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By BETSY CALVERTSTAFF WRITER

Lawyers passed out business cards to upset homeowners during a fi nal public hearing on the antic-ipated Harborview Road widening project in Charlotte Harbor.

Florida Department of Transportation invited the public to its second major hearing March 14 on the project that could cost $46.2 million in federal, state, and local funds.

It was the amount of space to be dedicated to the new road that angered many resi-dents, along with issues of speed, light pollution and noise. The road would increase from its current curving 80-foot pathway, to 114 feet wide with the same curves more or less. Some homes already hug the old roadway. To the south the road comes close to Charlotte Harbor and waterfront homes.

“Come on guys, save some money here,” Mark Bowsher of the 24000 block of Harborview Road said to the state engineers and an audience of about 140 people. “You have got to scale this back. We don’t need landscaping down the middle. Just because we’re going to Sunseeker does not mean we need palm trees all the way down Harborview to get there.”

Sunseeker is a planned resort anticipated to break ground soon on US-41 near the intersection with Harborview. With that, traffi c could increase in coming years.

Lawyer Joshua Stratton of Tallahassee said he has been talking to many property owners, telling them that the state is required to pay their legal costs if their land is needed. He’s had the most interest, he acknowledged, from waterfront property owners on the south side.

Several speakers said they

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Your congressmen have sponsored a combined 61 bills so far this session.

Senior Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is behind nearly 80 percent of those, which doesn’t include dozens of

co-sponsored bills fi led in Washington, D.C.

Some of the legislation in-volving Rubio, along with freshman Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), new Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL-17) and longer serving Rep. Vern

Buchanan (R-FL-16), rings similar to President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Charlotte and Sarasota counties do not have fed-eral lawmakers that swing Democrat. And both counties possess a predominantly Republican population among their registered voters.

From security, to foreign policy and “draining the swamp”, here’s a look at what your congressmen are doing right now.

SecurityThey’re Republican and

they agree: Build the wall.“We are a nation of

immigrants and a nation of laws,” Buchanan said. “Strengthening border security should not be a controversial issue.”

Buchanan hopes to fi rst address criminal gang mem-bers who entered the country illegally. His bill, H.R. 98, would allow the immediate deportation of any mem-ber of a gang engaging in

violent crimes or felony drug offenses.

Also in the House, Steube is focusing on people in general who have entered the country illegally, and are dan-gerous. H.R. 1412, which was

introduced in late February and has eight co-sponsors, would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with state and local law enforce-ment agencies, to be notifi ed whenever a person illegally in the country attempts to purchase a fi rearm.

“Illegal immigration is a serious problem facing our country,” Steube said. “This bill will use resources we already have through (the National Instant Criminal Background Check System) to help curtail the fl ood of illegal aliens currently in the United States while also guaranteeing they don’t have access to fi rearms. It’s a win-win.”

Steube submitted a similar piece of legislation as an amendment to H.R. 8: The

Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, which requires all purchasers of fi rearms to undergo a background check. However, the amendment was defeated Feb. 22 in a roll-call vote of 14 to 20 in the Judiciary Committee. He was among the 190 House members who voted against H.R. 8’s eventu-al passing in the House.

“H.R. 8 claimed to be a solution to gun violence, yet would do nothing to solve real problems that contribute to this crisis,” Steube said in a statement to the Sun in early March. “It would have done nothing to prevent many of the prominent tragedies involving fi rearms in the last decade. Instead, it only infringes on the

Here are bills they’re pushing, many aligned with Trump

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In this Nov. 25, 2018 fi le photo, migrants walk up a riverbank at the Mexico-U.S. border after getting past a line of Mexican police at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, as they try to reach the U.S.

BY THE NUMBERS BILLS FILED

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)Sponsored: 48Co-Sponsored: 78Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)Sponsored: 1Co-Sponsored: 22Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL-17)Sponsored: 4Co-Sponsored: 30Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16)Sponsored: 8Co-Sponsored: 28

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OUR CONGRESSMEN CHECK-IN ‘You have got to scale

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“Just because we’re going to Sunseeker (resort) does not mean we need palm trees all the way down Harborview to get there.”

— Harborview Road resident Mark Bowsher

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By JAMES FARRELLYPROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

In 1997, my students and I traveled to Croagh Patrick, a mountain in County Mayo, as part of a study abroad program course on Irish literature I was teaching for the University of Dayton. I wanted my students to visit the place where, each July, thousands of pilgrims pay

homage to St. Patrick, who, ac-cording to lore, fasted and prayed on the summit for 40 days.

While there, our tour guide relayed the story of how St. Patrick, as he lay on his death bed on March 17 in A.D. 461,

supposedly asked those gath-ered around him to toast his heavenly journey with a “wee drop of whiskey” to ease their

pain.The mention of whiskey left

me wondering if St. Patrick may have unintentionally infl uenced the way most of the world celebrates the holiday today: by drinking.

It wasn’t always this way. The Festival of St. Patrick

began in the 17th century as a religious and cultural commemoration of the bishop who brought Christianity to Ireland. In Ireland, there’s still an important religious and cultural component to the holiday, even as it has simply become an excuse to wear green and heavily drink in the rest of the world.

The truth about St. Patrick’s DayToday hasn’t always been about drinking beer and wearing green

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WEST VILLAGES — If you didn’t get tickets to the final Atlanta Braves spring training game, you’ll still have a chance to see the stadium.

On March 23, the Atlanta Braves will host an open house at CoolToday Park, their new spring training home. The open house will offer an opportunity to see the park, but also plenty of family friendly activities.

The upcoming event will feature stadium food and food trucks, live music, the Atlanta Braves dance squad and The Breakers — the Atlanta Braves b-boy dance group.

Along with the danc-ers the Atlanta Braves Tomahawk Team will also be at the park. The Tomahawk Team is a spirit group that provides fan interactions before the game and act as am-bassadors to the team.

There will also be appearances by the Heavy Hitters Drumline, as well as an appearance by Blooper the Braves mascot.

The Budweiser Clydesdales will also be featured.

The Braves open house is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 at CoolToday Park, 18800 West Villages Parkway, North Port, the event is free and open to the public.

The Braves will play the final game of spring training at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 against the Tampa Bay Rays. The game is the first one to be played in the stadium, and the Braves will re-turn in 2020 to play a full spring training season at the park.

For more on CoolToday Park visit www.facebook.com/cooltodaypark.

Braves to host open houseYou can see the new CoolToday Park Saturday

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New signs were installed along West Villages Parkway recently pointing drivers toward the new CoolToday Park.

By CRAIG GARRETTARCADIAN EDITOR

There was a throwaway mention at the DeSoto County Commission hearing last week that really whistled around the chambers.

Finishing comments about an upcoming arbitration hearing in which he would participate, the county’s lawyer in his precise and quiet manner tossed a grenade: Mosaic Fertilizer likely would ask for farmland rezoning to phosphate mining into January 2023, according to Donald Conn, well beyond what both sides of the issue had imagined.

The common thread in DeSoto County was that the Fortune 500 firm would storm back with fresh plans to rezone some 14,000 acres to allow mining. Mosaic Fertilizer was denied the rezoning in July, a stunning defeat, considering the company mines in Florida with little intervention. Opponents hate phosphate mining; proponents like the jobs and revenue.

Conn on Tuesday, in fact, had just outlined an April 3 dispute resolution hearing in which a Jacksonville lawyer hears from Mosaic and DeSoto County and possibly decides terms of a settlement. What that would be is anyone’s guess. But either side may reject Terrance Schmidt’s decision, Conn told the

commissioners. He added that public comment at the dispute hearing will be allowed. Notices had been mailed to affected property owners and those testify-ing in the quasi-judicial hearing to rezone last July.

And then Conn spooned in Mosaic’s apparent deci-sion to delay the rezoning application for four years, possibly moving shoveling well down the road.

Mosaic officials, howev-er, weren’t as firm on the timeline.

“Mosaic’s rock strategy evolves as the market conditions change,” said Heather Nedley, Mosaic’s public affiars manager in DeSoto County. “Possible timeline for future hear-ings in DeSoto will be discussed during the me-diation proceedings next month and be presented to the board as part of the ADR (alternative dispute resolution) process.”

But Commissioner Elton Langford wasn’t surprised that Mosaic would delay its plans in DeSoto County, however long that may be, he said.

“I’m reading about (Mosaic) cclosing mines, different things,” said Langford, who led the commission’s 4-1 vote to deny rezoning last summer. The holdout was Commissioner Terry Hill. “It’s not like (the phos-phate) is going to rust or rot. You use up what you got, first.”

Mosaic rezoning in DeSoto possible in 2023?Fertilizer company was denied

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Commissioner Elton Langford wasn’t surprised that Mosaic may delay phosphate mining in DeSoto County.

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The legend of St. PatrickBecause historical details

about St. Patrick’s life remain shrouded in speculation, scholars are often stymied in their attempts to separate fact from legend.

In his spiritual memoir, “Confessio,” St. Patrick de-scribes how he was brought to Ireland as a slave. He eventually escaped, rejoining his family in Britain, probably Scotland. But while there, he had a recurring dream, in which the “Voice of the Irish” called to him to return to Ireland in order to baptize and minister to them. So he did.

The Irish revere the account of this dream described in the “Confessio”; they accept the simplicity and fervor of his words and feel a debt of gratitude for his unselfish commitment to their spiritual well-being.

St. Patrick’s efforts to convert the Irish to Catholicism were never easy. Viewing him as a challenge to their power and authority, the high kings of Ireland and the pagan high priests, called Druids, resisted his efforts to make inroads with the population.

But through his missionary

zeal, he was able to fuse Irish culture into Christianity, whether it was through the introduction of the Celtic Cross or the use of bonfires to celebrate feasts like Easter.

Again, many of these stories could amount to no more than myth. Nonetheless, centuries after his death, the Irish contin-ue to show their gratitude for

their patron saint by wearing a spray of shamrocks on March 17. They start the day with mass, followed by a daylong feast, and prayer and reflection at night.

St. Paddy’s Day goes global

From 1820 to 1860, almost

2 million people left Ireland, many due to the potato famine in the 1840s and 1850s. More followed in the

20th century to reunite with relatives and escape poverty

and joblessness back home.Once settled, they found new

ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and their Irish identity in their new homes.

Irish-Americans, especially, were quick to transform March 17 into a commercial enterprise. The mandatory “wearin’ of the green” in all its garishness is a far cry from the original tradition of wearing a spray of shamrocks to honor St. Patrick’s death and celebrate Irish solidarity. Parades fa-mously sprung up – especially in New York and Boston – rev-elry ensued and, sure enough, even the beer became green.

Children of Irish-Americans in the United States have absorbed Irish culture at a distance. Many probably know that St. Patrick is Ireland’s patron saint. But they might not fully appreciate his mythic stature for kids growing up on the emerald isle.

Ask children of any age in Ireland what they know about St. Patrick, and they will regale you with stories of his magical abilities, from his power to drive the snakes out of Ireland to his use of the three leaves and one stem of the shamrock

to demystify the Trinity doc-trine of the Catholic Church.

They see St. Patrick as a miracle worker, and as adults, they keep the legends alive in their own ways. Some follow St. Patrick’s footsteps all around Ireland – from well to hill to alter to chapel – seeking his blessing and bounty wherever their journeys take them.

Raising a glassOf course, in America, the

holy day is really a party, above all else.

This year, Americans are expected to spend $5.61 billion celebrating, with 13 million pints of Guinness consumed. Some parts of the country plan a pre-celebration on Sept. 17 – or, as they call it, “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day.”

Where all of this leads is anyone’s guess. But beginning in the 1990s, Ireland seemed to grasp the earning potential of the Americanized version. Today, March 17 remains a holy day for the natives and a hol-iday for tourists from around the world, with pubs raking in the euros on St. Patrick’s Day.

But I’ve always wondered: What if St. Patrick had request-ed a silent prayer instead of “a wee drop of whiskey” to toast his passing? Would his celebra-tion have stayed more sacred than profane?

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R enaissance at the West Villages hosted a free St. Patrick’s Day craft program in the community’s clubhouse recently.

Attendees could create rainbows and pot of gold crafts, filled with various items including stickers, notepads, pencils, bead necklaces, Hershey’s Kisses and more. They also enjoyed shamrock sugar cookies.

St. Paddy’s craftsRenaissance at West Villages

hosted free program

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At right: Jillian Payne, 9, smiles after receiving a

glitter shamrock to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

At right: Renaissance resident Ron Quinn joined in on the fun activities recently.

At left: Renaissance in West Villages is having many drawings for St. Patrick’s Day gifts for children and adults throughout the month of March, including a green bowler hat for men, a silk floral arrangement for women and a leprechaun hat for kids.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY EVENTS TODAY NORTH PORTAMVETS dinnerAMVETS Post 2000 Ladies Auxiliary hosts a St. Patrick dinner from

2 p.m. to 7 p.m. It includes corned beef, potatoes, cabbage and dessert for a $10 donation. The post is at 401 Ortiz Blvd., Warm Mineral Springs. For more information, call 941-429-1999.

PUNTA GORDATraditional Irish BarThe Celtic Ray located 145 E. Marion Ave., Punta Gorda, will open at 9 a.m. for

Coasting Donut truck, beer and other drinks. Kitchen will open at 10 a.m. No green beer, no tabs and limited menu of traditional Irish food. Trippin’ on Pizza will be on hand from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Live music begins at 11:30 a.m. For more information, call 941-916-9115.

St. Patrick’s Day CelebrationFishermen’s Village, 1200 W. Esplanade, Punta Gorda, will play host to a St. Patrick’s

Day Celebration, from noon to 9 p.m. with family friendly festivities. The event is free and the public is encouraged to attend. For more information, call 941 639-8721 or visit www.fishville.com.

NOKOMISIrish-Celtic celebration and dinner showAn Irish-Celtic celebration and dinner show will be held at 7 p.m. at Bay Point Church,

208 Palm Ave., Nokomis. Corn beef and cabbage dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by a variety show from Irish jigs and celtic pieces performed by violinist Carlann Evans and The Leprechaun Band, to Irish melodies sung by Michele Pruyn and Brian Gurl. Cost is $5 per person with show tickets available separately at $20 per person, at the door. For more information, call 828-284-2953 or www.bay-point-church.com.

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constitutionally guaran-teed Second Amendment rights of millions of Americans”

Steube particularly did not like the fact that the bill criminalizes the pri-vate transfer of firearms, “including family mem-bers,” as well as “exten-sive delays in background check processing.”

Steube fears the law could lead to a national gun registry.

“We should continue to have a generous immi-gration policy,” Rubio, whose parents came to the United States in 1956 from Cuba, said in a Jan. 15 tweet. “However our government also has an obligation & right to promote & defend our national interests by placing limits & require-ments on immigration & expecting immigrants to comply with them.”

In early March, Rubio, along with Republican and Democrat senators, introduced the S. 636, which would immediately grant temporary pro-tected status for eligible Venezuelan nationals fleeing their country.

Rubio and these mem-bers also wrote a letter to the Trump Administration urging him of the impor-tance of this legislation. Twenty-four senators also signed the letter.

“As the United States and our partners in the international community have condemned the illegitimate Maduro regime’s brutal campaign of repression, granting (temporary protected status) to Venezuela is a concrete measure your Administration can im-mediately take to alleviate the suffering of innocent Venezuelan civilians and to demonstrate our nation’s commitment to supporting a safe democratic transition in Venezuela so that indi-viduals can safely return home soon,” the mem-bers wrote to Trump.

Scott hasn’t filed or co-sponsored any bills regarding border security as of last week. But he wants a compromise between the parties re-garding a physical barrier and he wants dreamers to be “welcomed into our society,” he said in a Washington Post opinion piece Feb. 1.

“Florida is home to more than 27,000 dream-ers. The notion that we would — after educating

them, protecting them and raising them — kick them out of the country, well, it’s just absurd,” he wrote.

Scott does want to make it clear, though, that he is “inflexible when it comes to illegal immigration.”

Foreign PolicyThough the southern

border seems to be our representatives’ main priority, Rubio is also focusing on our foreign policies regarding the Middle East.

His bill S. 1, which passed in the Senate, strives to make im-provements to defense and security assistance provisions in the Middle East, authorize security assistance to Israel and reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015.

Also, through his roles on the Foreign Relations committee, Intel commit-tee, and as chairman of the

Small Business Committee, Rubio is focused on making the American people aware of the threats the Chinese government and Communist Party, including state-directed telecom companies like Huawei and ZTE, pose to our national and economic security, spokesperson Arielle Mueller told the Sun.

“This challenge is ultimately one of national security, and more funda-mentally about whether or not the future of the world will be defined by authoritarianism or by democracy,” Rubio said in a speech March 12.

Buchanan is focusing more on how neighboring counties, such as Mexico, are affecting Florida’s agriculture.

“Florida farmers are also under attack from unfair trade practices by Mexico,” Buchanan said. H.R. 101

would “level the playing field,” he said, particu-larly industries that are affected by antidumping or countervailing duty investigations. This would mean the industry is under investigation for whether the product is sold at less than fair value or if it bene-fits from subsidies through foreign government programs, according to the United States International Trade Commission.

Draining the Swamp

Many of President Trump’s congressio-nal supporters have touted the key to fixing Washington is to simply “drain the swamp.”

But, how exactly, do they plan to do that?

Back in Scott’s guber-natorial days, he created a 10-point plan that, if followed, would hold

politicians accountable, end the “special interest gravy train” and “make it harder for Washington to reach into your pockets and pay for its spending.”

Points in the plan in-clude implementing term limits, end congressional pensions and prevent members of Congress from getting paid during a government shutdown. Though he hasn’t per-sonally filed these bills, he has co-sponsored bills similar to his goals. He has also co-sponsored legislation to implement a permanent lobbying ban for Congress members.

“Congress must face real consequences for its own dysfunction,”

he said. “This plan will remind politicians that we don’t work for them; they work for us.”

On the House side, Buchanan has filed a bill that wouldn’t allow mem-bers of Congress to adjust their rate of pay. The bill, H.R. 102, was introduced in early January and currently does not have co-sponsors.

Buchanan also proposed an amendment to the Constitution relative to balancing the budget. H.J. Res. 5 would require a two-thirds vote of each chamber to impose a new tax, increase the rate of any tax, or spend more than received in a fiscal year.

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BILLSFROM PAGE 1

BILLS FROM SEN. MARCO RUBIO RFLS. 772 — A bill to require an annual report on the cybersecurity on

the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. S. 771 — A bill to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to

require cyber certification for small business development center coun-selors, and for other purposes.

S. 670 — A bill to make Daylight Saving time permanent, and for other purposes.

S. 609 — Protecting JOBs ActS. 480 — Countering the Chinese Government and Communist

Party’s Political Influence Operations ActS. 432 — Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2019S. 357 — Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform ActS. 335 — ZTE Enforcement Review and Oversight ActS. 265 — Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019S. 238 — Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act

of 2019S. 178 — Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019S. 153 — Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers ActS. 142 — ADD ActS. 124 — Freedom to Compete ActS. 119 — Child Interstate Abortion Notification ActS. 107 — State Flexibility for Family First Transitions ActS. 84 — Small Business Credit Protection ActS. 83 — Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2019S. 78 — Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2019S. 77 — Small Business Relief From Disease Induced Economic

Hardship Act of 2019S. 75 — Preventing SBA Assistance from Going to China Act of 2019S. 19 — Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019S. 18 — SAFE Hospitals Act of 2019S. 17 — Safe Temperature Act of 2019S. 16 — Defending Domestic Produce Production Act of 2019S. 15 — Liberty City Rising ActS. 14 — Florida Federal Judicial Relief ActS. 13 — Florida Shores Protection and Fairness ActS. 12 — Health Savings Act of 2019S. 11 — Strengthening the National Disaster Medical System Act of

2019S. 10 — South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2019S. 9 — Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs

Preservation Act of 2019S. 8 — Preserving Our Commitment to Homeless Veterans ActS. 7 — Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of

2019S. 6 — EMPLEO ActS. 5 — Educational Opportunities ActS. 2 — Fair Trade with China Enforcement ActS. 1 — Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of

2019S. Res. 104 — A resolution calling on the Government of Iran to

fulfill repeated promises of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held United States civilian in our Nation’s history.

S. Res. 81 — A resolution calling for accountability and justice for the assassination of Boris Nemtsov.

S. Res. 73 — A resolution calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to immediately release Saudi Women’s Rights activists and respect the fundamental rights of all Saudi citizens.

S. Res. 71 — A resolution honoring the memory of the victims of the senseless attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School 1 year ago.

S. Res. 62 — An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.


BILLS FROM SEN. RICK SCOTT RFL

S. Amdt. 48 — Amend H.R. 268


BILLS FROM REP. GREG STEUBE RFL17H.R. 1702 — To waive the application fee for any special use permit

for veterans demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1628 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engi-neering, and Medicine to conduct a study on radiation exposure relating to the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1412 — To require the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State and local law enforcement agencies whenever the information available to the system indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be attempting to receive a firearm.

H. Res. 142 — Recognizing the anniversary of the Adams-Onís Treaty.— Source: Library of Congress

BILLS FROM REP. VERN BUCHANAN RFL16H.R. 1556 — To make Daylight Saving time permanent, and for other

purposes.H.R. — No Pay Raise for Congress ActH.R. 101 — Defending Domestic Produce Production ActH.R. 100 — Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of

2019H.R. 99 — Thin Blue Line ActH.R. 98 — Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal ActH.R. 97 — RAWR ActH.J. Res.5 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the

United States relative to balancing the budget.— Source: Library of Congress

RICK SCOTT’S 10POINT PLAN

Implement term limitsFull-time salary for full-time

workStop Congress members from

cashing in as lobbyistsEnd congressional pay raises

and pensionsStop unfair big govern-

ment-run insurance subsidiesSupermajority vote to approve

any tax or fee increaseNo budget, no payLine item vetoEnd government waste Improve transparency and

accountability— Source: Gov. Rick Scott’s 10-Point

“Make Washington Work” plan

PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

State lawmakers approved it, now will Congress?

Florida lawmakers in both the House and Senate have proposed identical bills to make Daylight Saving time permanent.

In the Senate, S. 670 was introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) March 6, and has been co-sponsored by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR).

“Studies have shown many benefits of a year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is why Florida’s legislature overwhelmingly voted to make it permanent last year,” Rubio said.

The bill was referred to the Senate committee on commerce, science and transportation.

“I was glad to sign legislation as Governor to continue Daylight Saving Time year-round for Florid-ians, and now join Senator Rubio to lead this effort in Congress,” Scott said. “The Sunshine Protection Act will allow Floridians and visitors to enjoy our beautiful state even later in the day, and will benefit Florida’s

tourism industry, which just celebrated another record year,” Scott said.

The House version of this bill, H.R. 1556, was introduced by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) March 6 and was referred to the House committee on energy and commerce.

“Last year, Florida lawmakers were the first in the nation to vote to make Daylight Saving Time permanent in our home state,” Buchanan said. “We should follow their lead at the national level to allow them to move forward with this change and ensure that Florida and the rest of the nation are on the same page year-round.”

The bill has five co-sponsors: Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL-17), Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL-19), Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL-20), Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL-9) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17).

“I’m proud to continue my work to make Daylight Saving Time permanent with my fellow Floridians,” Steube said. “In the State legislature I proposed to make it permanent for Floridians and now I’m taking the fight to Washington. Year-round Daylight Saving Time will improve our health, our economy, and our safety.”

understand the need to make some kind of improvement on the 2.3 miles stretch of narrow road with no shoulder.

“Anybody who’s driven down Harborview pulling a boat trailer...obviously understands those are extremely narrow lanes and some work is need-ed,” said Greg Taylor.

But Taylor added, “I don’t understand the 30-foot right of way. I don’t understand the walkways and bikeways on both sides.”

So can they eliminate any of the 114-foot amenities?

FDOT project manager Steven Andrews said the current proposal is based on what Charlotte County has requested.

Metropolitan Planning Organization Director Gary Harrell said a five-lane option instead of a median is not popular with drivers or pedestri-ans. He called the fifth lane the ‘suicide lane,’ because it is dangerous for both drivers trying to turn and pedestrians trying to cross.

The wide median allows for turn lanes, said the county’s highway engineer, Venkat Vattikuti. And eliminating walk-ways or bikepaths on one side makes users cross a busy highway.

FDOT’s community liaison Michael Tisch said the full buildout will end up enhancing property values with the added amenities.

Still, many residents said they are hoping the state uses a fall-back option, called “no build.”

Harrell noted that the county has already invested a lot of money, $4 million for the design and $8.5 million to acquire right-of-way land. State officials told Harrell the cost of construction — $33.4 million — will need to be shared with the county, or the project

will likely languish.While state and local

officials see improve-ments in the quality of

life for drivers, walkers and bikers, property owners are lamenting what they see as a loss in

their quality of life.“I moved here to enjoy

the water and to sit and watch the fish, not to get bombarded by sound,” said Taylor.

“What you’re going to do to us waterfront prop-erty owners in the most beautiful stretch of water in Charlotte County, it’s disgusting,” said Bowsher.


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VIEWPOINTPublisher — Glen Nickerson

Executive editor — Jim GouvellisEditorial page editor — Stephen Baumann

Commentary Editor — John Hackworth

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OUR VIEW

Trump made US great again

Editor:The incompetent President

Trump. On-going, De-nuking of North Korea. Our embassy moved to Jerusalem. Return of hostages/no billions in cash, paid. MIA’s returned. Fair trade with China.

VA reform. Not one, but two Supreme court judges. The Canadian pipeline. Regulation reform. Millions off food stamps. Record low unemployment. Record high employment. Record high consumer confidence. Record high stock market. Record high IRA/401K growth.

Right to work law for government union members. Record retail sales. New deal with Iran. New trade deal with Mexico. New trade deal with Canada. Free Pastor from Turkey prison. Energy inde-pendence for U.S.

Some that me memory has failed me.

I have to ask. If our presi-dent, Donald J. Trump, is so incompetent how has he got so much done in spite of all the resistance? It must be the Russians. Some one should send them a thank you note for making our country great again.

Leon HowlandPunta Gorda

Fact: Life starts at conception

Editor:Biological fact is that life

starts at the point of concep-tion. That is when the deter-mination of sex and charac-teristics are put in place. That is when a new human being is formed. That is when the DNA from mother and father are combined. This life will never develop into any other form of life but human being. From the point of conception hu-man being evolves, develops and grows through different stages till the end of life.

All human beings, including unborn, are entitled to same constitutional rights.

Do we have a right to take a life of unborn, terminally ill or an inmate in a death row? Is taking a life always painless

and free of torture?Congressional filings of

“fetal heart beat bills” for unborn and “ending of life bills” for terminally ill have been introduced and pro-posed. There are places where a coherent and terminally ill adult can approve and request medication for ending of life. An incoherent and uncon-scious adult in life support or an unborn cannot approve or request for an abortion or ending of life.

The point of beginning of life should not be an issue. The issue should be when, why and how to end any life and falls in the categories of law, morality, religion, econo-my, guardianship and health care.

Some gifts can be returned, but a gift of life should not be one of them.

Peter VartiainenPunta Gorda

Keep Tiseo in the mix

Editor:Why are the commissioners

leaving Joe Tiseo out of the mix? We have five commis-sioners and they all need to have their say. From reading the Charlotte Sun, it sounds a little underhanded.

Beverly GomezPort Charlotte

Babcock shelter is no solution

Editor:Yes, Charlotte County

needs a hurricane shelter plan. But, not the plan proposed by Babcock Ranch executives and a few of our commissioners.

We need a meeting with res-idents who were here during “Charley” in 2004 and Irma in 2017. Charley was a narrow hurricane with winds of 150 to 170 mph. Charley made a 90-degree turn as it reached the warm waters of Charlotte Harbor. Weather forecasters had predicted the storm to hit Tampa. Mobile homes suffered serious damage and roofs were torn off homes in Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda. Homes and businesses lost windows when impacted

by flying debris. There was no time to evacuate to shelters.

Hurricane Irma’s direc-tion was so unpredictable. Residents were told that water surge was the real threat. Weather forecasters created panic for weeks. Many areas of Charlotte County were not affected. Residents who fled to the east Coast, Orlando and Georgia were hit by the storm.

Residents and our commis-sioners need local meetings to assess the needs and available resources. Then we can plan for more local shelters.

Funding a Babcock Ranch shelter is not the solution. The underhanded way that Babcock Ranch site was proposed should make all residents of Charlotte County question who is really looking out for our safety and our finances.

Joan FischerPort Charlotte

Not OK to harm helpless children

Editor:I wrote that I was not totally

convinced by either pro-choice or pro-life advocates. But not anymore. To some pro-choice activists, late-term abortion is not extreme enough and are willing to go further and give women “a right” without consequences.

I know not when life begins, but I’m certain no one can deny there’s life after birth. A person results from a botched late-term abortion. That infant is a U.S. citizen with complete U.S. consti-tutional protections. That baby deserves the same equal protection enjoyed by all U.S. citizens.

When a physician takes the Hippocratic Oath, he promises to do what’s med-ically possible to maintain a patient’s life. After birth, the mother’s medical health is no longer regulated by the infant. The favorite excuse used to justify abortion is no longer in play. But, the life of the other patient, the infant, is still mother-dependent.

The doctor pseudo-pre-serves faith to his oath by keeping the infant “comfort-able” while allowing a discus-sion with the mother about

the next step. If the decision is to let the infant die, then the mother is culpable for mur-der. Moreover, she conspired with her doctor to take a life making the murder premedi-tated. That’s also first-degree murder abetted by the doctor, right?

Can anyone believe it’s acceptable to harm a help-less child? Doing nothing to sustain life permanently harms living. When a political party takes a position that’s so contrary, then it’s time to either change that party’s political position or to swap that political party.

Timothy C. TichesNorth Port

Box cutters now banned on planes

Editor:Are gun laws the answer to

stopping mass shootings? I think not.

Reuters reports a shooting in an elementary school in Suzano, Brazil. Six children killed. Two school officials and 17 others were shot and injured by gunmen. They report that the laws in Brazil make it extremely difficult to purchase guns, but it is not so difficult to obtain guns illegally.

We have laws against killing people. This applies to killings using guns, knives, poisons, clubs, automobiles and so many other means to do harm to fellow humans. Should we make it illegal to own knives, poisons, clubs, autos?

I imagine poison darts and brass knuckles could be added to the list of weapons that could kill people. Oh, lets add a few dangerous illegal drugs, too.

You say these weapons are not weapons of mass killings? I admit, some might not be weapons of choice for mass killings, but I do believe some nut case could devise a way to kill many people using just about any type of weapon.

Think back a few years. Terrorists used common box knives to take control of planes loaded with people and crashed them into the sides of buildings killing thousands of innocent people. Common box knives. I won-der how many guns it would take to kill 3,000 people.

Bill TimmNorth Port

‘No’ to expansion of Mosaic mining

Editor:Florida’s water system is

delicate. We need to be aware of a current threat to the Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.

DeSoto County commis-sioners need to continue to vote “no” on Mosaic phos-phate mining expansion. Since 1935, there have been 30 known radioactive phos-phate spills into the Peace River. In 2016, a sinkhole at Mosaic’s plant dumped 215 million gallons of toxic water into the Florida aquifer. It took three weeks before it was reported to the public.

These spills, of course, pollute our drinking water and kill fish, alligators, grass beds, virtually everything in it’s path.

Charlotte County commis-sioners, please be vigilant and help protect our harbor. Our local media outlets need to help us stay informed.

Lisa BaileyRotonda West

OUR POSITION: We can grouse over the details how a hurricane shelter for Charlotte County will be paid for and how and when the bill was presented in the Legislature, but the need is too great to risk losing the opportunity.

T he idea of a hurricane shelter being built on high and dry Babcock Ranch is

a good one. Nobody can really dispute that.

But when the idea went public there was more than a little consternation about how it came about, who knew, when they knew and where the money is coming from.

We don’t believe the details are all that important. The possibil-ity of getting a real, Red Cross-approved hurricane shelter for Charlotte County is too urgent to sweat the small stuff.

But, for the record, we believe Charlotte County Commissioner Joe Tiseo was right to look out for taxpayers when he questioned the process of how and when the bill was filed by Rep. Mike Grant, R-Port Charlotte, and how it would be paid for. Tiseo, by the way, supports the shelter.

And, we also believe Commissioner Stephen R. Deutsch was right to say the county does not “want to close the door on (the shelter idea).”

Let’s back up a bit and look at the issue. When Hurricane Irma hit, Charlotte County had two emergency shelters that were able to stay open and accommodate about 5,000 people. Those shel-ters, however, were not Red Cross approved and in a more serious hurricane — with a higher storm surge — would not have been adequate.

That led to a bunch of people — estimates vary — scrambling to shelters in North Port. And, that has caused some bickering between Charlotte and Sarasota counties on how Charlotte, in the future, should/can help out with staffing and/or costs of those shelters if another hurricane forces Charlotte County residents to head north.

An agreement between the two counties is on the drawing board but there has been some foot-dragging and nothing has been approved yet. Meanwhile, Charlotte County needs a shelter that is on higher land, away from storm surge. Babcock Ranch is the perfect location.

The bill being proposed in the Legislature, according to a Sun story by Betsy Calvert, said Grant is asking for $8 million from the state and seeking another $2 mil-lion from “local” sources. The best local source would be Charlotte County government.

Babcock Ranch founder Syd Kitson will supply the land and the infrastructure. He has two incentives to do so. First, to be a good neighbor, and Babcock Ranch has always been that. Second, is to have a field-house-type facility he can use when there are no hurricanes nearby. It could host various sports events. Nothing wrong with that. Having a building sit vacant 300 or more days a year would be a waste.

Most of the hand-wringing has been about Grant and Kitson speaking with commissioners individually and maybe not mentioning the bill was being filed in Tallahassee. At least that is the information we are getting. There was some secrecy about the pro-cess that is difficult to understand.

Grant said he has no obligation to go public or seek permission from commissioners to file such a bill. He’s right. It’s just a matter of courtesy.

When all is said and done, we appreciate Grant taking the bull by the horns and trying to get his home county a hurricane shelter. We hope the bill passes and the money escapes the governor’s veto.

That would be a win-win for everyone.

Charlotte County hurricane

shelter is still a priority

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A s fellow, red-blooded Americans who

cherish the freedoms this nation provides, we at Florida TaxWatch hold dear the independent and unfiltered manner of governmental entities placing public notices in local newspapers of record. Such notices fur-ther a citizen’s right to know about their elected official’s decisions af-fecting their daily lives — a bedrock principle of our constitutional dem-ocratic republic.

Public notice laws have been enacted in all 50 states because some information is so important we can’t rely on public officials to voluntarily surrender it. These laws state pre-cisely when and where such information must be published and do not leave it to the govern-ment to do the publish-ing. These notices cover a broad variety of topics: tax related notices

(delinquent tax sales, millage rates, etc.), city/county budgets, gov-ernment infrastructure plans, environmental cleanups, estate sales, new ordinances, sheriff’s sales, seizures of drug money, etc.

As a nonpartisan government watchdog and taxpayer research institute that focuses on promoting government accountability and transparency, Florida TaxWatch supports the use of public notices in local newspapers of record by government entities to notify all of its citizens of meetings and votes.

Unfortunately, we have seen in past sessions proposed state

legislation that would limit or end public notices in newspapers and allow them to be posted only on a website such as city or county website. If passed, these proposals would end or limit newspapers housing and circulating public notices, thus causing Floridians to be less informed about current government issues.

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O n Feb. 12, Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka “El Chapo,”

was convicted of mul-tiple crimes related to running the Sinaloa drug cartel, Mexico’s largest. Thirteen days before his conviction, authorities seized enough of the synthetic opioid called fentanyl for 100 mil-lion lethal doses. It was hidden in a truck carry-ing cucumbers through the Nogales port of legal entry.

On Feb. 28, authorities at the port of Newark in-specting a container ship that had arrived from Colombia found inside a container supposedly filled with dried fruit 3,200 pounds of cocaine, worth $77 million on U.S streets. This was two days after Don Winslow pub-lished “The Border,” the final volume in his 1,900-page trilogy of novels (“The Power of the Dog” and “The Cartel”) about the cartels and the U.S. “war on drugs.” He could hardly have arranged a better launch for his book, which is already on best-seller lists.

His thesis is that the war on drugs resembles the Vietnam War in its futility and its collateral damage to Mexicans,

more than 250,000 of whom have died and another 40,000 have disappeared, according to the Financial Times, in the past dozen years from violence associated with rivalrous cartels and law-enforcement measures. Those endless photos of confiscated sacks of drugs do resem-ble old photos of dead Vietcong — body counts of replaceable bodies. El Chapo, 61, will die in a U.S. “supermax” prison, and his incarceration — he has been in custody since 2016 — will make no difference regarding drug flows.

The mayhem and sadism Winslow de-scribes are, he says, derived from credible reports. Wonder what the Central Americans who trek through Mexico to the U.S. border are fleeing? Read Winslow’s description of a 10-year-old Guatemalan living off a garbage dump, alert for trucks bringing

garbage from the better neighborhoods.

Winslow might be right about sinister involvements of some U.S. financial institutions in handling the car-tels’ billions. He could, however, have omitted the thinly — very thinly — disguised President Trump, and his son-in-law who knowingly uses cartel money to rescue himself from a bad Manhattan real estate bet. One reason to read fiction is to avoid reading about those people. However, the upward of $40 billion in profits made from the $150 billion U.S. market — 30 million consumers of illicit drugs — must go somewhere. First, to Mexico, “so much cash,” Winslow says, “they don’t even count it, they weigh it.” But then where?

Every day 4,500 trucks pass, necessarily with usually minimal inspec-tion, through three legal entry points along the U.S.-Mexico border. Any wall would be irrelevant to interrupting drug

shipments. As is the strategy of bringing down cartel kingpins. The New York Times reports that in 2016 and 2017, when El Chapo was in custody, “Mexican heroin production increased by 37 percent and seizures of fentanyl in places like Nogales more than doubled.”

The “supply side” attack on drugs is frustrated by, among other things, geogra-phy and the torrent of south-north commerce. The “demand side” is frustrated by declining prices (the supply-side failure) for increasingly potent products, such as fentanyl, which has passed prescription opioids and heroin in overdose deaths. Made from chemicals, not crops, and patented almost 60 years ago, it is mixed with heroin for an extra kick — and if doses are not carefully cali-brated, a lethal kick. Says New York University’s Mark A.R. Kleiman: In 1979, a milligram of pure heroin sold for about

$9 in today’s prices; today it costs less than 25 cents. “Fifty grams of fentanyl — just over an ounce and a half — has the punch of a kilogram of heroin, and it’s way, way cheaper.” Three hundred micrograms — “roughly the weight of a grain of table salt” — can kill. And dealers are not precise chemists.

“We have,” Kleiman says, “about 30 times as many drug dealers behind bars today as we had in 1980,” but today’s dealers employ cell-phones, texting, social media and home deliv-ery. In the most recent Global Drug Survey, Kleiman says, “cocaine users around the world

reported that their most recent cocaine order was delivered in less time, on average, than their most recent pizza order.”

He notes that serious cultural change has taken 50 years regarding tobac-co, yet it is “still much more widely used than any of the illicit drugs except for cannabis.” And “the fentanyls aren’t going to be the last class of purely synthetic and super-potent recreational chemicals; they’re just the first.” Worse living through chemistry, even if it disadvantages the crop-growing cartels of Winslow’s epic.

George Will’s email address is [email protected].

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The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:

• Bulmaro Vidal Zarate, 35, address withheld. Charges: lewd lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and obscene material distribution to a minor. Bond: $270,000.

• Xavier Cornillius Harris Sr., 31, of Tampa, Fla. Charges: non-resident driver license required, violating non-resident exemption from registration and possession or use of drug paraphernalia. Bond: $4,500.

• Stephanie Marie Draine, 33, 400 block of Cortez Dr., Punta Gorda. Charges: petty theft third subsequent offense and resisting a law enforcement officer or merchant during retail theft. Bond: none.

• Wendy Lynne Hyatt, 41, 400 block of Cortez Dr., Punta Gorda. Charges: second degree larceny/petty theft first offense and resisting a law enforcement officer or merchant during retail theft. Bond: $3,500.

• Melanie Sue Miller, 34, 25000 block of Harborview Blvd., Port Charlotte. Charge: resisting officer without violence. Bond: none.

• Brian Jamison Cox, 43, 18400 block of Meyer Ave., Port Charlotte. Charge: disorderly intoxication. Bond: $1,000.

• Matthew James Cardoza, 22, 4600 block of San Luis Terrace, North Port. Charges: two counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession

of marijuana over 20 grams, and possession or use of drug parapher-nalia. $17,500.

• Francis Russell Poling III, 35, of Venice, Fla. Charge: violation of probation or community control. Bond: none.

• Nichole Diane Gooch, 25, of Sarasota, Fla. Charges: two underlying charges and failure of defendant on bail to appear on misdemeanor. Bond: $16,000.

• Brandin Tyon Willis, 28, 1400 block of Lemon St., Punta Gorda. Charge: littering over 500 pounds of commercial or hazardous waste. Bond: $5,000.

• Janet Louann Cabral-Meoni, 54, 22500 block of New York Ave., Port Charlotte. Charge: grand theft of a motor vehicle. Bond: $10,000.

• Cody Delane Bryant, 29, homeless of Port Charlotte. Charges: possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and posses-sion or use of drug paraphernalia. Bond: none.

The Florida Highway Patrol reported the following arrests:

• Jacob Allen Edenfield, 35, of Pompano Beach, Fla. Charge: DUI. Bond: $3,000.

The Department of Corrections-Probation reported the following arrests:

• Erica Rachel Barnette, 34, 12000 block of Henley Ave., Port Charlotte. Charge: violation of probation or community control. Bond: none.

— Compiled by Liz Hardaway

The information for Police Beat is gathered from police, sheriff’s office, Florida Highway Patrol, jail and fire records. Not every arrest leads to a conviction and guilt or innocence is determined by the court system.

POLICE BEAT

By DANIEL SUTPHINSTAFF WRITER

The issue of banning single-use plastic items goes beyond the straw for some local advocates.

“It’s not just about the straw,” said Wendy Mueller, Punta Gorda resident and member of the Last Straw Committee in Punta Gorda.

Plastic bags, Styrofoam and plastic to-go contain-ers and cups are equally a problem when it comes to polluting Florida’s environment.

“If something is designed to be thrown away, it’s a poor design,” said Last Straw member Lisa Wagner. The Last Straw Committee was formed in 2018 with the aim of educating the public on the benefits of using biodegradable products to reduce plastic and Styrofoam pollution.

The use and distribution of these items have been at the center of debate for local communities in Southwest Florida. Some cities, like St. Petersburg, Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island have even gone as far as approving ordinances to ban the

distribution of plastic straws, altogether.

Last week, the state’s Senate Commerce and Tourism committee approved a bill to conduct a study on the environ-mental effects of the plastic utensils.

The amended bill was introduced by committee member Sen. Travis Hutson. The study will be carried out by the Department of Environmental Protection.

The proposed legisla-tion would restrict local governments from banning plastic straws until 2024. A local government that violates the rule would be fined $25,000.

“I think this issue boils down to home rule,” said Punta Gorda Council Member Debby Carey. “Some communities, especially beach towns, are enacting laws. It is my feel-ing that local governments are the people; it should be their wishes. I think the state should stay out of local government.”

As for Punta Gorda, Carey believes approaching local businesses about the issue can be much more

productive in reducing distribution of the items.

Susan Randall, part-own-er of The Village Fish Market & Restaurant and La Fiorentina in Punta Gorda, feels strongly about finding biodegradable alternatives for carryout items.

“We are in the process of changing to Eco-friendly products,” Randall said. “We now use a plant-based straw and have changed several of our containers and single use items.”

One problem for restau-rants going Eco-friendly, however, is the cost and the durability of the products.

“Unfortunately,” Randall said, “we are struggling to source Eco-friendly products that hold up to the rigors of our business. We will continue to pursue more Eco-friendly products.”

Public education is one way local residents are hop-ing to help reduce plastic and Styrofoam pollution in Punta Gorda.

Although it is still in its beginning stages, the Punta Gorda Last Straw

Committee is working with multiple local organizations such as the Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association, Team Punta Gorda, The Peace River Wildlife Center and Smart Growth Punta Gorda, among others.

“Our aim is to try to lower the amount of pollution,” Wagner said. “People get all up in arms about straws because they think you are trying to take away their rights. We want to educate. It’s not about forcing people to do something.”

While the committee has no political outlook or ties on the issue, Mueller thinks that making a law banning it will not be a productive way to reduce pollution.

“We need to enforce the laws that we already have,” Mueller said. “We keep making laws but we don’t do anything about them. We have litter laws but we don’t have staff to give out the tickets. I just don’t think that making a law fixes things all the time. In a way, the encouragement is more important to me.”


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By STEVE REILLYSTAFF WRITER

ENGLEWOOD — The Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board want to hear how loud is loud.

The advisory board scheduled a special meet-ing for 1 p.m. Monday to learn the noise levels along West Dearborn Street from audio special-ists Keane Acoustics. The advisory board requested the study before the CRA constructs a permanent band shell at the Pioneer Plaza at the 300 block of West Dearborn Street.

The permanent band shell is designed by Sarasota County to be 32 feet long, 24 feet deep, the same size as the tem-porary bandstand now used at various events held at the plaza.

Dearborn can be noisy now with the ambient cacophony from the chittering of sparrows and other birds, breezes rustling the leaves of trees, vehicular traffic up and down the street, aircraft flying overhead, lawnmowers and other residential machinery, outside conversa-tions — especially on Thursdays during the farmers markets and the music emanating in the evenings from live music at restaurants and bars

along Dearborn.“The most frequent

(non-music) noise sources observed were vehicular traffic, chirping birds, aircraft and the rustling of foliage,” the re-port stated. It also noted how weather and other atmospheric conditions can affect how far sound can travel.

The report noted how sound from a band shell isn’t “omnidirectional,” that the shell itself directs the sound from live performances. The am-plification of the sound of a live performance can also be moderated by the sound system.

“As with any sound system, care needs to be taken to properly configure the system to provide ample coverage to the audience and minimize disruption to the community,” the report stated.

“Events using ‘over-sized’ sound systems can result in a distur-bance, either through poor aiming, raising the loudspeaker arrays too high (projecting

sounds over buildings) or using too much power, or low frequency (bass) equalization.”

The consultants recom-mend setting the band shell on the south side of the plaza and face it north, toward Dearborn.

“The anticipated noise impact for amplified music event will be fairly small for most residences, likely negligible for those more than one block away from the band shell,” the report stated.


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NORTH PORT — The North Port City Commission will consider an interlocal agreement with the Sarasota County School Board on Tuesday to allow the city to use Heron Creek Middle School for parking for the North Port Aquatic Center.

The City Commission approved plans for the construction of the aquatic center at Butler Park on May 22.

The aquatic center is anticipated to attract more than 87,000 patrons annually, leading the city of North Port to request that the School Board provide additional parking spaces by allowing access to the school.

Peak usage of the aquatic center will align with days that the school is not operating, such as summer break.

The city will also discuss possible restoration for a

sculpture at Warm Mineral Springs called “Mandalas for World Peace.”

The sculpture was dedicated at the site in 2012. An estimate for a “patch-up” of the sculpture is about $8,000 and an overhaul is estimated at $11,000. John Cheer, who has been in-volved in the effort, noted in emails the need to move the sculpture — which currently

is exposed to elements.The meeting takes place

at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the City Commission Chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 4970 City Hall Boulevard.

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What is my home's

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Question: It’s time to renew the insurance on

my 13-year-old home. I want to determine the replacement cost in the event a hurricane hits and the tidal surge leaves just the walls standing. Can you suggest any source where I might calculate my home’s replacement cost?

Answer: Your insurance company will give you an estimate of the replacement cost upon request. This estimate will be based on their own proprietary software, so don’t expect much more than the final number.

According to Kevin Feuser, co-owner of Brightway Insurance in Englewood, the insurance companies do their best to walk a fine line. If their estimate is too high, your premium would be too high. On the other hand, if their estimate is too low, you would be under-insured.

Kevin suggests that the most accurate estimate to replace your home would be one furnished by a local builder. That estimate would consider extras like upgrades and architectural highlights that may be invisible to automated systems. Of course, the challenge in this building boom would be to find a builder who can spare the time for that.

Kevin noted that it’s normal for the cost of construction to spike in the aftermath of a hurricane due to shortages in labor and materials. This should be worked into the equation. He also noted that sometimes specific endorsements can be added to provide more coverage, if needed.

Kevin also cautioned that you should not assume that your insurance company will pay whatever it takes to replace your home if you have replacement coverage. Read your policy and consult your insurance agent if you need clarification on the limits of your coverage.

Along these lines, my own research into “replacement cost coverage” yielded many contradictions as to what this means. That reinforces the value of relying on your agent to clarify any ambiguities in your policy.

Here are a few other considerations. According to Consumer Reports, items that are not covered by (FEMA) flood insurance include “property and belongings outside of an insured building, such as trees, plants, wells, septic systems, walks, decks, patios, fences, seawalls, hot tubs, and swimming pools.”

For a residential home, the standard FEMA

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flood policy is capped at $250,000 in coverage per building and $100,000 for contents. Additionally, the private flood insurance market has flood coverage in excess of these limits and can be purchased from most agents.

You suggested a scenario where hurricane winds and flood surge destroy everything but the walls.

That brings up an interesting question.How do you determine if it was the flood surge or the wind that wiped out certain items?

I posed this question to Kevin. Here’s his answer:

“If there is damage to the home from both wind and flood, both home/wind and flood policies could apply.It may be difficult to determine exactly if the wind or the flood caused the damage. Therefore, many claim adjustors will look to see how high the flood rose inside and outside the home.

“Accordingly, they will use the flood policy to pay for those covered items damaged at or below the flood level and use the home policy to pay for covered items damaged above the flood level.”

He added: “This is a general statement. It can be a complicated matter so the adjustor, using the policy wording, will determine which policy and how much will apply.”

And finally, here’s another option for determining the replacement cost of your home: Hire an appraiser. Most appraisals include two bottom lines — the market value and the replacement cost of the property.

The appraisal will likely break down the market value of the property into the value of the land, the land improvements, and the building(s). That could be helpful to you in tailoring your coverage and deductibles to your situation.

Thank you to Kevin Feuser at Brightway Insurance in Englewood for contributing to today’s column.

Brett Slattery is a Realtor and broker/owner of Brett Slattery Realty lie. Brett and his wife, Deb, specialize in residential home sales and listings. Brett is also an experienced expert witness, and FAA-certified drone pilot. Reach him via 941-468-1430, Brett@ BrettSlattery.com, or www.BrettSlattery. com.

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By GARY M. SINGERSUN SENTINEL

Q: My association is refusing to make accom-modations to help me with my disability. What should I do? — Ray

A: Discrimination in all of its forms is wrong and should be addressed. This

includes discrimination in housing against those who are disabled. Under the law, if you have a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits at least one life activity, your housing provider, whether a landlord or community association, is required to provide a reasonable

accommodation that is necessary and related to your condition.

You may be asked to provide proof of your condition and that the requested accommodation will assist. A letter from your treating physician that states that you are disabled, the requested

accommodation, and the relationship between the two will usually get the job done.

Your housing provider is not allowed to question a doctor’s diagnosis, but is allowed to verify the letter is provided by an actual doctor who is treating you. Not every request has to be granted even with proof.

Requests that do not directly relate to your treatment, create a large burden on your provider, or threaten the health or safe-ty of your neighbors can be denied. For example, you cannot ask your association to install an elevator to your second story walk-up, or

expect your community to accept a vicious dog with a history of snapping at your neighbors.

If you feel that you are being discriminated against, either because you are disabled or for any other reason, your first step is to clearly and calmly communicate with your association. Find out what their concern is and try to address it. I have come across many board mem-bers who were not aware of the law. If the problem is one of ignorance, polite education can often work.

It is always a good idea to document your efforts. If this does not work you

can get the government involved. While most peo-ple know that the federal government enforces these laws, you can also contact a variety of other agencies. State, county, and even many local cities can offer you help. If you hit a dead end with these sources, you many need to get a knowl-edgeable attorney involved to be your advocate.

Gary M. Singer is a Florida attorney and board-certified as an expert in real estate law by the Florida Bar. Send him questions online at www.sunsentinel.com/askpro or follow him on Twitter at @GarySingerLaw.

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Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), when fully im-plemented and digested, could save borrowers at least $7 billion a year.

The executive order would direct FHFA to instruct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to require lenders originating loans for sale to the agencies to pay for title insurance that protects themselves. This would end the practice of requiring borrowers to pay for the insurance that protects the lender. Borrowers would con-tinue to have the option of buying insurance that protects themselves.

While the new rule would apply only to conforming loans, which are those eligible for sale to Fannie and Freddie, it would spread quickly to the smaller market for non-conforming loans.

