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E MIGHT never
know exactly how
many customers
Bank of America
lost, but its plan to charge a $5
monthly fee for debit-card use
spurred deserved outrage and
prompted a number of people
to move accounts elsewhere.
After triggering complaints
from President Obama, protes-
ters in the streets and once-loy-
al customers, Bank of America
snapped to its senses one week
ago and revoked the nettle-
some fee.
This was not corporate do-
gooderism. The banks action
came late, only after it was
pressured into abandoning the
fee. Still, the bank belatedly re-
sponded to consumer senti-
ment.
Two major competitors,
Wells Fargo and JPMorgan
Chase, abandoned similar
charges earlier.
The anger that followed the
decision to level a fee flowed
from many sources. Debit
cards are modern-day checks.
Its hard to believe banks ex-
pect customers to return to
more cumbersome check writ-
ing, which surely requires
more processing time.
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Hudacek wondered why it took
so long nearly 10 years for the
charges of sexually abusing chil-
dren to be filed against Sandusky.
It seems to me something
shouldhavebeendonemuchearli-
er than this, Hudacek said. Its
not like Penn State to delay some-
thing as serious as this.
HudacekknowsTimCurley, the
PennState athletic director whois
facing charges of failure to report
the allegedabuse andof perjury in
their testimony before a grand ju-
ry.
I like TimCurley; he really is a
nice guy, Hudacek said. I hope
bothheand(SeniorVicePresident
Gary) Schultz are exonerated.
What effect, if any, will this have
on head coach Joe Paterno?
I think it has to have an impact
on Joe, Hudacek said. I believe
its going to be extremely upset-
ting to himfor a long time.
Hudacek said he believes Pater-
no did the right thing in reporting
the allegations to Curley his im-
mediate boss.
I dont know what more he
could have done, he said. When
the accusation was made, Joe had
tobecareful of what hedidor said.
He could have been sued.
Hudacek thinks this scandal
could seal Paternos departure a
decision he feels the 84-year-old
coach may already have made be-
fore the Sandusky story broke.
I believe this will accelerate
Joes process to go out, Hudacek
said. He has a lot of aches and
pains; he has to think about his
family.
Hudacek, whosaidhewasmade
an honorary Penn State alumnus,
said his support for the university
hasnt weakened. Mywife, Sylvia,
and I will always be Penn State
proud.
Harry Hamilton, a graduate of
Greater Nanticoke Area High
School, was a two-year Academic
All American at Penn State. He
played safety and Sandusky was
his position coach.
First of all, I want toexpressmy
concern for the victims in this
case, Hamilton said. I have al-
ways had a special place for chil-
dren throughout my life.
As far as the indictments of
Schultz andCurley, Hamiltonsaid
he can only hope that the prose-
cutors and investigators have act-
ed appropriately in bringing the
case forward. Hamilton, an attor-
ney, said he worked closely with
Sandusky during the early days of
Second Mile, a foundation Sand-
usky established to help at-risk
kids. The charges against himcov-
er the period from1994 to 2009.
One of my first summer jobs
was with the program, Hamilton
said.
Hamilton declined to speculate
on the effects the investigation
might have on Penn State.
I am guarded with regard to
making any rush to judgment, he
said.
JimBrozena, executive director
of the Luzerne County Flood Pro-
tection Authority, is a Penn State
grad, as is his wife, Jackie.
Its a sad state of affairs no mat-
ter how you cut it, he said. The
people who have involvement
should pay the consequences for
their actions.
Brozena said Paterno may de-
cide to retire at seasons end, but
he doesnt think the Sandusky
case will affect his decision.
Joe will leave when hes ready
to leave, Brozena said.
Tom Pugh, retired vice presi-
dent of Allied Services, is a 1964
Penn State grad; his four children
also graduated from PSU main
campus. Pugh said he was
shocked to hear of the Sandusky
arrest.
This has nothingtodowithPa-
terno; he did the right thing by re-
portingwhat he knew, Pughsaid.
Thisisnot aslapat theuniversity;
a few people used very bad judg-
ment.
Pugh doesnt believe Paterno
will allow outside circumstances
to dictate his decision to stay or
leave his coaching position.
An Associated Press story said
that according to a grand jury,
Sandusky, 67, wasaserial predator
who used Second Mile to find and
coerce boys, including one 8 years
old, into various sex acts. Sandus-
ky, arrested Saturday, faces 40
counts of sexuallyabusingminors.
FANS
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had a moral responsibility to do
more.
On the Happy Valley campus
and in the surrounding town of
State College, some were even
asking whether the 84-year-old
coach should step down after 46
years on the sidelines.
Two Penn State officials, Se-
nior Vice President Gary Schultz
andAthletic Director TimCurley,
surrendered on charges that they
failed to alert police to the com-
plaint about Sandusky, Paternos
former defensivecoordinator and
one-time heir apparent.
Schultz and Curley are also
charged with lying to the state
grandjurythat indictedSandusky
on charges of sexually abusing
eight boys over 15 years. Both
stepped down from their posts
Sunday, Curley taking a tempora-
ry leave and Schultz retiring.
They appeared Monday in a Har-
risburg courtroom, where a judge
set bail at $75,000. They werent
required to enter pleas.
State Attorney General Linda
Kelly said Paterno is not a target
of the investigation into how the
school handled the accusations.
But she refused to say the same
for the university president, Gra-
hamSpanier.
All I can say is again, Imlimit-
ed to whats contained in the pre-
sentment, andthatthisisanongo-
ing investigation, Kelly said.
State police Commissioner
Frank Noonan said that although
Paternomayhavemet hislegal re-
quirement to report suspected
abuse by Sandusky, somebody
has to question about what I
wouldconsiderthemoral require-
ments for a human being that
knows of sexual things that are
taking place with a child.
He added: I thinkyouhave the
moral responsibility, anyone. Not
whether youreafootball coachor
a university president or the guy
sweepingthebuilding. I thinkyou
have a moral responsibility to call
us.
At a news conference, Noonan
and Kelly were peppered with
questions about whether Paterno
was given details about what
graduate assistant Mike McQue-
arynowtheteamswidereceiv-
ers coach saw on the night of
March1, 2002.
The grand jury report said
McQuearywasinthelocker room
that night to put away some new
sneakers when he heard noises
and looked into the showers.
He reportedly sawa nakedboy,
about 10 years old, being assault-
ed by Sandusky. McQueary left
immediately and first contacted
his father before calling Paterno
the next morning and then meet-
ing at Paternos home.
Exactly what was said during
that meeting is unclear from the
grand jury record, which states
that Paterno called Curley the
next day to tell him McQueary
had seen Sandusky in the Lasch
Building showers fondling or do-
ing something of a sexual nature
to a young boy.
Paterno released a statement
Sunday in which he said he was
not told the very specific ac-
tions containedinthe grandjury
report, but that McQueary had
seen something inappropriate
involving Mr. Sandusky.
Paterno has not spoken publi-
cly about the matter.
The indictment also cited a
1998 incident in which an11-year-
oldboys mother calleduniversity
police to complain after learning
that her son had showered with
Sandusky. A state Department of
Public Welfare investigator told
the grandjury that Sandusky said
he showered naked with the
youthandhuggedhim, admitted
that it was wrong, and promised
not to shower with any child
again.
Kelly would not say whether
Paterno or the university presi-
dent knewof that investigation.
All I can say is that investiga-
tion was handled by Penn State
Universitys police department,
Kelly said. Penn State police said
they were not releasing any infor-
mation about the 1998 investiga-
tion.
Sandusky retired in 1999 after
learning that he would not be Pa-
ternos successor as head coach.
Kelly and Noonan encouraged
anyone who would accuse Sand-
usky of sexual assault to step for-
wardandtalktopolice, withKelly
specifically asking that the child
reportedlyassaultedbySandusky
on March1, 2002, call detectives.
Paterno has long had an image
as aleader whodoes things bythe
book andruns a programthat has
seen far fewer major scandals
than other major college football
teams. Doubts about his judg-
ment in handling the Sandusky
matter began to emerge quickly.
Facebook users, including
those on a newly created group
called Joe Paterno should re-
sign, expressed outrage and dis-
appointment in Paterno. Many
saidheshouldhavegonetopolice
after the 2002 incident.
Advocates for priest-abuse vic-
tims sawparallels in howthe uni-
versity and the Roman Catholic
Church handled similar prob-
lems.
Here we are again, said John
Salveson, former president of the
Pennsylvania chapter of the Sur-
vivors Network of those Abused
by Priests. When an institution
discovers abuse of a kid ... their
first reaction was to protect the
reputation of the institution and
the perpetrator.
They didnt even try to find
out theidentityof thekidthat was
being raped in the shower, he
said. Theirsolutiontothiswasto
not let Sandusky into the shower
anymore. Its just stunning to me
that no one called the police.
Sandusky was described by
Keith Kip Richeal, co-author of
his autobiographyTouched: The
JerrySanduskyStory, as aloving
father of six adopted children I
hopetoGodits not truebecauseI
admire the man very much, Ri-
cheal said. All I saw was Jerry
waskindtokidsof all ages, includ-
ing the students he dealt with.
Sandusky has maintained his
innocence, his lawyer said Satur-
day.
At Sanduskys house about five
minutes from campus, a State
College police car was parked in
the driveway for a time Monday.
An officer said police had been
asked to keep people off the prop-
erty.
Schultz, 62, and Curley, 57, are
innocent andwill seektohavethe
charges dismissed, their lawyers
said. Curleyslawyer, CarolineRo-
berto, called the case weak, while
Schultzslawyer, TomFarrell, said
the men did what they were sup-
posedtodobyinformingtheir su-
periors of the accusations.
Sandusky continued to use the
schools facilities after retirement
for his work with The Second
Mile, a foundation he established
in 1977 to help at-risk kids. The
charges against himcover the pe-
riod from1994 to 2009.
The allegations against Sand-
usky range from sexual advances
to touching to oral and anal sex.
The young men testified before
thestategrandjurythat theywere
in their early teens when some of
the abuse occurred; there is evi-
dence evenyounger childrenmay
have been victimized.
SANDUSKY
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AP PHOTO
Jerry Sandusky has been
charged with sexually abusing
eight boys over 15 years.
AP PHOTO
State Attorney General Linda
Kelly said coach Joe Paterno is
not a target of investigation.
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T
wo straight runs by Darrell
Crawford didnt accumulate
much more than seven yards,
so the quarterback of the GAR Gre-
nadiers turned around on the next
play and gave the ball to Dwayne
Wright.
He took it 72 yards for a touch-
down.
You know why Wright can take it
to the house on a short-yardage
play in the middle of a rival game?
Because other teams are so wor-
ried Crawford will get there first.
Everything, GAR coach Paul
Wiedlich said, runs through our
quarterback.
That goes for the defensive end,
too, where Crawford makes all the
calls from his safety position that
set the coverages in the secondary.
Thats the quarterback of our
defense, Wiedlich said.
Really, there isnt much defense
against Crawford, no matter where
he lines up on the field.
The spectacular senior has scored
24 rushing touchdowns this season,
passed for nine more, and produced
seven other scores with kick re-
turns and interception returns.
I can always accomplish more,
Crawford said.
How much more can he do?
On Halloween weekend, Crawford
scared the daylights out of the Nan-
ticoke Area Trojans. They seemed
like they were chasing a ghost
while Crawford was scoring two
touchdowns on punt returns of 68
and 69 yards, two more on running
plays and firing a 37-yard scoring
strike to receiver Shaliek Powell.
All in the first half of a 68-0 vic-
tory.
At the end of the day, all that
really matters is who wins and who
loses, Crawford said.
It matters most to Crawford.
He has a way of making sure
GAR always winds up with a victo-
ry, even in the very few games
where Crawford is not the star of
the show.
The 9-1 Grenadiers are unbeaten
with Crawford on the field, losing
the only game he didnt play this
season. That wasnt the fault of his
backup Corey Moore, who threw
for 308 yards and four touchdowns
in a 34-31 loss to Lakeland.
But maybe if Crawford was
healthy enough to play that day, he
changes the whole day.
Youre losing a ton of leader-
ship, Wiedlich said. Youre losing
experience.
Crawford doesnt always provide
fans with the same surreal experi-
ence Raghib Rocket Ismail once
did when he was speeding his way
through Meyers High School in the
late 1980s.
The GAR star mustered only 70
rushing yards and 72 passing yards
against Meyers on Friday.
We just wanted to get out of
here with a win, Crawford said
after still scoring one touchdown
and passing for another in a 38-6
victory.
His patience and poise behind
center was every bit as impressive
as a five-touchdown half.
Thats a true testament to his
character, Wiedlich said after-
wards. Tonight wasnt one of his
better nights, offensively-speaking.
But he took a step back, calmed
down. And the kids kind of feed off
him.
The Grenadiers followed Craw-
fords example all the way to the
District 2 Class 2A playoffs this
weekend.
Its when guys like Crawford can
change the outcome in an instant,
from the moment he steps on the
field.
PAUL SOKOLOSKI
O P I N I O N
Running a path
of victory and
leadership skills
Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports
columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or
email him at psokoloski@timesleader.com.
Lack of confidence doesnt ap-
pear to be a problem for the Holy
Redeemer girls volleyball team,
which takes on District 4 cham-
pion Towanda in the opening
round of the PIAA Class 2A Tour-
nament tonight at 7 at Athens High
School.
At stake is a trip to the Final
Eight at Central York High on Fri-
day.
The Royals (18-0) romped to the
District 2 championship last week
with convincing victories over Ber-
wick, Crestwood and previously
unbeaten Dunmore.
Were playing our best volley-
ball of the season, said Holy Re-
deemer coach Jack Kablick, whose
team is making its sixth straight
appearance in the state tourna-
ment, including a berth in
P I A A V O L L E Y B A L L
Royals ready
for showdown
with Towanda
Holy Redeemer is making its sixth
straight appearance in state
tournament play.
By VAN ROSE
For The Times Leader
See ROYALS, Page 4B
Thethreemenmuggedforthecameras,
all smiles as theycelebratedanother mile-
stone.
Penn States president, Graham Span-
ier, and athletic director, Tim Curley,
grinned broadly as they presented a com-
memorative plaque to the football coach,
JoePaterno, for becomingthewinningest
coachinDivisionI history.
Thiswasjust10daysago. Thephotoops
that began Monday in State College in-
volve paparazzi-style treatment around
campus and the teams Lasch Building
headquarters as players returned from a
weekend off to prepare for Saturdays
game against Nebraska.
The entire university has been reeling
since the weekend, when 40 charges of
sexual abuse of children were brought
against former PennStateassistant coach
Jerry Sandusky. Curley and another
school official, Gary Schultz, were ar-
raignedMonday oncounts of perjury and
failure toreport.
All three menhave maintainedtheir in-
nocence throughtheir attorneys.
Curleyhas steppeddownfromhis posi-
P E N N S TAT E F O O T B A L L
Campus turns into a circus
AP PHOTO
Penn State President Graham Spanier, left, and Athletic Director Tim Curley,
right, presented Joe Paterno with a plaque commemorating his 409th colle-
giate win just 10 days ago. Now, the campus is in a much different state.
Todays weekly presser
will be just about game
By DEREK LEVARSE
dlevarse@timesleader.com
See CIRCUS, Page 4B
INSIDE: Time for Joe to go? Page 3B
Its easy to look at Wyoming Semi-
nary and say the Blue Knights have
been here before.
After all, the last three times Semi-
nary qualified for the PIAA Class 2A
field hockey tournament, it won a
state championship.
Unlikeafter thetitleseasons of 2006
and 2008, the 2010 champions are
backtodefendtheir title. Well, most of
them are.
Were used to it, Wyoming Semi-
nary hall of fame coach Karen Klassn-
er said. We do knowthat we lost a lot
of good leaders. But us and Crest-
wood, were used to having the bulls-
eyes on our backs.
The Blue Knights saw a number of
key seniors graduate after last season,
including all-staters Jessica Swoboda
P I A A F I E L D H O C K E Y
Seminary
in familiar
role again
See SEMINARY, Page 3B
After some rough patches this
season, the Blue Knights are
clicking at the right time.
