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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli troops shot dead a mentally ill Pal-estinian who approached them in a West Bank refu-gee camp Sunday, the army said, while another Pales-tinian was killed in clashes in the city of Ramallah.

Sunday's deaths brought to four the number of Pal-estinians killed since Israel launched its most extensive military operation in the West Bank in years after the abduction of three Is-raeli teens on June 12.

Israel has arrested more

than 350 Palestinians, most affi liated with the Islamic militant Hamas, and raid-ed some 1,600 locations. Israel has blamed the kid-nappings on Hamas, which has praised the act, but not claimed responsibility.

The sweeps have led to

growing confrontations af-ter years of relative calm. Increasingly, Israeli troops entering towns and refugee camps are met by crowds of Palestinian stone-throwers.

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(AP) – The annual state budget battle — played out in late June each year — is often contentious. But this year, with a fi rst-term Re-publican governor behind in the polls for reelection and state revenue falling below expectations, rela-tions between Republicans and Democrats are partic-ularly volatile.

For his part, Gov. Tom Corbett's public wish list makes liquor sale reform— an issue he said has “been waiting on a solution for decades” — resolved in the new 2014-15 state budget.

Specifi cally, he wants to sell off the state-run stores to raise revenue and get the state out of the li-quor business, a plan most Democratic state offi cials have long opposed. The governor said Pennsylva-nia's liquor laws bear clos-er resemblance to prohibi-tion-era regulations than contemporary statutes.

Meanwhile, many Dem-ocratic lawmakers — in-cluding ranking members

from Luzerne County — have been clamoring for a severance tax on natural gas extractions, something Corbett opposes. Penn-sylvania is the only major drilling state that does not tax the gas that's extract-ed and processed.

Tom Wolf, Corbett's Democratic opponent for governor in November, has been making the rounds to garner support for an ex-traction tax.

With other costly issues like education and human services funding also loom-ing, political observers say it's unlikely the state House of Representatives, the Senate and the gover-nor will agree on a $28 bil-lion budget when the fi scal year ends June 30. Previ-ous showdowns have trig-gered a shutdown of some services.

With that backdrop, The Times Leader checked in with state Sens. John Yu-dichak, D-Plymouth Town-ship, and Lisa Baker, R-

WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida-inspired mili-tants who have violently seized territory in Iraq could grow in power and destabilize other coun-tries in the region, Presi-dent Barack Obama said.

The Iraqi public will ul-timately reject the Islamic State of Iraq and the Le-vant, the extremist Sunni group threatening Iraq's government, but the group still represents a medium- and long-term threat to the United States, Obama said.

"We're going to have to be vigilant generally. Right now the problem with ISIS is the fact that they're destabilizing the country," Obama said, us-ing a common acronym for the group. "That could spill over into some of our allies like Jordan."

The Sunni insurgency in Iraq and neighbor-ing Syria is just one of an array of threats the U.S. must guard against,

O b a m a said in an interview recorded F r i d a y and air-ing Sun-day on C B S ' "Face the Nation."

H e pointed to the group Boko Haram in north Africa and al-Qaida groups in Yemen that he said also demand the attention of the U.S. and its partners.

"What we can't do is think that we're just go-ing to play whack-a-mole and send U.S. troops oc-cupying various countries wherever these organi-zations pop up," Obama said. "We're going to have to have a more focused, more targeted strategy and we're going to have to partner and train lo-cal law enforcement and military to do their jobs as well."

Obama's comments came as U.S. lawmakers and offi cials within his own administration are grappling with the best way to address the grow-ing insurgency in Iraq just years after Ameri-can troops pulled out. As bloody sectarian violence breaks out once again in Iraq, a president who op-posed the Iraq war and vowed to end it is fi nding the U.S. being lured back into the confl ict by the de-teriorating security situa-tion.

Obama has announced plans to send 300 special operations forces into Iraq to train its military, but insists the U.S. military can't effectively quell the confl ict unless Iraq's own Shiite-led government pursues a more inclusive approach that doesn't shun the Sunni minority.

The issue has divided Congress, with some law-makers criticizing Obama for doing too little and oth-

ers warning the return of armed troops to Iraq could be the fi rst step toward pulling the U.S. back into the confl ict.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said the unwillingness of Iraq's military to defend the city of Mosul begs the question of why the Unit-ed State should.

"I'm not willing to send my son to defend that mess," Paul said Sunday on CNN.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she believes the U.S. needs to be talk-ing to Iran because it can play a major role in help-ing to prevent a major war between Sunnis and Shiites. She also voiced concerns about the need to build up intelligence to help track recruits from Europe and the United States who have gone to the Middle East to partici-pate in the wars there.

"There will be plots to kill Americans," she told CNN.

JAMES CITY – Nearly 100 people attended Satur-day’s “Highland Township residents fi ght for clean water picnic,” according to one of the event organiz-ers, Marsha Buhl.

Buhl, a James City resident and member of an organization entitled “Highland Township Citi-zens Advocating a Clean Healthy Environment” (CACHE), collected the names and addresses of most of those in atten-dance throughout the four hour event held at the fi re hall in James City.

Approximately one third of the attendees appeared to be township residents, with some of the other at-tendees coming from else-where in Elk County, also McKean County, Warren County, Clarion County and Indiana County. There was also a contingent from the Youngstown, Ohio area and a group of Benedictine sisters from Erie in atten-dance.

In addition to CACHE, at least fi ve other groups helped to spon-sor the event: Elk County C.A.R.E.S., Pennsylvania Community Rights Net-work (PACRN), Commu-

nity Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), the Shale Justice Coalition and the Allegheny Defense Project (ADP).

Organizers held the event to “build support

for their ongoing efforts to secure and protect the community’s right to clean water.”

The township’s super-visors passed “Highland Township’s Community

Rights and Protection from Injection Wells Ordi-nance” in early 2013. The ordinance was drafted by the CELDF. Despite the adoption of the ordinance, the federal Environmen-tal Protection Agency ap-proved a 10-year permit issued to Seneca Resourc-es for an underground in-jection well along Lamont Road near Route 66.

The proximity of the proposed well to the James City water supply concerns many residents, including township supervisor Joe Milstead, township water authority members Bryan Punk, Kevin Moran, and Bob Vaughn, and water authority Secretary/Trea-surer Sue Swanson, all of whom were in attendance at Saturday’s gathering.

During introductions of those in attendance, one resident introduced her-self and added that she is from the “home of the in-jection well that had 109 seismic events” in a year. Most of the non-township residents said they were there to support the lo-

cal community and had been through or are going through similar fi ghts.

Milstead said that al-though the community is in a battle with a company with “deep pockets,” “We have to do what is right for our township.”

Buhl urged the town-ship to “be united and not be intimidated by big com-panies.”

Jack Donahue, a Trea-sure Lake resident and a candidate for Representa-tive of the 75th Pennsylva-nia House District, spoke briefl y and said that theoil and gas industry has “strong-armed their way in,” and that Seneca is not trying to make friendswith the community be-cause they have friends in Harrisburg, “ a commentwhich elicited a rousing round of applause.

Ben Price of the CELPF took to the podium after Donahue and recountedhow he was contacted by a member of the township’s water authority, which he

Highland Twp. picnic for clean water held SaturdayBy Amy GeerStaff Writer

Photo by Amy GeerBryan Punk, member of the Highland Township Water and Sewer Authority, is pictured addressing the gathering at Saturday's picnic at the fire hall in James City. Punk explained to the crowd the site of the proposed injection well in relation to a spring that feeds the township's water supply. Approxi-mately 100 people attended the event, according to Marsha Buhl, one of the picnic organizers.

Photo by Amy GeerTom Linzey, executive director of the Community Environmen-tal Legal Defense Fund spoke at length during Saturday's "Highland Township Residents Fight for Clean Water Picnic." The CELDF helped draft an ordinance adopted by the town-ship last year designed to stop a proposed injection well. Despite the passing of the ordinance, the EPA denied the township's appeal and approved a 10-year permit for the well to Seneca Resources.

Highland Township Residents Fight for Clean Water Picnic

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Represen-tative Glenn 'GT' Thomp-son (R-PA), Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Con-servation, Energy, and Forestry, held a public hearing to review the in-terpretive rule regarding the applicability of Clean Water Act (CWA) agricul-tural exemptions.

The CWA was signed into law in 1972 with an intent to preserve wa-ter quality in the United States by regulating dis-charges of pollution into the country's water sys-tem. Although the intent of the CWA was for the Federal government to regulate navigable wa-ters, recent court decisions have brought into question which bodies of water the CWA has jurisdiction over. In response to the legal uncertainty, the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to further clarify which wa-ters are within CWA juris-

diction. A d d i -

t i ona l ly, EPA and the U.S. A r m y Corps of Engineers issued an interpre-tive rule to explain how the

proposed rule would im-pact CWA exemptions for agricultural activi-ties. The rule was drafted in consultation with the U.S. Department of Agri-culture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and was the focus of the hearing. USDA, EPA and the Corps signed a memorandum of understanding between the three agencies spelling out how they would coor-dinate implementing the interpretive rule.

During the hearing, subcommittee members examined to what extent the interpretive rule will

offer producers certain-ty regarding permitting needs for CWA exemptions and whether or not the rule will encourage pro-ducers to engage in future conservation practices.

“There is growing con-cern the newly proposed rule released by the En-vironmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps poses a grave threat to the economic vitality and ecological health of our farming communities,” Thompson said. “The Ad-ministration has argued this rule is intended to eliminate ambiguity and offer greater protections for producers and land-owners, when in fact it will create new regulatory bur-dens, more ambiguity, and less certainty. The subcom-mittee received testimony today from agriculture stakeholders on how these new requirements will also discourage farmers and landowners from engaging

Glenn Thompson subcommittee reviews EPA water rule impact

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BarackObama

NEPA lawmakers discuss state budget talks

Obama: Threat from Iraq militants could grow

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Two Palestinians killed as Israel raids West Bank

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BRADFORD — Leader-ship McKean honored the graduates of its 2013-14 class on Friday, June 13 at the University of Pitts-burgh at Bradford.

Throughout the year, program participants fo-cused on issues affecting McKean County in areas like health and human services, economic devel-opment, education and tourism.

To end the year, partici-pants developed presen-tations that were inspired by the year’s topics and presenters. This year’s class developed the fol-lowing presentations, many of which will be im-plemented in the future:

Bradford Ecumenical Home, Inc.—Residents on the Go!

Financial LiteracyVolunteer McKean

Facebook SiteMobile LibraryBradford Area High

School Career Awareness and Workplace Readiness Program

Mike Glesk, a member of the Leadership McK-ean Steering Committee said that with 24 gradu-ates, this is the largest Leadership McKean class in the program's eight-year history. To date, 142 participants completed the program.

During the graduation ceremony, Dan Minich and Cara Costik, program participants, refl ected on their experience with Leadership McKean. “I appreciate the education I received and relation-ships developed through this program, said Mr. Minich. "Through Leader-

ship McKean, we gained a better understanding of the true reason we're here-- to serve.”

Ms. Costik added, "Through Leadership McKean, we learned about our communities and became better pre-pared leaders and com-munity members."

Julie Marasco, North-west Region president of Northwest Savings Bank, served as the day’s key-note speaker. “Leadership is the ability to do what it takes to get the job done. It's more than a title or position. It's having the ability to communicate your vision, recognize the potential in people, build dynamic teams and to not be afraid to ask questions. To lead is to take action,” said Ms. Marasco. "To all of this year's graduates, we commend your involve-ment. We look to you as our future leaders."

Leadership McKean: Class of 2013-14

Ryan Baxter, Zippo Manufacturing Compa-ny; Guy Bennett, Brad-ford Area Public Library; Rick Brocious, Zippo Manufacturing Company; Tracy Burgess, Bradford Ecumenical Home; Cara Costik, United Way of the Bradford Area; Katie Cunningham, Northwest Savings Bank; Anita Dan-ielson, Seneca Highlands, Intermediate Unit #9; Ty-ler Hannah, Woods, Bak-er & Ross; Tracee Howell, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford; Stephanie Huber, Bradford Region-al Medical Center; Jodi Meabon, Evergreen Elm, Inc.; Brandon Means,

Northwest Savings Bank; Mike Montecalvo, North-west Savings Bank; Dan Minich, Olean-Bradford YMCA/ PNC Bank; Lisa Minich, KOA Speer Elec-tronics; Jesse Noga, Zippo Manufacturing Company; Dan Palmer, American Refi ning Group; Kitzie Pingie, American Refi n-ing Group; Jenna Prechtl, American Refi ning Group; Matt Splain, Otto Eldred High School; Pat Vigliotta, McKean Insurance Agen-cy, Inc.; Erin Waugaman, Bradford Area School Dis-trict; Jessica Whiteman, McCourt Label Company; Todd Witchen, KOA Speer

Electronics.Graduates received

wooden plaques in hon-or of their achievement, handcrafted by students of the Seneca Highlands Vo-Technical School in Port Allegany.

