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Terror
West Hill renovations worry some
probe
grows
More arrests, signs
of link to al-Qaida
Mitch Wojnarowicz / Recorder
Staff
RIGHT: A piano sits in an
empty classroom at the
former West Hill School
in the village of Canajoharie. BELOW: The exterior of the former school.
LOWER RIGHT: The
removal of the interior of
the former school has
begun.
Developer promises to put
building in ‘beautiful shape’
By LINDA KELLETT
Recorder News Staff
CANAJOHARIE — Under the watchful eyes of the community, the historic
West Hill School is undergoing a transformation. While work on the structure is
a sign of progress to some, it’s a rehabilitation that’s being greeted with mixed
feelings by others.
Owner/developer George Czachor,
brimming with optimism, envisions the
construction of 20 one- and two-bedroom
upscale suites or loft apartments in the
three-story limestone building that was
designated to state and national historic
Farley’s foes
go 0 for two
By BILL SHEEHAN
Recorder News Staff
ALBANY — Primary challenges for two men hoping to
unseat State Sen. Hugh T. Farley
[R-Niskayuna]
have
been
squashed in recent rulings by the
state Board of Elections.
Democrat Gary McCarthy, a
member of the Schenectady City
Council, had hoped to contest
Farley for the Conservative Party
line in the 44th Senate District
on September 12, but a complaint originating in Fulton
County threw those plans into a
spin.
A judge threw out an entire
page of 25 signatures after a Schenectady woman admitted she
signed her sister’s name to the
petition.
The exclusion left McCarthy
five votes short or the number
needed to force a primary.
Please see FOES, Page 4A
PEACE RESOLUTION
OK’D
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THE
FORECAST
Sunny and
mild. Highs in
the mid 70s.
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Please see WEST HILL, Page 4A
City transit workers to speak
up on system’s cloudy future
INSIDE
U.N.
registers in 2001.
Additionally, his plans call for the
demolition of two buildings in the vicinity of the former school (one adjacent to
and another behind the structure), in part,
for parking. Along Route 10, Czachor
plans to construct a modern structure
with first floor offices and 12 apartments.
He envisions landscaping and a rooftop
garden and a bridge that will join the new
structure with the old. “Something new
rising — new hope for the young people,” he said of the new construction.
Those in the community with an interest
Advice/comics . . . . . . . . . .7A
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . .3C-8C
Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . .5A
Lottery numbers . . . . . . . . .2A
Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2A
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1B-5B
TV listings . . . . . . . . . . . . .2C
By BILL SHEEHAN
Recorder News Staff
Saying they are tired of being kept in the dark about the future of
Amsterdam’s bus service, transit employees plan to fire the opening
shots in a campaign to bring the issue back into the limelight.
According to Eric Wessel, president of the union representing drivers and other department employees, the first 300 paying riders on
city buses Monday will be offered t-shirts that say “Reinstate the
Transit Money” on the front and “Call the Mayor and your Alderman”
on the back.
The t-shirts are being paid for by the Amalgamated Transit Union
local.
“That’s like 300 moving billboards, and if we need more we’ll be
happy to print more,” said Wessel, adding that the move is being made
out of the frustration from being excluded from reported efforts to
finance the department on a sustaining basis.
“We’ll see how far this takes us...we could come up with other ideas
until we get answers,” he said.
Wessel said that, in addition to the shirts, drivers will also be handing patrons of the bus service a list of phone numbers.
“Everybody from the governor to our state representatives and on
down. We’re just giving the public the tools...they keep asking us
what’s going on because they want and need answers,” he said.
A city subsidy of $135,000 for 2006-07, which had been determined
after repeated departmental budget revisions by transit director
Please see TRANSIT, Page 4A
By JENNIFER QUINN
and PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press Writers
LONDON — Investigators on
three continents worked to fill in
the full, frightening picture Friday of a plot to blow U.S. jetliners out of the Atlantic skies,
tracking the money trail and
seizing more alleged conspirators in the teeming towns of eastern Pakistan.
One arrested there, a Briton
named Rashid Rauf, is believed
to have been the operational
planner and to have connections
with al-Qaida in Afghanistan,
Pakistani and U.S. officials said.
British and Pakistani authorities have arrested as many as 41
people in the two countries in
connection with the alleged suicidal plan, broken up by British
police this week, to detonate disguised liquid explosives aboard
as many as 10 planes bound from
Britain to the United States.
“The terrorists intended a second Sept. 11,” said Frances Fragos Townsend, White House
homeland security adviser.
New information underlined
how close they were to mounting
attacks.
After the first arrests in Pakistan some days ago, word went
from Pakistan to the London
plotters to move ahead quickly, a
message intercepted by an intelligence agency, a U.S. official
disclosed on condition of
anonymity. That prompted
British police to move in on the
conspirators, long under watch.
British Home Secretary John
Reid told reporters officials were
confident the main suspects in
the plot were in custody. But
authorities “would go where any
further evidence takes us,” he
said.
“I think it’s pretty clear that in
this case, we don’t have everybody,” Townsend told The Associated Press in Washington.
The
British
government
released the names of 19 of the
24 arrested in Britain — many
apparently British Muslims of
Pakistani ancestry — and froze
their assets. One of the 24
detainees later was freed.
The record of financial transactions, along with telephone and
computer records, may help
investigators trace more people
in the alleged plot.
“Think of it as a river — you
look upstream to find the source,
and downstream to find out
where the money is going,” said
Cliff Knuckey, former chief
money laundering investigator
for Scotland Yard.
American authorities were
looking for any U.S. links in the
conspiracy. Hundreds of FBI
agents checked possible leads
the past few weeks, including
what two U.S. counterterrorism
officials said, on condition of
anonymity, were calls the British
suspects placed to several U.S.
cities.
But the U.S. homeland security
secretary said Friday nothing
significant had emerged. “Currently, we do not have evidence
that there was, as part of this
plot, any plan to initiate activity
inside the United States or that
the plotting was done in the
United States,” Michael Chertoff
said.
Britain kept its threat assessment level at “critical,” indicative of an imminent attack.
Extraordinary security measures
continued at British airports,
although the backlog of passengers eased from Thursday’s
chaotic conditions, when hundreds of flights were canceled.
At Heathrow, Europe’s busiest
Please see TERROR,
Page 4A
NATION/WORLD
2A — The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006
IN
BRIEF
The Associated Press
CATCH
A WAVE
Gene Gore beats the
heat as he surfs a
wave on Thursday at
South Padre Island,
Texas.
Court upholds random subway
searches to prevent terrorism
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court
said Friday that random bag searches on New
York subways are constitutional, agreeing with
a lower court that the police tactic is an effective and minimally invasive way to help protect a prime terror target.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the searches by the New
York Civil Liberties Union, saying U.S. District
Judge Richard M. Berman properly concluded
in December that the program was “reasonably effective.”
Searches on the nation’s largest subway
system began after the deadly terrorist bombings in London’s subways in July 2005. The
NYCLU sued, arguing that they were an
unprecedented intrusion on privacy that terrorists could easily evade.
The three-judge panel noted police have
thwarted plans for New York subway attacks
at least twice in the last nine years, including
a bomb plot in 1997 in Brooklyn and a 2004
plot to bomb the Herald Square subway station. It was “unsurprising and undisputed that
terrorists view it as a prime target,” the court
said in its opinion.
Five charged for robberies,
sex assaults on National Mall
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Park Police
have charged five people in a string of violent
attacks on tourists near national landmarks,
authorities said Friday, crimes that prompted
THE
police in the nation’s capital to declare a citywide crime emergency.
The suspects, who were arrested over the
past two weeks, are accused of taking part in
five different attacks on three nights in May
and July. Authorities said they stole cell
phones, cash, credit cards and other items
from victims, and a 17-year-old girl said she
was raped during a robbery in a dark corner
of the National Mall.
Working in groups of two or three, officials
said the suspects chose dark spots at night
on the heavily visited Mall, a broad expanse
of grass and trees that stretches from the
U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, bordered by museums with the Washington Monument in the middle.
Wielding a gun, they forced their victims,
including a family with two children, to the
ground before robbing them, authorities said.
In several cases, women were groped,
according to charging documents filed in D.C.
Superior Court.
Lottery numbers
ALBANY (AP) — Here are the numbers chosen Friday in the New York State Lottery:
DAILY MIDDAY: 8-7-9
DAILY EVENING: 7-5-7
WINFOUR MIDDAY: 9-1-1-1
WINFOUR EVENING: 7-2-6-3
PICK 10: 4-16-17-21-28-29-34-36-38-42-4344-47-48-51-54-61-66-71-80
TAKE FIVE: 28-1-15-36-37
MEGA MILLIONS: 14-16-38-40-49 MEGA BALL: 29
OUTLOOK
Mohawk Valley forecast
Today’s forecast
City/Region
High | Low temps
Forecast for Saturday, Aug. 12
Today: Sunny. Highs in the
lower 70s. Tonight: Clear. Patchy
fog after midnight. Lows in the
mid 40s. Sunday: Mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s.
CANADA
VT.
Toronto
73° | 53°
Lake Placid
62° | 34°
Watertown
73° | 46°
Syracuse
74° | 47°
Rochester
75° | 52°
Buffalo
77° | 50°
Extended forecast
N.H.
Albany
75° | 47°
MASS.
Binghamton
74° | 47°
Montauk
75° | 58°
New York
77° | 59°
PA.
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Thunderstorms
Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Showers
Ice
Flurries
Rain
Sunday night: Mostly clear.
Lows in the lower 50s. Monday:
Mostly sunny in the morning,
then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s. Monday
night: Partly cloudy. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain: 30 percent. Tuesday: Partly sunny with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs around 80. Chance of rain:
40 percent.
Snow
Weather Underground •AP
First
Aug 31
Full
Sept 7
Last
Aug 15
New
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Albuquerque
91
Amarillo
91
Anchorage
57
Asheville
84
Atlanta
88
Atlantic City
82
Austin
101
Baltimore
82
Billings
95
Birmingham
90
Bismarck
94
Boise
87
Boston
73
Brownsville
97
Buffalo
72
Burlington,Vt.
70
Casper
95
Charleston,S.C. 94
Charleston,W.Va. 84
Charlotte,N.C.
84
Cheyenne
90
Chicago
77
Cincinnati
78
Cleveland
77
Columbia,S.C. 89
Columbus,Ohio 81
Concord,N.H.
75
Dallas-Ft Worth 105
Dayton
79
Denver
95
Des Moines
80
Detroit
77
Lo
59
69
65
53
66
72
65
76
66
65
72
59
56
61
80
57
52
47
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72
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83
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68
Fargo
84
Flagstaff
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Grand Rapids
75
Great Falls
82
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Hartford
79
Helena
84
Honolulu
87
Houston
94
Indianapolis
80
Jackson,Miss.
93
Jacksonville
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Juneau
56
Kansas City
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Key West
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Las Vegas
106
Little Rock
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Louisville
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Lubbock
95
Memphis
85
Miami Beach
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Retail sales rebound in
July, rising 1.4 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shoppers got back in the buying mood
in July, propelling sales at the
nation’s retailers up by 1.4 percent, the most in six months.
The snapback reported Friday
by the Commerce Department
came after shoppers hunkered
down in June, depressing retail
sales by 0.4 percent, according to
revised figures. June’s sales
turned out to be even weaker than
the 0.1 percent dip reported a
month ago.
The showing on retail sales for
July was stronger than economists were expecting. They had
forecast a 0.8 percent gain.
“Consumers appear to be hanging tough and are doing their part
to ensure that the economic
expansion remains intact,” said
Mark Zandi, chief economist at
Moody’s Economy.com.
In a separate report from the
department, stockpiles of unsold
goods grew by 0.8 percent in
June as businesses’ sales inched
up just 0.2 percent. June was not
only a weak month for retailers’
sales, but also for manufacturers’
sales, the report said. The
increase in inventories in June
was larger than the 0.5 percent
rise economists were anticipating.
On Wall Street, the buoyant
retail sales figures didn’t cheer
investors. The Dow Jones industrials dropped 36.34 points to
close at 11,088.03.
With shoppers regaining their
appetite to spend, they snapped
up a variety of goods. Sales rose
Retail sales
Total monthly retail sales,
seasonally adjusted
$400 billion
$367.9 billion
350
300
Change from
previous month
July
1.4%
June
-0.4%
250
200
J A S OND J FM AM J J
2005
2006
SOURCE: Department of Commerce
AP
at stores selling electronics and
appliances, building and garden
supplies, health and beauty
goods, and furniture. Sales also
went up at bars and restaurants.
Auto dealerships, where sales
have flagged in recent months,
also saw an improvement as
incentives and promotions
helped lure buyers.
There were weak spots, however. Sales at sporting goods,
hobby, book, music and department stores slipped.
Economists closely watch consumer behavior because their
spending accounts for roughly
two-thirds of all economic activity.
The 1.4 percent increase for
overall retail sales in July was the
most since January, when sales
jumped by 3 percent.
Excluding sales of automobiles,
which can swing widely from
month to month, sales at all other
merchants rose by a strong 1 percent — after edging up 0.1 percent in June.
Last month’s increase in this
category excluding autos also
was the most since January and
exceeded economists’ expectations for a 0.5 percent gain.
Sales at gasoline stations also
rose strongly in July, reflecting
the high prices at the pump.
However, even when these sales
are taken out of the total, all other
merchants’ sales rose by 1.3 percent — the biggest increase since
January.
Shoppers were out spending in
July despite high energy prices,
which have strained some families’ budgets.
The retailing rebound also
comes as consumer confidence
has dipped.
The RBC CASH Index, based
on results from the international
polling firm Ipsos, showed confidence ebbed to 74.8 in early
August. That marked a sharp
drop from July’s showing of
80.1. It was the second month in
a row that confidence dropped.
Economists blamed the deterioration mostly on galloping energy prices and a cooling in the
once-hot housing market.
Oil prices, which hit a record
closing high of $77.03 a barrel in
mid-July, have eased a bit since
then but still remain lofty. Gasoline prices are above $3 a gallon
in many areas.
Daytime TV talk-show host
Mike Douglas dead at 81
Los Angeles Times
Mike Douglas, the genial former big-band singer
who hosted a popular daytime television talk show
for more than two decades beginning in the early
1960s, died Friday, his 81st birthday.
Douglas died early in the morning in a Palm
Beach Gardens, Fla., hospital after being admitted
Thursday, said publicist and friend Warren Cowan.
The cause of death has not been determined.
“The Mike Douglas Show,” which was launched
as a local program in Cleveland in 1961 and moved
to Philadelphia a few years later, ran until 1982.
The 90-minute program, which in 1967 became
the first syndicated show to win an Emmy, was the
daytime destination TV for millions of Americans.
Viewers tuned in to see celebrity guests, who
ranged from Bette Davis to Jackie “Moms” Mabley
and from Muhammad Ali to a 2-year-old Tiger
Woods, who prompted fellow guest and golfer Bob
Hope to quip, “I don’t know what kind of drugs
they’ve got this kid on, but I want some.”
Although the tenor of the Douglas show was usually light, Douglas also tackled serious issues with
a mix of guests that included Malcolm X, Richard
Nixon, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace and the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
“The Mike Douglas Show” boasted a unique feature: a weeklong celebrity co-host or co-hosts, who
might be anyone from Fred Astaire and Jim Nabors
to John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
With its mix of singing, dancing, skits, stunts and
cooking segments, “The Mike Douglas Show” was
more than just a talk show.
At the helm was the always gracious, always affable
Douglas, who once told Time magazine: “I don’t smoke,
I don’t drink, I get home every night. I’m square.”
In 1966, Douglas, the father of three daughters,
scored a top-10 hit with his sentimental song about
fatherhood, “The Men in My Little Girl’s Life.”
Douglas, who always sang on his show — solo
and with guests such as Sammy Davis Jr. and Sarah
Vaughan — estimated he hosted more than 6,000
programs and interviewed more than 40,000 people
during his talk show heyday.
“I tried to make everybody look good and be comfortable because the better they looked, the better
the show was going to come off,” he once said.
Comedian Dom DeLuise, a frequent guest who
co-hosted the show twice, said Douglas “was
skilled at getting the best out of you.”
“He was a singer, he was an entertainer and he
was funny, but he didn’t mind acquiescing to you,”
DeLuise told the Los Angeles Times on Friday.
“They’d create something so you’d look good.”
Actor Burt Reynolds, another frequent guest,
recalled that Douglas “just had a way about him
that very, very few people have — that is, he knew
how to listen.”
BP estimates cost to repair
Prudhoe at $170 million
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)
— BP said Friday that the cost to
repair and replace leaking
pipelines at Prudhoe Bay, the
nation’s largest oil field, could be
about $170 million.
Spokesman Neil Chapman said
that was an early, rough estimate
for the current repairs and for a
major oil spill in March. He
added that costs could change as
the effort continued.
The British company has not
yet said exactly how it might
divide costs with ConocoPhillips
Co. and Exxon Mobil Corp.,
which also share ownership of
the Prudhoe Bay site.
BP, which operates the Alaskan
oil field, pledged to replace the
pipeline after discovering leaks
and severe corrosion in the
decades-old pipes nearly a week
ago.
The company also said it hoped
to announce as early as Friday
whether it can keep part of the
Prudhoe Bay oil field pumping,
offering a glimmer of hope that
oil will keep flowing from the
field.
BP PLC also said it had secured
orders for all 16 miles of pipeline
it hopes to replace at the oil field,
and expects to have the supplies
in place by the end of the year.
If the company is able to get the
new pipeline in place between
September and December as
planned, it would likely be able
to complete the replacement
work in early 2007.
Chapman said the pipeline will
all come from U.S. steel mills,
under contract with companies
including United States Steel
Corp. The proximity of the steel
mills will allow the pipeline to
get to Alaska faster.
The company had previously
said part of the pipeline would
come from Japan’s Nippon Steel
Corp., but Chapman said that
pipeline would now go for other
existing BP projects.
The discovery of leaks and corrosion prompted BP to begin a
gradual shut down of the entire
oil field, which normally supplies
about 400,000 barrels of oil a
day. But BP said it will decide
Friday whether to keep the western part of the Alaskan oil field
open after all. It had previously
said that decision would be
pushed off until early next week.
“They’ve got enough data to
make a go-no go decision,” BP
spokesman Scott Dean said.
The company was to meet with
state and federal regulators
before making a final decision
Friday.
Federal regulators late Thursday gave BP permission to keep
the field’s western line operating,
but ordered it to conduct more
rigorous pipeline inspections.
BP also must pass a series of
tests before restarting pipes it
shut down.
The oil field is currently churning out about 140,000 barrels of
crude oil a day, and companies
officials say they might be able to
supply as much as 185,000 barrels a day if they are able to keep
the western side open.
The leaks and corrosion that
prompted the shutdown were dis-
covered on the eastern side of the
oil field, although a much larger
spill last March was on the western side.
Even as lawmakers scolded BP
for lax maintenance of the Prudhoe Bay pipelines, Alaska Legislature late Thursday nevertheless
passed the state’s biggest oil and
gas tax law rewrite in decades as
a way to spur development of
Alaska’s natural gas reserves.
Gov. Frank Murkowski is negotiating a financial deal with the
state’s largest oil companies —
BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon
Mobil — that is meant to make
constructing a $25 billion gas
pipeline to Canada attractive.
The three companies negotiating the contract are the state’s
largest oil producers, and lease
the rights to the North Slope’s
gas reserves. The companies
would own the pipeline jointly
with the state.
The tax bill, which is retroactive to last April once the governor signs it, would set a base tax
rate of 22.5 percent of companies’ profits from their Alaska
operations. That tax rate would
rise by 0.25 percent for every $1
rise in the price of oil above $55
per barrel.
Oil prices have been hovering
around $75 a barrel recently.
The companies would be able
to claim credits and deductions in
the tax bill and use them to partially pay for developing natural
gas facilities and infrastructure
on the North Slope, which holds
about 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves.
LOCAL/STATE
FIRE
The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006 — 3A
REPORT
Amsterdam Fire Dept.
Friday, July 21
12:08 a.m. - EMS, 6 McKinley St.
1:08 a.m.
emy St.
3:04 p.m.
4:41 p.m.
8:33 p.m.
Saturday, July 22
- Porch collapse, 48-50 Acad-
Mitch Wojnarowicz /
Recorder Staff
- EMS, 451 Division St.
- EMS, 26 Wall St.
- EMS, 4 Bartlett St.
AHS
IS
SHAPING UP
Sunday, July 23
6:41 a.m. - EMS, 108 Woodrow Road
11:42 a.m. - EMS, 21 Arnold Ave.
1:25 p.m. - EMS, 95 Division St.
6:37 p.m. - EMS, Exit 27 at NYS
Thruway
6:49 p.m. - EMS, Vrooman Avenue and
Forbes Street
11:42 p.m. - EMS, 421 Locust Ave.
LEFT: A fresh coat
of white paint precedes new lighting
and a refinished
floor in the formerly
dim Amsterdam
High School gym.
BELOW: Stepanie
Boice and Gavin
Murdoch look at a
gutted chorus room
known for its saunalike temperatures at
AHS. The school is
undergoing a number of renovations
this summer.
Monday, July 24
7:49 a.m. - EMS, 132 Market St.
8:42 a.m. - EMS, 72 Elizabeth St.
11:31 a.m. - Lifeline, 100 Charles Lane
4:10 p.m. - MVA, 17 Van Dyke Ave.
7:49 p.m. - Fire call, 22 Jackson St.
10:38 p.m. - EMS, 5 Lindbergh Ave.
11:46 p.m. - Fire alarm, Riverfront Center
11:52 p.m. - EMS, 68 Brookside Ave.
Tuesday, July 25
12:12 a.m. - EMS, 2 Law Place
3:11 a.m. - EMS, 40 Lark St.
5:34 a.m. - EMS, 402 Division St.
6:16 a.m. - Fire call, Forest Avenue
Wednesday, July 26
10:58 a.m. - EMS, 40 Roosevelt Road
1:17 p.m. - EMS, 35 Wall St.
3:51 p.m. - EMS, 60 Union St.
9:16 p.m. - EMS, 7 Arnold Ave.
9:17 p.m. - Helicopter landing, 427 Guy
Park Ave.
Thursday, July 27
9:11 a.m. - Structure fire, 29 McElwain
Ave.
12:00 p.m. - EMS, 32 Stella Lane
12:07 p.m. - EMS, 300 Church St.
4:08 p.m. - EMS, 141 Division St.
4:58 p.m. - EMS, 7 Swan St.
5:05 p.m. - EMS, 127 Clizbe Ave.
7:13 p.m. - EMS, Locust Avenue
Friday, July 28
1:19 a.m. - Fire alarm, 380 Guy Park
Ave.
5:13 a.m. - Rubbish fire, Reid Street
10:41 a.m. - Helicopter landing, 427
Guy Park Ave.
8:14 p.m. - EMS, 52 Grove St.
Saturday, July 29
2:39 a.m. - EMS, 7 Perkins St.
3:33 a.m. - EMS, 54 Union St.
6:41 a.m. - Fire alarm, 26 Wall St.
6:41 a.m. - Service call, Pine and Division streets
9:53 a.m. - EMS, 284 Division St.
2:31 p.m. - Fire alarm, 60 Brandt Place
2:33 p.m. - MVA, Locust and Prospect
3:31 p.m. - EMS, 8 Swan St.
4:24 p.m. - EMS, 52 Grove St.
9:58 p.m. - Lifting assistance, 26 Wall
St.
Monday, July 31
7:03 a.m. - EMS, 22 Peter Lane
9:55 a.m. - Fire alarm, 380 Guy Park
Ave.
4:55 p.m. - EMS, 32 Reid St.
7:11 p.m. - Fire alarm, 31 Grieme Ave.
9:57 p.m. - EMS, 343 Division St.
Tuesday, Aug. 1
12:09 a.m. - EMS, 60 Division St.
7:07 a.m. - EMS, 2 Law Place
11:50 a.m. - False malfunction, 100
Sandy Drive
6:25 p.m. - EMS, 47 Mechanic St.
6:44 p.m. - False malfunction, 10 Park
St.
9:15 p.m. - Open burning, 16 Wilkes
Ave.
9:55 p.m. - EMS, 141 Division St.
10:23 p.m. - Good intent, 16 Wilkes
Ave.
11:35 p.m. - EMS, 296 E. Main St.
8:17
8:04
9:31
9:32
a.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
-
Mitch Wojnarowicz / Recorder Staff
LEFT: New ventilation awaits installation in the band room
under renovation at Amsterdam High School. ABOVE: Steel
tracks on the floor delineate new guidance offices in the he
former commons area by the gymnasium.
Thursday, Aug. 3
EMS, 20 Elk St.
EMS, Lock 11
EMS, 159 Division St.
EMS, 32 Reid St.
Friday, Aug. 4
4:06 a.m. - Fire alarm, 40 Henrietta
Blvd.
7:46 a.m. - EMS, 28 McClellan Ave.
9:54 a.m. - EMS, Guy Park Avenue
Extension
10:06 a.m. - EMS, Riverfront Center
2:15 p.m. - EMS, 1 Dartmouth St.
2:25 p.m. - EMS, 7 Deal Place
2:48 p.m. - Fire alarm, 55 Brandt Place
3:50 p.m. - EMS, Public Safety Building
6:31 p.m. - EMS, 88 Union St.
7:39 p.m. - EMS, 60 Division St., Apt.
G4
Saturday, Aug. 5
9:54 a.m. - EMS, 68 VanDerveer St
11:00 a.m. - Lifeline, 100 Charles Lane
12:43 p.m. - EMS, 60 Division St.
12:46 p.m. - Fire alarm, 40 Henrietta
Blvd.
1:20 p.m. - EMS, 56 Vrooman Ave.
2:22 p.m. - EMS, 141 Division St.
5:49 p.m. - Fire alarm, 427 Guy Park
Ave.
6:23 p.m. - Fire alarm, 427 Guy Park
Ave.
Sunday, Aug. 6
12:45 a.m. - EMS, 123 Princeton St.
1:13 a.m. - EMS, 63 Brookside Ave.
4:24 a.m. - EMS, Guy Park Avenue
Extension
3:05 p.m. - Open burning, 40 Phillips
St.
7:28 p.m. - Lock out, 72 Mechanic St.
Monday, Aug. 7
10:25 a.m. - Fire alarm, 49 Venner
Road
6:21 p.m. - EMS, EMS, 268 Locust Ave.
11:00 p.m. - EMS, 43 Park St.
Tuesday, Aug. 8
10:11 a.m. - EMS, Route 5 and Caroline Street
11:55 a.m. - Service call, 427 Guy Park
Ave.
1:14 p.m. - EMS, 201 Vrooman Ave.
Wednesday, Aug. 9
8:11 a.m. - EMS, Guy Park and Clinton
8:38 a.m. - EMS, 59 Lincoln Ave.
6:33 p.m. - EMS, 15 Morris St.
9:07 p.m. - Search and rescue, 158
Guy Park Ave.
IN
BRIEF
Special meeting today in Canajoharie
TOWN OF CANAJOHARIE — Canajoharie town council
members will hold a special meeting at the Ames fire house
beginning at 9 a.m. today to assess the condition of Budd
Street and to discuss tentative improvements there.
Following their inspection of the affected area, council
members will reconvene at the fire hall, at which time they
will be asked to reaffirm the town’s “adoption of a specification for road construction” and to address the outlay of
money for that capital project.
Town workers accused of stealing gas
COLONIE (AP) — Two employees of a suburban Albany
town — including a volunteer fire company commissioner —
have been accused of stealing gasoline from the municipal
pumps.
Robert Napier, 49, of Latham was charged with fourthdegree grand larceny and falsifying business records in the
theft of $1,200 worth of gasoline from the account of the Verdoy Fire Department over the past year, Colonie police said
Friday. A landfill equipment operator, he has worked 16 years
for the town and is a Verdoy commissioner.
Charged with petit larceny in an unrelated theft was Kenneth Plew, 56, of Latham, a 26-year employee who worked
as a water pump monitor. Police said he took about $100 in
gasoline for his personal vehicle over six months.
The men were charged after town officials found discrepancies during an audit of the fueling operation, police said.
Pa. man dies hiking in High Peaks
SARANAC LAKE (AP) — A 49-year-old hiker from a
Philadelphia suburb died in the Adirondacks on Thursday.
Peter S. McDonald of Boothwyn, Pa. was camping with two
family members and a friend near Ace Lake in the High
Peaks Wilderness Area when he collapsed on a trail at about
2:30 p.m., state police said.
State forest rangers slowed by the terrain were unable to
resuscitate McDonald, who was airlifted by helicopter to
Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake but never
regained consciousness, police said.
The cause of death was not immediately known and an
autopsy was scheduled for Friday.
Farm worker injured
when tractor crashes
By LINDA KELLETT
Recorder News Staff
TOWN OF ST. JOHNSVILLE — The operator
of a farm tractor with a manure spreader in tow
escaped serious injury early this week following
an accident near the intersection of Clay Hill and
Old State roads in the town of St. Johnsville.
Around 12:15 p.m. Monday, St. Johnsville firefighters and volunteer ambulance personnel were
summoned to the scene of a reported tractor accident with injuries and wires down near the intersection.
According to Kyle Haak, assistant fire chief, the
apparatus apparently lost a wheel, careened down
the remainder of Clay Hill Road, crossed Old
State Road, proceeded through the guardrails and
did a nose dive down a 15-foot-or-so embankment.
Responders were initially unable to locate the
operator of the tractor; consequently a foot search
of the area was initiated. The driver, who sustained a head injury and several possible broken
bones, was subsequently located about five feet
from the front of the tractor in some brush.
Members of St. Johnsville Area Volunteer
Ambulance Corps and emergency medical technicians from the fire department stabilized the
21-year-old male, reportedly a farm hand at the
nearby Damin farm, and secured him to a backboard.
Because of the steepness of the embankment
and the rough terrain, the driver was removed
from the scene through a nearby field and transported to Little Falls Hospital for treatment of his
injuries. Also responding was National Grid, as
the tractor and spreader took down a utility pole
and some power lines.
Photo submitted by Terry Potoczny
Area farmer Steven Damin looks on as Kyle
Haak, assistant chief of the St. Johnsville Fire
Department, tends to the operator of a tractor
injured in an accident near the intersection of
Clay Hill and Old State roads in the town of St.