By JOHN MEDEIROS
jmedeiros@timesleader.com
PHILADELPHIA - Since the Dallas
Cowboys didnt show up for a prime
time game in Philadelphia, a couple of
their former teammates did.
And this time, the Eagles were the
ones left digging out of a hole.
Sam Hurd recovered a fumbled punt
near the end of the first half and Ma-
rion Barber spun across the goal line
moments later, as the Cowboys-turned-
Bears helped lift Chicago to a 30-24 vic-
tory over the Eagles on Monday night
at Lincoln Financial Field.
That was the scene of a glorious Phi-
ladelphia victory last weekend, when
the Eagles crushed the Cowboys 34-7
in a Sunday night game.
Maybe Dallas should have hung onto
some of those guys who rode off to Chi-
cago, then helped drop the Eagles to
3-5 and into a last-place tie with Wash-
ington in the NFC East.
Wide receiver Roy Williams, another
former Cowboy, caught a key 18-yard
pass to set up a field goal that pulled
the Bears within 24-20 at the end of the
third quarter, then caught two clutch
passes on a game-sealing field goal
drive late in the fourth quarter.
And Barber added 22 rushing yards
to get that field goal march started, and
caught a couple of short receptions
during Chicagos go-ahead fourth-quar-
ter touchdown drive.
Bears quarterback Jay Cutler carved
up the Eagles, firing 5-yard touchdown
passes to tight end Matt Spaeth to start
the game and then to receiver Earl Ben-
nett to put the Bears in front for good,
27-24, with 12:18 to play.
Near the end of the second quarter,
Barber spun out of the grasp of Eagles
defensive end Trent Cole and into the
end zone with 43 seconds remaining in
the first half, giving an advantage back
to the Bears after it slipped away late in
NF L
Unbearable
AP PHOTO
Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (54) tackles Eagles running back LeSean McCoy (25) in the first half of Mon-
days football game in Philadelphia. The Bears held a 30-24 lead late in the fourth quarter.
Old Boys help Bears defeat Eagles
By PAUL SOKOLOSKI
psokoloski@timesleader.com
See EAGLES, Page 3B
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Nanticoke Little League will have a
clean up day at the main field this
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Managers can return league equip-
ment to the field house the same
day or call Wade at 570-735-0189.
This is important to the league, as
is every event.
The Dallas Alumni Game will be held
on Saturday, Nov. 26th at Cleary
Field. All Dallas Alumni and current
Dallas soccer players are invited to
attened. There will be hot choco-
late, drinks, and donuts, so bring
your cleats and be ready to play
and have fun.
The Hanover Area Baseball team
will host a friendship night this
Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
Senunas Bar near Kings College.
The Pittston Area Boys Basketball
Booster Club will be hosting a
happy hour this Friday from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. at the Red Mill at 340
South Main Street in Pittston.
Please join us to help support the
team. If you have any questions,
contact Carl or Maria Stravinski at
570-883-7220.
CAMPS/CLINICS
Electric City Baseball & Softball
Academy will host a Winter Skills
Camp at Riverfront Sports on
Saturdays, Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 10 and
17 with baseball from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. and softball from 6 p.m. to 8
p.m. Cost for each is $145. For
more information, call 570-878-
8483 or visit www.electriccityba-
seball.com.
The 10th Annual Paul McGloin
Holiday Pitching Camp will be
held at Riverfront Sports on Dec.
26, 27 & 28 from 9:15 a.m. to
11:45a.m. Cost is $145 or $130 if
signed up by Nov. 23. For more
information, call 570-878-8483 or
visit www.electriccitybaseball.com.
MEETINGS
Hanover Area Cheerleading Booster
Club will meet Monday, Nov. 21st at
7 p.m. at the high school cafeteria.
Kingston/Forty Fort Little League
will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday Nov.
14th at the Kingston Rec Center. All
interested members are encour-
aged to attend.
Nanticoke Little League will meet
this Wednesday, Nov. 9th and next
Thursday Nov. 17th at West Side
playground at 7:30 p.m. to discuss
merging with Newport Little
League. All managers, coaches,
and parents please attend.
Swoyersville Little League will have
its monthly meeting this Wednes-
day at 7:30 p.m. at the Swoyers-
ville Boroough Building. All mem-
bers are urged to attend.
The Nanticoke Area Basketball
Boster Club will hold its monthly
meeting this Thursday, at 6 p.m. at
the Alden Manor in Nanticoke.
Plans for the upcoming season will
be discussed. All parents of boys
and girls basketball players from
grades 7 though 12 are invited and
encouraged to attend.
The Wyoming Valley West High
School Soccer Booster Club will
meet on TODAY at 6 p.m. at Hap-
pys Pizza on Main Street in Ply-
mouth. Parents of all Junior and
Senior High soccer players are
welcome and encouraged to at-
tend.
Wilkes-Barre Cosmos Soccer Club
will be having a parents and coach-
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Ohio St 8 PURDUE
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NORTHWESTERN 15 Rice
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CLEMSON 16.5 Wake Forest
VIRGINIA 10.5 Duke
NC State 2.5 BOSTON COLL
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Texas A&M 4.5 KANSAS ST
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Baylor 19.5 KANSAS
AIR FORCE 13 Wyoming
BYU 20 Idaho
SMU 7 Navy
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TULSA 17 Marshall
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FLORIDA ST 9.5 Miami-Fla.
CINCINNATI 3.5 W Virginia
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Texas 1 MISSOURI
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Michigan St 3 IOWA
ARKANSAS NL Tennessee
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USC 13 Washington.
GEORGIA 12.5 Auburn
CALIFORNIA 10.5 Oregon St
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NEVADA 12 Hawaii
Uab 5.5 MEMPHIS
San Diego St 13 COLORADO ST
Alabama 17 MISS ST
Arizona St 13.5 WASH ST
La Tech 1 (M) MISSISSIPPI
Wisconsin 27 MINNESOTA
Notre Dame 20 MARYLAND
Fresno St NL NEW MEXICO ST
UTAH 7 Ucla
SO MISS 10.5 C Florida.
UTEP 3 E Carolina
Arizona 11 COLORADO
Unlv 7 NEW MEXICO
ARKANSAS ST 10 UL-Lafayette
TROY NL North Texas
UL-MONROE 6 Mid Tenn St.
FLA INTL 18.5 Fla Atlantic
LSU 41.5 W Kentucky
Note: The (M) after the opening line denotes that
Mississippi opened as a favorite.
NHL
Favorite Odds Underdog
SABRES -$210 Jets
MAPLE LEAFS -$135 Panthers
CAPITALS -$170 Stars
DEVILS -$145 Hurricanes
CANADIENS -$125 Oilers
RED WINGS -$175 Avalanche
BLUES -$110 Blackhawks
FLAMES -$140 Wild
KINGS -$125 Predators.
NFL
Favorite Points Underdog
Thursday
CHARGERS 6.5 Raiders
Sunday
Steelers 3 BENGALS
CHIEFS 3.5 Broncos
Jaguars 3 COLTS
COWBOYS 5 Bills
Texans 3 BUCS
PANTHERS 3 Titans
DOLPHINS 3.5 Redskins
Saints 1 FALCONS
BEARS NL Lions
BROWNS 2 Rams
EAGLES NL Cards
Ravens 7 SEAHAWKS
49ERS 3.5 Giants
JETS 1 Patriots
Monday
PACKERS 14 Vikings
AME RI C A S L I NE
By Roxy Roxborough
BOXING REPORT: In the WBO welterweight title fight on November 12 in Las
Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao is -$900 vs. Juan Manuel Marquez +$600.
NO LINE REPORT: On the NFL board, the no line games are for teams that played
last night.
On the college football board, there is no line on the Tennessee - Arkansas game
due to Tennessee QB Tyler Bray (out); there is no line on the Florida - South Car-
olina game due to Florida QB John Brantley (probable) and South Carolina QB
Connor Shaw (doubtful); there is no line on the New Mexico State - Fresno State
game due to New Mexico State QB Matt Christian (questionable); there is no line on
the North Texas - Troy game due to North Texas QB Derek Thompson (probable)
Along season is coming to a conclusion. Just four more live racing
programs will bring to close another successful harness racing meet
at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. It has been superb season on
the racing end, with newhorses and drivers invading the Downs on a
regular basis. It certainly provided for a ton of excitement, as the ac-
tion was indeed fast and furious.
At least the effort was there on the wagering perspective, with the
addition of the Pick Threes and Pick Four wager being brought back.
I still think that those awful high take-out percentages across the
board need to come down to continue to bring in more wagering dol-
lars as a whole. Many people like the Pocono product for sure, but
have a hard time betting it because of the very high take-out rates on
all exotics.
BEST BET: COMMANDER RICHARDS (8TH)
VALUE PLAY: HOOPIE (14TH)
POST TIME 6:30 p.m.
All Races One Mile
First-$9,700 Cond.Pace;n/w 1 pm race life
3 Rock The Country M.Kakaley 1-3-4 Looks ready to roll 7-2
1 Hes Unbelievable A.McCarthy 2-3-3 Likely chalk 3-1
4 Della Cruise M.Lancaster 3-6-6 Finishes off the trifecta 4-1
2 Purple Mcrain Tn.Schadel 4-5-2 Winless in 32 previous 9-2
7 Hurricane John B.Simpson 5-4-3 Goes for team Simpson 5-1
5 Add A Little Magic E.Nickle 6-6-6 Never hit the board 10-1
6 Gizmo Hanover M.Romano 7-2-4 Tires in deep stretch 8-1
8 Boys Of Fall M.Simons 6-6-4 Wait for the summer 12-1
Second-$9,700 Cond.Trot;n/w $4,000 last 5
1 Jobo Dashabra J.Morrill 6-9-1 Sails down the road 7-2
6 South Jersey Flash Tn.Schadel 8-4-7 Reunites with Tony Schadel 3-1
7 Pegasus Man M.Simons 7-4-8 Down a peg in class 4-1
2 Allie Jae M.Kakaley 4-9-2 Looking for a flat mile 9-2
9 Showmeyourstuff T.Buter 3-6-9 Another with bad habits 10-1
4 Thors Hammer A.Napolitano 8-6-8 Way overbet in latest 4-1
3 Marion Matilda J.Taggart 6-7-3 Having issues 6-1
5 Thergosmyvacation R.Petitto 7-6-3 Take another week off 15-1
8 Asolare H.Parker 8-8-2 Finishes in the cellar 20-1
Third-$4,800 Clm.Pace;clm.price $5,000
4 Universal Dream N G.Napolitano 2-6-5 Makes amends 3-1
6 Artful Sky A.McCarthy 6-2-2 Slips in for the place 7-2
5 Seeking The Gold N M.Simons 8-3-4 Better post should help 9-2
9 Lightning Prince H.Parker 3-8-2 Vernon invader 15-1
7 Life Of Lease A.Napolitano 8-4-4 2nd start since the claim 8-1
3 Mcardles Charm J.Pavia 7-6-5 Polished off 6-1
8 Dont Tell Barbara M.Kakaley 7-8-9 Cant be heard 20-1
1 Jellis As Hecht T.Buter 6-7-7 Often a long price 4-1
2 Aliquippa B.Simpson 4-5-9 Fills out soft field 10-1
Fourth-$9,700 Cond.Trot;n/w $4,000 last 5
1 A Real Laser B.Simpson 3-3-7 Controls from the pole 3-1
3 Around And Over A.Napolitano 2-6-6 Just missed against similar 7-2
8 Sauce Two K H.Parker 8-6-5 Knows this track well 6-1
7 Speculation M.Simons 8-3-8 Takes a big drop 4-1
6 The Count G.Napolitano 8-4-8 Nap the new pilot 9-2
2 Wildfire Bo J.Pavia 5-3-5 10yr old running out of steam 8-1
9 Berkshire A.McCarthy 6-7-1 Little since that win 20-1
5 Flashy Lady J.Taggart 4-2-8 Save your money 10-1
4 Secret Image M.Romano 4-4-7 Sits on the fence 15-1
Fifth-$15,000 Clm.Pace;clm.price $15,000
5 Juxasport J.Morrill 3-4-7 Pocket rocket 4-1
7 Four Starz Q G.Napolitano 1-4-8 Rolls on the throttle 5-2
3 Medoland J T M.Kakaley 3-5-7 2nd time lasix user 3-1
8 Pride And Glory M.Romano 2-7-2 Firing on the end of it 6-1
2 Painfully Cool J.Pavia 9-2-3 Parked mile in most recent 9-2
1 Panamanian T.Buter 6-6-8 Tired badly in comeback 12-1
4 Political Terror J.Taggart 2-5-5 Off since May 10-1
6 Prince Sail On A.McCarthy 4-5-1 His ship has sailed 15-1
Sixth-$12,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $7,100 last 5
5 Pucker Up Hanover H.Parker 2-8-2 Time for a kiss 6-1
3 Hey Bubbi J.Taggart 9-3-8 Decent, when right 7-2
7 Lukas Rossi J.Pavia 3-3-5 Looking for tad more stamina 3-1
4 Badboy Paparazzi A M.Simons 2-6-2 Just cant buy a win 4-1
6 Stogie Hanover A.McCarthy 8-1-4 Bounced off easy score 9-2
8 B Contemporary A.Napolitano 3-7-3 Sizer ice cold trainer 10-1
9 Quantum Starship T.Buter 1-8-7 Ill bet against a repeat 20-1
1 Amours Brother Tn.Schadel 7-8-9 Struggling trotter 8-1
2 Wingbat W.Mann 3-9-7 Clipped 15-1
Seventh-$14,000 Clm.Pace;clm.price $25,000
6 Cobalt Man M.Kakaley 1-3-4 Looked super right off claim 3-1
4 Giant Cooper A.Napolitano 2-2-2 Likes to finish second 7-2
3 Fox Valley Renoir J.Pavia 3-4-1 Drops back in for a tag 4-1
7 Fine Fine Fine J.Morrill 3-4-7 Lack of speed a killer 8-1
2 Dexter Jig A.McCarthy 5-3-4 Well beaten in most recent go 9-2
1 Prince Polaris G.Napolitano 4-6-4 Not taken to PD strip 5-1
8 Coastal Storm M.Simons 4-1-1 Eight hole blues 10-1
5 Marvelthisbliss T.Buter 6-5-4 Less than exciting 12-1
Eighth-$15,000 Clm.Hndcp Trot;clm.price $12-15,000
7 Commander Richards G.Napolitano 4-1-2 Great claim, watch the romp 3-1
3 Justtherighttouch M.Kakaley 1-3-7 Race strictly for the place 7-2
5 Tameka Seelster J.Morrill 3-4-6 Become a fan favorite 4-1
6 Berndt Energy A.Napolitano 2-6-4 Winner of nearly $60k this yr 9-2
8 Tis Himself J.Taggart 7-1-6 Norris has had decent meet 8-1
4 Southern Beauty A.McCarthy 5-6-2 Caught in last wk 6-1
1 Lost In The Fog M.ROmano 7-5-6 Doesnt belong in here 15-1
2 Like A Lexis D.Irvine 7-9-7 Whipped by cheaper 10-1
9 Stood Alone T.Buter 8-9-3 Field filler 20-1
Ninth-$24,000 Clm.Hndcp Pace;clm.price $25-30,000
3 Sleek Hunter J.Morrill 2-6-2 His time has come 5-2
2 Blissfullcavalcade A.McCarthy 1-6-7 Found the right class 4-1
6 Hoboken Hanover A.Napolitano 1-1-1 Red hot pacer 3-1
8 Colossal Cruiser M.Kakaley 2-3-6 New one from Burke 6-1
7 Abominable Snowpan B.Simpson 4-5-5 Still searching 6-1
1 Little Gold Ring J.Pavia 7-5-1 Gets stacked up 5-1
4 Hi Ho Steverino G.Napolitano 1-2-2 Hard one to gauge 12-1
9 Expensive Toy M.Simons 6-1-2 Just joined Croghan stable 10-1
5 Lilys Hi Ho T.Buter 8-5-1 Low 20-1
Tenth-$25,000 Cond.Pace;n/w $29,500 last 5
1 Giveittomestraight G.Napolitano 7-4-3 Gets kinder rating 4-1
5 Athleticlyinclined M.Kakaley 1-6-6 It all worked out in her win 3-1
7 Runaway Tray A.Napolitano 2-2-7 Just ran the race of her life 8-1
8 Shesa Bragn Dragon B.Simpson 3-1-1 Winner two of last three 10-1
2 Shanghai Lil T.Buter 5-1-4 Is she ready yet? 7-2
6 LR Dancing Dream J.Pavia 4-6-6 Best work on the half 9-2
3 Witch Is Bettor J.Morrill 8-7-7 Too inconsistent 5-1
4 Franciegirl Tn.Schadel 8-1-3 In way too deep 12-1
Eleventh-$14,000 Cond.Pace;n/w $9,600 last 5
6 Big Bam Ray G.Napolitano 7-1-6 Yep, Nap again 7-2
3 Art Two D Two T.Buter 5-4-7 Barn change may help 4-1
1 Bay Of Sharks M.Kakaley 5-1-3 Gets close inside trip 3-1
4 Tarver Hanover J.Taggart 1-2-8 Flashed back class in the win 5-1
8 Lizard King J.Morrill 4-6-4 Not raced here since Aug 10-1
2 Mustang Art A.McCarthy 6-3-6 Spins the tires off 9-2
5 Wellthereyougo B.Simpson 4-7-4 Hes gone 8-1
7 Town Treasure J.Pavia 8-1-1 Better off at Monti 12-1
Twelfth-$9,800 Clm.Trot;clm.price $10,000
4 Show Me The Monet B.Simpson 1-8-7 The money is his 5-1
7 Lord Burghley G.Napolitano 1-4-8 No slouch 3-1
2 DCs Piggy Bank J.Morrill 1-5-2 Just beat similar in the score 5-2
3 Mitleh Hadeed A.McCarthy 2-3-3 Chased the Lord last Tues 4-1
9 Twocarlane A.Napolitano 5-5-2 Sheridan the new trainer 12-1
1 Woody Marvel T.Wing 6-4-2 Wing back in for mount 6-1
5 Allways Secret T.Buter 5-7-5 A tosser 15-1
6 Captain Brady M.Kakaley 4-3-2 Demoted 10-1
8 Jeremiah Trotter M.Simons 6-6-6 In from the Meadows 20-1
Thirteenth-$10,000 Clm.Pace;clm.price $15,000
5 Lucky Jove J.Pavia 3-6-3 Pavia starts off late double 3-1
4 Ducky T Fra A.McCarthy 8-2-2 Very competitive field 7-2
9 Skymeadow Joseph J.Morrill 2-6-8 Raced solid against Cobalt 9-2
1 Fox Valley Verbeau M.Simons 7-7-3 Moves in, but showing little 4-1
6 Patient Major J.Taggart 3-5-9 Fast early, not late 6-1
2 Major Speed M.Romano 5-8-5 Never hit the board 10-1
3 Prince Pendant G.Napolitano 6-4-6 Not even Nap can help 8-1
8 Badlands Lad H.Parker 6-5-5 1-for-38 lifetime 15-1
7 Staceys Terror M.Kakaley 5-4-5 One more race to go 20-1
Fourteenth-$9,700 Cond.Trot;n/w $4,000 lsat 5
8 Hoopie T.Buter 8-2-7 Darkhorse of the night 6-1
3 Rudy Rocks G.Napolitano 4-5-9 Allard good with trotters 3-1
2 St Giannis M.Kakaley 7-2-4 Cash burner 7-2
6 Zero Boundaries J.Pavia 3-7-1 Fills out the super 4-1
5 South Jersey Honey S.Reisenweaver 1-5-6 Enjoyed Rosecroft 9-2
7 Katies Kiss B.Simpson 4-8-3 Kimmel training at .163 8-1
1 Shelly Ross A.McCarthy 4-7-7 Winless on 2011 season 10-1
4 Xtreme Talent J.Taggart 6-3-2 Left at the door 20-1
9 Oprhan Victor M.Simons 9-2-3 See you tomorrow 15-1
On the Mark
By Mark Dudek
Times Leader Correspondent
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
Today's Events
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Central Penn at PSU Hazleton, 7:30 p.m.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PSU Wilkes-Barre at Luzerne CCC, 7 p.m.
