Barn Owl, boats highlight Warwick Old Home Days

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Barn Owl, boats highlight Warwick Old Home Days
By JARED ROBINSON
ADN Staff Reporter
WARWICK — Those expecting the usual Old Home
Days festivities this past
weekend were instead surprised to see a number of
new additions.
The annual weekendlong event “hopped” off to
a strong start Friday night
with the first, of what will
hopefully be many, 1950s
style sock hop held at
the Warwick Community
School’s gymnasium.
Saturday’s festivities included the usual collection
of music performed by local artists with an open
mic event on the common
among the many booths of
raffles and sales. The fire
department once again kept
visitors fed with their cu-
linary arts and the annual
parade drew a crowd to the
fence along Route 78. It was a barn owl that
stole the show for Saturday
though. The Barn Owl that
is, a new restaurant coming
to the center of town, in the
space formerly occupied by
the General Store.
Warwick native son Jim
Kilroy said he does not yet
have a solid opening date
nailed down, as he is still
waiting on an inspection
from the state fire marshal’s
office, but he opened the
storefront Saturday to allow
visitors to sample some of
the coffee and pastries that
will be available once the
eatery does open up.
The Barn Owl will be
open 6 a.m. to noon, and
Warwick Page 5
READY TO RACE — Boats submitted for the third annual Warwick “Corrugatta” Cardboard Boat Race line up on the Moores Pond Beach Sunday afternoon while a crowd gathers to watch the event. Photo by Jared Robinson
NEW BUSINESS — Barn Owl, located at the site of the former Warwick General Store, was open Saturday during Warwick’s Old Home Days festivities. The
soon to open restaurant is located at the site of the former General Store and
will serve coffee and homemade pastries and breads in the mornings, and pizza
and other baked goods in the evenings. Owner Jim Kilroy gave out free coffee
and pastries Saturday as a literal taste of what’s to come. Photo by Jared Robinson
WALK OFF WIN — Al “The Pizza Man” Klaus walks across the finish line of
the third annual Warwick “Corrugatta” Cardboard Boat Race Sunday. Klaus
and his boat “The Slice” took third place in the adults division of the race that
is held each year as part of Warwick’s Old Home Days. Photo by Jared Robinson
More than 300 at wake for 2 Miss. nuns
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
and REBECCA SANTANA
Associated Press
BOSTON — The Beacon
Hill Roll Call records votes
and discussions of local senators and representatives at
the State House.
COMING UP ON BEACON HILL
STUDY OCEAN ACIDIFICATION (H 4593) — The
House approved and sent
to the Senate a bill creating a special commission to
analyze existing scientific
literature and data on ocean
acidification. The study
would focus on how it has
affected or potentially will
affect commercially harvested and grown species
along the Massachusetts
coast, and how to mitigate it.
Ocean acidification occurs
when carbon dioxide (CO2)
is absorbed by seawater, re-
ducing the amount of pH in
the water.
National
Geographic
Magazine explains, “Since
the beginning of the industrial revolution in the early
1800s, fossil fuel-powered
machines have driven an unprecedented burst of human
industry and advancement.
The unfortunate conse-
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DURANT, Miss. (AP) —
More than 300 people came
to a small church Sunday
evening to say farewell to
two nuns killed in their Mississippi home, even though
more than half had to watch
the service called vigil for the
deceased on a monitor outside.
A funeral Mass for Sisters
Margaret Held and Paula
Merrill, both 68, will be celebrated Monday at the cathedral in Jackson, even as
authorities continue to investigate the harrowing crime.
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SHOTS FIRED — The North side shoots back during a Civil War re-enactment battle at Schlicke Farm in
Phillipston on Saturday.
Courtesy photo, James Laderoute
About 145 people filled St.
Thomas Church in Lexington, where the nuns led Bible
study. A monitor was placed
outside where another 160
people sat on folding chairs
and others stood to watch
the service led by Bishop Joseph Kopacz of the Jackson
Diocese.
The church’s priest, the
Rev. Gregory Plata, spoke
about how far-reaching the
nuns’ work was, and how
much they’ll be missed.
They worked in a clinic for
the poor in Lexington, about
10 miles from their home in
Durant.
The final hymn, described
as Sister Margaret Held’s favorite, was “How Can I Keep
from Singing?”
Afterward, , nuns from the
dead women’s orders, people from other faiths, and
members of the community,
black and white, embraced
the women’s families.
The killing shocked people in the small communities
where the women committed their lives to helping the
poor.
Rodney Earl Sanders,
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American Civil War comes to Phillipston Taking Applications For
The battle scene used real and the majority of them occannons, and re-enactors curring from Pennsylvania
CARRIER ROUTES
PHILLIPSTON — His- camped out on the site, down to Florida and on the
tory lovers were in Heaven sleeping in cots, and wear- opposite side of Texas. The
In Orange
when more than 200 re- ing the regalia of the day. Army of Northern Virginia
By TARA VOCINO
ADN Correspondent
enactors from the New
England Brigade and the
Army of Northern Virginia
recreated all aspects of the
American Civil War time
period at the Schlicke Farm
on Saturday and Sunday.
Re-enactors taught spectators about the nature of
their tent and answered
questions.
The Civil War lasted from
1861 to 1865, with some
battles the same day in different parts of the country
surrendered in Appomattox, Vt.
Gabbie Studley, 16, of
North Reading, enjoyed
the 45-minute battle fight
with the Union against the
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National forecast
Forecast highs for Tuesday, Aug. 30
Sunny
Pt. Cloudy
Fronts
Cold
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Showers
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20s 30s 40s
Rain
50s 60s
T-storms
Warm Stationary
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Flurries
80s
Cloudy
Pressure
Low
High
90s 100s 110s
Snow
Ice
Storms From The Great Lakes To The Southern Plains
Low pressure will produce a chance of showers and
thunderstorms along the coast of the Southeast, with flash
flooding possible in southern Florida. Storms will be possible from
the Great Lakes to the southern Plains.
Weather Underground • AP
AREA — Tonight: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, clear,
with a low around 56. North wind around 6 mph becoming
calm in the evening. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm
wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday
Night: Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a
low around 58. Light south wind. Wednesday: A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before
8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 83. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of
precipitation is 20%. Wednesday Night: A chance of showers
and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy,
with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Almanac - Sun rose 6:12. Sun sets 7:26. Length of day 13
hours, 14 minutes. New moon, Sept. 1. Full moon, Sept. 16.
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Meetings Reminder
Monday, Aug. 29
Erving
Selectboard, 7 p.m., town
hall.
Orange
Assessors, 4 p.m., assessors office.
Phillipston
Assessors, 6 p.m., town hall.
Selectboard, 7 p.m., town
hall.
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Tuesday, August 30
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6:30-8:00 p.m.
Orange Armory
Tuesday, Aug. 30
Athol
Marine Corps League Pequoig Detachment 1168, 7
p.m., American Legion Post
102.
Orange
Economic
Development
and Industrial Corporation, 11
a.m., TD Bank, 30 East Main
St.
Human Resource Board, 6
p.m., town hall.
Petersham
Selectboard, 6:30 p.m., lower level of the town hall.
Other
Montachusett Area Regional Transit Authority Advisory
Board, 10:30 a.m., 1427R Water St., Fitchburg
Montachusett
Regional
Planning Commission, 7 p.m.,
1427R Water St., Fitchburg
Wednesday, September 7th
State
Police
Log
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Montague Catholic
Social Ministries
Thursday, September 15th
6:30-8:00 p.m.
The Quabbin Retreat
Wednesday, September 28th
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Shelburne-Buckland
Community Center
Visit us at
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Participants will leave
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Sunday, Aug. 28
7:27 p.m. - Melvin Jones,
45, of Amherst, was arrested
in Orange on charges of operating a motor vehicle with
a suspended license, and
a lights violation (operating
fog lights in non-inclement
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Lecture series events at Gardner Museum
GARDNER
—
The
Gardner Museum, at 28
Pearl St., has announced
the schedule of events for
the fall/winter lecture series.
Unless otherwise noted, all
events run from 7 to 8 p.m.,
after a museum-hosted reception from 6:30 to 7; and
reservations are required.
Following is the schedule:
• Sept. 8: The War of Volunteers
This presentation by Civil
War history buffs Sue and
David Gallagher will discuss
how during the Civil War,
ordinary people stepped
up or found themselves in
the middle of the cauldron,
whether on a battlefield or
on their front porch.
• Sept. 22: Panel Discussion
Nichols and Stone workers will talk about their experiences working in a furniture factory, accompanied
by a history professor (to
provide regional historical
context) and by volunteers
of the Chair City Community Art Center; the center
was founded to create small
edition books about workers’ first-hand accounts us-
ing old-fashioned methods
of book-making.
This program is funded in
part by Mass Humanities.
• Sept. 24: Annual Smithsonian Day
Free admission during
regular opening hours, from
1 to 4 p.m., for this event
hosted by Smithsonian Magazine.
• Sept. 29: Woodcarving
Exhibit Opening Reception
The Gustaf Nyman woodcarving collection is a longterm loan from the Nyman
family. Gustaf Karlsson
Nyman (1864-1954) was
a Swedish immigrant who
settled in Gardner. From
1924 to his death, he spent
his free time creating folk
sculptures and musical instruments.
No registration is needed
for the program, which will
be held at 7 p.m.
• Oct. 6: Forward in
Health
Dr. John Mulqueen will
give a presentation about
Forward in Health, its history from his first travels to
Haiti in 2001, to the opening
of the medical clinic in 2015,
and the support it has re-
ceived from the Gardner
community.
• Oct. 20: Beekeeping
Gardener, fruit grower,
winemaker, and MA Beekeeper of the Year 2000 Roland Sevigny will share his
40 years of experience.
• Oct. 25: Veterans
Roundtable
Local veterans share
their experiences during the
Vietnam War in a roundtable moderated by Alan
Dernalowicz.
• Oct. 27: Electric Fire
Assumption College science professor Eric Howe
will give a presentation on
static electricity in the words
and dress of Ebenezer Kinnersley, an 18th-century
scientist, inventor and lecturer, specializing in the investigation of electricity.
• Nov. 9 to 13: Festival of
Trees
The beloved event is open
to the public. It will take
place on Wednesday, Nov.
9, and Thursday, Nov. 10,
from 1 to 4 p.m.; Friday,
Nov. 11, from 1 to 7 p.m.;
and Saturday, Nov. 12, and
Sunday, Nov. 13, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Athol Police Log
Friday, Aug. 26
7:52 a.m. - Caller who is at
Salisbury Beach with family said
his son took vehicle to store,
has not returned and is possibly
headed back to Athol. Advised
of options.
8:02 a.m. - Officer reports
small fire in front of residence,
possibly inside a barrel, Pequoig
Avenue. Athol Fire Department
notified.
9 a.m. - Animal control officer
reports disabled vehicle, South
Main Street.
9:01 a.m. - Shelburne Control requests officers be on the
lookout for a black Honda motorcycle, Daniel Shays Highway.
Officers advised.
9:08 a.m. - 911 caller who is
a bus driver states an elderly
woman boarding the bus for
a trip has lost consciousness,
Daniel Shays Highway. AFD
transported party.
9:39 a.m. - 911 caller states
her daughter needs assistance
getting property from residence,
as tenant is being uncooperative, South Main Street.
10:08 a.m. - Caller reports
a skunk in his garage, Riceville
Road.
11:21 a.m. - Officer relayed
message from Department of
Public Works regarding a blue
Ford Explorer at Silver Lake
Park.
11:50 a.m. - 911 caller reports
male party lost consciousness,
South Main Street. AFD transported party.
12:10 p.m. - Officer out with
disabled vehicle, South Main
Street.
1:15 p.m. - Alarm at new
school, Pleasant Street. False
alarm.
1:20 p.m. - Attempt to serve
warrant, Church Street.
2:36 p.m. - Caller reports
someone has altered and
cashed a check issued to her
business, Daniel Shays Highway.
2:45 p.m. - Worcester Police
Department requested contact
be made with owner of vehicle
at West Royalston Road location regarding vehicle’s driver.
Message delivered to contact
WPD.
3:06 p.m. - Caller reports baby
squirrels about three weeks old
have fallen out of tree, Wood
Street. Requested ACO retrieve
them. ACO notified.
3:39 p.m. - Follow-up, Fish
Street.
4:16 p.m. - Walk-in reports
female was seen walking on
Main Street and she appeared
to be bleeding. States she was
on cellphone and saying loudly
she needed the police. Assisted
AFD with party.
4:29 p.m. - 911 caller requests
ambulance, School Street. Assisted AFD.
4:39 p.m. - Report of male
and female arguing, School
Street. Both spoken to.
5:06 p.m. - Follow-up, Pitman
Road.
5:06 p.m. - Caller requests to
speak to officer about harassing
phone calls from subjects claiming to be from solar panel company, Simonds Street.
ambulance, South Street. Assisted AFD.
6:12 p.m. - Follow-up, Main
Street.
6:53 p.m. - Caller reports ongoing dispute with male party
who lives next door, Main Street.
States party is causing a disturbance that could turn physical. Requests officer respond.
States party is currently on the
roof and being belligerent, calling the caller a coward. Party
taken into protective custody.
subject setting off fireworks, Harugari Street. Unable to locate
where they were being set off.
None heard on arrival.
7:07 p.m. - Caller requests
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AFD assist with residential lockout, Kennebunk Street. AFD notified.
7:09 p.m. - Personnel from
state’s Department of Children
and Families requests officer respond with them to Harrington
Street location to assist with investigation. Services rendered.
7:25 p.m. - Employee from
Athol Public Library to station to
turn in Massachusetts driver’s
license left in copy machine.
ambulance,Walnut Street. Call
transferred to AFD. Officer assisted.
8:40 p.m. - Traffic stop, Harvard Avenue. Warning for defective equipment.
8:53 p.m. - Alarm, Main
Street.
9:27 p.m. - Caller reports verbal argument between two females, Main Street.
9:30 p.m. - Framingham State
Police report receiving a number
of 911 calls from number belonging to resident at Concord
Street location. Requested an
officer investigate and advised
laughter could be heard in the
background.
10:14 p.m. - Caller reports erratic driver, Main and Exchange
streets. States after following
vehicle from McDonald’s he
noticed four subjects in vehicle,
including driver, appeared intoxicated. States vehicle cut him
off at stop lights before parking
at The Steel Pub on Exchange
Street.
suspicious person, Main Street.
States a thin male party wearing
a red polo shirt and light-colored
pants is staggering in the middle
of the road. Also states subject
is highly intoxicated.
11:04 p.m. - Nurse reports
patient is acting out and yelling
at hospital staff. Party taken into
protective custody.
11:13 p.m. - Caller reports her
neighbor’s TV was off and she
heard a door shut, Main Street.
Now she can hear the TV. Spoke
with caller; all okay.
extra patrols, Morton Meadows. Reported a former worker
threatens her when former
worker drives by caller’s home.
Several patrols done the previous night.
Saturday, Aug. 27
1:14 a.m. - AFD contacted for
prisoner who removed bandage
from arm and was bleeding.
Party transported to AFD and
treated for laceration.
1:35 a.m. - AFD transported
party to hospital for further treatment of laceration.
3:27 a.m. - House check,
Pleasant Street.
Townsend Road.
pickup truck idling and has a
loud exhaust on Laurel Street.
Vehicle gone on arrival.
8:13 a.m. - Caller requests to
speak to officer about someone
receiving stolen property, Exchange Street. Information to be
relayed to investigating officer.
9:50 a.m. - Alarm, Main
Street. Officer familiar with party
on scene. Advised to get correct
code from business owner.
there is a white four-door Dodge
Ram on South Athol Road and
driver is drinking an alcoholic
beverage. Last seen headed
down South Athol Road. Officer
patrolled area. Vehicle gone on
arrival. Officer to continue to be
on the lookout.
baby skunk attacked her duck,
Fairman Road. ACO responding.
11 a.m. - Walk-in requests extra patrols when business closes at about 1 a.m., Exchange
Street. States patrons on motorcycles leave and make unnecessary noises when doing so.
11:09 a.m. - Customer requested to speak to officer
about dispute involving lottery
ticket, Main Street. Customer
misunderstood ticket. Matter
resolved.
1:40 p.m. - Notified MassDOT
of large amount of window glass
in road, Daniel Shays Highway
and Partridgeville Road.
2:06 p.m. - Shoplifter reported, South Main Street.
2:16 p.m. - 911 caller reports
his father-in-law has fallen from
roof, Pleasant Street. He is conscious and alert. Assisted AFD.
Party taken to Athol Hospital.
a couple of loose dogs which
have been loose all day, Hapgood Street. Message left for
ACO.
2:53 p.m. - Stood by for Life
Flight at AH.
3:09 p.m. - 911 caller requests ambulance, Highland
Avenue. Assisted AFD.
3:40 p.m. - 911 caller requests ambulance, Anzio Road.
Assisted AFD.
glass in road, Daniel Shays
Highway and Partridgeville
Road. MassDOT had already
been advised.
two subjects threatening him,
Chestnut Hill Avenue. States
party has cats and they are unclean and malnourished. Spoke
to party who showed officer
cats inside his apartment. Cats
looked healthy and well fed.
Spoke to other party via phone
and he stated he was harassed
by other subject when he arrived
at Chestnut Hill Avenue location.