Johnsville on Monday afternoon.
The accident was investigated by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office with assistance
from the New York State Police. Speed was
believed to have been a contributing factor.
On Friday, Damin said the farm hand, whom he
declined to identify, returned to work the next
day.
AREA REPORT
4A — The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006
OBITUARIES
Foes
Frank C. “Carm” Sisario Sr.
August 10, 2006
Frank C. “Carm” Sisario, Sr., 82 years old of
Lefferts Street, died Thursday August 10, 2006, at
St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany.
He was born October 10, 1923 in Amsterdam, a
son of Frank and Sarah Donato Sisario and was a
life long resident of Amsterdam. Mr. Sisario was
a graduate of Amsterdam Technical High in1942.
He was employed by the Greater Amsterdam
School District for over 35 years retiring in 1985.
Mr. Sisario worked as a carpenter in the
maintenance department. He was very proud of
SISARIO
his service to our country. Mr. Sisario was a
veteran of the U.S. Army serving in WW2 with the 660th Topo
Engineers in the European Theatre attaining the rank of PFC. He was
the recipient of one star, Rhineland Campaign Ribbon, Meritorious
Unit award, Good Conduct Medal and WW2 Victory Medal. Mr.
Sisario served stateside with the 398 Engineer General Service
Regiment and was honorably discharged on November 7, 1945. On
November 7 2001 he received a special certificate and Medal from the
French Government for taking part in the Normandy Invasion and for
the liberation of France. He also was awarded a NYS Senate
Certificate and Medal along with the NYS Senate Liberty award
presented by Sen. Hugh Farley.
Mr. Sisario was a communicant of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic
Church, a member of K. of C. Council 209 and of Msgr. Wm Brown
4th Degree and Color Corps. He was active on the Bingo Committee
and various other committees and was a Board Member of the Home
Association. Mr. Sisario was a member of American Legion Post 701
and the national VFW Post 4000. He had been a member of the
CSEA and AARP.
Mr. Sisario married the former Lily E. Paxton August 19, 1944 at St.
Bridget Church, Isleworth, England. She died September 13, 2000.
He is survived by his daughter, Elsie L. Stewart and her husband
James of Amsterdam; two sons, Frank C. Sisario, Jr. and his
significant other Pat Cionek of Amsterdam and David J. Sisario and
his wife Diane of Amsterdam; six grandchildren, Mike, Amy Jo and
Patrick Stewart, Marc J. Sisario, Christina M. Van Wie and Alisha
Cionek; four great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr.
Sisario was predeceased by his brother, Larry Sisario, and his sister,
Doris Boyd.
Funeral services will be held 10:15am Monday at Betz, Rossi &
Bellinger Family Funeral Home, 171 Guy Park Avenue, followed at
11:00am by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary’s Church,
Amsterdam.
Burial is in St. Michael’s Cemetery.
The family will receive relatives on Sunday from 4:00-7:00 at the
funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of
Amsterdam, 246 Manny’s Corners Road, Amsterdam, NY 12010.
Please sign Frank’s guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com.
L. Jean Hoffman
August 10, 2006
L. Jean Hoffman, 81, of 45 E. Main Street, St. Johnsville, passed
away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, August 10,
2006 at her home.
She was born December 23, 1924 in her family home in St.
Johnsville, the daughter of the late Robert and Laura (Walrath)
Livingston and was a graduate of St. Johnsville High School class of
1942.
Her marriage to William Hoffman took place on June 24, 1944 at the
Grace Congregational United Church of Christ in St. Johnsville. The
couple shared a blessed union of 60 years until the passing of Mr.
Hoffman on May 17, 2004.
For 11 years, until her retirement in 1990, Jean was the secretary for
the superintendent of the St. Johnsville Central School District. At one
time she worked at the former Montgomery Wards in Little Falls.
Mrs. Hoffman was a member of the Grace Christian Church in St.
Johnsville.
Survivors include her daughter Bonny Andrilla and husband Blaze
of St. Johnsville; her sons Ronald Hoffman and wife Joan of Clifton
Park, NY and Michael Hoffman and wife Mary of Phoenix, Arizona;
five grandchildren Matthew Lasher of Little Falls, James Lasher Jr.
and wife Lynn of Colorado, Kristina Kerzic and husband Todd of St.
Johnsville, Tara Savage and husband Joseph of Thailand and
Christopher Hoffman of Arizona; three great-grandchildren Katherine
Kerzic, Gillian and Nicolaus Lasher; several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at the Enea Family Funeral Home, 9
Center Street, St. Johnsville at the convenience of the family.
All memorial contributions may be made to S.A.V.A.C., P. O. Box
296, St. Johnsville, NY 13542 or Mt. Valley Hospice, 108 Steele
Street, Gloversville, NY 12078.
To add to Jean’s on-line memorial please go to www.eneafamilyfuneralhomes.com on the Internet.
Cynthia Ann Battista
August 10, 2006
Cynthia Ann Battista, 47, of Liberty Enterprises Van Dyke Avenue
Residence, passed away Thursday August 10, 2006 at her home.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday August 15, 2006 at 12:00
Noon at the Betz, Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral Home, 171 Guy
Park Ave, Amsterdam, NY with the Reverend Jerry Kaufman
presiding.
Interment will take place in Fairview Cemetery, Amsterdam.
The family will receive relatives and friends on Tuesday prior to the
service beginning at 10:00A.M. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Liberty Foundation,
P.O. Box 515, Amsterdam, NY 12010 or to the United Methodist
Church, Golf Course Rd. Amsterdam, NY 12010. Please sign the
family’s guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com. A Full obituary will
appear in Monday’s edition of The Recorder.
Amsterdam
Lodge
B.P.O.
Elks No. 101
CABLE WEEK
only in the
Sunday Recorder
from page 1A
But another Senate hopeful was
dealt a more serious blow.
Labor activist Jeffrey Stark, the
endorsed candidate of the Working Families Party, had his bid for
the Democratic line ended when
more than 100 of his petition signatures were invalidated - on a
challenge from McCarthy.
Transit
Charles Simmons, was slashed to $70,000
back in June by council members with virtually no discussion, leaving department
employees and riders both wondering how
long the service would last.
Simmons said recently that meetings with
the state Department of Transportation and
Mayor Joseph Emanuele were leading to an
announcement soon.
Terror
171 G uy P ark A venue
A m sterdam
Sunday, August 13
at 6:30 pm
to p a y re sp e cts to
o u r la te m e m b e r
JOSEPH
SORBERO
V ictor S perduto, E xalted R uler
R obert L. R eidy, S ecretary
is “designed explicitly to keep
failed incumbents in power.”
Stark also attacked Schenectady
Democrats, who he said care
“more about protecting their jobs
than working people.”
He said the party “would rather
play legal games than allow someone who represents working peo-
ple - a person who can win this seat
- the opportunity to make his case
to the party they supposedly lead.”
Stark said he will continue to
campaign under the Working
Families banner and will work
“to raise issues that affect working families of this state” until
November.
from page 1A
“As it stands, the system will be in business
for this [fiscal] year...and more than likely
past that,” said Simmons on Aug. 1.
Also on the table during the talks the level
of service that the department will offer in the
future.
“We’re just tired of the lying...we just want
them to give us some answers,” said Wessel,
adding that the union is tired of just sitting on
the sidelines.
Planned rallies to call attention to the issue
earlier this month were called off due to the
heat, but could be rescheduled, and Wessel
says the department will become more vocal
in the coming days, including a planned
appearance before the Common Council
Tuesday night.
from page 1A
airport, around 70 percent of
flights operated Friday, but many
people turned around and headed
home after an announcement that
a raft of flights had been canceled, including British Airways
services to San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
At U.S. airports, airlines were
recruiting more baggage handlers as U.S. travelers — facing
new rules banning almost all liquids from carry-on luggage —
adapted by checking bags they
normally would have carried
aboard. American passengers
faced a second level of security
checks starting Friday, with random bag searches at boarding
gates.
The alleged terrorists were
planning to assemble their
bombs aboard the aircraft, appar-
FUNERAL
SORBERO - At rest August 9,
2006. Joseph B. Sorbero, 77, of
Princeton Street passed away
Wednesday evening at Albany
Memorial Hospital after a lengthy
illness. Services are Monday
morning at 8:15 am at the Betz,
Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral
Home, 171 Guy Park Avenue, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:15 am at St. Mary’s
Church. Entombment will follow
at Most Holy Redeemer Mausoleum, Niskayuna with military
honors. Calling hours are Sunday
from 4:00-7:00 pm at the funeral
home. The Knights of Columbus
will meet at the funeral home on
Sunday at 6:15 pm along with the
Elks Club who will meet at 6:30
pm. Contributions may be made in
his memory to the St. Mary’s
Church Development Fund or the
American Heart Association both
in care of the funeral home. Please
visit the family’s guestbook at
www.brbsfuneral.com.
In Memoriams
Card of Thanks
The family of the late
Clara P. Ostrowski wish to express
their sincere appreciation for the
many acts of kindness and sympathy
extended by relatives, friends and
caregivers during her illness and
following her death.
Grateful acknowledgment is made
for the spiritual bouquets, floral
tokens and memorial contributions.
A sincere thank you to the third
floor staff of Wilkinson Healthcare
Facility, Community Hospice,
Dr. Michael Sheridan and
Dr. Thomas Achtyl for their many
years of compassionate
medical care.
Katherine Shults
In loving memory of our Mom, who
passed away four years ago today.
May the Lord bless and keep you.
Love, Children and Grandsons
Steve Czelusniak
In loving memory of our Father,
Steve Czelusniak who entered
eternal rest fifteen years ago today
August 12, 1991.
A fond remembrance of
when you were here.
We keep your memory ever dear.
You are always in our hearts.
Love, Irene, Joan and Stephanie
re q u e st th e p re se n ce o f
T h e M e m b e rs in d re ss
lo d g e a ttire a t th e
Betz, Rossi &
Bellinger Family
Funeral Home
The signees thrown out incorrectly wrote the names of their
villages or hamlets as their
address, rather than their towns
[i.e. Hagaman or Ft. Johnson,
rather than Amsterdam].
Stark blasted the “career politicians with their dirt politics” and
said it was tragic that ballot access
ently with a peroxide-based solution disguised as beverages or
other harmless-seeming items,
and using such electronic equipment as a disposable camera or a
music player as a detonator, two
U.S. law enforcement officials
told The Associated Press.
A U.S. intelligence official said
they planned to deploy a couple
of attackers per plane, and the
two dozen plotters didn’t all
know one another — a typical
security measure in terror groups.
London’s Evening Standard
reported the plotters apparently
chose next Wednesday as a target
date, since they had tickets for a
United Airlines flight that day, as
well as ones for this Friday,
apparently a test-run to see
whether they could smuggle
chemicals aboard in soft-drink
containers.
The paper didn’t report the
flight’s destination, but United
has flights from Heathrow to
New York, Washington, Chicago,
Los Angeles, San Diego, San
Francisco and Seattle.
The British say their inquiry
began months ago — prompted
by a tip from within the British
West Hill
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Karachi. An intelligence official
in Islamabad said 10 other Pakistanis had been arrested Friday
in the district of Bhawalpur,
about 300 miles south of Islamabad near the Indian border.
Pakistan is both a key U.S.British ally in the antiterror campaign, and a hotbed of Islamic
radicalism and likely hiding
place for al-Qaida leader Osama
bin Laden.
“I am 120 percent convinced
there’s a link” with al-Qaida,
Louis Caprioli, a former top
French counterintelligence official, said of the trans-Atlantic
bombing plot. “Was it al-Qaida
who contacted them, or vice
versa? Only the investigation
will be able to tell.”
Scotland Yard didn’t identify
the lone detainee released Friday
from among 24 arrested in London, its eastern suburb of High
Wycombe and the central city of
Birmingham.
The 19 identified ranged in age
from 17 to 35, had Muslim
names and appeared to be of Pakistani descent, although many
were born and all reared in
Britain.
from page 1A
in the former school’s history
and unique architecture are eyeing the changes there with some
apprehension, however, as windows have been removed
throughout the old school and
some stripping of lath and plaster
has taken place.
Frederick Miller, executive
director of the Mohawk Valley
Heritage Corridor Commission,
said he was among those with
concerns when he saw the windows coming out this month.
He said, “I’m concerned about
the fact that when you restore a
historic building, someone needs
to do an assessment about what
needs to be saved — for example, wainscoting from the beginning should be saved.
“We [MVHCC] have a mission
to not only do economic development/tourism, but also to preserve the cultural and heritage
assets that we have. We take that
mission seriously. The West Hill
School is a true historic place.
We helped to get it on the register. It’s the hub of the south side
of Canajoharie,” Miller added.
Despite the concerns of Miller
and others with an eye to preserving the past, the fact of the matter
is this: “If [the owner of a structure on the national or state historic register] is doing this [rehabilitation] with his own funds, we
have no restrictions about what
people can do with the building;
however, he would need to
observe local zoning and building code laws.”
That’s according to Mark Peckham, National Register unit coordinator for the state Historic
Preservation Office in Albany.
While there are no SHPO
restrictions on what an owner can
do with a property listed on the
registry if he’s using his own
money, an incentive does exist
for developers of those properties
to follow preservation guidelines.
Peckham said an investment tax
credit program is offered: Owners have the opportunity to take
advantage of a 20 percent credit
on their federal income tax for
substantial rehabilitation projects
that meet preservation standards.
The Recorder, Advertising Department
1 Venner Rd., Amsterdam, NY 12010
Muslim community after the
bloody July 7, 2005, terror
bombings of the London transit
system, The Washington Post
reported.
There were signs preparations
stepped up recently. One of the
houses raided by British police
this week had been bought last
month by two men in an all-cash
deal, in a neighborhood of
$300,000 houses, neighbors
reported.
Pakistani officials said British
information led to the first arrests
in Pakistan about a week ago, of
two British nationals, including
Rauf, called a “key person” by
the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
Pakistan’s interior minister,
Aftab Khan Sherpao, said Rauf
has ties with al-Qaida and was
apprehended in the AfghanistanPakistan border area. The Foreign Ministry in Islamabad spoke
of “indications” of a link
between Rauf and al-Qaida in
Afghanistan.
On an unspecified date, Pakistani authorities also arrested
five Pakistanis as alleged ‘facilitators” for the Britons in the
major cities of Lahore and
“If they take the credit, they
need to meet preservation standards,” Peckham said.
Additionally, if state or federal
funds are used to develop the
properties, the owner “would
need to initiate consultation with
our office, and the state Historic
Preservation Office would
review” their plans, he added.
Last week, Miller approached
Czachor and Ray Leavitt, property manager for G. Atlas Management Inc., about the work that’s
taking place on what is called the
West Hill Towers project, noting
MVHCC has an interest in preserving the historical attributes of
the building.
Miller said he offered to serve
as an interface between the state
Historic Preservation Office
(SHPO) and the developer.
“Because we have a relationship
with the state Historic Preservation Office, we want to make
sure it comes out right,” Miller
said Thursday.
“We gave [Czachor and Leavitt] a history of the building. I
suggested there were rules about
maintaining and renovating historic structures and suggested
they get their permits... We need
to talk about it, talk about the
process, talk about the history. I
want to hear [their] plan from the
architect,” he said.
From Miller’s standpoint, the
joint meeting of the parties was
positive.
Leavitt, from the company’s 35
Cliff St. office on Wednesday,
agreed.
He said, “Having known and
worked with Mr. Czachor for
several years now, it can be certain that he has every intention of
complying, in toto, with all local
and state codes and maintaining
the historical integrity of the
building while putting it to a
practicable use that will bring
pride to the community and its
residents.”
Czachor said he’s planning to
meet with Miller in the coming
week. “Last week he opened a lot
of eyes for me. Mr. Miller told us
Canajoharie will be the tourist
center for eight counties. He’s
renovating Church Street and
Main Street. We want to bring the
train station back.
“We’re going to bring the building into beautiful shape. We’re
going to do the construction,” he
said.
“I went to the codes people and
we have applied for a permit,”
Czachor said. “In the meantime,
we’re just cleaning the inside.”
On Thursday, workmen for the
local Windy Hill Restoration,
which secured the contract for
stripping the building’s interior,
were sweeping dust and cleaning
up debris leftover from the ripout of the attic earlier this month.
Rich Strunk, one of the company’s partners, said Windy Hill
Restoration got involved with the
project because “we do architectural salvage, and we save building parts for use on other structures — a lot of what other contractors throw out.”
“The owners [of the former
West Hill School] didn’t want
anything usable thrown out, so
we were in here and ended up
getting the contract,” Strunk said.
He said the company’s eight
employees will be working their
way down from the attic to the
basement. “We have three floors
to go,” he said. “We’re leaving
the structural stuff.”
Strunk noted the building’s
original windows were removed
because they were rotted out;
however their replacements will
match the originals.
Leavitt said, “We have to play
with SHPO. We want windows
appearance-wise that can keep
the original appearance but be
energy efficient. We’d like to
work with local businesses that
can do custom orders.”
Quotes for the replacement of
the roof also have been secured.
Of the roof work, Miller said a
thorough condition report on the
facility prepared by TAP Inc. of
Troy in 2002 or 2003 called for
an investment of about $650,000
in the building. “The roof is
about $200,000 of that itself,” he
said.
In the application submitted to
the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for
the designation of the school to
the National Historic Register, it
was noted the school was significant as “a distinguished and substantially intact example of late
19th century public school architecture.”
Designed by regional architect
Archimedes Russell, the structure was built on the site of the
Canajoharie Academy, at which
suffragette Susan B. Anthony
served as director of the
Women’s Department from April
1848 until 1850. The West Hill
School opened in 1893 and
served the Canajoharie School
District until the last classes
moved out in December 2002.
In March 2004, the Canajoharie
Central School Board of Education, assisted by Friends of the
West Hill School, sought a buyer
for the building on E-Bay; and in
October of that year, the closing
on the sale of the building to
Schoolhouse Lofts LLC of Massachusetts for $155,000 was
announced.
Leavitt said Czachor bought the
building from Schoolhouse Lofts
in November 2005.
Canajoharie Mayor Ronald
Dievendorf is as eager as other
village residents to learn more
about project. He said, “I don’t
know anything about [it]. People
understandably want to know
what is going on.”
5A — The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006
WHAT’S
AREA REPORT
HAPPENING
Sunday
FONDA
An arts and music festival will be held from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at
Fonda-Fultonville Central School. The festival, with the theme “Playing Around with the Arts,” is a free event that is sponsored by The
Friends of the Visual & Performing Arts. There will be music, dancing, art workshops and food.
Monday
BALLSTON SPA
The Galway Lioness Club invites the public to the Ballston Spa
Pizza Hut, located on Route 50 at Double Day Avenue, from 4 to 8
p.m. Eat in or take out is available, with 10 percent of all sales going
to benefit the Galway Lioness Community Fund. For more information, contact Lioness president, Diane Palmateer at 882-5080.
Tuesday
FORT PLAIN
Music camp will be held at the Fort Plain Free Library, Tuesday
through Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon each day, for children
who have completed kindergarten through third-grade. Register in
person or by calling 993-4646.
Wednesday
AMSTERDAM
The Noteworthy Indian Museum announces the return of
world-famous story teller Jim Bruchac. Bruchac, founder of the
Ndakinna Wilderness Institute, is an expert animal tracker whose stories weave together Indian folklore and a respect for the environment. He will be at the museum from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The fee for this program is $1. Space is limited and advanced registration and parental guidance are required. To make reservations or
for more information, contact the museum at 843-4761.
Upcoming events
AMSTERDAM
The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce invites the
community to welcome and meet Dr. Dustin Swanger, the new
president of Fulton-Montgomery Community College, and Kevin
McClary, The Recorder’s new publisher, Thursday, Aug. 17 from 5
to 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Hospital in the cafeteria annex.
Refreshments will be served. Call Beverly at 842-8200 to RSVP.
HAGAMAN
The Hagaman Players will hold auditions Friday, Aug. 18 at 7
p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 19 at 10 a.m., at Pawling Hall, 86 Pawling
St., to cast “The Amorous Ambassador,” a two-act comedy by
Michael E. Parker. Auditions will be for four male and four female
roles, ages 20s-50s. Stage hands are also needed. The play will be
directed by Bill Pacelli. The auditions are open to the public.
GLOVERSVILLE
The Jewish Community Center is sponsoring a night at Saratoga Raceway, Wednesday, Aug. 23. Tickets are $40, which includes
bus, admission, and a buffet dinner at the clubhouse. Bus pick up is
at 5 p.m. at the Gloversville Library. More information and reservations are available by calling the JCC at 725-3161.
FULTONVILLE
A 10-mile family bike ride will be held Saturday, Sept. 23 to support the Chromosome 18 Research and Registry Society.The ride will
start at 9 a.m. at the Town of Glen Office Building on Erie Street. Riders will travel the bike path east to Fort Hunter before returning to
Fultonville. To register to ride, or to donate, call Lori Snyder at 8538626 or Deb Ammann at 848-3209.
Little Falls holds its 19th
annual canal celebration
Affectionately called “The
Grand Dame of the Old Erie,”
Little Falls is actually New York
state’s first canal town (and one
of only two the nation), with the
digging of The Western Inland
Lock and Navigation Canal under
President Washington’s administration in the later part of the
1790s, about 20 years before the
original Erie was started. It was
comprised of about a mile of narrow and shallow water with five
wooden locks which ran parallel
to the river. This allowed shipping around the Little Falls rapids
where-to-for goods moving up
and down the Mohawk had to
have been portaged since the days
of the early American natives.
The canal meant that products
and military supplies could be
shipped from New York City, to
Albany and then moved west
along the Mohawk River to Oneida Lake, to the Oswego River and
then North to the Port of Oswego
into Lake Ontario. A small piece
of the last lock is still in evidence
across from Hanson Island next to
the CSX Railroad tracks. Following the success of the first Erie
Canal, came its deeper and wider
counter part that allowed Little
Falls to grow and flourish as did
many other villages and cities
along the waterway. Mills and
tanneries sprang up along the
banks of the Mohawk and
Herkimer County’s vast dairy
Industry used the Little Falls Port
to ship cheese literally all over the
world. Boats didn’t just stop along
the canal to disperse their cargos,
they actually came into the Port of
Little falls via an aqueduct.
This year, the Canal Celebration, which runs through Sunday,
has the theme “Stirring the Melting Pot: a Salute to Our Ethnic
Heritage,” pays homage to all the
people who made those early
years of development possible:
the Dutch, the Germans and the
English who were the areas first
settlers; the Welsh and the Irish
who dug the first Erie; the Germans and Irish who helped
enlarge the Erie and built the railroads; and the Italians, Slovenians, Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians,
Slovaks and Bulgarians who
built the barge canal system and
labored in the mills and other
manufacturing sites along the
Mohawk. Many who seeking
work, stayed to build their homes
and raise their families.
All can enjoy celebration
favorites like the community picnic with canoe and kayak races,
entertainment and fireworks at
the city marina; the annual
parade and street dances in the
downtown area; the country
crafts fair, amusement rides and
ethnic food court in Eastern Park;
the antique and classic car show
in Burke Park; the art show and
antique displays in Canal Place’s
Sterziner Park. Don’t miss the
guided walking tour of Moss
Island to see the geologic phenomenon known as “The Potholes;” take the Erie Canal boat
ride through Lock 17 (the highest
lift lock in the entire system) and
then journey back through time
as you tie up at the General
Herkimer Home state historic
site to learn of life in the 1700s.
These are just a few of the many
events taking place during Canal
Celebration weekend in Little
Falls. There’s free bus shuttle
service to all venues and free
parking is available everywhere
in the city. Visitors may use exit
29A off the NYS Thruway or
Routes 5 or 5S. More information can be found on the Internet
at www.LittleFallsNY.com.
Births, weddings,
anniversaries,
engagements —
We want to know
all about them.
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Rockelle Lampkin, left, and Kelly Casler, Montgomery County
Office for the Aging employees, pack boxes of food to be transported to Fort Plain Fulmont Community Action Agency.
Donations still pouring in
Donations of food and cash
were collected recently for the
Fulmont Community Action
Agency’s food pantry, which was
damaged by the June flood.
The effort was spearheaded by
the Montgomery County Office
for the Aging, with help from
employees of Amsterdam Memorial Hospital, and St. Mary’s Hospital who collected the food and
monetary donations. Target Distribution employees helped by
delivering the goods to the site.
Art show winners announced
Winners
were
recently
announced for the 54th annual
Central Adirondack Art Show.
Juror of awards, Elizabeth
Apgar-Smith, announces the following winners from the area,
who have been chosen from 232
entries for the show, currently on
display at the Arts Center in Old
Forge. Prizes were awarded at
the opening reception at the center July 28.
An Outstanding Abstract Painting Award in the amount of $100,
in honor of Virginia and Joseph
Di Fazio, was won by Linda Kollar of Fultonville for her acrylic,
“Riding with Tony.”
An Outstanding Landscape
Award of $100, donated in memory of Ellie
Fitzpatrick, went to Bob Willman of Little Falls, for his oil
painting, “Across the Field.”
An Outstanding Adirondack
Painting Award of $100, donated
by Bev and Frank Burnap, went
to Ann Larsen of Edinburg, for
her oil painting, “Spring Runoff.”
This exhibit will be on display
through Sunday. Admission to
the exhibit is free for members
and $3 for non-members. Also on
display is Elizabeth ApgarSmith’s “Faithful Labors,” oil
paintings until Aug. 17. The 31painting collection is a tribute to
those faithful labors, and an
attempt to represent the beauty
observable in the work farmers
do, day after day.
The arts center at Old Forge is
open Monday through Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The center is located just north of the village of Old Forge on Route 28.
For more information call (315)
369-6411 or e-mail info@artscenteroldforge.org. More information may also be found at the
Web site, www.artscenteroldforge.org. This event is made
possible with public funds from
the New York State Council on
the Arts, a state agency.
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George and Jill Struemph of
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Catholic Church in Espanola.
The bride and groom both
graduated in May 2006 with
bachelor of science degrees
from the University of Notre
Dame, South Bend, Ind. They
will reside in Boston, where
they will attend Boston University School of Medicine beginning in September.
The bride is the granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dado
of Northville, formerly of Amsterdam, and the goddaughter of
Miss Alice Larson of Amsterdam. They all traveled to New
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Landis Arboretum will hold another in its series of “Tuesday
Ticklers,” from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. August’s focus will be on ponds.
Tuesday Tickler, a program for children ages 4 and 5, is designed to
tickle a child’s curiosity about the natural world with hands-on activities. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy at Landis after the program.
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6A — The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006
OPINION
EDITORIAL
COMMENTARY
What goes into a drug’s name?
Few changes would do more to
reduce healthcare costs quickly than
making generic medications more
widely available. Which is why bad
news for Bristol-Myers Squibb could
be good news for everyone else.
Late last month, federal investigators
raided the drug giant’s New York
offices looking for evidence that it had
struck an illegal deal with a competitor
to delay the launch of a generic version
of the world’s second-bestselling drug.
On Tuesday, that competitor announced
that it planned to start selling the drug
anyway. Shares of Bristol-Myers fell
almost 7 percent on the news.
Drug manufacturers such as BristolMyers have been under increasing
financial pressure in recent years as
some of their most profitable drugs
lose their 14-year patent protection.
But research and development of new
drugs is a slow process, so some drug
makers try to stifle competition. They
have been known to file suits against
a generic manufacturer as soon as it
hints at entering the market.
Lately, however, brand-name companies have turned to a simpler ploy:
paying makers of generic drugs up to
tens of millions of dollars to go away.
Such deals may well be legal. But
they also distort healthcare costs and
the drug market generally. To entice
smaller drug makers to introduce
competing medications, the Food and
Drug Administration gives the first
generic company that gets FDA
approval the right to market its drug
for 180 days without competition
from other makers of generics. Yet
brand-name manufacturers realized a
few years ago that if they pay that initial competitor not to introduce its
drug, they can effectively keep all
generics from entering the market.
The Federal Trade Commission and
the Department of Justice, which
jointly enforce federal antitrust laws,
have rightly decided several of these
deals may be anti-competitive, and
the agencies have brought several
antitrust suits to court. But the rulings
have been inconsistent.
In the ensuing confusion, many
brand-name drug makers have continued to make deals with makers of
generics to keep the cheaper drugs off
the market.
Bristol-Myers says it has done nothing wrong, and the investigation may
bear that out. But if what happened in
New York last month and Tuesday
helps more generic drugs get on pharmacy shelves, that’s good news.
— LOS ANGELES TIMES
COMMENTARY
Taliban Democrats
Lieberman’s
loss sends
a message
of change
The narrow
primary defeat
of veteran senator Joe Lieberman in Connecticut’s
Democratic primary is more
than a loss for
one man. It is a
loss for his
By
party and for
CAL
the country. It
completes the
THOMAS
capture of the
Democratic
Party by its Taliban wing.
They used to be “San Francisco
Democrats,” a phrase coined by
former U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick
to describe the party’s 1984 convention. But they have now morphed into
Taliban Democrats because they are willing
to “kill” one of their own, if he does not
conform to the narrow and rigid agenda of
the party’s kook fringe.
Lieberman’s one “sin,” in the eyes of the
Taliban Democrats, was that he supported
the effort to defeat the insurgent-terrorists in
Iraq. As a Jew, Lieberman is particularly
sensitive to those who have targeted the
Jewish people for extinction. But even if he
weren’t Jewish, he would still “get it,”
because he understands what’s at stake in the
region and has correctly concluded that the
consequences of American failure in Iraq
would be catastrophic.
His detractors, who brought him down in
the primary with a one-issue, inexperienced
and unqualified candidate, Ned Lamont, hate
President Bush so much that their judgment
has been distorted. Former Bill Clinton aide
Lanny Davis, in a recent column for The
Wall Street Journal titled “Liberal McCarthyism,” printed a sample of the incendiary
rhetoric directed toward Lieberman. There is
thinly-veiled anti-Semitism (“As everybody
knows, Jews ONLY care about the welfare of
other Jews.” posted on Daily Kos); irrationality (“Joe Lieberman is a racist and a religious
bigot.” Daily Kos) and personal attack
(“Lieberman cannot escape the religious
bond he represents. Hell, his wife’s name is
Haggadah or Muffeletta or Diaspora or
something you eat at Passover.” Posted on
the Huffington Post blog).