PSU Worthington at Luzerne CCC, 7 p.m.
PIAA Class 3A First Round
WyomingValley West vs. Whitehall, 7p.m. at Crest-
wood
PIAA Class 2A First Round
Crestwood vs. Greenwood, 6 p.m. at Lower Dau-
phin
Wyoming Seminary vs. Donegal, 7 p.m. at Wyom-
ing Valley West
PIAA Class 2A Volleyball First Round
Holy Redeemer vs. Towanda, 7 p.m. at Athens
AFCA Division II Coaches Poll
Record Pts Pvs
1. Delta State (Miss.) (27) ..... 9-1 723 1
2. Colorado State-Pueblo...... 10-0 683 4
3. Midwestern State (Texas)
(1) ............................................. 9-0 675 5
4. Winston-Salem State
(N.C.) (1) ................................. 10-0 632 7
5. Nebraska-Kearney ............ 9-1 586 8
6. Washburn (Kan.)................ 9-1 576 9
7. New Haven (Conn.)........... 9-1 522 10
8. Kutztown (Pa.) ................... 9-1 506 13
9. Pittsburg State (Kan.) ........ 8-1 495 2
10. Minnesota-Duluth............ 8-2 416 15
11. Northwest Missouri State 8-2 401 3
12. Abilene Christian
(Texas) .................................... 7-2 379 16
13. North Alabama................. 7-2 352 17
14. Humboldt State (Calif.) ... 8-1 314 19
15. St. Cloud State (Minn.).... 8-2 262 6
16. Albany State (Ga.)............ 8-2 260 21
17. Missouri Western State... 8-2 222 25
18. California (Pa.)................. 8-2 220 22
19. West Virginia Wesleyan.. 9-1 204 11
20. Colorado School of
Mines ....................................... 8-2 188 23
21. Bloomsburg (Pa.) ............ 8-2 177 12
22. Wayne State (Mich.) ........ 8-2 174 24
23. Mars Hill (N.C.) ................ 7-2 113 25
24. Slippery Rock (Pa.) ......... 8-2 94 14
25. Saginaw Valley State
(Mich.)...................................... 7-2 65
AFCA Division III Coaches Poll
Record Pts Pvs
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater
(41) ........................................ 9-0 1049 1
2. Mount Union (Ohio) (1)... 9-0 1005 2
3. St. Thomas (Minn.) ......... 10-0 953 3
4. Mary Hardin-Baylor
(Texas) .................................. 9-0 930 4
5. Linfield (Ore.) ................... 8-0 884 5
6. North Central (Ill.) ............ 8-1 821 7
7. Wesley (Del.) ................... 8-1 785 8
8. Delaware Valley............... 9-0 750 9
9. Wabash (Ind.) .................. 9-0 680 10
10. Johns Hopkins (Md.)..... 9-0 640 11
11. Trinity (Texas)................ 9-0 584 13
12. California Lutheran........ 7-1 561 14
12. Salisbury (Md.) .............. 8-1 561 15
14. Redlands (Calif.)............ 7-1 475 16
15. Kean (N.J.) ..................... 8-1 430 17
16. Franklin (Ind.)................. 8-1 396 18
17. Illinois Wesleyan............ 8-1 347 19
18. Montclair State (N.J.) .... 8-1 328 20
19. Thomas More (Ky.) ....... 8-1 313 6
20. Dubuque (Iowa)............. 9-1 231 25
21. Bethel (Minn.) ................ 7-2 210 23
22. Wheaton (Ill.).................. 7-2 176 12
23. Hampden-Sydney (Va.) 8-1 150
24. McMurry (Texas) ........... 7-2 79
25. Monmouth (Ill.) .............. 9-1 67
Top 25 College Football
Schedule
Thursday
No. 10 Virginia Tech at No. 20 Georgia Tech, 8 p.m.
No. 11 Houston at Tulane, 8 p.m.
Saturday
No. 1 LSU vs. Western Kentucky, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech, Noon
No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 6 Oregon, 8 p.m.
No. 4 Alabama at Mississippi State, 7:45 p.m.
No. 5 Boise State vs. TCU, 3:30 p.m.
No. 8 Arkansas vs. Tennessee, 6 p.m.
No. 9 Clemson vs. Wake Forest, Noon
No. 12 Penn State vs. No. 19 Nebraska, Noon
No. 13 Michigan State at Iowa, Noon
No. 14 Georgia vs. No. 24 Auburn, 3:30 p.m.
No. 15 South Carolina vs. Florida, Noon
No. 16 Wisconsin at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.
No. 17 Kansas State vs. Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.
No. 18 Southern Cal vs. Washington, 3:40 p.m.
No. 21 Texas at Missouri, Noon
No. 22 Michigan at Illinois, 3:30 p.m.
No. 23 Cincinnati vs. West Virginia, Noon
No. 25 Southern Miss vs. UCF, 8 p.m.
TSN FCS Poll
PHILADELPHIA (AP) The top 25 teams in The
Sports Network/Fathead.com Football Champion-
shipSubdivisionpoll, withfirst-placevotesinparen-
theses, records throughNov. 6, points andprevious
ranking:
..........................................................Record PtsPvs
1. North Dakota State (143).......... 9-04,004 1
2. Montana State (16) .................... 9-13,847 2
3. Sam Houston State (1).............. 9-03,673 4
4. Georgia Southern...................... 8-13,425 5
5. Northern Iowa ............................ 7-23,309 6
6. Lehigh ......................................... 8-13,131 8
7. New Hampshire (1) ................... 7-22,957 9
8. Montana...................................... 8-22,785 10
9. Wofford ....................................... 7-22,718 11
10. Appalachian State.................... 6-32,572 3
11. Old Dominion........................... 8-22,401 12
12. Towson ..................................... 7-22,350 14
13. Maine ........................................ 7-22,070 7
14. Illinois State .............................. 7-31,665 17
15. Delaware................................... 5-41,342 16
16. Liberty....................................... 7-31,258 22
17. Furman...................................... 6-31,246
18. Harvard..................................... 7-11,090 23
19. Central Arkansas..................... 7-31,048 25
20. James Madison........................ 5-4 895 13
21. Jackson State........................... 7-2 525 15
22. Norfolk State............................. 8-2 468
23. Alabama State.......................... 7-2 438
24. South Dakota........................... 5-4 437 24
25. Eastern Kentucky.................... 6-3 427
Others receiving votes: Indiana State 360, Brown
270, Jacksonville State 261, Portland State 217,
Tennessee Tech 206, Alabama A&M 193, North
Dakota 126, Georgetown 124, William & Mary 91,
Stony Brook 55, San Diego 54, Southern Utah 53,
Chattanooga 39, Cal Poly 34, Duquesne 24, Be-
thune-Cookman 24, Murray State 23, Massachu-
setts 11, Drake11, Albany 9, Lafayette 9, Richmond
9, Florida A&M 8, Penn 6, Bryant 5, Samford 5, UT
Martin 5, Grambling State 4, Texas State 3, The Ci-
tadel 1, Northwestern State1, South Dakota State1,
Yale 1, Jacksonville 1.
W H A T S O N T V
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN2 Northern Illinois at Bowling Green
NHL
7:30 p.m.
VERSUS Carolina at New Jersey
T R A N S A C T I O N S
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS Traded OF Melky Ca-
brera to San Francisco for LHP Jonathan Sanchez
and LHP Ryan Verdugo.
MINNESOTA TWINS Fired general manager
Billy Smith. Named Terry Ryan interim general
manager.
TORONTOBLUEJAYSAnnouncedtheresigna-
tion of bullpen coach Pat Hentgen, who will remain
with the club as special assistant. Promoted Pete
Walker to bullpen coach.
National League
CHICAGOCUBSNamed Joe Bohringer director
of pro scouting.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MINNESOTA VIKINGS Reinstated CB Chris
Cook to the active roster.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Assigned F Alex-
andre Giroux to Springfield (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS Reassigned G Tom
McCollum from Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids
(AHL).
FLORIDAPANTHERSAssigned GJacob Mark-
strom to San Antonio (AHL). Called up G Scott
Clemmensen from a conditioning assignment at
San Antonio.
OTTAWA SENATORS Reassigned F Nikita Fil-
atov to Binghamton (AHL).
ST. LOUISBLUESRecalled DIan Cole fromPe-
oria (AHL).
American Hockey League
GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS Signed F Nick Os-
lund to a professional tryout agreement.
ST. JOHNSICECAPSReassigned DJake Mar-
to to Colorado (ECHL).
SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE Reassigned F Gar-
rett Wilson to Cincinnati (ECHL). Returned F David
Marshall and F Jake Hauswirth to Rio Grande Val-
ley (CHL).
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS Signed D Brett Leb-
da to a professional tryout agreement.
COLLEGE
GEORGEMASONSuspendedmens basketball
GAndre Cornelius10 games after pleading guilty to
misdemeanor credit card fraud.
KENNESAW STATE Added womens lacrosse
to begin play in the spring of 2013.
MISSISSIPPI Announced the resignations of
football coach Houston Nutt, effective at the end of
the season, and athletic director Pete Boone, by the
end of 2012.
PENN STATE Placed athletic director Tim Curl-
ey on administrative leave. Named associate athlet-
ic director for administration Mark Sherburne inter-
im athletic director.
H O C K E Y
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh........... 15 9 3 3 21 45 34
Philadelphia....... 14 8 4 2 18 56 44
N.Y. Rangers..... 13 7 3 3 17 35 29
New Jersey........ 12 6 5 1 13 30 34
N.Y. Islanders.... 11 4 5 2 10 23 29
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto............... 14 9 4 1 19 45 46
Buffalo ................ 13 8 5 0 16 36 28
Ottawa ................ 15 7 7 1 15 45 55
Montreal ............. 13 5 6 2 12 34 36
Boston ................ 12 5 7 0 10 34 28
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington........ 12 9 3 0 18 48 33
Tampa Bay ......... 14 7 5 2 16 44 46
Florida................. 13 6 4 3 15 34 36
Carolina.............. 14 5 6 3 13 35 47
Winnipeg............ 14 5 7 2 12 35 45
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago............ 14 8 3 3 19 46 42
Nashville........... 13 7 4 2 16 35 34
Detroit ............... 12 6 5 1 13 29 29
St. Louis ........... 13 6 7 0 12 32 35
Columbus......... 14 2 11 1 5 31 53
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Edmonton........... 13 8 3 2 18 30 22
Minnesota .......... 13 7 3 3 17 30 26
Colorado............. 14 7 6 1 15 40 42
Vancouver.......... 15 7 7 1 15 45 44
Calgary............... 13 6 6 1 13 30 32
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Dallas................. 13 10 3 0 20 40 31
Phoenix.............. 13 7 4 2 16 38 36
San Jose............ 12 7 4 1 15 37 33
Los Angeles ...... 13 6 4 3 15 28 28
Anaheim............ 14 5 6 3 13 27 40
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss.
Sunday's Games
Tampa Bay 4, Florida 3, SO
Dallas 5, Carolina 2
N.Y. Rangers 3, Winnipeg 0
Vancouver 6, Chicago 2
Calgary 2, Colorado 1
Monday's Games
N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, late
Today's Games
Winnipeg at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Florida at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m.
