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Joining the party in Philly

Locals to take part in Super Bowl parade;
one will then reap bet reward in Boston
BY STEPHANIE BETTICK ing in all kinds of weather, and says
THE NEWS-ITEM he won’t be deterred from his trip to
stephanie_b@newsitem.com Philadelphia after his route Thursday
morning.
The celebration is far from over for He’s lived in Coal Township for 11
local Philadel- years, but said
phia Eagles his Philadel-
fans. phia blood runs
Many are green. Growing
preparing to up in the city,
venture to the he used to go to AP Photo

City of Brother- football and Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Fletcher

ly Love for baseball games Cox, left, and head coach Doug Pederson
Thursday’s regularly, and depart their flight at Philadelphia Monday.
parade saluting feels like he’s
the team’s first
Super Bowl vic-
tory.
going home
Thursday.
DeNicola
Crowd offers hero’s
The threat of
Wednesday’s
isn’t a newcom-
SUBMITTED PHOTO er to parade
welcome for Eagles
winter storm Shamokin native Stephanie Kline celebrations, BY ANTHONY welcome Monday after-
won’t stand in was caught in this moment of cele- recalling his noon, hours after over-
the way of their bration as the Eagles won the Super uncle taking
IZAGUIRRE
ASSOCIATED PRESS joyed fans mobbed the
SUBMITTED PHOTO travel plans, Bowl on Sunday. him to the streets in a sometimes
Former Shamokin resident especially for city’s PHILADELPHIA — unruly victory celebra-
Stephanie Kline took the two- coal parade when Fresh off their first tion nearly 60 years in
hour trip from her home in region locals who were born and the Philadelphia 76ers won the 1983 Super Bowl title, the the making.
Clearwater, Florida, to see raised in Philadelphia. NBA Championship. Philadelphia Eagles Hundreds of fans
Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles at As a newspaper delivery man, Car- “I was right there at that parade arrived home to a hero’s Welcome, Page 10
Disney World’s parade Monday. men DeNicola is accustomed to driv- Fans, Page 10

“You can help them start over and start down a new path.”
Court
FIRE FALLOUT won’t
stop
Goal is map
to raise flap
$100K BY MARK SCOLFORO
AND MARK SHERMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Son compelled HARRISBURG — The
U.S. Supreme Court on
to help families Monday let a court-ordered
redrawing of congressional
districts in Pennsylvania
BY STEPHANIE BETTICK proceed, raising Democrat-
AND LARRY DEKLINSKI ic hopes that
THE NEWS-ITEM a revamped
map might
MOUNT CARMEL — A GoFund- yield them
Me page has been established by several more
the son of one of the victims of seats this
Thursday’s three-alarm fire in the fall.
300 block of North Hickory Street Justice
that left numerous people with Samuel Ali- ALITO
nothing but the clothes on their to, who han-
backs. dles emergency appeals
Brad Price, of Juniata County, from Pennsylvania, reject-
said his mom and dad, Charles and LARRY DEKLINSKI/STAFF PHOTO
ed the request from GOP
Lorri Price, not only lost every- Kyle Obeck, of Garden State Public Adjusters Inc., views the interior of 313 N. Hickory St., legislative leaders and vot-
thing they own, for which they are Mount Carmel, owned by Roman Niedwiedz, on Monday. The home was gutted by flames in a ers to put on hold an order
insured, but their community. The multi-home fire Thursday night. Niedwiedz’s last home, at 227 N. Chestnut St., was also gutted from the state Supreme
Fundraiser, Page 6 by flames on June 20. Court intended to produce
new congressional districts

Extension cord to blame for Shamokin blaze in the coming two weeks.
The Pennsylvania high
court ruled last month that
BY LARRY DEKLINSKI urday afternoon. Emergency personnel were dis- the arrival of firefighters. the current map of 18 dis-
THE NEWS-ITEM City Fire Investigator Raymond patched at 4:15 p.m. after a person Firefighters knocked down tricts violates the state con-
larry_d@newsitem.com Siko II said the cord was located in going to a nearby car wash noticed flames within 30 minutes and kept stitution because it unfairly
the middle room on the first floor smoke coming from the building. the fire from spreading into 311, benefits Republicans.
SHAMOKIN — An extension of 309 W. Chestnut St., owned by Heavy fire was pushing out of a managed by Svago Properties LLC, The decision comes just
cord is to blame for an accidental Richard W. Payne Jr. Payne, who is first-floor bay window at 309 and Coal Township. That home is unoc- four days before the Republi-
fire that gutted two floors of one insured, was not home at the time smoke was visible coming from cupied and has recently been can-controlled Legislature’s
side of a half-double in the city Sat- of the incident, Siko said. eaves of the entire building upon Cord, Page 6 Redistricting, Page 6

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ALMANAC BY MARK GILGER
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2018. There THE NEWS-ITEM
are 328 days left in the year. mark_g@newsitem.com
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 6, 1778, during the American Revolutionary STONINGTON — A man
War, the United States won official recognition and mili- suffered injuries including
tary support from France with the signing of a Treaty of a gash on his forehead in a
Alliance in Paris. two-vehicle crash Monday
On this date: afternoon on Route 61 in
In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to rat- front of Northumberland
ify the U.S. Constitution. Memorial Park.
In 1899, a peace treaty between the United States and State police at Stonington
Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate. reported Morris Simpson,
In 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of 67, of Sunbury, was driving
the United States, was born in Tampico, Illinois. a red 2002 Dodge Dakota
In 1922, Cardinal Archille Ratti was elected pope; he truck south at 3:30 p.m.
took the name Pius XI. when he attempted to turn
In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, left into Northumberland
the so-called “lame duck” amendment, was proclaimed Memorial Park and failed
in effect by Secretary of State Henry Stimson.
to see a teal Saturn travel-
In 1943, a Los Angeles jury acquitted actor Errol Flynn
ing north on the highway
of three counts of statutory rape.
In 1952, Britain’s King George VI, 56, died at Sandring- toward Sunbury due to the
ham House in Norfolk, England; he was succeeded as glaring sun.
monarch by his 25-year-old elder daughter, who became The left front of the truck HARRY DEITZ/FOR THE NEWS-ITEM
Queen Elizabeth II. collided with the front end
Two vehicles collided at the entrance to Northumberland Memorial Park on
In 1968, the Winter Olympic Games were opened in of the car at the intersec-
Route 61 Monday afternoon.
Grenoble, France, by French President Charles de Gaulle. tion.
In 1973, Dixy Lee Ray was appointed by President The Saturn sustained
Richard Nixon to be the first woman to head the Atomic extensive front-end damage car, who was not identified, Simpson suffered a Both vehicles were
Energy Commission. including a smashed wind- sustained injuries in the minor injury to his right towed.
In 1987, Wall Street Journal reporter Gerald Seib was shield and a flat front driv- crash and was transported leg and was evaluated at the Also assisting Trooper
released after being detained six days by Iran, accused er’s side tire. An air bag by Americus Ambulance, scene by emergency medi- Nicholas Berger were fire-
of being a spy for Israel; Iran said the detention was a deployed in the car. of Sunbury, to Geisinger cal personnel. He declined fighters from Upper Augus-
result of misunderstandings. Simpson said he was Medical Center in Danville, to be transported to a hospi- ta Township, Elysburg and
In 1993, tennis Hall of Famer and human rights advo- turning into Northumber- where he underwent emer- tal and told medical person- Stonington, and local fire
cate Arthur Ashe died in New York at age 49. land Memorial Park to pick gency room treatment. The nel he would have his son police.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed a bill changing up his son, Dennis, who driver of the car, who also take him to a medical facili- Firefighters spread
the name of Washington National Airport to Ronald Rea- works at the cemetery. wasn’t identified, reported- ty if he experienced any absorbent material to clean
gan Washington National Airport. Pop music star Falco, A male passenger in the ly escaped injury. problems. up fluids that had leaked.
who had a 1986 hit with “Rock Me Amadeus,” died in a
traffic accident in the Dominican Republic; he was 40.
Carl Wilson, a founding member of The Beach Boys, died
in Los Angeles at age 51.
Ten years ago: At least 57 deaths were reported after
Police county court
two days of tornadoes that plowed across Arkansas, Ten-
nessee, Kentucky and Alabama. The Bush White House
defended the use of the interrogation technique known
Blotter Sentencings
SUNBURY — Two local men
State police at Stonington
filed the charge.
Saylor also sentenced
on probation for one year
for possession of drug
paraphernalia in connection
as waterboarding, saying it was legal — not torture as were sentenced Monday
Marchetti to one year pro- with a Sept. 1 incident in
critics argued — and had saved American lives. Retail theft in Northumberland County
bation and ordered him to Kulpmont. He also was
Five years ago: The U.S. Postal Service proposed elim- COAL TOWNSHIP — Patty A. Court of Common Pleas. pay a $50 fine plus costs for ordered to pay a $50 fine
inating Saturday mail delivery, an announcement that Yost, 38, of 1250 W. Arch St., • Carl Marchetti, 57, of
possession of drug parapher- plus costs.
immediately drew protests from some lawmakers. At Coal Township, was charged Kulpmont, was sentenced nalia. He was given credit for • Dylan McNaughton, 33,
least nine people were killed by a tsunami that smashed with retail theft by Patrolman by President Judge Charles 43 days served in pris- of Shamokin, was sentenced
into villages in the Solomon Islands, flattening dozens of Edward Purcell Jr. Saylor to three days to six
on. Marchetti was charged by by Judge Hugh Jones to one
homes in the South Pacific island chain. Toy maker Has- Yost allegedly removed months in county prison for Kulpmont police relating to a year probation and ordered
bro Inc. announced that Monopoly fans had voted online $661.58 worth of merchandise, driving under the influence re- Nov. 6 incident. to pay a $100 fine plus
to add a cat token to the board game, replacing the iron. including an exercise bike, food, lating to an incident on Aug. Also, the judge sentenced costs for reckless endan-
One year ago: President Donald Trump accused the DVDs, beauty and personal care 24, 2015. He had his driver’s Marchetti to 30 days to 11 germent. McNaughton was
media of deliberately minimizing coverage of the threat items, during two incidents at license suspended for one months in county prison for charged by Shamokin police
posed by the Islamic State group; the president did not Walmart on Jan. 17. year and was ordered to pay
possession of a controlled in connection with an Aug. 5
immediately offer evidence to support his claim, made a $1,000 fine plus costs.
DUI charge substance and placed him incident.
during the new commander in chief’s first visit to the
headquarters of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air
Force Base in Florida.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Rip Torn is 87. Actress Ma-
COAL TOWNSHIP — Gavin
Ronald Sobol, 19, of 1157
Poplar St., Kulpmont, was
Defendant refuses to take oath
WILKES-BARRE (AP) — One of two The (Wilkes-Barre) Times Leader
mie Van Doren is 87. Actor Mike Farrell is 79. Former charged by Patrolman Edward
Purcell Jr. with driving under men charged in the 2013 shooting death of reports that Battle refused to raise his
NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw is 78. Singer Fabian
the influence. a disc jockey and activist outside a north- hand when instructed Monday in Luzerne
is 75. Actor Michael Tucker is 74. Rock musician Simon
Phillips (Toto) is 61. Actor-director Robert Townsend is Purcell said at a sobriety eastern Pennsylvania bar has refused to County Court, then declined to swear an
61. Actor Barry Miller is 60. Actress Megan Gallagher checkpoint on Route 901 take part in his own arraignment. oath to tell the truth. Prosecutors say Bat-
is 58. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses) is 56. on Aug. 5, Ralpho Township Twenty-eight-year-old Roberto Battle tle proclaims himself a “sovereign citi-
Country singer Richie McDonald is 56. Singer Rick As- Officer Glenn Wonsock sus- and 37-year-old David Nealy are charged in zen,” meaning the nation’s laws don’t
tley is 52. Rock musician Tim Brown (Boo Radleys) is pected Sobol, the driver of a the October 2013 death of Michael Onley. apply to him. A court-appointed attorney
49. “Good Morning America” co-host Amy Robach is Volkswagen sedan, to be in- He performed as DJ Mo and had rallied entered a not guilty plea for him. Nealy
45. Actor Josh Stewart is 41. Actor Ben Lawson is 38. toxicated. against gun violence. recited the oath and will plead not guilty.
Actor Brandon Hammond is 34. Actress Crystal Reed
Possession charge

EAST END MARKET

(TV: “Teen Wolf”) is 33. Actress Alice Greczyn is 32. STORE HOURS!
Actress Anna Diop is 30. Rhythm and blues singer/ SHAMOKIN — Brad Edward Monday thru Friday 7:30 am - 6 pm
Saturday 7 am - 2 pm
actress Tinashe is 25. Kashner, 27, last known ad- Sunday 8 am - 1 pm

