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>> TITLE BOUND?: Two local high school teams, the
Meyers boys and Nanticoke girls, will take on another challenge
along the path to a state basketball championship this Wednes-
day. The Trojanettes, named after ancient warriors fromthe
ancient city of Troy, will play Villa Maria Academy. And the
American Indian-inspired Mohawks will play Imhotep Charter
which sounds like it was named after an Egyptian mummy. The
sites and times for both games have not been determined yet.
When they are, we will let you know.
>> ACHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK: When Horatio
Thelonious Chip accidentally dropped a plate of sliced potatoes
into a vat of oil in1745, a snack food legend was born. OK, that
story is totally bogus. Tradition tells us that the potato chip was
really invented in1853 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Imagine that.
Well, to celebrate our favorite thin and crispy treat, someone
has set aside a day to honor the potato chip. That would be this
Wednesday. One would think enjoying some chips
while contemplating how tasty they are would be
a good way to note the occasion.
>> TOURNEYTIME: A quick glance at
this years NCAA basketball tournament
reveals that the field is for the birds. Why?
Because there are nine teams named after
our feathered friends. Cats also check in
with nine, dogs/wolves have eight and
horned farmanimals six. Bears are
popular with five teams. Belligerent
Irish folks impressed three teams, as
did Civil War figures. Greek myths
inspired three others, while one
teamis named after French fight-
ers and another after ancient
Mexicans. The rest draw inspiration fromAmerican Indians,
horse racing, chestnuts, rabbits, mountain men, badgers, wolve-
rines, colors and a mischievous elf-like creature conceived in a
dream. (Thats a Billiken, btw.) The first play-in games start on
Tuesday, but the action gets jumping on Thursday at noon.
>> SWEET GEORGIABROWN: Fromcollege basket-
balls big show to the best show on any court. The world-fa-
mous HarlemGlobetrotters will be in our area this
Friday to dazzle, delight, amaze and other cool
words. Come 7 p.m. at the Mohegan Sun Arena,
youll be asking Howd they do that? One word
of advice, though. When one of the Globetrotters
gets ready to throw a pail of water into the crowd,
dont panic. ITS CONFETTI! Sorry to spoil it.
>> AYE BEGORRAH: With all the parade festivities
this past weekend, it might have slipped your mind that
the actual St. Patricks Day is this Saturday. When the
real St. Patrick gave the snakes of Ireland their
marching papers in the fifth century, little did he
know that hundreds of years later, people would
remember himby drinking green beer and eating
cabbage. Hed be so proud.
THINGS
YOU NEED
TO KNOW
THIS WEEK
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Re-
publican presidential hopeful
Rick Santorum Sunday nudged
rival Newt Gingrich to step
aside, arguing a
head-to-head
contest be-
tween himself
and Mitt Rom-
ney should oc-
cur sooner rath-
er than later. A
defiant Gin-
grich predicted
victories in
Tuesdays pri-
maries in Ala-
bama and Mis-
sissippi and
called Romney
the weakest Re-
publican front-
runner in near-
ly a century.
Santorum
and Gingrich
were campaign-
ing hard two
days before
what has be-
come a poten-
tially decisive
Southernshowdownfor theGOP
field.
LosingAlabamaandMississip-
pi would effectively spell the end
for Gingrich, who has banked his
waning prospects on an all-
Southern strategy. The former
House speakers lone primary
wins have beeninSouthCarolina
andGeorgia, a state he represent-
ed in Congress for 20 years.
A win for Romney in Alabama,
where polling shows a tight con-
test between Romney, Gingrich
and Santorum, could all but
Candidates
battle for
victories
Santorum urges Gingrich to
step aside before key
primaries in the Deep South.
By BETH FOUHY
and PHILIP ELLIOTT
Associated Press
See BATTLE, Page 12A
Gingrich
Romney
Santorum
BALANDI, Afghanistan
Moving from house to house, a
U.S. Army sergeant opened fire
Sunday on Afghan villagers as
they slept, killing 16 people
mostly women and children in
an attack that reignited fury at
the U.S. presence following a
wave of deadly protests over
Americans
burning Qu-
rans.
The attack
threatened the
deepest breach
yet in U.S.-Af-
ghan relations,
raising ques-
tions in Wash-
ington and Ka-
bul about why
American
troops are still
fighting in Af-
ghanistan after
10 years of con-
flict and the
killing of Osa-
ma bin Laden.
The killing
spree, if true the worst atrocity
committed by U.S. forces during
the Afghan war, comes amid dee-
pening public outrage spurred by
last months Quran burnings and
an earlier video purportedly
showing U.S. Marines urinating
on dead Taliban militants.
The Quran burnings sparked
weeks of violent protests and at-
tacks that left about 30 Afghans
dead, despite an apology from
President Barack Obama. Six
U.S. service members were also
killed by their fellow Afghan sol-
diers, although the tensions had
just started to calm down.
Residents said Sundays attack
beganaround3 a.m. intwovillag-
es in Panjwai district, a rural re-
gion outside Kandahar that is the
cradle of the Taliban and where
See SHOOTINGS, Page 12A
WA R I N A F G H A N I S TA N
U.S. GI
allegedly
kills 16
villagers
Most of the dead are women
and children in an incident
that restokes tensions.
By HEIDI VOGT
and MIRWAIS KHAN
Associated Press
This is an
assassina-
tion, an
intentional
killing of
innocent
civilians
and cannot
be forgi-
ven.
Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan
president
A WAY WITH
WORDS
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
D
evin Reed, a sixth-grader
from Drums Elementary
Middle School, reacts after
spelling leechcraft to win
The Times Leader/Scripps
Northeast Pennsylvania Re-
gional Spelling Bee at the
Woodlands Inn & Resort in
Plains Township on Sunday
afternoon. For story, see 3A.