It didn’t matter that Lieberman, whose
wife’s name, by the way, is Hadassah, ran as
the vice presidential candidate with Al Gore
in 2000, or that he has voted against most of
President Bush’s domestic agenda. The Taliban wing of the Democratic Party cannot
countenance any “heretics” who do not toe
their line.
Though Lieberman says he will run as an
independent, the damage has been done. It
will be difficult for any Democrat to seek
consensus with any Republican without
being targeted as an infidel worthy of electoral death. Our already-poisoned political
dialogue has not only been made more toxic,
but contagious. Taliban Democrats have
effectively issued a political “fatwah” that
warns all Democrats not to deviate from
their narrow line, or else face the end of
their careers through a political jihad. Perhaps the few remaining rational Democrats
should put on their burkas now and submit
to the will of the party mullahs.
What is wrong with Democrats? Can’t they
see that when the face of their party belongs
to ultra-leftists like George McGovern,
Michael Dukakis and John Kerry, they lose?
For those who still believe not only in a
strong two-party system, but also in compro-
TODAY
The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Aug. 12, the
224th day of 2006. There are 141
days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:
On Aug. 12, 1944, Joseph P.
Kennedy Jr., eldest son of Joseph
and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy,
was killed with his co-pilot when
their explosives-laden Navy plane
mise and conciliation in order to promote the
general welfare and seek the common good,
the Lieberman defeat strikes an especially
harmful blow.
At the height of social conservative power
in the Republican Party, pro-choicers and
pro gay rights officials like Mayor Rudy
Giuliani of New York City and California
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger were featured speakers at GOP conventions. Republican officials described their party as a “big
tent” with room for everybody.
Lieberman’s loss reduces the size of the
Democrats’ tent to that of a pup tent. The
message it sends is that only those who conform to the left-wing fundamentalist worldview will be allowed in. Is that a message
Democrats want to take into future campaigns? Do they wish to pervert John F.
Kennedy’s vision and instead say that the
United States will pay no price, bear no burden and go nowhere in the defense of liberty?
If that is the message the Taliban Democrats want to send to the nation, they have all
but guaranteed a Republican presidential
victory in 2008 and GOP losses, if any,
might not be as bad as predicted this
November. Karl Rove could not have
devised a more brilliant plan. But Joe
Lieberman deserves better.
CAL THOMAS is a syndicated columnist.
IN HISTORY
blew up over England.
ON THIS DATE:
In 1898, fighting in the SpanishAmerican War came to an end.
In 1898, Hawaii was formally
annexed to the United States.
In 1953, the Soviet Union conducted a secret test of its first
hydrogen bomb.
In 1960, the first balloon satellite
— the Echo 1 — was launched by
the United States from Cape
Canaveral, Fla.
In 1962, one day after launching
Andrian Nikolayev into orbit, the
Soviet Union also sent up cosmonaut Pavel Popovich; both men
landed safely Aug. 15.
In 1972, the last American combat ground troops left Vietnam.
In 1978, Pope Paul VI, who had
died Aug. 6 at age 80, was buried
in St. Peter’s Basilica.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Porter Wagoner is 79. George Hamilton is
67. Jennifer Warren is 65. Mark
Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 57. Kid
Creole is 56. Pete Sampras is 35.
Rebecca Gayheart is 34. Casey
Affleck is 31.
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Planet of the
indoor people
By WILLIAM SALETAN
The Washington Post
Have you heard the news? Scientists have found a planet that can
support life. Parts of its atmosphere are too hot for year-round habitation, its gases impede breathing and surface conditions are sometimes fatal. But by constructing a network of sealed facilities, tunnels and vehicles, humans could survive on this planet for decades,
and perhaps even centuries.
The planet is called Earth.
If you’ve seen this planet lately, you know what’s going on:
record-shattering temperatures, scores of Americans dead. By summer’s end, the toll will be in the hundreds. It’s not as bad as 2003,
when a heat wave killed more than 35,000 people in Europe. But
according to global-warming forecasts, within 40 years, every other
summer will be like that one.
Thank goodness for air conditioning. To keep old folks alive, cities
from Washington to Los Angeles are opening artificially cooled
buildings to the public.
Meanwhile, people are lining up to buy window units. According
to the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, shipments of air
conditioners and heat pumps have tripled over the past three
decades.
The percentage of single-family homes built with central air has
gone from 36 to 87. The percentage of cars built with air conditioning has risen from 61 to 98. In 1970, 42 percent of occupied mobile
homes had it. By 2003, that percentage had more than doubled.
It’s a heartwarming — or, more precisely, a heart-cooling — story.
Unfortunately, the story doesn’t end there. Air conditioning takes
indoor heat and pushes it outdoors.
To do this, it uses energy, which increases production of greenhouse gases, which warm the atmosphere. From a cooling standpoint, the first transaction is a wash, and the second is a loss. We’re
cooking our planet to refrigerate the diminishing part that’s still habitable.
All over the country, power consumption is breaking records, and
air conditioning is a huge reason why. We use about one-sixth of our
electricity to cool ourselves. That’s more than the total electricity
consumption of India, a country whose population exceeds 1 billion.
To get the electricity, we burn oil and coal.
We also run air conditioners in our cars, which reduces urban fuel
efficiency by up to four miles per gallon, at an annual cost of 7 billion gallons of gasoline.
More burning of oil and coal means more greenhouse gases. Stan
Cox, a scientist at the Land Institute, calculates that air-conditioning
the average U.S. home requires 3,400 pounds of carbon dioxide production per year. The effects of this are particularly bad at night.
Over the past five summers, very high minimum daily temperatures — those that score in the top 10 percent historically — have
been far more widespread in this country than during any other fiveyear period. This is what’s killing people. Outdoor air used to cool
at night, allowing us to recover from the day’s heat. Now it doesn’t.
To fuel our air conditioning, we’re destroying nature’s.
The hotter it gets, the more energy we burn. In 1981, one in three
American households with central air used it all summer long. By
1997, more than half did. Countries once cooled by outdoor air now
cool themselves. In Britain, 75 percent of new cars have air conditioning. In Canada, energy consumption for residential cooling has
doubled in 10 years, and half the homes now have central air or
window units.
Kuujjuaq, an Eskimo village 1,000 miles north of Montreal, just
bought 10 air conditioners. According to the mayor, it has been getting hot lately.
Instead of fixing the outdoors, we’re trying to escape it. On every
street in my neighborhood, people have torn down ordinary houses
and put up giant air-conditioned boxes that extend as far as possible
toward the property line. They’ve lost yards and windows, but that’s
the whole idea.
Outdoor space is too hard to control, so we’re replacing it with
indoor space. From 1991 to 2005, the median lot size of single-family houses sold in the United States shrank by 9 percent, but the
median indoor square footage increased by 18 percent. If you can’t
stand the heat, go hide in your kitchen.
Seven years ago, when my wife and I moved into our house, we
planted a garden and built a patio in the back yard. Now, overcome
by heat and mosquitoes, we’re thinking of replacing them with
something a bit more climate-controlled. We still want to look at
nature. We just don’t want to feel it. And for better or worse, we’ll
probably succeed.
Two months ago, we saw Al Gore’s movie, “An Inconvenient
Truth.” Walking out of the air-conditioned theater, we agonized over
what we could do to fight global warming. The conversation ended
when we realized that our most useful contribution would be to cancel the renovation. Wrapping ourselves in a climate-controlled bubble can’t make global warming less true. But in the short run, it can
make it a lot less inconvenient.
That’s the problem in Washington today. Policymakers aren’t facing global warming, because they aren’t feeling it. They gave themselves air conditioning in the 1920s and ’30s, long before the public
got it. White House meetings and congressional hearings on climate
change are doomed as soon as the thermostats are set. Don’t ask
whether these people are living on the same planet. In effect, they
aren’t.
When outdoor heat leaks into the Washington bubble, like crime
into a wealthy neighborhood, officials treat it as a faux pas. Three
weeks ago, House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, told
reporters in the congressional press gallery: “It’d be nice if they
could get you a little more air conditioning up here.”
White House press secretary Tony Snow assured correspondents
last week that their briefing room would soon be renovated. “Gathering from the temperature in this room at this moment, I think
everybody agrees that it’s probably about time to have a new and
updated air-conditioning and heating system,” he joked.
But maybe the air-conditioning system we need to fix is the one
outdoors. And maybe we won’t face that truth till it becomes more
inconvenient.
WILLIAM SALETAN covers science and technology for Slate,
the online magazine at www.slate.com.
BY GARRY TRUDEAU
ADVICE
DEAR ABBY
The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006 — 7A
POOCH CAFE
by Paul Gilligan
Grandma gushes over baby girl
DEAR ABBY: Both times I
was pregnant, my mother-inlaw, “Lois,” talked non-stop
about how much she wanted a
granddaughter — even after
my husband told her we were
expecting a boy.
My husband’s younger brother’s wife recently had a baby
girl, and now Lois keeps gushBy
ing on and on about how “wonderful” it is to have a grandAbigail
daughter. She says nothing
Van Buren
about the joys of grandsons.
Recently, when the family got
together, I “did not feel up to going” to the
reunion because I was worried Lois would give
all her attention to her granddaughter and ignore
my sons. As a result, neither my husband nor our
children went to the reunion. I worry about my
sons not knowing their grandparents. Any suggestions? — WONDERING IN NEW MEXICO
DEAR WONDERING: You didn’t mention
whether your husband has any sisters. It’s possible
that Lois always longed for a daughter, and this
granddaughter is the fulfillment of her dream.
That said, instead of nursing a grudge, or avoiding
family reunions because of what you are afraid
“might” happen, it’s time you and your mother-inlaw sorted this out woman-to-woman. While it’s possible for a grandparent to favor one child over another, it is wrong to demonstrate it. And if, in the future,
she does that, you would be right in limiting her time
with the boys. But please don’t jump the gun.
DEAR ABBY: I’m 15 and need some advice. I
have tons of friends, but whenever I am around
them it seems like I can’t be myself. I act like
someone totally different from who I really am.
I want to stop acting, but I’m scared they won’t
accept me for me. I have had a bad past with
people. Let’s just say that instead of being queen
YOUR HOROSCOPE
by Francis Drake
Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006
ARIES
(March 21 to April 19)
For the next several weeks, four
planets are in the area of your chart
that rules romance, love affairs,
vacations, the arts, sports and playful times with children. Party on!
TAURUS
(April 20 to May 20)
Your focus is on home, family and
real estate for the next several
weeks. Do whatever you can to
make where you live look more
attractive. Invite the gang over!
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
You’re busier than a one-armed
paperhanger. Short trips, conversations with siblings, shopping and running around doing errands will keep
you hopping for the next few weeks!
CANCER
(June 21 to July 22)
Your focus now swings to money
and cash flow. You’re giving much
thought to how you earn your
money and also how you spend it.
Trust your moneymaking ideas.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Four planets are in your sign now
— the Sun, Mercury, Venus and
Saturn. This means the entire world
is having a Leo hit. And it means
that you are on top of your game!
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
You really need rest and relaxation
now. You’re best off working
behind the scenes. (It might be hard
for you to get credit for what you do
in the next few weeks.)
LIBRA
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
What a popular month ahead for
you! Everyone wants to see your
face. Accept all invitations. Enjoy
friends and groups.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
With so many planets at the top of
your chart, people notice you now.
That means this is the time to ask
for what you want. You’re in the
limelight.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
You’re so keen to travel, study and
learn something new that you’re
practically bursting at the seams.
Do something different. Expand
your horizons!
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
Do whatever you can to improve
yourself. Buy self-help books. Take
a course. Go on a diet. Cut back on
smoking, booze and coffee. This is
the month.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
Your focus is entirely on partners
and close friends. Discussions are
extremely important. Don’t be afraid
to show others how much you care.
PISCES
(Feb. 19 to March 20)
Because you have such a strong
urge to get organized in every way,
do it. Clean, paint, sort, categorize
and also get rid of what you don’t
need. De-clutter where you work
and where you live.
YOU BORN TODAY You’re creative, dramatic and sometimes flamboyant. You appreciate tradition and
the way things should be. You’re a
natural leader who is not afraid to take
on gargantuan tasks. You approach
whatever you do with serious responsibility. You’re very loyal to your
loved ones. The year ahead is full of
exciting, fresh, new beginnings.
© 2006 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
of the school, I was queen of the losers. So now
I’m, like, popular, but it sucks because I feel so
fake. I love my friends, so I’m hoping if I reveal
myself they will accept it. I don’t know what to
do and would really like to know what you think.
— “FAKE” IN GARDEN GROVE, CALIF.
DEAR “FAKE”: I say, go for it. But start slowly
in revealing your true self, so your friends will have
time to accept the “real” you.
This may seem like a hard choice, but you are paying a high price for your popularity. The way I see it,
if you are pretending to be someone you aren’t, then
your friends aren’t really your friends — they are
only friends of the persona you have constructed.
William Shakespeare said it best:
“This above all, to thine own self be true,
“And it must follow, as the night the day,
“Thou can’t not then be false to any man.”
DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a wonderful,
intelligent man who is in his 50s. I am 42. We
have been talking about marriage after dating
only a few short months.
The problem is his incessant phone calls, sometimes up to 20 or 30 a day. If I don’t answer, he
calls repeatedly until I do.
Abby, I have told him repeatedly that I hate
being called at work so many times, but he continues. Is he obsessive, or is it love like he says?
— BUGGED BEYOND BELIEF, ARLINGTON
HEIGHTS, ILL.
DEAR BUGGED BEYOND BELIEF: What you
have described is not love; it’s insecurity. This
“wonderful, intelligent man” is not only obsessive,
but also so absorbed with his own needs that he has
no concept of what yours are — even after being
told. The incessant phone calls at work and his premature marriage proposal are both warning signs
that you could be involved with a potential abuser. I
urge you to step back and look at him from a different perspective before making any commitments.
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HORRIBLE
by Chris Browne
HELOISE
Determining a dog’s age
Dear Readers: Most dog owners want to
know their dog’s age equivalent to our
“human” age, but seven is NOT the magic
multiplier. For years we’ve been told that
every year of a dog’s life was equal to seven
human years, but now experts say there is a
better way to calculate Fido’s age. FYI: Your
dog’s weight affects his “age” in human
years, too — an overweight pooch will
appear older sooner compared with the
By
same-age pooch that’s of an average, healthy
Heloise
weight. Other key factors are genetics
(breed), nutrition, history of illness or disease and being raised in a clean, healthy home.
The first year of your dog’s life is equal to about 15 human years.
So your dog is essentially a teenager when it turns a year old.
At age 2, your dog is 24 in human years. And every year after
that, just add another four years. So, at age 3 your dog would
be 28 in human years, at age 4 he would be 32 in human years,
and so on.
These “human years” really don’t make a difference to your
dog, but may help you have a better understanding of your
pet’s health and behavior as it gets older. — Heloise
PET PAL
Dear Readers: Tom and Debbie
Heim of Jersey Shore, Pa., sent in a
photo of Pande, a short-haired Chihuahua, standing in a wading pool.
If Pande could talk, he would probably be saying, “Jump in, the
water’s fine.”
If you have a pet photo you’d like
us to feature in this column, send it
to: Heloise/Pet Photo, P.O. Box
795000, San Antonio, TX 782795000. — Heloise
PANDE
TAG RING
Dear Heloise: I have lost my active little cat’s tag so many times,
I cannot count. The reason is the cheap metal ring that came with
it. So, I replaced the cheap metal ring with one of the many free
key rings I had, and no more problems. Also, consider using your
e-mail address on your pet’s tag. Most people keep that address
when they move and their physical address is no longer of any use.
Hope this helps my fellow pet lovers. — C. Hansen, via e-mail
SUMMER PILLOWCASE
Dear Heloise: I have three cats and a pet rabbit (housebroken)
that I love dearly, but I do not love cat/rabbit fur on everything —
especially in the hot, shedding months. Since they all have their
favorite places to sleep, I started putting towels down that I could
wash to control the fur problem. But that was very bulky to wash
and dry every day. Now all three cats and the rabbit sleep comfortably on old pillowcases. They are small, easier to wash and take
much less time to dry. — Helena Appell, Butler, N.J.
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WORLD
8A — The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006
Israeli PM OKs more ground fighting, accepts peace proposal
The Washington Post
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert Friday
authorized the military to expand
its ground operations against
Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
but will ask his cabinet Sunday to
accept a proposed U.N. Security
Council resolution for ending the
fighting, according to government officials.
Olmert’s decision to increase
ground combat came as Israeli
public criticism of both the government and the military leadership escalated, with a new poll
showing that only 20 percent of
Israelis surveyed believe they are
winning the war and one of the
nation’s most prominent newspapers declaring in a front-page
headline: “Olmert must go.”
Government officials said
Olmert told the military to begin
preparations for accelerating
ground operations at about 5 p.m.
Friday after seeing a draft of the
proposed U.N. resolution that he
said he could not accept.
“What really triggered this
decision was that apparently the
Lebanese government — under
the pressure of Hezbollah —
managed to change the draft of
the U.N. resolution in the afternoon,” said Avi Pazner, a senior
Israeli government spokesman.
But Olmert did not reverse the
orders to the military after agreeing to a revised draft circulated
later in the evening, according to
a senior Israeli official.
“Right now the military has the
green light,” the official said.
Israeli government officials
said the directive could be
rescinded Sunday, depending on
the cabinet actions. It is unlikely
the military could escalate
ground combat operations significantly before Sunday because of
the time required to move troops
into new positions in the hilly terrain of southern Lebanon where
Hezbollah fighters are putting up
fierce resistance.
In Lebanon, Israeli warplanes
Friday evening strafed a column
of cars and trucks evacuating
people out of the southern
Lebanon town of Marjayoun,
killing four people and wounding
more than 23, according to
George Kettaneh, head of the
emergency rescue unit of the
Lebanese Red Cross.
Before they were hit, a group of
about 350 soldiers and Lebanese
police from the Marjayoun barracks began a carefully orchestrated evacuation with peacekeepers of the United Nations
International Force in Lebanon,
known as UNIFIL, early Friday,
according to international relief
workers and Gen. Adnan Daoud,
who accompanied the convoy
from Marjayoun. He said Interior
Minister Ahmad Fatfat had insisted that civilians wishing to evacuate be allowed to accompany
the convoy.
“When the shelling began, con-
74
th
A
MONTH
OF
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
Border
Beirut
Israeli troops moved into
Gaza on June 28 after Palestinian militants captured
an Israeli soldier. Since
then, airstrikes and fighting
have killed dozens, including civilians, and destroyed
homes and infrastructure.
The Israeli Security Cabinet authorized Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to expand the offensive in Lebanon. Meanwhile, the U.N. and Bush
administration pushed for
a quick approval of a
cease-fire.
Fighting intensifies across South Lebanon,
and at least 715 civilians died in airstrikes,
heavy shelling and fighting since the war
began. Many civilians, trying to flee the
danger, died on the roads.
Explosions have pounded the Southern suburbs
since the beginning of the conflict. Israeli forces
may expand their operations in the capital and
have warned residents to leave.
EGYPT
Netanya
UNIFIL Zone
Nahariya
Hermel
Nazareth
Kiryat Shemona
Afula
S Y R I A
Jenin
Irbid
Beirut 37,022
Approximate area
of Israel subject to
rocket attacks
Jerusalem
WEST BANK
Mount Lebanon 54,236
Amman
Dead Sea
Lebanon displaced
In schools and institutions
North 7,459
GOLAN HEIGHTS
(Israeli-occupied)
Ramallah
Beersheba
Damascus
UNDOF
ZONE
Sea of
Galilee
Nablus
I S R A E L
Baalbek
Litani River
Dahr al Ahmar
Ashdod
J O R D A N
KEY
South 26,826
Areas of fighting, and/or rocket
and artillery strikes
Palestinian territories
DISPLACED as of Aug. 11
Lebanon
Israel*
300,000
UN zone
Up to 1,000
Lebanon
Israel
Bekaa 4,996 1997 population
5,001-10,000
10,001-100,000
100,001 +
1,001-5,000
971,361 displaced
CASUALTIES as of Aug. 10
3,874,050 total population
6,352,117
628 civilians
83 soldiers
29 soldiers
Conflict at
a crossroads
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accepted a
developing Mideast cease-fire deal on Friday and
officials planned to further review the agreement
over the weekend.
800
700
600
Lebanese 715*
500
400
300
200
100
0
12 15
JULY
58
Hezbollah
guerrillas
Movement of
Lebanese displaced
Cumulative death toll* as of 5 p.m. EDT Thursday
38 civilians
Unallocated 62%
Lebanese
Israeli
Israeli
121
20
25
1
4
10
AUGUST
* Does not include four U.N. military
observers and two Nigerians
Neighboring
countries 24%
Schools 14%
Total displaced 971,361
* Does not count the Palestinian territories; NOTE: UNDOF: U.N. Disengagement Observer Force; UNIFIL: U.N. Interim Force In Lebanon
SOURCES: United Nations; USGS; Lebanese government; Photography: Amos Ben Gershom, Husse in Malla,
Oded Balilty, Khalil Hamra
tacts were made with UNIFIL to
put an end to the intense strafing,” said Kettaneh of the Red
Cross.
“We don’t know of anything
that was attacked there, we’re
still checking,” an Israeli military
spokeswoman said Friday night.
Israeli troops engaged in gunbattles across a thin strip of territory along the Lebanon border
where they have been fighting for
weeks.
Hezbollah fired 124 rockets
into Israel, slightly injuring five
people. The number of rockets
landing in Israel has steadily
declined from more than 200 a
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A half-dozen booms echoed
across Beirut at dawn, then sporadically again during the early
part of the day as Israeli warplanes hit the southern Beirut
suburbs where Hezbollah leaders
used to have their offices and
homes, along with many of their
Shiite supporters. The area has
been almost vacated of its residents, however, because of
repeated bombings over the past
month of war.
Several booms sounded as
David Welch, the assistant secretary of state for the Middle East,
was in Lebanon’s Ottoman-era
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government headquarters conferring with Prime Minister Fouad
Siniora and other officials on the
proposed U.N. Security Council
resolution to end the fighting.
Israeli jets also bombed north of
the capital, taking out a bridge in
the Akka region and hitting roads
near a border crossing into Syria
at Abudiyeh. Lebanese media
reported 11 persons were killed
and the crossing was closed.
The bombings were part of a
campaign to close down Hezbollah’s resupply operations, preventing munitions and other supplies from reaching fighters in
the south. Syria has been the
principal conduit for weapons
and other equipment allegedly
supplied to Hezbollah by Iran.
The southern ground battles
again centered on Marjayoun, a
Christian town occupied without
resistance by Israeli forces
Thursday. Israeli forces attacked
surrounding Hezbollah guerrillas
with artillery and airstrikes along
roads between Marjayoun and
Khiam, a Shiite-inhabited town
where Hezbollah fighters remain
entrenched. Hezbollah’s al-
Manar television said a number
of Israeli soldiers were killed and
wounded in the clashes when an
advancing 60-ton Merkava tank
was destroyed.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she could not confirm the reports of soldier deaths.
Hezbollah said its militia sank
an Israeli warship off Tyre in
southern Lebanon, identifying it
as a Super Dvora patrol boat. The
12 crew members were killed or
wounded, the Shiite Muslim
movement said. It was the third
time Hezbollah has reported hitting an Israeli warship with guided missiles. The Israeli military,
which denied any of its ships
were struck Friday, has acknowledged only one was hit, shortly
after the war began July 12.
Meanwhile, the unity evident in
Israeli society and government in
the early days of the conflict
appears to have shattered.
“If Olmert runs away now from
the war he initiated, he will not
be able to remain prime minister
for even one more day,” the daily
newspaper Haaretz wrote in a
front-page analysis. “You cannot
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lead an entire nation to war
promising victory, produce
humiliating defeat and remain in
power. You cannot bury 120
Israelis in cemeteries, keep a million Israelis in shelters for a
month and then say, ’Oops, I
made a mistake.’ ”
In a poll published by Haaretz,
20 percent of the respondents
said they believed that if the war
ended now, Israel would be the
winner. Thirty percent said Israel
is losing the war, and 43 percent
said there were no winners or
losers.
Although surveys by different
polling groups cannot be compared precisely, a poll last week
by TNS/Telesker for the Ma’ariv
daily newspaper found that nearly 55 percent of those asked
believed Israel was winning and
38 percent said neither side was
winning.
The majority of respondents in
all polls show that most Israelis
favor expanding military operations and fault the government
and the military for not taking
more forceful ground action earlier in the war.
Military generals reportedly are
chafing that Olmert has not
allowed them to expand military
operations in southern Lebanon
— two days after the security
cabinet gave him the authority to
do so.
Soldiers who have been waiting
for days for orders to move inside
Lebanon are losing their edge,
according to many officers.
Israeli television Channel 2
reported Friday night that several
of the country’s most senior military officials wrote a letter to
chief of staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz
complaining that war plans were
in chaos and did not conform to
the combat training soldiers and
officers have been receiving.
Israeli newspapers are filled
with reports of soldiers complaining about food, water and
equipment shortages inside
southern Lebanon. The military
was having so much trouble
moving supplies over the rough,
hilly terrain that it experimented
with using llamas as pack animals. The experiment failed
when an entire train of llamas sat
down on the job, forcing the military unit to abort an expedition,
according to several news media
reports.
The Israeli military has allowed
few journalists to accompany
troops into southern Lebanon.
Nahum Barnea, one of the country’s premier political commentators, has been reporting the misfortunes of a unit he accompanied into southern Lebanon.
“The battle between the IDF
and Hezbollah is reminiscent of
the famous Tom and Jerry cartoons
by
Hanna-Barbera,”
Barnea wrote. “Tom is a strong,
ambitious cat. Jerry is a weak but
clever mouse. Jerry teases Tom.
Tom fights back. In every conflict between them, Jerry wins.”
“There is no sense investing in
a lost cause,” Barnea continued.
“Adding more ground forces to
those already stuck in Lebanon
will not bring about the hopedfor turnabout in the Lebanese
gamble. With American support,
Israel still has a chance of getting
out of this war with decent
accomplishments. Take what
they’re offering you, Ehud
Olmert. Take it and run.”
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installment of the NTRA Pick 4
National wager. It encompasses
four races, two from Saratoga
and two top turf races from
Arlington Park.
While I will give three selections for both the first leg of the
Pick 4 — the Alfred G. Vanderbilt and the
third leg, the
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and the
Arlington
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A field of 11 is set in the premier turf test for filly and
mares. All eyes will be on the
rail horse; Gorella. On the Belmont Stakes undercard, she had
a fantastic finish coming from
dead last to get up and win.
Although it was a field of four,
she showed her true grit that
made her claim last season as a
three year old in Europe. With
Julian Leparoux aboard, she is
two-for-two in this country and
is my top selection.
The only question with her is
the distance in which she has
never gone. The Todd Pletcher
trained; Honey Ryder is honest
as the daylong. A lover of
marathon distance races, she is
in top form and can’t be discounted here.
Rich in Spirit comes off a
solid win at Churchill in the
Locust Grove. Going 11-for-14
in the money on turf, she is a
major player here. If you are
looking for a longshot, Chic
Dancer just loves the Arlington
turf course. She is 8-out-of-10
in the money with six victories
over it. The selections for the
Beverly D. are: Gorella/Honey
Ryder/Rich in Spirit and Chic
Dancer.
The 24th running of the
Arlington Million also has 11
horses entered. Four European
invaders meet seven of the
state’s best turf runners. It looks
like a showdown between two
horses that met each other in
their last three races. The Bobby
Frankel trained; Cacique and the
Todd Pletcher trained; English
Channel.They first met each
other on the Kentucky Derby
undercard in the Turf Classic.
That day, English Channel prevailed over favorite Cacique by
half a length. That was at a mile
an a eighth. Next time out,
Cacique turned the tables on
English Channel and won by a
nod in the mile and a quarter
Manhattan Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard. The
third time, English Channel prevailed by a half length in the
United Nations Handicap at
Monmouth Park. That race was
a mile and three eighths.
The record shows, English
Channel 2, Cacique 1 and
although both are good, today
the old man wins one for John
Henry in this edition of the
Arlington Million.
The eight-year-old; The Tin
Man gets the call for me. Since
returning to the races after well
over a year layoff, he won like
it's nothing. Since that victory he
has gotten two more and a second place finish in the Dubai
Duty Free back in March. While
most horses feel the effects of the
dreaded Dubai bounce, he came
back and won on July 2nd at
Hollywood Park. It’s hard to separate both English Channel &
Cacique. They will be my second
and third picks. Longshots to
look at are two Europeans, Touch
of Land & Soldier Hollow.
My NTRA National pick 4
ticket will look something like
this; Leg#1 — 3/5 with Leg#2
— 1/6/10 with Leg#3 — 2/4
with Leg#4 — 2/10/11.
QUOTE
OF THE DAY
‘I enjoy doing the things typical 23-year-olds like to do. But
I understand that there are a
lot of distractions out there. ...
There are choices, there’s
decisions and there’s consequences.’
— David Wright
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2006 • SECTION B
Zephyrs entertain unbeaten Mallers
By MIKE COLLAR
Recorder Sports Staff
Amsterdam Zephyrs head
coach Dom Ruggeri will find
out how far his team has come
along this season when it entertains the unbeaten Albany Metro
Mallers in an Empire Football
League game at Lynch Middle
School field at 7:30 tonight.
The Mallers, who carry an arsenal of weapons, lead the Southern Division race with a 4-0
record while the Tri-State Bulldogs are 3-2 followed by Broome
County 2-2, Zephyrs 2-3 and
Scranton 1-3-1.
Ironically, the Zephyrs just
picked up Gabe Young, who
played for the Mallers as a wide
receiver/defensive back. The
Mallers gave Young his release to
play for Amsterdam.
Amsterdam is coming off an
emotional 13-10 overtime win
against Broome County, thanks
to a 33-yard field goal by Alvaro
Montes.