Leadership McKean aims to educate andguide emerging lead-ers throughout McKean County. For more infor-mation about Leadership McKean, or to obtain an application for the class of 2014-15, please contact Kara Kennedy at kara.kennedy@bradfordcham-ber.com or call 814-368-7115.

Photo submittedLeadership McKean, 2013-14 Class.

Leadership McKean celebrates 2014 graduatessaid was unusual. He men-tioned the fact that since he received the phone call asking for the organiza-tion’s help with the situ-ation, the township has three new supervisors.

Price then asked some of the residents from Ohio to speak about their simi-lar battle against injec-tion wells. John Williams of McDonald, Ohio, spoke of being arrested trying to stop injection wells in his area. Williams told those in attendance that the best way to fi ght the wells is “through the ballot box.”

The next speaker was Thomas Linzey, the execu-tive director of the CELDF. Lindsey said that his or-ganization believes that a community has the right to say, “No, we don’t want that here.”

The group offers free le-gal services to more than 300 community associa-tions and organizations across Pennsylvania and more throughout the Unit-

ed States. Linzey said that part of the problem is that corporations have more rights and resources under the constitution than the residents that live in the affected community.

He applauded the resi-dents of Highland Town-ship for “taking a big, bold step,” and warned them that it will “be a long jour-ney.”

As the formal portion of the meeting came to a close, Moran said that although he appreciates the support from the non-township residents in at-tendance, he would like to see more support from members of the commu-nity. “The bigger our num-bers, the stronger we get.”

Buhl concluded the lo-cal speakers by urging her fellow Highland Township residents to “not be intimi-dated. We need education on the matter and we need a backbone. I will fi ght and die for my family’s health and welfare.”

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groups urged the Israeli military on Sunday to re-frain from collective pun-ishment of the Palestin-ian population. "Overall, the measures adopted and their extent do not seem to serve a military need that can justify the damage they have caused," they wrote.

There were also signs of growing Palestinian anger at Western-backed Pales-tinian President Mahmoud Abbas who has defended his decision to continue se-curity coordination with Is-rael, including in the search for the teens.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he has "un-equivocal proof" of Hamas involvement in the abduc-tions. He said he is sharing this evidence with several countries and will make it public soon.

Abbas, meanwhile, said he has "no credible infor-mation" that Hamas was involved.

"When Netanyahu has such information, he needs to update me and we will take care of the matter ac-cording to our own laws," he told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

In Ramallah, Israeli troops entered the down-

town area at about 2 a.m. Sunday, searching offi ces in two commercial buildings.

Several hundred Pales-tinians threw stones and fl ower pots at soldiers who fi red live bullets and rub-ber-coated steel pellets, said Issam Rimawi, a photogra-pher for a local newspaper.

After the soldiers with-drew, dozens of protesters hurled stones at a nearby Palestinian police station and smashed windows of parked cars, said Rimawi and a protester, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid repercussions from the authorities.

Palestinian troops fi red live rounds, the two wit-nesses said.

After the clashes, the body of Mohammed Ismail, 31, was found on a rooftop opposite the police station, they said.

Dr. Saber Aloul, a Pales-tinian forensic pathologist, performed an autopsy and said Ismail was killed by an M-16 bullet in the shoulder. Palestinian forces do not use M-16s, said a spokes-

man, Adnan Damiri.The Israeli military,

which is known to use M-16s, had no comment.

Later Sunday, several dozen people marched in downtown Ramallah to pro-test Israeli-Palestinian se-curity coordination.

"Why, why security coor-dination? We get hit once by the Palestinian Author-ity and once by the Israeli army," they chanted.

Analyst Jihad Harb said the Israeli crackdown is weakening Abbas.

"The Palestinian street is very angry at the Palestin-ian Authority and President Abbas in particular because

they see him siding with Is-rael against them," he said.

In a separate incident Sunday, 27-year-old Ahmed Saoud was killed by Israeli troops as he walked to a mosque for dawn prayers in the Al-Ein refugee camp, said his father, Assad. The elder Saoud said his son suffered from mental ill-ness.

The army said a Pales-tinian man approached sol-diers in a threatening man-ner early Sunday, and that they fi red warning shots before shooting him. The army said an "initial inqui-ry" suggested the man was mentally unstable.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, in charting a new phase of American military engage-ment in Iraq, pledges that his war-weary country will not be "dragged back" into a lengthy confl ict or be-come ensnarled in "mission creep."

But recent U.S. military history is full of warning signs about the diffi culty of keeping even a limited mis-sion from expanding and extending. The prospect that this latest mission in Iraq could follow that pat-tern is particularly risky for Obama, given that he has staked so much of his legacy on having brought America's long war there to a close.

Already some of the White House's closest al-lies worry that Obama's plan to send in 300 special operations forces to train the Iraqi military could be the fi rst step in pulling the U.S. back into Iraq's vio-lent sectarian fi ght.

"I think that you have to be careful sending spe-cial forces because that's a number that has a ten-dency to grow," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California, one of Obama's staunchest sup-porters.

Anna Galland, the exec-utive director of the liberal group MoveOn.org, said even a limited mission "is a dangerous and troubling development that threat-ens to lead to broader mili-tary engagement."

Indeed, the U.S. has seen small operations es-calate before.

The confl ict in Vietnam started with Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy sending limited numbers of mili-tary advisers to train and assist local forces. But those numbers increased over time and set the stage for what ultimately be-came a yearslong combat operation.

The wars that began in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last decade were intended to be combat missions from the start. Few people ex-pected at the time that the Iraq war would drag on for more than eight years, the Afghan confl ict for more than a dozen years, or that the U.S. troop presence in each country would peak above 100,000.

Obama acknowledged the risks of mission creep when he outlined plans Thursday to help Iraq com-bat the Islamic insurgency that has made gains with lighting speed and, accord-ing to administration offi -cials, poses a threat to U.S. interests. The Green Beret military advisers set to ar-rive soon in Iraq will join a previously announced con-tingent of 275 U.S. forces sent in the last week to se-cure the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and other Ameri-

can interests.The deployments mark

a sharp shift for a presi-dent who oversaw the full withdrawal of American forces from Iraq in late 2011 after Washington and Baghdad failed to reach an agreement to keep a few thousand troops in place. While Obama repeatedly has cited the end of the war as one of his chief achievements, his decision to return some troops to Iraq now raises the ques-tion of whether an asterisk ultimately may accompany that claim.

Administration offi cials insist Obama does not in-tend to commit the U.S. to another lengthy war in Iraq or put American forc-es in combat roles. Signal-ing his reluctance to re-en-gage, Obama also decided to hold off launching air-strikes, though he left the prospect of targeted strikes on the table.

The president repeat-edly made the case that ex-panding the U.S. military presence would do little good given that the root of Iraq's problems is a po-litical system that has ex-cluded the country's Sunni minority.

"We do not have the ability to simply solve this problem by sending in tens of thousands of troops and committing the kinds of blood and treasure that has already been expend-ed in Iraq," he said. "Ulti-mately, this is something that is going to have to be solved by the Iraqis."

But there are few guar-antees when it comes to sending Americans into Iraq's unstable security sit-uation. Though the troops are not being sent specifi -cally for combat purposes, all are armed and have the right to defend themselves if they are in danger.

Obama's test: Try to avoid 'mission creep' in Iraq

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Special thanks to my co-host Sen. Scott Hutchin-son; our expert presenters Warren County District Attorney Rob Greene, War-ren County Sheriff Ken Klakamp, Forest County Sheriff Bob Wolfgang and Forest County District At-torney Elizabeth Ziegler; our generous hosts at the Warren Holiday Inn; and, especially, the more than 250 local fi rearm owners who fi lled last Saturday’s Concealed Carry Seminar to full capacity.

Due to the tremendous

turnout, I am in the pro-cess of planning another one of these no-cost semi-nars, for later this fall, to help even more law-abiding fi rearm owners to expand their knowledge about Pennsylvania’s con-cealed carry laws, the Castle Doctrine and oth-er valuable information regarding your Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

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Lehman Township, and Rep. Eddie Day Pashin-ski, D-Wilkes-Barre, to get their viewpoints. Republi-can Rep. Karen Boback of Harveys Lake did not re-spond to requests for com-ment.

Liquor sale reformPashinski: “Modernize

it,” he said. “Don't sell it.”Pashinski said “mod-

ernizing” means expand-ing Sunday sales, mov-ing liquor stores to more convenient locations in or near food stores, allowing mail-order wine sales and allowing Pennsylvania Lottery machines in liquor stores.

Pennsylvania should avoid the tempting one-time revenue that would come from selling off the stores, he said, and bank instead on the $125 mil-lion in state revenue he said the stores rake in an-nually.

Baker: The senator said initially she didn't think liquor sales reform would affect budget dis-cussions, as fi nding com-promise within the priva-tization/modernization spectrum by the July 1 deadline seems unlikely.

“No matter which plan ultimately passes,” she said, “the transition will take some time, so there is not much immediate bud-get relief available.”

Despite her GOP affi lia-tion, Baker said she is yet to encounter a full-privati-zation bill she supports.

Yudichak: Yudichak said he didn't see this is-sue weighing heavily in budget talks either.

Even so, he said he also opposes efforts to privatize liquor sales in Pennsylva-nia, and instead prefers the “modernization” ap-proach.

Public educationPashinski: The retired

school teacher said public education boils down to “pay now, or pay later.”

Either pay to educate children, he said, or pay in the long run with an in-competent workforce.

Pashinski said the lat-est statistics he's seen indicate property taxes will rise in 75 percent of school districts in Penn-sylvania this year. He said he blames the state, which currently pays only 32 percent of the cost of education, where it has traditionally covered 50 percent.

Baker: “This issue has superseded jobs as the leading public concern at the moment,” she said.

Education will play a pivotal role, she added, in passing the state budget.

Yudichak: “Investing in education is critical to economic development,” he said.

The senator blamed decreases in education spending under Corbett for the recent drops in stan-dardized test scores, and he said the state needs to look for new ways to fund public schools.

The 5 percent natural gas severance tax he co-sponsored, he said, would be a solid start.

Medicaid expansionPashinski:“The gov-

ernment really should have said yes in 2013,” he said.

By expanding Medicaid, the representative said the state has everything to gain and nothing to lose.

“For three years, Penn-sylvania would get all of the cost paid for by federal dollars,” he said.

In that time, he said the governor could continue

negotiating medicaid re-form, while expansion cre-ates an estimated 35,000-40,000 jobs statewide.

Baker: The Dallas senator said she agrees with the governor's explo-ration of “containing costs within the current Medic-aid program. Whether the leverage of Medicaid ex-pansion gets the program fl exibility he wants hinges on what the feds decide on the waiver request.”

Yudichak: “For it,” he said.

Expanding the ser-vice, he said, would bring healthcare to several hun-dred thousand Pennsyl-vanians, and solve nearly half of the state's budget gap problems, bringing in $400 million of federal funding.

Yudichak said lawmak-ers opposing the move place “ideology over good policy.”

Natural gas drillingPashinski: Since 2009,

Pashinski said, the lack of a severance tax on natural gas drilling has cost Penn-sylvania billions of dollars.

“We shouldn't be in the hole,” he said, “we should be in a surplus.”

He said the state should also look into closing the so-called Delaware Loop-hole — which allows com-panies to route money out of Pennsylvania — by en-acting combined reporting.

Baker: She did not say whether she supported a severance tax or not, but said she wants to see at least some money from drilling communities to stay local. “For me, it is essential that we ensure that the communities di-rectly impacted by drill-ing will continue to receive their fair share of fund-ing,” she said.

Baker added that she's also concerned about the impacts of drilling onlandowners.

udichak: The senatorco-sponsored Senate Bill 1333 to levy a 5 percent severance tax on natural gas production.

He said the tax would net $700 million in rev-enue its fi rst year, with around $300 million al-located toward education, a number he said would grow as the $250 million for economic development and $150 million for en-vironmental stewardship stay the same.

Internet gamblingPashinski: The rep-

resentative said he has a few problems with the proposed expansion of ca-sino gambling to the world wide web.

“Internet gambling doesn't create any jobs,” Pashinski said.

He also said it would funnel money away from the brick-and-mortar ca-sinos, which is returned to Pennsylvanians as tax money. If the legislation remains uncomplicated, he said, legalizing video poker machines in taverns and clubs may be a lucra-tive alternative.

