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MARIANNA — At the north- east corner of Green and Market streets, the decaying building that for many years housed Nifty Cleaners & Laundry will soon come down. City officials are now decid- ing who they’ll hire to do work that will bring the site one step closer to becoming additional downtown parking. The mu- nicipality bought the site, along with a 1-acre parcel south of U.S. 90, between Caledonia and PHOTOS BY MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN McPherson streets, in 2013, with The city of Marianna is asking for bids on the contract to demolish the old Nifty Cleaners building. RIGHT: Lane Fowler with Royal American Construction the intent of converting both to was taking measurements and samples from the old Nifty Cleaners building in downtown Marianna Tuesday. parking areas. dilapidated structures list. Roberts also commented on a there were some contractors in ings. He said Hayes would also Through an open contract with But some had other ideas about contingency in Hayes’ proposal town on other jobs that might be be invited to submit a new bid on Hayes Land Clearing, City Man- the job. that would drop the estimate interested in the work. the job. ager Jim Dean received a propos- “I would really like to see it be by $4,000, if the company could Dean requested that he be al- Should Hayes Land Clearing be al of $36,500 to take down the old offered up again for bid,” Mayor dispose of some of the bricks at lowed to deviate from standard awarded the cleanup work after cleaners’ building, clear the site Travis Ephriam said. a city-owned site. Dean said that procurement policy by directly other bids are solicited, officials and leave just the concrete slab. Commissioner Roberts said option could not be exercised contacting contractors who had plan to expedite the tear down During the city commission’s that he’d “always been pleased” until it was determined that the previously provided propos- of the old Nifty Cleaners’ site by most recent meeting, Dean asked with work done by Hayes in the action would not result in a li- als, and get the results of those prioritizing it above remaining the board to approve adding the past, and worried that other com- ability for the city. inquiries back before the com- dilapidated structures work. job to Hayes’ existing contract, panies would have an advantage, Regarding the cleanup on mission as soon as possible, Funding for the demolition and which includes demolition of since Hayes’ estimate was now Market Street, Public Works perhaps during one of the city’s cleanup will come from city re- several properties on the city’s publicly known. Director Joe Richey added that upcoming public budget hear- serve funds. Library team goes “Outside the Lines” BOOK SALE on Sept. 15 Event to be held at Isaac. There will be a country partner dance Staff Report Citizens Lodge Park performance by Mar- tin Attenberry and Beth he 2015 Jackson County Staff report Skipper. Friends of the Library book An inflatable slide, free Tsale is set for a three-day There’s a book sale at raffle drawings and other run later this month. Organizers Jackson County’s Mari- activities will round out hope to make about $4,000 from anna library branch later the day. the sale of books and any DVDs or this month, but before Students from the CDs that are donated to the cause that the library team Marianna High School between now and Sept. 24-26 is going “Outside the Culinary program will event. Lines,” stepping outside have food for sale, and It will be held in the conference the confines of the li- Marianna cheerleaders room of the library on Green Street brary building to throw a will paint faces as a fund- in Marianna from 9 a.m. until 4 party for the community. raiser for the squad. p.m. each day. The “JCPL Outside the The event will also in- Donations of books for the sale Lines” event will be held clude a “mini book sale,” can be made at the library through at Citizens Lodge Park give those who attend an Sept. 22, and are tax-deductible on Tuesday, Sept. 15. It early chance to buy some contributions. A volunteer can starts at 5 p.m. and con- books that were culled also be assigned to pick up boxed cludes at 7 p.m. from the inventory des- books from donors who need that Admission and most tined for the much big- assistance. Contact Dianne Oswald activities are free, and ger sale later this month. at 526-3815 or at Dianne@oswald. the event is meant to And some of the volumes us to arrange pickup or for more “reintroduce libraries to will be given away in raf- information about the sale. their communities,” li- fl es at the party as well. It’s an opportunity to stock your brary officials said. The team will have some home library for just a few dol- Musical entertainment information on hand lars. Oversized books will go for $2 will be provided by the about the library system each, children’s hardback books Chipola Dulcimer Play- at large and about some will go for .50 cents, other hard- ers and the country fam- of the reading groups backs go for $1, and paperbacks ily band of Wayne El- and other social clubs will be sold for a quarter each. lis and sons Ethan and who meet at the library. The sale will include a wide range of books, including nonfic- tion, fi ction, how-to, biographies, and much more. WHITE-TAILED Profits will go to the county library system for special projects. There’s a bonus for people who YEARLING will be members of the Friends of the Library in 2015-16: They’ll get MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN fi ve free books at the sale. You can Jackson County Public Library Director Deborah Hynes looks through one of the join the organization at the front piles of books that have been gathered from the library’s shelves for the annual desk of the library anytime. book sale in Marianna.
‘Just Take 20’ literacy campaign launches School officials encourage “Just Take 20,” a literacy campaign the future.” launched recently by the Florida For a customizable literacy plan families to add 20 minutes Department of Edu- tailored to their child’s grade level MARK SKINNER/FLORIDAN cation, gives families and needs, parents are encouraged of reading to their day tips and activities to to visit the website www.justtake20. white-tailed yearling buck warily easily add 20 minutes org. Build a family profile, score makes his way through the under- Staff report of reading to their day. points and earn badges, while having brush at Florida Caverns State Park “Parents play a criti- fun with various reading and writing A Children who read at least 20 min- cal role in their child’s activities, including tips for strug- in Marianna. His antlers are still growing utes a day outside of the classroom Pilcher literacydevelopment,” gling readers. Many of the resources under their layer of velvet, but if he sticks to do better in school and in life. That’s Education Commis- are provided in Spanish and Haitian- the message school officials are sioner Pam Stewart said. “Providing Creole. The “Just Take 20” campaign the usual pattern, in September and Octo- spreading with the news of a brand- families with strategies to make the is free to all Florida families and K-12 ber he will rub the velvet off. He will then be new way to help get more reading most of teachable moments and in- public schools. stuck with his three-point antlers until he into a child’s daily life and form a fuse reading into busy schedules can According to the website, habit that will benefit them for a increase student literacy and help sheds them in spring and the whole process lifetime. Florida students succeed now and in See LITERACY, Page 6A starts over again.
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Community Calendar TODAY p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Marianna in and teen meetings to “overcome hurts, habits and » Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Celebra- Social Hall. All caregivers welcome. Support group hang-ups.” Dinner: 6 p.m. Child care available. Call Publisher — Valeria Roberts tion — 9 a.m. at the Graceville Piggly Wiggly. empowers caregivers with knowledge and informa- 209-7856, 573-1131. vroberts@jcfloridan.com tion through fellowship and sharing likeminded indi- » StoryTime — 10-11 a.m. at the Jackson County viduals who are caring for loved ones. Sponsored by SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Circulation Manager — Dena Oberski Library, 2929 Green St., Marianna. Theme: Fall the Alzheimer’s Project Inc. Tallahassee. doberski@jcfloridan.com Leaves. Stories, poems, songs, and arts and crafts » Cemetery Work Day — Kent Cemetery, Alford. are waiting for preschool-age children to enjoy. For » CareerSource Chipola General Meeting — 6 Arrive as early as possible and bring tools to work more information, call 482-9631. p.m. (CST) at the CareerSource Chipola Community with. Following the work there will be a fi sh fry, bring CONTACT US Room, Marianna. » Painting Class with Suzanne Payne — 10 a.m. a covered dish and tea. For more information, call Telephone: 850-526-3614 to 12 noon (Sept. 9 and Sept. 16) at The Art Factory » Jackson County Branch of the NAACP month- 638-1030. FAX: 850-482-4478 in downtown Marianna. Complete a painting, “The ly meeting — 6 p.m. St. James AME Church. » Deadline to enter the 4th Annual Jackson Email: editorial@jcfloridan.com Poppy Field Near Argenteuil” on a 12x16 canvas » Alcoholics Anonymous — Closed discussion, County Cotton Pageant — Entry fee: $50 and $10 Street Address: board in class. Cost: $75, includes materials. For 8-9 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 2901 Cale- for photogenic. Pageant will be held Sept. 19 at the 4403 Constitution Lane more information, call 526-1930 or 526-3783. donia St., Marianna, in the AA room. Attendance Graceville Civic Center, 6 p.m. No entries will be limited to those with a desire to stop drinking; Marianna, FL 32448 » Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida emailed. Categories: Tiny Miss, Little Miss, Young papers will not be signed. Office Hours: Board of Directors Meeting — 11 a.m. in the Coali- Miss, Junior Miss, Teen Miss and Miss. For more information, call 557-2725. Weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tion Conference Room, 703 W. 15th St., Panama City. For more information call 693-0808. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 » Jackson County Country Bumpkins 4-H Club’s MISS YOUR PAPER? » Healthy Families North Florida Graduation » Jackson County Country Bumpkins 4-H Club’s Fundraising Yard Sale — 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cy- Fundraising Yard Sale — 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cy- press Park in Grand Ridge. All proceeds will benefit You should receive your newspaper no later Picnic — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Citizen’s Lodge Park, 4574 Lodge Drive, Marianna. Event will honor those press Park in Grand Ridge. All proceeds will benefit Club and support their club members in their 4-H than 6 a.m. If it does not arrive, call Circula- who have successfully completed the program and Club and support their club members in their 4-H activities and events. Booth space is available for tion between 6 a.m. and noon, Tuesday to recognize those who are still in the program. For activities and events. Booth space is available for anyone interested in participating in the event. The Friday, and 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday. The more information, call 718-6561. anyone interested in participating in the event. The Club is accepting donations of items for the sale. For more information, call 272-3728. Jackson County Floridan (USPS 271-840) » Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting — Noon club is accepting donations of items for the sale. For is published Tuesday through Friday and to 1 p.m. in the AA room of First United Methodist more information, call 272-3728. » Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting — 8 a.m. Sunday mornings. Periodical postage paid Church, 2901 Caledonia St. in Marianna. » Keith Martin Johns Studio/Art Design Center in the AA room of First United Methodist Church, 2901 Caledonia St. in Marianna. at Marianna, FL. » Book Signing with Author Lisa Wingate — 4 Art Workshop — 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (concludes p.m. in the Heritage Room of the Blountstown Pub- Saturday, Sept. 12) at the Art Design Center, 5422 » Educational Animal Science Clinic — 8:30 Cliff St., Graceville. Learn to create and format a.m. at the Jackson County Ag Center, Highway SUBSCRIPTION RATES lic Library. She will talk about her latest novel,“The compositional oil paintings using color theory, color, 90, Marianna, sponsored by the Jackson County Sea Keeper’s Daughters”. For more information, call Home delivery: $11.78 per month; $34.51 harmony (value and temperature), Chiaroscuro Cattleman’s Association. Focus of this clinic will be 674-8773. for three months; $65.40 for six months; (illusion of depth) and value of mediums. Cost: animal health and nutrition. Animals not previously and $130.16 for one year. All prices include $195 per student, $95 deposit due with registration. vaccinated may receive respiratory and/or blackleg applicable state and local taxes. Mail THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 For more information, call 360-4908 or visit www. vaccinations. For more information, call 482-9620. subscriptions must be paid in advance. Mail » St. Anne Thrift Store — 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. St. keithmartinjohns.com or email linda@keithmartin- » The Artists Guild of Northwest Florida Month- subscriptions are: $46.12 for three months; Anne’s Catholic Church, 3009 Fifth St., Marianna. johns.com. ly Meeting — 9 a.m. at The Art Factory (upstairs), $92.24 for six months; and $184.47 for one Bag sale: Clothes and shoes $5 per bag. Call 482- » In Honor and Remembrance Ceremony 4402 Lafayette Street, Marianna. year. 3734. — 9 a.m. at Cottondale High School. Ceremony » First-Time Homebuyers Workshop — 9 a.m. to » Story Time — 10-11 a.m. at the Jackson County presented by Cottondale High School FFA and 3:30 p.m. at the Extension Office, 2741 Pennsylvania WoodmenLife Chapter 65. Hand-held fl ags will be All subscriptions to the Jackson County Library Graceville Branch, 5314 Brown St. Theme: Avenue, Suite 3, Marianna. Instructor: Marie Arick, Fall Leaves. Stories, poems, songs, and arts and given to those in attendance. For more information, Floridan include delivery on Thanksgiving Jackson FCS Agent. Workshop will provide basic crafts are waiting for preschool-age children to call 482-5255. knowledge to aid individuals in understanding their Day for which there is a premium charge. enjoy. For more information, call 482-9631. » “Building Business Credit and Managing Cash personal fi nances, credit situation and the process » Painting Class with Suzanne Payne — 10 a.m. Flow”Workshop — 9-11:30 a.m. at Chipola College, of choosing a mortgage. No child care provided ADVERTISING to noon (Sept. 10 and Sept. 17) at The Art Factory Building M108. Presented by Shelly Wilson-Ay- for this event. Workshop is free, preregistration is The advertiser agrees that the publisher in downtown Marianna. Complete a painting, “The ers, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. Gain tips on how to required by calling 482-9620. shall not be liable for damages arising Poppy Field Near Argenteuil” on a 12x16 canvas establish/grow your company’s business credit, » Alford Community Health Clinic Hours — 10 out of errors and advertisements beyond board in class. Cost: $75, includes materials. For effectively use a business Line of credit, manage a.m. until last patient is seen, at 1770 Carolina St. in more information, call 526-1930 or 526-3783. cash fl ow and gain access to capital for your busi- Alford. The free clinic for income-eligible patients the amount paid for the space actually ness. Cost: $35 for the public, free to students/em- occupied by that portion of the advertise- » Health Education by Marie Adick, Family and without medical insurance treats short-term ployees of GCSC, Chipola College, FSU who present illnesses and chronic conditions. Appointments ments in which the error occurred, whether Consumer Science, Jackson County Extension name tag or student ID. For more information, call available (call 263-7106 or 209-5501); walk-ins such error is due to the negligence of the Services — 10:30 a.m. at the Jackson County Se- 818-0570 or visit www.sbdc.uwf.edu. nior Citizens, 2931 Optimist Drive, Marianna. Lunch welcome. Sign in before 11 a.m. publisher’s employees or otherwise, and will be served after the presentation. For more » Hooks and Needles — 10 a.m. at the Jackson » Registration for 2015 Northwest Florida there shall be not liability for non-inser- information, call 482-5028. County Public Library, Marianna Branch. New and Championship Rodeo Pageant — 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. tion of any advertisement beyond the experienced handcrafters welcome to create, share, at Holmes County High School Auditorium, Bonifay. » Chipola Civic Club Meeting — Noon at The Oaks learn or teach favorite projects. Call 482-9631. amount paid for such advertisement. This Restaurant, U.S. 90 in Marianna. The CCC’s focus Entry fee is $50. Pageant is Sept. 19, 4 p.m. and 6 newspaper will not knowingly accept or is the local community, “Community, Children & » Power Lunch Honoring First Responders p.m. Rehearsal will take place during registration. publish illegal material of any kind. Advertis- Character.” Call 526-3142. — 11:45 a.m. at Rivertown Community Church, 4534 For more information, call 766-7569 or email anda@ Lafayette Street, Marianna. All First Responders and hchsbluepride.com. ing which expresses preference based on » Jackson County Friends of the Library Annual legally protected personal characteristics is their families are invited to attend. Buffet opens at » Backpack for Kids “GAME ON” Event — 10 a.m. Membership Meeting — 4 p.m. at the Jackson 11:45 a.m. and the program begins at noon. Event not acceptable. County Public Library, 2929 Green St., Marianna. to 2 p.m. at Madison St. Park in Marianna. Games Host: Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. for kids, entertainment, bounce houses, silent auc- » Jackson County School Board Workshop Sponsor: First Federal Bank. tion, food and snacks for sale and much more. HOW TO GET YOUR — 4 p.m. at 2903 Jefferson Street, Marianna. The » Chess Club — 6-8 p.m. First United Methodist » Constitution Week Luncheon—11 a.m. at St. NEWS PUBLISHED agenda can be viewed through the district website. Church on Clinton St. in Marianna. Sponsored by The public is welcome to attend. For more informa- Luke’s Episcopal Church MacKinnon Hall, 4362 The Jackson County Floridan will publish Marianna Optimist Club for students 8-18 years of tion, call 482-1200. Lafayette Street, Marianna. Hosted by DAR/C.A.R./ news of general interest free of charge. age in Jackson County. All students and their par- SAR. Speaker: The Honorable David Johnson, Mag- » CareerSource Chipola Executive Commit- ents are welcome. Players of all skill levels, including Submit your news or Community Calendar istrate. Sonny’s Bar-B-Q will cater the Dutch treat tee Meeting—5 p.m. (CST) at the CareerSource beginners, are welcome. Call 693-0473. meal. Cost: Adults/youth over 12, $10, children events via e-mail, fax, mail, or hand delivery. Chipola Community Room, Marianna. Fees may apply for wedding, engagement, » Celebrate Recovery — 7 p.m. at Evangel Worship $5. For more information call Mary Robbins at » Free Caregiver Support Group — 5:30-6:30 Center, 2645 Pebble Hill Road in Marianna. Adult 209-4066. anniversary and birth announcements. The submission deadline for this calendar is two days before publication. Submit to: Community Calendar, Jackson County Floridan, P. O. Box 520, Marianna, FL 32447, Forms are available at the Floridan offi ces. email editorial@jcfloridan.com, fax 850-482-4478 or bring items to 4403 Constitution Lane in Marianna. Photographs must be of good quality and suitable for print. The Floridan reserves the right to edit all submissions. Police Roundup GETTING IT RIGHT MARIANNA POLICE The Jackson County Sheriff’s medical transport, three JACKSON COUNTY The Jackson County Floridan’s policy Office and county fi re/rescue burglar alarms, one panic DEPARTMENT reported the fol- alarm, one fi rearm discharged, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY is to correct mistakes promptly. To The Marianna Police Depart- lowing incidents two commercial fi re alarms, The following people were report an error, please call 526-3614 ment reported the following for Sept. 7, the 35 traffic stops, three larceny booked into the county jail dur- Monday-Friday. incidents for Sept. 7, the latest latest available complaints, one civil dispute, ing the latest reporting periods: available report: Nine traffic report: Two four trespass complaints, one » Savannah Owens stops, one abandoned vehicle, , 19, 188895 hospice deaths, obscene/threatening phone one suspicious vehicle, one NW County Road 12 (Lot D), one abandoned vehicle, three call, three juvenile complaints, suspicious incident, two suspi- Bristol, obstruction by disguise. reckless drivers, three suspi- 11 property checks, fi ve assists cious persons, one verbal dis- cious vehicles, one suspicious of motorists or pedestrians, one turbance, one assist of another Jail Population: 198 person, two escorts, one report assist of another agency, one agency and 14 home security of mental illness, two burglar- Baker Act transport, two patrol To report a crime, checks. ies, one physical disturbance, requests, one open door or call CrimeStoppers at 526-5000 three verbal disturbance, one window discovered, one threat/ or a local law enforcement agency. JACKSON COUNTY fi re with police response, 13 harassment complaint and one To report a wildlife violation, SHERIFF’S OFFICE medical calls, one forgery/worthless check. call 888-404-FWCC (3922). JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.com LOCAL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 ◆ 3A MMS ANNOUNCES STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
