THE WIRE Reptile enthusiasts seek to lift ban on four giant snake species PAGE 1 Pick of the Day Christmas village $25 In Today’s Classifieds! Charlotte Sun AND WEEKLY HERALD HOLIDAY HEART ATTACKS MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV DIES Studies are showing heart trouble spikes during the holiday The Russian firearms designer and inventor of the AK-47 has season, and not just in the U.S. THE WIRE PAGE 1 died at age 94. THE WIRE PAGE 1 AN EDITION OF THE SUN VOL. 121 NO. 358 AmericA’s Best community DAily TUESDAY DECEMBER 24, 2013 www.sunnewspapers.net $1.00 LIFE STORIES Sleeping, awake, Boat crash kills 1, injures 4 watching The following column first ran in Officials: Alcohol use suspected December 2007. his time of year, there are several By IAN ROSS declined to specify who is suspected watercraft was passing the boat on commandments any savvy kid is Staff Writer to have been drinking at the time of its right side. The boat turned right to T careful to follow: the accident. enter the pass and the two vehicles • Thou shalt watch out. PLACIDA — A Kansas man died A report by the FWC stated that collided. • Thou shalt not cry. Monday from injuries he sustained around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, a 21-foot After the collision, a sailboat op- • Thou shalt not Sunday when his personal watercraft 2012 Nautic Star motor boat and a erator helped rescue the injured and pout. collided with a boat on Lemon Bay, 10-foot 2006 Bombardier personal brought them to Stump Pass Marina Because they know according to Florida Fish and Wildlife watercraft collided near Stump Pass. on Maryland Avenue in Englewood. why: Conservation Commission officials. According to the report, four people “We heard the noise and saw the • List. FWC spokesman Gary Morse were aboard the motor boat, which people out in the water,” Darel “Big • Checked twice. confirmed Monday afternoon that was captained by Bruce Vilardi, 43. Daddy” Burns, who was working at • Column A: Lee Hollis, 54, passed away Monday The report stated both the personal the Stump Pass Marina bait shop Naughty. morning. In an email statement, watercraft and the boat were headed on Sunday, said Monday. “There • Column B: Nice. Morse said the FWC suspects alcohol south on the Intracoastal Waterway • The latter is far was a factor in the crash. Morse toward Stump Pass. The personal preferable. CRASH | 6 For goodness Steve sake, the Christmas BAUMANN commandments are enough to turn Columnist any normal kid into a mumbling paranoid, especially when What to my wondering eyes ... they’re jacked up on the sugarplums of ex- SUN PHOTO BY pectation. Being a kid is never a cakewalk, 1 . SUE PAQUIN but the pre-Christmas naughty/nice jitters can drive them over the ledge. Charlotte County It’s a lot of pressure, and children all Fire/EMS Station 12, learn the procedural requirements at an on Luther Road in early age. Deep Creek, hosted Early in the season comes the obligatory the 15th annual solicitation letter: Santa Firehouse Dear Sir: My name is (Kid). How is (Mrs. Pancake Breakfast Claus/Blitzen)? Cold enough for you up on Monday. Santa north? arrived on a fire But enough small talk. The main truck to the delight purpose of my letter is to assure you I’ve of the more than been very nice all year long. Definitely 100 children and not naughty. I cleaned my room. I walked their families who Barkie every night. I did not bother Dad came to enjoy a when he was busy watching (“Monday holiday breakfast Night Football”/“Dancing With the Stars”). and visit with Contrary to what you may have heard Santa Claus and his from other sources, I did not hit my (little helpers. Charlotte sister/brother/pet iguana) with a Tonka County Fire/EMS truck. I did not throw a fit at bedtime last staff and the event Thursday, despite unconfirmed allegations sponsor, Fawcett stating otherwise. Memorial Hospital, Therefore, I am asking for (various toys, joined together to but no clothing) this Christmas. Note make the event a especially the (most expensive toy). memorable one. In conclusion, I look forward to your visit Here, Naiara and hope your flight is a pleasant one. Espinoza-Clore, 2, Sincerely, (Kid) takes a candy cane Next, of course, comes the requisite from Santa as she personal interview: sits on his lap. More S. Claus: So, what would you like this photos on page 12. year little (boy/girl)? Kid: (Deep breath). (Various stuff). Claus: Have you been a good little (boy/ girl)? Kid: (Deeper breath). (Head nod). Smile, photo and exit. Trains transport memories The whole procedure is enough to give any kid ulcers before they hit age 5. By AL HEMINGWAY We lived in Elm City in those days To feed this anxiety, my wife found Sun CorreSpondent on 5 Willow St. Every day I would eh:rf n.: race across State Street to Blatchley /1 something new for the grandchildren this i/WE' M! CHOO- year. It’s called Elf on the Shelf. The concept There is something about trains that Avenue, run across the bridge, and SOUNDS OR POWER! " is sublime: A cute doll is placed around the fascinates people — especially little peer through the thick glass oval house throughout the month of December. boys. When we purchased our grand- windows situated around the building Each night, he moves to a new spot. Every son Ryan a train set for Christmas, he to look at the Christmas displays. morning, kids hunt for him. tore open the wrapping and squealed There was only one window that I When my grandson Aidan, 4, first with delight, “It’s a train!” would stare into — the one that had encountered The Elf, he ran off into the Just watching him scurry around on the American Flyer train set. kitchen screaming and refused to come the living room floor and putting the The founder of the Gilbert Toy PHOTO PROVIDED BY AL HEMINGWAY out. Apparently, he thought he was being tracks together took me back to 1958. Co., Alfred Carlton Gilbert, was an stalked by “Chuckie.” It was the year I received an American Olympic athlete who established A photo from a 1950s A.C. Gilbert Co. catalog His two cousins adapted quicker. Flyer train set from the A.C. Gilbert showing a steam locomotive pulling cars They live in a big house and every morn- Toy Co. in New Haven, Conn. TRAINS | 6 similar to the one I had. ing the two girls race to find the errant Elf. One day, he was on a ceiling fan, and granddaughter Ella, 4, thoughtfully posited he had gotten stuck there while flying from fireplace to dining room. Groups work to improve case management Aidan’s initial reaction notwithstanding, independent consultant with ex- HMIS, which is data collection software the whole thing can be a lot of fun. Still, By SCOTT LOCKWOOD given the pressure for all involved, the Staff Writer pertise in master case management used to compile information on the possibility exists for parental Elf abuse. and the Homelessness Management homeless. Thaxton said discussions My daughter-in-law admitted last week SARASOTA COUNTY — On the Information System, or HMIS. Lee has have taken place on improvements to that when Ella refused to finish dinner heels of a suggestion in Dr. Robert experience working with the homeless the HMIS, who is going to be charged recently, she was reminded of the om- Marbut’s recent report on homeless- and case management in St. Louis and with owning the system, and who will niscient Elf looming above. Ella thought ness in Sarasota County, the Gulf Coast San Antonio in Texas. be responsible for real-time data input. about it for seven seconds, then picked up Community Foundation has brought GCCF director of community in- One of the main objectives of the HMIS her fork again. in another national expert to review vestment Jon Thaxton said a private is to eliminate duplicate counting and After finishing, she walked over and and help come up with a master case meeting hosted by the foundation data of the area’s homeless population. announced, “Tell Santa Claus I ate all my management system to streamline last week with Lee had more than 40 Ellen McLaughlin, Sarasota YMCA dinner, Mr. Elf.” services for the county’s homeless. people who provide services to the Schoolhouse Link program director Nice, kid. Really nice. On a recommendation from home- homeless in attendance. Lee discussed and homeless liaison for county Stephen Baumann is a member of less expert Marbut, the foundation the two main aspects of master case schools, said the meeting with Lee was the Sun’s editorial board. Contact him contacted Shaun Lee, who visited management: the actual personnel an overview of the work he’s done in at [email protected], or call with several service organizations that work with the homeless and how 941-681-3003. late last week in the role of an they work with their clientele; and the IMPROVE | 6 INDEX | THE SUN: Police Beat 4 | Obituaries 5 | Legals 8 | Viewpoint 10 | Opinion 11 | THE WIRE: Nation 2,8 | State 3 | World 5 | Business 6-7 | Weather 8 | SPORTS: Lotto 2 | CLASSIFIED: Comics 9-12 | Dear Abby 12 | TV Listings 13 Daily Edition $1.00 Look inside for valuable coupons High Low This year’s savings to date ... CHARLIE SAYS ... SUN COUPON CALL US AT THERE’S ONLY ONE MORE SLEEP 71 51 VALUE METER $84,148 941-206-1000 TILL CHRISTMAS!!!! 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CHRISTMAS • Family Services Center: Char- County: open today; closed 2014 North Port Community Guides lotte government offices at the Wednesday — open only for CLOSURES center will be closed both days. Christmas dinner. he much-antici- granted an award, the In observance of the Christmas • Charlotte County library • Charlotte and Sarasota pated North Port amount will be applied Day holiday, all Charlotte and administration offices: closed county health departments: T Area Chamber of directly toward the actual Sarasota county government both days. offices and clinics will be closed Commerce 2014 Commu- costs of city resources business offices (in Sarasota, this • Charlotte County libraries: both days. In Charlotte, Women, nity Guides are here. This for the approved special includes libraries, the History closed both days. Infants and Children clients who annual publication pro- event. Center, recreation centers, • Charlotte County Historical previously were scheduled to vides valuable informa- Bill To launch this program, Arlington Pool, Payne Park and Center: closed both days. pick up WIC checks today can tion about the chamber, Gunnin we are offering a special Knights Trail Park), along with • Harold Avenue Recreation pick them up before or after the chamber partners, city of application submission Punta Gorda and North Port Center: closed both days. holidays during regular business North Port and surround- period from Jan. 20, city offices, will be closed today • South County Regional hours (see www.CharlotteCHD. ing communities. It also 2014, to Feb. 11, 2014. If and Wednesday. The county Park Recreation Center in Punta com for more info). provides an orientation this publication to our awarded, the funds will and circuit courts will be closed Gorda: closed both days. • Garbage collection for to the community and community. be directly applied toward as well. Post offices will close • Joseph A. Tringali Recre- residents of Charlotte County what is available to our I would also like to costs of city resources for early today, and will be closed ation Center: closed both days. will be as follows: No curbside • Charlotte Community collection Christmas Day, residents, businesses and thank ROI Media for events occurring from Wednesday. Banks will be closed. Services administration offices: Wednesday. Curbside collec- visitors. doing such a great job in March 1, 2014, to Sept. 30, Other local offices and services soliciting advertisers, de- 2014. Applications sub- will be affected today and closed both days. tion service from Christmas The 84-page 2014 • The Morgan Family Commu- Day through the rest of the Community Guides are signing and printing the mitted after the Feb. 11, Wednesday as well, including: 2014, deadline will not be • Public schools: Closed now nity Center, the George Mullen week moved one day later — available for free at the Community Guide, and Activity Center and the bike and Wednesday collected Thursday, chamber office (near assisting in the distribu- accepted. through Jan. 5, 2014; classes resume Jan. 6 in Sarasota County, skate parks in North Port: closed Thursday collected Friday, and Wendy’s), North Port City tion of it throughout the The city is hosting a Special Events Clinic Jan. 7 in Charlotte. both days. Friday collected Saturday. Hall, North Port Library community. • Charlotte Harbor Event and • Residents and commercial • • • from 10 a.m.-noon Jan. 4 • Charlotte County Administra- and at the advertisers’ tion Center: closed both days. Conference Center offices: closed customers of the city of Punta place of business. I The North Port at the Morgan Family Community Center off • Charlotte County Utilities: both days. Gorda who receive trash, yard- would like to thank all Chamber will host a • Port Charlotte Beach Recre- waste or curbside-recycling community shredding West Price Boulevard. Customer service will be closed of the advertisers for both days; payments accepted ation Center: closed both days. service Wednesday will be supporting the guide and event from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Space is limited to the first 50 registrants. Call by phone at 941-764-4300, or • J.M. Berlin/Rotary Skate serviced Thursday; all other days making it possible for Saturday in the North Park at Ann Dever Memorial will receive service as normally 941-429-7018 or 941-429- by electronic billing at www. the chamber to provide Port Health Park parking Regional Park: open both days. scheduled. 7229 to reserve your spot CharlotteCountyFL.gov (select lot, located at 15141 • Captain Don Cerbone • Residents of the city of today. “Utilities” from the department Tamiami Trail (near list). Standby staff will be on Memorial Skate Park at North Port and those who live in SUBSCRIPTIONS Wendy’s). The event is be- For questions, call Carmalita Park: open both days. unincorporated Sarasota County Sherry Willette at 941- call for utility emergencies at Home Delivery Rates: ing sponsored by Privacy 941-764-4300. • Charlotte County pools: will not have yard waste, recy- Newspaper designated market: Panther, a company that 429-7229 or George closed both days. clables or garbage collection Ospina at 941-429-7018. • Mini-Transfer facilities: City Zone- Carrier home provides comprehensive Both the West Charlotte and • Charlotte Sports Park Wednesday. Residents whose • • • delivered 7 days. protection of personal Mid-County centers will be offices: closed both days. regular collection days are identity information, and The North Port closed both days. • Charlotte County Sheriff’s Wednesday, Thursday or Friday Rates as follows asset and identity theft Chamber will be closed • Charlotte County Landfill on administration and district will have their collection day plus 7% Florida Sales Tax: protection. Individuals today and Wednesday Zemel Road: open today; closed offices in Englewood, Port Char- moved to the next day in the Monthly Bank/ and businesses are wel- in observance of the lotte and Punta Gorda: closed week. For example, residents Credit Card ...... $16.47 Wednesday. come to bring any type of Christmas holiday, • Charlotte Harbor Visitor both days. Visitation hours at with a regular collection day 3 Months ...... $66.51 personal or business-re- and Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 6 Months ...... $113.05 & Convention Bureau offices: the Charlotte County Jail will be of Wednesday will have their lated documentation that in observance of the closed both days. Visitors with extended; visit www.ccso.org/ collection day Thursday; Thurs- 1 Year ...... $197.69 New Year holiday. The Does not include Waterline and TV Times. they wish to have shred- questions about things to do can Corrections/visitation.cfm to day’s regular collection will be Above rates do not include sales tax. ded. Cost is $1 per box. chamber would like to call 800-652-6090, or visit www. view visitation hours. Friday. Today’s collection will Subscribers residing in outlying • • • wish everyone a safe and CharlotteHarborTravel.com. • Edison State College not change. Because collection areas may incur additional The city of North happy holiday season. • Charlotte County Fire/EMS (including the Charlotte times vary, residents should delivery charge. Port has introduced a For more information, Headquarters will be closed both campus): closed both days. place refuse materials at the Special Events Assistance call the chamber office days; all other stations will be Classes and campus services curb by 6 a.m. the day of pickup. DESOTO COUNTY RATES Program, designed to at 941-564-3040 or visit open. resume regular hours Jan. 2. • Sarasota County’s chemical Monthly Bank/ help with the cost of city www.northportarea • Sarasota County Area Transit • North Port Area Chamber of collection centers at 8750 Bee Credit Card ...... $16.40 resources or equipment chamber.com. (SCAT) bus service: regular Commerce: closed both days. Ridge Road, Sarasota; and 250 3 Months ...... $74.09 that is incurred when Bill Gunnin is executive service today; closed Wednesday. • State College of Florida: S. Jackson Road, Venice: closed 6 Months ...... $119.54 holding a special event director of the North 1 Year ...... $196.70 • Sunshine Ride: limited closed; on winter break. College through Wednesday. Arcadian home delivery in the city. If your event Port Area Chamber of service today; closed Wednesday. reopens Jan. 2, 2014; classes • Citizen’s Convenience $29.99 per year. meets the criteria as Commerce. Email him at • Dial-A-Ride: open today; resume Jan. 6. Center, 4010 Knights Trail Road, outlined in the program wgunnin@northport closed Wednesday. • Cultural Center of Charlotte Nokomis: closed Wednesday. Mail subscription rates: Rates guidelines and you are areachamber.com. as follows (advance payment required): PAID ADVERTISEMENT 7 Days | CHARLOTTE EVENTS 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year $120.88 $216.81 $386.10 „ GOVERNMENT Lunch With Diane 11-2:30, No bar closes at 5@25538 Shore Dr PG Sunday Only Dinners, Lodge Will Close Early 637-2606 mmbrs & their gsts Featured Event Festival of Lights, Over 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year New Year’s Eve Dance, Johnny Walker’s Red High Tops „ TODAY one million lights and themed deco- $58.81 $110.56 $186.19 „ WEDNESDAY Band at Alligator Park, 6400 Taylor Rd., PG. 8 p.m., Dec. 31. Hors Punta Gorda Board, of rations, 10 am-5 pm Fishermen’s Single Copy rates Woodcarving, d’oeuvres buffet. BYOB. Tickets cost $10 per person. For info, call Art at Daily $1.00 Sunday $2.00 Zoning Appeals meeting, 4 p.m., City Village. 639-8721 Woodcarving & woodburning at the 586-321-6105; Patti at 941-575-7993; Laurie at 941-676-2078; or Lois at Unclaimed account balances Hall Council Chambers, 326 W. Marion Guided Nature Walk, Ave., PG. 575-3369. Culture Center will be closed Wed. 419-239-4469. under $10, inactive for 15 Guided walk w/knowledgeable Merry Christmas. Bev 764-6452 months, will be used to purchase leader in great natural area, 10 am, newspapers for classroom use. Deep Creek Elks 2763, 11:30am-2:30pm free Christmas Charlotte UMC 625-4356. Free for „ EVENTS 10941 Burnt Store Rd, PG, 941-575- Closed For Christmas, Happy Dinner at Port Charlotte UMC all — delivery to shut-ins available. CUSTOMER SERVICE POLICY 5435, public invited. Holidays From Deep Creek Elks 625-4356. All are invited! American Legion 103, HOURS: 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - „ TODAY Punta Gorda Elks, Bar 2763 Christmas Dinner, Vet appr day Christmas Dinner Friday; Saturday and Sunday 7 a.m. Deep Creek Elks 2763, open at 11, Xmas Eve Potluck at 1, Christmas Dinner, Serving 11:30am to 2:30pm at Port 12p-3p, 2101 Taylor Rd 639-6337 to noon. To subscribe or to report any problems with your service, please call or visit your local office. | NORTH PORT EVENTS Englewood: 941-681-3000 „ TODAY North Port Moose, 11-2:30 Sat, Sun, Take out & Public welcome North Port Moose, 11-2:30 120 W. Dearborn St. Shriners Breakfast, Lunch.Closed at 4 p.m for private sit enjoy Enjoy great food & special in Lunch. Liver/Onions, Burgers, Philly’s 5-7. „ FRIDAY Charlotte: 941-206-1300 7:30am. Olde World Restaurant NP. party North Port Members/Qualified canteen No Bingo tonight. Member/Qualified Basic Exercise, $40/8wks 23170 Harborview Rd., North Port Shrine Club. Every Tuesday. Guest only 4-6., 14156 Tamiami Free Turkey Dinner, Drop Guest. 14156 Tamiami 426-2126 or $2/class 9-10am NP Senior Center Port Charlotte Shriners, Masons and Spouses invited. 426-2126 In 12-3 pm, Englewood UM Church, Lunch VFW Post 8203, 4940 Pan American Blvd Marcelle North Port: 941-429-3000 426-0743. CANCELED - Tai Chi 700 E. Dearborn. Need Ride/Delivery? Lunch 11-2 every day except Tues, Sat, 235-0346 Join/feel better 13487 Tamiami Trail, North Port CANCELED - Scrabble CANCELED - Mahjong Call 587-1309 by noon Christmas Day. Sun, Take out & Public welcome. Enjoy North Port Moose, 11-2 DeSoto: 863-494-0300 CANCELED - Computer Taco VFW Post 8203, North Port Moose, Closed great food & special in canteen Lunch. Fish, Seafood, Prime Rib 5-8. or toll-free at 877-818-6204 Come enjoy the best Tacos in town, today for Christmas. Merry Christmas Mexican Dominos, 12-3pm 108 S. Polk Avenue, Arcadia Tutoring Dan & Sunny Karaoke 7-11. Member/ Public welcome to eat in, Take to All. 14156 Tamiami 426-2126 NP Senior Center 4940 Pan American Qualified Guest., 14156 Tamiami out orders to go VFW Post 8203 Blvd 426-2204 Come learn the game & 426-2126 Vi 44 W A LL YOUK CN4MFA sN H om e 11am-2pm join all the fun S ta y In Y o u r D elivery „ THURSDAY Pierogies-Take-Out, C a r U se O u r Ava ila ble Current Events Conv, Bingo VFW 8203, Bingo is fun Pierogies/Kielbasa,Every D rive T h ru 4f „ WEDNESDAY 10-11:30am NP Senior Center 4940 Pan for all ages, come and enjoy excitement Fri.10am-6pm Sat.10am-1pm. St. Lunch VFW Post 8203, American Blvd 426-2204 bring a topic or of the game. Come try your luck, you Andrew Ukr. Ctr. 4100 S. Biscayne Lunch 11-2 every day except Tues, joke or just come & discuss mite even WIN a game or two Blvd. North Port. 941 786-5256 NEX T TO END ZON E 2391 S . M cC a ll R d . • Englewood • 941-999-4907 | ENGLEWOOD EVENTS Open M o n d a y th ru Sa tu rd a y 7am -11 pm • Sun d a y 10 am - 10 pm „ EVENTS Concert 7pm @ LBHS 2201- Placida Wed., 1-4pm, South Venice Civic Ass’n, „ SATURDAY FREE D elivery O v e r $75 Rd. Pastor Garry Clark, Fellowship 720 Alligator Dr. $90/mo.+supplies. Pancakes and More!, Bu y 2 G e t 1 FREE On Mini • Lik e U s On F a cebook Band & Praise Team. Free refreshments 366-2866. O PE N CH RISTM AS D AY ! 9 AM - 9 PM „ TODAY 7:30-11:30 am, egg & sausage/ tt Christmas Eve Cconcert, 475-7447 biscuits & gravy/or quiche & fruit; V IK IN FJO R D PINNACLE Free Concert 5pm @LBHS 2201- Placida „ THURSDAY $5/$3 kids. EUM Church, 700 E. VOD K A VOD K A Rd. Pastor Garry Clark, Fellowship „ WEDNESDAY Plant Clinic, 10-noon, Got Dearborn, 474-5588 $ 99 es $ 97 2 BOTTLES a plant/tree problem? Bring in a B o ttl 3 BOTTLES Band & Praise Team. 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The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS www.sunnewspapers.net E/N/C Our Town Page 3 Economic news within the lights? he holidays are Thanksgiving. Then on increase in brightly clad and healthy retail sales. Christmas or Hanukkah upon us. Turkey Day, there is a dwellings this year, but According to a report card for the community. T At night, have burst of new ones. The the colors and configu- last week, the economy When I pull into my you noticed all the numbers double about rations seem to be more in the third quarter driveway at the end homes blazing with Dec. 12. Then, there’s an- eye-popping than ever. expanded at the fastest of a long day at work, elaborate, multicolored other burst about Dec. 20 I’m sure the new LED rate in almost two I have a warm feeling creations of lights? They Ken through New Year’s Day. bulbs have a lot to do years. Gasoline prices that there are more seem to be expressions Cormier Last year, within my with the brilliant colors, have receded from people this year who are of joy and hope. small test area, I record- but there may be some- wallet-pinching highs. happier with their lives. I have a pet theory: I ed a record of 80 glowing thing else going on here. There have been encour- That’s something worth suspect that the volume houses. Up to Monday, I People are purchasing aging economic sta- celebrating. of light displays during numbers have risen dra- counted 145, and tonight new lights and are not tistics, but the average That kind of wealth the holidays is another matically in my neigh- will be the peak of illumi- worrying about the person still is shaking isn’t just bought with indication of the state of borhood. I count them nation. That’s at least an increase in their electric off a hangover from the money. The glow around the economy. as I drive down Salford 81 percent increase over bills. Great Recession. those homes radiates On my nightly drive Boulevard in North the previous year. I’ve Recent news reports However, many people from the hearts within. home from the newspa- Port, even tallying those heard from other people show a nationally appear to be feeling per, I count houses that visible on side streets, for that there are significant- improving job situation, good about the state of Ken Cormier is Sun have splashy concoctions a three-mile stretch. ly more lights out there increases in home their lives and happy wire editor. He can be of holiday lights. During The decorations begin this year. values and construction, enough to climb onto reached at kcormier@ the last few years, the appearing a week before There’s not only an burgeoning car sales their roofs and create a sun-herald.com Pathways complete By BRENDA BARBOSA dreaming of a river walk Linear Park runs across a and, at certain locations, Staff Writer in the late 1980s, after quiet, scenic part of town there are “confidence” the last mobile homes graced with shade and signs letting riders know Editor’s note: The Sun is were moved out of the a variety of amenities, they should continue recapping its most com- former municipal trailer Best of including decorative straight through a major pelling and talked about park to make way for lights, bollards, benches, intersection, barring stories of 2013. Look for Laishley Park. The vision landscaping, a 10-foot by traffic, or that they are in stories to follow each day, expanded amid the 20-foot shade structure the right location. through Dec. 31. urban renewal set off and water fountain at Gill The project was funded This year marked by Hurricane Charley in Street and a fixit repair through a combination the much-anticipated 2004. station at Shreve Street of Federal Transportation completion of the Punta The pathways consist and W. Virginia Avenue. Funds, Infrastructure Gorda Pathways, a beau- of 18 miles of bike Village; the Linear Park, of Punta Gorda near the And most recently, bike Sales Tax money — better tifully lit and landscaped and pedestrian trails which follows the old welcome sign3102 on U.S. 41 signs — roughly 200 of known as the penny sales chain of pedestrian and and paths connecting railroad right of way from and runs up to Monaco them — were installed tax — and private sector bike paths that link the city neighborhoods, near Fishermen’s Village Drive where it connects to guide cyclists around development projects. outer edges of Punta parks and commercial to Cross Street; multi- to an already-completed four major bike paths City officials say the Gorda to the city’s areas. It is made up of use recreational trails segment running north — Washington Loop, system will benefit resi- downtown district. Harborwalk East and (MURTS) along U.S. 41 to Aqui Esta. From there, Punta Gorda bridges, dents and visitors alike, Formerly dubbed Ring West, a promenade along and Shreve Street; and the trail runs up to Tropical Gulf and Tour de enhancing quality of life. Around the City, officials the waterfront runs connector projects to Airport Road and links Punta Gorda — totaling On any given day, dozens in March changed the from Charlotte Regional neighborhoods around up with the Shreve Street 108 miles of road across of walkers, runners and project’s name to Punta Medical Center through town. MURT, Linear Park and South County. cyclists can be seen Gorda Pathways to better downtown and Gilchrist The south MURTS Harborwalk. The signs mark every enjoying the paths. reflect the city’s commit- Park to Fishermen’s starts at the south end The new section of the turn along the routes Email: [email protected] ment to bicyclists and pedestrians. In July, the final section of the Harborwalk path, which stretches from the eastern edge of Gilchrist Park back around the Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel up to the U.S. 41 Our Dining Room bridge, was completed, bringing to a close — at serves breakfastbreakfast,, least for now — the near- ly decade-long project. dinner,dinner, and an City officials first began evening snack | COMMUNITY seven days a weekweek,, | NEWS BRIEFS 365 daysdays a yyear.ear j Christmas Eve = services This year we On Christmas Even, Faith Lutheran Church, served over 551 Rotonda Blvd. West, Rotonda will offer a 68,700 meals family service at 7 p.m. and a candlelight service and more at 10 p.m. Communion y tS.. will be celebrated at both services. Please join us to than 2,950 celebrate the real reason for the season, Jesus’ households birth. All are welcome. Call 941-697-3313 or visit utilized our www.faithlutheran rotonda.org for more Food Pantry. information. 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Address______City______State______Zip______Tina.Figliuolo@cchomelesscoalition.org PeaceRiverAusdubon.org. AA13-SUN1 Registration #CH2328 Charlotte County Homeless Coalition is a nonprofit, charitable organization classified as a 501(c)3 by the IRS. Gifts are tax-deductible. 50462554 Our Town Page 4 E/N/C www.sunnewspapers.net LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 North Port man killed in motorcycle crash

By DREW WINCHESTER South Biscayne Drive Street, crashed his 2006 and Fabiani had been According to Sirianni, belonged to Fabiani. Staff Writer early Monday morning, Yamaha Sport motor- thrown from the bike, a full report may not be According to the according to the North cycle in the 6300 block his body coming to rest available for a “couple report, the motorcycle NORTH PORT — Port Police Department. of S. Biscayne Drive at in the southbound lane of weeks,” and he was Fabiani was driving had Details were scarce But according to a 2:14 a.m. of Biscayne. unable to provide details a Connecticut tag. Monday in connection brief report released by Officers who arrived Fabiani was pro- on how fast Fabiani was According to the with a motorcycle NPPD Assistant Police at the scene found the nounced dead at the traveling, if alcohol was Sarasota County Clerk of crash that claimed the Chief Tony Sirianni, motorcycle wedged scene by North Port involved, whether he Courts, Fabiani has not life of a 27-year-old Johnathan James between two palm Fire Rescue, the report was wearing a helmet, had any previous traffic North Port man along Fabiani, of Schooner trees, the report states, states. or if the motorcycle citations. FHP: Injured cyclist darted into traffic

By ADAM KREGER riding his bike south Taylor Phares, also of “I’m not doing too remember much about Charges are pending Staff Writer on Conway Boulevard Port Charlotte, author- good,” Hodges said the crash or where the FHP’s investigation, when he “darted out ities said. The incident Monday from his hos- he was going, but his but authorities have PORT CHARLOTTE into oncoming traffic” occurred at 7:50 p.m. pital room. “I’m hurt stepfather, Bill Owen, determined Phares was — A bicyclist remained in an attempt to cross The FHP reported pretty bad.” noted he was just a not under the influence hospitalized Monday U.S. 41, according to Hodges’ condition He said surgery was block from home. of alcohol. Monday, after being seriously in- the Florida Highway to be “serious,” but planned for today to Owen is optimistic they were still waiting jured in a crash Sunday Patrol. “stable.” repair a broken leg and his stepson will have a for blood-alcohol in Port Charlotte. He was struck by a He was taken to Lee a broken hand, “and my speedy recovery. results from Hodges. Daniel Hodges, 37, 2007 Hyundai Accent Memorial Hospital in neck hurts.” “It could have been a of Port Charlotte, was driven by 19-year-old Fort Myers. Hodges doesn’t lot worse,” he said. Email: [email protected] Report: Man bites cop’s face PORT CHARLOTTE — It or building, battery and gun and a butterfly knife Millwood stated, “If you took a punch to the face | POLICE BEAT using a firearm under the on the couch, along with weren’t my mother, I and three kinds of weap- The information for Police Beat is gathered from police, sheriff’s office, Florida Highway influence of alcohol, a blood splatter on the bed- would kill you.” ons to subdue a suspect Patrol, jail and fire records. Not every arrest leads to a conviction and guilt or innocence is police report states. room wall and bedsheets, The victim said she who attacked deputies determined by the court system. Smith and the 41-year- the report states. waited a day and reported and bit one on the face, old victim had been Smith was taken into the incident on Saturday according to the Charlotte Deputies let go of violation of probation arguing in bed prior to the custody around 2 a.m. on because she was scared. County Sheriff’s Office. Warren so they could — which he was on for alleged shooting, accord- Sunday and transported Authorities located Authorities stopped Taser him. The first depu- providing false informa- ing to the report, and the to the Sarasota County Millwood in his car, where Jalan Jerome Warren, ty’s Taser failed to deploy, tion on pawned items. victim went out to the Jail, where she was given a they found a loaded 33, of the 2100 block of so the suspect got up and He was being held living room to sleep on breath test and blew .141 semi-automatic Beretta Conway Boulevard in Port ran. Two other deputies Monday without bond in the couch. Thirty minutes and .132; the legal limit is handgun. Charlotte, shortly before tried to Taser Warren, the Charlotte County Jail. later, the victim saw the .08. She remains in jail on He was arrested and 8 p.m. Sunday for alleged- but the weapons weren’t bedroom door open and $440,000 bond. charged with aggravated ly failing to stop at a stop effective. Woman charged the light come on. Smith assault with a deadly sign on his street. The suspect allegedly with shooting at then reportedly raised Report: Son weapon. While Warren was being fled through a neighbor- boyfriend the gun and fired a single threatened to Millwood was released searched, a small amount hood and jumped two round into the floor of the shoot mom Sunday from the Charlotte of meth fell out of his fences before authorities NORTH PORT — It was home. County Jail on $5,000 pocket, the report shows. caught up to him. They around 10:30 on Saturday The victim then wres- PORT CHARLOTTE — bail. He was ordered not The suspect allegedly struck him with a baton. night when Sheila Smith’s tled Smith to the floor in Authorities arrested a man to make contact with the broke free from the He continued to run, so boyfriend was asleep on an attempt to disarm her, Saturday after he allegedly victim. searching deputy’s grasp another Taser was used on the couch following an during which Smith bit threatened to shoot his and swung at another him. This time, Warren fell argument the couple had; and scratched the victim mother. New charges for deputy before elbowing to the ground. He alleged- it was just a few minutes during the struggle, the According to the volunteer band him in the side of the ly continued struggling, later when she opened report states. Charlotte County head. so he was pepper-sprayed fire on her boyfriend with The victim then was Sheriff’s Office, Gregory leader After Warren, whose before finally being taken a .40-caliber Smith & able to escape and Christopher Millwood, VENICE — Additional booking sheet lists him at into custody. Wesson handgun, ac- phoned authorities, who of the 3000 block of Villa charges have been levied 6-foot-4, 180 pounds, was Warren was charged cording to the North Port arrived a short time later Street in Port Charlotte, against an 18-year-old taken to the ground, he bit with two counts of battery Police Department. to find Smith standing pointed a gun at his Venice man who was a deputy’s face, the report on a law enforcement Smith, 45, of the 5300 in the garage repeatedly mother late Friday after previously charged in shows, so he was punched officer and one count block of Haftel St., North smacking herself in the she confronted him about late October with two in the face by one of the each of resisting arrest Port, was charged with face with her left hand. seeing him in a car with counts of lewd and other three deputies trying with violence, possession aggravated assault with According to the report, a woman who wasn’t his lascivious battery and to control him. of meth, possession of a deadly weapon, firing once police entered the wife. 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Harold was a Englewood. away Saturday, Dec. 21, management consultant Anthony Salvatore 2013. and held a certificate Frank Vitale DiGiovanna, 83, of Punta A memorial service will from the Commonwealth Frank Vitale, 87, of 1 Gorda, Fla., passed away be held at a later date at the of Massachusetts as a Saturday, First Presbyterian Church Registered Professional Englewood, Fla., died Friday, 3102 Dec. 21, 2013, in Punta Gorda, Fla. Burial Engineer. He and his wife, Dec. 20, 2013. at home. will be in Terre Haute, Ind. Faith, lived for 25 years in He was born He was Lynnfield, Mass., where Jan. 26, 1926, in born June 30, Richard Allen they were active in the New York and Englewood 1930, in Centre Congregational came to this area Lindsey Brooklyn, Church and the Lynnfield in 1989 from N.Y., the son Richard Allen Lindsey, Couples Club. After retiring Shirley, N.Y. of Anthony 89, of Port Charlotte, Fla., in 1980 they moved to Frank worked for the and Mary passed away Port Charlotte and spent Suffolk County Maintenance activist dies DiGiovanna Saturday, the summers until 2001 Department for the State of and grew up in Dec. 21, 2013. in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. New York. He was a lifetime Editor’s note: The Ridgewood, N.Y. Harold was devoted to member of the Brookhaven Sun is recapping its He was Anthony spent born Jan. 29, amateur radio communi- Fire Department in New York most compelling and 39 years as a submarine 1924, in cations for over 60 years and was a member of the talked about stories of designer and senior drafts- Boston, and was a member of the V.F.W. He was a veteran of 2013. Look for stories man with Electric Boat Mass., to National Rifle Association World War II serving in the to follow each day, Steve Company, Groton, Conn. Benjamin S. and the American Institute U.S. Navy. through Dec. 31. Frank is survived by Reilly He moved to Florida from Lindsey and of Industrial Engineers. he cause for East Lyme, Conn., with his Ivy L. (nee Parish) He is survived by his his two daughters, Vita peace lost one wife, Jeannette. Lindsey. caregivers; and his friend, Ruquet and Susan Anne T of its staunchest Anthony is survived After complet- Cindy Pascarelli of Port Mattucci; three grand- fighters with the death Day ceremonies in by his loving family, ing high school, Charlotte. Harold was pre- children, Frank Ruquet, of Peter Duisberg. the early 1990s. These sons, Richard (Eileen) Dr. Lindsey joined the U.S. ceded in death by his wife, Joanne Cutler and Joseph “He was like a father were traditionally DiGiovanna of Fairfax Army Air Force and served Faith, who died in 2009; Vitale; six great-grand- children, Matthew, Frank, to everyone in the held Dec. 31 — coin- Station, Va., Paul (Kathryn) as a radio-man, 51st Troop and daughter, Judith Wyer, Anthony, Justin, Elizabeth peace movement,” cidentally, Duisberg’s DiGiovanna of Yorkville, Carrier Squadron, ETO. He who died last month. said Joyce Raby who Ill., Stephen (Sherry) graduated from Indiana Graveside services and and Kimberley; and two birthday. That’s when great-great-grandchildren, — as well as her hus- I first met Peter, who DiGiovanna of East Lyme, State University in 1948 interment with military and Michael (Susie) Hailee and Thomas. band, Tom Tyrell — encouraged me to and received a doctorate honors by a U.S. Navy DiGiovanna of Huntington Honor Guard will be Funeral services will be worked with Duisberg write occasional po- at Peabody College of Beach, Calif.; a daughter, held at 2 p.m. Saturday, held at 11 a.m. Monday, on peace education ems for the first three Vanderbilt University in and other projects. Jean Marie DiGiovanna 1962. As a Professor of Dec. 28, 2013, at Restlawn Dec. 30, 2013, in the annual ceremonies. of Boulder, Colo.; a sister, Memorial Gardens, Port Chapel of Peace at Gulf “He had determina- And in the 1990s, History, he taught at sever- Annette (Tony) Pumo of al state universities and at Charlotte. Friends may Pines Memorial Park in tion. He always made when conflicts New Hyde Park, N.Y.; and Culver-Stockton College, a visit online at www. Englewood. Memorial sure something was raged in Bosnia and seven grandchildren. private liberal arts college. robersonfh.com to sign the donations may be made to accomplished.” Yugoslavia, Duisberg Duisberg, 93, Donations in his memory He completed his teaching memory book and extend TideWell Hospice, 5955 Rand was instrumental may be made to the Saint career at Florida Southern condolences. Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34238. died June 15. In in bringing local Englewood, Duisberg Michael Roman Catholic College in 1995 as a Arrangements are by Arrangements are by Albanian, Serb and School, 48 Walnut St., Professor Emeritus with Roberson Funeral Home Lemon Bay Funeral Home. was a long-time peace Croatian residents activist. He was also Brattleboro, VT 05031. over 40 years in education. Port Charlotte Chapel. together in well- Friends may visit online a Dr. Lindsey was the author NORTH PORT my friend. attended forums A soil scientist, www.robersonfh.com to of many scholarly articles ENGLEWOOD at the Elsie Quirk sign the memory book and Duisberg served as in professional journals as Mary Frances Alton Library. He also led a extend condolences to the well as the author of four Mary P. Benza director of the Inter- Mary Frances “Fran” successful fundraising family. novels. He was a member American Geological Alton, 68, of North Port, effort to disarm a Arrangements are by of Phi Delta Kappa and Pi Mary P. Benza, 95, of Survey in Panama Fla., passed away Saturday, Croatian minefield. Roberson Funeral Home Gamma Mu honor societ- Englewood, Fla., passed from 1964 to 1971. Dec. 21, 2013. Peter was instru- & Crematory Punta Gorda ies. Dr. Lindsey was a dedi- away Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. He did much to plant She was born Sept. 13, mental in a fund- Chapel. cated barbershop singer in She was born July 20, seeds for peace. 1945, in West Plains, Mo., raising effort to send the Suncoast Statesmen for 1918 in Englewood, N.J. Peter’s peace and to Juanita (nee St. Cin) and two Lemon Bay High almost 20 years and served Mary moved to Florida Charles Kenneth Joseph Gieri. human rights activism School graduates as president in 2007. He from Long Island, N.Y., Ledford Mary was a pharmacy — along with his wife, to the International was a member of First in the 1970s. She lived 25 technician at Englewood Annabelle, who died Global Alliance Peace Charles Kenneth “Ken” Presbyterian Church of years on Marco Island, Hospital for 30 years. in 2007 — dates back Ledford, 74, of Punta Punta Gorda, Fla. Fla., and 12 years in Summit in 2011. She is survived by her before Martin Luther Gorda, Fla., formerly of Dr. Lindsey is survived Englewood. The slogan, “think husband, Martin “Mike” King marched in southern by four children, Richard Mary was very active globally, act locally,” Alton; sons, Michael W. Selma, Ala. Maryland, R. Lindsey, Annette in the San Marco Church wasn’t a bumper Alton and Martin A. (Judi) As a boy, Peter grew died Lindsey, Susan Castleberry on Marco Island and sticker to Peter; it was Alton, both of North up in a Republican Thursday, and Michele Lindsey; St. Rafael’s Church in a mantra by which he Port; four grandchildren, family, handing out Dec. 12, 2013. eight grandchildren; and Englewood. She attended lived. Leanne, Daniel, Kara and leaflets supporting He was one great-grandchild. He daily mass at St. Rafael’s “He was dedicated Mallory; brothers, Tony Herbert Hoover. But born July 14, was preceded in death by for many years, was a to peace from the Gieri and Henry Budzik, as a young man, Peter 1939. his wife, Doris, Sunday, Eucharistic Minister, a local community to both of Kansas City, Mo.; told me, he confront- Ken is Dec. 15, 2013. Respite Care worker and the global commu- two nieces; and two ed his prejudices after survived by his wife, Bobbi; A memorial will be held belonged to the CCW and nity,” said Sydney nephews. attending a Quaker son, Scott; sister-in-law, at a later date at First participated in many of Crampton, a member Visitation will be from prayer meeting in Glenna Hemphill; and three Presbyterian Church. their activities. of the Englewood 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 1939. Listening to a nieces and their families, Burial will be in Terre Mary will be greatly Peace Initiative Dec. 27, 2013, at Farley Chrissy, Denise and Haute, Ind. missed by her family, fellow graduate stu- Coalition. “He made Funeral Home, North Port dent who was Jewish Debbie. sister, Helen (Michael) us feel we could and Izzo of New Jersey; two Chapel. Burial will be at taught him the error Service will be held at should do more.” Debbie Ann Melton children, Mary (August) Virgil City Cemetery in of his anti-Semitic 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10, Arrangements 2014, at The First United Debbie Ann Melton, Nordone of Syracuse, Virgil City, Mo. Memorial views. are by Kays-Ponger N.Y., and Philip (Patricia) donations may be made He always credited Methodist Church, 507 W 53, of Port Charlotte, Fla., Uselton Funeral Marion Ave., Punta Gorda, passed away Saturday, Benza of Riverview, Fla.; to Tidewell Hospice, 5955 Annabelle for helping Home and Cremation five grandchildren, Julie Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL him to evolve as a FL 33950. There will be Dec. 21, 2013. Services, Port a reception immediately She is survived by her (Chris) Quesada, Scott 34238. To share a memory human rights and Charlotte Chapel. As (Sarah) Benza, Joanna visit www.farleyfuneral peace activist. They following the service. mother, Beverly; her of Monday, Peter’s husband, Don Silverwood; (Jason) Alves, Christine home.com. were a team. sons, Larry and brother, Mike Melton; (Jeremy) Crouse and The Duisbergs had Doris Lindsey Jerry, were finalizing nephews, Garrett, Brett and Joseph Nordone; and eight Raymond K. Dailey been active in the arrangements. Dr. Doris Lindsey, 89, of Trentt; uncle, Bob Buckley; great-grandchildren. She Southwest Florida The Englewood Port Charlotte, Fla., passed cousins, Vickie and Danny; was preceded in death Raymond K. Dailey, 78, Coalition for Peace Peace Initiative away Sunday, and companion, Everett by her beloved husband, of North Port, Fla., passed and Justice and the Coalition will hold a Dec. 15, Payne. Frank C. Benza; her away Saturday, Dec. 21, Englewood Peace forum, “Remembering 2013, in Port There will not be a sister, Lisa Cicchetti; and 2013. Initiative Coalition. Peter Duisberg,” at its Charlotte. service. brothers, Frank and John He was born He also saw the next meeting 2 p.m. She Arrangements are by ICS Pellegrini. March 12, 1935 creation in 2003 of June 20 at the Elsie was born Cremations & Funerals, Inc. Calling hours are in Sunbury, the Duisberg Award, Quirk Library, 100 .. March 20, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Penn., and was named for him and West Dearborn St., Dec. 26, 2013. A funeral the son of Kathryn and 1 1924, in Edwin S. Watts Annabelle. Englewood. Roxana, Mass will be held at Charles Dailey. In Englewood, Steve Reilly is Ill., to Jennie and Leland Edwin S. Watts, 89, of 10 a.m. Friday Dec. 27, Raymond served in his peace programs a reporter for the Hubbartt. Punta Gorda, Fla., passed 2013, at St. Rafael’s Church. the U.S. Marine Corps and efforts included Englewood Sun. Email Doris has been a resident away Wednesday, Dec. 18, Burial will follow at Naples from 1953 until 1960. He establishing area him at reilly@ of Charlotte County for 2013. Arrangements are by Memorial Gardens. was married for 58 years Englewood Peace sun-herald.com. over 25 years. She held a Larry Taylor Funeral and Arrangements are by to Janice (nee Klinger) doctorate in English and Cremation Services. Lemon Bay Funeral Home. Dailey. Raymond lived in taught at Middle Tennessee Woodbridge, Va., where he State University at Harold E. Wyer Walter C. had his own heating and Murfreesboro, Tenn. After Mitchell Sr. air-conditioning business. moving to Port Charlotte, Harold E. “Hal” Wyer, He is survived by his she became head librarian 100, of Port Charlotte, Fla., Walter C. Mitchell Sr., wife, Janice; children, at Florida Southern College died Saturday, Dec. 21, 91, of Englewood, Fla., Wray, Linda and Bruce; and was instrumental in 2013, at died Wednesday, Dec. 18, three grandchildren; and 1 I setting up the library. Doris home. 2013. four great-grandchildren. ' was a co-founder of Pride He was He was a A visitation will be held born Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. n. of Charlotte, a ladies bar- veteran of World -Igo bershop chorus, as well as 1913, in War II, serving in Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, co-founder of Tune Makers, Kirkwood, the U.S. Army. at Farley Funeral Home a small group of women Ohio, to Dr. Walter is survived by North Port Chapel with singers who entertained Harry G. and his son, Walter Jr. (Lou military honors being locally. She was a dedicated Berenice Ann) of Englewood; three presented at 11 a.m. A barbershopper and devoted Wyer. grandchildren; and six reception will follow at much time and effort to His father was great-grandchildren. He Abbe’s Donuts Shop. To promoting interest in the an U.S. Army was preceded in death send condolences visit organization. surgeon, and his by his wife, Clara; and www.farleyfuneralhome. Dr. Lindsey is survived mother was a daughter, Dixie. com. by her four children, composer-pianist. Harold Memorial donations PHOTO PROVIDED Richard R. Lindsey, Annette was a graduate of Bowdoin may be made to, Suncoast DESOTO Lindsey, Susan Castleberry College, Brunswick, Maine, Humane Society, 6781 San Peter Duisberg makes a peace sign at the Englewood and Michele Lindsey; in the class of 1937. He Casa Dr., Englewood, FL No deaths were reported Pioneer Days festival in 2011. eight grandchildren; one worked for General Electric 34224. in DeSoto Monday. Our Town Page 6 E/N/C www.sunnewspapers.net FROM PAGE ONE The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Englewood Methodist cooking for Christmas

