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Recently born at Blanchard Valley Hospital , Findlay, as reported by their parents:

• Jonah David Trombley, boy, Kerry and Abby Trombley, Findlay, July 5.

• Harlyn Jo Ardner, girl, Craig Scott Ardner and Megan Kaelyn Ardner, Fostoria, July 5.

• Oaken Ellis Long, boy, Seth E. and Erika M. Long, Findlay, July 6.

• Faolan Angeal Sanchez, boy, Raphael Ceaser Sanchez and Krys-tal Lynn Sander, Bettsville, July 6.

• Trace Vincent Rieman, boy, Mark and Julie Rieman, Pandora, July 6.

• Samuel Carl Arms IV, boy, Samuel Carl Arms III and Chey-enne Destinie Reed, Findlay, July 6.

• Arianna Estel le Gladysz, girl, David and Brittni Gladysz, McComb, July 7.

• Gunner Lestat Niles, boy, Darion Niles and Amber Pearce, Findlay, July 7.

• Finneus Ryan Smith, boy, Ryan and Megan Smith, Findlay, July 7.

• Elliana Yvonne Ludwig, girl,

Ryan Dean Ludwig and Stephanie Yvonne Barnhart, Findlay, July 7.

• Shawn Anthony White Jr., boy, Ashley M. Klingler, Findlay, July 7.

• Paidyn Benjamin-Kash Bal-dridge, boy, Ashley Baldridge, Findlay, July 8.

• Pierce Eli Perkins, boy, Jason and Katlyn Perkins, Tiffin, July 8.

• Anabella Marie Pedroza, girl, Mark and Laura Pedroza, Leipsic, July 8.

• Emily Elaine Conley, girl, Andrew Malachi Conley and Kelli Ann Young, Findlay, July 10.

• Weston Scott Simon, boy, Coltin Christopher Simon and LeeAnn Shackelford, Alvada, July 10.

• Elynnor Sue Romick, girl, Zachary and Danika Romick, Arlington, July 10.

• Liam Michael Wayne Math-ias, boy, Ashlee Mathias, Findlay, July 10.

• Murrel James, boy, Craige and Chelsea Garner, Tiffin, July 11.

• Ryder Gene Roberts, boy, Dustin and Meghan Roberts, Find-lay, July 11.

CELEBR ATIONS ! THE COURIERTUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017T2

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Tuesday, July 18, the 199th day of 2017. There are 166 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On July 18, 1947, President Harry

S. Truman signed a Presidential Suc-cession Act which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.

On this date: In A.D. 64, the Great Fire of Rome

began, consuming most of the city for about a week. (Some blamed the fire on Emperor Nero, who in turn blamed Christians.)

In 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.

In 1792, American naval hero John Paul Jones died in Paris at age 45.

In 1817, English novelist Jane Austen died in Winchester at age 41.

In 1927, Ty Cobb hit safely for the 4,000th time in his career during a game between the Philadelphia Ath-letics (his new team) and the Detroit Tigers (his old one) at Navin Field. (The Tigers won, 5-3.)

In 1932, the United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the

St. Lawrence Seaway. In 1944, Hideki Tojo was removed

as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II. American forces in France captured the Nor-mandy town of St. Lo.

In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisen-hower, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bul-ganin, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and French Premier Edgar Faure held a summit in Geneva.

In 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left a party on Chappaquid-dick Island near Martha’s Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne, 28; some time later, Kennedy’s car went off a bridge into the water. Kennedy was able to escape, but Kopechne drowned.

In 1976, 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, competing at the Montreal Olympics, received the first-ever perfect score of 10 with her routine on uneven parallel bars. (Comaneci would go on to receive six more 10s in Montreal.)

In 1984, gunman James Huberty opened fire at a McDonald’s fast food restaurant in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people before being shot dead by police. Walter F. Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco.

In 1994, a bomb hidden in a van destroyed a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 85. Tutsi rebels declared an end to Rwan-da’s 14-week-old civil war.

Ten years ago: Senate Republicans torpedoed leg-

islation to force the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq.

