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READ ALL ABOUT IT Carriers Wanted for the Routes available in the following areas: Grieve Rd, Argyle Way, 4th Ave, Glenside Rd, Elizabeth St, Mcbride, Dunsmuir, Craig, Bishop, Forest Rd, Indian Ave, Broadway Rd, Morgan Cres and several other locations. Extra! Extra! Please call Elaine Berringer (Circulation Mgr.) 250-723-8171 Ext #222 Or drop by the office The AV Times 4918 Napier St. Serving the Alberni Valley www.avtimes.net Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Pospisil advances to quarter-finals at Wimbledon Sports, Page 5 33C 12C Sunny with local smoke Weather 2 What’s On 2 Alberni Region 3 Opinion 4 Sports 5 Scoreboard 6 Comics 7 Classifieds 8 Nation & World 9 Taste 10 ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 115 $1.25 newsstand (tax incl.) Inside today WILDFIRE Sproat Lake blaze expands to nearly 100 hectares as crews struggle to contain its spread with helicopters Mountain fi re threatens homes KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES The wildfire consuming Dog Mountain at Sproat Lake doubled in size overnight. Now at an esti- mated 96 hectares, the fire con- tinues to burn aggressively. On Sunday, the fire spread down the face of the mountain, jeopard- izing cabins located near the water. The RCMP assisted those with boat-only access after an evacua- tion notice was issued. One unoccu- pied cabin was destroyed by fire. According to Donna MacPher- son, fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre, a crew of 21 and three helicopters continue efforts to contain the blaze. On Monday, structure protection units, including sprinkler systems, were established for hillside cabins bor- dering the lake. MacPherson said the area is hazardous with falling debris. The community has been asked to keep away from the area as heli- copters drop water. Lake resident Kryssie Thomson has been able to keep the community, as well as friends and family, informed of the developments, but has been keep- ing her distance. “The police boats have been good at keeping people well away,” Thomson said. She said it has been both a sad and surreal experience being so close to the devastation. “You watch things like this on the news and don’t expect it to be right in your backyard,” she said. Thomson watched as the fire spread on Sunday evening. “There were hot spots hopping town Taylor Arm and pocket fires along the shoreline of the Two Riv- ers side,” she said. “You could see the ground all covered in ash.” Crews also tried to contain cabins that were in jeopardy. “I saw ground crews on a deck with the Coulson helicopter work- ing right behind them,” Thomson said. Shortly after the blaze started on Saturday, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District activated a Level One Emergency Operations Centre. ACRD Chief Administrative Officer Russell Dyson said it enables the regional district to provide evacua- tion orders, which was declared by Chairperson Josie Osborne. Multi-level support includes the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol, com- munication to media, contact with the forest service and provision of logistics. Crews continued too cool hot spots and attempted to prevent fur- ther spreading throughout Monday. [email protected] Forest fire sparks air quality advisory The ongoing blaze across Dog Mountain has caused fine particulate levels to rise well beyond the provincial standard for healthy air. » Alberni Region, 3 Man kills cougar in Ucluelet Shawn Hanson, a 38-year-old Victoria local, had just returned from a fishing trip when he came face to face with the large cat. » Alberni Region, 3 » Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news. Since it was discovered on Saturday a fire on Dog Mountain has spread down to the shore of Sproat Lake, threatening cottages FIREFIGHTING ‘Extraordinary situation’ by Sproat Lake leads government to reconsider aircraft Province could deploy Mars this week ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES A s a forest fire rapidly spreads across Dog Moun- tain, thickening the Alber- ni Valley’s air with smoke, one question continues to burn away with many members of the public: Why are the Martin Mars water bombers sitting idle on the shore of Sproat Lake? The Hawaii and Philippine Mars bombers have not seen firefight- ing action in years, but this could change as early as the middle of this week with a deployment order from the province for one of the aircraft, said Wayne Coul- son, CEO of the Coulson Group of Companies and owner of the two planes. When a severe fire season was expected this summer B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations contracted the Hawaii Mars in case its 27,200-litre drop capacity was needed. “We have a contract with the government for the Mars and all we are waiting for is for them to order us up,” said Coulson in an email to the Times, adding that the air tanker could be serviceable by Wednesday or Thursday. “The Mars has been offered to the gov- ernment starting three months ago, when the government agency fire predictive models were indi- cating the B.C. coast was going to experience a bad wildfire season.” “While there are more cost-ef- fective option available, in the right circumstances, it can now be called on to supplement the air tanker fleet,” stated the Ministry of Forests. “Given the extraordin- ary situation and in recognizing that public safety is paramount, we’ve been looking at all available options outside of our current resources.” Last year was particularly bad for wildfires when 369,169 hectares of forest was affected across the province. After years of service the provincial contract with the Hawaii Mars was discontinued in 2014 when the Ministry of Forests opted to rely on smaller planes pro- vided by Abbotsford-based Conair. These planes are less cumbersome, cost-effective and more versatile than the Hawaii Mars, stated the ministry. But with fires spreading across the province frustrations grew that the Hawaii Mars, which is the world’s largest water bomber, was not part of the firefighting fleet. Criticism of the government’s refusal to launch the Hawaii Mars has continued this summer – espe- cially from Sproat Lake residents, who are watching the Dog Moun- tain forest fire grow seemingly unhindered by the province’s sup- pression efforts. “I witnessed first-hand today five small helicopters with monsoon buckets (pee cans), two Aurora water bombers and a spotter plane waste a ton of that budget in a futile effort to try and control or put out what started as a very small forest fire at Sproat Lake,” wrote Bob Cole in an open letter directed to Minister of Forests Steve Thomson. See BOMBER, Page 3 The Hawaii Mars water bomber sits by Sproat Lake Saturday afternoon, shortly before a nearby fire was discovered on Dog Mountain. [CHRIS BOAR, CB

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Inside today

WILDFIRE

Sproat Lake blaze expands to nearly 100 hectares as crews struggle to contain its spread with helicopters

Mountain fi re threatens homesKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The wildfire consuming Dog Mountain at Sproat Lake doubled in size overnight. Now at an esti-mated 96 hectares, the fire con-tinues to burn aggressively.

On Sunday, the fire spread down the face of the mountain, jeopard-izing cabins located near the water. The RCMP assisted those with boat-only access after an evacua-tion notice was issued. One unoccu-pied cabin was destroyed by fire.

According to Donna MacPher-son, fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre, a crew of 21 and three helicopters continue efforts to contain the blaze. On Monday, structure protection units, including sprinkler systems, were established for hillside cabins bor-dering the lake. MacPherson said the area is hazardous with falling debris.

The community has been asked to keep away from the area as heli-copters drop water. Lake resident Kryssie Thomson has been able to keep the community, as well as friends and family, informed of the developments, but has been keep-ing her distance.

“The police boats have been good at keeping people well away,” Thomson said.

She said it has been both a sad

and surreal experience being so close to the devastation.

“You watch things like this on the news and don’t expect it to be right in your backyard,” she said.

Thomson watched as the fire spread on Sunday evening.

“There were hot spots hopping town Taylor Arm and pocket fires along the shoreline of the Two Riv-ers side,” she said. “You could see the ground all covered in ash.”

Crews also tried to contain cabins that were in jeopardy.

“I saw ground crews on a deck with the Coulson helicopter work-ing right behind them,” Thomson said.

Shortly after the blaze started on Saturday, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District activated a Level One Emergency Operations Centre. ACRD Chief Administrative Officer Russell Dyson said it enables the regional district to provide evacua-tion orders, which was declared by Chairperson Josie Osborne.

Multi-level support includes the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol, com-munication to media, contact with the forest service and provision of logistics.

Crews continued too cool hot spots and attempted to prevent fur-ther spreading throughout Monday.

[email protected]

Forest fire sparks air quality advisory The ongoing blaze across Dog Mountain has caused fine particulate levels to rise well beyond the provincial standard for healthy air. » Alberni Region, 3

Man kills cougar in UclueletShawn Hanson, a 38-year-old Victoria local, had just returned from a fishing trip when he came face to face with the large cat. » Alberni Region, 3

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Since it was discovered on Saturday a fire on Dog Mountain has spread down to the shore of Sproat Lake, threatening cottages

FIREFIGHTING

‘Extraordinary situation’ by Sproat Lake leads government to reconsider aircraft

Province could deploy Mars this weekERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

As a forest fire rapidly spreads across Dog Moun-tain, thickening the Alber-

ni Valley’s air with smoke, one question continues to burn away with many members of the public: Why are the Martin Mars water bombers sitting idle on the shore of Sproat Lake?

The Hawaii and Philippine Mars bombers have not seen firefight-ing action in years, but this could change as early as the middle of this week with a deployment order from the province for one of the aircraft, said Wayne Coul-son, CEO of the Coulson Group of Companies and owner of the two planes. When a severe fire season was expected this summer B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations contracted the Hawaii Mars in case its 27,200-litre drop capacity was needed.

“We have a contract with the government for the Mars and all we are waiting for is for them to order us up,” said Coulson in an email to the Times, adding that the air tanker could be serviceable by Wednesday or Thursday. “The Mars has been offered to the gov-

ernment starting three months ago, when the government agency fire predictive models were indi-cating the B.C. coast was going to experience a bad wildfire season.”

“While there are more cost-ef-fective option available, in the right circumstances, it can now be called on to supplement the air tanker fleet,” stated the Ministry

of Forests. “Given the extraordin-ary situation and in recognizing that public safety is paramount, we’ve been looking at all available options outside of our current resources.”

Last year was particularly bad for wildfires when 369,169 hectares of forest was affected across the province. After years of service

the provincial contract with the Hawaii Mars was discontinued in 2014 when the Ministry of Forests opted to rely on smaller planes pro-vided by Abbotsford-based Conair. These planes are less cumbersome, cost-effective and more versatile than the Hawaii Mars, stated the ministry.

But with fires spreading across the province frustrations grew that the Hawaii Mars, which is the world’s largest water bomber, was not part of the firefighting fleet.

Criticism of the government’s refusal to launch the Hawaii Mars has continued this summer – espe-cially from Sproat Lake residents, who are watching the Dog Moun-tain forest fire grow seemingly unhindered by the province’s sup-pression efforts.

“I witnessed first-hand today five small helicopters with monsoon buckets (pee cans), two Aurora water bombers and a spotter plane waste a ton of that budget in a futile effort to try and control or put out what started as a very small forest fire at Sproat Lake,” wrote Bob Cole in an open letter directed to Minister of Forests Steve Thomson.

See BOMBER, Page 3

The Hawaii Mars water bomber sits by Sproat Lake Saturday afternoon, shortly before a nearby fire was discovered on Dog Mountain. [CHRIS BOAR, CB

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ArtsFolk Song Circle meets Tuesdays, from

7 to 9 p.m., at Fir Park Village. Info: 250-723-7945.

Lounge Music with pianist Richard Lys-ne Tuesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Char’s Landing.

Sports & recreationValley Cloggers meet Tuesdays at

6:30 p.m. at the Arrowsmith Baptist Church. Beginners welcome. Info: 250-724-2137.

Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Kingsway Pub meat draw on Tuesdays, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., and 50/50 raffle to benefit the Alberni Valley Hospice Society and Ty Watson House.

Board Games social on Tuesdays, from 4 to 10 p.m., at Char’s Landing.

Fun darts/ladies pool, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Legion Branch 293.

Child and youth Mothers Uplifting Mothers group

meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lighthouse Church. Info: 250-724-9733.

Youth Clinic services at ADSS (around the left front corner) on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Info: 250-731-1315 or 250-720-9591.

Play & Learn Library at Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre on Mondays, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays, 9 to 11 a.m. and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 778- 421-2244.

Service groupsLiteracy Alberni, drop-in times Monday

through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.

Special interestGenealogy Club meets the last Tuesday

of every month at the Family History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members can visit on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday evenings, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Special twice a week fitness class designed for new moms and their babies. To register drop into Echo Centre or phone 250-723-2181.

Social - Green Beer ‘n Banter every second Tuesday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Char’s Landing.

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Alberni Valley Hospice Society’s Dementia Support Group meets third Tuesday monthly 10:30 a.m. to noon at 3088 3rd Avenue. This group is for individuals dealing with Early On Set Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other Neurological Degenerative Disorders. 250-723-4478

Walk and Talk grief support group meets Tuesday mornings. The goal of this group is to offer bereavement sup-port in an informal and comfortable way that combines exercise and companionship. Call Ruth at 250-723-4478 to register.

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and other kinship care providers are welcome to call a province-wide information and support line toll free at 1-855-474-9777 or e-mail [email protected].

KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile out-reach support services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficul-ties, please call 250-723-2040.

Addictions The Christian Intervention Program

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Maritime Discovery Centre Light-house Day children’s event, July 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.

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WEST COAST WILDLIFE

DOG MOUNTAIN FOREST FIRE

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Victoria man saves dog from cougar attack near Ucluelet

Wildfi res affect animals in forest

ANDREW BAILEY WESTERLY NEWS

A tourist shot and killed a cougar that attacked his dog on Salmon Beach Thursday night.

Shawn Hanson, a 38 year-old Victoria local, had just returned from a fishing trip on Thursday when he came face to face with the cougar around 4 p.m.

Hanson told the Westerly News he had brought a salmon to the cleaning table outside his friends’ cabin when his dog Bailey, a one-year-old mini-ature dachshund, was grabbed.

“As soon as I put the salmon down, a cougar whipped out of the bushes from about 15 feet away and snatched her,” he said.

“I’ve encountered wildlife quite a bit but never anything like that…I didn’t know really what was going on I thought it might have been another dog that was attacking her because I just caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye and then it buggered off into the bushes.”

He said he had no time to think before chasing after the animal.

“I just started screaming…and booked it straight into the bush full-bore,” he said.

He said he chased the cougar about 20 feet into the thick brush before it slowed and he was able to grab a hold of it.

“I grabbed on to its rear end with one hand and then reached up and grabbed my dog with the other and when I had a grip on the dog I reached back and punched the cougar in the face and at that point it dropped the dog,” he said.

“I gave it a good sock in the face…it gave it a pretty good stunning and it opened its mouth and dropped the dog.”

Hanson said he cautiously carried Bailey out of the bush away from the cougar.

“I wasn’t sure if it was going to start slashing at me or any-thing like that,” he said.

When he returned to his campsite, Hanson grabbed his shotgun and headed back into the bush to make sure the cou-gar had left and was not prepar-ing to return.

“It was standing pretty much right where I’d hit it and it was looking at me. I stood there for maybe 5 to 7 seconds and then it took one or two little pounces towards me perked its ears up and started walking towards me…I fired a warning shot. It didn’t even care it just sat right there looking at me,” he said.

“At that point it was between

10 to 15 feet away and I just made a judgement call and had to put it down…It started lun-ging and coming towards me and at that point I was just like ‘OK, this thing is obviously a problem.’”

He said he immediately reported the incident to local police and the BC Conservation Officer Service and that the cougar was small and appeared malnourished.

“It was obviously really hun-gry,” he said. “It was pretty scrawny, skin and bones, and its hair was pretty shabby so it hadn’t been getting the nutri-tion it needed; he was pretty

ballsy to come out and grab my dog and then actually come towards me.”

Bailey was taken to a veterin-ary hospital in Port Alberni on Friday where she was treated for puncture wounds and a minor neck injury.

“She’s fine,” Hanson said. “Luckily all the stars aligned and everything worked out…It’s very, very, lucky that noth-ing happened to her.”

He said the experience has not scared him off visiting Ucluelet again but noted he and his friends plan to keep their dogs leashed from now on.

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When wild fires occur, the resulting loss of forested land puts stress on wildlife. Animals are affected in vari-ous ways, but the immediate result can be injury, death or displacement.

Robin Campbell, founder of the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association, said that as fires currently burn, he is watching the air quality.

“It is terrible,” Campbell said. “These animals are breathing ash and smoke.”

Injuries to larger animals, like bears, usually occur on paws and death is often pre-vented by fleeing.

“If you have ever seen a horse in a burning barn, certain ani-mals will flee,” Campbell said. “The stress is too much and they can’t deal with it.”

He said the surviving animals will move into other species’ territories.

“That creates a slow death for some,” he said. “There is only so much space to go around.”

For birds and other nesting wildlife, the danger is high-est when there are young involved.

“They can lose the young fledglings that haven’t fled yet,” said Campbell.

The impact on birds is also greater if their nests are dam-aged or destroyed.

Smaller species, like moles and mice, that construct sur-face-level nests are also more vulnerable because of their limited escape routes and mobility. Larger mammals are forced to seek hide-outs where the fire hasn’t spread or find unburned patches.

Animals dependent on fora-ging will have a difficult time after fire ravages trees and plants, which will take up to the next growing season to return.

“With the heat we are having a hard enough time as it is,” Campbell said. “We are not seeing the same amount of growth so there are not a lot of food and berries right now. It’s a real strain on wildlife.”

Shawn Hanson, a 38 year-old Victoria local, shot and killed a cougar that attacked his dog near Ucluelet on Thursday. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]

Notice of Public Meeting to Consider the Annual Report The general public is hereby given notice, in accordance with Section 94 of the Community Charter, that the City of Port Alberni will conduct its Annual Meeting pursuant to Section 99 of the Community Charter, during its Regular Meeting of Council which commences at 7:00 pm on Monday, July 13th, 2015 in the Council Chambers at 4850 Argyle Street.

At this meeting, Council will present the Annual Report and receive submissions and questions from the public. The Annual Report includes the audited fi nancial statements for the year 2014, a list of permissive tax exemptions for 2014, a report respecting municipal services and operations and a statement of municipal objectives.

Copies of the Annual Report are available from the City Clerk’s department at City Hall from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (excluding statutory holidays) or online at www.portalberni.ca.

Davina HartwellCity ClerkTel. 250 720-2810Email: [email protected]

CITY OF PORT ALBERNIPUBLIC NOTICE

Correction

A headline on Page 5 of Fri-day’s Alberni Valley Times read ‘Federer gets knocked out at Wimbledon.’

It was in fact Rafael Nadal

who was eliminated from the historic tennis tournament on Thursday when he lost in the second round to Dustin Brown.

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Smoke threatens air quality ERC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Valley residents awoke to a surreal scene Sunday as smoke from a nearby forest fire creat-ed an unusually orange light from the morning sun.

“People were commenting on that, it was almost like we were living in sepia,” said Earle Plain, an air quality meteorol-ogist with the B.C. Ministry of Environment.

While the Dog Mountain fire grew over Sproat Lake ash spread throughout the Valley, raising levels of fine particu-late matter far beyond the prov-ince’s 25 micrograms per cubic metre threshold. At 4 a.m. on Monday Alberni’s levels peaked at 145 micrograms, and by 10 a.m. the average over the previ-ous 24-hour period was 54 – the highest levels the community has seen since the province began measuring fine particu-late matter five years ago.

The Dog Mountain fire was discovered Saturday afternoon, but winds caused smoke from the incident to fill the Valley on Sunday, said Plain. While a filtered haze remained over the community Monday, par-ticulate levels had fallen to 20 micrograms at 10 a.m. accord-ing to a monitoring station at the Alberni Elementary School.

“Early Sunday morning, about 1 o’clock in the morning,

the winds shifted and we ended up with westerly winds, so it would have taken the smoke right out of Sproat Lake into Port Alberni,” Plain said. “The wind direction changed at five [Monday morning] and things started to basically clear out.”

The effects of the fine-particu-late concentrations are similar to being near a campfire. An air quality advisory issued by Island Health and the B.C. Ministry of Environment cau-tioned people to avoid strenu-

ous outdoor activity. Fine par-ticles from the forest fire are smaller than dust and capable of passing through the body’s natural defences and into the bloodstream.

“Exposure is particularly a concern for infants, the elderly and those who have under-lying medical conditions such as diabetes and lung or heart disease,” stated the air quality advisory. “Consider visiting a location like a shopping mall with cooler filtered air. Keep in

mind that staying indoors may help you stay cool and provide some relief from the smoke, however many air conditioning systems do not filter the air or improve air quality.”

Forest fires have spread across southern B.C., and besides the Alberni Valley the air quality advisory includes the east side of Vancouver Island, encompassing commun-ities from Campbell River to Victoria. Plain noted that at one point on Sunday fine par-ticulate levels in Nanaimo were too high for equipment to take a reading.

“It was set for 200 micro-grams per cubic metre and we were getting off-scale read-ings,” he said. “Here on the coast in Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum, our smoke impacts are coming from the actual mainland.”

Despite these concerns, Plain said that communities are not usually evacuated due to air quality. The decision of how to handle the smoky atmosphere rests with citizens.

“Anybody that is experiencing difficulty breathing or any kind of discomfort that comes on really sudden as a result of being exposed, they should def-initely go see their physician,” Plain said.

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Alberni Valley residents frustrated as Mars sits idleBOMBER, from Page 1

“Your ministry called the Martin Mars water bombers old, obsolete and not as effective as your other fire-fighting aircraft,” Cole con-tinued. “I strenuously beg to differ. The Martin Mars could have put this fire out effectively and easily in much less than the two-and-a-half-hour response time of your ‘elite’ fire-fighting planes.”

“Because of some stupid policy decision, the Mars is sitting there while the fire is raging,” said Alberni Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser, who plans to pressure the Ministry of Forests to use the iconic water bomber to augment its suppression efforts. “The Mars isn’t necessarily the best aircraft for everything in firefighting but nothing is. You need the full tool chest in the province to fight fires.”

Any decisions on handling the fire rest with the province, as the Mars cannot be deployed without an order from Victoria.

“It would be illegal for us to take the Mars onto a fire without the approval from the government,” said Coulson. “We are as frustrat-ed as many people in the province about the lack of support the gov-ernment is giving the firefighters and the public.”

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This year’s Bike to Work and School Week was a great success in Port

Alberni. According to the Bike to Work BC website, 150 local riders registered 3,240 km during the week of May 25-31.