"Our players know they have to
beat big brother (Mallers). They
are really looking forward to the
challenge. I got film on them
(Mallers). They have speed at
receiving and a passing game.
We have to play well and not give
up the big play. They're also deep
at running back," said Ruggeri.
Eric Johnson will start at quarterback again for the Zephyrs and
have Penta Thomas and Ken
Hudson in the backfield.
The Zephyrs didn't waste any
time using the talents of Young
who will play cornerback against
his former team.
Johnson will have wide receiver Charlie Castro (seven catches,
134 yards, two TDs) as a primary
target.
The Zephyrs will play
without back Tim Stewart, and
linemen Brian Thompson and
Bob Van Hoesen while middle
linebacker John Sausville is
injured but will see action.
"I'm not worried about our run
defense. It's not going to be easy
to stop (quarterback Scott) Lawson. He's smart and can throw the
ball. We've put in a couple of different packages and our front line
has to put pressure on him," said
Ruggeri.
The Mallers have scored 130
points and given up only 56
while Amsterdam's point total
reads, 53 for and 120 against.
Lawson has completed 59-of86 passes for 985 yards, eight
touchdowns and two interceptions. His counterpart, Johnson is
31-of-106 for 473 yards, five
touchdowns and seven interceptions.
The Mallers come at opponents
both ways, running and passing.
Running back Sylvester Cooperwood, last year's EFL top offenPlease see ZEPHYRS,
Page 2B
Mets win
streak
snapped
Traber shuts
down former team
DAVID WRIGHT
JOSE REYES
Double threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Billy
Traber performed precisely the
way the New York Mets figured
he would
NATIONALS 2 when they
made the
METS 1
lefty a firstround draft pick back in 2000.
Unfortunately for the Mets,
Traber was on the mound for the
Nationals on Friday night, and he
outdueled Tom Glavine in Washington’s 2-1 victory over New
York, which had won five consecutive games.
Traber (2-1) pitched into the
eighth inning, allowing one run
and four hits with no walks, to
earn his eighth career major
league win. That’s 279 fewer
than Glavine (12-5), who was
almost as good: He allowed
Brian Schneider’s two-run double in the second, and that was
Please see METS,
Page 3B
Mets’ Wright, Reyes look to avoid pitfalls that derailed others
By JORGE ARANGURE JR.
The Washington Post
NEW YORK — David Wright is heading
toward the batting cage before a game this
week when he’s stopped by an overzealous
fan on the field who wants to pose with him
for a photograph. The New York Mets’ third
baseman stops and puts an arm around the
man. Click. Another fan wants a photo and
Wright just can’t say no. Click. Click. Soon
Wright is engulfed, signing autographs,
posing for photos and speaking with
celebrities, still holding his bat.
THE
Fame and success have come quickly for
Wright — a National League MVP candidate with a .314 average, 22 home runs and
86 RBI — and shortstop Jose Reyes, who
leads the majors with 48 stolen bases. They
are at the center of the Mets’ revival this
season and possibly beyond: Both recently
signed lucrative contract extensions.
“I don’t know when the last time was
when we had two core superstar players in
the system,” Mets Chief Operating Officer
Jeff Wilpon said.
Jay Horwitz, vice president for media
relations, knows. Back in the early 1980s,
two young Mets took over this star-hungry
city before being overwhelmed by the fame
and attention. The names of Dwight “Doc”
Gooden and Darryl Strawberry linger at
Shea Stadium like ghosts. They, too, had
trouble saying no, and the playing careers
of both ended early.
Horwitz worries it might all be too much,
too soon for this pair of 23-year-olds. Both
are too nice, he thinks, so gracious that sayPlease see DOUBLE,
Page 3B
The Associated Press
Washington Nationals’ Billy
Traber, wearing a replica 1944
Homestead Grays home uniform, pitches against the New
Yorks Mets in the first inning of
a baseball game Friday in
Washington.
SIDELINES
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, left, is
tackled
by
Baltimore
Ravens Dan Cody, right,
as linebacker Adalius
Thomas, center, moves in
during the first quarter of
their preseason football
game Friday in Baltimore.
The Giants rallied to a 1716 victory.
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Maurice Clarett, center, tells a judge that he was ready to go to trial
after he was ordered a mental health evaluation Friday. At left is his
attorney Michael Hoague and at left is other attorney Nick Mango.
Pennington sharp in return
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Chad Pennington looks
like a quarterback ready to reclaim his job.
Playing in a game for the first time since
undergoing a second major operation on his
right shoulder, Pennington worked two series
in the New York Jets’ 16-3 preseason loss to
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night.
The oft-injured seventh-year pro completed 9
of 14 passes for 54 yards and lost a fumble
when he was sacked early in the second quarter. More importantly for him and the Jets, his
surgically repaired shoulder withstood the first
hits he’s taken since Week 3 of last season.
Rookie Bruce Gradkowski threw second-half
touchdown passes of 11 yards to Paris Warren
and 2 yards to third-round draft pick Maurice
Stovall for Tampa Bay, which pulled its firstteam defense after Pennington kept them on
the field for a few more plays than the Bucs
would have liked.
Pennington completed his first five passes —
all short throws — for 30 yards. He took his
first real hit since the latest operation on his
right rotator cuff when he ran for 5 yards and
was tackled by cornerback Juran Bolden.
Clarett ordered to have
mental health evaluation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —
Maurice Clarett was ordered Friday to have a mental health evaluation after a highway chase and
violent struggle with police who
caught him with four loaded
guns. The former Ohio State
football star insisted he is compe-
tent to stand trial in another case.
Judge David Fais delayed the
trial set to begin Monday on previous charges accusing the player
of holding up two people outside
a bar on New Year’s Day.
Please see CLARETT,
Page 5B
2B — The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006
HORSE RACING
TONIGHT S S P A R A C E W A Y
ENTRIES
Post time: 7:20 p.m.
FIRST RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $3,800.
1 Pandolier
(Randall) 7-2
2 Cheyenne Jeff
(Cross) 3-1
3 Absolute Dream (Cappello) 8-1
4 Vicious Cycle
(Podres) 12-1
5 Sharks Mark
(Mc Givern) 20-1
6 Victicious
(Mattison) 15-1
7 Skitsofrantic (Mac Dougall) 20-1
8 Johnny J
(Marks) 2-1
SECOND RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $3,900.
Claiming Price: $4,000.
1 Tough Summer (Westbrook) 10-1
2 Mats Zinger
(Marks) 4-1
3 J T Bibbsy
(Mac Dougall) 6-1
4 Ruff
(Cross) 7-2
5 Back O Benachie N (Cppllo) 5-2
6 Canaco Murray
(Randall) 8-1
7 Billiard Boy (Dibenedetto) 12-1
8 Mr Kite
(Walker) 15-1
THIRD RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $5,800.
Claiming Price: $7,500.
1 Pleasant Tap
(Cross) 4-1
2 Holly Hill Rwrd (Dibndtto) 10-1
3 Karmichael
(Marks) 5-2
4 Penn McCoy (Mac Dougall) 5-1
5 Therealshowstopper (Segel) 3-1
6 Letsroll Bluegrass (Crwfrd) 8-1
7 Swift Sport
(Cappello) 7-2
FOURTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $4,800.
1 Fox Valley Lovebug (Cross) 8-1
2 Precious Michelle
(Cross) 4-1
3 Fire Line
(Simser) 5-2
4 Tavern Reaction
(Cooper) 10-1
5 Lexington
(Randall) 7-2
6 Soldier Boy
(Mattison) 6-1
FIFTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $4,600.
Claiming Price: $5,000.
1 Keystone Roper (Crawford) 5-2
2 Look Duke
(Cappello) 3-1
3 SOS Mackenna
(Segel) 4-1
4 Ruckus Hanover (Dibndetto) 9-2
5 Cinnamon Road (Pugliese) 8-1
6 Ruling Dragon
(Marks) 10-1
7 Prince Rama A
(Randall) 6-1
8 Maxies David
(Cross) 12-1
SIXTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $5,800.
Claiming Price: $7,500.
1 Dexters Lifeline
(Marks) 3-1
2 Brooklets Cole
(Cappello) 5-2
3 Big Time Shark (Dibndetto) 7-2
4 Alpengeist
(MacDougall) 10-1
5 Armbro Republican (Cross) 4-1
6 Bonriki A
(Randall) 9-2
7 Timbo Timbo
(Mattison) 12-1
SEVENTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $7,500.
Claiming Price: $10,000.
1 OneForTheBooks (Dibndtto) 5-2
2 Big Money Man
(Randall) 2-1
3 OK Galleon N
(Crawford) 10-1
4 Bonn Rocket N
(Marks) 12-1
5 Gotta B Good
(Cappello) 7-2
6 T Rex
(Cross) 8-1
EIGHTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $7,500.
1 Jazzy Jeff
(Randall) 8-1
2 Hezamagicman (Cappello) 10-1
3 Bell Valley Indian (Podres) 5-2
4 Yonkers Hall
(Marks) 5-2
5 Southwind Irvin
(Cross) 3-1
6 Speed Skater
(Mattison) 15-1
7 Yankee Arnie
(Lems) 4-1
NINTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $16,000.
1 Sexy Dreamer
(Randall) 8-1
2 Peidro Pete
(Crawford) 12-1
3 Flight Sign
(Dibenedetto) 6-1
4 Go Mike Go
(Mattison) 15-1
5 Kiwi Cam
(Segel) 3-1
6 Future Falcon N (Cappello) 5-2
7 Dream Package
(Cross) 7-2
TENTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $11,000.
Claiming Price: $20,000.
1 Aint No Stopn Us (Randall) 8-1
2 Hard Hitter
(Podres) 7-2
3 Spank Me Frank (Dibndtto) 6-1
4 Four Starzzz Scoot (Marks) 4-1
5 Stone Art
(Cross) 20-1
6 Markalan A
(Cross) 5-2
7 Be The Bunny
(Cappello) 5-1
8 Am I Next A
(Crawford) 9-2
ELEVENTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $9,000.
Claiming Price: $15,000.
1 Armbro Ace
(Marks) 2-1
2 ABs Trick
(Crawford) 8-1
3 Sammy Power A
(Segel) 12-1
4 Electric Star (Mac Dougall) 10-1
5 Blue Rock Bash (Cappello) 7-2
6 Parole Board
(Dibndetto) 4-1
7 Discretionary (Mc Givern) 15-1
8 Amazing Stand
(Cross) 6-1
TWELFTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $6,200.
1 Bad Hombre
(Randall) 5-2
2 Camviction
(Mattison) 6-1
3 Thunder Storm N (Podres) 4-1
4 SteamTheWndws (Dibndtto) 7-2
5 FourStarzEsquire (Crword) 12-1
6 Weiss Hanover
(Marks) 8-1
7 Minor De Best
(Cross) 9-2
8 Arts Regards
(Cappello) 15-1
THIRTEENTH RACE
Pace 1 Mile. Purse $5,000.
1 Executive Dancer
(Cross) 3-1
2 Honeys Misfit
(Cappello) 8-1
3 Gaelic Force (Dibenedetto) 5-2
4 No Cntst Mindale (MacDgll) 12-1
5 Ignite My Fire
(Pugliese) 15-1
6 The Faker N
(Randall) 6-1
7 Mattygonne A
(Crawford) 7-2
8 Desert Sign
(Marks) 10-1
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled
INF Ramon Vazquez from Buffalo
of the IL. Designated RHP for
assignment.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Activated
OF Lew Ford from the 15-day DL.
OAKLAND
ATHLETICS—
Activated LHP Scott Sauerbeck
from the 15-day DL.
TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to
terms with INF-OF Eric Young to a
minor league contract and assigned
him to Oklahoma of the PCL.
National League
COLORADO
ROCKIES—
Designated OF Jorge Piedra for
assignment. Recalled OF Ryan
Spilborghs from Colorado Springs
of the PCL.
FLORIDA MARLINS—Extended
their player development contract
with Albuquerque of the PCL.
PITTSBURGH
PIRATES—
Purchased the contract of RHP
Britt Reames from Indianapolis of
the IL. Placed RHP Josh Sharpless
on the 15-day DL.
WASHINGTON
NATIONALS—
Recalled RHP Jason Bergmann
from New Orleans of the PCL.
Midwest League
SOUTH BEND SILVER HAWKS—
Announced
the
Arizona
Diamondbacks have placed LHP
Angel Rocha on the roster.
American Association
COASTAL BEND AVIATORS—
Agreed to terms with RHP Mike
McGowan.
Can-Am League
SUSSEX SKYHAWKS—Released
INF Elvis Corporan.
NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Agreed
to terms with C-INF John Bellis.
Frontier League
CHILLICOTHE PAINTS—Sold the
contract of RHP Nick Cavanagh to
the Houston Astros.
KALAMAZOO KINGS—Agreed to
terms with OF Lance Thompson.
Released OF Tim Ryan and LHP
Casey Wernke.
Golden Baseball League
SAN DIEGO SURF DAWGS—
Released C Kevin Ciarrachi.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NEW JERSEY NETS—Agreed to
terms with F Clifford Robinson.
Waived G Zoran Planinic.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS—OL Bob
Hallen announced his retirement.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
EDMONTON OILERS—Signed F
Petr Sykora to a one-year contract.
ECHL
COLUMBIA INFERNO—Agreed to
terms with D Corey Hessler.
LONG BEACH ICE DOGS—Agreed
to terms with RW Ash Goldie.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC DALLAS—Released M Mark
Wilson.
COLLEGE
AKRON—Named Railene Thorson
women’s assistant soccer coach.
BRADLEY—Named Katie Bonner
life skills coordinator.
CENTRAL
MICHIGAN—Named
William Eddie Jr. men’s assistant
basketball coach.
FAIRFIELD—Named
Beth
Loffredo
women’s
assistant
lacrosse coach.
HARTWICK—Named
April
Raynovich assistant director of
sports information.
ILLINOIS-CHICAGO—Named C.J.
Brown men’s assistant soccer
coach.
KALAMAZOO—Named Matt Boven
women’s tennis coach.
MORAVIAN—Named Welles Lobb
men’s and women’s cross country
coach and men’s assistant and
women’s track and field coach.
QUINNIPIAC—Named
Rebecca
Vozzo assistant athletic trainer.
SALVE REGINA—Named Jennifer
Eldridge women’s field hockey and
lacrosse coach.
ST. ANDREW’S—Named Lyndsey
Boswell women’s lacrosse coach.
SUSQUEHANNA—Named
Bob
Jazwinshki defensive line coach,
Joey Stockton receivers coach,
Dave Brown men’s assistant basketball coach.
THE
SCOREBOARD
ON
BASEBALL
Major League
standings
Pirates 7,
Cardinals 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct
G B
New York
67 45 .598
—
Boston
66 48 .579
2
Toronto
62 54 .534
7
Baltimore
51 65 .440
18
Tampa Bay
47 68 .409 21 1/2
Central Division
W
L Pct
G B
Detroit
76 39 .661
—
Chicago
68 46 .596 7 1/2
Minnesota
67 48 .583
9
Cleveland
50 64 .439 25 1/2
Kansas City
41 74 .357
35
West Division
W
L Pct
G B
Oakland
62 52 .544
—
Los Angeles
60 56 .517
3
Texas
58 58 .500
5
Seattle
56 58 .491
6
ST. LOUIS
PITTSBURGH
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33 7127
St. Louis
100 000 000
1
Pittsburgh
020 022 10x
7
DP—St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 3.
LOB—St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 8. 2B—
Pujols 3 (25), FSanchez (39),
JBautista (13), Duffy (7). 3B—
McLouth (2). HR—McLouth (7). S—
Suppan, Duke.
IP H R ER BB SO
St. Louis
Suppan L,9-7 5• 8 5 5 1 3
TJohnson
• 2 1 1 1 1
Hancock
1• 2 1 1 1 1
JoSosa
1 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh
Duke W,8-10
9 8 1 1 0 7
HBP—by Duke (Eckstein), by
Suppan (JWilson), by Suppan
(Nady), by Duke (YMolina).
Umpires—Home, Eric Cooper;
First, Gerry Davis; Second, Brian
Gorman; Third, Bill Miller.
T—2:18. A—30,516 (38,496).
Thursday s Games
Cleveland 14, L.A. Angels 2
Texas 8, Seattle 2
Chicago White Sox 5, N.Y. Yankees
4
Kansas City 5, Boston 4
Toronto 5, Minnesota 0
Friday s Games
Boston 9, Baltimore 2
L.A. Angels 7, N.Y. Yankees 4
Cleveland 4, Kansas City 3
Toronto 7, Minnesota 1
Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 0
Seattle at Texas, 8:35 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
Today s Games
Kansas City (OPerez 0-0) at
Cleveland (Sabathia 8-8), 1:05 p.m.,
1st game
Kansas City (De La Rosa 1-1) at
Cleveland (Guthrie 0-0), 7:05 p.m.,
2nd game
Baltimore (Benson 9-9) at Boston
(Johnson 3-11), 1:20 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Escobar 8-9) at N.Y.
Yankees (Wright 8-6), 1:20 p.m.
Detroit (Rogers 11-5) at Chicago
White Sox (Buehrle 9-10), 1:20 p.m.
Toronto (Downs 5-1) at Minnesota
(Baker 3-7), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (Moyer 6-10) at Texas
(Volquez 0-1), 8:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Fossum 6-4) at
Oakland (Blanton 12-9), 9:05 p.m.
Sunday s Games
L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05
p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Boston, 2:05 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:05
p.m.
Toronto at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
NATIONAL L E A G U E
East Division
W
L Pct
G B
New York
69 45 .605
—
Philadelphia
55 58 .487 13 1/2
Atlanta
53 61 .465
16
Florida
53 61 .465
16
Washington
51 64 .443 18 1/2
Central Division
W
L Pct
G B
St. Louis
62 53 .539
—
Cincinnati
59 56 .513
3
Houston
57 58 .496
5
Milwaukee
54 61 .470
8
Chicago
48 66 .421 13 1/2
Pittsburgh
43 73 .371 19 1/2
West Division
W
L Pct
G B
Los Angeles
59 56 .513
—
Arizona
58 56 .509
1/2
San Diego
58 57 .504
1
Colorado
55 59 .482 3 1/2
San Francisco 54 60 .474 4 1/2
Thursday s Games
N.Y. Mets 7, San Diego 3
St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 1
Milwaukee 8, Chicago Cubs 6
Florida 9, Washington 6
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 2
L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 3
Friday s Games
Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 1
Washington 2, N.Y. Mets 1
Atlanta 2, Milwaukee 1
Houston 4, San Diego 2
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:05
p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 9:05
p.m.
Florida at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers,
10:40 p.m.
Today s Games
San Francisco (Cain 8-8) at L.A.
Dodgers (Penny 12-5), 4:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Sheets 2-4) at Atlanta
(Barry 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
San Diego (Peavy 5-11) at Houston
(Hirsh 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Weaver 5-12) at
Pittsburgh (Snell 9-8), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Maine 2-3) at
Washington (Bergmann 0-0), 7:05
p.m.
Cincinnati (E.Ramirez 4-8) at
Philadelphia (Mathieson 1-3), 7:05
p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Guzman 0-2) at
Colorado (Fogg 7-7), 8:05 p.m.
Florida (Olsen 9-5) at Arizona
(Webb 12-4), 9:40 p.m.
Sunday s Games
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 1:35
p.m.
San Diego at Houston, 2:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 3:05
p.m.
Florida at Arizona, 4:40 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers,
8:05 p.m.
Nationals 2, Mets 1
NEW
YORK
WASHINGTON
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31 1 5 1 Totals
30 2 7 2
New York
100 000 000
1
Washington
020 000 00x
2
E—FLopez (21). DP—Washington
1. LOB—New York 6, Washington 5.
2B—Reyes (23), Zimmerman (36),
Schneider (11). HR—Lo Duca (4).
SB—Reyes (49), Escobar (2). CS—
Reyes (12), Kearns (4).
IP H R ER BB SO
New York
TGlavine L,12-5 6 7 2 2 1 7
Oliver
1 0 0 0 0 2
RoHernandez
1 0 0 0 0 2
Washington
Traber W,2-1
7 4 1 1 0 2
Rauch
1 1 0 0 0 1
CCordero S,21 1 0 0 0 1 0
Traber pitched to 1 batter in the
8th.
T—2:34. A—29,414 (46,382).
Braves 2, Brewers 1
MILWAUKEE
ATLANTA
abr hbi
abrhbi
BClark cf 4 0 0 0 Aybar 3b 2 0 0 0
Grffnno 2b4 0 1 0 TPena 3b 1 0 0 0
Fildr 1b 4 0 0 0 Thrmn ph 1 0 0 0
Mench lf 4 0 1 0 Orr 3b
0 00 0
Gross rf 4 0 1 0 MGiles 2b 3 1 0 0
BHall ss 3 1 1 0 Rnteria ss 4 0 0 0
DaBell 3b 3 0 1 0 AJones cf 3 1 1 1
DMiller c 3 0 0 0 Frncur rf 4 0 2 1
Cpuano p 2 0 0 0 McCnn c 3 0 1 0
Jenkins ph0 0 0 1 Diaz lf
3 00 0
Wise p
0 0 0 0 LaRche 1b 3 0 1 0
Turnbw p 0 0 0 0 Smoltz p 1 0 0 0
Totals
31 1 5 1 Totals
28 2 5 2
Milwaukee
000 000 010
1
Atlanta
010 000 001
2
One out when winning run scored.
LOB—Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 5. 2B—
Graffanino (4), Mench (1), BHall
(27), Francoeur (17), McCann (20).
HR—AJones (29). SB—Gross (1).
S—Smoltz. SF—Jenkins.
IP H R ER BB SO
Milwaukee
Capuano
7 4 1 1 0 4
Wise
1 0 0 0 1 0
Turnbow L,4-8 • 1 1 1 2 0
Atlanta
Smoltz W,10-5
9 5 1 1 0 8
T—2:16. A—31,336 (50,091).
White Sox 5, Tigers 0
DETROIT
CHICAGO
abr hbi
abrhbi
Grndsn cf 4 0 1 0 Pdsdnk lf 5 1 2 0
Planco 2b 4 0 0 0 Iguchi 2b 4 1 2 1
IRdrgz c 4 0 0 0 Thome dh 4 1 2 2
MOrdz rf 4 0 0 0 Knerko 1b 4 0 0 0
CGillen ss 2 0 1 0 Dye rf
4 12 0
DYong dh 3 0 0 0 Przyns c 4 1 1 2
Monroe lf 3 0 0 0 Crede 3b 4 0 3 0
Casey 1b 3 0 1 0 Cintron ss 4 0 2 0
Inge 3b
3 0 0 0 BrAdrs cf 4 0 1 0
Totals
30 0 3 0 Totals
37 5155
Detroit
000 000 000
0
Chicago
001 040 00x
5
E—Inge (14), Verlander (3). DP—
Detroit 1. LOB—Detroit 4, Chicago
8. 2B—Granderson (23), Cintron (6).
HR—Thome (35), Pierzynski (10).
SB—CGuillen (17).
IP H R ER BB SO
Detroit
Verlander L,14-5 5 13 5
4 0 4
Ledezma
2 1 0 0 0 3
Colon
1 1 0 0 0 0
Chicago
Cntrras W,11-4 9 3 0 0 1 5
T—2:13. A—39,378 (40,615).
Red Sox 9,
Orioles 2
BALTIMORE
abr hbi
BRbrts 2b 5 0 3 1
Mora 3b 5 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Conine lf 4 0 1 0
RaHrdz c 3 0 1 0
Tatis dh 2 0 0 0
Gbbons dh1 0 0 0
CPttson cf4 1 2 1
Millar 1b 4 1 2 0
Mrkkis rf 4 0 1 0
BOSTON
abrhbi
Crisp cf
4 11 0
Loretta 2b 4 1 3 2
DOrtiz dh 3 1 1 0
MRmrz lf 4 0 2 2
Kapler rf 1 0 0 0
Yukilis 1b 5 1 1 0
Lowell 3b 4 1 1 1
Cora 3b
0 00 0
WPena rf 4 1 1 1
JvLopz c 4 2 2 1
AGnzlz ss 4 1 1 2
Totals
36 2112 Totals
37 9139
Baltimore
000 000 101
2
Boston
107 000 10x
9
E—Mora (10). DP—Baltimore 1,
Boston 1. LOB—Baltimore 9, Boston
9. 2B—BRoberts (28), Millar (14),
Markakis (15), DOrtiz (22), Youkilis
(30). 3B—AGonzalez (2). HR—
CPatterson (11). SB—BRoberts
(30), Lowell (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Baltimore
Loewen L,2-4 2• 6 6 6 2 3
RLopez
4ª 7 3 3 2 5
RuOrtiz
1 0 0 0 0 1
Boston
DWells W,1-2
7 9 1 1 1 4
Snyder
2 2 1 1 1 2
HBP—by Loewen (Lowell).
Umpires—Home,
Chuck
Meriwether; First, Phil Cuzzi;
Second, Jerry Crawford; Third,
Brian O’Nora.
T—3:01. A—36,191 (36,108).
Blue Jays 7, Twins 1
TORONTO
abr hbi
Jhnson rf 5 1 1 2
Ctlnotto lf 4 2 2 0
VWells cf 5 0 1 0
Glaus 3b 3 1 1 1
Ovrbay 1b 4 0 1 2
Hinske dh 3 0 0 0
BMolna c 4 1 1 0
AHill 2b 4 0 0 0
JMcDld ss4 2 2 2
MINNESOTA
abrhbi
LCstillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Tyner lf 4 0 0 0
Mauer c 3 0 1 0
Cddyer rf 3 0 1 0
LFord rf 1 0 0 0
Mrneau 1b 4 0 0 0
THnter cf 4 0 0 0
Kubel dh 4 0 1 0
LRdrgz 3b 3 1 2 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 1
Totals
36 7 9 7 Totals
32 1 6 1
Toronto
232 000 000
7
Minnesota
000 000 100
1
DP—Toronto 1. LOB—Toronto 5,
Minnesota 6. 2B—Overbay (30),
BMolina (14), Cuddyer (29), Kubel
(7), LRodriguez (3), Bartlett (13).
HR—Johnson (8), JMcDonald (3).
IP H R ER BB SO
Toronto
Burnett W,4-5
7 6 1
1 2 10
Accardo
1 0 0 0 0 0
Schoeneweis
1 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota
Garza L,0-1
2ª 8 7 7 2 2
Eyre
3• 1 0 0 1 1
DReyes
1 0 0 0 0 1
Crain
2 0 0 0 0 1
Umpires—Home, Ed Rapuano;
First, Brian Runge; Second, Chris
Guccione;
Third,
Bruce
Froemming.
T—2:35. A—31,814 (46,564).
Astros 4, Padres 2
SAN DIEGO
HOUSTON
abr hbi
abrhbi
Brfield 2b 3 0 0 0 Tveras cf 5 0 2 0
BGiles rf 3 0 1 1 Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Cmeron cf3 0 0 1 Burke 2b 0 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 0 0 0 Brkmn 1b 4 1 3 1
Bowen pr 0 0 0 0 Huff rf
4 00 0
AGnzlz 1b 4 0 0 0 Ensbrg 3b 2 0 0 0
KGreen ss3 0 0 0 Scott lf
4 02 0
Bllhorn 3b 3 1 1 0 AEvrtt ss 4 1 1 0
Merdth p 0 0 0 0 Asmus c 3 0 0 1
Jhnson lf 2 1 1 0 Pettitte p 3 1 2 1
DRbrts lf 1 0 0 0 Wheelr p 0 0 0 0
Park p
1 0 0 0 Lamb ph 1 0 0 0
Adkins p 0 0 0 0 Lidge p
0 00 0
Embre p 0 0 0 0
TWalkr 3b1 0 0 0
Totals
28 2 3 2 Totals
34 4113
San Diego
002 000 000
2
Houston
010 110 10x
4
E—Ensberg (11). DP—Houston 1.
LOB—San Diego 3, Houston 9. 2B—
Biggio (29). 3B—AEverett (3). HR—
Berkman (31), Pettitte (1). SB—
Taveras 2 (19). S—Park, Ausmus.
SF—Cameron.
IP H R ER BB SO
San Diego
Park L,7-7
5 8 3 3 2 3
Adkins
1 1 0 0 0 1
Embree
• 1 1 1 0 0
Meredith
1ª 1 0 0 0 2
Houston
Pettitte W,11-12 7 3 2
2 1 10
Wheeler
1 0 0 0 0 1
Lidge S,26
1 0 0 0 1 1
WP—Park. PB—Piazza.
Umpires—Home, Bill Welke; First,
Marty
Foster;
Second,
Tim
McClelland;
Third,
Fieldin
Culbreth.
T—2:46. A—43,239 (40,976).
FOOTBALL
NFL preseason
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct P F P A
Buffalo
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Miami
0 0 0 .000 0 0
New England 0 1 0 .000 23 26
N.Y. Jets
0 1 0 .000 3 16
South
W L T Pct P F P A
Houston
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Jacksonville
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Tennessee
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Indianapolis
0 1 0 .000 17 19
North
W L T Pct P F P A
Cincinnati
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Pittsburgh
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Baltimore
0 1 0 .000 16 17
Cleveland
0 1 0 .000 7 20
West
W L T Pct P F P A
Oakland
1 0 0 1.000 16 10
Kansas City
0 0 0 .000 0 0
San Diego
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Denver
0 1 0 .000 13 20
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct P F P A
N.Y. Giants
1 0 0 1.000 17 16
Philadelphia
1 1 0 .500 30 23
Dallas
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Washington
0 0 0 .000 0 0
South
W L T Pct P F P A
Atlanta
1 0 0 1.000 26 23
Tampa Bay
1 0 0 1.000 16 3
Carolina
0 0 0 .000 0 0
New Orleans
0 0 0 .000 0 0
North
W L T Pct P F P A
Detroit
1 0 0 1.000 20 13
Chicago
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Green Bay
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Minnesota
0 0 0 .000 0 0
West
W L T Pct P F P A
St. Louis
1 0 0 1.000 19 17
Arizona
0 0 0 .000 0 0
San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Seattle
0 0 0 .000 0 0
Sunday s Game
Oakland 16, Philadelphia 10
Thursday s Games
Philadelphia 20, Cleveland 7
St. Louis 19, Indianapolis 17
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay 16, N.Y. Jets 3
Detroit 20, Denver 13
N.Y. Giants 17, Baltimore 16
Atlanta 26, New England 23
Chicago at San Francisco, 10 p.m.