4:34 p.m. - Traffic stop,
Brookside Road. Warning for
failure to use care in turning.
animal abuse, Chestnut Hill Avenue. Officer checked on animals’ well being. All appeared
okay. Animals looked well fed
and nourished.
losing his black Darth Vader
wallet in area of McDonald’s.
4:56 p.m. - Caller reports disturbance, School Street.
6:54 p.m. - 911 caller requests ambulance, South Athol
Road. Assisted AFD.
7:15 p.m. - Off-duty officer
reports erratic driver who has
been swerving over line, Main
Street. At 7:24, on-duty officer
advised vehicle got onto highway. State Police advised.
barking dog, Beacon Street and
Drury Avenue. Area checked;
unable to locate location from
where barking was coming.
Nothing heard on arrival.
7:46 p.m. - Caller reports outdoor fire and a strong odor of
burning rubber, Freedom Street.
Assisted AFD.
7:47 p.m. - 911 caller requests ambulance, Hapgood
Street. Assisted AFD.
7:57 p.m. - Caller reports fireworks in area, Harugari Street.
Area checked; unable to locate
location from where fireworks
were being set off. Nothing
heard on arrival.
8:36 p.m. - 911 caller requests ambulance, Main Street.
Assisted AFD. Female taken to
AH.
8:49 p.m. - Spoke to walk-in
from Crescent Street location
about child custody issue. Advised of probate court options.
threats via phone and text,
Moore Hill Road. Spoke to two
subjects and advised of complaint.
9:59 p.m. - Assisted AFD with
report of fire on rooftop at S&S
Appliance building, Main Street.
Found tenants grilling on roof.
10:24 p.m. - AFD reports
open door at old bowling alley,
Main Street.
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Free baby
baskets offered
ATHOL — Valuing Our
Children, at 217 Walnut
St., is offering delivery of a
free welcome basket full of
goodies to parents of new
babies. To schedule a visit,
call VOC’s Family Center
at 978-249-8467.
To learn more about
VOC, visit valuingourchildren.org, like Valuing Our
Children on Facebook, or
follow on Twitter @ValuingChildren.
Volunteers
sought to
mentor in prison
AREA — People are invited to volunteer with prison
Toastmasters programs at institutions near Routes 2 and
495 and in Gardner on weekday evenings at 6 p.m. Through Toastmasters, incarcerated people practice
skills to prepare to return
to the community, such as
self-confidence, leadership,
critical thinking, planning and
teamwork. Volunteers make
a difference in someone’s life
through encouragement and
mentoring. More than 90 percent of incarcerated people return home.
“Mentoring in prison has
been one of the most interesting and transformative experiences of my life,” said Susan
Tordella, of Ayer. “It makes
me aware of our common humanity, and I gain as much as
I give. The prisons are part of
our community. Our program
helps to prepare them for
coming home.”
Prospective volunteers must
enjoy teaching, speaking extemporaneously, and encouraging others to set and achieve
goals. Training is provided by
the Department of Corrections and by participating in a
prison Toastmasters program.
Volunteers are expected to
mentor one to two meetings
a month, and must be able to
arrive in Shirley by 6 p.m. and
Gardner by 6:30 p.m. People
new to Toastmasters are welcome to volunteer.
A training will be held on
Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 5 p.m., in
Shirley. This training is required for volunteering. Contact Susan.Tordella@gmail.
com, or by phone at 978-8462811 to sign up.
To visit a prison program,
and for information on 10
programs at correctional institutions in eastern Massachusetts, go to http://tinyurl.com/
prisonV. Massachusetts is an
international leader for prison
Toastmasters programs. “Prospective volunteers are
encouraged to visit once, with
no obligation. We find that by
visiting, a person will immediately realize if it’s for them,”
said Tordella. “Correctional
officers closely supervise our
programs and volunteers work
in pairs. Participants in our
programs are interested in
growth and learning. Our volunteers feel safe in the prison
environment.”
Ninety-two years after the
organization’s 1924 founding
in a California YMCA, nearly
300,000 Toastmasters belong
to more than 14,000 community and corporate clubs in
122 countries, and some 100
prison programs. People are
welcome to visit clubs that do
not restrict membership. For
information, go to www.toastmasters.org and click on “Find
a club.”
Two accidents
ATHOL — Two motor vehicle accidents were reported
to police over the weekend.
At 3:14 p.m., on Friday, a
subject went to the station
to report vehicles owned by
Jeanne LeBlanc, of Athol; and
Karen Kalagher, of Ashburnham, had been in an accident
two days prior. The subject
stated she did not get the other
driver’s information. She also
stated she did see the female
party believed to have struck
her vehicle and obtained license plate number.
Both involved parties were
spoken to.
On Sunday, at 9:19 a.m., vehicles operated by Arthur H.
Provencher, of Athol; and Nadine A. Mosquera, of Athol,
were in an accident on Allen
Street.
According
to
police,
Provencher crossed into the
oncoming lane and struck
Mosquera. Provencher was
transported to Athol Hospital
to be treated for minor injuries
and was cited for failure to use
care in turning.
ATHOL DAILY NEWS Monday, August 29, 2016 Page 3
Northwestern DA set to present strangulation
prevention and intervention conference Sept. 22
HADLEY — The Northwestern District Attorney’s
office will present a one-day
conference on strangulation prevention and intervention, Sept. 22 at Hadley
Farms Meeting House on
Route 9 in Hadley.
“Identifying, Investigating, and Prosecuting domestic Violence Non-Fatal
Strangulation Cases” will
be presented from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The deadline to
register is Sept. 9. To register online, visit https://www.
eventbrite.com/e/identifying-investigating-domesticviolence-strangulation-cases-tickets-25994578484 or
contact Mary Kociela at
mary.a.kociela@state.
ma.us.
Co-sponsored by Baystate
Health, Cooley Dickinson
Health Care and Heywood
Healthcare-Athol
Hospital, the conference will feature Gael Strack and Casey
Gwinn. They are founders
of the Training Institute on
Strangulation Prevention
in San Diego and nationally renowned speakers on
non-fatal strangulation, a
terrifying and potentially
lethal tactic used by abusers
in intimate partner relationships to control and threaten their partners.
A sweeping overhaul of
Massachusetts’
domestic
violence laws, recognizing
this fact, included the creation of criminal charges
specific to strangulation in
August 2014.
“If a victim has been
strangled once by her abuser, she is seven times more
likely to be killed by that
abuser,” said Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Suhl,
chief of the NWDA’s Domestic Violence and Adult
Sexual Assault Unit.
“Often abusers strangle
victims, not to kill them, but
to let their victim know they
CAN kill them,” said Kociela, who is the director of
domestic violence projects
for the NWDA.
Goals of the conference
are to promote an understanding of the lethality of
strangulation and to identify its signs and symptoms.
The speakers will address
anatomy and medical issues
as well as best practices in
investigating, prosecuting
and documenting a case and
advocacy with survivors.
AREA — The State Police will conduct a sobriety
checkpoint on a public way
in Worcester County beginning on Friday, Sept. 2, and
going into Saturday, Sept.
3.
The purpose is to further
educate the motoring public and strengthen the public’s awareness to the need
of detecting and removing
those motorists who operate under the influence of
alcohol and/or drugs from
the state’s roadways. It will
be operated during varied
hours, the selection of vehicles will not be arbitrary,
safety will be assured, and
any inconveniences to motorists will be minimized
with advance notice to reduce fear and anxiety.
The checkpoint is funded
by a grant provided by the
Highway Safety Division of
the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety
and Security.
Sobriety checkpoint on Sept. 2-3
Athol log
Sunday, Aug. 28
large tree that has fallen and
is completely blocking Lakewood Drive. DPW pushed it
to side of road and coned off
area.
2:54 a.m. - Walk-in reports
ongoing harassing phone calls
and pictures being sent to her
phone. Advised to speak with
Orange District Court on Monday about harassment prevention order (HPO) option.
3:09 a.m. - Officer out with
suspicious vehicle, Brookside
Road.
4:46 a.m. - Alarm, South
Main Street. Building secure.
Alarm re-set itself.
Pleasant Street.
street sign at White Pond
Road and Washington Avenue
has been taken down. Message left for DPW.
8:21 a.m. - 911 mis-dial,
Main Street. Accidental dial.
8:22 a.m. - Alarm, Exchange
Street. Key holder contacted
and was to re-set alarm remotely. Windows and doors
were secure.
subject driving black Nissan
Altima struck a high chair she
had at the end of her driveway
and kept going, New Sherborn Road. States chair had a
“free” sign on it and after vehicle struck it plastic from the
vehicle broke off in her driveway. No license plate information obtained. Acting watch
commander advised. Caller
wanted it on record. No known
to whom the vehicle belongs.
11:14 a.m. - 911 caller requests ambulance for subject
who appears to have suffered
a seizure, Ridge Avenue. Assisted AFD.
12:30 p.m. - ACO at Bacon
Street location in Orange for
report of loose dog.
disturbance
taking
place
in which two neighbors are
screaming at each other,
School Street. Ongoing issues
between the two. Advised parties to stay away from each
other.
12:58 p.m. - 911 caller requests officer respond after he
was assaulted by his brother
who is still at residence, Vine
Street. Officers on priority call.
State Police requested to respond. Found to be argument
over care of father. One subject was intoxicated. Advised
parties to stay away from each
other. Intoxicated subject said
he would go to be and sleep
it off.
1:53 p.m. - ACO at Bacon
Street location in Orange for
animal complaint.
someone left dog in a white
Kia parked outside Marshalls
and dog appears to be in distress, Tower Road. Also stated
windows were down. No contact with vehicle.
2:24 p.m. - Manager at Market Basket on Tower Road
states there is a Ford F150
From Page 3
pickup parked at location and
it only has three wheels on
it. States store was not notified that vehicle would be left
disabled in lot and manager
wanted to know when it will be
removed. Registered owner
lives in Hubbardston. Unable
to reach owner by phone.
Hubbardston Police Department to contact owner to see
when vehicle will be removed.
At 2:52 owner called station to
say he notified store on Saturday and would contact manager today.
2:43 p.m. - Caller stated he
needed to speak with ACO
about a possum, Park Street.
ACO out at location at 2:55.
4:03 p.m. - 911 mis-dial,
Tunnel Street. Employee confirmed it was accidental.
assistance, Prospect Street.
assistance, Exchange Street.
Advised subject to return vehicle.
her landlord came into her
house without permission and
now some items are missing,
Prospect Street.
5:13 p.m. - 911 caller requests ambulance for male
party having seizure, Gibson
Drive. AFD on scene at 5:16.
suspicious activity, Exchange
Street. Spoke to driver and
sent subject on way.
two loose dogs; states a Chihuahua and a hound dog
charged her house, Hapgood
Street. States they are frequently loose and both are aggressive.
7:27 p.m. - 911 caller requests assistance, as he has
locked keys in vehicle, Tower
Road.
unlicensed driver has a vehicle
parked on Pequoig Avenue.
Stated he would call back
when party leaves. At 8:30,
party stated female was headed toward Silver Lake Street.
Area checked; no contact.
male party driving a maroon
Nissan was throwing trash in
parking lot, South Main Street.
Spoke to driver. Small amount
of paper was picked up.
8:46 p.m. - Walk-in requests
welfare check on female who
might have had a stroke two
days prior, Pinedale Avenue.
AFD on scene at 9:05.
Today, Aug. 29
12:01 a.m. - Officer transported two females from AH to
their apartment.
12:49 a.m. - Traffic stop,
Templeton Road. Stopped
for defective plate light. Officer observed gun scope on
rear seat. Driver stated he had
scope only and was not in possession of a firearm. Party did
state there was a machete in
trunk which is used for clearing brush.
2:19 a.m. - Transported
male party home. He climbed
through window to get into his
apartment.
Northwestern
District
Attorney David E. Sullivan
will give opening remarks.
About 160 law enforcement officers, medical first
responders and community
advocates locally and from
across the state, are expected to attend. Some space is
still available. Following are brief biographies of speakers:
Casey Gwinn is the President of the Family Justice
Center Alliance which provides technical assistance
Family Justice Centers
across the world (www.
familyjusticecenter.com);
founder of the San Diego
Family Justice Center, cofounder of the Training
Institute on Strangulation
Prevention and founder of
Camp Hope.
Gwinn is the former
elected City Attorney for
San Diego. Prior to entering elected office, Gwinn
founded City Attorney’s
Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Unit, leading
the Unit from 1986 to 1996
— prosecuting both misdemeanor and felony cases.
The National Council of
Juvenile and Family Court
Judges honored his specialized prosecution unit as the
model prosecution unit in
the nation in 1993.
Gael Strack is CEO and
co-founder of Alliance for
HOPE International, which
oversees the National Family Justice Center, Training
Institute on Strangulation
Prevention, Camp HOPE
America, VOICES and the
Justice Legal Network.
Strack is an internationally recognized expert and
trainer in non-fatal strangulation cases, and an adjunct professor at California Western School of Law,
teaching a class on “Domestic Violence and the Law.”
She is a former prosecutor
with the San Diego City Attorney’s Office, defense attorney and deputy county
counsel. She has authored
numerous articles, manuals
and books on strangulation
and the family justice center
movement and served on
the American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic Violence, the California Partnership to End
Domestic Violence and the
San Diego Domestic Violence Council.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
For upcoming events consult the expanded calendar listing which
appears in the Quabbin Times section in Tuesday editions of the Athol
Daily News, and daily on the website at, www.atholdailynews.com.
The Daily News welcomes submissions for the Calendar, for public
events in or of general interest to the nine-town, North Quabbin-Mount
Grace Region — including entertainment, cultural and social activities
and events held by non-profit organizations. Excluded are gaming events
and tag/yard sale notices.
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Monday, August 29
2-3 p.m. — LEGO Club, Athol Public Library, Main Street. For
grades 1-5. Info: 978-249-9515
3-6 p.m. — Orange Farmers Market, Orange Armory Parking
Lot, East Main Street. Flowers, vegetables, eggs, crafts, smoothies, maple syrup, baked goods and kids corner tent with fun activities for the young ones. Info: 978-413-0740
Tuesday, August 30
3-4 p.m. — Minecraft Club, Athol Public Library, Main Street.
Info: 978-249-9515
3:30-5 p.m. — Craft Club, New Salem Public Library, on the
common. For grades 3-6. Info: 978-544-6334
4 p.m. — Trap Shooting, Orange Gun Club, off West River
Street. Info: 978-467-6076
5 p.m. — Free Meal, Athol Salvation Army, Ridge Avenue.
Open to all. Info: 978-249-8111
6 p.m. — “Athletes, Opioids & Addiction” Presentation, Athol
High School. For student athletes, parents and coaches.
6:30-8:30 p.m. — Quabbin Community Band Rehearsal,
Quabbin Regional High School, 800 South St., Barre. Info: 978355-9879
Wednesday, August 31
9 a.m. — Quilting, Athol Senior Center, Freedom Street. Info/
Registration: 978-249-8986
9-9:45 a.m. — Story Hour, Erving Public Library, 17 Moore St.
Info: 413-423-3348
10-11:30 a.m. — Playgroup, Wendell Free Library, Wendell
Depot Road. For ages 5 and under.
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Stories at the Lake, Silver Lake,
Athol. Info: 978-249-8467
Noon — Sporting Clays, Petersham Gun Club, Nelson Road.
Info: 978-249-7445
1-4 p.m. — Museum Open, Swift River Valley Historical Society, 40 Elm St., New Salem
3-4:30 p.m. — Drop In Lego Club, Petersham Memorial Library, 23 Common St.
3-5 p.m. — Knit Wits, Athol Public Library, Main Street. For
ages 8 and up. Info: 978-249-9515
5-7 p.m. — Drop In Adult/Teen Coloring, Petersham Memorial Library, 23 Common St.
Orange Police Log
Friday, Aug. 26
9 a.m. - Officer attempted
to conduct traffic search until
vehicle fled the scene, Hayden
and East River streets. Vehicle
pursuit followed east on East
River Street going south on
Daniel Shays Highway. Pursuit
called off on Route 122; vehicle
last seen in area of Blackington
Road, New Salem. Plate number obtained. Mass. State Police advised of subject’s current
place of employment. Summons to be filed on charges of
operating with revoked license,
illegally attaching number plate,
failure to stop for police, operating at speed greater than
reasonable, a passing violation,
failure to stop/yield, reckless
operation of a motor vehicle,
and operating an uninsured
motor vehicle. 9:23 a.m. - Burglar alarm
at business, New Athol Road.
Found to be set off be ice company during delivery. Key holder
contacted. 9:30 a.m. - Medical emergency, East River Street. 9:53 a.m. - Caller reports her
neighbor’s dogs are not leashed
and she feels dogs may go after
chickens; wants on record and
she will be contacting animal
control officer, East River Street. 10:05 a.m. - Walk-in to pick
up found keys.
10:20 a.m. - Abandoned 911
call, East River Street. Officer
made contact with resident
who confirmed call was a misdial. 12:30 p.m. - Suspicious motor vehicle; vehicle with Connecticut registration plate is
a gray Dodge van with driver
wearing a black t-shirt and
baseball cap, Beacon and Bacon Streets. Officer unable to
locate vehicle. 12:40 p.m. - Subjects walking around looking suspicious
to caller, Logan Avenue. Subjects found had paperwork in
hand. Subject advised to check
in with police next time. 1:15 p.m. - Female walk-in
requested information on accident occurring on her property
last Sunday. Report provided. 3:11 p.m. - Party reports call
from subject claiming to be
Publishers Clearing house telling her she won money and a
car but would need to transfer
money to claim prizes, East
River Street. Party advised this
is a scam and not to give any
information. 4:30 p.m. - Walk-in reports
fraudulent charges on credit
card. Report taken. 4:43 p.m. - Caller reports solicitors in area, East River Street.
