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BOSWELL — An Indiana County trucker faces more than $1.2 million in fines after authorities said he routinely traveled the Pennsylvania Turnpike with a stolen E-ZPass. State police charged Thomas Howard Wambold, 38, of Blairsville, with 1,241 counts of using the E-ZPass to evade tolls for 21/2 years – between Sept. 23, 2005, and March 24. Wambold was scheduled to be arraigned Monday before District Judge Susan Mankamyer of Boswell. In addition to a $1,000 fine for each alleged violation, authorities contend Wambold owes $575,980 in full fares to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. “My life is over. Thanks,” Wambold allegedly...

Parents seek to stop candy throwing at parades Some British Columbia in are trying to end the practice of throwing candy from floats during parades.   DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Some British Columbia in are trying to end the practice of throwing candy from floats during parades.The campaign in Dawson Creek is the latest effort by people concerned about children bolting into the parade to scoop up the sweets. Efforts to end candy tossing have been adopted in Kamloops, Prince George and Fort St. John.A Fort St. John town council member and parade marshal, Larry Evans, says float drivers...

A B.C. Supreme Court judge, Madam Justice Allan, has ordered the congregation of St. Mary of the Incarnation in Metchosin (St. Mary's), to hand over their church building to the diocese of B.C. in the Anglican Church of Canada, pending the resolution of a trial over who is entitled to ownership of the building. Like the two judges in the previous Niagara diocese's hearings, Mdm Justice Allan found that “the beneficial ownership of Church property is indeed an issue for future determination”, and she was only deciding the issue of who should have interim use of the property while that...

Betty Caffrey, president of the Wyoming Valley Chapter for Pennsylvanians for Human Life, and other anti-abortion rights advocates are appalled a Catholic college is hosting a candidate who supports abortion rights. “It’s an insult to the Catholics,” Ms. Caffrey said of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s visit today to King’s College. “She doesn’t hide that she’s pro-abortion. She makes it well known.” Mrs. Clinton will host a town-hall meeting at Scandlon Physical Education Center today beginning at 2:30 p.m. King’s College spokesman John McAndrew said by making its facilities available to candidates, King’s College is not endorsing the policies of...

One of the principals in the failed Cornerstone Technologies LLC, a company that promised to create jobs while receiving more than $9 million in federal funds, has re-emerged at a start-up company in Colorado. Russell Kanjorski, the nephew of U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, is the strategic planning director for AVA Solar Inc. The Fort Collins, Colo.,-based company has secured a $3 million federal grant and promises to employ up to 500 people next year. Russell Kanjorski was a featured speaker at an alternative energy symposium March 13 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He spoke about the...

Most of $1.34M Cornerstone debt to go unpaid Creditors to get little, nothing from Kanjorski family bankrupcy. Case to be closed. WILKES-BARRE – After more than a year in the hands of a court-appointed trustee, the bankruptcy case of Cornerstone Technologies is nearing an end. And, creditors seeking a portion of $1.34 million they say they’re owed will receive little or nothing. The research company, owned by the daughter and four nephews of U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, was to use water-jet technology capable of pulverizing materials and minerals into microscopic pieces that could be used in high technology...

Kelvin Reyes-Rosario, Luis Reyes, Ricardo Doninguez and Rafael Guzman-Mateo got an incentive to learn English: speaking and writing the language can keep them out of jail. When Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. sentenced the four Hazleton men to serve four to 24 months for assault on Wednesday in Luzerne County Court, he added a twist. If they pass an English test a year from now, they will remain free after serving the minimum sentence. If they fail the test, they go back to prison for the full term. The creative sentence appealed to some who believe learning English will help...

HARRISBURG - House members began debate last night on controversial legislation that would require handgun owners to report lost or stolen weapons, marking the first time in more than a decade that the General Assembly has considered a substantive handgun-control measure. Supporters, including mayors across the state, law enforcement officers and prosecutors, have fought for years for similar legislation in seven other states and the District of Columbia to curb "straw purchasers" who buy handguns for felons. But the powerful constituencies that make up the National Rifle Association and sportsmen's groups have blocked the legislation from reaching a floor debate,...