Baker: Baker madeher position on expanding gambling to the Internet quite clear when she said, “I do not support online gambling.”

Yudichak: “I havegreat concern about the expansion of gaming in Pennsylvania.”

Gambling revenue is unreliable, he said, and he thinks the state should seek “more responsible” methods of generating income, like Medicaid ex-pansion and his natural gas severance tax.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some conservatives are skittish about having a new House majority leader from left-leaning California.

Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., acknowledged that his constituents were "prob-ably scratching their head" when it came to Rep. Kevin McCarthy's election Thurs-day, but he understands McCarthy represents a conservative district.

Adding to the unease is that the House's top Demo-crat, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, also is from California.

"I don't think you'll have to worry about the two of them working together too much," countered Rep. John Fleming, R-La.

McCarthy's Bakersfi eld-focused district is much more conservative than the rest of the state. Among registered voters, Republi-cans outnumber Democrats there by a 16-percentage-point margin. In the 2012 presidential election, Mitt Romney took almost 57 percent of the vote.

The Republican tenden-cies refl ect a region that relies on agriculture and oil production.

Fleming said the Califor-nia connection played into his lobbying efforts to get colleagues to vote for Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., to suc-ceed McCarthy in the No. 3 job, majority whip.

"We've been gradually becoming South-centric in terms of that's where the red states are. Yet our lead-ership is primarily from outside of the red-state area," Fleming said. "It's not to say we won't have good leadership from out-side. We just need a little more balance. "

McCarthy ascended to majority leader after Rep. Eric Cantor's primary elec-tion defeat in Virginia. While some lawmakers voiced concerns leading up to the race that the party's leadership didn't come from where the GOP is strongest, geography seemed to take a backseat in the contest.

"I get this all the time. If you're from California, con-servatives across the rest of the country go 'whoaaa,'" said Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. "But, California, I tell people, is like the rest

of the country. And there are parts of California that are as conservative as any part of the country."

McCarthy's voting re-cord has become more moderate while serving as whip, partially refl ecting his siding with leadership on some critical votes that were unpopular with the vast majority of his Repub-lican colleagues.

For example, he was one of only 28 Republicans who voted to extend the Trea-sury's borrowing authority, which must occur for the government to borrow more money to pay all of its bills. If Congress had not acted, economists say it would have created a loss of confi -dence in U.S. issued bonds, leading to higher interest rates for the government, businesses and consumers.

Nearly half of Califor-nia's GOP representatives supported the measure. By comparison, not one of the 24 GOP lawmakers from Texas voted to increase the debt ceiling, nor did any of the nine GOP lawmak-ers from Georgia, or any of the seven each from fellow deep-red states Indiana and Tennessee.

Nunes said conserva-tives shouldn't be worried.

"There's probably very little that Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy are going to agree on," he said.

McCarthy was asked on Fox News Sunday about his voting record and the concerns from some Repub-licans that he's not conser-vative enough.

"Who rates what's con-servative? Check my voting record, check what I believe and look what I've done," McCarthy said. "When they wanted to bail out Wall Street, I said "no" twice. When they wanted to raise taxes, I've always said no. I have a philosophical belief that this Constitution mat-ters."

McCarthy represents a district in which about one third of the residents are Latino, and earlier this year, he voiced support for providing legal status to some immigrants who are in the United States with-out permission. But he said Sunday "there's nothing until we secure the bor-ders."

Blue-state congressman holds House's No. 2 GOP post

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — The twice-arrested heroin user listened ner-vously as the judge re-viewed her record, then offered a deal he thinks could save her life.

"You're not a criminal, you're an addict," Judge Robert Peeler told Cyn-thia Fugate. "Something is driving you to use her-oin that is beyond your control. Is that fair to say?"

"Yes, sir," she replied quietly.

Peeler, a common pleas court judge in southwest Ohio's Warren County, is among a growing num-ber of judges and correc-tions offi cials across the country trying to combat the fast-growing national heroin problem by fi ght-ing heroin needles with treatment needles. Peeler told Fugate he could or-der monthly injections of the opiate-blocking drug Vivitrol if she were will-ing.

"I'm 30 years old. I've overdosed four times," Fugate said, her voice quavering. "I want to be clean. I really do."

The shots, the judge said, could keep Fugate from "winding up in a body bag."

Peeler began research-ing the drug treatment shots last year after a young woman died of a heroin overdose, at least the third heroin user who had stood before him in his courtroom who later died. Nationally, overdose deaths have risen 45 per-cent from 2006 to 2010. In Ohio, 680 people died of heroin overdoses in 2012, up 60 percent from the previous year.

Vivitrol has its skep-tics, with some question-ing whether it's effective enough to warrant the time and expense — shots can cost about $1,000 each — and suggest-ing it's a trendy, under-researched attempt at a quick fi x. Sheriff Rich-ard Jones in neighboring Butler County has called Vivitrol in jails "a waste of money," citing an ear-lier pilot program in War-ren County in which only three of 12 subjects com-pleted the program and stayed off drugs.

Peeler is among those who say the high toll of heroin-related deaths, crime and prison recidi-vism make it worth try-ing.

"To sit back and keep doing what we've been do-ing just isn't going to get it," Peeler said. "I want to stop people from dying."

The Warren County program is getting some $800,000 in state funding help for Vivitrol, and pro-grams are also underway in dozens of other courts, jails and prisons in at least 21 states, from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to Lane County in Oregon. The programs are usu-ally funded with grants, getting some help from drugmaker donations and discounts, and insurance usually will cover some shots.

Vivitrol, made by Al-kermes PLC of Ireland, had been used for alcohol-ism. But after a Russian study showed it could be effective for users of her-oin, morphine and other opiate drugs with once-monthly injections, it was approved by the U.S.

Food and Drug Adminis-tration in late 2010.

Vivitrol uses naltrex-one, an opioid receptor antagonist, to block her-oin's effects on the brain. Unlike the widely used methadone treatment, it doesn't require clinic vis-its and daily doses and is unlikely to lead to trad-ing one dependency for another, as can happen with other treatments, advocates say. Effective for a month, it eases the daily temptation of peo-ple struggling to stay off heroin.

Because Vivitrol is long lasting, it has special im-portance for former hero-in users leaving incarcer-ation, said Mady Chalk, a former federal offi cial on substance abuse who is now with Philadelphia's Treatment Research In-stitute.

"Patients return to their community having been detoxed, their sys-tems have been emptied of the drugs; they return to environments that trigger all the things that one would expect," Chalk said.

Many are unable to re-sist the urge to reuse her-oin and don't realize they can't tolerate as strong a dose as before.

"The body simply can't handle it, and they die," Chalk said.

Giving users an injec-tion before they leave cus-tody provides a month's buffer to begin post-re-lease counseling and to focus on rebuilding their lives.

Dr. Mark Willenbring, a former National Insti-tute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism offi cial who

founded Alltyr addiction treatment center in St. Paul, Minnesota, thinks there is too little evidence of success to consider Vi-vitrol a panacea. "It's not a wonder drug," Willen-bring recently told the Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly.

Peeler doesn't order shots for anyone whodoesn't want them. In his courtroom the same day as Fugate, a male drug defendant declined, say-ing he believed the shots were dangerous — thereare potential risks includ-ing liver damage and sui-cidal depression — and he didn't want to go through the therapy and proba-tion requirements of the sentencing deal that po-tentially allows drug de-fendants to avoid a con-viction on their record.

But Sherry Moore be-lieves the shots saved her.

Not long after complet-ing a nine-month sentence for heroin possession, she began using again. She told her probation offi cer she didn't know what to do, that she had already been through treatments.

"I'm like, 'I'm a mess,'" she recounted. "None of it worked for me."

The offi cer asked if she wanted to try Vivitrol. After a year of monthly injections, she said she's been drug-free since late 2012.

She and other Vivitrol advocates emphasize that counseling and a strong will to overcome addiction are needed, too. Moore, 53, also credits her return to church.

"I think God helped me with it," she said. "I think I would have died."

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Today in HistoryToday is Monday, June

23, the 174th day of 2014. There are 191 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 23, 1314, dur-ing the First War of Scot-tish Independence, the two-day Battle of Ban-nockburn, resulting in victory for the forces of Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II, began near Stirling.

On this date:In 1757, forces of the

East India Company led by Robert Clive won the Battle of Plassey, which effectively marked the be-ginning of British colonial rule in India.

In 1812, Britain, un-aware that America had declared war against it fi ve days earlier, rescinded its policy on neutral shipping, a major issue of contention between the two countries.

In 1904, President The-odore Roosevelt was nomi-nated for a second term of offi ce at the Republican national convention in Chicago.

In 1931, aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on a round-the-world fl ight that lasted eight days and 15 hours.

In 1938, the Civil Aero-nautics Authority was es-tablished.

In 1947, the Senate joined the House in over-riding President Harry S.

Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of orga-nized labor.

In 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected presi-dent of Egypt.

In 1967, President Lyn-don B. Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin (ah-LEK'-say koh-SEE'-gihn) held the fi rst of two meetings at Glassboro State College in New Jer-sey.

In 1969, Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States by the man he was succeeding, Earl Warren.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to ob-struct the FBI's Watergate investigation. (Revelation of the tape recording of this conversation sparked Nix-on's resignation.) Presi-dent Nixon signed Title IX, which barred discrimina-tion on the basis of sex for "any education program or activity receiving federal fi nancial assistance."

In 1989, the Supreme Court refused to shut down the "dial-a-porn" in-dustry, ruling Congress had gone too far in passing a law banning all sexually oriented phone message services.

In 1994, the movie "For-rest Gump," starring Tom Hanks as a simple yet kindhearted soul and his

serendipitous brushes with greatness, was re-leased by Paramount Pic-tures.

Ten years ago: In a ma-jor retreat, the United States abandoned an at-tempt to win a new exemp-tion for American troops from international pros-ecution for war crimes — an effort that had faced strong opposition because of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.

Five years ago: Hard-ening the U.S. reaction to Iran's disputed elections and bloody aftermath, President Barack Obama condemned the violence against protesters and lent his strongest support yet to their accusations the hard-line victory was a fraud. "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon died in Los Angeles at 86. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who'd diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from a South Pole station, died in Southwick, Massachu-setts, at 57. Steve Yzer-man, Brett Hull, Luc Ro-bitaille and Brian Leetch were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

One year ago: Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contrac-tor behind the disclosures of the U.S. government's sweeping surveillance pro-grams, left Hong Kong for Moscow with the stated intention of seeking asy-

lum in Ecuador; however, Snowden ended up remain-ing in Moscow. Aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a tightrope walk that took him a quarter mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona. Sci-fi and fantasy writer Richard Matheson, 87, died in Los Angeles.

Today's Birthdays: Singer Diana Trask is 74. Musical conductor James Levine (luh-VYN') is 71. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons) is 70. Actor Ted Shackelford is 68. Ac-tor Bryan Brown is 67. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is 66. Actor Jim Metzler is 63. "American Idol" ex-judge Randy Jackson is 58. Ac-tress Frances McDormand is 57. Rock musician Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) is 52. Actor Paul La Greca is 52. Writer-director Joss Whedon is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chico DeBarge is 44. Actress Selma Blair is 42. Rock singer KT Tunstall is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Virgo Williams (Ghos-towns DJs) is 39. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 37. Actress Melissa Rauch is 34. Rock singer Duffy is 30. Country singer Katie Armiger is 23.

Thought for Today: "To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing." — Dor-othy Thompson, American journalist (1894-1961).

The U.S. Senate held a vote recently to bring up legislation allowing student debt holders to re-fi nance old loans at lower current interest rates. The motion to debate the “Bank on Students Emer-gency Loan Refi nancing Act” (S. 2432) garnered a 56-38 majority but fell short of the 60 votes needed to open debate.

Republicans cast 37 of the 38 “no” votes. Only three Republicans joined 53 Democrats and In-dependents in voting to debate the bill.

For members of the college and high school classes of 2014, and for past graduates, this effort to tackle the student debt issue is sorely needed. For whether their degrees are in math, science, history or English, our graduates are coming out of college schooled in something else entirely: the crush-ing weight of student loan debt.

With outstanding student debt now topping $1.2 trillion, 40 million Americans are facing the consequences of our fail-ing national commitment to higher education. This situation poses a threat to America’s economic vitality and its promise of opportunity.

The Federal Reserve reports that growing

student loan debt is hold-ing borrowers back from buying homes and cars. This is bad news for an economy still trying to get its mojo back since the Great Recession.

And student loans have turned into a big busi-ness for the U.S. Depart-ment of Education, which reportedly made a profi t of $41.3 billion from federal student loans last year. If the agency were a corpo-ration, it would be one of the most profi table in the world.