An underground steam pipe exploded on a New York City street, swallowing a tow truck and claiming the life of a woman who suffered a heart attack.

Armed men kidnapped two Ger-mans and five Afghans working on a dam project in central Afghanistan. (One of the Germans, Ruediger Died-rich, was found shot dead three days later; the others were later released.)

Opera tenor Jerry Hadley, 55, died at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York, a week after shooting himself with an air rifle.

Five years ago: Rebels penetrated the heart of

Syria’s power elite, detonating a bomb inside a high-level crisis meeting in Damascus that killed three leaders of the regime, including President Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law and the defense minister.

A bus bombing at the Burgas air-port in Bulgaria killed five Israeli tour-ists, the bus driver and the suspected perpetrator.

Today in history

See HISTORY, Page T3

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 9.

FICTION 1. “Camino Island” by John Grisham

(Doubleday) 2. “Murder Games” by Patterson/

Roughan (Little, Brown) 3. “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio (Knopf

Books for Young Readers) 4. “The Duchess” by Danielle Steel

(Delacorte) 5. “Use of Force” by Brad Thor

(Atria) 6. “The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus

Pfister (North-South)

7. “Into the Water” by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead)

8. “Wired” by Julie Garwood (Berk-ley)

9. “Tom Clancy: Point of Contact” by Mike Maden (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

10. “The Silent Corner” by Dean Koontz (Bantam)

NONFICTION 1. “Rediscovering Americanism” by

Mark R. Levin (Threshold) 2. “Dangerous” by Milo Yiannopou-

los (Dangerous Books) 3. “Astrophysics for People in a

Hurry” by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Norton) 4. “The Swamp” by Eric Boling (St.

Martin’s Press) 5. “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance

(Harper) 6. “Al Franken, Giant of the Senate”

by Al Franken (Twelve) 7. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a

F*ck” by Mark Manson (HarperOne) 8. “Understanding Trump” by Newt

Gingrich (Center Street) 9. “Make Your Bed” by William H.

McRaven (Grand Central Publishing) 10. “She Persisted” by Chelsea Clin-

ton (Philomel) FICTION E-BOOKS 1. “Wired” by Julie Garwood (Berk-

ley) 2. “Camino Island” by John Grisham

(Doubleday) 3. “The Hard Way” by Lee Child

(Delacorte) 4. “The Stolen Girls” by Patricia

Gibney (Bookouture) 5. “The Bone Bed” by Patricia Corn-

well (Putnam Adult) 6. “The Letter” by Kathryn Hughes

(Headline) 7. “Everything We Left Behind” by

Kerry Lonsdale (Lake Union) 8. “Everything I Never Told You” by

Celeste Ng (Penguin) 9. “Use of Force” by Brad Thor

(Atria) 10. “The Identicals” by Elin Hilder-

brand (Little, Brown) NONFICTION E-BOOKS 1. “Dangerous” by Milo Yiannopou-

los (Dangerous Books)

2. “Homo Deus” by Yuval Noah Harari (HarperCollins)

3. “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance (HarperCollins)

4. “Danielle Walker’s Against All Grain Celebrations” by Danielle Walker (Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony)

5. “Everybody Lies” by Seth Ste-phens-Davidowitz (HarperCollins)

6. “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Norton)

7. “Al Franken, Giant of the Senate” by Al Franken (Twelve)

8. “The Pursuit of God” by A.W. Tozer (Moody)

9. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson (HarperOne)

10. “Wait, What?” by James E. Ryan (HarperCollins)

NPD BookScan gathers point-of-sale book data from about 16,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 85 percent of the nation’s book sales. Print-book data providers include all major booksellers and web retailers, and food stores. E-book data provid-ers include all major e-book retailers. Free e-books and those sold for less than 99 cents are excluded. The fic-tion and nonfiction lists in all formats include both adult and juvenile titles; the business list includes only adult titles. The combined lists track sales by title across all print and e-book formats; audio books are excluded. Refer questions to Michael.Boone@wsj.com.