By STEVE REILLY Claus. Staff Writer “They don’t just come to eat,” Talada said. ENGLEWOOD — Among those who come Early Monday, volun- to enjoy the dinner, she teers were busy filling said, “This is a great More than 400 salt and pepper shak- place to be for dinner people volunteer to ers, putting up holiday for those who are alone help make the free decorations and setting from their families for Christmas dinners up for Englewood the first time or those at the Englewood United Methodist who are grieving or just United Methodist Church’s annual alone.” Church possible. Christmas dinner. The volunteers also Janice Durrett, Don For 22 years, the deliver more than Melhorn and Sandy church has served 100 meals to those who Dussault sort out Vo IN free Christmas turkey are housebound or silverware Monday dinners for Englewood shut-ins. in preparation for residents and anyone More than 400 volun- Christmas. else who wants to teers make serving the attend. This Christmas meals possible, Talada is no different. The said. Volunteers were church — located at 700 being assigned Monday E. Dearborn St. — will to specific duties. More serve free Christmas than 25 new volunteers dinners from noon to showed up on Monday, 3 p.m. Wednesday in and Talada expects . ice the church’s fellowship more volunteers on hall. Christmas day. Last year, volunteers “Teenagers came served 1,800 dinners today unannounced,” and are expecting to Talada said. Volunteers, serve as many — if not she said, range from more — this year, said 5 years old to 93. She’s Grace Talada, one of the been volunteering for organizers. eight years. “It grows by 100 each “This is our winter year,” she said. church family,” Roberta The dinner includes Pary said. Both she and turkey and gravy, her husband, Thomas, dressing and cranberry volunteer regularly and sauce, green beans, have been volunteer- mashed potatoes and ing for the Christmas sweet potato casserole, dinner for several years. . rolls and butter, pump- Sandy Dussault said, kin pie with or without “I felt the need to give Cool Whip, iced tea, back.” coffee and milk. Pointing to the wom- Al l ZEzz Besides the meal, en around him sorting the volunteers provide out silverware, Don musical entertainment Melhorn said, “Look and this year promises who I get to work with.” a visit from Mrs. Santa Email: [email protected]

COME TO CHRISTMAS DINNER The Englewood United Methodist Church — located at 700 E. Dearborn St. — will serve free Christmas dinners from noon to 3 p.m. SUN PHOTOS BY STEVE REILLY, [email protected] Wednesday in the church’s fellowship hall. For those who are home-bound or shut-ins, volunteers will deliver Volunteers Roberta Pary, Brooklyn Hodgson, Olivia Hodgson and Grayce Robertson fill salt and pepper shakers in preparation for dinners. For deliveries, call 941-587-1309 by noon Wednesday. the 22nd annual Englewood United Methodist Church free Christmas dinner to be served from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the church’s fellowship hall.

marina. “Prior to this I’ve The sailboat operator Hospital first. Once boy, were brought to watercraft, said he was only ever seen someone could not be reached for resuscitated, Hollis was Englewood Memorial close to Hollis and his CRASH lose a fingertip ... it was comment Monday. transferred to Blake Hospital with minor inju- family. King said they are FROM PAGE 1 unimaginable unless Charlotte County Fire/ Memorial, she said. ries. According to Morse, seasonal residents from you’ve seen it.” EMS spokeswoman Dee According to Hawkins- everyone on board was Kansas who were familiar happened to be a big Redman said the Hawkins-Garland said Garland, a woman treated and released with personal watercraft. sailboat, (which) made sailboat first brought in Hollis was originally aboard the motor boat from the hospital. “They’ve been oper- a quick left and started Hollis, and part of his leg going to be airlifted to was airlifted to Lee Brian King, owner of ating Jet Skis for years throwing ropes and life was amputated. “He had Blake Memorial Hospital Memorial Hospital with Island Jet Ski Tours and from their vacation jackets.” lost quite a lot of blood. in Bradenton, but went possible chest trauma, Rental at 1450 Beach home (in Englewood),” “It was gruesome,” When he came in (to into cardiac arrest, and and the other boat pas- Road, Englewood, which he said. said Jeremy Redman, a the marina) he was very had to be airlifted to sengers, Vilardi, another stores and maintains forklift operator at the pale.” Englewood Memorial man, and a 12-year-old the Hollises’ personal Email: [email protected]

ranged from $25 to $50, there was no train set. my train chugged along, a princely sum in 1958. When Christmas puffing smoke from its TRAINS I asked her to tell Santa morning arrived, I stack, light on the loco- FROM PAGE 1 that it’s all I wanted. I hurried to the living motive shining bright, was like Ralphie in “A room. I began ripping pulling the other cars. I records in pole vaulting Christmas Story” who the wrapping paper can still remember how but later turned his desperately wanted that off my gifts, just as my heavy the engine was. I sights on toy-making. Red Ryder BB gun. Hey, grandson had done. think it was constructed His biggest seller was a train set won’t shoot And there it was. from cast iron. I did try the Erector Set that he your eye out. She would I recall carefully taking to crack my younger invented after he saw dismiss me and I would all the parts out — the brother over the head the construction girders sit and pout. Please steam locomotive, with it when he put his being used by the New God, let me have that several cars, caboose, toy soldiers on the track, York, New Haven & train set. track, and the immense, causing the trains to Hartford Railroad — the Back in those days, heavy black transformer derail. Luckily, my father forerunner of Amtrak. my mother, several — and started to put it intercepted me. PHOTO PROVIDED BY AL HEMINGWAY At night, a tower aunts, and a cousin together. We lived in an It was my greatest he had erected on his were employed at A.C. old railroad flat then, Christmas gift ever. It Christmas circa 1955 with my sister Lorraine, me, and older property, which resem- Gilbert for the holidays and we had a large brought me hours of brother Bob. Three years later, I would receive my best bled a smaller version to earn extra cash. They kitchen where I set up pleasure as a child. Christmas gift ever. of the Eiffel Tower in would all walk to work my tracks. I placed them Many years have Paris, would be illumi- and, as unbelievable as in a figure-eight shape, passed since that ease around the track. Those days, however, nated with the word it sounds, would bring hooked all the cars to Christmas morning in And I had put it all are gone forever. Now, “ERECTOR” on its side. some of the toys home, the locomotive, put in 1958. The train set is together by myself. I could only relive that It seemed to be taunting assemble them, and a pellet to produce the long gone. I couldn’t Oh, to be that young, Christmas morning me. Oh, how I wanted return them. I can still white smoke, placed the even tell you what wide-eyed 8-year-old more than 50 years ago that train set. remember them sitting wires in the transformer, model it was. My most boy again with my indirectly through my I begged my mother around the kitchen table plugged it in, and it was vivid memory was how nose pressed against grandson. for it. It was expensive, putting together toys “all aboard!” excited I was when the window of the A.C. The memories are all I she said. I believe prices for Christmas. But, alas, I proudly watched as those cars glided with Gilbert toy factory. have left.

better organized so that has taken everyone that that our systems are the field of homeless both have committed families will have clear is in their HMIS system entirely client-centered. case management, and $500,000 to fight home- IMPROVE resources and connec- from agencies that As continuums of care the grounds here are lessness — presented FROM PAGE 1 tion to those resources,” provide services and all around the state, we fertile for that,” Thaxton his findings in a report McLaughlin said. standardized all of them haven’t really done a said. “He thinks the last month, including San Antonio and how Charlotte County on a standard intake good job of that, and we environment here is very that Englewood leads things are done there. HMIS administrator system. need to do better.” receptive to change and the county in home- She said that Lee is going Michael Overway also “The ideas that he According to Thaxton, improving the processes less families, followed to come up with a list of met with Lee about presented in the meeting Lee said he was im- that are already in place.” closely by North Port and recommendations on case management are definitely ideas that pressed with the existing Lee could not be Nokomis. According to how to structure a master coordinated processes all of the continuum of levels of cooperation of reached for comment. the report, there are 348 case management for the within the community — care need to embrace,” the service providers in Marbut, a San homeless families and foundation. something Overlay said Overway said. “We all the area. Antonio-based con- 637 homeless children in “I’m sure it’s going is already going on in have to have that stan- “He said there is an sultant brought in by the county. to make the system Charlotte. Overway said dardized level of how opportunity to do some the county and the city of care be a little that Charlotte County we’re going to make sure real pioneering work in of Sarasota — which Email: [email protected] The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS www.sunnewspapers.net E/N/C Our Town Page 7 Negotiations to acquire Little Salt from UM ongoing By ANNE KLOCKENKEMPER The site was added to land,” she wrote in an Staff Writer the National Register of email. “Discussions have Best of Historic Places in 1979. commenced, but there Editor’s note: The Sun is In late October, county have been no discussions recapping its most com- commissioners voted between the parties as to pelling and talked about 3-2, with Nora Patterson purchase price.” stories of 2013. Look for and Charles Hines Steve Koski remains stories to follow each day, dissenting, to continue the site manager at Little through Dec. 31. followed the recom3102 - to pursue negotiations Salt, and said UM is SARASOTA COUNTY mendation of the with UM to take on still very much involved — Sarasota County is county’s Environmentally the ownership of the in taking care of the waiting for the University Sensitive Land Oversight Spring through property property, maintaining of Miami to make the Committee, which transfer at no cost to the an office there, caring next move in their unanimously voted to county. The property for the property and negotiations concerning recommend the addition has been appraised at coordinating ongoing a potential transfer of the to the county’s sensitive $2.11 million, according research and analysis Little Salt Spring proper- lands program two years to county staff. of previously recovered ty in North Port. ago. At that time, Liz artifacts and specimens. SUN FILE PHOTO In June, county Little Salt Spring, Amore, UM’s executive UM Assistant General commissioners voted an archaeologically director of communica- Council Maria Gralia has Little Salt Spring site manager Steve Koski, in the water at left, unanimously to begin significant site with a tions, said the university said UM spends about describes the area where he was working to University of Miami negotiations with the 220-foot-deep sinkhole is still very much inter- $100,000 per year on students and John Gifford, right, UM associate professor, after university to add the that’s a consistent 75 ested and committed to the property’s upkeep, Koski surfaced from an hour-and-a-half research dive at the 112-acre property to the degrees, is located off the successful convey- which includes Koski’s Spring in January. county’s environmentally Price Boulevard near ance of Little Salt to the salary. had a formal response “They indicated they will sensitive lands protec- Glenallen Elementary county as a potential Emails between coun- from UM following the be trying to get it to the tion program. School. It has served as steward. ty staff members show October vote. University Board this “This is a legacy an educational research “At this time, we are in they are still waiting to “We did reach out for month, but that was not moment for Sarasota facility since it was the process of complying hear from UM. In an their Real Estate Services assured.” County,” Commissioner acquired by UM from with the requirements email earlier this month staff and were advised Robinson said last Christine Robinson said General Development of the Environmentally from Amy Meese, county that team is developing week there still isn’t at the time. “I’m excited Corp. in 1980. No artifact Sensitive Land director of natural a packet for consider- much to update. at the prospects, and … discovered at the Spring Acquisition Program … resources, to Assistant ation by the University “It looks like we are I’m really honored to be is younger than 5,000 for which the County County Administrator Board, but were not pro- waiting on UM,” she said a part of this.” years old, and some are Commission unanimous- Lee Ann Lowry, Meese vided the details of its in an email. The commission close to 12,000 years old. ly recommended the said they have not yet content,” Meese wrote. Email: [email protected] Celebrating birthdays at Christmastime loria Lyons has Kit with products worth midnight. The invitation party in the canteen was taken over kitchen detail a birthday this Jockey more than $130; one kit is extended by the Ladies’ enjoyed by an overflow during the week, includ- G month of Christ- Club per family only. and Men’s auxiliaries attendance from all three ing the daily luncheons mas, as does Dorothy On Feb. 8, there will with money raised going units. Club officers were and his spaghetti special Jossund, Gloria Peckler, be a health fair in the toward community youth on hand to welcome on Sundays, with cooked- Marge Morris, Marge main hall featuring many projects. Dinner will guests and to thank them to-order pasta and sub Grundy and Jockey Club Hank local health groups and include twice-baked for their support during sandwiches. The menu is photographer Geri Pro- Chiminiello services. Vision screen- potato, salad, mixed veg- the year. Renovations in limited but reasonable, haska. Millie Sorensen, ings will be among the gies, coffee and dessert. the canteen have started and food is served from who resides at Quality free services offered. Advance tickets are $22; and improvements to 11 a.m.to 2 p.m. Health Care Center, A chili cookout contest more at the door. the Logie family pavilion Christmas greeting to joined other residents at $3. Members have been is set for 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The VFW post have been added. all our readers. a birthday party for her bringing in so many Feb. 15. The chili will members’ Christmas Chef Tony Cirillo has Email: [email protected] reaching a milestone of clean and wearable be prepared by Senior 103. clothes — both men’s Center members. Millie hasn’t slowed and women’s — that the Admission is $4, and down at all, especially shelves are overladen, there will be awards for on Thursdays at coffee and Rochelle hopes to winners. hour, when musician make some room. The Phil Lovasco entertains knick-knack shelves New Year’s Eve at on keyboard. Although and book area are also the VFW a little early, Geri heard overstocked. a knock on her front On Jan. 15 from 10:30- Set Dec. 31, New Year’s door and found that 11:30 a.m., an Energy Eve, aside to dine and her neighbors from Upgrade program spon- dance at VFW Post 8203 Germany, Heike and sored by the Sarasota with friends, starting off Gerhard Lerch, had left County Extension Service with a prime rib dinner five days early and would will provide tips and served from 7 to 9 p.m. join them at the Jockey materials to help save and continuing into the Club Christmas potluck. money, energy and evening with music for water. You will receive a dancing, snacks and Officers installed free do-it-yourself Energy a champagne toast at at Senior Center Cook Marci EisenbreI, club manager Janet Armstrong and cook’s helper Marcy Allred prepared the hams for the December potluck at the Jockey Club Thursday night. Thursday’s Christmas party, installation and Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners luncheon, catered by Alvaro’s Family Notice of Public Hearing Restaurant, was well- Board of Zoning Appeals attended. North Port Sun Editor Lorraine Notice is hereby given that the Charlotte County Board of Zoning Schneeberger installed Appeals will conduct a public hearing on the following petitions. Said the officers, assisted by public hearing will be conducted on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 9:00 outgoing president Peter a.m. in Meeting Room 119, Building A, Charlotte County Administration Negri. The nine-member Center, 18500 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte, Florida. All interested board of governors meets parties to the petitions should be present at that time. The Board of monthly, taking care of Zoning Appeals is not bound to consider the petitions in the order listed in this notice. Any of these petitions may be considered as soon as the business for the center. meeting commences. Copies of the petitions, along with their complete Following the installation legal description, are available for review at the Charlotte County and a short business ses- Community Development Department, Zoning Office, Charlotte County sion, Harry entertained Administration Center, 18400 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte, Florida. on his accordion, playing Christmas carols for a Petition No. VAR-13-007: singalong. Michael and Sherry Schroeder are requesting a variance of 10.0’ to reduce the Rochelle Monroe has required rear yard setback from 20.0’ to 10.0’ to allow construction of a been running specials swimming pool for an existing single-family residence in the Manasota Single- at the Senior Center’s family-3.5 (MSF-3.5) zoning district. The property address is 4141 North Beach Road, Englewood, and is described as part of lots 2 and 3, of Lemon This and That Shop Bay Haven Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 27, of Charlotte on the third Tuesday County Florida, all located in Section 01, Township 41 South, Range 19 East. of the month; you can Loretta Stephenson of Canada is shown offering applesauce Petition No. SE-13-017: fill a large grocery bag made by her husband, Murray, with Canadian apples, to a with clothes for only Edward and Sherry Taft are requesting a special exception to allow a mobile neighboring table. home, to be used as a residence, in the Agriculture Estate (AE) zoning district. The property address is 16085 Begonia Drive, Punta Gorda, and is described as Lot 24, of Block 2 of Orange Grove Park Part One Subdivision, all located in Section 19, Township 42 South, Range 24 East.

Should any agency or person decide to appeal any decision made by this board with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, they will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose they may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

Shaun Cullinan, Zoning Official Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners does not discriminate on the basis of disability. This nondiscrimination policy involves every aspect of the RL County’s functions, including access to and participation in meetings, programs and activities. FM Sound 7 Enhancement Units for the Hearing Impaired are 0 available at the Front Security Desk, Building A of the Murdock Administration Complex. Anyone needing other reasonable accommodation or auxiliary aids and services 1921 PHOTOS PROVIDED BY GERI PROHASKA please contact our office at 941-764-4191, or TDD/TTY New residents to the Jockey Club from Michigan and Montclair Circle, Larry and Sandy Garant, 941-743-1234, or by email to [email protected] enjoy the fellowship Thursday night of Heike Lerch, Ed Prohaska and Gerhard Lerch. The Lerches Published: December 24, 2013 have a home on Greendale Road and are visiting from Mauer, Germany. 470522 Our Town Page 8 E/N/C www.sunnewspapers.net LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF County, Florida in which PNC scheduled appearance is less TIES ACT. If you are a person 3100 THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL Bank, National Association, 9204 than seven (7) days; if you are with a disability who needs King Palm Drive, Tampa FL hearing or voice impaired, any accommodation in order overpass CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHAR- LOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA 33619, is the Plaintiff and Jose call 711. to participate in this proceed- CIVIL ACTION Lopez Ibarra, Patricia Diaz a/k/a Publish: December 17, 24, 2013 ing, you are entitled, at no CASE NO.: Patricia Lopez a/k/a Patricia Diaz 102903 2976057 cost to you , to the provision of certain assistance. Please 08-2010-CA-000206 Lopez, are defendants, the Char- lotte County Clerk of the Circuit IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF contact Jon Embury, Adminis- almost DIVISION: trative Services Manager, CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, Court will sell to the highest and THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL whose office is located at 350 Plaintiff, best bidder for cash in/on at CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHAR- www.charlotte.realforeclose.com LOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA E. Marion Avenue, Punta vs. Gorda, Florida 33950, and LEGALS DEBORAH J. FANTIN , et al, , Charlotte County, Florida at CIVIL ACTION 11:00 AM on the 3rd day of Feb- CASE NO.: 12002888CA whose telephone number is done Defendant(s). ruary, 2014, the following DIVISION: (941) 637-2110, at least 7 NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED days before your scheduled By DREW WINCHESTER FORECLOSURE SALE described property as set forth in GREEN TREE SERVICING, FICTITIOUS NAME said Final Judgment of Foreclo- LLC., court appearance, or immedi- Staff Writer NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pur- ately upon receiving this noti- suant to an Order Rescheduling sure: Plaintiff, 3112 LOT 1, BLOCK 51, PORT fication if the time before the NORTH PORT — Foreclosure Sale dated Decem- vs. CHARLOTTE SUBDIVISION, scheduled appearance is less ber 5, 2013 and entered in Case KATHERINE WYNN, et al, The Ponce De Leon SECTION FOUR, ACCORDING than 7 days; if you are hear- NO. 08-2010-CA-000206 of the Defendant(s). Boulevard bridge that TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS ing or voice impaired, call Circuit Court of the TWENTIETH NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT 12/24/13 RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3, 711. was damaged last week Judicial Circuit in and for CHAR- TO CHAPETER 45 PAGE(S) 87A THRU 87D, OF CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT following a dump truck LOTTE County, Florida wherein NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pur- NOTICE OF ACTION THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF Charlotte County, Florida JPMorgan Chase Bank, National suant to a Final Judgment of Fore- crash along Interstate CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORI- L.B. White 3116 Association, successor by merg- closure dated the 14th, October, DA. DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT 75 should be open again er to Chase Home Finance LLC, is 2013, and entered in Case No. A/K/A 810 PALMETTO DR NE, Published: December 17 & 24, to local traffic by this the Plaintiff and DEBORAH J FAN- 12002888CA of the Circuit Court PORT CHARLOTTE, FL 33952- 2013 TIN; JEFFREY L FANTIN A/K/A of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit in weekend, according to IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 8235 366103 2975784 JEFFREY LEE FANTIN; are the and for Charlotte County, Florida the Florida Department THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL Any person claiming an interest in Defendants, The Clerk of the in which GREEN TREE SERVIC- CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHAR- the surplus from the sale, if any, of Transportation, which Court will sell to the highest and ING, LLC., is Greentree Credit LOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA other than the property owner as best bidder for cash, at Solutions, 1155 Centre Pointe said the repair work is CIVIL ACTION of the date of the Lis Pendens IN "THE WWW.CHARLOTTE.REALFORE- Drive, Suite 7, Mendota Heights, entering its final stages. CASE NO.: 08-2013-CA- must file a claim within 60 days CLOSE.COM in accordance with MN 55120 the Plaintiff and C1 ASSIFILI) 001831 after the sale. FDOT spokesman Chapter 45 Florida Statutes at Katherine Wynn also known as DIVISION: Dated in Charlotte County, Florida YOU CAN ..... Dave Parks added I-75 11:00AM, on the 30th day of Katherine E. Wynn, Tenant #1, CHAMPION MORTGAGE COM- this 21 day of October, 2013. December, 2013, the following Tenant #2, The Oaks IV Condo- will be shut down on PANY, Barbara T. Scott /Find a Pet described property as set forth in minium Association, Inc., The . Plaintiff, Clerk of the Circuit Court two more occasions, said Final Judgment: Unknown Spouse of Katherine vs. Charlotte County, Florida /Find following four closures LOT 16, BLOCK 285, PORT Wynn also known as Katherine E. . a Car MARJORIE A. ZARUM, et al, By: Kristy Pott CHARLOTTE SUBDIVISION, Wynn, are defendants, the Char- last week after a North Defendant(s) Deputy Clerk /Find a Job SECTION 8, A SUBDIVI- lotte County Clerk of the Circuit . Miami man, Bonnie NOTICE OF ACTION If you are a person with a disabili- SION ACCORDING TO THE Court will sell to the higest and To: ty who needs accommodation in Ramsingh, 56, struck PLAT THEREOF AS best bidder for cash in/on at ./Find Garage Sales MARJORIE A. ZARUM ALSO order to participate in a court pro- RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK www.charlotte.realforeclose.com an overpass beam in a KNOWN AS MARJORIE ceeding, you are entitled, at no /Find A New Employee 4, PAGES 16A THRU 16Z7, , Charlotte County, Florida at . dump truck he was driv- ZARUM cost to you, to the provision of OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS 11:00 AM on the 3rd day of Feb- THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF certain assistance. Please con- ./Sell Your Home ing and fled the scene. OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY, ruary, 2014, the following MARJORIE A. ZARUM ALSO tact the Administrative Services The southbound lanes FLORIDA. described property as set forth in KNOWN AS MARJORIE Manager, whose office is located .'Sell Your Unwanted A/K/A 18165 BLY said Final Judgment of Foreclo- of the interstate were ZARUM at 350 E. Marion Ave., Punta Merchandise AVENUE, PORT CHAR- sure: closed from River Road Last Known Address: 4000 Bal Gorda, FL 33950 and whose tele- LOTTE, FL 33948 UNIT Q101, OF THE OAKS IV, Harbour Blvd Bldg 5 Apt 526, phone number is (941)63-2281, ,/Advertise Your to Sumter Boulevard for Any person claiming an interest in A CONDOMINIUM EXECUTED Punta Gorda, FL 33950 within two (2) working days of Business or Service the surplus from the sale, if any, JUNE 5, 1985, IN OFFICIAL 13 hours following the Current Address: Unknown receipt of this notice; if you are other than the property owner as RECORDS BOOK 821, PAGES crash, as well as three ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN hearing or voice impaired, call 1- of the data of the Lis Pendens 2073 THROUGH 2177, OF PARTIES CLAIMING BY, 800-955-8771. To file response other times overnight for must file a claim within sixty (60) THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF Classified - THROUGH, UNDER, AND please contact Charlotte County repair work. days after the sale, CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORI- AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED Clerk of Court, 350 E. Marion it's the reliable WITNESS MY HAND and the DA, AS FROM TIME TO TIME Parks said that crews INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT(S) Street, Punta Gorda, FL 33651- seal of this Court on December AMENDED AND RECORDED; source for the WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO 1687, Tel: (941) 637-2238; Fax: have poured a “concrete 19, 2013. TOGETHER WITH ALL APPUR- right results BE DEAD OR ALIVE, (941) 637-2216. deck” on the Ponce Barbara T. Scott TENANCES THERETO, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN Publish: December 17, 24, 2013 Clerk of the Circuit Court INCLUDING AN UNDIVIDED De Leon overpass that PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN 272484 2975996 By: J. Miles INTEREST IN THE COMMON now has to settle for INTEREST AS SPOUSES, Deputy Clerk PROMPT WRECKER SERVICE ELEMENTS OF SAID CONDO- HEIRS, DEVISEES, 72 hours. Following that **See Americans 11139 TAMIAMI TRAIL MINIUM AS SET FORTH IN THE A Bargain GRANTEES, OR OTHER with Disabilities Act PUNTA GORDA, FL 33955 DECLARATION OF CONDO- period, crews will pour a CLAIMANTS In accordance with the Ameri- (941) 639-4000 MINIUM Hunters concrete sidewall likely Last Known Address: Unknown cans with Disabilities Act, per- AUCTION DATE 1/8/14 A/K/A 19505 QUESADA AVE Current Address: Unknown Thursday or Friday. If all sons needing a special AT 10:00 AM APT Q101 PORT CHARLOTTE Delight YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an goes according to plan, accommodation to participate 2001 DAEW FL 33948-3133 action to foreclose a mortgage in this proceeding should con- VIN# KLAVA69221B312974 Any person claiming an interest in Check the the overpass, which leads on the following property in Char- tact the Deputy Court Admin- Publish: December 24, 2013 the surplus from the sale, if any, lotte County, Florida: to North Port Estates, istrator whose office is locat- 103614 2980576 other than the property owner as Classifieds UNIT # 526, PHASE 5 IN could be open and ready ed at 116 West Olympia of the date of the Lis Pendens SPINNAKER POINT CON- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Avenue, Punta Gorda, Florida must file a claim within 60 days first! to go by Saturday or DOMINIUM, A CONDOMINI- TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN 33950, telephone number after the sale. Sunday. UM, TOGETHER WITH AN AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY, (813) 637-2281; 1-800-955- Dated in Charlotte County, Florida UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN FLORIDA A Whole In order to accom- 8771(TDD), on 1-800-955- this 21 day of October, 2013. THE COMMON ELEMENTS CIVIL DIVISION modate the work, Parks 8770 (v), via Florida Relay Barbara T. Scott Marketplace APPURTENANT THERETO, CASE NO.: 12001760CA Clerk of the Circuit Court Service, not later than seven JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, said, all southbound ACCORDING TO THE DEC- Charlotte County, Florida (7) days prior to this proceed- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUC- of shopping lanes of I-75 in the LARATION OF CONDOMINI- By: Kristy Pot ing CESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE UM THEREOF, AS RECORD- Deputy Clerk nine-mile stretch will be Publish: December 21, 24, 2013 HOME FINANCE, LLC SUCCES- is right at ED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS If you are a person with a disabili- shut down from 1 a.m. 234766 2980233 SOR BY MERGER TO CHASE BOOK 1019,AT PAGE ty who needs any accomodation to 5 a.m. Friday, then be 2032, AND ALSO MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPO- your NOTICE OF RATION in order to participate in a court closed again from 8 p.m. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT proceeding, you are entitled, at fingertips! THEREOF RECORDED IN MEETING Plaintiff, Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday. vs. no cost to you, to the provision of CONDOMINIUM BOOK 8, 3126 certain assistance. Please con- Southbound traffic PAGES 54A THROUGH 54F, CHRISTOPHER G. GRAVEL, et al Defendants. tact the Administrative Services will be rerouted down ALL OF THE PUBLIC Manager, whose office is located RECORDS OF CHARLOTTE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE River Road onto U.S. 41 ENGLEWOOD AREA SALE at 350 E. Marion Ave., Punta COUNTY, FLORIDA, FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT Gorda, FL 33950 and whose tele- through North Port to TOGETHER WITH ANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pur- BOARD MEETING suant to a Summary Final Judg- phone number is (941)637-2281, Make Your Sumter. The Ponce De AMENDMENTS THERETO. SCHEDULE FOR 2014 within two (2) working days of A/K/A 4000 BAL HARBOR ment of foreclosure dated Oct. Leon bridge should be 0900 A.M. 14, 2013 and entered in Case receipt of this notice; if you are BLVD BLDG5-APT 526 Wednesday, January 15, 2014 hearing or voice impaired, call 1- open to motorists on PUNTA GORDA FL 33950- No. 12001760CA of the Circuit Englewood Sports Complex Court of the TWENTIETH Judicial 800-955-8771. To file response House a Saturday, Parks said. 8520 0900 A.M. please contact Charlotte County has been filed against you and Circuit in and for CHARLOTTE Parks added that after Wednesday, February 26, 2014 COUNTY, Florida, wherein JPMOR- Clerk of Court, 350 E. Marion you are required to serve a copy Englewood Sports Complex GAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL Street, Punta Gorda, FL 33651- these shutdowns I-75 of your written defenses within 30 0900 AM. ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY 1687, Tel: (941) 637-2238; Fax: should not have to close days after the first publication, if Wednesday, March 26, 2014 MERGER TO CHASE HOME (941) 637-2216. any, on Albertelli Law, Plaintiff’s completely again. Crews Englewood Sports Complex FINANCE, LLC SUCCESSOR BY Published: December 17 & 24, attorney, whose address is P.O. HOME! have already torn down 0900 AM. MERGER TO CHASE MANHATTAN 2013 Box 23028, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 MORTGAGE CORPORATION, is 272484 2975890 the damaged beam and Tampa FL 33623, and file the Englewood Sports Complex Plaintiff, and CHRISTOPHER G. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE replaced it with a new original with this Court either 0900 A.M. GRAVEL, et al are Defendants, the before 12/30/13 service on TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN one, Parks said. Wednesday, May 28, 2014 clerk will sell to the highest and AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Plaintiff’s attorney, or immediately Englewood Sports Complex best bidder for cash, beginning at “By the end of the thereafter; otherwise, a default FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION 0900 A.M. 11:00 am at www.charlotte.real- CASE NO.: 2011-CA-000247 weekend, we should will be entered against you for the Wednesday, June 25, 2014 foreclose.com, in accordance qI relief demanded in the Complaint HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL have the overpass open Englewood Sports Complex with Chapter 45, Florida Statues, ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR or petition. 0900 A.M. on the 3rd day of February, 2014, and ready to go,” Parks This notice shall be published WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY Wednesday, July 23. 2014 the following described property ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, added. once a week for two consecutive Englewood Sports Complex as set forth in said Summary Final SERIES 2005-4, weeks in the Charlotte Sun-Her- WANTED: Ramsingh was released 0900 A.M. Judgment, to wit: Plaintiff, ald. late Friday from the Wednesday, August 27, 2014 LOT 5, BLOCK 3173, PORT v. WITNESS my hand and the seal 5:01 P.M. September CHARLOTTE SUBDIVISION, RANDOLPH BARTHOLOMEW, et A Sarasota County Jail on of this court on this 17th day of date to be announced SECTION 51, A SUBDIVISION al., $620 bond, after being December, 2013. Public Hearing ACCORDING TO THE PLAT Defendant(s). HAPPY HOME charged with fleeing the Clerk of the Circuit Court Englewood Sports Complex THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN NOTICE OF SALE By: J. Kern 0900 A.M. PLAT BOOK 5, PAGES 65A- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pur- scene of the crash and Deputy Clerk Wednesday, October 22, 2014 65H, OF THE PUBLIC suant to an Order dated Novem- driving without a license **See the Americans with Dis- Englewood Sports Complex RECORDS OF CHARLOTTE ber 4, 2013 entered in Civil Case following the crash last abilities Act 0900 A.M. COUNTY, FLORIDA. No. 2011-CA-000247 of the Cir- If you are a person with a disabili- Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Subject to easements, restric- cuit Court of the 20th Judicial Cir- Wednesday. Ramsingh ty who needs any accomodation (date changed due to Holiday) tions and reservations of cuit in and for Charlotte County, was allegedly driving in order to participate in a court Englewood Sports Complex record and to taxes for the Florida, wherein HSBC BANK the truck with the bed proceeding, you are entitled, at 0900 A.M. year 1999 and thereafter. USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, no cost to you, to the provision of Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Any person claiming an interest in AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO elevated, which struck certain assistance. Please con- (date changed due to Holiday) the surplus from the sale, if any, HOME EQUITY ASSET BACKED the overpass. tact the Administrative Services Englewood Sports Complex other than the property owner as CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-4, Ramsingh works for a Manager, whose office is located Publish: December 24, 2013 of the date of the lis pendens Plaintiff and RANDOLPH trucking company that’s at 350 E. Marion Ave., Punta 113671 2980641 must file a claim within 60 days BARTHOLOMEW are defendant(s), Gorda, Fl 33950 and whose telel- after the sale. I, Clerk of Court, will sell to the Adopt an a subcontractor for the phone number is (941)637-2281, NOTICE OF SALE Dated at Punta Gorda, CHAR- highest and best bidder for cash current I-75 widening within two (2) working days of LOTTE COUNTY, Florida, this 21 BEGINNING 11:00 A.M. AT project in the area, receipt of this notice; if you are 3130 day of October, 2013. WWW.CHARLOTTE.REALFORE- hearing or voice impaired, call 1- Barbara T. Scott CLOSE.COM IN ACCORDANCE animal from according to FDOT. That 800-955-8771. To file response Clerk of said Circuit Court WITH CHAPTER 45 FLORIDA company couldn’t be please contact Charlotte County By: J. Miles STATUES on February 3, 2014, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF reached for comment Clerk of Court, 350 E. Marion As Deputy Clerk the following described property Street, Punta Gorda, FL 33651- THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL If you are a person with a dis- as set forth in said Final Judg- your local on why Ramsingh was 1687, Tel: (941) 637-2238; Fax CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHAR- ability who needs any accom- ment, to-wit: allowed to work without (941)637-2216 LOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA modation to participate in this LOT 17, BLOCK 3219, PORT a driver’s license. Publish: December 19, 24, 2013 CIVIL ACTION proceeding, you are entitled, CHARLOTTE SUBDIVISION, animal 272484 2979165 CASE NO.: 08-2012-CA- at no cost to you, to the provi- SECTION 51, ACCORDING TO Ramsingh was charged 00042 in November with DUI Seize the sales sion of certain assistance. THE PLAT THEREOF, AS DIVISION: Please contact the Adminis- RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, by Charlotte County with Classified! PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSO- trative Services Manager PAGES 65A THROUGH 65H, shelter. authorities, and had his CIATION, whose office is located at 350 INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE OF Plaintiff, E. Marion Avenue, Punta RECORDS OF CHARLOTTE license revoked in the vs. Gorda, Florida 33950, and COUNTY, FLORIDA. process. Alcohol was not AUCTION JOSE LOPEZ IBARRA, et al, Call whose telephone number us ANY PERSON CLAIMING involved in Wednesday’s 3119 Defendant(s) (941)637-2281, at least 7 AN INTEREST IN THE SUR- NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT days before your scheduled PLUS FROM THE SALE, IF crash, according to the TO CHAPTER 45 court appearance, or immedi- ANY, OTHER THAN THE 941-625-6720 FHP. Notice of Public Auction NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pur- ately upon receiving this noti- PROPERTY OWNER AS OF Parks did not have 1/6/2014 8:00AM at suant to a Final Judgment of Fore- fication if the time before the THE DATE OF THE LIS PEN- 5136 Duncan Rd Punta Gorda FL clsoure dated the 14th, October, DENS MUST FILE A CLAIM an estimated figure for 2010 CHEVROLET 2013, and entered in Case No. To view today’s legal notices WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER the overall cost of the 2G1WB5EK7A1168289 08-2012-CA-000426 of the Cir- and more visit, THE SALE. overpass repair. Publish: December 24, 2013 cuit Court of the Twentieth Judi- AMERICANS WITH DISABILI- 302790 2980556 cial Circuit in and for Charlotte www.floridapublicnotices.com SUNS- Email: [email protected] The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS www.sunnewspapers.net E/N/C Our Town Page 9

