Waiting for Bernanke, stocks plod indecisively

This July 29, 2013 photo, Trader Michael Conlon rushes across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock futures rose modestly Tuesday, July 30, 2013, with most investors taking a wait-and-see approach ahead of a two-day Fed policy meeting. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

This July 29, 2013 photo, Trader Michael Conlon rushes across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock futures rose modestly Tuesday, July 30, 2013, with most investors taking a wait-and-see approach ahead of a two-day Fed policy meeting. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NEW YORK (AP) ? On the stock market Tuesday, it felt like late-summer inertia had already set in.

U.S. stocks wandered between the tiniest of gains and losses before closing mixed. Traders were indecisive as companies reported disparate earnings news, and many were disinclined to make any big moves before getting direction from the Federal Reserve, which is scheduled to release an updated policy statement Wednesday.

The calendar said late July, but on the stock exchange it seemed more like August, when many traders take off for vacation and fewer stocks trade hands. The Dow Jones industrial average rose as much as 72 points in early trading ? less than 0.5 percent ? before flickering lower. It dipped into the red for most of the afternoon and closed down 1.38 points, or 0.01 percent, at 15,520.59.

"It seems like the doldrums of summer have set in," said Dave Abate, senior wealth adviser at Strategic Wealth Partners in Seven Hills, Ohio.

The Nasdaq composite rose 17.33 points, or 0.5 percent, to 3,616.47, though even that gain was largely because Apple, its biggest component, was up more than 1 percent.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index plodded just a fraction higher, up 0.63 point, or 0.04 percent, to 1,685.96. Three of its industry sectors rose, led by technology stocks. Seven fell, dragged down by telecommunications companies.

Company earnings were equally inconclusive. Coach, the maker of upscale handbags, slumped 8 percent after reporting lower quarterly profit. But Goodyear Tire & Rubber jumped 9 percent after announcing that its quarterly earnings had doubled.

This earnings season has presented a picture encouraging on some fronts and troubling on others. Many companies, including big names like Apple and Visa, have posted better-than-expected results, and analysts predict that second-quarter earnings are up 4.7 percent for companies in the S&P 500, according to S&P Capital IQ. But the picture has its blemishes, including the fact that many of the gains are based not on business growth but on cost-cutting: Revenue is down about 0.5 percent.

"There's a little bit of swapping chairs on the deck," Abate said.

Outside of earnings reports, traders were keeping a close eye on the Federal Reserve, which began a two-day meeting Tuesday and will release an updated policy statement Wednesday.

Conjectures about the central bank have had a powerful influence on the stock market in recent months. Traders have bought and sold stocks while hanging on to every word of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, looking for clues about when the Fed might pull back on its bond-buying program or start raising interest rates. The central bank has been buying bonds to try to prop up stocks and encourage borrowing. It has also been keeping interest rates low, all in an attempt to pump life into a lagging economy.

"This week it's all about Bernanke and the Fed statement," said Bill Strazzullo, chief strategist of Bell Curve Trading. "Stocks need a supportive statement ... to go higher. That is the key driver."

The Fed has said it might start to pull back on its bond purchases later this year if the economy continues to improve, but the timing remains uncertain. The Fed has also said it won't raise its benchmark short-term interest rate until the unemployment rate, which currently stands at 7.6 percent, dips below 6.5 percent.

Crude oil fell $1.47 to $103.08 a barrel in New York. The price of gold inched down $4.80 to $1,324.80 an ounce. The dollar rose against the Japanese yen and fell against the euro.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was unchanged from late Monday at 2.60 percent. The yield is a benchmark for many kinds of loans including home mortgages.

Among stocks making big moves:

?Coach dipped $4.55 to $53.30. Goodyear jumped $1.52 to $18.56.

?The Mosaic Co., maker of a key ingredient in crop fertilizers, was the worst performer on the S&P 500. It plunged after a Russian fertilizer company said it would drop out of a cartel that keeps prices high. Mosaic fell $9.15, or 17 percent, to $43.81.

