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Many peoples priceless heirlooms ruined by rampaging flood water
West Pittston and Duryea homes take powerful punch from river
Lack of flood insurance policies puts homeowners in a bind
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com
TIME FOR SHOCK, TEARS
Herb Hoover never experienced flooding before, so he didnt know what to expect when he unlocked the front door of his Duryea home Saturday morning. Once he registered the stench that greeted him, he found his furniture in a jumble, as if someone hoisted the pieces into Officials rethe air and ported founhurled them dation damacross the age of several room. Hoover maproperties in neuvered Duryea and through the West Pittston. mess to the kitchen, which was slippery from the muck on the floor. His large refrigerator, which was packed full when he fled, was now sideways on top of his kitchen counter. Oddly, a few items here and there were exactly as he and his wife, Bernadine, left them the kitchen table and some decorative wall hangings. Hoover said he received only a half-hour notice to evacuate Friday, and he grabbed a safe, personal papers, clothes and photo albums from the Chittenden
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Area loss includes 1 death

By BILL OBOYLE and JERRY LYNOTT boboyle@timesleader.com jlynott@timesleader.com
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Tom Harris hugs James Aaron after Aaron tears up upon seeing the flood damage to his home in the Plains Township Flats. The water brought down his ceiling in spots. Both his front and rear porch have separated from the home. After the evacuation order was lifted Saturday in WilkesBarre, the first thing 5-year-old Hannah Jones, left, and her sister Abby, 7, did when they returned to their house on Riverside Drive was make a sign to hang on the nearby levee wall.
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WILKES-BARRE The flooding that caused millions of dollars in damage and a massive evacuation in Luzerne County also killed a West Pittston woman, authorities learned Saturday. To see An autopsy on additional a woman found photos, dead inside a video and house on Thurscoverage, visit day determined www.times she died from an leader.com unknown type of gas odor pushed into the house by the rising Susquehanna River. In another development on the widespread flooding, Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority Executive Director Jim Brozena said an estimated 500 homes were affected by
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M O R E COV E RAG E I N S I D E
RIVER LEVELS: Forecasting failure angers Plainsville residents, Page 2A HEROIC RESCUE: Plainsville flood victim transports residents, captures looter, Page 3A MONUMENTAL TASK: Big cleanup awaits first residents allowed home, Page 3A FLOOD FATALITY: Exeter womans death attributed to gas odor, Page 3A BOND CREATED: Veterans connect during time of need, Page 6A TOWN SAVED: Mayor says portable flood gates saved Kingston, Page 7A.
Running a newspaper from a hotel is in our DNA. The reborn Times Leader, which found its new beginning in the fall of 1978, was originally produced from several rooms in what was then the newly built tower at The Woodlands in Plains Township. Few at The Times Leader now would even have a faint memory of those days, but they were tension-filled, exhausting, and among the most fulfilling of the young careers for many who experienced that time. Against all odds, we produced and printed a paper every day. So, maybe todays Times Leader team found itself almost inexplicably lifted by the wings of institutional memory and placed squarely into the Host Inn on Kidder Street in WilkesF ETC. Puzzles Travel G CLASSIFIED
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Barre Township on Thursday. There the staff began setting up a remote operation to produce our newspaper and feed vital information onto our many online products -- websites, e-editions and apps and mobile platforms. A close friend who lives in the Back Mountain phoned late Friday. He sounded weary from what had probably been a long, long day worrying and fighting back flood waters from his business and the homes of friends and relatives. I just drove up to my house, he said, and heres The Times
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Forecasting failure angers victims

Weve been flooded before; were used to it. We know when to get things to higher ground. They told us to expect an Agnes flood. This was no Agnes flood. It went 3 feet higher By EDWARD LEWIS than what they said, Stephens elewis@timesleader.com added. After the gauges failed, the PLAINS TWP. If forecasted river levels had been more accu- weather service and a hydrolorate, residents in the Plainsville gist in State College relied upon section believe they would have local visual observations by saved more of their possessions. emergency management officials and guesses to Instead, more say the river crested at than 50 people They gave us 9:35 p.m. Thursday at living on Cour38.83 feet in Wilkestright, Mitchell, levels that were Barre. Pearl and Roberts wrong. Weve The announcement streets barely escame during a 3:30 caped with the been flooded a.m. Friday weather clothes on their before; were briefing. backs. used to it. They told us 38 The National Ken Stephens Jr., who Weather Service lives on Roberts Street in feet, and they stayed increased the pro- Plains Township, adjacent at 38 feet all day jected crest for to the Susquehanna Wednesday. At that the Susquehanna River. level, that would reach my porch, said Harry River several Thomas, of Courtright times during the Street. week as heavy Thomas said that when the rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee persisted for NWS upped the river crest to just shy of 41 feet late Wednesthree days. Adding to the confusion, the day afternoon, it was too late. It came up fast, Thomas river gauge in Wilkes-Barre and a second gauge in Owego, N.Y., said. Nobody had any time to went offline when swallowed by move their possessions to highthe Susquehanna River late er ground when they said 41 feet. Thursday night. At around noon Friday, foreThey gave us levels that were wrong, said Ken Stephens Jr., casters said they miscalculated who lives on Roberts Street ad- the crest, indicating the river rejacent to the Susquehanna River. ached its highest level at Wilkes-
Lottery summary
Daily Number, Midday Sunday: 6-8-6 Monday: 8-4-9 Tuesday: 7-0-6 Wednesday: 4-3-9 Thursday: 4-5-3 Friday: 4-9-0 Saturday: 3-8-1 Big Four, Midday Sunday: 3-0-9-8 Monday: 4-0-0-5 Tuesday: 4-7-6-1 Wednesday: 6-8-1-6 Thursday: 2-4-5-6 Friday: 9-8-8-5 Saturday: 9-9-9-0 Quinto, Midday Sunday: 9-6-1-5-1 Monday: 8-2-5-4-4 Tuesday: 2-8-5-5-0 Wednesday: 7-0-6-7-5 Thursday: 8-7-1-6-6 Friday: 5-6-8-0-9 Saturday: 7-8-8-5-9 Treasure Hunt Sunday: 02-04-07-10-26 Monday: 02-06-12-13-20 Tuesday: 07-12-18-27-28 Wednesday: 10-13-16-24-28 Thursday: 03-05-07-12-17 Friday: 02-06-11-15-18 Saturday: 04-09-11-25-29 Daily Number, 7 p.m. Sunday: 5-8-6 Monday: 8-4-5 Tuesday: 1-0-1 Wednesday: 8-6-6 Thursday: 9-2-1 Friday: 2-9-9 Saturday: 3-8-5
Residents of Plainsville say they could have saved more if crest wasnt underestimated
A muddy set of footprints across the porch of a Courtright Street home tells the tale of flooding. Some residents in that area of Plains Township are angry they did not have enough time to prepare.
Barre in recorded history at 42.66 feet at 3 a.m. Friday. David Morford, a NWS meteorologist, said after the river gauge in Wilkes-Barre became inoperative a decision was made to come up with a figure based on visual observations of the river and flood levels of areas not protected by the levee system. Luzerne County EMA officials had in the past expressed concerns about the elimination of $2.4 million i9n funding to maintain the Susquehanna Flood
Forecast and Warning System, which includes river gauges. Gauges provide real-time information used to forecast river and stream depths and provide notice of impending floods. Funding for the flood forecast and warning system was not part of the federal 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Bill that was passed by Congress in March. U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Lycoming Township, said in an email Saturday that he supports the flood forecast and warning
system. Maintaining a strong and stable flood-monitoring system is one of those functions not to mention offering a helping hand to individuals, municipalities and businesses that are affected by extreme natural disasters like this weeks flooding, Marino stated in an email. The state Department of Environmental Protection is paying $270,000 to maintain the river gauges for the Susquehanna River for the remainder of the year.
Big Four, 7 p.m. Sunday: 8-9-0-6 Monday: 9-3-3-1 Tuesday: 1-0-8-2 Wednesday: 3-7-6-1 Thursday: 1-2-9-0 Friday: 8-9-5-2 (3-7-2-2, double draw) Saturday: 3-5-9-1 Quinto, 7 p.m. Sunday: 9-3-9-4-3 Monday: 9-6-7-4-2 Tuesday: 7-3-4-5-6 Wednesday: 0-7-8-7-5 Thursday: 4-4-9-5-5 Friday: 9-6-5-9-7 Saturday: 4-3-3-6-5 Cash 5 Sunday: 13-18-30-33-36 Monday: 03-05-23-34-37 Tuesday: 07-08-33-38-41 Wednesday: 05-15-24-31-37 Thursday: 06-32-35-38-41 Friday: 04-06-10-18-27 Saturday: 04-07-30-33-39 Match 6 Lotto Monday: 06-09-22-28-40-47 Thursday: 03-05-18-22-23-34a Powerball Wednesday: 03-05-18-27-54 powerball: 13 powerplay: 04 Saturday: 04-19-22-32-53 powerball: 24 powerplay: 04 Mega Millions Tuesday: 01-36-38-42-49 Megaball: 19 Megaplier: 04 Friday: 07-12-19-23-31 Megaball: 45 Megaplier: 04
SCHEDULE CHANGES
Events The Dallas High School Opening Dedication scheduled for 2 p.m. today has been postponed indefinitely. The Doo Wop concert scheduled for The Kirby Center for Saturdayhas been rescheduled for Friday, Nov. 11. Tickets will be honored for the new date. More information can be obtained by calling (570) 829-3603. The Luzerne County Fair will open Sunday at 9 a.m. so fairgoers can access the fairgrounds prior to the parade and 911 tribute. Alternative parking and transportation has been arranged for Luzerne County Fair goers for today as follows: Irem Temple on Country Club Road by Pavilion,1 to10:30 p.m.; and Dallas Shopping Center, 1 to 10:30 p.m. For more information ,go to Luzerne County Fair.com or call 675-3247 The West Pittston Tour of Homes scheduled for Sept. 17 has been canceled due to the flooding in West Pittston. Information on obtaining a refund will be published in a few days. Save your tickets and checkinfo@ westpittstonhistory.org for details on refunds. The 61th annual memorial service of the 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery, set for Sept. 11, will be rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. on the front lawn of the 109th Armory in Wilkes-Barre. Due to the flooding, the Great Women of Northeast Pennsylvania event scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed. If you wish to attend, or have purchased tickets, a new date will be announced soon. Municipal services Forty Fort borough recycling is canceled for the week of Sept. 12 and will resume on Sept. 26. Yard waste will be picked up the week of Sept. 19. Religious services St. Aloysius Church in Wilkes-Barre will have an 11 a.m. Mass today. Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church, 420 Main Road, Hanover Township, will have Mass today at 10 a.m., noon and 5 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, will have regular service today at 10 a.m. Rally Day is rescheduled for next Sunday.
Robertson, who played JFK, dies

Actor also won an Oscar for his portrayal of a mentally disabled man in Charly.
By KAREN ZRAICK Associated Press
NEW YORK President John F. Kennedy had just one critique when he saw photos of the actor set to play him in a World War II drama. The year was 1963 and actor Cliff Robertson looked convincing in his costume for PT-109, the first film to portray a sitting president. Kennedy had favored Robertson for the role, but one detail was off. Robertsons hair was parted on the wrong side. The actor dutifully trained his locks to part on the left and won praise for a role hed remain proud of throughout his life. Robertson, who went on to win an Oscar for his portrayal of a mentally disabled man in Charly, died of natural causes Saturday afternoon in Stony Brook, a day after his 88th birthday, according to Evelyn Christel, his secretary of 53 years. Robertson never elevated into the top ranks of leading men, but he remained a popular actor from the mid-1950s into the following century. His later roles included kindly Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man movies. He also gained attention for his second marriage to actress and heiress Dina Merrill, daughter of financier E.F. Hutton and Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune and one of the worlds richest women. His triumph came in 1968 with his Academy Award performance in Charly, as a mentally disabled man who undergoes medical treatment that makes him a genius until a poignant regression to his former state.
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Actor Cliff Robertson, shown in 1986, who won an Oscar for Charly, died Saturday. He was 88.
My father was a loving father, devoted friend, dedicated professional and honorable man, daughter Stephanie Saunders said in a statement. He stood by his family, friends, and colleagues through good times and bad. He made a difference in all our lives and made our world a better place. We will all miss him terribly. Robertson had created a string of impressive performances in television and on Broadway, but always saw his role played in films by bigger names. His TV performances in Days of Wine and Roses and The Hustler, for example, were filmed with Jack Lemmon and Paul Newman, respectively. Robertsons role in Tennessee Williams play Orpheus Descending was awarded to Marlon Brando in the movie. Robertson first appeared in the Charly story in a TV version, The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon. Both were based on Flowers for Algernon, a short story that author Daniel Keyes later revised into a novel. Robertson was determined that this time the big-screen role would not go to another actor. I bought the movie rights to
the show, and I tried for eight years to persuade a studio to make it, he said in 1968. Finally I found a new company, ABC Films. I owned 50 percent of the gross, but I gave half of it to Ralph Nelson to direct. Critic Roger Ebert called Robertsons portrayal a sensitive, believable one. The motion picture academy agreed, though Robertson was unable to get a break from an overseas movie shoot and was not on hand when his Oscar was announced. Portraying Kennedy in PT-109, presented other challenges. The president warned Robertson he didnt want someone trying to imitate his distinctive New England accent. That was fine with me, the actor commented in 1963. I think it would have been a mistake for me to say Hahvahd or try to reproduce gestures. Then the audience would have been constantly aware that an actor was impersonating the president. He added that the film obviously couldnt be done with heroics, like Errol Flynn gunning down 30 of the enemy. This young naval officer just does
things because they have to be done. PT-109 was plagued with problems from the start: script changes, switch of directors, bad weather, snakes and mosquitoes in the Florida Keys where it was filmed. The troubles were evident on the screen, and critics roundly rapped the film, although Robertsons work won praise. In 1977, Robertson made the headlines again, this time by blowing the whistle on a Hollywood financial scandal. He had discovered that David Begelman, president of Columbia Pictures, had forged his signature on a $10,000 salary check, and he called the FBI and the Burbank and Beverly Hills police departments. Hollywood insiders were not happy with the ugly publicity. I got phone calls from powerful people who said, Youve been very fortunate in this business; Im sure you wouldnt want all this to come to an end, Robertson recalled in 1984. Begelman served time for embezzlement, but he returned to the film business. He committed suicide in 1995. Robertson said neither the studios nor the networks would hire him for four years. He supported himself as a spokesman for AT&T until the drought ended in 1981 when he was hired by MGM for Brainstorm, Natalie Woods final film. Born Sept. 9, 1923, in La Jolla, Calif., Robertson was 2 when he was adopted by wealthy parents who named him Clifford Parker Robertson III. After his parents divorced and his mother died, he was reared by his maternal grandmother, whom he adored. Rejected by the services in World War II because of a weak eye, he served in the Merchant Marine.
OBITUARIES
Butchko, John DeCinti, Isadora Evans, Violet Flora, Margaret Freeman, Dennis Gregosh, John Jr. Lake, Martha Lord, Albina MacIntyre, Rev. Robert Millard, Jane-Rae Mikols, Carol Pachick, Anthony Ribando, Rev. William Stanlus, Eleanor Wallace, James
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The Times Leader strives to correct errors, clarify stories and update them promptly. Corrections will appear in this spot. If you have information to help us correct an inaccuracy or cover an issue more thoroughly, call the newsroom at 829-7242. A CLARIFICATION NEEDS to be made in a story that ran on Page 1A Saturday about flooding in Luzerne County. Col. David Anderson, of the Army Corps of Engineers, was misidentified.
Gallery to auction Amelia Earhart goggles and photos

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SAN FRANCISCO A Northern California gallery plans to auction goggles it says were worn by famed aviator Amelia Earhart during an early plane crash. The auction Sunday in Oakland will also feature negatives and photographs of Earhart, who disappeared while trying to circumnavigate the globe. Clars Auction Gallery, which is running the auction, said 15 of the photographs the bulk of the lot in-
clude shots of Earhart at a barbershop and making other preparations for the roundthe-world flight, as well as the plane taking off on March 17, 1937. That was one of two attempts Earhart made that year to circumnavigate the globe. Her plane would disappear during the second attempt a few months later. She was declared dead in 1939. Its more like a day-in-the-life concept, said Marcus Wardell, a furniture and decorative arts specialist with the gallery. Shes getting up in the morning, packing, going to
the barbers and the plane sort of taking off. Those photographs were recently discovered by a California woman whose mother was a student of Earharts and received the photographs as a gift from the pilot, Wardell said. They were expected to fetch between $600 and $800 each. The goggles 1920s Luxor aviator goggles that have a cracked left lens were brought into the gallerys free appraisal clinic by Barbara Englehardt, a Contra Costa County resident who got them from a friend about 20 years ago.
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Plainsville residents are given a lift by a tractor. Kenneth Stephens Sr. used his boat to help flood victims who were trapped in their houses. He was assisted by Harry Thomas and James Aaron.
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Flooded resident uses boat to transport residents in Plainsville, helps capture looter
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Man helps rescue more than 45

streets. The river came up really fast, StePLAINS TWP. Dodging utility poles phens said. Once Courtright Street and electrical wires while dealing with a floods, no one can leave in their cars and broken propeller on his flat-bottomed theyre trapped. Someone unsuccessfully tried to esboat, Kenneth Stephens Sr. helped rescue more than 45 people from their flood- cape the raging river by driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee on a ed homes in Plainsville flooded Courtright early Thursday morning (Stephens) knew he Street. into Friday night. Courtright Street Township police also was going to lose evand nearby farmland enlisted Stephens and erything and he was floods before waters his boat to help save a inundate the 50 or so young man clinging to a still helping people. tree on a flooded Saylor Harry Thomas other houses in PlainsPlainsville neighbor, who assisted ville. Avenue on Thursday in the effort Despite knowing night and he helped captheir own houses were ture a looter who had going to be flooded, walked in waist-deep water to burglarize Jo-Dan Motors on the trio continued to help take residents to higher ground. River Road on Friday night. (Stephens) knew he was going to lose All he (Stephens) did was help people, said neighbor Harry Thomas, of everything and he was still helping peoCourtright Street. He took three or four ple, Thomas said. Aarons single-story house on Pearl people out at a time. Stephens said he was able to take only Street was completely submerged by the four people each trip because of the num- swollen river. A mud line on his roof shows how high the river reached. ber of life jackets in the boat. Several inches of mud covered the inStephens, Thomas and Plainsville resident James Aaron spent hours cruising side of the house he built in 2000. He around their flooded neighborhood re- wanted to build it 6 feet higher but was moving people from their homes on told by a township zoning officer he was Courtright, Mitchell, Pearl and Roberts not permitted that high a foundation
By EDWARD LEWIS elewis@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE
The Wilkes-Barre Police Department will accept non-emergency reports at Coal Street Emergency Command Center effective immediately. These types of reports are traditional walkup reports made at the Wilkes-Barre Police Headquarters. For example, reports of property damage, vandalism or nuisance issues such as barking dogs or noise violations. This will help the police department keep track of all of these and reduce the volume of reports that need to be taken down when police headquarters resumes normal operations.
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wall, Aaron said. Standing in what was his dining room, Aaron who turned 40 years old on Thursday teared up looking at the devastation. A package of Ramen noodles kept in a kitchen cabinet was lodged in deer antlers mounted high above the fireplace. The top of a butter container was fixed into a chandelier. His refrigerator covered in mud was tipped sideways, and a television in the living room had floated into the kitchen. I just finished renovating two years
ago, Aaron said, adding he has no flood insurance. I dont know whats going to happen. Thomas said many residents were not given enough time to save possessions from the impending flood. Thomas escaped with his pickup truck and the clothes he wore. Despite the heavy damage to their homes, all three remain in good spirits. A woman jokingly asked if anyone wanted to go swimming in Aarons pool that
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Heading back home to clean up

Officials have advice for residents returning to properties after evacuation is lifted.
By SHEENA DELAZIO and SARAH HITE sdelazio@timesleader.com, shite@timesleader.com
Pennsylvania residents should be wary of charity scams in the wake of widespread flooding in the central and eastern portions of the state. The Department of State recommends residents to be wary of highpressure tactics and door-to-door solicitation. Ask for details about the charity and how much of the charities funds go to their charitable purpose, how much goes for operating expenses and how much goes for fundraising expenses. Write checks directly to the charity; do not give cash donations. Check to see if the organization is registered with the Bureau of Charitable Organizations by calling 1-800732-0999, or online at www.dos.state.pa.us, then clicking on Charities.
MARYLAND
Beware of charity scams
WILKES-BARRE With the level of the Susquehanna River dropping slowly each hour, Luzerne County officials lifted an evacuation Saturday afternoon for those protected by the levee system. Were in the home stretch, but there are many tense hours ahead of us, Luzerne County Commissioner Chairwoman Maryanne Petrilla said Friday. Residents who were permitted to return to their homes, included those who reside in Edwardsville, Forty Fort, Kingston, Luzerne, Plymouth, Pringle, Wyoming, Wilkes-Barre and Hanover Township. Officials said the evacuation remains in effect for those affected by flooding, including Mocanaqua, Shickshinny, Salem Township, West Nanticoke, Plymouth Township, portions of Nescopeck Borough, Nescopeck Township, Plains Township, Jenkins Township, Pittston, Exeter Township, West Pittston and Duryea. Officials said residents should not return to their homes until flood waters have receded and officials give the word to return. As of 8:15 p.m. Saturday, the river was at 27.48 feet, just under a moderate flood stage. The river is considered at flood stage at 22 feet. That level was not expect-
Near record river flow in the Susquehanna River at Conowingo Dam, where the river enters Chesapeake Bay, has been measured Friday by the USGS. As of Friday morning September 9, the river flow was 775,000 cubic feet per second (CFS). The highest river flow previously recorded at this site was 1,130,000 cfs in June 1972 related to remnants of Tropical Storm Agnes. The river is expected to reach the third highest flow in history. January 1996 was the second highest peak flow at 909,000 cfs. This year will most likely one of the highest annual flow years on record from the Susquehanna River into Chesapeake Bay. This is a result of both the September tropical storms and a wet spring across the watershed.
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High flow at Chesapeake
Shari Harris looks at a toy of her sons that was pushed into the family room of her home. The family tried to put all of their belongings up high enough, but the effort was for nothing as floodwaters filled the entire home.
ed until this afternoon. Executive Director of Luzerne County Flood Protection Jim Brozena said those in the flood area who are permitted to go back to their homes will still have no power. Those homes will have to be inspected before utilities can be turned back on. County Commissioner Stephen A. Urban urged residents to use the109th Field Artillery (Carey Avenue) Bridge, Veterans Memorial (Pierce Street) Bridge and North Cross Valley Expressway to make their way home. Petrilla said the Army Corps of Engineers had to inspect the levees first before the evacuation could be lifted. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation must also inspect bridges, Petrilla said, before residents can be returned to the flood plain. The 8th Street Bridge in Wyoming is
still closed, and will be closed until PennDOT inspects it, officials said. The Market Street Bridge in WilkesBarre will remain closed until flood waters have receded substantially. County Emergency Management Coordinator Stephen Bekanich said an incident action plan is put in place in which state and local police and the Army National Guard will work to control the influx of residents returning, allowing those in levee-protected areas to return first. Hesaidfiredepartmentswillthencoordinate with local municipalities to determinethenumberofwaterpumpsorother equipment that may be needed to help residents. We want to do this in a safe and secure manner and a coordinated fashion, Bekanich said.
As people are let back into their homes, Urban said, the county intends on notifying them on how to get help, including loans to make repairs, where to get food and where to get possible shelter if their homes are inhabitable. Bekanich urged residents to assess the damage and document it by taking photographs and writing down any damage before cleaning up. Bekanich said residents should keep any receipts for anything purchased or repairedandtohavephotosavailableforthe Federal Emergency Management Agency, which inspects damaged properties to determine what funding can be available for an area. Urban said residents who smell gas or oil in their neighborhood should call 911
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Agriculture Secretary George Greig reminded owners of state-inspected restaurant and food facilities hit by the recent flood waters that they must be inspected by the departments Bureau of Food Safety before reopening. Additional food sanitarians are being activated to the hardest-hit areas in the commonwealth. Establishments will be inspected only after flood waters have receded and facilities thoroughly cleaned. For more information about food safety, and to see a searchable restaurant inspection database, contact the Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services at 717-787-4315 or visit www.EatSafePA.com.
DURYEA
Eateries need inspection
Coroner: Death from gas odor

Carol Mikols of Exeter was found dead nside a home Thursday. EPA and DEP are investigating the gas.
The Bernard J. Piontek Funeral Home Inc., Main Street, Duryea, does have a plan in place to continue to serve families in their time of need despite flooding issues. The funeral home can be contacted at 570-4574301. Thank you for your continued support.
LUZERNE COUNTY
Piontek FH still operating
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The Exeter home of Carol Mikols, 62, who died from a gas odor on Thursday is being tested by EPA and DEP. Her death was ruled an accident.
WEST PITTSTON -- An autopsy on a woman found dead inside a house on Thursday determined she died from an unknown type of gas pushed into the house by the rising Susquehanna River. Luzerne County Coroner John Corcoran said Carol Mikols, 62, of Exeter, died from a gas odor. Her death was ruled an accident. Corcoran said the state Department of Environmental Protection and the See DEATH, Page 6A
federal Environmental Protection Agency are assisting in the investigation by conducting air testing to determine what type of gas odor was inside the house. It could not be determined Saturday when the results of that testing will be available. A heavy gas was forced up through the ground because of flood water, Corcoran said. It wasnt the flood that unfortunately caused her passing. EPA and DEP are both at work to find out what this gas was. Mikols was found inside a house at Susquehanna Avenue and Second Street in West Pittston. Corcoran said Mikols was house-sitting for her sister,
Michael J. Yeosock, Chairman of the State Board of Funeral Directors (due to the flooding of the area) would like to remind funeral directors of State Board of Funeral Directors Regulation 13.184. Prompt disposal of a deceased body. A funeral director shall promptly prepare and bury bodies which are entrusted to his funeral establishment for the purpose and may not allow the retention of a dead human body at his establishment or elsewhere for a total of more than 10 days without first obtaining special permission from the board.
Reminder for directors
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Debbie Angelo of Plains Township looks into her stove after floodwaters filled the kitchen of her home, leaving mud and water behind.
Peter Sidari, left, raced Saturday to clear out the contents of his flooded Montgomery Avenue home in West Pittston. The borough was hard-hit by the rising Susquehanna River on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, many residents were able to return to begin the messy process of reclaiming the properties and saving whatever possessions they could.
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Paul Duzen and his sister, Ann Marie Milewski, of Dupont, carry cleaning products to help her son clean up his house in Duryea on Saturday.
Bob Eble, left, Tony Cafora and Tim Aschenbrenner clean flood mud from a driveway at 334 Race St. in West Pittston Saturday.
A large building floated by the floodwater until it crashed into trees in Plains Township.
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An emergency worker stands by Saturday as he pumps out a basement on Chittenden Street in Duryea.
Wendy Franklin, a member of the Grace Bible Church on Race Street in West Pittston, looks over flood damage on Saturday.
Former West Pittston Mayor Bill Goldsworthy talks on the phone as he stands on the porch of his flooded Montgomery Avenue home Saturday.
Madeline Gillis, left, of Chittenden Street, Duryea, gets help carrying some of her belongings from Richard Slatky on Saturday after the Lackawanna River flooded. Charles Angelo Jr. surveys damage in his familys property on Courtright Street in Plains Township. The township, along with Shickshinny, West Pittston, Plymouth Township, Plymouth, Nescopeck and other areas not protected by the levees were hard hit by river flooding Thursday night and Friday after heavy rains from the dying remnants of Tropical Storm Lee soaked the region for days.
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Veterans connect during a time of need

zerne County Emergency Management Agency was able to connect Glasson with St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Mountain Top, which opened the church to Glasson and Sarge. By MATT HUGHES Overnight, Glassons mentally mhughes@timesleader.com challenged younger brother, Ted WILKES-BARRE Mike Entress, who lives with Glasson Glasson learned in the U.S. Air but had been hospitalized the Force to never leave a soldier day before with a swollen ulcer on his leg, arrived as well. behind. Glasson was incredibly grateHis German shepherd mix, ful to the church for Sarge, has been his companion for eight I had so much giving his family a roof to keep dry, but years, and Glasson was at a loss for considers him a thanks and member of the fam- gratitude in my words when he found out a parishily. So when the orioner at the church der came to evacuate heart. Theres a complete stranghis home on Carlisle still people Street Thursday, with a heart in er to Glasson had agreed to take all Glasson knew he three of them into wouldnt be going this valley. his home. anywhere without Theres still I had so much Sarge. thanks and gratiWithout family good people tude in my heart, members in the area, around here. Glasson said. he turned to the pubMike Glasson Theres still people lic evacuation shelof Wilkes-Barre with a heart in this ters that were set up valley. Theres still throughout the area, good people around but every evacuation here. shelter Glasson That man was Wayne Mast of called wouldnt accept animals that werent crated. Glasson, a Wapwallopen, a fellow Air Force disabled Vietnam veteran, didnt retiree and veteran of Korea and Vietnam. have one. Mast, 75, said he tries to help It took a fellow veteran and an area church to help Glasson out when he can, and told Pasand Sarge get out of harms way. tor Michelle Kaufman of St. After four phone calls, the Lu- Pauls he was available to host
Mountain Top Air Force retiree houses W-B brothers and their dog during city evacuation.
Brothers Ted Entress and Mike Glasson of Wilkes-Barre had problems finding a place to stay that would accept their dog, Sarge, before good Samaritans from Mountain Top took them in for two nights.
evacuees if needed. My whole philosophy and the way I was raised was, if you cant put a hand out to help someone else, dont put your fists up either, Mast said.
Glasson said he was moved to tears by Masts compassion, but Mast said hes no hero. You help out people quietly, you dont ring bells or anything, you just quietly do what you
do, Mast said. Once theyd met, Mast and Glasson found they had a lot in common. Both were Air Force veterans who served in Vietnam, and Mast had cared for a
handicapped son. Both said they plan to keep in touch. Im the type to believe that God lines up the ducks the way they have to be lined up, Mast said.
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Bettie Mangum of Kingston talks about her experience at the shelter at GAR High School in WilkesBarre and her desire to help the less fortunate.
Joe Pasternack of the Bnai Brith Apartments in Wilkes-Barre uses humor to cheer up other flood evacuees during his stay in the shelter at GAR.
Dolores Rios of Swoyersville praises American Red Cross volunteers during her stay at the shelter at Leo E. Solomon/Plains Elementary School.
Evacuees bear up with wit and fortitude