Inanity of the current practiceTo appreciate the

inanity of having a buyer pay a seller’s cost, consider what would happen if that practice were used in a more familiar market — such as

the automobile market. Suppose that industry adopted the practice of pricing cars without tires, requiring that tires had to be purchased by the buyer in a separate transaction, from a tire seller approved by the dealer. Then the cost of the tires, instead of being embedded in the price of the car, would be paid for separately by the car buyer. This would mirror exactly the way that title insurance is transacted.

If this were to happen, the existing highly compet-itive market for tires would be replaced by a dysfunc-tional market, and the price of tires would soar.

In the existing market, car manufacturers nego-tiate the lowest tire prices possible because tires are one of their costs. Further, they have the knowledge and bargaining power to obtain the best competitive prices. But if car buyers had to purchase tires sepa-rately, competitive pricing would disappear.

Tires sold separately would become a separate source of profits to car dealers, who would be po-sitioned to refer car buyers to favored tire dealers. The price of tires would rise to accommodate the market-ing costs incurred by tire

sellers in soliciting the fa-vor of dealers, which would come to include explicit or disguised kickbacks.

Since kickbacks are viewed as odious, left-wing legislators might attempt to make them illegal. If they succeeded, right-wing legislators might attempt to autho-rize legal ways to accom-plish the same objective, including joint ventures between automobile deal-ers and tire distributors.

Fortunately, this is all hypothetical as it applies to automobile tires, but it accurately describes the dysfunctional title insur-ance market, including the Federal Government’s response to date.

The problem is not the absence of

competitionWhen markets don’t work

well, it is often attributed to lack of competition, but that is not the problem with title insurance. Competition in this market is fierce, but it is directed not at borrowers but at the lenders, Realtors and builders who have referral power. Competition directed at referrers tends to raise prices rather than reduce them because it raises marketing costs, and because many referrers expect to be compensated.

Existing federal govern-ment policies miss the point. There are two. One is to declare the payment

of referral fees to be illegal. Enforcement of this rule by HUD is difficult because there are so many players, and because there are so many ways that one party can provide some-thing of value to another.

The second policy is to provide a safe harbor, called an “affiliated business arrangement,” or ABA. To take advantage of this provision, the title agent forms a new agency owned jointly with a referring lender or realtor. Referrals to this new entity are legal, and the referrer can profit in proportion to its ownership share.

ABAs are a costly way to pay referral fees legally. To minimize the costs, the

new agency may be only a facade, with the work actually done by another agency. These are deemed shams and unacceptable by HUD.

Title insurance costs to borrowers will not be lowered by trying to enforce rules against the payment of referral fees, or by forcing referrers to incur high costs in order to legalize these payments. The solution is to eliminate referral power by requiring the referrer to pay for the policy.

Jack Guttentag is professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Comments and questions can be left at http://www.mtgprofessor.com.

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What’s new chef like John Barrett at Placida’s Light-

house Grill shakes up the menu to keep things fresh.

Others refresh their menu every three months.

A whole meal — breakfast — becomes such hot new com-

fort food that people can’t get enough of it. Eateries from Port Charlotte’s All-Star Sports Grill to Punta Gorda’s Burg’r Bar oblige them by adding breakfast where there was none before.

Doug Amaral wants your memories

No, it’s not some sci-fi thriller.

River City Grill chef/owner Doug Amaral wants you to share your fondest childhood food memories with him.

That favorite dish of your mom’s that you continue to crave. That recipe from your cultural heritage, from the region where you grew up.

Befriend “Douglas Amaral” on Facebook, tell him the story of your favorite family food, add photos, attach a recipe if you have it.

He‘s going to invite a couple of you to test, taste and whip up your favorite

dish with him at River City Grill. It’ll be like an Emeril episode.

Hey, if former Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon can have a dish like Maddonini Chicken named after him, so can you.

He constantly goes back to his roots for inspiration.

Now he wants to go back to yours, too.

River City Grill ($$-$$$), 941-639-9080, 131 W. Marion Ave., is open Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 4:30 to 9 p.m.

Not in this family’s cookbook

The owners’ ancestors might not have had it, but you can nevertheless eat

a St. Patrick’s Day meal of corned beef and cabbage at Punta Gorda’s Celtic Ray Public House, one of Florida’s few authentic Irish pubs.

Owners Kevin and Max Doyle have in this case bowed to public demand. As they’ll admit, the dish isn’t Irish. Jewish delis introduced it on the streets of New York, where it was adopted by everyone else.

But don’t even think about asking them to pour the abomination that is green beer.

The Celtic Ray ($-$$), 941-916-9115, 145 E. Marion Ave., is throwing a three-day SPD bash that closes out in style with Celt-rock band Shenanigan’s Wake tonight.

Profits, sunnyside up

Punta Gorda restaura-teurs Nick and Sue Randall know they have to fill every seat in the Village Fish Market during season, to make it through summer.

The same held true for their two-year-old La Fiorentina Steakhouse

Italiana, which didn’t have quite enough seats to do that job. And when plans to expand their square footage proved untenable, they had to think fast on their seats.

There’s more ways than one to fill a chair. If you can’t add more of them, you make them available for more hours a day, starting at 8 for breakfast instead of 11:30 for lunch.

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Randalls’ longtime chef, Chris DiNunno, rise to the challenge of creating a breakfast menu, which he’d never done before; he and his team made it the classiest breakfast menu Punta Gorda has ever seen.

Hungry local diners now get buttery puff pastry holding their bacon and eggs, French toast en brioche, even a filet mignon Benedict, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

La Fiorentina ($$-$$$), 941-639-6500, 10361 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, is open Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday to 8 p.m. Breakfast is served

until 2 p.m., lunch 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Orange juice at The Orange House

Not to be outdone, Lisa Blanchard and daughter-in-law Bianca Blanchard have gone beyond wine and tapas to offer breakfast and lunch at Punta Gorda’s Orange House Wine Bar.

Breakfast includes quiche, healthy açai bowls and the somewhat less virtuous “do-scuits,” Blanchard’s killer combo of fried biscuit dough rolled in sugar, with lemon mascarpone and blueberry compote or peanut butter, Nutella and crushed pretzels.

Lunch now includes salad, flatbreads and panini.

The Orange House ($), 941-505-8233, 320 Sullivan Street, is open Tuesday and Wednesday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m., Thursday and Friday to 10 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 to 10 p.m.

Send restaurant and bar news and recommendations to columnist Sue Wade at [email protected].

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Winifred E. Berger Winifred “Winnie”

E. Berger, 101, of Port Charlotte, Florida died on

Thursday, March 14, 2019 peacefully at home.

Winnie was born Oct. 16 1917 in Tuxedo Park, New

York to Frederica and Arthur Smith.

She grew up in Floral Park, New York and moved to Port Charlotte in 1984 from Huntington, New York. She was a retired accountant. Winnie was an active member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Port Charlotte and a volunteer quilter, making quilts for the Lutheran World Relief. She loved golfing and was a former member of the Punta Gorda Country Club and the Port Charlotte Golf Club. She was a 9-Hole Ladies Champion in 1988 and also had a Hole-In-One the same year.

Winnie is survived by a sister, Lucille Fritz of Franklin Square, New York; two nieces, Judith H. Barnosky of Port Charlotte and Cynthia Kothe of Hurley, New York; and several other nieces and nephews. She was preced-ed in death by her hus-band of 70 years, George A. Berger; who died in 2009, three children, Carol, George III and Adele, a sister, Dorothy Manser; and a grandson, Jeffery Klein.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at the Restlawn Memorial Gardens Chapel, 1380 Forrest Nelson Blvd., Port Charlotte, FL 33952. Entombment will follow.

In lieu of flowers me-morial contributions may be made to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

2565 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte, FL 33952. Friends may visit online at www.robersonfh.com extend condolences to the family.

Arrangements are by Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel.

John J. Bowser John J. Bowser passed

away peacefully at home in his sleep on February 23, 2019 in Punta Gorda. He was born in Columbus, OH on May 5, 1948 to the late John M. and Ada Ford Bowser. Following graduation from Eastmoor High School in 1966, he joined the US Navy and was stationed aboard the USS Boston (CA-69) 1966-70. John retired from Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 189 receiving his 45 year pin in 2017. He enjoyed many pursuits over the years including boating, fishing, camping and

cheering on the Ohio State Buckeyes. John was a Life Member of VFW 8794 Columbus, Port Charlotte FOE Aerie 3296, and Punta Gorda Moose Lodge 1693 and Legion #58. He was enjoying life to the fullest and planning for the future with his fiancée, Rhonda Roy, and his best buddy Bowser-Bowser the Havanese.

John will be greatly missed by his children, Donna Shuman (Erik Beauchamp), John Bowser, Deanna Bowser, and Julie (Rome) LeGrange; sisters, Barbara Bowser Floyd, Mary (Rick) Ray, Terri (Greg) Martin; brother, Michael (Sue) Bowser; former wife, Linda Bowser; 13 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren; as well as many other relatives and friends. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother, Harvey T. Bowser; granddaughter, Samantha Bowser; and brother-in-law, Julius Floyd.

A private memorial was held with his children and friends. A Celebration of Life was held at Vivante where he lived and did so much to bring the same enjoyment, he had for life to those around him. A Wake will be held at a later date at Shorty’s in Punta Gorda where he left behind untold numbers of friends who mourn his passing as they would a loved one. In the words of his daughter, Julie, “John was a good and honorable man and is missed by all.”

To express condolences to the family, please visit www.LTaylorFuneral.com and sign the online guest book. Arrangements are by Larry Taylor Funeral and Cremation Services.

Christopher George Ryan

Christopher “Chris” George Ryan, 45, of Port Charlotte, FL passed away on February 23, 2019. He was born April 1, 1973 in Ridgewood, NJ and had just recently returned to this area to be close to his family.

Chris was a son, brother, friend, artist, lover of music, nature’s majesty and laughing. He was an American trucker who appreciated every oppor-tunity to lend a hand to help a brother or sister. Although his journeys on America’s highways have ended, Chris’s spirit will stay with all who love him. It will not fade away. Keep on Truckin’ Brother.

He is survived by his mother, JoAnn, brother, Shawn, sister, Jennifer, nephew Vincent, aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends, near and far, whom he loved as family.

Services are private and at the convenience of the family. Please visit kays-ponger.com to leave the family your thoughts, memories and condolences on the online guestbook. Kays-Ponger & Uselton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

NORTH PORT

Florence Caroline Sayre

Florence Caroline Sayre, 92, of North Port, Florida passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019.

Florence was born on Nov. 15, 1926 in Wheaton, Illinois to parents August and Amelia Gauger.

She was active in the community, being a member of various clubs and senior organizations.

Survivors include, brother, Melvin (Andrea) Gauger of Sleepy Hollow, Illinois; one nephew, Rev. William (Janice) Gauger of Florence, Kentucky; three nieces, Patricia (Thomas) Gerloski of Carol Stream, Illinois, Susan (David) Salvesen of Naperville, Illinois, and

Sandra (Joaquin) Mercado also of Naperville, Illinois. Florence was preceded in death by her husband, Donald R. Sayre.

A Visitation will be held at 10 a.m on Monday, March 18, at Farley Funeral Homes and Crematory, 5900 S. Biscayne Blvd, North Port, FL 34287, Prayer Service at 11 a.m. and graveside will follow at Venice Memorial Gardens, 1950 Center Rd, Venice, FL 34293.

In lieu of flowers a donation may be made in her name to any Veterans Organization. If you would like to share a memory of Florence or leave the family a special condo-lence please visit www.farleyfuneralhome.com

Arrangements entrusted to Farley Funeral Homes and Cremation, North Port, 941-426-2880.

Hazel Annette Smith

May 11, 1922 ~ March 13, 2019Hazel Annette Smith, age 96, passed away on

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in Kokomo. She was born on May 11, 1922 in Lafayette, Indiana to the late Noah and Anna (Hurst) Justice. Hazel graduated from West Point High School, and worked at Mary Mac Shoppe in Kokomo for 16 years.

In 1941, Hazel was married to Russell Gordon Smith in Kentucky. Russell preceded Hazel in passing in 1996. They had resided in Port Charlotte, Florida, where Hazel belonged to Women of the Moose #1619, Women’s American Legion Auxillary, and Elk’s Lodge. She also spent a great deal of time volunteering at hospitals and nursing homes while in Florida. Hazel enjoyed spending her free time by playing cards, bowling, golfing, and dancing. Even in her later years, Hazel was quite the adventurist, going for hot air balloon rides and going up in her son’s glider.

Hazel is survived by her children, Mary Ann (Melvin) Harth, Hal C. (Jennifer) Smith, and Richard G. Smith; grandchildren, Jacinda Mahon, Debra Mund, Melissa Williams, Erin (Aaron) Starr, Schuyler Smith, and Breanna (fiancé Julian Medina) Smith; great grandchil-dren, Wesley (Courtney) Beckom, Cassandra (Kevin) Davin, Jace Bryant, Dillon Mund, Kayela (fiancé Shayne Riley) Williams, Justice Williams, Truman Smith, and Kennedy Smith; great-great grandchildren, Lyla and Lyndin Davin, Corrigan and Carringtyn Beckom; step grandchildren, Aimee (Chase) Romero, and Abbee (Mike) Summers; step great grandchildren, Keyton, Kaeden, and Kamryn Romero, and Harlowe, Nolen, and Irelyn Summers; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, Hazel was preceded in passing by her grandsons, Ryan Smith and Matthew Smith; six brothers, and four sisters.

There will be a public visitation for Hazel held at Sunset Memory Garden Funeral Home on Monday, March 18th from 3pm to 8pm. The funeral service will be conducted at the funeral home on Tuesday, March 19th at 11 am, with another visitation one hour prior.

Hazel’s family would like to acknowledge and thank the nurses and staff at Primrose Retirement Community of Kokomo and Premier Hospice.

To leave an online condolence, please visit www.sunsetmemorygarden.com


OBITUARIES

Martha Mary Finnegan Martha Mary Finnegan (nee Siegle) was born 95 years

ago and returned to Heaven on March 13th. She died at home, sleeping peacefully, and surrounded by love.

Martha was born in Newark, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Fred & Martha Siegle and was raised in East Newark. Her Dad was Thomas Edison’s friend and plumber. Despite the Great Depression, she enjoyed a happy childhood with her brother, Freddie Jr. and her sister, Evelyn.

Martha loved to dance and won a jit-terbug contest in 1940. When World War

II began, the love of her life, Anthony Finnegan, an Irish Immigrant, joined the U.S. Marine Corp and fought on the front lines of battle in the Pacific theater. Martha became a secretary at the Newark shipyards, helping America’s war effort from her desk. Their love continued to grow despite the miles and time that separated them. They were married shortly after Anthony’s return from war in 1946.

In 1966, they moved to Port Charlotte with their 5 children. They started with nothing and built several successful businesses. They epitomized the American Dream. Martha was an American Patriot and she loved her country.

Martha was a silent philanthropist. She was one of the first benefactors of St. Charles Borromeo Church and School and Fawcett Memorial Hospital. A lifelong friend of law enforcement, she was a patron of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches. The Florida Sheriffs Association awarded her a Lifetime Honorary Membership for her decades of support. She was a founding member of STOP (Stop Turning Out Prisoners), the grassroots organization that tackled the early release crisis in state prisons and spearheaded the STOP law, which has made Florida a safer place to live and raise families.

She contributed to numerous organizations and helped many friends through difficult times. Her fa-vorite charities included the Humane Society, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, the World Wildlife Fund, Father Flanagan’s Boys Home, the Animal Welfare League, The National WWII Museum, The Nature Conservancy, the Crazy Horse Memorial, St. Labre Indian School (a Roman Catholic Institution for Native American youth), and the KNOM Radio Mission in Alaska (the oldest Catholic news station in America; it reaches people who live solitary lives in the bush).

She was a parishioner of St. Charles Borromeo Church. She served as a volunteer “gray lady” (school nurse) at St. Charles School in the 1960s & 1970s. Martha was the “Cookie Mom” for the Girl Scouts and a Den Mother for the Cub Scouts. She supported the Port Charlotte Bandits football team and their Cheerleaders. She was a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles (FOE 3296).

Martha Finnegan supported the National Park Service and visited many parks with her children and grandchildren. She traveled extensively in the United States.

Her favorite places were Kauai and the Florida Keys.Her smile could light up a room and her laugh was

infectious. Her wisdom, Irish wit and kindness brought joy to those around her. Martha celebrated her life just last month with over 100 of her friends and family members who gathered at the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club to wish her a Happy 95th Birthday. She thoroughly enjoyed every moment.

Martha Finnegan knew how to live a fun, exciting, and fulfilling Christian life. She made a difference in many peoples’ lives.

She was pre-deceased by her husband, Anthony Finnegan, her parents, Fred & Martha Siegle, her brother Fred Siegle Jr. & sister-in-law Gay, her sister Evelyn Reto & brother-in-law Joe Reto, her son Timothy Finnegan & daughter-in-law Colleen Sheehan Finnegan.

She is survived by her son Michael Finnegan and his wife Doreen, her daughter and caregiver Kathleen and her husband Dr. John Aimino, her daughter Mary and her husband Mike Brower, and son Patrick Finnegan.

She is also survived by 11 grandchildren: Shannon and her husband Ryan Johansen, Sean Finnegan and his wife Dr. Lindsey Finnegan, Ryan Finnegan and his wife Cristina. Erin and her husband Scott Booher, Nico Aimino, Kimberly Brower, Bryan Finnegan, Christopher Brower, Jennifer Brower, Jason Finnegan and Joshua Finnegan.

Martha is also survived by 11 great grandchildren: Colleen Johansen, Charlie Johansen, Evelyn Finnegan, Morgan Finnegan, Brooks Finnegan, Mikaela Martin, David Wells, Anthony Finnegan, Aiden Finnegan, Christian Brower, Casey Brower, Claire Brower, and Caitlyn Brower.

She will be dearly missed by her sister-in-law Honey Finnegan, her Godson Bobby Reto & his wife Mary, her “Hawaiian daughter” Louise Hanaoka and her husband, Mike Gandy, and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews. Countless friends, both old and new, and from near and far, will miss Martha Finnegan, a beautiful person who made the world a better place.

Flowers are appreciated (and will be shared with nursing home residents after the service), or donations can be made in Martha’s Memory to any of the char-ities listed above. Funeral services will be handled by Kays-Ponger & Uselton Funeral Home, 2405 Harbor Boulevard, Port Charlotte.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 21st from 2-4PM and 6-8PM. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Charles Borrromeo Catholic Church, 21505 Augusta Avenue, Port Charlotte on March 22nd at 1pm.

James G. Joiner, Jr. James G. Joiner, Jr. “Cappy”, 81, of Placida, Florida

left this earth on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from his Charlotte County residence.

Born on June 7, 1937 on Boca Grande, Florida to the late James and Elvera (Rodriguez) Joiner, he was an avid hunter and fisherman. A tarpon guide for forty-six years, a commercial fisherman in the Florida Keys and Fort Myers Beach; he was a past president of the Organized Fishermen of Florida, Marathon Chapter. Cappy was instrumental in the formation of the Boca Grande Fishing Guides

Association in 1988 and was the sitting President until his passing.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Raymond Rodriguez.

Survivors include his loving wife of forty-nine years: Sally Joiner; children and their spouses: Terry Joiner (Brian Johns); Tony Joiner; Sam (Kimmie) Joiner; Nicki Joiner; Shawn (Susan) Joiner, fifteen grandchildren, ten great grandchildren; one brother: Lamar Joiner; one sis-ter: Sybil Mills and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2019 from 2 PM until 6 PM at Fellowship Church, 140 Rotonda Blvd. West, Rotonda, Florida 33948. Funeral service will be held on Friday, March 22, 2019 at 11 AM at Fellowship Church, with Pastor Garry Clark, officiating.

A gathering of family and friends will take place after the service at Rotonda Country Club, 100 Rotonda Circle, Rotonda from 1 PM until 4 PM.

Englewood Community Funeral Home with Private Crematory has been selected to handle arrangements. You may share a memory with the family at www.englewoodfh.com

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C7412469 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 21514 MEEHAN AVE $79,000 806 $81,500 3/8/2019 None 2 1 0 1961 Single Family Residence Cash 98.01 1.03 54.7C7408070 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33948 19505 QUESADA AVE $79,750 899 $72,000 3/13/2019 Community 2 2 0 1985 Condominium Cash 88.71 0.9 C7411779 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 4158 TAMIAMI TRL #D3 $79,900 957 $77,000 3/12/2019 None 2 2 0 1971 Condominium Cash 83.49 0.96 D6102655 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 21431 MALLORY AVE $79,900 525 $75,000 3/13/2019 None 1 1 0 1959 Single Family Residence Conventional 152.19 0.94 106.38C7411362 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 26485 RAMPART BLVD #B1 $89,900 884 $88,000 3/8/2019 Community 2 2 0 1988 Condominium Cash 101.7 0.98 C7406529 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 25100 SANDHILL BLVD $100,000 859 $93,000 3/12/2019 Community 2 2 0 1987 Condominium Cash 116.41 0.93 108.27D6104411 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34224 2820 10TH ST $109,000 904 $88,000 3/8/2019 None 2 1 1 1960 Single Family Residence Conventional 120.58 0.81 C7412103 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 3109 PT CHARLOTTE BLVD $115,000 1,022 $101,000 3/13/2019 None 2 2 0 1967 Single Family Residence Cash 112.52 0.88 52.99C7411129 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 21544 KENYON AVE $115,000 1,092 $96,000 3/12/2019 None 3 1 0 1960 Single Family Residence Cash 105.31 0.83 C7410453 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 1196 E CORKTREE CIR $119,000 852 $125,000 3/8/2019 Community 2 2 0 1985 Single Family Residence Cash 139.67 1.05 102.88C7410303 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 8321 ETON CT $119,900 839 $110,000 3/8/2019 None 2 2 0 1978 Single Family Residence Cash 142.91 0.92 C7408297 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 540 SHARON CIR $119,900 1,140 $120,000 3/12/2019 None 3 1 0 1958 Single Family Residence FHA 105.18 1 A4423642 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 7517 BERWICK ST $124,000 882 $120,000 3/11/2019 None 2 1 0 1984 Single Family Residence Conventional 140.59 0.97 C7411671 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 3529 ELYTON CT $125,000 1,175 $130,000 3/8/2019 None 3 2 0 1978 Single Family Residence Conventional 106.38 1.04 C7409619 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33982 438 & 446 RIO VISTA AVE $129,000 876 $100,000 3/7/2019 None 2 2 0 1960 Single Family Residence Cash 147.26 0.78 114.16D6104587 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34224 6796 GASP PINES BLVD $129,900 1,036 $127,000 3/12/2019 Community 2 2 0 1985 Condominium Cash 125.39 0.98 122.59D6101168 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33953 4410 WARREN AVE #404 $129,900 616 $117,600 3/12/2019 Community 1 1 0 1989 Condominium Cash 210.88 0.91 168C7406818 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 546 ORANGE DR NW $134,900 1,202 $125,000 3/8/2019 None 2 2 0 1977 Single Family Residence Conventional 112.23 0.93 64.67O5755227 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 2250 LAKESHORE CIR $139,500 1,400 $133,000 3/13/2019 Private 3 2 0 1981 Single Family Residence Cash 99.64 0.95 A4428291 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 445 SUNSET DR $139,900 864 $139,900 3/13/2019 None 2 1 0 1953 Single Family Residence Cash 161.92 1 136.35C7408647 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 2140 HERON LAKE DR $143,500 1,293 $140,000 3/8/2019 Community 3 2 0 2006 Condominium Conventional 110.98 0.98 D6102634 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34224 6800 PLACIDA RD #2004 $144,500 1,092 $140,000 3/7/2019 Community 2 2 0 1990 Condominium Conventional 132.33 0.97 C7408777 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33980 23401 MCKIM AVE $145,000 1,226 $145,000 3/12/2019 None 2 2 0 1985 Single Family Residence Conventional 118.27 1 101.97C7403288 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33982 701 INDIAN CREEK LN $149,700 1,220 $145,000 3/7/2019 None 3 2 0 1974 Single Family Residence USDA 122.7 0.97 81.01C7408904 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 6331 JORDAN ST $149,900 1,172 $153,900 3/8/2019 None 2 1 0 1970 Single Family Residence FHA 127.9 1.03 C7406796 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33948 2372 FOURWIND ST $149,900 1,512 $149,900 3/11/2019 None 2 1 0 1981 Single Family Residence FHA 99.14 1 88.38C7410882 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 426 GARFIELD AVE NW $150,000 964 $143,000 3/8/2019 Private 2 2 0 1979 Single Family Residence Cash 155.6 0.95 C7410673 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 4042 CONWAY BLVD $154,900 1,486 $143,000 3/11/2019 Private 4 2 0 1958 Single Family Residence Cash 104.24 0.92 D6100934 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34224 1725 MORNING DOVE LN $160,000 1,269 $158,000 3/8/2019 Private 2 1 1 1962 Single Family Residence Cash 126.08 0.99 C7242548 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 5325 OCARINA RD $161,990 1,203 $161,990 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 2017 Single Family Residence Cash 134.66 1 C7409568 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 3725 SLEEPY HOLLOW LN $162,900 1,620 $159,000 3/11/2019 None 2 2 0 1962 Single Family Residence Cash 100.56 0.98 75.43C7405686 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 22373 ALBANY AVE $164,990 1,555 $164,990 3/8/2019 None 3 2 0 1987 Single Family Residence Conventional 106.1 1 67.1C7411000 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 23168 NANCY AVE $165,000 1,348 $165,000 3/12/2019 None 2 2 0 1988 Single Family Residence FHA 122.4 1 79.48C7410442 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 1288 SHEEHAN BLVD $167,900 1,392 $169,500 3/12/2019 Private 2 2 0 1981 Single Family Residence FHA 120.62 1.01 N6103424 Sold NORTH PORT 34286 1739 MADISON AVE $169,900 1,232 $164,500 3/8/2019 None 3 2 0 2003 Single Family Residence Cash 137.91 0.97 C7407629 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33955 17278 ACAPULCO RD #322 $169,900 1,500 $167,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 0 2008 Condominium Cash 113.27 0.98 111.33C7408512 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 5081 S SALFORD BLVD $174,900 1,704 $170,000 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 1988 Single Family Residence Conventional 102.64 0.97 64.57C7408110 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33982 159 SUNFLOWER ST $174,900 1,337 $169,000 3/8/2019 None 2 2 0 1984 Single Family Residence VA 130.82 0.97 92.2N6103924 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 2746 HALLADAY ST $175,000 1,432 $170,000 3/11/2019 None 3 2 0 1996 Single Family Residence FHA 122.21 0.97 79.59N6103337 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33980 1380 ANNETTE ST $177,990 1,389 $177,990 3/13/2019 None 3 2 0 2019 Single Family Residence Cash 128.14 1 95.9C7251562 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33954 21484 WEBBWOOD AVE $179,900 1,909 $172,000 3/8/2019 None 4 2 0 1989 Single Family Residence FHA 94.24 0.96 64.42N6104174 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 4745 PAYNE ST $180,000 1,590 $175,000 3/11/2019 None 3 2 0 1980 Single Family Residence FHA 113.21 0.97 110.06C7408556 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 3504 HARBOR BLVD $180,000 1,814 $172,500 3/7/2019 Private 3 2 0 1977 Single Family Residence Conventional 99.23 0.96 66.22A4425591 Sold NORTH PORT 34286 1671 NORA LN $184,900 1,187 $188,000 3/13/2019 None 3 2 0 2019 Single Family Residence FHA 155.77 1.02 104.97D6103941 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 13688 DRYSDALE AVE $184,900 1,588 $166,000 3/11/2019 None 3 2 0 1989 Single Family Residence Cash 116.44 0.9 C7407842 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 4061 JANUARY AVE $188,000 1,440 $180,000 3/7/2019 None 3 2 0 1997 Single Family Residence FHA 130.56 0.96 90.91C7410637 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 5433 BURGNER ST $189,525 1,333 $186,525 3/11/2019 None 2 2 0 1985 Single Family Residence Conventional 142.18 0.98 113.6C7411503 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 25170 AYSEN DR $189,900 1,372 $189,900 3/11/2019 None 3 2 0 1997 Single Family Residence Cash 138.41 1 95.33C7408627 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 22192 ONEIDA AVE $194,553 1,478 $189,777 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 0 1978 Single Family Residence VA 131.63 0.98 77.59C7406286 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 10152 WINDING RIVER RD $195,000 1,920 $200,000 3/7/2019 None 4 2 0 2014 Single Family Residence USDA 101.56 1.03 83.23A4422747 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 4565 ADOLPH AVE $197,900 1,724 $197,000 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Residence FHA 114.79 1 82.43C7409110 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 3256 WHITE IBIS CT #424 $199,000 1,138 $189,000 3/8/2019 None 2 2 0 1990 Condominium Conventional 174.87 0.95 C7406043 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33955 25692 PRADA DR $199,000 1,695 $202,000 3/11/2019 None 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Residence FHA 117.4 1.02 118.06C7405453 Sold NORTH PORT 34286 4697 GLORDANO AVE $199,500 1,493 $195,000 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Residence FHA 133.62 0.98 89.53D6105189 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 1612 HINTON ST $199,900 1,416 $192,000 3/8/2019 Private 2 2 0 1982 Single Family Residence Cash 141.17 0.96 C7411397 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 2147 FLORIBANNA ST $199,900 1,656 $196,900 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 0 1990 Single Family Residence Conventional 120.71 0.98 D6101055 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 1031 MONTANA AVE $199,900 1,545 $193,000 3/13/2019 None 2 2 0 1980 Single Family Residence Cash 129.39 0.97 69.32C7405685 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33954 213 ORLANDO BLVD $204,000 1,744 $175,000 3/12/2019 Private 3 2 1 1997 Single Family Residence Conventional 116.97 0.86 A4407630 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 12115 APPLEBERG CIR $204,900 1,612 $202,000 3/7/2019 None 3 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence Cash 127.11 0.99 C7408787 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 3400 GUSSIE ST $205,000 1,829 $189,600 3/8/2019 None 3 2 0 2007 Single Family Residence Cash 112.08 0.92 70.27C7409443 Sold NORTH PORT 34286 1234 MILAN ST $206,900 1,437 $206,900 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence Cash 143.98 1 102.12C7410478 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 8454 ATTALLA AVE $209,900 1,597 $205,000 3/7/2019 None 3 2 0 2005 Single Family Residence Conventional 131.43 0.98 93.27C7406749 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 23249 NANCY AVE $210,000 1,820 $186,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 1 1985 Single Family Residence Conventional 115.38 0.89 68.79A4415779 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 3345 SUNRISE TRL $210,000 2,388 $185,000 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 1978 Single Family Residence Cash 87.94 0.88 58.27C7411175 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33982 30095 CEDAR RD $215,000 1,374 $200,000 3/8/2019 None 3 2 0 2005 Single Family Residence Conventional 156.48 0.93 94.52C7408461 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33982 30231 ELM RD $219,000 1,740 $214,000 3/13/2019 None 4 2 0 1978 Single Family Residence VA 125.86 0.98 73.54N6102731 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33982 28088 ARROWHEAD CIR $219,000 1,756 $220,000 3/11/2019 None 3 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence Cash 124.72 1 95.86C7409825 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 3177 JOHANNESBERG RD $220,000 1,500 $220,000 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence Conventional 146.67 1 100C7406219 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33954 365 HARWICK ST $220,000 1,396 $220,000 3/7/2019 Private 3 2 0 2000 Single Family Residence FHA 157.59 1 112.88N6103512 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34224 11025 EULER AVE $225,000 1,968 $225,000 3/8/2019 None 3 2 0 1995 Single Family Residence FHA 114.33 1 83.46O5568897 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33954 49 ALLWORTHY ST $227,450 1,702 $240,000 3/8/2019 None 3 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence VA 133.64 1.06 D6104319 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34224 8515 GATEWAY CT $229,500 1,364 $225,000 3/11/2019 None 2 2 0 1995 Single Family Residence Cash 168.26 0.98 C7410331 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 1793 NOPPENBERG AVE $229,900 1,650 $225,000 3/13/2019 None 4 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence FHA 139.33 0.98 103.93C7410765 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33951 2463 CELEBES CT $235,900 1,510 $225,000 3/13/2019 Private 2 2 0 1983 Single Family Residence Cash 156.23 0.95 98.73C7409138 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 3069 WENTWORTH ST $237,000 2,042 $230,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 0 2003 Single Family Residence FHA 116.06 0.97 T3134058 Sold NORTH PORT 34289 2535 MARTON OAK BLVD $237,245 1,684 $235,245 3/8/2019 Community 3 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence Conventional 140.88 0.99 139.69C7407680 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 25201 AYSEN DR $238,500 1,908 $230,000 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Residence Cash 125 0.96 88.56D6103787 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 1060 HASTE LN $239,000 1,092 $220,000 3/8/2019 None 2 2 0 1967 Single Family Residence Cash 218.86 0.92 181.52C7407326 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 25210 CAMPOS DR $239,900 2,273 $220,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 1 1989 Single Family Residence Conventional 105.54 0.92 D6101607 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 307 GLADSTONE BLVD $239,900 1,723 $227,500 3/11/2019 None 2 2 0 1982 Single Family Residence Cash 139.23 0.95 74.71C7402819 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 3500 MONDOVI CT #222 $239,900 1,596 $230,000 3/8/2019 Community 3 2 0 2005 Condominium Conventional 150.31 0.96 C7408560 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 7900 MIKASA DR $244,900 2,006 $239,000 3/12/2019 Community 3 2 0 2014 Single Family Residence Cash 122.08 0.98 86.88C7406468 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 771 S ELLICOTT CIR $244,900 1,456 $240,000 3/13/2019 None 3 2 0 1977 Single Family Residence Cash 168.2 0.98 A4423634 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 1608 NORDENDALE BLVD $249,900 1,566 $241,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Residence Conventional 159.58 0.96 124.1C7407802 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 572 BELVEDERE CT $250,000 1,848 $250,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 1 1989 Single Family Residence Cash 135.28 1 93.14C7402986 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 10085 AUDREY ST $250,100 2,265 $250,100 3/11/2019 None 4 3 0 2018 Single Family Residence Cash 110.42 1 N6101990 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 7605 MIKASA DR $250,615 2,090 $248,000 3/12/2019 None 4 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence Conventional 119.91 0.99 92.68C7402005 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33954 23211 DELAVAN AVE $255,000 1,668 $247,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 0 2003 Single Family Residence Cash 152.88 0.97 106.37N6102896 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 7516 MIKASA DR $255,805 2,319 $249,805 3/11/2019 None 4 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence Conventional 110.31 0.98 85.23C7411533 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 26191 BAGE DR $259,900 2,124 $255,000 3/7/2019 Private 3 2 0 1990 Single Family Residence Cash 122.36 0.98 86.35C7409791 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 1487 MOSAIC ST $259,900 1,735 $243,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 0 2005 Single Family Residence Cash 149.8 0.93 96.43C7410715 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 27346 PUNO DR $265,000 2,062 $260,000 3/12/2019 Private 3 2 0 1991 Single Family Residence Conventional 128.52 0.98 92.92C7408289 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 2158 AMARILLO LN $269,900 2,188 $265,018 3/13/2019 Private 3 2 0 1987 Single Family Residence Conventional 123.35 0.98 C7407586 Sold NORTH PORT 34286 4056 BELLADONNA AVE $275,000 2,043 $281,000 3/7/2019 Private 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Residence VA 134.61 1.02 106.12C7409640 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 9382 ST PAUL DR $278,300 2,265 $278,300 3/11/2019 None 4 3 0 2019 Single Family Residence Conventional 122.87 1 D6103693 Sold NORTH PORT 34288 2751 PHOENIX PALM TER $279,900 1,626 $240,000 3/12/2019 Private, Comm 2 2 0 1998 Single Family Residence Cash 172.14 0.86 108.79C7408934 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 433 GALLEGOS ST $284,500 2,246 $270,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 3 0 1993 Single Family Residence Cash 126.67 0.95 C7408836 Sold NORTH PORT 34286 1402 ARREDONDO ST $284,700 1,862 $277,000 3/12/2019 Private 3 2 0 1995 Single Family Residence VA 152.9 0.97 100.04N6102554 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 25788 GRAYTON AVE $284,900 1,636 $277,000 3/8/2019 Community 2 2 0 2015 Single Family Residence Cash 174.14 0.97 123.11C7408372 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33953 190 RAMBLEWOOD ST $285,000 1,873 $278,000 3/7/2019 Private 3 2 0 2007 Single Family Residence Conventional 152.16 0.98 D6104278 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33954 16874 TOLEDO BLDE BLVD $288,000 2,725 $275,000 3/12/2019 Private 3 2 0 2006 Single Family Residence Conventional 105.69 0.95 91.7D6104130 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 13432 BUCKETT CIR $289,000 2,314 $262,500 3/13/2019 Private, Comm 3 3 0 2001 Single Family Residence Conventional 124.89 0.91 85.76A4423455 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 2168 TAIPEI CT $294,900 2,279 $287,000 3/7/2019 Private 3 2 0 1987 Single Family Residence Conventional 129.4 0.97 C7410127 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 15475 VISCOUNT CIR $297,000 2,350 $293,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 3 0 2007 Single Family Residence Conventional 126.38 0.99 A4402596 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 5515 BIRKDALE CT CT $298,400 1,925 $291,500 3/13/2019 Private 3 2 0 2002 Single Family Residence VA 155.01 0.98 104.63C7410183 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 2521 W MARION AVE $299,000 2,006 $288,000 3/8/2019 Community 2 2 1 1991 Condominium Cash 149.05 0.96 D6103229 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 8318 WALBERT ST $299,900 2,031 $299,900 3/11/2019 None 3 2 0 2018 Single Family Residence Conventional 147.66 1 98.13C7406479 Sold NORTH PORT 34291 6669 REISTERSTOWN RD $299,900 1,332 $285,000 3/8/2019 None 2 2 0 1988 Single Family Residence VA 225.15 0.95 128.44A4412012 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33954 78 STRASBURG DR $309,000 2,034 $298,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 1 1992 Single Family Residence Conventional 151.92 0.96 112.79C7411225 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33948 4210 ROSE ARBOR CIR $310,000 1,642 $305,000 3/13/2019 None 3 2 0 2001 Single Family Residence Conventional 188.79 0.98 123.23T3122329 Sold NORTH PORT 34291 6531 TANEYTOWN ST $310,000 1,604 $298,000 3/7/2019 Private 3 2 0 1985 Single Family Residence FHA 193.27 0.96 114.79C7405597 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 10418 WINNIPEG ST $323,705 2,430 $323,705 3/11/2019 None 4 3 0 2019 Single Family Residence Conventional 133.21 1 D6102543 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 116 ABERCROMBIE AVE $325,333 2,169 $310,000 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 2003 Single Family Residence Conventional 149.99 0.95 91.07D6101962 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33948 18417 HOTTELET CIR $339,000 1,969 $295,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 0 1989 Single Family Residence Conventional 172.17 0.87 C7411968 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33982 28426 SABAL PALM DR $365,000 2,167 $350,000 3/8/2019 None 3 2 0 2016 Single Family Residence Cash 168.44 0.96 115.09C7404767 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 1344 MEDTRRNAN DR $369,000 1,900 $343,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 0 2003 Condominium Cash 194.21 0.93 N6103460 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 144 CLEAR LAKE DR $375,000 2,429 $365,000 3/7/2019 None 3 3 0 2005 Single Family Residence Cash 154.38 0.97 110.47C7405537 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33955 5080 KEY LARGO CIR $382,000 1,991 $360,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 0 1993 Single Family Residence Cash 191.86 0.94 105.23C7401914 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 15464 AVERY RD $384,900 1,867 $371,500 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 0 1994 Single Family Residence Cash, Conventional 206.16 0.97 143.83D6105370 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 2085 LEMON AVE $394,900 2,267 $375,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 1 1993 Single Family Residence Cash 174.19 0.95 120.62C7410656 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 712 VIA TUNIS $399,000 1,570 $385,000 3/11/2019 Private 2 2 0 1984 Single Family Residence Cash 254.14 0.96 146.61C7410287 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 9567 HONEYMOON DR $399,900 1,981 $395,000 3/13/2019 Private 2 2 0 2011 Single Family Residence Conventional 201.87 0.99 134.31C7410030 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 1601 PARK BEACH CIR $419,900 2,462 $400,000 3/7/2019 Community 4 2 0 1988 Condominium Cash 170.55 0.95 C7411367 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 5520 ALMAR DR $424,900 2,011 $420,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 0 2001 Single Family Residence Conventional 211.29 0.99 150.54D6103147 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34224 1933 OREGON TRL $425,000 1,406 $390,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 0 1974 Single Family Residence Cash 302.28 0.92 179.89C7411512 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 1419 SEA GULL CT $465,000 2,212 $457,000 3/12/2019 Private 4 2 0 1988 Single Family Residence Conventional 210.22 0.98 165.16C7407887 Sold NORTH PORT 34287 5003 WHITE IBIS DR $468,500 2,797 $444,000 3/11/2019 Private, Comm 4 3 0 2005 Single Family Residence Cash 167.5 0.95 121.88D6100625 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 10538 RIVERSIDE RD $475,000 2,205 $440,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 0 1999 Single Family Residence Other 215.42 0.93 138.58D6104245 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33953 2783 MILL CREEK RD $485,000 2,572 $425,000 3/8/2019 Private 4 3 0 2008 Single Family Residence Cash 188.57 0.88 127.17D6105149 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33948 2989 CABARET ST $489,500 2,010 $469,200 3/11/2019 Private 3 2 0 2019 Single Family Residence Cash 243.53 0.96 154.09C7407812 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33983 2136 HARBOUR DR $496,000 2,222 $484,500 3/12/2019 None 3 2 0 2004 Single Family Residence Conventional 223.22 0.98 150.65C7407210 Sold PORT CHARLOTTE 33952 129 GRAHAM STREET SE $549,900 2,765 $545,000 3/8/2019 Private 4 2 0 1987 Single Family Residence Seller Financing 198.88 0.99 149.56C7406911 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 1648 CASEY KEY DR $610,000 2,844 $575,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 2 0 1995 Single Family Residence Conventional 214.49 0.94 144.33C7407419 Sold PUNTA GORDA 33950 2831 DEBORAH DR $765,000 4,343 $770,000 3/8/2019 Private 3 3 0 1987 Single Family Residence Conventional 176.15 1.01 146.72D6104799 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 1275 BAYSHORE DR $800,000 3,122 $750,000 3/11/2019 Private 3 3 1 1976 Single Family Residence Cash 256.25 0.94 141.48D6105126 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 2590 N BEACH RD #2 $999,900 2,889 $949,500 3/13/2019 Community 3 3 0 1999 Condominium Cash 346.11 0.95 D6103940 Sold ENGLEWOOD 34223 7295 MANASOTA KY RD $2,699,999 4,556 $2,325,000 3/8/2019 Private 4 4 2 1989 Single Family Residence Conventional 592.62 0.86 231.8

AREA PROPERTY TRANSFERS

ML# STATUS CITY ZIP CODE ADDRESS LIST PRICE AREA SOLD PRICE SOLD DATE POOL BE FB HB BUILT PROPERTY STYLE SOLD TERMS LP/SQFT SP/LP LP/SQFT

CHARLOTTE COUNTY/NORTH PORT - COURTESY OF PUNTA GORDA, PORT CHARLOTTE, NORTH PORT ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS


AREA PROPERTY TRANSFERS

A4428973 Sold 615 ALLIGATOR DR 3 2 0 1980 South Venice Single Family Residence Cash 77.58 0.67 3/8/2019 $100,000 FALSED6100416 Sold 3730 CADBURY CIR #500 1 1 0 2000 Woodmere At Jacaranda Condominium Cash 179.49 0.91 3/8/2019 $105,000 FALSEN6103127 Sold 1703 BAL HARBOUR DR #2 2 1 1 1966 Venice Gardens Townepark Condominium Conventional 102.21 0.89 3/6/2019 $106,500 FALSEN6103233 Sold 612 BIRD BAY DR S #102CAR 2 2 0 1976 Bird Bay Village Condominium Cash 134.84 0.98 3/5/2019 $126,750 FALSEN6103867 Sold 843 KIMBALL RD 2 1 0 1970 South Venice Single Family Residence Conventional 126.95 0.93 3/7/2019 $130,000 FALSEO5756948 Sold 3435 PAPAYA RD 3 2 0 1970 South Venice Single Family Residence Cash 96.3 0.91 3/6/2019 $130,100 FALSEN6102415 Sold 3730 CADBURY CIR #818 2 2 0 2001 Jacaranda Trace Condominium Cash 128.91 0.96 3/8/2019 $140,000 FALSEA4423211 Sold 521 W VENICE AVE #3 1 1 0 1962 Palm Terrace Condominium Cash 215.77 0.97 3/5/2019 $145,000 FALSEN6104033 Sold 1365 SUSSEX RD 2 2 0 1982 South Venice Single Family Residence Cash 116.41 0.93 3/5/2019 $149,000 FALSEN6102754 Sold 510 GRANADA AVE #107 2 1 0 1969 Manor House South Condominium Conventional 208.33 0.92 3/8/2019 $150,000 FALSEA4416592 Sold 968 NANTUCKET RD 3 2 0 1962 South Venice Single Family Residence Conventional 135.46 0.97 3/5/2019 $170,000 FALSEN6102518 Sold 875 TARTAN DR #102 2 2 0 2000 The Gardens St Andrews Park Condominium Conventional 135.94 0.97 3/6/2019 $174,000 FALSED6104702 Sold 737 CYPRESS AVE 2 2 0 1955 North Edgewood Sec Of Venice Single Family Residence FHA 147.06 0.99 3/5/2019 $177,500 FALSEN6103664 Sold 1770 PALM DR 2 2 0 1972 Venice Gardens Single Family Residence Conventional 136.57 0.95 3/5/2019 $180,000 FALSEA4426035 Sold 360 CENTER RD 2 2 0 1964 Venice Gardens Single Family Residence Conventional 160.96 1.03 3/8/2019 $188,000 FALSEO5753005 Sold 1448 POINCIANA RD 2 2 0 2003 South Venice Single Family Residence Cash 161.13 1 3/7/2019 $189,000 FALSEA4400678 Sold 1550 HORIZON RD 2 2 0 1988 Not Applicable Single Family Residence Conventional 199.6 1 3/6/2019 $200,000 FALSEA4421785 Sold 752 PINE RUN DR 2 2 1 1973 Pine Run Condominium Conventional 153.26 0.95 3/4/2019 $200,000 FALSEN6103079 Sold 1136 DEVON RD 3 2 0 1974 South Venice Single Family Residence FHA 112.15 0.97 3/8/2019 $203,000 FALSEA4425386 Sold 1530 PIEDMONT RD 2 2 0 1990 South Venice Single Family Residence FHA 180.95 1 3/9/2019 $209,000 FALSED6102893 Sold 3723 SHAMROCK DR 3 1 1 1979 South Venice Single Family Residence Conventional 162.71 0.97 3/8/2019 $212,500 FALSEN6103076 Sold 4888 JACARANDA HEIGHTS DR 2 2 0 1996 Jacaranda Heights Single Family Residence Cash 161.66 0.95 3/6/2019 $212,900 FALSEW7806920 Sold 672 AZURE RD 3 2 0 1985 South Venice Single Family Residence VA 149.16 1 3/8/2019 $213,900 FALSEA4422526 Sold 1504 GONDOLA PARK DR #1504 3 2 0 2003 Gondola Park Condominium Cash 152.97 0.97 3/8/2019 $214,000 FALSEA4426633 Sold 521 AVALON RD 3 2 0 1982 South Venice Single Family Residence Conventional 170.2 1 3/5/2019 $225,000 FALSEA4426754 Sold 529 CLUBSIDE CIR #54 2 2 0 1991 Clubside Villas Condominium Cash 160.6 0.98 3/6/2019 $225,000 FALSEN6101902 Sold 2206 LAKEWOOD DR 3 2 0 1976 Sorrento East Single Family Residence Conventional 168.15 0.95 3/8/2019 $227,000 FALSEN6101441 Sold 1722 CELTIC DR #201 3 2 0 2006 Kensington Pre Of St Andrews East Condominium Cash 129.23 0.97 3/8/2019 $233,000 FALSEN6103221 Sold 1247 HIGHLAND GREENS DR 3 2 0 1997 Pelican Pointe Golf & Country Club Single Family Residence Cash 160.66 0.98 3/8/2019 $245,000 FALSEN6102925 Sold 235 BASE AVE E #205 2 2 0 2006 Brezza Del Mare Condominium Cash 214.17 0.93 3/8/2019 $260,000 FALSEN6103353 Sold 13299 HUERTA ST 3 2 0 2010 Islandwalk At The West Villages Single Family Residence Cash 167.09 0.98 3/8/2019 $262,000 FALSED6102363 Sold 138 LOYOLA RD 3 2 0 1996 South Venice Single Family Residence Conventional 155.88 0.93 3/8/2019 $265,000 FALSED6103933 Sold 9011 HILOLO LN 2 2 0 1984 Tarpon Point Single Family Residence Conventional 178.19 0.99 3/5/2019 $268,000 FALSEJ902577 Sold 23313 AWABUKI #101 3 2 0 2019 Sarasota National Condominium Cash 160.82 1 3/8/2019 $279,989 FALSEA4414191 Sold 1209 HARBOR TOWN WAY 3 3 0 1991 Chestnut Creek Estates Single Family Residence VA 156.64 0.91 3/5/2019 $290,250 FALSEN6103617 Sold 5056 SOUTHERN PINE CIR 4 2 1 1989 Southwood Single Family Residence Conventional 143.49 1 3/6/2019 $299,900 TRUET3148332 Sold 10097 COZY GROVE DR 2 2 0 2018 Sarasota National Single Family Residence Cash 162.11 0.95 3/8/2019 $308,496 FALSEN6102148 Sold 131 PESCADOR PL 2 2 0 2018 Toscana Isles Single Family Residence Conventional 172.91 0.94 3/7/2019 $314,000 FALSEN6103599 Sold 9026 ALLAPATA LN 3 2 0 1994 Tarpon Point Single Family Residence Conventional 197 0.93 3/4/2019 $315,000 FALSEA4417164 Sold 9004 COACHMAN DR 3 2 0 2011 Not Applicable Single Family Residence Cash 206.32 0.99 3/8/2019 $320,000 TRUEN5916097 Sold 205 CIPRIANI WAY 3 2 0 2005 Venetian Golf & River Club Single Family Residence Conventional 163 0.94 3/4/2019 $348,000 TRUEA4417438 Sold 408 CASALINO DR 3 2 1 2018 Not Applicable Single Family Residence Conventional 169 0.98 3/6/2019 $348,812 FALSEN6103025 Sold 12220 ALACHUA LN 3 2 0 2013 Grand Palm Single Family Residence Conventional 231.63 0.97 3/8/2019 $350,000 TRUEN6102860 Sold 20451 CAPELLO DR 3 2 0 2008 Venetian Falls Single Family Residence Conventional 184.2 0.98 3/6/2019 $352,000 FALSEN6103143 Sold 341 OTTER CREEK DR 3 2 0 2004 Sawgrass Single Family Residence Cash 161.85 0.96 3/7/2019 $370,000 TRUEA4417581 Sold 2021 CALUSA LAKES BLVD 3 2 1 1996 Calusa Lakes Single Family Residence Cash 149.61 0.93 3/4/2019 $380,000 TRUEN6104288 Sold 5007 BELLA TERRA DR 3 2 1 1999 Venetia Single Family Residence Cash 168.47 0.98 3/8/2019 $390,000 TRUEN6102790 Sold 337 MELROSE CT 3 2 0 1997 Venice Golf & Country Club Single Family Residence Cash 181.82 0.87 3/7/2019 $390,000 TRUEN6102716 Sold 2221 SCENIC DR 3 3 0 1989 South Venice Single Family Residence Conventional 166.63 1 3/7/2019 $399,900 FALSEA4417027 Sold 553 CRANE PRAIRIE WAY 2 2 0 2005 Willow Bend Single Family Residence Cash 190.84 0.96 3/6/2019 $400,000 TRUEN6102549 Sold 13334 PACCHIO ST 3 2 0 2016 Islandwalk At The West Villages Single Family Residence Cash 230.89 0.98 3/4/2019 $429,000 FALSEN6103744 Sold 1402 STILL RIVER DR 3 2 1 2014 Grand Palm Single Family Residence Conventional 199.46 0.95 3/7/2019 $445,000 TRUEN6104258 Sold 512 W VENICE AVE #703 2 2 0 1969 Venice Ave Condominium Condominium Cash 315.86 0.97 3/5/2019 $482,000 FALSEN6103738 Sold 700 GOLDEN BEACH BLVD #103 2 2 0 1976 Macarthur Beach Condominium Cash 448.84 0.97 3/8/2019 $482,500 FALSEA4413753 Sold 9074 STARFISH CIR 3 2 1 2015 Myakka Shores Single Family Residence Conventional 233.49 0.95 3/7/2019 $495,000 TRUED6104307 Sold 114 AMALFIE RD 6 4 1 1952 Donna Bay Park Single Family Residence Cash 136.37 0.96 3/5/2019 $625,000 FALSEA4424798 Sold 1164 MALLARD MARSH DR 4 3 0 2003 Rivendell Single Family Residence Cash 184.53 0.97 3/5/2019 $675,000 TRUE