? Masco jumped $1.06, or 5 percent, to $20.80. The company, which makes cabinets, plumbing fixtures and other building products, posted better-than-expected earnings late Monday, boosted by a surge in home construction.

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AP Business Writers Bernard Condon and Matthew Craft contributed.

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Constructive Feedback University: Tamron Hall & Jay-Z - How The Progressive-Fundamentalist Failure To Develop "The Least Of These" After Past Investments Can Be Spun Into Support By Present Day Advocacy

If You Are The Forces That RECEIVED THE VALUABLES From These Striking Low Skilled / Low Pay Workers After Promising Them STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT That Did Not Come - WOULD YOU STAND OPPOSED TO THEIR EFFORTS - Or ECHO THEM - Knowing That They WILL LOOK PAST YOUR FAILURES, Turing It Into APPRECIATION?

Why is it that Tamron Hall of MSNBC can't bring herself to note that these are the people who would be "Factory Workers" - the REPLACEMENT WORK after the industrial jobs left BUT THE PROGRESSIVES GAINED DOMINATE POWER IN OUR BIG CITIES are now "McJobs".

Someone please explain to me why INDUSTRIALISTS are expected to PRODUCE JOBS but the PROGRESSIVES who retain the loyalties of THE LEAST OF THESE, now controlling these MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ZONES are excused from their failure to create SKILLED JOBS commensurate with the demands for goods and services that the marketplace that they have political control over.

When You Don't Capture All Of The VALUABLES That Have Been Transacted Over Time - YOU CAN'T HELP But To Believe That Those Who GIVE "The Least Of These" A VOICE TODAY - Should Be THANKED Rather Than Have A RETRAINING ORDER Placed Upon Them For Their Previous Theft.

Long story short - YOU DON'T HAVE TO "DEVELOP PEOPLE AS PROMISED".
You only need to AFFIRM WHAT THEY BELIEVE and they will show appreciation that you gave them voice in the media.

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Evan Rachel Wood gives birth to baby boy

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Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell are now parents.

Evan Rachel Wood is a mommy! The 25-year-old actress has welcomed her first child with husband Jamie Bell, her rep confirms to Us Weekly.

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"Evan Rachel Wood and her husband Jamie Bell are parents to a beautiful boy," the rep tells Us. "Parents and baby are all doing well."

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Wood and Bell, 27, who wed in October 2012, announced they were expecting in January 2013. The "Mildred Pierce" actress tweeted updates to her followers throughout her pregnancy. On July 6, she wrote, "How can you be so excited to see someone you have never even met?"

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The actress also previously told Us that she had to change her personal style when she found out she was pregnant. "Pants are just out the window," she said. "I got all these maternity pants and I was just like, 'No.' So it's dresses, which are kind of different for me. Pants are gone."

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Chef Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi step closer to divorce

LONDON (Reuters) - British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and her multi-millionaire art collector husband Charles Saatchi moved one step closer to legally ending their marriage on Wednesday.

Just over a month after photographs appeared in newspapers showing Saatchi with his hands around Lawson's throat, a British judge issued a "decree nisi", which signals court approval of the application for divorce.

The couple will now have to wait six weeks before they can be granted a "decree absolute", which will formally terminate their 10-year marriage.

Neither attended the 60-second hearing at London's High Court.

The photos also showed Lawson, hugely popular for her television cooking shows, in tears after the incident on the terrace of one of London's most fashionable restaurants.

Saatchi, a former advertising tycoon, was given a police caution for assault, though he tried to play down the incident as a "playful tiff".

Lawson, 53, the daughter of former British Chancellor Nigel Lawson, said nothing publicly after the row, but groups campaigning against domestic abuse and violence against women complained over the lack of action taken against the 70-year-old Saatchi.

A statement from Lawson's publicist earlier this month said that "neither party will be making any financial claims against the other".

