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State seeing ‘decrease in cases’

For the second day in a row, there were fewer than 500 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Pennsylvania in Tuesday’s Department of Health update.

Although reports collected on weekends have shown lower numbers due to reduced test-ing, the new-case report hasn’t been under 500 since March 25 – which was also the day the state’s total COVID-19 cases first topped 1,000.

There are now 68,637 total confirmed cases in Pennsylva-nia, including 451 additional positives reported Tuesday. The report added 13 new deaths, pushing the state total to 5,152 virus fatalities.

There were no additional cases or deaths reported in local counties.

Current totals are 57 cases and two deaths in Cambria County, 37 cases and no deaths in Somerset County, 37 cases and two deaths in Bedford County and 48 cases and one death in Blair County.

“We continue to see a decrease in cases statewide,

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HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday the state will provide clearer guidance later this week on specific guidelines for the 18 counties entering the green phase of reopening on Friday.

Also Tuesday, Wolf declined to say whether or when the state will allow high schools to hold commencement exercises this summer.

As the state relaxes its restric-tions on gatherings, Wolf said he is planning to hold his first in-person press conference on Friday since the pandemic hit.

Wolf said that he would allow Centre County to join the group of counties with relaxed busi-ness restrictions this Friday.

Wolf, last week said that the state had been willing to move Centre County into the green phase, but that county commis-sioners there had asked to be withheld from the green phase.

Monday, the Centre County commissioners reversed course and said they wanted to move into the green phase and Wolf said the state would include them in the green phase coun-ties.

In addit ion to Centre

Wolf to shed light on green

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U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Stan Niton wears a protective face mask as he sorts through the mail while delivering on his route Friday in Richland Township. See gallery at www.TribDem.com.

U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Stan Niton said those living along his Richland Township route have been appreciative of the fact that he is still showing up, day in and day out, despite challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He wears a mask – something he’s had to get used to – protecting not only him-self but also others.

“These customers are your family,” Niton said.

Wearing masks isn’t the only precau-tion he and his coworkers have taken.

Every day, Niton cleans his vehicle

before and after a shift with a bleach and water solution. He carries hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes with him on the route.

Anyone he encounters is asked to remain six feet away.

“No matter what we do, the Postal Service puts such an emphasis on safety,” he said.

Niton said he’s the one constant in some people’s lives, and that means the world to him. He takes pride in delivering the mail, because he knows the customers depend on the service.

Niton said it means a lot for him and his fellow letter carriers to be able to talk with people on their routes. Sometimes,

he said, that’s the only human interaction an individual might get in a day, especial-ly while the stay-at-home order was in

place.People have been leaving notes

of thanks, candy and cookies in the box before Niton drops off the mail – or they open windows and doors to thank him for what he does.

“People rely on you, even for simple things like cards from relatives,” he said.

Other shipping agencies have also taken extra precautions to prevent the

Postal carrier: ‘People rely on you’

BY JOSHUA [email protected]

Chris Schreyer has been a Conemaugh Memorial Med-ical Center nurse for 33 years and has been nurse manager in several units.

Noelle Shay graduated last year from Conemaugh School of Nursing and joined the hos-pital staff in July.

Neither gave it a second thought when their duties began to include COVID-19 patients in late March.

“As nurses we adjust,” Shay said. “Whatever is handed to us, we can take care of them.”

Shay was working in the Ashman wing at Memori-al. That unit normally has its share of both patients with respiratory conditions and those who require isolation. So when the COVID-19 isolation unit was set up in the adjacent Rose wing, Shay was among those assigned.

“At first, obviously, it was pretty scary,” Shay admitted.

“But at the end of the day, the patient is looking to you for comfort. We adjust well;

we have to be that support for the patient. It’s just them and us and the doctors.”

Schreyer was covering the intensive care unit and the trauma step-down unit when

the region’s first cases were confirmed.

“I kind of slid into the role,” she said. “I always do whatev-er is asked. It was challenging, running three units.”

In mid-April another man-ager was assigned to the ICU, leaving Schreyer with the trau-ma step-down and COVID-19 units.

“I believe the Conemaugh team has done fabulous with this process,” she said. “It’s been all hands on deck.”

‘Take on every challenge’

The COVID-19 unit includes both ICU and non-ICU patients, she noted.

“They all work together and really create a fabulous pro-cess,” Schreyer said. “They know what to do to take on every challenge that is given.”

BY RANDY [email protected]

Conemaugh nurse Noelle Shay says part of her job is to be a sup-port system for the patient.

Nurse Chris Schreyer says she “kind of slid” into taking care of COVID-19 patients at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center.

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The numbersPennsylvania has more than 68,000 confirmed

cases with more than 5,150 deaths connected to the coronavirus outbreak as of Tuesday. Here are some statistics on COVID-19 statewide and in our region:

Statewide data: • Negative tests: 339,835• Positive tests: 68,637• Deaths: 5,152• Recovered: 61%

Southwestern counties:• Cambria: 57 positives, 3,321 negatives

(2 deaths)• Somerset: 37 positives, 1,579 negatives• Bedford: 37 positives, 662 negatives

(2 deaths)• Blair: 48 positives, 2,467 negatives (1 death)• Indiana: 89 positives, 1,231 negatives

(5 deaths)• Clearfield: 37 positives, 1,024 negatives• Allegheny: 1,816 positives, 27,412 negatives

(160 deaths)• Beaver: 570 positives, 3,413 negatives

(72 deaths)• Butler: 220 positives, 3,443 negatives

(12 deaths)• Centre: 148 positives, 1,966 negatives

(6 deaths)• Fayette: 95 positives, 3,034 negatives

(4 deaths)• Greene: 27 positives, 725 negatives• Washington: 138 positives, 3,990 negatives

(5 deaths)• Westmoreland: 442 positives, 8,587 nega-

tives (38 deaths)

Hardest-hit counties:• Philadelphia: 17,597 positives, 51,307 nega-

tives (1,232 deaths)• Montgomery: 6,598 positives, 31,813 nega-

tives (635 deaths)• Delaware: 6,243 positives, 18,650 negatives

(514 deaths)• Bucks: 4,916 positives, 17,613 negatives

(461 deaths)• Berks: 3,919 positives, 10,690 negatives

(296 deaths)• Lehigh: 3,676 positives, 12,914 negatives

(210 deaths)• Lancaster: 2,985 positives, 14,634 nega-

tives (281 deaths)• Northampton: 2,933 positives, 12,098 neg-

atives (199 deaths)• Luzerne: 2,672 positives, 9,963 negatives

(135 deaths)• Chester: 2,454 positives, 11,045 negatives

(252 deaths)• Monroe: 1,305 positives, 5,264 negatives

(99 deaths)

Percentage of cases by age group:• Ages 0-4: <1%.• Ages 5-12: <1%.• Ages 13-18: 2%.• Ages 19-24: 6%.• Ages 25-49: 37%.• Ages 50-64: 25%.• Ages 65 and older: 29%.

Case counts by gender:• Female: 37,681 cases (55%).• Male: 30,248 cases (44%).• Neither: 3 cases (0%).• Not reported: 705 (1%).

Case counts by ethnicity:• Black: 8,264 cases (12%).• White: 18,391 cases (27%).• Asian: 940 cases (1%).• Other: 395 cases (<1%).• Not reported: 40,647 cases (59%).

Case counts by region of state:• Southwest: 3,334 positives; 57,863 nega-

tives; 46 inconclusive.• Southcentral: 4,933 positives; 44,382 neg-

atives; 79 inconclusive.• Southeast: 44,306 positives; 160,257 nega-

tives; 911 inconclusive.• Northwest: 449 positives; 11,649 negatives;

20 inconclusive.• Northcentral: 1,020 positives; 13,740 nega-

tives; 17 inconclusive.• Northeast: 12,737 positives; 51,944 nega-

tives; 139 inconclusive.

– To view Pa. Dept. of Health maps and other information, visit: www.health.pa.gov/topics/dis-ease/coronavirus/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx

County, 17 other north-central and northwestern Pennsylvania counties are moving into the green phase of Wolf ’s reopening strategy on Friday.

Those are Bradford, Camer-on, Clarion, Clearfield, Craw-ford, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Montour, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango and Warren.

“We’re able to make this progress toward safely reopen-ing our economy because peo-ple are taking precautions and keeping themselves and their communities safe – whether it is a person wearing a mask or a business changing their opera-tions to protect employees and customers,” Wolf said.

The state has a lready announced general guide-lines indicating that restau-rants, bars, barbershops, beauty salons and gyms can reopen for in-person service at 50% capac-

ity in those areas. But the spe-cific guidelines about how those businesses are supposed to pro-tect workers and their custom-ers haven’t been revealed.

For restaurants and bars, the state is working with the Penn-sylvania Restaurant and Lodg-ing Association to establish clear guidelines, Wolf said.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday on Twitter that New Jersey high schools will be allowed to hold in-per-son graduations as soon as July 6.

“Schools will have the oppor-tunity to hold outdoor gradu-ation ceremonies that comply with social distancing – ensur-ing the health and safety of all in attendance,” Murphy said.

“There ought to be limits on how many people come togeth-er,” Wolf said. “I don’t know what New Jersey is doing.”

Pennsylvania Health Secre-tary Dr. Rachel Levine said that while the green phase allows businesses to resume operating at reduced capacity, the state is still expecting people to prac-

tice social distancing and the state is not going to allow “large recreational activities” such as concerts to be held.

Levine said the Health D e p a r t m e n t h a s g o tt e n reports of large gatherings that appeared to violate the state’s guidance on social distancing.

“I would be concerned about the spread of COVID-19,” she said. But Levine added though that those who attended such events wouldn’t automatical-ly need to self-quarantine just because they’d been in a large group.

She said that while the vast majority of coronavirus cases have been in adults, the Depart-ment of Health has gotten 17 reports of Multisymptom Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, an alarming condi-tion associated with coronavi-rus.

Nine of those reports have been confirmed, two of the chil-dren were found to not have MSI-C, and six of those cases are still under investigation, she said.

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which is very good news for Pennsylvania,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said Tuesday during the daily press briefing. “This is especially encouraging considering that we have increased our testing capabilities.”

Tracing and tracking

Gov. Tom Wolf noted that the state has increased testing from just over 50,000 tests during the last week of April to nearly 80,000 last week.

The state has also increased its contact tracing program, which follows up with those diagnosed with COVID-19 to find out who else may have the virus.

“We went from tracing 433 people on May 14 to tracing close to 1,700, as of today,” Wolf said Tuesday.

Both Wolf and Levine gave credit to Pennsylvania residents for helping reduce the spread of the virus enough to allow the state to continue emerging from safety restrictions.

“We are able to make this

progress toward safely reopen-ing our economy only because people are taking precautions and keeping yourselves and your community safe,” Wolf said. “I thank each and every one of you for doing your part.”

Levine said precautions are still recommended, even as more counties move into the yellow and green phases of the reopening plan.

“We’ve done a great job as a commonwealth to combat this enemy, COVID-19,” Levine said.

“We still need to be very care-ful. As we come back togeth-er, we have to remember that COVID-19 is still a risk.”

‘Do the right thing’

Wearing a mask when around other people, frequent wash-ing hands, use of hand sanitizer and maintaining social distanc-ing of at least six feet in separa-tion continues to be advised in all areas of the state, she said.

Levine responded to several questions about large gather-ings of people, including some observed over the Memorial Day weekend.

Although she said she is con-cerned about those who did not practice social distancing and did not frequently wash their

hands, Levine said she believes the state’s residents have acted responsibly overall.

“I believe, as the governor has said, Pennsylvanians want to do the right thing,” Levine said. “And the right thing right now is: If you go out, wear a mask; stay socially distanced; wash your hands and use hand san-itizer. I think most people in Pennsylvania did that.”

Also during the state’s daily press briefing, Levine urged parents to be aware of the symptoms of a newer condition associated with COVID-19 that affects young children.

Multi-system inflammato-ry syndrome in children, also known as MIS-C, has been reported in 17 Pennsylvania children and confirmed in nine cases. Two were found not to be MIS-C, and six remain under investigation, Levine said.

“There are treatment proto-cols being developed for those very ill children,” Levine said.

Symptoms include persistent fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, red eyes and abdominal pain.

Randy Griffith covers health care for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @photo- griffer57.

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spread of the coronavirus.UPS and FedEx websites show how both

companies are working to not only keep their employees safe, but protect customers as well with enhanced cleaning efforts and by supplying employees with more sanitizing materials.

As UPS continues to implement applicable government regulations related to the disease, the organiza-tion is also following “careful guidance” being provided to staff from the World Health Organization, the website says.

Included is a frequently-asked- questions section that covers other details associated with worldwide ship-ping.

According to the site, the majority of shipping timeframes remained the same, despite the pan-demic, and customers do not have to sign for packages but at least acknowledge that one is being delivered.

UPS has been assisting with logistics and oper-ations for the U.S. Rapid-Response Taskforce for novel coronavirus testing sites. Globally, the UPS Foundation has made grant allocations of more than $6 million for humanitarian relief partners, community-based nonprofit and internation-al non-government organizations and United Nations agencies.

FedEx has sent 10 humanitarian aid shipments of medical supplies to China in collaboration with Direct Relief, one of several aid organiza-tions with which the company has been working.

The company is also following health organi-zation guidance and educating employees about best safety practices.

‘Johnstown tough’

At the Johnstown Post Office, at the corner of Locust and Franklin streets downtown, employ-ees have taken precautions to remain safe from the coronavirus.

Johnstown Postmaster Adele Persuhn said measures put in place since March include requiring the employees to wear masks, face shields and gloves – and the staggering of start times.

Plexiglass and hanging plastic have been installed in the lobby to provide a protective bar-rier between the clerks and customers.

Personal protective supplies – such as finger cots – have been put out for pub-lic use.

“We’re very good at adapting to hard-ships that come our way,” Persuhn said.

She referenced the number of recent times the U.S. Post Office has had to make changes and continue to deliver the mail, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the anthrax scare shortly after and now a pandemic.

“We’re that presence out on the street,” Persuhn said. “People think, everything is safe because the mail is

going out.”The Johnstown post office serves 30,000

active addresses, with tens of thousands of pieces of mail delivered each day.

And the work has increased since the state-wide shutdown.

Persuhn said on May 21, 55,000 pieces of mail were sent out – a mix of letters, flats and parcels – and that is on the light side for a typical day during the coronavirus shutdown.

The office has seen a more-than 50% jump in parcel deliveries because of increased online shopping, she said.

But all of that hasn’t discouraged the employ-ees – and neither has the virus.

“They’re Johnstown tough,” Persuhn said.Persuhn said she’s proud of team members

– from the letter carriers such as Niton to the clerks at the front of the operation to the cus-todial staff – not only for their daily contribu-tions and hard work, but also for their dedication during the pandemic.

“They want to be the people who got through the ordeal,” Persuhn said.

Joshua Byers is a reporter for The Tribune-Dem-ocrat. Follow him on Twitter @Journo_Josh.

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A protective plexiglass barrier and plastic sheeting to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is shown Friday in the service center of the U.S. Post Office in Johnstown.

Teams are used to working with personal pro-tective equipment, including N95 masks, also known as respirators.

“It’s not something we’ve never done before, but we are taking extra precautions,” she said. “It’s different in the sense that we are always in the PPE in the unit.”

Conemaugh provides sanitized scrubs for staff to change into when they start their shifts and then leave at the hospital when they go home, Schreyer said.

Both nurses said their families have adjusted to the situation, knowing the risk for health care workers.

Shay lives in Ebensburg and is a 2015 gradu-ate of Central Cambria High School. She said she reminded her family that the hospital provides specific training in addition to her nursing school experience.

“Like any mom, my mother was scared for me at first, but she took it well,” Shay said. “Every-

body has adjusted to it.”

‘Our patients are safe’

Schreyer lives in Windber and has adult chil-dren.

“My family has grown up with health care all their lives,” she said.

Both said the biggest reward is watching patients recover and be discharged. But they said that’s always the most rewarding part of the job.

“With this, the reward is not only seeing the patient getting better and going home, but watching this evolve from a nursing perspective and watching different teams come together and take care of our patients,” Schreyer said.

Schreyer wanted to let readers know that the hospital continues to provide skilled medical care for the entire community.

“We are ready to care for them should they become sick, not just if they are coming for COVID-19,” she said. “They are safe here. Our patients are safe.”

Randy Griffith covers health care for The Tri-bune-Democrat.

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WASHINGTON – Many Medicare recipi-ents could pay less for insulin next year under a deal President Donald Trump announced Tues-day in a pivot to pocketbook issues important in November’s election.

“I hope the seniors are going to remember it,” Trump said at a Rose Garden ceremony, joined by executives from insurance and drug compa-nies, along with seniors and advocates for peo-ple with diabetes.

The deal comes as Trump tries to woo older voters critical to his reelection prospects.

Medicare recipients who pick a drug plan offering the new insulin benefit would pay a maximum of $35 a month starting next year, a savings estimated at $446 annually. Fluctuat-ing cost-sharing amounts that are common now would be replaced by a manageable sum.

The insulin benefit will be voluntary, so during open enrollment this fall Medicare enrollees who are interested must make sure to pick an insurance plan that provides it. Most people with Medicare will have access to them.

Administration officials are hoping the announcement will provide a respite from the grim drumbeat of coronavirus pandemic news.

Stable copays for insulin are the result of an agreement shepherded by the administra-tion between insulin manufacturers and major insurers, Medicare chief Seema Verma told The Associated Press. The three major suppli-

ers, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, were all involved.

“It was a delicate negotiation,” Verma said. Drugmakers and insurers have been at odds

in recent years, blaming one another for high prices. “I do think this is a big step.”

The cost of insulin is one the biggest worries for consumers generally concerned about high prices for brand name drugs. Millions of peo-ple with diabetes use insulin to keep their blood sugars within normal ranges and stave off com-plications that can include heart disease, blind-ness, kidney failure and amputations. People with diabetes also suffer worse outcomes from COVID-19.

An AP-NORC poll this month found warn-ing signs for Trump with older voters. Fifty-four percent of adults 60 and older said they dis-approved of how Trump is handling his job as president, while 45% approved.

On Tuesday, Trump tried to suggest former President Barack Obama was responsible for high drug prices. And he took a dig at former Vice President Joe Biden, who’s running to deny him a second term.

“Sleepy Joe can’t do this,” Trump said.The president last week told Republican sen-

ators at a Capitol Hill meeting he still wants to pass a bill this year to lower drug costs, saying “I think you have to do it,” according to a summary from an attendee.

Bipartisan legislation to limit price increas-es and reduce costs for older people with high drug bills is pending in the Senate.

Most Medicare enrollees could get insulin for $35 a monthBY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A Johnstown man already accused of soliciting a confidential informant’s murder in 2015 is now charged as an accomplice – with authorities indicat-ing he directed a 14-year-old nephew to eliminate her.

Shakir Smith, 43, is accused of writing a series of letters from behind bars, saying that he wanted to see Carol Ashcom “put down” like a rabid dog. Then, after her death, he bragged to fellow inmates that his well-trained “young-ins” – under-age family mem-bers – followed his orders by shoot-ing the confidential informant in the head, investigators in state Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office wrote.

In an 18-page criminal com-plaint, obtained Tuesday by The Tri-bune-Democrat, investigators said Smith had messages relayed to the boys through letters, bragged in jail about their successes and sought to reward them with a cookout after a rival was shot in another case.

AG’s agents Thomas Moore and Ryan Caputo wrote that one inmate told authorities that Smith predicted his female informant would be killed – even predicting where Ashcom would be struck by bullets – before her body was discovered inside her home in 2015.

“That was her, that was my other CI ... she had to go,” Smith allegedly told a fellow inmate once her death was on the news.

Ashcom, 30, was found dead of mul-tiple gunshot wounds in her Virginia

Avenue home in Lower Yoder Town-ship on March 11, 2015.

Her young son was at home at the time, police have said.

Charges against Smith were filed by Moore – a former Cambria Coun-ty detective – and Caputo, narcotics agents with the Pennsylvania Office of the State Attorney General.

They said letters from Smith, prison phone calls and court-ap-proved “non-consenual” recordings of Smith’s prison visits were all used to gather evidence in the case. The homicide charge against Smith fol-lowed an earlier statewide grand jury presentment, which was also refer-enced in the case and led to the ini-tial solicitation charge in the Ashcom case.

At least four unnamed witnesses also provided information leading to the charges, their affidavit shows.

‘She gotta go’

Police said the woman was work-ing as a confidential informant – and conducted three controlled purchas-es of narcotics from Smith in April 2014.

Within weeks, Smith was aware of Ashcom’s dealings, investigators said, and he began writing a series of letters to a Johnstown woman, telling her to warn Ashcom to keep quiet, and later saying “she gotta go.”

In several instances, the criminal complaint says, he ordered the woman to pass on information to his teen-age son, Shyheim, or nephew, Mizzon Grandinetti.

At the time, both were minors – Shy-heim, 17, and Miz-zon, 14. According to an earlier grand jury indictment against Smith, both of the young men were members of S m i t h’s “ Ly n c h Mob” gang that fre-quently carried out his orders – often out of fear, investigators said.

Smith expressed frustration to his son and others in calls or letters to another listed Lynch Mob member, India Snyder, adding Ashcom’s tes-timony could keep him behind bars for 20 years if she wasn’t eliminated, investigators wrote in the complaint.

“If Carol goes away, I can get less than that,” he wrote in one letter.

“She gotta go. She killing me,” Smith allegedly wrote in a letter to Snyder on Jan. 9, 2015.

“Tell Sheek (Shakir Jr.) to show Los (Grandinetti) where that honkie lives,” he allegedly wrote in a Feb. 28, 2015, letter.

On March 8 and 9, Grandinet-ti, Shyheim Smith and Krysten Pret-lor – a man jailed for a 2016 shooting in Dale – went to a fellow Lynch Mob member’s home looking for gloves and masks, a witness told the Attorney General’s Office.

