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By SALLY YORKArgus-Press Staff Writer
OWOSSO — When LeontineWallace developed thyroid can-cer at age 17, she was angry atthe world and feared she woulddie.
Today, five years aftersurgery and radiation therapy,Wallace is cancer-free and hasa different perspective on herordeal.
“Now I feel it had to happenfor me to move forward and bethe person I am,” said the 22-year-old, who is attending col-lege to become a nurse.
Pledging to raise $3,200 forthe Leukemia & LymphomaSociety before completing theNike Women’s Marathon thisfall in San Francisco, Wallaceis putting on a series offundraising events:
■ A garage sale offering
couture clothing and a widevariety of other items is set for10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 25 at 2300Clairmont Street off M-52.
■ A Balloonapalooza for thefamily featuring water bal-loons, hot dogs, soda pop andbottled water for a suggesteddonation, volleyball and possi-bly clowns is planned for noonto 7 p.m. July 9 in McCurdyPark.
■ Details on a silent auction
offering truffles, artwork, mas-sages and photography will beannounced at a later date.
Wallace — despite a busyschedule that includes college,a part-time job and raising onher own her 15-month-olddaughter, Avita — said it isimportant to her to supportblood cancer research andpatient services.
From healing to helping
SHOWN ARELeontineWallace andher 15-month-old daugher,Avita, ofOwosso.LeontineWallace, acancer sur-vivor, is raisingmoney for theLeukemia &LymphomaSocietythrough aseries of localfundraisers.
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Cancer survivor now focused on fundraising
Owosso passes ‘complete streets’ measure
Chesaningman gets
prison for arson
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SAGINAW COUNTY — AChesaning man charged withburning down the home of hiswife was sentenced to prisonMonday.
Eric A. Adams was sentencedin Saginaw County Circuit Courtto a minimum of seven years andthree months in prison, with 309days credit, for arson of adwelling, resisting and obstruct-ing a police officer and third-degree home invasion. Thecharges carry a maximum of 20years.
According to Saginaw CountySheriff ’s Office detectives, Adamswas “highly intoxicated” the nightof the incident and pleaded no con-test in April due to his “lack ofrecognition” of what occurred.
Police responded to a structurefire about 9:18 p.m. July 30 at 654Wood St. in Chesaning. Accordingto the Saginaw County detectives,Adams arrived at the home andwas asked to leave by those presentat the home. Adams’ spouse wasnot home at the time and Adamswas not currently living at thehome.
Officials said Adams called hiswife’s cell phone and threatened toburn her house down.
Detectives said Adamsremained at the home after theother individuals left. Those indi-viduals told investigators thatsoon after leaving they turnedaround and saw the home on fire.Adams was apprehended at thescene.
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OWOSSO — The city councilthis week passed a resolution tosupport a “complete streets”initiative that promotes safeand efficient movement forvehicles, bicyclists and pedes-trians while planning anddesigning roadway construc-tion.
The resolution states, whenfeasible, the city will “incorpo-
rate the complete street designconsiderations as a routine partof infrastructure planning andimplementation.”
The inclusion of infrastruc-ture like bike lanes and addi-tional easier-to-use crosswalksoffers health benefits for thepopulation and makes Owosso amore livable community, theresolution states.
The resolution also requiresthe Michigan Department of
Transportation to consult withcity officials when undergoingprojects on state highwayswithin the city limits. MDOT isnot currently required to seekcity input when doing work onstate highways such as M-21and M-52.
Council members expressedconcern with MDOT and the lackof communication they hadwhen work was done in the past.
City Manager Don Crawford
said the city received noticefrom MDOT that the organiza-tion is requesting engineers todesign M-21 west of M-52 and M-52 north of Main Street. Heexpects MDOT to award thedesign sometime in the nearfuture.
How much consulting andhow much consideration MDOTwill give to local input wasquestioned by some councilmembers.
Womanreceives jail forDurand teen’s drinking death
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HOWELL — A Pinckneywomen convicted of providing thewhiskey that contributed to thedeath of an 18-year-old Durandman was sen-tenced in theLivingston CountyCircuit CourtThursday.
L i n d s a yTreanor, 21,received threeyears probationand six months injail for providingthe Five Starwhiskey that contributed to theNov. 7 death of Bryce Dickinson.
Treanor and Dickinson wereamong a group partying at theabandoned Pinckney train depot.According to police, Dickinsoneventually went to sleep inside acar until the group found himunresponsive and took him toSaint Joseph Mercy LivingstonHospital in Howell, where he waspronounced dead.
Toxicology reports revealedthat Dickinson had a blood alcohollevel of .32.
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Officials seek homes for Mich. mustangsTROWBRIDGE TWP. (AP) — Several
mustangs in southwestern Michiganneed new homes after a woman’s plansto broker adoptions for the horses fellthrough, authorities said.
The Allegan County sheriff ’s officeand animal control want new homesfor the horses, which have been livingat Wendi Bierling’s 27-acre ranch nearAllegan, about 30 miles southwest ofGrand Rapids, WSBT-TV and theKalamazoo Gazette reported.
Veterinarian Jim Connell visitedthe ranch Tuesday and found severalthat weren’t well-fed. At least six needhomes, as well as space to roam.
“A 1,000-pound horse needs 60 to 80pounds of roughage per day, or 2 acresper head of pasture,” Connell said.
Bierling said she welcomes the help.She said she brokered adoptions for 29horses from the U.S. Bureau of LandManagement through the agency’smustang relocation program. Whensome adoptions fell through, she saysshe was left to care for the horses aswell as her own and ones she boards.
“In 20 years of having horses, I havenever had Animal Control here, never,”she said. “I’ve rescued animals.”
Bierling said she paid $25 each forthe horses that were shipped to her inFebruary, and her plan was to get themto adoptive homes and to apply dona-tions she received for the horses to anongoing program to help mustangs.
AP Photo/The Kalamazoo Gazette, Jonathon Gruenke
WENDI BIERLING feeds a Mustang on her ranchin Allegan. She received 29 mustangs that sheexpected to broker to adoptive families, butinstead is stuck with most of the wild horses.
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Following is a listing of pro-grams and activities forShiawassee County senioradults, provided by theShiawassee Council on Aging,headquartered at 300 N.Washington St. in Owosso. Thetelephone number at the OwossoSenior Center is 723-8875.
Durand Area Center is at 8618E. Lansing Road. The numberthere is 288-4122.
Lunches are served Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays at theMorrice Community and SeniorCitizen Center by an SCOAnutrition site aide. For lunchreservations, call the Durand orOwosso centers. A reservation isrequired. Bingo is played follow-ing lunch. Pam Drake is theMorrice Senior Center coordina-tor. The center is at 101 W. MasonSt. in Morrice.
The Owosso center andadministrative offices are openfrom 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. week-days. Hours for the Durand cen-ter are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Mondays through Fridays.
Items to NoteJune 13-17
Owosso CenterRep. Ben Glardon will be at
the center at 11 a.m. Monday totake questions and give anupdate on senior issues and leg-islation.
Durand CenterWii bowling has turned out to
be one of the most popular pro-grams at the Durand Center.Each Wednesday you are invited
to join in. Bowling starts at 1p.m.
Morrice CenterNutrition bingo and educa-
tion is scheduled for Wednesdayfollowing lunch. This is a funand informative program that isheld at the Center each month.
SCOA officials remindseniors there is public trans-portation in Shiawassee County.Shiawassee AreaTransportation Agency operatesbuses in Owosso, Corunna,Durand-Vernon and Perry-Morrice. For information onSATA or to make a bus reserva-tion, call 729-2687 locally or (877)667-7100 for non-local calls.
Calendar ofEventsJune 13-17
Owosso CenterMonday — Mary Spencer
exercise class, 10 a.m.; Rep. BenGlardon, legislative update, 11a.m.; Bingo, 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday — Bridge, 1 p.m.; Artclass, 1 p.m.
Wednesday — Mary Spencerexercise class, 10 a.m.; Movie:“Radio,” 12:30 p.m.
Thursday — OMHC ExerciseClass, 10:15 a.m.; Country musicjamboree, 2 to 4 p.m.
Friday — Mary Spencer exer-cise class, 10 a.m.; Hearingchecks with Chad Reust of FlukeHearing, 10 a.m.; Bingo, 12:30p.m.
Durand CenterMonday — Lucky Charm
Bingo, 12:30 p.m.Tuesday — OMHC exercise
class, 1 p.m.Wednesday — Wii bowling, 1
p.m.Thursday — Bingo, 12:30 p.m.Friday — Exercise class, 10:30
a.m.
Morrice CenterMonday — Exercise class, 9:30
a.m.; lunch, noon; Bingo, 12:30p.m.; Euchre, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday — No events sched-uled.
Wednesday — Exercise class,9:30 to 10:10 a.m.; NutritionBingo, 12:30 p.m.
Thursday — Euchre, 1:30 p.m.Friday — Exercise class, 9:30
to 10:10 a.m.; Patty Meyer,Alzheimer’s Series Part 4, noon.
Lunch MenusNoon meals are served
Monday through Friday at theOwosso and Durand centers.Noon meals are also served atthe Morrice center each Monday,Wednesday and Friday.
Reservations for these mealsshould be made by calling theappropriate center the daybefore.
People must be 60 years ofage or older or the spouse of aperson aged 60 or older to partic-ipate in the hot meals program.
Food stamps and donationsare accepted for all meals. Therecommended donation is $2 forthose 60 and older or the spouseof a person 60 and older. There isa charge of $4 per meal for thoseunder 60.
The following is the
Shiawassee Council on Agingcongregate meal site scheduleand menus (meals are subject tochange) for the week of June 13-17:
OwossoMonday — Chicken parme-
san with spaghetti sauce, greenbeans, garlic bread, cookie.
Tuesday — Egg bake withsausage, hash browns, pineapplejuice, biscuit, grapefruit.
Wednesday — Pizza, saladbar, muffin, banana.
Thursday — Chicken noodlesoup with carrots and potatoes,tossed salad, crackers, dicedapples.
Friday — Roast beef, mashedpotatoes with gravy, mixed veg-etables, roll, pie.
Durand and MorriceMonday — Chop suey with
Chinese vegetables over rice,baby carrots, egg roll, pineapple.
Tuesday — Swedish meat-balls over noodles, asparagus,steamed cabbage, apricots.
Wednesday — Shepard’s piewith beef, green beans, andmashed potatoes, stewed toma-toes, roll, apple crisp.
Thursday — Baked potato barwith ham and cheese sauce,broccoli, cauliflower, garlictoast, tropical fruit.
Friday — Father’s Day Roastbeef, mashed potatoes withgravy, corn, roll, pie.
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For information on the HomeDelivered Meals Program, peo-ple who live in the Owosso areashould call the Owosso center;people who live in the Durandarea should call the Durand cen-ter.
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Brian ‘BJ’ PanterFormerly of Swartz Creek,
age 33, passed peacefully,Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at TheCleveland Clinic.
Brian was born in Flint, onApril 28, 1978. He was a graduateof Western Michigan Universityin 2001. Brian married ShawnFivecoat on July 8, 2006, andcompleted their family with twoprecious baby boys, Benjaminand Zachary.
Brian worked as a probationofficer in Shiawassee and Eatoncounties. He enjoyed spendingtime with his family, golfing, fan-tasy football and was passionateabout organ donation.
Surviving are his wife Shawn;young sons, Benjamin andZachary, who were the joy of hislife; parents Dan and DawnPanter; brother Bret; grand-mother Gloria Dalton; severalaunts, uncles, cousins, nephewsand a niece.
He was preceded in death byhis grandfather Duane Dalton;grandparents, James and AnnPanter.
Funeral Mass will be cele-brated at 11 a.m. Monday, June13, 2011, at St. Pius X CatholicChurch, G-3139 Hogarth Avenue,Flint, with Father Robert F.
Copeland officiating. Burial willbe in New Calvary CatholicCemetery. Visitation will be fromnoon to 8 p.m. today and 1 to 8p.m. Sunday at the SwartzFuneral Home, 1225 West HillRoad. Brian will be at the churchfrom 10 a.m. Monday until thetime of Mass.
Your condolences may beshared with the family atwww.swartzfuneralhomeinc.com.
In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be addressed to the familywhich will be shared amongstthe many charities important toBrian.
Jack LaVerne Sheldon, Sr. Peacefully passed away on
June 6, 2011, at a hospital nearhis home in Mesa, Ariz.
He was born Dec. 19, 1925, toVernon Burr and Nellie Anne(Page) Sheldon in Lansing andgrew up near Elsie, where hegraduated from high school in1943.
Jack enlisted in the UnitedStates Navy Nov. 24, 1943,enrolled in the V-12 program andobtained the rank of V-5Aviation Cadet by attendingArkansas A&M College and theUS Naval Pre-flight School at theUniversity of North Carolina inChapel Hill and was honorablydischarged June 30, 1947.Awaiting his discharge, Jackattended and graduated fromSpartan School of Aeronauticsand received a lifetime certifi-cate as an aircraft and enginemechanic.
On Dec. 7, 1946, he marriedVelma “Bonnie” Shuster andthey recently celebrated their64th wedding anniversary.Together they had six childrenwho attended schools in theElsie and Owosso areas duringthe 1950s and 1960s. Providing ahome for many foster children,they were also very active in pro-moting activities for the youthand community groups includ-ing the 4-H, Boy Scouts, YMCAand YWCA and received anaward from the State ofMichigan for service to youth.
Jack studied at the UnitedTelevision Laboratories ofLouisville, Ky., where hereceived most of his training inthe field of electronics. He beganrepairing televisions in Owossowhen the media was in its infan-cy and earned the nickname“Sarnoff ” after one of the earlytelevision pioneers. They even-tually made their home inOwosso, where Jack wasemployed at Corunna TV andthen his own business, Jack’s TVService in Owosso, and thenlater in Mesa, where they settledin 1971.
Jack was passionate about hishobby as an Amateur “ham”Radio operator, licensed inMichigan as K8WWK in 1959 andlater in Arizona as W7IVB andKG7X. He was a mentor andinstructor to many radio enthu-siasts in the Shiawassee Countyarea and was one of the found-ing officers of the ShiawasseeCounty Amateur RadioAssociation. Jack also taughtAmateur Radio theory andMorse code at Scottsdale(Arizona) Community Collegeand was the patriarch ham radiooperator in the Sheldon familyhaving inspired sons, daughtersand grandsons to becomelicensed. He was a long-timemember of the Central ArizonaDX Association, received numer-ous awards and was named HamRadio Operator of the Year bythe Scottsdale Amateur Radio
Club in 1995. In addition to hisradio hobby, Mr. Sheldon alsoenjoyed flying his private air-plane in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Most of all, he is known forhaving enjoyed spending timewith his extended family. He issurvived by his wife and his chil-dren, Diana Wilkes of NortonShores, Mich., Neil (SusanWashburn) Sheldon, Sr., ofMesa, Linda Marie Kerlin ofMesa, Niki Sheldon, DavidSheldon of Mesa, and Jack(Barbara Oihus) Sheldon, Jr., ofMesa. He is also survived by 13grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by hisparents; his brother JohnSheldon of Ludington; his sisterRuth Eileen Lewandowski ofLansing; and one grandchild.
A non-denominational ser-vice will be held Saturday, June18, at 9 a.m. at the Church ofJesus Christ of LDS, 34th Ward,2152 East Adobe Street, Mesa,Arizona, 85213. It is locatedabout 200 yards east of GilbertRoad on Adobe. Adobe is a light-ed intersection located 1⁄2 of theway between University Driveand Brown Road at Gilbert Road.Gilbert Road is accessible fromboth the (northern) 202 Loop ⁄Red Mountain Freeway (travelsouth on Gilbert Road from the202 passing the McKellips andBrown Road intersections) or theUS 60 (travel north on GilbertRoad from US 60 passingSouthern, Broadway, Main, andUniversity intersections).
In lieu of flowers, donationsare suggested for Amateur Radiooperators to the “CentralArizona DX Association,” P.O.Box 24616, Tempe, AZ 85285-4616.Please note on your remittance“KG7X Memorial Donation.”The organization’s website iswww.cadxa.org. For friends andfamily not interested in radio,donations are suggested for the“Hospice of the Valley - FundDevelopment,” 1510 East FlowerStreet, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Pleasenote “In Memory of JackSheldon, Sr.” on your remit-tance. The Hospice of the Valleyis a 501(c)(3) organization anddonations to them are taxdeductible as permitted by law.
Jean Della CrockerAge 92, of Lennon, formerly
of Flint, passed away onWednesday, June 8, 2011, atGenesys Health Park in GrandBlanc.
She was a bookkeeper forJames Lumber Company inFlint for over 30 years.
A Mass of Christian burialwill be celebrated at 10:30 a.m.Tuesday at St. Mary’s CatholicChurch, 700 E. Columbia Dr.,Durand, MI 48429. The family
will receive friends at WatkinsBrothers Funeral Homes,Durand Chapel, on Sunday from5 to 8 p.m. and again on Mondayfrom 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.www.watkinsfuneralhomes.com.
Rex McKinley GordonAge 90, of Durand, passed
away on Thursday, June 9, 2011,at the Genesys Hospice Center inGoodrich.
Per his request, cremationhas taken place and a memorialservice will be announced at a
later date.www.watkinsfuneralhomes.com
■ Anniversary — OnJune 11, 1776, the ContinentalCongress formed a committee todraft a Declaration ofIndependence calling for free-dom from Britain.
■ Anniversary — In 1770,Captain James Cook, comman-der of the British shipEndeavour, discovered the GreatBarrier Reef off Australia byrunning onto it.
■ Anniversary — In 1947, thegovernment announced the endof household and institutional
sugar rationing, to take effectthe next day.
■ Anniversary — In 1963, aBuddhist monk (Thich QuangDuc) set himself afire on aSaigon street to protest the gov-ernment of South VietnamesePresident Ngo Dinh Diem.
■ Anniversary — In 1971, theyear-and-a-half-long occupationof Alcatraz Island in SanFrancisco Bay by AmericanIndian activists ended as federalofficers evicted the remainingprotesters.
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Following is the Shiawassee County Health Department schedulefor the week of June 13.
The health department, located at 110 E. Mack St. in Corunna, isopen from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday.Friday or the last business day of the week hours are 8 a.m. to noonand 1 to 4 p.m. Health department offices are closed on weekends andholidays.
Immunization ClinicClinic in Corunna is every Wednesday by appointment. Children:
a $15 fee per vaccine will be charged for children’s vaccine providedby the state. Private pay adult vaccines and private pay children’svaccines, call for prices. Meningitis vaccine is also available. Call forfurther information. By appointment only, call 743-2356. If a parentis not accompanying child to immunization appointment, please callin advance to receive consent forms or consent forms may beaccessed at www.health.shiawassee.net.
WIC(Women, Infants, Children)
The Corunna WIC office is open 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.Monday through Thursday. Friday hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to4 p.m. The number is 743-2383. Shaftsburg WIC clinic is open on thesecond and fourth Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Foran appointment, call (517) 675-4920 or (800) 859-4229.
Children’s SpecialHealth Care Services
Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. until noon and 1 to 5 p.m.Friday hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Call for appointment,743-2355.
HIV Counseling & TestingAnonymous HIV testing is available by appointment only, for a
$25 fee. Call for appointment, 743-2355.
TB TestingTB testing is available on Mondays by appointment only. Call 743-
2355 for an appointment and cost of testing.
STD Referrals, as NeededCall 743-2355 or (800) 859-4229 for more information.
MIChild — Healthy KidsAssistance with MIChild and Healthy Kids Medicaid applica-
tions. Call for appointment, 743-2356.
Maternal Infant Health Program (MIHP)Nutritionist, social worker and nurse offer guidance for expec-
tant mothers and/or infants through 1 year of age on Medicaid. Call743-2319 for more information.
Vision & Hearing ScreeningOffered for preschool and school-age children. There is no charge
for the testing. Call for appointment, 743-2355.
Breast & Cervical CancerControl Program
Free breast exams, mammograms and pap smears for women 40years through 64 years of age, based on income. Call 743-2356 or (800)859-4229 for further information.
Parent HelplineCall (800) 942-HELP
Shiawassee Health DepartmentCall 743-2355 or (800) 859-4229
■ This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY — The newlocal chapter of the Road Riders For Jesushas announced a new name, ShiawasseeCounty Road Riders For Jesus, and otherchanges.
The group will now meet on the secondMonday of each month, with the next meet-
ing set for July 11. Group members are chal-lenged to bring a friend to the July meeting.
Also new: The riding meeting place isnow the parking lot in front of TSC, behindthe Burger King on M-21 in Corunna.
Upcoming activities include a rideSunday to the Gilmore Museum in Hickory
Corners for a bike show. The group willleave at 9 a.m. from 9868 W. M-21 in Ovid.
Another road trip, to Scoopy Doo’s icecream shop in Dewitt, is planned for June20.
For details, call Buz Schultz at (989) 277-5839 or email him at [email protected].
“I feel really, really lucky,”Wallace said. “I want to giveback to people in my situation.
“And it’s a good opportunityfor everybody — young and old,people who have a lot of moneyand people who don’t — to real-ize they have the power to makesomebody’s life better.”
Finding OutWallace hadn’t felt well for at
least a year, but didn’t knowwhat was wrong with her until alarge lump on her neck spurredher to see an urgent-care doctor.
A biopsy at University ofMichigan Health System in AnnArbor the next day revealedWallace had stage three thyroidcancer — unusual in a personunder 50 years old. Worse, thedisease had spread to her lymphnodes.
Surgeons removed 94 lymphnodes and Wallace’s thyroid. Shewas unable to leave her bed forfour days.
Resentful of her illness andthat her teenage partying yearshad come to an abrupt end,Wallace said she was not alwayskind to those around her, includ-
ing the hospital staff. “But the nurses were always
so nice to me — they would makejokes,” Wallace said. “In all ofmy hospital experiences, thepeople I remember the most arethe nurses.”
Her interaction with nurseswas part of what inspiredWallace to enroll at MottCommunity College with thegoal of entering the nursing pro-gram at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor next spring.
“Hands down, if you have agood nurse, you will have a bet-ter hospital experience,” shesaid.