Lawyer Fiona Shackleton, who represented Paul McCartney during his 2008 divorce from Heather Mills, was working for Lawson to bring the matter to a "swift and amicable" conclusion, it said.

"Both parties would appreciate privacy for themselves and their children at this difficult time," the statement said.

Lawson, nicknamed the "domestic goddess" after one of her cookery books, married Saatchi in 2003 after her first husband, journalist John Diamond, died of throat cancer. She has two teenage children from her first marriage.

Saatchi ran the world's largest advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi with his brother in the 1980s.

(Reporting By Mark Anderson, editing by Paul Casciato)

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Pope Francis says he won't judge gay priests

ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) ? Pope Francis reached out to gays, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference Monday as he returned from his first foreign trip.

"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. "We shouldn't marginalize people for this. They must be integrated into society."

Francis' predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men who had deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory in his first news conference as pope, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten.

The comments did not signal any change in church policy. Catholic teaching still holds that homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered." But they indicated a shift in tone under Francis' young papacy and an emphasis on a church that is more inclusive and merciful rather than critical and disciplinary.

Francis also said he wanted a greater role for women in the church, though he insisted that they cannot become priests.

He was funny and candid during the 82 minutes he spent with journalists on board the plane returning from Brazil. He didn't dodge a single question, and even thanked the journalist who raised allegations contained in an Italian news magazine that one of his trusted monsignors was involved in a gay tryst.

Francis said he investigated the allegations according to canon law and found nothing to back them up.

He took journalists to task for reporting on the matter, saying the allegations concerned matters of sin, not crimes like sexually abusing children. And when someone sins and confesses, he said, God not only forgives ? but forgets.

"We don't have the right to not forget," he said.

The directness of Francis' comments suggested that he wants to put the matter of the monsignor behind him, while also setting a new tone of openness as he focuses on his key priority of reforming the Holy See bureaucracy.

Francis was also asked about reports suggesting that a group of gay clergymen exert undue influence on Vatican policy. Italian news media reported this year that the allegations of what they call the "gay lobby" contributed to Benedict's decision to resign.

The term "gay lobby" is bandied about with abandon in the Italian media, and is decidedly vague. Interpretations of what it means have ranged from the benign concept of a group of celibate gay priests who are friends, to a suggestion that a group of sexually active gay priests use blackmail to exert influence on Vatican decision-making.

Stressing that Catholic social teaching calls for homosexuals to be treated with dignity and not marginalized, Francis said he would not condone anyone using private information for blackmail or to exert pressure.

"A lot is written about this 'gay lobby. I still haven't found anyone at the Vatican who has 'gay' on his business card," Francis said, chuckling. "You have to distinguish between the fact that someone is gay and the fact of being in a 'lobby.'"

The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit author and commentator, saw the pope's remarks as a sign of mercy.

"Today Pope Francis has, once again, lived out the Gospel message of compassion for everyone," he said in an emailed statement.

Speaking in Italian with occasional lapses in his native Spanish, Francis dropped a few nuggets of news:

?He said he is thinking of traveling to the Holy Land next year and is considering invitations from Sri Lanka and the Philippines as well.

?The planned Dec. 8 canonizations of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will likely be changed ? perhaps until the weekend after Easter ? because road conditions in December would be dangerously icy for people from John Paul II's native Poland traveling to the ceremony by bus.

?And he solved the mystery that had been circulating since he was pictured boarding the plane to Rio carrying his own black bag, an unusual break from Vatican protocol.

"The keys to the atomic bomb weren't in it," Francis quipped. The bag, he said, contained a razor, a prayer book, his agenda and a book on St. Terese of Lisieux, to whom he is particularly devoted.

"It's normal" to carry a bag when traveling, he said, stressing the style that separates him from other pontiffs, who until a few decades ago were carried around on platforms. "We have to get use to this being normal."

