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Saturday, Sep. 14, 2019

Falcon Knights soar again

Culbertson rushes for 150 yards to lift Union/A-C Valley

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Rockets shut out by Tigers, 14-0

SHARON –– His grandpa's greatest lesson to Lane Voytik was simple: Humility.

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Major League Baseball Leaders

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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FOOTBALL

All Times EDT

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Scorebaord

Chicago Cubs 17, Pittsburgh 8

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

American League Glance

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

East Division

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RACING

Playoff Races

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ON THE AIR

AUTO RACING

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EVENTS

Saturday

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Major League Baseball Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

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BOWLING

Jewel League

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HOLES-IN-ONE

Ashley Byrns, on No. 12, 85-yard hole at Aubrey’s Dubbs Dred, using a 9-iron.

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Mary Watson

Mary Watson

IN MEMORIAM

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Blandon "BJ" Powell

Blandon

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE

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Richard "Pete" McClaine

Richard

IN MEMORIAM

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Mary Ellen Lewis

Mary Ellen Lewis

IN MEMORIAM

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Larry Jewart Jr.

Larry Jewart Jr.

IN MEMORIAM

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Richard J. “Pete” McClaine Jr.

IN MEMORIAM

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John E. Smith, Sr.

John E. Smith, Sr.

ANNIVERSARY

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Injured Steelers expecting to play

PITTSBURGH — Forget waiting until the release of the league-mandated injury report. Maurkice Pouncey wasn’t even going to delay word of his status in the amount of time it takes to ask a question.

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Autumn-Motive Fest at Lernerville

BUFFALO TWP — The annual Autumn-Motive Fest/Pro Stock Pandemonium Event takes place Saturday night at Lernerville Speedway.

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Brown eligible to play vs. Miami

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Antonio Brown is said to be eligible to play against Miami. Whether he actually does after just three practices with the Patriots is still not clear.

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Walker, CV hand Trojans 1st loss of year

ADAMS TWP — Myles Walker simply has the speed.

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Pitt, Penn State meeting for 100th time

Series not scheduled again in forseeable future

STATE COLLEGE — Although youth keeps them from fully appreciating their programs’ shared past, these Penn State and Pittsburgh players could occupy a significant place in the rivalry’s history.

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Cubs hammer Bucs at Wrigley

CHICAGO — After a rough start, Anthony Rizzo, Willson Contreras and the Chicago Cubs rebounded with an overwhelming response at the plate.

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Late TD lifts Penn Hills over Mars

Planets hurt by 6 turnovers in 14-7 defeat

Mars running back Teddy Ruffner carries the ball in the third quarter during the Planets' 14-7 loss at Penn Hills. Ruffner ran for 105 yards on 35 carries.

PENN HILLS — Germar Howard rendered all the risk taking of Mars' football team moot.

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Second-half swoon

Raiders squander 14-0 lead in 26-20 setback

Seneca Valley wide receiver Marciano McCowan tries to snag a pass as Mt. Lebanon defenders converge on him during the Raiders' 26-14 road loss Friday night.

MT. LEBANON — Other than the final score, two numbers best describe how Seneca Valley's Quad County Conference game against Mt. Lebanon played out Friday night —36 and 233.

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Knoch shuts out Highlands

Knights' defense stout again in win

NATRONA HEIGHTS — Shutouts are becoming as common as wins for the Knoch football team.

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Chappell fires 59 at Greenbrier

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Kevin Chappell shot an 11-under 59 on Friday in the second round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier for the 11th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history.

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Pulling a special double duty

Pulling double duty is becoming commonplace for high school football kickers these days.

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Tornado felled by Rams

Pine-Richland stays undefeated, 56-7

BUTLER TWP — Pine-Richland's offense didn't get a whole lot of work Friday night.

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Banged Up And Battling

J.D. Dissicino (6) of Moniteau is hit by multiple Karns City defernders defenders, includingLuke Garing (20) and Hunter Rowe (21) during the Gremlins' 21-6 victory.

KARNS CITY — Gremlins' football coach Joe Sherwin expected it to be a slog.

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TRIVIA

Tom Brady was the backup to what future NFL quarterback at the University of Michigan?

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Hardwood flooring adds touch of 'romance'

Hardwood floors

Old houses have lots of character, but perhaps no aspect adds more character than original hardwood floors. After decades of being hidden under carpet, these floors have been making a comeback, both in homes with original hardwood and those without.

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Jennifer Lopez steals the show in 'Hustlers'

Jennifer Lopez, left, and Constance Wu appear in a scene from “Hustlers.”

“Hustlers “ saves all of its tricks for the end. It's a banger of an ending, too, which is something that so few films manage to nail. The emotion, the stakes, the character development and the why of it all hit around the same time. This, you think, is the movie. Then suddenly it's over just when it started to get great.

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PEOPLE

Jacqueline Kennedy

NEW YORK — “Camera Girl,” an upcoming book on Jacqueline Kennedy’s early years as a columnist, draws on newspaper archives and interviews with friends and colleagues.

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Grow your own saffron at home

An example of the author’s saffron flower. Note the bright saffron threads.