Radiation followed surgery,along with regular tests to makesure the cancer had notreturned. So far, it has not. Infact, if a PET scan June 26 isclear, Wallace will officially be inremission.
The Next StepAfter healing, Wallace moved
to Los Angeles with a boyfriend,taking work as a photographer.The romance ultimately ended— just before Wallace found outshe was pregnant with Avita.
Returning to Michigan,where her extended family lives,Wallace decided it was time togive back by raising funds forthe Leukemia & LymphomaSociety.
Not only does LLS fundresearch grants, the non-profitorganization also provides suchall-important patients servicesas psychological counseling andspecialists describing treatmentoptions.
“The whole emotional sup-port system (a cancer patientreceives) is important,” Wallacesaid.
Wallace signed up with TeamIn Training, “our biggestfundraising campaign,” saidAndrea Greif of LLS. “It has thehugest impact on our goals.”
Through Team in Training,Wallace has learned the nutsand bolts of fundraising, andhow to train for the women’smarathon, which honors thosewith a blood cancer diagnosis.
“I want to spread the messageof hope: I have had cancer andI’m running a half-marathon,”Wallace said.
“I feel great. Running is mynew high.”
Getting InvolvedTo make a donation — even $5
helps — visit Wallace’s Team InTraining fundraising page athttp://pages.teamintraining.org/mi/nikesf11/lwallacnmp.
Wallace’s Facebook eventpage is atwww.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203966389645586.
To make a donation inexchange for photographs byWallace, call (989) 600-9399. Viewsome of her photos at www.face-book.com/pa g es/Leontine-W a l l a c e -Photography/145359688818196.
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But several prospective own-ers backed out.
Lt. Frank Baker of theAllegan County sheriff ’s officesaid the agency is workingwith a number of animal wel-fare and adoption groups.
Tina Aguirre, president ofthe Michigan MustangAssociation, said it seemed arisky idea to bring the horsesto the ranch.
“You need to have thoseadoption contracts in place,make sure those adoption feesare paid up front before youbring those horses in,”Aguirre said. “And make sureyou’re going to have a set pro-gram in place in case thoseadoptions fall through.”
Adams was sentenced as ahabitual offender due to aprior record that includeshome invasion and thedestruction of property.
He was sentenced in 1999 tonine months in jail and twoyears probation for the mali-cious destruction offire/police property. He wasarraigned twice, in 2000 and2001, for violating his proba-tion.
In 2004, Adams was sen-tenced to nine months in jailand three years probation foraggravated assault and sec-ond-degree home invasion.
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Some say weather, predictions go hand-in-hand By JANESE SILVEYThe Columbia Tribune
JOPLIN, Mo. — The day afterthe rapture didn’t happen,Tammy Cady’s home and belong-ings were sucked up in a twisterof Old Testament-style propor-tions.
An undamaged cross risesabove the rubble of St. Mary’sCatholic Church in Joplin a dayafter a tornado ripped throughthe southwest Missouri town.
Cady is a communicationsdirector at College HeightsChristian Church in Joplin. Likemany, she was never convincedMay 21 was going to be the begin-ning of the end, even thoughdoomsday preacher HaroldCamping was sure Jesus wascoming back that day.
But she also doesn’t think thecrazy weather lately is just acoincidence, and she wonderswhether God’s trying to tell ussomething.
The “earthquake, tsunamis,tornadoes — it seems like onething after another,” Cady said.
She’s among a majority ofwhite evangelicals — 59 percentto be exact — who say they thinknatural disasters are a sign fromGod. That’s according to a sur-vey the Public Religion ResearchInstitute and Religious NewsService conducted after Japan’searthquake and tsunami. Thepoll also found, though, onlyabout 38 percent of the popula-tion in general blames God whenMother Nature is in a bad mood.
Disasters and end-of-the-world fears seem to go hand inhand, making doomsday predic-tions especially conversation-worthy in 2011.
The year began with reportsof red-winged blackbirds drop-ping dead from the skies overArkansas, Louisiana andSweden.
February brought blizzardsthat crippled the country. Thenthe disasters struck Japan, andfloodwaters rose across theUnited States, followed by theoutbreak that has made this year
among the deadliest tornado sea-sons.
A volcanologist at CambridgeUniversity recently warnedthere’s a one-in-500 chance of asuper volcano erupting this cen-tury. Of course, Iben Browningalso hedged a 50-50 bet that anearthquake would strike theNew Madrid fault in 1990, andthat didn’t happen.
But wait, there’s more.A recent study warned cell-
phone signals are killing offhoneybees. Because the insectsare responsible for pollinatingmost of our food crops, it hasbeen suggested that when thebees die off, so do we.
There’s even a plague oflocusts invading the Midwest.OK, they’re actually cicadas, butearly colonists not familiar withthis particular variety thoughtthey were the biblical bugs.
Oh, and the Centers forDisease Control and Preventionrecently posted on its publichealth blog instructions for deal-ing with a zombie apocalypse —which happen to be the same tipsfor preparing for any emergency.But the image of a wild-eyedzombie on the official CDC web-site is a little unnerving.
So what’s going on?The latter, of course, was
nothing more than a clever mar-keting campaign to get youngpeople to read an emergency pre-paredness pamphlet. As for theperiodical cicadas, they comeevery 13 years. And state offi-cials in January had logicalexplanations for the dead birds.In Arkansas, for instance, thered-winged blackbirds wereapparently sleeping when a loudnoise startled them, and theyfreaked out.
No doubt the Bible is full ofsome nasty weather forecasts formankind’s final days, but theworld has seen these storm pat-terns before.
Weather is simply morevolatile than in recent years.We’ve spent the past few decadesenjoying fairly mild weather,making recent occurrences seemrare, said Tony Lupo, professor
of atmospheric science at theUniversity of Missouri. Globally,though, the climate goes throughperiods of change, so from a his-torical standpoint, it’s notunusual.
“Is this going to continue, oris this an isolated few years?”Lupo said. “My guess is we’ll seeweather that’s wilder. Studieshave shown weather of the 1800sand before was kind of wild likeit is today.”
Although that volatility couldmean an active hurricane sea-son, there’s no relationship
between tornado activity andhurricanes or between thestorms and other disasters, suchas earthquakes or volcanoes,said Pat Guinan, an associateprofessor of climatology at MU.
As for the tornado activitiesthis year, blame Old Man Winter.
“Basically what you’re seeingthis year is that we had anunusually cold winter with a lotof snow, and that atmosphericpattern has continued well intothe spring season,” Lupo said.
And when the cold air fromthe north meets moist air from
the south in the middle of astrong jet stream, “bam.”
Apocalyptic predictions arenothing new. The Bible recordsJesus telling his disciples he’d beback for them before their gener-ation passed away.
Early Christians then figuredJan. 1, 1000, sounded like a logi-cal date for a rapture. A preachernamed William Miller predictedJesus would return March 21,1843, and when it didn’t happen,he decided Oct. 22, 1844, was abetter guess.
Edgar Whisenant was a for-mer NASA engineer who couldlist 88 reasons why the world wasgoing to end in 1988.
And who could forget Y2K,when not God but ill-pro-grammed computers were goingto destroy the world as we knewit at the stroke of midnight?
Harold Camping has beenwrong before, too. He first saidthe world was going to end backin 1994 but later explained he’dmiscalculated.
His May 21 rapture predictionhad a different feel, though.While Camping was airing theprediction over his Christianradio program and his followerswere splattering the warning onbillboards across the country,social media gave the no-showrapture unprecedented press.
Twitter was abuzz with invi-tations to rapture parties andlists of songs that should be oneveryone’s final playlist.
Jen Reeves, an associate pro-fessor at the Missouri School ofJournalism, was watching forFacebook posts from a friendoverseas as the supposed 6 p.m.doomsday deadline came andwent across the globe.
“It was a fun thing to talkabout,” said Reeves, who co-founded the Columbia chapter ofthe Social Media Club. “It was asocial event instead of a newsevent.”
Reeves wonders whether thesame hoopla will surround thenext supposed apocalypse.Camping has amended his pre-diction and now claims theworld ends Oct. 21.
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AN UNDAMAGED CRUCIFIX rises above the rubble of St. Mary’sCatholic Church in Joplin, Mo. The church and thousands ofother buildings were damaged or destroyed when a tornadoswept through Joplin May 22, killing at least 116 and injuringhundreds more.
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Activities scheduledinclude health-related vendors,health screenings, physicianspeakers, door prizes, a picnic-style lunch, free transporta-tion from area Senior Centersby SATA, and more! New thisyear is the addition of a thirdtent in order to accommodateadditional vendor booths,including Shaw’s Pharmacywho will be conducting a“brown bag” prescription med-ications check, Covenant Eyes,Shiawassee Veterans Affairsand more.
Physician presentationswill include “Vertigo andOther Balance Issues,” by Dr.Ly Gau, geriatric physicianfrom Memorial’s Center forSenior Health at 11 a.m. and“Memory Loss,” by Dr. RanyAburashed, neurologist fromMemorial’s NeurologyInstitute at 1 p.m. Interactivedemonstrations will include“Acupuncture and Aging” at10:30 a.m., “Home Fire Safety”at 11:30 a.m., “Sit and Fit”Exercise at 12:30 p.m. and“Protecting Your FinancialAssets” at 1:30 p.m.
Free health screeningsinclude bone density, distribu-tion of colorectal kits, diabetesassessment, blood pressure,sleep screening, andheight/weight/BMI. A choles-terol and glucose Lipid Panelblood draw, which includestotal cholesterol, LDL & HDL,A1C 3-month glucose averageand triglycerides, will be avail-able for $20.
For those individuals com-pleting a Dreamticket at theevent, their name will beentered into a drawing for abouquet of gift certificates tolocal restaurants and business-es.
To reserve a free seat onSATA individuals are asked tocontact their communitySenior Center (Durand: 989-288-4122, Chesaning: 989-845-6565, Owosso: 989-723-8875 andMorrice: 517-625-4270) no laterthan d June 17.
For additional informationon this event, please contactAmanda Duntley at 1-855-805-INFO (4636) or visitwww.MemorialHealthcare.org.
When AlainaGiordano’s story oflosing custody ofher two childrenbecause of breast
cancer went viral online, itseemed like a callous injustice.Blogs and social networkingsites rallied to her cause, andsoon she had a law firm willingto appeal the judge’s decision.
But the real story is far morecomplicated and features anight in jail for both parents,accusations of infidelity on bothsides and correspondingrestraining orders.
The case has become aninternational cause celebre,driven by Giordano’s claim thata Durham District Court judgegranted her estranged husbandprimary custody of their chil-dren because she has breastcancer. Three days after thatruling, Giordano launched ablog with a post that declared, “Iam a mother of two remarkablechildren. I am not cancer.”
As the story spread overTwitter, online allies sprung upto circulate petitions, collectdonations and advocate onGiordano’s behalf, demonstrat-ing how new media can influ-ence old-fashioned disputes andblur the messiness of reality.
“What’s successful online issomething that touches people,”said Marcus Messner, a VirginiaCommonwealth University pro-fessor who studies social media.“In this case, a mother has can-cer and is fighting for her chil-dren. Whoever gets a messageon Facebook or Twitter aboutthis case, you’d have to be apretty tough human being to notcare.”
Along with a Facebook page
that has more than 21,500 people“liking” it as of Thursday, anonline petition on Giordano’sbehalf has garnered nearly104,000 signatures. A dedicatedwebsite for donations has beenset up and the case has beenwidely discussed on blogs,Twitter and other onlineprecincts since the April 25 rul-ing by Judge Nancy Gordon.
All the attention has helped.Giordano, who didn’t have alawyer when she started heronline campaign, is now repre-sented by a Raleigh-based firm,which last week filed a motionseeking to stay Gordon’s orderthat the children be sent to livewith their father in Chicago byJune 17. Gordon denied thatmotion Wednesday, saying shelacks the authority to grant astay. Giordano plans to appeal.
“I am going to continue tofight for what is right for mykids,” Giordano said in a state-ment, which also praised thethousands of people who haveexpressed their support for her.
But the campaign that drewthem in has also obscured thefacts of the case, which are laidout in Gordon’s 27-page ruling.Gordon does mentionGiordano’s cancer and uncer-tainty over her long-termhealth, but it came alongsidenumerous criticisms of bothparents.
Giordano and Kane Snyderboth were arrested and spent anight in jail after a September2009 fight, and both obtained
and dropped restraining ordersagainst each other. The rulingdetails mutual allegations ofmistreatment and infidelity, andsays both parents “place theirchildren in the middle of theirdivorce and unnecessarilyexpose them to the conflict sothe children are compelled tochoose sides.”
The judge did praise bothparents for their love of theirchildren, who are 11 and 6, andcited a court-appointed psychia-trist’s report that the case hasno easy resolution. The psychia-trist, Dr. Helen Brantley, “testi-fied that this was not a clear cutrelocation case” and that thedecision of her team that prima-ry custody should go to thefather “was definitely not fool-proof.”
It’s extremely rare for judgesto make custody decisions basedon a single factor, said Raleighfamily law attorney NancyGrace. Instead, as in Gordon’sruling, courts have to weighanything that might affect a per-son’s ability to adequately serveas a parent.
“People look at decisionsjudges make and say that’s notfair to that mom or dad, butthat’s not the judge’s job in acustody case,” said Grace, whoisn’t involved in the Giordano
case. “The judge’s job is todetermine what is in the bestinterests of the child.”
Gordon can’t discuss pendingcases. Snyder hasn’t spokenpublicly, but a lawyer represent-ing him said the case has beenbadly misconstrued in public.
“This is not a cancer case,”said Jeffrey Leving. “This is aclear best-interest case.”
Part of Leving’s work hassimply been to track the hugevolume of what’s being saidabout the case online, both byGiordano and her supporters,and in news articles that pickedup on the online buzz.
“This has turned into amedia circus,” he said.
The case, and the publicityand support it generated, isprobably a harbinger of thingsto come, said Jane Kirtley, direc-tor of the Silha Center for theStudy of Media Ethics and Lawat the University of Minnesota.People are becoming increasing-ly savvy in the use of socialmedia to advance not only polit-ical causes, but personal ones aswell.
“I’m a little bit astonished atwhat I’d almost characterize asnaivete people use when theyapproach these new media,” shesaid. “People assume that every-thing posted there is true.”
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DOONESBURY by Gary Trudeau
Last week, Steve Jobs, the ailing CEO of Apple,announced a major move to cloud computing. I’m inthat cloud right now, typing this on Google Docs. It’sa word processor that is on Google’s computers, notmine. I can stop typing right now, go to my sister’s
house, get on her computer and keep typing exactly where Ileft off. No need to schlep a laptop, a CD, a thumb drive along.I don’t even have to save it; it’s done automatically every fewseconds. And why buy a word processing program when Ican use Google’s for free? You don’t need to drag your com-puter memories around with you any longer any more thanyou have to take your own electricity with you when youtravel. It’ll be there when you get where you’re going.
The thing that worries peopleabout the cloud is security. If Iput stuff on Apple’s cloud, they’llknow all about me. They’ll haveall my passwords. They’ll knowmy business. Right. Like Wal-Mart doesn’t? Like AmericanExpress doesn’t? Let me ask, isthere anyone in the entire worldricher than the people who runApple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco,Facebook and Twitter? Do you
really think Steve Jobs cares about getting his hands on yourmeasly little checking account? That Bill Gates wants to seepictures of you and your kids at the beach last summer? As amatter of fact, it is in their best interests that the cloud stayssecure and hack-proof.
Which is why you’ll never find the cloud. It’s hidden inthousands of anonymous, windowless, ugly buildings in hun-dreds of industrial parks around the world. Somewhere inthat mass of ugly buildings you fly over when landing at anymajor airport in the country the cloud is hiding. The compa-nies that run them don’t want you to know where they are orwhat they are doing. They rarely have a company logo on theoutside of the building. Sometimes they’ll even make up abogus name that is so unremarkable no one would ever askwhat they do or what’s inside. A giant, boxlike steel buildingwith “MRLT Corporation” plastered on the side with a half-empty parking lot out front won’t attract much attention inmost big cities. And if a building called “LMNOP, the FirstName in Medical Waste” burns down, it doesn’t matter to thecloud. There are thousands more of them backing each otherup all the time.
It’s not the security of the cloud that worries me, it’s thecredit card companies that still send me bills with my fullname, address and account number on them by snail mail.It’s the doctors’ offices that still ask me for my SocialSecurity number. They don’t seem all that worried that some-one may get that information. You don’t need a password toget into my mailbox. They are always sending me specialoffers, again with way too much personal information print-ed on them. I can’t even simply throw them away, becauseyou don’t need a six- to eight-digit password to access mygarbage. Now I have to shred all that mail or burn it,because I never know who is pawing through my trash. Itcould just be a laid-off teacher looking for food, but it couldalso be an identity thief. It’s not the cloud that’s compromis-ing my identity; it’s long-established businesses.
Who hasn’t gotten the strange telephone call that asksyou if you just bought an iPod in Prague at 2 a.m. local timelast night? “No? Can you please cut up that credit card andwe’ll send you a new one?” It happens to me at least once ayear.
“The card is in my wallet,” I tell them. “How can a thiefbuy something without having my card when I can’t?” Inever get an answer to that question. I’m going to get on thecloud right now and see if I can find an answer.
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To whomever turned in my iPod Touchthat was lost in McCurdy Park: My friendsand I were playing a fun game of tagWednesday afternoon at McCurdy Park.
One of my friends asked to use my iPodand listen to music. I let him use it, and thensomething happened. He misplaced the iPod.I was freaking out and called everybody whowas there to see if they had it. I couldn’t find
the iPod when I went back to look at thepark. I thought that the iPod was long gone.
On June 9, I went to the city hall andasked the polite lady at the counter if any-one had returned an iPod Touch found inMcCurdy Park. She responded “yes.”
I was getting more excited. After answer-ing a question to identify the iPod, she hand-ed it over and I was so very excited and in
complete relief. Today not a lot of people would have
turned in the iPod, and instead just kept itfor themselves. That is why I thank you somuch for turning this iPod in to city hall inCorunna.
Noah Jacobs Owosso
Return of iPod makes park patron’s day
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N.H. debate nears By CHARLES BABINGTON
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WASHINGTON — NewtGingrich’s campaign defectionsare just the latest tremor in aconstantly shifting GOP presi-dential landscape that cravessome steadiness as a big, earlyNew Hampshire debate nears.
Rivals already were trying topoach Gingrich’s donors and topsupporters Friday, even as theformer House speaker said hewould keep campaigning despitethe resignations of his top advis-ers and entire Iowa paid staff.Party insiders eyed the likelyentry of Rep. Michele Bachmannof Minnesota and a possible bidby Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Mitt Romney’s decision toskip the Iowa straw poll inAugust, meanwhile, reinforcedhis image as a front-runner will-ing to pick his shots. And poten-tial candidate Sarah Palin againlent a circus atmosphere to theentire GOP family — this timeindirectly — when Alaskareleased thousands of pages ofemails from her days as governor.
In short, it was a typical weekin the GOP’s free-wheeling nom-inating process. The field is any-thing but set, and there’s noclear picture of who will emergeto challenge President BarackObama in 2012.
Gingrich spoke publiclyFriday for the first time after themass resignation of his topaides. Several of them said theywere frustrated because he wasdevoting insufficient time to thenitty-gritty work of meeting andgalvanizing supporters in earlyvoting states such as Iowa.
Gingrich told reporters out-side his suburban Virginia homethat he was committed to cam-paigning “very intensely” for theWhite House. He attributed hisaides’ departure to disagree-ments about strategy.
“There is a fundamental strate-gic difference between the tradi-tional consulting community andthe kind of campaign I want torun,” he said. “We’ll find out overthe next year who’s right.”
Gingrich received a vote ofconfidence from at least onehigh-profile backer: Georgia Gov.Nathan Deal, his campaign
chairman in his old home state.“When the going gets rough, Idon’t cut and run on myfriends,” Deal said.
That comment took only a lit-tle of the sting from his prede-cessor’s jump from Gingrich’scampaign to that of formerMinnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.Sonny Perdue had been a nation-al co-chairman for the Gingrichcampaign.
Pawlenty also picked up sup-port Friday from Al Hubbard,who directed the NationalEconomic Council underPresident George W. Bush.
Republicans hoped the cam-paign focus might shift towardpolicy and what they considerObama’s shortcomings onMonday, when seven candidatesplan to debate in Manchester,N.H.
Joining Romney, Pawlenty,Gingrich and Bachmann will beformer Sen. Rick Santorum, Rep.Ron Paul of Texas and formerpizza company executiveHerman Cain.
Notably absent will be formerUtah Gov. Jon Huntsman, whohas been campaigning unoffi-cially for several weeks, mostlyin New Hampshire. His aidessaid Huntsman would not enterdebates until he formallyannounces his presidentialplans.
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REPUBLICAN presidentialhopeful, former Minnesota Gov.Tim Pawlenty, right, talks withOvide Lamontagne during thetaping of WKXL radio show atthe Barley House in Concord,N.H., Friday.
Mississippi flooding may have spread invasive fishNEW ORLEANS (AP) —
While scientists have been bat-tling to keep a ravenous, inva-sive fish species out of the GreatLakes, some worry that springfloods along the MississippiRiver may be spreading theAsian carp downstream.
Duane Chapman, a U.S.Geological Survey biologist and
Asian carp expert, says the fishare likely to show up in placeswhere Mississippi floodwatersintruded. They can weigh up to100 pounds, grow 4 feet long andlive for 25 years.
They could be crowding outfood sources of native speciesfor decades.
“I think there is a very seri-
ous issue here,” said Chapman.“We may now be finding them inlakes, ponds, bayous, anywherethe river water went. Thosethings will be full of carp now.”
Asian carp is a term appliedto several related species of carpthat were brought to the UnitedStates in the 1970s to control algaein catfish farms in the South.
Floods washed them into theMississippi River in the 1980s.
Since their escape into thewild, the carp have establishedthemselves in the Mississippiand Missouri river basins. Theyendanger native fish by greedilyeating aquatic vegetation androbbing local species of theirfood supply.
Alaska releases Palin’s emailsBy BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska officials onFriday released thousands of pages ofSarah Palin’s emails, giving a glimpse ofher time as governor, her struggles in deal-ing with gossip about her family and herrise to national prominence as the GOP vicepresidential nominee.