PUSHINESS by Billie Truitt Edited by Stanley Newman Veterans deliver toys, joy www.stanxwords.com ACROSS 69 Roof edge 9 In addition 41 Waiter 's reward By AL HEMINGWAY SUN PHOTO BY AL 1 High points 70 Shows to a seat , 10 PUSH on 42 Squirrel away Sun CorreSpondent HEMINGWAY 6 Flat-topped hill informall y 11 Steer clear of 45 A pair of 10 Chums 71 Starring role 12 Scales 47 Overpromoted PORT CHARLOTTE — Caleb Nantz, 14 Use crib notes, 72 Wineglass constellation 49 Sounds in a It’s not often that children 3, was excited say feature 13 Frozen rain stairwell get their Christmas gifts when he 15 Invites 73 " Porridge 21 Map within a 50 Aspen delivered to their front opened the new 16 Way beyond Hot" map accessory door by Santa Claus riding (u - Tonka truck he mischievous 25 Scientist's 53 Brownish eye a motorcycle, but 11 lucky got from Santa 17 Link with DOWN workplace color kids did on Sunday. Claus. 18 Part of Caesar's 1 Play opener 26 Residence 54 Love to pieces The American Legion boast 2 Goatee's 27 Racetrack 55 Excessive Post 110 Legion Riders held 19 Post-shower location shape enthusiasm its third annual Christmas attire 3 Get together 28 Chromosome 56 Kitchen range ride to bring a little holiday Coast Chapter 1037, to Jarvis helped their children 20 PUSH around 4 Absorb the loss part 58 Stand up spirit to six Port Charlotte hand them their gifts. Maddox, 5, Jake, 5, and 22 Kingly address 5 Belly 30 Paving goo 61 Those others families. Mr. Claus and Mrs. Sarah, 2, open their gifts on 23 Light brown 6 Hotel 33 PUSH for 62 Labor Dept. “The need seems to Claus, aka Sharon Servidio the front lawn, Mrs. Claus 24 Berated housekeeper 34 Fawn's mother watchdog be greater this year,” Ed of Auxiliary Unit 110, handed out candy canes 26 Refuse to share 7 English 36 Eerie glow 63 Passes with Morgan, director of the greeted the children with a to each child. All the kids Legion Riders, said. “We hearty “Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry were overjoyed when they 29 St. Louis clock assignment 37 Space on a flying colors concentrate on veterans’ Christmas,” and asked the opened their presents, setting 8 Hockey schedule 64 Portion of families. We raise money all-important question, especially when Maddox 31 Pole or Czech footwear 38 Time in office medicine during the year by having 32 Operating “Were you good boys this and Jake received guitars 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 poker runs, bingo on year?” and harmonicas. ex penses Wednesday’s at the post, Erik Nantz, a combat At the last stop of the 35 Wild animal 1a 15 16 and other activities.” medic who served a tour afternoon, Steve Szeztaye, 39 Lion's locks 17 18 19 Morgan said the Legion in Afghanistan with the 3rd a former National 40 Jogging paces t Riders partnered with Brigade, 101st Airborne Guardsman who has had 43 Wear he crown 20 21 22 American Legion Auxiliary Division, greeted the riders 16 operations and has 44 Campaign Unit 110 to purchase, wrap wearing his uniform. As been battling the Veterans button word 23 24 25 and deliver the presents. the group was departing 46 "It's your choice" Administration for benefits, 26 27 28 29 30 31 On Monday, the Unit members sang “We Wish smiled as he watched his 48 Has debts 110 women delivered You a Merry Christmas” to son, Tyler, 11, was given gift 51 Salary 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Christmas dinners to the the family. cards. It was a particularly 52 24-hr. cash same families as well. “I can’t thank you difficult time for Szeztaye source 39 40 41 42 43 A motorcade, consisting enough,” he said as he because his wife had 53 Outdoor nap 45 46 11 47 of 15 motorcycles and went to all the individuals recently passed away. sites more than a dozen cars and shook their hand. “We lost our matriarch 57 Fitness center 48 49 50 51 52 and trucks, made the When Ole St. Nick waved last month,” he said. “What 59 Eden gardener 53 54 55 56 57 58 nearly three-hour trek. As goodbye to Gianna, 13, these guys do is awesome. 60 PUSH off it approached the home of and Julian, 7, their parents, It really helps.” 65 End 59 60 61 62 63 64 April and Erik Nantz, their Carolina and Chris Russell, “It warms your heart (football area) 65 66 67 three children — Andrew, decided to join the ride to to see these kids with the 66 "Yikesl" 14, Trevor, 8, and Caleb, help spread the holiday biggest smiles on their 67 '70s music fad 68 69 70 3 — were outside eagerly spirit. faces as they open their 68 Ireland 71 72 73 waiting for the gentleman “It’s a great thing that gifts,” former AL Post 110 nickname from the North Pole, aka they do,” Carolina Russell chaplain and Legion Rider CREATORS SYNDICATE Q 2013 STANLEY NEWMAN STANXWORDSe AOL.COM 12/24/13 Dennis Bruland of Vietnam said. Tim Coady said. “It’s what Veterans of America Gulf As Derek and Tracey Christmas is all about.” ...... Answer to previous puzzle Johnston was arrested block of Peachland Blvd., Port A R E A PLED BTU S and taken to the Sarasota Charlotte. Charge: DUI. Bond: $500. BELL ROVED LOS E ARRESTS A LOE O N I C E A N E W County Jail, where he re- • Casey Bartram, 23, 300 block of Look for a third T A P E N G I S HH O R N E X E M P T P1 A FROM PAGE 4 mains on $500,000 bond. Bristol Lane, Nokomis. Charge: DUI. I CON P T V A N Bond: $500. LASSO APES FAD E one count of lewd and The Charlotte County Sheriff’s • Vinnie David Mayle, 37, 1000 crossword in SCOTT I S H T ERR I E R A T M S T A D A O I L E D lascivious molestation Office reported the following block of Jonah Drive, North Port. T I E AWL LOBE after he allegedly had arrests: Charge: battery. Bond: supervised the Sun Classified PESO N O R M A L W E LS H RA B B I T E P A sexual contact with a • Jessie Lee Haynes, 28, of release. E R AS KARAT S C A N 14-year-old female victim Tallahassee. Charges: petty theft and • Juan Anibal Pabey, 34, 3200 section. D I C E S H I N E A C R E he met while working as driving with a suspended license. Bond: block of Escobar Lane, North Port. SEE S SEED PAT S a volunteer instructor for $1,000. Charge: battery. Bond: none. 12/24/13 the Venice High School • Andrew Mucha, 25, 11000 block • Travis James Krupski, 21, 4800 band. of Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda. Charge: block of Adderston Ave., North Port. Johnathan Daniel false reporting of a crime. Bond: $1,000. Charge: criminal mischief. Bond: Ranew, 18, of the 600 • Kendra Lebeth Miller, 24, of Lee $500. Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle block of Guild Drive, St., Punta Gorda. Charge: violation of Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis now faces two counts of probation (original charge: trespassing). The Sarasota County Sheriff’s possession of obscene Bond: $5,000. Office reported the following ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 18 9 10 11 12 13 material depicting a child, • Kevin Richard Dickinson, 33, arrests: 1 Peak 1 according to the Venice homeless in Port Charlotte. Charge: • Jeremy Knight, 31, 1500 block 5 Morning co-host 14 15 16 Police Department. petty theft. Bond: $1,000. of Pindsay Ave., Punta Gorda. Kelly 19 Ranew allegedly • Ian Christopher Wichmann, 38, Charge: Charlotte County warrant for 9 Sub finder 17 18 battered the girl in the 18500 block of Gamawell Ave., Port DUI. Bond: none. 1 14 Paint layer 20 21 22 parking garage of the Charlotte. Charges: driving with a • James Paul Smolin Jr., 30, 15 "An apple _ ..." Venice Regional Medical suspended license and violation of 7400 block of Jennifer Drive, Port 16 Japanese 23 a Center on Oct. 24, a Venice probation (original charges: possession Charlotte. Charges: contempt cartoon art Police Department report of a controlled substance without (original charge: driving with 17 Score before any L states. Ranew reportedly a prescription, possession of drug a suspended license) and two extra point told the girl they were paraphernalia and driving with a Charlotte County warrants for 19 Annapolis frosh 30 31 32 33 34 going to meet friends in suspended license). Bond: none. possession of cocaine and sale or 20 Slide down a 35 3s 37 the garage. • John Scot Prigmore, 42, of New delivery of a controlled substance. slope 21 Artist's choice The new charges stem York Ave., Port Charlotte. Charge: Bond: none. 38 39 ao from sexually explicit text battery. Bond: none. • Laura Joan Melanson Smullem, 22 Actress Sissy messages and photos • Paraskoviya Bertschuk, 73, 8400 45, 7500 block of Darlene St., North 23 Extinct emu-like a, 42 shared by Ranew and the block of W. Price Blvd., North Port. Port. Charge: violation of probation bird 't victim, the report states. Charge: petty theft. Bond: $500. (original charge: petty theft-second 24 Ones who don 43 44 as 46 stay off the Ranew was arrested • Radoslaw Smus, 40, of Cape Coral. conviction). Bond: supervised grass? 47 as as 50 s, 52 Friday afternoon in Charge: driving without a license. Bond: release. 25 Ship deck game Venice and transported $500. • Betty Sue Schmalzback, 64, 30 Juan's 53 54 ss to the Sarasota County • Jessie Alexander Lopez, 19, 2500 3000 block of Shamrock Drive, "Enough!" Jail, where he was later block of S.W. Daytona St., Arcadia. Venice. Charge: DUI. Bond: $500. 31 Australian 56 57 sa released on $50,000 bond. Charge: petty theft. Bond: $1,000. • Russell William Nowicki, 25, canine ss 60 s, • Thaddeus Joseph Majtyka, 29, of Arcadia. Charges: possession 32 Put bucks on the Osprey man 29200 block of Bryan Way, Punta of a controlled substance and Bucks, say charged with Gorda. Charges: possession of less than contributing to a delinquency of a 35 Droid By Ray Hamel 12/24/13 battery 20 grams of marijuana, delivery of an minor. Bond: $2,000. downloads DOWN Monday's Puzzle Solved amphetamine and possession of drug • Charles Timothy Bertorelli, 43, 36 Fashionable 1 Takes steps SIESTA KEY — An paraphernalia. Bond: $4,500. 600 block of Osceola Road, Nokomis. beach resorts 2 Kitchen worker L I P P Y A PAR T C I A Osprey man was charged • Kyle Lee Bratcher, 28, 1200 block Charge: operating a motorcycle 37 Do away with , as 3 Haleakala A D 0 R E F I L T H 0 R R early Sunday morning of Barton Ave., Punta Gorda. Charge: without a license. Bond: $250. a vampire National Park's M E L 0 N B A L L E R C A M 38 Foot , in with aggravated battery forgery and grand theft. Bond: $10,000. • Joseph Edward Gervais, 57, island POOL ORE 0 I CON S causing bodily harm after • Adam Thomas Crum, 24, 4500 300 block of Palmetto Ave., Osprey. anatomy 4 And so on 39 Bit of info I C U S T O L E N he allegedly hit another block of N. Shore Drive, Port Charlotte. Charges: two counts of possession of 5 Firestone offering man in the face outside Charge: violation of probation (original a controlled substance, possession of 40 Delivery 6 Fan mail recipient C 0 N F E T T I S L O U C H specialist? of the Beach Club and charge: disturbing the peace). Bond: marijuana and possession of narcotic 7 Furry feet A V 0 I D I N T L T H 0 41 Microscopic bit 8 "Atlas Shrugged" caused brain bleeding none. equipment. Bond: $4,000. 43 Fan mail sender, D I O C E S E T 0 0 S 0 0 N in the victim, according • Yeimy Clementino Estrada, 26, • April A. Williams, 42, 600 block author Rand e.g. 9 Japanese END O R L Y W E I R D to the Sarasota County 22100 block of Belinda Ave., Port of Sarabay Road, Osprey. Charges: city that 46 Rower's blade hosted the 1972 T E L L E R A L A N I A L D A Sheriff’s Office. Charlotte. Charge: battery. Bond: none. two counts of petty theft. Bond: 47 Grouches Winter Olympics E L D E S T U S S Hunter Elliott Johnston, • Danyelle Mitchell, 29, 3600 block $240. I 48 Far from 10 Not 58-Across P E S O I H EAT O S H A 23, of the 100 block of of Highlands Ave., Fort Myers. Charge: • Martin Gaskell Tartaglia, 68, daydreaming 11 Sister's daughter E T 0 8 E A N 0 0 0 LA T E R Bayview Lane, exited the grand theft. Bond: $2,500. 200 block of Winfield Way, Nokomis. 50 Hawaii's 12 "America the club around 2 a.m. when • Christopher Mahlon Proctor, 29, Charge: violation of probation (orig- Mauna _ Beautiful" shade G N U L A M E R M A R A T the 25-year-old victim 5500 block of Swaying Palm Drive, inal charge: DUI). Bond: $10,000. 53 New staff 13 Stinks S A P E T U D E P L 0 D S approached Johnston and Punta Gorda. Charges: providing false • Frances Madden, 68, 4200 block member 18 _ it: travels on ( c)2013 Tribune Content Agency . LLC 12/24/13 asked for a cigarette. identification to law enforcement and of Tennyson Way, Venice. Charge: 54 Part of many a foot Johnston then punched driving without a license. Bond: $1,500. battery on a person 65 years or Mod wardrobe 22 Antler sporters 32 Political coalition 42 Rodeo skill the victim for unknown • Justin Matthew Smith, 29, 6900 older. Bond: supervised release. 56 Spring water 23 Museum 33 Actor James _ 43 Was sore reasons, causing the block of Persimmons Place, Sarasota. • Christopher McNeill, 26, 2700 brand curators' degs. Jones 44 Motivation victim to hit his head on Charge: violation of probation. Bond: block of Palomar St., North Port. 57 Screen symbol 24 California wine 34 Tot 45 Nobelist Curie the pavement, the report none. Charge: DUI. Bond: $500. 58 On the briny valley 36 Pool paths 48 Loaded, in Lima states. The victim then • Theodore Allen Slavin III, 28, 59 Reckons 25 Pic 37 Use a swizzle 49 In a short time, began bleeding from his The North Port Police 500 block of Orange Blossom Lane, 60 Instrument hit 26 Keep the faith stick quaintly with a mallet 27 "Steee-liken' callers 39 Grows dimmer 50 Speech ears and was transferred Department reported the Nokomis. Charges: copper theft, 61 Popular Apple, 28 Manuscript 40 Baseball card therapist's target by Bayflite helicopter to following arrests: possession of a controlled substance, versions of which recipient figures 51 Sandwich cookie Blake Medical Center in • Jesus Javier Esquival Garcia, 29, dealing in stolen property and two begin 17- , 25- , 29 Make more 41 Common 52 Ever so slightly Bradenton, where he was Cape Coral. Charge: driving with a counts of burglary. Bond: $32,000. 41- and 54- expensive, as on workday starting 54 Russian jet treated for a minor brain suspended license. Bond: $120. — Compiled by Adam Kreger and Across eBay hr. 55 Chiang _-shek bleed, the report states. • Charles Paul Zona, 56, 12000 Drew Winchester Our Town Page 10 E/N/C www.sunnewspapers.net The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Derek Dunn-Rankin — Chairman Brian Gleason — Editorial page editor David Dunn-Rankin — Publisher Stephen Baumann — Editorial writer Chris Porter — Executive Editor Viewpoint Email letters to [email protected] | OUR VIEW Ancient Waters Quincentennial forum on Jan. 11 Editor: In Sarasota County we have comes up short such abundance of fresh water that it seems an endless emember Viva Florida 500? supply is flowing into the Gulf Maybe not well. of Mexico. During the rainy R The yearlong celebration season most of this fresh wa- marking the anniversary of Ponce ter comes from precipitation, de Leon’s “discovery” of La Florida but a large amount flows out in 1513 will come to an end in FOOD of the aquifer though vents two weeks, and what was to be 5'AMF5 that feed springs, creeks and a glorious commemoration of rivers. history, Spanish culture and the People have been using early exploration of the state by these natural resources to Europeans now seems a little survive for over 12,000 years. underwhelming. The well-preserved archaeo- No wonder. logical information these wet As a recent story in the sites contain is unparalleled Tallahassee Democrat pointed due to the anoxic ground out, the Legislature in 2004 water flow with its constant passed the “Discovery of Florida temperature. Wood, bone Quincentennial Commemoration and stone artifacts are found Commission Act,” sponsored by pristinely preserved in the Rep. Lindsay Harrington, R-Punta Gorda. The conquistador’s time peat and mud surrounding in Charlotte Harbor (a brief visit these sites. These tell about in 1513 and a longer stay in 1521) humanity at a time rarely specifically was to be highlighted glimpsed anywhere on the for emphasis. planet. But the act was repealed five The springs are vital to years later, and the job was TW NOWI? 44Nles, many plants and animals, like handed off to the Secretary of the warm-blooded manatee State’s Office. No funding was that is warmed by the warm Are you afraid it will work? We are so happy water flowing out of the forthcoming. | LETTERS TO Don’t be, because just as sure So much for seizing history with to have Allegiant aquifer on a cold winter day. as our successful programs for The unique micro-environ- both hands. | THE EDITOR the people worked since the Editor: ments created by each spring The Democrat story noted that Depression, so will Obamacare. We flew out of Punta sustain species not found in 850 Viva Florida events were held Lies, deceptions Gary Brandt this year. The prince and princess and innuendo Gorda the Tuesday before surrounding areas. of Spain visited Miami. Libraries Rotonda West Thanksgiving and when we The Ancient Waters Foundation is a not-for-profit set up exhibits and local historians Editor: stepped off the plane in Bangor, corporation that facilitates (Harrington for one) spoke to local Your article (Dec. 1), “Income it was snowing, sleeting and Amid a season of education and research of groups. There were special lottery gaps hurts the economy,” is very cold. Why do we leave Florida’s freshwater springs tickets. right on point and disturbing. peace, global violence sunny warm Florida? For love of and waterways. We focus on That’s about it, though. When our president addressed family. these vital resources to ensure It just seems the state missed a those same issues recently he Editor: My husband, our son, the posterity of the sites. As greater opportunity to flaunt its was accused, again, of being a Having read most of every our grandson, and I flew on extraordinary heritage: Ponce de Socialist, etc. edition of the Sun for the year beautiful Allegiant Airline part of our mission, we will Leon was here almost a century The article leaves no doubt 2013, two things come to mind. in just three hours. Leaving hold a public forum Saturday, before Henry Hudson sailed up the about the minority money One, though it is often grim Punta Gorda at 3:30 p.m. and Jan. 11, at the Morgan Family river that eventually bore his name. baron’s control over most reading, your newspaper does were eating supper with my Community Center in North Even worse locally is the fact the everything, therefore leaving a very good job of keeping us daughter-in-law and three Port from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. fabled Fountain of Youth — North the majority as their slaves. The informed about the turmoil grandchildren and one great Come learn about the his- Port’s Warm Mineral Springs — 13th Amendment was enacted that is going on in so may granddaughter, at KOBE’s Steak tory, cultural heritage and was closed to the public this year. 148 years ago, but I believe that parts of the world today. House, shortly after 6:30 p.m. I overall significance of the The true “Fountain” or not, that slavery is still with us only in Two, there is a revealing spoke with both Don Lee and three springs (Warm Mineral was real blown opportunity. another form, but just as bad for similarity among each of the Paul Andrew last Wednesday (at Springs, Little Salt Spring, our country. current upheavals. In Syria, our FORUM meeting) and told and Nona Spring) in Sarasota When will people wise up? Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, them what a thrill not to have to County. There are many who just want Central African Republic, spend two days driving there or Experts will be available to A display to condemn our president Ukraine and so on, large miss holiday dinners entirely. answer questions. for everything he does, using numbers of people, unhappy Thanks to the commission for Bill Goetz of respect innuendos, lies and deceptions. with their government, are bringing Allegiant to us. North Port Help for GM and Chrysler did attempting to bring it down Both flights were smooth, his time of year, we’re used no good at “tremendous cost?” and put themselves in control. service great, price (wonderful) to seeing evergreen wreaths Referred to by the National Most of these uprisings have and seats and safety all the best. Fire department hanging on the front doors League and Policy Center as already turned violent, and in What is anyone complaining T each case the ruling groups about? helped with alarm of homes — and even the front “government orchestrated grilles of cars and trucks. theft.” Truth is the opposite. It are fighting back ruthlessly, to I have flown in many larger hold on to their power. planes with nowhere near as Editor: But there’s another place for saved taxpayers $11 billion and I want to say a big thank wreaths that is taking on new GM is profitable. Some 26,000 How sad, in this season of smooth a ride. The airport is a peace and good will, to see great beginning for much com- you to the North Port firemen significance. And it’s a wonderful jobs were saved. The money who came to my rescue on trend. saved from unemployment and the mass killing and mayhem merce and jobs for the area, and by opposed gangs scrapping it was here before many housing Thanksgiving day when my On Dec. 14, more than 2,000 pension liabilities amounted to fire alarm kept sounding off people showed up at Sarasota to dominate their fellow man. sights were chosen. Keep up $64 billion had they gone under. from a low battery and I was National Cemetery to lay wreaths Let’s hope that some day the good work and we will have Many letters to the editor unable to silence it. on the graves of those who had the various factions will see more choices in the future. are about a need for factual I have lived in North Port served in the American military letters and I totally endorse that the light of reason, abandon No long trips to Fort Myers for 20 years, and I doubt any and their spouses. According to a idea. Some need to criticize violence and choose to live or Tampa. No waiting in JFK city has more thoughtful, story in the Sun, the turnout was Obamacare like many did together in harmony, as a for hours to make connections. gracious fire or policemen twice as large as last year’s and Social Security, Medicare and community of equals. Power These flights to the north will and women. Thank you many more times the number Medicaid, yet they offer no is poison. When that lesson is aid we natives and also tourists who participated five years ago, alternative other than repeal. learned, peace will prevail. too. again. when the program was begun. The Supreme Court has spoken, Paul Hyatt Katherine Riposta Rude De Santis A phalanx of 300 motorcycles now “get a life.” Englewood Punta Gorda North Port circled the cemetery. Pipers from Sarasota Military Academy played. Students from the academy and members of high school JROTC Zimmerman’s flag painting and the firepower of art units throughout the region were on hand and stood at attention eorge Zimmerman Zimmerman wrote that he’s already thinking about his at the front of the rows of marble Frank Cerabino has entered his blue his initial foray into the art next contribution to the world headstones. Cox Newspapers period. world was made with “regular of art. In all, wreaths were placed G Zimmerman, whose household latex paint.” “I have received an over- on 6,500 veterans’ graves. The best-known work is killing I would have guessed he’d whelming number of requests ceremony was part of the Wreaths an unarmed teenager, has go with the tempera paint. for less expensive pieces and Across American program, which discovered a new career in the By the next day, a bidding The flapping blue flag has donated pieces and I am reportedly sponsors more than non-ballistic arts as a painter. war for Zimmerman’s painting the words “God, one nation, exploring options,” he wrote. 914 similar ceremonies through- And unlike Pablo Picasso, had brought the offers past with liberty and justice for “Thanks for your patience.” out the country. Closer to home, who had a hard time the $100,000 mark — and it all” on it. And its mixture Don’t wait too long, George. the Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans selling his blue paintings, sold Saturday for $100,099.99. of patriotism and piety has That screeching sound you of Foreign Wars of Rotonda Post Zimmerman’s first foray “Everyone has been asking struck a chord with Florida’s hear is Casey Anthony peeling 10476 organized a wreath ceremo- into the art world has been what I have been doing with many gun/art enthusiasts. rubber to the craft store to ny at the Lemon Bay Cemetery immediately heralded as a myself,” Zimmerman wrote “George, please don’t leave pick up a hunk of sculpting in Englewood. Approximately great success. to bidders. “I found a creative Florida. You are our hero. clay. 80 people showed up to honor On Dec. 16, Zimmerman way to express myself, my Please run for a political Clearly, Zimmerman’s work veterans. put his 18-by-24 inch canvas emotions and the symbols office! We need you. God is destined for the galleries A salute to the organizers of painting of a stylized blue that represent my experience. bless you,” wrote an admirer — if not the art galleries, all the events, to all those who American flag on the online My art work allows me to and possible E.E. Cummings then certainly the shooting participated and to the veterans bidding site, eBay.com, with reflect, providing a therapeu- imitator. galleries. who served us all. an initial starting price of tic outlet and allows me to Zimmerman is so impressed If you’ve never been to Sarasota 99 cents. remain indoors.” with his initial success that National Cemetery, it’s a moving CERABINO | 11 experience. Take Interstate 75 to the Clark Road exit in Sarasota | LETTER SUBMISSION POLICY and head east. Look for the long, Letters are welcome on virtually any subject, but we do have some rules. 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n absolutely true Let me repeat: The bosses, undercover cops the same area of the cellphone conversations news item: The oxygen mask is not and anyone who’s in the plane produces a wall of are often worth over- A Federal Commu- designed to fit over your middle of breaking up white noise that virtually hearing — a stockbroker, nications Commission is mouth, nose AND phone. with somebody else. smothers the details of for instance, advising a considering a rule change If you’re traveling with Rows 20 to 25 are des- their unbelievably banal client to dump Apple and that could allow airline children, gently pry their ignated for our anxious phone conversations. go big with Twitter. passengers to use their Carl phones away from their flyers who are constantly If you’re sitting next Or a famous fashion cellphones during flights. Hiaasen faces before attaching on the phone with in- to someone whom you model, calling her BFF to Good morning, every- the breathing masks. credibly tolerant family think belongs in the share the latest at-home body, and welcome to Jet In the event of an members. If you check middle rows with the waxing tips. Miserable. Please take emergency that requires the seat pockets on those other serial yakkers — for We seat these folks in your seats as quickly as we here at Jet Miserable a water landing, let rows, you’ll find reas- example, a teenager the front of the plane so possible so we can close have dedicated ourselves me remind you that suring statistics about blathering on to some that we can eavesdrop the cabin doors and be to you, the obnoxiously your cellphone is not a the safety of air travel, distant voice about while preparing the on our way. talkative traveler. flotation device. I don’t along with some useful her totally useless but meal service, our famous I see that many of Please hang up and care if you spent $79 on tips on the appropriate super-hot boyfriend — pomegranate smoothies. you are already taking take a break — HEY, a waterproof case — let dosages of your favorite please contact one of the As advertised, every advantage of our nonstop PADRE, THAT MEANS it go, people, and use the sedatives. flight attendants right entree on Jet Miserable is cellphone connectivity, YOU! TELL THE seat cushion. If you’ve flown with away. served through a straw, but please give me your ARCHBISHOP YOU’LL As a convenience, Jet Jet Miserable before, you As usual, Row 9 of the enabling you to keep one full attention for a few CALL HIM BACK! — Miserable has divided know that the middle aircraft is designated for hand free to clutch your moments. while I review the new the cabin into separate section of the aircraft, passengers using their precious phone. Hello? Hey, look safety procedures and sections, according to the Rows 10-20, is always cellphones to speak By the way, today’s this way! See my arms regulations. various ways our pas- set aside for our loudest, with elderly relatives in-flight movie is “The waving? If for some reason the sengers like to use their rudest, most unbearable in Florida. Each of Sound of Music,” which OK, I’ll crank the plane loses cabin pres- cellphones. Please check passengers. these premium seats is will be shown with no volume and try again: sure, an oxygen mask will your boarding passes I can say that over the provided with a tailored sound. Admit it — you YO, MOTORMOUTHS! automatically drop from now to make sure you’re intercom because they’re Kevlar hood that muffles wouldn’t be listening, LISTEN UP! a compartment above seated in the right place. all babbling on their exasperated pleas and anyway. That’s better, thanks. your seat. Before strap- Rows 25 to 30 are re- phones again, totally repetitive shouting. Carl Hiaasen is a While major airlines ping on the mask, you served for those needing ignoring me. Rows 1-8 are reserved columnist for the Miami such as Delta, JetBlue and must first stop talking a little extra privacy, Our research shows for our valued Club Chit- Herald. Readers may Southwest have decided and put down your such as dope dealers, that seating the most Chat members. These are reach him at 1 Herald to remain cellphone-free, cellphone. Ponzi schemers, mob annoying gabbers in the passengers whose Plaza, Miami, FL 33132. Happiness takes faith, family, friends and work he head of the Ramesh Ponnuru and for an unhappy with their jobs. Among increases the sum of hu- college degrees (the think tank where Bloomberg View reason: falling happiness those who want to man happiness. Brooks majority of men). They T I work believes among women. Scholars “lean out”: a plurality of thinks that conservatives are less and less likely he has discovered the are unsure why that’s mothers, who say they need to make their peace to be working or even secret of happiness, and happening. Women also would prefer part-time with its existence, as looking for work; less and he wants to share it with rebound more quickly employment. (Here I’m most have, and proclaim less likely to get married everyone. Don’t worry: more than money. What than men from the death drawing on the work of their support for it in and stay married; less I’m not in a cult. people want is not just of a spouse — perhaps, another AEI colleague, word and deed. likely to belong to a faith Arthur Brooks is success, but also “earned Brooks speculates, W. Bradford Wilcox. They should also community; and less the president of the success” — the feeling because they have more Happiness surrounds reform it, and other likely to report that they American Enterprise that one’s efforts have close friends. me at the office.) Women policies, to enable more have close friends. Institute, where I am a paid off. In a recent talk, Over the last 40 years, who say they have turned people to achieve earned The low point visiting fellow, and also Brooks cited a 1978 study women who describe down a promotion or success. That is, he ar- for male happiness a social scientist who in which lottery winners themselves as “conser- made some other work gues, the ultimate reason comes at age 45, on has written a book on were slightly less happy vative” have been more sacrifice for the sake of for a focus on promoting average, Brooks reports. happiness. His research six months after they likely than women to their families report high economic growth and Consistent with all these has shed light on who’s hit the jackpot. (I’d still their left to say they happiness levels; it does reducing dependency on findings, there seems to happy, and why. be willing to take my are “very happy,” and not seem to make much the government. Policies be a surge in suicide rates Some of the results are chances.) those who say they are difference for men. that discourage work among middle-age men what you would expect: In general, people “extremely conservative” Brooks’ read is that — aid programs that without college degrees. Genes have a lot to do overestimate the impor- have been happier still. the four great sources phase out steeply as poor It is not easy to with a happy disposition. tance of “one-off” events Over the same period, of happiness within people move ahead in see how any of these Poverty reduces happi- to their future happiness. conservatives in general human control are faith, their jobs, for example — deep-seated cultural ness, but past a certain Even after personal have held the same family, friends and work. do reduce happiness, not trends, which have been point, higher income tragedies, people with- pattern: Righty men, Married people are hap- just economic efficiency. underway for decades, does not do much to in months revert to too, have been happier pier than singles. Those Brooks is an optimist, could be reversed. Unless raise it. Brooks notes their baseline level of than their more liberal engaged in religious a happy warrior for we do, however, our that the decline in global happiness. counterparts. So maybe practices are happier free markets. There is, country could be in for poverty over the last Other patterns were the last two presidential than the unchurched. however, a heavy lump of a future with a lot more few decades, especially surprising, at least elections should be seen He draws some coal amid the numbers. sadness. in China and India, has to me. Women in the as a victory for the redis- public-policy con- All four sources of happi- Ramesh Ponnuru is a thus meant a happier United States have long tribution of happiness as clusions, too. A safety ness he identifies are in Bloomberg View colum- world. reported greater levels well as income. net provided by the retreat in our country — nist, a visiting fellow at Once basic material of happiness than men. Most Americans — government is morally especially among men, the American Enterprise needs are met, though, Their advantage has, 89 percent — are either imperative and politi- and even more especially Institute and a senior satisfying work matters however, been shrinking, satisfied or very satisfied cally inevitable; it also among men without editor at National Review.

blues into something else. a fatal confrontation state legislature, to push to be a dangerous sub- National Endowment He may become a with Trayvon Martin, a gun sales in Florida at all urban cowboy looking of the Arts to flourish, CERABINO modern-day Seurat, teenager who was just costs? for trouble, he’d be just because he’s Florida’s FROM PAGE 10 employing the technique trying to walk home. Putting weapons in another anonymous first recipient of an NRA of pointillism to paint his The point is the hands of unstable Floridian today collecting endowment of the arts. And over time, he will wall-sized masterpiece, Zimmerman, the painter, hotheads, then empow- restraining orders from Frank Cerabino is a find his style. “Sunday in the Gun is a consequence of ering and encouraging the women in his life. Palm Beach Post colum- Right now, I’d have Range with George.” Florida’s loose gun laws, those hotheads to invent Instead, he’s a budding nist. Readers may reach to call him an “abstract Or his art may even a consequence we never situations to brandish artist who doesn’t need him at frank_cerabino@ interventionist” a “post make Zimmerman go the imagined. their weapons in public, any grants from the pbpost.com. acquittalist” or a disciple way of Vincent van Gogh, Who could have has surely led to needless of “pop, pop, pop art.” by shooting off his left figured that art would tragedy. But it’s too early to lock ear, and then painting a be the result of an But now we know it him into a style. Once he work of contrition, “Sorry orchestrated effort has also led to art. Rolex runs out of that house Night,” to come to terms by the National Rifle If Zimmerman wasn’t paint, he’ll probably tran- with the faulty assump- Association, and their empowered by the state’s sition from this Picasso tions he made to initiate paid operatives in the “stand your ground” law K Watches

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After letting Santa know what they wanted for Christmas, Angelo Rivera, 10, Shawn Green, 10, Michael Rivera, 7, and Abagail Tuttle, 7, tells Santa Charlotte County Fire/EMS Seanna Green, 7, enjoy playing together. what she wants for Christmas. Station 12, on Luther Road in Deep Creek, hosted the 15th annual Santa Firehouse Pancake Breakfast on Monday. Lillian Seneca, 6, is greeted by Santa Claus at the breakfast.

SUN PHOTOS BY SUE PAQUIN Taking a break on the back of a fire truck, Katie Santiago sits with her children, Gabriel, 4, and Elijah, 10 months.

Brody Coyne, 10 months, is fascinated by the strange Sierra Martos, 7, and her sister looking man with the long Roslyn, 6, both share Santa’s flowing white beard. lap. Natalya Varnam, 10, was having a good time at the Santa asks Brianna Decker, 8, if she’s been a good girl. breakfast, and even helped out at the serving Right: Clint Vermilye and his son, William, 6, patiently wait for a table. visit from Santa Claus.

CHRISTMAS EVE, DAY SERVICES today. There will be a children’s program at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; the 11 p.m. 776), Port Charlotte: candlelight Christmas Eve Services at 6:30 p.m. service will be youth-led. All are welcome. 941-625-3039. (contemporary service for the whole family), 8 p.m. (traditional worship • Awaken Church at North Port City Hall, off Sumter Boulevard: • Englewood United Methodist Church, 700 E. Dearborn St.: Christmas service) and 11:30 p.m. (Holy Communion and quiet, more meditative Christmas Eve “Simply Christmas” candlelight service at 5:35 p.m. today Eve Candlelight Services, 4 p.m. (mini-play “Are You Coming?”; music by service) — all today. Everyone is invited. 941-697-1747, gulfcoveumc@ on the City Hall lawn, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port. Bring your own the Voices in Bronze handbell choir with flute), 6 p.m. (“Are You Coming?”; centurylink.net, or http://gulfcovechurch.com. chairs or blankets; cookies and hot chocolate provided. All are invited. special music by the Redemption Praise Band, Children’s and Cherub • New Hope Community Church, 5600 S. Biscayne Drive, North Port: 941-564-8364 or awakenchurchonline.com. Choirs), 8 p.m. (traditional service, to include music from the Chancel Outdoor Christmas Eve service, 7 p.m. today. Bring lawn chairs and flash- • Burnt Store Presbyterian Church, 11330 Burnt Store Road, Punta Choir with trumpets, flute, cello and timpani), and 11 p.m. (Communion lights. All are invited. 941-276-5770. Gorda: Candlelight Christmas Eve services — Services of Lessons and Service; includes soloists and a harpist) — all today. Sanctuary decked • Port Charlotte International Church, 2811 Tamiami Trail, Suites B and Carols, 5 p.m. (contemporary service, featuring the Praise Team and a with hundreds of poinsettias. All four services will end with the congre- C (in the LaPlaya Plaza): Christmas Eve Service, 7 p.m. today; includes story/skit by and for the children, illustrated by Youth Group pictures), gation singing “Silent Night.” Free child care and nursery service at 4 p.m. Christmas caroling. All invited. 941-627-9036 or www.PCIChurch.org. 7:30 p.m. (traditional service, featuring the Praise Chorale) and 11 p.m. and 6 p.m. 941-474-5588 or www.englewoodumc.net. • Redeemer Lutheran Church, 6465 Mayport St., Englewood: Christmas (traditional service, including Holy Communion) — all today. Nursery • Fellowship Church of Englewood at Lemon Bay High School Eve Candlelight Services, 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. today; Christmas Day service for 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. services. 941-639-0001, or bspc83@ Performing Arts Center, 2201 Placida Road, Englewood: Christmas Eve service, 10 a.m. Wednesday. All welcome. 941-475-2410. embarqmail.com. Concerts, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. today. Featuring the music of the Rev. Garry • South Biscayne Church, 13000 Tamiami Trail, North Port: “White • Community Presbyterian Church, 405 S. McCall Road, Englewood: Clark, pastor, and The Fellowship Band & Praise Team. Holiday cookies, Christmas” services, 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. today. 941-426-3817. Candlelight service, at 7 p.m. today. Christmas Day, Wednesday, after a pastries and refreshments served immediately following each concert • St. Nathaniel’s Episcopal Church, 4200 S. Biscayne Drive, North Port: family service including singing of favorite Christmas carols, brunch will at the Hospitality Center. All are welcome. 941-475-7447 or www. Christmas family service and Holy Eucharist at 5 p.m., Christmas Lessons be served. All are welcome. RSVP for brunch at 941-474-9579. fcenglewood.com. and Carols at 10:30 p.m. — both Christmas Eve, today. Christmas Day • Eastside Baptist Church, 6220 Golf Course Blvd., Punta Gorda: Special • Grace Community Church of Englewood playing host at Indian Mound service, Holy Eucharist, at 10 a.m. Wednesday. 941-426-2520. music and a candlelight service, 6:30 p.m. today. All welcome. 941-639- Park, 210 Winson Ave., Englewood: annual Christmas Eve Candlelight • Trinity United Methodist Church, 4285 Wesley Lane, North Port: 1648. Service, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. today. Light refreshments available beforehand. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 7 p.m. today. Light refreshments will • Edgewater United Methodist Church, 19190 Cochran Blvd., Port 941-460-0436 or www.gccenglewood.com. follow in Wood’s Fellowship Hall. Entire North Port Community invited. Charlotte: Christmas Eve candlelight services, 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. • Gulf Cove United Methodist Church, 1100 McCall Road (State Road 941-426-1734.

