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SCRANTON
Maguires sentencing set
U.S. District Judge A. Richard Capu-
to scheduled July 19 as the sentencing
date for former Luzerne County Rede-
velopment Authority official William
Maguire.
Maguire pleaded
guilty in October 2009
to charges he accepted
$1,400 from a contrac-
tor who did business
with the authority. He
was charged in Sep-
tember 2009.
Maguires sentencing hearing has
been delayed several times due to the
ongoing corruption investigation.
WILKES-BARRE
W-B Area meets today
The Wilkes-Barre Area School Board
will hold a special meeting today at 5
p.m. in the board room of the Adminis-
tration Building, 730 S. Main St.
The board did not adopt a 2011-12
budget by the end of the fiscal year on
Thursday. A vote Tuesday on a $97.6
million spending plan ended in a 4-4
tie, with member Robert Corcoran
absent.
The vote came after lengthy wran-
gling in executive session. The board
emerged 20 minutes late for a 6 p.m.
meeting, announced it would return to
executive session and didnt come back
until 7:35 p.m. to cast the split vote.
Lynn Evans, Maryanne Toole, Jim
Fisher and Phil Latinski voted against
the budget. Board President Joe Mo-
ran, Christine Katsock, Dr. Mark Schio-
witz and Gary Polakoski voted yes.
HARRISBURG
License centers take break
All Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation driver license and pho-
to centers will be closed Saturday
through Monday in observance of Inde-
pendence Day.
Customers may still obtain a variety
of driver and vehicle products and
services, including non-commercial
drivers license and photo ID renewals,
vehicle registration renewals, changes
of address and exam scheduling online
through the website, www.dmv.state-
.pa.us.
SCRANTON
Trial date set for Musto
A trial has been scheduled for former
Democratic state Sen. Raphael Musto,
who was indicted by a federal grand
jury in November on charges he illegal-
ly accepted money and
gifts from a local busi-
nessman.
U.S. District Judge
A. Richard Caputo
scheduled the trial to
take place immediate-
ly after the selection of
a jury that is to begin
Nov. 1. The trial will
be at the federal courthouse in Wilkes-
Barre.
Musto was charged with accepting
money and gifts as a reward for actions
the former lawmaker took that bene-
fited the mans business. Defense at-
torneys identified the businessman as
Robert Mericle of Mericle Construc-
tion.
WILKES-BARRE
Inmates death probed
An investigation is underway to
determine how a female inmate at the
Luzerne County Correctional Facility
died on Sunday.
Carrie Ann Costigan, 27, of Wilkes-
Barre, was found unresponsive in the
jail. She was transported to Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital, where she
died.
An autopsy by forensic pathologist
Dr. Mary Pascucci on Monday revealed
no signs of foul play or trauma in her
death, according to the Luzerne Coun-
ty Coroners Office.
The cause and manner of death is
pending the return of toxicology tests.
Costigan was jailed in April on a
probation violation on a retail theft
charge after she tested positive for
heroin, according to court records.
Warden Joseph Piazza could not be
reached for comment on Thursday.
I N B R I E F
Maguire
Musto
Dr. Lois Margaret Noramayhavewalk-
ed into situation that sounds dire inter-
im head of a fledgling college with an
acute cash crunch that was put on proba-
tion by a national accredit-
ing group but you
couldnt tell from her de-
meanor or tone.
The neurologist picked
as interimpresident of The
Commonwealth Medical
College is more than up-
beat; shes passionate
about the schools future.
This medical school is
not going anywhere, Nora
saidduringavisit withThe
Times Leader. This medi-
cal school is tremendously
successful.
Dr. RichardEnglish, associate deanfor
Regional Campus Development, echoed
Noras zeal. Notingthat theschool has no
trouble getting doctors to accept college
students for training, English said the
medical community has eagerly em-
braced TCMCsince it opened in 2009.
There is a sense of ownership, a sense
that this is our medical school.
Nora took over the school barely six
weeks ago after the abrupt departure of
its first president, Dr.
Robert DAlessandri.
One of her first tasks was
to publicize unexpected
woes. The rough econo-
my coupled with Gov.
Tom Corbetts proposal
to stop an expected $5
million in state support
sank school finances.
Twelve staff and eight
faculty members were
laid off, and TCMC has
started looking for other
support and donations.
Nora said the picture is still a little fuzzy
but estimates that to get on firmfooting,
the school would like to find a 50 to 60
million dollar infusion in the next five
THE COMMONWEALTH MEDI CAL COL L EGE
Interim president remains upbeat
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Dr. Lois Margaret
Nora, M.D., was
named Interim Pres-
ident and Dean of
The Commonwealth
Medical College in
Scranton. She took
over the school
barely six weeks
ago.
By MARK GUYDISH
mguydish@timesleader.com
See MEDICAL, Page 4A
This medical
school is not going
anywhere. This
medical school is
tremendously suc-
cessful.
Dr. Lois Margaret Nora
Interim President and Dean
of TCMC
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O N L I N E
WILKES-BARRE Not only will
today be the last day for homeless
services to be offered at REACH Inc.,
it is also Stefanie Wolowniks last day
as executive director.
Due to the loss of several contracts
for other services provide by REACH
for 26 years, Wolowniks position has
been eliminated, and for the first
time in her career, the 53-year-old
director is unemployed.
Today is my last day on the pay-
roll, Wolownik said Thursday.
When theres no funding, theres no
funding for anything.
The homeless drop-in shelter, lo-
cated in the basement of St. Ste-
phens Episcopal Church on South
Franklin Street, will no longer offer
services for the homeless.
That means no more showers,
breakfasts, mail pickup, telephone ac-
cess and assistance from Wolownik,
who routinely helped set up appoint-
ments and find services for people in
need. She guided them through the
maze of a complex social services
network. About 50 homeless people
use it daily.
F UNDI NG CUTBACKS
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Stefanie Wolownik, executive director of REACH at St. Stephens Church in Wilkes-Barre, talks with a visitor Thurs-
day. Having lost contracts that help fund it, the program for the homeless is shutting down.
REACH a hand up no more
Stefanie Wolowniks calendar indicates today is a sad one for her. It is her
last day as executive director of REACH at St. Stephens Church.
The program, based in downtown
Wilkes-Barre, provided services to
the areas homeless.
By BILL OBOYLE
boboyle@timesleader.com
See REACH, Page 4A
Luzerne Countys early mailing of
this years Wyoming Valley Levee fee
bills has created some confusion, offi-
cials say.
The levee fee bills for 2009 and 2010
had been mailed in October, but the
2011 bills were recently issued because
officials wanted to send them out soon-
er, said county Flood Protection Au-
thority Executive Director JimBrozena.
A later mailing means the revenue
comes in after many
2011 expenses were in-
curred, and county of-
ficials wanted the lev-
ee bills to go out be-
fore school property
tax bills are issued,
Brozena said.
Some property own-
ers were concerned
they would receive an
additional levee bill in
the fall, which is not
the case, he said.
Property owners
will continue to have
60 days to pay the levee fee at face val-
ue, the same as before, Brozena said.
The county also inadvertently used
2010 property information for the re-
cent mailing, which means people who
sold their properties in 2011may wrong-
ly receive a bill, he said.
Brozena estimated roughly 500 prop-
erties have changed hands in the levee
fee coverage area this year. New bills
will be issued to the correct owners of
these properties, he said. The impacted
property owners will still have 60 days
to pay their bills at face value, he said.
Were aware of that issue, and were
working to rectify it, Brozena said, not-
ing he received more than 50 calls from
property owners about both billing is-
sues.
The controversial levee fee, initiated
in 2009, must be paid by the owners of
14,470 properties in low-lying areas
along the Susquehanna River that were
inundated by the 1972 Agnes Flood and
are now protected by the levee.
Ranging from $46.85 to $93.70 for
residential properties and $225.48 to
$676.44 for commercial, the fee funds
non-recreational levee maintenance
costs, including work on pumping sta-
tions.
For example, levee fee revenue has
been spent on insurance, utilities and
salaries for levee workers. The money
cannot be used for recreational costs as-
sociated with the River Common recre-
ational area in Wilkes-Barre.
The fee is designed to generate
roughly $1.38 million for levee mainte-
nance annually.
Levee bills
for this year
mailed early
The controversial county fee must
be paid by owners of property
protected by the dike system.
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
jandes@timesleader.com
Some proper-
ty owners
were con-
cerned they
would receive
an additional
levee bill in
the fall, which
is not the
case.
Travel this holiday weekend is ex-
pected to mirror the slight declines
seen a fewweeks ago for the Memorial
Day extended holiday weekend.
AAA Mid-Atlantic projects nearly
50,000 Wilkes-Barre area residents will
travel 50 miles or more fromhome this
Fourthof July holiday, a decrease of 2.7
percent from last years Independence
Day weekend. The Independence Day
holiday travel period runs through
Monday.
But the declining gas prices are
stemming the tide for at least one local
resident.
John Ross of Hazleton was filling up
his minivan at the Pilot truck stop in
Pittston Township this week. He said
that just two months ago he was on the
fence about traveling this summer.
But as gas prices have dipped, it has
made his decision a bit easier.
We went to the Pittsburgh area to
visit familyfor Memorial Day, andwell
probably head somewhere else this
weekend, maybe a state park to swim
and picnic, Ross said.
A few months ago, he added, one
summer holiday trip was the likeliest
of plans. He said that even if gas prices
keep dropping, a Labor Day drive back
out to western Pennsylvania or to a
closer state park is unlikely.
Its still expensive, even if gas drops
another 50 cents, he said.
AAA sees slight declines in 4th holiday travel
See TRAVEL, Page 4A
AAA expects the national average price
of self-serve regular gasoline to be
between $3.50 and $3.60 per gallon
during this Independence Day holiday
weekend, almost $1 higher than year-ago
prices, yet 50 to 60 cents less than the
record $4.11 per gallon average set in
July 2008. On Thursday, the average in
Wilkes-Barre was $3.47, the lowest its
been since March 7.
S T I L L P U M P PA I N
By ANDREWM. SEDER
aseder@timesleader.com
C M Y K
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Ross is bucking the local trav-
el trend AAA is predicting.
AAA is projecting a slight de-
cline in the number of Wilkes-
Barre area travelers for the up-
coming Independence Day holi-
day weekend, said Jim Lardear,
director of public and govern-
ment affairs for AAA Mid-Atlan-
tic, which serves Pennsylvania.
The market included in the
projections includes Luzerne
and Columbia counties.
In line with the rest of the
country, the number of Wilkes-
Barre area travelers is expected
to decline 2.7 percent from last
year. Increased fuel costs are not
only impacting the total number
of travelers, but also traveler de-
mographics and budgetary allo-
cations, Lardear said.
Even though gas prices are
declining theyre down 26
cents over the past month its
not enough to get people driving
like they used to for all of the
summer holidays, said Jana L.
Tidwell, spokeswoman for AAA
Mid-Atlantic.
Forty-four percent of travelers
nationwide said high gas prices
would impact their travel plans,
according to a AAA survey.
Seven out of 10 travelers will
economize in other areas and
three out of 10 are planning to
take a shorter trip or travel by a
different mode of transporta-
tion.
Since peaking just shy of $4 a
gallon in early May, gas prices
have been on the decline in re-
cent weeks, Tidwell said.
While the recent drop in prices
is welcome news to those plan-
ning to drive to their Independ-
ence Day weekend celebrations,
many motorists have overex-
tended their household budgets
to compensate for increased gas-
oline expenditures, which began
their ascent at the end of 2010,
and are therefore choosing not
to travel or significantly cutting
back on distances traveled and/
or economizing in other areas
to make a summer holiday week-
end getaway possible.
Just like the projections for
Memorial Day, air travel is ex-
pected to see a big increase from
the 2010 holiday.
AAA projects 4,435 of the
49,512 people traveling at least
50 miles from Wilkes-Barre will
be flying. Thats a 9.5 percent
increase over the number that
did so in 2010 for the July 4th
holiday. The 40,441 that will
travel by vehicle is a 3.1 percent
drop compared to last years
numbers.
All three categories, overall
travel, auto travel and air travel
are within 0.2 percentage points
of the national projections.
Nationally, AAA projects 39
million Americans will travel for
the 2011 Independence Day holi-
day weekend, a 2.5 percent de-
cline from the 40 million people
who traveled a year ago.
Travelers in Northeastern
Pennsylvania will be able to
take a coffee break at in-
terstate rest areas over the
Independence Day holiday
weekend. Community groups
will be serving free coffee at
rest areas through a program,
coordinated through the Penn-
sylvania Department of Trans-
portation, designed to encour-
age drivers to stop and take a
break for safetys sake during
the busy holiday travel period.
The safety coffee breaks will
be conducted at the following
rest areas:
INTERSTATE 80:
Eastbound at White Haven,
between exit 262, Mountain
Top/Hazleton, and the exit
273, White Haven/Freeland.
INTERSTATE 81:
Northbound at Dorrance,
between exit 155, Dorrance,
and exit 159, Nuangola.
Southbound at Nuangola,
between exit 159, Nuangola,
and exit 155, Dorrance.
Northbound at Tompkins-
ville, between exit 202, Fleet-
ville/Tompkinsville, and exit
206, Glenwood/Lenoxville.
Southbound at Lenox, be-
tween exit 211, Lenox, and exit
206, Glenwood/Lenoxville.
S A F E T Y B R E A K S
TRAVEL
Continued from Page 3A
We will still have our food pantry
and clothes closet, Wolownik said.
We need to let people know that their
donations of food and clothing are still
needed.
She said a member from the St. Ste-
phens congregation will be on-site
Monday through Friday from noon to 4
p.m. to oversee whats left of the pro-
gram.
At-risk families
Though the REACH homeless ser-
vices will shut down today, the agency
was to remain open to offer services to
at-risk families to keep them out of the
foster care system.
But bids werent submitted on time
and REACH lost out.
However, Joe DiVizia, Luzerne
County director of human services,
said the bids may be re-posted because
of the great need in the county for
these services.
Even with a second chance to bid,
DeVizia noted there is no guarantee
REACH will be awarded any contracts.
He said the lowest responsible bidder
will be successful.
Our at-risk families will have to find
help somewhere else, Wolownik said.
We always strived to keep those fam-
ilies together and out of the foster care
system.
Wolownik said about 15 families rep-
resenting 49 people were served by
REACH. She said they were offered
help in parenting skills and assistance
in navigating the social services sys-
tem.
We would go to school meetings
with them to assure the needs of the
children were being met, Wolownik
said.
As Wolownik worked her last day,
she said she will be on-site today to
clean out her office and to see her
homeless clients for then last time.
At first I guess I was in shock and
denial, she said. But then I realized,
just because Im being laid off doesnt
mean people are no longer in need. We
have to find a way to continue helping
these people.
Focus on homeless issue
Monsignor Joseph Kelly, diocesan
executive director of Catholic Social
Services, has been leading the effort to
establish a permanent shelter to ad-
dress the growing homeless population
in the community.
He had said Catholic Social Servic-
es, St. Stephens Episcopal Church,
United Way and the Commission on
Economic Opportunity have been dis-
cussing a way to establish a permanent
homeless shelter for men.
Kelly hopes to have something oper-
ating by the fall.
Kelly had noted the Mother Teresas
Haven formerly VISION has be-
come expensive. The shelter changes
weekly from church to church to house
homeless men overnight.
Kelly said Mother Teresas Haven
will continue to operate until a new
center opens.
Wolownik said the Wyoming Valley
Rescue Mission in the former Knights
of Columbus building off Coal Street
will offer showers to homeless men.
Ruths Place operates as a homeless
shelter for women.
Im sad mostly, Wolownik said.
This marks an end of an era.
Then she shrugged and laughed and
said, What a thing to have on your
resume: Your program closed on your
watch.
REACH
Continued from Page 3A
years.
The lack of secure future fund-
ing was the primary reason the
school was put on probation by
the Liaison Committee on Medi-
cal Education, the agency that ac-
credits medical degree granting
schools, Nora said. The move
does not change the preliminary
accreditation the school earned,
but does delay the steps to full ac-
creditation.
We will get through this, No-
ra said.
Andpart of gettingthroughit is
making sure the college image
doesnt take a hit.
Thats why were making the
rounds.
Nora and English touted the
young schools record: 40 gradu-
ates fromthe masters in biomed-
icine program, a full incoming
class of first-year students (and a
long waiting list of candidates
who couldnt be admitted be-
cause of space), and 20 third-year
students who are now out in the
fieldworkingwithdoctors inclin-
ics throughout Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
For all the good work weve
been doing, this is an exciting
time, Nora said.
And while the faculty cuts hurt
the colleges research programs,
theres still plenty going on. En-
glishnotedtheschool was recent-
ly awarded a National Institutes
of Health research grant worth
$300,000. TCMChas approached
Blue Cross of NortheasternPenn-
sylvania for more assistance the
insurance giant provided$25mil-
lionfor startupcosts in2006but
has not received a reply.
The college is also looking into
affiliations with colleges or other
local agencies that might save
money and avoid duplicated ser-
vices.
Nora and English become par-
ticularly enthusiastic when they
discuss the colleges communi-
ty-based approach to education.
The school strives to lure stu-
dents from the area in hopes of
keeping them here. Giving them
extensiveexperienceinlocal clin-
icsispart of that effort. Aprogram
that exposes economically disad-
vantaged high school and college
students tothe college is another.
Data shows community-based
medical training produces better
doctors and increases the odds
they will work where they
learned, English said, making it
an effective way to ease a chronic
problem with recruiting doctors
to the region.
Ive seen what community-
based medical schools can do for
the community interms of health
care, in terms of keeping the stu-
dents in the region, and in terms
of the communitys success, No-
ra said. It is just too important
that this medical college thrive.
MEDICAL
Continued from Page 3A
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
TCMC Interim President and Dean Dr. Lois Margaret Nora speaks
as Dr. Richard English, Associate Dean for Regional Campus De-
velopment, looks on.
WILKES-BARRE The mother
of 15 children, Audrey Riccardi
was the child of alcoholic parents
and placed in foster care at an
early age. She also was the mother
of a convicted murderer.
A mitigation expert testified
Thursday that Audrey Riccardi ne-
glected, abused and abandoned
her children and that children ser-
vices were involved with the fam-
ily for years.
Deborah Belknaps testimony
came in the second day of a sen-
tencing hearing being held for El-
vis Riccardi, 33, who was convict-
ed on Tuesday of first-degree mur-
der in the 2009 beating death of
Donald Skiff, 34, of Plymouth.
A jury of eight women and four
men is tasked with deciding if Ric-
cardi will spend the rest of his life
in prison or receive the death pen-
alty for his crimes.
Testimony in
courtroom num-
ber one at the
Luzerne County
Courthouse will
continue this
morning, Senior
Judge JosephAu-
gello said. Pro-
ceedings will begin at 8:30.
Belknap, an attorney who holds
a Ph.D. and works as a mitigation
expert, said she began investigat-
ing Elvis Riccardis background
last April and uncovered hundreds
of pages of reports, detailing the
involvement of children services
with his family beginning in 1975.
Belknap testified that at around
19 years of age, Audrey Riccardi
married Jerry Riccardi. The cou-
ple lived in Jersey City, N.J., and
had six children.
When their youngest was about
3 months old, Audrey Riccardi
abandoned the family and began a
new one with Arthur Lewis. Ric-
cardi and Lewis had nine children,
two of whom are Elvis Riccardi
and his twin sister, Alice.
Belknap detailed years of re-
ports documented by the Division
of Youth and Family Services
(DYFS), New Jerseys child pro-
tection and child welfare agency
from1975 to1987, when the Lewis
family moved to Pennsylvania.
Belknap testified that in 1977,
when Audrey Riccardi was preg-
nant with Elvis and Alice, a social
worker reported that Riccardi
took 41 nerve pills in an attempt
to abort the fetus. Audrey Riccardi
didnt know she was pregnant
with twins.
The worker reported a house
with no hot water, no working toi-
let, no windows and filled with
flies. The house also had one dog
and 11 cats.
In early 1978, DYFS provided a
caseworker, social worker and
homemaker to teach Audrey Ric-
cardi how to keep house. In Au-
gust 1979, Belknap said, several
Lewis children were sent home
from school because they all had
lice, ringworm and dirty clothes,
and one daughter, Margaret, was
wandering the streets alone.
Four months later, a social work-
er described the Lewis house as a
chamber of horrors. Another de-
scribed a family living in a dan-
gerous situation.
In April 1981, Audrey Riccardi
assumed she was enrolling several
of her older children in a Big
Brothers program, but later
learned the children were part of a
pornography and prostitution
ring, and had been inappropriately
touched and raped, Belknap testi-
fied.
Later that year, Audrey Riccardi
requested her nine children be put
in foster care but was told it would
be impossible to place all of them
in homes.
Defense attorneys also called
members of Elvis Riccardis family
to testify, as well as a county pris-
on chaplain, prison sergeant and
counselors.
Riccardis wife, Tiffany, and
mother-in-law, Sherry Gredzinski,
described Riccardi as being a lov-
ing husband and man, and said he
is the only father-figure his wifes
two children have known.
Also called to testify were doc-
tors Richard Fischbein and Mi-
chael Church, a psychiatrist and
psychologist, respectively, who
testified about Riccardis low IQ
score and mild mental retardation.
Home life detailed in Riccardi testimony
Jury is deciding if convicted
murderer will receive death
penalty or life in prison.
By SHEENA DELAZIO
sdelazio@timesleader.com
Riccardi
GROWING WEATHER
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
L
uke Stearns of Wilkes-Barre weeds around the
sugar snap peas Thursday in the Wilkes Commu-
nity Garden at River and West Ross streets.
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CHICAGO
Geithner says hes staying
T
reasury Secretary Timothy Geithn-
er said Thursday hell stay put at
the Treasury Department for the fore-
seeable future, addressing speculation
he might leave the Obama adminis-
tration after the current round of bud-
get negotiations.
Earlier a person familiar with his
thinking told The Associated Press
that Geithner saw an opening to poten-
tially leave once a deal was reached on
raising the nations borrowing limit,
but the source emphasized no deci-
sions had been made.
Geithner reiterated his warnings
Thursday of financial chaos if the debt
limit is not raised by Aug. 2.
WASHINGTON
CIA deaths to be probed
The Justice Department inquiry into
CIA interrogations of terrorist detai-
nees has led to a full criminal investiga-
tion into the deaths of two people
while they were in custody in Iraq and
Afghanistan, Attorney General Eric
Holder announced Thursday.
The attorney general said he accept-
ed the recommendation of a federal
prosecutor, John Durham, who since
August 2009 has conducted an inquiry
into CIA interrogation practices during
the Bush administration. Holder said
Durham looked at the treatment of 101
detainees in U.S. custody since the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and
concluded that only these two deaths
warranted criminal investigation.
Holder did not identify the two
death cases. But former and current
U.S. officials who requested anonymity
to discuss an ongoing investigation
said Durham was looking at the deaths
of Gul Rahman and Manadel al-Jamadi.
RALEIGH, N.C.
Woman charged for kiss
A Bible-waving preacher protesting
at a gay pride event in North Carolina
turned the other cheek and got
kissed on it by a 74-year-old female gay
rights supporter who is now charged
with simple assault.
Joan Parker admits she kissed a
preacher on the cheek at the event,
proclaimed by the Salisbury mayor as
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen-
der Pride Day.
