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Deer hunting opening day moving to Saturday from Monday

Deer hunting opening day moving to Saturday from Monday
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Deer hunting season in Pennsylvania will be starting on a Saturday rather than a Monday beginning next season.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission voted 5-3 Tuesday to move opening day of deer rifle season to the first Saturday after thanksgiving.
Rifle season for hunting deer in Pennsylvania has kicked off the Monday after Thanksgiving since 1963. The change expands the firearms season to 13-days, including three Saturdays rather than two.
Supporters hope a Saturday opening will bring back people struggling to find time to hunt and help high school and college hunters who don’t get opening day off from school. Opponents said the change would interfere with hunting camp traditions and complicate travel during the Thanksgiving weekend.
To accommodate the expanded deer season, the late November turkey hunting season has been reduced by two days.
The commission also approved:
— expanding the mid-October muzzleloader and special firearms deer seasons to include bears;
— an expanded two-week archery bear season;
— expanding the bear season from four to seven days in most wildlife management units;
—expanding the late archery and flintlock deer seasons by more than a week, to end on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday; and
— establishing a September archery season and a January antlerless season for elk hunters.
The board gave preliminary approval to the proposals in January.

Bucs pitcher Archer suspended for 5 games

Archer suspended for 5 games, Puig for 2, Bell for 1
By The Associated Press undefined
NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh pitcher Chris Archer was suspended for five games, Cincinnati outfielder Yasiel Puig for two and Reds manager David Bell for one on Tuesday for their parts in a bench-clearing fracas last weekend at PNC Park.
The commissioner’s office said Archer has appealed his penalty and will play pending a decision.
Puig and Bell chose not to appeal. Puig will miss the first two games of a series against the Marlins in Cincinnati starting Tuesday night. Bench coach Freddie Benavides will manage the Reds in the first game.
Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre also fined all three for their behavior Sunday in Pittsburgh, which was touched off when Cincinnati’s Derek Dietrich stood in the batter’s box to admire his long home run in the second inning.
Two innings later, Archer threw his first pitch behind Dietrich’s waist. Plate umpire Jeff Kellogg warned both benches and Bell jogged from the dugout to the infield, arguing Archer should be ejected. Archer maintained he simply was off-target with an inside pitch.
Benches and bullpens emptied, and an enraged Puig barreled into a bunch of Pirates and was restrained by several teammates.
Bell interpreted Archer’s suspension as confirmation that the pitch was purposely meant to hurt Dietrich. Bell said Torre told him that Archer wasn’t ejected by the umpires because he didn’t throw at the batter’s head.
“That to me is a very dangerous approach,” Bell said. “As we know, even if they’re aiming somewhere else, it could hit a hitter right in the head.”
Bell wasn’t surprised by his one-game suspension.
“I was suspended (because) things escalated when I came out,” Bell said. “Clearly both benches cleared, which is unfortunate.”
Puig declined to appeal his suspension because he thought it wouldn’t make a difference. He wasn’t satisfied with Archer getting a five-day suspension, which means the starter would miss one appearance at most.
“The pitcher’s going to be suspended for five days, that’s not costing him nothing because no matter what he’s going to rest for five days,” Puig said. “It cost me two games.”
Bell doesn’t agree with the old-school practice of a pitcher retaliating when they think a hitter has showed them up by lingering too long or doing something theatrical after hitting a home run.
“Major League Baseball needs to take this out of their hands if the players try to police it,” Bell said. “That’s a dangerous approach.”
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AP Sports Writer Joe Kay in Cincinnati contributed to this report.
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Suit filed over gun controls inspired by synagogue shooting

