NEWS-LEADER SPRINGFIELD TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2011 • SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI • NEWS-LEADER.COM • • 75¢ CHARLIE RIEDEL / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A man salvages a guitar from a severely damaged home Monday in Joplin. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, killing at least 116 people and leaving many homeless. ADRIFT IN DEBRIS �THAT’S ALL THAT’S LEFT’ Extent of damage shakes Joplin By Jess Rollins JROLLINS@NEWS-LEADER.COM As hundreds scoured gouged-out homes looking for photos and clothes, Tammy Niederhelman looked desperately for Zach. He’s her 12-year-old son. “Is he out there somewhere hurt and cold? Is he in the hospital all alone? Is he in the makeshift morgue?” She wept. “We want our baby to come back home.” Niederhelman and her husband, Tony, spent Monday searching for the blue-eyed boy with dirty blond hair. “This really is chaos,” Niederhelman said. “You can’t find anything out.” Several blocks away, others worked to dig out pieces of their lives buried among brick and beams. “That’s all that’s left,” Roger Dedick said as he pointed to a section of foundation. Dedick lived at 2830 18th St. for 17 years before he and his wife rushed to the basement Sunday night. He said his ears popped as the tornado blew the windows out of the garage and he used a metal “tanker’s” bar to pry his way out of the rubble. Down the street, Carolyn Hall fought tears as she and her teenage sons looked through a collapsed house for clothes and the family cat at 2822 E. 18th St. All that was left of their home were a few interior walls, but they found FOOD » Donations for food can be made online at ozarksfoodharvest.org. Or, mail donations to Ozarks Food Harvest, Attn: Joplin Disaster Relief, P.O. Box 5746, Springfield, MO, 65801-5746. VALERIE MOSLEY / NEWS-LEADER Surrounded by debris, storm survivors cling to one another Monday. MEDICAL » Volunteers with medical skills can register at ShowMe Response.org or by calling 417-8329500. All others are asked to wait 3-5 days to sign up. MONEY » Nearly all Springfield grocery stores are accepting monetary donations. Looking west at Range Line and 15th Street: destroyed homes and trees. IN SPRINGFIELD Hospitals take in patients from Joplin “When she came to, one child was dead. The other was gone.” Don Lucore, CoxHealth Index VOL. 121, NO. 144 ©2011, NEWS-LEADER By Sarah Okeson SOKESON@NEWS-LEADER.COM Area hospitals received at least 163 patients brought in from the Joplin area, including at least 22 patients who were at the St. John’s Hospital in Joplin when it was struck by the tornado Sunday. Lisa Cox, a spokeswoman for St. John’s, said 63 patients were brought to the St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. TwenBaseball Business Classified Comics Crossword 2D 4B 6B 3C 2C BY TEXT » Donate $10 to Convoy of Hope by texting the word “Convoy” to 50555. » Donate $10 to the American Red Cross by texting “REDCROSS” to 90999. THE VICTIMS Rescuers race to find survivors By Alan Scher Zagier and Jim Salter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOPLIN NATHAN PAPES / NEWS-LEADER See DAMAGE, Page 5A HOW TO HELP Dear Abby Deaths Heloise Horoscope Life ty-two of them were from the Joplin hospital. At least nine had been discharged by Monday evening. Cox said 20 to 25 people are in critical care at St. John’s, including pediatrics and the burn unit. CoxHealth had about 20 patients in critical condition. “We got a lot of crush injuries,” said John Archer, the director of emergency ser2C 7A 2C 2C 1C Lottery Movies NIE Opinion Ozarks 1B 8B 3B 5B 1B vices at Cox South. “Buildings collapsing. We have some orthopedic injuries and some chest injuries.” Other patients were in shock. “People have lost their homes,” said Don Lucore, the director of pastoral care at CoxHealth. “One of my staffers was telling me about Pet Doctor Real Estate For Sale Rentals Scoreboard See HOSPITALS, Page 2A 2C 6B 6B 4D Sports Stocks Sudoku Television Weather 1D 4B 2C 8B 4C NEED HELP? Call 800-427-4626 or 211. Online Find our continuing coverage at News-Leader.com: » Videos from the scene » Extensive listing of ways to help » Interactive map of damage in Joplin — Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this city off the map and hit a major hospital. It was the nation’s deadliest single twister in nearly 60 years and the second major tornado disaster in less than a month. Authorities feared the toll could rise as the full scope of destruction comes into view: house after house reduced to rubble, cars crushed like soda cans, shaken residents roaming streets in search of missing family members. The danger was by no means over. A Riverside police officer was recovering from a near-lightning strike suffered while he was helping during the tornado aftermath. The unidentified officer was being treated at a hospital for burns and other injuries after the strike around 5 p.m. Monday. Riverside police spokesman Sgt. Brent Holland said the officer had just driven a fire commander back to a command post and was standing next to an all-terrain vehicle when the lightning struck near him. Fires from gas leaks burned across town, and more violent weather loomed, including the threat of hail, high winds and even more tornadoes. At daybreak, the city’s south side was a barren, smoky wasteland. “I’ve never seen such devastation — just block upon block upon block of See SURVIVORS, Page 4A TORNADO COVERAGE » Organized religion: Find out what churches here are doing to help . 3A » Be prepared: Forecasters warn of more twisters, possible flooding. 8A » Lines down: Storms bring phone communication to a standstill. 5A » Helping out: Businesses use their resources to lend a hand in Joplin. 8A Weather Map on page 4C TODAY 81° HUMID; STORMS LIKELY TONIGHT 56° • TOMORROW 79° 2A Tuesday, May 24, 2011 JOPLIN TORNADO NEWS-LEADER • News-Leader.com Chaos, bravery seen at hospital By Kurt Voigt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOPLIN — Jonathan Elliott had heard the tornado sirens blaring outside St. John’s Regional Medical Center for about a half-hour when things suddenly took a terrifying turn. The building started shaking, lights began to flicker and Elliott, 16, could feel the wind coming up beneath the floor in his grandfather’s seventh-floor hospital room. It was time to make a move, he decided, and that’s what Elliott and his grandmother did, making a dash for the relative safety of an inside stairwell. Up to that moment, “we had no idea it was going to blow,” Elliott said. The tornado that smashed Joplin on Sunday also ravaged one of the town’s major hospitals just when it was needed the most, killing at least six people in the building, blowing out windows and sucking up Xrays and medical records and dumping them two counties away. After the twister, the entire nine-story, 367-bed hospital was evacuated for fear of structural damage. Walls were knocked 10 feet out of place and rooms were strewn with broken glass, concrete, ceiling tiles and other debris. Some patients were taken out in wheelchairs, while others unable to make their way out on their own after the elevators were disabled were slid down the stairs on mattresses. Doctors and nurses set up a triage center in the parking lot amid crushed cars and a smashed helicopter, but once storm victims were evaluated, they had to CHARLIE RIEDEL / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The damaged St. John’s Regional Medical Center is seen in the distance through tornado debris in Joplin. be sent to other hospitals for treatment. On the morning after the storm, parts of the hospital — one of Joplin’s tallest buildings — appeared bombed out. In the frightening minutes before the twister struck, the hospital declared a “Condition Gray,” and patients, relatives and staff members were told to leave their rooms and go into stairwells and other protected interior parts of the building. A total of 183 patients were in the building, authorities said. Despite what hospital officials said was at least 10 minutes’ warning inside the building before the twister hit, authorities said at least six of the 116 people who died in the tornado in Joplin were killed at St. John’s. Five of the dead were patients and one was a visitor. Elliott and his grandmoth- er were among the fortunate. When they emerged from the stairwell, they didn’t recognize the hospital. The Wichita, Kan., teenager said that when the twister struck, he didn’t have time to move his grandfather from his hospital bed and left him behind. When Elliott returned to the room, it was littered with debris, but his grandfather had suffered just one small scratch on his head. “I was really worried, but I was really surprised,” Elliott said. While Elliott said he didn’t hear the warning from the hospital staff to take cover, he said doctors took control afterward, ordering everyone to evacuate the building as fast as possible. For the patients who couldn’t walk, Elliott and others used mattresses to slide them down the stairs. Hospitals/Beds, staff freed up Continued from Page 1A one woman who has no family. She is in an electric wheelchair. The wheelchair is gone. All she has is a little dog, which she has with her.” Lucore said another woman was looking for shelter during the tornado with her two children when she was knocked unconscious. “When she came to, one child was dead,” Lucore said. “The other was gone.” CoxHealth was asking people with minor illnesses and injuries to seek care at urgent care facilities. Cox South canceled 19 elective surgeries Monday morning. “Our top priority is opening hospital beds to care for tornado victims,” spokeswoman Stacy Fender said. “We’re asking people with loved ones in the hospital who are ready to be discharged to make transportation arrangements as soon as possible.” Cox said some of the administrators from the St. John’s Hospital in Springfield went to Joplin on Monday. The Springfield hospital canceled a lot of elective surgeries scheduled for Monday because of the tornado. She said the hospital is not at maximum capacity. “It definitely freed up a lot of beds, a lot of surgeons, a lot of nursing staff,” Cox said. “We’re able to handle it.” Hospitals at Cox South, Cox North and Cox Monett received about 100 patients affected by the tornado. Archer said the hospital initially heard that about 300 injured people might be brought to Springfield hospitals. CoxHealth worked with St. John’s to divide the patient load as they came in, Archer said About 70 people were brought to Cox South. Another 30, including psychiatric patients from the Joplin hospital, were brought to Cox North. Christine Roepke, an Ozarks Technical Community College student who is working as an emergency medical technical at Cox, said ambulance crews were working double shifts to ferry people to area hospitals. “There are people who say they saw a person die right next to them,” Roepke said. “There are a lot of people whose hair is matted with dirt and blood. They’ve had a long 12 hours.” To check on a patient at CoxHealth, call 417-2693211. People can check on patients at St. John’s at 417820-2000. 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Ozark Police Chief Lyle Hodges said he and several other officers arrived in Joplin late Sunday and provided security for residences and businesses. Hodges said the destruction was unlike anything he had seen. “I’ve seen tornado damage ... but this was as far as you could see,” Hodges said. “You couldn’t stand anywhere and see the edge of destruction. The houses were all destroyed. It wasn’t one here and one there.” Hodges said he and others provided security at a bank where only the ATM and vault were left standing. “Everything else was a pile of rubble.” Ozark City Administrator Steve Childers said the public works department sent a crew of six, as well as a dump truck, front loader, chain saws and other equipment, to help with rescue and recovery efforts. Nixa and Ozark fire departments also sent crews. Christian County Sheriff Joey Kyle said he and about a dozen deputies took off-road vehicles to Joplin but found themselves among about 250 other police officers waiting to help. “They’ve got an influx of volunteers,” he said. “...They really didn’t have anything else for us to do.” Kyle said the best thing for his department to do is to wait until the first wave of volunteers go home. That’s when he believes they’ll be needed the most. “Those people responding are going to go home sometime this week, and when they do, it’s going to leave a vacuum of volunteers,” he said. “I’m going to go over there and try to organize that second wave.” Kyle plans to send four or five deputies a day to help augment recovery efforts. Linda Barger, assistant director of the Christian County Emergency Management Agency, said the department and volunteers will be available in coming days to provide relief. The county Community Emergency Response Team has been on standby, waiting to be called to Joplin, she said. GALENA Tornado takes out Stone County homes By Tara Muck TMUCK@NEWS-LEADER.COM The National Weather Service says an EF2 tornado is to blame for destroying homes and turkey houses north of Galena on Sunday evening. Meteorologist Doug Cramer of the National Weather Service in Springfield said the tornado had winds up to 120 mph when it tore through rural Stone County about 7:10 p.m. Sunday. The tornado was on the ground for about 15 minutes, tracking just over seven miles before dissipating about five miles northeast of Galena, Cramer said. “It was a pretty decent tornado,” he said. Stone County Emergency Management Director Tom Martin said the tornado damaged nine homes and seven turkey houses. Of those, two modular homes are a complete loss, and five turkey houses were destroyed. No injuries were reported. Luckily, Martin said, residents took heed of the danger and left their homes before the tornado struck. Martin said the majority of damage was along Stone County Route AA, Missouri 176, Johnson Rowe Drive, Horse Creek Road, Bass Hollow Road and Coon Ridge Road. “There’s lots of trees down,” he said. “We’re still trying to get roads cleaned up.” Cramer said survey crews were out Monday scoping a line from Galena west to Joplin, where a deadly tornado hit about 6 p.m. Sunday. “I think we had some tornado touchdowns along that line, so that’s where we sent our survey teams,” Cramer said. By late Monday, the survey crew had not reported its findings to the NWS office, Cramer said. NEWS LEADER AFTER: Much of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Joplin was destroyed in the tornado. By Linda Leicht LLEICHT@NEWS-LEADER.COM Churches in Joplin are reaching out to storm victims, but some churches were hit hard, too. St. Mary’s Catholic Church — with little more than a frame topped by a large cross still standing — and its attached elementary school were destroyed by Sunday’s tornado. The Rev. Justin D. Monaghan is the priest for the parish, which serves nearly 650 families. Monaghan, who lives in the church rectory next door, sought safety in a bathtub when the tornado hit. The residence was severely damaged, a spokeswoman for the Catholic diocese said, but parishioners came and helped dig their priest out. Monaghan was not injured and spent the night with a church family, Recy Moore reported. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, about 20 blocks north of St. Mary’s, was spared any damage, as were St. Peter’s Junior High and McAuley High School nearby. The high school was used as an overflow triage center after the storm destroyed St. John’s Medical Center, said Gene Koester, principal at the school. Joplin’s Memorial Hall was the primary triage center. The building is also being used as an overnight shelter. Koester estimated 200 people were served Sunday night at the school in the triage and shelter. “We even set up a counseling session in the chapel,” Koester said. “Father J. (Friedel, pastor at St. Peter’s) did that last night.” The junior high also opened as a shelter. Koester said the school has been taking calls from all over the country asking how people can help. “Most of all, we need their prayers,” he said. “It is a devastating SUBMITTED PHOTO PRAYER VIGIL St. Joseph Catholic Academy in Springfield will offer a Rosary service at 2:30 p.m. today for everyone affected by Sunday’s tornado. Donations for relief efforts will also be accepted. The service will be at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1115 N. Campbell Ave. SUBMITTED PHOTO BEFORE: St. Mary’s, shown before the storm, serves about 650 families. moment in the history of Joplin, and prayers are the most important thing people can do for us.” The Rev. James V. Johnston Jr., bishop of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese, also asked for prayers. His comments were posted on the diocese website: “Please keep the people of Joplin in our prayers, especially those whose lives were taken as well as those who lost loved ones. We pray especially for the people of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and school who suffered a total loss as well as St. John’s Mercy hospital which sustained major damage.” 3 killed at Harmony Church organizations have echoed that request, as well as offered places where people can send donations to help Joplin through church relief agencies. “Our hearts and prayers go out to all those who grieve the loss of loved ones and who have suffered the destruction of homes and businesses following Sunday’s devastating tornado in Joplin,” the Rev. Robert Schnase, bishop of the Missouri Conference of United Methodists, wrote on the conference website. 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Now at: SL-0000257220 4A Tuesday, May 24, 2011 • JOPLIN TORNADO NEWS-LEADER • News-Leader.com �THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS’ Area relief organizations get to work By Didi Tang DTANG@NEWS-LEADER.COM Area relief organizations quickly mobilized in the wake of Sunday’s tornado in Joplin to send food, water, blankets and other relief supplies. “It’s more near to our hearts because of how close it is,” said Jeff Nene, spokesman for Convoy of Hope. “These are our neighbors, friends, and there are families who have been affected.” Convoy of Hope activated its emergency response team Sunday night, Nene said. By Monday afternoon, the faith-based relief organization had sent 40,000 pounds of relief supplies, including water, meals and snacks, to a central distribution center set up at Missouri Southern State University. Convoy of Hope is coordinating efforts with emergency management officials, Nene said. “We want the first responders to do their work to find victims and clear some of the roads,” Nene said. “Then we will set up our distribution centers.” Small volunteer teams will be assembled to help deliver supplies to different locations and neighborhoods in the city, Nene said. By Monday afternoon, Ozarks Food Harvest also had secured six truckloads of food items to be deliv- VALERIE MOSLEY / NEWS-LEADER Denisa Simpson (left) and Marsha Denton sort donated clothing at the shelter at Robert Ellis Young Gym on the MSSU campus on Monday. Dozens of volunteers were on hand to help sort incoming items, as some tornado victims sought needed items. ered to Joplin. Ozarks Food Harvest is working with the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to coordinate additional donation deliveries. Its sister food bank in Kansas City, Harvesters, is sending donations directly to Joplin. The food bank in Columbia is delivering donations to Harvesters, and the food bank in Cape Girardeau is sending donations to Ozarks Food Harvest. “We are working closely with our member agency in Carthage this morning, the Carthage Crisis Center, who has already delivered two truckloads to Joplin,” Bart Brown, president/CEO at Ozarks Food Harvest, said Monday. “The Wildwood Baptist Church in Joplin, another partner of ours, is currently serving as a triage. We have yet to reach all member pantries and sites in Joplin.” In Buffalo, David Beltz of the citizen-operated Dallas County Disaster Relief, said the not-for-profit orga- nization is ready to assist when needed. “We have two men down there doing the assessment and trying to contact the authorities,” Beltz said. “Our policy is to make sure we connect with appropriate authorities so we would not be a burden on the system.” When called upon, the group can send hundreds of volunteers into the disaster area with their own food, water and equipment to help clear debris and clean up, Beltz said. People from Tennessee, Illinois and Kansas had contacted his group to volunteer, Beltz said. “We are trying to identify the needs and load appropriate equipment,” Beltz said. Red Cross Greater Ozarks Regional Center opened a shelter Sunday night at the Missouri Southern State University gym, at 3950 E. Newman Road, said Joann Moore, spokeswoman for the local chapter. A hundred remained Monday morning. On Monday, majors Norman and Claire Grainger of the Salvation Army headed to Joplin. At least three Salvation Army canteens from the tri-state area were also on their way to assist responders and survivors, including the Springfield canteen that recently assisted with flooding in Illinois. As of Monday, the Salvation Army did not activate as a shelter but continued to work with the Red Cross. In an open message, Kristy Nelson, interim executive director of Habitat for Humanity Springfield, outlined her group’s plan. “We have had many phone calls from people wanting to reach out and help our neighbors in Joplin,” she wrote. “Words cannot describe the devastation the area has experi- enced.” The Springfield group had been in contact with the Joplin Habitat for Humanity affiliate, which was not able to account for all Habitat family partners as of noon Monday. “There were three Habitat homes in the path of the tornado, and we are anxiously waiting for an update on those families,” she wrote. Habitat Springfield has a staff member on site assisting with search and rescue efforts, she said. Convoy of Hope’s Nene said relief efforts for Joplin could take weeks. “It can be a matter of a few weeks, but given the scope of the disaster, it can be much longer,” Nene said. On Monday, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, with its JoplinCarthage area affiliate, set up the Joplin Recovery Fund to support community rebuilding efforts. The CFO will seed the fund with a $10,000 contribution. “We ... know from our past disaster experience, including the 2003 Stockton tornado, that recovery is a long-haul process,” CFO President Brian Fogle said. “As bleak as things might look today, we want to help give our Joplin neighbors hope and confidence that they will successfully rebuild their community.” Survivors/Death toll expected to rise COLLEGES Continued from Page 1A DEAN CURTIS / NEWS-LEADER There was a flurry of activity at Ozarks Technical Community College as the community dropped off donations for the Joplin relief effort. Ozarks colleges offering support By Didi Tang DTANG@NEWS-LEADER.COM Area colleges are assisting disaster relief efforts in Joplin. Missouri Southern State University is operating as a Red Cross triage and shelter. The university was relatively undamaged by the twister. On Monday, it had power but was without water because of damage to sewer treatment plants. Other higher education institutions also stepped up to aid emergency effort. » Davidson Hall at Crowder College in Neosho is serving as an emergency shelter, as is Ozark Christian College on North Main Street in Joplin. » Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield is collecting items for donation to tornado victims in Joplin. Donations must be new, never-used items. Donations may be brought to the campus parking lot at the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway, where they will be loaded directly into two tractor-trailers from OTC’s Transport Training Institute for transport to Joplin. Donations of nonperishable food, water, blankets, boxes and more can be dropped off between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. through Wednesday. Donations also will be accepted until 5 p.m. Thursday. homes just completely gone,” said former state legislator Gary Burton, who came to help at a volunteer center at Missouri Southern State University. Unlike multiple storms that killed more than 300 people last month across the South, Joplin was hit by just one exceptionally powerful tornado. Not since a June 1953 tornado in Flint, Mich., had a single twister been so deadly. That storm also killed 116, according to the National Weather Service. Authorities were prepared to find more bodies in the rubble throughout this town of 50,000 people. Gov. Jay Nixon did not want to guess how high the toll would go. But he said: “Clearly, it’s on its way up.” Seventeen people were pulled alive from the rubble. An unknown number of people were hurt. While many residents had up to 17 minutes of warning, rain and hail may have drowned out the sirens. As rescuers toiled in the debris, a strong thunderstorm lashed the crippled city. Rescue crews had to move gingerly around downed power lines and jagged chunks of debris. Fires, gas fumes and unstable buildings posed constant threats. Searchers fanned out across several square miles. Groups went door to door, making quick checks of property that in many places had been stripped to its foundations. National Weather Service Director Jack Hayes said the storm was given a preliminary rating of EF4 — the second-highest assigned to TORNADOVIDEO.NET This frame grab from video shows lightning inside the massive Joplin tornado. twisters. The storm had winds of 190 to 198 mph and at times was three-quarters of a mile wide. Some of the most startling damage was at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, where staff had only moments to hustle patients into hallways. Six people died there — five patients and a visitor. The storm blew out hundreds of windows and caused damage so extensive that doctors had to abandon the hospital. A crumpled helicopter lay on its side in the parking lot. Dr. Jim Riscoe said some members of his emergency room staff showed up after the tornado with injuries of their own, but they worked through the night anyway. “I spent most of my life at that hospital,” Riscoe said. “It’s awful. I had two pregnant nurses who dove under gurneys ... It’s a testimony to the human spirit.” As the tornado bore down on their trailer home, Joshua Wohlford, his pregnant girlfriend and their two toddlers fled to a Walmart store. The family narrowly escaped after a shelf of toys partially collapsed, forming a makeshift tent that shielded them. “It was 15 minutes of hell,” Wohlford said. At a Fastrip store, 20 people ran into a pitch-black cooler as the building began to collapse around them. They documented their experience with a video. The audio was even more terrifying — ear-splitting wind, objects getting smashed, wailing children and a woman praying. Brennan Stebbins said the group crouched on the floor, clinging to and comforting each other. No one was seriously hurt. Shielded by mattresses, former lawmaker Chuck Surface rode out the storm in his basement with his wife, daughter, granddaughter and dog. After about five minutes, the deafening roar stopped. “When it got to where we thought we could look out, we went to the top of the stairs and there was no roof — it was all open air.” Dazed survivors tried to salvage clothes, furniture and family photos. Kelley Fritz’s sons, both Eagle Scouts, rushed into the neighborhood after realizing every home was destroyed. When they returned, she said, “my sons had deceased children in their arms.” Justin Gibson stood outside the tangled remains of a Home Depot and pointed to a black pickup that had been tossed into them. It belonged to his roommate’s brother, last seen at the store with his two young daughters. “I don’t know the extent of this yet,” Gibson said, “but I know I’ll have friends and family dead.” Three firefighters from Battlefield were among emergency workers from throughout the region who were in Joplin to help with recovery efforts. Battlefield Fire Capt. Jake Schleuter has worked at disaster scenes before, but “I’ve never been to anything like this.” Fellow Battlefield firefighter Peter Rauch urged civilians to stay away. “It’s hard enough trying to find organization in the chaos without all the tourists,” he said. Contributing: News-Leader reporter Roseann Moring �IT WAS SPILLING OVER INTO OUR CLASS’ Schools waste no time in organizing efforts to help victims By Claudette Riley CRILEY@NEWS-LEADER.COM After a powerful tornado shredded Joplin schools and abruptly ended the school year, area districts quickly organized to help. Joplin Superintendent CJ Huff announced Monday that classes were canceled for the rest of the 2010-11 school year. A note posted on the district website confirmed that three schools — including Joplin High — were destroyed and many other school buildings incurred damage. The district plans to rebuild but will concentrate this week on finding and helping students and teachers. About half of Springfield schools — including all five high schools — announced plans within 24 hours of the tornado to raise money or collect donations. A few schools will allow students to wear pajamas and hats to school or listen to music during lunch for a donation. Others are collecting coins, gift cards and critical personal hygiene items. At Field Elementary, fifthgraders already were studying a unit entitled “Help is on the Way,” which looks at how relief organizations support needy cities, states and countries. Those students issued a challenge for every classroom to raise $200. Some schools have transformed existing projects or school fundraisers to help Joplin families. Third-graders at Rountree Elementary already were planning to show their photography during a gallery show Thursday. It was part of a lesson about how “Visual Media Promotes Social Change.” But images of the devastation just 70 miles west of Springfield spurred the students to turn it into an auction. All proceeds will go to the tornado victims. Teacher Nicki Foltz said the students met Monday and talked