He was just waving his arms and
has a Bible in one hand, up and down,
and screaming at the top of his lungs,
sodomites and youre going to hell,
Parker said in a phone interview. I
thought he needed a hug. So I gave
him a hug.
At some point, Parker said, the
preacher turned to yell to a man with a
camera to take a picture of her. The
preacher, James Edward Belcher of
Taylorsville, contends the kiss was
just one of many attempts to silence
the preaching to those in need of salva-
tion who practice a death style that
they call a lifestyle.
CINCINNATI
Attic couple are sentenced
An Ohio couple who locked the
womans mother in a sweltering attic
for three days so the daughter could
give birth have been sentenced on
abduction charges.
Authorities say Shawn Lloyd and
Adrienna Daniels left 59-year-old Mary
Daniels in their attic last June as tem-
peratures reached more than 100 de-
grees.
Lloyd was sentenced Thursday in
Cincinnati to a year behind bars.
Adrienna Daniels received a years
house arrest and three years probation.
WKRC-TV reports the couple left
Daniels a blanket and sheet, a bottle of
water and crackers while they went to
the hospital so Adrienna Daniels could
give birth. Mary Daniels was rescued
after neighbors heard her cries.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Saying farewell to defense secretary
President Barack Obama shakes
hands with outgoing Defense Secre-
tary Robert Gates on Thursday during
an Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in
honor of Gates at the Pentagon. Joint
Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen is
behind the president.
WASHINGTON The Senate aban-
doned plans for a July 4 break as time
dwindled for lawmakers to strike a com-
promise on avoiding a government de-
fault and reducing mammoth federal def-
icits. In a challenge to President Barack
Obama, the chambers top Republican in-
vitedhimtothe Capitol todiscuss the im-
passe with GOP lawmakers.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-
Nev., announced the scheduling change
Thursday, a day after President Barack
Obama prodded lawmakers to act swiftly
to extend the governments ability to bor-
row money. The Senate had been sched-
uled to take a weeks break but instead
will meet beginning Tuesday.
The House hadalreadybeenscheduled
to work next week.
Minutes later, Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., took to the Sen-
ate floor to invite Obama to meet with
Senate Republicans anytime this after-
noon at the Capitol. He belittled Oba-
mas demands to include increased tax
revenues as part of a deficit-cutting pack-
age, repeating what GOP leaders have
long said: Congress lacks the votes to ap-
prove a measure containing tax hikes.
By meeting directly with Republicans,
that way he can hear directly from Sen-
ate Republicans why what hes proposing
will not pass, he said, adding, And we
can finally start talking about whats ac-
tually possible.
The White House said Obama had no
plans to accept McConnells invitation
What the senator invited the presi-
dent to do was to hear Senate Republi-
cans restate their maximalist position.
We know what that position is, Obama
spokesman Jay Carney said. He also in-
vited the president to hear what would
not pass. Thats not a conversation worth
having.
No break for the Senate
Chamber will continue work next
week to strike compromise on
government debt limit, deficit cuts.
By JIMKUHNHENN
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Having insisted there
is too much to do for
lawmakers to spend
a week away from
the Capitol, Senate
Majority Leader
Harry Reid, center,
walks with Senate
Majority Whip Ri-
chard Durbin, left,
and Sen. Charles
Schumer after a
news conference
Thursday on Capitol
Hill.
LOS ANGELES A Nigerian
manwithoutapassportandclutch-
ing another travelers expired
boarding pass made it through a
New York airport federal security
checkpoint and boarded a Virgin
America jetliner toLos Angeles In-
ternational Airport, authorities
said Thursday.
The incident has raised ques-
tions about the effectiveness of air-
port and airline screening proce-
dures.
Days later, Olajide Oluwaseun
Noibi tried to board a Delta flight
from Los Angeles to Atlanta with
another expired pass and was ar-
rested and charged with being a
stowaway aboard an aircraft, the
FBI said.
He could face up to five years in
prison if convicted, FBI spokeswo-
man Laura Eimiller said. Hes ex-
pected to appear in a Los Angeles
federal courtroomtoday.
Investigators
sayNoibi, whose
age hasnt been
released, board-
ed Virgin Ameri-
ca Flight 415 at
John F. Kennedy
International
Airport last Fri-
day night. The
flight crew
didnt realize an
extra passenger
was onboard un-
til mid-flight.
Noibis name
wasnt on the
flight manifest.
In an affidavit,
FBI Agent Kevin
Hogg said Noibi
sat in a seat that
was supposed to
be empty. Flight
attendants
asked him for a
boarding pass
and he presented one that was a
day old and had someone elses
name on it. He also showed a Uni-
versity of Michigan identification
card with his picture on it.
University of Michigan spokes-
woman Kelly Cunningham said
Noibi is not a current student, but
wasenrolledasanengineeringstu-
dent at the Ann Arbor university
between 2004 and 2006.
Theboardingpass belongedtoa
man who said his pass went mis-
sing fromhis pocket on his way to
theairportonJune23. Noibi board-
ed the plane with the expired pass
the next day.
Identitychecks at airport securi-
tycheckpoints were put inplace as
one of many new security mea-
sures after the 9/11 terrorist at-
tacks. The federal document
checkers have basic fraudulent
identification training.
Every passenger that passes
through security checkpoints is
subject to many layers of security
including thorough physical
screening at the checkpoint,
Transportation Security Adminis-
tration spokesman Greg Soule
said. TSAs review of this matter
indicates that the passenger went
through screening.
Nigerian
sneaks on
U.S. flight
in NYC
Man had invalid pass. Airline
screening effectiveness
comes under attack.
miles, or 92,735 acres. Crews have con-
tained only 3 percent of the fire.
Fire officials believe the blaze will soon
surpass the Dry Lakes fire, which burned
more than 94,000 acres of the Gila Na-
tional Forest in 2003.
They were bracing for 40 mph gusts as
spot fires continued to pop up.
As firefighters held the line along the
labs southern border, thousands of resi-
dents remained out of their homes, and
lab officials were trying to determine the
extent of how experiments at the facility
have been affected by a shutdown caused
by the fast-moving fire.
Lab Director Charles McMillan said
teams will quickly figure out how things
stand as soon as theyre able to return.
Though the physical risk to the lab
from the fire apparently had lessened
Thursday, McMillan said the laboratory
is not just a bunch of buildings. Its not
just a bunch of equipment. The laborato-
ry is the people of the laboratory. That is
the fundamental asset that this laborato-
ry has and those people live all over
northern New Mexico, he said.
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. With firefight-
ers bracing for another day of strong, er-
ratic winds, a wildfire near the nations
premier nuclear weapons laboratory and
a northern New Mexico community was
poised to become the largest forest fire in
state history.
By Thursday afternoon, the flames had
reached sacred American Indian sites to
the north. But fire officials remained con-
fident that the fire would not spread onto
the Los Alamos National Laboratory or
into the town of Los Alamos.
Crews lit brush to create a10-mile-long
burned-out area between the fire and the
facility that created the first atomic
bomb.
The fire has chewed up tens of thou-
sands of acres a day since it started Sun-
day, charring a total of nearly 145 square
Blaze near nuke lab held at bay
Wildfire near the Los Alamos area
was poised to become largest in
New Mexicos history.
AP PHOTO
Smoke winds its way through a canyon
Wednesday as the Las Conchas, N.M.,
fire burns the underbrush. Firefighters
on Thursday braced for another day of
strong, erratic winds.
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD Shiite militias backed
by Iran have ramped up attacks on U.S.
troops in Iraq, making June the dead-
liest month in two years for American
forces.
The militiamens goal is to prevent
the U.S. military from extending its
presence in the country past the end of
this year.
In the latest American deaths, a se-
nior U.S. official in Baghdad said Thurs-
day that three U.S. troops were killed a
day earlier when a huge rocket known
as an IRAMstruck a remote desert base
just a fewmiles fromthe Iranian border
in Iraqs southern Wasit province.
The deaths brought the monthly U.S.
military toll to 15, nearly all of them of
them from attacks suspected to have
been planned by planned by Shiite mili-
tias. Thats the highest number of mil-
itary deaths in Iraq since June 2009, and
the most combat-related deaths since
June 2008. Since March 2003, 4,469
American troops have died in Iraq.
Three separate militias have been in-
volved in the attacks, particularly a
small but deadly group known as the
Hezbollah Brigades, believed to be
funded and trained by Irans elite Revo-
lutionary Guard and its special oper-
ations wing, the Quds Force.
The militia attacks mainly in the
Shiite heartland in southern Iraq
raise the prospect of increased violence
against Americans if a residual U.S.
force remains inthe country past 2011, a
possibility being considered by the
Baghdad government to help maintain
a still fragile security.
They also point to the persistent ef-
forts by Shiite-majority Iran, the United
States top regional rival, to influence
Iraq after the Americans exit.
In a statement targeted at the mili-
tias, Iraqi parliament Speaker Osama al-
Nujaifi called Thursday on all groups to
support the government inBaghdadif it
ultimately decides to ask U.S. troops to
stay.
The IRAMs are a hallmark of Hezbol-
lah Brigades, or Kataib Hezbollah, a mi-
litia that U.S. Maj. Gen. JeffreyS. Bucha-
nan, the militarys top spokesman in
Iraq, said is almost exclusively reliant
on Iran.
Latest attacks make June deadliest month in Iraq for U.S. troops in 2 years
By LARA JAKES
and QASSIMABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press
In a statement targeted at the mili-
tias, Iraqi parliament Speaker Osama
al-Nujaifi called Thursday on all
groups to support the government in
Baghdad if it ultimately decides to
ask U.S. troops to stay.
N A T I O N & W O R L D
GAY PRIDE DISCO FEVER: THERES AN APP FOR THAT
AP PHOTO
P
eople dance with earphones connected to their smartphones to hear a live DJ Thursday during the Gay
Pride Silent Disco in Madrid, Spain. Amplified music is banned in the central Chueca square.
By JEFF WILSON
Associated Press
Identity
checks at
airport secu-
rity check-
points were
put in place
as one of
many new
security mea-
sures after
the 9/11 ter-
rorist attacks.
The federal
document
checkers have
basic fraudu-
lent identifi-
cation train-
ing.
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WILKES-BARRE After liti-
gation threats and more than a
year of back and forth, Luzerne
County has received a video of
the River Common recreation-
al project.
County officials say they
must review the video disc to
make sure it complies with
their specifications before they
release final payment to the
video producer, Scott Spinuc-
ci.
The countys Flood Protec-
tion Authority members re-
cently expressed frustration
over repeated delays and ex-
tensions and informed Spinuc-
ci in writing that the authority
would likely take legal action
against him if he didnt deliver
the video by the end of June.
The county agreed in 2007
to pay Spinuccis Integrated
Media Services, also known as
Apple Cart LLC, $60,000 for a
roughly 15-minute video com-
memorating the project.
An additional $9,000 con-
tract extension was approved
in June 2009.
To date, the county has paid
$65,333 for the video, and a fi-
nal payment of $3,667 was re-
tained until the videos deliv-
ery.
Spinucci has maintained the
county owes him more than
$3,667. He had filed a legal ac-
tion against the county last
year seeking $7,500 in pay-
ment for work on the video but
withdrew that legal challenge
in November.
Authority Executive Direc-
tor Jim Brozena said he re-
trieved the disc from the com-
missioners office Thursday af-
ternoon and will review it.
Authority Solicitor Stephen
Menn said he informed Spinuc-
ci that he will discuss final pay-
ment with him after the video
is reviewed and discussed by
the authority.
When the video was ordered
in 2007, county officials said
the $30 million project war-
ranted capturing on film be-
cause it was a historical trans-
formation of the public space
along the Susquehanna River.
The park, which opened two
years ago off River Street, fea-
tures an amphitheater and riv-
er landing, with two levee por-
tal openings designed to recon-
nect people to the river.
The contract with Integrat-
ed said the documentary must
run about 15 to 20 minutes and
address the parks history and
modern day efforts to create a
rebirth of the River Common.
Spinucci, who could not be
reached for comment, has pre-
dicted people will be im-
pressed with the final product.
The video may be incorpo-
rated in movie nights at the
River Common, officials have
said.
The county has said it will
give copies of the video to li-
braries and may post it on the
online YouTube video site, offi-
cials said.
River Common video finally delivered
Luzerne County authorities
had threatened legal action
over repeated delays.
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
jandes@timesleader.com
The contract with Integrated said the documentary must run
about 15 to 20 minutes and address the parks history and
modern day efforts to create a rebirth of the River Common.
Producer Scott Spinucci, who could not be reached for com-
ment, has predicted people will be impressed with the final
product.
Luzerne County Recorder of
Deeds James Red OBrien is-
sued a press release Thursday
challenging the countys halting
of a payment for work in his of-
fice.
County Controller Walter
Griffith said he stopped an
$11,591 payment to New York-
based Info Quick Solutions at
the direction of commissioners
and county Solicitor Vito DeLu-
ca because OBrien had not ob-
tained contract approval from
commissioners.
DeLuca has emphasized that
commissioners are the sole con-
tracting agents by law. OBrien
subsequently asked commis-
sioners to ratify the contract,
but they tabled their vote until
further review.
But OBriensaidinhis release
he did not believe commission-
er approval was required be-
cause the expense is fundedby a
records improvement fund es-
tablished by law to pay for re-
cordenhancements inhis office.
The fund comes froma $3 fee
on every document recorded in
that office, and he hired Info
Quick to enter indexing data in-
to the online deeds database to
speed up the document search
process for the public.
OBrien said he followed
county protocol by seeking pro-
posals from multiple compa-
nies.
In our final analysis, Info
Quick Solutions, which special-
izes in re-indexing, was chosen
because of our concern with the
accuracy and integrity of every
document recorded in our de-
partment, he wrote.
He also noted the controllers
office had already approved
three of the four payments to
the company.
Since the payment was halt-
ed, published reports have sur-
faced that Info Quick is under
FBI investigation over alleged
improprieties involving its past
contract withthe OswegoCoun-
ty (N.Y.) Clerks Office.
The Oswego County Ethics
Board found a deputy county
clerk guilty of working for Info
Quick while employed by the
county office that had a govern-
ment contract with the compa-
ny, the reports said. Info Quick
had also verified that other
county clerk employees worked
for the company in the past
while its contract was in effect.
OBrien said in his release
that he has informed Luzerne
County officials that nobody in
his office has received compen-
sation from Info Quick.
Griffith said Thursday that he
released the first three pay-
ments to Info Quick totaling
$13,000 because OBrien had in-
dicated the contract was in or-
der. Griffith said he discovered
the lack of commissioner ap-
proval after he received the con-
tract document. He said he is
powerless to release a payment
without commissioner autho-
rization.
Recorder criticizes ruling
about validity of contract
James OBrien says he did
not believe he needed
commissioner approval.
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
jandes@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE A father
and his son were arraigned
Thursday on charges they con-
spired to sell firearms at a mo-
tel.
Police alleged James Oko Sr.,
51, of Meadowcrest Apart-
ments, Kingston Township,
and James Oko Jr., 29, of Indian
Lake Trail, White Haven, ar-
ranged to sell two handguns
and an assault rifle, including
ammunition and a conversion
kit.
Police arrested the two men
when they ar-
rived in the
parking lot at
the Wilkes-
Barre Lodge
Motel on Kid-
der Street on
Wednesday
night.
Oko Sr. and
his son were
arraigned in
Wilkes-Barre
Central Court
on 12 counts of
criminal con-
spiracy to de-
liver firearms
and a single
count of criminal use of com-
munication facility. They were
jailed at the Luzerne County
Correctional Facility for lack of
$25,000 bail each.
Oko Jr. was wanted by the
county sheriffs department on
a charge he failed to appear for
a court hearing on June 6 re-
garding a break-in at a house in
Bear Creek Township on May 3,
2010, according to court re-
cords.
State police
at Wyoming al-
lege in arrest
records that
two guns were
stolen from
the Bear Creek
Township
house and Oko
Jr. wanted to
exchange one
of them for
heroin.
According
to the criminal
complaints:
City police
received infor-
mation on
Sunday that a
father and his
son were interested in selling
handguns and assault rifles.
Police on Monday learned
the father and son were Oko Sr.
and Oko Jr., who were willing
to sell two assault rifles and
several handguns, the com-
plaint says.
During a phone call on Mon-
day, police allege, Oko Sr.
stated he had a .32-caliber and a
.38-calber revolver he wanted
to sell for $100, a .40-caliber pis-
tol with a conversion kit for
$1,200, and an AR-15 assault ri-
fle with parts.
Oko Sr. claimed he had the
firearms at his residence, ac-
cording to the complaint.
Police said in the complaint
Oko Sr. stated during a phone
call that he did not know who
owned the guns.
Oko Sr. and Oko Jr. arranged
to sell the guns at the motel.
They were arrested when they
pulled into the motels parking
lot just before 8 p.m., police
said.
Preliminary hearings are
scheduled on July 6 in Central
Court.
2 tried to
sell guns,
police say
James Oko Sr. and James Oko
Jr. were arrested Wednesday
outside a Wilkes-Barre motel.
By EDWARD LEWIS
elewis@timesleader.com
Oko Jr.
Oko Sr.
State police
at Wyoming
allege in ar-
rest records
that two guns
were stolen
from the Bear
Creek Town-
ship house
and Oko Jr.
wanted to
exchange one
of them for
heroin.
The Berks County man sus-
pected of shooting and killing a
deputy sheriff Wednesday night
left a suicide note in his yard two
days before heading into sur-
roundingwoods andgettinginto
a fatal shootout with officers,
court records say.
State police in Hamburg iden-
tified the deputy sheriff as 28-
year-old Kyle D. Pagerly and the
suspect as Matthew M. Connor,
25, of 26 Pine Swamp Road in
the Kempton section of Albany
Township.
A fugitive task force was at-
tempting to serve a warrant on
Connor, who two days earlier
threatened his father, his sister,
girlfriend and another guest at
his familys home, firing several
rounds from two different guns
into the ground in front of them,
according to court records.
When the task force arrived,
Connor -- armed with an AK-47
assault rifle -- ran into
the woods and fired at
the pursuing officers,
leading to a shootout
near Hawk Mountain
Road around 6:30
p.m. Wednesday.
Connor was killed
at the scene. Pagerly
was wounded and
flown by helicopter to
Lehigh Valley Hospi-
tal-Cedar Crest. He
was dead on arrival,
Lehigh County Coro-
ner Scott Grim said.
Pagerly, of Shilling-
ton, was pronounced
dead at 8:44 p.m.
Wednesday from a
gunshot wound to the
body, Grim said. The manner of
death was ruled homicide.
Two days before the shootout,
Connor had said he wouldnt go
down quietly.
According to an arrest affida-
vit:
Connor shot at the ground in
front of his family members,
threatening them, Yeah, you
better run, according to court
records. At one point, Connor
put a revolver to his mouth act-
ing as if he was going to shoot
himself in front of his family,
the records say.
Upset that he ran out of am-
munition from a revolver and a
handgun, Connor went back in-
to the familys house and re-
trieved a bulletproof vest and a
shotgun, which he fired several
times before heading into the
woods.
Connors father, Maurice Con-
nor, toldpolice his sonhadacted
this way before. He has threat-
ened in the past to want to pro-
voke the police so they would
shoot him, suicide by
cop, according to an affi-
davit of probable cause
filed Tuesday.
According to a news re-
lease from state police, a
fugitive task force made
up of members of the
Berks County Sheriffs
Office, state police from
the Hamburg barracks
and the federal marshals
service tried to serve an
arrest warrant on Connor
for burglary, criminal
trespass, simple assault,
terroristic threats, reck-
lessly endangerment and
a weapons charge for ille-
gally possessing, selling
or transferring firearms.
When the task force arrived,
they were speaking to Connors
girlfriend when Connor ran out
of the back of the house into the
woods. Members of the detail
followedhiminto the woods. Pa-
gerly, a K-9 officer, came upon a
rise in the terrain and Connor
came up over the rise armed
with an AK-47. State police said
Connor ignored an order to drop
the weapon, and gunfire was ex-
changed.
The news release from state
police does not specify which of-
ficers discharged their weapons.
The investigation is ongoing,
and state police have scheduled
a news conference for 1 p.m. to-
day at the Reading station.
Court records show state po-
lice in Hamburg filed a criminal
complaint against Connor on
Tuesday, charging himwith bur-
glary, criminal trespass, persons
not touse fire arms, three counts
of terroristic threats, four counts
of simple assault andfour counts
of recklessly endangering anoth-
er person. Trooper Matthew S.
Brady from the Hamburg bar-
racks filed the complaint.
State police said the charges
stem from incidents that oc-
curredMonday at his home at 26
Pine Swamp Road and at a near-
by residence at 43 Pine Swamp
Road. Berks County tax records
showboth properties are owned
by Maurice L. Connor and in-
clude one-story homes. The
property at 25Pine SwampRoad
contains about 12.5 acres and
the property at 43 Pine Swamp
Road is nearly a quarter acre in
size.
The Berks County Sheriffs
Department website, says Pager-
ly was born in Reading and grad-
uated in 2001 from Wilson High
School in West Lawn, Berks
County.
Suicide by cop suspected
AP PHOTO
An Oct. 15, 2009
photo shows
Berks County
Sheriffs Deputy
Kyle Pagerly
with his partner
Jynx in in Sink-
ing Spring, Pa.
Pagerly died in a
shootout
Wednesday night
as law enforce-
ment officials
tried to serve a
warrant.
Suspect in the killing of a
deputy had left a note
threatening suicide.
By TRACY JORDAN
The Morning Call
(Deputy Sher-
iff Kyle D.)
Pagerly was
wounded and
flown by hel-
icopter to
Lehigh Valley
Hospital-
Cedar Crest.
He was dead
on arrival,
Lehigh County
Coroner Scott
Grim said.
TUNKHANNOCK Rep.
Karen Boback , R-Harveys
Lake, released the hours
for her satellite offices for
July. A member of Bo-
backs staff will be avail-
able on the following dates
and times: Tuesday 6 to 8
p.m. at the Dallas Town-
ship Municipal Building,
601 Tunkhannock Highway,
Dallas; and Wednesday 9
a.m. to noon at the Co-
nyngham Township Munici-
pal Building, 10 Pond Hill
Road, Mocanaqua, 7 p.m.
until the close of the
township meeting at the
Dennison Township Munic-
ipal Building, 76 Walnut
St.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Elizabeth Marie Cherinka, daugh-
ter of Mike and Robyn Cherinka,
Forty Fort, is celebrating her
ninth birthday today, July 1.
Elizabeth is a granddaughter of
Ron and Maria Feifer, Forty Fort;
Mike and Joanne Cherinka, Old
Forge; and Sal and MaryClaire
Sibio, Dunmore. She has a sister,
Samantha, 7.
Elizabeth M. Cherinka
Jessica Marie Chieffo, daughter
of Joseph and Cheryl Chieffo,
Ashley, is celebrating her 10th
birthday today, July 1. Jessica is
a granddaughter of Shirley
Bardar and the late Leonard
Bardar, Ashley; Leonard Chieffo,
Horsham; and Rose Povemba,
Warminster.
Jessica M. Chieffo
Zachary Connors, son of Martin
and Catherine Connors, Duryea,
is celebrating his second birth-
day today, July 1. Zachary is a
grandson of Martin and Ann
Connors, Pittston, and the late
Joseph and Nancy Jones,
Wilkes-Barre. He has a brother,
Anthony, 21, and a sister, Abby, 9.