Saturday s Games
Pittsburgh at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Houston, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Green Bay at San Diego, 10 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 13
Washington at Cincinnati, 8 p.m.
Indians 4, Royals 3
KANSAS CITY
abr hbi
DJesus lf 4 1 2 0
Grdzln 2b 4 1 2 1
Teahen 3b 4 0 3 1
Brown rf 2 0 0 1
RSndrs dh4 0 0 0
Shealy 1b 4 0 0 0
Bako c
3 010
Berroa ss 4 0 1 0
Gthrght cf4 1 1 0
CLEVELAND
abrhbi
Szmore cf 5 0 2 3
Mchels lf 4 1 2 0
Hafner dh 4 0 1 0
VMrtnz c 4 0 1 0
Choo rf
4 01 1
JhPlta ss 4 0 1 0
Garko 1b 3 1 1 0
RVazqz 2b 4 1 1 0
Marte 3b 3 0 1 0
Boone ph 0 1 0 0
Totals
33 3103 Totals
35 4114
Kansas City 100 020 000
3
Cleveland
000 001 003
4
One out when winning run scored.
E—Brown (2), Sizemore (3), Byrd
(4). DP—Kansas City 1, Cleveland 2.
LOB—Kansas City 6, Cleveland 8.
2B—Teahen (16), Michaels 2 (22),
Hafner (26), Choo (6), Marte (1).
3B—Sizemore (9). SF—Brown.
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Bernero
5ª 7 1 1 0 5
JoPeralta
1 0 0 0 0 2
Gobble
1• 1 0 0 0 2
Burgos L,2-5
• 3 3 3 1 0
Cleveland
Byrd
8 10 3
3 2 2
FCabrera W,2-2 1 0 0 0 0 1
HBP—by JoPeralta (Garko).
Umpires—Home, Larry Young;
First, Tom Hallion; Second, Mike
Everitt; Third, Alfonso Marquez.
T—2:42. A—30,929 (43,415).
Angels 7, Yankees 4
LOS ANGELES
abr hbi
Figgins cf 5 2 2 0
Izturis 3b 5 2 3 3
OCbera ss 4 0 2 2
VGrero rf 4 1 1 1
GAndsn dh4 1 1 1
JRivra lf 3 0 0 0
AKndy 2b 3 0 0 0
Quinlan 1b4 0 1 0
Napoli c 4 1 1 0
NEW YORK
abrhbi
Damon cf 2 0 0 0
Jeter ss
5 01 0
BAbreu rf 4 0 1 0
ARod 3b 4 2 2 1
Giambi dh 4 0 1 1
CWlson 1b 4 1 1 0
MeCbr lf 2 1 0 0
Fasano c 3 0 1 2
Posada ph 1 0 0 0
NGreen 2b 3 0 1 0
Cano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals
36 7117 Totals
33 4 8 4
Los Angeles 012 020 110
7
New York
000 100 210
4
E—Izturis (7), VGuerrero (9).
DP—Los Angeles 3, New York 1.
LOB—Los Angeles 4, New York 7.
2B—OCabrera (31), Napoli (10),
Fasano
(2).
HR—Izturis
(3),
VGuerrero (26), GAnderson (12),
ARodriguez (24). SB—Figgins (42),
Izturis (11), Damon (21).
IP H R ER BB SO
Los Angeles
Saunders W,4-0 6 6 3 2 2 4
Shields
1ª 2 1 1 1 2
Rodriguez S,291• 0 0 0 1 3
New York
Lidle L,1-1
4 4 3 3 2 3
Ponson
3 5 3 3 0 1
Veras
0 1 1 1 0 0
Villone
2 1 0 0 0 1
Saunders pitched to 3 batters in the
7th, Veras pitched to 1 batter in the
8th.
HBP—by Saunders (Damon). WP—
Saunders.
Umpires—Home, Bob Davidson;
First, Mark Wegner; Second,
Marvin Hudson; Third, Jerry
Layne.
T—3:11. A—54,450 (56,937).
AUTO
RACING
NASCAR Nextel AMD
at the Glen lineup
After Friday qualifying; race
Sunday
At Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Lap length: 2.45 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 122.966
mph.
2. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 121.845.
3. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge,
121.642.
4. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet,
121.432.
5. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet,
121.172.
6. (7) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet,
121.144.
7. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet,
120.779.
8. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet,
120.614.
9. (5) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 120.609.
10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet,
120.497.
11. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
Chevrolet, 120.290.
12. (38) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 120.277.
13. (40) Scott Pruett, Dodge, 120.229.
14. (07) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet,
120.105.
15. (60) Boris Said, Ford, 120.080.
16. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet,
120.059.
17. (42) Casey Mears, Dodge,
120.000.
18. (32) Ron Fellows, Chevrolet,
119.865.
19. (25) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet,
119.777.
20. (6) Mark Martin, Ford, 119.650.
21. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 119.530.
22. (66) Jeff Green, Chevrolet,
119.422.
23. (21) Ken Schrader, Ford, 119.383.
24. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford,
119.312.
25. (22) Dave Blaney, Dodge,
119.291.
26. (18) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet,
119.276.
27. (90) Marc Goossens, Ford,
119.204.
28. (4) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet,
119.189.
29. (96) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet,
119.083.
30. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 119.072.
31. (19) Bill Elliott, Dodge, 119.033.
32. (10) Scott Riggs, Dodge, 118.974.
33. (55) Michael Waltrip, Dodge,
118.903.
34. (15) Paul Menard, Chevrolet,
118.823.
35. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet,
118.595.
36. (43) Bobby Labonte, Dodge,
118.595.
37. (01) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet,
118.502.
38. (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 118.367.
39. (88) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 118.202.
40. (41) Reed Sorenson, Dodge,
Owner Points
41. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, Owner
Points
42. (14) Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet,
Owner Points
43. (34) Brian Simo, Chevrolet,
118.786.
Failed to Qualify
44. (49) Chris Cook, Dodge, 118.601.
45. (78) Max Papis, Chevrolet,
118.548.
46. (27) Tom Hubert, Ford, 118.174.
47. (37) David Murry, Dodge,
117.403.
48. (72) Dale Quarterley, Dodge,
116.793.
49. (92) Johnny Miller, Chevrolet,
116.625.
50. (02) Brandon Ash, Dodge,
116.215.
CHAMP Grand Prix of
Denver lineup
After Friday qualifying; race
Sunday
At streets of Denver temporary
course
Denver
Lap length: 1.674 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
(7)
A.J.
Allmendinger
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1
minute, 0.714 seconds, 98.251 mph.
(1) Sebastien Bourdais, FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone
1:00.763, 98.172.
(15)
Alex
Tagliani,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:00.988, 97.809.
(9)
Justin
Wilson,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:00.991, 97.805.
(2)
Bruno
Junqueira,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:01.141, 97.565.
(6)
Oriol
Servia,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:01.302, 97.308.
(19) Mario Dominguez, FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:01.304, 97.305.
(5)
Will
Power,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:01.587, 96.858.
(34) Charles Zwolsman, FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:01.644, 96.769.
(27)
Andrew
Ranger,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:01.724, 96.643.
(4)
Nelson
Philippe,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:01.767, 96.576.
(20)
Katherine
Legge,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:01.777, 96.560.
(11)
Jan
Heylen,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:02.502, 95.440.
(14)
Dan
Clarke,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:02.706, 95.130.
(8)
Nicky
Pastorelli,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:04.251, 92.842.
(3)
Paul
Tracy,
FordCosworth/Lola/Bridgestone,
1:05.531, 91.029.
THE AIR
TELEVISION
Auto racing
NASCAR, Nextel Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final
practice for AMD at The Glen, at Watkins Glen, N.Y.,
Speedvision, 10 a.m.
NASCAR, Busch Series, pole qualifying for Zippo
200, at Watkins Glen, N.Y., Speedvision, 11 a.m.
NASCAR, Busch Series, Zippo 200, at Watkins
Glen, N.Y., WNYT-13, 2 p.m.
ARCA, at Lebanon, Tenn., Speedvision, 3 p.m.
NASCAR, Craftsman Truck Series, Toyota Tundra
200, at Lebanon, Tenn., Speedvision, 5 p.m.
NHRA, qualifying for Lucas Oil Nationals, at
Brainerd, Minn. (same-day tape), ESPN2, 6 p.m.
CART, Champ Car World Series, qualifying for
Grand Prix of Denver (same-day tape), Speedvision,
9 p.m.
World of Outlaws/National Sprint Tour, Knoxville
Nationals, at Knoxville, Iowa, Speedvision, 10 p.m.
AVP volleyball
Manhattan Beach Open, women’s championship
match, at Manhattan Beach, Calif., WNYT-13, 4:30
p.m.
Golf
European PGA Tour, The KLM Open, third round, at
Zandvoort, Netherlands, Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
Nationwide Tour, Xerox Classic, third round, at
Rochester, N.Y., Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.
PGA Tour, The International, third round, at Castle
Rock, Colo., WRGB-6, 3 p.m.
USGA, U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship,
semifinal matches, at North Plains, Ore. (same-day
tape), Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
High school baseball
All-American Classic, at San Diego, FSNY, 3 p.m.
Horse racing
NTRA, Arlington Million, and Beverly D. Stakes, at
Arlington Heights, Ill.; Sword Dancer Invitational and
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Breeders’ Cup Handicap, at
Saratoga Springs, WTEN-10, 4 p.m.
Little League
Little League, regional final, teams TBA, at
Indianapolis, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Little League, West regional final, Phoenix vs.
Fresno, Calif., at San Bernardino, Calif., ESPN, 9
p.m.
Major League Baseball
Regional coverage, L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees or
Baltimore at Boston, WXXA-23, 1 p.m.
Milwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves, TBS, 7 p.m.
8 p.m.
New York Mets at Washington Nationals, SNY, 7
p.m.
Soccer
MLS, Dallas at Houston (same-day tape), ESPN2,
midnight
Tennis
ATP Masters Series, Rogers Cup, semifinal, at
Toronto, ESPN2, 1 p.m.
ATP Masters Series, Rogers Cup, semifinal, at
Toronto (same-day tape), ESPN2, 8 p.m.
WTA Tour, JPMorgan Chase Open, semifinal, at
Carson, Calif., ESPN2, 10 p.m.
WNBA basketball
Seattle at Houston, WTEN-10, 2 p.m.
RADIO
Major League Baseball
Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees, WENT
1340 AM, WTMM 1300 AM, 1 p.m.
New York Mets at Washington Nationals, WOFX 980
AM, WIZR 930 AM, 7 p.m.
GOLF
LPGA Canadian
Women’s Open
The International
scores
At London Hunt Club
London, Ontario
Purse: $1.7 million
Yardage: 6,611; Par 72
Second Round
a-denotes amateur
Angela Stanford
64-70 —134
Jee Young Lee
67-70 —137
Cristie Kerr
67-70 —137
Lorie Kane
68-70 —138
Pat Hurst
69-71 —140
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 67-73 —140
Sophie Gustafson
72-69 —141
Meena Lee
68-73 —141
Jeong Jang
73-69 —142
Nicole Castrale
73-69 —142
Beth Bader
73-69 —142
Becky Iverson
72-70 —142
Nadina Light
70-72 —142
Wendy Ward
70-72 —142
Il Mi Chung
68-74 —142
Stacy Prammanasudh
73-70 —143
Laura Diaz
72-71 —143
Kim Hall
71-72 —143
Lindsey Wright
71-72 —143
Young Jo
70-73 —143
Gloria Park
70-73 —143
Morgan Pressel
70-73 —143
Meredith Ward
69-74 —143
Kim Brozer
73-71 —144
Young Kim
72-72 —144
Brittany Lincicome
72-72 —144
Amy Hung
72-72 —144
Stephanie Louden
71-73 —144
Se Ri Pak
70-74 —144
Christina Kim
70-74 —144
Ashli Bunch
74-71 —145
Katie Futcher
74-71 —145
Jamie Hullett
74-71 —145
Sun Young Yoo
72-73 —145
Tracy Hanson
71-74 —145
Karine Icher
71-74 —145
Lee Ann Walker-Cooper 70-75 —145
Sherri Turner
70-75 —145
Silvia Cavalleri
76-70 —146
Libby Smith
75-71 —146
Rachel Hetherington
73-73 —146
Natalie Gulbis
73-73 —146
Allison Hanna
72-74 —146
Beth Daniel
72-74 —146
Sarah Lee
70-76 —146
Giulia Sergas
75-72 —147
Patricia Baxter-Johnson 74-73 —147
Mikaela Parmlid
74-73 —147
Heather Young
74-73 —147
Jennifer Greggain
73-74 —147
Tina Barrett
73-74 —147
Teresa Lu
76-72 —148
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 75-73 —148
Kelly Robbins
75-73 —148
Beth Allen
75-73 —148
Seon-Hwa Lee
74-74 —148
Meredith Duncan
74-74 —148
Eva Dahllof
74-74 —148
Jill McGill
73-75 —148
Salimah Mussani
73-75 —148
Joo Mi Kim
73-75 —148
Michele Redman
73-75 —148
Meg Mallon
72-76 —148
Barb Mucha
72-76 —148
Marcy Hart
71-77 —148
Nancy Scranton
71-77 —148
Michelle Estill
71-77 —148
Cathy Johnston-Forbes
78-71 —149
Kristi Albers
77-72 —149
Ji Yeon Lee
76-73 —149
Moira Dunn
75-74 —149
Johanna Head
75-74 —149
Jessica Shepley
75-74 —149
a-Laura Matthews
75-74 —149
Mi Hyun Kim
74-75 —149
Kyeong Bae
74-75 —149
Cindy Rarick
73-76 —149
Birdie Kim
73-76 —149
Christa Johnson
73-76 —149
Minea Blomqvist
73-76 —149
Diana D’Alessio
73-76 —149
Taya Battistella
71-78 —149
Candy Hannemann
70-79 —149
Failed to qualify
Aram Cho
80-70 —150
Kim Williams
77-73 —150
Hana Kim
77-73 —150
Marilyn Lovander
77-73 —150
Jennifer Gleason
76-74 —150
Candie Kung
76-74 —150
Yuri Fudoh
75-75 —150
Isabelle Beisiegel
75-75 —150
Clarissa Childs
74-76 —150
Soo Young Moon
74-76 —150
Kate Golden
74-76 —150
Dina Ammaccapane
74-76 —150
Brandie Burton
73-77 —150
Julieta Granada
72-78 —150
Alena Sharp
72-78 —150
Nina Reis
71-79 —150
Mhairi McKay
75-76 —151
Jennifer Rosales
75-76 —151
At Castle Pines Golf Club
Castle Rock, Colo.
Yardage: 7,619; Par 72 (36-36)
Note: Modified Stableford scoring
system awards 6 points for eagle, 3
points for birdie, 1 point for par,
none for bogey and minus 2 for double bogey or worse.
Second Round
Patrick Sheehan
10-8 — 18
Ian Leggatt
4-13 — 17
Sergio Garcia
6-10 — 16
David Howell
9-5 — 14
Harrison Frazar
7-7 — 14
Dean Wilson
2-11 — 13
Steve Flesch
8-5 — 13
Kevin Sutherland
7-6 — 13
Jeff Brehaut
10-2 — 12
Chris Riley
6-6 — 12
John Senden
11-1 — 12
Rod Pampling
0-10 — 10
Heath Slocum
5-5 — 10
Corey Pavin
7-3 — 10
Bill Haas
8-2 — 10
Charles Warren
6-4 — 10
J.B. Holmes
5-4 — 9
Roger Tambellini
4-5 — 9
Daniel Chopra
(-1)-9 — 8
Tim Petrovic
(-1)-9 — 8
Greg Chalmers
8-0 — 8
Tag Ridings
5-3 — 8
Jonathan Kaye
(-3)-10 — 7
Justin Leonard
4-3 — 7
Lucas Glover
4-3 — 7
Davis Love III
(-4)-11 — 7
Bernhard Langer
5-2 — 7
Liang Wen Chong
1-6 — 7
B.J. Staten
3-4 — 7
Ryuji Imada
6-0 — 6
Billy Andrade
4-2 — 6
Kane Webber
6-0 — 6
Arjun Atwal
(-1)-6 — 5
Mark O’Meara
2-3 — 5
Jose Maria Olazabal
4-1 — 5
Phil Mickelson
1-4 — 5
Jerry Smith
2-3 — 5
Clarence Rose
(-1)-6 — 5
Matt Gogel
4-0 — 4
Charley Hoffman
(-3)-7 — 4
Steve Lowery
(-1)-4 — 3
D.J. Trahan
1-2 — 3
Aaron Baddeley
2-1 — 3
Kris Cox
1-2 — 3
Greg Owen
2-1 — 3
Jason Schultz
1-2 — 3
Steve Stricker
(-4)-6 — 2
Jason Gore
(-4) 4—0
Alex Cejka
(-2) 2—0
Boyd Summerhays
(-2) 2—0
Lian-Wei Zhang
(-1) 1—0
Jeev M. Singh
3-(-3) — 0
Charl Schwartzel
1-(-2) — -1
David McKenzie
(-4)-3 — -1
Darron Stiles
2-(-4) — -2
Jeff Overton
2-(-4) — -2
Henrik Bjornstad
3-(-5) — -2
Thomas Levet
0-(-3) — -3
Jon Mills
0-(-) — -4
John Engler, Jr.
-2-(-4) — -6
Brandt Jobe
(-11)-4 — -7
Shane Bertsch
(-7)-(-1) — -8
Steven Bowditch
(-4)-(-4) — -8
Simon Wakefield
(-9)-(-1) —-10
Scott Gutschewski
(-13)-1 —-12
Alex Aragon
2-(-14) —-12
Charles Howell III
-1-(-12) —-13
Ryan Palmer
-11(-3) —-14
Failed to complete second round
Mathias Gronberg
13
Stewart Cink
11
Tom Pernice, Jr.
11
Stuart Appleby
11
Danny Ellis
10
Jeff Gove
9
Zach Johnson
9
Greg Kraft
9
Jay Delsing
9
David Toms
9
Justin Rose
9
Bob Tway
8
Ryan Moore
8
Ben Crane
8
Brett Quigley
8
Ernie Els
8
Nicholas Thompson
8
Larry Mize
8
D.A. Points
8
Omar Uresti
8
Nathan Green
7
Olin Browne
6
Michael Connell
6
Bubba Dickerson
6
John Rollins
6
David Duval
6
Bob May
5
Bubba Watson
5
Tom Lehman
5
Greg Norman
5
Sheehan takes
charge at
International
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) —
The best part of Patrick Sheehan’s
day was playing with Ian Leggatt
and Chris Riley through the tall
pines, thin air and steep hills of the
Rocky Mountains — before the
rains came.
“When you got two guys that you
really like ... it was a good group for
me because everybody talks to each
other and you’re telling jokes,”
Sheehan said. “We all played pretty
well (Thursday) and it just continued today. Everybody’s in a good
mood. A guy makes a couple birdies
and you just follow him up.”
Sheehan
piggybacked
on
Leggatt’s incredible second round
to take the lead at the halfway mark
of the International golf tournament
at Castle Pines Golf Club, the PGA
Tour’s most novel event.
Seventy-two of the 140 golfers will
have to finish the second round today.
A heavy thunderstorm caused a delay
of about 3 1/2 hours, and play was
halted shortly before 8 p.m.
Sheehan’s five birdies offset his two
bogeys and gave him eight points for
the day and 18 for the tournament,
the only stop on the PGA Tour that
uses the modified Stableford scoring
system, which awards two points for
a birdie, five for an eagle and eight
for a double eagle. One point is
deducted for a bogey, three for a double bogey or worse.
Leggatt was just one back after firing a 13 on Friday. He recovered
from a double-bogey on his first
hole to sink three birdies and two
eagles. Riley posted his second
straight 6-point round.
Sergio Garcia scored 10 points to
bring his total to 16; and Stewart
Cink and Tom Pernice Jr. were tied
for fourth with 15 points through
holes 12 and 10, respectively.
The International has been interrupted by inclement weather in each
of its 21 times it’s been held. That is
one reason founder Jack Vickers so
eagerly accepted the PGA’s offer to
move the tournament to the Fourth
of July weekend next year — that
and his fervent hope that Tiger
Woods will play here for the first
time since 1999.
Zephyrs,
from page 1B
sive player, is the leading rusher
with 410 yards on 64 carries (6.4
average) and four scores.
Tailback Julius Irving compliments Cooperwood carrying 13
times for 69 yards and three touchdowns.
If the Mallers' running game isn't
producing, the aerial attack will get
the call. Wideout Culture Branch is
the league's top receiver with 362
yards on 21 catches and five touchdowns (six overall) and teammate
Maceo Clinton is fifth at 16-344
(21.5 average) and then John
Mulinio ninth at 16-235 (14.7 average).
"We do have a lot of talent. Our
offense is probably 50-50 (run and
pass), it depends on the situation.
We do have capabilities of doing
both. I'm fortunate to have a talented team," said Mallers head coach
Luke Posniewski.
The Mallers also employ a tough
defensive unit led by middle linebacker Greg "Woody" Woodward, a
two-time EFL player of the year on
that side of the ball.
"It was a tremendous win for us
last week. They're (Mallers) going
to score. If they get ahead quick, we
will just have to claw our way back.
We have nothing to lose. We're the
youngster on the block," said
Ruggeri.
Ruggeri has seen improvement
from the players every week and
hopes for a stellar performance
against a powerful Mallers team.
"We're getting more confidence
every week. We can play, we can do
this. We had two good practices this
week," he said.
The Zephyrs defense is spearheaded by end Rick Hulett, who leads
the EFL in sacks with five.
"He's always giving us 200 per
cent every game. He's on a mission.
He has something to prove and will
be geared up for this one," said
Ruggeri.
Ruggeri feels if the Zephyrs can
keep it close for three quarters, it
can always rely on the talents of
kicker Montes.
"It's going to be fun. Our defense
is going to match up. I'm happier
with our offense. Give the credit to
our coaches Mike Finocchi, Joe
Hall and Dave Nicosia. They've
been working hard on that side of
the ball," said Ruggeri.
Posniewski knows the Zephyrs are
coming off a big win over Broome
County and will be fired up tonight.
"A couple of years ago, they
weren't good at all. I see they have a
good run-defense. You don't let a
team like this hang around. We do
have our talent, it's not in the bag.
I'm looking for a complete game.
We haven't played to our potential.
I'd like to see all aspects work. The
Zephyrs have to step it up. I don't
think their offense is there yet. We
might have too much firepower for
their defense. They may be on the
field too long," said Posniewski.
SPORTS
The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006 — 3B
Pirates
end losing
streak
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zach
Duke waited nearly all season to
pitch like he did last year. Maybe
it helped that the St. Louis Cardinals don’t currently resemble
their 100-win team of
a year ago.
Duke struck out
seven in his second
complete game of the season,
Nate McLouth drove in three
runs with a home run and triple
and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat
the Cardinals 7-1 Friday night to
end a five-game losing streak.
Duke (8-10), winless in three
starts since July 19, outpitched
Jeff Suppan (9-7), who had won
three of four with a 1.95 ERA
since the All-Star break. The lefthanded Duke gave up a run in
the first on Albert Pujols’ double
and Juan Encarnacion’s two-out
single, then limited the slumping
Cardinals to six hits after that.
“I was able to put a pretty good
string of innings together,” Duke
said. “For the most part, I was
able to limit the damage and
when I’m on, that’s what I do.”
Duke, who again resembled the
in-control, poised rookie who
went 8-2 with a 1.81 ERA in 14
starts following his midseason
callup a year ago. He didn’t walk
a batter, though he hit two, and
was helped out by three doubleplay grounders. He also threw
nearly three-quarters of his 101
pitches for strikes (75).
Braves 2, Brewers 1
ATLANTA (AP) — John
Smoltz pitched a five-hitter and
got the win when Jeff Francoeur
hit an RBI double in the bottom
of the ninth inning for the
Braves.
Marcus Giles drew a leadoff
walk from Derrick Turnbow (48) and Andruw Jones walked
with one out. Francoeur followed with a drive to the wall in
right-center field for his teamleading 10th game-winning RBI.
Astros 4, Padres 2
HOUSTON (AP) — Andy Pettitte hit his first career homer and
matched a season high with 10
strikeouts to help the Astros win
for the eighth time in 10 games.
Pettitte (11-12) hit a solo homer
in the fourth inning off Chan Ho
Park and allowed two runs and
three hits in seven innings to
earn his second win in three
starts.
Double,
from page 1B
Tabloid storm
ing no to a request for an autograph or photo is not an option. Is
it really necessary for Wright to
speak with actors Tim Robbins
and Susan Sarandon when a few
cuts off a batting practice fastball
will do more for his swing?
The Mets are a sensation, leading the NL East by 14 games, in
large part because of Reyes and
Wright.
“I enjoy doing the things typical 23-year-olds like to do,”
Wright said. “But I understand
that there are a lot of distractions
out there. ... There are choices,
there’s decisions and there’s consequences. You ask yourself: ’Is
this going to hurt me? Is this
going to hurt what I do on the
field?’ If it’s going to prohibit
you then you don’t do it. It’s as
simple as that. I realize that this
is what I love doing. This is my
passion, playing baseball.”
The Mets have instituted a program at the lower levels of their
minor leagues that teaches young
players about the travails of playing in New York, special assistant to the general manager Tony
Bernazard said. Strawberry and
Gooden are object lessons.
Gooden has fought substance
abuse and is currently jailed for
violating parole. Strawberry has
admitted to drug addiction and
has been jailed several times.
Lo Duca hits back — with bat, anyway
Mets,
NEW YORK (AP) — Several years ago, Paul and Sonia
Lo Duca stood inside Shea
Stadium and watched a storm
erupt. Wide-eyed, they saw the
enraged wife of another player
stomp into the lobby, so hysterical over a divorce case that
security had to intervene.
Shrinking into a corner, the
Lo Ducas looked at each other,
clearly glad they were happier.
Well, things sure have
changed.
“Met’s teen lover — Lo
Duca’s fling,” blared the front
page of one newspaper.
“Meet The Debts,” screamed
the back page of another.
Gambling allegations, adultery claims, a former Playboy
model wife and misspelled emails from a 19-year-old
woman, a perfect tabloid
recipe to rip open the All-Star
catcher’s personal life during
his first season in New York.
On Friday, his Mets felt compelled to issue a statement.
pretty much it.
Staying ahead of hitters and
throwing mainly in the mid-80s,
Traber kept his pitch count low,
needing only 81 to get through
seven innings.
He was removed after giving up
a leadoff single to Michael Tucker on the first pitch of the eighth.
The fans gave Traber a standing
ovation, but he didn’t acknowledge it, running to the dugout
with his head down.
Traber gave up a solo shot to
the second batter of the game,
Paul Lo Duca, who hadn’t homered since May 13, and has been
the focus of New York’s tabloids,
with reports involving gambling
allegations and adultery claims.
A few hours before the game, the
Mets issued a statement saying
baseball “expressed no concern
of any violation of any Major
League Baseball rule regarding
Paul Lo Duca,” and “we support
him through this difficult period
in his life.”
After that early run, Traber settled down, retiring seven batters
in a row. He got some help in the
NL
The Associated Press
New York Mets’ Paul Lo Duca, right, wearing a replica 1944 New York Cubans road uniform,
rounds third base in front of Washington Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman, wearing a replica 1944
Homestead Grays home uniform, after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game Friday in Washington.
“We have talked to Major
League Baseball and they have
expressed no concern of any
violation of any Major League
Baseball rule regarding Paul
Lo Duca,” the Mets said
before their game at Washington.
“Right now, we urge Paul to
focus on baseball and we support him through this difficult
period in his life,” it said.
Baseball spoke to Lo Duca
last year after it became aware
of his betting habits on horse
racing, particularly after some
suspicious characters came
looking for him at the ballpark
because of gambling debts.
Mets general manager Omar
Minaya talked to Lo Duca this
week and was satisfied with
the answers, assured there
were no betting on games. But
baseball is still monitoring the
situation.
On the field, there have been
no problems.
Lo Duca homered in his first
at-bat Friday night, his first
shot since May 13.
Going into the game, he’d
been the top hitter in the
majors since July 1 — the day
after his wife filed for divorce.
Lo Duca batted .413 in that
span, the Elias Sports Bureau
said, and clearly emerged as a
leader on the team with the
best record in the National
League.
Lo Duca has dodged
reporters since holding a press
conference Tuesday at Shea.
Flanked by teammates Tom
Glavine and David Wright, Lo
Duca said he bet on horses
through an online account but
did not have a gambling problem. He also said he wished
the best for his wife and their
young daughter.
“There’s more written than I
thought would be written,” he
said on WFAN radio the same
day. “There shouldn’t be anything else. There are no skeletons in the closet. Nothing.”
Before signing Reyes to a fouryear, $23.25 million extension
and Wright to a six-year, $55
million deal, the Mets researched
both players’ on-field and offfield activities, although one club
executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the
team had not examined police
records. The Mets trust the duo,
who have not been involved in
any off-field scandals.
“I have confidence in these
young men,” Wilpon said. “I
think the makeup of these young
men is different than (Strawberry
and Gooden). We’ve done our
background check. We know
what kind of individuals (Reyes
and Wright) are.”
The spring of 2004 was pivotal
for both players and might indicate why each might avoid pitfalls. That spring Reyes, signed
from the Dominican Republic in
1999, was asked to move to second base to accommodate Japanese free agent signee Kaz Matsui.
Reyes did so without complaint;
he simply loved playing baseball.
While adjusting, Reyes hurt both
his hamstrings, derailing most of
his season. After the season,
Reyes did extensive leg work,
healed and now hardly seems
affected. He moved back to
shortstop at the end of the 2004
season.
from page 1B
second inning, when shortstop
Felipe Lopez made a running,
reaching,
over-the-shoulder
catch with his back to the infield
on Jose Valentin’s popup into
shallow left-center.