Cruisers checked with negative
contact. 4:52 p.m. - Garage door
alarm sounding, Governor Dukakis Drive. Canceled as proper
code was given. 5 p.m. - Subject advised party had been committed; subject
advised he will make sure dogs
are taken care of, East Main
Street. 5:12 p.m. - Solicitors reported, Glenwood Avenue.
Checked area with negative
contact. 5:52 p.m. - Party reports son
took car without permission,
West River Street. 5:55 p.m.- Solicitors reported, East River Street. Checked
area, negative contact. 6:30 p.m. - Walk-in would
like to speak to officer about
restraining order (209A) girlfriend has against him. Order
allows him to contact his young
daughter via phone or text. He
is concerned girlfriend will answer phone if he calls. Options
discussed. 7 a.m. - Party states they
heard loud noise they think
was gun shots, West Myrtle
and Fountain streets. Checked
area; nothing found. Spoke with
resident outside who heard
nothing. 7:29 p.m. - Walk-in came to
station as it is their day to have
kids and pick them up from
subject. Everything is all set and
if there is an issue walk-in would
like a call to pick up kids. 7:48 p.m. - Party found subject trying to break into his
apartment, East River Street.
Investigated. 8 p.m. - Walk-in would like
to speak to officer about possible 209A violation. Spoke with
walk-in; no violation. 9:30 p.m. - Party reports son
is at residence and she has
209A against him, North Main
Street. Order issued today and
had not been served yet so
there is no violation. Son gone
on arrival; party told to call if he
returns. 9:30 p.m. - Officer walked
square and assisted with medical emergency and told several
youths outside to call it a night
and not loiter on sidewalks,
South Main Street.
10:10 p.m. Medical emergency, Prospect Street.
11:30 p.m. - Traffic stop for
revoked registration due to
insurance cancellation, New
Athol Road. Citation issued;
vehicle towed; plates seized.
Summons filed. 11:35 p.m. - Traffic stop for
driving without headlights,
South Main Street. Warning issued.
Saturday, Aug. 27
12:39 a.m. - Traffic stop for
failure to stop for stop sign,
Daniel Shays Highway. Warning
issued. 6:25 a.m. - Burglar alarm,
East Main Street. Canceled en
route as it was accidental. 7:53 a.m. - Caller reports suspicious vehicle parked on side
of road, Memory Lane. Subject
advised to check in with police
in future. 9:45 a.m. - Caller looking
for police response as tractor
trailer unit is parked at his business, West Main Street. Found
to be parked at newly acquired
business. Caller looking to
have it removed. Officer tried to
contact company and find out
who driver is, but business was
closed for the weekend. Unit
moved at 2:35 p.m.
10:10 a.m. - Party looking
for police escort to keep peace
while she retrieves property,
West Main Street. Same done. 10:20 a.m. - ACO needs officer to assist with rabid skunk
that was aggressive towards
humans and tried to eat a duck,
Fairman Road. ACO took possession for testing. 11:55 p.m. - Burglar alarm,
Dexter Street. Officers responded. Key holder responded. 2 p.m. - Officer addressed
complaint of box truck leaking
fuel, South Main Street. Orange
Fire Department responded.
Owner located and advised to
contact OFD. 4:39 p.m. - Motor vehicle
lockout, Holtshire Road. Unable
to gain entry; owner requested. 5:33 p.m. - Caller reports
suspicious New York vehicle;
occupant approached resident
and requested to look at their
electric bill but resident refused,
Benham Street. Vehicle found in
Athol. Occupant told to cease
and seek permit on Monday.
Occupant notified. 6:21 p.m. - Report of disabled motor vehicle in area of
gun club, West River Street.
Contact information for owner
given; will be moved following
day. Vehicle report to not be a
hazard. Vehicle gone on arrival. 8:30 p.m. - Motorist reports
vehicle parked on side of road
with high beams blinding oncoming traffic, Cottage Street.
Spoke to subject about complaint. 8:57 p.m. - Fire alarm set off
by flea bomb, East Main Street.
Stood by while OFD investigated. 9:43 p.m. - Party reports
ex-boyfriend will not give her
apartment keys back and he is
not on lease. Left message for
ex-boyfriend to give keys back
or face larceny changes. Party
advised. Sunday, Aug. 28
1:40 a.m. - Report of loud
music, Russ Street. All quiet on
arrival. 11:15 a.m. - Caller reports
loose gray pitbull roaming
around; appears sick, Bacon
Street. Area checked with
negative contact. ACO notified.
Dog later caught by owner. 11:50 a.m. - Medical emergency, Pleasant Street. 11:55 a.m. - Caller reports
dog is barking, Oxbow Road.
Not barking on arrival. Owner
stated they had gone down the
driveway and the dog barked
and then stopped after a few
minutes. 12:05 p.m. - Party asked officer to call owner of wallet left
behind, East River Street. Prior
to making call, control reports
everything all set.
12:35 p.m. - Report of loose
pit bull; reporting party did not
call right away when they saw
it, Bacon Street. No dog found.
Dog may have been same one
from earlier call.
12:53 p.m. - Walk-in got her
wallet back and would like to
know if it is okay to go upstairs
and get her furniture, East River
Street. Advised it is ok.
1:14 p.m. - Caller asks if there
is 209A violation if the mother of
defendant called about child.
Advised there is no violation if
a message from him was not
delivered. 1:40 p.m. - ACO to station
reports pitbull escaped kennel before her arrival; she has
left notice at residence, Bacon
Street. ACO reported before
leaving station dog was caught
again. ACO took possession
and returned to owner. 3:54 p.m. - Report of suspicious person on motorcycle,
East River Street. Same left
area. Negative contact. 4 p.m. - Party concerned due
to dog inside vehicle at business, Daniel Shays Highway.
Windows down adequately for
ventilation. Dog not in distress. 4:22 p.m. - Caller reports bag
of trash left at mailbox, Magoon
Road. Officer to follow up.
5:30 p.m. - 911 call from
open line, North Main Street.
Spoke with male and female
residents who had verbal argument. Peace restored. 6:53 p.m. - Management request officers remove tour bus
from parking lot, East Main
Street. Initially they were told
they could sleep in lot but could
not sell CDs. They sold CDs.
Left without incident.
7:42 p.m. - State Police requests officer to meet with
them, East Main Street. Found
to be a traffic stop. One placed
under arrest. K9 Orka requested for narcotics detection. Prisoner transported to State Police
barracks. 8 p.m. - Party is moving
out of apartment and landlord
will not allow him to remove
his property from residence,
Cheney Street. After speaking
with both, situation was mediated. Property retrieved. 9:07 p.m. - Caller reports disturbance, Ball Street. On arrival
tenants advised there was no
issue. 11:45 p.m. - Female party
and friend advised they were
harassed by male subjects in
parked RV, East Main Street.
Found to be same subjects removed earlier. Spoke with subjects and advised them to leave
area. Spoke to clerk at store
who said they had been there
for a while and she was concerned. She was advised they
were told to leave and to call if
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Rick Perry v. Ted Cruz
he most significant question facing
Republicans coming out of the presidential election is how much influence
Donald Trump will have on their party’s
national character. Winners or losers,
some nominees haven’t remade the GOP
in their image, or even made much of a
dent. Others have defined the party for a
generation or more — as evidenced most
recently by Sen. Ted Cruz’s attempt to rally conservatives against Trump by working
explicitly to “reassemble that old Reagan
coalition.” Trump destroyed that effort.
But what comes next?
The answer may come in the unlikeliest
of forms: a primary challenge to Cruz himself by Texas Gov. Rick Perry. In an eyepopping survey conducted by Public Policy
Polling, Perry was the only challenger tested who would defeat Cruz, 46 to 37 percent. What’s more, he’d beat every other
sampled matchup, Republican or Democrat. On the one hand, there’s something
utterly predictable or commonsensical
about this result. Perry was a successful
governor; Cruz has struggled to shake his
reputation as a man for whom the Senate
is little more than a fast track to the White
House. On the other hand, however, even
though Perry hasn’t declared a run, his
strong appeal as a Cruz alternative should
thunder through the party establishment.
Here is a signal from the future — either a
warning or an opportunity.
The warning is plain enough: Trump appears poised to have a longer lasting impact on the party than his many staunch
opponents would hope. Set aside the rumors that he’s already scheming to launch
a branded media property if he loses his
bid for president. The real peril for the anti-Trump crowd is that he’ll pull the party
establishment toward his ideology and his
base. A big desire in Texas to see less Cruz
and more Perry — who endorsed Trump
as the party’s legitimate nominee — signals that Republicans are comfortable
with a more Trumplike party come November, not a less Trumplike one.
This despite Perry’s immensely clumsy
and for some humiliating about-face on
his onetime rival. Last July, Perry was one
of the first Republican candidates to go
nuclear on Trump, using biblical language
to slam him as a “sower of discord” setting
conservatives on a “road to perdition.” But
by May of this year, Trump had become
“one of the most talented people who has
ever run for president” who Perry had ever
seen. “He is not a perfect man,” the governor allowed. “But what I do believe is that
he loves this country and he will surround
himself with capable, experienced people
and he will listen to them.” Sure enough,
Trump now praises Perry as “one popular guy all over, but Texas in particular,”
who’d “do well” if he took on Cruz.
So is it curtains for the Never Trumpers?
Not so fast: there’s an opportunity in Perry’s newfound appeal. Ted Cruz has never
sat particularly well with many establishment types in the party. But the open secret is he was never many conservatives’
favorite either. He was certainly Trump’s
most disciplined, intelligent and calculating opponent, and plainly comfortable
with Reagan conservatism. Nevertheless,
that hasn’t been enough to lock him in as
the party’s great hope for a recovery from
Trumpism. Perhaps what’s needed, however less principled, is a set of figures like
Perry, who caved to Trump in the clutch
but could recover the GOP’s equilibrium
in a more comfortable way than Cruz.
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Woman copes with anxiety by
filtering out bad news
DEAR ABBY: Clearly,
America is in a state of turmoil.
I am horrified and ashamed of
the senseless death occurring
daily.
I deal with anxiety, particularly regarding fear of death.
As a result, the only thing I’ve
found that I can do to cope
with current events is to scan
headlines, and ask my understanding husband for a synopsis of events that doesn’t
include major triggers.
However, I feel serious guilt
that I may not be fully educating myself on recent events.
Am I wrong to prioritize my
mental well-being over the
gravity of our country’s current situation? — SERIOUS
GUILT
DEAR SERIOUS GUILT:
Wrong? Absolutely not! According to The Journal of the
American Medical Association, 13 percent of Americans
now use antidepressants to
combat depression and anxiety. Our news media feed so
many salacious details into
our homes in the interest of
high ratings that it’s a miracle
the majority of Americans
aren’t in need of them.
If you are getting the news
you need to know, do not feel
guilty for using your husband
as a filter. You are only protecting yourself, and that’s not
wrong. It’s HEALTHY.
******
DEAR ABBY: I need advice. I’m 23 and have been
living with my boyfriend of almost two years. I have never
been in a relationship before
this one, so I have little experience. I love him dearly, but
every time there’s an issue between us, it always becomes my
fault and I’m always the one to
apologize. What should I do?
— INEXPERIENCED IN
TAMPA
DEAR INEXPERIENCED:
Even a stopped clock is right
twice a day. You should not be
forced into the role of perpetual peacekeeper by accepting
the blame for everything, and
it won’t improve your relationship.
Because your boyfriend’s
preferred method of solving
disagreements is laying the
blame on you, suggest the two
of you get couples counseling.
However, if he refuses — and
he may — you will then have to
decide whether this is the way
you want to spend the foreseeable future because things
aren’t likely to change.
******
DEAR ABBY: My sisterin-law “Dani” and my brother
have been married almost
three years. I recently discovered that Dani has created a
fake social media page. She
posted some nude photos on it
and acts like she’s single. I suspect she is getting paid to do
live nude video chatting, too.
Abby, I’m shocked over this.
I’m sure my brother would
explode with rage and disappointment if he knew. They
have two small daughters,
which leaves me to wonder if
she has considered their embarrassment if they ever find
out.
She’s a good person, so I
don’t know why she would do
this. I really need your advice.
— SHOCKED SISTER-INLAW IN THE SOUTH
DEAR S-I-L: It’s time to talk
to Dani. Tell her what you have
learned and ask her why she’s
doing it. When you do, ask how
she thinks your brother will
react when he finds out — if
he doesn’t already know —
and how this could affect their
daughters. This may be a fling,
a way to prove to herself that
she’s still attractive, or a way
to earn needed money. But you
will never know until you initiate a conversation with her.
******
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Little precedent for
$400M cash payment
By BRADLEY KLAPPER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A
$400 million cash delivery to
Iran to repay a decades-old arbitration claim may be unprecedented in recent U.S. history,
according to legal experts and
diplomatic historians, raising
further questions about a payment timed to help free four
American prisoners in Iran.
The money was sent to Iran
on Jan. 17, the same day Iran
agreed to release the prisoners. The Obama administration claimed for months the
events were separate, but recently acknowledged the cash
was used as leverage until the
Americans were allowed to
leave Iran. Only then, did the
U.S. allow a plane with euros,
Can Clinton save
health overhaul?
By RICARDO
ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
With the hourglass running
out for his administration,
President Barack Obama’s
health care law is struggling
in many parts of the country.
Double-digit premium increases and exits by big-name
insurers have caused some
to wonder whether “Obamacare” will go down as a failed
experiment.
If Democrat Hillary Clinton
wins the White House, expect
her to mount a rescue effort.
But how much Clinton could
do depends on finding willing partners in Congress and
among Republican governors,
a real political challenge.
“There are turbulent waters,” said Kathleen Sebelius,
Obama’s first secretary of
Health and Human Services.
“But do I see this as a death
knell? No.”
Next year’s health insurance
sign-up season starts a week
before the Nov. 8 election, and
the previews have been brutal.
Premiums are expected to go
up sharply in many insurance
marketplaces, which offer
subsidized private coverage to
people lacking access to jobbased plans.
At the same time, retrenchment by insurers that have lost
hundreds of millions of dollars
means that more areas will
become one-insurer markets,
losing the benefits of competition. The consulting firm
Avalere Health projects that
seven states will only have one
insurer in each of their marketplace regions next year.
Administration officials say
insurers set prices too low in a
bid to gain market share, and
the correction is leading to
sticker shock. Insurers blame
the problems on sicker-thanexpected customers, disappointing enrollment and a premium stabilization system that
failed to work as advertised.
They also say some people
are gaming the system, taking
advantage of guaranteed coverage to get medical care only
when they are sick.
Not all state markets are
in trouble. What is more important, most of the 11 million people covered through
HealthCare.gov and its staterun counterparts will be cushioned from premium increases
by government subsidies that
rise with the cost.
But many customers may
have to switch to less comprehensive plans to keep their
monthly premiums down. And
millions of people who buy
individual policies outside the
government marketplaces get
no financial help. They will
have to pay the full increases
or go without coverage and
risk fines. (People with employer coverage and Medicare
are largely unaffected.)
Tennessee’s insurance commissioner said recently that
the individual health insurance
market in her state is “very
near collapse.” Premiums for
the biggest insurer are expected to increase by an average of
62 percent. Two competitors
will post average increases of
46 percent and 44 percent.
But because the spigot of
federal subsidies remains wide
open, an implosion of health
insurance markets around the
country seems unlikely. More
than 8 out of 10 HealthCare.
gov customers get subsidies
covering about 70 percent of
their total premiums. Instead,
the damage is likely to be gradual. Rising premiums deter
healthy people from signing
up, leaving an insurance pool
that’s more expensive to cover
each succeeding year.
“My real concern is 2018,”
said Caroline Pearson, a senior
vice president with Avalere.
“If there is no improvement in
enrollment, we could see big
sections of the country without
any plans participating.”
If Republican Donald
Trump wins the White House,
he’d start dismantling the Affordable Care Act. But Clinton would come with a long list
of proposed fixes, from rearranging benefits to introducing a government-sponsored
“public option” as an alternative to private insurers. Not all
her ideas would require congressional action.
“She is going to find it important to continue to expand
health care,” said Joel Ario,
a former Obama administration official who’s now with
the consulting firm Mannatt
Health.
Swiss francs and other foreign
currency loaded on pallets to
take off in the other direction
for Tehran.
“There’s actually not anything particularly unusual
about the mechanism for this
transaction,” White House
press secretary Josh Earnest
said this week of the initial
cash payment.
But diplomatic historians
and lawyers with expertise
in international arbitration
struggled to find any similar
examples.
Asked to recall a similar
payment of the U.S. using cash
or hard money to settle an
international dispute, the office of the State Department
historian couldn’t provide an
example.
The acknowledgement that
the prisoners and the payment
were linked, and the unusual
cash delivery, have fueled Republican claims that a “ransom” was paid. At a news conference this month, President
Barack Obama said cash was
used because the U.S. and Iran
don’t have a banking relationship after years of U.S. sanctions on Iran, making a check
or wire transfer impossible.