Zachary Connors
Josh Fisher, son of Lynn and
Shannon Fisher, Mountain Top, is
celebrating his seventh birthday
today, July 1. Josh is a grandson
of Harold and Karen Fisher,
Mountain Top, and Tom and
Anita Heffers, Kingston.
Josh Fisher
Marley Ann Myers, daughter of
David and Carla Myers, Mountain
Top, is celebrating her eighth
birthday today, July 1. Marley is a
granddaughter of Clare Myers,
Mountain Top; the late Ellis
Myers; Martin and Rosanne
Desiderio; and Gary and Emma
Guesto, all of Wilkes-Barre. She is
a great-granddaughter of Marita
Freeman and Libby Desiderio,
both of Wilkes-Barre. Marley has
a twin sister and brother, Mallory
and Mason, 5.
Marley A. Myers
Lauren Catherine Palfey, daugh-
ter of Grant and Megan Palfey,
Dallas, is celebrating her eighth
birthday today, July 1. Lauren is
a granddaughter of Catherine
Gaughan and the late Thomas
Gaughan and the late Thomas
and Catherine Palfey, all of
Hanover Township. She has a
brother, Zachary, 10.
Lauren C. Palfey
Kevin William Ryan Jr., son of
Kevin and Jessica Ryan, Wyom-
ing, is celebrating his fourth
birthday today, July 1. Kevin is a
grandson of Jim and Tina Ryan,
Dallas, and Alan and Beth Wolfe,
Plymouth. He has a sister, Kailey,
5, and a brother, Peyton, 2.
Kevin W. Ryan Jr.
Andrew John Simmers, son of
Patrick and Karen Simmers,
Kingston, is celebrating his sixth
birthday today, July 1. Andrew is
a grandson of Dale and Evelyn
Stine, Mountain Top; Jim and
Diane Nardone, Hunlock Creek;
Richard and Lynn Simmers,
Mount Cobb; and the late John
D. Roper Jr. He is a great-grand-
son of Claire Roper, Edwardsville;
Catherine Wilkins, Kingston; and
Wesley and Miriam Simmers,
Wilkes-Barre. Andrew has a
sister, Alyssa, 13.
Andrew J. Simmers
Olivia G. Zawatski, daughter of
Brian Zawatski and Cassie Pal-
fey, Dallas, has won The Times
Leaders Happy Birthday Shop-
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CONGRATULATIONS!
SWEET VALLEY: Fairmount
Township Volunteer Fire and
Ambulance Company will host a
breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to
noon on Sunday.
Cost is $7 for adults and $3.50
for children. Proceeds will help
support the all volunteer rescue
crew.
WEST PITTSTON: Christs
Community Clothes Closet will
conduct a clothing giveaway from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday in
the fellowship hall at Christian &
Missionary Alliance Church, 317
Luzerne Ave.
Clothing for the family for all
seasons and shoes will be avail-
able. For more information, con-
tact the church office at 654-2500.
WILKES-BARRE TWP.: The
SPCA of Luzerne County will
have an adoption event from10
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at
Starbucks, 2030 Wilkes-Barre
Township Blvd. There will be
raffles and several animals avail-
able.
On July 21, the animal shelter
will conduct its second annual
Skateaway for the SPCA from 7
to 10 p.m. at the Skateaway Roller
Rink on Blackman Street. The
theme is the 80s and there will be
raffles, contests and prizes.
IN BRIEF
Wednesday
MOUNTAIN TOP: Moun-
tain Top Historical Socie-
ty at 6:30 p.m. at 18
Powell St. For directions,
call 474-5585. Refresh-
ments will be served.
Guests and new mem-
bers are invited.
MEETING
Novel Destinations, the 201 1 summer reading club for adults, is
underway at the Osterhout Free Library, South Franklin Street,
Wilkes-Barre. The club is open to anyone age 19 years and older.
Participants can register at the library. Library staff involved in
the club, from left, are Peggie Phillips, Elaine Stefanko, Rose Cichy,
Sandra Schimmel, and Ed Lupico.
Osterhout offers adult summer reading club
Linda Gramlich, Bear Creek, won the James Bond 007 London
Adventure Raffle at the Osterhout Free Librarys gala held at the
Westmoreland Club. Gramlichs ticket was chosen from 320. The
raffle proceeds and the James Bond 007 gala benefit the library at 71
S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. The raffle was sponsored by Mohegan
Sun at Pocono Downs. To volunteer and for sponsorship opportuni-
ties for the 2012 Osterhout Library Gala, contact Chris Kelly, devel-
opment director, at 823-0156, ext. 218, or ckelly@osterhout.lib.pa.us.
From left are Tom Williams and Mindi Ramsey, WNEP-TV anchors and
gala hosts; Barbara Toczko-Maculloch, gala co-chair; Gramlich; and
Barbara ODonnell, gala co-chair.
Bear Creek woman wins library gala raffle
A $1,000 scholarship was presented to Arielle Belskis, a
member of the Dallas High School Class of 201 1, by the Dallas
Kiwanis Club. Belskis, daughter of Annette and Donato Belskis
of Dallas, maintained a 4.0 GPA in her senior year and was
president of the Key Club. She will attend Penn State Universi-
ty in the fall. From left are Mr. and Mrs. Belskis, Arielle Belskis,
and Brian Borasky, club president.
Dallas Kiwanis presents annual scholarship
Wyoming Area Kiwanian Mike Coolbaugh has been elected as
Pennsylvania Kiwanis Division 15 Lieutenant Governor. Coolbaugh
was the unanimous choice of the nine local Kiwanis clubs at a recent
meeting. Coolbaugh was the president of the Wyoming Area Kiwanis
Club in 2005 and was recognized by the Pennsylvania District as a
Distinguished President that year. He is a sergeant on the Exeter
Borough Police Force and head of security at Kamionka Enterprises.
Coolbaugh is also past president of the Pennsylvania Juvenile Offi-
cers Association, president of the Exeter Little League Association,
safety officer for District 16-31 Little league Baseball, and chairman of
Exeter Cub Scout Pack 310 Scout Committee. Coolbaugh is married to
the former JoAnn Kamionka and has three children, Michael, Mat-
thew and Morgan. From left are Coolbaugh and current Lieutenant
Governor Kathy Breznay of Swoyersville.
Kiwanis Division 15 Lieutenant Governor named
The Wyoming Area Kiwanis Club announces its scholarship recip-
ients for 201 1 are Alicia Panuski and Linnae Homza. Panuski,
daughter of Anita Panuski of Wyoming, served as Lieutenant Gov-
ernor of Division 15 North of the Pennsylvania District of Key Club
International. Panuski will attend Penn State University in the fall.
Homza is a daughter of Steve and Donna Homza of Exeter. She has
served as president of the Wyoming Area Key Club for the past
year. She serves as the Luzerne County student coordinator for
Relay For Life to promote cancer research and a cure. Homza will
matriculate at the Philadelphia College of Sciences in the fall. From
left are Bob Orlando, scholarship coordinator, Donna Homza, Lin-
nae Homza, Alicia Panuski, Anita Panuski, and Carl Worthington,
Kiwanis president.
Wyoming Kiwanis awards 2 scholarships
Trans-Med Ambulance purchased three trauma/first aid supply
bags for the Luzerne Borough Police Department. The bags provide
supplies needed to tend to a trauma patient until emergency medical
services arrive on scene. At the presentation, from left, are Mark
Henn, Trans-Med operations; David Prohaska, Trans-Med Community
Relations; Robert Roth, Trans-Med A.L.S. coordinator; Luzerne Bor-
ough Mayor James Keller; Homer Berlew, president, Trans-Med Am-
bulance; and Luzerne Police Chief Paul Bowman.
Police receive supplies from Trans-Med Ambulance
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DEGENNARO Antoinette, funeral
11 a.m. today in St. John the
Evangelist Church, 35 William St.,
Pittston. Relatives and friends
may pay their respects 9:30 to
10:30 a.m. today at the Baloga
Funeral Home Inc., 1201 Main St.,
Pittston.
DUDA Helen, Mass of Christian
Burial 1:30 p.m. today in St. Ignati-
us Church, Kingston.
GIMBI Margaret, interment Thurs-
day, July 14, at St. Marys Ceme-
tery, Hanover Township. Eulogies
start at 1:30 p.m. at the cemetery
chapel. A procession to the
gravesite will follow.
HARRIS-LEFKOWITZ Kathy,
Shiva at 585 Westmoreland Ave.,
Kingston, 2 to 4 p.m. today.
HILL Carole Ann, calling hours 9
to 10 a.m. today at the Corcoran
Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St.,
Plains Township. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial at 11 a.m. in Gate of
Heaven Church, Dallas.
LOVE Blanche, funeral 11 a.m.
Saturday, July 30, at the Mehoo-
pany Methodist Church.
MCCREA Rev. Kenneth, memorial
service 11 a.m. today at the Wil-
liam A. Reese Funeral Chapel,
rear 56 Gaylord Ave., Plymouth.
Friends may call 10 a.m. until time
of service.
MENTYKA Eleanor, funeral 10 a.m.
Saturday from the S.J. Grontkow-
ski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main
St., Plymouth. Mass of Christian
Burial at 10:30 a.m. in All Saints
Parish, 66 Willow St., Plymouth.
Family and friends may call 6 to 8
p.m. today.
MICHALEC Helen, Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 9:30 a.m. Saturday in
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Pittston. Those attending the
Mass are asked to go directly to
church. Friends may call 2 to 4
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
MOLENDA Robert, funeral 9 p.m.
today at the Michael J. Mikelski
Funeral Home, 293 S. River St.,
Plains Township. Friends may call
7 to 9 p.m. today.
MORAN Robert, funeral 10:30 a.m.
today from the Nat & Gawlas
Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian
Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Nicholas
Church, 226 S. Washington St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 9
to 10:30 a.m. today at the funeral
home.
SIRACUSE Jean Ann, funeral
9:30 a.m. today from the Leh-
man-Gregory Funeral Home Inc.,
281 Chapel St., Swoyersville. Mass
of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in
Holy Family Parish, Bennett
Street, Luzerne.
TROCHYMCZUK Lillian, services
10:30 a.m. July 16, at Sacred
Heart of Jesus Church, 215 Lacka-
wanna Ave., Dupont.
TVORAK Theodore, funeral 9 a.m.
today from the Kopicki Funeral
Home, 263 Zerbey Ave., Kingston.
Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30
a.m. in Our Lady of Hope Parish,
Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre.
VALE Elaine, funeral 11 a.m. today
at the Rosenberg Funeral Chapel,
348 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre.
Shiva at 510 Highland Ave., South
Abington Township, 2 to 4 p.m.
and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday.
WARTKO Rose, funeral Saturday
from the Solfanelli-Fiorillo Funer-
al Home Inc., 1030 North Main
Ave., Scranton. Mass of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Church, at St. Paul of the Cross
Parish, 1217 Prospect Ave., Scran-
ton. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m.
today.
WINN Harry, Mass of Christian
Burial 10 a.m. Saturday in Sacred
Heart of Jesus Church, Duryea.
FUNERALS
A
ndrewG. Wasta passed away re-
cently. BorninDuryea in1935, a
son of the late Andrew and Anna
Mae Wasta, Sonny graduated
from Duryea High School, class of
1953.
He was a musician and a member
of the Duryea Teenagers, who per-
formed on the Ted Mack Original
Amateur Hour, winning a national
championship in the1950s. Andrew
served in the U.S. Army Reserves.
Sonny married the former Linda
Frattaroli of Wanamie in 1966 and
movedtoPiscataway, N.J., where he
was a resident for over 45 years. He
was employed by Con-Lux Paints
and Ferro Corporation (formerly
Metz Metallurgical) for over 20
years, retiring in 2004.
He was an umpire for the Piscata-
way Softball Industrial League for
18 years. A member of St. Frances
Cabrini Church, Andrew also
served as an usher. He was an active
member of the Piscataway Super-
chief Band Parents Association.
Sonny is survived by his wife of
45 years, Linda; his daughter, Sta-
cey, and son-in-law Ryan Atkinson;
grandson, Augustus Gus Atkin-
son, Beverly, N.J.; and his beloved
cat, Cleo. Also surviving are his
brother Don and sister-in-law Judy
Wasta, Duryea; his brother Paul and
sister-in-law Barbara Wasta, Pitt-
ston; his brother-in-law and sister-
in-law, Dino and Trini Frattaroli,
Weaverville, N.C.; as well as several
nieces and nephews.
Viewing will be held from6 to
9 p.m. today at Piscataway Fu-
neral Home. AFuneral Mass will be
heldat 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Franc-
es Cabrini Church. He will be laidto
rest at St. John the Baptist Slovak
Cemetery in Duryea (date and time
to be determined).
Andrew G. Sonny Wasta JOHN D. FROHMAN, of
Swoyersville, passed away
Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Born in
Luzerne, he was a son of the late
Andrew and Bertha (Rynks) Froh-
man. He was preceded in death by
wife, Regina P. Frohman; and sis-
ter Marie Frohman. John is sur-
vived by children, Lorraine Hontz
andher husband, Don, andJohnA.
Frohman and his wife, Susan; five
grandchildren; three great-grand-
children; sisters, HelenMoodyand
Elizabeth Findora; and cousins,
nieces, nephews and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Satur-
day in Holy Trinity Roman Cathol-
ic Church, 116 Hughes St.,
Swoyersville. Interment will fol-
low in Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Carverton. Friends may call from9
a.m. until the time of service Sat-
urday at the church. Funeral ar-
rangements are by the Wroblewski
Funeral Home Inc., Forty Fort.
VERNARUTHBELLES, 88, for-
merly of Owensboro, Ky., ended
her lifelong journey into the wel-
coming arms of her Savior, Jesus
Christ, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in
Kingston. She was preceded in
death by her loving husband, Ge-
orgePaul Belles. Sheleaves behind
her sons, Robert Belles (Rita) of
Auburn, N.Y., and George Belles
(Eddie) of Phoenix, Ariz.; her
daughters, Bonnie Head (Donald)
of Owensboro, Ky., and Dianne
Gooch (Dennis) of Louisville, Ky. ;
and three sisters, Marie, Lois, and
Doris Titus. She alsoleaves behind
16 grandchildren, 38 great-grand-
children and 12 great-great-grand-
children.
The family will have a celebra-
tion of her life at a date to be an-
nounced. Arrangements are by the
Kielty-Moran Funeral Home Inc.,
87 Washington Ave., Plymouth.
SUSAN M. BLACK, 52, of Oak
Street, Sugar Notch, passed away
Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at her
home.
Funeral arrangements are
pending fromthe George A. Strish
Inc., Funeral Home, 105 N. Main
St., Ashley.
HARRIET WASSERSTROM,
95, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, died
Wednesday, June 29, 2011, in the
Jewish Home, Scranton. Born in
Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter
of the late Alix and Jennie Rosen-
thal Kransonandwas a graduate of
GARHighSchool. She was a mem-
ber of Congregation Ohav Zedek,
the Jewish Community Center, its
leisure lounge, local chapter of Ha-
dassah, and other religious and
civic organizations. She was pre-
cededindeathby her sister, Rhoda
Perlman. Harriet is survivedbyher
brother, Louis (Jerri) Kranson,
Kingston; and nieces and neph-
ews.
Funeral will be heldat 2 p.m. to-
day at the Rosenberg Funeral
Chapel, 348 S. River St., Wilkes-
Barre, with Rabbi Nemetsky offi-
ciating. Interment will be in Ohav
Zedek Cemetery, Hanover Town-
ship. Condolences may be emailed
to info@rosenbergfuneralcha-
pel.com.
P
earl Lispi Panzetta, 84, of Plains
Township, died Thursday after-
noon, June 30, 2011, at Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Medical Center,
Plains Township.
BorninPittston, shewas adaugh-
ter of the late Samuel and Angelina
(Menichini) Lispi.
Pearl was a graduate of Pittston
Township High School and was em-
ployed as a seamstress in the area
garment industry for many years.
She was currently employed as a
housekeeper for the Wilkes-Barre
Area School District. She was a
member of Our Lady of Mount Car-
mel Church, Pittston.
Surviving are her daughter, Glo-
ria Chiucchi and her husband,
James, Plains Township; and her
son, Michael Panzetta, and his wife,
Lori, Dallas; grandchildren, James
Chiucchi Jr. and his wife, Melissa,
Columbus, Ohio; Jillian and Jeffrey
Chiucchi, both of Plains Township;
Michael Panzetta, Milton; and Amy,
Carisa andRyanPanzetta, all of Dal-
las.
Funeral will be held at 9:15 a.m.
Saturdayfromthe CorcoranFuneral
Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains
Township, with a Mass of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Church, Pittston. In-
terment will be in Italian Independ-
ent Cemetery, West Wyoming.
Friends may call from5 to 8 p.m. to-
day.
Onlinecondolences maybemade
at www.corcoranfuneralhome.com.
Pearl Lispi Panzetta
June 30, 2011
MARY NOVZEN, 96, of White
Haven and Laflin, died Thursday
afternoon, June 30, 2011, in Hos-
pice of the VNA, Heritage House,
Wilkes-Barre.
Funeral arrangements are be-
ingfinalizedwithfuneral serviceat
11 a.m. Sunday at the Rosenberg
Funeral Chapel, 348 S. River St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Full obituary will ap-
pear in Saturdays edition of The
Times Leader.
K
imberly A. Rembish, 34, of
Wilkes-Barre, passed away
Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at the Uni-
versity of MarylandMedical Center,
Baltimore, Md., after a lifelong bat-
tle with cystic fibrosis.
Born on November 20, 1976, in
Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of
David and Diane Sovina Prizniak of
the Loomis Park section of Hanover
Township.
Kimgraduated fromHanover Ar-
ea High School in 1995 and later
graduated from Wilkes University
with a bachelors degree in Theater
in 2000.
She was last employed as a man-
ager at Gymboree Childrens Cloth-
ing Store at the Wyoming Valley
Mall. She attended Holy Family
Church, Sugar Notch, and also en-
joyed writing poetry.
In addition to her parents, she is
survived by her husband, Kenneth
Rembish, with whom she celebrat-
ed their seventh wedding anniver-
sary May 29; her daughter, Maleea;
a brother, DavidPrizniak Jr., andhis
wife Shannon; and nephew Cam-
eron, Harrisburg; aunts and uncles,
Charles andMary AnnPrizniak, Ha-
nover section of Nanticoke; Ronald
and Georgine Prizniak, Alden Sta-
tion; and Elaine Lewis and her hus-
band, David, Warrior Run; cousins,
Gail Zaykoski and her husband,
James, and their children, Kyle and
Amanda, Timothy Prizniak, Jennif-
er Prizniak, David Lewis and son
Zachary; Brian Lewis, and Tracy
Drust and daughter Allison Drust;
mother-in-law Theodisia Rembish,
Wilkes-Barre; brother-in-law Ted
Rembish and his wife, Kathy, and
their children, Adam and Jessica;
and sister-in-law Jean Hughes; and
daughter Tasha Hughes.
Funeral services will begin at
9:15 a.m. Saturday from Davis-Di-
nelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad
St., Nanticoke, witha Mass of Chris-
tian Burial at 10 a.m. in Holy Family
Church, 828 Main St., Sugar Notch,
with the Rev. Joseph R. Kakareka as
celebrant. Visitation will be from 5
to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions
inher memory may be made toEdu-
cational Fund for Maleea Rembish,
c/o PNC Bank, 400 Wilkes-Barre
Township Blvd., Wilkes-Barre, PA
18702; or to the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, NortheasternPAChap-
ter, 1541 Alta Drive, Whitehall, PA
18052.
Kimberly A. Rembish
June 28, 2011
R
ichard J. Dick Brown, 71, of
Drums, passed away Thursday
morning, June 30, 2011, at Hospice
Community Care Inpatient Unit in
Wilkes-Barrefollowingafive-month
illness.
Born in Philadelphia, on Febru-
ary 4, 1940, he was a son of the late
Richard J. and Marcella (Bernzott)
Brownandspent thepast 26years in
Drums after movingfromMountain
Top.
He was employedas aninsurance
agent with his own agency from
1989 to the present. He was also the
proprietor of Dick Browns Towing,
Texaco and Exxon from 1970 to
1989.
Dickwas a U.S. MarineCorps vet-
eran, having served in the Vietnam
War from1958 to 1964. He was also
the National Vice-Commandant of
the North-East Division Marine
Corps League.
Surviving are his wife of the past
21 years, the former Clare Kurilla,
with whom he recently renewed
their wedding vows on June 27,
2011; children, Marcy Smith,
Wilkes-Barre; Cheryl Schuholtz and
her husband, Kurt, Conyngham;
Robert Glahn and his wife, Donna,
Harding; Sandra Caffrey and her
husband, Tom, Plains Township;
Joyce Glahn, Hazleton; Jeffrey Mac-
Neal, Hazleton; and Lisa Fairchild,
Hazleton; 12 grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; a sister, Mar-
lene Myers, Horsham; as well as
many nieces and nephews.
His funeral will be held at 2
p.m. Saturday at the Harman
Funeral Homes and Crematory Inc.,
(East) 669 W. Butler Drive, Drums,
with the Rev. Gerald Shantillo offi-
ciating. Friends may call at the fu-
neral home from 1 p.m. until the
time of service. Interment will be
private and at the convenience of
the family.
Inlieuof flowers, memorial dona-
tions can be made to the Marine
Corps League Foundation, PO Box
3070, Merrifield, VA 22116-3070; or
online at www.mclfoundation.org.
Online condolences can be en-
tered and more information is avail-
able at www.harmanfuneral.com.
Richard J. Brown
June 30, 2011
H
elen Michalec, 94, of Pittston,
passed away Tuesday, June 28,
2011, in Mountain View Care Cen-
ter, Scranton. Born in Hughestown
onJune 26, 1917, she was a daughter
of the late Andrew and Anna Vucci
Litz.
She was a graduate of Hughes-
town High School. She had worked
in the local garment industry and
was a member of the ILGW Union.
Helen and her late husband, Ste-
phen Michalec, owned and operat-
ed Michalec Variety Store, North
Main Street, Pittston, for many
years.
She was a former member of St.
John the Baptist Church, Pittston,
now St. John the Evangelist Parish
Community.
Also preceding her in death were
sisters, Madeline Moss, Jeanette
Charge and Ann Healey.
Survivingare her brother, George
Litz, Cresco; nieces, Elaine Sam-
mon and her husband, Jack, Moun-
tain Top; Trina Moss, Duryea; Janet
Boughton, Pittston Township; Sha-
ron Ide, Pittston Township; Karen
Struckle and her husband, Donald,
Cresco; Andrea Hermes and her
husband, Robert, Deerfield Beach,
Fla.; and Joyce DeSchriver and her
husband, Thomas, Stroudsburg; ne-
phews, Bill Healey, Hughestown;
Andrew Healey, Hughestown; and
George Litz Jr., Cresco; as well as
great-nieces and great-nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will
be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St.
John the Evangelist Church, Pitt-
ston. Those attending the Funeral
Mass are asked to go directly to
church Saturday morning. Inter-
ment will be held in the Pittston
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2
to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the
Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home,
802 Susquehanna Ave., West Pitt-
ston.
Memorial donations may be
made to Mountain View Care Cen-
ter, 2309StaffordAve., Scranton, PA
18505.
Onlinecondolences maybemade
at www.peterjadoniziofuneral-
home.com.
Helen Michalec
June 28, 2011
S
tanley J. Nasternak, 92, of Laflin,
passed away Thursday morning,
June 30, 2011, in Geisinger Wyom-
ing Valley Medical Center, Plains
Township.
