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M IAMI BEACH — Flipping through a stack of color im-

ages he shot during a 1965 march from Sel-ma to Montgomery, Ala., photographer Bob Adel-man is casual about the history they represent.

He pauses at the image of a group of people with clasped hands raised in victory at a Montgom-

ery cab stand, where peo-ple had gathered during the city’s long bus boy-cott a decade earlier, and calls them “real King fans.” Pointing to the sec-ond floor of the Alabama

Capitol, behind a line of green-helmeted troops, he chuckles as he re-members, “Gov. Wallace was hiding behind the curtains up there.”

Then there’s the man

with his fist raised in mid-speech, whom he calls “Doc” — better known as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Now they seem like momentous events. At the time, they were cov-ered in the back pages of newspapers, for the most part. The only time blacks appeared in newspapers at that time was when there was violence,”

ROXANNE BROWN | Staff Writerroxanne.bown@dailycommercial.com

Groveland — population 8,729 — has been ranked one of the Top 10 Safest Places in Florida by Movoto Blog, a California-based online real estate brokerage.

“We are ranked 10th out of 411 cit-ies across the state of Florida,” City Clerk Teresa Begely announced in an email to city employees. “The rank-ings were based on statistical data of reported crimes from 2012. ...Your hard work and dedication help Grov-eland become a greater place to live and work.”

Movoto’s list ranks Groveland num-ber 10 following Parkland, Weston, Marco Island, Sanibel, Punta Gorda, Longboat Key, Bay Harbor Islands, Niceville and Valparaiso.

“With just 144 reported crimes in 2012, Groveland comes in as the final city (number 10 of 10) on our list,” the blog stated. “This city of nearly 9,000 people had only 11 reported vi-olent crimes in 2012 — two robberies and nine aggravated assaults.

“Of their property crimes, 80 were theft, 46 were burglaries and sev-en were motor vehicle theft. All told, residents have just a 1 in 62 chance of being involved in crime in Grov-eland, making it significantly safer than our least safe city, Florida City, where your chances are just 1 in 8. So good job, Groveland!”

According to the firm, the informa-tion gathered to finalize the rankings was based on the FBI’s 2012 report of crime statistics.

“We selected the Florida cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more, which left us with 202 loca-tions in total,” the company’s web-site states. “Then, we looked at each of these locations in terms of these three criteria: property crime (theft, burglary, motor vehicle thefts), vi-olent crime (rape, murder, assault) and the chance a resident will be a victim of crime.”

John Flinn, a Groveland police commander and assistant to Po-lice Chief Melvin Tennyson, said he thinks the ranking speaks volumes about Groveland and should help

Groveland relishes ‘safe city’ designation

SEE SAFE | A2

NASSER KARIMIAssociated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Ahead of the start of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, an official in the Is-lamic Republic called lim-iting uranium enrichment and diluting its stockpile the country’s “most import-

ant commitments,” state radio reported Sunday.

The comments by Behrouz Kamalvan-

di, a spokesman of Iran’s atomic

department, show how

the gov-ern-

ment of moderate President Hassan Rouhani welcomes the deal, which begins Mon-day. International inspec-tors also already have ar-rived in Tehran, preparing for the government opening its facilities to them.

“Implementation of mu-tual commitments in the framework of the Gene-va deal will begin from to-morrow,” Kamalvandi said. “Under the agreement, sus-pension of 20-percent en-richment of uranium — and the diluting of the current stockpile of enriched urani-um — are the most import-ant commitments of our country.”

Iran struck the deal in No-vember with the so-called P5+1 countries — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States. Negotiators agreed to final terms of the deal Jan. 13.

Under the agreement, Iran will limit its uranium enrichment to 5 percent — the grade commonly used to power reactors. The deal also commits Iran to stop producing 20-percent en-riched uranium — which is only a technical step away from weapons-grade mate-rial — and to neutralize its 20-percent stockpile over

Iran prepares for start of landmark nuclear deal

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif adjusts his glasses as he speaks during a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran on Dec. 22.

VAHID SALEMI / AP

SEE DEAL | A2

MILLARD K. IVES | Staff Writermillard.ives@dailycommercial.com

As the nation spends today honoring slain civ-il rights leader Martin Lu-ther King Jr., area and na-tional officials are hoping residents will keep his dream alive through the rest of the year.

The long-time Eus-tis native and 70-year-old Carla Mitchell, an official with the Eustis Af-rican-American Heritage Committee, recalls grow-ing up in a segregated so-ciety of white and col-ored-only signs.

“Recognizing King only one day a year is a disser-

vice to him,” said Mitch-ell. “It is up to the elder-ly to make sure our youth are always mindful of all he did for us.”

King spent his life fighting for the nation to honor all races by giving them equality. As a young minister in Montgom-ery, Ala., in 1955, King led

a bus boycott that was sparked by NAACP mem-ber Rosa Parks, a black woman, getting arrest-ed after refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, as well as the March on Washington in 1963, where he delivered

Many local events scheduled to honor MLK

Exhibit features photographs from civil rights movement

J. PAT CARTER / AP

Bob Adelman talks about the photos he took during the civil rights movement at his Miami Beach home.

“Now they seem like momentous events. At the time, they were covered in the back

pages of newspapers, for the most part. The only time blacks appeared in newspapers at

that time was when there was violence.”Bob Adelman

SEE MLK | A2

SEE PHOTOS | A5

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BRIDGE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Jan. 20, 2014:

This year you emphasize the importance of seeing the big picture. Sometimes, if you are not careful or overthink, you will lose your strong will to act. Watch out for this trait. If you are sin-gle, you are unusually at-tractive. You will have many dating possibilities, but you might attract emotionally unavailable individuals. Be careful. If you are attached, the two of you can work through nearly anything be-cause of your commitment to each other. Be aware of your differences, and re-spect them. VIRGO some-times annoys you with his or her penchant for detail.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Listen to what is being shared while you go through your day. You will note that seriousness seems to mark your interactions. A discus-sion is a must in order for you to understand where others are coming from.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your creativity will help provide a solution; it might not be considered perfect by all parties, but it will work. A partner could try to resist your attempts to bring him or her out of his or her shell. Your caring will be evident, but it still might not work.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Work from home, or handle a domestic matter before you go to work. A partner will come through for you in a big way. Let this person know how much you appreciate his or her ef-forts. You can balance dif-ferent concerns with ease.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Ask more questions, and expect to receive clear responses. Everyone needs to be on the same page in order to be most effective. Your depth and interest in handling a personal matter efficiently and with sensitivi-ty will impress a loved one.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Be aware of the cost of han-dling a matter as you are. Play it easy and relaxed in the company of a loved one who can give you feedback that you will accept. A per-sonal or domestic matter lingers in your mind.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) Keep conversations moving, especially if they turn the focus to others. You might notice that some-one seems closed down. Trust that this person has a good reason, and refuse to personalize the matter. That attitude will mean the world to him or her.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Listen to news and consid-er what is really being said. Much is going on behind the scenes that you might not understand. Be aware of your options before you launch into action. Some-one might not care how a certain idea will affect you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You could be making an error if you choose not to absorb what is said in a meeting with others. Ap-proach a situation with care, yet also be aware of your limits. Be more open, and express your gentle side. Someone can’t help but respond.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You like to per-form and achieve the high-est level of excellence possible. At the moment, you might feel challenged, but you have the assets to make an impression and to excel. Holding back a cer-tain feeling will take a toll on you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Make a point of seeing the whole picture, and refuse to sell yourself short. Your way of deal-ing with a problem could change once you do. With that alteration will come a different outcome that might be more beneficial to everyone involved.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Don’t allow someone else to do your dirty work. Reach out and communi-cate with others directly. Follow this suggestion, and keep all interpersonal mat-ters on a one-on-one lev-el. The results will please you, and others will be more open as well.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You have a strong mind, but a partner will need to think a situation through and come up with his or her own conclusion. Develop the ability to let go, and give others the space to get to where you are. Be patient.

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attract people to the town.Flinn said also that even though the

crime statistics used for the rankings on the top-10 list Movoto devised are based on 2012 statistics, the same holds true today because of the day-to-day mental-ity the department strives to maintain.

“I attribute our success in keep-ing crime in Groveland down to a lot of proactive patrols on behalf of our duty shifts,” Flinn said. “And with the ben-efit of our officers, the residents in our community and the intel systems we use within the police department, we can identify what areas we need to focus on.

“When we identify problem areas, we do a needs assessment and focus our ef-forts there.”

Flinn said the department has two Di-rective Patrol positions, which focus on traffic enforcement and problem areas.

In an email to Tennyson and Fire Chief Willie Morgan, Groveland Mayor Tim Loucks praised both departments’ efforts.

“I wanted to take this opportunity to personally thank you both, and all in the Groveland police and fire departments, for a job well done,” Loucks said.

SAFE FROM PAGE A1

the six months.In exchange, econom-

ic sanctions Iran fac-es would be eased for six months. Senior offi-cials in President Barack Obama’s administration have put the total relief figure at some $7 billion.

During the six months, negotiations between Iran and the world pow-ers would continue in hopes of reaching a per-manent deal.

The West fears Iran’s nuclear program could allow it to build an atom-ic weapon. Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, like power generation and medical research.

On Saturday a team of international inspec-tors arrived in Tehran in preparation of beginning their inspections. They will visit Fordo, where Iran enriches its 20-per-cent uranium, as well as its Natanz facility, which produces 5-percent en-riched uranium, to en-sure the country com-plies with the deal.

Kamalvandi said Sun-

day that Iran will use centrifuges now produc-ing 20-percent enriched uranium to instead pro-duce 5-percent enriched uranium to comply with the agreement.

But suspicions remain high in both Tehran and Washington after decades of hostility dating back to the 1979 Islamic Revolu-tion in Iran that ousted the U.S.-backed shah dy-nasty. Rouhani, Iran’s new reformist president, has reached out to the West, but must depend on sup-port from Iran’s top de-cision-maker, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for his initia-tives amid criticism from hard-line factions.

Writing a post on his Facebook page Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reassured the world that the deal will begin on time.

“I am hopeful that im-plementation of the first phase will have posi-tive results for the coun-try and peace and stabil-ity in the region and the world while preparing the ground for essential talks on a final solution,” Zarif wrote.

DEAL FROM PAGE A1

his “I Have a Dream” speech.

Several activities dedi-cated to King have been celebrated within the several days in Lake and Sumter Counties. Today, a Commemoration Cel-ebration will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Eustis Parks and Rec-reation Center/Carver Park, 2214 E. Bates Ave.

Sumter County will have three MLK events today: a parade in city of Royal at 10 a.m., a pa-rade in Wildwood at 11 a.m. and a King ban-quet to recognize and honor “outstanding res-idents” will occur 5 p.m. at the Royal Communi-ty Center, 9569 County Road 235.

Louis Ward is an official with the Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr. Commem-oration Committee of Lake and Sumter Coun-ties, which put on most of the annual area ac-tivities this month and whose theme is “Advanc-ing the Dream,” the same one used in last year’s na-tionwide 50th anniversa-ry celebration of King’s civil rights March on Washington.

Ward said despite King’s effort to bring the races together in harmo-ny, the area and nation still remains somewhat divisive.

“People need to under-stand that King wasn’t about just fairness to blacks, he was about equality for all people,” said Ward. “We need to make sure people know

that every day of the year.”King’s daughter, Ber-

nice, is calling for a “no shots fired” day today in honor of her father’s sup-port of non-violence.

According to a Reuters article, in a time of school shootings and increas-ingly violent movies, tele-vision shows and video games, Bernice King said she believes her father’s philosophy of non-vio-lence is more relevant than it was 10 years ago.

“America has an enor-mous appetite for vio-lence. I don’t know why we have such an affinity for that, but I do know it has to stop,” said Bernice King, chief executive officer of the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King Center.

Capt. Rob Hicks, spokesman for the Lees-burg Police Department, said he supported the ef-forts of Bernice King.

“I hope that her call for non-violence is respect-ed,” said Hicks. “It is a great way to honor the memory of such an influ-ential leader and a man who advocated non-vio-lence.”

King’s birthday is on Jan. 15, but recognized nationally the third Mon-day of January. Various area city and county of-fices are closed today to honor King and many residents have the day off from work.

Leesburg Mayor John Christian said residents should not just hon-or King by taking the day off and relaxing but should pay tribute to him throughout the year.

“Get involved in a com-munity effort that brings people together,” he said.

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LIBBY QUAIDAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — A chief ele-ment of President Barack Obama’s attempt to overhaul U.S. surveil-lance will not work, leaders of Congress’ intelligence committees said Sunday, pushing back against the idea that the government should cede control of how Amer-icans’ phone records are stored.

Obama, under pressure to calm the controversy over government spying, said Friday he wants bulk phone data stored outside the gov-ernment to reduce the risk that the records will be abused. The presi-dent said he will require a special

judge’s advance approval before intelligence agencies can examine someone’s data and will force ana-lysts to keep their searches closer to suspected terrorists.

“And I think that’s a very diffi-cult thing,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday. “Because the whole purpose of this program is to provide instantaneous infor-mation to be able to disrupt any plot that may be taking place.”

Under the surveillance program, the NSA gathers phone numbers called and the length of conver-sations, but not the content of the calls. Obama said the NSA some-times needs to tap those records to

find people linked to suspected ter-rorists. But he said eventually the bulk data should be stored some-where out of the government’s hands. That could mean finding a way for phone companies to store the records, though some compa-nies have balked at the idea, or it could mean creating a third-party entity to hold the records.

Feinstein, D-Calif., said many Americans don’t understand that threats persist a dozen years af-ter the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “New bombs are being devised. New ter-rorists are emerging, new groups. Actually, a new level of vicious-ness. And I think we need to be prepared,” Feinstein said.

Lawmakers say Obama surveillance idea won’t work

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LEESBURG

Rep. Webster makes budget savings announcement

U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL10) will announce a milestone achievement as he works to reduce our government’s debt at separate meetings Tuesday: at 8:30 a.m., Beacon College Chopping Block Dining Hall, 117 W. Main St.; at 10 a.m., Clermont City Hall, 685 W. Montrose St. and at 2 p.m., Winter Garden City Hall, 300 W. Plant St.

Call 407-654-5705 for information.

TAVARES

Department of Health offices are closed today

All Florida Department of Health offices in Lake County will be closed today in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

All offices will reopen Tuesday with regularly scheduled hours.

As in all medical emergencies, res-idents needing immediate assis-tance should dial 911.

TAVARES

UF/IFAS Extension to host classes on arthritis

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension in Lake County will host free classes on arthritis pain management.

The free program, Put Pain in Its Place: How to Get Osteoarthritis Pain Under Control, will provide older adults knowledge about osteo-arthritis pain and offer strategies to relieve it.

The Tavares class is from 2 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Lake County Extension Office, 1951 Woodlea Rd. Registration is required, and can be completed online at lakepainin-place.eventbrite.com.

The Umatilla class is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 at the Umatilla Public Library, 412 Hatfield Dr. Registration is recom-mended, and can be completed online at umatillapain2014.event-brite.com.

To register for either program by phone, call 352-343-4101, ext. 2719 or 2721.

TAVARES

Lake County offices are closed today

All offices of the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, Clerk of Courts, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and Tax Collector are closed today for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Offices will reopen with regularly scheduled hours on Tuesday.

Lake County Solid Waste residen-tial collection services will contin-ue as normal today, but residential convenience centers will be closed.

Lake County’s public transporta-tion service, LakeXpress, will not op-erate today.

The Lake County Welcome Center, located at 20763 U.S. Highway 27 in Groveland, is closed, as well as the Lake County Library System.

For information or to view a bus schedule, call 352-323-5733 or visit www.RideLakeXpress.com.

State&RegionNEWS EDITOR SCOTT CALLAHAN n scott.callahan@dailycommercial.com n 352-365-8203

MILLARD K. IVES | Staff Writermillardives@dailycommercial.com

After almost three decades of serving residents with only one fire station, the Eustis Fire Department will add another one.

City commissioners recently vot-ed to build a $350,000 station on 2.5 acres of city-owned land on Hicks Ditch Road, just south of the inter-section with County Road 44. Eustis Fire Chief Rex Winn, who has been with the department since 1993,

said they have wanted a second sta-tion for at least 20 years but didn’t have the money.

Fire impact fees helped to gener-ate funds for the building.

“It will allow us to make a lot of difference in the north part of the city,” said Winn, of a department that typically responds to more than 3,270 calls every year. “It defi-nitely will mean quicker response times.”

A pre-bid construction meeting for the new station is planned Jan.

28 and bids will be opened Feb. 18.Ground breaking for the project is

expected in February and the build-ing should be completed by the end of 2014.

Winn said the 24-hour Station No. 23 will include sleeping quarters and office space as well as other mod-ern conveniences lacking in the cur-rent station that was built in 1984 at 100 W. Norton Ave. But he was quick to point out the department won’t overspend on amenities.

EUSTIS

Eustis to get second fire station

MATT SOERGELThe Florida Times-Union

JACKSONVILLE — The search for great white sharks off the coast of Jacksonville — just off the beach, in fact — is about to get a lot more serious.

By the end of this month, the University of North Florida’s shark-re-search program expects to place as many as 10 sensors in the Atlantic. If a great white that’s been tagged by a tracking de-vice swims within a few hundred yards of a sen-sor, scientists will know.

The devices will be near the beach, per-haps a half-mile or mile from the sand. The great whites, after all, do come in close.

The nonprofit shark re-search group, Ocearch, last January tracked a 16 1/2-foot great white

named Mary Lee in the surf zone in Jacksonville Beach.

They then brought their research vessel on an expedition to Jack-sonville and caught and tagged 14-foot Lydia within eyesight of Han-na Park. Meanwhile, the satellite tag on Katharine was showing that shark hanging around near Cape Canaveral.

The Ocearch sharks are tracked by GPS devices, which are caught by sat-ellite every time they rise to the surface.

Don’t think of UNF’s nearshore devices as early-warning signals,

though. The sensors store information but can’t transmit it instant-ly; it will have to wait un-til researchers travel to them and download the data.

Jim Gelsleichter, a shark expert at UNF, is still making final plans on where to place his school’s sensors, which will be able to spot the sharks underwater.

He said they’ll most likely be attached to buoys in Nassau Sound, Fort George Inlet, the Mayport area, Jackson-ville Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach and St. Augustine.

Chris Fischer, found-er of Ocearch, is on an expedition in the Gala-pagos Islands. He said he was “thrilled” by the new sensors off Jackson-ville, calling them a cru-cial link in researchers’

Researchers serious about tracking great white sharks

BRUCE LIPSKY / AP

Jim Gelsleichter, an assistant professor in the biology department at the University of North Florida, holds one of the receivers that will be used to track shark movements in Jacksonville.

Staff Report

Brian Blanchard, assis-tant secretary of the Flor-ida Department of Trans-portation, will be among the officials taking part in a ribbon-cutting in Bushnell on Saturday for a Sumter County scenic roadway designation.

The Scenic Sumter Her-itage Byway becomes the 24th Florida Scenic High-way to be designated by the FDOT. It includes 62 miles of roadway from State Road 50 to State Road 44.

According to Saman-tha Merritt of the Sumter County Chamber of Com-merce, the Florida Scenic Byway Program is a grass-roots effort to heighten awareness of Florida’s his-torical and intrinsic re-sources — cultural, rec-reational, natural and scenic — which collec-tively enhance the overall traveling experience.

The roads that comprise the byway traverse pastoral farmlands, cattle ranches, horse farms and interesting small towns. Attractions along the way include the General James Van Fleet Trail State Park, Richloam Wildlife Area, Dade Bat-tlefield Historic State Park, Florida National Cemetery and Lake Panasoffkee.

The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, 7200 County Road 603. There will be free ad-mission to the park for this event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Dade Battlefield His-toric Society will provide a history lesson featuring time period re-enactors and musket firing demon-strations.

THERESA CAMPBELL | Staff Writertheresacampbell@dailycommercial.com

Leesburg native San-di Moore is at the helm as the new executive di-rector of the Leesburg Area Chamber of Com-merce, and she comes to the Chamber following 7 ½ years with the Lees-burg Partnership, where she was involved in coor-dinating Saturday Morn-ing Market, Mardi Gras

and other events geared to bring folks downtown.

“I have a deep love for our community, and one of the things that ap-pealed to me about the job is that I didn’t feel like I had changed teams. I’m still on Team Lees-burg,” Moore said Sunday during a telephone inter-view.

Moore’s new executive position allows her to ex-

pand from the down-town area to provide support and Chamber services to the business community through the Leesburg area.

“There is a lot of poten-tial,” she said. “We have a lot of great businesses and we want to really sup-

port them and help them to grow within their busi-ness to become stron-ger, whether it’s through training, whether it’s cre-ating opportunities for businesses to do ex-changes with each other in business-to-business networking opportuni-ties.”

The Chamber direc-tor embraces the idea of

LEESBURG

Sandi Moore tapped as new Chamber director

MOORE

Heritage trail to be official Friday

If a great white that’s been tagged by a

tracking device swims within a few hundred

yards of a sensor, scientists will know.

SEE FIRE | A4

SEE MOORE | A4

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Lake County sher-iff’s detectives are looking for a missing Mascotte man and are asking for the public’s help in finding him, officials said Sunday.

Xavier Tarrand, 20, of Douglas Road in Mas-cotte, was last seen the night of Jan 15 at the Race Trac gas station at the intersection of State Road 50 and State Road 33 in Groveland.