Riders burned off about 97,211 calories and saved approximate-ly 703 kgs. of greenhouse gases. And this was just the people that registered their riding on the website.

Bike to Work Week is an annual event held across BC to heighten awareness about the health and environmental benefits of cycling.

In Port Alberni, organizers encouraged everyone to “Get Out and Ride! to Work, to School and Anywhere Else You Have To Go”.

Alberni Valley Transition Towns, which took a lead role in this year’s campaign would like to thank our major sponsors of this year’s event: Alberni Valley Community Foundation, Bike to Work BC, Alberni Valley Times and the Alberni Valley News.

Local organizers are now pre-paring for a follow up event to Bike to Work Week.

Our first ever “Critical Mass”

ride will be held on Wednesday July 8, beginning at Char’s Landing at 7:00 PM.

“Critical Mass” rides started in Sweden in the 1970’s to raise awareness about cycling. They are now held in cities around the world, including Vancou-ver, on the last Friday of every month.

After rallying at Char’s Land-ing, Critical Mass participants will ride as a group under police escort down Third Avenue to Johnston Road, up Johnston to Maebelle, down the Redford Extension to 10th Avenue, down 10th to Argyle and back to Char’s Landing for a time to socialize.

Participants may make loonie/toonie donation which will be given to the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Cyclists of all abilities are invited to participate in this event.

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Canada lags on carbon cuts as oceans sufferIn the struggle to spare Earth

the worst ravages of global warming, the oceans are our

ally. They have buffered climate change by absorbing nearly 30 per cent of the carbon dioxide we have generated by burning fossil fuels and have absorbed 90 per cent of the industrial heat.

But as marine scientists warn in a new study in the journal Science, the cost has been heavy, and it is growing. Led by Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso from France’s Laboratoire d’Oceanographie de Villefranche, the 22-member team of top scien-tists points to compelling evidence that global warming is altering the seas’ fundamental physics and chemistry.

The oceans are growing warmer, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic as they absorb carbon pollu-tion, the study concludes. By fail-ing to sharply curb carbon output Canada and other big emitters are choking the high seas and all that live in them.

“Warm-water coral have already been affected, as have mid-latitude seagrass, high-latitude pteropods (marine snails) and krill, mid-lati-tude bivalves, and fin fishes,” the scientists say. That affects people from the high Arctic to the tropics who rely on ocean fisheries, coral reefs, mangroves and other aquatic ecosystems.

“Yet, despite the ocean’s critical role in regulating climate – and providing food security and live-lihoods for millions of people – international climate negotiations have only minimally considered impacts on the ocean.”

The scientists hope their alarm-ing findings, and their call for “immediate and substantial” cuts in greenhouse emissions, will focus minds and spur action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year. Canada and 200 other nations will try to agree on a global deal to cut fossil fuel use from 2020 onwards, to prevent Earth’s temperature

from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius over the pre-industrial average.

“The ocean provides us with food, energy, minerals, drugs and half the oxygen in the atmosphere, and it regulates our climate and weather,” Dr. Carol Turley of Britain’s Plymouth Marine Labora-tory told the BBC. “We are asking policy-makers to recognize the potential consequences and raise the profile of the ocean in inter-national talks where, up to now, it has barely got a mention.”

The scientists warn that “the business-as-usual scenario would put all ecosystems we considered at high or very high risk” by the end of the century. By 2100 the ocean surface temperature would be 2 degrees Celsius higher, the sea surface would be 30 centi-metres higher, oxygen content 2 per cent lower and acidity 70 per cent higher. “These impacts will be cumulative or synergistic with other human impacts, such as

overexploitation of living resour-ces, habitat destruction, and pollution.”

This call to action is an implicit rebuke to climate laggards, includ-ing Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government. At the federal level, at least, we have come to embody the reckless “business-as-usual” attitude that the marine scientists rightly decry. The Conservatives may scoff at New Democrat and Liberals proposals to curb carbon pollution, but they have failed utterly to live up to their own mod-est commitments and have noth-ing to brag about in the coming federal election.

Without forceful action Canada will come nowhere close to meet-ing Harper’s 2009 Copenhagen pledge to match efforts by the United States and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent by 2020 from their 2005 levels of 749 megatonnes. That implied a cut to about 622 megatonnes by 2020. Yet

in 2013 we were still spewing 726 megatonnes, and on track to emit 727 megatonnes by 2020.

Last year President Barack Obama promised to sharply cut U.S. emissions by 26 to 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2025, putting Harper squarely on the spot.

In May, with the election loom-ing, Ottawa set out yet another moving target, promising a 30 per cent cut from 2005 levels by 2030. That implied a cut to 524 mega-tonnes or less. But as the Pembina Institute’s Amin Asadollahi put it, “given Canada’s history of setting climate targets while failing to implement regulations to meet them, the announcement doesn’t mean much.” Canada can’t meet the new target without sharply reining in production from the Alberta oilsands, he noted. And that hasn’t happened.

Meanwhile, the Earth continues to warm and the seas acidify.

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An open letter to Minister of Forests Steve Thomson

The Provincial forest fire fighting budget is almost used up and it is only the second week of summer!

Well it’s no wonder.I witnessed first-hand today five

small helicopters with monsoon buckets (pee cans), two Aurora water bombers and a spotter plane waste a ton of that budget in a futile effort to try and control or put out what started as a very small forest fire at Sproat Lake.

To have two large but not very ver-satile aircraft fly around in circles many times before finally deposit-ing their minimal load of retardant on the fire and then to fly away to Abbotsford or Comox for another load while the wind whipped fire grew and grew was a complete waste of money and endangered homes and lives.

Your ministry called the Martin Mars water bombers old, obsolete and not as effective as your other fire-fighting aircraft. I strenuously beg to differ.

The Martin Mars could have put this fire out effectively and easily in much less than the two and a half hour response time of your “elite” fire-fighting planes. It still could put the fire out effectively in short order.

These coastal forest fires is exactly what it is designed for.

The Aurora aircraft cannot attack the fire effectively in steep terrain and their one hour turn-around time versus the ten minute load avnd drop times of the Martin Mars is night and day in fire suppression. Not to mention that one drop from the Mars would put more water and foam on the fire than all your helicopters and half your Auroras did in the eight hours Saturday afternoon.

As I write this letter, Sunday mor-ning, the sky is still glowing orange over Dog Mountain, people are still evacuated or on standby from their vacation homes, the air in the Alber-ni Valley is choked with smoke and the fire continues to grow. We will again wait for the Auroras to come and go once an hour and hope they can catch up to this fire.

It is too late to employ the Martin Mars on this fire but your ministry needs to swallow it’s pride and engage the Coulson fire-fighting equipment (Mars and Heavy lift helicopters) as soon as possible for the balance of this summer. The cost not to will be far higher than doing such in forests, homes, pos-sibly lives and votes!

Bob ColeSproat Lake

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Canada’s Pospisil on court for six hours, advances to quarter-fi nalsVancouver native to face No. 3 seed and 2013 champion Murray on WednesdayTHE CANADIAN PRESS

LONDON — After 10 sets of tennis, a pair of marathon ral-lies from two sets down and a spirited rant against an oppon-ent, Vasek Pospisil is looking forward to a day off.

The Vancouver player was on the court for almost six hours Monday as he continued his impressive run at Wimbledon.

Hours after coming back from two sets down to beat Viktor Troicki in the fourth round of the men’s singles, Pospisil and doubles teammate Jack Sock staged another two-set comeback before ultimately falling to Aus-tralia’s John Peers and Britain’s Jamie Murray.

“It was a long day, for sure,” Pospisil offered as an under-statement to kick off his press conference after the doubles loss. “Pretty tired right now, but I have a day off tomorrow, so that’s good.”

He will need all the rest he can get, as his quarter-final opponent on Wednesday is No. 3 seed and 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray. The Scotsman is bound to have a loud cheering section at the All England Club.

“Obviously I played a lot of tennis, but one day recovery is a lot,” Pospisil said. “So I can sleep well tonight. Just have a full day of rest tomorrow. Do a lot of recovery . . . then come out strong on Wednesday and take it to him.”

The unseeded Canadian advanced to the men’s quar-ter-finals after a 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win over Troicki, the No. 22 seed from Serbia.

The match took two hours 39 minutes, and that wasn’t even his longest of the day.

“It was tough. I didn’t have the start I wanted to have, and then ... I got unlucky a little bit in the (second set) tiebreaker there,” Pospisil said. “I made a couple of good adjustments on my return games.

“And even being down two sets, it didn’t faze me. I feel I’m pretty

tough that way. Even if I’m down, I’m always finding ways to come back.”

Murray has beaten Pospisil in hard-surface tournaments at Rotterdam and Indian Wells this season, but said he is expecting a tougher challenge from Pospisil on grass.

Murray said he hopes Pospisil’s fatigue comes into play.

“After today maybe he’s a bit tired. But he will be confident after coming form two sets down and feeling good about his game,” said Murray, a 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 winner over Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic.

“He has a game which suits grass and he likes to come to the net.”

Pospisil, the world No. 56, had never previously been past the

second round in singles play at the All England Club.

His previous best singles show-ing at a Grand Slam event was a third-round appearance at the Australian Open (2014, 2015).

He’s hoping to become just the third Canadian to reach the men’s singles semifinals at Wimbledon.

The others are Robert Powell (1908) and Milos Raonic (2014).

It’s almost the reverse story for Pospisil in doubles.

The Canadian partnered with Sock to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title last year, but the duo was ousted in the third round 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7(5), 3-6, 8-6 by Peers and Jamie Murray in a match that lasted three hours 19 minutes.

Pospisil and Sock appeared to

lack energy early in the match, but were energized by a contro-versial call that went against them in the third set.

With the tiebreaker tied 1-1, a Pospisil volley appeared to go off Peers’ racket and out of play. But the umpire ruled that Pospisil hit the ball out of bounds.

Pospisil and Sock argued with the referee before turning their ire toward Peers.

“You want to take the point? Keep your mouth shut,” Pospisil said to Peers before adding an expletive.

Pospisil, who reached a career-high No. 25 in the singles rank-ings last year, turned pro in 2007 and is still looking for his first ATP title. He made it to the final at last year’s Citi Open in Wash-ington before falling to Raonic.

SOCCER

Women’s World Cup had large number of viewersNEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — The numbers show the Women’ World Cup was embraced at home and around the globe.

TV records were set on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.

Twitter says tweets about the soccer tournament were viewed nine billion times, with the U.S. dominating the conversation.

Sunday’s final between the U.S. and Japan led the Twitter buzz with other U.S. games as well as tight knockout-round contests between Japan and England and Germany and France also draw-ing significant traffic.

The top six tournament play-ers on Twitter were all from the U.S. team: Julie Johnston, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo and Abby Wambach.

TSN says Sunday’s final, won 5-2 by the U.S., averaged 2.1 million viewers according to preliminary figures — making it the most-watched Women’s World Cup final for a Canadian audience. Some 7.7 million view-ers tuned in at some point, with the average audience peaking at 2.8 million for the final minute.