SUBMITTED PHOTO arianna Middle School Students of the Month for August (from left) are: Ben Wiggins, Payton Edenfield, Breanna Wynn, Briana Aut- Mman, Principal Eddie Ellis, Bishop Bosland, Elijah Peterson, Jason Rudd. Not pictured: Ryan Champion. Civil Air Patrol joins U.S. Air Force’s Total Force Civil Air Patrol is official- Vazquez, CAP national a great responsibility to attacking U.S. oil tank- and rescue missions as 24,000 young people ly a member of the U.S. commander said. continue to be a focused, ers carrying fuel for do- tasked by the Air Force participating in the CAP Air Force’s Total Force, Air “Air Force senior leader- professional, mission-fo- mestic and Allied forces. Rescue Coordination cadet programs. Perform- Force Gen. Mark Weish re- ship has long considered cused component of the Other CAP members con- Center and is credited ing missions for America cently announced. Civil Air Patrol to be part Air Force.” tributed to the war effort by the AFRCC with sav- for the past 73 years, CAP The all-volunteer Air of the Air Force family, “We are citizens serving through such missions as ing an average of 70 lives received the Congressio- Force auxiliary joins the relying on us to support communities and we are towing targets for military annually. nal Gold Medal in 2014 active duty Air Force, Air homeland security mis- a part of the United States trainees, spotting forest Its unpaid profession- in honor of the heroic ef- National Guard and Air sions,” Vazquez said, add- Air Force Total Force fi res, conducting search als also perform home- forts of its World War II Force Reserve Command, ing that including CAP in team,” the national com- and rescue missions, land security, disaster re- veterans. CAP also partic- along with Air Force re- the Total Force “is a strong mander concluded. providing disaster relief lief and drug interdiction ipates in Wreaths Across tired military and civilian recognition of who we are Congress established and emergency transport missions at the request America, an initiative to employees, in the Total and what we do from the CAP as the Air Force’s offi- of people and parts and of federal, state and local remember, honor and Force. highest levels of the Air cial auxiliary in May 1948, conducting orientation agencies. teach about the sacrifices The announcement Force.” mandating three core fl ights for future pilots. The members play a of U.S. military veterans. came during CAP’s 2015 “Greater awareness of missions — emergency Civil Air Patrol, the of- leading role in aerospace Visit www.capvolunteer National Conference Civil Air Patrol among services, cadet programs fi cial auxiliary of the U.S. education and serve as now.com for more which was held recently at our Total Force partners and aerospace education. Air Force, is a nonprofit members to more than information. Walt Disney World’s Swan also ushers in a new era of The organization was organization with 58,000 and Dolphin Resort. understanding and pres- foundedDec. 1,1941.Dur- members nationwide, op- Florida Lottery “A revision to Air Force ents untold opportunities ing World War II, its mem- erating a fl eet of 550 air- CASH 3 PLAY 4 FANTASY 5 doctrine signed by the as the Air Force looks to bers fl ew patrols along the craft. CAP, in its Air Force Mon. (E) 09/07 3-4-9 8-9-7-1 5-12-16-17-21 Air Force chief of staff its missions for tomor- Atlantic and Gulf coasts auxiliary role, performs Mon. (M) 8-2-1 3-2-0-1 enacted this significant row. Being part of the and eventually helped about 85 percent of conti- Tue. (E) 09/08 0-9-6 1-8-5-0 Not available change,” Maj. Gen. Joe Total Force brings with it stop German U-boats nental U.S. inland search Tue. (M) 7-8-3 2-7-2-5 Wed. (E) 09/02 2-3-3 9-0-5-0 5-13-20-21-22 Wed. (M) 9-1-8 5-6-1-6 Thurs. (E) 09/03 6-4-5 3-9-2-0 1-11-12-15-28 Be prepared for Avian Infl uenza Thurs. (M) 4-4-0 8-4-4-4 Fri. (E) 09/04 1-7-8 7-1-1-0 17-18-25-29-30 Fri. (M) 6-7-4 3-9-7-1 Workshop is scheduled for Sept. 15 Sat. (E) 09/05 2-6-7 8-7-3-1 3-5-25-32-36 Sat. (M) 2-5-9 8-8-1-2 A massive outbreak of fecal material and other Jennifer Jennings-Glover, and general care and nutri- Sun. (E) 09/06 1-0-1 0-0-8-9 2-3-6-17-32 Highly Pathogenic Avian secretions. Poultry Program Manager, tion for the backyard fl ock. Sun. (M) 3-7-0 7-1-0-1 Infl uenza has cost the U.S. Commercial poultry pro- Division of Animal Indus- For questions or to reg- E = Evening drawing, M = Midday drawing poultry industry tens of ducers are well aware of try, Florida Department of ister for the program call millions of birds this year. this threat and are actively Agriculture and Consumer the UF/IFAS Extension POWERBALL While the spread of the taking steps to protect their Services. There also will Washington County office Wednesday 09/02 17-22-30-46-56 PB 16 xtra 3 disease has slowed consid- fl ocks. However, home be brief presentations on at 638-6180. Saturday 09/05 10-16-18-29-45 PB 19 xtra 2 erably during the hot sum- owners with small fl ocks marketing poultry prod- Advance registration is LOTTO mer months, there is real might not be as well pre- ucts directly off the farm greatly appreciated. Wednesday 09/02 7-9-20-25-29-37 xtra 5 concern that the disease pared. It is important that Saturday 09/05 4-20-36-41-44-46 xtra 2 will fl are and begin spread- all poultry producers be ing this fall, as tempera- familiar with avian influ- Fast,LocaL service • 24 HOURS ADAY tures begin to subside. enza, are able to recognize The outbreaks this year the symptoms, and know D&DBailBonds were mostly confined to the precautions to take to the Midwest. The concern protect their fl ocks. “Any Jail,Anywhere, Anytime” is that HPAI will spread There will be a workshop Friendly&ProfessionalService •Conidential south this fall. Though on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the 4396 LaFayette st.•Marianna they rarely show clinical Washington County Agri- Pager Toll Free 1.888.699.6847 • CASH/ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS symptoms, wild water fowl cultural Center in Chipley 850-482-7001 can be carriers of Avian In- to help inform poultry Call NowFor he RespectYou Deserve! fl uenza. As water fowl mi- owners about avian influ- grate south for the winter enza, and ways they can they likely will be bringing protect their fl ocks. The Avian Infl uenza with them, programwillbeginat6p.m. spreading it to domes- and should conclude by 8 tic poultry in the South. p.m. The featured presen- Avian Infl uenza, including tation, focusing on avian HPAI, spreads from bird to influenza and fl ock bios- bird trough contact with ecurity, will be delivered by
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Another View Public school funding evelopments over the past several days show the startling contrast between the haves and Dthe have nots in primary and secondary edu- cation in Manatee County. As has been well documented over the past few years, Tallahassee favors the privatization of K-12 schooling by allocating more money for capital projects to those enterprises. Public schools are left begging for the scraps. Some private schools also are blessed with wealthy patrons and corporations, which further widens the gap in funding. Nothing wrong with that, for sure. In fact, that’s a great thing. Those students enjoy educational opportunities superior to those available in under-funded public schools. Meanwhile, public schools also grapple with a Romancing the summer stranger Legislature bent on imposing policies and regula- tions that stifle creative and innovative approaches he word of the week is “surge.” liberals in the latest Gallup Poll. Is to education and handcuff administrators and school In the latest Des Moines the Democratic Party really ready boards. The playing fi eld is far from level. TRegister poll, Bernie Sanders to commit suicide? To concede the All this comes into sharp focus in Manatee County “surges” to 30 percent of Iowa Dem- White House while Republicans as the school year begins. ocrats, just 7 points behind Hillary already control Congress? This week IMG Academy opened an impressive Clinton. In a Public Policy Polling The Republican story is murkier. $11.5 million, 70,000-square-foot, three-story build- survey, Donald Trump “surges” to Trump is an extremely clever show- ing with four art labs, four science labs, a media 29 percent of Republican voters man, a deft demagogue who under- center with a computer lab and more. All academic nationally, almost double the score Steve and CokieRoberts stands modern media and uses it to classes for the school’s students in grade six through of his closest rival, Ben Carson. manipulate emotions and appeal to IMG’s postgraduate program will now learn under The political world goes crazy. America’s darker and uglier in- one roof for the fi rst time. Clinton’s in big trouble! Trump stincts. Fear the foreigner! Whatever A new student center is expected to debut later this looks unbeatable! Could next year’s New York Times, “I feel a part of your problem is, blame the Mexican year. top-rated reality series turn out to something.” rapist! The Chinese worker! The IMG is a highly respected corporate entity best be “The Donald and Bernie Show”? But the Sanders surge is fueled Muslim plotter! known for its sports performance programs that at- Well, no. mainly by two factors outside his In the Public Policy poll, two- tract athletes from around the globe. The company is We’ve covered 13 presidential control. thirds of Trump’s supporters say an economic powerhouse in Manatee County, right- elections, and based on that back- First, liberals have always dis- President Barack Obama is a fully well appreciated in the community. ground, we remain convinced that trusted the Clintons as pragmatic Muslim. Three out of 5 say he was Also this week, Out-of-Door Academy debuted a neither Trump nor Sanders will win heretics who pioneered a “Third not born in the United States and $4.5 million student and STEM center, a two-story, his party’s nomination — let alone Way” while proclaiming “the era want to amend the Constitution to 10,000-square-foot marvel that will serve as a science, the White House. of Big Government is over.” Bill eliminate birthright citizenship. We technology, engineering and math center. We have seen these “surges” many Clinton’s departure from left-wing use the word “racism” very carefully, The school educates children from kindergarten times before. Voters take a sum- orthodoxy was a key reason why he but we know it when we see it. And through 12th grade. mer fl ing with a new and seductive became the fi rst Democrat since Trumpeters hear his coded signals Funding came from the Dick Vitale family, the Dart romance. But when it comes time Roosevelt to win two presidential loud and clear. family and the Dart Foundation. ODA also is a valu- to settle down, to pick a partner for elections, but his success only made Like Sanders, Trump profits from able community asset. the long haul, to vote for someone liberals more resentful. a team of underwhelming rivals. Jeb Kudos to both IMG and ODA for expanding their who might actually be president, Second, Hillary has run a poor Bush has been particularly disap- academic facilities. their mood changes. campaign, fumbling the email pointing, but now, fi nally, he seems But imagine public schools with such facilities and They ditch the summer stranger server issue and failing to generate ready to take on Trump; perhaps the college and career opportunities that follow an and turn to a candidate who has the any real passion or loyalty. “I used to other Republicans will be embold- education enhanced by state-of-the-art labs. character, temperament and quali- like her, but I don’t trust her,” Don- ened to join in. Instead, the Manatee County school district faces fi cations to be a plausible occupant ald Walters of Louisville, Kentucky, Next year, the electorate will be high hurdles in simply dealing with a growing enroll- of the Oval Office. They might keep told AP. “Ever since she’s announced only 70 percent white. Nominat- ment that will soon eclipse classroom capacity. a small photo of their old fl ame her candidacy for president, I just ing a candidate who drives away The district expects 1,000 additional students this tucked away somewhere. But he’s haven’t liked the way she’s handled immigrants and voters of color fall when the initial enrollment numbers are tabu- not on their mantelpiece. Or in their things. She doesn’t answer ques- would spell absolute disaster for the lated. That number follows similar student increases future. tions directly.” Republican Party. It’s hard to believe annually over the past few years. Of course, we could be wrong. Despite those factors, the latest they want to commit suicide, either. Half if not more of the students in the latest surge This year could be totally different. Public Policy poll still shows Clinton All of our experience and instincts are attending the already crowded schools east of Voters could be so deeply disen- leading Sanders by 35 points na- tell us that as the weather gets Interstate 75. chanted that they defy traditional tionally. Just three weeks after New colder and the primaries get closer, Seven elementary schools and four middle schools patterns and run off with the out- Hampshire, on Super Tuesday, 12 the summer romances will dim, the around the county exceed capacity today. lander. But so far the evidence does states will hold primaries or cau- surges will slow, the strangers will Four high schools are crowded, too, but total en- not point that way. cuses. It’s hard to see how Sanders fade. rollment indicates high schools as a whole exceed Start with Sanders. Give him has anything like the resources to It hasn’t happened yet. And this capacity. credit for running an energetic compete with Clinton on that scale. year could truly be different. But Portable classrooms are the only option since at campaign that fi res up supporters Besides, Sanders will be 75 on don’t bet on it. Yet. this point school construction is yet to enter just the in a way that Clinton or Jeb Bush Election Day. He’s a self-described conceptual stage. can only dream about. As one of socialist, while only 24 percent Steve and Cokie Roberts can be contacted by Money, land and specific sites are not on the his volunteers in Iowa told The of Americans called themselves email at [email protected]. district’s radar as it awaits a consultant’s report on redistricting and construction by January. As new housing developments blossom, the pres- sure on the district will increase. New schools are expected to be needed in a few years. Here’s the rub: The state won’t fund school con- Small things and great love struction until a district reaches capacity, but state calculations on enrollment gains sometimes don’t hope Cynthia’s face never van- or similar efforts.” equal district forecasts. ishes from my mind. He emphasized that this story The tightfisted state won’t even let districts spend I “Excuse me,” she said, from can be told about the Church the local millage on school construction until bench- the pew behind me in a midtown throughout the United States, not marks have been met. Manhattan church one recent just in Philadelphia. That’s your property tax money being held back weekday. His point served a number of from local control. “I need help. Please call an purposes: to reframe the narrative When the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott boasted ambulance. that the bishops in the U.S. are out about boosting K-12 spending this year, they left out “I was raped.” KathrynLopez of step with Pope Francis in his one key element. More than half of the $780 million After talking with her in the 50 love for the poor; to counter the increase came from property taxes paid on the local minutes or so between the ini- canard that the Catholic Church in level — to the tune of $494 million. tial 911 call and an ambulance’s could get her a new start. America only cares about abortion It’s not surprising Tallahassee did not bring up this arrival, I learned that the recent It was days ago, and much has and gay marriage; and to high- shell game. violation she described was prob- happened since. But I can’t stop light the reason that the voice of For school construction, districts can resort to a ably the least of the pain inflicted thinking of Cynthia and regretting the Church has credibility when sales tax, impact fees or voter-approved borrowing. on her. that I didn’t do more for her — and it comes to issues of poverty and Manatee made a mistake in suspending impact fees She didn’t want to go back to that I don’t do more for others. We injustice — because the Church during the recession, hoping to help boost the hous- where she was living. A man there all have our burdens and prob- is there on the ground, tending