“A fam-ily mem-ber dropped Tarrand off at the gas sta-tion to meet with someone, at which time Tarrand left with an unknown person in a black ve-hicle,” Lt. John Herrell, LCSO spokesman, said in a statement.

“Tarrand has not re-turned home and has not been seen since;

therefore, the circum-stances surrounding his disappearance are considered suspicious.”

Herell said Groveland Police Department be-gan the initial investi-gation before turning it over to the Sheriff’s Of-fice on Saturday.

Lake County sher-iff’s detectives are ask-ing for anyone with in-formation to call the Sheriff’s Office at 352-343-2101 or Central Florida CRIMELINE at 1-800-423-TIPS.

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The Lake-Sumter State College Foundation Inc. re-cently installed new officers and welcomed 11 new board members.

“As the principal fundraising organization for Lake-Sumter State College, the board of di-rectors play a crucial role in the success of the college with their assistance to the foun-dation in generating private gifts to the college that in-clude support for students, faculty, staff and instruction,” Erin O’Steen Lewin, founda-tion development manager, said in a press release.

The new executive com-mittee includes: President Tim McRae with Akers Me-dia Group; President-Elect George Davis with Insight Credit Union; Vice-Presi-dent Lori Farfaglia with Unit-ed Southern Bank; Treasurer Mac Andrews with Andrews & Miller, PA; Secretary/Exec-utive Director Rosanne Bran-deburg; Past-President Harry Hackney with Campione and Hackney, PA; board of trust-ees liaison Margo Odom; LSSC President Dr. Chuck Mojock and faculty liaison Dr. Gary Sligh.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome our new officers

and board members,” said Brandeburg, the foundation’s executive director.

“Through their leadership, LSSC will continue to provide the opportunities for high-er education to our students, community partners, as well as to provide the insight and guidance our community has come to expect.”

Eleven new board mem-bers also were installed: Bob Bone, Mike DeGraw, LeLay-na France, Josh Gonzales, Lindsay Holt, David Jor-dan, Kathy Nail, Jacqueline Perry, Kim Varnadore, Lin-da Weekley and Joe Ziler, all of whom have been working

with the foundation.“I am very honored and

humbled to serve as pres-ident of the Lake-Sumter State College Foundation Board for 2014,” McRae said.

“Being a part of a board that positively affects the lives of so many students has been very exciting for me and as an alumnus it makes serv-ing even more special.”

The foundation’s mission is to help provide excellence in education, service to the community and financial assistance to qualified stu-dents. For information, call 352-365-3518.

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LSSC has new officers, board members

“It will look more like a house,” Winn said.

He added city em-ployees will conduct much of the site work.

A fire truck from the downtown station will be moved to the new facility’s 1,584 square-

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the Chamber and Part-nership collaborating on some projects and showing support for each other’s work.

“The Chamber is not the Partnership and there is no reason why we should look to each other like competition at all,” she said. “We should be able to work together for the good of the community while maintaining our own identity because we each essentially have different focuses, but some of our focuses do overlap and in those cases, we can work to-gether and not against each other.”

Moore praised Joe Shipes, her former boss at the Leesburg Part-nership, for being in-strumental in prepar-ing her for her new role.

“I really enjoyed all of my time at the Leesburg Partnership and I be-lieved in the organiza-tion and what they are doing for the commu-nity,” she said. “I have always loved working with Joe. He was a very generous boss in what he taught.”

Moore said her new position comes at the perfect time.

“This is an opportu-nity in a time when we have a new city man-ager, and we are go-ing to be having a new economic develop-ment person,” she said. “There are lots of things happening within the city, and so I’m looking at the Chamber as an-other piece of that, and seeing where we can all work together so much more cohesively.”

Moore began Jan. 6, and has been touched by the “overwhelming support” she has re-ceived.

“One of the things that I am really looking for-ward to is really listening to and hearing from the businesses,” she said.

“I think that I have a good idea of what would be good, but at the same time, I’m really trying to keep my mind open to hearing what people want and what they are looking for.”

The new director also aspires to increase the Chamber’s member-ship from its current 350-plus businesses.

“My goal is to make it relevant; I want people to see the benefit of be-ing a Chamber mem-ber, and maybe bring some of the people who were a little dis-gruntled back into the fold,” she said of for-mer members. “I hope that they will really see its value and relevance to being a member of the Chamber.”

Moore replaces Jan Zacharchuk, the for-mer director, who was cut Sept. 26, 2013, after the board of directors eliminated the top job and said it planned to reorganize and restruc-ture the position.

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understanding of great whites.

Placing the sensors close to shore is a big plus, too, Fischer said. The tracking devices are showing that some great whites spend much more of their time poking their nos-es into inlets and cruis-ing along beaches than what was once believed.

“What’s really sur-

prised us is the coast-al portion of their life, which particularly seems significant in the Southeast,” he said.

Ocearch’s high-pro-file spottings of great whites in the area cre-ated a buzz in tradi-tional media outlets and social-media sites. Mary Lee, a celebrity shark, even has a Face-book page.

So are there more great whites in the ocean off Jacksonville?

Experts aren’t sure. “Finding white sharks is tough,” said Greg Skomal, a shark ex-pert at the Massachu-setts Division of Marine Fisheries who accom-panies the Ocearch ves-sel on its expedition to Jacksonville. “Counting them is even tougher.”

But Skomal said there has definitely been a big rebound in the great-white popula-tion off Cape Cod the last couple of decades. That’s due to efforts to protect the seals there, which sharks find tasty.

Thanks to tracking devices implanted in those Cape Cod sharks, scientists know they frequently range as far south as Florida. So it seems likely that more Cape Cod sharks equals more Florida sharks.

“I don’t think it’s any reason to run up

and down the beach screaming,” Gelsleich-ter said. “But the sci-entist in me is curious about it.”

Gelsleichter, an assis-tant professor of biolo-gy, has been fascinated by sharks ever since he saw “Jaws” at age 6. Yes, he knows it wasn’t an age-appropriate movie, but there you have it.

He’s now directing the university’s Shark Biolo-gy Program, which stud-ies the many species of sharks in the area. Great whites, the apex preda-tor of the ocean, attract the most media atten-tion, however — even if they’re not much of a threat to humans on the East Coast.

In July 2012 a swim-mer was bitten off Cape Cod and sur-vived; that was the first great-white-shark in-jury there in 75 years, Gelsleichter said.

Meanwhile, the In-ternational Shark At-tack File at the Flori-da Museum of Natural History said there has not been a single doc-umented instance in Florida’s recorded his-tory of a great white at-tacking a human.

Scientists once thought the animals summered off Cape Cod and wintered in the Southeast — a pret-ty simple pattern.

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foot engine bay. The station will also have a brush truck.

Winn said some of the department’s 21 firefighters will start using the new build-ing and they also will hire another person.

A history of the Eu-stis Fire Department, written in 2012, stat-ed that of all that has happened over the past 100 years, “The one bad thing is that they only have one fire station that is on West Norton Ave-nue, but Chief Winn says they are trying to work on getting another fire station soon.”

But it looks now that they’re off the Southeast coast, some of them any-way, even during warmer months. “We’re seeing good evidence to show that the animals are not just winter residents,” Gelsleichter said.

UNF’s devices will be able to pick up any of the Ocearch-tagged sharks, along with about 20 others tagged by harpoon-ers off Cape Cod.

Each shark emits a distinct signal, so scientists will be able to identify and track each one.

UNF already has three devices work-ing, but they’re at popular diving spots far offshore. They picked up the pres-ence of two great whites last winter.

The Ocean Track-ing Network of Can-ada provided some of the funding, and a UNF grant kicked in $4,000.

The UNF sensors will tie in with a net-work of such devic-es to the north and south, filling a cru-cial gap in knowl-edge, Gelsleichter said.

Much remains to be learned about the travel patterns and life cycles of the great white.

“I think definite-ly that we’re an im-portant part of the puzzle,” he said.

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Adelman said.The images are

among roughly 150 assembled at Nova Southeastern Uni-versity’s Museum of Art-Fort Lauderdale for an exhibit mark-ing the half-century since the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964.

Adelman volun-teered his services as a photographer to the Congress of Ra-cial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com-mittee. He went on to shoot the covers of national maga-zines and the front pages of national newspapers, but he always considered himself an activist.

“Unlike photo-journalists trying to get the shot, this is somebody that is part of the circle really recognizing the role he can play in bringing about change through his images,” muse-um director Bonnie Clearwater said.

The exhibit is ti-tled “The Move-ment,” referring to both the efforts to end segregation in America and Adel-man’s aesthetic as a photographer, Clearwater said.

Adelman wanted to capture the spir-it of the demonstra-tions on film, but frame after frame fo-cuses on bodies — how the people in the movement phys-ically moved.

Another image from the march to Montgomery shows King and his wife at the front of a crowd that seems end-less behind them, in spite of the rain that has dampened their clothes. The descen-dants of enslaved people who had no rights to their own

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bodies were march-ing en masse across a landscape in which signs and white peo-ple told black people where they could and could not go.

“I told my friends, ‘This is history,’ even though it was not ap-parent to many peo-ple,” Adelman said. “I thought this us-ing your body to try to change things, wheth-er you tried to vote or went to the bathroom or you were trying to go into a movie theater or whatever — that was inescapable and it was I guess very, very provocative and con-frontational.”

In his Miami Beach home, above a fire-place filled with doz-ens of the books he has published, hangs Adel-man’s iconic image of King delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memori-al in Washington, rais-ing his right hand over his head as he crescen-dos with the words of an old spiritual, “Free at last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”

The contact sheet with that image has been enlarged for the exhibit. The frame is in the center of a row of negatives and has a crack through its cen-ter. It was reprinted so many times that the negative tore.

“I’ve spent 50 years wondering, with all these photographers there, why I took the definitive picture,” said Adelman, 83. “I only came there because I knew that Doc was the most extraordinary speaker I ever heard and he would speak in an unforgettable way.”

SAM HANANELAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — The opening of Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around the country is being met with threats of protests and boycotts by the agency’s unions.

The new outlets are staffed by Staples em-ployees, not postal work-ers, and labor officials say that move replaces good-paying union jobs with low-wage, non-union workers.

“It’s a direct as-sault on our jobs and on public postal ser-vices,” said Mark Di-mondstein, president of the 200,000-member American Postal Work-ers Union.

The dispute comes as the financially strug-gling Postal Service continues to form part-nerships with private companies, and looks to cut costs and boost revenue. The deal with Staples began as a pilot program in November at 84 stores in Califor-

nia, Georgia, Massa-chusetts and Pennsyl-vania as a way make it easier for customers to buy stamps, send pack-ages or use Priority and certified mail.

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the program has noth-ing to do with privat-ization and everything to do with customer service and driving up demand for the agen-cy’s products.

“The privatization discussion is a ruse,” Donahoe said in an in-terview. “We have no interest in privatiz-ing the Postal Service. We are looking to grow our business to provide customer convenience to postal products.”

Staples spokeswom-an Carrie McElwee re-ferred questions about union concerns to the Postal Service. She said the company “continu-ally tests new products and services to better meet the needs of our customers.”

Union leaders fear

that if the Staples pro-gram is successful, the Postal Service will want to expand it to more than 1,500 of the com-pany’s other stores. That could siphon work and customers away from nearby brick-and-mortar post offices, taking jobs from postal workers and even lead-ing traditional post of-fices to close.

Union leaders have been visiting Staples stores to meet with managers, asking them to share the union’s displeasure with upper management.

Dimondstein asked to meet with the Sta-ples CEO Ronald Sar-gent, who has declined.

The union plans to hold “sustained” pro-tests this month at Sta-ples stores in the San Francisco and San Jose, Calif., area that would be expanded elsewhere. Union officials also are considering how they can exert pressure on Staples shareholders.

“If Staples insists on

continuing to refuse to staff those stores with postal workers, we’re going to urge people to take their business elsewhere,” Dimond-stein said.

The union wants the counters to be run by postal employees, not workers hired by Staples. The average postal clerk earns about $25 an hour, according to the union. The Staples post office counters are run by non-union workers often making little more than the minimum wage.

Postal Service, union wrangle over retail centers in Staples

LYNNE SLADKY / AP

This file photo shows a Staples office supply store Miami. The opening of Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around the country is being met with threats of protests and boycotts by the agency’s unions.

Associated Press

SANFORD — A central Florida airport wants to install artificial turf to deter birds from hanging around the planes.

Sanford International Airport officials say birds cause prob-lems for dozens of planes a year. One jet had to make an emer-

gency landing after a bird flew into one of its engines.

In 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration spent more than $100,000 on air cannons to scare away birds. Airport officials tell WFTV that they now want to take a quieter approach.

Officials say artificial turf

doesn’t retain water or food, so the birds won’t want to hang around the airport.

Three acres of the fake grass has been proposed for the north side of the airport at a cost of more than $500,000. Airport of-ficials plan to finalize the proj-ect next month.

Central Florida airport hopes fake grass will keep birds away

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KIEV, Ukraine — Anti-gov-ernment protests in Ukraine’s capital escalated into fiery street battles with police Sun-day as thousands of demon-strators hurled rocks and fire-bombs to set police vehicles ablaze. Dozens of officers and protesters were injured.

Police responded with stun grenades, tear gas and water cannons, but were outnum-bered by the protesters. Many of the riot police held their shields over their heads to protect themselves from the projectiles thrown by demonstrators on the other side of a cordon of buses.

The violence was a sharp escalation of Ukraine’s two-month political crisis, which has brought round-the-clock protest gatherings, but had been largely peaceful.

Opposition leader Vitali Klitsc-hko tried to persuade demon-strators to stop their unrest, but failed and was sprayed by a fire extinguisher in the process. Klitschko later traveled to Presi-dent Viktor Yanukovych’s subur-ban residence and said the pres-ident has agreed to negotiate.

“There are only two ways for events to develop. The first one is not to negotiate,” Klitschko was quoted as saying by the In-terfax news agency. “A scenario of force can be unpredictable and I don’t rule out the possi-bility of a civil war. ... And here we are using all possibilities in order to prevent bloodshed.”

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work out a solution to the cri-sis. However, it was unclear if either side was prepared for real compromise; throughout the crisis, the opposition has insisted on the government’s resignation and calling early presidential elections.

The crisis erupted in Novem-ber after Yanukovych’s decision to freeze ties with the Europe-an Union and seek a huge bail-out from Russia. The decision sparked protests, which in-creased in size and determina-tion after police twice violently dispersed demonstrators.

But anger rose substantially af-ter Yanukovych last week signed an array of laws severely limiting protests and banning the wear-ing of helmets and gas masks.

Many of Sunday’s demon-strators wore hardhats and masks in defiance of the new laws. They set several police buses on fire and some chased and beat officers.

Police responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Water cannons were also fired at the protesters in temperatures of 18 F, but the clashes continued.

The harsh new laws brought a crowd of tens of thousands to the protest at Kiev’s central square on Sunday.

While most remained on the square, a group of radicals marched toward a police cordon several hundred meters away blocking an area housing gov-ernment offices and began at-tacking riot police with sticks to push their way toward Ukraine’s parliament building. The crowd then swelled to thousands.

The blasts of stun grenades echoed and plumes of smoke rose above the crowd. Activists chanted “Shame!” and “Revolu-tion.” The Interior Ministry said more than 70 police were in-jured, four of them seriously; there were no immediate figures for protester injuries.

ANGELA DELLI SANTIAssociated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — The Democratic may-or of a town severely flooded by Superstorm Sandy said Sunday that she was told an ulti-matum tying recovery funds to her support for a prime real estate project came directly from Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

Hoboken May-or Dawn Zimmer told CNN’s “State of the Union with Candy Crowley” that the mes-sage pushing a Rocke-feller Group commer-cial development was delivered by Christie’s lieutenant governor, Kim Guadagno, when

the two were at an event in Hoboken in May to celebrate the opening of a new supermarket.

“The lieutenant gov-ernor pulled me aside and said, essentially, ‘You’ve got to move for-ward with the Rockefel-ler project. This project is really important to the governor.’ And she said that she had been with him on Friday night and that this was a direct message from the gov-ernor,” Zimmer recalled Guadagno saying.

Christie spokesman Colin Reed issued a statement Sunday say-ing, “Mayor Zimmer’s categorization about her conversation in Hoboken is categori-cally false.”

Ukraine protests escalate into fiery street battles

EVGENY FELDMAN / AP

A protester throws a stone towards a burning police bus during clashes with police, Sunday in central Kiev, Ukraine.

NJ mayor: Sandy aid ultimatum came from Christie

MEL EVANS / AP FILE PHOTO

Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer speaks to the media as she stands near the Hudson River in Hoboken, N.J.

IJAZ MOHAMMED REBECCA SANTANAAssociated Press

BANNU, Pakistan — A Taliban bombing in-side an army com-pound in northwest Pakistan killed at least 20 troops Sunday, offi-cials and militants said, in one of the deadli-est attacks to target the country’s forces as they battle insurgents in its volatile frontier.

The blast targeted a vehicle in a convoy about to leave a military base in the town of Ban-nu and drive west to the North Waziristan tribal area, police official Inyat Ali Khan said. Pakistan’s military said the blast wounded 30 troops.

The Taliban claimed the attack and called it a suicide bombing. Mil-itary officials said the blast came from an ex-plosive planted in the vehicle, hired by the paramilitary Frontier Corps. While the army has its own transport ve-hicles, the paramilitary forces often hire vehicles when they need to move troops in large numbers.

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, Sha-hidullah Shahid, told The Associated Press by telephone that the attack had been carried out to avenge the death of Waliur Rehman, the group’s former second in command. He was

killed last year in a U.S. drone strike.

“We will avenge the killing of every one of our fellows through such attacks,” the spokesman warned.

The explosion was heard and felt across the town of Bannu.

“I rushed out of my home and saw black, thick smoke billowing out of the cantonment’s Razmak gate area,” res-ident Sajjad Khan said. He said troops quick-ly cordoned off the area and ordered residents to go back inside.

North Waziristan is considered a safe haven for al-Qaida-linked mil-itants. Pakistani troop convoys often are hit by roadside bombs, but blasts inside military compounds are rare.

Last December, a sui-cide bomber killed four Pakistani soldiers when he rammed an explo-sive-laden car into a checkpoint outside an army camp in North Waziristan. Thirty Pa-kistani troops died over a four-day period last April in another part of the northwest called the Tirah Valley as part of an operation to oust militants hiding there.

The Pakistani military has been fighting for years in the tribal areas against militants who want to overthrow the government and estab-lish a hard-line Islamic state. The tribal region is also a refuge for in-surgents fighting NATO and U.S. forces in neigh-boring Afghanistan.

Taliban bombing kills 20 troops in Pakistan compound

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T he case of Jahi McMath, the 13-year-old Oakland, Calif., girl who was declared brain

dead Dec. 12 following compli-cations from tonsil and sinus surgery, hasn’t ended yet. In-sisting Jahi was still alive and should remain on the ventilator that was keeping her heart beat-ing, the girl’s family fought Chil-dren’s Hospital Oakland and was finally allowed by a judge to take her body into their custody. On Jan. 5, the body was moved to an undisclosed facility where, according to the family’s attor-ney, Christopher Dolan, “her health is improving.”

Jahi’s saga gives rise to several conflicting strains of accusation. The family and its supporters vil-ified the hospital for stopping treatment. The public, while sym-pathetic to the family, saw Dolan as a shameless opportunist who’d stirred up a media circus.

I’ve already made the somewhat subtle point that beneath the wel-ter of conflicting views lurked the desire to locate some source of blame — including the family — in an effort to cope with the terri-fying randomness of a child dying under such circumstances.

But the truth is that Jahi has been dead for more than a month now, and the time for subtlety is over. The situation, to put it bluntly, is a disgrace.

Dolan, who has argued that it shouldn’t be up to doctors but rather families to determine when death has occurred, has done a grave disservice to the McMath family by enabling their delusions. In turn, they have done a disservice to their com-munity by maligning a world-class hospital, which serves some of the area’s poorest children, with as-yet-unsubstantiated im-plications of poor treatment.

The most disgraceful party in all of this, however, may be the media, which have done a disser-

vice to a public that, despite the endless coverage of the case, re-mains widely confused about the difference between brain death, from which there is no recovery, and comas or vegetative states, in which the brain continues to function to some degree.

It’s hard to say what’s worse, the countless and continued uses of the misnomer “life sup-port” or the remarkable amount of exposure granted to “experts,” many affiliated with radical reli-gious groups, determined to cite a handful of “recovery from brain death” cases that are really misdi-agnoses of brain death. And don’t get me started on a local TV news report about Jahi’s eighth-grade classmates, who were told by at least one administrator and even some parents that their friend might return someday.

This is all, of course, done in the guise of balance, and to gen-erate the kind of page views I’ll call “rage views.” But this is no longer a story that requires bal-

ance. A teenager, tragically, has died. Her family deserves sen-sitivity and compassion, but do they deserve authority over doc-tors and the coroner in declaring someone dead? Do they get to do whatever they want with a body? Do they deserve to collect nearly $60,000 in GoFundMe contribu-tions they’ve solicited under the pretense that six separate doctors have made a wrong diagnosis and a resurrection will happen?

Figures from the National Center for Health Statistics tell us that every day, roughly 7,000 people die in this country. Many are declared dead after being taken off ventilators, and many — though we don’t like to think about it — are children who, like Jahi, have died suddenly and seemingly inexplicably.