TSN says Canada’s five tour-nament matches averaged 2.3 million viewers. That rose to 3.2 million for the final quarter-final loss to England, which set a record for the country’s most-watched Women’s World Cup match ever. Like the final, it was the most-watched program on Canadian TV that weekend.

The network calls it Canada’s most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup ever. The audience was nearly four times that of the 2011 tournament in Germany.

Fox says the final was also the most-watched soccer match in U.S. history, according to Niel-sen. The telecast averaged 25.4 million viewers and peaked at 30.9 million.

Vasek Pospisil of Canada returns a ball to Viktor Troicki of Serbia during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London on Monday. [AP PHOTO]

BASEBALL

Pederson and Bryant make All-Star teamRONALD BLUM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Less than three months after making his major league debut, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is an All-Star, one of two rookies selected along with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson.

But there was no room on the roster for Alex Rodriguez, enjoy-ing a renaissance in his return to the New York Yankees following a season-long drug suspension.

Dodgers catcher Yasmani Gran-dal also was a first-time selection Monday for the July 14 game in Cincinnati. Grandal became the third All-Star this year who served a drug-related suspension following MLB’s investigation of the Biogenesis of America clinic. Seattle slugger Nelson Cruz and St. Louis shortstop Jhonny Peral-ta were elected by fans to start.

Albert Pujols of the Angels will start at first base for the AL in place of Detroit’s Miguel Cab-rera, who injured a calf muscle Friday. Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen will start in the NL outfield instead of Miami’s Gian-carlo Stanton, who broke his hand on June 26.

The 23-year-old Bryant made his big league debut April 17 and began Monday with a .279 aver-age, 12 homers and 49 RBIs.

“Obviously, I’ve been at some All-Star Games, but I don’t think anything can compare to making the major league All-Star team,” he said. “It is kind of weird right now. We have a game in an hour, so I’m trying not to get too excit-ed and whatnot, but obviously it’s pretty cool.”

He’s open to participating in the Home Run Derby.

“It’s all happened so quick. I’ve just been having so much fun with this, my baseball career,” Bryant said. “Right now, it’s a pretty special feeling for me.”

A record six Royals were picked for the game, with players elect-ing pitcher Wade Davis, and AL

manager Ned Yost of Kansas City selecting reliever Kelvin Herrera. They join Royals out-fielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, catcher Salvador Perez and shortstop Alcides Escobar, who were elected on Sunday as starters.

“The one thing that Kelvin did that a lot of these guys didn’t do was pitch in Game 7 of the World Series last year,” Yost said. “That was kind of the deciding factor for me.”

Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas is among the five players on the AL fan ballot for the 34th and final roster spot. Rodriguez is not.

The three-time MVP, who turns 40 on July 27, has 16 home runs and 47 RBIs for the Yankees after missing last year because of a drug suspension

“We spent a lot of time debat-ing his name,” said Yost, who preferred the versatility of an extra infielder or outfielder. “We felt we were covered in the DH. ... We wanted to get Alex Rodriguez on there and couldn’t.”

The league that wins the All-Star Game gets home-field advantage in the World Series.

Rodriguez is hitting .284 during a season in which he passed Wil-lie Mays for fourth on the career home run list and topped 3,000 hits. But Texas’ Prince Fielder, who was elected by players, joined Cruz as the only DHs on the AL roster.

Yankees reliever Dellin Betances was elected by players, and first baseman Mark Teixeira was picked to fill Cabrera’s roster spot. But this will be the first All-Star Game with no Yankees starters since 1999.

Washington outfielder Bryce Harper, a three-time All-Star at age 22, is the youngest. Harper said Monday he won’t participate in the Home Run Derby because his father isn’t available to pitch to him following shoulder surgery.

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MLB All-Star GameWednesday, July 15, 4 p.m.Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

Starters, elected by fan voteAmerican LeagueCatcher: Salvador Perez, RoyalsFirst baseman: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers (injured and can’t play)Second baseman: Jose Altuve, AstrosThird baseman: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays (leading AL vote-getter)Shortstop: Alcides Escobar, RoyalsOutfielders: Mike Trout, Angels; Lorenzo Cain, Royals; Alex Gordon, RoyalsDesignated hitter: Nelson Cruz, MarinersAL manager Ned Yost will name the necessary replacement(s).

National LeagueCatcher: Buster Posey, GiantsFirst Baseman: Paul Goldschmidt, DiamondbacksSecond Baseman: Dee Gordon, MarlinsThird baseman: Todd Frazier, RedsShortstop: Jhonny Peralta, CardinalsOutfielders: Bryce Harper, Nationals (leading vote-getter and highest vote-getter in NL history); Matt Hol-liday, Cardinals (injured, participation questionable); Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins (injured, won’t be able to play and will be replaced)The DH and all changes will be chosen by NL manager Bruce Bochy.

BASEBALLMLB - Results and standings

Yesterday’s resultsCincinnati 3, Washington 2Pittsburgh 2, San Diego 1Houston 9, Cleveland 4St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 0Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 3Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2Chicago Sox 4, Toronto 2NY Mets 3, San Francisco 0Tampa Bay at Kansas City, postponedDetroit 12, Seattle 5Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers

Today’s schedule with probable startersSt. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 10:20 a.m. Lackey (6-4) vs. Arrieta (7-5)Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Hahn (5-6) vs. Sabathia (3-7)Cincinnati at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Cueto (4-5) vs. Scherzer (9-5)San Diego at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Ross (5-7) vs. Liriano (4-6)Miami at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Latos (2-5) vs. Porcello (4-8)Houston at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Velasquez (0-0) vs. Kluber (3-9)St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Wacha (10-3) vs. Wada (1-1)Arizona at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Ray (2-3) vs. Martinez (5-4)Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Andriese (3-2) vs. Young (7-3)Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Perez (4-0) vs. Garza (4-10)Toronto at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Hutchison (7-1) vs. Quintana (3-7)Baltimore at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Chen (3-4) vs. Gibson (5-6)L.A. Angels at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Heaney (0-0) vs. Bettis (4-2)Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Morgan (1-0) vs. Anderson (4-4)Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Sanchez (6-7) vs. Walker (6-6)N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Colon (9-6) vs. Hudson (5-7)

Wednesday, July 8 (early games)Baltimore at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Jimenez (7-4) vs. May (4-7)Atlanta at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Teheran (6-4) vs. Fiers (4-7)Detroit at Seattle, 12:40 p.m. Sanchez (7-7) vs. Happ (4-5)N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. deGrom (8-6) vs. Peavy (0-3)San Diego at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m. Cashner (3-9) vs. Morton (6-2)Cincinnati at Washington, 3:05 p.m. Lorenzen (3-3) vs. Gonzalez (6-4)

TENNISThe Championships, Wimbledon, Today-July 12 (Major)Wimbledon, London, EnglandSurface: Grass. Purse: $42.2 million (men and women)2014 champions: Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova

Yesterday’s complete results NOTE: Canadians in boldface

Men’s Singles - Round 4Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (20), Spain, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Ivo Karlo-vic (23), Croatia, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., def. Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. David Goffin (16), Belgium, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-4.Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.Richard Gasquet (21), France, def. Nick Kyrgios (26), Australia, 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6)..

Women’s Singles WTA Rankings Points Winnings1 Serena Williams, USA 11291 $6,175,6492 Petra Kvitova, CZE 6870 $1,420,8583 Simona Halep, ROM 6200 $2,237,3264 Maria Sharapova, RUS 5950 $2,536,1325 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN 5000 $632,3086 Lucie Safarova, CZE 4055 $2,089,4437 Ana Ivanovic, SRB 3895 $881,6268 Ekaterina Makarova, RUS 3575 $1,255,2439 Carla Suarez Navarro, ESP 3345 $1,419,06810 Angelique Kerber, GER 3285 $697,65111 Karolina Pliskova, CZE 3210 $899,61112 Eugenie Bouchard, CAN 3172 $471,35213 Agnieszka Radwanska, POL 3020 $484,90614 Andrea Petkovic, GER 2705 $662,28815 Timea Bacsinszky, SUI 2605 $1,012,51816 Venus Williams, USA 2586 $577,56217 Elina Svitolina, UKR 2405 $672,61518 Sabine Lisicki, GER 2320 $621,81519 Sara Errani, ITA 2140 $667,55720 Garbine Muguruza, ESP 2075 $861,677

Round 4 Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Venus Williams (16), United States, 6-4, 6-3.Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4.Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, def. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, 6-4, 6-4.Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Lucie Safarova (6), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4).Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, def. Jelena Jankovic (28), Serbia, 7-5, 6-4.Timea Bacsinszky (15), Switzerland, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.Madison Keys (21), United States, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.Victoria Azarenka (23), Belarus, def. Belinda Bencic (30), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-3.

DOUBLESMen’s Doubles - Round 3Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-1.Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (2), Brazil, def. Jonathan Marray, Britain, and Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (6).Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (13), Australia, def. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., and Jack Sock (3), United States, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 3-6, 8-6.Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (4), Romania, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, and Thanasi Kokkina-kis, Australia, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (1).Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut (10), France, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (8), Brazil, def. Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Leander Paes (11), India, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2.Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (9), Romania, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8).

Women’s Doubles - Round 3Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (16), Spain, 6-4, 6-3.Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, and Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-1.Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, and Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 7-5, 6-2.Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (4), France, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Barbora Strycova (14), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2.Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, and Abigail Spears (5), United States, def. Hao-Ching Chan, Taiwan, and Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-2, 6-4.Hsieh Su-Wei, Taiwan, and Flavia Pen-netta (7), Italy, def. Anna-Lena Groene-feld, Germany, and Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 3-6, 6-0, 9-7.Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaro-slava Shvedova (9), Kazakhstan, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, and Roberta Vinci, Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 8-6.Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Lisa Raymond, USA, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (11), Russia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Mixed Doubles - Round 2Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Kristina Mladenovic (8), France, def. Ken Skup-ski, Britain, and Johanna Konta, Britain, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.Juan Sebastian Cabal, Colombia, and Cara Black (9), Zimbabwe, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, and Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3.Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Florin Mergea, Romania, and Michaella Kraji-cek (13), Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Raluca Olaru, Romania, def. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and Zheng Jie (15), China, 6-4, 6-2.Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Andrea Hlavackova (16), Czech Republic, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, and Madison Keys, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 10-8.Oliver Marach, Austria, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. David Marrero, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (17), Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

AUTO RACINGThis week’s race

NASCARQuaker State 400Saturday, July 11, 4:30 p.m.Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KentuckyQualifying Friday, July 10, 2:45 p.m.

Current drivers’ standings Pts Money1 Jimmie Johnson 589 $3,881,2772 Kevin Harvick 656 $5,023,3813 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 593 $3,294,9504 Kurt Busch 508 $2,164,0005 Joey Logano 581 $4,182,4586 Martin Truex Jr. 569 $2,756,9537 Brad Keselowski 520 $2,928,1968 Matt Kenseth 501 $2,965,3519 Denny Hamlin 480 $3,538,02210 Carl Edwards 408 $2,112,72311 Jamie McMurray 526 $2,561,19112 Jeff Gordon 500 $2,975,02613 Kasey Kahne 496 $2,294,14414 Paul Menard 480 $2,068,61015 Ryan Newman 472 $2,615,59316 Clint Bowyer 465 $2,653,738

— Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off —

17 Kyle Busch 152 $983,65518 Aric Almirola 441 $2,483,95619 Kyle Larson 395 $2,216,19520 Greg Biffle 392 $2,616,642

Formula OneHungarian Grand Prix, July 26, 5 a.m.Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary.Track length 4.381 km (2.722 miles), 16 turnsQualifying Saturday, July 25, 5 a.m.