It’s time to address the student debt crisis and the toll it’s taking on the economy. Allowing refi -nancing will save borrow-ers thousands of dollars in interest payments. That will free up disposable income, boost consumer spending, and strengthen the economy.

However, to fi x the over-all student debt picture, we need to think even bigger – big enough to put “free college” back on the national agenda. Does free college sounds like magi-cal thinking? It’s more like a walk down memory lane.

Fifty years ago in Cali-fornia, tuition-free college wasn’t pie in the sky, it was state policy. In 1964, a world-class education in the public University of California system came

with free tuition and fees totaling just $220 for the year.

At the 1964 minimum wage of $1.25 an hour, you could earn $220 in four and a half weeks of full-time work. That means a University of California student 50 years ago could earn enough to pay for a year’s college costs by fl ip-ping burgers for a month in the summer.

Today, even at in-state rates, with tuition and fees averaging $8,893 for the 2013-2014 school year, it would take seven months of full-time work at the $7.25 federal mini-mum wage to make that much.

What’s changed since 1964? A massive public disinvestment from higher education has shifted the costs of college onto stu-dents and families. Just in the past few years, state funding per student was cut by an average of 27 percent nationwide.

Private interests have fi lled the void, transform-ing college fi nance into a vehicle for fi nancial industry profi ts. Private lenders have moved ag-gressively into the student loan market, offering loans with interest rates in the double digits. The explosion of student loan debt has also fueled a bur-geoning student loan debt

collection industry.Translation: Wall Street

has turned our college stu-dents into a new cash cow.

It doesn’t have to be this way. If we’re serious about giving our children and grandchildren real freedom – freedom from student debt – we need to reverse the trend of public disinvestment, put a stop to private profi -teering, and recommit to free college in America. Then we need to marshal the resources to make it happen. Ending offshore tax giveaways to multi-national corporations and millionaires would be one way to get there.

Is solving the student debt crisis going to take a fi ght, given the politi-cal clout of the fi nancial interests that are making big money off the status quo? Of course. But it’s a fi ght worth having.

Let’s make college in America what it should be: a free, shared vehicle for building an educated people, not another costly way for special interests to take us for a ride.

–LeeAnn Hall is executive

director of the Alliance for a Just Society, a national research, policy, and organizing network that advances state and nation-al campaigns for economic and social equity.

Time to Give College Grads Freedom from Debt

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania's annual state budget wrangling al-ways carries uncertainty, but that's been particular-ly true this month as Gov. Tom Corbett and his allies in the Republican-con-trolled Legislature face an enormous funding short-fall and the extra pressure of a looming election.

Corbett may have sim-ply been acknowledging reality several days ago when he summoned Capi-tol reporters for an un-usual press conference on the status of budget talks. He left the door open for tax increases while saying negotiations might blow past June 30 — the end of the state government's fi scal year.

It appears the governor has left for dead the anti-tax pledge that constituted a major element of his successful 2010 campaign, and he also seems willing to miss the budget dead-line despite repeatedly listing on-time budgets among his biggest accom-plishments.

"If we're not able to fi n-ish by June 30, we're not able to fi nish by June 30," Corbett said.

A budget that takes a few extra weeks may not hurt Corbett much, but there's a risk if talks go into August, said Wilkes University political scien-tist Tom Baldino.

"When you drag on the budget into August and beyond, then you're hav-ing an effect on counties and local governments," Baldino said. "They're going to be scrambling to cover costs — it can get really ugly."

In 2011, his fi rst bud-get season, Corbett and his GOP allies trumpeted on-time passage as a contrast with his Demo-cratic predecessor, Gov. Ed Rendell. None of Rendell's eight budgets passed by the deadline.

That fi rst year there were some tough choices that have haunted the Corbett administration, such as when he cut about $1.1 billion from public schools and universities after federal stimulus sup-port dried up.

Early in his second year, Corbett and lawmakers reached a deal to give counties authority to im-pose an impact fee on nat-ural gas drilling, despite his campaign promise that covered both new taxes or fees. The budget plan that made it to Corbett's desk with more than a day to spare in June 2012 reduced business taxes while cutting support for human services.

Democrats criticized the approach bitterly.

"My advice to Penn-sylvanians ... is don't get old, don't get sick, don't try to educate kids, don't be unlucky enough to be disabled, don't try to fi nd a job, don't try to catch a bus and don't try to fi nd a non-defi cient bridge," Rep. Joe Markosek, a House Democratic leader on budget matters, said at the time.

Last year's budget again included some business tax cuts but also delayed a scheduled phase-out of a signifi cant business levy, the capital stock and fran-chise tax. Business groups scored that as a type of tax increase.

Corbett intertwined those budget talks with three other issues: trans-portation funding, priva-tization of the state liquor system and reductions in pension benefi ts for future hires in schools and state government. The governor made a full-court press but none of them passed along with the budget he signed in the Capitol Ro-tunda with more than an hour to spare.

He eventually did get new money for transporta-tion infrastructure when the Legislature in Decem-ber approved a plan to raise $2.3 billion a year through higher gasoline taxes and an array of mo-torist fees.

This year, Corbett has revived the push for pen-sion savings and liquor privatization, saying he wouldn't consider a tax increase until lawmak-ers fi rst approved cuts to public pensions for future hires.

As the House prepares to take up a pension bill, Baldino said Corbett has a lot riding on the result — and a lot to lose if it goes nowhere.

"Democrats will capi-talize on that to no end," Baldino said. "It gives them an opportunity to make Corbett appear weak and ineffective."

The House Republican leader on budget is-sues, Rep. Bill Adolph of Delaware County, said he plans to propose a budget Tuesday that will include some sort of new revenues, though he declined to say what they will be.

If lawmakers need an incentive to get a budget agreement, they know the faster it happens the sooner they can head home for the summer. As for the governor, trailing in the polls to Democratic nominee Tom Wolf, the campaign trail beckons.

___Mark Scolforo covers

the Capitol for The Associ-ated Press in Harrisburg. Email him at mscolforo@ap.org or follow on Twit-ter at http://twitter.com/houseofbuddy.

Corbett's 4th budget could be toughest fightBy Mark ScolforoAssociated Press Writer

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Doris L. Mishic, 88, formerly of Lamont and the New Thomson House, Kane, died Friday after-noon, June 20, 2014 at The Lutheran Home at Kane.

Born Sept. 10, 1925 in Lamont, she was the daughter of Axel L. and Augusta Asp Carlson. On Nov. 15, 1945, she mar-ried Matthew Mishic, who died in 2001.

A homemaker, Doris be-longed to the Emmanuel Mission Church in Kane, and often held bible stud-ies in her apartment.

Surviving are a daugh-ter, Christine Rhodes of Brookville; two sons, Tim Mishic of Kane and Mi-chael Mishic of Midland, Mich.; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchil-dren.

Besides her husband

and parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter in infancy, a son, Matthew Edward "Ed-die" Mishic; sisters Eva Novosel, Ruth Carlson and Minnie Ohlson; and a brother, Robert Carlson.

Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24 at the Ronald McDon-ald II Funeral Home, Inc. in Kane, where a service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25 with the rev. Nancy Page of-fi ciating. Interment will follow in Mt. Tabor Cem-etery, Kane.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Lu-theran Home at Kane, 100 High Point Dr., Kane, PA 16735.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.ronaldmcdonaldfuneral-home.com.

MISHIC – Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Tues-day, June 24 at the Ronald McDonald II Funeral Home, Inc. in Kane, where a service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25 with the rev. Nancy Page offi ciat-ing. Interment will follow in Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Kane.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Luther-an Home at Kane, 100 High Point Dr., Kane, PA 16735.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.ronald-mcdonaldfuneralhome.com.

State Police at KaneCrash

CORYDON TWP. – The Kane-based state police is investigating a crash that occurred on June 21 at 3 p.m. on Pa. 321 in Corydon Township.

According to reports, the driver of unit 1 was Wil-liam Pude, 57, of Bradford, driving a 1998 Harley-Da-vidson, Heritage Softail. Passenger was Katherine

Pude, 51, of Bradford. This crash occurred as

unit 1 was traveling south on SR 321. A deer ran into the roadway and the op-erator was unable to avoid it. Unit 1 struck the deer. The operator stopped unit 1 without further incident. Assisted at the scene by Cordyon Township Vol-unteer Fire Department, Bradford City Ambulance and Tuna Valley Towing.

Kane Community HospitalSaturday

AdmissionsJeffrey Mann, Johnsonburg2 undisclosed

DischargesNone

SundayAdmissions

2 undisclosed

DischargesMargaret Housler, Mt. Jewett

Bradford Regional Medical Center

SaturdayAdmissions

Forest Goodell, EldredSean Wednge, Limestone, N.Y.Margaret Sweeney,

Hindsale, N.Y.Garry Greeley, RixfordEvelyn Wertenberger, BradfordJames Luciano, Bradford

DischargesAlice Williams, EldredSharon Brown and daughter, BradfordDiane Difazio, Bradford

SundayAdmissions

Karen Benjamin, SmethportShirley Warner, Smethport

DischargesLouis Matrone, Port AlleganyGarry Greeley, RixfordKenneth Bargerm, BradfordEvelyn Wereberger, Bradford

Doris L. Mishic

Today's WeatherLocal 5-Day Forecast

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Sunrise:5:40 AM

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81/63A few thun-derstormspossible.Highs in thelow 80s andlows in thelow 60s.

Sunrise:5:40 AM

Sunset:8:53 PM

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75/57A few thun-derstormspossible.

Sunrise:5:41 AM

Sunset:8:53 PM

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76/54Mix of sunand clouds.Highs in themid 70s andlows in themid 50s.

Sunrise:5:41 AM

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77/54Partlycloudy,chance of athunder-storm.

Sunrise:5:41 AM

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Allentown81/61

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Harrisburg83/64

Pittsburgh87/69

Erie84/68

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National CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 91 69 t-storm Minneapolis 82 62 pt sunnyBoston 77 60 sunny New York 79 65 mst sunnyChicago 85 67 t-storm Phoenix 102 71 sunnyDallas 94 76 t-storm San Francisco 65 54 pt sunnyDenver 80 55 t-storm Seattle 77 58 cloudyHouston 95 75 pt sunny St. Louis 90 70 t-stormLos Angeles 76 62 sunny Washington, DC 85 68 pt sunnyMiami 87 77 t-storm

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CRESSON – Mount Aloysius College is proud to release the Dean’s List for Spring Semester, 2014. The Dean’s List is issued each semester and honors students enrolled in 12 or more semester hours who have achieved a 3.50 grade point average (GPA); or students enrolled in nine to 11 semester hours and earned a GPA of 3.70; or students enrolled in six to eight semester hours and

earned a 3.9 GPA.Mount Aloysius College

students who have been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2014 semes-ter are:

Aaron M. Patrick and Laura L. Stahli of John-sonburg; Jarrod S. Thor-wart of Kersey; Natalie Frances Kossack of Mount Jewett; Shelby N. Lewis of Ridgway; and Rachel N. Harris and Keith E. Swe-ger of St. Marys.

Mt. Aloysius College lists spring 2014 Dean’s List

INDIANA – The follow-ing students from McKean County have been named to the Spring 2014 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher. A complete listing of dean’s list stu-dents is available athttp://www.iup.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifi er=id&ItemID=174984&libID=174998.

Dean’s List students, their hometowns, majors and degrees they are seek-ing are:

Bradford: Katherine Re-nee Girard, York Street, B.S. in Nuclear Medicine Technology; Megan Eliza-beth McIntyre, Barbour Street, B.A. in English/Writing Studies; Daniel Adam Romanelli, Bolivar Drive, B.A. in Geography/Environmental Geogra-pher; Kelly Lynn Siffrinn, Colonial Heights, B.A. in Psychology; Katelyn M. Visbisky, Lawrence Av-enue, B.S. in Natural Sci-ence.

Cyclone: Tori Florenda Menendez, Route 646, B.A. in Geography/Environ-mental Geographer.

Eldred: Zachery Daniel

Chandler, Route 446, B.S.in Management/Entrepre-neurship and Small Busi-ness.

Kane: Kathryn Marga-ret Bizzak, Route 66, B.S. in Nursing; Lauren A. Har-vey, Hemlock Avenue, B.S. in Physical Education and Sport/Exercise Science; Pe-ter Mark Sirianni, BayardStreet, B.A. in Journal-ism; Kalie Nadine Walter, North Tionesta Avenue, B.S. in Marketing.

Lewis Run: Erin Ni-cole Black, Beaver Drive, B.A. in Psychology; Shelby Lynn Runyan, Big Shanty Road, B.S.Ed. in BusinessEducation.