PLAINS TWP. – An Old Forge man said he did nothing wrong by leaving profanity-laced voice mails for WILK radio talk show host Kevin Lynn and two employees at the radio station. District Judge Diana Malast didn’t agree. After a nearly two-hour hearing on Tuesday, she found Foglietta guilty of three summary counts of harassing Lynn, radio host Sue Henry and former WILK general manager John Burkavage. An attorney for Entercom Entertainment Corp., owner of WILK, said Foglietta “crossed the line” by leaving disturbing voice mails filled with profanity. Attorney Michael Dash played five recorded voice mails left by Foglietta...

The U.S. representative says he is committed to immigration reform as well. U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, sent a letter to political opponent Lou Barletta on Friday and said he meant no offense to his Republican challenger and is sorry if it appeared that way. Kanjorski wrote: “Over the next eight months, we will be talking to the press and to the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania about issues that we passionately care about. Inevitably, there will be occasions in which we misspeak or our words are misconstrued. “One such occasion occurred this week when I spoke to a reporter...

ALTOONA, Pa. -- A convenience-store chain is taking heat from critics who say its new billboard campaign promoting a fried chicken sandwich contains foul language. Sheetz unveiled the "Crispy Frickin' Chicken" billboards at the beginning of February. Roughly one-third of the company's 346 stores carry the sandwich, and the campaign consists of 100 billboards placed near those locations, spokeswoman Monica Jones said Thursday. The campaign is aimed at young adults, and the company did not intend to offend anyone, Jones said. "We're kind of known for edgy, kind of brash advertising tactics, and we knew this would spark a certain...

Police suspected Darak Antonio Williams and Kashema Reddish knew more about the death of 3-year-old Kavannah Salvador than they were saying, but lacked sufficient evidence to detain the couple, authorities said Thursday. The slain child’s mother and live-in boyfriend walked out of Scranton police headquarters a week ago. Kavannah’s death has since been ruled a homicide, but police have been unable to locate the couple. “You can’t just hold people,” said Deputy District Attorney Michelle Olshefski. “At that point, it was a potential homicide. You’ve got to do an investigation. It’s not like TV, like ‘Law and Order,’ when you...

Ann Arbor physician Catherine Wilkerson says she's been fired from the Packard Community Clinic for her political activism. Officials with the clinic insist that's not the case and say she was dismissed for refusing to sign an employee contract. Wilkerson said she refused to sign the contract because it included a vague clause that violates her freedom of speech and is unlike anything she's seen in a contract in her 30 years in medicine. "I think the clause was put in as a tool to force me out of the clinic," she said. Jim Frenza, chairman of the clinic's board...

When Kyle Burkhalter gets up in the morning, he goes into the kitchen and fixes himself a nice cup of ice. The 24-year-old director of research for a Web site chews the ice in the car on his way to work in Atlanta. He downs two or three more cups before lunch. He orders ice from drive-thru windows and dips into the office ice machine. Sometimes, his tongue gets so numb he can barely talk to clients. Still, he munches on. "It's something that you want to do and you think about doing on a constant basis," he says. WSJ's...

  Sturgeon goes on and on   Reel-y big ... Nick and George with their monster catch  Published: Today       TWO British anglers got a reel shock while boat fishing in Canada – when they caught a TEN FOOT long sturgeon. Nick Calleya, 36, and George Carstairs, 42, took an hour to land the 500lb fish – thought to be more than 100 years old. Nick, of Cubert, Cornwall, and George, of Aberdeen, caught it on Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. Nick said: “It was so strong it was lifting George off his seat.”

A mother now stands accused in connection with the death of her two-year-old son and her boyfriend faces a count of homicide. Lillian Torres is charged with involuntary manslaughter for doing nothing to prevent her two-year-old son's death. Emmanuel Gonzalez died Sunday morning. Luzerne County District Attorney David Lupas described the child's death as one of the worst child abuse cases he's ever seen. Lupas charged Lillian Torres, 19, Emmanuel Gonzalez's mother, with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with her son's death. Lupas said Torres allowed the abuse to happen and ignored her duty...

