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( 250 ) 720-2242 Multi-Max The Movie Store Come check out our New Location at 4746 Johnston Road (next to The Attic) Lots of Re-Opening Specials! Until Sept.30th Rent 2 Get 1 Free! Previously Viewed Movies starting at $ 12 99 or 3 / $ 20 until Sept. 30th MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Residents may have rejected the proposed 10th Avenue bridge crossing Rogers Creek in a muni- cipal referendum last year, but the city is considering another expensive north-south connector. Port Alberni’s long-term growth plan is to build farther east. The 21st Avenue arterial road has been on the city’s agenda since 1981, and a preferred route along the eastern side of the city was in the current Official Community Plan, adopted in 2007. City planner Scott Smith pre- sented a report on the idea to city council at their regular meeting Monday night, recommending that the proposed project remain in the municipality’s long-term transportation plans. Currently 21st Avenue is a short north-south road between Wal- lace Street and Victoria Drive, north of the West Coast General Hospital. The arterial road pro- ject would extend it farther north across Rogers Creek to Johnston Road and south at least as far as Redford Street. This would link three transportation nodes in the city, Smith noted in the report: the hospital, the Pacific Rim Shopping Centre, and North Island College. It would also facilitate faster emergency access for vehicles to get to the hospital from the northern part of the city and Cherry Creek. It’s a long-term proposal that is not included in the five-year financial plan, Smith noted. It would cost “several million dollars,” but there is no official estimate at this time, he add- ed, and crossing Rogers Creek would require constructing a bridge. Currently the city’s traffic volume doesn’t warrant a need to build the road, according to Smith’s report but when it hap- pens would depend on the city’s growth in the next several years. “Although the envisaged 21st Avenue arterial road and crossing of (Rogers) Creek would allow for shorter commutes north and south in the city, there is no evi- dence that it is needed to resolve traffic congestion or volume prob- lems at this time,” Smith said. Current plans for the 21st Avenue arterial road include an extension to the southern edge of the city, but one option Smith presented was to expand only between Johnston Road and Redford Street, with commuters connecting to a possible ring road to be constructed in the future by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. The ring road would link Highway 4 south to Franklin Riv- er Road. A 2013 report estimated the cost between $17 million and $20 million. If built, the ring road would make it unnecessary for the city to extend 21st Avenue past Red- ford, and would cut costs for the arterial road project and reduce its environmental impact on the Alberni Valley’s trails system, Smith noted. The city could con- nect to the ring road from Burde Street and Argyle Street, he said. But the city planner recom- mended that council leave the 21st Avenue project on the books in its full extent – including the option to extend farther south than Redford Street – as the ACRD’s plans for a ring road are not certain and the city should protect its own road right-of-way opportunities. “Having long term transporta- tion projects designated in the (Official Community Plan) is essential,” Smith said. [email protected]. Serving the Alberni Valley www.avtimes.net Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Bulldogs recover after dropping opener Sports, Page 5 15C 10C Cloudy, light rain Weather 2 What’s On 2 Alberni Region 3 Opinion 4 Community 5 Sports 6 Scoreboard 7 Comics 8 Classifieds 9 Alberni Album 10 ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 173 $1.25 newsstand (GST incl.) Inside today Cliff rescue saves injured youth over Rogers Creek A climb in the ravine left a young man stranded, requiring a rescue operation from emergency personnel. » Alberni Region, Page 3 Rescued blue heron recovers at local centre Young blue herons appear awkward with their long lanky legs. But don’t be fooled, the beak penetrates fish with accuracy. » Community, Page 5 » Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news. FEDERAL ELECTION Logger Sports Nick Russell of Port McNeill saws off a fresh slice of log in the single-hand bucking open championship during the logger sports competition of Alberni District Fall Fair on Sunday. Russell finished in fourth with a time of 17.31 seconds. He later finished in first place with Jesse Whitehead in the double-hand bucking championship with a time of 8.69 seconds. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES] MUNICIPALITY » Fall Fair City considers new crossing for Rogers Creek at 21st Avenue Crime caused by lack of jobs, say reps ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Port Alberni residents were given a chilling reminder of the dangers on the community’s streets when news broke of the death of Carlene Jack in July. The 19-year-old was found bleeding at Fifth Avenue and Bute Street in the early morning hours of July 15, later succumbing to her injuries in the hospital. The incident led to the arrest of 18-year-old Autumn Dawn Desjarlais and an ongoing second-degree murder case. For several years crime has be among the community’s most preva- lent concerns. With 149 incidents per 1,000 residents, Port Alberni’s crime rate is double British Colum- bia’s average. Although the total number of illegal incidents have declined over the last decade, the frequency of serious crimes remains a major concern. Port Alberni ranks 10th in the country for its rate of violent crime, according to Statis- tics Canada’s Crime Severity index, an assessment tool that considers the volume of illegal incidents in a community while giving more weight to serious offences. The city’s overall Crime Severity index places the community ninth in B.C. – worse than all other Vancouver Island municipalities with a population or more than 10,000. With the federal election approach- ing, four candidates in the Courte- nay-Alberni riding were asked what is needed to reduce Port Alberni’s crime trend. The following are excerpts from written answers pro- vided by the candidates. Their full responses will appear on the AV Times website Friday. Some candidates pointed to the effects of the community’s shortage of work opportunities, including the Conservative Party of Canada’s John Duncan, who currently repre- sents Vancouver Island North as a Member of Parliament. See ELECTION, Page 3 Alberni candidates offer approaches to make streets safer T d S t b 1 5 2 01 5 “Having long term transportation projects designated in the (Official Community Plan) is essential.” Scott Smith, Communinty planner

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MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Residents may have rejected the proposed 10th Avenue bridge crossing Rogers Creek in a muni-cipal referendum last year, but the city is considering another expensive north-south connector.

Port Alberni’s long-term growth plan is to build farther east. The 21st Avenue arterial road has been on the city’s agenda since 1981, and a preferred route along the eastern side of the city was in the current Official Community Plan, adopted in 2007.

City planner Scott Smith pre-sented a report on the idea to city council at their regular meeting Monday night, recommending that the proposed project remain in the municipality’s long-term transportation plans.

Currently 21st Avenue is a short north-south road between Wal-lace Street and Victoria Drive, north of the West Coast General Hospital. The arterial road pro-ject would extend it farther north

across Rogers Creek to Johnston Road and south at least as far as Redford Street. This would link three transportation nodes in the city, Smith noted in the report: the hospital, the Pacific Rim Shopping Centre, and North Island College. It would also facilitate faster emergency access for vehicles to get to the hospital from the northern part of the city and Cherry Creek.

It’s a long-term proposal that is not included in the five-year financial plan, Smith noted. It would cost “several million dollars,” but there is no official

estimate at this time, he add-ed, and crossing Rogers Creek would require constructing a bridge. Currently the city’s traffic volume doesn’t warrant a need to build the road, according to Smith’s report but when it hap-pens would depend on the city’s growth in the next several years.

“Although the envisaged 21st Avenue arterial road and crossing of (Rogers) Creek would allow for shorter commutes north and south in the city, there is no evi-dence that it is needed to resolve traffic congestion or volume prob-lems at this time,” Smith said.

Current plans for the 21st Avenue arterial road include an extension to the southern edge of the city, but one option Smith presented was to expand only between Johnston Road and Redford Street, with commuters connecting to a possible ring road to be constructed in the future by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. The ring road would link Highway 4 south to Franklin Riv-

er Road. A 2013 report estimated the cost between $17 million and $20 million.

If built, the ring road would make it unnecessary for the city to extend 21st Avenue past Red-ford, and would cut costs for the arterial road project and reduce its environmental impact on the Alberni Valley’s trails system, Smith noted. The city could con-nect to the ring road from Burde Street and Argyle Street, he said.

But the city planner recom-mended that council leave the 21st Avenue project on the books in its full extent – including the option to extend farther south than Redford Street – as the ACRD’s plans for a ring road are not certain and the city should protect its own road right-of-way opportunities.

“Having long term transporta-tion projects designated in the (Official Community Plan) is essential,” Smith said.

[email protected].

Serving the Alberni Valley www.avtimes.net Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Bulldogs recover after dropping openerSports, Page 5

15C 10CCloudy, light rain

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Alberni Region 3Opinion 4

Community 5Sports 6

Scoreboard 7Comics 8

Classifieds 9Alberni Album 10

ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 173 $1.25 newsstand (GST incl.)

Inside today

Cliff rescue saves injured youth over Rogers CreekA climb in the ravine left a young man stranded, requiring a rescue operation from emergency personnel.

» Alberni Region, Page 3

Rescued blue heron recovers at local centreYoung blue herons appear awkward with their long lanky legs. But don’t be fooled, the beak penetrates fish with accuracy.

» Community, Page 5

» Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news.

FEDERAL ELECTION

Logger SportsNick Russell of Port McNeill saws off a fresh slice of log in the single-hand bucking open championship during the logger sports competition of Alberni District Fall Fair on Sunday. Russell finished in fourth with a time of 17.31 seconds. He later finished in first place with Jesse Whitehead in the double-hand bucking championship with a time of 8.69 seconds. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]

MUNICIPALITY

» Fall Fair

City considers new crossing for Rogers Creek at 21st Avenue

Crime caused by lack of jobs, say reps

ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Port Alberni residents were given a chilling reminder of the dangers on the community’s streets when news broke of the death of Carlene Jack in July.

The 19-year-old was found bleeding at Fifth Avenue and Bute Street in the early morning hours of July 15, later succumbing to her injuries in the hospital. The incident led to the arrest of 18-year-old Autumn Dawn Desjarlais and an ongoing second-degree murder case.

For several years crime has be among the community’s most preva-lent concerns. With 149 incidents per 1,000 residents, Port Alberni’s crime rate is double British Colum-bia’s average. Although the total number of illegal incidents have declined over the last decade, the frequency of serious crimes remains a major concern. Port Alberni ranks 10th in the country for its rate of violent crime, according to Statis-tics Canada’s Crime Severity index, an assessment tool that considers the volume of illegal incidents in a community while giving more weight to serious offences. The city’soverall Crime Severity index places the community ninth in B.C. – worse than all other Vancouver Island municipalities with a population or more than 10,000.

With the federal election approach-ing, four candidates in the Courte-nay-Alberni riding were asked what is needed to reduce Port Alberni’s crime trend. The following are excerpts from written answers pro-vided by the candidates. Their full responses will appear on the AV Times website Friday.

Some candidates pointed to the effects of the community’s shortage of work opportunities, including the Conservative Party of Canada’s John Duncan, who currently repre-sents Vancouver Island North as a Member of Parliament.

See ELECTION, Page 3

Alberni candidates offer approaches tomake streets safer

T d S t b 15 2015

“Having long term transportation projects designated in the (Official Community Plan) is essential.”

Scott Smith, Communinty planner

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ArtsAlberni Valley Community

Band meets Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., E.J. Dunn band room. Info: 250-723-1285 (Cory) or 250-724-6780 (Manfred).

The Barkley Sounds Com-munity Choir practices on Wednesdays, 6:45 to 9 p.m. at Alberni Valley United Church. Info: 250-723-6884.

Lounge Music with guitarist David Morton from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Char’s Landing.

Musicians open mic hosted by Jeff Hallworth from 7 to 9 p.m. first Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.

AV Transition Town Society meetings, 6 p.m. third Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.

Timbre! Choir is looking for new members in all sections for their 43rd Season. Rehearsals com-mence Monday, Septem-ber 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.

Sports Drop-in circuit training on

Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Info: (778) 421-2721.

FLK Taoist Tai Chi Society beginning and ongoing classes Mondays and Wed-nesdays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Italian Hall. Call Marilyn at 250-723-7956.

Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby

Club Tuesdays and Thurs-days from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Bingo on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and cards at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Alberni Valley Branch.

Horseshoe Club practices on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050.

Alberni Valley Billiards Club, 2964 Third Ave. - Wednes-days - youth league (ages 13 to 18) at 7 p.m. Info: 250-723-1212.

Child and youth Navy League Cadets (ages

9 to 12), meet Wednes-days, 7 p.m., at the Port Alberni Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-6365 or 250-723-7442.

PacificCARE free music drop-in program for chil-dren and their families on Wednesdays, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. at the Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre. Closures follow school calendar. Regis-tration is required. Info: 250-735-3022.

Support and help Volunteers urgently needed

to help at Red Cross Loan Cupboard for four-hour shifts, once per week. Info: 250-723-0557 (call on Wednesdays or Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

MS Port Alberni self-help group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Echo Centre at noon. The group meets to sup-port those living with MS

and their families. Info: 250-723-7403 (Susan).

Chair Fit Exercise Program for those with physical lim-itations or mobility issues. Group meets Wednesdays at Echo Centre, from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 250-723-2181.

GroupsThe Freemasons Barclay

Lodge #90 meets the second Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at the Freemasons Hall. Info: 250-723-6075 or 250-723-3328.