dress of 125 E. Arch St.,

Thought for Today: “The first duty of a leader is to
make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved Shamokin, was charged by Pa-
trolman Raymond Siko II with
without ‘playing up’ to anyone — even to himself.” —
Andre Malraux, French author (1901-1976). possession of a controlled
Associated Press substance, possession of
drug paraphernalia, disorderly
conduct and public drunken-
NOTEWORTHY ness related to an incident on
Thursday.
Curbside recycling canceled Siko said Kashner was near
KULPMONT — Curbside recycling of glass and alumi- the intersection of Cleaver and
num, which was scheduled for today in the borough, has Independence streets and,
been canceled for February because of snow and icy con- when asked if he was OK,
ditions. Collection will resume in March. said he had “bad” spice and
gave Siko permission to check
Snow emergency parking in effect his pockets. Siko said he re-
trieved a baggy containing
KULPMONT — Mayor Nicholas Bozza said a snow
emergency parking ban will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday a substance believed to be
spice. Police also recovered a
along Chestnut Street (Route 61) and will remain in ef-
fect until the snow stops and is plowed back to the curb syringe allegedly thrown into a
by PennDOT garbage can by Kashner.
Violators will have their vehicles ticketed and or towed Retail theft
at the owner’s expense.
SHAMOKIN — Crystal Ho-
Forecast leads to bingo cancelation gan, 27, of 1526 Pulaski Ave.,
Coal Township, was charged
COAL TOWNSHIP — The Salem United Church of Christ
cash bingo slated for Wednesday has been canceled due by Patrolman Scott Weaver
to the forecast for inclement weather. with retail theft. Hogan al-
legedly took $25.10 worth of
Food pantry distribution set merchandise from the Dollar
MOUNT CARMEL — The Mount Carmel Borough Food General on Oct. 24. Weaver
Pantry will have its monthly distribution from 9 to 11 a.m. said he was provided security
Saturday at the Notary Shop. footage of the incident.
Midrise residents are asked to meet in lobby at 8:45
a.m. and Willow Court residents at 11 a.m.
Two-vehicle crash
MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP — No
This is for borough residents who have signed up in
the past. injuries were reported in a two
vehicle crash in this Dauphin
County municipality, midway
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Declassify? House Dems vote
to air their Russia-probe memo
BY MARY CLARE
JALONICK
AND CHAD DAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The
House intelligence commit-
tee’s probe of Russian inter-
ference in the 2016 election
spun further into charges
and counter-charges among
angry U.S. lawmakers and
President Donald Trump
Monday as the panel voted
to release a second classi-
fied memo about whether
the FBI and Justice Depart-
ment conspired against
him.
This memo was written
by Democrats on the panel
who are pushing back
against a GOP document,
declassified by Trump last
week, that criticizes the
methods the FBI used to
obtain a surveillance war-
rant on a onetime Trump
campaign associate. The
Democratic document
attempts to counter some of
the arguments and evi-
dence put forward by the
Republicans.
The battle of classified
memos has further deep-
ened the partisan divide on
the committee, which is
supposed to be jointly inves-
tigating the Russian med-
dling and possible connec-
tions between Russia and
the Trump presidential
campaign. It also takes
attention from the separate
investigations by special
counsel Robert Mueller and
the Senate intelligence com-
mittee.
Trump said over the
weekend that the GOP
memo “totally vindicates”
him. Both Republicans and
Democrats disputed that,
and Democrats also
bemoaned the release of
formerly classified informa-
GPS-based system could have
prevented deadly train crash
BY MEG KINNARD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAYCE, S.C. — Federal
investigators spent a second
day Monday at the site of a
deadly train crash in South
Carolina, where an Amtrak
train was mistakenly sent
off a main track and down a
side spur - and into a parked
freight train. The ensuing
crash early Sunday killed
two people and injured
more than 100 passengers.
The investigation headed
by the National Transporta-
tion Safety Board could take
years, but federal investiga-
tors are already focusing on
one critical factor: that a
switch, set manually, may
have caused the passenger
train to barrel down the
wrong track.
Moreover, authorities say
the crash could have been
prevented with a GPS-based
system called “positive
train control,” which knows
the location of all trains and
the positions of all switches
in an area and is designed to
prevent two trains from
traveling on the same track
at the same time.
“It could have avoided
this accident. That’s what
it’s designed to do,” said
National Transportation
Safety Board Chairman
Robert Sumwalt.
Regulators have demand-
ed the implementation of
positive train control for
decades, and the technology
is now in place in the North-
east, but railroads that oper-
ate tracks used by Amtrak
elsewhere in the U.S. have
won repeated extensions
from the government. The
deadline for installing such
equipment is now the end
of 2018.
CSX Corp. — the freight
railroad operator which
runs that stretch of track —
issued a statement express-
ing condolences but said
nothing about the cause.
“Business as usual must
end,” Democratic Sen. Rich-
ard Blumenthal of Con-
necticut said after this latest
crash.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on Air Force
One at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida,
Friday.
tion and the possibility the
precedent could compro-
mise future investigations.
After the House commit-
tee’s Tuesday evening vote,
which was unanimous, Rep.
Adam Schiff of California,
the panel’s top Democrat,
said he believed the Demo-
cratic document would
“help inform the public of
the many distortions and
inaccuracies in the majori-
ty memo.” But he also said
he was concerned about
“political redactions” the
White House might make
before its release.
The president now has
five days to decide whether
to allow the material’s pub-
lication.
Schiff said he would com-
pare any deletions the FBI
and the Department of Jus-
tice might request with any
White House edits to try to
identify any attempts to
Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal Amtrak train crash in Cayce,
South Carolina, Sunday. At least two were killed and dozens injured.
Sumwalt said the passen-
ger train hurtled down a
side track near Cayce (CAY-
see) around 2:45 a.m. Sun-
day after a stop 10 miles (16
kilometers) north in Colum-
bia because a switch had
been locked in place, divert-
ing it from the main line. A
crew on the freight train
had moved the switch to
drive it from one side track
— where it unloaded 34
train cars of automobiles —
to the side track where it
was parked. The switch was
padlocked as it was sup-
posed to be, Sumwalt said.
The system that operates
the train signals in the area
was down, so CSX dispatch-
ers were operating them
manually. Sumwalt said it
was too early to know if the
signal was red to warn the
Amtrak crew that the
NATION / WORLD
withhold information for
political purposes.
Texas Republican Rep.
Mike Conaway, a leader of
the panel’s Russia probe,
said after the vote that parts
of the document should not
be released.
“There are things in the
memo that I would be
uncomfortable with if the
White House did not
redact,” he said.
Tensions between Trump
and the Democrats were
high before the vote, as the
president and Schiff traded
insults on Twitter Monday
morning — less than a
week after Trump called for
more bipartisanship in his
State of the Union address.
Trump tweeted that
Schiff is “one of the biggest
liars and leakers in Wash-
ington” and “must be
stopped.”
Schiff quickly shot back:
switch was not set to contin-
ue along the main train line.
Just hours after Sun-
day’s crash, which also
sent 116 of the 147 people
on board the New York-to-
Miami train to the hospi-
tal, Amtrak President Rob-
ert Anderson said there
must be no more delays
from the federal govern-
ment in installing the safe-
ty system by the end of
2018.
He deferred to investiga-
tors about whether the sys-
tem would have stopped
this crash. “Theoretically,
an operative PTC system
would include switches in
addition to signals, so it
would cover both speed and
switches,” Anderson said.
The Silver Star was
going an estimated 59 mph
when it struck the freight
AP Photo/CAROLYN KASTER
“Instead of tweeting false
smears, the American peo-
ple would appreciate it if
you turned off the TV and
helped solve the funding
crisis, protected Dreamers
or ... really anything else.”
White House spokesman
Raj Shah said merely that
consideration of a release
would “allow for a legal
review, national security
review led by the White
House counsel’s office.”
As a second week of
memo-watching com-
menced, the committee also
prepared to interview Steve
Bannon, Trump’s former
chief strategist. Bannon
has been subpoenaed and is
scheduled to be interviewed
behind closed doors Tues-
day by the panel. But it’s
unclear whether he’ll show
up as negotiations contin-
ued over the terms of his
interview.
TIM DOMINICK/THE STATE VIA AP
train, Gov. Henry McMas-
ter said. It was the middle
of the night, and many peo-
ple were jolted from sleep
by the crash and forced into
the cold.
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2015 letter belies pope’s
claim of ignorance
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis
received a victim’s letter in 2015 that
graphically detailed how a priest sexually
abused him and how other Chilean cler-
gy ignored it, contradicting the pope’s
recent insistence that no victims had
come forward to denounce the cover-up,
the letter’s author and members of Fran-
cis’ own sex- abuse commission have FRANCIS
told The Associated Press.
The fact that Francis received the eight-page letter, ob-
tained by the AP, challenges his insistence that he has
“zero tolerance” for sex abuse and cover-ups. It also
calls into question his stated empathy with abuse sur-
vivors, compounding the most serious crisis of his five-
year papacy.
The scandal exploded last month when Francis’ trip to
South America was marred by protests over his vigorous
defense of Bishop Juan Barros, who is accused by vic-
tims of witnessing and ignoring the abuse by the Rev.
Fernando Karadima. During the trip, Francis callously
dismissed accusations against Barros as “slander,”
seemingly unaware that victims had placed Barros at
the scene of Karadima’s crimes.
On the plane home, confronted by an AP reporter, the
pope said: “You, in all good will, tell me that there are
victims, but I haven’t seen any, because they haven’t
come forward.”
After school closures,
new Chicago plan draws fury
CHICAGO (AP) — Five years after the largest mass clo-
sure of public schools in an American city, Chicago is
forging ahead with a plan to shutter four more in one of
the city’s highest-crime and most impoverished areas.
School officials are pitching the new closures around
Englewood, a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side,
to make way for a new $85 million school they insist
will better serve students and reverse low enrollment.
But some parents, students and activists are skepti-
cal, saying they’re still reeling from the 2013 closures
and the latest plan will make things worse, including
the displacement of hundreds of mostly black and poor
teenagers.
“The last thing they should do is close our schools,”
said 16-year-old Miracle Boyd, a student at John Hope
College Prep, which could close. “They aren’t the ones
sitting in those chairs five days a week struggling to
learn because we don’t have the necessities we need
as students. ... Why not use the $85 million to improve
our education and get our schools on the road to suc-
cess?”
Like other cities, Chicago has long relied on closures
to address underperforming and underutilized schools.
Significant closures have taken place in Philadelphia,
Detroit and St. Louis, but Chicago made history when it
closed roughly 50 schools, affecting more than 12,000
students in mostly African-American and Latino neigh-
borhoods.
IS attacks suspect Abdeslam defies
court in first appearance
BRUSSELS (AP) — The man accused of being a would-
be Islamic State attacker who was once Europe’s most
wanted fugitive defied a Belgian court Monday, refusing
to rise or answer questions during his first public ap-
pearance since his arrest nearly two years ago.
Salah Abdeslam is facing attempted murder charges
in Brussels from a police shootout four months after the
Paris attacks. Abdeslam and an accomplice fled while
another man sprayed automatic gunfire and was killed.
The pair was captured a few days later in the same
neighborhood where Abdeslam and many of the dead
attackers grew up.
Abdeslam arrived in the Belgian capital Monday morn-
ing after being transferred from a prison in France. Se-
curity was high at the Brussels courthouse, with armed
guards and multiple checkpoints leading to the court-
room.
“I do not wish to respond to any questions. I was
asked to come. I came,” said Abdeslam, who stayed
seated for the hearing, flanked by police in balaclavas.
“I defend myself by keeping silent.”
Asked why he was refusing to stand, Abdeslam said:
“I’m tired, I did not sleep.”
Michigan family with 13 sons
expecting next child in April
ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan couple with 13
sons is expecting a 14th child in April but waiting until
birth to learn the sex.
Jay and Kateri Schwandt say adding another child to
their large family won’t be too big of a logistic change or
financial burden, WOOD-TV reported . Kateri Schwandt
said she’s used to large families, as one of 14 children
herself.
“If you have three, it’s the same as having 10 at this
point, if you ask me,” Kateri Schwandt said. “It’s just
more chaos, more noise. It’s nothing we’re not used to
at this point.”
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Why do fans riot after a big win?

BY WILLIAM WAN
AND AMY ELLIS NUTT
THE WASHINGTON POST
Fires in the streets. Smashed
windows. Flipped cars. Light
poles toppled by alcohol-fueled
crowds. Philadelphia awoke Mon-
day morning after the triumph of stakes playoff games, said Lewis,
Super Bowl Sunday to a city in
disarray and this vexing question: sports riots in the 1960s and 1970s.
What is it about sports that makes
fans riot?
Why do fans care so intensely
about their teams? What is going
on in their brains after a win or
loss? What circumstances make a
riot more likely?
For years, psychologist and
sociologist have studied this phe-
nomenon of sports fan violence
and have found some interesting
answers. Researchers attribute
violent behavior to a heady mix-
ture of factors: Intense fan identi-
fication with a team, how behav-
ior changes when people become
part of a mob, and strong psycho-
logical and physiological respons-
es when your team wins or loses.
When do fans most often
tend to riot?
Sports fan violence occurs all
over the world, but the American
fan is unusual in a few ways.
Unlike European soccer hooligan- who identify strongly with a team
ism, in which fans of opposing
teams often hurt each other, fan
rioting in America is usually limit- self-esteem.
ed to vandalism, or violence direct-
ed at inanimate objects, notes Jef-
frey Lewis, a Kent State University
sociologist who has spent decades
studying fan violence.
American fan riots typically
occur after championship or high-
who has collected statistics from
And when American sports
fans riot, it is almost always in cel-
ebration of a victory rather than a
defeat.
Why do fans feel so strongly
about their teams?
“We’re social creatures. We
have a need to belong,” said Dan-
iel Wann, a psychology professor
at Murray State University. People
often split themselves into differ-
ent categories based on occupa-
tion, ethnicity, gender or other fac-
tors. Unlike race or gender, over
which people have no choice,
sports fandom is like a religion:
It’s self-selecting but also strongly
influenced by the environment,
including family and other people
you grow up with.
That sense of belonging it
bestows can often be beneficial. In
a series of studies on college stu-
dents, Wann has found that fans
often are less likely to feel lonely
or alienated, and they have higher
“Just think about how we inter-
act with each other at games — for
guys especially — we hug and
touch each other in ways that we
often never do otherwise,” said
social psychologist Edward Hirt.
“We all want to be part of some-
thing that transcends ourselves.”
What happens in fans’
brains after a win or loss?
Because of that strong identifi-
cation for ardent fans, the team
becomes an extension of the fan.
And that can have profound
effects on people’s psychology and
even physiology.
Trying to measure that effect,
Hirt conducted a study in the 1990s
on college basketball fans. Fans
who saw their team win believed
they could do much better on
seemingly unrelated tasks — like
solving anagrams or shooting
darts. Those who saw their team
lose thought they would do worse.
That even applied to how attrac-
tive fans saw themselves to be.
When shown a picture of a
good-looking member of the oppo-
site sex and asked to rate their
chances of scoring a date with
them, fans whose team lost were
much more pessimistic about
their odds.
The effect manifests itself physi-
cally. Fans’ testosterone levels often
increase after their team wins and
decrease when they lose, according
to some studies. And a 2013 study
found that fans of losing teams
experience an urge to eat more sat-
urated fats and sugars the day
after, while winning teams’ fans
choose healthier foods.
So where does the urge for
violence come from?
Most agree mob mentality has a
lot to do with it. In study after
study, psychologist have shown
people often behave differently in
big crowds.
“There’s the contagion theory. We
know people do things in crowds
they would not do alone. They think
they’re anonymous,” said Jason
Lanter, a psychology professor at
Kutztown University who has stud-
ied celebratory fan violence for
more than a decade. “People make
poor decisions in crowds.”
In crowds, people often lose their
self-awareness and feel a sense of
safety in numbers. “But there’s
also the alcohol, which adds fuel to
the action,” Wann said.
When people act in groups, neu-
roscientists have also found that
their medial prefrontal cortex,
responsible in part for self-reflec-
tion, is more dormant. That lack
of self-reflection seems to allow
people in groups to act in ways
they ordinarily would not, said
Mina Cikara, a neuroscientist at
Harvard, who hastened to add
that being in groups also can
bring out the best in us, encourag-
ing us to donate or do collective
acts of kindness.
Lewis, the sociologist who
wrote a 2007 book on fan violence,
believes fans riot as a way to iden-
tify with and join in the victory of
their teams. The rioters, he notes,
are almost always young white
males, with few women or older
fans involved.
“They can’t throw a football 60
yards like the quarterback can,
but they can throw a rock through
the window or pull down a light
pole,” Lewis said. “To them, it
becomes their feat of strength and
skill.”
Others believe the very nature
of sports contributes to the ten-
dency for violence. “Viewing a
sporting event serves to both build
up and relieve the ‘destructive
energy,’ “ argue the authors of a
2012 academic book on the subject
titled “Violence and Aggression in
Sporting Contests.”
“For a certain subset of sports
fans, witnessing violent sports is
not enough to reduce such energy
to tolerable levels, and only per-
sonally experienced ‘aggressive
acts’ serve to relieve the tension
built up before, during, and after
an exciting sports event,” con-
clude the authors before adding
this caveat: “Or, maybe some
sports fans just enjoy hurting peo-
ple and breaking stuff.”

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Mueller? Mueller? teer firemen in our area. If

We finally got the evi-
dence about the Russian
collusion. Is Mueller going
to now start investigating
Hillary Clinton?
Real heroes
In the Sunday’s football
game someone will score a
touchdown and they will
call him a hero. I think the
heroes were the people
who fought the fire Thurs-
day night, and I think they
should get paid for it. I
think we should respect
them more for it. I think
they are the heroes.
Caddyshack
Trump flouts rules and
exaggerates his own abili-
ties when playing golf. He
cheats from start to finish
and breaks rules of the
game. He boasts: “When
you are a star, they leave
you do it.” This lack of
not for their bravery in fight-
ing the many local terrible
fires, Mount Carmel and
Shamokin would soon be
ghost towns just like Centra-
lia. It would not be because
of the fires burning under-
ground,d but because of the
fires burning above ground.
God bless them and please,
please keep them safe.
Classic
Classic line in Maresca’s
column that says it all:
“Perhaps Democrats won’t
be satisfied until the black
unemployment rate is zero
like it was prior to the
Emancipation Proclama-
tion.”
What a racket
We’ve suffered a parade
of community “leaders”
claiming that “since every-
one else paid the 1 percent
permitting fee without

