BY SUE GLEITER

[email protected]
With parking in Harrisburg
costing $3 an hour, many city
restaurant and bar owners
say business is taking a hit.
For one, happy hour in Har-
risburg is nearly dead while
Saturday business at many
city restaurants and bars is
down. At least one restaurant,
Zias at Red Door is closing,
partly because of the higher
parking rates, its owner, Roc-
co Roma, said.
More people are going to
start leaving Harrisburg in
droves, said Mike Moran,
owner of MoMos BBQ &
Grill on Market Street.
In March, digital parking
meters went live in Harris-
burg, bringing with them lon-
ger hours and higher rates.
Meter rates doubled from
$1.50 to $3 an hour with the
times extended by two hours on
weekdays from 5 to 7 p.m. In ad-
dition, parking rates are now in
efect on Saturdays.
Spotty storms
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FINAL EDITION
TUESDAY
JULY 22, 2014
U.S. BORDER CRISIS
State braces
for inux of
immigrant
children
BY IVEY DEJESUS
[email protected]
In the coming weeks, commu-
nities across Pennsylvania will
see the arrival of some Central
American children who have
ocked to the U.S. border, as au-
thorities relocate them to tempo-
rary housing to await hearings.
Some community groups, such
as the Bethany Childrens Home
in Berks County, have been pro-
viding temporary housing for
several weeks. Others, such as
the United Methodist Home for
Children in Lower Allen Twp.,
are preparing to provide shelter.
The United Methodist Home
for Children has not taken in any
children from Central America
yet, and it continues to assist
children sent to it from the local
county courts systems, Karen
Best, the groups board of trust-
ees chairwoman, said.
The home has been approved to
receive a grant from the U.S. De-
partment of Health and Human
Services to provide temporary
shelter services beginning in
August, according to the homes
President and CEO David Reed.
In staying true to the homes
history and mission, we are
committed to providing a safe
and caring environment for any
children who, through no fault of
their own, are in desperate need

The notion
that the
children
would be
returned
to their
families is
fantasy. ...
They dont
have a
family to be
returned to.
STACIE BLAKE,
spokeswoman for the U.S.
Committee for Refugees
and Immigrants
Please see HOUSING on Page A2
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GAMBLING REVENUE
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Last year, Pennsylvania saw its rst dip in
gross revenue since the states rst casino
opened in 2006. The state has continued
adding casinos since then and legalized
table games in 2010.
Revenue from slots
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and table games
Number of casinos (X)
Pennsylvania, which has passed New Jersey
to become the nations No. 2 casino market,
can learn from Atlantic Citys woes.
From staff and wire reports
I
s struggling Atlantic
City the crystal ball of
Pennsylvanias gambling
future?
Not if were careful
about it, at least one mar-
ket expert believes.
In the 36th year of casino
gambling in Atlantic City,
which not long ago had a
monopoly on the East Coast,
the casino industry is crashing
with a suddenness and a fury
that has caught many people
by surprise.
Atlantic City started the year
with 12 casinos; by mid-Sep-
tember, it could have eight.
The Atlantic Club shut down
in January, taken down by two
rivals, stripped for parts and
closed in the name of reducing
competition, eliminating 1,600
jobs.
In recent weeks, the own-
ers of the Showboat and
Trump Plaza announced plans
to close, and Revel, which
opened two years ago, said it,
too, will close if a buyer cant
be found in a bankruptcy court
auction next month. That
would put nearly 8,000 work-
ers about a quarter of the
citys casino workforce on
the street.
Please see BETS on Page A2
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Pennsylvania
congressmen back
dueling legislation
to address crisis,
Page A2.
Gov. Rick Perry will
deploy up to 1,000
National Guard troops
to the Texas, Mexico
border in the next
month, Page A7.
United Methodist Home for Children in Lower Allen Twp.
could take children starting in August. The immigrants
would be eligible to attend local schools, ofcials say,
but most dont qualify for deportation amnesty.
HARRISBURG
Are city parking
rates driving out
local business?
The cost increase means more open spaces and fewer
customers, downtown restaurant owners say.
Red Lands shot at redemption
The team faces a must-win game against Montoursville after falling
13-4 in the state Little League tournament. STORY IN SPORTS
Please see PARKING on Back Page
BY JEREMY ELLIOTT
[email protected]
CARLISLE
l
A Cumberland Coun-
ty jurys decision Monday denied
a paralyzed former sprint car rac-
er the nancial security he was
seeking for the rest of his life.
It also reinforced that when a
driver signs a waiver before going
into the speedway, it is binding.
John Westbrook sued Wil-
liams Grove Speedway in Mon-
roe Twp. for negligence in a 2008
crash that left him a quadriplegic.
Westbrook ipped over the turn
1 guardrail and went down a steep
drop-of leading to an access road.
In his suit, he and attorney David
Inscho claimed that if a catch fence
had been in place, the driver would
not have sufered his injuries.
Inscho argued
that because the date
line and witness line
were not lled in on
the waiver-release
Westbrook signed
the night of his
crash, it was not a
valid document.
On Monday, the
jury disagreed.
Eight men and four
women deliberated for three hours
before coming back with a verdict
that said the waiver-release signed
by Westbrook was valid and that
the speedway is not liable.
Williams Grove Speedway man-
agement was unavailable for com-
ment. Defense attorney Brigid Al-
ford gave a brief statement exiting
the courtroom.
On behalf of my client, we feel
that the evidence fully supported
their verdict, Alford said.
Westbrook left the courtroom in
silence, staring ahead when asked
to comment.
Were disappointed, obviously,
by the verdict, Inscho said. Well
evaluate the legal rulings to deter-
mine whether post-trial motions
and appeal to Superior Court are
warranted.
Racetrack ofcials applauded
the jurys decision.
I think this is good for the rac-
ing industry, said Alan Kreitzer,
who is part of the ownership team
at Lincoln Speedway. It says that
the waiver-release was recognized
as being valid. Im just glad it came
back the way it did.
There was reason for the industry
SPRINT CAR RACING
Racetrack
waivers
binding,
jury says
WESTBROOK
Please see RACING on Back Page
John Westbrook, paralyzed after a
2008 crash, had argued that Williams
Grove Speedway was negligent for
not having a catch fence.
BUSY SUMMER
BEFORE THE POLLS
With Gov. Tom Corbett lagging
behind Democratic challenger
Tom Wolf in several polls, analysts
and party insiders say it should be
a busy summer for the guber-
natorial candidates. Read what
analysts say Corbett has to do to
come out on top.
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INSIDE
OUR VIEW: Citys
parking rates are a
necessary evil,
Page A14