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Crisp is the only remaining player from Melvin's first day on the job.

Never has the roster realignment been more pronounced than the one Melvin will be working with at the start of Spring Training later this month.

The A's have enjoyed success under Melvin's direction. They advanced to the postseason in each of the past three campaigns. But after being eliminated in a five-game American League Division Series in 2012 and '13, they were knocked out in the AL Wild Card Game last season.

That's not enough to satisfy the A's, who are looking for their first World Series championship since 1989, after coming up short in their last 10 postseason appearances. General manager Billy Beane tried to change that in the middle of last season, when he dealt three prospects to the Cubs on July 5 for pitchers Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija. He followed up on that bold move on July 31, when he not only sent Tommy Milone to the Twins for outfielder Sam Fuld, but he also traded outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox for left-hander Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes.

Fuld is the only one of the five in-season additions still with the A's, who head to Arizona with only two members of last year's Opening Day lineup projected to be on the card Melvin fills out for this year's April 6 opener against the Rangers (center fielder Crisp and right fielder Josh Reddick).

Fuld has taken over in left field and Stephen Vogt at catcher. Offseason additions Billy Butler (DH), Ike Davis (first base), Marcus Semien (shortstop) and Ben Zobrist (second base) all project as starters, too.

No team in the big leagues has undergone a bigger makeover than the A's.

Surf's up

With a new front office in San Diego, the Padres have shaken things up in an effort to earn their first postseason berth since 2006. Every other National League West team has made at least two postseason appearances since then.

The Padres have a new outfield, with the additions of Justin Upton in left, Wil Myers in center and Matt Kemp in right. They also picked up third baseman Will Middlebrooks and catcher Derek Norris.

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February 7, 2015 - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) Ontario Fury Welcome to CITIZENS BUSINESS BANK ARENA for tonight's MAJOR ARENA SOCCER LEAGUE game between the visiting Sacramento Surge and the ONTARIO FURY. This is the fourth and final meeting between the two teams this season, with Ontario holding a 3-0 edge in the season series. Tonight's game is presented by National Community Core Renaissance.

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ABOUT THE FURY

LAST GAME: Beat Sacramento Surge, 11-10, Jan. 31

NEXT GAME: vs. San Diego Sockers, 7 p.m., Feb. 12 at Citizens Business Bank Arena. It is the Fury's final regular season home game in 2014-15.

LAST GAME ROUNDUP: Ontario held a four-goal lead at halftime at Sacramento, and held on as the host Surge rallied to within a goal twice in the second half. Jamar Beasley and Johnny Topete each scored four goals, while Guto Machado had one goal and five assists for Ontario.

LEAGUE HONORS: Both Jamar Beasley and Guto Machado's performances last week landed them on the MASL Team of the Week, which was announced Wednesday. Beasley had seven goals and two assists in the Fury's games in Turlock and Sacramento. Against the Surge, he had four goals and two assists to join the Fury's six-point club. Machado, meanwhile, had a six-point performance against Sacramento (1 goal, 5 assists). Beasley and Machado are the third and fourth players to reach the six-point mark in team history (no one has more than six points in a game).

ANOTHER RECORD: Machado's five assists also bested a team record, as he surpassed Tiguinho, and player-coach Bernie Lilavois with the most assist in a single game. Tiguinho had posted four assists in a game twice, while Lilavois had four in a game earlier this season.

LATE ADDITIONS: The MASL trade deadline was Feb. 1, and the Fury were busy picking up extra help for the playoffs. Before their road trip, Ontario signed free agent Bronil Koochie and traded for Warren Ukah from Las Vegas. After Saturday's game, Ontario received Art Pulido and Juan Gonzalez from Turlock in exchange for cash considerations. Pulido and Gonzalez will be eligible to play in tonight's game.

GOING STREAKING: The Fury are in the midst of their second five-game winning streak of the season, and have won 11 of their last 13 games.

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CHIPPEWA FALLS Construction of single-family and multi-family homes fell sharply in 2014 in Chippewa Falls, but the number of permits issued and revenue collected increased.

Paul Lasiewicz, city building inspector, released his annual report last week, which shows there were seven new single-family homes built, along with eight new multi-family units.

