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Kane Republican
Saturday
August 29, 2015
the
Vol. 121, No. 196
50 cents
Lower test scores don't surprise school officials
By Ted Lutz
Staff Writer
Lower student scores on
state standardized tests
last spring don't surprise
Kane school administrators.
That's because these
tests were the first to fully incorporate the stiffer
new-- and controversial-Pennsylvania "Core Standards."
Kane students in grades
3 through 8 take the tests
known as the Pennsylvania System of School
Assessment (PSSA). The
tests measure student
achievement in reading,
math and writing in the
six grades. Students in
grades 4 and 8 also take
PSSA science tests.
The PSSA tests for
years have been the
state's method for meeting criteria under the federal No Child Left Behind
Act (NCLBA).
Under NCLBA, all tested students were expected
to meet proficient or ad-
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Kane Fall Sports
Previews for 2015.
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■ Lottery, Page 5.
■ Weather, Page 5.
Sean-Patrick
and the
NEWGRASS
Revolution
Saturday
Aug, 29th • 2pm-5pm
at
Crossroads
Music for a
Meet & Greet,
Sat. night
9pm-1am at
The
Ridgway
Eagles
Club
Prove you're
spontaneous!!,
Bus Trip this Sat.
night (Aug 29th)
Leave Kane,
(27 Fraley St.8p),
travel to the
Ridgway Eagles,
Party with Sean
Patrick and the
NEWGRASS
Revolutions from
9p-1a, Sleep on
othe way home,
NOT!!!!!!
Photo by Ted Lutz
Kane Area School Superintendent Bob Gaetano (seated) and Assistant Superintendent Jeff Kepler
(standing) look over preliminary results from state tests given last spring. The tests were the first
based on new and controversial "Core Standards."
vanced levels by 2014.
The PSSA tests given
earlier this year are based
on a new educational program called "Common
Core Standards."
"As part of the new
regulations,
Pennsylvania's 'Core Standards' offer a set of rigorous high
quality academic expectations in English Language
Arts (reading and writing)
and mathematics that all
decline.
However, reading and
math scores for students
in grades 6-8 at the Kane
Middle School last year
dropped more than the
overall state decrease.
He declined at this time
to give a grade-by-grade
breakdown in PSSA scores
in Kane because the results are preliminary.
The state next month is
expected to release final
PSSA results. The school
district plans to mail out
individual student PSSA
results to parents.
Educators in Kane and
across Pennsylvania are
disappointed by the latest
test results, but are not
shocked.
"We were warned we'd
see a decrease," Kane
School District Superintendent Bob Gaetano said
in looking at the tentative
PSSA scores from tests
based on the new "Core
Standards."
He said the 2015 tests
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Senior Center to honor volunteers
Routine fire drill at
Kane High School
A routine fire drill Friday afternoon at Kane
High School inadvertently
touched off a call to the 911
emergency communications
center near Smethport.
As a result of the call to
students should master
by the end of each grade
year," the state Department of Education said
in a report. "'Core Standards' are robust and relevant to the real world
and reflect the knowledge
and skills our young people need to succeed in life
after high school in both
post-secondary education
and a globally competitive
workforce."
The results from the
PSSA tests based on "Core
Standards" last spring
fell across the state-- as
well as in the Kane Area
School District.
According to Jeff Kepler, the district curriculum director, there was
a 9.4 percent statewide
increase in the number
of students who failed
to meet proficient or advanced levels in reading
under the new tests.
In math, there was a
mind-boggling 35.4 percent statewide jump in the
number of students who
did not meet proficient or
advanced levels in math.
According to Kepler, the
drop-off in reading and
math scores for last year's
grades 3-5 at the Kane Elementary School is not as
steep as the overall state
911, the Kane Volunteer
Fire Department was dispatched.
Engine 58 was en route
to the school before being
recalled by Kane Fire Chief
Tim Holt.
Roach-Bauer Forestry
Forum set for Oct. 8
The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum will host a
panel of renowned researchers in hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) studies
on Thursday, Oct. 8 at
the Kane Country Club in
Kane. Dr. Mary Ann Fajvan is a Research Forester
within the Ecology and
Management of Invasive
Species and Forest Ecosystems Research Work Unit
(RWU) of the Northern Research Station of the U.S.
Forest Service. Dr. Robert
Trotter III is a Research
Ecologist within the same
RWU. Dr. Bud Mayfield is
a Research Entomologist
within the Insects, Diseases and Invasive Plants
RWU of the Southern Research Station.
Together, their presentations will touch upon
biological and chemical
control of HWA, integrated management, thinning
and other forest management options, expectations
of changes in climate on
the interactions of HWA
and hemlock (specifically
in Pennsylvania and New
York), and restoration of
former hemlock forests
and riparian areas.
This panel discussion
will be of interest to forest
managers in learning more
about what they can do for
hemlock forest conservation and management, and
what can be expected from
integrated work across the
public and private forest
landscapes of the region.
Dr. Fajvan completed a
B.S. from Rutgers University, Cook College, a M.S.
from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental
Studies, and a Ph.D. from
the University of Maine
in 1991. Her research examines the dynamics of
how forests change in relationship to natural and
human disturbances. She
integrates these ecological
patterns into silvicultural
management decisions.
Dr. Trotter completed a
B.S. from the University of
Arizona, and a M.S. and a
Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University in 2004.
His key interest is the
spread and impact of invasive forest insects.
Dr. Mayfield completed a
B.S. from Yale University,
a M.S. from West Virginia
University, and a Ph.D.
from the State University
of New York in 2002. His
key interest is in the biology, ecology, and integrated
pest management of invasive insects and insectpathogen complexes.
The Kane Country Club
is located on U.S. Route 6
about three miles east of
Kane. Preceding the talk
will be a no-host social hour
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and
dinner at 6:30 p.m. The
program will start immediately after dinner. Reservations are required. Early
reservations received on or
before Thursday, Sept. 24
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Fresh Chicken Thighs
or Drumsticks
Family
Pack
391 Brusselles St. 608 N. Fraley St.
Kane, PA
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Phone: 834-6651 Phone: 837-7500
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Photo by Ted Lutz
Joyce Reinard, 81, of Kane enjoys daily visits to the Kane Senior Center to work on jigsaw puzzles.
A luncheon to honor Senior Center volunteers will be held Sunday at the center on Fraley Street.
By Ted Lutz
Staff Writer
The Kane Senior Center
will hold a luncheon Sunday to honor its volunteers.
The luncheon is set for 2
p.m. Sunday at the center
on Fraley Street in Uptown
Kane.
The theme for the program is "Ordinary People,
Extraordinary Hearts."
"We'll be honoring all
of our volunteers," Senior
Center Director Beth Len-
away said. "Our volunteers
keep the place going."
Lenaway said the center has 61 volunteers who
perform a variety of chores
such as kitchen duty for the
daily luncheons at the center.
Between 30 and 40 senior citizens dine at the
luncheons at little or no
cost to them. Reservations
are requested.
The honored volunteers
will each receive a certificate and pin, Lenaway said.
Lenaway, who has been
the director for more than
three years, said the Kane
Senior Center has 312 enrolled as participants in
center activities. The seniors range in age from 60
to 94.
The center for years held
a dinner to honor its "volunteer-of-the-year."
Lenaway said the luncheon Sunday will honor all
volunteers.
"It's too hard to pick just
one, " she said.
Obama expects better U.S.-Israel
ties after Iran deal in place
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Barack Obama
on Friday compared tensions between the U.S. and
Israel over the Iranian nuclear deal to a family feud
and said he expects quick
improvements in ties between the longtime allies
once the accord is implemented.
"Like all families, sometimes there are going to be
disagreements,"
Obama
said in a webcast with
Jewish Americans. "And
sometimes people get angrier about disagreements
in families than with folks
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Steaks
Fresh Bone-In Pork Steaks
or Country Style Ribs
Family
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that
aren't
family."
The president's comments came
as
momentum for the
nuclear accord
grew
Barack
on
Capitol
Obama
Hill, where
lawmakers will vote next
month on a resolution to
disapprove of the deal.
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.,
became the 30th senator
to publicly back the agreement, saying Friday that it
was a good deal for Ameri-
Fairground
Hot Dogs
12 oz.
ca and for allies like Israel.
If Senate Democrats can
amass 41 votes in favor of
the deal, they could block
passage of the disapproval resolution. Obama has
vowed to veto the resolution if it passes, and Democrats could hold off Republican efforts to override his
veto if they get 34 votes
— just four more than they
have now.
The looming congressional confrontation has
sparked a summer of intense debate between sup-
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Fresh Lettuce
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Lays Family Size
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2 for $1
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The Kane Republican
Saturday, August 29, 2015
CHURCH DIRECTORY
All Church Service Information is due by noon on Wednesday
KANE
ST. CALLISTUS
Rev. Philip Pinczewski
Eucharistic Liturgy, Mass, & Sacrament of Penance
Schedule
Weekday Mass or Scripture & Communion Service, 7:30
a.m. Monday through Friday; Weekend 5:00 p.m.
Saturday Evening Mass; 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Penance every Sat. 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
and at the Rectory by appointment
Schedule During Week:
Tues. September 1 7:00 PM Boy Scouts - MP Rm.
Wed. September 2 6:00 PM Choir/Cantor Practice
6:30 PM Catechist Mtg.
Thurs. September 3 11:30 AM KAMA Parish Hall
Fri. September 4 Communion Calls
3-5:00 PM Eucharistic Adoration w/ benediction at
5PM
Visit us on the Web: www.stcallistuskane.org
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FIRST BAPTIST
(American Baptist)
353 E. Hemlock Ave.
Kane, PA 16735 Phone 814-837-6895
Rev. Bruce Kumher, Pastor
Sunday Schedule
Greeter: Jane Peterson
Worship Leader: Lisa Brocious
Pianist: Melody Gatewood
Acolyte: Emily Hauser
Ushers: Lisa Brocious, Keith Hastings,
Karen Bokma, Al Bokma
Special Music: Liz Farnsworth & Connie Ferguson
Message: "THE JOY OF OUR REDEMPTION:
TRUST IN GOD'S FAITHFULNESS" EXODUS 11&12
BY PASTOR BRUCE KUMHER, M.M.
Our Services this Sunday, August 30, 2015, will be broadcast live over Radio Station WXZY FM 101.7 beginning at
11:00 am in loving memory of Tristan Sauers by Carrie
Sauers and Ted & Carol Snyder.
Schedule During the Week
Sun. August 30:
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
Fellowship Meeting After Service
Mon. August 31:
6:30 p.m. Prayer
Tues. September 1:
9:15 a.m. Moms In Prayer
2:00 p.m. American Baptist Women
Wed. September 2:
No Bible Study
Fri. September 4:
3:00 p.m. Feed The Team in Fellowship Hall
5th Quarter After The Game
Sun. September 6:
11:00 a.m. Worship Service/Communion
No Sunday Night Service
Remember to bring something for the food pantry
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EAST KANE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Route 321 East Kane - Pastor Brian Aul
Sunday Schedule
9:15 a.m. Morning Worship Service;
Wednesday Evening: 7:00 p.m. Bible Study
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NEW BEGINNINGS
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Pastor Douglas Cook
6756 Route 321 South
Kane PA 16735
[email protected]
Sundays: Connect with us through:
Prayer @ 10:15 AM
Worship Service @ 10:30 AM
Jr. Church Group also meeting ages pre-school - 6th grade
** Staffed Nursery for baby care**
Join us Wednesdays at 6:30 PM:
Impact Youth Ministries ages 12 - 16
Kid's Club Ministries Preschool - 5th Grade
Connect with the Word Bible Study
More information?
Impact Youth Ministries 814-837-6040
Sr. Youth - 814-837-6040
Kid's Club Ministries 814-837-6040
Check out our Daily devotional on the website listed above
each day. "Prayer and anointing with oil for the ill and suffering in all our services"
You are invited to join us for Any or All of our Activities!
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TABOR LUTHERAN
200 Dawson Street Kane, PA 16735
814-837-6920
Pastor William D. Waterman
www.taborlutheran.com
[email protected]
Summer Worship Schedule
8:50 AM Prelude
9:00 AM Holy Communion
10:15 AM Adult Sunday School
This Sunday:
Organist: Sharon Bond
Assisting Minister: Rob Sundberg
Ushers: Howard Kane, Garth Magnuson,
Don Payne, Dan Brinkley
Greeters: Carl & Betty Wilson
Schedule This Week:
Mon.
9:00 a.m. Quilters
Notice: Throughout the summer months, Tabor
Lutheran Church will discontinue the Family Table program. We look forward to resuming again in September.
Please watch for announcements beginning in August.
Thank you for you past support of this program.
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FREE METHODIST
317 Bayard St. Kane, PA 16735
Pastor: Chaz Maldonado - Phone: 814-561-1075
Schedule During the Week
Sunday
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
6:00 p.m. Bible Study
Wednesday:
6:00 p.m. Evening Bible Study & Prayer
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ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL
427 Chase St. - Rev. David Pflieger Rector
www.stjohnskane.org
Sunday Schedule
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist; Wed: 9:00 a.m. Holy
Eucharist & Healing Service - All Are Welcome
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KANE REVIVAL CENTER
401 Greeves Street
Rev. Leonard Eastman
Sunday School - for all ages 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.
Sunday Evening Worship - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evening:
7:00 p.m. Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Children's Ministry
7:00 p.m. Youth Group
Sunday Evening Service
For information call 814-837-9642
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EMMANUEL MISSION
102 Biddle St. Rev. Frank T. Eppley, Pastor
Home: 887-4121 • Cell 598-3947
email [email protected]
Sunday Schedule
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.
Announcements:
Come feel welcomed, encouraged & leave with love & hope!
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FIRST CHURCH OF GOD
204 North Fraley Street 837-7212 (Christy)
Office Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 9-1
[email protected]
Pastor Chad Troup
Sunday Schedule
9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages,
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service,
5:30 p.m. Youth Group (12 yrs. - High School),
6:00 p.m. Evening Worship Service
Schedule During Week,
Every Other Wed. 6:00 p.m. Women's Bible Study
(April 15th & 29th)
Thurs. 5:30 p.m. Choir Practice
6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study and Prayer
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KANE CONGREGATION OF
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
Schedule During Week
Thurs.: 7:00 p.m. Congregational Bible Study;
7:30 p.m. Theocratic Ministry School;
8:00 p.m. Service Meeting
Sun: 10:00 a.m. Public Meeting,
10:35 Watchtower Study
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF KANE
103 Greeves Street
Corner of Greeves and Chase Streets
Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:00-12:00
Website: presbykane.net
Rev. Rebecca Taylor
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 837-6960 Cell: 596-8682
Sunday Services
8:30 a.m. Worship in Fellowship Hall
11:00 a.m. Worship
Sermon: "Balancing Act"
Organist: Sharon Bond
Choir Director: Lynda Karger
Handbell Director: Betsey Davis
Lector: Jill Anderson
Acolyte: Brayden Mallery
Chimer: TBA
Greeter: The McLaughlins
Ushers: Matt & Jane Gayley, Linda Knapp
& Jill Anderson
This Week In The Life Of Our Church
This Sunday:
8:30 a.m. Worship in Fellowship Hall
11:00 a.m. Worship
Sun. 11:00 a.m. Worship
12:00 p.m. Coffee Hour (hosted by CND)
Please call the church 837-6960 or Rev. Taylor at
837-7368 for any pastoral concerns
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FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
112 Greeves St.
Visit us on the Web: www.kanefumc.org
Rev. William R. LaVelle Jr., Pastor
Saturday August 29, 2015 6:00 p.m. - Held in the Chapel
Message: Rev. William R. LaVelle, Jr.
"True Devotion" James 1:17-27
Music: iWorship Songs
Sunday August 30, 2015 Sun 8:30 a.m. Worship - Held in the Chapel
Message: Rev. William R. LaVelle, Jr.
Accompanist: Ann Bokma
Worship Leader: Larry Geer
Special Music: Jimmie Elinski and Ashton Watts
Altar Flowers: Friends of Cookie Antonson
Radio Broadcast: Friends of Cookie Antonson
Ushers: David Banks and Craig Rudolph
SUNDAY SCHOOL HOUR 9:30 a.m. We have classes for all ages, Nursery through Adult. Call the church
office if you would like further information. We are a Safe Sanctuaries Church.
Our teachers and staff members all have their Act 33 and 34 Clearances.
Sunday August 30, 2015 11 a.m. SANCTUARY WORSHIP SERVICE Message: Rev. William R. LaVelle, Jr.
Worship Leader: Lori Avenali
Organist: Debbie Airgood
Special Music: Jimmie Elinski and Ashton Watts
Altar Flowers: Friends of Cookie Antonson
Greeters:
Ushers: John DeWalt's Team
Events for this Week
MONDAY - Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous -Fellowship Room
TUESDAY - Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. Bible Study with Pastor Bill
WEDNESDAY - Office Hours:
10:00 a.m. Prayer Group Meets - Room 203
7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
THURSDAY - Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. Sewing Group - Choir Rehearsal Room
9:00 a.m. WIC - Fellowship Room
6:00 p.m. Wesley Preschool Open house: Preschool Class
7:00 p.m. Wesley Preschool Open house: Pre-K Class
8:00 p.m. AA- Fellowship Room
Al-Anon - Choir Rehearsal Rm.
FRIDAY - Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAY 6:00 p.m. Saturday Night Service with Rev. William R. LaVelle, Jr.
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ST. MICHAEL THE
ARCHANGEL BYZANTINE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Pastor: Fr. David Bosnich
407 School St., Sheffield Pennsylvania 16347
Phone: (814)968-5478
Liturgical Schedule
- Sundays: 9:00 a.m.
- Daily: 8:00 a.m.
- Holy Days: 6:00 p.m.
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BETHANY EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Sheffield, PA
Sunday Worship Service with Holy Communion, 11:15 a.m.
Rev. Susan Scofield, Interim Pastor
Sunday School September - May
Tuesday: Bethany Bible Study, 2:00 p.m.
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MORIAH EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Ludlow, PA - Pastor Rev. William D. Waterman
Sunday Schedule
11:45 a.m. Worship Service, Holy Communion
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WILCOX PRESBYTERIAN
Corner of Clarion & Fairies St.
Sunday Schedule
10:15 a.m. All children are welcome to attend;
10:00 am. Worship with Pastor Mark Cantaral preaching.
