Anthony probably could forget his dog is even nearby But whether he's right beside him or yards away Fin "Fineaus" never takes his gaze off his owner It is because of that amazing bonding and Fin's extensive training that the two will head to Vendenheim Mondioring is a European dog sport that tests the ability of the canine to protect both itself and its handler The competition consists of three sections: obedience the owner of Anthony's Balanced Canine — or AB Canine — in Center Township it is the training of his own dog that has resulted in the opportunity of a lifetime "Fin is the perfect dog," Anthony said of his soon-to-be 5-year-old who captured the first Mondioring competition in Pennsylvania in 2013 and is considered the sixth-best Mondioring 3 dog in the United States started conducting field trials for dogs in the 1980s "I had dogs all my life growing up and they always fascinated me," he said "I was always interested in their intelligence and what they were capable of doing." He served as a police officer in Midland and Ohioville before becoming police chief in Industry in 1992 His first police K-9 was a Belgian Malinois named Gideon "and I got really familiar with the species." Anthony went on to become a bodyguard for chief executive officers of two Fortune 500 companies and used his personal dogs to help with their protection he and Nichole Busick-Felouzis became partners in AB Canine "I had nothing when I started out," he said I was training dogs around a burn barrel in Midland "But this is something I was passionate about Business began to pick up when Anthony and Busick-Felouzis opened their current location on Elkhorn Road in Center But as AB Canine grew and Anthony acquired Fin and began to train him in earnest So he began to assemble a staff — made up of all volunteers many of whom had problem dogs of their own when they walked in the door Those volunteers now handle much of the training and conduct classes for him And as Anthony's team joined forces to cover the various aspects of training he says something amazing began to happen — dogs thought to be untrainable and unreachable began to be saved "A lot of dogs who come here were scheduled to be euthanized and a caring individual took a look at them said Let's try to save this dog,'" Anthony said "This is the last chance for a lot of these dogs," said volunteer Tammi Potts a Hopewell Township resident who has spent the last three years with Anthony and now is in charge of K9 nose work at AB where death row was called the 'Green Mile.'" Do Anthony and his staff ever fail with a dog that just can't be rehabilitated "There is no failure when we are training a dog," Anthony said "It would be a failure if we couldn't fix it "Usually it's a matter of working through the layers of stress to find out why the dog is reactive then you start with modifying its behavior." no longer is a partner in AB Canine (she still makes frequent visits to the Centerlocation and helps when she can) Anthony now relies on a staff that is led by his girlfriend who handles scheduling and manages the everyday operation Ashley Majetic of Hopewell Township works with the weight pull and bully breed classes; Cherrie Nichols of Patterson Heights with the behavior class; Kayla Long of Rochester with the bully breed class; Dave Thomas of Patterson Heights is involved in boot camp and doggie day care; and Jason Pearce of Aliquippa wears a bite suit to serve as a decoy during dog training The group does community service work and partners with the Beaver County Humane Society where it provides free training and holds a birthday party for the dogs each year we have our little spats and you might see a temper tantrum here and there but it takes every one of these people to see the dogs and their humans succeed." Anthony credits several mentors for his training capabilities First came world-class trainer Tecla Walton of Baltimore He now works extensively with another world-class trainer It is Dunlap who is helping him prepare Fin for competition in France Although Anthony and Fin technically are alternates Anthony said there usually are openings among the 50 spots available from throughout the world Fin's best Mondioring score is 334 out of a perfect 400 Fin will have to prove he is proficient at food refusal (judges will put plates of food in his face and he cannot react or receive commands from Anthony) the dog has to protect his owner who is being attacked Anthony is looking for a larger building to handle his increased business "This little building has served us very well "We've bid to have the Mondioring nationals come to Beaver County which will be a really big deal if we're able to get it." Although dog training is Anthony's livelihood these days he said the satisfaction he gets from helping — and in many cases saving — a dog is what keeps him going "If we are making progress with a dog with behavioral problems and the owner comes to