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aniel J. Flood Elementary School student Ian Amos, center, points out the result after playing a practice
game on the computer during Tuesdays Elementary Math Tournament. Looking on are Amos teammates
Joshua Curet, left, and Brian Esteban. Elementary students in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District competed
in teams playing a math game via the Internet. For the story, see Page 3A.
WASHINGTON Mitt Rom-
ney clinched the Republican
presidential nomination Tuesday
witha wininthe Texas primary, a
triumph of endurance for a candi-
date who came up short four
years ago and had to fight hard
this year as voters flirted with a
carousel of GOP rivals.
According to the Associated
Press count, Romney surpassed
the 1,144 dele-
gates needed to
win the nomi-
nation by win-
ning at least 88
delegates in the
Texas primary.
The former
Massachusetts
governor has reached the nomi-
nation milestone with a steady
message of concern about the
U.S. economy, a campaign orga-
nizationthat dwarfedthose of his
GOP foes and a fundraising oper-
ation second only to that of his
Democratic opponent in the gen-
eral election, President Barack
Obama.
I am honored that Americans
across the country have given
their support to my candidacy
and I am humbled to have won
enough delegates to become the
Republican Partys 2012 presi-
dential nominee, Romney said
in a statement.
Our party has come together
with the goal of putting the fail-
ures of the last three and a half
years behindus, Romney said. I
have no illusions about the diffi-
culties of the task before us. But
whatever challenges lie ahead,
we will settle for nothing less
than getting America back on the
path to full employment and
prosperity.
Romney must now fire up con-
servatives who still doubt him
while persuading swing voters
that he can do a better job fixing
the nations struggling economy
than Obama. In Obama, he faces
a well-funded candidate with a
proven campaign teamin an elec-
tion that will be heavily influen-
ced by the economy.
Its these economic indicators
that will more or less trump any
good or bad that Romney poten-
tially got out of primary season,
said Josh Putnam, an assistant
political science professor at Da-
vidson College who writes the
political blog Frontloading HQ.
Texas win gives Romney GOP nod
Nominee must woo conservatives
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
Associated Press
Romney
See ROMNEY, Page 10A
Foreclosure activity in the Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton region surpassed state
and national averages in March, according
to a California real-estate tracking firm.
The same report shows the percentage of
mortgage loans that were 90 or more days
delinquent increasing 0.52 percentage
points over a year.
The information, supplied by CoreLog-
ic, a Los Angeles-area real estate data pro-
vider, shows 3.47 percent of all mortgaged
properties in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/
Hazletonmetro area were inforeclosure in
March. The state average was 2.73 per-
cent, CoreLogics report showed, and the
national average was 3.41 percent.
The local foreclosure
rate has been at or
above 3 percent each
month since December
2010, but always below
the national rate. It
dipped as low as 3.08
percent inJune 2011be-
fore rising once more.
The rate measures the
percentage of loans in
some stage of the fore-
closure process. A fore-
closure is defined by
the legal process by
which an owners right
to a property is termi-
nated, usually due to
default.
Jerry T. McGuire, an associate broker
with Hazleton-based Jerry McGuire Real-
tor, said never has he seen more foreclo-
sure properties among his companys list-
ings.
The increase is the latest evidence of a
slowrecovery taking shape in the troubled
housing market that saw its bubble burst
in 2006 and helped to begin on the worst
recession since the Great Depression.
McGuire said this region always lags na-
tional trends, so while there has been
some positive news on a nationwide level,
it might not trickle down to Northeastern
Pennsylvania until months later.
But its been clear since 2009 that the
market is correcting itself, and that means
owners of mortgaged homes, many of
them owing more than their value, are
making decisions based on the economy,
unemployment, medical bills and other
factors. Many are tryingtoworkwithlend-
ers torenegotiate terms of the mortgage to
bring them more in line with what the
homes are worthintodays market. Others
Area high
in homes
foreclosed,
data says
Housing situation seen by some as
linked to area employment picture.
By ANDREWM. SEDER
[email protected]
Area property
owners facing
possible fore-
closure can
explore options
for relief by
calling the Com-
mission on Eco-
nomic Opportu-
nity at 1-800-
822-0359.
M O R T G A G E
W O E S ?
See FORECLOSE, Page 10A
INSIDE: Area
jobless rate stea-
dy, 10A
The man who investigators
for years believed was respon-
sible for the 1979 disappear-
ance of Etan Patz the 6-year-
old New York City boy who
was the first missing child vic-
tim to be featured on a milk
carton is incarcerated at the
State Cor-
rectional In-
stitution at
Dallas.
According
to The Asso-
ciated Press,
for most of
the past dec-
ade the Patz investigation fo-
cused on Jose Antonio Ramos,
aconvictedchildmolesternow
heldinthe state prisoninJack-
son Township.
He had been dating Etans
babysitter when the boy disap-
peared 33 years ago.
Robin Lucas, spokeswoman
at SCI Dallas, said Tuesday
that Ramos, now 68, was sen-
tencedinMarch1987to13to
27 years after being convicted
in Erie County of deviate sex-
ual intercourse. She said Ra-
mos is scheduled to be re-
leased Nov. 7.
According to CBS News, a
Manhattan judge ruled eight
years agoinacivil casethat Ra-
mos was responsible for Patzs
death, but Ramos was never
charged with murder. That
case resulted in a $2 million
judgment against Ramos in
damages to be paid to the Patz
family.
Last week, a New Jersey
man, Pedro Hernandez, 51, of
Maple Shade, was charged
with killing Patz, who van-
ished on his way to school in
his lower Manhattanneighbor-
hood. Hernandez confessed to
choking the boy to death in
1979.
His arrest was the first in a
Ex-Patz suspect in SCI Dallas till Nov.
Jose Antonio Ramos held
responsible in civil case,
never charged with murder.
By BILL OBOYLE
[email protected]
See PATZ, Page 10A
Ramos
A groundbreaking servicewoman
from Nanticoke had an audience with
the president this Memorial Day.
Ensign Abigail Gesecki Holt, a 2006
graduate of Greater Nanticoke Area
High School, is one of the first 24 women
named to serve on a nuclear submarine
crew. Gesecki Holt and the other female
submariners met with President Barrack
Obama and wife Michelle in the Blue
Room of the White House, where it was
announced the first lady will sponsor the
Navys newest submarine, the USS Illi-
nois.
Gesecki Holt also attended a breakfast
with the president, first lady, Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta and Navy Secre-
tary Ray Mabus, and was present when
President Obama laid a wreath at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during
Memorial Day ceremonies.
It was a banner day for Gesecki Holt,
but her father, Henry Gesecki of Nanti-
coke, said it was only one of many. After
her graduationfromthe U.S. Naval Acad-
emy in 2010, Gesecki Holt became one of
the first women accepted into the Navys
nuclear submarine program.
Sailing into a first
PHOTO SUBMITTED BY HENRY GESECKI
Nanticoke native Abigail Gesecki Holt
is a member of an elite group.
Abigail Gesecki Holt is named to
serve on a nuclear submarine crew.
By MATT HUGHES
[email protected]
See SUBMARINE, Page 10A
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liza Seiferts winning drawing in PPLs Think! Energy with E-power Bright
Ideas Poster Contest appears on an electronic billboard on Route 309 in
Fairview Township. Seifert is a kindergarten student at Fairview Elementary in
Mountain Top. The poster depicts her conservation ideas.
KINGSTON A man was
arraigned Tuesday in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court on charges
he performed a lewd act on
Lathrop Street.
Thomas Mark Rought, 25, of
East Vaughn Street, Kingston,
was charged with indecent
exposure, open lewdness, loi-
tering and prowling at night
and disorderly conduct. He was
released on $2,500 unsecured
bail.
Police said a witness alleged-
ly saw Rought nude and per-
forming a lewd act in the mid-
dle of Lathrop Street at about
2:35 a.m. Monday, according to
the criminal complaint.
Rought stated he was simply
walking in the area.
A preliminary hearing is
scheduled on June 6 before
District Judge Paul Roberts in
Kingston.
WILKES-BARRE A man
was arraigned Tuesday in
Wilkes-Barre Central Court on
charges he assaulted a woman.
Bobby M. Wicks, 34, of Wood
Street, Wilkes-Barre, was
charged with simple assault
and harassment. He was re-
leased on $2,500 unsecured
bail.
Police charged Wicks after
Sara Wanyo claimed he assault-
ed her inside her residence at
about 4 p.m. Monday, accord-
ing to the criminal complaint.
A preliminary hearing is
scheduled on June 7 in Central
Court.
HANOVER TWP. Town-
ship police reported the follow-
ing:
A man was injured in a
crash at Red Coat Lane and
Betsy Ross Drive in Liberty
Hills on Saturday.
Police said Walter T. Bleich
II, of Red Coat Lane, was
thrown from a 2007 Harley-
Davidson motorcycle he was
operating in a crash involving a
2008 Honda, driven by Melissa
Roth, of Red Coat Lane.
Bleich was taken to Geis-
inger Wyoming Valley Medical
Center, Plains Township, for
minor injuries, police said.
Carol Wrobel, of Colley
Street, reported Tuesday an
unknown person tried to enter
her Toyota and rummaged
through a Ford. No items were
taken from the Ford. The two
vehicles were parked in a drive-
way outside her house.
Carol Krulick, and Amelia
Nice, both of Colley Street,
reported Tuesday hanging
flower baskets were stolen from
their porches.
SALEMTWP. A man was
arraigned Tuesday in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court on charges
he assaulted his wife.
Michael Edward Murphy, 28,
of Holly Drive, was charged
with simple assault and dis-
orderly conduct. He was jailed
at the Luzerne County Correc-
tional Facility for lack of $5,000
bail.
Township police arrested
Murphy after his wife, Corinna
Murphy, stated he assaulted
her during an argument in their
residence Monday night, ac-
cording to the criminal com-
plaint.
A preliminary hearing is
scheduled on June 6 before
District Judge John Hasay in
Shickshinny.
PLYMOUTH A man was
arraigned Tuesday in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court on charges
he assaulted a woman.
Richard Evans, 47, of Not-
tingham Street, was charged
with simple assault, harass-
ment and disorderly conduct.
He was jailed at the Luzerne
County Correctional Facility for
lack of $5,000 bail.
Police arrested Evans after a
woman stated he struck her
inside a residence on Notting-
ham Street at about 10:40 p.m.
Monday, according to the crim-
inal complaint.
A preliminary hearing is
scheduled on June 6 before
District Judge Donald Whittak-
er in Nanticoke.
POLICE BLOTTER
WILKES-BARRE Downtown resi-
dents feel that theyve been given a run-
around by city officials in their efforts to
have a designatedpermit parking area cre-
ated in a two-and-a-half block radius near
Wilkes University.
The Downtown Residents Association
had an emergency meeting Tuesday at the
South Franklin Street residence of mem-
ber David Lepore to bring members up to
speed on what transpired since they first
discussed the issue in September and to
form a plan of action for what to do next.
Residents want the city to designate the
area bordered by Ross, River, South and
Barnum streets for permit parking, which
residents would be glad to pay for. They
say its unfair that they should have to con-
stantly feed meters to park near their
homes and compete with college students
when residents in other parts of the city
near hospitals pay as little as $10 to $15 a
year to park near their homes.
Leporesaidheandother residents inhis
building, which contains three apart-
ments, accumulated more than $800 in
parking tickets over the past year because
they either didnt make it outside to feed a
meter before 8 a.m. or were away for the
day and left a vehicle parked on the street.
Pat Parks, association coordinator, said
Mayor Tom Leighton met with them in
September on the issue and advised them
to fill out forms for permit parking in their
neighborhood. However, when they sub-
mitted the forms early this year, they were
told their neighborhood wasnt zoned for
permit parking. When they tried to ad-
dress council in March, Leighton told
themhe was working on the issue and the
council meetingwas not the proper venue.
Parks said she received an email from
Leighton on Tuesday saying he met with
council members to get their input onpos-
sible options and was working on a pro-
posal for consideration by the association
and council in the near future.
But association members fear Leighton
is puttingthemoff until after qualifiedbid-
ders for leasing the citys parking garages
andmeters are identifiedonJune 5sothey
are not grandfathered in with an ability to
buy permits rather than feed parking me-
ters if and before a lease agreement is
awarded. City officials are considering
leasing public parking garages and meters
to a management company for a one-time
minimum $20 million payment.
Association member Anita Frank said
they were told the administration was
handling the issue at the March council
meeting, yet Leighton and city coordina-
tor Drew McLaughlin are telling them
council must address the issue.
Weve been bounced around, said
parking committee member Lillian Co-
hen, who addedthat researchshows many
other cities offer reasonably priced permit
parking for downtown residents, while
they were asked if they would consider
paying about $200 or more a year.
McLaughlin said there has been no in-
tentional delay in working up a proposal.
It takes time to research and prepare a
proper solution, he said.
McLaughlin said the facts that the
neighborhoodis zonedfor mixedcommer-
cial/residential and that residents there
do not qualify for permit parking under an
existing ordinance complicates matters.
The residents believe an ordinance fair
to them and college students who live in
the neighborhood, allowing anyone with a
vehicle registered at a neighborhood ad-
dress to buy a permit, could be written.
W-B parking permit backers see roadblock
Downtown group up in arms
By STEVE MOCARSKY
[email protected]
NUANGOLA The sewer au-
thority on Tuesday night re-
tained attorney Patrick Healy as
bond counsel for its proposed fi-
nancing package with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
AproposedUSDAloanof more
than $6 million is a major ele-
ment in the authoritys planned
sanitary system project, which is
tentatively scheduled to com-
mence this summer.
The authority, at the urging of
David Pekar, chairman, voted 5-0
to retain Healy of the firm of Co-
hen and Grigsby, at a fee of
$24,000. Pekar said Healy was se-
lected because of his experience
with other USDA closings. His
fee, according to solicitor Bob
Gonos, is regarded by USDA offi-
cial Mike Angerson as reasona-
ble.
Authority member Ray Shirk
was also given approval to com-
municate again with owners of
undeveloped property about hav-
ing a lateral installed that can be
utilized in the future. Shirk said
that in a survey he conducted he
found these people expressed a
willingness to pay between $200
and $1,000 toward a fee that will
be incurred to have these proper-
ties included in the final engi-
neering plan being devised by
Quad3 Engineers of Wilkes-
Barre.
Prospectively, that amount,
Shirk said, is a total of $8,000.
These property owners have to
agree to a proportionate charge
in order to cover this cost. As it
stands, Shirksaidhe has received
48 responses out of more than
100 letters he mailedto owners of
undeveloped property previous-
ly. The intent of Shirks impend-
ing mailing will be a final offer.
Pekar said bids on a procure-
ment contract for the purchase of
grinder pumps for the systemare
scheduledto be openedat a Mon-
day, June 11 meeting.
When the issue was raised by
Shirk, Pekar said there is no plan
to permit grinder pumps to be
contained in existing septic or
holdingtanks. The pumps will in-
stead be part of the main system
beneath the street.
Pekar reminded Nuangola resi-
dents that loan/grant packages
through the USDA remain an op-
tion for individuals of very low
and low income. This money is
intended to finance the installa-
tion of piping froma house to the
main system.
Pekar said that USDA funding
is limited and individuals needi-
ng assistance shouldnt delay in
making a filing.
He saidassociatedinformation
and an application can be ob-
tained through him.
Nuangola
moves on
lawyer for
sewer loan
By TOMHUNTINGTON
Times Leader Correspondent
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. DocWatson,
the Grammy-award winning folk musician
whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking in-
fluenced guitarists around the world for
more than a half-century, died Tuesday at a
hospital in Winston-Salem, according to a
hospital spokeswomanandhismanagement
company. He was 89.
Watson, whowas blindfromage1, recent-
lyhadabdominal surgerythat resultedinhis
hospitalization.
Arthel Doc Watsons
mastery of flatpicking
helped make the case for
the guitar as a leadinstru-
ment in the 1950s and
1960s, when it was often
considered a backup for
the mandolin, fiddle or
banjo.
Doc Watson was born
March 3, 1923 in what is now Deep Gap,
N.C., in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He lost
his eyesight by the age of 1 when he devel-
opedaneyeinfectionthatwasworsenedbya
congenital vascular disorder, according to a
website for Merlefest, the annual musical
gatheringnamedafter his late sonMerle.
DocWatsonsfather, whowasactiveinthe
familys churchchoir, gave hima harmonica
as ayoungchild, andby5hewas playingthe
banjo. He learned a fewguitar chords while
attending the North Carolina Morehead
School for the BlindinRaleigh, andthenhis
father helped him buy a guitar for $12, the
website says.
Doc Watson got his musical start in1953,
playingelectric leadguitar ina country-and-
westernswingband. His roadtofamebegan
in1960whenRalphRinzler, amusicianwho
also managed Bill Monroe, discovered Wat-
son in North Carolina. That led Watson to
the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 and his
first recordingcontract a year later. He went
ontorecord60albums.
Folk musician
Doc Watson
dies at age 89
By MARTHA WAGGONER
Associated Press
Doc Watson
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WILKES-BARRE
League schedules dinner
The League of Women Voters
Wilkes-Barre Area will hold its Annual
Meeting and Dinner on June 7 at
Kings College Sheehy-Farmer Student
Center, 133 N. River
St.
Reservations may
be made by calling
675-3429 and will be
accepted until
Thursday. The cost
is $40.
Guest speaker
Harry Haas, a member of Luzerne
County Council, will discuss progress
of the council that took office this year.
Reservations may also be made by
making checks out to LWVWB and
mailing to Dinner Chairperson Enid
W. Harris, Esquire, 400 Third Ave.,
Ste. 111, Kingston, PA18704.
WILKES-BARRE
JCC opens sports area
The Jewish Community Center of
Wyoming Valley Board of Directors
recently announced the opening of its
40-acre sports complex at the JCC
camp site.
Full-court indoor and outdoor bas-
ketball courts, soccer, lacrosse and
baseball fields plus three tennis courts
are available during the upcoming fall,
winter, spring and summer months.
The camp site is near Harveys Lake
and will be available to all youth, high
school, college and adult teams for
rental. For more information, call Rick
Evans, JCC executive director, or Rob
Friedman, JCC camp chairman at
824-4646.
HARRISBURG
Holiday statistics noted
Thirteen people were killed and 311
others were injured in 817 crashes
investigated by the state police during
the four-day Memorial Day holiday
weekend driving period. This total
does not include crashes investigated
by local police.
Nine of those
killed over the week-
end were not wear-
ing seat belts, said
state police Commis-
sioner Frank Noo-
nan. The tragic
message from these
statistics is very clear: Everyone needs
to buckle up for every trip on the road.
Not only is it the law, seat belts
really do save lives.
Through the weekend, troopers
cited 1,129 people for not wearing seat
belts and issued citations to 113 for not
securing children in safety seats.
Troopers also issued 9,202 speeding
citations and arrested 404 operators
on driving under the influence. Of the
817 crashes investigated by state po-
lice, 66, including three of the fatal
crashes, were alcohol-related.
During last years four-day Memo-
rial Day holiday driving period, 13
people died and 294 others were in-
jured in 808 crashes to which state
troopers responded.
LEHMAN TWP.
Summer scholarships set
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing
Education is currently offering a limit-
ed number of scholarships for stu-
dents wishing to attend the campus
Summer Youth Programs.
The scholarships, underwritten by
Procter & Gambles
Live, Learn, and
Thrive Program and
the Penn State
Wilkes-Barre Alumni
Society, help defray the costs of at-
tending the camps at Penn State
Wilkes-Barre this summer. The schol-
arships will cover the cost of the camp
tuition and are awarded on a first-
come, first-served basis for those who
qualify. This summer, Penn State
Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education is
offering 23 academic and personal
enrichment and five athletic camps,
during the weeks of June 25-29, July
9-13, 16-20, and 23-27. The camps are
designed to engage elementary and
middle-school aged children in cre-
ative, scientific, imaginative and phys-
ical fitness activities. For more in-
formation about the Summer Youth
Programs at Penn State Wilkes-Barre,
and how to receive a scholarship for
the camps, call Teri Pace at 675-9219
or [email protected] or visit
www.wb.psu.edu/ce/youth.
N E W S I N B R I E F
Haas
Noonan
Luzerne County Councilman
Edward Brominski said he has
identifiedseveral property own-
ers wrongly forced to pay the
Wyoming Valley levee fee.
Brominski said during Tues-
days council work session
these properties should be ex-
cluded because he is certain
theydidnot floodin1972. Here-
iterated his call to do away with
the fee.
I believe that what was done
was extremely haphazard, Bro-
minski said, referring to the de-
termination of properties with-
inthefeeboundary. This has to
belookedat ina serious, serious
manner.
The fee, imposed on 14,200
properties in low-lying, levee-
protected areas, ranges from
$46.85 to $93.70 for residential
properties and $93.70 to
$676.44 for commercial, indus-
trial and tax-exempt properties.
Brominski also complained
about county Flood Protection
Authority Executive Director
Jim Brozenas absence from the
work session.
Brozena previously attended
a council meeting to explain au-
thority operations, but Council-
man Stephen A. Urban said he
told Brozena he would speak on
the authoritys behalf this time.
Urban chairs the authority
board, which oversees the fee.
Urban said fee payment is
based on a map generated by
people who walked the region
to pinpoint flooded areas in
1972. He said the authority re-
moves properties based on pho-
tographs or other information
supplied by property owners.
The computerized mapping de-
partment alsoidentifiedproper-
ties that should be eliminated.
CountyManager Robert Law-
ton said he recommended a
clear, writtenexplanationof evi-
dence necessary for property
owners who want to contest
their inclusion in the fee.
Council Chairman Jim Bo-
beck said the legality of the fee
will be determined by pending
litigation filed by Kingston and
several borough residents.
The fee generates about $1.29
million annually to fund flood
control-related expenses.
In other business, Larksville
resident Renee Taffera and
home rule charter drafter Ve-
ronica Ciaruffoli complained
that people must sign ethics
code complaints before a notary
public. They said the additional
burden and expense are unwar-
ranted and could discourage
complaints.
Bobeck said several council
members disagree with the no-
tary requirement, but council
left the format of the complaint
formup to the independent eth-
ics commission.
Lawton also told council he is
researching IRS regulations to
determine if additional income
should be reported for detec-
tives and other employees who
take home county-owned vehi-
cles.
Controller Walter Griffith
and Urban have been raising
that issue for several years.
CouncilmanRickWilliams al-
so expressed dissatisfaction
over state law prohibiting the
public from attending an up-
coming binding arbitration
hearing about a new detective
union contract.
Brominski blasts levee fee mistakes
County ethics code rule criticized
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
[email protected]
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton man
convicted of first-degree murder in the
January 2011 stabbing of another man
was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison,
and an additional 20 to 40 years behind
bars.
Rodolfo Hiraldo Perez, 25, was con-
victed of first-degree murder and crimi-
nal conspiracy to commit criminal hom-
icide by a Luzerne County jury inMarch.
Prosecutors say Perez and Angel San-
chez, 21, killed Vladimir Ruiz, 21, in a
fight outside a Hazle-
ton tavern.
Sanchez also was
scheduled to be sen-
tenced Tuesday, but his
attorney, Demetrius
Fannick, asked for an-
other date because he
needed time to prepare
and to get witnesses
who wanted to testify.
Judge David Lupas
said Sanchez, who
faces 20 to 40 years in
prison, nowwill be sen-
tenced on June 14.
My son had no
weapons, Miguel Ruiz
told Perez before he
was sentenced. Mywishes aretheworst
for you.
Several of Ruizs family members
spoke incourt, includinghis mother, sib-
lings and several cousins, all of whom
echoed the same warning for Perez.
You took my son away and you didnt
even know him, Ruizs mother, Guiller-
mina, said. You will rot in jail for the
crime you committed.
Perez did not speak before being sen-
tenced.
At the time of his March trial, Perez
testified he was intoxicated and didnt
know what he was doing when he
stabbed Ruiz in the heart.
Perez, an alleged member of the Trin-
itarios gang, testified he had been drink-
ing and doing drugs the night of the
homicide, and he went to the fight be-
tween Sanchez, also an alleged Trinita-
rios member, and Ruiz where he was
asked to watch Sanchezs back.
Perez, a native of the Dominican Re-
public, saidgunshots scaredhim, he was
under the influence of drugs and alcohol
and he didnt know what to do.
Then, I stabbed him once ... but I
didnt knowwhere, Perez said of the as-
sault on Ruiz. He said he was too intox-
icated to remember where he got the
knife or to knowwhere he stabbed Ruiz.
I didnt know it was that bad. I didnt
know what I had done.
A third man, Willis Gonzalez, is
charged in the shooting death of Juda
Hope in the same fight, and has yet not
been located to face charges. Investiga-
tors say they know Gonzalez boarded a
plane to the Dominican Republic some-
time after the homicide.
Area man
gets life in
Hazleton
stabbing
Rodolfo Hiraldo Perez had been
found guilty of murder in March.
By SHEENA DELAZIO
[email protected]
Perez
Sanchez
WILKES-BARRE Seven
weeks after 14-year-old Tyler
Winsteaddiedfromagunshot
wound near his Hill Street
house, Luzerne County Dis-
trict Attorney Stefanie Sala-
vantis said she may reveal
new information about the
probe this week.
Tyler, of 119 Hill St., died
April 5 after being found shot
in front of 117 Hill St., where
his friend Elijah Yusiff lived.
Since then, Yusiff and his
familymovedout of thehouse
and relocated to Coolbaugh
Township, Monroe County,
and public and city leaders
have responded by forming a
grassroots campaign to study
howtomakethecommunitya
safer place to live.
Salavantis declined to say
what developments in the
case could
be expect-
ed.
High-
profile in-
vestiga-
tions are re-
viewed by
the District
Attorneys Officebeforeinves-
tigators request arrest war-
rants from a magisterial dis-
trict judge.
No charges have been filed
in the case.
Yusiff told reporters the
night Winstead was shot that
he heard a gunshot and sawa
man driving away in a red or
burgundy, older model Ford
Taurus. Immediatelyafter the
shooting, LuzerneCounty911
broadcast a bulletin to be on
the lookout for the vehicle.
The search for the vehicle
has since withered without
any explanation from investi-
gators or Salavantis.
Investigators obtained six
known search warrants that
wereall sealed. Onewastoob-
tain records to a cellphone
owned by Yusiffs mother, An-
gelina DeAbreau.
Twoother warrants permit-
tedinvestigators tosearchthe
inside of 117 Hill St., on April
10 and April 13, at which time
they removed bleach, a com-
puter tower and what ap-
peared to be blood spatter.
Blood spatter that was al-
legedly collected inside the
housewassent tothestatepo-
lice crime lab in Wyoming for
forensic testing to determine
the bloods source, according
to a lawenforcement source.
Less than two weeks after
investigators searched 117
Hill St. on April 13, people re-
movedfurnitureandother be-
longings from the two-story
residence on April 25. Three
men, a woman and two chil-
dren took about 1hour and15
minutes to load a small mov-
ing van before they drove
away.
Tyler, ahighhonorsstudent
at Wilkes-Barre Areas GAR
High School, was said to be
walking home from the Ca-
tholic Youth Center on South
WashingtonStreet withYusiff
on April 5. When Tyler was
found, his shoes were found
loose on the sidewalk.
A grassroots community
initiative called Building
Bridges aimed at healing a
community after the teens
death was created by city and
community and religious
leaders. Nearly 100 city resi-
dents attendedthe first of sev-
eral town hall meetings on
Thursday.
DA vows new info on boys fatal shooting
By EDWARD LEWIS
[email protected]
Winstead
W
ILKES-BARRE Amanda
Barberio cleaned her com-
puter mouse to make sure
her hand wouldnt slip during the
high-speed math competition at Da-
niel Flood Elementary and then al-
lowed herself a little trash talk.
Im the smartest, she said confi-
dently. That trophys going to be in
my house.
She certainly was among the
smartest. As one member of a four-
student teamthat bestedall others in
an online math tournament to win
the school title, she and her fellow
fifth-graders earnedthe right to com-
pete Tuesday with four other ele-
mentary schools for the Wilkes-
Barre Area School District cham-
pionship.
We started it last year and its
been a great success with the stu-
dents, Instructional Technology
coach Todd Jones said. Students
from across the educational spec-
trum English as Secondary Lan-
guage, gifted, learning support
compete to get on the team that will
represent each fifth-grade class with-
in a school. Those teams compete
against each other to determine a
school team, whichinturncompetes
with the other four district elemen-
tary schools.
Its all Internet-based, and before
you declare a student math competi-
tionviacomputer dull, youmaywant
to watch one.
Students compete in online tournament
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Amanda Barberio, left, and Joshua Curet, students at Daniel Flood Elementary School, compete with other
students in the school district during an online math tournament.
Doing the math
By MARK GUYDISH
[email protected]
Daniel Flood Elementary stu-
dent Joshua Curet wipes away
perspiration fromhis comput-
ers mouse between games. See MATH, Page 4A
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WILKES-BARRE The
Peanut Pals are coming home.
The organization, founded
in 1978 by Judith Walthall af-
ter she and her family began
collecting Mr. Peanut items,
will hold its annual national
conventionfor the first time in
Wilkes-Barre where Planters
Peanuts was founded begin-
ning July 8.
The hosts, John and Ja-
neann Lokken of Mountain
Top, are preparing for the
event that will run through Ju-
ly 12 at Genetti Hotel & Con-
vention Center.
The Lokkens said Tuesday
they expect 125 to 150 Peanut
Pals for the convention. They
said Mr. Peanut, the iconic lo-
go/spokesperson of Planters
Peanuts, will be in town. In
fact, the old Mr. Peanut and
the new version may get to
meet each other.
Members of the organiza-
tion will attend a picnic at the
Lokkens home and will visit
the Planters Peanuts exhibit
at the Luzerne County Histor-
ical Society.
Planters Peanuts was found-
ed in 1906 in Wilkes-Barre by
Amedeo Obici. In 1916, Obici,
who conceived the idea for
Mr. Peanut, held a contest for
people to submit their ideas
on what the logo should look
like. Antonio Gentile, 14, won
the contest. In the 1940s, Ge-
orge LaBar, a Wilkes-Barre
graphic artist, added the
monocle, top hat, cane, white
gloves and fancy black shoes
to complete the image that is
now known around the world
as Mr. Peanut.
Lokken said the Planters
Peanutmobile may pull into
Wilkes-Barre during the 2012
convention.
Obici kept Planters corpo-
rate headquarters in Wilkes-
Barre from1925 to 1961.
In September 2007, a Penn-
sylvania Historical and Mu-
seum Commission marker
was placed at the site of the
former company headquar-
ters at 632 S. Main St. Only
the shell of the building that
once housed some offices for
Planters remains.
The Luzerne County His-
torical Societys exhibit The
Wonderful Story of Planters
Peanuts will run through
Oct. 27. The exhibit tells the
story of Italian immigrants
Obici and Mario Peruzzi from
the beginning to the growth
and development of the com-
pany and its products up to to-
day.
The exhibit features a re-
creation of the Planters Pea-
nut Store that once stood at 15
E. Market St., photographs,
documents and artifacts from
several personal collections
on loan from family members
and collectors.
Peanut
Pals plan
to gather
in W-B
By BILL OBOYLE
[email protected]
WILKES-BARRE City po-
lice following a vehicle weav-
ing in traffic saw the rear door
open and two children in the
back seat while the car was in
motion Monday night on
Wilkes-Barre Boulevard.
Police arrested the driver,
Daniel Rodriguez, 37, on evi-
dence of drunken driving and
filed charges of child endan-
germent against him and a
passenger, Audam R. Fogle,
30.
Rodriguez and Fogle were
arraigned Tuesday in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court and re-
leased on $5,000 and $2,500
unsecured bail, respectively.
According to the criminal
complaints:
Police spotted a slow-mov-
ing vehicle crossing into on-
coming traffic on Wilkes-Barre
Boulevard at about 11:30 p.m.
While the car was in motion,
the pursuing officer saw the
drivers side rear door open
and something hanging out-
side the vehicle.
The rear door stayed open
until Rodriguez stopped near
Coal Street.
An officer approached the
vehicle and pushed the chil-
dren, a 3-year-old girl and a 7-
month-old girl, back inside.
Rodriguez told the officer
his license was suspended and
the only reason why he was
driving was because the pas-
senger, Fogle, was drunk, the
criminal complaints say.
Police said in the complaint
that Rodriguez had a strong
odor of alcohol, bloodshot
eyes and slurred speech. He
was taken to Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital for a blood
test, police said.
Fogle allegedly surrendered
synthetic marijuana to police.
Police allege Fogle had an al-
cohol level of .233 percent de-
termined by a breath test.
Court records say Rodri-
guez had a drunken driving
conviction in Wilkes-Barre in
2009.
Rodriguez, of Andover
Street, Wilkes-Barre, was
charged with two counts of
driving under the influence,
and one count each of endan-
gering the welfare of children,
driving with a suspended li-
cense and two vehicle offens-
es. Fogle, of Custer Street,
Wilkes-Barre, was charged
with endangering the welfare
of children, possession of a de-
signer drug and two summary
offenses of permitting unli-
censed person to drive a vehi-
cle.
Preliminary hearings are
scheduled on June 7 in Central
Court.
Cops: Drunk driver
had 2 kids in car
W-B police charge a driver
and passenger with child
endangerment.
By EDWARD LEWIS
[email protected]
Edward Lewis, a Times Leader
staff writer, may be reached at
829-7196.
The four team members com-
pete ina collective tractor tugof
war against another team. Math
multiplication problems flash on
a screen each team member
gets a separate question and
they have to click on the right an-
swer among several. The team
that collectively clicks most cor-
rect answers fastest wins. Pro-
gress is visible via teams of ani-
mated tractors engaged in a vid-
eo tug of war; first teampulled to
a center line loses.
Some go back and forth for
minutes, Jones said. Others
can be over in 10 seconds.
Flood lost its first match, to
Team Dodson, but rebounded
against Heights Elementary.
We are the champions! Ian
Amos shouted.
But he lost some bravado
when it came time to match wits
against last years district
champs, Solomon Elementary.
If we cant beat Dodson, were
not going to beat Solomon.
Solomon turned out to be a pa-
per tiger, trounced not only by
team Flood, but by two other
schools. Alas, Floods 2-2 record
was inadequate at the end of the
day. Dodson finished with three
wins and one loss, while Kistler
boasted a perfect winning
streak.
The two will face off for the
district championship and that
coveted trophy, which will be
displayed at the winning school.
MATH
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WILKES-BARRE A West
Hazleton man convicted earlier
this month of first-degree mur-
der and sentenced to life in
prison has appealed his case to
the state Superior Court.