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ST. ANNE'S CATHOLIC
Buchanon Street, Wilcox - David J. Wilson, Pastor
Lord’s Day Mass, Sat. 7:30 p.m.
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WESTLINE COMMUNITY
BIBLE CHURCH
NON DENOMINATIONAL
Pastor Greg Miller
Sunday Schedule
10:00 a.m. Sunday School; 11:00 a.m. Worship Service; Bible Hour
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MT. JEWETT
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN
11 Main Street
Sunday Schedule
Kids Church during worship service 11:00 a.m.
For more information, please contact St. Matthew's
at 778-5971
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MT. JEWETT
UNITED METHODIST
W. Craig Smith, Pastor
Sunday Schedule
6:00 p.m. Worship Service
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Lynn Gatz, Pastor
Saturday Schedule
9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Children's Bible Hour
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ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
(Roman Catholic)
Rev. Vincent Cieslewicz
Sunday Schedule 11:00 a.m. Mass
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KUSHEQUA UNION
Sunday Schedule
9:30 a.m. Worship Service; 10:45 a.m. Sunday School;
Wed: 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meetings
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JAMES CITY UNION CHURCH
Sunday Schedule
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LEBANON EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Route 6, Three Miles East of Kane
Rev. Theodore Benson, Pastor
Sunday Schedule
Worship Services Sunday at 9:00 a.m.
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RUSSELL PRAISE!
FELLOWSHIP
Route 62, Russell
Senior Pastor: Rick Rohlin
Sunday Schedule
Sun: 10:00 a.m. Worship and Children’s Church
For More Information, see
www.praisefellowship.net
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
501 First Avenue (corner of Spruce & First Ave)
Johnsonburg, PA
9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:45 a.m. Worship Service;
Wed: 6:30 p.m. Prayer time/bible study
(other prayer times to be announced);
Praise & Worship service 2nd Sunday of the month 7 p.m.
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KANE
MENNONITE CHURCH
201 N. Fraley St. (former Burritt bldg.)
Pastor Kyle Good Phone: (814) 598-3155
Sunday Schedule: 9:30 a.m. Worship;
2nd & 4th Wed: 7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer meeting
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HAZELHURST
UNITED METHODIST
W. Craig Smith, Pastor
Sunday schedule: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service
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COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH
114 N. Fraley Street, Kane PA
Phone:(814)837-9137 • Pastor: Ivan J. McClain
We are a Non-Denominational Church
Church Service Sundays 10 a.m. - Noon
Bible Study & Prayer - Monday 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
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THESE CHURCH PAGE SPONSORS DEDICATE THEIR EFFORTS TO BETTER
CHURCH ATTENDANCE AND TO THE BUILDING OF A MORE SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY
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TRUST COMPANY
GAUSMAN’S GARAGE
34 Fraley St., Kane, PA
U.S. Route 6
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ZOOK MOTORS, INC.
K.D. ACCOUNTING & TAX
“Reliable Since 1925”
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Kimberly A. Detrick CPA
21 Field St. Suite B, Kane, PA
Ph. 814-837-9296
Fax. 814-837-9297
Kane & Mt. Jewett
Sam Cummings Jr.
Sam Cummings Sr.
SUNDAHL INSURANCE
Life, Health, Auto, Homeowners, Business
P.O. Box 368, Bradford, PA 16701
1-800-648-2605
MYERS
TRUCKING, INC.
P.O. Box, 170, Mt. Jewett, PA
800-778-5795
95 Hardwood
Drive
Kane, PA
814-837-6400
THOMPSON
FLOOR COVERING
Finest Floor Covering Center in Seneca Highlands
Rt. 321 South, Kane, PA 16735
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24 Field St.
Kane, PA
837-8370
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1-866-282-4968
PHOTO & SOUND
Radio Shack DEALER
101 Fraley St.
PINE HAVEN
VETERINARY CLINIC
101 Pine Haven Drive
Kane • 837-7929
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Funeral Home, Inc.
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“Taking Good Care...”
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ADVERTISE HERE
CALL 837-6000
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Happenings at the Kane Senior Center
Kane Senior Center
news for the week of Sept. 4
Happy
September…a
new month already-this
year is just zipping by isn’t
it? I can remember when
my mom Bonnie was alive
she would always say, ”the
older you get, the faster
time flies.” I never really
understood that until now,
when I find myself one of
the “olders.” I guess this
is where you live each day
as if it were going to be
your last, seeking out the
blessings as they are always there…we just have
to look. This week will be
a little quieter at the center on purpose. Sunday,
Aug. 30 will see us honoring our volunteers, that
day in and day out help to
keep our center running so
smoothly. We are planning
a grand party full of “ordinary people-with extraordinary hearts.” The Kane
Senior Center…where the
coffee is always hot and
the conversation always
lively. All that is missing
is you.
Farmer’s market
vouchers are zipping
out the door
Beginning on Monday,
June 1 from 8:30-10:30
a.m. and again from 1-2
p.m., Farmer’s Market
Vouchers are here and
almost gone. Have you
stopped in to get yours
yet? We will be distributing them on every Monday through Thursday
from now until the end of
September. You can begin
to use the vouchers from
June 1 through September
30.
Volunteer Luncheon –
Sunday, Aug. 30 at 2 p.m.
– open to any volunteer of
the Kane Senior Center.
Learning from the thorns
in your life
On Monday, Aug. 31 beginning at 11:45 a.m., the
seniors and I will be having a Motivating Moment.
Have you ever found yourself with so much to do
and so little time? I think
we have all felt that way.
Why not stop in and learn
a little something about
learning how to prevent
biting off more than you
can chew?
Fruit of the Month…the
Old Man of Fruits
On Tuesday, Sept. 1 beginning at 11:45 a.m., the
seniors will have an opportunity to learn about “one
of the oldest fruits in recorded history.” This fruit
has been traced back as
far as biblical times. And it
comes in over 50 different
varieties. Got any guesses? Why not stop in on
Tuesday and see what you
can learn about this low
calorie snack or dessert
that packs such a powerful
wallop.
Healthy Steps in Motion
8-week workshop
Beginning on Tuesday,
Sept. 1, the Kane Senior
Center will be once again
offering an eight-week
Healthy Steps in Motion Workshop here at
our Kane Center beginning at 9:30 a.m. As we
age, if we don’t use it….
we lose it. This is an exercise program designed
with seniors in mind? It
is for anyone….no matter
what shape you are in…
the time is now for you to
make the decision towards
better health…you will be
so glad that you did and
we look forward to having
you join us every Tuesday
and Thursday beginning
at 9:30 a.m. This year we
have more incentive than
ever to complete the eightweek exercise program
because this year not only
do we win the prize of better health (and a new gym
bag) but our Kane center
will get a cash incentive…
please help us earn money for our center….it is a
win…win
proposition…
and to do so, we need your
help.
Dawn and Lou to sing
On Wednesday, Sept.
2, the Calabrise’s will be
stopping by after many
months of health issues.
We have so missed having Dawn and Lou stop by
and perform for us and it
is truly a musical treat for
all of us to have them joining our Kane Senior Center Family once again.
The duo will begin performing at 10:45 a.m.
Please take time out of
your busy schedules to join
us for great music and a
great lunch….you will be
so glad that you did.
Medicare Minute
On Friday, Sept. 4, the
seniors and I will be discussing the Medicare Advantage
Disenrollment
Period. This is rather
complicated subject and
one that if questions arise,
should probably be taken
up with our APPRISE
counselor Harriet Moore,
but it is definitely a subject
worthy to spend a minute
on together. Our Medicare
minute is done at 11:45
a.m., right before lunch.
BINGO
On Friday, Sept. 4, the
members at the Kane Senior Center will be playing
BINGO. The games start
at 1 p.m. or as soon as the
kitchen crew is done in the
kitchen. BINGO is available to all members of the
Kane Senior Center. The
11 games start at 1 p.m. so
you might as well stop in
for lunch and plan to stay
for BINGO.
August 50/50 drawing:
Aug. 31 at noon
Closed: Sept. 7 for Labor
Day.
Do you need a PHOTO
I.D.? – Wednesday, Sept.
9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. –
bring proof of age.
This Week’s Menu: (R/
A=Refreshment/Activity
Day)
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were "more difficult" than
previous PSSA exams.
Kepler, the assistant to
the school superintendent,
said the state has released
data to support Gaetano's
assessment of the new
tests.
As an example, he said
75.7 percent of seventhgrade students in the
state achieved proficient
or advanced scores on the
2014 PSSA math test.
Only 33 percent of seventh-grade students in the
state reached proficient
or advanced marks on the
PSSA math exam given
last spring.
The tests also carried
different material than
seen on previous standardized tests. Therefore,
educators can't assess the
latest results with previous PSSA tests because it
would be like comparing
apples and oranges.
The results will set a
baseline for future PSSA
testing.
Gaetano said he believes the new tests based
on "Core Standards" are
"not ready for prime time."
He said schools did not
have sufficient notice to
alter curriculum to teach
all the subject matter on
the tests.
Gaetano said the state
failed to give schools the
"ammunition" to prepare
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Thompson (R-5) on Friday
applauded a federal court
decision to block a proposed
Environmental Protection
ANF is anticipated.
Agency (EPA) regulatory
Seed collection for long- action, entitled the Waters
term storage is one way to of the United States (WOensure the future restora- TUS), which seeks to drastion of the ash tree. As the tically expand the federal
trees decline it is going jurisdiction over state wato become harder to col- ters.
lect viable seed. Ash seed
Thursday’s
injunction
is currently in abundance only applies to states that
across the Forest; let’s filed suit against the EPA
take advantage of this op- until the resolution of those
portunity to preserve the cases. Pennsylvania had
ash species.
not filed suit against the
EPA, meaning the new rule
took effect as scheduled toShe is among officials day. Thompson issued the
known as "hawks," who following statement on Fritend to worry that rates day:
“On Thursday afterkept too low for too long
could escalate inflation or noon, a federal court ruled
against the overreach of
fuel asset bubbles.
So far, the hawks have the EPA and prevented the
remained in the minority, harmful Waters of the Unitoutnumbered by the Fed's ed States rule from taking
"doves," including Yellen. effect in 13 states. Despite
They typically stress the continued bipartisan conneed to keep job growth cerns from legislators and
strong and to raise infla- stakeholders, Pennsylvania
tion closer to the Fed's tar- was not part of the suit and
get. Both camps have data the rule took effect today.
they can point to support I have long said it repretheir views. The U.S. econ- sents a real threat to the
Thompson: WOTUS rule will
cause great harm to Pa. economy
Volunteers needed for ash seed collection
WARREN – The Allegheny National Forest (ANF) is looking for
volunteers to assist in
the collection of ash seed
throughout the forest. An
ash seed collection workshop is being held Saturday, Sept. 12 from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. at Buckaloons
Campground,
located
near the intersection of
state Route 6 and state
Route 62, east of Irvine.
At the workshop, hosted
by the U.S. Forest Service
and the Mid-Atlantic Seed
Bank, participants will
learn about the different
species of ash, various
methods of seed collection
and the importance of collecting seed from multiple
ecoregions.
Ash trees are threatened by the emerald ash
borer (EAB), an exotic
wood boring beetle native
to Asia that attacks all
species of North American
ash trees. Since 2002, the
EAB has caused the mortality of an estimated 50
million ash trees in the
United States and Canada. With no effective landscape scale treatment options for EAB, a near total
loss of ash trees across the
Fed vice chair in spotlight as markets seek rate hike clues
WASHINGTON (AP) —
What once seemed a sure
bet — that the Federal Reserve would raise interest
rates in September — suddenly appears less certain
following a wild week of
stock market turbulence.
The market's ride and
how the Fed will react provide the backdrop for the
annual high-profile economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Fed
Chair Janet Yellen decided
to skip this year's meeting,
so Vice Chairman Stanley
Fischer is commanding top
attention, with investors
eagerly parsing his every
word.
Fischer's message: Incoming economic data and
market developments over
the next two weeks will
play crucial roles in determining whether the Fed
raises interest rates at its
September meeting.
In an interview Friday
with CNBC, Fischer acknowledged that before
the recent market volatility, "there was a pretty
strong case" for a rate hike
at the Sept. 16-17 meeting, though it wasn't conclusive. Now, the jury is
out because the Fed needs
to assess the economic impact of events in China
and on Wall Street.
But Fischer said Fed
officials realize that they
need to act before data requires them to hike rates
to alleviate inflation.
"When the case is overwhelming, if you wait that
long, you will be waiting
too long," Fischer said.
"There is always uncertainty, and we will just
have to recognize that."
Fischer tried to reassure
markets, as Yellen has,
that when the Fed begins
to raise rates, it plans to
do so very gradually. The
Fed's key rate has been at
a range of zero to a quarter-point since late December 2008.
Fischer said the first
move would nudge that
up by a quarter-point to
a range of 0.25 percent to
0.5 percent and then pausing to monitor the impact.
He said with that small
increase, rates will still be
historically low, continuing to provide support to
consumer and business
borrowers.
"We will be adjusting
the knob slightly," he said.
Fischer said his "confidence is pretty high" that
low levels of inflation will
head toward the Fed's target of 2 percent as temporary effects from a big drop
in energy prices fade. A
government report Friday
showed that the Fed's preferred measure of inflation
is up just 1.2 percent over
the past 12 months. It has
been below 2 percent for
the past three years.
Fischer will deliver
more comments on inflation in a formal speech to
the conference on Saturday.
Other Fed officials who
have spoken since the market turmoil hit with force
have hinted at a delay. But
The family of
Martha Buhl
would like to thank you for your kind
and generous expressions of sympathy.
They are deeply appreciated and
gratefully acknowledged.
they haven't ruled out a
hike in mid-September.
William Dudley, president of the New York Federal Reserve, helped ignite
a Wall Street rally this
week when he told reporters that the case for raising rates in September
was "less compelling to
me" that it had been a few
weeks ago, before sudden
fears about China's economy upset global markets.
But Dudley added that
the notion of a rate hike
"could become more compelling by the time of the
meeting as we get additional information" about
the economy.
Esther George, president of the Kansas City
Federal Reserve, which
sponsors the Jackson Hole
conference, said she was
taking a "wait and see" approach.
"We've seen data that
suggests the economy is
strong enough to act. So
we'll see what happens by
the September meeting,"
George, who doesn't have
a vote on the Fed's policy
committee this year under
the committee's rotating
system, told Fox Business
Network.
George has long argued
that the Fed must soon begin raising rates to avoid
instability in the markets.
students for the tougher
tests.
Gaetano, who began duties earlier this year as
the Kane school superintendent, said the PSSA
tests are "high stakes" for
students, teachers and administrators.
The test results are a
major part of the school
district's
"performance
profile," which is expected
to be issued by the state
late next month.
While the dreaded PSSA
tests apparently are here
to stay, Gaetano said the
exams are "only one measure of what we're doing
for kids" in the Kane Area
School District.
"We want to produce
better readers, better
writers and better critical thinkers," Gaetano
said. "Our goal is to make
sure every student meets
their potential and makes
growth every year."
Gaetano said the administration will be meeting with faculty to map
out plans for boosting
PSSA scores on tests given
next spring.
"We're looking at ways
to improve," Kepler said.
Gaetano said the preliminary PSSA test results
"tell us where we need to
improve."
"We know what we need
to do," he said.
omy has been performing
well. The government estimated Thursday that the
economy grew at a healthy
3.7 percent annual rate
in the April-June quarter.
And the unemployment
rate is at a seven-year low
of 5.3 percent.
But doves worry that
the economy remains vulnerable to shocks, such as
a major slowdown in China. They also point to lower-than-optimal inflation,
depressed by a strengthening dollar and shrunken
oil prices.
The debate isn't confined to the Fed' s boardroom. This week, two
prominent Harvard economists — Martin Feldstein
and Lawrence Summers
— wrote dueling opinion
pieces.
In Memory of
Calvin
R.
Peterson
who passed away 32 years ago
12/6/57 - 8/30/83
Those we love remain with us,
for love itself lives on, and
cherished memories never fade
Because a loved one’s gone
Those we love can never be more
than a thought apart. For as long as
there is memory they’ll live on in our hearts.
With Love,
Mom, Bruce, Carl, Faith and Cindy
Commonwealth’s economy.
It also jeopardizes years
of success under the Clean
Water Act, which until now,
has only applied to navigable waters.
“Under WOTUS, a wide
range of activities which
drive economic development will now be subject to
federal permitting, including infrastructure projects,
farming, flood control and
energy production.
“Specifically, the rule
would turn ditches into
‘tributaries.’ Routine maintenance activities in ditches, on-site ponds and impoundments could lead to
permits which can cost companies more than $100,000.
Furthermore, the rule could
trigger additional environmental reviews which could
extend projects for years,
with added costs to landowners and businesses.
“So, while I applaud the
North Dakota court’s decision, I continue to urge the
EPA to go back to the drawing board to fix the fundamental flaws with this
rule. This court decision
emphasizes a fairer, and
more calculated approach is
needed.”
We want to thank everyone for their thoughts and
prayers during this difficult time and for taking part in
Toby’s celebration of life and making it such a success.
A special thanks to Pastor Pfleiger.
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Letters &
Guest Commentary
Food Stamps: An
Unappetizing Trend
Good news: The number
of Americans using food
stamps in 2014 declined
slightly from the previous
year. So why does the 2015
Index of Culture and Opportunity say this indicator is headed in the “wrong
direction”?
There are a couple of
reasons. For one, the foodstamp program (officially
known now as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP)
is still much larger today
than it was a decade ago -or, indeed, just a few years
ago. In 2008, it was below
30 million. By 2013, it had
hit 47.6 million.
It has since dipped a
bit, as I mentioned (to
46.5 million). But for it
to still be so high, despite
an improving economy, is
certainly troubling.
“The program may
appear to be on the right
track,” Maura Corrigan,
a visiting fellow at the
American Enterprise Institute, writes in the Index.
“But it is far from perfect
and traveling much too
slowly.”
Unemployment has
dropped in recent years,
yet still -- far too many
people are participating.
One out of every seven
Americans received SNAP
benefits in 2014, and the
program cost $74.1 billion,
making it one of the largest means-tested welfare
programs.
You’d think the improving jobs situation would
translate to the number of
SNAP beneficiaries declining by a much larger
margin. But that hasn’t
been the case.
Another reason for saying that food stamp numbers aren’t really going in
the right direction? Look at
how the SNAP demographic has changed.