ML# STATUS ADDRESS BE FB HB YEAR BUILT SW SUBDIV COMMUNITY NAME PROPERTY STYLE SOLD TERMS SP / SQFT SP / LP CLOSE DATE CLOSE PRICE POOL Y/N

SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY - COURTESY OF VENICE AREA BOARD OF REALTORS

D6105094 SLD 1800 ENGLEWOOD RD ENGLEWOOD 34223 OAK GROVE 828 $68,000 2 1 1 1972 Community Mobile Home Cash 3/7/2019 $90.46 $82.13 0.91C7401936 SLD 7598 SILAGE CIR PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 VILLAGE HOLIDAY LAKE 624 $78,000 2 2 0 1983 Community Manufactured Home Cash 3/8/2019 $128.21 $125 0.98D6104411 SLD 2820 10TH ST ENGLEWOOD 34224 GROVE CITY 904 $88,000 2 1 1 1960 None Single Family Residence Conventional 3/8/2019 $120.58 $97.35 0.81A4412120 SLD 13100 S MCCALL RD PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 95 02 930 $120,000 2 2 0 1984 None Villa Cash 3/8/2019 $134.30 $129.03 0.96D6103206 SLD 13100 S MCCALL RD PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 95 02 850 $126,000 2 2 0 1984 None Villa Conventional 3/7/2019 $151.76 $148.24 0.98D6103226 SLD 225 VIA DE LUNA ENGLEWOOD 34224 MOBILE GARDENS 1,388 $120,000 2 2 0 1986 None Manufactured Home Cash 3/8/2019 $93.59 $86.46 0.92D6102634 SLD 6800 PLACIDA RD Unit#2004 ENGLEWOOD 34224 FIDDLERS GREEN 1,092 $140,000 2 2 0 1990 Community Condominium Conventional 3/7/2019 $132.33 $128.21 0.97D6104753 SLD 109 ANNAPOLIS LN ROTONDA WEST 33947 ROTONDA W OAKLAND HILLS 1,321 $148,637 2 2 0 1973 None Single Family Residence Conventional 3/7/2019 $115.78 $112.52 0.97D6100934 SLD 1725 MORNING DOVE LN ENGLEWOOD 34224 BREEZEWOOD MANOR 1,269 $158,000 2 1 1 1962 Private Single Family Residence Cash 3/8/2019 $126.08 $124.51 0.99C7409026 SLD 9269 GULFSTREAM BLVD ENGLEWOOD 34224 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 074 2,172 $175,000 3 2 0 1988 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/4/2019 $87.43 $80.57 0.92D6104806 SLD 13624 FORESMAN BLVD PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 052 1,345 $184,000 3 2 0 1972 Private Single Family Residence Cash 3/4/2019 $147.96 $136.80 0.92A4415704 SLD 7169 PLANTATION ST ENGLEWOOD 34224 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 065 1,532 $179,500 3 2 0 1990 Private Single Family Residence Cash 3/6/2019 $130.52 $117.17 0.9D6103725 SLD 43 SPORTSMAN LN ROTONDA WEST 33947 ROTONDA WEST BROADMOOR 1,270 $195,000 3 2 0 1993 None Single Family Residence Cash 3/4/2019 $160.63 $153.54 0.96A4407630 SLD 12115 APPLEBERG CIR PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 095 1,612 $202,000 3 2 0 2018 None Single Family Residence Cash 3/7/2019 $127.11 $125.31 0.99D6105283 SLD 6 TOURNAMENT RD ROTONDA WEST 33947 ROTONDA WEST PINE VALLEY 1,402 $210,000 3 2 0 1997 Private Single Family Residence Cash 3/8/2019 $149.71 $149.79 1N6103512 SLD 11025 EULER AVE ENGLEWOOD 34224 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 063 1,968 $225,000 3 2 0 1995 None Single Family Residence FHA 3/8/2019 $114.33 $114.33 1D6100210 SLD 9282 LUCIAN AVE ENGLEWOOD 34224 TROY LAKE 1,638 $190,000 3 2 0 1990 None Single Family Residence Cash 3/6/2019 $140.35 $116 0.83D6105750 SLD 11010 PENDELTON AVE ENGLEWOOD 34224 PORT CHARLOTTE SUBDIVISION 1,578 $230,000 3 2 0 2019 None Single Family Residence Cash 3/6/2019 $145.75 $145.75 1D6104294 SLD 13301 DARNELL AVE PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 095 1,407 $232,500 3 2 0 2004 Private, Comm Single Family Residence Conventional 3/4/2019 $166.95 $165.25 0.99D6104228 SLD 10 SPORTSMAN PL ROTONDA WEST 33947 ROTONDA WEST BROADMOOR 2,079 $223,500 3 2 0 1994 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/7/2019 $114.96 $107.50 0.94D6103787 SLD 1060 HASTE LN ENGLEWOOD 34223 ALSTON HASTE 1,092 $220,000 2 2 0 1967 None Single Family Residence Cash 3/8/2019 $218.86 $201.47 0.92D6103819 SLD 3923 CAPE HAZE DR Unit#301 ROTONDA WEST 33947 TOWNHOMES AT CAPE HAZE 2,044 $235,000 3 2 1 2007 Community Townhouse Cash 3/4/2019 $119.86 $114.97 0.96C7409337 SLD 15365 RED HEAD AVE PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 081 2,265 $262,575 4 2 0 2019 None Single Family Residence Conventional 3/5/2019 $117.51 $115.93 0.99C7407327 SLD 23 SPORTSMAN CT ROTONDA WEST 33947 ROTONDA WEST BROADMOOR 1,876 $256,000 3 2 0 1991 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/8/2019 $146.54 $136.46 0.93C7410531 SLD 1113 BOUNDARY BLVD ROTONDA WEST 33947 ROTONDA WEST PINE VALLEY 2,060 $275,000 4 3 0 2007 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/6/2019 $133.98 $133.50 1N6102554 SLD 25788 GRAYTON AVE ENGLEWOOD 34223 KEYWAY PLACE 1,636 $277,000 2 2 0 2015 Community Single Family Residence Cash 3/8/2019 $174.14 $169.32 0.97C7410127 SLD 15475 VISCOUNT CIR PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 093 2,350 $293,000 3 3 0 2007 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/8/2019 $126.38 $124.68 0.99O5752886 SLD 9153 HOLT TER ENGLEWOOD 34224 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 074 1,778 $329,000 3 2 0 2004 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/5/2019 $182.73 $185.04 1.01N6103460 SLD 144 CLEAR LAKE DR ENGLEWOOD 34223 STILLWATER 2,429 $365,000 3 3 0 2005 None Single Family Residence Cash 3/7/2019 $154.38 $150.27 0.97C7401914 SLD 15464 AVERY RD PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 SOUTH GULF COVE 1,867 $371,500 3 2 0 1994 Private Single Family Residence Cash, Conv 3/8/2019 $206.16 $198.98 0.97D6105277 SLD 11220 HAC DEL MAR BLVD PLACIDA 33946 HACIENDA DEL MAR PH 01 1,688 $379,000 2 2 1 2005 Private, Comm Condominium Cash 3/4/2019 $228.08 $224.53 0.98D6102620 SLD 244 ROTONDA BLVD E ROTONDA WEST 33947 ROTONDA WEST WHITE MARSH 1,975 $379,250 3 2 0 2017 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/8/2019 $195.70 $192.03 0.98D6105370 SLD 2085 LEMON AVE ENGLEWOOD 34223 MANASOTA LAND & TIMBER CO 2,267 $375,000 3 2 1 1993 Private Single Family Residence Cash 3/8/2019 $174.19 $165.42 0.95D6100625 SLD 10538 RIVERSIDE RD PORT CHARLOTTE 33981 PORT CHARLOTTE SEC 082 2,205 $440,000 3 2 0 1999 Private Single Family Residence Other 3/8/2019 $215.42 $199.55 0.93A4413753 SLD 9074 STARFISH CIR VENICE 34293 MYAKKA SHORES 2,120 $495,000 3 2 1 2015 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/7/2019 $245.24 $233.49 0.95D5923339 SLD 7120 PALM ISLAND DR PLACIDA 33946 ISLAND HAR BEACH CLUB 1,634 $515,000 3 3 0 1988 Community Single Family Residence Cash 3/7/2019 $342.11 $315.18 0.92T3146263 SLD 1796 BAYSHORE DR ENGLEWOOD 34223 ENGLEWOOD GARDENS 3,201 $950,000 4 4 0 1986 Private Single Family Residence Cash 3/5/2019 $342.08 $296.78 0.87D6103940 SLD 7295 MANASOTA KEY RD ENGLEWOOD 34223 N/A 4,556 $2,325,000 4 4 2 1989 Private Single Family Residence Conventional 3/8/2019 $592.62 $510.32 0.86

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ENGLEWOOD - COURTESY OF ENGLEWOOD AREA BOARD OF REALTORS

By BETSY CALVERTSTAFF WRITER

Six people from the same street showed up at Punta Gorda Airport hearing to share their frustration with living at the end of the runway.

No one else showed up earlier this month to comment on the environmental impact of four airport projects that could begin as soon as November. The hearing was held March 5 at the Charlotte Harbor Conference and Event Center in Punta Gorda.

Holding a hearing is a federal requirement before construction can begin. Projects under review at the hearing were:

• extending a runway and rebuilding another

• expanding parking• building a new terminal for

non-airline flights• filling in wetlands near run-

ways to keep wetland birds away from airplane engines.

Betty Richardson spoke for her neighbors on Osterman Boulevard when she asked if the upcoming runway extension would make things worse for

those who live at the end of a runway known only as 4:22.

The short answer was it would likely be worse for part of the proj-ect and better for the other part of the project, said Project Manager Ron Ridenour. All airline flights will be diverted to one runway or the other while each is under construction. The main runway will not be extended but must be rebuilt, because it is deteriorating, he said.

The residential area known as Charlotte Ranchettes is located immediately to the west of the air-port. Some residents have told the Sun that the airport noise is not an issue for them. But residents at the hearing said they are the first homes at the end of the runway.

Richardson said she and her husband bought their property about 40 years ago, and the airport had already been there for several decades. Activity has increased dramatically in recent years, however.

A new $16.4 million terminal is planned for the non-airline flights, called general aviation. Moving the existing general aviation terminal will allow the

airport better expansion options for commercial airlines including Allegiant planes, airport officials have said.

Filling wetlands is required to prevent potentially dangerous mid-air collisions with wildlife,

such as what brought down a US Airways flight in New York City in 2009. Punta Gorda Airport report-ed 53 bird strikes in 2018 but none with substantial damage.

These projects do not use Charlotte County taxpayer funds,

but rely mostly on federal grants as well as airport revenue, said Ridenour. The airport is not guaranteed the grants, but has a good chance of being awarded them, he said.


Environmental hearing on airport projects draws fewConstruction could start in fall involving runway, terminal, filling wetlands

GRAPHIC PROVIDED

Punta Gorda Airport created this graphic to explain the four projects they expect to begin in November.

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Charlotte County marriage licenses

• Donovan Lamont McNeal of Port Charlotte, and Tina Marie Jeffs of Port Charlotte

• Marianna Kay Hagen of Port Charlotte, and Leann Mowrer of Port Charlotte

• Bruce David Williams of Fulton, N.Y., and Tamara Jo Montalvo of Fulton, N.Y.

• Amanda Marie Patel of West Falls, N.Y., and Michael Brandon Manzella of West Falls, N.Y.

• Aubrey Lynne Leone of Alliance, Ohio, and Donald Wayne Crawford of Alliance, Ohio

• Thomas Phelan of South Kingstown, R.I., and Deborah Ann Noonan and South Kingstown, R.I.

• Laura Faye Bohatch of East Lansing, Mich., and Jacob Michael Pennington of East Lansing, Mich.

• Caisey Lynn Rothmann of Port Charlotte, and Robert Lemoyne Heaton of Port Charlotte

• Megan Elizabeth Black of Punta Gorda, and Adam Gray Jacobs of

Punta Gorda• Benjamyn Austin McIntosh of Punta

Gorda, and Felicia Elaine Michelle Taylor of Punta Gorda

• Ruben Sanchez of Port Charlotte, and Charlennil Polanco Santana of Port Charlotte

• Nicole Marie Underwoood of Punta Gorda, and Kane Julius Washington of North Port

• Randall Scott Whitney of Port Charlotte, and Tammy Lynn Koennemann of North Port

• Leonard Brown of Port Charlotte, and Nezimga Jahi of Port Charlotte

• Troy Futch of Punta Gorda, and Denise Colleen Colaluca of Punta Gorda

• Paul Michael Emidio Cerce of Rotonda West, and Angela Jean Faulk of Port Charlotte

• Rickey Lee Smith of Port Charlotte, and Josephine Aragon Caballero of Port Charlotte

• Edward Sarduy of Punta Gorda, and Jenny Leigha Matsunaga of Punta Gorda

• James Edward Ceglarek of Englewood, and Monique Michelle Hibbard of Englewood

• John Patrick McIntosh of Port Charlotte, and Leslie Marie Rosenbaum of Port Charlotte

• Charles Lester Phelps of Placida, and Paula Jean Garbach of Placida

• Michele Leigh O’Neil of Port Charlotte, and Bernard Edward Kraft of North Port

• Troy Michael Swartwood of Port Charlotte, and April Marie Carnival of Port Charlotte

• Lisa Ellen Carnes of North Port, and Richard Moser Wiles of North Port

• Richard Eugene Castle of Port Charlotte, and Lisa Kay Hawkins of Port Charlotte

• Maureen Abbie O’Brien of Bethlehem, Pa., and David Roger Hendricks of Port Charlotte

• Tami Lynne Kennedy of Port Charlotte, and Bernard Maybin of Fort Myers

• Thomas James Henry of North Port, and Jennifer Ruth Tanner of North Port

Charlotte County divorces

• Julio Azanedo v. Yinette Rios• David Lincoln Chambers v. Patricia

Ann Chambers• Ronald John Daniels v. Rhonda Kaye

Daniels• Catherine J. Dieter v. James Dieter• Katarins Doran Hicks Brown v.

Ronnie Joseph Hicks Brown• Natasha Nicole Dumser v. Mark Alan

Dumser• Carol Michelle Flett v. Ian A. Flett• Einstein Gonzalez v. Nidia Gonzalez• Melissa Beth Hepler v. John David

Hepler• John Lawrence Jackomin v. Evelyn

Rios Jackomin• Melissa Ann Kolanda v. Shawn Daryl

Kolanda• Zuzana Lukackova v. Matthew Baker• Yuniet Machado v. Yaneyki Perez• Dina S. Patrick v. Robert M. Patrick• Jose Antonio Perez Valladares v.

Mayelin Perez• Daniel Sardella v. Suong Sardella• Nicole Stevens v. Joseph Stevens• Brooke Nicole Stover v. James Paul

Mace• Andrea Terry v. Jeffrey D. Terry• Gabriel Pablo Wons v. Marisol Wons• Meredith A. Zinn v. Steven Zinn

WEEKLY RECORD

WINNERS CIRCLE

BIRTHDAYS

Happy 35th birthday to Georgianna Bermudez, on her special day March 12.

Happy 91st birthday to Bob Kletke on his special day March 14.

American Legion Post 103• Sunday Darts winners March 10:

Game 1: 1-Kathy Meadows, Fran Smith; 2-Sandy Foster, Bill Kirkalady; 3-Fern Tropea, Tom Novak. Game 2: 1-Henry Tropea, Ray Mason; 2-Margaret Baldwin, Nancy Becker; 3-Fran Smith, George Stern Jr.

American Legion Post 110• Bridge winners March 11: 1-Jerry

Fowler, 4120; 2-Lorita Porter, 3940; 3-Hilda Schnare, 3540; 4-Judy Gilbert, 3310.

Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club

• Ladies Bridge winners March 12: 1-Janie Ressel; 2-Maria Couper; 3-Diane Floramo.

Charlotte Square Condominium Complex

• Charlotte County Bridge Group winners March 9: Barbara Allore, 5580; Bud Barnhouse, 4920; Trudy Riley, 4860; Connie Oberlander, 4390.

Cultural Center of Charlotte County

• Duplicate Bridge winners March 7 (a.m.): 1-Ronald and Sheryl Marker; 2-Peter Harrington, Bob Bonjean; 3-Janet Williams, Bob Rancourt. March 12 (p.m.): (N/S) 1-Chris Sullivan, Barbara Witt; 2-Linda Cramer, Susan Hildebrand; 3- Marilyn Li, Bonnie Taylor Gillings. (E/W)

1- Doug Brenner, Pat Betts 2-Tom Ohlgart, Bonnie Elliott; 3-Albert Shuki, Richard Peters. March 17: (N/S) 1-Warren Prince, Bonnie Elliott; 2-Marilyn Grant, Chuck May; 3- Diana Prince, Randy Wentworth. (E/W) 1-Bob Brown, Matt Brown; 2-Bill Murphy, Pat Betts; 3-Sally Briggs, Doug Brenner.

• Mah Jongg winners March 6: Table 1: Kathy Cimaglia, Cindy Robertdon; Table 2: Gina Adamo, Doris Marlin; Table 3: Dorothy DePasquaole, Brenda Merran; Table 4: Doreen Foster, Cindy Robertson. March 12: Table 1: Bea Oram, Kathy Cimaglia; Table 2: Carole Drake; Table 3: Janis Plamondon, Merry Davine; Table 4: Judy Riceman; Table 5: Marie Devlin; Table 6: Doreen Foster.

Englewood Elks• Trivia Game winners March 12:

1-Villains, $114; 2-The Sexy Seniors and the Phillies, each won $19.

Fisherman’s Village Yacht Basin

• Mahjongg winners March 12: 1-Pauline Comeau, 310; 2-Fran Schumacher, 230; 3-Leslie Ryan, 210; 4-Teresa Coady, 175. March 14: 1-Marilyn Johnson, 185; 2- Martha Huntzicker, 175; 3-Peggy Thompson, 145; 4-Jan Graham, 100.

Isles Yacht Club• Scrabble winners March 8: Mary

Lou Coutts, 236; Judith Howell, 274;

Liane Riley, 379.Kings Gate• Friday Night Double Deck Pinochle

winners March 8: Bob Garbowicz, 1227; Frank Lalli, 1126; Kathy Garbowicz, 1106.

• Bridge winners March 11: 1-Ginnie Clayton, 6060; 2-Harold Clark, 5680; 3-David Beard, 5590; 4-Joyce Weibel, 4850

Moose Lodge 2121• Contract Bridge winners March 13:

Bud Barnhouse, 5350; Trudy Riley, 4740; Connie Oberlander, 4640; Virginia Clayton, 4600.

• Euchre Card Game winners March 7: Annette Kress, 78; Jim Knott, 75; Randy Powell, 72; Larry Barratt, 69; Janet Knechtel, 68; Bill Dilts, 68; Lynn Boehler, 68; Gene Shaffer, 67. March 14: Dale VanHouten, 86; Jan Meeks, 83; Ardith Comeau, 80; Kathy Reifinger, 77; John Mostiller, 75; Jean Whitehouse, 75; Norma Tolley, 74; Nancy Lanigan, 72.

Port Charlotte Bridge Club• Bridge Club winners March 8: Trudy

Riley, 4360; Pinky Harmon, 4030; Fred Weibel, 3560; Jerry Shoemaker, 3360.

Twin Isles Country Club• Duplicate Bridge winners March

13: 1-Terri Leavy, Pam Lawler; 2-Emma Mae Goddard, Joan Lasley. March 14: 1- Susan Baird, Mary Lou Miller; 2-Lilian Stein, Lori Howard.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Put The Lime In The Coconut - Tiki Hut,The Punta Gorda Woman’s Club presents “Put The Lime In The Coconut” a fun in the sun style show featuring Anthony’s Fashions at The Four Points by Sheraton Harborside, Wednesday, April 10th at 12:00. Lunch and beverages are included with a cash bar available. $35.00 Call Maureen at 617-827-0727.

SUNCOAST STATESMEN BARBERSHOPPERS,present their Annual Show HARMONY SHOWCASE, on Sun Mar 24 at 4:30 pm at Burnt Store

Presbyterian Church, 11330 Burnt Store Rd PG 33955 featuring the multi talented quest quartet THROWBACK, & Enharmonics from Port Charlotte High School. $20. Call Paul 419-343-7246 or Jack 941-625-1128.

Jazz on the Harbor Fund Raiser, 3/22 5:30-9pm Featuring the Uptown Jazz Trio and an elegant buffet dinner. Tickets $75 @ 941-613-3233/voicesforkids.org. All proceeds benefit the Guardian ad LItem Foundation. Port Charlotte Beach Complex, 4500 Harbor Blvd, PC.

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Marcus C. Thomas survived a snow skiing ac-cident at 26 that paralyzed him from the shoulders down.

Now he tours art shows throughout the country, showing off his elaborate nature scenes he paints onto canvas using bright oils and six different rigged brushes.

Since he can’t use his hands, he uses his mouth.

And surprisingly, his mouth doesn’t get tired.

Coming from North Carolina, Thomas has ventured to the Peace River National Art Festival in Laishley Park for his tenth year, along with more than 65 other artists who want to showcase their medium.

The festival is put on by the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda, which offers a variety of art classes year-round. Around 1,500 trekked in the rain Saturday to view the artwork presented by local and travelling artists. All proceeds for the festival go toward center, said executive director Janet Watermeier.

But the festival doesn’t just have paintings. There are intricate wood carvings from Bob Richard and glimmering, tangled glass sculptures from Oklahoma artist Steve Brewster.

Thomas’ tent is located near the front of the festival. And wish him and his wife, Anne Thomas,

a happy anniversary if you see them Sunday. His painting is also made possible through

her assistance, such as squeezing paint from tubes for him to use.


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Marcus Thomas uses six different paint brushes to do his paintings, each with a mouth guard to help him steady the brush in his mouth.

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PLANNING COMMISSION: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 5:30PM

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 6:30 PM

1. Resolution, SE 2018-04 and DP 2018-16 Cowboy Church Fellowship, Inc. (PC and BoCC)A Resolution of the Desoto County Board of County Commissioners granting to Cowboy Church Fellowship, Inc. a special exception use (SE 2018-04) with Development Plan (DP 2018-15) development order with conditions to allow within the Residential Single Family 3 (RSF-3) zoning district a 2,760 square foot place of worship with related improvements on a vacant and un-platted 2.50-acre property located at 2418 SW County Road 760A, the Property Identifi cation Number being 23-38-24-0000-0320-0000, and the legal description being the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 23, Township 38 South, Range 24 East, less and except road right-of-way, in DeSoto County, Florida; incorporating the whereas clauses; incorporating the Development Review Report; and providing an effective date

2. Resolution, SE 2018-05 and DP 2018-17 William M. Conner II. (PC and BOCC)A Resolution of the Desoto County Board of County Commissioners granting to William M. Conner II a special exception use (SE 2018-05) with Development Plan (DP 2018-17) development order with conditions to allow within the Residential Single Family 5 (RSF-5) zoning district non-commercial boat launching facilities and multiple docking areas (i.e., 250 square foot shed with a boat lift and power pole) on a vacant 7,500 square foot property located at 9675 SW Marina Drive, the Property Identifi cation Number being 22-39-23-0093-00F0-0100, and the legal description being Lot 10, Block F, DeSoto Peace River Heights, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 63 of the public records of DeSoto County, Florida; incorporating the whereas clauses; incorporating the Development Review Report; and providing an effective date

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Board of Adjustments: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 after the 5:30PM Planning Commission Meetting.

1. VAR 2018-03 FoleyA Resolution of the DeSoto County Board of Adjustment denying to Donald D. and L. Jeannette Foley a variance from Land Development Regulations Section 20-126(2)a to allow within the Agricultural 10 zoning district the creation of a three-acre parcel instead of the minimum 10-acre parcel and a 90 linear feet wide lot width instead of a minimum 300 linear feet lot width from a 117.50-acre property located at 2492 SW Thigpen Avenue, Arcadia, Florida, the Property Identifi cation Number being 08-38-24-0000-0082-0000; incorporating the Development Review Report; and providing for an effective date.

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St. Patrick’s Day is among the most festive days of the year. Whether you trace your ancestry

to the Emerald Isle or not, chances are you have donned some green, danced a jig and/or hoisted a pint of Guinness in honor of St. Patrick on

March 17.The festive atmosphere

on St. Patrick’s Day compels some people to overindulge in alcohol. While medical experts warn against such be-havior, cautioning adults to only consume alcohol in moderation, many Paddy’s Day revelers

throw such caution to the wind. In such instances, a post-Paddy’s Day hangover may be on tap. Many people have their own hangover cures, which may or may not be effective. For those with no such cures in their arsenals, the following strategies may be just the

thing to make the day after St. Patrick’s Day go more smoothly.

• Stay hydrated throughout St. Patrick’s Day. If you’re going to be hoisting pints on St. Patrick’s Day, hoist glasses of water throughout the day as well. The International Alliance for

Responsible Drinking rec-ommends drinking water while consuming alcohol. The IARD notes that alcohol acts as a diuretic. That means that when the body breaks down alcohol, it removes water from the blood through

Overcome your hangover after partying too much on Patrick’s Day

The Celtic Ray in Punta Gorda hosted the inaugural Shave-

a-Thon March 9, directly benefiting St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a charitable organization that raises money for cancer research for children.

The event was organized by Ben and Kathi Haynie, who moved to Punta Gorda a year ago in April, bringing the worthwhile program to the area from Nevada.

The couple, their son Shaun and more than 25 other “shavees” participat-ed in having their heads shaved during the event. Altogether between online donations and donations given during the Celtic Ray event, more than $18,500 was raised.

Everyone who shaved their head and raised at least $50, received a St. Baldrick’s T-shirt. The event included many raffle prizes and a 50/50 raffle, as well.

Special VIP guests included the Stolarczyk family: Brian, his wife Sarah and their children Raymond, 10 and Luke, 9, with young Luke being the honorary guest of the event. Luke was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in April 2013 at the age of 3, while the family lived in Wisconsin. He was in treatment for 3 ½ years, which is the standard for boys with ALL. He finished treatment in July 2016 and has remained cancer free. The family moved to Deep Creek in 2016.

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Honorary guest Luke Stolarczyk, 9, proudly holds up several beaded necklaces before having his head shaved. Patients receive a different color or size of bead for each procedure or milestone they have had during their treatment. For more photos, see page 7.

Joe Hall, right, and his nephew Anthony Montello, fist bump one another while getting their heads shaved by volunteer barbers of the event Tom Clancy, left, from Broadpoint Hair Company and Benedetto Dipiazza, from The Bearded Scoundrel Barber Shop, both located in Punta Gorda.

Kathi Haynie, organizer of the event, carries a bucket around throughout the crowd at Celtic Ray, receiving donations.

Anthony Fitzgerald, 18, a Port Charlotte resident, during the first stages of his Mohawk cut by Clancy.

Shaun Haynie, son of event organizers Ben and Kathi, dons a festive St. Patrick’s Day hat prior to having his head shaved.

Inaugural Shave-a-Thon benefit raises more than $18,500 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation

Raymond Stolarczyk, 10, was one of the “shavees” supporting his younger brother, Luke, 9, who was honorary guest at the event.

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Much can be done to keep the knees healthy. Performing exercises such as modified squats, heel (calf ) raises and leg (hamstring) curls are a step in the right direction. Making use of a healthy diet that in-cludes foods capable of combating the arthritic condition found at joints such as the knee would also be helpful.

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By CHRIS SERRESSTAR TRIBUNE

They came from as far away as Arizona, Oklahoma and South Dakota, for the honor of carrying a piece of clothing once worn by their close friend and spiritual mentor, Marissa Joline Blacklance, who died months earlier in a car crash caused by a drunken driver.

She was 23 years old.One by one, the women

approached the center of the auditorium, bowed their heads in prayer and accepted bright yellow scarves. Bundled inside each scarf were pieces of the traditional “jingle dress” that Blacklance wore during numerous powwows and other traditional dances. A few of the women wept when the beat of the drumming stopped and they held their scarves high in the air.

The force of that sacred ceremony — held at the Minneapolis American Indian Center on May 5, 2018 — has continued to this day. Each of the 21 women who accepted the yellow prayer scarf took an oath to abstain from using drugs and alcohol for at least a year. The “prayer scarf carriers,” as they call themselves,

have become models of sobriety and resilience in local Native communi-ties that have struggled to find solutions to an epidemic of substance abuse. In Minnesota, American Indians are almost six times more likely to die of drug over-doses than whites — one of the widest disparities in the nation.

For many of the women, the carrying of the scarves began as a way to honor Blacklance, a Dakota/Ojibwe spiritual activist and dancer whose Indian name (“Wakinyan Waste Win”) meant “Good Lightning Woman.” Yet the tradition has “turned into something much, much bigger,” said Rose St. Cyr, a longtime friend of Blacklance and a prayer scarf carrier from Whiteriver, Arizona.

“This will save lives. Young girls and young men across the region are starting to see us in these scarves and see the positivity that comes from being alcohol- and drug-free.”

Virgil E. Blacklance, Marissa’s father, said the initial idea came to him in a vision.

In the days after his daughter’s death, he had a series of dreams in which her friends were performing ceremonial

dances wearing her jingle dress, a traditional gown believed to have healing powers that is worn during powwows and other Native cere-monies. Inspired by this vision, the family held a ceremony in the living room of their northeast Minneapolis home. They burned sage and prayed over Marissa’s dress for several days before cutting it up into smaller pieces. Each piece of her dress was then placed in a yellow scarf similar to one that she wore during ceremonial dances.

Soon after, the Blacklances reached out to Marissa’s closest friends and relatives to see if they would carry the scarf in her memory.

It was not difficult to find willing participants. Through her activism and ceremonial dancing, Blacklance established deep connections with Indians throughout the region. In 2016, she and her 5-year-old son, Kaylor, were a visible presence at the anti-pipeline protests at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota. In one memora-ble photo, Blacklance is astride a horse, staring down a line of heavily armed authorities. She was also a horse rider on the annual 330-mile ride from Lower Brule, S.D., to Mankato to memorialize the 1862 hanging of 38 Dakota — the largest mass execution in the nation’s history.

“My daughter was

bigger than just my little girl. She had a beauti-ful soul that touched many lives,” said Virgil Blacklance, while gazing at photos of his daughter from Standing Rock. “We heard from a lot of her friends that they still had this wish to dance with her one last time.”

Now that wish has come true. At a round dance ceremony in Minneapolis in February, more than a dozen prayer scarf carriers danced in a circle to the beat of traditional drumming. At the ceremony, five more women took the vow to carry the scarf and stay free of drugs and alcohol. Over the past year, only two of the nearly two

dozen women who com-mitted to carrying the scarves have broken the vow of sobriety; out of honor, both returned the scarves to the Blacklance family.

As word of the scarves’ healing power has spread on social media, women from as far away as North Carolina and Saskatchewan have expressed interest in becoming scarf carriers.

“We have all seen how alcohol and drugs ruin lives and have devastated many of our families,” said Talessa Hensley, 24, a prayer scarf carrier from Bismarck, N.D.

“To have so many strong young women stand up and say, ‘I am sober and drug free,’ is amazing.”

Trina Michelle Fasthorse, 21, met Blacklance when they were girls performing at traditional ceremonies. She still refers to her late friend as “my powwow sister.” Both suffered mis-carriages as teenagers; Fasthorse said Blacklance was one of only a few friends who reached out to comfort her during her time of sorrow.

“Marissa had a heart of gold,” Fasthorse said. “She was there for

anybody and everybody she could be for in this world.”

On the wall of her St. Paul apartment, Fasthorse keeps her yel-low prayer scarf hanging next to a collection of Blacklance’s photographs. She reaches for the scarf whenever she feels grief or the temptation to drink, she said. Just touching the fabric, she said, brings back fond memories of Blacklance laughing and singing. It also brings back the trauma that Fasthorse re-members feeling on that winter morning when she received a phone call from a weeping friend, relaying the news of Blacklance’s death, caused by a drunken driver near Sisseton, S.D.

In February, Fasthorse proudly wore the yellow scarf around her waist as she danced on her toes at a traditional powwow ceremony in St. Paul. “It means so much to have this opportunity to dance with Marissa again, because her spirit is in that scarf dancing with us,” said Fasthorse, who spoke between dances at the powwow.

“By wearing the scarf, we are choosing life.”

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Women held up their yellow prayer scarves at a Native American round dance ceremony in early February at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. So far, 21 girls and women from across the country have become “prayer scarf carriers” in honor of Marissa Joline Blacklance, who died in a car accident in January 2018. Every person who carries the scarf must commit to abstaining from drugs and alcohol for at least a year.

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Support Ministry meets the fi rst Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in room 9 at 507 W. Marion Ave., Punta Gorda. All adult cancer survivors and their caregivers are welcome to at-tend, regardless of cancer type, church affi liation or faith base. For more information, contact Mitzi Kohrman, [email protected].

By HEIDI STEVENSCHICAGO TRIBUNE

When Alex Trebek announced March 6, that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, he asked his view-ers, along with his family and friends, to help him survive the disease.

“I’m going to fi ght this,” he said. “Keep the faith, and we’ll win. We’ll get it done.”

It’s the sort of language we frequently hear used around cancer — fi ght, battle, defeat, win, lose — and it doesn’t sit well with some families whose lives have been forever changed by the disease.

Chicagoan Sheila Quirke’s 4-year-old daugh-ter, Donna, died from cancer. So did Quirke’s mom and dad. Quirke traveled to Washington, D.C., last spring with her son, Jay, to lobby for more pediatric cancer research.

When cancer springs into our national conver-sations — as it did when Trebek announced his diagnosis, as it did when John McCain announced his diagnosis, as it does

when any household name announces a diagnosis — Quirke advocates for a different set of words around the disease.

“I don’t understand the war metaphors and how they came to be attached to people given a diagnosis of cancer,” she told me Wednesday night. “It assumes a modicum of control, which is false.”

A few hours earlier, she had tweeted: “I wish the best for Alex, a man of great charm and presence. With his news, shared so graciously, I am struck, yet again, by the language in which we speak of cancer and its treatment. ‘Beating’ and ‘winning,’ applied to disease, frames death as losing. We need better words.”

I asked her to help me understand why win and lose aren’t the right ones.

“If one fi ghts hard enough, they win,” she said. “If they lose, despite how valiantly they may have battled or fought, there is an air of weakness, failing, fault. If one loses, are they not a loser? Is that not how it works in war

and other battles? There is a winner and a loser.

“People who die from their cancer di-agnosis are not weak, have not lost, are not losers,” she continued. “People who survive their cancer diagnosis are not winners who beat a mighty foe.”

Survivors, she said, have cells that respond-ed to treatment and intervention.

“That is a hopeful and wonderful and sometimes mysterious thing, but does it make them stronger, more deserving or victo-rious than those whose cells did not respond in a preferred way?” she said. “No, it makes them lucky. I wish every cancer patient had cells that responded to available treatments. Sadly, it doesn’t work that way.”

I asked her why the language matters.

“I struggle with this question. As who am I, rife with my baggage and bias,

to say that if Alex Trebek or other cancer patients want to — need to — think of themselves as warriors in an epic cellular battle, they should not?” she said.

Early in Donna’s treat-ment, Quirke said she took a battle approach.

“I, myself, took to calling her a warrior,” she said. “I needed to see her that way. I needed to believe she had superpowers that could defeat what was happening inside her body. It was my projection onto her that reassured me she would survive her cancer.

“Then one day, after some procedure or other, seeing her so vulnerable and just, tiny, I realized she was no warrior. She was a little girl being treated for cancer that did not seem to be responding to any-thing,” she continued. “I could see her for who she was, not who I needed her to be. She fought no battle, she had no weapons, she did not lose.”

The truest words, Quirke said, are that Donna, like Quirke’s mom and dad, was diagnosed with a can-cer that did not respond to

treatment.“Or, more accurately,

did not have a cancer type that was well enough understood by researchers to have a protocol to treat it,” she said. “Because of that, they died. No heroic and damaging language necessary.”

More than cancer patients or their loved ones, Quirke challenges journalists and others who write about cancer to think long and honestly about their language.

“Allow cancer patients to defi ne themselves, always, but stop contributing to a paradigm of war for this specifi c disease,” she said. “Never refer to someone as having ‘lost their battle’ with cancer. Never say someone ‘fought hard,’ only to ‘succumb.’ Never suggest a cancer patient has the ability to ‘beat’ their disease. Writers and journalists have the capaci-ty to shift the narrative and use language that does not rely on this damaging and ill-conceived war trope.”

She winced, she said, when President Barack Obama tweeted support

for McCain and said that if anyone could beat the dis-ease, the former prisoner of war could.

“He had gotten it so wrong,” Quirke said. “And when someone in a position like that gets it wrong, it becomes that much harder for the rest of us to get it right.”

She urges us to think about how our language lands on the ears of people living without their children, siblings, parents, friends who died from cancer.

“The war metaphor serves survivors, but not those who die from their cancer diagnosis, nor those who love them,” she said. “And when we see it used in the media, on social media and elsewhere, the words sting. There has to be a way to speak of cancer without the loaded verbiage of winners and losers, battles and fi ghts.”

Again, as I was when I interviewed Quirke about her trip to Washington, I fi nd myself steeped in awe and gratitude. Her words are a guide. I plan to follow them.

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Neuro Challenge Foundation for

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Partner Connection with Carolyn Stephens, LCSW (Open Forum and Sharing) Parkinson’s Power Hour with Courtnie Giddens; March 20 from 1:30 p.m to 3 p.m. at Neuro Challenge North Port: 5600 Peace River Road, North Port.

• Punta Gorda Parkinson’s Support Group and Courtnie Giddens “Transitioning Through Phases of Care with Your Loved One” (with Bruce Lopes from Care Patrol); March 22 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Punta Gorda Civic Association, 2001 Shreve St., Punta Gorda.

• North Port JFCS Care Partner Connection with Carolyn Stephens, LCSW (Open Forum and Sharing) Parkinson’s Power Hour with Courtnie Giddens; March 27 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Neuro Challenge North Port, 5600 Peace River Road.

• Voice Aerobics with Mary Spremulli, SLP; March 28 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 5600 Peace River Road, North Port.

• Movers and Shakers Parkinson’s Support Group (with Dr. John Moore) Venice Care Partner Support Group (Open Forum and Sharing); March 28 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Jacaranda Public Library, 4143 Woodmere Park Blvd., Venice.

For a full listing of Neuro Challenge pro-grams and services, visit www.neurochallenge.org.

Dine with a StarThe Burg’r Bar, 317

Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, will host the 3rd annual Dine with a Star at the Burg’r Bar from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on March 20 benefiting the Fred Lang Foundation to support mental health in Charlotte County through Charlotte Behavioral Health Care. Local celebrity stars will be there to serve food and drink throughout the night. Enjoy music and dining with friends. Tickets are $25 per person and include entry into the event, a delicious barbecue pork dinner, and a drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). To purchase tickets visit www.cbhcfl.org/event/dine-star-burgr-bar.

Dart Cup Challenge

PGI Civic Association/Cruising Club’s 4th Annual Dart Cup Challenge with proceeds benefiting the Charlotte County’s Homeless Coalition, will be held at 6 p.m. on March 21 at the Ice House, 408 Tamiami Trail #111, Punta Gorda. A $5 registration per person includes: family friendly entertainment, raffles and a lot of fun. For more information and to reg-ister, contact [email protected].

Pedal and Play Returns

Bicyclists of all skill-lev-els are invited to Punta Gorda, on March 22

and March 23, to Pedal and Play in Paradise. Participants have four bi-cycle rides to choose from on March 23: 15-mile, 30-mile, 62-mile and a 10-mile Mystery Ride. The two-day event is hosted by TEAM Punta Gorda and The Isles Yacht Club. The fun begins March 22 at the Laishley Park Pavilions next to the city marina where riders can check in, pick up their event goody bags, and then join Punta Gorda City Manager Howard Kunik for his informative “Here and There” ride. Riders can mingle later at the After Ride Social Hour at the Laishley Park Pavilions for free hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine. Saturday begins with a pre-ride welcome break-fast and free yoga. After they ride, cyclists can enjoy free massages, free ice cream, free lunch, free beer and wine for those of legal drinking age, live music and much more. Proceeds benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and TEAM Punta Gorda’s bicycle initiatives. For more information, visit www.pedalandplay-inparadise.com.

Ride for a CureThe 10th annual Ride

for a Cure bicycle poker run is set for 10 a.m. March 23 starting and ending at Prime Time Steak & Spirits, 5855 Placida Road, Englewood. Riders donate $20 and ride to various locations, mostly in the Grove City neighborhood along Placida Road, collect-ing cards for a poker hand. Proceeds benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. First 50 to register get a commemorative T-shirt. For more information, call Denise Lanes at 941-468-5051.

Harbor Walk for Hunger

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Charlotte, is holding its inaugural Harbor Walk for Hunger at 9 a.m. on March 23. The walk will begin in the parking lot at Fisherman’s Village (registration tent- look for signs) and proceed through Gilchrist Park. The walk is approx-imately 2 1/2 miles. Each walker is asked to raise a minimum of $20 to enter, although anything more will be greatly appreciated. Proceeds from the walk will benefit its food pantry. Monetary donations or non-perish-able food items will also be collected. For more information, call 941-625-5262 or email the office at: [email protected].

3rd annual Lip Sync Battle

Fawcett Memorial Hospital is excited to host the 3rd Annual Lip Sync Battle from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on March 29 at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center, 75 Taylor St., Punta Gorda. New and exciting additions this year. Battles, performanc-es, judging, dancing, and more. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society — Charlotte County. Tickets are $25 per person or ($50 at

the door). For more information, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/fawcett-memorial-hospi-tal-lip-sync-battle-iii-tick-ets-51032496571.

Fiesta FUNdraiserFiesta FUNdraiser

– Center4Truth Youth Academy will present Fiesta Fitness Zumba-Salsa-‘Rita Friday at 6:30 p.m. on March 29 at Curves, 1435 Collingswood Blvd., Port Charlotte. Cost is $10 per person. All proceeds benefit Center4Truth, a youth service that teaches values morals and integrity in today’s youth; helping them believe in themselves, lead themselves and in turn lead others. We offer academic and behavioral supports to students who are “ differently abled.” For more information, contact: Nicole Mott at 941-681-0524

Florida Skin Center extends

hoursFlorida Skin Center

now has extended afternoon hours at its Punta Gorda office, 329 East Olympia Ave. on the last Friday of every month to increase its guest (previously known as patients) offerings and accommodate the growth of the dermatological facility’s newest location. Every fourth Friday, the office will be open from 7:35 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. As always, guests can schedule appointments with Dr. Chetan Vedvyas, Director of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology, or Cindy Andrews, PA-C, a Board-certified physi-cian assistant who has been performing routine screenings, laser proce-dures, excisions, biopsies and more at Florida Skin Center for three years. To schedule an appoint-ment with Dr. Vedvyas or Physician Assistant Andrews for March 29, or later, call 239-561-3376.

Posture and movement lecture

Join Integrative Movement Specialist Julie Anne McGready and Personal Trainer Heather Pack for an informative free lecture open to the public from 10 a.m. to noon on March 30 at 2525 Harbor Blvd., at the office of Dr. Ballestas. This integrative lecture looks at inefficient posture and movement habits and how this can be the cause of common muscular and skeletal issues includ-ing chronic tightness, weakness, muscular and joint pain, and/or the de-creased ability to perform every day activities. Pre-registration is required, call 941-627-1256, or email: [email protected].

Caring for the Caregiver

Chelsea Place Senior Care will host a senior care conference, Caring for the Caregiver, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 30 at 3626 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte. Local senior care experts will be on hand. Complimentary

lunch will be provided. To RSVP, call Amie at 941-787-0687.

‘Choices and Chances’ premiere

CC-TV in collaboration with Charlotte County Fire/EMS, Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Charlotte Behavioral Health Care, Charlotte County Public Schools, Drug Free Charlotte County, Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office and The Other West Coast produced a 4-part mini-series to express to teens their importance to those who care and love them. This infor-mative and entertaining one-hour TV special, Choices and Chances, covers teenager texting while driving, bullying, drinking, drugs, and teen suicide. There will be two showings at 4 p.m. on March 30 and March 31 at Regal Cinema Town Center 16, 1441 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte. Tickets are required, but are free. A panel discussion among local professionals in the health care, law enforcement and educa-tion fields will follow the 70-minute film. Doors open at 3:15 p.m. Tickets are available at www.choices-and-chances.eventbrite.com.

GriefShare Program

If you have lost a loved one or know of some-one who has and have concerns/questions, we invite you to join our GriefShare Program on Sundays through March 31, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2565 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte. Contact Holy Trinity Lutheran office at 941-625-5262 with questions or sign up at griefshare.org.

A walk in Pinebrook ParkThe Friends of

Pinebrook Park, a central Venice neighborhood association whose mission is to take care of and promote the park, in partnership with the City of Venice, will hold a walk at 9 a.m. on April 4 at Pinebrook Park, 1251 Pinebrook Road, Venice, to celebrate the rezoning of the park and unveil new signage. For more information, Kathy Eiferle at [email protected] or 810-513-0390.

‘A Night at South Beach’ to support Virginia B. Andes community clinic

Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Community Clinic is hosting “A Night at South Beach” at 5:30 p.m. on April 5, at Trinity Banquet Hall, 24411 Rampart Blvd, Port Charlotte. Enjoy an evening of great food, auctions and dancing to music by Jonathan A. Cortez, while supporting the VBA Clinic. Tickets are $95 per person. Dress is South Beach, “warm Florida-night” casual. For more informa-tion call 941-276-1668 or visit www.volunteercare.org/SOBE.

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By ANERI PATTANITHE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Binge drinking can trig-ger genetic changes that make people crave alcohol even more, researchers from Rutgers University have found. It’s the latest in a growing body of evidence that alcohol and drug use causes genetic changes that may rein-force addiction and can be passed down to future generations.

The study found that genes involved in con-trolling drinking behavior act differently in heavy drinkers. PER2, which influences the body’s bio-logical clock, and POMC, which regulates the stress response system, show reduced gene expression, meaning they produce proteins at a lower rate than normal.

The result? Those people have a greater desire for alcohol, and often drink more.

“It’s an egg-and-chicken kind of thing,” said Dipak Sarkar, co-author of the study and director of the endocrine program at Rutgers. “You drink and you want to stop, but stop-ping gets harder because you have an alteration of your gene that makes you more susceptible to drink.”

The findings bolster

the idea that the genetic implications of using drugs and alcohol are much broader than during conception or pregnancy. Drinking or drug use even in adolescence can create lasting genetic change that will affect future children, researchers say.

The question that remains is what exactly the effect is.

“It’s pretty amazing that stressors like drugs can create genetic change,” said Bill Jangro, medical director for the division of substance-abuse pro-grams at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. “It goes against what most people think.” Our DNA is not immutable.

Even a substance like alcohol, which many think of as lower risk, has this ef-fect. In fact, most research in this area focuses on alcohol’s ability to change DNA, though studies show a similar effect from opioids, cocaine, cannabis and methamphetamine.

But “we don’t necessarily know the full ramifica-tions of what this change means,” Jangro said.

Will children with these changes be at greater risk for addiction? Will they be more likely to develop a mental illness that can lead to substance use?

Researchers in the field of epigenetics, which

studies how the environ-ment can affect the way a person’s genes are ex-pressed, are avidly hunting for answers.

The answers, they say, could change the way we think about addiction, and even suggest ways to treat substance use disorders at a genetic level.

The basic idea of genetic change centers on evo-lution: Genes that favor survival continue to be passed on while others die out. The process can take hundreds of thousands of years.

Epigenetics focuses instead on how environ-mental factors can cause more immediate change, within an individual’s life-time and passed down to the very next generation.

In the Rutgers study, researchers found the more someone drank, the more genetic change they exhibited. The alcohol influenced a process called methylation.

Methylation keeps a DNA sequence intact but uses a chemical tag to turn certain genes on or off. It’s one of the key ways environmental stressors — from alcohol and drugs to physical and emotional stress on the body — can cause genetic change.

Previous research has shown different drugs can cause DNA methylation

on different genes.Studies on opioids

indicate that methylation of the OPRM-1 gene, which is responsible for opioid receptors in the brain, creates a tolerance to the drug — explaining at a biological level why people who use opioids crave greater amounts over time.

Today, observing certain types of DNA methylation can tell us if someone has used drugs — a tech-nique applied in forensic sciences.

Although it has long been observed that addic-tion can “run in families,” DNA analysis doesn’t tell us if someone is more likely to use drugs in the future.

That’s the holy grail researchers are search-ing for, Sarkar said: a biomarker.

If certain changes in DNA methylation

predispose someone to addiction, we could iden-tify those individuals and create early interventions, Sarkar said.

But for now, that research is limited to rats.

A series of studies out of Tufts University’s school of veterinary medicine found that male rats whose par-ents were given morphine developed a tolerance to morphine more quickly. And their female siblings showed an increased sensitivity to the reward-ing effects of opioids.

“Even limited exposure to opioids can have lasting effects across multiple generations,” the authors concluded, including the possibility that children will be predisposed to drug abuse.

The ultimate goal of re-search on the epigenetics of addiction is to find a genetic cause — some-thing we can point to, the

way we know a lack of insulin production causes diabetes.

“That’s always been the hope of all mental illness-es,” Jangro said. “That we would find a biological cause that is somehow reversible.”

In a 2018 paper that reviewed the most recent findings on DNA meth-ylation and drug use, researchers from McGill University in Canada suggested methylation inhibitors could be used to treat addiction.

This would “target the epigenetic underpinnings of this condition rather than the symptoms,” they wrote. It could reduce the incidence of relapse by stopping the process that causes craving in the first place.

The possibilities are exciting, Jangro said. “But I don’t think it’s going to happen anytime soon.”

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Researchers have found that binge drinking can trigger genetic changes that make people crave alcohol even more.

By STEVEN FINDLAYKAISER HEALTH NEWS

Federal officials required hospitals nationwide this year to post their “list” prices online. But it’s not yet clear how many are doing it, even as the government has taken the rare step of asking con-sumers to monitor hospital compliance.

Most hospitals appear to be complying with the rule, according to hospital officials and a small sampling of websites.

However, the federal officials acknowledge that they are not yet enforcing the rule, industry groups are not monitoring com-pliance, many hospitals are burying the informa-tion on their websites and debate continues about whether the price lists are creating more confu-sion than clarity among consumers.

The rule took effect Jan. 1, after a yearlong controversy about its necessity and usefulness. It requires every hospital in the country — about 6,000 — to post its full price list online.

The lists, known in the industry as “chargemas-ters,” present prices for the thousands of individual services and products for which a hospital may bill.

The problem is that services and products are identified in obscure ab-breviations, billing codes and medical terminology that even doctors or nurses often don’t understand.

Additionally, the lists rarely reflect final billed charges because insurers and the government generally negotiate significantly lower prices. In most cases, the posted rates are the highest a hospital would ever charge per service.

Even so, officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said full public disclosure was a logical first step in a trans-parency initiative aimed at eventually encompassing

physician and prescription drug prices.

The CMS contends that the listings will help patients compare facilities, spur competition among hospitals to lower prices and prompt software developers to build tools that consumers can use to comparison-shop.

“We think this informa-tion will empower pa-tients,” said Seema Verma, the CMS administrator. “And we look forward to seeing consumers contin-ue to drive the demand for hospitals to provide greater price transparency.”

Verma has enlisted the public in an unusual effort to monitor whether hos-pitals comply. In appear-ances, opinion pieces and through social media, she has urged consumers to check their local hospitals’ websites to see if charge-master lists are posted and let the agency know if they are not.

While putting off enforcing the law, CMS has instead invited hospitals and the public to weigh in on possible enforcement mechanisms and suggest future price transparency measures. Hundreds of comments have been submitted.

Under the agency-ini-tiated Twitter hashtag #WheresthePrice, a dialogue has ensued. In one case, a Texas man, Matt Kleiber, checked 31 hospitals and medical centers in Houston and found one health system, Memorial Hermann, which operates 16 hospitals, not in compliance.

After a reporter’s inquiry, Kathryn Williams, a spokeswoman for Memorial Hermann, said in early February that the hospital system was com-plying She said they inter-preted the government’s rule as allowing a shorter, easier-to-understand price list to be posted.

Subsequently, in late February, the hospital posted its full chargemas-ter list, as the regulation

requires.“What we posted (initial-

ly) was much easier for our patients to understand,” Williams said. “We don’t think the chargemaster list is helpful … and we stand by our position that the information we have had posted on our website since Jan. 1 is consistent with CMS’ guidance.”