Benjamin Tyrell Westbrooks,
22, filed the appeal through his
attorneys, John Pike and Ally-
son Kacmarski. Westbrooks was
convicted in the November 2010
shooting death of Alicia Weaver,
20, of Hazleton.
Pike and Kacmarski also
asked to be permitted to with-
draw from Westbrooks case
Monday, stating he could not
pay for their services. County
Judge Tina Polachek Gartley
granted the attorneys request,
and appointed attorney Paul
Galante to Westbrooks case.
WILKES-BARRE A county
judge on Tuesday denied a re-
quest by attorneys for the Dallas
School District and Pittston
Area School District to be
awarded attorneys fees in a case
in which the schools will be
paid more than $5 million in a
lawsuit.
Judge William Amesbury said
no attorneys fees will be paid,
but the Northeastern Pennsylva-
nia School Districts Health
Trust must pay $547,788 or
other appropriate security into
a constructive trust.
Last year, Judge Lewis Wetzel
ruled the health trust should
pay $2.8 million to the Dallas
School District and $2.3 million
to the Pittston Area School
District.
The districts argued they
were entitled to millions they
had paid in premiums that had
helped the trust build up a large
cash reserve. Attorneys for the
health trust argue the agree-
ment signed by all members
upon joining required money
paid into the trust stay there
unless the consortium is dis-
solved.
The health trust is appealing
the judges ruling to the states
Commonwealth Court.
WILKES-BARRE A city
man charged with robbing a nail
salon and possessing a gun in a
separate case was sentenced
Monday to five to 10 years in
state prison.
Donnell Jones Jr., 30, of Hazle
Avenue, was sentenced on
charges of robbery, theft by
unlawful taking, possession of a
firearm and a person not to
possess a firearm by county
Judge Tina Polachek Gartley.
Jones pleaded guilty to the
charges in March.
According to court papers, on
Dec. 27, police said Jones en-
tered Queen Nails in Wilkes-
Barre, showed a pistol, and
demanded cellphones and mon-
ey.
In another incident in May
2011, police say Jones was in
possession of a gun that he was
not supposed to have because
he had been previously convict-
ed of a felony.
WILKES-BARRE A Long
Pond man pleaded guilty Mon-
day to a charge of sexual assault
relating to a case involving a
then-7-year-old girl.
Clark Kitchell, 29, entered the
plea before county Judge Tina
Polachek Gartley. Kitchell will
be sentenced on Aug. 20 and
will be evaluated by the state
Sexual Offenders Assessment
Board. Kitchell will be required
to register his address under
Megans Law for his entire life.
According to court papers, in
March 2011, a 7-year-old girl
told police Kitchell sexually
assaulted her on several differ-
ent occasions.
WILKES-BARRE A Hun-
lock Township man who police
say rented the trailer where a
deadly shooting took place and
where methamphetamine was
allegedly manufactured was
sentenced Monday to six to 23
months in county prison.
David Kalbach, 39, of Old
Tavern Road, was sentenced on
a charge of criminal conspiracy
of possession with intent to
deliver methamphetamine by
county Judge Fred Pierantoni.
Kalbach pleaded guilty to the
charge in February.
According to court papers,
Robert Jacob Muntz, 43, of
Sweet Valley Road, Hunlock
Township, was found dead from
a single gunshot wound to the
head inside the trailer on Feb. 8,
2010.
Muntz concealed his face with
a Halloween mask when he
forced open the front door and
confronted a sleeping Jeffrey
Laton, 40, in the bedroom. La-
tons girlfriend, Amanda Bow-
man, 29, grabbed a loaded .40-
caliber handgun and fired two
shots that hit Muntz, state po-
lice said. Trooper Tom Kelly
said the investigation into the
deadly shooting resulted in the
discovery of products used to
manufacture meth inside the
trailer. The trailer was rented by
Kalbach, who allegedly told
investigators that others were
making and selling meth out of
his house.
WILKES-BARRE A man
accused by city police of steal-
ing aluminum press plates from
The Times Leader waived his
right to a preliminary hearing in
Wilkes-Barre Central Court on
Tuesday.
Eric Redick, 48, of Sheridan
Street, Wilkes-Barre, waived
charges of theft and receiving
stolen property to Luzerne
County Court. He was repre-
sented by attorney Frank Noci-
to.
Police allege Redick stole
nearly $19,000 worth of press
plates from the newspaper while
he was employed by an inde-
pendent cleaning company,
according to the criminal com-
plaint.
Redick allegedly told police
he stole the plates over several
months and sold them at scrap
yards.
WILKES-BARRE Charges
of burglary and defiant trespass
were dismissed against William
J. Shaw, 28, of South Grant
Street, Wilkes-Barre, during a
preliminary hearing in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court on Tuesday.
City police had accused Shaw
after Robin Roberts claimed he
entered her Carey Avenue resi-
dence and stole her purse on
May 7.
The charges were dismissed
when attorney Charles Ross
advised District Judge Rick
Cronauer that Roberts and the
arresting officer failed to appear
for the hearing.
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SAN FELICE SUL PANARO, ITALY
Big quake hits north Italy
W
orkers at the small machinery
company had just returned for
their first shift following Italys power-
ful and deadly quake earlier this month
when another one struck Tuesday
morning, collapsing the roof.
At least three employees at the facto-
ry two immigrants and an Italian
engineer checking the buildings stabil-
ity were among those killed in the
second deadly quake in nine days to
strike a region of Italy that hadnt con-
sidered itself particularly quake prone.
By late Tuesday, the death toll stood
at 17, with several people still missing,
including a worker at the machinery
factory in the small town of San Felice
Sul Panoro. About 200 people also
were injured in the 5.8 magnitude
quake north of Bologna in Emilia Ro-
magna, one of Italys more productive
regions, agriculturally and industrially.
Factories, barns and churches fell,
dealing a second blow to a region
where thousands remained homeless
from the May 20 temblor, much stron-
ger in intensity, at 6.0 magnitude.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
Al-Qaida leader is killed
U.S.-led coalition troops battling
Afghan Taliban insurgents have killed
al-Qaidas second-in-command in Af-
ghanistan in an air strike in the coun-
trys eastern province of Kunar, the
coalition said Tuesday.
Sakhr al-Taifi, a Saudi national, com-
manded foreign insurgent fighters and
frequently moved between Afghanistan
and Pakistan, often overseeing the
transport of militants into Afghanistan,
NATO said in a prepared statement.
The air strike occurred Sunday in the
Watahpur district of Kunar, a volatile
Afghan province along the Pakistani
border.
LONDON
Iranian computers attacked
A massive data-slurping cyberwea-
pon is circulating in the Middle East, a
Russian Internet security firm reported
Monday, saying that computers in Iran
appear to have been particularly affect-
ed.
The virus, dubbed Flame, is un-
precedented both in terms of its size
and complexity, Moscow-based Kasper-
sky Lab ZAO reported, saying it pos-
sesses the ability to turn infected com-
puters into listening devices and even
suck information out from nearby cell
phones.
Kasperskys conclusion that it was
crafted at the behest of a national gov-
ernment fueled speculation that the
virus could be part of an Israeli-backed
campaign of electronic sabotage aimed
at archrival Iran.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Finger-lickin recipes out
Want to cook like the Colonel?
Starting Tuesday, fans of KFCs Face-
book pages can access two of Colonel
Harland Sanders recipes and other
content from his soon-to-be-released
autobiography. The manuscript was
written by Sanders in 1966 and discov-
ered more than 40 years later.
KFC says the recipes are for potato
pancakes and upside-down peach cob-
bler. Theyre among 33 never-before-
seen recipes featured in the book.
The entire book can be downloaded
for free at facebook.com/kfc beginning
June 4. KFC says the book Colonel
Harland Sanders: The Autobiography
of the Original Celebrity Chef is
not available in bookstores or through
online book sellers.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
A woman holds an umbrella to make
shade for an elderly woman lying on a
bench Tuesday after she was evacuat-
ed from a nearby hospital in Mirando-
la, Italy, after a powerful earthquake.
The quake killed at least 17 people and
left hundreds injured as it rocked a
swath of northern Italy hit just nine
days ago.
HARRISBURG Faith-based and
community aid organizations from
across Pennsylvania have swung into
action to urge the Republican-con-
trolled Legislature not to end a Depres-
sion-era program that provides about
$200 a month for tens of thousands of
disabled adults who cant work.
The coalition of more than 100
groups, including the AARP, the United
Way and Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran
and Jewish groups, released the letter
advocating for the General Assistance
cash benefit last week, as negotiations
pick up on a state budget for the fiscal
year beginning July 1.
Our primary interest and concern is
hunger, but hunger is just a symptomof
other needs and challenges for people
and so we see the elimination of Gener-
al Assistance as majorly impacting peo-
ples ability to access shelter, food,
Amy Reumann, director of the Luthe-
ran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania,
said Tuesday. Its a small amount of
money thats going to have a devastat-
ingeffect for people whoare onthe mar-
gins and dont have other resources.
In the letter, the groups say helping
people who need money to pay for shel-
ter, addiction recovery program fees
and other basic needs until they get
back on their feet saves society money
by helping keep people out of hospitals,
jails and homeless shelters.
The benefit is a hand-up, not a hand-
out, the groups said.
We urge you to ensure that our state
budget reflects our values by restoring
General Assistance in its entirety or, at
minimum, to restore key components,
the groups said. General Assistance
protects those most in need and saves
taxpayers money.
People who are eligible include dis-
abled or sick adults who dont have mi-
nor children, domestic violence survi-
vors, adults participatinginintensiveal-
cohol or drug treatment programs, chil-
dren living with an unrelated adult and
adults caringfor someone whois sickor
disabled, or for an unrelated child.
Currently, the House of Representa-
tives is studying a budget plan sent to it
earlier this month by the Senate.
Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican who
ran on a no-new-taxes pledge, proposed
ending the $150 million General Assist-
ance cash benefit in a $27.1 billion bud-
get plan he released in February. His
spending plan called for a series of cut-
backs he blamed largely on the rising
cost of pensions and health care for the
poor.
Then senators voted 39-8 May 9 for
an alternative, $27.7 billion budget that
also would eliminate the cash benefit
while adding hundreds of millions of
dollars tothesubsidies that Corbett pro-
posed for universities, public schools,
county-run social services, the race
horse industry, medical research, retail-
ers that collect sales taxes and hospitals
and nursing homes that care for the
poor.
Senators also plugged in $12 million
to erase cuts in the Legislatures ac-
counts that Corbett proposed.
Pa. groups press to keep assistance
Aid for disabled adults on chopping block
By MARC LEVY
Associated Press
BEIRUT As U.N. officials
cited eyewitness accounts of
shadowy gunmen slaughtering
whole families in their homes,
Western nations expelled Syrian
diplomats Tuesday in a coordi-
nated move against President
Bashar Assads regime over the
massacre of more than 100 peo-
ple.
U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan
met with Assad in Damascus to
try to salvage what was left of a
peace plan, which since being
brokered six weeks ago has failed
to stop any of the violence on the
ground.
Survivors of the Houla mas-
sacre blamed pro-regime gun-
men for at least some of the car-
nage as the killings reverberated
inside Syria and beyond, further
isolating Assad and embarrass-
ing his few remaining allies.
Its very hard for me to de-
scribe what I saw, the images
were incredibly disturbing, a
Houla resident who hid in his
home during the massacre told
The Associated Press on Tues-
day. Women, children without
heads, their brains or stomachs
spilling out.
Assads government often de-
ploys fearsome militias that pro-
vide muscle for the regime and
carry out military-style attacks.
They frequently work closely
with soldiers and security forces,
but the regime never acknowl-
edges their existence, allowing it
todenyresponsibilityfor their ac-
tions.
U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve
Ladsous said there are strong
suspicions that pro-Assad fight-
ers were responsible for some of
the killings, adding that he has
seen no reason to believe that
third elements or outside
forces wereinvolved, although
he did not rule it out.
The Syrian regime has denied
any role inthe massacre, blaming
the killings on armed terrorists
who attacked army positions in
the area and slaughtered inno-
cent civilians. It has provided no
evidence to support its narrative,
nor has it given a death toll.
After his meeting with Assad,
Annan called on the government
and all government-backed mili-
tias to stop military operations
and show maximum restraint.
He also called on the armed op-
position to stop all violence.
Nations
kick out
Syrian
diplomats
Outrage over massacre of
more than 100 people comes
as Annan meets with Assad.
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY
Associated Press
WASHINGTONFolksing-
er Bob Dylan and former Sec-
retary of State Madeleine Al-
bright were awarded the Pres-
idential Medal of Freedomat a
ceremony at the White House
on Tuesday afternoon.
A number of figures from
the struggles and shifts of the
1960s were recognized Tues-
day. Civil rights campaigner
Dolores Huerta and astronaut
John Glenn also received the
medal.
The year 1962 looms espe-
cially large in President Ba-
rack Obamas picks: that was
the year Dylanput out his first
album, when Huerta co-
founded the National Farm
Workers Association and
when Glenn became the first
American to orbit the Earth.
The medal is the countrys
highest civilian honor and the
president has wide latitude in
picking recipients. It is award-
ed to people who have made
major contributions to the se-
curity of the United States,
world peace, culture or who
haveundertakenother signif-
icant public or private endeav-
ors.
Huerta co-founded the Na-
tional Farm Workers Associ-
ation, which later became the
United Farm Workers, with
Cesar Chavez. Throughout
the 1960s and 70s, Huerta
worked to extend social pro-
grams to farmworkers in Cali-
fornia. President Bill Clinton
awarded Chavez the medal in
1994, shortly after his death.
Former Department of Jus-
tice civil rights lawyer John
Doar, epidemiologist William
Foege, novelist Toni Morri-
son, former Supreme Court
Justice John Paul Stevens and
college basketball coach Pat
Summitt also received the
award.
Gordon Hirabayashi, who
fought against the internment
of Japanese-Americans dur-
ing World War II; Jan Karski,
an officer in the Polish Under-
ground in the war; and Ju-
liette Gordon Low, who
founded the Girl Scouts, were
honored posthumously.
Israeli President Shimon
Peres will also receive the
award, but will attend a sepa-
rate ceremony some time lat-
er this year.
Dylan among Medal of Freedom honorees
By IAN DUNCAN
Tribune Washington Bureau
MARKS, Miss. With her hair in a
ponytail and her smile quick and wide,
its hard to tell that high school junior
Donyell Hollins has been pulling all-
nighters for most of the semester to take
care of her infant daughter.
Her situationisnt unusual inthesmall
Delta town of Marks, home to one of the
highest teen pregnancy rates in the state
that leads the nation in the statistic. But
unlike teenmothers inprevious decades,
18-year-old Hollins is benefiting from a
change in attitude thats paving the way
for frank discussions about parenting
skills, career goals and contraception.
Instructors from the Delta Health
Partners Healthy Start Initiative come to
Hollins high school monthly to teach
lessons that incorporate some of the
newest theories on the relationship be-
tween poverty and teen motherhood. Its
a far cry from decades past, when wom-
en in Hollins situation were given little
guidance and often left to drop out and
languish.
Part of the goal is tochange patterns of
communication about sex that have per-
sisted for years.
Imgoing to talk to her more about it,
informher, Hollins said of her 5-month-
old daughter. Cause I didnt have that
talk with my mom. I had to learn on my
own.
The Delta Initiative, run through Tou-
galoo College since 1999, is a forerunner
in the states changing attitude toward
teen pregnancy. Next year, a new state
lawwill require schools to teachsex edu-
cation, and theyll have more leeway in
howmuchinformationtheycanincorpo-
rate about birth control. Schools previ-
ously had to get special permission to
teach anything but abstinence. Delta
Health Partners classes are run inde-
pendently of the school districts curri-
culum, though they use classrooms at
welcoming schools to make it conve-
nient for the girls to attend.
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has also
created a task force to discuss ways to re-
duce teen pregnancy considered an
important acknowledgement of the
problemin a state where elected leaders
were once loathe to discuss it.
Mississippis teen birth rate declined
modestly over the past decade as rates
around the country fell. But Mississippi
still has 55 births per 1,00015- to19-year-
old girls, compared to a national average
of 34.3, according to the most recent fig-
ures from the federal governments Na-
tional Center for Health Statistics.
Experts say there was a culture of si-
lence around the issue for decades in
Mississippi, allowing the problem to
build. Teen mothers were expected to
drop out of school, or even leave town.
T E E N P R E G N A N C Y In state that leads nation in the statistic, some frank discussions
AP PHOTOS
Donyell Hollins, 18, holds a picture of her daughter, who is 4 months old. Hollins attends Madison S. Palmer High School
in Marks, Miss., and is taking part in a program to learn more about family planning and parenting.
A change in attitude
By LAURA TILLMAN
Associated Press
Social workers Willie B. Gilmore, right,
and Debra McGee discuss teen preg-
nancy in the Mississippi Delta.
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taking a break from rehearsal at
Dreamworks HowtoTrainYour
Dragon Spectacular in Wilkes-
Barre Township to put on a more
intimate show tonight at 6:30 at
the Osterhout Free Library.
The event at 71 S. Franklin St.
will be a sneak previewof a much
larger performance to come at
the Mohegan Sun Arena next
month.
The name Baby Nadder
sounds innocent enough, but this
replica baby dragon stands more
than 7 feet tall with a 14-foot tail
and is known for breathing
clouds of smoke. With Nadders
wingspan reaching up to 46 feet
and weighing more than 2 tons,
the approximate weight of many
cars, this is a creature that canon-
ly be tamed by the burly Viking
Trainer.
This live performance derives
from DreamWorks Animation,
producers of the Academy
Award-nominated film, How to
Train Your Dragon, which
grossed more than $500 million
worldwide.
Based on the book by Cressida
Cowell, it centers on Hiccup, a
Vikingteenager whodoesnt fit in
with his tribes longstanding tra-
dition of heroic dragon slayers.
Hiccups world is turned upside
downwhenhe encounters Tooth-
less, a dragon that challenges
him and his fellow Vikings to see
the world from an entirely differ-
ent point of view.
Baby Nadder is just one of the
many electronically animated
dragons. The full performance of
DreamWorks How to Train
Your Dragon boasts 23 larger
than life, fire-breathing, flying
dragons, projections and a live
cast to keep the dragons from
running rapid.
These actors are trained in
acrobatics, stunts and hip-hop
dancing and interact with the
mythical mechanical beasts in
front of a backdrop the size of
nine movie screens.
This full premiere will take
place at Mohegan Sun Arena at
Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre. Per-
formances will be at 7 p.m. June
27-29; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
June 30; and 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
July 1.
Tickets ranging in price from
$29.50 to $79.50 are on sale now
and may be purchased through
the Pennstar Box Office at the
arena, online at www.ticketmas-
ter.com, charge by phone (800)
745-3000 or at any Ticketmaster
outlet. A limited quantity of pre-
mium seats and family packages
are available.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The How to Train your Dragon Spectacular will open late next month at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
Taste of dragons
By NODYIA FEDRICK
Times Leader Intern
Baby Nadder and the Viking Train
er perform outside the Osterhout
Free Library at 71. S. Franklin St. at
6:30 p.m. today. Admission is free.
IF YOU GO
SCRANTON A caregiver at
several associated personal care
homes in Pittston and Scranton
is seeking class-action damages
over alleged unpaid overtime,
according to a complaint filed in
federal court Tuesday.
According to the suit, Amy
Abbott of Scranton has worked
since 2010 as a medical techni-
cian/personal care assistant at
four facilities providing assist-
ed-living services to elderly and
mentally/physically disabled
residents: Pittston Heavenly
Manor, Pittston; Angels Family
Manor Personal Care Home,
Scranton; West Side Kozy Com-
fort Personal Care Home, Scran-
ton, and Minellis Kozy Comfort
Living, Scranton.
Either Frank or Dorothy Mi-
nelli of Clark Summit is listed as
the president of each facility,
with the other listed as vice
president.
Both Minellis are named as
defendants in the suit.
Noone answeredthe phone at
a number listed under Frank Mi-
nellis name Tuesday evening.
Abbott claims in the suit that
she regularly worked more than
40 hours per week at the resi-
dential care homes but would
only be paid an overtime premi-
um if she worked more than 40
hours at a single facility.
Her attorneys claim that vio-
lates the federal Fair Labor Stan-
dards Act as well as the Pennsyl-
vania Minimum Wage Act,
whichrequire joint employers to
base overtime compensation on
total hours worked in a week,
even where multiple unrelated
job assignments are performed.
The suit claims more than 50
individuals are impacted by the
uniformpayroll standards of the
facilities, and is seeking a class
action on their behalf.
Abbott is seeking compensa-
tion for unpaid wages, damages,
court costs and attorneys fees.
Abbott is represented by at-
torneys Peter Winebrake, R. An-
drew Santillo and Mark J. Got-
tesfeld of the Winebrake Law
Firm of Dresher, Montgomery
County.
Caregiver sues for overtime pay
By MATT HUGHES
[email protected]
BELLEFONTE Four of
the young men alleged to be
child sexual abuse victims of
former Penn state assistant
football coach Jerry Sandusky
filed court motions Tuesday
asking the judge in his case to
prevent their names from be-
ing made public.
Lawyers for so-called Vic-
tims 3, 5 and 7 made a broad
request to prevent identities
of alleged victims from being
disclosed publicly, while law-
yers for Victim 4 asked that a
pseudonym be used for him
during the upcoming trial.
It is an unfortunate reality
that some victims in high-pro-
file cases view the disclosure
of their identity as the equiv-
alent of being branded with a
scarlet letter, wrote Ben An-
dreozzi and Jeff Fritz, lawyers
for Victim 4, adding that al-
leged victims would rather
be remembered for their posi-
tive contributions to society.
Although Victim 4 remains
100 percent committed to tes-
tifying against the defendant
in this case, at what expense
will it come to his short-term
and long-term well-being?
they wrote.
Lawyers for Victim 5 joined
the motion by Victims 3 and 7,
which said disclosure would
cause their clients additional
fear, anxiety and mental an-
guish, and potentially expose
them to physical harm.
Although the testimony of
the alleged Sandusky sexual
abuse victims is of critical im-
portance and the legitimate
subject of media and public
interest, personal information
identifying Sanduskys al-
leged sexual abuse victims is
not, wrote attorneys Andrew
Shubin and Justine Androni-
ci, who represent Victims 3
and 7.
Shubin and Andronici
wrote that Sanduskys lawyer
was not opposed to their mo-
tion, but they had not heard
back from state prosecutors.
Messages left after business
hours on Tuesday for a
spokesman for the Attorney
Generals Office, and for
Sandusky lawyers Joe Amen-
dola and Karl Rominger, were
not immediately returned.
Sandusky, 68, is scheduled
to go on trial next week for 52
criminal counts involving 10
boys over 15 years.
He has repeatedly denied
the allegations and has been
confined to his home to await
trial.
Sandusky accusers want names secret
By The Associated Press
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In Loving Memory of
JOHN C. MONELLI
1970-2010
We Miss You, Dad
P
eter Evan Kobylarz Sr., 56,
passed away unexpectedly on
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, sur-
rounded by his family.
His greatest joys in life included
spending time with his grandchil-
dren, raising money for the Easter
Seals Society (which included leg-
endary barbeques), playing Santa
Claus at Christmas parties for kids,
hosting Christmas Eve dinner for
family and friends, maintaining his
lifelong friendships and lending a
helping hand to a friend in need.
He was a 25-year active member
of the Polish American Citizens As-
sociation of Clifton Heights, Pa.
Throughout his life he worked as
a union carpenter, carpentry teach-
er, facility coordinator and most re-
cently as an owner/operator com-
mercial truck driver.
He was preceded in death by his
father, Dennis P. Kobylarz; and his
brother, Dennis F. Kobylarz.
He is survived by his wife, Cathy
Whitesell Kobylarz; mother, Loretta
Kobylarz; son, Peter (Tanya) Koby-
larz Jr.; daughters, Rosemary
Knotts, Michelle (Eduardo) Koby-
larz, Kate (Bill) Kobylarz, and Lau-
rie Kobylarz; grandchildren Kenny,
Mason, Zene, Kiany, Cailey, Abby,
Paige, LiamandEduardoJr.; sisters,
Carol Yurkavage; Denise and Teresa
Kobylarz.
Amemorial service will be held
from1 to 4 p.m. Friday in the Dono-
hue Funeral Home, located at 8401
W. Chester Pike, Upper Darby, Pa.
This will be followed by a Celebra-
tion of Life service at the Polish
American Citizens Club, located in
Clifton Heights, at 5 p.m.
In lieu of sending flowers, the
family kindly request that you make
a donationtoyour local Easter Seals
Society Chapter in his honor.
Peter Evan Kobylarz
May 23, 2012
MICHAEL J. DOHERTY, 51,
formerly of Port Jefferson, N.Y.,
passed away Monday, May 28,
2012, at home surrounded by his
family and beloved dog Spike. Mi-
chael was born in the Bronx, N.Y.,
son of Betty Doherty and the late
James Doherty. In addition to his
mother, surviving are siblings,
Robert Doherty and his wife, Lori,
Brooksville, Fla.; Joan DelVecchio
and her husband, Al, Cape Coral,
Fla.; Betty Ann Duffy and husband
Tom, Shavertown; nieces, Jaylin,
Rhiana and Alyssa Doherty; neph-
ews, Matthew, Andrew and James
Duffy.
Funeral arrangements are pri-
vate. Donations may be made to
Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600
Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre. Fu-
neral arrangements are made by
Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc.,
255 McAlpine St., Duryea. Online
condolences may be made to
www.kiesingerfuneralservices-
.com.
ANGELINE STELLA DRZE-
WIECKI, 88, Wilkes-Barre, passed
away Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at her
home. Born November 27, 1923,
she was a daughter of the late Ste-
phen and Stella Rybinski Krzyw-
icki. She was preceded in death by
her daughter, Rosemary Wilson, in
1990. Angeline is survived by son,
George Ellis, Butler; daughter,
Charmaine Murmer, Fredricks-
burg, Va.; nieces, Mary Ann Weim-
er, Wilkes-Barre; Theresa Ranieri
and husband Felix, Starrucca, Pa.;
beloved ex-daughter-in-law, Susan
Rothwell and husband Marsh; four
grandchildren; great-nieces and
great-nephews
Funeral services will be Friday
9 a.m. in the Jendrzejewski Funer-
al Home, 21 N. Meade St., Wilkes-
Barre, with a Mass of Christian
Burial 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of
Hope Parish, Park Ave., Wilkes-
Barre. Interment will be at Mt. Ol-
ivet Cemetery, Wyoming. There
will be no calling hours.
M
rs. Vera M. (Lehet) Horensky,
of Mountain Top, passed away
May 24, 2012, at the Port Charlotte
Hospice House, Florida, after an ill-
ness.
Born December 16, 1917, in
Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter to
the late John and Anna (Maly) Le-
het. Educated in the city schools,
she attended the James M. Cough-
lin High School, Wilkes-Barre.
Until her retirement, Mrs. Horen-
sky was employed by the RCA Cor-
poration of Mountain Top for many
years. Previously, she was employed
by the former Pomeroys Depart-
ment Store on Public Square,
Wilkes-Barre.
Mrs. Horensky was a member of
Saint Matthew Evangelical Luthe-
ran Church, North Wilkes-Barre,
where she remained quite active in
church groups and activities over
the years. She held membership
with the congregations Dorcas
Guild, serving as former treasurer,
and was a member of the church
choir, the Beacon Club, a Young La-
dies Aid, the Quilters of Saint Mat-
thew. She also served as chairwo-
man on various church committees
including the annual church picnic.
In addition to her dedication to
her church, Mrs. Horensky was also
active in community and civic af-
fairs, serving as a volunteer for the
Wyoming Valley Chapter of the
American Red Cross, and served as
a den mother and Girl Scout Leader
in both Wilkes-Barre and Mountain
Top.
Enjoying knitting, crocheting
and sewing, she was a member of
the Saint Martin-in-the-Field Shall
Group.
In support of her grandsons, she
was an associate member of the
Crestwood Football Booster Club,
known for preparing authentic Slo-
vak haluski for home games. She al-
so served her time for several years
with the Luzerne County Ethnic
Festival at the Kingston Armory.
She was preceded in death by her
beloved husband, Stephen Horen-
sky, on October 31, 1990; grand-
daughter-in-law, Sally Martin; sis-
ters Helen Matza, Ann Nussbaum,
Betty Schenck, Mildred Mirola,
Margaret Kerestes, Irene Choberka;
brothers, Andrew and John Lehet.
Surviving are her children, Ste-
phen J. Horensky and his wife, Fran,
of Omaha, Ark.; David M. Horensky
and his wife, Sharon, of Wapwallo-
pen; daughter, Carol Matthews, and
her husband, Marc, Punta Gorda,
Fla., with whom Mrs. Horensky re-
centlyresided; sister VilmaJames of
Scranton; seven grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren; numerous
nieces and nephews.
She will be deeply missed by her
family and friends.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ho-
rensky will be conducted at 10 a.m.
Friday from the John V. Morris Fu-
neral Home, 625 N. Main St., North
Wilkes-Barre, followed by services
at10:30a.m. inSaint MatthewEvan-
gelical Lutheran Church, 663 N.
Main St., Wilkes-Barre, with the
Rev. Gary John Scharrer, pastor offi-
ciating. Interment will follow in
Saint MatthewLawnsectionof Fern
Knoll Burial Park, Midland Avenue,
Dallas. Relatives and friends may
join her family for visitation and re-
membrances Thursday evening
from 5to 8 p.m.
In lieu of floral tributes, memo-
rial contributions may be made in
Mrs. Horenskys name to Saint Mat-
thew Evangelical Lutheran Church,
663 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA
18705, or to Burnt Store Presbyter-
ian Church, Burnt Store Road, Pun-
ta Gorda, FL33955. To send the Ho-
rensky family online words of com-
fort and support, please visit our
familys websiteat www.JohnVMor-
risFuneralHomes.com.
Vera Horensky
May 24, 2012
M
ilan Sokolovich Jr., 75, passed
away peacefully in his home
surrounded by his family on Friday,
May 25, 2012.
He was the widower of Priscilla
R. (Perkins) Sokolovich. He died
from a broken heart; the love of his
life for 56 years died 45 days ago.
Milan was born in Wilkes-Barre,
son of late Milan and Sophie (Scra-
but) Sokolovich Sr.
He was the manager of the Read-
ing Country Club from 1970
through 1979 and the owner of Mi-
lans Van Reed Inn from 1979
through 2012.
He was a member of the Holy
Resurrection of Christ Serbian Or-
thodox Church, Lebanon, and a
member of the Chandler Lodge 227
F&AM.
Milan was in the U.S. Air Force,
serving during the Vietnam War.
He is survived by his sons, Leo-
nardR., MarkN. Sokolovich; daugh-
ter, Milana M. Crammer; sisters,
Marie Szmurlo, Brookhaven, Pa.;
Sylvia Richwalder, Wilkes-Barre;
Stacia Oroski Mountain Top; Do-
rothy Price, Wilkes-Barre. Also six
grandchildren, Andrew Sokolovich,
Elizabeth Moyer, Stephanie Firing,
Nicholas Sokolovich, Cody Soko-
lovich, Dylan Sokolovich; and five
great-grandchildren survive him.
Milan was predeceased in death
by his son, Joseph M. Sokolovich,
who tragically died in 1972; broth-
ers, Peter Sokolovich, formerly of
Forty Fort andNicholas Sokolovich,
formerly of Upland.
A Requiem Service will be
held Friday in Holy Resurrec-
tion Orthodox Cathedral, 591 N.
MainSt., Wilkes-Barre, at noonwith
Archpriest Joseph Martin, officiat-
ing. Those attending the Requiem
Service are asked to be at the Cathe-
dral by 11:30 a.m. Interment with
Military Honors will follow in the
Eastern Orthodox Lawn of Fern
Knoll Burial Park, Midland Road,
Dallas.
In lieu of flowers, contributions
may be made to Keystone Wounded
Warriors, POBox 475, Blandon, PA.
19510. The Simon S. Russin Funeral
Home is entrusted with the local ar-
rangements.
Milan Sokolovich Jr.
May 25, 2012
R
oger J. Ciciani, 82, resident of
Village Drive, Hunlock Creek,
passed away Sunday, May 27, 2012,
in St. Lukes Villa Hospice, Wilkes-
Barre.
He was born January 5, 1930, in
Wilkes-Barre, son of the late Anto-
nio and Irene Ciciani.
He served in the U.S. Army as
Chief Wardmaster. He had the abil-
ity to speak Italian, French and Ger-
man.
Roger was a member of the
Knights of Columbus Council 302,
Wilkes-Barre; American Legion
Post 495, Shickshinny; VFW Post
283, Kingston; and the VFW Post
4909, Dupont.
He was well known as the Ice
CreamMan, as he owned and oper-
ated Tonys Alaska Freeze. He also
was a master electrician in the
Wilkes-Barre area.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, the former Margaret Race; sis-
ters, Mary and Josephine; brothers,
John, Albert, and Raymond.
Surviving are his daughter, Ei-
leen Weber, Old Forge; son, Antho-
ny Ciciani, and wife Ruth Ann,
Wilkes-Barre; grandchildren, Da-
nielle and John Weber, Sara and
Roger A. Ciciani. He is alsosurvived
by his friend Jean Dorshefski.
The family wishes to thank St.
Lukes Villa Hospice for the care
that was given to Roger.
Funeral services will be held
on Friday at 10 a.m. with the
Rev. StephenKrawontka officiating,
at the Clarke Piatt Funeral Home
Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock
Creek. MilitaryServices will beheld
in the funeral home and graveside
by American Legion Post 495.
Friends may call Thursday from5 to
8 p.m. in the funeral home. Inter-
ment will be inSt. Marys Cemetery,
Hanover Township.
Roger J. Ciciani
May 27, 2012
MARGARETSORBER, 82, resi-
dent of Swamp Road, Hunlock
Creek, passed away Tuesday, May
29, 2012, in Hospice Community
Care, Wilkes-Barre.
The family will hold a Celebra-
tion of Life Mass on June 16. Ar-
rangements arethroughtheClarke
Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset
Road, Hunlock Creek. A full obitu-
ary will follow.
THOMAS E. CLARKE, 67, for-
merly of Kingston, passed away on
Wednesday, May 23, 2012. He was
born January 23, 1945, son of the
late Edward and Catherine Hum-
mer Clarke. He was a graduate of
Central Catholic High School, and
the Philadelphia Institute of Nurs-
ing. He was a veteran of the Viet-
namWar servingas aFirst Lieuten-
ant inthe Nurse Corps. He was em-
ployed as a registered nurse. He
was precededindeathbyhis broth-
er, Edward (Ted) Clarke. Surviv-
ing are his wife, Rhonda; children,
Jacob, Matthew, Timothy, Sean
and Phillip.