HAVE YOU SEEN 10 p.m. daily. 5,000-7,000 lights, 6-9 nightly. water Drive. • 1461 Capricorn Blvd.: Winter weekends and pass out candy • 1552 Eppinger Drive: 75,000- • 21418 Gladis Ave. (corner of • 3481 Catskill St.: 30,000-plus wonderland village display canes to children. THE LIGHTS? 80,000 lights, 12 inflatables, Harbor Boulvard, near Midway lights. — includes a Thomas Kinkade • 2866 Escambia Circle: Multi- Port Charlotte area many other decorations. Boulevard). • 2440 Starlite Lane. village, train, carnival, outdoor colored light display synchro- • Collingswood Boulevard at • 22215 Breezeswept Ave. • 23306 Freeport Ave.: 8-foot • 3222 Leamington St.: Lots of decorations and much more. nized to music. Godwin Avenue, Port Charlotte: (near Neil Armstrong Elementary Ferris wheel with characters. lights and inflatables. From 6:30-8:30 nightly through • House on Chamberlain Lights on block from 6 p.m. to School): Synchronized light show • 1053 Orton St.: Huge Jan. 2. 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V problems y ) 1 . I l rjf' , .y1 y / ` Y . ` ` y ` I '" >$ c . ', 1 r / 4[ ' l , 1; `I . Y A The Fed hit the old age of 100 By LINDSEY TANNER r ` ` on Monday. Learn five ways the AssociAted Press Writer Fed has expanded its influence over the past century. CHICAGO — ’Tis 10 the season — for heart attacks? Not to dampen any spirits, but studies — Page 2 show heart troubles spike this time of year. 7pm It’s not just a Western phenomenon; recent research in China found the same thing. The 4 Canadians, Brits increase includes fatal and 1 nonfatal heart attacks and trapped in S. Sudan a less serious condition dubbed “holiday heart syndrome” — an irregular heartbeat caused by too AP PHOTO much booze. Reasons for the seasonal increase are uncertain. Theories include cold weather, overindulgence A winter wonderland and stress. British, Canadian and Kenyan “The other day we had Heather Griffin, of Buffalo, N.Y., and her dog Sal walk beneath ice-covered trees on Sunday in Buffalo. As citizens are among 3,000 three heart attacks come Americans and Canadians ushered in the first official day of winter, the weather provided many with a variety of in within four hours,” said surprises. Snow and ice hit Michigan, Canada, New England and upstate New York. Some other eastern regions foreigners trapped in a violent were hit with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Flooding in the South was blamed for at least four deaths, while South Sudan city. Dr. Charles Davidson, chief of Northwestern apparent tornadoes caused destruction in Arkansas. See the story on page 2. — Page 5 — Memorial Hospital’s cardiac catheterization services. The hospital’s usual rate is two or three Reptile keepers want nationwide a week. American Heart Association spokesman python ban overturned Canada ice storm Dr. Richard Stein, a cardiologist at New York are named as defendants. snips 500,000 By JENNIFER KAY University’s medical AssociAted Press Writer The ban applies a one-size- homes’ power center, said most studies fits-all approach to a problem investigating holiday MIAMI — A nationwide ban primarily affecting South heart trends have found a on importing four giant snake Florida, said Joan Galvin, the statistical increase in heart species or transporting them attorney representing the attacks and other prob- across state lines is costing reptile keepers. lems — not a giant surge reptile breeders, handlers, Florida’s population of but worth noting just the hobbyists and vendors mil- Burmese pythons, which are same. lions and should be over- native to India and other parts It happens in cold turned, according to a lawsuit of Asia, likely developed from Repair crews are working climates, sometimes when filed by a reptile industry trade pets let loose either inten- around the clock to restore sedentary people or those association. tionally or in the aftermath of with heart disease take on The ban on Burmese py- Hurricane Andrew in 1992. electricity to about 500,000 too much snow shoveling, The snakes don’t adapt to households in Ontario and thons, yellow anacondas, and or spend too much time northern and southern African cold weather, which means Quebec after an ice storm outdoors. Cold weather pythons was announced last they wouldn’t last long snapped branches and brought can constrict arteries, year in the Florida Everglades, anywhere else in winter. down power lines in Canada’s increasing demand on the which officials say pythons AP PHOTO “Anywhere, pretty much, two most populous provinces. heart, he said, But it also regard as an all-you-can-eat outside of Florida, they would happens in warm places. wildlife buffet where they In this Jan. 17 file photo, a captured have zero survival skills and — Page 5 — Flu season coincides with have no competition except 13-foot-long Burmese python is would not pose a problem,” winter holidays and Stein humans. displayed for snake hunters and Galvin said Monday. said that might be a factor A lawsuit filed last week in the media before they head out in According to the lawsuit, an airboats for the Python Challenge in since the virus can cause federal court in Washington, initial proposal to ban nine the Florida Everglades. inflammation that also D.C., seeks to overturn the snake species cost the reptile can stress the heart. ban. The North Carolina-based industry tens of millions of Stein recommends the United States Association of the science behind it. Interior dollars as buyers shied away Apple, tech stocks Reptile Keepers says the ban Secretary Sally Jewell and the lift stock market HEART | 4 is unnecessary and challenges U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service PYTHON | 4 :rY Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47, dies By BRUCE NELAN capital of the Russian re- Kalashnikov began life as for a Soviet product that WAshington Post Writer public of Udmurtia. Viktor a sickly child in a peasant actually worked. Chulkov, a spokesman for family and would have Jim Supica, director of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the the republic’s seemed an unlikely candidate the National Firearms The Dow Jones industrial former Red Army sergeant president, for the international fame he Museum in Fairfax County, average rose 73.47 points, behind one of the world’s confirmed the achieved. He became a folk Va., called Kalashnikov a or 0.5 percent, to 16,294.61. most omnipresent weapons death to news hero in his native land and “giant of firearms design. The Standard & Poor’s 500 — the AK-47 and its variants sources but a celebrity abroad. Despite Kalashnikov’s genius was in index was up 9.67 points, or and copies, used by national did not give a having little technical train- designing a military rifle that armies, terrorists, drug gangs, cause of death. ing, he rose to the top of the was cheap to manufacture, 0.5 percent, to 1,827.99. bank robbers, revolution- Kalashnikov had Soviet armaments industry rugged and reliable.” aries and jihadists — died KALASHNIKOV been hospi- and traveled throughout the Kalashnikov headed — Page 6 — Dec. 23 at a hospital in talized for the world, including the United the design team that Izhevsk, Russia. He was 94. past month with unspecified States, as the face of Russian He lived in Izhevsk, the health problems. weaponry, an advertisement KALASHNIKOV | 4 Page 2 WIRE www.sunnewspapers.net NATIONAL NEWS The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 | NATION Rain, ice taper; cold stays for part of US U.S. gasoline falls AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Denver, Houston and to $3.2618 a gallon — Parts of the country Dallas, aviation data in survey socked by a wild weekend company FlightAware HOUSTON storm will be covered WK :.w w- said. The number is in with ice and without pow- line with a typical travel (Bloomberg) — The q er through Christmas and N - day and much improved average price for regular gasoline at U.S. pumps beyond thanks to a steady a e from Sunday’s 700 diet of freezing rain and r , an EaL cancellations. There are fell 1.72 cents in the past cold temperatures. usually more than 30,000 two weeks to $3.2618 The first full day of daily flights in the United a gallon, according to winter, Sunday, brought States. Lundberg Survey. a mix including snow in Delta Air Lines said a The survey covers the the Midwest and balmy taxiway that may have period ended Dec. 20 and temperatures along frozen over was suspected is based on information the Mid-Atlantic. Rain in an accident at Detroit obtained at about 2,500 and melting snow led Metropolitan Airport: An filling stations by the to swelling creeks and Atlanta-bound jetliner Camarillo, Calif.-based streams, closed roads and slid onto the grass, but no company. flooded underpasses in one was hurt. The price decline is Indiana, Ohio and other While the cold will the second reported this Great Lakes states. AP PHOTO continue to harass month by the survey. More than 390,000 people, there’s no major “We shouldn’t expect A window on an American Eagle plane is covered with snow before it is de-iced at O’Hare Inter- this to continue,” Trilby homes and businesses national Airport Sunday, in Chicago. As Americans and Canadians ushered in the first official day precipitation on the were without power horizon through the Lundberg, the president of winter, the weather provided a variety of surprises. Snow and ice hit Michigan, Canada, New of Lundberg Survey, said Monday in Michigan, England and upstate New York. Some other eastern regions had temperatures in the 60s and 70s. end of the week, Curtis upstate New York and said. in a telephone inter- view Monday. “In the northern New England, in Gray, Maine, said she stopped at a rest she lost control of her “It will give people same two-week period, down from Sunday’s Monday. “In fact, we don’t area along Interstate 95 vehicle on an icy patch of some time to recover wholesale prices paid by peak of more than half have very many areas in West Gardiner. She an interstate. A Vermont from this,” she said. jobbers, distributors and a million. Most were in where we’re expecting said roads got worse the man died from carbon Meanwhile, flooding in retailers have bobbed up Michigan, whose largest temperatures to rise farther north she drove. monoxide poisoning Indiana and Ohio, parts more than 3 cents and utilities said it’ll be days above freezing.” “The trees are loaded caused by a generator of which got 3 to 5 inches may crawl up a bit more. before power is restored That means untreated with ice, so it makes me that was running after of rain over the weekend, Their margin on gasoline because of the difficulty roads and sidewalks from think the road is loaded the storm knocked out caused no reported was slashed so they need of working around broken the upper Midwest to with ice,” Martin said. power at his house, state injuries but forced small- to catch up by raising lines. northern New England At least 11 deaths in police said. scale evacuations and prices slightly.” In Maine, the number will remain a slippery, the U.S. were blamed More than 4,000 flights closed several roads. The Dec. 20 retail price of customers without dangerous mess as people on the storm, including were behind schedule, Flooding in south- is 0.4 of a cent higher power spiked to more head out for last-minute five people killed in the majority of those in western Pennsylvania than a year ago, Lundberg than 78,000, and the cold shopping or holiday flooding in Kentucky and New York, Washington, damaged about 300 toys said. persisted. travel. a woman who died after Chicago, Denver, Dallas a Salvation Army set “It’s certainly not going In Maine, Judith Martin a tornado with winds and Houston. aside for needy fami- Seagram heir away,” Margaret Curtis, was heading from her of 130 mph struck in And more than 275 lies, but churches and Bronfman dies a meteorologist with the home in South Grafton, Arkansas. Another wom- flights were canceled, other charities donated National Weather Service Mass., to Kingston when an died in Arkansas when mostly in Chicago, replacements. (Bloomberg) — Edgar M. Bronfman, the second-generation heir who expanded the Seagram empire with 2nd opinion ordered for brain-dead teen profitable oil and gas and OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) was brain dead on Dec. 12 Jahi’s family says the and is not involved in Jahi’s chemical investments, — With a family fighting and wanted to remove her girl bled profusely after a case, told The Associated has died. He was 84. a hospital to keep their from life support. tonsillectomy and then Press that once brain Canadian-born Bronfman, a long-serving daughter who has been Jahi’s family wants to is went into cardiac arrest death has been declared, declared brain dead on life keep her hooked up to a before being declared a hospital is under no president of the World support, a California judge respirator, and eventually brain dead. obligation to keep a patient Jewish Congress, died on Monday ordered a sec- have her moved to another 1.190 Outside the courtroom, on a ventilator. Saturday at his home in ond medical evaluation for facility. Dr. David Durand, chief “Brain death is death,” New York surrounded by 13-year-old Jahi McMath. The family said they of pediatrics at Children’s, he said, adding, “They his family, the Samuel Jahi experienced believe she is still alive, and said that staff have the don’t need permission Bronfman Foundation complications following a that the hospital should “deepest sympathy” for from the family to take her said in a statement on its tonsillectomy at Children’s not remove her from the the family, but that Jahi is off, but because the little website. Hospital in Oakland. ventilator without their brain dead. girl died unexpectedly and Bronfman led Seagram As her family sat permission. “The ventilator cannot so tragically, they’re trying for 23 years before retir- ing at 65 to pursue his stone-faced in the front “It’s wrong for someone AP PHOTO reverse the brain death to soften the blow and let row of the courtroom, who made mistakes on that has occurred and it the family adjust to the twin passions of Jewish an Alameda County your child to just call the This undated file photo would be wrong to give reality.” faith and philanthropy. judge called for Jahi to be coroner … and not respect provided by the McMath false hope that Jahi will Often families confuse independently examined the family’s feeling or family and Omari Sealey ever come back to life,” he brain death with a coma Pregnant women by Paul Graham Fisher, the rights,” Sandra Chatman, shows Jahi McMath. McMath said. or a permanent vegetative can fill up on chief of child neurology at Jahi’s grandmother, said remains on life support at Durand said Jahi’s state, Caplan said, offering peanut butter, Stanford University School in the hallway outside the Children’s Hospital Oakland surgery was “very an analogy. allergy study says of Medicine. courtroom. nearly a week after doctors complex,” not simply a “A coma is like a televi- The examination was “I know Jahi suffered and declared her brain dead, tonsillectomy. sion that has a picture with LOS ANGELES (LA expected to occur later on it tears me up.” following a supposedly “It was much more a lot of interference,” he Times) — Pregnant peanut Monday. The family’s attorney routine tonsillectomy. complicated than a tonsil- said. “There’s brain activity, lovers can celebrate, per- Hospital staff and Fisher also asked Judge Evelio pediatric neurologist. lectomy,” Durand said. He but something’s not right. haps with a PB&J snack: A will conduct an electroen- Grillo to allow a third The judge is expected refused to elaborate, citing A permanent vegetative study out Monday shows cephalogram, or EEG, and evaluation by Paul Byrne, to take up the request to health care privacy laws. state is when the screen an association between tests to see if blood is still a pediatric professor at the use Byrne, and another Arthur L. Caplan, who is all snow. Brain death is pregnant women who ate flowing to Jahi’s brain. University of Toledo. The hearing was scheduled leads the Division of when the set is unplugged. the most peanuts and tree Doctors at Children’s hospital’s attorney objected for Tuesday morning, Medical Ethics at NYU There is nothing on the nuts and children with a Hospital concluded the girl to Byrne, saying he is not a Christmas Eve. Langone Medical Center screen.” decreased risk of allergy. Women had been advised to avoid peanuts and tree nuts, as well as Fed’s influence has expanded over 100 years other highly allergic foods, during pregnancy and WASHINGTON (AP) Fed has expanded its found it could influ- a program never tried became more open. It until the child turned 3, as — The press called it an influence over the past ence short-term rates before on such a scale. began releasing state- a way to try to reduce the early Christmas present century: by buying and selling The idea is to lower ments after each meeting chances of an allergy. But for President Woodrow Treasurys that banks hold long-term loan rates to to explain what it had those recommendations Wilson: On Dec. 23, Discount window as reserves. The Fed was stimulate borrowing and done and why. were rescinded after 1913, Congress passed slow to exploit this power spending. The Fed’s bond Bernanke went much researchers found that the legislation creating the When the Fed was during the Depression, buying has swollen its further. He updated effort didn’t work. Federal Reserve. Hours created, the “discount when it could have investment portfolio to economic forecasts more In the current study — later, Wilson signed the window” was its main delivered a desperately a record $4 trillion. The frequently. from Boston Children’s Federal Reserve Act into tool. When commercial needed economic jolt. purchases have helped Hospital and published law. banks in the Fed system The Fed uses short- keep long-term rates Political Monday in the Journal No one at the White fell short of money, they term rates to meet low. But they’ve incited independence of the American Medical House ceremony that could borrow from one its dual mandate: critics who fear the Fed is Association Pediatrics — day could foresee what of 12 regional Fed banks. Maximizing employment inflating bubbles in assets Congress has sought found that women who the Fed has become: A This became a vital Fed and stabilizing prices. from stocks to farmland. to insulate the Fed from ate nuts more than five titanic institution with role: Lender of last resort. To lower rates, it Last week, the Fed political meddling to pre- times a month had the power over people and The discount window creates money and uses said it will slow its serve its independence. lowest incidence of allergic economies worldwide. Its gained vast significance it to buy bonds from monthly purchases from Yet the Fed has become a children. actions shape loan rates during the financial cri- banks. The banks can $85 billion a month to target for critics because “By linking maternal and job growth. They sis. Hundreds of banks, use the reserves to make $75 billion. of the unorthodox peanut consumption to affect trade, stock prices, including some of the loans. To raise rates, the steps it’s taken over the reduced allergy risk, we are bank rules, financial biggest, borrowed from Fed does the reverse: It Greater openness past five years. Some providing new data to sup- systems. Economic it. The Fed supplied tril- sells Treasurys to banks Republicans think it isn’t port the hypothesis that decisions are made lions in loans — to U.S. and takes money out of The Fed has tried to accountable enough. early allergen exposure with the Fed in mind. banks and foreign banks circulation. Rates rise. assure investors that House Financial increases tolerance and Retirement savings hinge with U.S. subsidiaries. The Fed last week short-term rates will stay Services Committee reduces risk of childhood on its policies. That effort, along with strengthened its commit- low even after unem- Chairman Jeb food allergy,” Dr. Michael Supporters of the 1913 a rescue fund approved ment to low short-term ployment falls further. Hensarling, R-Texas, Young, lead author of the bill were responding to a by Congress, helped save rates. This assurance is part plans to review whether study, said in a statement. spate of banking panics. the financial system. of its effort to be more changes should be made “Current guidelines Five years ago, when Bond purchases publicly transparent. The to the Fed’s operations recommend that mothers the financial meltdown Short-term rate Fed had long guarded — especially, Hensarling should not restrict their struck, the Fed expanded Since the Fed can’t its operations closely. argues, because “the Fed diets during pregnancy, its reach. Its response This is the Fed’s main lower its short-term Until the 1990s, it didn’t has either implicitly or but this recommendation to the worst such crisis lever to influence the rate below zero, it’s even announce when it explicitly assumed so remains a widely debated since the 1930s was to economy. It was discov- taken other steps to spur changed short-term rates. many mandates and has, topic among food allergy ease credit, print money ered almost by accident growth. Starting in 2009, Starting with historically, been subject experts,” Dr. Ruchi Gupta and boost confidence. about a decade after the it’s been buying Treasurys Bernanke’s predecessor, to little or no congressio- wrote in an opinion piece Here are five ways the Fed’s creation. The Fed and mortgage bonds in Alan Greenspan, the Fed nal oversight.” accompanying the study. The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 STATE NEWS www.sunnewspapers.net WIRE Page 3 Report: 2 Fla. species threatened by sea-level rise WEST PALM analysis of data from the consortium of officials, rabbit has lost nearly half about 50 in the 1940s. swallow beaches where BEACH(Cox) — Among U.S. Fish and Wildlife scientists and engineers of its habitat due to ris- With the establishment loggerhead sea turtles the animals named in Service, National Marine from Palm Beach, ing sea levels, Wolf said. of a refuge and intensive nest along Florida’s east a new report of already Fisheries Service and Broward, Miami-Dade It’s not just endangered law enforcement the coast — the densest threatened species that other scientific literature. and Monroe counties animals put at risk. The population has grown to nesting beaches in the will be most affected by Although the report — has issued a report Key tree cactus is dying about 800, with two- southeast United States. rising sea levels are two studied sea-level threats estimating sea levels will off as the soil becomes thirds of those living on Loggerheads have had beloved Florida favorites: to all 1,383 federally rise between 3-7 inches saltier, Wolf said. Elkhorn Big Pine Key. prolific nesting seasons loggerhead turtles and protected, threatened by 2030 and 9-24 inches and staghorn corals and The highest elevation recently. During this the Bambi-esque Key and endangered species by 2060. the Miami blue butterfly on Big Pine Key is 36 year’s eight-month deer. throughout the U.S., “I hope it raises are also at risk. inches above sea level. nesting season that In all, 58 percent of the South Florida was awareness of how much The report singled A 12-inch rise in sea ended in November, state’s 120 endangered singled out in the report is at stake and that out the Key deer and level would submerge 44,810 nests were record- species are at risk from because its low-lying sea-level rise is a problem the loggerhead turtle most of the north end of ed statewide, down from sea-level rise, according coasts, flat topography that’s already affecting among five species most Big Pine Key, the site of 2012’s near-record count to the report by the and porous limestone our coast,” said Shaye threatened. the National Key Deer of 58,172. Center for Biological make it particularly Wolf, the climate science The Key deer, which Refuge, according to The However, modest Diversity. By comparison, vulnerable to inundation director at the Center grow to about the size Nature Conservancy, increases in sea levels 17 percent — 1 in 6 — of and saltwater intrusion. for Biological Diversity. of a German shepherd, which has partnered with would shrink nesting the nation’s threatened Estimates vary on Wolf, who grew up in Fort once thrived on dozens government agencies, beaches, forcing the and endangered species how much and how Lauderdale, found the of islands in the lower universities, towns, cities turtles to move farther are at risk from rising sea quickly sea levels will findings about the Florida Keys. Uncontrolled hunt- and other nonprofit inland, where seawalls levels and storm surges, rise. The Southeast Keys especially troubling. ing and development groups to create sea-level and beach development according to the San Florida Regional Climate Already, the endan- decimated the popula- inundation maps. will prevent them from Francisco-based center’s Change Compact — a gered lower Keys marsh tion, which dwindled to Sea-level rise will also nesting. | HEADLINE NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE Cub connected 53-foot trailer were last to drive in the express 2 boys accused of nearby resident soon admitted to breaking in to mauling seen on Saturday night. lanes on Interstate 95. So, vandalizing central told deputies that two and causing damage. The trailer was packed the price may go up. of his son’s friends were They also admitted to killed by car with 41,000 pounds of The Miami Herald Fla. school hiding in his house. He a Dec. 2 burglary at the LONGWOOD (AP) — A frozen food. reports that as of October, DELEON SPRINGS turned the boys over to school. black bear cub connect- Police say the truck’s drivers had made 112,119 (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies deputies. They were released to ed to the mauling of a license plate is F25901. $7 trips through the say two boys are accused Davidson says the boys their families. express lanes this year. central Florida woman The utility trailer’s tag of vandalizing a central That’s an increase of was struck and killed by number is 0923CE. Florida elementary 125 percent over 2012, a car last week, the latest Anyone with infor- school. IK KIMBER llMIEIEIIBIMBER MAIISTIINMMARTINARTIN twist in a saga that has mation is asked to call 2011 and 2010 combined. Drivers using the ex- Volusia County Attorney at Law shined a spotlight on the Det. Charles Bolton at Sheriff’s spokesman Gary sometimes problematic 863-401-2257. Callers press lanes pay between $0.25 to a maximum of $7 Davidson says a deputy interaction of bears and can remain anonymous was dispatched to Louise CRIMINALRCIMINAL DEFENSEDE'11WFE AlNSE humans in this Orlando to access the lanes. The and may receive a cash idea is that by driving up S. McInnis Elementary suburb. Misdemeanors • Felony Charges • DUIs reward if the suspects are the price as congestion School on Saturday when Wildlife officials had captured. builds during rush hour, an alarm sounded. been looking for the traffic is driven back into The Daytona Beach 17843 Murdock Circle, Ste B, 65-pound female cub News-Journal reports the DOT: More drivers the general lanes, easing Port Charlotte, FL 33948 to reunite it with its two deputy saw a concrete paying to use I-95 congestion in the express Over 20 Years of Service to Port Charlotte siblings and mother. lanes. rock used to smash the The mother was posi- express lanes Punta Gorda, Englewood, North Port and Venice DOT held a public school’s glass doors. He Licensed in Florida and Maryland tively identified through MIAMI (AP) — hearing last week on rule then heard noises coming Phone: (941) 743-2990 DNA as the bear that Department of changes that could cap from the building and mauled Susan Chalfant Email: [email protected] Transportation numbers the toll at $10.50. The found two boys spraying Web: kimbermartin.com 50462537 in Longwood on Dec. 2 show many South Florida minimum would rise to a fire extinguisher. as she walked her dogs drivers are willing to pay $0.50. The boys ran and a through a gated commu- nity known for frequent bear sightings. The mother bear was not euthanized because she was captured with two cubs. The bears are being cared for at Busch THANK YOU FOR Gardens in Tampa. The cubs are expected to be released back into the wild in the spring, while their mother will be moved to another facility. The third cub died after being hit by a car late Friday in Longwood, near the neighborhood where Chalfant was mauled by the cub’s mother. N. Fla. couple’s baby weighs in at 14+ pounds

GAINESVILLE (AP) — The third baby may very MACY’S IS DONATING $2 MILLION well be the last for a north Florida couple. TO MAKE-A-WISH®! Son Isaiah Lawrence Johnson was born Friday Thanks to all who participated in Macy’s Believe at Gainesville’s UF Shands campaign and to our partners at Good Morning Hospital, weighing in at a America on ABC for their support. Z whopping 14 pounds 7.6 tI i ounces. He was 22 ½ inches long. Tolearnmore,visitmacys.com/believe Mother Nicia McNelley told the Gainesville Sun MerryChristmasandmayallyourholiday it seemed like it “took wishes come true! forever to get him out.” The baby was born by Cesarean section, seven days before his e- IL - due date. The mother IL < and baby were expected < to leave the hospital METER Monday, just in time for ` Christmas. s McNelley and Quinta Johnson have two other children, but Isiah was their largest baby — by far. They live in nearby Keystone Heights. Police looking for truck thieves in Winter Haven 1, I WINTER HAVEN (AP) — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the thieves who stole a truck filled with frozen food. Winter Haven police say they were called Sunday to the Royal

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KRUKALMANAC Holiday sales down for third week Today is Tuesday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2013. There are NEW YORK (AP) — locations. That follows a Retailers started Karen McDonald, AnnTaylor and Express seven days left in the year. This is After a strong start to the decline of 2.9 percent and the season cautiously a spokeswoman at had 50 percent sales, Christmas Eve. holiday shopping season, 0.8 percent during the optimistic. But after a Taubman Centers, which while Aeropostale was TToday oin history sales at stores have fallen first and second weeks of strong start through owns or operates 28 discounting its entire ogl' n hogu7 for the third consecutive the month, respectively. most of November — malls, estimated that assortment up to On Dec. 24, 1913, 73 people, week as Americans The numbers, which ShopperTrak said sales business for the week that 70 percent. Still, most of them children, died in continue to hold back on don’t include online sales, were up 3.4 percent for ended Sunday unchanged shoppers were cautious. a crush of panic after someone spending during what is are another challenge in the month — stores have to up mid-single digit Barbara Jackson, 45, falsely called out “Fire!” during traditionally the busiest what has largely been a found it increasingly percentage compared was one of them. She said a Christmas party for striking buying period of the year. disappointing holiday hard to attract shoppers with a year ago. she’s capping her holiday miners and their families at the Sales at U.S. stores shopping season for into stores despite big “I felt for sure it was budget at $1,500 — half of Italian Hall in Calumet, Mich. dropped 3.1 percent to stores. The two-month discounts and expanded going to be gangbusters. what she spent last year. $42.7 billion for the week period that begins on hours during the final But it was just OK,” That’s because Jackson, 0On thisodl4o date that ended on Sunday Nov. 1 is important for days. McDonald said. an aide to the elderly, In 1524, Portuguese navigator compared with the same retailers because they can “It’s been a mediocre At the Garden State is earning less than last Vasco da Gama — who had week last year, according make up to 40 percent of December,” said Bill Plaza Mall in Paramus, year. discovered a sea route around to ShopperTrak, which their annual sales during Martin, co-founder of N.J. on Saturday, “I am more budget Africa to India — died in Cochin, tracks data at 40,000 that time. ShopperTrak. Abercrombie & Fitch, conscious,” Jackson said. India. In 1814, the War of 1812 officially ended as the United less than one second. the website remains with the administration’s Monday had been the States and Britain signed the EXTENSION The Obama admin- vulnerable to heavy last-minute changes, deadline for Americans Treaty of Ghent. istration is hoping for traffic. What’s more, the yet there seems to be no in the 36 states served by In 1851, fire devastated the FROM PAGE 1 a surge of year-end delay offered critics of end in sight,” Taylor, a the federal site to sign up Library of Congress in Wash- enrollments to show that Obamacare another Republican who heads if they wanted coverage ington, D.C., destroying about the system was running the technical problems opportunity to argue that Ohio’s insurance depart- at the start of the new 35,000 volumes. well Monday. were merely a temporary the law still isn’t work- ment, said. year. The remaining In 1863, English novelist By the afternoon, setback. That would also ing and that President The administration states operate their own William Makepeace Thackeray, the site had received a go a long way toward Barack Obama keeps was careful not to online marketplaces, and author of “Vanity Fair,” died in record 850,000 visits, five easing concerns that changing the rules. characterize Tuesday some of them have also London at age 52. times the number logged insurance companies In Ohio, Lt. Gov. as a new deadline or extended their deadlines. In 1871, Giuseppe Verdi’s by the same time last won’t be able to sign up Mary Taylor called the an extension, likening As the deadline drew opera “Aida” had its world Monday, the adminis- enough young, healthy deadline extension “a the move instead to the new, more than 1 million premiere in Cairo, Egypt. tration said. Bataille said people to keep prices low clear sign healthcare.gov Election Day practice in people visited the web- In 1906, Canadian physicist the system was handling for everyone. continues to struggle.” which people who are site over the weekend, Reginald A. Fessenden became the volume with error But the grace period “Consumers are in line when the polls and a federal call center the first person to transmit the rates of less than 1 in 200 may have been a tacit already confused and in- close are still allowed to received more than human voice (his own) as well and response times of acknowledgement that surers are overwhelmed vote. 200,000 calls. as music over radio, from Brant Rock, Mass. In 1943, President Franklin Cabler was just 45, had D. Roosevelt appointed Gen. HEART always been healthy and Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme active, so the diagnosis commander of Allied forces in FROM PAGE 1 was a surprise. So was Europe as part of Operation learning about the possi- Overlord. usual preventive advice, ble seasonal connection. In 1951, Gian Carlo Menotti’s including flu shots, Now he says the stress of “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” avoiding excessive eating running around buying the first opera written specifically and drinking, and getting gifts and braving holiday for television, was first broadcast enough exercise through- crowds might have been a by NBC-TV. out the season. factor. Doctors also found In 1968, the Apollo 8 astro- David Phillips, a so- he had high cholesterol nauts, orbiting the moon, read ciologist at the University rip, and triglycerides, pre- passages from the Old Testament of California’s San Diego scribed medicine and Book of Genesis during a campus, has long studied recommended cutting Christmas Eve telecast. when people die. His down on fat and sugar. In 1980, Americans remem- research, based on mil- Cabler said he’s trying bered the U.S. hostages in Iran by lions of death certificates to cut the stress this burning candles or shining lights nationwide, shows that holiday season — buying for 417 seconds — one second cardiac deaths includ- fewer gifts and spending for each day of captivity. ing fatal heart attacks AP PHOTO more time at home. In 1993, the Rev. Norman increase almost 5 percent “We’re keeping it a little Vincent Peale, who blended on Christmas Day, the In this Dec. 17 photo, Dr. Jason Cabler poses in the exercise room of his home in Hendersonville, more low-key,” he said. Christian and psychiatric princi- day after and on New Tenn. Cabler, 46, suffered a heart attack on Christmas Day in 2012 while lifting weights in the Then there’s “holiday ples into a message of “positive Year’s Day. Deaths from basement gym. Studies indicate that heart troubles, including fatal heart attacks, spike this time heart syndrome,” a type thinking,” died in Pawling, N.Y., other causes also increase of year, especially on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. of irregular heartbeat at age 95. at holiday time, but not as rush leading up to the elective surgeries, you “I said, ‘I’m just having called atrial fibrillation much, he has found. holidays, people tend to might want to consider an off day, I’ll just work brought on by too much Today’s birthdays Phillips estimates ignore symptoms and put holding off until hospital through it,’” he recalled. alcohol. Author Mary Higgins Clark that there are 2,000 off going to the doctor — staffing is back to normal. But when his symptoms It involves irregular is 86. Rock singer-musician extra deaths each year, which can be dangerous Nashville dentist got worse, he climbed up- contractions in the Lemmy (Motorhead) is 68. mostly from heart-related if heart problems or Jason Cabler fell victim stairs and asked his son to heart’s upper two Actor Grand L. Bush is 58. problems, linked with other serious illnesses are last year. After opening drive him to the hospital. chambers that patients Actor Clarence Gilyard is 58. Christmas and New Year’s. brewing. presents on Christmas By then he was feeling often feel as palpita- Actress Stephanie Hodge is He says hospitals’ holiday His advice? Head to morning with his wife nauseous and sweating tions, a funny fluttery 57. Actor Wade Williams is staffing is a factor, with the emergency room and two teens, Cabler profusely. Ten minutes sensation in the chest, 52. Designer Kate Spade is fewer doctors and nurses with life-threatening headed downstairs to lift later he was in a hospital or chest pain. It’s like the 51. Rock singer Mary Ramsey working and the most symptoms such as chest weights in his basement emergency room. Doctors heart’s rhythm has gone (10,000 Maniacs) is 50. Singer senior employees often pain, unexplained falls, gym when he started to diagnosed a heart attack “haywire,” according to Ricky Martin is 42. Author on vacation. numbness or tingling. But feel a little odd, including and implanted two stents a report last year in the Stephenie Meyer is 40. Rock Also, he said, in the for non-emergencies and tightness in his chest. to open a blocked artery. Harvard Heart Letter. singer Louis Tomlinson (One Direction) is 22. service, said the ban will of Burmese pythons in the federal ban, for use lands. Earlier this year, a help prevent non-native Florida,” Warren said. as pets. state-sanctioned python PYTHON snakes from spreading “These snakes have the The reptile keepers hunt attracted worldwide ODD NEWS FROM PAGE 1 and protects native potential to expand association isn’t inter- attention but netted just wildlife. The snakes can beyond South Florida. ested in challenging the 68 of the snakes. Officials Man wins $1M from spending money on grow to be roughly 20 Large constrictor snakes Florida law, Galvin said. said the monthlong hunt Picasso with pets they might not be feet long or longer, and have demonstrated that “We believe Florida succeeded in raising $138 raffle ticket able to move to another officials have said the they are highly adaptable stepped up and han- awareness about Florida’s state. Some of the threat the snakes pose to to new environments, dled what they per- python problem. WEXFORD, association’s members indigenous wildlife could consume a large number ceived was their issue. State wildlife officials Pennsylvania (AP) — A euthanized brood stock undermine the expensive and variety of native As for the 49 other also have intensified man looking for art for they couldn’t care for in efforts Florida and the species, and dramatically states, we believe this efforts to keep a cluster his new home has won an evaporating market. federal government change the ecosystems (federal ban) is inva- of northern African a $1 million Picasso Five species, including are making to restore they invade.” sive,” Galvin said. pythons, also called rock painting with a $138 boa constrictors and oth- natural water flows to the Florida law prohibits The Florida Fish and pythons, just west of raffle ticket. er anacondas, eventually Everglades. the possession or sale of Wildlife Conservation Miami from spreading Jeffrey Gonano were dropped from the “This is in response Burmese pythons and Commission allows elsewhere. One of the told the Pittsburgh ban but remain under to significant ecological southern or northern hunters with special aggressive snakes killed Tribune-Review he’s consideration. impacts observed as a African pythons, among permits to remove a Siberian husky in not sure he’ll ever hang Ken Warren, a spokes- result of a self-sustain- other large non-native pythons and other exotic the dog’s backyard in the masterpiece in his man for the wildlife ing, wild population snakes not included in reptiles from some state September. home in Wexford, in western Pennsylvania, given its value. the Iran-Iraq war carried it. fallen North Vietnamese soldiers and all other fully automatic The 25-year-old The al-Qaida leader Osama because they found the AK to be weapons are illegal for most Gonano, who works KALASHNIKOV bin Laden used a modernized more reliable. civilians. As a weapon designed for his family’s fire FROM PAGE 1 one as a prop in his recruiting Over the years, two dozen for military use, an authentic AK sprinkler business, videos. nations have produced the can be switched between au- learned Wednesday produced the AK-47 — standing From its earliest days, the rifle, including Warsaw Pact tomatic and single-shot modes that his ticket had for automatic by Kalashnikov, Kalashnikov has been judged a members, China, North Korea, with the flip of a lever. The won the Paris raffle. model of 1947 — as the assault superior weapon because of its Egypt, Iraq and Finland. Before so-called assault rifles for sale Organizers say nearly rifle for the newly retitled Soviet simplicity and reliability. In a his death in 2013, President in the United States are semiau- 50,000 tickets were Army. It went into service two compact, 10-pound package, a Hugo Chavez of Venezuela was tomatic — that is, one shot per sold worldwide, for 100 years later and then was provid- single fighter holds the fully au- planning to open a factory to trigger-pull. Those seen blazing euros apiece, to benefit ed to the Soviet Union’s allies tomatic firepower of a machine manufacture the gun, and the away in Hollywood movies are a Lebanese charity. and clients, as well as many gun. It has only eight moving AK is wielded in battle today by disabled weapons that can fire The 1914 work, “Man other countries Moscow was parts, can be broken down and al-Qaida in Iraq, the Taliban in only blanks. in the Opera Hat,” trying to influence during the reassembled in 30 seconds and Afghanistan and anti-govern- The AK brand did succeed in dates from Spanish Cold War and after. will fire when very dirty. ment rebels in Syria. invading the United States, but master Pablo Picasso’s The AK first went into action During the war in Vietnam, No exact count is possible, but through popular culture, where cubist period. Picasso to put down East Berlin riots the rifle was used by the North experts believe there are about it symbolizes a kind of rebellious died in 1973. in 1953 and the Hungarian Vietnamese army, Viet Cong 100 million AKs, modernizations cool. Sylvester Stallone carried Gonano said he Revolution of 1956. Egyptian insurgents and, sometimes, U.S. and derivatives around the one in the “Rambo” movies, as wants to keep the soldiers used it to assassinate forces. Marines would often world, with as many as 1 million did Nicolas Cage, Warren Beatty artwork, which features President Anwar Sadat in put down their standard-issue more being made each year. and hundreds of actors in other vivid shapes in opaque 1981. Troops on both sides in M-16s and pick up AK-47s from In the United States, the AK films. gouache paint. The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 WORLD NEWS www.sunnewspapers.net WIRE Page 5

| WORLD Band members Canadians, Brits trapped in S. Sudan city released from NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) mounting urgency,” with Russian prison — British, Canadian tens of thousands of peo- and Kenyan citizens are ple displaced and about KRASNOYARSK, Russia among 3,000 foreigners 45,000 seeking protection (AP) — The last two trapped in a South at U.N. bases. imprisoned members Sudan city experiencing He said he was spend- of the Russian punk bouts of heavy machine ing most of Monday band Pussy Riot walked gun fire, one of the most urging regional leaders to free Monday, criticizing violent areas of a week- increase military support the amnesty measure long conflict that has and “political backing that released them as a likely killed more than for efforts to defuse the publicity stunt, with one 1,000 people, a top U.N. crisis.” calling for a boycott of official said Monday. In a message to the the Winter Olympics to Australians, Ugandans Sudanese people, the protest Russia’s human and Ethiopians are also secretary-general said: rights record. among 17,000 people “The United Nations Maria Alekhina and seeking protection at a will stay with you. We Nadezhda Tolokonnikova U.N. base in Bor, a city will do our utmost to were granted amnesty last that could see increased protect you, to provide week in a move largely violence in coming days, the humanitarian viewed as the Kremlin’s said Toby Lanzer, the AP PHOTO assistance you need, and attempt to soothe criti- U.N.’s humanitarian In this photo taken Sunday and released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan most of all to help the cism of Russia’s human coordinator. (UNMISS) on Monday, UNMISS relocates non-critical staff from Juba, South Sudan, to Entebbe, country regain the path rights record before the The death toll from Uganda. Civilian helicopters evacuated U.S. citizens from the violent South Sudan city of Bor, to peace.” Sochi Games in February. a week of violence in capital of Jonglei state, seeing bouts of heavy machine-gun fire, but 3,000 citizens from coun- Bor is the city where “I’m calling for a South Sudan has likely tries like Canada, Britain and Kenya remain trapped there, a top U.N. official said Monday. rebel forces fired on three boycott of the Olympic surpassed 1,000 people, U.S. military aircraft on Games,” Tolokonnikova though there are no literally walked into the tensions.” he expects the council Saturday, forcing the said. “What is happening firm numbers available, bush and are communi- Ban proposed in a to vote Tuesday on a Ospreys — advanced today — releasing people he said. The number cating from there. That’s letter to the council ob- resolution authorizing helicopter-airplane just a few months before of internal refugees is where they say they are tained by The Associated the transfers. hybrids — to abort their their term expires — is a probably more than safest.” Press that the troops be The secretary-general evacuation mission. cosmetic measure.” 100,000, said Lanzer, U.N. Secretary-General transferred from U.N. called on member states On Sunday, the U.S. The amnesty — part of who is seeking urgent Ban Ki-moon urged the missions in Congo, to urgently provide trans- evacuated Americans by a wide measure passed financial assistance Security Council late Darfur, Abyei, Ivory Coast port to get the troops, civilian U.S. and U.N. last week by the parlia- from the U.S., Britain Monday to add 5,500 and Liberia, along with police and equipment to helicopters. ment — and President and other European troops and police to the three attack helicopters, South Sudan. The U.S. over the last Vladimir Putin’s pardon- countries. 7,000-strong U.N. peace- three utility helicopters He said the U.N. week has evacuated 380 ing last week of onetime “I know there are keeping mission in South and a C130 military mission’s capacity to Americans and 300 oth- oil tycoon and political ri- many thousands of peo- Sudan, citing growing transport plane. investigate human rights ers from South Sudan, val Mikhail Khodorkovsky ple seeking protection in violence in many parts France’s U.N. abuses is also being which has seen vicious, freed some of the most churches,” Lanzer said. of the country, human Ambassador Gerard urgently strengthened. ethnically targeted prominent convicts “I know that we have rights abuses, “and Araud, the current Ban said the situation violence pulse through who were sentenced in our own staff that have killings fueled by ethnic council president, said in South Sudan “is of the nation. politically tainted cases.