The $400 million was the
principal owed by the U.S. on a
1970s Iranian account for buying U.S. military equipment.
After Iran’s 1979 overthrow of
the U.S.-backed shah and the
U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in
Tehran, the weapons were never delivered. Iran has wanted
the money back plus interest
ever since. Seven months ago,
two sides put the matter to rest
with a $1.7 billion settlement.
Alan Henrikson, diplomatic
history professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, found a
precedent by reaching back to
the 1848 Treaty of Guadelupe
Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-American War.
The accord called for the
United States to pay Mexico
$15 million, an amount worth
about $482 million in today’s
money, he said. The payment
was determined “in consideration of the extension acquired
by the boundaries of the United States,” vague diplomatic
wording designed to compensate Mexico for a massive loss
of territory that included all of
California and parts of seven
other states. At the same time,
the Americans avoided any acceptance of national guilt.
The treaty stipulated that
the U.S. immediately pay $3
million — or nearly $100 million in 2016 dollars — in Mexico City in the form of Mexico’s gold or silver coin. The
remainder had to be paid the
same way in $3 million installments each year, with the debt
subject to a fixed rate of 6 percent annual interest. President
Ulysses S. Grant would later
declare it “conscience money.”
“Ambiguity is often needed in diplomacy in order to
achieve agreement,” Henrikson said. “What is important,
in my view, is that both sides
to a negotiation clearly understand, even if only tacitly, what
is being agreed upon when
ambiguity is used. This is not
all that subtle, actually. It is
life.”
The administration has
been ambiguous from the
start about its settlement seven
months ago. Reports by the
Wall Street Journal have led
to recent acknowledgements
about the $400 million delivered in stacks of cash and the
connection to the American
prisoners. But officials still
won’t say how Iran received
the $1.3 billion in interest.
It was done “in a fairly
above-board way,” a senior administration official intimately
involved in the Iran negotiations said in a conference call
last week, saying only that the
interest payments involved an
unidentified, foreign central
bank. The official wasn’t authorized to be quoted by name
and demanded anonymity.
The State Department said
Wednesday the payments were
made Jan. 19, two days after
the cash delivery.
Other settlements with Iran
and other foreign claimants
in recent decades bore some
similarities to this latest transaction. But none seemed to
involve planeloads of cash.
In 1996, President Bill Clinton reached a settlement with
Iran over the U.S. Navy’s 1988
downing of an Iran Air passenger plane that killed 290
people.
The arrangement totaled
$131.8 million but there was no
cash delivery. Instead, $61 million was deposited in a Swiss
bank account that was jointly
held by the New York Federal
Reserve and the Iranian Central Bank. The money was reserved for the families of those
killed, not the Iranian government. The remainder of the
settlement was mainly used
to cover Iranian debts to U.S.
claimants in separate arbitration cases.
And in 1998, the U.S. settled
a dispute with Pakistan after
halting the delivery of an F-16
aircraft purchase. The compensation was described as
$325 million in cash and $140
million in surplus agricultural
commodities, mainly wheat
and soy, but the precise mechanics of the payment were
never spelled out.
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BATTLE FOR THE FINISH — Cardboard boats piloted by Diane Ellis and
Carina Halloran (right) and Scott Winakor battle for the finish line in the third
annual Warwick “Corrugatta” Cardboard Boat Race on Moores Pond Sunday.
The whimsical boat race is part of Warwick’s Old Home Days. Photo by Jared Robinson
Warwick
then again 5 to 9 p.m., every night except Monday.
In the mornings Kilroy will
have Dean’s Beans coffee
and espresso drinks available, along with homemade
breads and pastries cooked
in his wood-fired oven on
site. The evenings will feature pizza, salads and possibly other baked dishes, he
said.
Kilroy said he prefers to
use only locally-sourced ingredients. All of his dough,
be it for pizza or pastries,
is sour dough based from a
naturally leavened base, and
all of his ingredients will
come from Warwick’s own
Hettie Belle Farm.
Kilroy is hoping to also
acquire a beer and wine license from the town to allow
for the sale of adult libations
during the evening hours.
Not content to just cook
the food, all of the tables
and the brick oven itself
in the Barn Owl were also
made by Kilroy, who has a
background in woodworking and ceramics, along with
his baking abilities.
Sunday’s events included
the annual Fireman’s Muster and third-annual “Corrugatta” Cardboard Boat
Race at Moores Pond.
This year’s muster featured members of Warwick’s
fire department going up
against their counterparts
from Colrain and Vernon,
Vt., in a variety of events
including a race, the annual
“water polo” event and this
year’s new “mystery event.”
The mystery event involved
scattering a number of items
in a circle around a trash bin,
blindfolding
participants
and having a teammate
coach them to find each
item and return it to the bin.
The event was designed to
represent the struggle a firefighter must endure when
searching a smoke-filled
house. After several hours
of competition though, the
Vernon team came out on
top, followed by the Colrain
team in second and Warwick
in third.
The annual Corrugatta event drew the largest
crowd, with many joking
that the entirety of Warwick’s residents were present at the Moores Pond
Beach.
Under the rules of the
Corrugatta, a boat must be
made entirely of cardboard,
though copious amounts
of duct tape is allowed too.
Boats large and small, thick
and thin, were submitted
again this year. Boats that
people thought would storm
the competition — such as
“The Slice,” a boat made
entirely of pizza boxes —
proved difficult to maneuver and tipped over easily.
Boston
quence, however, has been
the emission of billions of
tons of carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gasses
into Earth’s atmosphere.”
The magazine notes that
half of this man-made CO2
has been absorbed over time
by the oceans. While this
has benefited Earth by slowing the climate change these
emissions would have caused
if they had remained in the
air, there is also a downside.
Research is discovering that
the massive amounts of CO2
are altering water chemistry
and affecting the life cycles
of many marine organisms.
PREVENT
ANIMAL
SUFFERING AND DEATH
(S 2369) — Gov. Charlie
Baker signed into law a bill
that would prohibit persons from leaving their pet
in a car when high or low
temperatures could endanger the animal’s health and
safety. Violators would be
hit with up to a $150 fine
for a first offense, $300 for a
second offense and $500 for
any subsequent offense.
Another key provision
allows law enforcement officers and everyday citizens,
after making reasonable
efforts to locate the motor
vehicle’s owner, to enter a
vehicle by any reasonable
means to protect the health
and safety of an animal. It
also makes them immune
from criminal or civil liability that might result from the
removal.
Other provisions prohibit
leaving a dog outdoors during harsh weather conditions
and prohibit a dog from being chained or tethered outside for more than five hours
per day or between 10 p.m.
and 6 a.m. for more than 15
minutes. Violations under
the tethering law include
penalties of up to $500 or relinquishment of ownership
of the dog.
ALLOW TOWING FROM
“PARK AND DRIVE” LOTS
(S 2452) — The governor
signed into law legislation
that would allow operators
of state-owned “Park and
Drive” parking lots to tow
any car that is left unattend-
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Likewise, a boat designed
to look like a canoe made it
only a few feet from shore
before becoming completely
waterlogged.
In the end it was a twoperson boat decked out in
New England Patriots markings that took first place in
both the kids and adults
divisions. For the kids, the
boat was piloted by Abbey
and Nicholas Halloran; for
the adults it was Diane Ellis
and Carina Halloran in the
same boat.
The fan favorite award
went to youngster Sierra
York’s boat “Flipper,” which
came in second in both the
kids and adults divisions.
For the adults division Scott
Winakor piloted the craft.
Also held Sunday was the
annual Satellite Toss on the
town common. The toss is organized by town coordinator
David Young following the
founding of the Warwick’s
own wireless broadband
service. The satellites used
in the toss were donated by
residents who canceled their
satellite internet service in
favor of Warwick’s option.
This year’s competition was
wowed when resident Clyde
Perkins tossed his dish a
total of 61-and-a-half feet.
All participants were given
a free Warwick Broadband
tee shirt.
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ed in the lot for more than
21 days.
Supporters said that drivers are taking advantage of
these free-parking lots and
taking up spaces to which
commuters should have access. They noted some drivers fly out on vacation and
leave their vehicle there for
several days, weeks or even
months.
INCLUSIVE CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT (H
4561) — The House gave
initial approval to a bill that
provides grants to collegepublic high school partnerships to help students, ages
18-21 with intellectual disabilities enhance their academic career, future career
and their lives in general by
being included in a college
community. The program is
limited to students with severe intellectual disabilities,
Nuns
autism spectrum disorders
or other developmental disabilities who have been unable to pass the MCAS test.
Supporters said that students benefit academically
and transition to adulthood
more readily when they have
the opportunity to engage
in all college-related activities including making new
friends, establishing new social networks, participating
in campus events, learning
to use public transportation
and eventually getting a job.
HOW LONG WAS LAST
WEEK’S SESSION?
During the week of August 22-26, the House met
for a total of 53 minutes
while the Senate met for a
total of 36 minutes.
Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at [email protected]
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46, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, has been arrested and
charged in the stabbings.
The county sheriff said Sanders confessed to the killings
although many people are
struggling to comprehend
why anyone would want to
take the two women’s lives.
Their bodies were found
in their Durant, Mississippi,
home after they failed to
show up for work Thursday
at the health clinic.
Willie March, the sheriff
of Holmes County where the
killings occurred, said Saturday that police work and tips
from the community led police to Sanders. Authorities
have said Sanders was developed as a person of interest
early in the investigation.
March said he had been
briefed by Durant police and
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officials who took
part in Sanders’ interrogation and was told that Sanders confessed to the killings
and gave no reason for the
crimes. The sheriff said the
investigation is ongoing.
Durant police could not
be reached for comment
Saturday or Sunday. Warren
Strain, a spokesman for the
Department of Public Safety
which includes the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation,
said the organization would
neither confirm nor deny
that Sanders confessed.
Sanders had a criminal record.
He was convicted last year
of a felony DUI, said Grace
Simmons Fisher, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi
Department of Corrections.
He was later released from
prison and is currently on
probation.
Sanders was also convicted
of armed robbery in Holmes
County, sentenced in 1986
and served six years, Fisher
said.
People who knew the nuns,
known for their generosity
and commitment to improving health care for the poor,
have been grappling with
why anyone would want to
kill them.
Dr. Elias Abboud, the physician who oversees the clinic
in Lexington where the nuns
worked, said Saturday that
Sanders was not a patient
there.
Plata said he does not
think people at the church
knew Sanders.
Confederacy the most. The
Confederate side won on
Saturday. On Sunday, the
Union won. Real cannons
made very loud, explosive
noises. The Union fired the
first shot.
“It looked really cool,”
Studley said after the battle.
“My favorite part was the
smoke rings from the cannons fired.”
Commissionary Sgt. Jerry
Babineau, 71, of Winchendon, out of the 12th Georgia, died early in the battle.
“I took a hit and went
down,” Babineau said.
However, Babineau said
there were a few inaccuracies.
“We try to represent what
a battle was like, but we
are not firing live rounds,”
Babineau said. “Otherwise,
we’d kill each other. Our
guns are pointed upward
when we fire. Otherwise, we
would get shot at. We also
can’t get within 40 feet of
other soldiers.”
Babineau said two cannons each on both sides
were used. He estimated
600 spectators watched the
event on Saturday.
He noted that the soldiers
were not all light-skinned.
Watie, a cold-blooded Cherokee Native American, was
the first to surrender, and
many blacks also fought for
the Confederates, he said.
Babineau said he and
other re-enactors camp out
from April to October and
sleep in cots, traveling to
different states, to portray
what life was like during the
Civil War.
Judith Frost Gillis, who is
the Orrington, Maine Historical Society president,
said the battle looked real
because of the sound, but
not because of the sickly
portrayal.
“A lot of Confederates
didn’t have money for food
since their farms were ruined, “Gillis said. “Today,
the men didn’t look starving
or anorexic-like.”
Jim Laderoute, 50, of
Dracut, said although he
went to four similar events,
he learned many things that
were enlightening.
He originally thought the
Civil War was based around
slavery.
“It was more about state
rights, and how they wanted
to make their own rules,”
Laderoute said. “It became
more about slavery later
on.”
His wife, Rita, learned
soldiers could be as young
as 9 in battle.
On Sunday morning,
Commanding
Colonel
Lioneas Jones, of the 6th
Regimen, Army of Northern Virginia, began the day
by reading a daily morning
prayer, which was often officiated by a layperson.
Virginia Strahan, 66, of
Baldwinville, went to the
morning prayer instead of
attending her Lutheran
church in Gardner.
“It was very meaningful
for me,” Strahan said. “My
great grandfather, John
Guile, was a blacksmith. He
fought as part of the Templeton regiment when Presi-
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dent Lincoln asked the men
for nine months of service.”
Basil Sharpe, 49, of Medford, was at the hospital tent
across the street from the
battlefield.
He intentionally went to
that tent since he wanted to
teach his family to understand the other side of it.
“It’s easy to romanticize
the guns and the re-enactment of the battle,” Sharpe
said. “It was extremely welldone. But I want my family
to see the not-so-nice of it –
the blood, pain, agony, and
amputations.”
Captain Assistant Sgt.
Justin Pianka, 36, of Terryville, Conn., explained
that Mercury and Quinidine
cured just about any ailment
of the day.
“It was the equivalent
of Motrin,” Pianka said.
“It worked on stomach ailments and headaches.”
Pianka said they first
made pills with a pill press,
but when the demand increased, the government issued glass bottles.
His third-grade son Marcel, 8, said he is surprised
that Mercury cured the soldiers.
“If you drink Mercury
now, you just die,” Marcel
said. “But he didn’t say how
Mercury was different back
then.”
Corporal
warmaster
Adam Rooney, 28, of Chicopee, a dismounted Calvary soldier attached to the
hospital, explained it only
took 15 minutes to cut off
an arm with Capital Salt and
a Capital Knife.
“They cut one slice on
the top and the bottom,”
Rooney said.
Sharpe said this is where
the event is fantastic for
children.
“It’s a lot of fun to see the
cannons go off, but I want
to make sure Marcel understands the reality,” Sharpe
said.
Erin Stevens, 57, of Barre,
brought her grandchildren,
Ry, 6, Pip, 3, and Maple
Duboil, 8, to the weekend
event.
Pip said she liked seeing
what dresses the girls wore
while Maple enjoyed playing with them.
Stevens enjoyed learning
how to shoot a cannon in
great detail.
“Living history is an awesome way to understand
more about the 1800s,” Stevens said.
Across the field, Kenzie
Cole, 16, of Westminster,
saw the battle on Sunday.
“It looked real,” Cole
said. “Blank cannons increase the effect of the battle scene. The whole thing
looks real. It’s super cool.
They have a good gig going.”
Cole said the atmosphere
is surreal.
“Everyone gets so into
their ‘character,’ you could
call it,” Cole said. “They
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even have an occupation
that they do.”
She witnessed a rivalry
between the Union and
Confederacy.
“One of the guys from the
Confederacy walked over to
the Union, probably just to
be funny,” Cole said. “But
they were realistic, and they
actually went at it.
They were separated by
a few hundred feet in the
field.
Just behind Cole on the
Union side, Wanda Roguski, 69, of Athol, was looking at a purse reticule that
was, back then, made out of
yarn, inside a tent. Today, it
would be crocheted.
Roguski said it gave her
a flavor of the battlefield in
the local area. Settlers were
selling items to troops in the
tent.
Looking around, Roguski
said she saw encampment
tents for soldiers with women sewing and cooking.
She said she would like to
visit Gettysburg and other
battlefields.
20th Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry
Kevin
Gagne, 56, of Norton, said
the purpose of the weekend is everyone has heard
of President Lincoln, but
not many know that 600,000
people died in the war.
“It was catastrophic,”
Gagne said.
EU forum to take
stance on call
for lobster ban
PORTLAND,
Maine
(AP) — An arm of the European Union is expected to
weigh in on a request from
Sweden to deem American
lobsters an invasive species
in much of Europe.
Sweden says the European Union should ban
imports of live American
lobsters into EU nations because 32 of the crustaceans
were found in Sweden’s waters earlier this year.
The European Union’s
Scientific Forum on Invasive
Alien Species is expected to
issue its opinion on Wednesday.
Swedish, American and
Canadian scientists and
government officials have
sparred about whether Sweden’s request is rooted in
sound science.
A spokeswoman for the
European Union says the
forum’s issuance of an opinion is one step in a long process of potentially listing a
species as invasive. The process could take a year.
———
On July 24, 1998, a gunman burst into the U.S.
Capitol, killing two police
officers before being shot
and captured. (The shooter,
Russell Eugene Weston Jr.,
is being held in a federal
mental facility.)
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Mondesi’s triple keys big inning, Royals beat Red Sox 10-4
By KEN POWTAK
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — The
Kansas City Royals keep
finding different sources for
timely hits during a red-hot
August.
Raul Mondesi hit a basesloaded triple and Eric Hosmer added a two-run single
during an eight-run sixth inning, lifting the surging Royals to a 10-4 victory over the
Boston Red Sox on Sunday
night.
Salvador Perez hit his third
solo homer in two games for
Kansas City, which took two
of three at Fenway Park and
got its 17th win in 21 games.
“You can ride guys like
(Kendrys) Morales when
they get hot or (Hosmer)
when they get hot. But if
you’re going to have any kind
of sustained winning streak,
it’s got to be everybody,”
Royals manager Ned Yost
said. “It’s got to be a different guy every night.”