Before the 2008 recession, 55 percent of SNAP
households consisted of
children and the elderly.
Now, however, a slight
majority of recipients are
non-elderly, able-bodied
adults There’s also been
an uptick in the number
working-age, able-bodied
adults on SNAP who are
not working.
Why? What explains
the climbing numbers of
non-working, non-elderly,
working-age SNAP recipients?
At least part of the
reason can be traced to the
waiving of work requirements for childless, ablebodied, working-age adults
during the recession. Sim-
ply put, we’re not requiring
those who are able to work
to do so.
This is clearly a mistake. Able-bodied adults
receiving food stamps
should be required to work,
prepare for work or do job
search. Look back at what
happened in the 1990s.
The great welfare reform
of 1996 was put into law,
reforming the largest
cash welfare assistance
program (Aid to Families
with Dependent Children
or AFDC, which is now
Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families). Rather
than allow the government to continue fostering
dependency, we started
insisting that non-disabled
adults either work or be
looking for work in exchange for benefits. And lo
and behold, the numbers
dropped.
SNAP wasn’t reformed
to include a work requirement like AFDC was,
but if you look back, you
notice a significant drop
in the SNAP rolls in the
late 1990s too. It fell below
20 million, to a level even
lower than we saw in the
late 1980s.
SNAP should be reformed to include a work
requirement for able-bodied adults. Loosening the
requirements with waivers and relaxing the rules
hasn’t helped anybody,
from the taxpayers who
are asked to pony up more
and more money, to the
recipients who soon find
themselves trapped in a
cycle of poverty that often
stretches across generations.
According to Corrigan,
a former state human services director who administered more than 70 federal means-tested welfare
programs: “Our nation’s
simple three-word mantra should be ‘Better Off
Working.’ Social safety-net
programs, including SNAP,
should expect and encourage work -- and the dignity
and responsibility that
accompany it -- from those
who are able to do so.”
The key, after all, is to
promote self-sufficiency as
much as possible. Some
people will never be able to
provide for themselves, but
we should do all we can to
extend some basic dignity
to those who can.
Because at the end of
the day, no welfare program can replace work.
–
Ed Feulner is founder of
The Heritage Foundation
(www.heritage.org).
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Guest Commentary
A Vision for Ferguson, Baltimore, L.A. and Everywhere
This month, the nation
will acknowledge two political milestones. On Aug.
9, we marked the one-year
anniversary of the unrest
in Ferguson, Missouri. Two
days later, we marked the
50th anniversary of the
uprising in Watts. A third
civil disturbance, located
in time between these two,
offers lessons learned from
the failures of 1965.
It provides a blueprint
for how we might begin to
rebuild Ferguson and the
many American communities that look like Ferguson. That third milestone
is the 1992 unrest in South
Los Angeles.
In April 1992, L.A.
erupted, sparked by the acquittal of police accused of
beating an unarmed Black
man named Rodney King.
The violence that followed
cast a national spotlight
on South Los Angeles and
other impoverished L.A.
neighborhoods in which
liquor stores substituted
for supermarkets and
check-cashing joints served
as surrogate banks.
In the aftermath of the
unrest, it became clear that
government and privatesector responses would be
woefully inadequate to the
need. Grassroots community leaders working in
L.A.’s lowest income communities had little option
but to do for themselves.
That’s when the organization I now lead, Strategic
Concepts for Organizing &
Policy Education (SCOPE),
was founded.
For more than 20 years,
L.A. community organizations like ours banded
together with residents to
elevate the voices of people
of color and strengthen
their power. We have
forged strong alliances
with labor and grassroots
groups that advocate for
people of color. We engage
sophisticated “inside/outside strategies.”
We understand that
elected officials have powerful forces pushing them
and often settle for what’s
possible instead of what’s
needed. Independent community power helps keep
elected representatives accountable to the needs and
interests of neighborhoods
and residents.
As a result, community
organizations in L.A. today
are a force to be reckoned
with. That’s why L.A.
recently became the largest city in the country to
raise the minimum wage
and L.A. County, with 10
million residents, following suit. The raise in the
minimum wage is one of
many victories that could
not have been won without
the strength and power
of grassroots community
organizations, our partners
in organized labor and the
support of our allies.
In the last 20 years,
SCOPE has emerged as
a local laboratory for L.A.
From day one, we were
pushing the envelope.
Experimenting. How do
we build community power
and influence? How do we
elevate equity in all policies?
We believe if you start
by building a program for
people with the most burdens, facing the greatest
barriers, who come from
the poorest communities, if
you start there and build a
program for those commu-
nities to succeed, then you
have a program that will
benefit everyone.
SCOPE’s 20-year-old
jobs model does that. Our
model couples entry-level
jobs with job-training and
apprenticeships to create
real career pathways into
good-paying union jobs
in entertainment, health
care and the green economy. These programs go
the extra mile by providing
paid on-the-job training,
mentoring by experienced
senior workers and tutoring to help pass certification exams and tests.
SCOPE pioneered
a neighborhood-based
precinct model to engage
voters and turn out the
vote. We have neighbors
talk to neighbors on the
phones and at their doors,
because we know that’s
the most effective way to
mobilize voters. We also
invested in predictive dialing, an automated dialing
program that allows us
to reach an exponentially
greater number of new and
occasional voters. We do
sustained engagement over
time, during and between
electoral cycles, because
that’s what it takes to turn
“new and occasional voters” to an “always voter.”
Engage. Educate. Turn
them out.
We call it “integrated
voter engagement.” With
it, SCOPE and our allies have won two recent,
tide-turning initiatives.
Proposition 30 generated
$9 billion for education and
social services. Proposition 47 reclassified certain
nonviolent felonies to
misdemeanors, reversing
decades of investment in
prisons and redirecting
resources to treatment and
support.
There is still more work
to be done. The South
L.A. neighborhood where
SCOPE is located has a
high percentage of working families struggling to
make ends meet and high
rates of violence. L.A.’s
economy is obscenely out
of balance with per capita
income in Bel Air topping
$128,000 while comparable
South L.A. income is just
$13,243.
But we have made progress and we will continue.
South L.A. didn’t always
look like the neighborhood
that’s become infamous in
news stories and movies.
Sixty years ago, South L.A.
was a vibrant middle-class
neighborhood.
Many African-Americans
bought their first homes
here. L.A. was a major
industrial center for the
country. South L.A. was
the heart of that industry.
Men and women had jobs
that supported families.
Children graduated high
school and many of them
went on to college. That is
SCOPE’s vision for the new
Los Angeles.
It is the vision that our
grassroots community
counterparts in Ferguson,
Baltimore and numerous
other American cities hold
for the future.
–
Gloria Walton is president and CEO of Los
Angeles-based Strategic
Concepts in Organizing &
Policy Education (SCOPE),
which works on social and
economic justice issues.
This op-ed first appeared in
Equal Voice News.
Today in History
Today is Saturday, August 29, the 241st day of
2015. There are 124 days
left in the year.
Today's Highlight in
History:
On August 29, 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.
On this date:
In 1533, the last Incan
King of Peru, Atahualpa
( a h - t u h - WA H L ' - p u h ) ,
was executed on orders of
Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.
In 1814, during the
War of 1812, Alexandria,
Virginia, formally surrendered to British military
forces, which occupied the
city until September 3.
In 1864, the Democratic National Convention,
which nominated Maj.
Gen. George B. McClellan
for president, opened in
Chicago.
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
1915,
Academy
Award-winning
actress
Ingrid Bergman was born
in Stockholm, Sweden.
(Bergman died in London
on this date in 1982 at age
67.)
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
(shahms ay-lee-ZAY') in
Paris as the French capital
continued to celebrate its
liberation from the Nazis.
In 1958, pop superstar
Michael Jackson was born
in Gary, Indiana.
In 1964, Roy Orbison's
single "Oh, Pretty Woman"
was released on the Monument label.
In 1965, Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon
Cooper and Charles "Pete"
Conrad, splashed down in
the Atlantic after 8 days in
space.
In 1975, Irish statesman
Eamon de Valera (AY'muhn dehv-uh-LEHR'-uh)
died near Dublin at age 92.
In
1987,
Academy
Award-winning actor Lee
Marvin died in Tucson,
Arizona, at age 63.
Ten years ago: Economist Jude Wanniski, who
advocated tax cuts as economic stimulus and was
credited with coining the
term "supply-side economics," died in Morristown,
New Jersey, at age 69.
Five years ago: Five
years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President
Barack Obama sought to
reassure disaster-weary
Gulf Coast residents during a speech at Xavier
University that he would
not abandon their cause.
"Mad Men" received its
third consecutive Emmy
Award for best drama series; "Modern Family" won
for best comedy series.
The United States' fiveyear reign as Little League
World Series champions
ended as Tokyo defeated
Waipahu, Hawaii, 4-1.
Brian McCann hit a gamewinning homer with help
from video replay, giving
the Atlanta Braves a stunning 7-6 victory over the
Florida Marlins; it was the
first time a game ended
using a video review.
One year ago: A federal judge threw out new
Texas abortion restrictions that would have effectively closed more than
a dozen clinics statewide
in a victory for opponents
of tough new anti-abortion
laws sweeping across the
U.S. (The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later ruled that Texas could
fully implement the abortion law, but the Supreme
Court later said the clinics
should be allowed to operate, pending appeal.)
Today's Birthdays: Actress Betty Lynn (TV: "The
Andy Griffith Show") is
89. Movie director William Friedkin is 80. Sen.
John McCain, R-Ariz., is
79. Actor Elliott Gould is
77. Movie director Joel
Schumacher is 76. TV personality Robin Leach is
74. Actress Deborah Van
Valkenburgh is 63. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew
is 60. Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 59.
Country musician Dan
Truman (Diamond Rio)
is 59. Actress Rebecca
DeMornay is 56. Singer
Me'Shell NdegeOcello (nDAY'-gay-OH'-chehl-oh)
is 46. Rhythm-and-blues
singer Carl Martin (Shai)
is 45. Actress Carla Gugino
is 44. Rock musician Kyle
Cook (Matchbox Twenty)
is 40. Actor John Hensley
is 38. Rock musician David
Desrosiers (Simple Plan)
is 35. Rapper A+ is 33. Actress Jennifer Landon is
32. Actor Jeffrey Licon is
30. Actress-singer Lea Michele is 29. Actress Nicole
Gale Anderson is 25. Rock
singer Liam Payne (One
Direction) is 22.
Thought for Today: "Be
yourself. The world worships the original." — Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).
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Upcoming events are scheduled for Sunday and through Septemebr at the First United Methodist Church.
First United Methodist
Church begins its fall happenings this Sunday, Aug.
30. The Rally Day celebration is this Sunday at 9:45
a.m. All are invited to join
in. Attendance awards are
given, classes and teachers are introduced, presentation of Bibles are
given to children in third
grade, prayer and fellowship with friends all with
donuts, juice and coffee.
Then on Sunday, Sept.
13, regular Sunday school
begins from 9:45-10:45
a.m. There are classes
from nursery through
adults. The FUMC adheres to the United Methodist Safe Sanctuary policy, therefore all volunteers
and staff have their clearances. Also that Sunday
the Genesis Kids’ Choir
begins in the Junior Center with Miss Coleen and
Christy at 9:30 a.m.
On Sept. 20, youth
choir and bells begins. On
Sept. 22, Kids Happening Program for children
in grades 3, 4, and 5 begins. It runs from 3-4:30
p.m. with Miss Donna. In
her Puppet Ministry, the
children will meet Chase,
Molly, Froggie and Turtle
to name a few of the puppets. These children can
also join in on Beginning
Chimes.
FUMC has a great program for all ages, come
join in the fun.
Students from McKean
County graduate from IUP
INDIANA – The following local students have
completed
requirements
for graduation from Indiana University of Pennsylvania as of May 2015.
Graduates, their hometowns, majors and degrees
are:
Bradford: Elizabeth Ann
Girard, Cornen Street,
B.A. in Anthropology; Elizabeth Ann Girard, Cornen
Street, B.A. in Psychology; Kathryn Kornacki,
West Washington Street,
B.S. in Fashion Merchandising; Megan Elizabeth
McIntyre, Barbour Street,
B.A. in English/Writing
Studies.
Kane: Kathryn Margaret Bizzak, Route 66, B.S.
in Nursing.
Mount Jewett: Kelley
Rae Chilson, McClellan
Avenue, B.A. in Honors
Program in Psychology.
Smethport:
Amanda
M. Vossler, South Marvin
Street, B.S. in Human Resource Management.
Causer to host public meeting
to discuss solutions to save
area ambulance services
PORT ALLEGANY –
Rep. Martin Causer (RTurtlepoint) is hosting a
public meeting to discuss
the challenges facing area
ambulance services. Many
are struggling with limited
personnel and dwindling
finances, which is threatening their ability to con-
tinue operating.
Causer will meet with
ambulance service personnel, county and local officials, and members of the
community on Monday,
Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. at Port
Allegany Fire Department,
65 W. Maple St., Port Allegany.
Museum to display restored
Cold War-era jet fighter plane
HORSHAM (AP) — A
historic jet fighter plane is
about to go back on public
display in suburban Philadelphia after nine years of
restoration work.
The F-8 Crusader was
part of the U.S. fleet during
the Cold War. It flew lowaltitude surveillance missions that led to the Cuban
Missile Crisis and battled
Soviet planes in the Vietnam War. The plane was
retired more than 25 years
ago.
The restored 1957 aircraft belongs to the Harold
F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum in
Horsham. It is the earliest
model of the F-8.
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porters and opponents of
the nuclear accord. The deliberations have also divided Jewish Americans, with
leaders of many organizations expressing concern
about long-term damage to
the community.
The president encouraged skeptics of the agreement to "overcome the emotions" that have infused
the debate and evaluate
the accord based on facts.
"I would suggest that in
terms of the tone of this
debate everybody keep in
mind that we're all proIsrael," he said. "We have
to make sure that we don't
impugn people's motives."
While Obama was measured in his remarks Friday, he has spoken passionately about the nuclear
accord in the past, accusing those who oppose the
deal of supporting war over
diplomacy. Earlier Friday,
his spokesman equated an
anti-deal rally Republican
presidential
candidates
Donald Trump and Sen.
Ted Cruz plan to hold next
month to a "pro-war rally."
Obama also infuriated
congressional Republicans
earlier this month when
he compared opponents
of the agreement to Iranian hardliners who chant
"Death to America" in the
streets of Tehran.
Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell,
R-Ky., said Friday that Republicans were still waiting for the president to retract that assertion.
The U.S. negotiated
alongside Britain, France,
Germany, Russia and China for nearly two years before finalizing a landmark
accord to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for
billions of dollars in sanctions relief.
As he has in previous
speeches and interviews,
Obama sought to refute
criticism of the accord
point by point. He disputed the notion that Iran
would funnel the bulk of
the money it receives from
the sanctions relief into
terrorism, saying Iranian
leaders are more likely to
try to bolster their weak
economy. He also said the
agreement wasn't built
on trusting Iran's government, which frequently
spouts anti-American and
anti-Israeli rhetoric.
"It's precisely because
we're not counting on the
nature of the regime to
change that it's so important for us to make sure
they don't have a nuclear
weapon," he said.
Friday's webcast was
hosted by the Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
and The Jewish Federations of North America.
Organizers said thousands
of people participated and
questions submitted online
were selected by the moderators.
Israel Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, one
of the fiercest critics of the
nuclear agreement, took
part in a similar webcast
hosted by the same organizations earlier this
month. While Obama and
Netanyahu have never had
a warm relationship, the
U.S. president's pursuit of
diplomacy with Iran has
deeply strained ties between the leaders.
Obama said once the
nuclear accord is implemented, he expects "pretty
quick" improvements in
U.S.-Israeli relations. He
called for resuming talks
with Israel over ways to
boost its security in a dangerous neighborhood.
In the weeks following
completion of the nuclear
deal, Israeli officials have
resisted discussing increased security assistance
with the U.S. because they
say such talks would imply
acceptance of the accord.
School district: We can't make
payroll amid budget stalemate
HARRISBURG
(AP)
— One of Pennsylvania's
poorest school districts
says it cannot afford to
pay its staff amid an entrenched state budget
stalemate, and district
and state officials had no
immediate answers Friday about where they will
find the money to keep the
schools operating.
Chester Upland School
District, just south of Philadelphia, said it cannot
meet a scheduled payroll
on Sept. 9. Teachers and
support staff, including
bus drivers and secretaries, voted Thursday to continue working if they are
not paid. The fall semester
is scheduled to start next
week.
"We've always put our
students first, and we always will," said Michele
Paulick, president of the
Chester Upland Education Association, the district teacher's union.
Gov. Tom Wolf's office
said drastic action will be
necessary to ensure the
deficit-ridden school district can operate through
the entire school year,
even if the district is able
to open its doors on schedule. State officials said
they are considering their
options on how to deal
with it.
The state missed a major aid payment to public
schools earlier this week
because of the stalemate.
Meanwhile, a Delaware
County judge on Tuesday
rejected a request by the
Wolf administration and
the district to shave Chester Upland's payments to
charter schools by nearly
$25 million in the 2015-16
school year.
Education Secretary Pedro Rivera said the administration has no emergency funding to offer until
Wolf and the Legislature
enact a budget for the fiscal year that began July
1. Meanwhile, his department is trying to help in
any way it can, including
instructional and technical support, he said.
Going back to court over
the charter payments is
an option under consideration, Rivera said, and the
Wolf administration believes it has a good understanding of Judge Chad
Kenney's outlook.
"Our job now is to get a
good strong case to present to him," Rivera said.
Chester Upland said
in January 2012 that it
couldn't afford to pay employees, but the state used
emergency funds to keep
the schools open. All told,
the state has given the
district more than $74
million in one-time emergency funds in the past
five years to keep it operating, according to the
Wolf administration.
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home Polanco in the third
to make it 2-0. A walk to
Neil Walker loaded the bases with two outs but Gray
zipped a 95 mph fastball by
Cervelli for the third out to
give the Rockies time to get
to Pittsburgh's Francisco
Liriano.