Thai protesters try to block election Canada ice storm snips 500,000 homes’ power sign-up MONTREAL as possible,” Wynne said. BANGKOK (AP) — Anti- (Bloomberg) — Repair Ford said it’s too government protesters crews are working early to declare a state of determined to unseat around the clock to emergency. Thailand’s prime minister restore electricity to “If it gets really bad in surrounded a Bangkok about 500,000 house- the next 24 hours we could sports stadium on holds in Ontario and have a state of emergency Monday in an unsuc- Quebec after an ice but I don’t want to say that cessful attempt to block storm snapped branch- right now,” he said. “We’re political parties from es, brought down power not in that situation quite registering for February lines and crimped travel yet.” elections. in Canada’s two most Ice is building up on Prime Minister Yingluck populous provinces. some transformers, Shinawatra, who is In Toronto, Canada’s which could trigger “cat- popular among the rural biggest city, about 244,000 astrophic” equipment majority but disliked by Toronto Hydro customers failures, Haines said. the urban middle class were without power as “It’s not just a matter and elite, called the Feb. 2 of 3:15 a.m. Monday, the of going in and restor- elections to defuse ten- utility said in a message ing the power lines,” he sion after several weeks on Twitter. All streetcar said. “Now we’re going of sometimes violent service in the city - on to be replacing poles, demonstrations in the what would have been AP PHOTO replacing transformers Thai capital. one of the year’s busiest at the top of some shopping days - was sus- Residents survey the damage after power lines came down across a street in Toronto’s east end of these poles, so it’s The attempted block- on Sunday. ade comes after the main pended Sunday due to icy going to be a major opposition Democrat power lines, the Toronto event that is going to Party said over the Transit Commission deployed, service may Monday, Environment with affected municipal- last days for us to be weekend it will boycott said. Street car service not be restored in full be- Canada said. ities to ensure a coordi- able to get the power the vote, which Yingluck’s was expected to be fore Tuesday, Christmas Toronto’s East General nated response, Ontario back up.” ruling party would likely restored this morning, Eve, the utility said. and Sunnybrook hospitals Premier Kathleen Wynne Hydro One, another win. while the Sheppard and More than 400 flights are operating on emer- said at a separate news Toronto-based utility, Scarborough RT subway were canceled Sunday gency generators, as is conference Sunday. The said in a statement Netanyahu calls lines remain closed, the at Toronto’s Pearson the city’s water-pumping Ontario government will Sunday that about commission said. International Airport, system, Haines said. provide tree harvesters 120,000 customers had for probe of NSA “This is truly one of according to the airport’s “The top priority now to cities that have no power. spying in Israel the worst ice storms website, with dozens is the hospitals,” Toronto requested help, she said. “Crews are finding more scrapped in Ottawa Mayor Rob Ford said at a JERUSALEM (MCT) we’ve seen here in “I want to assure tree branches and power and Montreal. The storm news conference at City — Israeli Prime Minister Ontario,” Toronto Hydro everyone living in these lines coated with more left up to 1.2 inches of Hall. Benjamin Netanyahu said Chief Executive Officer areas that all available than an inch of ice, so ice in the Toronto area Provincial officials, Monday that he has or- Anthony Haines said resources are working restoring power is slow and may dump as much including those from dered a probe into reports Sunday at a news brief- to keep you and your going,” said Greg Towns, as 10 millimeters in Emergency Management that the United States and ing. While all available family safe, and to Hydro One’s director of southeastern Quebec Ontario, are working Britain had monitored employees have been restore power as quickly lines. communications of the previous prime minister and defense minister, calling the actions Activists: Syrian aircraft bomb North, 45 dead unacceptable. Netanyahu also reiter- BEIRUT (AP) — it began an unusually in the day that air raids on not stop. commented on the use of ated Israel’s call for the Government forces heavy air offensive against the northern province of Barrel bombs are the crude weapons, nor on release of Jonathan Jay widened a bombing Aleppo on Dec. 15, Aleppo have killed at least crude devices filled with the intensified strikes over Pollard, an American Navy campaign in rebel-held dropping barrel bombs 301 people including 87 explosives and fuel that Aleppo. But the timing intelligence analyst sen- areas of northern Syria on rebel-held areas from children, 30 women and are wildly inaccurate — suggests that President tenced to life in prison in on Monday, striking the helicopters. Aleppo, Syria’s nearly 30 opposition fight- often landing near schools Bashar Assad could be 1987 for spying for Israel. northern city of Aleppo largest city, is divided into ers since mid-December. and market places, trying to strengthen his Documents leaked and a town on the Turkish government-and-rebel- That figure did not include causing massive damage position a month ahead by Edward Snowden, a border in raids that left an ruled areas. those reported killed on impact. of planned peace talks in former contractor for the estimated 45 people dead, The Britain-based Monday. The aid group The government has not Switzerland. National Security Agency, activists said. Syrian Observatory for Doctors Without Borders which detailed surveil- The attack on the Human Rights reported has said the bombs killed lance by the agency and border town of Azaz was that multiple air raids on at least 189 people and Britain’s eavesdropping the latest attack using the Aleppo neighborhoods wounded 879 in the first F powerful but inaccurate of Sukkari, Maadi, Marjeh four days alone. OL Boy agency, the Government POSERVICE REPAIRS SUPPLIES RENOVATIONS Communications “barrel bombs” on the and Nairab left at least The main Western- Headquarters, showed Aleppo region, said an 30 people including 12 backed Syrian opposition that in 2009 they had activist who goes by the children dead on Monday. group, the Syrian National Quit Lugging those Jugs! monitored email traffic of name of Abu al-Hassan It said the death toll could Coalition, warned that if several Israeli officials, in- Marea. He said residents rise as there are many the bombing campaign Call now & cluding Ehud Olmert, the in the town told him that people who were seriously against Aleppo continues Israeli prime minister at 15 people were killed wounded. On Sunday, 65 it will not take part in convert to a the time, and the defense in the strike. Another were killed near an Aleppo U.N.-sponsored peace ' f minister, Ehud Barak. activist group, the Local marketplace in one of the talks planned for Jan. 22 salt pool Contents of the leaked Coordination Committees, bloodiest days of the air in Switzerland. A coalition today! documents were pub- gave the same death toll. campaign, according to statement quoted the lished Friday by The New The Azaz attack activists. group’s Secretary General York Times, Britain’s The suggests the government Rami Abdurrahman, Badr Jamous as saying qo Guardian and Germany’s is expanding its range who heads the they will boycott the talks 55-1900Licensed & Insured ?boyinc com po . Lic# CPC1457405 Der Spiegel. of targets a week after Observatory, said earlier in case the air raids do 50461582 )www Page 6 WIRE www.sunnewspapers.net BUSINESS NEWS/STOCKS The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Apple, other tech stocks lift Health care the broader market companies ear Mr. Berko: We NEW YORK (AP) — fastest pace since 2011. world’s most populous The market is heading own stock in five of Stocks rose in quiet trad- “Everything is going in country. The iPhone is for its best year in more the drug companies ing Monday as investors the right direction,” said already sold through two than a decade. The S&P D you recommended (list en- start to close the books Rob Stein, chief executive smaller carriers there. 500 index has increased closed) and they are doing on 2013. officer of Chicago- Technology stocks in the 28 percent so far this fantastic. We bought them Apple helped lift based Astor Investment S&P 500 rose 1.5 percent, year — 30 percent when three years ago because, as Malcolm technology stocks after Management. more than twice as much dividends are included — you told us, the Affordable the company reached a The Dow Jones indus- as the broader index. putting it on track for its 1 Berko Health Care Act will enable i i deal to sell the iPhone to trial average rose 73.47 Trading was very light biggest annual gain since more people to purchase China’s largest wireless points, or 0.5 percent, to ahead of the Christmas 1997. medications. Now we have carrier. 16,294.61. The Standard holiday. Just 2.8 billion “People want to hold $25,600 from a preferred over $17 billion in salaries The market has been & Poor’s 500 index shares were traded on on to these gains, so no stock that was recently and payroll taxes from moving broadly higher was up 9.67 points, or the New York Stock one is going to take any called and we want to your premium payments. since last Wednesday, 0.5 percent, to 1,827.99. Exchange, well below the undue risks this close invest this for growth. We Multiply all those costs when the Federal Reserve The Nasdaq composite recent average of to the end of the year,” want conservative growth times perhaps 100 health said it will start pulling rose 44.16 points, or 3.4 billion. said Stephen Carl, head with emphasis on safety. — insurers that pay their 100 back on its stimulus 1.1 percent, to 4,148.90. Both the New York equity trader at Williams RB: Detroit, Mich. CEOs, their 100 treasur- program next month Apple rose $21.07, or Stock Exchange and the Capital. The next two Dear RB: While I believe ers, their 100 computer as the U.S. economy 4 percent, to $570.09 af- Nasdaq Stock Market will weeks, with Christmas drug stocks have a lot more systems, their 100 adver- improves. Last week ter the company reached be closed Wednesday for and New Year’s Day both room for revenue, earnings tisers, software programs, the government also a deal with China Mobile, Christmas. Both exchang- falling in the middle of and dividend growth, I’d printers, etc., and pretty raised its estimate for the world’s largest es will also close at 1 p.m. the work week, will likely prefer that you spread your soon we’re talking about third-quarter economic cellphone provider, to Eastern on Tuesday for have light trading, he wings a bit, look at the a pot load of money. And growth to 4.1 percent, the sell the iPhone in the Christmas Eve. said. health insurance sector pretty soon we may also be and consider some of the talking about a single-pay- more substantial health er health care system. | NATION insurers. The health insur- In the meantime, I’d be help prices by reducing ance business, with help a buyer of AET, CI, UNH, Consumer U.S. companies Jos. A. Bank HUM and WLP. Premium spending gains lift boost share the outstanding number rejects Men’s and votes from the mullahs of shares, which boosts in Congress, is a shoo-in growth for these compa- US 4th-quarter buybacks earnings per share. Wearhouse offer for powerful revenue, earn- nies is expected to increase However, repurchases ings and principal growth. by 40 percent to 60 percent WASHINGTON LOS ANGELES (LA at many companies are (Bloomberg) — Jos. A. Their revenues will grow over the next three to five (Bloomberg) — Times) — Stock buybacks counter-balanced by the Bank Clothiers rejected like wildflowers as health years. And with improving Consumer spending rose by U.S. corporations hit often-plentiful stock op- a $1.54 billion takeover care spending and profits net profit margins, their in November by the most their highest level since tions issued to executives, proposal from Men’s explode in the coming earnings per share could in five months as dis- the 2008 global financial thus dulling the potential Wearhouse Inc. as too years. And health insur- increase enormously. The counts lured early holiday crisis, as companies gob- improvement in EPS. low. The shares remained ance companies never lose health insurance industry shoppers, giving the U.S. bled up their own shares above the offer price, money; rather, they just has grabbed Americans economy a boost at the despite paying steadily Apple to sell indicating investors raise your premiums and by both kidneys, and end of 2013. rising prices. iPhones through expect a higher bid. reduce your benefits. timely squeezes during Purchases increased Total share repurchases China Mobile The Men’s Wearhouse The five largest public the year will generate 0.5 percent after a 0.4 by companies in the offer “significantly health insurers: AETNA higher revenues while percent gain in October Standard & Poor’s 500 BEIJING (Bloomberg) undervalued” the (AET-$65.08), CIGNA more restrictive coverage that was larger than stock index reached — Ending years of company and wasn’t in (CI-$83.52), HUMANA should insure increasing previously estimated, the $128.2 billion in the third negotiations, Apple struck shareholders’ best in- (HUM-$98.76), UNITED profits. And this practically Commerce Department quarter, according to re- a deal to sell the iPhone terest, Hampstead, Md.- HEALTH (UNH-$70.20) guarantees higher share reported Monday. Other searcher S&P Dow Jones through China Mobile, based Jos. A. Bank said and WELLPOINT (WLP- prices. Congress has given data showed consumer Indices. That’s the most giving both companies a Monday in a statement. $86.90) collectively earned the insurance industry a sentiment climbed in since $141.7 billion in the means to fight declining The company said it $14 billion from your license to steal from the December to a five- final quarter of 2007. share in the world’s would continue to seek premiums in 2013 after consumer; if you invest month high. Buybacks were up largest wireless market. its own acquisitions to paying their corporate that $25,000 equally Record stock prices and 8.6 percent from the China Mobile will sell boost shareholder value. officers, a useless boards among these five insurers, a rebound in home values second quarter, and the iPhone 5s and 5c Men’s Wearhouse said of directors, superb sales I’m confident that in a are boosting wealth 23.6 percent in the last models in its retail stores in its own statement people, accountants and couple years you’ll be among upper-income year. Repurchases can starting Jan. 17, the com- Monday that it still is lawyers. And those com- pleased as a pasha with Americans, benefiting be a mixed blessing for panies said Monday in a considering ways to panies earned $14 billion your capital gains. retailers such as Neiman shareholders. statement that provided “make this combina- after they collectively Email Malcolm Berko at Marcus. Theoretically, they no financial terms. tion a reality.” paid 251,000 employees [email protected].

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Level3 32.48 +.27 ... NovaCopp 1.52 +.08 ... PUSSP500 15.63 -.24 2.00 Taubmn 63.86 +.21 .40 AmIntlGrp 51.24 +.21 2.44e TelefBrasil 18.84 +.49 ... WeathfIntl 15.06 -.11 .94f ARltCapPr 12.64 +.04 2.92e Cemig pf 7.84 +.30 1.10f Ecolab 104.28 +.04 1.94 Hershey 95.56 -.74 .66f LexRltyTr 10.32 +.15 2.53e Novartis 78.66 +.34 ... PrUPShQQQ14.63 -.47 .83 CenterPnt 23.06 -.19 ... EdwLfSci 65.51 +.32 ... Hertz 26.04 +.29 .35e LbtyASE 5.97 +.05 ... Novavax 5.04 +.11 1.32 ProspctCap 11.37 +.06 ... TenetHlth 39.81 -.50 .60 WebsterFn 30.62 +.51 .81 AmStWtr s 29.36 -.35 ... Tenneco 56.39 +1.40 1.16f AmTower 78.42 +.47 2.16 CntryLink 31.36 +.32 .12e EldorGld g 5.47 -.02 1.00 Hess 80.22 +.05 ... LibtyIntA 28.85 +.70 3.18e NovoNord 179.90 -.12 2.12f Prudentl 91.50 +.17 1.22 WeinRlt 27.93 +.32 ... ElectArts 23.86 +.32 .58 HewlettP 28.05 +.26 1.90 LibtProp 34.71 -.14 ... NuanceCm 15.32 +.42 1.44 PSEG 31.74 -.01 ... Teradata 44.30 -.48 1.12 AmWtrWks 41.76 -.04 ... Cenveo 3.35 +.01 1.50 WellPoint 91.15 +1.56 1.02f EmpDist 22.86 -.01 .70 Hillshire 33.23 +.21 ... Lifevantge 1.80 +.11 1.48f Nucor 52.42 +.43 5.60f PubStrg 151.55 -.27 ... Teradyn 17.20 +.47 3.36 Amerigas 44.86 -.11 ... Checkpnt 15.36 +.14 1.20 WellsFargo 45.21 +.25 2.17 EnbrdgEPt 29.49 +.43 ... HilltopH 23.03 +.23 1.96 LillyEli 50.55 +.35 .91a NuvDivA 12.81 +.06 .20 PulteGrp 19.71 +1.09 14.35e TerraNitro 148.20 +3.81 2.08 Ameriprise 113.07 +1.26 ... ChelseaTh 4.40 +.27 1.40f Enbridge 42.88 +.30 ... Hilton n 21.56 -.37 .64f LincNat 51.55 +.19 1.08 NuvEqtP 12.53 +.07 .47 PMMI 6.75 +.06 ... Tesaro 28.37 -9.33 .20 Wendys Co 8.76 +.08 .94f AmeriBrgn 70.03 +.21 .92f ChemFinl 32.37 +.29 .28m EnCana g 18.05 +.16 .25e HimaxTch 13.12 -.32 2.90 LinnEngy 30.29 -.23 .88 NuvMuOpp 13.26 +.25 .08 QEP Res 30.51 +.50 ... TeslaMot 143.55 +.31 1.36 WestarEn 32.07 +.28 .24 Ametek 52.06 +.03 ... CheniereEn 43.57 +.53 2.00 Energizer 106.78 -.49 1.20a HollyFront 49.40 +1.01 2.90 LinnCo 29.57 -.05 .96a NvIQl 13.73 +.18 1.40 Qualcom 72.84 -.07 1.00 Tesoro 58.31 +2.15 2.44f Amgen 113.20 -.83 .35 ChesEng 27.43 +.32 1.02 WAstEMkt 11.87 +.19 3.62f EngyTsfr 53.80 +1.28 ... Hologic 22.54 +.13 .20 LionsGt g 30.99 -.12 .80a NvMAd 12.40 +.09 1.20 QstDiag 54.05 +.53 1.28e TevaPhrm 39.05 -.46 .80 Amphenol 87.89 +.09 4.00 Chevron 122.80 +.02 5.10e WstAstMtg 17.40 +.42 .20 ChicB&I 81.73 +.04 .70 Ennis Inc 17.85 +.98 1.56 HomeDp 80.56 +.52 5.32f LockhdM 145.06 +.85 .44a NuvMuVal 9.17 +.31 .72 Questar 23.02 +.03 1.20 TexInst 43.36 +.52 .72 Anadarko 78.49 -.28 .38 WAstInfSc 11.50 +.16 3.00f ENSCO 54.83 -.15 .79e Honda 41.62 +.32 2.20 Lorillard s 50.20 +.30 .80a Nv AMT-Fr 15.18 +.23 ... QksilvRes 2.98 +.26 .48 TexRdhse 27.66 +.11 1.36 AnalogDev 50.62 +.61 .36a Chimera 3.18 -.01 3.32 Entergy 62.54 +.05 1.80f HonwllIntl 89.72 +.17 ... LaPac 18.47 +.50 .85a NvNYP 13.40 +.06 ... RF MicD 5.17 +.22 1.88 Textainer 40.01 +.46 .50 WstnUnion 17.08 +.07 ... Anaren 27.95 ... 1.12 ChurchDwt 66.23 -.25 2.76f EntPrPt 63.57 +.89 ... HorizPhm 7.71 +.65 .72 Lowes 48.40 +.43 .92 NuvPP 13.60 +.14 .01 RadianGrp 14.56 +.63 .08 Textron 36.38 -.91 1.92e Westpac s 28.74 +.37 .17e AnglogldA 11.21 -.03 ... CienaCorp 22.85 +.16 ... EricksnAC 20.62 +.47 .80f Hormel 44.80 +.07 ... lululemn gs 58.99 +.19 .76 NvPfdInco 8.94 +.26 ... RadioShk 2.68 +.06 .60 ThermoFis 108.84 +.27 3.03e ABInBev 103.66 +.29 ... CinciBell 3.61 +.01 ... WstptInn g 19.52 +1.14 .20 ExcoRes 5.31 +.17 1.92f HospPT 27.07 +.09 .76e Luxottica 51.45 -.01 .88 NvPMI 12.65 +.05 1.80f RLauren 174.87 -.18 ... ThomCrk g 2.10 +.11 1.50e Annaly 10.23 +.13 1.68 CinnFin 52.05 +.04 .88 Weyerhsr 31.33 -.07 1.24 Exelon 27.14 -.12 .52f HostHotls 19.29 +.22 2.40f LyonBas A 78.08 -.52 .86 NuvPI 12.75 +.21 .48 RavenInds 42.35 +.17 ... 3D Sys s 90.94 +4.52 .50e Anworth 4.14 -.03 ... Cirrus 20.82 +.96 ... ExpScripts 69.98 +1.02 ... HovnanE 6.17 +.32 .89a NuvPI2 12.93 +.19 1.96 Rayonier 42.57 -.11 3.42f 3M Co 136.80 +.08 2.50 Whrlpl 156.59 +1.31 .80 Apache 85.96 -.45 .68 Cisco 21.57 +.44 M-N-0 .04 Citigroup 52.41 +.20 2.52 ExxonMbl 98.51 -.17 1.37e HuanPwr 35.77 +.19 .85 NuvPI4 12.18 +.17 2.20 Raytheon 89.09 +.70 ... TibcoSft 22.20 +.19 .48f WholeFd s 57.95 -1.32 .80 ApolloInv 8.58 +.10 2.80 M&T Bk 115.33 +.99 ... CitrixSys 61.23 -.50 ... F5 Netwks 89.51 +1.41 1.80 HubbelB 108.14 +1.24 .79a NuvQInc 12.40 +.07 2.19 RltyInco 37.84 +.20 1.04 THorton g 58.43 +.26 ... WidePoint 1.47 +.02 12.20 Apple Inc 570.09 +21.07 ... MBIA 11.61 +.14 ... CleanEngy 13.44 +.44 ... FMC Tech 51.64 -.66 .16 HudsCity 9.26 +.06 .34f Nvidia 15.78 +.10 ... RedHat 56.07 -.03 2.60 TW Cable 132.50 +.04 .40 ApldMatl 17.51 +.32 .50 MCG Cap 4.50 +.03 1.52f WmsCos 37.60 +.59 .60 CliffsNRs 24.34 +.13 .48 FNBCp PA 12.64 +.24 .20 HuntBncsh 9.63 +.07 ... NxStageMd 10.00 +.08 1.12 RedwdTr 18.99 +.04 1.15 TimeWarn 68.69 +.35 .61 AquaAm s 23.78 +.06 1.00 MDC 31.45 +1.25 1.00 Windstrm 8.34 +.10 2.84 Clorox 92.49 -.47 ... Facebook 57.77 +2.65 .80f HuntgtnIng 87.62 +.58 ... OCZ Tech .06 -.01 1.88f RegncyEn 26.07 +1.88 .92 Timken 53.76 +.15 .20 ArcelorMit 17.03 +.19 .71f MDU Res 30.32 +.04 ... CobaltIEn 16.06 +.63 1.04 FamilyDlr 65.33 +.84 ... IAMGld g 3.20 -.04 .90f OGE Egy s 33.70 -.08 .12 RegionsFn 9.82 +.19 ... TollBros 36.81 +1.65 1.53 WiscEngy 41.39 -.17 .12 ArchCoal 4.39 +.09 .80m MFA Fncl 7.28 -.02 1.12 CocaCola 40.16 +.12 1.00 Fastenal 46.14 +.52 ... iGateCorp 39.94 +.24 2.56 OcciPet 93.23 +.43 1.32 RelStlAl 74.20 +1.03 ... TorchEngy .45 ...... WisdomTr 17.39 +.14 .96f ArchDan 43.04 -.32 ... MGIC 8.42 +.09 .72 CohStQIR 9.47 +.19 .60 FedExCp 142.19 -.52 ... ING 13.63 +.32 .48 OceanFst 17.74 -.03 ... ReneSola 3.31 -.15 .68 Torchmark 78.05 +.20 .48e WTJpHedg 50.34 +.34 ... ArenaPhm 5.63 +.06 ... MGM Rsts 22.87 +.15 2.06a CohStSelPf 24.36 +.26 .12 FedNatHld 14.58 -.14 ... iShGold 11.62 -.03 ... OcwenFn 54.96 +.15 .19e Rentech 1.68 -.03 3.44f TorDBk g 93.22 +.94 1.52a AresCap 17.57 -.02 1.20 MackCali 21.69 -.17 .15e WT India 17.20 +.10 1.36 ColgPalm s 64.63 -.11 2.00 Ferrellgs 23.06 +.10 1.57e iShBrazil 44.10 +.69 ... OfficeDpt 5.38 +.03 ... Replgn 12.89 +.20 3.23e Total SA 60.03 +.49 ... AriadP 7.00 +.57 1.00 Macys 52.85 +.58 .32 Woodward 45.07 +.42 ... ColonialFS 13.25 +.30 .72f FidlNFin 32.00 +.60 .94e iShEMU 40.43 +.39 .45e Oi SA 1.68 +.06 .80 ResrceCap 6.14 +.03 .66 TowerGp lf 2.89 +.24 .12 ArkBest 33.98 +.19 ... MagHRes 7.38 +.12 .78 Comcast 50.99 +.05 1.00 FifthStFin 9.20 -.05 .44e iShGerm 31.10 +.36 .40 OldNBcp 15.69 +.32 ... Responsys 27.30 -.10 ... TrnsatlPet .84 -.26 .48 WldW Ent 15.76 +.36 .23e ArmHld 54.48 +.63 .08 Manitowoc 23.01 +.51 .68 Comerica 47.13 +.40 .48 FifthThird 20.95 +.14 .13e iShJapan 11.92 +.11 .72 OldRepub 16.84 +.03 .60 RetailOpp 15.00 +.01 2.24 Transocn 47.19 +.19 ... XOMA 6.85 +.15 .60 ArmourRsd 3.89 +.15 ... MannKd 5.14 +.13 .20 CmpTask 18.33 -.05 ... Finisar 23.34 +.34 .44e iSMalasia 15.41 -.03 .80 Olin 28.40 +.14 ... RexahnPh .48 +.05 2.00 Travelers 89.16 -.02 ... Arotech 3.65 +.31 .52 Manulife g 19.53 +.10 1.12 XcelEngy 28.14 -.07 .50 Compuwre 11.20 +.07 .20 FstHorizon 11.68 +.30 1.19e iShMexico 67.46 +.86 1.92f OmegaHlt 30.04 -.05 2.52 ReynAmer 48.86 +.09 .70e TriContl 19.85 +.24 ... ArrayBio 4.81 -.04 .76 MarathnO 35.18 +.02 .23 Xerox 12.03 +.15 1.20f Comtech 32.01 +.27 .32 FstNiagara 10.43 +.01 .50e iShSing 12.83 +.04 ... OmegaP 13.10 -.32 ... RiteAid 5.24 +.25 2.50 TriCntl pf 44.00 +.00 ... Arris 23.52 +.04 1.68 MarathPet 88.77 +1.51 1.00 Xilinx 45.14 +.43 1.00 ConAgra 33.31 -.23 ... FstSolar 55.76 -.11 .26e iSTaiwn 14.00 +.13 ... OnSmcnd 7.95 +.10 2.32f RockwlAut 116.35 -.16 ... TrinaSolar 13.20 -.26 ... ArrowEl 52.99 +.04 .19e MktVGold 20.39 +.05 .99 ConnWtrSv 35.74 +1.19 2.20 FirstEngy 32.31 -.30 ... iShSilver 18.72 +.10 ... OncoGenex 8.37 -.03 1.20 RockColl 73.07 +.20 .60 Trinity 55.49 -.01 .30 Xyratex s 13.30 +2.85 ... ArubaNet 17.46 -.28 .54e MV OilSvc 46.82 -.19 2.76 ConocoPhil 69.56 -.32 .64 FstMerit 22.10 +.45 2.19e iShSelDiv 70.59 +.19 2.90f OneokPtrs 52.49 +.58 ... Rogers 61.53 +1.09 .26 TrstNY 7.36 +.14 ... YRC Wwde 18.25 +3.28 1.36 Ashland 95.90 +.91 .74e MktVRus 28.43 +.53 .50 ConsolEngy 37.51 -.33 ... Flextrn 7.65 +.12 1.02e iShChinaLC 37.27 -.05 ... OpkoHlth 8.97 -.06 .80f Roper 136.79 +1.38 2.48 Tuppwre 96.00 +.71 2.80e AstraZen 58.56 +.24 .17e MVPreRMu 24.60 -.01 ... Yahoo 40.77 +.65 1.55 ConsolCom 19.41 +.07 .45 FlowrsFd s 21.15 -.41 3.35e iSCorSP500183.59+1.05 ... OplinkC 18.31 +.13 2.68 RoyalBk g 66.70 +.70 ... TurqHillRs 3.25 +.07 2.48 AtlasPpln 34.90 +.53 3.40f MarkWest 64.79 +1.37 .26 Yamana g 8.47 +.01 2.46 ConEd 54.77 ... .64 Fluor 79.02 -.35 2.54e iShCorTBd 106.81 -.05 .48 Oracle 36.93 +.56 1.00 RylCarb 47.05 +.09 ... TurqH rt .84 +.04 ... Atmel 7.60 +.16 1.00 MarshM 48.09 -.04 ... Yandex 41.85 +1.56 .42 CooperTire 22.01 -.19 .40 FordM 15.15 -.27 .87e iShEMkts 40.78 +.30 ... Orbotch 13.42 +.06 3.60 RoyDShllB 73.62 +.76 .25 21stCFoxA 34.59 +.29 1.48f ATMOS 45.02 -.19 3.13f MartinMid 41.85 +.38 ... CorOnDem 52.72 +.51 ... ForestOil 3.76 ... 3.25e iSh20 yrT 103.66 -.59 ... Organovo 8.75 -.26 3.60 RoyDShllA 70.10 +.55 ... Twitter n 64.54 +4.53 ... YingliGrn 4.68 -.46 .16 AuRico g 3.45 +.03 .24 MarvellT 13.45 +.11 .40 Corning 17.56 +.13 ... Fortinet 18.97 +.54 2.04e iSh7-10yTB100.12 -.32 ... Orthfx 21.85 +.90 .12 Ryland 42.37 +1.50 1.17e TwoHrbInv 9.53 +.03 .57f YorkWater 21.47 +.28 1.92f AutoData 79.94 -.03 .30 Masco 22.49 +.80 1.10 CorpOffP 23.99 +.10 .48f FBHmSec 44.99 +.93 1.70e iS Eafe 65.74 +.67 ... OshkoshCp 50.04 +.71 .64 TycoIntl 40.17 +.57 ... AvanirPhm 3.40 -.04 1.04 MaximIntg 28.20 -.12 S-T-U ... YoukuTud 30.13 +1.46 1.24 Costco 118.69 +.16 ... FrSeas rs 1.41 +.16 6.17e iShiBxHYB 93.18 +.07 1.19 OtterTail 29.80 +.27 .30f Tyson 33.34 +.13 1.16 AveryD 49.66 +.08 ... McDrmInt 8.17 -.14 .64f S&T Bcp 25.46 +.33 1.48 YumBrnds 73.97 +.58 .20 Coty n 15.06 -.05 1.25a FMCG 35.73 +.04 1.41e iShR2K 114.78 +1.29 .94 UDR 23.12 +.10 ... AvisBudg 38.54 +.43 3.24f McDnlds 96.30 -.21 P-Q-R 2.03 SCANA 47.11 -.14 1.28f Covidien 66.94 +.14 .40 FrontierCm 4.69 ... 2.24e iShHiDiv 69.49 +.11 1.13 UGI Corp 40.84 -.16 ... Zagg 4.11 +.10 1.22 Avista 28.03 -.31 1.00 MeadWvco 36.27 +.42 1.82 PG&E Cp 40.98 +.42 .60 SLM Cp 25.95 ...... CSVInvNG 7.45 -.28 ... Frontline 3.73 +.15 2.01e iShUSPfd 37.46 -.04 1.73 UIL Hold 38.69 -.13 .80 Zimmer 93.43 +.69 .24 Avon 17.23 -.08 ... Medgenics 5.83 -.09 1.76 PNC 77.02 +.65 .10 SM Energy 83.09 +1.95 ... CSVelIVST 34.14 +1.19 ... FuelCellE 1.32 -.07 2.37e iShREst 62.97 +.09 1.74 UNS Engy 59.73 +.03 .29f Zoetis n 32.37 -.01 .92 BB&T Cp 37.24 +.56 .84f MedProp 12.45 +.07 .74f PNM Res 23.93 +.10 3.53e SpdrDJIA 162.62 +.61 ... CSVxSht rs 7.67 -.51 ... Fusion-io 8.73 +.02 .05e iShHmCnst 24.31 +.72 ... USG 27.48 +1.70 2.33 BCE g 43.00 +.34 1.12 Medtrnic 57.40 +.51 1.77e POSCO 78.26 +.56 ... SpdrGold 115.57 -.37 ... Zogenix 3.36 +.28 ... Cree Inc 60.90 +1.25 1.72 Idacorp 52.55 -.16 ... UltraPt g 21.88 +1.08 .48 BGC Ptrs 6.06 +.14 G-H-I ... MelcoCrwn 37.99 +.14 2.44 PPG 185.50 -1.12 1.13e SpdrEuro50 41.27 +.43 .90e ZweigFd 14.70 +.13 .54f CrestwdEq 13.42 -.26 ... IderaPhm 3.14 +.03 ... UnderArmr 85.93 -.11 2.32e BHPBil plc 59.93 +.77 1.84 GMAC 44 25.13 ... 1.76f Merck 49.36 +.04 1.47 PPL Corp 29.76 +.08 3.35e S&P500ETF182.53 +.97 ... Crocs 13.26 +.07 1.68 ITW 82.70 +.83 .15 UniFirst 105.79 +.75 ... Zynga 4.08 +.08 2.28f BP PLC 47.41 +.55 ... GT AdvTc 8.57 +.20 2.46f MercGn 49.47 -.23 .80a Paccar 57.83 +.21 .10e SpdrHome 32.87 +.73 1.36f CrosstxLP 26.40 +.31 ... ImmunoCll .87 +.07 Stock Footnotes: Stock Footnotes: cld - Issue has been called for 9.05e BP Pru 76.40 +.85 1.08 GabDvInc 21.86 +.38 1.63 Meredith 51.16 +2.32 .50 PanASlv 11.27 +.13 3.00e SpdrLehHY 40.65 +.04 ... CrownHold 43.62 -.05 ... IndBkMI 11.75 +.25 redemption by company. d - New 52-week low. ec - Company for- .19e BRF SA 20.56 +.19 .80 GabMultT 12.28 +.38 ... Meritor 9.64 +1.48 ... Pandora 29.58 +1.58 .56e SpdrS&P RB40.77 +.67 ... Ctrip.com 50.62 +1.94 ... Infinera 9.58 +.36 merly listed on the American Exchange's Emerging Company Mar- ... Baidu 172.30 -1.06 .60 GabUtil 6.41 ... 1.10 MetLife 53.17 +.05 ... PaneraBrd 176.45 +1.32 .53e SpdrRetl 87.54 +.40 ketplace. g - Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h - Does .52f CubeSmart 16.22 +.11 .84 IngerRd 60.96 +.84 .60 BakrHu 53.64 -.17 ... GalenaBio 4.04 +.01 ... MKors 80.80 -3.08 ... ParametS 13.01 +.12 .58e SpdrOGEx 68.08 +.35 not meet continued-listing standards. lf - Late filing with SEC. n - 2.50 Cummins 138.66 +.91 1.68f Ingredion 66.90 +.19 Stock was a new issue in the last year. The 52-week high and low fig- .52 BallCorp 50.89 -.04 1.10 GameStop 50.52 +1.27 1.42f Microchp 44.08 +.66 ... ParkDrl 7.76 -.12 .54e SpdrMetM 39.99 +.59 ... CybrOpt 6.04 -.23 .57 InlandRE 10.68 +.04 ures date only from the beginning of trading. pf - Preferred stock ... BallardPw 1.50 -.02 ... Gam&Lsr n 49.91 +.09 ... MicronT 21.49 -.68 1.80 ParkerHan 126.20 -.01 3.90e SabnR 50.39 +.06 issue. pr - Preferences. pp - Holder owes installments of purchase .44 CypSemi 10.22 ...... InovioPhm 2.40 +.25 .23e BcoBrad pf 12.24 +.26 .80 Gannett 28.61 +.80 1.12 Microsoft 36.62 -.18 .75f Parkwy 19.09 +.27 .80 Safeway 32.58 -.50 price. rt - Right to buy security at a specified price. rs - Stock has ... CytRx 4.37 -.29 ... IntgDv 10.01 -.09 undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50% within the past year. .79e BcoSantSA 8.81 +.07 .80 Gap 38.57 ...... Microvis 1.14 -.05 .20 PattUTI 24.98 -.26 ... Saia Inc s 32.41 +.99 2.72 IntegrysE 54.63 -.23 s - Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. wi - .26e BcoSBrasil 5.95 +.02 D-E-F 1.80 Garmin 46.14 +.11 ... Middleby 240.62 +.30 1.40 Paychex 45.48 +.33 ... StJoe 18.34 +.36 .90 Intel 25.32 +.26 Trades will be settled when the stock is issued. wd - When distrib- .12 BankMutl 7.06 +.17 .28 DCT Indl 7.17 ...... GastarExp 6.26 +.28 .76f MdsxWatr 21.34 +.45 .34 PeabdyE 18.26 +.03 1.00 StJude 62.43 +.54 uted. wt - Warrant, allowing a purchase of a stock. u - New 52-week ... InterceptP 63.76 +.89 .04 BkofAm 15.69 +.09 .54 DDR Corp 15.40 +.05 ... Geeknet 18.52 +.03 ... MillerEnR 7.29 -.31 1.68 Pembina g 35.02 +.43 ... Salesforc s 54.58 +.86 high. un - Unit,, including more than one security. vj - Company in ... InterNAP 7.40 +.09 bankruptcy or receivership, or being reorganized under the bankrupt- 2.96 BkMont g 66.03 +.31 .78 DNP Selct 9.60 +.08 2.70e GAInv 34.78 +.27 ... Molycorp 4.81 -.09 ... PnnNGm 14.34 +.08 ... SalixPhm 89.37 +1.76 3.80 IBM 182.23 +2.21 cy law. Appears in front of the name. Stocks in bold are worth at .60 BkNYMel 34.37 +.49 .15 DR Horton 21.13 +.55 2.24 GenDynam 93.18 -.19 .56 Mondelez 34.70 +.03 ... PennVa 9.80 -.15 ... SallyBty 29.84 -.16 least $5 and changed 5 percent or more in price. Underlining for 50 .44f IntlGame 17.69 +.25 2.48 BkNova g 61.48 +.60 2.62 DTE 66.55 -.06 .88f GenElec 27.40 +.04 ... MonstrWw 6.93 +.17 .56 PennWst g 8.56 +.05 .75e SJuanB 16.54 -.07 most actively traded stocks of the day. Dividend Footnotes: a - 1.40f IntPap 48.88 +.53 Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b - Annual rate plus 2.03 BarcBk prD 25.39 +.04 1.63 DTE En 61 24.07 +.24 .56f GenGrPrp 20.39 -.01 .20 MorgStan 31.11 +.18 1.12 PennantPk 11.57 -.01 .90 SanDisk 70.26 +.75 .30 Interpublic 17.00 +.10 stock. c - Liquidating dividend. e - Amount declared or paid in last 12 .42e Barclay 17.43 +.38 .20 DanaHldg 19.20 +.27 1.52 GenMills 49.16 -.14 1.00 Mosaic 46.50 +.78 ... Penney 8.78 +.46 ... SandRdge 5.93 +.14 .80 Intersectns 8.00 -.20 months. f - Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent ... B iPVix rs 43.04 -1.58 .10 Danaher 76.74 +.20 ... GenMotors 41.29 +.30 1.24 MotrlaSolu 66.78 +1.17 .68f Penske 46.83 +.58 1.86e Sanofi 51.96 +.12 dividend announcement. i - Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no ... IntSurg 371.21 +6.86 .84 Bard 132.32 +.17 2.20 Darden 54.35 +3.26 2.09f GenesisEn 52.67 +.57 ... Mylan 42.72 +.21 1.00 Pentair 75.92 +.52 ... Sanofi rt .86 +.11 regular rate. j - Sum of dividends paid this year. Most recent dividend ... InvenSense 17.56 +.42 was omitted or deferred. k - Declared or paid this year, a cumulative ... BarnesNob 14.88 +.28 ... Darling 21.00 +.46 .56 Gentex 32.95 +.31 ... NII Hldg 2.57 ... .65 PeopUtdF 14.88 +.24 ... SareptaTh 19.97 +.42 .90 Invesco 36.25 +.42 issue with dividends in arrears. m - Current annual rate, which was .20 BarrickG 16.67 +.09 .34 DeVryEd 34.63 -.22 ... Genworth 15.59 +.19 ... NPS Phm 29.67 +1.25 ... PepBoy 12.17 -.03 1.25 Schlmbrg 87.32 +.05 decreased by most recent dividend announcement. p - Initial divi- 2.30e InvMtgCap 15.10 -.10 1.96 Baxter 68.90 +.51 ... DeanFds rs 16.97 ... .10e Gerdau 7.97 +.13 ... NQ Mobile 11.56 +.06 1.08 PepcoHold 18.93 +.02 .24 Schwab 25.69 +.08 dend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r - Declared or paid in .89e iShCorEM 48.73 +.35 preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t - Paid in stock, approxi- .90 Beam Inc 67.14 -.20 2.04 Deere 90.64 +.56 ... GeronCp 5.20 +.37 .48 NRG Egy 28.37 -.03 2.27 PepsiCo 81.86 +.05 3.80f SeadrillLtd 39.27 +.08 .38r ItauUnibH 13.28 +.15 mate cash value on ex-distribution date. PE Footnotes: q - Stock is ... BeazerHm 23.41 +.46 .24 DeltaAir 27.57 +.02 ... GileadSci s 74.99 +.33 .61e NTT DOCO 16.35 +.02 ... PeregrinP 1.39 +.12 1.72f SeagateT 56.01 +.36 a closed-end fund - no P/E ratio shown. cc - P/E exceeds 99. dd - ... BedBath 78.42 +1.01 .25 DenburyR 16.28 +.10 2.41e GlaxoSKln 51.58 +.20 J-K-L ... NXP Semi 45.20 +1.68 .36 Perrigo 151.80 -.46 ... SearsHldgs 45.64 -.30 Loss in last 12 months. 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Interestrates NET 1YR Foreign 1YR. Commodities FUELS CLOSE PVS. %CHG %YTD MAJORS CLOSE CHG %CHG AGO Crude Oil (bbl) 98.91 99.32 -0.41 +7.7 TREASURIES YEST PVS CHG AGO Exchange The price of oil USD per British Pound 1.6350 +.0018 +.11% 1.6160 Ethanol (gal) 1.92 1.91 +0.21 -12.3 3-month T-bill .06 0.06 ... .05 fell Monday amid The dollar Canadian Dollar 1.0605 -.0056 -.53% .9941 Heating Oil (gal) 3.06 3.08 -0.58 +0.5 6-month T-bill .09 0.08 +0.01 .11 lighter-than-usual gained versus USD per Euro 1.3691 +.0021 +.15% 1.3176 Natural Gas (mm btu) 4.46 4.42 +1.02 +33.2 trading ahead of 52-wk T-bill .12 0.13 -0.01 .14 the Japanese Japanese Yen 104.08 +.02 +.02% 84.23 Unleaded Gas (gal) 2.78 2.78 -0.10 -1.1 the Christmas 2-year T-note .38 0.38 ... .27 yen, but fell Mexican Peso 12.9790 -.0045 -.03% 12.9465 holiday. Metals The yield on the 5-year T-note 1.68 1.68 ... .76 against the euro METALS CLOSE PVS. %CHG %YTD EUROPE/AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST were mostly low- 10-year Treasury 10-year T-note 2.93 2.89 +0.04 1.76 and other Gold (oz) 1198.40 1205.10 -0.56 -28.5 Israeli Shekel 3.4912 +.0010 +.35% 3.7480 er, but aluminum note rose to 2.93 currencies amid Silver (oz) 19.38 19.42 -0.21 -35.8 30-year T-bond 3.85 3.82 +0.03 2.93 Norwegian Krone 6.1549 +.0002 +.12% 5.5822 advanced. Crops percent Monday. new government Platinum (oz) 1327.40 1332.20 -0.36 -13.7 South African Rand 10.3368 -.0000 -.00% 8.5607 were mixed, but Yields affect reports showing Copper (lb) 3.35 3.35 +0.07 -8.0 Swedish Krona 6.5642 +.0005 +.33% 6.5588 oats finished Palladium (oz) 694.75 697.85 -0.44 -1.1 rates on Americans’ NET 1YR Swiss Franc .8942 +.0017 +.15% .9168 higher. mortgages and BONDS YEST PVS CHG AGO income and other consumer spending edged ASIA/PACIFIC AGRICULTURE CLOSE PVS. %CHG %YTD Barclays LongT-BdIdx 3.65 3.63 +0.02 2.52 loans. up modestly last Australian Dollar 1.1191 -.0022 -.20% .9611 Cattle (lb) 1.33 1.33 +0.14 +2.2 Bond Buyer Muni Idx 5.13 5.13 ... 4.11 month. Chinese Yuan 6.0703 -.0012 -.02% 6.2338 Coffee (lb) 1.16 1.15 +0.48 -19.4 Barclays USAggregate 2.43 2.44 -0.01 1.77 Hong Kong Dollar 7.7537 -.0008 -.01% 7.7502 Corn (bu) 4.34 4.33 +0.23 -37.8 PRIME FED Barclays US High Yield 5.68 5.69 -0.01 6.06 Indian Rupee 61.775 -.160 -.26% 55.070 Cotton (lb) 0.82 0.83 -1.09 +9.5 RATE FUNDS Lumber (1,000 bd ft) 375.00 373.60 +0.37 +0.3 Moodys AAA Corp Idx 4.49 4.57 -0.08 3.73 Singapore Dollar 1.2675 +.0007 +.06% 1.2207 YEST 3.25 .13 Orange Juice (lb) 1.35 1.37 -1.57 +16.4 Barclays CompT-BdIdx 1.84 1.83 +0.01 1.01 South Korean Won 1062.15 -.54 -.05% 1075.63 6 MO AGO 3.25 .13 Soybeans (bu) 13.29 13.39 -0.78 -6.4 Taiwan Dollar 29.98 +.08 +.27% 29.08 1 YR AGO 3.25 .13 Barclays US Corp 3.21 3.23 -0.02 2.73 Wheat (bu) 6.10 6.14 -0.65 -21.7 Page 8 WIRE www.sunnewspapers.net WEATHER/NATIONAL NEWS The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013

TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY THE NATION -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