Otherwise, the only Mets to get
to Traber were Jose Reyes with a
double in the third, and Lastings
Milledge with a single in the
fifth. Both hits came with two
outs, and Traber got the next batter both times. When Reyes
reached on Lopez’s fielding error
in the sixth, Traber picked him
off. When Traber hit David
Wright in the seventh, the pitcher
got Julio Franco to ground into a
double play.
After Tucker reached in the
eighth, reliever Jon Rauch came
in and got two quick outs on popups. But a wild pitch allowed
Tucker to take second, and Reyes
reached on an infield single when
Lopez’s throw was late. Reyes
stole second — his 49th swipe —
to put runners on second and
third with Lo Duca up. But
Rauch struck him out swinging at
a high 91 mph offering.
Angels shut down Yanks
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Saunders has become more than a fillin, giving the Los Angeles
Angels a pair of rookie pitching
sensations.
Saunders won his fourth
straight start,
ANGELS 7 getting early
YANKEES 4 home runs
from Garret
Anderson and Maicer Izturis in a
7-4 victory over the New York
Yankees on Friday night.
Saunders (4-0) is starting
because AL Cy Young Award
winner Bartolo Colon has a partially torn rotator cuff. The 25year-old left-hander allowed
three runs — two earned — and
six hits over six-plus innings, his
third outing since he was brought
back from the minors on Aug. 1.
His ERA is just 1.67.
Vladimir Guerrero also homered in the opener of the fourgame series, helping the Angels
beat the Yankees for the third
time in four games this year.
Alex Rodriguez hit a solo
homer for New York, knocked
out by Los Angeles in the first
round of last year’s playoffs. The
Yankees have lost three of four
overall, and their AL East lead
over second-place Boston was
cut to two games.
New York lost consecutive
games for the first time since
dropping three in a row from July
19-21 against Seattle and Toronto.
Saunders got some needed
help from his defense. The Yankees put their first two runners
on in the sixth, but center fielder
Chone Figgins ran in to make a
diving catch on Rodriguez’s
liner, and the Angels turned
Jason Giambi’s grounder into
the second of their three double
plays.
Giambi’s RBI single in the
fourth drove in New York’s first
run. After the Yankees put two on
in the seventh on an error by
Izturis at third and a walk, catcher Mike Napoli and first baseman
Robb Quinlan let Sal Fasano’s
foul pop drop between them.
Fasano then chased Saunders
with a two-run double over Guerrero in right.
Los Angeles rookie starters are
12-0 this year. Jered Weaver, slated to start for the Angels on Sunday, won his first seven major
league starts before getting nodecisions in his last three, and
Dustin Moseley also has a win.
Scot Shields relieved Saunders
in the seventh, and the right-hander made a pair of nice plays with
his left hand. He ran off the
mound to turn Nick Green’s
popped bunt into a double play,
walked Johnny Damon and then
stabbed Derek Jeter’s bouncer
and threw to first for the final out
of the inning.
Francisco Rodriguez got four
outs for his 29th save in 32
chances.
Anderson and Izturis homered
off Cory Lidle (1-1), Orlando
Cabrera hit a two-run double
against Sidney Ponson on a hardhit ball past Rodriguez at third,
and Guerrero homered off Jose
Veras as the Angels rebounded
from Thursday night’s 14-2 loss
at Cleveland.
New York, which lost a raindelayed game at Chicago on
Thursday, didn’t arrive back at
Yankee Stadium until 5 a.m. Friday, and the Yankees looked a bit
sluggish.
Lidle, who traveled ahead of
the team, wasn’t feeling well
before the game and lasted just
four innings in his second start
since New York acquired him
from Philadelphia. He gave up a
solo homer to Anderson in the
second and a two-run drive to
Izturis in the third, and Izturis
added a run-scoring single off
Ponson in the seventh, his third
hit of the night.
Rodriguez’s
eighth-inning
homer off Shields was his 453rd,
tying injured teammate Gary
Sheffield for 30th place on the
career list.
Wells picks up first win of season
BOSTON (AP) — David Wells
benefited from a seven-run third
inning to earn his first
victory of an injuryriddled season, pitching
seven
strong
innings Friday night to help the
Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-2 and snap Boston’s fivegame losing streak.
Wells (1-2) made his third start
since May 26, when he went on
the disabled list for the third
time this season after taking a
line drive off his right knee. He
allowed one run and nine hits
before leaving to a standing
ovation when Melvin Mora
popped up to end the seventh
inning.
Mike Lowell recovered from a
frightful first-inning beaning by
AL
Adam Loewen (2-4) to make an
into-the-stands catch, hit an RBI
single and steal a base.
Indians 4, Royals 3
CLEVELAND (AP) — Grady
Sizemore sliced a bases-loaded
triple in the ninth inning and the
Cleveland Indians became the
latest team to rally against
Ambiorix Burgos and beat
Kansas City.
The Indians won their third in a
row and stopped Kansas City’s
three-game winning streak.
Cleveland also beat the Royals
for the eighth straight time at
Jacobs Field.
Burgos (2-5), who now leads
the AL with 11 blown saves, gave
up singles to Ryan Garko and
Ramon Vazquez with one out and
walked pinch-hitter Aaron
Boone. Sizemore hit an oppositefield liner that bounced off the
wall, and when the carom got
past left fielder David DeJesus,
the winning run scored.
White Sox 5, Tigers 0
CHICAGO (AP) — Jose Contreras pitched a three-hitter for his
first career shutout and Jim
Thome and A.J. Pierzynski
homered Friday night as the
Chicago White Sox ended Justin
Verlander’s seven-game winning
streak and beat the Detroit
Tigers.
Blue Jays 7, Twins 1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A.J.
Burnett struck out a season-high
10 and the Toronto Blue Jays
spoiled Matt Garza’s major
league debut, beating the Minnesota Twins.
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HORSE
4B — The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006
RACING
SARATOGA NOTEBOOK
Today’s Saratoga Race Course entries
Post time 1 p.m.
FIRST RACE
7 Furlongs. Open 3-year-olds and up. Claiming $29,000.
JOCKEY
ODDS
TRAINER
NO. HORSE
1 Storm Whirl
Santos J
8-1
Quiles
2 Tale of Woe
Hill C
15-1 Demasi
3 Cosmos Mariner Bejarano 15-1
Miceli
4 Kid Hendrix
Cruz J
20-1
Martin
5 Harmony Hall
Desormx K 3-1 Klesaris
6 Rockhewn
Coa E
4-1
Campo
7 Sultry City
Espinoza J 12-1 Lostritto
8 Neon Magic
Luzzi M
9/2
Lake
9 Knox
Migliore R 10-1 Contessa
10 Bird Mountain
Fragoso 20-1
Abreu
11 Cat's a Rockin
Jara F
8-1
Arroyo
SECOND RACE
6 Furlongs. Open 2-year-olds. MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT. Purse $47,000.
1 Storm Breeze
Espinoza J 6-1 Lukas D.
2 Maxey Boy
Hill C
2-1
Harty
3 Point Blake
Desormex 5-1 Pletcher
4 Johannesburg Sta Migliore R 15-1
Parker
5 Graphite
Smith M
20-1
Peitz
6 Electricity
Castellano J 9/2 McGghey
7 Shive's Rusty Nail Santos J 20-1
Arnold
8 C P West
Bejarano R 8-1
Zito
9 Tale of Treasure
Luzzi M
20-1 Hauswald
10 Shipmate
Jara F
12-1 Stewart
11 Piggott
Coa E
20-1 Alexander
THIRD RACE
6 Furlongs. Open 3YO+. ALW OPTIONAL
CLAIMING $75,000. Purse $50,000.
1 Congo King
Desormeaux 2-1 Dutrow, Jr.
1A Border Cat
Desormex K2-1Dutrow, Jr.
2 Patronise
Jara F
4-1 Pletcher
2B Barbados
Luzzi M
4-1 Pletcher
3 Five Star Thief
Bejarano R 5-1
Dollase
4 Political Force
Santos J
7/2 Jerkens
5 Fortunate Prophet
Hill C 10-1
Lewis
6 Oz
Castellano J 3-1 Jerkens
FOURTH RACE
1 1/16 Miles. Turf. F&M 3YO and up. CLAIMING $35,000. Purse $26,000.
1 Snows Gone
Luzzi M
20-1 Domino
2 Verkhotina (GB)
Cruz J
10-1 Pregman
3 Sassy Evie
Hill C
20-1
Carle
4 Marias Locket
Smith M
9/2 Sciacca
5 Cristina's Diamond Santos J
6-1 Klesaris
6 Sweetsouthernheat Jara F
6-1 Stewart
7 Leioa (ARG)
Bejarano R 8-1
Weaver
8 Verona Dale
Espinoza J 5-1 Morrison
9 Gebb's Chequer
Desormx 10-1
Hertler
10 On the Catwalk
Coa E
3-1
Martin
11 Dixie Bridge
Hill C
10-1
Tesher
FIFTH RACE
7 Furlongs. Open 3YO and up. MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT. Purse $47,00.
1 Patriarch Pops
Luzzi M
20-1 Schwartz
2 Count Blue
Fragoso P 20-1
Quick
3 Baby Yaya
Carrero V 8-1 Preciado
4 Footman
Castellano J 8-1 Hernandz
5 I'm So Brave
Hill C
30-1
Campo
6 Mr Component
Jara F
5-1 McLghln
7 Max Cam
Desormx
7/2 Contessa
8 Say Revain
Coa E
3-1
Levine
9 Dynapro
Cruz J
30-1
Kutt
10 Tipperary
Santos J 10-1 Alexander
11 Liberation Day
Bejarano R6-1 Schettino
SIXTH RACE
1 Mile. Turf. Open 4-year-olds and up.
CLAIMING $35,000. Purse $40,000.
1 Wise Tod
Fragoso P 12-1
Lake
1A Eastern Crown
Hill C 12-1
Lake
2 Unswept
Rojas R 20-1
Russo
3 Ten Cents a Shine Desormeaux 8-1 Romans
4 Gran Cesare (ARG) Carrero V 4-1Rodriguez
5 Crowd's Delight
Castellano 3-1
Lewis
6 Hunting Hillbilly
Bejarano R 8-1
Foley
7 Forget the Judge
Luzzi M 5-1 Parisella
8 Blakelock
Coa E
12-1 Contessa
9 Seeking the Glory
Migliore7/2 Schettino
10 Multiple Choice
Castellano J 8-1
Imperio 11 A Nice SplashCoa E
5-1 Alexndr
12 Bon Marie
Desormex 12-1 Bailes W.
13 Peace Emblem Bejarano R 15-1 Schosbrg 14 Super Nationals
Jara F30-1 Lostritto
15 Seeking the Money
6-1
Gullo
SEVENTH RACE
6 F. Open 3YO+. Alfred G. Vanderbilt Breeders' Cup H. [Gr 2]. Purse $200K.
1 Judiths Wild Rush Desormx 10-1
Baker
2 Mass Media
Castellano J3-1
Frankel
3 Afrashad
Migliore
5/2 bin Suroor
4 Thunder Touch
Jara F
20-1 McLghlin
5 War Front
Santos J
8/5 Jerkens
6 Bishop Court Hill Bejarano R
6-1 Pletcher
EIGHTH RACE
7 Furlongs. Open 3-year-olds and up.
ALLOWANCE. Purse $50,000.
1 Unconcerned
Fragoso 10-1 Gyarmati
1A Minority Leader
Sutherland 10-1 Gyarmati
2 Starhumor
Coa E
7/2
Levine
3 Little Moishe
Leon F
50-1
Miller
4 Speed of Sound
Bejarano R 6-1 Klesaris
5 Democrat
Migliore R 4-1 Hushion
6 Sly Diamond Jim
Luzzi M 8-1 Contessa
7 Raff and Tumble Desormx K 12-1 Galluscio
8 Himmarshee
Hill C 12-1 DiSanto
9 Funny Connection
Jara F20-1
Ubillo
10 He's a Lumberjack
Castellano J 3-1Ritvo
NINTH RACE
1 1/2 M. T. Open 3YO+. Sword Dancer Invitational S. [Gr 1]. Purse $500K.
1 Silver Whistle
Smith M
10-1
Mott
2 Relaxed Gesture Desormx K 8/5 Clement C
3 Silverfoot
Jara F
8-1 Stewart
4 Go Deputy
Coa E
4-1 Pletcher
5 Ramazutti
Santos J 10-1 Pletcher
6 Wild Desert
Bejarano R 6-1
Dutrow
7 Grand Couturier
Migliore
9/2
Rouget
8 Crown Point
Castellano J 15-1
Donk
TENTH RACE
1 3/16 Miles. Turf. Open 3YO and up. MSW.
Purse $48,000.
1 Dancing Forever Espinoza J 3-1 McGghey
1A Humdinger
3-1 McGghey
2 Swirling Solomon Jara F
5-1
Mott
3 League of Nations Santos J
5-1 Arnold, II
4 Tuffy Gold
Fragoso P 30-1
Kelly
5 Dynaski
Desormx K 30-1 Bond H.
6 Judd
Hill C
15-1
Martin
7 Rhyme Nor Reason Castellno J 12-1
Toner
8 Blue Rider
Coa E
9/2 Clement C
9 Gray Mountain
Rojas R 20-1Abreu
10 Carson's Band
Migliore R 6-1 Hushion
11 Broadway Bud
Smith M 15-1Donk
12 Americaner
Luzzi M
20-1 Weaver
13 A. P. Jewel
Bejarano R 15-1
Zito
Mark Hoffman’s Saratoga Race Course selections
FIRST RACE
Knox — drops to the bottom off of several
dull efforts downstate & elsewhere, may
wake up versus these. Harmony Hall — old
timer woke up in the slop and had first victory in a year and a half, can he put two
together? Bird Mountain — ships in from
Suffolk Downs for Marylou Whitney Stables,
comes off maiden win.
SECOND RACE
Maxey Boy — second best in debut downstate as favorite, slight edge in good looking
group of two year olds. Point Blake — a
firster from Wind Star Farm with Desormeaux aboard for Todd Pletcher, odd
combination. Electricity — regally bred
youngster from the Phipps barn, may need
a race.
THIRD RACE
Congo King entry — second best behind
the impressive Star Dabbler on opening
day, stablemate even effort first time stateside. Pletcher entry — either half of the
Churchill invaders should improve and
maybe at a price. Oz — star-crossed N.Y.
bred has lots of talent, but many running
gaps throughout career. Christina’s Diamond — showed speed in turf sprints out of
town, could lead this group all the way.
Leioa — Argentina bred makes her U.S.
debut coming off nearly a year and a half
layoff, watch the board. Marias Locket —
$
Saratoga
bankroll
just broke maiden in tenth career start, best
of the rest.
FIFTH RACE
Say Revain — was suppose to be the
international good thing but scratched when
entered earlier in the meet, let?s see today.
Mr. Component — first time starter for
West Point Stable and Kiaran McLaughlin,
gets lasix for debut. Baby Yaya — comment line for last start; steadied,steadied
bet down to 7-2 for that effort, we know we
know.
SIXTH RACE
Crowd’s Delight — won for slightly richer
in last start at Belmont, drops off that victory. Multiple Choice — threat to finish second if draws into race, just in the exotics roll
— not win! Gran Cesare — failed late at
28-1 in optional claimer at Delaware in last,
good with these.
SEVENTH RACE
War Front — chased Silver Train in last,
sitting on a big one for the Chief. Afrashad
— lightning speed from the desert, undefeated in three lifetime starts. Mass Media
— returns after leading the way in the Met
Mile on Memorial day, won at a price here
last year.
EIGHTH RACE
Sly Diamond Jim — never got the lead in
last, should get it today versus these.
He’s A Lumberjack — no factor in the N.Y.
Derby at the Lakes going a route, back to
sprinting today. Speed Of Sound — comes
off long layoff for three year old debut, may
need a race.
NINTH RACE
Relaxed Gesture — takes this easier spot
here instead of the Arlington Million, class
edge here. Go Deputy — got his graded
stake win in last, will be flying late. Grand
Couturier — European invader, watch the
board & may be a price.
TENTH RACE
Swirling Solomon — wide trip as lukewarm favorite in last, gets lasix and blinkers
on today. League Of Nations — even third
in last start, should enjoy added distance.
Americaner — showed speed in only turf
start, draws the outside to send from today.
Broadway Bud — N.Y. bred rounds out your
super’s at a price.
BEVERLY D. selections: Gorella/ Honey
Ryder / Rich In Spirit / Chic Dancer
ARLINGTON MILLION selections: The Tin
Man / English Channel / Cacique / Solider
Hollow
BEST BET — Relaxed Gesture (9th)
LONGSHOT — Graphite (2nd)
T & A’s PICK —Blue Rider (10th)
Record — (27-124) $214.20
Dan Bryk and Dan Baker have been given a mythical $1,000 payroll for the Saratoga Race Course
meet. Their selections will appear daily in The Recorder.
Day 15 — Friday, August 11
Storm Breeze for D. Wayne Lukas had excuses first two starts. Race 4, Gebbs Chequer drops to a claimer
and finally gets a jockey. Today’s picks: In race 2, $10 to win and place on No. 1. In race 4, $10 to win and
place on No. 9
BANKROLL: $652.00
Friday’s Saratoga Race Course results
FIRST RACE
5 Bless My Mary
9.80 4.30 3.80
1 Morning Sky
3.10 3.30
1A Roanoke's Best
EXACTA
5/1, paid $27.80
TRIFECTA 5/1/3, paid $104.00
Scratch 10
SECOND RACE
9 Icy City
7.00 3.80 2.90
6 Sagamoon
5.90 4.70
3 Precious Too
4.30
EXACTA 9/6, paid $38.80
QUINELLA 6/9, paid $21.20
TRIFECTA 9/6/3, paid $139.00
DOUBLE 5/9, paid $43.00
Scratch 2
THIRD RACE
4 Latent Heat
3.30 2.30 2.10
3 Tuffertiger
2.50 2.10
5 Island Warrior
2.40
EXACTA 4/3, paid $8.40
TRIFECTA 4/3/5, paid $18.80
FOURTH RACE
2 Heathrow
30.80 14.20 5.30
8 The Trip Continues
14.40 5.60
1A Trading Pro
2.30
EXACTA 2/8, paid $291.00
QUINELLA 2/8, paid $178.50
TRIFECTA 2/8/1, paid $1,732.00
PICK 3
9/4/2, paid $315.50
Scratch
5
FIFTH RACE
9 Dade County
11.80 6.10
5 Proveyourlove
5.50
8 Truman's Gold
EXACTA 9/5, paid $88.50
TRIFECTA 9/5/8, paid $313.00
PICK 4
9/4/2/9, paid $2,451.00 4 of 4
PICK 3
4/2/9, paid $682.00
SIXTH RACE
10 Builders Option
5.10 3.00
1 Grosvenor Square
5.30
9 King Hoss
EXACTA 10/1, paid $24.20
TRIFECTA 10/1/9, paid $117.00
PICK 3
2/9/10, paid $976.00
Scratch
6,12,13
SEVENTH RACE
8 Bad Boy Rising
5.20 3.10
4 Your Hour's Up
2.60
9 Tricky Tuck
EXACTA 8/4, paid $11.20
TRIFECTA 8/4/9, paid $86.00
DOUBLE 10/8, paid $13.40
SUPERFECTA 8/4/9/2, paid $658.00
PICK 3
9/10/8, paid $78.50
EIGHTH RACE
2 Ballast (IRE)
13.80 6.00
6 Chattahoochee War
4.30
9 Interpatation
4.30
3.50
3.10
2.50
3.80
4.00
2.30
2.30
4.20
3.50
3.10
7.20
EXACTA
2/6, paid $53.50
TRIFECTA 2/6/9, paid $962.00
SUPERFECTA 2/6/9/3, paid $5,053.00
PICK 3
10/8/2, paid $124.00
Scratch
10-13
NINTH RACE
11 Shared Dreams (GB)
10.00 5.90 4.10
4 Rowdy
13.80 8.90
7 Milwaukee (FR)
4.90
EXACTA 11/4, paid $192.00
TRIFECTA 11/4/7, paid $1,142.00
GRAND SLAM (1,6,9,10,12,13), paid $48.80 4 of 4
Scratch
1,6,14
TENTH RACE
3 Stan the Man
6.30 3.80 2.80
12 Evacuee
4.40 3.30
8 McCalmont
6.60
EXACTA 3/12, paid $34.60
TRIFECTA 3/12/8, paid $276.00
DOUBLE 11/3, paid $41.00
DOUBLE 11/1, paid $11.00
PICK 4
8/2/11/(1,3,13), paid $709.00 4 of 4
SUPERFECTA 3/12/8/5, paid $1,612.00
PICK 6
9/(6,10,12,13)/8/2/11/, paid
$23,853.00 6 of 6
PICK 6
9/(6,10,12,13)/8/2/11/
220.00 5 of 6
PICK 3
2/11/3, paid $315.00
PICK 3
2/11/1, paid $83.50
Scratch
1,13
Bernardini sharp
in Spa workout
Preakness, Jim Dandy winner
the likely favorite for Travers
By FRANCIS LaBELLE
Special to The Recorder
SARATOGA SPRINGS —
Preakness champ and Jim
Dandy winner Bernardini
breezed five furlongs over the
main track this morning in an
easy 1:03 2/5 with exercise rider
Simon Harris aboard. Bernardini went got his first quarter in
:26 1/5 and went the first three
furlongs in :38 2/5.
The Darley Stable star will
have two more works before he
heads to the post as the likely
favorite in the 137th running of
the Grade 1, $1 million Travers,
the 1 1/4-mile “Mid-Summer
Derby” for three-year-olds on
Saturday, August 26, according
to trainer Tom Albertrani, who
described the work as, “very
smooth.”
“Depending on who shows up,
this might be a little tougher
challenge for him,” Albertrani
said of the Travers. “I still
believe we have the best horse
in the race. The way he’s been
training, if he runs back to the
same races, he’s going to be
very difficult to beat.”
An easy nine-length winner of
the Jim Dandy here July 29th,
the A. P. Indy colt should be
primed for a top effort in the
Travers.
“He’s gotten better since the
race,” Albertrani said. “He’s a
lot sharper now. That race was
really a prep race and it turned
out to be exactly what we were
looking for. I get the right vibes
from him. He’s a lot sharper
and more aggressive in a good
way.”
Bernardini’s biggest challenge
in the Travers figures to come
from Kentucky Derby runner-up
Bluegrass Cat, a sharp sevenlength winner of Monmouth
Park’s Haskell Invitational.
“Bluegrass Cat ran an impressive race, but what was left
behind him, I have my doubts
about,” Albertrani said.
“Deputy Glitters didn’t run his
race and Strong Contender didn’t seem to run up to expectations, either.”
Albertrani will also saddle
Songster on Travers Day. He
will be running in the Grade 1,
$250,000 King’s Bishop for
three-year-olds at seven furlongs. Songster, who went off
as a 1-9 favorite in the Amsterdam Stakes only to place second, is slated to work this
morning after the harrowing
break.
•••••
Hall of Fame trainer Claude
“Shug” McGaughey reported
that Pine Island is doing fine as
she points for a start in the
Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama
Stakes for three-year-old fillies
on Saturday, August 19.
“She’s doing great. All systems are a go,” McGaughey
said. “She’s young and she is
still improving. The distance,
and especially the two turns,
they sure won’t hurt her.”
The regally bred Pine Island, a
daughter of Arch out of the
Seeking the Gold mare Matlacha
Pass, finished second in both the
Grade 1 Mother Goose and
Grade 1Coaching Club America
Oaks at Belmont Park earlier
this summer.
•••••
Others pointing to the Alabama, the premier events for three
year-old fillies at Saratoga Race
Course, include Wonder Lady
Anne L, Wild Fit, Adieu,
Lemons Forever, and Unbridled
Belle. Swap Fliparoo and Wait
a While are both listed as possible.
•••••
NYRA Stakes Coordinator
Andrew Byrnes released other
probables for next week’s stakes
action at the Spa. Wednesday’s
feature is the Grade 2, $200,000
Adirondack Breeders’ Cup for
juvenile fillies at six and a half
furlongs.
Magical Ride, the Storm CatVictory Ride, by Seeking the
Gold filly who was so good
breaking her maiden at Belmont
in July, will be favored against
Chagall, Early Vintage, Octave,
Post Invader, Richwoman and
True Addiction.
Juvenile males are in the
spotlight next Thursday with
the Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga
Special Breeders’ Cup at six
and a half fulongs. Actin
Good, Chace City, Fast N
Ready, King of the Roxy, Shermanesque and Unbridled
Express are likely.
Next Friday’s Grade 2,
$150,000 Lake Placid for threeyear-old fillies at nine furlongs
on the turf could have an awesome showdown between Lady
of Venice and Wait a While.
Lady of Venice was narrowly
beaten when racing against the
best older female turf horses
here on the first Saturday of the
meet in the Grade 1 Diana. Wait
a While scored a huge victory in
Hollywood Park’s American
Oaks Invitational in July for
leading trainer Todd Pletcher.
Others pointing for a potential
berth in the Lake Placid are Art
Show, Dancing Band, Aunt
Henny, Meribel and Take the
Ribbon.
Lady of Venice recorded her
first work since the Diana this
morning when she breezed five
furlongs around the ‘dogs’ on
the inner turf in :58 4/5. The
course was labeled good.
Lending some support to the
Alabama undercard today is the
$100,000-added Yaddo Handicap for New York-bred fillies
and mares at nine furlongs on
the turf.
Elisa’s Energy, Finlandia, Half
Heaven, Lady Bi Bi, Little Buttercup, On the Bus, Puzzle and
The Lamp is Lit are likely.
•••••
Today’s Saratoga stakes, the
Grade 2 Vanderbilt and Grade 1
Sword Dancer Invitational,
comprise half of the NTRA’s
$500,000 Guaranteed National
Pick 4.
The wager kicks off with the
Vanderbilt, goes to Arlington
for the Grade 1 Beverly D.,
comes back to the Spa for the
Sword Dancer, and is capped
with the Arlington Million.
Post time for the Vanderbilt
today is 4:16 p.m. Eastern.
All four stakes races will be
televised on ABC in a two-hour
broadcast that begins at 4 p.m.
Eastern.
•••••
Trainer Roger Laurin returned
to the Saratoga Race Course
winners’ circle with the twoyear-old New York-bred filly
Icy City in Friday’s second
race. Laurin, the son of the
late Hall of Fame trainer
Lucien Laurin, who trained
Triple Crown winner Secretariat, was excited to taste victory
again.
“I think this is the first time I
have won a race here since the
1985 Travers with Chief’s
Crown,” Laurin said. “It’s
always fun anytime you win a
race. It’s never a bad feeling.
You can’t ever be disappointed
when you win.”
Laurin, now 71, was out of
racing for about 17 years.
“My golf game was getting
pretty bad, so I figured if I am
going to be aggravated, why not
be aggravated with the horses?”
he said.
Laurin has only two horses in
his care, and keeping a small
profile and a limited number of
horses is okay with him.
“I only have a few horses,” he
said. “I’m 71 now, so I don’t
want to have too many. Right
now. I have this filly (Icy City)
and a Silver Charm filly. She is
a homebred named Charming
Country.”
Winning is the theme of this Canterbury tale
By FRANCIS LaBELLE
Special To The Recorder
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The
sport of Thoroughbred racing
brings about people from all
walks of life. From owners willing to spend millions of dollars
on an un-raced horse, to the ones
looking to spend a few thousand
on the battled-tested claimers, the
game has it all. Tom and
Maryann Daly find themselves
right in the middle. Formed in
2001 by the husband and wife
tandem, Our Canterbury Stables
has made an immediate impact.
Tom Daly knows the ups and
downs of owning thoroughbred
racehorses.
I worked as a consultant for
West Point Thoroughbreds from
1998-2001, so I know the risks
involved,” he said. “A lot of the
clients at West Point were people
that were coming in because of
me, so it made sense to get out on
my own, and in 2001 I started
Our Canterbury Stables with my
wife.”
Like West Point, Our Canterbury is a syndicate, where groups
of people own shares in the horses. In the day and age of million
dollar horses, syndicates have
become more popular because
they let the so-called “little guy”
play the game at a more moderate
cost, as well as letting them
potentially compete on the
national stage.
“You don’t have to spend a million dollars on a horse to have an
impact,” Daly said. “Our program allows people to invest in
more moderate terms, as low as
$5,000, and still be a part of the
racing scene. To me, $5,000 is a
lot of money, so I respect that
investment. And that’s why we
invest the same amount of capital
as our partners do. We want
them to feel comfortable, and I
think by investing with them, it
gives them a little extra comfort.
And, all the while, we’re still
able to compete with the some of
the best.”
New York-bred Retribution is a
testament to that.
The 4-year-old Rob N Gin gelding figures to be one of the
favorites in Sunday’s 27th running of the $100,000-added West
Point Handicap for New Yorkbred, three and up, at nine fur-
longs on the turf.
“We are expecting a good
effort,” said trainer John Hertler.
“We are hoping for a clean trip
and we’ll take it from there.”
Last November at Aqueduct,
Retribution won the Cormorant
Division of the New York Stallion Stakes. He also handed Our
Canterbury Stable its 50th career
victory when he won an open
allowance race at Belmont Park
on July 8th.
SPORTS
Clarett,
Beckham’s international
soccer career could be over
from page 1B
The
events
surrounding
Clarett’s arrest early Wednesday
made the evaluation by a doctor
necessary, regardless of the
objections by Clarett and his
attorneys, Fais said.
“I clearly understand everything, and I don’t know why we
have to drag this thing out,” said
Clarett, who scoffed, smiled and
rolled his head back when Fais
ordered the evaluation.
Clarett, who wrote a few notes
to his attorneys with his hands
cuffed, said he was ready to go to
trial.
Fais was concerned by Clarett’s
attorneys saying in published
reports that they were worried
about his mental health.
“It’s my job,” Fais said. “I have
to ensure that your rights are protected.”
Clarett’s girlfriend, who gave
birth to the couple’s daughter last
month, and his mother sat in the
courtroom. They declined comment outside.
A delay gives Clarett time to
recover from a swollen face and
bruised eye from his struggle
with several officers.