For whatever reasons — coer-cion, denial, distrust, greed, grief — Jahi’s family got the idea that they were somehow different. As harmful as that is to their heal-ing process, it’s also harmful to society’s well-being, a harm that too many, whatever their inten-tions, have perpetuated.

The hospital, even before the court order, gave the family many more days to say goodbye than most loved ones get in such cir-cumstances. The judge, seeming-ly against all logic, gave the fam-ily a power, and a burden, that no family should have to wield or shoulder. The media (includ-ing me) gave them attention that, like the donations, would have been better spent elsewhere.

In that sense, Jahi’s fami-ly is right: They were mistreat-ed. They were treated as special. And death, though it is singular and especially horrifying when it befalls a young person, is about as unspecial as it gets. Believing otherwise will only prolong their suffering and draw out a story that should have ended long ago.

From Los Angeles Times.

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L ying by and about politicians is a re-grettable and probably permanent feature of American democracy. But

should it also be a criminal offense? The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an ar-gument by an antiabortion group chal-lenging an Ohio law that criminalizes false statements about candidates for public of-fice. The justices should allow the group’s claim to proceed. Using criminal law to po-lice truth in political debate is unnecessary and invites abuse.

The Ohio law prohibits false statements about a candidate if they are made know-ingly or with reckless disregard of wheth-er they might be false. If the Ohio Elections Commission decides the law was violated, it “shall refer” the matter to prosecutors.

During the 2010 election campaign, the Susan B. Anthony List, an antiabortion po-litical action committee, planned to post an ad on billboards accusing then-Rep. Ste-ven Driehaus, D-Ohio, of voting “for taxpay-er-funded abortion” when he supported the Affordable Care Act. Driehaus filed a com-plaint with the commission under the false statement law, and fearing legal reprisals, the advertising company that owned the billboard space refused to post the ad.

The Susan B. Anthony List tried to chal-lenge the constitutionality of the law, but the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said that no “case or controversy” existed because the elections commission hadn’t made a fi-nal decision on Driehaus’ complaint and because the group couldn’t establish that it faced an “imminent threat” of prosecution.

Citizens who believe a law violates their First Amendment rights ought to be able to make that case even if they aren’t in immedi-ate danger of being prosecuted. And the Ohio law is constitutionally suspect, especially after a 2012 decision in which the Supreme Court struck down a law making it a crime to falsely claim to have received military honors.

However well intended, laws criminaliz-ing false statements about candidates could have the unintended effect of stifling truthful political speech. As the Supreme Court has observed: “Erroneous statement is inevitable in free debate, and ... it must be protected if the freedoms of expression are to have the breathing space that they need ... to survive.”

Claims by and about candidates are best tested in the back-and-forth of a political campaign, in journalistic fact-checking and, if worse comes to worst, in a civil libel trial, not in a criminal trial.

From Los Angeles Times.

AVOICE

The truth about lying in politics

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many more days to say goodbye than most loved ones get in

such circumstances. The judge, seemingly against all logic,

gave the family a power, and a burden, that no family should have to wield or shoulder. The

media (including me) gave them attention that, like the donations, would have been

better spent elsewhere.

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TENNIS: Serena ousted at Aussie Open / B6

JOHN RAOUX / AP

Orlando Magic’s Arron Afflalo (4) and Boston Celtics’ Jerryd Bayless go after a loose ball on Sunday during the first half in Orlando.

KYLE HIGHTOWERAssociated Press

ORLANDO — Arron Afflalo had 20 points and 13 rebounds, To-bias Harris added 18 points and the Or-lando Magic snapped a season-high 10-game losing streak with a 93-91 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday night.

After several ties in the fourth quar-ter, Harris hit a pair of free throws with 10.1 seconds remaining to give Orlando the vic-tory.

The win also ends a 10-game regular-sea-son losing streak to the Celtics.

Glen Davis added 17 points and Jameer Nelson 16 for Orlando.

Boston has lost nine straight on the road and 11 of 12 overall.

Jeff Green led the Celtics with 22 points, and Avery Bradley and Kris Humphries add-ed 18 apiece. Rajon Rondo had six points and four assists in his second game back from a torn ACL.

Orlando scored the first basket of the third quarter to build a nine-point lead, but went cold and al-lowed Boston to reel off a 13-2 run and re-take the lead, 61-57.

The Magic were able to steady themselves, and after three differ-ent ties in the first six minutes of the fourth, nudged back in front

PEYTON’S PLACECHARLIE RIEDEL / AP

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is engulfed in confetti during the trophy ceremony after the AFC Championship game on Sunday in Denver. The Broncos defeated the Patriots 26-16 to advance to the Super Bowl.

Manning, Broncos dominate Patriots to earn trip to Super BowlEDDIE PELLSAP National Writer

DENVER — Pey-ton Manning had an answer for everyone. What’s new?

For Tom Brady. For the New England de-fense. For anyone who thought he couldn’t win the big one.

Manning is taking the Denver Broncos on a trip to New York for the Super Bowl after an-other of his impeccably crafted victories — this time, a 26-16 win over the Patriots on Sunday in the AFC title game.

Less than three years after being unable to throw a football be-cause of his surgical-ly ravaged neck and nerve endings, Man-ning will get a chance for his second ring. He’ll try to become the first quarterback to win one with two different teams, at the Meadow-

lands on Feb. 2 against Seattle, who defeated San Francisco.

“It’s very rewarding when you put a lot of hard work into the off-season and the regu-lar season and it pays dividends with a huge win,” Manning said.

After taking the final knee, Manning stuffed the football in his hel-met and ran to the 30-yard line to shake

hands with Brady. The Indy-turned-Denver quarterback improved to 5-10 lifetime against New England’s QB but 2-1 in AFC title games.

“He’s been remark-able. It’s unprecedent-ed what he did,” Bron-cos coach John Fox said.

Though Manning threw for 400 yards, it was more dink-and-dunk than a fireworks

show in this, the 15th installment of the NFL’s two best quarterbacks of a generation. Man-ning set up four field goals by Matt Prater and put his stamp on this one with a pair of long, meticulous and mistake-free touch-down drives in which nothing came cheap.

He geared down the no-huddle, hurry-up offense that helped him set records for touch-down passes and yard-age this season and made the Broncos the highest-scoring team in history. The result: 93- and 80-yard touch-down drives that each lasted a few seconds over seven minutes; they were the two lon-gest, time-wise, of the season for the Broncos (15-3).

Manning capped the second with a 3-yard

JOE MAHONEY / AP

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) is sacked by Denver Broncos defensive tackle Terrance Knighton during the second half on Sunday in Denver.

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Magic end their 10-game skid with win over Celtics

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Seattle Seahawks’

Russell Wilson throws during

the second half of the NFC Championship game against

the San Francisco 49ers,

on Sunday in Seattle.

TED S. WARREN / AP

Seahawks edge Niners, earn date with Denver in Super Bowl BARRY WILNER

AP Pro Football Writer

SEATTLE — The Seat-tle Seahawks are bring-ing their game-changing defense — and the 12th Man — to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl.

Seattle’s top-ranked defense forced three fourth-quarter turn-overs, and Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard touch-down pass on fourth down for the winning points in a 23-17 victo-

ry over the San Francis-co 49ers for the NFC title Sunday.

Seattle will meet Den-ver (15-3) for the NFL ti-tle in two weeks in the New Jersey Meadow-lands. It’s the first trip to the big game for the Se-ahawks (15-3) since they lost to Pittsburgh after the 2005 season.

The conference champs had the best re-cords in the league this year, the first time the

top seeds have gotten to the Super Bowl since the 2010 game.

Moments after Rich-ard Sherman tipped Colin Kaepernick’s pass to teammate Malcolm Smith for the clinching interception, the All-Pro cornerback jumped into the stands behind the end zone, saluting the Seahawks’ raucous fans. With 12th Man flags waving everywhere, and

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National Basketball AssociationAll Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic

W L Pct GBToronto 20 19 .513 —Brooklyn 16 22 .421 3½New York 15 25 .375 5½Boston 14 28 .333 7½Philadelphia 13 27 .325 7½

Southeast W L Pct GBMiami 29 11 .725 —Atlanta 20 19 .513 8½Washington 19 20 .487 9½Charlotte 17 25 .405 13Orlando 11 30 .268 18½

Central W L Pct GBIndiana 32 7 .821 —Chicago 19 20 .487 13Detroit 17 23 .425 15½Cleveland 15 25 .375 17½Milwaukee 7 33 .175 25½

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 32 9 .780 —Houston 27 15 .643 5½Dallas 24 18 .571 8½Memphis 20 19 .513 11New Orleans 15 24 .385 16

Northwest W L Pct GBPortland 31 9 .775 —Oklahoma City 30 10 .750 1Denver 20 19 .513 10½Minnesota 19 21 .475 12Utah 14 28 .333 18

Pacific W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 28 14 .667 —Golden State 26 16 .619 2Phoenix 22 17 .564 4½L.A. Lakers 16 25 .390 11½Sacramento 14 24 .368 12

Saturday’s GamesIndiana 106, L.A. Clippers 92Detroit 104, Washington 98Miami 104, Charlotte 96, OTChicago 103, Philadelphia 78Minnesota 98, Utah 72Houston 114, Milwaukee 104Golden State 97, New Orleans 87Portland 127, Dallas 111

Sunday’s GamesL.A. Lakers 112, Toronto 106Orlando 93, Boston 91San Antonio 110, Milwaukee 82Sacramento at Oklahoma City, lateDenver at Phoenix, late

Today’s GamesDallas at Cleveland, 1 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at Washington, 2 p.m.Toronto at Charlotte, 2 p.m.Brooklyn at New York, 2:30 p.m.New Orleans at Memphis, 5 p.m.Miami at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 8 p.m.Portland at Houston, 8 p.m.Indiana at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesOrlando at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.Boston at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Men’s College Basketball ScoresEAST

Army 74, Bucknell 67Baruch 78, Wesleyan (Conn.) 64Monmouth (NJ) 83, Canisius 82

SOUTHSouthern Miss. 80, Louisiana Tech 71

MIDWESTBowling Green 69, W. Michigan 64Green Bay 69, Ill.-Chicago 64Iowa 94, Minnesota 73Wright St. 49, Cleveland St. 46

SOUTHWESTHouston 77, Rutgers 55

Sunday’s Women’s BasketballMajor Scores

EASTBoston U. 70, Loyola (Md.) 60Coll. of Charleston 90, Northeastern 74Drexel 61, Delaware 52James Madison 77, Hofstra 50Marist 73, Canisius 47Niagara 48, Monmouth (NJ) 45North Carolina 73, Boston College 56

Syracuse 58, Pittsburgh 47UConn 94, Rutgers 64UNC Wilmington 54, Towson 53

SOUTHAppalachian St. 75, UNC-Greensboro 56Duke 74, Virginia Tech 70Elon 67, W. Carolina 52Georgia 68, Florida 62Kentucky 73, Auburn 71Maryland 92, Georgia Tech 81Miami 80, NC State 71South Carolina 77, Alabama 51Vanderbilt 79, LSU 70Virginia 85, Florida St. 68

SOUTHWESTArkansas 68, Mississippi 65Louisville 81, SMU 66TCU 54, Texas 48Texas A&M 73, Mississippi St. 35

SOUTHWESTArkansas 68, Mississippi 65Louisville 81, SMU 66TCU 54, Texas 48Texas A&M 73, Mississippi St. 35

FAR WESTUtah 59, Washington St. 57tx $vmajorscores3

MIDWESTDayton 73, Fordham 64DePaul 91, Villanova 65Illinois St. 78, Evansville 54Indiana 83, Minnesota 78, OTIndiana St. 63, S. Illinois 44Iowa 81, Ohio St. 74Kansas 76, Baylor 60Loyola of Chicago 73, Bradley 63

National Hockey LeagueAll Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic

GP W L OT Pts GF GABoston 48 30 15 3 63 138 107Tampa Bay 50 29 16 5 63 146 123Montreal 49 27 17 5 59 126 120Toronto 50 25 20 5 55 141 152Detroit 48 21 17 10 52 121 130Ottawa 49 21 19 9 51 139 155Florida 48 18 23 7 43 111 147Buffalo 47 13 27 7 33 86 133

Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 48 34 12 2 70 156 115Philadelphia 49 25 19 5 55 134 140N.Y. Rangers 50 26 21 3 55 124 127Columbus 48 24 20 4 52 138 135Washington 48 22 18 8 52 141 146New Jersey 50 20 19 11 51 115 123Carolina 48 20 19 9 49 117 137N.Y. Islanders 50 19 24 7 45 138 163

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 51 32 8 11 75 184 139St. Louis 47 32 10 5 69 166 107Colorado 48 31 12 5 67 142 122Minnesota 51 27 19 5 59 125 125Dallas 48 21 19 8 50 136 148Nashville 50 21 22 7 49 121 151Winnipeg 50 22 23 5 49 141 150

Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 51 37 9 5 79 175 126San Jose 49 31 12 6 68 158 121Los Angeles 49 29 14 6 64 126 100Vancouver 50 25 16 9 59 127 127Phoenix 48 23 16 9 55 139 145Calgary 49 16 26 7 39 109 156Edmonton 51 15 30 6 36 131 181NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

Saturday’s GamesColumbus 4, Buffalo 3, SODetroit 3, Los Angeles 2, SOVancouver 3, Calgary 2, SON.Y. Rangers 4, Ottawa 1San Jose 5, Tampa Bay 4Winnipeg 3, Edmonton 2, OTToronto 5, Montreal 3Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Islanders 4Carolina 3, Florida 2Anaheim 3, St. Louis 2Colorado 5, Nashville 4Phoenix 3, New Jersey 2Minnesota 3, Dallas 2, OT

Sunday’s GamesChicago 3, Boston 2, SOTampa Bay 5, Carolina 3Washington at N.Y. Rangers, late

Today’s GamesPhiladelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.Los Angeles at Boston, 3 p.m.Florida at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m.Toronto at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Calgary at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesFlorida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.St. Louis at New Jersey, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Carolina at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Washington, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Columbus, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.Toronto at Colorado, 9 p.m.Vancouver at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Australian Open ResultsSundayAt Melbourne ParkMelbourne, AustraliaPurse: $29.72 million (Grand Slam)Surface: Hard-OutdoorSinglesMenFourth RoundNovak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2.David Ferrer (3), Spain, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2, 6-1.WomenFourth RoundFlavia Pennetta (28), Italy, def. Angelique Kerber (9), Germany, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.Li Na (4), China, def. Ekaterina Makarova (22), Rus-sia, 6-2, 6-0.Ana Ivanovic (14), Serbia, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.DoublesMenThird RoundLeander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek (5), Czech Republic, def. Yuki Bhambri, India, and Mi-chael Venus, New Zealand, 6-3, 6-2.Treat Huey, Philippines, and Dominic Inglot (12), Britain, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (7), Pakistan, 6-4, 7-6 (1).Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington, Australia, def. Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-5.Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut (13), France, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (2), Bra-zil, 7-6 (4), 6-4.WomenThird RoundJarmila Gajdosova, Australia, and Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Petra Mar-tic, Croatia, 6-2, 7-5.Shahar Peer, Israel, and Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, and Mi-chaella Krajicek, Netherlands, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, def. Chan Hao-ching, Tai-wan, and Liezel Huber (13), United States, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4.MixedFirst RoundAnastasia Rodionova, Australia, and Colin Flem-ing, Britain, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, 6-4, 6-4.Legends DoublesRound RobinMenMansour Bahrami, Iran, and Cedric Pioline, France, def. Pat Cash, Australia, and Mats Wilander, Swe-den, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 10-8.Guy Forget and Henri Leconte, France, def. Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent, Australia, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.WomenNicole Bradtke and Rennae Stubbs, Australia, def. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Martina Navrati-lova, United States, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 10-6.Junior SinglesBoysFirst RoundJumpei Yamasaki (14), Japan, def. Gabriel Vellinho Hocevar, Brazil, 6-1, 6-3.Lucas Miedler (13), Austria, def. Makoto Ochi, Ja-pan, 6-2, 6-2.Lee Duckhee (12), South Korea, def. Mitchell Harper, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.Simon Friis Soendergaard, Denmark, def. Alexander Klintcharov, New Zealand, 6-4, 6-3.Oliver Anderson, Australia, def. Rafael Matos, Bra-zil, 6-4, 6-3.Petros Chrysochos, Cyprus, def. Oh Chan-yeong, South Korea, 7-5, 7-6 (3).Andrea Pellegrino, Italy, def. Sora Fukuda, Japan, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3.Ilya Vasilyev, Russia, def. Brian Tran, Australia, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4.Marcelo Zormann da Silva (15), Brazil, def. Chung Yunseong, South Korea, 6-3, 6-3.Omar Jasika, Australia, def. Zheng Wei Qiang, China, 6-3, 6-2.

Stefan Kozlov (2), United States, def. Blake Mott, Australia, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-5, retired.Quentin Halys (7), France, def. Johannes Haerteis, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.Alexander Zverev (1), Germany, def. Nino Serdaru-sic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4.Boris Pokotilov, Russia, def. Max Purcell, Australia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.Ryotero Matsumura, Japan, def. Jacopo Stefanini, Italy, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.Alex Molcan, Slovakia, def. Roman Safiullin (4), Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.GirlsFirst RoundEmilie Francati, Denmark, def. Sasha Bollweg, Aus-tralia, 6-1, 6-2.Fiona Ferro (15), France, def. Georgia Brescia, Italy, 7-5, 0-6, 6-2.Naiktha Bains, Australia, def. Shiori Fukuda, Ja-pan, 6-2, 6-1.Natalie Novotna, Czech Republic, def. Beatrice Lombardo, Italy, 6-4, 6-3.Olivia Tjandramulia, Australia, def. Nozomi Ohya, Japan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.Olivia Hauger, United States, def. Chloe Hule, Aus-tralia, 6-2, 7-5.Jelena Ostapenko (6), Latvia, def. Kaylah McPhee, Australia, 6-1, 7-5.Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Russia, def. Andrea Dikosavl-jevic, Australia, 6-2, 6-0.Anastasia Shaulskaya, Russia, def. You Xiao-Di (11), China, 6-2, 6-4.Isabelle Wallace, Britain, def. Priscilla Hon (12), Australia, 6-3, 5-7, 12-10.Margot Yerolymos, France, def. Julia Grabher, Austria, 6-0, 7-5.Rosie Cheng, New Zealand, def. Fanny Stollar (16), Hungary, 6-4, 6-4.Sun Ziyue (7), China, def. Linda Huang, Austra-lia, 6-3, 6-0.Katie Boulter (9), Britain, def. Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal, India, 6-3, 6-3.Tereza Mihalikova, Slovakia, def. Petra Hule, Aus-tralia, 7-6 (6), 6-1.Jana Fett, Croatia, def. Nicole Kraemer, Austra-lia, 6-2, 6-1.Varvara Flink (1), Russia, def. Ye Qiu Yu, China, 7-5, 6-4.Xu Shilin (5), China, def. Seone Mendez, Austra-lia, 6-2, 6-1.Junior DoublesBoysFirst RoundPedro Martinez Portero and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar, Spain, def. Chung Hyeon, South Korea, and Sumit Nagal (8), India, 6-3, 7-6 (2).Martin Blasko and Alex Molcan, Slovakia, def. Lee Duckhee, South Korea, and Simon Friis Soender-gaard, Denmark, 6-4, 7-6 (5).Filippo Baldi, Italy, and Johannes Haerteis (6), Ger-many, def. Harry Bourchier and Daniel Nolan, Aus-tralia, 6-3, 2-6, 10-1.Hong Seong-chan and Oh Chan-yeong, South Ko-rea, def. Mitchell Harper and Jack Jaeda, Austra-lia, 7-5, 6-3.Daniel Guccione and Marc Polmans, Australia, def. William Matheson, New Zealand, and Marko Os-makcic, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-4.Yusuke Takahashi and Jumpei Yamasaki, Japan, def. Petros Chrysochos, Cyprus, and Nino Serdaru-sic, Croatia, 3-6, 6-4, 12-10.GirlsFirst RoundNaiktha Bains and Olivia Tjandramulia, Australia, def. Verena Hofer and Beatrice Lombardo, Italy, 6-3, 6-2.Anhelina Kalinina, Ukraine, and Elizaveta Kulic-hkova (1), Russia, def. Kimberly Birrell and Anja Do-kic, Australia, 6-1, 6-4.Kamonwan Buayam, Thailand, and Sara Tomic (6), Australia, def. Georgia Brescia, Italy, and Julia Grab-her, Austria, 6-0, 6-1.Lizette Cabrera and Zoe Hives, Australia, def. Em-ily Arbuthnott, Britain, and Olivia Hauger, United States, 6-3, 6-2.

Sunday’s Sports TransactionsBASKETBALL

National Basketball AssociationNBA — Fined Indiana F David West $15,000 for elbowing Los Angeles Clippers F Blake Griffin in the jaw during a Jan. 18 game. Fined Sacramento coach Michael Malone $25,000 for verbal abuse of a game official and not proceeding directly to his locker room following the completion of the Jan. 17 game at Memphis.

HOCKEYAmerican Hockey League

AHL — Suspended Norfolk LW Max Friberg one game for a boarding incident in a Jan. 17 game against Worcester.

COLLEGEAUBURN — Named Adrian Ghioroaie assistant track and field coach.

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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL7 p.m.

ESPN — North Carolina at VirginiaESPNU — Delaware St. at North Carolina A&TFS1 — Creighton at VillanovaNBCSN — Delaware at Drexel

9 p.m.ESPN — Baylor at KansasESPNU — Maryland at NC StateFS1 — Marquette at Georgetown

NBA BASKETBALL2:30 p.m.