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CONDITIONS TODAY AIRPORT Clearwater 66/48 Plant City UV Index and RealFeel Temperature® Today Possible weather-related delays today. Check 69/39 Winter Haven with your airline for the most updated schedules. 67/45 Hi/Lo Outlook Delays Tampa Brandon Ft. Myers 74/53 part cldy morning 69/49 69/41 Sarasota 70/48 part cldy morning Bartow 67/45 SUN AND MOON 63 66 70 71 70 63 St. Petersburg 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. The Sun Rise Set 67/49 Apollo Beach 67/45 Ft. Meade The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, Today 7:15 a.m. 5:41 p.m. 67/45 Fronts Precipitation the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; Wednesday 7:15 a.m. 5:42 p.m. 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. The Moon Rise Set Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice RealFeel Temperature is the exclusive Today none 11:42 a.m. AccuWeather.com composite of effective temperature Wednesday 12:11 a.m. 12:18 p.m. U.S. Extremes (For the 48 contiguous states yesterday) based on eight weather factors. Wauchula High ...... 86° at Punta Gorda, FL Low ...... -38° at Glen Ullin, ND Last New First Full Bradenton 68/46 AIR QUALITY INDEX 69/48 Today Wed. Today Wed. Air Quality Index readings as of Monday City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Longboat Key Myakka City 72/45 Limestone Albuquerque 46 26 s 45 25 pc Jackson, MS 48 21 s 52 27 pc 69/50 71/45 Anchorage 13 13 pc 23 17 sf Kansas City 28 21 pc 38 17 pc Dec 25 Jan 1 Jan 7 Jan 15 Sarasota Atlanta 42 24 s 46 28 s Knoxville 34 20 pc 42 25 s 70/48 0-50 Good; 51-100 Moderate; 101-150 Unhealthy Baltimore 40 23 sf 33 26 pc Las Vegas 62 42 s 59 40 s SOLUNAR TABLE Billings 38 18 pc 30 24 c Los Angeles 76 52 s 79 52 s for sensitive groups; 151-200 Unhealthy; 201-300 Osprey Arcadia Very Unhealthy; 301-500 Hazardous Minor Major Minor Major 70/48 73/48 Birmingham 40 21 s 47 27 s Louisville 26 19 s 40 27 s Main pollutant: particulates Today 10:45a 4:34a 11:07p 4:56p Boise 36 20 pc 35 21 pc Memphis 36 25 s 48 30 s Wed. 11:31a 5:19a 11:53p 5:42p Venice Boston 35 17 pc 25 22 s Milwaukee 17 12 pc 30 7 sf Source: scgov.net 71/48 North Port Hull Thu. 12:16p 6:04a ---- 6:28p Shown is today’s weather. 72/46 Buffalo 20 9 sf 30 23 sf Minneapolis 14 11 sn 21 -10 sf Temperatures are today’s 73/46 The solunar period schedule allows planning Burlington, VT 14 -4 pc 18 14 pc Montgomery 48 22 s 51 29 pc POLLEN INDEX highs and tonight’s lows. Charleston, WV 27 16 sf 40 24 s Nashville 30 16 s 45 24 s Pollen Index readings as of Monday days so you will be fishing in good territory or Port Charlotte hunting in good cover during those times. Major 71/51 Charlotte 48 21 s 44 21 s New Orleans 52 34 s 52 37 pc periods begin at the times shown and last for Englewood Chicago 18 14 pc 30 9 sf New York City 39 22 sf 30 26 pc 1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are shorter. 73/48 Cincinnati 26 15 pc 37 24 pc Norfolk, VA 44 31 pc 40 30 pc Gulf Water Punta Gorda Cleveland 22 18 sf 32 25 sf Oklahoma City 42 28 pc 47 24 pc 73/46 TIDES Temperature Placida Columbia, SC 54 25 s 48 25 pc Omaha 24 21 sf 33 14 pc High Low High Low 73/48 Columbus, OH 24 19 sf 34 25 pc Philadelphia 40 22 sf 32 26 pc Source: National Allergy Bureau Punta Gorda 74° Concord, NH 26 6 pc 20 11 s Phoenix 68 46 s 69 46 s Boca Grande Dallas 52 31 s 55 33 c Pittsburgh 28 16 sf 29 23 c Today 6:42a 1:40a 8:03p 1:46p 74/55 Denver 49 22 pc 45 26 pc Portland, ME 28 7 pc 23 13 s ALMANAC Wed. 8:04a 2:59a 8:43p 2:27p Forecasts and graphics, except for the Fort Myers Des Moines 20 17 sf 32 10 pc Portland, OR 44 32 pc 43 33 s Punta Gorda through 5 p.m. Monday Englewood WINK-TV 5-day forecast, provided by 74/53 Detroit 22 15 sf 29 23 sn Providence 36 18 pc 26 19 s Temperatures Today 5:19a 12:02p 6:40p --- AccuWeather, Inc. ©2013 Duluth 10 5 sf 19 -12 sf Raleigh 48 22 pc 41 20 s High/Low 86°/68° Wed. 6:41a 1:15a 7:20p 12:43p Cape Coral Lehigh Acres Fairbanks -17 -37 s -30 -36 c Salt Lake City 35 16 pc 32 16 pc Normal High/Low 75°/53° Boca Grande Publication date: 12/24/13 74/51 73/51 Fargo 14 7 sn 10 -8 sf St. Louis 22 22 s 42 25 pc Record High 86° (2013) Today 4:24a 10:23a 5:45p 11:36p Hartford 34 15 pc 24 18 pc San Antonio 58 39 s 57 44 c Record Low 31° (1973) Wed. 5:46a 11:04a 6:25p --- MARINE Helena 30 9 pc 28 10 c San Diego 71 52 s 73 52 s Precipitation (in inches) El Jobean Wind Speed Seas Bay/Inland Sanibel Honolulu 81 68 s 81 70 s San Francisco 61 44 s 63 45 s 73/57 24 hours through 5 p.m. Monday 0.00” Today 7:14a 2:09a 8:35p 2:15p direction in knots in feet chop Houston 58 36 s 59 39 c Seattle 45 32 pc 45 35 pc Month to date 0.37” Wed. 8:36a 3:28a 9:15p 2:56p Cape Sable to Tarpon Springs Bonita Springs Indianapolis 22 14 s 35 23 sf Washington, DC 42 27 pc 37 29 pc Normal month to date 1.34” 74/54 Venice N 8-16 1-2 Light Year to date 52.50” Tarpon Springs to Apalachicola WORLD CITIES Normal year to date 50.21” Today 3:34a 10:41a 4:55p 11:54p Wed. 4:56a 11:22a 5:35p --- N 15-25 4-7 Moderate Today Wed. Today Wed. Record 1.23” (1989) City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Amsterdam 50 41 r 45 37 c Mexico City 68 43 pc 64 45 pc MONTHLY RAINFALL FLORIDA CITIES Baghdad 61 40 s 61 39 s Montreal 8 -8 pc 11 9 pc Month 2013 2012 Avg. Record/Year Today Wed. Today Wed. Today Wed. Beijing 43 20 s 46 19 s Ottawa 6 -11 pc 11 7 sn Jan. 0.43 0.77 1.80 7.07/1979 City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Berlin 50 41 pc 46 39 c Paris 50 41 r 47 35 c Feb. 2.12 0.73 2.43 11.05/1983 Apalachicola 57 33 s 57 45 pc Key West 80 68 pc 76 71 pc Pompano Beach 78 66 sh 75 69 sh Buenos Aires 99 75 s 100 79 s Regina 22 0 c 11 -1 sf Mar. 1.98 0.75 3.28 9.26/1970 Cairo 70 49 s 72 50 s Rio de Janeiro 81 74 r 84 73 s Apr. 3.06 0.81 2.03 5.80/1994 Bradenton 69 48 pc 72 59 pc Kissimmee 67 45 pc 68 55 pc St. Augustine 62 45 pc 59 53 pc May 2.76 3.08 2.50 9.45/1991 Clearwater 66 48 pc 70 58 pc Lakeland 68 44 pc 70 54 pc St. Petersburg 67 49 pc 71 58 pc Calgary 30 9 pc 31 23 c Rome 59 48 pc 59 54 sh Jun. 10.50 13.44 8.92 23.99/1974 Coral Springs 78 64 sh 75 67 sh Melbourne 68 55 pc 71 61 pc Sanford 66 46 pc 68 56 pc Cancun 82 71 pc 81 68 sh St. John’s 30 23 sn 26 14 sn Jul. 7.38 5.43 8.22 14.22/1995 Daytona Beach 64 48 pc 66 56 pc Miami 80 65 sh 78 68 sh Sarasota 70 48 pc 73 59 pc Dublin 43 35 pc 43 35 pc San Juan 80 72 sh 82 73 sh Aug. 9.29 8.36 8.01 15.60/1995 Fort Lauderdale 78 67 sh 76 69 sh Naples 74 56 pc 78 62 pc Tallahassee 56 25 s 58 41 pc Edmonton 26 0 s 26 14 sn Sydney 74 63 r 77 65 t Sep. 11.12 5.05 6.84 14.03/1979 Fort Myers 74 53 pc 76 60 pc Ocala 63 35 pc 65 47 pc Tampa 69 49 pc 72 58 pc Halifax 36 20 c 27 17 sf Tokyo 48 34 s 47 39 s Oct. 3.48 5.71 2.93 10.88/1995 Fort Pierce 72 58 pc 71 62 pc Okeechobee 70 55 pc 71 60 pc Titusville 66 52 pc 68 59 pc Kiev 39 30 s 39 30 c Toronto 14 5 sf 26 19 sf Nov. 0.01 0.02 1.91 5.53/2002 Gainesville 62 35 pc 62 46 pc Orlando 68 47 pc 69 57 pc Vero Beach 72 58 pc 71 63 pc London 48 39 pc 45 37 c Vancouver 43 34 c 41 35 c Dec. 0.37 1.78 1.78 6.83/2002 Year 52.50 45.93 50.65 (since 1931) Jacksonville 62 36 pc 56 45 pc Panama City 55 32 s 55 42 pc West Palm Beach 76 63 sh 75 66 sh Madrid 50 45 r 48 36 sh Winnipeg 12 -2 sn 2 -17 sf Totals are from a 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Key Largo 81 69 sh 76 71 sh Pensacola 54 30 s 53 41 pc Winter Haven 67 45 pc 68 55 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. Despair over ‘the bug that ate Christmas’

(Washington Post) — were covered with hideous two-man crews spraying Conservancy. “We’re con- Service in Morgantown, University, wrote in an In West Virginia’s scenic waxy balls, a telltale sign one to two acres a day. cerned that it’ll decline W.Va. essay last year. Canaan Valley National that they were under siege They work with agricul- to the point that you’ll “I don’t expect them to It probably arrived Wildlife Refuge, with its by the balsam woolly tural extension agents to only see it on tree farms. totally disappear in my in New England and gently sloping mountains adelgid, a tiny insect with develop the most efficient These trees will survive lifetime,” Liebhold said. moved into the southern and emerald acres of a notorious reputation pest management strategy on tree farms, but in the But the die-off of Fraser firs Appalachians in the timber, Mike Powell among entomologists, because, said Rick Dungey wild . . . we could lose at Mount Mitchell is a ma- 1950s, where the popula- relishes the perks of his job who call it “the bug that ate of the National Christmas that tree.” jor concern. Younger trees tion probably exploded. as a caretaker of the land: Christmas.” Tree Association, “it’s very Fraser firs, North are growing there now, It “has caused the the sounds of a gurgling Along the southern expensive.” Carolina’s best-selling “but the danger is when destruction of the Fraser stream and the fresh pine Appalachian range, they But there’s no stopping Christmas tree, have they’re older” and reach 20 fir in the natural stands,” scent of evergreens. are eating two of the adelgids in the wild, where been all but wiped out on feet, a height at which, for Sidebottom wrote. But one sight deeply nation’s most popular wild applying chemicals might Mount Mitchell in Mount unknown reasons, adelgids The same adelgid was troubles him — the hag- Christmas trees — Canaan take out far more organ- Mitchell State Park since crave their sap. detected in San Francisco gard look of the valley’s fa- and Fraser firs — to death. isms than the target. the adelgid was discovered Balsam firs, including in 1928 and has chomped bled Christmas trees. Some People who buy “We’ve seen a tre- there in the mid-1950s. the Canaan and Fraser through sub-alpine are bent like old men. The Christmas trees at farms mendous decline” in “The Fraser fir is . . . in varieties, are common in and silver firs in Idaho, eye-popping green hue need not worry. Farmers the Canaan fir in its peril, badly affected by North America, especially Oregon, California and that makes people want to who grow Christmas trees native area, said Powell, this adelgid,” said Andrew from Massachusetts to other areas of the Pacific adorn them with orna- control the pest with a po- who manages a tract of Liebhold, a research ento- Maine and the Canadian Northwest in large num- ments had yellowed. A few tent and costly insecticide, woods for the Nature mologist for the U.S. Forest provinces of Quebec and bers since the 1950s. Ontario. They thrive in Adelgids are about the cold areas mainly because size of a freckle and about adelgids struggle to as hard to remove. They survive in exceedingly cold are all female and don’t temperatures. engage in sex. Eggs devel- OPEN But farther south, the op without mating. Two trees struggle. Climate to four generations hatch TO THE change could worsen the each year. They have no problem, Powell said, natural predator. Smoke-Free! if temperatures warm “It actually feeds on the No Tipping! in the northern range, trunks or large branches PUBLIC! Refreshments & Massachusetts and much of trees,” Liebhold said. of New England. Their mouths are like food available! Christmas trees in a straw that punctures American forests are the bark. “When they’re Three times a week, every home to birds, and, in the feeding, they release a Canaan Valley, the West chemical in the trees that Virginia northern flying cause them to deform. Holiday Tuesday, Thursday & Friday squirrel, which was recent- When they suck in large Hours Doors open at 10am Games start at 11am ly taken off the endangered numbers, they take species list. nutrients from the trees OpenC ChristmasChrdstmas Evet y ANDAND NewN w yearsYears Eve!Cho “It’s part of our national and they ultimately die.” heritage, people have gone The feeding process Port Charlotte #2153 out to get their own tree for creates thousands of Elks Lodge Hillsborough Blvd generations, and this is the waxy, woolly balls, which

CHARLOTTE COUNTY HOMELESS 20225 Kenilworth Blvd, Port Charlotte C O A L I T I O N 771 prize tree they went for,” give the adelgid its name.

(near Veterans Blvd & Atwater) Atwater St Powell said. A similar insect, the The balsam woolly adel- hemlock woolly adelgid, For information, call (941) 627-4313 ext. 109 Kenilworth Blvd Veterans Blvd gid is an uninvited guest lays up to 300 eggs in a or email us at 41 in North America, but it’s single woolly ball. Peachland Blvd been around so long that it They leave dead shoots [email protected]. Home Cochran Blvd Veterans Blvd Depot seems like part of the fam- and branches, swelling Quesada Ave ily. It came from Europe around the shoot nodes El Jobean RdPort Charlotte Blvd Nelson Forrest before the 1900s, when known as gouting, a stiff Town Center Mall CHARLOTTE COUNTY 776 HOMELESS 41 there were no regulations trunk and growth rings COALITION CHARLOTTE COUNTY FOUNDATION, INC. HOMELESS C O A L I T I O N Murdock Cir guarding against invasive with red, hard wood Tamiami Trail pests, Jill Sidebottom, a instead of the healthy, Cochran Blvd forestry extension special- creamy white wood,

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„ GIRLS GOLF: All-Area team „ NFL: Playoff picture Veloz tees it up with class Down Mantas senior to the balances golf, nursing program finish By The AssociATed Press By GARY BROWN Sun CorreSpondent DAVIE — Reeling from their worst loss of the year, ENGLEWOOD — the Miami Dolphins can Lemon Bay High School still make the playoffs. senior Julianna Veloz had rf Whether they deserve to is to use her time carefully open for debate. this past girls golf season. ! d Miami can clinch the She balanced the AFC’s final wild-card berth demands of golf with m o l l Sunday with a little help her participation in the and a win over the New Licensed Practical Nurse York Jets. But a 19-0 loss at program at Charlotte Buffalo cost the Dolphins. Technical Center. “There’s no question we The latter sometimes laid an egg as a team, — conflicted with the needs coaches, players, every- of the former, but that body,” offensive coordi- didn’t prevent her from nator Mike Sherman said. being a steady, consistent On a cold, windy, rainy player. She was a key afternoon, the Dolphins factor in the Manta Rays’ hardly looked like a winning the District team worthy of playing 2A-20 championship, in January. They gained finishing second in the only 103 yards, their region meet and qualify- lowest total since 1999, ing for the state meet for and allowed 203 yards the seventh time in the rushing, their worst such past nine seasons. showing in six years. “It (the classes) made it Beleaguered quarterback a bit harder to practice,” Ryan Tannehill limped Veloz said. “But I still out of the game with a left managed to do it.” 4 knee injury in the fourth Along the way, she shot quarter, then returned to a 78 to earn the medalist be sacked for a seventh honor at the district and final time. meet by nine strokes None of which bodes and a team-best 86 at well for Miami’s chances the Region 2A-7 meet (to against the Jets. finish seventh). “The problems that “I guess my biggest popped up in the game thrill this year was shoot- and things that need to be ing the 78 at the district fixed, we have to address,” VELOZ | 6 coach Joe Philbin said. “We have to play our best game of the year. It’s a ALL-AREA great way for us to finish J :l r : the regular season. We’ve + > SCHEDULE got a great opportunity.” Sunday: Volleyball There’s also another Monday: Boys golf opportunity when Tampa Today: Girls golf Bay plays the New Orleans Wednesday: Boys swimming Saints in the Superdome Thursday: Girls swimming — just not for the Friday: Boys cross country Buccaneers. Saturday: Girls cross country The Saints need a win Sunday: Football to complete their mission SUN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JENNIFER BRUNO PLAYOFFS | 3

„ BOYS BASKETBALL: Berkeley 60, Port Charlotte 48 „ BOYS BASKETBALL: Lehigh 81, Charlotte 71 oft 17 turnovers T' k'' Lehigh slips doom Pirates past Tarpons By ROB SHORE By PETE SISK SportS Writer UP NEXT Sun CorreSpondent UP NEXT O' Alp FORT MYERS — At Port Charlotte: vs. Strawberry A CAPE CORAL — The Charlotte: vs. Haines City at Crest at Lemon Bay Holiday some point this season game just got away Lemon Bay Holiday Shootout, Shootout, Friday, 4:30 p.m. — certainly at some point from Charlotte High Friday, 1 p.m. into the postseason — the School in the end. boys basketball team The Tarpons wound away.” was going to be a back- from Port Charlotte High Especially not against up sixth in the Mariner School will face an oppo- Christmas Tournament and-forth ball game.” a Berkeley Prep team A lll Dwight Reynolds nent like Berkeley Prep. as athletic as any the with an 81-71 loss scored 32 points to From that standpoint, Pirates are likely to see Monday to Lehigh. lead the Tarpons and the Pirates’ contest this season. And one that Charlotte (7-5) led against the Buccaneers couldn’t even play as after one quarter, fell tie Lehigh’s Bernard on Monday was good to quick as they wanted to, u behind 41-34 at the Edwards for the game’s see. From others, not so after games in Sarasota r half, then battled back high scorer. much. on Friday and Saturday. to grab a lead in the Edwards, shaken Port Charlotte couldn’t “I would have preferred third quarter only to up early in the fourth, handle Berkeley Prep’s to play faster, I think see it slip away. wound up scoring 15 up-tempo game early, our guys would have “We knew coming in points in the period. Of committing 10 turnovers preferred to play faster,” that Charlotte’s a really, those, 10 came at the before halftime in a 60-48 Buccaneers coach Bobby really good ballclub,” free-throw line. He was loss to the Buccaneers in Reinhart said. “I just 1 p Lightning coach Dawn 6-of-6 on free throws in the City of Palms Classic’s don’t think they had it in McNew said. “They’re the final 1:17 to put the Sunshine Series. The them.” very fundamental, game out of Charlotte’s Pirates finished with 17 Specht pointed out one they play well together, reach. turnovers, while Berkeley fourth-quarter stretch they’re well-coached. “That’s a good bas- Prep committed five. when Port Charlotte had We knew it was going ketball team,” Charlotte “Seventeen turnovers, whittled a double-digit to be a fight and for coach Tom Massolio Berkeley Prep lead down said. “Very athletic. you can’t do that,” Port SUN PHOTO BY KATHERINE GODINA 32 minutes we knew Charlotte coach Bill to 47-40 and forced a it was going to be — if Great guards. They Specht said. “Too many series of stops. But the Charlotte’s Dwight Reynolds goes up for two points with Lehigh’s we play the way we’re shoot the ball. They’ve opportunities given PIRATES | 6 Ronzell Evans in his face during Monday night’s game. capable of playing — it TARPONS | 6

INDEX | Lottery 2 | Community Calendar 2 | Recreational Sports 2 | Soccer 2 | College football 3 | NFL 3 | NBA 4 | NHL 4 | College basketball 5 | Scoreboard 5 | Preps 6 Page 2 SP www.sunnewspapers.net The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Florida Lottery „ RECREATIONAL SPORTS www.flalottery.com „ CASH 3 Dec. 23N ...... 0-6-6 Dec. 23D ...... 6-8-4 Local gymnastics team finds balance Dec. 22N ...... 5-4-7 Dec. 22D ...... 3-6-6 By BARBARA BOXLEITNER “All the boys did really well,” but he focuses solely on gymnas- horse because of his ability to Dec. 21N ...... 2-9-2 Sun CorreSpondent said Tony Donza, Universal tics now. “The other sports don’t swing his legs while performing Dec. 21D ...... 3-5-1 The Universal Gymnastics Performing Arts Center facility give me as much of a challenge,” the skills. “I have a lot more D-Day, N-Night Academy boys competitive team director. “It’s turning out to be a said 4-foot-4, 72-pound AJ, who flexibility,” he said. “I can get my practices two hours on Monday „ opened its season with a stellar nice momentum swing.” leg up higher. I get more virtuos- PLAY 4 The meet is “meant to be more and three hours each on three ity points.” Dec. 23N ...... 6-0-2-2 showing. The boys compete under an of a clinical environment,” he other days. The boys will practice less Dec. 23D ...... 8-0-9-8 said. “This kind of lets us know He said he did better than umbrella of programs offered at during the holiday break to Dec. 22N ...... 7-6-0-1 where we’ll be for the bulk of the expected in the meet because he the Universal Performing Arts give them more family time, Dec. 22D ...... 9-2-9-7 season. It’s a tuneup.” received 9.00 and higher scores Dec. 21N ...... 5-2-2-8 Center in Port Charlotte. They yet Donza said it’s important to North Port resident AJ Donza, when he has gotten 7s and 8s in maintain a routine. Dec. 21D ...... 7-6-2-8 occupied five of the top eight Tony’s son, recorded an overall the past. He especially enjoys the “They have to stay in rhythm,” D-Day, N-Night overall placements in the Level 57.25 score, behind top finisher floor exercise, which allows him he said. 4 B Division during the Dec. 7 and teammate Jack Conte’s to showcase his tumbling. The „ FANTASY 5 The boys compete Jan. 24-26 Southern Gymnastics Judges 57.40. Eight-year-old AJ won the boys have 90 seconds to com- Dec. 23 ...... 2-21-25-27-35 Association Judges Cup in St. floor exercise with a 10.5 score plete their routine, though they in the Sand Dollar/Whitlow Dec. 22 ...... 7-12-21-30-31 Petersburg. and was second in the pommel can finish before then without Gymnastics Invitational at the Dec. 21 ...... 6-15-17-31-36 Although the boys train year- horse with a 9.5. penalty. “It just comes a little ESPN Wide World of Sports PAYOFF FOR DEC. 22 round, they have been practicing Complex in Orlando. 2 5-digit winners ...... $98,641.53 The third-grader has been easier to me,” he said about the 319 4-digit winners ...... $99.50 more intensely during the past doing gymnastics for three years. event. Share an accomplishment with Barbara 9,291 3-digit winners ...... $9.50 two months. 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Or stuck in a British football persists the year he won the for the second half of the 0 5 of 5 + PB ...... $60M likes of Wayne Rooney, hotel room with only a TV with that proud, unique World Cup with France, campaign. 0 5 of 5 ...... $1,000,000 Steven Gerrard and Sergio for company. — some call it downright and soon discovered “It’s unique. Generally 3 4 of 5 + PB ...... $10,000 Aguero. While the top leagues weird — tradition of pil- Christmas would no the stadium is full and it’s 62 4 of 5 ...... $100 They’ll most likely be across Europe shut down ing up the matches over longer be the same. usually a brilliant occa- ESTIMATED JACKPOT on a training field in the for two weeks or more the festive period. Players “I thought it wasn’t sion,” Quinn said. $74 million freezing cold. Or maybe at the end of each year, at Arsenal and Chelsea, fair,” Desailly said. So sit back and enjoy „ MEGA MILLIONS on a bus travelling the there’s no winter break for example, will play four “Christmas Day should the uniqueness of English length and breadth of for the hardy souls of the games in 10 days from not be a day for football. football over Christmas Dec. 20 ...... 3-4-31-49-57 MegaBall ...... 6 England (and Wales for Premier League. Dec. 23-Jan 1. When you believe in time. • • • Dec. 17 ...... 8-14-17-20-39 | COMMUNITY CALENDAR MegaBall ...... 7 PAYOFF FOR DEC. 20 it in and catch a second limit; fastest time wins. All Morning league: Practices for 0 5 of 5 + MB ...... — BASEBALL ROWING trout donated to Salvation Army. 55-and-older team every Monday and Thursday, 0 5 of 5 ...... $2,000,000 Charlotte County over-53 team: CHYC Dragon Boat Team: Seeks 2 4 of 5 + MB ...... $10,000 9 a.m. at Carmalita Athletic Park, Punta Gorda. Championship level players needed for all posi- new members. 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„ NFL NOTEBOOK Romo’s status in doubt for finale By The AssociATed Press acknowledged saying something IRVING, Texas — Tony to the crowd in the final seconds of 49ers clip Falcons Romo limped so badly the fourth quarter during a 23-20 to clinch playoffs on one play against overtime loss to the New York Giants. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Washington, he barely When the Lions ran late in regulation NaVorro Bowman’s 98-yard made it to the spot where instead of having turnover-prone interception return late in the he had to hand off. Matthew Stafford pass, the crowd fourth quarter clinched San The obvious limp reacted with a loud chorus of boos. “I Francisco’s 34-24 victory against was gone by the time just wanted to say, ‘Don’t you know the Atlanta Falcons on Monday the Dallas quarterback what the situation is and the risk night and a playoff berth for the moved forward in the reward of doing something other than what we did right there?” Schwartz 49ers. pocket and threw a explained. Bowman pick off Matt Ryan’s fourth-down touchdown deflected pass ending a potential pass to DeMarco Murray Around the league: The scoring drive by the Falcons. that gave Dallas a sea- New Orleans Saints will be without Colin Kaepernick passed for son-saving 24-23 win over one of their top defensive backs 197 yards and a touchdown and the Redskins. against Tampa Bay. Coach Sean Payton rushed for 51 yards and another The severity of his back said safety Kenny Vaccaro has a broken score for the 49ers, who need help injury is likely to remain left ankle and is scheduled for surgery to win the division and secure at a question all week as the today. … least one home playoff game. Cowboys prepare for their Denver Broncos defensive end After a lackluster first half, the third straight season fi- AP PHOTO Von Miller is out for the season after 49ers did their best to make sure nale for the NFC East title Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo slips on the turf while scrambling with the ball during tests revealed a torn anterior cruciate that could happen. Helped by a and a playoff berth, this the second half of Sunday’s game against the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md. ligament in his right knee. Miller’s third-down offside penalty on Osi time against Philadelphia season began with a six-game drug Umenyiora on the opening drive on Sunday night. and missed offseason after losing the past two the team wants to make a decision suspension and finished with just five of the third quarter, Kaepernick Responding to reports workouts. winner-take-all finales, on Rodgers’ availability “sooner than sacks in 10 games … moved the Niners down the field that Romo wouldn’t Garrett said the against the New York later.” Rodgers has not played the Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone with passes of 47 yards and 19 play against the Eagles, Cowboys were working to Giants two years ago and past seven game since fracturing his sidestepped questions about rookie yards to Michael Crabtree. coach Jason Garrett said add a third quarterback the Redskins in 2012. left collarbone against the Bears at EJ Manuel’s status after he missed Kaepernick capped the drive Monday the team had behind backup Kyle Lambeau Field on Nov. 4. Buffalo’s 19-0 victory against Miami with a short pass to Boldin, who “not made that determi- Orton, who hasn’t started Rodgers also uncertain a day earlier because of a swollen left ran 10 yards for the tying score. nation at all at this point.” a game since 2011. for Sunday: Green Bay Packers Schwartz regrets knee. … Boldin went over the 1,000-tard Garrett wouldn’t reveal Romo figures to do coach Mike McCarthy isn’t sure if shouting back at fans: Terrelle Pryor will start at receiving mark for the first time the results of an MRI for everything he can to take quarterback Aaron Rodgers will start Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz said quarterback for the Oakland Raiders since 2009 earlier in the game. the 33-year-old Romo, the first snap against the the team’s winner-take-all NFC North he should have kept his thoughts on Sunday, replacing Matt McGloin for The Falcons led 10-3 at who had back surgery Eagles because he’d like matchup with the Chicago Bears on to himself instead of shouting at the final regular-season game against halftime. to remove a cyst in April to change the ending Sunday at Soldier Field.McCarthy said booing fans on Sunday. Schwartz the Denver Broncos.

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SATURDAY’S RESULTS Holiday Bowl New Mexico Bowl At San Diego Source: Gators Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), Malzahn named Las Vegas Bowl 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) Southern Cal 45, Fresno State 20 DEC. 31 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl AdvoCare V100 Bowl San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24 At Shreveport, La. New Orleans Bowl Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), talk to Duke OC Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) AP coach of year MONDAY’S RESULT Sun Bowl Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl At El Paso, Texas By JOEDY McCREARY at three Southeastern East Carolina 37, Ohio 20 Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 2 p.m. By the AssociAted Press Dantonio each received AssociAted Press Conference schools — TODAY’S GAME (CBS) AUBURN, Ala. — Gus three votes. Hawaii Bowl Liberty Bowl It’s the fifth time an SEC GAINESVILLE —Duke Tennessee (2006-07), At Honolulu At Memphis, Tenn. Malzahn inherited a offensive coordinator Kentucky (2005) and Oregon St. (6-6) vs. Boise St. (8-4), 8 p.m. Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi St. (6-6), 4 p.m. demoralized Auburn team coach has won AP coach (ESPN) (ESPN) of the year. Kurt Roper is interviewing Mississippi with Cutcliffe THURSDAY’S GAMES Chick-fil-A Bowl that had gone through the At Atlanta for the same position at (1999-2004). Little Caesars Pizza Bowl program’s worst season in At Detroit Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 8 p.m. East Carolina 37, Ohio Florida, said a person fa- Florida is looking for a Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6), (ESPN) decades. miliar with the situation. 6 p.m. (ESPN) JAN. 1 As is his way, the coach 20: In St. Petersburg, Vinatavious replacement for offensive Poinsettia Bowl Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas known for fast play on Cooper rushed for a career-best 198 The person said Roper coordinator Brent Pease. At San Diego was in Florida inter- Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8- UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), Noon offense went to work yards, setting a Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl He and offensive line 5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) (ESPNU) Gator Bowl record and leading East Carolina to a viewing with the Gators FRIDAY’S GAMES in a hurry. He led the At Jacksonville on Monday. The person coach Tim Davis were Military Bowl second-ranked Tigers’ victory over Ohio. The Pirates (10-3) fired less than 24 hours At Annapolis, Md. Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), Noon grabbed the lead for good on the first spoke to The Associated Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), 2:30 (ESPN2) transformation into Press on condition of an- after the Gators (4-8) p.m. (ESPN) Capital One Bowl Southeastern Conference of Cooper’s two touchdowns runs in the Texas Bowl At Orlando fourth quarter, a 31-yard burst with onymity because Florida wrapped up their first At Houston Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), champions and has them isn’t commenting publicly losing season since 1979. Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 6 p.m. 1 p.m. (ABC) in the national champion- just under 10 minutes remaining. Tyler (ESPN) Outback Bowl Tettleton and Derrius Vick threw scoring on its search. Pease and Davis were Fight Hunger Bowl At Tampa ship game Jan. 6 against At San Francisco Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN) passes for Ohio (7-6), which overcame Roper followed coach the primary scapegoats Rose Bowl No. 1 Florida State. BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 9:30 p.m. an early two-touchdown deficit to lead David Cutcliffe to Duke in for a dismal season in (ESPN) At Pasadena, Calif. Malzahn’s quick work 2008 from Tennessee and SATURDAY’S GAMES Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), made him The Associated 20-17 before Cooper put East Carolina which Florida ranked Pinstripe Bowl 5 p.m. (ESPN) helped rebuild the Blue Fiesta Bowl Press national coach of back in front before an announced 112th in total offense — At New York Devils from one of the Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), Noon At Glendale, Ariz. the year. crowd of 20,053 at Tropicana Field. the third straight year it (ESPN) Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 8:30 p.m. nation’s worst power-con- Belk Bowl (ESPN) “It’s very humbling,” he ference programs to the placed 100th or worse. At Charlotte, N.C. JAN. 2 said Monday. “Any time Around the nation: Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6), Sugar Bowl champions of the ACC’s The Gators managed 3:20 p.m. (ESPN) At New Orleans you get awards like this, SMU coach June Jones agreed to a Coastal Division. just 279 yards in a 26-20 Russell Athletic Bowl Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8:30 it’s a team thing, as far as three-year contract extension. The At Orlando p.m. (ESPN) Roper was a finalist loss to lower-division Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 6:45 JAN. 3 our staff and our players. Mustangs finished 5-7 after moving this year for the Broyles p.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl It’s been fun to be a part of from Conference USA to the American Georgia Southern on Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Miami Award, given to the Nov. 23 and then 193 in a At Tempe, Ariz. Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 8 this year.” Athletic Conference. … nation’s top assistant Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5), p.m. (ESPN) Malzahn received 33 Georgia strong safety Josh Harvey- season-ending 37-7 loss 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl coach. He helped the to the Seminoles. DEC. 30 At Arlington, Texas votes from AP Top 25 Clemons’ second suspension of the 22nd-ranked Blue Devils Armed Forces Bowl Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), college football poll voters season will prevent him from playing in Florida lost its final At Fort Worth, Texas 7:30 p.m. (FOX) (10-3) set a school record Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), JAN. 4 to beat out Duke’s David the No. 23 Bulldogs’ Gator Bowl game seven games and missed for wins and earn a spot 11:45 a.m. (ESPN) BBVA Compass Bowl Cutcliffe. Cutcliffe re- against Nebraska. … a bowl game for the first Music City Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. in the Chick-fil-A Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 1 p.m. ceived 17 votes after lead- Boise State quarterback Joe time since 1990. The Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), (ESPN) against No. 20 Texas A&M 3:15 p.m. (ESPN) JAN. 6 ing Duke (10-3) to its first Southwick said he was unfairly on Dec. 31 in Atlanta. Gators threw just four Alamo Bowl BCS National Championship 10-win season. Florida dismissed from the Hawaii Bowl, touchdown passes during At San Antonio At Pasadena, Calif. Before coming to Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 6:45 p.m. Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), State’s Jimbo Fisher and arguing he was falsely accused of Durham, he coached that losing streak. (ESPN) 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Michigan State’s Mark urinating from a hotel balcony.