Carolina at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Nashville at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
American Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
St. Johns................... 14 9 2 3 0 21 50 38
Providence ................ 14 6 7 1 0 13 32 44
Manchester................ 14 5 8 0 1 11 37 40
Worcester .................. 8 4 2 0 2 10 26 22
Portland...................... 10 4 5 0 1 9 27 33
East Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Norfolk........................ 13 8 4 0 1 17 51 38
Penguins .................. 11 7 2 1 1 16 36 23
Hershey ..................... 11 6 3 2 0 14 37 31
Syracuse.................... 11 5 3 2 1 13 41 41
Binghamton............... 13 5 6 1 1 12 34 40
Northeast Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Connecticut ............... 12 7 2 1 2 17 37 32
Adirondack ................ 11 7 3 0 1 15 37 30
Bridgeport .................. 12 6 5 1 0 13 37 42
Albany ........................ 13 6 6 0 1 13 31 41
Springfield ................. 12 6 6 0 0 12 34 37
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Charlotte.................... 13 8 4 1 0 17 38 32
Milwaukee.................. 10 7 2 0 1 15 28 21
Peoria......................... 13 5 6 1 1 12 42 41
Chicago...................... 11 4 5 0 2 10 22 27
Rockford .................... 10 4 6 0 0 8 27 36
North Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Toronto....................... 12 6 4 2 0 14 39 35
Rochester .................. 13 5 5 2 1 13 37 44
Hamilton..................... 11 5 5 1 0 11 26 31
Grand Rapids............ 11 5 6 0 0 10 25 31
Lake Erie.................... 14 4 9 1 0 9 25 42
West Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Houston ..................... 13 8 2 0 3 19 43 35
Oklahoma City .......... 11 8 2 0 1 17 38 26
Abbotsford................. 12 7 4 1 0 15 31 28
Texas ......................... 11 6 5 0 0 12 42 39
San Antonio............... 10 4 6 0 0 8 23 33
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point
for an overtime or shootout loss.
Sunday's Games
Portland 4, Manchester 1
St. Johns 4, Bridgeport 3
Norfolk 3, Providence 0
Texas 4, San Antonio 0
Rochester 6, Syracuse 5, OT
Toronto 6, Houston 2
Charlotte 4, Rockford 2
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Today's Games
Chicago at Hamilton, 10 a.m.
Toronto at Oklahoma City, 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday's Games
Portland at Manchester, 11 a.m.
Rockford at Grand Rapids, 12 p.m.
Binghamton at Hershey, 7 p.m.
Penguins at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
L U Z E R N E
C O U N T Y C U P
U-18 Championship Game
Nanticoke 2
Back Mountain 1
Nanticoke claimed the Cup with a 2-1win over Back
Mountain. All goals werescoredinthesecondquar-
ter.
Back Mountainscoredfirst withNanticokes Brittany
Sugalski answering with a goal within 2 minutes on
a pass from Alex Krysiuk to tie the score. With a
minute left in the quarter Cassie Yalch headed in
the winning goal on a corner kick from Brittany Su-
galski.
Defense fromBrooke Chapin, Sammy Nice & Cas-
sie Yalch, as well asgoaltending by Shelby Divers
on Nanticoke helped them secure the win.
F O O T B A L L
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England .......................... 5 3 0 .625 222 184
N.Y. Jets ................................. 5 3 0 .625 199 163
Buffalo..................................... 5 3 0 .625 222 174
Miami ....................................... 1 7 0 .125 138 169
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston................................... 6 3 0 .667 236 157
Tennessee.............................. 4 4 0 .500 156 169
Jacksonville............................ 2 6 0 .250 98 163
Indianapolis............................. 0 9 0 .000 128 283
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore................................. 6 2 0 .750 208 130
Cincinnati ................................ 6 2 0 .750 195 140
Pittsburgh................................ 6 3 0 .667 196 162
Cleveland................................ 3 5 0 .375 119 170
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City............................. 4 4 0 .500 131 201
San Diego ............................... 4 4 0 .500 199 204
Oakland................................... 4 4 0 .500 184 216
Denver..................................... 3 5 0 .375 171 224
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants.............................. 6 2 0 .750 198 184
Dallas ...................................... 4 4 0 .500 179 175
Philadelphia............................ 3 5 0 .375 203 182
Washington ............................ 3 5 0 .375 127 158
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans........................... 6 3 0 .667 287 205
Atlanta ..................................... 5 3 0 .625 189 170
Tampa Bay.............................. 4 4 0 .500 147 196
Carolina................................... 2 6 0 .250 187 207
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay............................. 8 0 0 1.000 275 179
Detroit.................................... 6 2 0 .750 239 147
Chicago................................. 5 3 0 .625 200 174
Minnesota............................. 2 6 0 .250 172 199
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco......................... 7 1 0 .875 206 118
Seattle...................................... 2 6 0 .250 122 185
Arizona.................................... 2 6 0 .250 162 196
St. Louis .................................. 1 7 0 .125 100 211
Sunday's Games
Dallas 23, Seattle 13
Miami 31, Kansas City 3
New Orleans 27, Tampa Bay 16
Houston 30, Cleveland 12
San Francisco 19, Washington 11
N.Y. Jets 27, Buffalo 11
Atlanta 31, Indianapolis 7
Denver 38, Oakland 24
Cincinnati 24, Tennessee 17
Green Bay 45, San Diego 38
Arizona 19, St. Louis 13, OT
N.Y. Giants 24, New England 20
Baltimore 23, Pittsburgh 20
Open: Carolina, Detroit, Jacksonville, Minnesota
Monday's Game
Chicago 30, Philadelphia 24
Thursday, Nov. 10
Oakland at San Diego, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 13
Buffalo at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Washington at Miami, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Houston at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 4:15 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets, 8:20 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 14
Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.
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S P O R T S
Two top Penn
State adminis-
trators are
gone, out the
door so quickly
they didnt even
last the first
weekend of a
scandal far more distressing
than any in a sport plagued with
scandals.
Athletic director Tim Curley
and university vice president
Gary Schultz have more to
worry about than their jobs.
They turned themselves in
Monday and face possible pris-
on time for lying to a grand jury
and for not reporting to proper
authorities the allegations of
sexual misconduct by former
defensive coordinator Jerry
Sandusky.
My guess is that university
president Graham Spanier
who was not charged will be
the next to go. He did himself
no favors by immediately leap-
ing to the defense of his two
accused subordinates in the
sordid case, though he may
have thought he had little
choice.
This is a guy, after all, who
testified before the grand jury
that all he knew in 2002 was
that it was Jerry Sandusky in
the football building locker area
in the shower with a younger
child and they were horsing
around in the shower.
Thats all. Just a grown man
naked in the shower with a
naked little boy not related to
him.
Nothing to see there. Lets
move on.
University presidents come
and go, though, without anyone
paying too much attention.
They dont win football games,
and not one of them is the win-
ningest major college football
coach ever.
Joe Paterno does, and he is.
My initial reaction was to give
Paterno a grudging pass in this
whole mess because he immedi-
ately reported the 2002 allega-
tions to his superiors, presum-
ably with the assumption that
they would do the right thing.
The tendency for all of us, I
suppose, is to want to give the
benefit of the doubt to someone
who has spent 46 seasons
coaching the same team, with
hardly a whiff of wrongdoing
surrounding the program.
Besides, my guess is that with
the coach growing increasingly
frail and a new administration
arriving in the wake of the scan-
dal, this could be Paternos last
season no matter what happens.
There comes a time, though,
to put aside the respect for
everything Paterno has accom-
plished in Happy Valley. A time
to think about what would hap-
pen to any other coach who had
these kind of things happen on
his watch.
A time to take a stand, no
matter how difficult it might be.
That time is now, and what
has to happen is clear. No one
can sit on the fence on this one,
no matter how much Paterno
has done for Penn State and
how much the octogenarian
coach might mean to the uni-
versity and the game of college
football.
It almost hurts to say it: Joe
has to go.
Not at the end of the regular
season. Not after the big bowl
game the No. 12 Nittany Lions
will almost certainly play in.
Paterno needs to step down
now. There is no other option.
He was Sanduskys boss for
32 years, including a portion of
the period from1994 on that
Sandusky was charged with
sexually assaulting eight differ-
ent boys. He had complete
control of the football program
at Penn State, and the crimes
that are alleged occurred on his
watch.
Paterno will have to answer
for how that happened, and
heres hoping that he does bet-
ter with that than he did Sun-
day night when he issued a
statement that basically said no
one could have known what was
happening when in fact he
and the people around him were
told years ago that terrible
things were happening.
The fact that someone we
thought we knew might have
harmed young people to this
extent is deeply troubling,
Paterno said. If this is true we
were all fooled, along with
scores of professionals trained
in such things, and we grieve for
the victims and their families.
The really troubling thing is
that there likely are even more
victims because of what Paterno
and others didnt do in 2002.
That includes the graduate
assistant himself, identified as
Mike McQueary, now the teams
wide receivers coach and
recruiting coordinator.
They didnt call police. They
didnt notify child abuse author-
ities. They didnt try to find out
the identity of the young boy.
And they didnt stop Sand-
usky from doing anything, other
than making it more difficult for
him to bring other young boys
to the football complex.
Paterno is used to giving
lectures, not getting them. But
lets hope he was listening today
when Pennsylvania state police
commissioner Frank Noonan
said that fulfilling his legal re-
quirement to report the 2002
incident to his supervisors
wasnt nearly enough.
Somebody has to question
about what I would consider the
moral requirements for a human
being that knows of sexual
things that are taking place with
a child, Noonan said. I think
you have the moral responsib-
ility, anyone. Not whether
youre a football coach or a
university president or the guy
sweeping the building. I think
you have a moral responsibility
to call us.
For reasons known only to
him, Paterno failed that respon-
sibility. A coach who took pride
in disciplining his players for
even the smallest violations to
maintain a clean program for
some inexplicable reason didnt
follow through on something far
more important than a win or
loss on the football field.
Unfortunately, you cant lead
a program with the slogan Suc-
cess with Honor when the
honor has been stripped away.
There is no way to recover from
this mess, even if it wasnt large-
ly of his own making.
Its a terribly sad way to end a
great career.
Not to mention a very sad day
in Happy Valley.
Its time to take a stand: Joe has to go
OPINION
T I M D A H L B E R G
Tim Dahlberg is a national sports
columnist for The Associated Press.
Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or
http://twitter.com/timdahlberg
and Lauren Skudalski.
Thats not unusual for any
team to lose seniors, and its not
unusual for Seminarytograduate
all-staters. But this seasons
young group has come together
after some rough patches.
It was different because last
year we were underdogs, all-
state senior AshLeigh Sebia said.
Weve been working hard and
gettingbetter (this season). It on-
ly took 20 games. Twentys obvi-
ously a charm for us.
The Blue Knights hit a skid in
October, going 2-5-1 in a 22-day
stretch. Thewins duringthespell
were drubbings of Abington
Heights and Nanticoke.
The losses were to powers in-
cluding Eastern (N.J.) and Sa-
cred Heart (Ky.), as well as state
tourney teams Wyoming Valley
West and Crestwood so Semi-
nary appeared to be a contender
for second-best in the District 2
hunt.
All seasonwekindof hungour
heads low after losses, senior
Kristian Stefanides said. Weve
been trying to figure out our
game.
But theteamhas ralliedtogeth-
er and emerged a more powerful
group. After a late goal to down
Dallas in the district semifinals,
the Blue Knights made a Marra
Wagner goal stand up against
Crestwood in the district final for
their first district crown since
2008.
Not a lot of people expected
us to win going in, Sebia said.
We got a lot of confidence from
that.
Our teamchemistry really de-
veloped in that game, senior
Ann Romanowski said. We
know theres more pressure on
us, but we really came together.
It was the first game we really
all played together, Stefanides
said. We definitely showed what
we can do.
Now, Seminary gets a first
round rematch with Donegal
(14-5) tonight at 7 at Wyoming
Valley West. Last year, a 4-3 Blue
Knights victory after the play-in
games required of the District 2
runner-up sparked Sem to its
most recent title.
Weve played them four
times, Klassner said. They are
really good. We saw them play
Saturday. They are quick and
well coached, and play in a pretty
strong league.
It helps us not tohave totravel
there to play, said Sebia, recall-
ing last years trip to Hershey af-
ter a pair of play-in games. The
travel can be tiring. We enjoyed
getting to work on our offense
and our defense. Just to come
here and work out every day has
been great.
They come in with confidence
found during their district cham-
pionship game. They were with-
out Julia Grosek, a sophomore
who was lost earlier this season.
They played the final without
starting goalie Ellie McDougal,
who is likely lost for the season
due to illness. Hannah Dressler, a
junior, stepped into goal for the
Blue Knights and made eight
saves against Crestwood.
Marra Wagner, a junior who
scored the only goal of the dis-
trict final, is expected to miss to-
days game.
We have three starters out, so
weve had to reposition some
kids, Klassner said. Someof the
juniors have really played strong.
Hannah played a very strong
game in goal. We werent sure if
she was ready yet because she
didnt have the playing experi-
ence, but she stepped up and
played really well.
SEMINARY
Continued from Page 1B
Crestwood (20-3) tries its hand
tonight at the Wyoming Seminary
path to a state championship. The
District 2 Class 2A runner-up
opens against Greenwood for a
second consecutive season. This
season, Greenwood (16-1-2) is the
District 3 runner-up despite an
undefeated regular season.
The Comets are making their
seventh appearance in the state
tournament in the past eight
years. During that stretch, Crest-
wood has won its first round game
in all but one of those seven ap-
pearances. They are paced by
Anna Dessoye, a Maryland recruit
who has 25 goals and 58 points
this season.
Their game is at 6 p.m. at Lower
Dauphin.
In the Class 3A bracket, Wyoming
Valley West is back in the tourna-
ment for a second consecutive
season. The Spartans, who last
won a state title in 2003, will host
District 11 runner-up Whitehall at 7
p.m. on Crestwoods home turf.
The Zephyrs (19-3-1) have lost two
of their previous four games. In
fact, all of Whitehalls losses have
come at the hands of Emmaus this
season.
A balanced Wyoming Valley West
offense is led by Riki Stefanides
(20 goals), Kelcie Hromisin (19)
and Maura Anistranski (18).
C O M E T S , S PA R TA N S
A L S O P L AY T O D AY
PHILADELPHIA Joe
Frazier, the former heavy-
weight champion who handed
Muhammad Ali his first defeat
yet had to live forever in his
shadow, died Monday night
after a brief final fight with
liver cancer. He was 67.
The family issued a release
confirming the boxers death.
Frazier, who took on Ali in
three momentous fights in the
1970s including the epic
Thrilla in Manilla had
been under home hospice care
after being diagnosed just
weeks ago with the cancer that
took his life, a family friend
said. Until then, Frazier had
been doing regular autograph
appearances, including one in
Las Vegas in September.
Smokin Joe was a small yet
ferocious fighter who smoth-
ered his opponents with punch-
es, including a devastating left
hook he used to end many of
his fights early. It was the left
hook that dropped Ali in the
15th round at Madison Square
Garden in 1971 to seal a win in
the so-called Fight of the
Century.
Though he beat Ali in that
fight, Frazier lost the final two
and for many years was bitter
about the role Ali forced him to
play as his foil.
Frazier was diagnosed last
month with the disease, his
personal and business manager
said. Leslie Wolff, who has
been Fraziers manager for
seven years, said the boxer had
been in out and out of the
hospital since early October
and receiving hospice treat-
ment the last week.
Frazier was the first man to
beat Ali, knocking him down
and taking a decision in the
so-called Fight of the Century
in 1971. He would go on to lose
two more fights to Ali, in-
cluding the epic Thrilla in
Manila bout.
Frazier was bitter for many
years about the way Ali treated
him then. More recently, he
said he had forgiven Ali for
repeatedly taunting him.
While the Fight of the Cen-
tury is celebrated in boxing
lore, Ali and Frazier put on an
even better show in their third
fight, held in a sweltering are-
na in Manila as part of Alis
world tour of fights in 1975.
Nearly blinded by Alis punch-
es, Frazier still wanted to go
out for the 15th round of the
fight but was held back by
trainer Eddie Futch in a bout
Ali would later say was the
closest thing to death he could
imagine.
B O X I N G
AP PHOTO
Muhammad Ali crouches on the canvas as Joe Frazier circles in
the background after Ali slipped during the 11th round of their
title fight at Madison Square Garden in New York in March 1971.
Family: Frazier dies
after fight with cancer
The Associated Press
NEW YORK NBA players
are facing a Wednesday after-
noon deadline to accept the
leagues current proposal or face
a harsher one that calls for roll-
ing back their salaries, and
Commissioner David Stern said
Monday the only rational thing
todois for us tomake that deal.
