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Page 2 National WEATHER Pennsylvania The A cu Weather.comforecastfornoon.Tuesday, Nov. 16 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s TODS' Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. 2004 AccuWeather, Inc. FRONTS: COLD WARM STATIONARY Pressure: High Low Showers Rain T-storms Flurries Snow Ice rf Pfess Sunny Pi. Cloudy Cloudy Tuesday, Nov.

16 ACCUWeather.com forecast for daytime conditions Monday, November 15,2004 ChiefTommy Hawk iana W.VA. AccuWeather, Inc. Aj Sunny Pt.Ctoudy Cloudy Showers T-sloms Rain flurries Via Associated Press Temperatures Alfaany.N.Y. Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Allan lie City Baltimore Boston Buffalo Charleston, W.Va. Chicago Cincinnati Qeveland Concord.N.H.

Dallas-Ft Worth Dayton By The Associated Press Yesterday Today Hi Lo Prc Hi Lo Otlk 46 30 53 33 clr 45 37 45 36 cdy 32 27 mm mm 57 34 61 40 cdy 49 27 59 33 dr 52 31 60 33 clr 46 37 52 36 clr 46 29 54 37 clr 58 36 63 37 dr 56 27 60 32 clr 50 30 51 41 cdy 54 33 57 38 cdy 51 25 54 36 cdy 47 30 50 27 clr 52 52 .06 61 56 52 28 56 38 cdy Tomorrow Hi Lo Otlk 48 34 cdy 54 40 cdy mm 64 44 cdy 58 35 cdy 60 39 cdy 51 33 cdy 54 39 cdy 67 44 dr 56 38 cdy 55 44 cdy 54 38 cdy 53 40 cdy 46 24 cdy 67 60 53 38 cdy Denver Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson.MIss. Jacksonville Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Miami Beach Milwaukee Mpls-StPaul Nashville New Orleans NewYorkCity Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando 46 26 80 73 .15 58 57 53 33 68 49 61 52 66 49 77 53 56 33 83 72 .12 49 29 46 32 63 30 66 61 50 42 47 38 52 48 .49 48 35 80 62 .02 57 83 65 56 66 63 69 81 60 79 46 47 63 73 57 56 52 54 76 32 71 61 41 50 46 49 53 43 68 42 38 39 60 40 40 49 43 58 clr cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy dr dr dr cdy rn cdy cdy cdy clr chin cdy cdy 59 32 84 71 70 63 55 45 69 49 73 45 69 48 76 53 59 44 78 67 53 45 55 40 60 43 74 60 56 41 59 43 55 52 60 43 76 55 cdy clr cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy cdy clr cdy rn cdy cdy Philadelphia 50 30 58 38 clr 57 40 cdy Phoenix 73 54 73 55 cdy 73 54 dr Pittsburgh 49 26 54 30 clr 55 37 cdy 48 23 50 30 dr 44 26 cdv Raleigh-Durham 52 27 61 33 clr 63 38 cdv 53 34 54 31 cdy 58 36 cdy Ridunond 50 34 59 35 clr 62 37 cdv StLouis 54 39 56 46 'cdy 58 48 cdy SanDiego 75 57 75 54 clr 71 54 cdy SanFrancisco 64 53 65 50 cdy 64 49 cdv Seattle 53 48 .04 54 44 51 42 cdv Syracuse 48 32 54 35 cdy 52 34 cdy Tampa-StPtrsbg 81 62 79 60 cdy 79 59 cdy 51 34 60 40 dr 60 43 cdv ila 51 5 50 rn 60 50 cdy WilJces-Barre 44 27 56 32 cdy 55 34 cdy National Temperature Extremes High Sunday 83 atMiami Beach West Kendall and Opa Locka, Fla Low today 12 at Lake Yellowstone, Wyo. ChiefTommy "Brrrrrrrrrrr" Hawk is loving this cool weather. It beats 90 degrees with 90 percent humidity any day. Precipitation Amount for the 24-hour period A ending at 7 a.m.

today provided by the Two Lick filtration plant of Pennsylvania- American Water Co. Four-day forecast Tuesday: Partly cloudy; low 30 high 55. Wednesday: Partly cloudy; low 36, high 52. Thursday: Partly cloudy; low 34, high 55. Friday; Partly cloudy; low 35, high 52.

Moon phases First Full Last New Tuesday Sunrise: 7:02 a.m. Sunset: 4:57 p.m. Math workshops held News Service What do weighing fruit, creating cereal boxes and examining the gears of a bicycle have in common? Each of these methods to improve mathematics education is promoted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Hands-On Math Education for Pennsylvania Learning and Teaching (HOME PLaTe) project. HOME PLaTe, funded by the state's No Child Left Behind act, uses fun, hands-on activities to teach mathematics needed for Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) testing. Workshop instructors are college professors and K-12 teachers.