Other reports of noncompliance at #WheresthePrice appeared to be the result of incom-plete website explorations by consumers. A check of the websites of six cited hospitals showed that the price lists were posted. On all but one of the sites, however, the information was not prominently displayed.

About a dozen hospital websites reviewed by Kaiser Health News in-cluded an accompanying — and often prominent — disclaimer saying the information doesn’t reflect typical final charges and is difficult to understand.

Accompanying its chargemaster list, for example, Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Ark., says: “The amount listed [for each service] is not necessarily reflective of your actual financial responsibility. … We rec-ommend that all patients contact their insurer or Saline Health System to discuss their individual situations and determine the potential out-of-pocket costs of their care.”

Ariel Levin, senior associate director of state issues at the American Hospital Association, said hospitals have been reluctant to draw too much attention to their price lists.

“Most hospitals think this information will not help patients,” Levin said. “And many think it only confuses people.”

Levin said the AHA is not monitoring its mem-bers’ compliance, and she doesn’t think other hospital trade groups are either.

“But all the hospital websites we have checked so far have been in com-pliance, and we believe the vast majority are abiding by the rule,” Levin said. Small rural hospitals may take longer to comply, she said.

The CMS and the AHA said a few hospitals offer consumer-friendly price transparency that goes significantly beyond the chargemaster price lists.

St. Luke’s University Health Network, a 10-hospital system with 300 outpatient clinics in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, several years ago introduced an online tool with two features, “PriceLock” and “PriceChecker.”

Francine Botek, the hos-pital’s senior vice president for finance, said PriceLock allows patients to get an all-inclusive price for 80 percent of the hospital’s outpatient services even if a patient doesn’t enter insurance information.

PriceChecker permits people to enter insurance information and other data to help calculate their out-of-pocket costs.

The tools are only slowly gaining traction among consumers, Botek said. In 2018, 35,200 people used PriceChecker, averaging about 2,500 a month. Over the past three years, about 3,600 have used PriceLock.

The University of Utah, which owns four hospitals, has a similar online out-of-pocket cost estimator for about 600 common (mostly outpatient) services and procedures — giving a single price that lists the charges for each. People with or without insurance can use the tool. Those without insurance get an across-the-board 30 percent discount off the list price, and larger discounts are sometimes available.

Kathy Delis, who over-sees billing at University of Utah Health, said the hospital system plans

this year to market the tool to the public more aggressively.

“It’s going to take time to engage patients,” Delis said. “We have urged CMS to move beyond the chargemaster rule as soon as possible.”

A few states require hospitals to give con-sumers price estimates. The laws are limited in scope, however. In 2018, Colorado became the latest state to enact such a law. It mandates that hospitals post “self-pay” prices for the 50 condi-tions that yield the most revenue from Medicare. Doctors must also post prices for their 15 most popular procedures.

An older California law requires hospitals to disclose prices for the top 26 outpatient services by revenue.

A spokesperson for the CMS said the agency plans to issue its next regulation on hospital price transpar-ency this year.

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A Mardi Gras Party was held at Village Place Health and

Rehabilitation Center, 2370 Harbor Blvd. Port Charlotte. The residents and staff had a ball.

The day included a pancake party in the morning , Drag queen bingo performed by their own “village people” (staff and residents),

then we had an amazing crawfish and shrimp boil, and of course kings cake prepared by the kitchen staff. Mini horses stopped by dressed in Mardi Gras gear. The residents cannot stop talking about what a great time they had, as well as the staff.

For more information, call 941-624-5966.

Mardi Gras at Village Place

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Jason Searfoss, Darrell Lacourse, Quinten Howard and Victoria Naekel

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Nancy Vollmer, a Punta Gorda resident, and 15-year volunteer coordinator with Tidewell Hospice/Charlotte and DeSoto, receives a shaving from volunteer barber Benedetto Dipiazza with The Bearded Scoundrel Barber Shop.

Tom Wilson, volunteer and treasurer for the event, donates money in a bucket carried around by Kathi Haynie, organizer.

FEELING FIT PHOTOS BY TAMI GARCIA

Benedetto Dipiazza, barber with The Bearded Scoundrel Barber Shop, left, uses trimmers to clean up the face of event organizer Ben Haynie.

Tom Clancy, from Broadpoint Hair Company, volunteered his barber services during the event.

Benedetto Dipiazza, from The Bearded Scoundrel Barber Shop, provided his barbering skills during the Shave-A-Thon.

Nate Jackson, emcee of the event, talks with 9-year old Luke Stolarczyk while getting his head shaved by Tom Clancy from Broadpoint Hair Company.

Punta Gorda resident Bill Hayes holds his 5-month old teacup Yorkie Luna, two of many guests who attended the event at Celtic Ray.

Shave-a-Thon raises more than $18,500 for cancer

research for children

Shaun Haynie smiles while he receives the “Friar Tuck” shave from Tom Clancy, from Broadpoint Hair Company.


Alzheimer’s support groupsThe Alzheimer’s

Association holds

monthly caregiver suap-port groups for spouses, adult children and family members who want to connect and share insight

with others in similar situations. RSVP is not required to attend. For questions on groups and services through the Alzheimer’s Association, please call 941-235-7470.

Port Charlotte area• 3 p.m. third Tuesday

at South Port Square (Harbor Terrace), 23033 Westchester Blvd., Port Charlotte.

• 3 p.m. third Thursday at Port Charlotte United Methodist Church, 21075 Quesada Ave., Port Charlotte.

Punta Gorda area• 3 p.m. third Monday

at Life Care center, 450 Shreve St., Punta Gorda.

• 3 p.m. second Tuesday at Punta Gorda Civic Association, 2001 Shreve St., Punta Gorda.

Englewood area• 10:30 a.m. third

Friday, Englewood United Methodist Church, 700 E. Dearborn St., Englewood.

Amputee Support Group

The Amputee Support

Group meets at 3 p.m. on the second Monday of every month at the Life Care Center, Punta Gorda. Contact George Baum at 941-787-4151 for more information.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver

Support GroupThe Alzheimer’s

Caregiver Support Group meets from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. the second Tuesday every month

at The Springs at South Biscayne, 6235 Hoffman St., North Port. Call 941-426-8349 to register.

At Ease, VeteransCombat veterans

from Gulf Cove United Methodist Church are providing some of the support and discussion that our veterans deserve. On the fi rst Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m., they are at the American Legion Post 113, at 3436 Indiana Road in Rotonda West. Veterans are invited and encouraged to join them. Gulf Cove UMC is located at 1100 McCall Road in Port Charlotte, just ¾ mile south of the Myakka River on Route 776. The church can be reached at 941- 697-1747 or [email protected] and their website is found at http://GulfCoveChurch.com.

Lung Matters support group

Lung Matters sup-port group meets from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. Call Port Charlotte Rehab Center for locations and more information at 941-235-8011.

By TOM AVRILTHE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Of all the parts of the human body, the stubby little discs between the bones in the spine represent one of the more remarkable feats of nature’s design.

Consisting of tough, rubbery rings of collagen with jellylike centers, they compress with every step we take. They twist. They fl ex. Over a lifetime of wear and tear, they replenish their supportive matrix of collagen despite having no internal blood supply.

“It is really a marvel of engineering,” said Robert L. Mauck, who as a biomedical engineer at the University of Pennsylvania, has the chops to say that.

So naturally, Mauck and a team of colleagues have attempted to re-create it in the lab.

That’s because nature’s design, though impres-sively rugged, does not last forever. With age, nearly everyone’s spinal discs degenerate to a degree, in some cases causing terrible pain. Lower -back pain was the world’s leading cause of disability in 2017, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. In severe cases, patients resort to having vertebrae fused together, but they lose fl exibility and often are not satisfi ed with the result. One-third come back for repeat surgery.

In late 2018, the Penn team published a prom-ising study of what they hope is a better option: replacement discs made from a combination of synthetic materials and living cells.

So far, the researchers have implanted their discs only in rats and goats, but they appear to behave much like the real thing, said Penn Medicine ortho-pedic surgeon Harvey E. Smith, the clinical leader of the effort.

“It’s a living structure,” Smith said.

The results have impressed other research-ers who are working on the same challenge, among them Lawrence J. Bonassar, a Cornell University biomedical engineering professor.

“Clearly, there is more work to do, but obviously these results are incred-ibly encouraging,” said Bonassar, whose team has reported success with implanting a different type of replacement disc in dogs.

It has taken more than a dozen years for the Penn team to get to this point, and a lot of varied expertise. In addition to engineers and orthope-dists, the group includes veterinarian Thomas P. Schaer, a research director at Penn’s New Bolton Center, who joins Smith in implanting the experi-mental discs in the necks of goats.

Most of the study authors also are affi li-ated with the Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, such as biomedical engineer Sarah Gullbrand, the lead author of the study, and some of their funding came from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. That is because members of the military suffer especially high rates of disc degen-eration and back pain, whether from combat injury or operating large machinery, Mauck said.

Bus and truck drivers also may be at higher risk of disc degeneration, as are cigarette smokers — likely because smoking harms blood vessels, and therefore discs, among many other body parts.

When a disc ruptures or collapses, pain can arise in several ways, though the cause is not always clear.

A tough, rubbery disc is located between each pair of vertebrae in the spine, cushioning the joint and

allowing it to move. Nearly everyone’s discs degener-ate somewhat with age, in some cases causing terrible pain. University of Pennsylvania researchers are testing replacement discs in goats. They are made from biodegradable materials and living cells.

Nearby nerves can be compressed, causing pain to shoot down the leg — a condition called sciatica. If the failed disc is in the neck, similar pain can travel down the arm.

Less clear is how disc failure causes pain in the back itself, said Smith, an associate professor at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. Some of the pain may be a kind of warning signal: the body’s attempt to limit motion so that an injured back can heal. Infl ammatory chemi-cals and swelling can play a role.

In some cases of disc rupture or herniation, back pain lasts for years. But in others, it goes away after a few months, though their MRIs may look similar to those patients who remain in great pain. And plenty of older people with degenerating discs never experience the pain at all.

“I could have someone who’s 60, and they have bone on bone, and they don’t have any pain,” Smith said.

(In still other cases, back pain is purely a muscular ailment, which may be al-leviated with rest followed by exercise.)

For those who suffer disc-related pain, one option is fusion, in which the surgeon removes the damaged disc and inserts a piece of bone in between the vertebrae. That decompresses the nerves but the joint can no longer move, so there may be more stress on the vertebrae above and below it.

Another option is a replacement disc made of metal and plastic. Those allow somewhat more motion than spinal fusion, but they wear out, eventu-ally shedding small parti-cles of debris — which can trigger immune reactions such as infl ammation. And unlike other joints that surgeons replace with metal-and-plastic devices, such as the hip, the spine is a less forgiving envi-ronment, said Cornell’s Bonassar. The fl uid-fi lled hip joint is better able to clear out some of the bits of plastic and metal.

“In the spine, there’s no place for all these particles to go,” he said.

That is why the Penn team uses biodegradable materials to make its replacement discs: a sugarlike synthetic gel to mimic the collagen-based

jelly inside a natural disc, and layers of a high-tech polymer to mimic the stiffer type of collagen that makes up the outer ring of a real disc. The polymer is made through a process called electrospinning, using electricity to draw out threads of fi ber from a nozzle.

Also, as in nature’s design, the Penn team’s replacement discs are “seeded” with living stem cells, which produce col-lagen over time to replace the synthetic materials as they degrade.

“In the long run, it’s the cells we’re putting in that are going to maintain this living tissue,” Mauck said.

Something about discs in the spine seems to inspire comparisons with food. Doctors commonly liken them to jelly dough-nuts, though they are much sturdier.

Describing its re-placement discs, the Penn team sticks with a culinary theme. Gullbrand makes each one by hand, wrapping the outer layers of polymer more than a dozen times around the inner core of sugarlike gel.

“She wraps it sort of like you would wrap a cinna-mon bun, almost,” Mauck said.

The completed disc is somewhat squishy at fi rst, then becomes more rigid within weeks as its cells

produce collagen.“At fi rst it’s like thick

Jell-O,” Mauck said during a laboratory tour.

And after it gets stiffer?“Maybe like a scallop?”

Gullbrand offered.“That’s perfect,” Mauck

said. “It starts out like Jell-O and ends up like a scallop.”

The discs in goat necks performed well for the two months their progress was followed. The animals retained their normal range of motion and the discs resisted compression much like natural discs, the authors reported in their study. Next steps include implanting discs into more goats, which will be followed for two years, and implanting discs in the lower back of rabbits.

It will be years before Smith can implant replacement discs into his human patients. If it works, people would achieve relief from pain while maintaining fl ex-ibility. And maybe the surgeon and his colleagues will get to the core of why some people suffer pain and others do not.

“Back pain is sort of like the common cold,” Smith said. “Everyone has it. We know how to treat it. But we’re still trying to get down to the root causes. In terms of the fundamental science, we have a long way to go.”

A fix for back pain? Scientists test bio-synthetic discs in goats

This goat retained its normal range of motion after Penn surgeons implanted a replacement disc between two vertebrae in its neck.

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Penn scientists are making synthetic discs like the one held by Sarah Gullbrand, center, to replace herniated discs in the spine. She and colleagues Rob Mauck (left), Tom Schaer and Harvey Smith have tested the discs in goats and rats.

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March 19, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Love Your Colon: Get Your Rear in Gear. Speakers: Domingo E.Galliano Jr., MD, FACS, FASCRS, Colorectal Surgeon and Marian Malafarina, RN, GI Navigator. Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association, 2001 Shreve St., Punta Gorda. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and serves as a reminder that colorectal cancer is a potentially fatal disease that is mostly preventable. Hear from local experts of preventive measures, treatment options and how Bayfront Health pro-vides support for patients, caregivers, and survivors. Free. Lunch provided. Registration is required. Call 941-637-1655 to register.

March 20, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hands-Only CPR and Early Heart Attack Care (EHAC). The Gardens of North Port, 4900 S. Sumter Blvd., North Port. Hands-only CPR is a method of CPR that has been recom-mended by the American Heart Association (AHA)

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March 20, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Strike Back Against Colorectal Cancer. Speaker: Domingo E.Galliano Jr., MD, FACS, FASCRS, Colorectal Surgeon. Bayfront Health Port Charlotte, Conference Center, 2500 Harbor Blvd., Port Charlotte. Colorectal cancer is the nation’s second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. when men and women are combined; however, it is one of only a few cancers that can be prevented. Learn how. Free. Register at www.BayfrontHealthEvents.com.

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Chill out Hialeah, you’re the most stressed out city in the U.S.

That’s according to a new study by Babylon Health which looked at 5 million Tweets related to stress over a two-week period.

Researchers explored where “people are most likely to Tweet with words relating to stress, frustra-tion and anxiety” as well as negativity and anger on a scale 1 to 5 from no stress to extreme stress.

And a lot of that social

media chatter came from Hialeah, which led the country with 13.03 per-cent of the tensest Tweets.

Could it be from folks grinding their teeth while trying to get on or off the Palmetto expressway or losing money at Hialeah Racing & Casino?

Miami-Dade county’s second largest city, fondly called “la ciudad que progresa,” among locals, was followed by San Bernardino in California which had 12.87 percent, North Las Vegas, Mesa in Arizona and Chula Vista in California.

Other Florida cities that ranked were Orlando with 9.98 percent of strained Tweets or No. 70; Tampa at No. 73, St. Petersburg at No. 75 and Miami at No. 87.

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It’s not just lack of sleep and poor sleep that can put the heart at risk — getting to bed on time may also matter, new research suggests.

The new study took the unique approach of looking at how much night-to-night difference a person had in sleep du-ration and what time he or she fell asleep. People with irregular sleep pat-terns had a higher risk for a cardiovascular event, including stroke, con-gestive heart failure and coronary heart disease, the study found.

“Sleep regularity is an understudied area with critical relevance to everyone. Understanding its relationship with car-diovascular disease has important public health implications and may identify novel strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention,” said Tianyi Huang, lead author of the study presented this week at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientifi c Sessions in Houston.

Researchers looked at data from nearly 2,000 people without cardiovas-cular disease at the start of the study. Participants wore sleep-monitoring wrist devices for sev-en-day periods from 2010 to 2013 and were followed for an average of four years. During that time, 95 people experienced or died from a stroke, heart failure or heart disease.

After adjusting for various factors, research-ers found that people whose night-to-night sleep length during a seven-day period varied by more than two hours on average were 2.2 times more likely to have a cardiovascular event than people whose sleep length varied by an hour or less.

The time they fell asleep each night had a similar impact. Compared to people who went to bed within the same 30-minute window each night, those with a bedtime that varied by more than 90 minutes had double the risk of a cardiovascular event.

Digital distraction may be making the problem worse. Spending a lot of time staring at smart-phones, tablets and other

glowing screens could be messing with our sleep regularity, said Huang, an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

“If our results are confi rmed, the general public – particularly those at high risk for cardio-vascular disease – needs to pay more attention to their sleep schedules,” he said. “People should be encouraged to reduce use of mobile devices or TV viewing before sleep to improve sleep regularity and maximize cardiomet-abolic benefi ts.”

Huang said the study is the fi rst of its kind and called for larger studies with longer follow-ups, especially those that explore gender and age differences. He said studies are needed that focus on how irregular sleep is related to specifi c cardiovascular outcomes.

“I think it’s important for doctors to ask their patients about their sleep habits beyond the num-ber of hours of sleep they get at night,” said sleep and nutrition researcher Marie-Pierre St-Onge. “Questions like, ‘How stable is your sleep?’ and ‘Do you have wide swings

in the duration of sleep?’ would help to identify areas for improvement.”

St-Onge, an associate professor of nutritional medicine at Columbia University in New York City, was not involved in the new research and said the study seems to con-fi rm that people with poor sleep habits can’t simply “catch up” on sleep.

“You can make an analogy between sleep and physical activity, where you have

‘weekend warriors’ who are absolutely sedentary during the week and then they hammer out two hours of physical activity in one day and think they’ll be fi ne. That’s not what we recommend, and it’s the same with sleep,” she said. “For optimal health, there has to be regularity to these behaviors, and that includes sleep.”

Another issue is that big changes in sleep timing can lead to a state

of jetlag – referred to as “social jetlag” – without people even realizing it.

“People might not have outward signs – they might not even feel sleepy or yawn, just like people don’t feel it if they have high blood pressure or high cho-lesterol levels. But the risk factor is still there,” she said. “People need to pay more attention and be more aware of the adverse impact poor sleep is having.”

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The Charlotte Prostate Support Group meeting

The Charlotte Prostate Support Group will meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. April 12at the Fawcett Hospital H2U facility located 3280 Tamiami Trail, Suite #493, Port Charlotte. The speaker will be Dr. Luis Fernandez, M.D., family practitioner and primary care

physician. Dr. Fernandez will address early detection of prostate and other cancers … to screen or not to screen?

A cancer diagnosis is not required for attendance. Many of our members have other prostate issues. We try to present an open, casual, environment to discuss any prostate concern. Women are cordially invited to attend

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By CARRIE MASONDRAFFENNEWSDAY

DEAR CARRIE: Nine years ago I worked for a gentleman who asked me to create an after-hours message on his answering machine that would direct people to either his extension or mine. It has come to my attention that he is still using my recorded message. Should he have asked my permission to continue using my voice message after I left? Do I have any recourse?

— Lingering VoiceDEAR LINGERING: My goodness.

You’d think he would have updated his greeting by now.

Unlike a previous reader whose former boss was illegally using her resume to obtain contracts long after she left his company, you are in a different situation, in part because of an apparent lack of a commercial motive, according to Alan Sklover, a Manhattan author and attorney who represents employees.

Here’s a general explanation of why the company has a right to the continued use of your recorded voice:

“Generally speaking, the employment relation is one in which employees perform services for their employers, and employers pay for those services; part of this employment relation is that employers can retain the value and products of those efforts after the employment relation ends,” Sklover said.

He offered an example: ‘If, while you were employed, you designed and installed a new billing system for your former employer, he or she would be able to use that billing system forever, without additional payments to you, as it had been given and received as part

of the employment relation. The same would go for anything you did, made or suggested while employed for your former employer.”

Sklover said that when it comes to questions like yours, laws and judges’ decisions over the years have recognized four elements that must exist to justify a legal case over the continued use of a former employee’s name, photograph or recorded voice:

1. An agreement to discontinue the use of your voice has been violated.

2. The use is knowing and intentional.3. It is material or essential to the

business.4. It is for commercial use, meaning

that it somehow brings money to your former employer.

“All four must be provable in a court,” Sklover said.

As for legal element No. 1, there

appears to be no formal agreement about discontinuing the recording.

“You have not mentioned that there was any agreement between you and your employer that he would remove your voice from his recorded office greeting message if you left the job for any reason, “ Sklover said.

Regarding legal element No. 2, he said your ex-boss may be not even be aware the message is still on the phone.

“He probably does not use that message system himself,” he said.

Point No. 3 concerns whether your recorded message is key to the business or harmful to you. It doesn’t appear to be so, Sklover said.

“This use is not material, but merely incidental,” Sklover said. “That is, it is neither central to the business of your former employer, nor is this use of your voice on this recorded greeting likely to

result in your being shamed, ridiculed or wrongly being taken advantage of as would, for example, a photograph of you eating a frog on a website.”

Finally, regarding legal element No. 4, “Your voice on this voicemail message does not seem likely to be considered for commercial purposes; that is, in itself, it does not bring any revenue to your former employer,” Sklover said.

For the above reasons, a lawsuit on the matter would “likely be promptly dismissed in court,” he said.

But that doesn’t mean you should keep mum.

“If you strongly prefer to have your voice removed from your former employer’s voicemail, “ he said, “nothing does the trick like ‘the three Rs.’ “

They are a request that is respectful, reasonable and based on an “understandable” rationale, he said.

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By MARCIA HEROUX POUNDSSUN SENTINEL

From work email and texts to that Slack message from your boss, technology has become entwined with our lives. For workers, tech tools can both help and hurt, making work-hours more flexible but also never-ending.

Workers may want to discon-nect when they’re with family or on vacation, but not all are convinced they can. South Florida experts in staffing, technology and psychology say if you don’t disconnect, you risk experiencing burnout. And that wouldn’t be good for you, or your company.

With the tight labor market, more employers are being flexible about how and where people work. While providing the tools that provide access to work, employers also need to be respectful of their employ-ees’ time off, recruiters say.

“Everybody’s trying to seek that balance between professional life and personal life,” said Matthew Bourdeau, Florida manager for the Robert Half International staffing firm in South Florida. But with to-day’s technology access, “you’re switched on from the moment you wake up till the moment you go to bed.”

Striking a good work-life balance has been a hot topic, most recently drawing head-lines in New York City. The Big Apple is considering a bill that would bar employers from requiring employees to check and respond to non-emergency emails, texts and other elec-tronic communications sent outside of regular work hours, or retaliating against them if they don’t.

As a manager, “you want to make sure workers are able to disconnect, otherwise it leads

to burnout,” Bordeau said. He said that job seekers today are asking about work-life balance at a company before they take a new opportunity.

Workers also need to mon-itor their addiction to mobile phones and other technology that allows access to email and other communications, experts say.

Robert Half International recently asked 2,800 IT man-agers and workers across the country if they could adhere to an after-work email ban. In the survey, three-quarters of the Miami-area technology managers believed they would be able to disconnect. But of IT workers surveyed, only 40 per-cent of them said they could completely disconnect.

Tools a ‘double-edged sword’

Donna Kimmel, chief people officer at Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix Systems, which develops “work-anywhere” technology tools, said while technology has “transformed every aspect of our personal lives … technology can be a double-edged sword.”

Technology can fuel col-laboration and lead to faster outcomes, it also “can distract, make us less productive, and in some cases overwhelm us,” she said.

But if used correctly, tools used to connect to work also can free us, Kimmel said. Perhaps you want to take a vacation in May, but there’s a meeting on your calendar you can’t miss. With today’s virtual meeting tools, many workers can arrange to tune into that

meeting and still take vacation, she says, as one example.

Kimmel said she makes sure she takes a meaningful vaca-tion each year — advice from one of her former bosses. “Take care of yourself and you’ll be better able to take care of business at your company,” she wrote in Citrix blog post about her 2017 trip to Africa.

After 14 days of seeing “goril-las in the mountains of Rwanda to elephants and impalas on the Serengeti,” she came back with “new energy and fresh perspectives,” Kimmel said.

But to fully disconnect from work, communication with your manager is key, she said.

Sometimes people who are supposed to be on vacation, or taking other time off, keep on working out of guilt. If you

communicate well with your manager, she said, “you can let go of that sense of guilt.”

Kimmel admits that even on a vacation or family trip, she brings along her mobile phone and laptop to do “quick checks” of her work email.

But the checks are infre-quent, because the agreement among her team members is to contact one another only if there’s a crisis, she said.

Managers set exampleE. Carol Webster, a clinical

psychologist in Fort Lauderdale who specializes in workplace issues, said one might think workers are more relaxed now that the job market has improved.

During the recession, work-ers were frightened of missing even an email from their boss, she said.

“How dare you didn’t get on it — the minute I sent you the message,” says Webster, mimicking what some told her when they failed to respond to their boss. “They just want their bosses off their back, and their colleagues, too.”

Webster says it’s up to top management to show by example that “this is a healthy workplace environment” and it is “important to de-stress and refresh.”

But if that’s not happening at your job, workers can take their own preventive measures to avoid burnout.

When off work at night or on a weekend, “cut off automatic notifications and any sound associated, so you can have an evening of peace and enjoy your loved ones,” Webster suggests.

Also limit social media such as Facebook or Twitter to off-work hours, to separate personal life from work life. “Enjoy it at the end of the day,” she says.

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Whether you’re getting ready to start a new job search or looking for ways to bring new energy to an ongoing one, a little extra knowledge can help a lot. Consider picking up one of these good books for job seekers.

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes

Two things to consider when job hunting is how to relate to people you encounter and how to leave them with a good impression of you. “It’s all about knowing how to make your interviewer comfortable and selling yourself,” says Amethyst Wytiu co-founder of Next Step China.”

“How to Talk to Anyone” will “teach you how to make an impression and learn more about the art of verbal communica-tion,” she says. “Of course, after you read this book, try to put it into practice. ”

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

“Quiet“ is a great book for acknowl-edged introverts and anyone else who finds it hard to behave in the extraverted way society seems to reward.

“This is a powerful book for introverts who feel they can’t cope with the net-working and self-promotion that comes with the job search. It’s helpful for them to look at their style with fresh eyes,” says career coach Daisy Swan.

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter — And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay

Your twenties are a confusing time

— especially career-wise — and that’s true whether you’re fresh out of college, deciding if you want to continue with higher education or bypassed school to take the plunge into the workforce. Reading “The Defining Decade“ can help, says Swan.

“This is a valuable, and important read for people in their twenties. With great stories and advice, they may feel inspired to switch from fear to action.” Just be-cause you’re inexperienced doesn’t mean you aren’t ready to explore — and apply for — exciting professional opportunities.

Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel

Women who are working their way up the career ladder and finding obstacles in their path may want to read “Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office .”

“For women climbing the corporate ladder, this book will encourage you to change the detrimental behaviors you don’t even know you’re exhibiting that are shaping your career,” says career coach Rachel Koller.

Indispensable By Monday: Learn the Profit-Producing Behaviors that will Help Your Company and Yourself by Larry Myler

“Indispensable by Monday” will help you understand your worth. “This book shows how to calculate the revenue, or cost savings that an employee has generated for their employer,” explains ResuMAYDAY’s Lauren Milligan. “The best way to win a new job is to show your worth in dollars — and this book shows you how to do that.”

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By DANIEL BORTZMONSTER CONTRIBUTOR

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers Job Outlook 2018 survey, there exists a handful of significant skills that employers are seeking from new college grads.

Unfortunately, last year only 44% of college seniors felt very prepared for their careers, according to a survey of more than 5,000 students by McGraw-Hill. Now, this isn’t necessarily a negative for you job-seeking college grads out there; it’s an opportunity to hone your skill set and show that you actually do have what it takes.

Below you’ll find the skills hiring man-agers say need to be part of the college grad repertoire. So if you’re on the hunt for an entry-level job, read on to learn what these skills are and how to master them.

Ability to work in a teamUnlike your career as a student, where

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Critical thinking/problem-solvingThis year, there was a tie for first

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So you may not have a ton of work experience, but that doesn’t mean you have no experience whatsoever. After all, you must have experienced something in college. Guess what: That still counts.

“Think about times where you were proactive, innovative, or highly respon-sive to a challenge,” Karas says. Even better: Show that you took the initiative to identify a problem and then solved it.

Writing proficiencyThe survey found that 80.3% of man-

agers feel writing proficiency is the most desirable hard skill among recent college graduates. Submitting a well-crafted cover letter is crucial, but there are some other unconventional ways to highlight your writing chops.

LeadershipIt’s a tall order: 72.6% of hiring

managers want potential hires with great leadership skills. Believe it or not, there are ways you can show possible employers that you have leadership potential before you even enter the workforce.

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LAKE SUZY- $144,500North Shore Condo

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painted in neutral colors.Nothing to do but move in andenjoy! Community pool nearby.Condo fee $666 per quarter!Pat Walker 941-276-4674

REMAX Anchor Realty

PENDING

NORTH PORT Fairway VillasMeticulously Maintained

2/2/2 Villa Lakefront W/GreatView Loads of Upgrades &Updates! Gated Community

W/Pool. $222,900 BARB MCHENRY 941-833-1667

COLDWELL BANKERSUNSTAR REALTY

REDUCED

NORTH PORT-TALON BAYBeautiful Well Maintained

2/2/2 w/Den. Great Floorplan& Upgrades! Private View of

Lush Greenery! Gated Community W/Pool-$209,900Barb McHenry 941-833-1667 COLDWELL BANKER SUNSTAR REALTY

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DEBRA SAUNDERS, ALLISON JAMES REAL ESTATE

941-380-1961

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1090 MOBILE HOMESFOR SALE

ENGLEWOOD SPACIOUS2BR/1BA 14X52 55+PARK, NO DOGS ALLOWED.REDUCED TO $11,900.

941-474-1353

PUNTA GORDA 701 Aqui EstaLot 9, Doublewide in Button-wood Village, 55+, 1450 SFplus scrnd & tiled Lanai, TurnKey 3bdrm/2bath. Location

ideal for snowbirds. New A/C,Furn’d, Park rent incls Trash

pick up. MOTIVATED SELLER941-505-5096

VENICE BAY INDIES, 2/2DOUBLEWIDE, LANAI, SHED,CARPORT. FULLY FURNISHED,WASHER & DRYER. 3 POOLS, & 3 CLUBHOUSES, TENNIS,

HOT TUBS, EXERCISES ROOM, SHUFFLEBOARD & MORE!

$15,000. 313-330-5925

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NO DOGS. CATS OK Call 941-488-5672

www.VeniceRanch.com

1095 MANUFACTUREDHOMES FOR SALE

ARCADIA VILLAGE COUNTRY CLUB

AN ACTIVE 55+ COMMUNITYCome Visit One of Florida`s Best-Kept

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NEW 3/2 DblWide Delivered& Set-Up on Your Lot w/

Skirting, Steps & Air! Only$59,695. + Tax. Financing

For ALL Credit Scores Avail!Prestige Homes, Punta Gorda

941-637-1122

1210 HOMES FOR RENT

★ 2/2/CP Tile, Lanai,Gated Comm., Heritage

Oak Park, P.C. $1100/Mo

SEASONAL

★ 2/2 Furnished PoolHome Saltwater Canal,

P.C. $2200/Mo

*We Welcome NEW Listings*

AWARD WINNINGSUNBELT MGT.

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sunbeltmgtservices.com

● NEED A RENTAL ●Paradise Properties &

Rentals, Inc 941-625-RENT

NORTH PORT 4/2 Caged Pool,Canal, Dock, All Ceramic floors.Pool & Lawn Srv incl. $1550+6059 Merril St. 716-812-3355

PORT CHARLOTTE- RiverClub, Newer 3+Den/2/2. YearlyLease. All Appliances Included.No Pets. 732-910-1346

PORT CHARLOTTE/GULF COVE- 3/2/2,

$1,200./mo. Deposit Required. No Pets. 941-

800-7105 or 941-624-0355

VENICE 3/2/2 in beautifulChestnut Creek Community,Water view, Pool, Near shop-

ping and restaurants. NOPETS/SMOKING $1700/mo

Call Ruth 507-250-2096

1210 HOMES FOR RENT

RENTALS AVAILABLE

Annual & Vacation WEST COAST/ PROPERTYMgmt 941-473-0718www.rentalsflorida.net

1240 CONDOS/VILLASFOR RENT

VENICE BEAUTIFUL BIRD BAYCOMMUNITY 2 BED/ 2 BATH

RECENTLY REMODELED. GOLF, TENNIS, GYM, POOL. CLOSE

TO DOWN TOWN AND BEACH.$1,150 1-773-517-1745


IN THECLASSIFIEDS!

1320 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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1340 MOBILE HOMESFOR RENT

PUNTA GORDA Furnished 1Bedroom w/ Lanai $800 amonth 1st & Last. with Option toBuy. Bckgrnd. Ck. Dogs under25lbs 55+ 941-639-7758

1350 EFFICIENCIESFOR RENT

HARBOUR HEIGHTS close toriver, newly renovated efficien-cies w cable & internet, Sunny-brookMotel 941-625-6400

1360 ROOMS FOR RENT

DEEP CREEK, Private Ent. &Bath, Furnished, Wifi, Utilities,Pool, $130/wk 941-875-1757 PORT CHARLOTTE hospitalarea, use of house, pool, onwater, laundry, all Cable.$650/mo plus $450 dep. 941-623-3775

PUNTA GORDA ISLES 3BRPOOL HM W/ DOCK. FULL HOUSEPRIVDG. $800/MO + SHARE UTIL.AVAIL NOW! CALL 408-431-8831

1500 LOTS & ACREAGE

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ARCADIA HORSE CREEK6.25 Wooded Acreage

For Sale by Owner $60,000 OBO 863-328-0536

MERCHANT'S CROSSINGCOMMERCIAL LOT

(1 AC +/-) ACROSS FROMBEALLS AND PUBLIX AT

1599 PLACIDA RD. WATER, SEWER & TURNING LANE.

SUPER HIGH TRAFFIC COUNT.ONLY $319,900,

FINANCING POSSIBLE. BROKERSWELCOME. 941-769-0200

ROTONDA SHORES 3415 ETHLYN LANE

BACKS UP TO A 200+ ACREPRESERVE. NICE, QUIET, CLEAN

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1515 WATERFRONT LOTS

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100' SEAWALL & 10'X20'DOCK, 13,500' CLEARED

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PORT CHARLOTTE. $64,500.SUN REALTY 875-4150

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NOW FROM ONLY $19,900.941-769-0200

1620 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

MERCHANT'S CROSSINGCOMMERCIAL LOT

(1 AC +/-) ACROSS FROMBEALLS AND PUBLIX AT 1599PLACIDA RD. WATER, SEWER &

TURNING LANE. SUPER HIGHTRAFFIC COUNT. ONLY

$319,900,FINANCING POSSIBLE. BROKERSWELCOME. 941-769-0200

3000

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3020 PERSONALS

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR941-483-0701 Port Charlotte

3065 BIBLE STUDY& CHURCHES

CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH1936 E. Venice Ave. Venice

Friday at 9am.Study features video teachings

of noted Bible Scholars onvarious subjects.

For more info. Call Rev. Jonesat: 941-485-7070 or visit

www.CBCVenice.com

CERTIFIED CHRISTIAN COUNSELING 941-876-4416

Liberty CommunityChurch

North Port Charlotte

Charlotte CountyHouse of Prayer Night Watch Fridays

7pm-9pmBible Study-Mondays 7pm

Did You Learn to Love?992 Tamiami Trail Unit I

Port Charlotte941 249-8946

cchop.org

3065 BIBLE STUDY& CHURCHES

COMMUNITY CENTER 4PM - 7PM each Wednesday.

Christ the King LutheranChurch, 23456 Olean Blvd.

PC, Open to All Ages.For more info 941-766-9357

FAITH BUILDERSA Basic Study to Build yourChristian Faith. Call PastorGumm at Christ the King

Lutheran Church for times.941-766-9357 Port Charlotte

GATEWAY WORSHIPPRAYER & HEALING

ROOMSIf you need healing,

we want to pray with you!Our prayer teams are available to minister to

you every Thursday 7:30 pm-8:30 pm.For information call

863-832-44185377 Dunkin Rd.,

Punta Gorda 33982Jesus Still Heals Today!

Lutheran Church of the Cross2300 Luther Rd., Deep Creek

Bible Study - Thursdays 10-11:30

and Sunday’s @ 9 AMQuestions and/or Info

(941) 627-6060

NEW SEASON FULL GOSPELMINISTRIES Meets Every

Wednesday at 3320 LovelandBlvd Port Charlotte, Fl (Held atBoard of Realtors Building Near

Visani's Restaurant)Food at 6:30PM and Fellowship

Starts at 7:00PM EveryoneWelcome!! Pamela Sams

941-268-3589UNIQUE AND INFORMATIVEDVD Every Sunday @ 6pm. Dis-ussion After at El Jobean Baptist941-769-6291

3080 TRAVEL/TICKETS

LIGHTNING VS BRUINS March25th - (2) tickets at $195 each.Section 118, 12 rows off ice.802-673-5207

3090 LOST & FOUND

LOST: MAN’S ID Bracelet ofdeceased husband. Very Senti-mental. Has Initials of FJA, pos-sibly at AM Vets in Englewood.440-396-3985

3091 ARTS CLASSES

Beginningwatercolor classes withaward winning artist

Robert Broyles

at North PortHobby Lobby.

Private lessonsalso avail

Call 941-875-8163

3095 EXERCISE CLASSES

GULF COAST ACUPUNCTURE151 Center Rd.

Wednesdays 5:30pmThursdays 9:00 amSaturdays 8:30am

YOGA FOR BEGINNERSProceeds to

Venice Wildlife CenterCall Rick or Mary

941-488-1769To Announce

Your Class InformationCall 866-463-1638

or Email; [email protected]

3096 RELIGION CLASSES

BEGIN YOUR DAY IN BIBLE STUDY

Christ the King LutheranChurch, 23456 Olean Blvd.

Tuesdays 10AM-11AM. For more info 941-766-9357

Port Charlotte

FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH4005 Palm Drive, Punta Gorda

Various Days & TimesCONFIRMATION/BIBLE STUDY

Adult Infomational Class941-639-6309

START YOUR DAY RIGHTBible Study Thursdays

10:00-11:30LUTHERAN CHURCH

OF THE CROSS2300 Luther Rd., Deep Creek

and Sundays at 9:00 a.m.Questions and/or Info

(941) 627-6060

5000

BUSINESS SERVICESAN OCCUPATIONAL LIC.may be required by the Cityand/or County. Please call theappropriate occupationallicensing bureau to verify.

5006 ALUMINUM

ALL AMERICAN RENOVATIONS Lic & Insured

Family owned & operatedSpecializing in

rescreening, building andrepairing. Screw change-outs, pressure washing &

painting pool cages,lanais, front entry waysetc... 941-915-3381

Serving Sarasota CountyFree Estimates

ALUMINUM SPECIALISTSPool Cages, Screen Rooms, Rescreening, Panel Roofs

941-637-1128Lic# CRC1328423 & Insured.

5006 ALUMINUM

GULF COAST RESCREENLIC & INSURED

FAMILY OWNED & OPERATEDPAINTING &

RESCREENING POOLCAGES IS OUR SPECIALITY!

941-536-7529SERVING SARASOTA COUNTY

FREE ESTIMATES

PRECISION Aluminum & Remod-eling Lanai’s, Kitchens, Bath-rooms, Windows, Doors, Floors,

SURFSIDE HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Lanai’s, Bathrooms, Kitchens,Windows, Storm Shutters,Screen Rooms and more!

30 Years Local Family Owned & Operated. 941-766-0331Lic#CBC1261010

5007 ANIMAL REMOVAL

GOT RATS? OR OTHER CRITTERS?

Call 941-777-3247www.venicecritters.com

5020 APPLIANCESERVICE/REPAIR

GARY DRAKE DRYER VENT CLEANING

& INSPECTION. 30 yrs. Exp.

(941)-889-7596

5025 AUTO DETAILING

SHINY APPLE MOBILE CARWASH & DETAIL, Autos, Boats,RV’s, Bikes. Venice to Naples$20 off Full Detail. 239-839-5699

5050 ADULT CARE

CHEROKEE DUO CLEANING CO.

Residential & commercial,SPRING CLEANING

SPECIAL NOW - MARCH 1STCall 941-586-5239

5051 CHILD CARE

ALL CHILDCAREFACILITIES MUST INCLUDE,

WITH ADVERTISEMENT, STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY

LICENSE NUMBER.

FLORIDA STATE LAW requiresall child care centers and day

care businesses to register withthe State of Florida. The Sun

Newspapers will not knowinglyaccept advertising which is in

violation of the law

5054 CONTRACTORS

BLUE PARROT CONSTRUCTION

★ Commercial & Residential Renovations

941-662-0366BlueParrotConstruction@aol.comwww.BlueParrotConstruction.com

CBC1258748/Fully Insured

EDWARD ROSS CONSTRUCTION

Services, Inc. 941-408-8500pool cages, Scr. lanais, etc...

TEDDY`S HANDYMAN &REMODELING, INC.

No Job Too Big or Too Small!(941)-629-4966 Lic./Ins. Serving NP, Charlotte & PG

CRC 1327653

5057 CONCRETE

CONCRETE CRACKSREPAIRED

Pool Decks & Driveways. All Repairs Guaranteed. FREE

ESTIMATES. 941-639-4520

PRO PATH CONCRETE● Driveways ● Patios ● Sidewalks ● Pads

Free Estimates941-286-6415

Lic #AAA-11-00081

RICH LANDERS STUCCO, INC.

Honest, Reliable work!LIC/INS New Const &

Remodels. Rusted bands& wire lathe repair.spraycrete & more

(941)-497-4553

THE CONCRETE GUY941-716-0872

Driveways, Walkways, PatioAll flat work Demo & Re-

moval & permiting. Ch Lic AAA14-100088

LEE 14-02339SRQ SWC 44

5060 CLEANINGSERVICES

A&R PRO WINDOWCLEANERS

In/Out, Tracks & Screens, Mirror Walls, Ceiling Fans, Also Vinyls, Clean & Polish,

H/W Team. Lic#25014 & Ins. 941-441-8658

CASA BLANCA HOMECLEANING SERVICES

*Regular, *Deep Cleaning*Weekly Mainteance and somuch more! 941-301-6981

5065 DRYWALL

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DRYWALL INC.

SPECIALIZING IN HOMEREPAIRS. NO JOB TOO SMALL!941-763-0606 LIC./INS.

5065 DRYWALL

COMPLETE DRYWALLHang, Finish, Patchwork,

All Textures, PopcornRemoval, and Paint.

Matt Potter 941-232-8667Lic.& Ins CRC1328482

DEPENDABLE DRYWALL & REMODELING

PATCH REPAIRSNEW HOMES

941-639-4440 LIC.#SCC131150207

INSUREd

5070 ELECTRICAL

DRM ELECTRICAL SERVICE,

“Plug Into Personalized Service”● Electrical ● Maintenance ●

● Repairs ● Troubleshooting ●

941-480-0761 941-366-3646

5080 EXCAVATING/BUSH HOG

ORRSLANDCLEARING.COMUNDERBRUSH PEPPER TREE

REMOVAL FENCE LINE CLEARINGSTUMP GRINDING TREE TRIM &

MORE! FREE ESTIMATES!LIC/INS. (941)-875-4198

5089 HANDYMAN / GENERAL REPAIR

JKM HOME MAINTENANCE SERVICE

● Painting ●

● Carpentry ●

● Power Washing ●

● Lawn Mowing ●

● Misc. Small Repairs ●

Call 941-268-4566

KEN LANCASTER GUTTERS● Repair ● Install ●

Over 25 Years Experience. Fully Insured. Free Estimates

941-916-3934

5090 HEATING & AIR

HIGHLAND Heating andAir ConditioningSales & Service

Call Tom 941-236-6359FL#CAC1814414

S.O.S.A/C & Heat

941-468-4956

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMSCOOLING MADE AFFORDABLE!INSTALLED 10 YR WARRANTY

ST. LIC #CAC1816023SOSAIRFL.COM

5091 HOME INSPECTIONS

HOME INSPECTIONSWind Mitigation, Full Inspections

Buyer, Seller, OwnerGreat rates! Lic HI 8261

941-623-8623 Home inspector classes also

5100 HOME & COMMERCIALIMPROVEMENT

If it creaks, leaks, squeaks or the thingamajiggy falls of the whojamathing and whatchamacallit won’t fit it… WE CAN!D. Ricke & Son941-587-3044

INSTALL…FlooringKitchen & BathWindows/DoorsRemodel/Repair

Licensed & InsuredLic. #9900/0075051

REPAIR…Odd JobsPlumbing FixturesElectrical FixturesPainting/StainingPressure WashCabinet ResurfacingMobile Home Repair

$75.00PER PANEL

SLIDINGGLASS DOOR

REPAIRS Wheels

Tracks & LocksLicensed & Insured,

Free Est. since 1981Call Bob

941-706-6445www.SlidingDoorsandmore.com

Low overhead= Low prices!

A & R Quality Homes Inc.

Customer Satisfactionis our goal.

★Kitchen/bath remodels★Pressure cleaning, Interior & exterior painting★Concrete/driveways/walkways/slabs★Stucco/repairs/fascia/soffit★Pool deck resurfacing★ Doors/WindowsFully licensed and insured

941-429-1285 941-626-0315License # CRC1329404

CARPENTER, INC HandymanRotten wood, doors, soffit,

facia and much more. Phil 941-626-9021 lic/ ins.

COMPLETE CLEANPRESSURE WASHING Excellent Rates

20+ YEARS EXPERIENCE941-468-2744

Lic/inswww.completecleanpw.com

5100 HOME & COMMERCIALIMPROVEMENT

DO YOU HAVE LOOSE,HOLLOW OR BUCKLING

TILES? Inject-A-Floor-Sys-tem can help. Grout Clean-

ing/Staining, MarbleCleaning, Tile Repair.

941-893-8475

FIRST CHOICE CABINETSCustom Cabinets LLC.

Kitchens, Baths, Custom Cabi-nets, Countertops, Hardwood,

Laminate, Solid Surface. Commercial, Residental.

941-505-5570

GARAGE FLOORS DONERIGHT! Epoxy Flakes,

Quartz, Silica. In CharlotteCounty over 30 yrs!

941-628-0251

GUTTERS, 6” Seamless. Ken Violette, Inc.(941) 240-6699

Lic.CGC#060662/Ins.

HANDYMANHome repairs. 30+ yrs Exp.

Call 941- 539-1694

J & J HANDYMANPainting, Pressure

Washing & Much More!Over 40 Years Experience &

Satisified CustomersService with YOU in Mind.

Reasonable, Reliable & Honest.Serving Englewood, Venice &

Sarasota AreasLARGER OR SMALLER PROJECTS,

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIALLICENSED & FULLY INSURED

CALL JOE CHIMINIELLO(941) 525-7967

OCEAN AIR CONDITIONINGof SWFL Inc.

Proudly in business since 1978Prompt & Courteous service

on all brands! We offerLENNOX, BOSCH and others!

Call Today for your FREEquote! 941-625-8900

ROOF CLEANING LOW PRESSURE LOW CHEMICAL941-460-4936

WWW.COMPLETECLEANPW.COM

ALL WORK PERFORMED BY STATE

CERT. ROOFING CONTRACTOR

StormTwisters - Hurricane Shutters

ShuttersUp.Today★ Roll Down Shutters★ Accordian Shutters

★ Clear Hurricane Panels★ Hurricane Screens★ Bahama Shutters941-626-8200

*A DIVISION OF BAY BRIDGEHOMES Lic#CBC1254261

5102 HOME WATCH

HOME WATCH of PUNTAGORDA JOE ANDERSON, OWNER941-218-0090 INS. & BONDED

“WE ARE HERE WHENYOU ARE AWAY”

HOMEWATCHPUNTAGORDA.COM

5110 LAWN/GARDEN & TREE

AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSEmay be required by the Cityand/or County. Please call theappropriate occupational licens-ing bureau to verify

A JAMISON TREE SERVICEComplete & Professional

15% Sr Discount! FREE EST. LIC. & INSUREDENGL 941-475-6611N. PORT 941-423-0020SERVING CHARLOTTE AND

SARASOTA FOR OVER 20 YEARS.JAMISON-TREESERVICEINC.COM

AFFORDABLE LAWN CAREFlat Rates from Bradenton toPunta Gorda. FREE Estimates.941-706-5569 Lic. & Ins.

ALTMAN TREE SERVICETree Trimming, Removal,

Stump Grinding. Lic & Ins.Call Mike Altman 941-268-7582

5110 LAWN/GARDEN & TREE

AMERICAN IRRIGATIONCall 941-587-2027

FREE ESTIMATES!!!Licensed & Insured

Charlotte Co. lic#AAA-11-00010. Serving Charlotte

and Sarasota Counties

DAVEY’S TREE SERVICE Certified Arborist on staff **15% Sr Discount! **FREE EST. LIC. & INSURED

941-539-2644FREE EST. LIC. & INSURED

DP`s ABILITY TREE SERVICE

Removals, Stump Grinding,Palm Trimming, Shaping,

Oaks Thinned & Raised Up.Over 20 Yrs. Exp.Free Estimates! 941-889-8147

Lic#00000192 & Insured.

EDS MOWING SERVICEAccepting new clients in

Englewood area only!(304)-604-2490FLORIDA TREE INC.

● Tree Trimming & Removal ●

● Stump Grinding ●

● Lawn Service ●

● Bucket Service ●

941-613-3613pcftree.com Lic./Ins.

FLOYD BROTHERSLAWN & LANDSCAPING

Quality work @affordable pricesNow Accepting

NEW ACCOUNTSServing PG - Englewood(941)-809-9485

FRESH CUT LAWN N MOREDependable, Reliable

Residential/CommercialLAWNS STARTING AT $30!

NO CONTRACTS941-661-1850

Free Estimates - Call Frank

GENERAL LAWN &Landscape services. (941)-426-7844

Wright & Son Landscaping Inc

NOW ACCEPTING NEWLAWN ACCOUNTS!

941-468-4372ISA Certified Arborist

John Cannon FL-6444A South Sarasota & Charlotte Co.

PREMIER STUMP GRINDING, LLC

Let me Help you haveyour stump removed

today. No stump too smallor big! Licensed &

insured (941)-662-9779

RAINSCAPE INC,Irrigation, Maintenance,

Repair, Installation. Monthly Maintenance starts at $40.

FREE ESTIMATES941-888-2988

SANDEFURS-HOME & TREEMaintenance Tree trimming,

removal. We do it all!License/Insured941-484-6042

SPM TREE TRIMMIMG &LANDSCAPING

Specializing in TREE REMOVAL. Call Today

for your FREE Estimate.******************

QUICK RESPONSE!*******************(941)-412-5273 Lic/Insured

STEVE’S TREE & HAULINGTree Removal & Trimming

30 Years Exp. Lic/Insd Free Estimates 941-866-6979

TreemendousTree, Inc.

★ Certified Arborist★ Tree Removal ★ Stump Grinding★ Lic./Insured★ Shrub & Tree Nursey

CALL TODAY!941-426-8983

www.northporttree.comFL-6444 A

TreemendousTree, Inc.NURSERY

★ PINEAPPLE PLANTS fruit-ing $30/ea★ SNOW QUEEN HIBISCUS7 gal $20.00 NICE ★ MANY OTHER SHRUBS AVAILABLE

STOP IN TO SEE US MONDAY - SATURDAY

9AM-3PM 6068 RUFF ST. NORTH PORT

OR CALL 941-426-8983FL-6444 A

WENDELL ALBRITTONTREE SERVICE

★ ★ VERY AFFORDABLE★ ★Will Work with you!!

941-763-5042 Lic & Insured!

5130 MOVING/HAULING

ALL TYPES OF CLEAN-UPS!Same Day Service!

24 Hrs. a Day! 941-764-0982 or

941-883-1231

5140 PAINTING/WALLPAPERING

LARRY ESPOSITO PAINTINGINC “It’s Not What We Do,It’s How We Do It!”Free Esti-

mates, 941-764-1171Lic & Insured AAA007825


5140 PAINTING/WALLPAPERING

STEVEN’S CUSTOMPAINTING

Res/Comm. Int/Ext FREE EST.