A peculiarly Canadian institution, the Human Rights Commission attracted attention beyond Canada’s borders last week when the Canadian Islamic Congress filed several complaints against author and commentator Mark Steyn, and Maclean’s, the newsweekly that excerpted his bestselling America Alone last year. There is no substance to these complaints, but that is no impediment in the eyes of British Columbia’s commission, which has agreed to investigate the case. The degeneration of Human Rights Commissions into forums for nuisance suits, and their current abuse by the CIC, among others, is indicative of the growing political and cultural gulf between the U.S. and...

A Hazleton man was arraigned Sunday night on charges related to the apparent beating death of a 2-year-old boy. Hazleton police arrested 20-year-old Alexander Garcia, charging him with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children. He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Joseph Zola and committed to Luzerne County Correctional Facility on $2 million cash bail. According to an affidavit of probable cause, Hazleton Cpl. Gerald Tray and Patrolman Shawn Conti were dispatched to Hazleton General Hospital on Sunday at 12:29 a.m. for a death investigation. Hospital staff took them to the emergency room, where 2-year-old Emanuel Gonzalez was...

Pennsylvania gambling regulators encouraged casino operators to hire an array of minority groups, but never discussed the measure in public. The diversity guidelines contained in a confidential Gaming Control Board memo issued in January go beyond the requirements of federal and state law, according to a copy obtained by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The memo from Chief Diversity Officer Mozelle Daniels, marked "privileged and confidential," says casinos should look not only at race, ethnicity and gender in hiring workers. The board's "expansive view of diversity" includes marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, AIDS or HIV status, non-job-related disability and veteran's status....

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Immigrants Pedro and Salvacion Servano have been model U.S. residents since arriving from the Philippines in the 1980s. Pedro Servano, 54, is a prominent family doctor in an underserved area of central Pennsylvania. His 51-year-old wife runs a grocery store and bakery. But apparent misstatements they made about their marital status 17 years ago have come back to haunt them, and now they are facing possible deportation back to the Philippines. The couple have been told to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office the day after Thanksgiving for the start of deportation proceedings,...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 3 -- The FDA has clarified reports by some major media suggesting that the agency has plans for new regulations on over-the-counter cough and cold medications for children. In an unusual press release, the agency pointed out that the recommendations it posted on its Website, as part of a 356-page briefing document, were merely unvarnished views of staffers. They were drafted in preparation for deliberations a couple of weeks hence by the FDA's Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee on over-the-counter cough and cold medications. Contrary to the impression conveyed by the press reports, the FDA said, nothing had...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Map, News) - Gov. Ed Rendell is returning campaign contributions from two donors associated with former fugitive Norman Hsu, a man facing fraud charges. Rendell's decision to give back $7,000 comes three weeks after the Democratic governor said he would donate to charity nearly $38,000 that came directly from Hsu. The most recent giveback resulted from "sufficient questions" about the donors that were raised in press accounts, Rendell spokesman Chuck Ardo said. The governor is returning $2,000 contributed in May 2005 by a resident of Daly City, Calif., and $5,000 donated in April 2006 by a resident of...

Driving 11 miles over the speed limit cost one driver more than a quarter-million dollars this weekend — at least for now. A State Patrol trooper spotted a Honda Accord speeding southbound on Interstate 5 on Friday, according to State Patrol spokesman Jeff Merrill. It was raining, and the driver was cruising down the freeway at 71 mph. So the trooper pulled the driver over, Merrill said. The 35-year-old from British Columbia, who had a valid driver's license, struggled to tell the trooper where he was going and how long he had been in Washington, prompting the trooper to search...

Cops: Kelvin DeJesus hit his estranged wife, daughter, another man with wooden bat. HAZLETON (PA) – A Hazleton man accused of beating his estranged wife and 5-year-old daughter with a baseball bat early Friday morning was angry because he witnessed the child and her 4-year-old sister hugging his wife’s boyfriend the night before, police and prosecutors said. A bloody Kelvin DeJesus, 24, of 327 W. Green St., was charged with multiple counts of aggravated and simple assault in connection with the brutal attack that happened just before 4 a.m. “I love her very much, I’m sorry,” DeJesus said about his...