about time they spent with family in Joplin and other connections to the city. “It wasn’t just about the people in Joplin,” she said. “It was spilling over into our class.” Foltz said the experience will provide a lasting lesson for the students. “Even though they’re kids, even though they’re little, they can make a difference,” she said. “They can make a change in the world.” A growing number of area districts also announced efforts Monday. Willard Superintendent Kent Medlin challenged the 4,200-student district to “fill a truck with donations.” It’s part of a larger effort by the Willard Chamber of Commerce to collect items quickly. He called in building principals to organize the help. The chamber will pick up donated items on Thursday. “I know this is only 1-day notice, however the need for the supplies is immediate,” Medlin said in a release. “This is one small way that we can help this effort.” JOPLIN TORNADO NEWS-LEADER • News-Leader.com 116 Confirmed deaths in Joplin as of press time 17 People pulled alive from the rubble 500 Injured, according to a USA Today estimate • Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5A 7 miles 190+ mph Of destruction was carved through Joplin (NWS) 2,000 Wind speeds reached during the tornado Structures were damaged or destroyed, approximately SNAPSHOTS Rain, hail add insult to injury By Roseann Moring RMORING@NEWS-LEADER.COM VALERIE MOSLEY / NEWS-LEADER This Kum & Go store is among the estimated 2,000 structures damaged or destroyed by the Joplin tornado. Damage Continued from Page 1A the feline hiding under the bed. Around the corner, Dottie and Tim Sumners were able to find scores of framed photos and albums. Although they doubted the storm would be dangerous, the couple rushed to Eastvue Baptist Church, where Tim Sumners is the pastor. “I’ll never disregard the sirens again,” Dottie Sumners said. “We have many times before.” Tim Sumners said they had lived in that house for 33 years, and he plans to rebuild. “We’ll make it,” he said. As storm clouds menaced again about 9 a.m. Monday, the Great Plains Federal Credit Union served as a temporary shelter for weary search crews. Firefighters and task force members laughed when asked if they’d gotten any sleep. A loud radio was tuned to KZRG, which took calls from those who needed help and others who wanted to give it. Also seeking shelter in the relatively unscarred bank building was Barton County bail bond agent Bryan Lemmons. Lemmons made the drive to Joplin after hearing that some families couldn’t find their loved ones. He knew his skills could help. Seeking survivors VALERIE MOSLEY / NEWS-LEADER Roger Dedick walks down 18th Street, where his home was destroyed, on Monday. He recalled seeing an elderly woman searching in the rain for her cat. “There’s so much loss. People are holding onto whatever they can ... which isn’t much,” he said. After a 20-minute break and though the rain was still falling, the firefighters and volunteers went back to work. North of the hardest-hit areas, the Missouri Southern State University campus became a kind of headquarters for the homeless and hungry. Perry Elkins of the American Red Cross managed the shelter in the school gym. He said 65 people stayed there Sunday night. By noon Monday, it was up to 110. “This is certainly some of the most devastating scenes I’ve ever seen,” Elkins said. Although Jeff Malley’s house was destroyed on New Hampshire Avenue, he made it through. Malley said he, a friend and his dog, Sprocket, survived by holing up in a closet. “It was dark inside at first, then it was daylight,” he said. The walls of the closet were the only part of the house left standing. Malley said watching his roof tear away has left him a bit shaken. “I’m afraid to stand here with this rain and the clouds.” News-Leader photographer Valerie Mosley contributed to this report. SPRINGFIELD RESPONSE Local government agencies send aid to Joplin By Amos Bridges ABRIDGES@NEWS-LEADER.COM The city of Springfield and Greene County sent dozens of staff to Joplin in the wake of Sunday’s tornado. By today the number was expected to exceed 100. Police and sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and public works equipment operators formed the majority of the local response. A team of about 16 people from Greene County Emergency Management arrived in Joplin about 9 p.m. Sunday, said county spokeswoman Jenny Edwards. The group included a Springfield 911 dispatch supervisor and trained search personnel. They also brought related equipment. John Vincent’s house was left partially standing after Sunday’s tornado, though the bedroom is gone. There is not nearly enough left to live in, however, and Monday’s rainstorm threatened to drown what remained. Vincent’s driveway was a sixinch puddle full of debris. To navigate it, Vincent, 59, and coworkers helping him sift through the wreckage walked over the family’s garage door and a fallen tree. Hail that fell in the early evening added insult to injury as helpers packed the family’s things into a truck. The family planned to stay Monday night with relatives in Kansas. After that, “What am I going to do? Where am I going to go?” Sally Vincent asked as she sat in the ruins of their home. “So many questions, and I don’t have the answers.” Among the things swept up in the tornado were obituary photos for three of her children. Without the help of her husband’s boss and coworkers, she’d be lost, she said. Her husband was more stoic. “What are you going to do?” he said. “It is what it is.” Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott and more than 40 deputies responded Sunday, as well. Deputies conducted search and rescue efforts, patrol assignments and helped set up and manage a makeshift morgue where the bodies of dozens of victims were processed, according to a news release. Springfield police sent 10 officers, with more on standby. Several department chaplains went to help with non-department efforts and the Springfield Police Officers Association was trying to help any Joplin officers who may have lost their homes. A number of off-duty Springfield firefighters were helping, the city said in a news release, in addition to the technical rescue team that left Sunday night, minutes after the tornado struck. The team is specially trained to deal with large-scale building collapses and carries equipment to breach or tunnel into collapsed buildings to rescue trapped victims, the city release said. The initial team of eight was relieved by another team of six Monday. Clearing debris Additional local aid has included tetanus vaccine from the Springfield-Greene County Health Department and heavy equipment from city and county public works departments. Edwards, in Joplin on Monday, said four county highway department crews with backhoes were working in the area, “clearing debris from roads and assisting the local public works department.” Springfield Public Works expected to send about 30 personnel by this morning, along with equipment including two loaders, more than 100 barricades, five backhoes and five chipper trucks with chippers. City sewer maintenance sent a backhoe, as well, and had additional equipment from the treatment plant —dump trucks, a generator and light tower — ready to go if needed. State Rep. Bill Lant said he spent all day Monday talking to emergency workers, including a team still looking for survivors as rain fell in early twilight. “Nobody’s giving up at this point on survivors,” said Lant, RJoplin, noting at least seven had been found earlier. Lant said planning had turned toward finding housing and other necessities for displaced residents. “It’s just mind-numbing,” he said. “You can’t find one person out of a dozen who can tell you what’s in their medicine cabinet, but when you don’t have those things, it’s pretty destructive.” Rain slows relief Pouring rain Monday night hampered relief efforts while concealing the level of destruction near St. John’s Regional Medical Center. The Salvation Army and other service groups set up shop in a parking lot across the street from the hospital, which was vacant and dark after sustaining heavy damage. Service workers said most people in the area left earlier in the day. Tim Anderson of Kansas City said he took about 10 groups of people to a main road, where they were met by friends and family. Anderson works for a company that responds after natural disasters to prepare buildings for reconstruction. “It's like (Hurricane) Katrina on land,” he said. “It looked just like this.” Bringing in help A Fazoli’s restaurant — one of few nearby eateries that was open — brought in extra help from Springfield to take care of the crowd of customers. “We were full pretty much all day and all night,” said Danielle McIntosh, 19, who had come from a Fazoli’s in Springfield. About 8 p.m., they began running out of food and were giving away most of what was left, she said. COMMUNICATIONS With phones out, many send messages online By Kathryn Wall KWALL@NEWS-LEADER.COM In the wake of Sunday’s deadly tornado in Joplin, telephone communication came almost to a standstill. As family and friends elsewhere worried because they could not reach Joplin residents, those untouched by the storm were powerless to call from some areas of the city. The remaining phone system in place soon became overloaded with calls. Many turned to other technology to get the word out. Websites were quickly set up to disseminate information. Those with Internet access assured family and friends they were safe. Others posted pictures of brothers, sisters, grandparents or pets, hoping someone else in the Joplin area had seen them. A “Joplin, MO Tornado Recovery” Facebook page, set up shortly after the storm, had 85,000 subscribers by Monday afternoon. Several posters, some from as far away as California, asked how they could help. Some posters announced local fundraising events. Others posted pictures of family members, hoping to get word that friends and family made it through the storm. “Looking for Mae Smith ... she is an 89 yr. old lady and we can’t find her,” one post said. “If you have seen Justin Wayne Solon tell him to contact his brother. They are worried about him,” another poster asked. A similar Facebook page, “Animals Lost & Found from the Joplin, MO tornado,” had descriptions and photos of animals found after the storm. Twitter updated with around 10 messages a minute with mentions of Joplin. Messages included residents sending pictures of destruction, aid agencies offering help and celebrities sending condolences. The American Red Cross utilized its Safe and Well website (safeandwell.communityos.org) to help people find others after the storm. Users may register on the site so family elsewhere can see that they are safe. Problems with phone service also affected agencies responding to the area. John Archer, director of emergency services at Cox South, said the biggest challenge in responding to the tornado was communications. Archer said that because communications had been mostly wiped out, the fire department, police department and various ambulance services each operated their own incident commands to coordinate efforts. That made it difficult to track patients who were taken to hospitals. Communications companies are working to restore phone service. AT&T has multiple teams in the area, including its Network Disaster Recovery group. A satellite truck was brought in Sunday night, according to a news release. The equipment was expected to be operational by Monday evening. Additional equipment will be placed in the area of U.S. 71 and 20th Street to help ease the capacity loads on current phone systems. Verizon Wireless said Monday it will send three temporary cell towers to provide emergency wireless capacity and coverage in and around Joplin. 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East 417-588-4142 VF Outlet Store Hours: Mon-Sat: 9-7, Sun: 11-6 Memorial Day Hours: 9am-7pm Tuesday, May 24, 2011 7A NEWS-LEADER • News-Leader.com For details of services, see obituaries or call the listed funeral home. For addresses and phone numbers of local funeral service providers, visit News-Leader.com and click on obituaries. SPRINGFIELD Mr. John J. Daume, 92, Herman H. Lohmeyer Funeral Home. Mrs. Dorothy LaVerne Ellison, 90, see obituary. Mrs. Phyllis Fotopulos, 75, Barnes Family Funeral Home, Ozark. Mr. Richard Gray Jr., 74, Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at Midtown. Mrs. Mary Powell Lawson, 54, see obituary. Mr. Howard Edman McCallister, 78, see obituary. Ms. Grace Stanton, 22, Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. ASH GROVE Mr. Richard Eugene Kerr Sr., 70, Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, Mount Vernon. Mr. Kevin Lee Jeansonne, 43, Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, Mount Vernon. BRANSON Mr. Melvin C. Oelschlaeger, 85, SnappBearden Funeral Home. CRANE Mr. Robert Keener, 64, Westrip Funeral Home. DIXON Mr. James W. Chambers, 68, Long-Kloeppel Funeral Homes and Cremation Services. EL DORADO SPRINGS Mr. Eli Lewis Choate, 79, Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home. Mrs. Betty (McGuirk) McNeece, 81, Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home. FORDLAND Mr. Lindell R. Grover, 64, see obituary. FORSYTH Mrs. Katherine Bowman, 64, Forsyth Whelchel Funeral Chapel. GAINESVILLE Mr. Alvin Junie Smith, 79, Clinkingbeard Funeral Home. HOUSTON Mrs. Micheline P. Johnson, 64, Evans Funeral Home. KANSAS CITY Mr. Rexford Barney Pruitt, 90, Yarber Mortuary, Mountain View. LEBANON Mrs. Barbara Jean Howlett, 36, Memorial Chapel of Richland. Mrs. Lola M. Johnson, 88, Shadel’s Colonial Chapel. Mrs. Gladys Talbot, 102, Shadel’s Colonial Chapel. Mrs. Linda Joan Wasmer, 60, Shadel’s Colonial Chapel. Mr. F. Johnathan “Johnny” Wilson, 78, Shadel’s Colonial Chapel. MARSHFIELD Mr. Jerry Jay Jarratt, 63, see obituary. MOUNTAIN GROVE Mrs. Vina Ellen (Bell) Buckbee, 87, Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home. MOUNT VERNON Mr. Kennith Douglas, 66, Westrip Funeral Home, Crane. OZARK Mr. Kenneth Billey McBride, 72, see obituary. PROTEM Mrs. Faye Goodsell, 84, KSE Funeral Home of Forsyth. PURDY Mr. Dale B. Shellenberger, 87, White Funeral Home, Cassville. REEDS SPRING Mr. Kenneth Eugene Horn, 76, Stumpff Funeral Home-South, Kimberling City. RICHLAND Mrs. Alice Bethurem, 81, Shadel’s Colonial Chapel. SHELL KNOB Lindell R. Grover Lindell R. Grover, 64, Fordland, passed away at 4:37 a.m., Sunday, May 22, 2011 in St. John’s Regional Health Center, Springfield, Missouri. He was born December 14, 1946 in Alton, Illinois, the son of the late Clarence and Mary Martha (Robinson) Grover. He was united in marriage on May 27, 1989 in Hammond, Illinois, to Kathryn L. Fleener. He was also preceded in death by two nieces, Crystal and Tonya Fleener; a nephew, Shane Fleener and a sister-in-law, Susan Tillery. Lindell was an U.S. Air Force Veteran. He was employed with ConocoPhillips for 37 ½ years before retiring as a pipeline supervisor in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was a certified welding inspector and a member of the American Welding Association and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, and the N.R.A. He was an avid photographer specializing in wildlife and nature photography. He was a member of Rogersville Church of Christ. He enjoyed being with his nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews, and many other children, that he adopted. He is survived by his wife, Kathy; his adopted son, Jason Crocker and wife Melissa, his adopted grandchildren, Abbi and Jackson Crocker, all of Fordland, MO; a sister, Cheryl Allen and husband Jerry, Spring, TX; a brother, Les Grover, Cooperstown, PA; three brothers-in-law, Tom Fleener and wife Joanie and Richard Fleener and wife Beverly, all of Salem, MO; and John Fleener and wife Jorja, Manhattan, KS; a sister-in-law, Lora Fleener, Searcy, AR; six nieces, Angie Clark and husband Kelly, Mt. Zion, IL; Autumn Osburn and husband Wes, Springfield, MO; Summer Watt and husband Dan, Nashville, TN; Spring McDonald and husband Ryan, Henderson, TN; Lydia Fleener, Searcy, AR; and Brendie Tillery, State of MS; four nephews, Jason Allen and wife Jennifer, Iowa City, IA; J.T. Fleener and wife Crystal, and Matt Fleener and wife Jennifer, all of Salem, MO; and Josh Fleener and wife Pamela, Manhattan, KS; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, William and Alene Fleener, Summersville, MO; nineteen great nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 26, 2011, at the Rogersville Church of Christ, 109 S. Harper, Rogersville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 27, 2011 at the Rogersville Church of Christ under the care of J.D. Lee and Sons Funeral Home. Burial, with military honors, will follow in Jadwin Cemetery south of Salem at 3:00 p.m. The family request memorial donations to Mountain States Children’s Home, P.O. Box 1097, Longmont, CO 80502-9912. Online condolences and guest book signing may also be made at www.jdleeandsons.com. Mrs. Stella “Colleen” Alcozar, Fohn Funeral Home. STRAFFORD Mrs. Gladys M. Comstock, 96, Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at Midtown. BULL SHOALS, ARK. Mr. Dale Edward Philliber, 72, see obituary. CHANDLER, ARIZ. Mr. Wendell E. Peterson, 86, Hathaway-Peterman Funeral Home, Wheatland. Kenneth Billey McBride Kenneth Billey McBride, age 72 of Ozark, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011. He was born January 10, 1939 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, the son of Roy and Donie (Harlan) McBride. Kenneth was a retired U.S. Army Veteran who served his country for 23 years. On September 16, 1955 he married Marianne Pabst in Reno, Nevada. Kenneth enjoyed golf and woodworking and especially enjoyed working for the Lord. He was a deacon in his loved church, First Assembly of God Church of Highlandville. Survivors include his wife, Marianne McBride, Ozark; his daughter, Tami Weyer, Nixa; his son, Kenneth Allen McBride, Springfield; granddaughter, Kelli Helton and husband Bradley; his great grandson, Braden Kenneth Helton; and two sisters, Edna Jane Vickery, Mesa, Arizona and Wanda Marie Rigney, Williams, Arizona. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Charles Edward McBride. A graveside service with full military honors will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday in Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield under direction of Adams Funeral Home, Nixa, with Reverend Ken Hunt officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society. Howard Edman McCallister Howard Edman McCallister, age 78 of Springfield, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011. He was born March 5, 1933 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, the son of John and Ethel (McCraw) McCallister. On March 23, 1953 he married Jo Ella Locke. Howard served his country in the U.S. Army from 1953 – 1955. Survivors include his wife, Jo Ella McCallister; two children, Howard McCallister and wife Alyssa and Cynthia Luther and husband Mark; two grandchildren, Jeff Luther and wife Sierra and Jaimie McCallister and fiancé Ryan Nuckolls; one sister; and several nieces and nephews. Howard was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers; and two sisters. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday in Adams Funeral Home, Nixa with Pastor Jerry Francisco officiating. Burial will follow in Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the North Nixa Baptist Church Building Fund. Dorothy LaVerne Ellison Dorothy LaVerne Ellison, 90, of Springfield passed onto her heavenly home on Friday, May 20, 2011 at St. John’s Mercy Hospital. LaVerne was born September 2, 1920 to Edna Lucinda Robertson and Lewis Earl Smay, stepfather, in Ava, Missouri. She graduated from Pleasant Hope High School. She met and married Ansel Ellison, her husband and partner of 68 years. She was a devoted wife, homemaker and mother of two wonderful children. A long-time member of Second Baptist Church, LaVerne was a dedicated member of her Sunday School class and received comfort and joy in the fellowship of the church. She dedicated his life to serving the Lord and taking care of her family. She was the best mother anyone could ask for. She was always there for her family when they needed encouragement. She gave her love freely to all of her family and friends. She was so special to so many people. Her family and friends will never forget their fondest memories of her love, kindness and warmth. She had a strong faith and believed in the power of prayer and in the goodness of everyone she met. LaVerne will be forever in our hearts. LaVerne was preceded in death by her husband, Ansel. She is survived by two sons: Richard of Springfield; and Ron of Overland Park, Kansas; daughterin-law, Laurie; three grandchildren, Samantha and Andrew “Bo” of Overland Park, Kansas; and Jeff of Jefferson City, Missouri; and cousins Edward Robertson, Marvin Phipps, and Nancy Crowell. There will be a visitation from 1:00-2:00 p.m., Wed., May 25, at Greenlawn East Funeral Home 3540 East Seminole, Springfield, Missouri, followed by a service at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Rivermont Cemetery, 4500 South Lone Pine, Springfield, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Second Baptist Church. Dale E Philliber Dale E Philliber, 72, of Bull Shoals, Ark, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011 following a 4 month illness. Dale was born December 7, 1938 in Shelbina, MO. Dale grew up in Raytown, MO and later moved to Sedalia, MO where he worked in the lab at Bothwell Hospital. In 1983, Dale moved to Springfield, MO and worked in the lab at Doctors hospital. After retiring, he moved to Bull Shoals, Ark where he enjoyed fishing. Dale served his country in the US Navy. He was an Eagle Scout and was a scout leader for his kids. He also coached his kids sports teams. Dale loved to fish and hunt. Dale was preceeded in death by his parents Lee and Fern Philliber. Dale is survived by special friend Pat Philliber; two sons, Jeff (Diane) Philliber of Grayson, GA and Joel (Daniella) Philliber of Fort Collins, Colo; one daughter, Kristi Philliber of Freeport, ILL; stepdaughter, Amy (Brian) Byerley of Hollister, MO; stepson, Chris Reynolds of Springfield, MO and 8 grandsons, Ryan, Joshua, Bryce, Owen, James, Garrett, Nolan, and Ford. Graveside services will be held at US National Cemetary in Springfield, MO at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, May 25th. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 pm at Greenlawn Funeral Home North on Tuesday, May 24th. Mary Powell Lawson The Springfield community and the Lawson-Powell family have lost a very special person. Mary Margaret Powell Lawson died on Friday, May 20, 2011 after valiantly fighting cancer for the past five months. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Harriet Powell. Born in Springfield, MO, on December 19, 1956, Mary graduated from Parkview High School and earned a bachelor of science in Business Administration degree from the University of Arkansas. She was a sister of Chi Omega sorority. On her parent’s 35th wedding anniversary, she married the love of her life, Bob Lawson, Jr. Mary was Divisional Merchandising Executive for Dillards in Little Rock, Arkansas for 14 years before moving back to Springfield to raise her children. She was co-owner of Herrman Lumber Company. The sudden death of this vibrant, loving woman creates deep sadness for her husband of 29 years, Bob, and her two children, Jessica and William. Her beloved pets, Max, Gracie and Lillian will dearly miss her as well. She loved and was loved by so many. The family of Mary Lawson also includes her brothers, Ed Powell and J. Robert Powell, and their families. Mary was known to her family and friends as an avid tennis player, walker, gardener, and wonderful cook. As a devoted mother and wife, she enjoyed traveling extensively with her husband and children. Some of her fondest memories included entertaining family and many wonderful friends at home and at the lake. For those who would like to join Mary Lawson’s family in honoring her life, a service of remembrance and celebration will take place at King’s Way United Methodist Church on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. Gorman-Scharpf is assisting the family with necessary arrangements. The family has requested that in lieu of floral arrangements, contributions be made to either Ozarks Food Harvest, 2810 N. Cedarbrook, Springfield, Missouri 65803 or the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri, 3161 W. Norton Road, Springfield, Missouri 65803. Online condolences may be left at gormanscharpf. com. Olive Vernetta “Verna” Lindsey Olive Vernetta “Verna” Lindsey, 89 of Strafford, passed away at 5:10 p.m. Sunday, May 22, 2011 at her home. She was born June 20, 1921 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Gilbert and Lucretia Woodward. She was preceded in death by two sons, Carroll and Charles Davis; one daughter, Lynetta Lindsey; her husband, William Lindsey; and her parents. Olive is survived by two sons, Wayne Lindsey and his wife Levita and William Davis and his wife Lucille; three daughters, Jane Cotter, Joan Schmitt and Judy Workman and her husband Mickey; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Spokane Cemetery under the direction of Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Jerry Jay Jarratt Jerry Jay Jarratt, son of Jack and Mildred (Tindle) Jarratt, was born September 29, 1947 in Springfield, Missouri and departed this life May 21, 2011 in his home in Marshfield, Missouri, at the age of sixty-four years. He is survived by his mother, Mildred Jarratt; his son, Chris Jarratt and wife, Nicole, of Springfield; one brother, J.C. “Pike” Jarratt and wife, Diana of Ervine, California; a special aunt and uncle, John Bill and Jean Greer, of Marshfield; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his dad, Jack Jarratt. Services for Jerry Jay Jarratt will be 10 a.m., Thursday May 26, 2011 in Day Funeral Home Marshfield with burial in Marshfield Cemetery, Marshfield. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesday May 25, in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Drury University and left in care of the funeral home. Michael Andrew Williams Michael Andrew Williams, age 60 of Springfield, MO passed away in his home on Saturday, May 21, 2011. He was born May 17, 1951 in Springfield, MO to Edythe (Stone) and John R. Williams. Mike graduated from Greenwood in 1969. He enjoyed biking, swimming, golf, tennis and loved the water, sailing and scuba diving. He graduated from then SMSU, where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He started working for O’Reilly Auto Parts, while attending SMSU. He was planning on retiring June 1, 2011 after completing 42 years with the company. He served as Vice President of Advanced Technologies. He was very proud of having been with the company from a few stores to what they are today. Mike is survived by his brother, Thomas Randolph Williams; his fiancé, Debbra Worthington and her children, Liberty, Suzannah, and Kelsey Sibley. Mike loved his pets; four cats, Jingles, Bob, Hemingway and Heidi, and two dogs, Thelma and Dinky. They are going to miss him so much. Mike is also survived by many friends, colleagues and cousins. Mike suffered an aortic dissection in July of 2005 and miraculously survived with the help of wonderful doctors at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. He regained his strength by his hard work and the great doctors and rehab personnel at St. John’s. He was an inspiration to all that saw his spirit and effort to get stronger. Visitation will be held today (Tuesday) from 6 to 8 p.m. at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. Graveside services and burial will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday at White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Boys and Girls Clubs, 1300 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, MO 65802, or Southwest Missouri Humane Society, 3161 W. Norton Rd., Springfield, MO 65803. Agriculture in the Ozarks David Burton discusses rural industry Sundays in Business. NEWS LEADER 8A Tuesday, May 24, 2011 • JOPLIN TORNADO BUSINESS COMMUNITY NEWS-LEADER • News-Leader.com FORECAST More storms roll toward Ozarks Companies look for ways to meet needs 10 DEADLIEST By Mike Penprase The deadliest single tornadoes in U.S. history, before Sunday’s tornado in Joplin: MPENPRASE@NEWS-LEADER.COM By Claudette Riley WANT TO HELP? CRILEY@NEWS-LEADER.COM The Springfield business community is stepping up to help tornado victims in Joplin. At least nine local banks will accept donations at every branch. They include Guaranty Bank, Bancorp South, Empire Bank, Great Southern, Metropolitan Bank, US Bank, Oakstar Bank, Liberty Bank and Springfield First Community. Two of the banks, Empire Bank and Great Southern, each agreed to match up to $5,000 in total donations received. A lengthy list of Springfield area businesses have already pledged help to Joplin families devastated by the tornado. Banks, grocery stores and companies — both big and small — have offered to collect donations from employees and customers. Some have also committed money, supplies and skills. The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce decided early Monday to adopt the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce and serve as an “information hub” for businesses that want to contribute in any way. “We’re trying to figure out what their needs are,” said Claire Faucett, spokeswoman for the Springfield chamber. “We’re here to collect information, do whatever we can.” Faucett said because it’s too early to know the extent of the tornado devastation, the Springfield area business community is focused on ways to meet the tornado victims’ immediate needs. Some are working with counterparts in Joplin, answering a call for help from the State Emergency Management Agency or coordinating with large relief organizations such as the American Red Cross or Convoy of Hope. Others simply contacted the emergency management operations in Jasper County and plan to deliver donations this week. At least nine local banks will accept donations, at every branch. They include Guaranty Bank, Bancorp South, Empire Bank, Great Southern, Metropolitan Bank, US Bank, Oakstar Bank, Liberty Bank and Springfield First Community. Two of the banks, Empire Bank and Great Southern, each agreed to match up to $5,000 in total donations received. Nearly every Springfield area grocery store will accept monetary donations today. In Springfield, four Steelman Transportation employees were dispatched to pick up heavy equipment from St. Louis, Kansas City and Oklahoma City. Brett Sheets, a co-owner of the local company, said there were also “three or four other drivers on standby.” On the Missouri Department of Transportation emergency response list, the company is picking up industrial generators, industrial light towers — often used to illuminate large construction projects — and backhoes in those cities. The equipment will be transported to Joplin. “Somebody needs to help, and we believe in giving back to our Missouri communities,” Sheets said. “Joplin is our neighbor.” The Springfield Paper Company and the Edward Jones branch office in Republic are accepting donations. Meeks Lumber is transferring key supplies — such as water, nails and chain saws — to Joplin. Restaurants and fast food companies are also getting involved and inspiring each other. Jeff Williams, owner of the Sonic on Commercial Street, was initially contacted by Bowerman Elementary about raising funds for Joplin. Williams called the corporation that owns the other eight Sonics in Springfield. Together, the drive-ins will donate 10 percent of sales from 4-9 p.m. today to storm victims. “We all feel the same way — that’s what you should do,” he said. “If you’re lucky enough to be successful and you’re lucky enough to have a job you love, you should give back.” This week, the Johnny Morris family and Bass Pro Shops are working with NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray — a Joplin native — to load a trailer with relief effort supplies, including canned goods. Customers can drop off donations to help fill a second trailer, which will be located in the parking lot, through Monday. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic events in Joplin, and our hearts go out to those families affected by this event,” said Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris. “Jamie McMurray, the Morris family and the extended Bass Pro Shops family want to do everything we can to help during this time.” Weather forecasters scrambling to fathom the size of the tornado that hit Joplin on Sunday are warning that more violent weather could hit the region later today. “I do have a lot of concern for Tuesday and Wednesday,” National Weather Service forecaster John Kurtz said Monday. There likely will be a break in stormy weather early today as a stubborn low pressure system moves east, he said. But another low now in the Rockies will combine with a dry line later today in Oklahoma and Kansas to spawn more storms, Kurtz said. The oncoming storm system is moving slowly, so it likely won’t arrive in southwest Missouri until tonight, he said. “What we’re really concerned about is late tomorrow, into the evening hours and overnight,” Kurtz said. The system that is expected to move into the region follows the same pattern of storms that produced the EF-4 tornado that hit Joplin, he said. It appears now the oncoming storm system might not be as intense, Kurtz said. Thunderstorms could be strong enough to develop some isolated tornadoes, he said. The storms also will produce large hail and damaging winds. Flooding also will be a concern into Wednesday morning. In addition to the tornado, the Joplin area and counties to the south that send runoff into Table Rock Lake experienced heavy rains Monday and flooding. Storms moving into the 1896 TOLL: 255 Sunday’s tornado in Joplin was the deadliest to hit Missouri in more than 50 years, but it wasn’t the worst in the state’s history. Officials say at least 116 people have been confirmed dead in Joplin, and they fear the death toll will continue to rise. The federal Storm Prediction Center says the worst tornado in Missouri history hit in St. Louis in May 1896, when 255 people died. Ninety-nine people were killed in an April 1880 tornado in Marshfield, and 98 were killed by a May 1927 tornado in the southeast Missouri city of Poplar Bluff. In recent decades, the worst tornado death toll before the Joplin tornado was on May 20, 1957, when 37 people died in Jackson County. — The Associated Press 1. March 18, 1925 Missouri/Illinois/Indiana; 695 dead 2. May 6, 1840 Natchez, Miss.; 317 3. May 27, 1896 St. Louis; 255 4. April 5, 1936 Tupelo, Miss.; 216 VALERIE MOSLEY / NEWS-LEADER Ominous storm clouds approach a devastated neighborhood in Joplin on Monday. area “trained” or followed each other and kept up a constant downpour, Kurtz said. A number of roads were closed south of Joplin, particularly in McDonald County. Flooding was so intense north of Noel that a section of Missouri 59 was washed out. By Monday night, homes were being evacuated in Neosho and Seneca because of flooding caused by up to four inches of rain. Because the next round of storms also will produce heavy rain, a flash flood watch covering much of southwest Missouri will remain in effect until Wednesday morning. The forecast for today calls for a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high of 82. Rain chances will increase to 70 percent tonight. 5. April 6, 1936 Gainesville, Ga.; 203 6. April 9, 1947 Woodward, Okla.; 181 7. April 24,1908 Amite, La./Purvis, Miss.; 143 8. June 12, 1899 New Richmond, Wis.; 117 9. June 3, 1953 Flint, Mich.; 115 10. May 11, 1953 Waco, Texas; 114 May 22, 2011 Joplin: 116 confirmed dead at press time. SOURCE: NOAA Storm Prediction Center Transform your backyard with Liberty Home Solutions! Screen Rooms Save $600! Sunrooms Save $2,000!! Patio Covers Save $300! Minimum Purchase Required. 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By Mike Penprase MPENPRASE@NEWS-LEADER.COM The same storm system that brought a deadly tornado to Joplin could have a different kind of impact on people living on Lake Taneycomo. Heavy rain measuring two inches in some places means a lot of runoff is flowing into Table Rock Lake. That prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open the floodgates at Table Rock Dam. By Monday evening, 10 floodgates were open one foot, releasing 26,000 cubic feet of water per second into Lake Taneycomo. Floodgates upstream at Beaver Lake also were opened Monday. That’s not enough to cause serious flooding below the dam, but word from the corps that it might increase releases is cause for concern, Taney County Emergency Management Director Chris Berndt said. “Twenty should not do any damage, and 26 will be minimal, but there will be houses affected,” Berndt said. Word that releases could go higher means people living along the lake should pay close attention to changing conditions, he said. “They’ve seen all the news; they know what’s going on,” he said. By 7 p.m., the corps told local officials releases would go to 34,000 cfs. The corps has to release water from Table Rock because it is on the rise again, lake manager Greg Oller said. By Monday afternoon, the lake had risen to just above 930 feet. “We’re rising,” he said. “We’ve increased a foot and one quarter in the last 24 hours.” The corps is advising people living along Lake Taneycomo that releases from Table Rock could increase substantially. Recent rains have filled all the lakes in the White River system, so releasing water is necessary, Oller said. “All the lakes are full; they’re not going to be able to hold a lot,” he said. In Branson, the city cleared the first two rows of its recreational vehicle park on the lakefront on Monday, and had representatives go door to door informing people living along the lakeshore about releases from the dam, city spokesman Jerry Adams said. Habitat for Humanity upgrading its ReStore Retail atmosphere, drop-off station, new marketing strategies to boost store. By Mike Penprase MPENPRASE@NEWS-LEADER.COM DEAN CURTIS / NEWS-LEADER A median cable on I-44 near Strafford may have kept this truck from crossing into the oncoming lanes after a recent accident. MoDOT’s planned cutbacks would eliminate additional median safety cable systems. MoDOT puts brakes on projects Declining fuel use cuts agency’s tax revenue; new sources needed. By Roseann Moring RMORING@NEWS-LEADER.COM It appears Missourians will soon face a choice between two distasteful options: a tax hike or growing road congestion. The Missouri Department of Transportation recently proposed to dramatically scale back its efforts, including an end to all new construction projects. That proposal is scheduled for a June 8 vote. The reductions have been a long time coming, but this proposal highlights the need for a new plan for funding transportation infrastructure in the state, officials say. “We are off the cliff now,” said state Rep. Thomas Long, RSpringfield, the vice chairman of the House Transportation Committee. “This is the cliff that people have been talking about.” To reinvigorate construction, local and statewide transportation groups say MoDOT must receive more money. There’s little consensus on how that should happen, but it would almost certainly involve a tax or fee increase. Construction Though drivers most likely won’t see significant effects for about five years, local transportation leaders say the cuts could soon lead to heavy traffic in rapidly expanding areas. Construction that’s already been started, such as the 60/65 interchange, would be completed. But local officials say many areas need more projects just to keep up with a growing population, and anything that doesn’t already have state funding most likely won’t get any. MoDOT will still perform road maintenance, but even projects such as larger road signs or new safety devices in roadway medians will be curtailed. For example, the city of Springfield would like to see improvements to James River Freeway, said Phil Broyles, the co-interim director of public works. He said the freeway could be widened between Campbell Avenue and Glenstone Avenue to relieve increasing traffic. And for safety reasons, he’d like to see a diverging diamond at the intersection of the freeway and Kansas Expressway. That would cost at least $3 million, he said — money the city simply cannot afford. This dearth of improvements will have serious effects on both Ozarkers and their jobs, said Ryan Mooney, the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce’s vice president of economic development. “Transportation networks really make the connections between people and where they live and where they work,” he said. A good transportation system can encourage employers to bring jobs to the area, he said. And it makes life much easier for people to commute to work. He said the area has so far kept up well with rapid population gains. “But we need to continue to do that,” he said. Ozarks Transportation Organization Director Sara Edwards See MODOT, Page 2B Board will vote today on upgrades at schools Four proposals cover a variety of projects. By Claudette Riley CRILEY@NEWS-LEADER.COM Phelps Center for Gifted Education, Watkins Elementary, Pleasant View Elementary and Middle School, Jarrett Middle School and Parkview and Central high schools. An administrative proposal recommends the board award a contract to Construction Concepts of Osage Beach — the low bidder at $166,198 — to pay for all the door replacements. The amount would come from the district’s major repair fund. The Springfield school board will consider four proposals to upgrade school buildings or campuses during its meeting today. Agenda items include parking lot renovations, roof and door replacements and the addition of air conditioning. Here’s a breakdown of the four administrative proposals, which Replace roofs the board will vote to accept or Three contractors submitted reject. bids for roof replacement at Disney Elementary and Replace doors Parkview High. The work would be paid for Two contractors submitted bids to replace doors at the from the major repair fund. Lottery PICK 3 7-7-3 (midday) 5-8-1 (evening) PICK 4 0-5-5-7 (midday) 4-8-8-6 (evening) SHOW-ME CASH 4-7-11-25-34 WANT TO GO? The Springfield school board will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Kraft Administrative Center, 1359 St. Louis St. The meeting is open to the public. District officials recommend the board award the contract for both projects to Joplin Roofing. The total amount of the proposed contract is $913,420. It was unclear Monday if the massive tornado that hit Joplin would affect the company’s proposal. Parking lots This spring, the district requested bids to renovate parking lots for 10 schools. Four con- tractors submitted bids. Parking lots included in the project are Cowden, Disney, Pittman, Rountree, Sunshine and Truman elementary schools; Pleasant View Elementary and Middle School; Carver and Jarrett middle schools; and Glendale High School. Contractors were asked to separate the bid amounts for each parking lot, allowing the district to select the lowest bids for each project. The proposal includes awarding these contracts: » $66,849 to Ball Paving of Springfield for Disney. It includes a new east drive and angle-in parking for the west See SCHOOLS, Page 2B Tom and Jean Stark recently stopped by the Habitat for Humanity ReStore to check things out and ended up loading their van with a bundle of wooden trim for remodeling work. “We just heard about it a while ago,” Bolivar resident Tom Stark said. The ReStore sits at 2410 S. Scenic Ave., across the street from Horton Smith Golf Course. It’s one of hundreds of such stores now operating nationwide to help Habitat for Humanity in its mission of providing homes for the needy. An acquaintance told the Starks about the ReStore. The Starks are among an increasing number of people discovering that ReStores not only offer bargains, but a variety of building and remodeling materials, Habitat officials say. People running the money-making operation for Habitat for Humanity say they want more folks like the Starks to learn about the store. Offering prices much lower than retail, the store sells everything from paint to tile to doors and — when it comes to building materials — just about anything else. A drive-through “ReCycle for Homes” recyclable drop-off station planned to start at the store this summer also could tempt people into visiting the two warehouses that house Habitat offices and the ReStore, ReStore director Eric Allen said. Habitat wants the store to have more of a retail atmosphere and is updating its marketing. Linking up with customers on smartphones and via Facebook gets the word out on good deals faster than putting something on the store’s website, Allen said, adding: “We’re really catching up to the 21st century here.” Habitat depends on the generosity of homebuilders, building material suppliers and even hospitals for the items it sells. Even the ReStore’s home was donated. Allen, who started working for Habitat as a driver, has been around long enough to recall working in a crowded building on West Chestnut Expressway. When Keltner Enterprises donated the two structures now being used, Habitat ended up with a total of around 50,000 square feet of space for offices and the ReStore. See RESTORE, Page 2B MIKE PENPRASE / NEWS-LEADER Tom and Jean Stark of Bolivar carry a bundle of trim stock from a storage area at the ReStore. Find local data Weekly features Correction policy Visit News-Leader.com/ data to see the latest restaurant inspections, school incident reports, 911 calls and warrants from around Springfield. Check back every day to see what’s new. Sunday: Reporter’s notebook Monday: Ozarks exposure Tuesday: Births, Milestones Wednesday: School spotlight Thursday: Local columns Friday: Weekend calendar Saturday: Young achievers The News-Leader strives for accuracy and fairness. We will correct any errors or misunderstandings created by stories, headlines or photographs. To request a correction, call Shawna Kipp at 8361112. Breaking news on your cell phone Text SNLNEWS to 44636 (4INFO) presented by Cars.com 2B Tuesday, May 24, 2011 OZARKS MoDOT/Roads need upgrades that state agency can’t afford Continued from Page 1B pointed to southern Greene County roads. Increasingly numerous commuters between Christian County and Springfield must travel on those roads every day, so they will need upgrades more significant than MoDOT can afford. “I think that what we’ll eventually have to see is a statewide tax,” Edwards said. Revenue MoDOT’s revenue this year is half of what it was last year, and it’s not likely to go up. The problem is that most of the department’s money comes from the fuel tax. The rise of fuel-efficient vehicles and movements away from gas altogether have led to declining fuel use, and that means less money coming in from the tax. The Missouri Transportation Alliance, a coalition of groups that is pushing for more transportation funds for the state, has been talking to Missourians for more than a year about new methods of revenue generation for MoDOT. Jewell Pateck, an organizer for the alliance, said the most talked-about options are an increase in the fuel tax, a sales tax dedicated to transportation or toll roads. But none has gained broad support among voters, who ReStore/Concept has grown since 1980s start Continued from Page 1B Even with that much space, the ReStore can be crowded, which is why the staff has been working to put in new shelving and storage areas to make more space available and shopping easier, Allen said. Regular customers like Debbie Beesley notice the changes. “They have worked their tails off out here,” Beesley said while shopping for a door. “It’s looking good.” The first ReStore opened in the mid-1980s in Winnipeg, Canada, followed by the first U.S. store in Austin, Texas. The stores were seen as a way for Habitat to raise revenue and promote its message of sustainability, said Larry Gluth, senior vice president of Habitat for Humanity. The concept has grown, and there are now more than 750 ReStores nationwide with total sales estimated at between $350 million and $400 million annually, he said. “The number is continuing to grow,” Gluth said. The Springfield ReStore’s revenues go to pay for two of the 10 or 11 homes Habitat plans to build this year, Habitat interim executive director Kristy Nelson said. The ReStore also pays staff salaries, insurance and other expenses, Nelson Schools/Bid for AC at Sunshine too high Continued from Page 1B loop. » $118,000 to Blevins Asphalt Construction of Mount Vernon for Cowden, Pleasant View and Truman » $211,411 to Leo Journagan Construction of Springfield for Jarrett, Rountree, Pittman, Carver and Sunshine » $330,450 to APAC-Mis- CORRECTION A story on the business section front Sunday should have noted that a $225,000 study focusing on ways to grow jobs in seven industry clusters was underwritten entirely by the Kansas Citybased Hawthorn Foundation. The foundation’s name was incorrect. souri of Springfield for Glendale. The project includes angle-in parking for the east loop. Air conditioning According to an agenda item, the sole bid proposal to install air conditioning at Sunshine Elementary came in too high. A base bid from Bales Construction was more Woman found stabbed to death SEDALIA — A 70-year-old Henry County woman was stabbed to death and her boyfriend was arrested. Henry County Sheriff J. Kent Oberkrom says Margaret St. Pike was found dead Sunday evening at her home near Leesville. would have to approve such a measure. “None of them is a silver bullet, and none of them are pleasant,” he said. He said he has seen more awareness lately about Missouri’s transportation funding problem. And when Missourians are ready to embrace a proposal, the alliance will try to make it happen, he said. “We want to be a resource for Missourians to coalesce around a solution, but we’re waiting for Missourians to be ready for it,” he said. That is crucial, he said. “It’s here. It’s now. It’s real,” Pateck said. “It affects every single person in our state.” said. That means when people and groups donate money for building homes, that’s where the donations go, she said. Even the recession hasn’t affected donations much, Allen said. While lumber and other homebuilding materials aren’t as common, items such as cabinets and appliances removed during renovations are plentiful, he said. Some donations are so unusual they call for special treatment. That was the case when two 14-foot-tall antique doors with ornate ironwork and fittings were donated. The ReStore set up a silent auction, but the doors were sold when someone offered $1,000 for them, Allen said. “I still have folks talk about them,” he said. than $1.7 million. The district initially estimated the cost at just under $1.5 million. The project will be funded by a $50 million bond issue approved by voters in November 2009. The administration recommends the board reject the bid and not award a contract. Earlier this year, bids for a different air conditioning project came in higher than expected. The district modified the design of the project and requested additional bids. The sheriff says someone called law enforcement from a nearby bar after overhearing a man talking about stabbing his girlfriend. The Sedalia Democrat reports that St. Pike’s 50year-old boyfriend was taken into custody Sunday night and is being held at the Henry County Detention Center. NEWS-LEADER • News-Leader.com OTHER OPTIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION REVENUE State sales tax: Possibly the most popular option. But in this economy and political climate, voters are likely leery of a sales tax increase statewide, even a one-cent sales tax. Increased fuel tax: The state would have to increase the tax by at least 25 cents per gallon to bring revenue to the level that the state needs. That appears to be even less favorable to voters than the sales tax. Toll roads They are generally only used on roads with ongoing construction projects and a high traffic volume. This essentially limits them to interstates and would not be a feasible way to fund all construction. 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Written with input from Springfield area teachers, the series meets criteria for MAP testing preparation. Teachers who want printed or electronic copies may contact reporter Cliff Sain at 836-1217 or csain@news-leader.com. NEWS LEADER Tuesday May 24, 2011 News-Leader.com theme: CIVIL WAR • this week’s topic: CIVIL WARS TODAY 3B ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO, 2011 Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate Feb. 10 in downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square after the military stepped in to secure Egypt and call for President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. Civil wars still going on today Several countries in the Middle East undergoing changes in leadership. DEFINITION By Cliff Sain CSAIN@NEWS-LEADER.COM It was 150 years ago that the United States became embroiled in its own Civil War, but civil wars are not a relic of the past. Civil wars are going on around the world today. That point is perhaps most obvious right now in the Middle East, where several countries are undergoing changes in leadership, potential changes in leadership, protests and demonstrations known collectively as the Arab Spring. So far, Arab Spring, which began in the north African county of Tunisia in December, has resulted in the overthrows of Tunisian President Ben Ali and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek; an ongoing civil war in Libya where the United States is participating with the United Nations to enforce a no-fly zone against President Moammar Ghadafi’s forces; civil uprisings against the governments of Syria, Yemen and Bahrain; and protests in other countries. Missouri State University assistant professor David Romano said it would not be completely accurate to compare those hostilities to America’s Civil War. “If you were to do an American comparison, it would have more ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO, 2007 Rebels continue to battle Libyan leader Moammar Ghadhafi’s forces. in common with the Revolution,” Romano said. He said the Arab Spring, like the Revolution, is the result of people who are fed up with authoritarian rule. Why now? So what changed? After all, many of these leaders have been in power for decades. Romano said it is because some of the conditions that allow authoritarian rule have eroded. “There are basically two justifications for authoritarian rule,” Romano said. One of those is security. The idea is that the public needs to give up freedoms to protect itself from the perceived threat. He said many Arab nations (includ- ing Iran, which is actually Persian) have portrayed Israel as that security threat. “We experienced that to some degree in America after 9/11,” Romano said. “The Patriot Act sacrificed some liberties to improve security.” The other item is economic. The idea is that authoritarian measures are needed to improve the economy. Romano said those two excuses for authoritarian rule have “lost their luster” in the Middle East. For one, in many Arab nations, citizens do not feel threatened by Israel, although Romano said Syrian and Iranian leaders still have some success with it. As far as the economic excuse, he said many citizens are tired of waiting. GETTING TO KNOW: Adam Bax School: Eugene Field Elementary Years experience: Three Subject/grade: Fifth grade become a teacher. I have quickly learned that building relationships is the most critical piece of education. 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Romano said that in Egypt there has been an increase in violence against Christians (up to 10 million live in Egypt), leading to fears that a less tolerant Islamic faction could rise to power. Egypt is important because it is the largest Arab nation, with 80 million people. It also receives the second largest amount of U.S. foreign aid (after Israel) as part of its peace treaty with Israel. Romano said a recent poll showed that 54 percent of Egyptians were in favor of canceling the peace treaty with Israel. Romano said that many people in the Middle East are afraid of democracy after witnessing the power vacuum in Iraq after the removal of Saddam Hussein. For the time being, there will be more violence in the Middle East. Recently in Yemen, the AP reported that a government crackdown on protests killed 150 people. 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Business Housing market a challenge for service members licans only got a hint of that this year. They got burned. They touched the hot stove.” Combined, Social Security and Medicare account for about a third of government spending, a share that will only grow. Economic experts say the cost of retirement programs for an aging society is the most serious budget problem facing the nation. The trustees who oversee Social Security and Medicare recently warned the programs are “not sustainable” over the long run under current financing. Nearly every solution for Social Security is politically toxic, because the choices involve cutting benefits or raising taxes. Medicare is even harder to fix because the cost of modern medicine is going up faster than the overall cost of living, outpacing economic growth as well as tax revenues. By Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar and Stephen Ohlemacher THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — They’re not buying it. Most Americans say they don’t believe Medicare has to be cut to balance the federal budget, and ditto for Social Security, a new poll shows. The Associated Press-GfK poll suggests that arguments for overhauling the massive benefit programs to pare government debt have failed to sway the public. The debate is unlikely to be resolved before next year’s elections for president and Congress. Americans worry about the future of the retirement safety net, the poll found, and 3 out of 5 say the two programs are vital to their basic financial security as they age. That helps explain why the Republican Medicare privatization plan flopped, and why President Barack Obama’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nicholas Read says there would be a “rebellion among voters” if Medicare goes away. Medicare cuts to finance his health care law contributed to Democrats losing control of the House in last year’s elections. Medicare seems to be turning into the new third rail of politics. “I’m pretty confident Medicare will be there, because there would be a rebellion among voters,” said Nicholas Read, 67, a retired teacher who lives near Buffalo, N.Y. “Repub- By Cristina Silva THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Ballek thought the fourbedroom house bordered by sage bushes and mountain roads on the edge of Las Vegas was a good deal when he purchased it for his growing family in 2007. Nevada’s skyrocketing home prices had dipped slightly that year, and the so-called experts all assured him he was getting in at the bottom of the market. Property values continued to fall, however, and next month Ballek expects to sell his family’s home for less than what he owes on it. He doesn’t have much of a choice. Like thousands of service members, Ballek is moving across the nation this summer per the military’s order. “How can you feel?” Ballek said. “It’s frustrating.” Depressed property values have become a national crisis for homeowners who purchased their houses before the collapse of the housing market. But for members of the military who must comply with relocation orders or face disciplinary action, waiting out the housing crash is often not an option. In many ways, military homeowners have no one to blame but themselves. Service men and women begin every assignment with the knowledge that they could be relocated at any point, and will likely be moved within five years. The Department of Defense encourages military employees to rent, not buy. Nevertheless, buying a home is common practice among military members. In good years, they purchased properties with the intent of turning them for profit, saving them for retirement or renting them out as an investment. “People want to think about the future, where they are going to put down roots,” said Steve Strobridge, government relations director for the Military Officers Association of America. “If you only rent, I think there is a sense among military people that when you retire maybe you will be behind the power curve in terms of your financial future.” Marine Lt. Col. David Berke purchased a home outside of Las Vegas when he was relocated to work at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas in 2008. He felt certain that the bubble had burst and that the housing market was on the brink of recovery. Berke, 38, is married with two daughters. He plans to rent his house after he is relocated to Florida this year. The house is worth too little to sell it. “The amount of money we would lose on the home was just not something we could afford,” he said. Business keeps booming at deal-a-day websites JACQUELYN MARTIN / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Leslie Hall (left) works inside an office as Kelly Bigel, 22, (right) and other members of the merchant services department of LivingSocial work in a hallway at LivingSocial’s offices in Washington. Groupon, competitors growing at rapid pace. By Ellen Gibson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Groupon is adding 150 employees a month at its U.S. headquarters and trains them in a church because the conference rooms at its headquarters aren’t big enough. Ideeli has crammed so much electronic equipment into its New York office that the power goes out every day. And at LivingSocial, well, the living is a little too social. Its third office in Washington, open just two months, ran out of room so fast that employees have to work in the hallway. The sites are expected to generate $2.7 billion in revenue this year, more than doubling from last year, according to Local Offer Network, which collects and distributes deals from hundreds of sites. Daily-deal sites are thriving because they benefit both merchants and consumers without requiring tech savvy from the former, says Opus Research analyst Greg Sterling. Some companies have gripes, though. They say the sudden influx of customers overwhelms staff or that Groupon demands an unfair cut. Groupon STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Check the performance of any stock at News-Leader.com/stocks Tuesday: Ticker symbol; Wednesday: Year-to-date percent change; Thursday: Price-earnings ratio; Friday: Dividend; Saturday: 52-week highs and lows. 