WILKES-BARRE -- I want hair
like this every day, 8-year-old
Jules Schepisi of Wilkes-Barre
said as she tossed her green tinsel
wig about.
Me too, me too, her friend
Amy Bonaldi, also
8 and of Wilkes-
Barre, agreed, shak-
ing a sparkling
green mane of her
own.
The girls have
come to the Wilkes-
Barre St. Patricks
Day Parade since
they were small
with their mothers,
Celine and Sarah.
They definitely enjoy watch-
ing it, Celine said, but I think
they really just like to hang out
together and get things like the
wigs. Last year all they wanted
WILKES-BARRE ST. PATRICKS DAY PARADE
Shamrockin
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
The Avalon String Band from Philadelphia marches in the 32nd Annual Wilkes-Barre St. Patricks Day Parade on
Sunday. The band was one of many musical acts that made its way down Main Street. For more photos, see 7A.
City revels in spectacle, Irish enthusiasm
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Liam Brown, 11 months, of Pittston, gets
some help from his mom, Dana Brown.
WILKES-BARRE -- While the
day of the Wilkes-Barre parade is
certainly a time for those lining
the streets to watch, its also a
good day for those in the business
of keeping the parade-goers occu-
pied and happy.
What would a parade be with-
out the blare of a plastic horn or
the sight of balloons waving in
the wind? Thats what vendors
like Goya Serru are for.
People go for the balloons
most, and the horns, he said.
Serru has been a street seller for
11 years now.
He said it can be a lucrative
For some, its
about makin
o the green
By SARA POKORNY
spokorny@timesleader.com
See SALES, Page 12A
By SARA POKORNY
spokorny@timesleader.com
See PARADE, Page 12A
For addi-
tional pho-
tos, see
Page 7A or
visit
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HARRISBURG No player
matched all five winning
numbers drawn in Sundays
Pennsylvania Cash 5 game
so the jackpot will be worth
$325,000.
Lottery officials said 102
players matched four num-
bers and won $142 each;
3,393 players matched three
numbers and won $7 each;
and 33,641 players matched
two numbers and won $1
each.
The winning numbers in
Saturday evenings drawing
of the "Powerball" game
were:
05-14-17-20-41
Powerball: 5
LOTTERY
MIDDAY DRAWING
DAILY NUMBER 6-9-9
DAILY NUMBER 9-6-6
BIG 4 4-7-6-4
QUINTO - 3-5-2-4-0
TREASURE HUNT
01-08-17-25-27
NIGHTLY DRAWING
DAILY NUMBER - 7-8-3
BIG 4 - 2-1-6-6
QUINTO - 1-7-4-9-6
CASH 5
05-11-12-27-30
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Issue No. 2012-072
Divorces sought and filed in the
Luzerne County Prothonotarys
Office from March 5 through 9,
2012:
Kelly Dyanick, Larksville, and
Charles Dyanick, Larksville
Donata Kowalski, Drums, and
Louis Kowalski Jr., Sugarloaf
Michele Koval, Wilkes-Barre, and
John Koval, Wilkes-Barre
Nancy Giraldi, Mountain Top, and
Samuel Giraldi, Mountain Top
Olubisi Ajayi, Wilkes-Barre, and
Felicia Ajayi, Wilkes-Barre
Roberta Zink, Hanover Township,
and David Zink, Hanover Town-
ship
Sarah Gifoli, Kingston, and An-
thony Gifoli, Kingston
Lisbeth Turner, Dallas, and Ray
Turner, Shavertown
Denise Stinnett, Drums, and
Howard Stinnett Jr., Drums
Susan Mosley, Lehman Township,
and Thomas Neary, Jr., Hunlock
Creek
Everal Eaton, West Wyoming, and
Diane Eaton, West Wyoming
Henry Gales, Hazleton, and
Lateefah Mullins, Stone Moun-
tain, Ga.
Sandra Goss, Sugar Notch, and
Lonnie Goss, Sweet Valley
Jennifer Makaravage, Wilkes-
Barre, and Frank Makaravage,
Wilkes-Barre
Melissa Campas-Hoffman, Lu-
zerne, and William Hoffman,
Luzerne
Maria Lopez-Lake, Hazleton, and
Andrew Lake, Hazleton
Carmelina Santana, West Hazle-
ton, and Rafael Santana, un-
known address
Robert Bucci, Plains Township,
and Sheila Bucci, Plains Town-
ship
Jeremy Samsel, Nescopeck, and
Stephanie Samsel, Scranton
Marriage license applications
filed in the Luzerne County
Register of Wills Office from
March 5 through 9, 2012:
Anthony M. Mushalla, Hanover
Township, and Elizabeth B. Goul-
stone, Hanover Township
David Cruz Vazquez, Hazleton,
and Deirin Judith Perez Feliz,
Hazleton
Edison Javier Pena, Hazleton,
and Carolina Jose, Hazleton
Christopher M. ODay, Wilkes-
Barre, and Rita M. Pisarcik,
Wilkes-Barre
Edwin J. Pena Garcia, Hazleton,
and Stefanie Mileidy Garcia,
Hazleton
Joseph F. McCullon, Jr., Old
Forge, and Amanda C. Heath, Old
Forge
Sergio M. Diaz, Wilkes-Barre, and
Gabriela Maria Garcia Gonzalez,
Wilkes-Barre
Russell R. Watkins, Mountain Top
and Marie Zorzi, Mountain Top
Peter M. Lieback, Jr., Duryea, and
Helen Anne Davis, Duryea
William A. Healey, Pittston, and
Jennifer M. Emery, Pittston
Michael R. Lent, Plains Township,
and Rosalina Breton, Plains
Township
Russell George Krobert, King-
ston, and Amy Decker, Kingston
Robert M. Serfass, Drums, and
Brenda M. Heckman, Drums
Anthony Michael Taylor, Hanover
Township, and Tamra Marie
Shotwell, Hanover Township
Eric Torres, Wilkes-Barre, and
Sharlene Sosa, Wilkes-Barre
Frank Mantione and Tina Panun-
ti, hometowns unavailable
Robert Eugene Price and Jessica
Marie Mink, hometowns un-
available
Rafael Orlando Tejeda and Bal-
briy A. Medina, hometowns
unavailable
Gurvinder Singh and Vanessa
Ineza, hometowns unavailable
Joseph Felker and Sarah El-
izabeth Grodzicki, hometowns
unavailable
PUBLIC RECORD
PLAINS TWP. Township
police reported the following:
James Dyer of Cliff Street,
Pittston, said he was assaulted,
robbed and his wifes car was
stolen from the Relax Inn on
state Route 315 where he was
smoking crack early Sunday
morning, police said.