Private funeral services
will be held. Condolences
can be sent to the family at
www.maher-collins.com.
BREZNA Stephen, funeral 9:30
a.m. Thursday in Mamary-Durkin
Funeral Service, 59 Parrish St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Services in St. Johns
the Baptist Orthodox Church at 10
a.m. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m.
today.
CIPRICH Mary Jane, funeral 9:15
a.m. today in Mamary-Durkin
Funeral Service, 59 Parrish St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Benedicts
Church, Parsons.
GOLA James, Military Funeral
Services 9:30 a.m. today in George
A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N.
Main St., Ashley. Mass of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Faustina
Parish, Nanticoke. Friends may call
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. today.
GUDMAN Genevieve, Celebration of
Life Mass 11 a.m. June 9, in St.
Frances X. Cabrini Church, 585 Mt.
Olivet Road,(Kingston Township)
Carverton.
HAYDT Nancy, funeral 10 a.m. today
in the Harold C. Snowdon Home
for Funerals Inc., 420 Wyoming
Ave., Kingston.
KNICK Stanley Sr., Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 10 a.m. today in Holy
Mother of Sorrows Polish National
Church, 212 Wyoming Ave., Dupont.
LOFTUS Dorothy, Mass of Christian
Burial 9:30 a.m. today in St. John
the Evangelist Church, Pittston.
MCLARNEY Sean, friends may call
5 to 8 p.m. today in the Davis-
Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad
St., Nanticoke.
OMALIA John, funeral 1 p.m. today
in the Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home,
170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke. Friends
may call noon to 1 p.m. today in the
funeral home.
OWENS Minerva, funeral 10 a.m.
today in the Metcalfe and Shaver
Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming
Ave., Wyoming.
PACHICK Daniel Sr., funeral 9 a.m.
Thursday in the Jendrzejewski
Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Church services at
9:30 a.m. in the Meade Street
Baptist Church, Wilkes-Barre.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today
in the funeral home.
PASCAVAGE Eleanor, funeral 10
a.m. today in the Kopicki Funeral
Home, 263 Zerbey Ave., Kingston.
Friends may call from 9 a.m. until
the time of service today.
SCHWARTZ Joseph, funeral 9:30
a.m. today in the Hugh B. Hughes
& Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044
Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Mass of
Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St.
Thereses Church, Shavertown.
SMITH - Joseph Michael, Interment
1:30 p.m. today at the Indian Town
Gap National Cemetery with Mil-
itary Honors.
SOBOTKA Josephine, funeral 10
a.m. Thursday in the S.J. Gront-
kowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main
St., Plymouth. Mass of Christian
Burial at 10:30 a.m. in All Saints
Parish, 66 Willow St., Plymouth.
Family and friends may call 8:30
a.m. until funeral time Thursday.
SORDONI George, memorial ser-
vice 11 a.m. Friday in the Great Hall
of Wyoming Seminary Preparatory
School, 228 Wyoming Ave., King-
ston.
SPAGNOLA Robert, funeral 6 p.m.
today in the Corcoran Funeral
Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains
Township. Friends may call 4 to 6
p.m. today.
THOMPSON Bertha, funeral noon
today in the Metcalfe and Shaver
Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming
Ave., Wyoming.
VANFLEET Carl, memorial service
6:30 p.m. June 20 in the Eatonville
United Methodist Church.
FUNERALS
Raymond P.
(Beaver) Scu-
reman Sr., 76,
of Nanticoke,
passed away
Monday, May
28, 2012, in
Geisinger
Wyoming Val-
ley Medical Center after a lengthy
battle with cancer.
Born in Nanticoke on February
5, 1936, he was a son of the late
Gertrude McGrath Scureman.
Prior to his retirement, he was
employed for 27 years by the Penn-
sylvania Gas and Water Company.
He had been a member of St.
Francis of Assisi Church, Nanti-
coke.
He was a member of the Eagles
Nest 831, Nanticoke, and the Hon-
ey Pot Club, where he enjoyed
shooting pool. He was active inthe
Traveling Pool Leagues.
He was a volunteer firefighter in
Nanticoke from 1972 to 1992. He
servedwithgreat pride inthe 82nd
Airborne from1953 to 1956.
Besides his mother, he was pre-
ceded in death by his wife of 47
years, the former Teresa Gill, on
August 18, 2005; infant grand-
daughter Amanda Hirthler; aunts
and uncles.
Surviving are his daughter,
Kathleen Hirthler, and her hus-
band, Harold of Wilkes-Barre;
sons, Raymond Jr., of Nanticoke;
Joseph, of Alden; granddaughters
Nicole and Sarah Hirthler, of
Wilkes-Barre; sister, Marie; several
nieces and nephews; and soon-to-
be great-granddaughter, Sophia
Leeann.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
from the Stanley S. Stegura Funer-
al Home Inc., 614 S. Hanover St.,
Nanticoke, with a Mass of Chris-
tian Burial at 10 a.m. in the main
site of St. Faustina Parish, 520 S.
Hanover St., Nanticoke. Entomb-
ment will be in the mausoleum at
St. Marys Cemetery, Hanover
Township. Friends may call today
from 5 to 7 p.m.
Raymond P.
Scureman Sr.
May 28, 2012
J
ean Marie Cavalari, of West Pitt-
ston, passed away unexpectedly
on Monday, May 28, 2012 in Geisin-
ger Wyoming Valley Medical Cen-
ter, Plains Township.
Born in Pittston on February 24,
1944, she was a daughter of the late
Edward and Eleanor Murray Caval-
ari.
She was a member of Corpus
Christi Parish/Immaculate Con-
ception Church, West Pittston.
Jean was a graduate of West Pitt-
ston High School, class of 1962.
She continued her education, re-
ceiving a license in Cosmetology.
Prior to her retiring, Jean was em-
ployed at Geisinger Wyoming Val-
leyMedical Center andwas alsoem-
ployed for many years in the gar-
ment industry.
She was a member of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union.
Jean Marie was devoted to her
family. Her family will miss Aunt
Jeans incredible sauce and stuffed
shells.
She also enjoyed reading and
traveling.
In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her broth-
ers, Robert and Edward.
Surviving are her loving sisters,
Lisa Minnelli, whom she helped
raise, and Lisas husband, Paul, of
Harding. Also surviving are a sister-
in-law, brother-in-law, nieces, neph-
ews, great-nieces, great-nephews,
aunts, uncles and cousins.
A funeral will be held Thursday
at 10:30 a.m. from the Anthony Re-
cupero Funeral Home, 406 Susque-
hanna Ave., West Pittston, with a
Mass of ChristianBurial at11a.m. in
the Immaculate Conception
Church. Interment will be inMt. Ol-
ivet Cemetery, Carverton. Friends
may call this evening from 5 to 8
p.m. in the funeral home.
Jean Marie Cavalari
May 28, 2012
Gretchen
Marie Bell, 63,
of Springville,
Pa., passed
away unex-
pectedly on
Monday, May
28, 2012, in Re-
gional Hospi-
tal of Scranton.
She was borninWilkes-Barre, to
the late WilliamT. and Marjorie C.
(MacDonald) Davis.
Her husband of 40 years, Bernie
Bell, survives. She also leaves be-
hind her daughter and son-in-law,
Jennifer and George Sobeck IV,
Springville, Pa.; son, Chadwick W.
Bell, Springville, Pa.; and three
grandchildren, George V. and Jo-
seySobeck, andAvaMarieBell. Al-
so surviving are mother-in-law, Ro-
salyn Bell, Auburn Center, Pa.;
brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law,
Joseph and Virginia Bell, Dawn
Bell, David and Fran Bell, Marilyn
Bell, Phyllis andCharlieFritz, Rich
and Debbie Bell, Ed and Deb Bell;
along with many nieces and neph-
ews.
She was predeceased by her
brother, William Davis; father-in-
law, Joseph Bell Sr.; brother-in-law
Thomas Bell; and nephew Mason
Bell.
Gretchen spent her youth boat-
ing and water skiing on Lake Ca-
rey.
She graduated high school from
St. Johns Catholic School in Pitt-
ston. She then graduated from
Penn State University, and was a
life alumni member. She taught high
school English in the Montrose Area
School District for 37 years, and
loved her students.
Gretchen was a passionate teacher
her entire life. She quoted poems and
Shakespeare to her children and
grandchildren. Her brilliance
showed in that way.
She was an avid reader, enjoyed
flower gardening and attending ball
games. Gretchens house was where
all of her childrens friends congregat-
ed and felt at home. She was a loving
wife and mother. Her grandchildren
were truly the light of her life.
A Mass of Christian Burial will
be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Holy
Name of Mary Church in Montrose,
with the Rev. Gerard F. Safko officiat-
ing. Interment will be at St. Bonaven-
tures Cemetery, Auburn, Pa. Visita-
tionwill be Thursday from6 to9 p.m.
in the Daniel K. Regan Funeral
Home, with a Prayer Vigil at 8:30
p.m. Donations in Gretchens memo-
ry can be made to the charity of
choice.
Gretchen Marie Bell
May 28, 2012
Bashar Assad is driving himself
and Russia into a corner.
Alexei Malashenko
The Middle East expert with the Carnegie Moscow
Center believes that recent comments by Russias
foreign minister regarding Syrian President Bashar
Assads responsibility in a weekend massacre of 100 people might have
the Syrian leader re-evaluating his course of action in the future.
Lawmakers have chance
to help foster children
M
ay is National Foster Care Month,
providing an opportunity to remem-
ber and understand the struggles
faced by societys most vulnerable chil-
dren, children who grow up in foster care.
By the time older foster youths reach the
ages of 19 to 21, theyve typically spent at
least 7.5 years in foster care.
In recent years, weve seen an increase in
adoptions and a decline in the number of
children in foster care, which is good news
because we know children do better in
their own homes, raised by families that
love and care for them. But, despite these
gains, there are troubling trends that still
must be addressed.
Our lawmakers have an opportunity to
improve the chances of adoption for
youths in foster care, giving them a better
chance to have the permanent support of a
family that can prepare them for the re-
sponsibilities of the adult world.
In his budget plan, Gov. Tom Corbett
has proposed implementing provisions of a
federal law called the Fostering Connec-
tions to Success and Increasing Adoptions
Act that would help older youths in foster
care, along with the families that want to
provide them with loving homes. These
provisions would afford more support to
families that want to adopt or provide
guardianship arrangements to older youths
in foster care, and also provide more sup-
port and guidance for older youths in fos-
ter care who have not found a forever
family.
Full implementation of Fostering Con-
nections in Pennsylvania makes great fiscal
sense because it will allow the state to
draw down additional federal child welfare
dollars. It also will save taxpayers money
because it will provide incentive for adop-
tion of children in foster care, allowing
cases to close and children to be raised by
families rather than a state-funded system.
Ronald Williams
Wyoming County commissioner
Tunkhannock
Vet gets great service
at East Mountain Inn
O
ur family had a funeral that was attend-
ed by family members from the Pitts-
burgh area.
One of my cousins a veteran stayed
at the Best Western East Mountain Inn
and Suites, Plains Township. The accom-
modations were, he said, great room,
excellent breakfast and wonderful service
and added that when paying the bill it was
about 50 percent off the standard room
rate. When my cousin thanked the manag-
er, the reply from the manager was No,
thank you for your service to our country.
I told my cousin I would acknowledge
the East Mountain Inn for its generosity to
him and its fine accommodations.
So, thank you to this establishment on
behalf of my cousin and other servicemen
who no doubt will receive this same
thoughtful treatment.
Judy Kishel
Bear Creek Township
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IM BLESSED with healthy
kids, so whenever my wife
wants to take them to the
doctor, I suggest we just
mail a check to the pediat-
ricians office and keep the
boys at home.
Why so cavalier? Because they rarely have
any ailment worth treating or worth the
risk from all the germs at the doctors office.
Our fine pediatrician went to Yale Medical
School, and for years all weve brought her
(thank God) are the sniffles.
I doubt society can afford this sort of thing
much longer. The truth is, an enormous
amount of health care is routine, and its
being delivered by people who are expensive-
ly overqualified. Thats one reason too many
people cant afford any care at all.
In the future, expect a lot more care to be
provided by perfectly capable people with
less training, but perhaps more time. Im
talking about nurse practitioners, physician
assistants, dental hygienists and other licens-
ed health professionals who can easily handle
a lot of routine medical matters.
Were already moving in this direction, and
well have to move faster. Under President
Barack Obamas health care reforms, perhaps
a million additional New Yorkers will gain
access to the health care system in 2014. We
dont have enough physicians to accommo-
date all of them, and we cant produce a lot of
new MDs overnight.
Even in the absence of these federal re-
forms, medical demand has been growing.
Across the country, an aging population is
using more care at the same time doctors are
getting older and more women have entered
the profession. Both groups tend to work
fewer hours than young men. The Associ-
ation of American Medical Colleges esti-
mates well be short 90,000 physicians in 10
years.
Physicians and dentists, moreover, arent
eager to move to rural areas. Nurse practitio-
ners and the like can help fill this vacuum,
providing basic care and, when a case re-
quires more expertise, referral to a doctor in
a larger community.
Already, many states are moving toward
allowing such practitioners to do more on
their own. Seventeen states have opted out of
a federal requirement that nurse anesthetists
be supervised by a physician. In Colorado,
controversy over this issue has ended up in
the courts.
People worry about whether practitioners
without medical degrees can provide equiv-
alent care. But theyre already doing so all
over the country, thanks in part to serious
training requirements and state regulation.
Nurse practitioners, for example, typically
have a masters degree as well as clinical
training. They can meet most of the medical
needs of the average patient, including pre-
scribing medication.
Besides, its important to measure any
shortcomings these newer medical profes-
sionals might have against the shortcomings
of a system that makes physicians so harried,
scarce and expensive.
Which brings us back to health care costs.
In the United States, theyre just completely
out of line; if we spent what similar countries
do as a percent of gross domestic product,
wed save about $1 trillion a year. Moving
away from an over-reliance on physicians and
dentists can help rein in medical spending.
Consider nurse anesthetists again. Their
median pay is $157,010, according to sala-
ry.com. Thats a lot, but anesthesiologists
make more than twice as much.
These trends might reverse themselves.
We might yet produce a lot more primary
care doctors and pay them a lot less. But I
doubt it. Like it or not, theres probably a
nurse practitioner or similar pro in your
health care future and chances are, youll be
better off for it.
Daniel Akst is a columnist for Newsday and a
member of the newspapers editorial board.
Nurse practitioners are the wave of health cares future
COMMENTARY
D A N I E L A K S T
U
.S. SEN. BOB Casey,
D-Scranton, intro-
duced legislation last
weekintendedtolend
teethtothelawpassedtoprotect
the jobs of active duty National
Guard and Reserve members.
Existing laws require that
businesses hold jobs open for
members of the National Guard
and Reserves who are called to
duty.
Those laws have not always
beenfollowed, Caseysaid, point-
ing to the experience of retired
Army Brig. Gen. Michael Silva
who lost his job with a contrac-
tor working for the U.SCustoms
andBorder Patrol. TheWashing-
ton Post found that the federal
government was the employer
named in 18 percent of 1,548
complaints alleging violations of
the law.
Under Caseys bill, an employ-
er couldnot forceaservicemem-
ber to automatically give up his
or her job when called into ser-
vice. A potential new employer
also couldnt make giving up the
Guardor Reserve a conditionfor
being hired. The bill would give
service members the right to
seek punitive damages against
an employer in such a case.
Caseys legislation does not
tackle the root cause of jobless-
ness among veterans. Most vet-
erans who cannot find work are
struggling because there are not
enough jobs to be had. For any-
one.
Casey and other members of
Congress shouldnot be pointing
fingers at nameless, spineless,
unpatriotic business people. In-
stead, they ought to explain
what theyhavedonetoget veter-
ans, andeveryoneelsecollecting
unemployment, back to work.
The Daily Item, Sunbury
OTHER OPINION: VETERANS JOBS
End blame game
and get to work
T
HIS IS YOUR invita-
tion.
If you want to see
Wilkes-Barre become
a better place for children to
grow and thrive, your days of
waiting for the right moment
to act, or the stars to align in
just the right formation or a
formal request for your partici-
pation have ended. This is it.
The people behind a startup
community-enhancing cam-
paign called Building Bridges
urge anyone, indeed everyone,
with good intentions and the
gumption to get involved to at-
tend one or more of five meet-
ings at city schools during May
and June.
Nearly 100 people attended
the first session last week at
Dodson Elementary School.
As grassroots movements go,
thats a superb start. It sug-
gests that certain area resi-
dents intend to use the sense-
less shooting death of 14-year-
old Tyler Winstead in April as
the catalyst to develop closer
ties among neighbors and en-
tire neighborhoods.
But in order to succeed, this
sort of transformational pro-
ject cant rely on a single per-
son or even a central group to
power it. Building Bridges re-
quires widespread collabora-
tion, ensuring that, even if it
sputters due to challenging
andchangingcircumstances, it
wont fade out.
So, will you accept the call
and take a seat at the table?
There is space waiting for
concerned parents and guardi-
ans, including grandparents.
Ditto for teachers and school
administrators.
Representatives from the ar-
eas Crime Watch and Guardi-
an Angels programs should
have a place, too, considering
how much knowledge they
have to share about making
our streets safer.
Theres also room for the
skilled professionals and vol-
unteers who lend their know-
how to the regions social ser-
vice agencies: Big Brothers/
Big Sisters of the Bridge, the
Boys &Girls Clubs, the Family
Service Association of Wyom-
ing Valley, the Childrens Ser-
vice Center, the Commission
on Economic Opportunity, the
Volunteers of America, Scouts
and so on.
A seat awaits anyone whose
stomach churned over Lu-
zerne Countys 2009 kids-for-
cash debacle, who cringed at
this springs street violence in
the city involving a machete,
whose heart ached at the loss
of Winstead, a mere eighth-
grader.
If youfit the description, this
is your invitation to build
bridges.
Will you respond?
OUR OPINION: BUILDING BRIDGES
Join campaign
for kids sakes
Building Bridges meetings have
been scheduled in Wilkes-Barre
on the following days; each is
set to begin at 7 p.m.
Thursday: GAR High School
library.
June 7: Heights Elementary
School library.
June 14: Coughlin High School
library.
June 19: Meyers High School
library.
M E E T I N G D AT E S
QUOTE OF THE DAY
PRASHANT SHITUT
President and CEO/Impressions Media
JOSEPH BUTKIEWICZ
Vice President/Executive Editor
MARK E. JONES
Editorial Page Editor
EDITORIAL BOARD
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are deciding to simply walk
away.
People are definitely treat-
ing it as a business decision
moresothananethical decision
anymore, McGuire said.
The rise in foreclosures has
mirrored the regions unem-
ployment rate, which remained
the highest rate in the state in
April at 8.7 percent.
Theres absolutely a correla-
tion, McGuire said.
Walking away from a mort-
gage can allow unemployed
people tomove freely toparts of
thestateor countrywherethere
are more available jobs, he said.
Others have tried to keep up
payments hoping the economy
and market rebound, but as
years went by without improve-
ment, theyve made the deci-
sion to get out fromunder their
mounting debt.
They cannot wait it out long
enough while the market re-
bounds, McGuire said.
He said he has also seen own-
ers move to a rental property or
in with family and then rent
their homes out for enough
money to pay the mortgage.
Were seeing all kinds of in-
novations, McGuire said, and
things people are doing to stave
off foreclosure.
For those able to wait it out,
McGuire said things will cor-
rect themselves at some point,
though maybe never complete-
ly.
The potential exists, he
said. Were hoping these are
the peak (foreclosure) numbers
and this is the beginning of the
end.
In the meantime, lenders and
homeowners will have to work
out ways to avoid foreclosure,
something that has been occur-
ring or the rates would be
much, much higher, McGuire
said he believes.
Not only were one out of ev-
ery 29 mortgaged homes in the
region under foreclosure in
March, 6.46 percent, or about
one inevery14mortgagedprop-
erties, was at least 90 days de-
linquent, according to Core-
Logic.
The report was released the
same day the Standard &
Poors/Case-Shiller home price
index came out, showing aver-
age home sale prices fell to new
lows in the first quarter in 20 ci-
ties tracked nationwide, but
were up in March from Febru-
ary for the first time in seven
months.
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
Houses like this one on Brookside Street, Wilkes-Barre, are being
foreclosed upon, inundating the local housing market with more
homes for sale. This house was one of 525 properties in the
midst of foreclosure filings made this year alone in Luzerne
County, according to the county prothonotarys website.
FORECLOSE
Continued from Page 1A
C M Y K
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N E W S
The Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
Metropolitan Statistical Ar-
eas seasonally adjusted unem-
ployment rate in April was un-
changed at 8.7 percent.
The rate was the highest
among Pennsylvanias 14 large
labor markets, while the State
College MSAs rate of 5.5 per-
cent was the lowest. Pennsyl-
vanias seasonally adjusted un-
employment rate dropped
one-tenth of 1 percent to 7.4
percent, while the United
States rate, also down a tenth
of a point, was at 8.1 percent.
Locally, the unemployment
rate decreased half of a point
over the year, mirroring Penn-
sylvanias drop, while the U.S.
rate was down nine-tenths of a
percent.
The MSA includes Lacka-
wanna, Luzerne and Wyoming
counties. Luzernes unem-
ployment rate remained at 8.9
percent; Lackawannas re-
mained at 8.5 percent and
Wyomings dropped slightly
from 8.7 to 8.5 percent.
The regions seasonally ad-
justed total nonfarm jobs de-
creased 500 from March to
258,500 in April but jobs in-
creased by 4,100 over the year,
up 1.6 percent.
Sectors that sawbig year-to-
year gains included 2,300
more jobs in professional and
business services; 1,100 in
transportation, warehousing
and utilities; and 600 in health
care and social assistance.
Sectors that sawlosses includ-
ed local government, exclud-
ing educational services,
which shed1,000 jobs, and 200
in leisure and hospitality.
The region was one of only
four statewide with an unem-
ployment rate above 8 per-
cent. Allentown/Easton/Be-
thlehem was 8.1 percent and
both Philadelphia and John-
stown registered rates of 8.2
percent.
Areas jobless rate
still highest in state
By ANDREWM. SEDER
[email protected]
She was ecstatic for the op-
portunity to be part of it, Henry
Gesecki said. Theyre a very
close-knit group of Navy people
in the submariners.
Gesecki Holt said she could
not comment without the Navys
clearance.
Women had previously been
permitted on submarines for on-
ly a few days at most, primarily
to perform technical mainte-
nance or for training, but it was
determined that because officers
are entitled to a private bunk and
an officer-only bathroom, wom-
en could serve in the role if a re-
versible sign was placed on the
bathroom door.
Gesecki Holt jumped at the
opportunity, her father said.
In fact her dream if they ever
open it up is to be part of the
attack sub, which right now
women arent allowed to, Henry
Gesecki said. Theyre fast and
small and the accommodations
for females just arent there right
now.
Gesecki Holt completed a 15-
month intensive nuclear-sub
training program that took her
to bases in North Carolina, Con-
necticut and New York. She now
lives in Jacksonville, Fla., with
her husband, 2009 Naval Acade-
my graduate Jordan Holt, and is
awaiting deployment on the USS
Wyoming nuclear submarine.
Henry Gesecki said his daugh-
ter was attracted to the assign-
ment because its difficulty
sparked her competitive nature.
A track star who qualified for the
state meet in all four years of
high school and made the All-Pa-
triot-League team in college, Ge-
secki Holts athletic prowess
helped her get into the Naval A-
cademy, her father said.
Shes been competing since
she was a little kid playing biddy
basketball when she was just 12
years old, and she just wanted to
be a part of that kind of environ-
ment, Gesecki said.
Henry Gesecki added that Abi-
gail is not his only daughter to
accomplish the extraordinary.
His oldest daughter, Cassandra,
29, is a captain in the Marine
Corps and a veteran of Afghan-
istan who now works as an as-
sistant public service director for
the Corps in Hollywood, provid-
ing technical advice to television
and movie producers. Middle
daughter Candice, 26, graduated
with a chemical engineering de-
gree from Carnegie-Mellon Uni-
versity and is now pursuing a
masters in nutrition at Johns
Hopkins University.
They kept busy, Gesecki
said. They dont let any moss
grow under their feet.
Jessica Wilcox of Honesdale, a
2006 Wyoming Seminary gradu-
ate, also was named to a subma-
rine crew and met the Obamas
on Monday.
SUBMARINE
Continued from Page 1A
case that helped give rise to the
nations missing-children move-
ment.
AccordingtothewebsiteGaw-
ker.com, Ramos, described as a
drifter and convicted child mo-
lester, was circumstantially con-
nected to Patz.
The Gawker report states:
Scrutiny on Ramos intensi-
fied three years after Etan disap-
peared, when he was discovered
livingina drainpipe inthe Bronx
and trying to lure young boys
there. He eventually made a se-
ries of statements to investiga-
tors that impliedhis guilt: Asked
how many times he had tried to
rapeEtan, heresponded, I guess
you have a witness. Ill tell you
everything.
Ramos claimed that on the
dayEtandisappeared, hehadab-
ducted a similar-looking boy
who may have beenEtan. But he
insistedhe eventually placedthe
boy on the subway unharmed.
The report also states, Ra-
mos also told one jailhouse in-
formant that he knew Etans
school bus route by heart, and
another that he had indeed ab-
ducted the boy.
The report added, prosecu-
tors could never gather enough
evidence to charge Ramos. In
2000, the NYPD searched the
apartment Ramos had occupied
in 1979, looking for potential
DNA evidence, but came up
empty.
PATZ
Continued from Page 1A
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V
ictoria Dixon, 5, Bernard Dixon III, 11, Beauty Dixon, 8, Ashanti Stanfield,11, and Tristen Oliver do not let the rain get in
the way of their basketball ball game Tuesday in South Wilkes-Barre. Strong thunderstorms with downpours swept
through the area in the early evening Tuesday, causing some street flooding and bringing down some trees and branches
and lowering temperatures that had soared earlier in the day. For complete weather details see Page 10B.
Romney spent Tuesday eve-
ning at a Las Vegas fundraiser
with Donald Trump, who has
been renewing discredited sug-
gestions that Obama wasnt
born in the United States. Rom-
neysays he believes Obama was
born in America but has yet to
condemn Trumps repeated in-
sinuations to the contrary.
If Mitt Romney lacks the
backbone to stand up to a char-
latan like Donald Trump be-
cause hes so concerned about
lining his campaigns pockets,
what does that say about the
kind of president he would be?
Obamas deputy campaign
manager, Stephanie Cutter,
said in a statement.
Asked Monday about
Trumps contentions, Romney
said: I dont agree with all the
people who support me. And
my guess is they dont all agree
with everything I believe in.
He added: But I need to get
50.1 percent or more. And Im
appreciative to have the help of
a lot of good people.
Trump told CNN in an inter-
view Tuesday that he and Rom-
ney talk about other issues
jobs, China, oil andmore and
not about the place of Obamas
birth or the validity of his birth
certificate.
Asked how he viewed Rom-
neys position that the presi-
dent was indeed born in the
U.S., Trump said: Hes entitled
to his opinion, and I think thats
wonderful. I dont happen to
share that opinion and thats
wonderful also.
Republicans wont officially
nominateRomneyuntil lateAu-
gust at the GOP national con-
vention in Tampa, Fla. Romney
has 1,174 convention delegates.
He won at least 88 delegates
inTexas with64left tobe decid-
ed, according to early returns.
The 152 delegates in Texas are
awarded in proportion to the
statewide vote.
Texas Republicans also voted
in a Senate primary to choose a
candidate to run for the seat be-
ing vacated by Sen. Kay Bailey
Hutchison. Lt. Gov. David De-
whurst led state Solicitor Gen-
eral Ted Cruz and Dallas Mayor
Tom Leppert in early returns.
If no one gets more than 50
percent of the vote, the top two
finishers will go to a runoff in
July. The nominee will be
strongly favored to win in No-
vember in heavily Republican
Texas.
Romney, 65, is clinching the
presidential nominationlater in
the calendar than any recent
Republican candidate but
not quite as late as Obama in
2008. Obama clinched the
Democratic nomination on
June 3, 2008, at the endof anep-
ic primary battle with Hillary
Rodham Clinton.
Four years ago, John McCain
reachedthethresholdonMarch
4, after Romney had dropped
out of the race about a month
earlier.
This years primary fight was
extended by a back-loaded pri-
mary calendar, new GOP rules
that generally awarded fewer
delegates for winning a state
and a Republican electorate
that built up several other can-
didates before settling on Rom-
ney.
Rick Perry, Herman Cain,
Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum
and Trump all of them sat
atop the Republican field at
some point. Minnesota Rep.
Michelle Bachmann peaked for
a short time, too. But Romney
outlasted them all, even as
some GOP voters and tea party
backers questioned his conser-
vative credentials.
The primary race started in
JanuarywithSantorum, the for-
mer Pennsylvania senator, nar-
rowly edging Romney in the Io-
wa caucuses. Romney rebound-
edwitha big wininNewHamp-
shire before Gingrich, the
former House speaker, won
South Carolina.
Romney responded with a
barrage of negative ads against
Gingrich in Florida and got a
much-needed 14-point win.
Romneys opponents fought
back: Gingrich called hima liar,
and Santorum said Romney
was the worst Republican in
the country to run against
Obama.
Romney has been in general-
election mode for weeks, rais-
ing money and focusing on
Obama, largely ignoring the
primaries since his competitors
dropped out or stopped cam-
paigning. Santorum suspended
his campaign April 10, and Gin-
grich left the race a few weeks
later.
ROMNEY
Continued from Page 1A
AP PHOTO
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets a group
of veterans in Craig, Colo., on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON The White
House said President Barack Oba-
ma misspoke on Tuesday when he
referred to a Polish death camp
while honoring a Polish war hero.
The presidents remark had
drawn immediate complaints from
Poles who said Obama should have
called it a German death camp in
Nazi-occupied Poland, to distin-
guish the perpetrators from the lo-
cation. Polish Foreign Minister Ra-
dekSikorski calledit a matter of ig-
norance and incompetence.
Obama made the comment while
awarding the Medal of Freedom to
Jan Karski, a resistance fighter
against the Nazi occupation of Po-
land during World War II. Karski
died in 2000.
During an East Room ceremony
honoring 13 Medal of Freedom re-
cipients, Obama said that Karski
served as a courier for the Polish
resistance during the darkest days
of World War II. Before one trip
across enemy lines, resistance
fighters told himthat Jews were be-
ing murdered on a massive scale
and smuggled himinto the Warsaw
Ghetto and a Polish death camp to
see for himself. Jan took that infor-
mation to President Franklin Roo-
sevelt, giving one of the first ac-
counts of theHolocaust andimplor-
ing to the world to take action.
Sikorski tweeted that the White
House would apologize for this
outrageous error and that Polish
Prime Minister Donald Tusk would
address the matter on Wednesday.
Its a pity that such a dignified
ceremony was overshadowed by ig-
norance and incompetence.
Alex Storozynski, president of
the Kosciuszko Foundation, said
Obamas comment shocked the
Poles present at the White House
and those watching on C-SPAN. ...
Karski would have cringed if he
heard this.
President
misspoke on
death camps
By NANCY BENAC
Associated Press Writer
C M Y K
SPORTS S E C T I O N B
THE TIMES LEADER WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012
timesleader.com
NEWARK, N.J. A little less than
two years after battling for the services
of high-scoringfree agent forwardIlya Ko-
valchuk, the New Jersey Devils and
Los Angeles Kings are going after a
bigger prize the Stanley Cup.
To tell the truth, hardly anyone picked
the Devils and Kings to get this far.
The odds were lottery like, and the
teams beat them with authority in reac-
hing a series that will open Wednesday
at the Prudential Center.
You hear it every year, but it doesnt
get old: Once you make it in, you have a
chance to get here, Kings coach Darryl
Sutter said. I think thats one thing that
the prognosticators dont consider. I al-
ways put it this way, when the playoffs
start, the clocks should be reset. Be-
cause everyones starting over, and all 16
teams have a shot to win it all.
I think both teams would agree
with that this year.
LedbyKovalchukanda 40-year-old
Martin Brodeur, the Devils are just
the second No. 6 seed to reach the
final. The 2004 Calgary Flames,
who were coached by Sutter, were
the other.
Riding the goaltending of Jo-
nathan Quick, the Kings overcame
even bigger obstacles. They are
S TA N L E Y C U P P L AYO F F S
Jonathan
Quick
Martin
Brodeur
Devils, Kings make a very unlikely final
The Cup will be awarded to a No. 6 or a
No. 8 seed for the first time under the
current playoff format.
By TOMCANAVAN
AP Sports Writer
See CUP, Page 4B
NEW YORK Philadelphia
Phillies ace Roy Halladay is ex-
pectedtomiss sixtoeight weeks
because of a strained right
shoulder, the latest major set-
back for the five-time NL East
champions.
Halladay was put on the 15-
day disabled list Tuesday, two
days after he was hit hard and
pulled from a start in St. Louis
after just two innings because of
shoulder soreness.
The two-time Cy Young win-
ner will be shut down for a mini-
mum of three weeks, then work
toward rejoining the rotation,
Phillies assistant general man-
ager Scott Proefrock said.
Proefrock said tests done in
Philadelphia indicated Halladay
doesnt need surgery to recover
and that the injury doesnt affect
his rotator cuff.
We hate to have him down,
but its nothing that requires
anything other than rest, Proe-
frock said.
Halladay is 4-5 with a 3.98
ERA in 11 starts. He has pitched
at least 220 innings in each of
the past six seasons, and four
times led the league in innings.
His 72 1-3 innings this year tied
Houstons Wandy Rodriguez for
the NL lead.
The move with Halladay was
made retroactive
to Monday. Catch- er
Erik Kratz was recalled
fromTriple-ALehighVal-
ley.
Minutes before the in-
jury was announced as a
Grade I/Grade II strain of
the latissimus dorsi, Phil-
lies manager Charlie Manu-
el said he thought Halladay
The Phils Roy Halla-
day is expected to
miss six to eight
weeks because
of a
strained
right
shoul-
der.
M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L
Halladay to miss 6-to-8 weeks with bum shoulder
By BEN WALKER
AP Baseball Writer
See HALLADAY, Page 4B
DALLASThewait tooklong-
er.
Once Carver Engineering and
Science finally arrived at Dallas
High School, it didnt take long
for Holy Redeemer to send the
District 12 runner-up right back
to the bus Tuesday afternoon.