Suit filed over gun controls inspired by synagogue shooting
By RAMESH SANTANAM and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gun rights groups sued Tuesday to block Pittsburgh from enforcing firearms legislation passed after a mass shooting at a synagogue, accusing city officials of blatantly defying the state’s prohibition on municipal gun regulation.
Democratic Mayor Bill Peduto signed the bills into law in a ceremony at the City-County Building, declaring the community had come together “to say enough is enough.” City officials said they had to act because the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Legislature — which is planning to hold a memorial service for the victims this week — will not.
“We are going to take some action, we are going to do something positive and, yes, it is going to be everlasting,” said Peduto, surrounded by gun-control advocates and members of three congregations that were targeted in the shooting rampage at Tree of Life Synagogue. “Change only happens when you challenge the status quo.”
Minutes later, a coalition of gun rights groups sued to get the newly minted laws overturned, calling them “patently unenforceable, unconstitutional, illegal.” Shortly after that, a second lawsuit, this one backed by the National Rifle Association, declared that “Pittsburgh has violated the rights of its citizens.”
“Worse yet, Pittsburgh has committed this violation without any realistic prospect of diminishing the … incidence of horrific mass shootings,” said the suit, filed by four city residents. “All it will do is leave law-abiding citizens more vulnerable to attack from better-armed and more ruthless assailants.”
The new legislation restricts military-style assault weapons like the AR-15 rifle authorities say was used in the Oct. 27 massacre that killed 11 and wounded seven. It also bans most uses of armor-piercing ammunition and high-capacity magazines and allows the temporary seizure of guns from people who are determined to be a danger to themselves or others. The first two laws are due to take effect in 60 days, the imminent-danger law in 180 days.
Whether the city will be able to enforce them is an open question. State law has long prohibited municipalities from regulating the ownership or possession of guns or ammunition, and courts have thrown out other local firearms measures, including a 1990s-era assault weapons ban in Pittsburgh.
But city leaders said they were eager to take on the fight, given the Legislature’s traditional reluctance to pass gun legislation.
“This fantasy that somehow the state is going to step up and help us is simply not going to happen,” said Council President Bruce Kraus.
The bill signing took place as state lawmakers prepared to come together for a memorial service for the Tree of Life victims. The unusual joint session at the Capitol in Harrisburg on Wednesday will bring together the House and Senate for prayers and speeches about the attack. Peduto’s spokesman said the timing was coincidental.
The Pittsburgh bills — proposed not long after the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history — were weakened ahead of City Council passage in an effort to make them more likely to survive a court challenge. While one of the bills originally included an outright ban on assault weapons, the revised measure bars the “use” of assault weapons in public places.
A full ban on possession would take effect only if state lawmakers or the state Supreme Court give municipalities the right to regulate guns, which is seen as unlikely in a state where a majority of legislators are fiercely protective of gun rights.
The city will be represented in court by lawyers with Everytown for Gun Safety, a group backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
In another legal filing Tuesday, the Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League asked a judge to hold the city, Peduto and six council members who voted for the gun-control legislation in contempt of court, contending they violated a 1995 legal settlement in which city officials dropped the earlier effort to ban assault weapons and agreed to “abide by and adhere to Pennsylvania law.”
“It is unfortunate that … taxpayers will be burdened by the city’s elected officials believing it is acceptable — and even gloating — that they are violating the Pennsylvania Constitution and Crimes Code,” Joshua Prince, a lawyer seeking to overturn the laws, wrote in a statement.
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Rubinkam reported from northeastern Pennsylvania.

Pens legendary Broadcaster Mike Lange to miss start of Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Mike Lange, the radio voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, will miss the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs after suffering an adverse reaction to medication for pneumonia.

The Hall of Fame broadcaster was briefly hospitalized last week and is now resting at home. He will phone in during the first intermission of Game 1 Wednesday to speak on the air with the Penguins’ radio intermission host, Brian Metzer.

“They’ve encouraged me to rest, but I’m looking forward to getting back in the booth with the ‘ol-29er’ Phil Bourque as soon as possible,” Lange said.

Josh Getzoff will handle radio play-by-play duties at the start of the playoffs with Bourque providing analysis. All games air on WXDX-FM (105.9) and the Penguins Radio Network.