As the Susquehanna batters the levees, people leave endangered homes for an unfamiliar life.
By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com
was filled with mud. A deck surrounding the pool became dislodged and floated about 50 feet away. Stephens found his picnic table a block away on someone elses porch. While walking through the streets in Plainsville looking at damage, Stephens said he also was searching for his mailbox. Others suffered losses as well. Tom Harris moved into his Roberts Street house only two weeks ago. A contractor by trade, Harris believes he lost all his power tools and equipment. He used a heavy chain to secure his trailer to a large tree, which was knocked down by the swift river current. After all this, Im only hoping to find my great-great-grandmothers chest, Harris said. Aaron said much of the loss could have been avoided. If we were given the correct river level and enough time, everyone here would have had a Uhaul, he said.
They were weary and sore from nights spent on cots, anxious for information and eager to get back home, but the spirits of Wyoming Valley residents spending Saturday in shelters around Wilkes-Barre werent broken. I tell a lot of jokes, to get people to laugh, to get their minds off it, said Joe Pasternack, a displaced resident of the Bnai Brith Apartments in Wilkes-Barre staying in the Red Cross shelter at GAR High School. I make up stories. Like I told them we couldnt leave because they were trying to take us out on buses but the buses were all underwater. So somebody said, well, Ill take a cab. So I said the cabs are underwater, too. Rather than be grumpy, Im trying to get the mood up. Like other shelter clients, Pasternack said he was anxious to return to his apartment, take a long shower and sleep in his own bed, but the aid provided by Red Cross volunteers has helped him make the best of the situation. Its been alright, said Susan Rivera, of WilkesBarre, who was staying at the GAR shelter with her four grandchildren. My granddaughter got sick, and the nurses there were beautiful; they were so nice taking care of her. Riveras grandson passed his birthday at the shelter, an obvious disappointment, but otherwise her grandchildren were adjusting well to life there. It seems like they didnt acknowledge whats going on, she said. Theyre just running around, making new friends. It doesnt faze them. Help from afar The Red Cross brought in workers from as far away as Hawaii, California and Florida to staff at least 23 shelters in areas affected by the flooding of the Susquehanna River. Dozens of volunteers also pitched in to staff the shelters. It was really fun helping these people at least find a place to call home, said 16-year-old volunteer and GAR student Eddie Lehman. Im proud that more people came to GAR than anywhere else. Im proud to call GAR my school. Local businesses also donated canned and prepared foods, and helped secure needed medications and es-
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who is out of town. The house was not flooded by the river, Corcoran said. A neighbor found Mikols in the basement. Our concern from the coroners office is we dont know why this gas odor was pushed into the house, Corcoran said. And with people allowed to return to their houses to begin the massive cleanup, were concerned. Corcoran said that if anyone, especially in the area of West Pittston, begins to experience nausea, dizziness or headaches, they should immediately leave the house and call 911.
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South Wilkes-Barre residents Helen Temarantz, left, Tony Snapp, and Jennifer Fedor worry about their homes as they waited for the evacuation order to be lifted at Leo E. Solomon/Plains Elementary School.
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sential hygiene items for shelter clients. We had pasta last night with bread and salad, said Dolores Rios, a displaced Swoyersville resident staying at the Leo E. Solomon/Plains Elementary School. I think I gained weight I think its almost too much food. Betty Minucci, of Plymouth, and Bettie Mangum, of Kingston, both work at area shelters for homeless and battered women. When they were evacuated from their homes, they came to the shelter at GAR to be with their clients. Yesterday was a tragedy, a disaster, but its bringing people together from all walks of life, in a setting thats new to them, Minucci said. This is a time of transition for a lot of people, but its also bringing them together. I feel blessed that I have a safe place to be, Magnum added. I dont know when Ill be able to go back home,
but Im safe, so Im blessed. A place to stay At the Solomon School in Plains Township, Tony Snapp, Jennifer Fedor and Helen Temarantz, all of South Wilkes-Barre, worked on a jigsaw puzzle for the second night in a row. They said they were grateful for the help the shelter provided, but anxious to return home. Fedor and Snapp left four dogs, four cats, a bird and a lizard. If our house is gone, its no big deal. We can replace the house, but our animals, we cant replace, Fedor said. Temarantz, whose home was damaged during the flood of 1972, said she was most concerned with making sure her home survived this flood. Once youre in a flood, youve always got that feeling that its going to happen again, she said.
as a precaution. Those returning to homes, Bekanich said, should be prepared to protect themselves during cleanup, because it is still unknown what pollutants may have been in the water. Bekanich said residents should wear boots, work gloves, rubber gloves, dust masks and safety goggles while cleaning up. If you get a cut, get it treated by cleaning the cutand wrapping it appropriately, Bekanich said. For now, Brozena said, any debris cleaned up from residents yards should be placed on a nearby tree lawn for pickup.
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Jim Brozena said EMA was able to handle boils along the dike to avert major problems.
By BILL OBOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE Jim Brozena leaned on a guard rail outside the Luzerne County Emergency Management Agency office and basked in the warm sunlight Saturday morning. Brozena, executive director of the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority, was looking to relieve some of the stress of the previous two days when the Susquehanna River threatened to inundate Wyoming Valley. Would the $250 million levee system hold? The situation in Forty Fort (Friday) was serious, Brozena said. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has photos that we intend to put out there for people to see. Those photos will clearly show why people should not hesitate when we issue an evacuation notice. On Friday afternoon he and other emergency management personnel and elected officials huddled in a small office at the EMA. When they came out, the looks on their faces indicated there was a serious problem somewhere. Were out of the woods now,
Brozena said. But for a long time water a lot of water in places Friday, we didnt know if the dike that it shouldnt be with the river was going to hold in Forty Fort. at 38.8 feet. As I was looking at the photos, But the levee system held. They performed remarkably well con- I could see where the water was sidering the river had risen well and I could tell something was beyond the designed capacity of not adding up it wasnt making sense, Brozena said. We have the system. A large boil developed at the been at 35 feet before and we had dike behind the Luzerne County never had any serious problems. Now we were beRecreational Complex ing told that we near the Forty Fort Air- As I was lookhad just 3 more port. Brozena said a boil occurs when under-seep- ing at the pho- feet and all sorts of age makes its way under tos, I could see things were breaking loose. We the levee and then bubcouldnt underbles to the surface. If left where the wastand it until we unattended, he said, the ter was and I got the actual river water will eventually crecould tell readings. ate a larger path that will He said it was affect the stability of the something was soon learned that dike and it could become not adding up the river gauge compromised. that measures the Our guys treated the it wasnt situation quickly and the making sense. depth of the Susquehanna River materials used did the Jim Brozena was broken. He job, he said. We had a lot of boils along the dike Luzerne County Flood said he consulted Protection Authority other agencies and they were all adincluding the U.S. dressed quickly to avert Geological Service any serious problems. Brozena said he is extremely and discovered the river had acproud of all the emergency man- tually crested at 42.66 feet more agement personnel that worked than a foot and a half above the through the situation, saying the design capacity of 41 feet. Brozena said the levee system performed an exemplary job. has a built-in free board or buffer Too much water zone -- an approximate 3-foot Brozena said he was looking at safety zone on top of the 41-foot the photos taken by the Army design capacity, making the acCorps early Friday that showed tual capacity 44 feet and explain-
Luzerne County EMA Director Stephen Bekanich updates the media about evacuation plans earlier in the week, at right is Jim Brozena, executive director of the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority. Brozena said the levee system has a built-in free board or buffer zone -- an approximate three-foot safety zone on top of the 41-foot design capacity, making the actual capacity 44 feet and explaining why the river did not top the dikes. Brozena said the pressure exerted by the high water on the levee was extreme.
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ing why the river did not top the dikes. The design capacity is the key, he said. Thats what the levee is designed to handle. The additional 3 feet is built in to handle wave actions and debris and such. Brozena, when asked if he knew the levees could handle more than 41 feet, said: We do now. When the river got to that point, thats why we were so concerned about the system. This was new territory for us and for the levee system, and we came
through it intact. Brozena said the pressure exerted by the high water on the levee was extreme. You cant imagine how much more pressure 2 additional feet of water brings to that system, Brozena said. He said the recent river levels exceed the largest flood of record for the region by 1.8 feet. Brozena was breathing easier Saturday and was excited to talk about lifting the evacuation about people returning to their homes. He said the towns that ex-
perienced flooding have a long road ahead and the county will do what it can to secure funding from the state and federal governments. Saturday afternoon Brozena was looking for a transistor radio. He and his wife, Jackie, are graduates of Penn State University and Brozena was hoping to at least be able to keep track of the Nittany Lions in their battle against Alabama. We still have a lot of work to do here, he said.
Mayor: Portable flood gates saved Kingston

James Haggerty said DWP worked frantically to save the wall from the river.
DEP: Take precautions during damage cleanup

By SHEENA DELAZIO sdelazio@timesleader.com
KINGSTON Mayor James Haggerty said portable metal flood gates installed at the Market Street Bridge saved the municipality from the swollen Susquehanna River. But not before a few tense hours late Thursday night into Friday morning. The river at its worse was 8 or 9 feet up on those gates for us, Haggerty said. The pressure from the river was gushing out under, almost shooting straight out under the gates. Rubber gaskets that seal the gates to the pavement ruptured from the pressure of the swollen river, said Jim Brozena, executive director for Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority. Haggerty said the Kingston Department of Public Works worked to dump several tons of rock, dirt and sandbags at the base of the gates to help shore up the flood-prevention wall. We worked frantically to save the wall; we did this on our own, Haggerty said. We went out and purchased five tri-axle trucks of rock and rounded up sandbags and plastic. It was not a significant concern, but the wall was substantially gushing, especially at the bottom. The same problem occurred on the Wilkes-Barre side of the bridge when rubber gaskets failed, flooding South River and North River streets. When flood waters receded, it left behind mud on the heavily used roadway in the city. Haggerty said the metal gates began vibrating when the gaskets ruptured. What we were told with the gaskets, it caused the metal gates to vibrate, metal against metal and metal against the pavement, Haggerty said. Until we were told that, we didnt know what was causing the vibration and didnt know if the wall was going to hold. When not in use the flood gates are kept at the county maintenance garage on Water Street.
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Kingston Mayor James Haggerty and Kingston Emergency Management Coordinator Tom McTague look over the dirt and rock that Kingston dumped near the flood gates to help stop leaks at their base.
Kingston officials spray painted a white high-water mark on the side of the wall near the Market Street Bridge.
Haggerty said the gates on the Kingston side of the bridge are installed 10 to 12 feet higher in elevation from most of the municipality. If the flood gates had failed, Haggerty emphasized, a wave of water would have flooded the town. Because the slope of the bridge and the metal gates are higher than
Market Street and most of Kingston, which is lower than the bridge, there would have been a 12-foot wave of water, Haggerty said. There were no flood gates during the 1972 Agnes flood, which inundated 90 percent of Kingston, the mayor said. Except for some ponding on
some streets, were going to come out of this surprisingly unscathed, Haggerty said. The levee system and the gates held and it all worked. But we did have a few tense hours. Our hearts go out to everybody that sustained damage.
Susquehanna floodwaters beginning to recede from Port Deposit, Md.

By ALEX DOMINGUEZ Associated Press Writer
PORT DEPOSIT, Md. Floodwaters from the roaring Susquehanna began receding Saturday as residents and officials began to clean mud from their streets and homes
and assess the damage. Residents of evacuated areas in the Havre de Grace area in Harford County might to be able to return home by today, county spokesman Bob Thomas said. The situation is drastically im-
proving, Thomas said. In Port Deposit closer to the Conowingo Dam, the wait was expected to be longer. Cecil County officials expected to decide when residents can return after a damage assessment Saturday,
county spokesman Mike Dixon said. But he warned it would be a slow process. The utilities are off, theres lots of contamination down through there, so that is a substantial obstacle yet to be worked on, Dixon said.
WILKES-BARRE Many affected by the Susquehanna Rivers flooding still arent permitted to return to their homes due to an evacuation order. Others cant get to their homes and worry about water in their basements, muddy floors and damaged walls. The Department of Environmental Protection urges those affected by flooding to take precautionary measures while cleaning up: Once inside, turn off gas or electricity if both were not turned off before evacuating. Use rubber gloves and wear rubber-soled shoes. Water should not be pumped out of a basement until the water has gone down. Pumping water-filled basement could result in walls collapsing. Never use a gas-powered pump or generator in a closed area. Test plumbing and basement drains by pouring a bucket of water into them. Open doors and windows to ventilate and dry the inside and wait until floors, ceilings, walls and furnishings are dry before cleaning them. Everything that flood water touched should be disinfected. Use a bleach-and-water solution and rubber gloves. Washers, dryers and furnaces should be cleaned and tested by licensed electricians. Mattresses, carpets and rugs should be discarded. If dealing with a leaking home fuel tank, the DEP recommends removing fuel oil from the surface of the water and placing it in a container for disposal. If a private groundwater well or spring has been flooded, instructions on disinfecting to temporarily address a problem can be found at www.dep.state.pa.us. Water should then be tested for bacteria. Mary R. Ehret, a Nutrition Links supervisor in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Monroe counties for Penn State Extension, says its best to not eat any food that may have come in contact with flood water and urges residents to follow Food and Drug Association protocols: Do not eat food packaged in paper, plastic, cardboard, cloth or other containers that may have been water damaged. Discard food and beverage containers with screw-caps, snap lids, crimped caps, twist caps, flip tops and home-canned food. Undamaged, commercially prepared foods in all-metal cans can be saved if you remove the labels and thoroughly wash the cans with a bleach/ water mixture. While cleaning, wear protective clothing. Discard wooden cutting boards, wooden dishes and utensils, plastic utensils, baby bottle nipples and pacifiers that may have come into contact with water. Thoroughly wash metal pans, ceramic dishes and utensils with soap and water. Thoroughly wash countertops with soap and water, and then rinse and sanitize with a bleach/ water mixture and allow to dry. Make sure to carefully clean corners, cracks and crevices; door handles and door seals. Run your dishwasher through three complete cycles to flush the water lines and ensure they are cleaned before washing equipment and utensils. Discard refrigerators that have been submerged in flood water, or if enough moisture was present from liquefied food items to reach the insulation inside. Discard all ice in ice makers, clean and sanitize.
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Families mementos hold comfort and pain
something very tangible that I can touch in the morning. Its like havMELVILLE, N.Y. A black Gil- ing a part of him with me. Together, father and son painted lette safety razor rests on the bathroom sink at Kenneth Fairbens the family house and shoveled the Floral Park home, its blade long- walk in the winters. Together, they ago rusted. The razor has been in volunteered at the Floral Park Fire the same spot since Sept. 11, 2001, Department, the father as a chief the last morning his son, Keith, and the son as an EMT. Keith joined as soon as he turnused it before walking out the front door to his job as a paramedic in ed 18, and Fairben saw a different side to his son. The son who had Manhattan. Fairben sees it every morning skated through most of high when he shaves; he sees it every school was now a young man who night when he brushes his teeth. finished at the top of his class in paHe cant bring himself to get rid of ramedic school, hitting the books with a seriousness that surprised the razor. It evokes memories and voices: the heck out of us. Hey Keith, can you give me a hand? the That item Are the mementos they father said to the son keep obstacles to moving brings them when there was on with life and letting go work to be done in back to a time of the past? Or do they the yard. Hey, Dad, before all this help in mourning? a bunch of us are goThat item brings ing to Great Adven- pain came into them back to a time beture, whats the best their lives ... fore all this pain came inway to go? the son to their lives, said Dr. asked when he was Tragedies keep Thomas Demaria, direcgoing out with his people fixed in tor of the 9/11 Families friends. Center of C.W. Post CamThe things that a moment. pus of Long Island Unithe survivors of the Dr. Thomas versity. But it can also 2,753 victims of the take them back to the Sept. 11 World Trade Demaria, dimoment when the trageCenter attack keep rector of the dy happened and as such to remind themit is a painful reminder of 9/11 Families selves of who they that ripping or wrenchlost are myriad and Center of C.W. ing of their loved one varied. There are Post Campus from them. ... Tragedies bills, birthday cards, keep people fixed in a mobooks, bracelets, of Long Island ment. coins, drivers licens- University. So Geraldine Halderes, hats, helmets, paman keeps her 40-yearperwork, photoold son Davids answergraphs, record covers, skates, ing machine in her Bohemia basewristwatches, an answering ma- ment, having played its messages chine that still bears messages left just twice in 10 years. a decade ago that day. David, this is Mom. ... Please In the manner of religious relics, call me to let me know that youre they hold many meanings. They OK, Halderman says in the first are mundane and disposable but message she left for her son, an irreplaceable and cherished. They FDNY firefighter who lived in Amare artifacts of late 20th-century ityville, on the morning of Sept. 11. American life and of a historic Those voices show the mark her event that may mark the true end son left on the world, Halderman of that time period, but they also said. Its all the people who loved bear witness to the minute partic- him and were concerned about ulars of their owners days and dai- him. ... Its very hard for me to lisly routines. ten to. Its as if the past 10 years They comfort but they also never happened. But she will nevcause pain. The razor that reminds er erase it. Then its gone, its realFairben of his only childs daily ly gone. Thats something else routines also reminds him of his thats now gone. murder. I curse everybody who was inFor families like the Anchundias volved, Fairben said. Its made of Syosset, something found and me a very bitter, angry person. I cherished can be especially comhate when people say closure. forting when there are no remains There is no closure. When youve to bury, no cemetery to visit. lost your child, there is no closure. Thats true of about 40 percent of ... I hate the people who did this to those who died on Sept. 11. him. Christine Anchundia, cleaning For Fairben, the razor is a tie out her 26-year-old son Josephs however tenuous to his son and Manhattan apartment after the atto better times. tack, found a daily devotional book It was something that was on the table next to his bed. Titled Keith, using it every morning, Grace for the Moment, the bookFairben says to explain why he will mark was on a Sept. 10 reading. not part with this small reminder Who Can Fathom Eternity? was of his 23-year-old son. Its just
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Here is a list of special events and activities commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. PARADES Today: Hazleton, 3 p.m., begins at McKennas Corners, West Hazleton, proceeds to downtown Hazleton. Info at www.funfestpa.org. Today: Back Mountain, 11:30 a.m., begins at Dallas Shopping Center, proceeds to Luzerne County Fairgrounds. Info at www.luzernecountyfair.com. EVENTS Remembrance Mass, candlelight vigil and special prayer service. University Chapel in Mercy Hall, Misericordia University, today, 7 p.m. Luzerne County Community College Walk of Honor. Phyllis Carlo, mother of Michael Scott Carlo, a firefighter with FDNY who lost his life during the Sept. 11th attack on the World Trade Center, will participate in a wreath presentation. Regional Public Safety Training Center, Prospect Street, Nanticoke, today, 1 p.m. Peace service honoring victims and volunteers. St. Johns Lutheran Church, 231 State St., Nanticoke, today, 9:30 a.m. EXHIBITS Nights of 9/11: Never-before-seen photographs from Ground Zero by Hale Gurland. Opening today, Everhart Museum, 1901 Mulberry St., Scranton. Artist and photographer Hale Gurland documented the nights immediately after the terrorist attacks in New York. As a volunteer rescuer he had full access to the site. Through Oct. 25. RADIO/TV WVIA-FM special programming begins at 8 a.m. today . Live reports from all attack sites. Special programming on WVIATV begins at 4 p.m. and continues through midnight.
JoAnn Cross holds her late husbands wedding band, September 2, 2011, outside her Islip Terrace, New York home. JoAnns husband, firefighter Dennis Cross, died during the September 11, 2011 attacks. That wedding ring, and a pickup truck he bought not long before he was killed, are mementos she will not relinquish. There were so many smiles and so much happiness out of him because of that truck, she said.
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the chapter heading, with a quotation from Ecclesiastes. She and her husband had raised Joseph in the Presbyterian Church, but a year earlier, her son, an investment banker with Sandler ONeill, had told her he was sleeping late Sundays instead of going to services and had stopped reading the Bible. Anchundia, a religious woman, was shocked when she saw the book, and also elated. It was so wonderful, to know that he had that in his heart, she said. It was a beautiful confirmation for me. God was almost preparing him. In the first, frantic days after the attack, We didnt really know if he died, she said. But even as they posted Josephs picture around New York City and sought friends and witnesses who might have seen him, the devotional book was a reminder: I had that sense he would not be found on Earth anymore, that God took him immediately. Without a body or remains, there was no funeral. There was, instead, a memorial service attended by 700. We feel the public has to remember, Anchundia said. For us, we remember every single moment of every day. JoAnn Cross keeps her husband Dennis Ford F-150 truck and his
wedding ring. The truck is parked on the street in front of her Islip Terrace house. When she sees the truck, bought two weeks before he died, she doesnt think of how he died but of their 42 years of marriage. We were together since Im 1212 and hes 15, she said. We had a great life. She wears around her neck his wedding ring, which was recovered from his body and returned to her. She will never, ever, let it go. He never took his ring off, and when they found him and brought him home, I got the ring and this has been on my neck for almost 10 years and it will be on my neck forever, she said. Dennis Cross, 60, an FDNY firefighter, was so frugal hed never bought a new vehicle before she persuaded him to buy that truck. He was the proudest man in the firehouse once he had it, she said. There were so many smiles and so much happiness out of him because of that truck. Looking out at that truck and remembering his happiness makes me think hes still here, she said. Of course, he isnt. ... That truck is never leaving the house. That truck will stay with me until I drop dead. In a bedroom dresser drawer,
under hundreds of newspaper clippings and condolence letters, Joyce Grant, of West Hempstead, keeps her husbands old work ID card and a picture she cut out of Page 37 of Life magazine in 2001. Winston Arthur Grant, 59, chief technical services specialist at Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, died when the south tower collapsed. This card the plastic scratched, his image blurred was found with his body six floors underground. Thats what he had on him when he died, said Joyce Grant. Im sure the building was shaking. Something had to go through his mind. What was it? I dont know. I often wonder. I pray there was no pain. She does not show the card to visitors. Sometimes she thinks she would like to get rid of it. But she keeps it because it is one of the last things he touched: He used it to get into the office that morning. The Life clipping shows him coming down the towers steps. Somebody said they saw him on the mezzanine floor, Joyce Grant said. I was told when he got down there, there were people in wheelchairs. Some of them had blood on them from the glass flying. They heard him promising not to leave. ... He had a chance to get out. But thats the way he was. He was a very compassionate person.
Nation reflects, remembers 10 years after the attacks

America today marks the anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attacks.
By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer
NEW YORK Ten years on, Americans come together today where the World Trade Center soared, where the Pentagon stands as a fortress once breached, where United Airlines Flight 93 knifed into the earth. They will gather to pray in cathedrals in our greatest cities and to lay roses before fire stations in our smallest towns, to remember in countless ways the anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attacks since the nations founding, and in the process mark the milestone as history itself. As in earlier observances, bells will toll again to mourn the loss of those killed in the attacks. Americans will lay eyes on new memorials in lower Manhattan, rural Pennsylvania and elsewhere, concrete symbols of the resolve to remember and rebuild. But much of the weight of this
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One World Trade Center overlooks the ground zero memorial site, Saturday in New York. Ceremonies will be held at the site today.
years ceremonies lies in what will largely go unspoken the anniversarys role in prompting Americans to consider how the attacks changed them and the larger world, and the continuing struggle to understand 9/11s place in the lore of the nation. A lots going on in the background, said Ken Foote, author of Shadowed Ground: Americas Landscapes of Violence and Trage-
dy, examining the role that veneration of sites of death and disaster plays in modern life. These anniversaries are particularly critical in figuring out what story to tell, in figuring out what this all means. It forces people to figure out what happened to us, he said. On Saturday in rural western Pennsylvania, more than 4,000 people began to tell the story again.
At the dedication of the Flight 93 National Memorial near the town of Shanksville, former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden joined the families of the 40 passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 who fought back against their hijackers. The moment Americas democracy was under attack our citizens defied their captors by holding a vote, Bush said. The choice they made would cost them their lives. The passengers and crew gave the entire country an incalculable gift: They saved the capital from attack, an untold amount of lives and denied al-Qaida the symbolic victory of smashing the center of American government, Clinton said. They were ordinary people given no time at all to decide and they did the right thing, he said. And 2,500 years from now, I hope and pray to God that people will still remember this. The Pennsylvania memorial park is years from completion. But the dedication and a service to mark the 10th anniversary of the
The moment Americas democracy was under attack our citizens defied their captors by holding a vote. The choice they made would cost them their lives.
Former President George W. Bush Speaking at the dedication of the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville
attacks are critical milestones, said Sally Ware, one of the volunteer ambassadors who has worked as a guide at the site since the disaster. Ware, whose home was rocked when the jet crashed two miles away, recalled how hundreds of people flocked to the site in the days afterward to leave their own mementos and memorials. She began volunteering after finding one along the side of the road a red rose placed atop a flight attendants uniform. It really bothered me. I thought someone has to take care of this,
said Ware, whose daughter is a flight attendant. Now, a decade later, she said the memorial may do little to ease the grief of the families of those who died in the crash. But the weekends ceremonies recall a story with far broader reach. The ceremonies honor those who fought the first battle against terrorism and they won, Ware said. Its something I dont want to miss. Its become a part of my life. Today, the nations focus turns to ceremonies at the Pentagon, just outside Washington, D.C., and in lower Manhattan for the dedication of the national Sept.11memorial. President Barack Obama planned to attend ceremonies at all three sites and was scheduled to speak at a Sunday evening service at the Kennedy Center. The New York ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m., with a moment of silence 16 minutes later coinciding with the exact time when the first tower of the trade center was struck by a hijacked jet. And then, one by one, the reading of the names of the 2,977 killed on Sept. 11 in New York, at the Pentagon and in rural Pennsylvania.
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9/11 memories still fresh

The Times Leader asked 24 people of different ages and experience to recall their thoughts and feelings when they heard about the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Their responses to these questions are below: Daniel Frascella, 15 Chelsea Skrepenak, 14 Kimberly Niezgoda, 39 Kristine Pruett, 40 John Levandowski, 78
1. Where were you when you first heard about the terror attacks? 2. What were your immediate thoughts? 3. Has anything in your life changed as a result of the attacks?
Hanover Township 1. I was in school, third period, second grade. 2. I was hoping everyone would be all right. 3. I am hoping to go into the military one of these days.
Wilkes-Barre 1. I was in my aunts house ... I saw it on TV. 2. I was thinking about my friends (who were visiting New York City). 3. I definitely respected everybody there more and pray to God for all the people that died there.
Lehman Township 1. I was in Japan teaching English abroad. I just finished a dinner party, because theyre 14 hours ahead of us, and was cleaning up and I turned on the TV and I saw the planes hit the tower, and I thought Oh my God! Whats this new action movie? I couldnt believe it. 2. The world ending ... how can this happen in New York City? 3. Whenever I go to New York City, I am reminded of it
Dallas 1. I was at work ... we heard about it just through some random people calling into the office and saying you might want to turn on your TV. 2. It was complete shock ... I just remember being very paralyzed and I immediately went into the restroom and I cried ... sadness and prayer. 3. Security at airports ... the thing I have the strongest negative reaction to.
Wilkes-Barre 1. Driving in Wilkes-Barre. 2. I couldnt believe that they could actually do something like that and get away with it. 3. Just watch; theres a lot of strange people.
La Feria, Texas 1. I was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, and I was actually working in a hospital. Medical services is my job ... I was taking care of patients. 2. I was upset and hurt by what was going on, especially for the victims of the attack and their families. 3. Probably be more aware of my surroundings ... just more vigilant of whats going on.
Sgt. Juan Villarreal, 43
Ashley 1. I was stationed in Las Vegas, Nev., at Nellis Air Force Base ... I got a call from my family telling me whats going on. 2. Confusion. 3. Absolutely, vigilance, and just be more aware, walking through airports, walking around, just more aware of whats going on in your surroundings.
Master Sgt. Clifton Wilbert, 39
Kingston 1. I was working night shift. 2. I thought about the firefighters and what they had to do ... it was an enormous task. 3. Increased security at airports, which, you know, Im all for ... got used to it, its a way of life now.
Bill Jonathan, 43
Wilkes-Barre 1. I was in fifth grade. 2. The world is about to end. 3. No.
William Hargett, 22
Yatesville 1. I was at work. 2. Safety of the people. 3. You know what, probably it should have, but it really hasnt, other than around this time of the year, you think about the people and you feel sorry for them, the children whose parents were lost.
Tom Pepperling, 51
Plains Township 1. I was actually in history class, world cultures, at Bishop Hoban High School. 2. I was just nervous and fearful for friends and family who lived in New York and, you know, just very scared of what it meant for our future. 3. I think Im a little bit more cautious of my surroundings, and I guess a little bit more careful in general.
Jill Houseknecht, 25
Luzerne 1. I saw it; I was right across the street at Chase Manhattan Plaza, which was right across the street from the Trade Center. 2. Everybody thought it was an accident until we heard it was two planes and then we were wondering what was next. I went to my office on Wall Street and when the tower collapsed, I saw the debris come down the street like a flood, people running into doorways and the whole thing. 3. Well, certainly in the city it did because there were police and National Guard in every corner, checking ID. ... Now I think the security at the airports is much stricter, to an extreme, in fact.
David Ross, 61
Dallas 1. I was on my lunch hour at high school, actually, when it all went down, at Dallas Senior High. 2. Very confused, cause we really didnt have any details It was kind of spreading word, and everyone was freaking out, didnt know what was going on, bombs, stuff like that ... very confusing. 3. I would say a lot more cautious, take necessary steps, precautionary steps Things you used to take for granted, you kind of like put a little more caution towards.
Frank Gibbons, 24
Wilkes-Barre 1. I was at my house, I got in my car, and then I turned on the radio. 2. I think we were all just trying to make sense of a very chaotic situation. 3. I sympathize with some of the people that were in that building at the time because there were some people from Wilkes-Barre that were there.
Wilbur Hayes, 74
Yatesville 1. I was at work ... we had just gotten to the office. 2. My God, like, what were they going to hit next? 3. Probably didnt go to too many places.
Fran Connors, 57
Wilkes-Barre 1. I was home watching TV, I saw the whole thing. I saw the two towers go, and it was like a mass of people running, just running ... it was just awful. 2. I felt really bad for it ... I felt bad for the people, I felt bad for the families. 3. Yeah, I hear about the terrorists.
Myra Smulovitz, 60s
Scranton 1. I was at work at Pocono Mountain High School. 2. We took a break and we thought it was just an airplane that went into the tower. And then while we were taking our break, another one went in and then we figured, well, this is no longer an accident. 3. Not really.
Tony Leitza, 68
Nanticoke 1. I was home, and I had three daughters in New York City at the time. 2. I was all worried about them, I was worried about what happened to them, or where they were, or what was going on, and, in fact, my one daughters husband worked right at ground zero. 3. Oh definitely, not personally, but you know what happened in our country now everything thats going on, the politics of it.
Dave Krafchik, 68
Kingston 1. I was at home in my living room watching television. 2. I didnt know what occurred ... I was a wreck, as we all were. 3. I think Im a little more conscious of my surroundings; Im a little more frightened, for sure.
Sarah Frace, 37
Atlantic City, N.J. 1. I was in New Jersey at the time. 2. Wow, I was, like, really shocked. 3. The government now is all messed up, its hard to get jobs.
Dominic Walker, 21
Larksville 1. I was sleeping in bed, but I was watching Good Morning America. 2. Somethings really radically going on here, something drastic, I couldnt believe it, my eyes, I mean, what I was seeing. 3. Well, yeah, I am more cautious. I think we should have more peace on earth here, pray for it, thats my opinion ... its a dangerous world right now.
Pat Cervenak, 70
Shavertown 1. I was at work. 2. I think I was in shock. 3. I think I am very much more cautious, much more cautious about whats going on around me, yeah, absolutely.
Sonia Jones, 47
Wilkes-Barre 1. I was home, it was in the morning. I got up and put the TV on and said, Oh my goodness! 2. That was terrible; I thought, gee, why did they do that? ... Then I sat there and I started to cry. 3. I hope they never do that ... I hope they never knock any other buildings down. I would like for it to stay nice and calm.
Virginia Curry, 78
Pittston 1. At home and I was watching the news at the time. 2. Shock, I guess. 3. No, not really.
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ELEANOR STANLUS, of Tunkhannock Avenue, West Pittston, passed away Monday, September 5, 2011. Born June 13, 1915, in West Pittston, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Eva Wallaconis (Stanlus). She was loved by everybody who knew her. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Andrew and Joseph; and sisters, Mary Dovin, Frances Resky, Albert Eustice and Margaret Sivilich. Surviving are her nieces, Karen Czwalina, Laura Fetchick and Linda Jendrzejewski; and nephews, Robert Dovin and Harry Eustice. Most of her elder years were devoted to her niece, Karen, whom she adored. She also enjoyed her family and friends at Smith Assisted Living Facility. She will be deeply missed. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, Division Street, Wilkes-Barre. CAROL MIKOLS, 62, of Exeter, passed away Friday, September 9, 2011. Funeral arrangements are pending from Bednarski Funeral Home, 168 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. JOHN J. GREGOSH JR., 77, a lifelong resident of Clarks Summit, passed away Friday, September 9, 2011, in Scranton. Born in Clarks Summit, on May 14, 1934, he was a son of the late John J. Sr., and Anna Tirpak Gregosh. He was preceded in death by his son John J. Gregosh III. Surviving are his wife, the former Jean Greenfield; brother, Joseph Gregosh and wife, Helen; sister, Mary Jane Franko; nieces and nephews and greatnieces and great-nephews. Private funeral services have been scheduled for Tuesday at the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge, to be conducted by the Rev. Gary J. Mensinger. Interment will follow in St. Nicholas of Myra Parish Cemetery. Relatives and friends may pay their respects from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Please visit www.KearneyFuneralHome.com for directions or to leave an online condolence. ALBINA S. LORD, funeral has been rescheduled for noon Tuesday from the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc., Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. The Rev. Donald A. Roberts Sr. will be officiating. The interment will be held in Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home. REV. ROBERT G. MACINTYRE, the memorial service scheduled for Saturday, September 10, was postponed. Rescheduled service information will be published as soon as it becomes available. Arrangements are being held by the Hugh B Hughes & son Inc., Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. ANTHONY PACHICK, 50, of Wilkes-Barre Township, died suddenly Thursday, September 8, 2011, at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Va. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Andrew Strish Funeral Home, 11 Wilson St., Larksville.
The Rev. William R. Ribando

William R. Ribando, C.S.C., T he Rev.died peacefully Friday, September 9, 2011, at Holy Cross
Violet Evans
September 7, 2011
Ashley, was V iolet Evans, of by our Lord called peacefully
Martha W. Lake
September 8, 2011
artha W. Lake, 79, of Dallas, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, September 8, 2011, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born February 22, 1932, in Alderson, Harveys Lake, she was a daughter of the late Harold and Adelaide Hawley. Martha was always a devoted wife and homemaker who loved to read and was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Preceding her in death were her loving husband Charles M. Lake Sr.; sisters, Florence, Goldie, and Bertha; and brothers, Harold, Dwight, Robert, and Don. She is survived by a sister, Marjorie Eicher and husband, Wilmer, Montana; sisters-in-law, Anna Mae Westbrook, Wilkes-Barre, and Joan Lake, Jackson; sons, Charles M. Lake Jr., and his wife, Jo Anne, Hunlock Creek, and Jeffrey Lake, Harveys Lake; daughters, Patricia Vaughan and her husband, Bill, Belcamp, Md., and Elizabeth Lake, Dallas; grandsons, Eric Sweeney and his wife, Shannon, Harrisburg, Michael Sweeney, Belcamp, Md., Charles M. Lake III, Mountain Top, and Christopher Garrison, Sweet Valley; granddaughters, Michelle Jenkins and her husband, Russell, Burgettstown, and Heather Harvey and her husband, Troy, Factoryville; 12 great-grandchildren; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Martha will be dearly missed by all of her family and friends, and by her devoted companion, Scooter. The children would like to give a special thank you to Sarah Roncevich, who was a cherished friend to our mother and was by her side without hesitation any time she needed her. Services were held privately by the family. Donations, if desired, may be made to the Back Mountain Memorial Library, where she was a weekly visitor for many years. Arrangements are by The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 672 Memorial Highway, Dallas.
House on the campus of the University of Notre Dame after a long struggle with Parkinsons disease. A native of Williamsport, he was a son of Dorothy Nardi Ribando and her late husband William Ribando. A 1956 graduate of Williamsport High School, he joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1958 and graduated from Stonehill College in 1961. After four years of study at the Gregorian University in Rome, he was ordained a priest on December 19, 1964. Father Ribando joined the faculty at Kings College in 1966 and taught until 1974, when he was elected Provincial Superior of the Eastern Province. He obtained a doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of America in 1970. While serving as Provincial, Father Ribando visited Holy Cross missions in Bangladesh, India, Chile and Peru. He returned to Kings in 1983 where he resumed teaching and served several times as chairman of the theology department. Father Ribando was named the Manus-Cooney Distinguished Professor of Humanities and was granted status as Professor Emeritus upon his retirement from Kings College. Father Ribando was well known in the Diocese of Scranton, filling in at various churches for Sunday Mass, officiating at the weddings of his former Kings students, and presiding at the sacraments of his friends, relatives and acquaintances. He was especially welcome at his birth parish, Mater Dolorosa in Williamsport, where he presided regularly during weekend visits to his aging parents. In addition to his mother, he is survived by three sisters, Kay Tighe of Mountain View, Calif., Paula Ribando of Hershey, and Dorothy Kinsman and her husband, Donald,
of Fort Thomas, Ky.; a brother, Robert Ribando and his wife, Cheryl, of Charlottesville, Va.; and five nieces and three grandnieces. Visitation will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of Mary on the campus of Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass., with a Vigil Service at 7:45 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the Chapel of Mary at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery on the Stonehill College campus. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at Kings College at a later date. The family would like to thank the wonderful staff and fellow residents at Holy Cross House for the loving care Father Bill received over the last four years. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to either the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers, Post Office Box 765, Notre Dame, IN 46556-0765; or the Rev. William R. Ribando CSC Scholarship Fund, Kings College, Office of Institutional Advancement, 133 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. Arrangements are by Kane Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 605 Washington St., (Rte.138) Easton, Mass. For directions or condolences visit www.kanefuneralhome.com.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Violet was preceded in death by her son Robert Bobby Robinson, III. She is survived in death by her husband, Brian Butch Evans; and her six children, Violet Reese and her husband, Jack, of Pensacola, Fla.; Donald Robinson of WilkesBarre; Bonnie Staples of Pensacola, Fla.; Thomas Robinson and his wife, Diane, of Pittston; Edward Robinson of Harrisburg, and Judy Schaller of Wilkes-Barre; 14 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the William A. Reese Funeral Chapel, 56 Rear Gaylord Ave., Plymouth. She will be laid to rest at Idetown Cemetery, Idetown in Lehman Township. Friends may call
from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday with service to follow at 11a.m. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The Alzheimers Association. http://act.alz.org/goto/violet.evans We Love You Nanny.
James R. Wallace
September 5, 2011
R. Wallace, 70, of J amesCommunity MedicalDickson City, died Monday, September 5, 2011, at Center
in Scranton. He was born in Wilkes-Barre to the late Robert Wallace and Margaret (Roberts) Wallace Hambley, and he served in the U.S. Air Force in the Vietnam era. James is survived by his children, Richard Wallace of Dupont and Amy Wallace Risinger of East Stroudsburg; grandchildren, LeeAnn Anderscavage, Kaitlyn Wallace, and Ian and Finn Risinger; sister, Patricia Hufford of Kingston; step-father Ivan P. Hambley of White Haven; as well as longtime companion, Jean Mullen of Dickson City. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at
the Betz-Jastremski Funeral Home, 568 Bennett St., Luzerne. To light a virtual candle or leave a message of condolence for his family, please visit www.betzjastremski.com.
Jane-Rae Millard
August 29, 2011
Village in Newtown. A resident of Newtown since 1955, Mrs. Millard graduated from Kingston High School and Wilson College, Chambersburg. She received a masters degree from Trenton State College. After several years in the administration at Bucks County Community College, she served many years as Executive Director of several YWCA branches, including Langhorne and Kensington in Philadelphia. She also wrote for the Delaware Valley Advance. A central tenet of Mrs. Millards life, a focus of both her career and her volunteer work, was to empower and support women in crisis. She served on the boards of Soroptimists and Libert, a residential drug and alcohol program for women and their families, and was a longtime supporter of and activist for Planned Parenthood of Bucks County and NOVA, the Network of Victims Assistance. She served Newtown Friends Meeting in various capacities throughout her life, including longtime member and Clerk of the Meeting. Jane-Rae was the wife of Ernest H. Millard from 1947 until his death in 1993. She will be missed by her seven children, Martha, of New York, N.Y.; Tracy Loe, of Arvada, Colo.; Jeanette, of Acton, Mass.; Davis, of New Tripoli; Ellen Krajewski, of Liberty; Duggan, of Boston, Mass., and Benjamin, of Riegelsville; and by her 10 grandchildren, Evangeline, Gabriel, Hai, Ian, Jacquie, Jane, Lucy, Peta, Rae, and Vinca. A concert in memory of JaneRaes life will be held at Pennswood Village, 1382 Langhorne Newtown Road, Newtown, at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 6, 2011. Light refreshments will be served. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mrs. Millards memory can be made to the following organizations; Planned Parenthood of Bucks County, 610 Louis Dr., Warminster, PA 18974-2828, www.ppbucks.org; or NOVA, 2370 York Road, Ste. B1, Jamison, PA 18929, www.novabucks.org. Arrangements are under the direction of the Swartz/Givnish Funeral Home, Newtown. 215-968-3891. To share your fondest memory of JaneRae, please visit www.lifecelebration.com. 1-800-GIVNISH. The Times Leader publishes free obituaries, which have a 27-line limit, and paid obituaries, which can run with a photograph. A funeral home representative can call the obituary desk at (570) 829-7224, send a fax to (570) 829-5537 or e-mail to tlobits@timesleader.com. If you fax or e-mail, please call to confirm. Obituaries must be submitted by 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Obituaries must be sent by a funeral home or crematory, or must name who is handling arrangements, with address and phone number. We discourage handwritten notices; they incur a $15 typing fee. (Zimmerman) Millard, 85, died J ane-Rae peacefullyinMonday, August 29, 2011, at home Pennswood
Isadora Bradshaw DeCinti