Lic. & Ins. 941-255-3834

BEST PRICINGCALL NOW TO LOCK IN ANAMAZING BANG FOR YOURBUCK FROM A SEASONEDPAINTER 941-468-2660

AAA0010126630 YEARS EXP. LIC/INSURED

FORMER FIREFIGHTER

Nathan Dewey Painting CoCommercial & Residental

Interior & ExteriorPressure washing

Handyman Services Free Estimates ~ Prompt Service

941-484-4576nathandeweypainting.com

PAINTING UNLIMITEDWhere Quality & Value Meet!

Family Owned and Operated.Call Now for a FREE Estimate

941-979-7947Lic. & Ins. AAA-12-00015

SUPERIOR PAINTING, INC.Full Spray Shop

941-474-9091Lic # AAA009837

We Do It A Shade Better!LARRY BATES PAINTING

Free Estimates Locally Owned & OperatedNominated Best Painter

Of The Year in 2016! 941-625-1226

Lic/Ins #RRR0002261

5155 PET CARE

PAMPERED PETS by JANINEPET SITTING & PET WALKING

941-544-2976 SERVICINGNORTH PORT & WEST VILLAGES

**SENIOR DISCOUNTS**

5160 PLUMBING

LARRY`S PLUMBING, Re-Pipes (Most in 1 Day) Beat AnyEstimate Complete Service941-484-5796 Lic.#CFC1425943

MASTER PLUMBERSEMI-RETIRED, REASONABLE

RATES. LICENSED AND INSURED.941-830-0106 CFC1429017

PLUMBER over 30 yrs Exp!Service and Repairs.

Installations, Permits &Inspections. $60/per hr

Call 508-294-1271 Cell or Office at 941-575-1817Lic# CFC1427981 & Ins.

5180 PRESSURE CLEANING

BAILEY’S PRESSURECLEANING

Complete Exterior House Painting!

Call 941-497-1736

MR. PRESSURE CLEANINGSAFE, NO PRESSUREROOF CLEANING

941-257-8624Mr.Pressurecleaning.com

Fully Lic & Insured

5184 SCREENING

A TIP TOPRESCREEN LLC

A quality rescreen at afast and affordable

price. Call us today foryour free estimate at

239-440-6857 licensed and insured

ALL ABOUT ALUMINUM &SCREEN: Rescreen & new.

941-876-4779 wescreenflorida.com - Lic# SA37, AL0511993X

BREEZE THRURESCREEN LLC.

★Full Rescreen ★Panel Repair.★ Power Washing

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5195 TILE/GROUT

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MERCHANDISEGARAGE SALES

6001 Arcadia6002 Lake Suzy6003 Deep Creek6004 Port Charlotte6005 Punta Gorda6006 North Port6007 Englewood6008 Rotonda6009 Gulf Cove6010 S. Gulf Cove6011 S. Venice6012 Venice6013 Nokomis/Osprey6014 Garage Sales6015 Flea Market6020 Auctions

MERCHANDISE

6013 Moving Sales6025 Arts & Crafts6027 Dolls6030 Household Goods6035 Furniture6038 Electronics6040 TV/Stereo/Radio6060 Computer Equip6065 Clothing/Jewelry/

Accessories6070 Antiques &

Collectibles6075 Fruits/Veges6090 Musical6095 Medical6100 Health/Beauty6110 Trees & Plants6120 Baby Items6125 Golf Accessories6128 Exercise/Fitness6130 Sporting Goods6131 Firearms6132 Firearm Access.6135 Bikes/Trikes6138 Toys6140 Photography/Video6145 Pool/ Spa & Supplies6160 Lawn & Garden6161 Outdoor Living6165 Storage Sheds/

Buildings6170 Building Supplies6180 Heavy Constr.

Equipment6190 Tools/Machinery6220 Office/Business Equip

& Supplies6225 Restaurant Supplies6250 Appliances6260 Misc. Merchandise6270 Wanted to Buy/T rade

6000

MERCHANDISE6004 PORT CHARLOTTE

GARAGE SALES

SAT 8:30AM-1PM398 Springlake Blvd. ESTATE SALE!

EVERYTHING MUST GO!! SAT-SUN. 9-? 22236Lasalle Rd. (off Sheehan)

Many tools, household, and lotsmore *no early birds*!!

THURS, FRI, & SUN. 8-318108 Wolbrette Cir.

Furniture, Household, Pots &Pans, Paintings, Sofa, Dining

Table, Beds etc.

6005 PUNTA GORDA AREAGARAGE SALES

ESTATE SALEAssisted by The Isles

Girls & GuysFRI., March 15, 8-12pm

SAT., March 16 – 8-10am2521 W. Marion #312(Isles Cove Condos)

Three Queen bedroom sets;dining room furniture; sleeper

sofa; loveseat; recliner; big screen TV; misc. tables;

barstools; Egret lamps &palm tree lamps; kitchen

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Charlotte Park. ESTATE SALE!(Cash ONLY) Entire Contents!

6009 GULF COVE AREAGARAGE SALES

FRIDAY & Saturday.8:00am-3:00pm 13383 &

13375 Bronze Ave.. Gardensof Gulf Cove. Something foreveryone. Housewares, bikes,scooters, tools, furn., misc.

6012 VENICE GARAGE SALES

BAY INDIES SPRING COMMUNITY

CARPORT SALES SATURDAY,

MARCH 23RD9AM TO 2PM

950 RIDGEWOOD AVEVENICE, FL

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6015 FLEA MARKET

PRODUCE VENDORWANTED!

THE SUN FLEA MARKETOPEN FRI-SUN. 9AM-4PM

18505 PAULSON DR. PC,VENDORS ONLY DAYTHURSDAY 8AM-2PM

CALL FOR DETAILS941-255-3532

6020 AUCTIONS

MURPHY BED Queen, lightlyused $475 941-629-7291

6025 ARTS AND CRAFTS

ARTISTS DISPLAY DraftingTable Cast Iron Frame 24’’ x 24’’x 49’’ $250 941-460-9540FRAMED 54X42 PAINTINGbeautiful mint art great for allhomes! $140 941-639-1517PELICANS (5) PICTURE40”X18” Five on pier logs $25941-766-8236SILK FLOWER ARRANGE-MENT large, nice $40, OBO941-473-0414WESTERN ART MAGAZINES(86) $30 941-629-4857

6027 DOLLS

DOLL 19 “ Zaph collection Ger-man Zaph collection doll. Exccond. $40, OBO 941-629-6374DOLL PORCELAIN musical 21”Howard Kaplan French collec-tion $40 941-629-6374

6030 HOUSEHOLD GOODS

ANTIQUE OIL LAMPwith Flower Design converted toelectric $45 941-460-9540APPLIANCES SET Fridge,Range, Dishwasher, working.$150, OBO 724-612-8305AREA RUG Exc.Cond $25 941-629-4857BED SET King. Duvet ,shams,skirt, pillows (orig $325) $50,OBO 941-661-4477BLANKET, King. Lavender, textured pattern exc cond $18941-246-1548CUKOO CLOCK German 19”height $300 989-701-0214

6030 HOUSEHOLD GOODS

CAMPER STOVE ColemanSport fits in trunk of car $40610-905-7757

CEILING FAN AND LIGHT 4BLADES, 4 LIGHTS $25 941-391-6211

COFFEE TABLE, 1 end tableGlass top , wrought iron legs$50 941-451-8622

COMFORTER SET 6 pieces,black/brown blocks, microsuede $20 941-525-8484

COMFORTER, sheets, throwpillows King. 10pc aquas, grns,lavendrs $59 941-246-1548

COMP. DESK/CHAIR L shapedwood ,leather chair $120 941-205-8922

CONFERENCE SET 6 chairstable dark wood,use as diningroom $250 941-205-8922

COOLERS (2 sizes)+ BeverageCooler,etc Rubbermaid NEW6pc/ $25 941-246-1548

CORIAN COUNTER 10’ w sssink and faucet. Off white. $100724-612-8305

COUCH 2 cushion, flex steel,U.S.A. 3 yrs old. $100 941-451-8622

CRYSTAL BASKET’SSIX NO TWO ALIKE $100 941-426-2973

DOOR HANDLE set solid brasswith lock/closer, brand new $30941-780-3977

GOULD 1/3HP PUMP AndGould pressure tank $125, OBO724-612-8305

HURRICANE SHUTTERS Gal-vanized steel, various sizes BSI$325 941-661-4477

ICE CHEST w/wheels $20941-698-2951

JEWELRY CHEST WIicker, 4 drawer w/lid, 39”tall, Engle-wood $45 856-261-4636

KITCHEN CENTER MIXERmeat grinder, Oster. 2 bowlsbeaters $40 941-629-6502

KITCHEN SINK stainlessKoehler 50/50 w/Delta faucetexc $175 941-460-9698

MATTRESS AND BOXSPRINGS with Rails Good con-dition $175 954-865-7866

MIRROR in designer frame, 30x 40, contemporary/coastalstyle,nice $48 941-780-3977

MURPHY BED Queen, lightlyused $475 941-629-7291













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OIL PAINTING 2x3,with goldframe, floral Masters Collec-tion,nice $30 941-780-3977

PACK AND PLAY ByBabyTrend. Clean. Seldomused. $25, OBO 724-612-8305

PATIO CHAIRS 6 ALUMINIUMSTACKABLE WITH CUSIONS$50 941-830-2028

RECLINER CHAIR Electric, flex steel U.S.A. $75 941-451-8622

ROCKER/GLIDER EXCEL-LENT CONDITION. NEAR HOS-PITALS $40 716-348-6217

ROOM DIVIDER Rattan entertainment unit,$25 941-416-9318

RUG NEW @9x12,tan, new inplastic, $50 716-374-2950

RUGS PERSIANS FOUR tochoose from aprox sizes 5X8starting at $30 941-307-9211

STOVE WHITE 4 burner selfclean black door port charlotte$165, OBO 941-268-7571

THOMAS THE TRAIN TABLEOriginal. Excellent condition.$45, OBO 724-612-8305

TROLLEY DOLLY 4 in 1Stepladder/cart/dolly GoodCond. $30 941-496-4727

VACUUM Hoover twin chamberbagless $55, OBO 941-240-5540

VACUUM Neato RoboticsXV11, program it & watch it go$45, OBO 954-642-6599

6035 FURNITURE

ANTIQUE WICKER LoveseatYellow (needs paint), cushion isflowered. $65 315-521-6250BARSTOOLS (2) Swivel,Blk/Crome adj 24” to 30” BSI$140 941-661-4477

BED - MATTRESS & BOX $100

941-629-5550CABINET Solid Wood 2 draw-ers, storage underneath $200941-698-2951CABINET, SEASIDE 8”H, white,double doors, like new $325,OBO 941-235-2203CHAIR RECLINER /OTTOMANLEATHER CREME STRESSLESSNEW $350 941-255-1832CHAIR RECLINER ROCKERcrème LEATHER NEW $400941-255-1832CHAIR/LOVESEST Leather.Taupe mint cond. $400, OBO941-205-8922COFFEE TABLE square36”glass top $35, OBO 941-426-6260COFFEE/END TABLES 3pc allwood with dwrs, call/text forpics $190 941-815-8999COFFEE/SIDE TABLES/SETSvarious sizes and shapes start-ing at $10 941-307-9211COMPUTER DESK28”x28”x34 formica, wheelslocks $75 941-496-9252COUCHES SIX to choose fromdelivery available starting at$50 941-307-9211CRADLE Oak, hand crafted byAmish $199 941-698-2951CURIO CABINET Small & thin,tan, three glass shelves, $65716-374-2950DINETTE SET, Round glasstable, 4 rattan chairs with cush-ions, GC $150 716-598-2406DINING SET Glass /wood table42 x 72 inches 6 tan Parsonschairs $250 570-313-9146DINING SET Rattan, Dark, 4arm chairs, oval glass top $299941-356-0129DINING TABLES/SETS &CHAIRS various styles startingat $100, OBO 941-307-9211DRAFTING TABLE solid oak,pivot surface & stool. call/textfor pics $190 941-815-8999DRESSER ALL WOOD. $25941-255-9152END TABLES (2), Dark, Glass

tops, Tropical look $99 941-356-0129

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Ltoak bev glass 6 ft W $150, OBO609-457-7041ENTERTAINMENT UNIT, Rat-tan, Dark, 4 pieces, easy tomove $299 941-356-0129GERIATRIC RECLINING Chairwith accessories Like New$200 954-865-7866HUTCH solid Maple wood, Heywood Wakefield. Elegant.$200, OBO 208-419-1401

I BUY FURNITUREOr anything of value!

941-485-4964LANAI SET Table plus 6 reclin-ing chairs Perfect must see PGI$175 941-575-6762LIFT RECLINER CHAIRPlush orig 1300up/down $395941-580-4460LR/FAM RM Recline sofa, rug,lamp,tables,art, fold screen.8pc$385 941-246-1548

MATTRESS & BOX QUEEN$175 ALSO HAVE KING

941-629-5550 MATTRESS & BOX SPRINGS.Beautyrest. Excellent condition.$150 941-223-5702MATTRESS + HEADBOARDTwin, like new $155 239-405-3631MIRROR / Oval Blk/Gold Frameapprox 46”x32” BSI $45 941-661-4477NESTING TABLES, 3 Piece Ori-ental and Flower Design goodcondition $120 941-460-9540PATIO BISTRO Set Cast/MetalBistro Table & 2 chairs 27” dia.table. $75 315-521-6250PATIO CHAIRS (4) w/cushionsmetal frames padded cushionseach $10 941-629-6502RECLINER + Otto Leatherbrown $110 239-405-3631RECLINER Lazyboy. Rocker vibrator $225 941-580-4460RECLINER Leather beige39X35X40 delivery available$50 941-307-9211ROCKER/GLIDER EXCEL-LENT CONDITION. NEAR HOS-PITALS $40 716-348-6217ROCKER/RECLINER Lazyboy.Great condition $150941-580-4460ROCKING CHAIR white wickervery nice NO TEXTS $125 941-875-2631SLEEPER SOFA Queen Ivory82” Sleeper-as new Sofa-somestains $375 941-246-1548SOFA BED 7ft.L, tropical jungletheme, unique $499 941-235-2203SOFA Loveseat 71” brown excellent cond. $90 239-405-3631

6035 FURNITURE

SOFA TABLE Otto man brownleather $55 239-405-3631STORAGE CABINETS, gray 29w,69h,18d $60, OBO941-473-0414SWIVEL CHAIR, Extra TallWooden, height of chair 40in.$30 941-460-9540TABLE 5’ round folding legsMax Chief $75 941-496-9252TABLE Dining w/6 Chairs, SolidMaple, Heywood Wakefield. Exc.$200, OBO 208-419-1401TABLE SET 5’ glass top with5chairs orchid leather seats$225, OBO 716-374-2950TABLE with Four chairs LikeNew $140 954-865-7866TABLE/FLOOR LAMP SETFLOOR 60”, TABLE 34” NIB$40, OBO 941-240-5540TABLES (4) Glass, 2 end1 coffee, 1 cocktail will split

$135 941-205-8922WINE RACK, 2 drawers, stor-age, exc. cond. $150 941-235-2203

6040 TV/STEREO/RADIO

SPEAKERS RECEIVERS 5cdchangers DenonBoseSonyJVCstart @ $15 954-642-6599SYLVANIA TUBE T.V. Free.Works good. $0 941-456-5367TV 42” Panasonic flat screen,great picture with remote &manual $90 941-815-8999

6060 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

24” LCD Monitor Soyo in stor-age for years, works excellent$45 954-642-6599COMPUTER ACCESSORIESfloppy discs-printers-ink-speak-ers-cables $10 941-445-5619PRINTER INK CANON-NEW#40 black & #41 color $30941-255-0489

6065 CLOTHING/JEWELRYACCESSORIES

ALFANI LEATHER Jacket likenew, 3/4 length XL $50, OBO941-270-8009CLOTHING BRAND NAME MENSZ SMALL 50 ITEMS BAG$200, OBO 863-990-1730JACKET CHICAGO bears,large, starter, bomber. Satin,navy blue $20 941-525-8484JAPANESE KOMONO silk,over 50 yrs old, excellent condi-tion $50 863-494-5918PROM DRESS missey size 4lime new never worn $50 941-623-7166RALPH LAUREN Tuxedo XL in-cludes vest,shirt & pants V.G.C.$60, OBO 941-270-8009REDSKINS SHIRT & JACKETSsize L and hardly used $10941-445-5619WOMEN’S VARIETY PIECESSZS. 10-14 $2 863-990-1730

6070 ANTIQUESCOLLECTIBLES

1918 D E McNicol Antique cal-endar world time ceramic plateex cond $15 941-914-69451928 SHEET Music Marie fromVilma Banky movie silent TheAwakening $20 941-258-05121937 SHEET Music JeanetteMacDonald,Nelson Eddy Will YouRemember $10 941-258-05121975 BOOK Reader’s Digest’s“Norman Rockwell’s America”313 pages $10 941-258-05121993 CLINTON Inaugural Pres-idential coffee mug with 12 Pressignatures $10 941-914-69456 HARDBOUND MAGS “Ameri-can Heritage” June 1962 toApril 1963 $10 941-258-0512‘61-’62 OHIO STATE basketballpress book. (Lucas, Havlicek,Knight) $100 941-258-0512

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NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUES(941) 639-9338

ANTIQUE HUNTLEY Bed head-board footboard steel framevery good $100 941-629-6502ANTIQUE HUNTLEY Dresser1929-1935 6 Drawer Very good$200 941-629-6502ANTIQUE HUNTLEY Vanity1929-35 5 drawer w/mirrorvery good $350 941-629-6502ANTIQUE WALLPHONE oak1900’s Kellogg chicago $225,OBO 941-426-4151AVON ASSORT TRUCK CARNEVER OPEN OLD GUN $25941-391-6377AVON VINTAGE bottles w/af-tershave 60’s & 70’s mint col-lectibles EA $15 941-639-1517BASEBALL STU MILLER AUTOGRAPHED EX.COND $75,OBO 941-200-5718

BUYING OLD MONEY SILVER COINS & PAPERMONEY. 941-626-7785

CENTS INDIAN HEAD $2 781-956-8891COIN HISTORY of our Presi-dents 40 coins Washington toBusch $15 941-914-6945

COINS Proof and mint sets $7 781-956-8891


6070 ANTIQUESCOLLECTIBLES

DRESSER, WALNUT, 3 draw-ers. 2 hanky drawers, marble$200 941-235-2203GLASS CRYSTAL PRISMchandelier vintage $150, OBO941-875-2631HUMMEL ORCHESTRA7 figurines with stand. Exc.Cond. $320 941-629-6374

IKE DOLARS silver proof $20781-956-8891

LAMP VINTAGE Reduced! Milk-glass w/roses. 13”H 5”W Excond $40, OBO 941-697-8598NY METS collection jackets,jerseys, blankets, sweat shirts,etc. $100 863-494-5918SILVER COINS u.s.silver coinsroll $75 781-956-8891SILVER DOLLARS 1878 to1935 $25 781-956-8891STEAK & BREW 1970s menuframed 91/2”x131/2” $40,OBO 941-426-4151TOTE 45 vintage Record carry-ing case and 46 records $10941-423-2585U.S.MINT PROOF sets all silver$25 781-956-8891VINTAGE REMINGTON #10typewriter 1910 era $100 941-214-8168WEDGWOOD CREAMER“Etruria”cream embossed mintpc- $15 941-639-1517WHEATIES BOXES Pujols &Jackie Robinson mint condition$5 941-445-5619

6090 MUSICAL

AMPLIFIER PEAVEY Back-stage Plus, working condition.$50, OBO 716-523-0463C.F. MARTIN Mandolin MellonBack, no cracks, great playingcondition. $400 716-523-0463KAY BANJO 5 string resonator,good condition, new strings$150 716-523-0463MANDOLIN AMERICAN Con-servatory by Lyon Healy, veryold, GC $275 716-523-0465

6095 MEDICAL

4 WHEEL Knee Scooter Basket& Seatcover great shape $125941-475-28374 WHEEL WALKERwith Basket, Brakes and Seat,NICE $70 941-268-8951

BEDSIDE COMODE Like New$25 941-268-8951HUGO TRANSPORTERLike new never used. $35, OBO941-698-1251

JAZZY 1103 Ultra PowerWheelchair. Power ElevatingSeat. Exc. Cond! Seat & BackLike New! $950 941-286-5233LIFT CHAIR Like New! $150231-238-8325MEDICAL HOYER Lift GoodCondition $150 954-865-7866PRESSURE COOKERNever used Wolfgang Puck $35941-697-5999TOILET RISER by DRIVE LikeNew $20 941-268-8951TRANSFER BENCH by HomeCare STURDY for tub or showerLike NEW $45 941-268-8951WALKER breaks storage light-weight 3 wheels plush $65 941-580-4460

WHEELCHAIR 18” SEAT NICE$65 941-268-8951

WHEELCHAIR Excel 2000VGC, Englewood $75 941-473-1026

6110 TREES & PLANTS

4 LEAF CLOVERS GREAT FORST. PATTY’S DAY $5 941-255-9152

6110 TREES & PLANTS

ALOE AGAVE begonia devil’sbackbone fern paddle plant pur-ple queen $5 941-202-3696AVOCADO & CITRUS (1-3’) &Aechmea Primera Bromeliadseach $10 941-202-3696BOSTON FERNS 2 lush 3 fttropicals in 2 huge pots ea. $15941-258-2016BROMELIADS VARIOUS kindsshapes colors and sizes in potsstarting at $3 941-202-3696FRANGIPANI JATROPHA oys-ter pineapple pothos snake spi-der lily $5 941-202-3696OAK, CASSIA, PLANTAIN or FL MAPLE tree 3-4’ $10 941-258-2016PONYTAIL PALM PAIR (5’ tall)Madjool Palm Pair others eachpair $100 941-202-3696TOMATO PLANTS severalkinds, healthy, strong 8-14” $2941-258-2016


★ HUGE PINEAPPLEPLANTS w/ lots of fruit

2 for $50/ea

MANY OTHERS AVAILABLE!


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TRUMPET PLANT BLOOMSPURPLE & WHITE $5 941-255-9152

6125 GOLF ACCESSORIES

3 ADAMS Style Fairway Woods3,5 & 7. each $10 941-270-8009

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3 HYBRID, Adams Super S,19*, RH, reg flex, excellentcond $30 941-488-77743 WOOD, Cobra Amp LH 15*stiff, adjustable, excellent cond$25 941-488-7774ASST GOLF CLUBSPrice ea.; Irons & woods $20,OBO 443-466-1101GOLF BALLS, Titleist Pro V 1’s,Excellent condition, per dozen$18 941-488-7774SWISS ARMY KNIFEmint “Golf Pro” by Wenger BAR-GAIN! $15 941-639-1517TITLEIST GOLF Balls PROV1 -PROV1X like new,you pick priceper doz $15 941-270-8009WARRIOR DRIVER 10.5degGraphite shaft w/hd cover; likenew $40, OBO 443-466-1101

YELLOW JACKET4G BATTERY CABLESCorrosion Resistant

Best Golf Cart Cables$129.95/SET. VISIT DarsGolfCarts.com

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6126 GOLF CARTS

2015 Club Car Precedent$3995

BOB-CAT GreenBRAND NEW BATTERIES

Yellow Jacket CablesMonsoon Roof

Matching Club Cover48 volt ERIC ChargerFactory UpholsteryFolding Windshield

Factory spoke HubcapsCooler, SandbucketExcellent DOT Tires Wide Angle Mirror

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2016 CLUB CAR Precedent$3995*

MIDNIGHT BLACK2 or 4 passenger Golf Cart,Igloo Cooler, Sand Bucket

Sunbrella Club Protector NewLED Head & Taillights Folding

Windshield 48 volt E.R.I.C.Charger Rear View MirrorLow battery light Reverse

buzzer Batteries load testedTires, Mirror, Top

*Flip Rear Seat add $395941-769-1431

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6126 GOLF CARTS

Club Car DS 4 PASS$2850

Reconditioned“4 PASSENGER”

Brand New BatteriesNEW Flip Down rear seat

NEW $Yellow Jacket Cables$NEW Head & Taillights

NEW Flip Down WindshieldAluminum Frame

Chrome SS wheel capsGreat Tires, Brakes, Mirror

36 Volt ChargerRuns as it should!

STK#D974$2850 941-769-1431

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Club Car Precedent $3595

RECONDITIONED4 Passenger Golf Cart

Tan w/Tan TopFlip Down Rear Seat

BRAND NEW BATTERIES $New Yellow Jacket Cables$

Battery MeterFactory UpholsteryHead & Taillights

Flip Down WindshieldChrome SS wheel caps

All New BushingsFresh Tires, Brakes, Mirror48 Volt Charger, STK#R8Call: 941-769-1431

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PASSION PINKCustom Build

2014 Club Car Precedent BRAND NEW BATTERIESCustom Pearl Pink PaintTuck & Roll Upholstery

NEW Yellow Jacket CablesNEW New Bushings

NEW Folding WindshieldNEW Head and TaillightsNEW SS Wheel CoversNew Rear Seat AVAIL.

New Tires, MirrorTop and ChargerSTK#1823 $4995

941-769-1431Delivery Inc. 25 MI.

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6128 EXERCISE / FITNESS

HEALTH RIDER Used, excellentworking order .Call John $120941-474-8472

Find it in theClassifieds!

ROWING MACHINE SharperImage. Excellent condition.$150 941-223-5702STATIONARY EXERCISE BIKEhardly used. exc. cond $110941-456-5367

6130 SPORTING GOODS

2 GUYS GUNSHOWS

MAR 23RD & 24THCharlotte County

Fairgrounds 2333 El Jobean Rd (776)

Port Charlotte, FL

Buy-Sell-Trade New-Used

FREE Parking CWP Classes Avail.Sat 9-5 and Sun 9-4

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ANAHEIM DUCKS mini hockeystick 20”long signed Shaun VanAllen $25 941-914-6945BOAT SEAT, folding West Ma-rine model 10385656 $35,OBO 314-609-1540DIVING TANKS (2) $45 For one or 75 for 2, OBO941-268-7888DUMBELLS (2) with 8 inter-changeable plates TOTAL = 54LBS $10 941-613-1136

FIREWOOD - $100.00 PER PICK UPLOAD NO CAMPING TRIP ISCOMPLETE WITHOUT IT! PINE,OAK, OR CITRUS SPLIT, BUN-

DLED, AND READY FOR THEFIREPIT! 941-468-4372

FISHING POLE penn 450 reel$40 610-905-7757KAYAK 10’ lifetime 1 or 2 LIKE NEW.TEXT $295605-390-9743KEN GRIFFEY, JR PIC 8”x10”pic w game used ticket 6-20-0450th HR $20 941-445-5619LOUISVILLE SLUGGER SOFT-BALL BAT authentic Hillerich &Bradsby $15 941-639-1517NY ISLANDERS signed HockeyPuck authenticity letter by ToddBertuzzi $25 941-914-6945TENNIS RACKET Restring/gripyour tennis racket. Call John.$20 941-697-1291TENNIS RACKETS 2 modernWilson $10-1 vintage woodChemold $5 941-445-5619

6131 FIREARMS

NOTICE: Seller AcknowledgesCompliance With All ExisitingFederal, State and LocalFirearms Regulations and Lawsin Regards to Sale and Transferof Advertised Firearms.

FORT MYERS ANTIQUE MILITARY, CIVIL WAR &COLLECTORS SHOW

Sat., March 23, 9am-5pmSun., March 24, 9am-1pm

Araba Shrine Temple2010 Hanson St. Ft. Myers

33901 @ Rt. 41WEBSITE: fmaac.tripod.comemail: [email protected]

Call 847-863-3929 or 954-294-2526

6133 HUNTING &FISHING SUPPLIES

COMPOUND BOW BROWNBEAR $75 941-698-2951

CRAB TRAPS 3 traps Like newapprox 36x36x18 $75 941-830-2028FISHING POLES many qualityfishing poles 20.00 and up $20941-625-1569RETRIEVAL BALL/BUOY forboat anchor 15 inch, with ringand rope $35 941-780-3977V-14 TRACKER Boat 9.9HPMerc $1 941-698-2951

6135 BICYCLES/TRICYCLES

4 BIKE CARRIER, Thule VertexExcellent Condition $150, OBO941-496-9639ADULT TRICYCLE 3 wheelbike, brand new, still in box!$275 941-500-4798

BEACH CRUISERS girls 26” &24” Huffy Cranbrook hardlyused each $40 954-642-6599BICYCLES MOUNTAIN26” + 24”, like new. $129 239-405-3631

BIKE 3 WHEEL Adult (LikeNew). 5 speed with coasterbrake, canopy, extra largeseat . Miami Sun 24 inchbright green, plus other

extras. Serious calls only between 8am & 8pm.

Lake Suzy, Fl. $450, OBO 859-757-3840

BIKE Cheap Ride $10 317-919-2223

BIKE Lady’s Huffy ten speed likenew $85, OBO 716-374-2950

FOLDING BICYCLE Dahon 16”Mariner, 3speed,good cond.$100 941-347-8248

HIS & HER BIKES Nice,$60/ea (941)763-4818

SCHWINN CONTINENTAL10spd 1971 Very clean andoriginal $140 954-642-6599

6138 TOYS/GAMES

INTERACTIVE GAMES (3) DiGi makeover, Cranium, Bratzrunway $15 941-623-7166K’NEX FERRIS WHEEL,7+, Englewood, VGC $6 941-473-1026OPERATION RESCUE gameLike new in box with batteries$10 941-423-2585PAINTBALL GUNS/HELMETSeagle brand 2 guns/2 helmets$60 941-623-7166SCRABBLE GAME, VGC, En-glewood $6 941-473-1026

TRAIN SET toys r us 80 piecewooden set $20 941-623-7166

6145 POOL/SPA/& SUPPLIES

**SPAS & MORE**Family owned and

operated for 20 years!www.spasandmoreflorida.com Over 40 Spas to choose

from. We take trades! We Move Spas & Buy Used!

941-625-6600

AQUATIC FITNESS GEAR8 PCS HYDRO FIT NIB $100,OBO 941-240-5540

6160 LAWN & GARDEN

CEMENT BENCHS (2), 52”L x18”W, nice for lanai or yard$150 941-235-2203

Cuddle up by the fire!Firewood - Split, Bundled and

ready for the firepit!Pine, Oak, or Citrus,

941-468-4372JET BLOWER Troy bilt. Hand held Gas $110, OBO 941-485-0681

LAWN TRACTOR Murray-42”cut-complete-parts-only-twinBriggs $125 941-661-8437LINETRIMMER, CRAFTSMAN4 cyl. 30cc straight shaft $120,OBO 941-485-0681

MOWER, MURRAY RIDER11HP, 30” CUT NEW BATTERY$425. (941)763-4818MOWER, SNAPPER 21” self-propelled $100 941-485-0681

POST HOLE DIGGERHeavy duty, solid steel $10863-494-5918

6160 LAWN & GARDEN

PUSH LAWNMOWER Bolen21” High Wheel $140, OBO941-485-0681

SNAPPER RIDING LAWNMOWER 2013 SNAPPER REARENGINE 11.5 HPRINDING LAWN MOWER LIKENEW HARDLY USED GARAGEKEPT $1,100 941-232-4567

WATER FOUNTAIN LionsHead, solid stone. 46” tall.$181 firm. 941-235-3193

WEEDEATER POWER EDGER2 cycle 3 wheel 22cc $100,OBO 941-485-0681

WHEELED WEED Trimmer22”cut-Briggs&Stratton.like new$189 239-405-3631

6161 OUTDOOR LIVING

OUTDOOR OTTOMANS (2)Excellent condition. 23x22x16Beige $75 860-810-4174

PATIO SET Table + 6 recliningchairs. Perfect! Must see! PGI $175 941-575-6762

PATIO TABLE Sturdy whitepatio table 42” EC $25 941-235-2232

ROPE HAMMOCKwith new rolling base $65 860-232-9139

STRIPPED FLOORINGcovering for patio/lani5’ x 6 1/2’ $5 317-919-2223


PROFESSIONALLANDSCAPE DESIGNSERVICES AVAILABLE!


9AM-3PM

6068 RUFF ST. NORTH PORT

OR CALL 941-426-8983FL-6444 A

6170 BUILDING SUPPLIES

ATTIC STAIR In mint conditionheight 10’ $40, OBO 941-268-7888

COPPER FITTINGS, 1/2-3/4New Hundreds of fittings $150,OBO 314-609-1540

FRENCH DOOR 7 32’, 15PANEL SET TO BE Hung $100,OBO 941-426-2973

INSULATION APPROX. 1/2roll of R30 $10 317-919-2223

MISC. ROOFING supplies $10317-919-2223

WOOD FLOORING 50sq ft new Brazilian teak 3/8x3” $15941-629-6374

6190 TOOLS/ MACHINERY

A/C VACUUM PUMPYellow Jacket 6cfm $150, OBO314-609-1540

DETAIL SANDER Ryobi, trian-gular head $15 941-780-3977

DRILL MOTOR 1/2” Millwaukee$40, OBO 314-609-1540

IMPACT DRIVER Kit Lithiumwith battery and charger. New.$40 941-780-1544

PORTABLE GENERATOR Eliteseries; 2000W; B&S engine$300, OBO 443-466-1101

SAWSALL Milwaukee w/case and blades $45, OBO314-609-1540

6220 OFFICE/BUSINESSEQUIP./SUPPLIES

OFFICE CHAIR Black Vinyl onwheels. $15 941-257-5500

PORTABLE TYPEWRITERw/case $25, Englewood, 215-407-0791. $25 215-407-0791

6232 CATS

NOTICE: Statute 585.195states that all dogs and catssold in Florida must be at leasteight weeks old, have an offi-cial health certificate and prop-er shots, and be free of intes-tinal and external parasites.KITTENS, some 8 weeks andsome 12 weeks to a lovinghome, MUST be kept indoors. $25 each. 440-396-3985

RECYCLED CATSOrange fluffy cat, handsomeboy-has swagger! Sweet happyCalico & big Tabby “musthave” male seeks home withking sized bed. Also barn cats,rats beware! Call Connie941-270-2430.

6233 DOGS

NOTICE: Statute 585.195states that all dogs and catssold in Florida must be at leasteight weeks old, have an offi-cial health certificate and prop-er shots, and be free of intes-tinal and external parasites.

BOXER PUPPIES-BEAUTI-FUL, TAILS AND DEWCLAWSDONE, CKC, HEALTH CERT.

DEWORMED. $900.CALL 863-491-5575

MINI YORKIE Female, 2.5years old, $1000. Call for info(941)-266-6693

MINIATURE LABRADOODLEPUPS, Shot & Health Certs.$1,500, $2,500 & $3,500239-560-6525

6236 PET SUPPLIES& SERVICES

DOG CAGE 21x18x24 GoodCond. With bottom tray $20941-496-4727DOG GATE Doorway for petconfinement. 41” H. Adj Width.$30 941-275-5457INTERNAL POWER FILTERS2 new tetra 40i For both units$35 941-423-2585LARGE BIRD cage Removabletray 54 inches tall. $75 317-366-8214TETRA 40I INTERNAL powerfilters (2) For both units. New.$25 941-423-2585

6250 APPLIANCES

4 TON air cond out cond & coilcomplete works 12 yrs oldTrane $150 941-875-2631AC WINDOW UNIT INCLUDESHEAT $125. (941)763-4818CONVECTION TOASTEROVEN Frigidaire 17Wx14Dx11H$20, OBO 863-990-1730DISHWASHER 2014 whirlpool bisque ex cond$150 802-582-2969DISHWASHER KITCHENAIDESTAINLESS 10YRS.OLD USEDMINIMAL $75 863-990-1730DISHWASHER Samsung stainless, 2 and 1/2 years old,like new $50 941-412-3863DISHWASHER Whirlpool off white, excellent $75 716-374-2950FREEZER Nice, White, $100.(941)763-4818 delivery avail.GARAGE FRIDGE white side byside works good frost free$150 941-875-2631GARAGE MICRO works goodNO TEXTS $60 941-875-2631REFRIGERATOR 2 years oldgood condition. Hotpoint, white$250 954-865-7866REFRIGERATOR 2012 Admiral,Black, Exc Condition. $225941-276-0814REFRIGERATOR APART-MENT SIZE KENMORE $75,OBO 941-255-9152REFRIGERATOR G.E. topfreezer, bisque, color. Goodcond! $75 802-582-2969REFRIGERATOR GE Stainlesssteel side by side great cond 6yrs old. $300 941-468-2848SLIDE OUT HOOD VENT GE,New in Box JV960SCBR $275 941-496-4727STAND MIXER Kitchen Aidwhite, all accessories. Excellentcond! $100 802-582-2969STOVE GE electric smooth top,bisque color excellent condition$125 802-582-2969

WASHER & DRYER Nice,White, $325. (941)763-4818

delivery avail.WASHER/DRYER LG white with pedestals $350 941-412-3863

6260 MISCELLANEOUSFOR SALE

$75.00 per panel

SLIDINGGLASS DOOR

REPAIRS Wheels

Tracks & Locks

Licensed & Insured, Free Est. since 1981

visit us at www.SlidingDoorsandmore.com

Call Bob 941-706-6445

Owned and operated byLocal Fire fighter.

Low overhead=

Low prices!

AIR COMPRESSOR, Thomas,airbrush painting used $25,OBO 941-426-4151


6260 MISCELLANEOUSFOR SALE

BANNERS SEASONALNew 28x40, nice assortment$2 941-426-4151BAR STOOLS 3, rattan,cushions $100 941-276-7506

BLOW GUN 42” new azoniw/darts $15 941-426-4151BOOKS MYSTERY hard cover,like brand new, great authors $3$5/ea 941-204-2191CEDAR CHEST new12”x10”x9”h jewelry/keepsakes$30, OBO 941-426-4151

FIREWOOD Split, Bundled,and ready for the firepit!

Perfect for these cooler nights! Pine, Oak, Citrus 941-468-4372

FRAMED PICTURES (2) Tropical Orchids: Nice frames$95 941-456-5367HURRICANE SHUTTERSGalvanized steel, diff sizes BSI$325 941-661-4477JIGSAW PUZZLES 300-500sturdy pieces(all present) 6 puz-zles for $10 941-258-2016JIGSAW PUZZLES 300-500sturdy pieces(all present) 6 puz-zles for $10 941-258-2016LARGE FLOOR GLOBELighted w/new bulb. Nice oakstand $35 941-423-2585LIGHT FIXTURES (3) antiquebronze flush mount will split $30941-623-7166MATS PICK UP 4 SPECIALWILL HOLD 1 GAL.OF WATERON TV $20 941-200-5718NATIVE AMERICAN items 4x6banner, painted vase, metalchief stand $30 941-623-7166NC STATE FLAGnew 3x5 100% nylon $30, OBO941-426-4151SCREWS, RIVETS, ETC.1,000,000 PLUS new $125941-496-9252TAPE RECORDER, Reel 2 Reeltape $55 941-496-9252TENT 2-person orange nylon$10 863-494-5918TIRES 2 Goodyear EC $80,OBO 941-380-3392VHS TAPES some new niceasst ea $1 941-426-4151VINTAGE PULLEY 12” hd irondurbin st Louis nice w/hook$40, OBO 941-426-4151WATER FOUNTAIN WINDMILLFRIENDLY VILLAGE COLL. $30,OBO 941-240-5540WIND CHIMES, new in boxes,nice selection $5 941-426-4151WINE RACK WROUGHT IRONHOLDS 16 BOTTLES $250,OBO 941-575-6556

6265 FREE MERCHANDISE

DUMBELLS (2) with 8 inter-changeable plates TOTAL 54LBS. FREE $0 941-613-1136FREE BATHROOM VANITYCan be Used as Workbench. NoTop. 941-286-4942

6270 WANTED TOBUY/TRADE

BUYING SILVER COINSDIMES Thru SILVER DOLLARS.

941-626-7785

Need a newHome?

Look in theClassifieds!

SWORDS, MEDALS, FLAGS,Hats, Helmets, Knives, AnythingMilitary! 941-323-9417WANTED HOUSEHOLD, pot-tery cameras, fishing, coins,toys, jewelry, watches, fountainpens, marbles, old signs, etc. Ifit’s old, it’s sold. 414-510-2591

7000

TRANSPORTATION7020 BUICK

2005 BUICK CENTURY(Presidential) 81k mi, white withtan top, perfect cond., every-thing works, new tires, 3.1L V6call Jim 815-216-6402 car is lo-cated in Rotunda West

7030 CADILLAC

1996 CADILLAC DEVILLE$375 clean not running goodtires call 231-676-7039

2017 CADILLAC XT5$31,990 WHITE,

8K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2016 CADILLAC ESCALADE$55,990 GRAY, NAV, LUX,

6,891 MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7040 CHEVROLET

2014 CHEVY EQUINOX$12,990 GRAY, LS,

58K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2015 CHEVY TAHOE$44,990 RED, LTZ, NAV,

28K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7060 DODGE

2013 DODGE DURANGO$19,990 BLUE,

61K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7070 FORD

2014 FORD FUSION$11,999 1 SR. owner 34k mi,Loaded, All leather w/ sunroofCall 248-252-2896

2012 FORD MUSTANG PRE-MIUM $14,500. Conv., Mus-tang Club of America Edition,Only 45K Mi, Nav System, DarkRed, Fully Loaded! 941-624-0334

2019 FORD FLEX$28,990 BLACK, LTD, NAV,12K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR













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2018 FORD MUSTANGConvertible Red 22k miPrem Pkg, Loaded, Auto,Lthr, H&C Seats, Keyless,Back up cam, Rear pk aid,

Navigation, 2.3 turbo, reg gas, eco boost=25 mpg

Full fact warr, List new$42,300 Buy now & save @$25,500 Fin avail w/low %

Call Justin 941 350-7544 3 available

Factory Off Lease Venice

7080 JEEP

2008 JEEP WRANGLER$13,990. SILVER,

112K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7130 PONTIAC

2006 PONTIAC G6 $1,800Good Condition! Great SecondCar! 267-421-3444 Leave Msg.

7145 ACURA

2017 ACURA ILX$19,990. SILVER,

15K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7147 AUDI

2013 AUDI Q5 $20,990. WHITE, HYBRID,

48K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7148 BMW

2011 BMW 335ICV$15,990. WHITE,

65K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2015 BMW 328ISD$16,911. WHITE, CONV,

49K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2018 BMW 430I$29,990. SILVER, CONV,

35K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7160 HONDA

2012 HONDA CROSSTOUR$15,990. WHITE, EX-L, NAV,41K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2019 HONDA RIDGELINE$31,911. GRAY, SPORT,

3,851 MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7163 HYUNDAI

2013 HYUNDAI SANTA-FE$16,990. RED, SPORT,

26K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7177 KIA

2015 KIA OPTIMA$12,911. GRAY, EX,

50K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7178 LEXUS

2008 LEXUS IS-250$10,990. RED, NAV,

90K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2007 LEXUS ES-350H$10,990. GRAY, NAV,

82K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2011 LEXUS CT-200H$13,990. SILVER,

63K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2013 LEXUS ES-350$19,990. BLACK, CERT, NAV,60K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2013 LEXUS RX-350$26,990. GRAY, CERT, NAV,34K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2016 LEXUS ES-300H$31,990. BLUE, CERT, NAV,33K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2013 LEXUS LS-460$35,990. BLACK, CERT, NAV,32K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2002 LEXUS SC-430 SILVER,

23K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7190 MERCEDES

2011 MERCEDES E350A$21,990 SILVER, NAV, CONV,42K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7210 TOYOTA

2016 TOYOTA COROLLA$13,990. RED, LE,

36K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2013 TOYOTA AVALON$16,990. GRAY, XLE,

84K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2014 TOYOTA TACOMA$24,990. WHITE, TRD, 4X4,76K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2017 TOYOTA SIENNA$28,990. BLACK, SE,

35K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2015 TOYOTA 4-RUNNER$29,990. GRAY, LTD, 4X483K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

7250 ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES

1968 CHEVY CORVETTE$45,000 obo Red Convertible.Fully Restored! New Everything!

350/375HP, 6 Spd. Too Much New to List! Much More

Invested, Docs/Receipts. Exceptional Condition!

941-468-4259 /941-484-1299

1948 CHEVY P/U STREETROD 400 Engine 4 Bar. Carb.Auto. Flat Black. Runs & DrivesGood! $26,900. 502-295-5803

7252 BUDGET BUYS

1996 CADILLAC DEVILLE$375 clean tires good needsfuel pump? 231-676-7039

7260 AUTOS WANTED

WE BUY CARS & TRUCKSRUNNING OR NOT!$400 CASH + UP

Frank 941-249-7522I BUY SCRAP

CARS & TRUCKS Ed - 941-456-1342

CASH FOR ALLTRUCKS & CARS ANYCOND RUNNING OR

NOT. (352)-342-7037

ABSOLUTELYALL VEHICLES

WANTEDDEAD OR ALIVE

★★TOP $$ PAID★★FREE PICK UP941-623-2428

WANTED: CLASSIC/VINTAGECars, CASH PAID, Local Buyer.All Conditions! 941-993-4060

7260 AUTOS WANTED

BEST $$ FOR JUNKERS7 Days, FAST PICKUP

941-286-3122, 623-5550

WE BUY &PICK UP JUNK CARS

941-661-1928

7270 AUTO PARTS/ACCESSORIES

TIRES 2 235 65 R17 EC $80941-380-3392

TRUCK TOPPER by Leer for F-150, 6’ Bed, White off a 2013 F-150. $450 631-383-9818631-484-4002CAR LIFT A Perfect Park, 7000lbs, 4 poster $2,500. Call 941-639-0593 or 519-754-6988

7290 VANS

2005 DODGE GRAND-CARAVAN

$1,500 863-444-0526

2004 KIA SEDONA EX$4,850, ONLY 60K MILES!

Loaded, very clean 941-979-6234

2016 DODGE Grand CaravanWHEELCHAIR Van, 10” loweredfloor & ramp. 941-870-4325

7300 TRUCKS/ PICK-UPS

1998 FORD F-150 $11,750XLT 4X4, 3DR, 74K, 5.4, A/C,PW, NEW TIRES, SERVICED,EXC. COND 941-232-9979

2016 FORD F-250$36,990 BLACK, KG RANCH55K MI. 855-280-4707 DLR

2018 FORD F-150 XLTCREW CAB 5.0 v-8 Auto,

Back-up Camera, Bedliner,18k mi, Fact warr, foglamps, audio controls,

$27,900 5 available-Finance low int

FACTORY OFF LEASEVenice Justin 941 350-7544

7305 SPORT UTILITY/VEHICLES

2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZERLS $4,950 Extended, 104Kmiles, Loaded, Very Clean 941-979-6234

2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE3rd row seat-Leather

24 k mi Silver Fact warrBlind spot, Back-up, Lane

keep, V-6 Pwr Tailgate 3 AVAILABLE

Price $23,000 will trade Factory Off Lease Venice

Justin 941 350-7544

2017 GMC Terrain SLT19,000 MI, Fact Warr-Red

Lthr, Blind Spot, Pwr Lift-gate 1 owner, List new$35,930 Buy & Save @$23,900 Delivered,

no dlr fee, inc tax5 AVAILABLE

Factory Off Lease-VeniceJustin 941 350-7544

7330 BOATS-POWERED

42’ 1985 OCEANIASundeck, 3 staterooms each

with full Bath. Great Twin225HP Ford Lehman diesels.

8KW Generator, Bow Thruster,Radar, GPS, Auto Pilot,

Very Serious Seller. $92,500Hulled out Locally,

Ready for Inspection. Skip Mansfield 941-769-0468

34’ 2005 MAINSHIP PILOTRum-Runner II, 370 DIESEL,5KW GEN, BOW THRUSTER,GPS PLOTTER, AUTO PILOT,

EX COND. $145,000 941-621-4721

20’ 2006 STARCRAFT with 50Mercury, Bimini Top and Moor-ing Cover. Tandem Axel Trailerincld. $7,900 219-363-7522

7330 BOATS-POWERED

31’ 2006 LOA CRUISERS 280CXI Twin Volvos (Low Hours), A/C,2 Staterooms, Dinette, Galley,Shower, Microwave, TV-VCR,Stereo, GPS, VHS+++ A MustSee! $37,000 941-979-8203

REDUCED!!

30’ MAINSHIP PILOT Excel-lent condition. Well appointed.Low hours, thruster, electricwindlass, auto helm, HV/AC,generator, 2 GPS. $75,000

727-512-8092 727-424-9299

24’ - 1996 SEA RAY 240SUNDECK, Newly rebult 5.7lengine, tandem axel trailer,

Many extras, Exc. Cond.$9,850 Call for details

815-353-2150

2017 PRO 170 Tracker 50 hp5x in water everything incl$10,000obo 941-697-5282

20’ 2006 MICRO DRAFT w/90HP Yamaha 2 Stroke, Jack-plate & Low Water Pick Up. Trl.Incl. $9,950 941-637-0283

16’ - 2013 SUNTRACKERFish Model, Pontoon Boat,40HP Mercury 4 stroke, in-cludes trailer. MUST SELL.

NO Reasonable offersrefused. 941-916-9222

14’ ALUMINUM FISHINGBOAT, 15HP Honda, ElectricStart 4 Stroke., Tilt Trailer & Ac-cess. $1,600. 716-807-5764

7333 MISC. BOATS

8’ 2017 WALKER BAY Fiber-glass Dingy, Ridged Pontoons,Minkota Trolling Motor, Oars &Cover $900 810-569-0554

7334 OUTBOARD/MARINE ENGINES

1939 EVINRUDE 1 1/2 HP,Complete $200 941-697-2196

7338 MARINE SUPPLY& EQUIP.

BOAT SPREADER, 6’ HeavyDuty Galvanized. $200, OBO941-475-9375

7339 CANOES/KAYAKS

13’ WILDERNESS SOTKAYAK, Trolling motor, outriggers fully loaded com-plete with trailer MUST

SELL. NO Reasonable offersrefused. 941-916-9222

13’ KAYAK w/ trailer that holdsup to 3 kayaks $900 941-474-1931

7341 TRAILER& ACCESSORIES

TRAILER TIRES Pair of 570-8$40 941-268-0934

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in thein theClassifieds!Classifieds!

UTILITY TRAILER 16’X7’ 14” sides ,Tandem axel $1,175 941-460-6180

2018 6X12 CARGO CRAFTenclosed trailer. Extraheight for golf carts.

$2695MATTAS MOTORS

941-916-9222 DLR

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AVAILABLE. 941-575-2214WE BUY TRAILERS, CARS & TRUCKS.ROY’S TRAILER COUNTRY4760 TAYLOR RD., P.G.

7360 CYCLES/MOPEDS/SCOOTERS

2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON SOF-TAIL DELUXE 40K mi, Runsgreat $8,000 941-661-3050

1997 HD CUSTOM Only 5KMiles! Like New! Many Extras!$5,000 603-677-2369

1992 HONDA SHADOW VT1100C, Exc Cond! Many extras.Must See! $3,100 941-451-1195

1973 TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE(T140V), 750CC, Local Engl.$4,750 516-971-0511


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7380 MOTOR HOMES / RVs

WANTED - All MotorHomes, TT’s, 5th wheels, &

Diesel trucks. CASH paid onthe spot for quick sale.

Any Condition! Low or HighValue. 954-595-0093

WANT TO BUY Motor Home,Travel Trailer or 5th Wheel.

Any condition. Will Pay Cash.Call Andy 352-999-2055

I BUY TRAVEL TRAILERS,5th Wheels Motor Homes &Trucks I Come to You! Call

Dave Anytime. 813-713-3217

36` 2015 WINNEBAGO Sight-seer 15K mi, 3 Slides, Adj KingBed, 3 Cameras, Large Fridge &Freezer, Auto Levelers, 3 TVs &More! $93,500 941-244-2470

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25` 2015 OPEN RANGE Light216RBS RV Trailer. AmazingHuge Double-Slide Living Area.Well Maintained, Beautiful Inte-rior. Many Extras. See VideoWalk-Throughs on You Tube.$20,900 941-380-2234

7382 RV/CAMPER PARTS

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By NICK PERRYASSOCIATED PRESS

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didn’t hide. Instead, he picked up the fi rst thing he could fi nd, a credit card machine, and ran outside screaming “Come here!”

Aziz, 48, is being hailed as a hero for preventing more deaths during Friday prayers at the Linwood mosque in Christchurch after leading the gunman in a cat-and-mouse chase before scaring him into speeding away in his car.

But Aziz, whose four sons and dozens of others remained in the mosque while he faced off with the gunman, said he thinks it’s what anyone would have done.

The gunman killed 50 people after

attacking two mosques in the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand’s modern history.

The gunman is believed to have killed at least 41 people at the Al Noor mosque before driving about 3 miles across town and attacking the Linwood mosque, where he killed seven more people. One person died later in a hospital, and police announced Sunday that a 50th body had

Man who stood up to gunman probably saved lives

When the gunman advanced toward the

mosque killing those in his path, he stepped up

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Abdul Aziz, 48, is being hailed as a hero for preventing more deaths during Friday prayers at the Linwood mosque in Christchurch. By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER,

REBECCA SANTANA and KELLI KENNEDY

ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — A rabbi who packs a gun. A church installing security cameras. A police car protecting a mosque.