The three-year project began in March 2004 and will end in September 2006. This program expands lUP's Statistics Education through Quantitative Literacy (SEQuaL) program, which ran from 1992-2003. Most recently, HOME PLaTe facuity presented workshops to teachers in the Purchase Line," Penns Manor and Homer Center School Districts. Last summer, HOME PLaTe hosted its first on-campus teacher workshop. Throughout the year, HOME PLaTe conducts monthly meetings at individual schools in order to reach a farger number of teachers and assess their needs.

In 2005, HOMEPLaTe plans to run two summer workshops, including one at IUP and the other Hospital notes INDIANA Admissions, Nov. 13,2004 Alice Delilah Clawson, Indiana; Robert D. Norman, Hillsdale; Mildred I. Smith, Clymer; Melvin Carl Watson, Hillsdale Sean Mack and John Nelson, both math teachers, work with items to figure different angles and midpoints at the math workshop held recently at Purchase Line High School. (Gazette photo by Tom Peel) for Erie city schools at Edinboro University.

The following year, HOME PLaTe will expand its summer workshops to also include schools in northeastern Pennsylvania. Ty Owen Gap'shes, Shelocta; Valerie Ann Gapshes, Shelocta; Dixie Anna and baby boy Kimmel, Kittanning; Faith Ann Meckley, Commodore; Noah Isaac Meckley, Commodore; Giana Nicole Ruddock, Marion Center; Tracey Marie Ruddock, Marion Center; Madeline Virginia Seigal, Indiana; Angela Dawn Simpson, Clarksburg LATROBE Discharge, Nov. 13,2004 John McGinnis, New Florence Birth, Nov. 14,2004 Ann and Donald Flem- ihg.bf Corhmod6r.eVgirl" Admissions Tammy Arm Fleming, Commodore; Kimberly Ann Geesey, Indiana; Julie Elizabeth Grejtak, Homer City; Frederick C. Johnston, Indiana Discharges Janice Lanette Bender, Commodore; George E.

Gallagher, Mildred I. Smith, Clymer Police log Lottery The Indiana Gazette Indiana Alleged attacker jailed An Indiana man was charged Sunday with attempted homicide and six other counts in connection with attacks against three people during a disturbance at 46 S. Fifth Indiana Borough police reported. Jessie Harper, 23, of Indiana arraigned before District Justice Jennifer Rega and was held at the Indiana County Jail when he was unable to post S25.000 cash bail. Police charged that Harper repeatedly struck Kenneth Ashley Jr.

of Indiana with an aluminum baseball bat at 3:08 a.m., when Ashley, 20, tried to settle an argument between Harper and several other people. Harper also hit Nicole Evans, 21, of Indiana and Brandon Lynch, 23, of Emest when they intervened in the attack on Ashley, according to police. In a news release, police reported that responding officers captured Harper after a foot chase. He was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, harassment, disorderly conduct and escapa A spokeswoman at Indiana Regional Medical Center said this morning that Ashley received outpatient treatment for his injuries. A preliminary hearing for Harper is scheduled for Nov.

23. Shoplifting charge Gregory Slezak, 29, of Blairsville stole five candy bars from the store at 768 Wayne Ave. at 12:46 a.m. Saturday and struggled with two store security officers who stopped him outside, Indiana Borough police reported. Police charged Slezak with retail theft, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, according to a news release.

District Justice Rega released Slezak without requiring him to post bond and ordered him to appear Tuesday for a preliminary hearing. Drug suspect held Borough police found Jonathan Hockenos of Altoona in possession of six plastic bags of suspected marijuana at 2:12 a.m. Sunday when he was taken into custody for public drunkenness on the 800 block of Church Street, according to a police news release. Hockenos, 20, attempted to punch police as he was being arrested, police reported. Police took Hockenos before District Justice Rega for arraignment on a felony count of possession of marijuana and eight other charges.

Hockenos was sent to the county jail when he was unable to post $5,000 bail and was scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 23, according to police. Vandalism Justin Horvath of Doylestown, Bucks County, told borough police Thursday that someone broke a window of his vehicle while it was parked in a lot at 1075 Water SL Someone hurled a piece of asphalt through a window and shade of a dormitory room in Shafer Hall at 3:34 a.m. Sunday, IUP campus police reported. Alcohol-related arrests Campus police wrote summary citations to six people during the weekend, according to news releases issued this morning: Adam Lippincott, 18, of Moon, Allegheny County, was charged with underage drinking and public drunkenness at 4:51 a.m.

Saturday in a first-floor restroom of Stewart Hall and was temporarily detained at the Indiana County Jail. Damn Rimbey, 19, of Moon, Allegheny County, was arrested for underage drinking and public drunkenness in the Tumbull Hall parking lot at 3:13 a.m. Saturday and was held at the county jail. Kristin Siemion, 18, of Lawrence Hall, IUP was cited for underage drinking and public drunkenness in theTurnbull Hall parking lot Sunday at 1:26 a.m. William Balint IV, 22, of Indiana was arrested for public drunkenness on Grant Street near Wahr Hall at 12:30 a.m.