Goal is to make Medicaid

integrity and his alterna-
tive facts is why Trump is
not up to “par” for the
White House job.
The upside down
The Republican Party
was always the strong law-
and-order party and was
always extremely tough on
Russia. Now the Republi-
cans are attacking the FBI,
the most respected law
enforcement agency in the
U.S. and perhaps the world.
The Republican President
praises Russian dictator
Putin at every opportunity
and refuses to enforce
stronger Russian sanctions.
He has turned the Republi-
can world upsidedown.
Big thanks
I am extending a huge
thank you to all the volun-
complaint then it must be
legal.” No judge worth
their salt is going to find
for the township because
“no one else complained.”
Businesses know that in a
crony capitalist country,
you have to pay off the
mob protection racket
a pathway out of poverty
BY SEEMA VERMA
called “government.”
THE WASHINGTON POST
Smear campaign
Americans are among
Rep. Devin Nunes con-
the most generous people in
cocted the classified docu-
the world. While this nation
ment scheme to smear the
was founded on the pursuit
FBI, and Trump harasses
of a shared dream, the mor-
the Justice Department.
al pledge of the American
These are attempts to
people has been to never
obstruct justice. The gut-
leave behind our most vul-
less Republicans must do
nerable fellow citizens.
the right thing. If they
When we created Medic-
don’t, the consequences
aid in 1965 as part of Presi-
would be much greater
dent Lyndon B. Johnson’s
than the 1968 era when we
War on Poverty, we formal-
experienced tumultuous
ized that commitment and
social and political change.
wove a fabric of care that
has provided health ser-
vices for seniors in need,
pregnant mothers, low-in-
come children and parents,
and people with disabilities.
Johnson affirmed the
nation’s safety net, saying,
“Our aim is not only to
relieve the symptoms of
poverty, but to cure it and,
above all, to prevent it.”
Prior to passage of the
Affordable Care Act, the
Medicaid program focused
on caring for seniors in
need, pregnant mothers,
children and Americans
with disabilities. But in
2010, the ACA fundamental-
ly changed Medicaid by
shifting predominantly
low-income adults — often
without children, healthy
and working-age — into a
program that wasn’t
designed for them.
Our nation should always
give our utmost attention
and care for Americans
most in need. As such, we
must allow states, which
know the unique needs of
their citizens, to design pro-
grams that don’t merely
provide a Medicaid card but
provide care that allows
people to rise out of poverty
and no longer need public
assistance. As Ronald Rea-
gan once put it, the aim of a
government program for
the poor “should be to elim-
inate, as far as possible, the
need for its own existence.”
Our aim is to restore a
strong state-federal rela-
tionship while also modern-
izing the program to deliver
better outcomes for all the
populations served. The
first step is to recognize
that Washington does not
know what is best for states.
To the contrary, we should
empower states to work
with their communities,
providers and citizens to
design innovative programs
that meets their diverse
needs, while holding them
accountable for achieving
positive outcomes.
Prior to the Trump
administration, many
states had been clamoring
for the flexibility to add
work and community-en-
gagement incentives for
able-bodied, working-age
Medicaid beneficiaries, a
group substantially expand-
ed by the ACA. The compas-
sionate nature of these
states encouraged the cre-
ativity to design a system to
help the new able-bodied,
working-age Medicaid pop-
ulation unlock their fullest
potential. Despite the evi-
dence demonstrating that
work and community
engagement can have a
major positive impact on
health and wellness, the
previous administration
rejected these requests.
We believe that if Medic-
aid is going to be used as
the vehicle to offer substan-
tial taxpayer benefits to
healthy, working-age Amer-
icans, then we must allow
the program to be more
flexible. We recognize that
states are closer to the peo-
ple they serve and can bet-
ter help recipients rise out
of poverty.
Today, 11 states represent-
ed by governors of both
major political parties have
submitted proposals to
implement work and com-
munity-engagement
requirements for their
non-disabled, working-age
populations. We applaud
their efforts to strengthen
the Medicaid program and
are supportive of testing
approaches to end poverty
and improve outcomes.
The guidance we
released last month
intends to help states as
they develop and evaluate
their programs. It provides
for state flexibility but also
details the necessary pro-
tections states must
include for people with dis-
abilities or other health
issues that may prevent
them from participating in
a community-engagement
requirement, including
those with opioid addic-
tion and other sub-
stance-use disorders. Our
guidance also requires
states to address local eco-
nomic conditions that may
impact an individual’s
ability to find work.
This administration
anticipated that this stance
would be met with criticism
from those who espouse
that requiring community
engagement as a condition
of federal support is a bar-
rier to care. It is unfortu-
nate that some automatical-
ly assume that low-income
Americans are incapable of
contributing to their com-
munities, especially when
many of them already do or
want to do so. It is even
more shameful that they
would dress up this unflat-
tering view of their fellow
citizens in the guise of com-
passion.
True compassion is lift-
ing Americans most in
need out of difficult circum-
stances. The new flexibility
requested by states will
allow them to partner with
us to help program benefi-
ciaries live healthy, fulfill-
ing lives as independently
as possible. This adminis-
tration stands for a policy
that makes Medicaid a path
out of poverty by empower-
ing states to tailor pro-
grams that meet the unique
needs of their citizens. We
owe it to these Americans
to try whatever may help
them achieve the dignity
and self-sufficiency they
deserve.
(Verma is administrator of
the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.)
THE NEWS-ITEM, SHAMOKIN, PA OBITUARIES / STATE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2018 A5
Obituaries
Claire H. Jurasich
Wolf aims for smooth landing
MOUNT CARMEL —
Claire H. Jurasich, 99, of
330 W. Fifth St., Mount Car-
for an election-year budget
mel, died Monday, Feb. 5, BY MARC LEVY needs no tax increase or million would go toward a administration officials
2018, at Geisinger Medical ASSOCIATED PRESS cash infusion to maintain new effort to boost comput- said his proposal will
Center, Danville. the state’s current pro- er and industrial skills resemble one approved by
Born in Mount Carmel HARRISBURG — Demo- grams. There are reasons training in high schools the Senate last July, which
on Dec. 5, 1918, she was a cratic Gov. Tom Wolf will for optimism, just a year and for high school gradu- would raise substantially
daughter of the late Guy roll out his fourth and final after the state suffered its ates who don’t want to less money than what Wolf
and Catherine (Wightman) first-term budget proposal, largest cash shortfall since attend a four-year college. has sought previously.
Smith. an election-year plan the recession.
She was a 1936 graduate expected to be relatively STATE POLICE SERVICE OPIOID ADDICTION
Revenue growth is
of Mount Carmel Township restrained after three years Wolf will renew his call
expected to be better than it The Wolf administration
High School. dominated by drawn-out for municipalities that
has been since Wolf ’s first will seek tens of millions of
Claire was a lifelong resi- partisan fights with the don’t have their own full-
year in office. Key cost pres- dollars more for opioid-ad-
dent of Mount Carmel and Republican-controlled Leg- sures — pension obliga- time police force to pay a diction treatment and spe-
was a homemaker. She was islature over how to plug $25 per-person fee, or about cialty drug courts. That’s
tions, prisons and health
a member of United Pres- Claire H. Jurasich gaping deficits. $63 million total, to help pay on top of the administra-
care for the poor — also are
byterian Church in Mount Administration officials easing. for state police coverage tion’s efforts — pegged at
Carmel. el, Samantha Miscavage, of and lawmakers describe the that is currently supported, $76 million last year — to
Cresson, and Carly Jur- Meanwhile, a grab bag of
On July 5, 1938 in Elkton, plan being released today as tax and fee increases perhaps unconstitutionally, fight a crisis that coroners
Maryland, she married the asich, of Kulpmont; three one that will carry no major by $778 million in highway believe claimed more lives
great-grandsons, Anthony approved by lawmakers in
late Dan Jurasich. new policy initiatives. Rath- construction funds. Repub- last year than it did in 2016.
the past 19 months — after
Survivors include a V. Candelora, Nicholas Mis- er, Wolf is expected to use lican lawmakers, who rep-
cavage and Justin Jurasich, his budget to highlight pri- Republicans rejected two AGENCY MERGERS
daughter-in-law, Carol Jur- resent most of the 3.3 mil-
Wolf requests for multibil-
asich, of Mount Carmel; all of Mount Carmel; as orities and cement accom- lion residents who receive Wolf will renew a request
well as several nieces, neph- plishments, rather than lion-dollar tax increases —
one granddaughter, Dianne full-time or part-time state to merge the Department of
ews, great-nieces and is providing about $1 billion
Candelora and her hus- risk the partisan acrimony police coverage, rejected Human Services and the
great-nephews. a year. Still, the state is bor-
band, Anthony, of Mount that plagued the first three Wolf ’s proposal last year. Department of Health into
In addition to her parents years. A smooth landing for rowing $1.7 billion to plug
Carmel; two grandsons, one agency. That plan
and husband, she was pre- last year’s shortfall and CHILDREN, ELDERLY
Jimmy Jurasich and his his budget could give Wolf stalled in the Legislature
ceded in death by two sons, a big boost as he campaigns took out another $600 mil- AND DISABLED
wife, Eleanor, and Jeff Jur- last year. He is giving up on
Ronald D. Jurasich and his for a second term. lion in short-term borrow-
asich and his wife, Tanya, Wolf will request an including the Department
wife, Tina, and James Jur- ing from the treasury to
all of Mount Carmel; five A look at what Wolf will extra $230 million for pro- of Aging and the Depart-
asich; and two brothers, tide it over until spring.
great-granddaughters, propose in his 2018-19 bud- grams that help provide ment of Drug and Alcohol
Chrissy Candelora, of Pitts- Robert Smith and his wife, get plan to lawmakers: EDUCATION services at home for the Programs in that merger.
burgh, Jenna Jurasich, of Venita, and Paul Smith and Wolf will seek another elderly and disabled. He
his wife, Bernice. THE BOTTOM LINE POLITICS
North Carolina, Amber $225 million to push total also will seek an extra $25
Spending under Wolf ’s This year’s budget poli-
Miscavage, of Mount Carm- new dollars for education million, or 16 percent more,
proposal would rise to near- under his administration to to help subsidize child care tics still could be super-
charged. Wolf is running
Lillian V. Weikel ly $33 billion, or almost 3
percent, with no increases
above $1 billion a year, or for low-income working
parents. for a second term and, as of
more than halfway toward
in taxes on sales and Friday, a dozen sitting law-
GLEN ALLEN, Va. — Lil- ter, Beverly Arnold; a broth- his original goal of $2 bil- NATURAL GAS
income, the state’s two big- makers had announced
lian V. Weikel, 90, of Glen er, Lloyd Ritzman; and five lion.
gest sources of revenue. DRILLING plans to seek higher office.
Allen, Virginia, and a for- sisters, Gertrude Miller, Much of the increase —
For a fourth straight year, That includes House Speak-
mer resident of Shamokin, Esther Dressler, Grace THE DEFICIT $100 million, a nearly 2 per-
Wolf will propose a new tax er Mike Turzai, R-Alleghe-
passed away Saturday, Feb. Chapman, Merle Ritzman cent bump — would for
Wolf insists he has dealt
public school instruction on production of Marcellus ny, who is vying for the
3, 2018, in Ashland, Virgin- and Shirley Ritzman. with Pennsylvania’s Republican nomination to
ia. She is survived by three and operations. Another $50 Shale natural gas. Wolf
post-recession deficit, and challenge Wolf.
She was born in sons, Benjamin Rudy and
Shamokin, Feb. 19, 1927, a
daughter of the late Irvin
and Nora (Myers) Ritzman.
She was a member of the
his wife, Hannah, of Junc-
tion City, Kansas; Jason
Rudy of Richmond, Virgin-
ia; and Roger Weikel and
Ash Wednesday obligations
Shamokin Christian Mis-
sionary Alliance Church.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, Har-
his wife, Diana, of Glen
Allen, Virginia; a son-in-
law, Ben Arnold, of Sun-
bury, and five grandchil-
not waived for Valentine’s Day
HARRISBURG — Diocese of Har- been inquiries if a dispensation from and abstinence are naturally the pri-
old Weikel, in 1985; a daugh- dren. risburg Bishop Ronald W. Gainer has the obligations to fast and abstain ority in the Catholic community. Val-
released the following message from meat will be given. As Catho- entine’s Day can appropriately be cel-
Bart Scarlett regarding the Ash Wednesday obliga-
tions of fast and abstinence and its
lics, we recognize Ash Wednesday as
the solemn beginning of a period of
ebrated on another day, such as Tues-
day before Ash Wednesday, which
MARION HEIGHTS — Heights, passed away Mon- coincidence with Valentine’s Day prayer, penance and works of charity. happens to be Mardi Gras, a time of
Bart Scarlett, 59, loving hus- day morning, Feb. 5, 2018, at this year: Its spiritual importance is evidenced celebration prior to the Lenten jour-
band of Karen, of 118 W. their home. “This year Ash Wednesday coin- by the large number of faithful ney.”
Melrose St., Marion cides with Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), a choosing to attend Mass on this day. Additional information about the
Rita C. Murphy largely secular celebration, particu-
larly in the United States. There have
In view of the significance of Ash
Wednesday, the obligations of fast
meaning and observance of Lent can
be found at www.hbgdiocese.org/lent.
COAL TOWNSHIP — morning, Feb. 5, 2018, at
Rita C. Murphy, 99, of 1010
W. Walnut St., Coal Town-
ship, passed away Monday
Mountain View: A Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center,
Coal Township. At A G lAnce Two killed in
Funeral nOtices Police: Man who broke into home
shot by resident, found dead
crane accident
JURASICH — Claire H. Jurasich, 99, of 330 W. Fifth St., HARWICK (AP) — Police say a man who broke into a home SHADY GROVE (AP) — tration is among those inves-
Mount Carmel. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday near Pittsburgh was shot by a resident and was later found Two men killed in an acci- tigating along with state
in the C.J. Lucas Funeral Home Inc., 27 N. Vine St., Mount dead in a field nearby. dent at a Pennsylvania crane police, the company and the
Carmel, with the Rev. Joan Brown officiating. Burial will be Officers in Springdale Township were sent to the home just manufacturer have been coroner’s office.
in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mount Carmel Township. Viewing after 10 a.m. Sunday after a 911 call. identified but few details Manitowoc, based in Mani-
will be held from 11 a.m. until the time of service Friday in the Police found the residents unharmed and were told the sus- about the accident have been towoc, Wisconsin, has about
C.J. Lucas Funeral Home Inc., 27 N. Vine St., Mount Carmel, pect had fled on foot. He was found across the street lying released. 1,200 employees at the Ant-
C.J. Lucas IV, supervisor. In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu- in a field with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the Chris Robison, 49, of Mari- rim Township plant, which
tions can be made to United Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Fifth scene. on, and John Marcoux, 66, of makes Grove mobile cranes
St., Mount Carmel, PA 17851. To send condolences to the Allegheny County homicide detectives said the suspect was
family, visit www.cjlucasfuneralhome.com. Chambersburg, both died of and recently added an assem-
shot by a resident after he broke through a rear glass door multiple blunt force trauma, bly line for crawler cranes,
and entered the home. Coroner Jeffrey Conner of the (Chambersburg) Public
Police said the motive is unknown but “it is believed the Franklin County said Sun- Opinion reported.
actor had mental health issues.” day. Ion Warner, vice president
No arrests were made. The name of the suspect hasn’t
Another man was flown to of marketing and investor
been released.
a hospital with critical inju- relations, told the paper that
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Cranes in Shady Grove, involved or what it was
GETTYSBURG (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been sen-
tenced to life in prison without possibility of parole in the about 65 miles southwest of doing, adding that the compa-
beating death of his roommate last year. Harrisburg. ny is working with investiga-
OBITUARY POLICY PennLive.com reports that 46-year-old Walter Smith Jr. of Two other men had minor tors.
Hanover was sentenced Monday in Adams County Court on hand and arm injuries, “The key is that we sup-
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Deal reached in appeal of attorney fees

BY LARRY DEKLINSKI
THE NEWS-ITEM
larry_d@newsitem.com
WILLIAMSPORT — A settle-
ment over attorney fees has been
reached between the Shamokin
Area School District and the par-
ent who successfully argued in
court that the school failed to
properly assess and evaluate her
child.
According to court documents,
the case was dismissed Jan. 26
pursuant to a settlement reached
through the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit’s Appellate
Mediation Program. The settle-
ment amount was not disclosed,
per a confidentiality agreement.
Patricia Torres had filed an
appeal after a federal judge
awarded her 20 percent of legal
fees sought.
In October, Judge Matthew W.
Brann, of the U.S. Middle District
of Pennsylvania in Williamsport,
ordered that the district pay Patri-
cia Torres $3,338.80 in attorney’s
fees and $681 in costs by Dec. 5.
He stated in his order that Tor-
res should only receive 20 percent
of the costs she assumed when
she hired attorneys to represent
her and her child in a special
needs hearing because she was
only partially successful in her
claims.
He also determined Torres’
attorney, Drew Christian, of
Clarks Summit, sought a higher
than normal hourly rate by ask-
ing for $285 per hour, and reduced
his rate to that of the district’s
attorney, $170 per hour.
Torres sought $30,525.22 in
reimbursements from the dis-
trict after a special needs hear-
ing officer partially ruled in her
favor by determining the school
did not deny her child a free pub-
lic education, but did fail to prop-
erly assess and evaluate her
child.
Reached Monday, the attorney
for the district, Shawn D.
Lochinger, of Sweet, Stevens,
Katz & Williams LLP, said the dis-
trict “decided to settle because we
felt it was in the best interest of
the district to put an end to this,
in terms we believe were very fair
to the district.”
A call placed to Christian was
not returned.