September 9, 2011
I sadora Bradshaw DeCinti, 102, of Washington Square Apartments,
Margaret Flora
September 9, 2011
Flora, 83, High M argaret Wilkes-Barre,of passed Street,
John Butchko
September 9, 2011
Former Swoyersville Councilman John Butchko passed away Friday, September 9, 2011, at the Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital. Born in Wilkes-Barre Township, a son of the late Charles and Anna Kish Butchko, John was a member of Holy Trinity Church, Swoyersville. He was employed by the Wyoming Valley Sewer Authority. John was a U.S. Army Veteran and was one of the Guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He was a member of the American Legion Post 644, Swoyersville. John was also a founding member of the Society of Honor Guard Tomb of Unknown Soldier. He was very active in politics and served as a Councilman for the Borough of Swoyersville for many years. He was preceded in death by siblings, Ann, Marge, Mary, Michael and Helen. Surviving are his wife, the former Rosemarie Washko; children, Lynne McCann, Swoyersville; Maria Figmic, Nanticoke; John, Swoyersville, and Tammy Cook, Swoyersville; grandchildren, Abriel McCann, John and Matthew Butchko, Joshua, Ronald, Charles and Nicholas Cook; as well as sisters, Elizabeth Zbegner and Jean Miscavage, both of Plains Township. Funeral for John will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Lehman-Gregory Funeral Home Inc., 281 Chapel St., Swoyersville, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Holy Trinity Church, Swoyersville. Interment will be held in the parish cemetery, Swoyersville. Family and friends may pay their respect to Johns family from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. A wake service will be conducted Monday evening. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund or the St. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen, Wilkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre, passed away Friday, September 9, 2011, at Northeast Pennsylvania Hospice in Scranton. She was born July 8, 1909, in Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Engel Mangold. She attended St. Nicholas School in Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. DeCinti was self-employed as a seamstress. She was a member of St. Nicholas Church in WilkesBarre, where she was active with the Senior Citizens Club and as a volunteer at the annual church bazaar. She was also a volunteer at the St. Vincent DePaul Kitchen in Wilkes-Barre. Isadora was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Bradshaw, in 1957; and by her second husband, Mario DeCinti, in 1992. She was also preceded in death by her sons, Thomas, Richard and Robert Bradshaw; by her brothers, Carl, Claude, William, Joseph and Francis Mangold; and sisters, Helen Dress, Margaret Harley, Irene Thennes, and Marion Mangold. Surviving are daughter Marion Berrini, Wilkes-Barre; son Kenneth Bradshaw, Wilkes-Barre Township; daughters-in-law, Margaret Bradshaw, Wilkes-Barre, Romaine Bradshaw, Baltimore, Md., and Mary Ann Bradshaw, Ocala, Fla.; grandchildren, Robert Bradshaw, Thomas Bradshaw, Colleen ODonnell, Eileen Kondraski, Dominick Berri-
ni, Michele Casey, Diane Puchalski, Michael Berrini, Kenneth Bradshaw and Kimberly McNulty; 23 greatgrandchildren; three great-greatgrandchildren; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday from the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 9:30 a.m. in St. Nicholas Church, 226 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be in St. Marys Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to St. Nicholas Church, 226 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Online condolences may be sent to www.natandgawlasfuneralhome.com.
away early Friday morning, September 9, 2011, at Timber Ridge Health Care Center, Plains Township. Margaret was born in Edwardsville, on December 15, 1927, a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Wampole) Watkins. Margaret attended West Side Schools and was employed by several local textile factories. She owned and operated Margies Tavern in Wilkes-Barre for many years. After her retirement, Margaret enjoyed traveling on numerous cruise ships to the eastern and western hemispheres. She was a true world traveler. Margaret had made many friends throughout the years. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Flora; sister, Mary; and brothers, Thomas, LeRoy, Russell and Charlie. Surviving are a daughter Patricia Patty, Ashley; sons, John, Blytheburn; Leonard, Bear Creek; LeRoy,
Wilkes-Barre, and Barry, WilkesBarre; 20 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. A blessing service for Margaret will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the George A. Strish Inc., Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley. The Rev. Carol E. Coleman will officiate. Family and friends may call from 6 p.m. until the time of service Tuesday. Private interment will be held at the convenience of the family.
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BORZELL John, viewing and funeral are postponed until further notice due to flooding. CARUSO Patricia, planned services have been postponed. Rescheduled service information will be published as soon as it becomes available. Updates will be posted at www.celebrateherlife.com. FOGIE Deborah, funeral 11 a.m. Monday at Christ United Methodist Church, 175 S. Main Road, Mountain Top. Friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m. at the church. GODFREY Herbert, planned services have been postponed. Rescheduled service information will be published as soon as it becomes available. Updates will be posted at www.celebratehislife.com. HEISER Charles, Due to the inclement weather the funeral is rescheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday from the Wroblewski Funeral Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in Holy Name/ Saint Marys Church, Swoyersville. Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas, where military honors will be accorded by the U.S. Army. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. HILL Barbara, memorial Mass 7 p.m. Sept. 26 in the All Saints Church, 66 Willow St., Plymouth. KRESGE Robert, the Friday funeral has been postponed until Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in the Bennett Presbyterian Church, 501 Bennett St., Luzerne. The Kresge family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. until time of service Tuesday in the church. LIPINSKI Theresa, Memorial Mass 10 a.m. Saturday in the Holy Name/St. Marys Church, 283 Shoemaker St., Swoyersville. MACINTYRE Rev. Robert, memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of Christ Uniting, Market and Sprague streets, Kingston. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of service Saturday. PEARSALL Adrian, funeral services for this weekend have been postponed one week, until Sept. 17 and 18. Calling hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 17, and the funeral from Church of Christ Uniting will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18. SEARFOSS Dorothy, funeral 11 a.m. Monday in the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. TENSA Elaine, funeral has been cancelled for this weekend. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date to appear in a weekend edition of The Times Leader. TIRPAK David, funeral rescheduled for 9 a.m. Monday from the Simon S. Russin Funeral Home, 136 Maffett St., Plains Township. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in the former Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today. WALSH Gerald, Memorial Mass 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Holy Family Parish, 828 Main St., Sugar Notch. YEDENAK Mae, memorial service has been rescheduled for Friday at the Baloga Funeral Home Inc., 1201 Main St., Pittston (Port Griffith).
Dennis Earl Freeman

September 10, 2011
Dennis Earl He enjoyed electronics, hunting, Freeman, 62, fishing and flying miniature airof Berwick, planes. He also was a HAM Radio opwent home to erator (N3GQM), and he enjoyed rebe with his pairing computers and acquiring Lord and Sav- knowledge. ior Jesus In addition to his father, Dennis Christ Satur- was preceded in death by his sister, day, Septem- Cynthia Force. ber 10, 2011, after a lengthy illness. Dennis will be sadly missed by his Born in Berwick, on July 23, wife, his mother and his children, Aa1949, he was a son of Lois (Adams) ron Freeman and his wife, Tina, Forty Freeman, Berwick, and the late Fort; Jennifer Crane and her husVan Gilbert Freeman. band, Barry, Berwick, and Rebecca He married the former Beth A. Artley and her husband, James, BerMatthews on August 2, 1969. They wick; his nine grandchildren, Caleb had just celebrated their 42nd wed- Freeman, an airman with the USAF; ding anniversary. Angelina Freeman, Hannah, Isaac, JaDennis was a graduate of Bercob and Lydia Mattive; Matthew and wick High School and a 20-year Emily Gilbert and Owen Artley; his veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Densiblings, Van Freeman and his wife, nis was a Vietnam veteran who Pat, Apex, N.C.; Barry Freeman and achieved the rank of Master Sergeant. He was an aircrew instruc- his wife, Joan, Berwick, and Terri tor prior to his retirement in 1991. Belles and her husband, Tim, BerAfter leaving the Air force, Den- wick. He was very close to his nieces, nis was employed by multiple em- nephews, cousins and aunts. Friends will be received from 7 ployers. He worked for the Red to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the McMiRock Job Corp. as a computer instructor; was a network engineer chael & Rairigh Funeral Home Inc., at Harley Davidson, York; North 119-121 E. Third St., Berwick. His fuCentral Digital, Danville; and Ben- neral service will be at noon Wednesco Dental in Wilkes-Barre as a com- day at the funeral home. There will puter repairman. He had also be an hour of visitation from 11 a.m. worked at Wise Foods, Berwick, until noon Wednesday. Interment and as a truck driver with Trans will be at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Systems and Calex Trucking. In keeping with the wishes of the Dennis was an active member of the New Testament Assembly of deceased, contributions may be God Church, Millville, where he made to the family to cover medical served as an office assistant. and funeral expenses.
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a third of the class time on terrorism, which includes 9/11. Other social By MARK GUYDISH studies classes mguydish@timesleader.com usually will spend at least a class or two. Though Gilroy admitted Is 9/11 history? If being part of college text- that may not sound like a lot, he books is the criteria, then yes, the noted the high school uses attacks 10 years ago became his- block scheduling, with classes tory as quickly as new tomes lasting about 90 minutes instead of the traditional 45. could be printed. There are full 9/11 high school The faculty changes books often because they want the latest curricula available from various editions with the latest facts, sources New Jersey officials unUniversity of Scranton Political veiled a new voluntary curricuScience Professor William Par- lum in July. Gilroy said Dallas had looked at a lot of that materiente said. If being in high school text- al but found most are in depth, books is the yardstick, then the and we would have to give a quarter of our time for that one answer largely is no. course. It can be Its mentioned in class briefly from Its mentioned in tough enough just covering all the time to time, but there is no formal les- class briefly from things the state says must be covson or presentation, time to time, but ered. except what is utiDallas added lized close to or on there is no formal Sept. 11th, Wyoming lesson or present- 9/11 explicitly to the Current Valley West Superination, except World class in tendent Chuck Suppart because Prinpon said. The admin- what is utilized cipal Jeffrey istration is mulling close to or on Schaeffer firmly new ideas about believes it beteaching Sept 11, but Sept. 11th. for the most part it is Chuck Suppon longs somewhere still an individual Wyoming Valley West in high school choice for teachers. superintendent studies. Schaeffer said a friend in This is true for the New York most teachers in most public schools nationwide. City fire department died in the Education Week recently report- attacks. ed a new study that found, of 48 states and the District of Colum- Colleges add 9/11 quicker In colleges and universities, bia where curriculum standards have been revised since 2001, on- the story is quite different. The ly 20 specifically mention 9/11 Sept. 11 attacks got into textas a content standard, a substan- books and course work fairly dard, or an example. Another 15 quickly, several local professors mention terrorism or the war on said, though they noted a big difterror. The Sept. 11 attacks are ference in textbook dynamics benot an explicit part of Pennsylva- tween secondary and higher education. Taxpayers buy the former nias education standards. Which means teachers are not while students buy the latter. Textbooks are rewritten every obliged to mention it, though couple of years because they they can and do. We incorporate it into the want to sell new editions, Current World curriculum, said Wilkes University Political SciDallas Social Studies Chair Tom ence Professor Tom Baldino said Gilroy. Students can spend up to bluntly. By comparison, public
Most public schools have no formal presentations planned on terror attacks.
While many other American Government textbooks had been revised to include 9/11, Harris believes her book was one of the first penned from scratch after the attacks, thus allowing her and Montclair State University professor Brigid Callahan Harrison to fully integrate 9/11 throughout the book. It really impacted several chapters, Harris said. The chapter on civil liberties may be the most obvious, but 9/11 had major impacts on chapters covering foreign policy, bureaucracy and immigration. Events have unfolded quickly enough to release a second edition in 2010, and a third edition is in the works for publication in 2012. And Harris predicted 9/11 and the aftermath will be a big part of textbooks for a long time. It helps explain changes in government policy, court decisions and other changes, so its not something thats going to quickly leave government textbooks.
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University of Scranton Professor Jean Harris holds her textbook, American Democracy Now, in her office in Scranton.
schools have increasingly deferred purchasing new textbooks as tax-funded budgets grow tighter. College textbooks certainly do incorporate 9/11, noted Brian Carso, director of Misericordia Universitys government, law and national security program. But the interpretation of the events is still out there for debate. Its been a source of politicization, so its hard to get at the meaning. Some aspects are obvious. You can talk about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a product of 9/11, Carso said. There also are the changes in security at airports and federal buildings. Other issues are more difficult simply because they remain in flux. The most interesting question in the last eight or 10 year is the question of civil liberties versus national security, Carso said. Its the most interesting, if not the central question, that
concerns our high level courts as we try to figure out what is the exchange we are willing to tolerate. The challenge is in trying to draw historical lessons and draw implications. I dont think our textbooks do that, Carso said, adding that theres a good reason they should. It is amazing how even the quietist student will engage on this subject Student interest was a big motivator for University of Scranton Political Science Professor Jean Harris when she co-authored the textbook American Democracy Now, first available in 2008. The book uses a Then, now and next framework. For example, Defining U.S. Foreign Policy cites the cold war in the 1980s, compares it to the current U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and asks What new realities will shape U.S. foreign and national defense policies? among other questions.
Discussions may vary Whether 9/11 is discussed in class doesnt hinge on its presence in textbooks. University of Scrantons Parente uses Harriss book, but concedes he doesnt raise the issue in lectures. I dont think in the last 10 years Ive ever discussed September 11th in my National Government Class, Parente said. Students are required to read the book, and they are told the material may end up on the tests, but I see my job as trying to teach the students how the American Government functions, how the legislature functions, how interest groups, media and the federal judiciary function. Those issues have roots in the Constitution and the founding fathers. At Wilkes, on the other hand, Baldino said he finds himself injecting 9/11 into his discussions even though its not in his textbooks. Its a contemporary example of a historic phenomenon after tragedies: Americans come together and rally in a way that few other countries do. The attacks also created a rare
exception to an old problem of how difficult it is to reorganize mammoth bureaucratic structures, Baldino said. 9/11 is an example of an emergency that actually eased the reorganization. And although he and others may be discussing the attacks with students who were only in second or third grade when they occurred, Baldino said 9/11 is far more relevant to todays students than landmark events he used to mention. I cant even bring up John F. Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis, he said. I might as well be talking about ancient Greek history. Unlike Harris, Baldino suspects 9/11s place in textbooks will shrink as other events crop up. His immediate forecast: What will be apparent in the next textbook on American government will be the debt battle. The impact of 9/11 will remain a very long time, but distance will make it less personal for upcoming generations, Baldino believes. We all live with the consequences, with the extra security. But people may disassociate those things from 9/11. The more accustomed we get with security measures, the more we forget to ask why we have them. Thats probably not a good thing, Baldino said. He cited the current debate about cutting Medicare and Social Security, suggesting its important to discuss whether the underlying need that justified those programs still exists, and not simply how much we want to spend on them.. Misericordias Carso believes 9/11 will reverberate for many more decades. Some people say it was like Pearl Harbor, but that had a very immediate and intense effect by drawing us into World War II, Carso said. I think 9/11 is more like the beginning of the Cold War. It went on for 50 years and had enormous implications for American life and foreign policy. By that measure, this 10th anniversary of 9/11 is barely the beginning of the lesson.
Too young to remember the day the world changed forever

While aware of the impact of 9/11, the young dont remember the attacks.
By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE Most people who were teenagers or older on Sept. 11, 2001, can recall vividly where they were when they first heard that an airplane, then another, had crashed into the World Trade Center. Though stunned, most had a sense as they watched the twin towers fall that they were witnessing something colossal and historic, and as America changed in the days, weeks and years that followed, could trace those changes back to a point in our own lives, when they witnessed the world changing. But what of the younger generation who have been raised in an America profoundly aware of the impact of 9/11, but whose recollections of the attacks are much more vague? I was in kindergarten, said 13-year-old Thomas Kozerski, now a freshman at James M. Coughlin High School. My kindergarten teacher pulled me aside and said your dad was OK, because my dad was working in New York at the time. My first question was: Why? What happened? And then she told me about the twin towers, and I didnt even know what the twin towers were, so I didnt understand at all. I was home at the time, said his classmate, 14-year-old Michael Yanchuck. All I remember was watching the TV. I just remember a lot of smoke and fire, and the announcer sounded really uneasy. I knew something bad was going on, but I didnt know exactly what, but by the expression on (family members) faces I knew that it had to be pretty serious. The recollections of many
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Coughlin High School freshman Cassie Cebula
Coughlin High School freshman Thomas Kozerski
Coughlin High School freshman Caitlyn McAtee
Bethany Paulukonis, left, talks about her recollections of 9/11 , as her freshman classmates at Coughlin High School Bethany Paul Lukonis, Thomas Kozerski, Michael Yanchuck, Caitlyn McAtee, and Kassie Cebula listen.
current Coughlin students are similarly fuzzy. Most were between 4 and 8 years old in September 2001, and their memories tend to be more emotional than specific. In one group of seven seniors, all said they hadnt heard of the World Trade Center before the attacks. I was about to go to school, senior Jacob Kruika, 17, said of
the morning of the attack. I went downstairs to the living room, and as I went downstairs, my mom was like crying, looking at the screen. Kruika said he didnt learn the details of the attacks until he arrived at Regis Elementary School and school faculty explained what was happening. I really didnt understand, he
said. I knew two planes hit (buildings), but I didnt know it was on purpose, or why I didnt even know it was in New York City. Teachers at the high school said they have had to adapt the way they teach and discuss 9/11 with their students because the students lack the teachers clear memories of the day. That immediate awareness is gone, social studies teacher Brandon McCabe said. Unless they have relatives that are in New York City or were affected by it, that immediate connection to what happened, to me, has gone away. A lot of them had a shared memory of it, he continued. They were in so-and-sos class together and learned about it. Part of keeping a memory alive is talking about it now and then, and I would encourage kids to do that. I used to be able to ask kids: Did you ever go to the World Trade Center? But now thats gone by. Unlike his current students, McCabe, 33, can remember clearly the paranoia that followed the attacks. I was dating a girl at the time and she ran beauty pageants for kids, he said. Every mall that we went to for these pageants, people were thinking, is this next? Are we going to get hit? So can Cliff Jones, a 53-yearold social studies teacher who learned of the attacks while teaching his first-period class. It was a very quick buzz throughout the school, Jones said. I actually put it on (television) for the kids. I had seniors and juniors at the time, so at that particular time I put it on. There werent questions right away, he continued. I think that we were trying to process it at that time. It was something that was new to all of us. We kind of just took it in terms of what was going on, and then we had some discussions.
But Jones also argued that though their memories of the attacks may be few, students still can appreciate their impact today. I think they have an awareness of it, he said. Theyre conscious of terrorism. The students said theyve learned about the attacks in class, at annual in-school remembrance ceremonies, by talking to their parents and from media. All said they had since seen video of the attacks and the collapse of the towers. The schools do a memorial of 9/11, Yanchuck said. It was probably around second or third grade at one of the memorials that I really understood what happened. When it hit me about how many people died, it was shocking.
The changes in transportation security and defense that have taken place since 9/11 have been more challenging for the teens to grasp. Freshman Amber Colleran, 14, said todays more stringent airport security measures seem normal because Ive never known not doing that. But my dad talked about how you used to be able to just get on planes, she continued. That is not normal to me. Going through security is normal to me. And thats another difference in the generations, Jones said. I think the changes are something that we have had to adapt to; theyre changes for us, said Jones. They didnt have to adapt to it at all. I think its part of the lifestyle of that generation.
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No evidence of terrorists in U.S.

Authorities are still maintaining a high alert in event of possible attack on 9/11 anniversary.
By MATT APUZZO Associated Press
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Vigilant in Afghanistan
Pfc. Alex Jackson, 20, of Duluth, Minn., with the U.S. Armys Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, hikes past burning rubbish to man a hilltop observation post Saturday at Combat Outpost Monti in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence agencies have found no evidence that alQaida has sneaked any terrorists into the country for a strike coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, senior officials said Saturday. But authorities kept a high alert as investigators looked for proof of a plot possibly timed to disrupt events planned today in Washington or New York. Since late Wednesday, counterterror-
ism officials have chased a tip that alQaida may have sent three men to the U.S. on a mission to detonate a car bomb in either city. At least two of those men could be U.S. citizens, according to the tip. No intelligence supported that tip as of Saturday, and officials continued to question the validity of the initial information. While such tips are common among intelligence agencies, this one received more attention, and government officials chose to speak publicly about it, because of the connection to the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. Al-Qaida long has hoped to strike again on the anniversary. At the FBI field office in Washington, assistant director James McJunkin de-
scribed the tip and the response as routine. The U.S. already had bolstered security nationwide before the upcoming anniversary and anticipated an increase in tips. We expect were going to get an increase in threats and investigative activity around high-profile dates and events, he said. This is a routine response for us. Its routine because its muscle memory. Intelligence analysts have looked at travel patterns and behaviors of people who recently entered the country. While they have singled out a few people for additional scrutiny, none has shown any involvement in a plot, according to the senior U.S. officials, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the investigation.
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A Port Authority police officer walks towards a commuter train station near ground zero Saturday in New York.
More than 570 aboard are recovered from aging, crowded ferry
TS Maria is weakening
Maria weakened T ropical Stormneared Puerto Rico slightly as it
and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday, but no further change in strength is expected, forecasters said. The storm had winds of 45 mph with higher gusts and was located 245 miles east of San Juan, Puerto Rico, late Saturday afternoon, said the U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. All tropical storm warnings have been discontinued. As the storm approached, tourists lounged on the beach in the popular travel destination of Condado to soak up the sun. We just decided, you know what, even if it hits, we dont care, said 29year-old Keri Chitester. We just wanted to get out of Pittsburgh. Puerto Rican officials warned Maria could dump up to 6 inches of rain on already saturated soil, leading to numerous landslides in what has been one of the rainiest years on record.
Chief of Libyas ex-rebels in charge

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil arrived in Tripoli to head the interim government.
By BEN HUBBARD and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI Associated Press
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A ship headed for one of Tanzanias top tourist destinations sank into the deep sea early Saturday morning.
GOLDENDALE, WASH.
Wildfire displaces hundreds

Nearly 650 firefighters battled a wildfire in the tinder-dry forests near Washington states Satus Pass on Saturday, as hundreds of residents awaited word on when they might be allowed to return home. The fire burning 20 miles north of the Columbia River and about 10 miles north of the city of Goldendale was 20 percent contained. The fire has burned more than 6 square miles but was holding steady at about 4,200 acres, fire incident spokesman Dale Warriner said. The blaze has burned 64 buildings. Fire officials have confirmed that nine of those structures are homes, but that number is expected to rise upon further investigation.
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Its unclear how many people were killed or how many people were on the vessel when it capsized.
By ALI SULTAN Associated Press
200 may be dead in sinking

rescued, suggesting the boat was overloaded. Some survivors said the boats capacity was about 600. Those lucky enough to find something to cling to floated in the dark waters for at least three hours until the strong currents began to wash them up on the white sandy shores of Zanzibar. As the sun rose, news of the tragedy had already spread throughout the community and thousands of people were on the beach, desperately hoping their family members would be the next to emerge from the waves. One man too upset to give his name screamed over and over again the names of 25 missing family members, including his sisters, wife and grandsons. Throughout the day, police waded through the clear waters to shore, carrying bodies on stretchers, wrapped in brightly colored cloth and blankets. The smallest bundles the children they carried in their arms. Its unclear how many people were killed or how many people were on the boat when it capsized. A reporter for ITV, a local television station, said he had seen 189 bodies. The president of Zanzibar, Ali Mohammed Shein, said 572 people had been rescued and declared three days of mourning for the disaster. A survivor, Khamis Mohamed, said it was carrying hundreds more than its official capacity of 600. Dozens of Tanzanians on the island of Zanzibar who spoke to The Associated Press expressed anger that the boat had been allowed to leave port at all and asserted it was overloaded. Residents of Stone Town said they had frequently referred to the vessel as a disaster waiting to happen.
Trade minister resigns

Japans new trade minister resigned Saturday over a remark seen as insensitive to nuclear evacuees, dealing a blow to a government that took office just eight days ago in the hopes it could better tackle the daunting tsunami recovery. To the people of Japan and especially Fukushima prefecture, I apologize for causing deep distrust, Yoshio Hachiro said at a late-night news conference. He said he informed Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of his decision during an evening meeting. Noda, who took office and installed a new Cabinet on Sept. 2, accepted it after spending most of the day visiting Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, hard-hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
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STONE TOWN, Tanzania Passengers on the aging, crowded boat headed for one of Tanzanias top tourist destinations said they realized something was wrong when the overnight ferry began to list from side to side. Then water rushed through and killed the engines, sending the M.V. Spice Islanders upside down and pitching hundreds of people into the deep sea early Saturday morning. A witness counted nearly 200 bodies, and the president of the nearby island of Zanzibar said more than 570 people were
TRIPOLI, Libya The chief of Libyas former rebels arrived in Tripoli on Saturday, greeted by a boisterous red carpet ceremony meant to show hes taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi. But even as Libyas new leaders tried to consolidate control over the vast country, Gadhafi loyalists pushed back hard against an assault on the town of Bani Walid, one of Gadhafis remaining strongholds, in a sign that the battle is far from over. Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the anti-Gadhafi forces National Transitional Council, landed Saturday at an air force base on the outskirts of Tripoli. A tattered red carpet was rolled out, and hundreds of fighters and officials in suits rushed toward the plane as he walked down the steps. Some flashed victory signs or shouted God is great. Abdul-Jalil was mobbed by the crowd as he tried to make his way to the air force building. At one point, a fistfight broke out between two guards. One of the guards waved a pistol in the air and was knocked down by bystanders using a metal detector and a potted plant before AbdulJalil was rushed into a secure area. No shots were fired.
Forget rain and snow, its budget woes that might halt the mail
from the federal retirement plan to The U.S. Postal Service is struggling Tony Conway, a 34-year post office first-class mail flow to plummet. Donahoe has a plan to turn things one of its own. veteran who now heads the Alliance of as more and more people are Cliff Guffey, president of the Ameraround, if he can get the attention of Nonprofit Mailers. ditching mail for the Internet. Congress and pass a series of hurdles, ican Postal Workers Union, called the Businesses, too.
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID Associated Press
Blackout puzzles officials