Police said they responded to
a report of an assault at the
motel at 3:23 a.m. and met Dyer,
who said he had been driving
around Wilkes-Barre with an
unknown man and woman
smoking crack and ended up at
that motel. In room 228 they
continued to smoke crack and
the man assaulted Dyer, stole his
wallet containing $150 and
drove off in a gray, 2006 Honda
Accord with Pennsylvania li-
cense plate DLW-2656 around
3:20 a.m., police said. Dyer was
taken to Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
David Bartuska of Coxton
Road, Duryea, was charged with
simple assault, criminal mischief
and harassment after a domestic
disturbance in a room at the Red
Rood Inn on state Route 315.
Police said they responded to
the motel at 4:47 a.m. and spoke
to Amanda Braley of Wilkes-
Barre, who said her ex-boyfriend
Bartuska choked her and threw
her around the room. Braley was
taken to Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital for a medical eval-
uation. Bartuska was arrested
and arraigned by District Judge
James Dixon in Hazle Township,
who released him on his own
recognizance.
POLICE BLOTTER
PITTSBURGH Youve
probably heard of wine tastings.
Now, whiskey tastings are legal
in Pennsylvania too.
A new state law allows small
distilleries to give samples to
visitors and sell bottles of their
spirits directly to the public.
Thats big news for Wigle
Whiskey in Pittsburgh, which
opened to the public on Friday.
The distillery is namedafter Phi-
lip Wigle, who burned down the
home of a federal tax collector in
the 1790s and helped lead the
Whiskey Rebellion, a major test
of George Washingtons presi-
dency.
The rebels objected to one of
the first federal taxes on dis-
tilled spirits. Revenue from the
taxes was meant to provide the
poor and weak national govern-
ment with funds to pay off debts
from the Revolutionary War.
This guy, Philip Wigle, was
almost hung here 200 years ago
because he wanted to make a lit-
tle whiskey, said Eric Meyer,
one of an extended clan thats
trying to bring back what was
once a flourishing Pennsylvania
tradition. Wigle is one of just five
active distilleries in the state, ac-
cording to federal data and
Meyer.
We were Kentucky before
Kentucky, said Meyer, 31, who
notes that the famed Jim Beam
family was originally fromPenn-
sylvania. After Washington
raised an army to put down the
Whiskey Rebellion, part of the
peacemaking process was Ken-
tuckys offer of 60 acres of free
land for any family willing to
move west, and grow corn.
Meyer said many small distillers
took the offer, and started brew-
ing with the new crop.
Washington eventually gave
an official pardon to Wigle, who
had been charged with treason.
Mary Ellen Meyer said the
idea for a distillery came after
the family visited a winery in
Canada.
She recalled their adult chil-
dren saying, We could do some-
thing like this, but they didnt
want to do wine. On the long
drive home the family re-
searched possibilities on their
mobile devices, and learned that
white whiskey can be bottled
and sold immediately after dis-
tilling. Brown, or aged whiskey,
sometimes sits in barrels for
years before bottling.
When they got home the chil-
dren said, White whiskey.
Thats what weve got to make,
she recalls.
The family spent months
looking for a suitable space and
finally found one in Pittsburghs
Strip District, known for its food
markets.
We wanted something very
light and open and friendly for
the public, she said, of the archi-
tect-designed space that fea-
tures modern fixtures and ex-
posed steel beams, and a room
with tables and chairs.
Eric Meyer said it takes about
1,000 pounds of grain to produce
250 bottles of whiskey. The un-
aged white whiskey is the way
Wigle would have drunk his
whiskey, back in the 1790s. You
taste the rye, which has a spicier
taste.
The organic grain is milled in-
to a fine powder, mixed with wa-
ter, andstirredtoget anoatmeal-
like substance.
Whiskey is just distilled beer.
A lot of people dont realize
that, Meyer said.
The company also is making a
wheat whiskey, which is
smoother and creamier, and a
whiskey that will be aged in oak
barrels. Meyer said the familiar
brown whiskey color actually
comes from the wood, not the
brewing process. Really what
youre tasting is the wood, he
said.
So far the family is encour-
aged by the buzz around their
distillery, which is the first to op-
erate in Pittsburgh since Prohib-
ition.
AP PHOTO
Patti Tavelli, left, and Kelly Smith talk during the tasting session after a tour of the distillery at
Wigle Whiskey in Pittsburgh.
In the spirit of revolution
Pittsburgh distillery hosting
whiskey tastings, making
sales under new state law.