Francis certainly showed a human touch during his trip to Rio, charming the masses at World Youth Day with his decision to forgo typical Vatican security so he could to get close to his flock. Francis traveled without the bulletproof popemobile, using instead a simple Fiat or open-sided car.

"There wasn't a single incident in all of Rio de Janeiro in all of these days and all of this spontaneity," Francis said, responding to concerns raised after his car was swarmed by an adoring mob when it took a wrong turn.

"I could be with the people, embrace them and greet them ? without an armored car and instead with the security of trusting the people," he said.

He acknowledged that there is always the chance that a "crazy" person could get to him; John Paul II was shot in 1981. But Francis said he preferred taking a risk than submitting to the "craziness" of putting an armored wall between a shepherd and his flock.

Francis' news conference was remarkable and unprecedented: Pope John Paul II used to have on-board talks with journalists, but he would move about the cabin, chatting with individual reporters so it was hit-or-miss to hear what he said. After Benedict's maiden foreign voyage, the Vatican insisted that reporters submit questions in advance so the theologian pope could choose three or four he wanted to answer with prepared comments.

For Francis, no question was off the table ? no small thing given that he is known to distrust the mainstream news media and had told journalists en route to Rio that he greatly dislikes giving interviews because he finds them "tiresome."

Francis spoke lovingly of his predecessor, saying that having him living in the Vatican "is like having a grandfather, a wise grandfather, living at home." He said he regularly asks Benedict for advice, but dismissed suggestions that the German pontiff is exerting any influence on his papacy.

On the contrary, Francis said he has tried to encourage Benedict to participate more in public functions at the Vatican and receive guests, but that he is "a man of prudence."

In one of his most important speeches delivered in Rio, Francis described the church in feminine terms, saying it would be "sterile" without women. Asked what role he foresees, he said the church must develop a more profound role for women in the church, though he said "the door is closed" to ordaining women to the priesthood.

He had harsh words for Monsignor Nunzio Scarano. The Vatican accountant has been jailed on accusations that he plotted to smuggle ?20 million ($26 million) from Switzerland to Italy and is also accused by Italian prosecutors of using his Vatican bank account to launder money.

Francis said while "there are saints" in the Vatican bureaucracy, Scarano isn't among them.

The Vatican bank has been a focus of Francis' reform efforts, and he has named a commission to look into its activities amid accusations from Italian prosecutors that it has been used as an offshore tax haven to launder money.

Asked if closing the bank is a possibility, Francis said: "I don't know how this story will end."

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SPORTS NOTEBOOK: July 31

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Send your sports announcements and news to dwolcott@wickedlocal.com or ocm@wickedlocal.com or fax to 508-591-6601 or mail to Old Colony Memorial, 182 Standish Ave., Plymouth, MA 02360.

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Plymouth South Jaguars car wash

A car wash to support the Plymouth South Jaguar cheerleaders will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Aug. 4, at the Moose Lodge in Manomet.

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Pan-Mass Challenge

Thousands of cyclists around the nation have visions of pedaling through heat and humidity, up steep hills and over the dunes of the Cape this summer. Registration for the 34th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge is open. The weekend event, set for Aug. 3-4, will raise money for adult and pediatric cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.

The PMC is the most successful athletic fundraising event in the nation, raising more money to charity than any other single event. The event contributes 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to the Jimmy Fund. It is Dana-Farber?s single largest non-governmental contributor. The PMC is a fully-supported bike-a-thon that takes cyclists through 46 cities and towns across the commonwealth. Cyclists come from 36 states and eight countries representing riders of various cycling experience levels, cancer survivors and current cancer patients, ages 13 to 88. The 34th annual event will offer 11 routes that range from 25 to 190 miles over one or two days. For more information about the PMC, or to register to ride, visit pmc.org.