Power has been restored to millions of people in the Southwest and Mexico, but questions linger over how such a massive outage could have been caused by a single utility worker doing a minor repair job. Thursdays blackout has puzzled authorities and experts and was a reminder that the nations transmission lines remain all too vulnerable to cascading power failures. There are a lot of critical pieces of equipment on the system and we have less defense than we think, said Rich Sedano at the Regulatory Assistance Project, a utility industry think tank based in Montpelier, Vt.
WASHINGTON Imagine a nation without the Postal Service. No more birthday cards and bills or magazines and catalogs filling the mailbox. Its a worst-case scenario being painted for an organization that lost $8.5 billion in 2010 and seems headed deeper into the red this year. A lot of people would miss it, says
The letter carrier or clerk is the face of the mail. But hanging in the balance is a $1.1 trillion mailing industry that employs more than 8 million people in direct mail, periodicals, catalogs, financial services, charities and other businesses that depend on the post office. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is struggling to keep his moneylosing organization afloat as more and more people are ditching mail in favor of the Internet, causing the lucrative
including union concerns. Donahoe and his predecessor, John Potter, have warned for years of the problems and stressed that the post office will be unable to make a mandated $5.5 billion payment due Sept. 30 to a fund for future medical benefits for retirees. Donahoes longterm solution includes laying off staff beyond the 110,000 cut in the past four years, closing as many as 3,700 offices, eliminating Saturday delivery and switching
proposal outrageous, illegal and despicable. Yet Donahoes efforts are drawing praise from people such as Conway, the head of the nonprofit mailers, who says these are necessary steps that officials have shied away from in the past. Several bills proposing ways to fix the agency are circulating in Congress. One, by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., would impose a control board to make the tough decisions.
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Street property. He said he was denied flood insurance because he was informed he was not in a flood zone. Im not going to get worried about it. Its only material things, he said, as he prepared to move his furniture to the curb for pickup. Partial levee breached A partial levee breached near his home, causing the Lackawanna River, which feeds into the Susquehanna River, to flood 200 to 400 homes in Duryea, said borough Mayor Keith Moss. Residents of Duryea and West Pittston were among the flood victims permitted to return home Saturday morning to see the damage and start cleaning up. West Pittston Mayor Tony Denisco estimated hundreds of properties in his borough were flooded, impacting about a quarter of the boroughs 4,800 residents. Many residents in both municipalities had no flood insurance because they had little or no flooding in the past. The curbs in both towns quickly piled up with heaps of muddy furniture and personal belongings that had to be tossed including antique wood pieces, at least one piano and baby carriages. People struggled to haul out stoves, refrigerators and sofas as their feet sunk into the stillswampy grass or suctioned to the brown slime that coated sidewalks and roadways. Snow shovels were resurrected to scrape mud onto the street, where it mixed with streams of water pumped out of basements. An assortment of items bags, chairs, clothes hung from trees and bushes that had been submerged. One crew of family members took a quick break to refuel with pizza at a sidewalk in West Pittston amidst the chaos of passing heavy equipment, careful to keep their food away from the contamination. Duryea resident Madeline Gillis walked like a zombie down Chittenden Street on Saturday carrying a few salvaged belongings. Her mothers mahogany furniture and other antiques were destroyed. China and crystal were cracked or smashed. Everything on my first floor is gone. Its upside down. Im in shock, Gillis said. Contents lost Mark Naylor, a state police trooper and assistant Pittston Area football coach, lost the entire contents of his Duryea home because he had cleared out the second floor to remodel it. The water rose 5 feet on his first floor. The familys clothing had been in the basement. I cried yesterday. Today I have to get work done, Naylor said as he moved like a machine to rid his home of the flood remains. He bought the Chittenden Street property in 1994 and said he was told he didnt need flood insurance. He had remodeled the kitchen a few years ago and put up new basement stairs and
DAMAGE
Flood-damaged belongings are hung out to dry on Chittenden Street in Duryea on Saturday after flooding of the Lackawanna River.
walls two summers ago. Im fortunate. I have a lot of friends and family. This is what its all about, he said, pointing to the people helping him. I dont want to complain. The guy down the street lost his whole house because of foundation damage. Officials reported foundation damage of several properties in Duryea and West Pittston. Duryea resident Matt Collins returned home Saturday to find a large section of his foundation gone in addition to interior damage from several feet of water that filled his home. Its a terrible loss. We werent DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER expecting this, said Collins, who bought the property in The woman on the right comforts a tearful flood victim on the 2004 with no inkling that it left as they walk on Chittenden Street in Duryea on Saturday. would ever be at risk of flooding. Endless pumping Ken and Annette Hodick and his mother, Mary Alice, spent 14 hours Saturday pumping 5 feet of water from the basement of their Duryea double-block. The furnace, hot water heater and treasured Christmas decorations were ruined. Mary Alice said the property has been in the family for a century and never had flooding, which is why they didnt have flood insurance. This is a lot of devastation for a little town, said Annette Hodick. West Pittston resident Peter Sidari and his family raced to clear out the first-floor contents of his Montgomery Avenue home, separating the stuff into a group that must be discarded and a group that might be saved. He acknowledged that the latter group is probably based on wishful thinking because the river water had permeated the sentimental objects, but he couldnt let them go just yet. His daughter, Jennifer Sidari, was most disappointed about the loss of her grandfathers dining room set, saying her father got choked up when he told her it was ruined. Its heartbreaking, she said. Her father also lost woodworking equipment in the basement that he had acquired over three decades. He used it to make signs, including the one welcoming people to West Pittston. Table saws, jigsaws, everythings gone, he said. The 4 feet of water that poured into Grace Bible Church on Race Street in West Pittston ripped up the stage area and left objects in disarray on the pews. Crinkled Bibles were scattered about.
Jim and Mary Grace Collins stand in front of the home of their sister and brother-in-law on Chittenden Street in Duryea.
flood waters in Luzerne County, at a cost of at least $6 million. At an afternoon press conference, Brozena said those numbers are expected to rise as people return to their homes and businesses and communities begin to assess damages. And Luzerne County Commissioner Steve Urban said approximately 65,000 people have been displaced because of the threat of flooding. As they begin to return this weekend, the task at hand will be to put a precise dollar amount on the damage. EMA Coordinator Stephen Bekanich said PEMA and FEMA representatives are doing preliminary assessments of flooded areas in Luzerne County. Bekanich said that by mid-week, the county will know what kind of federal funds will be offered to the area. Bekanich said damages from Tropical Storm Irene and the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee are separate and distinct disasters, and monies will be provided for both if available. Brozena said the damage has been excessive in areas that were not protected by the levee system. He was the county engineer when the $250 million levee-raising project was planned, designed and constructed. Brozena said that in 1972 the damage from Agnes was around $1billion. He said that if the valley was flooded again, the damage would be far greater probably as much as $3 billion to $4 billion. He said approximately 15,000 homes were saved by the levee system last week. When you look at that, the $250 million spent to raise the levees was worth every penny, Brozena said. And beyond the monetary sense, the fact that we now know that the system can withstand a river that came up to 42.66 feet is reassuring to the psyche of the people living in the flood zone. Leightons appraisal Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom Leighton estimated 20,000 people heeded the order to evacuate the city as the river level rose to its record height. They started to return Saturday when the order was lifted. The citys Department of Public Works began clearing debris from flood-affected areas and private contractors have been hired to assist. This was an historical event. The river has never crested this high, he said during afternoon press conference at the citys command center set up at the Coal Street recreation complex outside of the flood zone. The Brookside and Miners Mills sections of the city sustained damage, and the mayor asked that people be patient as the city comes to their aid. Were out there. Were going to
help you and we will not leave you until the job has been completed, he said. Leighton also warned them to look out for sink holes. As the river recedes it sucks out the soil beneath the roadways. And were concerned with problems with utility lines, water lines, sewer lines, gas lines rupturing because of the sink holes taking place, he said. The city issued a release Saturday night saying River Street between North and South streets and Market Street between Franklin and River streets will remain closed to traffic until further notice to allow for cleanup. PEMA officials will be arriving within the next few days to assist the city and its residents, said Leighton, and he advised that people document the damage caused by the flooding. We are fighting for every dollar of disaster relief funds, he said. Urban said U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey are actively working to release federal funding. We have inundation maps that show all of the affected streets, Urban said. We will then cross check that list against our assessment base to place values on each. He said the county will compile a rough estimate, leaving the actual damage tally to the state and federal emergency management agencies. Invitations extended Urban said invitations have been sent to both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, a native of Scranton, to visit the flood region. He said he wasnt aware of any response to those requests. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency currently does not have individual assistance available for residents to take advantage of yet, but will notify residents when funding becomes available. In1972 during the Agnes flood, Frank Carlucci, a graduate of Wyoming Seminary and a member of President Richard M. Nixons cabinet, arranged to have the president to tour Wyoming Valley to assess the devastation. Several Luzerne County communities received extensive damage West Pittston, Plains Township, Shickshinny, Nescopeck, Plymouth Township/West Nanticoke, Jenkins Township, Exeter, Duryea and others. The countys Incident Response Team has been working continuously, Urban said, checking for any problems along the levee system. He said PPL and UGI need to return gas and electric service to the flood zone so that when people are allowed to return to their homes they will have power. Urban said Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will begin inspecting bridges in the county to see which one can be reopened.
The kitchen in the home of Herb and Bernadine Hoover was trashed from the flooding of the Lackawanna River in Duryea.
Kudey, who does air conditioning work, shoveled mud Saturday from the driveway of a Susquehanna Avenue home in West Pittston that sustained extensive foundation damage. The home belonged to one of his customers, and he said he wanted to help the victims. Im checking on my customShoveling mud ers. Im going to make sure Swoyersville resident John theyre OK, he said.
Times Leader staffers work Thursday at the Host Hotel on Kidder Street in Wilkes-Barre after evacuating the newspapers offices on North Main Street and setting up a remote newsroom and IT department to put out Fridays paper.
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I dont even know where were going to start, said church member Wendy Franklin. Church trustee Gary Eble said the church only had two inches of water in the 1972 flood, so church members thought everything inside would be safe.
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Leader in my delivery tube. How in the hell did you do this? Despite my own lack of direct involvement -- with the exception of long e-mails and even longer phone calls to our hardworking staff -- my chest swelled with pride and I smiled hearing that compliment with its admiring incredulity. There is a cardinal rule in the newspaper business and it is this: Always print the newspaper, always get it out, and always deliver it or die trying. Wednesday evening as I was about to leave for a business trip, our company president, Prashant Shitut, phoned to say the warnings were dire. Because I sometimes refer to him as Dr. Doom, I took his concerns lightly. Still, we decided to plan for the worst, which I did not believe would happen. It did. Raging waters flooded our communities as streams exploded and the river crested at a record-breaking height.
When the worst happened and we were evacuating our buildings and leaving our press behind in downtown Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, we were already set up at the Host organizing a remote newsroom and IT department. Plans had been made to print the Friday papers early on Thursday in Harrisburg and to have them back in our hands for delivery to you on Friday. Circulation folks mapped alternative roads and streets for deliveries. Our people from all departments worked around the clock producing news
and information for the newspaper and, importantly, for our websites, news alerts, and for the Internet. Many worked 48 hours straight or more. For example, police reporter Ed Lewis, after long hours of working literally from the beginning of crisis, sent a text message to his editors with a list of story ideas that ended with, up for 38 hrs, 10 cups coffee, and one ham sandwich, good night. That work ethic could be found throughout the company.
Shitut demonstrated tremendous, precise leadership pulling the team together, but even he found the performance incredible. Im amazed by the dedication of our entire staff and exceptional demonstration of planning, judgment and technical excellence demonstrated by our support staff, said Shitut. Stories of brave and unselfish work by our citizens since last Wednesday abound in this valley. We hope to tell many of those stories over the next few days. This one is ours even though it leaves out the names of most of the employees who worked so tirelesslytofulfillthatcardinalrule.Wearenot singling out our work of bringing you the news as being any more exceptional than theworkofmanyinourcommunity,butinstead as symbolic of how people come together to help others and to do their jobs in the face of personal hardship. There are many persons who produce a newspaper whose names and faces you never see. They sell advertising, send bills, take customer complaints, make certain alltheinsertsgointothepaperandthenget it to our delivery folks, run our presses, and maintain our facilities. Several of
those reporters and photographers who are household names to our readers continued to do their work despite being greatly affected by the flood. Most of these folks were evacuated but came to the hotel and worked. I moved my important papers and I have insurance, said copy editor John DiMaria after evacuating from his home on the West Side. Im due for a remodel. Executive Editor Joe Butkiewiczs experience was probably typical. He has been a fixture with us for decades and now a central figure in our news gathering operation. While he worked overseeing our news coverage, his family, wife Carole and son Will, spent hours moving furniture and securing belongings. When the water was finally receding and he arrived home Saturday morning, tired, but gearing for one more shift on Saturday night, there was already present a symbol of the dedication he, his staff, and all of our employees showed: The Times Leader, folded and neatly encased in a plastic bag, resting against the front door of his home. Just another day in the newspaper business. Mission accomplished.
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Novak Djokovic survived a hard-fought match against Roger Federer.

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
Djokovic, Nadal move on to final
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NEW YORK Rafael Nadal beat Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 on Saturday night to set up a rematch with Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final. Playing his third match in three days at the rain-drenched Open, the second-seeded Nadal lost his first set of the tournament, but broke Murray twice in the fourth set to reach his 14th Grand Slam final. On Monday, No. 2 Nadal will play No. 1 Djokovic, who defeated Roger Federer in five sets in the first semifinal in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Last year, Nadal beat Djokovic in four sets in the final, but this year, Djokovic is 5-0 in the headto-head matchup, with all five wins coming in tournament finals. Facing two match points against a beloved player whose name is already in the history books, Djokovic clenched his jaw, nodded his head and flashed an ever-so-slight glimpse of a smile. I would lie if I say I didnt think Im going to lose, Djokovic said. Might as well go down swinging then, right? He turned violently on a wide, 108 mph serve from Federer for a cross-court, forehand winner that barely nicked the line. The fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium, ready to explode for a Federer victory, instead found themselves taking a cue from Djokovic who raised his hands, asking them to pump up the volume, and give him a little more love. About 10 minutes later, those
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Alabama running back Trent Richardson (3) reaches for the pylon as he leaps for the end zone past Penn State linebacker Gerald Hodges (6) in the fourth quarter Saturday in State College.
THE WAY PENN STATE was beaten up by Alabama shows just how weak the Nittany Lions really are. Not physically. Mentally. The Lions quivered in the face of adversity, and their reaction when things went wrong caused their upset hopes to crumble. It turned out they were hoping against hope. The Lions charged out to an uproar of excitement, filling their Beaver Stadium home with visions of an impossible dream. They chewed away half the first quarter with their opening drive, kicked a field goal, and their defense kicked almighty Alabama right in the stomach. "We didnt care who we were playing," Penn State wide receiver Curtis Drake said. "I think it showed when we first came out. We were ready things happened." What happened was fate took a nasty turn against the Lions. And when it did, they turned soft. The Lions were about to stop the second-ranked Crimson Tide cold for a second straight possession to open the game when their smooth start turned rocky. Out of line Linebacker Glenn Carson and a couple of his buddies werent fooled by a fake punt Alabama tried to pull near the end of the first quarter. Tide upback Brad Smelley, a tight end, took a direct snap and started upfield. Carson met him straight on and stood Smelley up, stopping the play almost a full yard short of the first down marker. "I thought I did," said Carson, who rushed off the field with the rest of Penn States defensive unit which believed it had just given the ball back to its offense in prime scoring position. "What did you think? I definitely felt I had it stopped." Except the officials did not. They put the ball at Alabamas 41-yard line when replays showed the play barely crossed the 40, awarding the Tide a first down in the process. "I absolutely thought I stopped him at the line of scrimmage," Carson said. "He didnt get any post-contact yardage." The officials made the gain for him, and instead of the Lions gaining possession. It was a terrible spot. But what happened next was even worse. The Lions surrendered a 29-yard pass play on third-and-6 to allow Alabamas drive to continue. Then they watched Tide quarterback A.J. McCarron flip a 5-yard touchdown pass to Michael Williams on another third-down pass for a 7-3 Alabama lead. Thats not exactly the way to punch back when you get punched by unfair circumstances. "You cant let the ballgame be in the hands of an official," Carson said. "Youve got to nullify that. Youve got to roll with it." Instead, Penn State just rolled over. The Lions lost another close call when their tight end Andrew Szczerba lost the ball just after crossing into Alabama territory -- and just before his shoulder hit the ground -- right before halftime. And the Tide turned it into their second touchdown by converting three third-down
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Officials leave PSU in bad spot
Alabama dominates in Happy Valley

By DEREK LEVARSE dlevarse@timesleader.com
Novak Djokovic reacts after winning his match
STATE COLLEGE -- Penn States first touchdown against Alabama in 22 years was greeted with a brief cheer. Some loud music blasted over the Beaver Stadium speakers. Players exchanged tired pats on each others helmets. And then there was Crimson.Bright swatches of fans in red stood up throughout the crowd and roared Ala-Bama! -shouting down the Penn State partisans in white. This one had already been long decided, and everyone in the stadium knew it. It wasnt just that the Nittany Lions had lost again to the Crimson Tide, a clearly superior team. It was that it didnt feel at all different from Alabamas lopsided win a year earlier in Tuscaloosa. The score was closer. Saturdays contest ended 27-11 in favor of the Tide. Last year was a 24-3 knockout by Alabama.Not much else was closer. Penn State was still outmatched across the board by the second-ranked Tide, which weathered a first-quarter surge by the Lions before taking control of the game. I dont think we played real well anywhere, Penn States Joe Paterno said. Not just one aspect of it. We just got a lot of work ahead of us.
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Penn State offensive tackle Mike Farrell (78) sits on the bench with teammates as time runs down in the fourth quarter Saturday against Alabama.
HIGH SCHOOL. FOOTBALL
Special teams deliver: Lack. Trail roars past Lake-Lehman

By JOHN ERZAR jerzar@timesleader.com
LEHMAN TWP. Right down the field Lake-Lehman went with the second-half kickoff. The Black Knights gained sizeable chunks of yardage to cover 80 yards and score a touchdown. But more importantly, they gained a chunk of momentum in a football game tilted decisively toward Lackawanna Trail. Then it was gone in an instant. Trails Marvess Rosiak returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a score, sapping the momentum as the Lions handed LehSee TRAIL, Page 8C
Special present for Cougars Drumheller on his birthday