Reporters and photographers crowdedinto a small office to pick up the six boxes ofemails — 24,199 pages and weighing 250pounds. Some carried the boxes down thestairs and others, wheeling them on dollies,scrambled to be the first ones to reach ele-vators.
Within minutes of the release, Palintweeted a link to the website for “TheUndefeated,” a documentary about her timeas governor and her entrance onto thenational political stage.
Her supporters, meanwhile, encouragedeveryone to read the messages.
“The thousands upon thousands ofemails released today show a very engagedGovernor Sarah Palin being the CEO of herstate,” said Tim Crawford, the treasurer ofher political action committee, Sarah PAC.“The emails detail a Governor hard atwork.”
Palin has been placing in the top tier ofpotential presidential candidates in polls ofRepublican voters. Her recent bus tour ofthe Northeast fueled speculation about hernational ambitions. However, she has saidshe has not yet decided whether she willenter the 2012 race.
Many news organizations, including TheNew York Times, the Los Angeles Timesand msnbc.com, began scanning and post-ing the emails on their websites. The NewYork Times asked readers to join reportersin reviewing the documents.
The emails released Friday were firstrequested during the 2008 White House raceby citizens and news organizations, includ-ing The Associated Press, as they vetted anominee whose political experience includ-ed less than one term as governor and aterm as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
The nearly three-year delay has beenattributed largely to the sheer volume of therelease. Lawyers went through every pageto redact sensitive government informa-tion. Another reason was the nearly 500open records requests during Palin’s time
in office, and state records officers beingtold to deal with smaller, easier ones first.
The emails cover the period from thetime she took office in December 2006 to herascension to vice presidential nominee inSeptember 2008.
In the months before she was named thenominee, Palin’s emails showed a governordealing with complaints, rumors and gossipabout her family. In several, she asked aboutthe identity of someone who alleged thatshe had not buckled her son, Trig, properlyinto his car seat.
In another, she lamented about gossipabout her family and marriage. Palin andher daughter, Bristol, appeared to be travel-ing in a car, and Bristol emailed a Palinstaffer in July: “Mom and I were just pray-ing about the hurt and anger that comeswith her job. Thank you for your faith inGod.
“We share it and we love you!” Bristolwrote, from her mother’s personal emailaccount.
After she was selected the GOP vice pres-idential nominee, news organizationsbegan vetting her record.
On Sept. 15, 2008, Palin responded to ahost of news media questions presented toher by her gubernatorial spokesman.Among them were one about a tanning bedat the governor’s mansion in Juneau andwhether it was her “belief that dinosaursand humans co-existed at one time?”
According to the emails, Palin respond-ed, “I am so sorry that the office is swampedlike this! Dinosaurs even?! I’ll try to runthrough some of these in my head beforeresponding. And the old, used tanning bedthat my girls have used handful of times inJuneau? Yes, we paid for it ourselves.
“I, too, will continue to be dismayed atthe media and am thankful you and (deputypress secretary) Sharon (Leighow) are notpart of the stange (sic) going’s-on in themedia world of today,” Palin wrote.
Palin resigned partway through her firstterm, in early July 2009. Requests also havebeen made for Palin’s final 10 months inoffice. State officials haven’t begun review-ing those records. Leighow, nowspokeswoman for Gov. Sean Parnell, saidshe doubted the release of those emailswould come soon.
AP Photo/Brian Wallace
A REPORTER carries boxes containing thousands of pages of Sarah Palin’s emailsfrom her time as Alaska’s governor. The emails released by the state of Alaska Fridaywere first requested during the 2008 White House race by citizens and news organi-zations, including The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budgetdeficit is on pace to break the $1 trillion mark fora third straight year. Record deficits are puttingpressure on Congress and the Obama adminis-tration to come up with a plan to rein in govern-ment spending.
Already, the deficit through the first eightmonths of this budget year is $927.4 billion,according to the latest report from the TreasuryDepartment released Friday.
Three years ago that would have ranked as
the highest ever for a full year. Instead, thisyear’s deficit will likely exceed last year’s $1.29trillion imbalance and nearly match the $1.41trillion record reached in 2009. The budget yearends on Sept. 30.
For May, the monthly deficit was $57.6 bil-lion. That compared to $135.9 billion deficit forthe same month last year. But much of thatimprovement came from a $45 billion writedown in the estimated cost of the financialbailout program.
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CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -WorldStock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with sameobjective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
Grain futuresmostly up,
livestock mixedCHICAGO (AP) — Grains
futures were mostly higherFriday on the Chicago Boardof Trade.
Wheat for July deliveryrose 14.25 cents to $7.5925 abushel; July corn rose 1.50cent to $7.87 a bushel; July oatsrose 0.50 cents to $3.9550 abushel; while July soybeansfell 6.50 cents to $13.8725 abushel.
Beef and pork futures trad-ed mixed on the ChicagoMercantile Exchange.
August live cattle fell 1.95cent to $1.0347 a pound; Augustfeeder cattle fell 1.70 cent to$1.2362 a pound; July lean hogsrose 0.25 cent to 93.22 cents apound; while July pork bellieswere unchanged at $1.21 apound.
Copper falls on concernsthat demandcould wane
By SANDY SHOREAP Business Writer
Copper fell 1.3 percentFriday on renewed concernsabout demand after Chinareported weaker-than-expect-ed imports of the metal.
China said its raw copperimports fell 3 percent in Mayfrom April and 36 percent froma year ago. Investors had beenhoping to see an increase.
The world’s second-largesteconomy imports hugeamounts of commodities suchas oil, copper and soybeans tofeed its economic expansion.Investors worry that a sharpslowdown in its economicgrowth could reduce demandfor copper and other basicmaterials.
“They’re definitely slowingdown over there,” said EdwardMeir, a senior commoditiesanalyst at MF Global. “It’s justa question of when their slow-down will end and how deep itwill be.”
Meir noted that investorsalso are concerned aboutwhether there will be animpact on demand stemmingfrom an ongoing debate inEurope over how to solveGreece’s debt problems.
Copper for July delivery fell5.15 cents to settle at $4.056 apound.
In other July metals con-tracts, silver fell $1.097 to settleat $36.327 an ounce and plat-inum fell $11.70 to $1,833 anounce. August gold dropped$13.50 to $1,529.20 an ounce andSeptember palladium fell 80cents to $817.30 an ounce.
Most commodities alsowere being pushed lowerbecause of a stronger dollar.Since commodities are pricedin dollars, a stronger dollarmakes them more expensivefor buyers who use other cur-rencies.
In energy trading, oil pricesfell on reports that SaudiArabia, the world’s biggest oilexporter, will increase produc-tion 13 percent from May lev-els to 10 million barrels perday. The move, reported by aSaudi Arabian newspaper,comes just days after OPECsnubbed its request to raiseproduction quotas.
Benchmark oil for Julydelivery fell $2.64 to settle at$99.29 per barrel on the NewYork Mercantile Exchange.
In other Nymex contracts,heating oil fell 3.27 cents to set-tle at $3.1051 per gallon, gaso-line dropped 2.21 cents to$3.0177 per gallon and naturalgas rose 8.3 cents to $4.757 per1,000 cubic feet.
By MITCH WEISSAssociated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It final-ly arrived.
Two years after a US Airwaysjet left New York for Charlotteand made a miraculous landingon the Hudson River, it reachedits intended destination andfuture home in a museum.
“My flight has finally comehome,” said Eileen Shleffar, whowas sitting in row 13D when theplane splashed in the river.
US Airways Flight 1549 hadjust taken off from LaGuardiaairport when a flock of geesedisabled the engines on Jan. 15,2009. Capt. Chesley “Sully”Sullenberger III safely glidedinto a water landing. All 155 pas-sengers and crew members wererescued.
Thousands of people in sever-al states have lined up along theroad to glimpse the 120-foot-longfuselage on its 600-mile journeyon a flatbed truck from Newark,N.J., where it spent the last two
years in a hangar. The wingsfrom the damaged Airbus A320were removed and shipped earli-er to the Carolinas AviationMuseum.
Shleffar and other passengerson the flight posed in front of theplane as it arrived in a cargoarea at the Charlotte/DouglasInternational Airport.
“It’s emotional,” she saidabout seeing the plane for thefirst time since the landing. “It’salways going to be emotional tous.”
Said fellow passengerMichael Leonard, “It’s surreal.”
As the plane made the finalleg of the journey from NewJersey, people sat in lawn chairsor stood with their cameraswaiting for it to pass by on theflatbed truck.
“This is a piece of historyand I wanted to be here for it,’said Phillip Franklin, 70, aretired US Airways baggagehandler.
His wife, Joann, 69, a retirednurse, agreed.
“You think about what hap-pened and it was a miracleeveryone survived. I’m glad theplane is coming here. It shouldbe preserved to remind people ofwhat happened that day,” shesaid.
Public interest in the jet’sjourney this week has surprisedand touched the hero pilot whoguided it to a safe splashdown.
“When I see images of peoplein their lawn chairs waiting forthe airplane to roll by on thefreeway overpass with a camerato get a glimpse of it is surpris-ing and wonderful,”Sullenberger said in an inter-view.
Sullenberger said the landingstill resonates with people.
“It gives them hope. It came ata time during the financialworldwide meltdown and peoplewere quite frankly beginning toquestion basic goodness ofhuman nature and this kind ofreaffirmed our belief in thepotential of good that exists inall of us,” he said.
Jet from miracle splashdownarrives at N.C. museum
BERLIN (AP) — Specialists inhigh-tech labs tested thousandsof vegetables as they hunted forthe source of world’s deadliest E.coli outbreak, but in the end itwas old-fashioned detectivework that provided the answer:German-grown sprouts.
After more than a month ofsearching, health officialsannounced Friday they haddetermined that sprouts from anorganic farm in northern
Germany were the source of theoutbreak that has killed 31 peo-ple, sickened nearly 3,100 andprompted much of Europe toshun vegetables.
“It was like a crime thrillerwhere you have to find the badguy,” said Helmut Tschiersky-Schoeneburg, head ofGermany’s consumer protectionagency.
It’s little surprise that sproutswere the culprit — they have
been implicated in many previ-ous food-borne outbreaks: onesin Michigan and Virginia in2005, and large outbreak inJapan in 1996 that killed 11 peo-ple and sickened more than9,000.
While sprouts are full of pro-tein and vitamins, their abilityto transmit disease makes somepublic health officials nervous.Sprouts have abundant surfacearea for bacteria to cling to, and
if their seeds are contaminated,washing won’t help.
“E. coli can stick tightly to thesurface of seeds needed to makesprouts and they can lay dor-mant on the seeds for months,”said Stephen Smith, a microbiol-ogist at Trinity College inDublin.
Once water is added to makethem grow, the number of bacte-ria carried within the seeds canreproduce up to 100,000 times.
Finally, an E. coli answer: It was the sprouts
By DON MELVINAssociated Press
ABOARD THE STEVE IRWIN— A boat operated by environ-mental activists was steamingtoward Libyan waters Friday,hoping to stop illegal fishing forbluefin tuna — through con-frontation if necessary.
The Steve Irwin, which isowned by the U.S.-based SeaShepherd Conservation Society,could enter Libyan waters asearly as Friday night, said LockyMacLean, the first mate. There,it will rendezvous with theBrigitte Bardot, a faster, smallerSea Shepherd boat that is cur-rently tailing two unidentifiedpurse seiners — boats that catchtuna with large nets that theydraw closed like purses.
The Brigitte Bardot hassearched the region and hasreported that 23 purse seinersare now working in the area. Notall, presumably are fishing ille-gally, however.
The activists will match thenames of the vessels against alist of authorized ships preparedby ICCAT — the InternationalCommission for theConservation of Atlantic Tunas— and direct action will be takenonly if Sea Shepherd is certain
the boats are fishing withoutlicenses or exceeding their quo-tas.
While the activists will in the-ory be operating in a war zone,they do not fear for their safetyas a result of the Libyan conflict.That war is not being fought atsea, and Sea Shepherd is keepingNATO, the military alliance con-ducting the campaign to protectcivilians in Libya, aware of itsactivities.
The nearly 195-foot Steve
Irwin carries a helicopter, whichwill be used to scout for tunafishermen just north of Libyanwaters. The conservation groupwants NATO to grant it anexemption from the no-fly zone itis enforcing over Libyan territo-ry so the chopper can also beused to search those waters.
The group believes fishermenmay see Libyan waters as safeterritory for poaching becauseinspectors will be loath to enterthe area.
Activists sail to Libyan waters
Budget deficit moves closer to $1 trillion mark
A WORKERguides theflatbedtruck carry-ing thefuselage ofUS Airwaysflight 1549as it arrivesFriday inCharlotte,N.C.
AP PhotoChuck Burton
AP Photo/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Michelle McCarron
THE STEVEN IRWIN, owned by the Sea Shepherd ConservationSociety, is seen from the helicopter it carries on board. The shipis steaming toward Libyan waters Friday, hoping to stop illegalfishing for bluefin tuna.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) —An Oregon jury took just anhour Tuesday to convict a cou-ple of felony criminal mistreat-ment for relying on faith heal-ing instead of taking theirinfant daughter to a doctor.
Timothy and RebeccaWyland’s daughter Alayna,born in December 2009, devel-oped an abnormal growth ofblood vessels that covered herleft eye and threatened her
vision. Now 11⁄2 years old, shehas improved under state-ordered medical care. Sheremains in state custody butlives with her parents.
The Wylands belong to theFollowers of Christ, an OregonCity congregation that relies onfaith healing. Rather than tak-ing their daughter to a doctor,they relied on prayer, anointingwith oil and laying on of hands.
The couple testified during a
juvenile court custody hearinglast July that they wouldn’thave willingly taken Alayna to adoctor because it would violatetheir religious beliefs. Jurorsheard a recording of that hear-ing.
Timothy Wyland slipped hisarm around his wife’s waist asthe verdict was read, TheOregonian reported. The couplemade no comment as theywalked from the courtroom,
surrounded by about 20 sup-porters from their church, someof them crying. Defenselawyers Mark Cogan and JohnNeidig declined comment.
Sentencing was set for June24.
The penalty for first-degreecriminal mistreatment is amaximum five years in prisonbut the Wylands are consideredlikely to receive probation orpossibly some jail time.
In Hebrews 11:6 NLT it says,“And it is impossible toplease God without faith.Anyone who wants to cometo him must believe that
God exists and that he rewardsthose who sincerely seek him.”If you really want to learn toplease God you must learn torelease your faith for theextraordinary. I’m not talkingabout just some average faiththat says, “God please help meto just survive.” Although thatis good, extraordinary faithsays, “God, I believe that you’llprosper me right in this midstof a recession.”
You see, when you haveextraordinary faith, you’re notjust believing to make your rentor house payment but you’rereleasing your faith to totallypay off your house. When youhave extraordinary faith, youdon’t just ask God to help youcontrol that addiction, you askGod to totally set you free fromit. The faith I’m talking about isa radical faith, an extreme faith— where you just flat outbelieve that God can do any-thing. In other words, you don’tmake little plans.
Now, some of you have aver-age faith, and that’s good but ifyou want to see God amaze youwith His goodness, you have tolearn to stretch your faith moreand more. In other words, learnto take the limits off from Godand begin to believe you canrise higher in life. Believe youcan overcome every obstaclebefore you. It’s faith that pleasesGod. Therefore, if you want tobe more pleasing to God, oneway is to simply release yourfaith in a greater way (seeRomans 1:17 and Mark 11:22-24).Here is what I’ve learned, radi-
cal faith gets radical results.Extreme faith gets extremeresults.
Here’s an example: The medi-cal report may say, “It’s impossi-ble for you to get well.” Yetthere is another report inMatthew 19:26 that says, “…withGod all things are possible.” Yousee, even though you might notsee a way, know this — God canmake a way where there seemsto be no way. Let me encourageyou to begin to release yourfaith for what seems to be theimpossible. And here’s anotherthought: your finances may looklike you’ll never get out of debtor you’ll never see your busi-ness take off, but there is anoth-er report in Psalms 5:12 thatsays, God’s favor is surroundingyou as a shield. Also inDeuteronomy 28:8 KJV it says,“The Lord shall command theblessing upon thee in thy store-houses, and in all that thousettest thine hand unto…”Therefore, let me encourage youto begin to release your faith inGod’s word and His goodness.Learn to stretch your faith.
I know people who will say,“Pastor, I don’t want to botherGod. If He wants me blessedthen He’ll bless me. If He wantsme well, then He’ll make mewell. Yet, look at what the Biblesays in James 4:2 KJV, “…yehave not, because ye ask not.”So my question to you today is,
“Have you ever asked God forsomething extreme? Have youever gone beyond asking Godfor your daily needs? Have youasked God for extraordinaryfavor or asked God for unusualbreaks so you can accomplishyour dreams or overcome thedifferent obstacles in your life?”
Joshua had this radical faith.He was bold. Joshua said, “God,I know this is unusual. I knowthis is out of the ordinary butI’m asking that you to stop thesun so I can have more daylightand totally complete this taskbefore me.” Can you imaginethe nerve of Joshua? Can youimagine what many well mean-ing believers would say to him?He’s out of his mind. Yet here isJoshua asking God to do some-thing that had never been donebefore — stop the sun.
Now, God could have said,“Joshua, who do you think youare? I’m not going to stop thesun. Besides, that’s kind-of self-ish. And listen, it might disruptother people’s plans.” But whenyou have this extreme faith, Ibelieve it brings a smile to God’sface. I can picture God turningto His angels and saying,“Listen to what this man is say-ing. This Joshua, he’s extreme.He’s radical. He really believesthat I can do anything. He’s ask-ing me to stop the sun.” And inJoshua 10:13 KJV it says, “Andthe sun stood still, and themoon stayed, until the peoplehad avenged themselves upontheir enemies. Is not this writ-ten in the book of Jasher? Sothe sun stood still in the midstof heaven, and hasted not to godown about a whole day. {14}
And there was no day like thatbefore it or after it, that theLord hearkened unto the voiceof a man: for the Lord fought forIsrael.”
And here’s the thing I wantus to remember — God can dowhat people can not do. Now,I’m not saying for all of us to beflaky or go around denying real-ity, but too often we just acceptthings the way they are andbelieve that’s the way they’realways going to be. Someonemight say, “Pastor, this is whatthe experts have said.” Well thatmight be true, but there isanother Expert on the scene.God is on the scene and He’s theone that created you, loves you,and holds you in the palm ofHis hand. Just like He stoppedthe sun for Joshua, He can healyour body, help you overcomeyour obstacles, and give youfavor to accomplish every one ofyour dreams. The question is,“Are you bold enough to ask?Are you willing to release yourfaith in extraordinary ways?”
Let me challenge you to askyourself, “Is my faith radical? Iswhat I’m believing God for bigenough to make someone think— who does he think he is?Again, let me challenge you totake the limits off from God andlive life with extraordinaryfaith because if you’ll do that,God will not only do extraordi-nary things in your life butthat’s when you’ll start livingmore of the abundant “Life inChrist.”
— Contact Rev. Numerich bycalling 729-1972 or visit on line atwww.lifeinchristchurch.org.
On May 1, 2003,President George W.Bush stood in front ofa “MissionAccomplished” sign
and gave a speech to the sailorsand crew on the USS AbrahamLincoln, an aircraft carrier.
Later, he received criticismfor that sign. Some peoplethought the sign indicated anend to the entire war in Iraq,which had started in March ofthat year and brought the fallof Saddam Hussein in April.Others said the sign celebratedthe success of that ship and itscrew and the role they hadplayed in the war.
No one can dispute the factthat the war continued longafter the banner graced thedecks of the USS Lincoln.Years of conflict, many battles,and hundreds of deaths fol-lowed that date. It may havecelebrated a milestone, but itdid not signal the end of thewar.
On May 2 of this year, ateam of United States NavySEALS raided Osama binLaden’s compound inAbbottabad, Pakistan. Thesearch for bin Laden culminat-ed nearly ten years of effort tofind the mastermind of theSept. 11, 2001 terrorist attackon the United States.
Having dealt with binLaden, are we ready to put up a“Mission Accomplished” sign?We can certainly recognize wereached an important goal inthe war on terror. But is thewar over? From all appear-ances, it is not even close tobeing over. We continue to
guard against further attacks.When you stop to think
about it, isn’t that the way lifeis? While we achieve victorieshere and reach goals there, canwe put up a “MissionAccomplished” banner overour lives? I rather think wewill be in this combat modefrom here until the end.
Peter tried to prepare hisreaders for this very thing. “Beself-controlled and alert,” hewrote. “Your enemy the devilprowls around like a roaringlion looking for someone todevour. Resist him, standingfirm in the faith” (1 Peter 5:8-9aNIV).
Every time you do the rightthing when you are tempted todo the wrong thing, youachieve a victory. At its best,life consists of many such vic-tories. But it’s too early to putup a “Mission Accomplished”banner. Meanwhile, we live inthe strength of the One whocan “make you strong, firmand steadfast” (1 Peter 5:10).
— The Rev. Ron McClung, aformer pastor of OwossoWesleyan Church, now living inIndianapolis, Ind., currentlyserves as the assistant generalsecretary for the denomination.
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho(AP) — A new public sculptureof the Hindu god Ganesha isdrawing complaints in Coeurd’Alene.
The Kootenai CountyConstitution Party is urgingChristians on its website toprotest the artwork, calling it an“abomination” approved by the“godless group of individuals”who manage the city’s public artprogram.
Local chairman DanielBrannan said many ConstitutionParty members believe onlyChristianity provides a worldview “consistent with the fram-ing of our Republic.”
“Many people in the partywould tend to agree with oppos-ing something like this,”Brannan said. “It is representa-tive of a false god, of a particu-lar religion other than the oneon which our country is so solid-ly founded.”
The sculpture depictsGanesha, a four-armed beingwith an elephant head. Createdby Spokane artist Rick Davis, thestatue is one of 14 being dedicat-ed Friday throughout downtownCoeur d’Alene as part of a newpublic art program.
This year’s sculptures comefrom artists in Washington,Idaho, Montana, Nebraska andWyoming, said Steve Anthony,the city’s staff liaison to its ArtsCommission. Proposals weresolicited from artists.