After nearly falling out of
the playoff race, the defending World Series champs
have cut their deficit to
Cleveland in half and are
5 1/2 games back in the AL
Central. They also cut 6 1/2
off their wild-card deficit.
David Ortiz hit his 534th
career homer, a solo shot,
for the Red Sox, tying Jimmie Foxx for 18th on the ca-
reer list. Boston has lost four
of five.
Matt Strahm (2-0) pitched
2 2/3 innings of hitless relief
for the win.
Eduardo Rodriguez (2-6)
gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings before the bullpen allowed five more in the sixth.
“As hot as they are and
the momentum they’ve been
able to create, it was a tough,
tough sixth inning, obviously,
when you put eight runs up
on the board,” Boston manager John Farrell said.
The Royals chased Rodriguez and regained the lead
in the sixth after the Red Sox
moved ahead in the fifth.
Alcides Escobar had an
RBI single before Mondesi
rocked his triple to the outfield-wall triangle in center
off Matt Barnes. Cheslor
Cuthbert had a run-scoring
fielder’s choice grounder before Lorenzo Cain added an
RBI single.
“I was just looking fastball. I know he throws hard,”
Mondesi said. “I was looking fastball and I got it. Put a
good swing on it.”
Robbie Ross Jr. relieved
and gave up Hosmer’s tworun single off the Green
Monster before getting the
final two outs.
“It unfortunately didn’t
go the way I hoped,” said
Barnes, who was charged
SAYING GOODBYE — In this July 21, 2016, file photo, Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz (34) points to fans while going into the dugout after
the Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins in a baseball game at Fenway Park
in Boston. It seems like everybody wants their chance to say goodbye to Boston’s
beloved Big Papi.
AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File with five runs and didn’t get
an out.
Boston capitalized on center fielder Paulo Orlando’s
error to score three times
off starter Yordano Ventura
in the fifth. Chris Young singled and Orlando dropped
Sandy Leon’s fly at the track,
putting runners on second
and third before a walk.
Brock Holt drove in the
first run with a groundout
before Xander Bogaerts’
two-run single.
Ventura gave up four runs
— three earned — in 4 1/3
innings.
Ortiz’s 31st homer went
into the bleachers behind
Boston’s bullpen in the
fourth.
Perez homered off a billboard above the Green
Monster.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Royals: C Perez took a foul
ball in the chin area after it
bounced in the dirt and up
under his mask, but stayed in
the game.
Red Sox: RH reliever Koji
Uehara (strained chest muscle) is still expected to throw
a bullpen session Monday.
FAMILY MATTER
Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia left the team after a
death in the family. He’s
expected back after Monday’s game starts following
the services, so he won’t be
on the bereavement list that
requires three games missed.
GOING HOME
Despite the late night,
Yost was glad to be heading
back to Kansas City.
“I’m glad to go home,” he
said. “I hate we get in at 4
o’clock in the morning. We
didn’t get here until 4:30.
And leaving here, not getting home until 4. But we’ll
be fine.”
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Dillon Gee
(5-7, 4.55 ERA) is set to
start Monday against New
York RHP Michael Pineda
(6-10, 5.02) when they open
a three-game series at home
against the Yankees.
Red Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (17-3, 3.23) looks to
become the first Red Sox
pitcher in 70 years to open a
season 13-0 in Fenway Park
on Monday against the Rays.
RHP Matt Andriese (6-5,
3.71) is set to start for Tampa
Bay.
Larson takes advantage of late
restart for first Cup victory
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Sports Writer
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, left, greets Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers at the end of an NFL preseason football game
Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. Green Bay won 21-10. AP Photo/Tony Avelar
Kaepernick will sit through
anthem until there’s change
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
SANTA CLARA, Calif.
(AP) — Defiant, and determined to be a conduit for
U.S. change, Colin Kaepernick plans to sit through the
national anthem for as long
as he feels is appropriate
and until he sees significant
progress in America — specifically when it comes to race
relations.
He knows he could be cut
by San Francisco for this
stand. Criticized, ostracized,
and he’ll go it all alone if need
be.
The quarterback realizes
he might be treated poorly
in some road cities, and he’s
ready for that, too, saying he’s
not overly concerned about
his safety, but “if something
happens that’s only proving
my point.”
“I’m going to continue to
stand with the people that are
being oppressed,” Kaepernick said Sunday at his locker.
“To me this is something that
has to change. When there’s
significant change and I feel
like that flag represents what
it’s supposed to represent,
this country is representing
people the way that it’s supposed to, I’ll stand.”
Two days after he refused
to stand for the “The Star
Spangled Banner” before the
49ers’ preseason loss to the
Packers, Kaepernick insists
whatever the consequences,
he will know “I did what’s
right.” He said he hasn’t
heard from the NFL or anyone else about his actions —
and it won’t matter if he does.
“No one’s tried to quiet
me and, to be honest, it’s not
something I’m going to be
quiet about,” he said. “I’m
going to speak the truth when
I’m asked about it. This isn’t
for look. This isn’t for publicity or anything like that. This is
for people that don’t have the
voice. And this is for people
that are being oppressed and
need to have equal opportunities to be successful. To provide for families and not live
in poor circumstances.”
Letting his hair go au natural and sprinting between
drills as usual, Kaepernick
took the field Sunday with the
49ers as his stance drew chatter across NFL camps.
He explained his viewpoints to teammates in the
morning, some agreeing with
his message but not necessarily his method. Some said
they know he has offended
his countrymen, others didn’t
even know what he had done.
“Every guy on this team
is entitled to their opinion.
We’re all grown men,” linebacker NaVorro Bowman
said.
“I agree with what he did,
but not in the way he did it,”
wideout Torrey Smith said.
“That’s not for me. He has
that right. Soldiers have died
for his right to do exactly
what he did. ... I know he’s
taken a lot of heat for it. He
understands that when you
do something like that it does
offend a lot of people.”
Both Bowman and Smith
are African American.
Kaepernick
criticized
presidential candidates Donald Trump (“openly racist”)
and Hillary Clinton; called
out police brutality against
minorities; and pushed for
accountability of public officials.
“You can become a cop in
six months and don’t have
to have the same amount of
training as a cosmetologist,”
Kaepernick said. “That’s insane. Someone that’s holding
a curling iron has more education and more training than
people that have a gun and
are going out on the street to
protect us.”
In college at Nevada, Kaepernick said, police were
called one day “because we
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP)
— During the last couple
laps of his first Sprint Cup
victory, Kyle Larson was
emotional.
“I think with two to go, I
was starting to get choked
up,” he said. “We worked really, really hard to get a win,
and just haven’t done it. Finally all the hard work by everybody, hundreds of people
at our race shop, people who
have got me through to the
Cup Series, it was all paying
off.”
Larson took the lead on
a restart with nine laps remaining and held off Chase
Elliott at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday
in a duel between two of
NASCAR’s up-and-coming
standouts. Elliott had a comfortable lead before a tire
problem on Michael Annett’s car brought out the
yellow flag. Larson had the
better restart and went on to
win by 1.48 seconds.
Brad Keselowski finished
third.
Larson’s victory in his No.
42 Chevrolet snapped a 99race losing streak for Chip
Ganassi Racing dating to
Jamie McMurray’s victory at
Talladega in 2013.
Larson secured a spot in
the Chase for the Sprint Cup
with two races left in the regular season. Elliott remains
winless, but is in solid shape
to make the Chase field on
points if need be.
It was the 99th career start
for the 24-year-old Larson,
who had 14 top-five finishes
before Sunday but hadn’t
won at the Cup level. The
20-year-old Elliott is winless
in 29 starts, but this was an
impressive showing for him
after eight consecutive races
outside the top 10.
Elliott finished second at
Michigan in June as well, los-
ing to Joey Logano.
“That’s a couple races
in a row in just a few short
months here at this place we
had a really good car, had an
opportunity,” Elliott said.
“That’s one thing I try really hard to do is make the
most of opportunities when
they’re presented. Obviously
I didn’t do a very good job of
that here both trips.”
Elliott led by 2.86 seconds
with 28 laps to go Sunday,
and it looked as if Larson’s
chance to catch him had
been derailed when he lost
ground passing a lapped car.
The caution gave him another shot, though, and he took
advantage.
“We both spun our tires
really bad, and the No. 2
(Keselowski) pushed me really good,” Larson said. “He
could have probably pulled
underneath me and went by,
but he stayed with me and
got me the lead.”
There were only four cautions in the 200-lap, 400-mile
race. Larson led a race-high
41 laps. Logano, the pole
winner, finished 10th.
Chris Buescher, who has
a victory but still needs to
stay in the top 30 in points
to make the Chase, finished
35th after some early engine
trouble. Buescher is seven
points ahead of David Ragan
for 30th place on the season.
Buescher still holding on to
30th place after poor showing
BROOKLYN,
Mich.
(AP) — Chris Buescher remained in position to reach
the Chase for the Sprint
Cup.
Barely.
Buescher felt fortunate to
finish 35th on Sunday in the
NASCAR race at Michigan
International
Speedway
after dealing with engine
problems, and he managed
to stay in 30th place in the
Cup standings. As long as
he stays in the top 30, he’ll
be in the Chase thanks to
his victory at Pocono earlier
this month.
Buescher leads David Ragan by seven points for the
No. 30 spot.
“It definitely could have
been a lot worse,” Buescher
said. “If we would have had
a DNF we would have lost
another five points and
been right on the bubble.
Unfortunately, we were too
many laps down to make up
anything. The way the race
played out there were no
wave-around opportunities,
hardly any lucky dogs with
those little cautions. It was
kind of a wild day.”
Buescher needs to stay in
the top 30 for two more races. Then the Chase begins.
He was 13 points ahead of
Ragan before this race.
Buescher started 21st
at Michigan, but just four
laps into Sunday’s race, he
radioed his team of potential engine problems. By the
20th lap, he was sitting in
last place.
His crew repeatedly
opened the hood of his car
and replaced spark plugs.
“I know it isn’t fun opening a hood of a race car that
is as hot as it is and trying
to work on it,” he said. “Kudos to my guys for keeping
their heads down and working at it and getting it fixed.
Usually when you have engine trouble you are along
for the ride. It ended up
being something a little bit
more simple than I guess we
originally figured.”
were the only black people in
that neighborhood.” Officers
entered without knocking
and drew guns on him and his
teammates and roommates
as they were moving their belongings, he said.
He said his stand is not
against men and women in
the military fighting and losing their lives for Americans’
rights and freedoms.
Kaepernick, whose hair
had been in cornrows during training camp, sat on the
bench during Friday’s national anthem at Levi’s Stadium.
Giants wideout Victor Cruz
and Bills coach Rex Ryan
said standing for the anthem
shows respect.
“There’s a lot of things that
need to change. One specifically? Police brutality,” said
Kaepernick, whose adoptive parents are Caucasian.
“There’s people being murdered unjustly and not being
held accountable. People are
being given paid leave for killing people. That’s not right.
That’s not right by anyone’s
standards.”
On Sunday, he stopped
briefly on a side field to talk
with Dr. Harry Edwards
and they shared a quick embrace before the quarterback
grabbed his helmet and took
the field. Edwards is a sociologist and African-American
activist who helped plan the
“Olympic Project for Human
Rights” before the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, where U.S.
sprinters and medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos
bowed their heads through
the anthem on the medal
podium in their black power
protest.
After swirling trade talks
all offseason following Kaepernick’s three surgeries and
sub-par 2015 season, he has
done everything so far but
play good football — and he Kyle Larson celebrates winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at
doesn’t plan for this to be a Michigan International Speedway, in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. AP Photo/Paul Sancya
distraction.
After a set off Serena, McHale
aiming for US Open success
By MELISSA MURPHY
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) —
Since Christina McHale
won a first-set tiebreaker
against her idol Serena Williams at Wimbledon last
month, she’s played three
tournaments and World
Team Tennis to prepare for
the U.S. Open.
Before considering a rematch, McHale needs to
defeat first-round opponent
Mona Barthel of Germany
on Monday.
McHale hasn’t advanced
past the third round of a
Grand Slam, but her confidence grew after a 6-7 (7),
6-2, 6-4 loss to the eventual
Wimbledon champion, who
earned a record-tying 22nd
major singles title.
“There were a lot of positives I took from my Serena
match,” McHale said. “The
first and most important for
me being that I can compete
with the best. That match
has really motivated me to
keep working and improving.”
McHale served well early
and kept Williams off balance in winning the tiebreaker during the secondround match at Wimbledon.
In the second set, McHale
went up 40-15 on serve, with
two chances to take a 3-0
lead.
But she double-faulted
and Williams ran off 11
straight points. McHale also
double-faulted on a game
point and Williams attacked
her second serves to break
for 5-4.
It was a lesson in thought
management
for
the
24-year-old McHale.
“You think about the big
picture all of a sudden,” Billie Jean King said. “Your
brain goes from one ball at
a time to, ‘Oh crap, I’m up
playing for 3-0 and I’m up
a set already. I should win
this.’”
McHale played nearly every day for two weeks in early August for the New York
Empire in the World Team
Tennis league co-founded
by King. The tennis great
knows it’s important to stay
focused and relaxed during
critical points.
“Serena talks about being
in the zone,” King said. “Everybody understands that
means stay in the present
and be in the now. It sounds
so easy. Before the point is
how you tee it up and get
ready. Seventy-five percent
of the time in the match, you
are not hitting a ball.”
McHale started playing
tennis in Hong Kong, where
she lived from age 3 to 8 and
learned to speak Mandarin.
She also was a competitive swimmer growing up in
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. She turned pro in 2010,
and last year, she moved to
South Florida to train at the
USTA National Tennis Center in Boca Raton.
Her older sister Lauren
graduated from North Carolina, where she played tennis for the Tar Heels. Lauren
is engaged to American tennis player Ryan Harrison.
Christina reached a ca-
In hospital, Douglas misses awards show
NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic gymnastics star Gabby
Douglas was hospitalized Sunday night, forcing her to miss
a scheduled appearance with her U.S. teammates at the
MTV Video Music Awards.
“Gabby is back in the hospital tonight being treated for a
seriously infected past mouth injury. She continues to have
deep swelling and adverse reactions to medications,” publicist Lesley Burbridge said in an email to The Associated
Press.
Earlier Sunday, 20-year-old Douglas posted on social
media that she was out of the hospital.
“Out of the hospital & resting comfortably,” Douglas
said on Instagram. “#FinalFive so sad I can’t be with u all
to present tonite @MTV thank u xoxo #VMAs #myview.”
Douglas had been scheduled to present an award alongside teammates Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, Madison
Kocian and Aly Raisman at Madison Square Garden.
Former Pats lineman, dentist, dies
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots offensive lineman and team dentist Bill
Lenkaitis has died.
The team announced that Lenkaitis died Saturday.
He was 70. His obituary says he died after an 18-month
battle with brain cancer.
The San Diego Chargers drafted Lenkaitis out of
Penn State in the second round of the 1968 AFL draft.
After three seasons in San Diego, he played 11 seasons
in New England.
He started 119 games, including all 16 in 1978 when
the Patriots set a team NFL rushing record with 3,165
yards, a mark that still stands.
reer-high singles ranking
of No. 24 in 2012. She’s
coached by Jorge Todero,
who has guided her the
last five years. McHale has
posted wins over former No.
1 Caroline Wozniacki and
Grand Slam champions Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
“He’s gotten me to use my
forehand more,” McHale
said of the Argentine. “I try
to hit as many forehands as I
can, go to my strength in the
pressure moments.”
She’s currently ranked
55th with a 31-20 record this
year. Her first serve percentage is just 59 percent, with
64 percent of those points
won. She’s had 119 aces and
136 double-faults.
After
Wimbledon,
McHale upset eighth-seeded Monica Niculescu at the
Citi Open in Washington
in mid-July. She then lost
to Jessica Pegula, daughter
of Buffalo Bills and Sabres
owners Terry and Kim Pegula, 7-5, 6-2.
She bowed out in the second round in Montreal at
the Rogers Cup, but joined
Asia Muhammad to defeat
the top-ranked doubles
team of Martina Hingis and
Sania Mirza 6-3, 6-4 in the
quarterfinals before losing
in the semifinals.
McHale, who recently
reached the second round
in Cincinnati, is among 19
American women in the
U.S. Open. Next up is Barthel, who she beat in matchups in Seoul in 2014 and
Madrid in 2015.
Pedroia leaves
team after death
in family
By KEN POWTAK
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) —
Dustin Pedroia has left
the Red Sox following a
death in the family and is
expected back after Monday night’s game.
Manager John Farrell
said the infielder will not
go on the bereavement
list and would return following services sometime
after the start of Monday
night’s game against the
Tampa Bay Rays.
Pedroia had four hits
Saturday and got a hit
in 11 straight at-bats before he bounced into an
inning-ending
double
play in the eighth inning,
falling one short of a major league record set by
three players.
Brock Holt hit leadoff
and played second base
in Pedroia’s place against
the Kansas City Royals
on Sunday night.