Pittsburgh improved to
11-0 in Liriano's last 11
starts since being on the
other end of Washington's
Max Scherzer's shutout
on June 20, the secondlongest unbeaten stretch
by a Pittsburgh starter in
42 years. He eased into the
fifth before Reyes lined a
shot off the foul pole in left
for a two-run homer to tie
the game. A sacrifice fly by
Marte helped Pittsburgh
reclaim the lead, but Gomez tied it again in the
sixth with a long solo shot
to right-center, the first
time Liriano has given up
multiple home runs in a
game since May. He left
without a decision after
giving up three runs and
four hits, with three walks
and four strikeouts.
Trainer's room: Rockies: 1B Justin Morneau
was scheduled to play five
innings Friday night for
Double-A New Britain as
he continues his slow return from concussion-like
symptoms and a cervical
neck strain. The 34-yearold
four-time
All-Star
hasn't appeared in a Colorado uniform since going
on the DL in May. ... Colorado called up LHP Jason
Gurka and sent RHP Tommy Kahnle to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Pirates: RHP A.J. Burnett is scheduled to throw
three innings off the
mound Sunday as he continues his comeback from
a flexor strain in his right
elbow. Burnett worked
some curveballs into the
mix during a session in Miami on Thursday but manager Clint Hurdle said it's
too early to tell when the
38-year-old will be available.
Stewart claims he didn't see
man on track before fatal crash
NEW YORK (AP) —
NASCAR star Tony Stewart said he didn't see a
driver walking on a dirt
track in upstate New York
last year before he struck
and killed him, and noted
the racer was impaired by
marijuana and shouldn't
have been outside his car,
according to court papers
filed Friday.
Kevin Ward Jr.'s family
filed a lawsuit this month
that accused Stewart of
gross negligence, saying he
gunned his engine and put
his car into a skid as the
20-year-old Ward walked
on the track after a crash
at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Aug. 9, 2014.
Stewart's attorney, Brian Gwitt, argued in an answer to the Wards' lawsuit
that the racing star didn't
see the crash Ward had
been involved in and didn't
realize anyone was standing on the track.
"Stewart was not aware
that anyone had exited
their vehicle," Gwitt wrote,
adding that his client "did
not see Ward, Jr. or anyone else walking on foot on
the track until just prior to
contact, and did not know
the identity of the person
walking on the track until
afterward."
Gwitt claims Ward's
death was caused by his
own decision to exit his car
and walk along the track
while the race was still going on. The court filing says
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Harrison RBI single lifts
Pirates over Rockies
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
Pinch-hitter Josh Harrison
singled home Francisco
Cervelli with the go-ahead
run in the eighth inning
and the Pittsburgh bullpen
continued its hot streak
in the Pirates' 5-3 victory
over the Colorado Rockies
on Friday night.
Gregory Polanco had
three hits, drove in an insurance run and preserved
a tie by throwing out Jose
Reyes of the Rockies at the
plate from right field to
end the top of the eighth.
Tony
Watson
(3-1)
earned the win with a
scoreless inning of relief.
Mark Melancon worked a
perfect ninth for his major
league-leading 42nd save.
Pittsburgh relievers have
won 18 straight decisions
since last taking a loss on
June 25.
The Pirates improved
to 13-3 over their last
16 games to strengthen
their grip on the top wild
card spot in the National
League.
Reyes hit his third
home run of the season
for Colorado. Carlos Gonzalez added his 31st but
the Rockies dropped their
sixth straight game to the
Pirates. Scott Oberg (3-3)
issued consecutive walks
to Cervelli and Pedro Alvarez in the eighth to set up
Harrison.
Colorado rookie starter
Jon Gray improved over
his miserable start against
the New York Mets last
week, when the former
first-round draft pick gave
up seven runs without getting out of the second inning. While he was hardly
crisp — needing 89 pitches
before exiting with one out
in the fifth — he avoided
major trouble by flashing
some of the talent that
made Colorado take him
with the third overall pick
two summers ago.
The Pirates touched him
for a run in the first on
an RBI single by Jung Ho
Kang, who later doubled
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a toxicology report showed
Ward had smoked marijuana within five hours of the
competition, a violation of
the race's rules and regulations, which "impaired
him."
Ward's parents, Kevin
and Pamela Ward, are
seeking unspecified monetary damages, in their
suit, which claims wrongful death, reckless conduct,
gross negligence and their
son's terror and suffering.
The lawsuit notes Stewart's reputation for having a temper and claims
that Stewart deliberately
veered toward Ward after
the collision.
Stewart denied those allegations and his lawyer
argued that Stewart had
never met Ward before and
didn't even know there was
a crash before he came up
to it, because it happened
behind him.
Stewart also claims that
Ward's death was "caused
in full or in part" by his
parents, "who permitted
or failed to prevent an impaired driver from participating" in the race.
Evidence from the crash
was presented to a grand
jury in upstate New York,
which declined to indict
Stewart and called the incident "100 percent an accident."
An attorney for Ward's
family did not immediately
respond Friday evening to
an email seeking comment.
Middle school football plays in scrimmage
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The Kane Area School District's fall sports teams are getting underway. The Kane High boys' and girls' golf teams began matches this past week and other Wolves' sports teams are scrimmaging in preparation for the regular season. The Kane Middle
School football team, pictured here, traveled to Warren County on Thursday to scrimmage Eisenhower.
Ian Kennedy, San Diego Padres fall to Phillies, 7-1
PHILADELPHIA (AP)
— Ian Kennedy continued
to pitch well in August,
but the Padres' offense
couldn't generate enough
offense to back him.
Phillies rookie Aaron
Nola pitched seven strong
innings and Cameron
Rupp homered and drove
in four runs, leading Philadelphia over San Diego 7-1
Friday night.
Kennedy (8-12) gave up
two runs and two hits in 6
2/3 innings.
"Overall, a terrific outing," Padres manager Pat
Murphy said. "Another
one where he can say he
pitched well and gave us a
chance."
Kennedy has a 2.30
ERA this month with hitters batting .195 against
him. He pitched well after
walking three batters in
the first inning.
"I felt a lot better after
that and gave the team a
chance," he said.
The Phillies took a 2-1
lead with a pair of runs in
the fourth. A hit batter and
a pair of singles loaded the
bases with no outs.
After Cody Asche popped
out, Rupp brought home a
run with a groundout and
Ryan Howard scored the
go-ahead run from third on
a wild pitch.
Justin Upon had given
San Diego a 1-0 lead with
his 23rd homer of the season in the top of the frame.
The Phillies broke open
the game with five runs
on four hits in the eighth
off relievers Mark Rzepczynski and Odrisamer Despaigne.
"We had a little blip in
the eighth," Murphy said.
Aaron Altherr tripled,
Rupp hit a three-run homer and Jeff Francoeur had
an RBI double, his majorleague leading 11th pinchhit RBI.
"Give credit to the Phillies, but we're hoping to
win the series," Murphy
said.
Nola (5-1) allowed one
run and two hits, striking out six. The righty has
permitted one run and five
hits in his last two starts
over 15 innings.
He watched from the
dugout as the Phillies were
outscored 40-21 in a fourgame sweep by the New
York Mets this week.
"After seeing that, it
makes me want to go out
there and have a good
start," Nola said.
Phillies interim manag-
er Pete Mackanin added:
"I'll take five starters like
him. He really knows what
he's doing."
Altherr has seven hits
in the majors, all for extra
bases.
"I hope he does that the
whole year," Mackanin
joked.
Jerome Williams pitched
two perfect innings to earn
his first save. He was
moved to the bullpen prior
to the game to make way
for righty Alec Asher, who
will start on Sunday.
"Just helping out the
team any way possible,"
Williams said. "It was fun,
wasn't nerve racking or
anything."
Cameron
connects:
Rupp is batting .333 with
six homers and 17 RBIs in
his last 17 games.
"I'm just getting good
pitches to hit when balls
are in the zone," he said.
Extra base man: In eight
games, Altherr is 7 for 29
with four doubles, a triple
and two homers.
"I'm
just
fortunate
they're going for extrabase hits," he said. "I'm
ready to be in there and
show what I can do."
Missing man: Padres
OF Matt Kemp (sore left
shoulder) missed his second straight game after
getting injured diving for
a ball on Wednesday in
Washington.
"He's our guy," Murphy
said. "He makes our offense go and makes everybody else better."
Kemp has reached base
in 17 straight games while
batting .338 with four
homers and 19 RBIs over
that stretch.
In a pinch: Francoeur is
batting .478 as a pinch-hitter this season after entering the year hitting .138 in
the role.
Trainer's room: Phillies:
LHP Elvis Araujo was put
on the 15-day DL after
straining his left groin delivering a pitch on Thursday night. Philadelphia
recalled RHP Nefi Ogando
from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Up next: Phillies LHP
Adam Morgan (4-4, 4.43)
opposes San Diego RHP
Colin Rea (2-1, 5.52) in
the second game of the
three-game set on Saturday night. Morgan earned
the win in Philadelphia's
4-2 victory at Petco Park
on Aug. 8 when he allowed
one earned run in six innings.
American Pharoah still front and center on racing's stage
A R L I N G T O N
HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) —
Horse racing hasn't had it
this good in years.
It isn't hard to figure out
why.
"People like to see greatness and they know American Pharoah's got the
goods," said Howard Sudberry, the marketing director at Arlington Park. "They
also know they won't get
many more chances to see
him." Even if the fans are
just seeing him on TV.
Some 850 miles to the
east, the sport's reigning
superstar and it's first Triple Crown champion in 37
years is wrapping up preparations to run Saturday
in the nationally televised
Travers Stakes at Saratoga
in New York in what is likely to be his next-to-last race.
Here in suburban Chicago,
at a track that first opened
in 1927 and was rebuilt
from the ground up after
a devastating fire in 1985,
they're already preparing
for the after-party.
As soon as Saturday's
live racing at Arlington
ends, the giant TV board
in the middle of the track
will switch to the live NBC
broadcast at Saratoga. The
track's bars and concession stands will be open in
anticipation of a late-staying crowd. In an elevator
headed up to the VIP and
suite levels on Thursday,
two servers debated how
many meals they'll be needing Saturday. They quickly
agreed on a figure "north of
1,400" before the discussion
turned to today's crowd.
"Could be a good one.
I saw a lot of people getting off the train just a few
minutes ago," one said. Her
companion smiled, raising
her right hand to show her
fingers were crossed.
That's as good a symbol as any about the state
of thoroughbred racing in
America today.
The sport's biggest events
— the Triple Crown races,
the Breeders' Cup Classic
and a handful of others —
are as big as ever.
Nearly 18 million viewers saw American Pharoah
cross the finish line at the
Kentucky Derby in May
and the audience grew to 22
million by the time the colt
clinched the Triple Crown
at Belmont in June. Ratings
are up almost 50 percent
for the five races NBC has
televised since as part of its
"Breeders Cup Challenge
Series" — highlighted by
American Pharoah's gritty
win in the Haskell, which
drew a crowd of 60,000plus to Monmouth Park last
month.
Jockey-turned TV commentator Jerry Bailey said
the last time he'd seen this
much buzz at the racetrack
was in 2004, when Smarty
Jones, the "people's horse"
with the commoner's pedigree, headed to the Belmont
after improbable wins at
the Derby and Preakness.
"But in that case, there
was history still to be
made," said Bailey, who will
be part of the Travers telecast. "American Pharoah
has already accomplished
that. What's unique about
this horse is how deep into
the calendar he's held the
attention of fans."
According to the National
Thoroughbred Racing Association, the sport has 3
million core fans — defined
as those who attend at
least one race or wager several times a year — spread
across some five dozen
tracks. The challenge facing
racing officials once again
is turning some of those
20 million-plus casual fans
pulled in by the big events
into regular customers.
"Obviously, every time
American Pharoah competes, it's like a gift from
the racing gods," said Keith
Chamblin, the NTRA's chief
operating officer. "But his
impact isn't just limited to
that one day and the one
track he's running at. ... Lots
of other tracks had success
by having live-racing cards
leading up to Kentucky
Derby parties, and a few are
staging similar events built
around American Pharoah's
appearances."
Racing wants to make
sure the benefits don't disappear when American
Pharoah goes out to stud.
"In one sense, we've been
a niche sport for years. And
it's hard to look at the numbers this close out and draw
conclusions," he added. "Get
back to me as we get into
the 2016 season with the
Derby approaching. We'll
hopefully know a lot more
then."
In the meantime, tracks
like Arlington Park are
charting their own course.
There are 87 racing days
spread over its five-month
summer season and a handful have become reliable
draws: Derby Day, Mother's
Day, Father's Day, July 4th
(followed by a fireworks
show) and its annual showcase, the Arlington Million.
The key to the track's relative success is filling in the
rest of the calendar with
special events.
At Arlington, there are
live music concerts, winetasting and food truck days,
a petting zoo and kids'
activities every Sunday.
Thursdays are "Value Day,"
with $6 general admission
tickets — enough of an incentive on this day to draw
a crowd approaching 5,000.
In keeping with the track's
modern, high-end design,
Arlington has added firstclass food and drinks for its
best-paying customers.
7
Jungmann, Santana lead Brewers over Reds
MILWAUKEE (AP) —
Taylor Jungmann pitched
six strong innings and fellow rookie Domingo Santana homered to lead the
Milwaukee Brewers to a
5-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
Jungmann (8-5) limited
the Reds to three hits and
three walks while striking
out five.
Cincinnati rookie Raisel
Iglesias (3-6) turned in a
strong performance of his
own by retiring 16 straight
during one stretch.
While St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Chicago have
made headlines in the NL
Central this year, the Reds
and Brewers are simply
trying to avoid the basement of the majors' most
competitive division. Milwaukee (54-74) snapped a
four-game skid to remain 1
1/2 games ahead of Cincinnati (52-75).
Cincinnati has lost 13 of
14 and hasn't scored a run
in 19 innings.
Jungmann was coming
off his worst start of the
season, but worked out of
a two-on, two-out jam in
the first. He didn't face
any other problems.
Iglesias was impressive,
too, after a rocky first.
Scooter Gennett walked
to lead off the game and
scored on Jonathan Lucroy's double. Khris Davis
singled in Lucroy with one
out to give the Brewers a
2-0 lead.
Iglesias then retired 16
straight before allowing a
two-out single in the sixth
to Adam Lind. The Cuban
right-hander finished with
10 strikeouts in seven innings on the heels of his
13-strikeout performance
in a loss to Arizona on
Sunday.
Swinging Santana: Santana appears to be the
needed power-hitter that
Milwaukee has lacked
when he was acquired
along with three other
prospects from Houston at
the trade deadline.
But he has a penchant
for striking out, and swung
wildly in his first at-bat
against Iglesias for the
37th strikeout in the first
73 at-bats in his career.
After grounding out in
the fourth, Santana got
his revenge against Iglesias with a homer to rightcenter field to lead off the
seventh to give Milwaukee
a 3-0 lead.
Lind's two-run double in
the eighth capped scoring.
Oh for offense: Cincinnati's offense stayed
dormant for the second
straight game despite the
efforts of Joey Votto, who
reached base three times
to push his on-base percentage this season to
.449.
But, the Reds' star made
two costly mistakes.
First, he was caught
trying to steal third in the
sixth. Then, with two on
and one out in the eighth,
he grounded into a double
play, ending the Reds' best
threat.
Cincinnati hasn't scored
since the eighth inning of
Wednesday night's game
against the Dodgers.
Trainer's room: Reds:
Top prospect Robert Stephenson (wrist cramps)
threw four scoreless innings on Thursday night
at Triple-A Louisville. The
right-hander could be in
line for a September callup. The club would like
him to throw another 26
to 36 innings this season
to bring his total to 150 to
160.
Brewers: RHP Tyler
Cravy (right elbow impingement) likely will be
used in a relief role when
he returns from the 15-day
disabled list. Cravy is expected to begin throwing
again soon, and is eligible
to return on Sept. 3.
Nunez homers, Twins take opener against Astros 3-0
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —
Eduardo Nunez homered
and Kyle Gibson pitched
5 2-3 scoreless innings to
help the Minnesota Twins
to a 3-0 victory over the
AL West-leading Houston
Astros on Friday night.
Gibson (9-9) gave up
four hits, struck out four
and walked three. Kevin
Jepsen picked up his ninth
save, giving the Twins
their seventh win in their
last eight games to surge
back into wild card contention.
Astros star Jose Altuve
flied out with the bases
loaded to end the game.
Scott Kazmir (2-4) allowed three runs on three
hits and struck out six
in seven innings. But
the lefty hit two batters
in Minnesota's two-run
fourth.
A tantalizing matchup
between two of the American League's top rookies
never materialized. Houston shortstop Carlos Cor-
rea and Minnesota slugger Miguel Sano both were
scratched with hamstring
injuries.
Runs figured to be a
challenge for the Twins
without Sano and Joe
Mauer, who was given a
day off against the lefty
Kazmir.
But Nunez led off the
third with his third home
run of the season and the
Twins loaded the bases
with nobody out in the
fourth. Kazmir hit Torii
Hunter to force one home
and then Altuve made
a stellar play at second
base to turn what would
have been a two-run single for Nunez into an RBI
groundout that gave the
Twins a 3-0 lead.
Gibson's pitch count
reached 111 in the fifth inning, so manager Paul Molitor went to Brian Duensing, Glen Perkins and
Trevor May before calling
on Jepsen in the ninth.
Perkins, who leads the
AL with 31 saves, struck
out two in his perfect seventh inning in his first action since Sunday because
of a sore back.
When the schedule
came out before the season, few would have circled this late-August series on the calendar as one
that would include playoff
implications. The Twins
had lost at least 90 games
in four straight seasons
and the Astros lost 92 last
season and no fewer than
106 the previous three.
Both struggling franchises have put the difficulties behind them in
surprising fashion this
season, with the Astros
entering the series with a
five-game lead in the AL
West and the Twins right
in the mix for a wild card.
"Tonight the @Twins
open the biggest series at
Target Field in five years,"
Twins President Dave St.
Peter tweeted. "See you at
the ballpark."
Trainer's room: Astros:
C Jason Castro left the
game in the fifth inning
after straining his right
quad on a double. ... OF
George Springer, on the
disabled list with a fractured right wrist since
July 1, is scheduled to
start a rehabilitation assignment with Double-A
Corpus Christi on Sunday.
Manager A.J. Hinch said
the hope was Springer
would be ready when he
was eligible to be activated on Sept. 4.
Twins: Molitor said he
hopes that Sano will be
available to DH on Saturday.