to ing industry. won’t leave her alone and had been lems. But most of us could afford wounds on the frontlines. And the district is working to reinstitute those fees, abusing her. She felt alone and to do more to help others. It’s what As I pray for Cynthia, I am grate- but the process has been slow as the district piggy- wanted someone to believe her. Jesus talked about on the Sermon ful there was a resource to connect backs on a county study to evaluate the fee structure. She was worried that the paramed- on the Mount. It’s why Pope Fran- her with. Mother Teresa, who died And the current sales tax will soon be up for renewal ics wouldn’t take her and doctors cis goes out of his way to make around this time in 1997, cared for by voters, another hurdle for public schools. wouldn’t care for her because of those who feel removed from God people she described as “the poor- While IMG and ODA both deserve much applause what had happened to her. feel welcome in the Church. est of the poor,” who were discard- for great advances, the Manatee County school dis- And yet, by some miracle, she With all this in mind, I was grate- ed and displaced, lost and forgot- trict struggles under the heavy weight imposed by a retained some dignity and hope. ful for the words of Philadelphia ten. I’m reminded of her words: state with little concern for improving public school She told me she was going to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. He “In this world, we cannot do great facilities. go outside for a few minutes to was speaking to the Religion News- things. We can only do small things smoke — “I know I shouldn’t do writers Association, as reporters with great love.” Wherever we are, Bradenton Herald that. I know it’s not good for me.” prepped for the pope’s visit to that whatever we do, we can do just Evil hadn’t crushed her yet. How city later this month. He explained that. And support organizations resilient the human heart can be. It that the Church in Philadelphia Letters to the Editor that do so as well. seems to be a miracle. spends more than $4.2 million Unleash hope. Our times certain- Submit letters by either mailing to Editor, P.O. Box 520, For my part, I sent Cynthia off a year on “social services for the ly need it. Our lives certainly do. Marianna FL, 32447 or faxing to 850-482-4478 or send with the paramedics and spent poor, the homeless, the disabled, email to editorial@jcfloridan.com. The Floridan reserves some time praying for her. I had troubled youths, battered women, the right to edit or not publish any letter. Be sure to given her the phone number for immigration counseling, food Kathryn Jean Lopez is senior fellow at the include your full address and telephone number. These will National Review Institute, editor-at-large of Catholic Charities in Manhattan, pantries and nutritional programs. National Review Online and founding director of only be used to verify the letter and will not be printed. For fi guring that it would be able to And we manage another $100 mil- more information call 850-526-3614. Catholic Voices USA. She can be contacted at connect her with resources that lion in public funding for the same [email protected]. 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PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY SANDRA WARREN ABOVE: From left are: Clint Pate, chairman; Pete Beloat, Republican of the Year award recipient; Eric Hill and Rep Jeff Miller. BELOW: Gina Stuart was honored for her service as a state Committee Woman. Republican Party of Jackson County holds Reagan Day Dinner The Jackson County important of our time,” at the event honoring her Factory Framing and Gal- Special and Prebble-Rish Republican Executive Miller said to the packed service to Jackson County lery, Bev Kilmer, Mary Consulting Engineers. Committee held its an- room. “We have a chance for 20 years as a state Com- Thomas for Congress, nual Reagan Day dinner now to change the direc- mittee Woman. “I was in David Jolly for US Senate, fundraiser on Thursday, tion of this nation again.” the group that started the Jamey Westbrook, Lam- Aug. 20, at the Agricul- A special resolution, Republican Party group bert Inspections, Jackson ture Center in Marianna. written by Homer Hirt, prior to that. So I’ve been Grain Terminal, Wash- The featured speaker was honored and memori- around a while and in do- ington County Republi- US Rep. Jeff Miller of Pen- alized the late Richard ing that, I have met some can Party, Alday Howell sacola, who represents for Hand as a Republican of the nicest people,” Stu- Engineering, Something Florida’s Congressional who best exemplifies a art said. District 1. leadership model for oth- Sponsors for this event Do you have ‘Cute Kids’? Rep. Miller serves as ers. The resolution was were Rep Matt Gaetz, Re- Email your ‘Cute Kids*’ photos to editorial@jcfloridan.com, Chairman of the House read to Betty Joyce Hand publican Party of Florida, mail them to P.O. Box 520, Marianna, FL 32447 or bring them Committee on Veterans and Kaulder Kressman, Bay County Commission- by our offi ces at 4403 Constitution Lane in Marianna. Affairs which oversees the Services Committee ad- winner of the 2015 REC er George Gainer, Mel- *12 years or under, with Jackson County ties. Include child’s Department of Veterans vocating for our men and Richard Hand Scholar- vin Engineering, Chipola full name, parents’ name(s) and city of residence. This is a free Affairs. He also serves on women in uniform. ship by Jim Peacock. Board of Realtors, Waste service. All entries subject to editing. many other committees “The election in 2016 is Gina Connor Stuart was Management, Suskey including House Armed probably one of the most presented with a plaque Consulting, The Art
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campaign provides a great The Department of Edu- challenge in some areas. State Briefs opportunity for families to cation changed the course However, when speaking Literacy read together. codes for our students a with elementary princi- St. Augustine and unlawful subleasing From Page 1A “We know the more stu- couple of years ago, com- pals and guidance coun- celebrates its of motor vehicles. dents read, the more they bining reading, language selors this summer, they Parker said the city reading experts recom- know,” Pilcher said. arts, spelling, writing, were all in favor of keep- 450th anniversary is retaliating over the mend students read 20 “With the increased rigor and speaking and listen- ing the grades weighted ST. AUGUSTINE lawsuit. minutes a day outside of of the new Florida Stan- ing skills into one course: as they are. It’s absolutely — America’s oldest city class because: dards, it’s more important “English Language Arts” vital that we assess our marked its 450th an- Tropical Storm » Everyday reading than ever that students (ELA). Instead of three students’ reading abilities niversary with a long Grace expected increases fl uency and and teachers focus on the separate grades — read- and then remediate and weekend of free concerts confidence. importance of reading.” ing, language and spelling provide supports for stu- and events. to weaken to » Increased time spent New standards call for — on a report card, as it’s dents who are struggling.” St. Augustine was depression reading increases vocabu- schools to get students been for several decades, For parents whose child founded by the Spanish MIAMI — Tropical lary, comprehension and reading grade-level ma- all three subjects have is having trouble learn- in 1565. The city kicked Storm Grace is expected writing skills. terial independently in been combined into one ing to read and compre- off its weekend of festivi- » to weaken as it moves Reading outside the second grade, while kin- grade. hend text, Pilcher encour- ties with Spanish music across the Atlantic. classroom helps students dergarteners are expected “It’s been a conundrum ages them to make an in its historic downtown. The storm’s maxi- experience the world to use grade-level phonics to go from having three appointment with their A Spanish galleon is on mum sustained winds around them and under- and word analysis skills to separatereportcardgrades child’s teacher as soon as display in the city’s har- early Tuesday are near 40 stand how literacy leads decode words as well as to one,” says Pilcher, “but possible. bor area near the Castillo mph. The U.S. National to college, career and identify grade-level sight the way the Florida stan- The teacher can talk with de San Marcos, a fortress Hurricane Center says beyond. words automatically. dards are written, we must parents about the child’s built in the 17th century. Grace is forecast to » Reading every day Pilcher says the more assess a student’s ability development and explain Authorities estimated weaken to a tropical de- helps students form a support and encourage- to read grade-level text in- how they can help. that nearly 65,000 people pression later in the day. positive habit, increasing ment provided to these dependently by second “The best thing a parent came to downtown St. Grace is centered about the likelihood they will es- young readers, “the more grade. can do is to stay in contact Augustine on Saturday 1,360 miles east of the tablish the value of lifelong prepared they will be to “Two years ago, it was withthechild’s teacherand for concerts and other Lesser Antilles and is literacy. read and understand lit- decided to make the ELA work together to create a events. Large crowds also moving west near 20 Director of Education for erature as well as the con- grade be comprised of supportive environment fi lled the city on Sunday. mph. Jackson County schools tent knowledge of social 50 percent independent for the child as they learn The St. Augustine Meanwhile in the Pa- Carolyn Pilcher says the studies and science.” reading and that’s been a these important skills.” Record reports that T- shirts bearing the slogan cific, Hurricane Linda is “Party Like It Is 1565” maintaining its strength. were popular over the Linda’s maximum sus- weekend. tained winds are near Later this month, King 90 mph with weakening New Mexico State bus target expected to begin by Felipe VI of Spain will visit Florida for the U.S.- Tuesday night. Spain Council Interna- The hurricane is cen- tional Summit. tered about 295 miles of theft during Florida game southwest of the south- ern tip of Mexico’s Baja The Associated Press Mexico State 61-13 in their would be brazen enough laptops, headphones, a Tampa homeless California peninsula and season-opening game. to rob the bus with a po- small amount of cash and charity to be shut is moving north-north- GAINESVILLE — Uni- New Mexico State ath- lice presence not far. a few items left on that down over violations west near 10 mph. versity of Florida police letic director Mario Moc- “My frustrations...are re- bus,” he said. TAMPA — A home- say electronics, comput- cia tweeted his frustration ally aimed at the thieves. As of Sunday afternoon, less charity that fi led a 1 man fatally shot ers and other items were over the matter. “Well it’s I’m disappointed that the police said they had not federal lawsuit resulting in confrontation stolen from a New Mexico a fi rst. Our bus was bro- bus driver was not with identified any suspects. in the partial overturning State team personnel bus ken into all athletic dept the vehicle because that’s “There was a large con- outside supermarket of Tampa’s panhandling during Saturday’s game. staff and guest bags sto- what my personal expec- tingent of officers working DANIA BEACH ban will be shut down. Brad Barber of the uni- len inside! Not a joke,” he tations would be,” Moccia that game. Most of them — Sheriff’s deputies are Officials for the city versity police depart- wrote. said. “But we’ll deal with were inside the stadium, investigating a confron- and the charity say ment said Sunday that Moccia said Sunday that that down the road.” but there were some out- tation that left a man Homeless Helping the bus, which carried he estimates between Barber said a witness side,” Barber said. dead just outside the Homeless will be shut football staff members, seven and 10 people lost told police two people He added that police door of a South Florida down by Tuesday. was parked outside the belongings. The victims were involved in the would not release an offi- supermarket. Code enforcement stadium in a secure area included administrators, theft. cial report on the incident The shooting occurred officials told the shelter’s during the game. boosters and the deputy “The general informa- before Tuesday. owner that he had fi ve Monday night outside “Dozens of police cars athletic director and him- tion was that at some Moccia said he’s not sure days to clear out the a Winn-Dixie store in were parked near the bus, self. Moccia personally point during the foot- if attendees will change homeless men and Dania Beach. so it seemingly took some lost his computer, work ball game two individu- their routine at games. women from a make- According to a Broward gall to enter the bus where documents, an iPod, als pulled this off. There “It’s not practical for shift shelter behind the Sheriff’s news release, it was parked,” Barber passport and the keys to is one witness who saw everybody to lug all their nonprofit’s headquarters. 71-year-old Jeffrey Collie told The Associated Press his home, work and car. what happened. One of belongings into a game,” Officers raided the drove his red pickup by phone. “We had seven people the individuals gained Moccia said. “But I don’t charity’s headquar- truck near the door of A second bus, which that couldn’t take their entry and was on the bus know. I wouldn’t be sur- ters last week, seizing the supermarket, got out carried New Mexico State cars home,” he said. for a short time and ex- prised if you see me lug- computers, phones and and confronted a man in players, wasn’t targeted. Moccia said he was still ited the bus with some ging around a bag for the fi nancial records. his 20s who was leaving Florida beat New in shock that someone electronic equipment, rest of the season.” According to records, the store with a friend. investigators were During an argument looking for evidence with the man, Collie fi red that charity president a shot. Adolphus Parker and two A fi re rescue crew took Man arrested in slayings of of his employees were the victim to the hospi- violating Florida statutes tal where he later died. regarding towing and His name hasn’t been storing vehicles, schem- released. Manatee County brothers ing to defraud, failure to return leased vehicles From wire reports
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Firefi ghter Stephanie Preheim had only just ar- rived at the storage facil- ity she was assigned to protect from a massive wildfire near the tourist town of Chelan, Wash- ington, when the winds shifted, pushing the blaze back her way. Told to stand down, the suddenly sidelined Pre- heim did what any idled 19-year-old would do — she got out her cellphone, snapped a photo of the smoke-filled scene and posted it on Instagram. “People always ask ‘How was it?’ and it’s impos- sible to describe what it’s like fi ghting a fi re,” said Preheim, a volunteer with the Cashmere Fire Department. “If you have a quick sec- ond, why not snap a quick photo and be able to share it with people you love and let them know what you’re doing?” Preheim, and other fi refi ghters like her, are capturing some of the most stunning images of wildfires in the West this season. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS And that has fi re offi- This Aug. 9 photo taken by Utah state fi refi ghter Eli Peterson shows a fi refi ghter watching as a helicopter makes a water drop over a fi re in Owyhee County, cials grappling with how Idaho. Some of the most stunning images of wildfires laying waste to the Western landscape are being captured and posted online by the men and women sent to approach the digital to tame them. But fi re offi cials, who say they’ve seen an uptick in such social media posts, warn that the act of focusing on a handheld screen can be deadly landscape — even con- when crews are surrounded by danger. templating banning cell- phones — as they bal- rollicking fl ames. the California Depart- taken out on the fi re lines “But if it’s a picture with audible profanities, ance a young workforce’s “(Fire is) a beautiful, ment of Forestry and Fire forever and it’s a learning of someone with their but they also acknowl- desire to share with their alive thing that makes Protection. tool, too,” he said. thumbs up and a cheesy edge the eye candy that safety in a hazardous beautiful photos,” said The problem is es- The photos can indeed grin and a house burning can come from those out environment. Peterson, 19. pecially heightened in be used for training and in the background, this is amid the fl ames. Hotshot Ian Schlake, But, Peterson, like California as the parched to document extreme fi re unacceptable.” “They do certainly cap- who was also battling Schlake, said he won’t state makes for an explo- behavior, like fi re torna- Authorities have had ture some very nice pho- the fi re near Chelan, said sacrifice safety for likes sive fi re landscape. does, points out Jennifer fi refi ghters pull videos tographs,” Teter said. in an email from the fi re online. “Burning conditions Jones, a spokeswom- lines that fi refi ghters are “There are tons more and rates of spread and an with the U.S. Forest DEBBIE RONEY SMITH like everyone else look- times when I could have the energy release associ- Service’s office of fi re YOUR FULL TIME REALTOR ing to stay connected in taken pictures, but I can’t ated with these fi res is re- management. SERVING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SINCE 1996 an increasingly digital pull out a camera because ally unprecedented,” said Even so, the U.S. For- “Voted Realtor of the Year 2013” world. it’s not a safe time,” he Teter. est Service discourages SUNNY SOUTH PROPERTIES “I’d like to show people said. Cal Fire has discussed its young workforce from at home the scale of fi re, Fire officials, who have the possibility of stripping taking the photos and 4630 Hwy 90 Marianna, FL 32446 its power and its spec- seen an uptick in such crews of their cellphones, posting them online. 850.209.8039 DIRECT LINE tacle. It’s not something postings, warn that the and the idea remains on Another problem the 850.482.7378 FAX we get back home in St. act of focusing on a hand- the table. The agency says photos can pose — ques- [email protected] Louis, Missouri,” wrote held screen can be deadly for now, however, it’s try- tionable content. Schlake, 31. when crews are surround- ing to avoid such a drastic “We understand peo- Utah-based fi refi ghter ed by danger. measure. ple wanting that digital Each office is independently owned and operated Eli Peterson’s daredevil “There have been inci- Casey Judd, president scrapbook or having that Instagram account in- dents in the past where of the Federal Wildland connection with their cludes photos of him fi refi ghters have captured Fire Service Association, families, children or No need for temporary solutions leaping from a bridge the last moments literally a fi refi ghters’ union, said spouse when it’s at an ap- WE OFFER PERMANENT FIXES! into the water below, of their lives,” said Dave it’s not something he’s propriate level,” said Cal rock climbing and camp- Teter, deputy director worried about. Fire spokeswoman Janet ing along with images of chief of fi re protection at “Pictures have been Upton.