MCHALE — In this Friday, July 1, 2016, file photo, Christina McHale of the
United States, returns to Serena Williams, of the United States, during their
women’s singles match on day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in
London. McHale won a first-set tiebreaker against her idol Williams at Wimbledon last month, she’s played in three tournaments and World Team Tennis to
prepare for the U.S. Open. Before considering a rematch, the New Jersey native
needs to get past first-round opponent Mona Barthel of Germany on Monday,
Aug. 29. AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File
Donaldson hits three HRs, Blue Jays beat Twins 9-6
By The Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Josh
Donaldson had his first career
three-homer game, Troy Tulowitzki also went deep and
the Toronto Blue Jays beat the
Minnesota Twins 9-6 on Sunday to complete a three-game
sweep.
Donaldson hit a solo homer
off Kyle Gibson in the second,
then delivered a go-ahead,
two-run blast off Pat Light (01) in the seventh.
Dozens of fans tossed hats
onto the field to celebrate the
home run hat trick after Donaldson, the AL MVP in 2015,
hit a solo shot off Alex Wimmers in the eighth. Groundskeepers and even the Blue
Jays mascot helped clear the
hats away.
Donaldson’s fourth multihomer game this season and
the 10th of his career also
marked the 17th three-homer
game in the majors this season.
Jose Bautista had his first
three-hit game of the season
for the AL East-leading Blue
Jays.
Minnesota lost its seasonworst 10th straight. The Twins
have lost seven straight in Toronto.
Scott Feldman (7-4) earned
the win by getting two outs
in the seventh. Jason Grilli
worked the eighth and Roberto Osuna finished.
DODGERS 1, CUBS 0
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Brock Stewart and four relievers combined on a four-hitter
and Andrew Toles scored on a
fielder’s choice in the eighth
inning, leading Los Angeles
past Jon Lester and Chicago.
Los Angeles remained two
games ahead of San Francisco
in the NL West.
Stewart struck out eight in
five innings of two-hit ball, and
Jesse Chavez, Grant Dayton,
Joe Blanton and Kenley Jan-
Bills Ryan says standing for anthem pays respect to military
By JOHN WAWROW
AP Sports Writer
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
(AP) — Buffalo Bills coach
Rex Ryan believes standing
for the national anthem is
a way for NFL players and
coaches to show respect and
give thanks to members of
the armed forces.
“You’ve got to look at the
gifts that we have, the opportunity that we have to
play a great game is through
STAND UP GUY — Buffalo Bills assistant head
coach Rob Ryan, left, and his brother, head coach
Rex Ryan, right, watch from the sideline during the
second half of a preseason NFL football game against
the Indianapolis Colts Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in
Orchard Park, N.Y. AP Photo/Bill Wippert
the men and women that
serve our country,” Ryan
said before practice on Sunday. “And I think that’s an
opportunity right there just
to show respect.”
He was asked his opinion
a day after San Francisco
49ers quarterback Colin
Kaepernick said he is refusing to stand for the anthem
because he believes the
United States oppresses African Americans and other
minorities.
Without specifically mentioning Kaepernick, Ryan
said he can appreciate how
some players have personal
or religious beliefs that lead
them to not stand for the
anthem.
“Any time when I talk
to our team about that, if
there’s personal beliefs or
whatever that keeps you
from doing it, then I understand,” he said.
However, Ryan added, he
encourages his players to
stand for the anthem, and to
do so as a team in a straight
line along the sideline.
“That’s kind of our way of
giving thanks,” Ryan said.
“It’s an important thing for
me.”
Giants wide receiver
Victor Cruz said after his
team’s exhibition victory
against the Jets on Saturday night that the American
flag deserves respect — no
matter the circumstances in
the U.S. or beyond.
“The flag is the flag,”
Cruz said. “Regardless of
how you feel about things
that are going on in America today, and the things
that are going on across the
world with gun violence and
things of that nature, you’ve
got to respect the flag, and
you’ve got to stand up with
your teammates. It’s bigger
than just you, in my opinion. I think you go up there,
you’re with a team, and you
go and you know you pledge
your allegiance to the flag
and sing the national anthem with your team, and
then you go about your
business, whatever your beliefs are.
“Colin is his own man, he
decided to sit down and that
is his prerogative, but on a
personal standpoint, I think
you have to stand up there
with your team and understand and it’s this game and
what’s going on around this
country is bigger than just
you.”
Without directly addressing Kaepernick, Oakland
Raiders coach Jack Del
Rio posted on Twitter his
appreciation for the armed
forces.
“I Appreciate the sacrifices of the brave who have
fought for our freedom. We
R Free to choose. I choose
to (heart the American flag
icons).”
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sen finished. Blanton (5-2) got
the win, and Jansen worked
the ninth for his 39th save.
With one out in the eight,
pinch-hitter Toles was hit by a
pitch, and then Trevor Cahill
(3-4) threw away Howie Kendrick’s short roller, allowing
Toles to reach third.
After an intentional walk
and a strikeout, Adrian Gonzalez hit a grounder toward
third, and Javier Baez doubleclutched before throwing too
late for a force play at second
base, allowing Toles to score.
Lester struck out six and
pitched three-hit ball over six
innings.
GIANTS 13, BRAVES 4
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
— Joe Panik homered twice
and matched his career high
of four RBIs to back Madison
Bumgarner, and San Francisco beat Atlanta for its second
series win since the All-Star
break.
Panik hit a solo homer in
the second and added a tworun shot in the fourth. The
second baseman also reached
on an infield single in the sixth
and had a sacrifice fly in the
seventh.
Denard Span and Eduardo
Nunez also homered, Brandon Crawford had three hits
and Jarrett Parker drove in
three runs for San Francisco.
The Giants took two of three
from the Braves.
Bumgarner (13-8) allowed
three runs over seven uneven
innings. He struck out five and
walked two.
Freddie Freeman and Gordon Beckham homered for
Atlanta. Ender Inciarte doubled, tripled and scored twice,
but the last-place Braves have
lost 13 of 18.
Aaron Blair (0-6) was the
loser.
PADRES 3, MARLINS 1
MIAMI (AP) — Rookie
Luis Perdomo benefited from
a team-record six double plays
and pitched a six-hitter for his
first complete game, helping
San Diego beat Miami.
The complete game was the
Padres’ first this year.
Perdomo allowed the leadoff batter to reach in five innings, and each time the runner was erased on a double
play grounder. In addition,
after Perdomo gave up a
one-out single in the seventh,
Ichiro Suzuki lined out to the
pitcher, who then trotted to
first base to double off the
runner.
Five Marlins hit into double
plays, and they went 6-4-3, 4-63, 6-4-3, 6-3, 1, and 5-4-3. The
six DPs were a nine-inning
team record for the Padres
defensively, and a Marlins
batting record.
Perdomo (7-7) walked
three, struck out three and
threw only 99 pitches, retiring
the side in order in the ninth.
Ryan Schimpf had an RBI
triple, singled and scored for
the Padres.
PHILLIES 5, METS 1
NEW YORK (AP) — A.J.
Ellis had a big hit in his Philadelphia debut, breaking a seventh-inning tie with a two-run
double that sent the Phillies
past New York.
Vince Velasquez and four
relievers quieted a streaking
Mets lineup that was minus
ailing sluggers Yoenis Cespedes (quad) and Neil Walker
(back).
New York also lost shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera in the
first inning. He exited with
soreness in his left knee, a
problem area that has sidelined him twice before this
season.
David Hernandez (3-3)
pitched a scoreless inning for
the win. Robert Gsellman (11) lost in his first start in the
majors.
ORIOLES 5, YANKEES 0
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Gausman tamed the torrid
Yankees hitters, Mark Trumbo lined his major leagueleading 40th home run and
Steve Pearce also connected
to help Baltimore avert a
sweep.
The Orioles got battered in
the first two games, outscored
27-9. Baltimore bounced back
in the matchup between AL
East contenders, halting its
three-game skid and ending
New York’s winning string at
four.
Gausman (6-10) threw
seven innings, giving up seven
hits while striking out nine
and walking none. He posted
a rare road win after going
0-16 in his previous 25 starts
away from Camden Yards.
Yankees rookie sensation
Gary Sanchez doubled and
singled. He had homered in
three straight games and is
hitting .404 in 22 games this
year. CC Sabathia (8-11) was
the loser.
ROCKIES 5 NATIONALS 3
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Nolan Arenado went 4 for 4,
hitting his 35th home run and
a triple, and drove in three
runs in Colorado’s victory
over Washington.
Arenado and David Dahl
hit back-to-back home runs in
the third inning off Nationals
rookie Lucas Giolito. Chad
Bettis (11-7) allowed two
runs, both on solo homers,
and five hits with six strikeouts
over seven innings in his longest start since April 10.
Bryce Harper, Trea Turner
and Wilson Ramos homered
for Washington.
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‘Don’t Breathe’ scores, ousts ‘Suicide Squad’
By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
The horror movie “Don’t
Breathe” has reason to let out
a big sigh of relief. Audiences
turned out in droves for the
late summer thriller, which
brought in $26.1 million, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
That’s more than double
the early predictions for how
the scary pic would perform
and far above the modest production budget, which was reportedly less than $10 million.
Stage 6 Films produced and
Sony’s Screen Gems oversaw
distribution.
“Don’t Breathe” is about
a group of Detroit teens who
chose the wrong house to
rob — that of a blind, vengeful veteran. It stars Jane Levy
and Dylan Minnette and was
directed by Fede Alvarez, who
is known for the “Evil Dead”
remake.
Sony Pictures Marketing
Chief Josh Greenstein noted
how rare it was for a film in
this genre to have resonated so
deeply with critics.
The current Rotten Tomatoes score is a very fresh
87 percent. It also continues
Sony’s summer of seeing successes with original films that
cost very little to make.
“This marks a string of very
profitable hits for Sony with
very modest budgets. ‘The
Shallows,’ ‘Sausage Party’ and
now ‘Don’t Breathe’ were all
incredibly profitable because
they were made for modest
budgets and did incredibly well
at the box office,” Greenstein
said.
It’s also the latest horror success for Hollywood this summer, which has seen films like
“Lights Out,” ‘‘The Conjuring
2,” and “The Purge: Election
Year” thrive while their bigger
budget, spectacle-driven counterparts flailed.
“As it turns out horror is the
least scary genre this summer,
especially to the bean counters
in Hollywood,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media
analyst for box office tracker
comScore. “(They) can almost
always be counted on to make
money.”
Horror films, Dergarabedian said, perform very well on
home video too.
“Don’t Breathe” effectively
unseated “Suicide Squad”
from its three week run atop
the box office. This weekend,
the comic book film “Suicide
Squad” grossed $12.1 million,
bringing its domestic total to
$282.9 million.
Laika’s “Kubo and the Two
Strings” took third place in its
second weekend in theaters
with $7.9 million. The $60 million film has now earned $24.8
million domestically.
“Sausage Party,” meanwhile, continued to have a ball
at the box office, earning $7.7
million for a fourth place fin-
‘My Name is Doris’
NO. 1 MOVIE — This undated file image released by Sony Pictures shows Jane
Levy, left, and Dylan Minnette in a scene from “Dont Breathe.” According to
studio estimates Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, audiences turned out in droves for the
late summer thriller, which brought in $26.1 million. Gordon Timpen/Sony/Screen Gems via AP, File
ish and an $80 million domestic total.
The poorly reviewed Jason
Statham-led sequel “Mechanic: Resurrection,” meanwhile,
placed fifth in its opening
weekend with $7.5 million, according to Lionsgate. The first
film opened to $11.4 million in
2011.
Among specialty releases,
the Barack and Michelle
Obama first date movie
“Southside
With
You”
launched in 813 theaters to an
estimated $3.1 million, while
The Weinstein Company’s
Roberto Duran boxing biopic
“Hands of Stone” opened in
810 theaters to $1.7 million.
Overall the box office was
up 32 percent from this weekend last year when “Straight
Outta Compton” opened.
Next weekend closes out the
summer movie season with the
release of the sci-fi film “Morgan” and the romantic drama
“The Light Between Oceans.”
Estimated ticket sales for
Friday through Sunday at U.S.
and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Where
available, the latest international numbers for Friday
through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures
will be released Monday.
1.”Don’t Breathe,” $26.1
million ($1.9 million international).
2.”Suicide Squad,” $12.1
3.”Kubo and the Two
Strings,” $7.9 million ($1.5 million international).
4.”Sausage Party,” $7.7 million ($1.6 million international).
5.”Mechanic:
Resurrection,” $7.5 million ($6.1 million international).
6.”Pete’s Dragon,” $7.3
7.”War Dogs,” $7.3 million
($5.3 million international).
8.”Bad Moms,” $5.8 million
9.”Jason Bourne,” $5.2 million ($56.8 million international).
Italian museums giving Sunday
proceeds to rebuild quake zone
ROME (AP) — Italy’s
state museums are donating
their proceeds Sunday to
relief and reconstruction efforts in the area devastated
by an earthquake.
The 6.2 magnitude quake
on Wednesday flattened
three medieval towns in
central Italy, destroying not
only private homes but also
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The idea is to use art for
art — harnessing the nation’s rich artistic heritage
to help recover and restore
other objects of beauty in
the towns flattened by the
tremor.
Culture Minster Dario
Franceschini appealed to
Italians to “go to museum in
a sign of solidarity with people affected by the earthquake.” The appeal on Twitter is at #museums4italy.
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Estimated ticket sales for
Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding
the U.S. and Canada), according to comScore:
1.”Jason Bourne,” $56.8
million.
2.”Ice
Age:
Collision
Course,” $50 million.
3.”The Secret Life of Pets,”
$24.6 million.
4.”Suicide Squad,” $19.6
million.
5.”Lights Out,” $9.6 million.
6.”Bad Moms” and “BenHur,” $6.3 million.
7.”Mechanic:
Resurrection,” ‘‘Finding Dory,” and
“The Shallows,” $6.1 million.
8.”Tunnel,” $5.7 million.
9.”War Dogs,” $5.3 million.
10.”Line Walker,” $4.8 million.
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owned by NBC Universal, a
unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony,
Columbia, Sony Screen Gems
and Sony Pictures Classics
are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom
Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel
are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by
Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th
Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and
New Line are units of Time
Warner Inc.; MGM is owned
by a group of former creditors
including Highland Capital,
Anchorage Advisors and Carl
Icahn; Lionsgate is owned
by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by
AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue
is owned by Relativity Media
LLC.
Sometimes a movie comes
along that looks like it will be
a little funny in an ironic way
but mostly just be weird. If the
movie is anything like ‘Hello,
My Name is Doris,’ released
this past spring, I advise you
to watch it immediately. After her mother’s passing, Doris Miller, played by
Sally Field (Forest Gump, The
Amazing Spiderman), is an
older woman living alone on
Staten Island in her house
filled with junk and taking
the ferry after a lifetime of
never finding her own life.
She had spent her whole life
taking care of her mother and
working the same menial job
in data entry even though the
company has now been taken
over by young, trendy millennials. Most of her nights
are spent at lectures at the
YWCA with her friend Roz,
played by Tyne Daly (Cagney
and Lacey, Judging Amy). One
day John Freman, played by
Max Greenfield (New Girl,
The Big Short), a new young
art director, starts at her office
and she is smitten. After a lecturer tells her impossible only
means I am possible, she decides to go for it and try to get
to know John better with the
help of Roz’s teenage granddaughter. Making a fake profile on Facebook, Doris finds
out more about him and becomes his online friend. With her knowledge of his
favorite bands and what type
of food he likes she is able
to befriend him and the two
meet up at a electronic music
concert. The younger crowd
falls in love with Doris and
her already quirky clothes and
attitude, giving her and John
more in common and an odd
bond between them that Doris may be reading too much
into. Also at this time Doris’s
absent-minded brother and
rude sister-in-law are making
her see a hoarding therapist
to help to clean out the house
to sell so they can profit off
of it. Doris sees no reason to
move or get rid of any of the
items she has been holding
onto for years with her late
mother. ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’
is one of the better movies
I have seen in a long time. I
thought it would be mildly
funny in a quirky way but was
quite impressed and could not
stop laughing at this woman
who is coming of age in her
60s when most people her age
are winding down. Also her
bravery to ignore everyone’s
negative comments and go
for what she wants, even if it’s
a man that could be her son.
It is the type of movie that everyone should watch. It gives
hope that not everything has
to be as people expect it to be. Field really did great in this
role, doing things we do not
expect an older actress to be
doing like dancing at a club in
a neon jumpsuit and chasing
after a young man as if she
is a school girl. Having seen
Greenfield for years on ‘New
Girl’ his character was very
different than on the show
and a good step for him. I give the R-Rated ‘Hello,
My Name is Doris’ four stars.
It is now on disc and streaming. Tinseltown Talks
By Nick Thomas
Colleagues remember actor Van Johnson at 100
Fans of Hollywood Golden
Age heartthrob Van Johnson
were probably glued to their
TV sets on Aug. 25 when
Turner Classic Movies broadcast a dozen Johnson films on
what would have been the actor’s 100th birthday.
Born and raised in Newport, Rhode Island, Johnson
left for the theaters of New
England after graduating
high school. He eventually
headed to Hollywood where
his endearing boy-next-door
charm propelled him to stardom and he quickly became a
top box office draw throughout the 40s and into the 50s.
Johnson, who passed away
in 2008 at the age of 92,
starred in MGM classics such
as “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo,” “The Last Time I Saw
Paris,” and “In the Good Old
Summertime,” but returned
to the stage throughout his
life.
While Johnson’s off-screen
personality and lifestyle have
been discussed over the
years, coworkers describe
him as a convivial and enthusiastic colleague.