‘Was going to snitch’

Police found Ashcom dead March 11 inside her home – from close-range

gunshot wounds.According to one witness identified

only as “CW #2,” Grandinetti – then 14 years old – admitted to killing the woman, standing over top of her and firing while her son was in the home “because he felt like she was going to snitch.”

Grandinetti – who has a history of drug charges in the Johnstown area – was not facing criminal charges in the Ashcom case as of Tuesday after-noon.

According to investigators, Smith told an unnamed inmate it was Grand-inetti’s turn to be “up” – or to commit murder for him.

Echoing details in the 2019 grand jury presentment against Smith, inves-tigators said that Smith also made comments about his “Lynch Mob” members playing a role in two other shootings, including the murder of Shakir Smith’s cousin, Jarret Smith, of Johnstown.

As of Tuesday, no charges had been filed in the Jarret Smith’s murder.

Investigators said after a rival, Rich-ard “Noog” Agurs, was shot on Ash Street in June 2014, Smith said “Lynch Mob, I love them” and told a fellow member to tell Shyheim Smith he loved him.

Investigators described the shooting as a retaliation. Agurs had allegedly shot at Smith family members, includ-ing son Shyheim, a little more than a week earlier.

Upon learning Agurs had been shot, he directed Snyder to make them something good to eat – a “cookout” – if it wasn’t raining.

Attorney: Weak case

Smith has maintained he is not guilty in the Ashcom case.

The Johnstown man has a history of drug cases and violence that dates back more than 20 years.

Smith has been in Somerset County Jail since January 2019 after a raid on a home where he was staying turned up drugs and guns.

He had been paroled just days ear-lier, following more than four years of incarceration for crimes related to two separate cases: one for the “witness intimidation” beating of a fellow Cam-bria County Prison inmate in 2014, and the other for drugs.

To Smith’s defense attorney, Tim-othy Burns, investigators are trying to pin Ashcom’s death on him with a weak case based on angry letters, inmates’ stories and not much else.

“The Attorney Generals Office is trying to base its case on negative statements my client allegedly made against the victim in this case ... and his criminal history,” Burns said.

“I’m not saying my client has been a model citizen – but that doesn’t make him a murderer,” he said. “And just because you don’t like some-one doesn’t mean you ordered their death.”

Burns said he has several motions pending in the solicitation case, which is currently scheduled for trial in June.

David Hurst is a reporter for The Tri-bune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @tddavidhurst.

LOCAL AND CORONAVIRUS

EBENSBURG – Thirteen military veterans graduated on Tuesday morn-ing from a Cambria County court program designed to help veterans charged with crimes overcome sub-stance abuse and mental health issues.

“Graduation is a commencement,” said Senior Judge Timothy P. Creany, who helped launch the Cambria Coun-ty Veterans Court program seven years ago. “It’s a beginning. Let’s hope that it’s a beginning of a new life for our veterans and for their families. The hard work that has been done thus far is going to have to continue for you to be successful in this endeavor.”

The program “was created to address the drug, alcohol and men-tal health issues that veterans face from their service to our nation,” said Cambria County President Commis-sioner Tom Chernisky, who delivered a speech during Tuesday’s ceremony, held outdoors at Veterans Memorial Park in Ebensburg to allow for social distancing.

“This struggle isn’t over, but we believe that you are equipped to make the right choices from here on out,”

Chernisky told the group.District Attorney Gregory Neuge-

bauer said the program is meant to handle “nonviolent, nonsexual crimes” committed by military veterans deal-ing with substance addictions or men-tal illness. Defendants in the program are required to attend regular court hearings and to follow through with any substance abuse or mental health treatment ordered by the court.

“They get paired up with a mentor to help them cope with any underlying PTSD or substance abuse issues that they may have,” Neugebauer said.

“They come to court on a consistent basis. They meet with the judge. They develop a relationship with the folks in the court system. … It’s nice to see 13 people take the hard step of acknowl-edging that there’s an issue, acknowl-edging that they’ve done something wrong, and trying to do the right thing.”

Creany said Veterans Court grad-uates are less likely to commit crimes in the future. The rate of recidivism among graduates of the program is less than 10%, he said, compared to about 20% among defendants who attend programs at the Cambria County Day Reporting Center and about 50%

among drug defendants as a whole.“It’s worth it,” said graduate Ryan

Wolfhope, of Johnstown.Wolfhope’s mother, Trudy McDe-

vitt, said that support from family members, friends and the community is critical to the continued success of program participants and graduates.

“It’s very important that everybody learn as much as you can, show your support as much as you can and reach out as much as you can,” she said. “I never realized how much a moth-er or a family can do that really does impact soldiers. I just want to thank everybody for giving my son another chance.”

There are two “tracks” in the pro-gram – the diversionary track and the incentive track. Defendants who com-plete the diversionary track can have their charges dropped; Creany said it’s comparable to the state’s Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) pro-gram. Graduates of the incentive track can enter guilty pleas to less serious charges than they originally faced.

Tuesday’s class of 13 graduates was significantly larger than past class-es. Neugebauer attributed the growth to an increase in knowledge of and trust in the program among veter-

ans’ groups and the community as a whole. Creany said almost 150 veter-ans have graduated from the program since it got off the ground in 2013.

“It’s been around for a few years, so there’s a certain level of trust in the

program, I think, now,” Neugebauer said.

Mark Pesto is a reporter for The Tri-bune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @markpesto.

13 graduate from Cambria County Veterans Court programBY MARK [email protected]

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Top, Southmont Volunteer Fire Company members include (left to right) Jim Carbaugh, assistant chief, president; Steve Costic, captain; Mike Butler, chief; John Butler, deputy chief; and Brian Kessler, Rebecca Masters, Brittany Burkett and Ed Burkett, firefighters. Above left, Pete Long (left), deputy chief and EMS director, and Tye Porada, EMT, are members of Upper Yoder Volunteer Fire Company. Above right, Emilee Henn and James Hammer represent West Hills Fire Department. Photos are part of the Johnstown Porch Project by Westmont photographer Lisa Bulas. See photo gallery at www.TribDem.com.

FRONT LINES PORCH PHOTOS

Veteran Timothy Winkelman receives his certificate of graduation from Cambria County District Attorney Gregory Neugebauer (left) and Honorable Judge Timothy Creany during the Veterans Court Graduation at Veter-ans Memorial Park in Ebensburg on Tuesday. See photo gallery at www.Trib-Dem.com.

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City man faces first-degree murder charge in 2015 deathBY DAVID [email protected]

Smith

In a joint release, state Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr. and Rep. Tommy Sankey, R-Cambria Clearfield announced their sup-port for Comcast’s expansion of broadband network access in portions of northern Cambria and southern Clearfield coun-ties.

“This investment from Com-cast couldn’t come at a better time. Recent closures of schools and businesses in rural areas like Clearfield and northern Cambria counties have cer-tainly highlighted the need for broadband,” Langerholc said in the release. “I’m grateful Com-cast has taken positive steps to assist the residents of these areas which will add a signifi-cant boost to the economic and educational opportunities that this service will offer.”

With this extension, 3,900 rural addresses in portions of the townships of Chest, Clear-field, Dean, Reade and White in Cambria County will now have access to all Xfinity services, including gigabit broadband internet.

The boroughs of Coalport, Glen Hope and Irvona and township of Beccaria in Clear-field County will receive the same access, according to the release.

Businesses in these areas will get the full suite of Comcast Business products, including ethernet network speeds up to 100 gigabits-per-second.

“As a legislator who rep-resents primarily underserved,

rural areas of the Com-monwealth, I’m glad to see this much-need-ed upgrade take place. I hope it is the latest ‘next step’ in giv-ing our con-stituents a higher level of something that in many ways has become a basic need in today’s world,” Sankey said.

Michael Parker, senior vice president of Comcast’s Keystone Region, added that the compa-ny is “pleased” to further invest in the residents and business-es in state and recognizes the important role Comcast plays in connecting Pennsylvanians to all that technology offers.”

The first of these new ser-vices are expected to be avail-able this fall and availability to the entire service area will be complete in the spring of 2021, the release states.

Additionally, Langerholc is the prime sponsor of a bill that would create a grant program to extend installation of broad-band services in underserved areas.

Senate Bill 835 would “build on this announcement and pro-vide much-needed broadband services to other areas in the Commonwealth.”

Joshua Byers is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @Journo_Josh.

Langerholc, Sankey in support of Comcast expansionBY JOSHUA [email protected] Langerholc

Sankey

L y s i n g -er used a computer at a resi-dence on Whistler Road in Quema-honing Township. Lysinger reportedly confessed to using a Snapchat account to obtain photos of girls. Lysinger is also alleged to have child por-nography on his cellphone.

He is charged with four counts of criminal use of a communication facility and three counts each of corrup-tion of minors, cyber harass-ment of a child and sexual exploitation of children.

Lysinger also was charged with one count of sexual abuse of children.

Patrick Buchnowski is a reporter for The Tribune-Dem-ocrat. Follow him on Twitter @PatBuchnowskiTD.

Fire investigators are search-ing for the cause of the fire that destroyed a home in the Bon Air section of Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, on Tuesday.

The fire broke out at 2:45 p.m. in the 500 block of Luzon Avenue. The two peo-ple living there were not home, Colver Hill Volunteer fire Chief William Scherer said.

“We were called for a working house fire,” Scher-er said. “The major portion of the fire was

in the front corner of the resi-dence. When we got on scene, that end was fully involved and working back to the rear section.

“ We star ted to make entrance in through the back end of the building,” he said.

“That’s when they notified us that there was nobody in there

so we had everybody back out.”Firefighters from East

Conemaugh, Franklin, East Taylor and West Hills respond-ed along with Conemaugh Val-ley EMS, according to the 911 report.

“We called in extra crews because of the heat,” Scherer said.

Two firefighters were treated

at the scene for heat exhaustion.The home was not insured,

and Red Cross was called in to aid the family.

A fire marshal from the Ebensburg barracks will arrive on scene Wednesday.

Follow Patrick Buchnowski on Twitter @PatBuchnows-kiTD.

FLOATING AROUND

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Henry Moore, of Pittsburgh, floats down the Stonycreek River on a hot May day in Ferndale with friends on Tuesday. He was experiencing a Coal Tubin’ journey in Johnstown.

SOMERSET – A Portage man will stand trial in Somerset

Portage man accused of child porn heads to trialBY PATRICK [email protected]

Lysinger

BY PATRICK [email protected]

A Berlin woman died in a wreck Monday at the inter-section of Berlin Plank Road and Garrett Shortcut Road in Somerset Township, state police reported Tuesday.

Betty Lou Wechtenhiser, 86, ran a red light at around 9:26 a.m. Monday as she began turning left from Gar-

rett Shortcut Road onto Ber-lin Plank Road, according to a report on the crash that was issued from the Somerset state police barracks.

As Wechtenhiser’s Ford Focus crossed through the intersection, a Peterbilt truck that was heading east on Ber-lin Plank Road struck the driver’s side of the car and knocked it off the road and

into a nearby ditch.Wechtenhiser was pro-

nounced dead at the scene of the crash. The truck driv-er, 28-year-old Jared S. Hollinger, of Manheim, Lancaster County, was not injured.

Mark Pesto is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @markpesto.

Berlin woman, 86, dies in wreck at intersectionBY MARK [email protected]

A Paint Township man and woman were jailed Saturday, after state police found five children with them at a home with no running water, little food and animal feces throughout the residence, authorities said.

Troopers from the Somerset barracks, charged Eric James Barkman, 45, and Nicole Barkman, 34, with five counts of endangering the welfare of children.

According to a criminal complaint, troopers said they were called to assist Somerset County Children and Youth Services at the Weible Drive home on Friday.

The Barkmans have five children ages 1 to 12.

Troopers said inside they found about 20 cats,

dog feces on the floors, garbage everywhere and live chickens in the bathroom. They also said the house had no running water, a small pro-pane cylinder with a heater on top and beds on the floor covered with feces and urine, the com-plaint said.

There was no food in the home, the complaint said.

Troopers said the Barkmans refused to allow CYS to see the children. They were reportedly moving to West Virginia.

The property owner told troopers he asked the Barkmans to leave because he was having the house torn down.

The couple was arraigned by on-call District Judge Sandra Stevanus, of New Centerville, and sent to Somerset County Jail. Eric Barkman is being held on $20,000 bond. Bond for Nicole Barkman is $15,000.

Paint Township couple jailed on endangerment chargesBY PATRICK [email protected]

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A Cover Hill firefighter sprays water on a house fire in the Bon Air section of Conemaugh Township on Tuesday.

Fire destroys Bon Air home

County court, accused of using the internet to send and receive child pornography, authorities said.

Tyler Jeffrey Lysinger, 27, of the 1100 block of Caldwell Ave-nue, waived his right to a formal arraignment on Tuesday before President Judge D. Gregory Geary.

According to a criminal com-plaint, state police in Somer-set began the investigation on Jan. 26, after receiving a report of someone using a Snapchat account to entice three girls to send nude photos and then threatened them if they did not comply.

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A Gallitzin pair are among five people arrested by state investigators stemming from a gun-trafficking operation.

Michael Trosky, 44, and Paula Cross, 40, both of Gallitz-in, were arrested over the week-end on conspiracy, dealing in the proceeds of unlawful activ-

ity, theft – in this case, stolen guns – and drug crimes, state Attorney General Josh Shap-iro’s office announced Tuesday.

Altoona residents Michael Burchfield, 45, and Summer Heil, 32, and Amanda Steele, of Hollidaysburg, were also charged.

The investigation that led to the arrests was initiated in late 2019, Shapiro said.

The state Attorney General’s Office’s Gun Violence Section, Altoona police, Blair Coun-ty Drug Task Force and the Blair County District Attor-ney’s Office all partnered in the investigation.

David Hurst is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @tddavidhurst.

Gallitzin pair arrested in gun-trafficking operationBY DAVID [email protected]

SOMERSET – A Berlin man will stand trial in Somerset County court, accused of hav-ing sexual contact with two 5-year-old boys, authorities said.

Nicholas Alan Martin, 28, of the 2200 block of Huckleberry Highway, was scheduled for for-mal arraignment on Tuesday before President Judge D. Gregory Geary.

According to state police in Somerset, Martin admitted to assaulting the boys at a residence in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County.

The activity became known after the home-owner caught Martin with the boys on a “nanny cam” video surveillance camera in December 2019. Checking previous files showed other incidents, the complaint said.

Martin was charged with four counts each of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child and corruption of minors.

He remains free on bond.

Follow Patrick Buchnowski on Twitter @PatBuchnowskiTD.

Complaint: Homeowner catches man with boys on ‘nanny cam’BY PATRICK [email protected]

A traffic detour will go in effect on June 1 and remain in effect for up to 10 days as workers place a pipe on Fulmer Road, PennDOT announced Tuesday.

T h e d e t o u r w i l l p r e -vent drivers from access-ing Fulmer Road, which

links Frankstown Road in Conemaugh Township, Cam-bria County, to Solomon Run Road in Richland Township.

Drivers will be directed to use Airport Road instead.

The pipe placement is part of a $2.3 million proj-ect that will include milling and resurfacing of 3.7 miles of Fulmer Road, Truman Boulevard and Bridge Street

i n R i c h l a n d To w n s h i p , Conemaugh Township and Franklin Borough.

T he pr ime contrac tor is Quaker Sales Corp., of Johnstown. The project is expected to be completed by November, PennDOT said.

Mark Pesto is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @markpesto.

PennDOT announces Fulmer Road detour to begin June 1BY MARK [email protected]

Much of the second floor of a Conemaugh Town-ship family ’s home was destroyed by a fire on Sun-day, and a state police fire marshal will investigate the blaze to determine the cause, responders said.

It was one of two fires in the township Sunday.

The house fire was reported just after 8 p.m. at the inter-section of Govier Lane and Glessner Road.

Conemaugh Township Fire Department spent several

hours at the scene and were able to prevent the fire from spreading further “but it still may be a total loss,” fire Chief Rick Massimo said.

The rear of the home sus-tained the worst ... but fortu-nately, everyone made it out of there safely,” he said.

The family is staying with relatives, he said.

The fire is not viewed as suspicious. But given the damage inside, Massimo said the department want-ed to seek the fire marshal’s expertise to narrow down the cause.

Conemaugh Township

firefighters were also called to the scene of Jim and Jim-mies Bar on Somerset Pike after 10 p.m.

Crews arrived to find a laundry bag full of cleaning rags somehow ignited while sitting on a table inside the closed bar, Massimo said.

The rags filled the barroom with smoke, but firefighters were able to locate and douse them before they caused any damage, he said.

David Hurst is a report-er for The Tribune-Demo-crat. Follow him on Twitter @tddavidhurst.

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On behalf of the Humane Society of Cambria County, we wish to thank the people of Cambria County and surround-ing areas for their ongoing support during this unprecedented time.

We appreciate all those who have adopted or fostered our animals. We thank those who donated goods or gave monetarily. We are grateful to individu-als and businesses that donate frequently to our cause. Because of your support, we are able to provide food, shelter and med-ical attention for our animals as they wait for their forever homes.

Additionally, we have been able to pro-vide for area families’ pets whose owners are having difficulty at this time. Thank you for making this possible and know you are making a difference.

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

We at the Humane Society wish to thank you for your greatness.

JACKIE ONDESKOON BEHALF OF BOARD MEMBERS,

STAFF AND FURRY FRIENDS

Many people ignore one-way aisle signs

It appears that 50% of the people in the Johnstown area cannot read. I was shopping recently at Walmart where they have one-way aisles. Half the people were going the wrong way in the aisles.

They won’t see this since they can’t read; they probably don’t get the paper.

It’s impossible to do social distancing with people going both ways in one aisle.

Also, people wearing masks should cover both their nose and mouth, not just their mouth.

SHERMAN WEIBLEJOHNSTOWN

You can’t trust the mainstream media

I would like to inform a lot of peo-ple that they are being misinformed by the mainstream media. CNN, MSNBC,

ABC, CBS, NBC, Washington Post, New York Times – all just the right arm of the socialist Democratic Party.

They say and print their opinions as fact and never offer an apology or retraction.

You never hear anything about the poor Catholic kid who was found guilty by the media for wearing a hat and being polite.

Well, he isn’t poor anymore. CNN set-tled a lawsuit with him. I’ll bet most of you weren’t informed about that.

What about the impeachment of the president? It was a waste of time and mil-lions of dollars. It seems like President Donald Trump can’t do anything right, according to them.

November will be here soon. God for-bid that Joe Biden gets elected. He would just be a puppet, so who would be pulling his strings?

We’ve all had our fill of socialism with the lockdown. This country must get back to work, now.

I’ve also had it with stats, data, projec-tions, scales, models, graphs, percentages, speculations, predictions and polls about the virus. It’s like reading the box scores of a ballgame.

Mark Twain once said, “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.”

NICK RAMIREZWOODVALE

Federal government was slow to act

The extremely high coronavirus death toll is a result of inaction by our federal government.

President Donald Trump boasts that banning travel from China saved thou-sands of lives. However, in the two months after the ban, 40,000 U.S. citi-zens traveled from China.

In the state of Pennsylvania, with a population of 12.8 million, there are near-ly 5,000 coronavirus deaths. Contrast this to entire countries. At the time of this writing, New Zealand, with a population of 5 million, has only 21 deaths. Germa-ny’s population of 83 million counts 7,863 deaths. South Korea, with a population of 51 million, has fewer than 300 deaths.

Making the difference is the aforemen-tioned countries had widespread and early testing beginning in February. At that time, Trump was downplaying the crisis and saying it was under control. The U.S. still continues to have a shortage of testing sites and supplies.

Eighty-five thousand deaths in the U.S. are inexcusable. Tens of thousands of lives have been needlessly lost. Trump is failing our country.

PAULA POPPJOHNSTOWN

We can be safe and not close economy

The population of the United States is estimated to be around 330 million peo-ple. At the time of this writing, the death count is around 80,000. God forbid in the worse case, 1 or 2 million people die from it. That still leaves 328 million people who need to work, pay their bills, raise their families, continue on with their lives.

We can take steps to be safe and still operate as we have to stay employed, keep our businesses open and not send people and businesses into closings or bankrupt-cies. I truly believe this virus is being used as a political tool in a lot of states to run roughshod over citizens’ rights.

I know some people will disagree, but look at some of the states such as Michi-gan or California. Some of the rulings by the governors are extremely restrictive.

They advocate letting criminals out of jail on one hand and want to jail or fine citizens for not wearing face masks or having too many people at gatherings.

Our state of Pennsylvania doesn’t have a plan in place to go from yellow to green phase, they are still discussing it, so the website says. I don’t believe it is a coinci-dence that the most restrictive states are run by Democratic governors. They want to string this out until next year if we let them.

Enough is enough. Any man who trades freedom for safety

deserves neither.DAN STALLER

JOHNSTOWN

Humane Society thankful for support

The above words of Pat-rick Henry might well be applicable today.

Ben Franklin predicted that the government they had cre-ated “could only lead to des-potism.”

Our loving God is allowing COVID-19, hoping to awaken the lost in a failing world of “it’s all about me,” family-deteriora-tion and sex, calling all to repen-tance and salvation. COVID-19 is not God’s first atten-tion-getter – remember the flood, Civil War, World War I, the 1918-19 flu pandemic, World War II, the Holocaust, 9/11, etc. If only we could be obedient, and learn that we can choose to either fear only God – or fear everything else. “ ... the Lord is my refuge, my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Surely, he will save you ... from the deadly pes-tilence.” (Psalm 91:2-3)

Our foundation is America’s Declaration of Independence, acknowledging the people’s inalienable rights of life, liber-ty and the pursuit of happiness – endowed by their creator

God, with governments being established by and dedicated to serving the people. When government fails, it is the right of the people to replace it – though only as a last resort.