We think that theres a great
offer on the table and what we
told the players is its getting
late, the only rational thing to
do is for us to make that deal be-
cause given whats going on in
our business and our industry,
itll get worse fromthere, Stern
said during an interview on
ESPN.
That proposal calls for players
to receive anywhere between 49
and 51 percent of basketball-re-
lated income, though players ar-
gue it would be nearly impossi-
ble for them to get anywhere
above 50.2. Stern said the next
one will call for a 53-47 split in
the owners favor, along with es-
sentially a hard salary cap.
The second proposal also
calls for existing contracts
rolled back in proportion to sys-
tem changes in order to ensure
sufficient market for free
agents, a person who has been
briefed on its contents told The
Associated Press on condition
of anonymity because the con-
tents were supposed to remain
private.
Therollbacks werepreviously
reported by CBSSports.com
and The New York Times,
which obtained a copy of the let-
ter Stern sent to union execu-
tive director Billy Hunter on
Sunday along with both docu-
ments.
The league had sought to roll
back existing contracts to con-
formtoa newcollective bargain-
ing agreement during an earlier
proposal, but had since taken it
off the table.
Stern set the deadline early
Sunday morning after owners
and players met for more than
eight hours with federal media-
tor George Cohen. Owners have
been insistent on not going be-
yond a 50-50 split of revenues,
though some would prefer the
league had already demanded
the 53-47 split.
N B A L A B O R D I S P U T E
Stern: Rational thing
for union is to take deal
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
BOSTON Nathan Horton
had two goals and an assist, and
Tuukka Rask stopped 24 shots to
earnhisfirst winof theseasonand
leadtheBostonBruinstoa6-2vic-
tory over the NewYork Islanders.
The win pulled the defending
StanleyCupchampionsoutof last
place in the Eastern Conference.
The have won three in a row for
the first time this season.
Evgeni Nabokov allowed three
goals on 12 shots before he was
pulledjust12:40intothegame. Al
Montoya went the rest of the way
and made 21 saves for the Islan-
ders.
New York pulled the goalie
down5-2with4:02left, andDavid
Krejci scored an empty-netter
with2:48 to play.
N H L
Bruins Rask earns 1st win, beating Isles
The Associated Press
the second quarter.
That scoring run came just af-
ter Eagles wide receiver/return
man DeSean Jackson flubbed a
punt and Hurd - a special teams
ace with Dallas the last few
years - pounced on it.
Williams also caught a 14-
yard pass on Chicagos second
drive of the game as the Bears
dominated the first half.
Chicago found its rhythm
early, as Matt Forte got loose for
runs of 25 and 14 yards on a
game-opening 79-yard scoring
march capped when Cutler
found Spaeth in the end zone
with the games first score.
The Bears added to that
when Cutler connected with
Bennett for 26 yards, setting up
Robbie Goulds 51-yard field
goal early in the second quarter.
The Eagles matched it, when
Alex Henery kicked a 47-yard
field goal and, three plays later,
Eagles linebacker Brian Rolle
stripped away a fumble, reco-
vered it and roared scampered
22 yards for a touchdown that
tied the game just 1:38 before
halftime.
Barbers burst gave the Bears
a touchdown lead at halftime,
but in the second half, the Ea-
gles bounced right back.
They leaned on Vick, who
completed six passes for 60
yards while leading an 80-yard
march that didnt end until Ron-
nie Brown sprinted straight up
the middle on a four-yard touch-
down run to open the third
quarter.
The Eagles didnt stop there.
After another fumble recov-
ery, LeSean McCoy darted 33
yards for a touchdown, giving
the Eagles their only lead, 24-
17.
The Bears cut into that with
Goulds second of three field
goals, a 38-yarder with 21 sec-
onds left in the third quarter
that pulled Chicago within four
points.
Cutlers touchdown toss to a
wide open Bennett boosted the
Bears into a 27-24 lead, and
Goulds 22-yard field goal with
3:58 remaining on the clock
sealed Philadelphias fate with
3:58 on the clock.
That final scoring march
came after a curious call by the
Eagles, who tried to pull a fake
punt from Chicagos 42-yard
line.
Punter Chas Henry had the
right play and had a man open
in Colt Anderson on the pass
play, but didnt have enough
arm to get him the ball.
That wasnt the last time the
Eagles were left short.
The Eagles moved into Chi-
cago territory on their final pos-
session, but it ended when re-
ceiver Jeremy Maclin fell down
after catching Vicks eight-yard
pass on fourth down.
He came up a yard short of
extending the march, along
with Philadelphias comeback
hopes.
EAGLES
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S P O R T S
WILKES-BARRE Boris Vala-
bik watched two of his team-
mates get called up to Pittsburgh
last week to fill vacancies on the
blueline and wondered if one of
those calls wouldve been for
him.
Id be lying is if I said I didnt
think about that, Valabik said.
The 6-7, 245-pound defense-
man has been sidelined with a
knee injury ever since signing as
a free agent with Pittsburgh in
the off-season. He cleared waiv-
ers last week and reported to
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with
hopes of reclaiming his NHL
dream.
Valabik, who was drafted by
Atlanta with the 10th pick in the
first round of the 2004 draft, has
appeared in 80 NHL games since
2008, posting seven assists and
210 penalty minutes.
Its a place where Valabik
knows he can play, but he has to
get healthy first.
Valabik has been practicing
with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and
said his knee is returning to
form. But he isnt goingtorushit.
We just dont knowif its good
enough where I could play con-
tinuously, and thats the focus,
Valabik said after Mondays prac-
tice at Coal Street.
Im getting frustrated with it,
but we want to take it slowly. Id
rather take a longer time now so
Im100 percent and to the point I
can play game after game with-
out having to take time off.
Head coach John Hynes prac-
tices have been critical to his re-
covery, Valabik said. Hynes tai-
lors his practices so they feature
a lot of fast tempo, game-pace,
and Valabik is no stranger to the
style.
It brings me back to my junior
days when practices were high
tempo and competitive, he said.
I love that. Thats what gets you
prepared.
On Monday Valabik went hard
for about half the practice before
leaving the ice. Hynes said that
was by design.
Were trying to have him go
hard for short periods of time so
he can practice at a game pace
but it doesnt fatigue him where
he gets hurt gain, Hynes said.
Thats fine with Valabik, who
said even though he has only
known Hynes and assistant
coachAlainNasreddine for a cou-
ple weeks, he knows hes in good
hands.
My coach in juniors was hard,
but honest and fair. The coaches
here are the same way, Valabik
said. They demand hard work
and theyll reward you for it.
After he gets healthy, Valabik
hopes that reward will earn hima
trip back to the NHL. That is, af-
ter all, why he decided to sign
with Pittsburgh.
I wanted a chance to prove I
could play in the NHL and it
sounded like they are willing to
give me that chance, Valabik
said. But I also knowI amwith a
neworganization and I have a lot
to learn. Thats why Im here.
A H L
Valabik working to get healthy for Penguins
By TOM VENESKY
tvenesky@timesleader.com
Craig practices, will be a game-time decision
Captain Ryan Craig went through a full practice on Monday and
will be a game-time decision for Wednesdays contest in Norfolk.
Goaltender Brad Thiessen hasnt lost in regulation since the Oct. 8
season opener and is tied for the AHL in wins with seven. He has
also won his last six starts, earning two shutout and allowing six
goals in that span. Hynes likes to keep playing the hot goaltender,
but he acknowledged that at some point he will have to rest
Thiessen and get veteran backup Scott Munroe into the lineup.
Munroe is a guy we know can play and long-term, to be successful,
you need two goalies that can play, Hynes said. Our schedule picks
up with some weekday games and three-in-fours with tough travel,
so Scott will get some time.
The Patriot League an-
nounced its field hockey awards
last weekend and two area
athletes earned top honors.
Lafayette freshman Brittany
Blass (Crestwood) was named
Rookie of the Year and Lehigh
sophomore Sierra Segear of
Wilkes-Barre (Wyoming Semi-
nary) was named Goalkeeper of
the Year.
Blass started all 19 games for
the 11-8 Leopards, who cap-
tured the league title and will
compete in the NCAA Division
I Tournament starting this
week. She had four goals and
seven assists for 15 points with
two game-winners.
Brittany has just had a tre-
mendous impact on our team,
coach Andrew Griffiths said.
Im really pleased she was
recognized with the award. She
couldnt be more deserving. She
is going to be a force for our
team over the next three years.
Segear posted a 6-9 record for
the 6-12 Mountain Hawks, who
were beaten 5-0 by Lafayette in
the league semifinals. She had
18 saves in the game. On the
season, she gave up 51 goals
and had 184 saves. The latter
averages out to 11.8 saves per
game, second in Division I. Her
save percentage (.783) ranks
eighth.
I have been impressed with
Sierra all year, Lehigh coach
Stacey Blue said. She is a
natural leader and comes to
play every game. She was defi-
nitely a huge reason why we
made it to the league tourna-
ment.
MORE HONORS FOR KEL-
SEY North Carolina field
hockey standout Kelsey Kolojej-
chick better find a bigger area
to display her trophies.
Kolojejchick, from Larksville
(Wyoming Seminary), earned a
pair of honors last weekend as
she helped the Tar Heels cap-
ture the Atlantic Coast Confer-
ence title with a 2-1 victory
over Duke. She was named the
leagues Offensive Player of the
Year and earned a spot on the
All-Tournament team.
The 5-foot-2 junior has scored
45 points (tops in the league)
on 19 goals and five assists. She
has five game-winners.
Kelsey has really improved
this season, coach Karen Shel-
ton said. Shes really growing
up as a player and working so
hard offensively and defensive-
ly. She poses matchup problems
for any team she plays.
Kolojejchick has played both
in the front and at midfield for
the Tar Heels this season.
To see Kelsey lead the
league in goals while playing a
lot of time in the midfield is
really something thats unique,
Shelton said.
And, Kolojejchick will pick up
some additional hardware in
the coming weeks. Shes a two-
time All-American and a cinch
to add another trophy when
that team is announced. She
was also South Region Player of
the Year last season and is in
the running to win that honor
again.
PYROS HELPS TIGERS
The Princeton field hockey
team captured its seventh
straight Ivy League title with a
3-0 victory over Penn last week-
end and one of the key perform-
ers on the squad is senior mid-
fielder Alyssa Pyros.
Pyros (Dallas), who has
played on four straight Ivy title
teams, has three assists, a de-
fensive save and helped the
Tigers record three shutouts
this season.
Alyssa has been her usual
reliable self this season on both
sides of the ball, coach Kristen
Winn said. Her consistency
and attention to detail make
her invaluable to our team.
The coach feels that Pyros
has stepped it up another notch
for her final season.
In addition to the consis-
tency, Alyssa has been so
threatening inside our attacking
side. She has been involved one
way or another in the majority
of our goal scoring chances.
Pyros entered the season
having played in 45 games and
starting 37.
NCAAS FOR EDWARDS
Mansfields Brenae Edwards
will be competing in the NCAA
Division II Cross Country
Championships Sunday, Nov. 20
in Spokane, WA.
Edwards (Hazleton Area)
earned the berth by finishing
third in the Atlantic Regionals
last Saturday in Slippery Rock.
The grad student finished with
a 6k time of 21:50 and trailed
only four-time champion Neely
Spence and Katie Spratford,
both of Shippensburg.
This will be the first NCAA
cross country championship for
Edwards, who sat out last sea-
son with an injury. She finished
sixth in both the PSAC Cham-
pionship and the Atlantic Re-
gionals in 2009.
PRATT DOING THE JOB
Junior Eric Pratt (Tunkhan-
nock) is starting at left guard
on offense for the West Chester
football team which is 5-5 over-
all and 4-3 in the PSAC East
after a 49-13 victory over Mil-
lersville last Saturday.
Pratt, a 6-foot-5, 275-pounder,
has helped the Golden Rams
average 365.4 yards in total
offense (192.5 passing and 172.8
rushing).
Eric has improved tremen-
dously this year with his move
to guard from tackle, coach
Bill Zwaan said. He moves
very well for a big man and that
fits into our sweep and counter
schemes. The move has also
improved his pass blocking.
The Golden Rams have been
sacked just twice in 10 games.
They close their regular season
in a non-league game against
Indiana Saturday in West Ches-
ter.
JACOBER LEADS THE WAY
The Delaware Valley field
hockey team was just 3-14 on
the season but the team got a
standout effort from junior
midfielder Rony Jacober.
Jacober (Hazleton Area) had
two goals and three assists for
seven points but thats just half
the story according to coach
Carol Di Girolamo.
Rony had a great year indi-
vidually, the coach said. She
really took a young team under
her wing and tried to teach
them and lead them on the
field.
Because of the youth on the
squad, Di Girolamo had to
move Jacober around on the
field, playing both in the for-
ward line and at midfield.
Each year, Rony has im-
proved greatly, the coach said.
You can just see that the work
she puts in during the summer
is paying off.
The coach is looking forward
to next season.
With the addition of some
key recruits, I feel that Rony
will be able to do more offen-
sively on the field, Di Girola-
mo said.
MOVE HELPS KEENE
Sophomore Korbin Keene
(Wyoming Valley West) was
moved from outside midfielder
to center midfielder for the
Pitt-Bradford mens soccer team
this season. It didnt hurt his
offensive performance. He fin-
ished with six goals and an
assist for 13 points (second best
on the team) and had a goal in
a 2-0 victory over Pitt-Green-
burg in the first round of the
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate
Conference playoffs and had
two goals in a 4-3 loss to PSU-
Behrend in the semifinals.
Korbin really fit into our
way of playing, coach Darek
Panol said. I know hes more
natural playing outside but he
helps us in the middle because
of his high level of technical
and tactical abilities.
Two freshmen who played at
Coughlin High also saw plenty
of action for the Panthers, who
finished 7-9-2 overall and 6-2-1
in AMCC play. They are Jake
Karavitch and Bobby Sorokas.
Karavitch, a midfielder, had
an assist in the Pitt-Greenburg
game and scored his first colle-
giate goal in a 4-1 victory over
Franciscan. He played in 16
games and started one.
Jake is a very creative player
who has an opportunity to
become a potent outside mid-
fielder or forward for us, Panol
said.
Sorokas played in 14 games
with five starts and had an
assist.
Bobby played multiple posi-
tions this year but injuries
throughout the season slowed
him down, Panol said. But
the future is bright for him. In
fact, I think that all three of
them will be a very big part of
our success in the years to
come.
SUSEK ON TITLE TEAM
Senior Heather Susek (Cough-
lin) is a key member of the
Syracuse field hockey team,
which defeated Connecticut 3-2
last Sunday to capture the Big
East title and earn a trip to the
NCAA Tournament. It was the
teams second straight cham-
pionship.
Susek, a forward, was second
on the team in scoring with 17
goals and six assists for 40
points. She had three game-
winners.
The Orange, who posted a
13-0 record at home and are
ranked fifth in the nation, will
take an 18-3 record into the
tournament. Syracuse was bea-
ten 3-2 in overtime in the sec-
ond round by Ohio State in last
years tourney.
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the Final Four two years ago.
Our swings against Dunmore
were good, and we had only
seven missed serves.
Towanda (18-2) is fresh off
a 3-0 victory over Troy in the
District 4 title match. The
Black Knights only losses
were to Wellsboro and Troy
during the regular season.
Were pretty familiar with
Towanda, said Kablick.
Weve faced them in states
for the last three years. They
are big, talented and experi-
enced. They may have a home
court advantage because
theyre familiar with the gym,
and we have a two-hour bus
ride.
The Black Knights are led
by senior middle hitter Tori
Welliver and sophomore out-
side hitter Ali Wickwire.
The 6-foot Wickwire had 16
kills and five blocks against
Troy, while the 5-11 Wickwire
posted nine kills and nine
blocks.
Welliver and Wickwire are
major offensive threats, Ka-
blick added. We have to de-
vise a game plan to try and
keep the ball outside, which
will force some of their small-
er players to do more hit-
ting.