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CELEBR ATIONS !THE COURIERTUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 T3

One year ago: Republicans opened their national

convention in Cleveland as they pre-pared to nominate Donald Trump for president; Trump’s wife, Melania, delivered a speech in which she assured delegates and voters that her husband had the character and determination to unite a divided nation. (Mrs. Trump’s well-received address was marred by two passages with similarities to a speech first lady Michelle Obama delivered at the 2008 Democratic convention; a speechwriter accepted responsibility for the passages in ques-tion.)

President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles, a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War credited with helping rescue more than 40 American soldiers under heavy fire.

Thought for today: “It isn’t what we say or think that

defines us, but what we do.” — From “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen (1775-1817).

HistoryContinued from page T2

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of surfers have taken to the waters off California in tribute to wetsuit pioneer Jack O’Neill.

O’Neill died last month at the age of 94. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports surfers gathered for a “paddle out” ser-vice near O’Neill’s cliffside Santa Cruz home. Many of them wore O’Neill wetsuits and eye patches in honor of the covering O’Neill famously donned

following a surfing injury. A paddle out is a traditional way

surfers pay tribute following the death of one of their own. It consists of surf-ers forming a circle in the water and tossing flowers. The Sentinel reports O’Neill’s paddle out circle stretched more than a half-mile across.

O’Neill invented the first neoprene wetsuit in the 1950s, allowing surfers to stay longer in cold water.

Surfers paddle out to honor wetsuit pioneer Jack O’Neill

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A private island replete with a man-sion, two guest houses and a barn with workers’ quarters is on the market in Maine for $7.95 million.

Developer John Cacoulidis bought the 86-acre Hope Island in 1993 for $1.3 million. The real estate listing says, “No expense was spared creating this magical island kingdom.”

The property includes an 11,295-square-foot main house with

six bathrooms and three bedrooms. It also features a 10-stall horse barn, a tavern for entertaining, a private chapel and a boat house with a deep-water pier.

The property in Casco Bay is a 25-minute boat ride from Portland.

The real estate agent tells the Portland Press Herald Cacoulidis is no longer using the island like he had in the past. His wife died last year.

‘Magical island kingdom’ is for sale off Maine coast for $8M

Maggie Hardesty and Kristian Cunningham, both of Findlay, OH, have announced their engagement and upcoming marriage. An October 2017 ceremony is planned at St. Michael the Archangel Church.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Chuck and Julie Hardesty. She

graduated from the University ofDayton in 2012. She is employed atPukka Inc.

The groom-to-be is the son of Dr.Thomas and Paula Cunningham,Ashland, WI. He graduated fromKettering University in 2015 and isemployed at Freudenberg-NOK.

Hardesty-Cunningham

ENGAGEMENT

High school sweethearts Amanda Hotaling and Matthew Archer, of North Baltimore, Ohio, have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding on August 12, 2017, at St. Louis Catholic Church, Custar, Ohio.

Amanda is the daughter of Art and Cyndi Hotaling. Amanda graduated from the University of Cincinnati in May of 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in biology, minoring in

psychology. She is currently enrolled at the University’s Blue Ash campus studying veterinary technology.

Matthew is the son of Matt and Tammy Archer. Matthew is employed with Fischer Homes in Cincinnati as a superintendent. He is also working towards a business degree at the University of Cincinnati, with plans to graduate at the end of this year.

The couple resides in Fairfi eld, Ohio.

Hotaling-Archer

ENGAGEMENT

Reinhard-BodnarWhitney Reinhard and Kevin

Bodnar, both of Perrysburg, Ohio, are engaged and planning a 4 p.m. wedding on October 28, 2017, in Toledo, Ohio.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Ethan and Kim Reinhard, of Fostoria, Ohio.

The groom-to-be is the son of Gerald and Lisa Bodnar, of Swanton, Ohio.

ENGAGEMENT

Happy birthday to allThis week’s celebrity birthdays

include:Sunday: Actor-singer Ruben Blades is 69.

Drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police is 65. Dancer Michael Flatley (“Lord of the Dance”) is 59. Actress Phoebe Cates is 54. Actor Daryl “Chill” Mitchell (“Ed”) is 52. Actor Will Ferrell is 50. Actress Rain Pryor (“Head of the Class”) is 48. Actor Corey Feldman is 46. Singer Ryan McCombs (Drown-ing Pool) is 43. Actress Jayma Mays (“The Millers,” “Glee”) is 38. Actress AnnaLynne McCord (“Nip/Tuck”) is 30. Actor-singer James Maslow (“Big Time Rush”) is 27. Actor Mark Indeli-cato (“Ugly Betty”) is 23. Singer-gui-tarist Luke Hemmings of 5 Seconds of Summer is 21.

Yesterday: Actor Donald Sutherland is 85.

Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 82. Guitarist Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group is 78. Bass-ist Geezer Butler of Black Sab-bath is 68. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 66. Actor David Hasselhoff is 65. Singer Regina Belle is 54. Country singer Craig Morgan is 53. Bassist Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk

Implosion) is 51. Actor Andre Royo (“The Wire”) is 49. Actress Bitty Schram (“Monk”) is 49. Director F. Gary Gray (“Straight Outta Comp-ton,” “Furious 8”) is 48. Singer JC of PM Dawn is 46. Country singer Luke Bryan is 41. Actor Mike Vogel (“Under the Dome,” “The Help”) is 38. Actor Tom Cullen (“Downton Abbey”) is 32. Actor Brando Eaton (“Dexter”) is 31. Singer Jeremih is 30.

Today: Director Paul Verhoeven (“Basic

Instinct,” “RoboCop”) is 79. Singer Dion is 78. Actor James Brolin is 77. Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Rasp-berries is 68. Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs is 63. Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 59. Actress Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey”) is 56. Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 55. Talk-show host/actress Wendy Williams is 53. Actor Vin Diesel is 50. Actor Grant Bowler (“True Blood,” “Ugly Betty”) is 49. Rapper M.I.A. is 42. Drummer Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 is 39. Actress Kristen Bell (“Frozen,” “Veronica Mars”) is 37. Singer Ryan Cabrera is 35. Actress Priyanka Chopra (“Quan-tico”) is 35. Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath is 34. Actor Chace Craw-

ford (“Gossip Girl”) is 32.Tomorrow: Singer Vikki Carr is 77. Musician

Commander Cody is 73. Actor George Dzundza is 72. Singer-bassist Alan Gorrie of Average White Band is 71. Guitarist Brian May of Queen is 70. Guitarist Bernie Leadon (Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 70. Actress Beverly Archer (“Major Dad, “Mama’s Family”) is 69. Actor Peter Barton (“Sunset Bou-levard,” “Burke’s Law”) is 61. Drum-mer Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) is 57. Actor Campbell Scott is 56. Actor Anthony Edwards (“ER”) is 55. Country singer Kelly Shiver (Thrasher Shiver) is 54. Actress Clea Lewis (“Ellen”) is 52. Singer Urs Buhler of Il Divo is 46. Drummer Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie is 43. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is 41. Actress Erin Cummings (“Astro-naut Wives Club”) is 40. Actor Jared Padalecki (“Supernatural,” “Gilm-ore Girls”) is 35. Actor Trai Byers (“Empire,” “Selma”) is 34.

Thursday: Actress Diana Rigg (“The Aveng-

ers”) is 79. Bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues is 74. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 73. Singer Kim Carnes is 72. Guitarist Carlos Santana is

70. Guitarist Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister is 65. Drummer Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols is 61. Actress Donna Dixon (“Bosom Buddies”) is 60. Keyboardist Mick McNeil of Simple Minds is 59. Guitarist Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam is 51. Actor Josh Hollo-way (“Lost”) is 48. Singer Vitamin C is 48. Actor Omar Epps is 44. Actor Simon Rex is 43. Actress Judy Greer (“The Village,” “Arrested Develop-ment”) is 42. Actor Charlie Korsmo (“Can’t Hardly Wait,” “Hook”) is 39. Singer Elliott Yamin (“American Idol”) is 39. Guitarist Mike Kennerty of All-American Rejects is 37. Actor John Francis Daley (“Bones,” “Freaks and Geeks”) is 32. Dancer-country singer Julianne Hough is 29. Actress Billi Bruno (“According to Jim”) is 21.