“The committee just looked ateverything as art,” Anthony said.
“Our intent was to do somethingpositive and nice for the city.”
The sculptures depict every-thing from a giant stand-up bassto a woman playing with otters.There are elk, moose and deer.Other subjects include St.Francis of Assisi and a NativeAmerican-themed “spirit bear,”which in some tribes representsharmony and peace, accordingto the program description.
“There are pieces of art thatrepresent different cultures,”Mayor Sandi Bloem said. “Ithink that’s totally appropriate.”
Gary Odom, field director forthe Constitution Party’s nation-al office in Pennsylvania, saidprotesting the art seems to lackpolitical value.
“I can’t believe it’s somethingthey felt was necessary,” Odomsaid.
But Brannan said govern-ment officials nationwide havebeen hypocritical about the sepa-ration of church and state whenit comes to artwork. He saidwhen Christians want to placepublic artwork depicting, forexample, the TenCommandments, those monu-ments regularly are turned away,but symbols of other religionsare accepted.
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ROYALHEIRS TO PERFORMThe Royalheirs will be singing at 11 a.m. Sunday at theNorthgate Church, 1687 N. M-52. The group, originally fromFlint, has performed throughout the Midwest. Their musicbleds Southern Gospel harmony with soul stirring words.
Special guests coming to MorriceMORRICE — Evangelist Jerry Monday and wife Betty will be
at the 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. services Sunday at Bethany Bible BaptistChurch.
The Mondays, with the Rock Altar Revival Ministries, ministerin churches and camp meetings through preaching, singing, soul-winning and Scripture publications. Jerry Monday is alsoinvolved in the prison mininstry and police ministry.
The church is located at 10624 S. State Road, just one mile southof the Old Lansing Highway on S. State Road between Bancroftand Morrice.
If anyone would like a ride to church they can call (517) 625-6444. Bethany runs a bus ministry every week.
Special morning service plannedBENNINGTON TWP. — The Pittsburg United Methodist
Church is hosting a morning worship of stories and song withSteve and Karen Bouverette at 10 a.m. June 19.
Light refreshments will follow the service.
SonHarvest Vacation Bible School next week
OWOSSO — The Owosso Church of Christ will be holding itsVacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday throughFriday at the church, 2005 S. M-52.
The theme, SonHarvest County Fair, is a week of fun on thefarm. In SonHarvest, children will learn to grow love, spread joy,plant peace, produce patience and pick kindness. Kids will partic-ipate in songs, skits, crafts, games, Bible stories and snack.
The group will also be collecting tangible items to be given tothe clients of RAVE. Also, a daily monetary collection will betaken to send to Woodburn Christian Children’s Home inWoodburn, Ind. This collection is always exciting as it involves aheavy competition between the boys and girls to see who can col-lect the most. In the end, the deprived children who are served atWoodburn are the true winners.
Parents are encouraged not to just send their children, but tobring them and plan on staying and enjoying the class for adults:YaHoo.
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“GANESHA” by artist Rick Davis is part of the public art display in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, onThursday. Members of The Kootenai County Constitution Party are planning to picket the statuestating that the statue is a Hindu demon and an abomination.
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Gates: NATO alliance future could be ‘dim’By ROBERT BURNS
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BRUSSELS — In a sternrebuke, U.S. Defense SecretaryRobert Gates warned Friday thatthe future of the historic NATOmilitary alliance is at riskbecause of European penny-pinching and distaste for front-line combat. The United Stateswon’t carry the alliance as acharity case, the outgoingPentagon chief said.
Some NATO countries bris-tled, but Britain quickly andheartily agreed.
Gates’ assessment that NATOcould face “a dim if not dismal”future echoes long-standing con-cern of U.S. policymakers aboutEuropean defense spending. Butrarely, if ever, has it been statedso directly by such a powerfulAmerican figure, widely respect-ed in the United States and inter-nationally.
The remarks, at the close ofGates’ final overseas trip, reflecta new reality of constrainedAmerican finances and a smallerglobal reach.
Earlier in the week Gatesplayed “bad cop” to U.S.President Barack Obama’s good,criticizing Germany’s absten-tion from the air campaign inLibya two days after Obama lav-ished an award and fancy WhiteHouse dinner on visitingChancellor Angela Merkel.
But Gates spoke for theObama administration, and hiswarning Friday was aimedsquarely at Europe’s priorities.
“The blunt reality is thatthere will be dwindling appetiteand patience in the U.S.Congress, and in the Americanbody politic writ large, to expendincreasingly precious funds onbehalf of nations that are appar-ently unwilling to devote thenecessary resources or make the
necessary changes to be seriousand capable partners in theirown defense,” he said.
That assessment may causeEuropeans to question the futureof their defense relationshipwith the United States, on whomthey have counted for a largemeasure of their security for sixdecades.
It comes on the heels of thewithdrawal of one Americancombat brigade from Europe aspart of a significant reduction ofU.S. troops in Europe.
The U.S. has been the brawnbehind NATO since its birth in1949. But the disparity betweenstrength and allies’ investmenthas only grown wider.
In a question-and-answer ses-sion after his speech, Gates, 67,said his generation’s “emotionaland historical attachment” toNATO is “aging out.” He notedthat he is about 20 years olderthan Obama, his boss.
Victim of chimp attack gets a full face transplantBOSTON (AP) — A
Connecticut woman mauled by achimpanzee gone berserk hasreceived a new face in the thirdsuch operation performed in theU.S. and is looking forward togoing out in public again andeating hot dogs and pizza aftermonths of pureed food.
Charla Nash, 57, underwent afull face and double hand trans-plant late last month, but thehands failed to thrive because ofcomplications and were removed,Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, leader ofthe 30-member surgical team atBrigham and Women’s Hospital,said Friday. Overall, herprospects are excellent, he said.
“It will certainly help hertremendously to feel humanagain,” Pohamac said.
In February 2009, she wasattacked by a neighbor’s 200-
pound pet chimpanzee, namedTravis, which went berserk afterits owner asked Nash to helplure it back into her Stamford,Conn., house. The animal rippedoff Nash’s hands, nose, lips andeyelids before being shot andkilled by police.
After the mauling, Nash’seyes were gone and she had onlya small opening instead of amouth to take in pureed food.She could talk but was barelyunderstandable.
More than two years later,Nash received skin, underlyingmuscles, blood vessels, nerves, ahard palate and teeth from adead person whose identity wasnot released. It was the third fullface transplant in the U.S.
Over the next several months,she will develop more controlover facial muscles and more
feeling, letting her breathethrough her nose and developher sense of smell. She remainsblind.
She did not appear at a hospi-tal news conference Friday, andno photographs of her after thesurgery were released.
Nash will be able to go out inpublic without feeling self-con-scious, Pomahac said. She had toskip her only daughter’s highschool graduation last springbecause she was worried shewould become the center ofattention.
“We know it broke her heart,”Pomahac said, pausing to con-trol his emotions. “I think hernew face will allow Charla to bepresent when Briana graduatesfrom college in a few shortyears.”
Her brother Steve Nash said
his sister wants to enjoy hot dogsand a slice of pizza from theirfavorite pizza parlor inPoughkeepsie, N.Y., where theyspent their childhood. Fightingback tears, he called the opera-tion “miraculous.”
“We are confident Charla willgain her goal to regain herhealth and independence in thefuture,” he said. He said hehopes that someday she hasgrandchildren who can “lookher in the eyes and smile at her.”
“Charla hated to have her pic-ture taken. Any family gather-ing, she’d disappear,” said KateNash, her sister-in-law. “Shedoesn’t want to be the center ofattention ever, you know. That’swhy she wants this. She’s sohappy about getting a face, sopeople won’t say, ‘Look at thatlady with the veil.”’
Latest data breach strikes at financial securityNEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup’s disclosure that
the names, account numbers and email addressesof 200,000 of its credit card customers were stolenstrikes at the core of modern-day financial life —the ways people buy groceries and pay the power bill.
It’s only the latest major data breach. In just thepast three months, hackers have penetrated 100million Sony PlayStation accounts, the networksof Lockheed Martin and the customer emaildatabases of a company that does marketing forBest Buy and Target.
But half of all Americans, 154 million people,have a credit card. The Citi attack is a reminderthat the technology used to protect their informa-tion was built by humans, security analyst JacobJegher notes — and it can be breached by humans, too.
“People rely on the safety net of a bank to takecare of their information,” says Jegher, a senioranalyst at Celent, a research firm that focuses oninformation technology in the financial industry.“Unfortunately, that net has a lot of holes.”
Citi says all of the customers whose informa-tion was stolen will receive a notification letter,
and most of them will get a new card, although ithas declined to say exactly how many. The banksays its enforcement division and authorities areinvestigating.
The victims will have to endure the hassle ofupdating the credit card numbers on any numberof online accounts, but they probably won’t loseany money. For one thing, federal laws protectcredit card customers from fraud beyond $50, andin most cases, the bank that issues the card willcover up to that amount.
And the Citi hackers didn’t get to the three-digit numbers that appear on the backs of creditcards, a security feature known as the CVV code.That means the hackers, or whoever they mightsell the information to, would have trouble makingdirect charges.
The danger is that someone might use the infor-mation that was compromised to mount a sophis-ticated “phishing” attack, in which criminals sendout convincingly designed emails pretending to befrom the bank and gain access to account infor-mation.
AP Photo/Jason Reed
U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY Robert Gates speaks during aSecurity and Defense Agenda event at the Biblioteque Solvay inBrussels on Friday. In his final policy speech as Pentagon chief,Gates questioned the viability of NATO, saying its members'penny-pinching and lack of political will could hasten the end ofU.S. support.
AP Photo/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CHARLA NASH is seen afterbeing mauled by a chim-panzee in 2009. She has sincereceived a face transplant.
Survivors of Joplin tornado develop rare infection
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — In the aftermath of the Joplin tornado,some people injured in the storm developed a rare and some-times fatal fungal infection so aggressive that it turned their tis-sue black and caused mold to grow inside their wounds.
Scientists say the unusually aggressive infection occurswhen dirt or vegetation becomes embedded under the skin. Insome cases, injuries that had been stitched up had to bereopened to clean out the contamination.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Fridaythat it was conducting tests to help investigate the infections,which are so uncommon that even the nation’s largest hospitalsmight see only one or two cases a year.
“To my knowledge, a cluster like this has not been reportedbefore,” said Dr. Benjamin Park, head of the CDC team thatinvestigates fungal diseases. “This is a very rare fungus. And forpeople who do get the disease, it can be extremely severe.”
Three tornado survivors who were hospitalized with theinfection have died, but authorities said it was unclear what rolethe fungus played in their deaths because they suffered from ahost of other serious ailments.
“These people had multiple traumas, pneumonia, all kinds ofproblems,” said Dr. Uwe Schmidt, an infectious disease special-ist at Freeman Health System in Joplin. “It’s difficult to say howmuch the fungal infections contributed to their demise.”
The infection develops in two ways: when the fungal sporesare inhaled or when a tree branch or other object carrying thefungus pierces the flesh.
Most people who get sick by inhaling the spores already haveweakened immune systems or diabetes. But healthy people canbecome sick if the fungus penetrates their skin. The fungusblocks off blood vessels to the infected area, causing tissue toturn red and begin oozing. Eventually it becomes black.
If diagnosed in time, the infection can be treated with intra-venous medications and surgical removal of affected tissue. Butit’s considered exceptionally dangerous, with some researchersreporting fatality rates of 30 percent for people infected throughwounds and 50 percent for susceptible people who breathe it in.
Small numbers of cases have been reported after some disas-ters, but Park said it’s the particular circumstance of the wound— not the disaster itself — that creates the risk.
Merck revisesdrug labels tocut dispensing
errorsWHITEHOUSE STATION,
N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Merck& Co. soon will be shippingmany of its top medications topharmacies in containerswith labels redesigned to pre-vent dispensing errors.
The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration just approvedthe revamped containerlabels. They have a new stan-dardized format to make themeasier to read and give betterinformation on the druginside and the dosagestrength.
Merck spent about threeyears working with severalFDA divisions to revamp thelayout and content of themedicine containers shippedto pharmacies. Individual pre-scriptions are dispensed fromthose into small bottles forpatients.
The revised labels will goon 16 different oral medica-tions, including diabetes pillsJanuvia and Janumet, asthmaand allergy drug Singulairand Isentress for HIV.
Warrant: N.M. teens tiedup, smothered
foster momALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
(AP) — Arrest documents saytwo 15-year-old girls accusedof killing their foster mom inNew Mexico put her in achokehold, tied her hands andfeet and then smothered herwith a pillow.
Fifty-three-year-old EvelynMiranda was found deadWednesday in San Patricio.
The Albuquerque Journalreports a neighbor heardstrange noises at about 4 a.m.He went to check his livestockand noticed lights were on atMiranda’s home and her vanwas missing.
The neighbor told LincolnCounty authorities heknocked on the door but gotno answer so he went inside,where he found the woman’sbody on a bed.
An arrest warrant affi-davit alleges one of the girlstold authorities she putMiranda in a chokehold whilethe other tied her up.
Each girl is charged withan open count of murder,which lets prosecutors deter-mine the degree of the chargeat a later date.
U.S. agentnamed in suitover Mexican
teen deathEL PASO, Texas (AP) —
The family of a 15-year-oldMexican boy fatally shot by aU.S. Border Patrol agent isnow naming the officer as partof its lawsuit against the fed-eral government, a familylawyer said Friday.
Bob Hilliard told the TheAssociated Press that theagent is Jesus Mesa Jr., whoselast name has also beenspelled Meza.
“This allows us to identifythe shooter, we hope we canget his history,” Hilliard saidin a phone interview.
The Corpus Christi, Texas-based lawyer says he is tryingto establish such facts aswhether the agent had beenpreviously reprimanded forusing his weapon or if he hada history of violent outbursts.
An attorney for the agent,Randolph Ortega, has deniedwrongdoing. Ortega did notimmediately return a mes-sage Friday to The AssociatedPress. The U.S. Border Patrolhas not replied several emailsrequesting information on theagent who allegedly shot theboy.
Sergio Adrian HernandezGuereca of Ciudad Juarez,Mexico, was killed in June2010. U.S. investigators havesaid the agent was trying toarrest illegal immigrants whocrossed into the U.S. when hecame under attack from rockthrowers.
Hilliard says the teen wasunarmed and did not threatenMesa.
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Sleepy Hollow teamslooking for players■ Tryouts for Fall 2011
Sleepy Hollow United StatesSoccer Federation teams havebeen scheduled.
Sleepy Hollow teams arejointly sponsored by theLaingsburg Soccer Club andthe Bath Soccer Club for boysand girls in the Sleepy Hollowcommunities of Bath,Laingsburg and Ovid-Elsie. Theteams exist only through thegoodwill and cooperativeagreements between thesecommunities. The result ofwhich is a venue for kids whowant to play competitive soccerto have the opportunity to doso.
Tryouts will occur as follows:— Boys and girls U12-and-
under (born after July 31,1999), 6 to 8 p.m., June 21;or 10 a.m. to noon, June 25.
— Boys and girls U13-and-over (born before August 1,1999), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,June 23; or 10 a.m. to noon,June 25.
All tryouts will take place atVictor Township.
Players interested in USSFare encouraged to tryout. Aftertryouts are complete, SleepyHollow teams will be formedbased on the number ofacceptable players trying out ateach age level.
Players need to attend one ofthe tryout dates. If a player cannot attend one of the tryoutdates, contact [email protected] for informa-tion for possible alternatedates.
Coaches interested in guidinga team can also contact [email protected].
Soccer
Youth league beginsMonday in Corunna■ CORUNNA — Corunna Hills
Golf Course will be holding asummer youth program begin-ning Monday
The kids will tee-off everyMonday morning at 9 a.m.with a shotgun start. Theleague will run every Mondaythrough August.
This league is for boys andgirls ages 9 to 17 and will bea scramble format each week.Therefore, the kids can miss aMonday and it will not inter-fere with the league.
The league is meant forlearning the basics of golf andfor fun and friendship.
The entry fee is $20, whichincludes a T-shirt. Weekly win-ners will be drawn by score-card.
Greens fees will be $8 eachweek.
A kids clinic will be heldagain this year with the dateto be announced later.
For more information, con-tact the Corunna Hills club-house at 743-4693.
Golf
Ramblers seekingvarsity head coach■ Perry High School is tak-
ing applications for a headfootball coach at the varsitylevel.
Interested persons shouldsend a resume to AssistantAthletic Director Greg Hebdenat 2665 W. Britton Rd. Perry,MI 48872.
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’Pack reigns at regionalBOYS GOLF: MHSAA DIVISION 3 PLAYOFFS
By LARRY LAGEAP Sports Writer
BEVERLY HILLS —Ndamukong Suh’s busy off-season included breaking asweat with the locked-outDetroit Lions for the firsttime on Friday.
“It was something Iwanted to do and the timingof my schedule worked out
so I could at least makeone,” Suh told TheAssociated Press by phoneFriday night, after initiallydeclining to speak toreporters after the workoutat Detroit Country DaySchool.
Suh started his offsea-son by having shouldersurgery that prevented himfrom playing in the ProBowl. He won the NFLDefensive Rookie of theYear award and was theonly rookie on the All-Pro
team after Detroit draftedhim No. 2 overall last year.
Suh also was among thecelebrities who sped out ofLondon last month for theGumball 3000 Rally, a seven-day car race stretchingacross 10 countries inEurope.
“It’s unfortunate that Icouldn’t make it more (toworkouts), but I was travel-ing back from Europe and Ididn’t want to be sluggishfor the earlier workouts,and I went to Nebraska to
take care of my shoulder,”Suh said. “My shoulder isdoing great.”
The Lions, whose work-outs attracted about 30 play-ers on a regular basis, arewrapping up a second weekof practices they’ve orga-nized on their own duringthe lingering lockout.
“We’re not going to plananother week of workouts,hoping the next time we seeeach other a deal is done,”offensive guard Rob Simssaid.
AP Photo
DETROIT’S NDAMUKONG SUH anchors the rope pullwith Lions teammates, from left, Willie Young, KyleVanden Bosch, and Andre Fluellen during practice drillsat Detroit Country Day School on Friday in Beverly Hills.
NFL
Ndamukong Suh attends first workoutLions are preparing
despite player lockout
Argus-Press Photo/Jerome Murphy
LAINGSBURG’S MITCHELL CURRY tees off at No. 10 during the MHSAA Division 3 Regional Tournament on Friday at HuntersRidge in Howell. He finished in a five-way tie for 10th overall with an 81.
By JEROME MURPHYArgus-Press Sports Writer
HOWELL — Laingsburg put it alltogether Friday and the end result was aDivision 3 team regional golf champi-onship.
The Wolfpack, unranked in the finalstate poll and a third-place district finish-er, won the 12-team regional on a cool,
overcast day at Hunters Ridge with a 316total. Laingsburg was 15 shots better thanthe other two team state qualifiers, sec-ond-place Ithaca (331), ranked No. 11 inDivision 3, and third-place Tawas (also331), ranked No. 9.
The top three teams and the top threeindividuals, from non-qualifying teams,earned berths to the state finals.
Laingsburg shed 17 shots off its 333total at districts held at Glenbrier Golf
Course in Perry. The Wolfpack had fin-ished third in district play thanks to afifth-man tiebreaker.
Now the Wolfpack is headed to theMHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 3 StateFinals, which are slated for next Fridayand Saturday at Forest Akers West nearthe campus of Michigan State Universityin East Lansing.
Laingsburg qualifies for first state tourney since 2005
See REGIONAL on Page 11
AP Photo
VANCOUVER’S MAXIM LAPIERRE, left, celebrates afterscoring as Boston’s Tim Thomas throws the puck from thenet during the third period of Game 5 of the NHL StanleyCup Finals on Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Canucks top Bruins 1-0 in Game 5STANLEY CUP FINALS
Tigers pullout the
stops, loseto Mariners
MLB:SEATTLE 3, DETROIT 2
The Associated Press
DETROIT — It was only a Friday nightin June, but Jim Leyland was managinglike he was in the middle of a pennantrace.
With Detroit needing a win to tie theCleveland Indians for first place in the ALCentral, Leyland even had starting pitch-er Rick Porcello warming up in the ninthinning. Porcello wasn’t going to enter thegame as a pitcher, though.
“If Victor (Martinez) had gotten onbase, I was going to use Porcello to run forhim,” Leyland said. “I hate doing that, butI was out of players.”
Martinez grounded out for the secondout of the ninth, saving Leyland from thedilemma. Jhonny Peralta hit an infieldsingle off Seattle closer Brandon League’sglove, but pinch-hitter Ramon Santiagogrounded out to give Seattle a 3-2 victory.
“This felt like one of those gameswhere you just aren’t meant to win,”Leyland said. “We just couldn’t do any-thing offensively. We came in swingingthe bats well, but you just have to tip yourcaps to those guys. They pitched a greatgame.”
Detroit starter Brad Penny (5-5)pitched well after three straight poor out-ings, but couldn’t do anything withSeattle rookie Carlos Peguero.
Starting in place of Ichiro Suzuki inright field, Peguero tripled in the fifth andscored the tying run. Then in the seventh,he hit a towering flyball down the right-field line off Penny that stayed a few feetfair as it went over the wall.
“I made two terrible pitches toPeguero, and he killed both of them,”Penny said. “I felt fine, but I’m nevergoing to be happy when I lose a game.”
Peguero is slugging .500 in his 26-gamecareer.
“I feel more relaxed,” he said. “My tim-ing is better right now. I feel like I don’thave to swing really, really hard to hit theball far.”
Chris Ray (3-1) pitched the sixth andseventh innings in relief for Seattle.David Pauley worked the eighth, andBrandon League pitched the ninth for his18th save.
With two outs and a man on first,pinch-hitter Ramon Santiago lifted a fly-
Leyland thought of using Porcelloas pinch-runner in ninth inning
See TIGERS on Page 12
By GREG BEACHAMAP Sports Writer
VANCOUVER, BritishColumbia — With a fortu-nate bounce and a flawlessgoalie, the VancouverCanucks are heading backto Boston with the chanceto hoist the Stanley Cup forthe first time.