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Summer Smash softball tourney

Halifax Girls Softball?s 9th annual ?Summer-Smash? Fundraising Tourney will be held in Halifax at the Elementary School, Vaughan Playground and Lingan Street fields Aug. 9-11. Again this year Halifax will play host to 36 teams from around the area, ages 9-14, including five Halifax Hurricanes All-Star teams. All are welcome to come down and check out the action. Any high school age student wanting to earn high school community service hours volunteering at the tourney, email Pete Barone at barone1077@aol.com.

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Cape Cod Chowder Cup

The Bourne Youth Girls Fastpitch softball tournament, the Cape Cod Chowder Cup, will be Aug. 9-11 at Bourne High School. Visit www.bourneyouthsoftball.org for details or call Erick Anderson at 508-292-7020.

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Run for Faith

The third annual Run for Faith 4Miler, which is a gold member in the Bayside Runner Racing Series, is set for 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at Plimoth Plantation. The entry fee is $25, which will go to scholarships for Plymouth high school students, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Plymouth Public Library and other Plymouth charities and nonprofits. Runners can register at www.runforfaithplymouth.org.

Water stations are plentiful and the event is professionally timed by Spitler Racing Systems. There is also be a Stroller Division, so runners can run with their young children. Prizes will go to top finishers, male and female, and awards will be given to top finishers for various age groups. Post-race ?light refreshments? will include bananas, oranges, bagels, muffins and scones. To amuse younger family members, a jumpy house will be available. A number of vendors will be on hand to sell their wares before and after the race.

The Run for Faith is organized by Run for Faith Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit organization created to commemorate the special life of Faith ?Marcy? Romboldi who gave so much of herself to both individuals and the community. Interested sponsors can contact Matthew Romboldi at 508-400-0751. For more information, email info@runforfaithplymouth.org. You can view the course online at www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/42074524.

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Y Mile Run

The Y Mile Run, the third annual Plymouth YMCA one-mile run/walk for families and kids, will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Stephens Field in Plymouth and will finish at Nelson Park. The entry fee is $15 for ages 18 and under and $20 for adults. Register online at www.coolrunning.com or call 508-888-2290. All proceeds support healthy YMCA activities in Plymouth.

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Hometown Fallen Heroes motorcycle run

Sunday, Aug. 18, the American Legion Riders Post 40 will hold a motorcycle ride to raise funds for its Hometown Fallen Heroes scholarship. Sign up at 9:30 a.m. at the Park and Ride next to 61 Commerce Way in Plymouth (across from Colony Place). Kickstands go up at 11 a.m. The ride will end at the American Legion Post 40 at 199 Federal Furnace Road. The charge is $20 per rider, $10 per passenger and $10 per walk-in. There will be a barbecue and raffles and music by the Alley Rats. For details, call Toni at 508-272-3641.

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Frogs for Freedom Poker Run

The Frogs for Freedom Poker Run will be held Sunday, Aug. 25, from the VFW Post 1822, 22 Seven Hills Road, Plymouth. Registration is at 9:30 a.m., kickstands up 10:30 a.m. and cookout at 2 p.m. Registration is $20, which includes event T-shirt (while they last) and one poker hand. For cookout only, $20.

Plaques will be awarded to the largest group and the best and worst poker hands. There will be door prizes, 50/50 raffle and a live band. All are welcome; two-, three- and four-wheelers and hot rods. The ride is approximately 65 miles and will encompass several towns in the southern Plymouth County area. Sponsorships are available.

Frogs for Freedom Poker Run benefits the Navy SEAL Foundation, providing SEALs, their families and the entire Navy special warfare community to recover from and cope with combat and training-related situations. For information, email Ron Flockton at papafrog3@verizon.net.

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Canal Celebrity Golf Tournament

The Cape Cod Canal Centennial Committee announced that registration is open for the Canal Celebrity Golf Tournament, which will be held Monday, Sept. 16, at the private Ridge Club in Sandwich. This tournament is designed to support the Centennial Celebration of the Cape Cod Canal, with events taking place around the 100th year anniversary date of July 29, 2014.