September 14, 2007 -- ALTOONA, Pa. - An off-duty auxiliary cop who helped train fellow officers was accidentally shot and killed at a gun-club demonstration, police said yesterday. A military-style Gatling gun mounted on the back of a Hummer discharged Wednesday night, shooting Michael Kurty, 36, of Hollidaysburg, once in the head. "We don't know if it malfunctioned or if he was trying to clear it, but it appears to be an accidental shooting," state Trooper Jeff Petucci said.

10,000 B.C. (2008) Actors Steven Strait (D'Leh) Camilla Belle (Evolet) Omar Sharif Marco Khanlian (One Eye) Cliff Curtis Nathanael Baring Timothy Barlow (The Pyramid God) Mona Hammond (Old Mother) Reece Ritchie Joel Virgel Nakudu Mo Zinal Director by Roland Emmerich Director Epic tale that centers on three stages in the development of primitive man, as seen through a 21-year-old hunter from a primitive tribe who must hunt mammoth to survive. Release Date: March 7th, 2008 (wide) Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

State Police arrested the two 21-year-olds after a spokeswoman said they were caught on the roof of the capitol snapping photographs of the dome, which at one time was covered in copper by a company owned by Paul Revere. "Apparently, it was a prank," said Sergeant Carol MacDonald. Francisco Martin and Mehdi Akbar Hachambhoa are scheduled to appear today in Boston Municipal Court to face trespassing and vandalism charges. The men found a door on the fifth floor that led out on to the roof, MacDonald said.

A Kingston man who settled a medical malpractice lawsuit for $11 million 18 months ago is wanted by authorities in connection with the theft of a pregnant Canadian lynx, an animal on the endangered species list. William Franklin Bobbett, 28, of 169 Division St., is accused of robbing the exotic animal business of Robert Derr in Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia County, on April 13. The animal was recovered by the state Game Commission when it was found April 18 in a tree behind a home on Lance Road in Plymouth. Derr said the animal lost its unborn kittens most likely...

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Cartoonist Johnny Hart, who won awards and acclaim for creating the BC comic strip, has died at the age of 76. BC, which depicts a world populated by cavemen and dinosaurs, first appeared in 1958 and eventually reached more than 100 million people. Mr Hart also co-created The Wizard of Id, the story of a run-down kingdom ruled by a tyrannical monarch. Mr Hart's wife, Bobby, said he died of a stroke on Saturday while working at his New York home. "He died at his storyboard," she told the Associated Press. Richard Newcombe, the founder and president of Creators...

(Posted Vanity due to copyright restrictions) We have just learned from our local Gannett Newspaper site in Broome County NY that Johnny Hart, creator of "BC" and "Wizard of Id" died in his Ninevah NY home yesterday.

A scientific breakthrough could help alleviate blood shortages and reduce the danger of accidental blood-type mismatches, researchers and executives for a U.S. biotech firm said yesterday. An international team of scientists announced that it has found a way to convert Types A, B, and AB blood into Type O -- the universal donor blood group that can be given to anyone -- and the American company that commissioned the research said such "universally transfusible" blood has the potential to solve problems associated with storing, transporting and transfusing blood. "The prospects for this are huge ... since blood now must be...

A blond bombshell from Boston College Law School is ruffling Eagle feathers for posing semi-nude in just her briefs - and a strategically placed school pennant - in a free barroom magazine. Racy comments about the salacious spread in Barstool Sports got so out of hand on a BC Law Web page, the editors stripped the story off the site. “People were saying really nasty things,” one law school student said. Posts on other legal-oriented Web sites were equally biting: “This is why women shouldn’t be lawyers,” wrote one visitor to abovethelaw.com. In true lawyer fashion, the budding barrister herself,...

SCRANTON (PA) – The plaintiffs in the Illegal Immigration Relief Act trial that began Monday claimed a partial victory after a lawyer for the city of Hazleton announced council would remove language the plaintiffs consider discriminatory. During opening arguments, attorney Kris W. Kobach said city council would vote Thursday to delete the words “solely or primarily” from a section of the Relief Act ordinance that spells out how members of the public can register complaints about someone they believe is an illegal immigrant living in the city. The plaintiffs have argued that the wording left room for people to base...