Maxim Lapierre scoredon a carom off the backboards with 15:25 to play,Roberto Luongo stopped 31shots in a stirring shutoutafter getting pulled fromhis last game, and theCanucks moved to thebrink of their first NHLchampionship with a 1-0victory over Boston inGame 5 on Friday night.
Luongo helpedVancouver take a 3-2 serieslead, posting his fourth
shutout of the playoffs andsecond of the Stanley Cupfinals after giving up 12goals in less than four peri-ods during two blowoutlosses in Boston.
“There was somethingabout him before thegame,” said Vancouverdefenseman Kevin Bieksa,who set up the only goal.“he just seemed so comfort-able, so confident. He wasvocal, and usually he’s nota vocal guy. We thought it
would be something spe-cial.”
Game 6 is Monday nightin Boston, and the StanleyCup will be there.
The Canucks havescored just six goals in fiveStanley Cup finals gamesagainst brilliant Bostongoalie Tim Thomas, yetthey’re one victory awayfrom winning it all.
Neither team found an
Vancouver one winaway from NHL title
See GAME 5 on Page 12
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Sports on TVSCHEDULE
Today’s GamesATHLETICS
1 p.m.CBS — NCAA Division I, Men’s and Women’sOutdoor Championships, at Des Moines, Iowa
3 p.m.NBC — Grand Prix, at New York
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL5 a.m.
ESPN2 — Geelong vs. Hawthorn, at Melbourne,Australia
AUTO RACING8:30 a.m.
SPEED — 24 Hours of Le Mans, start of race, atLe Mans, France
11:30 a.m.SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying forPocono 500, at Long Pond, Pa.
2 p.m.SPEED — Formula One, qualifying for CanadianGrand Prix, at Montreal (same-day tape)
3:30 p.m.SPEED — 24 Hours of Le Mans, at Le Mans,France
7:30 p.m.VERSUS — IRL, IndyCar, Firestone Twin 275s, atFort Worth, Texas
8 p.m.SPEED — ARCA, Pocono ARCA 200, at LongPond, Pa. (same-day tape) 11 p.m.SPEED — 24 Hours of Le Mans, at Le Mans,France
COLLEGE BASEBALLNoon
ESPN — NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals,Game 2, Mississippi St. at Florida
3 p.m.ESPN — NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals,Game 2, Stanford at North Carolina
6 p.m.ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, super region-als, Game 1, Connecticut at South Carolina
7 p.m.ESPN — NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals,Game 2, Arizona St. at Texas
9 p.m.ESPN2 — NCAA Division I playoffs, super region-als, game 2, Oregon St. at Vanderbilt
CYCLING5 p.m.
VERSUS — Criterium du Dauphine, stage 6, LesGets to Le Collet d’Allevard, France (same-daytape)
6 p.m.VERSUS — Tour de Suisse, stage 1, time trial, atLugano, Switzerland (same-day tape)
GOLF8 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour, Italian Open, thirdround, at Turin, Italy
1 p.m.TGC — Champions Tour, Greater Hickory Classic,second round, at Conover, N.C.
3 p.m.CBS — PGA Tour, St. Jude Classic, third round, atMemphis, Tenn.
6:30 p.m.TGC — LPGA, State Farm Classic, third round, atSpringfield, Ill. (same-day tape)
HORSE RACING3 p.m.
VERSUS — NTRA, Belmont Stakes undercard, atElmont, N.Y.
5 p.m.NBC — NTRA, Belmont Stakes, at Elmont, N.Y.
MLB4 p.m.
FOX — Regional coverage, Chicago Cubs atPhiladelphia, Cincinnati at San Francisco, orTexas at Minnesota
7 p.m.FSD — Seattle at DetroitMLB — Regional coverage, St. Louis at Milwaukeeor N.Y. Mets at PittsburghWGN — Oakland at Chicago White Sox
MOTORSPORTS10 p.m.
SPEED — AMA Pro Motocross 250, at MountMorris, Pa. (same-day tape)
PRO SOFTBALL3 p.m.
ESPN2 — National Professional Fastpitch,Chicago at Florida
High SchoolsSCHEDULE
Saturday’s GamesBASEBALL
MHSAA Division 2 Regional 11 Tournament atGrand Rapids Christian — Williamston vs.Portland, 10 a.m.; Owosso vs. Grand RapidsChristian, 12:30 p.m.; semifinal winners meet inchampionship at 3 p.m.MHSAA Division 3 Regional 19 Tournament atMillington — Vassar vs. Marlette, 10 a.m.; Ovid-Elsie vs. Byron, 12:30 p.m.; semifinal winnersmeet in championship at 3 p.m.MHSAA Division 4 Regional 31 Tournament atWaterford Our Lady of the Lakes — Pewamo-Westphalia vs. New Lothrop, 10 a.m.; Webbervillevs. Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 12:30p.m.; semifinal winners meet in championship at3 p.m.
SOFTBALLMHSAA Division 2 Regional 11 Tournament atGrand Rapids Christian — Owosso vs. GrandRapids South Christian, 10 a.m.; Williamston vs.Eaton Rapids, 12:30 p.m.; semifinal winnersmeet in championship at 3 p.m.MHSAA Division 4 Regional 31 Tournament atWaterford Our Lady of the Lakes — Webbervillevs. Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, 10 a.m.;Portland St. Patrick vs. New Lothrop, noon; semi-final winners meet in championship at 2 p.m.
SCORESBOYS GOLF
Friday’s ResultsDIVISION 3 REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
At Hunters Ridge Golf Course, HowellTeam standings: 1. Laingsburg 316; 2. Ithaca331; 3. Tawas 331; 4. Alma 336; 5. Williamston338; 6. Farwell 342; 7. Lansing Catholic 344; 7.Saginaw Swan Valley 344; 7. Clare 344; 10.Essexville-Garber 355; 11. St. Charles 362; 12.Freeland 384.Top 10 Individuals: 1. Luke Rayburn (Ithaca) 75;2. Tyler Coss (Laingsburg) 76; 3. Cole Hanson(Laingsburg) 78; 4. Matt McArdle (Tawas) 79; 4.Jake Johnson (Lansing Catholic) 79; 6. SethStuder (Essexville-Garber) 80; 6. Adam Jacobs(Swan Valley) 80; 6. Patrick Church (Clare); 6.Dustin Pumford (St. Charles) 80; 10. Brett Green(Alma) 81; 10. Sean Sommerville (Alma) 81; 10.Jake Blink (Laingsburg) 81; 10. Mitchell Curry(Laingsburg) 81; 10. Parker Ottarson(Williamston) 81.LAINGSBURG (316): 2. Tyler Coss 76, 3. ColeHanson 78; 10. Jake Blink 81; 10. Mitchell Curry81; 20. Sam Johnson 83.
Additional Individual State Qualifiers4. Jake Johnson (Lansing Catholic) 79; 6. AdamJacobs (Swan Valley) 80; 6. Dustin Pumford (St.Charles) 80.
Area Non- State QualifiersByron: Jason Korroch 100.Chesaning: Jason Muirhead 86Perry: Nathan Dollar (WD), Justin Krauss 83,Jimmy Davisson 97.
DIVISION 2 REGIONAL TOURNAMENTAt The PohlCat, Mount Pleasant
Team standings: 1. Clio 330; 2. Big Rapids 330;3. Croswell Lexington 333; 4. Linden 336; 5.Ludington 342; 6. Ogemaw Heights 346; 7.Cadillac 348; 8. Petoskey 351; 9. Gaylord 354;10. Lapeer West 355; 11. Fenton 358; 12.Goodrich 367.Top 10 Individuals: 1. Jimmy McCarthy (Mt.Pleasant) 75; 2. Alex Dombrowski (Gaylord) 78;2. Tim Dawkins (Big Rapids) 78; 2. AndrewMorgan (Clio) 78; 5. Kurtis Jones (Linden) 79; 5.Jim Grout (Croswell-Lexington) 79; 7. BenChipman (Cadillac) 81; 7. Kody Kenny (Kearsley)81; 9. Alex Green (Ogemaw Heights), 82; 9.Danny Lawrence (Mt. Pleasant) 82.Corunna: Cory Peisert 97, Nate Minkwic 102.
MLBAMERICAN LEAGUE
East DivisionW L Pct GB
Boston 37 26 .587 —New York 34 27 .557 2Tampa Bay 33 30 .524 4Toronto 32 32 .500 51⁄2Baltimore 30 31 .492 6
Central DivisionW L Pct GB
Cleveland 34 27 .557 —Detroit 34 29 .540 1Chicago 31 35 .470 51⁄2Kansas City 27 36 .429 8Minnesota 24 39 .381 11
West DivisionW L Pct GB
Texas 36 29 .554 —Seattle 33 31 .516 21⁄2Los Angeles 30 34 .469 51⁄2Oakland 28 37 .431 8
Friday’s ResultsN.Y. Yankees 11, Cleveland 7Seattle 3, Detroit 2Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 0Boston 5, Toronto 1Oakland 7, Chicago White Sox 5Texas 9, Minnesota 3Kansas City at L.A. Angels, late
Saturday’s GamesCleveland (Talbot 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Colon4-3), 1:05 p.m.Boston (Lackey 3-5) at Toronto (Morrow 2-3),1:07 p.m.Texas (C.Lewis 5-6) at Minnesota (S.Baker 3-4),4:10 p.m.Seattle (Pineda 6-3) at Detroit (Scherzer 7-2),7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Price 7-5) at Baltimore (Guthrie2-8), 7:05 p.m.Oakland (G.Gonzalez 5-4) at Chicago White Sox(Danks 1-8), 7:10 p.m.Kansas City (F.Paulino 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Pineiro2-3), 9:05 p.m.
Sunday’s GamesCleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.Seattle at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.Boston at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.Texas at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.
MARINERS 3, TIGERS 2SEATTLE DETROIT
AB RH BI AB R HBIFiggins 3b 4 0 2 0 AJcksn cf 1 0 0 0Ryan ss 4 0 0 0 C.Wells rf 3 0 0 0Smoak 1b 4 1 1 1 Dirks ph-lf 1 0 0 0Cust dh 4 0 0 0 Boesch lf-rf 4 1 1 0AKndy 2b 4 0 2 0 MiCarr 1b 4 0 0 0FGtrrz cf 4 0 1 0 VMrtnz dh 4 1 1 2Peguer rf 3 2 2 1 JhPerlt ss 3 0 1 0Halmn lf 4 0 0 0 Raburn 2b 3 0 0 0CGmnz c 4 0 1 1 Santiag ph 1 0 0 0
Avila c 3 0 0 0Worth 3b 2 0 1 0Kelly ph-3b 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 3 9 3 TOTALS 30 2 5 2Seattle 100 010 100 — 3Detroit 000 200 000 — 2DP—Seattle 1, Detroit 1. LOB—Seattle 6, Detroit5. 2B—Figgins (9), A.Kennedy 2 (11), F.Gutierrez(3), Worth (2). 3B—Peguero (2). HR—Smoak(11), Peguero (5), V.Martinez (6). S—A.Jackson.
IP H R ER BB SOSeattle
Bedard 5 3 2 2 3 6Ray W,3-1 2 0 0 0 0 2Pauley H,4 1 1 0 0 0 1League S,18-21 1 1 0 0 0 1
DetroitPenny L,5-5 7 8 3 3 0 2Furbush 1 1 0 0 0 1Alburquerque 1 0 0 0 1 2Furbush pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.Umpires—Home, Mike Winters; First, Mike Everitt;Second, Chris Guccione; Third, John Tumpane.T—2:53. A—30,511 (41,255).
NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division
W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 38 26 .594 —Atlanta 36 28 .563 2Florida 32 30 .516 5New York 31 32 .492 61⁄2Washington 27 36 .429 101⁄2
Central DivisionW L Pct GB
St. Louis 38 27 .585 —Milwaukee 36 28 .563 11⁄2Cincinnati 33 31 .516 41⁄2Pittsburgh 30 32 .484 61⁄2Chicago 25 37 .403 111⁄2Houston 24 40 .375 131⁄2
West DivisionW L Pct GB
San Francisco 35 28 .556 —Arizona 34 30 .531 11⁄2Colorado 31 32 .492 4San Diego 29 35 .453 61⁄2Los Angeles 29 36 .446 7
Friday’s ResultsPhiladelphia 7, Chicago Cubs 5N.Y. Mets 8, Pittsburgh 1Florida 6, Arizona 4Atlanta 11, Houston 4Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 0Colorado 6, L.A. Dodgers 5Washington at San Diego, lateCincinnati at San Francisco, late
Saturday’s GamesChicago Cubs (Garza 2-5) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee5-5), 4:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Leake 5-2) at San Francisco(Lincecum 5-4), 4:10 p.m.Atlanta (Minor 0-2) at Houston (Lyles 0-1), 7:05p.m.N.Y. Mets (Dickey 3-6) at Pittsburgh(Ja.McDonald 3-4), 7:05 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 6-2) at Florida (Vazquez 3-5),7:10 p.m.St. Louis (C.Carpenter 1-5) at Milwaukee(Greinke 5-1), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 4-5) at Colorado (Hammel3-5), 8:10 p.m.Washington (Lannan 3-5) at San Diego (Richard2-7), 8:35 p.m.
Sunday’s GamesArizona at Florida, 1:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 2:05 p.m.St. Louis at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.Washington at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Cincinnati at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.
NHLSTANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
FINALS (Best-of-7)
(x-if necessary)Vancouver 3, Boston 2
June 1: Vancouver 2, Boston 0June 4: Vancouver 3, Boston 2, OTJune 6: Boston 8, Vancouver 1June 8: Boston 4, Vancouver 0June 10: Vancouver 1, Boston 0June 13: Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m.x-June 15: Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m.
PLAYOFFS SCORING LEADERSThrough Friday
GP G A PTSDavid Krejci, Bos 22 11 11 22Henrik Sedin, Van 22 2 19 21Martin St. Louis, TB 18 10 10 20Ryan Kesler, Van 22 7 12 19Vincent Lecavalier, TB 18 6 13 19Daniel Sedin, Van 22 9 9 18Patrice Bergeron, Bos 20 4 14 18Alexandre Burrows, Van 22 9 8 17Nathan Horton, Bos 21 8 9 17Teddy Purcell, TB 18 6 11 17Joe Thornton, SJ 18 3 14 17Dan Boyle, SJ 18 4 12 16Brad Marchand, Bos 22 8 7 15Michael Ryder, Bos 22 7 8 15Ryane Clowe, SJ 17 6 9 15
NBAPLAYOFFS
FINALS(Best-of-7)
(x-if necessary)Dallas 3, Miami 2
May 31: Miami 92, Dallas 84June 2: Dallas 95, Miami 93June 5: Miami 88, Dallas 86June 7: Dallas 86, Miami 83June 9: Dallas 112, Miami 103June 12: Dallas at Miami, 8 p.m.x-June 14: Dallas at Miami, 9 p.m.
PLAYOFFS LEADERSThrough Friday
SCORINGG FG FT PTS AVG
Durant, OKC 17 155 140 487 28.6Nowitzki, DAL 20 183 173 561 28.1Rose, CHI 16 149 111 434 27.1Howard, ORL 6 51 60 162 27.0Anthony, NYK 4 33 29 104 26.0Wade, MIA 20 175 134 498 24.9Westbrook, OKC 17 135 121 405 23.8James, MIA 20 165 118 476 23.8Bryant, LAL 10 83 50 228 22.8Randolph, MEM 13 100 87 289 22.2Paul, NOR 6 42 39 132 22.0Granger, IND 5 43 14 108 21.6Aldridge, POR 6 53 19 125 20.8Pierce, BOS 9 68 30 187 20.8Ginobili, SAN 5 31 32 103 20.6Parker, SAN 6 43 31 118 19.7Allen, BOS 9 57 24 170 18.9Johnson, ATL 12 87 34 226 18.8Bosh, MIA 20 131 109 371 18.6Terry, DAL 20 117 68 341 17.1
WNBAEASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GBNew York 2 0 1.000 —Chicago 1 1 .500 1Connecticut 1 1 .500 1Indiana 1 1 .500 1Washington 1 1 .500 1Atlanta 0 2 .000 2
WESTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB
San Antonio 2 0 1.000 —Minnesota 3 1 .750 —Los Angeles 1 1 .500 1Seattle 1 1 .500 1Phoenix 0 1 .000 11⁄2Tulsa 0 3 .000 21⁄2
Friday’s ResultsNew York 81, Indiana 80San Antonio 93, Tulsa 62Chicago 78, Connecticut 75Phoenix at Los Angeles, late
Saturday’s GamesIndiana at New York, 7 p.m.Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.Atlanta at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Sunday’s GamesTulsa at Connecticut, 3 p.m.
MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GANew York 5 2 7 22 21 13Philadelphia 6 3 3 21 15 10Columbus 4 3 6 18 14 15D.C. 4 4 4 16 16 20Houston 3 5 6 15 17 17
New England 3 7 4 13 11 18Toronto FC 2 5 7 13 13 23Chicago 1 4 8 11 15 19Kansas City 1 6 4 7 12 19
WESTERN CONFERENCEW L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 8 2 6 30 20 12FC Dallas 7 3 4 25 17 12Seattle 5 4 6 21 16 13Real Salt Lake 6 3 2 20 13 6Colorado 4 3 7 19 16 14Chivas USA 4 4 5 17 16 14Portland 5 5 2 17 15 18San Jose 4 4 4 16 16 14Vancouver 1 6 7 10 14 20NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s ResultNew York 2, New England 1
Saturday’s GamesReal Salt Lake at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.San Jose at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.Chivas USA at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Colorado at Portland, 10:30 p.m.Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Vancouver at Seattle FC, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday’s GamesChicago at Columbus, 4 p.m.Kansas City at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.
GolfPGA TOUR
FEDEX-ST. JUDEFriday’s Results
At TPC SouthwindMemphis, Tenn.
Purse: $5.6 millionYardage: 7,239; Par: 70 (35-35)
(a-amateur)Second Round
Robert Karlsson 66-65 — 131Colt Knost 66-68 — 134Keegan Bradley 67-67 — 134John Merrick 66-69 — 135Fredrik Jacobson 71-65 — 136Harrison Frazar 71-65 — 136George McNeill 70-67 — 137Brandt Snedeker 71-66 — 137Stephen Ames 69-68 — 137Scott Stallings 69-68 — 137David Mathis 65-72 — 137Fabian Gomez 67-70 — 137Nick O’Hern 71-66 — 137Troy Matteson 70-67 — 137Kris Blanks 66-71 — 137Shane Bertsch 71-67 — 138Kent Jones 68-70 — 138Camilo Villegas 69-69 — 138Carl Pettersson 69-69 — 138Ryuji Imada 70-68 — 138Tim Herron 73-65 — 138Kevin Kisner 66-72 — 138Blake Adams 72-67 — 139Jonathan Byrd 71-68 — 139Lee Westwood 69-70 — 139Shaun Micheel 68-71 — 139Charles Howell III 72-67 — 139Retief Goosen 68-71 — 139Ben Curtis 71-68 — 139Jimmy Walker 69-70 — 139Cameron Tringale 71-68 — 139David Hearn 69-70 — 139Boo Weekley 68-72 — 140Marco Dawson 68-72 — 140Marc Turnesa 72-68 — 140Rich Beem 72-68 — 140Cameron Percy 70-70 — 140John Rollins 70-70 — 140Paul Stankowski 71-69 — 140D.J. Brigman 72-68 — 140Andres Gonzales 75-65 — 140Aron Price 69-71 — 140Michael Putnam 71-69 — 140Greg Chalmers 72-69 — 141Tom Pernice, Jr. 70-71 — 141Tag Ridings 68-73 — 141Chris Couch 71-70 — 141Geoff Ogilvy 71-70 — 141Jerry Kelly 72-69 — 141D.J. Trahan 74-67 — 141Will MacKenzie 71-70 — 141Brett Quigley 71-70 — 141Chad Campbell 72-69 — 141Kirk Triplett 73-68 — 141Scott Gutschewski 68-73 — 141Sunghoon Kang 70-71 — 141Mike Small 72-69 — 141Jeff Quinney 68-73 — 141Rod Pampling 75-66 — 141Zach Johnson 73-68 — 141Robert Allenby 70-71 — 141Heath Slocum 68-73 — 141Steve Flesch 70-71 — 141Dicky Pride 70-71 — 141John Mallinger 70-71 — 141Spencer Levin 72-69 — 141Brian Davis 71-70 — 141Zack Miller 70-71 — 141Jim Renner 72-69 — 141Craig Barlow 70-72 — 142Johnson Wagner 74-68 — 142Padraig Harrington 70-72 — 142Bobby Gates 74-68 — 142Kevin Stadler 73-69 — 142John Senden 69-73 — 142John Daly 69-73 — 142Richard S. Johnson 74-68 — 142Frank Lickliter II 71-71 — 142Garrett Willis 71-71 — 142Todd Hamilton 72-70 — 142Ben Crane 73-69 — 142Jhonattan Vegas 73-69 — 142Graham DeLaet 73-69 — 142
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Friday’s ResultsAt Panther Creek Country Club
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Heat hopeto forceGame 7
By BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball Writer
MIAMI — LeBron Jamescame to Miami last summer forthe chance to be a champion.
He arrived back here Fridayjust hoping to be a survivor.
The Dallas Mavericks have a3-2 lead in the NBA finals andcan win their first championshipSunday night. Less than a yearafter the Heat’s free agent victo-ry celebration, the real partymight belong to Dirk Nowitzki.
But the Heat, despite consecu-tive losses that have renewedcriticism of their execution andJames’ ability in the clutch,insist they can still win the firstof multiple titles James boastedof upon his arrival in SouthFlorida.
“I guess they have momen-tum in the sense they came homeand won two games. But eachgame is its own,” Dwyane Wadesaid Thursday night. “We’regoing to come out — every gamehas been pretty much a posses-sion here, a possession there.Either team can come in and saythey can be up different thanwhat they are. We’ll be coming tothe game understanding it’s apossession game in Game 6,doing whatever it takes to winthe ballgame. So we’re confi-dent.”
So are the Mavericks, whohung in for four games untiltheir offense finally started click-ing the way they believed itwould. They get two chances toclose out the Heat, but stress theimportance of doing it on thefirst try.