Houses of worship have traditionally been places of refuge where

strangers are welcome. But high-profi le attacks in recent years on an African-American church in Charleston, a syna-gogue in Pittsburgh and now mosques in New Zealand have made many worshippers and their prayer leaders rethink how protected sanctuar-ies really are.

“People are fearful

for their lives, for their houses of worship, for the sanctuary of this mosque and other places of wor-ship like the synagogues and African-American churches that are being attacked. People are concerned,” said Imam Mohannad Hakeem while attending Friday prayers

Once sanctuaries, houses of worship struggle with security

AP PHOTO

People leave the Islamic Cultural Center of New York under increased police security following the shooting in New Zealand, Friday, in New York.

By SABRINA CASERTAASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A new, troublesome topic hovered over the St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York this year: Britain’s failed Brexit deal with the European Union that could squeeze Ireland’s economy.

But nothing could put a damper on the largest

American celebration of Irish heritage on Saturday, with tens of thousands of marchers following a painted green line up Fifth Avenue for the six-hour procession.

Kevin Coughlan, a 27-year-old spectator wearing pants with four-leaf clovers, captured both the New York cele-bration and the political

near-catastrophe overseas, where he still has plenty of family — in Ireland.

“I’ve always been so proud to be an Irish-American, and that’s what today is about; it’s more than just one big party, it’s about celebrating our free-dom,” said the Hoboken, New Jersey, resident.

His mood darkened when he turned to Brexit, which

“is defi nitely something we’re all worried about, es-pecially my family,” he said. “I mean, we’re all sort of just waiting for the shoe to drop to see what this means for the Irish economy.”

But, he added, “We can get through anything; we survived a potato famine.”

This year’s offi cial parade

Irish pride, and dash of politics, at St Patrick’s Parade

AP PHOTO

Joey Homans holds his 3-month-old granddaughter Caroline Homans in one hand and a beer in the other before the start of the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parade, Saturday, in Savannah, Ga. Started by Irish immigrants to Georgia’s oldest city 195 years ago, the March parade has ballooned into a sprawling street party that’s the No. 1 tourist draw for Savannah.

Death toll at 50 in mosque shootings

LUCK OF THE IRISH

By PHIL WILLONLOS ANGELES TIMES

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that the college admission scandal extends beyond the recent charges against rich parents buying entrance to elite colleges and suggested it should include the “legal bribery” of billion-aires buying naming rights on university buildings.

The governor did not mention the University of California system specifi cally, but seemed to allude to it and other universi-ties statewide.

His comments come just days after a slew of well-known Hollywood actors, business titans and college athletics offi cials were indicted as part of a widespread corruption scheme involving the admission of students to top universities using falsifi ed test scores and athletic profi les.

“It’s a deeper issue than the bribery and holding these people to account, which they should be. It goes to the nature, again, of wealth,” Newsom told Buzzfeed on Friday. “What about the legal bribery that exists in higher education? Do you think, seriously, does anyone think someone who writes a $100-million check to a university doesn’t have a cellphone of someone who’s infl uential?”

As governor, Newsom sits on both the University of California Board of Regents, which oversees one of the public universities in the middle of the developing scandal — the University of California, Los Angeles. He also sits on the Board of Trustees of the California State University system.

Newsom’s comments came during an East Coast media campaign to defend his decision to impose a moratorium on the execution of California death row inmates. Newsom began Friday with an appearance on the “CBS This Morning,” followed by an appearance on ABC’s “The View” and National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”

Newsom: The rich buying names on college buildings is ‘legal bribery’

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D ear Mr. Berko: I’m looking for higher yields, and

my stockbroker is recom-mending that I buy 500 shares of CenturyLink. It pays a won-derful $2.16 dividend that yields about 17 percent. Sometimes the dividend exceeds the

company’s net income. For example, last year, Centu-ryLink earned only $1.10 a share but paid a $2.16 divi-dend. How can a company continue to pay dividends that are more than its earnings? My broker tells me that when a company’s earnings don’t cover the dividend, management takes the money from cash

flow. This is confusing to me. What is cash flow, and how does this work? — LB, Waterloo, Iowa

Dear LB: I think your broker is smoking too many of those left-handed Luckys!

CenturyLink (CTL-$13.40), formerly known as Century Telephone, is a dumping ground used by the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission for landline phones that AT&T and Verizon want off their books. When a large tele-communications company decides to acquire more cellphone customers, the cockamamie government agencies tell the telecom how many landline phones to divest from its customer portfolio. CTL has benefited nicely from

the Verizon and AT&T handoffs and has become the third-largest telecom in terms of yearly revenue ($23.47 billion) in the U.S. of A.

CTL provides broad-band, voice and wireless services to businesses and households while hosting cloud capabilities and information technology services. CTL also provides network and data sys-tems management, data analytics and IT consulting and operates over 55 data centers around the globe. CTL has a 250,000-mile fiber network in the U.S. and a 300,000-mile inter-national transport (optical, wireless and submarine cable) network.

Still, I wouldn’t care to own this stock, no matter how wonderful the dividend. CTL produces

anemic revenues, foun-dering net profit margins, declining earnings and poor employee metrics. (Each AT&T employee produces 50 percent more in revenues than each CTL employee.) It has just a 2.1 percent return on capital, versus 8.5 percent for AT&T. And CTL shares, which traded at $49 in 2007, have steadily de-clined in value ever since.

The “wonderful” divi-dend was actually higher, $2.90 a share, in 2012. Meanwhile, there have been five times during the past seven years that CTL’s earnings couldn’t cover the dividend. So as your broker said, management took money from its substantial cash flow (which has been as high as $10.48 a share and as low as $4.61) to make those too-generous

dividend payments.The following is a simple

method for calculating cash flow. You begin with net income. Then you subtract all gains and losses that result from financing and investments, such as profits from the sales of land, patents and buildings. Then you add all noncash charges to income (such as depreciation and goodwill amortization) and sub-tract all noncash revenue components. The result is cash flow — and if you say “a case of cash flow” several times, you may get a dozen bottles of wine!

Though CTL’s revenues have risen tenfold since 2008 — thanks to those handoffs of landline customers from AT&T and Verizon and the 2017 acquisition of Level 3 Communications

— earnings have been up and down like a teeter-tot-ter. (There’s a mighty good Teeter-Totter cabernet sauvignon, at $70 a bottle.) And because 2019 earnings are expected to come in at $1.20 a share, this year’s $2.16 dividend will also come from cash flow, projected to be $6.15 a share this year. Wall Street figures that CTL’s earnings over the coming four years won’t be enough to cover the “wonderful” dividend. Ergo, the board may be forced to reduce the pay-out. Certainly, the stock’s price performance over the past few years (from $33 to $14) suggests the dividend will be lowered. And if the dividend is lowered, I think CTL’s share price will be lower. Don’t buy the stock.

Email Malcolm Berko at [email protected].

Kindergarten teacher videoed child sex abuse

SANFORD (AP) — A Florida kindergarten teacher and her boyfriend are facing charges that they made videos of themselves sexually abusing children.

The Orlando Sentinel reports 34-year-old Audra Mabel is charged federally with creating child pornog-raphy and sexual exploita-tion of a child. Her 36-year-old boyfriend Justin Ritchie is charged with sexual assault of a child.

Sanford police said a preschool age relative of Ritchie told her mother he had abused her many times. Officers arrested

him March 8 and say they found video on his cell-phone of him assaulting the child.

They say they also found video of Mabel abusing a young relative and one of her exposing herself in a Michigan first-grade class-room where she previously taught. She was hired in Florida in December.

3 students credited with rescuing boyKANSAS CITY, Kan.

(AP) — Three University of Kansas fraternity brothers on a spring break trip to Florida are credited with rescuing a young boy from a riptide.

The Kansas City Star reports that Sigma Phi

Epsilon brothers Jared Cox, Connor Churchill and Cole Firmature, went to a beach on March 11 in Destin, Florida. They were at a beach bar when they heard a woman cry out and point to the water.

There was no lifeguard patrolling the beach at the time and the three men sprinted to the water.

They spotted a young boy drifting on a boogie board 40 yards out into the ocean. The three men swam out and brought the child to shore by pushing him on the board.

Young girl killed in parking lot

AUBURNDALE (AP) — Authorities say a 4-year-old

was struck and killed by a pickup truck in the parking lot of a Walmart.

The Ledger reports that the girl was hit Friday morning at an Auburndale store.

Police say Alleria Elkins and her grandmother had just finished shopping and were returning to their vehicle. The pickup driver had stopped to let the grandmother cross the lane. He told police he didn’t see the girl and began moving forward but stopped when he heard a noise.

Alleria was taken to a Lakeland hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Police says they don’t expect to file criminal charges.

CenturyLink stock doesn’t seem promising

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HEADLINES AROUND THE STATE

By ELIAS MESERET and ANGELA CHARLTON

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Grieving family members of victims of the Ethiopian air disaster are being given sacks of earth to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones.

Officials have begun deliv-ering bags of earth to family members of the 157 victims of the crash instead of the remains of their loved ones because the identification process is going to take such a long time.

Families are being given a 2.2 pound sack of scorched earth taken from the crash sites, members of two different families told The Associated Press. An Ethiopian government official confirmed this. All insisted upon anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

“The soil came as it became impossible to identify bodies and hand over remains to family members,” one family member said. “We will not rest until we are given the real body or body parts of our loved ones.”

Forensic DNA work has

begun on identifying the remains but it may take six months to identify the victims, because the body parts are in small pieces. However, authorities say they will issue death certificates within two weeks. The victims of the crash came from 35 countries.

A mass memorial service for the dead is planned in Addis Ababa to take place Sunday, one week after the crash. Muslim families have already held prayers for the dead and are anxious to have something to bury as soon as possible.

Interpol and Blake Emergency Services, hired by Ethiopian Airlines, will work with Ethiopian police and health officials to identify the bodies, Dagmawit Moges, Ethiopia’s Minister of Transport said on Saturday.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has sent about 16 members to assist the investigation.

In Paris, investigators started studying the cock-pit voice recorder of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet Saturday, grieving family members were given sacks of dirt to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones.

Grieving families given earth from

Ethiopian crash siteSacks of dirt to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones

AP PHOTO

A relative of a crash victim throws dirt in her own face after realising that there is nothing physical left of her loved one, as she mourns at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines crashed.

By ROD McGUIRKASSOCIATED PRESS

CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian senator had a raw egg cracked over his head and faces censure from his fellow lawmakers after sparking outrage by blaming Muslim immigration for the New Zealand mosque shootings.

Sen. Fraser Anning came under blistering criticism over tweets on Friday including one that said, “Does anyone still dispute the link between Muslim immi-gration and violence?”

“The real cause of the blood-shed on New Zealand streets to-day is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place,” he said in a statement.

Television cameras caught a 17-year-old boy breaking an egg on Anning’s head and briefly scuffling with the independent senator while he was holding a news conference Saturday in Melbourne.

Police said the boy was ar-rested but was released without charge pending a further investi-gation. No motive was offered for the egging.

The government and op-position party agreed to pass

a censure motion against Anning over his stance on the Christchurch shootings when Parliament resumes in April.

While such a reprimand is a symbolic gesture, the major parties expect to demonstrate how isolated Anning’s views are among Australia’s 226 federal lawmakers. The major parties’ support ensures the censure motion will be passed by both chambers.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he denounced Anning’s comments.

“In his conflation of this horrendous terrorist attack with

issues of immigration, in his attack on Islamic faith specif-ically — these comments are appalling and they’re ugly and they have no place in Australia, in the Australian Parliament,” Morrison said.

Anning was widely con-demned for his first speech to the Senate in August advocating reviving a white-only immigra-tion policy and using the term “final solution” in calling for a vote on which migrants to admit into the country. Critics accused him of making a veiled reference to the Nazi extermination of Jews.

Teen eggs Australian senator who blames Muslims for attack

Senator had sparked outrage by blaming Muslim immigration for the New Zealand shootings

AP PHOTO

In this image made from video, a teenager breaks an egg on the head of Senator Fraser Anning while he holds a press conference, Saturday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been hit by a vicious cyclone that has killed nearly 150 people, left hundreds more missing and stranded tens of thousands who are cut off from roads and telephones in mainly poor, rural areas.

Cyclone Idai has affected more than 1.5 million people in the three southern African

countries, according to the U.N. and govern-ment officials.

Hardest hit is Mozambique’s central port city of Beira where the airport is closed, electricity is out and many homes have been destroyed. The storm hit Beira late Thursday.

Homes, schools, businesses, hospitals and police stations have been destroyed by the cyclone.

U.N. agencies and the Red Cross are helping with rescue efforts that include delivering food supplies and medicines by helicopter.

In Zimbabwe, 31 peo-ple have died from the floods so far, according to the government.

The dead included two school students who were among dozens of children trapped in a dormitory after rocks fell from a

nearby mountain, said Mangwana. Zimbabwe’s military is trying to rescue the 197 students at the school, although unsafe conditions are forcing the soldiers to use ground efforts rather than attempt an air rescue, the gov-ernment’s ministry of information said later.

Zimbabwe state television station, ZBC, reported that 150 peo-ple are missing.

Cyclone hits South Africa killing 150

WORLD/STATE NEWS

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By MARGERY A. BECKASSOCIATED PRESS

OMAHA, Neb. — Authorities were using boats and large vehicles on Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the Midwest where a recent deluge of rainwater and snowmelt was sent pouring over frozen ground, over-whelming creeks and rivers, and killing at least one person.

The scramble to move people out of harm’s way was expected to subside going into the new week, as rivers and creeks in flooded eastern Nebraska and western Iowa were expected to crest Saturday and Sunday. That left officials down-stream looking to prepare for likely flooding.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson had already met with emergency man-agement team members Friday to review and update flood-response plans, and the Missouri Highway Patrol was pre-paring additional equip-ment and putting swift water rescue personnel on standby.

The National Weather Service said the Missouri River at St. Joseph reached nearly 26 feet on Saturday, about a foot below what’s considered major flooding at the northwest Missouri city. But it’s expected to crest Wednesday or Thursday at 29.3 feet — more than two feet above major flooding level.

Evacuation efforts in eastern Nebraska and some spots in western

Iowa on Saturday were hampered by reports of levee breaches and washouts of bridges and roads, including part of Nebraska Highway 92, leading in and out of southwest Omaha. Authorities confirmed that a bridge on that highway that crosses the Elkhorn River had been washed out Saturday. In Fremont, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office issued a mandatory evac-uation for some residents after floodwaters broke through a levee along the Platte River. And in Mills County, Iowa, authorities ordered people in some rural areas to evacuate after the Missouri River overtopped levees.

The flooding followed days of snow and rain — record-setting, in some places — that swept through the West and Midwest. The deluge pushed some waterways,

including the Missouri River, to record levels in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The flooding was the worst in nearly a decade in places.

The family of farmer James Wilke, 50, of Columbus, Nebraska, said he was killed Thursday when a bridge collapsed as he was using his tractor to try to reach stranded motorists on Thursday. His body was found downstream, his cousin Paul Wilke told the Columbus Telegram.

At least two other people were missing in floodwaters in Nebraska. Officials said a Norfolk man was seen on top of his flooded car late Thursday before being swept away in the water and another man was swept away by waters when a dam collapsed on the Niobrara River.

Officials in Sarpy County, said Saturday

that power may be shut off to communities along the Missouri, Platte and Elkhorn rivers for safety reasons. They warned those who choose to ignore calls to evacuate that rescues would be attempted only during daylight hours. Some cities and towns, such as were submerged. Others, were surrounded by floodwaters, stranding residents in virtual islands with no access in or out.

Officials in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska were urging people not to drive unless necessary. In Iowa, a section of northbound Interstate 29 that runs parallel to the Missouri River was closed due to flooding. Authorities were rerouting motorists at Kansas City, Missouri, using a detour that took people almost 140 miles out of the way.

Rescues, evacuations as floodwaters breach levees in Midwest

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The flooding followed days of snow and rain — record-setting, in some places.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A child’s body found wrapped in a blanket along a Minnesota high-way is believed to be that of a missing 2-year-old girl whose mom police have said was fatally shot by her former pimp, authorities announced Saturday.

The discovery of the child’s body came hours after officials had put out a plea asking “the entire nation” to help find Noelani Robinson, whose father, Dariaz Higgins, is charged with killing her mom in Milwaukee on Monday.

An off-duty public works employee found the body that’s believed to be Noelani’s while driving home Friday night, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales told reporters. The body was inside a blanket off the shoulder of Minnesota Highway 218.

How and when the child died is not yet known. An autopsy has not been conducted yet, but authorities believe the death did not occur in the last 24 hours and that the girl “had been there for quite some time,” Morales said.

Authorities have not disclosed a motive in the death of the girl’s mom, 24-year-old Sierra Robinson. Police say Higgins was Robinson’s pimp and they had been romantically involved but were no longer together. Robinson had left Noelani with Higgins when she moved to Las Vegas last month but wanted her

back, authorities said.Higgins, 34, is accused

of fatally shooting Robinson and wounding one of her friends. Police arrested him Wednesday and prosecutors have charged him with first-de-gree intentional homicide.

The friend told police that Higgins had been living in Miami when he agreed to meet Robinson in Milwaukee to return Noelani to her.

According to those documents, Higgins, Robinson, and her friend spent time driving around together in Milwaukee doing drugs Monday, before Higgins took them to an apart-ment building where he told them Noelani was.

Prosecutors said Higgins shot Robinson and her friend when they got out of the car.

An Amber Alert had been issued for Noelani but was canceled Saturday.

Police: Body in Minnesota appears to be missing 2-year-old

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In this Friday, photo, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales holds a photo of 2-year-old Noelani Robinson as he speaks at a news conference.

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Today is Sunday, March 17, the 76th day of 2019. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick’s Day.

Today in history

On March 17, 1762, New York held its first St. Patrick’s Day parade.

On this date

In 1776, the Revolutionary War Siege of Boston ended as British forces evacuated the city.

In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt first likened crusading journalists to a man with “the muckrake in his hand” in a speech to the Gridiron Club in Wash-ington.

In 1936, Pittsburgh’s Great St. Patrick’s Day Flood began as the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and their tributaries, swollen by rain and melted snow, started exceeding flood stage; the high water was blamed for more than 60 deaths.

In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India in the wake of a failed uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule.

In 1973, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm, a freed prisoner of the Vietnam War, was joyously greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in California in a scene captured in a Pulitzer Prize-win-ning AP photograph.

In 1988, Avianca Flight 410, a Boeing 727, crashed after takeoff into a mountain in Colombia, killing all 143 people on board.

In 2006, Federal regulators reported the deaths of two women in addition to four others who had taken the abortion pill RU-486; Planned Parenthood said it would immediately stop disre-garding the approved instructions for the drug’s use.

In 2013, two members of Steubenville, Ohio’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl and sentenced to at least a year in juvenile prison in a case that rocked the Rust Belt city of 18,000.

Ten years ago: U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained by North Korea while reporting on North Korean refugees living across the border in China. (Both were convicted of entering North Korea illegally and were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor; both were freed in August 2009 after former President Bill Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final print edition.

Today’s birthdays

The former national chair-woman of the NAACP, Myrlie Evers-Williams, is 86. Former astronaut Ken Mattingly is 83. Singer-songwriter Jim Weatherly is 76. Singer-songwriter John Sebas-tian (The Lovin’ Spoonful) is 75. Former NSA Director and former CIA Director Michael Hayden is 74. Rock musician Harold Brown (War; Lowrider Band) is 73. Actor Patrick Duffy is 70. Actor Kurt Russell is 68. Country singer Susie Allanson is 67. Actress Lesley-Anne Down is 65. Actor Mark Boone Jr. is 64. Country singer Paul Overstreet is 64. Actor Gary Sinise is 64. Actor Christian Clemenson is 61. Former basketball and baseball player Danny Ainge is 60. Actor Arye Gross is 59. Actress Vicki Lewis is 59. Actor Casey Siemaszko is 58. Writer-director Rob Sitch is 57. Actor Rob Lowe is 55. Rock singer Billy Corgan is 52. Rock musician Van Conner (Screaming Trees) is 52. Actor Mathew St. Patrick is 51. Actor Yanic Truesdale is 50. Rock musician Melissa Auf der Maur is 47. Olympic gold medal soccer player Mia Hamm is 47. Rock musi-cian Caroline Corr (The Corrs) is 46. Actress Amelia Heinle is 46. Actress Marisa Coughlan is 45. Rapper Swifty (D12) is 44. Actress Natalie Zea is 44. Actress Brittany Daniel is 43. Singer and TV personality Tamar Braxton is 42. Country musi-cian Geoff Sprung (Old Dominion) is 41. Reggaeton singer Nicky Jam is 38. Pop/rock singer-songwriter Hozier is 29. Actress Eliza Hope Bennett is 27. Actor John Boyega is 27. Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky is 22. Actor Flynn Morrison is 14.

Bible verse

“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” — Genesis 18:14.

God’s specialty is doing what seems impossible. In faith give God the answer, to the above question, that he is looking for and then look for the miracle you need.

been found.White supremacist

Brenton Tarrant, 28, has been charged with one count of murder in the slayings and a judge said Saturday that it was reasonable to assume more charges would follow.

Latef Alabi, the Linwood mosque’s acting imam, said the death toll would have been far higher at the Linwood mosque if it wasn’t for Aziz.

Alabi said he heard a voice outside the mosque at about 1:55 p.m. and stopped the prayer he was leading and peeked out the window. He saw a guy in black military-style gear and a helmet holding a large gun, and assumed it was a police officer. Then he saw two bodies and heard the gunman yelling obscenities.

“I realized this is some-thing else. This is a killer,” he said.

He yelled at the congre-gation of more than 80 to get down. They hesitated. A shot rang out, a window shattered and a body fell, and people began to realize it was for real.

“Then this brother came over. He went after him, and he managed to overpower him, and that’s how we were saved,” Alabi said, referring to Aziz. “Otherwise, if he managed to come into the mosque, then we would all probably be gone.”

Aziz said as he ran outside screaming, he

was hoping to distract the attacker. He said the gunman ran back to his car to get another gun, and Aziz hurled the credit card machine at him.

He said he could hear his two youngest sons, aged 11 and 5, urging him to come back inside.

The gunman returned, firing. Aziz said he ran, weaving through cars parked in the driveway, which prevented the gun-man from getting a clean shot. Then Aziz spotted a gun the gunman had abandoned and picked it up, pointed it and squeezed the trigger. It was empty.

He said the gunman ran back to the car for a second time, likely to grab yet another weapon.

“He gets into his car and I just got the gun and threw it on his window like an arrow and blasted his window,” he said.

The windshield shat-tered: “That’s why he got scared.”

He said the gunman was cursing at him, yelling that he was going to kill them all. But he drove away and Aziz said he chased the car down the street to a red light, before it made a U-turn and sped away. Online videos indicate police officers managed to force the car from the road and drag out the suspect soon after.

Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aziz said he left as a refugee when he was a boy and lived for more than 25 years in Australia before moving to New Zealand a couple of years ago.

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at the Islamic Center of Detroit.

He spoke after a horrifying attack in New Zealand left 50 people dead at two mosques during midday prayers. A 28-year-old Australian is the main suspect and called himself in a man-ifesto a white nationalist out to avenge attacks in Europe by Muslims.

History shows sanc-tuaries are not immune from violence, as illustrated by bombings at African-American churches during the Civil Rights era. And in countries struggling with sectarian violence attacks on houses of worship are much more frequent. But for countries at peace, the attacks are much rarer.

For many, houses of worship are sanctuaries where congregants bond with their shared sense of faith and community. The recent attacks have made some question whether houses of worship have turned into soft targets, losing some of their sense of sacredness.

In the parking lot of the Islamic Center of Detroit Friday, a watchful police officer sat in a squad car, keeping an eye out for any signs of potential trouble. Worshippers thanked the officer — offering him food, drinks, a handshake. Inside, Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad

greeted congregants with handshakes and hugs. Dearborn is a Detroit suburb with a large Arab and Muslim population.

In Chicago, the Muslim Community Center and the Downtown Islamic Center increased security during Friday prayers. Several armed police offi-cers stood guard outside and inside throughout the afternoon service.

Dana Al-Qadi, 29, an engineer, was committed to attending after the attacks but said doing so brings her a feeling of peace mixed with fear.

“People are their most vulnerable when they’re at the masjid (mosque). It’s where they bring their worries, their weaknesses, and try to speak to God. They’re in such a vulnerable state of mind and spirit. In that moment, someone decided to be such a transgressor. That brings me so much sadness,” she said.

For many in the Jewish community, last year’s synagogue shooting attack in Pittsburgh sparked a similar sense of vulnerability.

Eleven people died in what was the worst attack on Jews in U.S. history on Oct. 27 when an anti-Semitic truck driver is believed to have spewed his hatred of Jews as he opened fire on the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue. Robert Bowers has pleaded not guilty to counts including using a firearm to commit murder and

obstruction of religious exercise resulting in death.

After the attack, Rabbi Yaakov Zucker of Chabad Jewish Center in the small town of Key West started going to target practice along with a handful of congregants.

African-American churches struggled with similar challenges after the June 17, 2015 shoot-ing at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in which a 21-year-old white supremacist killed nine parishioners.

Jamaal Weathersby, the pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in New Orleans, said the attack was a turning point for his church and others in terms of thinking about their security.

“I think that now the way that people think about church in general whether it is the mosque, synagogue or what have you, it’s not sacred anymore,” he said.

In Jackson, Mississippi, the New Horizon Church International beefed up security after the Charleston shooting, but Bishop Ronnie Crudup said it’s important for the church not lose its open and welcoming environment.

The Ramat Shalom Synagogue in Plantation, Florida, congregant Allan Ribbler warned against fear overcoming faith.

“If you let things like this stop you from doing this, we’ve given up our lives,” said Ribbler.

WORSHIPFROM PAGE 1

theme was immigration, with Brian O’Dwyer, an immigration attorney and activist as the grand marshal. He’s a co-founder of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center in Queens that helps clients including a group of Latino immigrants that joined O’Dwyer on Saturday.

Through its history, dating back more than 250 years, the New York parade has often had a political element. In the 1970s and 1980s, as sectarian violence flared in Northern Ireland, there were controversies over the inclusion of groups supporting the militant wing of the Irish Republican Army. A banner reading “England get out of Ireland” has flown in the parade since the 1940s.

And for more than two decades, LGBTQ groups were officially banned from marching, until 2015, when marchers under a banner linked to NBC were first allowed in, opening the doors to other LGBTQ participants since then.

This year’s march is taking place amid a new set of ques-tions about relations between the United Kingdom and Ireland.

“When the Irish take to the streets this Saturday for the

258th St. Patrick’s Day Parade, our thoughts will take us far be-yond the festivities on Fifth Ave. to Washington, D.C., and to the British Parliament in London,” O’Dwyer wrote in an editorial in the Daily News.

British lawmakers are struggling to find a way to exit the European Union without disrupting the two-decade old peace accords that created an open border between the Republic of Ireland, which is in the E.U., and Northern Ireland, which is in the U.K.

This week, with a March 29 deadline looming, British lawmakers voted to seek to delay Brexit for at least three months. But the possibility exists that the line between the two parts of Ireland, which has been unguarded for 20 years, will once again become hardened with vehicle checkpoints, with trade rules and tariffs in force.

“It is pretty ironic that we’re celebrating Irish freedom and unity over here, while they’re debating the Irish border over there,” said paradegoer Chris Mahan, 56. “All of my cousins are still back in the old country, as we call it. They still don’t know what Brexit will mean for them, for their economy and yea, even their unity as a nation.”

But for most at Saturday’s parade, the political debate over

the future in Ireland took a back seat to the pageantry.

“For me, today is so important because after all the suffering and all the tragedy, we came through. We’re here and we’re healthy,” Carol McNiff said, a third generation Irish-American.

“St. Patrick’s Day is about memories, for me. A proud heritage,” said Cathy Dwyer, 61. The Queens resident has been coming to the parade since she was a young girl. “I’d say my fondest memory was watching my husband march in this parade. And then watching my kids march. One of the proudest moments of my life.”

Popular marching groups in-clude the pipes and drums corps for the Emerald Societies at the New York police and fire departments and the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, of the New York Army National Guard, which has led off the parade since 1851.

Elsewhere in the U.S., the largest St.

Patrick’s Day parade in the South was held in Savannah, Georgia. Started by Irish immigrants to Georgia’s oldest city 195 years ago, the March parade has ballooned into a sprawling street party that’s the No. 1 tourist draw for Savannah.

Over in Chicago, the river there was dyed green, a tradi-tion that dates back decades. Thousands line up to watch members of Chicago Plumbers Local 130 dump and spray the

dye into the river from boats.

IRISHFROM PAGE 1

When asked about the college admissions scandal, Newsom quickly pivoted to the systemic advantages that the rich and powerful exercise in the college admissions

process, even at public universities.

“What about the folks writing the $20-million check, putting their name on that building?” Newsom said during an interview on “CBS This Morning.” “Connect the dots to the folks they quietly called for admission, or wrote a letter

of recommendation.”Although the governor

did not cite particular cases, there have been controversies in California involving the naming of college buildings, although not necessarily involving offspring of big donors getting special favors.

Newsom said the college

admission system favors all “people of wealth and privilege,” not just those who were indicted in the current scandal. That includes influential politicians. The governor intimated that he has also been contacted to inter-vene in the admissions process.

“It’s true with anyone in positions with influence, and that includes politi-cians,” Newsom said.

The governor did not propose any new policies to address the issue, saying that “we’ve got to reflect on this in a much deeper way” before taking potential action.

COLLEGEFROM PAGE 1

By JONATHAN LEMIREASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump played down any threat posed by white national-ism after the gunman accused of the New Zealand mosque massa-cre called the president “a symbol of renewed white identity.”

Trump, whose own previous responses to the movement have drawn scrutiny, expressed sympathy for the victims who died at “places of worship turned into scenes of evil killing.” But he declined to join expressions of mounting concern about white nationalism. When asked

whether he thought it was a rising threat around the world, he responded, “I don’t really.”

“I think it’s a small group of people that have very, very serious problems, I guess,” Trump said Friday. “If you look at what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that’s the case. I don’t know enough about it yet. But it’s certainly a terrible thing.”

Trump was asked about white nationalism and the shooting deaths of 49 people at mosques in Christchurch after he formally vetoed Congress’ resolution to block his declaration of a na-tional emergency at the Mexico border. His veto, aimed at freeing

money to build more miles of a border wall against illegal immigration, is expected to survive any congressional effort to overturn it.

Questioned about the accused gunman’s reference to him, Trump professed ignorance.

“I didn’t see it. I didn’t see it,” he said. “But I think it’s a horrible event ... a horrible, disgraceful thing and a horrible act.”

The man accused of the shoot-ings left behind a lengthy docu-ment outlining his motivations. He proudly stated that he was a 28-year-old Australian white nationalist who hates immigrants and was set off by attacks in

Europe that were perpetrated by Muslims. He mentioned the U.S. president in a single reference.

“Were/are you a supporter of Donald Trump?” was one of the questions he posed to himself. His answer: “As a symbol of renewed white identity and com-mon purpose? Sure. As a policy maker and leader? Dear god no.”

The White House immediately denounced the connection. But the mention from the suspect, who embraced Nazi imagery and voiced support for fascism, nonetheless cast an uncom-fortable light on the way the president has been embraced by some on the far right.

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MATH HYSTERIABY ADAM FROMM / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 Get along

8 New York’s longest parkway, with “the”

15 Eats

19 Exodus figure

20 Well turned

21 “The Nutcracker” protagonist

22 L x A

24 Actor Gillen of “Game of Thrones”

25 Vodka in a blue bottle

26 Test for college srs.

27 Instrument that represents the duck in “Peter and the Wolf”

28 Lacework technique

30 The Caribbean’s ____ Islands

33 Put at stake

35 Police group with an assignment

36 Mystery Writers of America trophy

39 x – y = x – y

42 Certain red algae

45 Middling mark

46 Fishmonger, at times

47 (A- or B+)/7

50 Postwar German sobriquet

54 Abbr. on a phone dial

55 Brest friend

56 Single hair on a carpet, maybe

59 Theresa May, for one

60 “Likewise”

62 Only places to find anteaters in the U.S.

63 Caboose

65 On point

67 √666

71 Dawn goddess

72 Blank section at the start of a cassette

74 Drop acid

75 Tennis’s Nadal

77 “Bus Stop” playwright

78 Short cuts

79 “Hey ____”

80 Director Caro

83 Free all-ad publication

86 $$$/X

90 Spanish-speaking Muppet on “Sesame Street”

93 A short while?

94 Brewery named for a New York river

95 3.BB

100 Mullah’s decree

101 Like unbaked bread

102 Box score bit

103 Noted dog trainer

106 Founder of Egypt’s 19th dynasty

108 W.S.J. announcements

110 Drop to zero battery

111 Curse word

115 Some giggling dolls

116 XEsq

120 Prognosticators

121 Hobbyist

122 Turned yellow, say

123 Goes off course

124 Actress Portia

125 One way to turn

DOWN

1 Two-stripe NCOs: Abbr.

2 “Sure, I guess”

3 “No sweat”

4 Airport security apparatus

5 Follower of Christ?

6 Like cornflakes, after sitting for a while

7 1,000 large calories

8 K’ung Fu-____ (Chinese name for Confucius)

9 “Now I get it!”

10 Russian blue or Egyptian Mau

11 OxyContin, e.g.

12 Archenemy

13 Martinique, par exemple

14 Dermatologist’s concern

15 Fashionable set

16 Angular measurement

17 Relating to radioactive element No. 92

18 Wrist ornament

21 Booking for a wedding

23 Grassy stretches

29 First female singer to have three simultaneous solo top 10 singles

31 Elvis’s middle name

32 Guitar inlay material

34 Seller of Famous Bowls

36 Gas brand with an oval logo

37 Pitched low

38 Attempted something

40 Opening to an apology

41 Tapering haircut

43 Nonmoving part of a motor

44 Blobbish “Li’l Abner” creature

48 Painter whose masterwork is said to be the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes

49 Earth Science subj.

51 The ____ Road in America (Nevada’s Highway 50)

52 Wynken, Blynken and Nod, e.g.

53 Things that people are warned not to cross

57 Letters sometimes followed by :D

58 Handle online

61 Soldier food, for short

62 Throw in the microwave, slangily

63 R&B group with the 1991 No. 1 hit “I Like the Way”

64 She, in Portuguese

65 Father-and-daughter boxing champs

66 Phnom ____

68 Mystical ball, e.g.

69 Kind of year: Abbr.

70 Former national airline of Brazil

73 Sticks on the tongue?

76 Made an attempt

78 Verve

79 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit whose title is a nonsense word

81 Didn’t doubt

82 Notion

84 Sappho, e.g.

85 Annual athletic awards show

87 For sale in malls

88 Theater reproof

89 Dope

91 Contraction in a Christmas song

92 Like Quakers

95 Actor Gibson of “2 Fast 2 Furious”

96 Doctor

97 Demolition tool

98 Stick on, as a poster

99 Exclamation that might accompany a curtsy

104 Lab-assisted, after “in”

105 Admit

107 Device that comes with 79-Across

109 ____-chef

112 Years in the Roman Empire

113 Abound

114 Fictional Mr.

117 Old-fashioned cry of despair

118 Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr.

119 W.W. II rationing agcy.

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19 20 21

22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29

30 31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39 40 41

42 43 44 45 46

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54 55 56 57 58 59

60 61 62 63 64

65 66 67 68 69 70 71

72 73 74 75 76

77 78 79 80 81 82

83 84 85 86 87 88 89

90 91 92 93 94

95 96 97 98 99 100

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106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

115 116 117 118 119

120 121 122

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Adam Fromm lives in Providence, R.I. He works for a pharmaceutical company and moonlights as a singer-songwriter. This puzzle is a throwback to his college days when he briefly majored in math . . . before switching to literature. He prefers subjects that ‘‘don’t require the right answer, only a reasonable one.’’ This is his fifth puzzle for The Times — W.S.

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No. 0310

Name That CompanyI trace my roots back to 1943,

when a teenager founded me in Sweden. I opened my first loca-tion in the United States in 1985.

With hundreds of stores, almost all franchised, I employ over 200,000 people. My stores receive almost a

billion visits annually. I’m known for my low prices, innovative designs, flat-

packed furniture, funny product names and meatballs. I sell a “BILLY” bookcase every 10 seconds. I use 1 percent of the

planet’s wood supply and almost 1 percent of its cotton and am committed to sustain-

able sourcing. I’m one of the world’s largest privately held companies. Who am I?

Think you know the answer? We’ll announce it in next week’s edition.

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The Motley Fool Take

The House of Mouse

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Assuming Disney’s pending $71.3 billion acquisition of most of the assets of 21st Century Fox goes as planned, it will own a 60 percent stake in Hulu, up from 30 percent, along with properties such as “Avatar,” National Geographic and Marvel’s “Deadpool,” “Fantastic Four” and “X-Men” franchises.

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Out of OptionsMany years ago, I went to my

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CRYPTOGRAMS ON THE FARM 2 by Myles Mellor

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L O P Q N Q Z Q C H L N N - N O I Q S !

1. Local studies by scientists show that cows have hooves instead of feet because they

lactose.

2. The farmer moved away as it was tricky to keep secrets on his farm. The potatoes

have eyes and corn have ears.

3. When a cuddly cow had no calf, the silly ranch hands rudely called her decaffein-

ated.

4. When a tall farmer lost one of his cows in some bracken he said it was a bad miss-

steak!

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

GOREN BRIDGE CRYPTOGRAMS

HOLIDAY MATHIS HOROSCOPESARIES (March 21-April 19). If you feel unable to

take anything new in or contribute anything fresh,

take it as a sign that you’re headed for a burnout.

Recharging your body will be the first step to

recovery. Mind and spirit will follow.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There are so many

things you have already done in this lifetime that,

were it not for you, would not exist. Give yourself

credit. More importantly, keep going with this

trend. The world needs what you can put into it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Increasingly, you are

relying on a system to take you from point A to

point B, and this mode of operation will make

things happen more quickly for you each time you

run it through.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Somewhere in a lost

dimension of the universe exists an endless list of

ideas that never happened, and it gets added to ev-

ery day. Today you’ll be acting on faith and working

hard to make sure that your idea stays off that list.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your love is quite practically

delivered. You’ll make the effort to show up strong

for someone — or if not exactly “strong,” then at

least well-put-together and ready.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You can’t do it all alone.

Even if you could, there are things that are worthier

of your time than others. So start figuring out where

you can get affordable, qualified help.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You need time to process

all that’s happened around you, because if you act

before you’ve given yourself time to assimilate

all that’s happened, you’ll basically be acting on

yesterday’s information.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You can provide beauti-

ful light moments for people, and it does a lot to

promote joy in the world. Dramatic and negative

scenarios will always get more attention, so when

that happens, don’t take it too personally.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Major life events

are to be acknowledged and acted on in a major

way. There are those in your clan who are simply out

of their element in this regard. Step up; help out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There were times

when you felt more disciplined than you do now.

Those times, though not exactly stress-free, had

a certain structure to them. With some space and

conscious effort, you can re-create it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You wonder whether

you’d do better if only you didn’t have to work

around a certain handicap, disruptive element or

person. Actually, this impediment is making you

more incredible at what you do.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Don’t remain stuck.

When you have niggling doubts about whether

what you’re doing is right for you, don’t just listen to

them; take action to eliminate them.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 17). Express yourself! It

will be a game changer, starting with your personal

life. Relationships blossom as you learn, hone and

use your talents. You’ll develop a greater under-

standing of what you enjoy and are good at. You’ll

end up where your gifts are very much needed.

You’ll be paid for sharing and teaching. Libra and

Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 4,

39, 23 and 16.

PUZZLE ANSWERS(Puzzles on previous pages)


CROSSWORD PUZZLE

DEAR ABBY

HELOISE

JUMBLE

DEAR ABBY: My sister “Blanche” and her husband moved to the small town where my husband and I settled 23 years ago. Blanche is 11 years older than I am. My husband and I like our space, but we do spend time with them. They are retired, but we are still working.

Over the past three years they have not made any friends here in town to socialize with. They are now contacting my friends because we don’t go out on weekdays and see them multiple times a week. Frankly, it’s driving a wedge between all of us — my family and my friends. I’m very resentful that they can’t find their own friends. Am I wrong? — GO FIND YOUR OWN FRIENDS

DEAR GO FIND: Feeling resentful is a waste of your time and energy. You can’t control the social lives of other adults, nor should you expect to. Your sister hasn’t kidnapped these individuals, so they must be socializing together willingly. Your friends are still your friends. You will be happier if you try harder to quell your insecurity.

DEAR ABBY: I love to cook. It’s my passion. Problem is, when I cook for people coming over for dinner, my wife likes to sample the food before they arrive. What really upsets me is when I make a cake or something that needs to be served whole, she cuts into it and it looks like I’m serving leftover food. It’s infuriating.

To me, the presentation is important. She couldn’t care less. If I mark it “Do Not Eat” or hide the food, then I’m “wrong” or “going too far.” Help! — FOOD FIGHT IN NEW YORK

DEAR F.F.: Of course the presentation is important. Ask yourself why your wife would deliberately do something to ruin the meals you prepare for company. Could it be jealousy

that you are the center of at-tention?

What she’s doing is incon-siderate and disrespectful. If she’s so hungry she can’t control herself, she can make a peanut butter sandwich in an instant, or peel a banana in even less time. Because you must go so far as to hide the dishes you don’t want “sampled,” then I have to disagree with your Mrs. You are NOT going too far at all. Put your foot down!

DEAR ABBY: My best friend since childhood, “Jeff,” died eight months ago; he was in a 57-year marriage. I have known his still-attractive widow, “Della,” since they were newlyweds. I have been divorced for decades.

I have long admired Della at a distance, quietly, out of respect for Jeff. It helped that over the years we lived in different states. I believe she sensed my admiration for her.

How long should I wait before I begin showing my interest in her as a potential partner in our golden years? — WISHFUL IN THE EAST

DEAR WISHFUL: Did you reach out to Della to

express condolences when you learned of Jeff’s death? If not, do it NOW. If she responds, follow up with a phone call — and possibly a visit to her community and dinner if she’s agreeable. Once you are in regular contact with her, you will be able to determine if the interest is mutual.

TO MY IRISH READERS: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

“May the most you wish for“be the least you get.“May the best times you’ve

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By BEN BAUGHSTAFF WRITER

The game between the Rays and the Minnesota Twins may have been rained out Saturday afternoon, but that didn’t preclude the team from preparing for opening day on March 28.

Blake Snell, the 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner, was scheduled to pitch Saturday, and although he didn’t have had the opportunity to face the Twins, he had an excel-lent work in the cage, according to Kevin Cash, Tampa Bay Rays manager.

“It’s actually a little bit of a learning experience for us,” said Cash. “We put an emphasis on the intensity, Kyle (Snyder, Rays pitching coach) was

able to stand right there. I didn’t have a gun on him (Snell) but we could tell with our eyes he was letting it go. Hitters hit off of him, so it was good.”

Snell was happy with his workout Saturday, and feels he’s where he needs to be as far as his progress, if not ahead of it, coming into the 2019 season. He threw 54 pitches Saturday.

“Everything felt good, I was very happy with everything,” said Snell. “I went into the cages for three and two-thirds innings. I was in the zone, attacked the zone...the first thing was being there and then when I went to the cages, I didn’t lose anything. Every pitch I threw at every batter, I

By EDUARDO ENCINA TAMPA BAY TIMES

TAMPA — Players union chief Tony Clark blasted the Rays on Saturday for the nominal raise they gave ace Blake Snell this year coming off a Cy Young season.

Clark and his staff visit every big league clubhouse during spring training meeting with clubs to keep them in-formed of union issues in advance of the season. He was in Tampa on Saturday at Yankees camp.

Snell, who is coming off a season in which he went 21-5 with a 1.89 ERA, was renewed by the

Rays as a pre-arbitration player and received a raise of just $15,000. He will make $573,700 in 2019. This year’s major league minimum salary is $555,000.

“I’m reminded that our system, particularly under three years has minimums, it does not have maximums,” Clark said. “So the idea that Blake is making $15,000 more than he did last year after contributing the way he contributed is wrong. The team could pay him more. The team is choos-ing not to pay him more. And what he contributed suggests that perhaps the team should have.”

“So whether it’s Blake or whether it’s other players, because it’s not a new phenomenon, we simply hope the guys are playing attention to that,” Clark added.

The Rays determine their salaries for pre-ar-bitration players — those with less than three years of service time (or in the case of Super 2 players those with the most experience among those with at least two years of time) with a formula based mostly on service time, with a slight margin for performance also built into the equation.

Pre-arbitration players have little control in

determining their salaries unless they are willing to sign long-term deals that eat up earning potential they could see once they reach arbitration, when their continued produc-tion is rewarded through a process that earns them the right for their salary determined by a third party.

Snell, who enters the season with two years and 72 days of major league service time, will become arbitration eligible after this season, and would be in line for a major raise through the arbitration process with a solid 2019 campaign.

MLB players union chief rails on Snell’s raise Clark critical of Rays for only giving $15,000 raise to team’s ace after Cy Young Award

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Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said “the idea that Blake (Snell) is making $15,000 more than he did last year after contributing the way he contributed is wrong.”SNELL | 3

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars gave new quar-terback Nick Foles some help Saturday by signing receiver Chris Conley and right tackle Cedric Ogbuehi.

Conley started 34 of 53 games in four seasons with Kansas City, totaling 104 receptions for 1,238 yards and six touch-downs. He also played with Foles in 2016.

Conley started 13 games last year, finishing with 32 catches for 334 yards and five scores. He missed 11 games in 2017 because of an Achilles tendon injury.

A third-round pick in the 2015 NFL draft, Conley tied the record at the NFL combine for the highest vertical jump (45 inches) by a receiver.

Conley says “this is a tremendous opportunity.

Playing with someone you know is one thing, but seeing the talent that we have here in Jacksonville on defense and the talent we have on offense, it’s huge.”

The 6-foot-5, 308-pound Ogbuehi started 25 of 35 games in four seasons with Cincinnati. He was the 21st overall pick in the 2015 draft.

Ogbuehi fills a huge

need created when Jacksonville released veteran Jermey Parnell in a cost-cutting move. The Jaguars didn’t have a starting-caliber right tackle on the roster and had been expected to draft one with the seventh overall pick next month.

Ogbuehi should give them the flexibility to consider other options in the first round.

Jaguars deliver Foles help by signing Conley, OgbuehiJacksonville gives new quarterback weapons with free agent pickups of ex-Chiefs receiver and ex-Bengals right tackle

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By RICK STROUDTAMPA BAY TIMES

TAMPA — If you’re a former Cardinals player under Bruce Arians, there’s a good chance the Bucs will hire you.

Tampa Bay agreed to terms on a one-year deal with guard Earl Watford, who played for the Browns last season but was drafted by Arians and spent four years in Arizona.

The 6-foot-3, 300-pound Watford will compete at the Bucs’ vacant right guard spot

as Caleb Benenoch moves to tackle. Watford has played in 55 career games, starting 22.

Watford was a fourth-round pick from James Madison in 2013, Arians’ first season as the Cardinals coach. Bucs GM Jason Licht was Arizona’s VP of player personnel.

The Bucs this off-sea-son, the Bucs have signed linebackers Kevin Minter, Deone Bucannon, running back Andre Ellington and Watford — all play-ers drafted by Arians.

Watford latest ex- Cardinal

signed by Bucs

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BOSTON (AP) — What looked like an easy day for the Boston Celtics turned into a fight to the finish.

It’s something they’ve got to clean up heading into the postseason.

Kyrie Irving just missed his second straight triple-double with 30 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, Jaylen Brown scored 23 points with a key 3-pointer and the Celtics held off the Atlanta Hawks 129-120

Saturday after blowing a 25-point second-half lead.

Marcus Morris had 19 points and Jayson Tatum scored 18 for Boston, which has won six of eight.

Trae Young led the Hawks with 26 points, John Collins scored 20 with 11 rebounds, Taurean Price had 17 points and Vince Carter scored 16.

Irving had his second career triple-double in a

win over Sacramento on Thursday.

It could have been a costly victory for the Celtics after forward Gordon Hayward suffered a strained neck early in the game and didn’t re-turn. Hayward banged his head into the shoulder of Atlanta’s John Collins, who was setting a screen, and looked dazed before he went to the locker room.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Hayward

was “woozy” from the hit and was sent home after halftime.

After Boston squan-dered the 25-point lead, Brown nailed his 3 from the right corner, sparking a 9-0 spurt that gave the Celtics a 121-112 edge with 3½ minutes left.

WIZARDS 135, GRIZZLIES 128

Bradley Beal scored 40 points for the second straight night and the

Washington Wizards beat the Memphis Grizzlies 135-128 on Saturday.

Beal shot 12 of 17 from the field and made a ca-reer-high nine 3-pointers. The Wizards converted 17 of 35 from beyond the arc in a game that featured 20 lead changes.

The Wizards, 11th in the Eastern Conference, moved within three games of eighth-place Miami.

Jabari Parker had 20 points and 11 rebound.

Irving, Celtics survive Hawks’ surge NBA: Roundup

TAMPA (AP) Alex Killorn scored three goals for his first career hat trick, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 Saturday night in the teams’ first meeting since last year’s Eastern Conference finals.

Tampa Bay set team records for wins (55) and points (114) in a season, becoming the 12th team in league history to get at least 55 victories in a season.

Erik Cernak, Yanni Gourde and Tyler Johnson also scored for the Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 shots.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice to give him 48 on the season, John Carlson also scored and Braden Holtby finished with 29 saves for Washington. The Capitals remained two points ahead of the New York Islanders atop the Metropolitan Division.

Killorn, who entered the game with 13 goals on the season, capped off the hat trick with an empty-netter with 47 seconds left. Gourde capped the scoring with another empty-netter 45 seconds later.

The Lightning jumped on the Capitals quickly as Brayden Point set up Johnson on a 2-on-1 at 8:35 of the first. Killorn made it 2-0as he sent the puck from the boards toward the front of the net where it bounced off Washington defenseman Dmitry Orlov and past Holtby at 10:33.

Carlson cut the deficit in half as a blocked shot bounced out to the right point where he stepped into a one-timer for his 12th at 12:06.

Killorn answered that as he forced his way up the ice and outmuscled Michal Kempny for an initial shot before putting his own rebound with 4:04 left in the period to make it 3-1.

After the Lightning failed to convert on 1:28 of 5-on-3 power play time, 42 seconds of which carried over into the second period, the Capitals struck on the power play after Carlson’s shot deflected off T.J. Oshie in the high slot and landed right in the path of Ovechkin for a quick wrist shot to make it 3-2 at 7:33.

Ovechkin got his 246th career power-play goal, tying Hall of Famer Phil Esposito for fifth place on the all-time list.

Cernak regained Tampa Bay’s two-goal lead with his fourth of the season, coming open down the right circle before snapping a shot through Holtby’s legs at 2:45 of the third. Ovechik scored his second of the night off a

carom from Orlov’s shot off the end boards to cut the Lightning lead to 4-3 at 12:56.

PANTHERS 4, KINGS 3

Jonathan Huberdeau pulled an imaginary monkey off the back of Evgenii Dadonov just before the Florida Panthers went out on the ice for warmups, hoping to help his teammate get in the right frame of mind to end a season-high goal drought of nine games.

Huberdeau had the go-ahead goal with 1:56 remaining, Dadonov scored twice, and the Florida Panthers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.

Sam Montembeault made 24 saves to win his fourth consecutive start for the Panthers, who are seven points behind Carolina and Columbus for an Eastern Conference wild card with 11 games remaining. The Hurricanes and Blue Jackets both played later Saturday night.

“We’re not dead yet, and we can make things interesting,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. “We just got to keep on winning, and tomorrow is another big day for us.”

Mike Hoffman had a power-play goal, and Aleksander Barkov had three assists to extend his streak to five games for the Panthers.

Anze Kopiar and Dustin Brown each had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who have lost 15 of 17. Brendan Leipsic also scored and Jonathan Quick made 31 saves.

Huberdeau had his shot at the near post sneak in under Quick’s skate at 18:04 after Dadonov scored from the slot on a drop pass from Huberdeau with 6:13 left in the third period to tie it at 3-3.

Barkov also became the third Panthers player with at least 80 points in a season and is up to a career-high 81.

Kopitar put the Kings ahead 3-2 at 9:44 after Leipsic tied the game 2-2 1:05 into the third. Jeff Carter got his 700th point with the primary assist on Leipsic’s seventh goal, but let loose his frustration after the Kings could not close out the game.

RED WINGS 2, ISLANDERS 1

Andreas Athanasiou celebrated his second goal by leaping off the ice to bump chests and hug Tyler Bertuzzi.