Tribunal to rule on guide dog vs. religion Jane Seyd jseyd@nsnews.com A case potentially pitting rights of the disabled against religious beliefs will be heard by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal after a blind man from the North Shore who uses a guide dog to get around launched a complaint against North Shore Taxi. Bruce Gilmour filed the complaint after a cab driver from North Shore Taxi refused to let his guide dog into the cab in January of this year. Gilmour, who says it's not the first time he's been refused service by a taxicab, is complaining that...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Pennsylvania's first slot-machine parlor, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, opened Tuesday to a shower of confetti and rain as the state embarked on its ambitious plan to have gamblers pay for cuts in property taxes. Hundreds of gamblers - mostly senior citizens - poured into the casino as the doors were opened and occupied most of its nearly 1,100 seats in less than 10 minutes. Inside, Wilkes-Barre car dealership manager Vince Esposito was one of the first to start playing, putting a $20 bill into a Double Powerball machine. "That's entertainment," he said as he pushed the...

NANTICOKE (PA) ? A sign on the front door of D&R Sports Center at 620 Fairchild St. on Wednesday read ?Closed for Inspection.? For most of the day, unmarked vehicles were parked outside the plain white building as federal agents hunted through the sporting goods store for its financial and business records. On Tuesday, agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of Homeland Security, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement had asked U.S. District Court for a search warrant for the Nanticoke store, managed by Mark Komoroski, and the other D&R Sports Center at 2989 Columbia Blvd.,...

Letter from Carol Sherwood denounces Chris Carney’s campaign ads focusing on her husband’s extramarital affair. See the letter Over the weekend, voters in Don Sherwood’s congressional district began receiving “A personal note from Carol Sherwood” in which the congressman’s wife decries the political commercials that refer to her husband’s affair.The six-paragraph typed note signed by Carol Sherwood – her first public comment on her husband’s affair – accuses Democratic challenger Chris Carney of using “negative campaigning” and “a personal attack” in political ads centered on her husband’s affair with a younger woman who claimed the congressman abused her.“The negative...

ALLENWOOD (PA)— Union County prosecutors have filed an attempted homicide charge against a Media man accused of shooting a pistol at a family that had stopped at his gas station to change a baby’s diaper. The Union County district attorney’s office will be adding the charge against Sudhir Kumar, 44. A preliminary hearing for him was postponed from Thursday in Lewisburg. He was charged by state police at Milton with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, simple assault and recklessly endangering other people June 20 at the 24/7 Truck Stop Fuel Food Market along Route 15 at Allenwood. He allegedly fired a...

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 31 -- For Robert Perrillo, M.D., it could have been worse. When the levees broke here in the face of Katrina's surge, his house was inundated by waters that were only waist high. Nevertheless, after the Ochsner Clinic hepatologist and his wife spent many months sleeping on an air mattress in his office, they decided they'd had enough of a city that no longer functioned like one. They managed to get their house repaired with the help of a contractor, who was one of Dr. Perrillo's patients, and in June they sold out and moved to Texas,...

WILLIAMSPORT (PA) - A member of the honor guard that carried President John F. Kennedy's casket was sentenced to more than 4 years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography. "I let a lot of people down," Richard Gaudreau, 70, of Bloomsburg, told U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III yesterday before being sentenced. He reports to prison Sept. 12. The sentence includes a $10,000 fine, lifetime supervision and a ban on associating with anyone under 18 without the presence of an adult. Gaudreau must register as a sex offender and may not have a computer with...

The other day, I was looking for a Merle Haggard CD in the local Wal-Mart. I didn’t find the CD, but I did witness a scene that speaks volumes about how Israel should handle the threat of Hezbollah in the Middle East.While I was shopping, there were these two kids, probably 12 to 14 years old, running around the store and raising hell without a hint of adult supervision. One of the boys had hair falling down on his shoulders and into his eyes. He had a cell phone jammed into his ear and could be heard uttering urban phrases...