Genealogy Club members are able to visit at the Family

History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday mor-nings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Addictions Al-Anon and Al-Ateen support

groups for family and friends of problem drinkers meet on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at 3028 Second Ave. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855.

Narcotics Anonym-ous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-807-1780.

Overeaters Anonymous meet-ing Wednesday evening 7 p.m. 4711 Elizabeth St., Info:

250-723-7486Port Alberni Friendship Center

offers free counselling on addictions, mental health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome.

What’s comingExhibition of Watercolour

paintings by Mae LeBlanc September 1 to 30, 2015 at Echo Centre.

Back to School event for free supplies and clothing, Sept. 15 from noon to 2 p.m. at KUU-US Crisis Line Society, 4589 Adelaide Street.

Lunar Fun, Sept. 17 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the library. Ages 4 and up.

Elder College Open House, Sept. 18 at 10:30 a.m. North Island College. Guest speaker Maggie Hodge- Kwan from the Community Foundation’s Vital Signs project.

Happy Un-Birthday Party, Sept. 19 from 2-3 p.m. at the library. Ages 4 and up.

Dad’s Night Out, Sept. 23 from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in celebration of Raise-a-Reader Day at the library.

Cardboard Challenge, Sept. 26 from noon to 3 p.m. at Glenwood Centre.

Dad’s Night Out Pirate Mys-tery Scavenger Hunt, Oct. 21 from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at the library.

Boo to You, Scooby-Doo Hal-loween Celebration, Oct. 24 from 2-3 p.m. at the library.

Kids Tech Tuesday: Learning App Afternoon, Nov. 17 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the library.

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Fair paradeGordon Adshead displays his Alberni Valley Times pride with three-year-old Jackson and four-year-old Lilly for the Alberni District Fall Fair parade on Saturday. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]

The Canadian dollar traded Monday afternoon at 75.43 US, down 0.02 of a cent from Friday’s

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ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Five people and their pets were forced out of their home early Monday morning when an elec-trical fire broke out in a South Port house.

The occupants of three rental suites in a structure at Third Avenue and Bruce Street awoke to smoke when flames erupted in the building’s electrical room.

A call was sent to the Port Alberni Fire Department at 5:36 a.m., who sent two engines and a ladder truck to the scene. The Port Alberni crew was joined by the Beaver Creek and Sproat Lake volunteer fire departments through an automatic aid agree-ment for buildings in the city that are larger than a duplex.

Crews were initially prevented from using water on the blaze due to its electrical source, and controlled the fire with carbon dioxide and dry chemical extin-guishers until BC Hydro came to cut off the power. With the hoses on, the blaze was extin-guished by approximately 7 a.m., said Port Alberni fire chief Tim Pley.

“Once the power was off we were able to open up the walls and extinguish the fire inside,” he said.

Some Port Alberni fire person-nel remained at the scene until just before 11 a.m. when the house was turned back over to the property manager to deter-mine its future use.

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Alberni Valley Community Forest Corporation is having their

Annual General MeetingWednesday September 16th, 2015 at 7pmat the Echo Park Field House 4200 Wood Ave. This meeting

is open to the general public and will provide information on operations of the Alberni Valley Community Forest.

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The Love and Donaldson familywould like to extend their heartfelt thank you

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Youth rescued from Rogers CreekERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

More barriers along the Rogers Creek ravine might be needed to discourage residents from brav-ing the cliffs, says Port Alberni’s fire chief after the department performed a rescue operation Friday.

With the Alberni District Fall Fair underway south of the ravine, two young men attempted to climb on a cliff behind the Alberni Athletic Hall. One of the youths injured his ankle, leaving him stranded approximately 20 feet below the edge of the steep slope.

Emergency crews from BC Ambulance and the Port Alber-ni Fire Department were called to the scene shortly after 11:30 a.m. A paramedic made her way down the cliff to secure the injured ankle with a splint, while firefighters above assem-bled a pulley system with ropes and cables attached to a rescue vehicle.

Wearing rescue gear strapped to the cables, two firefighters carefully descended the bank of the cliff with a stretcher for the patient.

During rescue operations where an injury has occurred, proper handling of the patient is

essential to prevent more dam-age, said fire chief Tim Pley.

“He couldn’t weight bear on that ankle,” he said. “Because he couldn’t put weight on it, really the only way to mobilize him was to bring him up in the stretcher.”

Firefighters also secured the

paramedic to a harness, and managed to safely scale back up the cliff with the patient by 12:47 p.m. The youth was taken to hospital for treatment.

Every few years a rescue from the cliffs over Rogers Creek is required during Port Alberni’s annual fall fair, said Pley. Sever-

al emergencies have occurred in the ravine over the years, includ-ing the rescue of two teenagers who were stranded partway up a steep cliff near North Island College in late February.

With Rogers Creek seeing more use as the city improves the trail system in the area, it

might be time for some meas-ures to discourage hikers from putting themselves in danger, said Pley.

“It’s not a high frequency event, but as that area gets more and more developed and more people [are] moving around the trails at the top and the bottom it seems like it’s happening more often,” he said. “When you’re up on top on the trail, it looks like there’s a steep path-ways down, but they all end up into a vertical drop into the creek.”

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Members of the Port Alberni Fire Department descend a cliff at the top of the Rogers Creek Ravine to rescue a fallen youth, who was stranded with a sprained ankle Friday afternoon. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]

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“When you’re up on top of the trail, it looks like there’s a steep pathway down, but they all end up into a vertical drop into the creek.”

Tim Pley, Port Alberni fire chief

Young man injures ankle on cliff, carried by fi refi ghters from steep slope behind Alberni Athletic Hall

Electrical room sparks blaze in 3rd and Bruce duplex

Five displaced by South Port fi re

Firefighters attend to a house fire that forced two South Port residents out of their home Monday morning. An investigation determined that the fire was caused by the house’s electrical system. [JERRY FEVENS FOR THE TIMES]

provided the occupants with temporary accommodation, said Pley.

“They’re finding them right now alternate accommodation for the first three nights, but longer term I’m not sure what’s going to happen,” he said.

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NDP wants more police in PA, Conservative defends stanceELECTION, from Page 1

“Crime and unemployment are related and the best solution to reduce crime is to have people working,” said Duncan, adding that gains are emerging with Alberni’s business confidence ratings. “Rather than focusing on crime the community is focusing on moving forward progressively, which will have the added effect of crime reduction.”

Liberal candidate Carrie Pow-ell-Davidson noted similarities Port Alberni has with Prince Rupert, Terrace and Williams Lake, which also have high crime rates.

“Wherever you find an eco-nomically depressed community, you’re going to find crime,” she said, noting that measures are already being taken in Port Alber-ni to remove youth from the cycle of offending. “The Liberal plan to legalize marijuana will lower crime rates and free up police resources,” she added.

Legalizing marijuana is also among the Green Party’s plans

to cut down on crime in Port Alberni, as is increasing physic-al fitness and investing more in community health, said candidate Glen Sollitt. He pledges to review the Young Offenders Act.

“Youth should not be treated as hardened criminals,” he said, adding that the Green Party will repeal mandatory minimum sentencing laws created over previous Conservative terms in Ottawa.

“Violent offenders must face more serious consequences, in setting bail, in sentencing, and in parole terms,” Sollitt said.

Duncan defended the Conserva-tives’ stance on crime.

“We have a strong record on

making our communities safer by getting tough on crime and we know the difference between criminals and law-abiding cit-izens, which is why we eliminated the wasteful and inefficient long-gun registry,” he said in reference to 2012 legislation that ended the required registration of non-re-stricted firearms.

NDP candidate Gord John criti-cized how the Conservatives have handled crime.

“They talk tough about crime but there has been little more than empty promises over the past decade, other than an increase in prison construction,” he said.

Johns emphasized the need for more police officers to be hired in Port Alberni, which the NDP pledge to bring through “ongoing” federal funding.

“The need to ensure public safety on the streets of cities like Port Alberni is of critical import-ance to families, businesses and visitors,” he said.

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Tim Pley, Port Alberni fire chief

“The Liberal plan to legalize marijuana will lower crime rates and free up police resources.”Carrie Powell-Davidson, Courtenay–Alberni Liberal candidate

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You may be able to dis-regard the rules in the Motor Vehicle Act and

survive, but flouting the laws of physics when you drive will eventually result in a collision.

I spent a decade dealing with concepts like perception-re-action time, coefficients of friction and maximum accel-eration when I did a forensic examination of a collision scene. This gave me some insight into what you can and can’t do as a driver and the need to never put yourself in a position when your vehicle tried to ask more of the laws of physics than they would allow.

The driver I watched yester-

day either had no considera-tion for the physics involved in driving, had a very high risk tolerance or both. He was following a larger vehicle trav-elling 90 kilometres per hour with what looked like enough room to comfortably parallel park between them had they been standing still. I’m always happy when these drivers roar off into the distance and are

no longer near me. I guess my tolerance of risk is not a high one, particularly when the risk is imposed on me by others.

Ninety kilometres per hour is 25 metres per second. Accepted perception-reaction time in collision reconstruction is 1.5 seconds. That means this driv-er travels 37 metres between the time something happens and he first applies the brake. No slowing has occurred yet. If the vehicle in front slows sud-denly, a crash is inevitable.

Not a problem, I’ll just steer out of the way you say. Remem-ber that perception-reaction time? It means that you will just begin to turn the steering

wheel after having travelled that 37 metres. Again, a crash is inevitable.

The vehicle in front doesn’t have to slow to be a problem either. It may be blocking your view of what is ahead. If the driver waits until the last minute to move out of the way of a hazard, we’re back to that 37 metres or 1.5 seconds again. Are you feeling like a crash testdummy yet? The laws of phys-ics are not forgiving.

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A minority government scares leadersI

f there is one thing that Stephen Harper, Tom Mul-cair and Justin Trudeau agree on, it’s the election outcome that frightens

them the most.That would be that delicate

matter of what happens if no one wins enough seats next month to form a majority government.

Harper made some puzzling remarks this week about the scenario. He insists it is the right of the party that wins the most seats to form government. He says he “would not serve as prime minister” if his party finished second.

Puzzling because it completely disregards the elements of the Westminster system of govern-ment that Canada has followed since Confederation. If you don’t recall your high school social studies class, here’s a quick primer.

In a constitutional monarchy like Canada, the Queen is the

head of state and the Governor General is her representative.After a federal election, the Governor General invites the leader of the party that won the most seats in the House of Com-mons to form government. If that party won a majority of the seats in the election, that leader can govern and pass legislation without the co-operation of the other leaders and parties.

There are 338 seats up for grabs in this election so a major-ity will be 170 seats (169 plus one). If the party that wins the most seats doesn’t reach 170 seats, the Governor General will still invite that leader to form a government but the prime minister will need the support of another party and its leader to have enough votes to pass legislation.

Harper spent his first five years as prime minister gov-erning this way, with the major-ity of the seats split up between the Bloc Quebecois, the Liberals

and the NDP. He sought support for various bills on a case-by-case basis, rather than forming an allegiance with one of the other parties.

Harper paints such a coalition as anti-democratic yet it’s a key component of the Westminis-ter model and perfectly legal. If a minority government is defeated in a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons, that doesn’t automatically mean another election. In the interest of government sta-bility, the Governor General must approach the leader of the party that won the second-most seats to see if that leader can form government. Through either a formal or an informal agreement with another party or parties, that leader with the second-most seats could legally form government.

So if Canadians woke up on Oct. 20 to learn the Conserva-tives had won 120 seats, the NDP 110 seats, the Liberals 100 seats

and the Greens eight seats, the Governor General would ask Harper to form a government. At the first sitting of the House of Commons, the opposing parties could combine their 218 votes to easily defeat the Con-servatives. The Governor Gener-al could then ask Tom Mulcair to form an NDP government.

Notice how this specific scen-ario makes Trudeau and the Lib-erals into kingmakers, meaning that a Harper Conservative gov-ernment survives with Liberal support but so does a Mulcair NDP government. Trudeau says he would co-operate with other parties to pass legislation in a minority government but that could mean different things. He could be a passive supporter, informally propping up either party by demanding changes to various bills that satisfies the Liberal political agenda and then casting supportive votes.

He could, however, demand to be an active supporter with a

more formal hands-on arrange-ment. So imagine a Canada where either Harper or Mulcair is prime minister, Trudeau is finance minister and the rest of the cabinet is a blend of either Conservatives and Liberals or NDP and Liberals. Not only is this allowed, the Westminister system encourages these kinds of creative outcomes to avoid an endless cycle of elections and to force parties and elected repre-sentatives to work together.

Those options are what night-mares are made of for all three main party leaders. They are all asking voters to elect a strong, majority government with them in charge because majority rule doesn’t require compromise withpolitical opponents, only an iron discipline of the party caucus.

The leaders see minorities as chaos. Many Canadians might see it as forced collaboration.