Holy Redeemer is led by 6-
foot senior middle hitter Allie
Griswold, who paced the
Wyoming Valley Conference
with 378 kills, and also had
26 blocks. The Royals have a
pair of outstanding players in
junior setter Biz Eaton (567
assists, 225 service points)
and sophomore Sydney Kotch
(224 service points).
Griswold, a first team All
Stater last year, is the Royals
go-to player.
Shes a great player and is
there whenever we need her,
Kablick said.
According to Redeemer se-
nior middle hitter Danielle
Rose, the Royals raised their
play to a different level dur-
ing the district playoffs.
Our intensity is high and
making it to states is a re-
ward for all the hard work we
put in during the season, as
well as last summer, she
said. Were ready. I dont
think the long bus ride is go-
ing to have any effect on us.
ROYALS
Continued from Page 1B
tion, placed on administrative
leave. Paterno and Spanier are
not facing charges but are left to
deal with the biggest crisis of
their careersasnational attention
descends on Once-Happy Valley.
That will especially hit home
todayasPaternoholdshisweekly
press conference at roughly12:30
p.m. at Beaver Stadium. Though
Paternois not consideredatarget
in the investigation, many in at-
tendance will certainly not be
there to ask about the Cornhusk-
ers.
Anticipating that, Penn State
released a statement Monday
night saying that the primary fo-
cus of the teleconference is to an-
swer questions related to Penn
States senior day game with Ne-
braska this Saturday. Head coach
Joe Paterno and any Penn State
football student-athletes in at-
tendance will be answering ques-
tions about the Nebraska game,
Penn States season thus far and
othertopicsrelatedtothecurrent
college football season.
Reactions to the scandal con-
tinued to pour in Monday.
This is a criminal matter un-
der investigation by law enforce-
ment authorities and I will not
comment on details, NCAA
president Mark Emmert said in a
statement. However, I have read
the grandjury report andfindthe
alleged assaults appalling. As a
parent and an educator, the no-
tionthat anyonewoulduseaposi-
tionof trust toprey onchildrenis
despicable. Mythoughtsandcon-
cern goes out to the alleged vic-
tims and their families.
The situation has justifiably
dwarfed the Nittany Lions 8-1re-
cord as they head into their big-
gest game so far this season.
Penn State typically makes
about 10 players available for in-
terviewsduringagameweek, but
there will be just two speaking
over the next two days senior
tackle Chima Okoli today and se-
nior captain Drew Astorino on
Wednesday.
Members of the team have
largely been tight-lipped since re-
turning to campus, though a few
expressed thoughts online.
I believe this dark time is gun-
na (sic) bring everyone together
even more, senior linebacker
NateStuparpostedonhisTwitter
account. Adversity shows char-
acter and its time to showours.
Aseriesof postsontheaccount
of quarterback Matt McGloin
about the teams attitude for the
remainder of the season was fol-
lowed up an hour later by a post
saying that the account had been
hacked, and anything written
there on Monday should be ig-
nored.
A future Penn State player,
Wyoming Valley West standout
Eugene Lewis, is still firmly
committed to signing with the
Lions in February, according to
Spartans coach Pat Keating.
National perception of the uni-
versity and its football program
will be an issue for Penn State for
the foreseeable future.
At a press conference Monday,
state attorney general Linda Kel-
lywasaskedif Paternoandothers
not facing charges could have
done more to bring allegations
against Sandusky to light.
There is legal guilt and there
is moral guilt, Kelly said. (We)
are concerned with legal guilt.
Im not going to comment on
morality.
State police commissioner
Frank Noonan, a 30-year resident
of Clarks Summit, did just that.
I think you have the moral re-
sponsibility, Noonan said. Any-
one. Notwhetheryoureafootball
coachor a universitypresident or
the guy sweeping the building. I
thinkyouhaveamoral responsib-
ility to call us.
Evidence of a similar senti-
ment has beenseenoncampus as
well.
On Monday afternoon, photos
of the Paterno statue that stands
on the east side of Beaver Stadi-
um began to circulate as they
were posted to the Web.
Just belowthe replica of the fa-
miliar profile and thick glasses
hung a sign taped to the chest.
Written there was a line taken
fromPenn States alma mater.
May no act of ours bring
shame.
Regardless of what Paterno
does or does not say today, the
coach and the team will be deal-
ingwiththisfortherestof thesea-
son and beyond.
CIRCUS
Continued from Page 1B
CHICAGO Dale Sveum
felt as though he was seeing
the same pitch again when he
interviewed for the Chicago
Cubs managing job.
The Milwaukee Brewers hit-
ting coach says Monday the
process mirrored what he went
through in Boston last week,
with management firing simi-
lar questions his way and put-
ting him through a game sim-
ulation.
Whether he gets a chance to
replace Mike Quade in Chicago
or Terry Francona on the Red
Sox bench remains to be seen.
Sveum says those are the two
most prestigious jobs in base-
ball, if not sports.
Sveum has little experience
as a manager, other than an
interim stint for the Brewers
late in 2008 when he led them
to the playoffs. He also served
as Bostons third base coach
when Theo Epstein was the
general manager.
B A S E B A L L
Sveum interviews for Cubs job
By ANDREW SELIGMAN
AP Sports Writer
C M Y K
THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011 PAGE 5B
S P O R T S
CHARLOTTE, N.C. NAS-
CARfinedKyle Busch$50,000on
Monday and placed him on pro-
bation through the end of the
year for wrecking Ron Hornaday
under caution at Texas.
NASCAR also warned Busch
that he will be suspended indefi-
nitely if he is involved in any oth-
er action detrimental to stock
car racing or to NASCAR, or is
disruptive to the orderly conduct
of an event.
Busch was scheduled to run
only inthe Sprint CupSeries race
this weekend at Phoenix, its not
clear how many events he had
planned to enter in next weeks
season finales at Homestead.
Busch and Hornaday were rac-
ing each other early in Friday
nights Truck Series race at Texas
when Busch deliberately
wrecked Hornaday, a champion-
ship contender, under caution.
I lost my cool, no doubt about
it, Busch said after the wreck.
NASCAR, which pulled Busch
off the track after the wreck with
Hornaday, parked Busch for the
Saturday and Sunday races at
Texas as further punishment.
Busch became the first driver
since Robby Gordonin2007tobe
suspended from a Cup race. Ke-
vin Harvick was suspended in
2002.
Harvick and Gordon were
fined$35,000eachafter their sus-
pension, andbothwere placedon
probation through the end of the
year. They were alsowarnedwith
the exact same language used in
Mondays warning to Busch.
Busch could still face addition-
al discipline from Joe Gibbs Rac-
ing or sponsor M&Ms.
Michael McDowell replaced
Busch in Sundays Cup race, and
Busch watched it from atop the
JGR pit box.
I understand why I was taken
out of the car for the rest of the
weekend. NASCAR officials had
to act, and I accept their puni-
shment and take full responsibil-
ity for my actions, Busch wrote
Saturday in an apology letter
posted on his website.
As a racecar driver, the har-
dest thing to do is to sit on the
sidelines listening to cars on the
track when you knowyou should
be out there competing. For this,
I have no one to blame but my-
self.
Busch was a title contender at
the start of the 10-race Chase for
the Sprint Cup championship,
and he opened it tied with Har-
vick as the top seed. But he fal-
tered through the first few races
and has not been a threat.
Hes had a good deal of drama
this season, too.
Busch was on probation earlier
this season following a post-race,
pit-road confrontation at Darling-
ton with Harvick. He was cited
for careless and reckless driving,
and speeding after driving 128
mph in a 45 mph zone. He later
lost his North Carolina drivers li-
cense for 45 days as part of sen-
tence that included a $1,000 fine,
30 hours of community service
anda year of unsupervisedproba-
tion.
He clashed in the garage with
rival team owner Richard Chil-
dress at Kansas inJune andinten-
tionally wrecked Elliott Sadler
during the truck race at Bristol.
N A S C A R
AP PHOTO
Kyle Busch, who watched Sundays race from his teams pit, was
barred from driving in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide races at
Texas after he deliberately wrecked a driver in the Truck Series.
Busch gets
a fat fine
for dustup
He was hit with $50,000 fine
and was placed on probation
for rest of this year.
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AP Auto Racing Writer
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You need to
take a break,
take a rest,
Vonn said.
Most of the
time Im like, Im good. He
knows me really well, knows
when Ive had enough.
In between her season-open-
ing giant slalom win in Soelden,
Austria, nearly three weeks ago
and taking part in the U.S. Ski
Teams formal announcement of
the squad over the weekend,
Vonn has been all over the place.
She attended a ski ball in New
York, along with taking part in a
photo shoot for a sponsor and a
magazine story, before flying to
Las Vegas to participate in an
event for tennis great Andre
Agassis foundation.
Vonn of Vail, Colo. also found
time to speak with kids at an ele-
mentary school in Denver on be-
half of Vail Resorts and showed
up for a function at the Vail Ski
and Snowboard Academy,
where 15-year-old Parker McDo-
nald found the perfect last-min-
ute homecoming date in the
school lunch room. By finding
the nerve to ask Vonn to the
dance, he instantly became the
envy of all the boys inthe school,
possibly boys all over the world.
Parker was a great date. He
was a gentleman, said Vonn,
who posted pictures of the eve-
ning on her Facebook page. Its
pretty funny to think that my
first homecoming would come
at the age of 27.
Or that until Soelden she had
never wona WorldCupgiant sla-
lom event, especially since shes
been so dominant in everything
else.
That discipline has always
been her bugaboo, possibly even
costing her a fourth overall
crown last winter as she finished
three points behind Hoefl-
Riesch after the seasons final
race was called off because of
poor course conditions. Hoefl-
Riesch had a 192-158 advantage
in the giant slalom last season.
The disparity led Vonn to con-
centrate even more on improv-
ing that portion of her skiing,
spending even more time in a
San Diego gym working on her
explosive power to better navi-
gate the twisting and technical
courses.
She even switched over to a
mens versionof the giant slalom
ski for this season, simply be-
cause it provided more stability
and power.
Instant success.
And with her electric finish in
Soelden, Vonn became the fifth
female skier ever to win a race in
all five Alpine disciplines. Shes
also the second American skier
to complete the discipline
sweep, joining Bode Miller.
S K I I N G
Gold medalist goes to a dance
Vonn attended her first
homecoming event when
Colorado teen invited her.
By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
Vonn
C M Y K
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Local home prices slip
Home prices including distressed
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compared to the year earlier, after
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compared to August 2010, according to
real estate analyst CoreLogic. Exclud-
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prices fell 3.7 percent in September
and 5.1 percent in August.
Nationally, home prices excluding
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tember.
Overdraft fee deal near
A federal judge was asked Monday to
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settlement in a class-action lawsuit
affecting more than 13 million Bank of
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overdrafts during the past decade.
Attorneys for the bank and the cus-
tomers said the agreement was fair and
reasonable, even though customers
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Bank attorney Laurence Hutt said
13.2 million Bank of America custom-
ers who had debit cards between Janu-
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payment. Customers will receive a
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More borrowing in Sept.
Total consumer borrowing rose by
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Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway
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Berkshire bought almost $7 billion of
equity securities in the three months
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billion in the second quarter, the com-
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basis, surpassing equity investments in
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timesleader.com
IN THE SCI-FI mo-
vie Avatar, the
human characters
were able to experi-
ence an alien world
through the use of
advanced technol-
ogy.
While the sort of immersive expe-
rience shown in Avatar may be a
ways off, we have gottencloser to
making it a reality.
For years, weve had the ability to
build remote-controlled robots and
devices that could see or hear for us
from far away.
Thats two senses down, three to
go not bad, but hardly immersive.
But recently, scientists in Japan
have tipped the scales and brought
the sense of touch into the mix.
And theyve thrown some tech-
nology used in displaying 3-D virtual
reality imagery in for good measure.
Theyre calling the combination of
sight, hearing and touch telexis-
tence.
Using a 3-D/virtual reality display,
a user can control the robot, called
the TELESAR V, seeing what it sees,
hearing what it hears, and most
interestingly, feeling
what it feels.
In the past, the
technology had
been limited to
pressure sensitivity
you could tell
when the sensor was touching some-
thing, but that was about it.
Now, things like temperature,
shape and a limited degree of texture
sensitivity have been added. This
might not seem like a big deal, but
anyone whos done fine mechanical
work will tell you that being able to
feel is in some cases as important as
being able to see whats going on.
For dangerous mechanical work or
sensitive surgeries, the technology
opens up avenues of research that
were previously unexplored and
brings a new dimension to the con-
cept of telepresence.
The research group has stated that
its goal is to make you feel as if
youre really in another place.
How likely is it that the general
public will get to experience this sort
of technology any time soon?
The surprising answer is that its
possible to buy a remote-control
robot that can see and hear and
roam freely for just a few hundred
dollars. But for the immediate future,
devices as sophisticated as the TE-
LESAR might be confined to a uni-
versity or medical setting.
But like anything else, its likely
well be seeing, hearing and feeling
the presence of the TELESAR or its
descendants one day soon.
TECH TALK
N I C K D E L O R E N Z O
New technology brings avatars closer to reality
Nick DeLorenzo is director of interactive
and new media for The Times Leader. E-mail
him at ndelorenzo@timesleader.com.
A Japanese research robot can
feel temperature and texture.
NEWYORKBarnes &Noble un-
veiled a $249 Nook Tablet Monday
just ahead of the crucial holiday
shopping season as the book retailer
fights for a larger share of the lucra-
tive e-book market.
Tablets and e-book readers are go-
ing to be flying off the shelves before
the holidays, and Barnes & Noble
Inc. and Amazon are hoping to chal-
lenge Apple and its dominant iPad
for a piece of the holiday pie. The
Nook Tablet arrives just weeks after
Amazon released its $199 Kindle Fire
tablet. Barnes & Noble conceded on
price while offering more memory
and a product that it says has a long-
er battery life than the Kindle Fire.
But it cut the price on its Nook Col-
or, which doesnt have streaming ser-
vices, to $199, from $239. The Nook
Tablet will be in stores and shipped
to homes on Nov. 17. Like the Nook
Color, it has a 7-inch color touch-
screen. The tablet will come preload-
ed with apps from Netflix and Hulu.
Morningstar Analyst Peter Wahl-
strom said the tablet appears to be a
solid device, and that most features
were expected as part of the next it-
eration of the Nook Color.
Since introducing its first Nook in
2009, Barnes & Noble has spent
heavily on its e-book readers and e-
bookstore as people change the way
they read, and also to fight off tough
competition from discounters and
online retailers. The company has
struggled to turn a profit and saw its
rival, Borders Group Inc., seek bank-
ruptcy protection and then liquidate
its assets.
The Nook Tablet weighs less than
a pound, has a battery life that en-
ables nine hours of video watching
and comes with 16 gigabytes of mem-
ory with an expandable SD slot to
add memory.
Apple Inc.s iPad is the king of tab-
lets now. It starts at $499 for a bare-
bones version and costs $829 for the
most expensive model.
In addition to being available on-
line and at Barnes & Noble stores,
the Nook Tablet will be sold at a va-
riety of retailers including Target,
Best Buy, Staples and Frys.
Nook Tablet is out
NEWSCAST PHOTO
Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch holds the new Nook Tablet inside a Barnes
& Noble bookstore in New York on Monday.
Barnes & Noble challenges iPad
with $249 device just in time for
Christmas shopping season.
By MAE ANDERSON
AP Retail Writer
CHICAGO -- Groupons impact
on Chicago reaches far beyond
the daily-deal coupons emailedto
its customers in the third-largest
U.S. city that it calls home.
In little more than two years,
the companys total employees
have surged to more than 10,000
from37. Hundreds of those work-
ers live in the Chicago area, a
modest boost to a local economy
in which the most recent unem-
ployment rate was 10.5 percent
compared with 9 percent in Octo-
ber for the nation. Groupons
growth also has raised the citys
profile withtechnology investors.
While earlier Internet compa-
nies in Chicago spawned talk of
creating a Silicon Prairie, none of
them ever boasted the global rec-
ognition of Groupon. The compa-
nys expansion and initial public
offering that raised $700 million
offers startup companies some-
thing they can aspire to -- and is
refashioning howChicago sees it-
self.