Broadway musical actress
Susan Watson shared the
spotlight with Johnson in the
70s.
“My recollections of Van
Johnson are particularly
keen and so pleasant,” recalled Ms. Watson from her
home in Los Angeles. “I
think that it was about 1973
that Van and I were cast in
the production of ‘The Music Man’ at the Melody Tent
Summer Stock Theater in
Milwaukee.”
Before rehearsals started,
Watson wondered if it would
be difficult working with a
major Hollywood movie star.
Would Johnson be too old to
play Professor Harold Hill in
‘The Music Man’? Would he
be haughty or bossy, Watson
worried?
“Jeepers, no!” she explained. “On the first afternoon of rehearsals, this tall,
bouncy, young guy shows
up wearing bright red socks
and loafers, gives me a big
hug, and tells me he’d seen
me on Broadway in ‘No, No,
Nanette’ a couple of years before.”
Watson says Johnson asked
her to help him get through
the dance numbers, but the
veteran performer needed no
assistance.
“I’d forgotten that he
kicked up his dancing heels
in movies like ‘Easy To Wed’
back in the 1940’s, and given
our differences in height —
I’m 5’ 2” and Van had to be
over 6 feet — it was he who
took care of me, leading so
well in our big, soft-shoe
number together.”
Late in his film career,
Johnson was hired by producer/director George Mendeluk to play the U.S. vicepresident in his 1980 thriller,
“The Kidnapping of the President.”
on the New England circuit.
“Van was also touring
the region just behind me,”
Shatner recalled in a 2014 interview with the author, noting that Johnson’s company
would arrive on weekends
as Shatner’s was packing to
leave.
“He would almost levitate,
he was so full of energy,” said
Shatner. “He would spring
around the theater from
director ‘I think I’m putting
too many shadows on Charo.’
I didn’t care, and the director thanked him for telling
him his job and everyone
laughed! In this business, you
never hear that concern from
other actors too often.”
Charo says that Johnson
was fascinated by her guitar playing during the long
breaks in filming.
“He was extremely curi-
ACTORS — Judy Garland and Van Johnson from MGM’s “In the Good Old
Summertime.” (Photo inset) From a 1983 interview showing Van Johnson and
his red socks with Tom LaBrie, host of Night Comfort Show from Sacramento
TV (screen shot off Youtube).
Mendeluk first met Johnson when he visited the director in his office at Laird
Studios, now occupied by
Sony, and formerly Selznick
Studios where “Gone with
the Wind” and many other
classics were filmed.
“He came in wearing a
funny hat and his trademark
red socks,” recalled Mendeluk from Oregon. “He said
‘Don’t judge me, I can pull
off this performance.’”
Johnson was on the set for
about five days and was “a
very nice gentleman and a
pleasure to work with,” according to Mendeluk, whose
next feature film “Bitter
Harvest” is due for release in
2017.
“The Kidnapping of the
President” also starred William Shatner, but his scenes
were mostly filmed in Toronto while Johnson shot in Los
Angeles.
However, their paths
crossed years earlier when
Shatner was producing and
directing a summer stock play
room to room being boisterous and funny, always in the
red socks. He was a hero of
mine growing up and I had
the absolute pleasure of experiencing his charming personality for about an hour
every Sunday for a summer.”
Johnson also appeared in
numerous TV movies and
guest-starred in series such as
“The Virginian,” “The Love
Boat,” and “Batman” (as
guest-villain, The Minstrel).
In a 1983 episode of “Fantasy
Island,” he was paired with
Charo, the Spanish-American actress and flamenco
guitarist.
“I first saw Mr. Van Johnson was on a Red Carpet
event after I began working
in the United States,” said
Charo from her home in Beverly Hills. “He was tall, slim,
handsome with a lovely smile
and charming.”
She says the two worked on
the episode for about a week
and she remembers his concern for other actors.
“He very nicely said to the
ous about my technique of
playing without a pick – with
tremolo where I use every
finger of my hand. He asked
who my teacher was and
when I said it was the great
Spanish guitarist Andrés
Segovia, he had heard of him.
I was impressed! Van Johnson was a very sophisticated
man.”
Johnson’s star power began to wane in the late 50s,
although he continued to
work in television, theater,
and in some European films.
But for those who remember
him and continue to enjoy his
work, or others who are just
discovering it, Van Johnson’s
star will never dim.
An online petition to the
Citizens’ Stamp Advisory
Committee for a commemorative U.S. stamp to honor
Van Johnson can be accessed
at www.vanjohnsonstamp.org
Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn
University at Montgomery, Ala.,
and has written features, columns,
and interviews for over 600 magazines and newspapers.
BSO’s Nelsons plans for longer stay
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2016
Mercury Retrograde There’s a lot going on when two people engage in
conversation. We think of what to say, listen, adjust our body language
subconsciously and consciously, all while staying aware of the environment in our periphery. It’s no wonder some find interactions stressful.
Mercury goes retrograde today, introverting some of social interactions. ARIES (March 21-April 19). Who you really are is not always the same
person you’ve allowed yourself to become. It is the same for everyone.
What is also the same for everyone is the potential to steer things back
on course at any moment.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Those who react badly to criticism prevent
themselves from growing, because they alienate the very people who
can enlighten them as to how they (or their work) are being perceived.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The person who is trying to seduce you
away from your work or your goals isn’t really on your side. Those who
want you to succeed wouldn’t dream of tempting you in another direction.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your friendliness puts all at ease. There are
those who take themselves too seriously to fully understand the importance of small talk and its role in building rapport. But even these types
will not be immune to your charms.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Because someone wants your approval, this
person is unlikely to speak of anything unflattering or controversial.
You’re better off with the truth. Make it clear that honesty is a stipulation
of your approval.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Is what you want really worth working so
long and hard to get to? That future day will come whether or not you
worked long and hard — only, if you don’t put in the work, that future day
won’t have nearly the same significance.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You want to know that the other person will
be there and be loyal. This is not too much to ask, though it’s not the
right time to ask it, certainly not directly. Look for clues instead, and trust
your instincts.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A Chinese proverb says that the eye can’t
see its own lashes. This was before the invention of extra-long eyelash
extensions. Still, it’s possible that you possess a quality that is invisible to
you though others see it clearly.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll be catering to an ego today,
and this is tricky business for sure, especially if the ego in question happens to be your own. Go gingerly, as no good will come of alienating
your subject.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Certain emotions are unobtainable
without a good amount of self-awareness. Jealousy and shame fall into
the category; so do pride and admiration. Today you’ll put what you
know about yourself to good use.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You want to be dazzled by greatness and
are therefore rooting for every source of potential amusement in your
world, hoping (sometimes against hope) for the very best presentation.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your path will converge with another’s.
Neither route is wrong. Neither is trying to own the whole path, just needing to take it over for the moment to get to the next place. All can be
solved with courtesy.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 30). One of your birthday wishes will come
to fruition next month. Now through the year’s end, a great sense of selfdiscipline will well up in you. You will expertly manage your emotions,
curb your cravings and shine in the social arena of your choice. Family
will grow in January. Finances improve in October and May. Capricorn
and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 39, 10, 4, 6 and 45.
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At the orchestra’s summer finale at Tanglewood on
Sunday, musical director Andris Nelsons said he will
return for 10 concerts over four weeks next year, his
longest stay at the outdoor venue in western Massachusetts. Nelsons, who in 2014 became the group’s youngest conductor in a century, led six concerts this summer.
Nelsons said the lineup next year will include two
opera programs and the traditional season finale of
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, plus a program featuring
young musicians from the Tanglewood Music Center.
More details about next summer’s schedule are set to
be announced this fall.
Last year the orchestra extended the contract of Latvian-born Nelsons to run through 2022.
Trial in fatal Quincy bar attack delayed
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The trial of a Quincy man
charged with fatally punching and stomping on another man in a now-closed city bar has been pushed back
more than five months as lawyers work out several issues.
The Patriot Ledger reports that in a joint motion filed
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The 42-year-old Fahey is charged with murder for
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42-year-old Keith Boudreau inside a bar in March 2015.
Boudreau died 11 days later.
A judge moved the trial from Sept. 13 to Feb 28.
Fahey’s attorney says his client felt threatened by
Boudreau.
A witness said Boudreau stared at Fahey, but they did
not exchange words.
Cyclist fatally struck by rail train
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a cyclist has been struck and killed by a commuter rail train
in Somerville.
Crews responded to a train crossing in the area
of Park Street at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. MBTA transit
police said a male cyclist went through gates that had
been lowered for an approaching train on the outbound
Fitchburg Line and continued onto the train’s right of
way when he was fatally struck.
Police said the man was between 25 and 30 years old
but did not release his identity. Other details were not
immediately available.
Transit police and the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office are investigating.
Boston police rolling out bodycams
BOSTON (AP) — Boston police are set to launch a
body camera program after months of resistance from
rank-and-file officers.
The cameras officially go live Sept. 1 on 100 officers. A
department consultant had to select a racially diverse mix
of officers to test the cameras because none volunteered.
The department says 55 of the officers are white, 29 are
black, 13 are Latino and three are Asian; 87 are men.
The six-month trial began with officer training last week.
The cameras will be used in some of Boston’s high-crime
neighborhoods, college student areas and tourist hotspots.
Activists have called for the program since the police
shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.
But the police officer’s union fought the proposal and the
mayor and police commissioner had mixed views initially.
Oil tanker rescue commemorated
EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — The National Park Service
is hosting a free screening of “The Finest Hours” and a
talk with the author of the book that inspired the film.
The showing of the 2016 Disney film that starred Chris
Pine and Casey Affleck happens Monday evening at the
Cape Cod National Seashore’s Salt Pond Visitor Center
in Eastham.
Michael Tougias, who co-authored the book, “The
Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s
Most Daring Sea Rescue,” will give a presentation on the
actual rescue Tuesday evening.
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searing, has died. He was
25.
Ritvo died Tuesday morning at his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles,
his mother, Ariella RitvoSlifka, said Friday.
Ritvo was diagnosed at
16 with Ewing’s sarcoma,
a rare cancer that affects
bones and soft tissue in children and young adults.
Treatment brought about
a remission that permitted
Ritvo to finish high school
and attend Yale University,
where he performed in an
improv comedy group. His
teachers included Pulitzer
Prize-winning poet Louise
Gluck.
Ritvo’s cancer returned in
his senior year, but he completed Yale and this year
earned a master’s degree
from Columbia University.
Ritvo’s battle with the
disease informed his works.
A June poem in The New
Yorker discussed an experiment where cells from his
tumors were used in cancer
drug treatment experiments
with mice.
“I want my mice to be
just like me,” Ritvo wrote.
“I don’t have any children.
I named them all Max. First
they were Max 1, Max 2, but
now they’re all just Max. No
playing favorites.”
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, Aug.
29, the 242nd day of 2016.
There are 124 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Aug. 29, 1966, the
Beatles concluded their
fourth American tour
with their last public concert, held at Candlestick
Park in San Francisco.
On this date:
In 1533, the last Incan
King of Peru, Atahualpa,
was executed on orders of
Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.
In 1877, the second
president of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham
Young, died in Salt Lake
City, Utah, at age 76.
In 1910, Korean Emperor Sunjong abdicated
as the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty went into
effect.
In 1935, the film “Top
Hat,”
starring
Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers, premiered at Radio
City Music Hall in New
York.
In 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched
down the Champs Elysees
in Paris as the French
capital continued to celebrate its liberation from
the Nazis.
In 1952, the composition 4’33” (”Four Minutes,
Thirty-three
Seconds”)
by avant-garde composer
John Cage premiered in
Woodstock, New York, as
David Tudor sat down at a
piano, shut the keyboard
lid, and, for four minutes
and 33 seconds, played ...
nothing.
In 1958, pop superstar
Michael Jackson was born
in Gary, Indiana.
In 1965, Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles
“Pete” Conrad, splashed
down in the Atlantic after
8 days in space.
In 1972, swimmer Mark
Spitz of the United States
won the third of his seven
gold medals at the Munich
Olympics, finishing first
in the 200-meter freestyle.
In 1981, broadcaster
and world traveler Lowell
Thomas died in Pawling,
New York, at age 89.
In 1996, the Democratic
National Convention in
Chicago nominated Al
Gore for a second term
as vice president. Earlier
in the day, President Bill
Clinton’s chief political
strategist, Dick Morris,
resigned amid a scandal
over his relationship with
a prostitute.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast
near Buras, Louisiana,
bringing floods that devastated New Orleans.
More than 1,800 people
in the region died.
Ten years ago: President
George W. Bush visited
New Orleans one year
after Hurricane Katrina
devastated the region to
offer comfort and hope to
residents. Tropical Storm
Ernesto’s leading edge
drenched Miami and the
rest of southern Florida.
Five years ago: In a
sign Moammar Gadhafi
had lost grip on his country, his wife and three of
his children fled Libya
to neighboring Algeria.
Grammy-winning
blues
musician David “Honey
Boy” Edwards, believed
to be the oldest surviving
Delta bluesman, died in
his Chicago home at age
96.
One year ago: Church
bells rang marking the
decade since Hurricane
Katrina struck the Gulf
Coast; local and congressional leaders laid
wreaths at a memorial in
New Orleans holding the
unclaimed and unidentified bodies from the
deadly storm. An Egyptian court sentenced three
journalists for Al-Jazeera
English to three years
in prison for broadcasting “false news,” sparking an international outcry. Triple Crown winner
American Pharoah lost to
Keen Ice in the $1.6 million Travers Stakes before
a stunned crowd at Saratoga Race Course. Author
and motivational speaker
Wayne W. Dyer, 75, died
in Hawaii.
Today’s Birthdays: Actress Betty Lynn (TV:
“The
Andy
Griffith
Show”) is 90. Movie director William Friedkin is
81. Sen. John McCain, RAriz., is 80. Actor Elliott
Gould is 78. Movie director Joel Schumacher is
77. TV personality Robin
Leach is 75. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh
is 64. Treasury Secretary
Jacob Lew is 61. Dancer-choreographer Mark
Morris is 60. Country musician Dan Truman (Diamond Rio) is 60. Actress
Rebecca DeMornay is 57.
Singer Me’Shell NdegeOcello is 48. Rhythm-andblues singer Carl Martin
(Shai) is 46. Actress Carla
Gugino is 45. Rock musician Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty) is 41. Actor
John Hensley is 39. Actress Kate Simses (TV:
“Dr. Ken”) is 37. Rock
musician David Desrosiers (Simple Plan) is 36.
Rapper A+ is 34. Actress Jennifer Landon is
33. Actor Jeffrey Licon
is 31. Actress-singer Lea
Michele is 30. Actress
Charlotte Ritchie (TV:
“Call the Midwife”) is 27.
Actress Nicole Gale Anderson is 26. Rock singer
Liam Payne (One Direction) is 23.
Thought for Today:
“Whom the gods wish
to destroy they first call
promising.” — Cyril Connolly, British journalistwriter (1903-1974).
———
On July 24, 1862, Martin Van Buren, the eighth
president of the United
States, and the first to
have been born a U.S.
citizen, died at age 79 in
Kinderhook, New York,
the town where he was
born in 1782.
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Pod of orcas spotted 12 miles off Cape
BOSTON (AP) — Orcas have been spotted off Cape
Cod for the second time this summer.
The Cape Cod Times reports that a group of tuna fishermen about 12 miles off the coast spotted four orcas on
Tuesday and posted a video of the encounter online.
The whales stayed nearby for 10 to 15 minutes and at one
point swam under the boat.
The sighting was confirmed by marine biologists at the
New England Aquarium in Boston.
Whale researcher Philip Hamilton says seeing orcas in
New England waters is relatively rare, and when they are
seen they are usually farther off shore. The East Coast orca
population is centered around Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.
In early July, a well-known, solitary, adult male orca
named Old Tom was also spotted off Cape Cod.
Fire destroys farmhouse dating to 1800
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A central Massachusetts farmhouse dating to 1800 has been destroyed by
a fire.
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports that emergency crews responded to a three-alarm fire early Sunday
at a home known as the Goodrich Model House. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, but the damage is expected to
exceed the house’s value.
One firefighter was treated at the scene for an ankle injury, and one person in the home was taken to the hospital
to be evaluated for smoke inhalation.
Authorities said the two-story house is the home of a
Northborough firefighter and his family, who operate the
site as Yellick’s Farm.
Local and state fire officials are investigating the cause of
the fire. A local firefighters union says it is accepting donations to help the family.
Driver charged in crash that killed teen
LUNENBERG, Mass. (AP) — A car crash in central
Massachusetts left one teen dead and another facing criminal charges.
Authorities say 18-year-old Austin Robbins was killed
early Sunday when the car he was a passenger in lost control
and struck several trees on Hollis Road in Lunenberg.
The Worcester County District Attorney said 19-year-old
Joseph Kapp of nearby Gardner, Massachusetts, was driving and faces charges including motor vehicle homicide and
operating under the influence of alcohol. He was not injured
in the crash.
Kapp is being held on $10,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday. It was not immediately known if
Kapp has legal representation.
A second passenger was taken to a nearby hospital for
treatment.
Robbins was a star football player who graduated from
Lunenburg High School in 2016.
Somerville bans plastic bags
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Another Boston-area
community is reining in plastic bags.
Starting Sept. 1, Somerville is prohibiting supermarkets
and other large retailers from providing customers with single-use bags at checkout.