Sunday. Nathan Bihling, 18, of Shafer Hall, was cited for underage drinking and public drunkenness at 1:13 a.m. Saturday at a parking lot along Maple Street. Carrie Acklin, 19, of Campus Towers, IUP, was charged with underage drinking in her dormitory room on Saturday at 12:39 a.m. Man cited Kein McCIendon of Philadelphia began shouting "stop hitting me, stop beating while a state police trooper questioned him in the parking lot of the Peking Chinese Restaurant, 496 S.

13th on Friday at 9:15 a.m., according to a news release issued this morning. McCIendon was cited for disorderly conduct. White Township Forgery reported Someone used a counterfeit $50 bill to make a purchase at the Wal-Mart store at SouthTowne Plaza on Wednesday, state police reported today. Green Township Burglary reported Somebody climbed through a window to get into the Valley Inn along Route 286 on Saturday at 5 a.m,, according to state police. Troopers reported nothing was broken or missing.

Armstrong Township Home burglarized Someone entered the resi- dence of David Yewcic at the Sylvan Acres mobile-home park between Nov. 7 and Friday and stole a Kodak digital camera and $100 in change, state police reported. Theft reported A chopper style mini-bike was stolen Wednesday from Bernie's Custom Carts shop along Route 422 near Shelocta, state police reported today. No estimate of the loss was given. Burrell Township Statue swiped State police reported today a cement lion was stolen Thursday from the yard at Fred Kline's residence along Bridge Street.

Plumcreek Armstrong County Drug violation Nicholas Kutsch, 20, of Shelocta had drug paraphernalia in his possession at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, when he was stopped for a traffic violation on Route 422, according to state police. Kittanning-based troopers filed a drug-paraphernalia-possession charge against Kutsch before District Justice Samuel Goldstrohm of Rural Valley, according to a news release. Derry Township, Westmoreland County Theft, forgery reported David Zubalik of Blairsville told state police someone took a wallet, a watch and a checkbook from his vehicle and then wrote five checks on his account. Tubalikfs property disappeared between 2:30 and 10 a.m.

Nov. 6, according to troopers at Greensburg. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Here are the winning numbers selected Sunday in the Pennsylvania State Lottery: Sunday night: Daily Number: 3-8-3 Big Midday: Daily Number: 3-8-1 Big Today's "Pennsylvania Cash 5" jackpot will be worth at least $350,000 because no player matched the five winning numbers drawn in Sunday's game. Lottery officials said 104 players matched four numbers and won $424.50 each; 4,097 players matched three numbers and won each; and 46,947 players matched two numbers and won leach.

The winning numbers drawn Sunday in the "Pennsylvania Cash 5" game were: 06-15-21. 31-32. Accidents The Indiana Gazette Rayne Township A car driven by Angela Carmella of DuBois traveled off Route 119 and hit a utility pole at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, state police at Indiana reported today. A passenger in the car, Elizabeth Carmella, 81, of DuBois was sent to Indiana Regional Medical Center, where a spokeswoman said she received outpatient treatment.

A car driven by Gary Neal of Indiana was disabled it hit a deer on Route 119 at 7:20 p.m. Saturday, state police reported. Neal was not reported to be injured. Burrell Township Ryan Parasida, 18, of Indiana suffered what police called a minor injury in an accident at 8:17 p.m. Friday.

Indiana-based troopers reported the car Parasi- da was driving hit an embankment and overturned on the Route 22 exit ramp to Route 119. A car driven by Cheryl Miller of Blairsville slid on a patch of ice at 8:46 a.m. Saturday and flipped onto its roof about one-quarter mile south of Black Lick on Route 119, according to state police in Indiana. Troopers reported Miller, 46, suffered a minor in- Jury. No other medical information was released.

White Township A car owned by Kyle Cobaugh of Indiana was damaged by a hit- and-run vehicle between I and 3 p.m. Thursday while it was parked on Franklin Circle, state police reported. Pine Township A truck driven by Kenneth Mumau III of Glen Campbell traveled into a ditch along Route 22 near the Cambria County line at 9:11 p.m. Nov. 8, state police reported.

According to a news release issued this morning, Mumau suffered a minor injury. Derry Township, Westmoreland County Michael Reott of Biairsville escaped injury at 8:17 p.m. Friday when his car hit an embankment and rolled over on Route 217 near Hillside, state police reported. Reott told troopers at Greensburg that he swerved to avoid a deer on the road. Correction i ome an informational program to discuss reasons people leave the Roman Catholic Church, will be held at 7 p.m.

Tuesday in the social hall at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church in Indiana An incorrect date appeared Saturday's Gazette..