ESPN — Brooklyn at N.Y.8 p.m.

TNT — L.A. Lakers at Chicago10:30 p.m.

TNT — Indiana at Golden State5:30 p.m.

SUN — Miami at Atlanta

SOCCER2:55 p.m.

NBCSN — Premier League, Everton at West Bromwich

TENNIS9 p.m.

ESPN2 — Australian Open, quarterfinals, at Melbourne, Australia3 a.m.

ESPN2 — Australian Open, men’s or women’s quarterfinal, at Melbourne, Australia

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Notre Dame at Tennessee

pass to Demary-ius Thomas — who got inside the over-matched Alfonzo Dennard and left his feet to make the catch — for a 20-3 lead mid-way through the third quarter.

From there, it was catch-up time for Brady and the Pats (13-5), and they are not built for that, at least not this year.

A team that aver-aged more than 200 yards on the ground the last three games didn’t have much quick-strike capabil-ity. Brady, who threw for most of his 277 yards in comeback mode, actually led the Patriots to a pair of fourth-quarter touch-downs. But they were a pair of time-con-suming, 80-yard drives. The second cut the deficit to 26-16 with 3:07 left, but the Broncos stopped Shane Vereen on the 2-point conversion and the celebration was on in Denver.

“Losing is nev-er easy,” Patriots de-fensive lineman Rob Ninkovich said. “But when you have some-body as talented as (Manning), who puts in as much work and effort, and has done it for so long, it’s a little

bit easier to swallow.”The Broncos have

had one close call since — when they lost at home to Pitts-burgh in the 2005 sea-son’s AFC title game — but what it really took was Elway’s re-turn to the franchise in 2011. He slammed the door on the Tim Tebow experiment and signed Manning to a contract, knowing there were risks in-volved in bringing to town a thirty-some-thing quarterback coming off multiple operations to resur-rect his career.

Even without Von Miller on the field, El-way put enough piec-es in place around Manning to contend for a championship.

“It’s been a terrif-ic group,” Elway said as he hoisted the AFC championship tro-phy. “They worked their tail off all year.”

Manning knows how to make the most of all those options.

This game started getting out of hand at about the same time Patriots corner-back Aqib Talib went out with a knee inju-ry. Nobody else could cover Thomas, and Manning, who finds mismatches even un-der the toughest of circumstances, found this one quickly.

“Peyton Manning is Peyton Manning,” Carter said.

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82-79 on a pair of free throws by Afflalo.

Green tied it back up at 87 with two free throws of his own with 1:48 remaining. Then fol-lowing a Magic miss, Rondo got free off of a screen and connect-ed on 16-foot jumper to give the Celtics the lead again.

Afflalo tied it again at 89 with a layup. Then a Celtics’ miss even-tually led to Nelson being fouled on the other end and hitting two free throws that put the Magic up a basket at 91-89.

Coming out of a timeout, Green was fouled by Afflalo on a layup, but failed to hit the free throw to complete the three-point play. Orlando snared the rebound and called a timeout with 30.7 seconds to play.

Humphries fouled Harris during a scramble for a rebound and Harris calmly sank his two free throws with 10.1 seconds showing on the clock.

The Celtics had a final posses-sion, but failed to get up a shot before time expired.

The Magic dominated the ac-tion underneath early on and took at 53-46 lead into halftime.

Orlando outscored Boston 35-20 in the second quarter and

got 10 points apiece in the half from Afflalo and Harris. Kyle O’Quinn came off the bench to grab nine points and seven re-bounds, which led to some easy putbacks.

The Celtics got 10 each from Bradley and Humphries, but had a scary moment late in the first quarter when Green slipped while attempting to contest a jumper by Afflalo. Green landed hard and awkwardly on his right knee, but was able to walk off on his own power after lying on the court for a few minutes.

The incident didn’t seem to have any lingering effects as he explodedfor a dunk late in the half.

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New England 0 3 0 13 — 16Denver 3 10 7 6 — 26

First QuarterDen–FG Prater 27, 3:43.

Second QuarterDen–Tamme 1 pass from Manning (Prater kick), 7:50.NE–FG Gostkowski 47, 2:54.Den–FG Prater 35, :25.

Third QuarterDen–D.Thomas 3 pass from Manning (Prater kick), 7:52.

Fourth QuarterDen–FG Prater 19, 12:02.NE–Edelman 7 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 9:26.Den–FG Prater 54, 7:00.NE–Brady 5 run (run failed), 3:07.A–77,110. NE DenFirst downs 19 27Total Net Yards 320 507Rushes-yards 16-64 28-107Passing 256 400Punt Returns 0-0 0-0Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-4Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0Comp-Att-Int 24-38-0 32-43-0Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 0-0Punts 3-49.0 1-48.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 2-15 4-34Time of Possession 24:16 35:44

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING–New England, Vereen 4-34, Ridley 5-17, Brady 2-7, Blount 5-6. Denver, Moreno 14-59, Ball 12-43, Green 1-6, Manning 1-(minus 1).PASSING–New England, Brady 24-38-0-277. Denver, Manning 32-43-0-400.RECEIVING–New England, Edelman 10-89, Vereen 5-59, Collie 4-57, Dobson 2-33, Hoomanawanui 2-33, Mulligan 1-6. Denver, J.Thomas 8-85, D.Thomas 7-134, Decker 5-73, Welker 4-38, Ball 3-13, Tamme 2-24, Moreno 2-22, Caldwell 1-11.MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

“New York, New York” blaring over the loud-speakers, CenturyLink Field rocked like never before.

“That’s as sweet as it gets,” Sherman said.

San Francisco (14-5) led 17-13 when Wilson, given a free play as Al-don Smith jumped off-side, hurled the ball to Jermaine Kearse, who made a leaping catch in the end zone over Car-los Rogers.

Steven Hauschka then kicked his third field goal, and Smith intercepted in the end zone on the 49ers’ final possession.

“This feels even sweeter, with the amaz-ing support we have had from the 12th Man,” team owner Paul Allen said, comparing this Super Bowl trip to the previous one.

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49ers-Seahawks StatsSan Francisco 3 7 7 0 — 17Seattle 0 3 10 10 — 23

First QuarterSF–FG Dawson 25, 12:45.

Second QuarterSF–Dixon 1 run (Dawson kick), 10:03.Sea–FG Hauschka 32, 5:47.

Third QuarterSea–Lynch 40 run (Hauschka kick), 9:51.SF–Boldin 26 pass from Kaepernick (Dawson kick), 6:29.Sea–FG Hauschka 40, 3:55.

Fourth QuarterSea–Kearse 35 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 13:44.Sea–FG Hauschka 47, 3:37.A–68,454. SF SeaFirst downs 16 14

Total Net Yards 308 308Rushes-yards 28-161 29-115Passing 147 193Punt Returns 1-0 3-10Kickoff Returns 4-92 3-109Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-0Comp-Att-Int 14-24-2 16-25-0Sacked-Yards Lost 2-6 4-22Punts 4-42.0 2-45.5Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1Penalties-Yards 7-65 8-66Time of Possession 28:32 31:28

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING–San Francisco, Kaepernick 11-130, Hunter 3-16, Gore 11-14, Dixon 2-1, James 1-0. Seattle, Lynch 22-109, Turbin 2-6, Wilson 5-0.PASSING–San Francisco, Kaepernick 14-24-2-153. Seattle, Wilson 16-25-0-215.RECEIVING–San Francisco, Boldin 5-53, Crabtree 4-52, V.Davis 2-16, Gore 1-17, V.McDonald 1-13, Patton 1-2. Seattle, Baldwin 6-106, Tate 4-31,

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Associated Press

CHARLOTTES-VILLE, Va. — Faith Randolph scored a ca-reer-high 26 points and Virginia rolled by No. 17 Florida State 85-68 Sunday.

Virginia (9-9, 2-3 ACC) tied its sec-ond-highest scoring performance of the season, and jumped to a 47-31 halftime lead behind 20 first-half points from Ran-dolph.

Florida State (14-4, 2-3) never cut the deficit to fewer than 11 points in the sec-ond half. The Semi-noles committed 27 turnovers compared with 10 for Virginia.

Ataira Franklin had 18 points and 10 re-bounds for the Cav-aliers while Sarah Imovbioh added 15.

Emiah Bingley scored 21 points to lead the Seminoles. Natasha Howard add-ed 15 points and Kai James had 11.

Virginia played its third straight ranked opponent after falling to No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Duke.

Florida State won 14 of its first 15 games

but has dropped its last three, including losses to No. 9 North Carolina and No. 20 North Carolina State.

NO. 24 VANDY 79, LSU 70

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jasmine List-er scored 25 points, including a trio of 3-pointers and 10-for-10 shooting from the foul line, to lift No. 24 Vanderbilt to a 79-70 upset win over No. 14 LSU on Sunday.

Christina Foggie contributed 19 points and Morgan Batey had 11 for Vanderbilt (16-3, 5-1 SEC), which shot 52 percent from the field in toppling its

second ranked team in as many weeks.

The Commodores broke open the game in the second half, carving out its first double-digit lead with an 11-4 run fueled by a layup and four free throws from Kylee Smith that made it 48-35 with 12:08 to go. Vandy scored 12 of the next 18 points over the next 4 min-utes to build a lead it would protect against an LSU rally down the stretch.

NO. 10 KENTUCKY 73, AUBURN 71

AUBURN, Ala. — Jennifer O’Neill scored 16 points, Samarie

Walker had 13 points and 10 rebounds and No. 10 Kentucky over-came a 13-point first-half deficit to beat Au-burn 73-71 on Sunday.

The Wildcats (15-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) survived 13-of-29 shooting from the foul line to hold off the Tigers (11-6, 2-2).

Meagan Tucker hit a jumper with 1:07 left to bring Auburn within two points. The Wildcats worked 20 seconds off the clock and then called tim-eout. O’Neill missed two long jumpers in the final seconds, but Linnae Harper and Walker grabbed the offensive rebounds.

Walker missed two free throws with 6 seconds remaining. Tyrese Tanner, who scored 28 points, re-bounded and threw it to Katie Frerking. O’Neill smothered her in the corner and Au-burn couldn’t get a fi-nal shot off.

Harper also had 13 points for the Wild-cats.

Auburn starter Ha-sina Muhammad missed the game with an unspecified injury.

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LUKE MEREDITHAP Sports Writer

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Aaron White scored all of his 18 points in the second half and Josh Oglesby added a sea-son-high 17 points as 14th-ranked Iowa blew past Minnesota 94-73 on Sunday.

Devyn Marble had 15 of his 16 points after halftime for the surg-ing Hawkeyes, who moved into third place in the Big Ten behind Michigan State and Michigan.

Iowa (15-3, 4-1 Big Ten) overcame a 10-point deficit with a 29-10 run and out-scored the Gophers 53-30 in the second half.

Andre Hollins had a game-high 20 points for Minnesota (14-5, 3-3). But Iowa held Hollins without a field goal in the second half in handing the Go-phers their most lop-sided loss of the sea-son.

Last season, Iowa used a 37-10 run to erase a 16-point deficit and blow past the Go-phers in Iowa City.

On Sunday, the Hawkeyes outscored the Gophers by 19 points in just 6 ½ minutes to notch its 20th straight home win — one shy of the Carver-Hawkeye Arena record.

An 11-0 run helped put Minnesota ahead 43-33 late in the first half, but Oglesby hit back-to-back 3s as the Hawkeyes got the defi-cit down to 2 by half-time.

Marble then caught

fire, scoring 14 points in the opening 8:41 of the second half to help Iowa take a 71-59 lead with 11:19 left.

White’s 3-point play with 4:35 left was a back-breaker for the Gophers, who missed all eight of their 3-point tries in the second half.

Austin Hollins had 13 for the Gophers, who came to Iowa City on a roll.

After pushing league leaders Michigan State to overtime in East Lan-sing, Minnesota beat No. 11 Ohio State 63-53 on Thursday for its third win in four games.

The Gophers start-ed strong in this one too, keeping Mar-ble and White score-less for nearly 18 min-utes in the first half. But Oglesby capped a brilliant half with an off-balance 25-foot-er that pulled the Hawkeyes within 43-41.

Oglesby, who missed the first 12 games with a foot injury, had 14 first-half points to keep the Hawkeyes in the game.

Iowa had a week off after a program-defin-ing upset at Ohio State, which was likely a big reason why it looked so sluggish in the first 20 minutes. But Mar-ble opened the second half with his first bas-ket of the day and fol-lowed with a pair of 3s, waking up a sellout crowd and putting the Hawkeyes ahead 52-46.

Iowa is now a game back of Michigan for sec-ond place in the league — but it won’t have to wait long for a shot at the Wolverines. Michi-gan hosts the Hawkeyes on Wednesday.

WRIGHT ST. 49, CLEVELAND ST. 46

CLEVELAND — Jer-ran Young scored 10

points and Wright State held off a late rally from Cleveland State for a 49-46 win on Sunday.

Wright State (12-9, 4-2 Horizon League) led 49-40 with 3:15 left after Matt Vest’s dunk before Cleveland State (11-9, 3-3) scored the last six points of the game.

Cleveland State’s Trey Lewis scored with 44 seconds left to bring the Vikings within 49-46. Follow-ing a shot-clock viola-tion from Wright State, Lewis had a 3-point at-tempt at the buzzer but the shot bounced off the rim as the Raid-ers held on.

Young was the lone Wright State scorer in double digits as the Raiders shot just 33.3 percent from the field. Vest had nine points.

Jon Harris scored 17 points to go along with 11 rebounds for the Vi-kings.

White helps No. 14 Iowa blow past Minnesota 94-73

CHARLIE NEIBERGALL / AP

Iowa guard Mike Gesell, bottom, fights for a loose ball with Minnesota center Elliott Eliason, top right, during the first half on Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa.

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OLYMPICS

FRANK GUNN / THE CANADIAN PRESS

In a Feb. 28, 2010, file photo Canada’s Sidney Crosby leaps in the air after making the game-winning goal in the overtime period of a men’s gold medal ice hockey game against USA at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario — “Sid the Kid” is now “Captain Canada.”

Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby, who lifted his home coun-try to gold in Vancou-ver four years ago, will captain the Canadian hockey team in Sochi.

“You hear names be-ing kind of thrown around,” Crosby said. “There’s so many leaders and so many guys capa-ble of leading by exam-ple. It’s just an honor.”

The 26-year-old cur-rently leads the NHL in scoring and has be-come the face of both the NHL and hockey in Canada.

The Chicago Black-hawks’ Jonathan Toews

and the Nashville Pred-ators’ Shea Weber will be alternate captains, Hockey Canada an-nounced Sunday.

“Sidney, Jonathan and Shea have been leaders on the interna-tional stage in the past, as well as with their NHL teams,” coach Mike Babcock said in a statement. “These three players will be at the forefront of our ef-forts in Sochi, but we are confident we have 25 players on our roster that will lead in their own way and allow our team to be successful.”

Crosby was made the youngest captain in NHL history when he got the “C’’ for the Penguins 6½ years ago.

‘Sid the Kid’ now known as ‘Captain Canada’

Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Shelby Miller pitched just one inning in the playoffs last season for the Car-dinals and is puzzled why he wasn’t used more. Now he simply wants to get on with next season.

“It’s tough to not get to pitch in the post-season and stuff, but at the same time, we had a good thing going and it’s hard to change it up,” Miller said Sun-day during the annu-al Cardinals’ Winter Warmup. “I don’t really have a good answer for it to be honest. We were winning games, so you can’t really complain.”

Miller had a 15-9 re-cord last year with a 3.06 ERA, 10th best in the league. In the post-season, the 23-year-old rookie right-hander pitched one inning of relief against Pitts-burgh in the NL divi-

sion series. He gave up a home run.

And that was it.He says there were no

injury concerns with this shoulder and he wasn’t tired.

“Physically, I felt amazing,” he said. “I felt good. I didn’t feel any better or worse than I did during the season.”

No one in the orga-nization told him why he was put on the shelf. Nor did he ask for a rea-son, either.

“The season just kind of ended and I just kind of put it in the past real-ly,” Miller said. “I was a little upset I didn’t pitch but I just put it away. After the season end-ed, I just wanted to be ready for a big offsea-son.

“I didn’t want to dwell on the past and why I didn’t pitch in October. I’m not worried about it anymore. I’m just going to let it be a mystery. A mystery unsolved.”

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Cardinals’ Shelby Miller armed for coming season

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Cardinals rookie right-hander Shelby Miller doesn’t know why he wasn’t used in the postseason. Now, he simply wants to get on with the game.

BUTCH DILL / AP

Auburn’s Tyrese Tanner (32), Kentucky’s Kastine Evans (32), Linnae Harper (15) and Auburn’s Peyton Davis (34) fight for a rebound on Sunday in Auburn, Ala. Kentucky defeated Auburn 73-71.

Randolph scores career-high 26 as Virginia rolls by No. 17 Florida State

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NHL NBA

JAY COHENAP Sports Writer

CHICAGO — Pat-rick Kane scored in a shootout to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday in a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup finals.

Jonathan Toews beat Tuukka Rask on the stick side to give the Blackhawks the lead in the tiebreaker, but Brad Marchand’s quick wrist shot got by Corey Crawford, tying it up for the Bruins.

Kane, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy last year as playoff MVP, then skated to-ward the net, slowed up for a second and sent a shot past Rask on the stick side to give Chicago the win. The Blackhawks had lost their past seven games that had gone past regulation.

Marian Hossa and Brandon Bollig had the regulation goals for Chicago, which beat Boston in six games in June for the title. Coach Joel Quenneville picked up win No. 692, matching Dick Irvin Sr., for third on the NHL’s career list.

Marchand scored in each of the first two pe-riods for the Bruins, who had won two of three. Rask had 35 stops.

It was Boston’s first

visit to Chicago since June 22, when the Blackhawks used two goals by Kane to win 3-1 and take a 3-2 lead in the NHL finals. The Blackhawks then had a memorable ral-ly in Game 6 in Bos-ton, scoring twice in 17 seconds late in the third period to secure their second title in four seasons.

The series includ-ed five overtime peri-ods, including three in Chicago’s 4-3 victory in Game 1.

Together again for the anticipated re-match, the Bruins and Blackhawks once again were unable to decide the game in three periods. Defen-seman Gregory Camp-bell had a chance to win it for Boston in overtime, but whiffed on a deflected puck.

Chicago controlled much of the first pe-riod and had a 1-0 lead before Marchand

made the most of two open opportunities in a 69-second span overlapping the first two periods.

First, Marchand got a slick pass from Patrice Bergeron and sent a wrist shot over Crawford’s right shoulder at 19:41 of the first. The Black-hawks lost the sneaky forward again at the start of the second, and he used a clever fake to set up a shot through Crawford’s legs for his 14th goal.

It was Marchand’s second multigoal game of the season. He has four goals and an assist in his past three games.

Boston’s 2-1 lead lasted about 10 min-utes. The Blackhawks caught a break when Bollig’s bad-angle shot from the right side went off Rask’s left foot and into the net for his fifth goal of the season.

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A re-cord 98 underclass-men, including Johnny Manziel and Jadeveon Clowney, have made themselves eligible for the NFL draft in May.

The league released the list of early entrants Sunday and said the number has risen six straight seasons. The deadline for under-classmen to apply was Jan. 15.

Last year, 73 under-classmen entered the draft. The year before it was 65 and in 2011 it was 56.

Also, four players who recently gradu-ated and still have el-igibility left are join-ing the draft class but aren’t included in the number. Most notable among those is Louis-ville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. Southern California defensive back Dion Bailey, Ari-zona State linebacker Carl Bradford and Ala-bama linebacker Adri-an Hubbard are also juniors who have in-formed the league they have graduated.

Among the early en-

trants expected to be se-lected near the top of the draft are Manziel, the Texas A&M quarterback, Clowney, the defensive end from South Caroli-na, and Clemson receiv-er Sammy Watkins.

The draft is May 8-10 in New York.

LSU for the second straight season had the most players of any school to leave early. The Tigers had seven early entrants this sea-son, including wide re-ceivers Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr., after 11 LSU players left early last year.

Alabama and South-ern California each had

five leave early, along with California. Cal, which went 1-11, has six players listed among the early entrants, but that includes defensive end Chris McCain, who was dismissed from the team in September.

National champion Florida State lost four players early, including All-America defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan and receiver Kelvin Benjamin, who caught the winning touch-down in the BCS cham-pionship game against Auburn. Notre Dame, Florida and South Car-olina also had four ear-ly entrants.

Record 98 underclassmen eligible for NFL draft

NFL

JOHN RAOUX / AP

Wisconsin running back James White (20) is tackled by South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney (7) during the first half of the Capital One Bowl NCAA college football game on Jan. 1 in Orlando.

IAN HARRISONAssociated Press

TORONTO — Nick Young says the Los Angeles Lakers have woken up since air-ing some grievances at a team meeting last week.

Young returned from suspension to score 29 points, Pau Gasol had 22 and the Lakers beat the Toronto Rap-tors 112-106 on Sun-day, just their third win in 15 games.

“Nick’s been doing it all year and he just keeps going,” Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni said.

Young was suspend-ed for Friday’s victory at Boston after he was ejected for throwing a punch at Phoenix’s Go-ran Dragic in a loss last Wednesday. Rested and refreshed, Young scored 15 points in the fourth quarter as the Lakers overcame a 19-point first-half deficit. They won back-to-back games for the first time since beating Memphis on Dec. 17 and Minne-sota on Dec. 20.