Up next: Houston sends
Mike Fiers (1-0, 2.42) to
the mound for the first
time since he threw a nohitter against the Dodgers
on Aug. 21. The Twins will
pitch right-hander Mike
Pelfrey (6-7, 3.69), who
lasted just 4 2-3 innings in
a no-decision against Baltimore his last time out.
Brady throws 2 INTs, 1 TD, Patriots beat Panthers 17-16
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)
— Tom Brady overcame
two early interceptions to
lead his first touchdown
drive of the preseason as
the New England Patriots
beat the Carolina Panthers
17-16 on Friday night.
The preseason has been
a titanic struggle for Brady,
who is awaiting word on
his appeal of a four-game
suspension for his role in
"Deflategate."
After managing just
three first downs in his
first 11 preseason possessions, Brady finally got on
track, leading an 80-yard
scoring drive before halftime running the hurryup offense. He capped the
drive with a well-placed
18-yard touchdown pass to
tight end Scott Chandler.
The Patriots played
again without tight end
Rob Gronkowski and wide
receivers Brandon LaFell
and Julian Edelman.
Carolina managed just
two field goals in the first
half behind Cam Newton
and trailed 7-6 at halftime. Corey Brown bobbled away an easy TD pass
from Newton — one of four
Carolina drops in the first
half.
Newton finished 17 of 28
for 160 yards and a touchdown.
New England's first
six possessions included
four three-and-outs and
two Brady interceptions,
although one came when
Panthers
cornerback
Charles Tillman wrestled
the ball away from Aaron
Dobson on the ground.
Brady's other interception came when he fired
over the middle in traffic
and safety Kurt Coleman
stepped in front of the
pass.
Before his TD drive,
Brady had a quarterback
rating of 2.8 for the game.
He exited at halftime, finishing 7 of 13 for 84 yards.
Carolina's first-team offense has had struggles
of its own this preseason,
scoring 20 points on 15
drives as penalties and
drops ruined scoring opportunities.
Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula had expressed hope earlier in the
week that Brown might
step up and become Carolina's No. 1 wide receiver
with Kelvin Benjamin out
for the season. But Brown
had multiple drops for the
second straight game.
After Brown's third
drop of the game, Newton
walked over and hugged a
dejected Brown and patted
him on the helmet.
"Coach talks all of the
time about playing a clean
game and not beating ourselves," Panthers wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery
said. "I think that was the
epitome of the offense for
the first half. It was selfinflicted wounds and that
is why the performance
wasn't what it should have
been."
Gregorius has 6 RBIs, Yankees roll to 15-4 win over Braves
ATLANTA (AP) — Didi
Gregorius drove in a career-high six runs, Brian
McCann hit a three-run
homer in his return to Atlanta and the New York
Yankees shook off a scoring
slump to beat the Braves
15-4 on Friday night.
The Yankees scored a
total of seven runs in losing three of their last four
games to fall 1½ games behind first-place Toronto in
the AL East. They scored
nine runs in the first
two innings against the
Braves.
Gregorius had four hits,
including a three-run homer in the first inning and a
two-run single in the second. McCann, the former
longtime Braves catcher,
added his three-run homer
in the eighth.
Masahiro Tanaka (106) allowed three runs and
five hits in seven innings.
Atlanta's Freddie Freeman drove in two runs
with two hits, including a
third-inning homer.
Braves outfielder Jonny
Gomes, making his first career appearance as a pitcher, gave up two runs in the
ninth, including a homer
to Chris Young leading off
the inning. Gomes raised
his arm in celebration and
raced to the dugout after
striking out pitcher Bryan
Mitchell to end the inning.
McCann, who played his
first nine seasons with the
Braves, received a warm
ovation before his first atbat in his return to Atlanta. He tipped his helmet
to the fans. He had three
walks and drove in four
runs.
The Yankees led 9-2 after two innings despite
having their first two batters retired in each inning.
Following Chase Headley's two-run, ground-rule
double that bounced over
the wall in center field,
Gregorius hit a three-run
homer into the seats in
right for a 5-0 lead in the
first.
Gregorius set his previous career high when he
drove in four runs at Texas
on July 27.
Freeman had a runscoring single in Atlanta's
two-run first inning that
would have been bigger if
not for Jacoby Ellsbury's
inning-ending catch in
deep center field. Running with his back to the
infield, Ellsbury reached
up to catch Christian
Bethancourt's
two-out
drive with two runners on
base before sliding on the
warning track.
Ellsbury's status for the
game had been in doubt
due to a hip injury.
Williams Perez left the
game with the bases loaded in the second inning.
Left-hander Ross Detwiler walked Greg Bird and
Headley to force in two
runs. Gregorious added a
two-run single past a diving Adonis Garcia at third
base.
Perez (4-5) gave up eight
runs in 1 2-3 innings. It is
the fifth time in his last
six starts he has allowed
four or more runs. Perez
and Detwiler combined to
issue six walks in the first
two innings.
Mitchell,
reinstated
from the seven-day concussion disabled list before the
game, gave up a run-scoring single to Bethancourt
in the ninth.
Back to the minors: Yankees: LHP Chris Capuano,
who was designated for
assignment on Wednesday, was sent outright to
Triple-A Scranton/WilkesBarre.
Trainer's room: Yankees:
1B Mark Teixeira (bruised
right shin) did not start
as had been expected as
he was still unable to run.
More tests may be needed.
He said he is concerned
because the injury is not
healing faster.
Braves: INF Hector
Olivera could be recalled
from Triple-A Gwinnett on
Tuesday, when rosters can
be expanded. The Braves
felt Olivera, from Cuba,
needed to reach playing
form following his July 30
trade from the Dodgers because a hamstring injury
has limited his at-bats this
season.
Up next: Yankees: Rookie RHP Luis Severino will
make his fifth career start
one week after earning his
first win against Cleveland. He has lasted at least
five innings and allowed
no more than three runs in
each of his first four starts.
Braves: Rookie RHP
Matt Wisler will try to end
a streak of three straight
losing decisions. He allowed seven runs in two
of those three losses — at
Philadelphia on Aug. 1,
and at the Cubs on Sunday.
The Kane Republican
TV Sportswatch
Saturday, Aug. 29
ARENA FOOTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN — AFL, Championship,
Jacksonville Sharks vs. San Jose
Sabercats, at Stockton, Calif.
AUTO RACING
9:30 a.m.
FS1 — NASCAR, Camping World
Truck Series, practice, at Bowmanville,
Ontario.
11:30 a.m.
FS1 — NASCAR, Camping World
Truck Series, practice, at Bowmanville,
Ontario.
12:15 p.m.
NBCSN — NASCAR, Xfinity Series,
qualifiying, at Elkhart Lake, Wis.
1:30 p.m.
NBCSN — IndyCar Series, practice, at
Sonoma, Calif.
3 p.m.
NBCSN — NASCAR, Xfinity Series,
The Road America 180, at Elkhart Lake,
Wis.
6:30 p.m.
NBCSN — IndyCar Series, qualifying, at
Sonoma, Calif.
BOXING
10 p.m
ESPN — Premier Boxing, featherweight,
Leo Santa Cruz (30-0-1) vs Abner Mares
(29-1-1), at Los Angeles.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
3:30 p.m.
ESPN — North Dakota State at
Montana
GOLF
7 a.m.
GOLF — EUROPEAN TOUR, D & D
Reak Czech Masters, third-round, at
Prague, Czech Republic.
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA, The Barclays, thirdround, at Edison, N.J.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA, The Barclays, third-round,
at Edison, N.J.
3 p.m.
GOLF — Champions Tour, Dick's
Sporting Good Open, second-round, at
Endicott, N.Y.
5 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA, Yokohama Tire Classic,
third-round, at Prattville, Ala.
7 p.m.
GOLF — WEB.com, Winco Foods
Portland Open, third-round, at North
Plains, Ore.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Noon
ESPN — Miami Central at Dematha, at
Hyattsville, Md.
4 p.m.
ESPN — Benedictine at Central
Catholic, at Toledo, Ohio
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — Arlington Martin at DeSoto, at
Mansfield, Texas
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — De La Salle at Euless Trinity,
at Mansfield, Texas
HORSE RACING
4 p.m.
NBC — Travers Stakes at Saratoga
Race Course, N.Y.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
12:30 p.m.
ABC — World Series, International
Championship, Mexicali Baja
California, Mexico vs. Tokyo, Japan, at
Williamsport, Pa.
3:30 p.m.
ABC — World Series, U.S.
Championship, Pearland, Texas vs.
Lewisberry, Pa., at Williamsport, Pa.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m.
FS1 — N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta
7:10 p.m.
FS1 — Boston at N.Y. Mets
10 p.m.
MLB — Regional coverage, Chicago
Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, or Baltimore at
Texas
NFL FOOTBALL
4 p.m.
NFL — Preseason, Pittsburgh at
Buffalo
8 p.m.
CBS — Preseason, Seattle at San
Diego
SOCCER
7:40 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League, Arsenal at
Newscastle
9:55 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League, TBA
10 a.m.
USA — Premier League, TBA
12:30 p.m.
NBC — Premier League, Everton at
Tottenham
TENNIS
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — Winston-Salem Open, men's
singles final, at Winston-Salem, N.C.
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — Connecticut Open, women's
singles final, at New Haven, Conn.
TRACK & FIELD
3 p.m.
NBC — IAAF World Championships, at
Beijing, China
NFL Preseason
Friday, Aug. 28
New England 17, Carolina 16
Kansas City 34, Tennessee 10
Detroit 22, Jacksonville 17
Saturday, Aug. 29
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.
Seattle at San Diego, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Indianapolis at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at Denver, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 30
Houston at New Orleans, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Oakland, 8 p.m.
This Date In Baseball
Aug. 29
1918 — The Chicago Cubs, behind the
pitching of Lefty Tyler, clinched the National
League pennant with a 1-0 victory over the
Cincinnati Reds.
1934 — The Philadelphia A's ended
Schoolboy Rowe's 16-game winning streak
with a 13-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
1965 — San Francisco's Willie Mays broke
Ralph Kiner's National League record with
his 17th home run of the month in an 8-3
triumph over the New York Mets. Kiner had
16 homers in September of 1949. Mays hi
a tape measure shot off Jack Fisher.
1967 — Bert Campaneris of the Kansas
City A's hit three triples in a 9-8, 10-inning
loss to the Cleveland Indians.
1971 — Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves
knocked in his 100th run of the season,
giving him the National League record of 11
seasons with 100 or more RBIs.
1977 — Lou Brock stole base No. 893,
breaking Ty Cobb's modern record for
career stolen bases.
1977— Cleveland's Duane Kuiper hit a
one-out solo home run in the first inning
off Chicago's Steve Stone at Municipal
Stadium. It was Kuiper's only homer in
3,379 career at-bats — the fewest homers
in most at-bats for any player in MLB
history.
1985 — Don Baylor of the New York Yankees set an American League record when
he was hit by a pitch for the 190th time in
his career. Baylor was struck by California
Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill in the first
inning, breaking the old mark of 189 set by
Minnie Minoso.
1993 — George Brett steals the 200th base
of his career in Kansas City's 5-4, 12-inning
victory over Boston to join Willie Mays and
Hank Aaron as the only players with 3,000
hits, 300 homers and 200 steals.
1995 — Pittsburgh's Paul Wagner, the NL
leader in losses, lost his no-hitter against
Colorado on an infield single with two out
in ninth.
2000 — Anaheim's Darin Erstad went 3-for5 to reach 200 hits faster than any player
in 65 years as the Angels defeated Toronto
9-4. Ducky Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals did it in 131 games in 1935.
2002 — Mark Bellhorn became the first
player in NL history to hit a home run in the
same inning from both sides of the plate, in
the fourth of the Chicago Cubs' 13-10 win
over Milwaukee.
2004 — Albert Pujols hit his 40th home
run and reached 100 RBIs for the fourth
straight season to help St. Louis beat Pittsburgh 4-0. He's the fourth player to start
his major league career with four straight
seasons with at least 100 RBIs, joining Hall
of Famers Al Simmons, Joe DiMaggio and
Ted Williams.
2010 — Brian McCann hit a game-winning
homer with help from video replay, giving
the Atlanta Braves a 7-6 victory over the
Florida Marlins. It was the first time a game
ended using a video review.
Today's birthdays: Noah Syndergaard, 23;
Mike Rzepczynski, 30; Anthony Recker,
32.
MLB Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct
GB
Toronto
72 56 .563
—
New York
70 57 .551
1½
Baltimore
63 65 .492
9
Tampa Bay
63 65 .492
9
Boston
59 69 .461
13
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Kansas City 79 49 .617
—
Minnesota
66 62 .516
13
Cleveland
61 66 .480 17½
Chicago
60 67 .472 18½
Detroit
60 68 .469
19
West Division
W L Pct
GB
Houston
71 58 .550
—
Texas
66 61 .520
4
Los Angeles 65 63 .508
5½
Seattle
60 69 .465
11
Oakland
55 73 .430 15½
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct
New York
71 57 .555
Washington
64 63 .504
Atlanta
54 74 .422
Miami
52 77 .403
Philadelphia 51 78 .395
Central Division
W L Pct
St. Louis
82 45 .646
Pittsburgh
78 49 .614
Chicago
73 53 .579
Milwaukee
54 74 .422
Cincinnati
52 75 .409
West Division
W L Pct
Los Angeles 70 56 .556
San Francisco 68 59 .535
Arizona
62 65 .488
San Diego
62 66 .484
Colorado
51 75 .405
GB
—
6½
17
19½
20½
GB
—
4
8½
28½
30
GB
—
2½
8½
9
19
Thursday's Games
American League
L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 0
Texas 4, Toronto 1
Kansas City 5, Baltimore 3
Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 4
Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle 2
National League
L.A. Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 0
San Francisco 9, Chicago Cubs 1
N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 5, 13
innings
Washington 4, San Diego 2
Pittsburgh 2, Miami 1
St. Louis 5, Arizona 3
Friday's Games
American League
Toronto 5, Detroit 3
Kansas City 3, Tampa Bay 2
Cleveland 3, L.A. Angels 1
Texas 4, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 3, Houston 0
Seattle 2, Chicago White Sox 0
Interleague
Boston 6, N.Y. Mets 4, 10 innings
N.Y. Yankees 15, Atlanta 4
Oakland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
National League
Pittsburgh 5, Colorado 3
Miami 4, Washington 3
Philadelphia 7, San Diego 1
Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 0
Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers,
10:10 p.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco, 10:15
p.m.
Saturday's Games
American League
Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Toronto
(Hutchison 12-2), 1:07 p.m.
Kansas City (Medlen 2-0) at Tampa
Bay (Odorizzi 6-6), 6:10 p.m.
Houston (Fiers 1-0) at Minnesota
(Pelfrey 6-7), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Richards 12-10) at
Cleveland (Kluber 8-13), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (Iwakuma 5-3) at Chicago
White Sox (Samardzija 8-10), 7:10
p.m.
Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-8) at Texas
(M.Perez 1-3), 8:05 p.m.
Interleague
Boston (J.Kelly 7-6) at N.Y. Mets
(deGrom 12-6), 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Severino 1-2) at
Atlanta (Wisler 5-4), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Doubront 1-1) at Arizona
(Chacin 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
National League
St. Louis (Lynn 10-8) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 9-9), 4:05 p.m.
Colorado (Rusin 4-6) at Pittsburgh
(Happ 2-1), 7:05 p.m.
Miami (Koehler 8-12) at Washington
(Zimmermann 10-8), 7:05 p.m.
San Diego (Rea 2-1) at Philadelphia
(Morgan 4-4), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2) at Milwaukee (Garza 6-14), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-9) at L.A.
Dodgers (Latos 4-9), 9:10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
American League
Detroit at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 2:10
p.m.
Baltimore at Texas, 3:05 p.m.
Interleague
Boston at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.
Oakland at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.
National League
Colorado at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 1:35 p.m.
San Diego at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05
p.m.
Monday's Games
American League
Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m.
Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
Interleague
Texas at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
National League
Miami at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05
p.m.
Washington at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers,
10:10 p.m.
LL World Series
Monday, Aug. 24
Santiago de los Caballero 7, Portland
3
Mexicali Baja California 14, Sydney
3, 4 innings, mercy rule, Sydney
eliminated
Bowling Green 4, Taylors 3, Taylors
eliminated
Taipei 5, Kampala 0, Kampala
eliminated
Bonita 10, Cranston 3, Cranston
eliminated
Tuesday, Aug. 25
Webb City 18, White Rock 6
Mexicali Baja California 11, Taipei
1, 5 innings, mercy rule, Taipei
eliminated
Bonita 11, Bowling Green 3, Bowling
Green eliminated
Wednesday, Aug. 26
Tokyo 5, Barquisimento 4, 8 innings
Lewisberry 3, Pearland 0
Thursday, Aug. 27
Mexicali Baja California 11, Barquisimento 0
Pearland 9, Bonita 7, 8 innings,
Bonita eliminated
Saturday, Aug. 29
International Championship
Game 27 — Tokyo vs. Mexicali Baja
California, 12:30 p.m.
United States Championship
Game 28 — Lewisberry vs. Pearland, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 30
At Lamade Stadium
Third Place
Game 27 loser vs. Game 28, 10
a.m.
World Championship
Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner, 12:30 p.m.
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The Kane Republican
Wolves' cupboard far from bare after district championship
By Amy Geer
Staff Writer
The 2014 Kane Wolves
won the second district
championship in school
history. Head coach Todd
Silfies lost Pennsylvania’s
leading tackler in Jamie
Lingenfelter, one of District 9’s leading rushers in
John English and a host
of great football players
to graduation, but he’s
not looking for sympathy.
The 2015 Wolves aren’t rebuilding, they are reloading.
Offensive
coordinator Tyler Smith has four
starters returning on his
side of the ball this season…seniors Tyler Rolick, Shane Rolick, Jake
Shrubb and junior Keaton
Rounsville. Coach Silfies’
defense has seven returning starters to his side…
both Rolicks, Shrubb, senior Tyler Weidenhoff,
sophomore Erik DeLong,
Rounsville and sophomore
Anthony Smith, from a defense that gave up fewer
than 10 points per game.
When
asked
about
the wealth of talent that
walked across the Kane
High stage last June,
coach Silfies commented,
“We do have big shoes to
fill, as we do every year,
but while we are a young
team both in grade level
and experience, our players are working extremely
hard to get better every
day.”