The house at 313 N. Hickory St., Mount Carmel, owned by Roman Niedwiedz, was gutted by flames
in a fire Thursday night. The same thing happened to his home at 227 N. Chestnut St. on June 20.
Fundraiser
FROM PAGE 1
closeness of the neighbors
from 307 to 327 N. Hickory
hit the younger Price hard,
so he created the fundraiser
in hopes of helping all the
families to begin rebuilding
their lives.
He noted that his mother
lived in the home her entire
life.
Price mentioned an
80-year-old neighbor whose
home suffered massive
water damage, noting how
hard coming back from the
disaster will be for her as
well as those who lost
everything.
He created an ambitious
goal of $100,000 because
he doesn’t want to deter
people from contributing.
“The amount when you
split it up between every-
body — it won’t help them
buy a house, but you hope it
will help get them started
again when you split it up,”
Price said. “You can help
them start over and start
down a new path.”
The fundraiser has got-
ten off to a slow start, but
Price is hopeful because he
said the least he can do is
try. He plans on dividing the
money evenly between the
victims.
Spreading the word
Michael Smith, who was
voted by Mount Carmel
Borough Council as new
solicitor in December, is
helping spread word about
the fundraiser. His parents
and brother live one house
Cord
Firefighters prepare to douse flames flowing out
of a first-floor bay window at 309 W. Chestnut St.,
Shamokin, Saturday afternoon. An extension
cord is to blame for the fire that gutted two floors involved in the fire, Fire
of the home.
The exteriors of several homes in the 300 block of
North Hickory Street in Mount Carmel that were
damaged in a three-alarm fire Thursday night are
seen Monday afternoon. Donations are being
sought to help the victims.
away from the neighbors
who lost everything.
He said the neigh-
bors have been like family,
and it’s hard to see people
who lived on the block
their entire lives suffer.
“No one rallies around
people in need like the coal
region,” Smith said Mon-
day. “And a special thank
you to the volunteers who
battled this disaster in terri-
ble conditions and saved
lives and homes.
Price hopes the region
pulls together to help the
victims, asking, “Imagine if
it was you or your family
impacted by something like
this, and how would you
want to be helped out?”
To donate to the victims,
FROM PAGE 1
remodeled.
Several hand lines
were stretched into 309
West Chestnut and the
roof was vented.
Shamokin Assistant
Fire Chief Bruce Rog-
ers said flames made it
into the attic of 309, but
that the fire was con-
tained to the one side of
the half double.
Siko complimented
firefighters for contain-
ing flames to the home
of origin, despite heavy
fire.
“The Shamokin Fire
Bureau did a great,
great job,” he said.
LARRY DEKLINSKI/STAFF PHOTO
Most owners insured
Of the 10 properties
Chief Jack Williams Jr.
go to www.gofundme.com/
hickory-street-fire-fund.
A familiar tragedy
One of the the victims is
Roman Niedwiedz, whose
home at 313 N. Hickory St.
was gutted by flames.
Sunlight shone down
from a stairway leading to
the second floor into a liv-
ing room where Kyle
Obeck, of Garden State
Public Adjusters Inc., was
viewing the charred
remains of the property
Monday afternoon.
On the other side of the
single converted from a
double, several animal
mounts were burnt and
hung upside down, a result
of the intense heat. Wood
laths and other materials
hung from the ceiling.
It was a familiar scene for
Niedwiedz, whose last
home, at 227 N. Chestnut
St., was gutted by flames on
June 20.
“Here we are seven
months later,” he said as he
dropped a burnt knife
sheath. “I already went
through this seven months
ago, so, unfortunately, I
know what comes next.”
Niedwiedz was able to
escape the fire unharmed
after smelling smoke. The
origin of the blaze was two
doors down at 317 N. Hicko-
ry St.
“I called 911 and then
went outside to make sure
the neighbors were out,”
he said. “By that time, the
fire spread to my house
and I couldn’t get back
inside.”
January shelter
effort deemed
success; $5,500
donated for fuel
COAL TOWNSHIP —
The emergency winter shel-
ter established during Jan-
uary’s extreme cold weath-
er was deemed a success by
the county’s Area Agency
on Aging.
The shelter operat-
ed from Jan. 4 to 8 at the
Shamokin-Coal Township
Senior Action Center as
temperatures hovered in
the single digits and even
subzero overnight during
that time. The shelter was
coordinated and sponsored
by Central Susquehanna
Opportunities (CSO), state
Rep. Kurt Masser (R-107)
and the agency on aging.
LARRY DEKLINSKI/STAFF PHOTOS Two area residents uti-
lized the shelter for sleeping
and to stay warm during
the day. Approximately 25
residents received assis-
tance with obtaining food,
coats, blankets and heating
fuel after contacting the
said all but one was
shelter. Food and clothing
insured. George Edward
items remaining when the
and Mary Derr, of 325 N.
shelter closed were donated
Hickory St., did not have
to Haven Ministries, God’s
homeowners insurance,
Chuckwagon and Commu-
but did have insurance on
nity Aid.
contents.
Approximately 30 com-
At 315 N. Hickory St.,
munity volunteers provided
owners Greg and Peggy
assistance at the shelter
Sue Koronkiewicz were
and in the community; they
insured, but their tenant,
helped deliver emergency
Christine Derk, who lived
in the property with her
daughter, did not have
rental insurance.
Redistricting
Two of the homes were
vacant, including 317 N.
FROM PAGE 1
Hickory, owned by Joseph deadline for submitting a
and Janet Schoppy, where replacement map for Demo-
it was determined the fire cratic Gov. Tom Wolf to con-
began. Williams said 307 sider. So far, there has been a
N. Hickory, owned by notable lack of bipartisan
John and Jamie Johnson, movement on getting such a
suffered smoke damage deal.
and should be able to be Pennsylvania’s congres-
occupied after cleanup sional delegation has been
from smoke damage. 13-5 in favor of Republicans
Williams believes 309 N. during the three election
Hickory St., owned by cycles since the GOP-drawn
Addison Williams, will be 2011 map took effect, and
livable after minor fire, experts have said those 13
smoke and water damage seats are several more than
are addressed. Williams, would have been produced
who lived in the home by a nonpartisan map.
with her son, was Democrats have about
insured. 800,000 more registered vot-
William Ososkie, owner ers than Republicans and
of 321 N. Hickory St., had hold all three elected state-
his property insured, and wide row offices, but Repub-
his tenant Cynthia Lou licans enjoy solid majorities
in both chambers of the
Rosetta had renter’s
insurance. Also insured Legislature.
Under the process laid
was Jean Louise Gunther,
out two weeks ago by four
of 323 N. Hickory St.
of the seven Pennsylvania
Smoke and water dam-
Supreme Court justices, all
age were observed in the
Democrats, the Legislature
basement of 327 N. Hick-
has until Friday to approve
ory St., owned by Chris-
a new map, after which
topher and Vicki Krah.
Williams said the proper- Wolf will have until Feb. 15
to decide whether to
ty is insured and the
owners are able to live in endorse it and submit it to
the justices.
it now.
Senate Republican Lead-
Cause undetermined er Jake Corman said Mon-
The cause of the fire is day he’s had “zero” discus-
listed as undermined by sions with Wolf and legisla-
State Fire Marshal Kirk tive leaders about new
Renn, and is pending district boundaries and
investigation. Williams could not guarantee he will
could not say if the fire is meet the deadline.
suspicious. The state Supreme Court
Williams thanked the said it expects new districts
firefighters who respond- to be in place by Feb. 19, and
ed, including mutual-aid the new map is expected to
companies and stand-by be in play for the May 15
companies, along with dis- congressional primaries.
patchers, EMS, the Clover
The two leaders who had
Hose Ladies Auxiliary and gone to Alito in an effort to
everyone who donated food derail the redistricting pro-
and drinks. He added a cess, Senate President Pro
special thanks to his assis- Tempore Joe Scarnati and
tant chiefs Jim Reed and House Speaker Mike Tur-
John Janolek Sr., along zai, said in a statement they
with Kevin O’Hearn, of will do their best to negoti-
Kulpmont, and Stephen ate a new map “but may be
Jeffery, of Shamokin, for compelled to pursue further
their help running the fire legal action in federal
command. court.”
Wolf ’s statement after the
heating fuel, thaw frozen
pipes and clean and main-
tain the shelter location.
Eighteen staff volunteers
from the CSO, Masser’s
office and the aging agen-
cy provided coordination of
the shelter and resource
assistance for local resi-
dents in need. Many com-
munity members and local
businesses donated food,
clothing, blankets and
coats. And the American
Red Cross provided cots
and blankets for shelter res-
idents.
Several local residents
and area businesses made
monetary donations total-
ing approximately $5,500
that were used to purchase
emergency heating fuel.
The coordinated efforts
of the following organiza-
tions are credited with the
success of the shelter: Nor-
thumberland County’s
Departments of Emergency
Management and Public
Safety; Shamokin and Coal
Township police depart-
ments; American Red
Cross; AREA Services;
Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT);
CSO, Masser and the Area
Agency on Aging.
decision called gerryman-
dering wrong and said a
replacement map should
correct errors of the past.
“My team is ready, will-
ing and able to work with
the General Assembly to
ensure a new map is fair
and within the clear orders
given by the Pennsylvania
Supreme Court,” Wolf said.
A redrawn Pennsylvania
congressional district map
could affect control of the
U.S. House, and at last
count, more than 60 people
in the state have said they
plan to run for Congress.
Democrats need at least
two dozen pick-ups nation-
ally in November’s election
to retake control of the U.S.
House, and a Pennsylvania
map that is less favorable to
Republicans could provide
some of those.
There are six congressio-
nal seats in Pennsylvania
where incumbents are not
running again, the most in
four decades. Five of them
have been held most recent-
ly by Republicans.
To accommodate the
changes, the Department of
State on Friday revised
deadlines for congressional
candidates, moving their
deadlines — and not other
races in the state — two
weeks later. The last day to
file paperwork to run for
Congress is now March 20
— it had previously been
March 6.
Turzai and Scarnati suc-
cessfully defended the 2011
plan against a separate law-
suit in federal court.
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A t A G lAnce For Bon-Ton, founded in 19th

Sotheby’s battles art
dealer over winning bid
(BLOOMBERG) — You can’t walk
century, an uncertain future
away from a winning bid.
That’s Sotheby’s message to a New BY ANNE
York art collector who allegedly refused to honor his $6.5 D’INNOCENZIO
million offer for an untitled 1982 Keith Haring painting, a AP RETAIL WRITER
record price for the beloved American pop artist. NEW YORK — The
The auction house sued Anatole Shagalov in August for future of Bon-Ton Stores
$2.13 million — the difference between his winning bid at
looks tenuous after the
the May 2017 auction and the price Sotheby’s got for the
department store chain that
work after it was forced to resell it.
All sides agree that the large acrylic-on-vinyl painting, de- survived economic down-
picting Haring’s trademark “radiant baby” figure surround- turns including the Great
ed by stylized angels and barking dogs, attracted four bid- Depression filed for bank-
ders, with Shagalov coming out on top. What happened ruptcy protection and said
after that — and before -— is being hotly debated in New it may seek a buyer for all
York state court in Manhattan. or pieces of itself.
A hearing is set for today, with Sotheby’s claims about Even as it closes stores,
falsified evidence expected to take center stage. plans to jazz up its store
label products and reduce
Saks owner Hudson’s Bay appoints its debt load, the chain must
CVS veteran Foulkes as CEO make itself stand out in a
(BLOOMBERG) — Hudson’s Bay Co., the owner of Saks competitive market where JACK HANRAHAN/ERIE TIMES-NEWS VIA AP

Fifth Avenue, named CVS Health Corp. executive Helena shoppers are buying more The Bon-Ton store at the Millcreek Mall, near Erie.
Foulkes its first female chief executive officer as the depart- online overall and less of
ment-store operator struggles with declining traffic and a the clothing that depart- But the Bon-Ton brand fighting for customers. during its most recent
restless activist investor. ment stores depend on. — and all of its banners However, some of Bon- quarter.
Foulkes — ranked among the most influential women in The filing late Sunday that include Elder-Beer- Ton’s peers like Macy’s and Bon-Ton, which runs 260
business by Fortune magazine — will take the helm on Feb. makes Bon-Ton the largest man and Carson’s — are far J.C. Penney and plenty of stores in 24 states, largely in
19 after serving as executive vice president of CVS Health retailer to file for bankrupt- from healthy, says analyst other retailers saw sales the Northeast and Midwest,
and president of its pharmacy unit. She’ll be tasked with cy so far this year. It joins Neil Saunders, managing rebound this past holiday is in talks with debt holders
improving both physical and online sales, Toronto-based several dozen others that director of GlobalData shopping season, helped by about restructuring $1 bil-
Hudson’s Bay said Monday. Retail. a solid economy. lion in debt. Bon-Ton
filed for Chapter 11 last
“Helena is a transformational leader who will invigorate the “Even with breathing There had been signs for received a commitment of
year, including Toys R Us,
business with a new perspective as we position HBC for the space, the future of Bon- some time that Bon-Ton $725 million in debt-
future,” Chairman Richard Baker said in a statement. Foul- Payless ShoeSource and
Gymboree Corp. More are Ton is uncertain. In our was in trouble, and that did or-in-possession financing
kes replaces Baker, who has been serving as interim CEO
expected to follow as many view, there are many stores not ease heading into the to operate during its
since Jerry Storch stepped down last year.
retailers face similar chal- and locations, which are in most recent holiday season. restructuring process.
Dems lash out at consumer watchdog lenges, including big debt terminal decline and where Sales at established stores, “We are currently
amid reports it is dropping inquiry loads. closure is the only sensible a critical gauge of a retail- engaged in discussions with
(THE WASHINGTON POST) — Democratic lawmakers About two dozen dis- option,” Saunders wrote. er’s health, slid 2.9 percent potential investors and our
lashed out at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau tressed retailers, including “They are undifferentiated, in the nine-week period debt holders on a financial
on Monday amid a report that the agency was backing off Nine West Holdings Inc. unclear and have become before the New Year. Those restructuring plan, and the
an investigation into a massive data breach at Equifax last and Claire’s Stores Inc., are increasingly irrelevant to sales had tumbled 6.6 per- actions we are taking are
year that exposed sensitive data about millions of people. on the watch list of Moody’s consumers. Even if the cent in the prior quarter. intended to give us addition-
Reuters, citing former officials familiar with the probe, re- Investors Service. That sur- debt load was cut and Amazon, in contrast, for al time and financial flexi-
ported that the CFPB has not taken routine steps to move passes the 19 from last year unprofitable divisions the first time booked more bility,” CEO Bill Tracy said
forward with an investigation into the incident, including or- on the list of stores with culled, Bon-Ton would still than $1 billion in profits in a statement Sunday.
dering subpoenas or seeking sworn testimony from Equifax poor credit ratings or be running up a down esca-
executives. liquidity, weak credit and lator to survive.”
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Talking with teens about tattoos Honor roll

BY LYNN MOHR without parental permission. With the body that is sensitive or susceptible to Our Lady of Lourdes Regional
SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST cultural acceptance of tattoos becom- infection or other health concerns. For
ing younger, we need to have conversa- example, tongue or mouth piercings COAL TOWNSHIP — Tamborelli.
The barista had at least six tattoos tions at home and in the community can make it difficult to talk, chew or Our Lady of Lourdes Ninth grade: Meryl
ranging in size from a small rose on the about health and safety to prevent com- swallow. Regional School has Czeponis, Caroline
inside of his wrist to a half-sleeve plications. If your teen is still set on a tattoo, announced the honor roll Feese, Peyton Kehler,
depicting a landscape scene. In 2017, the American Academy of finding safer inking involves some for the second quarter: Gabe Klembara, Katie
When I asked about them, he smiled Pediatrics released guidelines for pro- investigative work. Find a tattoo parlor Distinguished Miller, Olivia Nguyen,
and told me each one had a special viding care to adolescents and young that is licensed (if the state regulates honors Mariah Sullivan and
meaning. Then he rolled up his sleeve adults seeking body modifications such tattoo parlors) and ask about the length 12th grade: Selina Gavin Yoder.
to show a disfigured area of skin from as tattooing, piercing and scarification. of experience of the tattoo artist. Check Albert, Lawrence Czepo- Eighth grade: Nina
an infection on one tattoo on his shoul- You can adapt these tips for your own with your local health department if nis, John Daniel Kerris, Adams, Thomas Bennick
der. His only regret was not talking family. there been any violations. Maria Nguyen, Carmine and Ryan Kerris.
with someone knowledgeable about the As parents, caregivers and health- Once at the studio, whether you Picarelli, Nora Rompols- Seventh grade: Gabri-
process — beforehand. care providers, frank conversations accompany the teen or not, advise him ki and Dawson Williams. ella Coleman, Joseph
The T-Mobile commercial airing on about tattoos can possibly pre-empt or her to be sure the artist offers single 11th grade: Frances Feudale, Lillian Scalia
television takes a lighthearted jab at problems. Plan for at least a 30-minute use or “throw away” kits for individual Czeponis. and Chloe Yablonis.
regrettable tattoos as two 30-something conversation focusing on the topic of use. Watch the artist open the kit and 10th grade: Macken- Second honors
women sit poolside, their backs embla- body modifications beginning with an remove the new needle and tubing zie Catino, Anna Gown- 12th grade: Stephen
zoned with matching tattoos. The song, open-ended question such as: What are while wearing gloves and using dispos- ley, Kolbi Krebs, Krystof Gresh, Amanda Horan,
“Always Something There to Remind your thoughts about tattoos? able towels. Lapotsky, Leanna Nguy- Katianna Lapotsky, Har-
Me” plays in the background. It’s innoc- Additionally, talking with your fami- Notice if the tattoo room is clean. See en, Caitlin Shulski and rison Rees, Madison San-
uous and funny. ly’s health-care provider is important if there are red “sharps containers” Ethan Sten. dri and Blair Wagner.
Yet sometimes complications from as he or she can be invaluable in identi- visible. If not, ask how the artist dispos- Ninth grade: Ashley 11th grade: Cydney
body modifications can be severe and fying potential health risks such as his- es of the needle. Ask about the ink used Albert, Christopher Feu- Crissman, Michael
permanent. I know. Because in my tory of keloid formation, sensitivities and what it’s made of. Ask if the tattoo dale and Robert Scalia. Czarnecki, Abigail
health-care practice, teens often talk to inks or increased risk of tooth break- artist has used this ink personally and Eighth grade: Jona- Fobia, Anthony Getchey,
about body modifications but don’t ask age with tongue piercings. on others. It’s best if the ink is organic, than Bauer, Caden Riley Kieffer, Channing
questions about health safety, preven- You can also discuss maintenance nonmetallic and comes from a large, McBride and Terri Maneval, Madison Mun-
tion or maintenance. and care for tattoos and body modifica- well-known manufacturer with a long Reichard. son, Kelsey Ober, Mary
Believe me, beyond the artful ink are tions including cleaning and protection business history. A good sign is if the Seventh grade: Chase Richardson, Elizabeth
many stories of work that went awry. during sports activities. Be sure to have artist uses that ink on himself or her- Higgins, Porter Kramer, Ross, Cassidy Shovlin
A 24-year-old Canadian women post- discussions about the implications of self. Leonard Machesic, Cole and Leah Vanslavie.
ed graphic images of purple dye run- job placement and the care and mainte- Before sitting for the tattoo, look Pancher, Julia Pitcavage, 10th grade: Bella
ning down her cheek after a risky nance of tattoos while at work. closely at the tattoo artist’s portfolio to Sierra Rakus, Chloe Bach, Hannah Bozza,
“sclera tattoo” made her partially blind. These conversations before tattooing, see if there is a wide variety of work: Rishel and Gage Roma- Ethan Houtz and Kather-
In Japan, an Osaka district court ruled piercing or scarification can all help Color, black and gray, traditional, real- noski. ine Negro.
that a tattooist had broken the law by decrease the risk of skin complications, ism or if it is small, common pieces. First honors Ninth grade: Nicho-
practicing without a medical license. ink allergies and infections. Observe what the skin looks like in the 12th grade: Emma las Aurand, Anne Metro-
No one wants to have a decision More broadly, you will want to have a photo. Is it red or irritated or does it Gownley, Madison Prim- cavage, Hoang Nguyen,
about a simple tattoo affect his or her talk about the content of the tattoo. Is it appears to have close attention to erano, Craig Reichard Todd Scheurmann, Emi-
health forever. a symbol, language or depiction that detail? and Zackery Smith. ly Shaffer, Emma Rae
In this culture, tattoos can serve as a could be offensive to some and that may A really good tattoo artist will wel- 11th grade: Lillyauna Shimko and Garrett
symbol of a person’s religious belief or deter the teen from employment or oth- come questions. If a customer is not Bickel, Giavanna Cande- Timco.
connection to a loved one, commemo- er considerations? Are there religious satisfied with any of the answers to lora, Sierra Coleman, Eighth grade:
rate an achievement, and may mark a belief considerations at play, or any cul- these questions, don’t ink, walk. Emily deManincor, Ty Michael Keer, Libby
person’s rite of passage. In 2016, Statis- tural stigmas that may impact the per- Do the research. And when this con- Klembara, Madison Shingara, Paige Shinga-
tic Brain reported that 36 percent of son’s life in a larger way? versation with your teen happens, tell Mengel, Thomas Schultz, ra and Shannon Shovlin.
Americans between the ages of 18 and Ask your teen to consider placement them to take 24 hours to contemplate Christopher Stewart, Seventh grade: Liam
25 have at least one tattoo. of the tattoo or body modification and the repercussions before making this Jared Stewart and Dari- Bradley, Chloe Rishel,
Thirty-eight states have laws prohib- understand if it is in an area of the decision. an Wetzel. Isabella Trujillo and
iting minors from obtaining a tattoo 10th grade: Briana Sabrina White.