By KEVIN BEGOS
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
A part of the crowd lines up to buy some whiskey on the first
day Wigle Whiskey opened for retail sales in Pittsburgh.
DURYEA Police said Mark
Graziosi handcuffed his ex-girl-
friend, beat her with a shovel and
threatened to kill her at his Rasp-
berry Road house Saturday, when
she went there to retrieve her be-
longings.
Graziosi, 47, later freed the 44-
year-old woman from Pittston,
who was treated at an area hospi-
tal and released, police said.
Graziosi was arrested and ar-
raigned on a number of charges,
including kidnapping, aggravated
and simple assault and unlawful
restraint, and committed to the
Luzerne County Correctional Fa-
cility because he was unable to
post $150,000 bail.
Police withheld the womans
name.
In arrest papers filed against
Graziosi, Duryea police Chief
Nick Lohman and officer Brian
Russo said:
Theywent toaresidenceinPitt-
ston where they met the woman.
She showed themher injuries and
began to describe her ordeal. Po-
liceaskedher togototheir station
in Duryea to provide a sworn
statement, and she complied.
The woman said she went to
Graziosis house andfoundher be-
longings in the garage bay area.
She described Graziosi as acting
strange and he told her they need-
ed to sit down and talk as she put
things in her vehicle.
Alarmed by Graziosis behavior,
she tried to
leave, but he
grabbed her by
the shirt, pulled
her into the
house and
threwheronthe
couch. He
grabbed her
again and dragged her into the
bedroom, where he handcuffed
one of her arms to one of her an-
kles. He struck her in the upper
armwitha shovel froma fireplace,
then hit her in the foot and threat-
ened to kill her.
While she was restrained, Gra-
ziosi drove her vehicle into his ga-
rage and ran over her belongings.
He also took her cellphone.
Hetriedtotieupthewomanus-
ing a wire under his bed. But the
wire kept coming loose so he took
the wire from a lamp and tried to
hog tie her. The woman said he
stuffed a scarf in her mouth and
later tried to choke her with it.
At one point he triedtosexually
assault her, the woman said, but
she pleaded with him to release
her and allow her to go home to
get her cats and return to his
house.
After he untied her, her mother
called. As she spoke on her cell-
phone to her mother, Graziosi
stood behind her with the fire-
place shovel andthreatenedtokill
her if she said anything about
what was happening in his house.
He allowed her to leave and said if
she did not return he would kill
her, her mother and her cats.
After she finished talking to po-
lice, they went to Graziosis house
and arrested him. Police obtained
a searchwarrant to seize evidence
fromhis house.
Man charged in
assault, kidnap
Police say Mark Graziosi, 47,
cuffed ex-girlfriend and beat
her with a shovel.
By JERRY LYNOTT
jlynott@timesleader.com
Graziosi
LOS ANGELES Dr. Seuss
the Lorax has easily beaten Ed-
gar Rice Burroughs John Car-
ter at the weekend box office.
Studio estimates Sunday put
The Lorax at No. 1 for the sec-
ond-straight weekend as the ani-
mated adventure based on the
childrens book took in $39.1 mil-
lion. That raised its 10-day do-
mestic total to $122 million, mak-
ing The Lorax the years top-
grossing release.
John Carter, based on Tar-
zan creator Burroughs tales of
the interplanetary adventurer,
opened in second-place with
$30.6 million. Thats an awful
start given the whopping $250
million that Disney reportedly
spent to make John Carter,
which earned generally poor re-
views that will hurt its long-term
prospects.
John Carter gets beaten by The Lorax
The Associated Press
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Wilkes to name president
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ilkes University will announce
the results of its presidential
search 11 a.m. today in the first-floor
lounge of the Henry Student Center,
the university revealed in an email
release on Sunday .
The search for the universitys
sixth president began in July 2011.
In February, three finalists for the
position visited the Wilkes campus.
After the announcement, the new
president will visit with students in
the college cafeteria.
DALLAS
Veterans mobile center
The U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs mobile outreach center will
be at the Dallas Shopping Center on
state Route 309 from10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Friday. On
March 19 it will be
outside state Rep.
Karen Bobacks at
608 Hunter High-
way, Suite 110, in
Tunkhannock from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The center pro-
vides a number of
services including medical referrals,
assistance in applying for veterans
benefits, employment counseling
and guidance and referrals.
The center is wheelchair acces-
sible and appointments are not
required.
TUNKHANNOCK
Imaging open house set
The Tyler Memorial Hospitals
Emergency and Imaging depart-
ments will hold an open house from
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday.
Tours will be conducted and re-
freshments and giveaways will be
offered. Clinical staff members will
answer questions.
The emergency department un-
derwent a $5 million expansion and
renovation.
Nine new private rooms and car-
diac monitoring were added.
The new 3,000 square feet of
space within the imaging depart-
ment contains a new MRI unit and
diagnostic areas for bone density,
vascular services and echocardiol-
ogy.
The renovation also includes a
centralized admissions area directly
off the main hospital lobby.
PLYMOUTH
Arrested after robbery
A man wanted in New Jersey on
drug charges was arrested early
Sunday morning after a robbery at
Old Tymers Pub on East Main
Street, police said.
Jerome McCants, 33, of Newark,
was taken into custody and subdued
with a Taser while he damaged the
interior of a police vehicle, police
said.
In papers filed for his arrest, po-
lice said: McCants had been playing
pool for money with Jeremiah Dei-
ter. McCants was upset because he
lost and grabbed Deiter by the shirt
as he was leaving the bar.
McCants demanded all of Deiters
money and said he would follow
him if he tried to leave.
When Deiter showed McCants
$40, he grabbed it from him.