Born in Plains Township, on May
3, 1919, he was a son of the late Jan
and Tessie Nasternak. He was a
graduate of Plains Memorial High
School, class of 1937, and had at-
tended Wilkes College.
He was a decorated U.S. Army
veteran of World War II, serving in
the European Theater and partici-
pated in the Battle of the Bulge. He
was a heavy-equipment operator
and mechanic. Stanley drove an ar-
mored half-track to transport mili-
tary personnel and equipment to
the front lines. He was awarded the
European Theater Service Medal
with two Bronze Stars, and the
Combat Infantry Drivers Medal in
addition to other medals.
He had retired as the head buyer
of the Pomeroys Department
Stores. Stanley enjoyed home gar-
dening, fishing and was a member
of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church,
Dupont.
Stanley was preceded in death by
sisters Jean Adams and Lillian Bris-
kie; and by brothers John and Ed-
ward Nasternak.
Surviving are his beloved wife of
61years, the former Helen J. Tetlak;
a son, Robert J., both at home;
brother Chester Nasternak, San
Diego, Calif.; sister Lottie Petrick,
Tuson, Ariz.; and several nieces and
nephews.
At the request of the family,
there will be a private viewing
and funeral service with the Rev. Jo-
seph D. Verespy, pastor of Sacred
Heart of Jesus Church, Dupont. In-
terment will be in the parish ceme-
tery, Dupont.
Arrangements are by the Yanaitis
Funeral Home, 55 Stark St., Plains
Township.
Condolences or directions may
be accessed atwww.yanaitisfuneral-
home.com.
Stanley J. Nasternak
June 30, 2011
MELVIN J. SCHOCH, 66, of
White Haven, died Thursday, June
30, 2011, at Hazleton General Hos-
pital.
Funeral arrangements are
pending fromthe Yeosock Funeral
Home, 40S. MainSt., Plains Town-
ship.
R
uth A. Snyder, of Center Street,
Pringle, died Thursday morn-
ing, June 30, 2011, at home.
Born October 27, 1938, in Wilkes-
Barre, she was a daughter of the late
James and Ruth Miller LaMas.
Ruth was a member of the 1956
graduating class at GAR Memorial
High School.
Survivors include her husband,
Leonard, to whom she had been
married 52 years; daughters, Gail
Snyder, Edwardsville; Linda Snyd-
er, Jacksonville, Fla.; Elaine Snyder,
Harveys Lake; Joyce and her hus-
band, Rob Costlow, Easley, S.C.;
and Sandy and her husband, Alan
Skursky, New Oxford; son, David,
and his wife, Michelle Snyder,
Swoyersville; a sister, Jean Rei-
chard, Ashley; and six grandchil-
dren.
Friends are invited to join with
Ruths family for a Memorial Ser-
vice to be conducted by Deacon
Francis Bradiganat11a.m. Saturday
in Mary Mother of God Chapel lo-
cated on the grounds of St. Marys
Cemetery, Hanover Township.
If desired, memorial contribu-
tions may be made to St. Jude Chil-
drens Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, TN 38105.
Arrangements are by the
McLaughlin Funeral Home, Wilkes-
Barre.
Ruth A. Snyder
June 30, 2011
WILKES-BARRE State
police Bureau of Liquor Control
Enforcement withdrew charges
of furnishing alcohol to minors
against Demetrius Raymond,
27, of Wilkes-Barre, during a
preliminary hearing in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court on Wednes-
day.
Raymond pleaded guilty to
disorderly conduct.
State police alleged Raymond
bought beer at a store in South
Main Plaza, South Main Street,
Wilkes-Barre, that he gave to
two minors on Feb. 12, accord-
ing to the criminal complaint.
WILKES-BARRE A man
accused by city police of steal-
ing checks from an ex-girlfriend
waived his right to a preliminary
hearing in Wilkes-Barre Central
Court on Wednesday.
Robert West, 25, of Andover
Street, Wilkes-Barre, waived
seven counts of theft and six
counts of forgery to Luzerne
County Court.
Police allege West stole
checks from his ex-girlfriend
that he endorsed and deposited
in a new account at a credit
union in May and June, accord-
ing to the criminal complaint.
WILKES-BARRE A man
accused by city police of threat-
ening witnesses in an unrelated
robbery case waived his right to
a preliminary hearing in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court on Tuesday.
John David Klein, 19, of Wall-
er Street, Wilkes-Barre, waived
charges of intimidation of wit-
ness or victim and terroristic
threats to Luzerne County
Court. Police withdrew eight
counts each of intimidation of
witness or victim and terroristic
threats against Klein.
Police allege Klein, while
jailed at the county prison on
robbery charges, mailed a
threatening letter to a witness,
according to the criminal com-
plaint.
WILKES-BARRE A home-
less man accused by city police
of stealing copper pipes from a
vacant house waived his right to
a preliminary hearing in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court on Tuesday.
Robert Mason Gribble, 42,
waived charges of criminal tres-
pass and resisting arrest to
Luzerne County Court.
Police withdrew charges of
burglary, simple trespass and
criminal mischief against Grib-
ble.
Police allege Gribble entered
a vacant house on Covell Street
and stole copper pipes on June
18. He also struggled with offi-
cers during the arrest, according
to the criminal complaint.
WILKES-BARRE A woman
accused by city police of at-
tempting to cash a forged check
at a store waived her right to a
preliminary hearing in Wilkes-
Barre Central Court on Wednes-
day.
Amber Rose Harbison, 30,
North Meade Street, Wilkes-
Barre, waived a single count of
forgery to Luzerne County
Court.
Police withdrew a theft charge
against Harbison.
Police allege Harbison at-
tempted to cash a forged check
at the Anthracite Newsstand at
East Market Street and Public
Square on May 20 and May 23,
according to the criminal com-
plaint.
NANTICOKE A woman
accused by Plymouth police of
stealing items from a store
waived her right to a prelimina-
ry hearing before District Judge
Donald Whittaker on Tuesday.
Christina Marie Ribaudo, 21,
of Hughestown, waived a charge
of retail theft to Luzerne County
Court.
Police allege Ribaudo stole
items from Family Dollar, West
Main Street, on June 16, accord-
ing to the criminal complaint.
COURT BRIEFS
We could do much better than
this. We should do much better
than this for our families, our
vulnerable citizens.
State Rep. Phyllis Mundy
The Democrat from Kingston joined ranks with other members of her
party this week in opposing a Republican-designed $27 billion state
budget, which reduces spending by 3 percent from the current year.
Critics say the budget places undue hardships on education and human
services programs.
Constituent disappointed
in Toohils record so far
G
iven the deficit that Pennsylvania is
facing, you can imagine how surprised
I was when I received a state-funded
postcard from state Rep. Tarah Toohil
announcing an open house for her Hazle-
ton office. It has been more than six
months since she was elected, and now she
feels it is important to inform constituents
where her office is located?
Gov. Tom Corbett and his Republican-
led Legislature are cutting funding for the
State Food Purchase Program a program
that helps feed people who need assistance
eliminating more than $2 million in
funding for the gun checks program under
the state police and eliminating funding
for the Red Cross Extended Care Program.
It doesnt stop there, though. House Bill
1485, which Rep. Toohil voted for along
with her Harrisburg Republican leader-
ship, cuts funding for regional cancer in-
stitutes by 50 percent. These centers pro-
vide cancer prevention, education, treat-
ment and research. Other cuts made under
HB1485 eliminate funding for trauma
centers, epilepsy support services, Tou-
rettes syndrome and newborn hearing
screening.
So, Rep. Toohil, feel free to use the free
press either in print or on television to
inform your constituents. But please stop
using Pennsylvanians limited funds for
what could be perceived as a self-serving
publication.
John C. Homa IV
Hazleton
Traffic safety cameras
can prevent fatalities
W
e are writing in response to the re-
cent media coverage of traffic safety
cameras in the area to express our
support for this life-saving technology.
Traffic safety cameras deter red light run-
ning, slow traffic on our streets and save
lives.
Our passion for traffic safety stems from
the deep, heartfelt sorrow and pain experi-
enced in 2002 when our daughter, Sarah,
was killed by a man who ran a red light
and crashed into her car. We believe her
death and the 30,000 deaths from fatal
crashes every year should be a call to ac-
tion for all Americans.
Traffic safety cameras are tools used by
law enforcement officials to deter people
from speeding and running red lights,
which is why we have joined with law
enforcement and safety advocates across
the state in supporting this life-saving
technology.
The use of these cameras sends a clear
message: There is no excuse for disregard-
ing traffic safety laws.
We welcome any technology that will
keep people safe and prevent more tragic
losses for our family and families across
the country.
Paul Oberhauser
and
Sue Oberhauser
Co-chairs, Traffic Safety Coalition
Somerset, Ohio
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THE KEYSTONE Energy
Forum and the Modular
Building Systems Associ-
ation recently hosted a
housing forum to identify
and discuss the housing
issues in areas affected by
Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.
Most of the development is occurring in
relatively small communities that lack the
infrastructure and community resources
necessary to accommodate rapid, intense
population growth. Additionally, Marcellus
drilling activity is affecting the demand
and cost for local government services.
The most difficult issue, however, is the
housing shortage and the lack of support-
ing infrastructure. Local governments are
on the front line of this issue.
The housing issue is not merely anec-
dotal. The influx of workers and their fam-
ilies has the potential to change communi-
ties and create new challenges for long-
term and new residents regarding commu-
nity needs such as roads, sewer and water.
Rising housing costs already have made it
difficult for some low-income households
in Pennsylvanias Marcellus region to meet
the growing price of housing.
If not properly addressed, these rising
costs have the potential to become an
effective barrier for families to remain in
their communities.
There are many organizations and agen-
cies, public and private, dedicated to ad-
dressing housing issues in Pennsylvania,
but they have never experienced this kind
of singular rapid increase in need.
Given the past history and effectiveness
of these groups, most are optimistic that
solutions can be found. For example, the
modular industry (including developers
and homebuilders) is capable of building
the necessary housing. What is missing,
though, is a coordinated plan. By necessity,
this plan must involve state and local regu-
latory agencies that handle the permitting
process for housing development and the
necessary infrastructure such as water,
sewer and roads.
Many Marcellus socio-economic studies
with housing components are under way
or have been completed. The logical cen-
tral repository for these studies is the Lo-
cal Impact and Emergency Response
Group of the Governors Marcellus Shale
Advisory Committee. The committees
report, which is due in July, might provide
a good starting point for a housing plan
development.
Additionally, the financing of any hous-
ing plan is an obvious and critical compo-
nent. The current lending climate is diffi-
cult, yet does not pose an insurmountable
problem. Organizations such as the Penn-
sylvania Association of Community Bank-
ers and other key agencies (including, but
not limited to, the Pennsylvania Housing
and Finance Agency and the state Depart-
ment of Community and Economic Devel-
opment) should all have seats at the table
with the drillers for this important dis-
cussion.
Lastly, while we continue to address
these key issues, there is a strong need for
continued communication between drill-
ing companies and the communities in
which they are operating. Specifically, this
dialogue should include topics relevant to
both short- and long-term planning.
As business owners, residents and active
citizens, Pennsylvanias modular construc-
tion industry has many ties to the commu-
nities affected by Marcellus Shale drilling
and is well positioned to help solve the
housing issue in these communities. It will
take the engagement of many different
parties, however, to transform the dream of
more housing to the reality of new homes.
Chad C. Harvey is executive director of the Harris-
burg-based Modular Building Systems Association.
For information, visit www.modularhousing.com.
Hike in housing demand a critical issue in Shale area
COMMENTARY
C H A D C . H A R V E Y
T
HE CAUSE OF gay
marriage has suffered
plenty of disappoint-
ments and what hap-
pened late last Friday night in
Albany, N.Y., defied them. Con-
foundingtheusual certaintiesof
political alignments, a signifi-
cant voteintheRepublican-con-
trolledstate Senate brought gay
marriage to New York by a 33-
29 vote.
Gov. AndrewCuomo, a Dem-
ocrat, quicklysignedthe legisla-
tion, which will take effect in 30
days.
New York has sent a mess-
age to the nation, Cuomo said
Sunday before New York Citys
annual gay pride parade, where
exuberant celebration was the
order of the day. It is time for
marriage equality.
But is it? And, if not, how far
away is that time? Foes of gay
marriage will note that New
Yorkstateishardlytypical of the
country a large blue state with
19 million people and home to
the sophisticated metropolis of
New York City, where a riot
sparked by police arrests at a
gay bar in 1969 became a wa-
tershed event in the national
fight for gay rights.
New York is not Mississippi,
nor even socially conservative
Pennsylvania, where it seems
unimaginable that gay mar-
riage would be enacted any-
time soon in defiance of exist-
ing state law that defines mar-
riage as being between a man
and a woman.
Yet it will be hard for tradi-
tionalists to downplay the sig-
nificanceof this news. TheNew
York Senate vote revealed frac-
tures in Republican ranks that
might only grow over time.
NewYork becomes the sixth
state (plus the District of Co-
lumbia) to approve marriage
forgaycouples, pluseight other
states have granted gays mar-
riage-like rights in civil unions
or domestic partnerships.
The more common gay mar-
riage becomes, the less fright-
ening it will be to many Amer-
icans, which explains why pub-
lic opinion polls have found
that a majority in the country
now supports the idea. The
times they are a changin, but
not completely, not yet.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
OTHER OPINION: N.Y. VOTE
Gay marriage
gains ground
An application to purchase real estate
from the city of Wilkes-Barre
Do you have either a letter of pre-approval from a mortgage
lending company or loads of available cash? Check Yes or No.
Yes.
No.
Is your name Leo A. Glodzik III?
Yes. Please proceed to Line A (below).
No. See Line B.
Line A: Congratulations on your purchase. The keys to your
new property are available in City Hall. As always, thank you for
doingbusiness withthe city of Wilkes-Barre a great place tolive,
work and play.
LineB: Settledin1769, Wilkes-Barrewas afrontier townburned
during the Revolutionary War by British troops and, in 1972,
flooded by Tropical Storm Agnes. Much of its housing stock is
very, very old, and the condition of some units could best be de-
scribed as deplorable. Some homes roofs leak, leading to water
damage and the potential for mold. (Ick.) Renovating an old,
abandoned property often requires lots of time and money; the
task is best left to people with a real knack for it, people such as
Leo A. Glodzik III.
For a home in move-in condition, you might want to consider
publicly listed real estate in the Back Mountain region of Luzerne
County; wehear its nicethere. Also, haveyouconsideredrenting?
If you are determined to rehabilitate a fixer-upper acquired by
Wilkes-Barre as part of its ongoing effort to reduce blight and
beautify city neighborhoods, write your phone number here
______. If something becomes available, well call you.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Committed to equal housing
opportunities for all Americans. 2008.
OUR OPINION: REAL ESTATE DEALS
In Wilkes-Barre,
its buyer beware
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N E W S
Elise Mosca has been dreaming of
going to Italy, and now, the 25-year-
old teacher is there competing
against some of the most beautiful
women in the world.
Over the sea
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Part of the reason for the pag-
eant is to bring Italians back to
Italy to recognize the rich, histor-
ical culture that they have, said
Elises father, John.
Theres something special
about the Italians the style, the
class, the productivity. Theyve
always had a strong work ethic,
saidElises father, whoowns Cab-
inets, Counters and More in
Wilkes-Barre Township.
John Moscas father, Victor,
was born in the Marche province
near the Adriatic Sea in Italy. He
came to the United States at age
16 and worked in the garment in-
dustry in New York and New Jer-
sey before moving to Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania.
Were definitely proud of our
Italian heritage, and thats one of
the reasons Elise was so interest-
ed in the contest. It gave her the
opportunity to go to Italy and
learn more about her heritage,
John Mosca said.
Learning Italian
Elise said she knows hardly
any Italian, but she is learning as
she goes. And while she would
love to tour Rome and Milan,
most of her time over the past
week has been spent in photo
shoots and rehearsing.
We have zero free time. We re-
hearse every single day. The first
week is all photo shoots, going to
meet sponsors. Theres a team of
people doing our hair and make-
up every single day. Theres a
fashion show today, Elise said
on Wednesday.
Elise is no stranger to the beau-
ty and modeling industry.
Since she was a pre-teen, 11,
12, she always had an efferves-
cence about her, she was always
very affable and outgoing and
shes always had an affinity for
modeling and style and cloth-
ing, her father said.
She started entering pageants
at local fairs and the Pittston To-
mato Festival. While a senior at
Wyoming Valley West High
School in 2004, Elise won the
Miss UNICO pageant.
But it was when she was 15 or
16 and participating in the Miss
Teen Pennsylvania Pag-
eant in Pittsburgh, which
is where she first learned
of the Miss Italia pageant
andwas invitedto partici-
pate.
After some unsuccess-
ful attempts at winning
the United States compo-
nent of the competition,
and being named runner-
up, Elise was finally se-
lected Miss Italia Stati
Uniti, New York.
She has also appeared
in music videos, MTV
awards shows, TV com-
mercials, magazine ads, calen-
dars and live promotions.
Teaches in W-B
A graduate of West Chester
University, Mosca has been
teaching second grade at Martin
L. Murray Heights Elementary
School in Wilkes-Barre since
graduating and is working to-
wards her masters degree at
Kings College.
Based on her performance,
shes done a wonderful job for the
school district and for Heights
Elementary, said Hal Gabriel,
school principal. She has a great
rapport with her students and
shes there for anything that we
need. Shes a very good teacher.
And shes a great per-
son as well, says her
mom, Tina, who ac-
companies her daugh-
ter to all competitions,
but couldnt make it to
Italy.
Im so proud of El-
ise. Shes a very kind,
sweet girl. Shes
helped other young
girls with their self-im-
age, Tina Mosca said.
Both parents are
equally proud of Elises
sister, Vanessa, who is
an assistant buyer for
QVC in West Chester.
Shes equally beautiful but she
never had an interest in model-
ing, it just wasnt her passion,
John Mosca said of Vanessa, 23.
But for now, Elise is concen-
trating on her teaching career
and attaining her masters as well
as forwarding her modeling ca-
reer anddevelopingher website
elisemosca.com.
And she has a message for ev-
eryone back home.
I always thought it was impos-
sible for me to get here, but I did
it. Even if you come from a small
town and you dont knowif it can
happen, it can. If you follow your
dreams, your hard work will pay
off, she said.
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stylist in Reggio Calabria, Italy, before a photo shoot.
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I N F O
Subscribers to Dish Network can
watch the Miss Italia nel Mondo
preliminaries at 5:20 p.m. today
and the finals at 3 p.m. Monday on
the RAI Channel.
O N T E L E V I S I O N
fourth-degree burns to his body
and face. He spent several days at
the Lehigh Valley Burn Center in
Allentown, according to The
Times Leader archives.
Milewski refused to comment
when a reporter visited the tent
early Thursday afternoon.
PoliceChief MylesCollinsstop-
ped at the tent and briefly spoke
withMilewski.
Collins said Milewski has the
required permit and insurance to
lawfully sell fireworks.
Legal or not, Lewis and his
wife, Carol, are furious that Mile-
wski was allowedtosell fireworks
inthe neighborhood.
Itmademesicktomystomach
whenIsawthattentgoup. Imjust
so angry about it, Carol Lewis
said.
Charles Lewis saidthe 2004ex-
plosion cracked his plaster walls
and embers burned the vinyl roof
of hiscar. Heandhiswifearemost
angry that charges were never fil-
edagainst Milewski.
I talked to everybody. The
(district attorney) said it was for
local police. Local police said it
was state police. The state, the
(federal Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms), everybody
said it goes somewhere else. No
charges were filed and he got
away with everything, Lewis
said.
The borough spent a lot of
moneyknockingdownthat build-
ing. For him to be able to sell
them, its an insult to everyone
who lives here. , Lewis said.
June Soddenberg agrees.
I dont know how politically
connected (Milewski) was, be-
causeweweretheoutsiders. But I
remember him telling us, Dont
drive through my town, said
Soddenberg, who owned the for-
mer Octagon Bar that was adja-
cent to the video store and nearly
destroyedby the explosion.
Plymouth never changed.
Theyre disgusting. Its politics as
usual. Its laughable, Sodden-
berg, of Hanover Township, said.
Soddenberg bought the Octa-
gonBarin1987for$131,000andin
the months leading up to the ex-
plosion was trying to sell the
place. She received a settlement
from her insurance company for
$50,000 and later sold the build-
ing for $11,000, a loss of nearly
$70,000.
Soddenberg said she finds it
ironic that Milewski now has a
permit to sell fireworks legally in
the same location.
Most of theitemsfor saleunder
Milewskistent areconsumer fire-
works, those that explode on the
groundor rocket inthe air.
Milewski was never chargedby
state or federal authorities after
the explosionin2004.
An official with ATF said at the
timethatitbelievedMilewski was
intherear of theWest MainStreet
building manufacturing fire-
works when the building explod-
ed.
FIREWORKS
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AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Dan Milewski operates this fireworks tent in Plymouth.
Thursday was the last day of
thestates fiscal year, andCorbett
has repeatedly pledged to sign
the budget before the new fiscal
year begins today.
One of the changes in an
amendment added to the bill by
the House late Wednesday night
caused ripples with Senate Re-
publicans.
The amended bill
wouldeliminatemost
existing exemptions
from a so-called
back-end referen-
dum requirement for
certainschool proper-
ty tax increases that
exceed a rate similar
to inflation. It also
wouldplacetoomany
restrictions on dis-
tricts that have con-
struction debt or
need to erect new
school buildings,
Scarnati said.
The disagreement
over the school tax
bill which is op-
posed by the states
largest teachers
union and the Pennsylvania
School Boards Association
emerged a day after the House
sentCorbettanearly$27.2billion
budgetbill forthefiscal year2011-
12 that begins Friday.
At this late stage in the legisla-
tive session, legislative leaders
and the governor have ham-
mered out complicated agree-
mentsregardingwhichmeasures
to approve, so a fight over a criti-
cal element of the freshman gov-
ernors agenda could have impli-
cations beyondthe bill itself.
It has been nine years since a
state budget has been approved
on time. The spending plan
passedbothchambers of theLeg-
islature this week without a sin-
gle Democratic lawmaker voting
infavor.
The amendment added to a
broader school tax bill late
Wednesdaywouldstill permit ex-
ceptions for pension and special
education costs, but
would change the
wording of those ex-
ceptions. Pensionand
special education
costs have accounted
for the majority of the
exceptions that
school boards have
soughtinavoidingref-
erendums since the
law was passed in
2006.
In a state with 500
school districts, just
14 referendums have
been held, and all but
one were defeated.
Debate on Thurs-
day morning in the
House centered on
massive public
schools and public
welfare bills.
The schools bill passed with
Republican support after several
hours of debate in which Demo-
crats decried the cuts to educa-
tionaidtheGOPhasagreedto. In
particular, Democrats ques-
tioned why the poorest school
districts would sustain the big-
gest cuts inaid.
MinorityLeaderFrankDermo-
dy, D-Allegheny, said the states
students improved their school
test scores for eight years under
Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell as
education spending rose every
year. He arguedthat Republicans
shouldusea statecashsurplus to
ease the size of the cuts.
We have the funding to do
that, he said. So pound your
chests, andthechildrenaregoing
to suffer.
But House Majority Leader
Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, coun-
tered that many of the states
worst-performing schools also
spend the most per child, and
said the boom in Philadelphia
charter school enrollment indi-
cated that the existing system
has failedthem.