“Game 6 is Game 7 for us,”guard Jason Terry said. “Wewant to play like there’s notomorrow. If we do that, I haveno doubt in my mind we can besuccessful. We must come outaggressively.”
Wrapping it up on Miami’sfloor would be the sweetestrevenge for Nowitzki and Terry,who launched the Mavs’ finalshot that Wade rebounded andfired in the air as the clockexpired on Miami’s Game 6 vic-tory in Dallas in the 2006 finals.
That remained the Heat’sbiggest moment until last July,when James and Chris Boshagreed to join Wade in Miami.The Heat threw a victory bash,with their three superstars pos-ing and dancing on stage whiledrawing some ridicule aroundthe league.
There’s no dancing now, espe-
cially not with Wade’s sore lefthip.
He said he’ll be fine in timefor Sunday, and the Heat get abreak with the extra daybetween Games 5 and 6 after thefinals started earlier than nor-mal following two short confer-ence finals. Under the usual for-mat, there is only one day offwhen the finals switch cities.
James’ reputation hasabsorbed its own wound. Herebounded from his eight-pointGame 4 flop by delivering atriple-double in Game 5. But itcame with only two points in thefourth quarter. He has totaledjust 11 points in that period, amajor reason the Maverickshave pulled out three games inone of the tightest finals ever.
“We’ve just got to pushthrough it. At this point we haveno choice, honestly,” James said.“We’ve got two games left, andwe worked hard all year to gethome-court advantage. So wehave to take advantage of it.”
The winner of Game 5 hasgone on to win the title 19 of theprevious 26 times the finals weretied 2-2, but the Heat will try tobecome the second consecutiveteam to overcome those odds.The Lakers returned to LosAngeles down 3-2 last year andtook the last two from the BostonCeltics.
The Heat’s chances depend onbeing able to regain control of aDallas offense that was at itsfrightening best in Game 5. Afteraveraging just 87.8 pointsthrough four games, theMavericks shot 56.5 percent fromthe field and hit 13 of 19 3-point-ers (68 percent) in their 112-103victory.
Another performance likethat and veterans that fill uptheir roster could finally becomechampions.
“Look, we’re trying to executeour game plan and see if we havethe most points come Sunday,”38-year-old point guard JasonKidd said. “We’re not looking toknock no one out. We’re here toplay team basketball and contin-ue to do what we’ve been doingthe last two games.”
Still, these finals are turninginto what James isn’t doing,much more than what the Mavsare doing. Even the two-timeMVP’s triple-double felt hollow,because it was accompanied bytwo missed shots and a turnoveron an offensive foul after theMavs tied it at 100 with 3:23remaining.
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MIAMI’S LEBRON JAMES dunks against the Dallas Mavericksduring the second half of Game 3 of the NBA Finals onSunday in Dallas.
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Here is a great drill tolearn to make solidcontact with the ballwhen putting.
Make some strokeswith your wedge — that’s right,your wedge! — trying to contactthe ball at its equator or justslightly above it.
It might take a little practiceto get the hang of it but, onceyou do it, you will be on yourway to making a smooth, repeat-able, shoulder and arm strokemotion, which will help youbecome a consistent putter.
Here are some tips on how todo it:
■ Take your normal puttingset-up position and place thewedge behind the ball with theleading edge opposite the equa-tor of the ball. A pitching wedgeworks better than a sand wedgebecause its leading edge is usual-ly straighter. Also, see the close-up photo. Make sure your wedgeis elevated off the ground ataddress.
■ Focus on making yourstroke and returning the wedgeback to the equator of the ball —or slightly above it — on thedown stroke.
■ With a little practice, you
should be able to contact the ballat the equator and get the ballrolling consistently toward yourtarget.
This drill has been one thathas helped many PGA Tour play-ers throughout the years. Theyuse it because it helps them tolearn to make a stroke as theclub is traveling level to theequator of the ball coming intoimpact. It’s what helps the ball toroll true toward the target.
If the stroke is approachingthe ball on a descending or toomuch of an ascending angle, theball will hop and bounce aftercontact.
Head out to the practicegreen with your wedge to learnhow to get the ball rolling and toimprove your putting stroke!
Just be a little careful not toput a divot on the green withyour wedge! You don’t want totick off the greenskeeper.
EDITOR’S NOTE: SteveWakulsky is the head golf profes-sional at Owosso Country Club.He can be reached by calling723-1470 during regular businesshours.
Putt with a wedge tolearn how to makea consistent stroke
ON THE PRACTICE TEE
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STEVE WALKULSKY demonstrates a putting drill.
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FARMINGTON HILLS — The100th Michigan Amateur, the old-est amateur tournament inMichigan, which runs from June21-25 at Boyne Highland Resorts— The Heather, combines strokeand match play.
This year’s historic tourna-ment kicks off June 20 with CBScommentator and former PGATour player Gary McCord con-ducting a golf clinic and appear-ing as the keynote speaker at TheChampions Dinner that evening.
A series of 13 sectional quali-fiers determined the majority ofthe championship field (168 play-ers). Other competitors made thefield through various exemptions,including five who qualified forvarious USGA events and being amultiple Michigan amateurchampion. The field includesmany college players, as well asplayers in the over-50 crowd.
Seasoned veterans and younggolfers have both seen success atthe Michigan Amateur over theyears. Nothing illustrates that bet-ter in this year’s championshipfield than Mike Fedewa, ofCanton, and his son, Steve, ofHowell. They were co-medalists atthe Pheasant Run qualifier May12 after each logging rounds of 71.
“We don’t get to play together alot but when we do, we are head-to-head,” said Steve. “We are outfor each other, but it is a goodmatchup. I have a lot of friends in
the tournament and I’ve met a lotof the seniors my dad plays withand the caliber of players we havein Michigan of all ages is justamazing. “
The Fedewas were also co-medalists in 2010 at the samePheasant Run qualifier. Last year,Mike was beating Steve by astroke as Steve teed off on 18.Mike was waiting for his son atthe green and pointed out that hewould need to sink a 35-foot putt totie the score.
“I made the putt,” said Steve.“This year, it was reversed. I wasleading by a stroke and standingat the green waiting for my dad tofinish. He needed to make a 15-footputt to tie the score and he did it.It was kind of a cool scenario.”
Both Fedewas excel at theshort game, but still manage to hitthe ball well off the tee. Steve feelslike he might have the edge on thegreens, right now, but says his dadmight have the better drive.
“Both of our short games arereally good and we get up anddown pretty well,” said Steve. “Hestill hits the ball just as far as I dowhich at 62 years old is prettyimpressive. Last year we werehoping to see each other in thefinals and it is the same again thisyear. It would be pretty special ifthat were to happen.”
The Fedewas made it to matchplay last year with Mike beingousted in the first round by TomWerkmeister and Steve losing toEric Lilleboe in the third round.
The oldest tournamentin Michigan turns 100
GAM
Laingsburg, which qualifiedfor the state finals as a team forthe first time since 2005 when itfinished ninth at The Meadowsat Grand Valley StateUniversity, featured a balancedattack that was headed up bytwo regional medalists, bothjuniors.
Laingsburg’s Tyler Coss shota 5-over 76 and finished secondoverall. Coss, who was themedalist last week at the dis-trict tournament, was just oneshot off the medalist round ofIthaca’s Luke Rayburn.
It was a stronger perfor-mance than even Coss hadhoped for.
“Absolutely,” Coss said. “I fin-ished with a few birdies on theback nine ... I birdied two par-fours in a row ... and really kindof pulled it out and shot betterthan I expected. I was hopingjust to break 80. That was mygoal after the first nine and,then, somehow pulled out a 76.”
Coss said he knew the teamhad the talent to win a regionaltitle, it was just a question ofwhen it could put it together.
“We all played really well as ateam and we all finished strong.We knew we had the talent,”Coss said. “We haven’t beenplaying well as a team altogeth-er but we all played really welland got it done.”
Wolfpack junior Cole Hansonfinished third overall with a 78.Tied for fourth with 79s wereMatt McArdle, of Tawas, andJake Johnson, of LansingCatholic.
“I did pretty well, but Imissed a couple of putts though.I could have done a lot better,”Hanson said. “It was cold outthere, but it wasn’t too bad.”
Laingsburg’s remainingscorers were juniors Jake Blinkand Mitchell Curry, who eachshot 81 while tying for 10th indi-vidually. Senior Sam Johnsonfinished 20th overall with an 83.
Laingsburg golfers steppedup their game by “staying with-in themselves,” coach BrianAbbey said and not trying to do“anyting too crazy.”
“I’m very happy with howthey played and they beat theirscore from districts on what Ithink is a tougher course — acourse that they don’t get to seeoutside of something like this,”
Abbey said. “I don’t know if anyof them except one guy got overhere to play a practice round.All of the guys improved. Tylershot the same score (at dis-tricts), Cole improved his byalmost eight strokes, Jakeimproved his by four or five andMitchell, we took his scoretoday and he improved by about12 strokes from districts.”
Abbey thought a 325 wouldbe a good score to shoot for buthis team surpassed those expec-tations.
“I was hoping for a 325 or so,”Abbey said. “I thought thatwould have been good since weshot 333 at Glenbrier and, ifthey were going to improve byeight or nine shots that wouldbe a couple of shots per guy.Today we improved by 17
strokes. That’s a big jump.That’s really, really good andagainst this kind of competitionthat’s great.
“We’re going to go to states,”Abbey continued. “That wastheir ultimately goal to get thereand I’m glad they’re going to beable to experience it. This isprobably one of the best teamsto come out of Laingsburg in along time.”
There were four golfers tiedfor fifth — Seth Studer, ofEssexville Garber; AdamJacobs, of Saginaw SwanValley; Patrick Church, ofClare; and Dustin Pumford, ofSt. Charles. The remaining twostate qualifying spots weredecided by a playoff andPumford and Jacobs were thesurvivors.
There were several otherarea golfers who competed onFriday but no other arealinksters, besides the membersof the Laingsburg squad,earned tickets to the state finals.
Perry senior Justin Kraussfinished just three shots awayfrom competing in the playoff.Krauss settled for an 83 after adisappointing final hole. He gotinto trouble off the tee and shotnine, according to head coachJake Baumgartner.
Another Rambler, sopho-more Nathan Dollar, had towithdraw after a few holesbecause of a foot injury he suf-fered earlier in the week.
“I hurt my foot a couple ofdays ago,” Dollar said. “I cut myheel on some stairs in a barn.They are made out of wood sothey had some sharp edges. Iplayed like five holes but, then, Ijust couldn’t do it.”
The other Perry golfer tomake it to regionals, sophomoreJimmy Davisson, shot 97.
Jason Muirhead, ofChesaning, shot an 86 and wassix shots off qualifying for theplayoff.
Byron senior Jason Korrochshot 100.
Argus-Press Photo/Jerome Murphy
LAINGSBURG’S BOYS GOLF TEAM reigned as Division 3 regional champions Friday at HuntersRidge Golf Course in Howell. Coach Brian Abbey’s Wolfpack shot 316, placing first in the 12-team regional which also included second-place Ithaca (331) and third-place Tawas (also 331).Pictured with their team regional trophy, from left to right, are Laingsburg’s coach Abbey, SamJohnson, Tyler Coss, Cole Hanson, Jake Blink and Mitchell Curry.
REGIONAL Laingsburg wins tournament, headed to state Continued from Page 9
Corunna’s Peisert, Minkwic short of state qualifyingMOUNT PLEASANT — Corunna junior golfers Cory Peisert and Nate Minkwic
could not advance out of the Division 2 regionals Friday at The PohlCat.Peisert shot 97 and Minkwic shot 102 on the cool, overcast day.The top three teams and the top three individual golfers, not on a state-qualif-
ing team, won berths to the upcoming Division 2 state finals.Clio and Big Rapids each shot 330 totals with the Mustangs finishing first and
the Cardinals settling for second place. Croswell Lexington was third at 333.The individual state qualifiers were Jimmy McCarthy of Mount Pleasant, who
shot 75 for medalist honors, Alex Dombrowski of Gaylord (78) and Kurtis Jones ofLinden (79).
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ROBERT KARLSSON takes his second shot on the seventh hole during the second round of the St. Jude Classic on Friday inMemphis, Tenn.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Robert Karlssonshot a 5-under 65 on Friday to take athree-stroke lead after the second round ofthe St. Jude Classic.
Karlsson started a stroke behind first-round leader David Mathis and carded sixbirdies and a bogey to reach 9 under. TheSwede, who lost here a year ago in a play-off with Lee Westwood, has played his firstsix career rounds at TPC Southwind underpar with this his lowest score yet.
Colt Knost (68) and Keegan Bradley(67) were tied for second. Bradley, theByron Nelson Championship winner twoweeks ago, is among a few who can earna spot last week in the U.S. Open atCongressional by winning his second tour
event since the last Open.John Merrick (69) was 5 under, and
Fredrik Jacobson (65) and Harrison Frazar(65) were another stroke back. BrandtSnedeker, The Heritage winner in April, shota 66 to top the group at 3 under thatincluded Mathis (72).
LPGA State Farm ClassicSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Mindy Kim main-
tained her two-stroke lead in the LPGAState Farm Classic, following her openingcareer-low 64 with a 5-under 67 to reach13 under.
Kim had seven birdies — four in a rowon Nos. 12-15 — and two bogeys in thePanther Creek course.
Top-ranked Yani Tseng (66) andShanshan Feng (65) were tied for second.
Jiyai Shin aced the par-3 second holeen route to a 68 to reach 10 under.
Amanda Blumenhurst (67) was 9under, and Brittany Lincicome, coming offa victory Sunday in New Jersey, had a 69to join Paula Creamer (68) and JenniferJohnson (67) at 8 under.
Defending champion Cristie Kerr (67)topped a large group at 7 under. MichelleWie was eight strokes back at 5 under, fol-lowing an opening 72 with a 67.
Greater Hickory ClassicCONOVER, N.C. — Bob Tway birdied the
18th hole for a 9-under 63 and a one-stroke lead after the first round of theChampions Tour’s Greater Hickory Classic.
On a hot day when Mike Goodes fireda 28 on the front nine, Tway had a stretch
of four straight birdies to start the backnine on the Rock Barn layout made tameby soft greens, hard fairways and littlewind.
Tway, winless on the Champions Tour,made just one bogey. Goodes, who had sixstraight birdies to shoot the lowest front-nine score this season on the 50-and-overtour, was a shot back along with TommyArmour III, Joe Ozaki and Mark Wiebe.Mark Calcavecchia, Mark O’Meara andDavid Eger opened with 65s.
Italian OpenFIANO, Italy — England’s Robert Rock
shot a 4-under 68 to take a one-strokelead over countryman Chris Wood andDutchman Joost Luiten after the secondround of the Italian Open.
Karlsson grabs lead with 65 in Memphis
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SEATTLE’S CARLOS PEGUERO watches as the ballclears the wall for a two-run home run by Detroit’sVictor Martinez during the fourth inning Friday inDetroit.
ball deep to the right-fieldcorner, but it landed foul.He eventually groundedout to end the game.
Victor Martinez hit atwo-run homer for theTigers, one of only fivehits for Detroit. TheTigers entered the night agame behind first-place
Cleveland in the ALCentral.
Detroit is 9-3 in its last12 games.
Suzuki was left out ofthe starting lineup amid alengthy slump. He’s hit-ting .252 this season andonly .149 since May 19.
“He’s been playingbaseball for a long time,”manager Eric Wedge saidbefore the game. “He’smentally tough, he’s phys-ically tough. He has somany different thingsthat are reasons for thefact that he has been sosuccessful, but ultimately,he’s a human being, andeverybody needs a breakevery now and again.”
Justin Smoak putSeattle ahead with a solohomer in the top of thefirst, his 11th of the sea-son. Martinez answeredin the fourth with anopposite-field shot thatgave Detroit a 2-1 lead
before Peguero took over.He came up again in
the ninth with a man onsecond and one out, butthe Tigers weren’t aboutto give him anotherchance to hit. They inten-tionally walked him.
“I’ve seen what he cando,” Leyland said. “Therewas no reason to pitch tohim there.”
Seattle starter ErikBedard allowed two runsand three hits in fiveinnings. He struck out sixand walked three before
giving way to Ray, whoretired six straight Tigersin the sixth and seventh.Pauley took over in theeighth, and pinch-hitterDon Kelly led off with aninfield single off his glove.Kelly made it as far asthird base before BrennanBoesch struck out swing-ing at a pitch in the dirt toend the inning.
Penny pitched seveninnings, allowing threeruns and eight hits withtwo strikeouts.
NOTES: Detroit has atleast one extra-base hit inall 63 games this season. ...Seattle’s Chone Figgins,who took over Suzuki’sleadoff spot, had two hits.... Detroit’s Ryan Raburnstruck out three times, andLeyland said he will getthe next day or two off.Raburn is hitting .200 thisseason with 66 strikeoutsin 185 at-bats. ... Pauleylowered his ERA to 0.96.
offensive flow in a Game 5 nail-biter, but Luongo keptVancouver in it until Lapierreand Bieksa teamed up on a goalthat set off a crazy celebrationamong tens of thousands of fansthronging downtown Vancouver.
Luongo was pulled fromGame 4, but coach AlainVigneault stuck with him forGame 5. The Olympic championwas only occasionally spectacu-lar, but he still narrowly out-played Thomas, who hasreceived just two goals of sup-port from his teammates in threegames in Vancouver.
“(Luongo) knows that webelieve in him,” Vancouver for-ward Alex Burrows said. “He’sunreal. We have so much confi-dence in him, and he doesn’t lis-ten to what people outside thislocker room say. We know he’sthe best goalie in the league.”
Thomas made 24 saves inGame 5, but lost his shutoutstreak of 110 minutes, 42 secondsdating to Game 3. With injuredforward Nathan Horton’s jerseyhanging in the visitors’ lockerroom, the Bruins’ power playregressed to its previous postsea-son struggles, going 0 for 4.
After two scoreless periods ofstellar goaltending in whichBoston went scoreless on fourpower plays, the Canucks finallyconnected with a supremelyheady play by the veteranBieksa, who used Thomas’aggressive style against him.
Bieksa deliberately put a longshot wide of the goal, and whenThomas instinctively moved tohis glove side to play it, the puckricocheted off the back boardsstraight to Lapierre, who put itbehind Thomas for just his sec-ond goal of the postseason.
“I hope I was trying to missthe net, because I missed it byabout 8 feet,” Bieksa said. “I did-n’t have a real good angle to thenet, so I just put it up there andgot a good bounce.”
Lapierre was a late-seasonacquisition who largely servesas an agitator for the Canucks,not a scorer. He’s never managedmore than 15 goals in a season,and he had just six this seasonwhile playing for Montreal,Anaheim and Vancouver.
The Canucks hung on fromthere, winning their sixthstraight home playoff gamesince May 7.
If Vancouver can’t improveon its last trip to Boston, thefinals will go to Game 7 inVancouver on Wednesday night.The home team has won everygame in this series, and theBruins have won their last five athome.
In the last 21 times the finalswere even going to Game 5, thewinner went on to claim the Cup15 times — yet Colorado (2001),Tampa Bay (2004) and Pittsburgh(2009) all overcame Game 5 loss-es to win it in the past decade.
Luongo receives more criti-cism than almost any goalie withhis level of accomplishment athockey’s most elite levels, yet hehas shown resilience throughoutthe postseason. He came backfrom a one-game benching in thefirst round against Chicago witha 2-1 victory in Game 7, andVigneault unhesitatingly stuckby Luongo in the finals, ignoringwidespread trashing of his $10million goalie after Boston’s 8-1and 4-0 home wins.
The Canucks were grateful toreturn to Rogers Arena, wherethey eked out two one-goal winsto open the series on late goals byRaffi Torres and Alex Burrows.Vancouver seemed to be in con-trol when the club left Canadalast weekend — but then theBruins seized charge of theseries with two inspired perfor-mances after Vancouver defense-man Aaron Rome’s late hitknocked Horton out for theseries with a concussion early inGame 3.
Boston is still having tremen-dous defensive success in thefinals, holding 2010 league MVPHenrik Sedin without a pointand limiting NHL scoring cham-pion Daniel Sedin to one goal.Vancouver’s power play is 1 for25 in the finals — yet the Bruinsjust haven’t scored timely roadgoals to back up Thomas, whoallowed one goal in two games inBoston.
Boston had three early powerplays in Game 5 and controlledlong stretches of play, but could-n’t crack Luongo. Chris Kelly hitLuongo’s crossbar with an earlyshot, and Luongo made a stun-ning point-blank save on PatriceBergeron’s rebound shot fromthe slot during Boston’s thirdpower play.
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SATURDAY, 9 TO 4 – 912 E. North St. Stampin Up. Treadmill. Electric stove. Golf clubs. Double jogging stroller. Toys. Clothes. Misc.
SATURDAY ONLY, 6/119-12. 1763 Maplewood Ct., Gould Woods. Furniture, tools, some clothes, more
SATURDAY ONLY – 9 to 4. Lots of baby/girl items, NB to 3T. Bedding sets. Household and misc. 800 State St., Owosso.
‘MUST SEE’ YARD SALE – Fishing equipment, Deep V Tracker boat with 75hp merc, dishes, lots of misc.. 1223 S. Cedar St., Owosso. Friday thru Sun-day 8 to ?. Rain cancels!
MULTI-FAMILY – TOYS, Precious Moments, books, clothes, household items, some furniture. Lots of misc.! Fri. thru Sun. 9 to 5. 4955 S. Vernon Rd.
MULTI-FAMILY – Friday and Saturday, 9 to 5. Tod-dler bed. Bouncer. Swing. Stroller and car seat. Too much to list. 2729 Krouse Rd., Owosso.
MOVING/ESTATE SALE– FURNITURE, TVs, crafts, bikes, books, household. Friday & Saturday, 9-5. 1500 N. Hintz Rd., Owosso
MOVING SALE- MISC.items. Friday & Saturday, June 10 & 11, 9-6. 308 Marquette St., Durand
MOVING SALE JUNE 11 & 12 9a-4p. 216 N. Dutcher St Corunna..little tykes items, 50 inch tv, dining room table, hutch, buffet, womens clothes, gun safe, train table, toiletries and more...Priced to Sell!