The District 2 champion Roy-
als seized control early in the
first game and never let the En-
gineers back in the match, post-
ing a 3-0 victory in the first
roundof the PIAAClass 2Aboys
volleyball tournament.
Redeemer won the first two
games by 25-12 scores and wast-
ed little time to clinch the victo-
ry with a 25-10 triumph in game
three.
Redeemer moves to the quar-
terfinals on Friday at Penn State
where it will play in a four-team
pool. The top two teams from
the pool advance to the semifi-
nals on Saturday. The cham-
pionshipmatchis also Saturday.
The match started about 70
minutes after the scheduled
3:30 p.m. start. Carver was
caught in a traffic bottleneck
due to an accident on the
Schuylkill Expressway, which
leads out of its Philadelphia
home base.
We just sat around, hit onthe
wall a little bit, Redeemer hit-
ter Mike Prociak said of the de-
lay. We werent allowed to go
on the court. I dont know, it
would have been cheating or
something. It was a nice, long
wait we had today.
It took Redeemer less time to
dispose of the Engineers.
H . S . B OY S V O L L E Y B A L L
Redeemer carves up D12 opponent
Royals claim easy win over
Carver to advance to state
pool play at Penn State.
By JOHN ERZAR
[email protected]
See ROYALS, Page 3B
FRED ADAMS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Brendan Leahigh returns the ball for Holy Redeemer over Carvers Pierson McCall.
TAFTON While some fans
may tell you a storm struck Wal-
lenpaupacks field around 5:30
p.m. on Tuesday, some others
might just tell you it struck about
anhour earlier under still sunny
skies.
Thats when Hazleton Area
started hitting the ball.
The Cougars banged out nine
singles and put at least one run
up in each of the
first four innings
to down the
Buckhorns 5-0
in the District 2
Class 4Asoftball
tournament
semifinals.
Let it rain,
Hazleton Area coach Vince Triv-
elpiece said minutes after the
game was called. The difference
last year (a 1-0 loss to William-
sport in a district semifinal halt-
ed by weather) was that it
changed the outcome of the
game. I dont think it made a dif-
ference today. We could have
played and played, and it
wouldnt have changed the re-
sult.
The win makes Hazleton Area
the district champions for the
first time since 2010. The Cou-
gars will play Williamsport for
the tournament championship
and a ticket to states Thursday at
Wilkes.
Imreally excited because this
is my senior year, Hazleton Area
outfielder Ashley Donlin said.
We worked really hard this year
and weve all just come together
as a team.
Becky Demko offered another
dominating pitching perform-
ance, allowing just an infield sin-
gle in the second inning. She
faced the minimum until the last
inning.
We knew we played them ear-
lier this year. We just wanted to
get on top, we wanted to get a
lead, said Demko, recalling a 7-6
Cougars win over Wallenpau-
pack on April 14. I threw pretty
much the same pitches; there
were no real changes from last
time.
About the only thing working
H . S . S O F T B A L L
Storm no
problem
this time
in victory
Hazleton Area beats rain and
Wallenpaupack to advance to
tournament finals.
By JOHN MEDEIROS
[email protected]
See COUGARS, Page 3B
5
HAZLETON
AREA
0
PAUPACK
ROCHESTER, N.Y. It wasnt
the type of win you see everyday,
but the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Yankees will take it.
After a pair of late blown leads,
the Yankees defeated Toledo 8-7
on a pinch-hit
bases loaded
walk by Collin
Curtis inthebot-
tom of the ninth
at Frontier
Field.
Curtis re-
placed Cole Gar-
ner earlier in the
at-bat with the
count 1-1 when
Garner had to
leave the game
with an injury.
The Yankees
held a two-run
lead entering
the top of the
ninth before To-
ledo scored four to deal Yankee
closer Kevin Whelan (3-0) his
first blown save of the season.
The Mud Hens held a 7-5 advan-
tage entering the bottom of the
ninth.
A two-run double by Ronier
Mustelier got theYankees evenin
the ninth at 7-7. After Brandon
Laird was retired and Francisco
Cervelli intentionally walked, the
stage was set for the final plate
appearance as the Yankees pulled
out their third straight win. Cou-
S W B YA N K E E S
Yankees
walk away
with win
Pinch hitter Collin Curtis
takes three balls for
game-winning free pass.
See YANKEES, Page 4B
8
YANKEES
7
MUD HENS
The Times Leader staff
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CAMPS/CLINICS
Lake-Lehman High School will be
hosting a series of wrestling clinics
this summer, Monday and Wednes-
day evenings from 5:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. beginning June 4. Cost
of the clinics will be $160 if you call
before June 1. $20 late registration
applies. Intensive workouts, top
notch technique instruction, and
exposure to the top college and
high school coaches in the country
will be featured. The clinics are
being directed by Jack Davis,
former Clarion University Head
Coach. Registration information
can be obtained by calling Jack at
814-538-9034.
MEETINGS
Berwick Boys High School Basket-
ball Boosters will be holding its
monthly meeting on Tuesday June
5 in the Gymnasium lobby area at
7:00 p.m. This meeting will be
about all summer activities in
which the basketball team will be
participating in. If you have any
questions contact Coach Ja-
sonKingery at 570-394-7115 or
[email protected].
County Line Girls Softball League
will have a meeting on Sunday at 7
p.m. at Dupont fieldhouse. All town
reps and 10u and 12u coaches are
invited to discuss upcoming 10u
and 12u playoffs. 14u and 17u coach-
es will meet at a later date. For
more info call Bob Cappelloni,
881-8744.
Jenkins Twp Little League will hold
its monthly meeting on Sunday,
June 3rd at 6 p.m. Items to be
discussed include district and
tournament team requirements.
Attendance from all managers
from all teams is mandatory.
Lake Lehman Baseball Booster Club
will hold an information and plan-
ning meeting at 7 p.m. today in the
Lake Lehman High School Cafete-
ria. Topics of the meeting include
2012 season open business, end of
season banquet, 2012 fund raising
highlights, upcoming 2012/13
fundraisers and review of the 2012
financial statement.
REGISTRATION/TRYOUTS
Plymouth Shawnee Indians will
have registration at the Plymouth
Borough Building, Wednesday from
6 to 7 p.m. for all players ages five
to 14. Bring a copy of Birth certif-
icate and two forms that verify
current address.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Dick McNulty Bowling League will
hold its annual summer outing on
Sunday, June 3 from11 a.m. to 6
p.m. at Konefals Park. Final date
for reservations and cancellations
is May 27. For more information
call Wendy at 824-3086.
Daniel J. Distasio Memorial Golf
Tournament will be held Saturday,
June 16 at the Blue Ridge Trail Golf
Course. Shotgun start at 1:30 p.m.
The cost is $95 per golfer. Price
includes golf, gifts, refreshments,
dinner, awards and prizes. Hole
sponsorships are also available at
$100 (Gold), $75 (Silver) and $50
(Bronze). Please make checks
payable to: Daniel J. Distasio
Memorial Fund and mail checks to
Ray Distasio, 575 Pierce St., Suite
400, Kingston, PA18704. For more
information or to assure reserva-
tions, please call or email Dan, Jr.
at 906-5964 ([email protected])
or Beth at 970-5400
([email protected]).
The Rotary Club of Plymouth will
sponsor its 12th annual golf tour-
nament on Sunday at Rolling Pines
Golf Course, Route 11, Berwick.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.,
with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
Donation per golfer is $85 per
person which includes golf, break-
fast, dinner, refreshments, snacks,
prizes and surprises. Hole spon-
sors also available. Contact Rotar-
ian JK Karavus, chairman at 574-
4246 with any questions or Rotary
District Governor Budd OMalia at
814-3918. All proceeds support
community service projects in and
around the greater Plymouth area.
The Sixth Annual Daniel J. Distasio
Memorial Golf Tournament will be
held Saturday, June 16 at the Blue
Ridge Trail Golf Course. Shotgun
start at 1:30 p.m. The cost is $95
per golfer. Price includes golf, gifts,
refreshments, dinner, awards and
prizes. Hole sponsorships are also
available at $100 (Gold), $75 (Sil-
ver) and $50(Bronze). Please make
checks payable to: Daniel J. Dis-
tasio Memorial Fund and mail
checks to Ray Distasio, 575 Pierce
St., Suite 400, Kingston, PA18704.
The deadline for registration is
June 8. For more information or to
assure reservations, please call or
email Dan, Jr. at 906-5964
([email protected]) or Ray at
288-6464 rayd@clementec-
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BUL L E T I N BOARD
Through this past weekend Jim Morrill Jr. leads the driver stand-
ings through the early part of the season at Pocono Downs. Morrill
tops thecharts with71victories, winningat anice21%clip. Jimalsois
the leader in purses won with just a shade under $800,000. Chasing
Morrill in the second position is none other than George Napolitano
Jr. with 69 winners driven. These two should be nip and tuck most of
the season, with each driver winning at the Downs on a regular basis.
On the training end Ron Burke is tops on the leader board. Burke is
having a career year winning up and down the east coast and even in
Canada. Ron currently is in the number one position with 23 tallies.
Chasing Burke in the second position is the red-hot Chris Oakes.
Oakes is winningat nearly 30%andhas beenclaiminghorses a plenty
of late. These two guys are always ones to watch whenever they have
a horse entered in any particular race.
It should be a dogfight right down to the wire for both the driver
and trainer leaders throughout the 2012 meet.
BEST BET: DOINIT DRAGONSTYLE (10TH)
VALUE PLAY: TIP N GO (2ND)
POST TIME 6:30 p.m.
All Races One Mile
First-$4,500 Clm.Pace;clm.price $5,000
4 Late For Work G.Napolitano 4-7-9 Drops and pops 3-1
7 Mysteriosa Hanover J.Morrill 9-8-9 Another plunging in price 7-2
6 Passion Starlet G.Merton 3-2-5 Merton in for Pellegrino 4-1
1 Fox Valley Dazzle E.Carlson 4-6-8 Holds rail for fourth 9-2
2 Monets Lilly M.Simons 4-6-1 Missed some time 5-1
3 La Brujita B.Simpson 1-5-7 Freehold shipper 8-1
5 Skyworth H.Parker 8-8-9 Again in the back 12-1
8 Prairie Ganache J.Taggart 6-5-4 Ill take a pass 10-1
Second-$9,500 Cond.Pace;n/w 1 pm race life
6 Tip N Go T.Jackson 5-8-5 Worthy darkhorse 8-1
1 Sammys Magic Day L.Stalbaum 4-3-8 Longtime maiden 4-1
5 Terror In Motion E.Carlson 6-3-6 Wide open bunch 9-2
4 Margarita Monday M.Simons 2-2-2 Vulnerable chalk 3-1
2 Day Traker A.Napolitano 5-2-5 Note the driver change 7-2
3 Swash Hanover T.Buter 7-4-3 Squashed down 6-1
7 Serenity Breeze G.Napolitano 7-7-3 Struggling filly 10-1
8 Im A Nice Girl D.Ingraham 8-6-5 Gapper 20-1
9 Tell Rosie J.Taggart 4-7-9 No one is listening 15-1
Third-$11,000 Cond.Trot;n/w 2 pm races life
5 Banker Volo J.Morrill 1-3-x Looks ready off prep 3-1
3 Mr Candyman D.Ackerman 2-8-10 Looking for a flat mile 4-1
1 Photo Review H.Parker 3-1-4 Good group of n/w of 2 7-2
6 Star And Glides B.Clarke 6-1-6 Clarke trains and reins 6-1
8 The Big Thea Thea T.Buter 1-3-6 Rough spot to repeat 8-1
4 Womanizer Hanover M.Kakaley 3-7-7 Just 1-for-18 lifetime 9-2
9 Bullvillecomeonjohn G.Napolitano 5-5-2 Gone 15-1
7 Act Out Hanover M.Simons 3-5-6 Having breaking issues 10-1
2 Glidenfordollars M.Romano 5-5-7 Miscues like crazy 20-1
Fourth-$11,000 Cond.Pace;n/w 2 pm races life
1 White Liar L.Miller 1-1-7 Wont get 4-1 again 5-2
6 Jedi Hanover G.Napolitano 3-3-4 Nap takes over the lines 6-1
5 High Stake Hanover L.Stalbaum 4-5-8 Lightly raced 4yr old 7-2
4 Celebrity Scandal J.Morrill 4-6-5 Morrill driving at .401 8-1
3 Mechanical Bull E.Carlson 5-2-2 Yet to win 1 race 5-1
2 Nip Pan Tuck T.Buter 8-8-5 Look past 4-1
7 Cowboy Artist T.Jackson 6-7-3 Not raced since Nov 12-1
8 Gracies Boy T.Lancaster 6-7-4 Tim makes rare appearance 20-1
9 Scoranman M.Simons 5-9-8 Needs start or two 15-1
Fifth-$11,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $6,500 last 5
3 Biscuits N Gravy D.Ingraham 4-6-5 Down the road 7-2
1 Around And Over A.Napolitano 3-4-3 Sits the pocket 10-1
4 Sephora De Vie J.Morrill 6-1-5 Bounced off that win 4-1
7 Berkshire J.Bartlett 1-6-5 Just won at Tioga 3-1
8 Winbak Red G.Napolitano 4-4-4 In from Harrahs 6-1
9 Victors Future T.Buter 3-4-7 Valley Victor 5yr old 9-2
6 Political Pull T.Jackson 8-5-6 Broke two of last three starts 8-1
2 Dream Kid M.Kakaley 4-9-2 Cash burner 15-1
4 Beatitude M.Simons 7-2-4 Winless in 2012 20-1
Sixth-$8,500 Clm.Pace;clm.price $10,000
8 RM Mornin Sunshine M.Kakaley 1-4-8 Never better 7-2
7 Sarastar J.Morrill 6-2-3 Rejoins the Sherman barn 6-1
6 Hally L.Stalbaum 5-4-8 Bomber in for the night 3-1
1 BCs Jesse E.Carlson 1-8-4 Eric getting more mounts 9-2
4 Bigdreamsnhihopes G.Napolitano 9-2-2 Still hot commodity 4-1
2 U Foria BB G.Merton 1-1-3 Back from Monticello 8-1
3 Riverdancer J.Taggart 8-4-6 Cant sustain rally 20-1
5 Harper Lee T.Buter 5-4-3 Tires last qtr mile 15-1
9 For All We Know B.Simpson 6-7-3 Fills out the field 10-1
Seventh-$13,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $9,000 last 5
7 Jaavos Boy D.Ingraham 5-3-4 Home cooking the trick 3-1
1 Habanero T.Buter 6-7-3 Contender from pole 6-1
4 Gurf L.Stalbaum 2-5-1 Was a good 2nd at Harrington 4-1
9 Florida Mac Attack A.Napolitano 2-2-9 Post the big knock 7-2
6 Ride In Style S.Cook 6-7-5 Drops a little in class 8-1
5 Looking To Score M.Simons 8-3-4 2nd start since the claim 20-1
8 Westside Lindy G.Napolitano 3-7-8 Breaking woes 10-1
3 Wingbat M.Kakaley 2-2-3 Overmatched 9-2
2 Vivid Photo R.Hammer 7-8-1 Ready for retirement 15-1
Eighth-$14,000 Clm.Hndcp Pace;clm.price $15-20,000
4 Another Wild Woman A.McCarthy 1-3-9 Worth tailing 5-1
3 Cruisinthecoast J.Morrill 7-4-2 Cant get too far behind 4-1
1 Runaway Rose M.Kakaley 2-6-2 Matt had better meet in 11 3-1
2 Hold Onto Your Hat G.Napolitano 1-7-5 Has missed two weeks 9-2
6 Trieste Seelster L.Stalbaum 3-5-4 Not much since purchase 7-2
7 Southwest J.Pavia 5-1-3 Didnt fire off the score 8-1
5 Peeeeeyouuuuuuuu E.Carlson 8-1-9 Lives up to name 12-1
8 Dysnomia Blue Chip M.Simons 4-5-5 Little interest 10-1
Ninth-$11,000 Cond.Pace;n/w $6,500 last 5
2 Southern Sport G.Napolitano 8-4-5 Been facing better 3-1
7 Kiss My Art J.Pantaleano 1-1-7 Was a steal at 3-1 last wk 7-2
6 Shadows Dream E.Carlson 2-7-4 Just got beat by #7 last out 9-2
1 Saulsbrooks Fame M.Romano 9-4-9 Makes noise from the wood 4-1
3 Blissfullcavalcade J.Pavia 8-7-7 2nd start under Pavia 6-1
4 Rollwithitharry J.Bartlett 4-6-5 Rolling the wrong way 10-1
5 Mercurio N J.Morrill 2-5-6 Not going anywhere 8-1
8 Lucky Land A.Napolitano 2-5-7 Fails 15-1
9 Modern Day Clyde L.Stalbaum 5-7-3 Swallowed up 20-1
Tenth-$14,000 Clm.Hndcp Pace;clm.price $15-20,000
7 Doinit Dragonstyle G.Napolitano 1-2-2 Wire to wire winner 5-2
1 Natural Woman N J.Bartlett 1-1-1 Model of consistency 3-1
3 PW Ivory Grin A.McCarthy 3-3-5 Again just a bit short 10-1
4 Firiel Hanover J.Morrill 4-2-4 Sherman-Morrill still solid duo 4-1
8 Picked By An Angel M.Simons 4-4-1 Keeps getting stuck outside 9-2
5 B Js Skye M.Kakaley 2-5-1 ANap opted off 6-1
2 G G Roulette A.Napolitano 6-7-4 Hard one to figure out 12-1
6 Dinah Ross T.Buter 7-8-2 Sings a different tune 15-1
Eleventh-$14,000 Cond.Trot;n/w 4 pm races life
1 Martino G.Napolitano 1-2-2 More Georgie chalk 5-2
7 Take Heart B.Simpson 3-9-1 Chases down second 7-2
4 State Fair E.Carlson 2-6-5 Race is for place 5-1
5 Wind Neath My Feet T.Jackson 6-3-4 Fast early on 4-1
8 Bob N Tony M.Kakaley 4-4-4 One worse than fourth 8-1
9 Celebrity Hall A.McCarthy 5-1-1 No pictures in sight 15-1
6 Duluth D.Ackerman 6-4-4 Ackermans own 6-1
2 Somolli Crown J.Bartlett 4-6-9 Bartlett done ok for King 12-1
3 Lady Love Hanover J.Morrill 7-7-3 Auto toss 20-1
Twelfth-$11,000 Cond.Pace;n/w 2 pm races life
5 American Pilot J.Bartlett 1-4-2 Was overlooked in that win 7-2
1 Quik Jolt M.Simons 3-1-2 The one to beat 5-2
2 Little Nicky B T.Buter 3-1-3 Still gaining on it 4-1
9 Intervention M.Kakaley 7-3-1 Stakes placed colt 5-1
8 Hes Shore Tan B.Simpson 6-2-2 Jennas Beach Boy youngster 12-1
7 My Civil Dollar T.Jackson 6-2-3 TJ driving at .148 8-1
4 Powerful Pilot G.Napolitano 5-3-2 Cant seal the deal late 6-1
3 Nuclear Enemy R.Hammer 4-2-8 Very nice youthful field 15-1
6 Chester Hanover M.Romano 3-2-7 Just 1 tally in 38 previous 20-1
Thirteenth-$11,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $6,500 last 5
7 Mama Made Me Blue B.Simpson 3-1-4 You wont get 15-1 15-1
1 Dash For The Cash T.Jackson 1-6-8 Fast in the morning 9-2
5 Order By Texas J.Bartlett 4-3-5 Nice recover from break 3-1
3 Kings Cavalier T.Buter 2-4-8 Can storm home 7-2
4 Thro Time G.Napolitano 6-5-6 Needs a slower tempo 10-1
2 Eight Bells J.Raymer 1-7-8 Jim drives for himself 4-1
6 Fort Benning A.Napolitano 1-5-9 Back up in class off win 6-1
8 Pembroke Street J.Pavia 1-6-7 All out in that score 8-1
9 Keenan J.Morrill 9-7-4 One more race to go 20-1
Fourteenth-$9,000 Cond.Pace;n/w $4,000 last 5
6 Witch Is Bettor J.Morrill 3-6-3 Its Morrill in the finale 7-2
5 Mcace Of Arts A.McCarthy 7-6-8 Andy Mac grabs runner-up 3-1
2 Pay Attention Jack A.Napolitano 8-3-5 Not the best of nightcaps 4-1
1 Party At Joyces J.Kakaley 4-7-7 Johns lone steer of night 6-1
4 Jump Start E.Carlson 1-8-5 Looking for a check 9-2
8 By All Means T.Buter 6-1-6 Didnt fire last start here 20-1
9 Sandy Absolut J.Taggart 5-7-3 Dinges a cold trainer 8-1
7 Park Lane Heather G.Napolitano 5-7-4 Parked out 10-1
3 Tammibest D.Ingraham 9-9-9 See you on Fri 15-1
BASEBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
American League
INDIANS 8.5 Royals
RAYS 7.5 White Sox
TWINS 9.0 As
BLUE JAYS 8.5 Orioles
RED SOX 9.5 Tigers
RANGERS 10 Mariners
ANGELS 8.5 Yankees
National League
CUBS NL Padres
Reds 7.0 PIRATES
MARLINS 8.0 Nationals
BRAVES 8.0 Cards
Phillies 7.5 METS
ROCKIES 10 Astros
DODGERS 6.0 Brewers
GIANTS 7.5 Dbacks
NOTE: There will be no over/under run total (which
wouldbetheovernight total) for all theChicagoCubs
homegames duetotheconstantly changingweather
reports at Wrigley Field. Please check with www.a-
mericasline.com for the latest Cubs run total on the
day of the game.
NBA
Favorite Points Underdog
Eastern Conference Final
HEAT 7.5 Celtics
NHL
Favorite Odds Underdog
Kings -$120/
even
DEVILS
AME RI C A S L I NE
BY ROXY ROXBOROUGH
BOXING REPORT: In the WBO welterweight title fight on June 9 in Las Vegas,
Nevada, Manny Pacquiao is -$400 vs. Timothy Bradley at +$300. Follow Eckstein
on Twitter at www.twitter.com/vegasvigorish.
On the Mark
By Mark Dudek
Times Leader Correspondent
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
TODAY'S EVENTS
H.S. BASEBALL
District 2-4 Class 4A final
No. 1 Wyoming Valley West vs. No. 3 Scranton,
4:30 p.m. at Kings College
District 2 Class A final
No. 1 Lackawanna Trail vs. No. 2 Old Forge, 2 p.m.
at Marywood University
District 2 Class 3A semifinals
No. 10 Nanticoke at No. 3 Berwick, 2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Coughlin at No. 1 North Pocono, 1:30 p.m.
District 2 Class 2A semifinals
No. 12Holy Redeemer at No. 1Hanover Area, 1p.m.
No. 6 Holy Cross at No. 2 Montrose, 4:30 p.m.
H.S. BOYS LACROSSE
Delaware Valley vs. Carlisle, 4 p.m. Wilkes Univer-
sity
H.S GIRLS LACROSSE
PIAA Tournament First Round
Wyoming Seminary vs. Cocalico, 6 p.m. at Wilkes
University
H.S. GIRLS SOCCER
PIAA Spring Tournament
Berwick vs. Mechanicsburg, 6p.m. at Lake-Lehman
H.S.
H.S. SOFTBALL
District 2 Class 3A final
Wyoming Area vs. Valley View, 4:30 p.m. at Mary-
wood University
District 2 Class 2A final
Nanticoke vs. Lakeland, 4:30 p.m. at Wilkes Uni-
vsersity
District 2 Class A semifinals
Old Forge at Northwest, 4:30 p.m.
PREP LEGION BASEBALL
(All games 5:30 p.m. unless noted)
Abington White at Abington Blue
South Scranton at Valley View
Swoyersville at Plains
YOUTH LEGION BASEBALL
(All games 5:45 p.m. unless noted)
Greater Pittston at Back Mountain
Nanticoke at Wilkes-Barre
Dunmore at Green Ridge
W H A T S O N T V
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
WGN Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay
7 p.m.
WQMY, SNY Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets
ROOT Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
10 p.m.
YES N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m.
SE2 Binghamton at Reading
NBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN Draft Lottery, at Secaucus, N.J.
8:30 p.m.
ESPN Playoffs, conference finals, game 2, Bos-
ton at Miami
NHL HOCKEY
8 p.m.
NBCPlayoffs, finals, game1, Los Angeles at New
Jersey
SOCCER
1:55 p.m.
ESPN2 Mens national teams, exhibition, Spain
vs. South Korea, at Berne, Switzerland
7:50 p.m.
ESPN2 Mens national teams, exhibition, United
States vs. Brazil, at Landover, Md.
TENNIS
5 a.m.
ESPN2 French Open, second round, at Paris
T R A N S A C T I O N S
ATHLETICS
USATFNamed Renee Chube Washington chief
operating officer.
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLESReinstated OF Endy
Chavez from the 15-day DL. Selected the contract
of RHP Miguel Gonzalez from Norfolk. Optioned
RHP Tommy Hunter and OF Xavier Avery to Nor-
folk.
DETROIT TIGERSAssigned RHP Collin Bales-
ter outright to Toledo (IL).
LOS ANGELES ANGELSReinstated OF Torii
Hunter from the restricted list. Optioned INF An-
drew Romine to Salt Lake (PCL).
NEW YORK YANKEESAcquired RHP Ryota Ig-
arashi off waivers from Toronto. Transferred RHP
Brad Meyers to the 60-day DL.
TAMPA BAY RAYSSelected OF-DH Hideki Mat-
sui from Durham (IL). Optioned OF-DH Stephen
Vogt to Durham. Transferred OF Brandon Guyer
from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYSRecalled INF Mike
McCoy from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned OF Eric
Thames to Las Vegas.
National League
CHICAGO CUBSActivated C Steve Clevenger
from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Blake Lalli to Iowa
(PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERSReinstated OF Matt
Kemp from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF-1B Jerry
Sands to Albuquerque (PCL). Recalled RHP Nath-
an Eovaldi from Chattanooga (SL).
NEW YORK METSPlaced INF Justin Turner on
the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Chris Schwinden
from Buffalo (IL). Purchased the contract of INF
Omar Quintanilla from Buffalo. Designated RHP
Manny Acosta for assignment.
PHILADELPHIAPHILLIESPlacedRHPRoy Hal-
laday on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 28. Re-
called C Erik Kratz from Lehigh Valley (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATESRecalled INF Jordy
Mercer fromIndianapolis (IL). Optioned INFYamai-
co Navarro to Indianapolis.
WASHINGTON NATIONALSRecalled C Jhona-
tan Solano from Syracuse (IL). Accepted the con-
tract of OF Erik Komatsu, who was assigned out-
right per Rule 6 guidelines to Syracuse (IL), from
the Minnesota.
Eastern League
ALTOONACURVECalledupLHPJhonathanRa-
mos from Bradenton (FSL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
INDIANAPOLIS COLTSSigned OT George Fos-
ter. Waived FB Ryan Mahaffey.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSSigned OL Jamey
Richard, TE Nick Melillo and DB Alfonzo Dennard.
Released WR Anthony Gonzalez.
PITTSBURGH STEELERSSigned LB Sean
Spence to a four-year contract.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOSSigned QB Brandon
Summers and DB Pete Ittersagen.
TORONTO ARGONAUTSAnnounced the retire-
ment of LB-S Willie Pile.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERSSigned WR Isaac
Anderson and WR Victor James.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINSSigned G Niklas Svedberg.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKSAgreed to terms with
F JoakimNordstrom, DKlas Dahlbeck, GMac Car-
ruth and G Kent Simpson on three-year contracts.
DETROIT RED WINGSSigned F Teemu Pulkki-
nen to a three-year entry-level contract.
NEWYORK ISLANDERSAgreed to terms with F
John Persson on a three-year entry-level contract.
PHOENIX COYOTESSigned F Phil Lane to a
three-year entry-level contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUESSigned G Jordan Binnington.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK RED BULLSLoaned F Corey Hert-
zog to Wilmington (USL-PRO).
COLLEGE
ALCORN STATENamed Jay Hopson football
coach.
BUTLERAnnounced it is joining the Atlantic 10
conference, beginning the 2012-13 season.
FORDHAMSigned mens basketball coach Tom
Pecora to a contract extension through the 2016-17
season.
KANSAS STATENamed Chester Frazier mens
assistant basketball coach.
KENNESAW STATENamed Kristina Llanes
womens lacrosse coach.
MARSHALLNamedMatt Daniel womens basket-
ball coach.
RIPONNamed Marty Wahle swim coach.
UNC GREENSBORONamed Latasha Shipman,
Darren Guensch and LaToya Carter womens as-
sistant basketball coaches.
B A S E B A L L
Minor League Baseball
International League
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Pawtucket (Red Sox) .............. 32 20 .615
Buffalo (Mets)........................... 29 22 .569 2
1
2
Yankees ................................... 27 22 .551 3
1
2
Lehigh Valley (Phillies) ........... 28 23 .549 3
1
2
Syracuse (Nationals)............... 24 28 .462 8
Rochester (Twins) ................... 20 30 .400 11
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Gwinnett (Braves) ................... 31 20 .608
Charlotte (White Sox) ............. 29 23 .558 2
1
2
Durham (Rays)......................... 22 30 .423 9
1
2
Norfolk (Orioles) ...................... 21 29 .420 9
1
2
West Division
W L Pct. GB
Indianapolis (Pirates) ............. 29 21 .580
Columbus (Indians)................ 24 26 .480 5
Toledo (Tigers)....................... 24 27 .471 5
1
2
Louisville (Reds) .................... 17 36 .321 13
1
2
Tuesday's Games
Syracuse 6, Louisville 2
Buffalo 3, Columbus 1
Gwinnett 4, Lehigh Valley 0
Indianapolis 3, Durham1
Pawtucket 11, Norfolk 8
Yankees 8, Toledo 7
Rochester 7, Charlotte 4
Today's Games
Durham at Indianapolis, 1:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.
Columbus at Buffalo, 7:05 p.m.
Syracuse at Louisville, 7:05 p.m.
Norfolk at Pawtucket, 7:05 p.m.
Toledo at Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
Rochester at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Columbus at Buffalo, 10:35 a.m.
Toledo at Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.
Durham at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m.
Syracuse at Louisville, 7:05 p.m.
Norfolk at Pawtucket, 7:05 p.m.
Rochester at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m.
Eastern League
Eastern Division
W L Pct. GB
New Britain (Twins) ................. 29 21 .580
Reading (Phillies) .................... 28 21 .571
1
2
Trenton (Yankees)................... 26 22 .542 2
Binghamton (Mets).................. 24 25 .490 4
1
2
New Hampshire (Blue Jays)... 20 29 .408 8
1
2
Portland (Red Sox).................. 20 30 .400 9
Western Division
W L Pct. GB
Akron (Indians)......................... 29 19 .604
Harrisburg (Nationals)............. 27 23 .540 3
Erie (Tigers) ............................. 25 24 .510 4
1
2
Richmond (Giants) .................. 24 27 .471 6
1
2
Altoona (Pirates) ...................... 22 27 .449 7
1
2
Bowie (Orioles) ........................ 22 28 .440 8
Tuesday's Games
Altoona 6, Richmond 1
Portland at Harrisburg, ppd., rain
Akron 3, Bowie 0
New Britain at New Hampshire, ppd., rain
Binghamton at Reading, ppd., rain
Erie 3, Trenton 3, susp.
Today's Games
Bowie at Akron, 10:35 a.m.
Richmond at Altoona, 6:30 p.m.
Portland at Harrisburg, 7 p.m.
New Britain at New Hampshire, 7:05 p.m.
Binghamton at Reading, 7:05 p.m.
Erie at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Portland at Harrisburg, 10:30 a.m.
New Britain at New Hampshire, 10:35 a.m.
Richmond at Altoona, 6:30 p.m.
Bowie at Akron, 7:05 p.m.
Binghamton at Reading, 7:05 p.m.
Erie at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.
H O C K E Y
National Hockey League
Playoff Glance
(Best-of-7)
(x-if necessary)
CONFERENCE FINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 2
Monday, May 14: NY Rangers 3, New Jersey 0
Wednesday, May 16: New Jersey 3, NY Rangers 2
Saturday, May 19: NY Rangers 3, New Jersey 0
Monday, May 21: New Jersey 4, NY Rangers 1
Wednesday, May 23: New Jersey 5, NY Rangers 3
Friday, May 25: New Jersey 3, NY Rangers 2, OT
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 1
Sunday, May 13: Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 2
Tuesday, May 15: Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 0
Thursday, May 17: Los Angeles 2, Phoenix 1
Sunday, May 20: Phoenix 2, Los Angeles 0
Tuesday, May 22: Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 3, OT
STANLEY CUP FINALS
Wednesday, May 30: Los Angeles at NewJersey, 8
p.m.
Saturday, June 2: Los Angeles at New Jersey, 8
p.m.
Monday, June 4: NewJersey at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6: New Jersey at Los Angeles, 8
p.m.
x-Saturday, June 9: Los Angeles at New Jersey, 8
p.m.
x-Monday, June 11: New Jersey at Los Angeles, 8
p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 13: Los Angeles at New Jer-
sey, 8 p.m.
American Hockey League
Playoff Glance
(x-if necessary)
CONFERENCE FINALS
BEST OF 7
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Norfolk 4, St. John's 0
Thursday, May 17: Norfolk 6, St. Johns 1
Saturday, May 19: Norfolk 3, St. Johns 1
Monday, May 21: Norfolk 1, St. Johns 0, OT
Tuesday, May 22: Norfolk 4, St. Johns 0
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Toronto 4, Oklahoma City 1
Thursday, May 17: Toronto 5, Oklahoma City 0
Friday, May 18: Oklahoma City 5, Toronto 1
Monday, May 21: Toronto 5, Oklahoma City 3
Wednesday, May 23: Toronto 3, Oklahoma City 0
Friday, May 25: Toronto 3, Oklahoma City 1
CALDER CUP FINALS
BEST OF 7
Norfolk vs. Toronto
Friday, June 1: Toronto at Norfolk, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 2: Toronto at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
Thursday, June 7: Norfolk at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 9: Norfolk at Toronto, 3 p.m.
x-Sunday, June 10: Norfolk at Toronto, 3 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 13: Toronto at Norfolk, 7:15
p.m.
x-Friday, June 15: Toronto at Norfolk, 7:30 p.m.