Friday: Movie director Norman Jewi-

son is 91. Singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 69. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (“Doonesbury”) is 69. Singer-guitarist Eric Bazilian of The Hooters is 64. Comedian Jon Lovitz is 60. Actor Matt Mulhern (“Major Dad”) is 57. Singer Emerson Hart of Tonic is 48. Actress Alysia Reiner (“Orange is the New Black”) is 47. Singer Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums is 47. Country singer Paul Brandt is 45. Keyboardist Korey Cooper of Skillet is 45. Actress Ali Landry is 44. Actor Justin Bartha (“The Hangover”) is 39. Actor Josh Hartnett is 39. Reggae singer Damian Marley is 39. Singer Brad

Mates of Emerson Drive is 39. “Ameri-can Idol” runner-up Blake Lewis is 36. Drummer Will Berman of MGMT is 35. Keyboardist Johan Carlsson of Car-olina Liar is 33. Actress Vanessa Len-gies (“Stick It,” “American Dreams”) is 32.

Saturday: Actor Orson Bean (“Dr. Quinn,

Medicine Woman”) is 89. Actress Louise Fletcher is 83. Singer Chuck Jackson is 80. Actor Terence Stamp is 79. Game-show host Alex Trebek is 77. Singer George Clinton is 76. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 74. Actor Danny Glover is 71. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 71. Singer Don Henley is 70. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 70. Composer Alan Menken (“Little Mermaid,” “Little Shop of Hor-rors”) is 68. Actor Willem Dafoe is 62. Singer Keith Sweat is 56. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 54. Actor-comedian David Spade is 53. Actor John Leguizamo is 53. Bass-ist Pat Badger of Extreme is 50. Actor Rhys Ifans (“Elementary,” “Not-ting Hill”) is 50. Actor-singer Jaime Camil (“Jane the Virgin”) is 44. Musi-cian Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 44. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 44. Actress Franka Potente (“The Bourne Identity”) is 43. Actress A.J. Cook (“Criminal Minds”) is 39. Actor Keegan Allen (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 30. Singer-actress Selena Gomez is 25.

CELEBR ATIONS ! THE COURIERTUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017T4

Fred and Karen (Stalter) Weber were married on July 19, 1957, at the Chapel in the Garden in Angola, Indiana. They joyfully raised three children; Robert (Lynn Douglass) Weber, Wade (Janet) Weber and Wenda (Luther) Quanrud.

The true light of Fred and Karen’s lives are their four grandchildren; Melissa Weber, Jarrett, Chad and Will Quanrud. Fred and Karen’s consistent presences in their grandchildren’s lives was instrumental in shaping them into the amazing young adults they are today. They are also blessed to have six “special” grandchildren; Megan Dietsch, Amy Mark, Nate Woodman, Nikita Woodman, Natasha Bunting and Amanda Crooks, with whom they share many happy memories.

Fred retired from Great Scot

Supermarkets after 38 years asmeat merchandiser/buyer. Karenalso worked at Great Scot inthe bakery/deli department andshe retired from The Courieradvertising department in 1999.

Fred and Karen’s love foradventure have led them to visit all50 states, eight European countries,Australia and New Zealand. Whetherit be by non-air conditioned car toTexas with 3 kids in the backseat orby luxury cruise ship, they alwaysknew how to make a vacation funand memorable.

On Saturday, July 22, theirchildren will host an Open Housebetween 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.at the Marathon Center for thePerforming Arts, 200 W MainCross Street, Findlay, Ohio. Comecelebrate and share your memorieswith us! (No gifts please)

Fred & Karen Weber

ANNIVERSARY

Dick and Diana (Cramer) Gassman will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Saturday, July 22, 2017.

Dick continues to operate the family farm near Alvada. Diana is retired from teaching kindergarten at Vanlue school.

The couple’s children are: Heather Gassman, of Charlotte, NC; Amber Bryan (Pete), of Dayton, OH; and Holly Gatto (Vince), of San Francisco, CA. They have one granddaughter, Maya Gatto.