In comparison with the 15 new structures built last year, there were 29 new houses, duplexes or apartment buildings constructed in the city in 2013, including 19 multi-family units. The increase in multi-family structures is a noticeable trend in the city; there were no multi-family complexes constructed in 2011, but eight were built in 2012.

The largest of the multi-family homes a 12-unit complex on Sunshine Circle adjacent to U.S. 53 is valued at $825,000. Four eight-unit complexes also were built, each at a value of $600,000.

The seven new homes built in 2014 have a combined value of $1.6 million. In comparison, the 10 new homes built in 2013 had a combined value of $1.35 million. While the number of new homes built did fall from 2013, it is still up from the four single-family homes built in 2011 and six new homes in 2012.

There were 314 total building permits issued in 2014, up slightly from 304 last year and 302 in 2012. Total fees collected on those 314 permits were $107,600, up from $91,996 in 2013 and $78,859 in 2012.

The total revenue collected by the city inspectors office including building, electrical, heating and plumbing permits jumped to $169,619 from $146,198 last year.

A $5 million expansion at Southview Elementary, 615 A St., was the largest project completed in the city last year. The district added a 24,700-square-foot wing onto the school.

Tied for the largest project in 2014 was the EOG Resources sand processing plant at 1425 Highway S in the northeast corner of the city. The company constructed a new building to store wet and dry sand at a cost of $5 million.

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As Christians took to streets of Delhi over recent attacks on churches, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday promised to step up security at their religious places amid his assertion that any discrimination on the basis of religion will not be tolerated.

He said an impartial inquiry has been ordered into the recent incidents as a delegation of Christian leaders met him to say that five churches were attacked in the last two and a half months in Delhi and holy relics and holy communion were destroyed but police was doing nothing.

The home minister told the delegation that the government would not tolerate any discrimination on the basis of caste, colour or religion, a Home Ministry official said.

Singh also instructed Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi to make proper arrangements for the security of churches and other places of worship, he said.

The delegation gave a memorandum to him demanding security for Christians and their places of worship.

Meanwhile, members of the community staged a major protest in the city on the eve of assembly polls, accusing the government of inaction and wondered why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent on the issue.

Police detained over 200 protesters from outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral in central Delhi when they tried to march towards the residence of the Home Minister in a high security area.

A number of priest and elderly persons including women were picked up police and forced into buses. Some protesters, carrying placards, squatted on the road demanding protection to the churches.

Father Dominic Emanuel, a senior leader of Delhi Catholic Archdiocese and a number of elderly persons were seen picked up police and forced into buses. Some protesters, carrying placards, sought justice to the community and protection to the churches.

"We have detained the protesters and they have been taken to Parliament Street police station. They did not have permission to protest outside the church and we cannot allow them to protest on public roads," Joint Commissioner of Police Mukesh Meena told reporters.

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Armstrong County is sending five maintenance workers back to school.

The county is spending $2,000 to send three public works employees and two jail maintenance workers to Lenape Technical School to learn how to repair heating and cooling systems, said Dan Lucovich, director of human resources.

If our workers know how to do this, we should be able to save money by doing repairs in-house instead of going out for contractors, Lucovich said. Any heating or cooling repair is expensive, so we figure the county will stand to save money by having our guys trained to handle it.

Public Works Director Roy Carney said roughly half of all maintenance issues are related to problems with ventilation systems in county buildings. Carney, who's trained in heating, ventilation and air conditioning system repair, now handles most of that kind of work for the county.

While most of the maintenance workers have a basic understanding of HVAC repair, Carney said he wants to make sure they are all properly trained.

It's really hard for me to get out and fix every issue, especially because we have so many buildings, Carney said. Having more people properly trained means we'll be able handle more issues quickly. It's really a good investment.

It marks the second time the county has sent its maintenance employees back to school. Last year, several attended Lenape Technical School to brush up on their electrical wiring skills, Lucovich said.

We're really fortunate to have a great educational resource like Lenape Technical School in the county, said Armstrong County Commissioners Chairman Dave Battaglia said. When we can use our own educational facilities and do our own repairs, everybody wins.

Brad Pedersen is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-543-1303, ext. 1337, or bpedersen@tribweb.com.

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