JUNE 10 & 11 – 9-4. 675 Raymond Rd., Owosso. Lots of items, priced to sell! Most items under $1
7 FAMILY SALE– Lots of things. Saturday only, 8-5. 3599 E. Newburg Rd., Bancroft. Between State & Lemon
HUGE MOVING SALE.Mostly garage items, some old furniture, clothes and glass. Bolt bins w/bolts, small parts, storage bins, job boxes, carts. Lots of misc. semi truck parts and lots of hyd. water and AC hose. starts Thursday 6-9-11 will run thru 6-19-11. 315 E McNeil St. Corunna
HUGE GARAGE SALE - 9365 S STATE RD, MOR-RICE. Wicker Furniture, Oak Cabinet, Stereo Equip-ment, Rabbit Cages, Pre-cious Moments figures, Scentsy, Household, Boys and Girls clothes, Aber-crombie, Gap, Aeropostle, Justice, Gymboree, DVDs, Holiday items, Little Tykes Toys, Huge wooden play-set, Youth horse show clothes and lots more. Fri 12 pm - 6 pm, Sat 9 am - 6 pm.
HARRISON AVE. STREETSALE – 7 Homes partici-pating. Thursday thru Sat-urday, 9 to 3.
GREAT SALE - lots of great items! Infant clothing, for-mal gowns, girls 4-16, boys/young mens, toddler boys to 5T, housewares, WAY too much to list. Fri-day June 10 9-5, Saturday June 11 9-2. 216 Cherry Street, Corunna.
ESTATE SALE – Friday thru Sunday, 9 to 5. 401 S. State St., Owosso, off W. Main St. Too much to list.
COUPONERS GARAGESALE – Thursday thru Sat-urday, 8 to 5. 11343 McCaughna Rd., Byron.
BIG SALE– JUNE 11 & 12, 9-4. 1249 W. Grand River Rd., Owosso. Lots of boys clothing, infant-3T, racing gear, women’s clothing size 6-8, lots of toys.
BIG GARAGE SALE-Household items, clothes and more. Thurs.-Sat. 9-4. 118 Cloverbrook, Owosso
2 FAMILY – Friday and Saturday, 9 to 5. 1305 Herman St.
ANYTHING & EVERY-THING! Too much to list! Sat. & Sun. 9 to ?. 407 N. Gould St., Owosso.
3945 E. COPAS– Friday & Saturday, 8-4. Longa-berger & Stampin’ Up, col-lectibles plus lots of misc.
3 FAMILY GENERATIONSALE – Saturday and Sun-day, 9 to 4. 750 Hollywood Dr. Baby clothes, NB to 18 Mo. Toys. Stroller/car seat. High chair. Bouncy seats. Furniture. Filing cabinet. Doors. Lots of household items.
2459 COPAS RD. – Lots of Kids items. Cabinets. Sinks. 18 Ft. Intex pool. Friday & Saturday, 9 to 5.
2 FAMILY SALE– Furni-ture, queen bed, dressers, children’s clothes, house-hold, TVs and toys. Fri & Sat, 9-3. 1401 Jackson Dr., Osburn Lakes Sub.,
1151 HANOVER, OWOSSOhousehold items, furniture, some tools, adult and kids clothes, toys. Saturday only 9-4 p.m.
115 S. HOWELL St., next to McDonald’s. Friday & Saturday, 9-5.
1111 SUMMIT ST. – Sat-urday, 8 to 3. Pre-lit Christmas tree. Wrought iron porch posts (4). Hanging lamp. Teaching materials and children’s books. Lots of interesting items.
1107 S. CEDAR St. Owosso, Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-1- 1/2 off Sat.
1002 SUMMIT ST. Hornus Estate Sale. Sat, 8-3. Rain or shine. Many treasures!
SUMMIT ST. SALES – Sat-urday, 8 to 3. 11 Loca-tions. Look for balloons! Furniture. Antiques. Col-lectibles. Books. Lots of misc.
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COUNTRY VIEW AFC– & Assisted Living’s new wing now open! Accepting new residents. 989-723-6577
COLLEGE STUDENT LOOKING for odd jobs. References available. Ask for Evan. 989-277-1704
CENTURY STONE– All your stone masonry needs. 517-898-3661
CEMENT WORK WANTED– Small or large jobs. Call (989)723-7466.
AUTOS WANTED – For scrap. $50 -$600 Will beat competitors. 725-8062.
ASPHALT SEALINGAND REPAIR. INSURED.
989-666-6529
ALL-PHASE– Power wash-ing, siding, exteriors, etc. deck restaining, painting, interior/exterior, 666-0039
ALL METALS WANTED– Autos, appliances, air con-ditioners. Batteries, electric motors, mowers, motorcy-cles, snowmobiles, tillers, junk piles etc. We load. Cash paid. Free pick-up. Call Bill or Deb. (989) 661-7860
ALL JOBS – Clean walls,windows, floors, clean eaves. Trim hedges, haul brush, trash. Painting. Carpet cleaning/upholstery 4 rooms, $85. 725-5484
ABSOLUTELY ALL - Appli-ances, all scrap metal. Cash paid. 989-725-5484
#1 MASONRY– Chimney repair. Brick, block, stone. 15 yrs. exp. 989-494-6249
Situations 400Wanted
WEDDING ENTERTAIN-MENT COMPANY– Now hiring DJ, photographer, and videographer. Experi-enced and willing to train 989-723-4211
VETERINARY CLINIC– Needs additional staffing. Part-time position opening approximately July 1, 2011. Reply to Box 351, c/o the Argus-Press. 201 E. Exchange St., Owosso MI 48867
NEW COMPANY – Looking for laborers. Basement waterproofing. Resumes to 1300 Whitehaven Ct., Owosso, MI 48867. (989)277-9913.
Help 380Wanted
LOCAL CHURCH NEEDSan organist- For July, August and part-time thereafter. Call George 810-423-1506
LOCAL CHURCH is looking for a pianist who would like to accompany a praise band, play hymns and demonstrate his/her own talents. Call George at (810)423-1506.
LICENSED EMT– PART-time. Twin Twp. Ambu-lance, New Lothrop, 810-638-5034
DO YOU LIKE to lead a congregation in hymns and/or play special music? Call George at (810)423-1506.
DO YOU HAVE musical tal-ent and would like to per-form in a church setting? Call George at 810-423-1506.
DO YOU HAVE computer talent? Would you like to support and conduct com-puter presentations in a church setting? Call George at (810)423-1506.
ACCOUNTS SPECIALIST– (Accounting clerk) Shia-wassee County Health De-partment. Salary range $29,939 to $36,628 with excellent fringe benefits. Interested applicants visit www.shiawassee.net for job details and applications
Help 380Wanted
ANNIE’S PAINTING- Qual-ity Affordable Painting. 989 288-4601 -810 423-7511
QUALITY Interior Painting for Le$$ – Same day call back, Roger.989-845-3114
Painting - 340Decorating
GW HOLZHAUSEN – Spe-cializing in driveways. Free onsite estimates. Nice black dirt, cheap, sand, stones, crushed concrete, etc. 989-627-3638.
Sand - 330Gravel - Dirt
HANDYMAN – Rich Warner’s Handyman Serv-ices. Licensed builder. Great rates. 989-277-8637
AFFORDABLE HANDYMAN – Honey Do List. Licensed Builder, Chuck Borsenik 743-3623 - 517 294-0917
Licensed 290Contracting
STORAGE RACKS– FORinside a van. $150 or best. 989-277-5518
SCRAP AUTOS AND bat-teries wanted– Car bat. $9.00, light commercial $14, heavy comm. $22. Junk vehicles $50-$600. SpecialtySalvage 725-8062
Auto 230Accessories - Parts
AUTOS WANTED – For scrap. $50 -$600 Will beat competitors. 725-8062.
2004 MERCURY MARAUDER– Approx. 29,000 miles. Nosnow! Maroon/dark grayleather interior. Heatedseats. All power. 23/24MPG. $15,500 negotiable.734-654-0466 after 4 p.m.
2002 FORD TAURUS SE – 111,000 Miles. Very nice. $4975. Warranty. Reli-able Transportation, Mor-rice. (517)625-4377.
1989 BMW 325-I CON-VERTABLE – Runs good. Body solid. Needs a top. Must sell. (989)277-9004.
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FIVE STAR – Window Cleaning. Residential.
Commercial. 729-2200
Business 150Personals
WEIGHT LOSS CHAL-LENGES– Nutrition classes at Nutrition Connection. 989-472-4277 for details
DRINKING PROBLEM?A.A. Call 723-5711.www.ShiaCoAA.org
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LOST GREY CAT, King & Pine Sts., wrinkled ears, $100reward.989-721-6666
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GARY LOUIS KANAN JR.Happy 29th Birthday
In HeavenLove, Dad
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FATHER’S DAY GIFTS! For sale- All types of wood carvings. 989-723-5697
Business 020Happy Ads
LOST – Small brown,short haired dog. 1 Toothsticks out. 810-869-1453.
Suicide bomber kills 4 police in AfghanistanBy AMIR SHAH
and JON GAMBRELLAssociated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Asuicide bomber blew himself upFriday outside a mosque wherea remembrance ceremony wasbeing held for a slain Afghanpolice commander. The blastkilled four police officers,authorities said.
The attack was the latest in aspate of violence as the Talibanwages its spring offensive. Thebloodshed comes as PresidentBarack Obama is expected to
decide within days how manyU.S. troops to pull out in comingmonths— and possibly set atimetable for much larger with-drawals in 2012.
Security forces confrontedthe bomber, who was dressed intraditional robes, before heentered the mosque in thenorthern city of Kunduz, saidprovincial police chiefSamiullah Qatra, who attendedthe ceremony. A scuffle brokeout and the bomber detonatedhis explosives, the force of theblast blowing out windows ofthe mosque, Qatra said.
At least 14 people werewounded, state health directorZafar Noori said.
Video shot by AP TelevisionNews showed what appeared tobe the bomber’s head and legsindicating he detonated hisexplosives outside the mosquenear a mud wall. Green plasticchairs sat overturned, and bloodpooled on the ground.
Friday’s ceremony was inhonor of Gen. Daud Daud, a wellknown regional police comman-der in northern Afghanistanwho was killed May 28 in abombing at the governor’s office
in northeastern Takharprovince where top police andNATO officials were meeting.German Gen. Markus Kneip,NATO’s commander for north-ern Afghanistan, was amongthose wounded in the attack.
Daud was a former deputyinterior minister and ex-body-guard of Ahmad ShahMassoud, the charismatic Tajikleader who commanded theNorthern Alliance and died inan al-Qaida suicide bombingtwo days before the Sept. 11,2001, attacks that prompted theU.S. invasion.
Clinton: Projects in Africa need vigilanceLUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — China’s mas-
sive investments and business dealings inAfrica have not always met internationalstandards and steps should be taken toensure that Chinese interests on the conti-nent do not conflict with those of theAfrican people or take advantage of them,U.S. Secretary of State Hillary RodhamClinton said Friday.
In Zambia at the start of a three-nationtour of Africa focused on increasing tradebetween Africa and America, jump-startingdevelopment and the improving rights andhealth of women, Clinton said Washingtondoes not regard China’s growing involve-ment in Africa as a threat to the U.S. But,she said China’s activities in Africa shouldbe scrutinized for signs that they may notbenefit African nations or their citizens.
“China’s presence in Africa reflects thereality that it has important and growinginterests here on the continent, includingaccess to resources and markets as well asdeveloping closer diplomatic ties,” Clintontold reporters at a news conference inLusaka with Zambian President RupiahBanda. “The United States does not seethese Chinese interests as inherentlyincompatible with our own interests.”
“We are, however, concerned that china’sforeign assistance investment practices inAfrica have not always been consistent withgenerally accepted international norms oftransparency and good governance and thatit has not always utilized the talents of theAfrican people in pursuing its business
interests,” she said.Hungry for energy, raw material and jobs
for its exploding and increasingly wealthypopulation China has in recent yearsturned to Africa for oil and minerals to fuelits growth. China is now a leading investorin many African nations where it uses
imported Chinese workers in the oil indus-try as well as to build stadiums, roads, damsand other infrastructure projects.Environmentalists and local labor leadershave complained about the impact of someof those projects and the fact that locallabor is not used.
Clinton said the United States wanted towork and cooperate with China and otheroutside investors “to make sure that whenwe are engaged with Africa we are doing itin a sustainable manner that will benefitthe nations and people of Africa.” She saidU.S. diplomats throughout Africa had beenasked to confer with their Chinese col-leagues on the matter but had also beeninstructed to assess the “overall role intheir respective countries.” That commentsuggested that the U.S. harbors suspicionsabout China’s intentions in Africa.
For his part, Banda was unapologeticabout Zambia’s reliance on China as aninvestor and purchaser of its raw materials,notably copper.
“We have always worked with theChinese,” he said, noting that China’s con-tinued “appetite” for copper helped Zambiaemerge quickly from the global economiccrisis. But, he said he agreed with Clintonthat foreign projects must adhere to mini-mum standards and not violate local laws.
“Those who come here to do businessmust respect our laws and must look afterour people in a decent manner,” Banda said.“We appreciate their being in this country,but we don’t exempt them.”
Official: Somali minister killedBy ABDI GULED
and MALKHADIR M. MUHUMEDAssociated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia — An explosionFriday in the home of Somalia’s interiorminister killed him and a woman suspectedof being a bomber as violent demonstra-tions swept the capital.
Security guards and soldiers opened fireon stone-throwing protesters angry at anagreement calling for the ouster of thecountry’s popular prime minister, killingtwo people, an official and witnesses said.
Interior Minister Abdishakur SheikHassan, who also was minister for nationalsecurity, died after shrapnel hit his legs andother parts of his body, said Ministry ofInformation spokesman Abdifatah Abdinur.He was earlier taken to a hospital in criticalcondition. Abdinur said a dead body of afemale suspected to be the bomber wasfound in the home.
Mohamud Abdullahi Weheliye, a mem-ber of parliament and a relative ofHassan’s, said the minister’s niece carriedout the attack and that she was “sent” by al-Shabab,” an Islamist militia with ties to al-Qaida. The group has carried out suicidebombings in the past, including ones thattargeted government officials. There was noimmediate official confirmation ofWeheliye’s account.
Abdinur said officials were investigatingto confirm it was a suicide attack in the two-story, gated building that is normally wellprotected. The explosion reportedly tookplace in the sitting room.
“The walls of the sitting room crackedand blood and debris were scattered allover,” said Mohamed Mohamud, a witnesswho visited the site after the explosion. Thehouse is near the Foreign Ministry and in aneighborhood inhabited by governmentofficials and members of parliament.
Somalia’s President Sheik Sharif Sheik
Ahmed sent his condolences to the family ofthe minister and the nation at large duringan address on state radio.
The minister was “truly an importantperson who departed us at a critical stage.He sacrificed his blood for the nation ofSomalia,” the president said. “We hope thatthe cause he died for will be realized.”
The commander of the African Unionpeacekeepers, Maj. Gen. Nathan Mugisha,lauded the minister’s commitment to thecause of peace in Somalia and said his ser-vice will be greatly missed.
“He was a driving force in much of thegood reform and progress that we have seenrecently,” he said.
For a country that has been swept by warand anarchy for two decades, Friday was aparticularly bloody day and came barelytwo days after President Ahmed and thespeaker of parliament signed an interna-tionally mediated agreement extending thegovernment’s term by a year. It postponedan August presidential election until 2012 togive leaders more time to deal with securityand political issues.
AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh
SOMALI PROTESTORS set a fire Friday outside the Medina hotel that accommodatesSomali MPs. Somali protesters took to the streets for the second day in support ofcurrent Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. A new accord extending the gov-ernment’s term by a year requires Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed toresign in a month, but Mohamed is popular with many Somalis because he has man-aged to pay salaries for government workers and soldiers and attack corruption sincehe came to power in October last year.
U.S. congressman wants Iraq to repay war costsBAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S.
congressman visiting BaghdadFriday suggested that Iraq payback the United States for themoney it has spent in the eightyears since the U.S.-led invasionin 2003.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacherspoke during a one-day visit by agroup of six U.S. congressman.The California Republican saidhe raised the suggestion duringa meeting with Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki that some daywhen Iraq is a “prosperous”nation it pay back the U.S. foreverything that it has done here.
“We would hope that some
consideration be given to repay-ing the United States some ofthe megadollars we have spenthere in the last eight years,”Rohrabacher told reporters atthe U.S. Embassy after the meet-ing.
He did not say what reaction,if any, the prime minister had tothe suggestion.
The idea of repaying theUnited States for a war that thevast majority of Iraqis had norole in bringing about wouldlikely gain little traction withan Iraqi public that harborsmixed emotions about the U.S.invasion. While many Iraqis are
glad to be rid of SaddamHussein, they blame the UnitedStates for the chaos and sectari-an violence that followed.
The Baghdad city govern-ment earlier this year demand-ed the U.S. pay $1 billion fordamage caused to the city byblast walls erected during thewar.
The congressman said theUnited States can no longerafford to send troops all over theworld because the U.S. is in aneconomic crisis.
“We could certainly use somepeople to care about our situa-tion as we have cared about
theirs,” he said.Rohrabacher said the issue of
cost could be a factor in anydecision about whether to keeptroops here past a Dec. 31 pull-out deadline.
There are currently about47,000 American forces in Iraq.Discussion is intensifying aboutwhether Iraq will ask Americantroops to stay past that date.
Leon Panetta, who has beennominated to take over thePentagon, said earlier this weekduring a confirmation hearingthat Iraq would likely ask theU.S. to keep some Americantroop presence past 2011.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool
SECRETARY OF STATE Hillary RodhamClinton delivers the closing remarksFriday at the African Growth andOpportunity Act Conference at theMulungushi International ConferenceCenter in Lusaka, Zambia.
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Lots 930For Sale
NEW ON THE MARKET – 3 Bedroom. Newly remod-eled. Electrical updates. In-ground pool (needs work). Lease option possible. Price negotiable. Call 231-269-4052, evenings.
FSBO 4 UNIT rental home– $60,000. Visit:www.pulsehomes.webs.comor call 989-666-1063
CLEAN, CUTE 3 bedroom– Family room, living room. 2 car Att. garage, fenced yard, corner lot. AC, Appli-ances stay. Price negotion-able. (989)277-6828
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Houses 910for Sale
HIGGINS LAKE VACATIONcottage 1-1/2 blocks from public beach and boat launch. Call for open dates. Will email picturesSherry 989-422-2040
Resort 870For Rent
PROFESSIONAL COUPLE LOOKING TO RENT House in Owosso or Corunna. Have 1 medium dog. 989-277-5702
Wanted 860to Rent
OAKLEY 2 Bedroom. No Pets. $500.
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CORUNNA – Non smoking. Large 2 bedroom duplex, full basement, w/ washer & dryer, living room, den, dining room, large kitchen w/ eat-at counter, dish-washer & microwave, 1/2 bath down, full bath up, cable, central a/c, 2 car ga-rage, 1 block from McCurdy Park. No pets. $750 Mo. plus utilities*. (212)988-2148. Available July 1.
CORUNNA – 1 Bedroom. $100 week , 2 bedroom $15 week. includes trash and water. No pets. Call (989)666-1063.
822 AMENT – 2 Bedroom. $550 Month; $650 deposit; plus utilities. 723-9588.
3 BEDROOM – Large farm house. Byron Schools. No pets or smoking. $650 Month, plus deposit and utilities. (810)392-2505, leave message.
3 BEDROOM – Northend Owosso. No smoking or pets. 277-3010
210 PINE ST. Corunna. Clean 1 bedroom house. $390 month, $390 deposit. No pets. Utilities not in-cluded. 989-661-2878
Houses 840for Rent
2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH– Owosso. New updates. Pets welcome. $600, plus deposit. Water & garbage included. RealChek mem-ber (989)666-5145
1 BEDROOM– COUNTRYhome with loft. Full base-ment with 2 storage rooms. $650 month plus utilities. Ovid-Eslie or Ash-ley schools. 989-292-9061
Houses 840for Rent
L&H HOLDING INC.– Has 2000 sq. ft. All a customer needs at 1060 E. Main St., Owosso. Ready for imme-diate occupancy. 989-725-1296 ext. 201
Commercial 810Property for Rent
NICE 1 BEDROOM–Owosso. Clean, duplex apartment. Includes water, lawn service and garbage removal. No pets. $375 month plus $375 deposit. RealChek. 989-277-8766
NEW LOTHROP COM-MONS – 1 And 2 bedroom apartments. Rent starts at $550. Heat included. Bar-rier free available. Call Dave 989-413-2177, Su-san 616-942-6553 or [email protected] Equal opportunity pro-vider. Equal Housing Op-portunity. TDD 800-649-3777.
NEAR DOWNTOWN – Nice 1 bedroom, $425. Studio, $350. (989)725-5477.
LARGE UPPER 1 bedroom. No pets. $550 plus de-posit. 989-723-2191
LARGE UP STUDIO – $350 Month; $350 deposit. Call (989)666-8436.
LAINGSBURG, LOOKING GLASS TERRACE – Ac-cepting applications for wait list. 2 Bedrooms. 62 Years or older. Rent starts at $340 (based on income if qualified). Contact Dave 517-651-2611 or Susan 616-942-6553. Equal Op-portunity Provider. Equal Housing Opportunity. TDD 800-649-3777.
DURAND-MONROE MANOR SENIOR APART-MENTS – 1 And 2 bed-room. Rent starts at $495 (based on income if quali-fied), 62 years or older, disabled (regardless of age). Barrier free available. Call Gerald 989-277-2587, Susan 616-942-6553. Equal Opportunity Pro-vider. Equal Housing Op-portunity. TDD 800-649-3777.
426 E. MASON St. Owosso upstairs 1 bedroom. Nice, close to town. Perfect size for 1 or 2 people. $300 month plus electric. $300 deposit. 1 year lease. 517-675-7328
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2 BEDROOM – Near down-town Corunna. $470 Mo. RealChek. 743-5343.