B A S K E T B A L L
National Basketball
Association
Playoff Glance
(x-if necessary)
(Best-of-7)
CONFERENCE FINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Miami 1, Boston 0
Monday, May 28: Miami 93, Boston 79
Wednesday, May 30: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, June 1: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 3: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m.
x-Tuesday, June 5: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
x-Thursday, June 7: Miami at Boston, 8:30 p.m.
x-Saturday, June 9: Boston at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Antonio 1, Oklahoma City 0
Sunday, May 27: San Antonio 101, Oklahoma City
98
Tuesday, May 29: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9
p.m.
Thursday, May 31: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9
p.m.
Saturday, June 2: San Antonio at Oklahoma City,
8:30 p.m.
x-Monday: June 4: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9
p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 6: San Antonio at Oklahoma
City, 9 p.m.
x-Friday, June 8: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9
p.m.
D I S T R I C T 2
B A S E B A L L
P L A Y O F F S
District champions advance to PIAA tournament
__________
CLASS 4A (DISTRICT 2-4)
QUARTERFINALS
Results
Scranton 10, Wallenpaupack 1
Delaware Valley 2, Williamsport 1 (8 inn.)
SEMIFINALS
Results
Wyoming Valley West 8, Delaware Valley 3
Scranton 5, Hazleton Area 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
Today's game
No. 3 Scranton (13-3) vs. No. 1 Wyoming Valley
West (14-1), 4:30 p.m. at Kings
__________
CLASS 3A
FIRST ROUND
Results
Valley View 5, Dallas 4
Berwick 8, West Scranton 3
Wyoming Area 2, Crestwood 0
Coughlin 3, Western Wayne 2
Pittston Area 7, Honesdale 5
Nanticoke 8, Scranton Prep 7
Tunkhannock 10, Abington Heights 0
QUARTERFINALS
Results
North Pocono 6, Tunkhannock 0
Nanticoke 4, Valley View 2
Berwick 3, Pittston Area 2
Coughlin 2, Wyoming Area 0
SEMIFINALS
Today's games
No. 5 Coughlin (10-7) at No. 1 North Pocono
(14-1), 4:30 p.m., resuming Top 3, North Pocono
leads 5-0
No. 10 Nanticoke (7-10) at No. 3 Berwick (12-4),
2:30 p.m., resuming Bottom1, tied 0-0
CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday
Semifinal winners at neutral site, TBA
__________
CLASS 2A
FIRST ROUND
Results
Montrose 11, GAR1
Carbondale 1, Lake-Lehman 0 (forfeit)
Mid Valley 4, Riverside 3
Holy Redeemer 3, Meyers 1
Holy Cross 4, Elk Lake 3
Mountain View 5, Dunmore 0
Lakeland 10, Northwest 5
QUARTERFINALS
Results
Hanover Area 8, Lakeland 4
Montrose 3, Mountain View 2
Holy Cross 9, Carbondale 2
Holy Redeemer 7, Mid Valley 6
SEMIFINALS
Today's games
No. 12 Holy Redeemer (7-10) at No. 1 Hanover
Area (13-0), 1 p.m.
No. 6 Holy Cross (10-6) at No. 2 Montrose
(16-0), 4:30 p.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday
Semifinal winners at neutral site, TBA
__________
CLASS A
QUARTERFINALS
Result
Wyoming Seminary 8, MMI Prep 4
SEMIFINALS
Results
Lackawanna Trail 16, Wyoming Seminary 12
Old Forge 15, Blue Ridge 0
CHAMPIONSHIP
Today's game
No. 2 Old Forge (11-4) vs. No. 1 Lackawanna
Trail (12-3), 2 p.m. at Marywood
H A R N E S S
R A C I N G
Pocono Downs Results
First - $6,000 Trot 1:59.1
7-Winsome Wonder (Er Carlson) 11.20 5.40 3.40
3-Mon Beau Somolli N (Th Jackson) 22.00 7.00
2-O-Georgie (Ma Romano) 7.40
EXACTA (7-3) $137.00
TRIFECTA (7-3-2) $797.60
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $199.40
SUPERFECTA (7-3-2-1) $3,516.20
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $175.81
Second - $9,000 Pace 1:52.3
3-Emerald Express (Ge Napolitano Jr) 6.00 3.20
3.00
2-One Chaser (Er Carlson) 3.60 2.60
9-Little Gold Ring (Jo Pavia Jr) 7.20
EXACTA (3-2) $18.80
TRIFECTA (3-2-9) $261.60
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $65.40
SUPERFECTA (3-2-9-5) $1,506.40
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $75.32
DAILY DOUBLE (7-3) $58.40
Third - $9,500 Trot 1:59.3
2-Justgottogetthere (An McCarthy) 9.20 5.00 4.20
6-Andover Again (Mi Simons) 3.40 3.00
1-Celebrity Gauwitz (Ha Giannoulis) 4.00
EXACTA (2-6) $31.40
TRIFECTA (2-6-1) $238.40
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $59.60
SUPERFECTA (2-6-1-4) $707.20
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $35.36
Fourth - $6,000 Pace 1:54.1
8-Goodbye So Long (Ty Buter) 11.00 6.20 3.80
3-Gladiare Grande (Ja Morrill Jr) 3.20 2.40
7-Logan M (Jo Pavia Jr) 5.60
EXACTA (8-3) $36.60
TRIFECTA (8-3-7) $189.00
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $47.25
SUPERFECTA (8-3-7-1) $876.20
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $43.81
Scratched: M K G
Fifth - $9,500 Trot 1:58.4
7-Mamies Jailbird (Ma Romano) 53.40 28.0013.40
3-Cr Chips Lady (Br Simpson) 3.40 2.60
8-Allusive (Mi Simons) 6.20
EXACTA (7-3) $249.60
TRIFECTA (7-3-8) $3,163.80
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $790.95
SUPERFECTA (7-3-8-5) $31,309.40
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $1,565.47
PICK 3 (2-8-7) $297.60
Sixth - $12,000 Trot 1:57.2
5-Julius Secret (Ge Napolitano Jr) 4.60 3.00 3.00
7-Martoddi (Th Jackson) 10.60 4.40
3-Rushmore Hanover (Mi Simons) 8.20
EXACTA (5-7) $63.60
TRIFECTA (5-7-3) $892.40
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $223.10
SUPERFECTA (5-7-3-1) $6,362.40
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $318.12
Seventh - $6,000 Pace 1:53.1
5-Kels Return (Ge Napolitano Jr) 3.80 2.20 2.10
1-Chase The Sun (Br Irvine) 3.20 2.60
2-Foxy Guy (Ty Buter) 2.80
EXACTA (5-1) $11.20
TRIFECTA (5-1-2) $31.20
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $7.80
SUPERFECTA (5-1-2-3) $125.20
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $6.26
Eighth - $8,500 Trot 1:57.4
4-Ready For Freddie (Ja Morrill Jr) 5.80 2.80 2.40
5-Red Victor (Er Carlson) 3.20 3.00
1-Move It Move It (Ma Kakaley) 3.20
EXACTA (4-5) $21.40
TRIFECTA (4-5-1) $95.60
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $23.90
SUPERFECTA (4-5-1-3) $763.40
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $38.17
Ninth - $9,000 Pace 1:52.3
3-Complete Desire (Ge Napolitano Jr) 10.80 4.00
3.60
4-West Side Dragon (Ma Kakaley) 4.00 2.80
1-Hi Ho Steverino (Br Simpson) 4.80
EXACTA (3-4) $66.00
TRIFECTA (3-4-1) $321.60
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $80.40
SUPERFECTA (3-4-1-8) $2,318.00
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $115.90
PICK 4 (5-5-4-3 (4 Out of 4)) $283.60
Scratched: Oat Matt Donald
Tenth - $25,000 Pace 1:51.2
4-All Spirit (Ho Parker) 44.60 12.40 5.40
1-Southwind Jazmin (Ja Morrill Jr) 3.60 2.40
5-Krispy Apple (Er Carlson) 2.40
EXACTA (4-1) $198.20
TRIFECTA (4-1-5) $702.80
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $175.70
SUPERFECTA (4-1-5-3) $1,307.00
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $65.35
Eleventh - $9,500 Trot 1:58.4
3-Chatanoogachoochoo (An McCarthy) 3.60 3.00
2.20
5-Piccolo Sogno (Ja Morrill Jr) 3.00 2.40
4-Mikesbrotherfrank (De Minor) 3.80
EXACTA (3-5) $17.00
TRIFECTA (3-5-4) $149.60
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $37.40
SUPERFECTA (3-5-4-9) $1,777.20
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $88.86
Twelfth - $6,000 Trot 1:56.4
7-Bay Lightning (Ho Parker) 7.60 7.00 5.00
8-Spit N Shine (Jo Pavia Jr) 14.80 12.20
2-Hes Mine Stratto (Ho Taylor) 2.80
EXACTA (7-8) $78.20
TRIFECTA (7-8-2) $481.00
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $120.25
SUPERFECTA (7-8-2-1) $964.60
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $48.23
PICK 3 (4-3-ALL) $77.00
PICK 3 (4-ALL-7) $77.00
PICK 3 (ALL-3-7) $77.00
Scratched: Girls Willb Girls, Premier Event, Foxy
Lady De Vie
Thirteenth - $9,500 Pace 1:54.2
8-Western Slammer (Ja Morrill Jr) 9.40 4.80 3.40
5-All Blues (Ma Kakaley) 7.60 5.80
2-Newspeak (An McCarthy) 5.80
EXACTA (8-5) $59.60
TRIFECTA (8-5-2) $251.20
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $62.80
SUPERFECTA (8-5-2-3) $928.60
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $46.43
Fourteenth - $9,000 Trot 1:57.3
9-Hoboken Sonny (Ho Parker) 5.40 5.20 3.60
3-Truth In Action (Th Jackson) 13.00 6.20
1-Orphan Victor (Mi Simons) 4.80
EXACTA (9-3) $53.80
TRIFECTA (9-3-1) $264.00
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $66.00
SUPERFECTA (9-3-1-4) $767.80
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $38.39
LATE DOUBLE (8-9) $35.80
Scratched: Che
Total Handle-$355,329
Women's National Basketball
Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut .................... 3 0 1.000
Indiana ............................ 3 0 1.000
Chicago........................... 1 1 .500 1
1
2
Washington.................... 1 1 .500 1
1
2
Atlanta............................. 1 2 .333 2
New York........................ 0 4 .000 3
1
2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota....................... 4 0 1.000
Los Angeles ................... 3 1 .750 1
San Antonio.................... 1 1 .500 2
Phoenix........................... 1 2 .333 2
1
2
Seattle............................. 0 3 .000 3
1
2
Tulsa ............................... 0 3 .000 3
1
2
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Tulsa at Los Angeles, late
Today's Games
Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.
Chicago at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Phoenix at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
C M Y K
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S P O R T S
Mike Vamos serving and the
middle hitting of Prociak trig-
gered an 8-1 run in the opening
game that gave the Royals a 12-4
lead.
Brendan Leahigh then started
connecting on some spikes from
the left side to boost the advan-
tage to 18-7. Carver barely put a
dent into the lead before Vamos
added two more of his 12 service
points to seal the opening-game
win.
We did what we do all the
time, Redeemer coach Jack Ka-
blick said. We jump served, we
flowserved, we attacked fromev-
erywhere. We attacked from ev-
ery angle and every place.
The next two games were
much like the first, with a fewdif-
ferent names popping to the fore-
front for Redeemer.
Redeemers RobWingert broke
a 3-3 tie with three consecutive
service points, and Carver never
recovered in the second game.
Wingert had a strong all-around
match, finishing with teamhighs
in service points (17) and kills
(10). He added12 assists, second
only to setter Jeremy Myslowski
with14.
Wingert also triggered a 6-0
run in the third game with his
serving. T.J. Doyle (12 points)
served four more later for a 21-9
lead.
Wingert, Leahigh (8 kills) and
Prociak (8 kills) dominated the
net for the most part, except for
an occasional swat by Carvers
Malik Parker. The Royals also
forced numerous errors with
their serving and hitting place-
ment.
The latter was part of the strat-
egy after Redeemer viewed some
highlight videos available on
Carvers website.
We wanted to keep them on
their heels, Kablick said. We
werent sure about their ball con-
trol, about their passing. I had a
feelingit was suspect, evenonthe
videos we saw. So if we figured if
we made themuse their forearms
a little bit, we could probably
keep the ball away from the guys
wewantedtokeepit awayfrom. It
pretty much worked out.
ROYALS
Continued from Page 1B
District 2-4 Class 4A
Championship
Wyoming Valley West vs. Scranton
4:30 p.m. today
Kings Colleges Betzler Complex
The storyline: The two most
successful 4A programs in the
district in recent years meet in a
rematch of the 2009 title game.
The Spartans won that one 11-1 in six
innings to win a third straight
championship. But Scranton has
been the last D2 team standing in
each of the past two seasons.
Todays contest features a pair of
Division I prospects in Valley Wests
Tommy Alexander (Old Dominion)
and Scrantons Joe McCarthy
(Virginia).
WYOMING VALLEY WEST
SPARTANS
Record: 14-1, No. 1 seed
WVC Division I West champion
Coach: John Milius
Possible lineup
Player..........................(Playoff AVG)
1. Stephen Dosiak, ss................(.500)
2. Matt Zielen, cf ......................(.500)
3. Joe Pechulis, 3b....................(.333)
4. Tommy Alexander, p............(.667)
5. Nick Hogan, lf........................(.333)
6. Mike Leonard, 2b.................(.500)
7. Ricky Stayer, dh....................(.000)
8. Evan McCue, 1b.....................(.500)
9. Colin Harrison, c .................(1.000)
Dan Flaherty, rf
2012 schedule
at Dallas.......................................W, 6-1
at Wyoming Area.......................L, 4-3
Berwick.......................................W, 6-3
Tunkhannock..............................W, 1-0
Pittston Area ............................W, 17-4
at Coughlin...............................W, 10-0
Nanticoke...................................W, 4-2
at Holy Redeemer....................W, 2-0
Crestwood...................................W, 1-0
at Hazleton Area ......................W, 4-2
Dallas ............................................W, 11-1
Wyoming Area ..........................W, 4-2
at Berwick .................................W, 6-4
at Tunkhannock........................W, 3-0
District 2 tournament
Delaware Valley ........................W, 8-3
SCRANTON
KNIGHTS
Record: 13-3, No. 3 seed
Lackawanna Division 1 runner-up
Coach: Jamie Higgins
Possible lineup
Player..........................(Playoff AVG)
1. Jake McCarthy, rf...................(.333)
2. Tanner Schmidt, 3b .............(.250)
3. Joe McCarthy, p....................(.375)
4. D.J. Navoczynski, cf...............(.167)
5. Eric Pabst, dh..........................(.571)
6. Jonathan Palochko, ss........(.429)
7. Jamal Wilson, lf ....................(.000)
8. Noah Laske, 1b ........................(.167)
9. Matt Harte, 2b......................(.600)
John Pizur, c
2012 schedule
at Scranton Prep.......................W, 11-4
Delaware Valley........................L, 10-6
at Wallenpaupack.......................W, 2-1
at Abington Heights.................W, 7-4
West Scranton............................W, 9-1
at Honesdale.............................W, 6-2
North Pocono ..............................L, 2-1
Scranton Prep ..........................W, 6-0
at Delaware Valley....................W, 10-1
Wallenpaupack........................W, 10-0
Abington Heights.....................W, 12-2
at West Scranton .....................W, 9-6
at North Pocono........................L, 6-2
Honesdale ................................W, 10-0
District 2 tournament
Wallenpaupack..........................W, 10-1
at Hazleton Area ......................W, 5-2
Derek Levarse
H . S . B A S E B A L L
Valley West
looks for next
district title
against Demko was the weather
clock. Storms that blew through
the area were fast approaching
during the fifth inning. Demko
worked quickly as darkness
workedits way over the field; try-
ingtoget the requisite three outs
to make the game official.
In the process, she issued her
only two walks of the day.
I just wantedtoget out of that
inning. You could see the storm
coming, Demko said. You have
to control your pitches, make
sure you get pitches where you
want to.
We rushed her, Trivelpiece
said. We wanted to get that fifth
inning in. Thats why Demko
walked those two batters.
Shannon Salvaterra opened
the scoring with a lined single in
the first inning that skipped
through the outfielder, allowing
Maria Trivelpiece to score.
Singles by Donlin, Carly Rossi
and Lexi Wolk extended the lead
to 2-0 in the second.
She (Wallenpaupack pitcher
Brittany Guerrieri) was just put-
ting her pitches over the plate,
said Donlin, who had two hits.
Last time we played, she pitched
and did the same things.
Trivelpiece had a hit leading
off the third, and Demko added a
single before both scored on
ground balls to make it 4-0 half-
way through the abbreviated
game.
In the fourth, Hailey Kendall
and Trivelpiece sandwiched hits
arounda walk toWolk andanim-
pressivetwo-strikesacrificebunt
by Abby Sachse.
One pitch into the top of the
sixth inning, the umpiring crew
saw lighting and halted play.
Rain fell less than 250 feet away
from the field during the initial
stoppage, but the playingsurface
remained dry. Strong winds lift-
ed canopies that stood over the
players benches, and toppled
temporary fencing that cor-
doned off the players area.
Hazleton Area 5,
Wallenpaupack 0, 5 inn.
District 2 Class 4A semifinal
Hazleton Area Wallenpaupack
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Wolk cf 2 0 1 1 Mann ss 2 0 0 0
Sachse 3b 2 0 0 0 Ehrhardt 2b 2 0 0 0
Trivelpiece
2b 2 2 2 1 Marro cf 2 0 0 0
Salvaterra 1b 3 0 1 0 Guerrieri p 2 0 0 0
Demko p 3 0 1 0 Winkler 3b 1 0 1 0
Gasser pr 0 1 0 0 Donahue 1b 1 0 0 0
JRossi c 3 0 0 1 Hesling dp 2 0 0 0
LaBuz pr 0 0 0 0 Thomas c 2 0 0 0
Donlin rf 3 1 2 1 Ciscak rf 1 0 0 0
CRossi dp 3 0 1 0 Carrigan lf 0 0 0 0
Kendall lf 2 1 1 0
Browdy ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 5 9 4 Totals 15 0 1 0
Hazleton Area............................. 112 10 5
Wallenpaupack........................... 000 00 0
2B none.
IP H R ER BB SO
Hazleton Area
Demko (W)............... 5.0 1 0 0 2 4
Wallenpaupack
Guerrieri (L).............. 5.0 9 5 4 2 1
COUGARS
Continued from Page 1B
Berwick is looking for a better
performance this time around.
Whatever happens today, it
couldnt be much worse than last
yearsjourneyintothePIAAGirls
Spring Soccer playoffs.
The Dawgs (12-3-1) will find
out starting at 6 p.m. today at
Lake-Lehman High School when
they once again play the sixth
seed out of District 3. The oppo-
nent, though, is different Me-
chanicsburg (16-6-1), a team ca-
pable of ending their season.
Berwick coachPaul DiPippa is
banking on a year of experience
for most of his lineup being a fac-
tor.
Were a year older, even
though were starting four fresh-
men, DiPippa said. These ju-
niors and seniors have seen it
now. We want to make history.
We want to go farther than any
Berwick team.
Last years Berwick squad,
which also won the District 2 ti-
tle, was stoppedinthefirst round
by Manheim Township 4-0. The
Dawgs ended their 2008 D2-3A
title season by falling in the first
round to Conestoga Valley 3-0.
And the 2006 version of the
Dawgs finishedsecondinthe dis-
trict, but lost 1-0 to Emmaus in
the opening round.
DiPippa said his team has
played with more determination
as of late after beingconsidereda
darkhorsemoreor lessfor the
district championship. Perennial
powers Coughlin and Dallas
moved to the forefront late in the
Wyoming Valley Conference sea-
son, leaving the Dawgs in a pack
with some hopefuls.
But a 4-3 victory over Dallas to
endtheWVCseasonservedas an
impetus. Berwick went on to
knock off Coughlin 2-0 in the
semifinals and Dallas 2-1 for the
title.
One thing we told the girls is
we were counted out a week
ago, DiPippa said. We werent
even a factor into this champion-
ship game andthat was a big mo-
tivating factor for our team. We
have a lot of heart and desire.
Mechanicsburg has found
more success the last two years
in the state tournament. The
Wildcats have posted 5-0 and 8-1
victories in the first round. They
also won the Mid-Penn Keystone
Division and shut out nine oppo-
nents.
They have been shut out three
times and a shootout loss to Red
Land cost them a spot in the D3
championship game.
The Wildcats have two main
offensive threats junior Natalie
Zelensky and senior Holly Bur-
gard. Theydo, however, havesev-
eral other girlscapableof contrib-
uting.
Mechanicsburgs seed is low
because District 3 holds separate
postseason tournaments for its
Class 2A and 3A schools. Teams
from both tournaments then
earn a specific seed based on a
few factors.
Todays winner plays in the
state quarterfinals on Saturday
against the winner of a game be-
tween D11 runner-up Parkland
and D3 fourth seed Bishop
McDevitt.
P I A A G I R L S S O C C E R T O U R N A M E N T
Dawgs hope experience pays off in first round
Berwick is looking for its first
state soccer tournament
victory in program history.
By JOHN ERZAR
[email protected]
PIAA Girls Spring Soccer
Tournament
Berwick (12-3-1)
vs. Mechanicsburg (16-6-1)
6 p.m. today, Lake-Lehman H.S.
Admission: $6 for adults; $3 for
students.
U P N E X T
District 2 Class 3A
Championship
Wyoming Area vs. Valley View
4:30 p.m. today
Marywood University
The storyline: Cinderella
meets the wickedly talented
opponent. Wyoming Area had
just four league wins last sea-
son, but topped its division for
the first time in 21 years this
season. Valley View is seeking
its third consecutive District 2
Class 3A crown.
Valley View hasnt lost a
Lackawanna League game
since 2010. This is the Cougars
fifth district final in the past
seven years.
WYOMING AREA
WARRIORS
Record: 12-4, No. 2 seed
WVC Division I West champion
Coach: Stephanie Griffin
Possible lineup
Player..............................position
1. Nicole Turner ...........................C
2. Emily Wolfgang....................2B
3. Alex Holtz................................P
4. Serra Degnan.......................SS
5. Drew Bednarski ....................LF
6. Lindsay Carey......................DP
7. Adrienne Pryzbyla...............CF
8. Kate Kross..............................1B
9. Lexi Coolbaugh....................3B
Rachel Campbell ......................RF
2012 schedule
at Tunkhannock...................W, 4-1
Wyoming Valley West .......W, 5-3
Dallas ...................................W, 3-2
at Berwick.............................L, 1-0
Crestwood...........................W, 2-0
at Holy Redeemer..............L, 6-5
at Hazleton Area..................L, 5-1
Nanticoke..............................L, 12-1
at Coughlin.........................W, 9-5
Pittston Area.....................W, 10-0
Tunkhannock......................W, 2-0
at Dallas ................................W, 2-1
at Wyoming Valley West...W, 7-6
Berwick................................W, 4-3
District 2 tournament
Crestwood...........................W, 3-2
North Pocono ....................W, 5-4
VALLEY VIEW
COUGARS
Record: 16-0, No. 1 seed
Lackawanna Division 2 champ
Coach: E.J. Weston
Possible lineup
Player..............................position
1. Elizabeth Aniska....................SS
2. Casey Pearce........................3B
3. Molly Ann Mecca .................2B
4. Anna McElroy.........................C
5. Sara Miraglia..........................1B
6. Blayse Cholish......................RF
7. Gina Coccetti .........................LF
8. Lea Wojciechowski .............DP
9. Emma Thomson...................CF
Gina Chieffallo ............................P
2012 schedule
at Lakeland..........................W, 1-0
at Carbondale...................W, 10-0
Dunmore.............................W, 12-2
at Mid Valley .....................W, 10-0
at Old Forge .........................W, 8-1
Riverside............................W, 10-0
Holy Cross.............................W, 11-1
Carbondale...........................W, 6-1
Lakeland............................W, 10-0
at Dunmore.........................W, 4-3
Mid Valley...........................W, 12-0
Old Forge ............................W, 6-0
at Holy Cross .....................W, 8-0
at Riverside........................W, 9-0
District 2 tournament
Scranton Prep...................W, 10-0
Holy Redeemer ..................W, 10-1
John Medeiros
H . S . S O F T B A L L
Warriors look
to continue
turnaround
District 2 Class 2A
Championship
Lakeland vs. Nanticoke
2:30 p.m. today
Wilkes Universitys Ralston Athlet-
ic Complex
The storyline: The last time the
districts Class 2A final was played
without at least one of these
teams was in 2009, when Elk
Lake defeated Northwest. Lake-
land claimed district champion-
ships in 2006-07. Nanticoke won
in 2008 and 2010, the latter on
the way to a state championship.
Six Trojanettes who started in the
2010 title game are expected to
be in the lineup today.
The last time these two teams
met in the district tournament
was 2009, when No. 7 seed Lake-
land stunned No. 2 seed Nanti-
coke 1-0 in the quarterfinals.
NANTICOKE
TROJANETTES
Record: 16-2, No. 3 seed
WVC Division I East champion
Coach: Gary Williams
Possible lineup
Player ..................................position
1. Sammy Gow................................SS
2. Ange Hillan................................CF
3. Kate Kowalski ............................LF
4. Maggie Gola..............................3B
5. Kaylee Schinski ........................2B
6. Lindsay Roberts ........................1B
7. Katie Wolfe...................................C
8. Hannah Rubasky ........................P
9. Kayla Benjamin.........................RF
2012 schedule
Holy Redeemer......................W, 12-4
at Hazleton Area....................W, 5-0
Crestwood.................................W, 9-1
at Pittston Area ...................W, 20-5
at Coughlin.............................W, 10-2
Dallas ........................................W, 7-3
Tunkhannock..........................W, 12-2
at Wyoming Valley West.........W, 6-1
at Wyoming Area ....................W, 12-1
Berwick .....................................L, 4-3
Pittston Area..........................W, 17-0
Hazleton Area..........................L, 7-0
Coughlin....................................W, 5-1
at Holy Redeemer ....................W, 11-1
at Crestwood..........................W, 4-0
vs. Hazleton Area...................W, 2-0
District 2 tournament
GAR .........................................W, 15-0
Dunmore ...................................W, 5-1
at Montrose.............................W, 2-0
LAKELAND
CHIEFS
Record: 14-3, No. 4 seed
Lackawanna Division 2 runner-up
Coach: Brian Wagner
Possible lineup
Player ..................................position
1. Sam Amorine..............................LF
2. Dana Prudente .........................CF
3. Allison Kraky.............................SS
4. Alissa Steier ................................P
5. Shelby Gallis...............................1B
6. Belle Standefer.........................3B
7. Lauren Terpak .............................C
8. Morgan Sederovitz..................2B
9. Katie Holt...................................RF
2012 schedule
Valley View................................L, 1-0
at Old Forge..............................W, 4-1
Mid Valley...............................W, 10-0
at Holy Cross..........................W, 12-4
Riverside ................................W, 10-0
Dunmore ..................................L, 4-0
at Carbondale..........................W, 15-1
Old Forge ................................W, 12-0
at Valley View.........................L, 10-0
at Mid Valley..............................W, 7-1
Holy Cross ...............................W, 3-2
at Riverside.............................W, 8-0
at Dunmore .............................W, 4-2
Carbondale...............................W, 9-1
District 2 tournament
Riverside .................................W, 6-0
Carbondale..............................W, 2-0
at Hanover Area ....................W, 4-0
H I G H S C H O O L S O F T B A L L
District 2 Championship At a glance
DESTIN, Fla. The Southeast-
ern Conference is looking out for
No. 1.
Maybe evenNo. 2.
Football coaches from the pow-
erhouse and recently expanded
leaguewereinunisonTuesdaythat
they want a proposed four-team
playoff toinclude the best teams in
the country and not be tied to
conference champions.
Their solidarity came as no sur-
prise considering the league has
won six consecutive national
championships, withthelatest one
comingwhenAlabamaknockedoff
LSU after not winning its division
or making the league title game.
The playoff system could debut
as early as the 2014 season.
C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L
SEC wants best in
four-team playoff
The Associated Press
SPURS TAME THE THUNDER IN GAME 2
AP PHOTO
S
an Antonio Spurs center
Tim Duncan shoots as
Oklahoma City Thunder
center Kendrick Perkins (5)
and Serge Ibaka (9) defend
during the first half of
Game 2 in their NBA bas-
ketball Western Conference
finals playoff series on
Tuesday, in San Antonio.
The Spurs won then game
to take a 2-0 series lead.
C M Y K
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S P O R T S
PARIS For more than a dec-
ade, whatever the state of her
healthor her game, nomatter the
opponent or arena, Serena Wil-
liams always won first-round
matches at Grand Slam tourna-
ments.
Always.
Until Tuesday at the French
Open. Until Williams came with-
in two points of victory nine
times, yet remarkably failed to
close the deal against unheralded
and 111th-ranked Virginie Razza-
no of France.
Until a theatrical, 23-minute fi-
nal game filled with 30 points,
more than enough for an entire
set, featuring ebbs and flows,
high-pressure shotmaking and
nerves and even thunderous
protests from the crowd when
the chair umpire dockedRazzano
a point. That look-away-and-you-
miss-something game included
five wasted break points for Wil-
liams, and seven match points
that she saved, until Razzano fi-
nally converted her eighth, 3
hours and 3 minutes after they
began playing.
All told, until Tuesday, Wil-
liams was 46 for 46 in openers at
tennis top venues, and those en-
counters tended to be routine
and drama-free, befitting a wom-
anso goodthat the goal and13
times, the endresult was a ma-
jor championship.
Not this time. Now Williams
first-round Grand Slam record is
46-1 after as stunning a denoue-
ment as could be in a 4-6, 7-6 (5),
6-3 loss to Razzano on the red
clay at Roland Garros.
The fifth-seededWilliams, con-
sidered by many a pre-tourna-
ment favorite, led 5-1 in the sec-
ond-set tiebreaker, before drop-
ping the next 13 points in a row.
Suddenly, her shots didnt always
carry their usual oomph; her
court coverage was ordinary.
Ive been through so much in
my life, and ... Im not happy, by
no means, said Williams, her
eyes welling with tears. I just al-
ways think things can be worse.
The 30-year-old American re-
turned to action last year after
missingabout10months because
of a series of health scares, in-
cluding two foot operations and
blood clots, a scary stretch she
says altered her worldview.
The rowdy spectators in Court
Philippe Chatrier would have
beenpullingfor Razzanoanyway,
of course, because of her citizen-
ship. But their support was par-
ticularly strong because of her re-
cent heartbreak, well-known in
France: Razzanos fiance Ste-
phane Vidal, also her longtime
coach died at age 32 of a brain
tumor in May 2011, a little more
thana weekbeforeher first-round
match at last years French Open.
He had encouraged her to go
ahead and enter the tournament,
so she did, honoring his memory
by stepping on court to play, a
black ribbon pinned to her shirt.
When she walked out of the lock-
er roomfor what turned out to be
a straight-set loss, she wore a
gold chain that Vidal had given
her as a Valentines Day gift a few
years earlier.
Honestly, the past is the past,
Razzano said Tuesday, when she
dealt with leg cramps starting in
the second set. I think nowI did
my mourning. I feel good today.
It took time.
Said Williams: I know of her
story and her husband. We all
have stories. I mean, I almost
died, and Venus is struggling her-
self. So, you know, its life. You
know, it just depends on howyou
deal with it. She obviously is
dealing with it really well.
Williams exit was by far the
most newsworthy development
onDay 3at RolandGarros, where
Maria Sharapova won 6-0, 6-0,
and Rafael Nadal began his bid
for a record seventh French Open
championship with a straight-set
victory.
Williams entered Tuesday hav-
ing won her previous17 matches,
all on clay.
T E N N I S
A first for Williams in Paris
Serena dropped a first round
match for the first time at a
Grand Slam tournament.
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
AP PHOTO
USAs Serena Williams reacts as she plays Frances Virginie Raz-
zano during their first round match in the French Open.
only the second No. 8 seed to
make it since the conference-
based NHL playoff format was
introduced in 1993-94. The Ed-
monton Oilers were the first in
2006.
Its all about winning here,
and eliminating distractions
and doing what it takes to be
successful, said Brodeur, who
led the Devils to Cups in 1995,
2000 and 2003. Thats worked
for us this year, andreallymyen-
tirecareer. For me, tobeapart of
that is great. Tocome tothe rink
every day during my career,
knowing we hada chance to win
every night is something spe-
cial.
Ive had that my whole ca-
reer here, andthats beena great
ride.
While this isnt a glamour se-
ries that boasts the likes of a Sid-
neyCrosby, a StevenStamkos or
even a Henrik Lundqvist, it has
elements that should prove en-
tertaining on the ice.
To start, this is an East-West
series featuring two of the na-
tions biggest media markets in
Los Angeles and the New York
metropolitan area.
But the Kings and Devils also
present great story lines.
Los Angeles, which heavily
courted Kovalchuk in free agen-
cy, is making only its second ap-
pearance in a Cup final, having
lost in 1993 to Montreal. The
Kings are back, though, after a
midseason shakeup that saw
Sutter replace Terry Murray just
before Christmas and a late
trade that added skilled scorer
Jeff Carter to the lineup. Still,
they didnt clincha playoff berth
until the final week of the sea-
son.
But in the postseason, the
Kings have been virtually un-
stoppable. They have posted a
12-2 record and knocked off the
three top seeds in the Western
Conference Vancouver, St.
Louis and Phoenix. They have
never trailedinaseries, winning
the first three games in each
round.
Everybodys just clicking,
Kings defenseman Drew
Doughty said. People are used
to playing with their linemates
now. The lines have been the
same from the last part of the
season. Dpairings are the same.
Its just gettingusedtothem. Ev-
eryone is playing with confi-
dence. Once you start clicking
like that, pucks start going in
the net for you.
The Devils story is just as
good. They missed the playoffs
last seasondespite retaining Ko-
valchuk with a $102 million con-
tract that the league said violat-
ed its letter of the law. Few ex-
pected them to recover this
quickly especially with Brodeur
seemingly on his last legs after a
sub-par season, and captain
Zach Parise returning from a
major knee injury. When top
center Travis Zajac blew out an
Achilles tendon before training
camp, the Devils chances
seemed faint.
Guess again.
New Jersey won its final six
games in the regular season, ral-
lied from3-2 deficit in the open-
ing round of the playoffs with
two overtime wins against Flor-
ida, and then eliminated the
Flyers and Rangers, their two
biggest rivals, in five and six
games, respectively.
Last year was tough, said
Kovalchuk, who said there was
never a doubt in his mind that
he would stay in New Jersey.