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“Are you sure you know how to identify poisonous mush-rooms?” I asked my neighbour. He assured me he had studied differences in this fungus and had been picking them for years. But one night I received a call from his wife saying her hus-band was desperately ill. I found him lying on the bathroom floor, ghostly white, breathing heavily and in agony. I discovered he had been picking mushrooms and they had been a part of his dinner. He was rushed to the Emergency and nearly died.

Now a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says that foraging and eating wild mushrooms can result in liver failure and even death. And that mistaking toxic mush-rooms for edible varieties is a common error.

Dr. Adina Weinerman at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto says, “Distin-guishing safe from harmful mushrooms is a challenge even for mycologists”.

She cites the case of a 52 year old immigrant woman of Asian descent who had foraged for mushrooms with her husband in a local park. She had had for-aging experience in her native land. But like my friend, after eating them she developed severe abdominal pain and gastrointestinal distress. She eventually needed a liver transplant.

Dr. Adina states that people poisoned by toxic mushrooms go through three stages. Within 6 to 12 hours there is pain, nau-

sea, vomiting and diarrhea. But this is followed by a false recov-ery in which patients appear to improve. This misleads doctors to assume all is well, and they may be prematurely discharged from hospital or Emergency department.

The final stage occurs 48 hours after ingesting toxic mush-rooms. The patient’s liver starts to fail following which other organs may falter and death may occur. The big problem is that doctors do not have an anti-dote for mushroom toxicity.

It appears that whether you live or die depends on whether you’re fortunate enough to have “the luck of the Irish”. Char-coal can be used to absorb the toxin if used early, but by the time patients are seen in Emer-gency it’s usually too late to be helpful.

The message is crystal clear. Mushrooms of the Amanita genus include over 600 types which cause most of the mush-room deaths. So If mycologists can be fooled identifying toxic mushrooms so can you. It can also fool immigrants who may mistake local poisonous mush-rooms for familiar ones from their native land.

But it’s not only toxic mush-rooms that can result in trouble

according to a report in the Nutrition Action Health Letter A doctor at Kingston General hospital in Ontario noticed that an increased number of people were arriving at the hospital complaining of stomach cramps and diarrhea. He ordered stool cultures on these patients and all suffered from Salmonella enteritidis infection.

One patient said, “After they did stool and blood samples on me a doctor asked if I had eaten at a certain restaurant.” As the investigation continued it was discovered that all patients had eaten a meal containing bean sprouts. And some people had taken home left-overs in a doggy bag.

The culprit was a food com-pany in Toronto that was dis-

tributing contaminated sprouts to food stores and restaurants in Kingston. By the time health officials had controlled the out-break 550 people in Ontario had become sick from bean sprouts.

Raw sprouts have been linked to 30 outbreaks of foodborne ill-ness in North America. Sprouts are particularly dangerous as E coli bacteria can lodge in tiny cracks in seeds where they’re difficult to kill or remove. And when the seeds are sprouted they provide the ideal breeding ground for bacteria.

Some experts claim that sprouts are impossible to wash thoroughly and say that seniors, children and those with a weak immune system should not eat them.

Luckily for me I do not like

bean sprouts. But if I did I’d take the expert advice and make sure they had been refrigerat-ed, were crisp-looking, did not appear dark, and were free of a musty smell. If eating out and you’re not sure they’ve been thoroughly cooked, leave them on the plate.

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WILDLIFE

Heron rescued, recovered, released Y

oung blue herons resemble a character out of a science fic-tion movie.

Their long lanky legs and out of control wings give the appearance of a vehicle out of control heading for the ditch.

But don’t be fooled, the beak is honed to penetrate those fish in the boat with accuracy. Wildlife rehabilitators watch their eyes very carefully when handling one of these birds.

Since this heron has brought into the North Island Wild-life Recovery Centre it has more than doubled in size and developed its wing feathers, starting to stretch and flap its wings.

Up to nine subspecies of her-on have been recognized by past researchers, based on dif-ferences in plumage color and morphology.

Researchers have agreed that Florida’s Great White Heron, the subspecies most distinctive in color (entirely white), and the Pacific Great Blue Heron are dis-tinct subspecies.

Recent reviews have suggested

that the remaining Great Blue Herons in North America are composed of either one or two subspecies.

Owing to this controversy, this account primarily considers ‘blue group’ Great Blue usually referred to as the Herodias (or blue) group, and ‘white group’ Great Blue Herons - the Great White Heron referred to here as the Occidentalis (white) group Great Blue Herons.

Equally at home in coastal (marine) environments and in fresh water habitats, the Great Blue Heron nests mostly in col-onies, commonly large ones of several hundred pairs.

Such colonies are often located on islands or in wooded swamps, isolated locations that discour-age predation by snakes and mammals and disturbance from humans.

Although the species is primar-ily a fish eater, wading (often belly deep) along the shoreline of oceans, marshes, lakes, and rivers, it also stalks upland areas for rodents and other animals, especially in winter.

It has been known to eat most animals that come within striking range. Its well-studied, elaborate courtship displays have correlates on the foraging grounds, where this species can be strongly territorial.

The Great Blue Heron weath-ered the impacts of 20th century North Americans relatively successfully.

Although it was hunted heavily for its plumes and some of its wetland habitats were drained or otherwise degraded, many popu-lations have recovered well.

Nevertheless, breeding col-onies remain vulnerable to dis-turbance and habitat loss, and climate change and increasing predator populations may bring new challenges.

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Cowichan power forward scores 4 goals on Alberni in season opener; Tyler Cooper out with injury

Caps score 5 on Tai to beat ‘DogsMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Adam Oscevski scored all the goals the Capitals needed to defeat the Bulldogs at the Island Savings Centre in Duncan on Saturday night.

The six-foot power forward scored a hat-trick in the first per-iod, adding a fourth goal in the second to lead his team to a 6–3 win over the Alberni Valley in the opening game of the 2015–16 British Columbia Hockey League season. The Bulldogs needed their power play to get anything past Cowichan Valley goalkeeper Lane Michasiw.

“Obviously we need to work five-on-five,” said Kevin Willison, Bulldogs head coach and general manager. “Too many turnovers and too many odd-man rushes basically cost us.”

Oscevski notched his first goal of the night. just over five min-utes into the first period, assisted by Ryan Burton and Kade Kehoe.

The Bulldogs tied the game soon after, scoring their first of three goals on the power play when Troy Dobbs slapped a shot past Michasiw, with Paul Meyer getting credit for the assist.

Oscevski took matters into his own hands again, drilling Tyler Cooper’s head into the boards before knocking another puck from Kehoe past Bulldogs’ goal-tender Chris Tai to take back the lead for the home team. Cooper left the ice with an injury and did not return for the night. He’ll likely be out for three to four

weeks, Willison said. There was no penalty called on the play.

With less than a minute left Oscevski completed his first-per-iod hat-trick after carrying the puck into the Bulldogs zone and sending it top-corner past Tai for a 3–1 Capitals lead.

It was Oscevski once more – completing a natural hat-trick – just over a minute into the

second period on an unassisted breakaway attempt that beat Tai for the fourth time.

Alberni made a goalie change when Tai was beaten a fifth time by Mathew Hudie on an assist by Patrick Greary seven minutes into the second period. Backup Bulldogs goaltender Carson Schamerhorn skated into the crease to relieve his teammate. Tai let in five goals on 14 shots over 27 minutes.

“[Tai] just didn’t prepare prop-erly,” Willison said. “I’m sure he’ll bounce back.”

Schamerhorn managed to keep the score 5–1 for the rest of the second period.

Alberni’s power play came through again to make it 5–2 when Paul Meyer scored his first BCHL goal at the eight-minute mark of the third period.

Another Alberni defensive blunder left Schamerhorn alone against the Capitals’ Jared Domin who made good on a

rebound for a 6–2 lead. The ‘Dogs power play made

their final statement of the night, attacking the net to find a way past Michasiw to make it 6–3 with less than four minutes to play, with the goal credited to Jordan Sandhu, assisted by cap-tain Eric Margo.

The Bulldogs outshot their opponents 32–27. All three stars went to the home team, with Oscevski earning first, Michasiw second, and Kehoe third.

Alberni Valley face the Victoria Grizzlies at Weyerhaeuser Arena on Saturday at 7 p.m. for their first home game of the regular season.

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“Obviously we need to work five-on-five. Too many turnovers and too many odd-man rushes basically cost us.”

Kevin Willison, head coach and GM

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Alberni’s dragon boat team at the 55+ BC Games last month. They earned bronze medals at the event. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

Athletes win at 55+ gamesALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Dozens of Alberni athletes over age 55 travelled to North Vancouver last month for the 55+ BC Games, held from Aug. 25–29.

Congratulations to all the medal winners, especially those from Port Alberni.

North Vancouver Island – Zone 2 – finished fourth overall in the medal count with 200 medals. Forty-nine Port Alberni athletes earned one or more medals each.

Here are the local winners:

DragonboatSharon Powell – BronzeChris Thompson – BronzeThelma Mayfield – BronzeMel Lewis – BronzeMaggi Slassor – BronzeBob Milton – BronzeCollen Locke – Bronze

GolfCarol Hastings – GoldJanice Cross – SilverBarb Sheare – BronzeCarol Bouchard – GoldFrank Hastings – BronzeEquestrianElena Bonar – Silver with her horse, Lascaux MojoCarpet BowlingJudith Bourassa – BronzeJim Bouleau – BronzeGeorge Bourassa – BronzeFred Luecke – SilverJoyce Luecke – SilverBadmintonLes Dane – SilverSlo-pitch softballGreg Farris – SilverSteve Clayton – SilverEric Netzer – SilverEd Nygren – SilverRenger DeVries – SilverIce hockeyGarry Korven – SilverIce curlingBruce Kendall – GoldSteven Eng – GoldFrances Eng – GoldSandy Forbes – Gold

Track and fieldDave Oscienny – Gold, Silver and BronzeTable tennisAnn Grist – three Silver medalsHugh Grist – two Silver medalsEvelyn Hay – one Silver, two BronzeCribbageTony Bos – BronzeVelma Innes – BronzeMaggie Bowen – BronzeGordon Meyer – BronzeRuth Castelsky – BronzeMarg Delau – BronzeFloor curlingLarry Lehtonen – GoldJake van Kooten – GoldJunior Johnston – GoldElaine van Kooten – GoldSoccerMarino Pedisic – BronzeMitch Fitzgibbon – BronzeDavid Timmons – BronzePeter Kurucz – BronzePaul Robertson – BronzeLarry Vermette – Bronze

Virtanen hopes physical play enough for roster spot JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

Micheal Fer-land hit everything that moved in the Cal-

gary Flames’ first-round playoff defeat of the Vancouver Canucks last season. Jake Virtanen took notice from afar.

“He was in the guys’ heads,” Virtanen said of the bruising Flames for-ward. “He was a big factor in that win just being physical and wearing guys down.”

The sixth overall pick at the 2014 draft, Virtanen wants to bring a similar style — as well as his scoring touch — to the NHL this season with the Canucks, who could be in need of both after many Western Conference teams reloaded this summer.

The 19-year-old dem-onstrated some of that physicality at the Young Stars rookie tournament, levelling Edmonton Oilers phenom Connor McDavid and defenceman Darnell Nurse with crunching checks on Friday night in the showcase event that also included prospects from the Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets.

The hit on McDavid — who along with Nurse was Virtanen’s Canadian teammate at the world juniors — drew the ire of the Oilers, but the Vancou-ver prospect said that’s

an important part of his game.

“I know (McDavid) pretty well,” Virtanen said with a smile.

“It’s pretty funny. I told him I was going to give it to him when I saw him in Toronto a couple weeks ago.”

The six-foot-one, 212-pound winger from Abbotsford missed the beginning of last season because of shoulder sur-gery, but still managed to put up 52 points (21 goals, 31 assists) in 50 games with the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen before adding 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in 14 playoffs outings.

Virtanen then joined the AHL’s Utica Comets, recording one assist in 10 post-season games.

“You know he has a good shot, good hands and can score goals,” said Travis Green, who coaches in Utica and ran the Canucks’ bench at the Young Stars tournament.

“Ultimately you want Jake Virtanen to be a power forward that can be a real physical force on the team and score some goals while he’s doing it.”

Virtanen scored the overtime winner Monday afternoon in Penticton as the Canucks prospects defeated those of the Cal-gary Flames at the annual Young Stars tournament.

Brendan Gaunce, the 26th pick in 2012 who’s also looking for a spot with the big club out of

training camp, played with Virtanen during his stint with the Comets last sea-son and saw his potential first-hand.

“I think powerful is a good term to describe him. He’s got a powerful shot, he’s a powerful skater, he’s powerful on the walls,” said Gaunce, a 21-year-old winger from Markham, Ont.

“He’s got that raw talent and he’s driven to be a good player.”

Virtanen is too young to play in the AHL on a full-time basis in 2015-16, meaning that Canucks can keep him for a nine-game audition before deciding whether or not to return him to junior.

“It’s in the back of my mind for sure that I could be in Vancouver,” he said. “But I’m not going to look too far ahead.”