Please join them as they

celebrate with an Open House on Saturday, July 22, from 1-3 at West Independence United Methodist Church. US 224, Fostoria, OH.

Dick & Diana Gassman

ANNIVERSARY

Bob and Sandy Baker celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on July 12, 2017. Bob and the former Sandra Kelley were married July 12, 1962, at St. Paul’s EUB in Findlay.

Bob is the son of Ellis and Florence Baker, who are deceased. Sandy is the daughter of Charles F. Kelley and Norma Knepper, who are also deceased.

The couple has four children: Ken, Michigan; Philip, Findlay; David, Michigan; and Teresa Weinsten, California. They also have been blessed with ten grandchildren and

three great-grandchildren.Bob was the Western Region

Corporate Controller for Bovis, a major construction management fi rm based in Los Angeles. They lived in Indiana, Michigan and New York before they fi nally settled in sunny Southern California. They retired back to Findlay in 2003.

Bob stays active volunteering with the City Mission, and Sandy leads adult Bible studies and GriefShare. They are members of Parkview Christian Church in Findlay.

Bob & Sandy Baker

ANNIVERSARY

Seventy-fi ve years ago, on July 26, Edward Railing and Eileen O’Neall were married at the Central Church of Christ by Reverend Althaus. After the wedding & reception a dinner was held at the Victoria.

Edward left Findlay August 4, 1942 and arrived overseas less than 20 days later at the West Pacifi c war zone. Little did they know that when they said goodbye, they would not see or talk to one another for 3 years.

Edward retired from Marathon

Oil Company after 34 years. Eileen retired as manager of Top Value Store, previously she was offi ce manager at JC Penney and she was an operator, supervisor and instructor at Ohio Bell.

Edward and Eileen have 3 children: Randy, Becky and Sue. They have 3 granddaughters and 3 great-grandsons.

The Railings will be celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary at a family gathering.

Edward & Eileen Railing

ANNIVERSARY

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California teen is celebrating two big lottery wins in a week.

The California Lottery says 19-year-old Rosa Dominguez won $555,555 on a $5 scratch-off ticket purchased at a gas station. After that win, she said she was nervous and “just wanted to cry.” A few days later, she bought another $5 scratch-off ticket at a different station and won $100,000. The Lottery didn’t say when the tickets were purchased.

The Lottery says Dominguez col-lected her $655,555 in total winnings recently and tells the organization she plans to go shopping and buy herself a new car.

California teen wins lottery twice in a week

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Granite from a Philadelphia park that was a skateboard-ing mecca, though for a long stretch an ille-gal one, is being put to new use at a skate park being built nearly 4,000 miles away.

Slabs from the city’s famed LOVE Park, named for Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculp-ture, are being shipped to the city of Malmo, Sweden.

Malmo’s skateboarding coordinator told KYW-TV that the granite will be used for a project he says will “rock the skateboard-ing world.”

The park adjacent to Philadelphia’s City Hall was long a popular destination for skateboarders. It was featured in a Tony Hawk video game and partly credited for bringing the X Games to Philadelphia in 2001 and 2002.

But from 2003 to 2016 skateboarding was banned at the park, with skaters risking fines if they were caught using it. Now, the area is undergoing a major redesign that it is turning it into largely green space, effec-tively killing its use as a skating venue.

A Philadelphia organization that advo-cates for skateboarding had control of the granite. “Well, of course, it’s sacred and to share that with another city making a skate park that used that granite was very attractive to us,” said Josh Nims, a founder of the group.

Malmo skateboarding coordinator Gustav Eden said his city has “learned that skateboarding is not detrimental to urban life but can actually be an asset in activat-ing spaces.”

Some people move to Malmo to skate, he said, and top sponsors like Vans hold competitions in the Swedish city.

Skateboarding mecca’s granite getting new life in Sweden

CELEBR ATIONS !THE COURIERTUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 T5

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Oregon have approved construction permits for the first all-wood high-rise building in the nation.

Construction on the 12-story building, called Framework, will break ground this fall in Portland’s trendy and rapidly growing Pearl District and is expected to be com-pleted by the following winter.