As such, the people insist-ed upon the Second Amend-ment’s right to keep and bear arms, along with the First Amendment freedoms of speech and religion, right to assemble and petition the gov-ernment for redress of griev-ances, and the Fourth Amend-ment prohibiting unlawful “searches and seizures” (or home confinements).

Also, the Ninth Amend-

ment reserves to the people all rights not enumerated – such rights as reasonable move-ment and work. Lochner v. New York (1905) barred a state from interfering with an employee’s “inviolable right of contract.”

While the 10th Amendment reserves unenumerated pow-ers to the states, including the court’s implied “police power,” right to protect the health, safety and welfare of the peo-ple, all such acts must be con-sistent with safety, welfare and non-infringement of rights.

Thus, the Fifth (federal) and 14th Amendment (state) pro-hibit depriving any person of life, liberty or property and/or doing so without “due process” of law, including the Sixth Amendment’s right to jury trial. While Article 1, Sec. 8 grants to Congress power “to regulate commerce among the several states,” including the police power, any broad “shut-down” order would not likely withstand the strict scrutiny standard.

Finally, the separation of powers requires all executive orders to be based on legisla-tive and constitutional author-ity, with Article VI, Supremacy Clause mandating the Consti-tution as supreme.

In closing, a caution regarding “experts” – be they “scientists,” or lay. Know that every civil trial involves “experts” on each side who testify entirely opposite to each other. One hundred years ago, physician-scientists were letting blood in the sick-est of patients (killing George Washington), and 2,000 years ago, they still declared the earth flat.

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind (i.e. common sense)” (2 Timothy 1:7)

Joe Otto is an attorney from Rockwood.

‘Give me liberty or give me death’

Since the coronavi-rus outbreak hit our region, many people

have stepped forward – at times putting themselves at risk – to assure that we stayed safe and our commu-nities continued to function, even during a shutdown.

Today, we join with media companies across Pennsyl-vania and into neighboring states in saluting those who have served in essential roles.

We’ve turned The Tri-bune-Democrat “blue” to honor those professionals who have carried us through the COVID-19 pandemic:

Pharmacists.Truck drivers.Doctors.Nurses.Freight haulers and postal

workers.Those who manufacture

and deliver hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies and other necessities.

Restaurant workers – cooks, wait staff, delivery drivers.

Emergency Medical Tech-nicians and ambulance crews.

Professionals in areas such as sanitation, sewer and water.

Bus drivers.Police and fire depart-

ments.And countless other essen-

tial workers.We share this “Go Blue”

promotion in collaboration with other publications through the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.

The PNA wanted its mem-bers “to show support for and celebrate vital personnel who are making sure the needs of the community are being met during the coro-navirus pandemic” – and we were eager to join the salute.

Throughout May, we’ve offered two series to spot-light those whose mission it is to help others in danger-ous situations.

“Front Lines” – tradi-tionally a monthly project – appeared every Monday in May, sharing the stories of emergency crews across the area.

At Northern EMS, which serves the Windber area, veteran paramedic Christian Boyd said he was surprised to find himself transporting COVID-19 patients.

“I didn’t think I would be on the front lines of COVID-19 at all,” Boyd said.

“I thought it would work its way around us and hit your major metropolitan or urban areas, but not here in Somerset County with a pop-ulation of 77,000 people.”

We’ve also been sharing the stories and faces of local medical workers in the daily “Health Care Heroes” feature.

Among the people you’ve met are Phoebe Sanna, a phlebotomist at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, and Melissa “Missy” Stein-bach, an intensive-care nurse at UPMC Somerset.

“It has been tough to adjust to so many changes,” Sanna said. “I’m proud of our lab team. We have been working hard to provide the same care, safety and results for our patients to help them in these tough and confusing times.”

“Since it had such an impact on our society, we knew we were going to have to do the best to prepare to treat our patients,” Steinbach said. “There were a lot of changes at the hospital in preparation for COVID-19 patients.”

Steinbach added: “We will all get through this together.”

That’s been the prevailing attitude across the region as people have stepped up to provide crucial services in a very difficult time.

We proudly salute the region’s many heroes and helpers for their dedica-tion and unselfishness.

Going ‘blue’ to salute those who serve

during virus

• First Amendment, United States Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or pro-hibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Nick Culver worked for years to get to this point, endlessly practic-

ing his French horn, perform-ing and studying theory, all to graduate this month with a music degree from Michigan State University.

For most of us, the big event at the end of college is wear-ing a cap and gown and walk-ing in a graduation ceremony in front of our family.

For Nick, the pinnacle of his studies was the final recital in front of his peers. But because of COVID-19, he couldn’t even practice with his accom-panist, much less perform for an audience.

What should have been the high point of his college career was him playing alone on a stage to an empty concert hall with a virtual audience.

“It was also crippling to look at my four years and say, ‘This is what it has amounted to,’ ” he said.

Nick’s special – few can per-

form “Irremediable Break-down” by Nathan Pawelek solo to an unseen audience – but his feeling of emptiness is common to millions of peo-ple who were expecting senior proms, graduation ceremo-nies and final performances.

It doesn’t make the feeling any easier, but cognitive sci-ence has an explanation.

It’s called the peak-end rule. Regardless of how long,

hard, painful or happy an experience was, your judg-ment of that experience will be determined by the most

extreme moments or what came last.

The peak-end rule is why going to Disneyland evokes memories of the time you met a real-life princess or the day ending with a parade and fire-works – not the long lines and high prices. It’s why compa-nies send you thank you cards when you buy something or condolence cards when your pet dies. That way, your last memory isn’t spending money or putting your dog down.

These peak-end moments make such an impact on us because they elevate moments of happiness, instill pride by capturing us at our best, pro-vide insight into ourselves and connect us to each other, such as with parades, weddings, baptisms, and graduations.

And for poor Nick, you take away the events created to give affirmation, fundamen-tally changing the college experience.

Colleges and universities

have other problems – name-ly, how to gather large num-bers of students in lecture halls, cafeterias and stadiums without infecting them – but leaching the graduation expe-rience of the peak-end will have a dampening effect on how alumni remember their college experience, leading to lower college ratings and alumni giving.

Already, we’re seeing ill effects in the recent gradu-ates. Members of the high school class of 2020 report feeling lost. College students, lacking the traditional tran-sition from campus to adult-hood, are losing their support network without receiving the expected boost that comes with the public displays of parental pride. Even worse, some were pushing toward finals with graduation as a reward. Now that’s gone, and so is their motivation. Today’s trauma and burnout will like-ly lead to generation at great-

er risk of developing clinical anxiety and depression.

“Not having a physical graduation or the activities that typically accompany it did a number on my ability to accurately perceive my own life and the future, mainly in that my actions only existed in a vacuum,” Nick said.

“There were entire groups of people I realized I would not see again, and many indi-viduals that I wished I could spend time with and collabo-rate with.”

Obviously, feeling lost is nothing compared to gradu-ating during a pandemic and into the worst job market since the Lindy Hop was pop-ular.

But that doesn’t make this any less real for the 3.7 mil-lion people graduating from high school and the 3.9 grad-uating from college. They’ll feel the absence of the pomp and circumstance for the rest of their lives.

We’re human, and we adapt.

Some colleges are holding graduation ceremonies on Minecraft. Sallie Mae is hold-ing a virtual graduation.

Both Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey are offer-ing virtual commencement addresses to the Pandemic Class, and Michelle Obama is hosting a virtual prom.

Some schools are even mail-ing their graduates caps and gowns with their diplomas and – I kind of like this touch – yard signs and commemora-tive face masks.

This creativity provides hope for us all. No matter how long this goes on, we, too, go on.

Lilly Kofler is the vice presi-dent of behavioral science and is the U.S. lead of Hill+Knowl-ton Strategies Behavioral Science Unit. Her column is distributed by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate.

Why this graduation feels empty

LILLY [email protected]

JOE [email protected]

A longer version of this column can be found at www.tribdem.com

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Dear Dr. Roach: I follow you regularly, but I haven’t heard

one word on ways to build your immunity. Supplements abound, offering strength for the immune system. For me, some have been a tremendous support. I’m 65 and thankfully healthy, but I take vita-min Bs and Ds, and many other body-support supplements. Why no mention of supplements? Surely you believe in commonsense vita-mins and nutritional supplements.

Of course, I also eat lots of fruits and vegetables, etc., but our foods simply do not provide enough. – S.S.

Answer: I don’t recommend vitamins or supplements to build the immune system because I disagree with you that our foods don’t provide enough. I am all for common sense, but what one gen-eration considers common sense can be proven completely wrong in another generation. I believe in data, and there are now strong data showing that additional vita-min supplementation in people who consume a healthy diet pro-vides no benefit.

There is also not much evidence

that dietary supplements lead to any measurable improvements in healthy people.

For people with an unhealthy diet, efforts to make their diet healthier are more likely to result in a better outcome than supple-ments. The immune system cannot be boosted through supplements.

It may work poorly through frank deficiencies, but this is uncommon.

I may well be proven wrong. If good data show that nutritional supplements improve the func-tion of the immune system, or any other significant health outcome in a well-done trial, I’ll publish it in my column.

Healthy foods have all vitamins body needs

KEITH [email protected]

If today is your birthday:Open up about the way you

feel and what your intentions are. Explore the possibilities and different lifestyles that suit your personality as well as your dreams, hopes and wishes. Be honest with yourself about what’s doable. Don’t spread yourself too thin when you should be focusing on what’s most important to you. Your numbers are 6, 14, 20, 27, 33, 39 and 46.Aries (March 21-April 19):

Use what you’ve learned to help you get through a challenge. Draw on experience, knowledge and whatever resources you have to ensure that you make the best decision possible. It’s time to firm up on a commitment. Taurus (April 20-May 20):

Be prepared if you want a change you implement to work. Iron out subtle but essential details before you leap forward. An oppor-tunity is beneficial only if you are in a position to make it work for you. Uncertainty is a red flag.

Gemini (May 21-June 20):Beware of false information or

advice. Double-check facts and sources before you make decisions that can affect your position, reputation or well-being. Pour your heart into honing your skills and keeping up with technology.

Cancer (June 21-July 22):An adjustment will determine

how well a project turns out. Fol-low your instincts, and you will find a solution that allows you to bypass dealing with institutions or authority figures. Play by the rules, and fix what isn’t working for you.

Leo (July 23-August 22):Before you make a move, dis-

cuss your intentions with someone aware of your circumstances and a reliable source for honest and helpful input. Don’t be tempted by a flashy offer when a minor adjustment is all that’s required.

Virgo (August 23-September 22):Take a back seat, and be an

observer for the time being. Some-one will use persuasive tactics to try to push you in a direction that isn’t in your best interest. Make a change if it benefits you.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):An open mind will take you on a

journey that will lead to a bright-er future. What you learn today will point you in a new direction. Online correspondence classes and finding information that will improve your health are favored.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Listen to complaints, and rectify

the problem promptly. Make an effort to enhance your living condi-tions as well as your relationships with those close to you. Take the edge off by striving to keep the peace. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

A calculated risk will pay off. Follow your intuition, not what someone tells you. A personal relationship should be reevaluated and your intentions revealed. Honesty and integrity matter, and judgments will be made. It’s time to commit or move on.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Keep your thoughts to yourself

and your eye on what’s happening around you. If you act in haste or jump to conclusions, you will send the wrong message. Don’t make an emotional change; make a smart move in order to avoid trouble.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Do your best to understand

what others are trying to tell you. Speak from the heart and offer realistic suggestions, and you will turn a difficulty around. A positive attitude will lead to personal gain. Self-improve- ment projects are favored.

Pisces (February 19-March 20):Listen, watch and assess what’s

happening around you. Don’t make promises or get involved in something foreign to you. Believing someone without checking references or facts will end up being costly. Protect your heart, possessions and passwords.

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He has major health issues now, but I’m not too concerned.

According to him, it’s “none of my business.” Family doesn’t care because he doesn’t care.

My daughter blames me, but she doesn’t bother to have much contact with her father.

I have had enough of trying to help a man who doesn’t want help. This is a loveless marriage and has been for years.

He’s also addicted to comput-er porn. He stays at a computer for hours, even when people are around. He doesn’t care who’s around. He broke his computer recently, and I have refused to allow him on mine, so he is angry at me for that, too.

For most of our marriage, I

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We have a mortgage and all the bills that come with it. We have no savings, pension or life insurance. I work 40 hours a week, and my husband is par-tially disabled from an autoim-mune disease.

My son, who is studying to become an RN, is 33. He lives with us and pays $550 a month, which pays the property taxes. He has slowly brought his

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EBENSBURG – Even with a mask covering part of her face, there was no hiding Marie Piastrelli’s patriotism as a Memorial Day parade crossed her path.

Dressed in red and white – and standing under blue skies – the Ebensburg resi-dent lifted a handheld Amer-ican flag to show her support while a motorcade of veter-ans, firefighters and ambu-lances drove by.

“We could’ve watched it from the window,” said Pias-trelli, standing just outside her Parkview Apartments

home. “ B u t i t ’ s

such a beau-tiful day to be outside. And this is a day to celebrate free-

dom because a lot of people gave their lives so we could be here.”

Ebensburg’s annual Memo-rial Day ceremony often draws a crowd of hundreds to Veterans Park to honor those who fought and died for the nation.

This year – to avoid COVID-19 complications – Ebensburg Borough officials partnered with VFW Post 4963 and American Legion Post 363 in town to bring the patriotic procession to the people.

A parade of veterans, Dauntless Fire Department vehicles and Ebensburg EMS ambulances zigzagged through most of the borough, taking it past neighborhoods lined with homes, apartment buildings and downtown intersections – rather than a crowd in the center of town.

It enabled residents such as Piastrelli and her friend, Sharon Allison, to watch the parade from right outside their front door.

“This was a great idea,” Allison said.

American Legion Post 363 member Phil Rice was among a handful of veterans who placed a wreath at Veter-ans Park at the conclusion of the event.

Behind him, a line of fellow veterans – spaced apart from one another – fired three shots into the air in honor of those who never made it home from war.

“Even with everything that’s going on, it’s still our duty to recognize how much they gave for us,” Rice said.

He credited the borough for spearheading the roving parade to remind the public about the “importance and sacredness of Memorial Day.”

To Sharon Nagle, the sol-emn day served as a reminder of the importance of freedom.

“That’s what they died for,” she said, standing next to her friend, Catherine Huson, of Ebensburg.

Pandemic or not, “we have to get on with living again,” Nagle said.

Boro brings ceremony to peoplewith parade BY DAVID [email protected]

A day to remember

Sharon Allison (left) and Marie Piastrelli wear masks as the parade pass-es their apartment building.

PHOTOS BY JOHN RUCOSKY/THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT

Burkely George, 19 months, watches Monday’s Memorial Day parade in Ebensburg from his patriotic-themed car.

A block away, Shawn Dumm and his wife, Kelley, watched with their children as a line of vehicles drove by, decked out in red, white and blue.

Their son, Brayden, 2, waved from his father’s shoulders as a Dauntless engine passed.

“It’s nice to have a little nor-malcy again,” Kelley said. “Even if it is a little different.”

Veterans across the region honored their fallen in adapted, oftentimes abbreviated ceremo-nies Monday.

Parade-style events were held through Westmont and the Hastings area.

Services were held in Sanker-town, Cresson, Nicktown, St. Michael and Windber, among others.

David Hurst is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @tddavidhurst.

Army veteran Joseph Lesniak, of Colver, salutes during the playing of taps during a ceremony in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park.

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Flood memorial will hold event online

To commemorate the 131st anniversary of the Johnstown Flood, the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in South Fork will be holding a day-long event online.

By visiting www.facebook.com/JohnstownFloodNPS at 3:10 p.m. Sunday, the approximate time the dam broke, viewers will see park rangers talk about the histor-ic moment and at 4:07 p.m., the time the flood waters reached town, the rangers will lay a commemorative wreath on the south abut-ment of the remnants of the South Fork dam.

Shortly after, at 7 p.m. 2,209 luminaries will be placed around the remains of the dam and visitor cen-ter to honor the victims of the flood.

Each will have the name of a victim written on it and will stay lit until 10 p.m.

This will be followed by a live shot of the area at 8:15 p.m. on Facebook.

The park grounds will be open from sunrise to sunset, but the visitor center will be closed, no shuttle will travel to the north abutment and the parking lot there will also be closed.

Luminaries on the north portion of the old dam will be visible from the parking lot of the visitor center and the south abutment.

2 local food pantries receive funding

Two Cambria County food pantries have received emer-gency funding through the state Food Recovery Infra-structure Grant program, state Rep. Frank Burns said Thursday.

The Portage Area Food Pantry received a $17,651 grant to purchase a refriger-ated truck to keep donated food from spoiling in transit, and the Dorothy Day Food Pantry at St. Francis Uni-versity in Loretto received a $39,887 grant.

“Grants like these are criti-cal to our food pantries’ efforts so they can continue serving our communities during times like these when help is needed most,” Burns said.

IUP faculty members chosen for awards

Four Indiana University of Pennsylvania faculty mem-bers have been chosen for the University Senate Dis-tinguished Faculty Awards, one of which, Dana Driscoll, is a 1999 graduate of Forest Hills High School.

Driscoll, director of the Kathleen Jones White Writing Center, received the distin-guished award for research.

Her work focuses on how people learn to write and transfer that knowledge to various circumstances and how they can be supported by research-based writing center practices.

Currently, Driscoll is part of the Writing Transfer Project, which is a multi-institutional team of researchers that are supported by grants from the Conference on College Com-position and Communication and the Spencer Foundation.

She’s also participating in a decade-long study of 13 student writers as they move from numerous col-lege writing tasks into the workplace and beyond.

Additionally, Driscoll serves as the co-editor of Writing Spaces, an open source textbook series for first-year composition cours-es and an article reviewer for the Writing Center Jour-nal, Present Tense, Writing Program Administration and Composition Forum.

During her career, she has served on the executive committee and been the con-nected community editor for the Conference on College Composition and Communi-cation as well as a founding editorial board member of the Writing, Research, Ped-agogy and Policy series with Southern Illinois University Press and the Peer Review, an International Writing Centers Association journal.

Authorities: Two found dead in home

LANSFORD – Authorities are investigating after two people were found dead in an eastern Pennsylvania home.

Police said the bodies were discovered Tuesday in the Lansford residence.

The Carbon County coro-ner’s office was called to the scene.

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Noah Korenoski forged friendships and team bonds with students and coaches at two high schools through-out his varsity career.

A senior at Ferndale Area High School, where he was a standout mid-dle linebacker on the football team, Korenoski also made his mark on the wrestling mat as part of a co-op agree-ment with nearby Westmont Hilltop High School.

His prowess on the mat will lead Korenoski to Garrett College in McHenry, Maryland, where he will wrestle for the Lakers. Tanner Cahill, a Conemaugh Township High School graduate who wrestled three years at NCAA Division I Bloomsburg Univer-sity, is on the coaching staff at Garrett College.

“The loyalty of their coaches impressed me,” Korenoski said.

“Coach Cahill stuck by my side the

whole way through the year. Even though I didn’t have much showing at the beginning of the year, he still talked to me. Once I made a showing down at Hershey at states, some other coaches started contacting me. I just kept thinking about Coach Cahill because he was there at the beginning of the year.”

Korenoski had a career 111-43 record with a .721 winning percent-age wrestling at 145 and 152 pounds for coach Matt Beaujon at Westmont Hilltop. He had 48 career pins while advancing to the regional tournament three times and making it to the PIAA Championship event as a senior.

“Westmont, even though it’s not my school, going up there, those guys are like my brothers,” Korenoski said.

“The coaching staff, they’re the best. They help me out with every-thing.

“It’s really just a big family up there.”

Beaujon praised Korenoski during an interview with The Tribune-Dem-ocrat earlier this year.

“Noah has a been foundation with-in our lineup for the past four years, over that time accu-mulating over 100

individual wins and helping this team to state-level success,” Beaujon said.

“He has always been a hard work-er, and over his high school career he has also evolved into a role model for his younger teammates. He car-ries himself well in the mat room, on match day and in the classroom, pret-ty much defining what a student-ath-

lete is supposed to be and act like.”Korenoski relished the leadership role.“My class, we all came up from

junior high as freshmen. We made the best of the situation,” he said. “We made the district duals our fresh-man year. No one really thought that we were going to do that as young as we were. My sophomore, junior and senior year we made it to team states.

“Guiding those younger kids through tough situations and show-ing them they can do whatever needs to happen, you’re just passing on the good vibes.”

On the football field, Korenoski was a fierce competitor, collecting more than 100 tackles during his junior and senior seasons.

“Football was so fun for me. It was a time to have fun for my guys,” Korenoski said. “Defense is my thing.

“I’m 5-7 and 145 pounds. I was play-

ing middle linebacker in the WestPAC.”Ferndale Athletic Director Steve

Clawson said Korenoski’s leadership and athletic ability will be missed.

“On the football field, Noah was definitely a leader, motivator and a good teammate,” Clawson said. “He brought energy to the team through-out each game.

“In general, Noah is a very pleasant, respectful and well-mannered young man. These qualities earned him a citizenship award voted on by the entire faculty and given to only four seniors.

“We wish Noah good luck as he moves on to further his education and wrestling career at Garrett College.”

Korenoski intends to major in human services at Garrett College.

He is the son of Justin and Colleen Korenoski.

Mike Mastovich is a sports writer for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @masty81.

Ferndale’s Korenoski commits to Garrett CollegeBY MIKE [email protected] Posted 111 wrestling wins competing in co-op at Westmont Hilltop

Korenoski

While his son is a big, strong college foot-ball player, Artrell

Hawkins Jr. knows size and strength won’t protect the young man from every danger he might encounter.