He could try to follow the path of Bo Horvat, who took part in the Young Stars tournament last year, had a good camp and managed to stick with the Canucks past the nine-game mark, becoming one of their better forwards as the season progressed.

“Bo had a really good season last year,” said Virtanen.

“With the youth move-ment and everything hap-pening right now I think if I just keep playing the way I am, just playing my game and working hard, hopefully I can grab a spot.”

Jake Virtanen wears a Vancouver Canucks sweater after being chosen sixth overall during the NHL draft on June 27, 2014. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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NFL OLYMPICS

SPORTS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | 7

AMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayToronto 82 61 .573 — — 6-4 L-1 47-25 35-36N.Y. Yankees 79 64 .552 3 — 4-6 W-2 41-32 38-32Baltimore 70 73 .490 12 6 6-4 W-2 43-29 27-44Tampa Bay 69 74 .483 13 7 3-7 L-3 33-36 36-38Boston 68 75 .476 14 8 7-3 L-1 39-35 29-40

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayKansas City 84 59 .587 — — 2-8 L-2 48-27 36-32Minnesota 75 68 .524 9 1 6-4 W-2 43-26 32-42Cleveland 71 71 .500 121/2 41/2 7-3 W-1 32-35 39-36Chi. White Sox 67 74 .475 16 8 6-4 L-1 35-36 32-38Detroit 65 78 .455 19 11 4-6 L-1 33-38 32-40

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayHouston 77 67 .535 — — 4-6 L-1 48-24 29-43Texas 76 67 .531 1/2 — 6-4 W-2 35-33 41-34L.A. Angels 72 70 .507 4 31/2 6-4 L-1 44-31 28-39Seattle 69 75 .479 8 71/2 6-4 L-1 32-40 37-35Oakland 61 82 .427 151/2 15 3-7 L-1 33-42 28-40Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild cardMondayBaltimore 2 Boston 0Cleveland 8 Kansas City 3N.Y. Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 1Texas 5 Houston 3Oakland at Chi. White SoxMinnesota 7 Detroit 1L.A. Angels at SeattleSundayN.Y. Yankees 5 Toronto 0Cleveland 7 Detroit 2Boston 2 Tampa Bay 0 (13)Minnesota 7 Chi. White Sox 0Texas 12 Oakland 4Houston 5 L.A. Angels 3Colorado 3 Seattle 2Detroit 9 Cleveland 2

Baltimore 8 Kansas City 2TuesdayBoston (Kelly 10-6) at Baltimore (Jimenez 11-9), 7:05 p.m.Kansas City (Medlen 3-1) at Cleveland (Tomlin 5-1), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Warren 6-6) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 7-8), 7:10 p.m.Houston (McHugh 16-7) at Texas (Perez 2-5), 8:05 p.m.Oakland (Brooks 1-3) at Chi. White Sox (Samardzija 9-12), 8:10 p.m.Detroit (Simon 12-9) at Minnesota (Hughes 10-8), 8:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-2) at Seattle (Hernandez 17-8), 10:10 p.m.

MLB

MondayWashington 8 Philadelphia 7 (11)N.Y. Mets 4 Miami 3San Diego at ArizonaColorado at L.A. DodgersCincinnati at San FranciscoSundaySt. Louis 9 Cincinnati 2Washington 5 Miami 0Philadelphia 7 Chicago Cubs 4Pittsburgh 7 Milwaukee 6 (11)N.Y. Mets 10 Atlanta 7 (10)San Francisco 10 San Diego 3L.A. Dodgers 4 Arizona 3TuesdayChicago Cubs (Hammel 8-6) at Pittsburgh

(Cole 16-8), 1:35 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Lester 9-10) at Pittsburgh (Happ 5-1), 7:05 p.m.Washington (Strasburg 8-7) at Philadel-phia (Buchanan 2-8), 7:05 p.m.Toronto (Buehrle 14-7) at Atlanta (Tehe-ran 10-7), 7:10 p.m.Miami (Koehler 9-13) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 13-7), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Martinez 13-7) at Milwaukee (Pena 1-0), 8:10 p.m.San Diego (Ross 10-10) at Arizona (Chacin 0-1), 9:40 p.m.Colorado (Rusin 5-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Anderson 9-8), 10:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Lamb 1-3) at San Francisco (Heston 11-10), 10:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayN.Y. Mets 83 61 .576 — — 9-1 W-8 46-24 37-37Washington 73 70 .510 91/2 91/2 5-5 W-2 41-29 32-41Miami 61 83 .424 22 22 6-4 L-2 36-39 25-44Atlanta 56 88 .389 27 27 2-8 L-4 33-36 23-52Philadelphia 56 89 .386 271/2 271/2 3-7 L-1 33-40 23-49

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySt. Louis 89 54 .622 — — 3-7 W-1 50-24 39-30Pittsburgh 86 56 .606 21/2 — 7-3 W-3 49-22 37-34Chicago Cubs 82 60 .577 61/2 — 7-3 L-2 43-28 39-32Milwaukee 62 81 .434 27 201/2 4-6 L-3 33-39 29-42Cincinnati 60 82 .423 281/2 22 5-5 L-1 34-40 26-42

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayL.A. Dodgers 82 60 .577 — — 7-3 W-2 47-21 35-39San Francisco 75 68 .524 71/2 71/2 6-4 W-3 41-27 34-41Arizona 68 75 .476 141/2 141/2 3-7 L-2 34-38 34-37San Diego 67 77 .465 16 16 2-8 L-4 35-37 32-40Colorado 60 83 .420 221/2 221/2 5-5 W-1 31-40 29-43Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card

AMERICAN LEAGUEINDIANS 8, ROYALS 3 Kansas City ab r h bi Cleveland ab r h biGordon lf 5 1 4 2 Kipnis dh 5 1 1 1Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 1 Lindor ss 3 2 1 1Cain cf 5 0 2 0 Brantley lf 5 1 3 0Hosmer 1b 3 0 0 0 Santana 1b 3 1 1 0Morales dh 4 0 0 0 Chisenhall rf 3 1 3 3Moustakas 3b 4 0 1 0 Gomes c 4 0 1 2Perez c 4 1 2 0 Almonte cf 4 0 0 0Rios rf 4 1 1 0 Urshela 3b 4 1 1 1Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 Ramirez 2b 3 1 1 0Totals 36 3 11 3 Totals 34 8 12 8Kansas City 100 000 200 —3Cleveland 101 110 31x —8LOB—Cleveland 8, Kansas City 9. DP—Cleveland 1. 2B—Brantley (44), Chisenhall (17), Gomes (15), Ramirez (11). 3B—Lindor (3). HR—Kipnis (8); Urshela (6). Gordon (12). SB—Lindor (8). SF—Chisenhall. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SOVolquez L, 13-8 5 7 4 4 3 4Young 1 0 0 0 1 0Herrera 1 3 3 3 1 1Morales 1 2 1 1 0 2ClevelandCarrasco W, 13-10 6 5 1 1 2 9McAllister H, 10 2-3 2 2 2 0 0Shaw H, 22 1-3 2 0 0 0 0Crockett 2-3 1 0 0 0 2Manship 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 2WP — Shaw. Umpires—Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Cory Blaser; Second, Ben May; Third, Chris Guccione.T—3:21. A—10,356 (36,856) at Cleveland.

YANKEES 4, RAYS 1 N.Y. Yankees ab r h bi Tampa Bay ab r h biEllsbury cf 4 0 0 0 Guyer lf 4 0 0 0Gardner lf 2 1 0 0 Mahtook rf 4 1 1 0Rodriguez dh 3 0 1 1 Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0Young pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Forsythe 2b 4 0 1 1McCann c 3 1 0 0 Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0Beltran rf 3 0 1 0 Souza Jr. dh 4 0 1 0Noel pr 0 0 0 0 Shaffer 1b 2 0 0 0Heathcott rf 1 1 1 3 Kiermaier cf 3 0 2 0Bird 1b 3 0 0 0 Butler ph 1 0 0 0Headley 3b 4 0 0 0 Arencibia c 3 0 0 0Gregorius ss 3 0 0 0 Ryan 2b 2 0 0 0 Ackley ph 1 0 1 0 Drew 2b 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 4 4 4 Totals 33 1 6 1N.Y. Yankees 000 000 004 —4Tampa Bay 000 000 010 —1E—Ryan 2, Headley. LOB—Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 3. DP—N.Y. Yankees 1. Tampa Bay 2. 2B—Forsythe (30), Rodriguez (20). HR—Heathcott (2). SB—Gardner (19), Noel (2), Mahtook (1). N.Y. Yankees IP H R ER BB SOSabathia 6 2-3 3 0 0 2 6Wilson 1 3 1 1 0 2Cotham W, 1-0 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Miller S, 33 1 0 0 0 0 3Tampa BayRamirez 7 2-3 1 0 0 2 6Colome 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Boxberger L, 4-10 BS, 6 2-3 3 4 4 2 0Riefenhauser 1-3 0 0 0 1 0Umpires—Home, Vic Carapazza; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Tom Woodring.T—3:08. A—11,940 (31,042) at Tampa Bay.

ORIOLES 2, RED SOX 0 Boston ab r h bi Baltimore ab r h biBetts cf 3 0 0 0 Reimold dh 4 1 1 0Rutledge 2b 2 0 0 0 Machado 3b 3 0 0 0Holt ph-2b 1 0 1 0 Davis 1b 4 1 1 0Bogaerts ss 4 0 1 0 Jones cf 4 0 1 2Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0 Pearce lf 3 0 0 0Shaw 1b 3 0 0 0 Schoop 2b 4 0 1 0Sandoval 3b 4 0 1 0 Joseph c 4 0 3 0Castillo lf 4 0 0 0 Hardy ss 3 0 1 0Swihart c 4 0 0 0 Alvarez rf 2 0 1 0Bradley Jr. rf 2 0 0 0 Parra ph-rf 2 0 0 0Totals 30 0 3 0 Totals 33 2 9 2Boston 000 000 000 —0Baltimore 100 000 10x —2E—Rutledge. LOB—Boston 8, Baltimore

10. DP—Boston 1. 2B—Jones (25), Joseph (16). Boston IP H R ER BB SORodriguez L, 9-6 5 1-3 5 1 1 3 9Barnes 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1Layne 0 1 1 1 0 0Machi 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 3BaltimoreGausman W, 3-6 6 2 0 0 4 7Brach H, 10 1 0 0 0 0 1

Matusz H, 2 2-3 0 0 0 0 0Britton S, 33 1 0 0 0 0 1Layne pitched to 1 batter in the 7thWP — Rodriguez. Balk—Rodriguez. Umpires—Home, Bill Miller; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Brian Knight.T—2:56. A—19,666 (45,971) at Baltimore.

RANGERS 5, ASTROS 3 Houston ab r h bi Texas ab r h biSpringer rf 4 0 0 1 Deshields cf 4 0 1 0Altuve 2b 5 1 2 1 Choo rf 3 0 0 0Correa ss 5 1 2 0 Venable rf 0 0 0 0Lowrie 3b 1 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 4 1 1 0Villar ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Fielder dh 4 3 2 2Rasmus lf 5 0 2 1 Napoli lf 3 0 1 0Gattis dh 4 0 1 0 Stubbs lf 1 0 0 0Conger c 4 0 0 0 Moreland 1b 4 1 2 2Valbuena 1b 3 0 0 0 Andrus ss 4 0 0 0Marisnick cf 3 1 1 0 Odor 2b 3 0 1 1 Gimenez c 2 0 0 0Totals 36 3 8 3 Totals 32 5 8 5Houston 100 010 100 —3Texas 010 002 02x —5E—Kazmir, Odor, Lowrie, Napoli. LOB—Texas 5, Houston 11. DP—Texas 2. 2B—Moreland (24), Odor (21), Marisnick (13). HR—Fielder (19); Moreland (20). Altuve (12). SB—Marisnick (19). Houston IP H R ER BB SOKazmir 7 5 3 2 1 4Perez 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Harris L, 5-4 1-3 2 2 2 0 1Sipp 1-3 1 0 0 0 0TexasHamels 7 7 3 3 1 4Diekman 2-3 0 0 0 1 1Kela W, 7-5 1-3 0 0 0 1 0Tolleson S, 32 1 1 0 0 0 1Balk—Hamels. HBP — Choo. Lowrie; Valbuena. Umpires—Home, Gerry Davis; First, Phil Cuzzi; Second, Gabe Morales; Third, Tony Randazzo.T—3:03. A—27,772 (48,114) at Texas.