1 BEDROOM– Upstairs. Living room, kitchen, bed-room, bath. $350 Month & deposit. 989-743-4860
1 BEDROOM LOWER– 817 Corunna Ave., Washer/ dryer on site. $375 month, plus electric. Deposit re-quired. 989-723-4035
1 BEDROOM CORUNNA,Upstairs. Appliances and utilities included. No smoking, no pets, $450 plus $450 deposit. 989-277-5150
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1 BEDROOM – Lower, 825 Grover. Washer/dryer on premises. $400 Month, plus electric 989-725-1374
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LIVE ON A LAKE– For $295 per month! Maple Leaf Community in Ovid has one lake site available for your home. Our crew will move your approved doublewide home to our site, often at no cost to you! Call today for more info! 989-723-6913
1999 FAIRMONT– 16X70,Excellent Cond.! 2 Bed-room, 2 full bath, fireplace, all appliances stay! Recent updates, 10X12 shed. Woods & Field Comm., Krouse Rd. $22,500 or best. Estate sale. 989-494-4738 or 517-256-6016
1980 HOLLY PARK 14X70’ with 8’X25’ expando. 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, open kitchen, dining and living room and laundry room. 10X20 deck, 8X16 work shop. Roof reconditioned in 2009, windows replaced in 1993. Includes all appli-ances, very good condi-tion. $16,000 or best. Woods & Fields, 55+, W. M-21. 989-725-5357
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LOWERY GENIE GL-3 Or-gan, with mach sequencer. Excellent condition, great for chapel. $1200 or bet. 989-725-5357
680Musical
7 PIECE FORMAL dining room group, Lazy-Boy sofa, chair and ottoman, bar height table with 4 swivel chairs, cocktail and end tables and pictures. (989)725-9550
1930’S ARMOIRE. $500.1920’s glass curio cabinet $350. Deep red sleeper sofa $250. Stand-up comm. freezer $300. baby changing table/dresser $100. 989-666-8826
Furniture, 660Household
BELIEVERS TREE SERVICE tree trimming/removal, camp & fire wood, lawn mowing and more. Free estimates, insured. 413-3236, 989-627-1723
Tree 625Service
OAK TREES FOR sale, must be cut and stumped 989 743 3729.
Lawn 620& Garden
NICE BLACK DIRT– Delivered cheap. 989-627-3638
H & G IRRIGATION – Open your sprinkler sys-tem today. Upgrades avail-able to save 30% off water and energy. 989-413-4431
2010 JOHN DEERE LAWN TRACTOR – 530 with 4 yr. warranty or 500 hrs.. 54” cut. $5500 CASH, firm. 517-375-7950.
2003 JD GX32548 In. $3500 Or best.
(810)621-3070.
BILL’S – Jonsered Chain Saws. Country Clipper Zero Turns. Repair lawn equipment and chain saws. 723-7961. 2nd Location: 1500 Corunna Ave., 725-2533. Pickup/delivery.
Lawn 620& Garden
8’ TRUCK CAMPER.Fridge, furnace, oven, sink, shower, and toilet. $600. (989)845-4306
610Campers - RV’s
CHIEFTAN CANOE– WITHaccessories. Brand new electric motor. $500. (989)627-6107 or 989-288-2144
14’ ALUMINUM BOAT–with trailer, motor, trolling motor. Great shape. $800 or best. 989-627-3983
12 FT. BOAT– Excellent condition. Freshly painted green marine paint Sep-tember 2010. 2 Owners. $300/ best. 989-277-4011
100 HORSE MERCURYMOTOR – On 17 ft. Brown-ing boat. Open bow. Must sell. (989)277-9004.
Boats - 590PersonalWatercrafts
SEVERAL BOXES OF Hall-mark ornaments, Hallmark Merry miniatures, Dickens Village, Boyd’s dollstone collection “Yesterday’s Child”. 989-723-1260
BUYING U.S. COINS – GOLD & SILVER. Paying top dollar. Call Scott, 989-714-2623.
Antiques 580- Collectibles
FOR RENT Wooded. Colby, Tyrrell.
(602)692-7011.
Hunting 575Property
2007 HEWLITT PACKARDdesktop computer– Win-dows Vista home pre-mium. Complete with desk, chair, printer and flat screen monitor. Has sur-round sound, microphone and camera. Cost $1300 new, selling for $350. 989-494-7328 after 1
562Computers
YARD SHEDS – & More. Better construction. 15 years from this location. 834-2028.www.bcbarns.com
WASHER & DRYER – Stackable General Electric. Full size. 6ft. high 2ft. wide. Works great, New timer. Moving July 1st.! $100 or best 989-729-2308.
WELDING SUPPLIESTorch sets, arc, wirefeed welders and much more! Now selling full size Mig, Acetylene, Oxygen Tanks! No More Monthly Rent!!!Industrial Supply-Owosso725-7185 Public Welcome
LEATHER SECTIONAL – 3 piece tan sleeper/recliner. $500. 989-666-7244.
FIBERGLASS PICKUP TOPPER – Fits 1987 to 1998, short box Chevy. $125 Or best. 277-9904.
CONSTRUCTION WALK-ING PLANK– $250. 989-277-5518
BETTER WATER – For your home. pH 7.4 Approxi-mately 6¢ per gallon. DIS-TRIBUTOR needed in your area. (602)692-7011.
BEAUTY SHOP equipment, computer desk, table & 6 chairs. 517-420-4227.
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TRAILER- ENCLOSED CARGO.
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NEED RELIABLE TEN-NAGER– to babysit, Mon-day-Friday, 9-5, possible weekends out. Call for in-terview 989-277-2832
LOOKING FOR KING or queen water bed. 989-743-4750
550Wanted
GOATS– $20 AND up. Buy one reg. price, get one baby free. 517-651-2753
Farm 500- Dairy
QUALITY FREEZER BEEF - Texas Long Horn steers-ready for processing. $1.85 Per lb. Call (989)666-2503.
Fresh 490Produce - Meats
SHELTY/ TERRIER MIXpuppies Friendly,7 weeks, 1st. shot & dewormed $100. 517-897-7005
RAT TERRIER PUPPIES–Always friendly. Great with kids. Several colors. 1st shot, dewormed. $150. 517-897-7005
GROOMING SALON FORSALE– (Main Street Pet Salon) 900 W. Main St., Owosso 989-666-2344
GREAT PRICES – On dog and cat collars! Call or stop in! FAIRVIEW PET CENTER, 1451 S. M-52. 723-4412.
CAIRN TERRIER PUPPIESBorn May 1st. Ready Mid-June. Registered, vet- checked, dew claws re-moved, dewormed, 1st shots. $350-$400989-413-1007
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DAYCARE HAS OPENINGSInfant and older.
Call (989)723-3053.
Licensed 445Child Care
SUMMER TUTOR– READ-ING, Math, ASL. $20/hour. Message @ 989-725-6220
ROTOTILLING Lawns and Gardens 989-494-9594Or 989-834-2419.
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OLD YELLER STUMP GRINDING – Best prices around. Insured. Call Jim. 723-4303.
EXTERIOR HOUSE PAINT-ING – 1/2 Off any job thru August. Also, 50% senior citizen discount thru August. (989)472-4059.
MANAGED WEB HOSTINGLocal Support Locally Owned and Operated Rock Ecommerce ph: 720-7625
HOUSE AND CARPETCLEANING – Call Clean as a Whistle Cleaning Service. 989-721-6199.
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GUTTERS AND FASCIA – In need of new gutters, fascia, aluminum around doors or windows? Call Derik at (989)413-3708. Free Estimates.
GENERAL HANDYMAN AND REMODELING- Reli-able. $15/hr. Almost any-thing. Drywalling, decks, plumbing, repairs, tear downs, yard work. (989)640-9328
FLANNIGAN’S LAWN CARE - Spring cleanup, yards rolled, gutter clean-ing. Some tree trimming. Odd jobs. Accepting new customers. 989-288-4741.
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
It might be long overdue, but becauseof your established abilities and talentsyou could find yourself in a leadershiprole among your peers during comingmonths. Others will be looking to you forfresh ideas and activities.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Whetheryou’re looking to do so or not, you couldfind yourself making all the plans foryou and your friends. You’re the one withall the best ideas.CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You mightget the chance to spend some qualitytime with someone you like a lot. It maybe a bonding session where each of youwill discover what you can do for oneanother.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — If you’ve gotsome ideas on how to improve your lotin life, take positive measures to putthem into play. Once you move onthings, Lady Luck could then jump inand lend a helping hand.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Don’t beafraid to put into action some ideas youhave that could elevate your positionwith your friends. You have the ability toarouse stimulating activities amongyour peers.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Certainthings you recently learned about someof your peers can be put to good use. Afew colleagues might possess someskills that can be used to everyone’sbenefit.SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Even ifthis is not a workday for you, you mightlearn about something that would ben-efit you greatly when you are on the job.Make your plans, so you’ll be ready toput them into action tomorrow.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) —Someone you meet could potentiallybecome a very good friend down theline. Whatever it is that joins youtogether, its benefits will be long-last-ing.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Aninvolvement in which you partake mightbecome the vehicle that leads to freshopportunities for you in the future. LadyLuck might be responsible for this.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — This isone of those days when new friendsand/or interests might become part ofyour life. Anything in which you getinvolved is likely to prove fruitful.PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — You’ll beready to drop certain things, activitiesor people who have proven to beunhelpful. Something that occurs at thistime will be responsible for your newvision.ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t sitany longer on plans to make your lifebetter that you’ve spent a lot of timeformulating in your head. Nothing willhappen until you put your hopes intoaction.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Give pri-ority to matters that could make you alittle extra money, whether they be plan-ning ahead for the future or doingsomething right now to bring in thoseextra bucks.
DEAR BRUCE: I am at thepoint where I am willing togive my time-share away. Ijust want to get rid of allthe monthly fees. It’s paidin full. When we purchasedit my husband got sick and,of course, we never used it.He has recently passedaway. I’m not sure what thenext step is to give it away.Please guide me. — B.J., viae-mail
DEAR B.J.: I can empathizeand sympathize but, unfortu-nately, giving away a time-share can be a troublesomething. You most certainly canask them and if they wouldlike to buy it back at a muchreduced price or, alternatively,if they turn that down you canask if they would accept itgratis. If they say no, we thenget into some interesting legalsituations. Once again, anattorney will very likely benecessary. Some research bythe attorney to find out howthey have handled this kind ofsituation may be necessary. Inother words, it’s easy to say“no, you have to keep paying,”but as a practical matter, whathave they done in the past? Didthey just repo the property,accepted it, etc? You might finda charity that would accept itas a donation, perhaps as aprize in a raffle. The time-share, depending on its desir-ability, might be accepted bythe charity, and if you itemize,there maybe a small tax bene-fit. The one thing you should-n’t do is just ignore it becausethe situation is very unlikelyto cure itself.
DEAR BRUCE: My hus-band and I enjoy your col-umn. I know you answereda letter from someone whowas paying off his/hermortgage. I am ready tomake the final payment onour mortgage. I am 67 yearsold and work full-time. Myhusband is 61 and alsoworks full-time. We want tostart saving heavily forsome remodeling that ourhouse really needs. Do I
need an attorney to securethe title for us, or will thebank just send it to us? Ifyou could let me know theproper procedure in this, Iwould be very grateful. —C.P., via e-mail
DEAR C.P.: Congratulations,on being mortgage free. It’s awonderful feeling and one thatyou have been looking forwardto for a long period of time.You can go to the county seatand be certain that the title hasbeen cleared, and that willinvolve contacting the bank.You ask if the bank will justsend it yes, maybe, and no!Some banks do and some justlet it slide, and some take along time. The escrow accountis not a major proposition.Ordinarily, once the mortgagehas been paid, you can settlethat with a branch and, ofcourse, you will have to startpicking up the insurance taxesand whatever directly. I wouldhave my attorney contact thelender 30 to 60 days after thefinal payment is made andmake certain that he can (justby a phone call or a letter)ensure that the bank does theappropriate paperwork. Intoday’s world, banks and realestate matters have beenincreasingly sloppy. From theirposition, you might say theyhave bigger fish to fry, but thatdoesn’t justify it.
Send your questions to:Smart Money, P.O. Box 2095,Elfers, FL 34680. E-mail to:[email protected] of general inter-est will be answered infuture columns. Owing tothe volume of mail, personalreplies cannot be provided.
Another time-share question, but still the same advice
The Argus-Press Owosso, Michigan Sat., June 11, 2011 15
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DEAR ABBY: “Kyle” and Ihave been good buddies for 10years. The problem is I’m crazyabout his younger sister. Sheand I have been talking over thelast few months. Kyle knew wewere talking in the beginning,and he told her to stay awayfrom his friends. I think Iunderstand his reasons, and Itried to talk to him on my own.
Kyle said he doesn’t want todeal with me calling him even-tually about problems that mayarise between me and his sister.
Now when I hang out withher we have to be secretive. Iwould like to be open aboutbeing with this awesome girl.Can you please help me?
JOHN IN PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR JOHN: Kyle’s rea-son for not wanting his sisterto involve herself with anyof his friends is a selfish one.He is not his sister’s keeper.Her parents are. If you likeher, find out from them if it’sOK to hang out with her. Butstop sneaking aroundbecause it’s childish andreflects badly on both of you.And if there are any prob-lems, refrain from takingthem to Kyle.
DEAR ABBY: I grew up dis-liking a lot of things about mymother, but the main thing washow she treated my father. I stilldon’t like it.
Now I realize I have startedtreating my husband the sameway sometimes. He says it does-
n’t bother him and everythingis fine in our marriage, but I lieawake at night worried abouthow I’m treating him.Situations come up, and before Ican stop myself, I say some-thing I wish I hadn’t. One of myhusband’s friends noticed itand mentioned it.
I married a wonderful man,and I don’t want to put himthrough what my dad endured.What can I do?
SEEING A PATTERN
DEAR SEEING: It’s notunusual for children tomodel the behavior of theirparents, even when theexample isn’t a good one.You will need to learn to self-censor before you open yourmouth in stressful situa-tions. One way to do it is,before snapping, ask your-self, “Is this true? Is it help-ful? Is it kind?” However,learning the tools to createnew patterns of behaviorisn’t easy — and you mayneed the help of a licensedcounselor in order to over-come the patterns of a life-time.
DEAR ABBY: Every week-end my husband goes to all theyard sales and estate sales inour area. He brings home stuffhe considers treasures, but I’msure even the trash collectorswouldn’t pick it up.
He is obsessed with hishobby and doesn’t realize he isturning our beautiful homeinto a trash storage warehouse.I tried talking to him, but hesays he’ll do as he pleases. Abby,I’m writing to you as my lastresort. I am desperate for anyadvice you can give me.
SECONDHAND ROSE INSOUTH CAROLINA
DEAR ROSE: Your hus-band has been seduced bythe “thrill of the hunt” andis responding to primitiveimpulses passed down fromour long ago ancestors.Women have it too — askanyone who has lost track oftime during a departmentstore sale and bought morethan she set out for.
Try this: Go with him tothe yard and estate sales, soyou both can agree to buy orreject a “treasure” before itbecomes a purchase. Whilethis may not put an end toyour problem, it may curbyour husband’s impulse buy-ing — a little.
Write Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.
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Man’s good buddy objects to romance with his sister
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32 dead in Syrian crackdownBy ZEINA KARAM
Associated Press
BEIRUT — Syrian forcesshelled a town in the country’srestive north and opened fire onscattered protests nationwide,killing at least 32 people onFriday, activists said. Hundredsof Syrians streamed across theborder into Turkey, trying toescape the violence.
A Syrian opposition figuretold The Associated Press bytelephone that thousands ofprotesters overwhelmed securi-ty officers and torched the court-house and police station in thenorthern town of Maaret al-Numan, and the army respondedwith tank shells. The man spokeon condition of anonymity.
Syria’s state-run televisionappeared to confirm at least partof the report, saying gunmenopened fire on police stations inMaaret al-Numan, causing casu-alties among security officials.
The Local CoordinationCommittees, a group that docu-ments anti-government protestsin Syria, said at least 32 peopledied in protests and army opera-tions, half of them in the north-western province of Idlib. Thegroup said many of the casual-ties were in Maaret al-Numan.
Twenty-five miles to the westin the same province, Syriantroops backed by dozens of tanksmassed outside the virtuallydeserted town of Jisr al-Shughour and shelled nearby
villages. Late Friday, Syrian tele-vision said troops reached theentrances of the town and
detained members of “armedgroups.”
According to activists, many
of the troops belong to thearmy’s elite 4th Division, whichis commanded by Assad’syounger brother, Maher. The useof the loyalist forces couldreflect the regime’s concernabout whether regular militaryunits would remain loyal ifcalled upon to crush the upris-ing in the north.
Other protests in Syriaoccurred in neighborhoods inthe capital, Damascus, and themajor city of Aleppo, which arevital to Assad’s authoritarianregime. But the demonstrationsin those cities have been rela-tively limited in scope comparedto other restive areas.
Syrians who escaped intoTurkey depicted a week of revoltand mayhem in Jisr al-Shughour, saying police turnedtheir guns on each other and sol-diers shed their uniforms ratherthan fire on protesters. Syriantelevision said the operationaimed to restore security in thetown, where authorities say 120officers and security personnelwere killed by gunmen last week.
Nearly 4,000 Syrians hadcrossed into Turkey by Friday,nearly all of them in the past twodays, according to Turkishmedia.
A Syrian refugee at a camp inTurkey accused Syrian forces ofattacking civilians.
“Bashar Assad is killing hisown people in order to stay inpower,” Abdulkerim Haji Youseftold AP Television News.
By AHMED AL-HAJAssociated Press
SANAA, Yemen — Nearly100,000 Yemenis protestedFriday in a main square of thecapital, demanding the presi-dent’s ouster in the biggest rallysince Ali Abdullah Saleh left forSaudi Arabia after he waswounded in an attack on hispalace.
Saleh’s evacuation for medi-cal treatment has thrownYemen into a dangerous politi-cal standoff, with opponentsinsisting he now be pushedcompletely out of power and hisallies seeking to preserve hisrule. Saleh was wounded in ablast that hit a mosque wherehe was praying in his presiden-tial palace on June 3. Badlyburned, Saleh was rushed toSaudi Arabia for treatmentalong with a number of top offi-cials from his regime who alsowere wounded in the blast.
But the president’s allies sayhe could return within days andhave been resisting U.S. andSaudi pressure to start now on ahandover of power. Saleh, whohas ruled for nearly 33 years,has held out against a wave ofdaily protests since lateJanuary demanding hisremoval, throwing the countryinto turmoil. Before he waswounded, opposition tribesmenrose up and battled for twoweeks with government forcesin fighting that shook the capital.
The United States fears thatthe impoverished country’spower vacuum will give evenfreer rein to al-Qaida’s branchin Yemen, which Washingtonbelieves is the terror network’smost active franchise. Already,Islamic militants — some sus-
pected of ties to al-Qaida —have taken control of at leasttwo areas in the restive south, aprovincial capital Zinjibar anda nearby town Jaar.
On Friday morning, war-planes hit militant positionsnorth of Jaar, witnesses andsecurity officials said. Theysaid there were casualties butthe number was not known. Thenight before, troops shelledother militant positions nearthe town with artillery, killingat least six militants, accordingto medical officials. The medi-cal and security officials spokeon condition of anonymitybecause they were not autho-rized to talk to the press.
Yemen protestersdemand wounded
leader’s ouster
World leaders target HIVUNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders have adopted new tar-
gets to combat the global HIV epidemic, including providing drugtreatment to 15 million people by 2015.
The U.N. General Assembly approved the political declarationby consensus Friday at the end of a three-day high-level meetingto spotlight the successes in tackling AIDS and the need to inten-sify the fight.
The declaration commits the U.N.’s 192 member states to cut inhalf the transmission of HIV through sexual activity and inject-ing drugs by 2015 — and to ensure that all babies are born HIV-freeby that date.
It also commits nations to work to find the additional $6 billionneeded annually by 2015 to intensify the global response and meet-ing the targets.
Sharp rise in Saudi beheadingsCAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International is condemning what it
says is a sharp rise in beheadings in Saudi Arabia and is urgingauthorities in the kingdom to halt executions.
Amnesty said in a Friday statement that the kingdom has exe-cuted at least 27 people this year. That’s equal to the total numberput to death in all of 2010. The rights group says more than 100 oth-ers are on death row. Many of them are foreigners.
The group highlighted the case of two brothers sentenced todeath in 1998 for murder and at “imminent risk of execution.”Amnesty says they had no access to lawyers.
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam underwhich people convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape andarmed robbery can be executed — usually with a sword.
Cholera surges in HaitiPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The summer storm that killed
at least 28 people in Haiti apparently is also bringing a surge ofcholera to at least in one small town.
Alain Legarnec of the French aid group Doctors of the Worldsays a clinic in Jeremie treated 77 people for cholera in recentdays. He said Friday that is a five-fold increase from last week andis most likely caused by rising river levels. Cholera is a bacteriatransmitted by water.
The storm flooded towns and destroyed houses throughout thecapital and southern Haiti. An estimated 7 inches of rain fell overa week. Six people have been reported missing.
Cholera has sickened more than 330,000 people and killed near-ly 5,400 people since the Haiti outbreak began in October.
Mass-killing suspect faces trialMEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican judge has ordered an alleged
U.S.-bred drug gang leader to stand trial on charges of organizedcrime and kidnapping in connection with more than 250 killingsin a northern Mexico border state.
The federal Attorney General’s Office said Friday that MartinEstrada Luna and three other men will be tried in the Gulf coaststate of Veracruz.
Estrada Luna was arrested in April. Investigators say he mas-terminded the killings as head of a cell of the Zetas drug gang.
They allegedly killed 72 migrants last August and 193 peoplemonths later in Tamaulipas state.
The 34-year-old was born in Mexico and grew up in the U.S. Hewas deported to Mexico in 2009.
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PROTESTORS and relatives oftribesmen, loyal to SheikSadeq al-Ahmar, the head ofthe powerful Hashid tribe, whowere killed recently in clasheswith Yemeni security forces,pray around the bodies of theslain, during their funeral pro-cession in Sanaa, Yemen,Friday.
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A MAN beats a portrait of the Syrian leader with a shoe as pro-democracy Syrians protest against the regime of SyrianPresident Bashar Assad outside the Syrian embassy in Ankara,Turkey, Friday. The banner reads: “The assassin, get out!”