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KADEN WILLIAM ADDISON MILAN ANGELINA JACOB

DUNKELBERGER GAJKOWSKI OPACHKO HIGGINS
Son of Keith and Tara Daughter of Crystal Daughter of Dan and Amy Son of Eric and Christine
Dukelberger, of Shamokin, & Andrew Gajkowski, Opachko, of Bear Creek Higgins, of Machanicsburg,
will celebrate his 9th Riverview, FL., celebrated Township, celebrated will celebrate his 10th
birthday on Friday. her 10th birthday on her 12th birthday on birthday on Thursday.
Grandparents are Keith February 2. Sister: Ainsley. Wednesday. Grandparents Grandparents are Mike
and Marge Dunkelberger, Grandparents: Kathleen are Jim and Elaine and Patti Higgins, of Shady
of Trevorton Road, and & Harry Wheary, Coal Dallabrida, of Kulpmont. Acres, John and Darlene
Lance and Terri Miller, Township and Franny & Elaine’s sister is Natasha. Grover, of New Ringgold,
of Trevorton. Kaden’s Ron Gajkowski, Numidia. and the late Ann Baum.
brother is Quinn. Jacob’s brother is Caleb.

MAYLINA SOPHIA E. MAYLINA BRYN ELIZABETH COLTON AVA

CHAPMAN
Daughter of Michael Chap-
man & Austin Kerstetter,
Kulpmont celebrates her
3rd birthday on Febru-
ary 6. Brother: Marcello.
Grandparents: Michelle &
Michael Chapman, Kulp-
mont and April & Jerry
Kerstetter, Shamokin.
HEISER
Daughter of Stephen &
Tricia Heiser, Sunbury
will celebrate her 5th
birthday on February 11.
Brother: Austin. Grand-
parents: Nancy Heiser
& the late Bill Heiser,
Elysburg; Lisa Beachel,
Mt. Carmel and Paul &
Eve Beachel, Sunbury
CHAPMAN
Daughter of Austi Kerstetter &
Michael Chapman, Kulpmont
celebrates her 3rd birthday
on February 6. Brother:
Marcello. Grandparents:
April & Jerry Kerstetter,
Shamokin and Michelle &
Mike Chapman, Kulpmont.
Great Grandmothers:
Carolyn Smith, Shamokin
and Dot Gratti, Kulpmont.
LORENZ ROSENBERGER MOORE
Daughter of Shawn & Son of Morgan & Jamie Daughter of Ashley Sassani
Brittney Lorenz, Paxinos Rosenberger, Coal & Mike Moore, Jr. Shamokiin
will celebrate her 1st Township celebrated his celebrated her 6th birthday
birthday on February 10. 7th birthday on February on February 2. Sibling:
Grandparents: Brian & 5. Grandparents: Marcy Carson. Grandparents:
Marie Maurer, Ashland & Jim Rosenberger, Tina & Robert Sassani,
and Scarlett Primerano, Paxinos; Brian Jeremiah, Coal Township and Lori &
Coal Township & Glenn Shamokin and Brenda Michael Moore, Shamokin.
Lorenz, Coal Township. Jeremiah, Bloomsburg.
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© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 9 All you need is a small bag or
bowl and three or more friends
How many hearts can to play with!
you find on this page Directions:
in three minutes? Cut out the coupons below.
Have a friend try. Who
found the most?
Fold them in half and put
them into a bag, bowl or
box.
Hearty Mouse STEP 1: STEP 2: STEP 3:
STUFF YOU’LL NEED: One by one, players select a
piece of paper from the
googly eyes container.
glue stick (optional)
Two at time, the players start
Cut out a big Fold the heart Cut out two performing their actions,
construction paper
scissors black marker pink heart. in half. smaller hearts. without laughing. The first
person to laugh is out.
Help the mouse reach the cheese. STEP 4: STEP 5: STEP 6:
Repeat this until only one
person is left in the game.

Scratch your Pretend to

Glue small hearts
armpit and sink in a huge
Cut out six little
to make an ear. strips to make Glue on whiskers hop on one bin of stinky
Glue on a googly whiskers. Cut out and tail. Use marker leg. socks.
eye or draw an eye. a squiggly tail. to make a black
nose.
Sing your Pretend to slip
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written step-by-step directions. favorite song on a banana
as if you are peel in slow
underwater. motion.
Love Bugs
STUFF YOU’LL NEED:
Sing the ABCs Flap your
backwards in arms like a
the style of an bird and moo
glue stick scissors black marker construction paper opera singer. like a cow.
STEP 1: STEP 2:
Cut out a large and Glue together as Make a silly Balance on
a small heart shape, shown. Add spots face and stand one leg while
a large and small and eyes with still like a singing Happy
circle, and two marker. statue. Birthday.
How many small strips.
differences
can you spot Lift a pillow, Pretend to be
between these pretending it a dinosaur
two love bugs? weighs 1,000 stuck in
pounds. bubble gum.

Rub your Walk like a

slit tummy and robot whose
pat your battery is
head. low.
STUFF YOU’LL NEED:
pencil Pick up a Walk
pencil with like a
scissors your toes. penguin.
glue stick construction paper
Look through the
slit STEP 1: STEP 2: STEP 3: newspaper for one
small Pretend to
heart heart Cut out heart-wing Glue a medium Make two small to three pictures, Touch your
wings words or articles swim across nose with
shape, two and a small horizontal slits at
medium that make you the floor. your tongue.
heart medium sized heart on center of heart
hearts and two each wing. wings. Insert pencil feel happy.
small hearts. through slits. Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. locate information.
Play air guitar Pretend to
while making climb a tree
silly faces. that’s 1,000
feet tall.
Draw a line from each Valentine’s Day message to the VALENTINE Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
animal who wrote it. WHISKERS sideways and diagonally.
MESSAGE
E G A S S E M V A E
“You make my STORIES
heart squeak!” FLUTTER S W L B P A T E N T
This week’s word:
HEARTS T T H L E K E I M R
“I go bananas HORIZONTAL
for you!” PATENT O N R I R L T P A E The adjective horizontal
“You’re SQUEAK means something that is
purrrr-fect!!” R T Y A S N L A R T
MARKER level with the horizon.
I I D T E K N P K T
“You make my
PAPER The teacher drew a
heart flutter!” CANDY E E N L S H E E E U horizontal line
TAIL S W A R D F U R R L across the board.
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Welcome
FROM PAGE 1
greeted the team’s plane at
Philadelphia International
Airport, cheering wildly
and singing “Fly Eagles
Fly” as Eagles owner Jef-
frey Lurie emerged with
the Lombardi Trophy.
After getting off the
plane, Lurie, Coach Doug
Pederson and stars like
tight end Zach Ertz and
running back LeGarrette
Blount approached the
chain-link fence separating
the team from the fans,
smiling, pumping their
arms and shooting video
with their phones. Fans
stood on cars and news
trucks to catch a glimpse.
“It’s been a long journey
to redemption,” said John
Hall, 49, who works at Phil-
adelphia’s public transit
agency. “We don’t have to
hear the negative anymore,
that we don’t have a ring.
41-33 victory over the New
England Patriots, ending a
drought that had long tor-
mented the city’s foot-
ball-crazed fans. Philly was
the only team in the North-
east Corridor to have never
won a Super Bowl.
The city scheduled a vic-
tory parade for Thursday
along a 5-mile route that
will stretch from the Eagles
stadium complex to the
steps of the Philadelphia
art museum, whose steps
Sylvester Stallone ran up
during “Rocky.” It’s a fitting
ending point for a team that
Stallone had cheered on
throughout the playoffs.
Revelers along the parade
route will be able to indulge
in free Bud Light at two doz-
en bars, thanks to a prom-
ise the beer maker made to
Eagles offensive tackle
Lane Johnson before the
season. AP Photo

It’s official now.” Philly had some cleaning A Philadelphia Eagles fan chants while waiting for the team to arrive at Philadelphia International
Dan Mazzoli, 53, a dis- up to do Monday after pock- Airport on Monday, a day after the Eagles defeated the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
abled construction worker ets of Eagles fans turned
and die-hard fan from New unruly overnight, with row- Minneapolis, the scene
dies smashing department more than 1,000 miles away
Jersey, shared the moment
with his 12-year-old son and store windows, looting a gas in Philly was one of jubila- Fans
11-year-old daughter. station convenience store tion and pandemonium.
“We’ve been waiting for and toppling a number of Revelers shot off fire- FROM PAGE 1 strike up a friendly challenge. If the
this all our lives,” he said. the city’s famously greased works, drivers beeped their Eagles lost, Jepko would plunge into the
and I gave one of the star players a Phila-
Super Bowl MVP Nick light poles. The police com- horns and Philadelphians
delphia pretzel,” he said. Susquehanna River wearing Patriots
Foles, the unassuming missioner said he and other young and old descended on boxer shorts, and if the Eagles won,
Filled with overwhelming joy and disbe-
backup quarterback who officers were hit with bot- Broad Street, the main thor- Cantor would put on Eagles boxer
lief, DeNicola said some Eagles fans devel-
took over for injured star tles. oughfare that last hosted a
The vast majority of rev- oped a pattern of thinking they couldn’tshorts and dive into the Boston Harbor.
Carson Wentz and played major championship
elers celebrated peacefully, beat the Patriots. “Shock” is the best word“Needless to say, I am happy I’m not
brilliantly throughout the parade in 2008 for the Phil-
and police made only three jumping into the Susquehanna River in
to describe how he’s feeling, he said Mon-
playoffs, wasn’t on the team lies’ World Series win.
arrests, said Ajeenah Amir, day. Patriots boxer shorts in the beginning
plane. Foles headed — “The city deserved it,”
a spokeswoman for Mayor of February,” Jepko said Monday.
“It’s a dream come true, and I hope this
where else? — to Disney said 66-year-old Lou Potel,
Jim Kenney. who threw a party at his starts a pattern because the team is very The two engaged in friendly rivalry
World, riding a float at the
Orlando resort and “Tens of thousands came home just off Broad before that was followed by many at Mulligans
young. This could be the first of many,” he
fist-bumping Mickey Mouse out and celebrated this joining a much bigger party said. and the Truckah’s Facebook page, and
amid a shower of green amazing victory, and but for outside. “It’s a great city, Jepko said a group of people will be
Day for family
confetti. a handful of bad actors, the and now we have a Super there Friday as Cantor dives into the
celebration was peaceful Jim Beach also moved to Coal Town- icy harbor.
“It’s all right to yell,” he Bowl to go along with it.”
and jubilant,” Amir said. ship after spending the first 35 years in First and foremost, Jepko will begin
told the cheering crowd. Fans clambered atop the
She lauded police for “their Philadelphia, and said there’s been a lot the Super Bowl celebration in the
“We’re world champs! We awning at the swanky Ritz
assistance in getting the of heartbreaks over the years watching streets of Philadelphia for the parade
did it! We did it!” Carlton Hotel near City
crowds dispersed and peo- the Eagles. That made Sunday a historic Thursday with his wife, who he said is
The underdog Eagles Hall, jumping off into the
ple home safely.” crowd in what one Twitter day, he said. “the biggest Eagles fan out there.” The
won their first NFL cham-
pionship since 1960 on Sun- Just as Foles and the post called “Ritz Carlton He was disappointed he couldn’t be in parade will be a dream come true for
day night with a surprise Eagles clinched victory in Skydiving.” his home city for the post-game celebra- her, and he is excited they get to share
tion, but is happy to return for the that experience.
parade. He’s taking his 17-year-old son Win or lose, Eagles fans never stop
FIVE-DAY FORECAST and 4-year-old granddaughter, who he believing in their team, he said, so it’s
TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY said has done nothing but talk about the going to be “amazing” to see the crowd
parade. that’s expected.
Spending a large portion of his life in On Friday, Jepko said he’ll be record-
Philadelphia has prepared him for Thurs- ing the Boston Truckah’s cold jump,
day’s craziness by having more than one stating it will “definitely be a once-in-a-
2-4” snow Cold with plan in place. He doesn’t think he’ll ven- lifetime occurrence where you’ll get to
Mostly cloudy Cloudy Cloudy ture to the art museum, where the parade see a diehard Patriots’ fan dive into the
mixing with ice periods of sun
ends, and may instead go to the stadium Boston Harbor in February in nothing
34° 20° 35° 17° 28° 12° 35° 22° 38° 31° area, where it begins.
RF: 32°/16° RF: 32°/10° RF: 22°/12° RF: 33°/24° RF: 41°/26°
but boxer shorts.” The video will be
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” posted to Mulligans Auto Exchange
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with his family and perhaps meet up with
some old friends.
A Magic Kingdom celebration
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26/11 Just because she moved from the cold
Bradford More chaos
24/12 Wellsboro Towanda Carbondale winters of Shamokin to the warm sun-
30/15 33/15 31/15 Another family making a day of it is shine of Clearwater, Florida, doesn’t
Port Jervis Barry McGurl and his wife and 10-year-old mean Stephanie Kline would miss an
Scranton 33/14
Williamsport Wilkes-Barre son, who are driving down Wednesday opportunity to celebrate an Eagles victo-
33/14
33/16 34/17 night from Lavelle. ry.
Shamokin New York The couple had a Super Bowl party at
City Two weeks ago when the Eagles
Punxsutawney State College 34/20 Somerville 39/28 their home, and McGurl said it was “cha- secured their spot in the Super Bowl,
29/18 32/19 os” when the Eagles won. Kline said she went into work and told
39/22
Reading McGurl was at both of this year’s playoff her boss she wouldn’t be in the day after
Altoona Allentown
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32/20 38/20
Harrisburg 39/25 Falcons and Minnesota Vikings, and so he going to win and she was going to Dis-
Johnstown
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27/19 says he wouldn’t miss out on experiencing ney World to see the game’s MVP.
Chambersburg Lancaster 42/27 the atmosphere in Philadelphia on Thurs-
38/21
Sure enough, Kline and her family
38/24 day. were in Magic Kingdom Monday as Nick
Wilmington Atlantic City He said they’re considering going to the Foles rode down Main Street in a float
Cumberland Hagerstown Baltimore 42/25
39/25 39/25 43/26 44/31 art museum, but will be playing it by ear. with Mickey Mouse. She sat near the end
The only thing he is certain is that, “it’s of the parade route around 1:15 p.m. and
Ocean City going to be chaotic,” but he wouldn’t miss
Washington Dover 43/30 finally caught a glimpse of the quarter-
44/29 it for anything. back around 3:45 p.m. Kline expected the
46/31
Dive Eagles, Dive parade crowd to be smaller, but she was
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Brian Jepko plans on taking his
TEMPERATURE* RIVER STAGES In feet through 7 a.m. yesterday
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High/low 35°/21° Susquehanna Flood Stage Stage 24-hr chg everywhere. They were doing the (”Fly
Normal high/low 37°/20° phia on Thursday to Boston on Friday
Bloomsburg 19 4.10 -0.44
Record high 64° (1991) Danville 20 5.47 -0.37 to witness the follow-through on a pret- Eagles Fly”) chant before the parade
Record low -5° (1985) Sunbury 24 9.51 -0.28 ty icy bet. started and they were singing,” said
PRECIPITATION* West Branch Susquehanna In January, Jepko saw a viral video of Kline.
24 hours through 5 p.m. 0.12” Lewisburg 18 3.90 -0.32 a guy who calls himself the Boston She said she wishes she could be in
Month to date 0.51” Truckah, real name Andrew Can- Philadelphia on Thursday, but is happy
Year to date 3.18” UV INDEX TODAY to have spent a day in beautiful weather
0 1 1 1 0 0 tor, doing the weather in his underwear
SNOWFALL* celebrating with the game’s MVP.
24 hours through 5 p.m. 0.2” 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. during a snow storm. He went to the
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the Facebook page of the Truckah and dis- Her 10-year-old daughter, Emie, was
Season to date 14.8”
greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; raised an Eagles fan but has recently
Normal season to date 17.1” 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. covered he was a diehard Patriots fan.
Last season to date 7.0” Jepko and his wife are big Eagles fans been on the fence about who to cheer for,
*Through 5 p.m. yesterday SUN AND MOON but Kline said with pride in her voice
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Misericordia University’s Lauren Hause, a graduate of Mount Carmel, runs Lebanon Valley College’s Teanna Shutt, a graduate of Southern Columbia,
the anchor in the 3200-meter relay during the Susquehanna University runs the anchor in the 3200-meter relay during the Susquehanna University
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get together for a photo after competing in the 3200-meter relay during the on Saturday. Petraskie took second in the event with a jump of 6 foot 6
Susquehanna University Challenge on Saturday. inches.
Ram truck MLK speech drawing backlash
NEW YORK (AP) — A Ram truck ad that used a speech by
Martin Luther King, Jr., is drawing a backlash.
The ad shows people doing service-oriented tasks set
against audio of King’s speech, which urges people to be
“great” by serving the greater good. It was supposed to high-
light the volunteer program Ram Nation.
But it was criticized by viewers and ad experts alike for forg-
ing too tenuous a connection with the civil rights hero.
On Twitter, most people expressed the idea that using King’s
speech to “sell trucks” crossed a line between a heartfelt
message and exploiting emotions just to push a vehicle.
“They pushed it over the edge,” said Kelly O’Keefe, a profes-
sor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Brandcenter. “You
wanted to root for it because the cause is good, but it just
didn’t end up fitting the brand, so you ended up feeling a little
bit manipulated.”
“The use of MLK to promote Ram trucks strikes many peo-
ple as crass and inappropriate,” said Tim Calkins, a market-
ing professor at Northwestern University.
Watching at home, some viewers expressed distaste for the
ad as well.
“I liked being reminded of Martin Luther King’s speech (but)
I’m not sure it was fitting for a truck commercial,” said Kim-
berly Stites, who was watching the game in Gretna, Nebraska.
“I would have liked it better if they had said something like,
‘This reminder of all that we can be brought to you by ....’”
Fiat Chrysler said in a statement that it worked closely with
the King estate on the ad.
The firm managing King’s intellectual property, Intellectual
Properties Management, said in a statement that it approved
the ad because it embodied King’s philosophy.
On Twitter, the King Center in Atlanta said neither it nor Ber-
nice King, King’s daughter, are in charge of licensing King’s
speeches or other intellectual property.
The ad is not the first one to use a King Speech. Telecom
Alcatel used King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in a 1999 ad
that was also approved by IPM.
That ad shows King giving his most famous speech to an
empty Mall in Washington D.C. to illustrate the idea that “be-
fore you can touch, you must first connect.”
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Eagles fall to McDevitt in 1st round of states