TWINS 7, TIGERS 1 Detroit ab r h bi Minnesota ab r h biGose cf 4 0 2 0 Hicks lf-rf 5 1 2 0Kinsler 2b 5 0 0 0 Dozier 2b 3 1 0 0Cabrera 1b 2 0 0 0 Mauer 1b 5 2 3 0J. Martinez rf 4 0 2 0 Sano dh 3 1 1 1V. Martinez dh 4 0 1 0 Plouffe 3b 3 1 1 2Castellanos 3b 4 0 1 0 Hunter rf 4 0 2 1Moya lf 4 0 0 0 Robinson lf 0 0 0 0McCann c 4 1 1 0 Escobar ss 4 1 2 2Romine ss 4 0 1 1 Suzuki c 4 0 1 1 Buxton cf 4 0 1 0Totals 35 1 8 1 Totals 35 7 13 7Detroit 000 000 100 —1Minnesota 420 100 00x —7E—Plouffe. LOB—Detroit 10, Minnesota 8. DP—Detroit 2. Minnesota 1. 2B—Plouffe (31), Mauer (28), Castellanos (26), Romine (5). 3B—McCann (5). HR—Escobar (11). Detroit IP H R ER BB SOLobstein L, 3-8 1 1-3 7 6 6 2 2Ryan 4 2-3 4 1 1 2 3Ferrell 1 1 0 0 0 0Rondon 1 1 0 0 0 0MinnesotaDuffey W, 3-1 6 1-3 7 1 1 2 7Fien 1 2-3 0 0 0 1 3Cotts 1 1 0 0 0 1WP — Duffey. Balk—Lobstein. Um-pires—Home, Chris Conroy; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Angel Hernandez.T—2:56. A—17,833 (39,021) at Min-nesota.

NATIONAL LEAGUENATIONALS 8, PHILLIES 7 (11)Washington ab r h bi Philadelphia ab r h biRendon 2b 6 1 4 1 Herrera cf 5 0 1 0Escobar 3b 6 1 2 1 Galvis ss 5 1 2 2Harper rf 5 2 2 1 Bogusevic rf 5 1 1 0Werth lf 6 2 2 5 Altherr lf 4 1 1 0Fister p 0 0 0 0 Garcia p 0 0 0 0Robinson 1b 4 0 2 0 Loewen p 0 0 0 0Desmond ss 5 0 1 0 Howard 1b 3 1 1 1Ramos c 3 0 1 0 Ruf 1b 2 0 0 0Turner pr 0 0 0 0 Sweeney 2b 3 1 1 1Lobaton c 1 0 0 0 Gomez p 0 0 0 0Taylor cf 5 0 0 0 Hinojosa p 0 0 0 0Zimmermann sp 3 1 1 0 Francoeur ph-lf 1 0 0 0Thornton p 0 0 0 0 Asche 3b 5 1 1 3Martin p 0 0 0 0 Rupp c 4 1 1 0Treinen p 0 0 0 0 Nola sp 0 0 0 0

Janssen p 0 0 0 0 De Fratus p 0 0 0 0Rivero p 0 0 0 0 Kratz ph 1 0 0 0Papelbon p 0 0 0 0 Neris p 0 0 0 0Espinosa ph 0 1 0 0 Williams p 0 0 0 0Moore lf 0 0 0 0 Blanco 2b 2 0 0 0Totals 45 8 15 8 Totals 41 7 9 7Washington 101 040 000 11 —8Philadelphia 011 004 000 10 —7E—Desmond. LOB—Washington 8, Philadelphia 7. DP—Philadelphia 3. 2B—Bogusevic (2). HR—Galvis (7); Howard (23); Asche (9). Rendon (5); Harper (37); Werth (9). S—Galvis, Nola. Washington IP H R ER BB SOZimmermann 6 7 6 6 1 8Thornton 2-3 1 0 0 0 0Martin 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Treinen 1 0 0 0 0 0Janssen 2-3 0 0 0 0 2Rivero 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Papelbon W, 4-2 BS, 1 1 1 1 1 0 1Fister S, 1 1 0 0 0 1 2PhiladelphiaNola 5 9 6 6 1 8De Fratus 1 0 0 0 0 2Neris 1 1 0 0 1 1Williams 1 0 0 0 1 1Gomez 1 1 0 0 0 1Hinojosa 1 3 1 1 0 2Garcia L, 3-5 0 1 1 0 1 0Loewen 1 0 0 0 0 0Lu.Garcia pitched to 3 batters in the 11thWP — Neris, Zimmermann. PB—Rupp. HBP — Herrera; Altherr. Umpires—Home, Tim Welke; First, Todd Tichenor; Second, Chris Segal; Third, Mike Everitt.T—3:54. A—15,402 (43,651) at Phila-delphia.

METS 4, MARLINS 3 Miami ab r h bi N.Y. Mets ab r h biGordon 2b 4 1 2 0 Lagares cf 3 0 1 0Yelich cf-lf 4 0 0 0 Conforto ph-lf 1 0 0 0Prado 3b 3 1 0 0 Wright 3b 4 0 2 1Bour 1b 4 0 0 0 Cespedes lf-cf 3 1 1 1Dietrich lf 4 1 2 1 Uribe 2b 4 1 1 0Ellington p 0 0 0 0 Reed p 0 0 0 0Realmuto c 4 0 2 1 Nieuwenhuis rf 0 0 0 0

Rojas ss 4 0 0 1 Cuddyer rf 4 0 0 0Nicolino sp 2 0 0 0 Familia p 0 0 0 0Telis ph 0 0 0 0 Duda 1b 4 0 0 0Gillespie pr 0 0 0 0 Flores ss 1 0 0 0Barraclough p 0 0 0 0 Young pr 0 1 0 0Ozuna cf 0 0 0 0 Tejada ss 0 0 0 0 Verrett sp 1 0 0 0 Campbell ph 1 0 0 0 Gilmartin p 0 0 0 0 Robles p 0 0 0 0 Granderson ph 0 0 0 0 Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0Totals 32 3 6 3 Totals 30 4 7 4Miami 000 012 000 —3N.Y. Mets 001 002 10x —4LOB—Miami 5, N.Y. Mets 6. DP—Miami 1. N.Y. Mets 1. 2B—Wright 2 (3), Uribe

SB—Gordon (51), Young (4). Miami IP H R ER BB SONicolino 6 6 3 3 1 2Barraclough L, 2-1 1 1 1 1 3 2Ellington 1 0 0 0 0 0N.Y. MetsVerrett 5 3 1 1 1 3Gilmartin 1 3 2 2 1 0Robles W, 4-2 1 0 0 0 0 1Reed H, 11 1 0 0 0 0 1Familia S, 41 1 0 0 0 0 1HBP — Telis. Umpires—Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Dale Scott; Second, CB Bucknor; Third, Lance Barrett.T—2:50. A—27,320 (41,922) at N.Y. Mets.

CFLWEEK 12EAST GP W L T PF PA Ptx-Hamilton 11 8 3 0 392 221 16Ottawa 10 6 4 0 224 259 12Toronto 11 6 5 0 277 322 12Montreal 10 4 6 0 207 196 8

WEST GP W L T PF PA Ptx-Calgary 11 8 3 0 287 224 16x-Edmonton 11 7 4 0 272 197 14B.C. 10 4 6 0 222 281 8Winnipeg 11 4 7 0 209 317 8Saskatchewan 11 1 10 0 262 335 2Sunday, September 13Ottawa 31 B.C. 18Saturday, September 12Winnipeg 22 Saskatchewan 7Edmonton 27 Calgary 16Friday, September 18B.C. at Calgary, 9 p.m.Saturday, September 19Edmonton at Hamilton, 4 p.m.Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 9 p.m.Sunday, September 20Winnipeg at Montreal, 1 p.m.

SUNDAYREDBLACKS 31, LIONS 18First QuarterOtt — Safety 2:27Ott — FG Milo 37 5:04Ott — FG Milo 42 11:24Second QuarterOtt — FG Milo 12 1:27B.C. — TD Collie 14 pass from Beck (pass from Beck to Burnham) 4:55Ott — FG Milo 18 11:11B.C. — TD McGhee 1 run (Leone convert) 12:35B.C. — FG Leone 40 15:00Third QuarterOtt — FG Milo 48 6:21Ott — TD Johnson 2 run (Milo convert) 12:12Fourth QuarterOtt — TD Johnson 12 run (Milo convert) 8:21Ottawa 8 6 10 7—31B.C. 0 18 0 0—18Attendance — 19,833 at B.C..TEAM STATISTICS Ott B.C.First downs 29 11Yards rushing 153 9Yards passing 325 207Passes made-tried 27-38 20-30Return yards 134 341Interceptions-yards by 2-2 0-0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Sacks by 3 2Punts-average 6-37.2 6-48.7Penalties-Yards 9-52 16-76Time of Possession 41:45 18:15Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRushingOtt: Johnson 17-100, Burris 4-31, Lafrance 5-13, Jackson 1-9B.C.:Beck 1-5, Harris 4-3, McGhee 1-1.ReceivingOtt: Sinopoli 6-102, Jackson 5-96, Johnson 5-41, Williams 3-36, Price 3-22, Ellingson 2-17, Van 1-10, Lafrance 2-1.B.C.:Burnham 4-52, Hawkins 3-43, Harris 3-30, Collie 3-27, Gore 2-23, Arceneaux 4-23, Rainey 1-9.PassingOtt:Burris 26-37, 317 yards, 0 TDs, 0 ints, Sinopoli 1-1-8-0-0.B.C.:Beck 20-29-207-1-2.

Monday, September 14Atlanta 26 Philadelphia 24Minnesota at San FranciscoSunday, September 13Carolina 20 Jacksonville 9Miami 17 Washington 10Buffalo 27 Indianapolis 14Kansas City 27 Houston 20N.Y. Jets 31 Cleveland 10Green Bay 31 Chicago 23St. Louis 34 Seattle 31 (OT)San Diego 33 Detroit 28Arizona 31 New Orleans 19Tennessee 42 Tampa Bay 14Cincinnati 33 Oakland 13Denver 19 Baltimore 13Dallas 27 N.Y. Giants 26Thursday, September 17Denver at Kansas City, 8:25 p.m.

WEEK 1AMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivNew England 1 0 0 1.000 28 21 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 31 10 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 27 14 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Miami 1 0 0 1.000 17 10 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0NORTH W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivCincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 33 13 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 21 28 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 10 31 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 13 19 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivTennessee 1 0 0 1.000 42 14 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 9 20 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0Houston 0 1 0 .000 20 27 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 14 27 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0WEST W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC DivDenver 1 0 0 1.000 19 13 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 27 20 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 33 28 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0Oakland 0 1 0 .000 13 33 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivDallas 1 0 0 1.000 27 26 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0Washington 0 1 0 .000 10 17 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 24 26 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 26 27 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0NORTH W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivGreen Bay 1 0 0 1.000 31 23 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Detroit 0 1 0 .000 28 33 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0Chicago 0 1 0 .000 23 31 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivAtlanta 1 0 0 1.000 26 24 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 20 9 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 14 42 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 19 31 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0WEST W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC DivSt. Louis 1 0 0 1.000 34 31 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 31 19 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Seattle 0 1 0 .000 31 34 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

NFL

Sunday, September 20Houston at Carolina, 1 p.m.San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.San Diego at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Tennessee at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m.Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Miami at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.Seattle at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.Monday, September 21N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.

FALCONS 26, EAGLES 24Philadelphia 0 3 14 7—24Atlanta 3 17 0 6—26First QuarterAtl — FG Bryant 41, 10:55.Second QuarterAtl — Jones 4 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 10:44.Phi — FG Parkey 29, 7:18.Atl — FG Bryant 39, 1:05.Atl — Jones 22 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 0:45.Third QuarterPhi — Murray 8 run (Parkey kick), 13:13.Phi — Murray 5 pass from Bradford (Parkey kick), 3:39.Fourth QuarterAtl — FG Bryant 44, 10:49.Phi — Mathews 1 run (Parkey kick), 8:37.Atl — FG Bryant 47, 6:27.A — 70,516 at Atlanta.TEAM STATISTICS Phi AtlFirst downs 23 21Total Net Yards 399 395Rushes-yards 16-63 35-105Passing 336 290Punts Returns 3-25 2-18Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-59Interceptions Ret. 2-23 2-3Comp-Att-Int 36-52-2 23-34-2Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-8Punts 5-45.2 4-57.8Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 10-88 7-57Time of Possession 24:33 35:27INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Philadelphia, Sproles 5-50, Murray 8-9, Mathews 3-4, Thurmond 1-1. Atlanta, Coleman 20-80, Freeman 10-18, Ryan 5-7, Chester 1-5.PASSING — Philadelphia, Bradford 36-52-336-1-2. Atlanta, Ryan 23-34-298-2-2.RECEIVING — Philadelphia, Matthews 10-102, Sproles 7-76, Ertz 3-46, Cooper 3-25, Mathews 3-24, Austin 2-22, Huff 2-19, Murray 4-11, Celek 1-6, Agholor 1-5. Atlanta, Jones 9-141, White 4-84, Freeman 3-29, Tamme 3-19, Hankerson 2-16, Williams 1-5, Toilolo 1-4.MISSED FIELD GOAL — Philadelphia, Parkey 44