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The Associated Press Tony Corporon, who lost his fa- the death penalty was made were frequent during the trial. for our community regarding the ther and nephew in the shoot- for.” Miller has said he was suffering tragic events of April 13, 2014.” OLATHE, Kan. — A jury rec- ings, said he’d just “witnessed Miller shot LaManno at the Vil- from chronic emphysema and Miller, also known as Frazier ommended the death penalty justice in action.” lage Shalom retirement center in wanted to kill Jewish people be- Glenn Cross Jr., is a Vietnam War Tuesday for a white supremacist Johnson County District Attor- Overland Park shortly after kill- fore he died. None of the victims veteran who founded the Caro- who fatally shot three people at ney Steve Howe had urged the ing 69-year-old William Corpo- was Jewish. lina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Jewish sites in Kansas, less than jury to recommend the death ron and Corporon’s 14-year-old His sentencing is scheduled for in his native North Carolina and two hours after he told jurors he sentence earlier Tuesday during grandson, Reat Griffin Under- Nov. 10, and the judge reminded later the White Patriot Party. He didn’t care what sentence was closing arguments in the trial’s wood, at the nearby Jewish Com- him he had the right to appeal. also ran for the U.S. House in handed down. penalty phase. He showed one of munity Center. Lawyers who were on hand to 2006 and the U.S. Senate in 2010 Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., 74, was the shotguns used in the shoot- Miller, who represented him- assist Miller during the trial left in Missouri, each time espous- convicted of capital murder by ings, saying Miller — who had self at the trial, gave a rambling, the courtroom without com- ing a white-power platform. the same jury last week for the repeatedly admitted to the kill- hour-long closing argument menting. Miller was removed If the judge agrees with the April 2014 shootings in subur- ings — pointed the gun at 53- earlier Tuesday that touched on from the courtroom after the jury’s recommendation, it’s un- ban Kansas City. The judge over- year-old Terri LaManno, but the the media, white supremacism verdict was read. clear if the death penalty would seeing the trial will now decide weapon didn’t fi re. and his health. He concluded by “Hopefully this verdict and be carried out in Miller’s case. A whether to follow the jury’s sen- Howe then grabbed another telling jurors he didn’t care what completion of the trial will allow doctor testified during the trial tencing recommendation. of Miller’s guns to show the jury, sentence they handed down. those impacted to begin heal- that Miller was ill and likely had “I believe the criminal justice saying LaManno “begged for her “Frankly my dears, I don’t give ing,” Howe said in a prepared only fi ve to six years to live. Also, system worked effectively, that life” before Miller shot her. a damn,” he said, later raising statement after the hearing. The Kansas hasn’t executed a death the people from the state of Kan- “There’s no doubt she was ter- his right arm in the Nazi salute, prosecutor said the jury “spoke row inmate in decades. sas have spoken loud and clear,” rifi ed. She froze. ... And his re- as he did after jurors convicted William LaManno — whose wife, sponse was to brutally kill her,” him. He also gave an obscene LOOKING FOR MORE NEWS? VISIT Terri, was among those killed Howe said. “The defendant’s ac- gesture to Howe, drawing an ad- — said after the verdict was read. tions are clearly the type of case monition from the judge, which WWW.JCFLORIDAN.COM Jackson County Vault &Monuments Quality Service at Affordable Prices Come Visit us at 3424 West Highway 90 850-482-5041 10A ◆ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 NATION JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.com Dentist who killed Cecil the lion returns to work
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion returned to work Tuesday after weeks away, walking silently into his small den- tal practice, past swarm- ing media and a handful of protesters calling for him to be sent to Zimbabwe to face trial. Walter Palmer had large- ly retreated from public view since he was identi- fi ed as Cecil’s killer in July, offering little insight into the hunt that until a Sun- day interview with The As- sociated Press in which he defended the kill as legal and announced his plan to return to work. Some of the uproar bub- bled up shortly after sun- rise Tuesday as a security guard whisked Palmer in- side the clinic, past report- ers shouting questions and a protester repeatedly yelling “Extradite Palmer!” Palmer walked from a nearby street where po- lice had blocked off traffic, meeting the guard in the parking lot of his Bloom- ington practice and rush- ing through a door covered THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in messages reading: “Jus- ABOVE: Demonstrators gather outside the dental practice of Walter Palmer, who returned to work on Tuesday in Bloomington, Minn. Palmer, after weeks out of tice for Cecil” and “May the public eye, was the subject of an international uproar after he was identified as the hunter who killed the famous lion Cecil, in Zimbabwe. BELOW: Walter you never hunt again.” Palmer arrives at River Bluff Dental clinic in Bloomington, Minn. on Tuesday. The Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion returned to work Tuesday after The small throng of pro- weeks away, walking silently past a swarm of media and a handful of protesters outside his small dental practice calling for him to be sent to Zimbabwe to face testers didn’t match the trial. furor in the days after Ce- staff or his family. We’re participating in the hunt, said the uproar over Ce- his fi rst visit as a patient. “I support his business. cil was killed during a July picking on him,” she said. but as of Monday, a police cil’s death was overblown Dressel said he trusts I’m sure that this has really hunt in Zimbabwe’s vast “We want him to know that spokeswoman in Harare, and that people should Palmer’s insistence that hurt his practice,” he said. Hwange National Park, we’re not going to forget.” the African country’s capi- be more concerned about the hunt was legal and Bloomington Police when hundreds gathered While Palmer’s guides on tal, said there were no new abortions and threats to that he had no idea he was Deputy Chief Mike Hart- to hold vigils for the big cat the hunt have either been developments in the case. human life. tracking a famous lion. ley said police would be with the black mane and charged or await charges An attorney for Palmer Among the patients Dressel also said that as a there as long as media forced River Bluff Dental for their involvement in told AP that he offered to Tuesday was Thomas retired doctor, he wanted were gathered. He said po- to temporarily close. Just a Cecil’s killing, the Zim- make Palmer available to Dressel, who said his wife to support a fellow medi- lice don’t believe Palmer’s few protesters were on site babwean government’s the U.S. Fish and Wildlife was a regular but it was cal professional. safety is at risk. when he arrived. pursuit of the dentist has Service to talk about the The crowd grew to cooled off amid fears it case several weeks ago, roughly a dozen by mid- could hamper a hunting but he hasn’t heard back. morning, holding signs industry that is lucrative “If some governmental calling for an end to tro- and important for the agency or investigative phy hunting and chant- country. unit would make a claim ing on a megaphone: “We Palmer had said he re- that he had violated some will never falter! Prosecute lied on local guides for the law, then we’d talk about Walter!” hunt that killed Cecil, who it,” said Joe Friedberg, a Cathy Pierce said she authorities have said was lawyer who said he was Save ThT eDate drove more than an hour lured from a protected advising Palmer pro bono. from her home in East wildlife preserve. He re- “There haven’t been any ~FOR~ Bethel to the Blooming- peated in Sunday’s inter- official allegations by any- ton clinic to “fight for ani- view with AP that neither body that he has done mals who can’t fi ght for he nor anyone in his party anything wrong.” themselves.” knew the lion was special Fish andWildlife spokes- She scoffed at Palmer’s and said if he had known, woman Laury Parramore PINKCARES suggestion in his interview “obviously I wouldn’t have said Tuesday that an in- with the AP that protesters taken it.” vestigation continues. had unfairly targeted his It’s been a month since Stephanie Michaelis, SIGNATUREEVENT! employees and family, in Zimbabwean officials who lives near the clinic, some cases threatening announced that police walked over to argue with violence. would process paperwork protesters, telling them to “We’re not picking on his to extradite Palmer for leave Palmer alone. 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Florida State Football Volleyball Run, run, run: Cook, Pender give Seminoles options in rush attack The Associated Press ence he sees more similarities espe- cially in their versatility. TALLAHASSEE — With a lot of the “Dalvin is more boom, boom, preseason attention at Florida State boom, and burst really quick, but focused on the quarterback compe- when Pender sticks that foot in the tition, the running game was slightly SOUTH FLORIDA (1-0) AT ground and goes, he may be even overlooked. No. 11 FLORIDA STATE (1-0) more sudden than Dalvin is in that By everyone it seems except Jimbo Doak Campbell Stadium regard,” Fisher said. Fisher. 11 a.m. Saturday Cook’s status for most of the pre- The coach of the 11th-ranked Sem- TV: ESPN season was in doubt after a June inci- inoles turned to Dalvin Cook and dent where he was charged with hit- Mario Pender in Saturday’s opener running backs combined for 248 ting a woman outside a Tallahassee against Texas State, mainly kept it yards and averaged 7.5 yards per bar. During media day, team photos on the ground with 23 of the fi rst 32 carry as the Seminoles cruised to a were taken with and without Cook. plays being runs. 59-16 win. He was found not guilty on Aug. 24 Cook and Pender allowed Everett Both backs are considered to have and reinstated. Golson to settle in and gain confi- different running styles, but Fisher dence as the game went along. The said during his Monday press confer- See FSU, Page 2B MARK SKINNER/FLORIDIAN Cottondale’s Haley Scurlock returns the ball during a game against Sneads. MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL Cottondale Grand winner wins twice versus Vernon BY ROLANDO ROSA rrosa@jcfloridan.com
The Lady Hornets bounced back from a three-set loss to Altha on Thursday to earn the road win vs. the Yellowjackets, 22-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-22. Gracie Zick had eight kills and Haley Scurlock had seven assists in the victory for Cottondale (2-7). Cottondale head coach Tara Addison altered the game plan in the aftermath of the Altha defeat and the result was an invigorated Hornets attack. “We switched up the rotations for this game. Try- ing some new things out. The fi rst set I think we were a little dead because it was the fi rst day [back from vacation] but then we picked it up in the second game,” Addison said. “The girls really wanted to win and you could tell on the court they were really click- ing. So they were playing together as a team.” Cottondale hosts Wewahitchka on Thursday with their sights set on their fi rst winning streak of the season. “The biggest thing for us is I think we get in our heads, so we’ve got to minimize those mistakes. Start communicating on the court and just have fun out there,” Addison said. “Today they were really having
MARK SKINNER/FLORIDIAN fun so that was the key.” Grand Ridge’s Malachi Aydelotte takes the ball downfield during Tuesday’s game against Port St. Joe. Grand Ridge won JV VOLLEYBALL 16-0 to improve to 2-1 on the season. Cottondale defeats Vernon Grand Ridge blanks Port St.Joe for second straight shutout 25-19, 25-12 BY ROLANDO ROSA Mercer converted the two-point attempt up the Allie-Anne Barrick seven aces and Lilly Ball had rrosa@jcfloridan.com middle as well to give the Indians an early 8-0 lead. nine assists for the Lady Hornets. For the second straight week, the Grand Ridge “Early in the year I knew he was going to be a lead- Jordyn Corbin had four kills. Courtney Stephens Indians held their opponent scoreless, this time in er on and off the fi eld,” Dryden said of his quarter- added two kills. their home opener. back. “He’s smart about it so anytime we only need a The Indians blanked Port St. Joe 16-0 to improve to yard or two we can run the quarterback sneak and he 2-1 on the season. knows which side to go to. That’s real helpful.” Miami Football Quarterback Colton Mercer and running back Cal- The Grand Ridge defense was dominant all night, vin Stringer scored rushing touchdowns for Grand making many tackles for losses. Port St.Joe had just Ridge. one fi rst down in the fi rst half on a completed pass For FAU, chance “It was a good win,” Grand Ridge head coach Lara- from Max Cargil to Octavious Russ. mie Dryden said. “Anytime you beat a team from a Port St. Joe started out the second half with ex- football town like Port St. Joe that’s exciting.” cellent fi eld position but Scotty Rowan got a sack to host Miami is Grand Ridge went three-and-out on the game’s fi rst on third down and on fourth down he recovered a drive but recovered a fumble on the punt to move up fumble on a punt to give the Indians the ball in Tiger to the Port St. Joe’s 40 yard line. Sharks territory. An 11-yard run by Seth Scott on fourth-and-one “He’s just came out this year and played really a very big deal at the Port St. Joe 31 kept the drive alive.Then the well,” Dryden said. “He’s got a good body and a good The Associated Press 11-play drive was capped off with a one-yard touch- motor. He’s really impressed me this year.” down run up the middle on fourth down by quarter- BOCA RATON — The football stadium at Florida back Colton Mercer. See INDIANS, Page 2B Atlantic opened in 2011, and has already seen a handful of significant events. Thing is, very few of them involved football. Florida Football Florida State won the national championship in women’s Division I soccer there last December, a couple weeks before FAU played host to the inaugu- Florida considers quarterback platoon ral Boca Raton Bowl. The U.S. men’s national soccer teams have played there a handful of times — World The Associated Press Cup star Carli Lloyd, longtime American standout Abby Wambach and Boca Ra- GAINESVILLE — Florida coach Jim ton native Jozy Altidore have all McElwain is considering fl ipping his scored at FAU while wearing the quarterback rotation this week. red, white and blue. McElwain said Monday that start- But Friday night is FAU’schance ing redshirt freshman Will Grier and to shine, when the Owls (0-1) host bringing sophomore Treon Harris Miami (1-0). The biggest home off the bench is crowd in FAU history is expected, “something we about 30,000 in a stadium that talked about” as MIAMI (1-0) hasn’t seen 10,000 on some game the Gators (1-0) AT FAU (0-1) days. It’s a perfect scenario for prepare for East FAU Stadium FAU, the classic trade-off of hav- Carolina (1-0). 8 p.m. Friday ing everything to gain and very Harris and Grier TV: FS1 little to lose. were nearly fl aw- “We understand it’s the game less in the season that can move us up and have us shock the world,” ECU (1-0) opener, a 61-13 said FAU’s Greg Howell, who ran for 138 yards and AT FLORIDA (1-0) victory against two touchdowns in the Owls’ loss at Tulsa on Satur- Ben Hill Griffin overmatchedNew day. “We don’t harp on it too much, haven’t been do- Stadium Mexico State. ing a lot of ‘Miami this, Miami that.’ It’s not like that. 7 p.m. Saturday Harris started But we know what time it’ll be when it comes to that TV: ESPN2 the game and game and we’ll handle our business.” completed 14 It carries personal significance to Howell. He went of 19 passes for 215 yards and two THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to high school in Coral Gables, just a couple miles touchdowns. Grier fi nished 16-of-18 Florida Jim McElwain said that starting redshirt freshman Will Grier (above) and from the University of Miami. One of the players bringing sophomore Treon Harris off the bench is “something we talked about.” passing for 166 yards and two scores. he modeled his game after while growing up was Grier added 43 yards rushing and a that and I’ll let you know. But we’ll and third quarters. Harris came back former Miami star Clinton Portis. Howell even had touchdown, but also fumbled. play both like we did last week. I’m in for three more series. some thoughts about playing his college ball for the “I think both guys played well, both sure it will be similar.” Harris led the Gators to four touch- Hurricanes, which made sense given his desire to guys had mistakes,” McElwain said. Harris played three series before downs and a fi eld goal in six series. stay close to home. “But that’s part of playing, that’s part turning things over to Grier, who got of learning. ... 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PREP SCHEDULE New Orleans at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Greens in Regulation Pct. College Football Detroit at San Diego, 3:05 p.m. 1, Henrik Stenson, 74.25%. 2, Jim Her- TV HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Cincinnati at Oakland, 3:25 p.m. man, 73.23%. 3, Stewart Cink, 72.94%. Baltimore at Denver, 3:25 p.m. 4, Will Wilcox, 72.53%. 5, Paul Casey, WEDNESDAY FRIDAY Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 3:25 p.m. 72.22%. 6, Russell Knox, 71.14%. 7, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Francesco Molinari, 71.07%. 8, Jason 7 p.m. 12:30 p.m. SEC rules poll North Bay Haven at Graceville Monday’s Games Day, 70.92%. 9, Justin Rose, 70.50%. 10, Philadelphia at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m. Lucas Glover, 70.46%. MLB — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis South Walton at Cottondale 6 p.m. Sneads at Maclay Minnesota at San Francisco, 9:20 p.m. Total Driving Sep. 17 1, Henrik Stenson, 45. 2, Will Wilcox, ESPN — N.Y. Mets at Washington JV FOOTBALL Denver at Kansas City, 7:25 p.m. 62. 3, Keegan Bradley, 65. 4, Justin 9 p.m. Sep. 20 Rose, 71. 5, Graham DeLaet, 85. 6, ESPN — L.A. Dodgers at L.A. THURSDAY Angels with 10 in Top 25 Tampa Bay at New Orleans, noon Charlie Beljan, 93. 7, Russell Henley, Detroit at Minnesota, noon 97. 8, Hideki Matsuyama, 101. 9, Jim 6 p.m. TENNIS The Associated Press Walton at Marianna Arizona at Chicago, noon Herman, 102. 10, 2 tied with 108. The Pac-12’s high for Houston at Carolina, noon Putting Average 10 a.m. Holmes County at Sneads ESPN — Women’s and Men’s ranked teams is six, in- Cottondale at Wewahitchka San Francisco at Pittsburgh, noon 1, Jordan Spieth, 1.700. 2, Jason Day, New England at Buffalo, noon. 1.717. 3, Jason Bohn, 1.721. 4, Dustin quarterfinals, at Flushing, N.Y. The Southeastern Con- cluding in this season’s MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL San Diego at Cincinnati, noon Johnson, 1.722. 5, Patrick Reed, 1.726. 6 7 p.m. Tennessee at Cleveland, noon (tie), Daniel Summerhays and Morgan ESPN2 — Men’s quarterfinals, at ference has a record 10 preseason poll and last THURSDAY Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, noon Hoffmann, 1.729. 8, Matt Jones, 1.730. Flushing, N.Y. teams ranked in the fi rst season’s fi nal rankings. 