That’s why Hawkins met Sunday with police in Cam-bridge, Ohio – a day after Aeneas Hawkins, who is black, said he was confronted by a white man at a convenience store there while traveling home to Cincinnati from Penn State, where Aeneas is a defen-sive lineman with the Nittany Lions.

Artrell Hawkins, a Johns- town native and former col-lege and NFL player, praised his 20-year-old son for not allow-ing a tense situation to escalate into a physical conflict.

Aeneas Hawkins described the inci-dent in a Twitter thread:

“I’m on a road trip back home, and stopped for gas about 3 hours away. As I’m coming out of the store after paying for my gas, I made eye contact with a white man who’s about 30 years old.

“He stared longer than I thought was normal, but I thought nothing of it. I’m a larger man in all Penn State gear, so maybe he knew I played ball. As I walked though, he yelled, ‘F*** you! You black son of a b****’

“Although my inclination

was to jump through his face when he stood close to me, I know that I’ll always be guilty before proven innocent.

“Although I had done noth-ing out of the ordinary to invite conflict, it found me just

for LWB (living while black).

“I’m posting this to remind my brothers and sisters of color to stay aware of their surroundings and to be safe. Although that man is not rep-resentative of this entire country, the anger and hate he has in his heart rep-resents enough for

my people (to) be extra cau-tious at all times.”

Aeneas Hawkins called his father after the incident, but did not contact police.

Artrell Hawkins said he went to Cambridge on Sunday and met with an officer about the incident.

“I felt strongly enough about this to go there and speak with

Johnstown’s Hawkins says son target of

racial slur at gas stop

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STATE COLLEGE – As Penn State’s seasoned lead-er at cornerback, Tariq Cas-tro-Fields is fully aware of the expectations that accompany his role next season.

Rather than feel over-whelmed and bur-dened, the Nittany Lions’ senior defen-sive back said he’s ready to accept and embrace it head-on.

“I don’t really feel the pressure,” Cas-tro-Fields said. “If that’s my role, then I’m just going to cap-italize on it. I think I am ready for it. I real-ly know the defense.

“I’m able to play the field and the boundaries.”

After beginning the 2019 season as one of Penn State’s emerging bright spots in the secondary, injuries stunted Castro-Fields’ development

during the second half of the year. Inconsistency at times during the back half of the year also plagued Castro-Fields’ efforts in the defense.

“He was a different player,” Penn State cornerbacks coach Terry Smith explained earli-er this month. “He wasn’t as confident; he wasn’t as sure

of himself because of the injury. Not to make an excuse, he knows and recogniz-es it. We’ve talked about it. It’s one of our offseason plans and goals for him, to make sure that he can be more consistent throughout the sea-son.”

A s t h e i n j u -ries nagged Cas-

tro-Fields, Penn State’s pass-ing defense struggled against opposing quarterbacks. The unit finished the season ranked 13th in the Big Ten in

PSU’s Castro-Fields embraces leadership role in secondaryBY ELTON HAYES [email protected]

Castro-Fields

Hawkins

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Coming off of a disappoint-ing 2019 campaign, the Penn Cambria baseball team was eager to prove themselves this spring. Five starters returned with the hopes of soaring up the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference standings. How-ever, the COVID-19 pandemic and Gov. Tom Wolf ’s decision to close schools permanently for the rest of the school year on April 9 ended the Panthers’ shot at redemption.

“We’ve been looking forward to this year ever since we were little,” Penn Cambria senior Marty Sekerak Jr. said.

“Playing high school base-ball in Lilly, I looked forward to it forever and we don’t get the chance to play this year. I can’t even play summer ball either because you can’t play that either. I did not expect my baseball career to end last year like it did. I guess this is just where it ends.”

Chayce McCombie, a pitch-er headed to Indiana (Pa.), and Sekerak were named co-cap-tains before the season. Devon Conway and Tanner Vinglish also returned as senior start-ers heading into 2020, giv-ing the Panthers promise for a better year than last year’s 1-19 record proved.

“We started indoor practic-es in January so we were put-ting in a lot of hours and work into this year, just looking to improve,” Sekerak said. “We had a good bunch of young-er kids coming up to help us out. So we were going to have a very good year compared to last year. It was going to be a

fun year.”Sekerak started at catcher

in 2019, and was slated to play third base this spring. This would have been his third let-ter earned in baseball to com-bine with his pair in soccer. In just its second season back, the soccer team advanced to the District 6 Class AA semifinals in 2019.

The coronavirus has wiped out the closing months of seniors across the globe, throwing everyone for a loop.

“It’s been very interest-ing, we’ve never experienced anything like this,” Sekerak described what life has been since mid-March. “You want

out of your house, you want to go do something. You want to go to a water park, but they’re not going to be open up at all this summer.

“You can’t just go and hang out with your friends, because you don’t know what they’ve been through, what they’ve experienced and what people they’ve met that might have the virus. It’s just a unique situation that we don’t really know how to handle.”

Sekerak was also part of National Honor Society, Span-ish Club, student council and yearbook club. The son

‘Quiet leader’

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PC’s Sekerak Jr. sought end on diamond

A chance to conclude her scholastic career with friends on the track was all Penn Cambria senior Hannah Fitzsimmons ever wanted. But schools across the commonwealth were shut down for the rest of the academ-ic year on April 9, thus ending the spring sports season.

“When I first found out that there wasn’t going to be a spring season, I was shocked,” Fitzsim-mons said. “I didn’t think this would last very long.”

With 22 letterwinners returning from a 5-7 squad, the arrow was pointing up for the Panthers.

“I was looking forward to this last sea-son to be able to spend it with my friends and coaches that have been there for me

the last four years,” Fitzsimmons said. “I thought that with everyone we had on the team that that it was going to be a very

strong team. Even though track is an individual sport, we as a team make it stronger.”

Fitzsimmons, who competed in the discus, javelin and shot put, was the epitome of a valu-able teammate who helped the program’s culture excel.

“Hannah is the type of kid that all parents hope their kid(s) grows up to be like,” Penn Cam-bria girls track and field coach Josh Himmer said. “She is the ultimate teammate and she’s a

friend to everyone on the team. She gives it her all and is the first person standing there cheering on someone who is trying to beat their own PR or to give a hug to player that just didn’t have it that day. She was always someone I could always go to

if I needed to send a message to the team. “Penn Cambria will miss her. I wish her

the best, and I know she will make the world a better place as she continues to grow.”

Fitzsimmons was part of the basketball, track and field and volleyball teams at Penn Cambria, earning two letters on the hardwood, one in track and one in volley-ball. She was a member of the 2019 Dis-trict 6 Class AAA championship basket-ball squad, which won its first PIAA Tour-nament game in program history.

It has been a difficult adjustment for the outgoing Fitzsimmons without her classmates by her side heading toward graduation.

“It definitely is weird, not being with my friends,” she said. “Not seeing them in class or in the hallways, knowing that this was the last time you would see some of them before they went to college is hard.”

Fitzsimmons played 3 sports for PanthersBY JAKE [email protected]

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Penn Cambria senior Marty Sekerak Jr. competed on the baseball and soccer teams.

“Senior Salute” is a daily series that highlights two senior spring student-athletes who saw their seasons canceled due to the coronavirus. The stories will spotlight the 31 schools within The Tribune-Democrat’s cover-age area, in alphabetical order.

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TODAY ON TV AUTO RACING 8 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series: The Alsco Uniforms 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C., FS1

KOREAN BASEBALL ORGANIZATION 5:25 a.m.: SK Wyverns at Doosan Bears, ESPN2

SOCCER 12:20 p.m.: Bundesliga: Hertha Berlin at RB Leipzig, FS2 2:30 p.m.: Bundesliga: Schalke vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf, FS2

BASEBALLEx-Buc Kang suspended by KBO

SEOUL, South Korea – The Korean Baseball Organization has suspend-ed ex-Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang for a year and ordered him to perform 300 hours of community service over a series of drunken driving cases.

League organizers issued a statement saying the suspension will come into effect when Kang, 33, signs a contract with a club. The KBO said Kang earlier this month submitted an inquiry about a return to the South Korean baseball league and a letter of apology.

Kang signed with Pittsburgh in January 2015, becoming the first position player to jump directly from the KBO to the majors.

His career went into a tailspin after getting arrested in Seoul in December 2016 on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol. Kang had two previous DUI cases in 2009 and 2011, according to the KBO.

MLBPlayers balk at latest proposal

NEW YORK – A rookie at the major league minimum would make a higher percentage of his salary than multimillionaire stars such as Mike Trout or Gerrit Cole under a sliding-scale proposal by big league teams that players found “extreme-ly disappointing.”

Major League Baseball made the proposal to the players’ union on Tuesday during a digital meet-ing rather than the 50-50 reve-nue-sharing plan that owners ini-tially approved for their negotiators on May 11, two people familiar with the plan told The Associated Press.

In addition, the union said “the sides also remain far apart on health and safety protocols” aimed at starting the pandemic-delayed season around the Fourth of July.

HOCKEY

The NHL will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 – if it is able to resume play.

The decision, announced Tuesday by Commissioner Gary Bettman, is no guar-antee that games are coming back. The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association must still figure out health and safety pro-tocols and solve other issues.

Still, ironing out the format and nar-rowing down its two potential playoff host cities to a list of 10 represents significant progress since global sports were large-ly shut down in March as the coronavi-rus outbreak turned into a pandemic. Play could resume in late July, with the Stanley Cup Final decided in September or even later.

Groups of 12 teams representing each of the two conferences will be limited to playing in two cities, yet to be deter-mined, with three-week training camps opening no earlier than July 1. Bettman said voluntary workouts could begin in early June.

“We hope this is a step back toward nor-malcy,” Bettman said.

Earlier this week, the league and NHLPA issued extensive protocols once players are allowed to return to their facilities. They include a maximum of six players on the ice at a time, no contact and no coaches for voluntary workouts.

Instead of limiting the Cup chase to the usual 16 teams that qualify for the playoffs, the league and players agreed to expand the field to 24 of its 31 teams because of the unusual circumstances.

That means the likes of the Montreal Canadiens are still alive despite being nine points out of a playoff spot when hockey was halted March 12. But not all teams will have the same path to hockey’s storied tro-phy.

The top four teams in each conference ranked by points percentage – Boston, Tampa Bay, Washington and Philadelphia in the East and St. Louis, Colorado, Vegas and Dallas in the West – will play separate round-robin tournaments to determine seeding.

The remaining 16 teams will be seeded

by conference, setting up best-of-five series in the East of No. 5 Pittsburgh vs. No. 12 Montreal, No. 6 Carolina vs. No. 11 New York Rangers, No. 7 New York Islanders vs. No. 10 Florida and No. 8 Toronto vs. No. 9 Columbus. In the West, it would be No. 5 Edmonton vs. No. 12 Chicago, No. 6 Nash-ville vs. No. 11 Arizona, No. 7 Vancouver vs. No. 10 Minnesota and No. 8 Calgary vs. No. 9 Winnipeg.

“Any plan for the resumption of play by definition cannot be perfect,” Bettman said.

“But we believe we have constructed an overall plan that includes all teams that as a practical matter might have had a chance of qualifying for the playoffs when the sea-son was paused, and this plan will produce a worthy Stanley Cup champion who will have run the postseason gauntlet that is unique to the NHL.”

Games are expected to be played in two hub cities and Bettman said 10 are in the running: Chicago, Columbus, Ohio, Dallas, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis/St. Paul in the U.S. and Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver in Canada.

While there are still details to work out, including whether the first two rounds are best of five or seven, Bettman

said he expects the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final to be played in full in one of the two hub cities. Each team would be limited to a total of 50 people in the city it plays in.

“It’s not easy getting everybody on board with all the different countries, the players, the teams that were in the playoffs, teams that may not be in the playoffs and getting that all agreed upon with the union,” Buffa-lo Sabres owner Kim Pegula told The Asso-ciated Press. “For us to even finish the sea-son and award (the Stanley Cup), I know a lot of work went into it. But I know how important it was for our players, our fans, our league to make sure that we conclude it.”

The decision to call off the 189 regu-lar-season games that were not played ends the season for Buffalo, New Jersey, Ana-heim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Ottawa and Detroit.

Those seven teams will now prepare for one of potentially two draft lotteries to determine the top 15 selections. The lot-tery will be held June 26, with anoth-er scheduled later depending on which of the remaining eight teams qualify for the 16-team playoff.

NHL moves ahead with new playoff formatBY STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUTO RACINGNASCARCup Series

Coca-Cola 600 ResultsSunday

At Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, N.C.

Lap length: 1.5 miles(Start position in parentheses)

1. (9) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 405 laps, 44 points.2. (3) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 405, 49.3. (26) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 405, 44.4. (11) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 405, 52.5. (22) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 405, 33.6. (8) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 405, 56.7. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 405, 32.8. (5) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 405, 37.9. (15) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 405, 28.10. (19) Chris Buescher, Ford, 405, 27.11. (14) Erik Jones, Toyota, 405, 36.12. (28) Cole Custer, Ford, 405, 25.13. (7) Joey Logano, Ford, 405, 44.14. (6) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 405, 33.15. (40) Aric Almirola, Ford, 405, 22.16. (25) John H. Nemechek, Ford, 405, 21.17. (33) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 405, 20.18. (27) Michael McDowell, Ford, 405, 19.19. (12) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 405, 47.20. (10) William Byron, Chevrolet, 404, 29.21. (21) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 403, 0.22. (29) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 403, 15.23. (24) Corey Lajoie, Ford, 403, 14.24. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 402, 13.25. (16) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 401, 12.26. (4) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet, 401, 11.27. (18) Ryan Newman, Ford, 400, 11.28. (37) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 399, 9.29. (13) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 398, 8.30. (35) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 398, 7.31. (31) Gray Gaulding, Ford, 397, 6.32. (36) BJ McLeod, Ford, 393, 0.33. (38) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 391, 0.34. (32) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 390, 0.35. (30) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 390, 2.36. (39) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 385, 0.37. (34) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, garage, 251, 0.38. (23) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, vibration, 164, 1.39. (20) Clint Bowyer, Ford, accident, 96, 1.40. (2) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, disqualified,

405, 1.Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 135.042 mph.Time of Race: 4 hours, 29 minutes, 55 seconds.Margin of Victory: .293 seconds.Caution Flags: 8 for 52 laps.Lead Changes: 20 among 11 drivers.Lap Leaders: Ku.Busch 0-54; A.Bowman 55-159;

J.Johnson 160-162; J.Nemechek 163; R.Preece 164; R.Stenhouse 165; A.Bowman 166-223; M.Truex 224-255; B.Keselowski 256-262; M.Truex 263-277; J.Loga-no 278-302; A.Bowman 303; M.DiBenedetto 304-306; J.Logano 307; M.Truex 308; M.DiBenedetto 309-311; M.Truex 312-350; J.Johnson 351-353; B.Keselowski 354-362; C.Elliott 363-400; B.Keselowski 401-405

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): A.Bowman, 3 times for 164 laps; M.Truex, 4 times for 87 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time for 54 laps; C.Elliott, 1 time for 38 laps; J.Logano, 2 times for 26 laps; B.Kesel-owski, 3 times for 21 laps; M.DiBenedetto, 2 times for 6 laps; J.Johnson, 2 times for 6 laps; J.Nemechek, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Preece, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Stenhouse, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: J.Logano, 2; D.Hamlin, 2; K.Harvick, 1; A.Bow-man, 1; B.Keselowski, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 291; 2. J.Logano, 268; 3. A.Bowman, 266; 4. C.Elliott, 241; 5. B.Keselowski, 235; 6. M.Truex, 235; 7. R.Blaney, 212; 8. D.Hamlin, 209; 9. Ky.Busch, 209; 10. A.Almirola, 208; 11. M.DiBen-edetto, 190; 12. Ku.Busch, 183; 13. E.Jones, 182; 14. C.Bowyer, 171; 15. J.Johnson, 162; 16. T.Reddick, 162.

Xfinity SeriesAlsco 300 Results

MondayAt Charlotte Motor Speedway

Concord, N.C.Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 203 laps, 0 points.2. (12) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 203, 41.3. (6) Austin Cindric, Ford, 203, 46.4. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 203, 51.5. (4) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 203, 32.6. (22) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 203, 0.7. (9) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 203, 30.8. (15) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 203, 29.9. (11) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 203, 30.10. (17) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 203, 27.11. (10) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 203, 39.12. (5) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 202, 32.13. (19) Dillon Bassett, Chevrolet, 201, 24.14. (21) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 201, 23.15. (34) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 201, 22.16. (37) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 201, 21.17. (14) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 200, 20.18. (36) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 200, 0.19. (28) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 200, 18.20. (8) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 200, 28.21. (30) Mason Massey, Toyota, 200, 16.22. (13) Chad Finchum, Toyota, 200, 15.23. (16) Vinnie Miller, Chevrolet, 199, 14.24. (32) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, accident,

198, 13.25. (23) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 198, 12.26. (31) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 198, 0.27. (2) Brandon Jones, Toyota, accident, 197, 21.28. (7) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 197, 9.29. (3) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, accident, 196, 18.30. (33) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 196, 7.31. (24) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 193, 6.32. (27) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, accident,

176, 5.33. (26) Austin Hill, Toyota, accident, 173, 0.34. (25) Timmy Hill, Toyota, engine, 151, 0.35. (35) Kody Vanderwal, Chevrolet, engine, 26, 2.36. (20) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, garage, 15, 1.37. (29) Colby Howard, Chevrolet, overheating, 11, 1.

Race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner: 111.739 mph.Time of Race: 2 hours, 43 minutes, 30 seconds.Margin of Victory: 0.178 seconds.Caution Flags: 11 for 53 laps.Lead Changes: 20 among 5 drivers.Lap Leaders: R.Chastain 0-31; K.Busch 32; R.Chastain

33-37; K.Busch 38-50; R.Chastain 51; K.Busch 52; R.Chastain 53-80; K.Busch 81-98; R.Chastain 99; K.Busch 100; R.Chastain 101-102; K.Busch 103-149; M.Annett 150-158; A.Cindric 159-174; N.Gragson 175; A.Cindric 176-182; N.Gragson 183; A.Cindric 184-189; K.Busch 190-201; A.Cindric 202; K.Busch 203

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Busch, 8 times for 94 laps; R.Chastain, 6 times for 68 laps; A.Cindric, 4 times for 30 laps; M.Annett, 1 time for 9 laps; N.Gragson, 2 times for 2 laps.

Wins: C.Briscoe, 2; H.Burton, 1; N.Gragson, 1; B.Jones, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. C.Briscoe, 251; 2. A.Cindric, 243; 3. R.Chastain, 239; 4. H.Burton, 234; 5. N.Gragson, 232; 6. J.Allgaier, 218; 7. R.Sieg, 192; 8. B.Jones, 186; 9. J.Haley, 186; 10. M.Annett, 169; 11. R.Herbst, 160; 12. B.Brown, 144; 13. D.Hemric, 135; 14. A.Labbe, 128; 15. J.Williams, 127; 16. M.Snider, 108.

GOLFCambrian Hills

GTE LeagueTuesday

1, Dan Reaman, Harry Ankeny, Steve Bango and Jack Tomkosky 265; 2, Mike Mayer, Ted Custer and Dick Roth 275; 3, Ed Pozun, Joe Groholz and Wyanne Peffer 280; 4, Jake Jacoby, Gary Marion, Ron Kabo and Tom Callihan 281

Pin points: No. 4-Steve Bango, No. 8-Jim Havas, No. 13-Ed Pozun, No. 17-Jake Jacoby, No. 18-Ted Custer

Sportsmanship award-Larry Tiffany

WindberDuffer’s League

T-1, Tim Ayres, Hank Shark, Dave Davis and Ron Johnson and P. Norlund, J.D. Rubal, Bob Symon and Carl Concel -9; T-3, Bud Moot, Dave DiBuono, Bill Lonsinger, Lee Sterner and Cam Long and Sam Carpenter, Jim Frischauf, Frank Gorgone and Gary Keiper -7; 5, Jerry Simon, Bill Zimmer, John Washko and Frank Burchs -6

Pin points: No. 1-Jerry Simon and Jake Stiffler

FallCheerleading

Lindsey SlebodnickBoys cross country

Seth Hogue, Josh Lee, Wyatt Pettenati and Jestin Poruban

Girls cross countryAlyssa Crynock

FootballDevon Conway, Jacob Davis, Ray Davis, Gabe

Downs, Ethan Sanders, Tyler Smorto, Tanner Vinglish, Hunter Wagner and Luke Wirfel

Boys golfTanner Fogel, Jarod Hoover, Ian McGonigle and

Cameron Sumner Girls golf

Jillian Latoche and Kayla RinglerBoys soccer

Wyatt Pettenati and Marty Sekerak Jr.Girls soccer

Madison Grove and Sydnie ReeseVolleyball

Hannah Fitzsimmons, Allison Guzic, Sarah More-land and Isabella Pettenati

WinterBoys basketball

Jaden Cantave, Tanner Fogel, John Kochara,

Jake Martynuska and Chayce McCombieGirls basketball

Lora Davis, Hannah Fitzsimmons, Madi-son Grove, Hannah Saleme and MaKenzie Shuagis

BocceChase Baker and Abby Fortney

Girls swimmingMaddi Dzurko (co-op with Cambria

Heights)Wrestling

Jacob Davis, Joe Dignan, Alayna Gil, Jestin Poruban and Ethan Sanders

SpringBaseball

Devon Conway, Chayce McCombie, Marty Seker-ak Jr. and Tanner Vinglish

SoftballKatrina Britton, Cameryn Clark, Lora Davis,

Sarah McCready and Sydnie ReeseBoys track and field

Seth Hogue, Josh Lee, Wyatt Pettenati, Jestin Poruban and Luke Wirfel

Girls track and fieldHannah Fitzsimmons, Madison Grove, Lyric

Janosik, Meghan Mostick, Haylee Plummer and Hannah Saleme

Penn Cambria seniors

the police,” he said.Contacted Monday, the Cam-

bridge Police Department con-firmed that Artrell Hawkins met with Patrolman Zachary Smith, who took a statement and viewed surveillance video from the convenience store.