SUNDAYPANTHERS 20, JAGUARS 9Carolina 3 7 7 3—20Jacksonville 3 6 0 0—9First QuarterCar — FG Gano 43, 7:49.Jac — FG Myers 22, 0:59.Second QuarterCar — Cotchery 7 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 1:52.Jac — Greene 1 pass from Bortles (My-ers kick), 0:14.Third QuarterCar — Norman 30 interception return (Gano kick), 9:01.Fourth QuarterCar — FG Gano 47, 2:41.A — 60,733 at Jacksonville.TEAM STATISTICS Car JacFirst downs 17 18Total Net Yards 263 265Rushes-yards 35-105 21-96Passing 158 169Punts Returns 3-46 1-9Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-40Interceptions Ret. 2-31 1-19Comp-Att-Int 18-31-1 22-40-2Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 5-14Punts 4-44.8 5-46.2Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 3-22 3-25Time of Possession 34:06 25:54INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Carolina, Stewart 18-56, Newton 14-35, Tolbert 1-12, Whittaker 2-2. Jacksonville, Yeldon 12-51, Bortles 4-26, Robinson 5-19.PASSING — Carolina, Newton 18-31-175-1-1. Jacksonville, Bortles 22-40-183-1-2.RECEIVING — Carolina, Ginn Jr. 2-54, Cotchery 4-45, Stewart 4-25, Brown 2-13, Olsen 1-11, Dickson 1-9, Funchess 1-9, Tolbert 1-6, Benwikere 1-5, Whittaker 2-3. Jacksonville, Hurns 5-60, Greene 7-28, A. Robinson 1-27, D. Robinson 2-26, Walters 2-17, Yeldon 3-16, Grant 1-5, Pierce 1-4.MISSED FIELD GOAL — Carolina, Gano 43. Jacksonville, Myers 44

TITANS 42, BUCCANEERS 14Tennessee 21 14 7 0—42Tampa Bay 0 7 0 7—14First QuarterTen — Wright 52 pass from Mariota (Suc-cop kick), 13:10.Ten — Sensabaugh 26 interception return (Succop kick), 11:48.Ten — Sankey 12 pass from Mariota (Succop kick), 6:49.Second QuarterTB — Seferian-Jenkins 5 pass from Winston (Brindza kick), 14:54.Ten — Douglas 4 pass from Mariota (Succop kick), 3:47.Ten — Walker 1 pass from Mariota (Suc-cop kick), 0:48.Third QuarterTen — Sankey 1 run (Succop kick), 8:02.Fourth QuarterTB — Seferian-Jenkins 41 pass from Winston (Brindza kick), 9:18.A — 63,945 at Tampa.TEAM STATISTICS Ten TBFirst downs 20 16Total Net Yards 309 273Rushes-yards 32-124 26-92Passing 185 181

Punts Returns 2-14 2-17Kickoff Returns 1-17 3-83Interceptions Ret. 2-34 0-0Comp-Att-Int 13-16-0 16-33-2Sacked-Yards Lost 2-24 4-29Punts 4-47.3 4-47.0Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0Penalties-Yards 8-55 12-97Time of Possession 31:30 28:30INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Tennessee, Sankey 12-74, West 13-41, McCluster 2-8, Mariota 2-6, Mettenberger 3--5. Tampa Bay, Martin 11-52, Winston 6-18, Sims 5-12, Rainey 3-10.PASSING — Tennessee, Mariota 13-16-209-4-0. Tampa Bay, Winston 16-33-210-2-2.RECEIVING — Tennessee, Wright 4-101, Walker 3-43, Douglas 2-24, Fasano 1-18, Sankey 2-12, Hunter 1-11. Tampa Bay, Seferian-Jenkins 5-110, Jackson 4-51, Sims 2-23, Humphries 2-14, Shepard 1-6, Rainey 1-4, Martin 1-2.

BRONCOS 19, RAVENS 13Baltimore 0 3 10 0—13Denver 6 3 7 3—19First QuarterDen — FG McManus 57, 5:16.Den — FG McManus 56, 1:26.Second QuarterBal — FG Tucker 52, 6:42.Den — FG McManus 43, 0:09.Third QuarterBal — Smith 24 interception return (Tucker kick), 14:04.Bal — FG Tucker 44, 9:33.Den — Talib 51 interception return (McManus kick), 0:10.Fourth QuarterDen — FG McManus 33, 2:55.A — 76,798 at Denver.TEAM STATISTICS Bal DenFirst downs 11 16Total Net Yards 173 219Rushes-yards 23-73 25-69Passing 100 150Punts Returns 2-32 3-20Kickoff Returns 1-10 0-0Interceptions Ret. 1-24 2-51Comp-Att-Int 18-32-2 24-40-1Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 4-25Punts 6-51.7 5-51.8Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 3-15 8-45Time of Possession 22:43 37:17INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Baltimore, Forsett 14-43, Allen 9-30. Denver, Hillman 12-41, Ander-son 12-29, Manning 1--1.PASSING — Baltimore, Flacco 18-32-117-0-2. Denver, Manning 24-40-175-0-1.RECEIVING — Baltimore, Brown 2-25, Gillmore 2-23, Juszczyk 4-17, Williams 1-15, Smith Sr. 2-13, Forsett 4-13, Campanaro 1-8, Allen 1-4, Aiken 1--1. Denver, Sanders 8-65, Thomas 7-60, Norwood 2-25, Anderson 4-19, Daniels 2-5, Caldwell 1-1.

CARDINALS 31, SAINTS 19New Orleans 3 7 3 6—19Arizona 7 7 3 14—31First QuarterAri — Brown 10 pass from Palmer (Cat-anzaro kick), 9:46.NO — FG Hocker 37, 3:55.Second QuarterAri — Ellington 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 11:03.NO — Coleman 12 pass from Brees (Hocker kick), 5:14.Third QuarterNO — FG Hocker 23, 12:01.Ari — FG Catanzaro 43, 0:04.Fourth QuarterNO — FG Hocker 45, 12:24.Ari — Fells 17 pass from Palmer (Catan-zaro kick), 9:48.NO — FG Hocker 33, 6:45.Ari — Johnson 55 pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick), 1:33.A — 62,903 at Glendale.TEAM STATISTICS NO AriFirst downs 18 25Total Net Yards 408 427Rushes-yards 20-54 25-120Passing 354 307Punts Returns 1-2 2-15Kickoff Returns 1-10 1-43Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-10Comp-Att-Int 30-48-1 19-32-0Sacked-Yards Lost 2-1 0-0Punts 4-42.8 4-39.5Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 7-73 5-30Time of Possession 33:24 26:36INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — New Orleans, Ingram 9-24, Robinson 8-19, Johnson 1-4, Cooks 1-4, Brees 1-3. Arizona, Ellington 12-69, Johnson 10-37, Palmer 3-14.PASSING — New Orleans, Brees 30-48-355-1-1. Arizona, Palmer 19-32-307-3-0.RECEIVING — New Orleans, Ingram 8-98, Snead 1-63, Robinson 5-51, Cooks 4-49, Coleman 4-41, Colston 3-29, Watson 3-19, Johnson 2-5. Arizona, Fitzgerald 6-87, Fells 4-82, Johnson 1-55, J. Brown 4-46, Floyd 1-18, J. Brown 1-8, Ellington 1-7, Gresham 1-4.

DOLPHINS 17, REDSKINS 10Miami 0 7 0 10—17Washington 3 7 0 0—10First QuarterWas — FG Forbath 45, 7:39.Second QuarterWas — Reed 4 pass from Cousins (Forbath kick), 1:49.Mia — Matthews 3 pass from Tannehill

(Franks kick), 0:27.Third QuarterNo scoringFourth QuarterMia — FG Franks 22, 11:34.Mia — Landry 69 punt return (Franks kick), 10:22.A — 76,512 at Landover.TEAM STATISTICS Mia WasFirst downs 19 20Total Net Yards 256 349Rushes-yards 18-74 37-161Passing 182 188Punts Returns 2-74 2-23Kickoff Returns 2-54 1-36Interceptions Ret. 2-2 0-0Comp-Att-Int 22-34-0 21-31-2Sacked-Yards Lost 3-44 1-8Punts 4-54.3 3-41.3Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0Penalties-Yards 6-39 11-88Time of Possession 22:06 37:54INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Miami, Miller 13-53, Landry 1-14, Tannehill 3-7. Washington, Morris 25-121, Jones 6-28, Thompson 3-11, Crowder 1-2, Cousins 2--1.PASSING — Miami, Tannehill 22-34-226-1-0. Washington, Cousins 21-31-196-1-2.RECEIVING — Miami, Cameron 4-73, Landry 8-53, Matthews 4-34, Jennings 3-29, Miller 1-22, Stills 1-12, Williams 1-3. Washington, Garcon 6-74, Reed 7-63, Roberts 3-36, Grant 1-15, Carrier 2-8.MISSED FIELD GOAL — Washington, Forbath 46

CHIEFS 27, TEXANS 20Kansas City 14 13 0 0—27Houston 6 3 0 11—20First QuarterKC — Kelce 10 pass from Smith (Santos kick), 10:22.KC — Kelce 42 pass from Smith (Santos kick), 4:28.Hou — Hopkins 4 pass from Hoyer (Bullock kick), 0:46.Second QuarterKC — FG Santos 27, 10:26.KC — FG Santos 48, 6:20.KC — Charles 7 pass from Smith (Santos kick), 4:55.Hou — FG Bullock 34, 0:09.Third QuarterNo scoringFourth QuarterHou — Hopkins 8 pass from Mallett (pass from Mallett to Hopkins), 4:07.Hou — FG Bullock 47, 1:23.A — 71,776 at Houston.TEAM STATISTICS KC HouFirst downs 19 24Total Net Yards 330 396Rushes-yards 32-97 21-98Passing 233 298Punts Returns 5-81 4-14Kickoff Returns 1-30 0-0Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0Comp-Att-Int 22-33-0 26-47-1Sacked-Yards Lost 2-10 5-36Punts 7-43.9 7-47.0Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1Penalties-Yards 2-25 6-39Time of Possession 35:19 24:41INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Kansas City, Charles 16-57, Davis 6-16, Smith 9-15, Thomas 1-9. Houston, Blue 9-42, Grimes 6-28, Polk 5-22, Mallett 1-6.PASSING — Kansas City, Smith 22-33-243-3-0. Houston, Hoyer 18-34-236-1-1, Mallett 8-13-98-1-0.RECEIVING — Kansas City, Kelce 6-106, Maclin 5-52, Charles 5-46, Wilson 3-25, Davis 1-12, Thomas 1-2. Houston, Washington 6-105, Hopkins 9-98, Shorts

Fiedorowicz 1-15, Polk 1-9, Blue 1-7, Grimes 1-2.MISSED FIELD GOAL — Kansas City, Santos 51

BILLS 27, COLTS 14Indianapolis 0 0 8 6—14Buffalo 7 10 7 3—27First QuarterBuf — Harvin 51 pass from Taylor (Car-penter kick), 0:00.Second QuarterBuf — FG Carpenter 41, 7:49.Buf — Williams 26 run (Carpenter kick), 0:20.Third QuarterBuf — Dixon 1 run (Carpenter kick), 9:34.Ind — Moncrief 2 pass from Luck (pass from Luck to Fleener), 0:54.Fourth QuarterBuf — FG Carpenter 45, 8:14.Ind — Allen 6 pass from Luck (pass from Luck to ), 5:56.A — 70,319 at Orchard Park.TEAM STATISTICS Ind BufFirst downs 23 15Total Net Yards 304 342Rushes-yards 17-64 36-147Passing 240 195Punts Returns 2-1 1-6Kickoff Returns 3-58 1-0Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-53Comp-Att-Int 26-49-2 14-19-0Sacked-Yards Lost 2-3 0-0Punts 4-44.3 5-50.4Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0Penalties-Yards 5-49 11-113Time of Possession 29:04 30:56INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Indianapolis, Gore 8-31, Luck 4-20, Robinson 4-11, Varga 1-2. Buffalo, Williams 6-55, Taylor 9-41, Mc-Coy 17-41, Harvin 1-9, Dixon 3-1.PASSING — Indianapolis, Luck 26-49-243-2-2. Buffalo, Taylor 14-19-195-1-0.RECEIVING — Indianapolis, Hilton 7-88, Moncrief 6-46, Dorsett 2-45, Johnson 4-24, Varga 1-18, Allen 3-17, Fleener 1-5. Buffalo, Harvin 5-79, McCoy 3-46, Clay 4-43, Woods 2-27.MISSED FIELD GOAL — Indianapolis, Vinatieri 52

CHARGERS 33, LIONS 28Detroit 7 14 0 7—28San Diego 3 7 10 13—33First QuarterDet — Abdullah 24 run (Prater kick), 10:46.SD — FG Lambo 32, 0:22.Second QuarterDet — Quin 31 interception return (Prater kick), 12:28.Det — Ebron 18 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 8:49.SD — Woodhead 9 run (Lambo kick), 5:02.Third QuarterSD — FG Lambo 25, 9:21.SD — Johnson 12 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), 4:03.Fourth QuarterSD — Green 13 pass from Rivers ( kick), 11:49.SD — Woodhead 1 run (Lambo kick), 2:33.Det — Riddick 21 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 1:04.A — 66,093 at San Diego.TEAM STATISTICS Det SDFirst downs 16 28Total Net Yards 302 483Rushes-yards 16-69 30-95Passing 233 388Punts Returns 2-34 0-0Kickoff Returns 3-105 1-24Interceptions Ret. 2-31 2-27Comp-Att-Int 19-30-2 35-42-2Sacked-Yards Lost 1-13 2-16Punts 5-35.2 2-52.0Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 4-29 5-40Time of Possession 21:48 38:12INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Detroit, Abdullah 7-50, Bell 6-14, Zenner 2-6, Stafford 1--1. San Diego, Gordon 14-51, Woodhead 12-42, Oliver 2-4, Rivers 2--2.PASSING — Detroit, Stafford 19-30-246-2-2. San Diego, Rivers 35-42-404-2-2.RECEIVING — Detroit, Ebron 4-53, Abdullah 4-44, Johnson 2-39, Riddick 2-37, Bell 2-27, Tate 4-24, Moore 1-22. San Diego, Allen 15-166, Johnson 6-82, Green 5-74, Floyd 1-29, Woodhead 4-20, Oliver 1-17, Gordon 3-16.