Both Derek Sanderson and Luis Tiant will be attending the awards ceremony at the end of the tournament. Sanderson is a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Boston Bruins and was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL?s Rookie of the Year, an honor that Bobby Orr won the previous year, giving the Bruins their second consecutive Calder Memorial Trophy. Tiant, the left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, is one of the most beloved pitchers in Red Sox history and a great idol in Boston.

?Falmouth Toyota will be giving away a car for the hole-in-one contest and there are raffles and prizes to win throughout the day. Registration is open and can be found on the website at www.capecodcanalcentennial.org. There will be a shotgun start at noon. Registration can be done online or faxed to 508-362-8387. Sponsorships are available but are going fast and details can also be found on the website. Golfer registration is $175 per golfer and includes a boxed lunch as well as hors d?oeuvres at the awards ceremony. Tickets to the awards ceremony are available on the website for $50 per person for people who are unable to golf.

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Jimmy Fund Walk

The 25th annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, presented by Hyundai, is seeking walkers. Set for Sunday, Sept. 8, the one-day fundraising event to fight all cancers offers four routes: the 26.2-mile route starting from Hopkinton; the 13.1-mile route from Babson College in Wellesley; the 5-mile route from Boston College; and the 3-mile route from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. All routes end at the Copley Square finish line in Boston. Participants will walk to raise more than $7 million to support lifesaving adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber. The fundraising minimum is $300 for walkers age 13 and older and $100 for children 12 and younger. Participants enter the discount code BOSTON for $5 off the registration fee. To register for the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk on Sept. 8, or to support a walker, visit JimmyFundWalk.org or call 866-531-9255.

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Habitat golf tournament

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth invites you to participate in its 13th annual golf tournament. The tournament is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Southers Marsh Golf Club in Plymouth. Early birds can register for $85 until Aug. 31. After Aug. 31, registration is $100, due by Oct. 1. The tickets include green fees, golf cart, steak and chicken buffet, T-shirt for each golfer, group photo and a gift bag. Lunch-only tickets can be purchased for $25, also by Oct. 1. As with last year?s tournament, participants have the chance to win a car with a hole-in-one, sponsored by Tufankjian Hyundai of Plymouth. Prizes will be given for the winning team, longest drive and closest to the pin. There will also be a putting contest and raffle.

If golfing isn?t your game, you can sign up to be a tournament sponsor. A $1,000 sponsorship gets your company?s name or logo on all carts and participants? T-shirts, a listing on the Habitat of Greater Plymouth website, mention in all press releases and recognition at the tournament. For a $150 sponsorship, your company?s name or logo will be printed on the participants? T-shirts at the tournament, listed on the Habitat of Greater Plymouth website, and recognition at the tournament. A $50 sponsorship includes your company?s name or logo on a sign at a hole on the course and recognition at the tournament.

Tickets for the tournament may be purchased at the Habitat office, 72 N. Main St. in Carver, or on the website, www.hfhplymouth.org. For more information on how to become a sponsor, send email to hfhplymouth1@verizon.net. All proceeds from the tournament go toward furthering Habitat?s mission of providing simple, affordable housing in conjunction with a deserving family.

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Camp Clark swim lessons

Swim lessons at Camp Clark, 200 Hedges Pond Road, Plymouth, run in two-week sessions, with the session dates as follows: Session two July 13-26, Session three July 27-Aug. 9 and Session four Aug. 10-23. The lessons are operating on a three-time-per-week, for two-week basis, so that each class meets six times. The class schedule is as follows:

Skipper/Perch w/ parent, 6-36 months, 30 min., $50; Saturday 10-10:30 a.m.; Monday 4:30-5 p.m.; Thursday 4:30-5 p.m.

Pike w/ Parent, 3-5 years, 30 min., $50; Sunday 10-10:30 a.m.; Tuesday 4:30-5 p.m.; Friday 4:30-5 p.m.