We care about each and every
kid in the commonwealth, and
we want to make sure he or she
has the opportunity to have the
best life that that (American)
dream can provide that child,
Turzai said. And I am also pro-
taxpayer, because we are not go-
ing to throw good money after
bad.
On the public welfare bill,
Democrats decried provisions
unveiled barely a day earlier that
would grant broad authority to
the Corbett administration to
fast-track major changes to a
range of humanservices andwel-
fare programs.
The administration could in-
crease co-pays, eliminate eligibil-
ityorcurtail services, authorityit
requested to help meet the
spending cuts approved by the
Legislature.
Meanwhile, Senate Republi-
cans rejected an effort by Demo-
crats to attach a provision to a
budget-related bill that would
have slapped a levy on the states
booming natural gas industry.
As a result of the new budget.
the 120,000 students at 14 state-
owned universities will see high-
er tuition and technology fees
this fall.
Also, a bill that would punish
Pennsylvanias financially trou-
bled capital and dozens of other
small- to medium-sized cities for
seeking federal bankruptcy pro-
tectionreceivedapproval togoto
Corbett.
BUDGET
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AP PHOTO
State Sen. Chuck McIlhinney, left, and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati address a com-
mittee meeting working through details of a bill related to the state budget Thursday.
We care
about each
and every kid
in the com-
monwealth .
And I am also
pro-taxpayer,
because we
are not going
to throw good
money after
bad.
Mike Turzai
House Majority
Leader
man, one of the workers. I didnt
know if it was a truck or an SUV,
it was just so fast.
Cowman said he ran to get his
cell phone and the vehicle sped
away. I didnt know they were
going to take off, he said.
The SUVdrove south on Third
Avenue and was spotted near
Kingston corners by Sgt. Sam
Blaski. He
stopped it on
Maple Avenue
and noticed
what appeared
to be blood
spatter and
damage to the
front of the ve-
hicle on the
passenger side
indicating it
was involved in
the accident.
Blaski spoke
to the driver,
searched the SUV and placed the
driver under arrest. She was tak-
en to Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital, where blood samples were
drawn for testing.
Police said a vehicle records
check showed she was operating
with a DUI-related suspended li-
cense.
Luzerne County Coroner John
Corcoran said an autopsy will be
conducted at 10 a.m. today at the
hospital.
The woman was released and
charges are pendingthe results of
the autopsy and blood tests, po-
lice said.
FATALITY
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IF ALL
GOES WELL,
which would be
a switch in it-
self, then Phil-
lies starter Joe
Blanton will
throw off a
mound Monday in Clearwater.
That momentous session in the
bullpen might not sound like a
lot, but it has been six weeks
since Blantons right elbow
wouldnt unkink as he warmed
for a start. Thats a long time be-
tween trips to the mound for any
pitcher, so the Phils will take
what they can get.
What they havent gotten dur-
ing Blantons absence is assur-
ance that he will back in the rota-
tion at all. Multiple MRI inspec-
tions revealed no damage in the
elbow area, nothing that would
explain the pain and swelling, or,
more to the
point, predict
whether Blan-
tons future has
one.
Meanwhile,
Roy Oswalt will
get a second
opinion on his
aching back
this Friday in Dallas. It will be
surprising if continued rest is not
the recommendation. General
manager Ruben Amaro Jr. bris-
tled when it was reported that
Oswalt would not return until
August. Amaro said its reasona-
bletothinkOswalt will bebackin
late July. Oh, well then.
Andthis is why youconstruct a
dreamrotation. Because baseball
has a way of giving a few fitful
nights to even a dream scenario.
WithBlantonandOswalt out, the
Phillies have been fine so far,
thanks to Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee,
and Cole Hamels. It might keep
going just like that for the rest of
the season, but not necessarily.
With that in mind, everyone in
the organization leaned forward
just a little more Wednesday
night to study howrookie starter
Vance Worley handleda biggame
with a playoff atmosphere. He
had pitched pretty well in his six
previous starts, but hadnt seen a
spot likethis oneyet. ThePhillies
couldneedWorley inthe rotation
for the real playoffs, and they
might as well start finding out if
hes ready.
This is a good test for him,
manager Charlie Manuel said be-
fore the game. Hes facinga good
lineupwitha lot of goodlefthand-
ed hitters. As long as he keeps us
in the game, thats going to tell
you a whole lot.
Confidence-builder
Worley did that and more
against the Red Sox, limiting
them to five hits and one run in
his longest start of the season. He
went seven efficient innings and
only faced more than four batters
in an inning once. As is the case
with him, he also worked some
deep counts, had some trouble
putting guys away, and piled up
his pitch count, which has gotten
him in trouble before.
Still, heading into the seventh,
with Worley having already
thrown 96 pitches, Manuel had
enough confidence to send him
back out. Maybe he had a corre-
sponding lack of confidence in
thepatchworkbullpen, but either
way, Worley threw past the sixth
inning of a major-league start for
the first time in his career.
I try to treat every game like
its my last one here, Worley said
after getting the decision in the
2-1 win over Boston. I know be-
cause of the injuries that I might
have more time and opportunity
thanI hadbefore, but I dont want
to treat things any different. I
dont know how long Ill be here
andI want toset myself uptostay
as long as possible.
OPINION
B O B F O R D
Worley may
give Phillies
valuable arm
See FORD, Page 7B
Worley
WIMBLEDON, England
So what if Maria Sharapova
managed to win only two of the
first 13 points of her Wimbledon
semifinal Thursday, dropping
the first three games?
So what if she bungled her
serve so badly that she double-
faulted 13 times?
All that mattered to Sharapo-
va was that she roared well,
shrieked her way back into
the match, taking 12 of the last
16 games tobeat wild-cardentry
Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-4,
6-3 and return to the final at the
All England Club for the first
time since 2004, when she won
the title at 17.
Its been many years, but its
a really great feeling, Sharapo-
va said. Today wasnt my best
match of the championships, so
I was real happy to get through
in two sets. But, yeah, its pretty
amazing to be back on that
stage.
In Saturdays final, Sharapova
will play No. 8 Petra Kvitova of
the Czech Republic, who hit
nine aces and dictated points
throughout her 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 vic-
tory over No. 4 Victoria Azaren-
ka of Belarus.
Sharapovas seven-year gap
between Wimbledon finals is
the longest for a woman in the
Open era, which began in 1968.
Im in a different stage in my
career. Im 24 years old. I have a
lot of experience behind my
back, said Sharapova, who
hasnt lost a set during the tour-
nament. But Im still playing
W I M B L E D O N
Return to the past
AP PHOTOS
Russias Maria Sharapova celebrates defeating Germanys Sa-
bine Lisicki in their semifinal match Thursday.
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic returns a shot to Victoria
Azarenka of Belarus during their semifinal match Thursday.
Sharapova in finals for first time since 04
See WIMBLEDON, Page 6B
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
PHILADELPHIA Cole Ha-
mels sure got a scare.
Fortunately for him and the
Phillies, he didnt become the
lastest star pitcher on Philadel-
phias staff to land on the dis-
abled list.
Hamels was forced out of the
game Thursday after he was hit
inthe glove handby a liner, spoil-
ing a duel betweentwo of the top
lefties in baseball in Bostons 5-2
win.
Roy Oswalt and closer Ryan
Madson were recently put on the
DL. Joe Blanton, BradLidge, and
Jose Contreras were already out.
We dont need to lose any
pitchers, Phillies manager
Charlie Manuel said. We defi-
nitely need to keep him there, if
possible.
Hamels just
couldnt stay in
against Boston.
Boston start-
er Jon Lester
tossed two-hit
ball over seven
shutout innings
and Jason Vari-
tek homered
twice to help
the Red Sox
avoid a three-
game sweep.
Lester had
the starters
spotlight to
himself after
Hamels was hit by Adrian Gon-
zalezs liner in the fourth inning
and soon left. Manuel said Ha-
mels sustained a real good
bruise between his thumb and
his palm.
The Phillies said X-rays were
negative and Hamels will make
his next start. Hamels declined
to talk to the media.
Hopefully, its nothing thats
too big, Phillies first baseman
Ryan Howard said.
The Phillies bullpen allowed
five runs andthe offense couldnt
touch Lester.
Lester (10-4) struck out Raul
Ibanez with two runners aboard
with his 120th pitch to end a
game-tyingthreat inthe seventh.
It was bigtoget out of the sev-
enth, Lester said.
This weeks matchup was
hyped as a potential World Se-
ries preview. If it is, dont lookfor AP PHOTO
Philadelphia Phillies Cole Hamels pitches in the second inning
against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.
M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L
Hamels leaves with injury in loss
Star pitcher is struck in hand with liner
By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
See PHILS, Page 6B
5
RED SOX
2
PHILLIES
NEW YORK The NBA is
locking out its players until a new
collective bargaining agreement
can be reached, the second pro
sports league shut down by labor
strife.
The lockout commenced at
12:01 a.m. today, after the expira-
tion of the current deal that own-
ers say has cost them millions of
dollars a year.
We hada great year interms of
the appreciation of our fans for
our game. It just wasnt a profit-
able one for the owners, and it
wasnt one that many of the small-
er market teams particularly en-
joyed or felt included in, Com-
missioner David Stern said. The
goal here has been to make the
league profitable and to have a
league where all 30 teams can
compete.
The long-expected lockout
could put the 2011-12 season in
jeopardy and comes as the NFL is
trying to end its own work stop-
page that began in March.
The expiring collective bar-
gaining agreement created a bro-
ken systemthat produced huge fi-
nancial lossesforourteams,Dep-
uty Commissioner Adam Silver
said in a statement.
Despite a three-hour meeting
See NBA, Page 4B
B A S K E T B A L L
Lockout
is now
a reality
for NBA
Owners ban players after
labor agreement expires and
unproductive negotiations.
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NORFOLK, Va. On a day
when the Scranton/Wilkes-
Barre Yankees bats continued
their slumber, there were still a
few things to celebrate.
Jesus Montero celebrated
makingtheInternational League
all-star team for the second year
in a row by hitting a second-in-
ning home run Thursday in a 7-3
loss to Norfolk.
And relief pitcher Logan Kens-
ing celebrated throwing to a live
catcher against professional hit-
ters.
Its been a while.
The loss was the third in a row
for the Yankees in as many
games in this series and their
fourth in their last five games.
We dont score many runs
anyway, said manager Dave
Miley. Weve scored six runs in
three games here. You go
through streaks like that.
The Yankees appeared poised
to break out after Monteros
homer was followed by a boom-
ing triple by Mike Lamb, who
scored on a single by Brandon
Laird for a 2-0 lead.
And then nothing.
Their next hit was alonghome
run by Lamb in the seventh in-
ning. By then, the Yankees were
down 6-2, with reliever Andrew
Brackman struggling through a
feast-and-famine performance.
He struck out five batters in two
innings in support of starter
Adam Warren, who had his own
problems. They included a four-
run second inning.
But Brackman also threw two
wild pitches and gave up a two-
run home run to Norfolks Matt
Angle andBrandonSnyders run-
scoring double.
Enter Kensing, who was
signed a day earlier fromBridge-
I L B A S E B A L L
SWB Yankees once again struggle at the plate
7
TIDES
3
YANKEES
Montero, who was named an
IL all-star, has a homer in
teams third consecutive loss.
By JIMHODGES
For The Times Leader
See SWB, Page 6B
K
PAGE 2B FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2011 THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com
S C O R E B O A R D
BASEBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
Interleague
BLUE JAYS 8 Phillies
White Sox NL CUBS
TIGERS 8.5 Giants
REDS 9 Indians
Yankees 9 METS
RAYS 9 Cards
BRAVES 7 Orioles
Red Sox 8.5 ASTROS
RANGERS 8.5 Marlins
ROCKIES 10 Royals
Brewers 7 TWINS
AS 7 Dbacks
ANGELS 7 Dodgers
MARINERS 6.5 Padres
National League
NATIONALS 8 Pirates
AME RI C A S
L I NE
By ROXY ROXBOROUGH
W H A T S O N T V
AUTO RACING
2 p.m.
ESPN2 NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qual-
ifying for Subway Jalapeno 250, at Daytona Beach,
Fla.
4 p.m.
SPEEDNASCAR, Sprint Cup, polequalifyingfor
Coke Zero 400, at Daytona Beach, Fla.
7:30 p.m.
ESPNNASCAR, NationwideSeries, Subway Ja-
lapeno 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla.
BOXING
11 p.m.
ESPN2 Welterweights, Mark Jason Melligen
(21-2-0) vs. Sebastian Lujan (37-5-2), at San Anto-
nio
GOLF
9 a.m.
TGCEuropean PGATour, Open de France, sec-
ond round, at Paris
12:30 p.m.
TGCChampions Tour, Montreal Championship,
first round, at Blainville, Quebec
3 p.m.
TGCPGATour, AT&TNational, secondround, at
Newtown Square, Pa.
6:30 p.m.
TGC USGA, U.S. Mens & Womens Amateur
Public Links Championships, semifinal matches, at
Bandon, Ore.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2:10 p.m.
WGN Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs
7 p.m.
MLB Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees at N.Y.
Mets or San Francisco at Detroit
ROOT Pittsburgh at Washington
CSN Philadelphia at Toronto
SNY N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets
SOCCER
8:45 a.m.
ESPN FIFA, Womens World Cup, Group B, Ja-
pan vs. Mexico, at Leverkusen, Germany
Noon
ESPNFIFA, Womens WorldCup, GroupB, New
Zealand vs. England, at Dresden, Germany
TENNIS
7 a.m.
ESPN2 The Championships, mens semifinals,
at Wimbledon, England
Noon
NBC The Championships, mens semifinals, at
Wimbledon, England (live and same-day tape)
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
Friday, July 1
SENIOR LEGION BASEBALL
(5:45 p.m. unless noted)
Swoyersville at Greater Pittston
Nanticoke at Wilkes-Barre
Hazleton at Northwest
Plains at Old Forge
Tunkhannock at Mountain Top
LITTLE LEAGUE
(6 p.m. unless noted)
District 16 Major Baseball
Jenkins Twp. at Newport Twp.
Avoca/Dupont at Plains
Pittston at Pittston Twp., 8 p.m.
North Wilkes-Barre at Duryea
District 31 Major Baseball
Bob Horlacher at Back Mountain American
Swoyersville at West Pittston
Back Mountain National at Harveys Lake
District 16 Minor Baseball
Pittston Twp. at Hanover
Avoca/Dupont at Jenkins Twp.
District 16 Major Softball
Jenkins Twp. at Nanticoke
District 31 Major Softball
Kingston/Forty Fort at Back Mountain
District 16 Senior Softball
Mountain Top at Nanticoke
Saturday, July 2
SENIOR LEGION BASEBALL
(5:45 p.m. unless noted)
Plains at Back Mountain, 2 p.m.
LITTLE LEAGUE
(6 p.m. unless noted)
District 31 Minor Baseball
Back Mountain American at West Pittston, 2 p.m.
West Side at Northwest
District 31 Minor Softball
Harveys Lake at Greater Wyoming Area
Bob Horlacher at West Pittston/Swoyersville
District 16 Minor Softball
Plains at Mountain Top
District 31 Major Softball
Back Mountain at Kingston/Forty Fort (If Back
Mountain loses Friday)
District 16 Major Softball
Nanticoke at Jenkins Twp. (If Nanticoke loses Fri-
day)
T R A N S A C T I O N S
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOXDesignated OF Mike Cam-
eron for assignment. Recalled INFYamaico Navar-
ro from Pawtucket (IL).
National League
COLORADO ROCKIESAcquired 2B Mark Ellis
andcashfromOaklandfor RHPBruceBillings anda
player to be named.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALSPurchased the contract
of RHP Brandon Dickson from Memphis (PCL).
American Association
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKSReleased
INF Brian Ruggiano and RHP Matt Mossey.
GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGSSigned RHP Cody
Railsback.
KANSAS CITY T-BONESReleased INF Fernan-
do Garcia and RHP Joe Kassanavoid.
SIOUX CITY EXPLORERSSigned INF Brett
Flowers. Released INF Mike Murphy.
Can-Am League
NEWARK BEARSSigned INF Ryan Walsh. Re-
leased OF Kyle LaMotta, INF Todd Gossage and
OF Burt Reynolds.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICSMade a qualifying offer to F
Jeff Green. Exercised its option on GAvery Bradley
for the 2012-13 season.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERSTraded F J.J. Hick-
son to Sacramento Kings for F Omri Casspi and a
future first-round draft pick.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORSWaived F Jeff
Adrien.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANESRe-signed F Jussi
Jokinen to a three-year contract.
MINNESOTA WILDNamed Darryl Sydor assist-
ant coach. Retained assistant coaches Darby Hen-
drickson and Rick Wilson and goaltending coach
Bob Mason.
NEW YORK RANGERSAgreed to terms with F
John Mitchell on a contract extension.
SAN JOSE SHARKSRe-signed LW Jamie
McGinn and LW Frazer McLaren to one-year con-
tracts. Named John Tortora executive vice presi-
dent and general counsel.
ST. LOUIS BLUESAgreed to terms with C T.J.
Oshie on a one-year contract extension.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNINGRe-signed G Dwayne
Roloson to a one-year contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC DALLASSigned D Ugo Ihemelu to a contract
extension through 2015.
COLLEGE
ARKANSASSenior basketball G Jeff Peterson is
transferring to Florida State.
MARQUETTEAnnounced the resignation of ath-
letic director Steve Cottingham.
NORTHTEXASDismissed junior WRDarius Ca-
rey from the team.
PITTSBURGHAnnounced senior RB Zach
Brown will transfer from Wisconsin.
SETON HALLNamed Bett Shelby womens as-
sistant basketball coach.
SMUNamed Gerald Lewis director of basketball
operations.
TULANENamed Beth Dunkenberger director of
womens basketball operations.
M L B
All-Star Game Voting
Tuesday, July 12
At Chase Field, Phoenix
American League
CATCHERRussell Martin, Yankees, 2,779,592;
Alex Avila, Tigers, 2,345,065; Joe Mauer, Twins,
1,699,604; Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Red Sox,
1,505,143; Yorvit Torrealba, Rangers, 1,309,802.
FIRST BASE Adrian Gonzalez, Red Sox,
4,014,722; Mark Teixeira, Yankees, 3,077,242; Mi-
guel Cabrera, Tigers, 2,184,480; Mitch Moreland,
Rangers, 1,209,258; Paul Konerko, White Sox,
932,422.
SECOND BASE Robinson Cano, Yankees,
4,724,816; Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox, 2,979,181; Ian
Kinsler, Rangers, 1,896,259; Orlando Cabrera, In-
dians, 1,127,840; Ben Zobrist, Rays, 963,481.
THIRD BASE Alex Rodriguez, Yankees,
3,735,406; Adrian Beltre, Rangers, 2,935,373; Ke-
vin Youkilis, Red Sox, 2,724,286; Evan Longoria,
Rays, 2,000,379; Brandon Inge, Tigers, 633,519.
SHORTSTOPDerek Jeter, Yankees, 3,392,128;
Asdrubal Cabrera, Indians, 2,885,778; Elvis An-
drus, Rangers, 1,971,514; Jhonny Peralta, Tigers,
1,178,114; Marco Scutaro, Red Sox, 1,099,744.
DESIGNATED HITTER David Ortiz, Red Sox,
4,237,014; Michael Young, Rangers, 2,235,504;
Jorge Posada, Yankees, 1,453,385; Victor Marti-
nez, Tigers, 1,234,879; Johnny Damon, Rays,
1,028,366.
OUTFIELDJose Bautista, Blue Jays, 5,263,840;
Curtis Granderson, Yankees, 4,582,419; Josh Ha-
milton, Rangers, 3,173,000; Jacoby Ellsbury, Red
Sox, 3,051,675; Carl Crawford, Red Sox,
2,294,337; NelsonCruz, Rangers, 1,912,783; Ichiro
Suzuki, Mariners, 1,912,062; Nick Swisher, Yan-
kees, 1,648,599; Brett Gardner, Yankees,
1,499,367; J.D. Drew, Red Sox, 1,428,367; Matt
Joyce, Rays, 1,226,439; Jeff Francoeur, Royals,
1,061,445; David Murphy, Rangers, 1,057,887;
Grady Sizemore, Indians, 1,033,014; Shin-Soo
Choo, Indians, 924,326.
National League
CATCHER1, Brian McCann, Braves, 3,062,884;
2, Yadier Molina, Cardinals, 2,271,887; 3, Buster
Posey, Giants, 1,849,984; 4, Jonathan Lucroy,
Brewers, 1,451,280; 5, Carlos Ruiz, Phillies,
1,392,944.
FIRST BASE 1, Albert Pujols, Cardinals,
3,358,432; 2, Prince Fielder, Brewers, 2,903,584;
3, Joey Votto, Reds, 2,832,857; 4, Ryan Howard,
Phillies, 1,881,711; 5, Freddie Freeman, Braves,
702,911.
SECOND BASE 1, Rickie Weeks, Brewers,
2,869,583; 2, Brandon Phillips, Reds, 2,791,186; 3,
Chase Utley, Phillies, 2,406,965; 4, Dan Uggla,
Braves, 1,223,812; 5, Freddy Sanchez, Giants,
1,184,145.
THIRD BASE 1, Placido Polanco, Phillies,
3,261,718; 2, Chipper Jones, Braves, 2,040,594; 3,
Pablo Sandoval, Giants, 1,584,671; 4, David
Wright, Mets, 1,497,778; 5, Scott Rolen, Reds,
1,417,248.
SHORTSTOP 1, Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies,
2,955,609; 2, Jose Reyes, Mets, 2,710,777; 3, Jim-
my Rollins, Phillies, 1,724,166; 4, Alex Gonzalez,
Braves, 1,142,470; 5, Yuniesky Betancourt, Brew-
ers, 1,131,078.
OUTFIELD 1, Ryan Braun, Brewers, 3,932,100;
2, Lance Berkman, Cardinals, 3,208,183; 3, Matt
Holliday, Cardinals, 2,935,965; 4, Matt Kemp,
Dodgers, 2,743,927; 5, Andre Ethier, Dodgers,
2,264,640; 6, Jay Bruce, Reds, 2,119,267; 7, Shane
Victorino, Phillies, 1,742,128; 8, Carlos Beltran,
Mets, 1,639,362; 9, Jason Heyward, Braves,
1,302,127; 10, Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies,
1,253,728; 11, Raul Ibanez, Phillies, 1,239,678; 12,
Corey Hart, Brewers, 1,217,629; 13, Justin Upton,
Diamondbacks, 1,141,296; 14, Carlos Gomez,
Brewers, 1,016,685; 15, Martin Prado, Braves,
1,012,084.