But we made sure it paid off.
We have a great coaching staff,
great players here, great group
of guys, very close to each other.
I think that makes a big differ-
ence.
The other thing that should
be great is the goaltending.
The 26-year-old Quick leads
playoff netminders in goals-
against average (1.54) and save
percentage (.946). He has eight
road wins in as many starts, post-
ing a 1.55 goals-against average
and.948save percentage inthose
games.
Brodeur is a four-time Vezina
Trophy winner. He has playedin
24 career Stanley Cup final
games, posting a 15-9 record
with a 1.91 goals-against, losing
only a series to Colorado in sev-
en games in 2001. The Montreal
native is set to become the fifth
goaltender in NHL history and
first since Jacques Plante in
1970 to appear in the Stanley
Cupfinal after his 40thbirthday:
Well, everyone knows what
hes meant tothe league andthis
team, and where he stands in
history, Quicksaidof the NHLs
winningest goaltender. For me,
its not about me against him.
Its about the Kings andthe Dev-
ils.
The Devils and Kings are very
similar in their approaches. Both
want to establish the forecheck,
createpressureandhaveit leadto
offense. The Kings, who posted a
25-13-11 regular-season record af-
ter Sutter tookover, aredefinitely
a little bigger than the Rangers,
and they certainly have more
depth.
CUP
Continued from Page 1B
Today: Los Angeles at New Jer-
sey, 8 p.m.
Saturday: Los Angeles at New
Jersey, 8 p.m.
Monday: New Jersey at Los
Angeles, 8 p.m.
June 6: New Jersey at Los An-
geles, 8 p.m.
x-June 9: Los Angeles at New
Jersey, 8 p.m.
x-June 11: New Jersey at Los
Angeles, 8 p.m.
x-June 13: Los Angeles at New
Jersey, 8 p.m.
S TA N L E Y C U P F I N A L S
needed a break.
Halladay has thrown a lot of
bullets over his career, Manuel
said, suggesting the 35-year-old
pitcher could step back for a bit
and still be dominant. The dura-
ble Halladay had not been on
the DL because of shoulder
trouble since 2004.
Hes got to get well, Manuel
said.
The injury came with the
Phillies at 26-24 and tied with
Atlanta for last in the division,
four games behind Washington.
Philadelphia has managed to
stay close minus All-Star hitters
Ryan Howard (Achilles tendon)
and Chase Utley (knee), who
havent played at all this season.
Manuel said he harbored hope
that his slugging first baseman
and smooth-fielding second
baseman would be back at some
point this year.
As for Halladays absence, it
would hurt us, Manuel said.
How much, I really dont
know.
The Phillies have relied on
their pitching, particularly their
rotation, to stick solidly in con-
tention. Vance Worley, who is
on the DL and hasnt started
since May 11 because of elbow
trouble, threw his first bullpen
session since the injury before
Tuesdays game.
Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee, Joe
Blanton and Kyle Kendrick re-
main in the rotation, and there
are a few potential replace-
ments at Triple-A, including for-
mer big leaguers Dave Bush and
Scott Elarton.
Another possible fill-in could
be former Phillies star Roy Os-
walt, who is a free agent and has
attracted interest from several
contenders.
Yeah, we can always use
pitching, Manuel said, while
adding, Im not (GM) Ruben
Amaro to get another.
Halladay initially felt discom-
fort in his shoulder last Tuesday
in a start against Washington
but worked through it. He cut
back on his throwing regimen
before his next outing, but was
tagged by Yadier Molinas grand
slam in St. Louis.
Halladay began the season by
throwing eight strong innings
in a 1-0 win at Pittsburgh on
opening day and seemed fine
until blowing a 6-0 lead against
Atlanta on May 2. Hes 1-3 since
then and the Phillies have lost
four of his five starts.
The eight-time All-Star came
to the Phillies in a trade with To-
ronto before the 2010 season
and got a $60 million, three-
year contract. Halladay pitched
a perfect game against the Mar-
lins in that first season with Phi-
ladelphia, and later that year
threw a no-hitter against Cin-
cinnati in his first career post-
season outing. The Phillies won
the 2008 World Series and
hoped to capture another crown
after adding Halladay. But Phi-
ladelphia lost to the eventual
champion San Francisco Giants
in the 2010 NL championship
series, then Halladay lost to
Chris Carpenter and St. Louis
1-0 in the deciding Game 5 of
the 2011 division series.
HALLADAY
Continued from Page 1B
ARLINGTON, Texas The
Texas Rangers agreed to a
minor league deal with free-
agent pitcher Roy Oswalt with
the anticipation that he will
join the rotation within a few
weeks.
Assuming Oswalt passes a
physical, he is expected to join
Triple-A Round Rock at some
point this week.
The deal was announced in
the middle of the Rangers
game Tuesday night against
Seattle.
The three-time All-Star was
interested in joining the two-
time defending American
League champions during the
offseason, but the Rangers
were then set with their start-
ing rotation.
The Rangers signed Japa-
nese star Yu Darvish in Janu-
ary, a month after C.J. Wilson
left in free agency. Plus, the
Rangers had already decided to
move hard-throwing closer
Neftali Feliz from the bullpen
into the starting rotation.
But Feliz was put on the
15-day disabled list May 21
with right elbow inflammation
and is not even expected to
pick up a baseball again until
late June. Scott Feldman, a
17-game winner as a starter in
2009 but who has since been
primarily a long reliever be-
cause of an injury, made his
second start in Felizs spot
Tuesday night.
Oswalt likely will make sev-
eral minor-league starts before
joining the Texas rotation.
AP FILE PHOTO
Pitcher Roy Oswalt has agreed to a deal with Texas and is ex-
pected to join the Rangers rotation within a few weeks.
Oswalt signs with Texas
The Associated Press
Heavy storms throughout the
region washed out the majority
of Tuesdays District 2 tourna-
ment schedule for baseball and
softball.
All four baseball semifinals
and two softball semifinals were
postponed. Those games will re-
sume today.
In Class 3A baseball, No. 3
Berwick got out of a jamagainst
No. 10 Nanticoke in the top of
the first, getting the third out
andstranding runners at second
and third just as heavy rain and
lightning reached North Ber-
wick Field.
The game will continue at
2:30 p.m. today with the Bull-
dogs coming to bat in the bot-
tom of the first.
No. 5 Coughlin fell behind
top-seeded North Pocono 5-0 af-
ter two innings in the other 3A
semifinal.
That contest will continue at
4:30 p.m. today.
A Class 2A baseball show-
down between No. 1 Hanover
Area and No. 12 Holy Redeemer
never got underway on Tuesday
and will start at a new time of 1
p.m. today at Hanover Area
High School.
The winner of that game will
faceNo. 2Montroseor No. 6Ho-
ly Cross, which play at 4:30 p.m.
today.
Both softball semifinals
postponed on Tuesday were in
the Class A bracket.
Top-seeded Northwest and
No. 4 Old Forge were scoreless
through two innings, going just
two pitches into the third before
the game was called because of
the weather.
The Rangers and Blue Devils
will pick things back up at 4:30
p.m. today in Shickshinny.
No. 6 MMI Prep will hit the
road again at 4:30 p.m. today to
face No. 2 Blue Ridge in the
brackets other semifinal.
Four championship games
for Wednesday will still be
played as scheduled:
CLASS 4A BASEBALL:
Wyoming Valley West vs.
Scranton, 4:30 p.m. at Kings
CLASS A BASEBALL:
Lackawanna Trail vs. Old
Forge, 2 p.m. at Marywood
CLASS 3A SOFTBALL:
Valley View vs. Wyoming Ar-
ea, 4:30 p.m. at Marywood
CLASS 2A SOFTBALL:
Nanticoke vs. Lakeland, 2:30
p.m. at Wilkes
D I S T R I C T 2 P L AYO F F S
Rain postpones baseball, softball semis
Six games scheduled for
Tuesday were washed out and
will start or resume today.
The Times Leader staff
pled with Lehigh Valleys sixth
consecutive loss, SWB breaks a
third-place tie with the IronPigs.
Steve Pearce and Jack Cust
came up huge for the Yankees
combining for five hits, five runs,
three RBI and three home runs.
Pearce and Cust, who bat third
and fourth in the lineup, clubbed
back-to-back solo home runs in
the bottomof the first to give the
Yankees a 2-0 lead. Cust connect-
ed again in the bottom of the
third to put the Yankees ahead
3-0.
Pearce (2-for-4), who entered
the game second in the IL in bat-
tingaverage at .322, uppedhis av-
erage to .326 and took over the
leadfromDurhams LeslieAnder-
son, who went 1-for-4 on Tuesday
and dipped to .324. Pearce now
has 11 home runs this season,
while Cust has nine. Five of
Custs longballs have come in the
last five days.
Adam Warren had one of his
best starts of the season and got
the no-decision.
The righty cruised through the
first five innings not allowing a
run and only giving up five hits.
But anerror anda walkput two
runners on base for Eric Patter-
son, who walloped his second
home run of the campaign for a
three-run blast to tie the score at
3-3.
Musteliers sacrifice fly in the
bottom of the sixth helped the
Yankees regainthe leadat 4-3and
gave Warren the opportunity to
pick up the win.
Kevin Russo plated Ramiro Pe-
na with a single in the seventh to
givetheYankees bullpensomein-
surance runs and a 5-3 lead.
Manny Delcarmen got in a jam
inthe eighthwithtwo runners on
and no outs. He got out of the sit-
uation with a fielders choice, a
groundout and a strikeout to not
allow any runs to score.
Bryan Holaday doubled in a
run in the top of the ninth against
Yankee closer Kevin Whelan and
Brad Eldred singled himhome to
even the score at 5-5.
Warren threw 6
1
3 innings only
allowing two earned runs and
seven hits while striking out six
for his fourth quality start in 10
starts this season.
Yankees 8, Mud Hens 7
Toledo Yankees
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Henry cf 4 1 1 0 Russo cf 5 1 2 1
Holaday c 4 1 1 1 Antonelli 2b 5 1 1 0
Young rf 4 1 0 0 Pearce 1b 4 2 2 1
Frazier lf 1 0 0 0 Cust dh 5 3 3 2
Eldred 1b 4 2 3 1 Mustelier rf 4 0 1 3
Patterson dh 4 1 1 3 Laird 3b 5 0 0 0
Guez lf 4 1 3 2 Cervelli c 4 0 2 0
Ciriaco 3b 5 0 0 0 Garner lf 4 0 2 0
Dlugach 2b 4 0 0 0 Curtis ph 0 0 0 1
Diaz ss 3 0 1 0 Pena ss 4 1 1 0
Tot 37 710 7 Totals 40 814 8
Toledo.................................. 000 003 004 7
Yankees............................... 201 001 103 8
E Holaday (6), Frazier (3), Pena (6); LOB TOL 9,
SWB 10; 2B Guez (2), Cervelli (5), Pena (7), Mus-
telier (6); HR Pearce (11), Cust 2 (9), Patterson (2),
Guez (1), SB Russo (10); CS Diaz; SF Muste-
lier
IP H R ER BB SO
Toledo
Wilk ............................ 6.1 8 5 5 0 4
Pulkonen................... 1.2 3 0 0 1 4
Bootcheck (BS 2, L,
1-2)............................. .2 3 3 2 2 1
Yankees
Warren....................... 6.1 7 3 2 3 6
Thomas (H, 5) .......... .1 0 0 0 0 1
Delcarmen (H, 2) ..... 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Whelan (BS, 1) (W,
3-0)............................. 1 3 4 4 1 1
WP: Warren, Delcarmen
IBB: Cervelli (by Bootcheck)
HBP: Guez (by Delcarmen)
Ejections: Toledo left fielder Matt Young by HP
umpire Soucy
Time: 3:20
YANKEES
Continued from Page 1B
C M Y K
THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012 PAGE 5B
M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L
NEW YORK Jeremy
Hefner earned his first victory
in the majors, highlighting the
occasion by homering for his
first big league hit as the New
York Mets beat the Philadel-
phia Phillies 6-3 on a rainy
Tuesday night.
The 26-year-old rookie be-
came the first major league
pitcher to hit his first homer in
his first win since 2002, when
Dennis Tankersley did it with
San Diego, STATS LLC said.
Pinch-hitter Scott Hairston
had a two-run homer and
newcomer Omar Quintanilla
doubled twice and singled to
help New York win for the
fourth time in five games.
After a storm delay of 64 min-
utes in the eighth inning, the
Mets improved to 6-2 against
Philadelphia this year.
Braves 5, Cardinals 4
ATLANTA Dan Uggla hit
a three-run homer, Michael
Bourn also went deep and the
Braves snapped their longest
losing streak in more than two
years, holding off the Cardi-
nals after an eight-game skid.
Bourn led off the bottom of
the first with his fifth homer of
the season, tying a career
high. Uggla made it 4-0 in the
third, sending one into the
seats in left-center.
Randall Delgado (3-5)
worked into the sixth, allow-
ing three runs, and the Cardi-
nals closed within a run in the
seventh on Yadier Molinas
third RBI of the night, a run-
scoring single.
Molina went 4-for-4, in-
cluding a solo homer. But
Craig Kimbrel got the final
three outs for his 14th save in
15 chances.
Jake Westbook (4-4) took
the loss.
Marlins 3, Nationals
MIAMI Anibal Sanchez
allowed only an unearned run
in seven innings to remain
unbeaten in 19 starts against
Washington, and the Miami
Marlins beat the Nationals to
break the franchise record for
victories in a month.
The Marlins are 20-8 since
May 1, best in the majors, and
theyre six games above .500
for the first time since last
June 4.
Greg Dobbs, pinch-hitting
for Sanchez, drove in the run
that put Miami ahead to stay
with a sacrifice fly in the sev-
enth.
Hanley Ramirez hit his
eighth homer leading off the
eighth.
Sanchez (3-3) allowed only
three hits and one walk and
lowered his ERA to 2.56.
Edwin Jackson (1-3) allowed
only two runs, one earned, in
6
2
3 innings.
Cubs 5, Padres 3
CHICAGO Alfonso Sor-
iano homered, Jeff Samardzija
struck out eight in seven in-
nings and the Cubs beat the
Padres.
Soriano hit a solo homer to
center field in the sixth. After
going homerless in his first 30
games this season, Soriano
has seven home runs in his
last 13 games.
Samardzija (5-3) allowed
eight hits and was one strike-
out from tying his career high.
He departed after Will Ven-
ables RBI triple with no outs
in the eighth. Shawn Camp
kept the lead intact, getting
Carlos Quentin on a fly to left
to end the inning.
James Russell got the last
two outs for his first career
save.
Quentin homered and had
three hits for San Diego. His
drive on the first pitch of the
fifth was his first home run as
a Padre.
N AT I O N A L L E A G U E R O U N D U P
Hefner living
the life for Mets
The Associated Press
BOSTON David Ortiz
homered and hit two doubles,
and the Boston Red Sox
moved above .500 for the first
time this season, tagging Jus-
tin Verlander for 10 hits in a
6-3 win over the Detroit Tigers
on Tuesday night.
Verlander (5-3) lost his sec-
ond straight start since taking
a no-hitter into the ninth in-
ning against Pittsburgh on
May 18. The reigning Amer-
ican League MVP and Cy
Young winner allowed five
runs on 10 hits, struck out
seven and walked one in six
innings.
Daniel Bard (5-5) pitched 5
1
3
innings for Boston, allowing
two runs on five hits with four
strikeouts and two walks.
White Sox 7, Rays 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
Philip Humber won for the
first time since throwing a
perfect game in April, helping
the Chicago White Sox extend
their winning streak to seven
games with a win over the
Tampa Bay Rays.
Hideki Matsui homered in
his Tampa Bay debut. The
Rays purchased the 2009
World Series MVPs contract
from Triple-A Durham before
the game.
Humber (2-2) was 0-2 with
an 8.22 ERA over six starts
since his gem against Seattle
on April 21. The right-hander
allowed two runs and five hits
over seven innings Tuesday.
Alexei Ramirez and Dayan
Viciedo both had two RBIs for
the White Sox, who have won
six in a row on the road.
Ramirez had an RBI double
during a five-run sixth against
James Shields (6-3) as Chicago
took a 6-2 lead. A.J. Pierzynski,
Viciedo and Orlando Hudson
hit run-scoring singles, while
Alejandro De Aza drove in a
run with a grounder.
Blue Jays 8, Orioles 6
TORONTO Brett Lawrie
had three hits and three RBI,
and Ricky Romero won for the
seventh time in nine starts
against Baltimore to lead To-
ronto.
Romero (6-1) improved to
7-1 with a 2.43 ERA in his past
nine starts against the Orioles.
Adam Jones hit two homers,
extending his hitting streak to
20 games, and Chris Davis
added a two-run drive in the
ninth but it wasnt enough for
Baltimore. The Orioles have
lost four straight and seven of
nine, but remain tied with
Tampa Bay atop the AL East.
Romero allowed four runs
and six hits in six innings to
win his second in five starts.
Jake Arrieta (2-6) gave up
seven runs, six earned, and six
hits in 4
1
3 innings.
Royals 8, Indians 2
CLEVELAND Mike
Moustakas had a career-best
four RBIs to help rookie Will
Smith get his first major
league win, leading Kansas
City over Cleveland.
Moustakas hit a two-run
homer off Justin Masterson
(2-4) in the first and singled in
two runs in the second.
That was more than enough
support for Smith (1-1), who
allowed two runs and four hits
in six innings. The left-hander
rebounded after being
thumped by the Yankees in his
debut last week.
A M E R I C A N L E A G U E R O U N D U P
BoSox make Verlander
look like Zoolander
The Associated Press
STANDINGS/STATS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Boston 7, Detroit 4
Minnesota 5, Oakland 4
Chicago White Sox 2, Tampa Bay 1
Cleveland 8, Kansas City 5
Toronto 6, Baltimore 2
Texas 4, Seattle 2
L.A. Angels 9, N.Y. Yankees 8
Tuesday's Games
Kansas City 8, Cleveland 2
Toronto 8, Baltimore 6
Chicago White Sox 7, Tampa Bay 2
Boston 6, Detroit 3
Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Oakland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Kansas City (B.Chen 3-5) at Cleveland (J.Gomez
3-3), 12:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-0) at Tampa Bay
(Cobb 2-0), 1:10 p.m.
Oakland (T.Ross 2-5) at Minnesota (Liriano 0-5),
1:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Hammel 6-1) at Toronto (Morrow 5-3),
7:07 p.m.
Detroit (Smyly 2-1) at Boston (Lester 3-4), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (Beavan 2-4) at Texas (D.Holland 4-3), 8:05
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Nova 5-2) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana
2-6), 10:05 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Detroit at Boston, 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Philadelphia 8, N.Y. Mets 4
St. Louis 8, Atlanta 2
Miami 5, Washington 3
Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 1
Chicago Cubs 11, San Diego 7
Colorado 9, Houston 7, 1st game
San Francisco 4, Arizona 2
Colorado 7, Houston 6, 10 innings, 2nd game
Milwaukee 3, L.A. Dodgers 2
Tuesday's Games
Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 3
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 3
Atlanta 5, St. Louis 4
Miami 3, Washington 1
Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
San Diego (Bass 2-5) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster
0-3), 2:20 p.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 5-2) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett
3-2), 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-3),
7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Lohse5-1) at Atlanta(T.Hudson3-2), 7:10
p.m.
Washington (Wang 1-0) at Miami (Jo.Johnson 2-3),
7:10 p.m.
Houston (Harrell 4-3) at Colorado (Friedrich 2-1),
8:40 p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw
4-2), 10:10 p.m.
Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-5) at San Francisco (Lince-
cum 2-5), 10:15 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Houston at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. M O N D A Y S
L A T E B O X E S
Angels 9, Yankees 8
New York Los Angeles
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Jeter ss 5 1 1 0 Trout lf 5 2 2 1
Grndrs cf 5 2 2 1 MIzturs 3b 5 1 1 0
AlRdrg 3b 5 1 1 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 2 0
Cano 2b 5 1 1 0 KMorls dh 5 1 2 3
Teixeir 1b 2 2 2 1 Trumo rf 5 3 3 2
Ibanez lf 4 1 1 1 HKndrc 2b 3 0 2 3
Swisher rf 4 0 0 1 Aybar ss 4 0 1 0
ErChvz dh 3 0 0 0 Bourjos cf 4 1 1 0
Martin c 5 0 2 2 BoWlsn c 2 0 1 0
Totals 38 810 6 Totals 37 915 9
New York ........................... 310 010 300 8
Los Angeles....................... 401 102 001 9
No outs when winning run scored.
ESwisher (1), Pujols (2), Aybar (6), Cassevah (1).
LOBNewYork11, Los Angeles 8. 2BCano (18),
Martin (6), K.Morales (6), Trumbo (12).
3BTrumbo (1). HRGranderson (15), Teixeira
(9), Trout (5), Trumbo (8). SBo.Wilson. SFIba-
nez, Swisher, H.Kendrick.
IP H R ER BB SO
New York
P.Hughes................. 5
1
3 11 7 7 0 3
Eppley ......................
1
3 1 1 1 1 0
Phelps ...................... 2 2 0 0 1 1
Logan........................
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Wade L,0-1.............. 0 1 1 1 0 0
Los Angeles
Weaver..................... 0 2 3 0 0 0
Cassevah................. 3
1
3 1 1 1 3 2
Takahashi ................ 1
2
3 2 1 1 0 3
D.Carpenter H,2...... 1 1 2 2 2 1
Isringhausen
BS,1-1 ...................... 1 2 1 1 0 0
Walden W,2-1 ......... 2 2 0 0 1 2
Weaver pitched to 3 batters in the 1st.
D.Carpenter pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Wade pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
UmpiresHome, Paul Schrieber;First, TimWelke-
;Second, Laz Diaz;Third, Mike Everitt.
T3:38. A44,016 (45,957).
Brewers 3, Dodgers 2
Milwaukee Los Angeles
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Hart 1b 4 0 0 0 GwynJ cf 5 1 1 0
Aoki rf 4 1 1 0 EHerrr 2b 4 0 0 0
Braun lf 2 1 0 0 Abreu lf 4 1 2 0
ArRmr 3b 3 1 2 2 Ethier rf 4 0 2 1
Kottars c 3 0 0 0 HrstnJr 3b 3 0 2 1
RWeks 2b 3 0 1 1 Loney 1b 3 0 0 0
Ransm ss 4 0 0 0 A.Ellis c 4 0 1 0
Morgan cf 4 0 0 0 DGordn ss 4 0 0 0
Axford p 0 0 0 0 Harang p 2 0 0 0
Marcm p 2 0 0 0 Guerra p 0 0 0 0
FrRdrg p 0 0 0 0 Coffey p 0 0 0 0
CGomz ph-cf 1 0 0 0 AKndy ph 1 0 0 0
Belisari p 0 0 0 0
JWrght p 0 0 0 0
DeJess ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3 Totals 34 2 8 2
Milwaukee.......................... 000 102 000 3
Los Angeles....................... 100 000 010 2
EHarang (2). DPLos Angeles1. LOBMilwau-
kee 6, Los Angeles 9. 2BEthier (15). HRAr.Ra-
mirez (4). SBGwynn Jr. (5), Abreu (1). SE.Her-
rera. SFR.Weeks.
IP H R ER BB SO
Milwaukee
Marcum W,3-3 ........ 7 6 1 1 2 9
Fr.Rodriguez H,9 .... 1 2 1 1 0 2
Axford S,8-9 ............ 1 0 0 0 1 1
Los Angeles
Harang L,3-3............ 5 4 3 1 3 4
Guerra...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Coffey....................... 1 0 0 0 1 2
Belisario ................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
J.Wright .................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Harang pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
HBPby Belisario (Ar.Ramirez). WPAxford.
UmpiresHome, Brian Gorman;First, Todd Tiche-
nor;Second, Alan Porter;Third, Tony Randazzo.
T3:26. A38,016 (56,000).
Rockies 7, Astros 6, 10 innings
Second Game
Houston Colorado
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Schafer cf 4 0 1 1 Fowler cf 4 3 4 3
Altuve 2b 5 0 0 0 Scutaro 2b 5 0 1 3
Bogsvc rf 5 1 3 2 CGnzlz lf 4 0 2 1
Ca.Lee 1b 5 0 2 0 Tlwtzk ss 4 0 1 0
T.Buck lf 4 1 0 0 Helton 1b 5 0 1 0
MDwns 3b 3 0 0 0 Pachec 3b 5 1 1 0
WLopez p 0 0 0 0 Colvin rf 4 1 0 0
XCeden p 0 0 0 0 Roenck p 0 0 0 0
FRdrgz p 0 0 0 0 Nieves c 5 1 2 0
Lyon p 0 0 0 0 White p 2 0 0 0
Lowrie ph 1 0 1 0 Outmn p 0 0 0 0
Myers p 0 0 0 0 EYong ph 1 0 0 0
CSnydr c 5 1 2 2 Ottavin p 0 0 0 0
MGnzlz ss 5 1 3 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0
Lyles p 2 1 1 0 Giambi ph 0 0 0 0
Maxwll ph 1 1 1 1 LeMahi pr 0 0 0 0
R.Cruz p 0 0 0 0 RBtncr p 0 0 0 0
Wrght p 0 0 0 0 Cuddyr rf 1 1 1 0
CJhnsn 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 614 6 Totals 40 713 7
Houston........................ 002 211 000 0 6
Colorado....................... 101 400 000 1 7
One out when winning run scored.
EC.Snyder (1), M.Downs (1), White (1). DPCol-
orado 1. LOBHouston 9, Colorado 11.
2BCa.Lee (8), Scutaro (7), C.Gonzalez (12).
3BFowler (4). HRBogusevic (2), C.Snyder (3),
Maxwell (3), Fowler (7). SBScutaro (4). S
Schafer, Fowler.
IP H R ER BB SO
Houston
Lyles ......................... 5 6 6 4 2 3
R.Cruz ...................... 1 2 0 0 0 0
W.Wright .................. 0 1 0 0 0 0
W.Lopez................... 1
2
3 2 0 0 1 0
X.Cedeno................. 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fe.Rodriguez...........
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Lyon.......................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Myers L,0-2..............
1
3 2 1 1 0 0
Colorado
White ........................ 5 10 6 6 1 2
Outman..................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ottavino.................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Belisle....................... 1 1 0 0 0 2
R.Betancourt ........... 1 1 0 0 0 0
Roenicke W,1-0 ...... 1 2 0 0 0 1
White pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
W.Wright pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
X.Cedeno pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
HBPby White (M.Downs). WPR.Cruz.
UmpiresHome, Eric Cooper;First, Marty Foster-
;Second, Tim Timmons;Third, Lance Barrett.
T3:34. A35,786 (50,398).
N A T I O N A L
L E A G U E
Mets 6, Phillies 3
Philadelphia New York
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Rollins ss 4 1 2 0 Baxter lf 4 1 1 1
Pierre lf 3 1 1 0 Frncsc p 0 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0 Niwnhs cf-rf 4 1 1 0
Wggntn 1b 4 0 1 0 DWrght 3b 4 0 1 1
Victorn cf 4 0 0 0 Duda rf 3 0 0 0
Polanc 3b 4 0 2 0 Rauch p 0 0 0 0
Galvis 2b 4 0 0 0 Rottino lf 0 0 0 0
Schndr c 4 1 1 1 DnMrp 2b 4 0 1 0
Blanton p 2 0 0 0 I.Davis 1b 3 0 1 1
Valdes p 0 0 0 0 Nickes c 4 0 0 0
Orr ph 1 0 0 0 Quntnll ss 4 2 3 0
Diekmn p 0 0 0 0 Hefner p 1 1 1 1
Savery p 0 0 0 0 Hairstn ph 1 1 1 2
Parnell p 0 0 0 0
ATorrs cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 1 Totals 33 610 6
Philadelphia....................... 110 001 000 3
New York ........................... 210 102 00x 6
EBaxter (1). LOBPhiladelphia 5, New York 7.
2BRollins (8), Pence(9), Baxter (11), Dan.Murphy
(14), Quintanilla 2 (2). HRSchneider (2), Hefner
(1), Hairston (6). SPierre, Hefner.
IP H R ER BB SO
Philadelphia
Blanton L,4-5........... 5 9 6 6 2 4
Valdes ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Diekman................... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Savery ...................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
New York
Hefner W,1-2........... 6 6 3 3 0 4
Parnell H,11............. 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rauch H,5................ 1 1 0 0 0 0
F.Francisco
S,14-16..................... 1 1 0 0 0 2
Blanton pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
HBPby Blanton (Baxter). WPBlanton, Hefner.
UmpiresHome, Mark Carlson;First, EdRapuano-
;Second, Angel Hernandez;Third, Chris Conroy.
T2:23 (Rain delay: 1:04). A25,487 (41,922).
Cubs 5, Padres 3
San Diego Chicago
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Venale cf 4 0 1 1 DeJess rf 4 0 1 0
Denorfi rf 4 0 0 0 SCastro ss 4 0 1 0
Alonso 1b 4 0 0 0 Mather 3b-lf 3 1 2 0
Quentin lf 4 2 3 1 ASorin lf 4 1 1 1
Headly 3b 3 0 0 0 Russell p 0 0 0 0
JoBakr c 4 0 1 1 JeBakr 1b 4 0 1 1
ECarer ss-2b 4 0 2 0 RJhnsn cf 4 1 1 0
Amarst 2b 2 0 0 0 Barney 2b 3 2 2 1
Guzmn ph-2b 1 0 0 0 K.Hill c 3 0 0 0
Brach p 0 0 0 0 Smrdzj p 2 0 1 1
Cashnr p 0 0 0 0 Camp p 0 0 0 0
Hundly ph 1 0 0 0 IStewrt 3b 0 0 0 0
Stults p 2 0 1 0
Parrino ss 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 3 9 3 Totals 31 510 4
San Diego.......................... 000 010 110 3
Chicago.............................. 000 021 11x 5
DPSan Diego 2, Chicago 2. LOBSan Diego 5,
Chicago4. 2BQuentin(2), E.Cabrera2(3), Stults
(1), Mather 2 (6), Barney 2 (13). 3BVenable (3).
HRQuentin (1), A.Soriano (7). SBE.Cabrera
(3).
IP H R ER BB SO
San Diego
Stults L,1-1 .............. 6
1
3 7 4 4 1 1
Brach........................
2
3 1 0 0 1 1
Cashner ................... 1 2 1 1 0 1
Chicago
Samardzija W,5-3... 7 8 3 3 1 8
Camp H,4................. 1
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Russell S,1-1...........
2
3 1 0 0 0 2
Samardzija pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
PBJo.Baker. BalkStults.
UmpiresHome, Joe West;First, Sam Holbrook-
;Second, Andy Fletcher;Third, Rob Drake.
T2:48. A35,219 (41,009).
Pirates 4, Reds 1
Cincinnati Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Stubbs cf 4 0 0 0 Tabata lf-rf 3 0 1 0
Valdez ss 4 0 0 0 Walker 2b 4 1 2 1
Hoover p 0 0 0 0 AMcCt cf 4 0 1 0
Votto 1b 3 1 1 0 PAlvrz 3b 4 2 2 1
BPhllps 2b 4 0 0 0 GJones rf 4 0 1 1
Bruce rf 4 0 1 0 GHrndz lf 0 0 0 0
Heisey lf 4 0 1 1 Hague 1b 4 0 1 0
Cairo 3b 4 0 1 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0
Hanign c 3 0 2 0 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 Barajs c 3 0 2 1
Costanz ph 1 0 0 0 Barmes ss 4 0 0 0
Simon p 0 0 0 0 JMcDnl p 3 1 0 0
Cozart ph-ss 1 0 0 0 McGeh 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 33 410 4
Cincinnati ........................... 000 000 001 1
Pittsburgh .......................... 211 000 00x 4
DPCincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 1. LOBCincinnati 6,
Pittsburgh 7. 2BHanigan (5), Walker (8), P.Alva-
rez 2 (9), Hague (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Cincinnati
Arroyo L,2-3............. 4 8 4 4 1 1
Simon ....................... 3 2 0 0 1 3
Hoover...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh
Ja.McDonald W,4-2 8 5 0 0 1 5
Watson .....................
2
3 1 1 1 1 1
Hanrahan S,12-13 ..
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
WPArroyo.
UmpiresHome, Lance Barksdale;First, Fieldin
Culbreth;Second, Adrian Johnson;Third, Gary Ce-
derstrom.
T2:42. A14,792 (38,362).
Marlins 3, Nationals 1
Washington Miami
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Lmrdzz 2b-lf 3 0 0 0 Reyes ss 4 0 1 0
Harper rf-cf 4 0 1 0 Infante 2b 4 1 1 0
Zmrmn 3b 4 0 0 0 HRmrz 3b 3 1 2 1
LaRoch 1b 4 0 0 0 Stanton rf 3 0 2 1
Dsmnd ss 4 1 2 0 Morrsn 1b 3 0 0 0
Ankiel cf 3 0 0 0 Petersn cf 4 0 0 0
Stmmn p 0 0 0 0 J.Buck c 3 0 0 0
SBurntt p 0 0 0 0 Coghln lf 4 1 1 0
JSolano ph 1 0 1 0 ASnchz p 2 0 0 0
Brown lf 1 0 0 1 Dobbs ph 0 0 0 1
Nady ph-rf 2 0 1 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0
CMldnd c 1 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0
EJcksn p 2 0 0 0 H.Bell p 0 0 0 0
Berndn rf 0 0 0 0
Espinos
ph-2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1 Totals 30 3 7 3
Washington ....................... 000 010 000 1
Miami .................................. 000 001 11x 3
EAnkiel (1), E.Jackson (1), J.Buck (5). DPMia-
mi 1. LOBWashington 6, Miami 8. 2BJ.Solano
(1), Infante (12), H.Ramirez (12), Stanton (14).
3BHarper (4). HRH.Ramirez (8). SBDes-
mond (6), H.Ramirez (10), Stanton (3). SBrown,
C.Maldonado. SFDobbs.
IP H R ER BB SO
Washington
E.Jackson L,1-3...... 6
2
3 5 2 1 3 3
Stammen..................
1
3 2 1 1 0 0
S.Burnett .................. 1 0 0 0 1 2
Miami
A.Sanchez W,3-3.... 7 3 1 0 1 5
Choate H,11.............
1
3 1 0 0 0 0
Cishek H,5...............
2
3 0 0 0 2 1
H.Bell S,9-13........... 1 1 0 0 0 2
Stammen pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
UmpiresHome, Dan Iassogna;First, James
Hoye;Second, Jim Joyce;Third, Jim Reynolds.
T2:47. A25,969 (37,442).
