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in the news Youth Sports Coming There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about Page Monday these area people: 8 Thomas Foreman IGGY returns to the Kayla Mulligan, Lange, Katelyn Gazette, Shaylee Troiani, Justine Scanlon, The Gazette's weekly page for youth sports includes writing a column about Emma Hardesty, Diane Little League scores, sign-up notices and photos. his everyday Lloyd, Ashley Carley, Kristina 14 experiences at home. Glunz, Todd Jakosh, April and Scott Mumau. Page Vol. 101 No.

289 low 68. Cloudy SunJUNE 11, The tonight, Gazette chance of Forecast SATURDAY Cloudy 2005 T-storms; day, chance of T-storms; high 86. www.indianagazette.com 24 pages 2 sections 50 cents PENNS MANOR GRADUATION FRIDAY Penns Manor High School held its first outdoor graduation ceremony Friday on the high school football field. According to Principal Daren Johnston, members of the Class of 2005 requested the change of venue now that the football field, track and bleachers have been renovated. Graduation formerly was held in the high school auditorium.

Pictured marching on the school's new track at the beginning of graduation ceremonies are Nicole Frederick, left, and Meghan Amadei. Penns Manor was the last area school district to hold graduation ceremonies this school year. Find a complete list of Penns Manor graduates on Page 5. (Gazette photo by Teri Enciso) Suspect: 'Something bad happened' to missing teen By MICHAEL NORTON Associated Press Writer ORANJESTAD, Aruba Police investigating the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba said late Friday that one of three young men in custody has admitted "something bad happened" to her during her island visit. Deputy Police Commissioner Gerold Dompig told The Associ- ated Press that the man was leading police late Friday to the scene.

He refused to identify which of the three young men who took her to a beach the night she disappeared made the statement. Natalee Holloway, 18, vanished on May 30 during a fiveday trip to the Caribbean island with 124 classmates and seven chaperones celebrating their graduation from Mountain INSIDE Deaths Pirates near .500 Obituaries on Page 4 Pittsburgh pitcher Mark CARMO, Reba 85, Redman hasn't allowed more Blairsville than three earned runs in MACK, Gerald 64, Walton, seven home starts. W.Va., formerly of Dilltown Sports, Page 13 SPICHER, William Henry 95, Indiana Arlene nears WILLIAMS, Leona Faye (Pittman), 88, RD Cherry Tropical Storm Arlene is exTree pected to hit the Gulf Coast late today or tonight. Page 7 Prime locations Teddy owned Gov. land Rendell sold for says casinos is impossible should bring a premium to defeat an ignorant man in price.

argument." Page 3 William Gibbs McAdoo, American government official (1863-1941) Index Classifieds. Dear Abby 18 This newspaper is printed Please Family. on recyclable paper. Lottery numbers ..................2 recycle. Today in Religion 10, 11 Newspaper contents copyright Sports 13-17 2005 Indiana Printing and TV-Comics ......19 Publishing Indiana, Pa.

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Call By June 15, (724) 465 4028. "WE DIDN'T like him being there, but he really liked working in the Boyd Beer Father of Boyd Alfred Beer Jr. Kittanning man dies in mine accident By JOE MANDAK High School in 1998 and had Associated Press Writer also worked at Rearick Tool Dye, a machine shop Shady PITTSBURGH Federal and Plane, near Spring Church. state officials were investigat- In addition to his father, Boyd ing the death of a miner killed Jr. is survived by his mother, in a roof collapse about Cathy, and two sisters, two miles into the Tracy Cheryl Beer of WorLynne Mine in Arm- thington, and Nicole strong County, a coro- Nixon of Parkwood.

ner said Friday. Funeral arrangeCounty Coroner ments are being hanRobert T. Bower said dled by the Clark workers recovered the Chapel of Elderton. body of Boyd Alfred State investigators Beer 26, of Kittan- said he was operating a ning RD 1, Armstrong roof bolter a maCounty, about three BEER chine that inserts bolts hours after the col- meant to reinforce the mine's lapse, which occurred about 6 roof some 11,000 feet into p.m. The mine is in Kiskimine- the mine and 200 feet beneath tas Township, about 30 miles the surface.

DEP spokeswoman northeast of Pittsburgh. He Betsy Mallison said the miner said Beer died from blunt force was wearing a tracking device crushing injuries. that let co-workers know that An autopsy was scheduled for he was in distress. today on the body of Beer, who Workers were able to see the was single, Bower said. miner well enough to confirm "We didn't like him being that he was dead even before there but he really liked work- they were able to recover his ing in the mine," said Boyd body at about 10:30 p.m., Beer his father, this morn- Bower said.

ing. "He worked in the mine for He wasn't immediately idenabout a year and a half." tified because his family had He said his son graduated yet to be notified. from Elderton Junior-Senior Continued on Page 4 Brook High School, near Birmingham. Police found her U.S. passport and packed bags in her hotel room.

A relative said her family continues to believe she is alive. Rumors raging on the island that she is dead are "an aggressive interpretation" of what police are saying, Jar Twitty, the brother of Holloway's stepfather, told the AP. Continued on Page 4 Women survive high seas adventure By MARY ANN SLATER Gazette Staff Writer Lauren Vitalie's 21st birthday got off to a bumpy start. Vitalie recounted recently the story of Jan. 27, the day she turned 21 and the day the Explorer, the 591-foot ship that was her home for this past spring's INSIDE Semester at Sea Girls program, was recount damaged by high lessons waves about 650 learned on miles outside Alaska's Aleutian Semester Islands.

at Sea. The damage to Page 12 the ship's bridge the part of the vessel where the command center is located forced the Semester at Sea program to change course for several weeks. Instead of sailing to Japan and Special This Sunday Ham Buffet, 1p.m. 4p.m., Public Welcome. Indiana VFW! Remote Car Starters, Great Father's Day Gift! Audio Phonics (724) 465-9996.

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