G O L F
AT&T National Par Scores
At Aronimink Golf Club
Yardage: 7,237; Par: 70 (35-35)
First Round
(a-amateur)
Adam Scott............................................32-3466 -4
Hunter Haas..........................................35-3166 -4
Dean Wilson..........................................34-3367 -3
Joe Ogilvie ............................................33-3467 -3
Jhonattan Vegas...................................34-3367 -3
Kyle Stanley ..........................................36-3167 -3
Pat Perez ...............................................35-3368 -2
Justin Leonard......................................33-3568 -2
Robert Garrigus....................................33-3568 -2
Bill Haas ................................................33-3568 -2
John Merrick .........................................34-3468 -2
Rickie Fowler ........................................34-3468 -2
Charles Howell III .................................34-3468 -2
Troy Matteson.......................................34-3468 -2
D.A. Points ............................................33-3568 -2
Vijay Singh ............................................36-3268 -2
Charlie Wi ..............................................35-3469 -1
Kevin Na................................................34-3569 -1
Gary Woodland.....................................33-3669 -1
Bo Van Pelt ...........................................35-3469 -1
David Hearn..........................................36-3369 -1
Scott Stallings.......................................34-3569 -1
Chris Riley.............................................35-3469 -1
Trevor Immelman .................................35-3469 -1
K.J. Choi ................................................35-3469 -1
Webb Simpson.....................................35-3469 -1
Brian Gay...............................................34-3569 -1
Bryce Molder.........................................33-3669 -1
D.J. Trahan............................................37-3370 E
Ricky Barnes.........................................36-3470 E
Brendon de Jonge................................35-3570 E
Chris Stroud..........................................34-3670 E
Vaughn Taylor.......................................35-3570 E
J.J. Henry ..............................................35-3570 E
Nick Watney ..........................................34-3670 E
Kevin Chappell .....................................34-3670 E
a-Patrick Cantlay...................................35-3570 E
Kris Blanks.............................................38-3270 E
Chris Kirk...............................................36-3470 E
Steve Marino.........................................35-3570 E
Justin Rose ...........................................35-3570 E
Tag Ridings...........................................36-3470 E
Scott McCarron ....................................36-3470 E
George McNeill.....................................35-3570 E
Spencer Levin.......................................36-3470 E
Michael Thompson ..............................34-3670 E
Jeff Overton ..........................................36-3571+1
Kent Jones ............................................35-3671+1
Brian Davis............................................35-3671+1
Charley Hoffman ..................................36-3571+1
Geoff Ogilvy ..........................................34-3771+1
Harrison Frazar ....................................36-3571+1
David Mathis..........................................36-3571+1
Andres Romero ....................................37-3471+1
Tim Herron ............................................35-3671+1
Kevin Streelman...................................34-3771+1
Mike Weir ..............................................35-3671+1
Johnson Wagner ..................................36-3571+1
Robert Allenby......................................33-3871+1
Chris DiMarco.......................................35-3671+1
Billy Mayfair ...........................................33-3871+1
Joe Durant .............................................36-3672+2
Tommy Gainey .....................................35-3772+2
Jason Dufner ........................................35-3772+2
Michael Putnam....................................35-3772+2
Stuart Appleby......................................36-3672+2
Stephen Ames ......................................34-3872+2
Ryuji Imada...........................................38-3472+2
Roland Thatcher ...................................36-3672+2
Tom Gillis ..............................................34-3872+2
William McGirt.......................................35-3772+2
Chez Reavie .........................................35-3772+2
Nick OHern...........................................37-3572+2
Hunter Mahan.......................................37-3572+2
Ryan Moore...........................................36-3672+2
Josh Teater............................................38-3472+2
Bobby Gates..........................................38-3573+3
J.B. Holmes...........................................39-3473+3
Shaun Micheel ......................................39-3473+3
Chris Couch ..........................................40-3373+3
Kevin Stadler ........................................38-3573+3
Carl Pettersson.....................................37-3673+3
Anthony Kim..........................................36-3773+3
Cameron Beckman ..............................39-3473+3
a-Peter Uihlein......................................34-3973+3
Garrett Willis .........................................37-3673+3
Tim Petrovic..........................................36-3773+3
Steve Flesch.........................................36-3773+3
Michael Bradley....................................38-3573+3
Michael Sim ..........................................36-3773+3
Zack Miller .............................................37-3673+3
Blake Adams.........................................38-3674+4
Mark Wilson ..........................................36-3874+4
Keegan Bradley....................................36-3874+4
Bill Lunde...............................................37-3774+4
Matt Bettencourt ...................................34-4074+4
Michael Connell ....................................36-3874+4
Troy Merritt............................................37-3774+4
Notah Begay III .....................................37-3774+4
Camilo Villegas.....................................36-3874+4
Ben Curtis..............................................37-3774+4
Rod Pampling .......................................36-3874+4
Joseph Bramlett....................................38-3674+4
Boo Weekley.........................................39-3675+5
Cameron Tringale ................................39-3675+5
Greg Chalmers .....................................40-3575+5
Paul Goydos..........................................39-3675+5
Billy Hurley III ........................................38-3775+5
Sean OHair...........................................34-4276+6
Jimmy Walker .......................................40-3676+6
French Open Leading Scores
Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France
Yardage: 7,347;Par: 71
First Round
Richard Green, Australia .........................33-3265
Graeme Storm, England..........................34-3165
George Coetzee, South Africa................32-3466
James Morrison, England........................33-3366
Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark....................33-3366
Paul Broadhurst, England........................34-3468
Mark Foster, England...............................32-3668
Julien Guerrier, France ............................35-3368
Jeppe Huldahl, Denmark.........................35-3368
Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand....................34-3468
Michael Jonzon, Sweden ........................34-3468
Matteo Manassero, Italy...........................35-3368
Matthew Nixon, England ..........................32-3668
Jeev Milkha Singh, India..........................34-3468
Anthony Wall, England.............................34-3468
Peter Whiteford, Scotland........................35-3368
Also
Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium.....................33-3669
Anders Hansen, Denmark .......................34-3670
Peter Hanson, Sweden............................35-3570
Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain .................35-3671
Martin Kaymer, Germany.........................36-3571
Colin Montgomerie, Scotland..................36-3571
Alvaro Quiros, Spain ................................37-3673
Pablo Larrazabal, Spain ..........................37-3774
Bubba Watson, United States..................36-3874
Edoardo Molinari, Italy .............................37-3875
Francesco Molinari, Italy..........................40-3575
W I M B L E D O N
Wimbledon, England
Purse: $23.6 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Grass-Outdoor
Singles
Women
Semifinals
Petra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, def. Victoria
Azarenka (4), Belarus, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
Maria Sharapova (5), Russia, def. Sabine Lisicki,
Germany, 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles
Men
Quarterfinals
Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Jurgen
Melzer, Austria, andPhilippPetzschner (5), Germa-
ny, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Michael Llodra, France, and Nenad Zimonjic (6),
Serbia, def. James Cerretani, United States, and
Philipp Marx, Germany, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Women
Quarterfinals
Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Katarina Sre-
botnik (2), Slovenia, def. Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie
(8), China, 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-4.
Mixed
Third Round
Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza (6), India, def.
MartinDammandRenataVoracova, CzechRepub-
lic, 6-3, 6-0.
Paul Hanley, Australia, and Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan,
def. Andy Ram, Israel, and Meghann Shaughnessy
(15), United States, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3).
Jonathan Erlich and Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Colin
Fleming and Jocelyn Rae, Britain, 6-4, 7-5.
Invitational Doubles
Round Robin
Gentlemen
Group A
Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia, and Richard Krajicek,
Netherlands, def. Barry Cowan and Cedric Pioline,
France, 6-4, 6-4.
Group B
Wayne Ferreira, South Africa, and Yevgeny Kafel-
nikov, Russia, def. JaccoEltinghandPaul Haarhuis
(2), Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 tiebreak.
Senior Gentlemen
Group A
Kevin Curren and Johan Kriek, United States, def.
Mansour Bahrami, Iran, and AndrewCastle, Britain,
4-6, 6-3, 10-6 tiebreak.
Pat Cash and Mark Woodforde, Australia, def. Dar-
ren Cahill, Australia, and Mikael Pernfors, Sweden,
2-1, retired.
Group B
Jeremy Bates, Britain, and Anders Jarryd, Sweden,
def. Peter Fleming and Brad Gilbert, United States,
6-4, 6-3.
Ladies
Group A
Conchita Martinez, Spain, and Nathalie Tauziat,
France, def. Helena Sukova, Czech Republic, and
Andrea Temesvari, Hungary, 6-2, 7-5.
MartinaNavratilova, UnitedStates, andJanaNovot-
na, CzechRepublic, def. Annabel Croft andSaman-
tha Smith (1), Britain, 6-0, 6-3.
Group B
Lindsay Davenport, United States, and Martina Hin-
gis, Switzerland, def. Magdalena Maleeva, Bulga-
ria, and Barbara Schett, Austria, 6-1, 6-1.
Gigi Fernandez, United States, and Natasha Zvere-
va, Belarus, def. Tracy Austin and Kathy Rinaldi (2),
United States, 6-3, 5-7, 11-9 tiebreak.
Junior Singles
Boys
Quarterfinals
Jason Kubler, Australia, def. Julien Cagnina, Belgi-
um, 6-3, 6-1.
Luke Saville (16), Australia, def. Joris De Loore,
Belgium, 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-2.
Liam Broady (15), Britain, def. Robin Kern, Germa-
ny, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-11.
Kaichi Uchida, Japan, def. Mate Pavic (8), Croatia,
4-6, 7-6 (7), 10-8.
Girls
Third Round
Indy De Vroome, Netherlands, def. Risa Ozaki, Ja-
pan, 6-0, 6-1.
Ashleigh Barty (12), Australia, def. Madison Keys,
United States, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4.
Eugenie Bouchard (5), Canada, def. Krista Harde-
beck, United States, 6-3, 6-4.
Caroline Garcia (2), France, def. Anett Kontaveit
(13), Estonia, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4.
Yulia Putintseva (7), Russia, def. Donna Vekic,
Croatia, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Montserrat Gonzalez (6), Paraguay, def. Petra Ro-
hanova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.
VictoriaDuval (16), UnitedStates, def. KaterynaKo-
zlova, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.
Irina Khromacheva (3), Russia, def. Daneika Borth-
wick, Britain, 6-3, 6-2.
Junior Doubles
Boys
Second Round
Andres Artunedo Martinavarro and Roberto Car-
balles Baena(3), Spain, def. Dennis Novak, Austria,
and Lukas Vrnak, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1.
Ben Wagland and Andrew Whittington, Australia,
def. LukeBambridgeandKyleEdmund, Britain, 7-5,
6-2.
LiamBroady, Britain, and Filip Horansky (4), Slova-
kia, def. Connor Farren and Mac Styslinger, United
States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
Axel Alvarez Llamas and Oriol Roca Batalla, Spain,
def. MarcoAurei Nunez, Mexico, andYaraslauShy-
la, Belarus, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Girls
Second Round
Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, and Grace Min (2),
United States, def. Klara Fabikova, Czech Repub-
lic, and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-3, 6-3.
Ashleigh Barty, Australia, and Miho Kowase (4), Ja-
pan, def. Cristina Dinu, Romania, and Nao Hibino,
Japan, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
Beatriz HaddadMaia, Brazil, andMayyaKatsitadze,
Russia, def. Makoto Ninomiya and Risa Ozaki, Ja-
pan, 6-1, 6-3.
Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, and Hao Chen Tang,
China, def. Mami Adachi and Riko Sawayanagi, Ja-
pan, 6-4, 6-4.
Kamila Pavelkova and Tereza Smitkova, Czech
Republic, def. Victoria Duval, United States, and
Zarah Razafimahatratra (5), Madagascar, 6-3, 6-3.
Lauren Herring and Madison Keys, United States,
def. Barbara Haas, Austria, and Anett Kontaveit (3),
Estonia, 6-1, 6-0.
Katharina Lehnert and Stephanie Wagner, Germa-
ny, def. Montserrat Gonzalez, Paraguay, and Gan-
na Poznikhirenko (8), Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.
Irina Khromacheva, Russia, and Barbora Krejciko-
va, Czech Republic, def. Jesika Maleckova, Czech
Republic, and Chantal Skamlova (6), Slovakia, 6-3,
6-1.
N A S C A R
Camping World
Schedule and Standings
Feb. 18 NextEra Energy Resources 250, Dayto-
na Beach, Fla. (Michael Waltrip)
Feb. 25 Lucas Oil 150, Avondale, Ariz. (Kyle
Busch)
March 12 Too Tough To Tame 200, Darlington,
S.C. (Kasey Kahne)
April 2 Kroger 250, Ridgeway, Va. (Johnny Sau-
ter)
April 22Bully Hill Vineyards 200, Lebanon, Tenn.
(Kyle Busch)
May 13 Lucas Oil 200, Dover, Del. (Kyle Busch)
May 20 North Carolina Education Lottery 200,
Concord, N.C. (Kyle Busch)
June 4 OReilly Auto Parts 250, Kansas City,
Kan. (Clint Bowyer)
June10 WinStar World Casino 400k, Fort Worth,
Texas (Ron Hornaday Jr.)
July 7 UNOH 225, Sparta, Ky.
July 16 Iowa 200, Newton, Iowa
July 22 Lucas Deep Clean 200, Lebanon, Tenn.
July 29 AAA Insurance 200, Indianapolis
Aug. 6 Pocono Mountains 125, Long Pond, Pa.
Aug. 20 VFW 200, Brooklyn, Mich.
Aug. 24 OReilly 200, Bristol, Tenn.
Sep. 2 Atlanta 200, Hampton, Ga.
Sep. 16 Chicagoland 225, Joliet, Ill.
Sep. 24 F.W. Webb 175, Loudon, N.H.
Oct. 1 Kentucky Speedway 225, Sparta, Ky.
Oct. 15 Smiths 350, Las Vegas
Oct. 22 Talladega 250, Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 29 Kroger 200, Ridgeway, Va.
Nov. 4 WinStar World Casino 350k, Fort Worth,
Texas
Nov. 18 Ford 200, Homestead, Fla.
2011 Driver Standings
1. Johnny Sauter, 326.
2. Cole Whitt, 306.
3. Ron Hornaday Jr., 293.
4. Austin Dillon, 291.
5. Matt Crafton, 285.
6. Timothy Peters, 280.
7. James Buescher, 279.
8. Parker Kligerman, 270.
9. Joey Coulter, 254.
10. Brendan Gaughan, 245.
11. Max Papis, 243.
12. Ricky Carmichael, 239.
13. Todd Bodine, 237.
14. Nelson Piquet Jr., 235.
15. Clay Rogers, 230.
16. Justin Marks, 228.
(tie) Jason White, 228.
18. Justin Lofton, 221.
19. Miguel Paludo, 220.
(tie) David Starr, 220.
N A T I O N W I D E
S E R I E S
Schedule and standings
Feb. 19DRIVE4COPD300, DaytonaBeach, Fla.
(Tony Stewart)
Feb. 26 Bashas Supermarkets 200, Avondale,
Ariz. (Kyle Busch)
March5Sams Town300, Las Vegas (Mark Mar-
tin)
March 19 Scotts EZ Seed 300, Bristol, Tenn.
(Kyle Busch)
March26Royal Purple300, Fontana, Calif. (Kyle
Busch)
April 8 OReilly Auto Parts 300, Fort Worth, Tex-
as (Carl Edwards)
April 16 Aarons 312, Talladega, Ala. (Kyle
Busch)
April 23 Nashville 300, Lebanon, Tenn. (Carl Ed-
wards)
April 29BubbaBurger 250, Richmond, Va. (Den-
ny Hamlin)
May 6 Royal Purple 200, Darlington, S.C. (Kyle
Busch)
May 14 5-hour ENERGY 200, Dover, Del. (Carl
Edwards)
May 22 John Deere Dealers of Iowa 250, New-
ton, Iowa (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)
May 28 Top Gear 300, Concord, N.C. (Matt Ken-
seth)
June 4 STP 300, Joliet, Ill. (Justin Allgaier)
June 18 Alliance Truck Parts 250, Brooklyn,
Mich. (Carl Edwards)
June 25 Bucyrus 200, Elkhart Lake, Wis. (Reed
Sorenson)
July 1 Subway Jalapeno 250, Daytona Beach,
Fla.
July 8 Feed The Children 300, Sparta, Ky.
July 16 New England 200, Loudon, N.H.
July 23 Federated Auto Parts 300, Lebanon,
Tenn.
July 30 Kroger 200, Indianapolis
Aug. 6 U.S. Cellular 250, Newton, Iowa
Aug. 13 Zippo 200 at The Glen, Watkins Glen,
N.Y.
Aug. 20 NAPA Auto Parts 200, Montreal
Aug. 26 Food City 250, Bristol, Tenn.
Sep. 3 Great Clips 300, Hampton, Ga.
Sep. 9 Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Rich-
mond, Va.
Sep. 17 Dollar General 300, Joliet, Ill.
Oct. 1 Dover 200, Dover, Del.
Oct. 8 Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 14 Dollar General 300, Concord, N.C.
Nov. 5 OReilly Auto Parts Challenge, Fort
Worth, Texas
Nov. 12 Wypall 200, Avondale, Ariz.
Nov. 19 Ford 300, Homestead, Fla.
2011 Driver Standings
1. Reed Sorenson, 568.
2. Elliott Sadler, 563.
3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 561.
4. Justin Allgaier, 534.
5. Jason Leffler, 495.
6. Aric Almirola, 493.
7. Kenny Wallace, 457.
8. Steve Wallace, 434.
9. Brian Scott, 422.
10. Michael Annett, 408.
11. Josh Wise, 393.
12. Mike Bliss, 365.
13. Mike Wallace, 364.
14. Trevor Bayne, 354.
15. Joe Nemechek, 340.
16. Jeremy Clements, 320.
17. Timmy Hill, 299.
18. Eric McClure, 273.
19. Derrike Cope, 268.
20. Morgan Shepherd, 264.
W N B A
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Indiana............................... 7 3 .700
Connecticut ...................... 5 3 .625 1
Chicago............................. 4 4 .500 2
New York .......................... 4 4 .500 2
Washington ...................... 2 5 .286 3
1
2
Atlanta ............................... 2 7 .222 4
1
2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
San Antonio...................... 6 1 .857
Seattle ............................... 4 2 .667 1
1
2
Minnesota......................... 5 3 .625 1
1
2
Los Angeles ..................... 4 4 .500 2
1
2
Phoenix............................. 4 4 .500 2
1
2
Tulsa.................................. 1 8 .111 6
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Indiana 91, Phoenix 86
San Antonio 84, Chicago 74
Connecticut 79, Los Angeles 76
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled
Thursday's Games
New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Tulsa, 8 p.m.
C W S
NCAA Baseball-No. 1 Seeds
No. 1 overall seeds since the NCAA expanded the
tournament field to 64 teams in 1999, with eventual
College World Series winners in parentheses:
2011Virginia (South Carolina)
2010Arizona State (South Carolina)
2009Texas (LSU)
2008Miami (Fresno State)
2007Vanderbilt (Oregon State)
2006Clemson (Oregon State)
2005Tulane (Texas)
2004Texas (Cal State Fullerton)
2003Florida State (Rice)
2002Florida State (Texas)
2001Cal State Fullerton (Miami)
2000South Carolina (LSU)
1999Miami (Miami)
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
L E A G U E
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Lehigh Valley (Phillies) ........... 46 33 .582
Pawtucket (Red Sox) .............. 42 36 .538 3
1
2
Yankees ................................... 41 37 .526 4
1
2
Buffalo (Mets)........................... 35 46 .432 12
Syracuse (Nationals)............... 33 44 .429 12
Rochester (Twins) ................... 30 47 .390 15
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Durham (Rays) ....................... 43 36 .544
Gwinnett (Braves) .................. 43 36 .544
Charlotte (White Sox)............ 39 40 .494 4
Norfolk (Orioles)..................... 32 48 .400 11
1
2
West Division
W L Pct. GB
Columbus (Indians)................ 54 26 .675
Louisville (Reds) .................... 44 37 .543 10
1
2
Indianapolis (Pirates) ............. 41 40 .506 13
1
2
Toledo (Tigers)....................... 32 49 .395 22
1
2
Thursday's Games
Norfolk 7, Yankees 3
Charlotte 6, Durham 3, 1st game
Indianapolis at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Toledo, 7 p.m.
Gwinnett at Louisville, 7:05 p.m.
Rochester at Pawtucket, 7:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Buffalo, 7:05 p.m.
Durham at Charlotte, 8:45 p.m.
Today's Games
Rochester at Pawtucket, 6:15 p.m.
Columbus at Toledo, 7 p.m.
Indianapolis at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
Gwinnett at Louisville, 7:05 p.m.
Yankees at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
Durham at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Buffalo, 7:35 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Yankees at Pawtucket, 4:05 p.m., 1st game
Charlotte at Norfolk, 5:15 p.m., 1st game
Scranton/Wilkes-Barreat Pawtucket, 6:35p.m., 2nd
game
Rochester at Lehigh Valley, 6:35 p.m.
Indianapolis at Toledo, 7 p.m.
Louisville at Columbus, 7:05 p.m.
Gwinnett at Durham, 7:05 p.m.
Syracuse at Buffalo, 7:05 p.m.
Charlotte at Norfolk, 7:45 p.m., 2nd game
E A S T E R N
L E A G U E
Eastern Division
W L Pct. GB
New Hampshire (Blue Jays) . 46 30 .605
Trenton (Yankees) ................. 46 32 .590 1
New Britain (Twins) ............... 41 35 .539 5
Reading (Phillies)................... 39 39 .500 8
Binghamton (Mets) ................ 28 49 .364 18
1
2
Portland (Red Sox) ................ 27 49 .355 19
Western Division
W L Pct. GB
Harrisburg (Nationals)............. 45 32 .584
Richmond (Giants) .................. 40 36 .526 4
1
2
Akron (Indians)......................... 40 39 .506 6
Erie (Tigers) ............................. 39 39 .500 6
1
2
Bowie (Orioles) ........................ 37 39 .487 7
1
2
Altoona (Pirates) ...................... 34 43 .442 11
Thursday's Games
Harrisburg 6, New Britain 0
Bowie at Binghamton, 6:35 p.m.
New Hampshire at Portland, 7 p.m.
Akron at Erie, 7:05 p.m.
Altoona at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.
Richmond at Reading, 7:05 p.m.
Today's Games
New Hampshire at Portland, 7 p.m.
Akron at Erie, 7:05 p.m.
Harrisburg at New Britain, 7:05 p.m.
Bowie at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Richmond at Reading, 7:05 p.m.
Altoona at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Harrisburg at New Britain, 5:05 p.m., 1st game
New Hampshire at Portland, 6 p.m.
Richmond at Reading, 6:35 p.m.
Akron at Erie, 7:05 p.m.
Bowie at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Altoona at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.
Harrisburg at New Britain, 7:35 p.m., 2nd game
N E W Y O R K -
P E N N L E A G U E
McNamara Division
W L Pct. GB
Staten Island (Yankees).......... 10 2 .833
Brooklyn (Mets) ....................... 8 5 .615 2
1
2
Hudson Valley (Rays) ............. 5 7 .417 5
Aberdeen (Orioles).................. 2 11 .154 8
1
2
Pinckney Division
W L Pct. GB
Mahoning Valley (Indians) ...... 9 4 .692
Auburn (Nationals).................... 8 5 .615 1
Jamestown (Marlins) ............... 8 6 .571 1
1
2
Williamsport (Phillies) .............. 6 7 .462 3
Batavia (Cardinals) ................... 6 8 .429 3
1
2
State College (Pirates) ............. 3 10 .231 6
Stedler Division
W L Pct. GB
Vermont (Athletics) .................... 7 4 .636
Tri-City (Astros) .......................... 6 6 .500 1
1
2
Connecticut (Tigers) .................. 5 6 .455 2
Lowell (Red Sox)........................ 5 7 .417 2
1
2
Thursday's Games
Aberdeen at Staten Island, 7 p.m.