pick him up Let's keep going with him a little longer.' We don't ever walk out the door while there is progress being made "I've had people call me at 11 o'clock at night crying Everyone else told me there was no other option but to put him down.' Fin himself sleeps in bed with Anthony every night but he's also my pet," Anthony said as Fin looked at him adoringly and came close for a snuggle "We're a team in every sense of the word." East Stroudsburg University returns all five starters and nine total letterwinners from its first season under head coach Maureen Smith but plenty of new faces will be on the floor when the season tips off today at Koehler Fieldhouse Three incoming players are projected to be in the starting lineup joining sophomore guard Andrea Veres and senior guard Cyara Woodridge with a host of returners and newcomers competing for playing time as the season plays out The Warriors should be at least two deep at every position She was a five-time PSAC East Freshman of the Week and led the Warriors with 265 points and was third among PSAC freshmen in scoring (10.2 ppg) assists (3.4 apg) and steals (2.2 spg) as part of an impressive rookie year Veres was forced into action at point guard last year and will be back at her natural position at shooting guard as a sophomore thanks to the addition of a pair of newcomers redshirt freshman Steph Cabald and freshman Ryann Fiascki played four seasons of club basketball in Europe and took a redshirt a year ago She will open the season as the starter and share time with Fiascki who won a state title as a sophomore and was the state runner-up as a senior at Archbishop Carroll while earning two All-Main Line and All-Delco honors Junior Barb Borst is a long range threat as the backup at shooting guard making 84 three-pointers over her first two seasons She was fourth on the team with 8.0 ppg last season Three other players will look for time in the backcourt in junior Angel Gaffney junior Ashley Slater (Northampton CC) and freshman Jasmine Jones (Avon Grove) Woodridge led the Warriors with 12.8 points per game in 12 games during an injury-shortened junior season She played four minutes of the season opener and didn't return until January where she scored double figures in her first eight games including a pair of 20-point games She shot a team-high 47 percent and also pulled down 4.0 rebounds per game Woodridge will be one of three seniors to see floor time this season along with forwards Brittany McClain and Jennifer Scherer Woodridge and McClain will serve as tri-captains along with Gaffney McClain averaged 9.6 points and 4.3 rebounds and had 46 steals and 18 blocks in her second season with the program Scherer has played 70 games with 43 starts over the last three years and put up 6.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game as a junior The post positions will see an influx of new talent with junior transfer Fayola Moise and freshman Jessica Martin holding starting spots and freshmen Kelsey Murray and Elizabeth Higley will also provide key contributions Junior center Kelly Sorber led ESU with 6.7 rebounds per game and had 44 blocks last season but will miss the year due to injury a two-time New Jersey Athletic Conference selection at Wallkill Valley had 1,020 points and 780 rebounds in her high school career She is a second generation Warrior following her father who was a four-time All-PSAC linebacker and a sixth-round NFL draft choice by the Buffalo Bills in 1988 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page An original orchestra called Transparences is about to present its latest work at a concert in Vendenheim near Strasbourg on Thursday a French jazz musician and science historian It is the fruit of historical and musical research Some of the orchestra's objectives are to rediscover and let others know about the repertoire of glass instruments and exploring new sound horizons while also creating new instruments based on the acoustic richness of the glassmaker's materials the orchestra plays an original repertoire written for these instruments which include glass bells chimes and seraphs (sets of drinking glasses) The musical use of glass bells and struck glass is thought to have originated in the 15th century please register for free or log in to your account Currently, travelling from Luxembourg to Strasbourg by train takes at least two hours. The new high-speed rail tracks will also shorten the travel time between Strasbourg and Paris from 2.20 to 1.50 hours. The bill for the project is footed by France, as the new tracks are located in Lorraine and Alsace, between Baudrecourt, Metz, Nancy and Vendenheim, the closest TGV stop to Strasbourg. The regions will have to raise 2.1 billion euros for the project. The European Investment Bank on Tuesday granted a 120 million euro loan to the Lorraine region for the infrastructure development. 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