McCants then threatened to shoot
Deiter, his father, John, and brother
John Jr. He also threatened to stab
John Deiter Jr.
Police arrived, and while patting
down all of the men found a large
knife on McCants in his right front
pocket. He also had two $20 bills.
McCants, who was highly in-
toxicated, was placed in a Larksville
police vehicle and kicked the rear
passenger side door and window
frame, causing extensive damage.
He was told to stop and complied
when police used a Taser on him.
He was charged with robbery,
resisting arrest, institutional van-
dalism, disorderly conduct and
public drunkenness.
A records check revealed
McCants, also known as Ricky
McKnight, was wanted by the Ne-
wark, N.J., Sheriffs Department on
a warrant issued April 9. 2010, for a
felony drug charge.
New Jersey authorities said they
would extradite McCants, who is
being held in the county prison.
N E W S I N B R I E F
Boback
PLAINS TWP. -- The event: The
2012 Times Leader/Scripps NEPA
Regional Spelling Bee.
The participants: 21 students from
schools throughout the region. Each
had previously won his or her own
schools spelling bee and was on stage
at The Woodlands Inn & Resort on
Sunday, competing for a chance to be
crowed the regional champion.
The stakes: The top speller would
go on to compete in the Scripps Na-
tional Spelling Bee in Washington,
D.C. -- a grand event that receives
national attention.
The winner: Devin Reed, a sixth-
grade student from Drums Elemen-
tary Middle School.
Reed spelled the word
leechcraft correctly,
leaving him as the last
student standing. The
word, a noun, means
the art of healing or
skill of a physician.
Reed said he prepared
diligently for the bee,
usually studying for an
hour each night while going over
words and study guides with his par-
ents.
It got easier as we kept doing it
over and over again, he said, adding
that he first became interested in
spelling in the third grade. I was
better at it than other subjects. Thats
really when I started to like it.
Reed admitted hes now a bit nerv-
ous about his trip to Washington for
the national bee, part of which is
broadcast live on ESPN. He added that
though his winning word was not on
his study list, he felt confident he had
the correct spelling.
Pranjal Satija, a seventh-grade stu-
dent from Valley Elementary Middle
School, was first-runner-up. Satija had
made it through about a dozen rounds
before he misspelled the word Ital-
ianate.
Satija said he had been preparing for
months for the bee and increased his
studying in recent weeks. Still, he said
Sixth-grader Devin Reed from Drums Elementary Middle School
captures The Times Leader/Scripps NEPA Regional Spelling Bee
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Grant Loose, seventh grade, Wyoming Valley West Middle School, third-place finisher at 2012 The Times Leader/
Scripps NEPA Regional Spelling Bee; Devin Reed, sixth grade, Drums Elementary Middle School, winner; Pranjal Satija,
seventh grade, Valley Elementary, second place; and Sukanya Roy, 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion.
Spell of success
By ALAN K. STOUT
Times Leader Correspondent
See SPELL, Page 12A
To see
additional
photos, visit
www.times
leader.com.
Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton
must quickly appoint a newbudget/finance
chief because Joan Pusateris resignation
takes effect Friday.
Lawtonsaidheplanstofill thepositionon
an interimbasis only because he still is eval-
uating the structure of
the office and isnt sure
whenhis assessment will
be completed.
The countys new
homerulechartercreates
a budget and financial
servicesdivisionheadpo-
sitionandsevenother di-
vision head positions.
The positionheldby Pusateri is not as en-
compassing as the budget and financial ser-
vices divisionheadpost under homerule, he
said.
In addition to accounting and budgeting
duties, thenewpermanent budget andfinan-
cial services head will oversee property as-
sessment, the treasurers office andaccounts
payable workers who were previously as-
signed to the controllers office.
Lawton said he cant leave Pusateris posi-
tionunfilledashedesignsanefficient staffing
plan for this newcombined division.
Thetreasurers officeis locatedonthesec-
ond floor of the county courthouse, while
budget andfinanceisinthecourthousebase-
ment. Dominick DePolo has been working
as interimtreasurer since home rule took ef-
fect Jan. 2.
Lawtonsaidheappreciates former county
interimmanager TomPribulas work for the
countyandwantstodiscusstheinterimbud-
get chief position with him.
Whatever contributions Tom is interest-
ed in making in the county, Id be interested
in discussing, Lawton said.
LawtonsaidPribulaisbeingcompensated
for five days of additional work because he
continuedtoassistwithtransitional dutiesaf-
ter Lawton started as manager on Feb. 29.
Pribula, who was county budget/finance
chief before Pusateri, said hes interested in
the position but was not sure where it
stands.
Idhavetoweightheoptionsif something
formal is presented to me, Pribula said.
Lawton said a teamof administrators will
interview multiple applicants when he is
ready to permanently fill any positions.
Salaries for the eight newhome rule divi-
sion head positions werent added to the
countys amended 2012 budget, which
means Lawton must get rid of managers or
find money somewhere else within the bud-
get if he doesnt promote fromwithin.
The county has received about 175 appli-
cations for the eight division head positions,
which also include the administrative, oper-
ational, correctional andhumanservicesdivi-
sions, the judicial services and records divi-
sion, the public defenders office and central
lawdivision.
Lawton said he may re-advertise for the
chief solicitor who will oversee the central
law division, because the county only re-
ceived about eight applications for that posi-
tion.
New county
fiscal chief
needed soon
Current budget/finance chiefs
resignation takes effect Friday.
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
jandes@timesleader.com
Pribula
WILKES-BARRE -- With the pop of a
gun, participants sprintedover the orange
startinglineatKirbyParkSundaymorning
for the Renal Race, a fundraiser to benefit
the Kidney Cancer Association.