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Monday’s results: Do you believe Missouri will eventually follow if other states vote to legalize and regulate the personal use of small amounts of marijuana in a manner similar to the way alcohol and tobacco are now regulated? » Yes: 47.39 percent » No: 50.7 percent » No opinion: 1.91 percent » Total votes: 574 ONLINEE TO THE POINT Comments from readers who quickly make their point. E-mail your one or two sentence comments to letters@news-leader.com. Stations did well in storm Sunday, the day that the tornado hit Joplin, was quite a day to say the least. The Springfield TV stations — KYTV, KSPR and KOLR — all deserve a large “Atta-boy!” for the wonderful job they did on keeping viewers informed as to what the weather was doing. For over three hours they offered uninterrupted coverage showing the most likely places for a tornado to occur. It reminded me of 1983 when south Springfield had 200 homes destroyed but only 2 people lost their lives. My philosophy was to always super serve the listener — they did. Thanks guys! - Curt Brown, former general manager at KTTS radio More letters at News-Leader.com. ROSES & THORNS Send us your nominations for Roses & Thorns to: letters@news-leader.com, and please include full name, city of residence with ZIP code and a phone number. WEDNESDAY That one of the world’s most powerful financial officials could be thrown in jail for allegedly assaulting a chambermaid gives me hope for my country. Donald Kaul, A National Voice VOICE OF THE DAY Please keep submissions for the Voice of the Day to under 500 words. If you wish to submit a piece for consideration, send it to letters@news-leader.com. Year of the Smoke Alarm Springfield residents can call 864-1500 to have a city-provided smoke alarm installed or for a new 9-volt battery. Alarms for the hearing impaired are also available. FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting 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.” Opinion NEWS LEADER 5B Tuesday May 24, 2011 News-Leader.com ’Tis a privilege to live in the Ozarks Editor: Don Underwood dunderwood @NewsLeader.com 836-1114 Step up now to help Joplin Your efforts here can make a difference to victims of tornado. Two things you can do immediately following the tragic tornado in Joplin on Sunday. One, stay away from the Joplin area. Unless you have particular skills such as being a doctor or nurse or unless you are connected with one of the many organizations providing help, you probably will just be in the way. Two, don’t stay away from organizations in Springfield that can ultimately assist our neighbors in Joplin. Individuals stepping up will make a difference now. LETTERS Federal deficit Here are some of the groups that would like you to donate time, money or blood: Greater Ozarks Chapter of the Red Cross, 832-9500; Convoy of Hope, www.convoyofhope.org; United Way of the Ozarks, sends checks to 320 N. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, Mo., 65806, marked “Joplin Tornado Disaster Relief;” Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, a list of area blood drives is at www.cbco.org or call 1800-280-5337 and Ozarks Food Harvest, deliver donations to The Food Bank at 2810 N. Cedarbrook Ave. You may also wish to make plans within your church or civic organization to keep a continuous supply of needed mate- OUR VOICE This editorial is the view of the News-Leader Editorial Board. NLL Want to help? Go to this editorial and find the link ONLINEE to information for helping victims of the Joplin tornado. Linda Ramey-Greiwe President and Publisher David Stoeffler Executive Editor Don Underwood Opinion Page Editor Cheryl Whitsitt Managing Editor Linda Leicht Senior Reporter rials and money flowing in the weeks to come. Also coming up is the daunting debris clean up. Now is the time to begin putting together that church team or group of volunteers to clean up in Joplin when the call goes out. Also, keep in mind that our first responders are assisting in Joplin. For example, City Utilities has sent line crews and the Springfield police are providing security around damaged areas among other duties. These people will be working long hours. But, as CU officials point out, Springfield’s requirements will be met. So, if your call for a city service isn’t responded to quite as quickly, be patient. We’ve been through this before. We know you’ll respond as you have before. Our friends and neighbors are in need and together we’ll meet that need. DISASTER IN THE OZARKS Cartoon, letter far apart on issue Patrick Blair Springfield It’s apropos that the May 13 News-Leader editorial cartoon by Gary Varvel (“Sacred cow”) was juxtaposed with Richard Green’s letter to the editor, “Long should explain vote” of the same day. Both were in close proximity on the opinion page but there could be no more clear illustration of two perspectives on government spending that are miles apart. Varvel is clearly one who “gets it” and Green is clearly one who doesn’t. Sadly, Varvel’s cartoon is so very true. Do you have an opinion? Local cartoonists can send a take on local or state issues to dunderwood@ news-leader.com. These “visual letters to the editor” reflect the view of the artist, not the News-Leader editorial board. McCarthys Staff does good job on MSU issue Bob Faenger Springfield [Executive Editor] David Stoeffler and [reporter] Didi Tang, did a wonderful job for us in Missouri on his recent study of the “McCarthy incidents” at MSU. The McCarthys (and others there) believe they are living in a dream world of limitless money and self-gratification, at the expense of the public. ... They need to wake up, and David sure did provide an alarm clock. The “average Joe” definitely does find it wasteful. Why focus attention on the McCarthys? Why not? The recent cancellation of another trip to China by others at MSU showed that they “might” be taking a little more thought on MSU’s mission to citizens of Missouri and the United States of America. Why don’t we save that money and send some of our own citizens to MSU? JOHN LOGAN / BRANSON Obama Ambition comes before country Shirley Harrell Springfield Send a memorial rose to the passing of the United States Constitution and the nation as they have been known for the last 234 years. It is sad and troubling to observe what is happening in gov- ernment as a result of electing an inexperienced — but very ambitious — person who seems to be hungry for personal power and world recognition. This man seems to have an agenda of his own, aside from leading our nation to safety and prosperity, and that is to gain status as a global leader. The hymn writers of patriotic songs graced our nation so beautifully in their descriptions of America. “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” rings out: “Sweet land of liberty.” “Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim’s pride... Let Freedom Ring!” And there is no more moving song than “America, The Beautiful.” How can anyone, especially our president, hear these stirring words and not have a feeling not only of pride, but one of true love and nurture for our land, as most of us who were born on this soil do? A LOCAL VOICE Time to be firm on littering our home Not long ago I took an overnight float on one was foam containers, glass and aluminum cans of my favorite sections of the James River. — with the clear winner in volume being our Once a yearly rite for me and my school friend the plastic water bottle. Driving to my office the other day I chums back in the ’90s, I experienced noticed the exact same varieties of the section between Hootentown and assorted detritus alongside the road Galena for the first time in 15 years. at the South Glenstone Avenue and Most of the river lay exactly how I East Republic Road intersection. remember: the long gravel bars for Now, it doesn’t take a rocket surgeon camping, deep holes for fishing and to make the connection as to why the silver bluffs poking out among the same kind of trash that ends up alongtrees above the river’s edge. But one side our highways makes a later unfortunate similarity on the river appearance on the river. The question between past and present has seemRyan is, what can we do about it? ingly multiplied: The amount of trash. O’REILLY In addition to organized awareness I’ll make allowance that a good chunk and cleanup attempts, I would enof the debris stuck high in the trees is flood related. There are choke points along courage everyone who takes a float trip any rivers; places where logs, brush and trash snag time to bring an extra trash bag and fill it and pile up. One such point I saw, near the old with what you find on the river. I filled two McCall Bridge, was a mound about 20 feet high contractor bags on my last outing, but there’s and 50 yards long. Though there were some plenty more. Think of it as a voluntary price pieces of sheet metal, insulation, plastic sheet- of admission to some of the best floating ing and other building components among the country in our part of the world. But cleaning up the river is only half the driftwood, the majority of the collected refuse solution. It’s difficult for me to think there are people out there who throw trash on the ground, but it happens. A lot. And we must do something. One solution would be if you see someone throwing trash out of their car, give the horn a honk to get your point across and take note of the license plate. At an appropriate time and place, call law enforcement and report them. There are alternative solutions, I’m sure, but we have to start demanding that our fellow citizens respect the law and the beauty of our home. Litter along the highway won’t just sit there waiting to be picked up. One strong rain sends it all down the river. If we value our natural heritage in the Ozarks, which surely we must, then we have to agree to keep it clean. All you would need to do is see the piles of trash along the banks of the James, and you’d agree. 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Long-term exposure to TCE at elevated levels is suspected of causing cancer, as well as liver problems and weakening of the immune system, according to the EPA. To learn more about the Compass Plaza Well TCE site, visit www.epaosc.org/compassplaza Twain elementary donates over $800 Telethon to benefit sick, injured children Mark Twain Elementary School will donate more than $800 to the American Heart Association after its 5K Run for Heart event that was held on May 12. On Friday, the male staff members at Twain will wear red dresses to accept the check on behalf of the American Heart Association during the lunch hour. Twain is located at 2352 S. Weaver Road. The Twain Trail Runners, a student running club, organized the event. The club is sponsored by the Hamels Foundation; an organization that takes a community-based approach to education by providing assistance to inner-city schools as well as supporting other education based non-profit entities in the United States. Student runners participated to raise money and awareness for cardiovascular disease research and related public and professional education programs. The American Heart Association and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance were co-sponsors of the event. The annual telethon for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals will be held June 4-5. The telethon will air live on KYTV from 10:30 p.m. to midnight June 4 and 8 a.m.5 p.m. June 5. The live broadcast from Cox South hospital in Springfield will feature the stories of local children who have been helped by the charity. Last year, the telethon raised about $1.4 million. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals of CoxHealth has financially supported sick and injured Ozarks’ children and their families for more than 25 years by helping with medically related travel expenses, medical equipment purchases and much more. Do you have stories of Ozarkers helping out each other? 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Make your own barbecue sauce. Regional influences make inspired sauces When making barbecue sauce, it’s all about location. While Kansas City is home to tangy, tomato and molasses-influenced sauces, northern Alabama is known for a white sauce based on mayonnaise with black pepper and lemon juice. Find grilling success with regional flavor. grief assistance LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER Thrills from the grill Five-year-old Avery Gentry (center) chats with Liz Viele at Lost & Found Grief Center while his 7-year-old sister, Dien, writes in her grief book, an activity with the group the kids started attending after their mother died in a car crash in February. They were in the car with their mom, but they were unharmed. “What they went through is horrific. I can’t even fathom that,” says dad Rob, who also gets support at Lost & Found. It’s time to get serious about grilling. Food columnist Juliana Goodwin shares recipes for a delicious charred pineapple salsa; her grilled Thai beef salad; or tilapia with capers, tomatoes paired with rosemary potatoes on the grill. DAILY PLANNER Learn to speak Spanish Grupo Latinoamericano is offering Spanish classes starting June 21. Classes take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Vandivort Center, 305 E. Walnut St., Suite 228. Cost for the 10-week course is $90, which includes the study materials. The classes are taught by professional native-speakers of the language. For information, call 886-1348. SONY HOCKLANDER NEWS-LEADER LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER NIGHT LIFE What: A center for children who are grieving the loss of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver. Where: 1006 N. 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Kansas Expressway, 881-1520, cover Story by SONY HOCKLANDER • SHOCKLANDER@NEWS-LEADER.COM O ne hot and sticky Friday morning in August 2006, Scott Klotz kissed his wife Laura goodbye as she left for work, then finished packing for the long weekend trip he’d planned with the couple’s son John — not quite 5. Soon, father and son were on the road to visit Scott’s parents in southern Illinois. It was the last time Laura would see her husband of seven years. That weekend, while changing clothes in a bedroom of his parents’ house, Scott suffered a massive heart attack. In an instant, he was gone, leaving his little boy fatherless and his wife a widow. Last May, Laura and John, now 9, remembered Scott together when they wrote his name on an environment-friendly balloon and released it skyward as part of a memorial event planned by the Lost & Found Grief Center, a support facility for children where Laura and John attend. They plan to release another memorial balloon on Thursday when Lost & Found hosts its 2011 community event. WANT TO GO? MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / FOR THE NEWS-LEADER Laura and John Klotz balance normal activities like soccer practice with visits to Lost & Found to help deal with the loss of a husband and father. ship up in the clouds and get Daddy and bring him home?” John missed his father and all they did together, Laura says. “They would go out to look at the stars together. They would play basketball, football, catch. They loved to go fishing; to go to the creek.” An empty spot Scott also enjoyed reading to his Sending her husband’s name to son: “He read tons of bedtime stothe sky was a fitting tribute to ries. He really loved to be Scott, who frequently shared his engaged. He loved to be a dad.” interest in space and NASA with One day at a time his young son. In fact, for nearly 18 months After her husband died, Laura after his father died, John — who did what was necessary to survive didn’t quite understand the per- the sudden change in their lives. manence of death — would ask, “I couldn’t figure out how to use “Mom, can’t I just take a rocket the lawn mower. I knew I had to get Article originally published in a will. I had to get life insurance. I was on autopilot and it was a blur,” she says. “I didn’t have time for a pity-party. You think you can’t go on but you just find the strength. Was I not going to pick up my kid from day care? Not make dinner? You do what you have to do.” The death of a parent is different from divorce, says Laura, who also has a 3-year-old daughter, Isabelle Lundstrom. See LOST, Page 4C What: Memorial balloon release When: 5:45 p.m. Thursday; balloon release at 6:30 p.m., run/walk at 7 p.m. Where: Jordan Valley Park, 635 East Trafficway What: Purchase a balloon to release in memory of a loved one who died Cost: $5 for balloon (reserved in advance or day of event); run/walk registration is $20 in advance, $25 day of race, $10 for ages 12 and younger Information: 8659998, www.lostand foundozarks.com Planting asparagus well worth the wait IN SEASON THIS WEEK asparagus, berries and fruit and strawberries, beets, broccoli, sprouts, cauliflower, cucumbers, leeks, peas, radishes, rhubarb, lettuce, greens, green onions, spinach, local meat. Springtime is the season of my Sandy favorite yearly visitor, asparagus. It’s CLARK like a vitamin shop full of B vitamins, Ozark folic acid, vitamin C, potassium, copLocavore per, vitamin A, iron, phosphorus and zinc, all in one long green pill. It is also tasty, the flavor of spring. The plant consists of roots, a crown Good plantings can last 10 to 15 and spears. When planting from mid- years. You just can’t touch it the first April to early May, you are making an year. Have patience. They have plenty investment in the following year, and at the farmers market. You’ll be OK. likely several beyond that. It does mean you have to think about where you want it, the University of Missouri Extension says. Think before you plant. Asparagus needs to be in a location getting six hours of sun a day, well away from the onion and its cousins, like leeks and garlic. Light, sandy, well-drained soils work best, and it will want to stay put a while. Look around your garden. What might See CLARK, Page 4C 2C Tuesday, May 24, 2011 PEOPLE ESSENTIALS Bake sales and raffles? So passé. Now that it boasts Madonna as a parent, New York City’s LaGuardia High School was able to auction off a pair of Chanel boots worn by the Material Mom at its spring fundraiser. LaGuardia, the so-called “Fame” school, is a public high school specializing in the visual and performing arts. Madonna’s daughter Lourdes enrolled there in September. The Daily News reports that the LaGuardia auction also featured an item donated by novelist Jonathan Letham, who’s an alum. He auctioned off a chance to become a character in his next book. There was no information on what the lots sold for. own app by way of the Los Angeles-based comic and graphic novel publisher. Dubbed the “Stan Lee BOOM! Comics App,” the program is being offered through Apple’s iTunes app store. Lee’s superhero comic series “Soldier Zero,” “The Traveler” and “Starborn” are also being made available through it and through Boom!’s own app. The comics come with a free preview of the first issues but cost $1.99 for subsequent issues. The iVerse Media-developed app will also be linked to Lee’s Twitter musings. The titles will also be available for download on desktops, including Windows and Mac, through ComiXology, Graphic.ly, iVerse and MyDigitalComics. The three new series, penned by Lee, made their debut last year in association with his company, Pow! Entertainment. Comic book legend Lee going digital Martin playing at �Capitol Fourth’ Stan Lee, whose career writing comic books has run from the golden age to contemporary times, is going digital. Boom! Studios said Monday that the man who helped create modern marvels like the Fantastic Four and X-Men will see his current crop of comic series available online and on mobile devices through his Steve Martin and his banjo are taking on the U.S. Capitol on July 4. He is set to perform from the Capitol’s west lawn at the annual “A Capitol Fourth” concert this year. Josh Groban, Little Richard, “Glee” star Matthew Morrison, “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks and Broadway star Kelli O’Hara also share the bill. Madonna’s boots in school auction CRYPTOQUIP Housekeepers deserve tips more than anyone Dear Abby: I was shocked and angered by the letter from “West Virginia Traveler” (April 16) on towel usage and tipping hotel housekeepers. His priorities and “knowledge” of hotel staff are seriously skewed. This man is taking his peevishness out on hotel employees who can least afford to take it. The concierge is paid well to deal with disgruntled guests and make things right. The bellman gets tipped to carry a bag from the lobby to your room. If a doorman calls a cab for you, he gets tipped. If there is a restaurant, the servers are tipped. FUOX MXXK BXZHOXSXB V X X P - V H S E P, N X C V P X K Q U Z Z PFXG PFX MSXXQF MCAE. Today’s Cryptoquip clue: N equals W Monday’s Cryptoquip: If you firmly intend to fire a slothful employee, I suppose that’s termination determination. The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which each letter used stands for another. If X equals O, it will equal O throughout. Solution is accomplished by trial and error. ©King Features Syndicate Inc. Dear Heloise: I read the restaurant tipping hint in the Houston Chronicle. The reader suggests doubling the tax as an easy way to figure out the tip. Warning: This will work only if you don’t order alcoholic beverages. There is no tax on alcohol (Heloise here: This is not the case everywhere and in every situation), and since it’s customary to tip on the entire bill, doubling the tax definitely will shortchange your server. I hope you’ll set the record straight. Wait staff members usually work for less than minimum wage and depend on tips. They Dear Dr. Fox: My husband watches the game show “Jeopardy” in the afternoon; it features a tune reminiscent of “The Syncopated Clock.” When that particular song comes on toward the end, Patch (our Brittany spaniel) howls in tempo with the music! I videotaped those few minutes of “Jeopardy,” and we have occasionally played it for friends. Each time, Patch has performed on cue. He also sings along with the “ESPN SportsCen- SUDOKU Taurus (April 20-May 20). You close an emotional distance. You embrace a loved one and forget about whatever it was that kept you apart. Gemini (May 21-June 21). The problem you thought was handled comes sneaking back. Give this niggling little bother a grand and pompous label that will allow you to laugh at the ridiculousness of it. Cancer (June 22-July 22). A playful person brings silliness to your world. You will never regret it if you join in. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll probably find yourself fighting for something you never intended to defend. Your passion is part of what makes you great. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Creative endeavors are wonderfully involving. Relinquish some control. Collaboration brings about a happy outcome. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Get back out into the world and meet new people. You will expand interests and enlarge your network. JUMBLE deserve to be tipped on the entire bill. high on the TV, which is very annoying. And, I’m sure like a lot of — G.A. in Houston couples, we often disagreed on what Of course wait programs to watch. staff should be Well, I went out and tipped accordingly! As mentioned in the HELOISE bought an additional TV for the family original column, room. While there, I sales tax varies across the country. Some found the savior, remote restaurants tax beer and headphones. Now my wife wine, and some tax liquor, puts on her headphones and which may be absorbed by turns the volume as loud as the establishment (you will she wants (the TV is muted so I can’t hear). I turn my not see it on the bill). — Heloise TV on to the ballgame, and everyone’s happy. We get to Dear Heloise: My wife is watch TV together. We hearing-impaired and had haven’t argued in 15 years. to have the volume turned — Scott V., via email ter” theme and with the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” opening. But he is most vocal with the “Jeopardy” theme. ing that certain notes on a particular pitch trigger an instinctive response because those notes are part of the animal’s vocal reper— K.P., St. Louis, Mo. toire. Howling or Dear K.P.: Your Michael “singing” is a comPatch is one of many FOX mon canid trait that TV-exposed dogs Pet Doctor can be triggered by who are clearly more certain notes that tuned in to certain programs than one might are similar to the natural expect. Behavioral studies sounds that dogs, coyotes can demystify why certain and wolves make. As for watching TV, it is songs appeal to them, show- CROSSWORD Aries (March 21-April 19). Usually, when someone keeps you waiting, you see it as a sign of disrespect. Don’t take it personally. Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the puzzle increases from Monday to Sunday. want to hurt me all the time? Am I being too sensitive or is he being cruel? — Feeling Insecure in Massachusetts Dear Feeling Insecure: You’re not being too sensitive; what your husband is doing is cruel. It’s also cowardly. I don’t know why he wants to hurt you. But the question you should be asking is not why he wants to hurt you, but rather, why you continue to tolerate it. Write to www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Hint on tipping could shortchange wait staff Today’s birthday (May 24). In June, you’ll reduce expenses and increase your income. Your lucky numbers are: 23, 10, 50, 39 and 28. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). You cannot buy self-esteem with money, and yet there is a cost. Right now, that cost is called “follow through.” and I have always The one person received the best who is most critical room service imagto making your stay inable. comfortable and pleasant is the — Luann in maid/housekeeper. Keene, N.H. She is the one who makes sure you Dear Luann: have a clean bathThank you for your Jeanne room, fresh sheets letter. Housekeepand plenty of toilet PHILLIPS ers everywhere paper. She does the will be grateful for Dear Abby grungiest job in the your support. hotel, gets paid very little, is rarely thanked in person Dear Abby: Why would and is the last to be tipped. someone make insulting She needs these tips more remarks and then say, “I’m than anyone else. only kidding”? My husband I make a point of tipping constantly berates and every single day of my stay, insults me. Why does he Dear Heloise: For people in the hospital, I always take a gift of lip balm, hand lotion, a deck of cards, dice, notebook, pen, crossword, word search and a coloring book and crayons. Many people are confused by the last two items but if you are lying in bed with nothing to do, be creative! My aunt loved it because it gave her something to do when her grandkids visited. — A Reader, Sanford, Mich. Have a helpful tip for Heloise? Contact her at P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279; or by fax, 210-HELOISE. Canine howls along to �Jeopardy,’ �ESPN’ tunes EHKQX GA GUZX PNHKE HOROSCOPE NEWS -LEADER • News-Leader.com Answer to previous puzzle: especially amusing when some dogs take a particular dislike to certain newscasters and bark and growl when they come on the screen. Dogs do enjoy some types of music, especially classical, and the CD “Through a Dog’s Ear” seems to be appreciated by many canine audiophiles. Contact Dr. Michael Fox at United Feature Syndicate, 200 Madison Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016. Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis ACROSS 1 iPhone add-ons 5 Big name in kibbles 9 Perturb 15 Quantum __ 16 Ponce de __ 17 Speak liturgically, perhaps 18 “Kiss the Girls” actor (1993) 20 Leads off 21 Thanksgiving mo. in Canada 22 Slightly 23 Look peaked 24 Ne’ertheless 25 “Gladiator” Oscar winner (2010) 31 Lease signatory 33 “Go ahead!” 34 Barracks bed 35 Golf’s Ballesteros 36 Potted plant spot 37 Furniture company named partly for its founder Ingvar Kamprad 38 “Captain Blood” star (1938) 42 Plumbing joints 45 Skin cream brand 46 Items included in envs. 49 Island gift 50 Tabloid twosome 51 Agricultural measure 53 “Field of Dreams” star (1991) 57 67.5 deg. 58 PC’s top-left key 59 Prefix with gram 60 “Because” evoker 61 Player in front of a net 64 Role played by each of four actors in the year indicated in their clues 66 Take flight? 67 Foxx who sang “Mockingbird” 68 Unadulterated 69 Lunatics 70 Keep on looking at, and not in a nice way 71 Ollie’s sidekick By Gareth Bain (c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. DOWN 1 “Little Men” novelist 2 Often flambéed fruit 3 Start of a saga, maybe 4 Le Carré hero, e.g. 5 Very nearly 6 “Surprised By Joy” autobiographer C.S. 7 Ode writers 8 Put-__: pranks 9 Talk smack to 10 Not broken 11 Step in a flight 12 Eloi predator 13 Colony dweller 14 “It is so” 19 Breadwinner 26 Build up spiritually 27 Lounge, as on a chaise 28 Easter bloom 29 “__ is me!” 30 Greek vowel 32 Birds’ biological class 36 Condemns verbally 37 Quaint lodg- ings 39 Univ. recruiter 40 Marg : Brits :: __ : Americans 41 Cell with an axon 42 Antlered critter 43 Sheltered side 44 1985 multivenue charity concert for Ethiopian famine 47 Read the riot act 48 Portuguese lady 50 Stir up 51 British Honduras, now 52 __ jar: static electricity storage device 54 Imam’s faith 55 Beach footwear 56 Prize name 61 Pinup’s leg 62 Egg cells 63 Dusk, to 7Down 64 Brazilian hot spot 65 Some inkjets Answer to previous puzzle: By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are part nurturer and part mediator, using your communication skills to acknowledge each person, as well as to nudge them toward maximum productivity. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You demand a lot. Then again, you are willing to do whatever you ask others to do. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you’re afraid to talk about something, there’s a good reason. Exhume it. Get it out now and be free of it. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). You see how each person’s contribution is vitally important to an organization’s success. Share your observations. Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate xwordeditor@aol.com 05/24/11 Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3C NEWS-LEADER • News-Leader.com DILBERT AGNES By Scott Adams SPEED BUMP GET FUZZY GARFIELD BLONDIE BEETLE BAILEY THE LOCKHORNS By Bunny Hoest and John Reiner FOR BETTER OR WORSE By Lynn Johnston DOONESBURY By Garry Trudeau By Jim Davis By Dean Young & John Marshall By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman By Chris Browne By Dan Piraro By Charles Schulz BABY BLUES HI AND LOIS By Bil Keane By Darby Conley BIZARRO PEANUTS By Wiley By Stephan Pastis ZITS HAGAR THE HORRIBLE NON SEQUITUR By Tony Cochran FAMILY CIRCUS PEARLS BEFORE SWINE By Dave Coverly By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott By Brian Walker and Greg Walker PICKLES By Mort, Greg and Brian Walker By Brian Crane 4C Tuesday, May 24, 2011 LIFE NEWS-LEADER • News-Leader.com Lost/Children’s grief different than adults Continued from Page 1C Being a single mom is tough for anyone, but often with divorce, “there is at least some connection, some help, another person in the child’s life,” she says. “Being a widowed parent — there is an added sense of finality. It’s me or nobody.” Grief suppressed What Laura didn’t realize is that children don’t show grief like adults do. Nor that John’s grief, unexpressed, would seep into new areas of his life as he grew. That’s common, says counselor Karen Scott, executive director and cofounder of Lost & Found. “Children grieve very differently than adults,” she says. “They grieve in spurts because children have short attention spans. And they will act as if everything is OK as long as they possibly can. That’s their way of attempting to gain a normalcy in their lives.” They also hide grief to spare their hurting parents, she says. But that becomes problematic because they bury it. “And it comes out another way.” That’s what happened with John, Laura says. After he started school, behavior problems emerged. Laura realized her son needed grief counseling but she didn’t know where to turn. Then someone told her about Lost & Found and they’ve attended support groups for nearly two years. It’s made a big difference for John, who has opened up about his father and can talk about his memories — and his death, Laura says. Helping kids cope Twice a month, Laura and John trek from Nixa to southeast Springfield where the Lost & Found center is located in an old converted two-story house. Parents go upstairs for a support session while kids follow adult leaders into what looks like a two-room play area. Books and stuffed toys live in tall shelves along one wall, big pillows and bean bag chairs line another. A puppet theater and dress-up box are in one corner. The adjacent space, labeled the “Tornado Room,” is home to two punching bags and a giant stuffed gorilla. On one wall between them hangs a large laminated “grief map” which resembles a Candyland board game. This is no ordinary play room. Kids and adults sit in a circle while Children’s Coordinator Liz Viele goes over group rules. Among them: Members speak when holding the soft “talking stick.” Nothing said in group leaves the room. It’s OK to throw soft toys and pillows but nothing else. “And if you don’t want to talk, what do you say?” she asks. “I pass,” one youngster answers. The talking stick starts around the circle as members — including adults — say their name, their age, who died and how they died. tonight, or have an adult tell Soon Viele produces the her?” “An adult,” he says. grief map, which includes Putting their feelings into such places as the Land of the Lost, the Land of New words is important, Scott Beginnings and the Land of says. “We teach them ways Changes and Challenges, to commemorate the life of the love one that is gone.” among other places. There’s a balance “In the Land of New between keeping the Beginnings, it’s like memory alive while we’re getting Bandstill moving forward, Aids and stuff,” says she says. Shane Horton, whose “We are modeling mother died in that you can access December. “When the sad places but you you’re in the Land of Horton don’t have to stay the Lost, it’s like you’re that teddy bear with there,” she says. “That’s the tear. You’re just cry- how healthy grieving is done. Because throughout ing,” he adds. Going around the circle, your life, there will be kids say what “land” they times of sadness around are living in that day or your loss. But you won’t be week. “I’m back in the Land sad forever and you won’t of Changes and Challenges be sad every day the rest of because I heard Father’s your life. We want them to Day is coming up,” John reach a place where life is good again.” volunteers “And that makes you sad?” Viele asks. John nods. Helping parents cope Several mention they Upstairs, parents talk miss snuggling with Mom. about their struggles and One wished Mom was there successes, and find support the week of MAP Testing. from one another. That’s the kind of thing “I feel bad for some of the they can write in their grief people coming lately books, Viele tells the group. because they are really Making grief books is this fresh. I remember how that evening’s activity. After felt and it’s so sad. I see circle time, adults work them struggling and there’s with kids to write or nothing you can do to draw their feelings, a make them feel betmemory, or someter,” Laura says. thing they want an One of those is Rob adult to know. Gentry, whose wife John writes that he Crystal was killed in wants to see his February when her father’s grave. car skidded off a Gentry “Have you told that snowy highway. The to your mom?” Viele asks. couple’s children were in “No,” John says. the car, but unharmed. “Would you like to tell her Unlike Laura, Rob learned Clark/Roasted asparagus simple, but delightful change in the next decade? That is some long-term gardening, but it is very, very rewarding. Fresh young asparagus picked on a cool morning is about the best thing to ever add a crunch to a salad. There are other things you can do as well. For fatter spears, simple roasting at 450 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes will produce something delightful. Just give them a roll halfway through or spread them on racks. Trim a pound of thick spears and toss with salt, pepper, garlic and olive oil, then spread in a single layer Weather LOCAL FORECAST Today 6 a.m. on a cooking sheet or glass baking dish. I go with a tablespoon of good olive oil, lots of minced garlic and plenty of pepper. After the short trip in the hot oven, hit this dish with a shot of lemon juice or a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, and maybe a touch of butter, then nom, nom, nom. Last year, Laura and John Klotz and hundreds of other families released 2,000 environment-friendly blue and orange balloons in memory of someone who had died. The memorial event was sponsored by Lost & Found, a grief center for children and their parents. “We did it in recognition of the fact that the community doesn’t have a family-oriented memorial activity,” says Executive Director Karen Scott. “It brought together a community of people who are grieving the death of someone. It was beautiful.” Not only does it provide an uplifting way to remember family members who have died, it helps raise funds for the center. This year the event is Thursday in Jordan Valley Park and includes a 5K run/walk. It will also help celebrate Lost & Found’s 10th anniversary. “We decided that was very fitting. We’ll be inviting all of our past families and past volunteers and board members.” about Lost & Found quickly. His kids go to Jeffries Elementary where Viele works as a counselor. He and his children — Avery, 5, and Dien, 7 — started going to the center two weeks after his wife died. “The kids need to talk to someone other than me and family, someone they feel comfortable with,” Rob says. “I wanted to get into it right away so they could be around other kids, so they don’t think they are alone.” It’s made a difference in their lives already, he says. “I see a definite change. That they can heal and be able to talk about Crystal instead of not being able to talk about her at all.” His daughter still won’t talk about the accident, though. “What they went through is horrific. I can’t even fathom that,” he says. It also helps to be around parents like Laura who have already experienced what he’s going through now. “It’s nice to know if you have a question about what you are going through, people have already gone through it,” Rob says. For the Gentrys, for Laura and her son and the other families, the center is a place to find comfort as they learn to live with a new reality. “You just take it one step at a time. They give you the strength to be able to do that,” Rob says. Laura wishes she’d known about Lost & Found sooner. “John gets so excited about going. He still gets sad about his father but he always wants to go,” Laura says. “And I’m thankful. If it makes him happy, we will be going for as long as he wants to.” above. Blend the roasted veggies with chicken stock, probably in stages depending on how much you have made. Warm in a saucepan. What you have is a small pot of distilled spring, the divine essence of green. Add a spoon of gremolata of minced garlic, tarragon, parsley and lemon zest for the classic soup or get creative. Sour cream, yogurt, a dash of Parmesan are all things this soup will enjoy and you will, too. Play with your food. It is almost as good for you as a spear of springtime asparagus. TM News-Leader.com - Do all lightning bolts strike the ground? Live Doppler Radar, and current conditions at Springfield airhubs. REGIONAL FORECAST TODAY: Humid today with clouds and sunshine; a strong thunderstorm, but showers and thunderstorms toward Jefferson City and St. Louis. NATIONAL FORECAST TODAY'S OUTLOOK: A cold front tracking into the Northeast will spark showers and thunderstorms today from New England through the southern Plains. Thunderstorms may reach severe limits across the southern Plains and Ohio Valley, with large hail and damaging winds possible. A few tornadoes cannot be ruled out, especially across parts of eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas and southern Missouri. Maryville 82° 66° Overcast Wind: SSE 7-14 m.p.h. Chance of precip: 60% Noon 75° Some sun Wind: S 10-20 m.p.h. Chance of precip: 55% 6 p.m. 79° Some sun Wind: SSE 10-20 m.p.h. Chance of precip: 55% Hours of daylight: 14 hours, 23 minutes Soil drying conditions: Moderate Wednesday Kirksville 80° St. Joseph 81° Mo. Kansas City 80° Clinton 82° Joplin 83° Cape Girardeau 84° Springfield 81° Harrison 80° Ark. The Ozarks today Hi Lo W MISSOURI Ava 82 Bolivar 82 Branson 83 Buffalo 82 Camdenton 82 Cassville 82 Gainesville 80 Greenfield 82 Hermitage 84 Houston 82 Lebanon 83 Marshfield 80 67 66 67 66 67 67 66 66 66 67 65 66 t t t t t t t t t t t t Mountain Home 80° News-Leader.com - Live Doppler Radar, and current conditions at Springfield airhubs. Hi Lo W Monett 83 67 Mountain Grove 80 66 Mount Vernon 82 66 Nixa 81 65 Osage Beach 84 68 Osceola 83 65 Stockton 82 66 West Plains 81 65 ARKANSAS Eureka Springs 83 67 Jasper 82 65 Fayetteville 81 68 Fort Smith 85 69 t t t t t t t t t t t t SPRINGFIELD AIR HUBS 79° / 56° Showers and t-storms Chance of precip: 65% Thursday 70° / 54° Mostly cloudy Chance of precip: 25% Friday 74° / 61° Sunny and pleasant Chance of precip: 10% Saturday 80° / 67° Mostly sunny Chance of precip: 15% Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2011 -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Potosi 84° Ft. Wood 82° Atlanta 90°/68° Today: Warm with sunshine and patchy clouds. Tonight: Mainly clear. Chicago 60°/51° Today: Mostly cloudy, breezy and cooler. Tonight: Mostly cloudy with rain late. Dallas 89°/71° Today: Breezy and humid with clouds and sun. Tonight: Partly cloudy; windy, humid. Denver 66°/43° Today: Mostly cloudy, rain tapering off; breezy. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, showers around. Las Vegas 83°/72° Today: Brilliant sunshine. Tonight: Clear. Los Angeles 72°/57° Today: Low clouds giving way to sunshine. Tonight: Increasing clouds. Memphis 88°/72° Today: Partly sunny, breezy and humid. Tonight: Mainly clear; breezy, humid. Minneapolis 66°/49° Today: Partly sunny. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Orlando 94°/66° Today: Plenty of sunshine. Tonight: Clear. Phoenix 88°/70° Today: Bright and sunny. Tonight: Clear. St. Louis 86°/70° Today: Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. Tonight: Rain and a thunderstorm late. Tampa 92°/72° Today: Mostly sunny. Tonight: Clear. Sandy Clark is The Ozark Locavore. Find more local food, recipes and information at www.ozarklocavore.com. Got a great resource, e-mail sandy@ozarklocavore.com. Temperatures Cooling degree days High: 69° at 12:15 a.m. Low: 59° at 5:02 a.m. Normal high: 78° Normal low: 56° Record high: 90° (1939) Record low: 40° (1917) National temperature extremes Monday for the 48 contiguous states: Low: 23° in Bodie State Park, Calif. High: 106° in Laredo, Texas Monday's total: 0 Total for month: 65, 5 above normal Total for year: 103, 33 above normal Cooling degree days are the number of degrees by which a day's average temperature is above 65°, roughly the point at which home cooling begins. Precipitation Ultraviolet Index Pollen count Sun & Moon High: 6 By 5 p.m. Monday: 0.42" Total this month: 3.66" 11+ Normal since first of month: 0 3.31" Today’s ultraviolet radiation Total this year: 19.49" risk from the sun at noon on Normal since Jan. 1: 15.83" a scale from 0 to 11+. St. Louis 86° Jefferson City 84° — Sony Hocklander SPRINGFIELD ALMANAC Weather trivia : No, a large percentage are cloud-to-cloud discharges Continued from Page 1C A step beyond roasting for our little green friend is soup. You’ll need a food processor, blender or magic wand-like soup-smoothing immersion blender for this one. 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May 24 June 1 June 8 June 15 RECREATION Rivers & Lakes KEY: rising falling River and stream levels (in feet) are as of 5 p.m. Monday. steady flooding BF is bank full James River: Galena, down 0.2 to 8.3 (MFL 3.1, BF 15) Lake levels are as of 5 p.m. MFL is the level that is considered the minimum to be able to Monday. The levels are measured float or canoe a stream or river from mean sea level. Normal is at that access point as detertop power pool elevation. mined by either the National Park Beaver Lake: down 0.33 to Service or local river outfitters. 1129.1 ft (normal 1120); flow rate Beaver Creek: Bradleyville, 8443.0 cfs down 0.7 to 4.3 (MFL 1, BF 20) Bull Shoals Lake: up 0.06 to Bryant Creek: Tecumsah, 692.9 ft (normal 654); flow rate 12650.0 cfs down 0.7 to 9.9 (MFL 7, BF 19) Lake Pomme de Terre: Bull Creek: Walnut Shade, down 0.23 to 848.1 ft (normal down 0.5 to 4.3 (MFL 5, BF 16) 839); flow rate 3500.0 cfs Buffalo River: Boxley, down Lake of the Ozarks: down 0.7 to 4.1 (MFL 4, BF 17); St. Joe, 0.70 to 658.7 ft (normal 660); down 1.6 to 10.0 (MFL 4, BF 22) flow rate Lake Taneycomo: up 0.11 to Current River: Van Buren, up 0.2 to 5.0 (MFL 4, BF 14); 701.8 ft (normal 701.2) Stockton Lake: up 0.16 to Doniphan, up 0.1 to 3.1 (MFL 3.5, 873.4 ft (normal 867); flow rate BF 16) 69.0 cfs Eleven Point River: Bardley, Table Rock Lake: up 1.02 to down 0.1 to 5.0 (MFL 4.5, BF 13) 929.7 ft (normal 915); flow rate Jacks Fork River: Alley 11698.0 cfs Spring, down 0.3 to 3.6 (MFL 3, Truman Reservoir: up 1.12 to BF 8); Eminence, down 0.1 to 4.1 713.8 ft (normal 706); flow rate (MFL 4, BF 12) 10.0 cfs Solunar tables The solunar period schedule allows planning days so you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during those times. Major periods begin at the times shown and last for 1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are shorter. Major Today Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Minor Major Minor 6:05 a.m. 12:16 p.m. 6:26 p.m. ---6:47 a.m. 12:36 a.m. 7:07 p.m. 12:57 p.m. 7:25 a.m. 1:15 a.m. 7:45 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 8:01 a.m. 1:51 a.m. 8:22 p.m. 2:12 p.m. 8:38 a.m. 2:27 a.m. 8:59 p.m. 2:49 p.m. 9:16 a.m. 3:05 a.m. 9:39 p.m. 3:28 p.m. 9:58 a.m. 3:46 a.m. 10:22 p.m. 4:10 p.m. QUICK HITS BASEBALL Medrano, Kickham all-MVC first-team Missouri State junior second baseman Kevin Medrano earned his third consecutive first-team all-Missouri Valley Conference honor and junior closer Dan Kickham joined him on the first team as the Newcomer of the Year as voted on by the league’s coaches and announced Monday at the MVC Tournament banquet in Omaha, Neb. Bears pitcher Nick Petree was named the league’s Freshman of the Year and Brock Chaffin was a second-team selection. Medrano hit .364 with 14 RBIs in 20 conference games this season. The junior from Lee’s Summit is batting .321 for the season with 31 RBIs, 31 runs scored and 13 steals. Kickham is Missouri State’s eighth MVC Newcomer of the Year and first since Chad Mulholland in 2003. The junior from Springfield leads the MVC with 13 saves, tying Shaun Marcum’s 2003 total for the MSU record. Kickham has allowed no earned runs in 20 of his 23 outings. » Teams, 4D SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 8 TULSA DRILLERS 7 Cardinals edge Drillers Sports NEWS LEADER Tuesday • May 24, 2011 1D News-Leader.com Francis named Lead-Off MVP Parkview senior was 4-year starter; also won football honor. By Matt Schoch MASCHOCH@NEWS-LEADER.COM For the second time this year, Parkview High School’s Darin Francis was awarded a most valuable player honor at Coyote’s Adobe Cafe. The Missouri State University-bound senior was named Springfield baseball’s most valuable player Monday by the Lead-Off Club, a group that gathers weekly to talk baseball. The awards were voted on by the five Springfield Pub- Francis lic Schools coaches. Only seniors were eligible. Francis started every game in four years for the Vikings and also won the Kickoff Club’s MVP award in the fall after football season. This spring, Francis tied the school’s career record for runs scored and he bat- ted .309 this year. Parkview coach John Thompson said it was fun watching Francis progress through the years. He joked about Francis’ workout habits. “He’ll probably major in weightlifting at MSU,” Thompson quipped. Tyler Lopez of Kickapoo was named pitcher of the year. Lopez was 5-0 Lopez See LEAD-OFF, Page 3D BASEBALL SECTIONALS These area high school baseball sectional playoff games are scheduled for today, except where noted: CLASS 4 Webb City at Ozark, 6 p.m. Lebanon at Wentzville Timberland, 4:30 p.m. CLASS 3 Mount Vernon at Catholic, 6 p.m. CLASS 2 Cabool at Conway, 5:30 p.m. Purdy at Clever, 4:30 p.m. Windsor vs. Stockton, 5 p.m. at Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar CLASS 1 Wheaton at Dora, 1:30 p.m. Liberal 5, Lakeland 2 On an even keel Girls’ high school soccer sectionals are today across the state, highlighted locally by a meeting between two Springfield temas. Glendale, which has won 13 straight, plays at 6 p.m. against Parkview at Harrison Stadium. Also in Class 3, Camdenton plays at 6 p.m. at Columbia Rock Bridge. In Class 2. Rogersville plays host to Harrisonville in a 5:30 p.m. start. In Class 1, Catholic plays a 4:30 p.m. game at Dixon. ONLINE NOW Follow the Cardinals online Cardinals Corner Blog: Get the latest news and notes on the Springfield Cardinals and the entire St. Louis CARDS Cardinals organization from beat writer Kary Booher at blogs.news-leader.com/cardinals PADRES 1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — Albert Pujols NATHAN PAPES / NEWS-LEADER Missouri State’s Brent Seifert has 9 home runs and 39 RBIs — both team highs — this season for the Bears. The Bears’ Brent Seifert MVC TOURNAMENT doesn’t get too high or A look at the first-round schedule too low during the game. of the double-elimination Missouri By Lyndal Scranton LSCRANTON@NEWS-LEADER.COM Growing up in the small northwest Missouri town of Cameron, population 8,312, it was an understanding. “If you’re a good athlete, you played all three sports,” Brent Seifert said of football, basketball and baseball. “I’d like to think I was pretty good in all of them,” he added. He was good enough as a safety in football to receive scholarship offers from several area NCAA Division II schools. But Seifert’s heart was in baseball. Even though he hit .553 with six Western Community College to play baseball. Missouri State coach Keith Guttin is glad he did. Seifert, in his first season at MSU, has been the Bears’ top run Valley Conference baseball tournaproducer in a bounce-back seament at T.D. Ameritrade Park in son. He has 9 homers Omaha, Neb. Seedings and overall and 39 RBIs — both record in parentheses: team highs — entering today’s Missouri GAMES TODAY 9 a.m. — (3) Illinois State (35-16) vs. Valley Conference Tournament opening (6) Indiana State (26-26) 12:30 p.m. — (2) Wichita State (36- game against Southern Illinois. Guttin 24) vs. (7) Evansville (28-23) “We had to become 4 p.m. — (4) Missouri State (31-21) more physical,” Guttin said after vs. (5) Southern Illinois (22-32) a last-place Valley finish in 2010, 7:30 p.m. — (1) Creighton (39-13) “and he’s helped us do that. He’s vs. (8) Bradley (22-30) just been so steady.” Seifert said going to junior colhome runs as a senior, D-I base- lege was the best thing for his ball offers did not come. Instead, Seifert went to Iowa See SEIFERT, Page 3D hit his first homer in 106 at-bats to end the longest drought of his career and the St. Louis Cardinals scored two runs off Heath Bell in the ninth to beat the struggling San Diego Padres 3-1 on Monday night. The NL Central-leading Cardinals won for the seventh time in eight games. The Padres have lost six of seven, and their 8-19 home record is the worst in the NL. Pujols came » Cardinals, into the game Royals orgawithout a homer nizations in 103 at-bats. donate to He flied out to Joplin tornathe warning do victims. 3A track in center field in his first at-bat, then flied out to rightcenter in his second at-bat. He didn’t miss in his next atbat, driving a 1-2 pitch from Dustin Moseley into the first row in left field over a desperation leap by former teammate Ryan Ludwick for a 1-0 lead with one out in the sixth. It was Pujols’ eighth home run of the season. Pujols has seven homers in 88 at-bats at Petco Park and five homers in his last 11 games in San Diego. St. Louis’ Colby Rasmus made a great leaping grab to rob Ludwick of a home run to straightaway center field for the final out of the first. Ludwick rounded second and stared at Rasmus, his former St. Louis teammate, as if to say, “Are you kidding?” Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was ejected by plate umpire Jim Joyce after Pujols took a called third strike for the second out of the eighth inning. Pujols took a step toward first base after Mike Adams’ 3-2 See CARDS, Page 3D Cycling union denies allegations No Armstrong drug tests altered, UCI says. By Graham Dunbar THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA — The International Cycling Union “categorically rejects” Tyler Hamilton’s allegations that it helped cover up a positive drug test by Lance Arm- SL-0000258129 SAN DIEGO By Bernie Wilson Schumaker activated Girls’ sectionals today CARDINALS 3 St. Louis first baseman goes deep as Cardinals knock off San Diego. » Box score, standings, 4D SOCCER ST. LOUIS Pujols snaps homerless streak Monday: The Springfield Cardinals won the final game of their fourgame series Monday afternoon, 87, against the Tulsa Drillers in Tulsa, Okla. The win improves Springfield to 19-24. Key performance: Jose Garcia, Jermaine Curtis and Matt Adams each had three hits with Curtis delivering two RBI triples. Alex Castellanos was named Texas League Player of the Week prior to the game and homered in the ninth, a three-run shot, to propel Springfield. Wednesday’s probables: Springfield RHP David Kopp (0-2, 5.59 ERA), Corpus Christi RHP Kyle Greenwalt (2-4, 7.98 ERA), 7:07 p.m. at Hammons Field. Transactions: C Nick Derba assigned to AAA Memphis, OF Tommy Pham activated from the disabled list Radio: KWTO 98.7 FM Visit the team’s Web site at www.springfieldcardinals.com for tickets, schedule and merchandise. SAN DIEGO — The St. Louis Cardinals put backup catcher Gerald Laird on the 15-day disabled list with a broken right index finger and activated second baseman Skip Schumaker on Monday. The Cardinals were 8-2 in Laird’s starts before he was injured Sunday when hit by a pitch. He’s batting .214 with four RBIs. Schumaker had been on the DL since April 16 with a strained right triceps. The Cardinals sent right-hander Mitchell Boggs to Triple-A Memphis before Monday night’s game at San Diego. He is 0-2 with a 3.66 ERA and three saves, and briefly had been the Cardinals’ closer. Catcher Tony Cruz was recalled from Triple-A. The Cardinals also said right-hander Brian Broderick, taken by Washington in the Rule 5 draft, was given back to St. Louis and assigned to Memphis. Section editor: Pam Clark pclark@News-Leader.com 836-1120 made on the �60 Minutes’ strong at the 2001 Tour de program aired by U.S. teleSuisse. vision network CBS,” the The UCI insisted Monday body said in a statement. that it had “never altered or “The allegations of Mr. hidden the results of a posiTyler Hamilton are comtive test” and that seventime Tour de France winner Armstrong pletely unfounded.” Hamilton said in an interArmstrong had never been view that aired Sunday that his notified of a positive finding. “The UCI is deeply shocked by former teammate Armstrong the seriousness of the allegations used the blood-boosting hormone EPO to prepare for his third Tour win in 2001. Armstrong told him the UCI helped cover up a positive test at the Swiss warm-up event, Hamilton alleged. “The UCI can only express its indignation at this latest attempt to damage the image of cycling See CYCLING, Page 3D 2D Tuesday, May 24, 2011 • NEWS -LEADER • News-Leader.com Major League Baseball Standings Results American League W 25 26 25 24 21 L 21 22 22 23 24 Pct. .544 .542 .532 .511 .467 GB — — ½ 1½ 3½ Central Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota W 30 24 22 22 15 L 15 23 24 27 31 Pct. .667 .511 .478 .449 .326 GB Strk. — W-4 7 W-2 8½ L-2 10 L-1 15½ L-4 West Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland W 25 25 23 22 L 23 24 24 26 Pct. .521 .510 .489 .458 GB — ½ 1½ 3 AL games Last Strk. 10 L-1 5-5 L-1 3-7 L-1 8-2 W-1 7-3 W-2 5-5 East New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore vs. Div. 11-9 12-9 10-8 9-11 7-12 Last 10 7-3 5-5 3-7 6-4 3-7 Home 15-13 11-13 16-10 12-11 12-14 Away 10-8 15-9 9-12 12-12 9-10 vs. Div. Home Away 11-8 19-4 11-11 8-5 12-8 12-15 9-12 17-13 5-11 5-7 10-13 12-14 5-6 4-12 11-19 Last Strk. 10 W-2 5-5 W-2 4-6 W-6 7-3 L-6 3-7 vs. Div. 9-9 6-8 8-7 10-9 Home 16-9 12-11 11-12 11-12 Away 9-14 13-13 12-12 11-14 National League East Philadelphia Florida Atlanta New York Washington W 29 26 26 22 21 L 18 19 23 24 26 Last vs. Pct. GB Strk. 10 Div. Home Away .617 — W-1 4-6 16-10 17-9 12-9 .578 2 L-1 5-5 11-10 14-12 12-7 .531 4 L-1 5-5 11-10 14-10 12-13 .478 6½ L-2 6-4 10-11 10-12 12-12 .447 8 L-3 3-7 11-18 11-9 10-17 Central St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh Chicago Houston W 29 25 25 22 20 18 L 20 23 23 24 25 30 Pct. .592 .521 .521 .478 .444 .375 West San Francisco Colorado Arizona Los Angeles San Diego W 27 23 23 21 19 L 19 22 23 28 29 Pct. .587 .511 .500 .429 .396 Last 10 7-3 4-6 8-2 4-6 4-6 4-6 vs. Div. 11-9 20-12 12-11 11-9 6-11 9-17 Last Strk. 10 W-5 7-3 L-3 4-6 W-6 8-2 L-3 2-8 L-4 4-6 vs. Div. 16-9 8-10 8-11 8-12 9-7 GB Strk. — W-3 3½ L-6 3½ W-4 5½ L-1 7 L-1 10½ W-2 GB — 3½ 4 7½ 9 Home 14-9 15-11 17-6 9-12 9-13 10-13 Home 13-5 11-10 16-10 11-14 8-19 Away 15-11 10-12 8-17 13-12 11-12 8-17 Away 14-14 12-12 7-13 10-14 11-10 x-Monday’s game not included Today in baseball 1918 Cleveland’s Stan Coveleski pitched 19 innings in the Indians’ 3-2 victory over the Yankees. 