6 p.m. St. Louis at Washington, noon 9, Danny Lee, 1.732. 10, Phil Mickelson, Marianna at JV Port St. Joe Baltimore at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. 1.734. Associated Press college The most ranked teams Miami at Jacksonville, 3:05 p.m. Birdie Average football poll of the regular the Big 12 has ever had in HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m. 1, Jason Day, 4.70. 2, Jordan Spieth, Vera Lapko (13), Belarus, def. Alexa Graham, United States, 6-2, 6-1. season. the AP Top 25 is six, which THURSDAY Seattle at Green Bay, 7:30 p.m. 4.54. 3, Vaughn Taylor, 4.43. 4, Justin Sep. 21 Rose, 4.40. 5, Bubba Watson, 4.27. 6, Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greece, Ohio State remained happened for three weeks 1-3 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m. Dustin Johnson, 4.14. 7, Tony Finau, def. Magdalena Frech, Poland, 7-5, 6-0. Graceville at Vernon 4.13. 8, Justin Thomas, 4.10. 9, Jimmy Anastasia Detiuc, Moldova, def. Maia a unanimous No. 1 af- in 2011. 4-5 p.m. GOLF Walker, 4.09. 10, 2 tied with 4.02. Lumsden, Britain, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-0. ter pulling away 42-24 at Wewahitchka at Cottondale Eagles (Holes per) Sofia Kenin (9), United States, def. Dropped out 5 p.m. PGA TOUR 1, Brooks Koepka, 65.7. 2, Bubba Aleksandra Pospelova, Russia, 6-4, Virginia Tech on Monday East Gadsden at Marianna Watson, 77.1. 3, Dustin Johnson, 82.3. 7-6 (3). 5-6 p.m. FEDEXCUP LEADERS 4, J.B. Holmes, 99.0. 5, Hideki Mat- Iryna Shymanovich, Belarus, def. night. Teams dropping out of Sneads at Bethlehem Through Sept. 7 suyama, 106.7. 6, Matt Kuchar, 110.6. Raveena Kingsley, United States, 3-6, The SEC already held the rankings were Arizona 6-4, 6-3. HS CROSS COUNTRY Player Points Money 7, Justin Thomas, 114.8. 8 (tie), Jason 1. Jordan Spieth 4,169 $10,399,715 Day and Rickie Fowler, 115.2. 10, Aaron Dalma Galfi (2), Hungary, def. Emily the record for most teams State and Stanford, part of WEDNESDAY 2. Jason Day 2,459 $7,689,805 Baddeley, 121.1. Arbuthnott, Britain, 6-4, 6-1. from one conference in the a lackluster 7-5 start to the 3. Bubba Watson 2,407 $6,368,047 Sand Save Percentage Kylie McKenzie, United States, def. 3 p.m. 4. Jimmy Walker 2,014 $4,316,632 1, Kevin Na, 63.24%. 2 (tie), Sung Anna Blinkova (3), Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Top 25 with eight, a mark it season for the Pac-12. Wis- At Cottondale 5. Justin Rose 1,742 $4,698,177 Joon Park and Will Wilcox, 63.08%. 4, Tereza Mihalikova (4), Slovakia, def. matched in the preseason. consin also dropped out of SATURDAY 6. Robert Streb 1,720 $3,713,949 David Toms, 63.04%. 5, Chad Collins, Michaela Gordon, United States, 6-3, 62.81%. 6, Louis Oosthuizen, 62.37%. 7, 6-3. 8 a.m. 7. Dustin Johnson 1,718 $4,949,842 After the conference went the rankings after losing to Brendon Todd, 62.24%. 8, Matt Kuchar, Usue Maitane Arconada (8), United Marianna at Bay Invitational in 8. Patrick Reed 1,593 $3,396,279 62.04%. 9, Luke Donald, 61.17%. 10, States, def. Chihiro Muramatsu, Japan, 12-1 to open the season, Alabama. Panama City 9. Rory McIlroy 1,567 $4,350,712 10. Danny Lee 1,561 $3,323,918 Danny Lee, 61.15%. 6-2, 7-5. No. 16 Texas A&M and No. MS GIRLS BASKETBALL 11. Zach Johnson 1,559 $4,399,987 All-Around Ranking Karman Thandi, India, def. Evgeniya Stepping in 12. Brooks Koepka1,544 $3,391,267 1, Will Wilcox, 203. 2, Jason Day, 204. Levashova, Russia, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. 25 Mississippi State moved THURSDAY 13. Brandt Snedeker1,537 $3,532,396 3, Hideki Matsuyama, 282. 4, Jordan Tessah Andrianjafitrimo, France, def. Kelly Chen, United States, 6-1, 6-1. into the poll to go with the On the bright side of the 4-5 p.m. 14. Charley Hoffman1,512 $3,873,669 Spieth, 287. 5, Justin Rose, 288. 6, Sofya Zhuk (10), Russia, def. Kim- Marianna at Grand Ridge 15. Rickie Fowler 1,498 $5,236,080 Brooks Koepka, 314. 7, Matt Kuchar, eight teams already there. Pac-12’sopeningweekend, 16. J.B. Holmes 1,484 $3,440,680 325. 8, Rickie Fowler, 345. 9, Justin berly Birrell, Australia, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Alabama moved up a Utah moved into the rank- FOOTBALL 17. Kevin Kisner 1,416 $3,401,289 Thomas, 352. 10, Henrik Stenson, 379. Francesca Di Lorenzo, United States, 18. Jim Furyk 1,401 $3,732,664 FedExCup Leaders def. Zheng Wushuang (14), China, spot to No. 2. The rest of ings at No. 24 with its vic- COLLEGE FOOTBALL 19. Paul Casey 1,389 $3,112,386 1, Jason Day, 4680. 2, Jordan Spieth, 6-2, 6-3. 20. Hideki Matsuyama1,374 $3,305,144 4169. 3, Rickie Fowler, 3498. 4, Henrik Junior Doubles the SEC roll call is: No. 6 tory against Michigan in AP TOP 25 21. David Lingmerth1,305 $2,715,794 Stenson, 3352. 5, Bubba Watson, 3329. Boys Auburn, No. 10 Georgia, coach Jim Harbaugh’s de- First Round The Top 25 teams in The Associated 22. Steven Bowditch1,287 $2,847,710 6, Charley Hoffman, 2302. 7, Zach 23. Bill Haas 1,281 $2,821,886 Johnson, 2241. 8, Dustin Johnson, 2114. Youssef Hossam, Egypt, and Jumpei No. 14 LSU, No. 17 Mis- but with the Wolverines. Press college football poll, with fi rst- Yamasaki, Japan, def. Patrick Kypson place votes in parentheses, records 24. Ben Martin 1,217 $2,700,557 9, Jim Furyk, 2087. 10, Patrick Reed, sissippi, No. 18 Arkansas, 25. Ryan Moore 1,208 $2,584,968 2039. and Gianni Ross, United States, 6-1, through Sept. 7, total points based on 6-4. Ranked matchups 25 points for a fi rst-place vote through 26. Matt Kuchar 1,164 $2,514,295 No. 20 Missouri and No. 23 27. Scott Piercy 1,127 $2,077,127 TENNIS Vasil Kirkov and Sam Riffice, United one point for a 25th-place vote, and States, def. Yusuke Takahashi, Japan, Tennessee. » No. 8 Oregon at No. 5 previous ranking: 28. Louis Oosthuizen1,088 $3,147,636 29. Chris Kirk 1,087 $2,351,259 U.S. OPEN and Wu Ting-lin, Taiwan, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. Michigan State. For the Record Pts Pv Alex De Minaur, Australia, and Benja- 1. Ohio St. (61) 1-0 1,525 1 30. Kevin Na 1,062 $2,442,916 Tuesday Poll points 31. Sergio Garcia 1,051 $2,633,929 min Hannestad, Denmark, def. Miomir second straight season, 2. Alabama 1-0 1,420 3 At The USTA Billie Jean King National Kecmanovic, Serbia, and Casper Ruud 3. TCU 1-0 1,365 2 32. Gary Woodland1,037 $2,587,015 Tennis Center The SEC has been domi- Ducks-Spartans is a Top- 33. Jason Bohn 1,037 $2,320,173 (8), Norway, 6-2, 6-4. 4. Baylor 1-0 1,252 4 New York Tim Sandkaulen, Germany, and Mate nating the AP poll in re- 10 matchup that could give 5. Michigan St. 1-0 1,198 5 34. Sang-Moon Bae1,025 $2,420,662 Purse: $42.3 million 35. James Hahn 1,012 $2,020,115 Valkusz, Hungary, def. Ly Nam Hoang, 6. Auburn 1-0 1,166 6 Surface: Hard-Outdoor Vietnam, and Akira Santillan (4), cent years and has had the winner a major boost 7. Oregon 1-0 1,081 7 36. Justin Thomas 1,007 $2,132,814 Singles 37. Shawn Stefani 987 $1,739,488 Japan, 6-1, 4-6, 12-10. eight ranked teams six to its playoff resume. 8. Southern Cal 1-0 1,074 8 Men Taylor Fritz and Michael Mmoh (1), 9. Notre Dame 1-0 1,061 11 38. Russell Henley 986 $2,090,190 Quarterfinals times in the regular sea- » No. 14 LSU at No. 25 Mis- 39. Tony Finau 985 $2,071,921 United States, def. Jake Delaney, 10. Georgia 1-0 981 9 Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Jo-Wil- Australia, and Orlando Luz, Brazil, 6-7 11. Florida St. 1-0 942 10 40. Webb Simpson 953 $2,028,852 fried Tsonga (19), France, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, son and three times in the sissippi State. The Tigers 41. Henrik Stenson 952 $3,930,070 (3), 7-6 (3), 10-6. 12. Clemson 1-0 862 12 6-7 (3), 6-4. Alberto Lim, Philippines, and Mattias preseason. get no tuneup after their 13. UCLA 1-0 833 13 42. Harris English 932 $1,719,650 Women 43. Troy Merritt 930 $2,074,931 Siimar, Estonia, def. Ulises Blanch and The Big Ten and the At- opener against McNeese 14. LSU 0-0 653 14 Quarterfinals Nathan Ponwith, United States, 3-6, 15. Georgia Tech 1-0 636 16 44. Russell Knox 914 $1,890,266 Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Kristina 45. Billy Horschel 903 $1,691,083 6-2, 12-10. lantic Coast conference State was cancelled be- 16. Texas A&M 1-0 629 NR Mladenovic, France, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Lukas Klein, Slovakia, and Patrik 17. Mississippi 1-0 600 17 46. Daniel Berger 899 $1,941,551 Doubles have each had a high of cause of lightning. 47. Brendan Steele 895 $1,613,734 Rikl, Czech Republic, def. Alexandre 18. Arkansas 1-0 480 18 Men Rotsaert and Jeff Wolf, United States, seven teams ranked in the » No. 19 Oklahoma at No. 19. Oklahoma 1-0 469 19 48. Brendon de Jonge892 $1,550,267 Quarterfinals 49. David Hearn 890 $1,759,705 7-6 (5), 6-3. 20. Boise St. 1-0 279 23 Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, and AP Top 25. 23 Tennessee. Another 21. Missouri 1-0 274 24 50. Marc Leishman 854 $1,762,267 Mahut (12), France, def. Jean-Julien 51. Phil Mickelson 849 $2,109,532 Louis Wessels, Germany, def. Marcelo The Big Ten has done it chance for the SEC to 22. Arizona 1-0 259 22 Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau Tomas Barrios Vera, Chile, and Andrea 23. Tennessee 1-0 169 25 52. Nick Watney 847 $1,630,335 (3), Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-4. 53. Brendon Todd 831 $1,735,767 Pellegrino (7), Italy, 3-6, 6-4, 10-6. fi ve times. The ACC has make a statement or be 24. Utah 1-0 137 NR Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers Felipe Cunha-Silva, Portugal, and 25. Mississippi St. 1-0 104 NR 54. Pat Perez 825 $1,562,264 (8), Australia, def. Marcin Matkowski, had seven twice. just a little bit humbled. 55. Matt Jones 821 $1,950,885 Alejandro Tabilo, Canada, def. William Others receiving votes: Wisconsin Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (4), Blumberg and Tommy Paul (2), United 79, BYU 74, Northwestern 72, Arizona 56. Ryan Palmer 817 $1,901,098 Serbia, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). 57. Cameron Tringale816 $1,580,039 States, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 10-6. St. 49, Oklahoma St. 30, West Virginia Women Felix Auger Aliassime and Denis 23, Florida 8, Temple 8, Cincinnati 7, 58. Fabian Gomez 797 $1,614,712 Quarterfinals 59. Ian Poulter 777 $1,671,667 Shapovalov, Canada, def. Franco Ca- one last rally, as they re- Kansas St. 7, Minnesota 5, Louisville 4, Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta (11), palbo and Geronimo Espin Busleiman, NC State 4, W. Kentucky 3, California 60. Boo Weekley 776 $1,689,914 Italy, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, covered a fumble in the 61. Kevin Streelman 771 $1,525,774 Argentina, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-7. Indians 2, Stanford 1. and Andreja Klepac (15), Slovenia, 6-0, 62. Keegan Bradley 759 $1,507,742 Girls fourth quarter with just 5-7, 6-2. First Round From Page 1B NFL 63. Alex Cejka 739 $1,227,196 Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and 64. Matt Every 727 $1,521,816 Katharina Hobgarski, Germany, and under six minutes to play. AMERICAN CONFERENCE Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Chan Hao- Iryna Shymanovich, Belarus, def. Bi- 65. Carl Pettersson 723 $1,186,763 ching and Chan Yung-jan (9), Taiwan, On the subsequent drive, However despite getting East 66. Daniel Summerhays720 $1,602,607 anca Andreescu and Katherine Sebov, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Canada, walkover. Mercer ran for a fi rst down into the redzone the drive WLT Pct PF PA 67. Sean O’Hair 719 $1,643,380 Mixed Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 68. George McNeill 715 $1,186,018 Tornado Alicia Black and Ingrid Neel, Quarterfinals United States, def. Jessica Hinojosa on third and short then concluded on fourth down Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 69. Brian Harman 704 $1,529,432 Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, y-New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 70. Charles Howell III692 $1,257,361 Gomez, Mexico, and Pranjala Yadla- a 32-yard run by Calvin thanks to a big sack from and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Anas- palli, India, 6-1, 6-0. N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 71. Scott Brown 690 $1,161,750 tasia Rodionova, Australia, and Max Stringer to the outside put Trevor Tyus to seal the South 72. Rory Sabbatini 678 $1,508,789 Anna Kalinskaya and Anastasia Pota- Mirnyi, Belarus, 6-4, 6-4. pova, Russia, def. Amanda Anisimova WLT Pct PF PA 73. Chad Campbell 670 $1,015,707 Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Grand Ridge ahead 14-0 victory. Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 74. William McGirt 652 $984,113 and Abigail Desiatnikov, United States, Querrey, United States, def. Yaroslava 6-1, 6-1. with 3:45 left in the third Dryden is hoping for y-Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 75. Will Wilcox 649 $1,168,302 Shvedova, Kazakhstan, and Juan Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 76. Davis Love III 649 $1,263,596 Maria Fernanda Herazo Gonzalez and quarter. Malachi Aydelotte a third straight shutout Sebastian Cabal (6), Colombia, 3-6, Yuliana Monroy, Colombia, def. Ann Li Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0 77. Hunter Mahan 648 $1,573,306 6-4, 10-6. North 78. Scott Pinckney 645 $1,259,389 and Natasha Subhash, United States, shed a tackle to run it in to keep the momentum Junior Singles 6-4, 1-6, 10-8. WLT Pct PF PA 79. Jerry Kelly 632 $1,318,869 Boys for the two-point conver- rolling next week when x-Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0 80. Colt Knost 628 $1,066,553 Kayla Day and Sofia Kenin, United Second Round States, def. Dalma Galfi and Fanny x-Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 81. Martin Laird 628 $1,124,988 Casper Ruud (15), Norway, def. sion to extend the lead to Grand Ridge hosts Aucilla Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 82. Morgan Hoffmann627 $1,111,240 Stollar (2), Hungary, 6-2, 6-3. Patrick Kypson, United States, 6-0, 3-0, Viktoria Kuzmova, Slovakia, and 16-0. Christian. y-Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0 83. Chesson Hadley 626 $1,135,529 retired. West 84. Kyle Reifers 626 $1,179,228 Aleksandra Pospelova, Russia, def. “He’s steadily getting “Coach Dowling has Taylor Fritz (1), United States, def. Michaela Gordon and Claire Liu (6), WLT Pct PF PA 85. J.J. Henry 620 $1,046,123 Yusuke Takahashi, Japan, 6-3, 6-4. more and more carries them playing well. He’s y-Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0 86. Jason Kokrak 614 $1,033,489 United States, walkover. Michael Mmoh (2), United States, Carson Branstine and Kelly Chen, Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 87. Padraig Harrington610 $1,330,852 def. Louis Wessels, Germany, 6-3, 6-1. and he’s proving he can got the defensive coached Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 88. John Senden 610 $1,422,033 United States, def. Charlotte Robillard- Alex De Minaur, Australia, def. Jum- Millette, Canada, and Katie Swan (1), carry the load if we need up good. We’ve got two San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0 89. Jim Herman 610 $1,212,778 pei Yamasaki, Japan, 6-1, 7-6 (4). 90. Greg Owen 608 $1,180,794 Britain, walkover. NATIONAL CONFERENCE Akira Santillan (14), Japan, def. Oh Usue Maitane Arconada, United him to,” Dryden said of shutouts in a row,” Dryden 91. Kevin Chappell 602 $1,208,127 Chan-yeong, South Korea, 6-3, 6-1. East 92. Bryce Molder 595 $1,148,800 States, and Maia Lumsden (8), Britain, Stringer. “He’s probably said. “I’d like to keep that Mikael Ymer (3), Sweden, def. Miomir def. Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios, WLT Pct PF PA 93. John Peterson 588 $779,509 Kecmanovic, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3. the fastest guy we’ve got.” rolling next week going y-Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0 94. Adam Scott 585 $1,382,365 Paraguay, and Beatrice Torelli, Italy, Alex Rybakov, United States, def. 6-3, 6-0. N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 95. Adam Hadwin 584 $937,611 Orlando Luz (7), Brazil, 6-3, 6-0. Port St. Joe tried to make into Aucilla Christian.” Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 96. Charl Schwartzel584 $1,209,528 Denis Shapovalov, Canada, def. TRANSACTIONS Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0 97. John Huh 565 $678,556 Ulises Blanch, United States, 6-2, 6-2. South 98. Jason Gore 564 $1,101,246 William Blumberg (9), United States, BASEBALL WLT Pct PF PA 99. Francesco Molinari558 $997,389 def. Jeff Wolf, United States, 3-6, 6-4, American League hole on the left side. Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 100. Hudson Swafford554 $959,3913 6-1. y-Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated STATISTICS Lloyd George Harris (13), South Af- Besides being able to New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 INF J.J. Hardy from the 15-day DL. FSU rica, def. Sora Fukuda, Japan, 6-4, 6-4. Through Sept. 7 Recalled OF Dariel Alvarez from Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Chung Yunseong (11), South Korea, get quickly back into foot- Scoring Average Frederick (Carolina). From Page 1B North def. Patrik Rikl, Czech Republic, 7-5, 1, Jordan Spieth, 68.95. 2, Jason Day, BOSTON RED SOX — Activated 2B ball shape, Fisher said the WLT Pct PF PA 6-4. 69.30. 3, Bubba Watson, 69.33. 4, Hen- Dustin Pedroia from the 15-day DL. Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Stefanos Tsitsipas (16), Greece, def. Going into the open- other thing he has noticed rik Stenson, 69.42. 5, Dustin Johnson, Recalled RHPs Jonathan Aro and Matt x-Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Bernabe Zapata, Spain, 6-2, 6-4. 69.63. 6, Brooks Koepka, 69.67. 7, Will Barnes from Pawtucket (IL). Selected er, Fisher said he wasn’t about Cook is more matu- y-Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Reilly Opelka (6), United States, def. Wilcox, 69.76. 8, Zach Johnson, 69.77. the contract of LHP Rich Hill from Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Yosuke Watanuki, Japan, 6-4, 6-1. concerned about Cook’s rity. Cook said after Satur- 9, Justin Rose, 69.84. 10, 2 tied with Pawtucket. West Hong Seong-chan (4), South Korea, 69.85. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled INF conditioning but how he day’s game that during his WLT Pct PF PA def. Andrea Pellegrino, Italy, 6-3, 6-1. Driving Distance Micah Johnson from Charlotte (IL). x-Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tommy Paul (5), United States, def. could take some early absence he still had a foot- 1, Dustin Johnson, 319.0. 2, Bubba OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled OF San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Felix Auger Aliassime, Canada, 4-6, Watson, 318.1. 3, Jason Day, 314.6. Craig Gentry and INF Max Muncy from y-Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 6-4, 7-5. contact. The sophomore ball mindset in terms of 4, Adam Scott, 311.6. 5, J.B. Holmes, Nashville (IL). St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Corentin Denolly (10), France, def. 310.5. 6, Charlie Beljan, 309.8. 7, Tony National League ended up rushing for 156 practice and conditioning. x-clinched playoff spot Nuno Borges, Portugal, 6-4, 6-4. Finau, 309.2. 8, Brooks Koepka, 309.1. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS y-clinched division Girls yards on 19 carries along “I was pushing myself 9, Patrick Rodgers, 307.7. 