F1 drivers’ standings(After 9 of 19 races)Driver, Team, Points1 Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 1942 Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 1773 Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 1354 Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 775 Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 766 Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 747 Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull, 368 Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull, 279 Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 2410 Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 1711 Felipe Nasr, Brazil, Sauber, 1612 Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 1513 Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Lotus, 1214 Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Toro Rosso, 1015 Carlos Sainz Jr., Spain, Toro Rosso, 916 Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sauber, 517 Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 418 Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren, 1

MLS

Friday, July 10Houston at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 11New England at NY Red Bulls, 4 p.m.Portland at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.Dallas at Orlando, 4:30 p.m.Columbus at Montreal, 5 p.m.Seattle at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Salt Lake at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Pacific Coast Soccer League W D L GF GA PtsVancouver Utd 9 2 3 30 16 29Victoria 8 5 1 31 15 29Mid Isle 8 2 3 22 14 26Khalsa 7 1 5 28 19 22Van Tbirds 5 5 4 29 22 20Kamloops 6 1 5 20 21 19Tim Hortons 3 1 9 23 40 10Abbotsford 2 4 7 15 22 10FC Tigers 0 3 11 15 44 3

Today’s scheduleVan United at FC Tigers, 8 p.m.

Thursday, July 9Van Tbirds at Khalsa, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, July 11Abbotsford at Kamloops, 2:30 p.m.

LACROSSEWestern Lacrosse AssnWLA Senior A

Standings GP W L T PtsVictoria 12 10 2 0 20New Westminster 12 7 5 0 14Burnaby 11 6 5 0 12Langley 12 6 6 0 12Coquitlam 10 4 6 0 8Maple Ridge 11 4 7 0 8Nanaimo 10 2 8 0 4

Today’s scheduleVictoria vs. Burnaby, 7:00 p.m.Langley vs. Maple Ridge, 7:45 p.m.

Wednesday, July 8Nanaimo vs. Langley, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, July 9Maple Ridge vs. New Westminster, 7:45 p.m.

BC Junior A Lacrosse League

Final Standings GP W L T PtsCoquitlam 21 20 1 0 40Victoria 21 14 6 1 29Delta 21 13 7 1 27New Westminster 21 13 7 1 27Nanaimo 21 6 14 1 13Langley 21 5 13 3 13Port Coquitlam 21 5 15 1 11Burnaby 21 4 17 0 8

Sunday’s results (Final regular season games)Victoria 9, Port Coquitlam 5Nanaimo 11, Langley 8 (OT)New Westminster 17, Burnaby 5Coquitlam 26, Delta 6

Complete playoff schedule

Series are best-of-5*=if necessaryWednesday, July 8New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 11Coquitlam at New Westminster, 2:30 p.m.Delta at Victoria, 5 p.m.

Sunday, July 12Victoria at Delta, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, July 15New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 18Coquitlam at New Westminster*, 2:30 p.m.Delta at Victoria, 5 p.m.

Sunday, July 19Victoria at Delta*, 5 p.m.

Monday, July 20Delta at Victoria*, 5 p.m.New Westminster at Coquitlam*, 7:30 p.m.

FOOTBALLCFL

West W L T Pts PF PAWinnipeg 1 1 0 2 56 78Calgary 1 1 0 2 35 52BC Lions 0 1 0 0 16 27Edmonton 0 1 0 0 11 26Saskatchewan 0 2 0 0 60 70East W L T Pts PF PAOttawa 2 0 0 4 47 32Toronto 2 0 0 4 66 45Hamilton 1 1 0 2 75 50Montreal 1 1 0 2 45 31

Week 2, full results

Thursday’s resultHamilton 52, Winnipeg 26Montreal 29, Calgary 11Ottawa 27, BC Lions 16Toronto 42, Saskatchewan 40 (2OT)

This week’s schedule (Week 3)

Thursday, July 9Ottawa at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Friday, July 10Montreal at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.Saskatchewan at BC Lions, 7 p.m.

Monday, July 13Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.

West Coast League

Yesterday’s resultsMedford 4, Corvallis 2Victoria 10, Kitsap 0Kelowna 7, Klamath Falls 6Bend 7, Wenatchee 2Bellingham 5, Cowlitz 2Yakima Valley 12, Walla Walla 8

Today’s scheduleCorvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.Klamath Falls at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.Bend at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.Cowlitz at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, July 8Corvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.Klamath Falls at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.Bend at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.Cowlitz at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday, July 9Kitsap at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.

CYCLING102nd Tour de France, July 4-26, 3,360 km in 21 stages.

Canadian entries: Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge)Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team)

Today’s scheduleStage 4: Seraing-Cambrsai, 223.5 km

Yesterday’s resultsStage 3, Anvers-Huy, 159.5 km, some hills (category 3, 4)1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha, 3:26:542 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky3 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale, 0:00:044 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:00:055 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal, 0:00:086 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:117 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team8 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:1813 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing, 0:00:1914 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo, 0:00:2215 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale, 0:00:2417 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 18 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits, 0:00:2819 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step, 0:00:3420 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar, 0:00:36Canadian riders24 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:00:40180 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge, 0:11:09

General Classification, after Stage 31 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky, 7:11:372 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step, 0:00:013 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:134 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal, 0:00:265 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:286 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:317 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step, 0:00:348 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:369 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky, 0:01:0310 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step, 0:01:0449 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin, 0:06:15161 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge, 0:16:14

GOLFResults and winnings

PGAThe Greenbrier Classic, July 2-5The Old White TPC, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Par 70, 7,287 yards. Purse: $6,700,000. 2014 cham-pion: Angel Cabrera

Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par Winnings1 Danny Lee -13 $1,206,000 Lee won 2-hole playoffT2 David Hearn Brantford, Ont. -13 $500,267T2 Kevin Kisner -13 $500,267T2 Robert Streb -13 $500,2675 Russell Henley -12 $268,000T6 Chad Collins -11 $195,736T6 James Hahn -11 $195,736T6 David Lingmerth -11 $195,736T6 Bryce Molder -11 $195,736T6 Greg Owen -11 $195,736T6 Andres Romero -11 $195,736T6 Brendon Todd -11 $195,736T13 Jason Bohn -10 $107,944T13 Steven Bowditch -10 $107,944Also from CanadaT37 Graham DeLaet -6 $22,851

Canadian PGA TourDakota Dunes Open presented by SaskTel, July 2-5Dakota Dunes Golf Links, Saskatoon Sask. Par 72, 7301 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Matt Harmon

Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par Winnings1 Michael Letzig -16 $31,500 Won 2-hole playoffT2 Clark Klaasen -16 -T2 JJ Spaun -16 -Tournament purse: CAD $175,000. Individual winnings not available.

Web.com TourNova Scotia Open, July 2-5Ashburn Golf Club - New Course, Halifax, N.S. Par 72, 7,014 yards. Purse: $650,000. 2014 champion: Roger Sloan

Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par Winnings1 Abraham Ancer -13 $117,000 Won 1-hole playoff2 Bronson Burgoon -13 $70,200T3 Jason Allred -12 $33,800T3 Travis Bertoni -12 $33,800T3 D.H. Lee -12 $33,800T6 Andy Pope -11 $21,044T6 Mark Walker -11 $21,044T6 Oliver Goss -11 $21,044T6 Harold Varner III -11 $21,044T10 Bubba Dickerson -10 $14,408T10 Brady Schnell -10 $14,408T10 Zack Fischer -10 $14,408T10 Brian Campbell -10 $14,408T10 Hunter Hamrick -10 $14,408T10 Jamie Lovemark -10 $14,408T16 Ryan Yip, Calgary -9 $8,537T16 Dominic Bozzelli -9 $8,537T16 Henrik Norlander -9 $8,537T16 Tag Ridings -9 $8,537T16 Peter Malnati -9 $8,537T16 Seamus Power -9 $8,537T16 Hao-Tong Li -9 $8,537T16 Chris Wilson -9 $8,537T16 Andrew Landry -9 $8,537Other CanadiansT25 Adam Svensson -8 $5,165T57 Eugene Wong -4 $1,710

European TourAlstom Open de France, July 2-5Le Golf National Paris, France. Par 72, 7,315 yards. Purse: $3,000,000. 2014 champion: Graeme McDowell

Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par WinningsNOTE: €1 = CAD$1.402 James Morrison -10 €333,3303 Jaco Van Zyl -8 €187,8004 Martin Kaymer -7 €150,0005 Rafael Cabrera-Bello -5 €127,200T6 M. Lorenzo-Vera -4 €84,300T6 Francesco Molinari -4 €84,300T6 Brendan Steele -4 €84,300T6 Andy Sullivan -4 €84,300T10 Thongchai Jaidee -3 €57,600T10 Maximilian Kieffer -3 €57,600T12 Kristoffer Broberg -2 €48,600T12 Victor Dubuisson -2 €48,600T12 Tyrrell Hatton -2 €48,600T15 Richard Bland -1 €40,560T15 Jorge Campillo -1 €40,560T15 Marcus Fraser -1 €40,560T15 Soren Kjeldsen -1 €40,560T15 Jake Roos -1 €40,560T20 Byeong-Hun An E €34,425T20 Daniel Brooks E €34,425T20 Jamie Donaldson E €34,425T20 Fabrizio Zanotti E €34,425

This week’s tournaments

PGAJohn Deere Classic, July 9-12TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois. Par 71, 7,256 yards. Purse: $4,700,000. 2014 champion: Brian Harman

Canada (MacKenzie Tour)The Players Cup, July 9-12Pine Ridge Golf Club, Winnipeg, Par 72, 6,636 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Timothy Madigan.

LPGANo events last weekU.S. Women’s Open, July 9-12Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Par 72, 6,657 yards. Purse: $4,000,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie

Champions TourNo events last weekEncompass Championship, July 10-12North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois. Par 72, 7,031 yards. Purse: $1,900,000. 2014 champion: Tom Lehman

Web.com TourAlbertsons Boise Open, July 9-12Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho. Par 71, 6,825 yards. Purse: $800,000. 2014 champion: Steve Wheatcroft

B.C. Premier LeagueTeam W L Pct GBNorth Shore 26 8 .765 -Vic Eagles 28 12 .700 1Langley 25 13 .658 3Nanaimo 25 13 .658 3Okanagan 21 15 .583 6Whalley 19 18 .514 8.5North Delta 15 18 .455 1.5Abbotsford 13 22 .371 13.5White Rock 14 24 .368 14Coquitlam 14 24 .368 14Vic Mariners 13 26 .333 15.5Parksville 9 29 .237 19

Sunday’s resultsVictoria Eagles 9, White Rock 7North Shore 6, Parksville 0Okanagan 11, Coquitlam 10North Delta 4, Nanaimo 1Victoria Mariners 6, Langley 3Coquitlam 10, Okanagan 9North Delta at Nanaimo n/aNorth Shore 8, Parksville 1Victoria Eagles 11, White Rock 6Langley 13, Victoria Mariners 2

Today’s scheduleVic Eagles at Vic Mariners, 6 p.m.Coquitlam at North Shore, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday July 9North Delta at Whalley, 7 p.m.