We were never identified as a
tech city, said former Chicago
Mayor Richard M. Daley, a Grou-
pon booster whos now associat-
ed with the Chicago-based inter-
national law firm Katten Muchin
Rosenman. Weve identified the
cityas a citywithtechpeople, cre-
ative people, risk takers, and its
changed the whole image.
Regardless of its IPOs success,
the company has inspired a new
generation of business innova-
tors, said Jerry Roper, chief exec-
utive officer of the Chicagoland
Chamber of Commerce.
Groupon has helped to wake
up the aspiring entrepreneurs,
Roper said. That has sparked a
lot of excitement.
Groupon has more than 2,400
employees in its North America
operation, many of whomwork at
its headquarters at 600 W. Chica-
go Ave. The 1.5 million-square-
foot building is the former distri-
bution center for the catalog op-
eration of Montgomery Ward,
andsits onthe banks of the Chica-
go River north of downtown.
Newton, Mass.-based Common-
Wealth REITin August paid $390
million for the property, the
eighth-largest U.S. commercial
real estate deal in the third quar-
ter, according to data from Real
Capital Analytics, a New York-
based real estate research firm.
Groupon
inspires
Chicago
By BRIAN LOUIS
Bloomberg News
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Q: Doyouthinkthat
well ever have a cure for
the commoncold?
B.E., Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.
A: If youdaskedme
that questionamonthago,
I wouldhavegivenyouthe
sameanswerthat Ivegivenforyears: The
commoncoldisactuallycausedbyanum-
berof virusessuchasrhinoviruses, enterovi-
ruses, parainfluenza, coronaviruses, respira-
torysyncytial virusesandadenoviruses. The
fact that theyall canmutatehasmadeit im-
possibletofindavaccinethatll wipeout one
ormoreof thesevirusesresponsibleforcolds.
However, researchers at Massachusetts
Institute of Technologymayhave foundthe
magic bullet. Its calledDRACO, which
stands for Double-strandedRNAActiva-
tedCaspase Oligomerizer, andthus far in
humanandanimal cell cultures andlab
mice it has beensuccessful at killingall 15
viruses it has beentestedagainst -- includ-
ingrhinoviruses andadenoviruses, H1N1
fluvirus, poliovirus, Dengue fever virus
andthe viruses that cause deadlyhemor-
rhagic fever. The mechanismof actionfor
this wonder drugis that it targets the RNA
(genetic codinginformationusedbyvirus-
es) andgets the targetedviral cell tocom-
mit suicide. This novel approachintheory
couldworkonanyRNA-containingvirus
includingflu, the commoncoldviruses
eventhe HIVvirus. Best yet, it is thus far
non-toxic tohealthytissues andorgans.
Moreextensivetestingis neededinmice,
followedbyother animals andthenhuman
subjects beforeDRACOcanbedeemedsafe
andeffectivefor thegeneral population. But
theresults areveryexcitingsofar. This re-
searchis fundedbyagrant fromtheNational
Instituteof AllergyandInfectious Diseases
andtheNewEnglandRegional Center of
Excellencefor BiodefenseandEmerging
Infectious Diseases.
Q: Is there anythingdoctors are working
ontocure baldness? Ive beenusingPrope-
cia for several years withonlymodest hair
regrowth. Imconsideringhair transplanta-
tion.
C.G., NewYork, N.Y.
A: As amatter of fact, thereareseveral
newstudies that mayleadtoacurefor bald-
ness, oneday. Onestudyis beingconducted
byresearchers at YaleUniversity.
Its preliminaryresearchconductedinlab
mice, but theyve beenable todetermine
that multipurpose stem cells inthe fatty
layer of the scalpsendsignals that trigger
hair growth. AccordingtoDr. Horsley,
senior author of a studypublishedinthe
Sept. 2issue of the journal Cell, if we can
get fat cells inthe scalptissue totalktothe
dormant stemcells at the base of hair folli-
cles, we might be able toget hair togrow
again. Dr. Horsleyandher colleagues ob-
servedthat whenhair dies, thelayer of fat
that makes upmost of thethickness onthe
scalpgets thinner. Whenhair growthbegins,
thelayer of fat thickens. Theyrelookingat
whether thesamesignals that trigger hair
growthinmicewill regrowhair inhumans.
ASK DR. H
M I T C H E L L H E C H T
Exciting news
about a cure
for common cold
Dr. Mitchell Hecht is a physician specializing in
internal medicine. Send questions to him at:
Ask Dr. H, P.O. Box 767787, Atlanta, Ga.
30076. Due to the large volume of mail re-
ceived, personal replies are not possible.
Another reason
to eat your greens
Scientists have discovered that
eating green vegetables is
necessary for a properly
functioning immune system.
Immune system cells in the
digestive system and the skin called
intra-epithelial lymphocytes,
or IELs, are part of the bodys first
line of defense
The number of IELs present
in the body depends on levels of a
specfic protein that can be
controlled by ingredients found
mainly in green vegetables
Mice deprived of vegetables
lost up to 80 percent of these
protective cells
Source: Science Daily, MCT Photo Service
Graphic: Pat Carr 2011 MCT
The right stuff
Healthy Living
HACKENSACK, N.J.
Researchers studying the en-
vironmental causes of early
puberty detected hormone-
disrupting chemicals in four
out of fivehealthyNewJersey
girls, but evidence shows the
substances dont necessarily
promoteearlydevelopment.
The Jersey Girl Study at the
Cancer Instituteof NewJersey
isamongthefirst tolookat the
effects onhealthy girls of Zera-
nol, a synthetic chemical used
to boost meat production, and
its natural form, zearalenone, a
fungus found in contaminated
grains. Thesefungi mimicestro-
geninthebody.
The results suggest that they
may delay height growth and
breast development in girls
contrarytowhat researchersex-
pectedtofind,saidDr.ElisaBan-
dera, an epidemiologist and the
studysleadresearcher.
The message right now is
we need to do more research,
Chemical in food may
delay growth in girls
By LINDY WASHBURN
The Record (Hackensack N.J.)
See GIRLS, Page 2C
Dentistry to be discussed
Dentistry will be the next
topic on Call the Doctor at 7
tonight on WVIA-TV.
Tooth decay is the most com-
mon and most preventable
disease in children. Its is five
times more common than asth-
ma, and seven times more com-
mon than hay fever. Moderator
will be George Thomas. Panel-
ists include Adam Waksor, DDS,
an oral maxillofacial surgeon at
Geisinger Health Systems; Dr.
Brian Miller, an orthodontist;
Dr. Nancy Willis, a pediatric
dentist, and Dr. Thomas Curry,
medical director at Blue Cross
of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Viewers may call in questions
during the live show at (800)
326-9842 or submit their ques-
tions online at wvia.org/live-
show-comments.
Alzheimers candlelight vigil
The community is invited to
attend an Alzheimers Interfaith
Candlelight Vigil, presented by
the Meadows Nursing &Rehab
Center and the Alzheimers
Association, at 6:30 p.m. Thurs-
day at the center located at 4
East Center Hill Road, Dallas. A
reception will be held in the
Chapel, followed by the lighting
ceremony around the pond area.
The evening will conclude with
light refreshments. For informa-
tion, call 675-8600, ext. 195.
Teleconference scheduled
The Central Pennsylvania
Chapter of the National Mul-
tiple Sclerosis Society is of-
fering an educational program
entitled, Carepartner Tele-
conference: Caring for Yourself
While Caring for Others, from
the convenience of your home
from 7-8 p.m. Nov. 17. This
teleconference will discuss the
challenges and rewards of
being a carepartner as well as
coping strategies, tips on stress
management, managing mul-
tiple roles, preserving relation-
ships and finding support.
Registration deadline is
Thursday. There are no fees to
participate. To register, contact
the National MS Society at
(800) 227-2108. Donations are
being accepted to help defray
the programs costs.
CATCH 11 symposium set
Community Medical Center
will present this years Con-
vergence Around Technologies
for Cardiovascular Health
(CATCH11) on Thursday at the
WVIA Studios in Jenkins Town-
ship. Under the direction of Dr.
Russell Stahl, CMCs chief of
cardiothoracic surgery, and Dr.
Stephen J. Voyce, director of
cardiology at Moses Taylor
Hospital, this years symposium,
The Endovascular Treatment of
Cardiovascular Disease, is the
collaborative effort of cardio-
vascular specialists discussing
the latest advancements in sur-
gery, pharmacology and catheter-
based technologies.
The conference is open to
all physicians, advanced prac-
tice nurses, physicians assist-
ants, clinical nurses, residents,
students and other healthcare
professionals. CME/CEU
credits will be offered.
A reception and vendor exhibi-
tion will begin at 3 p.m. followed
by video presentations and panel
discussions at 4:30.
For information or to make
reservations, contact Kim
DelVecchio at (570) 969-7355
or visit www.catch11.org.
IN BRIEF
L
OS ANGELES What if a newmedi-
cation for severely ill patients had no
roleincuringthembut madethemfeel
much better despite being sick? Lets say this
elixirwerefoundtodecreasethepainandnau-
sea of cancer patients, improve the sleep and
energy of heart failure patients, prolong the
livesof peoplewithkidneyfailure, drivedown
healthcareexpendituresandeasetheburdens
of caregivers?
Thosearethepromisesofafledglingmed-
ical specialty called palliative care not a
newdrugbut a newwayof treatingpatients
whoare living, oftenfor years, withacute or
chronic illnesses that are life-threatening.
If palliativecarewereapill, government reg-
ulatorswouldverylikelyapproveit for theU.S.
market. Federal healthcare insurance pro-
grams would quickly agree to pay physicians
andhospitalsfortreatingpatientswiththenew
therapy. And patients would make it a block-
buster druginnotimeflat.
Yet uncertainties cloud the prospects for
palliative care. Among the unanswered
questions: Who will pay for these services,
where will this new fields workforce come
from, and what is it cost savings or com-
passion that drives this new branch of
medicine?
As answers to those questions emerge in
thenextfewyears, palliativecarecouldendup
on the roadside of medical progress. Or it
could become a must-have service for every
hospital andphysicians groupclaimingtode-
liver top-qualitypatient care.
Providing comfort, emotional support
andcoordinationof specializedcare usedto
be the job of the family physician. But few
familiesthesedayshavealongstandingrela-
tionship with a single physician, and even
fewer doctors have the expertise or time,
whiletryingtocureaveryill patient, tocoor-
dinate his care and tend to his physical and
psychological distress.
Growing quickly over the last few years,
the field of palliative medicine has begun to
step into this breach.
Since 2000, the number of hospital-based
palliative care programs has more than dou-
bled, according to a report issued late last
month by the Center to Advance Palliative
Care and the National Palliative Care Re-
search Center, organizations that have been
active insupportingthe fields growth. Today,
professional teams tasked with ensuring that
patients symptoms are managed, their med-
ical options are clearly explained and their
wishes are respected are available in roughly
63 percent of the nations hospitals.
Thediscipline,saysDr.DianeE.Meier,who
directs theCenter toAdvancePalliativeCare,
is the necessary counterbalance to a highly
specializedsystemofmedicineinwhichmany
of our patients needs are falling through the
MCT PHOTOS
Dr. Marwa Kilani, from left, and members of her team, the Rev. Christina Chambers, chaplain, and Leah Phillips, RN, provide
palliative care to patient Gerald Bullock at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, Calif. Palliative care focus-
es on a patients comforts and wishes.
Emilia Alvarez reflects on her sisters
wishes as she talks with a doctor of
UCLAs Palliative Care Service in Los
Angeles, Calif.
Palliative cares promise
By MELISSA HEALY Los Angeles Times
See PALLIATIVE, Page 3C
Frustrated dieters out there may
ask, When is someone gonna
write a weight-loss book that
allows me to eat at 7-Eleven?
Their wish has been granted by
none other than Charles Platkin,
the Diet Detective syndicated
columnist and assistant profes-
sor at the CUNY School of Public
Health.
His new book, set for release in
January by Rodale Books, is
The Diet Detectives All-Amer-
ican Diet. Take our quiz based
on food choices at quintessential
American establishments.
1. Its late in the dark night of a
dieters soul. You find yourself at
a 7-Eleven. Caloriewise, which is
the best choice?
a) 7-Eleven Fresh To Go Chicken
and Bacon Cobb Salad
b) 7-Eleven Chicken Tenders (three
pieces)
c) 7-Eleven Corn Dog Roller
2. Youve been driving all night.
Whats that up ahead? Sunrise?
No, its the yellow Dennys sign.
Which breakfast side dish should
a calorie-conscious dieter se-
lect?
a) Bacon (four strips)
b) Turkey bacon (four strips)
c) Hash browns
3. Youve tried to resist the lure of
KFC. You know you have. But
youre only human and have
succumbed. Yet youre trying to
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your best caloric choice?
a) drumstick
b) breast
c) thigh
4. You went running today, so you
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with dessert in the freezer aisle.
Which is the best caloric option?
a) Skinny Cow Vanilla Low Fat Ice
Cream Sandwich
b) Weight Watchers Vanilla Ice
Cream Sandwich
c) Smart Ones Key
Lime Pie
ANSWERS: 1: c (corn
dog: 320 calories;
cobb salad: 350
calories; chicken:
540 calories); 2: a
(bacon: 140 calo-
ries; turkey bacon:
150 calories; hash
browns: 210 calo-
ries); 3: a (drum-
stick: 80 calories; thigh 160
calories; breast 210 calories); 4: b
(Weight Watchers:
120 calories; Skin-
ny cow: 140 calo-
ries; pie: 190
calories).
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CHAPTER SEVEN
The Army in the Woods
A
bby and Becky ran out of the
woods and across the rocks to the
lighthouse. And there was Father,
coming home from Scituate!
Father! they cried, and ran to meet
him.
He picked up each girl in a great hug.
Are you all right? he asked.
We are ne, Father, they said together.
I came home as fast as I could, Father
told them. When I heard the cannon shot
I was afraid for you! But I see the ship has
gone off
Yes, said Abby, and do you know why
it went away?
Father smiled at her. Can you tell me?
We made it go! Abby said. We
marched like an army. We played the fe
your fe!and drum
It was really the cooking pot! Becky
said. With spoons for drumsticks. We hid
in the woods and played and played as
loudly as we could.
And then the ship turned back! Abby
went on. She stopped. Now Father knew
they had not stayed in the lighthouse as he
had told them to. What would he say?
We did not do as you told us, Becky
said quickly. I am sorry, Father. We
thought we must try to make the British
go away.
You were right, Father said. You were
brave girls, to carry out such a dangerous
plan.
It was Abbys idea, Becky said. She
thought of it.
But Becky was braver, Abby said.
I was afraid, but Becky never stopped
marching and playing.
You were both brave, Father said. You
were an army of two! You saved the town
of Scituate from the British. He smiled at
them. Shall we have our supper now?
Oh! said Abby. She and Becky had not
thought of xing it!
We can have bread and cheese, Becky
said quickly.
That will be a ne supper, Father said.
So Abby and Becky and Father sat by
the kitchen window and ate their bread
and cheese. The ocean was bright in the
setting sun. And there were no ships on it.
Soon, everyone in Scituate and all the
towns around had heard the story of the
Army of Two. And not long after, on a ne
sunny day, they all turned out to cheer for
Abby and Becky.
First, there was a big outdoor feast.
There were lobsters and clams and sh
from the ocean, chicken and hams from
the farms, peas and potatoes from the
gardens. There were apple pies and cherry
pies and berry pies and cream pies.
Then came the parade. It went all
through the town and down the road and
out to Scituate Harbor. In the parade there
were horses and wagons, ponies and carts,
men and women and many little children
waving ags. There was the fe and drum
band of Scituate, playing as they marched.
Father marched with them.
At the front of the parade, ahead of all
the marchers, were Abby and Becky! Abby
played Fathers fe, and Becky banged
the cooking pot with her spoons. YANKEE
DOODLE! they played as they marched.
YANKEE DOODLE WENT TO TOWN!
The parade stopped at Scituate Harbor.
Abby and Becky were made to stand on
a high rock so everyone could see them.