Los Angeles held a team meeting before Friday’s game to ad-dress Young’s ejection, and suggestions that his teammates had not done enough to stand up for him after a hard foul by Suns center Alex Len. Young called the meeting “a turning point” in what’s been a dismal season so far.

“We had an altercation that woke us all up and we’re out there battling with each other now,” Young said. “Now we’re just laying it out there.”

Ryan Kelly scored 17 in

his first career start and Kendall Marshall had 10 points and 11 assists.

Kelly said Friday’s meeting underscored a “lack of urgency” in both the team’s re-sponse to Len’s foul on Young, and the Lakers’ play in general.

“That was carrying over into the game, a lack of urgency to get back on defense, a lack of urgency to rebound and things like that,” Kelly said. “When we saw that on tape, that’s the one thing it did for us is to make us real-ize that on every play, every possession, we have to have that sense of urgency.”

The Lakers reached the midway point of the season with a re-cord of 16-25.

“It’s really gratifying to win back-to-back games on the road, especially

with the way we’ve been struggling,” Gasol said. “I’m just really proud of the guys. They’re step-ping up, they’re bring-ing the effort, bringing the intensity, bringing the focus and not want-ing to give up.”

Long-term injuries to Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant have made life rough on the Lakers, but they haven’t given up on a playoff push.

“If we keep plugging along, maybe we’ll get some luck here and get some guys back,” D’An-toni said.

With Bryant sidelined by a sore left knee, Kelly said Young has become the player the Lakers turn to when the shot clock is winding down.

“If we’ve got seven seconds on the clock, you give Nick the ball he’ll find a way to get a shot or get to the line.”

FRANK GUNN / THE CANADIAN PRESS

Los Angeles Lakers forward Wesley Johnson (11) picks up an offensive fouls as he drives through Toronto Raptors forward Amir Johnson (15) during first-half NBA basketball game action on Sunday in Toronto.

Kane scores in SO as Blackhawks top Bruins

NAM Y. HUH / AP

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford (50), left, blocks a shot by Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand (63).

Young scores 29 as Lakers beat Raptors

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Abu Dhabi Championship Leading ScoresSunday

At Abu Dhabi Golf ClubAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Purse: $2.7 millionYardage: 7,583; Par: 72

FinalPablo Larrazabal, Spain 69-70-68-67 — 274Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 70-67-70-68 — 275Phil Mickelson, United States 73-70-63-69 — 275Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain 67-68-73-68 — 276George Coetzee, South Africa 68-70-72-66 — 276Joost Luiten, Netherlands 68-70-72-68 — 278Johan Carlsson, Sweden 73-70-71-65 — 279Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 70-73-68-69 — 280Robert Karlsson, Sweden 73-67-72-68 — 280

Gaganjeet Bhullar, India 72-68-66-75 — 281Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 70-67-72-72 — 281Darren Fichardt, South Africa 70-70-75-66 — 281Peter Hanson, Sweden 70-70-69-72 — 281Tyrrell Hatton, England 69-71-70-71 — 281Michael Hoey, Northern Ireland 69-71-68-73 — 281Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 70-70-68-73 — 281Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 73-68-67-73 — 281Craig Lee, Scotland 68-67-69-77 — 281

AlsoSergio Garcia, Spain 76-68-70-68 — 282Martin Kaymer, Germany 70-71-69-74 — 284Matteo Manassero, Italy 71-73-70-70 — 284Luke Donald, England 70-73-71-71 — 285Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 73-68-74-71 — 286Darren Clarke, N. Ireland 74-69-72-73 — 288Jamie Donaldson, Wales 73-70-73-73 — 289

KAMRAN JEBREILI / AP

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, second right, taps on the shoulder of the winner of the tournament, Pablo Larrazabal of Spain, second left, as Phil Mickelson of the U.S., first right, looks at them after the final round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

ABU DHABI, Unit-ed Arab Emirates — Spain’s Pablo Larraza-bal shot a final round 67 to end a near three-year winless drought to capture the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Champion-ship on Sunday.

Larrazabal, 30, won by a stroke with a 14-under par 274 on the National Course in the UAE capital.

Rory McIlroy (68), who had incurred a two-stroke penalty a day earlier, finished with a share of second place with Phil Micklel-son (69) on 13 under.

“It means a lot to win my third victo-ry on Tour and playing against who I played today,” said Larrazabal.

“Of course, I play against myself but I knew who I also had behind me in Mickel-son. I have just beaten two of the three most talented guys in my era, and in the last era, as well in Phil Mickel-son and Rory.”

Mickelson was left counting the cost of incurring a shot pen-alty after a double hit while playing from brush on the 13th hole of the National course.

The British Open champion, who was

leading at the time, finished the hole with a triple-bogey seven.

“I was sitting at the presentation ceremo-ny I said to myself: ‘Pablo? What are you doing here?’ I’ve got Rory McIlroy on my left and I am shaking the hand of Phil Mick-elson on my right. It’s very special for me,” added Larrazabal after collecting the trophy.

“But it’s been a long journey and a lot of work since my last win in Munich, and only my team and my fam-ily know how hard I have worked for this victory with no hol-idays, and not too many days off this winter, just working hard to arrive here properly and in form to Abu Dhabi. So, yes happy days.”

While Mickelson was returning home for his first PGA event of the New Year, at this coming week’s Farm-ers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, McIlroy is returning to near-by Dubai to continue working on his game.

It is the second oc-casion in three years he has let slip victory in Abu Dhabi because of a rules violation.

“It happens, it hap-pens but it never crossed my mind I might double hit it,” Mickelson said.

“I was just trying to dribble it out of the bush because I couldn’t get the unplayable penalty lie to give me a shot without stroke and distance and I felt it was worth the risk. It not only cost a pen-alty shot, but it also stopped the ball from going to a spot where I could hit again.

“So after that I got refocused and got ag-gressive and made some birdies and gave myself a chance. If Pablo had not birdied the last hole to win, I would have gotten into a play-off, and so I give him a lot of credit for finishing the tourna-ment off the right way.”

McIlroy had been penalized for illegally brushing sand off his line on the final day of the 2012 event before losing by a stroke to England’s Robert Rock.

On Saturday, the dou-ble Major winner was slapped with a two-shot penalty after being re-ported by the caddy of another player in not taking ‘full relief’ from a spectator cross walk.

Larrazabal wins Abu Dhabi ChampionshipSpaniard shoots final-round 67 to win Abu Dhabi Championship from McIlroy, Mickelson

JOHN NICHOLSONAP Sports Writer

LA QUINTA, Ca-lif. — Patrick Reed lost his putting touch for a few hours in the final round of the Humana Challenge. He found it when things were get-ting interesting.

After shooting three straight 9-under 63s to open a seven-stroke lead, Reed had a 1-un-der 71 on Sunday at PGA West’s Arnold Palmer Private Course to beat Ryan Palmer by two strokes.

“It was tough out there,” Reed said.

Finally resembling the guy who talked Sat-urday about being in a “putting coma,” Reed ran in an 18-footer for birdie on the par-3 15th to push his advantage to three strokes and parred the final three holes. He completed the wire-to-wire victo-ry at 28-under 260.

“I started toward the end playing for par, just because I knew pars weren’t going to hurt me,” Reed said. “I knew someone was going to have to do something spectacular to catch me.”

The 23-year-old Reed has two victories in his first 46 PGA Tour starts, winning the Wyndham Championship in Au-gust. He was projected to jump from 73rd to 42nd in the world rank-ing, enough to lock up a spot next month in the 64-man Match Play Championship field.

Palmer made a 15-foot eagle putt on the final hole for a 63.

“What can you do with what Patrick did

this week?” Palm-er said. “It’s ridiculous what he did. Amazing how good he played. We’ll come up a couple short, but it was a win in my game because I was playing for second today.”

Zach Johnson and Justin Leonard tied for third at 25 under. John-son birdied the final five holes for a 62, the best round of the week.

“I got red hot at the end,” Johnson said. “I played really good early, missed a cou-ple putts, but I made a bunch at the end.”

The Kapalua winner is taking a four-week break. He’ll return for the Match Play event in Arizona.

“I know it’s a neces-sity, I know it’s good for me, it’s good for my family, but I’m also hes-itant because I’m play-ing well,” Johnson said. “Hopefully, I can main-tain where I’m at. Main-tain my posture and my fundamentals, and that sort of thing, and come back out here in Tuc-son ready to go.”

Leonard parred his

last two for a 65.“It’s a great week,”

Leonard said. “Would love to have made a few more putts today, but it’s such a fun journey. I’m cutting my sched-ule back this year and all this does is kind of free me up to do that.”

Other than a key 18-footer on No. 15, the longest putt Reed holed was a 5-footer for a par save on the par-4 13th. That also was a crucial putt after he played the previous eight holes in 1 over with four bogeys, three birdies and a par.

In that eight-hole stretch, Todd missed two 6-foot par putts and an 8-footer and dropped another stroke with a poor bun-ker shot on the par-3 12th. He two-putted for birdie on two par 5s and made a 4-footer on the par-4 eighth for the other birdie.

Reed also two-putted from 12 feet for a bird-ie on the par-5 second hole, but his eagle putt near had a chance — signaling that his put-ter had cooled off over-night.

PGA-Humana Challenge ScoresSunday

p-PGA West, Palmer Course; 6,950 yards, par 72n-PGA West, Nicklaus Course; 6,924 yards, par 72

q-La Quinta Country Club; 7,060 yards, par 72La Quinta, Calif.

Purse: $5.7 millionFinal

Patrick Reed (500), $1,026,000 63p-63q-63n-71 — 260Ryan Palmer (300), $615,600 64p-65q-70n-63 — 262Zach Johnson (163), $330,600 65q-68n-68p-62 — 263Justin Leonard (163), $330,600 66n-67p-65q-65 — 263Brian Stuard (110), $228,000 67q-66n-66p-65 — 264Bill Haas (95), $198,075 65q-66n-67p-67 — 265Brendon Todd (95), $198,075 65n-63p-68q-69 — 265Chad Collins (85), $176,700 68n-68p-65q-65 — 266Stuart Appleby (73), $148,200 66p-69q-67n-65 — 267Charlie Beljan (73), $148,200 68q-64n-68p-67 — 267Ben Crane (73), $148,200 70q-64n-65p-68 — 267Charley Hoffman (73), $148,200 64q-66n-66p-71 — 267Russell Knox (56), $103,740 65p-70q-67n-66 — 268Matt Every (56), $103,740 65n-68p-69q-66 — 268Jerry Kelly (56), $103,740 69q-65n-68p-66 — 268Will MacKenzie (56), $103,740 67n-66p-66q-69 — 268Matt Jones (56), $103,740 66n-67p-66q-69 — 268Brendon de Jonge (51), $74,328 69q-68n-66p-66 — 269Luke Guthrie (51), $74,328 69p-67q-67n-66 — 269Scott Langley (51), $74,328 69q-68n-65p-67 — 269Keegan Bradley (51), $74,328 69q-66n-65p-69 — 269James Driscoll (51), $74,328 68p-63q-66n-72 — 269Webb Simpson (48), $57,000 69p-70q-67n-64 — 270Charlie Wi (48), $57,000 65p-69q-69n-67 — 270Ryo Ishikawa (43), $41,681 66p-69q-69n-67 — 271Tyrone Van Aswegen (43), $41,681 69n-67p-67q-68 — 271Martin Flores (43), $41,681 69p-65q-69n-68 — 271Johnson Wagner (43), $41,681 72p-66q-68n-65 — 271Martin Laird (43), $41,681 69n-66p-68q-68 — 271Hudson Swafford (43), $41,681 65n-71p-70q-65 — 271Billy Horschel (43), $41,681 72p-65q-70n-64 — 271Roberto Castro (43), $41,681 68p-73q-66n-64 — 271Camilo Villegas (36), $30,780 70n-66p-68q-68 — 272Harris English (36), $30,780 67q-66n-71p-68 — 272Josh Teater (36), $30,780 68n-68p-70q-66 — 272Rickie Fowler (36), $30,780 68q-71n-67p-66 — 272Jason Bohn (36), $30,780 70q-65n-66p-71 — 272

Bryce Molder (29), $21,660 69p-72q-63n-69 — 273Gary Woodland (29), $21,660 69p-71q-65n-68 — 273Andrew Svoboda (29), $21,660 69n-69p-66q-69 — 273Cameron Tringale (29), $21,660 68q-66n-70p-69 — 273Jeff Overton (29), $21,660 70q-67n-67p-69 — 273Brian Davis (29), $21,660 69p-71q-66n-67 — 273Spencer Levin (29), $21,660 69p-68q-66n-70 — 273Rory Sabbatini (29), $21,660 68p-67q-67n-71 — 273Seung-Yul Noh (29), $21,660 68p-66q-66n-73 — 273James Hahn (29), $21,660 70p-68q-69n-66 — 273Justin Hicks (19), $13,817 64n-71p-70q-69 — 274John Merrick (19), $13,817 66q-70n-69p-69 — 274Kevin Kisner (19), $13,817 66n-70p-69q-69 — 274Brad Fritsch (19), $13,817 67p-70q-67n-70 — 274Scott Brown (19), $13,817 67p-68q-70n-69 — 274Bo Van Pelt (19), $13,817 70q-68n-67p-69 — 274Kevin Na (19), $13,817 68n-68p-68q-70 — 274Brice Garnett (19), $13,817 67p-69q-68n-70 — 274Steven Bowditch (19), $13,817 71n-67p-68q-68 — 274Michael Putnam (19), $13,817 68q-69n-70p-67 — 274Harrison Frazar (8), $12,198 69n-68p-68q-70 — 275Pat Perez (8), $12,198 69q-70n-66p-70 — 275Brandt Snedeker (8), $12,198 72q-64n-69p-70 — 275Davis Love III (8), $12,198 69p-68q-69n-69 — 275Daniel Summerhays (8), $12,198 64n-69p-73q-69 — 275Kevin Chappell (8), $12,198 70q-70n-63p-72 — 275Charles Howell III (8), $12,198 73n-68p-65q-69 — 275Scott Stallings (8), $12,198 68n-69p-69q-69 — 275Jonathan Byrd (8), $12,198 68p-69q-65n-73 — 275Stewart Cink (8), $12,198 73q-63n-71p-68 — 275Lee Williams (8), $12,198 70n-68p-69q-68 — 275Erik Compton (1), $11,172 70q-66n-70p-70 — 276Jim Herman (1), $11,172 67n-68p-68q-73 — 276Blake Adams (1), $11,172 70p-70q-66n-70 — 276Ken Duke (1), $11,172 71p-70q-65n-70 — 276Nicholas Thompson (1), $11,172 71p-69q-67n-69 — 276Chad Campbell (1), $11,172 71p-68q-68n-69 — 276John Senden (1), $11,172 71n-70p-66q-69 — 276William McGirt (1), $10,659 70n-70p-64q-73 — 277Freddie Jacobson (1), $10,659 71p-68q-68n-70 — 277David Lingmerth (1), $10,431 69q-68n-69p-72 — 278Kevin Stadler (1), $10,431 69n-66p-72q-71 — 278Brett Quigley (1), $10,260 66q-73n-68p-72 — 279Scott McCarron (1), $10,146 72q-69n-66p-73 — 280J.J. Henry (1), $9,975 71n-70p-65q-75 — 281Brian Harman (1), $9,975 69n-66p-72q-74 — 281

Patrick Reed holds on to win Humana Challenge

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Patrick Reed kisses the trophy on Sunday after the final round of the Humana Challenge PGA golf tournament on the Palmer Private course at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif.

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Zach Johnson watches his tee shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the Humana Challenge golf tournament on Sunday on the Palmer Private course at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif.

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JOHN PYEAP Sports Writer

MELBOURNE, Aus-tralia — The powerful serve that carried Ser-ena Williams to 25 con-secutive wins sudden-ly became the target of Ana Ivanovic’s attack in a major fourth-round upset at the Australian Open.

Williams had a back complaint she’d tried to keep secret be-fore Sunday but Iva-novic noticed almost immediately that her serve wasn’t as fast as she’d expected, and she started taking big swipes at it.

The No. 14-seed-ed Ivanovic ended Wil-liams’ bid for a sixth Australian and 18th Grand Slam title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victo-ry that took the hottest of favorites out of con-tention at Melbourne Park and opened up one side of the wom-en’s draw.

“It’s not easy play-ing such a champion ... but she is also just a human,” said Iva-novic, who beat Venus Williams in the final at Auckland, New Zea-land earlier this month. “I just went out there swinging.”

Williams hadn’t lost a match since Au-

gust, and went 78-4 in 2013. She came into the fourth round with those 25 straight wins, the second-longest streak of her career, and it was her 70th match at Melbourne Park, a record in the Open era. Williams had just set the mark for most match wins (61) ever at the Australian Open with her third-round victory.

The No. 1-ranked Wil-liams didn’t move her feet well, and was lung-ing for balls. When she tried to step up the in-tensity in the third set, her grunts becoming louder and more fre-quent until she toned it down after spraying a wild backhand wide in the next-to-last game, Ivanovic matched her stroke for stroke.

“It wasn’t the best,” Williams told a news conference, after being told that her coach had leaked news of a back problem.

“Again, I don’t want to blame anything. I feel like Ana deserves all the credit,” Wil-liams added. “I feel she played unbelievable to-day. I think she went for her shots. It’s not like I gave her the match.”

Ivanovic advanced to the quarterfinals here

for the first time since her run to the 2008 final and will next play the winner of Sunday’s lat-er match between Aus-tralian wild-card entry Casey Dellacqua and No. 30-seeded Eugenie Bouchard.

The other quarterfi-nal on this half will fea-ture two women who’ll turn 32 next month, af-ter two-time finalist Li Na beat No. 22 Ekater-ina Makarova 6-2, 6-0 and No. 28 Flavia Pen-netta upset No. 9 An-gelique Kerber 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.

Novak Djokovic con-tinued his bid for a fourth straight title here with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 win over Fabio Fognini in 1 ½ hours, while No. 3-seeded David Ferrer advanced to the quar-terfinals by beating Florian Mayer 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2, 6-1.

In the 52 previous matches here where she’d won the first set, Williams had only ever lost one match — against fellow Ameri-can Sloane Stephens in last year’s quarterfinals.

The crowd was even-ly divided at first but, sensing an upset, start-ed backing Ivanovic, the former girlfriend of Australian golfer Adam Scott, as the match progressed.

After dropping serve twice in the first set,

Ivanovic didn’t face an-other break point in the second or third sets. She broke Williams three times, frequent-ly standing well inside the baseline to receive.

She had 33 winners, including 20 on her forehand side. She also had a little bit of luck, when she drove a back-hand into the top of the net, and it looped over and caught the line at an important stage of the third set.

“I had to remind my-self all the time just to stay in the moment, because there were moments in the match where it could have gone either way,” Iva-novic said. “But I real-ly just believed in my game and stepped up when I needed to.”

Ivanovic won her

only major at the French Open in 2008, giving her the No. 1 ranking for a total of 12 weeks. But then she only advanced past the fourth round once at 22 Grand Slams.

“I had to break a spell, fourth round,” Ivanovic said, “and what’s the better place to do it than here against such a champion?”

Williams hit 22 win-ners but made 31 un-forced errors, mostly on her backhand.

“I made a tremen-dous amount of er-rors, shots ... I haven’t missed since the ‘80s,” Williams said.

Williams, pausing to concentrate, was given a warning for a time vio-lation in her last service game, and fended off a match point when Iva-novic netted a return.

In the next game, though, Ivanovic set up triple match point when Williams hit a service return too long, and then clinched it just under two hours.

Williams didn’t say exactly what the back injury was, but thought she’d get over it in a few days with some rest. She’d thought about pulling out of the tour-nament, but it wasn’t in her nature to concede defeat.

“Maybe I wasn’t the best physically, but that had nothing to do with it,” Williams said. “I think Ana just played a really good match. She did what it takes to win.”

Ivanovic ousts Serena in historic upset

AARON FAVIA / AP

Serena Williams of the U.S. rests on her racket during her fourth round loss to Ana Ivanovic of Serbia on Sunday at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia.

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Overeaters Anonymous group meets at 5:30 p.m., every Thurs-day, in Mattison Conference Room E, Florida Hospital Waterman, 1000 Waterman Way, Tavares. Call 352-223-9769.

Childbirth classes are held on an ongoing basis. For details and reg-istration, call 352-253-3367 or email Cheryl.Finotti@ahss.org.

“Look Good … Feel Better” Amer-ican Cancer Society program meets from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., on the second Monday of every other month, at the hospital’s Cancer Institute Waterman Conference Room, Tavares. Call La-tanya Ruiz at 352-253-3605.

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MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca-lif. — Brian Otis ginger-ly holds what looks like a typical contact lens on his index finger. Look closer. Sandwiched in this lens are two twinkling glit-ter-specks loaded with tens of thousands of min-iaturized transistors. It’s ringed with a hair-thin antenna. Together these remarkable miniature electronics can monitor glucose levels in tears of

diabetics and then wire-lessly transmit them to a handheld device.

“It doesn’t look like much, but it was a cra-zy amount of work to get everything so very small,” he said before the project was unveiled Thursday.

During years of sol-dering hair-thin wires to miniaturize electronics, Otis burned his fingertips so often that he can no longer feel the tiny chips he made from scratch in Google’s Silicon Val-ley headquarters, a small

price to pay for what he says is the smallest wire-less glucose sensor ever made.