The Wolves’ head coach,
now in his fourth season at the helm, said the
team will keep the same
Kane Wolves
Varsity
Football 2015
Schedule
Photo courtesy Shawn Murray Photography
The Kane Wolves football team will open their season on Friday, Sept. 4 when they host the Cameron County Red Raiders. Members
of the 2015 squad are pictured above. From left to right are, front row, Kyle Elliott, Raistlin Paar, Ryan Avenali, Tyler Weidenhoff, Shane
Rolick, Jake Shrubb, Tanner Morehead, Tyler Rolick; second row, Anthony Smith, Issac Walters, Frank Truden, Davis Gardner, Keaton
Rounsville, Toby Fox, Justin Taylor, Ange Costanzo; third row, Mike Good, Reed Williams, Marcus Morgan, Erik DeLong, Gunnar
Fryzlewicz, Mason Taylor, Ray Maze, JT Stewart; fourth row, Aiden Quinn, Joe Stanko, Issac Gullifer, Chucky Gardner, Tommy Holt,
Zack Straneva, Cyrus Novosel, Dominic Cartwright; fifth row, Aiden Hulings, Jacob Silvis, Jonah Spuck, Allen Edinger, Bailey Blint,
Austin Jordan, Alec English, Devin Young; sixth row, Jake Costanzo, Cameron Villazon, Ty Stahli, Austin Pierson, Austin Fox, Isaiah
Smith; back row, coach Mike London, coach Josh Lindemuth, coach Tyler Smith, coach Royce Novosel Johnson, athletic trainer Krystal Nuhfer, coach Chris Barber, coach Jesse Olson, head coach Todd Silfies, coach Jim Sirianni and coach Doug Caldwell. Missing at
the time of the photo were Tyler Snyder and coach Mike Szymanski.
philosophy on offense and
defense that the team has
used during his tenure.
He said Kane fans will
see a bit of a change on
offense this season. The
offense will be utilizing a
more “no huddle” based
approach.
“We hope to be able to
push the tempo a little
bit more on offense using
this approach and put our
players in a position to be
successful,” he said.
In addition to head
coach/defensive coordinator Silfies and offensive
coordinator Smith, the
Wolves coaches this season are: Jim Sirianni-offensive and defensive line,
Mike London-JV head
coach, JV offensive coordinator, running backs
coach, Chris Barber-JV
defensive
coordinator,
wide receivers and defensive backs coach, Royce
Novosel-Johnson-defensive backs and running
backs, Mike Szymanskikicking game, Jesse Olson-linebackers and Doug
Caldwell-kicking
game,
varsity special assistant.
The only change in the
staff from last season is
the departure of coach
Josh Lindemuth, who accepted a teaching position at his alma mater of
Brockway.
Coach Silfies said the
coaches are still “sorting
out some starting roles as
of Friday’s scrimmage in
Coudersport.”
What is known is that
the Wolves will be using a variation of the two
quarterback system with
Shane Rolick and sophomore Reed Williams taking the snaps.
“When Shane is not
playing quarterback, he
Middle School football team
will be in the game at receiver (where he was an
AML South All-Star last
year),” coach Silfies said.
The two signal callers
will be handing the ball
off to a stable of running
backs, including Tyler Rolick, DeLong, sophomore
Ange Costanzo, Weidenhoff and sophomore Ray
Maze.
When asked about team
goals for 2015, the Wolves’
head coach wasn’t specific.
“As far as long term
goals, I think it is not only
difficult but also dangerous to set goals that are
Friday, Sept 4
Cameron County-Home7 p.m.
Friday, Sept 11
Smethport-Away-7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 19
Sheffield-Away
1:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept 25
Port Allegany-Home-7 p.m.
Friday, Oct 2
Ridgway-Home-7 p.m.
Friday, Oct 9
Brockway-Away-7 p.m.
Friday, Oct 16
Curwensville-Home-7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 24
Elk County
Catholic-Away-7 p.m.
Friday, Nov 6
Clarion Limestone-Home7 p.m.
too far in the future,” he
said. “We focus on getting
better every day, but you
can’t control how other
teams are going be and
we can’t control our injury
situation. The true test
of our season will be our
ability to stay healthy and
how fast our young team
can mature. Right now
what I can tell you for a
long term goal is that we
want to put ourselves in
a position to be successful
against every team that
is on our schedule, starting with a very big, very
strong Cameron County
team in week one.”
Kane Middle School Football
Schedule 2015
Thursday, Sept 10
Sheffield-Home-6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 17
Bradford-Home-6 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept 23
Redbank Valley-Away-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 8
Thursday, Oct 15
Coudersport-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 22
ECC-Home-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 29
Clarion-Home-6 p.m.
Good Luck Kane Wolves!
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right, front row, Jake Alcorn, Nate Asp, Teddy Race, Caleb Holt, Thomas Bernecky, Ethan Anderson; second row, Reece
Novosel, Kevin Scharba, Mason Metz, Isaac Smith, Ryan Buhl, Chase Nelson; third row, Cameron Whisner, Joel Gardner, Zuke
Smith, Mason Zuzek, Jordan Lima-Lopez, Trenton Bradybaugh, Josh Buhl; back row, coach Rod Smith, coach Jim Hillman,
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The Kane Republican
KHS cheerleaders welcome large freshman class
By Chris Niklaus
Special to The Republican
The Kane High School
cheerleading teams will
have a lot of new faces
this year, with almost
half the team being
freshmen.
However,
we
don’t
look at this as a rebuilding year, far from it. The
skills the freshmen bring
to this year’s team are
some of the best of a new
class in many years. Our
fall sports season will focus on building our fundamentals in gymnastics
and stunting. We will
also be working on our
basic technique in motions and dance.
During the fall sports
season, we support all
of our athletic teams by
cheering them on during their contests. As
in year’s past, we will
be at one girls’ soccer
game, one boys’ soccer
game, one cross country
meet and one volleyball
match, in addition to all
varsity football games.
We would love to be at
golf, but cheerleaders
and golf don’t mix very
well, so we show our support there with signs in
our school supporting the
golf teams.
We are also huge sup-
porters of the marching
band and you will find
our team watching every band show during
halftime of every football
game this upcoming season.
The
middle
school
team will also add girls’
basketball to their list of
things to cheer at in addition to supporting our
middle school football
team all season long.
As a special event for
select members of our
teams, we will be attending Penn State Spirit
day on Saturday, Sept.
12. The girls will attend
a clinic before the game
and then participate in
the halftime show along
with the Penn State
Cheerleaders and Dance
team, as well as the Penn
State Blue Band.
During off days when
we aren’t supporting
other teams, we will be
starting to work on our
competitive routine for
the upcoming season.
We look to put 14 girls
on the floor this year at
the high school level and
we are still looking for
some more cheerleaders
to help fill out the middle school team. A decision will be made on if
our middle school team
will be competing after
Photo by Amy Geer
The Kane High varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders will be busy throughout the fall, cheering and supporting all Kane High fall sports
athletes, as well as beginning to work on their competitive routine for later in the school year. Team members are, from left to right,
front row, Skylar Nicklas, Savannah Abplanalp, Brittany Bradybaugh, Caitlyn Brinkley, Jessica Taylor, Madison Bizzak; back row, Krisalyn Rhodes, Jen Cecchetti, Brooke Jones, Shyley Ackley, Diana Selan, Sierra Pontious, Nicole Brown and coach Chris Niklaus.
tryouts in early November. Tryouts for winter
sports and alternates on
our high school competitive team will be in early
November.
Our high school team
is led by senior captains Shyley Ackley and
Brooke Jones, while our
middle school team is led
by captains Mackenzie
Shrubb (eighth grade)
and Ashlyn Avenali (sev-
enth grade).
We look for both teams
to be honing their skills
and wowing crowds all
fall long.
Our
cheerleaders
would like to ask all
Wolves’ supporters to
cheer along and respond
to their cheers as the fall
sports season progressesexciting crowds make the
games more fun for everyone.
Kane marching band 2015 show spans decades of funk
By Amy Geer
Staff Writer
The Kane High Marching Band, under the direction of Matthew McClard,
will have the stands grooving during halftime of
the Kane Wolves’ football
games, as well as band
competitions throughout
the fall.
This year’s halftime
show, entitled “The Funk,
the Whole Funk and Nothing but the Funk,” will
feature two numbers from
the early 1970s, Herbie
Hancock’s jazz standard,
“Chameleon” and “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder. Younger members
of the audience may not
remember those hits, but
they will undoubtedly recognize the show’s other
number, “Uptown Funk,”
by Bruno Mars.
In addition to performing at the Wolves’ football
games, the band will be
competing at competitions
at Corry, St. Marys and the
championships at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania. The Kane Marching
Band will host the Loren
B. Wright Showcase of
Bands on Saturday, Sept.
12. The band has already
performed several times
this summer, at the Mt.
Jewett Swedish Festival,
the McKean County Fair
and at Kennywood Park.
Sarah Kate Veety is the
Assistant Director, while
Kathleen
Prosperi-McClard is the squad’s Color
Guard Advisor. Senior
Dana Bokma is the 2015
Drum Major.
The brass section of the
band is made up of seniors
Nate Perry and Isaac
Duck,
seventh-grader
Matt Boyer and eighthgrader Hunter Hoag.
Tuba player Robbie Peterson (eighth grade), baritone player Ayden Ladd
(seventh grade) and baritone player Jesse Kilcoin
(seventh grade) make up
the low brass section.
Five saxophone players are members of the
band, senior Maya Huckabone (baritone sax), senior
Sami Hodgdon (tenor sax),
junior Olivia Blackmore
(alto sax), seventh-grader
Alec Huckabone (alto sax)
and freshman Emily Bernhard (alto sax).
Kane Marching Band
pit members are sophomore Ashleigh Glogau
(piano) and junior Richie
Bernhard (drums). Junior
Joey Newton is the band’s
equipment manager.
Members of the Wolves’
Color Guard are senior
Katrina Frost, senior Angela Brown, junior Angela
Cecchetti, eighth-grader
Hannah Gullifer and seventh-grader Emily Hipolito.
Members of the Kane High Marching Band are pictured above. From left to right are, front row, Angela Brown, Emily Hipolito, Angela
Cecchetti, Hannah Gullifer, Dana Bokma; second row, Sam Smith, Sami Hodgdon, Alec Huckabone, Emily Bernhard, Olivia Blackmore, Maya Huckabone; back row, Joey Newton, Matt Boyer, Robbie Peterson, Jesse Kilcoin, Ashley Glogau, Richie Bernhard. Missing at the time of the photo were Nate Perry, Katrina Frost, Hunter Hoag, Isaac Duck and Ayden Ladd.
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Volleyball team full of talent, looking to play to potential
By Judy Kessler
Special to The Republican
If I could sum up the
difference between this
year’s pre-season and
last year’s preseason in a
word, it would be maturity.
The core of the team
is in its third year, as
the freshman team of
2013 is now the junior
team of 2015. As sophomores, which I believe is
the toughest age for high
schoolers, they struggled
within themselves and
couldn’t gel as a team.
Now as juniors, they’ve
figured out how to work
together as a team. Of
course, their skills and
game knowledge have improved as well, and that
obviously helps.
We have two seniors
on this year’s team,
Sami Bigley and Danielle
Payne. Sami looks really
solid on defense. She will
play in the right back
position and provides us
a second set of hands. I
can see a court maturity
in her play. She has been
practicing all three back
row spots and I am confident in her ability to play
any of them.
Danielle looks very solid on defense as well. She
will play in the left back.
She moves well to the ball
and is good at reading
the hitter. Danielle has a
very strong platform and
is one of the purest passers on the team. She can
play a solid left or middle
back and will be key in
running our offense.
There are six juniors
on the team, five are
two-year letter-winners.
Camryn Cummings will
continue as a middle hitter/blocker. She has been
working hard on attacking a one ball as well as a
slide and a 3-1 that loops
her towards the outside
attacker. Camryn’s jump
serving is coming along
nicely and is very consistent. Her blocking is very
strong and she is moving
very well across the net.
Marcie Stanisch played
winter club ball and it
is very obvious as her
skill level has hugely improved. Her strengths are
her passing, she too has
a very strong platform.
Marcie is very confident
in what she is doing on
defense. Her back row
attacking is the best on
the team, it’s strong and
consistent and should be
a viable point getting offensive move. She truly
enjoys defense and it is
apparent. In addition to
those points, she has been
jump serving strong and
consistently and will be a
strong outside attacker.
Alyssa Zampogna also
played club ball and all
those extra touches on the
ball and hours of practice
have really made a difference in her play. She is
much more confident in
her approach and attack.
Alyssa hits the ball extremely hard and has the
capability to hurt someone. Her jump serve is the
strongest on the team and
will definitely make it difficult for the other team
to pass consistently.
Ashley Jordan will
more than likely play two
Kane Volleyball
Schedule 2015
Photo by Amy Geer
The Kane varsity volleyball team will get the season underway on Saturday, Sept. 5 at the A-C Valley Tournament. Team members
are, from left to right, front row, Kendra Udovich, Danielle Payne, Sami Bigley, Ashley Jordan, Alaina Barner; back row, Marcie Stanisch, Alyssa Zampogna, Jordan Race, Trinity Clark, Camryn Cummings, Sadie Tunall and Gina Marconi.
positions: defense and
setter. She will continue
to work defensively moving towards the ball and
reading the hitter. I also
plan to keep her in the
pocket as setter. She has
good hands and can put
the ball where it needs to
be for the attackers.
Alaina Barner will
again play on the outside
and has been doing well
there. Her attack has increased in velocity and
she is working at moving
the ball around the court.
Alaina is jumping better
than last year and should
see an increase in her
point gain. She is just a
stronger player this year.
Sadie Tunall has been
working on becoming the
setter. She has very good
hands and has gained the
confidence to be in control of the floor. Her floor
instincts are better than
they were last year when
I threw her to the wolves
in games and forced her
to set. She continues to
work on her attacking
and will be capable of
playing at either pin, left
or opposite. She has also
been working hard on her
jump serving.
Junior Jordan Race
will move up to varsity
this season. She has been
working to hit the ball
harder and be a stronger
blocker on the right side
as well as the outside.
Her serve is very consistent and we’ll work to get
her to place it.
Sophomore
Trinity
Clark played middle hitter on the JV team last
year and had a few stints
in the middle on varsity.
I’ve moved her to the opposite side, this allows
her to be a strong blocker
without having to worry about moving along
the net. Trinity hits really well from that side
and can hit the line or
cross court. She is gaining some confidence as a
varsity player and hopefully, she’ll be confident to
be the secondary setter if
she has to put up the second ball.
Kendra Udovich is another one of the sophomores on the team. She
played outside last year,
but I am working her in
the middle. She’ll take
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some bumps and bruises
along the way, but she
has the potential to be a
very good middle. Kendra
has been working on attacking the same balls as
Camryn and already has
a strong, quick attack.
It’s fun to watch her play
because she is incredibly
fast and strong.
Gina Marconi will work
at setting the faster paced
varsity games while she
still maintains some time
with the JV team. One
of the first things she
noticed was how much
more intense and quick
the game is at this level,
so as she progresses, she
will show herself to be
a solid player. She is already tall, so teaching her
to block will be a plus.
We have a lot more
depth this year. I have
the luxury of too much
talent and only six spots
on the court at one time.
I could platoon several
positions and get equal
play out of whoever I put
in. It’s a great spot for a
coach, but also a difficult
one as well.
I am excited about this
year because the girls
learned a whole lot about
team from last season’s
heartbreaking year. They
are more confident this
year and truly have the
desire to come back and
erase the past and move
forward into a hopefully strong future. So far,
they’ve showed a lot of
growth and maturity and
if they continue on this
path, things should look
pretty good for us.
There are a number of
strong teams on our regular schedule, including
ECC, Bradford and Ridgway. They are all wellcoached and regardless of
whom they lost to graduation, I expect them all
to be solid. We can take
no one for granted, and
we need to work through
every set to get our wins.
I have no predictions because volleyball is a funny game; one point can be
a game changer, regardless of the competition.
Sometimes teams beat
themselves so our goal
will be to play one ball
Saturday, Sept 5
A-C Valley TournamentAway
Tuesday, Sept 8
St. Marys-Away-6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 10
DCC-Away-6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 12
Kane JV TournamentHome-9 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept 15
ECC-Home-6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 17
Sheffield-Home-6 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 22
Ridgway-Home-6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 24
Johnsonburg-Home-6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 26
West Branch TournamentAway
Tuesday, Sept 29
Bradford-Away-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 1
DCC-Home-6 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct 6
St. Marys-Home-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 8
Brookville-Home-6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 10
Kane Varsity TournamentHome-9 am
Tuesday, Oct 13
Curwensville-Away-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 15
ECC-Away-6 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct 20
Sheffield-Away-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 22
Ridgway-Home-6 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct 27
Johnsonburg-Away-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 29
at a time and one set at
a time. How we play in a
game on Tuesday won’t
determine how we play on
Thursday. Every day is a
new one and every match
is a new one.
Junior varsity volleyball
Photo by Amy Geer
The Kane junior varsity volleyball team will hold its annual tournament on Saturday, Sept. 12 after beginning the season with
road matches at St. Marys and DuBois Central Catholic. Members of the team are, from left to right, front row, Alysha Biel, Hannah Buhl, Elise Johnson; back row, Lexi Woods, Raisa Wright, Ella Marconi and Paige Niklas.
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The Kane Republican
Kane golf teams counting on underclassmen
By Amy Geer
Staff Writer
Both the Kane boys’ and
girls’ golf teams have some
talented players on their
squads. While the boys’
team has a nice mix of upperclassmen and sophomores and freshmen, the
lack of numbers means
coaches Nathan Smith and
Jason Holt will have to rely
on the freshmen and sophomores to come up big on unfamiliar courses.
The Kane boys have two
seniors on the squad, Jamie
Rook and Ben Holt. Rook is
looking to rebound from a
disappointing 2014 season
where an illness kept him
out of the final portion of
the season, including districts.
Dylan Keller and Connor
Crowley are the two juniors
on the team and are joined
by sophomores Christo
Park, Wes Cleer and Nate
Eckstrom. Rounding out
the squad are freshmen
Alex Rezzelle and Devon
Bright.
The Wolves won their
first match of the year
against Coudersport at the
Kane Country Club. Realistically, Smith expects an
“up and down” year. “We
should be pretty solid at
home, but the away matches could pose a problem. We
count on our sophomores
and freshmen to enter into
our team scoring and when
they haven’t played on the
away courses before, it is
hard to score well,” he said.