The decision by state and local authorities to allow construction comes after months of painstaking testing of the emerging technologies that will be used to build it, includ-ing a product called cross-laminated timber, or CLT.

To make CLT, lumber manufac-turers align 2-by-4 boards in per-pendicular layers and then glue them together like a giant sandwich before sliding the resulting panels into a massive press for drying. The resulting panels are stronger than traditional wood because of the cross-hatched layers; CLT can withstand horizontal and vertical pressures similar to those from a significant earthquake with mini-

mal damage. They are also lighter and easier

to work with than regular timber, resulting in lower cost and less waste.

For this project, scientists at Portland State University and Oregon State University subjected large panels of CLT to hundreds of thousands of pounds of pressure and experimented with different meth-ods for joining them together.

The project materials also under-went extensive fire safety testing and met fire codes.

State officials hope the building will stir greater interest in high-rise construction using mass timber and help revitalize the state’s lagging logging industry. Logging, once a major source of revenue in Oregon, has dropped sharply in the past few decades because of greater environ-mental protections for salmon and the spotted owl. The loss of the industry has devastated some of the state’s rural communities.

“Projects like the Framework building present a new opportunity for Oregon that we are perfectly

suited to take on,” Gov. Kate Brown said. “Oregon’s forests are a tried and true resource that may again be the key to economic stability for rural Oregon.”

The Portland building will be filled with subsidized apartments and bank offices.

Oregon city approves permit for nation’s 1st all-wood high-rise By SCOTT BAUER

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ray Davies, “Americana” (Legacy Recordings)

Think of “Americana,” the first release of new material from former Kinks frontman Ray Davies in nine years, as a musical memoir of sorts. It’s a welcome return for one of rock’s

signature voices and it finds Davies in a reflective and introspective mood.

Cowboys. Coca Cola. Highways. New York. Silent movies. The Kinks.

They all get referenced over 15 tracks, as Davies sings about his life working and living in America over the past 50 years. Davies finds the per-fect backing band in The Jayhawks to tell his stories both in song and spoken readings from his 2013 memoir.

But it’s more than just a nostalgic travelogue.

Davies, who penned some of rock’s most well-known songs including “Lola” and “You Really Got Me,” is also one of the best — and perhaps most underrated — storytellers. His signature sharp wit and razor-sharp insight are in full force on “Ameri-cana.”

On the standout track “Poetry,” Davies beautifully questions what has become of a country dominated by fast food restaurants, shopping malls and a bland sameness.

“Where is the poetry, what is the rhyme?” Davies sings, wistfully. “What is the meaning? Give us a sign.”

There’s no better place to start looking for those answers than “Amer-icana.”

Review: Davies relays his ‘Americana’ experience in song

CELEBR ATIONS ! THE COURIERTUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017T6

ORWIGSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania ice cream maker is courting Harry Potter fans with a new flavor based on Hogwarts’ favorite drink, “but-terbeer.”

Yuengling’s Ice Cream notes that J.K. Rowling once described butterbeer as tasting “a little bit like less sickly butterscotch.” With that in mind, Yuengling’s says the new butterbeer variety combines buttercream and butterscotch ice cream. Yuengling’s says “the result is magical decadence that will transport you to another place and time.”

President David Yuengling says the company hopes it made Rowling proud with the flavor.

Butterbeer may be a good fit for Yuengling’s. The ice cream company began as an offshoot of the well-known Pennsylvania brewery during the prohibition years. It’s now a separate company.

Butterbeer ice cream hitting shelves for Harry Potter fans

The CountdownIt seems as though in present timesAffliction grows and multipliesSo many people watch their livesDisintegrate before their eyes.First one, then two, or three or fourHigh-stress events occur and thenJust when it seems we can’t go onMore stuff is dumped on us againSome may not realize it at firstWhose battle plan is in effectThat our soul’s enemy has swornHe will destroy all God’s elect.But though he uses all he hasTo pressurize the faithful onesHis panic just reveals the truthHis time, so short, will soon be done.Nor can he pierce the armor ofGod’s child, who rests in Him aloneFor God has promised we will haveA celebration ’round His throne.