Morethan400peoplejoinedinthe1.37-
mile race that started at Kirby Park and
endedat Public Square.
Thisisawesome,saidErinReboPikul,
34, of Wilkes-Barre, whoorganizedandco-
founded the event. I thought maybe wed
have about 20people andwalkaroundthe
squarethreetimes, becausethatsthelimit
(according to Public Squares cruising
law), shesaid. About 380peoplepre-reg-
istered, which completely beat our goal of
20.
According to an American Cancer So-
cietyprediction, about 64,770newcasesof
kidney cancer will be reported this year.
That bad news came for Erins husband,
Frank, onNewYears Eve, 2010.
Suffering from back pain from what he
thoughtwasakidneystone, Frank, anucle-
ar medicine technologist, specializing in
PET and CT scans, went for a CAT scan.
Doctors discovered a mass on his kidney,
and Frank was diagnosed with stage 3 re-
nal cell carcinoma.
We went home and cried in our bed as
our 1-1/2- year-old son slept, said Erin.
How could this happen to us? Why? Af-
ter undergoing surgery to remove the tu-
mor, alongwiththe kidney it inhabited, as
well as six lymph nodes, Frank participa-
tedinaclinicaltrialatMemorialSloan-Ket-
teringCancer Center inNewYork.
HoldingJaxon, now2, inhisarms, Frank
said he feels great and commended his
wifeforputtingtogethertheinauguralrace
injust twomonths. She dida great jobor-
ganizingthis event insucha short time.
Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom Leighton
joined the hundreds as they raced up the
grassy levee. He marriedus inthe flood,
said Erin of Leighton, who officiated the
ceremony for the couple at a Scrantonres-
taurant duringthe September flooding.
I marriedthemonthe day people were
allowed to go back into their homes,
Leightonsaid.
Before awarding medals to the top fin-
ishersintherace, Erinchokedbacktearsas
sheplacedaspecial medal aroundher hus-
bands neck.
I hope you realize howmuch youre in-
spiring others and me, she said. Youre
my heroandour sons hero.
Great starting turnout for inaugural Renal Race event
More than 400 joined in the
1.37-mile race at Kirby Park.
By CAMILLE FIOTI
Times Leader Correspondent
FRED ADAMS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
The Renal Race started at Kirby Park and ended at Public Square in Wilkes-Barre.
DALLAS TWP. The Dallas School
Board is pursuing a new schedule for
high school students, though teachers
are against the idea.
The proposed change will switch the
schedule from four 81-minute periods
and a flex period to five 73-minute peri-
ods and the elimination of homeroom
and flex periods.
Courses at Dallas are offered on dif-
ferent time tables some are offered all
year long, while others are taught for
nine weeks.
The half-hour flex period occurs at
the end of the day and allows students
to make up work or participate in extra-
curricular activities.
Bill Wagner, biology teacher and
president of the Dallas Education Asso-
ciation, presented information to the
boards education committee at the end
of February stating a majority of teach-
ers are against the change.
The School Board voted last week to
change its course offerings for the 2012-
13 school year that include more classes
such as food preparation and a fitness
elective to accommodate the new high
school that was completed last Septem-
ber.
BoardPresident Catherine Wega said
the unanimous vote on the newcourses
may have been an implied vote to
change the schedule, as the extra cours-
es would be possible only with the
scheduling changes.
Wega said a volunteer design com-
mittee provided suggestions for the
high schools offerings two years before
it was evenbuilt, andthere was a planto
change the schedule once the new high
school opened because of the expanded
Dallas School Board proposes schedule change
High School teachers against switch
from four 81-minute periods to five
73-minute periods.
By SARAH HITE
shite@timesleader.com
See SCHEDULE, Page 12A
The next Dallas School Board meeting is 7
tonight in the administration building.
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WILKES-BARRE Amanwas
arraignedFriday inWilkes-Barre
Central Court oncharges he es-
capedpolice custody while police
were investigating a traffic stop in
ShermanHills apartment com-
plex onMarch4.
KeonP. Tyler, 23, of North
Empire Court, was chargedwith
escape, resisting arrest, flight to
avoidapprehension, driving with
a suspendedlicense andtwo
traffic offenses. He was jailedat
the county prisonfor lack of
$10,000 bail. He was wantedon
failure to appear for a court pro-
ceeding.
WILKES-BARRE State po-
lice at Wyoming saidthey arrest-
edRonaldAllen, 43, of Wilkes-
Barre, Thursday ontwo counts of
possessionwithintent to deliver a
controlledsubstance, andone
count eachof possessionof a
controlledsubstance andcriminal
use of communicationfacility. He
was jailedat the county prisonfor
lack of $25,000 bail.
State police allege Allensold
illegal drugs onEast Northamp-
tonStreet at 2:15 p.m. Thursday.
Twenty-two heroinpackets were
seizedwhenAllenwas arrested,
state police said.
WILKES-BARRE City police
reportedthe following:
Anemployee at the Rite Aid,
33 Public Square, reportedaround
8 p.m. Friday a male wearing a
brownjacket lifteda bag contain-
ing Prilosec over the security
scanner andfledthe store without
paying for the medication.
Jack Covert of SecondStreet,
Harveys Lake, reportedFriday all
four tires onhis vehicle were
puncturedwhile it was parkedat
90 S. MainSt. between4 p.m. and
7 p.m.
Charlene Papis of Moyallen
Street reportedaround8 p.m.
Friday a vacant property at 273
HortonSt. was brokeninto, but
nothing was stolen.