1964 Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit the longest home run in Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, a 471-foot shot to left-center off right-hander Milt Pappas. 1984 Jack Morris led the Tigers to their 17th straight road win, setting an AL record. Morris allowed four hits and Detroit beat the California Angels 5-1. 1990 Chicago’s Andre Dawson was walked intentionally five times by the Cincinnati Reds to break the record shared by Roger Maris and Garry Templeton. Major League leaders AL batting BATTING AVERAGE Joyce, T.B.....................................................355 Bautista, Tor............................................ .353 Gonzalez, Bos. ....................................... .342 Young, Tex. ................................................339 Kendrick, LA-A ...................................... .322 Lowrie, Bos.............................................. .319 Kubel, Min. ................................................318 Betemit, K.C. .............................................315 Cabrera, Det..............................................313 HOME RUNS Bautista, Tor................................................ 18 Granderson, NY-A................................... 16 Teixeira, NY-A............................................ 12 A. Beltre, Tex................................................10 Konerko, ChiA.............................................10 A. Cabrera, Cle. ..............................................9 Cano, NY-A ......................................................9 Francoeur, K.C. ............................................. 9 Gonzalez, Bos................................................9 Ortiz, Bos......................................................... 9 Quentin, ChiA ............................................... 9 Rodriguez, NY-A.......................................... 9 RUNS BATTED IN Gonzalez, Bos. ........................................... 41 A. Beltre, Tex................................................37 Konerko, ChiA.............................................36 Granderson, NY-A................................... 34 A. Cabrera, Cle. .......................................... 32 Youkilis, Bos. .............................................. 32 Bautista, Tor................................................ 31 Young, Tex. ...................................................31 Cabrera, Det.................................................30 Teixeira, NY-A............................................ 29 STOLEN BASES Andrus, Tex................................................. 15 Ellsbury, Bos............................................... 15 Crisp, Oak......................................................14 Aybar, LA-A ..................................................12 Davis, Tor.......................................................12 Fuld, T.B. ........................................................ 12 Suzuki, Sea. ................................................. 11 NL batting BATTING AVERAGE Holliday, St.L........................................... .349 Berkman, St.L...........................................338 Votto, Cin....................................................335 Polanco, Phi. .............................................335 Molina, St.L.............................................. .333 Castro, ChiN ............................................ .323 Wallace, Hou............................................318 Phillips, Cin. ............................................ .317 Kemp, LA-N............................................. .316 Carroll, LA-N.............................................316 G. Sanchez, Fla....................................... .316 HOME RUNS Braun, Mil. ....................................................12 Berkman, St.L..............................................11 Bruce, Cin......................................................11 Soriano, ChiN..............................................11 Tulowitzki, Col.......................................... 11 Fielder, Mil. ..................................................10 Howard, Phi................................................ 10 Kemp, LA-N................................................. 10 Stanton, Fla. .................................................10 Upton, Ari. ...................................................... 9 Young, Ari. ...................................................... 9 RUNS BATTED IN Braun, Mil. ....................................................37 Fielder, Mil. ..................................................36 Howard, Phi................................................ 36 Berkman, St.L..............................................35 Pence, Hou. ..................................................35 Kemp, LA-N................................................. 32 Holliday, St.L............................................... 31 Walker, Pit. .................................................. 30 Ludwick, S.D................................................29 Prado, Atl.......................................................28 Votto, Cin.......................................................28 STOLEN BASES Bourn, Hou...................................................17 Reyes, NY-N .................................................17 Desmond, Was. .........................................14 Stubbs, Cin................................................... 14 Bourgeois, Hou..........................................12 Gomez, Mil...................................................12 Kemp, LA-N................................................. 12 Tabata, Pit. ................................................... 11 Venable, S.D.................................................11 AL pitching WINS The latest on baseball news, notes and buzz at dailypitch.usatoday.com HOME team in caps Cahill, Oak. ......................................................6 Lester, Bos........................................................6 Pineda, Sea......................................................6 Scherzer, Det..................................................6 Tomlin, Cle. .....................................................6 Weaver, LA-A .................................................6 EARNED RUN AVERAGE Beckett, Bos. ............................................1.73 Cahill, Oak................................................ 1.79 Haren, LA-A..............................................1.84 Shields, T.B. ..............................................2.00 Ogando, Tex............................................ 2.13 Britton, Bal. ..............................................2.14 Pineda, Sea. ............................................. 2.16 Gonzalez, Oak. ...................................... 2.20 Tomlin, Cle. ............................................. 2.41 STRIKEOUTS Hernandez, Sea. ........................................77 Shields, T.B. ..................................................73 Verlander, Det. ...........................................71 Haren, LA-A..................................................66 Weaver, LA-A ............................................. 65 Lester, Bos.................................................... 63 Pineda, Sea. ................................................. 61 Scherzer, Det.............................................. 60 Wilson, Tex. ................................................ 60 NL pitching WINS Correia, Pit...................................................... 6 Halladay, Phi. .................................................6 Marcum, Mil. .................................................6 McClellan, St.L.............................................. 6 EARNED RUN AVERAGE Johnson, Fla.............................................1.64 Jurrjens, Atl............................................. 1.80 Garcia, St.L ............................................... 1.93 Lincecum, S.F. ........................................ 2.06 Lohse, St.L..................................................2.17 Halladay, Phi. ......................................... 2.21 Marcum, Mil. ......................................... 2.37 Morton, Pit. ............................................. 2.62 Chacin, Col............................................... 2.70 STRIKEOUTS Halladay, Phi. ............................................. 80 Lee, Phi............................................................78 Lincecum, S.F. ............................................ 75 Kershaw, LA-N ...........................................70 Garza, ChiN ..................................................68 Hamels, Phi................................................. 64 Norris, Hou.................................................. 64 J. Sanchez, S.F............................................. 64 Marcum, Mil. ............................................. 62 Hanson, Atl.................................................. 61 Hudson, Ari................................................. 60 Cardinals 3, Padres 1 St. Louis ........ 000 001 002 — 3 San Diego ..... 000 000 100 — 1 St. Louis Theriot ss Jay lf Pujols 1b Berkman rf Rasmus cf Molina c Schumaker 2b Descalso 3b Lohse p Craig ph Tallet p Salas p Totals ab 5 5 4 2 3 4 3 4 3 1 0 0 34 r 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 h 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 bi bb so avg 1 0 0 .297 0 0 1 .329 1 0 1 .268 0 2 0 .341 0 1 2 .282 0 0 0 .324 0 1 0 .246 1 0 0 .223 0 0 1 .111 0 0 0 .314 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 3 4 5 Batting - 2B: Jay (3); Schumaker (5); Descalso (9). HR: Pujols (8). RBI: Theriot (17); Pujols (26); Descalso (16). GIDP: Rasmus; Molina. Team LOB: 8. Baserunning - SB: Jay (3). San Diego ab r h bi bb so avg Denorfia rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .330 Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Ludwick lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Hawpe 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Headley 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .262 Maybin cf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .269 Hudson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Johnson c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Cantu ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moseley p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Phillips ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .150 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 7 Batting - 2B: Denorfia (4); Hawpe (9); Headley (11). SF: Cantu. RBI: Cantu (14). Team LOB: 6. Fielding - DP: 2. Pitching ip h r er bb so era St. Louis Lohse W,6-2 8 5 1 1 1 5 2.06 Tallet H,2 z 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 Salas S,8 Z 1 0 0 0 1 1.27 San Diego Moseley 7 5 1 1 3 3 3.15 Adams 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.19 Bell L,2-1 1 3 2 2 0 0 2.12 IBB: Berkman (by Adams). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Lohse 30; 118-79; Tallet 1; 4-3; Salas 3; 9-6; Moseley 27; 104-60; Adams 5; 27-13; Bell 6; 28-15. Umpires - HP: Joyce; 1B: Kulpa; 2B: Wolf; 3B: Cousins. Game data - T: 2:50. Att: 16,513. Look ahead All times Eastern Today’s probable AL pitchers, Bodog.net lines J.P. Arencibia hit a three-run double during a five-run sixth inning to back spot starter Carlos Villanueva. Starting in place of injured Jesse Litsch, Villanueva limited New York to two hits and a run in five innings. RANGERS 4, Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz both hoWhite Sox 0 mered in their return to the Texas lineup and Alexi Ogando threw a five-hitter for his first career shutout. The sluggers were back in the Texas lineup together for the first time in almost six weeks. INDIANS 3, Asdrubal Cabrera’s two-out RBI double in Red Sox 2 the eighth inning rallied Cleveland. Cabrera drove his double to the wall in left field, scoring Michael Brantley and helping the Indians win their fourth straight. TIGERS 6, Victor Martinez hit a two-run double and Rays 3 Jhonny Peralta had a two-run single in the eighth inning. Charlie Furbush pitched 32⁄3 scoreless innings of relief in his major league debut after Detroit starter Phil Coke was injured. Mariners 8, Luis Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th TWINS 7 (10) inning as Seattle won its sixth game in a row. Carlos Peguero’s single in the ninth scored Michael Saunders and tied the game. ANGELS 4, Torii Hunter threw out the potential goAthletics 1 ahead run at the plate in the seventh inning and doubled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth. Hunter greeted reliever Michael Wuertz with a double to the wall in rightcenter on a 2-2 pitch, easily scoring Bobby Abreu. Blue Jays 7, YANKEES 3 NL games Career vs. 2011 season opp. W-L IP ERA W-L Pitchers 2010-11 vs. opp. W-L IP ERA Last 3 starts W-L IP ERA Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 ET (Line: Bal., -171; Total runs: 8) K.C.-Duffy (L) Bal.-Britton (L) 0-0 5-2 4 59 4.50 2.14 — — — — — — — — 0-0 0-1 4 21z 4.50 1.27 2.77 1.35 1-0 0-1 19 19Z 0.47 5.49 — 2.57 1-2 2-0 18 25 5.00 1.44 4.91 1.08 2-1 2-1 19 20Z 3.32 3.92 8.53 — 1-0 0-0 15 17 2.40 3.71 0-1 1-0 21Z 21 3.32 1.71 — 0-0 — 22z — 2.01 Boston at Cleveland, 7:05 ET (Line: Bos., -132; Total runs: 71⁄2) Bos.-Beckett (R) Cle.-Carmona (R) 3-1 3-4 57z 64z 1.73 4.76 3-5 2-3 1-1 1-1 13 20 Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:05 ET (Line: Det/. -172; Total runs: 7) T.B.-Davis (R) Det.-Verlander (R) 4-4 4-3 57 73 3.47 2.96 0-0 5-1 — 1-1 — 14 Toronto at New York, 7:05 ET (Line: N.Y., -170; Total runs: 8) Tor.-Romero (L) N.Y.-Sabathia (L) 4-4 4-3 58 67Z 3.10 3.06 3-2 9-3 2-1 1-0 25Z 8z Chicago at Texas, 8:05 ET (Line: Tex., -115; Total runs: 81⁄2) Chi.-Peavy (R) Tex.-Holland (L) 1-0 3-1 15 55Z 2.40 4.37 0-1 0-1 0-1 — 6z — Seattle at Minnesota, 8:10 ET (Line: Min., -113; Total runs: 71⁄2) Sea.-Fister (R) Min.-Blackburn (R) 2-4 3-4 58z 55Z 2.93 3.40 0-3 2-1 0-3 1-1 19Z 12z 3.66 3.65 Oakland at Los Angeles, 10:05 ET (Line: L.A., -160; Total runs: 71⁄2) Oak.-Moscoso (R) L.A.-Haren (R) Lines by www.bodog.net — 4-2 — 73z — 1.84 — 2-0 — 1-0 — 13 — 1.38 Wednesday’s games Bos at Phi, 12:05 TB at Det, 1:05 Tor at NYY, 1:05 Sea at Min, 1:10 CWS at Tex, 2:05 KC at Bal, 7:05 Oak at LAA, 10:05 Thursday’s games KC at Bal, 12:35 Bos at Det, 1:05 Oak at LAA, 3:35 CWS at Tor, 7:07 3 Toronto’s Jose Bautista blasts his MLB-leading 19th home run in the first inning of Monday’s game at Yankee Stadium. By Paul J. Bereswill, AP PHILLIES 10, Jimmy Rollins, Placido Polanco and Raul Reds 3 Ibanez homered to back Cole Hamels and Philadelphia handed Cincinnati its sixth straight loss. Chase Utley returned to Philadelphia’s lineup after missing the first 46 games with a right knee injury. The five-time All-Star second baseman was 0 for 5, the only starter without a hit. ASTROS 4, Hunter Pence hit a two-out RBI single in the Dodgers 3 ninth inning. Houston trailed 3-1 entering the ninth before Michael Bourn tied it with his two-out, full-count double down the rightfield line that scored two against Kenley Jansen. Bill Hall started the rally with a one-out single. BREWERS 11, Corey Hart hit his first three home runs this Nationals 3 season and drove in seven to tie both club records. Hitless in his previous 11 at-bats, Hart smacked two-run shots in the first and fifth innings and finished with a three-run homer off Doug Slaten with two outs in the eighth. Cardinals 3, Albert Pujols hit his first homer in 106 atPADRES 1 bats to end the longest drought of his career and St. Louis scored two runs off Heath Bell in the ninth. The Cardinals won for the seventh time in eight games. Today’s probable NL pitchers, Bodog.net lines Career vs. opp. 2011 season W-L IP ERA W-L Pitchers 2010-11 vs. opp. W-L IP ERA Last 3 starts W-L IP ERA Arizona at Colorado — Game 1, 3:10 ET (Line: Col., -185; Total runs: 81⁄2) Ari.-Saunders (L) Col.-De La Rosa (L) 0-5 5-2 52 56Z 5.02 3.34 3-1 6-3 2-1 2-1 23z 24z 3.86 2.96 0-2 1-2 18Z 19Z 3.86 4.12 1.20 — 2-1 2-0 18Z 12 1.45 0.75 — 3.00 2-1 3-0 20z 22 2.21 2.05 2-0 1-1 19 18 3.79 4.50 0-3 1-1 21 18 2.57 3.50 0-3 1-1 19 19z 3.79 1.40 2-0 1-0 12 19 0.00 2.37 2-1 1-0 22 19z 2.86 4.19 0-0 1-0 19z 22 3.26 3.27 Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:05 ET (Line: Phi., -119; Total runs: 8) Cin.-Cueto (R) Phi.-Worley (R) 2-1 2-0 18Z 16 1.45 1.13 1-2 — 1-0 — 15 — Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:05 ET (Line: Atl., -130; Total runs: 7) Atl.-Jurrjens (R) Pit.-Morton (R) 5-1 5-1 50 55 1.80 2.62 1-3 0-1 — 0-1 — 6 New York at Chicago, 8:05 ET (Line: Chi., -125; Total runs: 91⁄2) N.Y.-Niese (L) Chi.-Dempster (R) 3-4 2-4 55z 56 4.39 6.91 1-1 9-5 1-0 0-1 11Z 4Z 3.86 5.79 Los Angeles at Houston, 8:05 ET (Line: L.A., -135; Total runs: 7) L.A.-Billingsley (R) Hou.-Happ (L) 2-4 3-5 62z 52Z 3.47 5.30 3-3 0-0 — 0-0 — 5 — 1.80 Washington at Milwaukee, 8:10 ET (Line: Mil., -155; Total runs: 8) Was.-Hernandez (R) Mil.-Narveson (L) 3-6 2-3 64z 52z 3.64 3.44 9-6 1-0 2-0 0-0 16 12Z 0.56 6.39 Arizona at Colorado — Game 2 (Line: Col., -150; Total runs: 8) Ari.-Collmenter (R) Col.-Chacin (R) 3-0 5-2 26 60 0.69 2.70 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 2 31z 0.00 2.01 St. Louis at San Diego, 10:05 ET (Line: St.L., -136; Total runs: 61⁄2) StL.-McClellan (R) S.D.-Harang (R) 6-1 5-2 57Z 54z 3.43 1-1 4.31 7-13 0-1 0-3 4z 10.38 17 5.29 Florida at San Francisco, 10:15 ET (Line: S.F., -140; Total runs: 61⁄2) Fla.-Nolasco (R) S.F.-Cain (R) 3-0 3-2 59Z 57Z 3.32 3.28 2-2 3-0 1-1 1-0 12z 14 2.92 3.21 Lines by www.bodog.net Wednesday’s games Atl at Pit, 12:35 Was at Mil, 1:10 LAD at Hou, 2:05 StL at SD, 6:35 Cin at Phi, 7:05 NYM at ChC, 8:05 Ari at Col, 8:40 Fla at SF, 10:15 Thursday’s games Cin at Phi, 1:05 NYM at ChC, 2:20 Fla at SF, 3:45 Ari at Col, 8:40 Sunday’s results NL Mil 3, Col 1 Interleague NYY 9, NYM 3 Hou 3, Tor 2 Tex 2, Phi 0 Cle 12, Cin 4 Det 2, Pit 0 TB 4, Fla 0 Bal 2, Was 1 Sea 6, SD 1 CWS 8, LAD 3 SF 5, Oak 4 (11) LAA 4, Atl 1 StL 9, KC 8 (10) Bos 5, ChC 1 Ari 3, Min 2 Angels 4, Athletics 1 Astros 4, Dodgers 3 Indians 3, Red Sox 2 Brewers 11, Nationals 3 Phillies 10, Reds 3 Oakland ........ 001 000 000 — 1 Los Angeles .. 100 000 03x — 4 Los Angeles .. 010 000 200 — 3 Houston........ 001 000 003 — 4 Boston............ 001 010 000 — 2 Cleveland...... 000 100 02x — 3 Washington . 010 000 002 — 3 Milwaukee . 300 030 05x — 11 Cincinnati.... 000 300 000 — 3 Phila. ............ 207 100 00x — 10 Boston ab r h bi bb so avg Ellsbury cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Pedroia 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .246 Sutton pr-2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .342 Youkilis 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Drew rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Lowrie ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .317 Crawford lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .215 Saltalamacchia c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Totals 31 2 7 2 2 3 Washington ab r h bi bb so avg Bernadina cf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .266 Desmond ss 5 0 1 0 0 3 .230 Werth rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .240 Nix lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .308 Ramos c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Morse 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .267 Storen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slaten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Espinosa 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .204 Bixler pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .133 Hairston Jr. 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .248 Gorzelanny p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 H. Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stairs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .097 Burnett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cora 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Totals 37 3 8 3 1 11 Batting - 2B: Desmond (10); Nix (7). 3B: Hairston Jr. (1). HR: Morse (3). RBI: Bernadina (6); Morse (12); Hairston Jr. (13). Team LOB: 9. Fielding - E: Cora (1). Milwaukee ab r h bi bb so avg Weeks 2b 3 3 1 0 1 2 .288 Kotsay 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Hart rf 4 3 3 7 1 0 .262 Braun lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .302 Boggs pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .158 Fielder 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .282 Dillard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGehee 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .256 Lucroy c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .327 Betancourt ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .231 Gomez cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .225 Gallardo p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .185 Estrada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Counsell ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Totals 37 11 12 10 3 10 Batting - 2B: Braun 2 (7); Lucroy (6); Betancourt (7). HR: Hart 3 (3); Fielder (11). RBI: Hart 7 (8); Fielder (37); Lucroy (19); Betancourt (17). Team LOB: 6. Baserunning - SB: Hart (2). Fielding - E: Betancourt 2 (5). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Washington Gorzelanny L,2-4 5 8 6 6 1 6 4.25 H. Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.90 Burnett 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.71 Storen Z 2 3 3 1 1 1.48 Slaten z 2 2 1 0 1 2.31 Milwaukee Gallardo W,6-2 7 5 1 1 1 9 4.35 Estrada 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.89 Dillard 1 2 2 2 0 1 18.00 Cincinnati ab r h bi bb so avg Stubbs cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .262 Janish ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .316 Ondrusek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rolen 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .265 Bruce rf 4 1 3 3 0 1 .282 Lewis lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Hanigan c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .267 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Arroyo p Maloney p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frazier ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Arredondo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cairo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Totals 32 3 5 3 2 7 Batting - HR: Bruce (12). RBI: Bruce 3 (30). Team LOB: 5. Philadelphia ab r h bi bb so avg Rollins ss 5 2 2 3 0 1 .266 Utley 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Baez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Polanco 3b 4 2 2 2 1 0 .339 Howard 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .249 Ibanez lf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .239 Ruiz c 3 1 3 0 1 0 .241 Brown rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .125 Mayberry cf 4 1 1 2 0 2 .232 Hamels p 3 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Stutes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Bastardo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Valdez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Totals 37 10 14 10 2 6 Oakland ab Crisp cf 3 Barton 1b 3 Sweeney lf 2 Willingham ph-lf 1 Matsui dh 3 4 Jackson 3b DeJesus rf 4 Suzuki c 4 LaRoche 2b 4 Pennington ss 4 Totals 32 r 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 h 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 bi bb so avg 0 1 1 .278 0 1 1 .214 0 1 1 .313 0 0 0 .233 1 0 0 .236 0 0 0 .255 0 0 1 .232 0 0 1 .245 0 0 0 .221 0 0 1 .236 1 3 6 Batting - 2B: Crisp (11); DeJesus (5). SF: Matsui. RBI: Matsui (18). GIDP: LaRoche. Team LOB: 8. Fielding - DP: 1. Los Angeles ab r h bi bb so avg Izturis 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .302 Aybar ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .305 Abreu dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .269 Hunter rf 3 1 2 1 1 1 .238 Callaspo 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .296 Trumbo 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .252 Mathis c 4 0 2 2 0 0 .202 Bourjos cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .242 Willits lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 4 7 4 5 3 Batting - 2B: Hunter 2 (7). S: Aybar; Willits. RBI: Abreu (21); Hunter (25); Mathis 2 (7). GIDP: Trumbo. Team LOB: 7. Baserunning - SB: Abreu (8). Fielding - PB: Mathis (4). DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Oakland Outman 7 5 1 1 3 2 1.29 Fuentes L,1-7 z 0 1 1 1 0 5.06 Wuertz Z 2 2 2 1 1 2.13 Los Angeles Weaver 7 6 1 1 3 5 2.35 Downs W,2-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.66 Walden S,9 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.82 IBB: Callaspo (by Wuertz). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Outman 28; 102-69; Fuentes 2; 10-6; Wuertz 5; 19-10; Weaver 28; 110-67; Downs 5; 20-10; Walden 3; 10-8. Umpires - HP: Danley; 1B: Carapazza; 2B: Blaser; 3B: Nauert. Game data - T: 2:45. Att: 36,215. Mariners 8, Twins 7 Seattle........ 211 000 021 1 — 8 Minnesota 100 310 200 0 — 7 Seattle ab r h bi bb so avg Suzuki rf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .292 Figgins 3b 5 0 1 0 1 0 .211 Smoak 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .269 Saunders pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .180 Rodriguez 1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 .186 Cust dh 5 2 2 2 1 2 .230 Gutierrez cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Peguero lf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .222 Ryan ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .232 J. Wilson 2b 5 3 1 0 0 0 .253 Gimenez c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .214 Kennedy ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .283 Olivo c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .228 Totals 44 8 15 8 3 5 Batting - 2B: Gutierrez (1); Gimenez (1). HR: Cust (1). S: Suzuki. SF: Rodriguez. RBI: Suzuki (17); Rodriguez (10); Cust 2 (16); Peguero 2 (8); Gimenez (4); Kennedy (11). Team LOB: 11. Baserunning - SB: Saunders (4); J. Wilson (5). Minnesota ab r h bi bb so avg Span cf 5 1 3 2 1 0 .291 Plouffe ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Kubel rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .309 Morneau 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Cuddyer 2b 3 3 2 0 1 0 .267 Casilla 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .188 Thome dh 3 2 2 4 2 0 .237 Young lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .234 Repko lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Valencia 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Butera c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .115 Totals 40 7 10 7 6 5 Batting - 2B: Cuddyer (5). HR: Span (2); Thome 2 (4). RBI: Span 2 (10); Thome 4 (11); Young (10). Team LOB: 9. Baserunning - SB: Span (4). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Seattle Vargas 4Z 7 5 5 4 2 3.86 Laffey 2z 2 2 2 0 1 1.90 Ray 1 1 0 0 0 2 9.58 Wright W,1-1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.64 League S,11 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.16 Minnesota Pavano 7 9 4 4 2 3 5.28 Nathan H,2 z 2 2 2 0 1 8.22 Capps BS,4 1Z 2 1 1 0 1 5.09 Swarzak L,0-2 Z 2 1 1 1 0 7.71 Dumatrait z 0 0 0 0 0 2.70 WP: Wright; Nathan. IBB: Thome (by Wright); Figgins (by Swarzak). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Vargas 25; 95-59; Laffey 9; 33-26; Ray 4; 13-10; Wright 5; 26-13; League 3; 7-6; Pavano 32; 108-72; Nathan 4; 21-12; Capps 7; 31-21; Swarzak 5; 20-11; Dumatrait 1; 4-2. Umpires - HP: Rapuano; 1B: O’Nora; 2B: Marquez; 3B: Hickox. Game data - T: 3:40. Att: 37,498. Los Angeles Furcal ss Miles 2b Loney 1b Kemp cf Gibbons rf Gwynn Jr. lf Sands lf-rf Navarro c Mitchell 3b Kershaw p Ethier ph MacDougal p Guerrier p Jansen p Totals ab 4 4 4 4 3 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 31 r 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 h 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 bi bb so avg 0 0 0 .171 0 0 0 .285 0 0 0 .240 1 0 1 .315 0 0 1 .206 0 0 1 .200 0 3 1 .239 0 0 0 .133 0 1 1 .080 0 0 1 .190 1 0 0 .311 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 4 6 Batting - 2B: Navarro (1). HR: Kemp (11). RBI: Kemp (33); Ethier (22). Team LOB: 5. Baserunning - SB: Kemp (13). CS: Sands (2). Fielding - DP: 1. Houston ab r h bi bb so avg Bourn cf 4 1 1 2 1 0 .270 Barmes ss 3 0 1 0 1 2 .216 Pence rf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .298 Lee 1b-lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .240 Michaels lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .156 Wallace ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .220 Hall 2b 4 2 4 0 0 0 .244 Quintero c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .252 Downs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Norris p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .118 Bogusevic ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Escalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanchez ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .270 Totals 33 4 9 4 4 10 Batting - 2B: Bourn (11); Hall 2 (7). S: Norris. RBI: Bourn 2 (12); Pence (36); Quintero (9). GIDP: Quintero. Team LOB: 9. Baserunning - SB: Bourn (18); Hall (1); Sanchez (2). Fielding - E: Bourn (1). DP: 2. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Los Angeles Kershaw 6 4 1 1 2 7 2.96 MacDougal H,2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.69 Guerrier H,8 1 1 0 0 1 1 3.28 Jansen L,1-1; BS,1 Z 3 3 3 1 2 6.30 Houston Norris 7 6 3 2 3 5 3.77 Escalona z 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 Fulchino W,1-2 1Z 0 0 0 1 1 3.48 IBB: Mitchell (by Norris). HBP: Barmes (by Jansen). Balks: Norris. Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Kershaw 24; 84-54; MacDougal 3; 7-4; Guerrier 5; 25-13; Jansen 7; 38-23; Norris 28; 116-72; Escalona 2; 4-3; Fulchino 5; 25-11. Umpires - HP: B. Welke; 1B: Estabrook; 2B: Nelson; 3B: Foster. Game data - T: 3:07. Att: 22,579. Blue Jays 7, Yankees 3 Toronto .......... 100 005 010 — 7 New York ....... 