Your garden probably has culinary herbs such as parsley, oregano, sage, dill and rosemary. But, have you tried growing saffron?

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Fish tacos make simple, delicious dinner

Linda Gassenheimer's Quick Fix Fish Tacos with Avocado Salad.

Tacos, a traditional Mexican dish, have become an American favorite.

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Recipe

Fish Tacos

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The 7 very groovy highlights from ‘A Very Brady Renovation’

In “A Very Brady Renovation,” the Brady siblings will join forces with HGTV stars for a makeover on the house used for exterior shots in the 1969-74 sitcom. Shown, from left, are Susan Olsen, Mike Lookinland, Eve Plumb, Christopher Knight, Maureen McCormack and Barry Williams, who played Cindy, Bobby, Jan, Peter, Marcia and Greg Brady on the TV show.

Coming at you straight from the turn of the ’70s, the first episode of “A Very Brady Renovation” ran Monday on HGTV. For fans of “The Brady Bunch,” which ran for five seasons from 1969 to 1974, it was a walk down memory lane guided in part by the Brady kids themselves.

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Rosanne Cash sees deep truths in Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music’

Rosanne Cash is included in Ken Burns’ eight-part documentary “Country Music,” set to begin at 8 p.m. Sunday on PBS.

LOS ANGELES — Rosanne Cash has lived her life being the daughter of one of the biggest icons in music history: Johnny Cash. That journey included years of trying to get out from under his shadow, dealing with all of the darkness that haunted the man in black and eventually learning to embrace her country music roots.

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Fall garden seminar slated Sept. 28 at Tanglewood

“Endless Summer” is the theme of this year’s Butler County Fall Garden Seminar set Sept. 28.

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3 Seneca Valley seniors are finalists in national scholarship program

JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley seniors Nishant Jayachandran, Olivia Schultheis and Sean Scott are semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

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Local anglers show serious fishing skills

The valley fog was just starting to burn off as I eased the boat along a soft current pocket located along an Allegheny River gravel island. The quiet of the chilly morning was soon interrupted.

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Harvest moon is shining bright this week

A full harvest moon will linger in the Butler sky for several nights. It’s called the harvest moon because it’s the closest full moon to the date of the autumnal equinox, or the first day of fall.

“Shine on Harvest Moon,” a song more than a century old, will certainly be playing in my head this weekend and most of the coming week.

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Tips on raising your new pup

Raising a puppy is a challenge for both new and experienced dog owners. But it can also be an exciting, life-changing experience. The goal is to provide your puppy with a safe environment, but there is a fine line between safety and being overprotective.

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Bulletin Board

Saturday

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'Unusual' sunflower grows to 12 feet tall

Karen Smaretsky Vavro and Phil Vavro stand underneath the 12-foot-tall sunflower they grew outside their home at 129 Cornell Drive in Center Township.

CENTER TWP — Phil Vavro can't remember where he bought the seeds and he said he hasn't done anything but water it daily. Despite that, the sunflower he and his wife, Karen Smaretsky Vavro, are growing in front of their home on Cornell Drive has already topped 12 feet, twice as tall as a normal sunflower.

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POTPOURRI

Painting in park class announced

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ENGAGEMENTS

Heather King and Bobby Losek

King, Losek

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Neighbors

five generations — The descendants of Pearl Kocher gathered in Brookville recently for a five-generation photograph. From left, are great-grandaughter Alexis Perry of Brookville; daughter Karen Kocher of Fort Mills, S.C.; great-great-grandson James Lawrence Davis; granddaughter Cindy Stewart; and great-great-grandmother Pearl Kucher of Butler.


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MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses were issued in Butler County courts:

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IF YOU GO

WHAT: Open house

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IN THE BOOKS

Historical society director plans retirement

Pat Collins plans to retire as executive director of the Butler County Historical Society at the end of September. After nearly a decade archiving county history, she said she wants to try being a full-time grandmother.

After a decade of collecting and preserving Butler County's past, Pat Collins has decided to try something new.

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UAW extends Ford, Fiat Chrysler pacts

Gary Jones

DETROIT — Leaders of the United Auto Workers union have extended contracts with Ford and Fiat Chrysler indefinitely, but the pact with General Motors is still set to expire Saturday night.

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Evans City's Octoberfest

Friday

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TIME CAPSULE

VANS ON DISPLAY — Vans, decorated and customized with a variety of portholes, skylights and camper attachments, were on display at the Butler Fairgrounds over the Labor Day weekend in 1974. About 1,500 van owners participated in the event sponsored by the Three Rivers Van Club of Pittsburgh. Most of the participants were young people, including those shown in front of this camper van with side canopy on Aug. 31, 1974.


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NRA board gathers for meeting at crucial time

Some members question moves

With the country at a critical juncture in the gun debate, a normally routine meeting of the National Rifle Association has taken on greater significance as its board of directors gathers near the nation’s capital this week.

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Art center, BC3 team up for ‘Stories of Hope’

Recovering drug addicts can share their tales

Butler Art Center is collaborating with BC3 for "Stories of Hope," an open-mic night that's part of the Hope is Dope series, Sept. 30.