Frederick Smith, 49, of Mun-
dy Street, was arrestedafter a
domestic dispute at 32 Mayer St.
around6:05 p.m. Friday. Police
saidSmithwas intoxicatedanda
records check indicatedhe was
wantedinNewYork state for a
parole violation. He was to be
chargedas a fugitive fromjustice
andarraigned.
DonMarx, owner of Marx
Sheet Metal, reporteda large
amount of copper piping was
stolenfromhis business at 373
HighSt betweenThursday and
Friday.
Cindy Dastgir reported
around2 p.m. Friday she tolda
female to produce identificationin
order to buy cigarettes at the
Sunoco convenience store at 144
Academy St. The female knocked
a box of cigars off the counter and
threatenedDastgir.
POLICE BLOTTER
SUGAR NOTCH
Borough addresses
delinquent sewer bills
Solicitor Sean Logsdon told
borough officials Wednesday
night that delinquent sewer bills
could be addressed either by a
lien placed on property or filing
a complaint at the district
judges office.
Logsdon, addressing council
at its monthly meeting, said
some of those residents in ar-
rears were judgment proof,
and in those cases liens would
be appropriate so the borough
could recoup sewer fees when
property is sold.
We will take it on a case-by-
case basis, said Logsdon.
The council also voted to
have grant writer Karen Szwast
draft a grant application to ob-
tain state funds to improve
borough parks.
Councilman Mario Fiorucci
expressed concerns regarding
expenditures for park improve-
ment. He said although the
grant would direct $40,000 of
state money to the borough for
park improvement, the borough
would be responsible for spend-
ing $20,000 on the project to
receive those funds.
Council President Yvonne
Pelchar said the first step in
obtaining funds through the
state Department of Conserva-
tion and Natural Resources
would be development of the
grant, and council could then
decide whether to move forward
on the project.
Other council members point-
ed out that part of the $20,000
expected from the borough for
the project would simply entail
diverting borough employees to
assist on the project, and that it
would not be an unreasonable
financial burden on the bor-
ough.
Fiorucci also had a question
on the per capita tax levied by
the borough. He said 200 to 300
Sugar Notch residents were not
on the boroughs master list and
that was costing the borough
about $10 per person.
Council indicated a recent
notice for landlord/tenant regis-
tration mailed to area rentals
would provide a more accurate
list of borough residents, which
would result in a more complete
listing of area residents owing
the per capita tax.
Geri Gibbons
EDWARDSVILLE
Meth lab bust site
cause for concern
Several residents voiced con-
cern over safety and security
issues involving a property at
145 Washington St., which was
the site of a recent meth lab
bust by borough police and the
state Attorney Generals Lu-
zerne County Drug Task Force.
Council directed borough
police to investigate the matter,
which involved suspicious activ-
ity at the condemned property.
Concerning personnel mat-
ters, council voted unanimously
to hire Renee Wilson as a cross-
ing guard for the corner of Zer-
by Avenue and Main Street at
$8.75 an hour. The appointment
is effective immediately.
In other business, Council-
man Gary Mack said the bor-
ough would be advertising for a
part-time police officer and
street department worker to
replace departing employees.
Street department officials
said they plan to file the neces-
sary application to seek up to
$250,000 in federal grant money
to purchase a new recycling
collection vehicle for the bor-
ough.
Steven Fondo
MEETINGS
KINGSTON TWP. Drug
trafficking charges against
Michael David Dompkosky, 19,
of Wyoming, were dismissed
during a preliminary hearing on
Monday.
The Luzerne County Drug
Task Force and Dallas Town-
ship police alleged Dompkosky
sold marijuana from a house on
Mount Olivet Road, Kingston
Township, on Nov. 24, 2010,
according to the criminal com-
plaint.
An inventory receipt to a
search warrant alleged author-
ities found $6,000 in cash, a
pound of marijuana and contra-
band to weigh, package and
deliver marijuana inside the
house.
Two counts each of posses-
sion with intent to deliver a
controlled substance and crimi-
nal conspiracy, and one count
each of possession of a con-
trolled substance and posses-
sion of drug paraphernalia were
dismissed against Dompkosky.
PLAINS TWP. Charges of
aggravated assault, simple
assault, harassment and resist-
ing arrest against Cory David
Loftus, 19, of Plains Township,
were dismissed during a prelim-
inary hearing on Monday.
Township police alleged
Loftus choked his mother and
struck his brother in the back
and shoulder with a hammer
inside their Rose Lane resi-
dence on Jan. 29, according to a
news release.
NANTICOKE Eight counts
of possession of drug parapher-
nalia were dismissed against
Brian Engle, 26, of Bilby Hill
Road, Shickshinny, during a
preliminary hearing on Wednes-
day.
Nanticoke police alleged
Engle was found with a syringe
and seven empty heroin packets
when he was stopped after an
alleged shoplifting incident on
West Main Street on Feb. 28,
according to the criminal com-
plaint.
HAZLETON Michael Ver-
bitsky Jr., 24, address unknown,
pleaded guilty to theft and
receiving stolen property dur-
ing a preliminary hearing be-
fore District Judge Joseph Zola
on Wednesday.
Hazleton police alleged Ver-
bitsky stole $40 from a custom-
er in a pharmacy on South
Poplar Street on Jan. 18, accord-
ing to the criminal complaint.
In an unrelated case, Verbit-
sky waived an escape charge to
Luzerne County Court that
alleged he failed to return to
the county correctional facility
while released for rehabilitation
in August.
HAZLE TWP. Alexander
Joseph Dzoh, 32, of Carver
Street, Larksville, waived his
right to a preliminary hearing
before District Judge James
Dixon on charges he stole a
kitchen appliance from Bos-
covs in the Laurel Mall on Jan.
31.
Dzoh waived charges of retail
theft and criminal conspiracy to
Luzerne County Court.