Just 35 miles away in the beach town of Santa Cruz, high school soccer coach and university se-nior Michael Vahradian, 21, has his own set of fin-gertip callouses, his from pricking himself up to 10 times a day for the past 17 years to draw blood for his glucose meter. A cell-phone-sized pump on his hip that attaches to a flex-ible tube implanted in

his stomach shoots rap-id-acting insulin into his body around the clock.

“I remember at first it was really hard to make the needle sticks a habit because it hurt so much,” he said. “And there are still times I don’t want to do it — it hurts and it’s incon-venient. When I’m hang-ing out with friends, head-ing down to the beach to body-surf or going to lunch, I have to hold ev-eryone up to take my

Google’s contact lens prototype could be option for diabetics

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This undated photo released by Google shows a contact lens Google is testing to explore tear glucose.

ARNIE STAPLETONAP Pro Football Writer

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Of all the decisions coach John Fox made that kept the Den-

ver Broncos rolling through a drama-filled season, one was an absolute life-saver.

Instead of going out on his fish-ing boat for some solitude during his team’s bye week, Fox decided to play 18 holes with some buddies

some 200 yards from his offseason home in Charlotte, N.C.

“I’d have been 60 miles out in the woods,” Fox said. “They might

never have found me.”Fox had just seen his

cardiologist in Raleigh,

who told him he’d still be able to de-lay his heart operation until after the Super Bowl so long as he didn’t feel faint or short of breath in the meantime.

Fox was born with a genetic de-fect in his aortic valve, which regu-lates blood flow from the heart into the aorta, the major blood vessel that brings blood into the body. He said it was discovered in 1997 when a murmur showed up in a physical while he was the Giants defensive coordinator.

Feeling dizzy, he chipped with-in 2 feet for par, then lay down on the 14th green and, hardly able to breathe, said a short prayer: “God

John Fox’s biggest decision was a life-saver

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that monitoring could be going on passively, through a contact lens, is especially promis-ing for the world’s 382 million diabetics who need insulin and keep a close watch on their blood sugar.

The prototype, which Google says will take at least five years to reach consumers, is one of several medical devic-es being designed by companies to make glucose monitoring for diabetic patients more convenient and less in-vasive than traditional finger pricks.

The contact lenses were developed during the past 18 months in the clandestine Goo-gle X lab that also came up with a driverless car, Google’s Web-surfing eyeglasses and Proj-ect Loon, a network of large balloons designed to beam the Internet to unwired places.

But research on the contact lenses be-gan several years ear-

lier at the University of Washington, where sci-entists worked under National Science Foun-dation funding. Until Thursday, when Goo-gle shared information about the project with The Associated Press, the work had been kept under wraps.

“You can take it to a certain level in an ac-ademic setting, but at Google we were given the latitude to invest in this project,” Otis said. “The beautiful thing is we’re leveraging all of the innovation in the semiconductor industry that was aimed at mak-ing cellphones smaller and more powerful.”

American Diabetes Association board chair Dwight Holing said he’s gratified that creative scientists are searching for solutions for peo-ple with diabetes but warned that the device must provide accurate and timely information.

“People with diabe-tes base very important health care decisions on the data we get from our monitors,” he said.

Other non-nee-dle glucose monitor-ing systems are also in

the works, including a similar contact lens by Netherlands-based NovioSense, a minus-cule, flexible spring that is tucked under an eyelid. Israel-based OrSense has already tested a thumb cuff, and there have been early designs for tat-toos and saliva sensors.

A wristwatch mon-itor was approved by the FDA in 2001, but patients said the low level electric currents pulling fluid from their skin was painful, and it was buggy.

“There are a lot of people who have big promises,” said Dr. Christopher Wilson, CEO of NovioSense. “It’s just a question of who gets to market with something that re-ally works first.”

Palo Alto Medical Foundation endocri-nologist Dr. Larry Levin said it was remarkable and important that a tech firm like Google is getting into the medi-cal field and that he’d like to be able to offer his patients a pain-free alternative from either pricking their fingers or living with a thick nee-dle embedded in their stomach for constant monitoring.

Worldwide, the glu-cose-monitoring de-vices market is expect-ed to be more than $16 billion by the end of this year, according to analysts at Renub Re-search.

The Google team built the wireless chips in clean rooms and used advanced engi-neering to get integrat-ed circuits and a glu-cose sensor into such a small space.

Researchers also had to build in a system to pull energy from in-coming radio frequency waves to power the de-vice enough to collect and transmit one glu-cose reading per sec-ond. The embedded electronics in the lens don’t obscure vision be-cause they lie outside the eye’s pupil and iris.

Google is now look-ing for partners with ex-perience bringing sim-ilar products to market. Google officials declined to say how many people worked on the project or how much the firm has invested in it.

Dr. David Klonoff, medical director of the diabetes research insti-tute at Mills-Peninsula Health Services in San Mateo, worked with Google to see wheth-er glucose is present in tears and wheth-er the amount of glu-cose is proportional to the amount of glucose in blood. He’s still an-alyzing but optimistic about his findings and warns there are many potential pitfalls.

“Already this has some breakthrough technologies, but this is a moonshot, there are so many challeng-es,” he said.

One is figuring out how to correlate glu-cose levels in tears as compared with blood. And what happens on windy days, while chopping onions or during very sad mov-ies? As with any med-ical device, it would need to be tested and proved accurate, safe, and at least as good as other types of glucose sensors available now to win FDA approval.

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LAURAN NEERGAARDAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — It’s no secret that smoking caus-es lung cancer. But what about diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, erectile dysfunc-tion? Fifty years into the war on smoking, scientists still are adding diseases to the long list of cigarettes’ harms — even as the government struggles to get more people to kick the habit.

A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General’s office says the nation is at a crossroads, celebrating decades of prog-ress against the chief pre-ventable killer but not yet poised to finish the job.

“The real emphasis needs to be put on the fact that we still have a major and tragic catastrophe going on,” said acting Surgeon General Bo-ris Lushniak.

The report, being released Friday, is a dash of cold wa-ter after last week’s head-lines marking the 50th anni-versary of the landmark 1964 surgeon general’s report that launched the anti-smok-ing movement. Yes, far fewer Americans smoke today — about 18 percent of adults, down from more than 42 percent in 1964.

But the government may not meet its goal of drop-ping that rate to 12 percent by 2020, the new report cau-tioned.

Nearly half a million peo-ple will die from smoking-re-lated diseases this year. Each day, more than 3,200 youths smoke their first cigarette. New products such as e-cig-arettes, with effects that ar-en’t yet understood, compli-cate public health messages. And if current trends contin-ue unabated, 5.6 million of today’s children and teens will go on to die prematurely

during adulthood because of smoking, the report found.

Remarkably, the report adds more entries to the of-ficial list of smoking-caused diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthri-tis, erectile dysfunction, the macular degeneration that can blind older adults, two additional cancers — liver and colorectal — and cleft palate birth defects.

“Enough is enough,” said Lushniak. He urged new re-solve to end smoking by in-creasing use of proven to-bacco-control measures, including price hikes for ciga-rettes and expanding compre-hensive indoor-smoking bans that he said currently cover about half the population.

The report also encourag-es research into newer ideas, such as whether lowering the amount of addictive nic-otine in cigarettes would

help people quit.Here are some ways the

smoking landscape has changed between the 1964 surgeon general’s report and Friday’s:

1964: The surgeon general declares that cigarette smok-ing increases deaths.

2014: About 20.8 million people in the U.S. have died from smoking-related dis-eases since then, a toll the report puts at 10 times the number of Americans who have died in all of the na-tion’s wars combined. Most were smokers or former smokers, but nearly 2.5 mil-lion died from heart disease or lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke.

1964: Heavy smoking is de-clared the main cause of lung cancer, at least in men. “The data for women, though less extensive, point in the same direction.”

2014: Today, lung cancer is the top cancer killer, and women who smoke have about the same risk of dying from it as men. As smoking has declined, rates of new lung cancer diagnoses are declining nearly 3 percent a year among men and about 1 percent a year among women.

1964: Male smokers were dying of heart disease more than nonsmokers, but the surgeon general stopped short of declaring cigarettes a cause of heart disease.

2014: Today, heart disease actually claims more lives of smokers 35 and older than lung cancer does. Likewise, secondhand smoke is riski-er for your heart. Smoke-free laws have been linked to re-ductions in heart attacks. Friday’s surgeon general re-port also found that second-hand smoke increases the

risk of a stroke.1964: Smoking in preg-

nancy results in low-birth-weight babies.

2014: Friday’s report said 100,000 of the smok-ing-caused deaths over the past 20 years were babies who died of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, or complications from pre-maturity, low birth weight or other conditions relat-ed to parents’ smoking. And it adds cleft palate birth de-fects to that list of smoking risks to babies.

1964: The more you smoke, the bigger the risk of death.

2014: Smokers are esti-mated to shorten their life by more than a decade. But stopping can lower that risk; sooner is better.

1964: That first report fo-cused mostly on lung effects and couldn’t prove whether certain other illnesses were caused by smoking.

2014: Doctors now know that smoking impacts nearly every organ of the body, and Friday’s report said medical care for smoking-caused ill-nesses is costing the coun-try more than $130 billion a year. Add to that lost produc-tivity of more than $150 bil-lion a year.

1964: Cigarettes were the major concern. “The habit-ual use of tobacco is related primarily to psychological and social drives, reinforced and perpetuated by phar-macological (drug) actions of nicotine.”

2014: “The tobacco indus-try continues to introduce and market new products that establish and maintain nicotine addiction,” Friday’s report says. The percentage of middle and high school students who use electron-ic or e-cigarettes more than doubled between 2011 and 2012.

Surgeon general adds to list of smoking’s harms

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Less than 48 hours later, on Nov. 4, he underwent open-heart surgery.

Four days after that, he was released from the hospital and his wife helped him set up a command center at his home in Charlotte to keep tabs on his team back in Denver.

Not only was he in daily con-tact with defensive coordi-nator Jack Del Rio, who guid-ed the Broncos to three wins in four games during in his ab-sence, but Fox was also in con-stant communication with his captains, including quarterback Peyton Manning.

Fox watched cut-ups of prac-tices on his iPad playbook to help formulate game plans and he watched games on his big-screen TV.

The lone loss during his hia-tus was a 34-31 overtime heart-breaker at New England on Nov. 24 when the Broncos blew a 24-0 halftime lead after cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromart-ie separated a shoulder trying to pick off Tom Brady’s despera-tion pass that died in the wind at the end of the first half.

Brady took advantage of D.R.C.’s absence to stage the biggest comeback of his career,

just as he’s going to try to capi-talize on the loss of cornerback Chris Harris Jr. (knee) when the Patriots (13-4) visit the Broncos (14-3) on Sunday with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.

“Probably the hardest thing for the team was that we didn’t know when Foxie was going to be back,” Broncos executive vice president John Elway said. “And in Foxie’s mind, he would have been back three days after the surgery.”

Fox and his wife, Robin, flew home on team owner Pat Bowlen’s jet in late November and at Del Rio’s suggestion he visited with the team on Thanks-giving morning, then watched from his home in Denver as the Broncos beat the Chiefs 35-28 in Kansas City that weekend to take charge of the AFC West.

He returned to work the fol-lowing day, his newfound ener-gy matching his renewed enthu-siasm, saying his surgeon told him the aortic valve was now the size of a 50-cent piece instead of a pinhead.

What a difference.He exuded vitality while cap-

turing his third division title in his three seasons since replac-ing Josh McDaniels in Denver, then dispatched the demons of last year’s playoff loss with an exhaling win over San Diego last weekend.

“He’s got more energy than anybody I’ve ever seen,” Elway

said. “That, to me, is the defini-tion of John Fox: the energy lev-el that he brings. He brings it to the practice field, and it’s conta-gious. I think that’s why he was a perfect fit for us after what hap-pened with Josh. That positive attitude that he brings turned the culture around because of the type of guy that he is.

“We missed his energy.”Since his return on Dec. 2, Fox

has more pep in his step, more boom in his voice — and even more gumption in his calls.

Like sending in Matt Prater for a 64-yard field goal attempt on an icy afternoon in Denver or or-dering his high-powered offense not to milk the clock with a big lead at Houston, where Man-ning broke Brady’s single-sea-son touchdown record with a late score.

Could this be the same man who had Manning take a knee with three timeouts and 31 sec-onds remaining in regulation in the playoff game last year af-ter Baltimore’s Jacoby Jones’ 70-yard game-tying TD catch?

Has Fox turned in his conser-vative credentials?

While Fox said his health scare did cause him to re-evaluate some things, he insists it didn’t have a profound effect on his approach to the job.

“It’s like an injury to a player,” Fox said. “When you come back, you hope you’re the same play-er again.”

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MATTHEW PERRONEAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Fri-day cleared a first-of-a-kind blood test that can help diagnose mental disabilities in babies by analyzing their genetic code.

The laboratory test from Affymetrix de-tects variations in pa-tients’ chromosomes that are linked to Down syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome and other developmental disor-ders. About 2 to 3 per-cent of U.S. children have some sort of in-tellectual disability, ac-cording to the National Institutes of Health.

The test, known as the CytoScan Dx As-say, is designed to help doctors diagnose children’s disabilities earlier and get them appropriate care and support. It is not in-tended for prenatal screening or for pre-dicting other genet-ically acquired dis-eases and conditions, such as cancer.

While there are al-ready genetic tests used to detect condi-tions like Down’s syn-drome, doctors usu-ally have to order them individually and they can take sever-al days to develop. Pe-diatricians said Friday that Affymetrix’s test should offer a faster,

more comprehensive screening approach. Dr. Annemarie Strous-trup stressed that such tests are generally only used after children ex-hibit certain physi-cal or behavioral signs that suggest a disorder.

“When there’s something about the child that strikes us as unusual or pointing to a potential genet-ic disease, that’s when we would use this testing,” said Strous-trup, an assistant pro-fessor of pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

Currently hospitals in all 50 states are re-quired to screen new-borns for at least 29 disorders that can be detected though labo-ratory testing, includ-ing sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. Generally those tests pickup irregulari-ties in metabolism, not genetic varia-tions. The mandato-ry screening program, begun a half-centu-ry ago, is considered one of the nation’s most successful pub-lic health programs.

The FDA said it ap-proved the new test based on studies showing it accurate-ly analyzes a patient’s entire genome and can accurately spot variations associated with intellectual dis-abilities.

REBECCA SANTANAAssociated Press

KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan’s city of Pe-shawar is the world’s largest pool of the po-lio virus, with the vast majority of cases in the country and neighbor-ing Afghanistan trac-ing back to the restive northwestern city, the World Health Organi-zation announced Fri-day.

Some 90 percent of polio cases found around Pakistan can be genetically linked to the city, the U.N. orga-nization said. Even 12 of the 13 cases reported in 2013 in neighboring Afghanistan can also be traced back to Pe-shawar, officials said, showing the challenge of combating the dis-ease in a country where militants target vacci-nators.

“If you do not take care of this reservoir it will keep threatening other parts of the coun-try as well. Then the fi-nal eradication would be much more diffi-cult,” said Elias Durry, who heads the WHO’s eradication efforts in Pakistan.

Pakistan, along with Afghanistan and Nige-ria, are the only coun-tries in the world where polio remains endemic. Pakistan has struggled for years to eradicate the disease through a series of repeated vac-cination campaigns of children.

But that effort has been hampered in re-cent years by militant attacks that have left more than 30 vacci-nators and police offi-cers who protect them dead. Two powerful Pa-kistani Taliban mili-tants also have banned vaccinators from North and South Waziristan, two tribal regions that border Afghanistan to the west.

The number of po-lio cases in Pakistan jumped from 58 in 2012 to 91 in 2013. Of the polio cases recorded last year, 65 were located in the re-mote tribal regions.

Hundreds of thou-sands of Pakistanis seeking refuge from fighting in the tribal re-gions in recent years have flooded into Pe-shawar, which is also the capital of Khyber Paktunkhwa province. Those infected bring

the disease back with them when they leave. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans also travel to and from the city daily.

The WHO and the government regularly test samples of the sew-age water in Peshawar as well as other major cities across the coun-try. During the last six months, they detected the highly contagious polio virus in all the samples collected in Peshawar, Durry said.

The organization is calling for repeated vaccination campaigns to help get rid of the disease in Peshawar.

Pakistan has been under pressure inter-nationally to eradicate the disease, which usu-ally infects children liv-ing in unsanitary con-ditions. The disease attacks the nerves and can kill or paralyze.

But vaccination teams have had a hard time reaching all chil-dren in parts of the troubled northwest. Durry said rough-ly 260,000 children are believed to have missed vaccinations last year in North and South Waziristan.

Militants claim the

vaccine is meant to ster-ilize Muslim children and accused health workers of being U.S. spies. The allegation gained traction after the CIA used a Pakistani doctor to try to confirm the presence of Osama bin Laden in 2011 under the guise of an immuni-zation program.

Meanwhile Friday, gunmen killed a driv-er, a technician and a security staffer for the private Express News television channel in the southern city of Karachi, police offi-cial Javed Odho said. A spokesman for the Pa-kistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying that channel and other media out-lets had supported the government in its war against the militants.

The media outlet was attacked twice last year, with the Pakistani Tali-ban claiming respon-sibility for one of the incidents. Five journal-ists were killed last year in Pakistan, making it the fourth-deadliest country in the world for journalists, accord-ing to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

World Health Organization calls Pakistan city world’s largest pool of polio

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Pakistani health worker Nooman Mehboob, 21, center, gives Ameeq Andriaz, 4, a polio vaccine while other women holding their children wait to have them vaccinated in a neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — This year, Mills River Elementa-ry third-grader Dan-ny Castro, 9, got a very special present from his school.

School officials pur-chased an FM-based wireless system that al-lows the hearing-im-paired youngster to hear his teacher, Julie Ann Mitchell, through his hearing aids.

Every day the gregar-ious boy enters school, hooks up his hear-ing system and pre-pares to learn. Mitch-ell uses a microphone and a palm-sized wire-less transmitter that hangs around her neck to reach the receivers in Danny’s hearing aids, allowing him to listen to her lessons at a high-er decibel level than he otherwise could.

“Whenever she speaks on the micro-phone, it connects to my ‘boots’ (receivers in his hearing aids), and it’s cool because you can hear what she is saying,” Danny said on a rainy Friday morning after he finished read-

ing a book passage to a classmate. “I use it to help me hear better.”

Until this year, Danny had been using a simi-lar system his parents had purchased and sent him to school with every day since kinder-garten. The new tech-nology, however, can be left at school.

Mitchell said “Dan-ny is excelling this year. With his hearing loss, he works with a speech therapist and he has

come a long way.”Learning vocabu-

lary, math or any oth-er third-grade sub-ject “would be difficult for him” without the sound-amplifying ap-paratus, Mitchell said. “He would miss about 80 percent of instruc-tion without the hear-ing aid and the FM system. Without the system, it would be a struggle for him and his vocabulary would suffer.”

She added that Dan-ny’s parents have been very conscientious about making sure he has the proper technol-ogy to aide his learn-ing. “They have been working with his doc-tors and audiologists to make sure he is re-ceiving the help that he needs,” Mitchell said. “He has become used to it over the years, so it’s very much second nature to him. It’s part of his everyday life.”

Mitchell said Dan-ny will often take the initiative to charge the system or initiate it in the morning before

class starts.“He is a very outgo-

ing, very sweet and ea-ger student,” she said. “He wants to get his work correct, so he works very hard.”

Fellow students think the system is “cool,” she added. “They see that it is helping one of my students and because they have been in class with him for years, they have been very accept-ing.”

Mitchell said sever-al other hearing-im-paired students at the school use systems to help them hear their teachers. “One student has a tower speaker that sits on the floor” and amplifies the teacher’s voice, while another has a desktop speaker that accomplishes the same mission.

“With this system Danny, has really grown over the years,” Mitch-ell said. She would like other school adminis-trators to know that it is “easy for students who have hearing loss to re-ceive help with some sort of FM system in order to grow aca-demically. Without it, there’s a lack of vocab-ulary and compensa-tion with anything be-ing taught. Our school has been working hard in the past year, and we were fortunate to get the system this year.”

Danny said he likes the system “because wherever Mrs. Mitch-ell goes, the speaker follows her and moves with her so I can hear her. I also like it because it connects to the com-puter speaker so I can hear it better. Without it, I would not be able to hear Mrs. Mitchell and if I can’t hear her, then what kind of les-sons can I use?”

Third-grader gets help with hearing aid

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Mills River Elementary School third grade teacher Julie Ann Mitchell uses a microphone connected to an FM wireless signal that connects to a receiver in the hearing aid of her third-grade student Danny Castro to help him hear what she is teaching.

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She also has neuro-blastoma, a rare and potentially fatal child-hood cancer. In the United States, there are only 400 to 600 cases a year.

Recently, sever-al hundred people showed up at a spa-ghetti dinner fundrais-er at Sara’s church, the 1,100-member Trini-ty United Methodist, in Blythewood to offer prayers and well wish-es. The event raised some $4,000.

One supporter was Trinity member Jack-son Davis, 11, who wrote these words with a purple felt-tipped pen on a board crowd-ed with prayers and good wishes: “Love you, get well soon.”

Many people wore lo-gos with a purple danc-ing lion, a logo church

member Kathy Rhodes designed in tribute to Sara’s favorite song, “Roar,” an anthem to courage by pop sing-er Katy Perry. It’s about a fearful young woman who became brave.