By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com
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Lackawanna Trails Eric Laytos looks to elude Lake-Lehmans Tom Donovan on Saturday night.
HAZLETON With all the inclement weather over the last week, the Williamsport at Hazleton Area contest had to be moved to Saturday night. That worked out well for Cougars first-year head coach Jim Drumheller, who got to coach on his 50th birthday. And what a present, the Cougars gave their new leader. See COUGARS, Page 8C
Not only did his team sing Happy Birthday to him after the game, Hazleton Area scored 18 unanswered points in the second half en route to a 3221 victory over the Millionaires to give Drumheller his first career win in front of a packed house at Harman Geist Stadium. I couldnt ask for anything
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Berwick at Dallas, 1 p.m. Nanticoke at Susquehanna, 1 p.m. Tunkhannock at Abington Heights, 1 p.m. Holy Cross at Holy Redeemer, 7 p.m. H.S. BOYS SOCCER Tunkhannock at Hazleton Area, noon Abington Heights at Wyoming Valley West, 4 p.m. COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Kings, Wilkes at Misericordia Cougar Classic COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY Wilkes at Widener, noon Monclair State at Misericordia, 1 p.m. Scranton at Kings, 1 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Kings at Stevenson, 1 p.m. Wilkes at Albright, 1 p.m. MEN'S SOCCER Elizabethtown at Wilkes, 1 p.m. Arcadia at Misericordia, 3 p.m. Kings at Juniata, 3:30 p.m. WOMEN'S SOCCER Misericordia at Moravian, 12:30 p.m. Kings at Juniata, 1 p.m. Widener at Wilkes, 3:30 p.m. MEN'S TENNIS Kings at Susquehanna, noon Wilkes at Scranton Tournament WOMEN'S TENNIS Kings at Susquehanna, noon Misericordia at Mount St. Marys, 1 p.m. WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL William Patterson at Kings, 1 p.m. Lycoming, Wilkes at Baptist Bible Marymount, Misericordia at Catholic
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MINNESOTA TWINSFired Rochester (IL) manager Tom Nieto and hitting coach Floyd Rayford. National League COLORADO ROCLIESRecalled INF Chris Nelson from Colorado Springs (PCL). Activated RHP Edgmer Escalona from the 15-day DL. NEW YORK METSRecalled RHP Dale Thayer from Buffalo (IL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHOENIX SUNSAnnounced the resignation of president and chief executive Rick Welts, effective Sept. 15. FOOTBALL National Football League NFLSuspended Baltimore offensive line coach Andy Moeller for two games for violating the leagues personal conduct policy. DALLAS COWBOYSAgreed to terms with NT Jay Ratliff on a five-year contract extension through the 2017 season. Arena Football League SAN JOSE SABERCATSSigned QB Mark Grieb and WR Ben Nelson. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINSSigned D Andrew Bodnarchuk to a one-year contract extension. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKSAcquired F David Toews from the New York Islanders for future considerations. FLORIDA PANTHERSAgreed to terms with C Shawn Matthias on a two-year contract. WINNIPEG JETSAgreed to terms with F Kyle Wellwood. American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGSSigned D Zack FitzGerald to a one-year contract. LACROSSE National Lacrosse League COLORADO MAMMOTHAcquired D John Orsen from Philadelphia for T Ned Crotty. TORONTO ROCKAcquired F Josh Sanderson and D Nick Inch from the Minnesota Swarm in exchange for D Jeff Gilbert, the ninth pick in the Blazers dispersal draft, the 12th pick in the 2011 entry draft and a 2012 conditional first round pick. SOCCER Major League Soccer SEATTLE SOUNDERS FCPlaced G Terry Boss on the disabled list. COLLEGE NCAAAnnounced the resignation of Dennis Thomas, chairman of the NCAA Division I infractions committee. BIG WEST CONFERENCENamed Rob Halvaks deputy commissioner, Jody McRoberts senior associate commissioner, Mike Daniels associate commissioner/championships and marketing, Erica Monteabaro associate commissioner/compliance and governance, Mike Villamor assistant commissioner/external affairs, Julie St. Cyr director of communications, Steve Chen director of new media, Beth Holtermann director of business services, Chris Hargraves assistant director of championships, and Melissa Swaffer assistant director of compliance. CAMPBELLNamed Norbert Elliott track and field coach. COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEYNamed Kirsten Clark senior associate director and senior womens administrator. JOHN JAYNamed Otis Fenn mens basketball coach. QUEENS (NY)Named Sky Lindsay womens assistant basketball coach. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGENamed Bob Nannig womens gymnastics coach.
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY Wilkes at Salisbury Invitational MEN'S SOCCER SUNY-Old Westbury at Kings, 3:30 p.m. Wilkes at Alvernia Tournament WOMEN'S SOCCER SUNY-Old Westbury at Kings, 1 p.m. MEN'S TENNIS Wilkes at Muhlenberg Tournament MONDAY, SEPT. 12 H.S. FIELD HOCKEY Coughlin at Hazleton Area Meyers at Lackawanna Trail Wallenpaupack at Honesdale Abington Heights at Wyoming Seminary Dallas at Wyoming Valley West Delaware Valley at Nanticoke Crestwood at Wyoming Area Lake-Lehman at Holy Redeemer H.S. FOOTBALL Holy Redeemer at Susquehanna, 4 p.m. Northwest at Montrose, 4:30 p.m. Abington Heights at Wyoming Valley West, 7 p.m. North Pocono at Berwick, 7 p.m. Hanover Area at Western Wayne, 7 p.m. Scranton at Pittston Area, 7 p.m. Wyoming Area at West Scranton, 7 p.m. Old Forge at GAR, 7 p.m. Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech at Nanticoke Coughlin at Tunkhannock Meyers at Dunmore H.S. GOLF Wyoming Seminary at MMI Prep Hazleton Area at Wyoming Valley West Lake-Lehman at Crestwood Dallas at Berwick H.S. BOYS SOCCER Wyoming Area at Pittston Area GAR at Meyers MMI Prep at Lake-Lehman, 7 p.m. Wyoming Seminary at Berwick Holy Redeemer at Hanover Area Tunkhannock at Nanticoke Coughlin at Pocono Mt. East H.S. GIRLS TENNIS Tunkhannock at GAR Wyoming Area at Dallas Wyoming Seminary at Crestwood Wyoming Valley West at Coughlin Holy Redeemer at Berwick MMI Prep at Hazleton Area Pittston Area at Hanover Area H.S. VOLLEYBALL (4:15 p.m. unless noted) Wyoming Valley West at Hazleton Area Dallas at Crestwood Coughlin at North Pocono Holy Redeemer at Berwick Tunkhannock at Pittston Area MEN'S GOLF Scranton at Kings, 1 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 H.S. FIELD HOCKEY Montrose at Berwick Northwest at Elk Lake Hanover Area at GAR Pittston Area at Tunkhannock H.S. GOLF Holy Redeemer at Hanover Area Meyers at GAR Coughlin at Wyoming Area Pittston Area at Tunkhannock H.S. BOYS SOCCER Dallas at Hazleton Area, 7 p.m. Crestwood at Wyoming Valley West, 6:30 p.m. H.S. VOLLEYBALL (4:15 p.m. unless noted) MMI at Meyers GAR at Nanticoke Lake-Lehman at Wyoming Area COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY Arcadia at Kings, 4 p.m. Misericordia at Alvernia, 7 p.m. MEN'S SOCCER Misericordia at Susquehanna, 7 p.m. Penn State-Berks at Kings, 7 p.m. WOMEN'S TENNIS Misericordia at Lehigh WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14 H.S. CROSS COUNTRY Berwick, Crestwood, MMI Prep, Northwest, Wyoming Valley West at Crestwood Coughlin, Holy Redeemer, Meyers, Tunkhannock, Wyoming Seminary at Lake-Lehman Hazleton Area, Hanover Area, GAR, Nanticoke, Pittston Area at Wyoming Area H.S. FIELD HOCKEY Hazleton Area at Meyers Lackawanna Trail at Wallenpaupack Honesdale at Abington Heights Wyoming Seminary at Coughlin Wyoming Valley West at Delaware Valley Nanticoke at Crestwood Wyoming Area at Lake-Lehman Holy Redeemer at Dallas H.S. GOLF MMI Prep at Dallas Nanticoke at Lake-Lehman Berwick at Wyoming Valley West Crestwood at Wyoming Seminary H.S. BOYS SOCCER Tunkhannock at MMI Prep Holy Redeemer at GAR Wyoming Area at Wyoming Seminary Nanticoke at Lake-Lehman, 3:30 p.m. Pittston Area at Berwick Meyers at Hanover Area Hazleton Area at Coughlin H.S. GIRLS TENNIS Coughlin at Tunkhannock Crestwood at Pittston Area Dallas at MMI Prep GAR at Holy Redeemer Hazleton Area at Hanover Area Berwick at Wyoming Seminary Wyoming Valley West at Wyoming Area H.S. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (4:15 p.m. unless noted) Coughlin at Hazleton Area Wyoming Valley West at Delaware Valley Berwick at Dallas Pittston Area at Crestwood Holy Redeemer at Tunkhannock MEN'S SOCCER Muhlenberg at Wilkes, 7 p.m. WOMEN'S SOCCER Kings at Alvernia, 7 p.m. Misericordia at Richard Stockton, 8 p.m. MEN'S TENNIS Lebanon Valley at Misericordia, 4 p.m. WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Kings at DeSales, 7 p.m. Misericordia at Wilkes, 7 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPT. 15 H.S. FIELD HOCKEY Pittston Area at Northwest Montrose at Hanover Area Elk Lake at Tunkhannock Berwick at GAR H.S. GOLF GAR at Holy Redeemer Hanover Area at Meyers Wyoming Area at Pittston Area Tunkhannock at Coughlin H.S. BOYS SOCCER Wyoming Valley West at Dallas Hazleton Area at Coughlin H.S. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (4:15 p.m. unless noted) Hanover Area at MMI Nanticoke at Meyers Lake-Lehman at GAR MEN'S GOLF Kings at Moravian, 12:30 p.m. WOMEN'S SOCCER Lebanon Valley at Wilkes, 4 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 H.S. FOOTBALL (7 p.m.) GAR at Lakeland Hanover Area at Mid Valley Hazleton Area at Delaware Valley Lake-Lehman at Wyoming Area Meyers at Lackawanna Trail Northwest at Old Forge Stroudsburg at Williamsport Pittston Area at Crestwood Pleasant Valley at Wyoming Valley West Valley View at Coughlin H.S. GOLF Lake-Lehman at Dallas Wyoming Valley West at Wyoming Seminary Berwick at Hazleton Area Nanticoke at MMI Prep H.S. BOYS SOCCER Nanticoke at Meyers Wyoming Area at Holy Redeemer Berwick at Tunkhannock Lake-Lehman at Hanover Area Wyoming Seminary at GAR Pittston Area at MMI Prep Crestwood at Coughlin H.S. GIRLS TENNIS Wyoming Area at Pittston Area Wyoming Seminary at MMI Prep Wyoming Valley West at Holy Redeemer Coughlin at Hazleton Area Crestwood at Hanover Area Dallas at GAR Berwick at Tunkhannock H.S. FIELD HOCKEY Honesdale at Hazleton Area, 4:15 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 H.S. FOOTBALL
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Women Caroline Wozniacki (1) First Round def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6-3, 6-1. Second Round def. Arantxa Rus, 6-2, 6-0. Third Round def. Vania King, 6-2, 6-4. Fourth Round def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (15), 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1. Quarterfinals def. Andrea Petkovic (10), 6-1, 7-6 (5). Semifinals vs. Serena Williams (28). Sam Stosur (9) First Round def. Sofia Arvidsson, 6-2, 6-3. Second Round def. CoCo Vandeweghe, 6-3, 6-4. Third Round def. Nadia Petrova (24), 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-5. Fourth Round def. Maria Kirilenko (25), 6-2, 6-7 (15), 6-3. Quarterfinals def. Vera Zvonareva (2), 6-3, 6-3. Semifinals def. Angelique Kerber, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Championship vs. Caroline Wozniacki (1) or Serena Williams (28). Serena Williams (28) First Round def. Bojana Jovanovski, 6-1, 6-1. Second Round def. Michaella Krajicek, 6-0, 6-1. Third Round def. Victoria Azarenka (4), 6-1, 7-6 (5). Fourth Round def. Ana Ivanovic (16), 6-3, 6-4. Quarterfinals def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (17), 7-5, 6-1. Semifinals vs. Caroline Wozniacki (1).
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Sprint Cup schedule and standings (Does not include Richmond race) Feb. 12 x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kurt Busch) Feb. 17 x-Gatorade Duel 1, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kurt Busch) Feb. 17 x-Gatorade Duel 2, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Jeff Burton) Feb. 20 Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Trevor Bayne) Feb. 27 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Jeff Gordon) March 6 Kobalt Tools 400, Las Vegas (Carl Edwards) March 20 Jeff Byrd 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch) March 27 Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. (Kevin Harvick) April 3 Goodys Fast Relief 500, Martinsville, Va. (Kevin Harvick) April 9 Samsung Mobile 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Matt Kenseth) April 17 Aarons 499, Talladega, Ala. (Jimmie Johnson) April 30 Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400, Richmond, Va. (Kyle Busch) May 7 Showtime Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. (Regan Smith) May 15 FedEx 400, Dover, Del. (Matt Kenseth) May 21 x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. (David Ragan) May 21 x-All-Star Challenge, Concord, N.C. (Carl Edwards) May 29 Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Kevin Harvick) June 5 STP 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Brad Keselowski) June 12 Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Jeff Gordon) June 19 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Denny Hamlin) June 26 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Kurt Busch) July 2 Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (David Ragan) July 9 Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Kyle Busch) July 17 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Loudon, N.H. (Ryan Newman) July 31 Brickyard 400, Indianapolis (Paul Menard) Aug. 7 Good Sam RV Insurance 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Brad Keselowski) Aug. 14 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Marcos Ambrose) Aug. 21 Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Kyle Busch) Aug. 27 Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. (Brad Keselowski) Sep. 6 AdvoCare 500, Hampton, Ga. (Jeff Gordon) Sep. 10 Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, Va. Sep. 18 GEICO 400, Joliet, Ill. Sep. 25 Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. Oct. 2 AAA 400, Dover, Del. Oct. 9 Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 15 Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 23 Talladega 500, Talladega, Ala. Oct. 30 TUMS Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. Nov. 6 AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 13 Kobalt Tools 500, Avondale, Ariz. Nov. 20 Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race Driver Standings 1. Jimmie Johnson, 873. 2. Kyle Busch, 852. 3. Carl Edwards, 835. 4. Matt Kenseth, 834. 5. Jeff Gordon, 830. 6. Kevin Harvick, 819. 7. Kurt Busch, 789. 8. Ryan Newman, 786. 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 753. 10. Tony Stewart, 751. 11. Brad Keselowski, 728. 12. Denny Hamlin, 709. 13. AJ Allmendinger, 698. 14. Clint Bowyer, 697. 15. Greg Biffle, 681. 16. Martin Truex Jr., 676. 17. Kasey Kahne, 667. 18. Joey Logano, 662. 19. Mark Martin, 660. 20. Paul Menard, 657. Nationwide Series schedule, standings (Does not include Richmond race) Feb. 19 DRIVE4COPD 300, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony Stewart) Feb. 26 Bashas Supermarkets 200, Avondale, Ariz. (Kyle Busch) March 5 Sams Town 300, Las Vegas (Mark Martin) March 19 Scotts EZ Seed 300, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch) March 26 Royal Purple 300, Fontana, Calif. (Kyle Busch) April 8 OReilly Auto Parts 300, Fort Worth, Texas (Carl Edwards) April 16 Aarons 312, Talladega, Ala. (Kyle Busch) April 23 Nashville 300, Lebanon, Tenn. (Carl Edwards) April 29 Bubba Burger 250, Richmond, Va. (Denny 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, Newton, Iowa (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.) May 28 Top Gear 300, Concord, N.C. (Matt Kenseth) 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. (Joey Logano) July 8 Feed The Children 300, Sparta, Ky. (Brad Keselowski) July 16 New England 200, Loudon, N.H. (Kyle Busch) July 23 Federated Auto Parts 300, Lebanon, Tenn. (Carl Edwards) July 30 Kroger 200, Indianapolis (Brad Keselowski) Aug. 6 U.S. Cellular 250, Newton, Iowa (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.) Aug. 13 Zippo 200 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Kurt Busch) Aug. 20 NAPA Auto Parts 200, Montreal (Marcos Ambrose) Aug. 26 Food City 250, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch) Sep. 3 Great Clips 300, Hampton, Ga. (Carl Edwards) Sep. 9 Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Richmond, Va. Sep. 17 Dollar General 300 Powered By Coca-Cola, Joliet, Ill. Oct. 1 OneMain Financial 200, Dover, Del. Oct. 8 Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 14 Dollar General 300 Miles of Courage, Concord, N.C. Nov. 5 OReilly Auto Parts Challenge, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 12 Wypall 200, Avondale, Ariz. Nov. 19 Ford 300, Homestead, Fla. Driver Standings 1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 909. 2. Elliott Sadler, 896. 3. Reed Sorenson, 869. 4. Aric Almirola, 845. 5. Justin Allgaier, 840. 6. Jason Leffler, 811. 7. Kenny Wallace, 747. 8. Steve Wallace, 737. 9. Brian Scott, 724. 10. Michael Annett, 711. 11. Mike Bliss, 624. 12. Trevor Bayne, 611. 13. Mike Wallace, 601. 14. Joe Nemechek, 594. 15. Josh Wise, 583.
AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. SPEED Formula One, Italian Grand Prix, at Monza, Italy BASKETBALL 5 a.m. ESPN2 FIBA, Americas Tournament, semifinal, teams TBD, at Mar del Plata, Argentina (delayed tape) 8 p.m. ESPN2 FIBA, Americas Tournament, Gold Medal game, teams TBD, at Mar del Plata, Argentina Midnight ESPN2 FIBA, Americas Tournament, third place game, teams TBD, at Mar del Plata, Argentina (same-day tape) EXTREME SPORTS 4:30 p.m. NBC Dew Tour, Toyota Challenge, at Salt Lake City GOLF 7 a.m. TGC European PGA Tour, KLM Open, final round, at Hilversum, Netherlands 3 p.m. TGC LPGA, NW Arkansas Championship, final round, at Rogers, Ark. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1:30 p.m. ROOT Florida at Pittsburgh 2 p.m. WQMY, TBS Philadelphia at Milwaukee 3:30 p.m. YES N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels 8 p.m. ESPN Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS Pittsburgh at Baltimore FOX Philadelphia at St. Louis 4:15 p.m. FOX N.Y. Giants at Washington 8 p.m. NBC Dallas at N.Y. Jets SOCCER 2 a.m. ESPN2 FIFA, Beach Soccer World Cup, championship match, at Ravenna, Italy (delayed tape) TENNIS 4 p.m. CBS U.S. Open, womens championship match, at New York
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FRIDAY'S GAMES Abington 18, Plymouth-Whitemarsh 7 Aliquippa 27, Beaver Falls 0 Allderdice 35, Oliver 0 Archmere Academy, Del. 22, Chichester 20 Avonworth 7, Springdale 6 Bangor 41, Palisades 0 Beaver Area 47, Freedom 0 Bedford 31, Bishop Guilfoyle 0 Belle Vernon 54, McGuffey 13 Bellwood-Antis 30, Everett 13 Bensalem 28, Pennridge 14 Berlin-Brothersvalley 36, Conemaugh Valley 0 Bermudian Springs 41, York Catholic 19 Bethlehem Freedom 34, Allentown Central Catholic 24 Bethlehem Liberty 34, Northampton 7 Bishop Canevin 40, Our Lady Of Sacred Heart 0 Bishop McCort 49, Bishop Carroll 0 Blairsville 35, United 18 Brookville 36, Keystone 6 Butler 49, North Allegheny 7 California 15, Carmichaels 6 Cameron County 22, Johnsonburg 20, 2OT Catasauqua 24, Notre Dame-Green Pond 12 Central Bucks South 42, Council Rock North 6 Central Bucks West 28, William Tennent 6 Central Martinsburg 41, Bellefonte 6 Central Valley 13, West Allegheny 9 Chambersburg 36, Waynesboro 10 Charleroi 28, Brownsville 6 Chartiers Valley 37, Trinity 14 Cheltenham 34, Philadelphia Bishop McDevitt 14 Clearfield 49, Bald Eagle Area 14 Coatesville 16, Academy Park 6 Cochranton 45, Cambridge Springs 14 Conestoga Valley 23, Warwick 16 Cornell 48, Bentworth 0 Coudersport 25, Kane Area 7 Delaware Valley 28, East Stroudsburg South 13 Dover 27, Garden Spot 12 Downingtown West 42, Glen Mills 28 Eisenhower 7, Maplewood 6 Elk County Catholic 48, Otto-Eldred 0 Ellwood City 54, New Brighton 40 Elwood City Riverside 35, Mohawk 7 Erie Cathedral Prep 55, Erie Central 14 Erie East 50, Warren 15 Erie McDowell 28, Baldwin 0 Exeter 27, Blue Mountain 7 Fairview 34, Northwestern 21 Franklin Regional 35, Kiski Area 7 Frazier 38, West Greene 0 Freeport 26, Quaker Valley 0 Garnet Valley 42, Conestoga 14 Gateway 19, Penn Hills 13 Germantown 47, Fels 16 Gratz 16, Martin Luther King 8 Greater Johnstown 34, Penn Cambria 8 Greencastle Antrim 42, New Oxford 0 Greensburg Central Catholic 48, Southmoreland 21 Greensburg Salem 41, Connellsville 19 Grove City 77, Corry 0 Hampton 21, Ringgold 14 Harbor Creek 24, Girard 19 Hickory 56, Titusville 7 High School of the Future 14, Mariana Bracetti 6 Highlands 13, Derry 12 Hopewell 22, Montour 19 Huntingdon 24, Central Mountain 21 Imhotep Charter 22, Communications Tech 2 Indiana 63, Uniontown 0 Jeannette 38, Laurel 12 Karns City 28, Redbank 14 Kennett 41, West Chester East 34 Keystone Oaks 52, Burrell 28 Knoch 56, Albert Gallatin 8 Lakeland 32, Mid Valley 16 Lancaster Catholic 46, Hempfield 6 Latrobe 9, Canon-McMillan 7 Lehighton 14, Tamaqua 6 Ligonier Valley 35, Homer-Center 0 Manheim Township 34, Red Lion 31 Marion Center 27, Philipsburg-Osceola 13 Marple Newtown 41, Penncrest 0 Mars 21, Pine-Richland 20 McKeesport 47, Altoona 7 Meadville 41, Bradford 0 Mercer 21, Lakeview 0 Mercyhurst Prep 46, Iroquois 6 Meyersdale 35, Portage Area 34 Monessen 34, Mapletown 0 Moniteau 20, Clarion 6 Mount Carmel 27, Lewisburg 16 Mount Pleasant 34, Yough 15 Nazareth 35, Easton 28 Neshaminy 27, Hatboro-Horsham 0 Neshannock 7, Serra Catholic 0 New Castle 35, Ambridge 7 North Star 36, Chestnut Ridge 31 Northern Lehigh 55, Wilson 12 Northern York 49, Muhlenberg 28 Northgate 26, Jefferson-Morgan 13 Northwestern Lehigh 42, Saucon Valley 7 Olney 6, Philadelphia South 0 Owen J Roberts 23, Reading 14 Oxford 21, Avon Grove 17 Parkland 55, Allentown Dieruff 7 Pen Argyl 42, Salisbury 6 Penn Charter 33, Harry S. Truman 0 Penn-Trafford 34, Mount Lebanon 17 Perry Traditional Academy 44, Carrick 7 Peters Township 40, Laurel Highlands 0 Philadelphia Central 28, Abraham Lincoln 21 Philadelphia Northeast 36, Bartram 6 Phoenixville 38, Neumann-Goretti 7
Pittsburgh Central Catholic 30, Bethel Park 7 Pleasant Valley 40, Honesdale 37 Plum 19, Kittanning 14 Punxsutawney 42, Allegheny-Clarion Valley 6 Richland 42, Cambria Heights 14 Ridley 21, Haverford 6 Riverview 39, Leechburg 12 Rochester 34, Fort Cherry 12 Roxborough 13, University City 8 Saltsburg 13, Northern Cambria 12 Schuylkill Valley 48, Panther Valley 13 Seneca Valley 42, Fox Chapel 7 Seton-LaSalle 30, Shady Side Academy 0 Shade 28, Ferndale 7 Shaler 34, Hempfield Area 13 Sharon 35, Reynolds 14 Sharpsville 47, Seneca 7 Slippery Rock 23, Franklin 10 Somerset 28, Central Cambria 14 Souderton 34, Perkiomen Valley 13 South Allegheny 14, Ford City 10 South Fayette 34, Summit Academy 0 Southern Lehigh 42, Palmerton 24 Springfield Delco 35, Harriton 19 Springfield Monco 55, Lower Moreland 7 St. Marys 44, Clarion-Limestone 6 Steel Valley 42, West Shamokin 6 Sto-Rox 40, Carlynton 6 Strath Haven 35, Radnor 0 Stroudsburg 29, Pottsville 8 Thomas Jefferson 48, South Park 7 Union 30, Saegertown 14 Union Area 28, Avella 0 Unionville 27, Frankford 26 Upper Dublin 20, Germantown Academy 6 Upper Perkiomen 36, Upper Moreland 25 Upper St. Clair 42, Norwin 0 Valley View 49, Carbondale 6 Wallenpaupack 21, East Stroudsburg North 20 Washington 44, Apollo-Ridge 13 West Branch 17, Mount Union 6 West Chester Henderson 28, Great Valley 13 West Mifflin 41, Elizabeth Forward 3 West Philadelphia 14, Dobbins 6 Whitehall 27, Emmaus 14 Wilmington 34, Greenville 6 Woodland Hills 31, North Hills 17 York 41, Lancaster McCaskey 33 Youngsville 5, Union City 0 SATURDAY'S GAMES Bergen Catholic, N.J. 41, La Salle 17 Bethlehem Catholic 37, Allentown Allen 6 Bethlehem Center 61, Geibel Catholic 0 Burgettstown 54, Deer Lakes 14 Camp Hill Trinity 52, Camp Hill 7 Chester 36, Sun Valley 20 Chestnut Hill 27, Monsignor Bonner 21 Clairton 48, Western Beaver 0 Conemaugh Township 50, Rockwood 21 Council Rock South 35, Father Judge 34 Dallas 48, Scranton Prep 20 Daniel Boone 20, Spring-Ford 14 Farrell 36, Kennedy Catholic 24 Forest Hills 30, Westmont Hilltop 10 Haverford School def. Cardinal OHara, forfeit Kiski School 43, Cols. Crusaders, Ohio 30 Malvern Prep 17, Philadelphia Roman Catholic 0 Mastbaum 22, Edison 0 Mechanicsburg 49, Gettysburg 14 Methacton 35, Upper Merion 11 New Hope-Solebury 29, Morrisville 6 Pennsbury 16, Harrisburg 13 Philadelphia George Washington 40, Overbrook 0 Pittsburgh North Catholic 34, Wilkinsburg 14 Pius X 53, Mt. Carmel, Md. 15 Pottsgrove 35, Pope John Paul II 21 Riverside 36, Scranton Holy Cross 29 Upper Darby 48, Lower Merion 8 Windber 48, Blacklick 14 Wyomissing 49, Susquehannock 7 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Abington Heights vs. Wyoming Valley West, ppd to Sep 12. Athens vs. Cowanesque Valley, ppd. Biglerville vs. Fairfield, ppd. to Sep 12. Bloomsburg vs. Muncy, ppd. to Sep 12. Canton vs. North Penn-Blossburg, ppd. to Sep 11. Carlisle vs. Lower Dauphin, ppd. to Sep 11. Cedar Cliff vs. South Western, ppd. to Sep 11. Cedar Crest vs. Conrad Weiser, ppd. to Sep 11. Claysburg-Kimmel vs. Tussey Mountain, ccd. Columbia Montour Vo-Tech vs. Nanticoke Area, ppd. to Sep 12. Crestwood vs. Pocono Mountain West, ppd. Daniel Boone vs. Spring-Ford, ppd. to Sep 12. Danville vs. Selinsgrove, ppd. to Sep 12. Dubois vs. Oil City, ppd. to Sep 11. East Pennsboro vs. Susquenita, ppd. to Sep 12. Eastern York vs. York Suburban, ppd. to Sep 12. ELCO vs. Pine Grove, ppd. to Sep 12. Ephrata vs. Cocalico, ppd. to Sep 12. Fleetwood vs. Donegal, ppd. to Sep 12. Hamburg vs. Annville-Cleona, ppd. to Sep 12. Hanover Area vs. Western Wayne, ppd. to Sep 12. Hershey vs. Elizabethtown, ppd. to Sep 11. Holy Redeemer vs. Susquehanna, ppd. to Sep 12. Hughesville vs. Troy, ppd. Juniata 14, Penns Valley 6, susp. Kennard-Dale vs. Shippensburg, ppd. to Sep 12. Loyalsock vs. Central Columbia, ppd. to Sep 12. Middletown vs. Steelton-Highspire, ppd. to Sep 12. Mifflinburg vs. Shikellamy, ppd. to Sep 12. Montgomery vs. Wellsboro, ppd. to Sep 11. Montoursville vs. Southern Columbia, ppd. to Sep 12. Moshannon Valley vs. Williamsburg, ppd. to Sep 12. Newport vs. Millersburg, ppd. to Sep 12. North Pocono vs. Berwick, ppd. to Sep 12. Northeastern vs. Columbia, ppd. to Sep 12. Northern Bedford vs. Glendale, ppd. to Sep 12. Northern Lebanon vs. Lebanon, ppd. to Sep 12. Northwest Area vs. Montrose, ppd. to Sep 12. Old Forge vs. Wilkes-Barre GAR, ppd. Palmyra vs. Boiling Springs, ppd. to Sep 12. Penn Manor vs. Lampeter-Strasburg, ppd. Red Land vs. Dallastown Area, ppd. to Sep 11. Shamokin vs. Jersey Shore, ppd. to Sep 12. Sheffield vs. Curwensville, susp. to Sep 12. Solanco vs. Central Dauphin East, ppd. to Sep 12. Spring Grove vs. Susquehanna Township, ppd. to Sep 12. State College vs. St. Anthonys, N.Y., ccd. Tyrone 7, Mifflin County 0, susp. to Sep 12. Upper Dauphin vs. Halifax, ppd. to Sep 12. Valley vs. Hollidaysburg, ppd. Warrior Run vs. Milton, ppd. to Sep 12. West Lawn Wilson vs. Manheim Central, ppd. to Sep 12. West Perry vs. Milton Hershey, ppd. to Sep 12. Wilkes-Barre Coughlin vs. Tunkhannock, ppd. Wilkes-Barre Meyers vs. Dunmore, ppd. Williams Valley vs. Tri-Valley, ppd. to Sep 12.
Delaware Valley 20, Washington & Jefferson 19 Edinboro 49, Merrimack 19 Georgetown 14, Lafayette 13 Gettysburg 40, Ursinus 34 Holy Cross 37, Colgate 7 Johns Hopkins 56, Susquehanna 7 Kings (NY) 35, Coast Guard 28 Lycoming 41, Westminster (Pa.) 3 Montclair St. 18, Salve Regina 7 New Hampshire 48, Lehigh 41, OT New Haven 50, St. Augustines 14 Pace 23, Stonehill 20, OT Pittsburgh 35, Maine 29 San Diego St. 23, Army 20 Syracuse 21, Rhode Island 14 Wayne (Mich.) 55, Tiffin 0 West Virginia 55, Norfolk St. 12 MIDWEST Adrian 27, Defiance 6 Aurora 56, Mac Murray 0 Bemidji St. 30, Augustana (SD) 27, OT Bethel (Minn.) 48, Concordia (Wis.) 0 Central 31, Augustana (Ill.) 23 Concordia (Ill.) 28, Chicago 10 Concordia (Moor.) 35, Buena Vista 14 Cornell (Iowa) 22, Macalester 14 Duquesne 22, Dayton 13 E. Michigan 14, Alabama St. 7 Elmhurst 64, Olivet 14 Henderson St. 35, Harding 21 Hope 28, Wis. Lutheran 14 Illinois 56, S. Dakota St. 3 Illinois College 34, Carroll (Wis.) 27 Illinois Wesleyan 17, Alma 9 Indiana St. 48, Butler 34 Iowa St. 44, Iowa 41, 3OT Lawrence 62, Knox 42 Loras 48, Rockford 17 Malone 30, McKendree 27 Manchester 26, Kalamazoo 17 Maranatha Baptist 33, Crown (Minn.) 19 Michigan St. 44, FAU 0 Michigan Tech 41, Lake Erie 10 Millikin 51, Greenville 13 Minn. Duluth 49, Upper Iowa 22 Minn. St.-Mankato 32, Northern St. (SD) 10 Minn.-Morris 44, Martin Luther 40 Monmouth (Ill.) 61, Grinnell 20 Mount Union 41, Wis.-Oshkosh 17 N. Michigan 30, Findlay 23, OT Nebraska-Kearney 65, Northeastern St. 10 New Mexico St. 28, Minnesota 21 Northwestern 42, E. Illinois 21 Ohio Dominican 44, Northwood (Mich.) 30 Ohio St. 27, Toledo 22 Pacific Lutheran 27, Hamline 0 Ripon 29, Lake Forest 24 SW Minnesota St. 48, Mary 45 South Dakota 30, E. Washington 17 St. Francis (Ind.) 34, St. Ambrose 33 St. Norbert 30, Beloit 14 St. Olaf 31, Simpson (Iowa) 23 St. Thomas (Minn.) 45, Wis.-River Falls 22 Trine 41, Bluffton 27 Valley City St. 28, Dickinson St. 26 W. Illinois 35, Jacksonville 21 Wabash 19, Wooster 7 Wayne (Neb.) 34, Minn.-Crookston 24 Westminster (Mo.) 36, Northwestern (Minn.) 26 Widener 44, Thiel 14 William Penn 24, Luther 13 Winona St. 48, Minn. St.-Moorhead 10 Wis.-Eau Claire 47, St. Johns (Minn.) 19 Wis.-Platteville 26, Wis.-Stevens Pt. 3 Wis.-Stout 20, Jamestown 17 Wis.-Whitewater 45, Franklin 0 Wisconsin 35, Oregon St. 0 Youngstown St. 77, Valparaiso 13 SOUTH Appalachian St. 58, NC A&T 6 Auburn 41, Mississippi St. 34 Campbell 76, Apprentice 0 Chattanooga 38, Jacksonville St. 17 Clark Atlanta 21, Lane 3 Clemson 35, Wofford 27 Coastal Carolina 20, Catawba 3 Cumberlands 42, Virginia-Wise 13 Davidson 28, Lenoir-Rhyne 10 Delaware St. 31, Shaw 27 E. Kentucky 28, Missouri St. 24 Edward Waters 29, Va. Lynchburg 21 Elizabeth City St. 49, Limestone 7 Florida St. 62, Charleston Southern 10 Furman 16, The Citadel 6 Georgia Southern 62, Tusculum 21 Georgia Tech 49, Middle Tennessee 21 Howard 30, Morehouse 27 James Madison 14, CCSU 9 Kentucky 27, Cent. Michigan 13 Langston 33, Tuskegee 19 Lincoln (Pa.) 43, Kentucky St. 27 Marshall 26, Southern Miss. 20 Methodist 40, Guilford 22 Mississippi 42, S. Illinois 24 Murray St. 39, MVSU 0 NC Central 42, Central St., Ohio 3 North Carolina 24, Rutgers 22 Old Dominion 40, Georgia St. 17 Presbyterian 38, North Greenville 21 Richmond 21, Wagner 6 SC State 26, Bethune-Cookman 18 South Alabama 30, Lamar 8 South Carolina 45, Georgia 42 Southern U. 21, Alabama A&M 6 Stanford 44, Duke 14 Tennessee 45, Cincinnati 23 Thomas More 44, Hanover 13 Tulsa 31, Tulane 3 Union (Ky.) 27, Kentucky Christian 0 Virginia Tech 17, East Carolina 10 W. Carolina 52, Mars Hill 31 Wake Forest 34, NC State 27 William & Mary 24, VMI 7 SOUTHWEST McMurry 24, UTSA 21 Rice 24, Purdue 22 FAR WEST California 36, Colorado 33, OT Colorado St. 33, N. Colorado 14 Idaho 44, North Dakota 14 Idaho St. 44, Western St. (Col.) 7 Montana 37, Cal Poly 23 Montana St. 38, UC Davis 14 N. Arizona 58, Fort Lewis 13 Oregon 69, Nevada 20 S. Utah 35, Sacramento St. 14 TCU 35, Air Force 19 Washington 40, Hawaii 32 Washington St. 59, UNLV 7 Wyoming 45, Texas St. 10
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International League Playoffs (x-if necessary) First Round (Best-of-5) Lehigh Valley 3, Pawtucket 0 Wednesday, Sep. 7: Pawtucket at Lehigh Valley, ppd., Rain Thursday, Sep. 8: Lehigh Valley 4, Pawtucket 2 Friday, Sep. 9: Lehigh Valley 3, Pawtucket 2, 10 innings Saturday, Sep. 10: Lehigh Valley 3, Pawtucket 1 Columbus 3, Durham 0 Wednesday, Sep. 7: Columbus 3, Durham 0 Thursday, Sep. 8: Columbus 8, Durham 3 Friday, Sep. 9: Columbus 5, Durham 2 Championship (Best-of-5) Lehigh Valley vs. Columbus Tuesday, Sep. 13: Lehigh Valley at Columbus, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sep. 14: Lehigh Valley at Columbus, 7:05 p.m. Thursday, Sep. 15: Columbus at Lehigh Valley, 12 p.m. x-Friday, Sep. 16: Columbus at Lehigh Valley, 12 p.m. x-Saturday, Sep. 17: Columbus at Lehigh Valley, 12 p.m.
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Eastern League Playoffs (x-if necessary) First Round (Best-of-5) Richmond 2, Harrisburg 0 Wednesday, Sep. 7: Richmond at Harrisburg, ppd., Flooding Thursday, Sep. 8: Richmond at Harrisburg, ppd., Flooding Friday, Sep. 9: Richmond 6, Harrisburg 0 Saturday, Sep. 10: Richmond 4, Harrisburg 2, 11 innings Sunday, Sep. 11: Harrisburg at Richmond, 1:05 p.m. x-Monday, Sep. 12: Harrisburg at Richmond, 6:05 p.m., 1st game x-Monday, Sep. 12: Harrisburg at Richmond, 8:35 p.m., 2nd game New Hampshire 2, Reading 1 Wednesday, Sep. 7: Reading at New Hampshire, ppd., Rain Thursday, Sep. 8: New Hampshire 2, Reading 0 Friday, Sep. 9: Reading 11, New Hampshire 2 Saturday, Sep. 10: New Hampshire 1, Reading 0 Sunday, Sep. 11: New Hampshire at Reading, 6:05 p.m. x-Monday, Sep. 12: Reading at New Hampshire, 6:35 p.m.
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New York - Penn League Playoffs (x-if necessary) First Round (Best-of-3) Staten Island 2, Brooklyn 1 Tuesday, Sep. 6: Staten Island at Brooklyn, ppd., Rain Wednesday, Sep. 7: Staten Island at Brooklyn, ppd., Rain Thursday, Sep. 8: Staten Island 2, Brooklyn 0 Friday, Sep. 9: Brooklyn 12, Staten Island 5 Saturday, Sep. 10: Staten Island 1, Brooklyn 0 Auburn 2, Vermont 1 Tuesday, Sep. 6: Vermont 7, Auburn 1 Wednesday, Sep. 7: Vermont at Auburn, ppd., Rain Thursday, Sep. 8: Auburn 3, Vermont 2 Friday, Sep. 9: Auburn 7, Vermont 2
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U.S. Open Road Men Novak Djokovic (1) First Round def. Conor Niland, 6-0, 5-1, retired. Second Round def. Carlos Berlocq, 6-0, 6-0, 6-2. Third Round def. Nikolay Davydenko, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Fourth Round def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (22), 7-6 (14), 6-4, 6-2. Quarterfinals def. Janko Tipsarevic (20), 7-6 (2), 6-7 (3), 6-0, 3-0, retired. Semifinals def. Roger Federer (3), 6-7 (7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5. Championship vs. Rafael Nadal (2) or Andy Murray (4). Rafael Nadal (2) First Round def. Andrey Golubev, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-5. Second Round def. Nicholas Mahut, 6-2, 6-2, retired. Third Round def. David Nalbandian, 7-6 (1), 6-1, 7-5. Fourth Round def. Gilles Muller, 7-6 (5), 6-1, 7-5. Quarterfinals def. Andy Roddick (21), 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. Semifinals vs. Andy Murray (4). Andy Murray (4) First Round def. Somdev Devvarman, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-3. Second Round def. Robin Haase, 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-4. Third Round def. Feliciano Lopez (25), 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Fourth Round def. Donald Young, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Quarterfinals def. John Isner (28), 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2). Semifinals vs. Rafael Nadal (2).
M O V E S
BASEBALL MLBSuspended Toronto Blue Jays minor league OF Melvin Garcia for 50 games after testing positive for an amphetamine, a performance-enhancing substance, in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BOSTON RED SOXRecalled RHP Scott Atchison from Pawtucket (IL). CHICAGO WHITE SOXPlaced INF-OF Brent Lillibridge on the 15-day DL. CLEVELAND INDIANSRecalled INF Matt LaPorta from Columbus (IL).
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EAST Alabama 27, Penn St. 11 Bryant 27, American International 16 Bucknell 28, Marist 14 Buffalo 35, Stony Brook 7 California (Pa.) 41, CW Post 13 College of NJ 24, William Paterson 6 Delaware 28, West Chester 17
BULLETIN BOARD
MEETINGS Crestwood Football Booster Club will be meeting on Tuesday, September 20 at 7 p.m. at Kings Restaurant. Any questions or concerns, please call Tony at 430-7517. Hanover Area Cheerleading Booster Club will hold a meeting Monday, September 12, at 7 p.m. in the Hanover Area cafeteria. Jenkins Twp. Little League will hold a monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday
at the fieldhouse. The Golf Tournament scheduled for Sept. 17 has been postponed until May 19th 2012. Kingston/Forty Fort Little League will meet on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Kingston Recreation Center. All interested members are welcome. Lake-Lehman Wrestlers, Parents, and Fans are invited to attend an important meeting on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Lake Lehman High School auditorium. Plans will be discussed for the Elementary, Jr. High and High School season.
South Valley Softball Meeting, 6 p.m. Monday at Timeout Pizza. REGISTRATIONS/TRYOUTS The Valley Regional Warriors will hold a 16U travel team tryout Friday, September 16 at 5 p.m. at the Freedom Park softball complex in Drums. New coach Ron Samsel urges all regional softball players who will be 16 or younger on January 1 to attend. The tryout will be held on Field 2 at the complex located at 413 W. Butler Drive in Drums. For more information,
contact Samsel at 570-336-0707 or email at samsel@pa.metrocast.net. UPCOMING EVENTS Kings College Softball Golf Tournament, Sunday Sept 18 at Stone Meadows Golf Course. Shotgun start is noon and cost is $65 per golfer. The fotmat is captain and crew. For information, contact Coach Gigliello at 208-5900 x 5397 orlisagigliello@kings.edu. The Susquehanna Baseball Team will host its third annual Clay Shoot fundraiser on Saturday, October 8, at
Martzs Gap View Hunting Preserve in Dalmatia, Pa. The registration deadline is Thursday, October 6. Registration and refreshments begin at 8 a.m. and the event will take placer rain or shine. The morning session begins at 9 a.m. and the afternoon session at 1 p.m. The shoot is limited to 108 shooter (54 per session) on a first come fist served basis. A single-shooter entry fee is $60 which includes orientation and safety guidelines, 75 rounds of clay shooting, on course refreshments, a pig roast lunch, prizes, and more.
The lunch is served between the two sessions from 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Shooters are required to bring their own shotgun and shells. Eye protection is mandatory and ear protection is recommended. Bulletin Board items will not be accepted over the telephone. Items may be faxed to 831-7319, emailed to tlsports@timesleader.com or dropped off at the Times Leader or mailed to Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250.
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No. 3 ALABAMA 27, No. 23 PENN ST. 11
Alabama ................................ 7 10 3 7 27 Penn St.................................. 3 0 0 8 11 A107,846. Ala PSU First downs ........................... 19 16 Rushes-yards ....................... 41-196 30-107 Passing.................................. 163 144 Comp-Att-Int ......................... 19-31-0 12-39-1 Return Yards ........................ 43 24 Punts-Avg. ............................ 6-37.2 6-43.2 Fumbles-Lost........................ 0-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards.................... 3-35 3-25 Time of Possession ............. 34:05 25:55 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINGAlabama, Richardson 26-111, Lacy 11-85, McCarron 2-4, Smelley 1-1, Maze 1-(minus 5). Penn St., Redd 22-65, Bolden 4-25, Beachum 3-13, De.Smith 1-4. PASSINGAlabama, McCarron 19-31-0-163. Penn St., Bolden 11-29-1-144, McGloin 1-10-0-0. RECEIVINGAlabama, Maze 4-42, Richardson 4-19, M.Williams 3-34, Norwood 3-25, Smelley 2-18, Bell 1-14, Lacy 1-6, Gibson 1-5. Penn St., Moye 3-51, Brown 3-40, Redd 2-2, Kersey 1-26, Robinson 1-12, Szczerba 1-9, Suhey 1-4.
Alabama captured momentum by an inch

By DEREK LEVARSE dlevarse@timesleader.com
STATE COLLEGE -- It was the difference of a chain link. Maybe less. But it was enough to send Alabamas offense back on the field with some life and leave the Penn State defenders shaking their heads. The Nittany Lions had a 3-0 lead in the first quarter and a rowdy crowd behind them when Alabama coach Nick Saban called for a fake punt on fourth-and-1 from his 40-yard line. Brad Smelley got the ball and was driven backward near the line. The Lions were certain they had stuffed the play and would be taking over with great field position. But the spot from Smelleys momentum earned him the first down by the slightest margin possible. I thought we needed to
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change the momentum of the game, Saban said. We had worked on the play. So if you have to take chances, sometimes you have to take them early in the game. This one paid off. Alabama converted and turned it into seven points and a lead the Crimson Tide would never relinquish. Penn State griped about the spot and multiple players and coaches said they would have liked to see the play reviewed by instant replay. Obviously its a big play at that stage of the game, coach Joe Paterno said. Its debatable whether he made it or not. Typically teams in college will call a timeout in that situation to give the replay offi-
cials more time to signal down to the referees that they will be reviewing the play. But Penn State had no timeouts left, having inexplicably burned all three of them on the opening drive. The first two were called to avoid delay of game penalties after confusion over play calls. The third came when tackle Chima Okoli injured an ankle and the Lions didnt have a replacement out on the field in time. Theres no excuse for that, Paterno said. Green gone (again) Just days after Paterno said Stephfon Green would be returning to action, the senior tailback was nowhere to be found. Green was charged earlier this week with purchasing alcohol for minors in July. This was news to Paterno, who had previously held Green
out for all of preseason camp for a different, undisclosed reason before reinstating him the week before the seasonopener. I havent really had a chance to talk about it with anyone yet, Paterno said. Now all of a sudden something else pops up with him, and it disturbs me. Infirmary report Wide receiver Curtis Drake returned to the field on Saturday for the first time since playing as a true freshman at the end of the 2009 season. Drake had since broken his leg twice, redshirting in 2010 and sitting out spring ball and the opener in 2011. He did not touch the ball against the Tide. Depth was tested on the offensive line in the first quarter when Okoli, the starting right tackle, went off to have his right ankle looked at by trainers. The Lions initially sent Adam Gress
out in his place on the fly. But after a timeout, coaches elected to slide DeOntae Pannell over to tackle and put John Urschel in at right guard. Okoli returned briefly on the next drive before spending much of the game on the sideline. Back in the booth For the second straight game, Paterno spent the day upstairs in the coaching booth as he continues to recover from a hip injury. The 84-year-old coach continues to use a metal cane to help himself along. But it hasnt made him any quieter. At a pep rally on Friday night across campus at Rec Hall, Paterno closed out the proceedings with one of his usual speeches, capping it off with an emphatic shout of Now lets beat the hell out of Alabama!
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There wasnt much more to say. Despite taking the ball to start the game and rattling off a 16play drive that took up half of the first quarter, the Lions (1-1) came away with just an Evan Lewis field goal for their efforts. Alabama responded with 27 straight points before Silas Redd dove over the pile at the goal line with 1:53 to play and Rob Bolden scrambled for a two-point conversion. It was the Lions first time reaching the end zone against the Tide since the third quarter of a 17-16 loss in Happy Valley in October 1989 -- a span of nearly three full games. That contest was famously decided when Alabama blocked what would have been the winning field goal at the end. Neither side will remember much about this game. Both teams were looking to stop the quarterback carousels they ran in their openers. Alabama did just that, sticking with A.J. McCarron until the final, meaningless drive of the day. For Penn State, the quarterback choice was none of the above for much of the contest. McCarron went 19-of-31 for 163 yards and a touchdown. Nothing staggering, to be sure. But compare that to the combined efforts of Bolden and Matt McGloin, who were 12-of-39 for 144 yards and an interception. The yards and the pick belonged to Bolden. McGloin finished with one of the most bizarre stat lines a quarterback will ever see --1-for-10 for exactly zero yards. His lone completion was on a swing pass caught behind the line by Redd that gained nothing. That was definitely the best defense were going to see all year, said McGloin, who downplayed the offenses struggles. This doesnt make or break our season. Paterno and his players spent much of the week declaring that they were a better team than last year. After this one, it was hard to tell. Its frustrating, senior defensive tackle Devon Still said. Its tough when the offense isnt moving the ball as well as you expected. As a defense, you just have to take it all on you. The Lions defense indeed kept the team in it despite little hope of a scoring surge from the offense. Michael Williams caught a 5yard touchdown in the final minute of the first quarter -- eight plays after Alabama converted a fourth-and-1 with a fake punt from its 40-yard line. Trent Richardson (111 yards, two touchdowns) burned the Lions on the ground as he did a year ago, scoring from 3 yards
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Penn State running back Silas Redd (25) goes over Alabama linebacker Jerrell Harris (5) and the rest of the Alabama defense as he score Penn States only touchdown in the fourth quarter Saturday.
Alabama linebacker Nico Johnson (35) congratulates defensive back Mark Barron (4) after Barron intercepted a PSU pass.
out with 35 seconds left in the first half to give the Tide (2-0) a 17-3 lead at the break. Jeremy Shelley connected on two field goals for Alabama and Richardson put the game away with a 13-yard touchdown before bad positions," Lions safety Drew Astorino said. "Most of the times they scored, they started on the 50 (-yard line)." That doesnt mean Penn States defense automatically had to lapse. "Just because theyre on the 50 doesnt mean thats guaranteed points," Astorino said. "Some-
Redd closed out the scoring. I think that Alabama wanted it more, Bolden said. We played our hardest and tried to make it count. In the end, it just wasnt enough and the outcome Penn States Evan Lewis (4) kicks a field goal as Alabamas showed it. Courtney Upshaw, right, and the line try to block it. times, when we got put with our backs to the wall, we didnt respond great. We didnt have to give up points." Nobodys trying to make a point of Penn State being physically inferior to the top teams in the country. The Lions went through one of their toughest preseason camps in years, and look like theyre going to be a lot tougher to beat in the Big Ten than they were last season. They lasted with Alabama, at least defensively, standing toeto-toe with the Tide for most of the day. Take away those two touchdowns and Alabamas 27-11 victory Saturday looks more like a 13-11 nail-biter. "I think we learned, as a defense, we can play with anybody," Lions linebacker Michael Mauti said. Not mentally. When it comes to overcoming momentum that is going against them, the Lions leaned back on their heels while backpedaling the other way.
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plays before running back Trent Richardson crashed across the goal line from 3 yards away for a 17-3 Alabama lad. "We were put in some really
FIRST QUARTER PSU -- Evan Lewis 43-yard field goal, 7:34. Drive: 16 plays, 54 yards, 7:26. Comment: All sorts of strange stuff on the games opening drive. Penn State sets some kind of world record by burning all three timeouts in the first six minutes but keeps the chain moving, including a successful fourth-and-1 bootleg by Rob Bolden. But the Lions finally run out of steam and go back to Lewis for the field goal attempt despite a poor showing in the opener. But the walk-on from Gettysburg boots it through for the first made field goal of his career. PENN STATE 3, ALABAMA 0. UA -- Michael Williams 5-yard pass from A.J. McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick), 0:25. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards, 4:51. Comment: Beaver Stadium erupted as Penn State appeared to stuff a surprising fake punt call by Nick Saban on fourth-and-1 from his 40. The Tide pick up the first down by less than a chain link, however, and the Lions defense never recovers. McCarron fits some tight passes into traffic, including the touchdown, which linebacker Gerald Hodges just misses getting a hand on. UA 7, PSU 3. SECOND QUARTER UA -- Shelley 22-yard field goal, 10:08. Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards, 4:40. Comment: Some bad (very bad) memories for the Lions on this drive as Heisman candidate tailback Trent Richardson finally gets going. One particularly impressive run was a replay of many from last years game, as Richardson screams up the middle of the field and sends a tackler flying for a gain of 22. This time, however, the Lions defense holds from the 5 and forces the field goal to salvage some momentum. UA 10, PSU 3. UA -- Trent Richardson 3-yard run (Shelley kick), 0:35. Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards, 4:06. Comment: The Lions finally claw back for some momentum as Bolden returns to the game after two drives led by Matt McGloin. Bolden converts a third-down pass to Justin Brown and appears to have another one to tight end to Andrew Szczerba before Tide cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick jars the ball loose and Alabama takes over at the 50. McCarron completes three straight third-down passes from there and Richardson finishes off the drive to put Penn State in a big hole at the half. UA 17, PSU 3. THIRD QUARTER UA -- Shelley 18-yard field goal, 4:50. Drive: 11 plays, 50 yards, 5:04. Comment: Penn State sees little improvement from either Bolden or McGloin under center, and Alabamas defense stays predatory, twice having interceptions overturned by replay review. On this drive, Saban doesnt go for the kill on fourth-and-goal, reasoning that a field goal and a 17-point lead will still be more than enough to hold off a listless Penn State offense. He is correct. UA 20, PSU 3. FOURTH QUARTER UA -- Richardson 13-yard run (Shelley kick), 6:14. Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 2:16. Comment: Penn States defense, reasonably stout for the entire afternoon, finally gives up the ghost. Alabama isnt trying to run up the score at all and in fact plugs in backup tailback Eddie Lacy, who shreds the Lions for gains of 9, 4, 9 and then 30. He gets a breather in favor of Richardson, who plows his way through more tired defenders and into the end zone to put this one away. UA 27, PSU 3. PSU -- Silas Redd 1-yard run (Rob Bolden rush), 1:53. Drive: 14 plays, 71 yards, 4:15. Comment: Sledding is easier now for the Lions with the outcome already well in hand. Still, Bolden works to claim the QB job full-time with a nice lob to Shawney Kersey down the left sideline to put the ball at the 1. Redd leaps over the pile for the score, showing off another bit of his repertoire. Bolden scrambles and dives in for the conversion because why not. UA 27, PSU 11. PLAY OF THE GAME Alabama was the better team by far. It was only a matter of when the Tide would take control of the game. The fake punt call ensured it happened in the first quarter. Brad Smelley barely got his momentum to carry him to the marker before he was driven backward. First down Tide. Eight plays Alabama went up 7-3 and never looked back.
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Playing it straight, grandfather still kicking after all these years