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„ NHL: Tampa Bay 6, Florida 1 „ NBA: Miami 121, Atlanta 119, OT THE Heat rallies, JOY OF beat Hawks SIX in overtime By TIM REYNOLDS St. Louis notches AssociATed Press MIAMI — LeBron James three points as scored 38 points, Michael Beasley made two free Lightning pot six throws with 9.2 seconds left to put Miami up for By The AssociATed Press good, and the Heat beat the Atlanta Hawks 121-119 in SUNRISE — Martin St. Louis overtime on Monday night. had a goal and two assists and The Heat wasted an early the Tampa Bay Lightning extend- 13-0 lead, then rallied from ed their winning streak to five seven points down in the games with a 6-1 victory over the final 90 seconds of the Florida Panthers on Monday. fourth quarter. Ray Allen Valtteri Filppula had a goal and made three free throws with AP PHOTO an assist and Victor Hedman had 8 seconds left in regulation Miami forward LeBron James three assists. J.T. Brown added to send it to overtime, after dunks over Atlanta Hawks’ Al two third-period goals for Tampa getting fouled by Atlanta’s Horford, left, in the first half Bay. DeMarre Carroll. Monday in Miami. James finished Alex Killorn and Tyler Johnson Allen finished with 19 with 38 points. also scored for the Lightning. points, Mario Chalmers and Ben Bishop made 28 saves for Chris Andersen each scored his 20th victory of the season. 12 and Chris Bosh finished HEAT AT LAKERS Sean Bergenheim scored and with 11 for the Heat, who Scott Clemmensen made 30 played without Dwyane Wade WHO: Miami (21-6) at LA Lakers saves for Florida. and still beat the Hawks for (13-14) St. Louis assisted on Johnson’s the ninth straight time. WHEN: Wednesday, 5 p.m. tap-in goal off a wide shot off the Jeff Teague scored 26 WHERE: Staples Center, Los boards by Hedman and added AP PHOTO points, Paul Millsap made Angeles another on Filppula’s power-play seven 3-pointers on the way TV: ABC goal less than five minutes later Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov (7) checks Tampa Bay Lightning to a 25-point night, and Al RADIO: 99.3 FM for a 3-1 Lightning lead in the right wing Martin St. Louis during the first period in Sunrise on Monday. The Horford finished with 21 second period. Lightning defeated the Panthers, 6-1. points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta. Kyle Korver scored St. Louis scored his 16th goal of HEAT 121, HAWKS 119, OT the season when his batted shot 15 for the Hawks. ATLANTA (119) escaped Clemmensen for a 4-1 The Hawks had a chance Carroll 3-4 0-0 8, Millsap 9-20 0-0 25, Horford CANADIENS AT LIGHTNING RED WINGS AT PANTHERS 8-13 4-4 21, Teague 10-20 6-10 26, Korver 5-9 advantage after two periods. to win it at the end of 0-0 15, Williams 3-9 2-2 9, Mack 1-5 1-2 3, Brand With the game tied 1-1 enter- WHO: Montreal (22-13-3) at Tampa Bay WHO: Detroit (17-13-9) at Florida (14-19-5) overtime, but never got a 2-4 0-0 4, Scott 3-6 1-1 8, Antic 0-1 0-0 0. Totals (23-11-3) good look. 44-91 14-19 119. ing the second period, Hedman WHEN: Saturday, 7 p.m. MIAMI (121) took a pass in the left circle WHEN: Saturday, 7 p.m. WHERE: BB&T Center, Sunrise Beasley had missed James 16-28 2-6 38, Battier 0-1 0-0 0, Bosh 5-10 1-1 11, Chalmers 4-11 3-4 12, Allen 7-10 4-5 19, from St. Louis and sent a shot WHERE: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa TV: Fox Sports Florida seven games with a strained hamstring, but checked in Lewis 3-5 0-0 6, Cole 2-8 0-0 5, Mason Jr. 3-7 0-0 that went wide of Clemmensen. TV: Sun Sports RADIO: None 8, Andersen 3-3 6-9 12, Beasley 3-8 3-4 10. To- Johnson was in the right place during the third quarter tals 46-91 19-29 121. RADIO: 970 AM TICKETS: Ticketmaster when Miami was facing a Atlanta 23 31 30 27 8 — 119 and scored his ninth goal. Miami 33 17 27 34 10 — 121 Florida then took a pair of double-digit deficit. On the 3-Point Goals—Atlanta 17-34 (Millsap 7-10, minor penalties 6:48 into the Bergenheim scored his fifth earlier in the day. The 2010 play where he was fouled Korver 5-8, Carroll 2-3, Horford 1-1, Williams by Millsap, he attacked the 1-4, Scott 1-4, Mack 0-1, Antic 0-1, Teague period — Tom Gilbert for hook- goal when Aleksander Barkov second-round pick logged 13:27 0-2), Miami 10-29 (James 4-9, Mason Jr. 2-6, ing and the bench for too many stole Matt Carle’s clearing of ice time in his season debut. lane from the left side, drew Beasley 1-1, Cole 1-3, Chalmers 1-3, Allen 1-4, contact and coolly made the Battier 0-1, Lewis 0-2). Fouled Out—Millsap. men on the ice — that led to full attempt and deflected it to Rebounds—Atlanta 54 (Horford 11), Miami 53 two-minute 5-on-3 power play Bergenheim, who beat goalten- LIGHTNING 6, PANTHERS 1 free throws to put the Heat (Andersen 9). Assists—Atlanta 29 (Teague 8), for the Lightning. der Bishop at 18:56 of the first. LIGHTNING 1 3 2 — 6 on top. Miami 20 (James 6). Total Fouls—Atlanta 26, PANTHERS 1 0 0 — 1 Miami 19. A—20,204 (19,600). Tampa Bay scored 19 seconds In the slot, Filppula gathered First Period—1, PANTHERS, Bergenheim 5 (Barkov), a shot from Teddy Purcell that later on the next shift when 18:56 (pp). 2, LIGHTNING, Killorn 9 (Filppula, Hed- deflected off Marcel Goc’s stick Killorn’s tapped in his ninth goal man), 19:15. Second Period—3, LIGHTNING, Johnson 9 (Hed- „ NBA ROUNDUP and sent it past Clemmensen for off a pass from Filppula to even man, St. Louis), 3:22. 4, LIGHTNING, Filppula 13 his 13th goal. St. Louis recorded it at 1-1. (Purcell, St. Louis), 8:01 (pp). 5, LIGHTNING, St. Louis the second assist on the goal, Panthers defenseman Erik 16 (Palat), 12:07. Gudbranson (orbital bone) had Third Period—6, LIGHTNING, Brown 3 (Kucherov, and scored an even-strength goal Cote), 3:40. 7, LIGHTNING, Brown 4 (Kucherov, Hed- Knicks lose Melo, 4:06 later. surgery Monday after being man), 13:36. Florida had a second man injured in Winnipeg. The club Shots on Goal—LIGHTNING 9-16-11—36. PAN- THERS 11-12-6—29. Goalies—LIGHTNING, Bish- advantage when Ondrej Palat called up defenseman Alex op. PANTHERS, Clemmensen. A—15,942 (17,040). went off for hooking. Petrovic from San Antonio (AHL) T—2:23. get past Magic ...... By The AssociATed Press „ NHL ROUNDUP ORLANDO — Carmelo PISTONS AT MAGIC Anthony had 19 points WHO: Detroit (14-16) at Orlando before leaving the game (8-20) Rangers stop Leafs in shootout with a sprained left ankle WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m. in the third quarter, but the WHERE: Amway Center, Orlando New York Knicks were able TV: Fox Sports Florida Zuccarello, Stepan to stave off a fierce charge to preserve a 103-98 victory lift New York over the Orlando Magic on Pistons 115, Cavaliers 92: Monday night. In Cleveland, Josh Smith scored 25 points, to extra point New York led by as many Brandon Jennings added 21 and Detroit By The AssociATed Press as 25 points before having continued its success on the road with a its lead cut all the way to a win over Cleveland. NEW YORK — Mats Zuccarello basket in the fourth quarter. The Pistons have won seven of their and Derek Stepan scored Beno Udrih hit six straight last eight away from home, including shootout goals, and backup goal- .,h free-throws in the final 26 victories against defending NBA ie Cam Talbot earned his second seconds to help preserve champion Miami and Indiana, which has win in two nights as the New 41 , OP the win. the best record in the Eastern Conference. York Rangers shook off a late J.R. Smith added 18 tying tally and beat the Toronto points and 10 rebounds. Bobcats 111, Bucks 110, Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night. The Knicks also got a OT: In Charlotte, N.C., Al Jefferson Zuccarello and Stepan scored boost from the return of scored a season-high 26 points, Kemba in the first two rounds, and Raymond Felton, who had Walker nearly had a triple double and missed six games with a Talbot stopped Nazem Kadri in AP PHOTO Charlotte beat Milwaukee in overtime for the third to end it. Kadri scored strained left hamstring. its fourth victory in five games. a disputed goal with 1:24 left in Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier (45) watches New York Rangers’ Rick They earned their eight Jefferson was 12 of 23 from the field regulation to force overtime. Nash (61) during the second period on Monday in New York. straight victory over the as the Bobcats (14-15) overcame an Jonathan Bernier was excep- Magic. 18-point first half deficit. tional for Toronto, making 42 Lundqvist for the second straight Washington in coach Bruce Boudreau’s return to Arron Afflalo led Orlando saves through overtime and game. the Verizon Center. with 26 points and Glen Pacers 103, Nets 86: In New allowing only J.T. Miller’s goal Davis added 20. York, Lance Stephenson scored a career- 7:04 into the third period. The Flyers 4, Wild 1: In Philadelphia, Wayne Blue Jackets 4, Hurricanes 3: high 26 points in his hometown, Paul KNICKS 103, MAGIC 98 George also had 26, and Indiana went on Maple Leafs played their third Simmonds had two goals and an assist, leading In Raleigh, N.C., Ryan Johansen and Jack Skille NEW YORK (103) straight shootout and lost for the Philadelphia over Minnesota. scored 1:28 apart late in the third period to rally Anthony 7-14 2-2 19, Bargnani 5-12 3-3 to its third straight easy victory. second consecutive time. They Luke Schenn and Claude Giroux also scored for Columbus. 13, Chandler 5-9 0-2 10, Felton 4-11 3-4 13, Shumpert 4-7 0-0 9, J.Smith 7-17 1-2 18, Udrih are 2-5-2 in their last nine. the Flyers, whose record rose above .500 for just 2-3 6-6 10, Stoudemire 3-9 0-0 6, Hardaway Jr. Grizzlies 104, Jazz 94: In It looked as though Miller’s the second time this season (17-16-4). Senators 5, Penguins 0: In Ottawa, 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 39-86 15-19 103. Memphis, Tenn., Zach Randolph scored 22 ORLANDO (98) goal would stand up as the Craig Anderson made 27 saves for his second Harris 4-13 6-7 14, Davis 9-21 2-5 20, Vucevic points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jerryd winner, but Kadri changed that. Islanders 3, Red Wings 0: In Detroit, shutout of the season and Ottawa defeated 6-12 2-2 14, Nelson 6-14 2-2 17, Afflalo 9-17 3-5 Bayless added all of his 17 points in the David Clarkson took two whacks Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for his 56th career Pittsburgh. 26, Oladipo 1-4 1-1 3, Harkless 1-3 0-0 2, Nichol- second half and Memphis beat Utah. son 0-1 0-0 0, Lamb 0-1 0-0 0, Maxiell 1-3 0-0 2. at the puck at the left post, and shutout in the New York Islanders’ 3-0 win over Totals 37-89 16-22 98. Talbot appeared to cover it, but Detroit. Bruins 6, Predators 2: In Nashville, New York 29 36 19 19 — 103 Mavericks 111, Rockets Kadri poked it in under Talbot’s Tenn., Carl Soderberg scored on the power play Orlando 27 14 35 22 — 98 104: In Houston, Dirk Nowitzki scored 3-Point Goals—New York 10-21 (Anthony glove. Sabres 2, Coyotes 1, OT: In Buffalo, goal and had two assists and the Boston beat 3-4, J.Smith 3-6, Felton 2-4, Shumpert 1-2, 31 points, including 10 in the fourth The play went to video review N.Y., Mark Pysyk scored at 3:47 of overtime to lift Nashville. Hardaway Jr. 1-3, Bargnani 0-1, Udrih 0-1), Or- quarter, to lead Dallas over Houston. and the goal was ruled good just short-handed Buffalo over Phoenix. lando 8-25 (Afflalo 5-7, Nelson 3-10, Davis 0-1, Houston cut the lead to six after a Harkless 0-1, Oladipo 0-1, Lamb 0-1, Harris 0-4). 10 seconds after the Rangers Blackhawks 5, Devils 2: In Chicago, Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New York 3-pointer by Aaron Brooks with about killed a penalty. Ducks 3, Capitals 2: In Washington, Patrick Sharp scored twice and Patrick Kane, Bryan 54 (Chandler 13), Orlando 55 (Vucevic 12). As- 3 ½ minutes left, but Nowitzki knocked sists—New York 19 (Udrih 6), Orlando 24 (Nel- Talbot, starting over slump- Hampus Lindholm scored the game-winner at Bickell and Nick Leddy also connected to lead son 10). Total Fouls—New York 21, Orlando 21. down consecutive baskets to push the ing No. 1 netminder Henrik 14:24 of the third period and Anaheim rallied past Chicago over the New Jersey. Technicals—Anthony. A—15,105 (18,500). Mavericks lead to 107-97. The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013 www.sunnewspapers.net SP Page 5 | SCOREBOARD „ COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Pacific Division BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled D Mark Sports on TV Pro basketball GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pysyk and F Johan Larsson from Roches- Today NBA Anaheim 39 27 7 5 59 127 98 ter (AHL). Assigned D Chad Ruhwedel to Los Angeles 37 25 8 4 54 104 71 Rochester. Late 3-pointer COLLEGE FOOTBALL EASTERN CONFERENCE 8 p.m. Atlantic W L Pct GB San Jose 36 22 8 6 50 116 90 DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned RW ESPN — Hawaii Bowl, Boise St. vs. Oregon Toronto 11 15 .423 — Vancouver 39 22 11 6 50 106 93 Jordin Tootoo to Grand Rapids (AHL). St., at Honolulu Boston 12 17 .414 ½ Phoenix 36 19 10 7 45 111 110 American Hockey League Wednesday New York 9 18 .333 2½ Calgary 37 14 17 6 34 95 118 HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Announced Edmonton 38 11 24 3 25 95 133 D Samuel Noreau was assigned to the team MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Brooklyn 9 18 .333 2½ NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia 8 20 .286 4 from Greenville (ECHL). downs Eagles overtime loss. ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic, third Southeast W L Pct GB LACROSSE Sunday’s results place game, at Honolulu HEAT 21 6 .778 — National Lacrosse League By The AssociATed Press Atlanta 15 13 .536 6½ N.Y. Rangers 4, Minnesota 1 COLORADO MAMMOTH — Signed D 8:30 p.m. Vancouver 2, Winnipeg 1 ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic, champi- Charlotte 14 15 .483 8 Dan Ball to a one-year contract. Signed D LAS VEGAS — Javonte NEXT UP Monday’s results Mike McNamara to the practice player list. onship, at Honolulu Washington 12 13 .480 8 N.Y. Rangers 2, Toronto 1, SO TENNIS Green drove baseline and SATURDAY NBA BASKETBALL MAGIC 8 20 .286 13½ Calgary 4, St. Louis 3, SO TENNIS INTEGRITY UNIT — An- Noon Central W L Pct GB found Kyle Noreen for the Buffalo 2, Phoenix 1, OT nounced Guillermo Olaso is banned from South Florida: at Bradley, ESPN — Chicago at Brooklyn Indiana 23 5 .821 — Anaheim 3, Washington 2 the sport for five years and fined $25,000 game-winning 3-pointer 8 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Detroit 14 16 .467 10 Chicago 10 16 .385 12 Columbus 4, Carolina 3 for match-fixing. to give Radford a 64-63 ABC — Oklahoma City at New York Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 0 SUNDAY 5 p.m. Cleveland 10 17 .370 12½ COLLEGE victory over Florida Gulf N.Y. Islanders 3, Detroit 0 SMU — Agreed to terms with football ABC — Miami at L.A. Lakers Milwaukee 6 22 .214 17 Florida: vs. Savannah State, LIGHTNING 6, PANTHERS 1 coach June Jones on a three-year contract Coast in the Continental 8 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Philadelphia 4, Minnesota 1 extension through 2017. 3 p.,m. ESPN — Houston at San Antonio Southwest W L Pct GB Tire Las Vegas Classic on San Antonio 22 6 .786 — Chicago 5, New Jersey 2 NOTRE DAME — Announced senior MONDAY 10:30 p.m. Boston 6, Nashville 2 men’s basketball G Jerian Grant is no longer Monday. ESPN — L.A. Clippers at Golden State Houston 18 11 .621 4½ Dallas 16 12 .571 6 Winnipeg at Edmonton, late enrolled in the school because of an aca- After Noreen’s 3-pointer Florida Gulf Coast: vs. Memphis 12 15 .444 9½ Dallas at Los Angeles, late demic matter. with 17 seconds left, Northern Kentucky, 7 p.m. College basketball New Orleans 11 14 .440 9½ Colorado at San Jose, late TEXAS A&M — Dismissed sophomore Northwest W L Pct GB Today’s games basketball G J-Mychal Reese for violating FGCU went down the Florida State: vs. Charleston MEN Portland 23 5 .821 — No games scheduled athletic department rules and regulations. court but Bernard Southern, 7 p.m. Polls Oklahoma City 22 5 .815 ½ Wednesday’s games Suspended freshman LB Darian Claiborne AP TOP 25 Denver 14 12 .538 8 No games scheduled after he was arrested on two drug posses- Thompson’s 3-pointer was Miami: vs. Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ Minnesota 13 15 .464 10 sion charges. short. FGCU immediately ECHL TUESDAY college basketball poll, with first-place Utah 8 23 .258 16½ fouled Rashun Davis, but votes in parentheses, records through Pacific W L Pct GB EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Florida: vs. Louisville, Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points L.A. Clippers 20 9 .690 — Atlantic Division Glantz-Culver Line the sophomore, averaging GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA 5 p.m. for a first-place vote through one point for Phoenix 16 10 .615 2½ NCAA FOOTBALL 79 percent from the line, a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Golden State 15 13 .536 4½ Wheeling 26 14 7 0 5 33 76 71 Reading 22 12 9 1 0 25 58 57 Tonight missed the front end of Record Pts Prv L.A. Lakers 13 14 .481 6 Hawaii Bowl 1. Arizona (63) 12-0 1,623 1 Sacramento 8 18 .308 10½ Elmira 24 9 12 1 2 21 60 75 North Division At Honolulu a one-and-one. FGCU and four assists on Monday night to 2. Syracuse (2) 11-0 1,528 2 Sunday’s results FAVORITE O T O/U UNDERDOG 3. Ohio St. 12-0 1,462 3 Indiana 106, Boston 79 GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA grabbed the rebound, but lead Jacksonville (4-7) over South Cincinnati 26 16 8 1 1 34 83 67 Oregon St. 1½ 3 (64½) Boise St. 4. Wisconsin 12-0 1,390 4 Toronto 104, Oklahoma City 98 Thursday its final shot didn’t get Carolina State (3-8). The Dolphins made 5. Michigan St. 10-1 1,336 5 L.A. Clippers 120, Minnesota 116, OT Evansville 25 14 7 1 3 32 83 83 Kalamazoo 24 13 9 0 2 28 66 60 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl released before the buzzer. only 18 of 31 from the free-throw line 6. Louisville 11-1 1,274 6 Monday’s results At Detroit 7. Oklahoma St. 11-1 1,221 7 New York 103, MAGIC 98 Fort Wayne 24 10 9 1 4 25 72 80 Green finished with 25 Toledo 24 8 13 3 0 19 68 89 Bowling Green 5½ 4½ (50) Pittsburgh but hit their last 10. 8. Villanova 11-0 1,116 8 Detroit 115, Cleveland 92 South Division Poinsettia Bowl points and Noreen added 9. Duke 9-2 1,108 8 Charlotte 111, Milwaukee 110, OT GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA At San Diego nine points, all 3-pointers 10. Wichita St. 12-0 981 11 HEAT 121, Atlanta 119, OT N. Illinois 2 1½ (58) Utah St. Florida A&M 75, Sacred Indiana 103, Brooklyn 86 S. Carolina 26 19 4 1 2 41 85 54 11. Baylor 10-1 970 12 Florida 28 18 8 1 1 38 101 77 Friday for Radford (8-4). Heart 70: In Las Vegas, Jamie 12. Oregon 11-0 914 13 Dallas 111, Houston 104 Military Bowl Memphis 104, Utah 94 Orlando 27 15 11 0 1 31 72 72 FGCU (6-7) got 21 Adams scored 23 points as Florida A&M 13. Florida 9-2 881 16 Greenville 27 12 13 1 1 26 64 69 At Annapolis, Md. 14. Iowa St. 9-0 804 17 San Antonio 112, Toronto 99 Marshall 1 2½ (62½) Maryland points and 10 rebounds (3-10) held off Sacred Heart (2-12) in L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, late Gwinnett 26 7 17 0 2 16 57 81 15. UConn 10-1 661 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Texas Bowl from Chase Fieler and the final day of the Continental Tire Las 16. Kansas 8-3 659 18 Golden State at Denver, late At Houston New Orleans at Sacramento, late Mountain Division Thompson added 12. 17. Memphis 8-2 630 15 GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Minnesota 4½ 4 (47½) Syracuse Vegas Classic. 18. Kentucky 9-3 529 19 Today’s games Fight Hunger Bowl Both teams shot at No games scheduled Colorado 28 17 6 3 2 39 95 76 19. North Carolina 8-3 413 14 Alaska 25 17 7 1 0 35 84 47 At San Francisco least 46 percent from the 20. San Diego St. 9-1 378 24 Wednesday’s games Washington 3 3 (60) BYU Arizona still No. 1 in Chicago at Brooklyn, 12 p.m. Idaho 27 14 9 2 2 32 87 81 21. Colorado 10-2 345 20 Utah 24 7 14 1 2 17 48 66 Saturday floor, each grabbed 29 AP poll: Arizona is No. 1 in The 22. Iowa 11-2 278 25 Oklahoma City at New York, 2:30 p.m. Pinstripe Bowl HEAT at L.A. Lakers, 5 p.m. Pacific Division rebounds, but Radford Associated Press college basketball poll 23. UMass 10-1 154 22 GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA At New York 24. Gonzaga 10-2 79 21 Houston at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Notre Dame 15½ 14 (52½) Rutgers made one more 3-pointer for the third straight week. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Ontario 27 19 4 1 3 42 82 65 25. Missouri 10-1 69 23 Stockton 27 14 9 0 4 32 89 82 Belk Bowl (9) than FGCU. The Wildcats (12-0) are again a Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 65, San Francisco 28 10 15 2 1 23 63 96 At Charlotte, N.C. Illinois 53, Texas 47, George Washington Las Vegas 24 8 13 3 0 19 60 83 North Carolina 3 2½ (57½) Cincinnati runaway choice, receiving 63 No. 1 43, Toledo 27, Florida St. 23, Michigan 15, Pro football RADFORD 64, FGCU 63 Bakersfield 25 9 15 0 1 19 61 83 Russell Athletic Bowl FLORIDA GULF COAST (6-7) votes from the 65-member national Harvard 14, UCLA 14, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 8, NFL Note: Two points are awarded for a win, At Orlando, Fla. Pittsburgh 6, Creighton 5, LSU 1, SMU 1. Comer 4-8 0-0 9, Hicks 1-4 0-0 2, Thompson media panel Monday. AMERICAN CONFERENCE one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Louisville 3 3½ (57) Miami 4-8 0-0 12, Cvjeticanin 0-3 0-0 0, Fieler 8-14 East W L T Pct PF PA Sunday’s results Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl 4-4 21, Jones 3-7 0-0 8, McKnight 2-3 3-4 7, Syracuse drew the other No. 1 votes USA TODAY TOP 25 y-New England 11 4 0 .733 410 318 Colorado 6, San Francisco 4 At Tempe, Ariz. The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s Graf 1-2 2-4 4. Totals 23-49 9-12 63. and was No. 2, with the top eight DOLPHINS 8 7 0 .533 310 315 Stockton 5, Ontario 1 Kansas St. 3 3½ (55) Michigan RADFORD (8-4) college basketball poll, with first-place N.Y. Jets 7 8 0 .467 270 380 Greenville 3, Orlando 2 Monday teams holding their spots from last votes in parentheses, records through Dec. Green 11-17 2-3 25, Price 5-9 0-0 13, Ander- Buffalo 6 9 0 .400 319 354 Bakersfield 4, Idaho 3 Armed Forces Bowl son 3-10 0-0 8, Noreen 3-4 0-0 9, Holcomb week. 22, points based on 25 points for a first- At Fort Worth, Texas South W L T Pct PF PA Monday’s results 2-7 0-0 4, Brown 1-3 1-2 3, Davis 1-4 0-1 2, place vote through one point for a 25th- Navy 6½ 6½ (56) Middle Tenn. y-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 361 326 No games scheduled Dickerson 0-0 0-0 0, Carethers 0-1 0-0 0. To- place vote and previous ranking: Music City Bowl Tennessee 6 9 0 .400 346 371 Today’s games tals 26-55 3-6 64. Record Pts Pvs At Nashville, Tenn. WOMEN JAGUARS 4 11 0 .267 237 419 No games scheduled Halftime—Tied 32-32. 3-Point Goals— 1. Arizona (30) 12-0 798 1 Mississippi 2½ 3 (57½) Georgia Tech Houston 2 13 0 .133 266 412 Wednesday’s games Florida Gulf Coast 8-17 (Thompson 4-8, 2. Syracuse (1) 11-0 753 2 North W L T Pct PF PA No games scheduled Alamo Bowl UConn women remain 3. Ohio State (1) 12-0 744 2 At San Antonio Jones 2-3, Fieler 1-1, Comer 1-3, Cvjeticanin y-Cincinnati 10 5 0 .667 396 288 0-1, McKnight 0-1), Radford 9-19 (Noreen No. 1 in AP poll: The UConn 4. Louisville 11-1 662 4 Baltimore 8 7 0 .533 303 318 AHL Oregon 10½13½ (67½) Texas 5. Michigan St. 10-1 661 5 Holiday Bowl 3-4, Price 3-6, Anderson 2-6, Green 1-2, Da- women’s basketball team remains the Pittsburgh 7 8 0 .467 359 363 EASTERN CONFERENCE vis 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— 6. Wisconsin 12-0 659 6 Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 301 386 Atlantic Division At San Diego unanimous No. 1 in The Associated 7. Oklahoma St. 11-1 572 7 Arizona St. 11½ 14 (71) Texas Tech Florida Gulf Coast 29 (Fieler 10), Radford 29 West W L T Pct PF PA GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA (Green, Holcomb 6). Assists—Florida Gulf Press poll after two easy wins over 8. Wichita St. 12-0 551 9 y-Denver 12 3 0 .800 572 385 Manchester 31 21 5 1 4 47 98 76 Dec. 31 9. Duke 9-2 545 8 AdvoCare V100 Bowl Coast 14 (Comer 7), Radford 9 (Davis, Green ranked foes. x-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733 406 278 Providence 29 14 9 1 5 34 99 95 3). Total Fouls—Florida Gulf Coast 14, Rad- 10. Oregon 11-0 508 11 St. John’s 29 15 11 1 2 33 87 76 At Shreveport, La. San Diego 8 7 0 .533 369 324 ford 12. A—NA. The Huskies turned a showdown 11. Villanova 11-0 484 12 Oakland 4 11 0 .267 308 419 Portland 26 11 10 1 4 27 72 83 Arizona 7 7½ (57½) Boston Coll. 12. Baylor 10-1 402 15 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Worcester 25 12 11 1 1 26 60 71 Sun Bowl with then-No. 2 Duke into a 22-point 13. Iowa St. 9-0 392 13 East W L T Pct PF PA East Division At El Paso, Texas No. 14 Iowa State 83, rout Tuesday before defeating then-No. 14. Florida 9-2 383 17 Philadelphia 9 6 0 .600 418 360 GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA UCLA 7½ 7 (47½) Virginia Tech Akron 60: In Honolulu, Georges 21 Cal by 33 on Sunday. UConn opens 15. UConn 10-1 370 10 Dallas 8 7 0 .533 417 408 W-B/Scranton 28 17 8 1 2 37 84 69 Liberty Bowl 16. Kansas 8-3 300 19 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 274 377 Binghamton 28 16 9 0 3 35 99 86 At Memphis, Tenn. Niang scored 22 points, and Iowa State up American Athletic Conference play 17. Memphis 8-2 269 14 Washington 3 12 0 .200 328 458 Norfolk 30 14 11 1 4 33 84 84 Mississippi St. 7 7 (50½) Rice (10-0) beat Akron (6-3) to match the this weekend against Cincinnati. 18. Kentucky 9-3 246 21 South W L T Pct PF PA Hershey 27 12 10 2 3 29 87 83 Chick-fil-A Bowl 19. North Carolina 8-3 193 18 x-Carolina 11 4 0 .733 345 221 Syracuse 28 12 12 1 3 28 70 81 At Atlanta best start in school history. Notre Dame moved into the No. 20. San Diego St. 9-1 177 23 New Orleans 10 5 0 .667 372 287 Northeast Division Texas A&M 11½12½ (74½) Duke 2 slot, while the Blue Devils fell to 21. Gonzaga 10-2 156 15 Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 309 388 GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Jan. 1 22. UMass 10-1 142 20 BUCS 4 11 0 .267 271 347 Springfield 27 20 4 1 2 43 86 63 Gator Bowl Jacksonville 61, S.C. third. Stanford is fourth after beating 23. Iowa 11-2 110 — North W L T Pct PF PA Albany 28 17 8 2 1 37 91 73 At Jacksonville, Fla. State 47: In Jacksonville, Vince Tennessee, which dropped two spots 24. Colorado 10-2 83 24 Chicago 8 7 0 .533 417 445 Adirondack 27 13 12 0 2 28 66 70 Georgia 9 9 (60) Nebraska Martin had 15 points, eight rebounds to fifth. 25. Missouri 10-1 45 25 Green Bay 7 7 1 .500 384 400 Bridgeport 30 12 14 1 3 28 77 96 Heart of Dallas Bowl Others receiving votes: UCLA 44, Pitts- Detroit 7 8 0 .467 382 362 Hartford 28 9 15 0 4 22 64 92 North Texas 6½ 6½ (55½) UNLV burgh 26, Creighton 25, Saint Mary’s 23, Minnesota 4 10 1 .300 377 467 WESTERN CONFERENCE Capital One Bowl George Washington 20, Toledo 13, Oklaho- West W L T Pct PF PA Midwest Division At Orlando, Fla. | QUICK HITS ma 11, Texas 10, Michigan 8, Illinois 7, Flori- x-Seattle 12 3 0 .800 390 222 GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Wisconsin 2 1½ (51) South Carolina da St. 6, New Mexico 1, Utah 1. San Francisco 10 4 0 .714 349 228 Grand Rapids 29 21 6 1 1 44 107 65 Outback Bowl Arizona 10 5 0 .667 359 301 Milwaukee 27 14 7 5 1 34 70 69 At Tampa, Fla. HERNANDEZ JUDGE former NBA players to Pyongyang for a Monday’s results St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 339 337 Rockford 31 15 13 3 0 33 89 106 LSU 7 7½ (49) Iowa Jan. 8 exhibition game marking Kim’s SOUTH x-clinched playoff spot Chicago 29 15 12 0 2 32 82 78 Rose Bowl Jacksonville 61, SC State 47 y-clinched division Iowa 27 12 13 2 0 26 64 72 At Pasadena, Calif. WEIGHS GAG ORDER birthday. Tennessee 82, Morehead St. 67 Sunday’s results North Division Stanford 1½ 5½ (42½) Michigan St. Virginia 66, Norfolk St. 56 St. Louis 23, BUCS 13 GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Fiesta Bowl FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) EAST Indianapolis 23, Kansas City 7 Toronto 27 16 9 1 1 34 77 65 At Glendale, Ariz. — A Massachusetts judge HOCKEY Buffalo 87, Binghamton 57 Denver 37, Houston 13 Rochester 30 13 11 3 3 32 85 92 Baylor 17½16½ (69) UCF may impose a formal Fordham 83, Loyola of Chicago 69 Buffalo 19, DOLPHINS 0 Lake Erie 28 14 11 0 3 31 76 84 Jan. 2 Canada sets women’s Siena 67, Hofstra 59 Carolina 17, New Orleans 13 Hamilton 30 12 14 0 4 28 73 88 Sugar Bowl gag order in the murder St. Francis (NY) 77, NJIT 65 Dallas 24, Washington 23 Utica 27 10 15 1 1 22 63 80 At New Orleans case against former New Olympic roster: The Canadian MIDWEST N.Y. Jets 24, Cleveland 13 West Division Alabama 14½ 15 (51½) Oklahoma England Patriot Aaron women’s Olympic hockey team is Cincinnati 102, Chicago St. 62 Cincinnati 42, Minnesota 14 GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Jan. 3 set. The 21-player roster features a Cleveland St. 89, La Roche 42 Tennessee 20, JAGUARS 16 Abbotsford 32 21 9 1 1 44 105 89 Cotton Bowl Hernandez after his at- Detroit 93, Indiana Tech 50 Arizona 17, Seattle 10 Texas 31 18 9 2 2 40 107 84 At Arlington, Texas torneys accused the state dozen players who helped Canada SOUTHWEST N.Y. Giants 23, Detroit 20, OT Okla. City 31 11 15 0 5 27 82 101 Missouri Pk 1 (60½) Oklahoma St. win the gold medal at the 2010 No scores reported San Diego 26, Oakland 13 Charlotte 29 12 16 0 1 25 77 92 Orange Bowl of allowing WEST Pittsburgh 38, Green Bay 31 San Antonio 31 11 17 0 3 25 78 96 At Miami leaks that Winter Games in Vancouver, including Florida A&M 75, Sacred Heart 70 New England 41, Baltimore 7 Note: Two points are awarded for a win, Ohio St. 5 2½ (68½) Clemson Hayley Wickenheiser, Jayna Heffford one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Jan. 4 they con- Portland St. 98, Evergreen St. 65 Philadelphia 54, Chicago 11 and Caroline Ouellette Twenty-seven Radford 64, Florida Gulf Coast 63 Monday’s result Sunday’s results BBVA Compass Bowl tend could 9 , TOURNAMENT Atlanta at San Francisco, late Abbotsford 3, Hamilton 2, SO At Birmingham, Ala. jeopardize players were invited to try out for the Diamond Head Classic Sunday’s games Bridgeport 4, Albany 3 Vanderbilt 2 2½ (54) Houston team and began training full time in Semifinals Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Chicago 2, Milwaukee 1, OT Jan. 5 his right to a Iowa St. 83, Akron 60 Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Hershey 4, Worcester 0 GoDaddy.com Bowl fair trial. Calgary in August. Oregon St. 58, George Mason 54 Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Monday’s results At Mobile, Ala. WOMEN Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. No games scheduled Ball St. 9 8½ (64) Arkansas St. At a Polls Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Today’s games Jan. 6 hearing in HERNANDEZ SOCCER AP TOP 25 Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. No games scheduled BCS National Championship Fall River Eds: Deletes Arizona; adds one point to Ari- JAGUARS at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Wednesday’s games At Pasadena, Calif. Report: Brazil crane zona State, tying them for No. 25. N.Y. Jets at DOLPHINS, 1 p.m. No games scheduled Florida St. 9½ 8½(67½) Auburn Superior Court on The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ Denver at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. NFL Monday, defense attorney operator worked 18 days: A women’s college basketball poll, with first- Kansas City at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. Sunday Brazilian news report cited a Sao Paulo place votes in parentheses, records through St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Transactions FAVORITE O T O/U UNDERDOG Michael Fee blamed pros- Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points for San Francisco at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. at Atlanta OFFOFF (OFF) Carolina ecutors for out-of-court state Labor Ministry official as saying Green Bay at Chicago, 4:25 p.m. BASEBALL at Chicago OFFOFF (OFF) Green Bay a first-place vote through one point for a American League statements reported in the the man who operated the crane 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: BUCS at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. at Tennessee 6 7 (44½) Houston Buffalo at New England, 4:25 p.m. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed LHP at Pittsburgh 5½ 7 (43½) Cleveland that collapsed at the city’s World Cup Record Pts Prv Eric Surkamp off waivers from San Fran- media that he says have 1. UConn (36) 12-0 900 1 Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. at N.Y. Giants 3 3½ (45½) Washington stadium had worked 18 days in a row. cisco. at Cincinnati 4 5½ (44½) Baltimore tarnished the ex-player. 2. Notre Dame 10-0 840 4 MINNESOTA TWINS — Signed RHP Two construction workers were killed 3. Duke 12-1 827 2 at Indianapolis 4 11½(45½) Jacksonville The judge did not Mike Pelfrey and C Kurt Suzuki. Sent OF Da- Philadelphia 2½ 2½ (55½) at Dallas in the Nov. 27 accident, which remains 4. Stanford 10-1 807 6 Pro hockey rin Mastroianni outright to Rochester (IL). immediately rule on the 5. Tennessee 10-1 734 3 at Miami 6½ 6½ (41) N.Y. Jets under investigation. Luis Antonio NHL TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed OF Alex at Minnesota 2 3½ (51½) Detroit defense’s request for a 6. Kentucky 11-1 719 5 EASTERN CONFERENCE Castellanos off waivers from Boston. Medeiros, the ministry’s regional 7. Louisville 12-1 691 7 at New England 7½ 9½ (47) Buffalo formal gag order. Atlantic Division TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed 3B at New Orleans12½ 12½ (47) Tampa Bay 8. Maryland 10-1 651 8 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Brent Morel off waivers from the Chicago Hernandez has pleaded superintendent, was quoted by the 9. Baylor 9-1 635 9 Denver 10½12½ (53½) at Oakland Boston 37 25 10 2 52 106 77 White Sox. at Arizona OFFOFF (OFF) San Francisco not guilty to murder in G1 Internet portal that there wasn’t 10. North Carolina 11-2 523 14 LIGHTNING 37 23 11 3 49 106 87 National League 11. Oklahoma St. 10-0 515 13 at San Diego 10 10 (45) Kansas City the June shooting death of necessarily a cause and effect between Montreal 38 22 13 3 47 96 84 CHICAGO CUBS — Claimed RHP Brett at Seattle 10½ 10 (43) St. Louis 12. Colorado 9-1 467 11 Detroit 39 17 13 9 43 99 108 Marshall off waivers from the New York Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old the accident and the operator’s string 13. South Carolina 11-1 457 10 Off Key Toronto 39 18 16 5 41 106 113 Yankees. Atlanta played Dec. 23 of workdays. But, he added, “We think 14. Iowa St. 9-0 444 15 Ottawa 39 15 17 7 37 111 126 BASKETBALL semi-pro football player 15. Penn St. 8-3 350 17 Green Bay QB questionable that’s exhausting for someone who PANTHERS 38 14 19 5 33 88 123 National Basketball Association San Francisco played Dec. 23 who was dating the sister 16. LSU 9-2 309 12 Buffalo 37 10 24 3 23 66 105 HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled G Isa- of Hernandez’s girlfriend. works such a delicate machine.” 17. Purdue 8-2 288 18 Metropolitan Division iah Canaan Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). 18. Nebraska 9-2 276 19 GP W L OT Pts GF GA FOOTBALL 19. Georgia 11-1 222 16 Pittsburgh 39 27 11 1 55 121 88 National Football League Baseball 20. Syracuse 11-1 198 23 Washington 37 19 14 4 42 117 112 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed RB Jan. 8 — Hall of Fame voting announced. BASKETBALL TENNIS 21. Iowa 11-2 185 22 Philadelphia 37 17 16 4 38 93 104 Robert Hughes to the practice squad. Re- Jan. 14 — Salary arbitration filing. 22. Florida St. 11-1 182 24 N.Y. Rangers 38 18 18 2 38 88 102 leased LB Jojo Dickson from the practice Jan. 15-16 — Owners’ meetings, Paradise Rodman leaves North Spanish player receives 23. California 7-3 103 21 New Jersey 38 15 16 7 37 92 99 squad. Valley, Ariz. Korea: Former basketball star 5-year fixing ban: The Tennis 24. Gonzaga 10-2 89 25 Columbus 37 16 17 4 36 101 106 BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DT Alan Jan. 17 — Salary arbitration figures ex- 25. Arizona St. 10-1 71 — Carolina 37 14 15 8 36 86 105 Branch to a contract extension. changed. Dennis Rodman left North Korea Integrity Unit says Spanish player 25. Oklahoma 7-4 71 20 N.Y. Islanders 38 11 20 7 29 96 129 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed Feb. 1-21 — Salary arbitration hearings, St. without answering questions from the Guillermo Olaso has been banned Others receiving votes: Arkansas 46, NC WESTERN CONFERENCE DT Brandon Deaderick and DT Roy Miller Petersburg. from the sport for five years and State 22, San Diego 20, Indiana 12, Texas Central Division on injured reserve. Signed DT Drake Nevis Feb. 13 — Voluntary reporting date for media on whether he had met with 12, Georgia Tech 8, Rutgers 8, West Virginia GP W L OT Pts GF GA and DT pro Kyle Love. Signed DE Will Peri- pitchers, catchers and injured players. leader Kim Jong Un. On Sunday night, fined $25,000 for match-fixing. Olaso 8, Middle Tennessee 6, Saint Joseph’s 2, De- Chicago 39 26 7 6 58 145 107 cak and WR Jabin Sambrano to the practice Feb. 18 — Voluntary reporting date for he told The Associated Press that he was found guilty of three corruption Paul 1, UTEP 1. St. Louis 36 24 7 5 53 128 85 squad. other players. Tuesday’s results Colorado 35 23 10 2 48 102 83 Canadian Football League Feb. 25 — Mandatory reporting date. had not yet had a meeting with Kim. offenses in 2010, including directly MIDWEST Minnesota 39 20 14 5 45 88 96 WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed March 22-23 — Los Angeles Dodgers vs. He arrived in North Korea on Thursday. or indirectly seeking to “contrive the UT-Martin 85, S. Illinois 55 Dallas 35 17 12 6 40 101 105 DE Jason Vega. Arizona, Sydney. WEST Winnipeg 38 16 17 5 37 101 110 HOCKEY March 30 — Opening day for other teams. Rodman’s short visit was aimed at outcome or any other aspect of any Grand Canyon 54, Hawaii 51 Nashville 37 16 17 4 36 85 109 National Hockey League Active rosters reduced to 25 players. finalizing plans to bring 11 other event.” Page 6 SP www.sunnewspapers.net The Sun /Tuesday, December 24, 2013

FALL ALL-AREA TEAMS PREP SCHEDULE All times p.m. unless noted TODAY-WEDNESDAY No events scheduled THURSDAY Boys basketball Suncoast Holiday Classic at Sarasota-Riverview First round Volleyball Boys golf Girls golf Boys Girls Boys Girls Football Palmetto vs. East Bay, 3 Sunday Monday Today swimming swimming cross country cross country Sunday Mourning (Miami) vs. Braden Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday River, 4:30 Cardinal Mooney vs. Southeast, 6:30 Booker vs. North Port, 7:30 VELOZ THE VELOZ FILE Wrestling NAME: Juliana Veloz A.J. Jones Invitational at Osceola FROM PAGE 1 CLASS: Senior HS, TBA (Lemon Bay in the field) tournament,” she said. “It PARENTS: Virgina and Jaime A wasn’t my personal best SIBLINGS: J.J.(20), Jeovani (16) FRIDAY Boys basketball for 18 holes. I did a 76 in FAVORITE CLASS: Nursing Lemon Bay Holiday Shootout a junior tournament my FAVORITE HOBBY: Dancing Charlotte vs. Haines City, 1 sophomore year.” COLLEGE GOALS: To major in Sarasota vs. Wiregrass Ranch, But this score helped nursing at a college or university 2:45 her earn the Sun’s girls Port Charlotte vs. Strawberry golf player of the year Crest, 4:30 honors. The Manta Rays failed to West Oaks vs. Lemon Bay, 6:15 Despite the class load, qualify for the state meet. Suncoast Holiday Classic at Veloz missed only one Veloz first picked up a . Sarasota-Riverview major tournament, the golf club when she was ... At Second round Don Ross Memorial just 3. Her older brother, T Sickles vs. Palmetto/East Bay Tournament in Sarasota. J.J., was twice named a 410 winner, 3 And her participating in r player of the year by the Covington Catholic vs. Cardinal the postseason tourna- Sun before he graduated Mooney/Southeast winner, 4:30 ments, which required Lake Howell vs. Booker/North approval from the in 2011. Her younger Port winner, 6 nursing program, made a brother, Jeovani, was a Riverview vs. Mourning/Braden difference for the Manta sophomore on the boys River winner, 7:30 Rays. team this year. Girls basketball “Julianna’s biggest “At first, I didn’t really Queen of Palms Tournament asset was her consistent play a lot,” she said. “I Sapphire Divison play and her steadying started playing com- at Cape Coral HS influence,” Lemon Bay petitively when I was a Estero vs. North Miami, 9 a.m. ,- s Port Charlotte vs. Calloway coach Darrell Roach said. freshman. I’ve practiced “She always helped the County (Ky.), 10:30 a.m. a lot with my brothers as team with her leadership Barlow vs. Leesburg, 5 and calm personality. we get ready for tourna- Heritage vs. Sickles, 8:30 She’s cool under pressure ments and that helped. Amber Division and her short game is The best thing about golf at Cypress Lake HS probably the best part of is that you can play as Seminole Ridge vs. Tampa Bay her game. an individual, but still be Tech, 9 a.m. “Just the fact she had to part of a team.” Charlotte vs. Braden River, 10:30 a.m. work her practice around Veloz plans to attend classes for nursing made Cypress Lake vs. Jensen Beach, 7 either Florida Gulf Coast Palmetto Ridge vs. Oasis, 8:30 her performances all the University or a school in more outstanding. She Wrestling the Tampa area to contin- Lakeland (HS) Invitational, TBD did very well and prob- ue her nursing training. (Charlotte in field) ably would have done “I’m not sure yet what A.J. Jones Invitational at Osceola even better if she hadn’t s; a o- school I’ll go to,” Veloz HS, TBA (Lemon Bay in field), had to do the classes.” TBD As a junior, Veloz shot said. “They’re all good. As far as golf goes I’ll SUN PHOTO BY JENNIFER BRUNO an 83 at the District 1A- SATURDAY 17 meet to lead her team probably just play it for Julianna Veloz, who led Lemon Bay High School to the District 2A-20 championship, says the best Boys basketball to the championship. fun from now on.” part about golf is playing as an individual while still being part of a team. Lemon Bay Holiday Shootout Charlotte vs. Strawberry Crest, A l l -A r e A T e A m noon Port Charlotte vs. Haines City, 3:30 p.m. Lauren KeLLy Kristina sChuLz OLivia sChuLz CandiCe Weese MOntanna WiLLiaMsOn Lemon Bay vs. Wiregrass Ranch, Lemon Bay • Junior Charlotte • Senior Charlotte • Junior Lemon Bay • Junior Lemon Bay • Junior 5:15 p.m. She shot a 92 Finished second Kristina’s Weese had the Had a 48 Suncoast Holiday Classic at the Region 2A-7 in District 3A-15 younger sister best score of the average for nine at Sarasota-Riverview meet as Lemon tournament with had a 94 season Lemon Bay team in holes. Was fifth Consolation Bay finished a 91, helping average for 18 the State 2A meet, at the district Teams TBD, 3 p.m. second and Charlotte finish holes. Her 96 carding a 183 for w tournament with iy Teams TBD, 4:30 p.m. qualified for the third and qualify at the District 36 holes (92-91). a 95 score for 18 Semifinal, 6 p.m. state meet. She for regionals. 3A-15 meet was She shot an 87 in holes and a 94 Semifinal, 7:30 p.m. was co-champion She averaged 86 second-best on the the District 2A-20 in the Charlotte Girls basketball at the Charlotte County meet with an for 18 holes this season. She shared team behind her sister. Her 100 at the meet to help the Manta Rays win the County tournament. She shot a 211 in Queen of Palms Tournament 87. Her 99 was good for sixth at the Charlotte County medalist honors Donald Ross Memorial Invitational, championship and shot a 92 at the the Class 1A state tournament with a at Cape Coral HS Barlow/Leesburg loser vs. Port district meet. with Kelly. She also shot an 85 at the also second on the team behind her Region 2A-7 meet to help the team 100 on the back 18. Charlotte/Calloway County (Ky.) Donald Ross Memorial Invitational as sister. qualify for the state meet. She had a the Tarpons finished seventh. loser, 10:30 a.m. 45 average for nine holes. Estero/North Miami loser vs. Heritage/Sickles loser, noon HONORABLE MENTION: Kelly Clark, Port Charlotte; Kristy Lowe, Port Charlotte; Fayth Warren, DeSoto; Marisabal Rodriguez, Lemon Bay; Bethel Peyton, Charlotte. Estero/North Miami winner vs. Heritage/Sickles winner,

...... 3:30 p.m. Barlow/Leesburg winner vs. Port played just as big with finished with 14 points Charlotte, which expects adjust to that. … We’re Charlotte/Calloway County (Ky.) PIRATES his leaping ability off the and seven boards. to be playing well into going to keep seeing it winner, 5 p.m. floor. He even flushed “Sean and Nicksen the postseason. and keep seeing it. And at Cypress Lake HS FROM PAGE 1 an alley-oop on a Jacob fought their butts off “It was a good game,” we’ve got to do a better Charlotte/Braden River loser vs. Pirates couldn’t take Mathis pass off the back- — our strength is our Blanc said. “It will get job of handling it.” Seminole Ridge/Tampa Bay Tech advantage committing board to audible gasps size,” Specht said. “We us ready when the state Contact Rob Shore at 941-206-1174 loser, noon three consecutive turn- at Bishop Verot’s Nevins did that successfully, but playoffs come around.” or [email protected] Cypress Lake/Jensen Beach loser overs in that span. Gymnasium. we’ve just got to get a Specht concurred, vs. Palmetto Ridge/Oasis loser, The Buccaneers’ Justin Craig Bowman add- little more consistent at acknowledging that the BERKELEY 60, PORT CHARLOTTE 48 1:30 p.m. Port Charlotte 10 13 15 10 — 48 Charlotte/Braden River winner Gray, who has already ed 18 points for the shooting from outside.” areas where Berkeley Berkeley Prep 14 21 12 13 — 60 vs. Seminole Ridge/Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Pirates hit 4 of 13 Prep bothered Port PORT CHARLOTTE (48) committed to Texas Tech, Tech winner, 3:30 p.m. led all scorers with 21 Nicksen Blanc paced 3-point attempts — Kyle Charlotte will need to be Rains 2, Sean Phillip 14, Nicksen Blanc 17, Specht 6, Collins 8, McLeod 1. Totals 16 (4) Cypress Lake/Jensen Beach points. The 6-foot-5 Gray the Pirates with a Collins and Tyler Specht addressed. 12-20 48. winner vs. Palmetto Ridge/Oasis was listed an inch small- team-high 17 points made two apiece. “It’s the length and BERKELEY PREP (60) Jacob Mathis 11, Justin Gray 22, Green 4, winner, 7 p.m. er then Port Charlotte’s and eight rebounds, and But it was good it’s the speed,” he said. Craig Bowman 18, Reintgen 1, Findlay 5. Wrestling Nicksen Blanc, but paint-mate Sean Phillip experience for Port “That’s why we’ve got to Totals 20 (2) 18-25 60. A.J. Jones Invitational at Osceola ...... HS, TBA (Lemon Bay)

last time at 67-63 on Lehigh got 13 points MONDAY TARPONS Reynolds’ 3-pointer with from Abed Abu-Khadir, 12 Boys basketball 5:09 to play. from Ronzell Evans and Suncoast Holiday Classic FROM PAGE 1 Branen Harrell’s only 10 from Chibu Ezenwa. at Sarasota-Riverview got a lot of answers.” basket of the game put “After Christmas we’re Seventh-place game, 3 p.m. Reynolds, mean- Lehigh (9-2) back up 71- back at it against two Fifth-place game, 4:30 p.m. Tappoll 69 with 3:15 remaining. while, led Charlotte’s really good teams Friday Third-place game,, 6 p.m. Tah, Edwards scored nine of 3 2 , second-half comeback. and Saturday.” Massolio Championship, 7:30 p.m. the Lightning’s final 10 He made five of his six said. “Our schedule from Girls basketball points to ice the game. here on out gets even Queen of Palms Tournament 3-pointers and 23 points “I thought we played overall in the final two tougher. The next 13 at Cape Coral HS a good 30 minutes,” games are a tough road.” Seventh-place game, 9 a.m. periods. Massolio said. “The last Fifth-place game, noon Reynolds’ 3-pointer … we went seven straight LEHIGH 81, CHARLOTTE 71 Third-place game, 3:30 p.m. with 1.9 seconds re- Charlotte 27 7 24 13 — 71 possessions with five Lehigh 21 21 14 25 — 81 Championship, 7 p.m. maining in the third turnovers and some very CHARLOTTE (71) at Cypress Lake HS period gave the Tarpons bad decisions. Two bad Montoya 3, Dwight Reynolds 32, Dwayne Seventh-place game, 9 a.m. a 58-56 lead heading into Reynolds 3, Adrian Ivankovic 14, Bokon 5, shots.” Tyler 5. Totals 27 (11) 10-17 71. Fifth-place game, noon the final eight minutes. SUN PHOTO BY KATHERINE GODINA Adrian Ivankovic LEHIGH (81) Third-place game, 3:30 p.m. Charlotte led by as scored 14 points for Bernard Edwards 32, Ronzell Evans 12, Championship, 7 p.m. Charlotte’s Adrian Ivankovic (22) and Mason Bokon (32) guard many as five points in Strawder 8, Martin 4, Debnam 4, Abed Charlotte, 12 coming in Abu-Khadir 13, Chibu Ezenwa 10. Totals 28 Subject to change Lehigh’s Stef’An Strawder during Monday night’s game. the fourth quarter, the the first quarter. (16) 15-19 81. Tuesday, December 24, 2013 ads.yoursun.net E/N/C The Sun Classified Page 1 Florida’s Largest Classified Section classifieds SEE COMICS INSIDE!