Getzoff called radio play-by-play for most of the Penguins’ regular season road games, while Lange did most home games.

Paul Steigerwald will host the pre- and post-game radio shows.

Lange, who recently turned 71, is now in his 44th season as a Penguins broadcaster.

Michael Crudden and the Sweet Yummy Treats of Rosalind Candy Castle highlighted on Teleforum with Frank Sparks.

Tuesday April 9, 2019 was a day of talking about the sweet yummy  treats that Michael Crudden and his family make at Rosalind’s  Candy Castle on Teleforum with Frank Sparks.

Michael Crudden joined Frank Sparks in the ten o’clock hour and chocolate was on their minds with Easter being just around the corner on April 21, 2019. The interview started out with the guys talking about the history and tradition that is Rosalind Candy.  Michael told Frank that Rosalind’s actually got their name from a contest that was held where their were two winners. One suggested Rosalind after his wife and the other candy castle. The two were put together a little of 104 years ago and Rosalind Candy Castle was born. Rosalind’s has been at their current location since 1951.

Michael discussed the family business and how they are following in the foot steps of their Father who still works at the store everyday. He talked about how his sister Jennifer and him both went out and started life in other careers only to return to the family business and put their experiences to use.

Frank and Michael then started talking about the sweet yummy treats that are available at Rosalind’s and what goes into making them. They then started to highlight some of the treats that Michael brought in which are pictured below…

 

Michael informed the listeners about their website and how you can order candy and have it shipped to your loved ones no matter where they live. One listener even called in and talked about a relative who was in Vietnam and how they would ship candy to his troop in Vietnam and they couldn’t wait for the packages because they loved the candy so much.  Crudden told the listeners to follow them on Facebook also  at  https://www.facebook.com/rosalindcandy/  because they always have contest to give away free Rosalind’s candy.

Rosalind’s also has fundraisers for your group or organization you can get a hold of them at 724-843-1144 to find out more information.

If you would like to see the interview as it was streamed on Facebook live click the play button below. ..

If you would like more information on Rosalind’s or would like to order on line click on the Rosalind’s logo below …..

‘Creepy Joe’ Controversy Not Hurting Biden; Remains Strong In Early Voting States, Poll Says

Complaints surfacing about former Vice President Joe Biden and his actions around women haven’t hurt his ratings among voters, who continue keep him at the top of the list of 2020 presidential race candidates even though he has not yet officially joined the race. According to a new Morning Consult poll, Biden topped the list of candidates, netting 32 percent of voters who say they intend to participate in a Democratic Party primary or caucus next year, reports Politico. His nearest contender was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at 23 percent. No other candidates came close to Biden and Sanders:

  • Kamala Harris, 9 percent;
  • Beto O’Rourke, 8 percent;
  • Elizabeth Warren, 7 percent;
  • Pete Buttigieg, 5 percent;
  • Corey Booker, 4 percent;
  • Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, 2 percent.

Biden’s score was down just one percentage point from a survey released last week

 

Is There Something Damaging To Trump In Full Mueller Report Or Is It (Again) Just Wishful Thinking For Liberals?

Was President Donald Trump’s victory lap after the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation premature?  With Mueller’s report expected to be released in redacted form in the coming days, Trump and his allies have unleashed a series of broadsides against Mueller’s team and the Democrats pushing for full release of the final report. Trump’s inner circle knows there could be further releases of embarrassing or politically damaging information. Attorney General William Barr is defending his decision to send a letter to Congress detailing  Mueller’s principal conclusions. He says the public would not have tolerated waiting weeks for information. Mueller concluded his Russia probe last month and submitted a nearly 400-page confidential report to Barr. Barr sent his four-page letter to Congress two days later. Democrats are questioning how Barr was so quickly able to boil down Mueller’s report into four pages.

Duquesne Light To Check Static Issue On A.M. Stations

DUQUESNE LIGHT IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF A STATIC ISSUE ON A-M RADIO STATIONS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…