BY HAROLD RAKER
FOR THE NEWS-ITEM
HARRISBURG — Some might
have looked at Line Mountain’s
PIAA Class AA prelimi-
nary-round match-up with power-
ful Bishop McDevitt as a win-win.
Win and you go to Hershey, lose
and you have two full weeks to
prepare for the Southern Section-
al tournament at Southern
Columbia High School.
After the Crusaders rolled to a
42-31 victory Monday night at
Bishop McDevitt’s St. Sebastian
Hall, Martz was clear that he and
his wrestlers are never happy
with a loss.
“I never look at a loss as a win.
We came here to win, but now we
get to go focus on sectionals and
we’re looking forward to that,”
Martz said. “Some of these guys
got a good springboard into sec-
tionals and should have some con-
fidence with the good weekend
they had.”
The Eagles bounced back from
a quarterfinal loss to Wyalusing
to win three matches, including
one against No. 2 seed Montours-
ville and a revenge win over the
Rams to get to the state tourna-
ment.
And, had the Eagles been able
to win the toss, they might have
had a chance at the upset against
McDevitt.
“They were able to dictate the
matches pretty much, so we didn’t
have the favorable match-ups we
wanted but our guys went after it
and wrestled hard. We’re proud
of the way they wrestled,” Martz
said.
He added, “They were the
underdogs going in and they
knew that, but we asked them to
not back down and they didn’t
back down. We were in the match,
we didn’t come here to lose.”
Line Mountain (17-6) took a 10-0
lead after two bouts on under-
sized 285-pounder Jaron Renn’s
9-0 major over Sawyer Morgan, a
Williams Valley transfer, and a
forfeit to Eagle Blake Wirt at 103.
Renn, not surprisingly out-
weighed by 60 pounds, took Mor-
gan down twice, and scored two
back points with a bar, but was
unable to crank him over with a
power half.
Wrestling, Page 14

Super Bowl 52 was

filled with calls
befitting a classic
BY ARNIE STAPLETON that put them in catch-up
AP PRO FOOTBALL mode.
WRITER They flubbed a field goal
when Stephen Gostkowski’s
MINNEAPOLIS — Not holder, punter Ryan Allen,
only was the Philadelphia mishandled the snap, and
Eagles’ knockout of New Gostkowski was wide left
England a thrill-a-minute on an extra point, leaving
slugfest, it produced some the Patriots trailing by dou-
of the biggest calls the ble digits at halftime.
Super Bowl has ever seen. One reason for Philly’s
For once, the whistles 22-12 halftime lead was
didn’t go the Patriots’ way, game MVP Nick Foles
such as Philly’s two sec- becoming the first quarter-
ond-half touchdowns that back to throw and catch a
survived reviews at the touchdown pass in the
NFL’s league headquarters, Super Bowl.
including Zach Ertz’s Tight end Trey Burton, a
game-winner just before the college quarterback, had
two-minute warning of the never thrown an NFL pass,
41-33 thriller. and Foles had never caught
There was Belichick’s one until they teamed up on
FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP PHOTO head-scratching decision fourth-and-goal from the 1.
Philadelphia Eagles’ Nick Foles holds his daughter, Lily, after beating the New England Patriots not to play Super Bowl 49 It’s not as if the Eagles
in the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game Sunday in Minneapolis. star Malcolm Butler on were perfect. They, too,
defense against a team that missed an extra point and
would rack up 41 points and also the 2-point conversion
Danny Amendola’s incom- on their next touchdown,
pletion to Tom “Butterfin-

Finally!
and coach Doug Pederson’s
gers “ Brady on a gadget decision to chase points ear-
play that backfired. ly on loomed large when
“Yeah, I caught it” in Tom Brady put the Patriots
practice, Brady said. ahead 33-32 with his second
“Didn’t catch it tonight.” touchdown strike to Rob
That was but one of the
Patriots’ early stumbles Calls, Page 14

Eagles, Foles persevere in soaring to Super Bowl title

BY BARRY WILNER “The big thing is don’t be afraid coach Doug Pederson said Monday
AP PRO FOOTBALL WRITER to fail,” Foles, the Super Bowl, MVP, was the approach throughout the
said sleepless hours after he guided 2017 season by the Eagles. They had
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — He the drive of a lifetime for the win- gone 7-9 the previous year with
has traveled a long road: starter and ning points in a 41-33 victory over rookie Wentz as the starter. He
castoff, journeyman and backup. league MVP Brady and the defend- improved meteorically this season
Now Nick Foles stands at the sum- ing champion New England Patri- and was a leading MVP contender
mit of his sport. ots. before tearing up his knee in Week
How did it happen? Oh, sure, “In our society, with (social 14.
there was the mid-December injury media) it’s a highlight reel. I think That was one of many key inju-
to rising star Carson Wentz, with when you have a rough day, you’re ries the Eagles had to deal with on
Foles stepping in and stepping up. feeling you can’t — failure is a part the way to their first Super Bowl
BRYNN ANDERSON/AP PHOTO
But how, in a breathtaking champi- of your life. I wouldn’t be up here if title and the Lombardi Trophy —
onship game Sunday night, did this I hadn’t failed a million times. their first NFL crown since 1960, Auburn guard Bryce Brown reacts to a call made
quarterback beat Tom Brady at the “You share that. I’m human, not when they beat coach Vince Lom- by the referee during the second half of an NCAA
five-time Super Bowl winner’s spe- superman. When you struggle in bardi himself and the Green Bay college basketball game against Vanderbilt
cialty, a shootout? your life, it’s an opportunity to Packers. Veteran tackle Jason Saturday in Auburn, Ala.
For Foles — and for his Philadel- grow. If there’s something going on Peters, versatile running back Dar-
phia Eagles — there is one underly- in your life, embrace it.” ren Sproles, specials teams ace
ing theme to it all: perseverance. That’s exactly what Foles and Eagles, Page 14
‘Nova, Virginia,
Schiccatano, Purdue stay 1-2-3
Indians rout atop latest poll
Southern 70-47 BY AARON BEARD and hasn’t lost in the 2018
AP BASKETBALL WRITER calendar year.
BY THE NEWS-ITEM Virginia (22-1, 11-0 Atlan-
RALEIGH, N.C. — Villa- tic Coast Conference) has
COAL TOWNSHIP — Matt Schiccatano nova, Virginia and Purdue won 14 straight games and
scored 17 points and Mason Filarski added are making themselves leads the rest of the tradi-
12 to lead the Indians over Southern comfortable atop the AP tion-rich league by at least
Columbia 70-47 Monday at Shamokin. Top 25. And with the way three games in the loss col-
The Indians powered to a 22-9 lead by the they’re playing, they might umn. Its defense ranks No.
end of the first quarter. stay there for a while lon- 1 nationally in KenPom’s
Tobias Walden led scoring for the Tigers ger, too. adjusted efficiency rank-
with 19 points followed by Elijah Dobson The Wildcats are ranked ings (82.2 points allowed per
with 10. No. 1 in Monday’s latest 100 possessions), and the
SOUTHERN (47): Walden 7 5-6 19, Szuler 2 2-2 6, Dobson 4 2-2
poll, followed by the sec- Cavaliers are coming off a
10, Adamski 1 0-0 3, Day 0 1-2 1, Ares 2 1-2 6, Six 1 0-0 2. ond-ranked Cavaliers and game in which they held
SHAMOKIN (70): Bowers 3 1-2 8, Braggs 0 2-2 2, West 4 0-0 9, the third-ranked Boiler-
Stewart 1 2-2 4, Kreski 3 1-1 7, Reed 1 0-0 2, Filarski 4 1-2 12, Syracuse to 44 points — the
Schiccatano 7 3-4 17, Paul 4 1-2 9. makers. It marked the Orange’s lowest output ever
Southern 9 12 12 14 — 47 fourth straight week that
Shamokin 22 18 18 12 — 70 in the Carrier Dome.
with the trio sitting 1-2-3 in “The guys are playing at
Girls basketball the poll as they continue a high level, for sure,” Vir-
extended winning streaks ginia coach Tony Bennett
Line Mountain 47, Newport 37 while avoiding the upsets said afterward. “They
NEWPORT — Line Mountain used a big LARRY DEKLINSKI/STAFF PHOTO that hit national powers
understand how they have
first quarter, scoring 16 points, six of which Shamokin’s Joey Masser (35) and Southern Columbia’s Tobias Duke, Kansas, Arizona and
to play. ... I like what our
came from Autum Czaplicki, to gain an Walden reach for a rebound in the first quarter of play Monday Kentucky last weekend. guys are doing.”
at Shamokin. Villanova (22-1, 9-1 Big
Wrap, Page 14 Poll, Page 14
East) has won nine straight
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Wrestling
FROM PAGE 13 left in regulation, but Mar- pin him,” he said.
But the Crusaders (20-2) tin scored the sudden-victo- “We wanted to go out and
had too many guns left to ry takedown with 33 sec- wrestle our hearts out and
fire, starting with unbeaten onds left and, instead of give it our all,” Bridi said.
Nate Smith at 113. The soph- 23-16, the Crusaders had a “It’s sad that we won’t be
omore, who won 42 matches commanding 26-13 advan- going to wrestle as a team
and finished fifth in the tage. anymore, but I hope we’ll be
PIAA tournament last sea- The Eagles were aggres- able to transfer it on (in the
son, stuck Cameron Hauck sive from the outset and individual post-season).”
on his back for a 47-second didn’t back down from the The Crusaders were mak-
fall to improve to 20-0. challenge. ing a living all night with
It got worse for the visi- “I like their style, they’re cradles and the one that
tors as returning state run- an aggressive, physical Donley tried backfired on
ner-up Chase Shields, son of team. They have long histo- the Crusader.
McDevitt coach Dean ry of wrestling,” coach “He went for a cradle
Shields, had his way with Shields said. “I enjoy them once more and I threw a
one of the Eagles’ top wres- coming down here and giv- headlock on him and went
tlers, freshman Ian Coller ing us a good fight.” to squeeze it real hard and I
en route to an eight-take- Line Mountain’s only pinned him,” Bridi said.
down technical fall (21-6, scoring from there on came The Crusaders, who lost
3:48). The McDevitt junior, on a pair of forfeits to Chris on criteria in the state semi-
who also medaled as a fresh- Koperna at 170 and Ethan finals last season, move to
man, lost in last year’s state Long at 195 and an exciting Thursday’s quarterfinals to
final to Southern Colum- fall by Eagle freshman Dom- face District 6 champion
bia’s Jaret Lane. inick Bridi in the finale at Westmont-Hilltop.
Eagle sophomore Keefer 220. McDevitt also got falls
Neidig momentarily Martz was not happy from sophomore standout
stopped the bleeding with a with the forfeits. “It was Tanner Updegraff (30-7) at
10-3 decision over C.J. Bee- very disappointing, particu- 152; and Elijah Cooksey at
ghley to give Line Mountain larly when the match was 160.
(17-6) a 13-11 lead, although already decided,” he said. PIAA Class AA Duals
Beeghley escaped late to But coach Shields said, “I Preliminary round
hate having to give forfeits. At Bishop McDevitt
prevent a major. But it Bishop McDevitt 42, Line Mountain
would be the last time the We are trying to limp along 31
Crusaders trailed. there with a couple guys 285: Jaron Renn (LM) maj. dec, Sawyer
Morgan, 9-0; 106: Blake Wirt (LM) won
McDevitt regained the and get them ready for the by forfeit; 113: Nate Smith (BM) pinned
lead with a fall in 5:15 by postseason. I hate that, and Cameron Hauck, :47; 120: Chase Shields
(BM) tech. fall Ian Coller, 21-6, 3:48; 126:
freshman Jack Cunning- the parents are not happy Keefer Neidig (LM) dec. C.J. Beeghley,
ham over Griffin Smeltz at after making a long drive.” 10-3; 132: Jack Cunningham (BM)
pinned Griffin Smeltz, 5:15; 138: Bodee
132 and former Susquenita Bridi, who improved to Tolbert (BM) pinned Micah Baumert,
wrestler and state 15-13 after overcoming a 10-4 3:17; 145: Tyler Martin (BM) dec. Caleb
Shaffer, 6-4 sv; 152: Tanner Updegraff
place-winner (eighth) Bodee deficit against junior Drey (BM) pinned Jacob Feese, 2:45; 160:
Tolbert got a fall at 138. Donley with a reversal and Elijah Cooksey (BM) pinned Chance
fall in the third period (5:02), Hackenburg, 4:40; 170: Chris Koperna
Eagle senior Caleb Shaf- (LM) won by forfeit; 182: Justin Piper
LARRY DEKLINSKI/STAFF PHOTO
fer gave his team some hope said it “feels great” to get a (BM) maj. dec Wyatt Bingaman, 14-6;
Shamokin’s Jahleke West (5) blocks the shot of Southern Columbia’s Elijah when he battled back to tie fall in the state tournament 195: Ethan Long (LM) won by forfeit; 220:
Dobson, who is also defended by Shamokin’s Chris Stewart, in the second Tyler Martin (21-3) with a Dominick Bridi (LM) pinned Drey Donley
as a freshman. (BM), 5:02.
quarter of play Monday at Shamokin. takedown with 14 seconds “I tried to come back and

Eagles
FROM PAGE 13
Chris Maragos and start-
ing linebacker Jordan
Hicks all were lost for the
season.
Adversity.
“It’s tough,” said Peder-
son, whose willingness to
stay aggressive was a major
reason the Eagles won the
NFC East at 13-3, then won
three more times in the
postseason. “It’s something
you spend a lot of time
thinking about how you
want to talk to the team.
Part of it was entrusting
the players a little bit, allow
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them to sort of embrace it
and the ‘next man up’ men-
tality.”
Foles, of course, was the
next man behind center. He
hardly was a stopgap,
though, and Pederson rec-
ognized that.
The coach went back to
tapes of Foles’ work with
the Eagles under Chip Kelly,
and then to his games with
the Rams and Chiefs. Peder-
son made some adjust-
ments to fit what made
Foles most comfortable —
the wheel route to backs
and tight ends was particu-
larly effective for Foles —
and then turned lose his
No. 2 QB.
“It was just a matter of
him spending time with the
guys, take a lot of repeti-
tions in practice,” Pederson
said. “We knew in the build-
ing we’d be OK with him.”
OK? Doug, you and the
Eagles are NFL champions.
“I think this team is full
of great character men,”
said Pederson, who was a
player and coach for Andy
Reid, his mentor, and now,
perhaps ironically, has the
trophy Reid hadn’t been
able to hoist. “The leader-
ship in the locker room —
part of the message was
putting it back on the play-
ers and the players own it.
Not having selfish coaches
and players gives you a
chance to win this game.”
Philadelphia is a young
team. Indeed, it might have
arrived at the top ahead of
schedule. It definitely
arrived in a different man-
ner than it expected.
That leaves the question
of Foles’ future. He’s under
contract for one more year
and the Eagles can afford to
keep him. Wentz clearly is
the franchise QB, though
his rehab could make him
unavailable for much of the
preseason.
“I knew I couldn’t get off
the stage” without being
asked about the quarter-
back situation, Pederson
joked Monday morning.
“We’ll just enjoy this
moment, celebrate it with
our fans in Philly. It’s not
about one guy, it’s about the
team.”
Wrap
FROM PAGE 13 LINE MOUNTAIN (47): S. Snyder 5 2-2 12,
Canepa 1 0-0 2, Klinger 1 0-0 2, Czaplicki
advantage over Newport 3 0-0 6, Mace 1 1-2 3, L. Snyder 6 2-6 14,
and hold on for a 47-37 win Downs 2 0-0 4, Lundy 1 2-3 4.
NEWPORT (37): Campbell 1 0-0 2, Muffitt
Monday. 1 3-4 5, Kline 1 0-0 2, Schreiber 4 4-6 14,
Lacey Snyder scored 14 Smith 3 0-4 6, Valentine 3 1-2 8.
points and Sam Snyder
Line Mtn. 16 10 10 11 — 47
Newport 6 12 7 12 — 37
downed 12 to pace the
Eagles.
Poll
FROM PAGE 13
Then there’s Purdue (23-2, 12-0 Big Ten). The Boilermak-
ers have the nation’s longest winning streak at 19 games
with the only hiccups coming in a two-day blip in Novem-
ber’s Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas.
“If there is a better team inside and out in the country, I
haven’t seen them yet,” Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said
after his team’s Saturday loss to the Boilermakers.
TOP-10 CHANGES
Several teams reached first-time-in-years perches in the
top 10.