B.J. HanebergVanlue

BoxesBoxes come in different shapes, sizes, and colors that we use.Shapes of rectangular, square, oval and round are a few.The lids can be hinged, clasped, or have a catch or lock, too.Some are made from metal, wood, plastic, cardboard or held with glue.

Boxes of cardboard are used daily for storage or shipping everything.Wooden boxes are used for cigars, wine, and “breakable” things.Jewelry boxes hold watches, brace-lets, necklaces and rings.Boxes of metal hold fuses, tools, fishing lures that make fish cling.

Boxes are used for permanent storage or just temporary use.They are taken from the car to the office, then home and to a room.Some things stored in the boxes will never be used.Other things will be taken out and used until broken in two.

Boxes are used to build forts and castles for kids.Imaginations run “free” as a box transforms into a car or spaceship.Boxes can be used for hiding, especially the big ones with lids.What will you do with a box today if you are a kid?

Brenda PagalFindlay

Poetry Corner

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A lost Boise dog is back home after nine months and a brutal winter alone in the Idaho mountains.

Mo, an elderly Chesapeake Bay Retriever, wandered away from her owners during a hunting trip last September.

Darwin and Cindy Cameron stayed near the tiny hamlet of Horseshoe Bend about 30 miles north of Boise for three months looking for Mo. But deep snow and harsh conditions eventually made the search impossible.

Dog rescuer Cheri Glankler took in a starving retriever that had col-lapsed at a nearby ranch last month, the Idaho Statesman reported. Based on the dog’s initial dishev-eled appearance, it was clear that she had been living on her own in the wild, Glankler said. She posted photos of the dog on Facebook, and word quickly reached the Camerons that Mo may have been found.

The Camerons were initially hesitant to see the dog after receiv-ing so many false alarms before Glankler’s call.

Mo had lost her hearing and half her body weight while surviving in the wild, and Glankler warned the

couple that she would not be exactly as they remembered her.

“They all expect this kind of Disneyland response like you see sometimes in videos when veter-ans come home,” she said. “And to be perfectly honest, that’s abnor-mal. People don’t understand that (the dogs) have gone into survival mode.”

Despite Mo’s subdued behav-ior, the Camerons recognized her through her mannerisms and other distinctive details.

The couple is thankful to all the people who came forward to make the reunion possible.

“The sheriff ’s office, the hunt-ers who set aside their tags and their hunting trips to help look for a lost dog,” Darwin said. “Boy, we’re blessed to have her back.”

Glanker became very fond of the now 14-year-old dog during their brief time together and has nick-named her “The Legend” in honor of all she survived.

“Who saved Mo? Mo saved Mo,” Glankler said. “Even here when I would take her out on a lead, she was searching. She knew who she was looking for. She’s incredible.”

After spending 9 months alone in mountains,lost dog is home

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The western snowy plover is nesting along the Los Angeles area coast for the first time in nearly seven decades, federal officials said.

Nests for the small, rare shore-bird were found last month at Santa Monica Beach, Dockweiler State Beach, and Malibu Lagoon State Beach, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported Monday.

Biologists placed wire cages around the nests to protect them.

“This is a sign that, against all odds, western snowy plovers are making a comeback, and we really need the cooperation of beachgoers to help give them the space they need to nest and raise their young,” said Chris Dellith, a Fish and Wild-life biologist in Southern California.

Although western snowy plovers use LA County beaches for roost-ing during the winter, the last docu-mented active nest was in 1949 at

Manhattan Beach. The 6-inch shorebird with dark

patches on its back remains threat-ened by habitat loss, predation and human population growth. They were listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1993.

The birds lay their eggs in small depressions on sandy sections of beaches from Baja California in Mexico all the way north to Wash-ington.

The plover’s worldwide popula-tion was estimated at 1,800 as of 2016.

The plover nests on Malibu and Dockweiler state beaches are located within partial ly fenced areas, but remain at risk of distur-bance, officials said.

To ensure the eggs and future chicks have the best possible chance of survival, biologists are asking beachgoers to keep their distance.

Threatened bird nesting again on Los Angeles area beaches

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