“I got the eye of a ti-ger / Dancing through a fire. ... You’re going to hear me roar,” the song goes.

Sara’s mom, Michelle Duncan, 37, a church member, said in an in-terview that so far, Sara is making progress. “We’re thankful we live in a community with such great support be-tween the church, the neighborhood and the Blythewood communi-ty coming together to help us out.”

The money will come in handy for expenses insurance doesn’t cov-er, she said.

Already, Sara — the youngest of three chil-dren — has endured a medical odyssey most adults will never see. It has included a major operation to remove an

abdominal solid-mass tumor, rounds of che-motherapy, stem-cell extractions and im-plants from and into her body.

Radiation therapy, and weeks more in the hospital, are most likely in the future. She’s been a regular both at Pal-metto Health Richland Children’s Hospital and the Medical University of South Carolina.

The Duncans - Mi-chelle and her hus-band, David, of 17

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“We feel that God has a path for us, for healing, and He’s been really good to us so far. He’s put the right doctors in place, the right medical team in

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Sara knows what is happening, Duncan said. “Her faith is great. She has prayed for healing, and she knows that God is going to heal her. She’s a fighter. She doesn’t complain. She doesn’t like nee-dles, but I don’t know who does.”

Trinity pastor the Rev. Cathy Jamieson-Ogg de-scribed Sara this way:

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Last month she started to re-fuse to talk while I was driv-ing. If I tried talking to her, she wouldn’t respond. She recent-ly told her boyfriend (who she texts constantly while riding with me) that she didn’t like my driving. I found out because of a post he made on Face-book. When I asked her about it, she said that morning I had slammed on the brakes and it scared her.

This has made me tense and stressed out in the morn-ings, and I want to stop driv-ing her. My grandmother says I should stick it out instead of causing friction. My mom thinks I should stop driving her, but only if she can find anoth-er ride.

I tried to explain this to her, but she won’t listen and I’m still stuck with her. This has ruined our relationship. I feel like she hates me, but I don’t know what to do about any of it. Help! — DRIVEN CRAZY IN FLORIDA

DEAR DRIVEN CRAZY: Your for-mer best friend may have stopped talking to you on the way to school because she was too busy texting her boyfriend. She is ignoring the fact that you have been doing her the favor of transporting her and is using you as a private taxi service.

If she was frightened because you braked suddenly, the per-son she should have said it to was YOU. So stop “explaining” to her and TELL her that if she wants to continue getting a free ride, she had better adjust her attitude or make other arrange-ments for transportation.

DEAR ABBY: My daughter, the mother of a toddler, just had twins. We live four hours away, so I stayed with them for a few weeks to help her and her hus-band adjust to their larger fam-ily. It taught me a lot about how to help new mothers who are feeling overwhelmed.

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The gift of your time is ever so much more helpful than cute baby outfits that are quick-ly outgrown. Thanks, Abby! — PROUD GRANDMA IN NEW YORK

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DEAR READERS: Today we cele-brate the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the vi-sionary civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. Many of his words ring as true today as when they were first spoken.

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Robert Plante's Home Maintenance 352-484-3543

250 Handyman

SOCIAL SECURITYDISABLITY

Contact us if your claim has beendenied or if you need help.

Over 30 yrs. exp.No fees or costsunless your claim is approved.

Cooper Consulting2228 South St., Leesburg

352-728-5552

245 Financial

SILVER LAKEASSISTED LIVING

Private Room avail. $3,100/mo.What are you paying for Dementia

care? No point system orentrance fee. Lic #ALF8956

Call 352-365-9929

205 Adult Care

NOTICEFlorida Statute states, “It is a

misdemeanor for any person willfully,knowingly, or intentionally to operate

or attempt to operate a family daycare home without a license or

without registering with thedepartment, whichever is applicable”.

Florida Statute states, “No personshall advertise a child care facility

without including within suchadvertisement the state or localagency license number of such

facility. The statute applies to anyonewith more than 1 unrelated child

in their home.

205 Adult Care

201 Insurance

200At Your Service

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DISCOUNTAPPLIANCE

Repair-Sales-Service Most Repairs $60 Plus Parts

WASHER, DRYER,REFRIGERATOR“Don’t Toss ItFix It For Less”Buying Clean

Washers & DryersDays, Evenings & Weekends

Call Now352-874-1238

COUNTERTOP REFRIGERATOR 2 cu. ft.Works great. $50. 753-7075

605 Appliances

TELEVISION CABINET light woodw/door. 76”x41”. $100. 508-5315

TABLE SOLID OAK, LEAF, & 4 CHAIRSvery good cond. $75. 435-0888

TABLE 40” round drop leaf, 4cushioned chairs. $80 352-396-6346

TABLE & 6/CHAIRS Duncan & Phyfe.antique, asking $150. 267-8693

SNACK TRAYS (4) w/carrier. Goodcond. $39 Call 352-315-9820

SECTIONAL SOFA CONTAINS QUEENSIZE BED. Excel cond. $300 MustSee!. 352-742-0429

RECLINERS Like new. 1 green, 1mauve. $100 both. 269-330-5696

RECLINER brown leather. Good cond.$20. Call 352-217-9111

MATTRESSES (2) Twin, bed rails, linens& pads. $80. 502-554-4854

LOVE SEAT w/professionally made slipcover. Excel. $70. 352-508-9415

LOVE SEAT Mist green in color. Likenew. $150 SOLD

LOVE SEAT floral, good cond. $50.excl. buy. Call 352-365-1487

LIVING ROOM SIDE CHAIR brown Microfabric. $25. 352-742-0429

GLASS TABLE TOP 40” x 40” 1/2 thickaround corners. $30. 551-9396

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Dark wood.Good cond. $50. SOLD

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER 6’ x 10.5”Tx3.5’Wx 21”D. $100. 352-460-5557

END TABLE med. - large. $15. Call352-787-0613

604 Furniture

DINING TABLE brown, wooden73”Lx38”W, w/leaf. $95 360-3335

DINETTE TABLE w/4 chairs, light Oak.30"Wx48"L $99. 460-0472

DINETTE TABLE octagon, white w/leaf,4 chairs. $90. 352-787-5379

DESK lg. L-shape or straight, lots ofdrawers. $35 obo SOLD

DESK 71”Lx36”Wx29”H, 6 drawers,brown, great cond. $50. 233-0464

COUCH Mist green in color w/throwpillows. Like new. $200. SOLD

COUCH Contemporary & 2 chairs, goodin Tavares. $390. 740-250-5602

CORNER DESK, good cond. $35 Call352-508-9979

COFFEE TABLE & 2 END TABLES. glass2 tier. Like new. $100. SOLD

CHAIR Excel. cond. $75 obo. Call 352-223-1356

BED TWIN SIZE ADJUSTABLE $300obo. 352-793-6893

BED Pottery Barn, white wood, twin,w/3 drawers. $100. 343-4216.

BED Full size w/mattress/head/footboards. Great cond. $90. SOLD

604 Furniture

RADIO/RECORD PLAYER 1940’s, BakeLite Case, Zenith, needs work. $100352-253-0294

BASEBALL CARD COLLECTION 75complete sets. 25 active figures.Starting lineup & more. All for $750.Call 352-636-2430

AUGUSTA XII Color Print 25 x 30, ‘92.Framed/signed. $65. 330-4484

603 Collectibles

FLANNEL BABY PRINT lg. assortment,pre-washed. $75. 352-483-5669

602 Arts/Crafts

WASH BOILER Antique, copper. Faircond. $55. SOLD

PARLOR TABLE tiger oak, nice, $100obo Call 352-669-2379

IRON CANDLE HOLDER 32” tall, 6.5”wide, 3 tiers. $50 Call 702-7632

601 Antiques

ANTIQUE WICKER SETEE W/CUSHION.GOOD COND. $50. 352-483-3870

601 Antiques

600Merchandise

Mart

DOG CRATE Large, 29 x 29 x 47. Likenew. $85. Call 352-406-0427

DOG CAGE Large. 24 x 21rod iron.clean $25. 352-742-2149

BIRD CAGES. Asking $35. The Villages.Call 352-753-1834

BIRD CAGE, 22” x 18”, on stand. $100Call 352-551-3978

560 PetSupplies

BLACK MOUTH CURR 1 1/2 yrs. old,shots, neutered, very well trained.FREE 352-516-5873

501 PetsFor Sale

500Pets/Animals

LAW FIRM IN LEESBURGSeeks an experienced litigation

secretary. Excellent pay & benefits.Send resume to

admin@mclinburnsed.com or fax to352-326-2608. NO phone calls.

480 Legal

LANDSCAPING COMPANYlocated 5 minutes south of Leesburgand 25 minutes south of the Villages.Seeks a knowledgeable person towork in retail nursery and outdoorshowroom Duties include answeringphones and assisting customers.Landscape design exp. and plantknowledge would be a plus.

No phone calls please.Apply in person 8-10am, Tues. - Sat.

MANSFIELD LANDSCAPING8440 CR 48 in Yalaha, FL. 4 blocks from the Bakery

SCHOOL BUSDRIVERS NEEDED

Training provided.Lake County Schools, Transportation

352-728-2561 orApply online: www.lake.k12.fl.us

470 General

IF $150-$200 WOULD HELP YOUHandout free newspapers at differentlocations in our delivery area. 20-25hrs/wk. Hours + commission. Goodfor college students & retirees. Willtrain the right person. Must be cleancut & not afraid to talk. Salesexperience a plus.

Call Joseph 813-484-3766 or Ed 352-217-9937

CARRIERSNeed immediately for

LEESBURG AREA & FRUITLAND PARKApply by Email or In Person

Daily Commercial212 E. Main St.

Leesburg or Email: carriers@dailycommercial.comInclude phone number and address

when Emailing.Candidates must havereliable transportation,Drivers License & Ins.

EOE

BUSY COLLISION CENTER NEEDSCOLLISION TECHS.

Benefits. Paid Vacation,Five paid Holidays & Medical.

APPLY IN PERSONSEE DAVIS COLEMAN

PHILLIPS BUICKCOLLISION CENTER

3320 Hwy. 441, Fruitland Park, FL

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - LAKE CNTY.•Education Coordinator•Program Staff•Membership Clerk•CDL Bus Driver

All positions are part time.Email resume to: hr@bgclsc.org

470 General

NANNYFor 6 yr old. room & board with

wages. Call 352-821-0317

465 Domestic

STYLISTFor Cosmera Hair Studio

440-812-2900 or apply in person.576 N. Hwy. 27/441 Lady Lake

460 Beauty

RODMAN/INSTRUMENTPERSON ONLY

Exp. required. Provided 3 References.Valid Clean FL Drivers License.

Apply within 1-4pm:1501 Akron Dr., Leesburg, FL.

QUALIFIED CDL A DRIVERS2 YEARS EXPERIENCE

See what we offer, assignedequipment,good home time,

weekly pay, direct dep.,health ins,paid holidays & vacation.

Call for more details.800-456-2336 X 114

DRIVERSHome EVERY Weekend, DedicatedSouthern Lanes & OTR! All Miles PAID(Loaded & Empty)! Or Walk AwayLease: No Money Down, No CreditCheck.

Call 1-888-880-5916

SERVICE TECHNICIAN NEEDEDfor a full service Pest ControlCompany. Experience preferred butNOT necessary. Full Time withbenefits. Must have a Good DrivingRecord.D.F.W.P.

Apply in person,M-F 10:30-12:00, 1:00-4:30 at

Bray's Pest Control2300 E CR 470Sumterville FL

No phone calls please

NEW CONSTRUCTIONResidential Electricians Exp. preferred.Rough & Trim. Slab, lintel & service.

Employer paid benefits, holidays & vacation. EOE

Apply at: Exceptional Electric4042 CR 124A, Wildwood

LOCAL SOD COMPANY LOOKING FORMECHANIC/SUPERVISOR

Apply in person16929 CR 48, Mt. Dora

352-383-7196

LOCAL SOD COMPANYLOOKING FOR CLASS A CDL DRIVERS

for local runs. Hrly pay.Apply in person

16929 CR 48, Mt. Dora

DIESEL MECHANIC NEEDED W/EXP.75 TRUCK SERVICE

WildwoodCall: 352-748-7575

450 Trades

GERBER COLLISION & GLASSis currently accepting applications forexperienced Auto Body Technicians at

our Leesburg location;2325 Highway 441.

Please apply in person or online atwww.gerbercollision.com/employment

to be considered for the position.Gerber offers competitive wages and

benefits to all employees!

ELECTRICIANS RESIDENTIALMin. 2 yrs. exp. Benefits, paid

vacation, medical ins. 401K match.Must have a good driving record.

Drug Free Work Place.Please call Carol at 352-748-5818

or email resume toCarol@lenhartelectric.com

8618 NE 43rd Way, Wildwood

Class “A”Mon. - Fri. in-state only. Excel. pay &

paid holiday/health/vacation.Call 352-326-5432

AGGREGATE PLANT OPERATORWEBSTER AREA352-569-0422

450 Trades

OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIANOphthalmology office seeks to addexperienced assistant or technician.Skills include all components ofpatient work-up, including history,vision, testing & refraction. F/T withbenefits.

Send resume to:sdrake@totaleyecarecenter.com or

Fax: 352-315-7610

MEDICAL ASSISTANT F/TFor busy office in the Villages.

Computer exp. a must.Fax Resume to: 352-750-1998

or Call 352-750-1999

MA NEEDED - FT W/BENEFITSFor busy Family Practice office.

Position will be primarily Front office.Experience only need apply.

Fax resume to 352-383-9226

LPN, RN, PARAMEDIC & EMTNeeded for Busy Urgent Care.

Email to:medicalbillingtoday@ yahoo.com

DIRECT CARE STAFFExp’d CNA or Childcare for Grouphome for people with disabilities inSouth Lake County. Hours vary.

Please send resumeto: dudl820@aol.com

435 Medical

SURGICAL ASSISTANTFor fast paced office. Surgical and/or

dental experience preferred.Immediate start.

Apply to: surgicalasstad@yahoo.com

NEW DENTAL PRACTICEHIRING ALL POSITIONSMust be experienced.

Send resume to:topfloridadentalteam@gmail.com

IN JUST 10 SATURDAYSYou can have the skills you need to

get a job as aDENTAL ASSISTANT10-Saturday course.

Tuition $2,300 Payment plans.Call 407-478-0206 forInfo. packet & Free CD.

CLASS STARTS FEB 22, 2014OPEN HOUSE FEB. 8th @ 11am

SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLEIn partnership with

Lake Sumter State Collegewww.mygodas.com/lssc

Lic. by FL. Commissionof Ind. ED Lic. #3333

432 Dental

ACCOUNTINGWe are seeking a qualified individual

to join our team.

Requirements:•Team Player•Strong Knowledge ofMicrosoft Office

•Detail Oriented•Time Management &Organizational Skills

Responsibilities will include:•Data Entry of Accts. Payableand Receivables

•Daily Reconciliation’s•Billing Support•Customer Service Support

Full Time position with full benefitspackage including medical/

dental/life insurance, 401k & PTO

Send Reply to:The Daily Commercial

PO Box 490007Leesburg, FL 34749 or

Email to:hr@dailycommercial.com

EOE

425 Clerical

Monday, January 20, 2014 DAILY COMMERCIAL D5

EXECUTIVE OFFICE SUITESTHE VILLAGES/LADY LAKE

Ideal for startup practices, smallbusinesses, single practitioners, andsatellite offices, etc. Features include

receptionist, conference room,kitchen, desk w/chairs, phones,

copier/fax, internet, wi-fi included.No long term commitment or

additional cost to tenants.Only all-inclusive office facility in

The Villages and the BEST VALUE!SIT DOWN, PLUG IN, & GO TO WORK!

Conveniently located on CR 466E. of Rolling Acres

Preferred Realty Management Group352-633-1900

www.preferredrmg.com

816 CommercialProperty

TAVARES private rm. & bath, lake front,pool Jacuzzi., WiFi, elec incl.$500/mo. Call 352-406-4704

FRUITLAND PARK Private rm., accessto whole house & pool. $400/mo352-728-6272

813 HomesTo Share

MOUNT DORA private rm. & bath. Allutil. cables and WiFi incl. $350/mo.Call 352-530-1765

812 Rooms toRent

LEESBURG 2/2, 55+ also lease option.Pool, cable/water/all appl. incl.$725/mo 352-357-9305

HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS 4/2.5/1 verynice 3 story, 2200sf. Stainless appl.granite counter tops, W/D hookup.$1000/mo + $1000 security dep.Call 407-947-4968

811 CondosTownhouses

LEESBURG, 2/1 & 2/2 off of Main St.nice area, very good cond. CHA.$600 & $650/mo. 561-396-5357

LEESBURG 2/2, Paulling Dr. $650/mo.1st, Last, Security & GoodReferences. Call 352-787-0004

CLERMONT HWY. 50Before Groveland

Mobile Homes For Salew/Owner Finance

Call Rick 407-547-9394•Remodeled 2br/1ba

“LAST ONE”From $500 down

---$$450/month$$---Also Avail.

Handyman Special’s•1 & 2br from

---$325/month$$---For other rentals onlyCall 352-874-7375

810 Duplexes

LEESBURG1ST MO. FREE!

SPANISH VILLAGEPool, great location!Furn. Efficiency, incl.

util. & cable. $700/mo.2/1 apt. $600/mo.

Furn. $700/mo + util.352-728-5555

FRUITLAND PARKTWIN PALMS MARINA

1 BR. MOBILES NEWLY RENOVATEDFULLY FURNISHED

ALL UTILITIES INCLUDEDWEEKLY & MONTHLY RATES.

NO DEPOSITSMALL DOGS ALLOWED.

OLD FLORIDA FISH CAMP WITH CONVENIENCE STORE ON PROPERTY.

CALL 352-787-4514

808 ApartmentsFurnished

PALM BROOK APTS./SIERRA VILLAGE APTS.

Has 1 br Apts. avail., starting @ $470Payments on security dep.Call 787-1912 / 343-2779

Equal Housing Opportunity TDD-771

LYN TERRACEEustis

352-357-7332www.lynterrace.com

Great Move-InSpecials & Free Gifts!*1 & 2 Bedroom Units

*All 1st Floor - No Stairs!

LEESBURG,•2/1 w/CHA, 602 O’Brien St.

$650/mo.787-2700 Ext. 225

LEESBURGSERENITY APARTMENTS712 W. Oak Terrace Dr

2BR - 1BA and 2BR - 1.5BA Newly Renovated. Energy Efficient.

Income Qualifications.Immediate Occupancy

Call Patty 352-360-0041VISIT TODAY!

LEESBURGFIRST MONTH $99MOVE IN SPECIAL!•2/1 $500/dep.

•2/1 w/W/D hookup $550/dep.•2/2 w/W/D hookup $600/dep.

Call 352-516-1244Ask for Tina

LEESBURG 1 BR & 2 BRS352-728-1955

807 ApartmentsUnfurnished

CLERMONT HWY. 50Before Groveland

Mobile Homes For Salew/Owner Finance

Call Rick 407-547-9394•Remodeled 2br/1ba

“LAST ONE”From $500 down

---$$450/month$$---Also Avail.

Handyman Special’s•1 & 2br from

---$325/month$$---For other rentals onlyCall 352-874-7375

807 ApartmentsUnfurnished

RENTALSLONG TERM & UNFURN. RENTALS IN

SOUTH LAKE COUNTY.ROCKER REALTY 352-394-3570

Ask For Janet or EmilyRockerRealtyInc.com

LEESBURG. 3/1, fenced, $850 + 1st,last & dep. Pet OK. 352-396-2262

LEESBURG, quiet 55+ area, 2/1, CHA,near Lake Griffin. $540/mo. + dep.407-928-6002 or 407-932-0898.

LEESBURG 3/2, 1500sf, $900/mo +first & security dep. 352-425-4868

HARBOR HILLS, lg 3/3/3 + officew/view. $2,000/mo. 352-753-7539

CLERMONT HWY. 50Before Groveland

Mobile Homes For Salew/Owner Finance

Call Rick 407-547-9394•Remodeled 2br/1ba

“LAST ONE”From $500 down

---$$450/month$$---Also Avail.

Handyman Special’s•1 & 2br from

---$325/month$$---For other rentals onlyCall 352-874-7375

CLERMONT 2/2 in Kings Ridge, 55+community. Long term. $1200/mo

+ security. Call 407-227-7158

806 HousesUnfurnished

800Real EstateFor Rent

WOOD LATHE 3’ Sears Duracraftw/accessories. Set of 8 cuttingtools. $175 Call 352-446-9437

TABLE SAW 10” Craftsman, cast iron.Ext. table. $100. 630-525-1049

SCROLL SAW, good cond. $50 SOLD

685 Tools/Machinery

PRESSURE WASHER 6.5hp, neverused. $125. SOLD!!!!!