000 101 010 — 3 Toronto Davis cf Patterson lf Bautista rf Escobar ss Rivera 1b Hill 2b Thames dh Arencibia c Encarnacion 3b McDonald 3b Totals ab 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 1 34 r 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 7 h 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 9 bi bb so avg 0 0 0 .250 0 0 1 .268 1 2 0 .353 0 0 0 .284 0 1 0 .228 1 0 1 .250 1 1 1 .250 4 0 2 .252 0 0 3 .239 0 0 0 .202 7 4 8 Batting - 2B: Patterson (12); Hill (10); Arencibia (7). HR: Bautista (19). S: Escobar. RBI: Bautista (32); Hill (17); Thames (3); Arencibia 4 (23). Team LOB: 5. Baserunning - CS: Davis (5). Fielding - E: Escobar (4); Encarnacion (11). New York ab r h bi bb so avg Jeter ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Granderson cf 2 3 0 0 3 2 .260 Teixeira 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .249 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .289 Cano 2b 3 0 1 3 0 0 .274 Martin c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Posada dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Gardner lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .274 Dickerson rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .333 Totals 34 3 6 3 3 10 Batting - 2B: Gardner (5). SF: Cano. RBI: Cano 3 (31). Team LOB: 8. Baserunning - SB: Granderson (5); Gardner 2 (8). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Toronto Villanueva W,2-0 5 2 1 1 1 5 1.53 Frasor 1 1 1 1 1 0 1.83 Rauch 1z 1 1 1 1 3 4.19 Perez Z 1 0 0 0 0 7.36 Francisco 1 1 0 0 0 2 5.11 New York Colon L,2-3 6 7 6 6 4 8 3.77 Noesi 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.29 IBB: Rivera (by Colon); Bautista (by Colon). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Villanueva 19; 75-45; Frasor 6; 23-12; Rauch 6; 29-18; Perez 3; 5-3; Francisco 4; 20-13; Colon 28; 102-64; Noesi 11; 35-25. Umpires - HP: Barry; 1B: Hirschbeck; 2B: Bell; 3B: Diaz. Game data - T: 3:00. Att: 41,946. Batting - HR: Crawford (2). RBI: Pedroia (11); Crawford (14). GIDP: Youkilis; Ortiz; Crawford. Team LOB: 6. Baserunning - CS: Ellsbury (6). Cleveland ab r h bi bb so avg Brantley cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .294 A. Cabrera ss 4 1 3 2 0 0 .312 Choo rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .244 Buck dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 LaPorta 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256 O. Cabrera 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Hannahan 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .242 Everett pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276 Kearns lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .210 Marson c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Santana ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Totals 28 3 6 3 2 5 Batting - 2B: A. Cabrera (10); Kearns (4). HR: A. Cabrera (10). RBI: Brantley (23); A. Cabrera 2 (34). GIDP: Marson. Team LOB: 3. Baserunning - SB: A. Cabrera (7). CS: Hannahan (1). Fielding - E: Masterson. DP: 3. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Boston Buchholz 7z 4 2 2 2 4 3.30 Bard L,1-4; BS,2 z 2 1 1 0 0 3.65 Hill z 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Cleveland Masterson 7Z 4 2 2 2 3 2.50 R. Perez 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.13 Smith W,2-1 z 0 0 0 0 0 2.19 C. Perez S,13 1 2 0 0 0 0 2.70 R Perez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP: Youkilis (by Masterson); Ellsbury (by Masterson). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Buchholz 26; 94-55; Bard 3; 11-8; Hill 1; 4-3; Masterson 29; 112-70; R. Perez 1; 4-3; Smith 1; 3-1; C. Perez 4; 11-6. Umpires - HP: Emmel; 1B: Drake; 2B: Rackley; 3B: Dreckman. Game data - T: 2:49. Att: 19,225. Tigers 6, Rays 3 Tampa Bay.... 000 100 002 — 3 Detroit ........... 000 011 04x — 6 Tampa Bay Upton cf Damon dh Longoria 3b Zobrist rf-2b Rodriguez 2b-ss Lopez 1b Kotchman 1b Shoppach c Jaso ph E. Johnson ss Joyce rf Fuld lf Totals ab 3 5 2 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 2 3 30 r 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 h 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 bi bb so avg 0 2 3 .247 0 0 0 .269 1 1 0 .221 0 0 0 .260 0 1 0 .209 0 0 1 .213 0 0 0 .349 0 0 1 .167 0 1 0 .211 0 0 0 .258 0 0 0 .357 2 0 0 .229 3 5 5 Batting - 2B: Damon (6). S: Fuld. SF: Longoria. RBI: Longoria (9); Fuld 2 (18). Team LOB: 8. Baserunning - SB: Upton (8). CS: E. Johnson (3). Fielding - DP: 2. Detroit ab r h bi bb so avg Jackson cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .211 Boesch rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .266 Wells rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Cabrera 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .313 Martinez dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 .303 Dirks lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .278 Peralta ss 3 0 1 2 1 2 .295 Avila c 2 0 0 0 2 1 .286 Inge 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .208 Totals 27 6 7 6 7 6 Batting - 2B: Boesch (11); Martinez (11). HR: Dirks (1). S: Jackson. RBI: Cabrera (31); Martinez 2 (25); Dirks (2); Peralta 2 (26). GIDP: Avila. Team LOB: 5. Baserunning - CS: Cabrera (1). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Tampa Bay Hellickson L,5-3 6z 4 2 2 4 4 3.14 Howell 1z 1 2 2 1 1 7.71 Cruz 0 2 2 2 2 0 3.63 Ramos z 0 0 0 0 1 3.77 Detroit Coke 3z 2 1 1 1 1 3.81 Furbush W,1-0 3Z 2 0 0 1 3 0.00 Benoit H,6 1 0 0 0 1 1 7.02 Valverde 1 2 2 2 2 0 3.43 WP: Cruz; Valverde. IBB: Dirks (by Cruz); Martinez (by Hellickson). HBP: Shoppach (by Furbush). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Hellickson 25; 100-60; Howell 5; 20-13; Cruz 4; 16-8; Ramos 1; 4-3; Coke 13; 47-29; Furbush 14; 53-35; Benoit 4; 18-10; Valverde 7; 27-13. Umpires - HP: Holbrook; 1B: Davis; 2B: Gibson; 3B: Tichenor. Game data - T: 3:21. Att: 21,550. HBP: Weeks (by Gorzelanny). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Gorzelanny 25; 95-64; H. Rodriguez 3; 11-7; Burnett 4; 15-6; Storen 5; 25-16; Slaten 4; 17-12; Gallardo 28; 102-71; Estrada 5; 25-16; Dillard 5; 22-15. Umpires - HP: T. Welke; 1B: Barksdale; 2B: Johnson; 3B: Culbreth. Game data - T: 2:56. Att: 22,906. Batting - 2B: Howard (10); Ruiz (4); Brown (1). HR: Rollins (3); Polanco (3); Ibanez (5). RBI: Rollins 3 (15); Polanco 2 (27); Ibanez 2 (20); Mayberry 2 (10); Hamels (1). Team LOB: 5. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Cincinnati Arroyo L,3-5 2Z 10 9 9 1 2 5.28 Maloney 3z 3 1 1 1 2 7.20 Arredondo 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.93 Ondrusek 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.10 Philadelphia Hamels W,6-2 6 5 3 3 2 4 3.06 Stutes 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.35 Bastardo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.10 Baez 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.19 HBP: Rolen (by Hamels). Balks: Hamels. Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Arroyo 19; 7846; Maloney 13; 50-30; Arredondo 4; 11-10; Ondrusek 3; 13-8; Hamels 26; 102-65; Stutes 3; 13-9; Bastardo 3; 12-7; Baez 3; 15-8. Umpires - HP: Vanover; 1B: Gorman; 2B: Randazzo; 3B: Bellino. Game data - T: 2:45. Att: 45,841. Sunday’s late game Red Sox 5, Cubs 1 Rangers 4, White Sox 0 Chicago......... 000 000 000 — 0 Texas ............... 100 002 01x — 4 Chicago ab r h bi bb so avg Pierre lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Dunn dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .189 Konerko 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .302 Quentin rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Pierzynski c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Rios cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .202 McPherson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Beckham 2b 2 0 2 0 1 0 .232 Totals 29 0 5 0 3 6 Batting - GIDP: Pierre; Ramirez. Team LOB: 5. Texas ab r h bi bb so avg Kinsler 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .230 Andrus ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Hamilton dh 4 2 2 1 0 0 .349 Young 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .348 Gentry 1b-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 A. Beltre 3b 2 1 0 1 1 0 .257 Cruz lf-rf 4 1 1 2 0 2 .220 Murphy cf-lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Napoli c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .185 Moreland rf-1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Totals 30 4 9 4 2 3 Batting - 2B: Kinsler (14); Hamilton (4); Murphy (5). 3B: Young (3). HR: Hamilton (1); Cruz (8). SF: A. Beltre. RBI: Hamilton (8); A. Beltre (38); Cruz 2 (20). GIDP: Andrus. Team LOB: 5. Baserunning - CS: Young (1). Fielding - E: Kinsler (6). Pitching ip h r er bb so era Chicago Danks L,0-7 8 9 4 4 2 3 4.34 Texas Ogando W,5-0 9 5 0 0 3 6 1.81 Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Danks 33; 105-71; Ogando 32; 115-76. Umpires - HP: Runge; 1B: McClelland; 2B: Hudson; 3B: Barrett. Game data - T: 2:05. Att: 30,861. Chicago ......... 000 000 100 — 1 Boston............ 000 210 20x — 5 Chicago Fukudome rf Barney 2b Castro ss Ramirez 3b Pena 1b Baker lf Campana pr-lf Soriano dh Castillo c Johnson cf Totals ab 4 4 4 4 4 3 0 3 3 3 32 r 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 h 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 bi bb so avg 0 0 1 .310 0 0 1 .315 0 0 1 .323 0 0 0 .296 0 0 1 .216 1 0 2 .376 0 0 0 .500 0 0 1 .265 0 0 0 .182 0 0 0 .370 1 0 7 Batting - 2B: Castro (12); Ramirez (12); Baker (7). RBI: Baker (14). GIDP: Castillo. Team LOB: 4. Fielding - E: Castillo (2). DP: 2. Boston ab r h bi bb so avg Ellsbury cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Pedroia 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .244 Gonzalez 1b 4 2 4 0 0 0 .342 Youkilis 3b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .281 Ortiz dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .299 Lowrie ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 .319 Cameron rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .143 Crawford lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .237 Totals 31 5 12 5 1 3 Batting - 2B: Gonzalez (15); Ortiz (9). 3B: Youkilis (1). HR: Saltalamacchia (3). SF: Lowrie; Cameron. RBI: Youkilis 2 (32); Lowrie (20); Cameron (5); Saltalamacchia (12). GIDP: Cameron; Saltalamacchia. Team LOB: 7. Baserunning - CS: Ellsbury (5). Fielding - DP: 1. Pitching ip h r er bb so era Chicago Russell L,1-5 4 7 3 3 1 2 6.33 Berg 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.75 Grabow 1Z 3 2 2 0 1 4.67 Wood Z 1 0 0 0 0 2.41 Maine Z 0 0 0 0 0 20.25 Boston Wakefield W,1-1 6Z 4 1 1 0 3 4.50 Bard H,9 1z 0 0 0 0 2 3.33 Papelbon 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.29 J.Russell pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. WP: Wakefield (2). HBP: Lowrie (by Wood). Batters faced; pitches-strikes: Russell 19; 5739; Berg 3; 18-11; Grabow 8; 25-19; Wood 5; 18-10; Maine 1; 4-2; Wakefield 24; 75-54; Bard 4; 22-14; Papelbon 4; 17-13. Umpires - HP: Hickox; 1B: Rapuano; 2B: O’Nora; 3B: Marquez. Game data - T: 2:44. Att: 37,688. Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3D NEWS -LEADER • News-Leader.com Mavericks rally to stun Oklahoma City Dallas trailed by 15 with five minutes left. De Silvestro counts blessings after crash 22-year-old will race at Indy 500 despite severe burns on her hands. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Simona de Sil- By Jeff Latzke THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY — Trailing by 15 points with only 5 minutes to play in one of the NBA’s rowdiest arenas, the Dallas Mavericks were just wishing and hoping for the best. Dirk Nowitzki NBA and Jason Kidd PLAYOFFS delivered, and the Mavs suddenly find themselves only one win away from the NBA finals. Nowitzki scored 40 points, Kidd hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 40 seconds left in overtime and the Mavericks staged an improbable rally to stun the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-105 on Monday night and take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals. “You’re lying if you’re not surprised. Down 15 with 5 minutes to play you’re thinking hopefully something can happen,” Dallas center Brendan Haywood said. “You’re just kind of wishing.” Dallas didn’t lead until Nowitzki hit two free throws 16 seconds into overtime, needing to rally from a 99-84 deficit in the final 5 minutes of regulation. The Mavericks never let the Thunder — who were one win shy of tying an NBA record with eight OT wins in the regular season — go ahead in the extra period. “There’s times and situations where they are going to test the courage and the mental inner strength of your team,” said Jason Terry, who scored 20 for Dallas. “This was one of those times.” Kevin Durant missed a 3-pointer on Oklahoma City’s opening ERIC GAY / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oklahoma City forward Nick Collison (4) attempts to score as Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki defends in the first half of Monday’s game. possession of overtime then didn’t get another shot until he missed a 3 off the front rim in the final 10 seconds with the Thunder down by five. Durant finished with 29 points and 15 rebounds, and Serge Ibaka had 18 points and 10 boards for Oklahoma City. The Thunder suffered their first consecutive losses of the postseason and first back-toback home losses in six months. » Playoff glance, 4D vestro’s hands are wrapped in thick gauze and tape from her wrists to fingertips, protecting the raw tissue beneath from exposure as it heals from the burns caused by a horrific crash during practice for the Indianapolis 500. She jokingly called them her “Mickey Mouse” gloves and is planning to wear a much more streamlined version Sunday under her protective driving gloves. This is Indy. As long as she can grip the wheel, the 22-year-old Swiss driver plans to be racing at The Brickyard. “I’m going to try. You never know,” de Silvestro said. “Sometimes, it’s too risky. But I’m going to try as much as I can to stay out there.” De Silvestro is actually thankful her hands, which are healing from second- and some thirddegree burns, were the only casualty in the crash that could have easily killed her Thursday. The car slammed into a wall, flew off the track and flipped several times before coming to a stop upside down and in flames. Smoke billowed from the wreckage as her crew worked to turn it over and get her out. The burning fuel was hot enough to get through her protective gloves, but that was the only physical damage on de Silvestro. “Just coming out with a couple burns, I think it’s not so bad,” she said. “I usually close my eyes when I crash. I thought it was over and all of a sudden I open my eyes and I’m flying off again. You just hope it’s over as soon as possible, and then you just try to get out of it. I was lucky that I didn’t pass out or anything.” Mentally, she was rattled and remained so until she got into her INDIANAPOLIS 500 When: 11 a.m. Sunday Where: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pole-sitter: Alex Tagliani TV: ABC backup car on Saturday. After a few tentative laps, she had enough confidence to go for it and ended up qualifying 24th. “She’s my hero,” said Tony Kanaan, who is No. 23 in Sunday’s lineup for the 100th anniversary race. “What a great spirit that she has. I saw it because she came and talked to me about it. It looked bad. Real bad. What she did gives me goose bumps.” De Silvestro and fellow drivers Will Power and Justin Wilson were in Boston on Monday during a promotion for Indy car racing’s return to New England. The circuit will race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in August for the first time since 1998. Each driver was presented with a large, freshly cooked lobster, which de Silvestro nibbled on, picking off tiny pieces with the very ends of her fingers while trying to keep her hand dressing from getting soaked with butter. The bandages are changed twice a day as doctors see how the burned flesh is recovering. On Sunday, she had layers of dead skin removed, exposing the raw underlayers and causing another round of pain. “They just kind of peel it off. It looks like in the movies after,” she said. “It’s pretty disgusting.” De Silvestro said she also burned her hands last summer in a crash at Texas, although not nearly as severely. She will learn this week if she’ll need skin grafts. “I think it will take a while for them to get better,” she said. “But, we’ll see if we can do a good race with them.” » Lineup, 4D Bruins a win away Seifert/Credits time at juco from Eastern crown of times by the seventh or eighth inning, they’re cooked.” Seifert credits his time in junior college for that. “More than anything I learned �next day.’ If you go 0-for-4, you have the next day, and it’s been a great gift for me here where pitching’s a little b e t t e r, ” S e i f e r t said. “If you get too high, you’re gonna get too low sometimes. Staying even really helps in base- Seifert ball.” Continued from Page 1D Thomas has 33 saves, Marchand scores winner. By Jimmy Golen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Tim Thomas stopped NHL PLAYOFFS after the final whistle. Thomas bounced back after allowing four straight goals in Game 4 and may have saved the season when he stopped Steve Downie with about 11 minutes left, reaching out to put his stick in front of the open net and protect a 2-1 lead. Two nights after Tampa Bay rallied with five straight goals to overcome a 3-0 deficit and win Game 4, Boston shrugged off Simon Gagne’s goal just 69 seconds in and staged a comeback of its own. Gagne, who scored the winner in Game 4, converted a 2-on-1 with Steve Stamkos to beat defenseman Johnny Boychuk and put the puck past Thomas. Horton tied it on a one-timer from Milan Lucic 4:24 into the second period — just Boston’s seventh shot. Marchand also took a penalty in the second, then came back to score. After Zdeno Chara kept the puck in the zone, Patrice Bergeron went to the faceoff circle to retrieve it, then passed it over to Marchand for an easy chip-in past Smith. 33 shots after allowing another early goal, and Brad Marchand scored the game-winner to lead Boston to a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night and put the Bruins one win away from the Stanley Cup finals. The victory gave Boston a 3-2 lead in the best-of-7 Eastern Conference finals, with a chance to clinch Wednesday night in Tampa Bay. Nathan Horton scored to tie it in the second period, 17 seconds after returning from the penalty box. Marchand scored with 4:04 left in the period to give Boston a 2-1 lead. Boston managed just 19 shots on Mike Smith as he made his first career playoff start in place of Dwayne Roloson. Tampa Bay finally managed to pull the goalie with 42 seconds left, but Rich Peverley scored an empty-netter with 12.1 seconds left to clinch it. The Lightning left the extra skater on the bench for the ensuing faceoff, but they couldn’t come through with any- » Playoff glance, 4D thing more than some shoving Lead-Off/Lewallen, Reed honored Continued from Page 1D with a 1.48 earned run average. He walked only 15 batters. Josh Lewallen of Hillcrest was named defensive player of the year. An outfielder, the senior had a .960 fielding percentage and four assists. He also batted .389. Payton Reed of Kickapoo was named offensive player of the year. Reed batted .455 with eight home runs and 40 RBIs. As for action on the field, four small-class sectional baseball games were moved to today because of inclement weather. They are: Windsor at Stockton, Cabool at Conway, Purdy at Clever and Wheaton at Dora. baseball career. He developed physically and emotionally in his two seasons at the Council Bluffs, Iowa, school. He hit .485 with 18 homers and 92 RBIs last year in leading Iowa Western to the national championship. “He has a great idea of the strike zone,” said MSU pitcher Dan Kickham, who played for Crowder College against Iowa Western last year at the Juco World Series. “You could tell right away that he’s a tough out.” Nearly as endearing to Guttin as on-field production is Seifert’s personality. He relates a response to a text message he received from Seifert’s juco coach, Mark Rardin, last fall. “He asked how (Seifert) was doing, and I said, �Doesn’t talk. Just hits,’ ” Guttin said. “He’s not a big talker, he just plays. He has a great mental Tourney time NATHAN PAPES / NEWS-LEADER Missouri State’s Brent Seifert is “not a big talker, he just plays,” says his coach, Keith Guttin. make-up. A lot of times his best at-bats are late in games. “Guys that are emotional, a lot Nick Petree (8-2) pitches today’s opener against SIU’s Cody Forsythe (8-4). Petree and the Bears defeated the Salukis 11-4 on April 16, as he allowed one run in seven innings. Forsythe defeated MSU 11-1 the next day, also pitching seven innings. Cards/La Russa ejected in eighth Continued from Page 1D pitch at the knees, then turned and jumped in frustration after Joyce punched him out. La Russa came out to get the slugger and as he turned toward the dugout, said something to Joyce and was ejected. It was La Russa’s eighth game back since missing six games to be treated for shingles. The Padres pitched to Pujols with first base open after Jon Jay hit a one-out double. Padres pinch-hitter Jorge Cantu hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 1 in the seventh. San Diego had runners on first and third and no outs after Chase Headley hit a leadoff double and advanced on Cameron Maybin’s bunt for a single. Orlando Hudson grounded to Pujols, who threw home to catch Headley in a rundown, which moved Maybin to third. The Cardinals broke through against Bell (2-1) in the ninth. Skip Schumaker hit a one-out double to right and scored on Daniel Descalso’s single to medium right. Chris Denorfia’s throw was up the first-base line. Ryan Theriot hit a two-out single to bring in Descalso. Kyle Lohse (6-2) held the Padres to one run and five hits in eight innings, struck out five and walked one. Fernando Salas got the final two outs for his eighth save in as many chances. Moseley allowed one run and five hits in seven innings, struck out three and walked three. The loss came hours after the light-hitting Padres shook up their lineup by demoting leadoff batter Will Venable to Triple-A. Denorfia moved into Venable’s starting spot in RF. To take his spot on the 25-man roster, the Padres purchased the contract of Blake Tekotte from Double-A. » Box score, 2D Cycling/Legal action against Hamilton possible Continued from Page 1D by a cyclist who has not hesitated to abuse the trust of all followers of cycling on several occasions in the past,” the statement said. Hamilton, who admitted to “60 Minutes” that he doped during his career, twice tested positive for banned substances. “At no time did he see fit to inform the UCI of the events he claims to have witnessed 10 years ago, and which he is now using in his attempt to harm the UCI,” the cycling body said. “The UCI can only confirm that Lance Armstrong has never been notified of a positive test result by any anti-doping laboratory.” The UCI said it reserves the right to take legal action against Hamilton. CBS’ “60 Minutes” also reported that UCI officials helped arrange a meeting involving Armstrong and the World AntiDoping Agency-accredited laboratory at Lausanne, which tested the Swiss race samples. The UCI and its former president Hein Verbruggen, whose 14year spell in office ended in 2005, denied such a meeting took place. Verbruggen told The Associated Press that Armstrong’s doping controls had never been hidden. “There has never, ever been a cover-up. Not in the Tour de Suisse, not in the Tour de France,” the Dutch official said. “I don’t know anything about suspicious tests. I was not aware of that.” The UCI has previously said the 2001 Swiss race was clear of dop- ing and denied suggestions that Armstrong gave it money for covering up a failed test. Armstrong donated $25,000 in 2002 for the Swiss-based organization’s anti-doping program and $100,000 in 2005 for the purchase of a Sysmex machine used for analyzing blood. Tour de Suisse spokesman Rolf Huser told the AP that organizers knew nothing about the race test results, which are conducted by cycling federations and anti-doping agencies. “We are never in the loop about doping controls. We have to be neutral,” Huser said. “We can’t say anything about these rumors from 2001. We had the (race) results and everything was OK.” The Tour de Suisse allegations are similar to those made by Floyd Landis, who had his 2006 Tour de France title stripped for doping. After years of denying he cheated, Landis came out last year acknowledging he used PEDs and alleged Armstrong did, as well. 4D Tuesday, May 24, 2011 • SCOREBOARD TV/RADIO Djokovic extends winning streak TODAY Win at French puts him at 38-0 in 2011. BASEBALL College: MVC tournament, first round, Missouri St. vs. Southern Illinois, at Omaha, Neb., 3 p.m.— KBFL1060 AM By Howard Fendrich American League: Kansas City at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.— Mediacom Channel 22, KWTO 560 AM AP TENNIS WRITER PARIS — Shhhhhh! Don’t say a word. Novak Djokovic is perfect so far in 2011, and superstition demands silence, lest he be jinxed. Djokovic himself insists he isn’t keeping tabs on his unbeaten run, which reached 38-0 this season — and 40 consecutive victories dating to December — thanks to a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 win over Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands in the first round of the French Open on Monday. “I’m not counting,” the second-seeded Djokovic National League: N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 7 p.m.— WGN National League: St. Louis at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.— Fox Sports Network, KTXR 101.3 FM BASKETBALL NBA: Playoffs, conference finals, game 4, Chicago at Miami, 7:30 p.m.— TNT HOCKEY NHL: Playoffs, conference finals, game 5, San Jose at Vancouver 8 p.m.— VERSUS TENNIS French Open: First round, at Paris, 11 a.m.— ESPN2 College: NCAA Division I playoffs, championship match, Virginia vs. Southern California, at Palo Alto, Calif. (same-day tape), 9:30 p.m.— ESPN2 22 KC BASEBALL 1:10 National League: St. Louis at San Diego, 5:35 p.m. — Fox Sports Network, KTXR 101.3 FM COL 29 2:10 For ticket information call 314-345-9600 For ticket information call 800-6ROYALS 23 24 25 SD SD SD 9:05 9:05 5:35 30 31 26 1 2 SAT. 27 STANDINGS North Division Texas League: Corpus Christi at Springfield, 7:07 p.m. — KWTO 98.7 FM W L Pct. GB NW Arknss (Royals) 21 18 .538 — Tulsa (Rockies) 23 20 .535 — Arkansas (Angels) 19 20 .487 2 Sprngld (Cardinals) 19 24 .442 4 South Division W L Pct. GB Sn Antnio (Padres) 30 14 .682 — Frisco (Rangers) 23 21 .523 7 Midland (Athletics) 18 26 .409 12 Crps Chrsti (Astros) 17 27 .386 13 Monday's Games Arkansas at Northwest Arkansas, 1st game, ccd., rain Frisco 6, San Antonio 4, 10 innings Springfield 8, Tulsa 7 Arkansas at Northwest Arkansas, 2nd game, ccd., rain Midland 3 Corpus Christi 0 Today's Games No games scheduled Wednesday's Games Tulsa at Midland, 6:30 p.m. Northwest Arkansas at Frisco, 7 p.m. Corpus Christi at Springfield, 7:07 p.m. San Antonio at Arkansas, 7:10 p.m. BASKETBALL NBA: Playoffs, conference finals, game 5, Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8 p.m. — ESPN HOCKEY NHL: Playoffs, conference finals, game 6, Boston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. — VERSUS TENNIS French Open: Second round, at Paris, 11 a.m. — ESPN2 College CALENDAR Baseball College:MVCtournament,firstround,Missouri St. vs. Southern Illinois, at Omaha, Neb., 3 p.m. High school: Class 3 Sectional, Mount Vernon at Catholic, 6 p.m. Soccer High school girls: Class 3 Sectional, Glendale vs. Parkview, at Harrison Stadium 6 p.m. High school girls: Class 1 Sectional, Catholic at Dixon, 4:30 p.m. AUTO RACING Sprint Cup Points Leaders Through May 15 1. Carl Edwards, 416; 2. Jimmie Johnson, 392; 3. Kyle Busch, 379; 4. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 364; 5. Kevin Harvick, 362; 6. Matt Kenseth, 342; 7. Ryan Newman, 340; 8. Clint Bowyer, 336; 9. Kurt Busch, 336; 10. Tony Stewart, 328; 11. Mark Martin, 324; 12. Greg Biffle, 311; 13. Denny Hamlin, 304; 14. Jeff Gordon, 299; 15. Juan Montoya, 296 IRL Indianapolis 500 Lineup After qualifying; race Sunday, May 29 At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Lap length: 2.5 mile All cars were Dallara-Honda 1. (77) A. Tagliani, 02:38.2613 (227.472). 2. (9) Scott Dixon, 02:38.3528 (227.340). 3. (2) Oriol Servia, 02:38.4727 (227.168). 4. (99) Townsend Bell, 02:38.6696 (226.887). 5. (12) Will Power, 02:38.7493 (226.773). 6. (98) Dan Wheldon, 02:38.9477 (226.171). 7. (44) Buddy Rice, 02:39.4431 (225.786). 8. (67) Ed Carpenter, 02:39.9137 (225.121). 9. (10) Dario Franchitti, 02:39.0253 (226.379). 10. (5) Takuma Sato, 02:39.4785 (225.736). 11. (14) Vitor Meira, 02:39.5814 (225.590). 12. (4) JR Hildebrand, 02:39.5895 (225.579). 13. (06) James Hinchcliffe, 02:39.5942 (225.572). 14. (30) Bertrand Baguette, 02:39.7973 (225.285). 15. (11) Davey Hamilton, 02:39.8223 (225.250). 16. (3) Helio Castroneves, 02:39.8464 (225.216). 17. (43) John Andretti, 02:40.0133 (224.981). 18. (59) EJ Viso, 02:40.1907 (224.732). 19. (41) Bruno Junqueira, 02:40.2203 (224.691). 20. (22) Justin Wilson, 02:40.3488 (224.511). 21. (88) Jay Howard, 02:40.3685 (224.483). 22. (07) Tomas Scheckter, 02:40.4040 (224.433). 23. (82) Tony Kanaan, 02:40.4156 (224.417). 24.(78T)SimonadeSilvestro,02:40.4335(224.392). 25. (23) Paul Tracy, 02:40.0433 (224.939). 26. (7) Danica Patrick, 02:40.0987 (224.861). 27. (6T) Ryan Briscoe, 02:40.2572 (224.639). 28. (26) Marco Andretti, 02:40.2648 (224.628). 29. (83) Charlie Kimball, 02:40.3574 (224.499). 30. (38) Graham Rahal, 02:40.4424 (224.380). 31. (19) Alex Lloyd, 02:40.7451 (223.957). 32. (36) Pippa Mann, 02:40.7600 (223.936). 