SOCCERWorld Rankings (women)(after Women’s World Cup)

Team Points1 United States 18512 France 17023 England 16874 Japan 16845 Germany 16656 Australia 16427 North Korea 16408 New Zealand 16359 China 163010 Norway 162711 Brazil 162612 Sweden 162513 Italy 161714 Scotland 161615 Netherlands 160416 Canada 159617 Colombia 159418 Iceland 158319 Denmark 158120 Switzerland 157521 South Korea 157322 Austria 156823 Belgium 155224 Costa Rica 154125 Ukraine 1541

Men’s rankings (after Copa America)Team Points1 Chile 17932 Argentina 17813 Germany 17584 Peru 17405 England 17406 USA 17377 Wales 17268 Colombia 17269 Scotland 171310 Austria 170911 Belgium 170512 Spain 170513 Poland 170314 Ecuador 170315 Netherlands 170216 Brazil 169917 Portugal 169818 Uruguay 169819 Australia 169720 Ivory Coast 169679 Canada 1585

White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2Toronto Chicago Sox ab r h bi ab r h biReyes SS 4 0 1 0 Eaton CF 4 1 2 0Donaldson 3B 3 1 2 1 Abreu 1B 4 1 1 1Bautista RF 4 0 0 0 Cabrera LF 4 1 2 2Enc’acion DH 4 0 2 0 Garcia RF 4 0 1 0Valencia LF 4 0 0 0 LaRoche DH 3 0 0 0Martin C 3 0 0 0 Ramirez SS 3 0 2 0Colabello 1B 3 1 1 1 Beckham 3B 3 1 0 0Pillar CF 3 0 0 0 Flowers C 3 0 1 0Travis 2B 3 0 0 0 Sanchez 2B 3 0 0 0Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 31 4 9 3

Toronto 001 001 000 2 Chicago Sox 000 100 03x 4

2B: CWS Ramirez, Al (15, Buehrle), Cabrera, Me (12, Buehrle). GIDP: TOR Donaldson, Valencia; CWS Abreu, Eaton. HR: TOR Colabello (8, 3rd inning off Sale, 0 on, 0 out), Donaldson (20, 6th inning off Sale, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TOR 3; CWS 3. DP: TOR 3 (Donaldson-Travis-Colabello, Colabello-Reyes-Colabello, Colabello); CWS 2 (Ramirez, Al-Sanchez, C-Abreu 2). E: TOR Bautista (1, throw), Reyes (7, fielding).

Toronto IP H R ER BB SOM Buehrle (L, 9-5) 8.0 9 4 0 0 2Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SOC Sale (W, 7-4) 9.0 6 2 2 0 6HBP: Donaldson (by Sale).

Time: 1:54. Att: 24,593.

Astros 9, Indians 4Houston Cleveland ab r h bi ab r h biAltuve 2B 4 1 2 1 Kipnis 2B 4 0 1 1Tucker RF 5 2 4 2 Lindor SS 5 0 2 0Correa SS 4 2 0 0 Brantley CF 3 0 0 0Gattis DH 4 1 2 1 Raburn DH 3 0 0 0S’ingletonDH 1 0 0 0 Santana 1B 4 1 1 0Rasmus LF 5 1 3 2 Gomes C 4 1 2 0Carter 1B 3 0 0 1 Moss RF 4 0 2 2Gonzalez 3B 5 1 3 2 Urshela 3B 3 1 1 0Castro C 5 1 1 0 Aviles LF 3 1 1 0Marisnick CF 3 0 1 0 Totals 33 4 10 3Totals 39 9 16 9

Houston 400 103 100 9 Cleveland 001 101 100 4

2B: HOU Rasmus (15, Carrasco), Tucker (14, Carrasco), Altuve (16, Adams, A); CLE Gomes, Y 2 (6, Keuchel, Keuchel), Urshela (1, Keuchel). 3B: CLE Moss (1, Keuchel). GIDP: HOU Altuve; CLE Aviles, Lindor. HR: HOU Tucker (5, 4th inning off Carrasco, 0 on, 2 out), Gonzalez, M (6, 7th inning off Manship, 0 on, 0 out). S: HOU Marisnick. Team Lob: HOU 8; CLE 7. DP: HOU 2 (Correa-Carter, Altuve-Correa-Carter); CLE (Urshela-Kipnis-Santana, C).

Houston IP H R ER BB SOD Keuchel(W, 11-3) 6.0 9 3 3 1 8J Thatcher 0.1 1 1 1 2 1P Neshek 0.2 0 0 0 0 0J Fields 2.0 0 0 0 0 2Cleveland IP H R ER BB SOC Carrasco (L, 10-7) 4.0 10 5 5 1 5N Hagadone 1.0 1 1 1 1 2A Adams 1.0 4 2 2 0 1J Manship 2.0 1 1 1 1 2Z McAllister 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Time: 3:15. Att: 13,516.

Reds 3, Nationals 2Cincinnati Washington ab r h bi ab r h biPhillips 2B 5 0 1 0 Span CF 1 0 0 0Votto 1B 5 0 2 0 d’Dekker LF 4 1 1 0Frazier 3B 5 0 1 0 Escobar 3B 2 0 1 0Bruce RF 3 0 1 0 Uggla PH-2B 1 0 0 0Byrd LF 4 1 1 0 Harper RF 3 0 0 0Pena C 4 1 0 0 Ramos C 4 0 0 0Suarez SS 4 1 3 2 Robinson 1B 3 0 0 0DeSclafani P 1 0 1 1 Espinosa2-3B 4 1 2 1De Jesus PH 1 0 0 0 Desmond SS 4 0 1 0Hamilton CF 4 0 0 0 Taylor LF-CF 2 0 0 0Totals 36 3 10 3 Fister P 2 0 0 0 Moore PH 1 0 0 0 Lobaton PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 1

Cincinnati 010 001 010 3 Washington 001 001 000 2

SB: WSH Desmond (3, 2nd base off DeSclafani/Pena, B). 2B: CIN DeSclafani (1, Fister), Bruce (17, Fister), Byrd (7, Fister); WSH Espinosa (15, DeSclafani). GIDP: CIN Frazier. HR: CIN Suarez (3, 8th inning off Janssen, 0 on, 1 out); WSH Espinosa (9, 6th inning off DeSclafani, 0 on, 2 out). S: CIN DeSclafani. Team Lob: CIN 9; WSH 8. DP: WSH (Espinosa-Desmond-Robinson, C). E: WSH Fister (3, throw), Desmond (19, throw). PICKOFFS: WSH Ramos, W (Suarez at 1st base).

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Pirates 2, Padres 1San Diego Pittsburgh ab r h bi ab r h biNorris C 4 0 1 0 Polanco RF 4 0 1 0Solarte 3B 4 0 1 0 Walker 2B 4 0 0 0Kemp RF 4 0 0 0 McCutchen CF 2 2 1 0Upton LF 4 0 1 0 Kang 3B 4 0 1 0Alonso 1B 3 1 2 0 Cervelli C 3 0 0 0Gyorko 2B 4 0 2 0 Alvarez 1B 4 0 1 1Venable CF-RF 2 0 0 0 Mercer SS 3 0 1 0Amarista SS 2 0 0 1 Rodriguez LF 3 0 0 0Shields P 2 0 0 0 Burnett P 2 0 0 0Totals 29 1 7 1 Totals 29 2 5 1

San Diego 010 000 000 1 Pittsburgh 000 000 101 2

2B: PIT McCutchen (23, Shields). GIDP: SD Gyorko; PIT Burnett. Team Lob: SD 5; PIT 5. DP: SD (Amarista-Gyorko-Alonso); PIT 2 (Walker, N-Alvarez, P-Mercer-Kang, Mercer-Walker, N-Alvarez, P). E: SD Solarte (6, throw). PICKOFFS: PIT Burnett (Upton Jr. at 1st base).

San Diego IP H R ER BB SOJ Shields 7.0 2 1 0 1 3J Benoit 1.0 1 0 0 0 1B Maurer (L, 5-2) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SOA Burnett 7.2 5 1 1 3 4A Watson 0.1 0 0 0 0 1W Hughes (W, 2-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0HBP: Cervelli (by Shields).

Time: 2:53 (:28 delay). Att: 23,182.

Reds 3, Nationals 2 (Cont’d)

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SOA DeSclafani 5.2 5 2 2 4 6R Mattheus 0.1 0 0 0 0 0M Parra (W, 1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0J Hoover 1.0 0 0 0 0 0A Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 1 1Washington IP H R ER BB SOD Fister 6.0 8 2 1 1 2B Treinen 1.0 1 0 0 1 3R Janssen (L, 0-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0F Rivero 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Time: 2:43 (:29 delay). Att: 23,673.

Twins 4, Orioles 2 (10 innings)Baltimore 000 010 000 2 10 0Minnesota 100 000 002 4 6 0W: T. May (5-7) L: T. Hunter (2-2)HR: BAL- M. Machado (18), A. Jones (11) MIN- T. Hunter (13), A. Hicks (3), B. Dozier (17)

Cardinals 6, Cubs 0St Louis 000 000 204 6 6 0Chi. Cubs 000 000 000 0 6 1W: Lackey (7-5, 3.09) L: Lester (4-7, 3.48)Home runs: None

Braves 5, Brewers 3Atlanta 220 001 000 5 15 0Milwaukee 100 011 000 3 8 0W: Wisler (3-1, 3.13) L: Lohse (5-10, 6.29) SV: Grilli(23)HR: ATL- Johnson, K(7) MIL- Parra, G(8)

Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GADC United 35 21 10 6 5 23 18Columbus 24 18 6 6 6 27 26Orlando 24 18 6 6 6 23 22N. England 24 20 6 8 6 25 29Toronto 23 16 7 7 2 22 23NY Red Bulls 23 17 6 6 5 23 22NY City FC 20 18 5 8 5 20 23Philadelphia 19 19 5 10 4 22 32Montreal 18 15 5 7 3 20 25Chicago 15 16 4 9 3 18 24

Western LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GASeattle 32 19 10 7 2 25 18Vancouver 32 19 10 7 2 23 19Portland 31 19 9 6 4 22 20Los Angeles 31 21 8 6 7 31 23Dallas 29 18 8 5 5 24 23Sporting KC 27 16 7 3 6 25 17San Jose 25 17 7 6 4 19 17Salt Lake 23 19 5 6 8 18 23Houston 21 18 5 7 6 22 24Colorado 18 18 3 6 9 14 18

HarbourCats 10, BlueJackets 0Kitsap Victoria ab r h bi ab r h biJunior 4 0 0 0 Degoti 4 1 1 1Clardy 3 0 1 0 Gretler 4 1 2 2Dunlap 1 0 0 0 Alcantara 4 1 3 2Nobach 4 0 1 0 Collard 5 0 0 0Bautista 3 0 0 0 Meyer 3 0 0 0Scudder 4 0 1 0 Pries 4 1 2 0Valenti 3 0 0 0 Polshuk 3 2 2 0Galindo 1 0 0 0 Goldstein 3 2 1 0Peabody 2 0 0 0 Jarvis 4 2 1 4Siegel 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 10 12 9Ping 3 0 1 0 Beck 1 0 1 0 Sommer 4 0 2 0 Totals 33 0 7 0

Kitsap 000 000 000 0 7 3Victoria 046 000 00x 10 12 2

2B: A.Ping (3), A.Degoti (3), B.Polshuk (1). HR: A.Alcantara (1).RBI: A.Degoti (6), M.Gretler 2 (5), A.Alcantara 2 (6), S.Jarvis 4 (6).HP: J.Peabody (1), A.Alcantara (2), T.Goldstein (1). SF: M.Gretler (1).SB: J.Beck (1), A.Degoti (5). CS: C.Clardy (3), M.Gretler (2), J.Pries (2).E: C.Clardy 2 (4), L.Valenti (6), A.Degoti (5), J.Pries (2). LOB: Kitsap 10, Victoria 6. DP: S. Jarvis(2B) - M. Gretler(3B) - T.Goldstein(1B), L. Valenti(SS), S. Jarvis(2B) - A. Degoti(SS) - T.Goldstein(1B).