Yes, the Red Wings believes they’re still playing for something even though they will be relegated to watching the playoffs for a third straight season.

Detroit had lost 12 of 13 to improve its chances of having the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft this summer.

While some fans of the franchise may want a lot of losses down the stretch to have a better shot at selecting American star Jack Hughes, the players simply want to win any chance they get.

For the first time in more than a month, Bernier won a game after stopping 41 shots.

New York captain Anders Lee had a tying goal on a shot from the slot midway through the first period and Thomas Greiss had 20 saves.

The Islanders, vying for postseason positioning with Metropolitan Division-leading Washington and Pittsburgh, had won two straight and four of the previous five games.

On his first of two goals early in the game, Athanasiou got a break. He centered a pass that went off the left leg of

Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock and into the net.

Athanasiou put Detroit ahead 2-1 midway through the second period.

HURRICANES 4, SABRES 2

Andrei Svechnikov and Justin Williams each scored goals, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday night.

Jordan Staal scored a late goal for his 500th career point, Lucas Wallmark also scored early and Curtis McElhinney stopped 35 shots to help the Hurricanes win their third in four games and keep themselves in playoff position entering the final three weeks of the season.

Jeff Skinner scored against his former team and Zemgus Girgensons added a late goal to prevent the Sabres from being shut out in four straight games. Buffalo has lost seven in a row and is 0-6-1 in that span.

Wallmark tied it at 1 with 6:08 left in the first, going fully horizontal to stuff in the puck after Jordan Martinook’s shot slipped through Linus Ullmark’s pads. Svechnikov’s go-ahead goal came 67 seconds into the second, when he took a pretty cross-ice pass from Teuvo Teravainen and buried it past the Buffalo goalie.

Williams then added an insurance goal with 2:51 left in the second, when his shot from the boards trickled past Ullmark, and Staal reached his career milestone with a spinning backhand to make it 4-1 with 4:14 remaining.

Ullmark finished with 25 saves for Buffalo, which had captain Jack Eichel back from a two-game suspension for his illegal check to the head of Colorado forward Carl Soderberg last week.

BLUES 5, PENGUINS1

Vince Dunn scored twice, Pat Maroon had a goal and an assist and the St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak.

Former Pittsburgh draft pick Oskar Sundqvist and Jay Bouwmeester also scored and Jordan Binnington made 40 saves for St. Louis. Binnington has 17 wins and five shutouts in his first 22 starts.

Dominik Simon scored for Pittsburgh. They had won three straight.

Killorn’s first career hat trick powers Lightning to record

NHL: Roundup

Tampa Bay sets franchise mark for most wins, points in a season

AP PHOTO

Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Alex Killorn celebrates his first goal as part of his first career hat trick, Saturday, in Tampa. The Lightning beat the Capitals 6-3 to set a team record for wins.


Snell doesn’t becoming a free agent until after the 2022 season, but in the past, the Rays have traded their top arms well before they reach that mark to help them restock.

For the second straight year, a slow offseason left many free agents without homes going into spring training. And Clark said that despite the record contracts that Bryce Harper and Manny Machado eventually received from the Phillies

and Padres, respectively, there’s still lots of concern among players, especially with players like all-star pitchers Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel.

That all adds to building tension as negotiations between the league and players on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement is expected to begin.

The current CBA doesn’t expire until the end of the 2021 season, but the sides have agreed on several rule changes that are scheduled to be implemented over the next two years.

While much of the focus has been on how

veteran players have been shut out in recent offsea-sons, Clark said that ac-celerating players’ ability to reach arbitration and free agency — something that would have helped Snell this offseason — is something worth discuss-ing in CBA negotiations.

“It’s one piece of the puzzle, it’s worthy of some conversation,” Our history is tied to a num-ber of moving economic pieces and we’ve had some challenges in the past and we’ve had some dialogue and movement in the past. So we think that’s one piece of the puzzle that’s worthy of conversation.”

SNELLFROM PAGE 1

was very happy with. It looked really good and really sharp. I’m very excited with where I’m at... my fastball was jumping. My offspeed was where I wanted it to be if not better.”

The rainout didn’t seem to affect Snell, recognizing that during the early part of the season, adjustments will have to be made, as the weath-er’s unpredictability will alter the schedule.

“When we go to Chicago and San Fran, it’s going to happen,” said Snell. “We’ll be in a delay or something. For that to happen it was cool.”

Snell is also happy with the rapport he’s built with his new catcher Mike Zunino, acquired this fall in a trade with the Seattle Mariners.

“It felt really easy,” said Zunino. “We’re on the same page.”

Ryan Yarbrough and Yonny Chirinos also got their work in, despite the inclement weather, and Yarbrough’s workout was key because he’s missed some time this spring, said Cash, about the right-handed pitcher who finished fifth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting and won 16 games in 2018.

Former Stone Crab Nate Lowe, whose power and tape measure blasts this spring are still resonating with the organization, was reassigned to minor league camp. Lowe who was hitting .356 in the Florida State League at the time of his promotion to Montgomery in 2018, hit .330 overall last year between the three different levels he played at, finishing the year with 27 home runs and 102 runs batted in. Lowe will open the season with the Rays Triple-A team, the Durham Bulls.

“He made a good impression,” said Cash. “I told him, he’s the one who’s going to ultimately drive the decision. He came on so strong last year. He did some good things, and obviously we saw enough of the power to appreciate how far he could hit a baseball. I asked him to go down there and continue his work, and value the defense just as much as he does the offense. We know once guys get up here, it’s really important.”

Colin Poche, who will pitch today against the Red Sox, was also among the roster cuts Saturday, but gave an honest assessment of his performance this spring, said Cash.

“He scuffled early on with the strike throwing, the command, threw some pitches in sequences that maybe he wouldn’t,” said Cash.

“Talking to him, he took it as a learning experience. That’s going to happen at the big league level at some point. If it happens in spring training and you learn from it, you’re better equipped when the opportunity comes at the big league level during the season, we’re probably better for it. He left a really good impression.”

Former Cleveland Indian left-hander Ryan Merritt will start today against the Red Sox, but like Lowe and Poche will also start the season at Durham.

“We’ll stretch him out, and he’ll be in that bulk innings mix,” said Cash.

The Rays reduced their roster by nine, with the number of players in major league camp now standing at 40.

Pitcher Austin Pruitt was optioned to Durham. Pitchers Mike Franco, Ryan Merritt, Colin Poche, Ricardo Pinto, Luis Santos, catcher Anthony Bemboom and infielders Michael Brosseau and Nate Lowe were reas-signed to minor league camp.

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SUNDAY

Snowbird Baseball Classic

Saint Joseph’s vs. Harvard, North County Recreation Park, 10 a.m.

Vassar College vs. Mount Saint Mary, North County Recreation Park, 11 a.m.

College of Wooster vs. Eastern Connecticut State University, South County Recreation Park, 1 p.m.

Babson College vs. North Central College, North County Recreation Park, 2 p.m.

Mount Saint Mary vs. Denison U., North County Recreation Park, 2:30 p.m.

MONDAY

Snowbird Baseball Classic

Vassar College vs. Denison University, North County Recreation Park, 12 p.m.

Mount Saint Mary College vs. SUNY Cobleskill, North County Recreation Park, 4 p.m.

RaysPirates at Rays,

1:05 p.m. BaseballCharlotte Baseball at

Sarasota Classic, 7 p.m. SoftballDeSoto Softball at

Dunbar, 7 p.m.

PREP SPORTS CALENDAR

SUN PHOTOS BY TOM O’NEILL

The Tampa Bay Rays rolled the tarp out as rain cancelled their Saturday spring training game against the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, at Charlotte Sports Park.

Tampa Bay Rays players and coaches wait to see if a game would be had with the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, at Charlotte Sports Park. The game cancelled because of rain.

SNOWBIRD

BASEBALL CLASSICHarvard 6, Seton Hall 2Scranton vs.

Susquehana, suspended by rain

ADULT SOFTBALLCarmalita 60+ Senior

SoftballLuigi’s Pizza 11 Dr. Luis

F. Fernandez 3Dr. Paul M. Popper 14

The Hawks 5Reuter Accounting 10

Icehouse Pub 4Dr. Ivette M. Fernandez

DMD 13 Dr. Luis F. Fernandez 11

Dr. Paul M. Popper 18 Icehouse Pub 3

Luigi’s Pizza 14 Reuter Accounting 11

SOFTBALLThe Lady Tarpons

made their sojourn to south Florida a success-ful one Friday evening.

Charlotte defeated the Palmetto Lady Pirates 4-3 to open their tournament in Miami.

However, their evening was far from over as the momentum continued their way.

They defeated the 4A state champion, St. Petersburg-based Admiral Farragut Academy Blue Jackets 6-5.

The Blue Jackets pitcher is a Florida Gulf Coast University commit.

SPORTS ROUNDUP

BY STAFF REPORT

For the second consecutive year, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School’s coed soccer team has completed an unde-feated 11-0-0 season, capturing the FGCL middle school cham-pionship, while extending their unbeaten and untied winning

streak to 22 games. Dan Cormier’s eighth season

as head coach was as equally satisfying as his seventh, work-ing with an exceptional core group of seventh-graders, whose leadership skills played a pivotal role in their success.

The team outscored their

playoff opponents by a six goal margin, 9-3, with the differential being even greater for the entire season, outscoring the oppo-sition, 65-16. Coach Cormier believes the momentum will continue with this year’s incom-ing team, and they will be stron-ger than his previous teams.

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic captures FGCL soccer title

SUBMITTED PHOTO

2019 Roster by grade... 5th: Daniel O’Brien and Mary O’Brien; 6th: Jacob DeHart, Ben Lozada, Amelia Brewer and Nathan Dorneval; 7th: Alejandro Cristobal, Josh Starmer, Anthony Strahija, Jack Helgemo, Eddie Nolan, Kisai Tordecillas and Kevin Johns; 8th: Will Scarry and Grace Kiszka

PREP SOCCER

Coed middle school soccer team completes undefeated season


SPRING TRAINING

Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3Baltimore Toronto ab r h bi ab r h biYng Jr. lf 3 0 1 0 D.Pmpey rf 4 0 1 1Smt Jr. pr 1 0 0 0 F.Glvis ss 2 0 0 0M.Trmbo dh 2 1 1 0 Y.Gdino ph 2 0 1 0Sntnder pr 2 0 0 0 B.Drury 3b 2 0 0 0C.Sisco c 3 0 0 1 G.Heidt 3b 1 0 0 0R.Nunez 3b 2 1 1 1 McKnney lf 2 0 0 0Pterson 3b 2 0 0 0 C.Young lf 2 0 0 0Au.Hays rf 4 1 1 1 A.Burns 1b 4 0 0 0Wlkrson 1b 3 0 1 1 R.Tllez dh 2 0 0 0A.Susac c 1 0 0 0 Clemens ph 2 0 0 0Alberto 2b 3 0 0 0 J.Davis cf 2 0 1 0Z.Vncej 3b 0 0 0 0 R.Felds pr 2 1 0 0R.Mrtin ss 2 1 1 0 C.Bggio 2b 2 1 1 1Rnhimer 2b 1 0 0 0 Gllotte pr 1 0 1 0Jackson cf 3 0 0 0 McGuire c 4 1 1 1Bostick cf 1 0 1 0Totals 33 4 7 4 Totals 34 3 6 3Baltimore 000 210 010 — 4Toronto 000 030 000 — 3

E—Cobb (1), Peterson (1), Wilker-son (1), Galvis (1), Gudino (1). DP—Bal-timore 2, Toronto 0. LOB—Baltimore 7, Toronto 6. 2B—Nunez (1), Wilkerson (1), Martin (1), McGuire (1). HR—Hays (1). CS—Guillotte (1). IP H R ER BB SOBaltimore Cobb 5 4 3 3 0 8Means 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1Scott W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0Phillips H, 2 2/3 1 0 0 1 1Carroll S, 3 1 1 0 0 0 3Toronto Gaviglio 3 2/3 2 2 2 1 5Wilson 1/3 1 0 0 0 0Luciano 1/3 1 1 1 2 1Barnes 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 3Paulino 1 1 0 0 0 0Guerra L, 0-1 2 2 1 1 1 1

HBP—by—Luciano (Martin).Umpires—Home, Eric Cooper; First,

Dan Merzel; Second, John Libka; Third, Jeremy Riggs.

T—2:50. A—3,874

Astros 13, Phillies 5Houston Philadelphia ab r h bi ab r h biSprnger dh 3 2 2 0 Hrnndez 2b 3 0 0 0S.Manea ph 2 0 0 0 Plouffe 2b 2 1 1 0To.Kemp cf 4 1 2 1 Herrera dh 2 1 1 0J.Myers cf 2 0 0 0 McBride ph 2 0 1 2C.Crrea ss 3 2 2 0 Ralmuto c 3 1 3 2A.Serra ss 2 0 0 0 Brantly c 2 1 1 0Brntley rf 3 1 3 3 Wlliams lf 3 0 0 0K.Tcker rf 0 1 0 0 A.Rmine lf 2 0 0 0Gurriel 1b 3 1 1 1 Gsselin 3b 3 0 2 0J.Adams 1b 2 1 1 0 G.Ngepe 3b 2 0 0 0Alvarez lf 4 1 1 2 D.Czens cf 3 0 0 0C.Julks lf 1 0 1 1 Haseley cf 1 0 1 0Al.Diaz 2b 3 1 0 0 Rdrguez 1b 3 0 0 0Myfield 2b 1 0 0 0 Da.Hall 1b 1 0 0 1Ab.Toro 3b 4 1 2 1 L.Adams rf 3 0 1 0O.Darte ph 1 0 0 0 J.Smith rf 1 0 0 0M.Stssi c 4 1 2 2 G.Petit ss 3 0 0 0Ritchie c 1 0 0 1 N.Maton ss 1 1 1 0Totals 43 13 17 12 Totals 40 5 12 5Houston 101 090 020 — 13Philadelphia 002 000 012 — 5

E—Adams (1), Paredes (1), Petit (1). DP—Houston 2, Philadelphia 0. LOB—Houston 10, Philadelphia 9. 2B—Correa (5), Alvarez (3), Julks (1), Toro (3), Plouffe (2), Herrera (1), Mc-Bride (3), Gosselin (5). HR—Realmuto (3). SB—Kemp (4). CS—Springer (1). IP H R ER BB SOHouston Peacock W, 2-0 4 5 2 2 0 5James 1 1 0 0 1 0Bukauskas H, 3 3 3 1 0 0 5Sneed 1 3 2 2 0 2Philadelphia Nola 2 2/3 4 2 2 3 2Bleich 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1Arano L, 0-1 0 5 6 6 1 0Pazos 2/3 4 3 2 1 0Leftwich 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Martin 1 1/3 2 2 1 1 1Paredes 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 4

WP—Bukauskas, Pazos.Umpires—Home, Sean Barber;

First, Ramon De Jesus; Second, James Hoye; Third, Vic Carapazza.

T—3:35. A—10,488

Marlins 11, Mets 6New York Miami ab r h bi ab r h biJ.McNil lf 3 1 1 1 Grndrsn lf 3 0 1 2R.Davis ph 2 0 1 0 G.Coper pr 1 2 0 0P.Alnso 1b 5 0 1 1 M.Rojas 1b 3 0 3 1Ro.Cano 2b 3 2 3 0 Alvarez pr 2 3 2 5Gllorme 2b 1 0 0 0 N.Wlker 3b 3 0 0 0Cnforto rf 3 1 2 3 Y.Rvera 3b 2 0 0 0Broxton cf 1 0 0 0 S.Cstro 2b 3 0 1 1J.Davis 3b 3 0 1 0 Machado pr 1 0 0 0Alcntra 3b 1 0 0 0 Brinson cf 3 0 0 0d’Arnud c 3 0 0 0 J.Berti ph 1 0 1 0D.Rzzie ph 1 0 0 0 O’Brien rf 2 0 0 0Rosario ss 2 0 1 0 Gerrero rf 1 0 0 0Espnosa ss 1 0 0 0 J.Rddle ss 3 1 2 0Lagares cf 3 1 1 0 Herrera pr 1 1 0 0To.Nido c 1 0 0 0 Wallach c 1 0 0 0J.Vrgas sp 2 1 0 0 R.Vigil pr 2 2 1 0G.Blnco ph 2 0 0 0 Alcntra sp 1 0 0 0 Marrero ph 1 1 1 1 Glloway cf 2 1 1 0Totals 37 6 11 5 Totals 36 11 13 10New York 201 300 00 — 6Miami 000 054 02x — 11

E—Lugo (1). DP—New York 0, Miami 1. LOB—New York 5, Miami 4. 2B—McNeil (1), Cano (1), Granderson (1), Rojas (1), Berti (1), Marrero (1), Gal-loway (1). HR—Conforto (1), Alvarez 2 (2). SB—Rosario (1), O’Brien (1). IP H R ER BB SONew York Vargas 4 5 4 4 2 4Gsellman H, 1 1 2 1 1 0 0Lugo L, 0-1 BS, 1 1 3 4 4 0 1Zamora 1 1 0 0 0 2Peterson 1 2 2 2 0 0Miami Alcantara 3 1/3 9 6 6 1 7Conley 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2Anderson W, 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 3Alvarez 1 0 0 0 0 1Ferrell 2/3 1 0 0 0 1

HBP—by—Lugo (Cooper).WP—Conley.Umpires—Home, Mike Estabrook;

First, Gary Cederstrom; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Chris Conroy.

T—3:04 (:15 delay). A—4,699

Cardinals 8, Nationals 5St. Louis Washington ab r h bi ab r h biT.Edman ss 5 2 2 1 T.Trner ss 4 1 2 2Mrtinez rf 2 0 1 1 Kieboom ph 1 0 0 0M.Myers rp 1 0 1 0 A.Eaton rf 3 0 1 0S.Hurst ph 1 0 0 0 Kieboom ss 2 0 0 0Montero ph 0 0 0 0 A.Rndon 3b 3 0 1 0Toerner pr 0 1 0 0 Sanchez 2b 2 0 0 0Schrock 2b 5 1 2 1 Ju.Soto lf 2 0 1 0O’Neill cf 3 0 0 0 Sverino c 2 0 1 0Knizner c 1 1 1 3 Zmmrman 1b 3 0 0 0Fr.Pena c 3 0 0 0 Ja.Noll 1b 1 0 0 0Y.Munoz ph 1 0 0 0 B.Dzier 2b 2 1 0 0I.Lopez ph 1 0 0 0 H.Jones lf 1 0 0 0N.Grman 3b 4 1 1 1 Y.Gomes c 3 2 3 1Arzrena lf 4 2 2 1 Hrnndez pr 0 0 0 0Mendoza 1b 4 0 1 0 Wi.Difo cf 3 1 1 1A.Gmber sp 1 0 0 0 Dmnguez 3b 1 0 0 0Rbinson ph 1 0 0 0 Schrzer sp 1 0 0 0Carlson rf 1 0 0 0 Stvnson ph 2 0 1 0Totals 38 8 11 8 Totals 36 5 11 4St. Louis 100 000 205 — 8Washington 010 400 000 — 5

E—Gorman 2 (2). DP—St. Louis 0, Washington 1. LOB—St. Louis 6, Washington 8. 2B—Edman (2), Turner (4), Soto (1), Stevenson (3). 3B—Ed-man (1). HR—Knizner (1), Gorman (1), Arozarena (1), Gomes (4). CS—Jones (1), Hernandez (1). IP H R ER BB SOSt. Louis Gomber 4 8 5 5 2 0

Layne 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Mayers 2/3 0 0 0 0 1Brebbia 1 2 0 0 0 2Leone 1 1 0 0 0 1Cervenka W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1Woodford S, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1Washington Scherzer 6 4 1 1 0 9Barraclough 2/3 2 2 2 1 0Nuno H, 3 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Rosenthal H, 5 1 1 0 0 1 1Doolittle L, 0-1 (BS, 1) 2/3 4 5 5 1 0Williams 1/3 0 0 0 0 1

WP—Gomber, Rosenthal.T—3:08. A—6,377

Tigers 6, Pirates 3Pittsburgh Detroit ab r h bi ab r h biP.Reyes 2b 3 0 0 1 Hrrison 2b 2 2 1 1K.Krmer ph 0 0 0 0 Beckham 2b 2 0 2 0Kvlehan lf 4 0 0 0 J.Mrcer ss 2 0 0 0C.Moran 3b 2 0 0 0 P.Kozma ss 2 0 1 0K.Hayes ph 1 0 0 0 Cabrera 1b 2 0 0 1J.Osuna 1b 3 0 0 0 B.Dixon 1b 1 0 0 0L.Tncas 1b 1 0 1 0 Cndlrio 3b 2 1 1 0K.Nwman ss 3 1 1 0 Rdrguez 3b 1 0 0 0On.Cruz ss 1 0 0 0 Stewart lf 3 1 2 3Stllngs c 3 1 1 0 Pterson rf 1 0 0 0C.Klley c 1 0 0 0 J.Hicks dh 3 0 0 0W.Craig dh 0 1 0 0 C.Sedio ph 1 0 0 0J.Shuck cf 3 0 0 0 Mahtook rf 3 1 1 0Rynolds rf 2 0 1 2 L.Burch lf 1 0 0 0Knneman rf 1 0 0 0 Greiner c 3 1 2 1 Ca.Rupp c 1 0 0 0 J.Jones cf 3 0 0 0 H.Cstro cf 1 0 0 0Totals 28 3 4 3 Totals 34 6 10 6Pittsburgh 000 030 000 — 3Detroit 130 020 00x — 6

E—Moran (4). DP—Pittsburgh 2, Detroit 0. LOB—Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 8. 2B—Harrison (2), Candelario (5), Mahtook (3), Greiner (5). HR—Stewart (3). SB—Harrison (1). CS—Reyes (2). SF—Cabrera (1). IP H R ER BB SOPittsburgh Archer L, 0-1 3 6 4 3 1 4Feliz BS, 0-2 2 1 2 2 1 3Barrett 1 2 0 0 0 1Holmes 1 0 0 0 0 0Hartlieb 1 1 0 0 0 1Detroit Moore W, 3-1 4 1/3 3 3 3 2 4Coleman H, 1 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0Jimenez H, 5 1 0 0 0 1 2Reininger S, 1-1 2 1 0 0 1 2

HBP—by—Archer (Harrison).PB—Greiner.Umpires—Home, Manny Gonza-

lez; First, Mark Wegner; Second, D J; Reyburn; Third, Brennan Miller.

T—2:47. A—6,657

Red Sox 6, Braves 1Atlanta Boston ab r h bi ab r h biO.Albes 2b 3 0 2 0 Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 0Vlnzela 2b 1 0 0 0 D L Grr 2b 0 0 0 1Camargo rf 3 0 1 1 M.Betts rf 3 2 2 1Schwrtz rf 1 0 0 0 S.Trvis 1b 1 0 0 0A.Dvall lf 3 0 0 0 Mreland 1b 3 1 1 0R.Ortga lf 1 0 1 0 Matheny rf 1 0 0 0Flowers c 3 0 0 0 Mrtinez dh 1 0 0 1Morales c 1 0 0 0 Centeno ph 1 0 1 0Clbrson 3b 3 0 1 0 Bgaerts ss 3 0 1 1Kzm Jr. 3b 1 0 0 0 Chatham ss 1 0 0 0Swanson ss 2 0 0 0 Br.Holt lf 2 1 0 0R.Ddder ph 1 0 0 0 E.Nunez 3b 3 0 1 1A.Riley 1b 3 0 0 0 B.Dlbec pr 0 1 0 0LaMarre cf 2 1 1 0 Brd Jr. cf 3 1 1 1C.Pache cf 1 0 1 0 Vazquez c 2 0 0 0K.Wrght sp 1 0 0 0 Sa.Leon c 1 0 0 0S.Carle rp 0 0 0 0Flrimon ss 1 0 0 0Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 28 6 7 6Atlanta 000 001 000 — 1Boston 200 001 30x — 6

E—Flowers (1). DP—Atlanta 0, Bos-ton 1. LOB—Atlanta 5, Boston 2. 2B—Pache (1), Moreland (1), Bogaerts (1), Nunez (1), Bradley Jr. (1). HR—Betts (1). SB—Bradley Jr. (1). CS—Culberson (1), Betts (1). SF—De La Guerra (1), Martinez (1). IP H R ER BB SOAtlanta Wright L, 0-0 4 3 2 2 1 5Carle 2 1 1 1 0 1Jackson 1 2 3 3 1 0Parsons 1 1 0 0 0 0Boston Sale W, 0-0 4 2 0 0 0 7Barnes H, 1 1 1 0 0 0 2Brasier H, 1 1 2 1 1 0 1Thornburg H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 1Hernandez 2 2 0 0 0 1

WP—Hernandez.T—2:36. A—9,971

Royals 6, Brewers 2Milwaukee Kansas City ab r h bi ab r h biB.Gamel cf 3 0 1 0 Hmilton cf 3 1 1 0Grisham ph 2 0 0 0 Strling cf 1 0 0 0Grandal c 3 1 2 0 Mondesi ss 3 0 0 0Aguilar 1b 3 0 1 2 Fthrstn ss 1 0 0 0Nttnghm ph 1 0 0 0 C.Owngs 2b 2 2 1 1H.Perez 2b 3 0 0 0 G.Cncel 2b 1 0 0 0B.Trang ss 1 0 0 0 A.Grdon lf 3 0 1 0Sladino rf 2 0 0 0 Te.Gore lf 1 0 0 0Hirston 2b 1 0 0 0 Schwndl 1b 3 0 1 2O.Arcia ss 3 0 1 0 T.Jones 1b 0 1 0 0L.Erceg 3b 1 0 0 0 Viloria c 2 0 0 0Nat.Orf 3b 3 0 1 0 Ni.Dini c 1 1 1 0Je.Ward lf 1 0 0 0 Arteaga 3b 2 0 1 0Cor.Ray lf 3 0 0 0 C.Toups 3b 1 1 1 1D.Thmas rf 1 0 1 0 Phllips rf 3 0 0 0C.Brnes sp 1 1 1 0 S.Mtias rf 1 0 0 0Dav.Fry ph 2 0 0 0 Pterson dh 4 0 0 0Totals 34 2 8 2 Totals 32 6 7 4Milwaukee 000 020 000 — 2Kansas City 200 001 03x — 6

E—Erceg (3), Ward (1), Burnes (1). LOB—Milwaukee 8, Kansas City 6. 2B—Grandal (3), Owings (8), Toups (1). SB—Arcia (1), Arteaga (2). CS—Sala-dino (1). IP H R ER BB SOMilwaukee Burnes 4 1/3 4 2 2 1 4Williams L, 1-1 1 1/3 1 1 1 2 1Benoit 1/3 0 0 0 0 0Hader 1 2/3 0 1 1 1 3Barnes 1/3 2 2 0 0 1Kansas City Bailey 4 4 0 0 1 2Boxberger BS, 1 1 2 2 2 1 2Peralta W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 1Diekman H, 4 1 0 0 0 1 1McCarthy H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1Ynoa 1 1 0 0 0 0

T—3:01. A—9,855

Cubs 7, Diamondbacks 1Chicago Arizona ab r h bi ab r h biZobrist lf 2 1 0 0 Sza Jr. rf 2 1 0 0J.Young lf 2 0 0 0 Lcastro rf 1 0 0 0K.Brynt 3b 3 1 2 0 I.Vrgas 3b 4 0 3 1Donahue 3b 2 0 0 0 D.Ellis 3b 1 0 0 0A.Rizzo 1b 2 1 1 2 K.Marte cf 3 0 1 0Blguert 1b 1 0 0 0 Almonte lf 1 0 0 0Ja.Baez ss 3 1 1 0 C.Wlker 1b 3 0 1 0C.Young ss 0 0 0 0 Y.Tomas 1b 1 0 1 0Heyward rf 1 1 0 1 C.Kelly dh 1 0 0 0C.Myers rf 1 0 0 0 P.Smith pr 1 0 0 0T.Davis c 3 0 1 1 M.Szczr lf 3 0 0 0L.Jrdan pr 0 1 0 0 M.Wlson cf 1 0 0 0Higgins c 1 0 0 0 J.Mrphy c 4 0 2 0Ia.Happ cf 3 0 1 1 Tmlnson 2b 3 0 0 0Bernard pr 1 0 0 0 Grtjohn 2b 1 0 0 0Da.Bote 2b 3 1 2 2 Qrecuto ss 3 0 0 0V.Mchin 2b 1 0 0 0 G.Crbbs ss 1 0 0 0Hndrcks sp 1 0 0 0Chtwood rp 1 0 1 0Zagunis ph 1 0 0 0J.Field ph 1 0 0 0Totals 33 7 9 7 Totals 34 1 8 1Chicago 000 313 000 — 7Arizona 100 000 000 — 1

E—Tomas (1). DP—Chicago 2, Ar-izona 1. LOB—Chicago 4, Arizona 10. 2B—Rizzo (1), Vargas 2 (2), Tomas (5),

Murphy (1). HR—Bote (2). SB—Souza Jr. (1), Murphy (1). CS—Rizzo (1). IP H R ER BB SOChicago Hendricks W, 1-0 3 1/3 5 1 1 2 2Chatwood H, 2 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1Montgomery 2 2 0 0 1 1Webster 1 1 0 0 0 1Minch 1 0 0 0 1 2Arizona Koch L, 1-1 5 5 4 4 2 2De La Rosa 2/3 2 3 3 2 0Aguilar 0 1 0 0 0 0Jeter 1/3 1 0 0 0 1Holland 1 0 0 0 0 1Hirano 1 0 0 0 1 2Chafin 1 0 0 0 0 1

WP—De La Rosa.Umpires—Home, Jim Reynolds;

First, Ted Barrett; Second, Scott Barry; Third, Pat Hoberg.

T—2:58. A—14,035

Padres 10, Royals 5Kansas City San Diego ab r h bi ab r h biGoodwin cf 4 1 1 1 Tts Jr. ss 4 2 3 1E.Mejia cf 1 0 0 0 Vn Gnsn ss 1 0 1 0N.Lopez ss 3 1 2 0 Cordero rf 3 2 2 4N.Prtto 1b 1 0 0 0 Swinski rf 1 1 1 0Mrrfeld 2b 4 1 2 0 W.Myers cf 3 0 0 0J.Flres 2b 1 0 0 0 Pdorsky cf 1 1 0 0J.Soler rf 3 1 1 2 J.Prela lf 3 0 1 0Kha.Lee rf 1 0 0 0 Scvuzzo pr 1 1 1 2O’Hearn 1b 4 0 1 0 A.Hdges c 3 0 1 1Cstllno ss 1 0 0 0 W.Rivas c 2 0 1 0H.Dzier dh 3 0 1 0 G.Grcia 3b 3 0 0 0Bnfacio lf 3 0 0 0 J.Vsler 3b 0 0 0 1Hrnndez ph 1 0 0 0 Rdrguez 1b 4 0 0 0Cthbert 3b 3 1 1 0 O.Mller 2b 4 2 2 0E.Rvera ph 1 0 0 0 L.Allen sp 0 0 0 0Gllgher c 3 0 1 1 A.Allen ph 1 1 1 1Frnndez c 1 0 0 0 B.Znica ph 1 0 0 0Totals 38 5 10 4 Totals 35 10 14 10Kansas City 300 101 000 — 5San Diego 230 200 12x — 10

E—O’Hearn (1), Cordero (1), Hedg-es (1), Garcia (1). LOB—Kansas City 9, San Diego 7. 2B—Merrifield (1), Soler (1), O’Hearn (1), Cuthbert (1), Galla-gher (1), Tatis Jr. 2 (2), Suwinski (1), Pirela (1), Miller (1). HR—Goodwin (1), Cordero (1). SB—Myers (1), Podorsky (1). CS—Tatis Jr. (1). SF—Vosler (1). IP H R ER BB SOKansas City Fillmyer L, 1-1 3 1/3 9 7 7 2 2Barlow 2 2/3 0 0 0 2 1Sparkman 1 2/3 5 3 3 0 1Speier 1/3 0 0 0 0 1San Diego Allen W, 2-0 3 1/3 3 3 1 2 2Warren H, 1 1 2/3 4 1 1 1 2Reyes H, 4 1 2 1 1 0 0Wingenter H, 3 1 1 0 0 0 3Higgins H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 3Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 0

WP—Fillmyer.Umpires—Home, Dan Bellino;

First, Mark Ripperger; Second, Jeremie Rehak; Third, Jansen Visconti.

T—2:56. A—6,286

Indians 7, Angels 2Cleveland Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h biRamirez dh 2 1 0 0 Calhoun rf 2 1 0 0Htcheon pr 2 1 0 0 B.Snger rf 1 0 0 0R.Perez c 3 1 3 1 M.Trout dh 4 1 1 0Fdrwicz c 2 0 1 0 A.Pjols 1b 3 0 1 0J.Buers 1b 3 0 0 1 J.Walsh 1b 1 0 0 0W.Grcia 1b 1 0 0 0 Simmons ss 3 0 0 0J.Lplow lf 1 0 0 1 Salcedo ss 1 0 0 0B.Brnes pr 2 1 1 1 Ta.Ward 3b 3 0 2 1T.Nquin rf 3 1 1 0 C.Jstus 3b 1 0 0 0Thmpson cf 0 1 0 0 L Stlla 2b 2 0 0 0Mercado cf 3 1 2 1 T.Kelly 2b 1 0 1 0J.Crter rf 1 0 0 0 Bourjos cf 3 0 0 0Flherty 2b 3 0 0 0 T.Hnter cf 1 0 0 0Freeman 2b 1 0 1 1 Br.Lund lf 3 0 0 0M.Mroff ss 3 0 1 0 Garneau c 2 0 0 0Pantoja pr 1 0 0 0 K.Smith c 1 0 0 0Stamets 3b 3 0 0 0Prsnger 3b 0 0 0 0Totals 34 7 10 6 Totals 32 2 5 1Cleveland 200 210 020 — 7Los Angeles 000 200 000 — 2

E—Thompson (1), Mercado (1), Pantoja (1), Pujols 3 (3), Ward (1). DP—Cleveland 3, Los Angeles 1. LOB—Cleveland 6, Los Angeles 5. 2B—Perez (1), Mercado (1), Freeman (1). HR—Barnes (1). SB—Naquin (1), Thompson (1). CS—Barnes (1). SF—Bauers (1), Luplow (1). IP H R ER BB SOCleveland Clevinger W, 2-0 4 2 2 1 1 4Wilson H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1Edwards H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 0Cimber H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 1Cole 1 0 0 0 0 2Solter 1 1 0 0 0 0Los Angeles Cahill L, 0-2 4 4 4 2 1 2Hudson 1 1 1 0 1 1Garcia 1 2 0 0 0 0Jennings 1 1 0 0 0 0Ramsey 2/3 2 2 2 2 1Hanewich 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1

HBP—by—Cimber (La Stella).WP—Hudson.Umpires—Home, Dana DeMuth;

First, Bill Miller; Second, Adrian John-son; Third, Gerry Davis.

T—2:51. A—9,693

Brewers 5, Rockies 4Colorado Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h biBlckmon rf 3 1 1 0 Lo.Cain cf 3 1 1 1N.Cevas rf 2 0 0 0 C.Hmmel lf 1 0 0 0Arenado 3b 3 1 3 1 C.Ylich rf 3 0 1 1Ncholas c 0 0 0 0 R.Henry cf 1 0 0 0D.Mrphy 1b 4 0 1 0 R.Braun lf 2 0 0 0T.Story ss 3 1 1 2 Tr.Lutz ph 2 0 1 0El.Soto ss 1 0 0 0 Tr.Shaw 3b 3 0 1 0R.Tapia cf 4 0 1 0 J.Hager pr 1 1 0 0Innetta c 2 0 0 0 Mstakas 2b 3 1 2 2M.Gorge 2b 1 0 0 0 A.Pnero ss 1 0 0 0Valaika 2b 3 0 0 0 E.Thmes 1b 3 0 1 0R.Ramos 1b 1 0 0 0 McClnhn pr 1 0 0 0Hampson lf 2 0 0 0 E.Kratz c 3 0 0 0Tuchman lf 2 1 1 0 W.Wlson ph 1 0 0 0Jo.Gray sp 2 0 0 0 Spnnbrg ss 2 1 1 0P.Money ph 2 0 0 0 K.Hiura 2b 1 1 1 0 J.Chcin sp 2 0 0 0 Gswisch c 2 0 2 1Totals 35 4 8 3 Totals 35 5 11 5Colorado 200 010 001 — 4Milwaukee 002 002 001 — 5

E—Rabago (1), Hummel (1). DP—Colorado 1, Milwaukee 0. LOB—Col-orado 6, Milwaukee 6. 2B—Blackmon (2), Arenado (2), Tapia (2), Tauchman (3), Cain (1), Moustakas (3). HR—Story (3), Moustakas (3). SB—Spangenberg (1), Hiura (2). IP H R ER BB SOColorado Gray 5 4 2 2 0 8Davis BS, 1 1 3 2 2 0 1Musgrave 1 1 0 0 1 1Oberg 1 1 0 0 0 2Cozart L, 0-1 1/3 2 1 1 0 0Milwaukee Chacin 5 1/3 6 3 3 1 4Houser 2/3 0 0 0 0 2Nelson W, 1-0 (BS, 1) 3 2 1 0 0 4

HBP—by—Nelson (Nicholas).WP—Oberg.Umpires—Home, Rob Drake; First,

Todd Tichenor; Second, John Tump-ane; Third, Ben May.

T—2:46. A—9,788

Giants 10, Padres 3San Diego San Francisco ab r h bi ab r h biKinsler 2b 3 0 1 0 S.Dggar cf 4 2 2 0J.Gerra 2b 1 0 0 0 H.Ramos cf 0 0 0 0E.Hsmer 1b 3 1 1 0 J.Panik 2b 3 2 3 0Torrens c 1 0 0 0 Michael 2b 1 0 0 0Machado 3b 3 0 0 0 B.Posey c 4 2 2 2

Ovrstrt 1b 1 0 0 0 R.Rvera c 1 0 0 0F.Mejia c 3 0 2 1 Crwford ss 4 1 3 3Mjs-Brn 3b 1 0 0 0 D.Slano ss 1 0 0 0L.Urias ss 3 0 0 0 Sndoval 1b 4 1 2 0Rosario 2b 1 0 0 0 A.Grcia pr 0 1 0 0M.Mrgot cf 2 0 1 0 Solarte 3b 4 0 2 2N.Esley cf 1 1 1 0 G.Parra lf 3 1 1 1J.Nylor lf 4 1 1 2 Wllmson dh 4 0 2 1H.Potts dh 4 0 1 0 C.Mybin rf 4 0 0 0M.Gttys rf 4 0 0 0Totals 35 3 8 3 Totals 37 10 17 9San Diego 000 100 002 — 3San Francisco 102 060 10x — 10

E—Naylor (2), Michael (1). DP—San Diego 1, San Francisco 3. LOB—San Diego 6, San Francisco 6. 2B—Hosmer (3), Easley (1), Crawford (1), Sandoval (1), Parra (2). 3B—Posey (1). HR—Naylor (1). IP H R ER BB SOSan Diego Quantrill L, 0-1 BS, 0-4 3 2/3 7 3 3 1 3Torres BS, 0-3 2/3 7 6 6 0 0Mitchell 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0Maton 1 3 1 1 0 1Makita 1 0 0 0 1 1San Francisco Suarez W, 1-0 3 1/3 3 1 1 0 2Black BS, 0-2 2/3 0 0 0 1 1Stratton 2 3 0 0 0 1Watson 1 0 0 0 0 1Smith 1 0 0 0 0 2Okert 1 2 2 2 0 2

WP—Torres, Okert.Balk—Smith.Umpires—Home, Ryan Blakney;

First, Brian Gorman; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Bruce Dreckman.

T—2:38. A—11,761

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia threw his first simulated game Saturday since undergo-ing a heart procedure in December.

The 38-year-old Sabathia had a stent inserted after a blockage was found in an artery from his heart.

He has had a chronic right knee problem that has required several

operations.Sabathia, who is

retiring after this season, is expected to miss his first two or three regular-season starts.

The 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner with Cleveland, Sabathia is 246-153 with a 3.70 ERA and 2,986 strikeouts in 18 major league seasons. He was 9-7 with a 3.65 ERA in 29 starts last season.

Sabathia throws simulated game Yankees’ lefty returns from

winter heart stent procedure

By STEPHEN WADEAP SPORTS WRITER

TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki is enjoying it while he can.

He’s back in Japan and sure to play at the Tokyo Dome when the Seattle Mariners face the Oakland Athletics in two games to open the Major League Baseball season. He’s 45 and knows it can end any moment, but if he has a grand retirement plan, he isn’t revealing it.

“This is a great gift for me,” he said, speaking through an interpreter at a Saturday news confer-ence. “I will treasure ev-ery moment here on the field. One week after this event, I will be reflecting back on these days, so I will make sure I remem-ber every moment here in Japan.”

At least one reporter asked him the question directly. “How will you know when it’s time to stop playing? How will you know when it’s time to step aside?”

“I have no idea when I will know that,” he said. “I’m not used to ques-tions like that.”

He has hit .080 in spring training this season and was hitting .205 when he stepped aside early last season, temporarily retiring to become a Mariners special assistant. The Mariners can accom-modate him now with a special 28-man roster

for the Japan visit, but it will revert to 25 when the season resumes in the United States a week later.

Suzuki recounted previous springs when he hit poorly and then produced, or seasons when he hit in the spring and then struggled en route to 3,089 hits in the majors and 1,278 more in Japan.

“Based on my spring training, I shouldn’t be here,” he said, seated next to Mariners man-ager Scott Servais and Japanese rookie pitcher Yusei Kikuchi. “You can never predict what is going to happen based on spring training. Now I am back in Japan, and (a) country I love, to show what I can still do.”

Suzuki called himself “lucky,” acknowledging that “being Japanese” is a key reason why he’s in-cluded to play in Tokyo, where he remains a huge draw. He will be the first Japanese inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and is certain to go in on the first ballot.

He hooked several line drives to right field in batting practice, then jogged in the outfield with youth players on the field — it’s artificial grass in the Tokyo Dome — shouting to him, “Ichiro, Ichiro.” The youngsters were joined by hundreds of Japanese reporters and TV crews parked around the batting cage — just some

of the 1,000 Japanese reporters accredited for the games

The Mariners and Servais are on the spot. Suzuki is revered in Japan, partly for longevity and breaking though at the top. He’s still highly visible on television commercials around the country.

“We’re really taking it a day at a time,” said Servais, whose team is rebuilding. “We’re looking at the two games here against Oakland. He’ll be available in those two games and we’ll see how it goes.

“Well take it from there,” he added. “He’s had an unbelievable career.”

Suzuki looked calm and cool taking the questions, sunglasses perched on the bill of his cap — giving more answers than many reporters expected.

This is his 19th sea-son since joining the Mariners in 2001, when he was both the AL MVP and Rookie of the Year.

“I was traded to New York in 2012, and after that, I knew I’d live each day to the utmost,” he said. “After that, I moved to Miami, and I did the same thing. Day after day I trained. Major League Baseball — it’s a tough world. You can be told anytime you are gone. Right? So that is my basic understanding. I’m battling and I’m still here.”

Ichiro big in Japan, goes home to play in opener

Seattle outfielder, 45, struggling this spring but travels with team to Tokyo to play A’s

AP PHOTO

Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki runs during practice at Tokyo Dome, Saturday. Ichiro is back in his native Japan and will play for the Mariners against the Oakland Athletics in the


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NBAAll times EasternEASTERN CONFERENCE W L PCT GBx-Milwaukee 52 17 .754 —x-Toronto 49 20 .710 3Indiana 44 25 .638 8Philadelphia 44 25 .638 8Boston 43 27 .614 9½Detroit 35 33 .515 16½Brooklyn 36 34 .514 16½Miami 32 36 .471 19½Orlando 32 38 .457 20½Charlotte 31 37 .456 20½Washington 30 40 .429 22½Atlanta 24 46 .343 28½Chicago 19 51 .271 33½Cleveland 17 52 .246 35New York 13 56 .188 39

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L PCT GB

Golden State 46 21 .687 —Denver 45 22 .672 1Houston 43 26 .623 4Portland 42 26 .618 4½Oklahoma City 42 27 .609 5San Antonio 40 29 .580 7Utah 39 29 .574 7½L.A. Clippers 40 30 .571 7½Sacramento 33 35 .485 13½Minnesota 32 37 .464 15L.A. Lakers 31 38 .449 16New Orleans 30 42 .417 18½Memphis 28 42 .400 19½Dallas 27 41 .397 19½Phoenix 17 54 .239 31x-clinched playoff spot

Friday’s GamesCharlotte 116, Washington 110Detroit 111, L.A. Lakers 97Philadelphia 123, Sacramento 114Houston 108, Phoenix 102Milwaukee 113, Miami 98Portland 122, New Orleans 110San Antonio 109, New York 83L.A. Clippers 128, Chicago 121Saturday’s GamesBoston 129, Atlanta 120Washington 135, Memphis 128Phoenix 138, New Orleans 136, OTCleveland at Dallas, lateGolden State at Oklahoma City, latePortland at San Antonio, lateBrooklyn at Utah, lateIndiana at Denver, lateToday’s GamesL.A. Lakers at New York, noonCharlotte at Miami, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 3:30 p.m.Toronto at Detroit, 4 p.m.Atlanta at Orlando, 6 p.m.Chicago at Sacramento, 6 p.m.Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m.Minnesota at Houston, 9 p.m.Monday’s GamesDetroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Utah at Washington, 7 p.m.Denver at Boston, 7:30 p.m.New York at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Golden State at San Antonio, 8 p.m.Miami at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Indiana at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

CELTICS 129, HAWKS 120ATLANTA (120)Prince 5-13 4-4 17, Collins 7-19 6-9 20, Dedmon 2-10 1-1 5, Young 10-17 1-2 26, Huerter 4-13 0-0 10, Bembry 2-4 0-0 4, Len 3-6 1-2 7, Carter 6-11 0-0 16, Adams 1-1 0-0 3, Bazemore 3-6 6-6 12. Totals 43-100 19-24 120.BOSTON (129)Tatum 7-15 4-4 18, Morris 6-14 5-6 19, Horford 3-8 3-4 9, Irving 12-24 2-3 30, Smart 5-9 4-4 16, Hayward 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 8-14 4-6 23, Ojeleye 0-0 1-2 1, Theis 1-2 1-2 3, Baynes 1-2 2-2 5, Rozier 1-5 2-4 5. Totals 44-93 28-37 129.ATLANTA 36 26 30 28 — 120BOSTON 43 31 31 24 — 1293-Point Goals—Atlanta 15-40 (Young 5-8, Carter 4-6, Prince 3-5, Huerter 2-8, Adams 1-1, Len 0-2, Bazemore 0-2, Collins 0-3, Dedmon 0-5), Boston 13-36 (Irving 4-10, Brown 3-5, Smart 2-6, Morris 2-6, Baynes 1-1, Rozier 1-4, Theis 0-1, Horford 0-1, Tatum 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Atlanta 50 (Dedmon 13), Boston 46 (Irving, Morris 11). Assists—Atlanta 27 (Collins 6), Boston 30 (Irving, Smart 9). Total Fouls—Atlanta 25, Boston 21. Technicals—Atlanta coach Hawks (Defensive three second). A—18,624 (18,624).

WIZARDS 135, GRIZZLIES 128MEMPHIS (128)Holiday 3-7 2-2 9, Caboclo 1-2 0-0 3, Valanciunas 10-17 2-2 22, Conley 8-15 9-11 28, Bradley 9-17 0-0 21, Parsons 6-10 2-3 16, Miles 0-4 0-0 0, Rabb 1-1 0-0 2, Noah 6-8 3-4 15, Wright 2-5 1-2 5, Dorsey 2-4 1-2 7. Totals 48-90 20-26 128.WASHINGTON (135)Ariza 3-8 1-2 8, Green 6-9 0-0 15, Portis 7-11 1-2 18, Satoransky 3-10 9-9 15, Beal 12-17 7-9 40, Brown Jr. 2-5 1-2 5, Parker 6-13 7-9 20, Bryant 1-5 8-8 10, Randle 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 41-81 36-43 135.MEMPHIS 37 34 32 25 — 128WASHINGTON 35 34 36 30 — 1353-Point Goals—Memphis 12-33 (Conley 3-7, Bradley 3-9, Dorsey 2-3, Parsons 2-6, Holiday 1-2, Caboclo 1-2, Wright 0-2, Miles 0-2), Washington 17-35 (Beal 9-12, Portis 3-5, Green 3-6, Parker 1-3, Ariza 1-5, Bryant 0-2, Randle 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Memphis 40 (Noah, Valanciunas 8), Washington 45 (Parker 11). Assists—Memphis 35 (Conley 12), Washington 26 (Beal, Satoransky 7). Total Fouls—Memphis 27, Washington 21. Technicals—Memphis coach Grizzlies (Defensive three second). A—19,750 (20,356).

SUNS 138, PELICANS 136, OTPHOENIX (138)Oubre Jr. 12-25 6-7 32, Bender 6-9 0-1 13, Ayton 4-7 0-0 8, Melton 3-7 0-0 6, Booker 12-26 13-18 40, J.Jackson 6-11 5-6 19, Bridges 4-9 3-3 12, Spalding 4-5 0-1 8, Daniels 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 51-100 27-36 138.NEW ORLEANS (136)Williams 4-8 0-0 10, Davis 6-11 3-4 15, Randle 8-20 5-8 21, Payton 5-12 4-6 16, F.Jackson 4-13 3-4 14, S.Johnson 1-5 2-2 5, Miller 6-10 0-2 16, Diallo 4-7 2-2 10, Okafor 5-7 5-9 15, Bertans 1-3 0-0 3, Clark 3-6 3-4 11. Totals 47-102 27-41 136.PHOENIX 34 32 23 33 16 — 138NEW ORLEANS 31 29 25 37 14 — 1363-Point Goals—Phoenix 9-29 (Booker 3-8, J.Jackson 2-3, Oubre Jr. 2-8, Bender 1-3, Bridges 1-4, Spalding 0-1, Melton 0-1, Daniels 0-1), New Orleans 15-30 (Miller 4-6, F.Jackson 3-6, Payton 2-2, Williams 2-3, Clark 2-4, Bertans 1-2, S.Johnson 1-2, Diallo 0-1, Davis 0-1, Randle 0-3). Fouled Out—Bender. Rebounds—Phoenix 48 (Melton 8), New Orleans 57 (Payton 13). Assists—Phoenix 31 (Booker 13), New Orleans 34 (Payton 16). Total Fouls—Phoenix 33, New Orleans 30. Technicals—Ayton 2, Oubre Jr., Payton, Randle, New Orleans coach Pelicans (Excess timeout). A—17,641 (16,867).

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PREGAME.COM LINENATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONTodayFAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOGat Sacramento 6½ 232½ ChicagoL.A. Lakers 4½ 220 at New Yorkat Miami 3½ 214½ Charlotteat Milwaukee 7 231 Philadelphiaat Detroit Off Off Torontoat Orlando 7½ 226½ Atlantaat Houston Off Off Minnesotaat L.A. Clippers 6 230½ Brooklyn

COLLEGE BASKETBALLTodayFAVORITE LINE UNDERDOGat Yale 4½ HarvardMichigan State 2 Michigan

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEToday

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINEat Colorado -245 New Jersey +225St. Louis -150 at Buffalo +140at Minnesota Off N.Y. Islanders Offat Dallas -205 Vancouver +185at Pittsburgh -160 Philadelphia +150Florida -109 at Anaheim -101at Vegas Off Edmonton OffUpdated odds available at Pregame.com

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALLAmerican LeagueCHICAGO WHITE SOX — Assigned RHP Juan Minaya outright to Charlotte (IL).CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Cody Anderson to Columbus (IL).LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned RHP John Curtiss and LHP Williams Jerez to Salt Lake (PCL).MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Tyler Duffey to Rochester (IL). Reassigned RHP Chase De Jong to minor league camp.NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned C Kyle Higashioka to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Released LHP Matt Marksberry and RHP Shane Watson.CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHPs Duane Underwood Jr., James Norwood and Rowan Wick to Iowa (PCL). Reassigned LHP Mike Zagurski; Cs Francisco Arcia and P.J. Higgins; RHPs Christian Bergman, Matt Carasiti, George Kontos and Dakota Mekkes; INFs Ryan Court, Phillip Evans, Trent Giambrone and Zack Short; and INF/OF Jim Adduci to minor league camp.COLORADO ROCKIES — Reassigned RHP Matt Pierpont, LHP Ben Bowden, C Dom Nunez and INFs Bret Boswell, Brian Mundell and Brendan Rodgers to minor league camp.NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHP Eric Hanhold to minor league camp.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned 3B Mitch Walding to Lehigh Valley (IL).ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Re-assigned LHP Hunter Cervenka, C Jeremy Martinez, INF Max Schrock and OF Randy Arozarena to minor league camp.