B.C. woman clung to selfless hero in icy sea until he 'just froze to death' Adrift in the icy Bering Sea, Tom Grissom took hold of the precious life-ring that could have saved him -- and handed it off to save a friend instead. The decision, described by friends as typical of his character and by coast guard officials as heroic, cost Grissom his life Sunday night. The ring that Grissom handed to Amanda Delisle kept her afloat for an hour in the 11 C water after the two were tossed, along with two co-workers, into the frigid waters off...

WILKES-BARRE (PA)– At an age when most career-driven men consider retirement, a then 64-year-old Louis Calvin Patrick sold cocaine to a homeless man, then stabbed him in the stomach. The homeless man died. Patrick spent the next decade in jail. More than 13 years after his April 1993 arrest in that drug-deal slaying, Patrick is jailed again. The 78-year-old is now accused of stabbing his girlfriend 69 times with a 5-inch, plastic-handled knife all over her unclothed body, police and the county coroner said. Police officers found 50-year-old Doris “Peaches” Lemons dead on the dining-room floor of the South Franklin...

HAZLETON: City tentatively plans to hire worker to get information from tenants who need occupancy permits. HAZLETON (PA)– The city expects any Latino moving into an apartment to come to a code enforcement officer and prove that they’re legal. But the city will not have an interpreter on hand during the process. The city administrator said that using a bilingual employee will conflict with the English-only stance. When a reporter asked if that employee will speak Spanish because of the city’s large Hispanic population, City Administrator Sam Monticello said, “That’s a good point and I’m sure we’ll consider that.” He...

By a vote of 4-1, Hazleton City Council approved the Illegal Immigration Relief Act Thursday night. The ordinance is due to take effect in 60 days. The ordinance makes English the official language of Hazleton. It also punishes landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and businesses who hire them. A large crowd packed Hazleton City Hall for Thursday night's council meeting. People who could not fit in the room watched on a large TV in a nearby auditorium. A limited number of people were allowed to speak before the vote took place. Dr. Agapito Lopez of Hazleton used his time...

NEW YORK Did "B.C." cartoonist Johnny Hart take another swipe at Islam in his July 3 comic? Several blogs -- including ComicsReporter.com and DailyCartoonist -- are wondering. In the comic , Hart shows his turtle character asking: "What makes a bite that's shaped like a crescent moon?" The bird standing on the turtle's shell answers: "A lunatic." A star is drawn near the turtle's "finger" to illustrate the location of the bite. A star/crescent moon is a symbol of Islam. There's also the possibility that Hart was making a "luna tick" pun instead of, or in addition to, making a...

CASTLEGAR, British Columbia -- For Craig Wiester of Minneapolis, fleeing to Canada to avoid the draft during the Vietnam war meant losing a country, a way of life - and his father. "He felt it was a man's duty to go when his country called," Wiester said Thursday at the opening of a four-day reunion and peace event to honor U.S. draft resisters who fled to Canada and the Canadians who assisted them. Organizers were expecting hundreds of draft resisters and their Canadian supporters to attend the gathering, which includes workshops and panel discussions at Selkirk College and the nearby...

B.C. Health Minister George Abbott said taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $10 million in unpaid medical bills by hundreds of foreigners who have obtained hospital care in this province. He is urging health authorities to "look at every angle" for new methods to recover monies owed by those who have skipped out on paying. "B.C. is not a destination that is in the habit of providing free health care for the rest of the world. We have lots of demands for medical services by B.C. citizens, let alone serving the rest of the world," said Abbott. The health...

Council passes first reading of ordinance calling for hiring and rental regulations, and English as city’s official language. “Because people … need a place to sleep, our landlords are our first line of defense.” -Mayor Lou Barletta HAZLETON (PA) – After a lively debate, city council on Thursday voted for an ordinance that would establish English as the city’s official language and punish the hiring of illegal immigrants and renting property to them. The 4-1 vote was on a first reading of the ordinance. A second reading is scheduled for July 13. Councilman Tom Gabos voted against. Councilman Robert Nilles...