10, Keegan — Recalled RHP Jhoulys Chacin, RHP Thursday’s Game Second Round Bradley, 306.0. Allen Webster, INF-OF Jamie Romak with two fi rst-quarter and thinking those guys Pittsburgh at New England, 7:30 p.m. Viktoria Kuzmova, Slovakia, def. Mar- Driving Accuracy Percentage and LHP Andrew Chafin from Reno Sunday’s Games keta Vondrousova (1), Czech Republic, touchdowns. It was Cook’s were out there with me. 1, Francesco Molinari, 76.88%. 2, (PCL) and OF Socrates Brito Mobile Green Bay at Chicago, noon 4-1, retired. David Toms, 74.50%. 3, Chez Reavie, (SL). Purchased the contract of OF fourth-straight, 100-yard That’s how I was able to Kansas City at Houston, noon Elena Rybakina, Russia, def. Char- 71.89%. 4, Justin Leonard, 71.70%. 5, Peter O’Brien from Reno. Placed RHP Seattle at St. Louis, noon lotte Robillard-Millette (7), Canada, game, making him the fi rst come back in and fi t right Jason Bohn, 71.67%. 6, Zach Johnson, Evan Marshall on the 60-day DL. Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, noon 6-2, 1-0, retired. 71.54%. 7, Steve Alker, 71.41%. 8, CINCINNATI REDS — Reinstated OF Indianapolis at Buffalo, noon. Fanny Stollar (11), Hungary, def. Na- Florida State back to do back into the offense,” Colt Knost, 71.24%. 9, Brendon Todd, Brennan Boesch and CF Billy Hamilton Miami at Washington, noon tasha Subhash, United States, 6-0, 6-3. Carolina at Jacksonville, noon 70.42%. 10, Jerry Kelly, 70.02%. from the 15-day DL. that since Greg Jones had Cook said. “I did have to fi ve straight in 2001-02. train myself. Just think- Cook’s longest carry was a ing, ‘I’ll be back out there ing his campus this week, 6. “The rest of it, we really ida locales. 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The Associated Press for-her second serve into the net to fall behind 3-1, part of a fi ve- NEW YORK — If Serena Wil- game run for Venus to even the liams would feel sympathy for match at a set apiece. any opponent standing in the They had played 63 intense way of her pursuit of tennis’ fi rst minutes, so aware of each other’s true Grand Slam in 27 years, tactics and tendencies, and now it might very well be her sister it was going to all come down to Venus. one set. Still, no way was Serena going At 35, the oldest woman to to let anyone, or anything, stop enter the tournament, Venus her on this night, even if she had her own reasons for want- found herself in a mid-match lull ing to win, of course. She hadn’t while facing her older sibling in reached the semifinals at any the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Grand Slam tournament since Moving two matches from the 2010 U.S. Open, and might history, top-seeded Serena got have considered this her last, all she could handle from 23rd- best chance to collect an eighth seeded Venus before moving major singles championship of onto the semifinals at Flushing her own. Meadows with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 vic- True to her word, their mother, tory Tuesday in the 27th install- Oracene Price, did not attend ment of the unique Williams vs. the match. And neither of her Williams rivalry. daughters betrayed much in the When it ended, they met at the way of emotion. net for a hug, with a smiling Ve- WhenSerena,whois15months nus wrapping both arms around younger, earned a key break to Serena. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lead 2-0 in the third thanks to a “She’s the toughest player I’ve Serena Williams (left) hugs sister Venus Williams after winning their quarterfinal match Tuesday at the U.S. Open down-the-line backhand winner ever played in my life and the tennis in New York. that landed in a corner, she grit- best person I know,” Serena said collect all four Grand Slam titles dashian dotted the teeming 115 mph by the other. ted her teeth, held clenched fi sts in an on-court interview. “It’s go- in a calendar year. stands, and the action under the Venus often attempted to end near her head and leaned for- ing against your best friend and And if she can win what would lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium of- baseline exchanges quickly. Ser- ward, holding the pose. She did at the same time going against be her fourth U.S. Open in a row, ten was of high quality. ena showed tremendous touch not shake those fi sts or scream the greatest competitor, for me, and seventh overall, she would The sisters combined for 57 by using drop shots, one paired or jump, the way she usually in women’s tennis.” equal Graf with 22 major cham- winners (Serena had more, 35) with a backhand passing winner, does against other women. Serena is 16-11 in their match- pionships, the most in the pro- and only 37 unforced errors (Ve- another with a perfectly curled And when she got to match es, taking seven of their last eight fessional era and second-most nus had fewer, 15). lob. point when a shot by Venus meetings. She leads 9-5 in ma- ever behind Margaret Court’s 24. Both pounded serves fast, very Serena took control of the sailed long, Serena dropped to jors and 3-2 at the U.S. Open. Well-known folks such as Don- fast, each topping 120 mph. opening set, grabbing its last a knee behind the baseline, her Of greater significance is this: ald Trump — who was booed Both returned well, oh so well, four games. Suddenly, though, back to her sister. Serena can still become the fi rst when shown on video screens each managing to put into play she showed some jitters early Serena then smacked a 107 player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to — Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kar- at least one serve at more than in the second, dumping a slow- mph ace, her 12th, to end it.
Tennis In golf, being No. 1 in the world doesn’t mean making cut The Associated Press tied for 29th, will return to the infamous “Showdown PGA Championship with No. 1 next Monday even at Sherwood,” an 18-hole a score that would have NORTON, Mass. — Good though this is the one week match that was billed won all but two PGAs in news for the PGA Tour. The of the season that the PGA as Monday Night Golf. more than a half-century battle for No. 1 in the Of- Tour has no tournament. Woods, who had returned of stroke play. fi cial World Golf Ranking That gives McIlroy his own to No. 1 a month earlier, He recalls crossing the is so confounding that no slice of world ranking his- pulled away when Duval third-base line to throw one is complaining about tory — a record third time hit the straightest drive out the fi rst pitch at a all the points and projec- he goes to No. 1 by sitting of his career, right into Texas Rangers game when tions of the FedEx Cup. out the previous week. the rock formation in the he heard over the loud- Give it time. The FedEx Thankfully, McIlroy middle of the 16th fairway. speaker being introduced Cup still has two tourna- managed to provide a little Woods won, 2 and 1. publicly for the fi rst time ments left before it awards clarity. Both players took that as No. 1 in the world. It was $10 million to a player who “It is what it is,” he said. week off from the tour and a big deal. might not have had the Minus a tweak or two Duval went back to No. 1. McIlroy got there for the best year. Or might not win over the years, it is what Duval’s recollection of fi rst time by holding off a at all. it has always been. The his return to No. 1 without late charge by Woods to The world ranking? world ranking is easy to playing is worth noting be- win the Honda Classic in That will be cleared up mock at the moment be- cause for the longest time 2012. soon enough. For the mo- cause of the changes that he had no recollection at The fact a player can miss ment, this is as bizarre as it are related more to when THE ASSOCIATED PRESS all. the cut — two in a row, in has ever been. points are incrementally Rory McIlroy will become the No. 1 ranked player in the world “The only way I can an- Spieth’s case — and go to Jordan Spieth made his- deducted over a two-year for the third time after sitting out the previous week. swer that is that it wasn’t No. 1 is no reason to blow tory Tuesday, just not the period. It’s still based on until a couple of years ago up the system and start variety he would have results, just not the most ber 1990, four players went That was easier to stomach that I remember I went to over. And it would be rash wanted. There have been recent. to No. 1 by not playing because Els (Buick Clas- No. 1 in August that year,” to suggest that golf should 61 changes at the top in Asked if he understood the previous week — Nick sic) and Norman (St. Jude Duval said Monday. “Just be measured by one year the 30 years of the world the math involved, McIlroy Faldo (twice), Greg Nor- Classic) won tournaments getting there and being instead of the current two- ranking, and Spieth is the said, “I left school when I man and Ian Woosnam. to get there. there awhile ... you know, I year formula. only one who got to No. 1 was 15, but I understand it Perhaps the greatest epi- It doesn’t always work didn’t much pay attention Getting to No. 1 is no by missing the cut. to a certain degree.” sode of musical chairs was out that way. to it after that.” small achievement, and It gets better. Forget the math and con- the summer of 1997 when Woods and David Duval Spieth knows the feel- arguably more difficult Rory McIlroy, who closed sider the history. Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and traded time at the top of ing. He got to No. 1 for the than winning a major. Oth- with a 66 at the Deutsche During an eight-month Greg Norman were each the ranking in the summer fi rst time with a runner-up erwise, it’s little more than Bank Championship and stretch starting in Septem- No. 1 over three weeks. of 1999 when they met in fi nish to Jason Day at the a conversation piece.
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College Football Georgia defense boosted by UAB transfer Ganus The Associated Press football program. While outside lamy said Ganus earned respect ard Floyd, Lorenzo Carter and backfield.” expectations may have been low, from coaches and players by Tim Kimbrough. Jenkins led the The defense will face a differ- ATHENS, Ga. —The newcomer Ganus quickly began moving up mastering defensive coordinator unit with a sack and seven stops ence challenge against Vander- in the middle of No. 10 Georgia’s the Georgia depth chart. Jeremy Pruitt’s scheme. against ULM. bilt’s offense, led by dual-threat defense used brain power, as well “It’s what he knows,” Geor- “He knows the playbook like Ganus said he has moved past quarterback Johnny McCrary as brawn, to win a starting job. gia tight end Jeb Blazevich said the back of his hand and that his initial bitterness when UAB and running back Ralph Webb. Alabama-Birmingham trans- Tuesday. just shows in his preparation,” shut down its program. Vanderbilt gained 393 yards fer Jake Ganus started at middle Blazevich said Ganus was “so Bellamy said. “I think the coach- “I think I’m past the anger in its 14-12 loss to Western Ken- linebacker and had three tackles annoying” in preseason drills es take notice of that, too. He’s stage,” he said. “I was angry tucky but was hurt by mistakes. in the Bulldogs’ 51-14 opening by consistently identifying new also a great football player, very when it fi rst happened. I’m here On three trips inside the 10, Mc- win over Louisiana Monroe on wrinkles in the offense’s plays. instinctive.” now, at the best school in Amer- Crary threw two interceptions Saturday. “He could pick it up just like Georgia’s depth and talent at ica. It’s awesome. I couldn’t be and the Commodores missed a Ganus said Tuesday “one of the that,” Blazevich said, snapping linebacker may make it tough for happier.” fi eld. fi rst goals I had was to start” af- his fi ngers. “ Ganus to keep the starting job. Coach Mark Richt said the de- Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason ter his transfer from UAB. He’s one of those guys, he just The depth chart released by fense must correct mistakes on saidTuesday the Georgia defense Georgia opens its Southeast- has a mind for football. He can Georgia on Tuesday listed Ganus ULM’s two touchdown drives. will “be a great test for us.” ern Conference schedule at Van- just see things other people can’t as a co-starter with Reggie Cart- “We really got hurt when the McCrary (6-4, 220) threw pass- derbilt on Saturday. see and he can react and he has er, who missed the opener with a ball got thrown down the fi eld,” es to nine different players for Ganus (6-2, 233) moved to the ability to make plays on it, shoulder injury. Richt said. “There were two plays 217 yards and ran for 66 yards. Georgia for spring practice after too.” Among other names at line- where they took advantage of “That means we’re moving the UAB temporarily shut down its Outside linebacker Davin Bel- backer are Jordan Jenkins, Leon- us being out of position in the chains,” Mason said. Vols’ offensive line carries momentum into Oklahoma The Associated Press was Coleman Thomas, a freshman making his fi rst KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Af- career start. ter an encouraging perfor- Kerbyson acknowledges mance in its season open- he felt a little uncomfort- er, Tennessee’s offensive able playing left tackle at line is about to discover that point in time. Thomas just how far it has come in recalled that “as soon as I the last year. stepped off the plane, I was Oklahoma sacked former nervous,” though he later Tennessee quarterback clarified that he was “more JustinWorleyfi ve timesand anxious than nervous.” pressured him through- Kerbyson now has a year THE ASSOCIATED PRESS out a 34-10 victory over of experience at left tackle LSU leaves the fi eld due to a weather delay during the fi rst half of Saturday’s game in Baton Rouge, La. The game was the Volunteers last season. and is comfortable enough cancelled due to lightning. That game set the tone for at that spot that he’s the a season in which Tennes- reigning Southeastern see allowed 43 sacks, the Conference offensive line- most in the Southeastern man of the week. After Conference. making fi ve starts at right A SILVER LINING? The 23rd-ranked Vols say tackle last year, Thomas they’re stronger up front has returned to his natu- LSU hopes to fi nd advantages in late start to season this year and backed up ral position of center and that confidence last week beat out incumbent starter The Associated Press (1-0) played last weekend, go out there and fi x our the hiring last offseason by allowing only one sack Mack Crowder for a spot cracking the rankings with wrinkles and kinks, knock of new coordinator Kevin and paving the way for a on Tennessee’s fi rst-team BATON ROUGE, La. — a victory over Southern some of the rust off, es- Steele. While the scheme 399-yard rushing perfor- line. Mississippi State has vir- Mississippi, and the Tigers pecially me and my pass- has not changed much, mance in a 59-30 victory “I like being, I guess, the tually no way to evaluate have begun breaking that ing performance,” said Steele is certain to have over Bowling Green. quarterback on the offen- how new LSU quarterback game video down. Prescott, who was 22 of his own wrinkles and They can make an even sive line,” Thomas said. Brandon Harris has de- “Not having a game last 38 for 237 yards and two tendencies. bigger statement Satur- The rest of the fi rst-team veloped since his erratic week, that’s one of the touchdowns. “We’ve got “There is probably ad- day when they face No. 19 line includes Jashon Rob- freshman season, or how things that might be ben- that stuff out of the way. vantages on both sides Oklahoma again. ertson at left guard, Dylan the Tigers’ offense has eficial for us; they really We know what we’ve got anddisadvantagesonboth “It gives us a lot of con- Wiesman at right guard evolved over the summer. don’t have a lot to look at. and the people we can sides and I don’t know that fi dence,” offensive tackle and Brett Kendrick at right No one has seen Harris For us, we have a full game count on. I think it’s a one really outweighs the Kyler Kerbyson said of the tackle. throw more than two pass- on them,” LSU defensive whole lot better coming other,” Mississippi State line’s effort against Bowl- That offensive line is es this season because the end Christian LaCouture into a game like this.” coach Dan Mullen said. ing Green. “I think the protecting a more mobile 14th-ranked Tigers played said, noting that he was Tigers coach Les Miles “Obviously, the advantage more confidence you have, quarterback this year now less than fi ve minutes be- able see how new person- said his staff is missing out for us is that we’ve played the better you play. It’s not that Joshua Dobbs has tak- fore lightning canceled nel operate on Mississippi on the LSU game video it in a very tough road envi- overconfidence by any en over that position. their season opener with State’s offensive line, and would have used to evalu- ronment. For our younger means, but we’re happy Tennessee’s improve- McNeese State last Satur- get a better handle on the ate its own players in live guys, even for our older with our performance. ment up front was obvious day night. Bulldogs’ current offen- conditions. guys, to get a game under There are definitely ways last week. Alvin Kamara Harris would have rath- sive scheme. For Miles, the main their belt, I think that’s we can grow.” rushed for 144 yards and er gotten the full game in, Being able to analyze benefit of not playing is fantastic. Tennessee’s linemen al- Jalen Hurd gained 123, but he can also see the that video throughout the that his team is relatively “But (the Tigers) also ready have grown quite a giving Tennessee two 100- benefits to having a little week, LaCouture added, healthy. have an advantage that bit since last year’s meet- yard rushers in the same mystery sounding the “is really going to help us “We’ll enjoy our prepa- they’re fresh,” Mullen ing with Oklahoma. game for the fi rst time Tigers with they line up out.” ration and we’ll be fresh,” added. “They have a new The Vols entered last since 2009. Tennessee’s amid the din of cow bells Regardless of the advan- Miles said. “We’ll look defensive staff, pretty season with six combined 399-yard rushing total was in Starkville, Mississippi, tages LSU may get from forward to Mississippi much, and we didn’t get starts from their offensive its best since 1994. this Saturday night. fi lm study, Bulldogs quar- State with the enthusi- to see what they do. All linemen. The trip to Okla- Dobbs was just 11 yards “If it’s an advantage for terback Dak Prescott said asm of getting to play the their new players — you homa marked the fi rst time away from giving Tennes- us, if it’s going to help us he felt his team was better opener.” don’t see where those guys Kerbyson started at left see three 100-yard rushers win, absolutely,” Harris off playing before hosting There is some mystery are going to be and how tackle. Tennessee’s start- in the same game for the said Tuesday. LSU. surrounding LSU’s de- they’re going to utilize ing right tackle that night fi rst time since 1991. No. 25 Mississippi State “We got a chance to fense as well because of their players.” Windham Shoe Shop Ga. 