The ban is being phased in. Businesses with more than
10,000 square feet of floor space must comply by Sept. 1,
while all other retailers have until Dec. 1.
The ban doesn’t affect plastic bags used for produce,
meat, fish or frozen foods. Dry cleaners and newspapers also
may still use them.
Officials recommend shoppers bring their own reusable
bags, but stores can provide free recyclable paper bags or
reusable bags and totes for sale.
The ban was approved last November. Neighboring Cambridge imposed a 10 cent charge on plastic bags in March,
and Brookline banned plastic bags in 2013.
Firefighter suffers heat exhaustion
FIRE PREVENTION — Smokey The Bear road ahead of a contingent of fire
trucks in Warwick’s Old Home Days Parade Saturday morning. Photo by Jared Robinson
Beyonce proves she’s in a
lane of her own at MTV VMAs
NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce proved once again she
is the contemporary rock star,
and she used the MTV Video
Music Awards stage to showcase her skills and outshine
her peers, from Rihanna to
Britney Spears.
Beyonce won eight awards,
including video of the year,
and performed five songs
from her visual album “Lemonade” in an epic 16-minute
concert Sunday that had the
audience at Madison Square
Garden in awe.
She sang live, danced heavily and worked the crowd as
she ran through “Pray You
Catch Me,” ‘‘Hold Up,”
‘‘Sorry,” ‘‘Don’t Hurt Yourself” and “Formation,” which
won the top prize over Adele,
Drake, Justin Bieber and
Kanye West.
“First of all, I’d like to
thank my beautiful daughter
and my incredible husband
for all of their support,” said
Beyonce, who walked the
carpet with daughter Blue
Ivy and the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown
and Eric Garner — who all
appeared in “Lemonade”
movie.
It was reminiscent of the
2014 VMAs, when Beyonce
also performed for 16 minutes and accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award. This year it was
awarded to Rihanna, who
split up her performances
throughout the night, singing hits such as “Work,” ‘‘We
Found Love” and “Love on
the Brain.”
But the biggest moment for
Rihanna came when Drake
— in a tuxedo — presented
the award to his former girlfriend. He said he met Rihanna in 2005 on the set of her
first music video for “Pon de
Replay.”
“She’s someone I’ve been
in love with her since I was
22 years old,” Drake said as
Rihanna blushed and the audience cheered loudly. “She’s
one of my best friends in the
world. All of my adult life I’ve
looked up to her even though
she’s younger than me.”
Rihanna, 28, thanked her
family, friends and hometown
of Saint Michael, Barbados,
for helping her succeed in her
11-year-career.
“My success started as my
dream, but now my success
is not my own. It’s my family, my fans, my country ...it’s
women, it’s black women,”
she said.
Beyonce’s top-notch performance starkly contrasted
with that of Spears, who returned to the VMA stage after 10 years. Not only did she
lip sync, in typical fashion, but
she did so badly. Spears performed her hit “Make Me...”
and danced slickly, but she
didn’t actually sing a word of
the song live. She was joined
by rapper G-Eazy — and she
lip synched the hook to his hit
song, “Me, Myself and I.”
In true Kanye fashion, the
rapper ranted onstage, touching on subjects from music
to his beef with Taylor Swift
to violence in his hometown
Chicago before he debuted
his music video for “Fade,”
which starred Teyana Taylor. He talked about his “Famous” video, which features
what appear to be naked images of himself, his wife Kim
Kardashian, Swift, Donald
Trump and others. He even
pointed to former girlfriend
Amber Rose, who was in the
audience and is also in the
video.
Drake won best hip hop
video for “Hotline Bling” and
Calvin Harris won best male
video for “This is What You
Came For.” David Bowie
— who died from cancer
earlier this year — received
four nominations for “Lazarus” and won best art direction. The music video, which
shows him looking frail in
bed with bandaged eyes, was
released just days before the
icon’s Jan. 10 death.
Performers included Nick
Jonas, The Chainsmokers,
Ty Dollar $ign and Ariana
Grande, who brought spin
class to the VMA stage when
she sang the reggae-tinged
“Side to Side” with Nicki
Minaj.
In one of several odes to
the recent Olympic Games,
Michael Phelps said he’s been
inspired by hip-hop music before introducing Future, who
Phelps said he listened to before swimming and making
the grimace that went viral.
The rapper-singer-producer
performed his hit “(Expletive) Up Some Commas.”
NEWBURY, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a firefighter
has been taken to the hospital with heat exhaustion and several others are being evaluated after a smoky fire destroyed a
three-story house and several vehicles on Plum Island.
A Newbury Fire Department captain who lives near the
house saw the flames and alerted firefighters shortly before
1 p.m. Saturday. The wood frame home burned for hours,
causing heat damage to two adjacent buildings.
No one was at home when the fire started.
The condition of the firefighter suffering heat exhaustion
wasn’t released.
A dozen fire departments from Massachusetts and New
Hampshire helped battle the blaze or provide local coverage
for the Newbury Fire Department.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.
Marine team frees 2 tangled turtles
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) — A marine coastal
studies team has freed two leatherback sea turtles that became tangled in equipment in Cape Cod Bay, and warned
mariners to watch out for more of them.
The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team at the
Center for Coastal Studies said Saturday that there have
been increased sightings of leatherback turtles, meaning
they’ve likely moved into local waters to forage for jellyfish.
The team says mariners should look for entangled turtles
and report the sightings immediately but stay at a safe distance from the animals.
A commercial fisherman Saturday reported a leatherback, about 400 pounds, caught by its neck and front flippers
in a buoy line off Wellfleet. Recreational boaters off Truro
spotted another turtle entangled in gear.
Raisman feted by hometown
NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Gymnast Aly Raisman is
getting a hero’s welcome following her medal-winning performances at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The 22-year-old’s suburban Boston hometown of Needham, Massachusetts is hosting a “Rally for Aly” Saturday
morning.
Raisman will also sit for an interview on the steps of Town
Hall with a local sports reporter. She won two individual
silver medals and a team gold medal in the games that
wrapped up earlier this month.
Raisman has the second most Olympic medals by a gymnast, with six. Former Olympian Shannon Miller has seven.
Boston police investigating 4 shootings
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Police are investigating four
separate shootings overnight that left two men dead and two
others hospitalized.
The Boston Globe reports that a man in his mid-20s died
after a shooting at 1:42 a.m. Saturday in the city’s Dorchester
neighborhood.
In another burst of violence, a man in his 30s was killed
near a 7-Eleven convenience store in the Jamaica Plain area
of the city.
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said there
were two other men injured in shootings in the city’s
Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods, but both were
expected to survive.
False report
of gunman
at LA airport
Reports of a gunman opening
fire that turned out to be false
caused panicked evacuations
at Los Angeles International
Airport on Sunday night,
while flights to and from the
airport saw major delays.
A search through terminals
brought no evidence of a gunman or shots fired, Los Angeles police spokesman Andy
Neiman said. The reports
were spurred by loud noises
only, and police were still investigating to find the source
of them, Neiman said.
Airport officials said that a
person wearing a Zorro costume was detained during
the incident, but it wasn’t yet
clear whether the person had
any connection to the evacuation.
The incident stirred chaos
as hundreds of people rushed
from terminals on to sidewalks or the tarmac. And it
left a mess with three terminals shut down, roads closed
and flights held in the air and
on the ground.
All terminals and roads
into the airport had been
reopened by 11 p.m. PDT,
about two hours after the initial reports, officials said. But
massive backup faced travelers in their cars and in security lines. Passengers who fled
had to be rescreened through
security.
When the incident began,
scores of people could be
seen on social media and on
TV news running from the
terminal out on to the sidewalks and streets as police
with rifles out stormed terminals. Many other evacuees
were standing on the airport
tarmac, and abandoned bags
littered some sidewalks.
“We were on the jetway
and someone starts pushing behind us,” Jon Landis,
a sales representative from
Boston who was boarding a
flight home, told The Associated Press. “One man was
frantic saying there was a
shooter.”
Police officers, including
one with a shotgun, eventually led passengers out of the
terminal, through a security
gate, and into a parking lot
— where several hundred
waited for the terminal to
reopen. Ninety minutes after
the scare, Landis said he was
still waiting for word on his
flight.
Passenger Scott McDonald
said he was getting off a plane
in the middle of the incident
and was told by the crew to
get back on. He said looking
out the window he could see
many evacuees gathered out
on the tarmac, a strange sight
even for someone who travels
almost constantly.
“I’ve never seen passengers, just normal people, on
the tarmac anywhere in the
United States,” McDonald
told KCAL-TV.
Douglas Lee, who was traveling home to Albuquerque
with his wife and son, said
the greatest danger was being
trampled.
“You can imagine hundreds of adults trying to go
through an exit door,” he explained. At one point, he said
he picked up his young son
left their luggage.
Corey Rosenbusch was relaxing inside a terminal club
on a layover flight from his
home in Washington, D.C., to
Sydney, Australia, when the
lights went off and the staff
told everyone to shelter in
place.
“People immediately started looking at social media,
where they saw reports that
there was an active shooter,”
Rosenbusch told the AP.
He said several officers,
including some with assault
rifles, led the group out of the
area.
The incident came just
days after another false alarm
led to a panicked evacuation
of Kennedy Airport in New
York.
In that incident, police
were investigating whether an
overly boisterous celebration
of the Olympics on Aug. 14
led to noises that were misinterpreted as gunfire, with the
ensuing chain reaction turning into a panic as crowds ran
to evacuate.
The Los Angeles airport
had an actual shooting in
November 2013, when a man
opened fire in the terminal,
killing a security agent and
wounding three other people.
FDA expands Zika screening
to all blood centers in the US
WASHINGTON
(AP)
— The government told all
U.S. blood banks Friday to
start screening for Zika, a
major expansion intended
to protect the nation’s blood
supply from the mosquitoborne virus.
Previously, blood testing
was mostly limited to parts
of Florida and Puerto Rico,
where Zika is spreading.
Screening will initially extend to states along the Gulf
Coast and a few others.
“There is still much uncertainty regarding the
nature and extent of Zika
virus transmission,” Dr.
Peter Marks said in a Food
and Drug Administration
release. “At this time, the
recommendation for testing
the entire blood supply will
help ensure that safe blood
is available for all individuals who might need transfusion.”
Blood banks already test
donations for HIV, hepatitis, West Nile and other
blood-borne viruses. The
Zika virus stays in the blood
for about one week, but is
thought to remain in other
bodily fluids longer.
While Zika is primarily spread through mosquito bites, there have been
reports in Brazil of Zika
transmission through transfusion. No such cases have
been reported in the United
States. One Zika-positive
blood donation, though, was
recently intercepted in Florida, Marks said Friday.
“The donation was identified while the blood bag was
still in quarantine, before it
was released,” Marks told
reporters on a media call.
“The system worked correctly.”
Zika can also be spread
through sex, and Marks said
that played into the decision
to expand testing. Current
CLEANING WEAPON — Blaire Hermans, 64,
uses oil to break off the residue of burnt black powder on his 1863 Springfield pistol during the Civil
War Reenactment at Schlicke Farm on Saturday.
Photo by Tara Vocino
Famed fishing captain headliner
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A fishing boat captain
made famous in the book and movie “The Perfect Storm”
is the guest speaker this weekend at the 20th annual Fisherman’s Memorial Service in Gloucester.
Saturday’s event pays homage to the city’s fishermen lost
at sea.
Guest speaker Linda Greenlaw was captain of the swordfishing vessel Hannah Bowden and the last person to speak
with its sister ship Andrea Gail, lost at sea with all six hands
in the 1991 storm. Greenlaw was portrayed in the 2000 movie by actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
The Gloucester Daily Times reports that the service is
scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. with a procession from American Legion Square to the iconic “Man at the Wheel” statue.
Future of iconic newsstand uncertain
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The future is uncertain
for a historic newsstand at the heart of Harvard Square.
The Boston Globe reports Cambridge wants to invest
nearly $5 million to renovate the brick plaza where Out of
Town News stands.
The 500-square-foot brick kiosk and its surrounding plaza
have been a gathering place for academics, students and
residents for decades.
City officials have been weighing designs for years and still
haven’t settled on a final plan, the Globe reports. But they’ve
expressed interest in redeveloping the kiosk for public rather
than commercial use.
Out of Town News sells periodicals, souvenirs and snacks.
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man
charged with trying to entice what he thought was an underage girl for sex has been ordered held without bail.
The Daily News of Newburyport reports that 65-year-old
Richard Bly of Dracut was held at a hearing Thursday to
determine whether he is dangerous.
Authorities say detectives on Monday responded to a
Craigslist ad seeking “curious young girls or taboo moms.”
An officer pretending to be a 14-year-old exchanged
emails, photos and instant messages with Bly. Authorities
say Bly sent a sexually explicit photo to the girl.
Detectives arranged a meeting with Bly at a commuter rail
station in Newbury on Tuesday and arrested him.
Bly’s attorney argued that his client should be released on
conditions including GPS monitoring and no internet use.
Teacher’s rap targets students
SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — A new teacher who made a music
video to welcome his students has become a bit of a star with
his fourth-graders.
Dwayne Reed’s video was posted on YouTube this week
and has already been viewed more than a half-million times
and earned him an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning
America.”
The 25-year-old Reed just began teaching at Stenson Elementary School in the Chicago suburb of Skokie. In his video, Reed wears a lab coat and sings, “Welcome to the fourth
grade. So happy to meet you. Can’t wait till I see you.”
Reed says he wants his students to know they are important and loved and that they can be leaders. He says students
love the video and even introduced themselves to him using
his lyrics.
SERVING UP ESPRESSO — Jim Kilroy, owner of the Barn Owl, in the center
of Warwick, served up free coffee and espresso drinks, and homemade pastries
Saturday during Warwick’s Old Home Days. The business is not formally open
yet but Kilroy took the opportunity to give visitors a taste of what’s to come. Photo by Jared Robinson
Headstone of Civil War soldier
to be fixed after 154 years
COLUMBUS,
Ohio
An
administration
(AP) — Some mistakes spokeswoman says apare never too late to fix.
proved stones are typicalA Civil War soldier mis- ly in place within 60 days.
identified when he was
Beckman’s great-great
buried at an Ohio cem- grandfather,
William
etery more than 150 years Beckmann, was Augustus’
ago is to get a new head- brother. The two came to
stone.
America from present-day
Confederate
soldier Germany between 1858
Augustus Beckmann was and 1860 and enlisted in
fatally wounded in the the 2nd Texas Infantry in
Battle of Shiloh on April Galveston.
7, 1862. But he was buried
“William never learned
at the Camp Chase Con- the fate of his brother,
federate Cemetery in Co- as August was buried unlumbus under the wrong der the wrong surname of
name, A. Bergman, and Bergman all those years,”
wrong company, The Co- Beckman said. “The last
lumbus Dispatch reports. time they saw one another
Beckmann’s brother’s was on the battlefield of
great-great-grandson,
Shiloh.”
Greg Beckman, discovAugust Beckmann was
ered the error when he buried under the name
visited Camp Chase last Bergman at Camp DenMemorial Day.
nison near Cincinnati,
Beckman, who teach- and the incorrect name
es government at a high followed him when his reschool in Placentia, Cali- mains and those of 30 othfornia, pulled together the
necessary documentation
and asked the National
Press releases, news tips,
Cemetery Administration
calendar items,
to fix the headstone. He
and more! Send to:
recently learned his reT:7.875”
quest was approved.
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e-mail us
er soldiers were removed
in 1869 and reinterred at
Camp Chase.
Beckman said he was
happy to visit his relative’s gravesite, but wasn’t
content with the incorrect
inscription.
“I knew something had
to be done about it,” he
said.
———
Information from: The
Columbus
Dispatch,
http://www.dispatch.com
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On Dec. 24, 1814, the
United States and Britain signed the Treaty of
Ghent, which ended the
War of 1812 following ratification by both the British Parliament and the
U.S. Senate.
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Mass. man ordered held without bail
evidence suggests that infected men can spread the
virus for several months
through sex, and women can
transmit it for several weeks.
Adding to the challenge is
that 4 out of 5 people infected never develop symptoms,
such as fever, joint pain and
rash.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention on
Friday reported the first
U.S. case of a man spreading Zika through sex even
though he never had any
symptoms. The Maryland
man had traveled to the
Dominican Republic, one
of the many countries in the
Caribbean and Latin America hit with a Zika outbreak.
There have been nearly
2,500 cases of Zika in the
U.S. linked to travel to outbreak areas. Since February,
blood banks have turned
away people who had recently visited those regions,
under a previous FDA directive.
While the virus causes
only a mild illness in most
people, infection during
pregnancy can lead to severe brain-related birth defects.
Blood testing began last
month in parts of Florida
after the first cases of homegrown Zika occurred in
Miami. So far, there have
been about 40 cases of Zika
caused by mosquito bites
in Florida. Health officials,
however, don’t expect widespread outbreaks to occur in
the U.S.
The FDA has authorized
use of two experimental
blood screening tests for
Zika, one made by Roche
and another from Hologic
Inc. and Grifols. Several
testing sites are already voluntarily using the technology, including blood centers
in Texas. The cost of adding
Zika testing to the screening
process is less than $10 per
blood donation, according
to officials at South Texas
Blood and Tissue Center.
FDA officials said they do
not anticipate any problems
supplying the tests throughout the U.S.

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