Fais also revoked Clarett’s $1.1
million bond on the charges,
meaning Clarett figures to
remain in jail until the new trial
starts Sept. 18.
Clarett’s latest run-in with the
law began when police noticed a
vehicle driving erratically,
prompting a highway chase that
ended with police spiking the
SUV’s tires. Officers said they
could not easily subdue Clarett
because he was wearing a bulletproof vest that thwarted their
stun guns.
After police using pepper spray
finally got him into handcuffs,
the 6-foot, 245-pounder continued to struggle, kicking at the
doors of the transport vehicle.
Officers also put a cloth mask
over Clarett’s mouth after they
say he spat at them.
Clarett was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and a
traffic violation, and police said
more charges are possible. Bond
on those charges was set at $5
million, which Clarett’s attorneys said he most likely would
not be able to pay.
He was driving a few blocks
from the home of a woman
scheduled to testify against him
in his robbery trial. In that case,
witnesses said Clarett flashed a
gun and robbed them of a cell
phone behind a Columbus nightclub.
Fais said he thought allowing
time to pass between the highway chase and Clarett’s trial on
the robbery charges would be
beneficial. The delay also will
give the court more time to draw
the larger jury pool that will be
necessary to find impartial people because of the publicity surrounding the case, he said.
Prosecutors supported the decision for the evaluation. Defense
attorneys twice objected to the
order, saying they were confident Clarett was competent.
“We do not wish to see these
proceedings continued at all,”
attorney Michael Hoague told
the judge.
The evaluation could have been
done over the weekend to avoid
delaying the trial, Hoague said
afterward.
“Instead of having the possibility of being acquitted this time
next week, he’ll be in jail,” he
said.
As a freshman, Clarett scored
the winning touchdown in the
second overtime of the Fiesta
Bowl against Miami to lead Ohio
State to the 2002 national championship. It was the last game he
played for the Buckeyes.
He was suspended for the following season after being
charged with falsely reporting a
theft to police.
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel
said Clarett called him a couple
times this week, including once
the day before his arrest. Tressel
didn’t get the calls and left
Clarett a voice mail, but the two
never spoke.
“I didn’t get a chance to connect with him recently, but
absolutely — he’s in my
thoughts,” Tressel said.
The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006 — 5B
The Associated Press
Real Madrid’s David Beckham participates in a soccer clinic Friday in Salt Lake City.
LONDON (AP) — England
may never again rely on David
Beckham’s bending free kicks.
Coach Steve McClaren on Friday left him off the squad that
will face European champion
Greece on Wednesday in an exhibition game.
The coach has not completely
shut the door on one of soccer’s
most glamorous and popular players, but McClaren is trying to build
a national team without the 31year-old Real Madrid midfielder.
“I spoke to David last Monday
and notified him of my decision
and said that I was planning for
the future, looking to change
things, and David wasn’t included,” McClaren said.
“At the present moment I am
looking to take this team in a different direction. It’s a new beginning. It’s a clean sheet of paper for
everybody and that’s why I decided not to pick David Beckham.”
The game against Greece is at
Old Trafford, where Beckham
scored some of his greatest goals
for Manchester United and England. It was against Greece at Old
Trafford that Beckham curled in
a last-minute goal in 2001,
putting England in the 2002
World Cup.
“Having spoken to Steve
McClaren this week I can fully
understand that a new manager
should want to make his mark on
the team and build towards the
next World Cup,” Beckham said
in a statement. “I’m proud to
have played for England for 10
years and my passion for representing my country remains as
strong as ever.”
England now must do without
Beckham’s free kicks and penalty kicks as well as his long passes of uncanny accuracy. It was
Beckham’s free kick in a 1-0 victory over Ecuador that got England through to the quarterfinals
of the World Cup in Germany.
“I have great respect for him,
fantastic captain for England, a
great player and still is a great
player and he took the news very
well,” McClaren said. “Although
he was disappointed. I got the
reaction I wanted and the reaction was that he would continue
to fight for his place and I will
never close to the door.”
Beckham limped out of England’s quarterfinal against Portugal with ankle and Achilles’ tendon injuries and sat tearfully on
the side as his team was eliminated in a penalty-kick shootout
after a 0-0 tie.
The next day he stepped down
as England captain after 58
games, but said he wanted to
keep playing for national team.
Beckham’s critics insist he
should have gone long ago. His
show-biz lifestyle, his high-profile marriage to former Spice Girl
Victoria Adams and the wealth he
gained
through
nonsoccer
endorsements also prompted suggestions he was no longer interested in the game.
NASCAR NOTEBOOK
Junior can be a
tough boss, too
The Associated Press
Kurt Busch celebrates winning the pole during qualifying for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series’
AMD at the Glen auto race at Watkins Glen, Friday.
Kurt Busch wins pole
at Glen; Biffle crashes
WATKINS GLEN (AP) —
Kurt Busch and Kasey Kahne
did what they had to do. Greg
Biffle didn’t, and now faces a
difficult road ahead.
Busch won his second straight
road course pole on Friday,
wheeling his No. 2 Miller Lite
Dodge through the 11-turn
Watkins Glen International
course at 122.966 mph to knock
Kahne (121.845 mph) to second.
It was the third pole of the season for Busch and sixth of his
career, and it came only
moments after Biffle crashed on
his qualifying try, relegating him
to the back of the 43-car field.
Ryan Newman qualified third
(121.642 mph), just ahead of
four-time Watkins Glen winner
Jeff Gordon (121.432 mph).
Series leader Jimmie Johnson
and Robby Gordon, who won
this race in 2003, will start on
the third row, Kevin Harvick
and defending race champion
Tony Stewart will go seventh
and eighth, Kyle Busch and
rookie Denny Hamlin round
out the top 10, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will go 11th.
“You’ve got to let it rip when
you’ve got the chance,” said
Busch, who posted the fastest
lap in the final practice before
his left front tire went flat.
“The crew gave me a car capable of sitting on the pole.
Maybe it’ll stick and maybe it
won’t.”
It didn’t stick for Biffle, and
with track position so vital on
road courses because there
aren’t many places to pass, his
wobble could put a big dent in
his chances to make the Chase
for the Nextel Cup champi-
onship. The cutoff is in five
races, and the top 10 in the
standings — and any others
within 400 points of the leader
after the first 26 races — qualify for the 10-race Chase.
Johnson holds a 107-point lead
over
second-place
Matt
Kenseth, who qualified 30th,
and third-place Jeff Burton is a
whopping 375 points behind.
Barring a meltdown by Johnson,
only 10 drivers will make the
Chase for the third straight year.
Entering Sunday’s AMD at
The Glen, Kahne is 37 points
behind the 10th-place driver,
Earnhardt Jr., Biffle is 12th,
115 points back, and Kurt
Busch is 174 points behind in
13th. Just 171 points separate
third from 11th place, and
Kahne only trails the seventhplace driver, Hamlin, by 73.
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WATKINS GLEN (AP) —
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in a dogfight to make the Chase for the
Nextel Cup championship. He’s
also a car owner, and he can be
a tough boss when he has to.
In his first season owning a
Busch Series team, Earnhardt
fired his first driver this week.
Mark McFarland is out with 12
races still left this season.
“Mark’s got a lot of talent as a
driver,” Earnhardt said Friday
before qualifying at Watkins
Glen. “It’s a case of where his
personality and his mentality
didn’t match well with what we
were looking for.
“I talked to him several times
about how he could be more
emotional, project his personality better to the media. Those
things you don’t learn overnight,
but I tried my best to prolong
that decision. We probably
pushed it back four or five times
to give Mark time.”
Earnhardt said he still saw a
bright future for the laid-back
McFarland, who had only one
top-10 in 21 races and was
mired in 22nd place in the
points standings. The car is
sponsored by Navy.
“Mark’s got what it takes,”
Earnhardt said. “He’s got a lot
of drive and determination, but
you’ve got to show that emotion
so we can see it and believe it. I
believe it, but not everybody
else is that close to him. So, do
they believe it, do they see it?
No.
“So, everybody’s got this big
question mark about Mark. He’s
got to really sit down and ask
himself what he’s got to do to
prove how driven he is.”
Busch Series champion Martin
Truex Jr. took over the No. 88
Chevrolet this weekend at
Watkins Glen, but it’s unclear
who will finish the season.
———
JIMMIE’S MIRROR: Jimmie Johnson has led the points
race for nearly the entire season,
and as the cutoff for the Chase
for the Nextel Cup championship nears he’s keeping a
close eye on his rearview mirror
despite his commanding overall
lead.
This is the third year of
NASCAR’s playoff format,
which allows only the top 10
drivers in the standings — and
any others within 400 points of
the leader after the first 26 races
— to race for the series title.
No more than 10 drivers have
been in the first two Chases, and
Johnson wants to keep it that
way. But one bad race could
change all of that.
“I recognize that, and I’m concerned about that,” said Johnson, who won a week ago at
Indianapolis and is tied with
Kasey Kahne for the Cup lead
with four wins. “Everybody’s
recognized that as the points
leader there’s the possibility to
keep it a 10-man race if at all
possible.”
That seems a lock. Johnson
leads Matt Kenseth by 107
points, third-place Jeff Burton is
375 back, and 10th-place Dale
Earnhardt Jr. is 512 off the pace.
“I feel pretty good that we’re
in the Chase, but I’m not going
to breathe easily until we’re
locked in mathematically,” Johnson said. “My first responsibility
is to get as many points as I can.
But I think my second one is to
try to keep it only a 10-man
race.”
———
WHAT ROAD-RACE
ACES?: Much is always made
about the road-race ringers who
invade NASCAR’s Cup series
twice each year. On Friday, the
top dogs didn’t crack the top 10
in qualifying at Watkins Glen
International.
Kurt Busch won his second
straight road course pole, and
Scott Pruett was the top road
expert, barely beating rookie
Clint Bowyer for the 13th spot
on the starting grid. Boris Said
qualified 15th, Ron Fellows was
18th, and former Champ car driver Max Papis failed to make
the 43-car field in his first Cup
try.
“I didn’t know what it was
going to be like in qualifying,
but I thought it was going to be
better than that for sure,” said
Pruett, who did finish fourth
here last year and second in
2003. “We’ve got to make an
improvement there, but we’re
reasonable. We’re going racing,
and I think our racing car is better than our qualifying car.”
Together, Said, Fellows and
Pruett are winless in 35 Cup
races, winning just one pole and
posting 13 top-10 finishes. They
also have nine DNFs.
———
SPARK PLUGS: The late
Dale Earnhardt and Mark Martin
are tied for most poles won at
Watkins Glen with three. Terry
Labonte and Jeff Gordon have
two apiece. ... Gordon has four
DNFs, the most of any driver in
the top 10 in points. ... Before
his death in 1964 after a fiery
crash at Charlotte, Glenn “Fireball” Roberts was the model of
consistency on road courses.
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RELIGION
CITY
Amsterdam United
Methodist
Sunday
10 a.m. — Worship for the
10th Sunday after Pentecost, led by Jerry Oliver, lay
speaker, who will share a
message on “More than
Wonder Bread,” from John
6:35, 41-51. The nursery
room will be open. Greeter
is Normajean Bennett.
Monday
12 noon – Afternoon fellowship.
Tuesday
7 p.m. — Project team.
Upcoming events
Aug. 20 — The Rev. Dr. Gary
Campbell.
Aug. 21 — September newsletter items due.
Aug. 27 — Bill Pacelli, lay
speaker.
Aug. 29 — Finance team.
Calvary Assembly
of God
Today
9 to 11 a.m. — Food pantry at
the church.
Sunday
10 a.m. — Worship service.
6 p.m. — Worship service.
6 p.m. — Royal Rangers and
Missionettes.
Tuesday
9:15 a.m. — Mom’s in Touch.
Wednesday
6 p.m. — Prayer meeting
7 p.m. — Adult Bible study.
7 p.m. — Youth and children’s
ministry.
Church of God of
Prophecy
Sunday
9:30 — Sunday school.
11 a.m. — Sunday service.
Tuesday
7 p.m. — Bible study.
Wednesday
7 p.m. — Worship service.
Friday
7 p.m. — Youth service.
Covenant
Presbyterian
Sunday
9:25 a.m. — Worship service
with Rev. Gregson.
10:45 a.m. — Fellowship time.
11:15 a.m. — Sunday school
for youth and adults.
Monday — Friday
• Vacation Bible school, open to
children in kindergarten
through sixth-grade. Call 8425301 for more information.
Family Bible
Sunday
10 a.m. — Sunday school.
11 a.m. — Worship service.
Wednesday
7 p.m. — Praise and prayer.
Thursday
6:30 p.m. — Worship team.
First Baptist
Sunday
10 a.m. — Worship led by the
Rev. Francis E. Galerie, who
will deliver the message.
Usher and greeter is Patty
Galerie. MaryAnn Bunker and
Marybeth Mattas are in the
nursery. Bonnie Rodriguez
will lead children’s church.
• There is an ongoing collection
of non-perishable food for
the local food pantry.
• The youth group is selling ink
cartridges. They are also collecting empty ink cartridges.
Wednesday
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Bible study.
8:30 p.m. — Deacons meet.
First Reformed
Sunday
10 a.m. — The Worship Service
for the 10th Sunday after
Pentecost for Calvary
Reformed, First Reformed,
and Florida Reformed will be
a special service at the home
of Judy Neznek, celebrating
unity in Christ. The Communion service will be led by the
Rev. John Magee, the Rev.
Charles Hesselink, and Brian
Dykema, intern minister. Worship leaders will include Beth
Olsen and members of the
consistories. The scripture
lesson is taken from Ephesians 4:25–5:2. The sermon
title is “Waiting for the Lord.”
The choir anthem is “The
Bond of Love Medley.” There
will be a covered dish picnic
immediately following the service. Dessert, place setting
and beverage will be provided. Everyone is asked to
bring a lawn chair and a covered dish to feed at least 10
people. Dress is casual.
There will be games and
swimming.
Upcoming event
Sunday, Aug. 20, 9:30 a.m. —
Florida Reformed and First
Reformed will meet through
Sept. 3 at Florida Reformed.
Good Shepherd
Polish National
Catholic Church
Sunday
9 a.m. — Mass with the Rev.
Adam Czarnecki.
Thursday
6 p.m. — Holy Mass and
prayers for the sick.
St. Ann’s Episcopal
Sunday
9 a.m. — There will be Holy
Eucharist rite II from the
Book of Common Prayer,
with the Rector Christopher
Smith presiding, music provided by organist, Bernie
Kolacki. Lay assistants at
the service are: chalicist,
Debbie Gibbs; intercessor,
CHURCHES
Dr. Helen Blanchard; lectors,
David Mello and Dr. Helen
Blanchard; acolyte, Anthony
Martin; usher, David Mello;
elements, David Mello. The
lessons for 10 Pentecost are
Deuteronomy 8:1-10; Ephesians 4:30-5:2 and John
6:37-51. The public is invited
to the above worship services. All who have been
baptized are welcome to
come forward and receive
the bread and wine of the
Eucharist at the altar rail.
Tuesday
10:30 a.m. — Holy Eucharist at
Wilkinson.
12 noon — Al-Anon meeting.
Thursday
9 a.m. — Al-Anon meeting.
St. Casimir’s Roman
Catholic Church
Sunday
10 a.m. — Mass for the 19th
Sunday in ordinary time.
Monthly collection. After
Mass, “Called to be Church”
prayer team with Ron
Rogers. The fall football
fundraiser is underway. A
sign-up sheet is in the back
of the church.
Tuesday
9 a.m. — Mass for the Feast of
the Assumption.
1 to 3 p.m. — Soup kitchen in
the social center.
Upcoming event
Sunday, Aug. 20 — Insurance
and fuel collection.
St. Luke’s
Evangelical
Lutheran
Today
4 p.m. — Mass.
Sunday
• The Mohawk Valley Shrine will
welcome the pilgrims for their
annual Italian pilgrimage.
Afternoon devotions will begin
at 2:30 p.m. with the stations
of the cross, rosary, Eucharistic procession and Benediction. The Rev. Richard Carlino, pastor of St. John the
Evangelist Parish in Schenectady, will be the celebrant and
homilist at the 4 p.m. Mass.
9 and 10:30 a.m. — Mass.
12:30 — Mass.
3:30 p.m. — Benediction of the
blessed sacrament.
4 p.m. — Mass.
7:30 p.m. — Mass.
Monday
4 p.m. — Vigil Mass for the
Feast of the Assumption.
Daily
3:45 p.m. — Blessing with relics.
Monday — Friday
11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. — Mass.
Wednesday
5–7 p.m. — Adoration of the
blessed sacrament in Kateri
Chapel.
Calvary Reformed
Sunday
10 a.m. — There will be no worship service at Calvary. Florida
Reformed of Minaville, First
Reformed of Amsterdam, and
Calvary Reformed of Hagaman will be having a combined
worship service with communion and covered dish picnic
at the home of Judy Neznek.
Those attending should meet
at the church parking lot at
9:30 a.m. to car pool. Those
attending are reminded to
bring a dish to share.
Upcoming event
Sunday, Aug. 20, 10 a.m. —
Worship service led by Brian
Dykema, intern minister.
Canajoharie
Reformed
Sunday
10 a.m. — Worship led by the
Rev. Lisa Vander Wal.
Canajoharie United
Methodist
Sunday
10:30 a.m. — Worship with the
Rev. Scott Tyler. Communion
will be held on the last Sunday of the month.
Wednesday
7 p.m. — Worship service.
Upcoming event
• First Friday of every month is
game night from 6 to 8 p.m.
Cranesville
Reformed
Sunday
10:15 a.m. — Nursery opens.
10:30 a.m. — Worship led by
guest pastor, the Rev. Douglas
Roberts, who will deliver the
sermon “God’s Choice and My
Choice,” based on Romans 6.
Tuesday
7 p.m. — Search committee
meeting.
Wednesday
12 noon — Seniors meeting and
picnic.
7 p.m. — Consistory meets.
Upcoming events
Sunday, Aug. 20 — Guest
leader, Kitt Jackson.
Thursday, Aug. 24 — Seniors trip.
Sunday, Aug. 27 — Guest
leader,Ken Bliss. The church
picnic at Brino’s on Sacandaga Lake will follow church services. Maps will be available.
Those attending should bring
a covered dish.
Faith, Hope and
Love Christian
Fellowship
Sunday
• Worship will temporarily be
held at 18 West Grand St.,
Palatine Bridge.
10 a.m. — Worship led by the
Rev. David W. Bowley.
• Call 613-5128 for other service
times, or see www.faithhopeandlovechurch.com.
St. Mary’s Church
Today
8 a.m. — Novena Mass.
4 p.m. — Vigil Mass.
Sunday
• Masses: 8, 9:30, and 11 a.m.
Monday
5:30 p.m. — Vigil Mass for the
Assumption of Mary, a holy
day of obligation.
Monday — Friday
• Mass — 6:45 a.m., 8 a.m.
and 12:10 p.m.
Tuesday
• The Assumption of Mary, a
holy day of obligation.
Feastday Masses will be
held at 6:45 and 8 a.m.,
12:10 and 7 p.m.
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Eucharist
Adoration in the chapel.
7:30 p.m. — Catechism lecture
with Rev. Brian List of S.O.L.T.
St. Nicholas
Ukrainian Catholic
Sunday
8:30 a.m. — Mass in Ukrainian.
9:45 a.m. — Mass in English.
St. Stanislaus
Roman Catholic
Sunday
• Sunday church school,
including Confirmation class,
will resume Sept. 10 at 9
a.m. Call 843-2401 for more
information.
10 a.m. — Holy Communion
with the Rev. John A. Califano leading the congregation in the celebration of the
10th Sunday after Pentecost. Ken Pangburn, deacon, will be assisting. Lector
is Jane Bramer. The offertory, “Meditation on Bach’s
First Prelude,” will be played
by Patricia Bonaker on the
organ and Christine Suhr on
the piano. Communion
assistants are Melissa Metzger and Judy Furman.
Greeter is Roger Moran and
usher is Richard Furman.
Fellowship will follow worship, with birthday cake and
ice cream, celebrating Rev.
Califano’s birthday.
Upcoming events
Sunday, Aug. 20, 10 a.m. —
Joint outside worship service with members of Trinity
and Todos Los Hijos de Dios
Lutheran Churches, with a
AREA
Auriesville Shrine
picnic to follow. For more
information, call Jackie
Francisco at 843-1277 or
Christine Suhr at 842-9976.
Those attending are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
Aug. 23 and 24, 3 to 9:30 p.m.
— Photo shoot for the new
family directory. Call Marge
and Norme Bowne at 8424328 to schedule and
appointment.
Sunday
10:30 a.m. — Worship for the 10th
Sunday after Pentecost, led by
the Rev. Cynthia Leonard. The
sermon, “Feeding the World,”
will be based on John 6.
Upcoming event
Sunday, Aug. 20 — Fellowship
hour will follow worship.
Florida Reformed
Sunday
10 a.m. — The Worship Service
for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost for Calvary Reformed,
First Reformed, and Florida
Reformed will be a special
service at the home of Judy
Neznek, celebrating unity in
Christ. The Communion service will be led by the Rev.
John Magee, the Rev. Charles
Hesselink, and Brian Dykema,
intern minister. Worship leaders will include Beth Olsen
and members of the consistories. The scripture lesson is
taken from Ephesians
4:25–5:2. The sermon title is
“Waiting for the Lord.” The
choir anthem is “The Bond of
Love Medley.” There will be a
covered dish picnic immediately following the service.
Dessert, place setting and
beverage will be provided.
Everyone is asked to bring a
lawn chair and a covered dish
to feed at least 10 people.
Dress is casual. There will be
games and swimming.
Upcoming event
Sunday, Aug. 20, 9:30 a.m. —
Florida Reformed and First
Reformed will meet through
Sept. 3 at Florida Reformed.
Sunday
10 a.m. — Worship service.
11:15 a.m. — Coffee hour.
Tuesday
9:30 a.m. — Ladies’ Bible study
at Betsy DeGraaf’s home.
10:30 a.m. — Glen-Mohawk
Seniors.
Step of Faith
Sunday
10:30 a.m. — Praise and worship in music led by the Rev.
Jim Fisher, followed by the
preaching of God’s word.
Nursery care is available.
• Everyone is reminded to bring
in non-perishable food items
for the Samaritan Box.
Wednesday
7 p.m. — Adult Bible study.
7 p.m. — Kids for Christ Bible
study for children of all ages.
7 p.m. — Step of Faith prerecorded sermons air on cable
TV channel 16.
Time for Truth
Ministries
Today
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Weekly
fellowship of Christians with
anxiety and nervous disorders. Each session is led by
the Rev. Ray Barnett and
includes an open discussion
and fellowship.
Sunday
10 a.m. — Sunday service with
the Rev. Raymond M. Barnett. Children’s church for
those in first through sixthgrade, a class for preschool
and kindergarten-age children, and nursery care is
available, infants up to age 2.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Fellowship
houses. For more informa-
tion, e-mail the church at
church@timefortruth.com.
Wednesday
6 p.m. — Prayer meeting.
7 p.m. — Bible study classes
for all ages.
Upcoming event
7 p.m. — Choir practice will be
held the first, third and
fourth Thursday of the
month.
Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran
Today
8 a.m. — Men’s Bible study.
Sunday
10:30 a.m. — Communion service for the 10th Sunday
after Pentecost, led by the
Rev. Pamela Hoh, assisted
by Deacon Cindy Rivera.
Mrs. Rosemary Forrest will
read the Scripture lessons.
The service will be broadcast live on WCSS-1490.
Coffee hour will follow the
service.
• Gifts of non-perishable food
items for the local food
pantry are always welcome.
10:30 a.m. — The Rev. Daniel
Swanson will lead the Misa
service of the Iglesia Luterana — Todos los Hijos de
Dios (All God’s Children
Lutheran Church) in the
Parish House at 42 Guy
Park Ave.
Tuesday
10 a.m. — Christian service.
6 p.m. — Heralders picnic at
the home of Mrs. Roberta
Hutt, 1 Water St., Amsterdam. Members are asked to
bring a dish to share, their
own chair and an item for a
penny sale.
Wednesday
3:45 p.m. — 4-H Club meeting.
Thursday
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. — The Lutheran Churchmen are holding
an ice cream social. Tickets
are $3 for adults and $1 for
children under 12. This
event is open to the public.
7 p.m. — Prayer Shawl (PDK)
meeting.
Upcoming event
Saturday, Aug. 19, 8 a.m. —
Men’s Bible study.
United Presbyterian
Sunday
9:30 a.m. — Worship service
led by the Rev. Roland
“Mac” McDonald. Liturgist is
Jon Toper.
Monday
8:30 p.m. — AA meets.
Monday — Friday
• Littlest Angels summer school.
Tuesday
6 p.m. — AAA driving course.
7 p.m. — Session meeting.
Wednesday
6 p.m. — Vacation Bible school.
6 p.m. — AAA driving course.
Thursday
9 p.m. — AA meets in Wheeler.
CHURCHES
First United
Methodist of
Hagaman
Fonda Reformed
Today
3:30 p.m. — Recitation of the
rosary.
4 p.m. — Mass for the 19th
Sunday in ordinary time,
with readings: 1 Kings 19:48; Psalm 34; Ephesians
4:30-5:2 and John 6:41-51.
A special offering will be
taken for Mohawk Valley
Flood victims.
Sunday
8:30 a.m. — Recitation of the
rosary.
9 a.m. — Mass for the 19th
Sunday in ordinary time with
readings listed above. A special offering will be taken for
Mohawk Valley Flood victims.
Monday
8 a.m. — Mass and recitation
of the rosary.
9 a.m. — “Pierogi Angels” meet
in the church hall.
3 p.m. — Cenacle prayer group.
Tuesday
8 a.m. — Mass for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. A holy
day of obligation. Blessing
of flowers and herbs at the
conclusion of the Mass.
9 a.m. — “Pierogi Angels” meet
in the church hall.
6 p.m. — Mass for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. A holy day of obligation. Blessing of flowers and
herbs at the conclusion of
the Mass.
Wednesday
8 a.m. — Mass and recitation
of the rosary.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Treasures
’N More open in St. Stanislaus center.
Thursday
8 a.m. — Mass and recitation
of the rosary.
9 a.m. — Seniors meet.
Friday
8 a.m. — Mass and recitation
of the rosary.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Treasures
’N More open in St. Stanislaus center.
Upcoming events
Saturday, Aug. 26 — Parish festival on the parish grounds.
Donations for the festival
may be brought to the rectory Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or to
the St. Stanislaus Center.
Sunday, Aug. 27 — Polish Day
at the Auriesville Shrine with
Bishop Thomas Wenta of
Orlando, Fla. as principal
celebrant and homilist.
Monday, Aug. 28 — Deadline
for requests for financial aid
for parish children attending
Catholic schools.
7 p.m. — Ladies’ Bible study at
Cindy Mitchell’s home.
Wednesday
5:30 p.m. — Instrument rehearsal.
6 p.m. — FONDA meeting.
6:30 p.m. — Choir rehearsal.
7 p.m. — Needlers with Thread.
7:15 p.m. — Practicing congregational songs.
Thursday
9:30 a.m. — Prayer group.
6:30 p.m. — Prayer meeting in
the fellowship hall.
7 p.m. — Building and properties
ministry meeting.
Friday
6:30 a.m. — Men’s prayer group.
Fort Plain Reformed
Sunday
9:15 a.m. — Adult Bible study.
9:45 a.m. — Clusters for Christ
children’s program.
10:30 a.m. — Worship.
5 p.m. — Manna House meal.
Tuesday
1:30 p.m. — Senior Citizens.
7 p.m. — AA meets.
Fort Plain United
Methodist
Sunday
11 a.m. — Worship service led
by the Rev. Alan Griffith. Coffee hour will follow in the fellowship hall.
Monday – Friday
6 to 8 p.m. — Vacation Bible
school for ages kindergarten
through sixth-grade. The
theme is “treasure seekers.”
Registration may be made at
the door at 5:30 p.m. Monday,
or by calling the church office
at 993-3863.
Wednesday
12:30 p.m. — Afternoon circle
picnic at the home of Alice Lake.
Fulmont Community
Sunday
9 a.m. — “Classic Christianity”
adult Bible study at the church.
9:15 a.m. — Prayer time.
10 a.m. — Worship celebration.
Tuesday
10:30 a.m. — “The Message of
Hope,” small group at the
Elsenbecks’ home.
Thursday
7 p.m. — “How to Witness With-
out Having a Nervous Breakdown,” small group study at
the church.
• Visit www.fulmont.com or call
762-6621 for more information about the above events.
Fultonville
Reformed
Sunday
10:30 a.m. — Worship led by the
Rev. William and the Rev.
Lois Dodge. Communion will
be held the first Sunday of
each month.
Glen Reformed
Sunday
8 a.m. — Contemporary service
in the church hall.
10:30 a.m.— Traditional service
in the church.
• At both services, the Rev.
Stacey Midge will be preaching a sermon titled “Eating the
Bread of Life.”
Grace Congregational
United Church of
Christ
Sunday
9:30 a.m. — Sunday School.
11 a.m. — Worship.
Marshville
Evangelical Church
Sunday
8:30 a.m. — Worship with interim
pastor, the Rev. David Bowley.
9:30 a.m. — Sunday school.
Perth Bible
Sunday
9:30 a.m. — Sunday school.
10:45 a.m. — Worship Service.
10:45 a.m. — Children’s church.
6 p.m. — Evening service and
Corn Kids for kindergarten
through sixth-grade.
Wednesday
6:45 p.m. — Teens.
7 p.m. — Olympians for kindergarten through sixth-grade.
7 p.m. — Prayer meeting.
Upcoming events
Every other Friday, 7 p.m. —
College and career group at
RELIGION BRIEF
‘Psummer Psalms’
series continues
This Sunday at Fulmont
Community Church, the Rev.
Greg Meyers will continue his
“Psummer Psalms” series.
This week, the congregation
will see how to “beat the
blues” in Psalm 13. The
church will also be commemorating its 8th anniversary.
The worship celebration
begins at 10 a.m. Child care
and children’s programs are
also available. Call the
church office at 762-6621 or
visit www.fulmont.com for
more information.
the Nelson’s.