Then all the town came round them to
wave and cheer.
Hip, hip, hooray!
Hip, hip, hooray!
Hip, hip, hooray for the Army of Two!
The story of the Army of Two soon went
out from Scituate to all the towns around.
It went from Boston to Cape Cod and far
across the country. It went down from
parents to their children, and to their chil-
drens childrens children.
So many people told the story that it
began to change, as stories do. Some tell
it one way, some tell it another. In the
story you have just read, the part about the
cooking pot is made up. But most of the
story is true. Abby and Becky were real
girls, who really played the fe and drum
in the woods by the lighthouse, and made
the British ship turn away from Scituate.
If you should go to Scituate today, you
will see a lighthouse by the shore. It is
the very same lighthouse (with a new top)
that Abby and Becky looked out of, so
many years ago. You can see the real fe
that Abby played. And maybe, if you stand
beside the ocean and listen hard, you can
hear the girls play Yankee Doodle, in your
mind.
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Illustrations copyright 1999 Joan Sandin
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oneverythingfrompaintospiri-
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insteadof treatingtheconditionthat
threatens to shorten a patients life,
palliativecareprofessionalstreat the
pain, weakness, worryanddecision-
makingpressurethat comewiththe
illness and medicines often-aggres-
siveefforts totreat it.
The movement to provide such
carehas sprungupalongsidethena-
tions burgeoning hospice care sec-
tor. But though hospice and pallia-
tive care share many of the same
workforce, goals, patientsandexper-
tise, therearetwokeydifferences:
First, to gain access to palliative
care, patients need not have six
monthsorlesstolivethecurrent
condition under which hospice
care is paid for by Medicare and
Medicaid.
Second, patients inpalliative care
getfullsupportiftheywishtopursue
any and all efforts to cure their dis-
ease whereas to access hospice
care, patient and doctor must have
agreed that further curative ther-
apy will not bepursued.
Inother words, All hospicecare
is palliative care, but not all pallia-
tive care is hospice, says Dr. Rick
Levene, a palliative care specialist
at Spectrum Health Care Inc. in
West PalmBeach, Fla.
Ideally, a palliative care team
would swoop in shortly after a pa-
tients diagnosis, explaining medi-
cal options, ensuring patient and
family have a treatment plan, and
standing by to manage the stress
anddiscomforts ahead.
Infact, atrial involvingnewlydi-
agnosed lung cancer patients
found that, despite choosing less
aggressive treatment of their can-
cer, patientswhogot earlyandcon-
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2.5monthslonger, onaverage, than
those who got standard treatment
(11.6months versus 8.9months).
The same study, published last
yearintheNewEnglandJournal of
Medicine, found that those who
got palliative care reported better
quality of life and were less de-
pressed. In their final months of
life, the palliative care patients
were more likely tochoose a differ-
ent path than those who got the
usual care: Among those who did
not get the palliative services, 54
percent spent many of their final
hours in costly and painful last-
ditch efforts to prolong their lives.
Fewer palliative care patients un-
derwent suchtreatment.
Doing that, it turns out, may also
reducehealthcarecosts. Informedby
clearer explanations of their options,
some patients choose to forego ag-
gressive (and expensive) therapies
thatmaymakethemfeelsickerwhile
offering, at best, alittlemoretime.
Patients who are cared for at
home by family, friends and nurs-
ing help coordinated by palliative
careteams leavethehospital earli-
er. And they are less likely to have
medical crises once theyve gone
home. They showup less often in
hospitals emergency depart-
ments and spend less time in the
intensive care unit.
Palliativecarepatientsalsoappear
more likely to have made their end-
of-life care wishes explicit, so fewer
areintubatedor resuscitatedintheir
final days by physicians who dont
knowtheir preferences.
The result: If fully integratedin-
tothe nations hospitals, palliative
care could lower the nations
healthcare expenditures by reduc-
ing health care usage to the
tuneof morethan$6billionayear,
according to a 2010 estimate by
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Levene acknowledges that palli-
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paired with the fact that the move-
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care as a stalking horse for hospice
or a bid to ration healthcare or im-
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with them, Levene says. Palliative
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whatever choice a patient makes
about treatment, he adds. Still, the
communityactivelydiscusseswheth-
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of David and Geri Jo Shreve,
Wilkes-Barre, is celebrating her
fifth birthday today, Nov. 8.
Krysta is a granddaughter of
Larry and Shirley Shreve, Wilkes-
Barre, and the late Roberta
Ebert. She has two sisters, Kim-
berly, 7, and Lynn Mounce, 23; a
brother, David, 22; a brother-in-
law, Joshua Mounce, 22; and a
sister-in-law, Sjanna, 19.
Krysta N. Shreve
Addyson Wroblewski, daughter
of Steve and Jenn Wroblewski, is
celebrating her fourth birthday
today, Nov. 8. Addyson is a
granddaughter of Al and Jody
Malachefski, Hanover Township,
and Geraldine Wroblewski and
the late Joseph Wroblewski,
West Nanticoke. She is a great-
granddaughter of Anthony and
Florence Cook, Hanover Town-
ship.
Addyson Wroblewski
Today
WANAMIE: Glen Lyon Hose Com-
pany 7 p.m. at fire headquar-
ters. President Ronald Papciak
will preside. Election of officers
for 2012 will be held.
Wednesday
WILKES-BARRE: The St. Davids
Society of Wyoming Valley Inc.
noon at the Genetti Hotel and
Conference Center, East Market
and South Washington streets.
President David K. Thomas will
preside and Beth Landmesser
will present a program on the
North American Festival of
Wales that will take place over
the Labor Day weekend in 2012
in Scranton. Plans for the Dec.
14 Christmas meeting will be
discussed.
MEETINGS
EXETER: Cosmopolitan
Seniors travel coordinator Jo-
hanna is accepting reservations
for a Mt. Airy Casino trip on
Wednesday. Pickups will be in
Exeter and Pittston. Call 655-
2720. Non-members may also
attend.
FALLS: State Rep. Karen
Boback, R-Hunlock Creek, will
visit the Falls Senior Center 1
p.m. Wednesday. The Jolly Se-
niors band will give a musical
presentation on Thursday in
honor of Veterans Day.
Anyone wishing to come for a
hot noon meal should call Twila
at 388-2623 by noon of the pre-
ceding day.
KINGSTON: A representative
from the Hoyt Library will
speak 11 a.m. today at the King-
ston Senior Center. The Veter-
ans Day dinner will be held on
Wednesday. The Bridge Club,
which is looking for new mem-
bers, will meet 12:45 p.m.
Thursday.
Open enrollment for the Ap-
prise Program will be held 9
a.m. to noon Nov. 15. Call 287-
1102 to make an appointment.
MOUNTAIN TOP: The Moun-
tain Top Social Club will meet
3:10 p.m. today in Father Nolan
Hall Day Room at St. Judes
Church. Anyone 50 years of age
or older is welcome to join.
Hosts will be Susan Mylet,
Louise Obaza and Alberta Pe-
tyo. For more information, call
Otto at 474-0641.
PLYMOUTH: Shawnee Senior
Citizens Club will meet 1 p.m.
Thursday at the Welsh Baptist
Church, Shawnee Avenue. The
Salvation Army will give a pre-
sentation and refreshments will
be provided.
WILKES-BARRE: The Area
Agency on Aging of Luzerne/
Wyoming Counties reminds
recipients of the 2011 Senior
Farmers Market Nutrition Pro-
gram vouchers that they have
until Nov. 30 to redeem them.
These vouchers can only be
used to purchase locally grown
fruits and vegetables at Farmers
Market stands that are participa-
nts of the Department of Agri-
cultures SFMNP. Baked goods,
meat, jam, honey, cider or eggs
cannot be purchased with these
vouchers.
For more information, call
Rhonda Adams at 822-1158, ext.
3337.
WILKES-BARRE: During the
month of November, all veterans
and their family members may
take the AARP Driver Safety
course free of charge. Anyone 55
or older who completes the
AARP Driver Safety Program
may be eligible for a five percent
discount on car insurance for
three years. Drivers of all ages
who participate will learn a
variety of safety tips and strate-
gies to improve their driving.
Call Pat Pisaneschi at 570-
868-6732 for course information.
WILKES-BARRE: St. Robert
E. Bellarmine Senior Club will
meet 1 p.m. Wednesday in the
church cafeteria. Bakers will be
Romayne Brown, Dorothy
Christian, Dorothy Sullivan and
Sue Magga.
New officers will be elected at
the Nov. 30 meeting and in-
stalled during the clubs Christ-
mas party Dec. 8 at Happy Piz-
za, Plymouth. Bakers for the
next meeting are Romayne
Brown, Dorothy Christian, Do-
rothy Sullivan and Sue Magga.
WILKES-BARRE: The Father
Nahas Senior Citizens Club is
observing Thanksgiving with a
dinner at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in
the church hall of St. Marys
Antiochian Church, 909 S. Main
St., Wilkes-Barre. Hostesses will
be Hal Morrash and Joan Kauff-
er. Plans are being made for the
Christmas Party that will be
held 12:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at Van-
derlyns Restaurant, Schuyler
Avenue, Kingston. Cost of the
Christmas dinner is $15 for
members and $25 for guests.
Reservations must be made by
Nov. 15. Hostesses will be Sadie
Bergstrasser and Louise Clark.
NEWS FOR SENIORS
PETS OF THE WEEK
Name: Samson
Sex: male
Age: 8 years old
Breed/type: Chihuahua
About this dog: neutered; house
broken; loves to be dressed up (he
comes with 32 outfits)
Name: Bueler
Sex: male
Breed/type: ferret
About this animal: neutered; very
laid back personality
Howto adopt: Call or visit the
Hazleton Animal Shelter, 101 North
Poplar St. (corner of Hemlock) in
Hazleton. Phone 454-0640. Hours
for adoptions are Monday through
Saturday from1 to 4 p.m.; Sunday 11
a.m. to1 p.m. Business hours are
Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to1 p.m.
Wish List: donations of cat food,
cleaning supplies, paper products,
and blankets are in need.
Officers of Alhamar Caravan #4 welcomed Kenneth Burke to Sir
Noble status in the Order of Alhambra. Burke is a 4th Degree
member of the John F. Kennedy Assembly 4th Degree Knights of
Columbus, Pittston. The Order of Alhambra is a fraternal order of
Catholic men and women dedicated to assisting people with men-
tal retardation. The Order provides assistance, education and
residences and preserves Catholic history. From left are Patrick
Umbra, scribe of the Exchequer #4 SD RII; Thomas Dugan, grand
chamberlain #4 PGC; Burke; and Paul S. Makuch, grand command-
er #4RS RII.
Burke achieves Sir Noble status in Order of Alhambra
Many local artists recently
displayed their works in the
Rivers Room at the Mercy Center
in Dallas. Members of the com-
munity and the centers residents
enjoyed the opportunity to take
part in the fine arts event. Some
of the participants, from left, first
row, are Joan Dillon; Peg Dillon,
resident; Ann Marie Morgan,
activity director; Laurie Kulak,
Care Givers of America; Mark
Williams, marketing director;
Martina Zubiri Garcia, resident;
Sister Regina Kiel, artist; Billie
Jean Williams, artist; Sister Sara
Sweeney, administrator, Mercy
Center Skilled Nursing Unit.
Second row: Linda Kocher artist;
Rich Heiser artist; Estella Killian,
Alzheimers Association; and
Carleen Moleski, artist.
Mercy Center hosts art
exhibit in Rivers Room
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Dear Abby: Preg-
nant with Apprehen-
sion (Sept. 9) said
shes dreading the
birth of her second
baby because her fi-
ances mother wants
to witness the birth.
Apparently, PWA wants only her
mother and her fiance, Cliff, in the
delivery room. You said her wishes
should be paramount. I agree.
I am a labor and delivery RN in a
major medical center in California.
More and more people today view
birth as a sporting event. Its worse
when the mother-in-law wants to be
there because its her right.
PWA should let Cliff know if he
cant stand up to his mom, her labor
nurse will! I will be the one who in-
forms visitors that its hospital policy
that there be only two people at the
bedside, and there is NO bending the
rule. That way, the mother-in-law can
hate the nurse, but not her daughter-
in-law or her son. Ill willingly take
the heat for my patient if it means a
better labor outcome for her and the
family.
Because I Said So
Dear Because: Thank you for
agreeing with me. However, those
who disagreed shared experiences
that are worth noting. My newspaper
readers comment:
Dear Abby: For PWA to say she
doesnt want Cliffs parents to see
their grandchild for two weeks is self-
ish, and I dont think she should de-
mand that her fiance back her up on
this. Her mother is going to be there
from the moment of birth. While
its understandable she doesnt want
anyone else in the delivery room,
she shouldnt be surprised that his
mother is hurt.
Cliff needs to tell PWA shes be-
ing unreasonable. I wish my son had
spoken up on my behalf. Being shut
out of this blessed event is hurtful
and causes tension. She has the right
to dictate who is in the delivery room
with her, but she shouldnt deny his
parents their right to be a part of
their grandchildrens lives.
Blessed to Be a Nana
Dear Abby: I didnt want my in-laws
in the delivery room either, but I was
sensitive to the fact that they are just
as much family as my parents. My
solution was to have just my husband
present for the birth. Blending fami-
lies together used to hold a greater
importance, and I feel for parents
who are feeling left out of their chil-
drens lives.
Maggie in Aiken, S.C.
Dear Abby: As a young mom, I al-
most always went to my parents for
support, baby-sitting, etc. However,
now that one of my sons has a baby
of his own, I see the other side of the
coin. It hurts not to enjoy the kind of
relationship with the baby that my
daughter-in-laws parents have. There
must be middle ground.
While I would never invite myself
into her delivery room (although it
would have been nice to have been
asked), or assume I could stay in
their home immediately after the
birth, some effort to include me
should have been shown. I agree Cliff
needs to explain to his parents the
logistics of the situation, but in a way
that still assures them they will have
their special time, too.
The Other Grandma
DEAR ABBY
A D V I C E
Birth of a baby should not be a spectator sport for grandparents
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). In order
to achieve your aims, you must
first define them well. It will
be easy for you to get specific
now because you have excellent
examples close at hand.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Take
yourself out for a shopping date.
Even if you dont buy anything,
youll be creatively inspired by
the experience. You also will
home in on the kind of impres-
sion you really want to make.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). While
doing something you happen to
be great at, youll spread sun-
shine and make people smile. So
its a win-win all around.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Be
patient with the current state
of things. You will have more
than one career in your lifetime
and several big adventures.
Whenever youre in a lull, as you
may be now, rest up and take full
advantage.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Career
issues arise. Give yourself plenty
of time to make your next move.
Right now, you dont need any
extra pressure. Tonight, reward
yourself with a teeny, tiny por-
tion of the treat youve been
craving.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Someone wants to join in your
fun, but is afraid of possibly
being rejected. If you want the
added input, just give the signal.
Dreams will be especially vivid
and powerful tonight.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Talking
about people who arent there
complicates matters that could
be simple. Its better to say noth-
ing or go right to the source for
answers.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A train-
ing process or area of learning
is open to you, though you may
have to do a little investigat-
ing to find it. Theres money to
be made in this, so seize your
opportunities.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
Your intelligence will be recog-
nized by a like-minded individual,
and youll be given special treat-
ment and preference because
someone sees special potential
in you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
If you ever wanted to live in a
candy house or have a unicorn
for a pet, you realize that some
childhood dreams are not appro-
priate for adult reality.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Today features the sharing of
secrets, directions and informa-
tion. Write down or otherwise
record the information that is
given to you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
Relationships advance because
you get more in sync with
another person. You wont have
to offer anything new. Youll cre-
ate affinity by falling in step with
the other persons actions and
behavior.
TODAYS BIRTHDAY (Nov. 8).
Youll try things that others
wouldnt dare. Part of it is
your sheer determination. The
other part is that you have a
feeling its going to work, and it
will. The professional risks you
take will coincide with the risks
you take in your personal life,
and both turn out well. Aquarius
and Pisces people adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 15, 39,
20, 14 and 30.
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