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Still, the Yellow Jackets There are still a few ar- — and the early results 4408 Lafayette Street •Downtown Marianna (850) 482-4227 |Layaway Available The Yellow Jackets be- are counting on a much eas he needs to work on were promising. gan the season with a 69- tougher challenge from — including his tendency Patrick Skov, a senior 6 blowout of FCS school the Green Wave. to carry the ball loosely transfer from Stanford, ran Alcorn State, a game that “You want your starters with one hand — before he for 72 yards on 12 carries. provided little insight into to get in a groove,” Roof faces Notre Dame. Freshman Marcus Mar- what kind of team it might said, remembering how “Maybe it looked good shall broke off two long be. Georgia Tech had to grind to everybody else, but it touchdown runs and fi n- Quarterback Justin out a 38-21 victory when didn’t look good in our ished with 184 yards on Thomas played only the the teams met a year ago (film) room,” Thomas said. just eight carries. fi rst quarter. Georgia Tech in New Orleans. “That will “Just some small things I Skov will remain the didn’t even bother throw- not be an issue this week. need to work on. Getting starter against Tulane, with ing a pass in the second It will be a good football downhill. Pushing it to the the playing rotation deter- half. The defense wasn’t game.” defender some more. Just mined by how the game challenged at all. After Saturday, the diffi- some ticky-tacky things plays out. “I am concerned about culty of the schedule picks that,” defensive coordi- up significantly, including nator Ted Roof said after a trip the following week to Ouida Morris practice Tuesday, noting South Bend to meet No. 9 that some starters played Notre Dame — the fi rst of Broker/Owner as few as nine snaps in the four games theYellow Jack- opener. ets will play against teams (850) 209-4705 cell “It’s almost like they currently ranked among [email protected] haven’t played a game the top 12. yet.” Thomas, who ran for a Georgia Tech moved up touchdown and threw a Century21 4630 Hwy.90• one spot to No. 15 in the 19-yard scoring pass dur- Sunny South Marianna, FL rankings released Tuesday ing his brief time on the Properties (850) 526-2891 and is a whopping 28- fi eld against Alcorn State, JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.com SPORTS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 ◆ 5B NFL Jaguars building foundation to ‘own AFC South’ The Associated Press side EverBank Feld. “A nd that means seen more,” Bortles said. “You’re see- year-in and year-out, we’re owning ing things again rather than last year JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jackson- the AFC and the South division. That you’re seeing stuff for the fi rst time ville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley was our mindset. a little bit. I’ll still see things for the rarely creates headlines or bulletin- “And I said, ‘This year, we built the fi rst time this year, but you have a board material. team. It’s built and it’s time,’ and our little bit more of a memory bank.” He consistently and somewhat players need to have that mentality.” The Jaguars signed two-time Pro boringly talks about getting better The Jaguars have reasons to be op- Bowl tight end Julius Thomas, right every day, believing in victory and timistic heading into Sunday’s sea- tackle Jermey Parnell and center Ste- Jacksonville maintaining a steady approach de- son opener against Carolina. fan Wisniewski in free agency. They Jaguars head spite success or adversity. Quarterback Blake Bortles looks also drafted Alabama running back coach Gus So Bradley raised eyebrows when much more like a franchise quar- T.J. Yeldon in the second round. Al- Bradley has he deviated from his safe zone last terback in his second season. After though Thomas is expected to miss reasons to be optimistic fol- week and offered a glimpse into how resting his arm, tweaking his me- the fi rst three games while recover- lowing a mas- he really feels about his team follow- chanics and honing his footwork in ing from a broken right hand, all four sive overhaul ing a massive overhaul that included the offseason, Bortles showed con- new additions should help improve that included three years of draft picks and about siderable better accuracy and con- an offense that ranked 31st in the three years $200 million in free-agent upgrades sistency during training camp and league last season. of draft picks this spring. the preseason. “It’s been good,” Bortles said. and about “We had a team meeting when we He completed 65 percent of his “We’ve been able to make a fi rst im- $200 million initially started training camp and passes for 461 yards, with a touch- pression of who we want to be and in free-agent we talked, ‘Our objective is to build down and no turnovers. He also ran who we want to be viewed as, as far upgrades this a team that owns the AFC South,’” for 42 yards and a score. as attacking the run and the rest of spring. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bradley said at a kickoff luncheon in- “Not that it comes easy, but you’ve our offense stemming off of that.” Winston to lead Tampa Bay into new direction The Associated Press “Just TAMPA, Fla. — Jameis because Winston is eager to do his part to make the Tampa you’re a Bay Buccaneers relevant rookie again. doesn’t The rookie quarterback mean you may reject the notion that can’t play being selected No. 1 over- all in the NFL draft auto- football.” matically makes him the Jameis Winston, face of a franchise that Tampa Bay quarterback hasn’t made the playoffs since 2007. But even he less of how talented he THE ASSOCIATED PRESS concedes the pressure is, he can’t be a one-man The Miami Dolphins’ playoffs hopes this season hinge on free-agent acquisition Ndamukong Suh (93) strengthening to change the course of show. a defense that was ranked 24th against the rush in 2014. a team coming off its “I don’t believe it’s my worst record in 28 years is team. It’s our team,” the 6- undeniable. foot-4, 231-pound quar- The Bucs are seven sea- terback said. “This is a we sons, three coaches and team, not a my team.” OPTIMISTIC FINS two general managers Despite ranking 30th into a rebuilding project among 32 teams in to- Miami bidding for fi rst playoff berth since 2008 launched after the fi ring tal offense a year ago, of Super Bowl winner Jon the Bucs return a pair of The Associated Press Shoot, they might even make three seasons, Tannehill has been Gruden. Winston is the 1,000-yard receivers in the playoffs for the fi rst time sacked an NFL-high 139 times, sixth different starting QB Mike Evans and Vincent MIAMI — Miami Dolphins since 2008 — likely a necessity and the offensive line remains during a horrid run. Jackson. coach Joe Philbin drew cheers if Philbin is to keep his job. And the Dolphins’ biggest concern. However, the 2013 Heis- And fourth-year run- from his players when he per- Miami’s fi rst postseason victory They’re counting on left tackle man Trophy is confident ning back Doug Martin formed at a team rock ‘n’ roll since 2000 isn’t beyond the realm Branden Albert’s full recovery he can be the long-term had a strong training show this summer, dressed in a of possibility. from reconstructive knee sur- answer to the team’s of- camp and preseason af- white top hat, tuxedo and tails as Here are factors to consider as gery, and on two inexperienced fensive woes — and that ter being slowed by inju- he rapped an AC/DC tune. the Dolphins prepare for their guards. Mike Pouncey has moved it won’t take long to start ries the past two seasons, The same old song for Miami? 50th season: back to center, his preferred posi- reaping benefits. spawning hope he has re- Maybe not. With $114 million Tannehill payoff: During the off- tion, which should help. “Just because you’re a gained his form. newcomer Ndamukong Suh an- season the Dolphins gave Tan- Defensive force: To land Suh, the rookie doesn’t mean you A big question mark, choring the defense, and with nehill a $96 million, six-year Dolphins won a bidding war for can’t play football,” the though, is an offensive Ryan Tannehill seemingly poised extension, and a new cast of re- the top prize in free agency. The 21-year-old said. line featuring three new for a breakout season, the outlook ceivers. He completed 80 percent contract made him the highest- Coach Lovie Smith’s starters, with rookies is the rosiest since Philbin and of his passes during the exhibi- paid defensive player in league plan is to run the foot- at left tackle and right Tannehill joined the Dolphins in tion season, and that was without history. ball, easing the burden guard. And while the de- 2012. fi rst-round draft pick DeVante The three-time fi rst-team on Winston to carry the fense, led by tackle Gerald “At this time of year, everybody’s Parker, who is expected to help All-Pro defensive tackle will offense, and play stingy, McCoy and linebacker optimistic, everybody’s positive,” stretch the fi eld. strengthen a defense that ranked ball-hawking defense. His Lavonte David, showed Philbin says. “But I think there is Tannehill has improved in each 24th against the rush last year young quarterback won signs of improvement late some good reason here.” of his three seasons, and in 2014 and allowed 113 points in the fi - a national championship last season, Smith won’t New executive vice president of — under fi rst-year offensive co- nal three games as Miami blew a and went 26-1 as a starter be happy with the unit’s football operations Mike Tannen- ordinator Bill Lazor — he threw shot at a playoff berth. at Florida State, and was progress until it starts baum won favorable reviews for for 4,045 yards and 27 scores. With Suh and Pro Bowl end the fi rst pick in the draft forcing more turnovers his moves. “Our quarterback’s going into Cameron Wake leading the way, over Marcus Mariota, and develops a consistent Then came a solid, largely inju- his second year in the system, Miami’s front four should rank primarily because scouts pass rush. ry-free exhibition season, raising and coming off a year which was among the league’s best. But the believe his passing skills Another change is Smith hopes the Dolphins will end their his best year of his three,” Philbin linebackers are unimposing, and are more NFL-ready than will call defensive plays, streak of six consecutive seasons says. “We anticipate he’s going to Miami is unsettled at the corner- those of the 2014 Heis- taking over the responsi- without a winning record, longest continue to get better.” back spot opposite Pro Bowler man winner. bilities from coordinator in franchise history. Shaky protection: Over his fi rst Brent Grimes. Winston knows regard- Leslie Frazier. Teams creating miniature theme parks The Associated Press who want to get their money’s worth ers, listen to bands or get a photo out of expensive tickets. “Poe” the mascot. Sponsors set up Where You Can Park At The Door EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Little “This is a great draw to come in booths, including Verizon so fans kids bounce around on inflatables. to the stadium early; it will moti- can recharge their devices and stay 850-526-2839 Teenagers rock to a local band. Huge vate people to want to do more than connected. 3008 Jefferson St. • Marianna, FL screens showing sports from around tailgate and then go into the game,” “It’s really special to a lot of us who the country, and celebrities signing says Jets fan Duane Tomaszewski of endured life without football for 13 autographs. Albertson, New York. “Meeting ex- years, and to now have this game- A fair or theme park? Try MetLife Jets, the playground for kids, it’s sure day experience we didn’t have for Stadium before an NFL game. better than having them dodging those years,” says Ravens season Many hardcore NFL fans pre- cars in the parking lot.” ticket holder Francis Preroff of Tow- fer watching at home or in sports The New Jersey stadium used by son, Maryland. “It’s like a celebra- bar, where they can watch multiple the Jets and Giants was built with the tion of football, with music, vendors, games on huge screens and keep fans in mind. Between the parking activities.” track of their fantasy stats or gam- lot and the seats, fans walk through Since 2013, Jacksonville fans have OIL CHANGE bling results. The league is trying to MetLife Plaza, where they can eat, enjoyed the “Prowl.” The team walks bring more people to stadiums by play, dance and watch big screens. through a wall of fans from the turning games into all-day events. “Wehaveahugeparkingareawhere locker room to the fi eld for pregame SPECIAL “We have a tremendousTV product the fans tailgate, some of them right introductions. and it has been getting better over a until game time, and that’s always Even in Dallas, fans always expect long period of time, so the great news been a big part of the experience,” more. for the NFL is to be competing with Jets President Neil Glat says. “How do we create an authen- ourselves,” says Brian Lafemina, the “But we encourage them to spend tic, unique experience that can’t be $ 95 league’s senior vice president of club time in the plaza, particularly if they replicated at home?” asks Charlotte business development. “Teams have are bringing along children. We have Jones Anderson, the Cowboys’ exec- been innovating and creating better the kids’ area, ESPN broadcasts, food utive vice president and chief brand 17 game-day experience over the past sampling of all kinds.” officer. “Our big board did most of several years. We’ve stopped think- Baltimore has the Ravens Walk, that for us, it really reinvented the *Expires 9/30/15, by appointment only, must have coupon. ing about programming a football which has become so popular that way you experience a game as an en- Up to 6 qts, excludes diesels and synthetics. game and instead we’re focusing on some fans without tickets will come gaging interactive. But our program- making it a fi ve-to-six-hour, drive- to the stadium simply to take part, ming we start from the time you park SERVICE HOURS: M-F 7:30-5:30 •Sat 8:00-2:00 way-to-driveway experience.” then head elsewhere to watch the your car. We even direct you to avoid It’s particularly important families game. Fans can talk to cheerlead- the traffic.” Hwy 90 •Marianna, FL •(850) 482-4601 6B ◆ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 SPORTS JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.com Qataris invest in English soccer The Associated Press ground and museum at Olive fi eld Club, the forerunner to the Grove is developed and school- Football Association, which was MANCHESTER, England children from across the world formed in 1863. — Qatari money is coming to visit and stand on the site where In 1889, Sheffield FC helped English football for the fi rst time the beautiful game was cre- to form Sheffield United, and — at the unlikeliest of clubs. ated, they will be able to com- Wednesday. Sheffield FC contin- The recipient is not a glob- prehend just how far the game ued as a separate club and won ally-recognized power but a tiny travelled to every corner of the its biggest honor — the national team playing seven divisions be- globe which resulted in the fi rst Amateur Cup — in 1904. low the Premier League. Middle Eastern World Cup,” Al The team’s pulling power belies What Sheffield FC lacks in Thawadi said. its lowly position in the modern glamor it makes up for in status. game. Its most recent moment From the powerhouses of Barce- FOOTBALL’S FIRST in the spotlight came around lona and Manchester United to its 150th anniversary in 2007 amateur outfits worldwide, ev- While Sheffield FC’s founders when FIFA President Sepp Blat- ery football team emanates from did not invent football, they do ter attended a cathedral service this club in northern England’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lay claim to being the fi rst or- and dinner in Sheffield and Pele steel city. Hassan Al Thawadi, head of the Qatar 2022 World Cup organizing commit- ganization with the intention of attended a celebratory game When Sheffield FC started tee, speaks during a press conference in Doha. Qatar has invested in English playing the game. against Inter Milan. playing 1857, there was no other football for the fi rst time, in the unlikeliest of clubs, Sheffield FC. Football was played through- team in the world. out Britain with different rules SHEFFIELD STRUGGLES Now, eager to be associated Richard Tims told the AP. “This ways in which we could lend our until October 1857, with some with the pioneers of football, is about having a catalyst that support,” Al Thawadi said. “Our games having 500 players and Being the world’s fi rst club se- $153,000 is headed to Sheffield makes everyone sit up and take modest contribution is part often ending in violence. Then cured a place in history but did FC from the country hosting the note ... a partnership between of a fi rst step on an important two passionate cricketers, Wil- not secure its future. Middle East’s fi rstWorld Cup, The the new kids on the block and journey for the club of gaining liam Prest and Nathaniel Cres- The Sheffield FC men’s team Associated Press has learned. the world’s fi rst football club pro- wider support for the (stadium) wick, set about unifying the laws plays in the amateur ranks of The enduring controversy sur- tecting the heritage of football.” project.” and Sheffield FC was born. English football in the eighth tier rounding the awarding of the Prest and Creswick wrote the but its 12-year-old women’s side 2022 tournament means the QATAR CONNECTION THE STADIUM fi rst set of rules, adopting free is thriving. investment from the World Cup kicks and introducing a cross Qataricashhasalreadyenabled organizers could be interpreted Qatar lacks the deep football After struggling to survive in bar. To meet the cost of their Sheffield Ladies to show the FA as Sheffield FC being used by heritage of England and it is try- a city dominated by Sheffield current land, those rules were it had the required resources to a country in need of a positive ing to rapidly develop players for Wednesday and Sheffield United sold at auction in 2011 for $1.4 gain promotion in May to the promotional platform. the World Cup and raise inter- — former Premier League clubs million to a buyer who remains second tier. Now it is one step But Sheffield FC said it only est in the game among its tiny now in the second and third anonymous. from the top-level Women’s Su- turned to Qatar after feeling population. tiers, respectively — Sheffield FC For three years of its existence, per League. snubbed after making direct ap- Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary moved in 2001 into a 1,500-seat Sheffield FC played among itself, “We wanted to show our com- proaches to the English Football general of Qatar’s World Cup su- stadium in nearby Dronfield, a including married men against mitment to the club by helping Association and Premier League preme committee, has links to small village in the Derbyshire unmarried men, until Sheffield support their promotion,” Al in the search for cash to fund a Sheffield after studying law at countryside. persuaded the nearby Hallam Thawadi said. “I will be hoping return to the site of its original the city’s main university in the Sheffield FC has bought the cricket club to form a rival. to persuade others in the inter- home. Applications for grants 1990s. land on its original site at Olive By 1862, 15 other clubs were national football community to have to go through the Football “Over the past few years since Grove in Sheffield, but to relocate established in the Sheffield area join in supporting this important Foundation. the (Sheffield FC) chairman fi rst to its birthplace the team is rais- — famous for its steel industry mission to preserve this wonder- “This is not about Qatar mus- contacted us we have been work- ing money for the stadium itself. — and organized themselves ful club and promote grassroots cling in,” Sheffield FC chairman ing together to look for suitable “I hope that when the new under the auspices of the Shef- development.” Windfall for agents from record-breaking transfer window The Associated Press fall from “intermediary larly been criticized by fan ing in front of 80,000 they gain. buy and sell players, play- commissions” — as FIFA’s groups for taking money want to see the best players “It might bring (transfer ers should have the free- MANCHESTER, England Transfer Match System out of the game or having in the world,” the owner of fees) down because then dom to move when they — When the transfer win- calls them — to around too much influence within the Stellar Group added. people wouldn’t be rushed want,” he added. “I also dow closed in Europe last $700 million from $12 bil- clubs. “If you put Hartlepool with into spending the sort of week, players weren’t the lion in transfer deals since “If you look at all the all due respect in the same money at the last minute think the actual windows only ones to be celebrating 2013. criticism and everything stadium of Old Trafford no that they do now,” Barnett give agents a bad name, some big-money moves. The biggest transfer in else, football is better than one is going to turn up to said. gives everyone the wrong Agents also toasted their that time saw Gareth Bale it’s ever been,” Barnett watch it. “Clubs should be able to idea.” bulging bank balances. move in August 2013 from told the SoccerEx global “People knock football, Clubs in England, Spain, Tottenham to Real Madrid convention. “Everything is but in fact round the world Germany, France and Italy for 100 million euros (then wonderful.” today it is thriving. The 1001 USES paid a record $2.4 billion $132 million). When it was pointed out players are the new super- MOBILE HOME &RVPARTS between June and last The Wales forward’s by the on-stage interviewer stars and the business is PORTABLE BUILDINGS week to complete 2,396 agent clinched a lucra- than the gap between rich absolutely thriving in foot- CARPORTS -GARAGES transfers, according to data tive cut of what remains and poor in football had ball and a lot has to do with from FIFA. For negotiating a world-record transfer. never been wider, Barnett agents making it happen.” 526-3797 the deals, agents received And Jonathan Barnett, in replied: “A nd so it should Barnett wants the trans- TRUCK ACCESSORIES $158 million, eight per- rare public comments on be.” fer windows abolished WE MOVE PORTABLE BUILDINGS cent more than in the 2014 Tuesday, offered a forth- “You can’t bring the play- and player trading allowed summer transfer window. right defense of the agent ing fi eld level because if throughout the year — not It took the total wind- industry, which has regu- you have Man United play- he insists for personal