Every other Saturday — SNAP
teen gym night, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
St. John’s Reformed
Sunday
9:30 a.m. — Sunday school.
11 a.m. — Worship led by the
Rev. Dr. Jennifer M. Reece.
Tuesday
7 p.m. — Bible Study.
St. Mary’s Episcopal
Sunday
9:30 a.m. — Eucharist. Coffee
and fellowship to follow.
Upcoming event
Second Thursday of the month,
6:30 p.m. — Church supper.
Tribes Hill
Presbyterian
Sunday
9:15 a.m. — A guest minister will
lead worship. The children
and youth will meet at the
same time.
Tuesday
9 a.m. — Bible study.
6:15 p.m. — Choir practice.
West Charlton
United Presbyterian
Sunday
7 a.m. — Worship service.
9:30 a.m. — Worship service.
Child care is available.
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RELIGION
Amsterdam
Jubilee Fellowship
East of Riverfront Center,
former Pizza Hut
The Rev. Harlow Gordon
842-8397 or 843-4865
Worship services 10 a.m. Sunday.
Bible study 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Alpha & Omega Church
231 E. Main St.
The Rev. Victor Cruz • 843-8193
Sunday school 1 to 2 p.m.; service 2 to
4 p.m.; Radio Alerta 7 to 11 p.m. Sunday
on WCSS; Tuesday prayer, 7 p.m.;
Thursday fellowship, 7 p.m.
United Presbyterian
25 Church Street
The Rev. McDonald • 842-5455
Worship 9:30 a.m.
St. Ann’s Episcopal
37 Division St.
The Rev. Christopher A. Smith
Sunday worship 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist.
Pilgrim Holiness
120 Division St.• 377-3043
Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m., 7
p.m.; Youth 6:30 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m.
Prayer and worship.
Time for Truth Ministries
46 Market St. • P.O. Box 351
926-9575 • church@timefortruth.com
The Rev. Raymond M. Barnett, founder
Worship Sunday 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
Route 30 and Guy Park Avenue
842-6691 • The Rev. Rick Eddy
Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.
Sunday school 9 a.m.
St. Casimir’s
Roman Catholic Church
260 E. Main St.
The Rev. Stanley Swierzowski
Mass 10 a.m. Sunday.
Step of Faith Church
54 Van Derveer St.
Pastor Clyde Clymer • www.stepoffaith.com
Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Bible study
Wednesday 7 p.m.
Church of God of Prophecy
229 East Main St.
842-5644 • 866-6457
Pastor Louis J. King
Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.
Seventh Day Adventist
379 Division St.
Pastor Roman Kozlov
Worship 11 a.m. Saturday
Sabbath school 10 a.m.
Iglesia Bautista de
Amsterdam/Amsterdam
Baptist Church
3-5 Teller St.
Pastor Carlos Schmidt
364-4359 • cschmidt24@juno.com
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; Children’s
Church Tuesday 6:30 p.m.; small group
Bible studies (Spanish) Wednesday 7
p.m., (English) Thursday 7 p.m.
Truth Deliverance Temple
International
11 Liberty St.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.; Open for services Monday through Friday at 7 p.m.
Montgomery County
Ames
First Baptist
Frank E. Galerie, pastor
479 Guy Park Ave.
Worship, 10 a.m.
St. Luke’s
Evangelical Lutheran
The Rev. John A. Califano, pastor
24 Pine St., 843-2401
Sunday worship 10 a.m.; Sunday school 9
a.m.; adult Bible study 7 p.m. Wednesday.
United Methodist
347 Golf Course Road
Worship, Sunday school 10 a.m.
First Reformed
Florida Avenue and Arch Street
842-4881 • Worship 9:30 a.m.
St. Michael’s, Mount Carmel
Roman Catholic Churches
The Rev. Lawrence J. Decker
St. Michael the Archangel
Grove Street
Masses Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.,
12:15 p.m. (Spanish). Weekday Mass at 8
a.m. rotates weekly between Mount Carmel.
Mount Carmel
39 St. John St.
Masses Saturday 5:30 p.m.; Sunday 10:30
a.m. Weekday Masses at 8 a.m. rotate
weekly with St. Michael's.
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic
156 E. Main St.
The Rev. James Gulley
Daily Masses Monday through Friday:
6:45 a.m., 8 a.m., and 12:10 p.m.;
Saturday Novena Mass 8 a.m.; Saturday
vigil Mass 4 p.m.; Sunday Masses at 8
a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Confessions
3:30 p.m. Saturday and before all Masses.
St. Stanislaus
Roman Catholic
Ames-Sprout Brook
and Sharon Springs
United Methodist churches
Rev. Greg DeSalvatore
Sunday worship and elementary Sunday
school, 9:30 a.m. in Ames.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m. in Sharon
Springs and worship at 11 a.m.
Evening worship 7:30 p.m. first and third
Sundays in Sharon Springs.
Auriesville
Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs
The Rev. Peter J. Murray, director
Liturgy 4 p.m. Saturday; 9 and 10:30 a.m.
and 12:30 and 4 p.m. Sunday; and 11:30
and 4 p.m. weekdays. Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament in Kateri Chapel 5 to 7
p.m. Wednesday; Blessing with relics 3:45
p.m. daily. Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament 3:30 p.m. Sunday and feastdays.
Canajoharie
Episcopal Church
of the Good Shepherd
26 Moyer St., 673-3440
The Rev. Amanda Nickels
Worship and Sunday school 10 a.m. followed by coffee hour.
St. John’s and
St. Mark’s Lutheran
Church Street
The Rev. Gail Wolling
Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; adult Bible
study, 10 a.m.; worship 11:15 a.m.
Canajoharie Reformed
15-19 Front Street
The Rev. Lisa L. Vander Wal
Christian education: Adult 9 a.m., Children
9:15 a.m.; Worship, 10 a.m.
United Methodist
50 Cornell St.
Rev. David Mickiewicz, administrator
Rev. Walter Czechowicz, pastor emeritus
in residence Deacon Michael Ryba, pastoral assoc. Mass Saturday 4 p.m.;
Sunday 9 a.m.
St. Nicholas
Ukrainian Catholic
24 Pulaski St. • 842-8731
The Rev. Marian Kostyk
Divine Liturgy schedule: Sunday 8:30 a.m.
in Ukrainian and 9:45 a.m. in English.
Good Shepherd
Polish National Catholic
27 Teller St.
842-3241
The Rev. Adam Czarnecki
Sunday Mass 9 a.m.
Congregation Sons of Israel
355 Guy Park Ave.
Worship Saturday 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
St. John’s Roman Catholic
40 Van Derveer St.
The Rev. Stanley Swierzowski
Mass Saturday 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m.
Covenant Presbyterian
7 Trinity Place
Pastor Timothy H. Gregson
Worship 9:30 a.m.; fellowship 10:45 a.m.;
Sunday school 11 a.m., Catechism followed by evening praise service 6:15 p.m.
Calvary Assembly of God
200 E. Main St. • 842-1261
The Rev. Siegfried Ignecia
Sunday services 10 a.m., 6 p.m.; Prayer
meetings Wednesday 6 p.m., Friday 7
p.m.; Bible study Wednesday 7 p.m.
50 East Main St. • 673-2717
The Rev. Scott Tyler
e-mail: umc13317@frontiernet.net.
Services Sunday 10:30 a.m.,Wednesday 7
p.m.; Communion last Sunday of the
month. Game night first Friday of the
month 6 to 8 p.m.
Faith, Hope and Love
Christian Fellowship
18 West Grand St., Palatine Bridge
Pastor David W. Bowley
Sunday service 10 a.m.
Call 613-5128 for other service times or
see www.faithhopeandlovechurch.com.
St. Peter & Paul’s
Catholic Church
Cliff Street • William Gaffigan, pastor
Masses Saturday 5 p.m.;
Sunday 8:30 and 11 a.m.
Charleston Four Corners
Charleston Christian
Rev. Brett Popp • Sprakers • 922-9088
Sunday School 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.;
evening worship 6:30 p.m.;
Midweek service 7 p.m. Thursday.
Cranesville
Cranesville Reformed
Cranes Hollow Road
Worship 10:30 a.m.
Crum Creek
Evangelic Lutheran
Rev. Dennis A. Fonkert
Crum Creek • Worship 12:30 p.m.
Currytown
Worship services conducted on alternate
weeks with Sprakers Reformed Church.
Sprakers Reformed
Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sunday school 9:15 a.m.
www.troyconference.org/fondafultonvilleumc.
Fultonville Reformed
The Rev. Joyce Jennings
Worship service 10 a.m.
Worship services held on alternate weeks
with Currytown Reformed Church.
Corner of 30A and 5S • 853-8644
The Revs. William and Lois Dodge
Family Worship 10:30 a.m.; Communion
on the first Sunday of each month.
East Stone Arabia
Glen
Salem United Methodist
Stone Arabia Road
The Rev. Nancy A. Pullen
Sunday School 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.
Town of Florida
Family Bible
449 Thayer Road
The Rev. Dennis Burke
Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Prayer meeting, 7 p.m.
Wednesday.
Fonda
St. Cecilia’s Roman Catholic
The Rev. Patrick Gallagher
Masses Saturday 5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.;
Sunday school 9 a.m. Confessions
Saturday 4:15 p.m.
Fonda Reformed
19-21 Broadway
The Rev. Christopher J. DeGraaf
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; worship 10 a.m.
Village Bible
2615 State Highway 30A
Wade Prime, pastor
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; morning worship,
11 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; prayer
meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday.
National Shrine of Blessed
Kateri Tekakwitha
Route 5, half mile west of Fonda
853-3646 • Fr. Kevin Kenny, director.
Masses Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday
at 10:30 a.m.
Fords Bush
Fords Bush Bible Church
Fords Bush Road, Fort Plain
The Rev. Martin Braemer
Sunday school, 9:45 a.m. Sunday worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Monday visitation, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday prayer and
praise, 6:30 p.m.; women's Bible study, 11
a.m. Friday.
Fort Plain
United Methodist
39 Center St., 993-3863
The Rev. Alan Griffith
Worship 11 a.m.
St. James Roman Catholic
113 Reid St., 993-3822
The Rev. Kenneth Swain
Weekend liturgies 4 p.m. Saturday; and 11
a.m. Sunday.
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints
24 Wilett St., 673-8263
Sacrament 10 a.m. Sunday; Primary and
Sunday School 11 a.m. Scripture Study 7
p.m. Wednesday; Seminary Class
6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Grandview Baptist
15 Washington St.
The Rev. Carl Hawver
Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship services
11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; prayer meeting and
Bible study Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fort Plain Christian
Community
9 Canal St. P.O.Box 24
993-3557/993-5331
Pastor, Bob Paige
Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Home Cell Churches, weekly, call for day
and time in the following locations: Fort
Plain, Canajoharie, St. Johnsville, Randall,
Cobleskill, and Richfield Springs.
Fort Plain Reformed Church
Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.; Manna House
meals, Saturday and Sunday 5 p.m.
St. Paul’s Lutheran
The Rev. Kenneth E. Dingman
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; coffee time
10:30 a.m.; Sunday worship 11 a.m.
Family Worship Center
Route 80, 993-2655
The Rev. Thomas R. Marino
Tuesday, 11 a.m., ladies Bible study; 7
p.m. family prayer meeting. Thursday, 6
p.m., deaf ministry; 7 p.m., college lectures/Bible study. Saturday, 7 p.m., Youth
Alive. Sunday, 9:30 a.m., Sunday school;
10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., worship.
Freysbush
United Methodist
The Rev. William Kark
Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school 10 a.m.
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Freysbush • Handicapped accessible
The Rev. Kenneth E. Dingman
Sunday worship 9:30 a.m.; Sunday
School, 10:30 a.m.
Fultonville
Fonda-Fultonville
United Methodist
Glen Reformed
Route 161
Early bird worship at church hall, 8 a.m.
Sunday school at the church, 9 a.m.
Family worship at the church, 10:30 a.m.
Hagaman
Calvary Reformed
10 Church Street
Church office: 843-1647.
Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday school 11:15 a.m.
St. Stephen’s
Roman Catholic
46 N. Pawling St.
The Rev. Ronald Matulewicz
Mass Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 8 and 11 a.m.
First United Methodist
Pawling Street
The Rev. Cynthia Leonard
Worship 10:30 a.m.
Marshville
Marshville Evangelical
Route 10
Interim pastor, the Rev. David Bowley.
Worship 8:30 a.m.; Sunday school 9:30 a.m.
Minaville
Florida Reformed
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic
St. James Roman Catholic
7 North St.
The Rev. Thomas Morrette
Masses Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Route 8 • 548-6275
The Rev. Paul J. Kelly
Confessions: 3:30 p.m.; Masses Saturday
4 and 5:30 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.; Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m.
United Methodist
65 N. Main St.
The Rev. John A. Chesney
Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:30 a.m.
First Presbyterian
54 West Main Street
The Rev. Linda Martin
Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday school 10 a.m.
Gloversville
Gloversville Wesleyan
Church
68 Grand St.
Pastor Patrick Veltri
Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.,
Evening worship 6 p.m.; Bible study and
prayer service 7 p.m. Wednesday.
First Congregational UCC
31 E. Fulton St. 725-4304
The Rev. John A. Nelson
Sunday open breakfast, 8:45 a.m.;
Worship and Sunday school, 10 a.m.
Kingsboro Assembly of God
255 N. Kingsboro Ave. • 725-7287
Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship
service at 10:30 a.m.; Family Bible study
Wednesday 7 p.m.
St. James Lutheran
521 N. Main St. • 725-7512
Sunday school 9 a.m., Sunday worship
service at 10:30 a.m. with Communion.
Trinity Episcopal
842-5427
Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.
31 Spring Street • 725-0386
Sunday Liturgy 9:30 a.m.
Nelliston
Johnstown
Valley Alliance
85 E. Main St., Nelliston
The Rev. Dave Prahst
Sunday: Sunday school 9:45 a.m.;
Morning worship 11 a.m.; Family hour worship and youth group 6 p.m.
Wednesday: midweek prayer service 7 p.m.
Randall
Randall Christian Church
Route 5S
The Rev. Eric Handel
Service 10 a.m. Sunday.
Rural Grove
Rural Grove Christian
Rural Grove Road (off Route 162)
Parsonage: 922-7831
Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m.; Prayer and youth
groups, 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
St. Johnsville
St. Paul’s Lutheran
32 West Main Street
The Rev. David B. Plank
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Worship 10
a.m.; Bible Study 7 p.m. Tuesday and 10
a.m. Wednesday.
St. John’s Reformed
3316 Route 29 • 762-2982
The Rev. Deb Benson
Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.;
praise and Bible study, 6 p.m.; Dare to
Care, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
New Covenant
Community Church
27 N. Market St.
762-9758 • 762-7174
Edwin Meyers, pastor
Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45
a.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting 7 p.m.
(location announced at worship).
Fulmont Community Church
Harrison Street • 762-6621
10 a.m. Worship; nursery, child care provided. www.fulmont.com.
Believers Fellowship Center
150 S. Comrie Ave.
Pastor Phil Carey
Sunday worship with children’s
ministry/nursery, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.;
Prayer 9 a.m. Tuesday.; Bible study with
children’s ministry/nursery, 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Lassellsville
United Methodist
The Rev. Mike Yezierski
Contemporary, informal worship, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday; Sunday worship 9:30 a.m.; Kids’
Bible Adventure 10:45 a.m. Sunday.
Grace Congregational
United Church of Christ
Mayfield Central Presbyterian
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic
30 Center St.
The Rev. Kenneth Swain
Masses Saturday 6 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.
United Methodist
The Rev. Lyman E. Pelkey
Sunday worship 4 p.m.
Bethesda Fellowship
34 S. Division St.
The Rev. Thomas Jones
Worship 10:45 a.m. Sunday school 9:30
a.m. Tuesday ministry team training 7:30
to 9 p.m.
Stone Arabia
Trinity Lutheran
5430 State Route 10, Palatine Bridge
673-2224
The Rev. Gail R. Wolling, pastor
Worship 9 a.m.
Tribes Hill
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Third Avenue
The Rev. Patrick Gallagher
Masses 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.
Confessions 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
United Presbyterian
Mohawk Drive
The Rev. Barbara Floryshak
Worship 9:15 a.m.
Fulton County
Broadalbin
Broadalbin Baptist
West Main Street
Douglas Blanc, Pastor
Sunday school 9:45 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.
and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Teen time
7 p.m. Wednesday
e-mail: bbc@klink.net, or blanc@klink.net
web page: www.place2grow.com.
Route 8
The Rev. Ted Ruggles
Church school and worship 10:30 a.m.
Wells
United Methodist
Main Street
The Rev. Al Johnson
Sunday worship 9 a.m.
St. Ann’s Roman Catholic
Route 30, 548-6275
The Rev. Paul J. Kelly
Masses: 7 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. Sunday,
7 p.m. Wednesday. Confessions 6:30 p.m.
Wesleyan
Main Street
The Rev. Kenneth S. Taber
Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.;
youth, 5:30 p.m.; evening service, 6:30
p.m.; prayer service Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Saratoga County
Barkersville
Barkersville Christian
Pastor Pat Atwell
Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.
Charlton
Freehold Presbyterian
768 Charlton Road
Pastor Dr. Stephen Butler Murray
Sunday school 10 a.m.; worship 10 a.m.
Church of the Nazarene
68 W. Main St.
The Rev. Dr. Jennifer M. Reece
Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Worship service
11 a.m.; Bible Study Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Church services at 11:15 a.m. Sunday,
Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., Choir practice 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Grace United Methodist
Mayfield
22 N. Main St. • 661-6566
The Rev. Bonnie M. Orth
Choir practice 10 a.m.; Worship and
Sunday school 11 a.m. Nursery and child
care provided. Coffee hour after service.
Northampton
United Methodist
The Rev. Brad Broyles
Worship 9 a.m.; church school 9 a.m.
Northville
St. Francis of Assisi
Roman Catholic
501 Bridge St. • 863-4736
The Rev. Thomas Morrette
Masses are held 6 p.m. Saturday;
8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday.
First United Methodist
The Rev. Michael Terrell, pastor.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:15
a.m., Youth Group 6 p.m.; Praise and
prayer 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Perth
Perth Bible
1863 County Highway 107 • 843-3290
office@perthbiblechurch.org
The Rev. Dr. Roger Ellison; The Rev. Todd
Leupold; Mark Appell, assistant to pastors.
Worship Sunday 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Vail Mills
Adirondack Baptist Church
Just West of Vail Mills on Route 29
Rev. Brian Norman
Sunday School 9 a.m.; Sunday Worship
10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Choir practice 5 p.m.;
Thursday Night Prayer 7 p.m.
Hamilton County
Lake Pleasant
United Methodist
Edinburg
Edinburg Bible Chapel
The Rev. Paul Allen
Sunday worship 10 a.m., 7 p.m.; Sunday
school 11 a.m.
United Methodist
Worship and Sunday school, 9 a.m.
Fellowship hour, 10 a.m.
Fox Hill
Pilgrim Holiness
Batchellerville
The Rev. Brenda Wallick
Sunday school 9:15 a.m.; worship 11 a.m.;
youth service 6 p.m.; evening service 7
p.m.; prayer meeting Wednesday 7 p.m.
Galway
United Methodist
The Rev. Laurel Phillips
Worship, Sunday school 9:30 a.m.
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic
East Street
Rev. Ronald Matulewicz,
Sunday Mass, 9:30 a.m.
Bible Baptist
2095 East St.
The Rev. Wayne Brandow
Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.
Providence
Providence Baptist
Fishhouse and Trevett roads
883-5221 • 883-3583
The Rev. William Marshall
Worship service, 10 a.m. Sunday; Praise
service, Bible study and Intercessory
prayer, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
West Charlton
United Presbyterian
1331 Sacandaga Road
The Rev. Thomas A. Gregg
Worship 7 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
West Galway
First Presbyterian
The Rev. Martin Cernek
Worship and Sunday school, 10 a.m.
Milton
Christ the Savior
Orthodox Christian Church
786-3100
The Rev. Igor Burdikoff
Divine Liturgy, 9:30 a.m.Sunday; Sunday
school, 10:45 a.m.
Schenectady County
Rotterdam Junction
Church of St. Margaret
of Cortona
2 Putnam St. • 887-5288
The. Rev. Dennis Murphy
Masses 4 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. Sunday
Otsego County
Cherry Valley
Grace Episcopal Church
Pastor Persis Williams • 315-858-4016
32 Montgomery St. • Sunday 11:15 a.m.
Holy Communion sermon.
Springfield Center
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
7690 Route 80 • (315) 858-4016
Pastor Persis Williams
Sunday Eucharist, 9:30 a.m.
Holy days as announced. Church supper
second Thursday of the month, 6:30 p.m.
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AUGUST 12, 2006
2006 Toyota RAV 4 LTD 4X4
Model: 2006 Toyota RAV 4 LTD 4X4
four-door sport utility vehicle.
Engine: 2.4-liter four-cylinder, 166
horsepow er.
Transmission: Four-speed automatic.
Overall length: 15 feet 1 inch.
EPA passenger and cargo volume: 108
and 36 cubic feet.
W eight: 3,512 pounds.
EPA fuel consumption: 23 miles per
gallon city, 28 highway.
Base price, including destination
charge: $24,560.
Base dealer cost: $22,403.
Price as tested: $28,099.
Photo courtesy of Toyota
The 2006 Toyota RAV 4 has outgrown the original model’s practical and sturdy design.
R AV 4 gets too big for its britches
By Frank A. Aukofer
Scripps Howard News Service
“Too big for his britches” means overreaching, trying to be something one is
not, or simply pretending.
Something like that has happened with
the re-designed Toyota RAV 4, which was
the first of the small, car-based sport utility vehicles. It had its gestation a decade
ago as a tiny SUV with two or four doors.
At the time, it was a revolution of sorts.
SUVs were mainly based on trucks, with
body-on-frame construction, part-time
four-wheel drive and, in most cases, decent
off-road capabilities. The RAV 4 was spun
off the same platform as the Toyota Celica,
which gave it a unit body with front- or allwheel drive, good handling and all-weather capabilities, but without much in the
way of off-road prowess.
Others soon followed: the popular
Honda CR-V, which became the sales
champ in the small SUV category, along
with the newer Ford Escape, Honda Element, Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sportage,
Mitsubishi Outlander, Pontiac Torrent,
and Chevrolet Equinox and HHR.
The all-new 2006 RAV 4 model is the
third generation of this sturdy, popular
and practical vehicle, which had sales of
about 70,000 in 2005 and has been on a
pace to more than double that this year.
As so often happens in the vehicle biz,
the new RAV 4 has grown substantially. It
is built on a new platform that is longer,
wider and roomier than its predecessor,
and it can be ordered with V6 power, allwheel drive and seven-passenger seating.
The last is where the RAV 4 seems to
be getting big for its britches. Its purpose, after all, is to provide a fuel-efficient, small SUV that can handle foul
weather and even do light off-road duty.
When you get it loaded up with the big
V6 power, which translates into a zeroto-60 acceleration time of seven seconds,
along with all the other extras, it belies
the original purpose. In that trim, it
comes across almost like a slightly smaller version of the Toyota Highlander.
The third-row seat isn’t all that useful
anyway. Even with the second-row seat
moved forward, there’s no foot room,
and it’s a chore to crawl back there.
About the only reason to have it is to
carry the occasional couple of small children, and even they won’t be too happy.
More in character is the tested RAV 4
without the third-row seat and the standard four-cylinder engine, which has
been upgraded to 166 horsepower. This
one feels like a RAV 4 should — even
better because of the additional room
and power. The four-cylinder model is
expected to account for about seven out
of 10 of the RAV4’s sales.
RAV 4, by the way, doesn’t refer to the
engine. Toyota says it stands for “recreational active vehicle with four-wheel
drive.” However, it can be ordered with
standard front-wheel drive, which likely
is a better choice for all but the most
weather-challenged customers.
The test vehicle was the top-of-the-line
Limited model with the four-cylinder
engine, four-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive. It had a starting
price of $24,560, which included
antilock brakes, electronic power steering, 17-inch alloy wheels, a full-size
spare wheel and tire, dual-zone air conditioning with a pollen filter, remote
locking, an AM-FM audio system with
in-dash six-disc CD changer, dual glove
boxes, power windows, and motorized
and heated outside mirrors. No satellite
radio was available at introduction,
although Toyota has signed on for XM
radio in most of its cars and trucks.
With options that included side air
bags, side-curtain air bags, leather
upholstery, heated front seats, and a
power sunroof, it topped out at $28,099.
For that money, you get a borderline
luxurious SUV that seats up to five people comfortably, has adequate performance on city streets and highways, and
delivers 23/28 miles to the gallon on the
EPA’s city/highway cycle. The only
place the four-cylinder model lags somewhat is on steep upgrades, when the
transmission hunts to find the right gear.
Though the V6 gets the nod from a performance standpoint, the four-cylinder
model feels lighter and more nimble in
everyday driving. In fact, it doesn’t feel
at all like an SUV, even a car-based one.
It handles more like a tall station wagon.
There’s a total of 108 cubic feet of passenger space, which comes close to that
of a full-size car. Up front, the seats are
supportive and comfortable, and the surroundings have Toyota’s customary look
of quality materials and workmanship.
Some of the digital readouts, as for the
temperature and time, are almost impossible to read in any light.
The back seat offers plenty of head and
knee room. Even the center position, unlike
that on many vehicles, is acceptable. The
seat is split 60-40 for cargo carrying.
Out back, there’s 36 cubic feet of cargo
space, which is four more than in the
Pontiac Torrent. On the test car, it was
augmented by a cargo net for carrying
small items up and away from the load
on the cargo floor. Though the net and its
supporting bars interfered with big
items, it was easily removable.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
2C — The Recorder, Saturday, August 12, 2006
CELEBRITIES
SATURDAY EVENING AUGUST 12, 2006
Dunst featured as
Marie Antoinette on
cover of Vogue
NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna struck a pose as Marie
Antoinette in a performance of
her “Vogue” video at the 1990
MTV Video Music Awards.
Now, Kirsten Dunst is doing it
— in the pages of Vogue magazine.
Dunst, who plays a young
Antoinette in Sofia Coppola’s
upcoming film, was photographed by Annie Leibovitz at
the Palace of Versailles —
where many of the scenes for
“Marie Antoinette” were shot —
for the September issue of
Vogue, on newsstands Tuesday.
The 24-year-old actress,
whose screen credits include
Coppola’s “The Virgin Suicides,” wears a series of dramatic floor-length gowns by
designers such as Alexander
McQueen and John Galliano,
and by Milena Canonero, the
costume designer for the film.
“You breathe differently in
those dresses; you move in a
special way,” Dunst tells the
magazine.
Coppola’s costume drama
with modern trappings premiered earlier this year at the
Cannes Film Festival. It opens
in theaters Oct. 20.
The queen’s love of fashion
particularly interested her, says
Coppola, who won a screenwriting Oscar for her 2003
movie, “Lost in Translation.”
“You’re considered superficial
and silly if you are interested in
fashion,” the 35-year-old
writer-director is quoted as
saying. “But I think you can be
substantial and still be interested in frivolity.”
“The girl in ‘Lost in Translation’ is just about to figure out
a way of finding herself, but
she hasn’t yet. In this film, she
makes the next step. I feel that
Marie Antoinette is a very creative person.”
The photo spread for Vogue
includes Dunst in a pink-andgray taffeta gown by McQueen
and a sweeping dress of black
aluminum foil, covered in
organza, by Galliano for Dior
Couture.
She is featured on the cover
of the magazine wearing a
white wig and a pink satin
dress by Canonero.
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A struggling songwriter cuts loose in a rowdy New York bar. ^
All the Little People’’ ^
Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets Duets
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Blue Man Group: Inside the Tube Founders
Pink Floyd Live: Pulse The group performs in Animusic 2
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feature Williams and various performers. ^
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discuss the group’s creative process.
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LONDON (AP) — His lawyer once represented Prince Charles. Her
lawyer squared off for Princess Diana.
Small wonder Britain’s newspapers are comparing the divorce case
of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills McCartney to the 1996 royal
divorce.
Anthony Julius will represent
Mills McCartney, the law firm
Mishcon De Reya said Tuesday.
Julius helped Diana win a reported
Though the 64$28 million settlement.
year-old entertain- McCartney, who does not have a
prenuptial agreement to protect his
er and 38-year-old estimated $1.5 billion fortune, had
already hired Fiona Shackleton,
anti-landmine
who represented Prince Charles 10
years ago.
campaigner had
“It’s all getting Muccy!” the Sun
promised an ami- said, playing off McCartney’s
nickname in Britain — Macca.
cable split, the
The Daily Express summed it up
facade cracked
by saying, “All you need is hate.”
“It is a private matter,” Mills
Monday when
McCartney spokesman Phil Hall
said Wednesday. “Comparisons to
Mills McCartney
Diana and Charles are irrelevant.”
found the locks
McCartney’s spokesman, Stuart
Bell,
also declined comment.
changed at
Though the 64-year-old enterMcCartney’s Lon- tainer and 38-year-old anti-landmine campaigner had promised an
don home.
amicable split, the facade cracked
Monday when Mills McCartney
found the locks changed at
McCartney’s London home.
A security guard at the home called police when one of Mills
McCartney’s guards climbed a wall to let her enter. Police spoke to
her and then left — but not before the waiting paparazzi snapped photos as she stood in the street beside a uniformed officer.
Security guards drove the couple’s 2-year-old daughter Beatrice
around the block while the situation with the police was sorted out.
Hall said McCartney had frozen the couple’s joint bank account and
sent Mills McCartney a letter complaining about three bottles of
cleaning liquid that were taken from his home to her office.
The couple married in June 2002, four years after McCartney’s first
wife, Linda, died of breast cancer.
Critics charge that Mills McCartney has long emulated the late
Diana, in part by choosing charity work to fight against land mines —
as the princess had done. The sniping increased with her choice of
attorney.
The Sun’s Showbiz editor, Victoria Newton, took a hard line in a
column headlined, “Lady Mucca’s war of lies,” and suggested Mills
McCartney would never have the public appeal that won Diana the
nickname, “Queen of Hearts.”
“She may aspire to be the Queen of Hearts — but all she will ever
be is the Queen of Tarts,” Newton wrote.