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AREA PROPERTY TRANSFERS CHARLOTTE COUNTY/NORTH PORT - COURTESY OF PUNTA GORDA, PORT CHARLOTTE, NORTH PORT ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ML# Status Address Zip Code City List Price Pool Sold Price BE FB HB Built Property Style Sold Terms Sold Date SP/SqFt SP/LP Ratio A3983858 SLD 3365 LUCERNE TER 33952 PORT CHARLOTTE 24,900 27,900 1 1 0 1958 Single Family Home All Cash 12/18/2013 47.43 112.05 C7048577 SLD 2312 DALLAS ST 33952 PORT CHARLOTTE 34,900 33,000 1 1 0 1960 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 66.48 94.56 D5793942 SLD 30415 BEECH RD 33982 PUNTA GORDA 51,000 43,000 3 2 0 1959 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 49.13 84.31 A3985702 SLD 1246 PATIO TER 34286 NORTH PORT 71,000 75,400 3 2 0 2004 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/12/2013 51.01 106.20 C7044282 SLD 6856 CAROVEL AVE 34287 NORTH PORT 75,000 73,000 2 2 0 1979 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 82.24 97.33 C7048870 SLD 1462 MALIBU LN 33953 PORT CHARLOTTE 78,900 67,500 2 2 0 1973 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 63.22 85.55 C7046448 SLD 175 KINGS HWY # 435 33983 PUNTA GORDA 83,000 78,500 2 2 0 1988 Condo All Cash 12/18/2013 71.99 94.58 C7046018 SLD 22433 OCEANSIDE AVE 33952 PORT CHARLOTTE 85,000 72,000 2 2 0 1971 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 53.53 84.71 A3986072 SLD 1473 FIRESIDE ST 33952 PORT CHARLOTTE 89,900 89,000 2 2 0 1980 Single Family Home New FHA 12/13/2013 69.26 99.00 C7047415 SLD 20384 COPELAND AVE 33952 PORT CHARLOTTE 89,900 87,900 2 2 0 1983 Single Family Home New VA 12/12/2013 61.16 97.78 C7048453 SLD 2251 SHENANDOAH ST 34287 NORTH PORT 93,900 85,000 4 2 0 1979 Single Family Home All Cash 12/18/2013 51.34 90.52 C7047711 SLD 3265 QUARTER ST 34288 NORTH PORT 95,000 95,500 3 2 0 2005 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 68.05 100.53 C7048605 SLD 1210 DORCHESTER ST 33952 PORT CHARLOTTE 99,900 98,000 2 2 0 1984 Single Family Home All Cash 12/12/2013 85.38 98.10 D5793526 SLD 202 HIGH POINT DR # 202 34223 ENGLEWOOD 100,000 100,000 2 2 0 1980 Condo All Cash 12/16/2013 59.63 100.00 C7048114 SLD 3625 ARMOUR TER 34291 NORTH PORT 104,700 100,000 2 2 0 1992 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 94.15 95.51 U7587375 SLD 3216 EMERALD LN 34286 NORTH PORT 106,900 99,900 3 2 0 1991 Single Family Home USDA 12/13/2013 78.37 93.45 A3976389 SLD 24124 BUCKINGHAM WAY 33980 PUNTA GORDA 107,100 N 70,641 2 2 0 1998 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 77.27 65.96 C7048516 SLD 22246 LITTLE FALLS AVE 33952 PORT CHARLOTTE 109,900 105,900 3 2 0 1978 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 74.11 96.36 A3983441 SLD 5246 TARPON ST 34286 NORTH PORT 109,987 107,500 3 2 0 2002 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 98.38 97.74 C7045322 SLD 5050 MARIANNE KEY RD # 2B 33955 PUNTA GORDA 112,500 108,500 2 2 0 1982 Condo All Cash 12/18/2013 75.76 96.44 C7047077 SLD 2143 CORFELL ST 33948 PORT CHARLOTTE 114,800 108,400 3 2 0 1984 Single Family Home All Cash 12/12/2013 70.17 94.43 C7044200 SLD 22090 SEATON AVE 33954 PORT CHARLOTTE 114,900 114,900 3 2 0 1992 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/16/2013 90.97 100.00 D5792400 SLD 2844 ORCHARD CIR 34288 NORTH PORT 115,000 125,000 3 2 0 2005 Single Family Home Assume FHA/VA 12/16/2013 52.42 108.70 N5782600 SLD 7864 JAYMAN RD 34291 NORTH PORT 115,900 108,000 3 2 0 2002 Single Family Home All Cash 12/17/2013 91.62 93.18 C7046824 SLD 2541 PICKARD LN 34286 NORTH PORT 117,500 115,000 3 2 0 2002 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 91.94 97.87 C7043704 SLD 23183 BURLINGAME AVE 33980 PUNTA GORDA 119,000 112,500 2 2 0 2008 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/18/2013 75.6 94.54 C7048647 SLD 718 NEPTUNE ST 33948 PORT CHARLOTTE 119,900 112,600 3 2 0 1983 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/18/2013 101.01 93.91 D5794180 SLD 4180 PEGGY TER 34286 NORTH PORT 121,500 100,000 3 2 0 2002 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 87.92 82.30 C7047838 SLD 2479 REDSTONE AVE 34288 NORTH PORT 126,000 119,000 3 2 0 2004 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 100.64 94.44 D5794414 SLD 4869 LIBBY RD 34287 NORTH PORT 127,900 125,500 3 2 0 2000 Single Family Home Other 12/12/2013 77.61 98.12 C7049523 SLD 22302 PRISCILLA AVE 33954 PORT CHARLOTTE 129,000 113,000 3 2 0 1985 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 76.47 87.60 C7046643 SLD 25350 NARWHAL LN 33983 PUNTA GORDA 129,900 123,000 3 2 1 1990 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 68.12 94.69 C7048300 SLD 4371 MIDLAND ST 34288 NORTH PORT 130,000 127,000 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Home All Cash 12/17/2013 76.65 97.69 T2496785 SLD 24536 SUNRISE DR 33980 PORT CHARLOTTE 134,900 N 145,000 3 3 0 2006 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/16/2013 60.66 107.49 C7049133 SLD 27375 DEEP CREEK BLVD 33983 PUNTA GORDA 138,500 135,000 3 2 0 2000 Single Family Home New VA 12/16/2013 99.64 97.47 N5782452 SLD 12469 WILLMINGTON BLVD 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE 139,500 140,000 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Home All Cash 12/12/2013 86.7 100.36 C7048350 SLD 1816 DENALI ST 34287 NORTH PORT 139,900 137,000 3 2 0 2002 Single Family Home New FHA 12/18/2013 82.68 97.93 C7046840 SLD 1296 ALTA DR 33953 PORT CHARLOTTE 144,000 145,000 3 2 0 1989 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/16/2013 89.5 100.69 C7045662 SLD 26106 RAMPART BLVD 33983 PUNTA GORDA 144,900 135,000 3 2 0 1988 Single Family Home All Cash 12/12/2013 62.95 93.17 N5782070 SLD 4219 MOKENA AVE 34286 NORTH PORT 144,900 140,000 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 77.82 96.62 C7043573 SLD 24229 WESTGATE BLVD 33980 PUNTA GORDA 145,000 140,000 2 2 0 2000 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 117.12 96.55 D5794698 SLD 534 LEWIS ST 34223 ENGLEWOOD 145,000 135,000 2 2 0 1990 Single Family Home New FHA 12/16/2013 152.95 93.10 C7046160 SLD 2785 DODE AVE 34288 NORTH PORT 149,000 146,000 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Home New FHA 12/17/2013 70.55 97.99 C7046336 SLD 1271 JACOBS ST 33953 PORT CHARLOTTE 149,900 149,000 4 2 0 2007 Single Family Home New FHA 12/17/2013 65.52 99.40 C7046221 SLD 14302 ALLENSWORTH AVE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE 149,900 145,000 4 2 1 2006 Single Family Home All Cash 12/17/2013 64.61 96.73 C7049633 SLD 1060 W HILLSBOROUGH BLVD 34288 NORTH PORT 154,400 154,400 2 2 0 2000 Single Family Home All Cash 12/12/2013 90.08 100.00 C7049259 SLD 420 CORY ST 33953 PORT CHARLOTTE 159,900 154,500 3 2 0 1987 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 88.15 96.62 C7045883 SLD 23372 MULLINS AVE 33954 PORT CHARLOTTE 159,900 150,000 3 2 0 1993 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 101.07 93.81 D5793240 SLD 2450 N BEACH RD # 232 34223 ENGLEWOOD 164,900 160,000 2 1 1 1980 Condo All Cash 12/18/2013 202.08 97.03 C7046830 SLD 27052 VILLARRICA DR 33983 PUNTA GORDA 164,900 160,000 3 2 0 1993 Single Family Home All Cash 12/12/2013 95.1 97.03 C7047159 SLD 3330 GUSSIE ST 33950 PUNTA GORDA 169,000 N 140,000 3 2 0 2007 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 92.4 82.84 C7049534 SLD 1705 PALACE CT 33980 PUNTA GORDA 169,900 165,000 3 2 0 2000 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 110.18 97.12 C7048790 SLD 317 BRASILIA ST 33983 PUNTA GORDA 174,999 172,000 4 2 0 2000 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/16/2013 77.99 98.29 C7047122 SLD 5402 MACCAUGHEY DR 34287 NORTH PORT 175,000 163,000 3 2 0 2002 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 109.99 93.14 C7046886 SLD 23398 PAINTER AVE 33954 PORT CHARLOTTE 177,900 177,900 3 3 0 1993 Single Family Home Assume Conventional 12/13/2013 93.58 100.00 N5780984 SLD 2980 ALWOOD ST 34291 NORTH PORT 179,000 175,000 3 2 0 1999 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/18/2013 97.76 97.77 N5782057 SLD 1139 WEBSTER ST 34288 NORTH PORT 179,000 179,000 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Home New VA 12/12/2013 77.52 100.00 A3988384 SLD 4554 SUNBURST AVE 34286 NORTH PORT 179,900 184,000 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Home All Cash 12/17/2013 81.62 102.28 C7044797 SLD 2026 MIDNIGHT ST 33948 PORT CHARLOTTE 179,990 174,000 3 2 0 1988 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 98.95 96.67 N5778342 SLD 9809 NOSTALGIA PL 34223 ENGLEWOOD 189,972 186,500 3 2 0 2012 Single Family Home Assume Conventional 12/13/2013 122.25 98.17 C7046303 SLD 23077 MADELYN AVE 33954 PORT CHARLOTTE 194,900 194,900 3 2 0 1993 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/18/2013 93.79 100.00 C7046526 SLD 3251 ROYAL PALM DR 34288 NORTH PORT 197,900 187,000 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/12/2013 99 94.49 C7046006 SLD 1136 ANAHEIM ST 33953 PORT CHARLOTTE 209,900 208,000 3 2 0 1989 Single Family Home All Cash 12/17/2013 116.16 99.09 N5782791 SLD 6220 FALCON LAIR DRIVE 34287 NORTH PORT 211,760 N 211,760 3 2 0 2013 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 106.79 100.00 N5780838 SLD 35810 HILNICK DR 33982 PUNTA GORDA 225,000 110,000 2 2 0 1983 Single Family Home Owner Financing 12/16/2013 116.1 48.89 C7042174 SLD 18766 COUNTRYMAN AVE 33948 PORT CHARLOTTE 244,900 Y 240,000 3 3 0 1977 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 135.23 98.00 D5795187 SLD 500 SANDLOR DR 34223 ENGLEWOOD 249,000 238,000 2 2 0 1970 Single Family Home All Cash 12/17/2013 163.82 95.58 D5792958 SLD 627 BARNACLE CT 34223 ENGLEWOOD 251,900 251,900 3 2 0 2013 Single Family Home All Cash 12/18/2013 122.22 100.00 D5787641 SLD 13816 LONG LAKE LN 33953 PORT CHARLOTTE 252,000 252,000 3 2 0 1994 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 119.37 100.00 C7047064 SLD 88 VIVANTE BLVD # 8826 33950 PUNTA GORDA 259,000 240,000 2 2 0 2006 Condo All Cash 12/18/2013 162.38 92.66 C7047634 SLD 3420 SUNSET KEY CIRCLE # B 33955 PUNTA GORDA 259,900 N 243,342 3 2 0 2000 Condo All Cash 12/13/2013 157.32 93.63 C7036559 SLD 6636 TIDWELL ST 34291 NORTH PORT 269,000 252,200 3 2 0 2001 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 128.34 93.75 C7046530 SLD 2485 SILVER PALM RD 34288 NORTH PORT 274,500 260,000 3 2 1 2006 Single Family Home All Cash 12/12/2013 133.77 94.72 D5788729 SLD 110 GULFVIEW RD 33950 PUNTA GORDA 275,000 265,000 3 2 0 1968 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 148.49 96.36 C7049205 SLD 29005 PALM SHORES BLVD 33982 PUNTA GORDA 292,000 275,000 4 3 0 1986 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 118.36 94.18 C7045485 SLD 24620 DOLPHIN COVE DR 33955 PUNTA GORDA 297,543 288,000 3 2 0 1994 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 163.22 96.79 C7045718 SLD 1280 NIGHT WIND TER 34291 NORTH PORT 314,900 295,000 3 3 0 2005 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 123.88 93.68 O5188315 SLD 31781 WASHINGTON LOOP RD 33982 PUNTA GORDA 315,000 Y 314,379 4 3 1 2003 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/12/2013 78.53 99.80 C7050591 SLD 17065 TORREON LN 33955 PUNTA GORDA 315,000 Y 305,000 3 2 1 2005 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 144.5 96.83 C7048935 SLD 1332 EPPINGER DR 33953 PORT CHARLOTTE 345,000 330,000 3 2 0 1986 Single Family Home All Cash 12/12/2013 182.83 95.65 C7049415 SLD 2176 SILVER PALM RD 34288 NORTH PORT 349,900 325,000 3 2 0 2002 Single Family Home All Cash 12/13/2013 147.82 92.88 C7046963 SLD 808 LUCIA DR 33950 PUNTA GORDA 369,000 347,500 3 2 0 1991 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/16/2013 201.53 94.17 D5794806 SLD 3290 BAY RIDGE WAY 33953 PORT CHARLOTTE 369,000 340,000 3 2 0 1998 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/13/2013 143.47 92.14 C7048887 SLD 407 PANAREA DR 33950 PUNTA GORDA 399,000 Y 385,000 2 2 0 2007 Single Family Home All Cash 12/18/2013 221.05 96.49 C7045925 SLD 3777 CANDIA DR 33950 PUNTA GORDA 419,700 402,500 3 3 0 2002 Single Family Home All Cash 12/18/2013 224.08 95.90 C7043016 SLD 2415 FLORA LN 33950 PUNTA GORDA 425,000 375,000 3 2 0 1982 Single Family Home All Cash 12/18/2013 189.31 88.24 D5794605 SLD 1709 HUDSON ST 34223 ENGLEWOOD 429,900 395,000 3 2 1 2002 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/18/2013 176.77 91.88 C7049716 SLD 1134 CORONADO DR 33950 PUNTA GORDA 489,000 450,000 3 2 1 1999 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 216.37 92.02 N5781626 SLD 1724 GRANDE PARK DR 34223 ENGLEWOOD 524,900 515,000 4 3 1 2006 Single Family Home New Conventional 12/16/2013 155.76 98.11 C7043616 SLD 1427 THRASHER DR 33950 PUNTA GORDA 630,000 Y 577,000 3 3 0 1999 Single Family Home All Cash 12/16/2013 206.42 91.59 Tuesday, December 24, 2013 ads.yoursun.net E/N/C The Sun Classified Page 5

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LA Corneal transplant post-op REX MORGAN By Woody Wilson and Graham Nolan instructions: lie down DEAR DR. ROACH: Cataract surgery resulted in edema in my eye, which has not healed after six months. I now require a DSAEK corneal transplant. I’ve been instructed that after the operation I must lie on my back, looking up at the ceiling for three days, getting up only to eat Dr. Roach or go to the bathroom. Is ZITS By Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman this standard procedure after this surgery? — M.S. the normal range, so from ANSWER: Corneal ede- a medical perspective, I ma is a known but unusual would advise you to keep complication after cataract your weight where it is. surgery — rare enough There are medical that I have seen only ways of slowing down one case, despite having metabolism (for example, monitored several hun- to make your thyroid less dred patients through the active — a bad idea), but surgery. Corneal transplant I would recommend that is the appropriate treat- you accept your body how ment for this complication it is. Metabolism tends to if other methods have slow down as you get older, been ineffective. and many men in your DSAEK (Descemet’s situation end up gaining GARFIELD By Jim Davis stripping endothelial weight as their metabolism keratoplasty) replaces the slows but they continue to damaged inner part of the eat like they were in their cornea only, reducing the teens or 20s. need for sutures. Instead If your goal is to gain of sutures, an air bubble muscle mass, speak to is placed into the eye your trainer about exercise underneath the graft, and techniques. Adequate with the patient lying on dietary protein is essential. her back, looking up at But some bodies become the ceiling, the air bubble very strong without keeps the graft in place becoming very bulky. until it attaches and the DEAR DR. ROACH: The bubble is absorbed. X-ray from a recent trip FRESHLY SQUEEZED By Ed Stein My patient was able to to an urgent-care center resume activities after only for a back injury showed two days, but your surgeon bladder calcifications in knows what is best for you. this 47-year-old male. DEAR DR. ROACH: I I have chronic calcium am in need of advice in oxalate kidney stone the opposite direction issues. Please tell me what of what you’re probably I need to know about accustomed to. I want the calcifications in my to gain weight! I have bladder. — J.P. always been thin and tall; ANSWER: Calcium currently my height is oxalate stones show up on 6 feet, 5 inches, and my X-rays as calcifications. weight is 215 pounds. I It’s possible you had some have an athletic build and stones in your bladder work out (weight training at the time of the X-ray. MARY WORTH By Karen Moy and Joe Giella mostly) four to six days However, bladder cancer per week. My metabolism can show up as calcifica- is ferocious. About three tions as well. Forty-seven months ago, I purchased is young for the diagnosis a weight-gaining protein of bladder cancer, but supplement. One shake I would recommend mixed with 2 percent low- an evaluation by your fat milk is more than 1,000 internist or a urologist. You calories! For one month, may need a CT scan or a utilizing a calorie-tracking cystoscopy, where the urol- app and drinking protein ogist looks at the bladder shakes, I was consuming wall with an instrument. 4,000-5,000 calories a READERS: High blood day and burning only pressure is one of the most DILBERT By Scott Adams 3,000-4,000 calories a day. common ailments for the I gained only three to five general population. The pounds in one month! Is booklet on it describes there any supplement or what it does and how it’s dietary food or drink you treated. Readers can order know of that will decrease a copy by writing: Dr. my voracious metabolic Roach — No. 104, P.O. Box function? — J.L. 536475, Orlando, FL 32853- ANSWER: The first 6475. Enclose a check or question I would have is, money order (no cash) for Why do you want to gain $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the weight? At 6 feet, 5 inches recipient’s printed name tall and 215 pounds, your and address. Please allow BMI is 25, which is right in four weeks for delivery. Tuesday, December 24, 2013 ads.yoursun.net E/N/C The Sun Classified Page 11

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Dear Readers: A recent column told you how to send your canceled stamps to Stamp Camp USA to be used and recycled by young people. Sadly, the BABY BLUES By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott organization has shut its doors. I’ve written about this worthwhile group for years. Many wrote that the stamps were either being Hints from Heloise returned or forwarded to a new address. So, here is the Heloise update: receipts until I figured out Stamps for Stamp Camp how to store them. USA are being directed to When I check into my the American Philatelic hotel, I am given my elec- Society. APS is the largest tronic room key in a small, nonprofit organization credit-card-size envelope. that uses stamps in educa- I place the room key in my tional programs across the wallet and keep the enve- DOONSBURY By Garry Trudeau country, such as Stamps lope to use for storing all Teach (Stamps in the my receipts. The envelope Classroom), All Star Stamp holds more receipts than Clubs, the Boy Scouts, you would think, and it Girl Scouts and more. keeps them together until After receiving donated I return home. — Jerry M. stamps and envelopes with in New Jersey stamps still attached, they are distributed to stamp Veggies on wheels collectors, teachers, postal historians and even the Dear Heloise: Aloha general public. So, keep from Maui, where we collecting those stamps, have year-round vegeta- office supplies or even ble gardening. cash donations and send I use truck tires for my to: APS Youth Programs, vegetable beds. They are FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE By Lynn Johnston 100 Match Factory Place, free, and as long as there Bellefonte, PA 16823. For is no steel belt exposed more information on this inside or out, they are wonderful organization perfectly usable. They can and all that it does, go be painted for decoration, to www.stamps.org. and they roll easily into — Heloise the yard. Stacked two high, they make for little Receipt holder bending and easy weed maintenance. I write the Dear Heloise: I think it name of each individual is important to keep re- crop on the tire with ceipts, but even more so chalk. It can be erased if when on vacation. It used I change the plants. — to be hard to keep all the Robert, via email The Sun Classified Page 12 E/N/C ads.yoursun.net Tuesday, December 24, 2013 There are good reasons why MALLARD FILLMORE By Bruce Tinsley grandpa’s generosity varies Nerds P lion $04e '- DEAR ABBY: I have some 'VOIT we-wz- .*/W Z advice for “Lacking Why,” A,AR L the girl in your Oct. 18 col- Y umn who is wondering why 11 YM AFTER 5t)CfH the amount of allowance Ay,,.. tt QAY. money Grandpa gives her v ANT w = and her sisters varies from one girl to the other: Stop comparing the amounts and try focusing on how PEANUTS By Charles Schulz attentive each of you is to Dear Abby your grandfather. Do you all visit him with the same frequency? Do them more in other ways. you all write thank-you They had lived at home lon- notes for his generosity? ger than I had, and Dad had Do you all phone him the paid for their educations same number of times each while I’d had a scholarship. week? Do you all remember In his mind, he was trying his birthday with a nice to even things out. Funny card or small gift? Do you thing was, it didn’t matter CRANKSHAFT By Tom Batiuk & Chuck Ayers take turns baking him a to me. But I never told my 190" KNOW (,SHY Z4 birthday cake? brothers. — SOLVED THE you 60.M-TH E rRougLIE voEs rHls I suspect, as with my PUZZLE IN DENVER IN R nl6 qREE LOCK LIVE DEAR ABBY: Lj pl` h rrr A UVE grandchildren, there are The mother 5((11RS Eby: eve?-C? TEAR 10YOU? tir wide disparities in the way of those girls should be the these sisters treat Grandpa. one to broach the subject , 'N4 Why would a person who with her father. She can 1 ignores him expect the soften the response to her L f same generosity as one daughters and point out who showers him with to her father the possible love and affection? I have harm he may be causing two grown grandkids who within the family. But in treat me differently and, the end, if Grandpa doesn’t son of a gun, I respond in budge, they’ll all have to kind. — CONNECTICUT learn to live with it. — KEN SHOE By Gary Brookins & Susie GRANDMA IN SARASOTA, FLA. DEAR GRANDMA: DEAR ABBY: I would 51GN! WHY DO I C'MON, FATS! OFF 12/2.4 %ZVit-* Your explanation is one I recommend that they first ALWAYS GET IN THE WITH THE NAT, BELT received from other readers discuss among themselves WRONG INE? AND JACKET! as well. That letter resonat- the differences in their ed with a large number of own circumstances and people, and what follows their relationship with their is a sampling of their grandparent. It might be responses: that those in need, those DEAR ABBY: Financially who invest wisely or those speaking, I’ll bet there’s a who respond kindly receive good reason for the dispari- more. ty in the amounts “Lacking” I help my kids and and her sisters receive. If grandkids based on what ' / ' ?t N.a \eay-3.;-. by Kir g Features-SHOECOAQCS.COW j I SHOECOMICS.COM Grandpa intends that each their needs are and how granddaughter receive they spend the money. It is the same sum of money not a matter of favoritism. by age 18, and he started And being thanked once in JANRIC CLASSIC SUDOKU giving the money to each of a while doesn’t hurt, either. Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row , them at the same time, he — PATRICIA IN TEMPE, column and 3x3 block. Use logic and process elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty would HAVE to give them ARIZ. level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest). different amounts. This DEAR ABBY: “Lacking” concept would be hard to and her siblings should Rating : SILVER explain to a child, which not approach Grandpa. It 6 7 4 1 may be why the girls were could backfire and end the Solution to 12!2 13 never sure about the “why.” gift-giving forever. Instead, 8 9 2 — NUMBERS GUY IN SAN if all the sisters agree they 2 5 3 9 8 6 1 7 4 MATEO, CALIF. are being unfairly treated, 5 9 7 4 6 4 7 3 5 1 9 8 2 DEAR ABBY: My father they should consider pool- ` did the same thing. Each ing the gifts together and 7 1 8 9 4 7 2 3 5 6 year I received more money dividing the total amount 8 from my dad than my equally among themselves. 3 7 8 5 2 . 9 6 . 4 1 brothers did. Eventually This would be a mature 6 3 2 7 9 2 1 8 6 4 7 3 5 I asked him why, and it solution that needn’t be 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 6 4 7 1 3 8 2 9 turned out he felt that over shared with their grandfa- °Ve the years he had helped ther. — WISE OUT WEST 4 , 3 5 6 9 1 7 2 1 8 4 $ 9 6 a BIBLE w 7 1 6 2 4 8 5 9 3 1 9 7 8 9 2 F3 5 4 6 7 “A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a broth- 3 4 2 5 er.” — Proverbs 18:24 1 1 1Z24113 A true friend is one who stands by even when you don’t want him. The Lord is such a friend. “I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” Venice Gondolier readers: Look for the puzzle solution in the Our Town section

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FOX Maury May 12: King of King of 21/2Men 21/2Men The 12 Dogs of Christmas (‘05, Holiday) aa Engagement: Engagement The Arsenio Hall Show From teen mom and mother want to CW 999 4Queens: Queens: Noel Tyrannic Sultry plan Jordan-Claire Green, Tom Kemp. A young girl is relocated Cooking Class Match-making. November: actresses Nia Long. prove that a man is the father of Mentalo Case Cowards girlfriend. ruined. to a small town where dogs are not allowed. (R) (HD) her child. Raymond Seinfeld Family Feud Family Feud Bones: The Boy in the Shroud Bones: The Blonde in the Cops Cops Seinfeld Community MYN 11 11 11 14 Ruined albums. Millenium (TVPG) (R) (TVPG) (R) Foster child accused of murder. Game Killers victims. (TVPG) Reloaded (HD) Reloaded (HD) Kramer the Holiday party. 10:00 a.m. IND Jerry Springer July parties. (TVPG) (HD) alibi. 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Christmas Twister (‘12, Holiday) Casper Van Dien, AStar for Christmas (‘12, her child. ION 66 2221326 18 17 warms a man’s heart for Santa didn’t expect to be arrested during a nap for a crime Richard Burgi. After Texas tornadoes level a weather Holiday) aa Woman falls in 11:00 a.m. Christmas. (NR) he didn’t commit. (NR) scientist’s home, he must find courage. love with actor. ABC The View From A&E 26 26 26 26 39 50 181 Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Shipping Shipping Shipping Shipping November: the cast of “Duck Chisum (‘70) A cattle baron Rio Bravo (‘59, Western) aaac John Wayne, Dean Martin. A sheriff attempts to Cahill: US Marshal (‘73) aa AU.S. Marshal’s sons Dynasty” visit and give a perfor- AMC 56 56 56 56 30 53 231 protects his land. keep a well-connected killer from escaping justice. (NR) (HD) enter a life of crime to get closer to their father. mance. APL 44 44 44 44 36 68 130 N. America (HD) N. America (HD) N. America (HD) N. America (HD) N. 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(R) Oprah's (R) (HD) Welcome to (R) (HD) Raising La Toya Houston (R) (HD) Welcome to (R) (HD) claims her father is a man who had QVC 14 14 14 9 14 13 150 (4:00) Season's Greetings Revelry that include taped holiday music and festive stories. a one-night stand. (N) SPIKE 57 57 57 57 29 63 54 The Mummy Returns (‘01) aac The Scorpion King and Imhotep face off. The Scorpion King (‘02, Action) Ancient assassin. Lara Croft 2 (‘03) aa 2:00 p.m. CBS The Talk Scheduled: SYFY 67 67 67 67 253 64 180 Batman Begins (‘05, Action) aaac A man becomes a masked vigilante. The Prestige (‘06, Drama) A magicians’ rivalry turns sinister. Warehouse more personal secrets revealed; TV 59 59 59 59 32 62 52 TBS Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld A Christmas Story (‘83) A boy wants a BB gun. A Christmas Story (‘83) A boy wants a BB gun. host Craig Ferguson. It Happened on 5th Avenue (‘47, Comedy) Don DeFore. Christmas in Connecticut (‘45, Comedy) aaa A Sun Valley Serenade (‘41) aac A I'll Be Seeing TCM 65 65 65 65 169 230 Ahomeless man moves into a mansion. career woman faces domestic duties. (NR) refugee ice-skates with an orchestra. You 2:00 p.m. CW The Wendy Williams TLC 45 45 45 45 57 72 139 LI Medium (R) (HD) LI Medium: Unseen 2 LI Medium (R) (HD) Medium Fan meeting. On the Road Upstate. Medium Fan meeting. Show From December: from “Mil- (HD) 61 61 61 61 28 55 51 Castle Going renegade. Castle: Knockout Castle: Rise Castle’s guilt. Boston's Finest Raising Marshal Law: Texas Boston's Finest Raising lionaire Matchmaker” host Patti TNT Conspiracy. (HD) (HD) money. (N) (HD) Professional killer. (N) money. (R) (HD) Stanger. TOON 80 80 124 124 46 20 257 Carol (R) Gumball Looney T. 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PATIO TABLE & 4 chairs black Great Deals in 941-429-7914 REFRIGRATOR 27” BED - MATTRESS & BOX. steel mesh $125 TV NEW Craig 15” HD LCD haeir works $32 New - Will Sell $100. 501-442-8612 720p. 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As new $4250 MOTORCYCLE JACK ac 2585 FIREA RMS delco h draulic 1500# c $85 941-830-5312 CAMERA CANNON REBEL y WALNUT DRESSER 5 draw- 6131 XSI, 18 to 55 lens bat charger 941-255-21 69 ers.1 $350 941-235-2203 BAMBOO ANGEL'S Mist $35 (Ridgid) 5 EXERCISE/ 2 batt., 4G SD card . Camera PIPE THREADER WOOD PITCH fork use for 941-833-3326 FITNESS bag $225 941-681-20 76 dies exc.cond. $120 quilt etc. ex.c. $95 941-235- - croton & CLYDE Shotgun 941-585-8149 BIRD-OF PARADISE 6128 BONNIE . PROJECTOR BELL & Howell 2203 amary llis hibiscus $10 941- Bidding is at $1200. Ask for with accessiories excel , c $75 PUSH BROOM large bristles WROUGHT IRON DINING SET 882-3139 St. Florian 941-286-1893 941-492-6984 heavy duty $8 941-585-8149 6 chairs lass top $200 , g BROMELIADS RAINLILIES BAYOU FITNESS Total Gym COLT WOODSMAN , 4" brl , VIDEO/PHOTO slik ripod RYOBI TOOL chest llpc 18v 941-276-2411 mexican petunia $3 941-882- Trainer + Pilates S300 941- 22 L.R. Fine , walnut grips, org Model U5500 22-56 inch $25 $150 94 1 623-6414 YELLOW DEPRESSION glass 3139 763-0018 box holster. 941-661-7092 , ammo , lock , SAWSALL CRAFTSMAN w/ "patrician" .4 sherb $52 941- HAWAIIAN TI plant $30 941- COMPACT HAND WEIGHT $450 941-923-2920 blades $35 941-/66- /466 235-2203 833-3326 STORAGE RACK $38 941- POOIJSPIU 235-9600 & SUPPLIES SCROLL SAW ryobi 16 in. MUSICAL MAHOGANY HIBISCUS Flow- variable speed good $50 -_ 6145 Bring $15 94 1-204-9100 ELLIPTICAL-WESLO P7 7 7 - 941-698-1951 L.O 6090 MOMENTUM G3.8 $100 w MANGO PLANTS $3 941- 941-268-5227 GUN & KNIFE SHOW SHOP VAC wet-dry 16 gal. 626-4960 $20 941-6 25-7900 EXERCISE BENCH golds LaBelle Civic Center Local Manufacturer CLARINETTE SELMER PALM $100 941-493-3623 gym $49 941-235-9600 481 W. 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Low Miles! CERT., 28,040 mi, $22,457 Advertise Today! Convertible, 19,900 mi., VOLVO Used Saturn Parts & Service $10,988. 941-639-1601 Dlr. 877-219-9139 Dlr 2011 LEXUS IS250 $23,900 941-626-9053 7230 941-627-8822 2009 HONDA CR-V 2011 KIA SORENTO 46,962 mi, $25,478 36,615 mi, $16,950 47,404 mi, $15,950 877-219-9139 Dlr SUBARU 877-219-9139 Dlr 877-219-9139 Dlr 7207 USED CAR DEALERS LEXUS - USED 2006 VOLVO C70 Hardtop 7137 2009 HONDA CR-V 2012 HONDA ACCORD Conv! Red! $14,988 941- 66,011 mi, $14,875 19,809 mi, $17,950 CERTIFIED 639-1601 P.G. Dlr. 877-219-9139 Dlr 877-219-9139 Dlr WARRANTY: 3 YEAR OR 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK 60K $19,988 ANTIQUES/ 2009 HONDA CR-V 2012 HONDA ACCORD 100,000 MILE! 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Only 73K 7210 cond. $10,000 941-882-3515 2010 HONDA CIVIC 2012 HONDA CIVIC Miles! $7,150. 941-223-0946 WARRANTY: 3 YEAR OR 54,388 mi, $12,890 CERT., 20,705 mi, $16,875 MILE 2008 MERCEDES E350W 100,000 ! 877-219-9139 Dlr 877-219-9139 Dlr - 72K “AS IS” $18,911 i1 1-877-211-8054 2010 HONDA CIVIC 2012 HONDA CIVIC 877-211-8054 DLR LEXUS - USED S/R, LTHR, 30K $15,911 CERT., 5,071 mi, $20,875 877-211-8054 DLR 877-219-9139 Dlr 2009 MERCEDES SL550R CERTIFIED 19K $52,990 WARRANTY: 3 YEAR OR 1988 FORD MUSTANG 2010 HONDA CR-V 2012 HONDA CR-V 877-211-8054 DLR 42,239 mi, $17,458 42,229 mi, $22,987 100,000 MILE! Convertible, 61k original mi., 877-219-9139 Dlr 877-219-9139 Dlr everything original, full power. MINI COOPER 1-877-211-8054 $6,000. 941-575-9023 2010 HONDA CR-V 2012 HONDA CR-V 7192 CERT., 56,555 mi, $18,990 CERT 18,239 mi, $25,987 BUDGET BUYS 877-219-9139 Dlr 877-219-9139 Dlr 7252 1995 ACURAAldi INTEGRA , - 2010 HONDA CR-V, 2012 HONDA CR-Z 2007 MINI COOPER, Red! 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 4cyl., power, Clean $1500 15,399 mi, $18,950 CERT., 35,594 mi, $15,987 Double Moon Roof! $12,988 98,265 mi, $6,987 877-219-9139 Dlr 877-219-9139 Dlr 941-639-1601 P.G. 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Extras $18,900 941-497-3205 SAILBOATS HONDA ACCORD Roof rack MISSING 14 FOOT LAWN WE FINANCE 7331 exc cond fits ‘03-’07 $150 1 EVERYONE 1 FREE CONSIGNMENT! TRAILER Deep Creek $100 941-286-5275 941-661-5646 1 MUST HAVE INCOME 1 No fees to sell your boat MICHELIN RADIAL Tire 1 & DOWN PAYMENT 1 in our indoor showroom! ROY’S TRAILER COUNTRY LUXURY MOTOR HOMES 215/65R16 all season on Chr 1 941-473-2277 1 Sales - Service - Body ,' New- Pre-Owned - Cargo- 2014 MODELS UP TO 45’ $50 941-661-7093 Shop - Upholstery Utility Trailers - Parts - COME SEE...... LETS TRADE! www.pctcars2.com Repairs-Tires Welding. TIRE TRAILER tire 13’ with 5 Charlotte RV & Marine RV WORLD INC OF NOKOMIS We BUY Trailers! Trades lug wheel $35 941-412-1228 4628 Tamiami Trail at FAMILY OWNED/OPERATED FOR 36 YRS Welcome. Ask For Shawn. 2110 US 41 - NOKOMIS TIRES, (4) All Season SPORT UTILITY/ Kings Hwy., Port Charlotte 941-244-5288 941-575-2214 941-966-2182 P205/55R16. 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