4630 Hwy.90•Marianna, FL 32446 (850) 526-2891 Rooney breaks record as England beats Switzerland Each Office Is Independently Owned and Operated The Associated Press remain in the hunt for the straight at goalkeeper Yann soon as referee Gianluca www.sunnysouthproperties.com second automatic qualify- Sommer in the 51st. Rocchi pointed to the spot. Sunny South Properties LONDON — Wayne ing spot. Switzerland has Switzerland mainly fo- The England captain hit Rooney broke England’s 15 points with Slovenia on cused on counterattacks, an unstoppable shot that Smarter.Bolder. scoring record as the hosts 12 and Estonia on 10 with but Xherdan Shaqiri and Sommer got a hand on but maintained their perfect two rounds of games re- Josip Drmic were both off couldn’t keep out. Faster. record in European Cham- maining. The third-place target with the team’s best “I knew myself it was a big pionship qualifying with a team enters a playoff. chances in the fi rst half. moment for me and I just 2-0 win over Switzerland With England having Instead it was Kane who picked my corner and put on Tuesday that secured secured a berth in France fi nished off a well-worked my boot through it to get top spot in Group E. with a 6-0 win at San Ma- move after Rooney fed the as much power as possible Rooney slammed in a rino on Saturday, the focus ball to Shaw running down and make it hard for the penalty in the 84th minute at Wembley was mainly on the left fl ank. Kane met the keeper,” Rooney said. “He for his 50th internation- Rooney’s quest to break defender’s low cross with a got a touch, but thankfully al goal, eclipsing Bobby Charlton’s record. England low left-footed shot inside it had too much power.” Charlton’s 45-year-old struggledtocreatechances, the near post. Charlton, who also England record. though, and the Manches- When Sterling was played for United, scored England had already qual- ter United striker sidefoot- brought down in the area, his 49 goals for England in ified for next year’s tourna- ed a shot wide in the 17th shouts of “Rooney” went 106 games. Rooney needed For All Your Real Estate Needs!! ment in France and lacked minute and then headed up around Wembley as 107 matches to get to 50. intensity for most of the game. But substitute Harry Kane opened the scoring in the 67th minute after a FOR THE BEST DEALS IN TOWN COME SEETHE SALESMEN OF cross from Luke Shaw and Raheem Sterling was then TEAM RAHAL-MILLER! tripped in the area to set up the spot kick for Rooney. “To be the country’s all- time leading goalscorer before the age of 30 is not something I could ever have dreamed of,” the 29- CHEVROLETRAHAL-MILLER-BUICK -CADILLAC -GMC -NISSANR year-old Rooney said. “I was a bit emotional out there and it’s something to 4204 Lafayette St •Marianna, fL be extremely proud of. I’m happy it’s done and hope- LEROY CHRIS fully I can kick on from BOONE (850) 482-3051 CAMPBELL TEAM TEAM here and concentrate on SALES WES POLSTON CURTIS ROGERS SALES the team and our success TEAM SALES TEAM SALES/INVENTORYMGR in the future.” Switzerland stayed sec- ond in the group with Slo- venia climbing to third by beating Estonia 1-0. Lithu- ania needed an injury-time winner to beat San Marino 2-1 in a game both teams fi nished with 10 men. Switzerland could have qualified with a win if Slo- venia-Estonia had been a BILLBILLYYB BAXLEYAXLEY RICK TIDWELL JOEY HAMM CRAIG BARD JACKIE GLASS draw, but all three teams TEAM SALES TEAM SALES TEAM SALES TEAM SALES TEAM SALES JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDAN ◆ www.jcfloridan.com ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 ◆ 7B
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Annie’s Mailbox ALLEY OOP BY JACK AND CAROLE BENDER Dear Annie: Our oldest son married the When you tell your little circle of friends most wonderful woman. “Kate” has two that you are “concerned he might molest children from a previous marriage, ages 8 the grandchildren,” what exactly are you and 3, both of whom we love dearly. Our trying to accomplish besides satisfying son has three children from his previous your selfish, insecure feelings? He is ter- marriage and Kate loves them like her rifi ed to be left alone with them, knowing own. The problem is Kate’s ex-husband what your false accusations can lead to. and his parents. This is an open letter to I hope you will see this letter and recog- them: nize that it is meant for you, and that you We love the children just as you do. As will fi x the wrong you are doing. Please a grandmother, I would want only the let the children love us. most loving and nurturing relationships — GRANDMA FROM GUAM MONTY BY JIM MEDDICK for all of my grandchildren. When you spread nasty rumors and sick lies and Dear Grandma: How sad for those plant poison in people’s minds, you are children that their father and his parents not only hurting us. You are hurting your are so fi lled with jealousy and resent- grandchildren. ment that they use the grandchildren as You make the children feel that they weapons and are willing to damage them need to choose between us. You make emotionally. We hope Kate is keeping a them feel conflicted and they shut written record of these accusations and themselves off. And let me tell you what rumors. If necessary, she should take her your slanderous words about my son do: ex to court. This could affect his visita- You have managed to destroy with your tion rights and those of his parents. Such THATA BABY BY PAULTRAP poison any potentially healthy and loving toxic people should not have access to relationship he can have with these kids. young children. Bridge Donatella Versace said, “I have worked sleepy East had thought that, he would with wool all my life as a designer. There’s have played second hand low and the so much more to it than knitwear — it’s contract would have made. But an awake an amazingly versatile material and can East had applied the Rule of Eleven at be used in so many different ways from trick one. Six from 11 is fi ve. So there chic to rustic.” were fi ve spades higher than the six in KIT‘N’ CARLYLE BY LARRY WRIGHT HERMAN BY JIM UNGER When declarer is in trouble, he should the North, East and South hands com- try to pull the wool over the oppo- bined, and East had seen them all at trick nents’ eyes, in the hope that they will one. So, West’s spades were ready to run. misdefend. East grabbed the third trick and returned What sheepish play should South try in his spade jack to defeat the contract. this deal? He is in three no-trump. West leads the spade six, and declarer takes East’s 10 with his king. This was not, per se, a deal in which using Stayman had a major effect. If North had just raised to three no-trump, West would still have led the spade six. The only drawback of North’s employing Stayman was that the defenders knew South had started with only two or three spades. Declarer began with eight top tricks: one spade (trick one), three diamonds and four clubs. He needed to get a heart trick. South adopted his best line. He played a club to the dummy and called for the heart jack, trying to look like someone about to fi nesse East for the queen. If a 8 B- Wednesday, September 9, 2015 z Jackson County Floridan CLASSIFIEDS WIREGRASS CLASSIFIED
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The Associated Press be competing for spots in the 2015 Roller Speed Skat- NAIROBI, Kenya — A ing World Championships, fl ock of speedskaters to be held this November fl ashed across a parking lot in Taiwan. past children learning to When they return, how- roller skate and hundreds ever, they may have to fi nd of other people who had a new place to practice; gathered to skate or just to the sunken parking lot is watch the action on a re- slated to be converted into cent Sunday in downtown a multi-story parking lot at Nairobi. the end of the year. A craze for roller skating Anthony Kamunyu, act- has hit Kenya, fueled by its ing president of Kenya’s growing middle class and a skating federation, said he love for speed. is in contact with county Lameck Wafula has seen officials on possible new this phenomenon up skating locales. He dreams close. For 27 years, he has of a speedskating track taught choir in the sunken with smooth surfaces and parking lot that covers a banked corners, the kind whole city block on Aga of track Kenya’s interna- Khan Walk, using the spot tional competitors train because he didn’t have to pay rent and he enjoys the on. There is talk of paving open air. the area around Nyayo Na- A decade ago, he noticed tional Stadium to make a that a few skaters began track. appearing on the lot. Then Meanwhile, young skat- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ers like Leleti Baikwinga the sport really took off in Kenya skaters in action during 3,000-meter race in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. A craze for roller skating has hit Kenya, fueled by 2010 when Nairobi Coun- will use the sunken park- its growing middle class and a love for speed. The Kenyan Federation of Roller Skating was created in 1997 with four members ing lot for as long as they ty, which owns the lot, al- and now oversees 60 skating clubs. lowed skaters to use it on can to develop their skills. Sundays and holidays, police department spon- ally on entertainment and parking lot, entrepreneurs telecom companies and The10-year-oldsawskat- providing a safer alterna- sors a skating team. outings. And that includes rent skates and give les- politicians, are drawn to ers one day and became tive to the streets. As Kenya’s middle class roller skating. sons. Entry-level in-line the sport’s youth appeal entranced by their speed. Wafula’s daughter be- has grown, providing more “This sport has grown skates can cost $76 new, and to the crowds that big Her father, a human re- came a skater, and he also income and leisure oppor- so fast,” George Obulinji, while renting skates is less races draw. sources specialist, bought got involved. tunities, so has its partici- chairman of the Nairobi than $3 for an hour. “Every organization is her skates and lessons, and Today, he’s the secre- pation in skating and other branch of the skating fed- Anthony Karanja began now asking to use our skat- she loves the sport. tary-general of the Kenyan sports like golf, according eration, exclaimed as he with rentals before buy- ers to market their prod- ‘’When I go fast it’s just Federation of Roller Skat- to Daniel Ngari, director visited the parking lot ing his own and training ucts,” Wafula said. a wonderful feeling,” she ing, which was created in of Kenya’s Social Services on a recent Sunday. “We for competition. After just Karanja and Mburu will said, smiling broadly. 1997 with four members Department. couldn’t have expected it.” one year, he is now the sec- and now oversees 60 skat- The African Develop- A group of skaters ond-ranked speedskater in ing clubs. More than 100 ment Bank estimates that whooshed past him and Kenya. Marianna Animal Hospital schools feature roller skat- Africa’s middle class rose to rounded a corner, their He and Isaac Mburu, Companion Animal •Medicine &Surgery ing at gym. A speedskating 313 million people in 2010 arms swaying, their skates Kenya’s top-ranked speed- tournament in June drew from 151 million in 1990. clicking on the tarmac. skater, make money off Kenneth R. Renegar, D.V.M. more than 400 participants In Kenya, more people They glided past some competitions and en- We Appreciate the from all over Kenya with can afford cars, with the jacaranda trees and picked dorsements. In a good Citizens of Jackson County hundreds more watching. number of registered ve- up speed on a straight- year, a skater can earn and your support. A music video by Kenyan hicles doubling from 2001 way. Tall buildings loomed $3,000. Sponsors, which 2909 Jefferson Street •850-482-3520 hip-hop artist Octopizzo to 2009. Kenyan youth now overhead. include a restaurant chain, features skating. Even the spend $616 million annu- In each corner of the
Marathon Running Radcliffe denies she Eveis invitedrytoonethe ever resorted to doping
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LONDON — Paula Radcliffe, a three- time London Marathon winner and hold- er of the world record for the distance, denied Tuesday that she ever used per- trios formance-enhancing drugs and said she Pa & was “devastated” that her name had been linked to allegations of widespread blood espon doping in track and fi eld. st R de “I categorically deny that I ever resorted ir rs to cheating in any form whatsoever at F any time in my career,” the British run- ner said in a strongly-worded four-page THE ASSOCIATED PRESS statement issued through her manage- British athlete Paula Radcliffe has won the ment company. London Marathon three times and has been The 41-year-old Radcliffe, who retired accused of blood doping. from competition this year, released her — in disciplines ranging from the 800 denial following a British Parliamentary meters to the marathon at the Olympics Celebration hearing into allegations of doping leveled and world championships were won by last month by The Sunday Times newspa- athletes who have recorded suspicious per and German broadcaster ARD. tests. Even though her name was not men- The Sunday Times also claimed the september 11, 2015 tioned in the media reports or the hear- London Marathon was won seven times ing, Radcliffe said she was “effectively” over a 12-year period by athletes who re- 4:00pm-6:00pm implicated in the Parliamentary inquiry. corded suspicious blood tests. Jesse Norman, chairman of the Culture, TheWorld Anti-Doping Agency is inves- Winn dixie Media and Sport Select Committee, said tigating the allegations and is expected to during the hearing that “potentially the issue its fi ndings by the end of the year. shoppinG Center winners or medalists at the London Mar- “I fully expect that once the indepen- athon” and “’potentially British athletes dent committee publish their report I are under suspicion for very high levels of will again be found to have no case to an- blood doping.” swer,” Radcliffe said. Radcliffe, who won the London Mara- Radcliffe set the world record when she thon in 2002, 2003 and 2005, said she ran 2 hours, 15 minutes, 25 seconds in Show Your was “devastated that my name has winning the 2003 London Marathon. She even been linked to these wide-ranging also won the New York Marathon three Appreciation to accusations.” times (2004, ‘07 and ‘08) and the Chicago “These accusations threaten to under- Marathon in 2002. Radcliffe competed in mine all I have stood and competed for, four Olympics but never won a medal. OurLocal Patriots as well as my hard earned reputation,” Radcliffe said innocent athletes “are be- she said. “By linking me to allegations of ing implicated and tainted due to the dis- cheating, damage done to my name and torted interpretation of a limited historic &First Responders reputation can never be fully repaired, no dataset.” matter how untrue I know them to be.” Radcliffe has openly campaigned GoodWill donations Will be Radcliffe acknowledged that her blood- against doping. At the 2001 world cham- testing data may have shown “fluctua- pionships in Edmonton, she held up a Given to loCal elder Care serviCes tions” but insisted there were no “abnor- sign saying “EPO Cheats Out” to protest malities” and experts had concluded she the reinstatement of Russian athlete Olga had done nothing wrong. Yegorova after she tested positive for the “I welcome further investigation if it is blood-boosting drug. necessary,” she said. “However, multiple In Tuesday’s statement, Radcliffe said experts (have) already concluded ... that she“wrestled long and hard” about speak- Sponsors there is simply no case to answer.” ing out at the time of the publication of The Sunday Times and ARD reported the Sunday Times articles to “fully explain that blood doping was rampant in the any fl uctuations in my blood data” but sport, citing leaked results from an IAAF felt it only would fuel false speculation. database. The IAAF has strongly rejected “As a result of today’s Parliamentary suggestions that it had failed to follow up hearing, I can no longer maintain my si- on the suspicious tests and that it wasn’t lence,” she said. doing enough to uncover doping. Radcliffe said “only one” of her blood The media reports examined the results test readings was “marginally above” the of 12,000 blood tests involving 5,000 ath- accepted threshold, saying it was “inval- letes from 2001 to 2012, and concluded id” because it was collected right after a that 800 were suspicious. The reports said half marathon in midday temperatures of that 146 medals — including 55 golds about 86 degrees.