Graying Vietnam veteran boots PAT conversion during season opener in Alabama.
By JAY REEVES Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. A 61year-old Vietnam veteran and grandfather of five became the oldest player ever to get in a college football game. Alan Moore kicked an extra point for NAIA Faulkner in its season-opener on Saturday. Moore wore a square-toe shoe and kicked old-school style, not soccer style trends that were popular when he first played college football in the late 60s. He gave Faulkner a 25-0 lead early in the second half Saturday en route to a 41-19 win over Ave Maria, located in southwest Florida and playing its first game ever. Players one-third his age swarmed Moore as he jogged off
the field smiling. Gray-bearded and tanned, Moore swapped high fives and fist bumps with teammates. Moore with the word believe written on his kicking shoe said he was glad to get the first kick behind him. Its not about me, and its not about being old. Its about the team, Moore said before hugging his grandkids at midfield after the game. Faulkner coach Gregg Baker knew his team wanted to see Moore get a chance to play. When we called his number to go kick it all the players got really excited, Baker said. Moore replaces Tom Thompson as the oldest football player to get in a game, according to College Football Hall of Fame historian Kent Stephens. Thompson was also 61 when he kicked off once at NCAA Division III Austin College in 2009, but Moore has the age edge.
Its not about me, and its not about being old. Its about the team.
Alan Moore 61-year-old football player
Moore is a couple of months older, Stephens said. Originally of Mt. Olive, Miss., Moore kicked during his freshman year in 1968 at Mississippis Jones College before heading to Vietnam that December. He was in the war almost a year, serving with an infantry unit doing reconnaissance missions. His military service over, Moore worked in the construction business for decades before losing his job to the slow economy in 2009. Now retired and living in Homestead, Fla., he went to visit his grandchildren in Mississippi and wound up catching the kicking bug again after watching a Jones College game.
Using footballs he bought at a sporting goods store and the oldstyle kicking shoes, Moore began practicing on goal posts he built in his daughters yard. He couldnt get on the Jones College squad but played last season when he was 60 at Holmes Community College in Goodman, Miss., missing a 30-yard field goal against Jones but making an extra-point attempt at Itawamba. Hes a good guy, said Steve Diffey, communications director at Holmes. Hes got a good mission. He works well with kids, and hes all about the team. The College Football Hall of Fame already has asked for a football signed by Moore after his appearance for Faulkner, the historian said. We talked about them sending a jersey, but its a small school and they dont have many extra AP PHOTO jerseys lying around, Stephens said. Faulkners Alan Moore (26) is congratulated by teammate Don
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Georgia giveth, S. Carolina happy to taketh

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ATHENS, Ga. South Carolina gained the upper hand in the Southeastern Conference East by taking advantage of every Georgia mistake. The No. 12 Gamecocks scored twice off turnovers, including defensive end Melvin Ingrams second touchdown with 3:12 remaining and held on to beat error-prone Georgia 45-42 Saturday, giving embattled coach Mark Richt another galling loss. South Carolina (2-0, 1-0 SEC) set up another touchdown with a long fumble return, and the 276-pound Ingram scored his first career TD on a 68-yard run with a fake punt. Georgia (0-2, 0-1) got four touchdown passes from Aaron Murray but simply couldnt overcome all the major blunders. Antonio Allen returned an interception 25 yards for a TD in the third quarter. After Marcus Lattimore put the Gamecocks back ahead, 38-35, on a 3-yard run with 312 minutes left, one more mistake doomed the Bulldogs. Freshman Jadeveon Clowney burst through the line without being blocked and threw down Murray, who lost the ball before slamming the ground. Ingram batted it toward the end zone and picked it up there for an improbable two-touchdown performance by the fifth-year senior. Lattimore had another big game against the Bulldogs, rushing for 176 yards on 27 carries. Georgia piled up plenty of years, with Murray throwing for 248 and freshman Isaiah Crowell rushing for 118. But the Gamecocks got TDs out of all three turnovers by the home team, which desperately needed a win after an opening 35-21 loss to No. 4 Boise State.
of Duke on Saturday. Luck was 20 of 28 for 290 yards with touchdown passes of 60 and 3 yards to Coby Fleener, 10 yards to Chris Owusu and 3 yards to Zach Ertz. Stanford (2-0) won its 10th straight game dating to last season and claimed a rare regular-season win on the East Coast while denying the Blue Devils (0-2) their first Top 25 win since 1994. Lee Butler returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown to pull Duke to 10-7 late in the first half. Luck then led four straight touchdown drives to turn it into a rout before exiting one play into the fourth quarter. No. 8 Wisconsin 35, Oregon State 0 MADISON, Wis. Russell Wilson threw three touchdowns and No. 8 Wisconsin overcame a slow start from its running game to beat Oregon State 35-0 at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday. With Oregon States defense stuffing running backs Montee Ball and James White early on, Wisconsin pounced on special teams mistakes and leaned on Wilson and the defense to do the rest. In his second career start for the Badgers (2-0), Wilson was 17 of 21 for 189 yards and the three touchdowns, including a pair to tight end Jacob Pedersen. Wisconsins running game broke through after halftime, and Ball had a pair of touchdowns in the second half.
who had gone from defending national champions to unranked underdog after needing a furious rally to beat Utah State. This time they held on against the Bulldogs (1-1), who nearly pulled off a similar comeback. They marched 66-plus yards in the final 2:52 with only one passing play. Before the games last play, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen raced to an official, signaled timeout, and managed to get three seconds put back on the clock. All 10 remaining ticked off when Relf came up short. No. 17 Michigan State 44, Florida Atlantic 0 EAST LANSING, Mich. Kirk Cousins threw for 183 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 17 Michigan State held Florida Atlantic to one first down in a 44-0 victory over the Owls on Saturday. B.J. Cunningham caught five passes for 73 yards, breaking a tie with Matt Trannon for Michigan States career lead in receptions. The Spartans (2-0) led 27-0 at halftime and ended up outgaining FAU 434-48. The Owls (0-2) have scheduled a brutal opening month. They opened at Florida and play at Auburn in two weeks. Cousins finished 16 of 21, and backup Andrew Maxwell also played quite a bit. Michigan State has held an opponent to one first down only one other time against Maryland in 1944. No. 19 West Virginia 55, Norfolk St 12 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Geno Smith threw for 371 yards and four scores and West Virginia overcame a rough start to beat Norfolk State 55-12 Saturday. The Mountaineers (2-0) scored on their first seven possessions of the second half to erase a 12-10 halftime deficit to an FCS opponent. West Virginia needed just three plays to find the end zone after halftime, and after Smith hit Ivan McCartney with a 39yard TD toss early in the fourth, the Mountaineers had scored five touchdowns in a 15-minute span. No. 25 TCU 35, Air Force 19 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. The 25th-ranked TCU Horned Frogs brushed off their Baylor blues and routed Air Force 35-19 Saturday for their 18th straight win in the Mountain West Conference. Pittsburgh 35, Maine 29 PITTSBURGH Ray Graham ran for 121 yards and three touchdowns to lead Pittsburgh past Maine 35-29 on Saturday. The junior running back added five receptions for another 30 yards for the Panthers (2-0), who struggled to put away the Black Bears (1-1).
No. 11 Virginia Tech 17, East Carolina 10 GREENVILLE, N.C. Josh Oglesby ran for the go-ahead 10-yard score with 7:30 left, helping No. 11 Virginia Tech beat East Carolina 17-10 on Saturday to give coach Frank No. 5 Florida St 62, Beamer his 200th win at the Charleston Southern 10 school. David Wilson ran for 138 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. EJ yards to lead the Hokies (2-0) Manuel threw for a career-best 329 yards and four touchdowns and quarterback Logan Thomas struggled in his second career Saturday as No. 5 Florida State start while the Hokies also defeated Charleston Southern committed 12 penalties and 62-10 in a tune-up for next committed two turnovers, but weeks showdown against toptheir defense completely shut ranked Oklahoma. down the Pirates high-powered The Buccaneers, who lost passing attack and held East 62-0 last week at Central FlorCarolina (0-2) to 112 total yards. ida, didnt complete a pass or That included minus-15 yards have a first down in the first rushing, second fewest in ECU half, and trailed 34-0. history. Manuel hit Bert Reed on two Michael Dobson ran for a short TD passes while the Semi2-yard touchdown for the Pinoles defense limited Charrates. But in an unusual twist, it leston Southern to 84 total was their defense among the yards. nations worst last year that Charleston Southern (0-2) snapped a drought of 11 quarters kept East Carolina in it until late. without a touchdown when Teddy Allen flipped a 3-yard touchdown pass to Carson Lesh- No. 13 Oregon 69, Nevada 20 EUGENE, Ore. Darron in early in the third quarter. Thomas matched a school reNo. 6 Stanford 44, Duke 14 cord with six touchdown passes and No. 13 Oregon bounced DURHAM, N.C. Andrew back from its season-opening Luck matched a career high by loss to beat Nevada 69-20 on throwing four touchdown passes in No. 6 Stanfords 44-14 rout Saturday.
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South Carolina defensive end Melvin Ingram scores after a Georgia fumble during the fourth quarter of Saturdays game in Athens, Ga. South Carolina won 45-42.
22 LaMichael James ran for 67 yards and a touchdown, caught COLUMBUS, Ohio Chris a scoring pass from Thomas and Fields returned a punt 69 yards returned a punt for a score to and Carlos Hyde ran for two help the Ducks (1-1) to their more scores to lead No. 15 Ohio 17th straight victory at Autzen State past Toledo 27-22 SatStadium. urday, a win that was secure True freshman running back only after the Buckeyes held the DeAnthony Thomas caught two Rockets on their last drive. The Rockets (1-1) drove from passes both for touchdowns their own 28 to the Ohio State for 93 yards. 17 before backup quarterback Tyler Lantrip, a fifth-year Terrance Owens threw incomsenior making his first career start, completed 21 of 35 passes plete on fourth down while being pressured by John Simon. for 219 yards and a touchdown Ohio State (2-0) has not lost for Nevada, which was playing to another Ohio team since its season opener. 1921. The Buckeyes are 43-0-1 No. 15 Ohio State 27, Toledo since that 7-6 setback to Ober-
lin. Toledo led 15-7 after a quarter and was on top 22-21 before Hydes 3-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter. Auburn 41, No. 16 Mississippi St. 34 AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Ryan Smith stopped Chris Relf at the goal line on the final play to preserve Auburns 41-34 win over No. 16 Mississippi State on Saturday. Relf kept the ball on an option and headed for the end zone before Smith went low and brought the 240-pound quarterback down for the Tigers (2-0),
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Final Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Brady, NWE ........ 492 324 3900 36 P. Rivers, SND ... 541 357 4710 30 Roethlis, PIT ....... 389 240 3200 17 Flacco, BAL......... 489 306 3622 25 Cassel, KAN........ 450 262 3116 27 Schaub, HOU...... 574 365 4370 24 P. Manning, IND . 679 450 4700 33 Garrard, JAC....... 366 236 2734 23 Orton, DEN.......... 498 293 3653 20 J. Campbell, OAK...................... 329 194 2387 13 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG A. Foster, HOU ... 327 1616 4.94 74t Charles, KAN....... 230 1467 6.38 80 Chr. Johns, TEN . 316 1364 4.32 76t Jones-Drew, JAC 299 1324 4.43 37 Mendenhall, PIT . 324 1273 3.93 50t R. Rice, BAL ........ 307 1220 3.97 50 Hillis, CLE ............ 270 1177 4.36 48 D. McFadd, OAK 223 1157 5.19 57t Benson, CIN ........ 321 1111 3.46 26 Green-Ell, NWE .. 229 1008 4.40 33t Receivers No Yds Avg LG Wayne, IND ......... 111 1355 12.2 50 And. Johnson, HOU...................... 86 1216 14.1 60 B. Marshall, MIA . 86 1014 11.8 46 Welker, NWE....... 86 848 9.9 35 Ste. Johnson, BUF....................... 82 1073 13.1 45 Bess, MIA ............ 79 820 10.4 29 B. Lloyd, DEN...... 77 1448 18.8 71 Bowe, KAN .......... 72 1162 16.1 75t T. Owens, CIN .... 72 983 13.7 78t B. Watson, CLE... 68 763 11.2 44 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG Edelman, NWE ...... 21 321 15.3 94t Mariani, TEN .......... 27 329 12.2 87t E. Royal, DEN........ 25 298 11.9 33 Bess, MIA ............... 25 284 11.4 47 Leonhard, NYJ....... 21 238 11.3 32 Mi. Thomas, JAC ... 34 358 10.5 78t L. Webb, BAL ......... 21 199 9.5 35 Cribbs, CLE ............ 20 168 8.4 17 Arenas, KAN........... 39 322 8.3 36 Cosby, CIN ............. 30 225 7.5 20 Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg LG D. Reed, BAL...... 21 616 29.3 103t Bra. Smith, NYJ . 50 1432 28.6 97t Br. Tate, NWE .... 41 1057 25.8 103t Mariani, TEN....... 60 1530 25.5 98t Decker, DEN ...... 22 556 25.3 51 E. Sanders, PIT.. 25 628 25.1 48 Karim, JAC ......... 50 1248 25.0 65 Sproles, SND ..... 51 1257 24.6 45 Carroll, MIA......... 27 655 24.3 46 J. Ford, OAK....... 53 1280 24.2 101t Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret A. Foster, HOU .. 18 16 2 0 Bowe, KAN......... 15 0 15 0 Green-Ell, NWE. 13 13 0 0 Hillis, CLE........... 13 11 2 0 Mendenhall, PIT 13 13 0 0 Chr. John, TEN.. 12 11 1 0 Tolbert, SND...... 11 11 0 0 B. Lloyd, DEN .... 11 0 11 0 Gates, SND ........ 10 0 10 0 R. Gronkow, NWE.................... 10 0 10 0 Kicking PAT FG LG Janikowski, OAK...... 43-43 33-41 59 Vinatieri, IND ............ 51-51 26-28 48 Folk, NYJ .................. 37-37 30-39 56 Rackers, HOU.......... 43-43 27-30 57 Cundiff, BAL ............. 39-39 26-29 49 D. Carpenter, MIA ... 25-25 30-41 60 Bironas, TEN............ 38-38 24-26 55 Kaeding, SND .......... 40-40 23-28 50 Scobee, JAC ............ 41-41 22-28 59 Succop, KAN............ 42-42 20-26 53 Int 4 13 5 10 7 12 17 15 9 8 TD 16 5 11 5 13 5 11 7 7 13 TD 6 8 3 7 10 5 11 15 9 3 TD 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TD 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Pts 108 90 78 78 78 72 68 66 60 60 Pts 142 129 127 124 117 115 110 109 107 102
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Eagles receiver overcomes mysterious condition to suit up for season opener.
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Final Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Rodgers, GBY .... 475 312 3922 28 Vick, PHL............. 372 233 3018 21 Freeman, TAM .... 474 291 3451 25 M. Ryan, ATL ...... 571 357 3705 28 Brees, NOR......... 658 448 4620 33 Kitna, DAL ........... 318 209 2365 16 Cutler, CHI .......... 432 261 3274 23 E. Manning, NYG 539 339 4002 31 Ale. Smith, SNF.. 342 204 2370 14 Sh. Hill, DET ....... 416 257 2686 16 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG M. Turner, ATL.... 334 1371 4.10 55 A. Peterson, MIN 283 1298 4.59 80t S. Jackson, STL.. 330 1241 3.76 42t Bradshaw, NYG .. 276 1235 4.47 48t L. McCoy, PHL.... 207 1080 5.22 62 Forte, CHI ............ 237 1069 4.51 68t Blount, TAM ......... 201 1007 5.01 53 Gore, SNF ........... 203 853 4.20 64 Jacobs, NYG ....... 147 823 5.60 73 F. Jones, DAL ..... 185 800 4.32 34 Receivers No Yds Avg LG R. White, ATL...... 115 1389 12.1 46 Witten, DAL ......... 94 1002 10.7 33 S. Moss, WAS ..... 93 1115 12.0 56 Fitzgerald, ARI .... 90 1137 12.6 41 Amendola, STL ... 85 689 8.1 36 Colston, NOR ...... 84 1023 12.2 43 H. Nicks, NYG ..... 79 1052 13.3 46t L. McCoy, PHL.... 78 592 7.6 40 Ca. Johnson, DET ...................... 77 1120 14.5 87t Cooley, WAS....... 77 849 11.0 35 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG D. Hester, CHI........ 33 564 17.1 89t Ginn Jr., SNF ......... 24 321 13.4 78t Logan, DET ............ 30 362 12.1 71 De. Jackson, PHL.. 20 231 11.6 65t Banks, WAS............ 38 431 11.3 53 L. Washington, SEA ......................... 22 249 11.3 84 Amendola, STL ...... 40 452 11.3 42 Munnerlyn, CAR .... 30 327 10.9 37 Camarillo, MIN ....... 39 359 9.2 52 Tra. Williams, GBY 41 326 8.0 52 Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg LG Weems, ATL....... 40 1100 27.5 102t StephensHowling, ARI....... 57 1548 27.2 102t Logan, DET......... 54 1448 26.8 105t Spurlock, TAM .... 44 1129 25.7 89t L. Washington, SEA...................... 57 1461 25.6 101t Banks, WAS........ 46 1155 25.1 96t D. Manning, CHI. 33 816 24.7 62 Roby, NOR ......... 33 785 23.8 39 Harvin, MIN......... 40 933 23.3 95t Amendola, STL... 50 1142 22.8 84 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret A. Peterson, MIN ...................... 13 12 1 0 Ca. Johnson, DET ..................... 12 0 12 0 G. Jennings, GBY ..................... 12 0 12 0 M. Turner, ATL... 12 12 0 0 H. Nicks, NYG.... 11 0 11 0 Mi. Williams, TAM ..................... 11 0 11 0 R. White, ATL..... 10 0 10 0 Maclin, PHL ........ 10 0 10 0 Forte, CHI ........... 9 6 3 0 Witten, DAL ........ 9 0 9 0 Kicking PAT FG LG Akers, PHL ............... 47-47 32-38 50 M. Bryant, ATL ......... 44-44 28-31 51 Jo. Brown, STL ........ 26-27 33-39 53 Buehler, DAL............ 42-44 24-32 53 Crosby, GBY ............ 46-46 22-28 56 Gould, CHI................ 35-35 25-30 54 Feely, ARI................. 29-29 24-27 55 Mare, SEA ................ 31-31 25-30 51 Barth, TAM ................ 36-36 23-28 53 Gano, WAS............... 28-28 24-35 49 Int 11 6 6 9 22 12 16 25 10 12 TD 12 12 6 8 7 6 6 3 9 1 TD 10 9 6 6 3 7 11 2 12 3 TD 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 TD 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 Pts 78 74 72 72 66 66 64 60 56 56 Pts 143 128 125 114 112 110 107 106 105 100
During his breakout big-play NFL season, Jeremy Maclin caught 70 passes for the Philadelphia Eagles last year. For a long stretch of this summer, he feared he wouldnt catch another. A mysterious illness caused Maclin to miss most of training camp and caused him to contemplate life away from the NFL. So when Maclin gets anothUP NEXT er opportunity PHILADELon the football PHIA at ST. field at 1 p.m. LOUIS today when his TV: 1 p.m., Eagles open the today, Fox 2011 season (WOLF-56) against his OPENING LINE: Eagles home-state St. by 5 Louis Rams in LAST MEETthe Edward ING: Eagles Jones Dome, he beat Rams plans to hang 38-3, Sept. 7, onto it for dear 2008 life. "Knowing there was a possibility I couldnt play football this season, it kind of makes you realize how fortunate you are," Maclin said. "It does change how you look at things. You cant take anything for granted." Neither can the Eagles. While they added a flurry of high-profile free agents last month - prompting new backup quarterback Vince Young to tag the Eagles as a "Dream Team" the Eagles are focused on turning their Super Bowl dreams to reality. They signed cornerbacks Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Young,
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Philadelphia Eagles receiver Jeremy Maclin carries the ball during a wild card playoff game against the Green Bay Packers on Jan. 9.
defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins and Jason Babin, guard Kyle DeVan, and offensive weapons Steve Smith and Ronnie Brown in hopes of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in February. But that mission begins today. "Its not about potential," Eagles quarterback Michael Vick said. "Its time to play a game. Im excited about where were at. Im excited about the season going in. It allows me to go out and play the way I like to play. "There are still games to play." Nobodys more enthusiastic about playing them than Maclin. Philadelphias third-year wide receiver topped the team with 10
touchdown catches in 2010, while catching scoring bombs of 83, 48 and 45 yards. And his 70 catches for 964 yards ranked second on the Eagles. But during the offseason, Maclin spent five months going through medical tests to determine why he was experiencing fevers, sleep loss and weight loss. Doctors never found anything and those symptoms disappeared, but not before some of those tests ruled out lymphoma a form of cancer. Now Maclin hopes to rediscover the form that made him one of the Eagles most dynamic weapons a year ago.
"Its an opportunity to go out and play football," said Maclin, insisting hes at full strength now after rejoining the team just two weekends ago, "something I wasnt sure I was going to be able to do." The Eagles werent sure either. They went out and added Smith, a former Pro Bowl star for the New York Giants, during the time Maclin was away from the team. That was only one of the array of moves that made football fans point to the Eagles as a Super Bowl contender. "Its very exciting," Maclin said. "We know we have a lot of
good, talented guys. But you still have to go out there and play the game. "If we go out there and play to our ability, were going to be a tough team to beat." Speaking of beats, Maclin will be listening for a familiar one in St. Louis. Hell have plenty of fans in the stands, and the band from his old high school in nearby Kirkwood, Mo., will spend a special pregame moment on the field. "Not only am I playing, the Kirkwood band is playing the national anthem," Maclin said. "Im just anxious to get out there and play football."
Rivals out to take early lead in AFC North

Pittsburghs trip to Baltimore is not just another game for the combatants on the field.
POLAMALU, STEELERS AGREE ON CONTRACT
Troy Polamalu never planned on leaving the Pittsburgh Steelers. Still, the defending AFC champions didnt want to take any chances, signing the star safety to a contract extension through the 2014 season. Polamalu, the 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, actually signed the contract at Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday just before the team boarded a plane to Baltimore. The 30-year-old took to his Twitter account to announce the deal, tweeting I am happy to say that I will retire a Pittsburgh Steeler! Terms were not immediately disclosed. Polamalu was scheduled to make $6.4 million this season.
By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer
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NEXT GAME
PITTSBURGH at BALTIMORE TV: 1 p.m., today. CBS (WYOU-22) OPENING LINE: Ravens by 212 LAST MEETING: Steelers beat Ravens 31-24, Jan. 15, 2011
BALTIMORE Whether they clash in the playoffs or September, when the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens are on the same field, emotions run high and the collisions are violent. Thats what makes it the best rivalry in the NFL. The last time they met, a trip to the AFC title game hung in the balance. The consequences wont be nearly as significant in Sundays opener because, after all, each team will still have 15 games left in the regular season. Try telling that to Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs. The stakes are the same. The stakes are always the same, Suggs said. Part of the incentive to win Sunday is taking an early lead in the AFC North. Most of all, its about beating a fierce rival. Its always a very physical game, its usually close and usually very low scoring, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. Its two very, very good defenses going against each other, its in the division. So I think that adds a little something extra to it. The names change from year to year, but the intensity remains the same. Todd Heap, Derrick Mason, LeRon McClain, Willis McGahee and Kelly Gregg all
of whom played a significant role with Baltimore last season are gone. It makes no difference to Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who has been a participant in this heated duel since 1996. I tell people all the time that there are no better games to play for your legacy, Lewis said. When people hear Baltimore and Pittsburgh, everyone is going to have a front row seat because they know exactly what theyre going to get. The players and the people outside the league really care for you because of playing in those rivalries. Redskins-Cowboys? PackersBears? Anyone whos been a part of Steelers-Ravens knows there is no comparison to this rivalry. Its the best in sports, Suggs declared. Everything the fans want to see out of a rivalry is in this game the hatred between the two teams, the physicality between the two teams. Steelers-Ravens. Its a double chin-strap game for all the participants, and even that occasionally isnt enough. In the AFC cham-
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pionship two years ago, McGahee was knocked senseless from a hit by Ryan Clark. Last year in Baltimore, Roethlisberger had his nose broken on the games third play. I keep telling our guys to stop all the Tweeting stuff, because Im the one who feels the brunt of it not our defensive guys, Roethlisberger said. I hate play-
ing them, and I hate going down there to play them. But thats not a knock on them. Its because theyre so good. Roethlisberger has won seven straight starts against Baltimore, but it hasnt been easy. Five of the last eight games between the teams have been decided by three points, another was 13-9, and Pittsburgh rallied behind
Roethlisberger for a 31-24 win last January to end the Ravens season. Close, physical games between two similar teams. Thats what Steelers-Ravens is all about. Its been that way for a long time, actually. Lewis remembers when the Ravens beat Pittsburgh 16-0 in the 2000 opener, a victory that started Baltimore on its way to its lone Super Bowl title. You think that game meant nothing to the Ravens because it was played in September? Ill never say this is too early, Lewis said. Its an AFC team, its in your division. Deal with what youve got to deal with right now.
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NFL SUNDAY
Emotional backdrop to opener
Jets to host Cowboys during an evening of ceremonies to honor 9/11 victims.
DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer
C O W B OY S AT J E T S
PREDICTIONS
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS UPSET OF THE WEEK (Line: NE by 7; Cote: MIA 31-27) AAAWWWK! caws the Upset Bird, soaring, preening, sheen of feathery coat incandescent. Miami has the Dolphins, the greatest football taaawwwk! Might I be crazy? I might. After all, I do think the Patriots are the clearly better team here. I do know the Dolphins were an abysmal 1-7 last season at the defrocked Joe Robbie Stadium. And I am aware that the games quarterback disparity finds Tom Brady decorated with national esteem, and Chad Henne still trying to keep hectoring Dolfans off his tail. Yet despite it all, I hunch Miami to reclaim home-field advantage on the Monday night stage. The Dolphins have the pass-pressure to flush out Brady; watch Cameron Wake dominate Matt Light. And Pats defense looked disheveled and vulnerable in preseason, especially against the pass. Henne has rolled two 300s in a row against New England and should make it a third. Miami showed little of its inventive new offense in the preseason, and this is the time to break it out. If rookie center Mike Pouncey and the interior line can even a decent job vs. Vince Wilfork and Albert Haynesworth enough to give Henne an extra second and Reggie Bush an extra yard this game will be the shocker of Kickoff Weekend. Yes, thats right, concurs the Upset Bird, now incongruously smoking a pipe professorially. The best QB in this game? It wont be Tom. Itll be Chaawwk! PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS GAME OF THE WEEK (Line: BAL by 2 12; Cote: PIT 24-23) An AFC heavyweight match earns our first Game of the Week medal. Great rivalries are what college football has over the NFL, but SteelersRavens is as good as it gets up here where the big boys play. Home field hasnt been a huge factor in this series so Im going with the (slightly) better team in an upset. (Sorry, Ricky Williams). Steelers have won an NFL-best eight consecutive openers, and Mike Tomlin is 7-3 vs. the Crows. TENNESSEE TITANS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS DOG OF THE WEEK (Line: JAC by 2; Cote: TEN 20-17) Tennessees new quarterback is recycled old Matt Hasselbeck. That isnt good news. But its better news than Jacksonvilles new starter being Luke McClown, sorry McCown, after the Jags abruptly and nonsensically cut David Garrard. Take Titans in an upset in the debut of Mike Munchak, one of six new head coaches. Jaxs defense looks a shambles, and cant like McCown in his first start since 07. ATLANTA FALCONS AT CHICAGO BEARS (Line: ATL by 3; Cote: ATL 24-17) These are two of NFCs four reigning division champs, but itll be tough for either to repeat, or to approach last years 13 wins for Falcons and 11 for Pandas. Lanta was winless in preseason, and Chicago tempts as a home dog, but I trust Matt Ryan and his offense a lot more than I trust Jay Cutler and his. Bears awful O-line should be nicknamed Sacks Fifth Avenue. BUFFALO BILLS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (Line: KC by 6; Cote: KC 20-17) Chiefs looked pretty awful in preseason, and I sure dont like em to repeat as division champs, but Buffs dont bring enough talent to pull off a road upset in this low-octane matchup. KC has won 15 of its past 22 home openers and was 7-1 at Arrowhead last season. Like the Williams against the spread, though.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. This one is about more than just the Ryan Bowl, Plaxico Burress return and Jason Garretts debut as the full-time coach of "Americas Team." With the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks as an emotional backdrop, coach Rex Ryan and the New York Jets are kicking off their season against Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys. And, it UP NEXT comes in front DALLAS At of a national telNEW YORK evision audiJETS ence in a stadiTV: 8:20 p.m., um just a few today, NBC miles from the (WBRE-28) World Trade OPENING LINE: Jets by 4 Center site, LAST MEETwith ceremoING: Cowboys nies, songs and 34, New York 3, videos to honor Nov. 22, 2007, first responders at Cowboys and victims. Stadium. There will also likely be some tears. "I think itll definitely be emotional, to me and everybody that is there and probably people that are watching around the country," Ryan said. "I would assume its going to be emotional for everybody. But in particular with this region, this area, when you talk about 2,753 people perishing in New York alone, I think its going to be very emotional for a lot of people." Ryan feels a strong responsibility to make sure his team goes out and wins at MetLife Stadium on Sunday night. Not just for the franchise and the fans, but for the people of the area. "Guys will remember exactly where they were at the time of the tragedy," Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez said. "Theyll give thanks to the officers and rescue
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New York Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress catches a touchdown pass during a preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals in August.
workers. We want to do all that, and respect that atmosphere and that process and all the ceremonial stuff. And at the same time, we want to play a good football game, and be focused and ready to play. So, thats important as well." The Cowboys know emotions will play into this one on and off the field, and Garrett says that wont just be limited to the Jets and their players. "I dont think in any way it was a regional event," said Garrett, who was an assistant with the Giants on Sept. 11, 2001. "It was an
international event. Obviously, it was like none other in our planets history, let alone our countrys history. I certainly feel like the responsibility that we have as members of the Dallas Cowboys to be at our best is no less than the responsibility that the Jets feel to be at their best." Ryan is motivated for another reason. Hes going up against his twin brother Rob, the Cowboys defensive coordinator with their ailing father Buddy, whos battling cancer in his parotid gland (near the ear), expected to be in the crowd watching his
sons. "Its always special when you play against Rex," Rob Ryan said. "You talk about emotion its hard to talk about me and my brother when its 9/11, so everybodys got emotions on that one." Rex is 5-3 against his brother, going back to their college coaching days, and the Jets beat the Cleveland Browns and Robs defense last season. That matchup was highlighted by a wig-wearing Rex taking playful shots at his brother and Rob going right back at him.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (Line: HOU by 8 12; Cote: HOU 27-20) Peyton Mannings starting streak ends at 227 games and his neck issues could shelve him a long while, imperiling Colts nine-season playoff streak. Then again, Texans running back and fantasy hoss Arian Foster is iffy with a hammy and could be a Sunday decision with Mannings absence seeming to increase the chance he might sit. Also think betting line overreacted to the de-Peyton-ing of Indy. Fill-in Kerry Collins will be savvy enough to keep it close. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT ST. LOUIS RAMS (Line: PHI by 5; Cote: PHI 31-16) Rams enjoyed their first 4-0 preseason since 1979 and think they have a franchise quarterback in Sam Bradford. St. Louis hasnt been this happy since Kurt Warner was pitching touchdowns and thanking the Lord. But you know what time it is? Reality-check time. Philly is that good. Even if Michael Vick has the expected downturn statistically, Birds are still that good. (Wonder how many carries Ronnie Brown will get.) DETROIT LIONS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (Line: TB by 2; Cote: TB 23-20) Detroit is one of NFLs media-appointed it teams this year, the hype only fed by a 4-0 preseason. I need to give T-Bay a little respect, though. Bucs are young, rising and coming off a 10-win year, so make it a venue call in a game Tampa will win for Lee Roy Selmon. But it isnt often picking a home favorite feels this much like an upset. CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (Line: CLE by 6 12; Cote: CLE 30-13) Poor Ohio. LeBron leaves, Jim Tressel gets shamed out of town, the Browns stink and the Bengals are worse, thanks largely to the Carson Palmer debacle. Andy Dalton becomes Cincys first rookie quarterback to open a season since Greg Cook in 1969, while Earthtones and new coach Pat Shurmur think they have a good one in Colt McCoy. Thats reason for hope. But not this year. NEW YORK GIANTS AT WASHINGTON REDSKINS (Line: NYG by 3; Cote: NYG 27-20) Eli Manning The Last Manning Standing has enough weapons to overcome both the Redskins and his own teams defensive injuries. Biggies have owned this division rivalry lately, winning nine of past 10 in series. Two other words explain why I like NYG here: Rex Grossman. MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (Line: SD by 8 12; Cote: SD 34-17) Is this finally the year talented, underachieving San Diego puts it all together and goes Super Bowling? Itll take a comfortable home-opening win to begin to convince the doubters. Another question that starts to answer itself here: Does new/old Vikes QB Donovan McNabb have anything left in the tank but fumes? SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (Line: SF by 5 12; Cote: SF 20-17) Step right up and witness a flyweight quarterback battle as the 49ers Alex Smith duels the Hawks Tarvaris Jackson because neither team has anybody better! Debut of new Niners coach Jim Harbaugh (the man Stephen Ross wanted for the Dolphins) should be a winning one. Hunch Seabirds with the points, though. CAROLINA PANTHERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (Line: ARI by 7; Cote: ARI 23-17) Carolina has won seven in a row in this series, but surf that trend at your own considerable risk. Interesting quarterback matchup elevates an otherwise pedestrian game and is the difference favoring Zona. Cardbirds made a big upgrade in acquiring Kevin Kolb. Panthers rookie Cam Newton could be a great one but showed in the preseason (24for-57) he isnt there yet. Could be long season for rookie Cats coach Ron Rivera. DALLAS COWBOYS AT NEW YORK JETS (Line: NYJ by 4 12; Cote: NYJ 27-24) Sunday prime-timer is our Game of the Week runner-up as Dallas and a healthy Tony Romo seek their misplaced mojo, and the Jets and pretty-boy Mark Sanchez try to be as great as their braggart coach thinks they are. Sidelight: Rex Ryans brother, Rob, is Dallas new defensive coordinator. Give Boys a big upset shot and play it closer than the line but see Planes getting by. OAKLAND RAIDERS AT DENVER BRONCOS on MONDAY NIGHT (Line: DEN by 3; Cote: DEN 37-31) Dueling trends in this less-interesting of two Monday night games: Oaklands seven consecutive wins within AFC West vs. Denvers 11 consecutive Ws in home season openers. Also have two debuting new coaches in Os Hue Jackson and Ds John Fox. Raiders dominated Broncs last season, scoring 98 points in two wins, but now Oaklands defense is looking every bit as bad. Like almost-Dolphin Kyle Orton in a venue pick. -- Greg Cote
Matchup is about more than football