Batavia 2, Jamestown 0
Mahoning Valley at State College, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Lowell, 7:05 p.m.
Brooklyn at Hudson Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Auburn at Williamsport, 7:05 p.m.
Vermont at Connecticut, 7:05 p.m.
Todays's Games
Aberdeen at Staten Island, 7 p.m.
Mahoning Valley at State College, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Lowell, 7:05 p.m.
Batavia at Jamestown, 7:05 p.m.
Brooklyn at Hudson Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Vermont at Connecticut, 7:05 p.m.
Auburn at Williamsport, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Tri-City at Vermont, 6:05 p.m.
Brooklyn at Staten Island, 7 p.m.
Williamsport at Jamestown, 7:05 p.m.
Batavia at Mahoning Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Auburn at State College, 7:05 p.m.
Lowell at Connecticut, 7:05 p.m.
Aberdeen at Hudson Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Tri-City at Vermont, 1:05 p.m.
Lowell at Connecticut, 1:05 p.m.
Batavia at Mahoning Valley, 5:05 p.m.
Staten Island at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
Auburn at State College, 6:05 p.m.
Aberdeen at Hudson Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Williamsport at Jamestown, 7:05 p.m.
CAMPS/CLINICS
Boys and Girls Tennis Camp Sunday
through Wednesday at Plains Mu-
nicipal Park. Applications can be
picked up at the Plains Township
Building, 126 North Main St. For
more information, call Bill at 825-
5574.
Holy Redeemer Volleyball Camp
will be held at the Holy Redeemer
High School gymnasium July 11-15
and is open to all volleyball players
in the area. The camp is $90 per
person and will be under the direc-
tion of George Mason University
assistant coach and former East
Stroudsburg mens coach Dustin
Wood. Morning session will go from
9 a.m. noon for incoming 6th - 9th
graders and afternoon sessions will
go from1 p.m. 5 p.m. for incoming
10th 12th graders. For more in-
formation call Jack Kablick at
779-2286 or Bob Shuleski at 357-
7784.
Kings College Field Hockey Camp
will be held July 18-22 from 9 a.m.
12 p.m. The Camp includes a t-shirt,
team photo and awards. For more
information Cheryl Ish at 208-5900
ext 5756 or e-mail her at Cher-
lish@kings.edu.
Kings College Soccer Camps, at
the colleges Robert L. Betzler
Athletic Complex in Wilkes-Barre
Township. The camps will be direct-
ed by Kings head mens soccer
coach Mark Bassett. The Little
Monarch Camp will be held Aug 1-5
from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and is open to
boys and girls ages 6-12. This camp
is geared toward the enjoyment of
soccer for all involved with tech-
nical instruction incorporated into
the games. The technical instruc-
tion will include the passing, drib-
bling, shooting and receiving of the
ball as needed to develop into an
improved player at this age. The
Boys High School Pre-Season Team
Camp is also scheduled for Aug. 1-5
from 5-8 p.m. and is designed
specifically to prepare and improve
your team for the upcoming high
school season. The staff will em-
phasize technical and tactical train-
ing while incorporating attacking
and defending principles into each
day of team training. Coaches will
emphasize the importance of im-
plementing the days training into
the nights 60 minute competitive
matches. The camp staff will as-
sume the role of instructor in hopes
to improve your teams likelihood of
experiencing success throughout
the fall season. A camp team cham-
pion and a Top Eleven will be recog-
nized at the conclusion of camp.
For additional information or a
printable camp brochure, go to
www.kingscollegeathletics.com.
Information can also be obtained by
contacting Bassett at: markbas-
sett@kings.edu or calling 208-
5900, ext. 5334.
Mini Football Fundamentals and
Drill Camp presented by Dallas
varsity football coach Ted Jackson
will be held from 9 a.m.-noon July
18-20 at Dallas High School. Jack-
son, his coaching staff and current
and former Dallas players will be
the instructors. The camp is open
to players ages 6-13. Cost is $50 per
camper or $75 for two from the
same family in advance. Cost is $60
at the door. Checks should be made
payable to the Dallas Gridiron Club.
The camp includes fundamentals
on blocking and tackling, position
drills and weightlifting exhibition
and instruction. Camp T-shirts and
drinks will be provided. An athletic
trainer will be on staff. Registration
forms are available at The Ranch-
wagon and Newells Fuel Mart. For
more information, call 696-3748.
Learn to Swim Lessons at Wyom-
ing Valley West High School, 9:15
a.m.-noon Mondays to Thursdays.
Afternoonrec swimming is open at
the high school Monday to Sat-
urday from12:30-5 p.m. For more
information, call 510-5600,814-
6382 or 762-5874.
Misericordia University will host
its 2011 Girls Basketball School July
11-15 under the direction of Dave
Marin. The camp is open to all girls
between the ages of eight and 15
and runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with
an optional swim period. Cost is $115
and includes individualized in-
struction, t-shirt, and access to the
Anderson Center pool. Contact
Martin at 674-6294 or dmartin@mi-
sericordia.edu for more informa-
tion.
Misericordia University will host a
baseball camp for boys under the
direction of 2011 Freedom Confer-
ence Coach of the Year Pete Egb-
ert. The camp will be held July 11-15
from 9 a.m. 2 p.m. and is open to
boys seven to 12 years old. Cost is
$115 and includes individualized
instruction, t-shirt, and optional
swim period. Contact Coach Egbert
at 674-6471 or pedgbert@miser-
icordia.edu.
NE Elite Youth Football Camp will
be held at Crestwood High School
July 18-20, and will feature three
local Division III coaches. For more
information e-mail
greg.myers@csdcomets.org.
Rock Rec Center Summer Basket-
ball Camps will be held at the
center, 340 Carverton Road, Caver-
ton. The camps are open to girls
and boys Pre-K through 6th grade.
Dates and times are as follows:
pre-K - 1st grade, week ofJuly 25, 9
a.m. noon; 2nd & 3rd grade, weeks
of July 11 and Aug. 1, 9 a.m.-3 p.m..;
4th - 6th grade, weeks of July 18
and Aug.8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. All 9 a.m.-3
p.m. Camps include swimming at
Valley Tennis & Swim Club.For more
information contact the Rock Rec
Center at 696-2769 or www.rockre-
c.org.
Wyoming Valley West Youth Foot-
ball Camp will be held at Spartan
Stadium in Kingston 6-8 p.m. July
26 and 27. Instruction will be given
by head coach Pat Keating and the
Wyoming Valley West coaching staff
and players. Camp will be for play-
ers ages 7-14 and can be attended
by anyone playing youth football in
the Wyoming Valley West school
district or surrounding areas. Regis-
tration begins at 5:30 p.m. on July
26 and walk-up campers are wel-
come. Registration forms can also
be picked up at the middle school
or high school weekdays from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. Campers are also
encouraged to bring their own
footballs. Any questions call 262-
0331.
MEETINGS
Crestwood Football Booster Club
will hold its next meeting on Mon-
day July 11 at 7 p.m. at Kiongs
Restuarante. Any questions please
call Tony at 430-7571.
PHYSICALS
Meyers High School will be giving
physicals for girls sports at 9:30
a.m. today in the school nurses
office. Enter the building through
the main doors. Only those stu-
dents who have submitted a signed
sports packet prior to the end of
the school year are permitted to
take a physical. Physicals will be
given in order of attendance. Any
questions or concerns, students
should contact their respective
coaches.
REGISTRATIONS/TRYOUTS
Kings College/Kirby Parks Tennis
is accepting registration for the
second session of the annual JU-
NIOR TENNIS CAMPS which is set
for July 5-15. The camp will run
daily from 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
with the second Friday as a make
up day. Each camper receives a
FREE racket and camp t-shirt.
Cost is $135, you may reduct $15 if
no racket is required. To register,
drop by or call the Tennis Office at
570-714-9697 or visit the website at
www.kirbyparktennis.net. Regis-
tration will also be accepted the
first day of camp between 9 and
9:30. Kings College Head Mens
Tennis coach Bill Eydler is the Camp
Director and Assistan coach Dave
Kaluzavich is the Director of In-
struction.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Dallas Kwianis Golf Tournament
will be held Friday, July 29, at Mill
Race Golf Club in Benton. Format is
captain-and-crew with an 11 a.m.
shotgun start. Cost is $75 per per-
son or $300 for a foursome and
includes prizes, lunch, beverages,
golf cart and greens fee. For more
information or to register, call Tex
Wilson at 675-2526 or Lee Fett at
675-3144.
Jenkins Twp Little League Golf
Tournament will be held Saturday,
July 23, at Sand Springs Golf
Course. All money raised from this
event will benefit the Jenkins Twp.
Little League. Registration fee is
$75 per person ($300 per team)
and includes greens fee, cart fee,
unlimited free driving range, hot
dog and soda or beer at the turn,
Italian buffet dinner and prizes and
raffles. Registration form and more
information can be found at
www.jenkinstwplittleleague.com or
by calling 760-7986.
Tri-County Sportsman Club will be
holding a trap shoot at the club
located at 331 Board Rd. Laceyville,
PA18623 on July 16 at 10 a.m. The
proceeds go to Pheasants Afield PA
(P.A.PA.) Cost is $25 for 50 rounds
and lunch as well as a chance for a
RRI Pheasant Hunt. Bring your own
shells and guns and enjoy the day!
For more information you can
contact the clubs vice president
John Piccotti at 570-869-1139.
C M Y K
THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2011 PAGE 3B
M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L
NEW YORK CC Sabathia
got caught a little bit by sur-
prise.
He was out on the field at
Yankee Stadium when it hit
him: He was about to face his
friends. And that was a big
deal.
Rickie and Prince and Brau-
nie, Sabathia said, naming just
three of his former teammates
from his brief time with the
Brewers in 2008. I didnt ex-
pect to be nervous but I was.
Once the game started,
though, Sabathia was his usual
dominant self. He tied a career
high by striking out 13 and
pitched the Yankees to a 5-0
win Thursday over Milwaukee.
That was my team, Sa-
bathia said. I try to be laid
back and not let that affect me,
but it did.
Mark Teixeira hit his 300th
homer to help the New York
Yankees finish off June with a
season-best five-game winning
streak.
Sabathia (11-4) won for the
eighth time in nine starts and
became the first major leaguer
to reach 11 victories. Detroit
ace Justin Verlander got his
11th less than an hour later,
against the New York Mets.
In 7 2-3 innings, Sabathia
gave up six hits and two walks.
Every batter he fanned came
on a swinging third strike.
When Sabathia left after
throwing 118 pitches, he got a
roar from the fans who saw yet
another daytime win. The
Yankees are 23-4 in the after-
noon.
I always think thats nice for
a player to hear that, Yankees
manager Joe Girardi said. Hes
really appreciated here, not
only by us, but by the fans. Its
good for him to hear.
Sabathia went 11-2 with a
1.65 ERA in 2008 after he was
traded to the Brewers by Cleve-
land. He pitched Milwaukee
into the playoffs that season
and remains close to the nu-
cleus of that team, especially
players such as Rickie Weeks,
Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun.
It was great to see those
guys, Sabathia said. I played
with and shared some special
moments with them.
Randy Wolf (6-5) lost for the
first time in eight starts since
May 17.
Teixeiras milestone homer
led off the third inning for New
York, which finished the month
by winning 15 of its last 19
games. It was Teixeiras 25th of
the season.
Tigers 5, Mets 2
DETROIT Justin Verlan-
der slowed down the rampag-
ing Mets, pitching seven solid
innings Thursday to lead the
Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory
over New York.
The Mets had scored a team-
record 52 runs in their previ-
ous four games, including 30 in
the first two of this series.
Verlander (11-3) prevented a
sweep, holding New York to
one run and seven hits.
Verlander finished June with
a 6-0 record and a 0.92 ERA.
Daniel Murphy and Carlos
Beltran homered for New
Yorks only runs.
Pirates 6, Blue Jays 2
TORONTO Jeff Karstens
capped a brilliant June with
another strong start, Brandon
Wood hit a two-run homer and
the Pittsburgh Pirates won
their first interleague road
series since 2003, beating the
Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on
Thursday night.
The Pirates had lost 17
straight interleague series
away from home since taking
two of three at Tampa Bay in
June 2003.
Karstens (6-4) allowed two
runs and five hits in seven
innings, improving to 3-0 with
a 1.52 ERA in six June starts.
He walked one and struck out
two.
Solo home runs by J.P Aren-
cibia and Yunel Escobar were
the only blemishes for Kar-
stens.
Cardinals 9, Orioles 6
BALTIMORE Lance Berk-
man homered twice and Jon
Jay hit a three-run shot as St.
Louis completed a three-game
sweep.
The Cardinals never trailed
in the series and outscored
Baltimore 20-9. In the finale,
St. Louis built an 8-0 lead in
the fourth inning and coasted
to its fourth win in nine games
since Albert Pujols went on the
disabled list with a fractured
wrist.
Astros 7, Rangers 0
HOUSTON Jason Mi-
chaels homered and drove in
three runs and Wandy Rodri-
guez and three relievers com-
bined on a four-hitter as the
Houston Astros snapped an
eight-game home losing streak
with a 7-0 win over the Texas
Rangers on Thursday night.
Carlos Lee homered for the
second straight day in the
fourth inning and Chris John-
son drove in two runs in Hous-
tons four-run fifth as the As-
tros won at Minute Maid Park
for the first time since June 13.
Marlins 5, Athletics 4
OAKLAND, Calif. Chris
Volstad allowed one unearned
run in seven innings and John
Buck hit a two-run double to
help the Florida Marlins cap a
miserable June by beating the
Oakland Athletics for their first
back-to-back wins in more than
a month.
The Marlins had won just
three of their first 26 games in
June before the strong starts by
Ricky Nolasco and Volstad
(4-7) gave them their first
consecutive victories and first
series win since sweeping the
Giants across the bay in San
Francisco on May 24-26.
White Sox 6, Rockies 4
DENVER Light-hitting
Juan Pierre laced a tiebreaking,
two-run single off the wall in
the 10th inning with the bases
laoded, helping the Chicago
White Sox rally past the Col-
orado Rockies.
The ball was hit so hard and
on such a line that the runners
held up on the bases, limiting
Pierre to just a single. A.J.
Pierzynski and Gordon Beck-
ham scored on the play as the
White Sox took two of three
from the Rockies in the series.
Cubs 5, Giants 2
CHICAGO Pinch-hitter
Geovany Sotos three-run
homer capped a four-run rally
with two outs in the 13th in-
ning and sent the Chicago
Cubs over the San Francisco
Giants.
Sotos drive finished off an
eventful day for the Cubs.
Starter Carlos Zambrano left in
the second inning because of
soreness in his lower back,
then Aramis Ramirez hit a
tying home run in the ninth off
San Francisco closer Brian
Wilson.
M A J O R L E A G U E R O U N D U P
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Yankees CC Sabathia pitches during the first inning
of an interleague baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Sabathia impressive
in Yankees victory
The Associated Press
STANDINGS/STATS
PHILADELPHIAYoure al-
ways on that quest for mastery,
Raul Ibanez said. It was, in many
ways, the perfect statement of
the sportsmans dilemma. You do
it for fun, and for money, and for
glory, and for camaraderie, and
those are all important elements
of the experience. But at its most
basic, the joust between the ath-
lete and perfection fuels the rest.
Ibanez has been losing the bat-
tle lately. Before Wednesday
night, the leftfielder had not hit a
home run since May 30 (24
games) and had not driven in a
run since June12 (12 games). His
season has been defined by
streaks of extremes. His .238 bat-
ting average is a testament to his
overall struggles.
Inthis game, coldturnedtohot
for Ibanez quicker thanyoucould
say John Lackey. Fine career
numbers against the struggling
Boston righthander received this
addendumin the Phillies 2-1 vic-
tory: 3-for-3 with a home run and
two RBI.
In a club-
house famous
for its hard
workers, Ibanez
even at the
age of 39, or
maybe because
of the age of 39
is near the
top of the list. He seems to know
no other way, even if there are
times when effort does not turn
around a slump. Even after all of
these years, and all of his experi-
ence with this most humbling
game, Ibanez said he has never
been able to deal well with fail-
ure.
No, he said. You still stress
out about it. You would think it
wouldget easier. My wife toldme
this one time: Its like when
youre incollege andyoustudy all
the time, you expect to get re-
sults. But its like you study really
hard all the time, and you pull
these all-nighters studying, but
you keep failing tests. Thats
probably what its like.
You see enough ballplayers
over the years and you recognize
all manner of coping mecha-
nisms during bad times. Some
strive for simplicity and repeti-
tion back to basics and try to
relax. Others tinker, sometimes
relentlessly, sometimes at-bat to
at-bat, inanattempt to findanan-
swer.
And Ibanez?
I tinker, he said, smiling.
And when things are going
well?
You tinker a lot less, he said.
Through the struggles, Phils
manager Charlie Manuel has
stuck with Ibanez. It has been
such a ride: a slow April (hitting
.168 on May 3), and then a hot
May (hitting .353 from May 3
throughMay26), andthenanaw-
ful June (.196 from May 27
through Tuesday night). Still,
Manuel has continued to run him
out there.
That means a lot, Ibanez
said. He sticks with you through
thick and thin. He puts you out
there, and he stays positive. He
also knows youre working, and
youre doing everything in your
power, literally, to try to make
things work. He was that type of
player, too, soI thinkhe recogniz-
es that and he sticks with you.
On the way to the office
Wednesday, Ibanez said he gave
himself a personal pep talk con-
sisting of three words: Be more
aggressive. Once he got to the
park, he was getting in some ex-
tra hittinginthe cage beneaththe
stands when it was time for the
3:45teammeetinginwhichWBC
light-heavyweight championBer-
nard Hopkins talked to the Phil-
lies at the invitation of manager
Charlie Manuel.
Ibanez said he liked the talk.
He said: I really like when he
said, If you think second, youll
be third. I thought that was a re-
ally good line.
But they were only words. Per-
formanceis what will matter here
in the end. You know the right-
handed bat general manager Ru-
ben Amaro Jr. so stubbornly in-
sists he does not need? Well, that
bat if it were to get here, and,
depending upon its pedigree
would likely take plate appear-
ances awayfromIbanez (and, toa
lesser degree, Domonic Brown).
That much seems obvious.
No one knows whether or
when it might happen. In the
here and now, though beneath
all of the stress and all of the tin-
kering and all of the hours in the
cage Ibanez portrays a serene
confidence.
Bernard Hopkins is a world
champion at 46, he said. If he
can get in the ring with a man
muchyounger andwin, I think, at
39, you can keep playing base-
ball.
With that, the quest for mas-
tery continues.
Ibanez always seeks perfection
Phillies hard-working veteran
delivered the biggest hit in
Wednesdays win over BoSox.
By RICH HOFMANN
Philadelphia Daily News
Ibanez
Marlins 3, Athletics 0
Florida Oakland
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Bonifac 3b 4 1 2 0 JWeeks 2b 4 0 1 0
Infante 2b 3 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss 4 0 1 0
GSnchz 1b 3 0 1 0 Crisp cf 4 0 1 0
HRmrz ss 3 1 1 2 Matsui dh 4 0 0 0
Morrsn lf 4 1 1 1 CJcksn 1b 3 0 1 0
Stanton rf 4 0 0 0 Sweeny lf 4 0 1 0
Dobbs dh 2 0 0 0 KSuzuk c 3 0 0 0
JoLopz ph-dh 2 0 0 0 DeJess rf 2 0 0 0
J.Buck c 3 0 0 0 SSizmr 3b 3 0 0 0
Wise cf 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3 Totals 31 0 5 0
Florida ................................ 200 100 000 3
Oakland.............................. 000 000 000 0
EK.Suzuki (5), Pennington (10). DPFlorida 1.
LOBFlorida 6, Oakland 6. 2BBonifacio (13),
J.Weeks (6). HRH.Ramirez (5), Morrison (10).
SBBonifacio 2 (7), Crisp (24). SG.Sanchez.
IP H R ER BB SO
Florida
Nolasco W,5-4 ........ 9 5 0 0 2 3
Oakland
Moscoso L,2-4 ........ 6 4 3 1 0 8
Breslow.................... 1 0 0 0 1 2
Wuertz...................... 1 1 0 0 2 2
Ziegler ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
UmpiresHome, Bill Miller;First, Chris Conroy;Se-
cond, Tom Hallion;Third, Phil Cuzzi.
T2:27. A17,006 (35,067).
W E D N E S D A Y S
L A T E B O X E S
White Sox 3, Rockies 2
Chicago Colorado
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Pierre lf 3 1 1 0 CGnzlz cf 4 0 3 0
Morel 3b 4 0 0 0 JHerrr 2b 3 0 0 0
Quentin rf 3 2 1 0 Giambi 1b 3 1 2 1
Konerk 1b 3 0 2 1 Tlwtzk ss 2 0 0 0
AlRmrz ss 4 0 0 0 Wggntn 3b 3 1 1 1
Przyns c 3 0 1 2 S.Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Rios cf 4 0 0 0 Splrghs lf 4 0 1 0
Bckhm 2b 3 0 0 0 Iannett c 4 0 0 0
Buehrle p 2 0 1 0 Jimenz p 2 0 0 0
Lillirdg ph 1 0 0 0 Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
Thrntn p 0 0 0 0 MtRynl p 0 0 0 0
Bruney p 0 0 0 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0
SSantos p 0 0 0 0 Street p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3 Totals 30 2 8 2
Chicago.............................. 000 200 001 3
Colorado ............................ 000 001 100 2
EBuehrle (1), Jimenez (2). DPChicago 3, Col-
orado 1. LOBChicago 4, Colorado 6.
2BPierzynski (14), Buehrle (1). 3BC.Gonzalez
(2). HRGiambi (9), Wigginton (13). CSPierre
(10). SJ.Herrera. SFPierzynski.
IP H R ER BB SO
Chicago
Buehrle..................... 7 7 2 2 2 4
Thornton...................
1
3 1 0 0 1 0
Bruney W,1-0 ..........
2
3 0 0 0 1 0
S.Santos S,16-18.... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Colorado
Jimenez.................... 7 4 2 2 2 4
Mat.Reynolds...........
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
Belisle.......................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Street L,0-2.............. 1 2 1 1 0 1
HBPby Jimenez (Quentin).
UmpiresHome, Dana DeMuth;First, Kerwin Dan-
ley;Second, Vic Carapazza;Third, Doug Eddings.
T2:24. A35,973 (50,490).
Cubs 5, Giants 2
San Francisco Chicago
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Torres cf 6 0 0 0 Fukdm rf 3 0 1 0
Burriss 2b 4 0 1 0
JeBakr
ph-rf-3b 2 1 1 0
PSndvl 1b 6 1 2 1 Barney 2b 6 1 2 1
Burrell lf 3 0 0 0 SCastro ss 5 1 1 0
Romo p 0 0 0 0 ArRmr 3b 5 1 1 1
Hall ph 1 0 0 0 Grabow p 0 0 0 0
BrWlsn p 0 0 0 0 Soto ph 1 1 1 3
SCasill p 0 0 0 0 C.Pena 1b 5 0 0 0
JaLopz p 0 0 0 0 DeWitt lf 4 0 0 0
C.Ross ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Marml p 0 0 0 0
Schrhlt rf 3 1 0 0 Montnz rf 1 0 0 0
BCrwfr ss 3 0 1 0 Campn cf 5 0 1 0
MTejad 3b 4 0 1 1 K.Hill c 4 0 1 0
Whitsd c 4 0 0 0 Zamrn p 0 0 0 0
Huff ph 1 0 0 0 Mateo p 1 0 0 0
CStwrt c 0 0 0 0 Smrdzj p 0 0 0 0
Cain p 2 0 0 0 Marshll p 0 0 0 0
Rownd ph-lf 3 0 0 0 ASorin ph 1 0 0 0
Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 JRussll p 0 0 0 0
RRmrz p 0 0 0 0 RJhnsn lf 2 0 1 0
Totals 41 2 5 2 Totals 45 510 5
San Francisco.... 010 000 000 000 1 2
Chicago .............. 000 000 001 000 4 5
Two outs when winning run scored.