Braves 5, Cardinals 4
St. Louis Atlanta
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Furcal ss 5 0 0 0 Bourn cf 3 2 1 1
Schmkr cf 5 0 1 0 Prado 3b 3 1 1 0
Hollidy lf 4 2 2 0 McCnn c 4 0 0 0
Beltran rf 4 1 2 0 Uggla 2b 2 1 1 3
YMolin c 4 1 4 3 Hinske 1b 4 0 0 0
MAdms 1b 3 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 3 0 1 0
Greene 2b 4 0 0 1 Pstrnck ss 3 0 0 0
Descals 3b 3 0 1 0 Venters p 0 0 0 0
Westrk p 2 0 0 0 OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0
Chamrs ph 1 0 0 0 Kimrel p 0 0 0 0
VMarte p 0 0 0 0 Delgad p 2 0 0 0
S.Hill ph 1 0 0 0 Durbin p 0 0 0 0
ESnchz p 0 0 0 0 JWilson ss 1 0 0 0
Constnz lf 3 1 1 0
Totals 36 410 4 Totals 28 5 5 4
St. Louis............................. 000 201 100 4
Atlanta ................................ 103 010 00x 5
EWestbrook (2). DPSt. Louis 1, Atlanta 1.
LOBSt. Louis 8, Atlanta 3. 2BHolliday (8).
HRY.Molina (8), Bourn (5), Uggla (8). SBBel-
tran (6).
IP H R ER BB SO
St. Louis
Westbrook L,4-4 ..... 5 5 5 4 3 6
V.Marte..................... 2 0 0 0 0 3
E.Sanchez ............... 1 0 0 0 1 1
Atlanta
Delgado W,3-5........ 5
1
3 6 3 3 3 1
Durbin H,3................
2
3 1 0 0 0 2
Venters H,9.............. 1 3 1 1 0 1
OFlaherty H,6......... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Kimbrel S,14-15...... 1 0 0 0 0 2
WPWestbrook.
UmpiresHome, Phil Cuzzi;First, Manny Gonza-
lez;Second, Greg Gibson;Third, Gerry Davis.
T2:43. A26,218 (49,586).
A M E R I C A N
L E A G U E
Blue Jays 8, Orioles 6
Baltimore Toronto
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Andino 2b 5 0 1 0 KJhnsn 2b 5 0 0 0
Hardy ss 5 1 1 0 YEscor ss 5 0 0 1
Markks rf 5 0 1 0 Bautist rf 3 1 1 0
AdJons cf 3 3 3 3 Encrnc dh 3 1 0 0
Wieters c 1 0 0 0 Rasms cf 4 1 1 0
RPauln c 3 1 1 0 Arencii c 3 1 0 0
MrRynl 1b 4 0 1 1 Lawrie 3b 4 3 3 3
C.Davis dh 5 1 3 2 Cooper 1b 4 1 2 1
Betemt lf-3b 5 0 0 0 RDavis lf 4 0 3 2
Tollesn 3b 3 0 1 0
EnChvz ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 612 6 Totals 35 810 7
Baltimore............................ 010 003 002 6
Toronto............................... 002 330 00x 8
EBetemit (8), Ad.Jones (3), Arrieta (3), Rasmus
(2). LOBBaltimore 11, Toronto 6. 2BMarkakis
(13), R.Paulino (2), Bautista (6), Rasmus (10), Law-
rie (6). HRAd.Jones 2 (16), C.Davis (9). SB
En.Chavez (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Baltimore
Arrieta L,2-6............. 4
1
3 6 7 6 3 5
Mi.Gonzalez ............ 3
1
3 4 1 1 0 5
Ayala.........................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto
R.Romero W,6-1..... 6 6 4 4 1 7
Frasor ....................... 1 2 0 0 1 2
Oliver ........................
1
3 2 0 0 0 1
Cordero H,5.............
2
3 0 0 0 0 1
Janssen.................... 1 2 2 2 1 0
HBPby R.Romero (Wieters).
UmpiresHome, Doug Eddings;First, Dana De-
Muth;Second, Kerwin Danley;Third, Paul Nauert.
T3:11. A17,352 (49,260).
Red Sox 6, Tigers 3
Detroit Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Berry cf 4 0 0 0 Nava lf 4 0 1 3
Dirks lf 4 0 2 0 Sweeny rf 4 0 0 0
MiCarr 3b 5 1 1 0 AdGnzl 1b 4 1 1 0
Fielder 1b 5 1 2 2 Ortiz dh 4 2 3 2
DYong dh 4 0 1 0 Youkils 3b 4 1 1 0
Boesch rf 4 0 0 0 Sltlmch c 3 0 1 0
Avila c 3 0 1 0 Shppch c 0 0 0 0
JhPerlt ss 4 1 2 1 Aviles ss 4 1 1 1
RSantg 2b 2 0 0 0 Pdsdnk cf 4 1 2 0
Punto 2b 4 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 35 611 6
Detroit................................. 000 011 100 3
Boston................................ 010 310 10x 6
EJh.Peralta (2). DPBoston1. LOBDetroit 10,
Boston 7. 2BMi.Cabrera (10), Avila (7), Nava (6),
Ortiz 2(18), Podsednik (1). HRFielder (8), Jh.Per-
alta (4), Ortiz (11).
IP H R ER BB SO
Detroit
Verlander L,5-3 ....... 6 10 5 5 1 7
Below........................
1
3 1 1 1 0 0
Villarreal ................... 1
2
3 0 0 0 1 5
Boston
Bard W,5-5............... 5
1
3 5 2 2 2 4
R.Hill H,5..................
1
3 0 0 0 1 0
Atchison H,2............
1
3 1 0 0 0 0
A.Miller H,5..............
2
3 2 1 1 0 1
Padilla H,12............. 1
1
3 1 0 0 0 0
Aceves S,12-15 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 1
HBPby Bard (Berry).
UmpiresHome, Bill Welke;First, Chris Guccione-
;Second, Tim Tschida;Third, Jeff Nelson.
T3:15 (Rain delay: 0:38). A37,216 (37,495).
Indians 8, Royals 5
Kansas City Cleveland
ab r h bi ab r h bi
AGordn lf 4 0 1 0 Choo rf 4 1 1 0
Falu 2b 4 0 0 0 Brantly cf 3 2 1 1
Butler dh 4 0 0 0 Kipnis 2b 4 2 3 2
Mostks 3b 2 0 1 0 JoLopz 3b 4 0 2 3
Francr rf 3 1 1 0 Ktchm 1b 4 0 1 1
Hosmer 1b 4 1 1 2 Damon lf 3 0 0 0
B.Pena c 4 1 1 1 Cnghm lf 1 0 1 0
Dyson cf 3 2 1 0 Chsnhll dh 4 1 2 1
AEscor ss 4 0 1 1 Carlin c 4 1 2 0
J.Diaz ss 4 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 7 4 Totals 35 814 8
Kansas City ....................... 020 020 100 5
Cleveland........................... 005 010 20x 8
EFalu (2), Mijares (1), Moustakas (5), Kipnis (3).
DPKansas City 3, Cleveland 2. LOBKansas
City 4, Cleveland 5. 3BDyson (2). HRHosmer
(6), B.Pena (1), Chisenhall (1). SBDyson (7),
Brantley (8), Kipnis (9).
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Adcock L,0-3 ........... 2
1
3 6 5 4 2 0
Mendoza.................. 3
2
3 5 2 2 0 0
Mijares......................
2
3 2 1 1 0 1
G.Holland................. 1
1
3 1 0 0 0 2
Cleveland
Tomlin W,2-2........... 5 4 4 4 2 4
J.Smith H,8..............
2
3 1 0 0 0 1
Hagadone H,1......... 1
1
3 1 1 1 1 0
Pestano H,13........... 1 1 0 0 1 2
C.Perez S,17-18..... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mendoza pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
UmpiresHome, Bob Davidson;First, Hunter
Wendelstedt;Second, Dan Bellino;Third, Jerry Lay-
ne.
T3:01. A25,377 (43,429).
White Sox 7, Rays 2
Chicago Tampa Bay
ab r h bi ab r h bi
De Aza cf 5 0 1 1 C.Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Bckhm 2b 5 0 1 0 BUpton cf 4 0 1 0
A.Dunn dh 3 1 0 0 Joyce rf 3 1 1 0
Konerk 1b 4 0 0 0 Zobrist 2b 4 0 0 0
Lillirdg 1b 0 0 0 0 Scott dh 4 0 1 0
Rios rf 4 1 2 0 Matsui lf 4 1 1 2
Przyns c 4 1 1 1 Loaton c 4 0 1 0
Viciedo lf 4 3 3 2 Sutton 3b 4 0 1 0
AlRmrz ss 4 1 2 2 EJhnsn ss 3 0 1 0
OHudsn 3b 4 0 1 1
Totals 37 711 7 Totals 34 2 7 2
Chicago.............................. 000 015 010 7
Tampa Bay......................... 000 200 000 2
EO.Hudson (2), Shields (2). DPTampa Bay 1.
LOBChicago 5, Tampa Bay 6. 2BAl.Ramirez
(6), Joyce (6). HRViciedo (11), Matsui (1). SB
De Aza (9), Al.Ramirez (6), E.Johnson (9).
IP H R ER BB SO
Chicago
Humber W,2-2......... 7 5 2 2 1 5
Thornton................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
H.Santiago............... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Tampa Bay
Shields L,6-3 ........... 6 10 6 5 1 8
Howell....................... 1 0 0 0 1 0
C.Ramos.................. 2 1 1 1 0 2
WPHumber, Shields.
UmpiresHome, Mike Winters;First, Mark Weg-
ner;Second, Mike Muchlinski;Third, Brian Knight.
T2:45. A13,735 (34,078).
M A J O R
L E A G U E
L E A D E R S
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTINGKonerko, Chicago, .386; Hamilton,
Texas, .368; Jeter, New York, .335; Trumbo, Los
Angeles, .333; AJackson, Detroit, .331; Ortiz, Bos-
ton, .319; Beltre, Texas, .318.
RUNSKinsler, Texas, 41; AdJones, Baltimore,
38; Hamilton, Texas, 37; De Aza, Chicago, 36; Kip-
nis, Cleveland, 34; Ortiz, Boston, 34; Granderson,
New York, 33.
RBIHamilton, Texas, 53; Encarnacion, Toronto,
41; MiCabrera, Detroit, 40; ADunn, Chicago, 37;
Butler, Kansas City, 34; NCruz, Texas, 34; Ad-
Jones, Baltimore, 34.
HITSJeter, NewYork, 68; Konerko, Chicago, 66;
Hamilton, Texas, 64; AdJones, Baltimore, 64; Mi-
Cabrera, Detroit, 60; Fielder, Detroit, 60; Ortiz, Bos-
ton, 59; Pedroia, Boston, 59.
DOUBLESCano, New York, 18; Ortiz, Boston,
18; AdGonzalez, Boston, 16; Brantley, Cleveland,
15; Kinsler, Texas, 15; Sweeney, Boston, 15; Wil-
lingham, Minnesota, 15.
TRIPLESAndrus, Texas, 3; De Aza, Chicago, 3;
Joyce, Tampa Bay, 3; Kipnis, Cleveland, 3; Ras-
mus, Toronto, 3; Rios, Chicago, 3; ISuzuki, Seattle,
3; JWeeks, Oakland, 3; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 3.
HOME RUNSHamilton, Texas, 20; ADunn, Chi-
cago, 16; Encarnacion, Toronto, 16; AdJones, Balti-
more, 16; Granderson, New York, 15; Reddick,
Oakland, 14; Bautista, Toronto, 12.
STOLEN BASESBUpton, Tampa Bay, 11;
JWeeks, Oakland, 10; Brantley, Cleveland, 9; De
Aza, Chicago, 9; MIzturis, Los Angeles, 9; EJohn-
son, Tampa Bay, 9; Kipnis, Cleveland, 9.
PITCHINGDarvish, Texas, 7-2; 12 tied at 6.
STRIKEOUTSVerlander, Detroit, 82; FHernan-
dez, Seattle, 75; Shields, Tampa Bay, 74; Scherzer,
Detroit, 72; Sabathia, New York, 69; Darvish, Tex-
as, 66; Peavy, Chicago, 64.
SAVESCPerez, Cleveland, 17; Rodney, Tampa
Bay, 16; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 16; Aceves, Boston,
12; Nathan, Texas, 11; Capps, Minnesota, 10; Brox-
ton, Kansas City, 10.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTINGDWright, New York, .370; MeCabrera,
San Francisco, .368; Ruiz, Philadelphia, .366; Lu-
croy, Milwaukee, .345; McCutchen, Pittsburgh,
.339; YMolina, St. Louis, .337; Furcal, St. Louis,
.332.
RUNSCGonzalez, Colorado, 38; MeCabrera,
San Francisco, 36; Bourn, Atlanta, 35; Furcal, St.
Louis, 35; Pence, Philadelphia, 35; Uggla, Atlanta,
35; Holliday, St. Louis, 34.
RBIEthier, Los Angeles, 42; Beltran, St. Louis,
41; CGonzalez, Colorado, 37; Stanton, Miami, 37;
LaRoche, Washington, 35; Braun, Milwaukee, 34;
Freese, St. Louis, 33; HRamirez, Miami, 33.
HITSMeCabrera, San Francisco, 74; Bourn, At-
lanta, 65; Furcal, St. Louis, 64; SCastro, Chicago,
63; Prado, Atlanta, 61; DWright, New York, 61; Pa-
gan, San Francisco, 58.
DOUBLESVotto, Cincinnati, 21; Alonso, SanDie-
go, 16; Cuddyer, Colorado, 16; Prado, Atlanta, 16;
DWright, New York, 16; Ethier, Los Angeles, 15; 5
tied at 14.
TRIPLESMeCabrera, San Francisco, 6; OHud-
son, San Diego, 5; Altuve, Houston, 4; Bloomquist,
Arizona, 4; SCastro, Chicago, 4; DeJesus, Chica-
go, 4; Fowler, Colorado, 4; Harper, Washington, 4;
Lucroy, Milwaukee, 4; Pagan, San Francisco, 4.
HOME RUNSBeltran, St. Louis, 15; Braun, Mil-
waukee, 13; Kemp, Los Angeles, 12; Stanton, Mia-
mi, 12; Bruce, Cincinnati, 11; Pence, Philadelphia,
11; 5 tied at 10.
STOLEN BASESBonifacio, Miami, 20; Reyes,
Miami, 15; Bourn, Atlanta, 14; SCastro, Chicago, 14;
DGordon, Los Angeles, 14; Maybin, San Diego, 14;
Schafer, Houston, 14.
PITCHINGHamels, Philadelphia, 8-1; Lynn, St.
Louis, 8-1; Dickey, New York, 7-1; GGonzalez,
Washington, 7-1; Capuano, Los Angeles, 7-1;
Miley, Arizona, 6-1; 13 tied at 5.
STRIKEOUTSGGonzalez, Washington, 79; Ha-
mels, Philadelphia, 72; Strasburg, Washington, 70;
ASanchez, Miami, 67; MCain, San Francisco, 66;
Samardzija, Chicago, 65; JaMcDonald, Pittsburgh,
63.
SAVESPapelbon, Philadelphia, 14; FFrancisco,
New York, 14; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 14; SCasilla, San
Francisco, 13; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 12; Myers,
Houston, 12; Putz, Arizona, 11.
T H I S D A T E I N
B A S E B A L L
May 30
1894 Bostons Robert Lowe became the first
player in major league history to hit four home runs
in a game, leading the Beaneaters to a 20-11 win
over Cincinnati. After hittingfour straight homers, all
line drives far over the fence, Lowe added a single
to set a major league record with 17 total bases.
1935 Babe Ruth made his last major league ap-
pearance. He played one inning for the Boston
Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies. Jim Bivin
retired Babe Ruth on an infield grounder in the
Babes final major league at-bat.
1940 Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants threw
87 pitches in a 7-0 one-hitter against the Brooklyn
Dodgers. He faced the minimum27 batters. Johnny
Hudson, who singled, was caught stealing.
1961 Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Bill Skow-
ron each hit two homers to lead the New York Yan-
kees toa12-3rout of theBostonRedSox. Yogi Ber-
ra also added a homer.
AP PHOTO
The Mets Kirk Nieuwenhuis greets pinch-hitter Scott Hairston
and Omar Quintanilla after Hairstons two-run home run against
the Phillies on Tuesday.
S T A N D I N G S
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Baltimore........................................ 29 21 .580 3-7 L-4 14-13 15-8
Tampa Bay..................................... 29 21 .580 5-5 L-2 17-9 12-12
New York ....................................... 26 22 .542 2 2 6-4 L-1 14-11 12-11
Toronto........................................... 26 24 .520 3 3 4-6 W-2 14-10 12-14
Boston............................................ 25 24 .510 3
1
2 3
1
2 7-3 W-2 12-13 13-11
Central Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Chicago.......................................... 28 22 .560 9-1 W-7 12-13 16-9
Cleveland....................................... 27 22 .551
1
2 1
1
2 5-5 L-1 15-13 12-9
Detroit............................................. 23 26 .469 4
1
2 5
1
2 4-6 L-2 11-12 12-14
Kansas City ................................... 20 28 .417 7 8 5-5 W-1 5-17 15-11
Minnesota...................................... 16 32 .333 11 12 4-6 W-1 7-17 9-15
West Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Texas ............................................. 31 18 .633 7-3 W-4 15-9 16-9
Los Angeles .................................. 25 25 .500 6
1
2 4 7-3 W-7 12-10 13-15
Oakland.......................................... 22 27 .449 9 6
1
2 2-8 L-6 10-15 12-12
Seattle ............................................ 21 30 .412 11 8
1
2 4-6 L-5 9-13 12-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Washington ................................... 29 20 .592 6-4 L-2 15-8 14-12
Miami .............................................. 28 22 .560 1
1
2 7-3 W-2 15-10 13-12
New York ....................................... 28 22 .560 1
1
2 7-3 W-1 16-10 12-12
Atlanta............................................ 27 24 .529 3 1
1
2 2-8 W-1 11-11 16-13
Philadelphia................................... 26 25 .510 4 2
1
2 5-5 L-1 11-13 15-12
Central Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Cincinnati...................................... 27 21 .563 8-2 L-1 15-9 12-12
St. Louis ....................................... 27 23 .540 1 1 5-5 L-1 13-11 14-12
Pittsburgh..................................... 24 24 .500 3 3 6-4 W-4 15-10 9-14
Houston........................................ 22 27 .449 5
1
2 5
1
2 5-5 L-4 16-10 6-17
Milwaukee .................................... 20 28 .417 7 7 4-6 W-1 11-13 9-15
Chicago ........................................ 17 32 .347 10
1
2 10
1
2 2-8 W-2 11-15 6-17
West Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Los Angeles................................. 32 16 .667 7-3 L-1 21-6 11-10
San Francisco.............................. 26 23 .531 6
1
2 1
1
2 6-4 W-2 13-10 13-13
Arizona ......................................... 22 27 .449 10
1
2 5
1
2 5-5 L-1 10-15 12-12
Colorado....................................... 19 29 .396 13 8 4-6 W-2 11-14 8-15
San Diego..................................... 17 34 .333 16
1
2 11
1
2 2-8 L-5 12-16 5-18
C M Y K
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NEWYORKAfter the worst
season in NBA history, the Char-
lotte Bobcats could use a player
such as Anthony Davis.
Unfortunately for Michael Jor-
dans team, its been a long time
since lottery luck shined on the
team needing it most.
The Bobcats hope that trend
ends today, when they have the
best odds of earning the No. 1
pick in next months draft.
Charlotte has a 25 percent
chance of victory, the reward for
its 7-59 record that was the low-
est winning percentage (.106) in
league history. Davis is the col-
lege player of the year after lead-
ing Kentucky to the national
championship. He is considered
the top prize available.
Not since 2004, when the Or-
lando Magic drafted Dwight Ho-
ward, has the team with the
worst record won the lottery.
Minnesota dropped a spot to sec-
ondlast year, whenthe Cleveland
Cavaliers moved up with a pick
owed to themby the Los Angeles
Clippers and took Rookie of the
Year Kyrie Irving.
The Bobcats, who dropped
their final 23 games, appear in
muchmoredirestraits thansome
teams that were able to recover
from their lottery letdowns.
You could make the case that
they dont have, at any position, a
top-15 player at their position. So
theyre not in the top half of start-
ers at any place on their roster,
which is a tough place to be and
thats why a guy like Anthony Da-
vis, if they do draft him, hes go-
ing to be expected to turn it
around. But there are no quick
fixes, former NBA coach and
current ESPN analyst Jeff Van
Gundy said Tuesday during a
conference call.
The Washington Wizards have
a 19.9 percent chance of picking
first, while Cleveland (13.8 per-
cent) and New Orleans (13.7)
have the next-best chances.
The lottery is backinNewYork
for the first time since1993, mov-
ing to the Disney/ABC Times
Square Studio from its longtime
home in Secaucus, N.J. because
the NBA Entertainment facility
there no longer houses a televi-
sion studio.
Maybe thats a good omen for
the Nets, who are also going from
New Jersey to New York. The
now Brooklyn Nets have a 7.5
percent chance of moving up
from the No. 6 spot to land the
top pick, and if they dont end up
in the top three their selection
goes to Portland as part of this
seasons Gerald Wallace trade.
The Nets are one of the recent
teams that came up empty after a
dismal season, settling for the
No. 3 pick two years ago after a
70-loss season. Though there are
occasional complaints about the
format, NBA Commissioner Da-
vid Stern has said theres been lit-
tle call to change it.
Van Gundy, like many, thinks
its awaytopoliceteams fromtry-
ing to lose in hopes of securing
the No. 1pickandevenarguedfor
dropping the weighted system
that gives the Bobcats 250 out of
1,000 chances, taking away even
more incentive to lose. Though
he said the team played hard, he
used the word tanking Tues-
day, essentially accusing Jordans
organization of not trying to win
this season.
Theyhave, I think, a verypoor
roster by design, he said. I
think they are trying to do what
most people in the front office
would agree with howtheyre do-
ing it. Get bad to try to get good.
People have done it before. San
Antonio Spurs, I think it was 18
wins when David Robinson was
hurt andtheygot TimDuncan(in
1997) and for 15 years theyve
been just phenomenal. So what
theyre doing I think goes to what
most people in the NBA would
do, but its by design.
The Cavaliers are hoping light-
ning strikes twice.
Last year, owner Dan Gilberts
15-year-old son, Nick, proved to
be a lucky charm when he repre-
sentedthe teamat the drawing in
New Jersey. The young Gilbert,
wearing hipster glasses and a
bow tie, endeared himself to Cle-
veland fans after the team won
the lottery by looking into the
camera and saying, Whats not
to like? a catchphrase that
helped the city get over the loss
of LeBron James.
The Cavs are sending Nick
again along with the same travel-
ing party that brought the team
luck a year ago.
His dad recently joked that his
son better bring home a winner.
If he doesnt get the first pick,
he will be grounded all summer,
Gilbert joked. This is a very im-
portant draft for us. We hope to
add some key pieces this sum-
mer.
N B A
Jordan, Bobcats hoping for luck in lottery
Worst winning percentage in
NBA history earns team 25
percent chance of No. 1 pick.
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
AP FILE PHOTO
Bobcats owner Michael Jordan
and his team are hoping to earn
the No. 1 pick in todays lottery.
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sonhada 3-iron, a small audience
and a point to prove.
The flag was 251 yards away,
with a light wind out of the right.
Withanopenstance, he hit a high
cut and begged it to carry the
bunker, which it barely did. Next,
he aimedsome15yards tothe left
of thegreenandhit abullet witha
slight hook that landed on the
back corner of the green.
Still got it! Watson jokingly
proclaimed.
He hasnt forgotten how to
play. He hasnt been gone from
the game that long, though it
sure seems that way.
It has been just more than sev-
en weeks since Watson hit that
wildhookwitha wedge out of the
Georgia pines and onto the 10th
green to win the Masters in a
playoff. He became an overnight
sensation in a green jacket, and
then he virtually disappeared
from the golf scene. He has
played only one tournament
since, in New Orleans, and only
because he was the defending
champion.
The reminder of howlongWat-
son has stayed away from golf
came on the practice range Tues-
day at Muirfield Village. With the
U.S. Open only two weeks away,
players were still congratulating
him on winning the last major
two months ago.
Thats not necessarily a bad
thing.
Winning majors can be a life-
changing experience for every-
one except those who seem to
win them all the time. Few, how-
ever, had this many life-changing
moments away from golf as Wat-
son in such a short time.
He and his wife, Angie, adopt-
ed a baby boy just two weeks be-
fore he became a Masters cham-
pion. Theadoptionprocess is still
not finished, though a few
months doesnt seem like much
considering they began thinking
about adoption four years ago.
Watson is selling two houses and
trying to find a home in Orlando,
Fla. (The baby was born in Flor-
ida.)
Andif thats not enough, he has
organized Bubba Bash on Tues-
day night with some 10 Christian
bands to raise money for a hospi-
tal in Kenya. Typical of a guy
named Bubba, he has arranged
for Waffle House to provide the
backstage meals.
A lot of stuff going on in our
life, Watson said. A lot of posi-
tive things, nothing bad. But its
just different changes.
Perhaps it shouldnt be surpris-
ing that Watson replied to a fan
on Twitter on Friday during The
Players Championship that hes
not missing golf at all.
Youcanturnyour phone off or
lock down yourself at Isleworth
and nobody can get to you, and
just spend time with the family,
play golf whenI want to, Watson
said. Its been a good thing. Its
been relaxing, rewarding. Its
been fun.
The Memorial boasts a strong
field, as usual, with defending
champion Steve Stricker, Tiger
Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory
McIlroy and Hunter Mahan lead-
ing the list of top players. Dustin
Johnson returns from a back in-
jury, his first tournament since
Doral the second week of March.
Watson adds another layer of
intrigue, mainly because he is a
major champion who has accu-
mulated more rust than riches in
the last two months.
His agent, Jens Beck, said in-
terest in Watson has been unre-
lenting since the Masters: offers
for endorsements and too many
interview requests.
For us, it hasnt stopped,
Beck said. For him, the biggest
change in his life has been with
the baby. I dont think people tru-
ly get that. It was a huge life
change for him.
Watson still faces a long year
with three more majors, the Fe-
dEx Cup playoffs and the Ryder
Cup. The season has become
longer in golf, and the trick is to
stay fresh for the most important
stretches. No one has mastered
that better than Woods over the
years.
Just more than two weeks ago,
Watson tweeted that he didnt
miss golf. So he might be rusty
now, but at least hes ready to
play. The Memorial is the start of
three tournaments in the next
month, endingwiththe Travelers
Championship, where he wonhis
first PGA Tour event.
G O L F
After break, Bubbas ready to go
Busy star will play in the
Memorial, just his second
event since winning Masters.
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
AP FILE PHOTO
Bubba Watson is playing in the Memorial this weekend, just his
second tournament since winning the Masters in April.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Two
doctors came up with different
opinions on the mental state of
former Notre Dame assistant
football coach Corwin Brown,
whoisaccusedof strikinghiswife
and holding her hostage in a sev-
en-hour standoff, a judge said
Tuesday.
Brownsfamilyhassaidtheybe-
lieve his actions last August may
stem from brain trauma he suf-
fered when he was an NFLdefen-
sive back. Brown, 42, played col-
lege football at Michigan and
spent eight seasons inthe NFLas
a defensive back with the Patri-
ots, Jets and Lions.
Reports by a psychiatrist and a
psychologist came back with a
split of opinion, St. Joseph
County Judge Jane Woodward
Miller said during a brief court
hearing Tuesday morning. The
reportsbyGeorgeParker, anasso-
ciate professor of clinical psychia-
try at the Indiana University
School of Medicine, and Warren
Sibilla, a South Bend psycholo-
gist, were in sealed envelopes in
the court file.
St. Joseph Prosecutors Office
spokeswoman Lora Bentley said
such court-ordered reports are al-
ways sealed until or unless
theyre used at a hearing or a
trial.
DefenseattorneyMikeTuszyn-
ski wouldnt comment onthecon-
tents of the reports, other than to
say the twodoctors came upwith
different conclusions. Chief Dep-
uty Prosecutor Ken Cotter de-
clined to comment.
C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L
Doctors give contrasting
opinions about ND coach
By TOMCOYNE
Associated Press
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Utilities by tenant.
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MINNEAPOLIS A law-
suit filed against the NFL
Players Association by reti-
rees was dismissed Tuesday
by a federal judge, who said
shes empathetic to their
concerns but ruled they had
no legal right to hundreds of
millions of dollars in addi-
tional post-career benefits
theyclaimedtheylost during
lockout talks last year.
U.S. District Judge Susan
Richard Nelson issued her
order from St. Paul, Minn.
Pro Football Hall of Fame
defensive end Carl Eller, a
former Minnesota Vikings
star, was the lead plaintiff in
the complaint that argued
current players and their at-
torneys had no right to bar-
gain with NFL owners about
retiree benefits because they
werent legally a union last
summer.
Michael Hausfeld, the lead
lawyer for the retired play-
ers, said his group plans to
appeal Nelsons decision to
the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in St. Louis.
Inaninterviewfromhis of-
fice in Washington, Hausfeld
called Nelsons findings elu-
cidating and disappointing
overall. There were several
dozen ex-players, many of
them Hall of Famers, on the
lawsuit who felt they were
cheated by the current play-
ers. They estimated between
$300 million and $500 mil-
lion in additional benefits
they were promised in the
early stages of collective bar-
gaining agreement talks and
didnt get when the labor dis-
pute was settled last sum-
mer.
They contended they were
pushedout of negotiations to
streamline the mediation
process despite a court order
for their inclusion. Those la-
bor talks led to the new CBA
between the owners and
players and saved the 2011
season.
The lawsuit named
NFLPA boss DeMaurice
Smith, New England quar-
terback Tom Brady and for-
mer Patriots linebacker Mike
Vrabel. Brady and Vrabel
were plaintiffs on the anti-
trust lawsuit filed by the cur-
rent players against the NFL
in March before the lockout.
The unions response to
the complaint was filed un-
der seal, and the NFLPA has
declined to comment on the
case.
The decision says it is
clear that the active players
took advantage of the reti-
rees situations to benefit
themselves, and thats just a
classical incident or conse-
quence of the fact that they
held all the marbles, Haus-
feld said. Thats a sad com-
mentary on the functioning
of the union, and its an even
sadder commentary on the
richest pro sport in the coun-
try.
Nelson wrote that she ac-
cepted the factual allega-
tions by the Eller class as
true but disagreed that the
current players acted illegal-
ly. She ruled that since the
active players were negotiat-
ing their own contract with
the league, they had no obli-
gation to take a smaller
share of the pie for them-
selves inorder togivethere-
tirees a bigger slice.
N F L
Judge dismisses
retirees lawsuit
Former players had filed
against the NFLPA after
lockout negotiations.
By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Sports Writer
WASHINGTON It took 23
witnesses over19days of testimo-
ny for prosecutors to make their
caseagainst Roger Clemens, with
three jurors andtwominor pieces
of the indictment dismissed by
thetimetheyweredone. Withthe
overlong-running trial now in its
seventh week and Clemens law-
yers starting to take their turn,
the case remains centered on the
credibility of one person Brian
McNamee.
The government rested Tues-
day in the perjury trial of the sev-
en-time Cy Young Award winner,
wrapping up with a witness from
Wall Street and two fromthe FBI.
Two invoked the name of McNa-
mee, the longtime Clemens
strength coach who says he in-
jected the ex-pitcher with ste-
roids in 1998, 2000 and 2001 and
with human growth hormone in
2000.
The defense is expectedtotake
about two weeks to call its wit-
nesses. The trial has already ex-
ceeded the original estimate of
four to six weeks stated by the
judgeat thestart of juryselection.
Clemens is charged with two
counts of perjury, three counts of
making false statements and one
count of obstruction of Congress.
All relate to his testimony at a
hearing in February 2008 and his
deposition that preceded it.
The heart of the case is the alle-
gationthat Clemens liedwhenhe
saidhehadnever usedsteroids or
HGH, but the obstruction count
included15 statements, or acts,
in which Clemens is alleged to
have misled Congress on a varie-
ty of issues. U.S. District Judge
Reggie Walton dismissed two of
those acts Tuesday.
The first dismissed act dealt
with Clemens claim that he had
noidea that former Sen. George
Mitchell wanted to talk with him
inpreparationfor the2007Mitch-
ell Report on drugs in baseball.
The government couldnt prove
otherwisebecausesomeof its evi-
dencewas ruledinadmissibledue
torules over attorney-client privi-
lege.
Theseconddismissedact deals
with Clemens statement in his
2008 deposition that: I couldnt
tell you the first thing about
(HGH). The judge said that
statement could be misinterpret-
ed because it was asked in the
contest of whether Clemens had
ever doneanyresearchintoHGH.
Thirteen alleged misleading
statements remaininthecharges.
The government only needs to
prove one to gain a conviction for
obstruction of Congress.
Theres somethingthe trial def-
initely cant afford to keep losing:
jurors. Two have been dismissed
for sleeping during the proceed-
ings, anda thirdwas lost Tuesday
following the death of her moth-
er. Theres only one alternate left.
So Id ask everybody to stay
healthy and available, Walton
told the remaining 13. Many of
them smiled or laughed.
One of the governments final
witnesses was Anthony Corso,
oneof McNamees so-calledWall
Street clients who worked out
with the strength coach in Man-
hattan. Corso related a pair of
conversations meant toshowthat
McNamee didnt start making up
allegations and fabricating evi-
dence against Clemens to placate
federal investigators in 2007.
A key piece of evidence in the
trial is medical waste from an al-
leged 2001 steroids injection of
Clemens that McNamee said he
saved in a beer can and FedEx
box.
Corso, a large, blunt-spoken
New Yorker who works as a ma-
naging partner in a consulting
firm, recalled asking McNamee
around 2005 about a newspaper
story concerning performance-
enhancing drugs.
Im not going to get thrown
under the bus because Ive taken
care of it, Corso remembered
McNamee saying. He said he
had saved some syringes and
thrown them in a beer can, and
thrown them in a FedEx box.
Corsodidnt directlylinkClem-
ens to that statement, and fact re-
inforced by a question from a ju-
ror. That forced the government
to start reading Corsos grand ju-
ry testimony from two years ago,
when Corso quoted McNamee as
saying, I saved two syringes that
I used on Roger. Corso said he
now cant recall whether McNa-
mee used Clemens name in con-
nection with the syringes or not.
R O G E R C L E M E N S P E R J U R Y T R I A L
After 19
days, govt
rests case
Two FBI witnesses and one
from Wall Street testified on
Tuesday against Clemens.