Mount Jewett: Kelley Rae Chilson, McClellan Av-enue, B.A. in Honors Pro-gram in Psychology; Kris-ten M. Geer, East Main Street, B.S.Ed. in Art Edu-cation.

Port Allegany: WesleyCamdon Caulkins, Route 155, B.F.A. in Music Per-formance.

Smethport: Kyle Thom-as Kreiner, Center Street, B.S. in Safety, Health, andEnvironmental AppliedSciences; Danielle Marie Nielsen, Hamlin Street, B.S. in Nutrition/Dietetics.

Westline: Kevin Clark, Kinzua Lake Parkway, B.A. in Criminology.

Students from McKean County on IUP Dean's List

When Bob Harris, mas-ter gardener, spoke at Friends' Memorial Public Library on an early Satur-day morning in April, the serious gardeners in Kane showed up and there were many.

Gardening, especially vegetable gardening, has become important work as the food prices climb. One of the most attrac-tive books on this sub-ject at Friends' Library is "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gar-dens Across America" by Michelle Obama. This title was given to the library by Mountain Grange #1607 in memory of their deceased members. What a wonder-ful feast of color this book is.

Here we see the White House staff, the Presi-dent's wife, and public school children doing the tasks that a garden pres-ents in spring, summer, fall and winter. Then there are visits to community gardens and farmers' mar-kets all around the U.S. One such garden is Rain-bow Beach Victory Gar-den in Chicago which was named for the U.S. Army's 42nd Rainbow Division of WWI, became a Victory Garden during WWII, and

today has some 70 years worth of mulch laid down on its beds. Many com-munity gardens become gardens of service such as the Food Bank Community Garden in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which is cultivated to help those in need. Also, the book shows the ways in which elemen-tary school teachers across the U.S. have incorporated gardening experiences in their curriculums to the unexpected delight and interest of the students. Parents and students often worked together on such projects.

I think this is the best nonfi ction title I've read this year. It reminded me to better support Kane's Farmers' Market when it begins this summer and to begin talking with oth-ers about the possibility of a community garden in Kane where empty spaces can bloom.

–Book review by Suellen

Snapp.

in conservation practices, which is of fundamental concern. We remain com-mitted to provide oversight that will ultimately clarify the intent, scope, and im-pact of these new authori-ties. Today’s hearing is the beginning, not the end, of the dialogue on this impor-

tant topic that affects all counties, local municipali-ties and landowners in the United States.”

"This hearing gives us the opportunity to discuss the issue of clean water and the impact of agricul-tural conservation pro-grams on rural communi-

ties," said Subcommittee Ranking Member Timothy J. Walz (D-MN).

"As we move forward, we need more clarity and we need our farmers and sportsmen to speak up and speak out to ensure Con-gress strikes the right bal-ance."

GLENNFROM PAGE 1

A L B U Q U E R Q U E , N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters spent Sunday scouring steep and rug-ged terrain just east of the Arizona-New Mexico border for any hot spots left from a wildfire that has scorched more than 22 square miles of the Na-vajo Nation.

Some pockets of pinon and juniper were still smoldering and flames were creeping along the interior of the Assayii (UH'-saw-he) Lake Fire. But many parts have started to cool down, giv-ing crews a chance to mop up along the edges of the

blaze."They're going through

and trying to identify any hot spots at all to the point where they're dig-ging and taking off their glove and feeling it to make sure it has cooled completely down," fire in-formation officer Patricia Bean said.

Containment reached 60 percent Sunday and confidence was growing among firefighters since their lines held against brisk winds on Saturday.

"We're definitely on the uphill end of this fire in terms of positive things," Bean said.

Crews fighting Navajo blaze search for hot spots

6Monday, June 23, 2014

The Kane Republican

Photo submittedThe Friday night 3-on-3 basketball champs for June 20 are pictured after winning the title. From left to right are, Andrew Bucheit, Dave Bucheit and Davey Bucheit. The trio won the six team tournament and received prizes from the tournament's first week sponsor, Roma Gardens. The weekly 3-on-3s are held every Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Evergreen Park and are open to anyone. Due to the basketball alumni game, there will not be a game on June 27. This week's tournament will be held on Thursday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the park. Prizes are awarded to members of the top two teams weekly.

3-on-3 basketball champsPINEHURST, N.C. (AP)

— Michelle Wie fi nally de-livered a performance wor-thy of the hype that has been heaped on her since she was a teenager.

Wie bounced back from a late mistake at Pinehu-rst No. 2 to bury a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, sending the 24-year-old from Hawaii to her fi rst major championship Sun-day, a two-shot victory over Stacy Lewis in the U.S. Women's Open.

Wie closed with an even-par 70 and covered her mouth with her hand be-fore thrusting both arms in the air.

Lewis, the No. 1 player in women's golf, made her work for it. She made eight birdies to match the best score of the tournament with a 66, and then was on the practice range prepar-ing for a playoff when her caddie told her Wie had made the sharp-breaking birdie putt on the 17th.

Lewis returned to the 18th green to hug the win-ner after other players doused Wie with cham-pagne.

What a journey for Wie, who now has four career victories — all in North America, the fi rst on the U.S. mainland — and moved to the top of the LPGA money list after win-ning the biggest event in women's golf.

She has been one of the biggest stars in women's golf since she was 13 and played in the fi nal group of a major. Her popular soared along with criticism when she competed against the men on the PGA Tour while still in high school and talked about wanting to play in the Masters.

That seems like a life-time ago. The 6-foot Wie is all grown up, a Stanford graduate, popular among pros of both genders and now a major champion.

"Oh my God, I can't be-lieve this is happening,"

Wie said.It almost didn't. Just

like her so much of her life, the path included a sharp twist no one saw coming. Wie started the fi nal round tied with Amy Yang, took the lead when Yang made double bogey on No. 2 and didn't let anyone catch her the rest of the day.

In trouble on the tough fourth hole, she got up-and-down from 135 yards with a shot into 3 feet. Right when Lewis was making a big run, Wie answered by rip-ping a drive on the short-ened par-5 10th and hitting a cut 8-iron into 10 feet for eagle and a four-shot lead.

She had not made a bo-gey since the fi rst hole — and then it all nearly un-raveled.

From a fairway bun-ker on the 16th, holding a three-shot lead, she stayed aggressive and hit hybrid from the sand. After a three-minute search, the ball was found in a wire-grass bush that caused her to take a penalty drop be-hind her in the fairway. She chipped on to about 35 feet and rapped her bogey putt 5 feet past the hole.

Miss it and she would be tied.

Bent over in that ta-ble-top putting stance, she poured it in to avoid her fi rst three-putt of the week. Smiling as she left the green, even though her lead was down to one, Wie hit 8-iron safely on the 17th green and holed the tough birdie putt. She pumped her fi st, then slammed it twice in succession, a deter-mination rarely seen when she was contending for ma-jors nearly a decade ago as a teen prodigy.

"Obviously, there are mo-ments of doubt in there," Wie said. "But obviously, I had so many people sur-rounding me. They never lost faith in me. That's pushed me forward."

Wie fi nished at 2-under 278, the only player to beat

par in the second week of championship golf at Pine-hurst. Martin Kaymer won by eight shots last week at 9-under 271, the second-lowest score in U.S. Open history.

Lewis got within one shot of the lead with a birdie on No. 13, and after two bo-geys, kept her hopes alive by fi nishing with back-to-back birdies.

"I knew I needed to get out early and post some numbers and make Mi-chelle Wie earn it," Lewis said.

Stephanie Meadow of Northern Ireland made her pro debut by closing with a 69 to fi nish alone in third, earning $271,373. That should be enough to secure her LPGA Tour card for next season. Yang never re-covered from her bad start and closed with a 74 to fi n-ish fourth.

Juli Inkster never got going, either. The 53-year-old Hall of Famer, playing in her 35th and fi nal U.S. Women's Open, started four shots out of the lead and didn't make a birdie until the eighth hole. She closed with a 75 and tied for 15th.

She received a stand-ing ovation walking up the 18th green, a remarkable career that includes three straight U.S. Amateur ti-tles, two majors as a rookie, two daughters, and then seven more majors for the career Grand Slam.

"They were so pulling for me, but it's really hard to acknowledge them when you're 5-over par and strug-gling," Inkster said. "It was very nice, especially the reception on No. 1 tee and the reception on 18, and all around the golf course. It was great — very, very, very honored."

And she was thrilled for Wie, who has endured al-ready so much for someone so young. Wie is the same age as Annika Sorenstam when the Swede won her fi rst major.

Wie holds on to win U.S. Women's Open

DENVER (AP) — Corey Dickerson's leadoff triple off the right-fi eld wall in the ninth inning ended badly for the Colorado Rockies, emblematic of the team's rough stretch.

The throw from center fi elder Carlos Gomez got past third baseman Aramis Ramirez and Dickerson, after briefl y hesitating, ran for home — only to stumble and fall, allowing Ramirez to chase down the ball and easily throw him out at the plate. The sequence helped the Milwaukee Brewers hang on to beat the Rockies 6-5 Sunday and complete a series sweep.

"He's a hard-working player and a crazy thing just happened, kind of unfor-tunate, but that's baseball for you," Rockies teammate Charlie Culberson said.

It was the second time in as many games that a freakish play fi gured promi-nently in a loss for the Rockies, who have lost six

in a row overall. In Satur-day's 9-4 loss, the Brewers scored three of their runs on a bases-loaded wild pitch by Christian Friedrich and a subsequent throwing error by catcher Mike McKenry.

"We just have to keep fi ghting, keep fi ghting for wins," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.

The Rockies did go down swinging.

They were trailing 6-4 go-ing when Dickerson tripled off closer Francisco Rodri-guez to start the ninth. Hustling all the way, Dick-erson slid into third well ahead of Gomez's throw. He jumped to his feet when he saw the ball rolling slowly toward the Brewers dugout but staggered midway down the line and fell. By the time he scrambled to his feet and headed home, catcher Jona-than Lucroy had the ball and applied the tag.

"It's just a tough break," Weiss said. "He was going to score on that play. His legs

gave out and he stumbled there between third and home. He went real hard from home to third, saw he had an opportunity to score and he stumbled, that's all."

Wilin Rosario, who had four hits, followed the Dick-erson play by homering to get the Rockies within a run. But Rodriguez came back to fan pinch-hitter Ryan Wheeler and induce a game-ending groundout by Culberson for his 25th save.

Ramirez homered and drove in two runs for the Brewers to support a solid start from Kyle Lohse (9-2), who allowed three runs on seven hits in fi ve innings.

Rosario fi nished with three RBIs for Colorado, which fell to 6-14 in June.

After winning 16 of their fi rst 23 home games, the Rockies have lost 10 of 13 at Coors Field, where they have been swept twice in June.

Rockies rookie right-hander Tyler Matzek (1-2)

was roughed up in the sec-ond before setting down 11 straight. He ran into trou-ble after retiring the fi rst two batters of the fi fth and the game tied at 3.

"That was the majority of the problem, leaving it up and not getting through the ball," Matzek said. "It led to me falling behind guys and when you do that, guys start hitting balls. They're a good hitting team. I just tried to pound the zone and just kept leaving it up."

With runners on fi rst and second, Lucroy singled to right, scoring Rickie Weeks from second. Lucroy was caught in a rundown be-tween fi rst and second and Ryan Braun was able to score from third to make it 5-3.

The Rockies made it a one-run game in the eighth on Drew Stubbs' RBI triple to right but Lyle Overbay led off the ninth with a pinch-hit home run to re-store the two-run cushion.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Johan Kok shot a 5-under 67 on Sunday to match The Dunes Golf & Beach Club competitive record and share the fi rst-round lead in the PGA Pro-fessional National Champi-onship.

Kok, the 34-year-old for-mer University of South Carolina player from South Africa, is the PGA general manager at Temple Hills Country Club in Brent-wood, Tennessee.

The top 20 will get spots

in the PGA Championship at Valhalla in August in Louisville, Kentucky.

"This is a chance to play in a major," Kok said. "It may not happen for me this week after all is said and done, but I'm happy to be here and get that chance."

Dave McNabb, the 48-year-old PGA head pro-fessional at Applebrook Golf Club in Malvern, Pennsyl-vania, opened with a 67 at Grande Dunes Resort Club.

"I feel today that I took advantage of a fantastic

golf course that was set up to score," McNabb said. "Conditions were ideal. I'm looking forward to heading to The Dunes tomorrow and trying to do the same. You have to be in the right spot on the greens."

Kok one-putted 11 greens at The Dunes, the site of the fi nal two rounds in the 72-hole tournament.

He matched the course record set by Billy Joe Pat-ton in the 1960 Southern Amateur and Ben Cren-shaw in the 1973 PGA Tour

Qualifying School. The Se-nior Tour Championship, conducted at The Dunes from 1994-1999, used a shorter yardage when Jay Sigel shot a 63 in 1994.