Pike, 3-5 years, 30 min., $50; Sunday 10:35-11:05 a.m.; Monday 5:55-6:25 p.m.; Wednesday 4:30-5 p.m.

Eel, 3-5 years, 30 min., $50; Sunday 12-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday 5:55-6:25 p.m.; Thursday 5:55-6:25 p.m.

Starfish, 3-5 years, 45 min., $57; Saturday 10:35-11:20 a.m.; Monday 5:05-5:50 p.m.; Thursday 5:05-5:50 p.m.

Polliwog, 6+ years, 30 min, $50; Saturday 11:25-11:55 a.m.; Wednesday 5:05-5:35 p.m.; Friday 5:55-6:25 p.m.

Guppy, 6+ years, 45 min, $57; Sunday 11:10-11:55 a.m.; Tuesday 5:05-5:50 p.m.; Friday 5:05-5:50 p.m.

Also offered are private lessons that are scheduled based on availability; they can be scheduled in packages: Single session $20, 3-session package $55, 5-session package $90; 10-session package $175.

For details, contact Program Coordinator Michael McGrath at mmcgrath@oldcolonyymca.org or 508-888-2290.

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Summer camps at Kingston Sports Center

Spend your summer with Kingston Sports Center, 30 Independence Road, Kingston. All kinds of clinics for kids aged 4-18 years old, run by experienced staff. For fun, and serious athletes. For more information or to sign up, visit www.KingstonSportsCenter.com or call 781-582-3900.

Unity TRHS Volleyball Clinic run by Plymouth South coach Carolyn Finn; grades 6-plus, July 1 to Aug. 15.

KSC Basketball Skills and Shooting Clinic: July 29-Aug. 1.

Junior Hoop Clinic (3rd-5th grades): Aug. 5-8.

Coaches Basketball Camp (4th-8th and 9th-12th grades). The most popular camp. Camp features three of the most successful high school varsity hoop coaches on the South Shore: Bob Fisher, Pat Lamb and Matt Poirier. Learn from the best this summer. Session II: Aug. 12-15.

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Plymouth Girls Basketball League

PLYMOUTH ? Registration for the Plymouth Girls Basketball League?s 2013-2014 season is now open. The PGBL is Plymouth?s only all-girl basketball league with four divisions from grades 2 to 8. The instructional division is open to all first and second-grade girls with the focus on teaching the fundamentals of the game and basic basketball skills. Girls in the house divisions (grades 4 to 8) have one practice and one game each week. League play begins in December and registration includes a game shirt for each player. Registration forms are available on the PGBL website at www.plymouthgirlsbasketball.org.

The PGBL also sponsors four travel teams that play in the South Shore Girls Basketball League. Tryouts will be announced in September and are open to all interested girls in grades 5-8. Girls are not required to play in the house divisions.

The Plymouth Girls Basketball League Summer Skills Clinics schedule has been finalized. They start with sessions for grades 2 to 4 that will be held Tuesday nights starting July 9 through Aug. 13 and grades 5 to 8 clinics will be held Thursday nights starting July 11 through Aug. 15. All of the clinics will be held at PCIS from 6:30 to 8 and the cost is $5 per session or $25 for all six weeks. Call Diana Hamblin at 508-747-1358 with any questions.

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Girls lacrosse league

New on the South Shore this summer, a Girls High School Lacrosse League, Wednesday nights at Pottle Fields in Kingston. Seven games on a shortened field; 9v9 format. Open to all girls entering grades 9 through 12. No experience necessary. Teams wanted. Not a club league. Charge is $100 per player, 15 player teams. U.SS Lacrosse membership included. (Discount $25 for current U.S. Lacrosse members). Certified U.S. Lacrosse HS umpires. Athletic trainer/EMT on site for all games. From July 3 through Aug. 14. Contact Mike Massmann at 617-510-1008 or email xxmm3316@gmail.com for more information or to sign up. First eight teams signed up are in. Singles accepted and encouraged.