By JOSEPH WHITE
AP Sports Writer
AP PHOTO
Former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens, center, arrives at federal
court in Washington, Tuesday for his perjury trial.
WEST ALLIS, Wis. Given
his familys checkered history in
the Indianapolis 500, Michael
Andretti understands better
than anybody why his son, Mar-
co, was sofrustratedduringSun-
days race.
And as a race car driver, An-
dretti knows theres only one
way for his son to get over a
growing sense of frustration at
Indy. Its something Michael
wasnt able to do himself as a
driver: Win it.
Youre still human, Michael
Andretti said Tuesday, during a
test session for the June15-16 In-
dyFest at the Milwaukee Mile.
And until it happens, hes going
to be that way. And once it hap-
pens, I thinkyoull see a different
person. Its just that way. I know
it was that way with me. You can
talk until youre blue in the face,
but that pressure andeverything
that you have there is just going
to be there.
Marco Andretti led 59 laps
Sunday, more than any other
driver. But he got shuffled back
in the field by an ill-timed cau-
tion flag after a pit stop. Then he
crashed on lap 188, ending his
day.
Before the crash, he spent the
afternoon venting frustration to
his crew on the radio.
He gets a little excited still,
said Michael, whose Andretti
Autosport team fields cars for
Marco. I think he felt that it was
slipping away.
It was the latest example of
rotten luck for a member of the
Andretti family at Indy, some-
thingmanyhave come tocall the
Andretti curse.
Marcos grandfather, Mario,
won it in1969 and never won
again in 24 more tries.
Michael led 431 laps in 16 ca-
reer starts but never won.
I was never able to do it as a
driver, but finally was able to do
it a couple times as an owner,
Michael Andretti said. Now I
know how Marcos feeling. I
know, better than anybody, how
Marcos feeling. AndI feel so bad
for him, because he had the car
to win. Bad luck, gets a vibra-
tion, comes in the pits one lap
early and the yellow comes out,
he loses a lapandhis race is ruin-
ed. That place, its frustrating.
Keep plugging along, keep push-
ing it. Were going to win it
soon.
Marco came close in his first
try, finishing second by a nose to
Sam Hornish Jr. in 2006. He has
led laps in five of his seven Indy
starts and finished third in 2008
and 2010.
Michael says his sons frustra-
tion might go beyond Indy. Mar-
co has two career wins in Indy-
Car. But given his talent, should
he have more?
I think the pressure is on him
to perform, and hes led so many
races and stuff but he hasnt got-
ten the job done enough, Mi-
chael Andretti said. I think hes
feeling that pressure more than
anything right now. Hes ready
to have that breakout. He just
needs to have that. Indy, for in-
stance. I know that if he would
have won Indy, he would have
followed up with three, four
wins in a row.
Michael Andretti said he
hasnt had to console his son,
who is focused on the IndyCar
series race in the Detroit area
this weekend.
I didnt really even see him
much, Andretti said. I mean,
you dont have to. Hes been
there long enough. Hes seen it
with me, and he just knows. His
focus is on Detroit.
A U T O R A C I N G
AP PHOTO
Marco Andretti slides after making contact with the wall on the first turn during the Indianapolis
500 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A crash ended his day on lap 188.
3rd-generation frustration
Marco Andretti joins his
father and grandfather in
struggling at the Indy 500.
By CHRIS JENKINS
AP Sports Writer
C M Y K
Facebook stock falls 9.6%
Facebooks stock has fallen below
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awaited public debut this month.
The stock fell $3.07, or 9.6 percent,
to close at $28.84 on Tuesday. Thats
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Facebook Inc. began trading publicly
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Home price slide slows
An index of home prices in 20 Amer-
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The S&P Case Shiller index of prop-
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On a seasonally adjusted basis, how-
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THE TIMES LEADER WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012
timesleader.com
L
OS ANGELES High-end
outdoor clothier and gear mak-
er Patagonia Inc. is out to
prove that a company can generate
strong sales while being nearly fanat-
ical about environmental concerns.
The Ventura, Calif., company was
the first major clothier to make
fleece jackets out of recycled bottles.
Nearly a third of the power for its
headquarters and adjoining child-
care center comes from solar. And it
donates 1 percent of its sales to envi-
ronmental causes.
With Patagonia being a privately
held company, its finances are not
public, but it says its riding a growth
curve. It opened 14 new stores last
year, bringing to 88 its wholly owned
retail outlets throughout the world.
Executives said the company had
$540 million in sales in the 12
months that ended in April, an in-
crease of more than 30 percent over
the same period a year earlier.
Furthermore, they said, Patagonia
has doubled revenue and tripled
profit since 2008.
But is it fair to say that the envi-
ronmental dedication of the compa-
ny is a key to its claimed success?
Patagonia executives say yes.
Chief Executive Casey Sheahan
said customers were willing to pay
$25 for a T-shirt, $20 for wool socks
and $180 for a light jacket because
they knew Patagonia inflicted less
damage on the environment than
other clothing makers did.
And, he said, other companies are
catching on.
I think a lot of big companies are
doing things like this because its a
better way of doing business, he
said.
But analysts said Patagonias eco-
friendly philosophy was probably on-
ly one factor in the companys ability
to grow.
More important, said Richard
Jaffe, a retail and apparel analyst
with investment firm Stifel Nicolaus
&Co., is that Patagonia has a reputa-
tion for making products a cut above
much of the competition.
Patagonia may also be benefiting
from an overall increase in sales in
outdoor goods across the country.
During the recession, industry ex-
perts say, many Americans turned to
outdoor recreation as a cheaper al-
ternative to diversions such as for-
eign travel.
Even Patagonias founder and sole
owner, Yvon Chouinard, 73, said the
company was not likely to keep up its
current growth pace.
MCT PHOTO
The catalog publishing room at Patagonia headquarters in Ventura, Calif. The outdoor clothier and gear maker is
out to prove a company can generate strong sales while being nearly fanatical about environmental concerns.
Seeking more green
Outdoor retailer Patagonia stresses environment
By HUGO MARTIN
Los Angeles Times
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The
stock market has recently been back
on a roller coaster, with the S&P 500
losing almost 4 percent in the past
month. That has made many workers
worried about their 401ks, IRAs and
other retirement accounts.
In Charles Schwabs latest nation-
wide quarterly retirement study,
younger workers are especially nerv-
ous: 29 percent of those between18 to
34 plan to pull money out of the mar-
ket, with only 11 percent of older
Americans saying they would do so.
Most of my friends arent thinking
about (investing) in stocks, said Dan
Tobias, 30, an associate financial plan-
ner in Plantation, Fla.
They dont have much spare cash to
invest in retirement or brokerage ac-
counts, he said. They also dont want
to risk losing what they do have while
they save for a wedding or a first
house, added Tobias.
Jenny Rothstein, a financial con-
sultant for Charles Schwab, suggested
that younger investors are becoming
more risk-averse as many have seen
their own parents retirement savings
take hard hits in the last four years.
They have experienced very vola-
tile times and not the boomtimes
of the 1990s when stocks rapidly
climbed in value, she said. But in the
past 10 years, the S&P 500 has in-
creased only about 2 percent.
Young workers also could want to
pull money out of their retirement ac-
counts because they want to buy a
house or need the money to pay bills
after losing their jobs, Rothstein add-
ed.
Stocks worry young workers
By DONNA GEHRKE-WHITE
Sun Sentinel
SEOUL, South Korea Samsung
Electronics Co., the worlds largest mak-
er of mobile phones, put its third-gener-
ation Galaxy S smartphone on sale Tues-
day in 28 European and Middle Eastern
countries, hopingtocement its leadover
Apples iPhone.
By the end of July, nearly 300 mobile
operators around the world will be sell-
ing the device.
Buyers of the new Galaxy S III in five
European countries will also be the first
to get their hands on Samsungs music
streaming service.
In Germany, France, Spain, Italy and
Britain, the Galaxy S III will be shipped
with access to the Music Hub an
iTunes-like service allowing users to lis-
ten to music as well as buy and store it.
Samsung said the service has a 19-mil-
lion song catalog.
At Vodafone Group, pre-sale orders for
the Galaxy S III outstripped those of any
previous Android-based smartphones,
according to Samsung.
WhileApplehas kept thescreensizeof
the iPhone the same in every upgrade
since 2007, Samsung increased the
screen size of its highest-end smart-
phone in its two major updates. The lat-
est Galaxy phone screen is nearly twice
as big as the iPhone screen.
The 4.8-inch S III also features more
computing power that supports voice
commands and an eye-movement track-
ing feature to keep the screen from dim-
ming.
Samsungs music service is a result of
its acquisition of mSpot Inc., a Palo Alto,
California-based provider of music and
movie streaming services on the Web
and mobile devices.
Samsung overtook Apple in smart-
phone sales for the first time in the first
three months of this year, according to
research firm Strategy Analytics. The
company sold 44.5 million smartphones
in the January-March quarter, compared
with Apples 35.1 million iPhone sales.
Samsungs new
smartphone
takes on Apple
By YOUKYUNG LEE
AP Technology Writer
The latest Galaxy S smartphone is
now being sold in Europe.
C M Y K
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Weather Central, LP
Yesterday 90/68
Average 73/51
Record High 91 in 1969
Record Low 36 in 2008
Yesterday 14
Month to date 83
Year to date 88
Last year to date 55
Normal year to date 27
*Index of fuel consumption, how far the days
mean temperature was above 65 degrees.
Precipitation
Yesterday 0.04
Month to date 4.75
Normal month to date 3.27
Year to date 12.66
Normal year to date 13.55
Susquehanna Stage Chg. Fld. Stg
Wilkes-Barre 2.41 2.41 22.0
Towanda 1.38 -0.14 21.0
Lehigh
Bethlehem 3.07 0.75 16.0
Delaware
Port Jervis 3.28 -0.13 18.0
Todays high/
Tonights low
TODAYS SUMMARY
Highs: 77-83. Lows: 51-56. Partly cloudy
and warm today. Partly cloudy and pleas-
ant tonight.
The Poconos
Highs: 73-84. Lows: 61-63. Chance of
thunderstorms today. Partly cloudy skies
tonight.
The Jersey Shore
Highs: 70-80. Lows: 49-52. Partly cloudy
skies today. Clear to partly cloudy skies
tonight.
The Finger Lakes
Highs: 84-85. Lows: 60-63. Chance of
thunderstorms today. Partly cloudy skies
tonight.
Brandywine Valley
Highs: 77-82. Lows: 62-67. Chance of
thunderstorms today. Partly cloudy skies
tonight.
Delmarva/Ocean City
Anchorage 51/42/.00 58/44/r 57/43/r
Atlanta 83/72/.00 91/70/pc 88/69/pc
Baltimore 91/72/.00 86/63/t 80/62/s
Boston 67/59/.00 81/64/t 77/54/s
Buffalo 83/72/.00 70/49/pc 62/50/pc
Charlotte 84/70/.03 88/65/pc 90/69/pc
Chicago 85/65/.00 66/49/pc 59/53/r
Cleveland 82/69/.02 72/52/pc 64/58/s
Dallas 95/67/.00 91/71/pc 84/62/t
Denver 78/38/.00 78/47/pc 71/50/pc
Detroit 82/71/.19 72/49/s 66/53/s
Honolulu 83/74/.00 88/73/s 87/74/s
Houston 93/72/.00 94/75/s 91/72/pc
Indianapolis 79/66/.36 76/51/s 71/56/t
Las Vegas 93/69/.00 97/74/s 101/78/s
Los Angeles 74/59/.00 68/60/s 68/61/s
Miami 87/75/.02 90/73/t 89/76/t
Milwaukee 78/62/.00 58/45/pc 54/50/c
Minneapolis 62/55/.00 61/45/pc 63/48/sh
Myrtle Beach 82/75/.00 80/69/t 84/72/s
Nashville 88/69/.00 90/64/pc 84/65/t
New Orleans 91/76/.00 91/74/pc 89/73/pc
Norfolk 88/73/.00 80/66/t 83/66/s
Oklahoma City 89/62/.00 88/63/t 75/55/pc
Omaha 76/56/.00 72/50/sh 57/47/sh
Orlando 84/71/.09 92/73/t 93/73/t
Phoenix 96/69/.00 102/75/s 107/78/s
Pittsburgh 83/66/1.06 79/51/pc 72/56/pc
Portland, Ore. 62/49/.00 74/56/c 77/57/sh
St. Louis 89/72/.00 79/56/pc 69/56/t
Salt Lake City 82/50/.00 74/49/s 76/53/pc
San Antonio 92/75/.00 95/74/pc 94/73/pc
San Diego 68/61/.00 68/60/s 68/61/s
San Francisco 64/52/.00 68/51/s 71/51/s
Seattle 59/46/.00 65/55/c 68/55/sh
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Tucson 96/60/.00 98/65/s 102/69/s
Washington, DC 90/75/.00 86/65/t 81/63/s
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Baghdad 102/68/.00 104/78/s 102/74/s
Beijing 81/61/.00 81/59/pc 84/61/pc
Berlin 70/54/.00 63/48/pc 63/49/sh
Buenos Aires 73/61/.00 61/46/s 56/44/s
Dublin 63/52/.00 64/53/r 61/42/sh
Frankfurt 79/63/.00 72/53/pc 68/51/sh
Hong Kong 84/79/.00 85/77/t 86/76/t
Jerusalem 93/68/.00 79/62/s 81/63/s
London 75/55/.00 75/60/sh 70/53/sh
Mexico City 84/54/.00 80/49/s 83/52/pc
Montreal 79/52/.00 76/52/pc 61/44/pc
Moscow 72/50/.00 75/54/t 62/45/sh
Paris 79/54/.00 79/55/t 71/57/c
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Riyadh 104/81/.00 107/83/s 109/83/s
Rome 70/48/.00 76/56/pc 77/57/pc
San Juan 88/76/.00 87/77/t 88/77/t
Tokyo 75/63/.00 75/59/pc 75/60/pc
Warsaw 77/50/.00 61/44/pc 61/48/c
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WORLD CITIES
River Levels, from 12 p.m. yesterday.
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sn-snow, sf-snowurries, i-ice.
Philadelphia
86/63
Reading
85/58
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
82/56
83/55
Harrisburg
84/58
Atlantic City
75/63
New York City
85/65
Syracuse
78/50
Pottsville
81/55
Albany
83/54
Binghamton
Towanda
75/50
80/53
State College
81/51
Poughkeepsie
83/56
91/71
66/49
78/47
97/67
61/45
68/60
65/51
75/57
63/46
65/55
85/65 72/49
91/70
90/73
94/75
88/73
50/42
58/44
86/65
Sun and Moon
Sunrise Sunset
Today 5:34a 8:29p
Tomorrow 5:33a 8:30p
Moonrise Moonset
Today 3:02p 2:00a
Tomorrow 4:14p 2:32a
Full Last New First
June 4 June 11 June 19 June 26
A weak cold
front will move
across the
region today,
producing
clouds and
a few passing
showers but
nothing like
yesterday.
The temperature
will climb into
the upper 70s
and lower 80s
across the area.
A few passing
showers are
possible before
drier air moves
in tonight
behind the
front. The dry
air will lead to
a very nice
Thursday!
Today will be
partly sunny
and warm
with a passing
shower, high of
83. Tonight will
become partly
cloudy and
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C M Y K
TASTE S E C T I O N C
THE TIMES LEADER WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012
timesleader.com
ROPA VIEJA is a storied Latin Amer-
ican dish. Its name literally translates
to old clothes, and its main ingre-
dient does have an uncanny resem-
blance to shredded or
tattered garments.
Originally traced back
to the Spanish Canary
Islands, it was
brought to the Anti-
lles, embraced, al-
tered and augmented
as it hopped from
island to island.
Served with rice and/or flour tortil-
las, it makes for an exciting and au-
thentic meal. Served with sauted
sweet plantains and black beans, you
have a popular mainstay in Cuba.
In my opinion, this dish is a great
example of the benefits of taking a
cost-effective cut of beef and elevating
it to a dish you may never have experi-
enced before. Most of us have dunked a
flank steak in a marinade for a few
days, slapped it on a grill and sliced
away. The texture of the flank was
something to contend with, to over-
come or hide.
Ropa Vieja does the exact opposite; it
highlights the texture of flank steak.
Once braised, the flank, due to its long,
fibrous muscle structure, comes apart
in long tender strands. These strands,
like pasta, capture and lock in the ac-
companying sauce.
This recipe changes value focus from
the protein (a value quickly declining
due to rising costs) and shifts it to the
chefs skills and talents. During the
past 20 years, the focus has been on the
ingredient (Kobe, USDA Prime, Angus,
etc.) The focus is now on the chefs
ability to identify, re-create and offer
wonderful and little-known culinary
delights that are only now coming to
light in the gastronomic realm.
At last, it really is all about us!
CHEFS CORNER
J A K E H I Z N Y
MAINES PAPER & FOOD SERVICE INC.
Ropa Vieja
elevates steak
with Latin flavor
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Chef Jake Hizny prepared this Latin
American dish, Ropa Vieja, which got
its name because it looks like tattered
clothing.
See CORNER, Page 3C
When he was a little boy, Chef Jake
Hizny of Pittston remembers, his
grandmother introduced him to her
favorite recipes. She would hold my
hand and pour something into it and
tell me in Slovak thats a handful.
Then she would let him add the in-
gredient into the soup or whatever
she was making.
So it seems Hizny was long-des-
tined to become a chef.
But actually, he first prepared for
and worked in banking career. About
25 years ago, he switched to the culi-
nary arts, and very recently, he was
honored by the Professional Chefs of
Northeastern Pennsylvania chapter
of the American Culinary Federation
A top NEPA chef
with credentials
you can bank on
By MARY THERESE BIEBEL
[email protected]
See HIZNY , Page 3C
I
magine you had the time, the
money and the passport to travel
the world, visiting a wealth of
countries andsampling the foodand
drink.
It sounds like heaven, especially if
youre an adventurous diner.
But how many of us have the
weeks of vacation it would take to
visit a continent or two at a leisurely
pace? Howmany can spare the thou-
sands of dollars it would cost?
Before we resign ourselves to not
having the time or the lavish discre-
tionaryincome, heres a bit of consola-
tion. Its easy toobtainthe passport.
The Church of St. Jude in Wright
Township will host an International
Fest from4 to11p.m. Friday andSat-
urday, and with one $5 passport in
hand, you can sample German-style
bratwurst andsauerkraut, Irish-style
corned beef and cabbage and Italian-
style baked zi-
ti and penne
alla vodka.
Pork ala Criol-
la with beans
and rice repre-
sents Latin
America, and
pierogies and
kielbasa rep-
resent Poland.
Of course
were having
hot dogs and
hamburgers,
french fries
and potato
pancakes,
committee
member John Kotsko said.
For an additional $5 you get a
passport entitling you to sample
some international wines, among
them Chianti Classico, Primitivo
and Brachetto dAcqui from Italy,
Liebfraumilch, Rheinhessen and
Riesling from Germany, Chardon-
nay from Chile, Malbec from Argen-
tina and Rioja from Spain.
Beers, tobe soldby the pint andthe
pitcher, include Spaten, Harp, Smith-
wicks and Miller Lite as well as one
from Stegmaier and another import-
ed beer. And you can buy entire en-
trees. The passport samples are not
meant to be a meal, Kotsko said.
The event is a chance to share fel-
lowship and raise money for the par-
ish, he said, adding the church hopes
to host future international fests and
include foods from different coun-
tries.
One of the busy cooks this year is
Elena DeRojas Eichorn, who will
prepare the Pork ala Criolla with
beans and rice. Coincidentally, its a
dish she cooked last week for the
monthly Cuban night at Cava-
naughs GrilleinFairviewTownship,
where a Times Leader photographer
caught up with her.
Cavanaughs, incidentally, will
provide the Irishentre for St. Judes
event.
Meanwhile, if youd like to try
some ethnic cooking yourself at
home, Eichorn generously agreed to
share her recipe for the black beans,
or Frijoles Negros, that comple-
ments her pork dish.
This has always beenour familys
favorite, she said, explaining garlic,
cumin and peppers combine to give
it a wonderful flavor.
This heavenlydishis anindispens-
able accompaniment to many Cuban
foods, or a nutritious entre all by it-
self, she said. It can also be pureed
and served with croutons or avocado
slices as asoupfor atastyfirst course.
To please your own palate, she
suggests the home cook might add
salsa, diced tomatoes, wine or beer,
sherry, extra olive oil, more garlic or
onion, depending on what you like.
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Elena DeRojas Eichorn cooked this family favorite for a recent Cuban Night at Cavanaughs Grille in Fairview Township
and will cook it again for St. Judes International Fest this weekend.
Passport for your palate
By MARY THERESE BIEBEL [email protected]
Below: You can taste Eichorns Cuban-style dish of rice and beans with pork at St. Judes International Fest on Friday
and Saturday.
You can sample German-style
bratwurst and sauerkraut,
Irish-style corned beef and cabbage
and Italian-style baked ziti and
penne alla vodka. Pork ala Criolla
with beans and rice represents
Latin America, and pierogies and
kielbasa represent Poland.
ST. JUDES INTERNATIONAL FEST IS A VERITABLE AROUND-THE-WORLD FEAST
See ST. JUDE, Page 3C
What: International
Fest
Where: St. Jude
Grove, parish
grounds, Route 309
and Church Road,
Wright Township
When: 4 to 11 tonight
and Saturday
Tickets: $5 pass-
port for food; an-
other $5 passport
for wine. Both pass-
ports entitle you to
a chance to win a
vacation in Emerald
Island, N.C.
IF YOU GO
C M Y K
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with the 2011 Chapter Chef of
the Year Award.
It was incredible, said
Hizny, 54, who accepted the
award during the associ-
ations annual Presidents
Dinner in April at the Wood-
lands Inn and Resort.
Ive known Jake a long
time, chapter chairman of
the board Blaise Alan Dente
said. Hes an admired and re-
spected colleague whos al-
ways there to lend a helping
hand. He truly deserves this
award.
Hizny works for Maines Pa-
per & Food Service Inc., a
large, independent food-ser-
vice systems distributor, in
its Binghamton, N.Y., head-
quarters. The corporation is
affiliated with MaineSource
Food & Party Warehouse in
Forty Fort, which offers res-
taurant-quality produce,
packaged food, equipment
and supplies to the general
public at warehouse prices.
Among the recipes hes
been developing lately are en-
trees with Latin flair.
His recipe for the Cuban
dish ropa vieja appears in to-
days Chef s Corner column.
He is the latest to join The
Times Leaders group of con-
tributing culinary experts.
HIZNY
Continued from Page 1C
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Chef Jake Hizny demonstrates how the braised flank steak in Ropa Vieja easily separates into
strands after its been slow-cooked.
ROPA VIEJA
2 ounces oil (10 percent olive
oil)
2 pounds beef flank steak
1 tablespoon sea salt
1 tablespoon ground black pep-
per
1 yellow onion, julienned
1 red pepper, julienned
1 green pepper, julienned
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 pound stewed tomatoes
4 ounces dried green chilies
4 cups beef broth
1
4 cup capers
1
2 cup large pitted green olives,
sliced
4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and
sliced
1
2 cup cilantro, julienned
Season the flank steak with salt
and pepper.
In a large saucepan over medi-
um-high heat, sear the flank steak
on both sides until nicely browned.
Set aside.
In the same pan, add the pep-
pers and onions and saut until
softened, about three minutes. Add
the garlic, oregano and cumin and
saut until fragrant, about one
minute. Add the tomatoes, chilies
and beef broth and bring to a
simmer.
Transfer the seared flank steak
and pepper mixture to a braising
pan, cover tightly and place in a
350-degree oven for at least two
hours, or until the meat pulls apart
easily.
Remove from oven and allow to
cool 15 minutes. Remove the flank
steak and, using a pair of tongs and
a serving fork, pull the meat apart.
It should come apart in long, slen-
der pieces, resembling linguine
pasta. Reserve.
Meanwhile over medium heat,
reduce the braising liquid until
slightly thickened and flavorful.
Reserve.
To serve, warm the meat in a
small amount of the braising liquid.
In a separate pan, heat the remain-
ing braising liquid with the capers
and sliced olives. Divide the meat
among four plates and cover with
the braising liquid. Garnish with
sliced jalapeos and fresh cilantro.
The dish can be served simply
with warm flour tortillas or over
rice.
CORNER
Continued from Page 1C
If you are a chef who would like to
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1 pound dry black beans
2
1
2 quarts water
Place the beans in a colander and
rinse them under cold water,
removing any impurities.
Transfer the beans to a large
pot, cover with water and soak
for at least eight hours. Make
sure the beans are always
covered with water.
1
2 cup olive oil
2 medium onions, peeled and
finely chopped
1 large green pepper, cored, seed-
ed, and finely chopped
6 garlic cloves, peeled and
minced
1 teaspoon salt
1
2 teaspoon black pepper
1
2 teaspoon cumin
1
2 teaspoon oregano
1 or 2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons white or red-wine
vinegar
Make sure you have about an
inch of water above the beans and
bring them to a boil. Cook the
beans until they are tender. Check
frequently to be sure there is water
above the beans. This may take
one hour or more.
While the beans are cooking,
warm the olive oil over medium
heat in a large, heavy skillet. Saut
the onions and green pepper until
the onions are translucent, about
three minutes. Stir in the garlic,
salt, pepper, cumin and oregano
and cook for about three more
minutes.
Remove this sofrito from the
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Just before serving, remove the
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Church at 443-9424 for more
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Chicken Barbecue, noon-6 p.m.
Saturday, Clarks Green United
Methodist Church, 119 Glenburn
Road, Clarks Green. $8 adults;
$4 children younger than 13.
Eat-in or take-out tickets can be
purchased at the door or from
any church member. Meal in-
cludes chicken, baked potato,
coleslaw, pickle, roll and home-
made desserts.
Spaghetti & Pasta Dinner, 3:30-
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Holy Family
Church Hall, Sugar Notch, spon-
sored by the Saint Dymphna
Knights of Columbus. $8 adults;
$4 children five to 12; free for
children younger than 5. Dinner
includes two pastas, two sauces,
meatballs, salad, dessert and
beverage. Take outs available.
Tickets available at the door.
Lean Canadian Bacon & Eggs
Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sunday, The Knights of Colum-
bus, Sacred Heart Council, St.
Dennis Home, Glen Lyon. $7
adults; $4 children ages 6-12.
Meal includes scrambled eggs,
lean Canadian bacon, home
fries, homemade cakes, bread,
coffee and orange juice. Take
outs available. Tickets may be
purchased from any member or
at the door.
Breakfast Buffet, 7 a.m.-noon
Sunday, Honey Pot Volunteer
Active Fire Company, Nanticoke.
$7.50 adults; $4 for children
under 12. For more information
contact Frank at 735-2932 or
Linda at 735-0508.
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Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BCNEPA) joined with
Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the country in cele-
brating National Walk at Lunch Day on April 25. The program is
designed to encourage all employers to support employee well-
ness by finding manageable ways to introduce physical activity
into the work day. T.J. Fjelseth, vice president of human resources,
led nearly 100 BCNEPA employees on a walk through downtown
Wilkes-Barre. Keeping pace with Fjelseth are BCNEPA employees,
front to back, Barb Zubko, Diane Wimpfheimer, Edie Prescavage
and Mae Zekoski.
Blue Cross participates in National Walk at Lunch Day
A check was recently presented to the Northeastern Pennsylva-
nia affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure by the Greater Hazle-
ton Health Alliance, which consists of the Hazleton General Hospi-
tal, Hazleton Health and Wellness Center, Alliance Medical Group
and Hazleton General Home Care Services, in conjunction with The
Fitness Place, Mountain Top. Proceeds were raised from Awareness
on the Mountain, a breast cancer awareness event that was held at
Crestwood High School. At the check presentation, from left: Cathe-
rine Gallagher, Hazleton Health and Wellness Center; Gretchen
Heery, Alliance Medical Group, Mountain Top office; Dolly Woody,
Northeastern Pennsylvania affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the
Cure; Megan Scherer, Hazleton Health and Wellness Center; and
Barbara Biacco, Alliance Medical Group. Also participating was
Diane Hanlon, The Fitness Place.
Greater Hazleton Health Alliance supports Komen foundation
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MOOSIC: Candy Chilek,
owner of Thomas Barbeque
Restaurant, 4810 Birney Ave.,
is sponsoring an event to
benefit a rescued dog at Tra-
ceys Hope Hospice Program
and Domestic Pet Rescue
from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday.
Thomas will donate a portion
of the cost of all dinners pur-
chased during that time to
Traceys Hope for veterinary
bills for the rescued dog.
There will also be a raffle and
information table.
Traceys Hope is a nonprofit
organization that operates on
volunteers and donations from
the community. For more in-
formation, go to www.petser-
vicesbydenise.com.
SCRANTON: The NEPA Pitt
Club is hosting a University of
Pittsburgh National Networking
Day event 6-8 p.m. on Thursday
at the Backyard Ale House, 523
Linden Street. All area Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh alumni are
invited. The Ale House will
offer $2 pints to alumni and
light refreshments will be pro-
vided. If attending, contact
Megan Alpert at 330-8780 or
[email protected].
SWOYERSVILLE: Swoyers-
ville Senior Citizens will meet
at 1 p.m. today at Holy Trinity
Social Hall. President Liz Zdan-
cewicz will preside. A barbecue
luncheon will be served and
bingo will be played. New mem-
bers are welcome
Winners of the 50-50 fundrais-
er at the last meeting were
Lorraine Cwalina, Ann Kuchem-
ba and Helen Yurevich.
IN BRIEF
The Luzerne County Community College Hotel and Restaurant Management Department recently
hosted a culinary seminar in the Kowalski Media Center at the colleges Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary
Institute. The seminar featured a demonstration by Nadejda Reilly, local author of Ukrainian Cuisine with
an American Touch and Ingredients. Kate Gabriele, adjunct faculty member, presented Glimpse of Be-
hind the Scenes Cooking Show and Paul Dombroski, account executive, Venture Sales Group, presented
Choosing Your Path in the Hospitality Industry. Mark Dombroski provided lunch. At the seminar, from
left: Jim Phillips, associate professor, hotel and restaurant management and coordinator, pastry arts/
food production; Dr. Gary Mrozinski, dean, business and technologies; Shannel Long, student; Gabriele;
Reilly; Paul Dombroski; Mark Dombroski; Christopher Crossan, student; Dr. Kate Clemente, associate
professor, hotel and restaurant management; and Sal Shandra, Pittston, instructor and chair, hotel and
restaurant management/food production management/pastry arts management.
LCCC Hotel and Restaurant Management Department hosts culinary seminar
Chicken or Rib Barbecue Dinner,
3-6 p.m. June 8, Holy Resurrec-
tion Orthodox Cathedral, 591 N.
Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Take outs
only. $9 for chicken and $12 for
ribs. Meal includes a half chicken
or half rack of ribs, baked potato,
vegetable, coleslaw, roll and
butter, dessert and drink. For
information or reservations call
822-7725. Reservations due by
Tuesday.
FUTURE:
Barbecue Cookout, noon-6 p.m.
June 9-10, The Tyre Square Club
Inc., corner of Wilkes-Barre
Boulevard and Hill Street. The
club hosts dinners once per
month. Menu includes barbecue
ribs, chicken or fried fish. Din-
ners $10; sandwiches $8; racks
of ribs $25.
Strawberry Shortcake Social, 4-7
p.m. June 9, First United Metho-
dist Church of Shickshinny. Menu
includes strawberry shortcake,
hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecue,
picnic salads and beverages.
$7.50 adults; $4.50 children
under 12. For more information
call 256-3759 or 542-7338.
Meat Loaf Dinner and Bake Sale,
4:30-6:30 p.m. June 9, Loyalville
United Methodist Church, Loyal-
ville Road. $8 adults; $3.50
children under 12. Takeouts
available. Call ahead and leave
name, phone number, number of
dinners and pick-up time. 477-
3521.
Pig Roast, 4:30 p.m.-7 p.m. June
15, Patterson Grove Camp
Grounds, one mile off Route 239,
between Shickshinny and Ben-
ton. Menu includes pulled pork,
macaroni and cheese, baked
beans, pickled cabbage and
more. $8 adults; $4 children.
Strawberry Festival and Chicken
Barbecue, 10 a.m. June 16,
Springville United Methodist
Church, Route 29, between
Tunkhannock and Montrose.
Crafters and vendors open at 10
a.m. Dinners include barbecued
chicken half, potato salad, baked
beans, coleslaw, roll, beverage
and strawberry shortcake for
dessert. $8.50 adults; $4.50
children 6-12; free for preschool-
ers. Halves are available for $5.
For more information call
Blanche Guiton at 965-2332.
Strawberry Shortcake Supper, 4-7
p.m. June 16, United Methodist
Church, Broad and Church
streets, Pittston. Ticket includes
cake, strawberries, ice cream
and beverage. Also available are
wimpies, hot dogs, potato salad,
baked beans and coleslaw. $5
adults, $3 children. For tickets
and information call 655-0677
or 654-8775.
All-You-Can-Eat Fathers Day
Breakfast Buffet, 8 a.m.-noon
June 17, Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire
Company, 344 Pond Hill Moun-
tain Road, Wapwallopen. $7
adults; $3.50 children 5-12. Take
outs available.
Jalapeno Pierogi Sale, 4-7 p.m.
June 24, The Good Shepherd
Polish National Catholic Church,
269 E. Main St., Plymouth. Pick
up in the church hall. To order
call Barbara at 690-5411.
Spaghetti Supper, 4:30-7 p.m. July
20, Patterson Grove Camp
Grounds, located one mile off
Route 239 between Shickshinny
and Benton. Homemade meat
balls, salad, garlic bread and
more. $6 adults; $3 children.
Chicken & Biscuit Dinner, 4:30-7
p.m. Aug. 17, Patterson Grove
Camp Grounds, one mile off
Route 239 between Shickshinny
and Benton. Meal includes
mashed potatoes, green beans,
pickled cabbage and more. $8
adults; $4 children.
GOOD EATS
Continued from Page 4C
Childrens Service Center (CSC) hosts an Adoption Advisory
Committee four times each year. At the most recent meeting, the
committee welcomed new member Tom ONeil, longtime professor
of social work at Misericordia University. The committee also heard
the personal story of adoptive parent Heather Radel of Harveys
Lake. At the meeting, from left: Stan Dorrance, adoption coor-
dinator, CSC; Radel; Ron Williams, committee member; Toni Cisow-
ski, committee member; and ONeil.
CSC hosts Adoption Advisory Committee meeting
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