PACKERS 31, BEARS 23Green Bay 7 3 7 14—31Chicago 3 10 3 7—23First QuarterChi — FG Gould 28, 9:28.GB — Jones 13 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 0:43.Second QuarterChi — Forte 1 run (Gould kick), 7:49.GB — FG Crosby 37, 2:32.Chi — FG Gould 50, 0:08.Third QuarterGB — Jones 1 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 11:56.Chi — FG Gould 44, 4:57.Fourth QuarterGB — Cobb 5 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 10:26.GB — Lacy 2 run (Crosby kick), 1:55.Chi — Bennett 24 pass from Cutler (Gould kick), 0:34.A — 62,442 at Chicago.TEAM STATISTICS GB ChiFirst downs 21 25Total Net Yards 322 402Rushes-yards 30-133 33-189Passing 189 213Punts Returns 0-0 1-11Kickoff Returns 4-106 3-63

Interceptions Ret. 1-42 0-0Comp-Att-Int 18-23-0 18-36-1Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-12Punts 2-48.5 1-56.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 10-74 6-64Time of Possession 28:08 31:52INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Green Bay, Lacy 19-85, A. Rodgers 8-35, R. Rodgers 1-11, Starks 2-2. Chicago, Forte 24-141, Cutler 4-31, Rodgers 4-16, Langford 1-1.PASSING — Green Bay, A. Rodgers 18-23-189-3-0. Chicago, Cutler 18-36-225-1-1.RECEIVING — Green Bay, Adams 4-59, Jones 4-51, Cobb 5-38, R. Rodgers 3-27, Lacy 2-14. Chicago, Jeffery 5-78, Wilson 2-59, Bennett 5-55, Forte 5-25, Royal 1-8.

RAMS 34, SEAHAWKS 31 (OT)Seattle 7 3 3 18 0—31St. Louis 0 10 14 7 3—34First QuarterSea — Lockett 57 punt return (Hauschka kick), 4:31.Second QuarterSTL — Austin 16 run (Zuerlein kick), 14:55.STL — FG Zuerlein 33, 7:31.Sea — FG Hauschka 25, 0:00.Third QuarterSea — FG Hauschka 27, 9:40.STL — Foles 1 run (Zuerlein kick), 6:10.STL — Austin 75 punt return (Zuerlein kick), 4:30.Fourth QuarterSea — Graham 7 pass from Wilson (Lynch run), 12:04.Sea — FG Hauschka 35, 4:46.Sea — Williams 8 fumble return (Haus-chka kick), 4:39.STL — Kendricks 37 pass from Foles (Zuerlein kick), 0:53.OvertimeSTL — FG Zuerlein 37, 12:06.A — 51,792 at St. Louis.TEAM STATISTICS Sea STLFirst downs 21 19Total Net Yards 343 352Rushes-yards 32-124 26-76Passing 219 276Punts Returns 2-63 2-81Kickoff Returns 2-56 3-63Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-15Comp-Att-Int 32-41-1 18-27-0Sacked-Yards Lost 6-32 2-21Punts 4-48.8 3-47.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-3Penalties-Yards 7-46 4-30Time of Possession 37:28 28:32INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Seattle, Lynch 18-73, Wilson 8-31, Jackson 3-13, Rawls 2-5, Coleman 1-2. St. Louis, Cunningham 16-45, Austin 4-17, Foles 4-11, Pead 2-3.PASSING — Seattle, Wilson 32-41-251-1-1. St. Louis, Foles 18-27-297-1-0.RECEIVING — Seattle, Kearse 8-76, Graham 6-51, Baldwin 7-35, Lockett 4-34, Lynch 5-31, Jackson 1-16, Matthews 1-8. St. Louis, Cook 5-85, Cunningham 4-77, Bailey 3-58, Kendricks 2-42, Britt 2-37, Austin 2--2.

BENGALS 33, RAIDERS 13Cincinnati 7 17 9 0—33Oakland 0 0 0 13—13First QuarterCin — Hill 3 run (Nugent kick), 7:15.Second QuarterCin — FG Nugent 32, 9:29.Cin — Hill 2 run (Nugent kick), 2:21.Cin — Eifert 13 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 0:07.Third QuarterCin — Eifert 8 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 3:42.Cin — FG Nugent 35, 1:25.Fourth QuarterOak — Reece 11 pass from McGloin (Janikowski kick), 7:55.Oak — Reece 9 pass from McGloin (pass from McGloin to ), 2:13.A — 54,500 at Oakland.TEAM STATISTICS Cin OakFirst downs 22 16Total Net Yards 396 246Rushes-yards 31-127 16-63Passing 269 183Punts Returns 2-23 3-27Kickoff Returns 2-14 3-69Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0Comp-Att-Int 25-34-0 30-43-1Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-20Punts 5-43.8 6-43.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1Penalties-Yards 6-50 5-32Time of Possession 32:32 27:28INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Cincinnati, Hill 19-63, Ber-nard 8-63, Dalton 4-1. Oakland, Murray 11-44, Carr 1-8, Olawale 1-6, Jones 3-5.PASSING — Cincinnati, Dalton 25-34-269-2-0. Oakland, McGloin 23-31-142-2-1, Carr 7-12-61-0-0.RECEIVING — Cincinnati, Eifert 9-104, Green 5-63, Sanu 2-34, Bernard 6-25, Burkhead 1-24, Jones 2-19. Oakland, Cooper 5-47, Crabtree 5-37, Murray 7-36, Reece 3-26, Olawale 3-19, Jones 1-13, Roberts 3-12, Streater 1-8, Rivera 1-4, Walford 1-1.

JETS 31, BROWNS 10Cleveland 0 10 0 0—10N.Y. Jets 0 14 10 7—31First QuarterNo scoringSecond QuarterCle — Benjamin 54 pass from Manziel (Coons kick), 11:01.NYJ — Ivory 10 run (Folk kick), 9:41.Cle — FG Coons 26, 2:46.NYJ — Decker 15 pass from Fitzpatrick (Folk kick), 0:26.Third QuarterNYJ — Marshall 1 pass from Fitzpatrick (Folk kick), 7:51.NYJ — FG Folk 34, 0:29.Fourth QuarterNYJ — Ivory 3 run (Folk kick), 10:38.A — 78,160 at East Rutherford.TEAM STATISTICS Cle NYJFirst downs 15 18Total Net Yards 321 333Rushes-yards 28-104 36-154Passing 217 179Punts Returns 1-10 2-13Kickoff Returns 1-27 1-13Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-18Comp-Att-Int 18-32-1 15-24-1Sacked-Yards Lost 3-14 0-0Punts 2-60.5 3-43.7Fumbles-Lost 4-4 1-0Penalties-Yards 12-109 4-30Time of Possession 31:40 28:20INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — Cleveland, Manziel 5-35, McCown 3-23, Johnson Jr. 7-22, Crowell 12-20, Draughn 1-4. N.Y. Jets, Ivory 20-91, Powell 12-62, Bohanon 2-2, Fitzpatrick 2--1.PASSING — Cleveland, Manziel 13-24-182-1-1, McCown 5-8-49-0-0. N.Y. Jets, Fitzpatrick 15-24-179-2-1.RECEIVING — Cleveland, Benjamin 3-89, Barnidge 3-38, Hawkins 3-24, Gabriel 2-20, Hartline 2-20, Johnson 2-14, Dray 1-13, Crowell 2-13. N.Y. Jets, Marshall 6-62, Owusu 4-55, Decker 2-37, Powell 2-16, Ivory 1-9.

COWBOYS 27, GIANTS 26N.Y. Giants 3 10 3 10—26Dallas 3 3 7 14—27First QuarterDal — FG Bailey 21, 4:33.NYG — FG Brown 50, 1:58.Second QuarterDal — FG Bailey 32, 5:31.NYG — Rodgers-Cromartie 57 fumble return (Brown kick), 0:56.NYG — FG Brown 40, 0:14.Third QuarterNYG — FG Brown 30, 9:48.Dal — Escobar 2 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 4:01.Fourth QuarterNYG — Jennings 1 run (Brown kick), 8:01.Dal — Witten 1 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 5:08.NYG — FG Brown 19, 1:34.Dal — Witten 11 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 0:07.A — 93,579 at Arlington.TEAM STATISTICS NYG DalFirst downs 18 27Total Net Yards 289 436Rushes-yards 24-99 23-80Passing 190 356Punts Returns 2-3 1--3Kickoff Returns 0-0 5-96Interceptions Ret. 2-20 0-0Comp-Att-Int 20-36-0 36-45-2Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 0-0Punts 4-44.8 2-53.5Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 5-44 3-35Time of Possession 22:50 37:10INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — N.Y. Giants, Jennings 13-52, Vereen 3-14, Williams 6-14, Harris 1-11, Manning 1-8. Dallas, Randle 16-65, McFadden 6-16, Romo 1--1.PASSING — N.Y. Giants, Manning 20-36-193-0-0. Dallas, Romo 36-45-356-3-2.RECEIVING — N.Y. Giants, Vereen 4-46, Beckham Jr. 5-44, Fells 3-33, Parker 2-26, Randle 3-23, Donnell 3-21. Dallas, Dunbar 8-70, Witten 8-60, Williams 5-60, Beasley 4-49, Bryant 5-48, Randle 3-42, McFadden 1-19, Escobar 2-8.

Falcons come back to beat Eagles 26-24PAUL NEWBERRY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — Julio Jones had 141 yards receiving and two touchdowns, Matt Ryan shook off a pair of interceptions, and the Atlanta Falcons came back to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 26-24 Monday night after squan-dering a 17-point halftime lead.

Ricardo Allen’s interception off a deflected pass sealed the vic-tory with 1:11 remaining, giving Dan Quinn an upset victory in his first game as Falcons coach. The Eagles missed a chance to go ahead when Cody Parkey missed a 44-yard field goal with 2:27 to go.

“Our defence stepped up at the end of the game,” Ryan said. “Ricardo has worked so hard.”

Coming off the best season of his career and with a lucrative new contract, Jones dominated the Eagles’ revamped secondary as the Falcons raced to a 20-3 halftime lead. It could have been even more if not for Kiko Alon-so’s dazzling one-handed inter-ception while falling backward in the end zone.

Ryan had another interception on the first possession of the second half, turning the momen-

tum in Philadelphia’s favour. The Atlanta quarterback finished 23 of 34 for 298 yards.

Sam Bradford, in his first regu-lar-season game in nearly two years and making his debut for the Eagles, was 36 of 52 for 336 yards. But Philadelphia’s much-hyped running game, led by newcomer DeMarco Murray, was largely a bust.

After leading the NFL with more than 1,800 yards rushing in Dallas last season, Murray was held to 9 yards on eight carries. Ryan Mathews had only 4 yards, while Darren Sproles led the way

with 50 yards on the ground.Coach Chip Kelly’s up-tempo

offence looked unstoppable in the preseason but bogged down in the first half against the fired-up Falcons, who hope the energetic Quinn can turn things around from a 10-22 showing the last two seasons under Mike Smith.

Other than a 69-yard drive that led to a field goal, the Eagles generated just 56 yards on their other seven first-half posses-sions — three of which went three-and-out, and another end-ed quickly when Bradford was intercepted.

Jones, on the other hand, was unstoppable. After signing a new $71.25 million contract, he gave Atlanta its money’s worth by hauling in eight passes for 97 yards before halftime, including touchdowns of 4 and 22 yards. The Eagles clamped down in the second half, but Jones finally got loose for his only catch after the break — a 44-yarder that set up Matt Bryant’s winning field goal from 47 yards with 6:27 left.

Bryant also connected from 41, 39 and 44 yards.