PAINT SPRAYER Spray Tech 1620.Needs piston seal. $85. 323-1297

MITTER BOX SAW, Craftsman 24”. $20obo. 330-354-6404

JOINTER, good cond. $50 SOLD

GENERATOR 1000 watts, good cond.$95 Call 352-357-5857

CHAIN SAW Craftsman 14” carry case,manual & gas can. $75. 669-3575

BENCH MODEL DRILL PRESS. $100.715-299-0702

AIR COMPRESSOR 2hp, 4 gallon,extras. $65 Call 352-343-0415

685 Tools/Machinery

WET SUIT Men’s large. Excel cond.$50. Call 352-242-0152

TREADMILL Folding. $95. Good cond.Call 352-602-4186

INVERSION TABLE BF 3700. Excelcond. $80. 352-454-2208

GOLF SHOES - LADIES, Foot Joy, 7.5narrow. $50 obo. 352-323-8031

GOLF CLUBS ladies, like new. Woodsroyale irons, bag, $50 735-6927

GOLF CARTS (2) hand pulled Allpro,Ajy. Two for $15. 352-787-1922

EXERCISE BIKE Good cond. $50. 352-602-7773

BOWLING BALL Brunswick, 12 lb. $20Call 352-357-1363

BICYCLES 3 Wheel, rebuilt. Large Seat& Basket. $150. 1-352-343-6608

BICYCLES 1 20” & 2 24”. Good Cond.Montverde. $90. 507-208-8205

BICYCLE girls, 16”, Barbie Doll, Pink,like new. $50 Call 352-357-3616

BICYCLE 3 wheel, Trailmate Joyrider.Good cond. Cost over $800 new.Now $300. 740-250-5602

BICYCLE 26” w/coaster brakes. Goodcond. $35 Call 352-483-3029

BICYCLE 26” ladies Pacific, 18 speed,Purple, like new. $65. 315-0920

675 Sports/Recreation

TREADMILL, NordicTrack. Like new.$400. 352-787-9971

TREADMILL $100 obo. SOLD!!!!!!

EXERCISE BIKE Schwinn Airdyne. Likenew. $300 Call 352-728-8834

674 Exercise Equipment

FAX HP 640 series. Rarely used. $25.Call 352-323-0899

660 OfficeFurniture/Supplies

KEYBOARD Casio CTK 700. 100 tones& beats. $45 obo. 606-615-2094

GUITAR (missing 4 strings), First Actcomes w/amp. $60. 352-348-9973

BANJO 5 string, Kay. W/accessories.$225. Call 352-343-6608

AMPLIFIER KB100 on wheels. $100.352-504-6406

655 MusicalInstruments

WINDMILL 3' Tall, lawn ornament,blades spin & rotate. $50 742-0696

VACUUM CLEANER small Bagless, hepafilter, Eureka. $40. SOLD!!!

VACUUM CLEANER Bissell Turbo. Likenew. $40. 352-347-8916

TUXEDO Men’s, Coat/Pants/Shirt, newcond. $65. 352-217-4809

TRIPOD camera/video w/carry strap.$15. Call 352-787-0410

SNEAKERS (2 pairs) Womans Curvesize 6, new. $50. 352-748-3580

SLOT MACHINE works great. $325 Call352-267-8693

SCRUBS Tops & pants. Size L & XL.Worn once. $10. 352-259-1403

PORTABLE CHAIR MASSAGER Asking$75. Call 352-323-4862

POOL VACUUM Polaris, good cond.$100. Call 352-262-1365

PICTURE Palm Tree, 31 x 31.Beautifully framed. $20. 740-250-5602

PAINTERS DROP CLOTHS 12x15’ each.New. (6) $100. 352-787-9197

NEON SIGN big, HALLMARK $100 call352-702-8421

NASCAR ITEMS Game room full.Mirrors, cars etc. Too much to list.$300. takes all. 352-217-2381

MOBILE WINDOWS (5) & DOOR (1)W/SCREENS $99. 724-530-2258

MINK STOLE beautiful female blondepelt waist length. $200. 742-9568

LEATHER JACKET Women’s. Med.$100. Call 352-330-0104

LAMPS (2) w/shades. $70 for both. Call352-365-1787

652 ArticlesFor Sale

JUICER Jack Lalanne. New never used.$80. 352-360-1317

HAND MIXER portable, 200 watt. GE, 6speed. New $40. 352-748-9611

GRILL George Foreman. Very goodcond. $20. Call 352-314-0559

GOLD CROSS 14K. $100. Call 352-753-0657

DIVIDER brown metal frame 3 panels.Like new. $95. 352-568-0426

DISTILLER counter top, by Wise, model#4000 w/extras. $125. SOLD!

DISHES Pfaltzgraff Heirloom, 12 pcsettings. New cond. $100. 242-1609

DESIGNER CLOTHING LADIES Chico’setc. 12 pcs. $100. 321-246-4371

CRUISE FOR TWO 2 day, 2 night to theBahamas. Cabin on deck. Travel upto May 1, 2015. $50 Casino play.$249. Call 352-988-4668.

COFFEE MAKER KitchenAid. New. Paid$189. Sell for $100. 352-978-7461

COAT, men’s brown leather, zip up,excel cond. $50 Call 352-348-9946

CLOCK red neon Bud Lite. $100 Call704-530-4305

CHRISTMAS TREES (80) lighted spiral,18” tall. $40. 352-396-9311

CHAISE LOUNGE w/cushion, like new.$50 Call 352-787-1575

CASHMERE MEN’s COAT, full length.Size 44-46. $50. 352-742-9487

BOOKS (60) collection of LouisL:Amour. $30. 352-636-6058

BEANIE BABIES (40 +) for $100. 352-750-4339

AREA RUG Sunlite Yellow. Wool/cotton.7.9 x 9.9. Like new. $300 Call 352-750-6313

652 ArticlesFor Sale

WANTED Military Items & WarSouvenirs. Call Jon 407-376-2614

651 ArticlesWanted

LAPTOP TOSHIBA SATELLITE w/powercord. $75 Firm. 352-357-2771

COMPUTER TOWER desk top, windowsVista. $75 Call 352-460-4503

COMPUTER HP, Windows XP 15” flatscreen. $75 call .352-323-3587

650 Computers& Equip

WHEELCHAIR wide, good cond. $100Call 352-728-8834

WALKER 4 wheels, seat/brakes/basket,brand new. $50. 352-728-1015

SCOOTER by Golden, 3 wheel. $250Call 352-510-0186

CARRIER FOR SCOOTER/POWERCHAIRNEW, fits into hitch, 60" fold outramp. $195. 352-217-3437

649 Medical

TAURUS LC 9 w/Laser. 9ml. New.$500. Ammo. 352-326-0770

TAURUS 9ml. 24/7 G2 case. New.$500. Ammo. 352-326-0770

TAURUS .38 caliber Ultra Lite,stainless. New $350. Ammo. 326-0770

STEVENS 20 gauge side by side. $450obo. 573-517-1524

STEVENS 12 gauge single shot. $175obo. 573-517-1524

SMITH & WESSON Compact, M&P .40Pistol. 3 clips, 800 rounds. Likenew. $800. 352-250-3243

SAVAGE 22/410 over & under. $575obo. 573-517-1524

PISTOL Taurus The Judge, 410, blued.$475. SOLD!

PISTOL JIMENEZ 25 cailber, brandnew. $175. Call 352-510-0186

MAGAZINES NATIONAL RIFLEMAN,appox. 400. $80. 352-383-2644

MAC 90/AK47 Sporter 7.62x39 caliber,case 6-30 round mags. 4-75 rounddrums. All loaded - Folding Bipod,150 lumens light, red laser. $1500obo. Dave 352-326-0770

HI-POINT 45 ACP PISTOL, brand new inbox. $250. SOLD!!!!

HAND GUN 380 Chrome semi auto.$300. Ammo. 352-326-0770

GUN & KNIFE SHOWBROOKSVILLE HSC

Jan. 25th, 9am-5pmJan. 26th, 9am-4pm

Held at Hernando Co. Fairgrounds.Admission $6.00352-799-3605

AMMUNITION 380 Ball, 100 rounds.$40. 352-357-5283

640 Guns

SPREADER Brinly, used once. $98 Call352-728-6189

RETRACTABLE HOSE CONTAINER, verygood cond. $50 Call 352-742-2668

PATIO SET glass top table & 4 foldingchairs. $75 obo. 337-501-2198

NURSERY POTS ( over 300) $80 takesall. 352-348-2743

GLIDER & 2 CHAIRS, no cushions.$100 Call 352-617-5498

635 Garden

FOUNTAIN 2 tier. Asking $50. Pleasecall 352-430-4187

CONCRETE FOUNTAIN, no pump. Goodcond. $100 Call 352-735-1570

635 Garden

EUSTISHOMEMAKERS GARAGE SALE! Sun.- Mon. 8 - 5pm. 42808 Royal TrailsRd. off SR 44, follow signs. Fabric,crafter kits, knitting/crochet needles,thread, scissors, lace, zippers,patterns, new & old, “how to”books, canning jars, GeorgeForeman Grill, rice cooker etc.Inversion table, sterling silverjewelry, kitchen dishes, Boyd’s Bearcollection, coffee table, piano hingefolding teak table, etc.

630 Garage Sales

WINDOWS (45) for scrn rm. white alum.$50 for all. SOLD!

INTERIOR DOORS (9), flat w/allhardware. $90. Call 352-735-1769

625 BuildingSupplies/Materials

TODDLER BEDS (2) matchingw/mattress. $100 for all. 352-461-4153

PLAYPEN Cosco. Like new. Paid $55sell for $30. 407-310-6628

PAC-N-PLAY & 2 FOLDINGHIGHCHAIRS, & TWIN STROLLER.$90. 352-357-8347

CAR SEAT very good cond. $50 Call352-742-2668

BABY ITEMS, Crib etc. $60. Call 352-455-6281

BABY BATHTUB, toddler potty & sassyseat. $15. 352-455-7557.

624 Children’sitems

AIR PURIFIER UV light for A/C. Killsmold/bacteria. $100. 267-1711

608 A/C & Heat

TELEVISIONS (3) 9”x 12” & 7” color.$75 takes call. 352-343-3220

TELEVISION/DVD Combo. Toshiba 20”,great picture. $60. 352-365-2301

TELEVISION Curtis Mathis. $30. Call352-385-7215

TELEVISION 57” Sony, HD1080P,matching Sony AV, & disc player.$100 Call 352-771-5654

TELEVISION 55” Phillips Magnavoxolder no HD. $100. 352-750-0910

TELEVISION 27” Sansui, excel cond.$95. Call 352-669-9405

TELEVISION 21” Sony, beautiful picture.$50. 352-728-3032

STEREO SPEAKERS Pioneer, modelCSR 500. $100. 259-5395.

OLD CAMERAS, LENS, FILTERS &FLASHES. $100. 352-510-0186

KINDLE LIKE TABLET brand new $80.352-409-8264

GAME PSP Sony brand new in box. $90obo. Call 352-455-3342

CELL PHONE, Incognito Boostw/charger. $40. 352-315-0370

CELL PHONE BOOST new in box. $40Call 352-800-1857

CAMERA 35mm Minolta STR1, bag &flash. $65. Call 352-510-0186

BOOST PHONE w/1 free month. New.$35. 352-396-9526

606 Electronics

WASHER Kenmore, older, runs good.$50. SOLD!

STOVE gas, fridge, dishwasher,microwave & hood. Like new,almond $550 for all. 352-217-9908

STOVE 20”, 4 burner elec. Works good.$75. Call 352-343-5735

REFRIGERATOR KitchenAid, plugged in& running. Excel. cond. $250 Firm.352-430-4187

REFRIGERATOR Kenmore, side/side,wate & ice in door. $250 734-243-5918

REFRIGERATOR Frigidaire, new w/topfreezer. $300. 352-255-3117

REFRIGERATOR 3 yr. old. 32”. Excelcond. $125. Call 352-460-4551

OVER RANGE MICROWAVE , Whirlpool,new. $100 937-726-6235

NUWAVE OVEN like new. $50. 352-357-7099

MICROWAVE Kenmore, good cond. $20Call 734.-243-5918

FREEZER chest style. Works good. $75.352-343-3713

DRYER, Kenmore, propane gas, verygood cond. $100. 352-750-0367

DRYER, Gas. New. $100. Call 352-408-4658

DRYER, electric. Works good. $80.352-250-6370

DISHWASHER works well. $100 Call352-255-3117

DISHWASHER Whirlpool perfect runningcond. $60. SOLD!

DISHWASHER KitchenAid, like newcond. $100 Call 734-243-5918

DISHWASHER built-in Whirlpool, 8 yrs.old works good. $75. 343-8357

605 Appliances

D6 DAILY COMMERCIAL Monday, January 20, 2014

POLARIS BREEZE 2010, gas. Excel.cond. All extras! Flip seat for 4passengers or 2. $4500 obo. 352-728-5615 or 352-216-4862

PAR COLUMBIA 2007, excel condbatteries ‘11, new sunbrella.$2,795. 352-636-2594

GOLF CART HEATER Propane. $60.352-978-1352

CLUB CAR Lights, curtains goodtires/batteries. $850.SOLD

1275 GolfCarts

TRUNK MAT rubber fits Hyundia Azria.$20. Call after 9am 25-5629

TIRES (4) Goodyear WranglerP235/75R/15. $100. 636-9141

TIRE (1) P225/50R/16, Johnson wheel.$90 Call 352-787-4605

HITCH by Valley w/convertor, fits NissanRouges. $95 Call 407-314-0437

1264 AutoPartsAccessory

PACKARD CLIPPER 1953, $3,000 obo.Call 352-750-4339 will take trade.

DODGE DART 1968, 63K mi, alloriginal. Great cond. $6,000 oboCall Tavares. 716-946-2647

1250 AntiqueCars

CADILLAC DEVILLE 1957, 4 dr.$13,750. Call 352-343-5019

1250 AntiqueCars

UTILITY TRAILER, 4’ x 8’ factory built,drive on tilt bed, metal bottom &sides. $275. 352-551-3036

UTILITY TRAILER 6’x16’ good cond.w/elec. brakes. $1600 636-4454

1247 Trailers

HONDA CRV EX, 2007, white. Loaded.Mint. Leather, sunroof, 57K mi. 1Owner, private. $13,200. Call 718-578-2777.

1235 S U V

MOTORCYCLE TRAILER Single wide.$500. Call 941-286-8591

HARLEY LEATHER JACKET USA, New,Size 56. $100. 352-669-7544

HONDA ‘06 VTX 1300, 7,460 mi.$5,000 Call 412-906-6002

HARLEY DAVIDSON FAT BOY ‘06, 22Kmi. $9,500 Call 352-326-8545

1210 Mcycles/Mopeds

1206 Aviation

PONTIAC GRAND AM 2004Stock# 140459A

*$3,886

SMART FORTWO 2009Stock# 140334C

*$7,884

MERCURY MILAN HYBRID 2010Stock# S14222A

*$8,999

HONDA CIVIC 2008Stock# SP2343

*$10,969

SUBARU LEGACY 2010Stock# S14159A

*$13,499

*With $3000 cash or trade and areplus tax, tag and $599 dealer fee.

BILL BRYAN SUBARU8730 US Hwy. 441Leesburg, Florida352-240-7480

ANY JUNK CAR CASH. FREE PICK UP!Call 352-771-6191

1205 Autos

1200Transportation

MOTORHOME 1995 CLASS C, 35’W/TOW CAR, 2010 HYUNDAIACCENT. GO CAMPING TODAY.OVERHAULED. $14,000. 859-948-9915.

HORNET 2003, 33’ & Boat On water.$8,000. 814-397-9645.

HONDA TOW BEHIND KIT $100 oboSOLD

DUTCHMAN SPORTS ‘02, 27’ fifthwheel. All new tires. 14’ slide.$6,995. Call 785-230-0304

1150 R V &Campers

TROLLING MOTORS (3) $100. Call352-343-6608

1120 MarineEquip/Supplies

SMOKER CRAFT ‘90, 14.5’ alum. deepv-bow, 25hp Evinrude w/controls,drive on trailer turn key. $1,500.352-551-3036

MAKO 21’, w/200hp Johnson. Excel.low hrs. $8995. New, over$40,000. Call 352-638-1212.

FIBERGLASS ROW BOAT 12’ w/trailer,trolling motor & ors. $400. Call 407-741-3091

BOMBER 14’, 60hp Mercury motor, 40lb. thrust Minkota trolling motor,good trailer. $2,900 406-4057

BOAT V-Hull, 14’ alum. Swivel seats,trolling motor, fish finder & goodtrailer. $675. Call 352-326-5399

1101 Boats

1100Recreation

**ALTOONA - SPECIAL**2/1.5 $475/mo. w/$300 dep.

And RV Lot $290/mo. w/$100 dep.352-735-2071 or 352-636-6800

1012 R V Lots

WEIRSDALE AREA, rent to own, 3/2dbl. wide on lg. lot. newlyremodeled, w/new appl. $650/mofirst, last & security.352-821-1597

SINGLE WIDE 12X60 roof over withproperty, fully furn. between MtDora & Tavares. Auto door garage12’ x 20’, lg. scrn rm. & personalboat dock on Lake Dora. $32,000.Call Audry Maine Colwell Banker 1-407-782-7655

1002 MfdHomesW/ landFor Sale

WEBSTER 1/1 w/extras, Park model1995. 34’x12’ in Webster TravelPark. 55+ community w/lots ofactivities. Scrn rm. w/attached golfcart garage, can be used as carportin off season. A little over 400 sf.$18,500 obo Call Webster TravelPark office. 352-793-6765

TAVARES 2/1, on best lot in 55+ park.32’x20’, fully furnished w/garden,shop, & unique extras. $9,900 Call352-408-4357

SENIORS AND ADULTSNEW and NEWER

Homes in a nice quiet part in Eustis.$25,000 - $45,000 Financing avail.Only 3 left! Lot rent $350 per mo.

Call 352-589-4407

LEESBURG 2/1, on Lake Griffin in 55+park w/heated pool & security.Completely furnished & remodel 1yrs ago. Fish from the backyard, 1block from club house. SELLERMOTIVATED DUE TO HEALTH$7,500 obo Call 352-314-0406

LADY LAKE 1/1 w/lg Florida room, 39’,furn in Blue Parrot Park. $7,500.608-778-2728

FRUITLAND PARK, 55+ 2/1.5 dbl. widecompletely furn., incl. lot. $35K obo.352-326-9160 or 352-406-4174

EUSTIS 2/1, quiet neighborhood.$8,500 Call 352-702-7492

CLERMONT HWY. 50Before Groveland

Mobile Homes For Salew/Owner Finance

Call Rick 407-547-9394•Remodeled 2br/1ba

“LAST ONE”From $500 down

---$$450/month$$---Also Avail.

Handyman Special’s•1 & 2br from

---$325/month$$---For other rentals onlyCall 352-874-7375

1001 Mfd HomesFor Sale

1000Manufactured

Homes

BANK ORDERED AUCTION3pm • Tuesday • Jan. 21Former Day Care Center

• 1,924+/- and 1,275+/- sf Buildings• 2/3 +/- acre Lot

Auction held on-site at:935 Eustis Grove St, Eustis, FL 32726

Preview 1 hour prior to auction.

Online bidding available.

*5 more Florida former day carecenters for auction in Dunnellon,

Ocala, Safety Harbor & Jacksonville*

Higgenbotham Auctioneers800-257-4161

Higgenbotham.com

M.E. Higgenbotham, CAI AARE FLLic#AU305AB158

960 CommReal Estate

LEESBURG 2/2, 55+ also lease option.Pool, cable/water/all appl. incl.$725/mo 352-357-9305

910 Condos/Townhouses

LEESBURG, near Mall own financing,3/2/2. Tile, fenced yard, all amenities.

$135,000. 727-459-2600

LEESBURG 3/2.5/3in Legacy, on conservation lot.

Custom home w/numerous upgrades.$299,900

Call 352-787-4584

HARBOR HILLS WILL FINANCE ORTRADE. Lg. 3/3/3 + office w/view.$380K 352-753-7539

FRUITLAND PARK King Cove, tutor stylew/view of the Cove, 3/2/2, 1,685sf.open Great Rm. lg. fenced backyard.$164,900. Call 352-408-4129

903 HomesFor Sale

OPEN HOUSE SAT 1-3pm4/4/2 Gated Oxford/Villages Owner

Finance. $1500/mo+. 352-269-4051

OPEN HOUSEFri. 1/17 & Mon. 1/2010am-2pm Both Days!

Lakeside TerraceWaterfront Community

Off Picciola in Fruitland Park9 Homes available from

$6,000 to $20,000

30 Sunrise LaneJUST REDUCED to $7,900 !!

Call (352) 360-7124 for more details.FOUR STAR HOMES

OPEN HOUSE1/20, 1/21 & 1/22

11am-3pm718 Water Oak Blvd.

Lady Lake 32159Water Oak Country Club

Over 1700 sq.ft. 2BR/2BAw/10x20 Lanai.

$72,000Jim 352-504-3288

902 Open HousesFor Sale

900Real Estate

For Sale

CLERMONT HWY. 50Before Groveland

Mobile Homes For Salew/Owner Finance

Call Rick 407-547-9394•Remodeled 2br/1ba

“LAST ONE”From $500 down

---$$450/month$$---Also Avail.

Handyman Special’s•1 & 2br from

---$325/month$$---For other rentals onlyCall 352-874-7375

ATTENTION SENIORS AND ADULTSNever lived in. Brand New 66x14, 3/2,

in nice quiet park in Eustis. $650/mo + utilities. Sorry NO KIDS.

Call 352-589-4407

**ALTOONA - SPECIAL**2/1.5 $475/mo. w/$300 dep.

And RV Lot $290/mo. w/$100 dep.352-735-2071 or 352-636-6800

819ManufacturedHomes Rental

LEESBURGWarehouses w/Offices

2315-25 Griffin Rd. 1,150 up to12,400sf. Starts at $300/mo.

Office/Showroom1607 Hwy. 441 $850/moSmall Shop or Office

352-787-0004

816 CommercialProperty