Smith filed a report noting that he determined he could not identify the second man from the encounter. There was no audio with the video, Smith wrote.

Smith reported that Artrell Hawkins said his son was “harassed” at the convenience store and that “a racial slur had

been directed toward him.”Artrell Hawkins said the offi-

cer seemed “dismissive” about the incident, or “naive” about whether a racially charged encounter could happen there.

Artrell Hawkins recounted that his son told him that there was an initial moment when the racial slur was shouted, then the man went to his car and Aeneas Hawkins returned to his vehicle. But then the man drove close to where Aeneas was standing.

The other man “jumps out and stares him down,” Artrell said. “To me, and I said this to the officer, that’s threatening behavior.”

Artrell Hawkins said the sub-ject was fresh in his son’s mind.

The two of them had recently participated in a group church discussion about the Georgia case of Aumaud Arbrey, a 25-year-old black man whose shooting death in February has led to charges against three white men.

“We talked through the Arbrey case, the society we live in and the risks for young, black men,” Artrell Hawkins said.

“These are sensitive subjects. “And with social media,

there’s more exposure. But it’s nothing new.”

Hawkins said he doesn’t worry so much about someone attacking his son – who is listed as 6-foot-2 and 288 pounds by Penn State – but knows some-times verbal battles can lead to weapons being used.

Or legal situations where the young, black man might not get the benefit of the doubt, Haw-kins said.

“He’s a defensive tackle at Penn State,” Artrell Hawkins said. “He’s a big, black kid.

“Nobody’s probably going to confront him or challenge him directly. But he has to be careful.”

Artrell Hawkins added: “He’s respectful. He’s a high-achiev-er. He’s everything you would want in a son. But as a parent, you worry.”

Chip Minemyer is the edi-tor of The Tribune-Democrat and TribDem.com. He can be reached at 814-532-5091. Fol-low him on Twitter @Minemy-erChip.

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passing defense as it yielded 251.5 yards passing per game. Castro-Fields missed Penn State’s regular-season finale against Rutgers due to injury.

“It was a frustrating process, but the coaches had a plan for me, and I just tried to do the best I could (with) whatever they asked me to do,” Castro-Fields said.

“Whatever my role was with the team, I wanted to do it to the best of my abilities. It was kind of frustrating, but Coach (James) Franklin kind of preaches how to do what you can control, so that was my main focus.

“I’m fully healthy (now). I’m ready to go.”In analyzing the 2019 season, Cas-

tro-Fields said he’s taken inventory of points of the game and his position he can refine to become an even more effective

lockdown corner in 2020.“Just focus on my fundamentals more

– switching from off the press, doing a lot of things that can help me maintain the funda-mentals,” Castro-Fields said. “I think that’s the main thing I’ve gained from last year.”

Castro-Fields finished his junior sea-son with 52 tackles, two interceptions and eight pass deflections. He pointed to a few aspects of his game last season that attributed to some of his success.

“I think I was just playing with a lot of confidence,” Castro-Fields said. “Just being physical. I thought I knew the defense real-ly well, which allowed me to kind of play fast. I think my confidence was something that each game I was just showing myself what I could do, and it really helped.”

Penn State’s secondary next season will have to fill the void left by the departure of cornerback John Reid, who was selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. In losing Reid, the

Nittany Lions not only lost a player who had five years of experience, but also a cere-bral defender who was one of the Big Ten’s most sound in terms of fundamentals.

While Reid is no longer a part of Penn State’s cornerback room, Castro-Fields said his influence will still be felt and it will have an impact on his plays and that of other members of the Nittany Lions’ secondary.

“I think the biggest I thing I learned was (the importance of) film,” Castro-Fields said.

“Everyone knows he’s a film junkie, so the film part was one of the things he showed me – how to break it down, what to look at. His competitiveness. When we did O-line tack-le or press, he was the first one to jump out there. He goes 110% in whatever he’s doing, so he kind of showed me how to practice.”

Elton Hayes is a veteran sports writer who covers Penn State for CNHI LLC pub-lications. Contact him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @EHDC12.

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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media on May 27, 2019, before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins in Boston.

PITTSBURGH – Minkah Fitzpatrick is missing the some-what leisurely pace of the NFL’s organized team activities, when free time in the evenings allows teammates to develop the chemistry the Steelers safety considers critical to success.

“You’re learning about each other and how each other think and life outside of football,” Fitzpatrick said Tuesday.

Not so much this season, at least not in the way Fitzpatrick is used to. The COVID-19 pandem-ic has forced Fitzpatrick to work out on his own. It’s limited his interactions with other members of one of the league’s top second-aries to group chats and virtu-al conference calls. It’s not ideal, but these aren’t ideal times.

While Fitzpatrick is preparing as if the Steelers will report to St. Vincent College for the 55th straight summer for training camp in July, that’s more prag-matism than optimism. The way the third-year All-Pro figures it, if he’s ready for the grind of camp then he’ll be overly pre-pared if camp is scrapped or the preseason is altered in response to the coronavirus.

If the NFL does tinker with the schedule, Pittsburgh might be one of the least impacted clubs in the league. The Steelers return 10 of 11 starters to a unit that fin-ished fifth last season – and was the primary reason Pittsburgh hung around the playoff picture until late December despite los-ing quarterback Ben Roethlis-berger to a right elbow injury at halftime of Week 2.

“We have some young faces and new faces, (but) some teams, half their roster, half their secondary or half their linebackers are gone,” Fitzpat-rick said. “(A shortened presea-son) will definitely give us an advantage because we all have a year (together) under our belt or more than that. I think it’s more of an advantage.”

Fitzpatrick, acquired in an audacious trade with Miami last September just days after Roeth-lisberger was injured, could take on an expanded role in 2020.

The Steelers purposefully kept it simple for him when Fitzpat-rick arrived so he could get com-fortable. It didn’t take long. He picked off a pass and forced a fumble in his first game in Pitts-burgh and rarely let up, so much so that opposing offenses start-ed avoiding him late in the sea-son. He considers it a matter of respect, though he’s also willing to do more moving around this fall to give defensive coordina-tor Keith Butler another wrin-kle at his disposal.

“If the coaches want me to move around, I’ll move around and if they don’t, then I don’t need to,” Fitzpatrick said. “I’m trying to learn the system and get it down to a T, and just in case I have to or they ask me to, I can move.”

Fitzpatrick: Modified slate could help SteelersBY WILL GRAVESTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Penn Cambria opened up its arms to welcome Fitzsimmons in.

“I would sum my time at Penn Cambria as memorable,” she recalled. “Coming into Penn Cambria from a Catholic ele-mentary school not knowing anyone and having Penn Cam-bria be so open and such a fami-ly made it easy. The friends that I made here at PC will always impact my life. My memories of PC are being able to be on three sports teams that made me the person I am, and growing day by day with my friends.”

She was the student council secretary, while being a mem-

ber of Pink Panthers, Nation-al Honor Society, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), prom committee and yearbook book.

The daughter of Matt and Samantha Fitzsimmons, of Cresson, will continue her vol-leyball career at Waynesburg University, majoring in foren-sic science/crime scene investi-gation with a minor in federal accounting.

Jake Oswalt is a copy editor for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @TheWizOfOz11.

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PANTHERS Fitzsimmons was the student council secretary.

of Marty and Brenda Seker-ak, of Gallitzin, plans to attend Pitt-Johnstown to study biology/pre-medical before heading to the main campus for dentistry.

“Marty is one of the most unselfish players I have had the pleasure of coaching, and he always puts the team ahead of personal achievements,” Penn Cambria baseball coach James

Poldiak said. “Last season, Marty had to catch rather than play his customary third base position. He did this without hesitation. Though the sea-son was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marty stepped into a leadership role as he was one of our team cap-tains. He is a quiet leader, but leads by example. Marty is a player that others look up to.”

Sekerak enjoyed his time at Penn Cambria.

“Just the kids at the school were always good,” he said.

“There’s not very much bully-ing or anything at the school.

“We always get along with everybody, you can have a good conversation with everybody.

“It’s just a great atmosphere to be at.

“I didn’t hate going to school any day of the year. It was always a good time. The teach-ers were always very nice, too.”

Jake Oswalt is a copy editor for The Tribune-Democrat. Fol-low him on Twitter @TheWiz-OfOz11.

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SEKERAK “He is a quiet leader, but leads by example. Marty is a player that others look up to.”

JAMES POLDIAK,PENN CAMBRIA

BASEBALL COACH

B3THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT

Wednesday, May 27, 2020BUSINESS

Officials of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry said an investigation is ongoing into fraudulent applications for Pandem-ic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

In a press conference Tuesady, Department Secretary Gerard Olek-siak declined to speak about details involved in the investigation, includ-ing how much money may have been fraudulently received.

Oleksiak said instances of fraud were discovered Friday. Until the investigation ends, PUA checks will be mailed to claimants’ home addresses instead of sent electroni-cally, he said.

The PUA website was set up in April to provide aid to people who don’t qualify for regular unemploy-ment benefits. Recipients include independent contractors, self-em-ployed people and freelance workers.

The Department rolled out the PUA website to distribute federal funds authorized in late March under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Eco-nomic Security (CARES) Act.

Oleksiak said the fraudulent claims have been made by people who have

stolen people’s personal identifica-tion information from other sources.

He said no personal information was stolen from the PUA website.

“Payments will be with paper checks for the time being, to pre-vent fraud,” he said. “A person’s real address being used for fraudulent claims, so to make sure these indi-viduals are the ones who should be receiving compensation, we will send checks through the mail.”

He said recipients should be pre-pared for delays in receiving checks as a result of switching from elec-tronic delivery to U.S. mail.

Also during the press conference, Susan Dickinson, director of the office of Unemployment Compensa-tion Benefits Policy, said more staff have been employed to file claims and communicate with claimants of the regular unemployment com-pensation system as well as the PUA.

“We have 100 new staff on board,” she said. “I’ve heard of some claim-ants can get through multiple times for help, and some not at all.”

Staff can live chat through uc.pa.gov or take phone calls, she said.

Nearly 2 million unemployment claims have been filed since mid-March, and of that total, 300,000

r e m a i n t o b e a c c e p t e d o r denied by the Department, she said.

Dickinson also announced the Department is holding a town hall meeting slated to be live streamed at 1 p.m. Thursday. She said the town hall is for the public’s general ques-tions about unemployment claims.

She stressed that individual cases cannot be discussed in that forum.

To participate in the town hall live stream, visit https://access.live/pala-bor.

For those who don’t have internet access, there are also a limited num-ber of audio lines, she said. To partic-ipate in the town hall via phone, call 1-833-380-0719.

“We’d like to hear from everybody,” she said.

Questions can be sent ahead of the town hall by emailing [email protected].

The department is accepting emailed questions until 11 a.m. Thursday.

Russ O’Reilly is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @RussellOReilly.

Officials continue investigating fraudulent applications for PUA BY RUSS O’[email protected]

After more than 40 years of focusing on the residential real estate market in Johnstown, Coldwell Banker Prestige Realty is breaking into the commercial market, too.

Dwayne Hill, Coldwell Banker Pres-tige Realty’s broker of record, said com-mercial real estate deals in Johnstown have been traditionally conducted without local agents or without agents at all.

“Traditionally, the commercial mar-ket has been done internally among businesses in Johnstown,” he said.

In other cases, commercial real estate owned by large companies, fast food chains for example, are already com-mitted to real estate firms, often based in larger metro areas, he said.

“Nobody concentrated on commer-cial real estate in this area for years and years and years,” he said. “But over the last five to eight years, you’ve seen local commercial brokers having some suc-cess in Johnstown.”

Leading Coldwell Banker Prestige Realty into the commercial market is Realtor Beth Reina.

Reina is from Johnstown, but for seven years she purchased commercial

real estate across the United States for a Connecticut-based company.

She said that her experience of being on the purchasing side is help-ing her on the selling side of the busi-ness.

Not long after she started working for Coldwell Banker Prestige Realty in January, the real estate industry’s two-month COVID-19 hiatus began.

With the May reopening of real estate business in Pennsylvania, Reina said she has been somewhat surprised by the potential buyers she’s found for properties in Johnstown.

“I’ve had four calls from people in New York, Los Angeles and New Jersey right before the middle of April,” she said. “I was surprised by it. But it’s also a result of the pandemic.”

Some of those potential buyers remain in quarantine in their home state for now. It’s too early to say for sure when or if they will move to Johnstown, she said.

“They’ve said ‘I just want out. I want to move my business,’ ” she said. “I think they are also seeing opportunity in areas that are low-cost now.”

Russ O’Reilly is a reporter for The Tri-bune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @RussellOReilly.

Coldwell Banker enters into commercial marketBY RUSS O’[email protected]

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HARRISBURG – The Gener-al Assembly is preparing a stop-gap $25 billion budget bill that will provide a full year of basic education funding and provide five months of funding for most other state programs.

Gov. Tom Wolf has warned that the state could be facing a $5 billion budget deficit. Wolf, in February, before the pandem-ic hit, had proposed spending $36 billion in 2020-21.

Tuesday, Wolf said that law-makers and his administration were seeking a path forward to buy time until it becomes clearer how bad the economic downturn spurred by the coro-navirus pandemic will last and how much federal stimulus will provide.

“All of us are struggling to know exactly what the financial situation is going to look like,” Wolf said. “There are a lot of unknowns.”

The $25 billion package would carry full-year money for many public school budget lines, as

well as for state-supported uni-versities, debt service and school pension obligations. But much of the rest of the state’s operating budget lines would be funded through Nov. 30, the last day of the two-year legislative session, Senate and House officials said.

“The plan is to fund the state for the next five months, and then come back to the table to finish a separate budget for the final seven months of the fiscal year,” said Mike Straub, a spokesman for House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler, R-Lan-caster. “This plan came about once revenue experts deter-mined it would be nearly impos-sible to predict the long-term impact by the June 30 budget deadline.”

The budget passed the state House 103-99. It now goes to the Senate, which is expected to act on it later this week.

State Rep. Stan Saylor, R-York, the Republican chairman of the appropriations committee, said the interim budget is needed and that lawmakers wanted to provide sufficient school fund-ing so that schools could reopen in the fall.

“We simply cannot have enough data to make an informed decision about a full-year budget,” Saylor said. “This budget will provide stability and necessary resources to get back to normalcy in a responsible manner.”

State Rep. Matt Bradford, D-Montgomery, the Demo-cratic chairman of the House

appropriations committee, said many Democrats are “deeply concerned,” about the proposed budget’s school funding.

Bradford said that with the casinos closed, the state will have millions less to distribute in property tax relief, so it’s not going to seem to taxpayers like schools are being fully-funded.

Annette Stevenson, a spokes-woman for the Pennsylvania School Board Association, said the group supports the plan.

“It provides the certainty needed by school districts for their own budget planning,” Ste-venson said.

“The General Assembly would be addressing one of the biggest concerns facing school boards right now as they adopt their budgets for next year, by allow-ing school districts to know the state’s allocation for education for the entire school year.”

Tuesday, the state’s Indepen-dent Fiscal Office announced that it expects the pandemic will cost the state about $4 billion in lost or delayed tax revenue, as the state pushed back the filing deadline for state taxes when the mitigation efforts led to widespread business shut-downs. The state will get about half of that tax once delayed tax payments arrive, according to the IFO analysis.

Matthew Knittel, the IFO’s director, told reporters that the shortfall isn’t as bad as forecast-ers originally expected.

The IFO’s estimates assume that by the end of June most

counties in Pennsylvania have entered the green phase of Wolf ’s reopening strategy. The first 18 counties are scheduled to enter the green phase – when restaurants, bars, barbershops, beauty salons and gyms can reopen with reduced occupancy.

The rest of the state is sched-uled to be in the yellow phase by June 5.

The IFO’s estimate also assumes that people quickly return to their normal spending behavior, that there is no second outbreak, causing another shut-down, and that schools reopen, he said.

More than 1.9 million peo-ple have filed for unemploy-ment benefits in Pennsylvania since the coronavirus outbreak prompted the state to shutdown nonessential businesses.

Knittel said that some of the hardest hit industries are those that have relatively low-paid workers, and meaning the state continued to collect income tax from the comparatively bet-ter-paid workers who haven’t lost jobs.

Some of the hardest hit indus-tries in the shutdown were the restaurant and lodging indus-tries, and the entertainment sector, including things such as movie theaters, he said.

In addition, the federal stim-ulus program provided $600 a week in extra unemployment benefits, which meant that many low-wage workers who were laid off ended up getting more in jobless benefits than

they normally get working, he said.

The increased spending fund-ed by those unemployment ben-efit boosts have meant that the state didn’t lose as much sales tax revenue as economists would have expected, Knittel said.

He added, though, the stimu-lus-funded boost in unemploy-ment checks only runs through July.

What happens when the $600 a week in extra unemployment payments ends “is an open ques-tion,” Knittel said.

Lawmakers teeing up $25B partial-year budgetBY JOHN FINNERTYCNHI STATE REPORTER

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RL TOLEye on homebuildingToll Brothers’ latest quarterly snapshot should provide insight into the health of the new-home market.

The luxury homebuilder is expected to report today that its fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue declined from a year earlier. That would echo the company’s results for the first quar-ter. Investors will be listening for an update on sales trends ahead of the traditionally busy early summer homebuying season.

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Not so fashionableWall Street expects that Ralph Lauren closed out its last fiscal year in the red.

Analysts predict the high-end retailer slid to a loss in the quarter ending in March. That reversed a gain in the same quarter a year earlier. Ralph Lauren and other retailers faced myriad challenges, including a trade war with China, well before the coronavirus pandemic forced malls and other businesses to close their doors.

Fed reportThe Federal Reserve releases its monthly snapshot of business conditions in its 12 regional bank districts today.

The report, dubbed the beige book, is referenced by the central bank’s policymakers at their monthly meeting. Last month’s beige book showed that economic activity contracted sharply across all the Fed’s districts as the country locked down to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Leisure, hospitality and retail sales were among the hardest-hit sectors of the economy, the report showed.

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Darden ... 78.47 +2.84DaveBuster ... 12.22 +.19Deere 3.04 148.03 +7.32DeltaAir ... 25.65 +2.96DenburyR ... .27 +.01DeutschBk .12e 8.21 +.89DevonE .44f 12.31 +.17DineEquity 3.04f 47.34 +3.62DxSCBear rs ... 25.94 -2.40

DxFnBr rs ... 20.58 -2.65DxSOXBr rs ... 7.51 -.22DxDGlBr rs ... 30.12 +2.33DirSPBear ... 9.10 -.34DxFnBull ... 31.06 +3.25DrxSCBull .41e 26.07 +2.04DrxSPBull ... 38.64 +1.45Disney 1.76 120.95 +2.93DomEngy 3.76 80.82 +.31DraftKin n ... 33.39 +4.28DropCar ... 1.23 +.04Dropbox ... 22.90 +1.24Dupont rs 1.20 50.37 +1.68DukeEngy 3.78 82.81 -.42DukeRlty .94 34.12 +.84eBay .64 43.36 -.09EOG Rescs 1.50 51.44 -.84EQT Corp .12 14.75 +1.01EastChem 2.64f 68.64 +3.18EldorRsts ... 35.16 +1.62ElecVeh ... 1.12 +.08ElectArts ... 116.64 -3.18EliLilly 2.96 147.96 -3.20EmpStRTr .34 7.41 +.50Enbridge 2.55 31.71 +.24EgyTrnsfr 1.22 8.42 +.22Entergy 3.72 99.74 +1.78Equifax 1.56 151.25 +4.22Ericsson .07e 8.81 -.07EssentUtil .94 41.31 +.28Evergy 2.02 59.89 -.11EversrceE 2.27f 78.01 -.45EvofemBio ... 5.79 +.80ExelaTch ... .37 +.02Exelon 1.53 37.60 +.75Expedia 1.36 82.82 +4.87ExtrmNet ... 3.35 +.03ExxonMbl 3.48 45.91 +1.31FGL Hldg .04 7.92 -2.65FNBCp PA .48 7.57 +.55Facebook ... 232.20 -2.71FedExCp 2.60 124.81 +7.81FifthThird 1.08f 19.19 +1.58FstCwlth .44 8.30 +.48FirstEngy 1.56f 40.71 +.07Fiserv ... 105.24 +1.31FlrtyPfdOp .88 11.40 -.08Flex Ltd ... 9.99 +.38FordM ... 5.84 +.19FrptMcM ... 9.26 +.52FrghtCar lf .36 1.09 +.03FDelMnt .40f 23.89 +1.15FriedmInd .08 4.32 -.16FuelCell ... 2.17 +.19