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Fencing lessons

?Not Zorro, but close? is the motto of the South Shore SaEF Fencing Clubs. Summer courses have begun in Kingston and Quincy. See www.Fencing-SaEF.com for details.

Kingston: Sundays at 222 Main St. (Route 106), Beal Hall of the U.U. Church.

1:30 to 3 p.m., subject and age group still open. Must advise you will attend. Call 508-866-1066 or email Fencing_SaEF@comcast.net one day before coming.

3 to 4:30 p.m., subject and age group still open. Must advise you will attend. Call 508-866-1066 or email Fencing_SaEF@comcast.net one day before coming.

5 to 7 p.m., advanced fencing including with electronic scoring, all ages. Advanced fencers welcome.

In Kingston, there is also the option of fencing midweek, upon request. Offered: ages 8-10 and adults SabreK; ages 8-11 and adults Foil 1; ages 11-13 Foil 1; teens/adults Foil, Sabre, Epee. Cost of classes: $230 for 10 hours of group lessons.

Quincy: Thursdays at 100 Brooks Ave., the Ward 4 Community Center.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m., subject and age group still open.

5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Foil 1, kids 9-11 and one adult per family.

6:30 to 8 p.m., advanced fencing, all ages.

8 to 9:30 p.m., private and semi-private lessons.

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Junior Olympic Archery Program

The Monument Beach Sportsman?s Club of Bourne offers a Junior Olympic Archery Program. JOAD is a program of USA Archery (a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee) that is designed to teach archery to young people, over a series of classes taught by a certified archery instructor or coach. JOAD offers both recurve and compound archers the opportunity to learn range safety and proper shooting technique in an environment that also fosters focus, increased self-confidence, and team building skills. JOAD is open to any youth archer aged 8 to 20 and is designed to grow with the youth archer.

The club?s introductory JOAD classes teach the fundamentals of proper archery shooting form. As the young archer develops, they will learn more advanced techniques. Both recurve and compound bows are used in club activities and in tournaments. JOAD archers who use a compound bow can train to compete in local and regional tournaments, and can earn a seat on a youth world team to compete in other countries representing the United States on behalf of USA Archery. Recurve archers can compete likewise, with the added benefit of being able to use their recurve bow to try out for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Archery team, which is selected and managed by USA Archery. For more information about the Monument Beach Sportsman?s Club JOAD program or other youth programs offered by the Club, interested parents can visit the Club?s website www.monumentbeachsports.com or contact Garett Pennucci at mbscjoad@gmail.com.

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Kingfish Swimming

Kingfish Swimming, based in Kingston and Duxbury, started up the spring session of its recreational arm of the swim team in February.

After years of serving as a United States Swimming team, Kingfish Swimming has decided to expand its program offerings to account for the growing level of interest in swimming on the South Shore. Kingfish Head Coach Jay Craft has coached swimming on the South Shore for more than 20 years, and himself was an Olympic Trials qualifier and an NCAA All-American.

The new recreational team will be open to kids aged 6-17 of all ability levels, and based at the Percy Walker Pool in Duxbury. Participants will be able to swim anywhere from one to four times per week, with a focus on developing good stroke technique and improving general fitness.

The practices are Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons and Saturday and/or Sunday mornings. For more information, contact Jay Craft at 617-797-8653 or jcraft@kingfishswimming.com, or visit the website at www.kingfishswimming.com.

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Special Olympics

Plymouth Special Olympics is a year-round program of sports training and competition in a variety of sports for individuals with developmental disabilities. The program develops physical fitness, prepares participants for entry into, school and community programs, and develops friendships among Special Olympians, their families and the community. Members, volunteers, siblings and friends are invited to participate. For information, email Amy Reynolds at amy.rey@spm1.com.

Source: http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/sports/x1592809419/SPORTS-NOTEBOOK-July-31?rssfeed=true

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