Kitsap IP H R ER BB SOC Weinberg 2.2 10 9 3 1 4T Omlid 5.1 2 1 0 2 2Victoria IP H R ER BB SOA Dondanville 6.0 5 0 0 1 3J Walker 3.0 2 0 0 2 4

Att: 1,034. Time: 2:49

East W L PCT GB StrkKelowna 17 8 .680 - W2Yakima Valley 17 11 .593 2 W2Walla Walla 13 15 .481 5 L2Wenatchee 11 14 .458 5.5 L1South W L PCT GB StrkBend 23 5 .815 - W5Medford 6 9 .400 6 L1Corvallis 7 14 .333 10 L1Klamath Falls 3 12 .200 9.5 L1West W L PCT GB StrkBellingham 19 9 .667 - W6Cowlitz 10 15 .400 7.5 L2Kitsap 10 15 .400 7.5 L5Victoria 9 16 .360 8.5 W1

American LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkNY Yankees 44 38 .537 - L1Baltimore 43 40 .518 1.5 L1Tampa Bay 43 41 .512 2.0 W1Toronto 43 42 .506 2.5 L1Boston 39 45 .464 6.0 W2Central W L PCT GB StrkKansas City 46 33 .582 - W1Minnesota 44 39 .530 4.0 W1Detroit 42 40 .510 5.5 W1Cleveland 38 44 .463 9.5 L3Chicago Sox 37 43 .463 9.5 W1West W L PCT GB StrkHouston 49 36 .576 - W1LA Angels 44 38 .537 3.5 W3Texas 41 42 .494 7.0 L3Seattle 38 45 .463 10 L1Oakland 38 47 .447 11.0 L1

National LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkWashington 46 37 .554 - L1NY Mets 42 41 .506 4.0 W1Atlanta 41 42 .494 5.0 W1Miami 35 48 .422 11.0 L2Philadelphia 28 56 .333 18.5 W1Central W L PCT GB StrkSt. Louis 54 28 .659 - W3Pittsburgh 48 34 .585 6.0 W3Chicago Cubs 44 37 .543 9.5 L1Cincinnati 37 44 .457 16.5 W1Milwaukee 36 49 .424 19.5 L1West W L PCT GB StrkLA Dodgers 46 37 .554 - L1San Francisco 42 41 .506 4.0 L6Arizona 40 42 .488 5.5 L1San Diego 39 46 .459 8.0 L3Colorado 35 47 .427 10.5 W1

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Toronto Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle delivers a pitch during the first inning. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

Blue Jays suffer 4-2 loss in ChicagoJOHN JACKSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Chris Sale’s bid for a record strikeout streak ended, but he pitched a six-hitter that led the Chicago White Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 Monday night in the fastest major league game in almost four years.

Sale (7-4) had struck out at least 10 batters in eight straight starts, matching the major league mark set by Pedro Martinez in 1999.

Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello hit solo home runs for Toronto.

Sale began the game pitching more like Buehrle, getting five outs on groundballs in the first two innings.

In fact, Sale allowed a homer — a solo shot to Colabello leading off the third inning — before recording his first strikeout when he got Devon Travis looking for the second out in the third.

The Blue Jays, the top-scoring team in the majors, were aggressive at the plate and didn’t work many deep counts, opting to put the ball in play before getting two strikes.

Chicago tied the score at 1 in the fourth inning with an assist from the Toronto defence.

Melky Cabrera singled with one out and advanced to third base when Avisail Garcia fol-lowed with another single.

Right fielder Jose Bautista decided to throw to first base behind Garcia, who didn’t take a par-ticularly wide turn around the bag.

The ball bounced away from Colabello at first base and rolled far enough away to allow Cabrera to score on Bautista’s first error of the season.

Donaldson hit his 20th homer in the sixth.Buehrle had retired nine straight batters before

Reyes committed an error on Gordon Beckham’s routine grounder to start the eighth.

Buehrle retired the next two batters, but then the White Sox put together three straight hits. Jose Abreu tied it with an RBI single and Cab-rera followed with a two-run double.

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Lac-Megantic marks sombre anniversary of 2013 rail disasterChurch bells ring 47 times in honour of every victim that died in horiffi c rail accidentTHE CANADIAN PRESS

LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — Church bells rang 47 times in Lac-Megantic on Monday as locals gathered to honour the victims of a rail disaster two years ago that forever changed the Quebec town.

Forty-seven people were killed and a large swath of downtown was destroyed on July 6, 2013, when an unmanned 72-car train jumped the track, spilling and igniting some six million litres of volatile crude oil.

At noon, people gathered outside Lac-Megantic’s St-Agnes Church for a moment of silence and a ring-ing of the bells. Ongoing decontam-ination work was also halted briefly to mark the tragedy.

A low-key mass was held Sunday night.

Politicians of all stripes marked the anniversary, vowing to continue to support the community.

Premier Philippe Couillard hailed the resolve of locals and said in a statement the province would keep helping the town of 6,000.

“Our thoughts are with the fam-ilies and relatives of the victims and to all citizens of Lac-Megantic,” Couillard said. “The Meganticois are a good example of solidarity and resilience for all of Quebec.”

Prime Minister Stephen Harper also praised residents as the town rebuilds and heals.

“It takes people of extraordinary

strength to overcome such a dis-aster, and I was privileged to wit-ness first-hand during my visits to Lac-Megantic the remarkable resili-ence, pride and spirit of those in the community,” Harper said.

He added that those found guilty of breaking the law will be held to account.

In late June, several people and the defunct rail company at the

heart of the disaster were hit with new federal charges. Among the accused were Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the insolvent company’s former president, and train driver Thomas Harding.

All those charged will appear in court in Lac-Megantic on Nov. 12.

Previously, Harding, two fellow railway employees and the com-

pany were charged by the Crown in Quebec with 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death.

A trial date is expected to be set Sept. 8.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau also marked the anniversary and both said not enough has been done.

“Every possible precaution must be taken to ensure such an incident is never repeated,” Trudeau said. “Unfortunately, two years have passed and too little has been done by this government to bring about the necessary changes.”

Mulcair said the NDP called in January for an independent inves-tigation into transportation of dan-gerous goods by rail. He said he’d grant a costly solution being sought by the city.

“An NDP government would build a railway bypassing Lac-Megantic, which has already paid a high price in human lives,” Mulcair vowed.

Transport Minister Lisa Raitt defended the government’s actions, including stricter rules and lower speed limits for trains carrying dan-gerous cargo through urban areas.

In March, the government announced proposed new feder-al regulations that would give companies until 2025 to upgrade rail tank cars to a higher safety standard.

“Safety is Transport Canada’s top priority,” Raitt said.

Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac-Megantic, Que., on July 6, 2013. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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ECONOMICS

Outgoing Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, left, speaks as the new Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos listens to him during a hand over ceremony in Athens on Monday. [AP PHOTO]

Greece attempts to reopen bailout talksELENA BECATOROS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATHENS, Greece — Greece and its membership in Europe’s joint currency faced an uncertain future Monday, with the country under pressure to restart bailout talks with creditors as soon as possible after Greeks resound-ingly rejected the notion of more austerity in exchange for aid.

With Greek banks running out of cash and facing the danger of collapse within days without new aid, the government in Ath-ens is racing against the clock.

In an effort to facilitate nego-tiations on a new aid program, Finance Minister Yanis Varou-fakis, who had clashed with European officials in the bailout talks, announced his resignation Monday.

But Greece and its creditors, who will meet again Tuesday to discuss how to keep the country

in the euro, remain far apart on key issues, particularly the notion of debt relief.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on the phone Monday ahead of the Tuesday summit, though no details were disclosed of what they discussed.

New negotiations will be complicated for the European creditors by Tsipras’ triumph in Sunday’s referendum.

More than 61 per cent of Greeks backed his call to vote “no” to budget cuts the creditors had proposed in return for rescue loans the country needs — even

though those proposals were no longer on the table.

The vote was painted by oppos-ition parties and many Euro-pean officials as one on whether Greece should remain in Eur-ope’s joint currency.

In the aftermath, many Euro-pean leaders softened their tone and said talks would resume, though Greece’s chance of staying in the euro was looking increasingly shaky.

The country’s banks remained shut on Monday for a sixth work-ing day and the government kept tight limits on cash withdrawals at ATMs and money transfers to limit the drain on deposits.

Greece’s economy minister, Giorgos Stathakis, told the BBC that if the ECB keeps its support unchanged, the current cash withdrawals limits can stay in place until Friday without any banks collapsing.

Country wants to strike a deal before the banks collapse

COURTS

Accused bomber in divorce battleSTEVE LAMBERT AND CHINTA PUXLEY THE CANADIAN PRESS

WINNIPEG — Court documents show a man accused of sending letter bombs to Winnipeg law-yers and his ex-wife has been in a decade-long battle with his for-mer spouse that includes accus-ations of theft, impersonation and a wedding ring being flushed down a toilet.

Police allege Guido Amsel, 49, became so enraged over perceived mistreatment at the hands of his former wife and lawyers who had been involved in the dispute, he sent explosive devices to their offices though Canada Post.

A lawyer was seriously injured when one of the bombs blew up at a firm on Friday. Police deton-ated two more devices over the weekend and warned justice offi-cials that more could be found in the next day or so.

The situation has unnerved many city residents and prompt-ed dozens of reports of suspi-cious packages. City hall and a nearby Canada Post office were briefly evacuated Monday.

Court documents show Guido Amsel and his wife, Iris Amsel, separated in 2004.

They have a son, who was nine at the time.

Documents from the divorce proceedings show no unusual acrimony at first. Amsel and his wife owned a numbered com-pany involved in automotive repair.