G-H-I

GNC .80 .70 +.15Gap ... 8.93 +.72GenDynam 4.40f 144.65 +6.08

GenElec .04 6.80 +.39GenMotors ... 27.40 +1.42GeniusBr h ... 1.54 +.15Gerdau .02e 2.24 +.14Gibraltar ... 42.92 +1.42GileadSci 2.72 73.18 -.16GlaxoSKln 2.89e 40.75 -.14GlbeLife .75 76.83 +4.29Goodyear ... 8.03 +.90GuardHlt ... .53 -.01HP Inc .48m 17.06 +.06HTG Mol h ... .60 +.07Hallibrtn .18m 11.87 +.28HanJS .87e 14.13 +.03Hanesbds .60 10.69 +1.10HarleyD .08m 24.76 +.38HarmonyG .05 3.31 -.22HeatBio ... .95 +.11HeclaM .01e 3.13 -.22HelixEn ... 3.01 +.43Hershey 3.09 128.27 -1.99HertzGl ... .56 -2.29HP Ent .60e 9.42 +.25HomeDp 6.00 242.48 +.60Honda .84e 25.99 +2.38HonwllIntl 3.60 144.94 +5.76HostHotls .85a 12.17 +.94HuntBncsh .60 8.99 +.90ICICI Bk .19e 7.90 +.14II-VI ... 46.01 +1.23iPt ShFut ... 33.83 -.52IQIYI ... 15.87 +.37iShGold ... 16.36 -.22iShBrazil .67e 26.59 +1.93iSh HK .61e 19.94 +.28iShSilver ... 15.97 -.07iShChinaLC .87e 38.34 +.84iShEMkts .59e 37.23 +.80iShiBoxIG 3.87 130.52 -.18iSh20 yrT 3.05 163.33 -2.22iS Eafe 1.66e 58.58 +1.63iShiBxHYB 5.09 81.84 +.61iShR2K 1.77e 138.78 +3.89iShCorEafe 1.56e 55.04 +1.51iBio ... 1.64 +.13Ideanom h ... .42 -.00Infosys ... 9.07 +.02InovioPhm ... 14.46 +.38Insteel .12 17.55 +.90IntecPh h ... .28 -.00Intel 1.32 62.34 +.09InterDig 1.40 56.74 +2.19IBM 6.52f 121.76 +3.37IntPap 2.05 34.33 +2.20Inuvo ... .46 +.07Invesco .62m 8.09 +.82InvMtgCap 2.00 2.88 +.11Inv QQQ 1.16e 229.04 -.62

IonisPhm ... 56.04 +1.57iShCorEM .95e 44.54 +1.01iShCDivGr .65e 37.01 +.86ItauUnH .26 4.22 +.14IzeaWrldwd ... .66 +.11

J-K-L

JD.com ... 52.60 +2.70JPMorgCh 3.20 95.82 +6.35JetBlue ... 10.57 +1.33JohnJn 4.04f 144.56 +.19KaiserAlu 2.68f 70.63 +4.27Kellogg 2.28 62.12 +.03Kennamtl .80 28.43 +2.61Keycorp .74 11.86 +1.12KimbClk 4.28 136.00 -3.74KindMorg 1.05f 15.80 +.39Kinross g ... 6.65 -.40KitovPh ... .56 +.01Kohls 2.82f 19.46 +1.98KosmosEn .18 1.91 +.04Kroger .56f 31.37 -1.00L Brands 1.20 16.68 +1.60LamarAdv 4.00f 69.28 +.64Landstar .74a 115.42 +2.70Latam Air ... 1.68 -.90LbtyASE .72e 5.45 +.10LbtyASG .49e 5.85 +.08LloydBkg .47a 1.45 +.10Lowes 2.20 123.59 +1.34LuckinCf ... 2.13 +.74Lyft Inc ... 32.47 +1.21

M-N-0

MFA Fncl .80 1.78 +.12MGM Rsts .60f 17.65 +1.75MMTec ... 2.05 +.95Macerich 2.00m 7.45 +.50Macys ... 6.17 +.96Manulife g 1.12 12.51 +1.15MarathnO .20 6.03 +.14MarathPt 2.32f 36.83 +1.26MarIntA ... 94.92 +3.87MarriotVac 2.16 92.39 +2.39MarvellTch .24 30.40 +.27Mattel .60 9.41 +.93MatthInt .84 21.19 +.71McCorm 2.48f 171.03 -.84McDnlds 5.00 184.84 +.43MenloTh ... 2.40 +.16Merck 2.44 77.26 +.89MetLife 1.84 36.10 +2.76Michaels ... 3.19 +.26MicronT ... 45.80 +.86Microsoft 2.04 181.57 -1.94Microvisn ... .94 -.05Moderna ... 57.71 -11.29Mondelez 1.14 49.59 -.11MoneyGrm ... 2.12 +.20

MorgStan 1.40 43.69 +3.56Mylan NV ... 16.14 +.50NVR ... 3214.42 +80.56Nabors rs ... 32.68 +6.52Nabriva ... .85 +.11NanoD rsh ... 2.85 -.18Nasdaq 1.96f 116.28 +.94NatFuGas 1.74 43.00 +1.09NatRsPt 1.80 14.80 +.64Netflix ... 414.77 -14.55NwGold g ... 1.16 -.04NewResid 2.00 7.37 +.37NYMtgTr .80 2.15 +.14NY Times .24f 39.30 +.99NewmntCp 1.00f 59.21 -3.84NextEraEn 5.60 234.31 +.46NiSource .84 23.39 +.30NikeB .98 96.62 +2.87NobleCorp .08 .16 +.00NobleEngy .08m 10.22 +.12NokiaCp .19e 3.85 ...NordicAm .13e 4.41 -.07Nordstrm ... 16.81 +1.15NorflkSo 3.76 179.72 +8.25NorthropG 5.80f 324.19 -1.72NwstBcsh .76 10.09 +.44NorwCruis ... 16.03 +2.13Novavx ... 48.17 +2.06NuanceCm ... 22.08 +.62NustarEn 2.40 16.81 +.85Nvidia .64 348.71 -12.34OasisPet ... .53 +.02Obalon rsn ... .94 +.11OcciPet 3.16 14.40 +.27Ocugen rs ... .33 +.02OfficeDpt .10 2.39 +.12Olin .80 11.21 +.10Onconv h ... .38 -.03ONEOK 3.74f 37.62 +1.42OpkoHlth ... 2.32 -.25Oracle .96 52.78 +.16OrganigH ... 1.72 +.07Ovintv g rs .38 8.55 +.24

P-Q-R

PG&E Cp ... 11.08 -.62PNC 4.60 109.56 +4.95PPG 2.04 100.00 +3.82PPL Corp 1.66 26.28 +.63PTC Inc ... 73.32 +3.11ParkHot 1.80 10.19 +.80ParsleyEn .20f 9.53 +.21PartyCity ... .84 +.17Patterson 1.04 18.92 +1.52PayPal ... 147.00 -3.86PelotnIntr n ... 41.70 -4.11PnnNtGm ... 29.29 -1.09PennaRE .08m 1.14 -.04PepsiCo 4.09f 129.75 -.73

PerkElm .28 97.48 +4.07PetrbrsA ... 7.35 +.59Petrobras ... 7.61 +.55Pfizer 1.52 37.49 -.01PhilipMor 4.68 72.13 +1.68PhilipsNV .80e 44.69 +.17PimcMu3 .75 10.72 -.05Pinduoduo ... 64.89 -3.81Pinterest ... 19.50 +.90PitnyBw .20 2.54 +.20PlugPowr h ... 4.22 +.11PriceTR 3.60 120.05 +4.96PrUltPQ ... 78.89 -.33PUltSP500 ... 40.89 +1.51ProctGam 3.16f 112.03 -.57ProgsvCp .10e 74.13 -.59ProShSP ... 23.35 -.32PrUShSP ... 21.32 -.57PrUShD3 ... 28.25 -2.00PShtQQQ ... 9.92 +.05PrudentFin 4.40 60.46 +4.18Prud UK 1.49e 25.40 +1.14PPrIT .31 4.71 +.04QEP Res .08 .97 +.18Qualcom 2.60f 78.02 -.68QuratRet A ... 8.00 +.21RPM 1.44 71.60 +1.82RTW Retl ... .46 +.06RangeRs .08 6.48 +.47RJamesFn 1.48f 70.34 +5.13RaythTch 2.94 64.47 +4.47RegionsFn .62 10.96 +1.01RemrkHl h ... 2.87 +.61RepubSvc 1.62 82.77 +1.65RioTinto 4.43e 51.46 -.66RiteAid ... 13.02 +.60RockwlAut 4.08 215.90 +13.71Roku ... 107.59 -.92RylCarb 2.80 49.56 +6.42RoyDShllB 3.76 30.94 +.60RoyDShllA 3.76 32.69 +.45Ryder 2.24 34.05 +2.95

S-T-U

S&T Bcp 1.12 22.90 +.79SM Energy .02m 4.04 +.22SpdrGold ... 160.89 -2.32S&P500ETF 4.13e 299.08 +3.64SpdrBiot .44e 103.55 -2.50SpdrShTTr .27 30.70 -.02SpdrS&P RB .74e 37.87 +2.94SabreCorp .56 8.10 +.85Salesforce ... 176.52 -1.33Schlmbrg .50m 18.40 +.82Schwab .72f 34.50 +1.67SciGames ... 14.94 +.63Scotts 2.32 134.64 -15.48SeanrM h ... .13 -.01SvcPropTr 2.16 6.70 +.36

Sherwin 4.52 583.13 +5.83SimonProp 8.40 59.25 +4.66SiriusXM .05 5.48 +.18SlackTc n ... 32.41 +.70Smucker 3.52 107.38 -1.18SnapInc A ... 17.41 -.26SnapOn 4.32 137.00 +8.12SorrentoTh ... 5.27 +.20SouthnCo 2.50f 54.66 +.08SwstAirl .72 32.52 +3.65SwstnEngy ... 3.14 +.24SpectPh ... 2.99 -.10SpiritAir ... 12.31 +2.14Square ... 80.79 -.70SP HlthC 1.01e 99.44 -.18SP CnSt 1.28e 57.78 +.31SP Engy 2.04e 39.55 +1.07SPDR Fncl .46e 23.06 +1.14SP Inds 1.12e 66.52 +2.68SP Tech .78e 96.39 -.10SP Util 1.55e 56.85 +.37StanBlkDk 2.76 128.10 +6.61Starbucks 1.64 77.76 +.14SteinMart .30 .37 +.07StoneCo ... 26.70 +2.24SwisHelv .64e 7.46 +.05TAL Educ ... 57.32 +4.02TJX .92 55.30 +1.89TOP Sh rs ... .14 -.01TaiwSemi .73e 50.82 +1.02Target 2.64 115.12 -2.37Technip .13 7.65 +.44Tegna .28 11.69 +.48Tesla Inc ... 818.87 +1.99TetraTech ... .38 +.01TevaPhrm .73e 12.32 +.36TexInst 3.60 115.73 +2.303M Co 5.88 152.08 +5.64Tilray ... 10.81 +.55TitanPh ... .29 +.01TollBros .44 30.13 +1.14Toyota ... 124.11 +6.55TractSupp 1.40 111.21 -.64TransDigm 24.00 403.06 +22.26Transocn ... 1.41 -.02TriContl 1.15e 24.15 +.35Trinity .76f 20.60 +.72Trip.com ... 26.04 +2.24TruistFn 1.80 36.19 +2.90T2 Biosys ... .79 +.06TuesMrn h ... .25 -.05Tuppwre 1.08 3.84 +.81Twitter ... 34.01 +1.39Tyson 1.68 61.64 +2.45US FdsHl ... 19.33 +1.52Uber Tch ... 34.56 -.27UndrArm ... 8.88 +.54UnAr C wi ... 7.86 +.48

UnionPac 3.88 169.90 +4.74

Unisys ... 11.64 +.40

UtdAirlHl ... 29.54 +4.14

UBSI 1.40 27.97 +2.12

UPS B 4.04 97.07 +.35

US Bancrp 1.68 35.83 +2.90

USSteel .04 8.00 +.63

V-W-X-Y-Z

VBI Vacc ... 2.30 -.16

VF Corp 1.72e 59.82 +4.18

Valaris ... .36 +.03

Vale SA .29e 9.11 +.13

ValeroE 3.92f 68.70 +3.02

VanEGold .06e 34.08 -1.47

VanE JrGld ... 44.87 -1.56

VangEmg 1.10e 36.92 +.80

VangFTSE 1.10e 37.08 +1.07

Vereit .31m 5.85 +.40

VerizonCm 2.46 54.30 +.20

CBS B .96 20.37 +.78

Viavi ... 11.58 +.19

Vipshop ... 15.98 +1.00

VirgnGal ... 16.33 +.59

Visa 1.20f 193.22 +2.36

VislnkT h ... .30 -.00

Vodafone .97e 15.94 +.03

WEC Engy 2.53f 85.69 -.45

WPX Engy ... 5.94 +.11

WalMart 2.16f 123.86 -.47

WalgBoots 1.83 42.16 +2.56

WREIT 1.20 22.15 +1.51

WsteMInc 2.18 101.60 +2.68

WeinRlt .72m 18.94 +1.35

WellsFargo 2.04 26.26 +2.09

Wendys Co .20m 20.70 -.16

Wesco Intl ... 30.88 +3.18

Weyerhsr 1.36 21.10 +1.32

Whrlpl 4.80 125.55 +5.85

WmsCos 1.60 20.43 +.78

WmsSon 1.92 69.65 +3.16

Winnbgo .44 59.07 +1.07

Wynn ... 84.89 +6.64

XcelEngy 1.72 61.06 +.69

XeroxHld 1.00 17.43 +.45

Yamana g .06f 5.10 -.15

YumBrnds 1.88 88.05 +.80

ZimmerBio .96 126.74 +3.34

Zomedica ... .21 -.00

Zynga ... 8.09 -.29

Market Summary

NYSE Most Active

Dow Industrials 24,995.11 +529.95 +2.17Dow Transportation 8,895.61 +425.52 +5.02Dow Utilities 769.03 +5.10 +.67NYSE Composite 11,603.00 +271.03 +2.39NYSE American 1,945.21 +22.86 +1.19Nasdaq Composite 9,340.22 +15.63 +.17S&P 500 2,991.77 +36.32 +1.23Wilshire 5000 30,417.48 +401.18 +1.34Russell 2000 1,393.07 +37.54 +2.77

GenElec 1292380 6.80 +6.1BkofAm 1193462 24.28 +7.1FordM 858784 5.84 +3.4DeltaAir 781109 25.65 +13.0NorwCruis 764656 16.03 +15.3Macys 646818 6.17 +18.4Carnival 589475 16.28 +12.6WellsFargo 576277 26.26 +8.6SpiritAir 435340 12.31 +21.0AT&T Inc 413558 30.82 +3.1

INDEX LAST CHG. %CHG.

Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,261Declined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Unchanged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Total issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,692New Highs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40New Lows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,579,760,668

NAME VOL (00s) LAST CHG

Nasdaq Most Active

AmAirlines 1013603 11.14 +14.8UtdAirlHl 878732 29.54 +16.3SorrentoTh 582299 5.27 +3.9AMD 514839 53.19 -3.6Moderna 401639 57.71 -16.4SiriusXM 387248 5.48 +3.3Altimm 364002 8.42 +21.2Tilray 360907 10.81 +5.4Microsoft 360145 181.57 -1.1Facebook 331444 232.20 -1.2

Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,099Declined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896Unchanged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Total issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,125New Highs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115New Lows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,225,640,526

A-B-C

ABB Ltd .76e 19.42 +.65AFLAC 1.12 36.23 +1.53AGNC Inv 1.44 13.42 +.25AMC Ent ... 5.11 +.53AT&T Inc 2.08f 30.82 +.94AbbottLab 1.44 89.48 -1.99AbbVie 4.72 90.71 -1.39AberFitc .80 12.66 +.85ActivsBliz .41f 70.00 -3.08AMD ... 53.19 -1.98Agilent .72 86.13 +1.15AirProd 5.36 237.80 +3.45Akorn Inc ... .21 +.04Alcoa Cp ... 8.76 +.55Alibaba ... 201.72 +2.02AlliantEg s 1.52 46.91 +.53Allstate 2.16f 94.05 -.77Alphabet A ... 1421.37 +8.13Altice .07e 24.18 +.02Altimm ... 8.42 +1.47Altria 3.36 38.28 +.55Amazon ... 2421.86 -15.02Ambev .05e 2.35 +.21AMovilL .17e 13.39 +.59AmAirlines .40 11.14 +1.44AEagleOut .55 9.53 +.56AEP 2.80 79.92 +1.14AmExp 1.72 94.32 +4.99AmIntlGrp 1.28 31.01 +2.12AmTower 4.40f 243.93 +1.50Ameriprise 4.16f 140.04 +7.58AmrSvFin .10 2.97 +.09AmeriBrgn 1.68f 90.78 -2.36Amgen 6.40 222.40 -4.03Annaly 1.00e 6.43 +.09Ansys ... 268.97 -.90AnteroRes 1.00 3.54 +.32Apache .10m 12.71 +.54Aphria ... 4.22 +.18Apple Inc 3.28f 316.73 -2.16ApldMatl .88f 55.14 +.75ArcelorM .10p 9.53 +.50Ashland 1.10 67.00 +3.52AvisBudg ... 18.61 +1.89AytuBioS ... 1.48 -.04B2gold g .01p 5.11 -.25BP PLC 2.46f 23.26 +.28BP Pru 4.14e 4.15 -.06BallardPw ... 10.81 +1.03BcoBrad .06a 3.58 +.23BcoSantSA .21e 2.23 +.15BkofAm .72 24.28 +1.62BkNYMel 1.24 36.89 +2.39BarrickGld 2.82e 24.73 -1.59Baxter .98f 85.51 -1.42BedBath .68 7.49 +.79

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B4THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRATWednesday, May 27, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS – Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the hand-cuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving.

Mayor Jacob Frey announced the firings on Twitter, saying, “This is the right call.”

The man’s death Monday night was under investiga-tion by the FBI and state law enforcement authorities. It immediately drew comparisons to the case of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died in 2014 in New York after he was placed in a chokehold by police and pleaded for his life, saying he could not breathe.

In a post on his Facebook page, Frey apologized Tuesday to the black community for the officer’s treatment of the man, who was later identified as 46-year-old George Floyd, who worked security at a restaurant.

“Being Black in America should not be a death sen-tence. For five minutes, we watched a white officer press his knee into a Black man’s neck. Five minutes. When you hear someone calling for help, you’re supposed to help. This officer failed in the most basic, human sense,” Frey posted.

Police said the man matched the description of a suspect in a forgery case at a grocery store, and that he resisted arrest.

The video starts with the shirtless man on the ground, and does not show what hap-pened in the moments prior.

The unidentified officer is kneeling on his neck, ignor-ing his pleas. “Please, please, please, I can’t breathe. Please, man,” said Floyd, who has his face against the pavement.

Floyd also moans. One of the officers tells him to “relax.” The

man calls for his mother and says: “My stomach hurts, my neck hurts, everything hurts ... I can’t breathe.” As bystanders shout their concern, one offi-cer says, “He’s talking, so he’s breathing.”

But Floyd stops talking and slowly becomes motionless under the officer’s restraint.

The officer does not remove his knee until the man is loaded onto a gurney by paramedics.

Several witnesses had gath-ered on a nearby sidewalk, some recording the scene on their phones. The bystanders become increasingly agitat-ed. One man yells repeated-ly, “He’s not responsive right now!” Two witnesses, includ-ing one woman who said she was a Minneapolis firefighter, yell at the officers to check the man’s pulse.

“Check his pulse right now and tell me what it is!” she said.

At one point, an officer says: “Don’t do drugs, guys.” And one man yells, “Don’t do drugs, bro? What is that? What do you think this is?”

The Hennepin County med-ical examiner identified Floyd but said the cause of death was pending.

Floyd had worked securi-ty for five years at a restau-rant called Conga Latin Bis-tro and rented a home from the restaurant owner, Jovanni Thunstrom.

He was “a good friend, per-son and a good tenant,” the restaurateur told the Star Tribune. “He was family. His co-workers and friends loved him.”

Ben Crump, a prominent civil rights and personal inju-ry attorney, said he had been hired by Floyd’s family.

“We all watched the hor-rific death of George Floyd on video as witnesses begged the police officer to take him into the police car and get off his neck,” Crump said in a statement. “This abusive, excessive and inhumane use of force cost the life of a man who was being detained by the police for questioning about a non-violent charge.”

Minneapolis police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the department would conduct a full internal investigation.

Police did not identify the officers, but attorney Tom Kelly confirmed he is repre-senting Derek Chauvin, the officer seen with his knee on Floyd’s neck. Kelly declined to comment further.

Police did not immediate-ly respond to a request for Chauvin’s service record. News accounts show he was one of six officers who fired their weapons in the 2006 death of Wayne Reyes, whom police said pointed a sawed-off shot-gun at officers after stabbing two people. Chauvin also shot and wounded a man in 2008 in a struggle after Chauvin and his partner responded to a reported domestic assault.

Several hundred protesters gathered Tuesday evening in the street where Floyd died, chanting and carrying ban-ners that read, “I can’t breathe” and “Jail killer KKKops.” They eventually marched about 21/2 miles to a city police precinct.

Four Minn. cops fired after black man’s deathBY AMY FORLITI and JEFF BAENEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden said Tuesday that wearing a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus is a sign of leadership and called President Donald Trump a “fool” who was “stoking deaths” for suggesting otherwise.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came a day after he wore a black face mask while making his first pub-lic appearance in more than two months. Biden has remained at his Delaware home amid a pandemic that has frozen the presidential cam-paign, but he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a nearby veterans’ memorial with his wife, Jill.

Trump later retweeted a post that appeared to make fun of a photo of Biden in his mask, though he later said he didn’t mean to be crit-ical. In an interview with CNN, Biden respond-ed, “He’s a fool, an absolute fool, to talk that way.”

“He’s supposed to lead by example,” Biden said. The former vice president also noted that nearly 100,000 Americans have been killed by the virus and suggested that as many as half of those deaths were avoidable but for Trump’s “lack of attention and ego.”

Federal officials have recommended that peo-ple cover their nose and mouth in public when other measures, such as practicing social dis-tancing of at least six feet, aren’t possible. But the issue has become increasingly politically charged, with Trump refusing to wear a mask and polls finding that conservative Americans are more likely to forgo them as well.

Biden didn’t wear a mask during the CNN interview, which was conducted outside his house, but he sat 12 feet from the reporter.

“It’s just absolutely this macho stuff,” Biden said of Trump bristling at wearing a mask in public, a practice the former vice president called being “falsely masculine.” “It’s cost

people’s lives.” Biden added that the president is politiciz-

ing the issue and “it’s stoking deaths. That’s not going to increase the likelihood that people are going to be better off.”