New York and Washington meet in opener that also marks somber anniversary.
By JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer
G I A N T S AT R E D S K I N S
NEXT GAME
N.Y. GIANTS At WASHINGTON TV: 4:15 p.m., today, FOX (WOLF-56) LINE: Giants by 3 LAST MEETING: Giants beat Redskins 17-14, Jan. 2, 2011
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WASHINGTON Tom Coughlin had his own Albert Haynesworth-type moments during his first season with the New York Giants in 2004. Remember the hullabaloo over the players he fined for not showing up early enough for meetings? That 6-10 year was a bit of a mess as the disciplinarian coach moved in and started doing things his way. He eventually weeded out players who didnt fit and brought in ones that bought in. The Giants havent had a losing season since, going 11-5 in Coughlins second year and winning the Super Bowl two years later. Your program, your philosophy, it takes you awhile to get that in, Coughlin said. Because your coaches do have to carry the messages for you, and theres only so many hours in that first year when people can get to know what your thoughts are, who you are and what you represent, so it takes time. Mike Shanahan has got to love
that blueprint. His debut season with the Washington Redskins last year was also a 6-10 circus, so hes gutted the roster and found players who fit his mold. As many as 14 of the 22 starters could be new compared to Week 1 a year ago when his team hosts the Giants on Sunday in the regular season opener. One of those fresh faces will be Barry Cofield, plucked away from the Giants as a free agent to play the nose tackle position the nowdeparted Haynesworth so despised. Thats just about getting your type of guys in there, Cofield said. Guys that you trust and installing your system, and I think thats what coach Shanahans done. It took him a year to get the personnel to fit (defensive coordinator Jim) Hasletts defense
Washington quarterback Rex Grossman (8) fumbles as he is hit by New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora (72) on Jan. 2.
and fit his scheme on offense. This year should be a culmination of that. To get off on the right foot, the Redskins will have to do something they havent done in awhile. The Giants won six in a row in the series and nine of the last 10. Hopefully we can continue to do that, New York defensive end Justin Tuck said. Right now, it just feels as though we have their number, kind of like Philly has ours. Subplots always abound when these two teams meet, and there are more than usual this time. Eli Manning has his usual spot under center for the Giants, making his 111th consecutive start to take over the top spot among active
quarterbacks from brother Peyton Manning, whose run of 227 for Indianapolis comes to an end. Across the way is Rex Grossman, who won the job over John Beck during the preseason and is one of six quarterbacks the Redskins have started during Eli Mannings streak. The game features the two cities hit by the terrorists attacks on Sept.11, 2001, and the anniversary will be observed in many ways. Family members affected by the plane that struck the Pentagon will help hold an American flag that covers the entire field as the national anthem is sung. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell will be the Redskins honorary captain for the coin toss.
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Dallas still sees room to improve

Mountaineers pile up points, yards in victory while their defense struggles with Prep.
By JOHN ERZAR jerzar@timesleader.com
LEHMAN TWP. Even winning by a big margin can present a flaw or two. Dallas found one in its 48-20 non-conference football victory over Scranton Prep on Saturday afternoon. Offensively, there was little to gripe about. The Mountaineers (2-0) scored on all but one possession. Running back Jim Roccograndi ran for a career-high 262 yards on a mere 11 carries. And quarterback Ryan Zapoticky passed for 170 more, including two touchdowns, as Dallas amassed 520 yards of offense. All this came without two key
offensive skill players Paul Brace and Felix Dolman. Both were injured in the opener versus Coughlin. Brace, one of the Wyoming Valley Conferences most talented players, injured his right foot and there was no timetable for his return. Now for the negative. Were not happy how were playing defensively, Dallas coach Ted Jackson said. Were not tackling well enough and were not disciplined enough. Were getting too many penalties. Too many penalties and defensively if we dont improve, were going to be exposed pretty quickly. Prep (1-1) exposed some of those problems in the first half. The Cavaliers piled up 213 yards in the first two quarters, and a 29yard TD reception by J.J. Fives cut Dallas advantage to 27-13 at the break. Prep then opened the third Our first three games, you look at the situation and want to be 3-0, Lehman coach Jerry Gilsky said. Were 0-2 now. We knew the first three games of the season were the keys. We had the top-two single-A schools we were going against and then Wyoming Area. Were not in the drivers seat. Rosiak drove the Black Knights off course. Besides the kickoff return, he threw a 47-yard option pass for a touchdown, scooped up a fumble and returned it 6 yards for a TD and ran 45 yards for Trails final score. Weve got to get it done defensively, Gilsky said. Thats what were focusing on this week defense. Gilsky was somewhat satisfied with the offense. The Black Knights had nearly 300 yards, with Nick Shelley leading the ball carriers with 78 yards on 19 carries. Quarterback Jared Novitski was 7-of-14 for 103 more, including two long gainers to sophomore tight end Kyle Romanofsky. But when the defense forced
quarter with a solid drive until a game-changing play by Dallas defensive back Brett Wanek. Wanek intercepted a pass, then picked his way to the left sideline for an 82yard touchdown. I thought we were gaining a little momentum there at the end of the half, Prep coach Nick Donato said. Then in the second half, we started to drive and the interception just You cant play a football game and expect to score every time you have the ball (when) you cant stop them. And Prep couldnt stop Dallas except for a Mountaineer drive that died as the first-half clock expired. The Mountaineers needed just one offensive play to push their lead to 41-13 in the third quarter. Zapoticky hit receiver Jason Simonovich down the right sideline and after breaking a tackle he scored
on an 82-yard touchdown. Zapoticky also started Dallas scoring with a 4-yard TD pass to Shane Dunn at 8:10 of the first quarter. Roccograndi, though, was the story of the initial 24 minutes. The senior back had touchdown runs of 42, 40 and 89 yards to allow the Mountaineers to take a 27-6 lead. He had just one carry in the second half, but it was a big one a 53-yard run that set up Dallas seventh touchdown of the game.
0 7 20 14 7 48 First Quarter DAL Dunn 4 pass from Zapoticky (Zapoticky kick), 8:10 SP Fricke 12 pass from Timlin (run failed), 6:56 DAL J.Roccograndi 42 run (kick failed), 4:38 DAL J.Roccograndi 40 run (kick failed), 0:18 Second Quarter DAL J.Roccograndi 89 run (Dunn from Zapoticky), 4:21 SP Fives 29 pass from Timlin (Burney kick), 1:32 Third Quarter DAL Wanek 83 int. return (kick failed), 7:28 DAL Simonovich 82 pass from Zapoticky (Simonovich from Zapoticky), 4:57 Fourth Quarter DAL Dixon 3 run (Napkora kick), 7:38 Prep 6 Dallas 19 7 8
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Dallas Brett Wanek is pulled out of bounds by a Scranton Prep tackler during their game Saturday afternoon.
SP Kopicki 2 run (Burney kick), 0:51 Team Statistics Prep Dallas First downs 19 14 Rushes-yards 39-180 30-350 Passing 131 170 Total Yards 311 520 Comp-Att-Int 10-22-1 6-13-0 Sacked-yards 0-0 0-0 Punts-Avg. 2-43.0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-45 10-92 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Prep, Kupinski 17-92, Perih 5-33, Marino 8-13, Dibileo 2-10, Steele 2-8, Kapicki 5-24. Dallas, J.Roccograndi 11-262, Wanek 3-27, Rogers 1-0, Zapoticky 5-13, Gately 1-5, Artsma 2-15, C.Roccograndi 4-16, Dixon 2-8, Macosky 1-4. PASSING Prep, Timlin 5-14-1-67, Kupinski 1-1-0-36, DiBileo 4-7-0-28. Dallas, Zapoticky 6-13-0-170. RECEIVING Prep, Fives 5-81, Fricke 1-12, Magnotta 1-7, Perih 1-13, Frederick 1-3, Brandt 1-15. Dallas, Dunn 2-39, J.Roccograndi 1-8, Simonovich 2-108, Wanek 1-15. INTS Wanek. MISSED FGS none.
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man a 48-28 non-conference loss Saturday night. Early in the season you know how important turnovers and special teams are, said Trail third-year coach Steve Jervis, who previously coached six years at Tunkhannock. We had some problems last week. We worked on special teams all week. Rosiaks touchdown, straight up the gut of Lehmans coverage unit, gave Trail (2-0) a 34-14 lead. An interception by Jeremy Greenley on Lehmans first play after Rosiaks return was converted into another score and a 41-14 advantage entering the fourth quarter. Lehman failed to make any inroads on the deficit, falling to 0-2. The Black Knights made the District 2 Class 2A playoffs last season and are now teetering on being knocked out of the district picture early.
Trail out of its offensive comfort throw the ball and we didnt zone, it failed. Quarterback Caleb capitalize. Lackawanna Trail 48, Lake-Lehman 28 Darling missed on just one of his Lackawanna Trail............ 13 14 14 7 48 Lake-Lehman .................. 0 6 8 14 28 six passes and his two long conFirst Quarter LT Laytos 26 run (Murazzi kick), 8:23 nections of 36 and 24 yards to LT Zedar 47 pass from M.Rosiak (run failed), tight end Matt Aten proved cost- 0:03 Second Quarter ly. LT Greenley 18 run (Greenley run), 10:07 LL Jones 12 run (run failed), 8:01 We put them in situation we LT M.Rosiak 6 fumble return (kick blocked), know theyre not capable of, Gil- 2:42 Third Quarter LL Novitski 10 run (Novitski from Shelley), sky said. We wanted them to
6:50 LT M.Rosiak 95 kick return (Murazzi kick), 6:36 LT Laytos 13 run (Murazzi kick), 3:58 Fourth Quarter LL Shelley 2 run (Novitski kick), 10:56 LT M.Rosiak 45 run (Murazzi kick), 8:19 LL Shelley 2 run (Novitski kick), 1:29 Team Statistics Trail Lehman First downs ............................. 17 19 Rushes-yards......................... 35-205 45-187 Passing ................................... 173 103 Total Yards ............................. 378 290 Comp-Att-Int........................... 6-7-0 7-15-2
Sacked-Yards Lost................ 0-0 0-0 Punts-Avg. .............................. 0-0 2-30.5 Fumbles-Lost ......................... 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards ..................... 8-59 4-25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Trail, Greenley 7-36, Darling 2-10, M.Rosiak 7-39, Laytos 12-100, Dougherty 2-10, Murazzi 1-6, Lee 1-(minus-3), Symuleski 1-0, C.Rosiak 2-3. Lehman, Shelley 19-78, Jones 14-72, Novitski 8-30, Co.Barbacci 3-11, Butler 1-(minus-4). PASSING Trail, Darling 5-6-0-126, M.Rosiak 1-1-0-47. Lehman, Novitski 7-14-2-103. RECEIVING Trail, Zedar 1-47, Greenley 1-37, Laytos 2-29, Aten 2-60. Lehman, Romanofski 2-46, Shelley 2-20, Co.Barbacci 2-21, Poepperling 1-16. INTS Trail, Darling, Greenley. MISSED FGS none.
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The pro football hall of famer died last Sunday after suffering a stroke.
more, Drumheller said. This is a special (birthday) Ill never forget. Williamsport (1-1) opened a 21-14 lead with 3:14 left in the third quarter after quarterback Jordan Whaley connected with receiver Sadiq Burkholder for their second 57-yard scoring hookup of the game. But the Cougars werent overwhelmed by that score and cut the lead to 21-20 on their next drive -- a 7-play, 77-yard stanza capped by an 11-yard score by freshman Zach Zukoski. Hazleton Area (1-1) took the lead after the Millionaires were forced into a three-and-out on their next drive. But the momentum really turned on a wacky play. Williamsport was set up to punt from its 16, but the kick was driven into a linemans back and stayed in the
backfield. Hazleton Area took over on the Millionaires 12. The next play was a 12-yard TD by Brian Campbell with 10:46 left in the fourth to put the Cougars ahead 26-21. That botched punt was one of many weird plays on the night, which also consisted of nearby fireworks shooting off during the fourth quarter. It was strange in a way, but thats football, said Hazleton Area quarterback Chad Hoffman, who threw for 158 yards and a touchdown and ran for 102 yards and two TDs on19 carries. Footballs a strange game in a wayYou have to take what they give you. Hazleton Areas defense held the Millionaires to another three-and-out on their next drive. That set up a long 11-play, 71-yard scoring possession that took nearly six minutes off the clock. The score was a 1-yard QB sneak by Hoffman to seal the victory with a 32-21 lead and 3:44 left in the game.
The running game really helped us click tonight, Hoffman said. We struggled in the beginning of the game and then the holes opened up. It was like a truck going there. The Cougars opened the games scoring on the opening drive using a no-huddle offense throughout the possession. The points went on the board when Hoffman connected with Campbell on a 12-yard score for a 7-0 lead. Williamsport punched in the next two scores to go ahead 14-7. Then Hoffmans first rushing score evened the score with just over three minutes to go in the first half. Hazleton Areas defense also did a solid job containing Williamsport running back Devin Miller, who ran for more than 1,000 yards last year. The junior still topped 100 yards on Saturday, going for 120 on 17 carries, but 74 of them came on one play. Overall, the Cougars only gave up 274 total yards.
Hazleton Area 32, Williamsport 21 Williamsport ........................ 0 14 7 0 21 Hazleton Area .................... 7 7 6 12 32 First Quarter HAZ Campbell 12 pass from Hoffman (Joseph kick) 6:35 Second Quarter WILL Burkholder 57 pass from Whaley (Robinson kick) 10:43 WILL Burkholder 8 pass from Whaley (Robinson kick) 6:30 Third Quarter WILL Burkholder 57 pass from Whaley (Robinson kick) 3:14 HAZ Zukoski 11 run (kick failed) 0:42 Fourth Quarter HAZ Campbell 12 run (pass failed) 10:46 HAZ Hoffman 1 run (pass failed) 3:44 Team Statistics Will Haz Area First downs.......................... 7 16 Rushes-yards ..................... 22-110 49-207 Passing ................................ 164 158 Total Yards.......................... 274 365 Comp-Att-Int........................ 9-17-2 8-14-1 Sacks-Yards Lost............... 1-6 2-18 Punts-Avg. ........................... 5-25.6 4-26.25 Fumbles-Lost ...................... 3-2 2-2 Penalties-Yards.................. 6-45 5-28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING WILL, Miller 17-120, Adams 2-11, Friesson 1-(minus-3), Whaley 2-(minus-18). HAZ, Campbell 20-69, Guzman 3-26, Hoffman 19-102, Fendrick 1-1, Kehler 1-(minus-5), TEAM 1-(minus-1), Zukoski 4-15. PASSING WILL, Whaley 9-17-2-164. HAZ, Hoffman 8-14-1-158 RECEIVING WILL, Burkholder 6-156, Miller 1-(minus-4), Boggs 1-6, Person 1-6. HAZ, Guzman 2-22, Campbell 3-66, Fendrick 1-2, Palko 1-32, Kehler 1-47 INTERCEPTIONS WILL, Burkholder. HAZ, Kehler, Victoria MISSED FIELD GOALS none
Our defense played outstanding, Drumheller added. We teach swarming to the ball and wrapping up until someone gets there.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The First Southern Baptist Church was packed with people from all walks of life Saturday. They all loved and respected Lee Roy Selmon. More than 700 mourners paid final respects to the Pro Football Hall of Famer and one of the best players in Oklahoma football history. Much like the funeral service Friday in Lutz, Fla., the service in Selmons home state focused on a life that went much deeper than what he did on the football field. The love between Lee Roy and the state of Oklahoma cannot be measured, brother Dewey said. Dewey was one of seven speakers to eulogize his younger brother, who died last Sunday, two days after suffering a stroke at his Florida home. He was 56. They all told stories during the three-hour service of a man, who despite an incredible list of athletic successes, refused to see himself as a superstar. They told stories of a shy teenager who was the youngest of10 children in Eufaula, Okla., and how he became the standard for dignity and humility in two states. Dewey, who teamed with his younger brother for four years at Oklahoma and with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976-81, told several stories. The most poignant came from their second season with Buccaneers in 1977. Dewey said he woke up to the sound of tears one night during the middle of preseason training camp. He saw his brother with tears coming down his face. I asked him why he was cry-
ing, Dewey said. He said, People are suffering in this world. People out there are hurting. That upset him at 2 oclock in the morning. Lee Roys whole idea about life. If you heard his story how it really should be told, his direction, his compassion, his motivation was to make it better not his life, but yours. Thats Lee Roy Selmon. Selmon spent the final 30 years of his life in Tampa. During that time he ingrained himself as one of the pillars of the community. After his Hall of Fame career ended in 1984, Selmon was active in the business and philanthropic community in the area. He also worked in the University of South Floridas athletic department from 1993 until his death, serving as the schools athletic director from 2001-04. Tampa Bay owner Bryan Glazer likened Lee Roy to the Jimmy Stewart character in Its a Wonderful Life. He talked about how he was the face of the franchise and never said no when asked to make an appearance on behalf of the Buccaneers and always relished the opportunity to have a positive impact in someones life. People like that dont really exist do they? Humble and that touch and bless so many lives without asking anything in return, Glazer said. Every community needs a George Bailey. Tampa was blessed to have one and his name was Lee Roy Selmon. In Oklahoma, however, Selmon is remembered for being one-third of the college footballs greatest sibling trio. He, Dewey and older brother Lucious played together on the Sooners defensive line in 1973. The Sooners went 10-0-1 that season. Lee Roy and Dewey played two more years at Oklahoma and helped claim national championships in1974 and 75. All three were consensus All-Americans.
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Cup drivers reflect on the events 10 years ago in D.C., New York and Pennsylvania.
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By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer
RICHMOND, Va. An enormous American flag rippled in the breeze as it hung from a fully extended crane on the frontstretch of Richmond International Raceway for hours before Saturday nights race. The flag served as a patriotic backdrop Saturday night while police and military bands performed as part of a pre-race Salute to America concert to honor the military and first responders on the eve of the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Fans were given small American flags as they entered the track, and several drivers did away with their traditional sponsor paint schemes to race in patriotic colors. Kyle Buschs Toyota was painted to look like an American flag, and had the words 9-11. Never Forget across the back. Ryan Newman, whose team is sponsored by the U.S. Army, raced with a camouflage scheme and the names of all 75 people killed when a hijacked plane slammed into the Pentagon on the hood. To have those that were fallen soldiers in the Pentagon is something that is kind of a bittersweet thing to talk about because we want to give them recognition but they are no longer here to receive that recognition, Newman said. So its about the families and the idea that the people make a sacrifice and its something we all need to be grateful for, to respect our freedom and things we can do in our country. To have 75 names of people that
fore it became apparent it was terrorism. I think its important for us to reflect on those that were lost, pay them tribute but also honor our military for what they have to go through and our police officers and firemen as well, what they have to go through to keep us protected and put their lives on the line, he said. Bad start Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Denny Hamlin, who both started the night clinging to spots in the Chase, sustained damage that required multiple pit stops before the race was 10 laps old. After Clint Bowyer, who had an outside chance of making the Chase, spun and backed into the outside wall while racing for third, he tried to right the car and get moving again as the field closed in from behind. Instead, he pulled into traffic and stopped, causing a multicar pileup. Hamlins car hit the outside wall and sustained significant damage to the right side. He dropped to 40th place and went a lap down in the race he has won the last two years. Earnhardt sustained frontend damage that threatened his radiator cooling system. Nothing doin After Tony Stewart snapped at the media Friday when asked if he was feeling the pressure as one of 14 contenders for the last three spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, Kurt Busch was asked what advice hed give Stewart about the media. Really? said Busch, a former NASCAR bad boy who has mellowed in recent years. Thats what youre asking? Im supposed to give Tony Stewart advice? Lets go to the next question.
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Rafael Nadal returns a shot to Andy Murray during Saturdays semifinal match at the U.S. Open in New York, Saturday.
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Jeff Gordon waves to the crowd Saturday prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway.
lost their lives in that attack on 9/11 (on the car) is something that is bittersweet to talk about. The fans were encouraged to wave the flags during the prerace concert, as well as while New York City police officer Danny Rodriguez sang God Bless America and the U.S. Army Infantry Division Band performed the national anthem. Fans also were encouraged to go silent on laps 9 through 11 to honor the victims, survivors and those that served in response to the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. The three laps of silence also was observed during the ABC telecast, and on the MRN radio broadcast. It came during a caution after a crash involving numerous cars just beforehand. Drivers have also shared stories of what they were doing when they heard about the attacks.
Kurt Busch found out during a break in testing at a short track in South Carolina. I went into the hauler to grab a bite to eat for breakfast and turned on the TV and what I thought I was watching was just a what if this could happen tomorrow or a possible documentary on what is this and how can it happen and it was actually real, he said, calling it surreal. Denny Hamlin was underneath a race car near his home in Richmond, scrambling to get the car ready for a weekend race when he heard the news and said immediately everything just stopped. And Jeff Gordon said he was watching on TV in Florida, having heard that one place had crashed into the Twin Towers, when the second plane hit, sparking speculation on the news station he was watching about several possibilities be-
same fans were dancing with Djoko as he boogied at center court to celebrate an epic U.S. Open semifinal win one in which he dug out of a two-set hole, then saved two match points to beat Federer for the second straight year. Top-seeded Djokovic won 6-7 (7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 Saturday to improve to 63-2 on the year. This was only his second career comeback from two sets down, while Federer lost a two-set lead for the second time in three months after going 178-0 lifetime before this years Wimbledon quarterfinals. Next, Djokovic will face defending champion Rafael Nadal, who played in the second semifinal, as Djokovic tries to become only the fifth man to win three Grand Slam titles in a year since the start of the Open era. It was definitely the biggest win of this year, one of the biggest wins of the career under the circumstances, Djokovic said. Roger was in control, playing better. I switched gears and played much better over three sets. So much better, in fact, that after the fourth set, the prospect of third-seeded Federer ever getting a match point seemed bleak. Djokovic, who spent the first two sets shaking his head, commiserating with the folks in his players box, even folding his
hands in mock prayer, turned things around suddenly and unexpectedly. He got an early break in the third to capture the momentum. After winning that one, he placed 16 of 20 of his first serves in during the fourth set and tore off his first 15 service points to easily push the match to the distance. The fifth-set end-game started with Djokovic serving at 3-4 and stringing together an uncharacteristically bad game, getting broken at love on two mishit forehands, a framer of Federers that set up a winner and a double fault on a second serve that missed the line by about a foot. After missing a backhand to open his service game at 5-3, Federer hit three straight serves Djokovic couldnt get back. That gave him two match points, same as he had last year against Djokovic in the semifinals, and the fans were squarely on his side, as he stood oh-so-close to making his 24th Grand Slam final and moving a win away from adding to his record 16 Grand Slam titles. But Djokovic isnt putting together one of the greatest seasons in tennis history for nothing. On the second match point, Federers serve hit the back of the line and jammed Djokovic, but somehow he got it back. Federer moved in and cranked a forehand, but it ticked the net and ricocheted out. Federer sprayed a forehand wide at deuce and suddenly, a crowd gearing for a Federer win was shouting No-vak! No-vak! No-vak!
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rallying the Chicago Cubs past MILWAUKEE Raul Ibanez the New York Mets 5-4 after doubled and scored on LaTroy blowing a three-run lead in the Hawkins throwing error in the eighth Saturday. 10th, and the Philadelphia Jason Bay had given the Phillies beat the Milwaukee Mets a 4-3 lead in the eighth Brewers 3-2 on Saturday night with a two-out, two-run single. for their sixth straight win. But some more sloppy play by The NL East-leading Phillies New York in the ninth and are on pace for their best seaanother meltdown by Bobby son in franchise history and Parnell (3-6) helped the Cubs could clinch a playoff berth on even a three-game series that Sunday with a win and a loss by will culminate with a ceremony St. Louis. Sunday to mark the 10-year Hunter Pence and Placido anniversary of the terrorist Polanco homered for the Philattacks of 9/11. lies, who are now 12 games ahead of Atlanta in the division. Rockies 12, Reds 7 Casey McGehee scored a run DENVER Jordan Pachein a plate collision with Carlos cos first home run broke a Ruiz and drove in another off fifth-inning tie and he added a Phillies starter Cliff Lee to end two-run single in the eighth to his scoreless innings streak at lift the Colorado Rockies to a 30 2-3. 12-7 victory over the Cincinnati But Milwaukee lost its fifth Reds on Saturday. straight as its NL Central lead The teams combined for nine shrank to six games with the home runs in the first five inCardinals 4-3 win over the nings. Braves.
Phils juggernaut keeps rolling
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Phillies 3, Brewers 2, 10 innings
Philadelphia Victorn cf Polanc 3b Pence rf Mayrry 1b Howard ph-1b BFrncs lf Ibanez ph-lf Ruiz c ab 5 5 3 4 1 3 2 5 r 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 h bi 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee C.Hart rf HrstnJr 2b Counsll ph Braun lf ab 4 4 0 5 r 0 0 0 1 h bi 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Fielder 1b 2 0 1 0 McGeh 3b 5 1 0 1 YBtncr ss 4 0 1 1 CGomz cf 3 0 1 0 Morgan WValdz ss 3 0 1 0 ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Rollins ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Kottars c 2 0 0 0 Mrtnz 2b 3 0 1 0 RWeks ph 0 0 0 0 Orr ph-2b 1 0 0 0 JoWilsn pr 0 0 0 0 Cl.Lee p 2 0 0 0 FrRdrg p 0 0 0 0 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 Axford p 0 0 0 0 Lidge p 0 0 0 0 TGreen ph 1 0 0 0 Stutes p 0 0 0 0 Hwkns p 0 0 0 0 Bowker ph 1 0 0 0 Wolf p 2 0 0 0 Madson p 0 0 0 0 Lucroy ph-c 2 0 0 0 Totals 40 312 2 Totals 35 2 7 2 Philadelphia ................. 100 010 000 1 3 Milwaukee .................... 010 100 000 0 2 EM.Martinez (6), Hawkins (1). DPPhiladelphia 1, Milwaukee 1. LOBPhiladelphia 12, Milwaukee 9. 2BIbanez (28), C.Hart (18), Braun (36), Fielder (32). HRPolanco (5), Pence (19). SBW.Valdez (3), C.Gomez (16). SCl.Lee, Counsell. IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Cl.Lee ....................... 7 6 2 1 2 7 Lidge......................... 1 1 0 0 1 1 Stutes W,6-1............ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Madson S,30-32 ..... 1 0 0 0 2 1 Milwaukee Wolf........................... 7 9 2 2 2 1 Fr.Rodriguez ........... 1 0 0 0 2 2 Axford ....................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Hawkins L,1-1.......... 1 2 1 1 0 1 UmpiresHome, Todd Tichenor;First, Gerry Davis;Second, Greg Gibson;Third, Angel Hernandez. T3:20. A42,967 (41,900).
Cardinals 4, Braves 3
ab 5 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 3 2 1 0 1 r 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 h bi 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis
Cardinals 4, Braves 3
Marlins 3, Pirates 0
ST. LOUIS Lance Berkman had a single, RBI double and walk reaching base seven straight times over two games and the St. Louis Cardinals inched closer in the NL wild card race with a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. Jaime Garcia (12-7) worked six efficient innings, and Rafael Furcal had two hits and his 300th career steal for the Cardinals, who doubled four times and scored four runs in the first three innings against Derek Lowe (9-14). Theyve taken the first two games of a three-game series, both by 4-3 scores, to reduce Atlantas wild card lead to 512 games.
Cubs 5, Mets 4
PITTSBURGH Anibal Sanchez pitched a one-hitter and tied his career high with 11 strikeouts to win for just the second time in his last 16 starts as the Florida Marlins blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Saturday night. The only thing that stood between Sanchez (8-7) and the second no-hitter of his six-year career was Neil Walkers oneout single to left field in the third inning. Pittsburgh loaded the bases in that inning but Sanchez struck out losing pitcher Jeff Locke to end the threat.
Astros 9, Nationals 3
ab r h bi Furcal ss 4 1 2 0 Jay cf 3 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 1 1 Hollidy lf 4 1 1 0 Brkmn rf 3 1 2 1 CPttrsn rf 0 0 0 0 Freese 3b 4 0 1 1 Motte p 0 0 0 0 YMolin c 4 0 1 1 Punto 2b 2 0 0 0 JGarci p 2 0 0 0 Craig ph 1 0 1 0 Greene pr 0 0 0 0 Rzpczy p 0 0 0 0 Salas p 0 0 0 0 Descals 3b 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 3 9 3 Totals 31 4 9 4 Atlanta ................................ 000 210 000 3 St. Louis ............................. 202 000 00x 4 EY.Molina (6). DPAtlanta 1. LOBAtlanta 7, St. Louis 6. 2BFurcal (10), Holliday (35), Berkman (21), Freese (12). HRFreeman (19). SBBourn (52), Heyward (8), Furcal (7), Y.Molina (4), Greene (10). SJay. IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta D.Lowe L,9-14......... 6 9 4 4 2 6 Varvaro..................... 2 0 0 0 0 2 St. Louis J.Garcia W,12-7...... 6 8 3 3 0 4 Rzepczynski H,5 ..... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Salas H,5 ................. 1 0 0 0 0 2 Motte S,4-7 .............. 1 0 0 0 1 0 UmpiresHome, Mike Winters;First, Chris Guccione;Second, Mark Wegner;Third, Mike Everitt. T2:31. A40,689 (43,975). Bourn cf JaWlsn ss McCnn c Uggla 2b Diaz lf Hinske ph-lf Fremn 1b Prado 3b Heywrd rf D.Lowe p Conrad ph Varvar p C.Jones ph
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The Phillies Hunter Pence is greeted by manager Charlie Manuel after his home run during the first inning of Saturday nights game in Milwaukee.
Torreal c 3 1 1 0 Germn pr 0 0 0 0 LMartn cf 0 0 0 0 Morlnd 1b 4 0 1 2 EnChvz cf 2 0 0 0 Gentry ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Napoli ph-c 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 811 8 Totals 37 712 6 Oakland.............................. 030 005 000 8 Texas.................................. 001 202 200 7 ETorrealba (9). DPOakland 2. LOBOakland 7, Texas 7. 2BPennington (23), Matsui (28), Kinsler (33), Andrus (23), Moreland (21). 3BSweeney (3). HRS.Sizemore (10), A.Beltre (21). SBDeJesus (4). CSJ.Weeks (10). SDeJesus. SFK.Suzuki. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Cahill W,11-13 ........ 5 7 5 5 2 3 Fuentes H,8 ............. 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 De Los Santos H,3.. 13 1 0 0 0 0 Balfour H,24............. 123 A.Bailey S,20-22 ..... 1 1 0 0 1 1 Texas Ogando L,12-8 ........ 5 6 5 3 1 3 M.Gonzalez ............. 23 0 1 1 1 0 Tateyama ................. 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hamburger............... 13 D.Oliver .................... 1 2 0 0 0 2 M.Adams.................. 1 0 0 0 0 2 Feliz .......................... 1 0 0 0 1 1 Ogando pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Tateyama pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Cahill pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. HBPby Ogando (Willingham). WPCahill, De Los Santos 2. PBK.Suzuki. UmpiresHome, Bill Miller;First, James Hoye;Second, Phil Cuzzi;Third, Tom Hallion. T3:28. A46,151 (49,170). Sweeny cf Allen 1b KSuzuk c Sogard 3b SSizmr ph-3b 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 4
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Cubs 5, Mets 4
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NEW YORK Aramis Ramirez hit a two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning,
WASHINGTON Wandy Rodriguez won his 11th game and Carlos Corporan drove in three runs in the Houston Astros 9-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night.
Philadelphia ................................. Atlanta........................................... New York...................................... Washington.................................. Florida........................................... Milwaukee...................................... St. Louis ......................................... Cincinnati ....................................... Pittsburgh ...................................... Chicago.......................................... Houston ......................................... Arizona........................................... San Francisco ............................... Los Angeles .................................. Colorado ........................................ San Diego ......................................
Tigers 3, Twins 2
Detroit ab r h bi ab r h bi Revere cf 4 0 0 0 AJcksn cf 2 0 0 0 Plouffe ss 3 1 0 0 Dirks rf 4 1 1 0 Mauer dh 3 1 2 1 DYong lf 4 0 0 0 Valenci 3b 3 0 0 1 MiCarr 1b 4 0 0 0 Parmel 1b 3 0 1 0 VMrtnz dh 3 0 1 1 Benson rf 4 0 2 0 Avila c 4 0 0 0 Dnklm lf 3 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 4 0 0 0 LHughs 2b 3 0 0 0 Betemt 3b 3 1 1 1 RRiver c 2 0 0 0 Inge 3b 1 1 1 1 Tosoni ph 1 0 0 0 RSantg 2b 3 0 2 0 Butera c 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 5 2 Totals 32 3 6 3 Minnesota .......................... 000 101 000 2 Detroit................................. 001 100 001 3 Two outs when winning run scored. DPDetroit 1. LOBMinnesota 4, Detroit 6. 2BBenson (1), Dirks (11), R.Santiago (10). HR Mauer (3), Betemit (7), Inge (3). CSBenson (1). SFValencia. IP H R ER BB SO Minnesota Swarzak ................... 6 4 2 2 2 6 Capps ....................... 1 1 0 0 1 1 Al.Burnett ................. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Perkins L,4-4 ........... 23 1 1 1 0 0 Detroit Scherzer................... 7 5 2 2 3 6 Coke ......................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Alburquerque W,6-1 ........................ 1 0 0 0 0 2 UmpiresHome, Jerry Layne;First, Bob Davidson;Second, Mike Muchlinski;Third, Brian Knight. T2:53. A38,567 (41,255). Minnesota
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Blue Jays stage rally in ninth to clip Orioles

Rockies 12, Reds 7

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TORONTO Pinch-hitter J.P. Arencibia hit a game-winning single with two out in the ninth as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Orioles 5-4 on Saturday, snapping Baltimores winning streak at three games. Trailing 4-3 to begin the inning, Torontos David Cooper struck out against Clay Rapada before Orioles manager Buck Showalter called closer Kevin Gregg (0-3) in to finish. Gregg struck out Brett Lawrie but couldnt close it out, walking Kelly Johnson, giving up a single to Jose Molina and hitting pinch-hitter Adam Loewen to load the bases. The closer then uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Johnson to score the tying run. Arencibia followed with a game-winning single to left.
White Sox 7, Indians 3
CHICAGO Alex Rios hit a game-ending grand slam in the 10th inning to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 7-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday. Rios one out, first-pitch shot off Chris Perez (3-7) was Chicagos first game-ending home run this season and his first career grand slam. Alejandro De Aza doubled twice, walked and scored two runs for Chicago. Gordon Beckham had a double, two walks and two RBIs. Sergio Santos (4-4) threw a scoreless inning to get the win in relief. Santos combined with Chris Sale to strike out six straight batters during the late innings.
Athletics 8, Rangers 7
AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday's Games Detroit 8, Minnesota 4 Baltimore 2, Toronto 0 Tampa Bay 7, Boston 2 Texas 13, Oakland 4 Cleveland 8, Chicago White Sox 4 L.A. Angels 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Seattle 7, Kansas City 3 Saturday's Games Toronto 5, Baltimore 4 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 3, 10 innings Detroit 3, Minnesota 2 Oakland 8, Texas 7 Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Kansas City at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Sunday's Games Minnesota (Diamond 1-3) at Detroit (Fister 7-13), 1:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 3-3) at Toronto (McGowan 0-0), 1:07 p.m. Boston (Lester 15-6) at Tampa Bay (Shields 14-10), 1:40 p.m. Cleveland (U.Jimenez 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Z.Stewart 2-3), 2:10 p.m. Oakland (Outman 3-4) at Texas (C.Wilson 15-6), 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (F.Garcia 11-7) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 11-10), 3:35 p.m. Kansas City (Teaford 0-0) at Seattle (A.Vasquez 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Monday's Games Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday's Games Florida 13, Pittsburgh 4 Washington 4, Houston 3, 11 innings
N.Y. Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Philadelphia 5, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 4, Atlanta 3, 10 innings Cincinnati 4, Colorado 1 Arizona 3, San Diego 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Francisco 1 Saturday's Games Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Colorado 12, Cincinnati 7 Florida 3, Pittsburgh 0 Houston 9, Washington 3 Philadelphia 3, Milwaukee 2, 10 innings St. Louis 4, Atlanta 3 San Diego at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m. Sunday's Games Florida (Vazquez 9-11) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 9-7), 1:35 p.m. Houston (Sosa 2-3) at Washington (Strasburg 0-0), 1:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Worley 11-1) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 15-10), 2:10 p.m. Atlanta (T.Hudson 14-9) at St. Louis (Westbrook 11-8), 2:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Volquez 5-4) at Colorado (Pomeranz 0-0), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 11-15) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 10-12), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (LeBlanc 2-5) at Arizona (Collmenter 9-8), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Garza 8-10) at N.Y. Mets (Batista 4-2), 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Florida at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
White Sox 7, Indians 3, 10 innings