Jamie Broce of Otta-wa Hills, Ohio, and Ryan Helminen of Menasha, Wisconsin, shot 68. Broce, the men's golf coach at the University of Toledo, and Helminen, a PGA teaching professional at Ridgeway Country Club in Neenan, Wisconsin, played at The Dunes.

Tough loss for Colorado Rockies, who fall to Brewers

Johan Kok, Dave McNabb share PGA Professional lead

PHOENIX (AP) — Every-thing was working for Madi-son Bumgarner.

The lanky left-hander pitched into the ninth in-ning in a dominant per-formance, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4-1 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

"I feel like I got bet-ter as the game went on," Bumgarner said. "We were making pitches both sides of the plate, the ball down when we wanted to go down and when we wanted to go up. I felt pretty good all-around today."

When Bumgarner took the mound for the ninth, the only hit he had allowed was an infi eld single that easily could have been an out.

"I'm not going to lie. I thought about it," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "That would have been a tough only hit to give up."

Another infi eld hit ended Bumgarner's outstanding day. He was charged with an unearned run to go along with seven strikeouts and two walks.

"He was exceptional," Di-amondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. "Maybe the best I have ever seen him."

Sergio Romo gave up Martin Prado's RBI single but got his second save in two nights and his 22nd in 26 opportunities overall.

Cody Ross got Arizona's fi rst hit when he reached on a dribbler to the left of the mound in the second. Bumgarner went to his right to get the ball, slid,

and then stood up and threw low to fi rst baseman Joaquin Arias.

"I just tried to get to it as soon as I could," Bumgarner said. "I thought sliding and picking it up and standing up would be the quickest to do it. I didn't want to air-mail it to Arias over there. I kind of threw it in the dirt and gave him a tough hop to get. Nine times out of 10 he comes up with that." Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt called it "one of the better performances I've seen." Diamondbacks rookie Mike Bolsinger (1-3) allowed a run and fi ve hits in 7 2-3 in-nings. San Francisco won two in a row against Arizo-na after losing six straight. It was the third victory in the last 12 games for the NL West-leading Giants, who play the next 10 at home.

"It was time for us to start working our way out of this," Bumgarner said. "Ev-erybody's still been in good spirits, a good attitude, so that's a big series to win for us." San Francisco led 1-0 through eight innings. The run scored when Tyler Col-vin doubled home Brandon Crawford from fi rst in the fi fth inning. Colvin was out trying to stretch it to a triple on a superb relay throw by shortstop Didi Gregorius.

San Francisco tagged on three in the ninth, including Joe Panik's run-scoring dou-ble for his fi rst career RBI in his fi rst major league start. Buster Posey also doubled home a run and Crawford had an RBI single.

Bumgarner dominates, Giants beat Diamondbacks 4-1

CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Cumpton's fi rst career game at Wrigley Field looked a lot like his previous three starts. It was another smooth out-ing for the young right-hander.

Cumpton pitched seven scoreless innings, Travis Snider hit a solo homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Sunday.

Cumpton allowed just two hits, walked two and struck out four, helping the Pirates take the last two games of their week-end series in Chicago. The 25-year-old Cumpton (3-2) improved to 3-0 with a 3.09 ERA in four starts this month.

"Rookie or whatever you call it, this dude, he comes in every time and he bat-

tles," Pirates second base-man Josh Harrison said. "He is a warrior. He is out there and he is going to grind. He does just that."

Cumpton (3-2) retired 13 of his fi rst 14 batters. He walked Nate Schier-holtz in the fi fth inning, but rebounded by getting John Baker to hit into an inning-ending double play.

Ryan Sweeney and starting pitcher Jason Hammel had Chicago's only hits off Cumpton, who threw just 87 pitches.

"I really didn't know what my pitch count was until I got done," he said. "I felt like I threw a lot more than I did. Later on, I started to fall behind guys. I tried not to shy away from my strengths and when I got behind guys 1-0 I tried to go back and at-

tack them with fastballs and they put them in play for me and the guys made plays behind me today."

Mark Melancon got three outs for his 12th save in 15 chances.

Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro started the Cubs ninth with consecu-tive singles, putting run-ners on the corners. Mel-ancon then struck out Luis Valbuena and got Schier-holtz to hit into a fi elder's choice that drove in Rizzo. Junior Lake fl ied out to right to end the game.

Pirates phenom Gregory Polanco went 0 for 3 with a walk, ending his career-opening hitting streak at 11 games.

Hammel (6-5) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked one.

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7Monday, June 23, 2014

The Kane Republican

Photo by Amy GeerKane Area Little League's Major League All-Stars will be in action tonight. Kane's 11- and 12-year-old all-stars will play the War-ren Americans tonight at 6 p.m. in Warren. Members of the Kane team are, from left to right, front row, Matt Geer, Ethan Ander-son, Carson Whiteman, Bryce Bizzak, Aaron Hottel, Zander Israel, Caleb Holt, Luke Lasko; back row, coach Greg Hottel, coach Joe Straneva, Zach Duck, Tommy Holt, Austin Jordan, Nate Asp, Austin Pierson, coach Jason Holt and coach Joe Geer.

Little League's Major League All-Stars

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — With Cristiano Ronaldo on the fi eld, a one-goal lead is never safe.

The world player of the year rarely sparkled on a hot and humid night in the jungle, but his inch-perfect stoppage-time cross set up Varela for the equaliz-ing goal Sunday in Portu-gal's 2-2 draw against the United States at the World Cup.

The Real Madrid wing-er, who has been playing despite a left knee injury, showed fl ashes of his best, but his impact was mini-mal until the fi nal seconds of the match. He curled the ball in to a diving Va-rela, who headed past Tim Howard to give the Portu-guese team a slim hope of advancing to the second round and deny the Ameri-cans instant advancement.

"He made a great cross," said Howard, Ronaldo's former teammate from their days at Manchester United. "Football's cruel sometimes."

The United States now has four points in Group G, the same as Germany.

Both Portugal and Ghana have one point. The Ameri-cans will face Germany on Thursday in Recife, while Portugal takes on Ghana at the same time in Brasil-ia.

"Obviously we're disap-pointed, but at the end of the day you've got to look at the positives, we got a point," said United States captain Clint Dempsey, who scored to give the Americans a 2-1 lead in the 81st. "It's going down to the last game and hope-fully we get the job done."

Nani scored fi rst for Portugal, shooting past a sprawling Howard in the fi fth minute. But the Americans responded in the second half as Portu-gal seemed to wilt in the stifl ing heat.

Jermaine Jones made it 1-1 with a curling shot in the 64th after a cross from Graham Zusi made its way through the Portugal de-fense. And Dempsey, play-ing with a broken nose, then put the Americans ahead, using his stomach to direct the ball into the net from a cross by Zusi.

"Now we have to go out and beat Germany, that's what we have to do," U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. "We have to play Ger-many, we have one less day to recover, we played in the Amazon, they played on a place with less travel. We have to do it the tough way."

Dempsey's goal was his fourth at a World Cup and second at this year's tour-nament. Jones scored his third goal for the United States national team and fi rst in almost two years.

It was all Portugal for much of the fi rst half, with Ronaldo in the starting lineup but getting less in-volved as the match pro-gressed. The Americans, however, started to get more and more chances and even had a shot from Michael Bradley cleared off the line by Ricardo Cos-ta in the 55th.

"There didn't seem to be any problem with Cris-tiano Ronaldo," Portugal coach Paulo Bento said. "What happened during the game has something to do with our other players."

The heat in the Ama-zon rainforest, however, seemed to slow the Portu-guese as the match wore on.

In the 39th minute, ref-eree Nestor Pitana of Ar-gentina called for a cool-ing break, the fi rst such decision to be taken at this World Cup.

At the start of the match, FIFA listed the temperature at 30 degrees C (86 degrees F) with 66 percent humidity. FIFA uses the "Wet Bulb Globe Temperature" to deter-mine when offi cial cooling breaks should be added, and says the WGBT must be above 32 degrees C (90 degrees F) for them to be considered.

The breaks are sup-posed to occur in the 30th and 75th minutes. There was no break in the second half, but that didn't stop Ronaldo from creating the fi nal goal.

"It was a thriller," Klins-mann said. "Everybody who had a chance to be today in Manaus will talk about this game for a long time."

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. women's soccer star goal-keeper Hope Solo was ar-rested at a suburban Se-attle home on suspicion of assaulting her sister and 17-year-old nephew, but her attorney insisted that Solo herself was a victim in the altercation.

"Hope is not guilty of any crime," attorney Todd Maybrown said in an email to The Associated Press Saturday. "In fact, our in-vestigation reveals that Hope was assaulted and

injured during this unfor-tunate incident. We look forward to the opportunity to present the true facts in court and to having this matter behind Hope very soon."

Offi cers responded to her sister's home just be-fore 1 a.m. Saturday after receiving a 911 call that a woman at the Kirkland residence was hitting peo-ple and that she refused to stop or leave, the Kirkland Police Department said in a news release.

They found Solo intoxi-cated and upset, saw inju-ries on her nephew and her sister, and arrested her after speaking with those present and determining that she was the primary aggressor, the release said.

She was booked into jail for investigation of two counts of fourth-degree domestic violence assault, and she was expected to remain in custody until an appearance Monday at Kirkland Municipal Court.

A telephone number

listed for her was not ac-cepting incoming calls Sat-urday, and the voice mail for a listing at the sister's home was full.

The sister was not iden-tifi ed by police, but in her memoir, Solo writes that she has a half sister named Terry.

Solo, 32, has won two Olympic gold medals for the U.S. women's national team. She also plays with the Seattle Reign of the National Women's Soccer League.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics put to-gether one of their best comebacks this season against one of the stingiest relievers in baseball.

It all fell apart on one pitch to Boston slugger Da-vid Ortiz.

Ortiz hit a leadoff home run in the 10th inning af-ter the Red Sox blew a fi ve-run lead in the eighth, and Boston held on to beat Oakland 7-6 on Sunday to avoid a four-game series sweep.

"That's as hard as we fought all year in what looked like a game we weren't in for a little while," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "It's a testament to the fi ght these guys have. They really never feel like they're going to lose a game until the last out is made."

The A's were on the verge of being blown out before scoring three runs in the eighth. Oakland then homered twice in the ninth against Koji Uehara (3-1). The Red Sox closer had converted 31 consecu-tive save opportunities dating to 2013.

Just as quickly as Oak-land rallied, Boston re-gained the lead in the 10th.

Ortiz was the only Bos-

ton starter without a hit until he lined a 1-2 pitch from Fernando Abad (2-3) over the wall in left-center.

"I really liked the way we came out and swung the bats early (and) we responded again late with David's big home run," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "This was a hard-fought series. It's good to salvage one out of it."

Mike Napoli and David Ross also homered for Bos-ton, which had been lim-ited to two runs or fewer in eight consecutive games. Napoli scored another run as part of a double steal, and former A's player Jon-ny Gomes added a two-run single.

"One through nine, they don't have any weakness-es," said Oakland starter Tommy Milone, who gave up fi ve runs in fi ve innings.

The A's started their comeback after Boston starter Jon Lester hit Craig Gentry with a pitch then walked Jed Lowrie with two outs in the eighth.

Burke Badenhop came in and gave up three consecu-tive RBI singles to make it 6-4 before Andrew Miller got pinch-hitter Coco Crisp to line out to shortstop.

Uehara, who had the

longest successful save streak in the majors, blew a shot at extending his impressive run when he yielded home runs by Ste-phen Vogt and pinch-hitter John Jaso.

The A's had won fi ve straight before Ortiz's 17th homer bailed out Boston's bullpen.

"You saw guys doing ev-erything they could to get it to the next guy," said Oakland closer Sean Doo-little, who was pressed into duty as a pinch-hitter in the 10th. He grounded out to second base to end the game.

Oakland catcher Derek Norris had to leave the game in the 10th after a frightening situation when he was hit in the side of the head by Gomes' bat on a follow-through swing. Nor-ris immediately dropped to the ground as home plate Greg Gibson quickly called for A's trainers.

Norris was eventu-ally helped to his feet and walked to the dugout. He was taken to a hospital as a precaution and was scheduled to undergo a CT scan.

"Ultimately, because the hitters aren't hitting any shorter of a backswing, I

think I'm going to have to make the adjustment," Norris said. "A tick here and there off mask or the glove is one thing but this one got me in a pretty good part of the head and not the helmet or the mask. For my own health I think I'm just going to have to take a step back."

Oakland's late surge ne-gated a strong outing by Lester.