MONDAY Calls Cincinnati (21-2) followed No. 4 Michigan State and No.
5 Xavier, reaching No. 6 for its highest ranking since Janu-
ary 2004. Next came No. 7 Texas Tech (19-4), which reached
FROM PAGE 13 three touchdowns and no interceptions. its highest ranking since hitting No. 7 in March 1996. And
7-8 “Yeah, we could have used anybody,” he eighth-ranked Auburn (21-2) has its highest ranking since
Gronkowski with less than 10 minutes
WB: 5 remaining. said. January 2000.
That’s when the Eagles and offensive Still, Brady was poised for another of his Ninth-ranked Duke and No. 10 Kansas rounded out the
0-8-3 patented Super Bowl comebacks, hitting top 10, each sliding along with fellow national powers Ari-
coordinator Frank Reich made their best
decisions of the game. Foles executed the Gronk for 8 yards. zona (No. 13) and Kentucky (No. 24) after losses in an
But on second-and-2 from his 33, the upset-filled weekend.
9-8-2-1 drive of a lifetime that ended with Ertz div-
ing across the goal line after hauling in an Eagles finally got to Brady, denying him a HIGH MARKS
11-yard catch. sixth ring and a fifth Super Bowl MVP
honor. St. Mary’s (23-2) is rolling along with 18 straight wins
1-8-6- Reminiscent of Jesse James’ score for
Brandon Graham delivered one of the behind high-scoring forward Jock Landale (24.5 points per
Pittsburgh against New England that was
2-4 wiped out on review. few defensive highlights in the most prolif- game). Now the Gaels have their highest ranking in pro-
ic offensive game in NFL history, beating gram history at No. 11, surpassing a two-week stay at No.
7-14-17- Ertz, whose Super Bowl triumph
12 last season.
matched his wife, Julie, who won a world Shaq Mason off the line, reaching his left
21-36 championship in soccer in 2015, lost con- hand out and punching the ball out of And No. 18 Rhode Island (19-3) also claimed its highest
ever slot in the AP Top 25.
19-26-31- trol as he landed but grabbed the ball. The Brady’s hands for a strip-sack. Rookie Der-
Eagles and their fans cautiously celebrated ek Barnett pounced on the loose ball and VOLS’ CHARGE
38-42-46 while awaiting Al Riveron’s crew in New Eagles fans began celebrating their first Tennessee (17-5) has won five straight games — the last
York, which upheld the score, much to the title since winning the 1960 NFL champi-
AFTERNOON Patriots’ chagrin. onship.
two by a combined 56 points — to reach No. 15, the pro-
gram’s highest mark since hitting No. 7 in December 2011.
MONDAY Amendola, for one, thought it was the
right call.
Brady had made the late-game come-
back a specialty in winning a record five TOP RISERS
8-4 “They called it a catch, three feet down Super Bowl titles, including last year’s ral- Rhode Island joined No. 16 Clemson and No. 20 Michi-
and a football move,” he said. “I call it a ly from 28-3 down to beat Atlanta in over- gan in making the week’s biggest climbs of four spots
WB: 0 time. He also led late game-winning scor- each.
catch.”
4-3-7 Soon afterward, Eagles defensive coordi- ing drives to beat the Rams, Carolina and LONGEST SLIDES
nator Jim Schwartz made his best call of Seattle.
the game. The Eagles showed no sign of slowing No. 22 Wichita State (17-5) had the week’s biggest fall of
Brady down on Sunday as he threw for a six spots after losing in overtime at Temple. Duke fell five
8-5-4-4 Unable to get to Brady all game, the
spots after losing to a St. John’s team that was 0-11 in the
Eagles’ exhausted defenders were finally playoff-record 505 yards and three touch-
able to catch their breath during Foles’ downs, carving up the defense at will on a Big East, while No. 17 Oklahoma also fell five spots after
14-play, 75-yard drive that included a fourth night when the Patriots did not punt once losing to Texas.
6-3-3- or turn it over until Brady’s late fumble.
down conversion and ate up more than sev- NEWCOMERS
8-9 en minutes of game clock. “It’s tough to lose these games,” Brady
No. 23 Nevada and No. 25 Miami were new to this
2-4-6- “We just couldn’t get off the field on said. But “you can’t win the game if you’re
week’s poll, though both have been ranked multiple weeks
third down or make a play to get the ball not in the game.”
11-22 And Brady and Belichick have been to
this season.
back to our offense,” cornerback Stephon
Tonight’s estimated Gilmore said. eight of them. SLIDING OUT
MegaMillions jackpot is worth “We didn’t do a good job of slowing them Eight’s enough, maybe. Florida fell out from No. 23 after two losses to unranked
down,” defensive back Duron Harmon Coordinators Matt Patricia and Josh teams, while Arizona State fell out from No. 25 in what has
$120 million.
said. “I mean, we didn’t stop them at all. McDaniels are ready for their own head been a big decline after a strong start. The Sun Devils
So, that’s exactly why they are the Super coaching gigs. went from unranked in the preseason all the way to No. 3
Bowl champs and we’re sitting here in sec- The previous time the Patriots played in December, but stand at just 5-6 in the Pac-12.
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Too cold for Super Bowl? Some think so.

BY AMY FORLITI is where they send you Atlanta has a stadium
ASSOCIATED PRESS when you’re bad. But if you that opened in 2017. Hard
embrace it like the people Rock Stadium in South
MINNEAPOLIS — After who live here, instead of Florida and Raymond
years of planning and fighting it, it’s not so bad.” James Stadium in Tampa
many millions in spending, The NFL has used the have been renovated in the
there was one thing orga- Super Bowl as a reward for past three years, and Los
nizers of Super Bowl 52 municipalities that pump Angeles will have a new sta-
couldn’t control — a Minne- public money into new ven- dium by the time it hosts
sota winter. ues. Minnesota was award- the game.
The Philadelphia Eagles ed the game in 2014, two McCarthy said the weath-
and New England Patriots years after state lawmakers er in Minneapolis wasn’t a
played inside. But as fans approved a financing pack- negative. Instead, he said it
were heading to U.S. Bank age that had taxpayers pay- provided new experiences
Stadium at noon Sunday, ing nearly half the cost of for fans, some of whom
the temperature in Minne- the $1.1 billion stadium. took advantage of the Min-
apolis was minus-2 degrees, Other northern cities neapolis skyway system, a
with a wind chill of nega- have reaped similar bene- collection of enclosed —
tive 23 — by far the coldest fits. New Jersey’s MetLife and heated — pedestrian
Super Bowl on record — Stadium got a Super Bowl bridges.
raising questions about in its fourth season, the “We knew weather was
whether the NFL’s marquee only outdoor Super Bowl at going to be a factor and we
event would ever return to a northern site to date embraced it,” he said. JEFF ROBERTSON/AP PHOTO
Minnesota. (2014). Lucas Oil Field in Andrea Mokros, a spokes- In this Feb. 4, 2018 file photo fans brave cold temperatures as they wait to
While warmer climates Indianapolis hosted in 2012 woman for the Minnesota get into U.S. Bank Stadium before the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game
tend to be more popular and Ford Field in Detroit Super Bowl Host Commit- between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots Sunday in
host cities, a flashy new sta- hosted in 2006, both at the tee, said the event was a Minneapolis.
dium and amenities often end of their fourth seasons. “huge success.” Visitor
play a bigger role than the The only other Super Bowls numbers were still being
weather in determining held in the north were in calculated, but Mokros said er. “That incentive to build a “The cold was just bru-
who will host the big game. suburban Detroit at the outdoor concerts and other Paul Vaaler, a professor stadium and attract the tal,” said Philadelphia
“The owners will do as Pontiac Silverdome in 1982 events were well attended, of management and law at Super Bowl is gone (for Eagles fan Terry Laufer of
they like. So that’s one of and in Minneapolis at the even on the coldest nights the University of Minneso- Minnesota), but it’s not Carrollton, Virginia. His
those decisions that’s just Metrodome in 1992. during 10 days of festivities. ta law school and the Carl- gone in a place like Cincin- wife, Rhonda, said: “I would
not up to the fan base,” said While warmer climates “The cold didn’t slow any- son School of Management, nati, or a place like Denver” never be able to bring chil-
Mark Cobb, who has been have held more Super one down and in fact made said while warmer tourist or other northern NFL cit- dren here. It would be too
to several Super Bowls in Bowls, there is no rotation it a more memorable expe- destinations are more likely ies that have stadiums that risky.” The pair said they’d
his work for the NFL Play- of pre-selected cities that rience,” she said. Mokros to get Super Bowls, there is are more than 20 years old. return with their grandkids
ers Association. “Wherever get picked, NFL spokesman said the winter climate some strategy to spreading “For other northern cli- in September, when it’s
has the newest, prettiest Brian McCarthy said. He allowed the host committee the game to different fran- mates, there will be pres- warmer.
stadium, that’s who gets the said it’s up to club owners to offer a different sort of chises: The promise of a sure.” “You could have had the
game.” to take the initial step of fun for guests, such as Super Bowl can lead cities Some fans said the weath- Arctic Circle and it would
Cobb, of Washington, expressing an interest in snowmobiling or skijoring to build new stadiums and er was tolerable and there have been a great experi-
said everyone in Minnesota hosting. The sites of the (cross-country skiing while keep teams from leaving were plenty of experiences ence,” said Jody Haggerty
was nice, and he’d return to next four Super Bowls are being pulled by a dog). And certain markets. in Minneapolis to keep of Milford, Pennsylvania.
Minneapolis for a Super already chosen: Atlanta in she said she felt some pride Because of that, he said, them entertained. Others “Minneapolis made it work.
Bowl. But he said the 2019, followed by South when she saw celebrities other northern cities are said that even though Min- ... It’s not about the location.
weather felt “like I was Florida, Tampa Bay and donning winter hats and likely to host the Super nesotans were hospitable, It’s about the experience,
being punished. Minnesota Los Angeles. embracing the cold weath- Bowl before Minnesota gets they’d prefer a warmer the atmosphere and the
another chance. location. game.”

CALENDAR NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times EST Arizona 52 12 31 9 33 119 182 All Times EST Phoenix 18 36 .333 23½
Mt. Carmel AYSO registration EASTERN CONFERENCE NOTE: Two points for a win, one point EASTERN CONFERENCE Sacramento 16 36 .308 24½
Mount Carmel AYSO Soccer registration for the 2018 spring season is open Atlantic Division for overtime loss. Top three teams in each Atlantic Division ___
for the month of February. Registration can be done online at http://ayso. GP W L OT Pts GF GA division and two wild cards per confer- W L Pct GB Sunday’s Games
bluesombrero.com/region971 and is for all new and returning players. Any Tampa Bay 52 36 13 3 75 187 134 ence advance to playoffs. Boston 39 15 .722 — Atlanta 99, New York 96
child ages 4 to 15 in the Mount Carmel and surrounding areas are invited to Boston 50 31 11 8 70 164 121 Sunday’s Games Toronto 36 16 .692 2 Boston 97, Portland 96
register. All first-time players must furnish a copy of their birth certificate. Fee Toronto 54 30 19 5 65 172 150 Vegas 4, Washington 3 Philadelphia 25 25 .500 12 Milwaukee 109, Brooklyn 94
is $30. Uniforms are an additional $25. Parent Volunteers are also needed for Florida 50 22 22 6 50 143 163 San Jose 3, Carolina 1 New York 23 31 .426 16 Toronto 101, Memphis 86
coaching, referees and field maintenance. Detroit 51 21 22 8 50 134 151 Montreal 4, Ottawa 1 Brooklyn 19 35 .352 20 L.A. Lakers 108, Oklahoma City 104
PIAA basketball officials meeting Montreal 53 22 25 6 50 139 164 Monday’s Games Southeast Division Charlotte 115, Phoenix 110
The Shamokin chapter of the PIAA basketball officials will meet at noon Sun- Ottawa 51 17 25 9 43 132 176 Nashville 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT W L Pct GB Monday’s Games
day, Feb. 11, at Independence Fire Company, Shamokin. Buffalo 52 14 29 9 37 117 171 Anaheim at Toronto, 7 p.m. Washington 31 22 .585 — Detroit 111, Portland 91
Bernie Romanoski Sr. HoF meetings Metropolitan Division N.Y. Rangers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Miami 29 24 .547 2 Washington 111, Indiana 102
The Bernie Romanoski Sr. Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame will GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Charlotte 23 29 .442 7½ Orlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
meet at noon, Saturday, Feb. 10, at Brewsers SportsGrille. Washington 52 30 17 5 65 162 152 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta 16 37 .302 15 Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
New Jersey 51 27 16 8 62 154 151 Vegas at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Orlando 15 36 .294 15 Charlotte at Denver, 9 p.m.
Shamokin K of C Free Throw Championship
Pittsburgh 54 29 22 3 61 164 162 Anaheim at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Central Division Chicago at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
The Knights of Columbus free-throw championship is open to all boys and W L Pct GB Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Columbus 52 27 21 4 58 137 147 Washington at Columbus, 7 p.m.
girls ages 9 to 14 as of Jan. 1. The competition will be held Saturday, Feb. 17 Cleveland 30 21 .588 — Tuesday’s Games
N.Y. Islanders 54 26 22 6 58 181 197 Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m.
at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School. Winners will advance Philadelphia 52 24 19 9 57 150 154 New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee 29 23 .558 1½ Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m.
through local, district, region and state competition. All boys and girls will Carolina 53 24 21 8 56 143 162 Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Indiana 30 25 .545 2 Boston at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
compete in their respective age divisions. A copy of birth certificate is required N.Y. Rangers 52 25 22 5 55 155 160 Vancouver at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Detroit 26 26 .500 4½ Houston at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
when registering. The district competition will be held on the same day at WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago 18 34 .346 12½ Memphis at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Lourdes beginning at 1 p.m. Central Division Arizona at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Anthracite Baseball signups GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Southwest Division Washington at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.
Signups for the Anthracite Baseball League will be held at the Anthracite Nashville 51 32 12 7 71 161 131 San Jose at Colorado, 9 p.m. W L Pct GB Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30
Firehouse in Mount Carmel on Feb. 8 and 9 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Winnipeg 53 31 13 9 71 172 140 Wednesday’s Games Houston 38 13 .745 — p.m.
Locust Gap Baseball signups St. Louis 54 32 19 3 67 153 134 Nashville at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio 34 21 .618 6 Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Locust Gap Baseball will be having signups on Wednesday, Feb. 7 from 5:30 to Dallas 53 30 19 4 64 165 139 Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. New Orleans 28 24 .538 10½ Wednesday’s Games
7:30 p.m. at the Locust Gap Fire Company. The signups are mandatory for both Minnesota 52 28 19 5 61 153 150 Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Memphis 18 34 .346 20½ Brooklyn at Detroit, 7 p.m.
returning and new players ages 4-16 for teeball, junior league and teeners. Colorado 51 28 19 4 60 164 149 Thursday’s Games Dallas 17 36 .321 22 Houston at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
If unable to attend, arrangements must be made with the coaches to complete Chicago 52 24 20 8 56 153 145 N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Northwest Division Indiana at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
registrations prior to Feb. 7. Players who do not attend or do not make prior Pacific Division Calgary at New Jersey, 7 p.m. W L Pct GB Minnesota at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
arrangements may not be able to participate with the team this season. Reg- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Minnesota 34 22 .607 — Utah at Memphis, 8 p.m.
istration fees will be $50 for teeners and $40 for all other levels. Jersey costs Vegas 52 35 13 4 74 177 140 Nashville at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City 30 24 .556 3 San Antonio at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.
are $10 for tee-ball and $20 for all other levels. For a fundraiser, each player San Jose 52 28 16 8 64 152 142 Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Portland 29 25 .537 4 Thursday’s Games
will be required to sell two $25 tickets. This money should be paid prior to or at Los Angeles 52 28 19 5 61 148 126 Arizona at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Denver 28 25 .528 4½ Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m.
registration and in no case later than March 1. In addition, chicken BBQ/ ten- Calgary 52 26 18 8 60 147 149 Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Utah 24 28 .462 8 New York at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
derloin tickets will be handed out at this time. Finally, league contracts and a Anaheim 53 25 18 10 60 147 149 Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Pacific Division Boston at Washington, 8 p.m.
team contract will need to be signed and birth certificates are required for new Edmonton 50 22 24 4 48 138 161 Vegas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. W L Pct GB Charlotte at Portland, 10 p.m.
players. Discounted registration fees will be calculated based for those who Vancouver 52 21 25 6 48 137 168 Golden State 41 12 .774 — Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
participated in the winter fundraiser and also to account for siblings. Please L.A. Clippers 26 25 .510 14 Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
contact Mike at 570-274-2137, Chris at 570-274-1784 or Tim at 570-854-2040 with L.A. Lakers 21 31 .404 19½
any questions relating to registration and Greg at 570-205-5023 for questions
about teener roster space.
GOLF
Cabrini baseball registration
The Cabrini Baseball Organization will be accepting new and returning players Through Feb. 4 26. Gary Woodland USA 3.41 ODDS
from the ages of four through 16 for the 2018 baseball season by online regis- 1. Dustin Johnson USA 10.74 27. Ross Fisher ENG 3.33
2. Jon Rahm ESP 9.37 28. Branden Grace SAF 3.29 NBA
tration during the month of February on the Cabrini Baseball Facebook page.
3. Jordan Spieth USA 8.64 29. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 3.29 Tuesday
Indoor spring training will begin on March 1 for all levels along with a parents 4. Justin Thomas USA 7.97 30. Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG 3.26
meeting. Meeting and practice times will be announced at a later date. Indoor FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG
5. Justin Rose ENG 7.44 31. Kevin Kisner USA 3.22 Cleveland 7 (221) at ORLANDO
practices do run throughout the week during the month of March at the Cabrini 6. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 7.26 32. Daniel Berger USA 3.17
Youth Center located on Cherry & Webster Streets, Shamokin. Any boys or girls Houston 10 (218) at BROOKLYN
7. Rickie Fowler USA 6.69 33. Li Haotong CHN 2.90
who reside in the Shamokin Area School district, attends Lourdes Regional, at NEW YORK OFF (OFF) Milwaukee
8. Rory McIlroy NIR 5.96 34. Kevin Chappell USA 2.85
Meadowview Christian, or resides in Zerbe Township are eligible to play in the 9. Brooks Koepka USA 5.90 35. Brendan Steele USA 2.74 at ATLANTA 2 (206) Memphis
league. Non-refundable registration fee of $20 does apply and is due on March 10. Jason Day AUS 5.80 36. Thomas Pieters BEL 2.71 at TORONTO OFF (OFF) Boston
1. New players must provide a copy of a birth certificate. For any additional 11. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.68 37. Satoshi Kodaira JPN 2.66 at PHILADELPHIA 6 (213½) Washington
questions of if you don’t have internet access you can contact Leo Mirolli at 12. Tommy Fleetwood ENG 5.37 38. Patrick Cantlay USA 2.64 at LA LAKERS OFF (OFF) Phoenix
570-274-3460 or Dave Aurand at 570-809-4474. 13. Henrik Stenson SWE 5.35 39. Tony Finau USA 2.60 at GOLDEN STATE 10 (230½) Oklahoma City
Ralpho Youth Baseball League 14. Marc Leishman AUS 5.15 40. Charl Schwartzel SAF 2.58 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Ralpho Youth Baseball will hold registration Thursday, Feb. 8 (5:30-7:30 p.m.) 15. Tyrrell Hatton ENG 4.82 41. Phil Mickelson USA 2.55 Tuesday
and Sunday, Feb. 11 (5-7 p.m.) at the Elysburg Masonic Lodge, Route 487. Regis- 16. Alex Noren SWE 4.75 42. Jhonattan Vegas VEN 2.54 FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
tration is for boys and girls ages 5-12 (as of April 30). Please bring a copyof 17. Paul Casey ENG 4.58 43. Adam Scott AUS 2.54 at PRINCETON 4½ Pennsylvania
your child’s birth certificate. Registration fees are due at the time of sign-up. 18. Matt Kuchar USA 4.57 44. Yuta Ikeda JPN 2.54 at BUTLER 2½ Xavier
For more information please text Michele Masala at 570-854-0844. 19. Pat Perez USA 4.44 45. Siwoo Kim KOR 2.52 at DAVIDSON 9½ St. Joseph’s
Zerbe Rod and Gun Club open house 20. Brian Harman USA 3.78 46. Webb Simpson USA 2.52 at CINCINNATI 16 UCF
The Zerbe Rod and Gun Club will be holding its annual open house from 11 21. Rafael Cabrera Bello ESP 3.77 47. Dylan Frittelli USA 2.50 at W MICHIGAN 6½ Miami (Ohio)
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. The public is welcome to attend. There will be 22. Francesco Molinari ITA 3.66 48. Jason Dufner USA 2.48 at OHIO 5½ Akron
food vendors, door prizes, gun displays, fly tying demonstrations, and a vintage 23. Charley Hoffman USA 3.58 49. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.47 Buffalo 5 at CENT. MICHIGAN
Army display. All vendors welcome, but must bring your own table. Call 570- 24. Patrick Reed USA 3.48 50. Kyle Stanley USA 2.38 Michigan 1 at NORTHWESTERN
850-7912 for more information. 25. Xander Schauffele USA 3.44 at BALL ST 7 Bowling Green
at KENT ST 3½ E. Michigan
at TOLEDO 12½ N. Illinois
SCHEDULE ON THIS DAY at INDIANA ST 3 Missouri St
at KENTUCKY 1½ Tennessee
Feb. 6 at ARKANSAS 6½ South Carolina
Tuesday, February 6 Warrior Run at Mount Carmel, 7 p.m. 1943 — Montreal’s Ray Getliffe scores five goals to lead the Canadiens to an 8-3 triumph at MISSISSIPPI ST 3 Alabama
Swimming Williamsport at Shamokin (Annex), 7 over the Boston Bruins. at OKLAHOMA ST 2½ Baylor
Mount Carmel at Jersey Shore, 4:30 p.m. 1958 — Ted Williams signs a contract with the Boston Red Sox for $135,000, making him
p.m. at NOTRE DAME 7 Boston College
PIAA Team Duals, Hershey the highest paid player in major league history.
Boys basketball at PROVIDENCE 8 Georgetown
Boys basketball 1967 — Muhammad Ali successfully defends his world heavyweight title with a
Mahanoy Area at Mount Carmel, 7:30 Millersburg at Line Mountain, 7:30 p.m. 15-round decision over Ernest Terrell in the Houston Astrodome. at MINNESOTA 1½ Nebraska
p.m. Schuylkill Haven at Lourdes, 7:30 p.m. 1970 — The NBA expands to 18 teams with the addition of franchises in Buffalo, Cleve- Missouri 1 at MISSISSIPPI
Line Mountain at Greenwood, 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 9 land, Houston and Portland. Wichita St 9½ at MEMPHIS
Girls basketball Girl basketball 1973 — The West beat the East, 123-111, in the ABA All-Star Game held in Salt Lake City. Michigan St 10½ at IOWA
Mount Carmel at Loyalsock, 7:30 p.m. Hughesville at Mount Carmel, 7:30 p.m. Willie Wise of the Utah Stars leads all scorers with 26. at KANSAS 7½ TCU
Hughesville at Southern Columbia, Bloomsburg at Southern Columbia, 7:30 1985 — Seventeen-year-old Dianne Roffe becomes the first U.S. woman to win a gold at AIR FORCE 2 Colorado St
7:30 p.m. Lourdes at Schuylkill Haven, 7:30 medal in a World Alpine Ski Championship race, capturing the giant slalom in 2:18.53. Boise St 2 at NEW MEXICO
Central Mountain at Shamokin, 7:30 Boys basketball 1990 — Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues scores his 50th goal, making him and his Hall at FRESNO ST 3½ San Diego St
p.m. Lourdes at Lewisburg, 7 p.m. of Famer father, Bobby Hull, the only father-son combination in NHL history to reach that National Hockey League
Lourdes at Weatherly, 7:30 p.m. milestone. Tuesday
Wrestling 2000 — Randy Moss sets records with nine catches for 212 yards, and Mike Alstott
Wrestling PIAA Team Duals, Hershey FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
scores three touchdowns in the NFC’s 51-31 victory over the AFC, the highest-scoring Pro
Shamokin at Berwick, 7 p.m. Saturday, February 10 at BUFFALO OFF Anaheim OFF
Bowl.
Wednesday, February 7 Boys basketball 2000 — Pavel Bure records the 11th hat trick in All-Star history and goalie Olaf Kolzig at CAROLINA OFF Philadelphia OFF
Boys basketball Mount Carmel at Warrior Run, 7:30 p.m. plays a shutout third period as the World team routs North America 9-4 in the NHL’s 50th at COLUMBUS -115 Washington +105
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Bloomsburg at Southern Columbia, Swimming over the Philadelphia Eagles. It’s their ninth straight postseason victory, equaling Vince at OTTAWA OFF New Jersey OFF
7:30 p.m. Shamokin at Williamsport Invitational, Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers. at FLORIDA OFF Vancouver OFF
Girls basketball 10 a.m. 2011 — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady becomes the first unanimous at ST. LOUIS -143 Minnesota +133
East Juniata at Line Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball choice for The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award. Brady gets all 50 votes at WINNIPEG -223 Arizona +203
Thursday, February 8 Shamokin at Pottsville, 5:30 p.m. since the AP began using a nationwide panel of media members who cover the league. at CHICAGO -111 Calgary +101
Girls basketball Athens at Lourdes, 7:30 p.m. 2011 — Aaron Rodgers throws three touchdown passes and Nick Collins returns an San Jose -110 at COLORADO +100
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Wrestling PIAA Team Duals, Hershey Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl.

