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HOUSTON, Texas How far hasCarlos Carrasco come this season?

Carrasco was so good Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park that it took the best hitter in baseball to deny him a no-hitter. Carrasco coped nicely, settling for the first two-hit shutout of his career in the Indians 2-0 victory over the Astros.

Houston's two hits belonged to Jose Altuve, who leads the big leagues with 213 hits. The two hits never left the infield and if played differently Carrasco might be the owner of a no-hitter today.

Still, the night was not about two coulda, shoulda, woulda plays. The night was about Carrasco and the continued rebirth of his career.

He is 5-1 with a 1.17 ERA in eight starts since rejoining the rotation on Aug. 10. The eight starts include 59 strikeouts, seven walks and seven earned runs in 54 innings.

Wednesday night Carrasco set a career high with 12 strikeouts. It took him only 98 pitches as he threw 76 percent of them (74-for-98) for strikes.

"Everything I'm doing now is about the three months I spent in the bullpen," said Carrasco.

Which explains why about 15 minutes before game time, Carrasco was in the clubhouse with only half his uniform on. The bullpen taught him to relax.

After being sent to the pen after four poor April starts, Carrasco helped pack the backpack full of goodies for the rest of the relievers. He wasn't a rookie, but he was a rookie reliever and that's what they do.

He learned that the often grim routine of being a starter, one day of action followed by four or five days of grinding through workouts and worry was not the only way to pitch and succeed.

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By Frank Vaisvilas Correspondent September 17, 2014 5:06PM

The Lucchese family, including (pictured left to right) mother, Courtney, 2-year-old Anika, 1-year-old Vinnie and father Giuseppe. | Supplied photo

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A fundraiser to benefit a Rockford family whose baby boy was born with a rare combination of three congenital heart defects will be held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Oak Lawn, 9514 S. 52 Ave., on Sunday.

The event is being organized in part by Brian Bleakley, who met the family while they were all staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Oak Lawn, which provides lodging for families whose children are undergoing treatment at Advocate Childrens Hospital.

Bleakleys sons were born premature, and he said the Lucchese family had been welcoming and kind to his family even though their son, Vincent, had been undergoing several open heart surgeries.

Bleakley said he saw how heavily burdened the family was financially with expenses adding up, such as gas money to travel between Rockford and Oak Lawn and cellphone bills.

Still worse, Vincents father, Giuseppe Lucchese, recently had lost his job because of the days he missed caring for his son.

It just kind of tugged on our hearts that they didnt have the resources to keep them together, Bleakley said. These are really good people.

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A man mowing his lawn was injured Wednesday after a Davenport Police squad was pushed into the man after it was struck broadside by another car, police said.

The Iowa State Patrol is investigating the crash that occurred at 5:59 p.m. at the intersection of Division and Lombard streets.

The Davenport squad car was southbound on Division Street in the inside lane when the driver of a vehicle heading west on Lombard Street proceeded through the stop sign at the intersection, police said.

The police squad was hit on the driver's side, even as the officer tried to avoid the crash by moving to the outside southbound lane.

Police said the impact sent the squad into a fire hydrant, knocking it off its mounts. The squad then struck a man who had been mowing his lawn.

The injured man, Jeff Hartman, 44, was taken to Genesis Medical Center-East Rusholme Street, Davenport, to be treated for his injuries that police said were non-life-threatening, but still relatively serious. His condition was not available late Wednesday.

The officer went to Genesis Medical Center-West Lombard Street, Davenport, for examination.

Lynn Hauser, 69, driver of the car that struck the squad, refused treatment and remained at the scene with the Iowa State Patrol.

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By - Associated Press - Wednesday, September 17, 2014

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Shreveports long awaited dog park is closer to fruition now the city has entered into a contract with landscape architect Lloyd Overdyke.

Shelly Ragle, Shreveport Public Assembly and Recreation director, tells The Times (http://bit.ly/1mewCUS ) the contract - with a budget of about $26,000 - was finalized at the end of last week.

The public will be presented with Overdykes working concept once hes met with the Shreveport Dog Park Alliance and the contract is routed through city purchasing and mayoral offices. The latter process is expected to take 10 to 15 days.

The city council approved moving forward with selecting a dog park designer in January, and bids opened May 8. Despite past contentions, Ragle says dog park plans are moving forward.