After Biden wore the mask on Memorial Day, Trump retweeted a post by a political commen-tator that featured an image of a masked Biden over the comment, “This might help explain why Trump doesn’t like to wear a mask in pub-lic.” Asked about that during a subsequent event in the White House Rose Garden, the president responded, “Biden can wear a mask.”

“But he was standing outside with his wife, perfect conditions, perfect weather,” Trump said. “They’re inside, they don’t wear masks and so I thought it was very unusual that he had one on. But I thought that was fine. I wasn’t criticiz-ing him at all. Why would I ever do a thing like that?”

Trump then asked the reporter who was fol-lowing up with a second question to remove the mask he was wearing, complaining he couldn’t hear him. When the reporter instead said he would speak louder, the president replied: “Oh, OK, ‘cause you want to be politically correct.”

Federal guidance does not recommend that people wear masks when at home. Still, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany used the same line of argument on Tuesday. She noted that Biden has foregone a mask while appearing for frequent online events from his home, something he did during a virtual fund-raiser held Tuesday night.

“It is a bit peculiar,” McEnany said. “That in his basement, right next to his wife, he’s not wearing a mask. But he’s wearing one outdoors when he’s socially distant. So I think that there was a discrepancy there.”

For his part, Biden changed his Twitter pro-file picture to one of him in the black face cov-ering, and he tweeted Tuesday night: “Wear a mask.”

Biden calls president a ‘fool’ for mocking masksBY WILL WEISSERT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

For the first time, Twitter has flagged some of President Don-ald Trump’s tweets with a fact-check warning.

On Tuesday, Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in bal-lots “fraudulent” and predicted that “mail boxes will be robbed,” among other things.

Under the tweets, there is now a link reading, “Get the facts about mail-in ballots” that guides users to a Twit-ter “moments” page with fact checks and news stories about Trump’s unsubstant iated claims.

Until now, the president has simply blown past Twit-ter’s half-hearted attempts to enforce rules intended to pro-mote civility and “healthy” con-versation on its most prominent user. Trump frequently ampli-

fies misinformation, spreads abuse and uses his pulpit to personally attack private cit-izens and public figures alike – all forbidden under Twitter’s official rules.

In a statement, Twitter said Trump’s vote-by-mail tweets “contain potentially misleading information about voting pro-cesses and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots.”

Trump has never previous-ly faced Twitter sanctions on his account. The husband of a woman who died by accident two decades ago in an office of then-GOP Rep. Joe Scarbor-ough recently demanded that Twitter remove the president’s baseless tweets suggesting that Scarborough, now a fierce Trump critic, killed her. Twitter issued a statement expressing its regret to the husband but so far has taken no action on those tweets.

Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweetsBY BARBARA ORTUTAY and DINO HAZELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

People gather and pray around a makeshift memorial on Tuesday in Minneapolis, near the site where a black man, who was taken into police custody the day before, later died. The FBI and Minnesota agents are investigating the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody after video from a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe.

Over the weekend, the president issued several tweets calling into question the legality of mail-in-bal-lots. The storm of tweets fol-lowed Facebook and Twit-ter posts from Trump last week that wrongly claimed Michigan’s secretary of state mailed ballots to 7.7 million registered voters. Trump later deleted the tweet and posted an edited version that still threatened to hold up federal funds.

Twitter policy forbids sharing “false or mislead-ing information intended to intimidate or dissuade peo-ple from participating in an election or other civic pro-cess.” While it has previous-ly flagged tweets conveying misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic, it has never before put warnings on tweets for any other reason.

Trump replied on Twit-ter, accusing the platform of “interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election” and insisting that “as president, I will not allow this to hap-pen.” His 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale said Twitter’s “clear political bias” had led the campaign to pull “all our advertising from Twitter months ago.”

Twitter has banned all political advertising since last November.

Trump’s Scarborough tweets offer another exam-ple of the president using Twitter to spread misinfor-mation – in this case, about an accidental death that Trump persists in linking to the co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show.

“My request is simple: Please delete these tweets,” Timothy J. Klausutis wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week.

The body of Lori Kaye Klausutis, 28, was found in Scarborough’s Fort Walton Beach, Florida, congressio-nal office on July 20, 2001.

Trump has repeatedly tried to implicate Scarborough in the death even though Scar-borough was in Washington, not Florida, at the time.

There is no mystery to the death of Lori Klausutis.

Medical officials ruled that the aide, who had a heart condition and told friends hours earlier that she wasn’t feeling well, had fainted and hit her head. Foul play was not suspected.

Klausutis wrote in his let-ter that he has struggled to move on with his life due to the ongoing “bile and misin-formation” spread about his wife on the platform, most recently by Trump. His wife continues to be the sub-ject of conspiracy theories 20 years after her death.

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Josephine A. SaveringDecember 25, 1943 - May 23, 2020

SAVERING— Josephine A."Josie", 76, Johnstown, diedMay 23, 2020 at MemorialMedical Center. Born Decem-ber 25, 1943 to the late Josephand Mary (Dagostino) LaPor-ta. Preceded in death by hus-band of 50 years, WilliamSavering; sister, Rosalie Jones;father-in-law, Cyril D. Saver-ing "Pap"; and brother-in-law,Charlie Foster. Survived bychildren, Chrissy Kelly andhusband Buddy; Billy Saveringand wife Jocelyn; grandchil-dren, Stephanie Radwanskiand husband Jake; ShaunaKelly; Rylei and Katie Dietz;Abbie Savering; great grand-son, Caleb Radwanski; sib-lings, Leonard LaPorta andwife Lois; Maryann Wyandtand husband Chuck; PollyannCrum and companion Vick;Kathy Foster; Joseph LaPortaand wife Veronica; Frank La-Porta and wife Theresa; broth-

er-in-law, Robert Savering Sr.and wife Jo; numerous niecesand nephews; and good friend,Ginny Glat-tke. Josiewas an avidcrafter whoenjoyedbeads, plas-tic canvas,and ceram-ics. She alsoenjoyed go-ing campingwith family at WoodlandCampground. Services to beheld privately. Donations maybe made in Josephine's memo-ry to Windber Hospice. Ar-rangements in care of theHindman Funeral Homes &Crematory Inc., "ExclusiveProvider of Veterans and Fam-ily Memorial Care." Condo-lences may be made atHindmanFuneralHomes.com

Paul D. YarnellFebruary 18, 1930 - May 24, 2020

YARNELL— Paul D., 90, of(Lovely) Alum Bank, passedaway on Sunday, May 24, 2020at Conemaugh Memorial Med-ical Center of natural causes.Mr. Yarnell was born inBeaverdale, PA on February18, 1930, to the late Burt C.and Irene Yarnell. Paul is sur-vived by his wife, Marlene(Gerula) Yarnell of 63 years;son- Greg married to Margie(Barefoot) of Bedford; son-Mick married to Joanne (Cess-na) Yarnell of Bedford; daugh-ter- Vicki married to RandyOwings of Lovely; daughterStacy married to Ken Adamekof Kentucky and a brother-Thomas Yarnell of Lovely.Paul has 10 grandchildren and12 great grandchildren. Hewas preceded in death bygrandson- Tyler Ownings,Brothers- Burt (June), J.Frank, Charles and InfantBrother George Yarnell. Hewas a member and faithfullyattended Mount Union UMC.He worked beside his father inthe Coal Mines before enlist-ing in the Army in 1959through 1961. At that time,Paul's proudest moments weregetting married and serving as

a Corporal in Germany. Paulwas a self-employed, owner/operator Truck Driver for themajority ofhis life inwhich hiswife drovewith him af-ter their chil-dren weregrown. Hewas also theconstable ofLovely formany years. He hosted and en-joyed the Annual Yarnell PigRoast. Of all the things Pauldid in his life, his family washis greatest accomplishment.A private viewing will be heldat Jack H. Geisel FuneralHome, Inc., Alum Bank. A Fu-neral Service will be held atMount Union MethodistChurch with Pastor Eric Lar-son officiating. Interment atMount Union Cemetery. Mili-tary Rights accorded by FortBedford Honor Guard. Memo-rial contributions may bemade in memory of Paul D.Yarnell to: Mt. Union UnitedMethodist Church, 216 Wal-ters Hollow Road, Alum Bank,PA 15521.

Additional obituaries and in memoriams appear on Page B7.

OBITUARIES

Jimmy Cobb, a percussion-ist and the last surviving mem-ber of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday.

His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Face-book that her husband died at his New York City home from lung cancer.

He was 91.Born in Washington,

D.C., Cobb told The Associated Press in 2019 he listened to jazz albums and stayed up late to hear disc jock-ey Symphony Sid play-ing jazz in New York City before launching his pro-fessional career. He said it was saxophonist Cannonball Adder-ley who recommended him to Davis, and he ended up playing on several Davis recordings.

But Cobb’s role as a drum-mer on the “Kind of Blue” jam session headed by Davis would forever change his career. That album also featured Adderley and John Coltrane.

The album, released on Aug. 17, 1959, captured a moment when jazz was transform-ing from bebop to something newer, cooler and less struc-tured.

The full takes of the songs were recorded only once, with one exception, Cobb said.

“Freddie Freeloader” need-ed to be played twice because Davis didn’t like a chord change on the first attempt, he said.

Davis, who died in 1991, had some notes jotted down, but

there weren’t pages of sheet music. It was up to the impro-visers to fill the pages.

“He’d say this is a ballad. I want it to sound like it’s float-ing. And I’d say, ‘OK,’ and that’s what it was,” Cobb recalled.

The album received plenty of acclaim at the time, yet the critics, the band and the studio couldn’t have known it would

enjoy such longevi-ty. He and his band-mates knew the album would be a hit, but didn’t realize at the time how iconic it would become.

“We knew it was pretty damned good,” Cobb joked.

It has sold more than 4 million copies and remains the best selling jazz album of

all time. It also served as a pro-test album for African Ameri-can men who looked to Davis and the jazz musicians to break stereotypes about jazz and black humanity.

Cobb would also work with such artists as Dinah Washing-ton, Pearl Bailey, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Wynton Kelly and Stan Getz.

He’d also release a number of albums on his own.

He performed well into his late 80s and played in Albu-querque, New Mexico, in 2017, as part of the New Mexico Jazz Festival.

Jazz fans from throughout the American Southwest came to pay their respects in what many felt was a goodbye.

Cobb released his last album, “This I Dig of You,” with Smoke Sessions Records in August 2019.

Jimmy Cobb, ‘Kind of Blue’drummer, diesBY RUSSELL CONTRERASTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cobb

Schedule of mealsThe following is a schedule for meals

for students in area school districts and through community outreach programs in place during the coronavirus-prompted shutdown.

• Blacklick Valley School District: Families can pick up meals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the elementary center and the high school during the week.

• Central Cambria School District: Staff will provide breakfast and lunch to students from 11 a.m. to noon Monday and Thursday at Jackson Elementary, Central Cambria High School and Holy Name Catholic School, Ebensburg. Children must be present in the vehicle.

• Coal Miner’s Diner, Jenner-stown: School-aged children can receive a free meal and pick from a hot dog, grilled cheese, spaghetti and meatballs or chicken nuggets with a side.

• Coney Island: Free meals for chil-dren from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. during the week.

• Conemaugh Township Area School District: Families are asked to reach out to Food Service Director Adam Thomas.

• Conemaugh Valley School Dis-trict: Free lunch for all students available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Conemaugh Valley High School; the Conemaugh Valley Youth League Base-ball Field in East Conemaugh; East Tay-lor fire hall; Franklin fire hall; St. Greg-ory and Barnabas Church – Bon Air and Daisytown locations.

• Ferndale Area School District:

Meals can be picked up weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon at Ferndale Junior High; 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren and Dale Bor-ough Fire Department; 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Brownstown Ball Field and Berkebile Auto Service.

• Forest Hills School District: Monday, Wednesday and Friday meals can be picked up at Dunlo fire hall – 10:45 to 11:15 a.m.; South Fork Wesley United Methodist Church, Salix Bethel United Methodist Church – 11 to 11:45 a.m.; Sidman United Methodist Church 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.; Summerhill Town-ship Fire Company Social Hall, Croyle Township Supervisors Building, St. Michael Catholic Church – 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Wilmore Heights – noon to 12:30 p.m.; Mine 42 Social Club – 12:10 to 12:30 p.m.

• Greater Johnstown School Dis-trict: Meals can be picked up Monday and Wednesday from noon to 12:30 p.m. at Johnstown Middle School, Park Ave-nue United Methodist Church, Coopers-dale, Prospect and Solomon Homes and 12:30 to 1 p.m. at Oakhurst Homes.

• Penn Cambria School District: Multiple meals can be picked up from 1 a.m. to noon Monday and Thursday at Penn Cambria High School.

• Portage Area School District: Meals will be available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the high school.

• Richland School District: Free breakfast and lunch will be made avail-able to district children 18 years of age and younger Mondays and Thursdays.

Meals can be picked up from

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Richland High School, Luray Avenue Playground, Aspen Woods Playground and Mine 37 Playground.

• The Salvation Army: Free meals will be served out of the back of the Vine Street building from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Mondays. Meals for five days will be packaged to take home.

• Sheetz: All Sheetz stores are offer-ing free children’s meals daily while sup-plies last.

• St. Vincent de Paul Family Kitchen: Takeout meals served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays.

• Westmont Hilltop School Dis-trict: Free breakfast and lunch will be made available to all children 18 years of age and younger Mondays and Thurs-days, regardless of the school they attend on a first-come, first-served basis. Meals can be picked up from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Westmont Hilltop Elementary and Upper Yoder Police Station and from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at The Mound Play-ground in Old Westmont and Tom’s Cir-cle at Camoset Village.

• Windber Area School District: Breakfast and lunch are available for all children 18 years of age or young-er regardless of the school they attend from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday and Thursday at all Windber schools; Windber Stadium Terrace; Mine 40 play-ground; Ogletown Municipal Building; Windber Fire Department; Scalp Level Fire Department and the Paint Township Frosty Corner building across from Pom-roy’s Convenience Store.

CORONAVIRUS CANCELLATIONS

Due to coronavirus concerns, the follow-ing events have been postponed or can-celed:

• Adams Township Municipal Authority office will be closed to the public until fur-ther notice; information: 814-495-5614.

• Bridging Cambria County has can-celed its meetings until further notice.

• Buttermilk Falls Natural Area in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, is closed until further notice.

• Cambria County Children and Youth Advisory Board golf tournament has been canceled and will be held June 28, 2021, at Champion Lakes Golf Course.

• Cambria County Conservation & Rec-reation Authority Ghost Town Trail Chal-lenge has been rescheduled for Aug. 22.

• Cambria County Library in Johns-town is closed until further notice.

• Civil War Series scheduled for June 15 at Cambria County Library has been can-celed. The event will be rescheduled at a later date.

• Community Arts Center of Cambria County has closed its facility. All class-es, workshops and Arty Parties have been canceled.

• Forest Hills Municipal Authority office will be closed to the public until fur-ther notice; information: 814-495-5614.

• Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 86 has canceled all May meetings.

• Jackson-East Taylor Sewer Authority office is closed to the public; information: 814-322-3444 or [email protected]. Payments are to be placed in the door or mail.

• Kernville-Joe Johns reunion sched-uled for Aug. 8 at Lorain Borough Park has been canceled. A 2021 date is

being planned. • Miners Memorial Day, Windber Bor-

ough’s annual celebratory salute to miners, has been canceled.

• Mountain Playhouse has canceled its 2020 season.

• NAACP Johnstown Branch and its partners have canceled the Juneteenth celebration.

• Paint Borough office is closed to the public until further notice; informa-tion: 814-467-6904 or borough Facebook page.

• Patton Fire Company No. 1 has rescheduled its rabies clinic for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 7 at Patton fire hall, Magee Avenue.

• PennDOT has canceled “Transporta-tion Outreach” meetings in Cambria and Somerset counties.

• Pennsylvania state police have can-celed its Camp Cadet, the Commissioner’s Honor Camp and Sunny Day Camp pro-grams.

• Portage Area Summerfest that was to be held Aug. 7-9 has been canceled. The event will return in 2021.

• Portage Borough offices will be closed to the public until further notice; informa-tion: www.portageboro.com.

• Portage High School’s 50-year class reunion that was to be held Aug. 8 has been canceled.

• Redeemed Men of God annual ban-quet has been canceled.

• Roxbury Bandshell Preservation Alli-ance has canceled the AmeriServ Free Summer Concert Series at Roxbury Band-shell.

• Scalp Level Borough office is closed to the public; information: 814-467-8582.

• Shade Central City Heritage Days

scheduled for Aug. 9 and 10 has been can-celed. The event will be be held Aug. 14 and 15, 2021; information: 814-754-1559.

• Southmont Volunteer Fire Company Jubilee has been canceled.

• St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, Windber, annual festival sched-uled for July 11-12 has been canceled.

• St. Clement Roman Catholic Church’s annual parish festival and car cruise scheduled for July 19 has been canceled.

• St. Benedict Roman Catholic Church’s reunion festival that was scheduled for July 10-12 has been canceled.

• St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Windber has postponed its basket party to July 12.

• Scalp Level Borough office is closed to the public; information: 814-467-8582.

• Sunday Market @ The Green in Cam-bria City has been canceled for June 28.

• UMWA Local 1257 has canceled its regularly scheduled meeting. The next meeting will be held in July.

• Vinco Center and Friends spring dinner-dance that was to be held at Our Sons’ Main Event Banquet Hall has been canceled.

• WAVE (Windber Area Visioning Experience) oldies dance scheduled for Sunday has been canceled.

• YWCA Greater Johnstown Tribute to Women dinner and honorees awards cere-mony is postponed until further notice. A new 2020 date will be announced as soon as possible.

• Zion Lutheran Church, downtown Johnstown, has suspended all services and activities until further notice.

Readers can submit postponed or can-celed events to [email protected].

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WASHINGTON – In the rubble of buildings and lives, modern U.S. pres-idents have met national trauma with words such as these: “I can hear you.” “You have lost too much, but you have not lost everything.” “We have wept with you; we’ve pulled our children tight.”

As diverse as they were in eloquence and empathy, George W. Bush, Bill Clin-ton and Barack Obama each had his own way of piercing the noise of catastrophe and reaching people.

But now, the known U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is fast approaching 100,000 on the watch of a president whose communication skills, potent in a political brawl, are not made for this moment.

Impeachment placed one indelible mark on Donald Trump’s time in the White House. Now there is another, a still-growing American casualty list that has exceeded deaths from the Vietnam and Korean wars combined. U.S. fatali-ties from the most lethal hurricanes and earthquakes pale by comparison. This is the deadliest pandemic in a century.

Actual deaths from COVID-19 are almost certainly higher than the numbers show, an undercount to be corrected in time.

At every turn, Trump has asserted the numbers would be worse without his leadership. Yet the toll keeps climbing.

It is well beyond what he told people to expect even as his public-health authori-ties started bracing the country in early April for at least 100,000 deaths.

“I think we’ ll be substantially under that number,” he said April 10.” Ten days later: “We’re going toward 50- or 60,000 people.”

Ten days after that: “We’re probably heading to 60,000, 70,000.” Though crit-ics have said the toll shot up because he was slow to respond, he contended Tues-day it could have been 25 times higher without his actions.

The scale and swiftness of the pandem-ic’s killing are unlike anything that con-

fronted Trump’s recent predecessors. Yet the calamity offers no where-were-you moment – no flashpoint turning blue skies black, no fusillade at an elementary school.

Instead the toll unfolds in stages of sickness.

The pandemic is playing out in a divided country under a president who thrives on rousing his supporters and getting a rise out of those who don’t like him, whether that means forgoing a mask, playing golf while millions hunker down or thrashing opponents on Twitter. He lowered flags to half staff to recognize those who have died from the virus but had them back up days before the 100,000 marker was reached.

His feelings on Tuesday? He tweeted to “all the political hacks out there” that without his leadership the lives lost would be far worse than the “100,000 plus that looks like will be the number.”

Early on, when only a few hundred had died, Trump was asked at a briefing what message he had for Americans who

were scared. “You’re a terrible reporter, that’s what

I say,” he responded. “I think it’s a very nasty question.”

In the 1995 Oklahoma City bomb-ing, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook school and other national nightmares that brought flags to half staff, presidents found more soothing words for the fright-ened and grieving than Trump’s boiler-plate line that one death is too many.

Empathy was Clinton’s wheelhouse. The rhetorically fumbly Bush grabbed eloquence by the bullhorn. The cool and controlled Obama cried.

Trump? “I’ve never seen a president with less

capacity for empathy,” said Andrew J. Polsky, a political science professor at Hunter College, City University of New York, who has studied such leadership traits for decades. “He doesn’t even try. ... It’s way outside his emotional comfort zone.”

Empathy missing in pandemicBY CALVIN WOODWARDTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during an event on protecting seniors with diabetes Tuesday in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington.