BASEBALL
American League
HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with OF George Spring-
er on a two-year contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Named Josh Bard bench coach, P.J.
Pilittere assistant hitting coach, Phil Nevin third base coach, Reg-
gie Willits first base coach/outfield instructor, Carlos Mendoza
quality control coach/infield instructor, Jason Brown catching
coach, Radley Haddad coaching assistant/bullpen catcher and
Brett Weber coaching assistant/instant replay coordinator.
TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with INF Darwin Barney
TRANSACTIONS
on a minor league contract. CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled F Marek Hrivik from Stockton EVANGEL — Reinstated women’s golf starting the fall of 2018.
FOOTBALL (AHL). Announced men’s golf coach Jon Jenkins will coach the women’s
National Football League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled G Callum Booth from team.
DETROIT LIONS — Named Matt Patricia coach. Florida (ECHL) to Charlotte (AHL). SAN JOSE STATE — Promoted Fred Guidici to special teams
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Released CB David Amerson. SOCCER coordinator, Joe Bernardi to offensive line coach and run game
TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed CB Demontre Hurst. Major League Soccer coordinator, Alonzo Carter to running backs coach and recruiting
Canadian Football League LOS ANGELES FC — Signed M Mark-Anthony Kaye. coordinator, Ryan Gunderson to quarterbacks coach and passing
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Re-signed WR Vidal Hazelton to a United Soccer League game coordinator and Derrick Odum to associate head coach
one-year contract. SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC — Agreed to terms with M Villyan and defensive coordinator. Named Kevin McGiven offensive coor-
HOCKEY Bijev on a one-year contract. dinator, Aric Williams defensive backs coach and Terry Malley
National Hockey League COLLEGE football analyst.
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A look at the best and the worst Super Bowl ads

BY MAE ANDERSON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — During advertising’s
biggest showcase, tame humor and mes-
sages about social causes ruled the day.
Slapstick humor, sexual innuendo and
chest thumping patriotic messages
were, for the most part, nowhere in
sight. After a divisive year, advertisers
during the Big Game worked overtime
to win over audiences with messages
that entertained and strove not to
offend.
Here’s a look at the winners and los-
ers during the biggest advertising show-
case of the year.
WINNERS
Amazon
An Amazon ad showcased different
celebrities including actress Rebel Wilson, Freeman in a scene from the company’s linked Doritos Blaze and Mountain
actor Anthony Hopkins, singer Cardi B
and chef Gordon Ramsay subbing in as the
voice of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant.
Budweiser
Budweiser , as always the largest adver-
tiser during the game, eschewed the usual
puppies and Clydesdales to showcase
employees that send water to places in
need.
NFL
The NFL scored with a charmer that
showed New York Giants quarterback
Eli Manning and wide receiver Odell
Beckham Jr. performing the choreogra-
phy from the movie “Dirty Dancing” —
complete with their version of Patrick
clothing.
LOSERS
Coca-Cola
Diet Coke attempted to be quirky by
showcasing a woman awkwardly dancing
to a rap song, but it garnered a lot of nega-
tive comments on social media when the
approach came off more weird than quirky.
“It has no clear message and it’s not real-
ly interesting,” said Kimberly Whitler, a
marketing professor at the University of
Virginia.
Fiat Chrysler’s Ram Trucks
Ram trucks used a speech by Martin
Luther King, Jr., to illustrate its motto,
“Built to Serve.” The ad, timed to the 50th
anniversary of the speech, showed people
doing good deeds. But some thought the
PEPSICO VIA AP
connection to the civil rights hero was too
tenuous.
This photo provided by PepsiCo shows Peter Dinklage and Morgan “Ram is being heavily criticized for its
spot,” said Tim Calkins, marketing profes-
Dew Ice Super Bowl spots. sor at the Kellogg School of Management at
Swayze’s iconic lift of Jennifer Grey. “beef-protein gluten-free pate,” Michael- Northwestern. “The use of MLK to pro-
PepsiCo Key explains: “It’s a burrito, filled with mote Ram trucks strikes many people are
Pepsico’s brands Mountain Dew Ice plants pretending to be meat.” crass and inappropriate.”
and Doritos Blaze staged an epic rap lip Tide TurboTax
sync battle between actors Morgan Tide took a novel approach with The tax preparer used a monster under
Freeman and Peter Dinklage, who “Stranger Things” actor David Harbor the bed to allude to people’s fears about
respectively synced to Missy Elliott and in ads that poked fun at typical Super doing their taxes. But some thought that
Busta Rhymes. Bowl commercials. Harbour popped up the ad was too scary during a game that a
Rocket Mortgage by Quicken in familiar-looking ads that appeared to lot of children were watching.
Loans be about different products: a car, an “The goal may be to introduce a new
Comedian Keegan Michael-Key cut insurance company, jewelry and Old trade character that can build awareness,
through complex jargon to put things Spice (another P& G product). The as in the Mucinex Man. However, this ad
plainly in a humorous ad for Rocket twist? They’re really all Tide ads, was a complete disaster,” Villanova Univer-
Mortgage by Quicken Loans. When a because there are no stains on anyone’s sity marketing professor Charles Taylor
restaurant patron is confused by a said.

Actress embraces her bipolar self

LITSA DREMOUSIS
SPECIAL TO THE
WASHINGTON POST
Character actress Jenifer
Lewis has played the hilari-
ous, take-no-prisoners
grandmother Ruby John-
son to great acclaim for 3
1/2 seasons on ABC's hit sit-
com "Black-ish."
I'm on the phone with her
to discuss her new memoir,
"The Mother of Black Hol-
therapy for nearly two
decades, and still occasion-
ally checks in for fine-tun-
ing. She routinely hikes,
does Pilates, and eats and
drinks healthfully. (But she
does allow for splurges. One
of the book's funnier anec-
dotes involves eating creme
brulee for breakfast on
vacation.)
At 61, she is radiant and
agile with — as she put it
one night while live-tweet-
the entire book. Why did
you decide to tell your story
this way?
A: It's like I always say,
"There ain't no shame in
my game." When I was
first diagnosed bipolar in
1990, I was, like, "What?
Bipolar? I'm bicoastal, but
what's this 'bipolar'?"
[Laughs.] If you say,
"Jenifer, you're crazy!" hell,
I always knew that. I'd
heard, "Jenny, you're cra-
. I wrote one of my
one-woman shows about it,
"Bipolar, Bath, and Beyond."
[Laughs.] You've got to work
hard each day. There are no
shortcuts to getting better.
Or to anything in life. You
absolutely have to work at
it. Go to therapy. Take your
meds. Take care of yourself.
ANDRE CHUNG FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
Don't eat or drink alone in
the dark. Live your life. Actress Jenifer Lewis has written a memoir in
which she discusses her bipolar disorder.

lywood," which gets its
name from the myriad roles
in which she has played
mom — to Angela Bassett
(as Tina Turner), Taraji P.
Henson, Whitney Houston,
ing "Black-ish" — "a black
belt in high kicks."
Lewis has worked steadi-
ly in theater, film and televi-
sion since earning her first
Broadway role in 1979, two
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zy!" my whole life.
[Laughs.]
And it was hard. It took
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Tupac Shakur and several
other superstars.
The book's subject matter,
however, lies much more
with bipolar disorder, with
which she was diagnosed in
1990.
Lewis resisted the diag-
nosis at first and refused to
take medication until a
self-described nervous
breakdown left her convuls-
weeks after she moved to
New York from Kinloch,
Missouri, with a brand-new
degree in theater arts from
Webster University.
She has made educating
others about bipolar disor-
der a huge part of her life's
work. Following is a tran-
script of our conversation,
edited for clarity and
length.
Edgewood
fine." And in my work, in
my one-woman shows in
particular, I used the
mania to my advantage.
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onstage!
But afterward, offstage, I
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ing in sobs, a hostage to her
untreated neurochemistry.
A quarter-century later, she
is thriving and happy
because, as she says, she
"does the work." She takes
her medication daily, was in
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instead of devoting one
chapter to it or compart-
mentalizing it, you weave
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welcome to attend. Call 866-
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COAL TOWNSHIP — COAL TOWNSHIP— Rain-
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COAL TOWNSHIP — Salem
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SHAMOKIN — Free coffee
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COAL TOWNSHIP — Alco-
holics Anonymous meeting,
Shamokin-Coal Township
Nooners, noon to 1 p.m.,
daily, block building, front
of Coal Township Police Sta-
tion, rear entrance.
MOUNT CARMEL — Alco-
holics Anonymous meeting,
noon, 24 N. Willow St.
bow Club meeting, 3 p.m.
Sunday at Our Lady of Hope
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2018 will be collected. Jan-
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SUNBURY — Whispering STATE
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Nooners, noon to 1 p.m., dai-
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MOUNT CARMEL — Alcohol-
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ELYSBURG — Bridge club,
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COAL TOWNSHIP — Our
Lady of Hope food pantry, 5:30
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MOUNT CARMEL — Central
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8:30 p.m., St. Steven’s Center
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and be entered to win a
door prize. Wine, beer,
soda, snacks available, or
bring snacks. No outside
beverages permitted.
SHAMOKIN — Knit-
ting and crocheting club,
Shamokin-Coal Township
Public Library, 1 to 3 p.m.
Beginners welcome.
TREVORTON — Angel’s
Closet, free children and
adult clothing, 6 to 7 p.m.,
St. Patrick Church, 331 W.
Shamokin St., side door.
MOUNT CARMEL — Cen-
tral Susquehanna Valley
Area of Narcotics Anony-
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son choice), 6:30 to 7:30
p.m., St. Stephen’s Center
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BLONDIE

THE PHANTOM

Dear abby
Dad of twins fears wife is
suffering from depresion
Jeanne Phillips
Dear Abby: My wife gave birth to
our twin girls almost a year ago,
and for the most part, things have
been great. They are happy and
healthy, but I’m not sure how hap-
py my wife is. I’m afraid she may
be suffering from postpartum de-
pression, but she won’t see any-
one about it.
She’s always putting the girls
first and is stressed out because
there’s never enough time in the
day to do everything. From day one,
I have made sure that I’m doing
my part. I help cook and clean and
change poopy diapers. I feel I’m
very hands-on, and she agrees. I
know twins can be stressful, but
I’m pretty relaxed about the pro-
cess and go with the flow.
I have begged her to talk to
someone, but she thinks if she
does she will have to take anti-
depressants and won’t be able to
breastfeed. It’s starting to affect
our marriage because she takes
out her frustration on me. I get
yelled at for stuff that doesn’t
make sense or hasn’t really hap-
pened.
Would it be wrong to tell her we
are going to lunch and take her
to see someone instead — like
a mental health intervention? Or
should I let her figure this out on
her own? — Baby Blues In Mich-
SHOE
igan
Dear Baby Blues: To shanghai
your wife into a mental health in-
tervention would be a mistake. Be
honest with your wife. Tell her you
are deeply concerned, and that
her stress level is affecting your
marriage. Then tell her you will be
making an appointment for her
with her OB-GYN and accompa-
nying her. The doctor can tell her
what the alternatives are for treat-
ment, if she needs it. Her fears
may be groundless, and medica- BABY BLUES
tion may not be necessary, but it
is important that her doctor eval-
uate her.
(Dear Abby is written by Abigail
Van Buren, also known as Jeanne
Phillips, and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact
Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles,
CA 90069.)

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