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OL Max Garcia to a one-year contract.ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with TE Logan Paulsen on a one-year contract.BUFFALO BILLS — Signed OL LaAdrian Waddle to a one-year contract.DENVER BRONCOS — Re-signed DL Zach Kerr to a two-year contract.DETROIT LIONS — Agreed to terms with CB Marcus Cooper on a one-year contract.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR Chris Conley and OT Cedric Ogbuehi.OAKLAND RAIDERS — Released OT Donald Penn.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Agreed to terms with OL Earl Watford.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueDALLAS STARS — Recalled G Colton Point from Idaho (ECHL) to Texas (AHL).LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed F Akil Thomas to a three-year contract.

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MEN’S BASKETBALLTHE AP TOP 25 RESULTSFriday’s GamesNo. 12 Florida State 69, No. 2 Virginia 59No. 5 Duke 74, No. 3 North Carolina 73No. 4 Kentucky 73, Alabama 55No. 6 Michigan State 77, Ohio State 70No. 8 Tennessee 83, Mississippi State 76Florida 76, No. 9 LSU 73No. 10 Michigan 74, Iowa 53No. 11 Houston 84, UConn 45Minnesota 75, No. 13 Purdue 73San Diego St. 64, No. 14 Nevada 56Iowa State 63, No. 15 Kansas State 59No. 17 Kansas 88, West Virginia 74No. 18 Buffalo 85, Central Michigan 81No. 19 Wisconsin 66, Nebraska 62No. 22 Auburn 73, South Carolina 64Seton Hall 81, No. 23 Marquette 79No. 24 Cincinnati 82, SMU 74No. 25 Villanova 71, Xavier 67, OTSaturday’s GamesNo. 8 Tennessee 82, No. 4 Kentucky 78No. 5 Duke vs. vs. No. 12 Florida State, late No. 6 Michigan State 67, No. 19 Wisconsin 55No. 10 Michigan 76, Minnesota 49No. 11 Houston 61, Memphis 58No. 17 Kansas vs. Iowa State 78, lateNo. 18 Buffalo 87, Bowling Green 73No. 22 Auburn 65, Florida 62No. 24 Cincinnati 66, Wichita State 63No. 25 Villanova 74, Seton Hall 72Today’s GamesSchedule TBD pased on tournament pairings

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTSAll times EasternAMERICA EAST CONFERENCEChampionshipSaturdayVermont 66, UMBC 49

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEAt Fedex Forum, Memphis, Tenn.QuarterfinalsFridayHouston 84, UConn 45Memphis 79, UCF 55Cincinnati 82, SMU 74Wichita St. 80, Temple 74SemifinalsTodayHouston 61, Memphis 58Cincinnati 66, Wichita State 63ChampionshipTodayHouston vs. Cincinnati, 3:15 p.m.

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCEAt The Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.SemifinalsFridayFlorida St. 69, Virginia 59Duke 74, North Carolina 73ChampionshipSaturdayFlorida State vs. Duke, late

ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCEChampionshipMarch 10Liberty 74, Lipscomb 68

ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCEAt The Barclays Center, New YorkQuarterfinalsFridayRhode Island 75, VCU 70St. Bonaventure 68, George Mason 57Davidson 70, Saint Joseph’s 60Saint Louis 64, Dayton 55SemifinalsSaturdaySt. Bonaventure 68, Rhode Island 51Saint Louis 67, Davidson 44ChampionshipTodaySt. Bonaventure vs. Saint Louis, 1 p.m.

BIG EAST CONFERENCEAt Madison Square Garden, New YorkSemifinalsFridayVillanova 71, Xavier 67, OTSeton Hall 81, Marquette 79ChampionshipSaturdayVillanova 74, Seton Hall 72

BIG SKY CONFERENCEAt CenturyLink Arena, Boise, IdahoSemifinalsFridayMontana 78, Weber St. 49E. Washington 77, S. Utah 61ChampionshipSaturdayMontana 68, E. Washington 62

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCEChampionshipMarch 10Gardner-Webb 76, Radford 65

BIG TEN CONFERENCE

At The United Center, ChicagoQuarterfinalsFridayMichigan State 77, Ohio State 70Wisconsin 66, Nebraska 62Minnesota 75, Purdue 73 Michigan 74, Iowa 53SemifinalsSaturdayMichigan State 67, Wisconsin 55Michigan 76, Minnesota 49ChampionshipTodayMichigan State vs. Michigan, 3:30 p.m.

BIG 12 CONFERENCEAt The Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.SemifinalsFridayIowa St. 63, Kansas St. 59Kansas 88, West Virginia 74ChampionshipSaturdayIowa St. 78, Kansas 66

BIG WEST CONFERENCEAt The Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif.SemifinalsFridayUC Irvine 75, Long Beach St. 67Cal St. Fullerton 64, UC Santa Barbara 58ChampionshipSaturdayUC Irvine vs. Cal State-Fullerton, late

COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONChampionshipMarch 12Northeastern 82, Hofstra 74

CONFERENCE USAAt Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, TexasSemifinalsFridayOld Dominion 61, UAB 59W. Kentucky 70, Southern Miss. 59ChampionshipSaturdayOld Dominion vs. Western Kentucky, late

HORIZON LEAGUEChampionshipMarch 12Northern Kentucky 77, Wright State 66

IVY LEAGUEAt Lee Amphitheater, New Haven, Conn.First RoundSaturdayHarvard 66, Pennsylvania 58Yale 83, Princeton 77ChampionshipTodayHarvard vs. Yale, noon

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCEChampionshipMarch 11Iona 81, Monmouth (NJ) 60

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCEAt Quicken Loans Arena, ClevelandSemifinalsFridayBuffalo 85, Central Michigan 81Bowling Green 71, N. Illinois 67ChampionshipSaturdayBuffalo 87, Bowling Green 73

MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEAt Scope Arena, Norfolk, Va.SemifinalsFridayNorfolk St. 75, Howard 69N.C. Central 65, N.C. A&T 63ChampionshipSaturdayN.C. Central 50, Norfolk State 47

MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCEChampionshipMarch 10Bradley 57, Northern Iowa 54

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCEAt The Thomas & Mack Center, Las VegasSemifinalsFridaySan Diego St. 64, Nevada 56Utah St. 85, Fresno St. 60ChampionshipSaturdayUtah St. 64, San Diego St. 57

NORTHEAST CONFERENCEChampionshipMarch 12Fairleigh Dickinson 85, Saint Francis (Pa.) 76

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCEChampionshipMarch 9Murray State 75, Belmont 65

PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCEAt T-Mobile Arena, Las VegasSemifinalsFridayWashington 66, Colorado 61Oregon 79, Arizona St. 75, OTChampionshipSaturdayWashington vs. Oregon, late

PATRIOT LEAGUEChampionshipMarch 11Colgate 94, Bucknell 80

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCEAt Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.QuarterfinalsFridayFlorida 76, LSU 73Auburn 73, South Carolina 64Kentucky 73, Alabama 55Tennessee 83, Mississippi St. 76SemifinalsSaturdayAuburn 65, Florida 62Tennessee 82, Kentucky 78ChampionshipTodayAuburn vs. Tennessee, 1 p.m.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCEChampionshipMarch 11Wofford 70, UNC-Greensboro 58

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCEAt The Merrell Center, Katy, TexasSemifinalsFridayNew Orleans 79, Sam Houston St. 76Abilene Christian 69, SE Louisiana 66ChampionshipSaturdayNew Orleans vs. Abilene Christian, late

SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEAt Bill Harris Arena, Birmingham, Ala.SemifinalsFridayPrairie View A&M 81, Grambling State 71Texas Southern 80, Alabama St. 66ChampionshipSaturdayPrairie View 92, Texas Southern 86

SUMMIT LEAGUEChampionshipMarch 12N. Dakota St. 73, Nebraska-Omaha 63

SUN BELT CONFERENCEAt Lakefront Arena, New OrleansThird RoundFridayTexas St. 79, South Alabama 67Georgia Southern 81, Louisiana-Monroe 67SemifinalsSaturdayGeorgia St. 59, Texas St. 46Texas-Arlington 67, Georgia Southern 58ChampionshipTodayGeorgia State vs. Texas-Arlington, 2 p.m.

WEST COAST CONFERENCEChampionshipMarch 12St. Mary’s (Calif.) 60, Gonzaga 47

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEAt Orleans Arena, Las Vegas

SemifinalsFridayNew Mexico St. 79, Texas-Rio Grande Valley 72Grand Canyon 78, Utah Valley 74ChampionshipSaturdayNew Mexico State vs. Grand Canyon, late

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLAP TOP 25 RESULTSFriday’s GamesNo. 21 Drake 86, Valparaiso 58No. 24 Rice 64, Western Kentucky 57Saturday’s GamesNo. 21 Drake 65, Illinois State 54No. 24 Rice 69, Middle Tennessee 54Today’s GamesTBD based on tournament pairings

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NHLAll times EasternEASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT PTS GF GAx-Tampa Bay 72 55 13 4 114 283 190Boston 72 43 20 9 95 216 185Toronto 72 43 24 5 91 259 216Washington 72 42 23 7 91 248 225N.Y. Islanders 71 41 23 7 89 203 171Pittsburgh 72 39 24 9 87 248 218Carolina 71 39 25 7 85 212 196Columbus 72 40 28 4 84 220 210Montreal 72 37 28 7 81 212 212Philadelphia 71 34 29 8 76 220 240Florida 71 32 27 12 76 232 239Buffalo 71 30 32 9 69 196 230N.Y. Rangers 71 28 30 13 69 200 236New Jersey 72 27 36 9 63 204 246Detroit 72 25 37 10 60 195 247Ottawa 72 25 41 6 56 213 263

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT PTS GF GACalgary 72 44 21 7 95 256 206San Jose 71 43 20 8 94 256 218Winnipeg 71 42 25 4 88 243 211Nashville 72 40 27 5 85 215 193Vegas 71 39 27 5 83 214 197St. Louis 71 37 27 7 81 204 194Dallas 71 37 29 5 79 179 175Arizona 71 36 30 5 77 193 197Minnesota 71 33 30 8 74 192 209Chicago 71 32 30 9 73 241 260Colorado 71 30 29 12 72 226 223Edmonton 70 31 32 7 69 198 229Vancouver 71 29 32 10 68 193 221Anaheim 73 29 35 9 67 170 225Los Angeles 71 25 38 8 58 168 227x-clinched playoff spot; 2 points for win, 1 point for overtime loss. Top 3 teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Friday’s GamesColumbus 3, Carolina 0Toronto 7, Philadelphia 6Vegas 2, Dallas 1Anaheim 5, Colorado 3Calgary 5, N.Y. Rangers 1New Jersey 3, Vancouver 2, SOSaturday’s GamesDetroit 2, N.Y. Islanders 1St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1Florida 4, Los Angeles 3Boston 2, Columbus 1, OTTampa Bay 6, Washington 3Carolina 4, Buffalo 2Chicago 2, Montreal 0Ottawa 6, Toronto 2Winnipeg 2, Calgary 1N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, lateEdmonton at Arizona, lateNashville at San Jose, lateToday’s GamesNew Jersey at Colorado, 3 p.m.St. Louis at Buffalo, 5 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 6 p.m.Vancouver at Dallas, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Florida at Anaheim, 9 p.m.Edmonton at Vegas, 10 p.m.Monday’s GamesArizona at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Vegas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

BLUES 5, PENGUINS 1ST. LOUIS 2 2 1 — 5PITTSBURGH 0 1 0 — 1First Period—1, St. Louis, Sundqvist 13 (Schwartz, Parayko), 4:56. 2, St. Louis, Dunn 10 (O’Reilly, Perron), 13:34. Penalties—Perron, STL, (slashing), 5:37; Bozak, STL, (interference), 8:08.Second Period—3, St. Louis, Maroon 6 (Bozak, Thomas), 1:31. 4, St. Louis, Bouwmeester 3 (Maroon, Sanford), 2:41. 5, Pittsburgh, Simon 8, 9:53. Penalties—Dunn, STL, (high sticking), 14:11; Simon, PIT, (slashing), 17:08.Third Period—6, St. Louis, Dunn 11 (Parayko, Thomas), 13:57 (pp). Penalties—Barbashev, STL, (interference), 10:09; Kessel, PIT, (high sticking), 13:02.Shots on Goal—St. Louis 11-9-6—26. Pittsburgh 13-10-18—41.Power-play opportunities—St. Louis 1 of 2; Pittsburgh 0 of 4.Goalies—St. Louis, Binnington 17-4-1 (41 shots-40 saves). Pittsburgh, DeSmith 15-11-5 (13-12), Murray 24-12-3 (13-9).A—18,641 (18,387). T—2:24.Referees—Jean Hebert, Brad Meier. Linesmen—David Brisebois, Ryan Gibbons.

RED WINGS 2, ISLANDERS 1N.Y. ISLANDERS 1 0 0 — 1DETROIT 1 1 0 — 2First Period—1, Detroit, Athanasiou 25 (DeKeyser), 2:59. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Lee 26 (Nelson, Toews), 10:18. Penalties—Witkowski, DET, (tripping), 8:14; N.Y. Islanders bench, served by Beauvillier (too many men on the ice), 12:02.Second Period—3, Detroit, Athanasiou 26 (Bertuzzi, DeKeyser), 9:57. Penalties—Barzal, NYI, (hooking), 11:07; Kronwall, DET, (hooking), 15:46.Third Period—None. Penalties—Clutterbuck, NYI, (high sticking), 18:29.Shots on Goal—N.Y. Islanders 16-14-12—42. Detroit 7-5-10—22.Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Islanders 0 of 2; Detroit 0 of 3.Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Greiss 21-12-2 (22 shots-20 saves). Detroit, Bernier 7-17-5 (42-41).A—19,515 (20,000). T—2:26.Referees—Pierre Lambert, Dan O’Rourke. Linesmen—Scott Cherrey, Scott Driscoll.

PANTHERS 4, KINGS 3FLORIDA 1 1 2 — 4LOS ANGELES 1 0 2 — 3First Period—1, Florida, Hoffman 33 (Borgstrom, Yandle), 4:10 (pp). 2, Los Angeles, D.Brown 18 (Doughty, Kopitar), 7:35 (pp). Penalties—D.Brown, LA, (tripping), 2:44; Barkov, FLA, (hooking), 6:51; Ekblad, FLA, (tripping), 14:30; Doughty, LA, (delay of game), 17:37.Second Period—3, Florida, Dadonov 23 (Matheson, Barkov), 4:04. Penalties—MacDermid, LA, Major (fighting), 2:25; J.Brown, FLA, Major (fighting), 2:25; Grundstrom, LA, (interference), 13:16; Los Angeles bench, served by Leipsic (too many men on the ice), 18:59.Third Period—4, Los Angeles, Leipsic 7 (Roy, Carter), 1:05. 5, Los Angeles, Kopitar 20 (Martinez, D.Brown), 9:44. 6, Florida, Dadonov 24 (Barkov, Huberdeau), 13:47. 7, Florida, Huberdeau 23 (Barkov, Dadonov), 18:04. Penalties—None.Shots on Goal—Florida 10-16-9—35. Los Angeles 10-9-8—27.Power-play opportunities—Florida 1 of 4; Los Angeles 1 of 2.Goalies—Florida, Montembeault 4-0-1 (27 shots-24 saves). Los Angeles, Quick 13-21-6 (35-31).A—18,022 (18,230). T—2:31.Referees—Brian Pochmara, Chris Schlenker. Linesmen—Shandor Alphonso, Trent Knorr.

BRUINS 2, BLUE JACKETS 1, OTCOLUMBUS 1 0 0 0 — 1BOSTON 1 0 0 1 — 2First Period—1, Boston, Bergeron 27 (Krejci, Marchand), 5:51 (pp). 2, Columbus, Duchene 30 (Savard, Nutivaara), 16:52. Penalties—Sedlak, CBJ, (interference), 5:24.

Second Period—None. Penalties—Coyle, BOS, (interference), 15:55.Third Period—None. Penalties—Dubois, CBJ, (tripping), 3:05.Overtime—3, Boston, Marchand 31 (Bergeron), 3:30. Penalties—None.Shots on Goal—Columbus 6-9-7-3—25. Boston 12-8-9-4—33.Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 1; Boston 1 of 2.Goalies—Columbus, Korpisalo 9-6-3 (33 shots-31 saves). Boston, Halak 19-10-4 (25-24).A—17,565 (17,565). T—2:34.Referees—Wes McCauley, Chris Rooney. Linesmen—Brian Murphy, Tim Nowak.

BLACKHAWKS 2, CANADIENS 0CHICAGO 0 1 1 — 2MONTREAL 0 0 0 — 0First Period—None. Penalties—Gustafsson, CHI, (tripping), 3:55.Second Period—1, Chicago, Murphy 4 (Strome, DeBrincat), 3:04. Penalties—Byron, MTL, (slashing), 7:56; Toews, CHI, (hooking), 9:13; Kahun, CHI, (hooking), 14:56; Domi, MTL, (high sticking), 16:48.Third Period—2, Chicago, Perlini 13 (DeBrincat, Koekkoek), 4:49. Penalties—Toews, CHI, (slashing), 0:36.Shots on Goal—Chicago 11-8-5—24. Montreal 13-17-18—48.Power-play opportunities—Chicago 0 of 2; Montreal 0 of 4.Goalies—Chicago, Crawford 12-15-2 (48 shots-48 saves). Montreal, Price 29-22-5 (24-22).A—21,302 (21,288). T—2:24.Referees—Eric Furlatt, Dean Morton. Linesmen—Steve Barton, Kory Nagy.

SENATORS 6, MAPLE LEAFS 2TORONTO 0 1 1 — 2OTTAWA 1 3 2 — 6First Period—1, Ottawa, Ceci 6 (Veronneau, Wolanin), 6:36. Penalties—None.Second Period—2, Ottawa, Gibbons 5 (DeMelo, Boedker), 6:48. 3, Toronto, Rielly 20 (Tavares), 12:33. 4, Ottawa, Paajarvi 8 (Tierney, Balcers), 13:51. 5, Ottawa, Paajarvi 9 (Borowiecki, Smith), 18:50. Penalties—Hyman, TOR, (holding), 2:30; Hainsey, TOR, (holding stick), 9:10; Marleau, TOR, (tripping), 14:12.Third Period—6, Toronto, Tavares 40 (Nylander, Matthews), 5:13 (pp). 7, Ottawa, Duclair 14 (Harpur, Smith), 8:36. 8, Ottawa, Lindberg 8 (Smith, Ceci), 14:21. Penalties—Borowiecki, OTT, (tripping), 3:27; Smith, OTT, (roughing), 3:27; Marleau, TOR, (slashing), 5:52; Balcers, OTT, (high sticking), 16:05.Shots on Goal—Toronto 10-9-18—37. Ottawa 17-13-14—44.Power-play opportunities—Toronto 1 of 3; Ottawa 0 of 4.Goalies—Toronto, Sparks 7-7-1 (44 shots-38 saves). Ottawa, Nilsson 13-17-1 (37-35).A—18,607 (18,572). T—2:25.Referees—Peter MacDougall, Ian Walsh. Linesmen—Matt MacPherson, Tony Sericolo.

LIGHTNING 6, CAPITALS 3WASHINGTON 1 1 1 — 3TAMPA BAY 3 0 3 — 6First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Johnson 26 (Kucherov, Point), 8:35. 2, Tampa Bay, Killorn 14, 10:33. 3, Washington, Carlson 12 (Kuznetsov), 12:06. 4, Tampa Bay, Killorn 15 (Joseph, Cirelli), 15:56. Penalties—Palat, TB, (high sticking), 17:13; Wilson, WSH, (hook-ing), 18:41; Connolly, WSH, (holding), 18:53.Second Period—5, Washington, Ovechkin 47 (Oshie, Carlson), 7:33 (pp). Penalties—Kucherov, TB, (interference), 5:59; Kuznetsov, WSH, (slashing), 14:42; McDonagh, TB, (roughing), 18:49.Third Period—6, Tampa Bay, Cernak 4 (McDonagh, Palat), 2:45. 7, Washington, Ovechkin 48 (Connolly, Orlov), 12:56. 8, Tampa Bay, Killorn 16 (Kucherov), 19:13. 9, Tampa Bay, Gourde 19 (Erne, Hedman), 19:58. Penalties—Niskanen, WSH, (holding), 4:10; Palat, TB, (tripping), 14:22; Cernak, TB, Misconduct (misconduct), 19:46; Wilson, WSH, Misconduct (misconduct), 19:46.Shots on Goal—Washington 9-13-11—33. Tampa Bay 16-5-14—35.Power-play opportunities—Washington 1 of 4; Tampa Bay 0 of 4.Goalies—Washington, Holtby 27-18-4 (33 shots-29 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 34-8-4 (33-30).A—19,092 (19,092). Referees—Kendrick Nicholson, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen—Derek Amell, Greg Devorski.

AHLFriday’s GamesCharlotte 4, Rochester 1Laval 3, Belleville 2, SORockford 3, Grand Rapids 2Springfield 2, Utica 1, OTSyracuse 3, Hartford 2Toronto 5, Hershey 4, OTProvidence 5, Lehigh Valley 3Cleveland 3, Chicago 2Iowa 6, San Antonio 3Texas 5, Manitoba 4, OTTucson 3, Stockton 1Saturday’s GamesColorado 3, San Jose 2Charlotte 3, Rochester 1Binghamton at Syracuse, lateBridgeport at Hershey, lateCleveland at Rockford, lateGrand Rapids at Milwaukee, lateHartford at Utica, lateLaval at Belleville, lateProvidence at WB/Scranton, lateToronto at Lehigh Valley, lateSan Antonio at Chicago, lateTucson at Stockton, lateOntario at Bakersfield, lateToday’s GamesSan Diego at Manitoba, 3 p.m.Toronto at WB/Scranton, 3:05 p.m.Springfield at Bridgeport, 5 p.m.Texas at Rockford, 5 p.m.Colorado at San Jose, 6 p.m.Monday’s GamesNone scheduled

ECHLFriday’s GamesReading 5, Indy 2Adirondack 4, Newfoundland 1Worcester 5, Manchester 2Norfolk 6, South Carolina 3Toledo 4, Kalamazoo 3Cincinnati 5, Wheeling 1Florida 2, Atlanta 1, SOKansas City 3, Wichita 2Saturday’s GamesFort Wayne 4, Brampton 1Indy at Reading, lateIdaho at Orlando, lateNewfoundland at Adirondack, lateFlorida at South Carolina, lateMaine at Worcester, lateWheeling at Toledo, lateKalamazoo at Cincinnati, lateTulsa at Kansas City, lateRapid City at Utah, lateToday’s GamesFort Wayne at Brampton, 2 p.m.Toledo at Kalamazoo, 3 p.m.Jacksonville at Greenville, 3 p.m.Reading at Adirondack, 3 p.m.Newfoundland at Maine, 3 p.m.Norfolk at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m.Florida at South Carolina, 3:05 p.m.Manchester at Worcester, 3:05 p.m.Wichita at Allen, 5:05 p.m.Idaho at Orlando, 5:30 p.m.Monday’s GameRapid City at Utah, 9:05 p.m.

PRO FOOTBALL

ALLIANCE OF AMERICAN FOOTBALLAll times EasternEASTERN CONFERENCE W L T PCT. PF PAOrlando 5 0 0 1.000 149 77Birmingham 3 2 0 .600 91 64Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 67 123Memphis 1 5 0 .167 90 135

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T PCT. PF PASan Antonio 3 2 0 .600 96 110San Diego 3 2 0 .600 111 89Arizona 2 3 0 .400 109 106Salt Lake 2 4 0 .333 112 121

Saturday’s GamesSalt Lake 22, Memphis 9Arizona at Orlando, lateToday’s GamesSan Antonio at Atlanta, 4 p.m.Birmingham at San Diego, 8 p.m.

GOLF

PGA TOURPLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPSaturday’s leaders at TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.Purse: $12.5 million. Yardage: 7,189; Par: 72 (36-36) Third RoundJon Rahm 69-68-64—201Tommy Fleetwood 65-67-70—202Rory McIlroy 67-65-70—202Jason Day 70-66-68—204Abraham Ancer 69-66-70—205Ollie Schniederjans 71-70-65—206Brandt Snedeker 69-72-65—206Keegan Bradley 65-73-68—206Dustin Johnson 69-68-69—206Brian Harman 66-69-71—206Jim Furyk 71-64-71—206Joel Dahmen 69-71-67—207Patrick Reed 69-69-69—207Adam Scott 70-69-68—207Kevin Kisner 68-68-71—207Jhonattan Vegas 72-69-67—208Eddie Pepperell 72-68-68—208Justin Rose 74-66-68—208Tony Finau 69-71-68—208Bryson DeChambeau 70-69-69—208Vaughn Taylor 67-70-71—208Hideki Matsuyama 71-72-66—209Rickie Fowler 74-67-68—209Corey Conners 72-70-68—210Ryan Moore 67-74-69—210Tom Hoge 69-71-70—210Lucas Bjerregaard 70-70-70—210Webb Simpson 70-70-70—210Byeong Hun An 66-71-73—210J.T. Poston 68-69-73—210Ian Poulter 69-66-75—210Brian Gay 76-67-68—211Richy Werenski 72-71-68—211Nick Taylor 73-69-69—211Matt Kuchar 69-70-72—211Russell Knox 70-68-73—211Rory Sabbatini 68-69-74—211Keith Mitchell 71-65-75—211Matt Wallace 69-73-70—212Michael Thompson 69-71-72—212Billy Horschel 69-70-73—212Luke List 69-68-75—212Justin Thomas 71-72-70—213Bubba Watson 72-71-70—213Daniel Berger 75-68-70—213Denny McCarthy 69-72-72—213Matthew Fitzpatrick 70-71-72—213Tiger Woods 70-71-72—213Si Woo Kim 73-68-72—213Brice Garnett 71-69-73—213Martin Kaymer 71-69-73—213Sergio Garcia 69-70-74—213Sung Kang 73-66-74—213Kelly Kraft 73-70-71—214Scott Piercy 74-68-72—214Francesco Molinari 72-70-72—214Martin Trainer 73-69-72—214Seamus Power 74-67-73—214Gary Woodland 72-69-73—214Andrew Landry 73-68-73—214Charles Howell III 69-70-75—214Chris Kirk 74-69-72—215Branden Grace 73-70-72—215Cameron Smith 72-70-73—215Emiliano Grillo 70-72-73—215Jason Kokrak 73-68-74—215Thorbjørn Olesen 70-69-76—215Bud Cauley 69-70-76—215Louis Oosthuizen 73-70-73—216Brooks Koepka 72-71-73—216Jimmy Walker 75-68-73—216C.T. Pan 72-70-74—216Scott Langley 69-72-75—216Made the cut But did not Finish Jason Dufner 70-73-74—217Anirban Lahiri 70-71-76—217Tyler Duncan 70-71-76—217Patrick Rodgers 72-70-76—218Kevin Na 71-70-78—219Adam Long 71-72-77—220Patton Kizzire 71-70-79—220

EUROPEAN TOURKENYA OPENSaturday’s leaders at Karen CC, Nairobi, Kenya.Purse: $1.24 million. Yardage: 6,922; Par: 71 (35-36)Third RoundGuido Migliozzi, Italy 67-68-64—199Adri Arnaus, Spain 66-68-65—199Louis de Jager, South Africa 64-66-70—200Kalle Samooja, Finland 70-67-64—201Gaganjeet Bhullar, India 65-70-66—201Liam Johnston, Scotland 67-69-67—203Justin Harding, South Africa 70-65-68—203Jack Singh Brar, England 64-70-69—203Cormac Sharvin, Northern Ireland 69-71-65—205George Coetzee, South Africa 72-66-67—205Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa 67-73-66—206Romain Langasque, France 67-70-69—206Josh Geary, New Zealand 67-73-67—207Anton Karlsson, Sweden 69-70-68—207Aaron Cockerill, Canada 69-68-70—207Christopher Blomstrand, Sweden 70-72-66—208Chikkarangappa S, India 70-69-69—208Oliver Wilson, England 72-70-67—209Johannes Veerman, U.S. 76-65-68—209Michael Hoey, Northern Ireland 66-74-69—209Marcel Schneider, Germany 70-69-70—209AlsoDavid Cooke, United States 70-71-69—210Sean Crocker, United States 72-71-68—211John Catlin, United States 71-71-71—213

AUTO RACING

NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY CUPAUTO CLUB 400 LINEUPAfter Friday’s qualifying, race today, at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.(Car number in parentheses)Note: No one completed a lap in final round of qualifying1. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 0.000 mph.2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 0.000.3. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 0.000.4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 0.000.5. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 0.000.6. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 0.000.7. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford, 0.000.8. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 0.000.9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 0.000.10. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 0.000.11. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 0.000.12. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 0.00013. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 178.006.14. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 177.817.15. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 177.756.16. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 177.677.17. (8) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 177.580.18. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 177.384.19. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 177.283.20. (41) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 177.253.21. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 177.148.22. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 176.761.23. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 175.008.24. (95) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 173.507.25. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 177.629.26. (47) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 177.462.27. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 177.427.28. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 177.052.29. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 176.151.30. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 175.863.31. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 174.936.32. (36) Matt Tifft, Ford, 174.825.33. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 173.913.34. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 172.476.35. (27) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 169.643.36. (52) BJ McLeod, Ford, 168.401.37. (77) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 168.201.38. (66) Joey Gase, Toyota, 165.445.

NASCAR XFINITYPRODUCTION ALLIANCE GROUP 300Saturday at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.Lap length: 2 miles(Starting position in parentheses)1. (3) Cole Custer, Ford, 150.2. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 150.3. (4) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 150.4. (1) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 150.5. (6) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 150.


By DOUG FERGUSONAP GOLF WRITER

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, — Jon Rahm felt like every shot would be good and most of them were Saturday as he posted an 8-under 64 and built a one-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood in The Players Championship.

Five shots behind going into the third round, Rahm shot 30 on the back nine at the TPC Sawgrass and surged into the lead when McIlroy and Fleetwood couldn’t keep pace. His only bogey was on the sixth hole, and even that landed next to the pin until running over the back.

“Didn’t miss many shots out there,” Rahm said. “Really, really confident with my irons. Every time I stepped up, I felt like I was going to hit a good shot.”

There were too many to single out for the 24-year-old Spaniard, who was at

15-under 201.McIlroy and Fleetwood

struggled from the start and both eventually recovered, McIlroy sooner than Fleetwood.

McIlroy muffed a chip and had to scramble for bogey on the opening hole, hit a chip over the green on the par-5 second hole and turned potential birdie into bogey, and that was as bad as it got. He still was under par at the turn by running off three birdies, including a 4-iron to a foot on the hardest par 3 on the course at No. 8.

But after a two-putt birdie on the par-5 11th, McIlroy’s chances dried up. Even on the par-5 16th, he tried a low runner out of the pine trees and it came out so hot that it ran through the green and into the water.

Even so, he was bogey-free over the last 16 holes and shot 70. And he can at least avoid questions about winning

from the final group, something McIlroy hasn’t done in his last nine occasions.

Fleetwood missed a 30-inch putt on the opening hole and took double bogey, and he fell three shots behind through seven holes. He holed a 30-foot birdie putt on No. 8 after McIlroy tapped in for his birdie, and then picked up four birdies where they were available for his 70.

“It was just a grind,” he said. “I’m glad I showed the strength mentally more than anything.”

Jason Day had a 68 and was three shots behind.

Tiger Woods was five shots better on the par-3 17th — a quadruple bogey on Friday, a 2-foot birdie putt on Saturday — but still started so slowly that even a late run of birdies was only good for a 72. He was 12 shots behind.

Five players were

within five shots of Rahm. That group includ-ed Brandt Snedeker (65) and Keegan Bradley (68), and Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 player in the world who played the par 5s at even and still shot a 69.

Rahm, who already has six worldwide victories in just short of three years as a pro, was still lagging behind when he made the turn, and then quickly moved to the top. After a short birdie on the 10th, he hit 4-iron from 243 yards to 3 feet on a front left pin at the par-5 11th for an eagle. He hit the right shot on the par-3 13th, with the pin below a ridge near the water, into 3 feet for another birdie.

His 64 was about as high as it could have been. He two-putted from just inside 15 feet for a birdie on the 16th, and he had another birdie chance from about that range on the 18th that would have tied the course record.

Rahm storms from five back to take lead24-year-old surges into one-shot lead over Fleetwood, McIlroy after 8-under 64 round

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Jon Rahm takes a one-shot lead over Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy into the final round of The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach.

By BETH HARRISAP SPORTS WRITER

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Dominic Thiem outlasted Milos Raonic 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the BNP Paribas Open final after Roger Federer advanced when Rafael Nadal withdrew because of a knee injury.

A somber Nadal announced his withdrawal a couple hours before he was scheduled to take the court at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

“I warm up today in the morning, and I felt that my knee was not enough good to compete at the level that I need to compete,” he said.

Federer was warming up on another court at the same time as Nadal and figured the match was on. However, Nadal soon texted him it wasn’t going to happen.

“It’s a big letdown,” said Federer, who came on court in

khaki shorts and a gray cardi-gan to address fans. “I know the anticipation is there from the crowd and also us players. I’m excited to be in the finals but not this way.”

The 32-year-old Spaniard’s right knee flared up in the second set of his 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) victory over Karen Khachanov on Friday in the quarterfinals. He twice called for a trainer, who applied tape just below Nadal’s knee. It was obvious that Nadal’s movement was hampered.

Nadal said he won’t play again until the Monte-Carlo Masters on clay in mid-April.

“I don’t have doubts today that I will be ready for Monte Carlo,” he said.

It would have been the 39th career meeting between Nadal and Federer, who seeks a record sixth title at Indian Wells and the 101st in his career on Sunday.

“I know every one we have now could be our last,” Federer

said. “It’s a special rivalry, maybe the most special with Rafa and Novak (Djokovic).”

Sunday’s women’s final features 18-year-old Canadian wild-card Bianca Andreescu against two-time major cham-pion Angelique Kerber.

Thiem reached the semifinals via walkover after Gael Monfils withdrew from their quarterfi-nal with a strained left Achilles.

Against Raonic, Thiem earned the only break of the third set in the fifth game. He led 5-3 and served it out, winning on his second match point with a backhand volley.

“The only break point I had to save was in the last game, and that was what I wanted to do, to play my service games well and not let him have too many chances,” Thiem said.

Thiem and Federer have split their four previous meetings, with only one going three sets. Federer won the last time they played at the ATP Finals in London in November.

“It’s always something special to play him,” he said.

Thiem has never won a Masters 1000 title, losing in two previous finals.

Knee problems have dogged Nadal for years, and they cut short his 2018 season after the U.S. Open in September. He was forced to quit two sets into his semifinal against Juan Martin del Potro.

Nadal choked up discussing his withdrawal last fall, and he appeared near tears on Saturday.

He admitted that he some-times is sad because he feels at a disadvantage against his opponents due to his contin-ued knee issues that force him to limit his practice and playing time.

Then he gathered himself, saying, “It’s not the moment to complain much. With all this stuff, I still where I am today.”

The year began promisingly enough. Nadal didn’t drop a set in reaching his fifth Australian

Open final, where he lost to Djokovic. He’s ranked No. 2 in the world and has a match record of 11-2.

“Still tough because I felt more or less OK during this beginning of the season in terms of my knee,” he said.

“Now it starts the process that I have to decide what direction we have to take to recover well and to recover as soon as possible.”

Even with all of his injuries, Nadal indicated he has no intention of giving up playing on hard courts, the surface for two of the four Grand Slam events.

“My goal is to play on all the surfaces,” he said.

With time to fill before the women’s and men’s doubles finals, Djokovic and Pete Sampras teamed for a one-set doubles match against John McEnroe and tournament di-rector Tommy Haas. Comedian Jon Lovitz served as chair umpire.

Nadal bows out with knee injury, Thiem tops Raonic TENNIS: BNP Paribas Open

PGA TOUR: The Players Championship

By ALLEN MOODYHIGHLANDS SUN EDITOR

SEBRING — It was a three-way battle between Cadillacs over the final five hours of the 67th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts. But when the checkered flag was waved it was the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi of Felipe Nasr, Eric Curran and Pipo Derani that claimed the victory.

“We finished second here a couple of times in the Whelen cars,” Curran said. “It feels amazing to finally win it.”

The No. 5 Mustang Sampling, No. 10 Konica Minolta and the No. 31 Whelen Engineering cars took turns up front over the final five hours of the race. The Whelen Engineering Cadillac spent much of the final hour in front but saw its eight-second lead cut to three seconds following the final pit stop for both cars.

Nasr responded with his best lap of the race to give the team a little breathing room, but the No. 96 Turner Motorsports BMW

suffered a suspension issue with 15 minutes to bring out a yellow and make it a final sprint to the finish and Nasr was able to fend off Jordan Taylor in the Konica Minolta Cadillac. The No. 5 Mustang Sampling entry placed third.

The two-car LMP2 class came down to the last lap in Friday’s qualifying session, but things weren’t quite as intense during the race. A suspension issue sent the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen car behind the wall for 45 minutes less than three hours into the race, allowing the No. 38 Performance Tech to cruise to an easy victory with drivers Kyle Masson and Cameron Cassels.

In GTLM, the No. 911 Porsche RSR of Nick Tandy, Patrick Pilet and Frederic Makowiecki inherited the lead with 35 minutes remaining after the class-leading No. 3 Corvette Racing C7.R made its final pit stop, with the No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Ford GT in hot pursuit. Ryan Briscoe in the No. 67 Ford GT tried to make a pass of a GTD car after the final restart and lost

second place to his teammate Joey Hand in the No. 66 Ford GT and the No. 3 Corvette Racing team placed third, one night after competing in the World Endurance Championship’s 1000 Miles of Sebring.

The GTD class was the

typical dogfight, with eight cars separated by less than a minute with 45 minutes left in the race, but it was the Lamborghinis of GRT Grasser Racing and Magnus Racing that put a 20-second gap over the rest of the field in the

final hour. Andy Lally in the Magnus Lamborghini Huracan kept the pres-sure on Mirko Bortolotti the final hour, but was never able to get by and had to settle for second place.

The No. 63 WeatherTech Ferrari

rounded out the podium with a third-place finish.

The race began under a yellow flag due to wet track conditions and finally went green 41 minutes after the start and four cars spun out on the track in the first 36 minutes of green racing.

Whelen Engineering wins battle of Cadillacs

SUN PHOTO BY ALLEN MOODY

The victorious No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi races in Saturday’s 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway.

AUTO RACING: 12 Hours of Sebring


KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Something about the Big 12 Tournament brings out the best in Iowa State.

The fifth-seeded Cyclones raced to a big early lead against No. 17 Kansas, then leaned on some balanced scoring and enough stops down the stretch to beat the Jayhawks 78-66 on Saturday night and remain unbeaten in five championship game appearances.

Lindell Wigginton had 17 points, Marial Shayok had 15 and Michael Jacobson 14 for the Cyclones (23-11). They became the lowest-seeded team ever to win the confer-ence tournament and improved to 2-0 against Kansas (25-9) in the finals.

Dedric Lawson had 18 points and Devon Dotson added 17 for the third-seeded Jayhawks, whose last chance to win some hardware will be the NCAA Tournament. Their run of 14 consecutive regular-season crowns ended last weekend, and they failed to defend their Big 12 Tournament title.

Meanwhile, the Cyclones made a tremendous about-face during their stay in Kansas City. They arrived having lost five of their last six regu-lar-season games, and looked rudderless in losses to Texas and lowly West Virginia. But be-ginning with a blowout of Baylor and continu-ing with a quarterfinal win over regular-season champ Kansas State, the Cyclones found their stride.

NO. 8 TENNESSEE 82, NO. 4

KENTUCKY 78NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) — Lamonte’ Turner hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds left and Tennessee rallied to beat Kentucky in a Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinal thriller.

Tennessee (29-4) trailed by eight with less than three minutes left before rallying to move a step closer to its first SEC Tournament title since 1979. The third-seeded Volunteers will face No. 22 Auburn (25-9) on Sunday.

Tennessee had an 11-2 run to take a 75-74 lead on a Grant Williams 3-pointer from in front of the Vols’ bench with 1:31 left. Kentucky (27-6) went back ahead with 1:06 left on PJ Washington’s putback.

Admiral Schofield missed a 3-pointer on Tennessee’s next posses-sion, but Williams got the rebound and called a timeout with 38.5 seconds left. The Vols worked the ball to Turner for the 3-pointer from behind the top of the key.

Washington missed a shot from right around the basket and then missed a putback attempt in the last 15 seconds left. Tennessee’s Jordan Bone got the rebound, was fouled and made two free throws to put Tennessee ahead 80-76 with 10.9 seconds left. Ashton Hagans made a driving layup to cut the lead to 80-78 with four seconds remaining, but Bone sank two more free throws with 2.4 seconds left.

Schofield scored 21 points, Williams had 20 and Bone added 18 for Tennessee. Washington

scored 16 points for Kentucky.

NO. 6 MICHIGAN STATE 67, NO. 19 WISCONSIN 55

CHICAGO (AP) — Cassius Winston scored 21 points and Kenny Goins keyed Michigan State’s fast start, help-ing the Spartans beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten semifinals.

Seeking their sixth Big Ten tourney title, the Spartans (27-6) will face No. 10 Michigan in the final.

Winston, the Big Ten Player of the Year, went 9 for 17 from the field and had six assists.

Goins, Aaron Henry and Xavier Tillman led a dominant rebounding effort to help Michigan State beat Wisconsin (23-10) for the seventh straight time. Goins had 13 points, 12 rebounds and two blocked shots, and Henry had a ca-reer-high 11 rebounds. Ethan Happ had 20 points, six rebounds and four blocks for Wisconsin.

NO. 10 MICHIGAN 76, MINNESOTA 49

CHICAGO (AP) — Isaiah Livers scored a career-high 21 points and Michigan closed in on a record third straight Big Ten Tournament championship.

Zavier Simpson added 15 points and nine assists to help Michigan (28-5) win its 10th straight Big Ten Tournament game — the conference’s longest streak.

Amir Coffey had 14 points for Minnesota (21-13).

NO. 11 HOUSTON 61, MEMPHIS 58MEMPHIS, Tenn.

(AP) — Corey Davis Jr. scored 17 points and Houston weathered a late Memphis rally in the American Athletic Conference semifinals.

Top-seeded Houston will face No. 24 Cincinnati in the title game.

Jeremiah Martin led Memphis (21-13). On Memphis’ final posses-sion, Tyler Harris missed a 3-pointer, then at-tempted a final one that was blocked by Fabian White as time expired.

NO. 24 CINCINNATI 66, WICHITA STATE

63MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)

— Nysier Brooks scored

13 points and Cane Broome hit the go-ahead layup with 23.5 seconds left to lift Cincinnati past Wichita State in the American Athletic Conference semifinals.

Tre Scott add-ed 12 points and eight rebounds for Cincinnati (27-6). Jarron Cumberland, the confer-ence player of the year was limited to 11 points on 3-of-16 shooting. Markis McDuffie had 18 for the Shockers (19-14).

NO. 25 VILLANOVA 74, SETON HALL 72NEW YORK (AP) —

Villanova became the first team to win three consecutive Big East Tournaments, beating Seton Hall behind seniors Eric Paschall

and Phil Booth and key contributions from freshman Saddiq Bey.

Seton Hall star Myles Powell, guarded closely by Booth, missed a 3-pointer in the closing seconds that could have won it. Booth was called for traveling as he tried to corral the rebound, however, and the Pirates got one more chance with 0.4 seconds left. Anthony Nelson’s long inbounds pass bounced off the backboard and was slapped away by the Wildcats (25-9).

Paschall had 17 points and eight rebounds, and Booth scored 16 points and was selected most outstanding player of the tournament. Bey had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Powell scored 25 points for the Pirates (20-13).

Iowa State beats No. 17 Kansas 78-66 for Big 12 title

AP PHOTO

Kansas forward Dedric Lawson is fouled by Iowa State forward Michael Jacobson during the second half of in the finals of the Big 12 men’s tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday.

By TERESA M. WALKERAP SPORTS WRITER

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Auburn Tigers are stringing together some impressive accomplish-ments with coach Bruce Pearl. Now they have a chance at something particularly special before the NCAA Tournament.

Jared Harper hit a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left as No. 22 Auburn held off Florida 65-62 Saturday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship for the first time since 2000.

Auburn (25-9) came in as the fifth-seeded team after sharing the SEC regular-season title a year ago, and now the Tigers will play No. 8 Tennessee, an 82-78 winner over No. 4 Kentucky, on Sunday, looking for their second tournament champi-onship and first since 1985. The title game also will give them a chance to burnish their NCAA Tournament seeding.

“There’s a difference between having a Top 25 team and having a Top 25 program,” Pearl said. “The more we win, the more we have both.”

Florida (19-15) may have needed one more upset after knocking off regular-season champ LSU in the quarterfinals to earn their at-large NCAA berth.

“We’re just trying to stay hopeful,” Gators se-nior Kevarrius Hayes said. “It’s up to the selection committee and what they

decide.”This game felt much

more like a consolation prize and warm-up to the other semifinal, with some of the biggest cheers coming on a reminder that Kentucky-Tennessee was up next.

Auburn and Florida did their best to put on a good show with lots of shooting, and the Gators putting on a clinic in precision to keep pace with the Tigers’ offense. The Gators turned in their best shooting perfor-mance of the season (60.5 percent) on their fewest shot attempts of the year (38). Florida also dominated on the boards (32-17).

“It’s really hard to look at that stat sheet and ex-plain an Auburn victory,” Pearl said.

When Hayes dunked with 1:11 left to pull Florida within 61-60, that set up a frantic finish.

Auburn’s fourth and final turnover came with 57 seconds left when Chuma Okeke was too slow getting the ball across midcourt. Keyontae Johnson missed for Florida, and Harper answered with a 3 — his lone made basket of the second half. Jalen Hudson drove for a layup with 7.4 seconds to go, then Harper hit one of two free throws with 6.2 seconds left.

Johnson rebounded the missed free throw, got the ball to Hudson, who passed to Andrew Nembhard, who upset

No. 9 LSU in the quar-terfinals by hitting a 3 with a second left. Auburn watched the end of that game. That’s why three Tigers surrounded Nembhard, and his shot came up well short and drew no foul call before the buzzer.

Pearl wanted Bryce Brown to foul quickly,

and the Auburn senior said it was a mental lapse on his part. Replays show Brown appeared to grab at Nembhard’s left arm, but the guard said he felt he got the ball.

“Whether they fouled me or not, it doesn’t re-ally matter at this point,” Nembhard said.

Pearl said officials

didn’t call a foul whether Nembhard was tied up cleanly or had some contact.

“We were fortunate,” Pearl said.

Harper finished with 20 points, 17 of those in the first half. Bryce Brown scored all 11 in the second half.

“I thought Jared

Harper was amazing,” Florida coach Mike White said. “I thought that we made a few defensive mistakes, but we were pretty good defensively. They’re that good offensively.”

Hayes and Hudson each had 16 points to lead Florida, which led 34-30 at halftime.

No. 22 Auburn reaches SEC tourney final, downs FloridaJared Harper hit a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left as Auburn held off Florida 65-62

to reach the SEC championship for the first time since 2000

AP PHOTO

Auburn guard J’Von McCormick drives against Florida guard KeVaughn Allen in the second half at the Southeastern Conference tournament Saturday, in Nashville, Tenn. Auburn won 65-62.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: No. 22 Auburn 65, Florida 62


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By GREG BEACHAMAP SPORTS WRITER

FONTANA, Calif. — Cole Custer held off Kyle Busch to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday, preventing Busch from tying Richard Petty’s record with his 200th career victory across NASCAR’s three major series.

The 21-year-old Custer capitalized when a disastrous pit stop dropped Busch to 14th place with 33 laps to go in a race Busch had dominated up to that point.

Although Busch charged back through the field, he couldn’t catch up to Custer, who drove his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to his third career Xfinity victory on his home track.

Busch missed his first chance to match Petty’s hallowed mark, but he’ll get another when he competes in the Cup Series race at Fontana on Sunday.

“Kyle, he’s got to be one of the legends of our sport,” Custer said. “To keep him (waiting) one more race for that 200th win is pretty great. I know he’s probably pretty frustrated, though.”

Custer is from Ladera Ranch, an affluent coastal community in Orange County about 55 miles south of Fontana.

The son of veteran racing executive Joe Custer earned his fifth overall victory across NASCAR’s three major series — just 194 fewer than the 33-year-old Busch.

“It’s a hometown race for our entire team, so I’m pretty pumped,” Custer said. “It means a ton.”

Cup regular drivers had won 23 consecutive Xfinity series races at

Fontana since 2002, but Custer broke the streak at the expense of Busch, who led 98 of the 150 laps.

“Just a lack of grip there at the end,” Busch said. “We just didn’t have the speed we needed to keep up with (Custer).”

Christopher Bell was third.Busch clearly was the class of the

Fontana field under serious gusting winds on the weathered 2-mile asphalt track one hour east of Los Angeles.

He led each of the first two stages and was cruising toward his land-mark win — but he lost seven spots of track position when his crew had a painfully slow pit stop with 35 laps to go, apparently making a mistake with the jack.

Busch’s team was then hit with a penalty for an uncontrolled tire, pushing Busch back to 14th when the race resumed.

He moved up to second with 15 laps to go, but he just couldn’t catch Custer.

“I felt like we were honestly pretty good,” Custer said.

“It was just a matter of getting the track position and getting a tick better, and I think we accomplished all of that.”

Busch started second and took the lead with a side draft on the opening lap of the Xfinity race on Saturday, and he only briefly gave back the lead before reclaiming it and finishing the first stage in front by a healthy 5 seconds.

He also led after the second stage, and he stayed in front under pressure from Tyler Reddick before the field slowed up in two cautions, leading to the decisive pit stop.

Custer takes advantage of Busch pit stop in FontanaKyle Busch stilll one win from tying Petty’s win

mark after disappointing Xfinity finish Saturday

NASCAR

CLEARWATER(AP) — A day after a fastball bruised his right ankle, Phillies slugger Bryce Harper said he’s not concerned about being ready for opening day.

“As of right now, no,” Harper said Saturday.

“I was a little sore. Just trying to keep the swelling out, things like that.”

X-rays were negative and Harper was listed as day to day. He was struck by a 96 mph fast-ball from Toronto rookie Trent Thornton.Harper sat out Saturday’s exhi-bition against Houston.

“The first time I really got hit on the ankle bone,” Harper said.

He’s 0 for 5 in 10 plate appearances.

ASTROS 13, PHILLIES 5

Michael Brantley had three RBI singles for Houston. Carlos Correa doubled, singled and scored twice. Brad Peacock got the start, pitching four innings and allowing two runs.

JT Realmuto hit his third home run and added two singles for Philadelphia. Aaron Nola made his third start, pitching 2 2/3 innings and giving up two runs.

RED SOX 6, BRAVES 1

Chris Sale made his

spring debut for Boston, striking out seven in four scoreless innings. AL MVP Mookie Betts hit his first home run and singled. Jackie Bradley Jr. had an RBI double and stole a base.

Kyle Wright made his fourth start for Atlanta, pitching four innings and permitting two runs.

YANKEES 17, BLUE JAYS (SS) 7

Aaron Judge hit his spring training-leading sixth home run, foiling Toronto’s four-man outfield with a drive into the players’ parking lot. Gleyber Torres also homered for New York. J.A. Happ started, pitch-ing three innings and allowing three runs.

Yankees outfield prospect Estevan Florial broke his right wrist when he ran into the wall.

Kendrys Morales hit his first home run and Justin Smoak added his third homer for Toronto’s split squad. Bo Bichette had a double and single, stealing his second base and raising his average to .441.

ORIOLES 4, BLUE JAYS (SS)

3Prospect Austin Hays

hit his fifth home run for Baltimore. Alex Cobb made his third start,

pitching five innings and giving up three runs while striking out eight.

Sam Gaviglio made his second start for Toronto’s split squad, allowing two runs in 3 2/3 innings.

CARDINALS 8, NATIONALS 5

Max Scherzer struck out nine for Washington, pitching six innings and allowing one run and four hits. Closer Sean Doolittle retired just two batters, giving up five runs on four hits.

Nolan Gorman, an 18-year-old ranked as the second-best pros-pect for St. Louis, hit his first home run. The 2018 first round draft pick connected off Kyle Barraclough. Andrew Knizner hit a two-out, three-run homer to cap a five-run ninth off Doolittle.

MARLINS 11, METS 6

Pedro Alvarez hit his first two homers for Miami, driving in five runs and scoring three. Miguel Rojas had an RBI double and two singles, raising his average to .517. Sandy Alcantara surrendered six runs on nine hits, pitching 3 1/3 innings.

Robinson Cano had a double and two singles, boosting his average to .457 for New York.

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