33. (24) Ana Beatriz, 02:40.8012 (223.879). Local At Lebanon I-44 Speedway Late Models Feature — 1. Mike Sloan, Rolla; 2. Chrissy Wallace, Concord, N.C.; 3. Ken Dickinson, Lake of the Ozarks; 4. Cole Williams, Sellersburg, Ind.; 5. Dale Roper Jr., Fair Grove; 6. Jimmy Vanzandt, Springfield; 7. Austin Fullerton, Chelsea, Okla.; 8. Jim Reaves, Springfield; 9. Crispen Beavers, Joplin; 10. Grant Sharp, Conway; 11. Jeremy Manes, Nixa; 12. Steve Holt, Strafford Modifieds Feature — 1. Tyler Scott, Nixa; 2. Mike Coryell, Lebanon; 3. Jason Otto, Richland, 4. Rodrick Icenhower;5.TerryTaylor,FairGrove;6.RockyRash,Elkland; 7. Payton Lucas, Fair Grove; 8. Michael Stake, Phillpsburg;9.StephenCounterman,FairGrove Sportsman Feature — 1. Rick Sharp, Fair Grove; 2. JC Newell, Stoutland; 3. Toby Harden, Lebanon; 4. Aaron Douglas, Lebanon Road Warrior Feature — 1. Mike Scott, Rogersville; 2. Gary Ball, Lebanon Chargers Feature — 1. Jimmy Poindexter; 2. Nick Cherry; 3. Caston Jones; 4. Larry Hunter; 5. Ben Kramer; 6. John Sims; 7. Jeff Kaut; 8. Shawn Jones; 9. Gary Davenport OMSRA Feature — 1. Michael Deschenes; 2. Ashley Deschenes; 3. Joe Bunkers; 4. Dave Wilson; 5. Kevin Hunt; 6. JW Blankenship BASEBALL Texas League bi 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 17 7 Springfield 022 000 103—8 Tulsa 000 120 130—7 E—Perez (5), Gomez (5). DP—SPG 0, TUL 1. LOB—SPG 7, TUL 11. 2B—Garcia (5), Wheeler (11), Schaeffer (2). 3B— Curtis 2(2). HR—Perez (1), Castellanos (10), Paulsen (5). SB—Gomez (4). CS—Gomez (2) IP H R ER BB SO Springfield Cleto 6.0 8 3 3 1 4 King 0.2 3 1 1 2 0 Simpson 0.1 4 3 3 0 0 Freeman W, 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Greenwood S, 2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Tulsa Cook 5.0 7 4 4 0 6 28 COL COL 7:40 6:10 3 SF SF SF SF CHI CHI 3:15 6:09 7:15 7:15 7:15 3:10 Sullivan 3.0 4 1 1 1 3 Jorgenson L, 0-2 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 Umpires—HP, Seth Buckminstern; 1B, Ryan Blakney; 3B, Gabriel Morales. T—3:08. A—5,443. h 3 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 FRI. HOME GAMES SHADED American League: Kansas City at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. — Mediacom Channel 22, KWTO 560 AM Win that, and Djokovic could take on 25th-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina. The 2009 U.S. Open champion hasn’t been the same player since right wrist surgery last year but got past 6-foot-10 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5, 64, then declared: “I’m not thinking about Djokovic yet.” Way down the line, Djokovic’s semifinal oppoCHRISTOPHE ENA / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS nent could be Federer, who his career Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Thiemo de Bakker during completed Grand Slam by winning the their first round match at the French Open. 2009 French Open, part of The Serb, who won his by a man, John McEnroe's his 16 major titles overall. second Australian Open 42-0 in 1984. Two other seeded men title in January, is closing in In the second round, he’ll lost: No. 22 Michael Llodra on the Open era record for meet 60th-ranked Victor of France, and No. 26 Milos best start to a tennis season Hanescu of Romania. Raonic of Canada. ROYALS CALENDAR National League: Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. — ESPN2 r 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 said with a smile. “I’m not trying to think about the streak that I have,” he added, “even though it’s definitely something that makes me proud.” Others certainly are thinking about it. Indeed, it’s the talk of the year’s second Grand Slam tournament. Straight-set victories Monday at Roland Garros by other top players such as Roger Federer, top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki or defending champion Francesca Schiavone — and even 2010 semifinalist Tomas Berdych’s surprising five-set loss to a French qualifier — didn’t merit as much attention as Djokovic did. CARDS CALENDAR SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THU. WEDNESDAY SPRINGFIELD 8, TULSA 7 At ONEOK Field, Tulsa, Okla. Springfield Tulsa ab r h bi ab Garcia 2b 5 3 3 0 Wheeler cf 5 Curtis 3b 5 1 3 2 Gomez ss 4 Adams 1b 5 1 3 1 Paulsen 1b 5 Castellns cf 5 1 1 3 Rosario c 5 Duncan lf 4 1 1 0 Beerer lf 4 Simpson p 0 0 0 0 Rike rf 4 Freeman p 0 0 0 0 Field 2b 4 Pham ph 1 0 0 0 Schaeffr 3b 5 Greenwod p 0 0 0 0 Cook p 1 Perez c 5 1 1 2 Cesario ph 0 Swagr rf/lf 3 0 1 0 Sullivan p 1 Jackson ss 4 0 1 0 Mitchell ph 1 Cleto p 3 0 0 0 Jorgenson p0 King p 0 0 0 0 Holcomb ph1 Ahmady rf 1 0 0 0 Totals 41 814 8 Totals 35 NEWS -LEADER • News-Leader.com All-Missouri Valley Conference Teams Player of the Year: Chris O’Brien, Wichita State PitcheroftheYear: CharlieLowell,WichitaState Newcomer of the Year: Dan Kickham, Missouri State Freshman of the Year: Nick Petree, Missouri State First team Johnny Coy, Wichita State, First base; Kevin Medrano, Missouri St., Second base; Jimmy Swift, Creighton, Shortstop; Ryan Court, Illinois State, Third base; Chris O’Brien, Wichita State, Catcher; Preston Springer, Wichita State, Designated hitter; Cody Fick, Evansville, Utility; Trever Adams, Creighton, Outfield; Tyler McNeely, Illinois State, Outfield; Robby Ort, Indiana State, Outfield; Jonas Dufek, Creighton, Pitcher; Cody Forsyth, Southern Illinois, Pitcher; Charlie Lowell, Wichita State, Pitcher; Dan Kickham, Missouri State, Pitcher; Kenny Long, Illinois State, Pitcher Second team Trentt Coplenad, Evansville, Second base; Tyler Grimes, Wichita State, Shortstop; Jeremy Lucas, Indiana State, Catcher; Brock Chaffin, Missouri State, Designated hitter; Luke Voit, Missouri State, Utility; Mike Gerber, Creighton, Outfield; Mike Tauchman, Bradley, Outfield; Joe Bircher, Bradley, Pitcher; Ty Blach, Creighton, Pitcher; Nick Petree, Missouri State, Pitcher; Kurt Spomer, Creighton, Pitcher; Cale Elam, Wichita State, Pitcher Honorable Mention Kevin Tokarski, Illinois State, Second base; Jason Leblebijian, Bradley, Shortstop; Brad Kimball, Bradley, Designated hitter; Jared Baehl, Evansville, Outfield; Greg Wallace, Evansville, Outfield; JD Learnard, Illinois State, Pitcher; Corey Maines, Illinois State, Pitcher; Justin Hauer, Illinois State, Pitcher BASKETBALL NBA Daily Playoff Glance CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Sunday, May 15 Chicago 103, Miami 82 Tuesday, May 17 Dallas 121, Oklahoma City 112 Wednesday, May 18 Miami 85, Chicago 75 Thursday, May 19 Oklahoma City 106, Dallas 100 Saturday, May 21 Dallas 93, Oklahoma City 87 Sunday, May 22 Miami 96, Chicago 85, Miami leads series 2-1 Monday Dallas 112, Oklahoma City 105 (OT), Dallas leads series 3-1 Today Chicago at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8 p.m. Thursday Miami at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Friday x-Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 28 x-Chicago at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 29 x-Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8 p.m. Monday, May 30 x-Miami at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. FOOTBALL AFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE West Division W L T Pct PF Arizona 8 2 0 .800 608 Utah 5 4 0 .556 582 San Jose 5 5 0 .500 590 Spokane 4 6 0 .400 562 Central Division W L T Pct PF Chicago 7 3 0 .700 528 Dallas 6 4 0 .600 570 Tulsa 4 6 0 .400 426 Kansas City 3 7 0 .300 491 Iowa 2 7 0 .222 450 AMERICAN CONFERENCE South Division W L T Pct PF Jacksonville 9 1 0 .900 637 Orlando 6 3 0 .667 495 Georgia 5 5 0 .500 559 Tampa Bay 4 6 0 .400 441 New Orleans 2 8 0 .200 400 Eastern Division W L T Pct PF Cleveland 6 3 0 .667 426 Pittsburgh 5 4 0 .556 421 Milwaukee 3 6 0 .333 395 Philadelphia 3 7 0 .300 517 Thursday’s Game Orlando at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Friday’s Games New Orleans at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Utah at Iowa, 7:05 p.m. Tulsa at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Spokane at Kansas City, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 9 p.m. Georgia at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. PA 476 552 579 561 PA 470 552 464 551 568 PA 436 457 540 532 518 PA 387 439 451 565 GOLF Hole in one At Island Green Country Club Roy Cirillo aced the 146-yard 7th hole with an 8-iron. Witnesses were Don Heavin, Larry Cockrell and Darrel Moreland. HIGH SCHOOLS Track and field Boys CLASS 4 SECTIONALS Saturday At West Plains Team scores 1. Rock Bridge, 103 points; 2. Waynesville, SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THU. STL 22 23 1:10 4 29 TEX 2:05 30 24 25 26 FRI. SAT. 27 28 BAL BAL BAL TEX TEX 6:05 6:05 11:35 7:05 6:10 31 1 LAA LAA LAA MIN 3:10 7:10 3:10 7:10 2 3 MIN MIN 7:10 6:10 4 For ticket information call 863-2143 SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THU. 22 23 TUL TUL 2:05 12:35 29 30 SA SA 6:07 12:07 HOME GAMES SHADED 79.50; 3. West Plains, 73; 4. Ozark, 71; 5. Branson, 54; 6. Jefferson City, 51; 7. Webb City, 49; 8. Willard, 42.50; 9. Nixa, 34.50; 10. Parkview, 33; 11. Carthage, 32; 12. Kickapoo, 16; 13. Lebanon, 14. Hickman, 12; 15. Joplin, 11; 16. Neosho, 8; 17. Glendale, 6; 18. Camdenton, 3.50 State qualifiers 100 — 1. Jeffrey Fraley, Waynesville, 11.19; 2. Jarvis Jones, Webb City, 11.26; 3. Mark Pickeral, Rock Bridge, 11.40; 4. Maddy Johnson, Webb City, 11.43 200 — 1. Jeffrey Fraley, Waynesville, 22.00; 2. Brady Adams, Nixa, 22.21; 3. Quintin Smith, Parkview,22.35;4.AaronEsterle,WestPlains,22.62 400 — 1. Aren Martin, Waynesville, 48.41; 2. Daniel Anderson, Ozark, 49.49; 3. Skyler Verfurth, Ozark, 50.57; 4. Mark Pickeral, Rock Bridge, 50.80 800 — 1. Evan Adams, Carthage, 1:56.93; 2. Andrew Pisechko, Webb City, 1:57.88; 3. Miles Migliara, Waynesville, 1:58.32; 4. Collin Sees, Rock Bridge, 1:59:12 1,600 — 1. Drew Cargill, West Plains, 4:20.17; 2. Brandon Brott, Branson, 4:20.56; 3. Caleb Wilfong, Rock Bridge, 4:21.64; 4. Andrew Pisechko, Webb City, 4:21.76 3,200 — 1. Caleb Wilfong, Rock Bridge, 9:36.43; 2. Drew Cargill, West Plains, 9:36.91; 3. Brandon Brott, Branson, 9:42.23; 4. Nathan Keown, Rock Bridge, 9:43.93 110 hurdles — 1. Cameron Chancey, Branson, 14.77; 2. Ryan Brassfield, West Plains, 15.23; 3. Kramer Patterson, Ozark, 15.27; 4. Devon Moore, Jefferson City, 15.44 300 hurdles — 1. Cameron Chancey, Branson, 40.14; 2. Kramer Patterson, Ozark, 40.72; 3. AJ Miller, Jefferson City, 41.38; 4. Devon Moore, Jefferson City, 41.88 400 relay — 1. Parkview, 42.95; 2. Nixa, 43.01; 3. Jefferson City, 43.20; 4. Waynesville, 43.67 800relay—1.Waynesville,1:28.65;2.WestPlains, 1:28.84;3.WebbCity,1:29.31;4.Ozark,1:29.46 1,600 relay — 1. Ozark, 3:21.77; 2. West Plains, 3:22.59; 3. Waynesville, 3:24.19; 4. Lebanon, 3:27.50 3,200 relay — 1. Rock Bridge, 8:05.53; 2. West Plains, 8:07.74; 3. Ozark, 8:09.90; 4. Jefferson City, 8:12.04 High jump — 1. Tyler Calhoun, Ozark, 6-4; 2. Andrew Smith, Willard, 6-2; 3. Dominic Jones, Waynesville, 6-0; 3. Nakoah Brown, Nixa, 6-0 Pole vault — 1. Sawyer Vincent, Willard, 153; 2. Brady Melugin, Nixa, 15-3; Josh Morgan, Branson, 14-6; 3. Josh Morgan, Branson, 14-6; 4. Joey Burkett, Jefferson City, 14-0 Long jump — 1. Ryan Brassfield, West Plains, 22-7 1/2; 2. Alex Christian, Webb City, 27-7 1/2; 3. Dominic Jones, Waynesville, 21-7; 4. Keaton Knudsen, Branson, 21-1 Triple jump — 1. Keith Lawrie, Carthage, 451 1/2; 2. Daniel Brennan, Rock Bridge, 44-8 1/4; 3. Keaton Knudsen, Branson, 43-7; 4. Alex Christian, Webb City, 43-0 Shot put — 1. Skyler Frazier, Willard, 56-7 3/4; 2. Nick Sublett, Rock Bridge, 54-9; 3. Austin Ray, Rock Bridge, 51-9 1/4; 4. Hampton Mayson, Jefferson City, 49-10 1/2 Discus — 1. Jordan Kukal, Parkview, 172-7; 2. Skyler Frazier, Willard, 168-8; 3. Nick Sublett, Rock Bridge 161-11; 4. Austin Ray, Rock Bridge, 161-6 CLASS 3 SECTIONALS Saturday At Marshfield Team scores 1. Grandview 125, 2. Grain Valley 66, 3. Warrensburg 65, 4. Maryville 47, 5. St. Pius X (Kansas City) 42, 6. Excelsior Springs 41, 7. Chillicothe 40, 8. Oak Grove 38, 9. Smithville 34, T10. Harrisonville 30, T10. Cameron 30, 12. Lincoln College Prep 23, T13. Odessa 19, T13. Savannah 19, T15. Richmond 14, T15. Platte County 14, 17. O'Hara 12, 18. Benton 10, T19. Liberty North 6, T19. Lafayette (St. Joseph) 6, 21. Central (Kansas City) 5, T22. Pleasant Hill 4, T22. Holden 4, T24. Center 1, T24. Pembroke Hill 1 State qualifiers 100 — 1. Jaron Alexander, Grandview, 11.19; 2. Cliff Scott, Grandview, 11.36; 3. Naron Rollins, Platte County, 11.40; 4. Kortez Woolen, Warrensburg, 11.46 200 — 1. Larry Carter, Grandview, 22.98; 2. Cliff Scott, Grandview, 22.99; 3. Naron Rollins, Platte County, 23.08; 4. Kortez Woolen, Warrensburg, 23.12 400 — 1. Tyler Banks, Oak Grove, 49.78; 2. Markell Trotter, Lincoln College, 49.86; 3. Jasper Greeson, O'Hara, 50.65; 4. Nick Cintron, Excelsior Spring, 50.70 800 — 1. Tyler Banks, Oak Grove, 1:59.42; 2. Kellin Loch, Warrensburg, 1:59.53; 3. Tyree Meadows, Grain Valley, 2:03.04; 4. Taylor Sinclair, Savannah, 2:04.38 1,600 — 1. Tyree Meadows, Grain Valley, 4:32.02; 2. David Stodden, St. Pius X, 4:32.96; 3. Kain Ellis, Benton, 4:34.01; 4. Drew Keefer SR St. Pius X, 4:36.15 3,200 — 1. Drew Keefer, St. Pius X, 10:03.65; 2. Tyree Meadows, Grain Valley, 10:13.06; 3. Cody Gorham, Richmond, 10:14.47; 4. Chance Malott, Odessa, 10:14.59 110 hurdles — 1. Dapo Akinmoladun, Grandview, 14.56; 2. Marcus Cody, Excelsior Spring, 15.65; 3. Zach Hoover, Grain Valley, 15.84; 4. Harvey Kendall, Grandview, 15.88 300 hurdles — 1. Dapo Akinmoladun, Grandview, 40.17; 2. Chance Alexander, Harrisonville, 41.39; 3. TC Shippy, Odessa, 41.49; 4. Trevor Douglas, Excelsior Spring, 41.74 400 relay — 1. Grandview, (Dontai Davis, Darion Moore, Cliff Scott, Jaron Alexander, 43.61; 2. Grain Valley, 43.70; 3. Maryville, 44.04; 4. Smithville, 44.20 800 relay — 1. Grandview, (Travis McMillan, Cliff Scott, Jaron Alexander, Jalin Brown), 1:30.61; 2. Harrisonville, 1:30.98; 3. Grain Valley, 1:31.63; 4. Maryville, 1:31.84 1,600 relay — 1. Oak Grove, (Kyle White, Corey Martin, Pedro Rameriz, Tyler Banks), 3:28.80; 2. Excelsior Springs, 3:29.24; 3. Grandview, 3:29.90; 4. Warrensburg, 3:30.97 3,200 relay — 1. St. Pius X (Kansas City), (Drew Keefer, Mike Anderson, David Stodden, James Winkler), 8:07.95; 2. Oak Grove, 8:12.19; 3. Warrensburg, 8:12.97; 4. Smithville, 8:15.63 High jump — 1. Mitch Hatten, Cameron, 6 feet-6 inches; 2. Riley Willaims, Savannah, 6-4; 3. Jordan Carlisle, Savannah, 6-0; 4. Harold Foster, Warrensburg, J6-0 Long jump — 1. Tyler Lamb, Smithville, 23 feet-2 1/2 inches; 2. Riley Williams, Grain Valley, 22-1; 3. Alex Thompson, Chillicothe, 21-9 1/2; 4. Casey Johnson, Central (K.C.), 21-1 3/4 Shot put — 1. Sawyer Marlay, Cameron, 51 feet-11 inches; 2. Alec Whiteside, Chillicothe, 47-4 3/4; 3. Layne Fischer, Warrensburg, 46-7 1/4; 4. Zavon Moore, Grandview, 46-4 Discus — 1. Lucas Tunks, Cameron, 148 feet11 inches; 2. Caleb Mather, Maryville, 145-4; 3. Zavon Moore, Grandview, 143-11; 4. PJ Patton, Harrisonville, 143-01 Pole vault — 1. Romey Reaws, Grandview, 14 feet-0 inches; 2. Cameron Duthoy, Warrensburg, 13-06; 3. Tanner Hull, O'Hara, 13-0; 4. Derek Steins, Maryville, 12-6 Triple jump — 1. Dapo Akinmoladun, Grandview, 44 feet-7 inches; 2. Peyton Mizera, Maryville, 44-6; 3. Riley Williams, Grain Valley, 44-3; 4. Tyler Lamb, Smithville, 44-2 3/4 Girls CLASS 4 SECTIONALS Saturday At West Plains Team scores 1. Hickman, 82 points; 2. Jefferson City, 79; 3. Neosho, 69; 4. Waynesville, 62; 5. Rock Bridge, 49; 6. Branson, 42; 7. Kickapoo, 39; 7. Carthage, 39; 9. Rolla, 37; 10. Washington, 36; 11. Ozark, 28; 12. Glendale, 23; 13. West Plains, 19; 13. Nixa, 19; 15. Lebanon, 18; 16. Camdenton, 16; 17. Joplin, 11; 17. Webb City, 11; 19. Parkview 10; 20. Willard, 6 State qualifiers 100 — 1. Ekate Lymon, Waynesville, 12.45; 2. Kaylee Morgan, Carthage, 12.81; 3. Darriana Wilson, Hickman, 13.00; 4. Emily Paullus, Neosho, 13.01 200 — 1. Ekate Lymon, Waynesville, 25.96; 2. Taalor Stevenson, Hickman, 26.04; 3. Caryn Ranney, Rolla, 26.19; 4. Kaylee Morgan, Carthage, 26.37 400 — 1. Caryn Ranney, Rolla, 57.61; 2. Nora Kueny, Lebanon, 58.41; 3. Taylor McDannold, 24 CC 25 7:07 31 1 CC 7:05 FRI. SAT. 26 27 28 2 3 4 SOFTBALL CC CC SA 7:07 7:07 6:07 CC CC SA 7:05 7:05 7:05 Schwark all-academic HOME GAMES SHADED Rock Bridge, 59.06; 4. Josie Dyke, Ozark, 59.27 800 — 1. Liz Reida, Kickapoo, 2:11.79; 2. Jessica Jackson, Neosho, 2:12.38; 3. Dana Roberson, West Plains, 2:18.98; 4. JJ Shockley, Lebanon, 2:19.34 1,600 — 1. Liz Reida, Kickapoo, 5:11.81; 2. Jessica Jackson, Neosho, 5:14.11; 3. Courtney Wood, Neosho, 5:14.76; 4. Shannon McCaul, 5:15.17 3,200 — 1. Liz Reida, Kickapoo, 11:14.56; 2. Jessica Jackson, Neosho, 11:23.33; 3. Courtney Wood, Neosho, 11:27.92; 4. Samantha Garrett, Rock Bridge, 11:30.08 100 hurdles — 1. Destineee Holder, Waynesville, 15.51; 2. Mallory Short, Rock Bridge, 15.80; 3. Ellie Schmidly, 16.34; 4. Victoria Jackson, Hickman, 16.37 300 hurdles — 1. Sienna Trice, Rock Bridge, 45.45; 2. Victoria Jackson, Hickman, 46.25; 3. Shattera Johnson, Waynesville, 46.46; 4. Emily Paullus, Neosho, 47.22 400 relay — 1. Hickman, 49.65; 2. Carthage, 50.01; 3. Glendale, 50.39; 4. Jefferson City, 50.51 800 relay — 1. Waynesville, 1:44.24; 2. Jefferson City, 1:45.46; 3. Rock Bridge, 1:46.04; 4. Rolla, 1:47.13 1,600 relay — 1. Hickman, 4:01.92; 2. Rolla, 4:03.31; 3. Ozark, 4:04.97; 4. Lebanon, 4:07.10 3,200 relay — 1. Neosho, 9:42.67; 2. West Plains, 9:50.44; 3. Rock Bridge, 9:52.06; 4. Jefferson City, 9:53.01 High jump — 1. Rana Thomas, Parkview, 5-2; 2. Ruby Stevens, Branson, 5-2; 3. Jasmine Reynolds, Waynesville, 5-2; 4. Emily Collum, Camdenton, 5-0 Pole vault — 1. Lucy Givens, Branson, 10-3; 2. Kirstie Leslie, Washington, 10-0; 2. Galit Rudelson, Hickman, 10-0; 4. Mariah Sanders, Joplin, 9-9 Long jump — 1. Victoria Jackson, Hickman, 17-8 1/2; 2. Kezia Martin, Jefferson City, 17-7; 3. Kaylee Morgan, Carthage, 16-9; 4. Kirstie Leslie, Washington, 16-5 1/2 Triple jump — 1. Kezia Martin, Jefferson City, 37-2; 2. Kirstie Leslie, Washington, 36-10; 3. Monique Townson, 36-0 1/2; 4. Hailey Roderique, Webb City, 35-6 1/2 Shot put — 1. Sarah Hall, Hickman, 42-4 1/2; 2. Shelby Mustain, Jefferson City, 38-7 1/2; 3. Michaela Dapprich, Branson, 37-7 1/2; 4. Alex Giett, Carthage, 36-7 1/2 Discus — 1. Michaela Dapprich, Branson, 135-2; 2. Olivia Brand, Glendale, 134-2; 3. Shelby Mustain, Jefferson City, 127-1; 4. Emily Goeken, Carthage, 123-2 CLASS 3 SECTIONALS Saturday At Marshfield Team scores 1. Lincoln College Prep 102, 2. Warrensburg 87, 3. Maryville 78, 4. Smithville 48 , 5. Chillicothe 39, 6. Notre Dame de Sion 38, 7. Excelsior Springs 35, 8. St. Pius X (Kansas City) 34, 9. Odessa 23, 10. Grandview 22, 11. Platte County 21 1/2, T12. Pleasant Hill 20, T12. Liberty North 20, T12. O'Hara 20, 15. Grain Valley 19, 16. Center 16, 17. Benton 14, 18. Savannah 13, 19. Harrisonville 12, T20. Pembroke Hill 9, T20. Imagine Renaissance Academy 9, 22. Oak Grove 6 1/2, T23. Holden 3, T23. Cameron 3, 25. Richmond 1 State qualifiers 100 — 1. Jewel Dixon, Lincoln College, 12.71; 2. Briana Carter, Warrensburg, 12.78; 3. Taylor Gadbois, Maryville, 12.79; 4. Alexis Coleman, Lincoln College, 12.82 200 — 1. Taylor Gadbois, Maryville, 25.97; 2. Jewel Stovall, Lincoln College, 26.51; 3. Alexis Coleman, Lincoln College, 27.09; 4. Jasmine Thomas, N.D. de Sion, 27.14 400 — 1. Taylor Gadbois, Maryville, 57.20; 2. Briana Carter, Warrensburg, 57.61; 3. Lexie Oak, St. Pius X, 57.85; 4. Taylor Parris, Pleasant Hill, 58.54 800 — 1. Mary Frances Donnelly, N.D. de Sion, 2:22.52; 2. Brooke Guiot, Warrensburg, 2:22.98; 3. Lexie Oak, St. Pius X, 2:23.50; 4. Hanna Miller, Savannah, 2:23.56 1,600 — 1. Sammy Laurenzo, Liberty North, 5:21.78; 2. Katie Tuck, Smithville, 5:23.28; 3. Hanna Miller, Savannah, 5:23.40; 4. Siara Stahl, Smithville, 5:23.89 3,200 — 1. Sammy Laurenzo, Liberty North, 12:22.50; 2. Mary Kate Taylor, Chillicothe, 12:25.71; 3. Amber Preist, Warrensburg, 12:27.52; 4. Katie Berger, Smithville, 12:32.22 100 hurdles — 1. Holly Wilmarth, Maryville, 15.98; 2. Kayla McGee, Lincoln College, 16.30; 3. Chelsea Gabriel, Grain Valley, 16.47; 4. Madison Whisler, St. Pius X, 16.71 300 hurdles — 1. Erin Gilliland, Chillicothe, 47.44; 2. Sheilahn Puryear, Lincoln College, 47.46; 3. Avery Loyd, N.D. de Sion, 48.26; 4. Holly Wilmarth, Maryville, 48.59 400 relay — 1. Lincoln College Prep, (Erica Boyer, Alexis Coleman, Shaquille Shanklin, Jewel Dixon), 49.37; 2. Center, 51.24; 3. Grandview, 51.63; 4. Imagine Renaissance Academy, 51.67 800 relay — 1. Lincoln College Prep, (Sheilahn Puryear, Jewel Stovall, Shaquille Shanklin, Jewel Dixon), 1:46.03; 2. Pleasant Hill, 1:47.45; 3. St. Pius X (Kansas City), 1:48.10; 4. Chillicothe, 1:48.35 1,600 relay — 1. Warrensburg, (Bionca Coats, Christy Crouse, Brooke Guiot, Samantha Stokes), 4:05.45; 2. Lincoln College Prep, 4:05.79; 3. Maryville, 4:09.43; 4. Pleasant Hill, 4:13.41 3,200 relay — 1. Smithville, ( Katie Tuck, Leigh Carlson, Olivia Sloan, Siara Stahl) 9:43.89; 2. Warrensburg, 10:05.94; 3. Chillicothe, 10:13.44; 4. Platte County, 10:18.71 High jump — 1. Anna Soyck, Excelsior Spring, 5 feet-7 inches; 2. Miranda Migletz, Smithville, 5-2; 3. Rebecca Mardikes, Pembroke Hill, J5-2; 4. Selina Kendall, Platte County, 5-1 Long jump — 1. Erica Boyer, Lincoln College, 18 feet-1 1/4 inches; 2. Kayla McGee, Lincoln College, 17-4 3/4; 3. Jasmine Thomas, N.D. de Sion, 16-10; 4. Brianna Latson, N.D. de Sion, 16-0 3/4 Shot put — 1. Heavin Warner, Benton, 38 feet-8 3/4; 2. Rachael Monteil, Odessa, 37-10 1/2; 3. Kylie Guthier, Platte County, 37-8 3/4; 4. Skyler Young, O'Hara, 37-8 1/2 Discus — 1. Cydnee Reese, O'Hara, 122 feet-3 1/2; 2. D'Andria Blow, Grandview, 118-10; 3. Jess Pfost, Maryville, 106-9; 4. Cierra Collins, Warrensburg, 103-7 1/2 Pole vault — 1. Lisa Petty, Excelsior Spring, 10 feet-6 inches; 2. Kaylee VanBlarcum, Warrensburg, 10-0; 3. Haley Hughes, Excelsior Spring 9-9; 4. Dakota Waggerman, O'Hara, J9-9 Triple jump — 1. Briana Carter, Warrensburg 37 feet-5 inches; 2. Jaquela Stewart, Center, 36-3 1/4; 3. Anna Soyck, Excelsior Spring, 36-2 1/4; 4. Holly Wilmarth, Maryville, 36-2 HOCKEY NHL BRIEFLY IN SPORTS SPRINGFIELD CALENDAR Daily Playoff Glance CONFERENCE FINALS (x-if necessary) (Best-of-7) Saturday, May 14 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 2 Sunday, May 15 Vancouver 3, San Jose 2 Tuesday, May 17 Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5 Wednesday, May 18 Vancouver 7, San Jose 3 Thursday, May 19 Boston 2, Tampa Bay 0 Friday, May 20 San Jose 4, Vancouver 3 Saturday, May 21 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 Sunday, May 22 Vancouver 4, San Jose 2, Vancouver leads series 3-1 Monday Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1, Boston leads series 3-2 Today San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Wednesday Boston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Thursday x-Vancouver at San Jose, 8 p.m. Friday x-Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 28 x-San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m. SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 5 3 2 17 8 7 New York 4 2 4 16 15 8 Houston 3 3 5 14 15 12 Columbus 3 3 4 13 8 10 New England 3 4 4 13 10 14 D.C. 3 4 3 12 13 18 Toronto FC 2 4 6 12 11 17 Chicago 1 4 5 8 13 17 Sporting KC 1 6 1 4 11 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 6 2 5 23 18 12 FC Dallas 5 3 3 18 13 10 Portland 5 3 2 17 13 14 Seattle 4 3 5 17 14 11 Real Salt Lake 5 1 2 17 9 2 Colorado 4 3 4 16 12 10 Chivas USA 3 4 3 12 11 10 San Jose 3 4 3 12 12 12 Vancouver 1 5 5 8 12 16 Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday’s Games Colorado at New York, 6:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Seattle FC, 9 p.m. Houston at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 11:30 a.m. New York at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m. Chivas USA at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at New England, 7 p.m. San Jose at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Seattle FC at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Colorado, 8 p.m. WPS W L T Pts GF Western NY 5 0 1 16 16 magicJack 3 1 0 8 5 Philadelphia 2 1 2 8 8 Boston 2 4 1 7 9 Sky Blue FC 1 3 1 4 6 Atlanta 1 5 1 4 5 Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday’s Games Atlanta at magicJack, 6 p.m. Boston at Sky Blue FC, 6 p.m. GA 6 4 6 10 7 16 SOFTBALL College NCAA Division I Super Regionals Glance (Best-of-3) (x-if necessary) Host school is home team for Game 1; visiting school is home team for Game 2; coin flip determines home team for Game 3: At Athens, Ga. Saturday, May 28: Baylor (43-12) at Georgia (50-12), 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 29: Baylor vs. Georgia, noon or 2:30 p.m. x-Sunday,May29:Baylorvs.Georgia,2:30or5p.m. At Gainesville, Fla. Friday, May 27: Oregon (42-14) at Florida (5010), 1 p.m. Saturday, May 28: Oregon vs. Florida, 11 a.m. x-Saturday, May 28: Oregon vs. Florida, 1:30 p.m. At Lexington, Ky. Saturday, May 28: California (42-10) at Kentucky (39-14), 11 a.m. Sunday, May 29: California vs. Kentucky, noon x-Sunday, May 29: California vs. Kentucky, 2:30 p.m. At Tuscaloosa, Ala. Thursday, May 26: Stanford (41-15) at Alabama (49-8), 7 p.m. Friday, May 27: Stanford vs. Alabama, 3:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 27: Stanford vs. Alabama, 6 p.m. At Columbia, Mo. Saturday, May 28: Washington (37-14) at Missouri, 8 p.m. Sunday, May 29: Washington vs. Missouri, 2:30 or 6 p.m. x-Sunday, May 29: Washington vs. Missouri, TBA At Stillwater, Okla. Friday, May 27: Houston (43-16) vs. Oklahoma State (40-17), 6 p.m. Saturday, May 28: Houston vs. Oklahoma State, 1:30 p.m. x-Saturday, May 28: Houston vs. Oklahoma State, 4 p.m. At Tempe, Ariz. Thursday, May 26: Texas A&M (44-13) at Arizona State (53-6), 9 p.m. Friday,May27:TexasA&Mvs.ArizonaState,8p.m. x-Friday, May 27: Texas A&M vs. Arizona State, 10:30 p.m. At Tucson, Ariz. Friday, May 27: Oklahoma (40-17) at Arizona (43-16), 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 28: Oklahoma vs. Arizona, 4 p.m. x-Saturday, May 28: Oklahoma vs. Arizona, 6:30 p.m. TENNIS French Open Seeds Fared Monday At Stade Roland Garros; Paris Mens’ first round Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, lost to Stephane Robert, France, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 9-7. Gael Monfils (9), France, def. Bjorn Phau, Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-0. Mardy Fish (10), United States, def. Ricardo Mello, Brazil, 6-2, 6-7 (11), 6-2, 6-4. Mikhail Youzhny (12), Russia, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. Richard Gasquet (13), France, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3, 6-0. Viktor Troicki (15), Serbia, def. Julian Reister, Germany, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Michael Llodra (22), France, lost to Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci (23), Brazil, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5). Juan Martin del Potro (25), Argentina, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Milos Raonic (26), Canada, lost to Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Marcos Baghdatis (27), Cyprus, def. Frederico Gil, Portugal, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2. Nikolay Davydenko (28), Russia, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-3. Janko Tipsarevic (29), Serbia, def. Brian Dabul, Argentina, 7-6 (1), 6-1, 6-0. Womens’ first round Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-0, 6-2. Vera Zvonareva (3), Russia, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Francesca Schiavone (5), Italy, def. Melanie Oudin, United States, 6-2, 6-0. Petra Kvitova (9), Czech Republic, def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 6-2, 6-1. Marion Bartoli (11), France, def. Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1. Agnieszka Radwanska (12), Poland, def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 6-1, 6-2. Kaia Kanepi (16), Estonia, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 7-5, 6-1. Maria Kirilenko (25), Russia, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Nadia Petrova (26), Russia, lost to Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Daniela Hantuchova (28), Slovakia, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 6-3. Peng Shuai (29), China, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-3, 6-2. Roberta Vinci (30), Italy, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Klara Zakopalova (31), Czech Republic, lost to Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 7-5, 6-1. Missouri State softball player Jenna Schwark was named to the Missouri Valley Conference’s all-academic team for the second consecutive year, as the senior utility player was an honorable mention. Schwark, who was a firstteam scholar-athlete selection in 2010, ranked second on the team in hitting with a .287 average in 49 games this season.TheBrokenArrow,Okla., native also clubbed two home runs and scored 21 runs to finish the year third on the team in both categories. Schwark is a finance major who maintains a 3.46 grade-point average. AUTO RACING Pearson among Hall inductees CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was shock, maybe even outrage, when David Pearson didn’t make the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. If Pearson felt slighted, he never said. Pearson made the wait worth it Monday night, headlining the inauguration of the five-member second class. As he did last year, when he was passed over for induction, Pearson called on the voting panel to elect NASCAR’s pioneers before anyone else. But Pearson, winner of three championships and 105 races, understood why he was selected. He was introduced by longtime rival Richard Petty and inducted by car owner Leonard Wood, who called Pearson “the greatest driver in the history of NASCAR.” Pearson was inducted along with 84-race winner Bobby Allison, Petty Enterprises patriarch and threetime Cup champion Lee Petty, Bud Moore, a decorated World War II veteran and two-time Cup championship team owner, and two-time champion and noted broadcaster Ned Jarrett. GOLF Players honor Seve VIRGINIA WATER, England — Several top European golfers have honored Seve Ballesteros by playing a pro-am event at Wentworth to raise money for cancer charities. Two weeks after the Spanish great died at 54 following a brain tumor, Jose Maria Olazabal, Colin Montgomerie, Paul Casey and Justin Rose joined Ballesteros’ brother, Manuel, to play in the “Ole Seve” event. Ballesteros won seven times at Wentworth. TENNIS EU signs Roland Evangel University’s women’s tennis program has signed Kailey Roland out of Lamar High School. Roland was named Big 8 Conference Singles Player of the Year after winning the Big 8 Conference tournament championship this season. Roland also ended her high school career with 67 career singles wins.
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