Despite the overall inexperience, coach Smith has
set a goal of having a winning record for the team.
The Wolves will be competing in two leagues this
year. They will continue to
compete in the AML North
and have joined the North
Penns Woods League. Being in both leagues may
make it harder to qualify for
districts, according to their
veteran coach. Smith said
competing in both leagues
means fewer home matches. For example, on Aug. 27,
the Kane boys played Ridgway and Oswayo Valley in
a tri-meet at the KCC. The
Wolves will have to play a
match at the home course
of each opponent.
Even with the disadvantage, Smith expects solid
play from his golfers. Rook
and Park played a lot over
the summer, with Crowley getting in quite a few
rounds also over the break.
With the older golfers leading the way and steady improvement from the younger players, the Wolves look
to be in a lot of matches.
The 2015 Kane girls’ golf
team is very young, but has
a lot of talent and a good
work ethic. Junior Erin
Paulson is the only upperclassman on the team and
Smith expects her to pick
up where she left off last
season. Paulson was the
top sophomore finisher at
last year’s D-9 AA Tournament, where she finished in
seventh place.
Two sophomores are
back after solid freshmen
seasons, Riana Smith and
Maddie Dalton. Three
freshmen complete the
team, Hayley Oknefski,
Kayla Lupole and Raychel
Keller.
Oknefski played every
day over the summer, according to her coach and
won medalist honors in
her first varsity match,
a win over Coudersport.
Smith commented about
the ninth-grader, “It is awesome to have a freshman
shooting in the 40s.” The
Kane head coach expects
Oknefski and Paulson to be
two of the top golfers in the
district.
Led by those two golfers, Smith thinks his team
will be competitive in most
of their matches, despite
playing three freshmen.
Paulson and Smith got a
lot of playing time over the
summer as they competed
in the Penn York League, so
the future is bright for the
Kane girls. “We have a good
core with Erin, Hayley, Riana and Maddie, and although Kayla and Raychel
are new to golf, they have
been working really hard
and making good progress.
It should be an enjoyable
season.”
Kane Boys Golf Schedule 2015
Tuesday, Aug 25
Coudersport-Home-4 p.m.
Thursday, Aug 27
Oswayo Valley, Ridgway-Home-4:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug 31
St. Marys-Away-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 1
Cameron County-Home-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 3
ECC-Home-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 8
Coudersport, Port Allegany, SmethportSmethport-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 15
Cameron County-Away-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept 16
Coudersport-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 17
Bradford, Smethport-Home-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 22
Port Allegany, St Marys-Home-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept 23
Oswayo Valley-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 24
Friday, Sept 25
Smethport Invitational-Away
Monday, Sept 28
District 9 Tournament-St Marys
Tuesday, Sept 29
Ridgway-Away-3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 1
Cameron County Invitational-Away
Saturday, Oct 3
District 9 Tournament-St Marys
Monday, Oct 12
ECC-Away-4 p.m.
Photo by Amy Geer
The Kane boys' golf team began their season with a win over Coudersport. Members of the 2015 squad are, from left to right, front
row, Jamie Rook, Ben Holt, Christo Park, Connor Crowley, Dylan Keller, Devon Bright; back row, coach Jason Holt, Wes Cleer, Nate
Eckstrom, Alex Rezzelle, coach Nathan Smith.
Kane Girls Golf Schedule 2015
Thursday, Aug 20
Monday, Aug
-Coudersport-Away-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 1
Cameron County-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 3
Coudersport Invitational-Away
Tuesday, Sept 8
Thursday, Sept 10
Thursday, Sept 17
Coudersport, Port Allegany, Smethport-Smethport-4
p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 22
Smethport-Home-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 24
Cameron County-Home-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 29
Thursday, Oct 1
Bolivar Invitational-Away
Tuesday, Oct 6
District 9 Tournament-Bradford
Photo by Amy Geer
The Kane girls' golf team kicked off the KHS fall sports season with a road win over Coudersport. Members of the team are, from left
to right, Hailey Oknefski, coach Jason Holt, Raychel Keller, Kayla Lupole, Erin Paulson, Maddie Dalton, coach Nathan Smith and Riana
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Kane Boys’
Soccer 2015
Schedule
By Amy Geer
Staff Writer
The Kane boys’ soccer
team has a new head coach
in 2015. Dan Farnsworth,
who coached Kane Area
Soccer Association teams
for years, will be replacing
Ernie Chamberlain, who
held the spot since 2010.
Farnsworth will be joined
on the sideline by Corey
McGuire, a former Wolves’
standout for Chamberlain
and past league All-Star.
The Wolves had only 13
players on the roster prior
to the first day of school.
Players and coaches are
hoping to persuade a few
more students to join the
squad before the season
starts on Tuesday, Sept. 8
at Smethport.
There are two seniors
on the team, Connor Hemdal and Patrick Moore.
The two will also serve as
team captains, along with
a junior yet to be named.
Juniors on the team are
two-time returning letter-winners Charlie Ball,
Joseph Johnson, Thomas McGuire and Bryce
Schreckengost, as well
as newcomer Nic Grube.
Sophomores James Fleming and Hunter Shrubb
both earned letters as
freshmen last season for
the Wolves.
Four incoming freshmen round out the squad,
Brennan Schultz, Patrick
Photo by Amy Geer
The Kane boys' soccer team will get their season underway on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at Smethport. Members of the team are, from left to
right, front row, Brennan Schultz, Patrick Detsch, Clayton Detrick, Isaiah Holt, Nic Grube; back row, Joseph Johnson, Bryce Schreckengost, Hunter Shrubb, Connor Hemdal, Patrick Moore, Charlie Ball and Coach Corey McGuire. Missing at the time of photo were
James Fleming, Thomas McGuire and coach Dan Farnsworth.
Detsch, Clayton Detrick
and Isaiah Holt.
Coach
Farnsworth,
when asked about his
outlook for the season, replied, “I am hoping we can
make the playoffs. That
is a high bar, but I hope
we can improve upon last
year’s win total of three.
We have a great bunch of
guys and I am very excited
to be working with them.
There is a steep learning
curve as coach at the high
school level, but I am eager for the challenge.”
After a week of preseason practices, Farnsworth has Schultz penciled in as starting goalie.
He and coach McGuire
have also been impressed
with the play of Ball and
Detrick in practice. “They
are both looking pretty
good so far.”
He added about the
freshman class, “I hope
they all stick with the sport
for all four years. That
would be a good building
block for the program.”
Farnsworth said that
while the Wolves are part
of a strong league, he
hopes that they can be
competitive game in and
game out.
“We have a real good
core group, I’ve got great
expectations if we can get
a few more players,” he
said.
Tuesday, Sept 8
Smethport-Away-6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 10
Port Allegany-Away4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 15
Ridgway-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 17
Eisenhower-Away4:15 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 19
Coudersport-Home-11 am
Tuesday, Sept 22
St Marys-Home-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 24
Port Allegany-Home4:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept 28
Thursday, Oct 1
Saturday, Oct 3
Ridgway-Home-11 am
Monday, Oct 5
Redbank Valley-Home4 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 7
East Forest-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 8
Coudersport-Away6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 10
Brookville-Home-4 p.m.
Monday, Oct 12
Brockway-Home-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct 13
St Marys-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 15
Brookville-Away-4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 17
Keystone-Home-1 p.m.
Cross country coaches 'excited' for upcoming 2015 season
By Amy Geer
Staff Writer
Kane High cross country coach Adam Smelko
and assistant coach Rich
Hunt are excited about
this year’s prospects for
the boys’ team as they
enter their fifth year
at the helm. While the
girls’ team faces a lack of
runners, the Kane boys’
team has been consistently near the top of the
District 9 A pack the last
several years.
Coach Smelko believes
that this year’s team
should be better than
the 2014 squad, which
finished ninth in the
team standings at last
year’s District meet at
Ridgway. The finish was
disappointing but understandable, given that the
team’s number one runner, Hunter Yasurek, was
out due to injury and two
of the team’s other runners were ineligible to
compete.
With a healthy Yasurek back and “eight or
nine” other runners on
the squad, coach Smelko
feels the Wolves can be
back near the top of what
he calls a “wide open”
team race at districts.
The Wolves coaches expect Yasurek and fellow
senior Chris Udovich to
be “the 1-2” guys on the
team this year. Udovich
played on the Wolves’
soccer team last year and
ran on the cross country
team as well, but is concentrating solely on cross
country for his senior
campaign.
A couple of the younger
runners on the team have
impressed coach Smelko
this preseason.
“Freshman Ryan Hunt
looks good, and junior
Ryan Harris has been
impressive during the
first week of practice,”
coach Smelko said.
Other members of the
KHS boys’ team are junior Joe Newton, sophomore
Kyle
Pierotti,
freshman Hayden Barr,
sophomore Robert Bish
and junior Colton Barr.
The Wolves’ coach said
the success of this year’s
team will “depend on how
fast our fourth and fifth
runners go.”
The Kane girls’ team
will not have enough
girls on the squad to
compete as a team, with
only three girls competing this year. All three
are new to the sport as
well. Seniors Desi Bailey
and Kassidy Walters will
be joined on the team by
junior Dana Swartwood.
Coach Smelko said he
appreciates the effort the
three are putting forth to
try to learn the nuances
of the sport.
“I know running cross
country seems like a simple concept, but there is
a tough learning curve to
competing in the sport.
These three girls have
been working really hard
in practices,” he said.
The two coaches expect
a banner year for the
Kane Middle School cross
country teams, although
the girls’ team lacks
numbers. The KMS boys’
team “looks very good.”
Smelko expects big seasons from eighth-graders
Lane Hilliard and Chad
Greville.
“We expect those two to
be up front in most races,” coach Smelko said.
He is also impressed
with the efforts John
Wolfe (eighth grade) and
Brennen Smith (eighth
grade) made over the
summer.
Rounding out what
Smelko calls a “real good
team” are eighth grader
Kieran Pierotti and seventh grader Tyler Bernecki.
Eighth-graders Chelsea Hunt and Raeann
Asel will anchor the KMS
girls’ team. Seventhgrader Shauna Bailey is
the only other member of
the team now, although
the coaches are hopeful
that other runners may
join the team when classes begin.
“We have been trying
to get at least five girls
so we can field a team.
We are hoping for some
The Kane High boys' and girls' cross country teams will begin their season on Tuesday, Sept. 8 when they host Bradford and St.
Marys. Members of the team are, from left to right, front row, Desi Bailey, Dana Swartwood, Hayden Barr, Robert Bish, Ryan Hunt,
Ryan Harris, Colton Barr; back row, coach Adam Smelko, Kassidy Walters, Chris Udovich, Hunter Yasurek, Joe Newton, Kyle Pierotti and coach Rich Hunt.
stragglers. With Chelsea
and Raeann up front, we
could have a really solid team if we got a few
more,” coach Smelko
said.
The varsity runners
will be competing in a
number of invitationals
throughout the season,
starting off with Forest
Hills, then going to Bradford, Pittsburgh Central
Catholic and Ridgway.
The highlight of the season is the annual trip to
the Six Flags Wild Safari
Invitational in Jackson,
N.J.
Coach Smelko is anxKane Cross Country 2015 Schedule
ious for the season to begin.
Tuesday, Sept 8-Bradford, St Marys-Home-4 p.m.
“I’m excited for this
Saturday, Sept 12-Forest Hills Invitational-Away
year. Rich (Hunt) is too.
Tuesday, Sept 15-Ridgway, Brookville-Home-4 p.m.
We made some mistakes
last year and the kids are Saturday, Sept 19-Bradford Invitational-Away
Tuesday, Sept 22-ECC, Brockway-Away-4 p.m.
hungry. We had a consisSaturday,
Sept 26-Six Flags Invitational, NJ-Away
tent showing at the open
Tuesday, Sept 29-DuBois, Punxsutawney-Away
runs three times a week
(DuBois)-4 p.m.
this summer. Some of
Saturday,
Oct
3-Central
Catholic Invitational-Away
the kids are taking steps
Tuesday,
Oct
6-Punxsutawney-Away-4
p.m.
to make running a part
Saturday, Oct 10-Ridgway Invitational-Away-4 p.m.
of their lifestyle,” coach
Tuesday, Oct 13-ECC, Ridgway-Home-4 p.m.
Smelko said. “In addition
Tuesday, Oct 20-St Marys-Away-4 p.m.
to being good runners, we
Saturday,
Oct 24-Kane Middle School Invitational
have a team full of nice
Saturday, Oct 31-District 9 Championship-Away
kids. We’re looking for(Ridgway)
ward to a fun year.”
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Kane girls soccer team looking to outrun opponents
By Amy Geer
Staff Writer
Kane
coach
Robert
Mosier heads into his second season at the helm of
the Kane girls’ soccer team
with a full roster and some
lofty goals.
Mosier had 21 girls during preseason practices, including three seniors, eight
juniors, eight sophomores
and two freshmen. A number of the girls are new to
the sport, but what they
lack in experience, they
make up for in speed and
athleticism.
Mosier will be joined
on the sideline by Jenelle
Johnson, a Sheffield graduate who, after subbing in
the Kane School District
for the past few years, joins
the middle school faculty as
an English and Language
Arts teacher. Although she
has not played organized
soccer, the new assistant
coach has a running background and has been instrumental in conditioning
drills during the preseason.
The Lady Wolves were
1-15-1 last year, but a number of the losses were close,
according to coach Mosier.
“We were outclassed
in some of the games,”
he said. “We had trouble
scoring last year. We have
worked a lot on fundamentals during the preseason.
We are focusing on passing, controlling the ball
and working on movement
without the ball. Better positioning will lead to more
scoring. Out of the 21 girls
Kane Girls’
Soccer
Schedule 2015
Photo by Amy Geer
The Kane girls' soccer team will open the season on Tuesday, Sept. 8 as part of a doubleheader in Smethport. The girls teams will
play at 4:30 p.m. with the boys to follow at 6:30 p.m. Members of the 2015 Kane high girls' soccer team are, from left to right, front
row, Shannon Todd, Terika Schleicher, Kennedy Detsch, Caitlyn O'Hara, Raejonna Pascarella, Dessa Gentile, Kamryn Greenawalt;
middle row, Makenzy Schreckengost, Caitlyn Zampogna, Korrie Alexander, Alyssa Lima-Lopez, Alexis Lima-Lopez, Sydney Huntzinger, Laurel West, Ally Peterson; back row, coach Robert Mosier, coach Jenelle Johnson, Brandi Wheatley, Courtney Peters, Galicia
Fryzlewicz, Mackenzie Thayer, Danielle Tyger and Tori Schleicher.
on the roster, 12 were on
the team last year. We
have nine newcomers, two
of which have some soccer
experience.”
Mosier is impressed by
the commitment shown by
many of the girls.
“Some of them have been
working non-stop since
last season,” he said. “We
had eight play in an indoor
league in Lakewood, N.Y.,
half the team played in the
spring rec league, a dozen
players went to team camp
at Clarion University and a
good number participated
in open fields and conditioning runs this summer.”
One of the 2015 team’s
Kane JV Football Schedule 2015
strengths will be endurance.
“We have some girls that
can run all day,” according to Mosier, who added
that he also plans to utilize his good team speed.
With more than 20 girls
on the roster, the coaches
will have some flexibility in
lineups and substitutions.
The three seniors on the
team are Galicia Fryzlewicz, Raejonna Pascarella
and Shannon Todd. Mosier
expects Fryzlewicz to play
either a midfielder or forward spot, while the other
two seniors will be playing
defense.
Juniors are Alexis Lima-
Lopez, Terika Schleicher,
Tori Schleicher, Courtney
Peters, Sydney Huntzinger, Mackenzie Thayer,
Laurel West and Brandi
Wheatley. Lima-Lopez will
anchor the defense and
Tori Schleicher and Thayer
were the team’s top two
goal scorers last season.
Sophomores
on
the
squad are Kennedy Detsch,
Kamryn Greenawalt, Alyssa Lima-Lopez, Caitlyn
O’Hara, Danielle Tyger,
Ally Peterson, Korrie Alexander and Mackenzy
Schreckengost. The team’s
two ninth-graders are Caitlyn Zampogna and Dessa
Gentile.
Mosier said the key to
the season could be a quick
start. The Lady Wolves
play a couple of games
early in the season against
teams that they beat or
tied last year, so they need
to be focused right off the
bat. After those games, the
team will take on perennial
powers ECC and Ridgway.
When asked what his
goal was for the season,
Mosier did not hesitate to
answer, “Playoffs.”
He added, “It is a lofty
goal from where we were
last year, but we are going to try some different
things. We will be a little
more offensive minded this
Tuesday, Sept 8
Smethport-Away-4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 10
Keystone-Away-4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 12
ECC-Away-10 a.m.
Monday, Sept 14
Ridgway-Home-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept 16
Saturday, Sept 19
Monday, Sept 21
St Marys-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept 24
Redbank Valley-Away5 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 29
Ridgway-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 1
Monday, Oct 5
Port Allegany-Away4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 7
St Marys-Home-4 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct 13
West Forest-Home-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 15
Brockway-Home-4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 17
Keystone-Home-11 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct 20
Clarion-Home-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 22
West Forest-Away-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 28
Eisenhower-Away-4 p.m.
year and try to outrun some
teams instead of sagging
back on defense. We will
shoot for a .500 season and
work hard to get there.”
Middle School cheerleaders
Monday, Sept 14-Sheffield-Away-4 p.m.
Monday, Sept 21-Otto-Eldred-Home-6 p.m.
Monday, Sept 28-Brockway-Away-6 p.m.
Monday, Oct 5-Ridgway-Away-6 p.m.
Monday, Oct 12-Smethport-Away-6 p.m.
Monday, Oct 19-Brockway-Home-6 p.m.
Monday, Oct 26-p.m.Brookville-Home-6 p.m.
Kane Middle School Girls
Basketball Schedule 2015
Wednesday, Sept 16-Johnsonburg-Away-4 p.m.
Friday, Sept 18-ECC Tip-Off Tournament-Away-4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 19-ECC Tip-Off TournamentAway-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept 23-Sheffield-Away-5 p.m.
Friday, Sept 25-Bradford-Home-4 p.m.
Monday, Sept 28-Brookville-Away-4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 1-DCC-Away-4 p.m.