Lester, who had a career-high 15 strikeouts against the A's earlier this season, allowed two earned runs and four hits over 7 2-3 in-nings. He struck out four and walked two.

NOTES: Oakland's last four-game sweep of Boston came in 1971 at Fenway Park. ... Blanks left the game after getting thrown out at home in the second. Blanks has been nursing a calf strain and aggravated it while sliding into home plate. ...

With two days off in the next week, the A's plan to skip Sonny Gray's turn in the rotation. Gray, who has yet to pitch a full season in the majors, has already logged a team-leading 99 innings. ... It was Oak-land's eighth sellout of the season.

A's comeback falls short in 10th vs. Red Sox

Ronaldo helps Portugal earn 2-2 draw against U.S.

Lawyer: Hope Solo did not assault sister, nephew

TV SportswatchMonday, June 23

COLLEGE BASEBALL8 p.m.ESPN — World Series, fi nals, game 1, Virginia vs. Vanderbilt, at Omaha, Neb.

GOLF3:30 p.m.TGC — PGA of America, Professional National Championship, second round, at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL8 p.m.ESPN2 — Washington at Milwaukee

SOCCER11:30 a.m.ESPN — FIFA, World Cup, Group B, Neth-erlands vs. Chile, at Sao PauloESPN2 — FIFA, World Cup, Group B, Australia vs. Spain, at Curitiba, Brazil3:30 p.m.ESPN — FIFA, World Cup, Group A, Croa-tia vs. Mexico, at Recife, BrazilESPN2 — FIFA, World Cup, Group A, Cameroon vs. Brazil, at Brasilia, Brazil

TENNIS7 a.m.ESPN — Wimbledon, fi rst round, at London11:30 a.m.ESPNEWS — Wimbledon, fi rst round, at London2 p.m.ESPN2 — Wimbledon, fi rst round, at London

MLB StandingsAMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division W L Pct GBToronto 42 35 .545 —Baltimore 39 35 .527 1½New York 39 35 .527 1½Boston 35 41 .461 6½Tampa Bay 31 46 .403 11

Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 40 32 .556 —Kansas City 39 36 .520 2½Cleveland 37 39 .487 5Minnesota 36 38 .486 5Chicago 35 41 .461 7

West Division W L Pct GBOakland 47 29 .618 —Los Angeles 40 33 .548 5½Seattle 40 36 .526 7Texas 35 39 .473 11Houston 33 44 .429 14½

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBWashington 39 35 .527 —Atlanta 38 37 .507 1½Miami 37 38 .493 2½New York 35 41 .461 5Philadelphia 34 40 .459 5

Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 47 30 .610 —St. Louis 41 35 .539 5½Cincinnati 37 37 .500 8½Pittsburgh 37 38 .493 9Chicago 31 42 .425 14

West Division W L Pct GBSan Francisco 45 30 .600 —Los Angeles 42 35 .545 4Colorado 34 41 .453 11San Diego 32 44 .421 13½Arizona 32 47 .405 15

Saturday's GamesAmerican League

Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 1Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3Seattle 2, Kansas City 1Oakland 2, Boston 1, 10 inningsTampa Bay 8, Houston 0Detroit 5, Cleveland 4, 10 inningsL.A. Angels 3, Texas 2, 10 innings

InterleagueCincinnati 11, Toronto 1

National LeagueMilwaukee 9, Colorado 4N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 0St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 1Washington 3, Atlanta 0Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 3L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2San Francisco 6, Arizona 4

Sunday's GamesAmerican League

Detroit 10, Cleveland 4Tampa Bay 5, Houston 2Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 0Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 5Seattle 2, Kansas City 1Boston 7, Oakland 6, 10 inningsTexas at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m.

InterleagueCincinnati 4, Toronto 3

National LeagueN.Y. Mets 11, Miami 5Washington 4, Atlanta 1St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 3Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 1L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5San Francisco 4, Arizona 1

Monday's GamesAmerican League

Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-2), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 3-0) at Toronto (Stroman 3-2), 7:07 p.m.Boston (Lackey 8-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2), 10:10 p.m.

InterleaguePittsburgh (Volquez 4-6) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 2-5), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 9-3) at Kan-sas City (Guthrie 4-6), 8:10 p.m.

National LeagueMiami (Eovaldi 4-3) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-5), 7:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Simon 10-3) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-6), 8:05 p.m.Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-4), 8:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lynn 7-5) at Colorado (Chacin 1-5), 8:40 p.m.San Diego (Cashner 2-6) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-5), 10:15 p.m.

Tuesday's GamesAmerican League

Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Boston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

InterleagueOakland at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 8:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Cleveland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

National LeagueMiami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Washington at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

FIRST ROUNDGROUP A

W L T GF GA PtsBrazil 1 0 1 3 1 4Mexico 1 0 1 1 0 4Croatia 1 1 0 5 3 3Cameroon 0 2 0 0 5 0

Thursday, June 12, At Sao PauloBrazil 3, Croatia 1

Friday, June 13, At Natal, BrazilMexico 1, Cameroon 0Tuesday, June 17, At Fortaleza, Brazil

Brazil 0, Mexico 0Wednesday, June 18, At Manaus, BrazilCroatia 4, Cameroon 0

Monday, June 23At Brasilia, Brazil

Brazil vs. Cameroon, 4 p.m.At Recife, Brazil

Croatia vs. Mexico, 4 p.m.GROUP B

W L T GF GA Ptsx-Netherlands2 0 0 8 3 6x-Chile 2 0 0 5 1 6Australia 0 2 0 3 6 0Spain 0 2 0 1 7 0x-advanced to second round

Friday, June 13At Salvador, Brazil

Netherlands 5, Spain 1At Cuiaba, Brazil

Chile 3, Australia 1Wednesday, June 18

At Rio de JaneiroChile 2, Spain 0

At Porto Alegre, BrazilNetherlands 3, Australia 2

Monday, June 23At Curitiba, Brazil

Spain vs. Australia, NoonAt Sao Paulo

Netherlands vs. Chile, NoonGROUP C

W L T GF GA Ptsx-Colombia 2 0 0 5 1 6Ivory Coast 1 1 0 3 3 3Japan 0 1 1 1 2 1Greece 0 1 1 0 3 1x-advanced to second round

Saturday, June 14At Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Colombia 3, Greece 0At Recife, Brazil

Ivory Coast 2, Japan 1Thursday, June 19At Brasilia, Brazil

Colombia 2, Ivory Coast 1At Natal, Brazil

Greece 0, Japan 0Tuesday, June 24At Cuiaba, Brazil

Colombia vs. Japan, 4 p.m.At Fortaleza, Brazil

Greece vs. Ivory Coast, 4 p.m.GROUP D

W L T GF GA Ptsx-Costa Rica 2 0 0 4 1 6Italy 1 1 0 2 2 3Uruguay 1 1 0 3 4 3England 0 2 0 2 4 0x-advanced to second round

Saturday, June 14At Fortaleza, Brazil

Costa Rica 3, Uruguay 1At Manaus, Brazil

Italy 2, England 1Thursday, June 19, At Sao Paulo

Uruguay 2, England 1Friday, June 20At Recife, Brazil

Costa Rica 1, Italy 0Tuesday, June 24

At Natal, BrazilUruguay vs. Italy, Noon

At Belo Horizonte, BrazilCosta Rica vs. England, Noon

GROUP E W L T GF GA PtsFrance 2 0 0 8 2 6Ecuador 1 1 0 3 3 3Switzerland 1 1 0 4 6 3Honduras 0 2 0 1 5 0

Sunday, June 15At Brasilia, Brazil

Switzerland 2, Ecuador 1At Porto Alegre, Brazil

France 3, Honduras 0Friday, June 20

At Salvador, BrazilFrance 5, Switzerland 2

At Curitiba, BrazilEcuador 2, Honduras 1

Wednesday, June 25At Manaus, Brazil

Switzerland vs. Honduras, 4 p.m.At Rio de Janeiro

Ecuador vs. France, 4 p.m.GROUP F

W L T GF GA Ptsx-Argentina 2 0 0 3 1 6Nigeria 1 0 1 1 0 4Iran 0 1 1 0 1 1Bosnia-Herz.0 2 0 1 3 0

Sunday, June 15, At Rio de JaneiroArgentina 2, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1

Monday, June 16, At Curitiba, BrazilIran 0, Nigeria 0

Saturday, June 21At Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Argentina 1, Iran 0At Cuiaba, Brazil

Nigeria 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0Wednesday, June 25

At Porto Alegre, BrazilArgentina vs. Nigeria, Noon

At Salvador, BrazilBosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran, Noon

GROUP G W L T GF GA PtsGermany 1 0 1 6 2 4United States1 0 1 4 3 4Ghana 0 1 1 3 4 1Portugal 0 1 1 2 6 1

Monday, June 16At Salvador, Brazil

Germany 4, Portugal 0At Natal, Brazil

United States 2, Ghana 1Saturday, June 21At Fortaleza, Brazil

Germany 2, Ghana 2Sunday, June 22, At Manaus, Brazil

Portugal 2, United States 2Thursday, June 26At Recife, Brazil

Germany vs. United States, NoonAt Brasilia, Brazil

Portugal vs. Ghana, NoonGROUP H

W L T GF GA Ptsx-Belgium 2 0 0 3 1 6Algeria 1 1 0 5 4 3Russia 0 1 1 1 2 1South Korea 0 1 1 3 5 1

Tuesday, June 17At Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Belgium 2, Algeria 1At Cuiaba, Brazil

Russia 1, South Korea 1Sunday, June 22At Rio de Janeiro

Belgium 1, Russia 0At Porto Alegre, Brazil

Algeria 4, South Korea 2Thursday, June 26

At Sao PauloBelgium vs. South Korea, 4 p.m.

At Curitiba, BrazilAlgeria vs. Russia, 4 p.m.

World Cup

American Legion BaseballFriday, June 20

Wilcox 8, Ridgway 0Sunday, June 22

Brockway 8, Ridgway 3Wilcox 4, Fox Township 3

Monday, June 23Wilcox at St. Marys, 5:30 p.m., doubleheaderSmethport at Ridgway, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 25Wilcox at Bradford, 5:30 p.m., com-pletion of suspended game, followed by regularly scheduled gameRidgway at Mt. Jewett, 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 26St. Marys at Ridgway, 6 p.m.

Friday, June 27Brockway at Wilcox, 4:30 p.m., doubleheaderRidgway at Fox Township, 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 29Fox Township at Ridgway, 6 p.m.

Legion Schedule

TransactionsSunday's Sports Transactions

BASEBALLAmerican League

DETROIT TIGERS — Placed LHP Ian Krol on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday.KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Louis Coleman to Omaha (PCL). Reinstated 3B Danny Valencia from the 15-day DL.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned SS Argenis Diaz outright to Reno (PCL).CHICAGO CUBS — Designated C Eli Whiteside for assignment. Reinstated C Welington Castillo from the 15-day DL.CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with SS Alex Blandino on a minor league contract.MIAMI MARLINS — Placed INF Rafael Furcal on the 15-day DL. Recalled 2B Derek Dietrich from New Orleans (PCL).ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed 2B Kol-ten Wong on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Shane Robinson from Memphis (PCL).SAN DIEGO PADRES — Fired executive vice president/general manager Josh Byrnes. Announced senior vice president for baseball operations Omar Minaya and assistant general managers AJ Hinch and Fred Uhlman, Jr. will assume Byrnes' du-ties on an interim basis.

American AssociationAMARILLO SOX — Sold the contract of RHP John Holdzkom to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Released INF Josh Miller.GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Re-leased OF Adam Taylor.GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Released OF Michael Hur.KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed OF Jonny Kaplan.LAREDO LEMURS — Signed OF Denis Phipps.ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released C Carlos Escobar and RHP Dylan Thomas.WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed INF Miguel Mendez.WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed INF Da-vidson Peguero and LHP Taylor Bratton.

Can-Am LeagueQUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed INF Guil-laume Aubin.Frontier LeagueGATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed INF T. J. Bennett.WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed INF Blaise Fernandez. Released 1B John Brandmaier.

FOOTBALLCanadian Football League

TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Released WRs Romby Bryant, Tore Corrado, J.D. Falslev, Evan Pszczonak and K.J. Stroud; OL Kirby Fletcher and Thomas Griffi ths; DL Dexter Davis and Padric Scott; DBs Alonzo Lawrence and Andre Martin; LB Eddie Lackey; LS Michael Benson; and PK/P Josh Jasper.