The couple initially split shares in the company — Amsel later bought out his ex-wife — and Amsel was ordered to pay $500 a month in child support.

The divorce became bitter in 2010. Guido Amsel accused his ex-wife of siphoning more than $3 million from the company into hidden bank accounts prior to the divorce being finalized.

“It is my belief at the present time that during our cohabit-ation, the respondent secreted money to these accounts,” reads

an affidavit from Guido Amsel dated July 9, 2010.

“I am fearful that the respondent will transfer funds from these and any other accounts she may have to Ger-many and thereafter relocate there with the intention of keep-ing our son there as well.”

Guido Amsel also accused his ex-wife in the affidavit of flush-ing his wedding ring down a toilet and trying to break up his second marriage by calling and pretending to be a boyfriend of the new wife.

Iris Amsel has denied all the accusations.

Iris Amsel’s lawyer was Maria Mitousis, who suffered severe injuries when the first letter bomb went off last Friday.

The 38-year-old was taken to hospital in critical condition, but has since been upgraded to stable. A source in the legal com-munity said Mitousis had sur-gery and lost one of her hands.

Guido Amsel’s son, Kyle, wrote in a 2013 affidavit that he did not have a good relationship with his father, in part because “he has been threatening towards me when I do not agree with him that my mother stole several mil-lion dollars from their company.”

By August 2013, Guido Amsel was expressing doubt that Kyle was his biological son. He wrote a letter to Mitousis demanding a paternity test. The court agreed to order one on the condition Amsel pay for it. There is no rec-ord of a result on the court file.

At the same time, Guido Amsel had his wages garnished on at least one occasion and she launched a lawsuit in 2010 against him and others in con-nection with the numbered com-pany she once shared with him. That matter is due to return to court in December.

One of the bombs detonated by police was found at another law firm involved with the case and the second was at a small auto-motive business north of down-town with ties to Iris Amsel.

“I shall wear the creditors’ loathing with pride.”

Yanis Varoufakis, ex finance minister

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Craft brewery celebrates 15 years of beerNanaimo’s Longwood Brewery prides itself on brewing with local ingredients for expanding demand

Celebrating their 15th anni-versary, Longwood Brew Pub has been a landmark

for Nanaimoites as a local craft brewery and gastro pub. With that success, it came as good news to Nanaimo beer geeks that they were opening a larger brew-ery. Longwood Brewery now has the facilities to keep up with the demand for their delicious suds.

Just off Boxwood Road in Nanaimo, they purchased a building and land, opening their doors in March of 2013. Their tasting bar and growler refill-sta-tion are inviting and well worth the visit.

Run by Harley Smith, who has background in brewing craft brews for over two decades, they kept the core brews they were making at the brew pub and expanded the line-up to include seasonal ales and lagers.

Longwood Brewery prides itself on brewing with local ingredi-ents. By using 100 per cent local-ly sourced malting from White’s Malting in Cedar and hops from Cedar Valley Hopyards, Longwood’s IPA and X Blonde Ale are something they can be very proud of. Normally these ingredients are from the prairies or overseas, so these beers are in fact quite unique.

One of those upcoming season-al suds is a Pumpkin Ale that is scheduled to come out in Octo-ber. Made with local pumpkins from McNabb’s farm in Cedar,

this ale is not your grandma’s pumpkin pie. With aromas of nuts, squash, nutmeg and rai-sins, its dark mahogany color is something to savour before your first sip. The spicy pepper notes and a finish of nutty and herbs create a pumpkin ale that is sure to be your beer of choice this fall.

The Big One is a classic British style IPA, a dark amber ale that is all about the hops. Crisp and refreshing, the hopped bitterness comes out as the taste progress-

es. Piney bouquet and subtle citrus notes complete euro-bitter experience.

One of their first and most popular products is the Rasp-berry Ale. Using West Coast sourced raspberries from Abbots-ford, Harley is able to keep mak-ing this summer sipper continu-ally throughout the year. A hard to find dry ale, It boasts flavours of real raspberries without being a sweet beer. Lots of fruity aroma in this amber coloured

ale that packs a true raspberry punch complimented by a slight bite of hops.

Using 568ml cans in their canning line was a bit of a gam-ble Harley says, although it is currently the vessel of choice trending in the craft brew indus-try. Harley believes that the end product is of better quality, as the beer is impenetrable to light and no migration of oxygen that can result in a skunky aroma. It’s also a green option also, which

played into factor when Long-wood Brewery chose the canning method. Only the Stoutnic is still bottled in traditional “bombers”.

You can sample these local brews at our Beer Club at Lucky’s Liquor Store at Coun-try Club Mall in Nanaimo this Thursday July 16th at 6:30 pm by joining us in our Gourmet Mezza-nine. Our Beer Club is a free event on the third Thursday of every month so, be sure to arrive early as seating is limited.

Just off Boxwood Road in Nanaimo, they purchased a building and land, opening their doors in March of 2013. Their tasting bar and growler refill-station are inviting and well worth the visit.

SheilaHockinThe LuckyGourmet

RECIPES

Barbecued pulled pork requires little effortSUSAN SELASKY DETROIT FREE PRESS

Pulled pork is one of those cooking projects that takes hours to complete, but requires little effort. Actually, the only effort involved is applying the spice rub and keeping an eye on it.

Whether you cook this in the oven or the outdoor grill, if you keep the heat constant, you’ll end up with moist and tender pork.

For home cooks, consider it your secret weapon for produ-cing the best melt-in-your-mouth pulled pork with crispy charred bits. If you do try this, sample a little bit of the meat from the money muscle first before shredding the entire pork butt. You will get a taste of that ten-derness that will be a delight in every bite.

Pulled pork is a terrific make-ahead recipe. You can serve it at home or at a gathering where it has the potential to serve many.

Today’s recipe makes enough for at least 12 to 14 generous sandwiches.

There are many, many versions of pulled pork from sweet to spicy to those doused in sauce and those on the dry side. And then there’s the option of top-ping them with slaw, which is my preference.

This pulled pork and the spicy slaw that goes with it is one of my favorites. You can use your favorite rub and use barbecue sauce of choice in place of the cider vinegar sauce.

PULLED PORK BARBECUEServes: 12 / Preparation time:

15 minutes (plus marinating time) / Total time: 6 hours 30 minutes (not active time)

This is a terrific make-ahead recipe; serve it at home or bring it to a party. The total time seems long but the pork doesn’t need much attention during roasting.

Ingredients

DRY RUB3 tablespoons paprika2 tablespoons chili powder1 tablespoon garlic powder1 tablespoon brown sugar1 tablespoon dry mustard2 to 3 tablespoons coarse sea

salt1 (5- to 7-pound) pork butt

CIDER VINEGAR BARBECUE SAUCE

1 1/2 cups cider vinegar1 cup yellow or brown mustard1/2 cup ketchup1/3 cup brown sugar2 garlic cloves, peeled, smashed1 teaspoon kosher salt1 teaspoon cayenne pepper1/2 teaspoon freshly ground

black pepper12 to 14 hamburger buns1 recipe Spicy Slaw (recipe

follows)Pickle spears, optionalIn a small bowl, mix together

the paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, brown sugar, dry mus-tard and sea salt. Rub the spice

blend all over the pork and mar-inate for as long as you have time — as little as 1 hour or up to over-night, covered in the refrigerator.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees or prepare your outdoor grill for a constant 275 to 300 degrees. Put the pork in a roasting pan, cover and roast for about 6 hours.

About two-thirds of the way through cooking, remove the cover.

Continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer stuck into the thickest part of the pork registers 195 degrees. (Basically, you want to roast it until it’s falling apart.) If it’s reached 195 degrees, but still not tender, con-tinue roasting another hour.

While the pork is roasting, prepare the barbecue sauce. In a saucepan set over medium heat, combine the vinegar, mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, kosher salt, cayenne pepper and black pepper. Simmer gently, stirring, for 10 minutes or until

the sugar dissolves. Remove the sauce from the heat and set it aside.

When the pork is done, take it out of the oven and put it on a large platter. Allow the meat to rest for about 10 minutes. You will want to pull the meat apart while it’s still warm. Grab two forks. Using one to steady the roast, use the other to pull shreds of meat off. Put the shred-ded pork in a bowl and pour half of the sauce over it. Stir it all up so that the pork is coated with the sauce.

To serve, spoon the pulled pork mixture onto the bottom half of each hamburger bun and top with some slaw. Serve with pickle spears and the remaining sauce on the side if desired.

Adapted from Eat This Book: Cooking with Global Fresh Fla-vors by Tyler Florence (Clarkson Potter, $32.50).

Tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.

A recipe selection is designed to keep summer living easyTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high . . .” goes the famous song from the Gersh-win musical Porgy and Bess.

This week’s recipe selection is designed to keep the living as easy and healthy as possible with low and no-cook recipes perfect for summer.

“Family Meals Matter” fea-tures registered dietitian-ap-proved recipes with foods from all the food groups to reflect Dairy Council of California’s nutrition philosophy.

For more information, nutrition tools and additional family meal recipes, please visit our website, HealthyEating.org. Healthy Eating Made Easier.

SHOPPING LIST (Includes ingredients to make at least four servings of each Featured Family Meal recipe).

BAKED PARMESAN TOMATOES

Total preparation time: less than 15 minutes

Actual cooking time: less than 15 minutes

Number of servings: 44 tomatoes, halved

horizontally

1/4 cup freshly grated parme-san cheese

1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano

1/4 teaspoon saltFreshly ground pepper to

taste4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive

oilPREPARATION:

Preheat oven to 450° F.Place tomatoes cut-side up on

a baking sheet. Top with Par-mesan, oregano, salt and pep-per. Drizzle with oil and bake until the tomatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.

Source: EatingWell

APPLE TUNA SANDWICHESTotal preparation time: Less

than 15 minutes Actual cooking time: No cook-

ing required Number of servings: 22 6 ounce cans unsalted tuna

in water, drained1 medium apple chopped1 celery stalk, peeled and

chopped1/4 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt1 teaspoon prepared mustard1 teaspoon honey6 slices whole wheat bread6 lettuce leaves6 slices tomato

PREPARATION:Combine and mix the tuna,

apple, celery, yogurt, mustard and honey. Spread 1/2 cup of the mixture on bread slices. Top each slice of bread with lettuce, tomato and remaining bread. Cut sandwiches in half or as desired.COOK’S NOTES:

3/4 cup fruits and veggies per person

Source: CDC Website

FROZEN CHOCOLATE-PEA-NUT BUTTER-BANANA POPS

Total preparation time: Less than 15 minutes

Actual cooking time: No cook-ing required

Number of servings: 41 8-ounce container vanilla

yogurt1 ripe banana2 tablespoons peanut butter1/4 cup mini chocolate chips4 5-ounce paper cups4 wooden popsicle-type sticks

or skewersPREPARATION:

In blender, whirl yogurt, banana and peanut butter until smooth. Pour into bowl and stir in chocolate chips. Spoon into paper cups and insert sticks in the middle. (If sticks will not stand up, partially freeze mix-ture and then insert sticks.) Put cups into the freezer and freeze until solid. Peel off paper to eat.