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ARLINGTON, Texas Pinch-hitter Scott Sizemores grand slam in the sixth inning Tigers 3, Twins 2 helped the Oakland Athletics DETROIT Brandon Inge end a nine-game skid against hit his second game-ending Texas with an 8-7 victory over homer of the season, giving the the AL West-leading Rangers Detroit Tigers a 3-2 victory on Saturday. over the Minnesota Twins on With the score tied at 3, Saturday night. Rangers starter Alexi Ogando With two out in the bottom (12-8) hit Josh Willingham of the ninth, Inge hit a 2-1 pitch with a pitch leading off the into the left-field stands off sixth, and David DeJesus folGlen Perkins (4-4) to give lowed with a single. Texas Detroit its eighth straight manager Ron Washington victory. replaced Ogando with leftInge hit a game-ending hander Mike Gonzalez. homer on April 13 against Ryan Sweeney attempted to Texas Darren Oliver. His only bunt, and Gonzalez made a other homer this season came nice play to get a force at third. in his first at-bat with the TiAfter Brandon Allen was regers after an month-long exile tired on a foul popup, Gonzalez to Triple-A Toledo. walked Kurt Suzuki to load the Al Alburquerque (6-1) picked bases, and Washington again up the victory with a perfect went to his bullpen and ninth inning. brought in Yoshinori Tateyama.
Harrell L,0-1............. 113 0 1 0 3 3 W.Lopez................... 0 1 0 0 0 0 Washington Milone....................... 523 8 3 3 0 3 Stammen.................. 113 0 0 0 0 2 H.Rodriguez ............ 1 1 0 0 0 1 Storen....................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Clippard W,3-0 ........ 2 1 0 0 0 2 W.Lopez pitched to 1 batter in the 11th. HBPby Milone (J.Martinez). WPStoren. UmpiresHome, Alan Porter;First, Gary Darling;Second, Paul Emmel;Third, Rob Drake. T3:24. A18,307 (41,506).
Marlins 3, Pirates 0
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Nationals 4, Astros 3, 11 innings

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5 0 2 1 YEscor ss 0 1 0 0 McCoy Andino 2b 4 1 1 0 pr-ss 2 0 0 0 Markks rf 4 1 1 0 Arencii ph 1 0 1 1 Guerrr dh 4 1 3 1 EThms lf 4 0 0 0 C.Davis 1b 3 0 2 2 Bautist rf 4 1 2 2 J.Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 Lind 1b 4 0 0 0 KHdsn lf 4 1 1 0 Teahen dh 2 0 0 0 Cooper Flormn ss 3 0 0 0 ph-dh 2 0 0 0 Tatum c 4 0 1 0 Lawrie 3b 4 1 1 1 KJhnsn 2b 2 1 0 0 JMolin c 3 0 1 0 Wdwrd pr 0 1 0 0 Wise cf 3 0 0 0 Loewen ph 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 412 4 Totals 31 5 5 4 Baltimore ............................ 111 000 010 4 Toronto............................... 210 000 002 5 Two outs when winning run scored. ETatum (3), Florimon (1), K.Hudson (1), Wise (2), H.Alvarez (1). DPToronto 1. LOBBaltimore 6, Toronto 6. 2BAndino (20), Guerrero (27), C.Davis (6). HRBautista (41), Lawrie (9). SBK.Johnson (1). CSAngle (1), K.Johnson (1). SFlorimon. IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore VandenHurk............. 213 3 3 3 2 1 Z.Phillips .................. 123 0 0 0 1 2 Jakubauskas............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 Patton ....................... 213 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Eyre H,1 ................... 13 Rapada H,4 ............. 23 0 0 0 0 1 Gregg L,0-3 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 BS,7-27 .................... Toronto H.Alvarez ................. 7 9 3 3 1 4 Litsch W,6-3 ............ 2 3 1 1 0 3 HBPby Gregg (Loewen), by VandenHurk (Y.Escobar). WPGregg. UmpiresHome, Jim Wolf;First, Derryl Cousins;Second, D.J. Reyburn;Third, Ron Kulpa. T2:44. A17,742 (49,260).
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BATTINGJosReyes, New York, .333; Braun, Milwaukee, .331; Votto, Cincinnati, .320; Kemp, Los Angeles, .319; Morse, Washington, .313; Pence, Philadelphia, .312; SCastro, Chicago, .307. RUNSBraun, Milwaukee, 97; JUpton, Arizona, 97; Kemp, Los Angeles, 95; Votto, Cincinnati, 95; Pujols, St. Louis, 92; CGonzalez, Colorado, 91; JosReyes, New York, 89; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 89. RBIHoward, Philadelphia, 111; Fielder, Milwaukee, 108; Kemp, Los Angeles, 107; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 105; Braun, Milwaukee, 95; Votto, Cincinnati, 93; Bruce, Cincinnati, 90. HOME RUNSPujols, St. Louis, 34; Uggla, Atlanta, 33; Howard, Philadelphia, 32; Kemp, Los Angeles, 32; Stanton, Florida, 32; Fielder, Milwaukee, 31; Berkman, St. Louis, 30; Bruce, Cincinnati, 30; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 30; JUpton, Arizona, 30. STOLEN BASESBourn, Atlanta, 52; Kemp, Los Angeles, 38; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 37; Bonifacio, Florida, 36; Maybin, San Diego, 35; JosReyes, New York, 35; Braun, Milwaukee, 31. PITCHINGIKennedy, Arizona, 19-4; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 18-5; Halladay, Philadelphia, 17-5; ClLee, Philadelphia, 16-7; DHudson, Arizona, 16-9; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 15-10; Greinke, Milwaukee, 14-6; Hamels, Philadelphia, 14-7; THudson, Atlanta, 14-9.
Athletics 8, Rangers 7
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Izturis sacrifice appeases Angels Howard, Halladay heroes in 5-3 win

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Pinch-hitter Maicer Izturis drove home pinch-runner Jeremy Moore with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the New York Yankees 2-1 Friday night for their fifth win in six games. Jered Weaver struck out 11 Yankees during eight innings of three-hit ball, but the Los Angeles ace left without a victory when his teammates couldnt solve Bartolo Colon, who yielded six hits and an unearned run in seven resilient innings. After Alberto Callaspo led off the ninth with an infield single off Aaron Laffey (2-2), Vernon Wells singled to left off Luis Ayala, who then hit Peter Bourjos with a pitch. Izturis drive to center easily scored Moore for the Angels 10th win of the season on their final swing. Angels closer Jordan Walden (5-3) pitched the ninth, and Howie Kendrick had a runscoring single as the Angels stayed 212 games behind the AL West-leading Texas Rangers, who pounded Oakland 13-4 earlier Friday. Rookie Jesus Montero hit his third career homer for the ALleading Yankees, who have lost three straight including one loss on each side of the continent in the past two days. New York, which lost an extra-inning game at Baltimore on Thursday, missed a chance to increase its 212-game lead on the Boston Red Sox, who lost to Tampa Bay 7-2 earlier in the day. Rays 7, Red Sox 2. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Wade Davis threw a six-hitter, John Jaso hit a three-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays moved within 512 games of AL wild-card leading Boston with a 7-2 victory over the Red Sox on Friday night. Davis (10-8) struck out eight in his second career complete game. The right-hander, who had his other complete game on Sept. 17, 2009, had gone 0-2 with an 11.12 ERA in three previous starts against Boston. Tampa Bay pitchers have 15 complete games this season. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 0 TORONTO Jeremy Guthrie pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, Vladimir Guerrero and Nick Markakis each drove in a run and Baltimore
MILWAUKEE Ryan Howard homered in his return to the lineup and Roy Halladay continued the Phillies pitching dominance in Milwaukee, leading Philadelphia to a 5-3 victory over the Brewers on Friday night. The NL Easts top team won its fifth straight and bettered the NL Central-leading Brewers again. Cole Hamels tossed a complete game in Thursdays opener with Howard out because of a lingering heel injury. On Friday, the Phillies cleanup hitter staked Halladay a threerun, first-inning lead with his 32nd homer of the season. Halladay (17-5) struck out nine to reach 204 for the season and scattered four hits and a run over eight innings after the Brewers roughed him up in April. Dodgers 2, Giants 1 SAN FRANCISCO NL Cy Young Award contender Clayton Kershaw outdueled twotime winner Tim Lincecum, pinch-hitter Jamey Carroll drove home the go-ahead run in the ninth and the Dodgers beat the Giants. Rod Barajas singled to start the ninth against Santiago Casilla (2-2) and former Giant Eugenio Velez came in to pinch-run. Justin Sellers sacrificed him to second and Velez moved to third on a wild pitch. Second baseman Jeff Keppinger then threw home on Carrolls grounder but a sliding Velez just beat the tag by catcher Eli Whiteside. The reigning World Series champion Giants fell to 812 games back of first-place Arizona in the NL West with 18 to play after the Diamondbacks beat the Padres 3-2. Marlins 13, Pirates 4 PITTSBURGH Omar Infante and Logan Morrison both homered during a ninerun third inning and the Marlins pounded out 22 hits in a rout of the Pirates.
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Ryan Howard is congratulated after hitting a three-run home run in the first inning of Friday nights game in Milwaukee.
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Infante drove in five runs, adding a solo shot in the first while Morrison had four hits and three RBIs. The Marlins had a club record 10 hits in the third. Morrison and Bryan Petersen each had two hits in the third as Florida broke the record of nine, which had been done four times, most recently on Sept. 17, 2001 at Montreal. Nationals 4, Astros 3, 11 innings WASHINGTON Jimmy Paredes, inserted in the game in the top of the 11th, made a wild throw to second base, allowing Ryan Zimmerman to score the winning run in the Nationals victory over the Astros. With one out, Lucas Harrell (0-1) walked Zimmerman and Michael Morse. Wilton Lopez replaced Harrell. Jayson Werth hit a bouncer to Paredes, who pinch-ran in the top of the 11th. Parades overthrew second baseman Jose Altuve and Zimmerman scored. Werth was credited with a single. Mets 5, Cubs 4 NEW YORK Justin Turner drove in the winning run on a long single with two outs in the ninth inning, giving the Mets a victory over the Cubs. Turner also had a tiebreaking
double in the fifth and finished with three hits. Jason Bay doubled twice and threw out a runner at the plate for New York. Reds 4, Rockies 1 DENVER The Cincinnati Reds took advantage of a poor defensive play by Colorado on Joey Vottos single in the sixth and rallied for four runs to beat the Rockies, ending a 10-game losing streak at Coors Field. Cardinals 4, Braves 3, 10 innings ST. LOUIS Nick Punto hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the 10th inning after Albert Pujols two-run single tied it an inning earlier and the Cardinals kepttheir faint postseason hopes alive with a victory over the Braves. Pujols had three hits and his hit just inside the first-base line with two outs in the ninth ended Craig Kimbrels streak of 25 consecutive saves. Diamondbacks 3, Padres 2 PHOENIX Seldom-used first baseman Lyle Overbay singled in the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and Daniel Hudson pitched his third complete game of the season, leading the Diamondbacks to a win over the Padres.
New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin walks toward the dugout as the Angels Jeremy Moore scores the winning run on a sacrifice fly Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.
won its third straight. The major league leader with 17 losses, Guthrie (7-17) came in having won just once in his past six starts and was seeking to avoid setting a career high for defeats. The right-hander made sure of that in a stellar outing. he walked three and struck out five. Pedro Strop worked the eighth and Jim Johnson pitched around a leadoff walk to close it out in the ninth for his fourth save. Tigers 8, Twins 4 DETROIT Alex Avila hit a three-run homer in the second inning and Ramon Santiago added a two-run shot in the fourth to help the Tigers rally for their seventh straight victory. Brad Penny (10-10) allowed four runs in the top of the first but settled down after that and Detroit was able to slug its way back from the early deficit. The first-place Tigers have won 17 of 21. Kevin Slowey (0-5) allowed six runs and seven hits in four innings. The Twins have lost six of seven and 15 of 19.
Rangers 13, Athletics 4 ARLINGTON, Texas Colby Lewis pitched into the eighth inning for his first victory in nearly a month even while giving up another home run as the AL West-leading Rangers beat Oakland. Lewis (12-10) trailed 2-0 only four batters into the game after Josh Willinghams two-run homer, the AL-high 33rd allowed by the Rangers righthander this season. Indians 8, White Sox 4 CHICAGO Lonnie Chisenhall set career highs with two homers and four RBIs, and the Indians snapped a four-game losing streak. Ezequiel Carrera, Kosuke Fukudome, Shelley Duncan and Lou Marson had two hits apiece for the Indians. Carrera and Fukudome each drove in two runs. Mariners 7, Royals 3 SEATTLE Ichiro Suzuki had four hits, including a homer, to help the Mariners beat Kansas City. Miguel Olivo and Justin Smoak each added three hits for the Mariners. Olivo fell a single short of the cycle.
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Utley passes his concussion test

Phillies All-Star infielder starts on path to return with some light workouts.
By MATT GELB The Philadelphia Inquirer
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MILWAUKEE The cobwebs in Chase Utleys head have cleared, and the tests prove it. Utley passed an ImPACT test Saturday, administered to ascertain the severity of his concussion symptoms. The results were close to Utleys baseline, which was recorded at the beginning of spring training, Phillies assistant general manager Scott Proefrock said. Utley was cleared to begin light exercises and will undergo another ImPACT test Monday to ensure a baseline reading. At that point, the Phillies will have a better idea when Utley can return. Hell almost certainly miss the remainder of the road trip, but this is viewed as good news. It doesnt appear the injury will keep him sidelined for much beyond Wednesday. Its positive, Proefrock said. Very positive. Good news. Were going to be very cautious, obviously. But it seems like hes making progress. Well make sure hes 100 percent before we get him back on the field. Currently, Proefrock said, the second baseman is experiencing no symptoms from the concussion suffered last Wednesday
when he was hit on the back of the helmet by a 91-m.p.h. Eric OFlaherty fastball. He never had headaches, the Utley team has said. He was removed from the game because he felt a little foggy, Proefrock said. Utley was examined by concussion specialist Rob Franks, who administered a physical exam in addition to the ImPACT test. The unintended rest, Proefrock said, will not hurt. There is a little bit of silver lining sometimes, he said. We get a chance to rest these guys as we head down the home stretch. And the other thing is, youre getting the reserves a chance to stay sharp. Were very fortunate to have good depth. All of those guys have done a great job. Bastardos slump Six of the last eight batters Antonio Bastardo has faced have reached base, an alarming number for a pitcher who leads the majors in batting average against. Bastardo said he is tiring as he pitches deeper into a season than he ever has. Manager Charlie Manuel said he did not want to pin Bastardos recent ineffectiveness to fatigue. He just needs to go out there and get a good inning, Manuel
said. I think hell be fine. But Manuel did note he has not recently seen the same fastball Bastardo used as his primary weapon this season. A lot of times I think hes throwing lefthanded hitters a lot of breaking balls and things like that, Manuel said. I havent seen him really turn it loose. Both Manuel and Bastardo insisted there are no problems with his arm. It could be as simple as a mechanical problem. Howard, Rollins sit Manuel noticed a jump in Ryan Howards step Friday following a day of rest, so the manager sat his first baseman again Saturday. Howard has bursitis in his left foot that has slowed him at times. It also allowed him to play both John Mayberry Jr. and Ben Francisco. I feel like were going to use those guys more the more atbats we can get our bench players, the better off theyll be, Manuel said. Shortstop Jimmy Rollins participated fully in batting practice and still looks close to a return from his strained groin. He posed a multiple-choice question Saturday on Twitter: What day shall I make my return? 1) Today 2) Sunday 3) Monday. In any event, it should come soon. Hes close to being ready to play, Manuel said. Hes getting real close. I aint really worried about Jimmy.
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More HTE courses on the schedule
The classes are mandatory if hunters want to hunt this season.
By TOM VENESKY tvenesky@timesleader.com
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe said the agency is scheduling more basic HunterTrapper Education (HTE) courses for September and October so all new hunters can complete this mandatory course to be eligible to participate in the upcoming fall hunting seasons. With the fall seasons just around the corner, time is running out for those who have not yet passed a basic Hunter-Trapper Education course, which is mandatory for all first-time license buyers, regardless of age, Roe said. While we have been holding courses all summer, we have found that some people wait until autumn is officially here to begin making plans for the hunting seasons. To meet this need, we are scheduling nearly 50 additional courses throughout the state. To register for a course, visit the Game Commissions website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), click on the Hunter Education Classes icon in the center of the homepage and then click on either Hunter-Trapper Education or Hunter-Trapper Education Independent Study. With the support of thousands of volunteers, HTE courses are being held throughout the state. There is no fee for the basic HTE course. Pre-registration is required and online registration is available for all courses offered by the agency. Taught by dedicated teams of trained volunteers, most HTE classes last at least 10 hours over two or more days, and participants must attend all instruction before taking the test at the end of the course. Youngsters must be at least 11 years old to receive HTE certification. Successful completion of a basic Pennsylvania HTE class, or another states equivalent course, is required by state law to obtain a first-time hunting or furtaker license, regardless of age. Registrations also are being accepted for the independent-study version of the basic HTE program, which is available for those 11 years of age or older. The independent study course requires students to attend a two- to three-hour class to be tested and certified. Prior to this classroom test, however, students must study the entire course content on their own, which takes about eight to 10 hours to complete. Study guides are available online from the registration page or, to request a print version of Todays Hunter & Trapper in Pennsylvania, call the Hunter-Trapper Education Division (717-787-7015) to request a study guide be mailed to you. There is a $1.59 postage fee for mailed study guides. In addition, registrations are being accepted for other educational programs offered by the Game Commission, including Successful Bowhunting, Successful Furtaking and Cable Restraint Certification. The Successful Bowhunting course is a one-day voluntary training program for those seeking to expand their skills and knowledge of bowhunting. While voluntary in Pennsylvania, certification for this course may be required by other states. There is a $20 course fee, which covers the cost of the online study course required before attending the class. Successful Furtaking is a one-day training program that provides extensive hands-on training to new and experienced furtakers. The course promotes best management practices. It is designed for any person seeking to learn more about furtaking, and to improve his or her skills and success. The course includes the cable restraint certification that is required to participate in the cable restraint season for foxes and coyotes. This course also fulfills the requirement that all first-time furtaker license buyers pass a basic trapper education course. A $15 course fee is charged.
PFBC facing very tough call on trout size
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RJ Marine owner Bob Makaravage with several products designed to protect boat motors against the effects of ethanol-enriched gas.
Getting the right mix

By TOM VENESKY tvenesky@timesleader.com
Gone are the days when a boat motor could simply be hung in the basement for storage after the summer boating season concludes. And pouring a bit a fuel stabilizer into the gas tank? Not going to work anymore. Thats because the ethanol-enriched fuel that has become commonplace at gas stations over the last few years can wreak havoc on a boat motor. Bob Makaravage, owner of RJ Marine Sales in Wilkes-Barre, said his shop has been seeing the damage firsthand. It started a couple years ago, he said. People were bringing in motors to be repaired. Motors that simply quit working the way they were supposed to. Makaravage said ethanol is to blame. Ethanol is a form of alcohol that can absorb moisture into gasoline, loosen debris and varnish in fuel tanks, eat away fuel lines and gaskets, and wreak havoc on carburetors. One of the most common symptoms of an ethanol problem is a motor that bogs down or cannot reach top speed, according to Makaravage. And one of the most common repairs in his shop, Makaravage added, is rebuilding carburetors. A lot of older motors dont have alcohol-resistant fuel lines and gaskets, he said. The ethanol can break them down, and were finding parts of fuel lines and hoses in the carburetors. Ethanol can even wreak havoc in the gas tank. If a boat sits unused for a few weeks, the ethanol-enriched gas can separate, resulting in a water accumulation. Thats why Makaravage recommends installing a water separator in a boats fuel system. But thats only half the answer. Because ethanol can eat away the varnish that accumulates inside a gas tank and loosen deposits releasing the material into the fuel lines, Makaravage said its important to use a 10-micron fuel filter that can catch small particles. Even better, he said, is a combination fuel filter/water separator.
ince the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission decided to stock fewer but bigger trout a few years ago, I havent heard many complaints from anglers. Sure, having less fish to catch wasnt exactly welcomed with open arms, but having larger fish to catch made the sacrifice easier. But what would happen if the agency just a few years after they reduced the number of stocked trout, now decided to reduce the size as well? Thats what the PFBC is considering. During a meeting of the agencys Fisheries Committee on Aug. 31, staff made it known that they are considering reducing the size of stocked trout from 11 inches to 10, or even nine-anda-half. They are kicking around the idea as a means to save money, which I understand. Faced with a decrease in license sales and increased costs emanating from gas drilling and dam repairs, among other things, the PFBC needs to cut where it can. But if the agency does reduce the size of stocked trout, it had better be prepared for the complaints that will follow. Since the agency decided to raise fewer but larger trout in 2007, I interviewed dozens of anglers each opening day about the move. Few complained. Most were more than happy to be fishing for larger fish. Its safe to say the move was accepted by anglers. But can the same be said for a move in the opposite direction? I dont think so. Small trout, big complaints The few complaints I have heard from anglers since 2007, and the ones that were voiced more frequently prior to then, revolved mostly around small trout. Although diminished of late, complaints about small trout topped the list each year. Even now, when most anglers I talk to agree that the trout the agency stocks are pretty nice, every now and then someone lands a smaller one. And when they do, a complaint usually follows. Its become clear that anglers are willing to accept less when it comes to numbers of stocked trout, but not size. I understand the agency desperately needs to save money, but Im not sure reducing the size of stocked trout is the way to go. It could even backfire. Could smaller fish equate to less interest? After four years of catching trout that average 11 inches, will anglers be as motivated to hit the streams, rivers and lakes to catch trout an inch or two shorter? If they arent, that could result in another decrease in license sales. Nobody wants that. So what should the agency do to cut costs? Thats a good question one they should keep exploring. One option thats been discussed is to keep raising brown and rainbow trout to 11 inches and reduce the size of brook trout to 9.5 inches. That might not be too bad, considering brook trout are generally stocked in smaller streams where they usually dont grow as large, anyhow. Heres another idea: More regional opening days. By concentrating stockings by region, the PFBC can focus its stocking efforts in those areas on a scheduled basis. Stock the southeast one week, the northeast next and so on. Such a move could require less travel miles and trips for stocking trucks, and may be a more efficient approach to trout stocking. It would also maintain the opening day tradition each region would have one, and give anglers more opening days to fish. And most importantly, anglers wont be getting less while the PFBC may be able to save more.
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RJ Marine owner Bob Makaravage inspects the new ventilation system on a fuel tank. New federal regulations require more extensive ventilation systems on the fuel tanks of boats.
The impact of ethanol can also hit the carburetor itself. John Mansfield, a mechanic at RJ Marine Sales, said ethanol is corrosive and it can react with the aluminum components inside a carburetor. That can result in a gel build-up on the jets and can make an engine run leaner, he said. The solution? Add an ethanol treatment to the fuel and that should neutralize the corrosive components. If a boat motor isnt used frequently, Mansfield advised starting it and letting it run for a few minutes at least once a week. By letting it sit for long periods, he said, the octane level in ethanol-enriched gas disappears and more problems can result. The engine is going to start hard because the octane isnt there, and its going to start dieseling when you shut it off, Mansfield said. Even worse, he added, is the problem of pre-ignition. That occurs when fuel enters the engine and is ignited by something other than the spark plug such as carbon deposits on top of the pistons that heat up. That increased combustion can destroy an engine.
With the older motors, its only a matter of time before they go because of the ethanol, Makaravage said. Still, even a new engine needs to be maintained and protected against ethanol. Fuel filters need to be changed yearly, preferably when winterizing the boat, and engines should be run until the fuel tank is almost empty and a fuel stabilizer needs to be added. Fuel stabilizer is only good for six months, however, Mansfield said. Thats why its important to add at least half a tank of new gas in the spring to replace the octane that was lost from the ethanol. Dry gas wont work, Mansfield added, because its an alcohol and it only increases the alcohol content in the fuel. A lot of guys are starting to winterize their boats this time of year, and they need to be aware of the problems that ethanol can cause, Makaravage said. The regular fuel stabilizers wont work anymore. You need to make sure youre using something thats going to treat the ethanol, too.
OUTDOORS NOTES
THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION will hold a public tour of State Game Lands 57 in Luzerne and Wyoming counties. The tour will be held on Sunday, Oct. 9. Registration is from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the headquarters building complex on SGL 57, Ricketts Station, Forkston Township, Wyoming County. Game Commission personnel will be on hand to explain various points of interest, including wildlife habitat improvement projects. Four-wheel-drive vehicles with high clearance are strongly recommended for this 14-mile, self-guided driving tour. Due to heavy storm damage caused by Hurricane Irene, the tour has been modified from its traditional route. The tour will begin at the SGL 57 maintenance building and travels Southbrook, Shale Pit, Beech Lake and Mountain Springs roads back to the building. The tour will pass habitat improvement projects completed by the SGL 57 Food and Cover Corps crew, National Wild Turkey Federation, Quality Deer Management Association and Ducks Unlimited. Representatives from the Game Commission and conservation organizations will be on hand to explain the projects and answer questions. Directions: Take Route 487 north at the intersection of Route 118 and proceed 7.5 miles, then turn onto a dirt road near SGL sign on right. Travel on dirt road one-tenth of a mile to a Y intersection and proceed left three-tenths of a mile to the headquarters complex. Each vehicle will be provided a map and brief explanation of wildlife management programs being carried out on this magnificent tract of public hunting land. THE EASTERN PENN DEAF BASS ANGLERS will host a River Bass Tournament on Sept. 18 at Nesbitt Park. The fee is $40 per boat with a lunker option of $10. Limit is six bass with a minimum length of 12 inches. A second tournament will be held on Oct. 16 with the same fee and six-bass limit, and a 15-inch minimum size. For more information, contact Vincent Sabatini at basslunker40@aol.com.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lays flowers Saturday during a memorial ceremony for the victims of the Russian plane crash in the Arena in Yaroslavl, Russia.
Mourners flock to memorial

Inexplicable tragedy killed nearly every member of KHLs Lokomotiv on Wednesday.
By MISHA JAPARIDZE Associated Press
YAROSLAVL, Russia With mounds of flowers and rivers of tears, tens of thousands of people flocked to a memorial ceremony Saturday for the victims of the Russian plane crash that devastated a top ice hockey team. Mourners including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin poured into the teams arena in the western city of Yaroslavl to lay flowers near coffins containing remains of players and staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team. Many were draped in the teams red, white and blue colors. Wednesdays crash of a chartered Yak-42 jet killed 43 people and was one of the sports worlds worst aviation disasters. Of the 45 people on board, 36 were Lokomotiv players, coaches and team officials, including many former NHL players. The crash shocked Russia and the entire hockey community but emotions were especially raw in Yaroslavl, where the teams consistently strong performance in the Kontinental Hockey League was a source of great pride. The team had been heading to Minsk, Belarus, to play its opening game of the KHL season. Its hard for me to talk because I loved the team so much, said Slovakian national coach Vladimir Vujtek, who had previously coached Lokomotiv. For the first time in my life, I had trouble entering an ice arena, KHL chairman and former NHL star Vyacheslav Fetisov said at the ceremony. Its an inexplicable tragedy. The somber-faced Putin walked slowly across the arena, laying flowers at each of the coffins, and several KHL ice hockey squads traveled en masse to Yaroslavl to attend the ceremony. Local police estimated the crowd at 100,000 people. President Dmitry Medvedev visited the crash site a day after the disaster, but didnt attend Saturdays ceremony. Many fans
Relatives of defenseman Ruslan Salei, killed Wednesday in a plane crash, mourn during a funeral Saturday in Minsk, Belarus.
had criticized Medvedev for using the arena for an international conference this week, a move that forced the team to fly out of town in the first place. Fetisov on Saturday renewed a KHL pledge to help rebuild the Lokomotiv team. KHL chief Alexander Medvedev said earlier this week that each team in the league should volunteer up to three players to build a new Lokomotiv squad. He said some 35 players had already volunteered to join the new team. The KHL pits 24 teams from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Slovakia. Russian crash investigators deciphering the planes flight data recorders say all the planes three engines were operating up until
the moment it crashed into the Volga River bank shortly after takeoff. The experts have come to no conclusions yet about the cause of the crash. Authorities checked fuel supplies at the Tunoshna airport amid suspicions that low quality fuel could be to blame, but Russias top aviation authority said Saturday the data recorders gave no indication that bad fuel was the cause. Two men who survived the crash player Alexander Galimov and crew member Alexander Sizov remained in critical condition, both in medicated comas after being transferred to Moscow for treatment. Hospital officials said Galimov had burns over 90 percent of his body.
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NATIONAL FORECAST: An area of scattered showers and thunderstorms will be likely from the lower Mississippi Valley, up across the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes, and into the Northeast today. Meanwhile, high pressure will be in control of the weather west of the Mississippi River, with most of the West staying dry.
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Myrtle Beach 88/70/.00 Nashville 82/55/.00 New Orleans 86/62/.00 Norfolk 88/67/.00 Oklahoma City 87/61/.00 Omaha 81/58/.00 Orlando 88/72/.00 Phoenix 100/78/.00 Pittsburgh 76/63/.00 Portland, Ore. 89/60/.00 St. Louis 75/64/.02 Salt Lake City 82/60/.01 San Antonio 97/66/.00 San Diego 69/64/.00 San Francisco 73/56/.00 Seattle 83/55/.00 Tampa 85/75/.08 Tucson 92/69/.00 Washington, DC 83/68/.00 City Yesterday 72/41/.00 66/54/.00 57/50/.00 88/61/.00 81/70/.00 108/79/.00 84/63/.00 88/82/.00 88/79/.00 66/45/.00
Today is a bit cooler, waking up to a temperature of 58 and mostly cloudy skies. We could see a few scattered showers and expect a high of 72. Tonight we will see temperatures drop into the upper 50s and a possible shower. Monday is looking better with a high of 75 and partly cloudy skies. We could see a shower or two and expect a low around 59. - Michelle Rotella
Yesterday Average Record High Record Low
Temperatures
*Index of fuel consumption, how far the days mean temperature was above 65 degrees.
Yesterday Month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date
Cooling Degree Days*
80/59 74/55 96 in 1931 34 in 1956 5 41 726 871 579
Yesterday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date Sunrise 6:40a 6:41a Moonrise Today 6:41p Tomorrow 7:05p Today Tomorrow
Precipitation
ALMANAC Recorded at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl Airport

0.00 5.97 1.26 44.67 26.27 Sunset 7:20p 7:18p Moonset 5:57a 6:56a
River Levels, from 12 p.m. yesterday.

Susquehanna Wilkes-Barre Towanda Lehigh Bethlehem Delaware Port Jervis Full Stage Chg. Fld. Stg 31.15 -7.57 22.0 18.28 -5.94 21.0 2.86 0.54
Weather Central, LP www.timesleader.com

National Weather Service For more weather information go to:
Forecasts, graphs and data 2011
Today Tomorrow 67/57/sh 107/77/s 77/61/pc 80/62/t 69/48/pc 60/53/sh 79/60/t 87/79/t 88/68/s 65/57/sh
WORLD CITIES
Mexico City Montreal Moscow Paris Rio de Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Juan Tokyo Warsaw
Today Tomorrow 61/52/t 71/61/pc 58/52/sh 68/58/sh 82/69/sh 107/78/s 88/67/s 84/75/t 85/73/t 77/56/pc 68/52/t 77/64/c 58/46/sh 74/58/sh 77/65/sh 105/77/s 86/66/pc 88/75/t 85/72/t 77/57/sh
Sun and Moon
16.0 18.0 First
9.92 -3.22 New
Last
607-729-1597
69/56/sh 104/76/s 75/61/c 71/56/s 74/50/s 60/49/w 71/54/s 84/76/t 89/69/s 66/55/w
Sept. 12 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 3
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sn-snow, sf-snow urries, i-ice.

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The Times Leader

Many peoples priceless heirlooms ruined by rampaging flood water

Lack of flood insurance policies puts homeowners in a bind

By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com

TIME FOR SHOCK, TEARS

Area loss includes 1 death

AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER

Delivering for readers despite all obstacles

A NEWS Local Obituaries Nation & World

Actor Cliff Robertson dies

B PEOPLE Birthdays C SPORTS Outdoors

D BUSINESS Stocks E VIEWS Editorial

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

THE TIMES LEADER

Forecasting failure angers victims

AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER

Robertson, who played JFK, dies

Gallery to auction Amelia Earhart goggles and photos

+(ISSN No. 0896-4084) USPS 499-710

Issue No. 2011-252

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 PAGE 3A

Man helps rescue more than 45

Coal Street center open

Heading back home to clean up

Beware of charity scams

High flow at Chesapeake

AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER

Eateries need inspection

Coroner: Death from gas odor

Piontek FH still operating

PETE G. WILCOX/ THE TIMES LEADER

Reminder for directors

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 PAGE 5A

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Veterans connect during a time of need

AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER

Evacuees bear up with wit and fortitude

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 PAGE 7A

Some relief after intense levee situation

CLARK VAN ORDEN FILE PHOTO/THE TIMES LEADER

Mayor: Portable flood gates saved Kingston

DEP: Take precautions during damage cleanup

CLARK VAN ORDEN PHOTOS/THE TIMES LEADER

Susquehanna floodwaters beginning to recede from Port Deposit, Md.

THE TIMES LEADER

Daily reminders of 9/11 victims

Nation reflects, remembers 10 years after the attacks

9/11 memories still fresh

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 PAGE 9A

Sgt. Juan Villarreal, 43

Master Sgt. Clifton Wilbert, 39