Friday, Oct 2-ECC-Home-4 p.m.
Monday, Oct 5-Sheffield-Home-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 7-Eisenhower-Away-4 p.m.
Monday, Oct 12-Brookville-Home-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 14-Johnsonburg-Home-4 p.m.
Monday, Oct 19-Ridgway-Away-4 p.m.
Monday, Oct 26-ECC-Away-4 p.m.
Monday, Nov 2-Ridgway-Home-4 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov 4-Eisenhower-Home-4 p.m.
Thursday, Nov 5-Bradford-Away-4 p.m.
Photo by Amy Geer
Members of the 2015-2016 Kane Middle School cheerleading team are pictured above. From left to right are, front row, Tatyana
Haight, Shania Carney, Mikayla Deane, Avery Bechakas; back row, Ashlyn Avenali, Emily Kelley, coach Trisha Swanson, Mackenzie Shrubb and Alexa Horton.
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smuggling.
They said 2,410 migrants had been detained on Thursday, down from the record
high of 3,241 the day before. Hungarian police also gave details on anti-human smuggling operations separate from their search
for suspects linked to the deaths in Austria.
They said that over the last several days
21 suspected human traffickers — 16 Romanians, two Syrians, two Hungarians and
a Russian citizen — had been arrested and
16 vehicles carrying around 100 migrants
toward the West had been confiscated.
Volunteers tending to hundreds of migrants a day in a transit zone set up at Budapest's Keleti train station, asked people
to bring candles and flowers to a tribute to
be held there Friday evening in memory of
the 71 victims.
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through Macedonia, Serbia and into Hungary, where thousands have been crossing
the border every day, crawling over or under a razor-wire fence meant to keep them
out.
Most go from there to other countries in
the European Union, sometimes paying
smugglers to drive them, but the discovery
of the bodies in the truck showed there is no
truly safe path.
Police in Hungary said that as of Tuesday, 776 suspected human smugglers had
been detained this year, compared to 593 in
all of 2014. In the southern part of the country, police said they had found 18 Syrians
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200 were missing and feared dead.
In Austria, officials said they are still investigating but believe the migrants suffocated. Investigators found a Syrian travel
document, indicating that at least some of
the dead were refugees fleeing violence in
Syria.
The 71 included eight women and four
children, the youngest a girl between 1 and
2 years old, the others boys aged 8 to 10.
Authorities initially estimated the death
toll at 20 to 50, but raised it after towing
the truck to a refrigerated warehouse and
counting the partially decomposed bodies.
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was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy.
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Dear Annie: My husband and
I are snowbirds in our late 60s.
Most of our snowbird friends are
several years older. We have neighbors in the North and in the South
and we normally trade off taking
turns driving back and forth.
Our dilemma is, we have a
set of neighbors in our North home
and one in our South home who will
not let us drive them. I am an excellent driver. (My husband seldom
drives.) Every time we plan a dinner out, one tells us that he “loves”
to drive and the other claims it
hurts her back to ride in someone
else’s car. They refuse to get in our
vehicle, which is a luxury car and
quite dependable.
I know this is a control issue,
but I don’t know how to handle it.
To make up for being given a ride,
I have treated one couple on occasion, but the other refuses any offers. Both parties live across the
street from us and their stubborn
refusal is putting a damper on our
get-togethers. Any advice? -- Snowbird Driver
Dear Snowbird: Let’s be clear
-- your objection is that you cannot reciprocate by driving, and one
couple will not allow you to reciprocate in any other way. You need to
discuss this honestly with them.
Tell your friends that you are uncomfortable not being able to return
the favor, and that they must allow
you to repay them in some fashion,
perhaps treating them to dinner at
a nice restaurant or buying them a
gift card to their favorite store. Your
other option, of course, is to drive
separately, saying that you prefer to
have your own car with you (a reasonable statement), and that you
will see them when you get there.
Dear Annie: I had to respond
to “Confused Family Member,”
whose niece is having a large wedding several months after a civil
ceremony.
My husband and I, as have
many of our close friends, had a civil
ceremony prior to a larger wedding
for family and friends. Members of
the military do this quite frequently
due to deployments and schedules.
I have heard of other reasons, like
couples waiting for immigration papers and couples who cannot have a
church wedding for several months
and prefer not to “live in sin.”
We just recently celebrated
my son’s wedding a year after the
couple was married by a judge at
their duty station. It is because of
responses by people like “Confused”
that many of us try to keep it a secret so our guests believe they are
coming to the “real” wedding.
When I married, the church
ceremony meant more to me than
the civil ceremony, and it is the
same with my daughter-in-law. Every bride wants to have her special
day and it usually doesn’t mean
standing in front of a judge with
a couple of witnesses. The bigger
wedding is a way for two families
to get together and share in the joy
of this newly married couple. The
fact that they weren’t able to pull
the party off until a year after the
“first” marriage shouldn’t detract
from the celebration. -- Two Wedding Anniversaries
Dear Two: Thank you for giving reasonable explanations for
treating a second ceremony in a
more compassionate way.
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ARIES
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You want to hide a bit today or
work behind the scenes because you
want a more laid-back pace. You value
your privacy.
TAURUS
(April 20 to May 20)
Share your hopes and dreams for
the future with someone, especially a female companion. You might be surprised
how helpful her feedback will be to you.
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
For some reason, personal details
about your private life seem to be public.
You might be aware of this, or you might
not be. Keep your ears open!
CANCER
(June 21 to July 22)
Try to do something different today
so you can shake up your routine. Down
deep, you want adventure and a chance
to learn something new. You will like to
travel.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Attend to red-tape details like inheritances, insurance matters, taxes, debt
and shared property. Roll up your sleeves
and get some paperwork out of the way.
VIRGO
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You will have to go more than
halfway when dealing with others today,
because the Moon is directly opposite
your sign. This simply requires patience,
tolerance and compromise.
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Make a to-do list today. Think of
what you can do so you feel more on top
of your scene and better organized. (This
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Today is a playful, flirtatious day!
Accept invitations to party. Enjoy the company of others. Sports, playful times with
children and the arts all will appeal.
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You might want to cocoon at home
today, or hang out with family members.
Have a second coffee and lounge in your
robe while you read the paper from cover
to cover.
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You want to accomplish a lot today.
Short trips, errands and discussions with
others will rev your engines. Go, go, go!
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Do not ignore financial matters today, because they are important. Stay on
top of your money scene and know what’s
happening. Make friends with your bank
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Although you might be a bit emotional, you also are luckier than usual
today. Ask the universe for a favor to see
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view from the hospital
where she is recovering.
Then he fired at Gardner,
though his first couple of
shots missed her.
"And then when she
dove down and got shot,
he stopped shooting and
took off," he said. "But she
wasn't sure he was gone
so she just laid there playing possum until first responders showed up."
Flanagan fired 17 shots
from a Glock pistol, the
Franklin County Sheriff's
Office said in a statement
Friday. The writings and
evidence seized from Flanagan's apartment showed
the man "closely identified" with people who have
committed mass murders,
including the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Parker and Ward died
of gunshot wounds to the
head and body. Vicki Gardner was shot in the back.
Flanagan shot himself
to death after a police
chase. Flanagan, a former
reporter at WDBJ, was
fired from the station in
2013 for poor performance
and conflicts with coworkers, who said he was
always claiming to be the
victim.
Parker's
boyfriend,
WDBJ
anchor
Chris
Hurst, said Parker went
on an assignment with
Flanagan when she was
an intern and innocently
remarked that her friend
lived on "Cotton Hill
Road." Flanagan accused
her of making a racist remark, something he apparently did often.
"She did not really know
what he was upset about,
specifically. She just knew
that she felt uncomfortable being around him, as
did many, many other people at the station," Hurst
said.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe
met privately with station employees to share
his condolences. The 50
or so workers have been
described as a close-knit
group, and they have continued reporting on their
slain colleagues in the face
of the tragedy.
"The courage and deter-
mination they showed is
truly, truly extraordinary,"
McAuliffe said outside the
station.
The governor talked
about his support for universal background checks
and said he and Alison
Parker's dad, Adam, would
fight for tougher gun laws.
"There are too many
guns in America and there
are clearly too many guns
in the wrong hands," the
governor said. But McAuliffe, himself a gun owner,
also conceded that Flanagan had passed a background check.
Parker's boyfriend, not
yet ready to take a stance
on gun laws because he
is a journalist, instead
remembered the couple's
whitewater kayaking trip
just one week ago.
"We went past a special
place on the river where
she turned to me and she
said, 'Chris, this is where
I want to get married.
Wouldn't this be wonderful?' And so now we're
going to place her ashes
there."
Cecil and Caitlyn heat up the Halloween costume wars early
Dominica prime minister
says 20 dead following 'Erika'
SANTO
DOMINGO,
Dominican Republic (AP)
— Tropical Storm Erika
began to lose steam Friday
over Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but it caused
a trail of destruction that
killed at least 20 people and
left another 31 missing on
the small eastern Caribbean island of Dominica,
authorities said.
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said
in a televised address late
Friday that the island has
been set back 20 years in
the damage inflicted by the
storm.
"The extent of the devastation is monumental. It is
far worse than expected," he
said, adding that hundreds
of homes, bridges and roads
have been destroyed. "We
have, in essence, to rebuild
Dominica."
Tropical Storm Erika
dumped 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on the mountainous island before it cut
Friday into Haiti and the
Dominican Republic, where
it toppled trees and power
lines.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said
the system was expected to
move north across the island of Hispaniola, where
the high mountains would
weaken it to a tropical depression on Saturday and
possibly cause it to dissipate
entirely.
There's a chance it could
regain some strength off
northern Cuba and people
in Florida should still keep
an eye on it and brace for
heavy rain, said John Cagialosi, a hurricane specialist at the center. "This is a
potentially heavy rain event
for a large part of the state,"
he said.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott
declared a state of emergency for the entire state,
which could begin seeing
the effects of the system late
Sunday and early Monday.
Officials urged residents to
prepare by filling vehicle
gas tanks, stockpiling food
and water, and determining whether they live in an
evacuation zone.
Erika's heavy rains set
off floods and mudslides in
Dominica, where at least 31
people have been reported
missing, according to officials with the Barbadosbased Caribbean Disaster
Emergency Response Agency.
The island's airports remain closed, and authorities have not yet been able
to reach some communi-
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) —
The woman who survived
the on-air shooting that
killed two TV journalists
says she never saw the
gunman walk up to the
group because the camera's bright light blinded
her.
Vicki Gardner, a chamber of commerce official,
was answering questions
about the community on
live TV when the gunfire
erupted. She was wounded as she fell to the ground
after hearing the first gunshots, her husband said
Friday.
The gunman, Vester
Flanagan,
ambushed
WDBJ-TV
cameraman
Adam Ward and reporter
Alison Parker during the
interview Wednesday at
the Smith Mountain Lake
Visitor Center. Gardner is
executive director of the
resort area's chamber of
commerce.
The first four shots were
aimed at Parker, and two
more were aimed at Ward,
Gardner's husband Tim
said in a telephone inter-
ties cut off by flooding and
landslides. Skerrit said he
is forming a national reconstruction advisory committee and asked people to
share their resources with
each other as foreign aid
trickles in.
"This is a period of national tragedy," he said.
"Floods swamped villages,
destroyed homes and wiped
out roads. Some communities are no longer recognizable."
Among the houses lost in
the mudslides was that of
46-year-old security guard
Peter Julian, who had joined
friends after leaving work.
"When I returned, I saw
that my house that I have
lived in for over 20 years
was gone," he said. "I am
blessed to be alive. God was
not ready for me ... I have
lost everything and now
have to start all over again."
Erika is a particularly
wet storm, and was expected to dump up to 8 inches
(20 centimeters) of rain
across the drought-stricken
Caribbean.
Given how weak the
storm now is and how dry
Puerto Rico and parts of
Florida have been, "it could
be a net benefit, this thing,"
said MIT meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel.
The center of Erika was
located about 25 miles (45
kilometers) southeast of
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and
was moving west at about
21 mph (33 kph), the Hurricane Center said. The
storm's maximum sustained
winds dropped slightly to 45
mph (75 kph).
Erika drenched the Dominican Republic after it
slid south of Puerto Rico,
where it knocked out power
to more than 200,000 people
and caused more than $16
million in damage to crops
including plantains, bananas and coffee.
Meanwhile in the Pacific,
Ignacio strengthened into a
hurricane with maximum
sustained winds of 90 mph
(150 kph). It was centered
about 785 miles (1,260 kilometers) east-southeast of
Hilo, Hawaii, and was moving northwest near 8 mph
(13 kph).
Also in the Pacific, Jimena turned into a Category
2 hurricane with maximum
sustained winds near 105
mph (165 kph). It was centered about 1,135 miles
(1,825 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of
Mexico's Baja California
peninsula. It does not pose a
threat to land.
NEW YORK (AP) — Who
gets to decide what grown
people wear for Halloween?
Apparently everybody.
The Halloween wars focused on pop culture costumes have heated up early this year. Petitions and
social media outrage are
already flying over a bloodspattered dentist's smock
paired with a Cecil-like lion
head, along with a replica
of Caitlyn Jenner's creamcolored corset set she wore
for her joyful coming out on
the cover of Vanity Fair.
But exactly how do the
latest examples in the costume clashes for a holiday
with a long, bawdy history
differ from always off-base
behavior like blackface, ala
Julianne Hough, or Prince
Harry's turn as a non-Halloween Nazi?
Is the rule of "too soon"
at play? Has the digital
age spawned an overly politically correct genie with
no immediate plans to be
stuffed back in the bottle?
Richard Lachmann, a
professor at the University
at Albany who includes
Halloween in his sociology
of culture course, said costumes seem to be more provocative every year, with
equally amped-up backlash. And there's always a
base of people who feel it's
an "irreligious pagan holiday to begin with and are
ready to be upset," he said.
Throw in a heavy dose
of gore, loaded parody and
ultra-sexy costumes, Lachmann added, and Halloween is now a free-for-all debate on decency and where
the never-OK line belongs.
But is there a line at all?
"It seems like there
isn't," he said. "The point
for adults is to be provocative, to do something that
breaks the lines of what's
considered acceptable."
The fashion and lifestyle
site Refinery29 is one of
many online voices decrying Jenner costumes and
accessories, calling out one
seller of a "Unisex Miss-ter
Olympic Wig" that costs
$14.99, in a recent update
to a running attempt to
take down the gear. Why?
Because as the writer,
Liz Black, said in her post:
"Every Halloween, there
always seems to be a need
for articles that explain
why you shouldn't dress
up in a costume that mocks
another marginalized culture."
At least four online sellers are hawking Jenner
stuff, including one of the
largest retailers, Spirit
Halloween, but opponents
have seen little satisfaction
as the companies declare
it's all in fun.
"At Spirit Halloween,
we create a wide range of
costumes that are often
based on celebrities, public
figures, heroes and superheroes," said a statement
from Lisa Barr, Spirit's
senior director of marketing and creative. "Caitlyn
Jenner is all of the above
and our exclusive Caitlyn-
inspired costume reflects
just that."
Spirit's version goes for
$49.99. The wig? Sold separately at $16.99 a pop.
Anytimecostumes.com
went with a cartoonish,
beefy dude in a brown wig
to show off its "Call me
Caitlyn Unisex Adult Costume" with a sash declaring just that, lest you not
realize who it's supposed to
be. It comes with a bustier
and white shorty shorts for
$74.99. Is it worth blackface-level anger?
Lachmann's not convinced.
"With blackface there's
a link to the whole history
of violence against AfricanAmericans," he said, echoing Black's train of thought
on what many in the trans
community regularly face.
"Certainly people can try to
convince others that it's not
a good idea to wear a certain costume."
That's exactly what animal rights activist Doreen
Harley in Indianapolis set
out to do in a dustup with
Johnathon Weeks, owner
in Palm Springs, California, of Costumeish.com.
He came up with the "Lion
Killer Dentist" costume
based on Walter Palmer,
the Minnesota dentist who
generated a world of wrath
when he and his hunting
party killed the beloved Ce-
cil in Zimbabwe.
Weeks recently put the
costume on sale for $59.99,
upping the price to $99.99.
Harley took to Facebook
and Twitter to protest, and
she started an online campaign to have Weeks pull
the costume. She now has
a promise from Weeks to
donate his profits from the
dentist's smock, lion head
and bloody surgical gloves
to a wildlife organization.
"When I saw the costume, that disturbed me
that someone was trying to
make a profit off of this incredibly disturbing story,"
Harley said.
Does she consider Caitlyn Jenner costumes equally insensitive and disturbing?
"I have friends and family that are gay, transgender, lesbian. It does offend
me. It's almost like mocking someone. It is offensive to that community. I'm
more passionate, I guess,
toward animal rights. I
have to pick and choose
my battles and I'm choosing the Cecil the lion battle
right now."
She wouldn't say whether she believes the Cecil
costume reaches that never-OK line, such as blackface: "I think adults get to
decide what they want to
wear for Halloween. "This
is the one that stood out for
me."
The lion-hunting dentist
is just one of about 14,000
costumes Weeks sells at
Costumeish and a larger
site, Brandsonsale.com. So
far he has sold 50 bloody
dentist costumes. Weeks
plans a reverse take on
Cecil with a lion suit that
comes with a severed human head, and possibly
another costume with extra-large trousers and little
kids sticking out one side
for people looking to dress
as Jared Fogle, the fallen
Subway pitchman who faces charges of paying for sex
with minors and possessing child pornography.
"We bring to market
what people want," Weeks
said. "We all need to chill
out. We've got the PC police
everywhere. We have pregnant nun costumes nobody
talks about. We have Jesus costumes nobody talks
about. We live in a society
that's so sensitive to these
things."
But even Weeks has a
line.
"I still won't make twin
tower costumes. ... I get
requests for that all the
time," he said. "The tragedy that happened with
the TV reporters who were
killed, that would be way
off-limits. Anybody who
wanted to dress up as them
would be disgusting."
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Kane Area Elementary/Middle School
Kane Area
School District
400 W. Hemlock Ave
Kane, PA
837-6030
Working together for our children because “We Care”
Menu is subject to change.
Peanut Butter Served as #2
Choice Daily.
Remember to check your meal balance!
“Children are the only future of any people.”
Frances Cress Welsing, American Psychiatrist

Kane 8-29-15.indd - The Kane Republican

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