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Evans City’s Oktoberfest kicks off next weekend

The streets in Evans City will once again be closed for Oktoberfest from Friday to Sept. 22, with one change: now, it will feature beer and wine by the glass.

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If you go

WHAT: 4th Annual Cranberry Noon Rotary Suicide Prevention & Awareness Walk benefiting Anchor Point Counseling Ministries, Active Minds and the Butler VA Health Care System. In addition to the one-mile walk, there will also be a butterfly release and raffles.

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Pope Francis to visit Thailand, Japan in Nov.

BANGKOK — Pope Francis will travel to Thailand and Japan in November for a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honor the small Catholic communities in each country.

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Pay hike approved for PSU president

STATE COLLEGE — The president of Penn State is getting a 2.5 percent salary increase and trustees are making it retroactive to the beginning of July.

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Suicide remembrance, prevention efforts held

Shoes at rally represent 22 county deaths

It's a difficult time for 22 families in Butler County and so many more.

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POLICE REPORTS

These are from various police departments:

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Sex trafficking gets guilty plea

Woman faces 25 years in prison

One of two people accused of running a prostitution ring out of a Cranberry Township hotel pleaded to federal charges.

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Judge orders release of extremist in gun case

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday ordered the immediate release of a man whose relatives reported concerns about his behavior and far-right extremist rhetoric after last year’s Pittsburgh synagogue massacre.

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District cops received by students, teachers

Board hires 4 new officers

Mars Area School District introduced some of its new police force to the public Tuesday night.

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SENTENCINGS

Judge Timothy McCune

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COURTS

District Judge David Kovach

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VERSE

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the LORD.”

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CHUCKLE

There is no substitute for quality; except an underthe-table bribe, of course.

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‘I was stupid’: Huffman gets 14 days in college scam

Felicity Huffman leaves federal court after her sentencing in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Boston.

BOSTON — “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT scores, tearfully apologizing to the teenager for not trusting her to get into college on her own.

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CarFit keeps older drivers comfortable behind wheel

Teresa Steffler sits in her vehicle Thursday as Cranberry Township Patrolmen Michael Weleski inspects her vehicle during the annual CarFit event.

Cranberry Township's annual CarFit event Thursday aimed to help mature drivers feel comfortable behind the wheel.

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Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ singer, dies at 70

Eddie Money

Eddie Money, who left behind a career as a New York police officer to become one of the top-selling rock stars of the 1970s and ’80s, with hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight,” has died. He was 70.

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Revised school schedule in Butler doesn’t make sense

I was amused to read in the Butler Eagle (Sept. 10, 2019 ; “Butler Revises Calendar After School Delay”) that the school board has decided to have students make up one of the days they missed at the beginning of the school year by NOT attending classes on Veterans Day (Nov. 11). Instead, Nov. 11 will be declared an Act-80 Day and only the teachers need to attend.

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A call for term limits for federal legislators

John Crisp’s illusion of a constitutional convention is only in the courts of media opinion and activist judges. A Convention of the States only amends the U.S. Constitution and does not allow for rewrites as Crisp suggests on Aug. 29.

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Social media helps couple severely injured in crash

Social media can be a powerful, positive force.

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Ms. Monopoly’s ‘woke’ rules devalue women, rather than empower them

I have three girls and three boys. Some of them have recently gotten into Monopoly, the classic board game.

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Will the real poverty rate please stand up?

It has always been hard to measure poverty, because poverty is as much a state of mind as a condition of material well-being. Still, we seem to have made a bad situation worse.

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Cranberry residents can monitor water

A new progrma aims to giver Cranberry Township water customers more control of their water usage.

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BlueSox could return to Butler next summer

Plans are under way for the Butler BlueSox to return to Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park next summer.

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IN BRIEF

Abandoned mine bill introduced

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Court rejects man's appeal in fatal crash

Motorcyclist killed in 2016

The state's Superior Court rejected a Washington County man's appeal to overturn his conviction for killing a motorcyclist on Route 8.

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Polk man to face homicide trial He's accused of shooting Emlenton woman in the face

Clayton J. Hindman

FRANKLIN, Venango County — A Polk man is headed for trial on charges he fatally shot a 38-year-old Emlenton woman in the face with a .44-caliber pistol.

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Down on the farm

Luke Schakey, 3, of Butler checks out one of the big tractors at Harvest View Farm & Market with his mom Amy on Friday afternoon. Local farms, including Harvest View, will take part in the Butler County Farm Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The event includes family-friendly tours and games at participating Butler County area farms.


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AG files suit in opioid crisis

Case 2nd against OxyContin maker

The state's highest prosecutor filed a lawsuit Thursday against the owners and founders of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin.

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Fire guts garage in Franklin Twp.

Nearby house sustains slight damage

Firefighters battle a blaze that destroyed a garage along Old Route 422 in Franklin Township on Friday afternoon. A house adjacent to the garage sustained minimal damage.Samantha Beal/BUTLER EAGLE

Butler County fire departments and emergency services responded to a a structure fire Friday afternoon on West Old Route 422.

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Death Notices

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