It didn’t take long for the Eagles to capture the momentum

after halftime.On the third play, Ryan threw

a deep pass down the middle just as he was hit, looking for Roddy White. Walter Thurmond stepped in to make the intercep-tion, returning it 23 yards to the Atlanta 8. After an incomplete pass, Murray took off around right end for Philadelphia’s first touchdown of the season.

The Falcons were forced to punt, and the Eagles put togeth-er their most impressive drive of the night to that point. Despite four penalties, they went 95 yards in 13 plays, capped off by Bradford’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Murray that sliced Atlan-ta’s lead to 20-17. The running back hauled in the throw, cut back to leave Kroy Biermann sprawled face-first on the turf, and sauntered into the end zone.

Philadelphia wasn’t done, either.

Bradford guided the Eagles 80 yards in just six plays, including four consecutive completions that went for 24, 12, 21 and 19 yards to the Atlanta 1. Mathews took it in from there, giving Philadelphia its first lead of the game.

It wouldn’t last.

JONES

Toronto won’t bid on 2024 Games: sourcePAOLA LORIGGIO THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto will not enter the biddingprocess to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.

A source with knowledge of the discussions told The Canadian Press late Monday that Mayor John Tory made the decision after he received a lack of firm support from the province and lukewarm enthusiasm from potential spon-sors. The mayor is expected to announce his decision at a news conference on Tuesday, which is the deadline for cities to submit a letter to the International Olympic Committee to register as possible candidates to host the Games. Talk of another bid emerged after this summer’s Pan Am Games, and Tory has since been consulting with politicians, sports officials and other stakeholders on what’s involved in vying for the Olympics.

After an initial wave of enthusi-asm, many began to express concerns in recent weeks about the implications of an Olympic bid, particularly on the financial front.

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ACROSS 1 For the guys 5 Stanley Cup org. 8 Convinced 12 Prince Val’s wife 14 Willing to try 15 Libretto feature 16 Fossil resin 17 -- facto 18 Rajah’s consort 19 Borrow on 21 More orderly 23 -- -- creek 24 “Lettuce pray” 25 Ben & Jerry rival 26 Straw hat 30 Wassailers’ tune 32 Ran in neutral 33 Full of suspense 37 From memory 38 Borders on 39 Largest continent 40 One-humped camel 42 Pint-sized 43 Disdain 44 They come in a flurry 45 Make inquiry 48 PM units 49 “Grand -- Opry” 50 Rocky’s last name 52 More caked with dirt 57 What never to tell (2 wds.) 58 Host’s request 60 Orchard 61 Eur. or Afr. 62 Superman’s girl 63 Down the hatch 64 -- -jerk reaction 65 Mongkut portrayer 66 Paddock occupant

DOWN 1 Polite address 2 St. --’s fire 3 Wyo. neighbor 4 Dele canceler 5 Collar site 6 “-- Pinafore” 7 “Exodus” author (2 wds.) 8 Ms. Teasdale

9 Give a speech 10 Like tablets 11 Grocery section 13 Bickered 14 Billion, in combos 20 Spring mo. 22 Organic compound 24 Celebration 26 Goose or loon 27 Fragrance

28 Low voice 29 Bristles with 30 Butter maker 31 Nash’s two-L subject 33 Ski lifts (hyph.) 34 Baroness Karen 35 Cairo’s river 36 Rodeo misses 38 In a charming way 41 Mike problem 42 Big hammer 44 Kind of vaccine 45 Taken -- (startled) 46 Beauty parlor 47 “Soapdish” actor 49 Planets, to poets 51 -- noire 52 Spring 53 Wee drink 54 Pinch 55 Continuously 56 Painter -- Magritte 59 Golden Rule pronoun

ARIES (March 21-April 19)You don’t need to ask for feed-back. The people with whom you are dealing can’t help but give you information based on their varying biases. Do your own fact-checking. A friend or loved one is likely to express his or her caring and gratitude. Tonight: Curb sarcasm.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Maintain your pace despite others running in and out your door. Someone might want to express his or her caring at an odd moment. You’ll gain an insight into a key person in your life. Say little, and observe more. You might be pleased by a revelation. Tonight: Take a walk.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Your playfulness emerges because of your sense of humor in what seems to be an impos-sible situation. Your friends could act in a startling manner. Your energy soars when dealing with a child. Choose your words with care. Tonight: Find a friend for some fun.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Just because you wake up with a great idea doesn’t mean it is

one. You will see what occurs when you test it out on several people whose opinions you respect. You’ll better under-stand an older person or rela-tive during the process. Tonight: Stay close to home.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Know that you are headed in the right direction. Your smile exudes self-confidence. You might gain unusual information about an associate. One-on-one relating is likely to take you down a new path, as long as you are willing to go. Tonight: Go for what you want.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Be aware that someone could be sending mixed mes-sages. Find out what is going on behind the scenes, and become more of an observer. Verbaliz-ing your thoughts and feelings will be more successful than you might realize. Tonight: Join a friend for munchies.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Your smile wins others over. You might not even realize the power of your charm. You have a way of drawing people toward you. Among your friends, there could be a secret admirer.

Look around. You might prefer to keep this a “secret,” too! Tonight: Where the action is.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)You might want to rethink a decision that revolves around a personal matter. Reach out to someone you trust, so you can test out your ideas on him or her. Know that you might not be seeing all sides of the situation. Slow down some. Tonight: Get some extra R and R.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)You recognize the importance of a group effort, especially in situations where you can’t seem to push an idea through by yourself. Many people need to have a consensus and are not free thinkers like you. You know how to play it both ways. Tonight: Around people.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)See right through someone else’s ruse. You know what is going on, but you might decide to see where this person’s game will go. You might opt not to know what is really happening. This information could be use-ful, but at what cost? Tonight: Expect the unexpected!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You might opt to move for-ward on an important project that means a lot to you. A friend supports your efforts by encouraging your creativity. The unexpected might point to a quick change of activities and plans. Maintain your sense of humor. Tonight: The only answer is “yes.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Your inventiveness comes out despite what is going on around you. You have the support of a key individual in making a money decision. You could feel a little awkward acknowledging the importance of this person in your plans. Tonight: Catch some zzz’s.

BORN TODAYFormer U.S. President Howard Taft (1857), Prince Harry (1984), film director Oliver Stone (1946).

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It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend Bob (Papa). Bob was predeceased by his wife Barbara in 2008 after 50 years of marriage. He will be sadly missed by his children Peter and Brenda, Tom and Alix and Alison and Tatsuo, his six grandchildren Melissa, Nicole, Mitchell, Amanda, Trevor, and Elizabeth, and his great grandson Hudson. He will also be missed by his many nieces and nephews and his close friends Dave and Joan Ackerman and Gary and Doris Young.

Bob was born in Aneroid Saskatchewan (on the kitchen table) and moved with his family to New Westminster in 1942. He graduated from Duke of Connaught High School where he was a member of the Track and Field team and the 1947 BC High School Championship Basketball Team. After graduating from UBC in 1956 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering Bob worked in Montreal, Deep River Ontario and New Westminster. He eventually settled his family in Port Alberni in 1967 where he worked for MacMillan Bloedel until he retired in 1992.

He spent much of his time building the family cabin at Sproat Lake and was an avid skier. He was still skiing with his family and friends when he was 74 years old. When he wasn’t building or fixing something he was spending time with his grandchildren. He lived for his grandchildren and was the best Papa ever.

Friends and family are invited to remember and celebrate Bob’s life at the Best Western Barclay Hotel, in the Arrowsmith room from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Saturday October 10th,, 2015. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Bob’s name to the Parkinson Society Canada or the Canadian Cancer Society.

Robert Allen FlynnSept 30, 1930 – Sept 6, 2015

WHITE, DOUGLAS WILLIAM THOMAS (DOUG)

September 19, 1973-September 5, 2015

Doug passed away suddenly as a result of a ma-rine accident off the coast of Vancouver Island. He was a fi sherman, gardener, and cook. His hands were in the earth and his heart was in the ocean.

From a young age he val-ued his friends and could not refuse when asked to help. He had an amazing sense of humour and his laugh was contagious. Doug's last years were spent happily with his Gen-ny rebuilding a home around them and enjoying his life with her. Many are mourning his sudden and tragic passing.

Predeceased by his father David White, 1975, grandparents Harry and Ethel White and Tom Rich-ardson. He is survived by his children Jourdan and Noah White, partner Genny Pavan, parents Car-ol and Boyd Shaw, sisters Lynn (Michael Payne), Lori (Jim Hodder), Lisa (Fred Leavitt) grandma Mabel Richardson, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, cousins and many friends.

Friends and family are gathering at the Italian Hall in Port Alberni

September 26th at 4:00pm to celebrate his life and share their stories.

In lieu of fl owers donations may be made to Jourdan and Noah's education fund at G&F Services (Credit Union) #1 and Francis Acct#120326.

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Economy keeps swinging from good news to bad for the ToriesBRUCE CHEADLE THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Since Prime Minis-ter Stephen Harper’s election call on Aug. 2, the governing Con-servatives have been buffeted by good news-bad news economic numbers. Here’s a list:

Aug. 14:Good news — Statistics Canada

reported June manufacturing sales rose 1.2 per cent to $50.8 billion, the second consecutive monthly gain.

Bad news — Year-to-date manu-facturing sales were down 1.5 per cent from the same period in 2014.

Aug. 20:Bad news — Statistics Canada

reported 531,700 people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in June, some 20,300 more than in June 2014 and up 5,200 from the previous month.

Aug. 21:Good news — Statistics Canada

reported continued low inflation in July, with the Consumer Price Index up 1.3 per cent over the previous 12 months.

Bad news — Low energy prices tempered inflation, but July food prices were up 3.2 per cent following a 3.4 per cent increase in June.

Aug. 31:Good news — Statistics Canada

reported that Canada’s current account deficit narrowed by $0.7 billion in the second quarter to $17.4 billion.

Bad news — The quarterly trade surplus with the U.S. expanded by $2.5 billion, but Canada’s trade deficit with all other countries widened by $2.2 billion to reach a record $15.7 billion.

Sept. 1:Good news — Statistics Canada

released Gross Domestic Prod-uct numbers that showed GDP increased in June by 0.5 per cent.

Bad news — The GDP num-bers for the second quarter of 2015 showed a second consecu-tive quarter of shrinking GDP, the technical definition of a recession.

Sept. 4:Good news — Statistics Canada

released employment numbers for August which showed an increase of 12,000 jobs.

Bad news — The August unemployment rate rose to 7.0 per cent from 6.8 per cent due to more people looking for work.

Sept. 14:Good news — Finance Canada

released the Annual Financial Report which showed a final budgetary surplus of $1.9 billion for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

Bad news — The true surplus figures match almost exactly the April 28 surplus projection by the parliamentary budget office, which also forecast a small defi-cit for the current year.

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Caregivers in crisis as programs go unusedTOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS

A third of people caring for a frail senior at home are in distress, and yet some provincial supports such as adult day programs remain under-used, according to a new report from B.C.’s Seniors Advocate.

A survey of health assessments for 30,000 B.C. seniors found that the majority of those who report fatigue and other stresses from caring for a relative or friend aren’t using provincial programs.

B.C. offers three kinds of respite services, adult day programs, respite beds in care facilities that offer care for up to 30 days at a time, and home support visits from aides.

Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie said availability of programs is better in urban areas than rural ones, but in general B.C. offers less respite care than Alberta and has more unpaid caregivers reporting distress.

Mackenzie says increasing availability for adult day programs could reduce emergency visits from complex home care patients by a third, and hospital admissions by half, detecting medication or other health prob-lems before they produce a hospital visit.

One puzzling result from the survey is that while there are waiting lists for adult day programs in B.C., one out of four spaces is empty each day. Mackenzie said there may be logistical problems with home care patients, such as a need to attend medical appointments at the same time as the day program is offered.

Mackenzie isn’t suggesting govern-ment-paid substitutes can replace volunteer caregivers, most of whom are spouses or other relatives, but says they should have more opportunities to take a break.

“Caregivers do it all,” she said. “Sometimes it is is simple as driving mum to the doctor’s office. Other times it is as complicated as insulin injections or changing catheter bags.

“Sometimes it is dropping in on mum and dad at the end of the work day and other times it is living with your wife of 65-plus years as she surrenders to the ravages of dementia, does not know who you are, cannot be left alone and must be fed and toileted.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers a speech during a campaign stop in Kamloops, Monday. [CANADIAN PRESS]

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Young dancers swung ribbons while the ADSS cheerleaders performed for the first time this year along the Fall Fair parade route on Tenth Avenue Saturday morning. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

The popular Super Shot ride took riders on a quick drop from high above. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Rylen Brens had fun on all the rides at the fair on Saturday. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Gabrielle Krol took a big slide down one of the rides on Saturday. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

After having her face painted, Addison Goodman had fun on the timeless carousel at the Fair’s midway. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Fair-goers took a ride on the classic Ferris Wheel throughout the weekend. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]


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