EZambrano (1), K.Hill (6). DPSan Francisco 1,
Chicago 2. LOBSan Francisco 8, Chicago 6.
2BJe.Baker (8). HRP.Sandoval (6), Ar.Rami-
rez (10), Soto (8). SBP.Sandoval (2), Fukudome
(2). CSM.Tejada (3). SB.Crawford, K.Hill, Ma-
teo.
San Francisco
IP H R ER BB SO
Cain 7 4 0 0 1 6
Romo H,13 .............. 1 0 0 0 0 2
Br.Wilson BS,3-27.. 1 1 1 1 0 0
S.Casilla...................
1
3 2 0 0 0 0
Ja.Lopez .................. 1
2
3 0 0 0 0 1
Affeldt ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
R.Ramirez L,2-1
BS,1-2 ......................
2
3 3 4 4 1 1
Zambrano................. 1 2 1 0 2 1
Mateo........................ 5 2 0 0 0 6
Samardzija............... 1 0 0 0 1 1
Marshall ................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
J.Russell .................. 1 0 0 0 0 0
Marmol ..................... 2 0 0 0 1 2
Grabow W,1-0......... 2 1 1 1 3 1
Zambrano pitched to 3 batters in the 2nd.
UmpiresHome, D.J. Reyburn; First, BrianRunge;
Second, Tim McClelland; Third, Ted Barrett.
T3:46. A38,158 (41,159).
Red Sox 5, Phillies 2
Boston Philadelphia
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Ellsury cf 5 0 3 1 Rollins ss 4 0 0 0
DMcDn rf 3 0 0 0 Polanc 3b 4 1 1 0
J.Drew ph-rf 2 0 1 0 Utley 2b 4 0 1 0
AdGnzl 1b 4 0 0 0 Howard 1b 3 1 2 2
Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 1 Victorn cf 2 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 2 2 2 BFrncs rf 4 0 0 0
Reddck lf 4 1 2 0 Ibanez lf 4 0 0 0
Sutton 3b 4 1 2 1 Ruiz c 3 0 0 0
Scutaro ss 4 0 2 0 Hamels p 1 0 0 0
Lester p 3 0 0 0 Herndn p 0 0 0 0
D.Bard p 0 0 0 0 Mrtnz ph 1 0 0 0
Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0 DrCrpn p 0 0 0 0
Jenks p 0 0 0 0 Gload ph 1 0 0 0
Papeln p 0 0 0 0 Mathsn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 513 5 Totals 31 2 4 2
Boston................................ 000 021 020 5
Philadelphia....................... 000 000 002 2
DPPhiladelphia 1. LOBBoston 8, Philadelphia
5. 3BReddick (2). HRPedroia (7), Varitek 2 (5),
Howard (17). SBUtley (5), Victorino (13).
IP H R ER BB SO
Boston
Lester W,10-4.......... 7 2 0 0 2 5
D.Bard....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jenks ........................
1
3 2 2 2 1 0
Papelbon S,15-16...
2
3 0 0 0 0 1
Philadelphia
Hamels ..................... 4 2 0 0 0 2
Herndon L,0-2......... 2 5 3 3 0 1
Dr.Carpenter ........... 2 4 2 2 0 4
Mathieson................. 1 2 0 0 1 0
UmpiresHome, Jim Wolf;First, John Tumpane-
;Second, Derryl Cousins;Third, Ron Kulpa.
T3:03. A45,810 (43,651).
Yankees 5, Brewers 0
Milwaukee New York
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RWeks 2b 4 0 0 0 Gardnr cf 3 1 0 0
CGomz cf 4 0 1 0 Swisher rf 3 1 1 0
Braun lf 3 0 3 0 Teixeir 1b 4 1 1 1
Fielder dh 4 0 0 0 Cano 2b 3 1 1 2
C.Hart rf 3 0 0 0 Posada dh 4 0 1 0
McGeh 3b 4 0 0 0 AnJons lf 2 0 1 0
Gamel 1b 4 0 0 0 Dickrsn lf 1 1 0 0
YBtncr ss 3 0 2 0 ENunez ss 4 0 0 0
Kottars c 3 0 0 0 Cervelli c 4 0 3 2
R.Pena 3b 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0 Totals 31 5 8 5
Milwaukee.......................... 000 000 000 0
New York ........................... 202 000 01x 5
EAxford (1). DPMilwaukee 1, New York 1.
LOBMilwaukee 7, New York 7. 2BCano (17).
HRTeixeira (25). SBGardner 2 (19), Swisher
(2), Dickerson (1). SR.Pena.
Milwaukee
IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf L,6-5 7 7 4 4 3 3
Axford....................... 1 1 1 0 0 1
Sabathia W,11-4...... 7
2
3 6 0 0 2 13
Logan........................
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Ayala......................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
HBPby Wolf (Cano).
UmpiresHome, Adrian Johnson; First, Alan Por-
ter; Second, Fieldin Culbreth; Third, Gary Ceder-
strom.
T2:37. A46,903 (50,291).
Tigers 5, Mets 2
New York Detroit
ab r h bi ab r h bi
JosRys ss 3 0 2 0 AJcksn cf 4 0 1 1
Pridie rf 4 0 0 0 Kelly 3b 3 0 0 0
Beltran dh 4 1 1 1 Inge 3b 0 0 0 0
DnMrp 3b 4 1 2 1 Boesch lf 5 0 2 0
Pagan cf 4 0 1 0 C.Wells rf 0 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 0 2 0 MiCarr 1b 3 0 0 0
Duda 1b 4 0 1 0 VMrtnz dh 3 1 1 0
Thole c 3 0 1 0 Dirks rf-lf 3 2 2 1
RTejad 2b 3 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 3 2 1 0
FMrtnz ph 1 0 0 0 Avila c 3 0 1 1
RSantg 2b 4 0 2 1
Totals 34 210 2 Totals 31 510 4
New York ........................... 010 000 010 2
Detroit................................. 013 010 00x 5
EPagan (4). DPNew York 2, Detroit 2. LOB
New York 7, Detroit 10. 2BJos.Reyes (22), Dan-
.Murphy (14), Thole (9), V.Martinez (21). 3BDuda
(1). HRBeltran (12), Dan.Murphy (5), Dirks (6).
SBA.Jackson(14), Dirks (3). CSJos.Reyes (6).
SFAvila.
New York
IP H R ER BB SO
Pelfrey L,4-7 4
2
3 8 5 4 5 3
Byrdak ......................
2
3 2 0 0 0 1
D.Carrasco .............. 1
2
3 0 0 0 0 1
Acosta ......................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Fr.Rodriguez ...........
2
3 0 0 0 0 1
Verlander W,11-3.... 7 7 1 1 2 6
Benoit ....................... 1 2 1 1 0 1
Valverde S,19-19.... 1 1 0 0 0 1
HBPby Fr.Rodriguez (Inge), by D.Carrasco
(Dirks).
UmpiresHome, Lance Barrett; First, Alfonso Mar-
quez; Second, Ed Hickox; Third, Ed Rapuano.
T3:15. A31,861 (41,255).
White Sox 6, Rockies 4
Chicago Colorado
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Pierre lf 5 0 3 3 CGnzlz cf 5 0 1 0
Vizquel 3b 4 0 1 0 JHerrr 2b 3 1 2 0
Sale p 0 0 0 0 Mrtnsn p 0 0 0 0
Crain p 0 0 0 0 Helton 1b 5 1 2 0
Morel ph 1 0 0 0 Tlwtzk ss 3 1 1 3
SSantos p 0 0 0 0 S.Smith rf 4 1 1 0
A.Dunn 1b 3 0 0 0 Wggntn 3b 5 0 0 0
Lillirdg pr-rf 1 0 0 0 Blckmn lf 4 0 1 0
Rios cf 4 1 1 0 Pagnzz c 3 0 1 1
Teahen
rf-1b-3b 5 0 1 0 Cook p 2 0 0 0
AlRmrz ss 4 1 2 0 Splrghs ph 1 0 0 0
RCastr c 3 0 0 0 RBtncr p 0 0 0 0
Przyns ph-c 2 2 2 0 Brothrs p 0 0 0 0
Bckhm 2b 3 2 3 2 Belisle p 0 0 0 0
Peavy p 1 0 0 0 Lndstr p 0 0 0 0
Quentin ph 1 0 0 0 EYong ph 1 0 0 0
Ohman p 0 0 0 0 Street p 0 0 0 0
Konerk ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Nelson 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 613 5 Totals 36 4 9 4
Chicago ........................ 010 000 120 2 6
Colorado....................... 300 001 000 0 4
EMortensen (1). DPColorado 4. LOBChica-
go 11, Colorado 9. 2BAl.Ramirez (20), S.Smith
(21). HRBeckham (7), Tulowitzki (15). SB
Pierre (11), C.Gonzalez (13). CSJ.Herrera (4).
SBeckham, J.Herrera, Pagnozzi. SFPierre.
Chicago
IP H R ER BB SO
Peavy 6 7 4 4 2 4
Ohman...................... 1 1 0 0 2 1
Sale........................... 1
1
3 1 0 0 1 2
Crain W,4-2 .............
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
S.Santos S,17-19.... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Cook ......................... 6 5 1 1 4 1
R.Betancourt H,18..
1
3 1 1 1 0 0
Brothers H,3 ............
1
3 1 0 0 1 0
Belisle H,6................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Lindstrom BS,1-3.... 1 3 2 2 1 0
Street ........................ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mortensen L,2-4...... 1 3 2 1 0 0
HBPby Cook (Al.Ramirez). WPCook, Broth-
ers.
UmpiresHome, Kerwin Danley; First, Vic Cara-
pazza; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Dana De-
Muth.
T3:41. A38,084 (50,490).
Marlins 5, Athletics 4
Florida Oakland
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Bonifac ss 4 1 1 0 JWeeks 2b 5 0 2 0
Infante 2b 4 0 2 0 Pnngtn ss 4 0 1 0
GSnchz 1b 4 0 0 0 Crisp cf 3 1 1 1
HRmrz dh 4 2 2 1 Matsui lf 4 0 0 0
Morrsn lf 4 1 2 1 Carter dh 4 0 1 0
Stanton rf 3 1 1 0 CJcksn 1b 4 0 0 0
J.Buck c 4 0 2 2 DeJess rf 3 2 2 0
JoLopz 3b 4 0 0 0 KSuzuk c 4 1 2 2
Wise cf 4 0 0 0 Rosales 3b 4 0 1 1
Totals 35 510 4 Totals 35 410 4
Florida ................................ 010 040 000 5
Oakland.............................. 000 000 112 4
EJo.Lopez (5), DeJesus (1), Rosales (2). DP
Florida 3, Oakland 1. LOBFlorida 7, Oakland 6.
2BH.Ramirez (9), Morrison (13), J.Buck (12),
J.Weeks (7). HRCrisp (3), K.Suzuki (6). SBBo-
nifacio (8). SInfante.
IP H R ER BB SO
Florida
Volstad W,4-7.......... 7 7 1 0 2 0
Mujica....................... 1 1 1 1 0 1
L.Nunez S,22-25..... 1 2 2 2 0 2
Oakland
Cahill L,8-6 .............. 4
2
3 9 5 4 3 3
Magnuson................ 3
1
3 1 0 0 0 2
Fuentes .................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
WPCahill, Magnuson 2.
UmpiresHome, Chris Conroy;First, TomHallion-
;Second, Phil Cuzzi;Third, Bill Miller.
T2:33. A18,395 (35,067).
Pirates 6, Blue Jays 2
Pittsburgh Toronto
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Presley lf 3 1 1 1 YEscor ss 3 1 3 1
dArnad 3b 5 0 1 0 EThms rf 4 0 1 0
AMcCt cf 4 1 1 1 Bautist 3b 3 0 0 0
Diaz rf 4 0 2 1 Lind 1b 4 0 0 0
GJones rf 0 0 0 0 Encrnc dh 4 0 0 0
Overay 1b 4 1 1 0 A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno ss 3 1 1 1 CPttrsn lf 4 0 0 0
BrWod dh 4 1 1 2 Arencii c 3 1 1 1
JHrrsn 2b 4 1 1 0 RDavis cf 3 0 0 0
McKnr c 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6 Totals 32 2 6 2
Pittsburgh .......................... 100 013 100 6
Toronto............................... 000 020 000 2
EY.Escobar (8). DPPittsburgh 1. LOBPitts-
burgh 6, Toronto 5. 2BdArnaud (1), A.McCutch-
en (17), Overbay (14), Cedeno (15), J.Harrison (3).
3BPresley (1), A.Hill (1). HRBr.Wood (3), Y.Es-
cobar (9), Arencibia (12). SMcKenry. SFPres-
ley.
IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Karstens W,6-4....... 7 5 2 2 1 2
Resop....................... 1 0 0 0 1 2
Watson .....................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Veras ........................
2
3 1 0 0 0 0
Toronto
Cecil L,1-3................ 6
1
3 8 6 6 3 6
Dotel .........................
2
3 1 0 0 0 0
Rzepczynski ............ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Camp........................ 1 0 0 0 0 0
UmpiresHome, Mike Estabrook;First, Marty Fos-
ter;Second, Bill Welke;Third, Dan Iassogna.
T2:35. A14,939 (49,260).
Cardinals 9, Orioles 6
St. Louis Baltimore
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Theriot ss 5 1 2 1 Hardy ss 5 0 1 0
Jay rf 5 1 3 3 Markks rf 5 0 2 0
Hollidy lf 4 1 1 0 AdJons cf 5 0 0 0
Brkmn dh 5 2 2 3 Guerrr dh 5 0 1 0
Freese 3b 4 1 2 0 D.Lee 1b 4 1 2 0
Descals
pr-3b 1 0 1 0 Wieters c 3 2 2 0
Rasms cf 4 0 0 0 MrRynl 3b 4 2 2 2
YMolin c 3 1 0 0 Reimld lf 4 1 2 4
T.Cruz 1b 4 1 2 1 Andino 2b 4 0 3 0
Schmkr 2b 3 1 1 1
Totals 38 914 9 Totals 39 615 6
St. Louis............................. 022 400 100 9
Baltimore............................ 000 302 010 6
EFreese (3). DPSt. Louis 4, Baltimore 2.
LOBSt. Louis 6, Baltimore 7. 2BHolliday (16),
Freese (5), T.Cruz (3). HRJay (6), Berkman 2
(20), Mar.Reynolds (15), Reimold (4). SFSchu-
maker.
St. Louis
IP H R ER BB SO
J.Garcia W,7-3 5
1
3 10 5 5 1 3
Motte H,8 .................
2
3 1 0 0 0 2
T.Miller .....................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
M.Boggs................... 1
2
3 3 1 1 0 1
Salas S,13-15.......... 1 1 0 0 0 0
Matusz L,1-4............ 3
1
3 9 8 8 1 2
Simon ....................... 2
2
3 3 1 1 1 2
M.Gonzalez ............. 2 1 0 0 1 1
Ji.Johnson ............... 1 1 0 0 0 0
Simon pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
WPSimon.
UmpiresHome, Brian Gorman; First, Dan Bellino;
Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Manny Gonzalez.
T3:00. A28,340 (45,438).
Astros 7, Rangers 0
Texas Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Kinsler 2b 3 0 0 0 Bourn cf 4 1 1 0
Andrus ss 3 0 2 0 AngSnc 2b 5 0 1 0
JHmltn lf 3 0 0 0 Pence rf 5 2 2 0
ABeltre 3b 4 0 0 0 Ca.Lee 1b 2 2 1 1
MiYong 1b 3 0 1 0 Michals lf 4 2 2 3
DvMrp rf 3 0 1 0 Bogsvc lf 0 0 0 0
Torreal c 3 0 0 0 CJhnsn 3b 4 0 1 2
Gentry cf 3 0 0 0 Barmes ss 4 0 3 0
MHrrsn p 2 0 0 0 Towles c 4 0 0 0
Bush p 0 0 0 0 WRdrg p 3 0 0 0
EnChvz ph 1 0 0 0 DCrpnt p 0 0 0 0
Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 MDwns ph 1 0 0 0
Abad p 0 0 0 0
Melncn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 4 0 Totals 36 711 6
Texas.................................. 000 000 000 0
Houston.............................. 000 140 20x 7
EA.Beltre (10), Andrus (15). DPHouston 3.
LOBTexas 4, Houston 8. 2BBourn (21), Ang-
.Sanchez (8), Michaels (3), Barmes (14). HR
Ca.Lee (7), Michaels (2). SBAndrus 2 (24).
Texas
IP H R ER BB SO
M.Harrison L,6-7 6 7 5 5 2 2
Bush ......................... 1 3 2 2 0 0
Rhodes..................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
W.Rodriguez W,6-4 7 4 0 0 3 4
Da.Carpenter........... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Abad .........................
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
Melancon .................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
HBPby M.Harrison (Bourn).
UmpiresHome, Todd Tichenor; First, Jerry Lay-
ne; Second, Brian Knight; Third, Bob Davidson.
T2:40. A25,938 (40,963).
N L L E A D E R S
BATTINGJosReyes, New York, .352;Kemp, Los
Angeles, .331;Braun, Milwaukee, .321;Votto, Cin-
cinnati, .319;Ethier, Los Angeles, .318;McCann, At-
lanta, .314;Pence, Houston, .314;SCastro, Chica-
go, .314.
RUNSJosReyes, New York, 65;Braun, Milwau-
kee, 57;RWeeks, Milwaukee, 57;Stubbs, Cincinna-
ti, 55;Votto, Cincinnati, 54;Bourn, Houston,
52;Kemp, Los Angeles, 52;Pujols, St. Louis, 52.
RBIFielder, Milwaukee, 69;Howard, Philadel-
phia, 64;Kemp, Los Angeles, 63;Braun, Milwaukee,
60;Berkman, St. Louis, 58;Beltran, New York,
54;Pence, Houston, 53;Tulowitzki, Colorado, 53.
HITSJosReyes, New York, 121;SCastro, Chica-
go, 107;Kemp, Los Angeles, 97;Pence, Houston,
97;Braun, Milwaukee, 96;Votto, Cincinnati,
95;Ethier, Los Angeles, 94;BPhillips, Cincinnati,
94;JUpton, Arizona, 94.
DOUBLESHeadley, San Diego, 22;Pence,
Houston, 22;JosReyes, NewYork, 22;CYoung, Ari-
zona, 22;Beltran, New York, 21;SCastro, Chicago,
21;Montero, Arizona, 21;SSmith, Colorado,
21;JUpton, Arizona, 21.
TRIPLESJosReyes, New York, 15;Victorino,
Philadelphia, 8;SCastro, Chicago, 7;Bourn, Hous-
ton, 6;Rasmus, St. Louis, 6;SDrew, Arizona,
5;Fowler, Colorado, 5.
HOME RUNSKemp, Los Angeles, 22;Fielder,
Milwaukee, 21;Berkman, St. Louis, 20;Bruce, Cin-
cinnati, 18;Howard, Philadelphia, 17;CPena, Chica-
go, 17;Pujols, St. Louis, 17.
STOLEN BASESBourn, Houston, 34;JosReyes,
New York, 30;Stubbs, Cincinnati, 23;Kemp, Los
Angeles, 22;Desmond, Washington, 20;Braun, Mil-
waukee, 19;Bourgeois, Houston, 17.
N A T I O N A L
L E A G U E
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia ................. 51 31 .622
Atlanta........................... 47 35 .573 4
New York...................... 41 40 .506 9
1
2
Washington.................. 40 41 .494 10
1
2
Florida........................... 36 45 .444 14
1
2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee...................... 44 38 .537
St. Louis ......................... 44 38 .537
Pittsburgh....................... 41 39 .513 2
Cincinnati........................ 42 40 .512 2
Chicago.......................... 34 48 .415 10
Houston.......................... 29 53 .354 15
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco................ 46 36 .561
Arizona........................... 44 38 .537 2
Colorado ........................ 39 42 .481 6
1
2
San Diego ...................... 37 45 .451 9
Los Angeles................... 36 46 .439 10
Wednesday's Game
Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco 1
Thursday's Game
Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco 2, 13 innings
Friday's Game
Pittsburgh (Morton 7-4) at Washington (Gorzelanny
2-6), 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's Game
Pittsburgh at Washington, 3:35 p.m., 1st game
Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game
A M E R I C A N
L E A G U E
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York...................... 48 31 .608
Boston........................... 46 34 .575 2
1
2
Tampa Bay.................... 45 36 .556 4
Toronto ......................... 40 42 .488 9
1
2
Baltimore....................... 35 43 .449 12
1
2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit ........................... 44 38 .537
Cleveland...................... 42 37 .532
1
2
Chicago......................... 40 42 .488 4
Minnesota..................... 34 45 .430 8
1
2
Kansas City .................. 33 48 .407 10
1
2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas.............................. 43 39 .524
Los Angeles................... 42 40 .512 1
Seattle............................. 39 42 .481 3
1
2
Oakland.......................... 36 46 .439 7
Wednesday's Games
Cincinnati 4, Tampa Bay 3
Minnesota 1, L.A. Dodgers 0
San Diego 4, Kansas City 1
Atlanta 5, Seattle 3
Cleveland 6, Arizona 2
Philadelphia 2, Boston 1
N.Y. Yankees 5, Milwaukee 2
N.Y. Mets 16, Detroit 9
St. Louis 5, Baltimore 1
L.A. Angels 1, Washington 0
Toronto 2, Pittsburgh 1
Texas 3, Houston 2
Chicago White Sox 3, Colorado 2
Florida 3, Oakland 0
Thursday's Games
Boston 5, Philadelphia 2
N.Y. Yankees 5, Milwaukee 0
Detroit 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Chicago White Sox 6, Colorado 4, 10 innings
Florida 5, Oakland 4
St. Louis 9, Baltimore 6
Pittsburgh 6, Toronto 2
Houston 7, Texas 0
Friday's Games
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 4-4) at Toronto (R.Rom-
ero 7-7), 1:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (E.Jackson 4-6) at Chicago
Cubs (R.Wells 1-2), 2:20 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-9) at Detroit (Penny
5-6), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 5-6) at Cincinnati (Arroyo
7-6), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Nova 7-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-6),
7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Westbrook 6-4) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis
7-5), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 3-9) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 10-3),
7:35 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 4-3) at Houston (Norris 4-6),
8:05 p.m.
Florida (Ani.Sanchez 6-1) at Texas (Ogando 7-3),
8:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Duffy 1-2) at Colorado (Nicasio 2-1),
8:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 9-4) at Minnesota (Liriano
4-7), 8:10 p.m.
Arizona (Collmenter 4-4) at Oakland (Harden 0-0),
10:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-9) at L.A. Angels (Chat-
wood 5-4), 10:05 p.m.
San Diego (Moseley 2-7) at Seattle (Vargas 5-5),
10:10 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Philadelphia at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.
Boston at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Florida at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.
Arizona at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
San Diego at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
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