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OBITUARIES

Erma L. BrilhartApril 5, 1936 - May 25, 2020

BRILHART— Erma L., 84, Ar-magh went to be with the LordMay 25, 2020 at home sur-rounded by her family. BornApril 5, 1936 in Altoona thedaughter of late Charles andMary (Thomas) Nale. Alsopreceded in death by husbandJoseph H. Brilhart, Jr. SisterLois Gamber. Brothers Pete,Bob and Dennis Nale. Sur-vived by children Patti Burkettand husband Roger, Armagh;Carol Sisitki and husband Art,Bolivar; Joe Brilhart and wifeRobin, Brush Valley; Nick Bril-hart and wife Melanie, Ar-magh; Nancy Clawson andhusband Jerry, Carlisle. 35grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Sister BettyCherney, Maryland. BrotherCharles Nale, Maryland. Ermawas a lifetime member andlong-time president of theA.&E.W. Vol. Fire Co. LadiesAux., member of Red Hats, Se-nior Center of Armagh and Ar-magh United Methodist

Church where she served innumerous capacities. She alsoserved on the Armagh Boro.Electionboard. Dueto publichealth con-cerns visita-tion will beprivate. Fu-neral Servicewill be held1 pm Thurs-day at Ar-magh United MethodistChurch, 570 W. PhiladelphiaStreet, Armagh, PA 15920.Rev. Jim Miller and Rev DavidStains officiating. In lieu offlowers memorial donationsmay be made to Armagh Unit-ed Methodist Church in care ofthe Outreach Committee. Ar-rangements in care of RichardC. Stuart Funeral Home, Ar-magh Cemetery. Online con-dolences may be left atwww.thestuartfuneralhomes.com

Nancy Carole CarpinelloAugust 3, 1942 - May 23, 2020

CARPINELLO— Nancy Carole,78, of Hastings, passed awayMay 23, 2020 at home. BornAugust 3, 1942 in Elder Twp.,daughter of the late Henry andBlanche Helen (Henico)Lefebure Preceded in deathby first husband LeroyCarpinello, second husbandRaymond Gromley, sistersJeanne Lefebure, and grand-sons: Derek and Aaron Shan-field. Survived by children:Doreen (Gerald) Dugan;Pamela (David) Shanfield;Kenneth (Michelle) Carpinel-lo; and Kimberly (Michael)Gromley; 14 grandchildren

and 23 great-grandchildren.Also survived by brother,Henry J. (Andrea) Lefebure.Member of CrossCut Churchin Hastings. Due to presenthealth restrictions, a privatefuneral service and burial willbe held at the convenience ofthe family, Pastor Laura Mc-Combie, officiating. Inter-ment at Union Cemetery,Elder Twp. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made toCrossCut Church. Funeral ar-rangements are in the care ofthe Askew-Houser FuneralHomes, Inc., Ebensburg.

John Frank ChensnyJune 7, 1941 - May 23, 2020

CHENSNY - John Frank, age78, of Murrysville, passedaway peacefully on Saturday,May 23, 2020. Beloved fatherof Lara Chensny, Carla Moio,Joshua Chensny and AnnaChensny; loving grandfatherof Kayla, Marlena, Jay andSantino Moio and NicholasChensny. He is the son of thelate John Frank Chensny, Sr.and Mary Stella Alaimo. He isalso survived by his sister Joan(Mike) Miske. John enjoyedthe outdoors, hunting, boat-ing, fishing and traveling. Hewas passionate about poetryand literature, and fulfilled acareer teaching English tohigh school students at Gate-way School District. He de-lighted in cooking andspending time with family andloved ones. During his life-

time, he was dedicated to ourcountry and served in the USNavy. John made a positiveimpact, andtouchedmany lives.He will betruly missed.Viewing willbe privatefor the fami-ly. A Mass ofChristianBurial willbe held at Christ the DivineParish at St. BartholomewChurch, with interment fol-lowing in Good ShepherdCemetery. Arrangements en-trusted to the GENE H. CORLFUNERAL CHAPEL INC. ANDCREMATION SERVICES OFMONROEVILLE.www.corlfuneralchapel.com

Gregory G. ClarkOctober 8, 1950 - May 23, 2020

CLARK— Gregory G., of NewFlorence (formerly Ligonier),PA passed away on May 23,2020 at the age of 69 followinga hard-fought battle withLeukemia. Preceded in deathby his father, George T. "Ted"Clark. Greg is survived by hisloving mother, Eleanor "Lori"(Neiport) Clark. He was theloving father of Lt Col Thomas"Brit" Clark (Rebecca) ofBeaver, PA and Beau Clark(Jessica) of Indiana, PA; proudgrandfather of Ainsley, Carter,Brianna, Ellie, and Ian; anddevoted brother of William J."Bill" Clark (Judy) of High-lands Ranch, CO, Vicki Whip-key (Jerry) of Ligonier, PA,and Matthew B. "Brooks"Clark (Erika) of Houston, TX.Further survived by aunts,nieces, nephews, other rela-tives, and a lifetime's worth ofcherished friends. Greg will befondly remembered for his de-votion to his family andfriends, a devotion he skillfullyintertwined into his love oftravel. He was always readyfor a good road trip and wouldnot hesitate to take a day longdriving detour to reconnectwith a long distance loved oneor friend. Among his manytalents, Greg had a gift offorming lifelong relationships,each of which he prized andvalued. He gave effortlessly ofhis time and devoted his pas-sion to every endeavor fromhis early years in Civil Air Pa-trol through his decades of vol-unteer work at Fairfield BoysClub (member and President),St. Vincent De Paul (Seward),Laurel Valley Food Bank, nu-merous class reunions of Ligo-nier Valley Class of 1969, andmost recently as a crewmem-ber of LST 325 in Evansville,IN (with more than 2400hours of service aboard ship).He was a member of the New

Florence Lions Club and aproud member of UMWA bothduring and after his retire-ment as acoal miner.Greg lived alife full ofclose attach-ments topeople,places, andexperiences.He enjoyedhis home-town pursuits of ridingthrough fields on his tractorjust as much as lifetime adven-tures such as soaring throughthe air piloting a personal air-craft. He dedicated a largeportion of his life to passing onthese skills and passions to thenext generation. He loved agood story and joke which hedisplayed to the end by enter-taining the doctors, nursesand staff at UPMC ShadysideHospital who provided kindand compassionate care.While he filled his time withmany hobbies, his greatest joyand pride in life was spendingtime with his beloved sons andadored grandchildren. Gregwill be greatly missed by themany people whose lives hetouched and made brighterjust by the knowing of him.Private visitation at KennethA. Stuart Funeral Home, NewFlorence. Private funeral ser-vice at 10 am Friday, May 29,2020 followed immediately bya graveside internment at FortPalmer Cemetery open to thepublic under social distancingguidelines. In lieu of flowersmemorial donations may bemade in Greg's name to; USSLST Ship Memorial, 840 LSTDrive, Evansville, Indiana47713. Online condolencesmay be left at www.thestuartfuneralhomes.com.

Gerald T. MilesJuly 7, 1937 - May 19, 2020

MILES— Gerald T., 82, John-stown, passed away May 19,2020 at Memorial MedicalCenter. Born July 7, 1937 inJohnstown. Son of the lateWilliam and Anna C.(Hohman) Miles. Preceded indeath by his parents; his step-mother, Rosella Miles; his firstwife, Nancy (Miller); step-son,David Larison; siblings,William Miles, Diana Smith,Mary Catherine Toth; Sur-vived by his wife of 33 years,Roberta J. (Roth); children,Deborah Miles, Donna Curcija(Randy), Rebecca Miles; step-children, Ellen Baker (Lav-erne), Frederick Larison(Nicole), Grace Devine(Michael); 14 grandchildren;11 great-grandchildren; sib-lings, Pamela Sharpe (Jay)Robert Miles, Walters Miles,and Patricia Gonda; as well asnumerous nieces andnephews. Gerald served our

country in the U.S. MarineCorp. and was retired fromBethlehem Steel. Gerald en-joyed trips tothe Russianclub, watch-ing the Steel-ers, Piratesand Pen-guins, he al-so enjoyedwatchingNascar,hunting, go-ing to the gun range, andspending time with family.Services will be held privatelyfor the family. In lieu of flow-ers, donations can be made di-rectly to the family.Arrangements in care of Hind-man Funeral Homes & Crema-tory, Inc., "Exclusive Providerof Veterans and Family Memo-rial Care." Condolences maybe made atHindmanFuneralHomes.com

Leona Ruth MillerSeptember 22, 1936 - May 25, 2020

MILLER— Leona Ruth, 83, ofDavidsville, died May 25, 2020at home. Born September 22,1936 in Richland Townshipthe daughter of Ervin and Eva(Giffin) Wingard. Preceded indeath by parents, husband RayMiller, Jr. who died January18, 1997, sister MaryHostetler, brother David E.Wingard, 2 infant brothers,and 1 infant sister. Survivedby loving daughters Gwenmarried to Jack Boyer, Lindamarried to Steve Naugle, Jillmarried to Michael Macey,and Lisa married to JimArthur. Also survived by hergrandchildren Dillon andMegan Boyer, Caroline andConnor Naugle, Matthew andJulia Macey, and Jordan, Josieand Lucy Arthur. Leona was amember of St. David's Luther-an Church Davidsville whereshe was a member of the choir.She sang solos for many wed-dings. She was a 1954 gradu-ate of Richland High Schooland enjoyed planning their re-unions. Along with her hus-band she owned and operatedthe Miller School Bus Lineserving the Conemaugh Town-

ship and Richland School Dis-tricts for over 44 years. Leonaenjoyed cross stitching andgardening.She enjoyedbeing a de-voted specta-torattending allof her grand-children'smany activi-ties. Leonawas a lovingWife to Ray for 39 years, Moth-er and Grandmother, Aunt,and Friend who loved beingwith her family and showingthem her strong faith and lovefor the Lord. Viewing whilemaintaining social distancingwill be held Friday from 10A.M. until service at Noon atSt. David's Lutheran ChurchDavidsville. Pastor FaronJohnson officiating IntermentRichland Cemetery. Familyasks donations be made to St.David's Lutheran Church or acharity of your choice in hername. To leave condolencesfor the family please visitwww.georgemasonfuneralhome.com.

Martha A. PernauJanuary 19, 1934 - May 26, 2020

PERNAU— Martha A., 86, ofRichland Twp. Went to bewith the Lord on May 26,2020, at Arbutus Manor. BornJanuary 19, 1934, in John-stown. Daughter of the lateJohn R. and Sarah A. (Hugill)Haywood. In addition to herparents, she is preceded indeath by husband, John W."Bill" Pernau Jr.; brother,John R. Haywood Jr. Survivedby loving children, Lee Ann,wife of James J. Langham,Fredericksburg, VA and JohnA., married to the former Gay(Pilon), Keyser, WV.; grand-children, Benjamin Langham,Anthony and Dylan Pernau;great-granddaughters, Brae-lynn Langham and IsabellaPernau; several nieces,nephews, and many friends.Martha was a graduate ofJohnstown High School. Shewas a member of Faith Chapeland its choir. Martha was alsoan area soloist for many

churches, nursing homes, andspecial events. She lovedspending time with her entirefamily, espe-cially hergrandchil-dren andgreat grand-daughters.Due to cur-rent healthconditions,there will bea privatefamily viewing and service atthe Harris Funeral Home, 500Cherry Lane, Richland, withthe Rev. Andrew Taylor offici-ating. Private burial will be atGrandview Cemetery. Familysuggests contributions be di-rected to Faith Chapel, 730Sunberry St, Johnstown, PA15904 in memory of Martha.Online condolences may beposted to www.wharrisfuneralhome.com.

Wade Richard RolesSeptember 9, 1945 - May 24, 2020

ROLES— Wade Richard,"Rich"/"Pops," 74, of John-stown, passed away May 24,2020. Born September 9, 1945in Johnstown. Son of WadeEllsworth and Anna Grace(Jones) Roles. Preceded indeath by parents, wife of 49years Jennifer Roles, infantson Richard Patrick, andbrothers Wilbur and RobertRoles. Survived by daughtersLisa (Brian), Misty, Leisha(Jack), Krista, and Tearza(Terrance). GrandchildrenDarren (Nikki), Richard, Ash-ton (Andrew), Waden,Keirstin, Tierra, Andrew,Vanessa, Anaila, and TJ. Greatgrandchildren Aaliyah, Trace,Sophia and expecting a fourth.Siblings Sue, Clara Mae, Linda(Sam), Donald (Betty), David(Sally), Jean (Dewey), Roger,sister-in-law Ruby (Rick), andnumerous nieces andnephews. Rich served in theUnited States Army duringVietnam. He was employed byLee Hospital for 8 years, andMemorial Medical Center for27 years before retiring in2002. A great passion for theoutdoors, Rich enjoyed hunt-ing, fishing, and camping. Hecould also be found relaxingon his porch with a cup of cof-fee where he welcomed every-one with a smile and longconversations. Rich loved his-tory, Western and Kung Fumovies, baseball, Country

Gospel music, and was a loverof all things sweet, especiallyice cream. He will be remem-bered for hissharp wit,warm per-sonality, su-perior workethic, andnicknamingeveryone hemet with ajolly laugh.He adoredhis grand-children andhis belovedpup, Dickey.Rich wasstrong-willed; hefought withParkinson'sDisease forthe last 10years and more recently withesophageal cancer. Rich's fam-ily would like to thank InterimHospice for their love, careand support, especially Ashley,Sandy, and Tabatha for theirexceptional care. Rich will bedeeply missed by everyonewho knew him. Services willbe private. Family is beingserved by Geisel FuneralHome - Johnstown. Donationsmay be made to Interim Hos-pice, 322 Warren Street Suite220, Johnstown, PA 15905.Please visit www.geiselfh.com.

Vic RovansekApril 26, 1939 - May 24, 2020

ROVANSEK— Vic, 81, of West-mont, passed away on May 24,2020 at Laurel View Village inthe company of his wife andchildren. Born on April 26,1939 in Johnstown, son of thelate Victor and Frances (Yea-ger) Rovansek. He is survivedby his wife of 56 years,Stephanie; his children Shawn(Lynn), Kim, Brett (Janette);his sister Shirley Mutch (Joe)and brother Ron (Nancy);granddaughters Hope, Isabel-la, Mia, and Delaney. His Raysof Sunshine include Bill andFlo Tomaskovich, Nicole andTravis Czyrnik and especiallyGavin and Riley, and manynieces, nephews, and cousins.Vic enjoyed golfing with theDuffers at Windber CountryClub. He volunteered as anusher at Our Mother of Sor-rows Catholic Church for 50years. He served on the Boardof Directors of the JohnstownFree Medical Clinic and theDistinguished Young WomenProgram of Cambria and Som-erset Counties. Vic retired af-ter 38 years of service as aPharmaceutical Sales Repre-sentative for 3M Pharmaceuti-

cals. At the time of hisretirement, he had the distinc-tion of being named to thecompany'sTop Produc-ers Clubmore timesthan anyother em-ployee. Wewish to ex-tend ourdeepest grat-itude to theentire Laurel View VillageFamily. Special thanks to theReflections staff and the "Ar-borites" for their tender lovingcare. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to the Lau-rel View Village Caring Fund(https://www.laurelviewvillage.com/donations/). Friends re-ceived from 10AM until 12PMon Wednesday, May 27, 2020at Frank Duca Funeral Home,Westmont Chapel, 1622Menoher Blvd. Johnstown PA15905. Funeral Services willbe private. Private entomb-ment, Grandview Cemetery.Condolences may be postedfor the family atwww.ducafuneralhome.com.

Kelly D. RummelOctober 27, 1959 - May 21, 2020

RUMMEL— Kelly D., 60, ofBelsano, passed away May 21,2020 at home. Born Oct. 27,1959 in Johnstown. Precededin death by father, William"Sarge" Alexander. Survivedby mother, Ruth Alexander;husband, of 43 years, JamesW. Rummel; and children,Brandy (Joe Chila) Rummel;Crystal Rummel; and TylerRose (Mike) Conzo. Grandchil-dren, Chance, Hunter, Leviand Aubree. Sister of Sharon(Mike) Brosch; Louis (Laura)Alexander; Kim (Donnie) Can-nonnie; Chris (Janet) Alexan-der; Bill (Peggy) Alexander;and Paul Alexander; numer-ous nieces and nephews; andher grandpuppy, Camo. Kellywas the greatest wife, mother,and grandmother you couldever have. Retired from Ebens-burg Center with 28 years ofservice. Kelly had a place in ev-

eryone's heart that knew heror worked with her. One of hergreatest attributes was thatshe alwayshad a kindword to sayabout every-body. Sheloved to readbooks, plantflowers andmost of allshe loved hergrandkids.Due to public health concernsat this time, services are pri-vate. Arrangements in care ofAskew-Houser FuneralHomes, Inc., Nanty Glo. Con-dolences may be left for thefamily at: www.askew-houser.com. Family suggestsdonations be made to NantyGlo Public Library in Kelly'smemory.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MYDEAR MOTHER THAT DEPARTED

THE EARTH ON MAY 25, 1996

ANNA DESKEVICH

Time may heal the broken heart.Time may make the wound less sore.But time can never stop the longing

for the loved one gone before.

None knew her but to love herNone named her but in praiseFather in the gracious keeping

Leave I now my loved ones sleeping.And while she sleeps a peaceful sleep,

Her memory I shall always keep.

LOVES GREATEST GIFT IS REMEMBRANCE “VICHNAYA PAMYAT”

Loved &Sadly Missed By,

DAUGHTERIRENE (DESKEVICH) NESTOR

In Loving Memory OfOur Precious Father

JOHN E. KISERJan. 22, 1914 - May 27, 1978

Dear Dad,Beautiful memories come to mind

when we speak your name.Without you in our lives

things have not been the same.We realize that you are gone,

that we had to let you go.But in our hearts you’ll always stay,

because we love you so.

Loved Forever and Deeply Missed By,

YOUR CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES

A BirthdayRemembrance for

Mally M.Mangum

Born:May 27, 1943Passed Away:

March 30, 2019

Its been a whole year I’m lostwithout you, today is your day,

It’s celebrated without you,I wish you were here but Godknew what was best, I couldn’ttell you goodbye because youalready left. I know that you’re

smiling no longer in pain, have ahappy heavenly on your 77th day!

Love Always,

Your Only Grandson

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ON THIS DATEToday is Wednesday,

May 27, the 148th day of 2020. There are 218 days left in the year.

In 1199, King John of England was crowned in Westminster Abbey nearly two months after the death of his brother, Richard I (“The Lion-Hearted”).

In 1896, 255 people were killed when a tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois.

In 1912, golf legend Sam Snead was born in Ash-wood, Virginia. Author John Cheever was born in Quincy, Massachusetts.

In 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Schech-ter Poultry Corp. v. United States, unanimously struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act, a key compo-nent of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” legislative program.

In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. O’Brien, upheld the conviction of David O’Brien for destroying his draft card outside a Boston courthouse, ruling that the act was not protected by freedom of speech.

In 1995, actor Christo-pher Reeve was left para-lyzed when he was thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Charlottes-ville, Virginia.

TUESDAY’S LOTTERY Pick 2, afternoon: 3-9;

evening: 0-6 Pick 3, afternoon:

7-1-5; evening: 0-7-0 Pick 4, afternoon:

1-6-6-0; evening: 9-8-6-9 Pick 5, afternoon:

0-9-8-4-4; evening: 1-7-8-5-9

Wild Ball, afternoon: 7; evening: 3

Treasure Hunt: 03-10-12-17-19

Cash 5: 14-17-20-27-29 Match 6: 08-10-17-19-

40-48 Cash 4 Life: 10-13-21-

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evening: 3-1 Pick 3, afternoon:

3-1-4; evening: 5-6-0 Pick 4, afternoon:

6-5-4-0; evening: 2-3-4-9 Pick 5, afternoon:

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LOS ANGELES – Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in law-suits by California cities and counties seeking damages for the impact of climate change.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by energy companies and ruled state courts are the proper forum for lawsuits alleging pro-ducers promoted petroleum as environmentally responsible when they knew it was con-tributing to drought, wildfires and sea level rise associated with global warming.

The lawsuits claim Chevron,

Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and other companies created a pub-lic nuisance and should pay for damage from climate change and help build sea walls and other infrastructure to protect against future impact – con-struction that could cost tens of billions of dollars.

The ruling overturned a decision by one federal judge, who had tossed out lawsuits brought by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland.

“It is time for these compa-nies to pay their fair share,” San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said in a state-ment applauding the ruling.

“They should not be able to stick taxpayers with the bill for the damage they knew they were causing. We will contin-ue to hold these companies accountable for their decades-long campaign of public decep-tion about climate change and its consequences.”

While the rulings were victo-ries for the coastal counties and

cities – all in the San Francisco Bay Area except for the tiny city of Imperial Beach in San Diego County – and cheered by environmental groups, it could take years before they ever get to a jury, if they make it that far.

The 3-0 rulings are expected to meet continued challenges that could include a review by a larger Ninth Circuit panel and, eventually, review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

An appeals court in Virgin-ia ruled that a similar case brought by Baltimore belonged in Maryland courts and lower federal courts in other cities have issued similar decisions.

A group that is a project of the National Association of Manufacturers issued a state-ment saying climate liability lawsuits should be resolved by the Supreme Court to prevent years of court proceedings.

Chevron did not say how it would proceed but said the cases involve issues of nation-al law and policy and do not belong in state courts.

Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courtsBRIAN MELLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ADAMS – Gilda D., Cressondied May 24, 2020 at herhome. Private Services will beheld at the convenience of thefamily. Gibbons FuneralHome, 301 Church Street,Gallitzin are in charge ofarangements.

BRILHART – Erma L., 84,Armagh (Richard C. StuartFuneral Home, Armagh)

CARPINELLO – NancyCarole, 78, of Hastings, Pa.(Askew-Houser, Inc.,Ebensburg, Pa.)

CLARK – Gregory G., 69, NewFlorence (Kenneth A. StuartFuneral Home, New Florence)

MILES – Gerald T., 82,Johnstown (Hindman,Chandler Ave.)

MILLER – Leona Ruth, 83,Davidsville, George E MasonFuneral Home, Inc.Davidsville,www.georgemasonfuneralhome.com

PERNAU – Martha A., 86,Richland. (Harris FuneralHome, 500 Cherry Lane,Richland)www.wharrisfuneralhome.com

ROLES – Wade Richard, 74 ofJohnstown. (Geisel FuneralHome- Johnstown)

ROVANSEK – Vic, 81, ofWestmont. (Frank DucaFuneral Home, Inc).

RUMMEL – Kelly D., 60, ofBelsano. (Askew-Houser,Nanty Glo)

SAVERING – Josephine A.,76, Johnstown (Hindman,Frankstown Rd.)

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