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DALLAS An Earth-Kind Landscape Design and Management School will be held Oct. 3-5 in Building E of the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center, 17360 Coit Road in Dallas.

An Earth-Kind Landscape Design and Management School led by Dr. Steven George will be held Oct. 3-5 in Building E of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Jeff Floyd)

Extended, personalized design consultations will be given a few weeks after the program, said Dr. Steve George, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service landscape specialist. George is the creator of the Earth-Kind Environmental Landscape Management System and will serve as lead instructor in addition to conducting the personalized post-program design consultations.

Class times for the program will be from 6-9:30 p.m. Oct. 3, from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Oct. 4 and from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 5.

During this unique educational experience, you will learn how to design, plant, and manage a landscape that is beautiful, low maintenance, drought tolerant and the ultimate in environmental responsibility, George said.

He said the course will be presented in a time and travel efficient format, and will consist of in-depth classroom instruction, an outdoor laboratory session, a field trip to tour Earth-Kind plant trials and a personalized 1.5 hour landscape design consultation to be given a few weeks after the program.

George said no prior plant, design or landscape management knowledge is needed, and those attending the school will learn how to:

Design, plant, and manage a beautiful, low-maintenance, environmentally responsible landscape.

Work with Mother Nature to protect homes and communities.

Reduce irrigation use in landscape beds by 70 percent, and totally eliminate fertilizers and harsh pesticides on the plants, as well as reduce the amount of pruning needed.

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September is a pivotal month in the garden because you are adding colorful perennials to freshen your landscape, starting preparations for winter, while at the same time setting the stage for next spring. Its an excellent time to reflect on your current garden by walking around your yard, making notes, and even taking pictures in preparation for planning next years garden.

Here are some activities for the September gardener:

Decorate porch, patio and landscape with mums, pansies and other colorful, cold-tolerant annuals.

Continue deadheading perennials, with the exception of those plants where seeds, leaves or pods provide winter interest and serve as food for birds.

Plant, divide and transplant selected perennials. Keep them well watered.

Cut back to the ground perennials exhibiting powdery mildew, such as tall phlox, peonies and bee balm. Dont dispose of diseased plants in your compost pile.

Stop pruning all trees, shrubs and roses, until they are fully dormant. Pruning encourages new growth that wont have time to harden off before winter. Fall pruning of spring flowering shrubs, which have already set their buds, such as lilacs, forsythia, viburnum and rhododendron, will reduce their spring flower display.

September is a good time for planting container-grown and balled and burlapped trees and shrubs.

Continue watering landscape throughout September and October, particularly recently installed plants. Stressed plants dont overwinter well.

Cooler weather is on the way, but you still have plenty of great gardening days remaining. September is the best time to reflect on the passing season and build anticipation for next spring.

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Cannon Hill Park may be a beloved and classic example of an Olmsted Brothers park on Spokanes South Hill, but the pond at its center has quickly become a point of contention for itsneighbors.

This summer, the pond became muddy and opaque, leading local residents to question why. Some of them blamed swales along nearby Lincoln Street, said Park Director LeroyEadie.

A recent report from AHBL, a green infrastructure firm, said this isnt true. Treated stormwater from Lincoln Street accounts for less than 2 percent of the ponds entire volume on an average year. In

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Cannon Hill Park may be a beloved and classic example of an Olmsted Brothers park on Spokanes South Hill, but the pond at its center has quickly become a point of contention for itsneighbors.

This summer, the pond became muddy and opaque, leading local residents to question why. Some of them blamed swales along nearby Lincoln Street, said Park Director LeroyEadie.

A recent report from AHBL, a green infrastructure firm, said this isnt true. Treated stormwater from Lincoln Street accounts for less than 2 percent of the ponds entire volume on an average year. In 2013, that amounted to 390,000 gallons, said Marlene Feist, the city utilities spokeswoman. A really wet year will bring that total up to about 8percent.

Len Zickler, a landscape architect with AHBL, told the Spokane Park Board last week that treated stormwater was not muddying the pondwater.

Id like to dispel that perception, he told the board. AHBL was involved in landscaping the swales. The citys utilities department paid AHBL about $30,000 for the Cannon Hill pondstudy.

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