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Dear Annie: I have several cousins who are celebrating weddings and baby showers this summer. Several of my aunts will not attend any of these events if they are not held in a Catholic Church. They say it is against their “rules.” One aunt sent a reply saying she would not

attend the outdoor wedding because it was not being held in a church. Another aunt replied to a wedding shower invi-tation that she would not attend it at a Lutheran church hall because it was not her religion. I find these replies to be quite rude and judgmental. Should something be said? Should we ignore it? Should future invitations not be sent? -- Wisconsin Dear Wisconsin: Catholic wed-dings are supposed to take place in a church, officiated by a priest. If your aunt will not attend any wedding that is not sanctioned by the church (generally meaning an interfaith marriage), please respect that. And while that is not a problem with wedding showers, there are those who will not enter the place of worship of a different religion. That, too, is their choice. These religious restric-tions don’t leave a great deal of room for

compromise. The aunts were rude in explaining (which apparently felt like lecturing) the reasons they would not attend. Simply saying, “Sorry I cannot be there,” would have been simpler and kinder. But your choice is to invite those with whom you wish to celebrate, and theirs is whether or not to come. Please say nothing more about it. Dear Annie: I am writing to let you know one of your columns has saved at least one life. My friend told me she read a let-ter from “L.,” who is a cancer survivor. The writer discussed the importance of having a colonoscopy and listed all the symptoms of colon cancer. When she fin-ished reading it, my friend told her son, “I have cancer,” and it turned out, she did. The doctor found Stage II colon

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MOSCOW (AP) — Rus-sian President Vladi-mir Putin publicly ex-pressed support Sunday for Ukraine's declaration of a cease-fi re in its battle against pro-Russian sepa-ratists and called on both sides to negotiate a com-promise.

Putin said such a com-promise must guarantee the rights of the Russian-speaking residents of east-ern Ukraine, who must feel like they are "an in-tegral part" of their own country. Putin's statement appeared to signal that he sees their future in Ukraine.

Separatists in the east-ern Donetsk and Luhansk regions have declared in-dependence and asked to join Russia. Moscow has rebuffed their appeals, but is seen by Ukraine and the West as actively support-ing the insurgency. Putin's conciliatory words came as Russia began large-scale military exercises and af-ter NATO accused Russia of moving troops back to-ward the Ukrainian bor-der.

Putin appears deter-mined to keep up the pressure to force the Kiev government to give the eastern industrial regions more powers and to pre-vent Ukraine from moving too close to the European Union or NATO. But he also wants to avoid more punishing sanctions from the U.S. and particularly from the European Union, whose leaders will meet Friday in Brussels, and therefore needs to be seen as cooperating with efforts

to de-escalate the confl ict.The Kremlin initially

dismissed the peace plan that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko laid out on Friday. But in a state-ment issued late Saturday, Putin said he welcomed the cease-fi re and Poroshen-ko's "intention to take oth-er concrete steps to reach a peaceful settlement."

As part of his plan, Poro-shenko suggested a decen-tralization of power to give the regions more political authority. He also proposed new local and parliamenta-ry elections, and measures to protect the language rights of Russian speakers in the east.

Putin was more specifi c on Sunday, when he spoke publicly following ceremo-nies commemorating the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.

"That President Porosh-enko announced a truce is without a doubt an impor-tant part of a fi nal settle-ment, without which no agreement can be reached, and there is no doubt that Russia will support this in-tention, but in the end the most important thing is a political process," Putin said.

Putin discussed the cease-fi re on Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French Presi-dent Francois Hollande, Merkel's offi ce and the Kremlin said.

"After the Russian gov-ernment too referred to the cease-fi re in positive terms, the interlocutors empha-sized the need for all sides to abide by it now and for a political dialogue to be put

in motion," Merkel's offi ce said in a statement. "An-other topic of the conversa-tion was the issue of secur-ing the Ukrainian-Russian border."

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden welcomed Ukraine's unilateral cease-fi re decla-ration in a telephone con-versation with Poroshen-ko, but expressed concern that separatist leaders have refused to recipro-cate, Biden's offi ce said in a statement.

In Kiev, Poroshenko also addressed his nation on the day on which Ukrainians and Russians mourn the millions who died during World War II. He called for peace, but urged his com-patriots to stand strong and united.

"It was so during the violent struggle against the Nazis and it should be the same now," Poroshenko said. "Facing a real threat, we must unite even more and secure our historical choice, defend our right to live freely on our land."

Also Sunday, a few hun-dred pro-Ukrainian activ-ists marched outside Kiev Pechersk Lavra, a revered Orthodox monastery, which was guarded by riot police, some on horseback. The activists had come to prevent pro-Russian sup-porters from holding their own march at the monas-tery, which is under the jurisdiction of the Moscow patriarchy.

Putin has appealed to both sides to halt all mili-tary operations and sit down at the negotiating table.

It remained unclear

whether the pro-Russia separatists would comply and how much pressure Russia would put on them to cease fi re.

Putin said Sunday that fi ghting was continuing, including what he said was artillery fi re from the Ukrainian side. Porosh-enko has said his troops re-serve the right to fi re back if separatists attack them or civilians.

Poroshenko, in turn, told Biden that "Russian-backed separatists contin-ued to attack Ukrainian forces, including with the use of artillery, following the cease-fi re declaration," Biden's offi ce said.

Biden reiterated that the U.S. was working with its G-7 partners to prepare further economic sanctions against Russia if Moscow failed to take actions "to stop the fl ow of arms and militants across the bor-der and use its infl uence to publicly call on the sepa-ratists to lay down their arms."

Tensions between Rus-sia and Ukraine escalated sharply in February when protests in favor of closer Ukrainian ties with the European Union drove pro-Russia President Vik-tor Yanukovych from pow-er. Russia denounced the events as a coup and an-nexed Ukraine's mostly Russian-speaking Crimea region. Rebellion in the eastern regions broke out shortly afterward, with Ukraine accusing Russia of supporting it. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands have fl ed their homes.

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday made the highest-level American visit to Egypt since Presi-dent Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi took offi ce as Washington presses the former army chief to adopt more moder-ate policies.

Economic and security problems are undermin-ing Egypt's stability, and Kerry's visit signals an attempt by the Obama administration to thaw a relationship with a long-time Mideast ally that has cooled in recent years dur-ing the country's political turmoil.

"For Egypt, this is also a moment of high stakes as well as a moment of great opportunity," Kerry told reporters after meeting el-Sissi. Kerry then headed to Jordan as he began a weeklong trip to the Mid-east and Europe.

Kerry said Egyptians want better economic op-portunities, greater free-doms, a free press and the rule of law.

"We talked about that today and I think we re-ally found ourselves on a similar page of changes that have yet to be made, promises that have yet to be fulfi lled, but of a seri-ous sense of purpose and commitment by both of us to try to help achieve those goals," he said.

Over the last year, in particular, the U.S. has watched warily as Cairo has outlawed the Muslim

Brotherhood, an Islamist political opposition group that was ousted from pow-er last July.

U.S. offi cials cite hard-line policies — including the sentencing of hun-dreds of people to death in trials lasting only a few hours, and the jailing of journalists — in refusing to fund all of the $1.5 bil-lion in military and eco-nomic aid that Washing-ton usually sends to Cairo each year.

The U.S. reluctance has fueled frustration among Egyptians who accuse the Obama administration of favoring the Muslim Brotherhood and starv-ing Cairo of help at a time when the country's econ-omy and security are at risk.

Earlier this month, the U.S. quietly agreed to send an estimated $572 million to Egypt in military and security assistance on top of $200 million in economic aid already delivered. But Egypt is still calling for the U.S. to send the rest of its annual $1.5 billion in aid, most of it for the military, which has been suspended until Washington believes Cairo is committed to de-mocracy.

Offi cials say they have seen some small encour-aging signs that el-Sissi is prepared to protect Egyp-tians' rights. They cite the issuing of tough penalties for sexual assault against women and the freeing a jailed journalist who

works for the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV.

Kerry said he discussed these issues with el-Sissi, adding that the president promised reviews of hu-man rights issues and leg-islation.

Kerry also said they dis-cussed the trial of three Al-Jazeera English cor-respondents on trial on terrorism-related charges since February. A verdict was due Monday in a case that has caused an uproar and concerns for freedom of expression in Egypt.

"He gave me a very strong sense of his com-mitment to make certain that the process he has put in place, a re-evaluation of the human rights legisla-tion, a re-evaluation of the judicial process and other choices that are available to him, are very much on his mind," Kerry said.

Kerry also the Obama administration is working with the U.S. Congress to sort out differences over the rest of the money des-ignated for Egypt.

"I'm confi dent that we will be able to ultimately get the full amount of aid," Kerry said.

But the U.S. remains concerned about the Cairo government's crackdown against the Brotherhood, which Washington consid-ers a political threat to el-Sissi — not a security risk to Egypt.

The government's secu-rity crackdown has target-ed secularists and Broth-

erhood supporters who have protested against its heavy-handed policies. Some youth leaders who were at the forefront of the 2001 uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak and who also op-posed his successor, Mo-hammed Morsi, are now languishing behind bars, mostly for violating a law that has restricted any public gatherings.

The president was sworn in earlier this month after leading a re-volt last summer against former Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader who was the nation's fi rst free-ly elected leader. Since Morsi's ouster, the Broth-erhood has responded with protests that have turned into violent clashes between demonstrators and government security forces.

A Brotherhood spokes-man said the group sees "no political process what-soever in Egypt" to partic-ipate in and that Morsi's removal from offi ce was a coup.

The U.S. wants el-Sissi to build a more inclusive government, and that largely means lifting the ban on the Brotherhood and allowing it to partici-pate in the political pro-cess. Egypt is also facing a growing jihadi threat in the Sinai Peninsula, where militants are thriv-ing on a fl ood of heavy weapons easily smuggled from Libya.

Russia's Putin calls for compromise in Ukraine

U.S. pressing Egypt to adopt more moderate policies

HOUSTON (AP) — May-ors from the GOP-dominat-ed states of Texas and Ari-zona are calling on cities to use nature to fi ght the impacts of climate change, even while Republican governors and lawmakers repeatedly question the science that shows human-caused pollution contrib-utes to global warming.

As conservative gover-nors criticize the U.S. En-vironmental Protection Agency's new rules de-signed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, the mayors — many from cities already strug-gling with climate-change effects — are taking steps and spending money to stem the damage.

Attendees of the U.S. Conference of Mayors will vote Monday on a resolu-tion that encourages cities to use natural solutions to "protect freshwater sup-plies, defend the nation's coastlines, maintain a healthy tree cover and pro-tect air quality," sometimes by partnering with non-profi t organizations.

It's being backed by Aus-tin Mayor Lee Leffi ngwell, Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton — all Demo-crats.

Since the conference is almost evenly divided be-tween Republicans and Democrats, and the reso-lution only "encourages" steps rather than man-dating action, Leffi ngwell believes it will easily be approved Monday since it quickly passed through the committee on Friday.

"The best strategy is not to get involved in partisan politics," said Leffi ngwell, who noted that Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be a climate-change skeptic, but he still supported the state's move to invest $2 billion in water infrastruc-ture after a debilitating drought in 2011.

"He doesn't have to ac-knowledge climate change to know that the facts are there. ... We want to take the steps that would ad-vance the things that we all believe in without get-ting into some ideological argument," Leffi ngwell added.

EPA Administrator Gina

McCarthy told an audi-ence of mayors on Sunday that they could turn the debate on climate change into a discussion about eco-nomics, public safety and health rather than strictly politics. Local action could also serve as an example to skeptical lawmakers at the state level, she argued.

"You have shown them what leadership on this is-sue can bring," McCarthy said.

For coastal cities such as Galveston, Houston and New York City, as well as more arid regions of the country, such as Phoenix and Sacramento, Califor-nia, there is no time for debate — climate change's effects are real.

Galveston's seawall didn't stand up to Hur-ricane Ike in 2008, partly because of the sea level rise that allowed the storm's surge to reach inner ar-eas. Offi cials began to rethink protections, lead-ing Galveston and nearby coastal communities to col-laborate with The Nature Conservancy to restore oys-ter reefs and wetland habi-tats that could better help protect communities.

New York learned simi-lar lessons after Super-storm Sandy. Quickly after, it became clear some man-made solutions — such as seawalls or underwater fencing — are expensive and not always effective. The city also asked the Na-ture Conservancy to study how built defenses could be combined with "natural infrastructure" to buffer a city that's becoming more vulnerable.

Howard Beach, a low-lying, fl at area of Queens, was pounded by Sandy. The Nature Conservancy's re-port concluded that signifi -cant, cost-effi cient defenses could be achieved by re-vegetating shorelines and restoring mussel beds and wetlands in combination with more traditional solu-tions, such as sea walls.

Heat and debilitating drought is worsening in some parts of Arizona and California. Sacramento is using trees for part of the solution, and the city has outlined a detailed "cli-mate plan" for the coming decades.

U.S. mayors to use nature to fight climate change

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