State police at Hazleton
allege Dzoh and David Shawn
Pascucci Jr., 29, of Wilkes-
Barre, conspired to steal a
stand mixer, valued at $350,
from the department store.
A charge of receiving stolen
property was withdrawn
against Dzoh.
Pascucci is facing charges of
retail theft, receiving stolen
property and criminal conspir-
acy in county court.
PITTSTON Charges of
terroristic threats and defiant
trespass against Juan Anthony
Hernandez, 21, of River Road,
Jenkins Township, were dismis-
sed during a preliminary hear-
ing on Wednesday.
Police charged Hernandez
after Megan Connors said he
banged on a door to her River-
view Manor apartment on
March 1, according to the crimi-
nal complaint.
WILKES-BARRE Antwon
Leon Bickerstaff, 28, of South
Grant Street, Wilkes-Barre,
waived his right to a prelimina-
ry hearing in Wilkes-Barre
Central Court on Wednesday.
Bickerstaff waived two
counts of driving under the
influence to Luzerne County
Court in relation to a Jan. 20
incident.
NANTICOKE A man ac-
cused by Plymouth police of
shaking a 2-year-old girl on Feb.
24 waived his right to a prelimi-
nary hearing before District
Judge Donald Whittaker on
Wednesday.
Kenneth Olshefski, 32, of
West Main Street, waived a
reckless endangerment charge
to Luzerne County Court. Po-
lice withdrew charges of en-
dangering the welfare of a child
and harassment against Olshef-
ski.
NANTICOKE Charges of
simple assault and harassment
against Richard Opalski, 50, of
South Walnut Street, Nanti-
coke, were dismissed during a
preliminary hearing on Wednes-
day.
Nanticoke police charged
Opalski after his wife, Loretta
Opalski, claimed he broke her
cell phone and threw it at her,
striking her head, on Feb. 28,
according to the criminal com-
plaint.
WILKES-BARRE A Lu-
zerne County senior judge on
Friday denied a request by
prosecutors to reconsider a
previous ruling and allow a
psychiatrist to testify in the
case of an 18-year-old charged
in a deadly shooting.
Senior Judge Joseph Augello
ruled he will now reconsider
the request to have John
OBrien testify at any portion of
the case against Cody Lee,
charged in the December 2009
shooting death of his great-
grandfather, Herbert Lee. Lee is
scheduled for a hearing on
whether his case should be
heard in juvenile court on May
29.
WILKES-BARRE A Pitt-
ston Township man facing new
charges in a case in which po-
lice say he fired a gun into a tax
office in early January has
asked a judge to dismiss the
new charges in accordance with
a previous agreement.
Michael Kozloski, 28, was
originally charged in January
with related charges, but some
charges were dismissed at a
preliminary hearing and then
finally the entire case by the
District Attorneys Office.
In a filing Friday, Kozloskis
attorney, Joseph Yeager, asked
that the newest charges also be
dismissed in accordance with
an agreement with the District
Attorneys Office at the prelimi-
nary hearing.
Judge David Lupas scheduled
a hearing on the request for
April 30.
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SANAA, YEMEN
U.S. carries out airstrikes
Y
emeni military officials say U.S.
aircraft have carried out four air-
strikes in a southern province where
al-Qaida controls several key towns.
Two military officials say the air-
strikes targeted Khanfar Mountain,
near the town of Jaar in Abyan prov-
ince, where al-Qaida is in control.
There was no comment from U.S.
officials. In the past, U.S. warplanes
have targeted leaders and facilities of
al-Qaida in Yemen, considered one of
its most dangerous branches.
The Yemeni officials spoke on condi-
tion of anonymity in line with military
regulations.
Al-Qaida has taken advantage of a
year of internal turmoil to take over
parts of southern Yemen.
There was no word on casualties.
Residents said Sunday they could see
smoke rising from the area.
CHEYENNE, WYO.
Rollover crash kills child
The Highway Patrol says a 6-year-old
girl is dead and seven of her relatives
are injured as the result of a rollover
crash on Interstate 80 in southwestern
Wyoming.
Sgt. Stephen Townsend said Dynasty
X. Barcenas of Plainfield, Ill., died after
the crash around 3:30 a.m. Friday in
Sweetwater County.
He said in a press release that a car
driven by 24-year-old Daniel Rebarchek
of Wheatland, Wyo., hit the rear end of
an SUV carrying the child and eight of
her relatives, and the vehicle went off
the road and rolled over.
Townsend said everyone in the SUV
except the driver 37-year-old Sour-
isack Sounthonevichith were eject-
ed.
JOS, NIGERIA
Car bomber attacks church
A suicide car bomber attacked a
Catholic church Sunday in the middle
of Mass, killing at least 10 people in the
blast and the retaliatory violence that
followed after the latest assault target-
ing a church in a central Nigerian city
plagued by unrest, officials said.
The bomb detonated as worshippers
attended the final Mass of the day at
St. Finbars Catholic Church in Jos, a
city where thousands have died in the
last decade in religious and ethnic
violence. Security at the gate of the
churchs compound stopped the suspi-
cious car and the bomber detonated his
explosives during an altercation that
followed, Plateau state spokesman Pam
Ayuba said.
BERN, SWITZERLAND
Swiss nix vacation time
Who turns down a long vacation?
Known for their work ethic, Swiss
citizens appear to be leading the way
on European austerity, rejecting a mini-
mum six weeks paid holiday a year.
Swiss polls closed Sunday on several
national referendums, including one
pushed by a union to raise the mini-
mum holiday from four weeks to the
standard used in Germany, Italy, Russia
and other European nations.
The Swiss heeded warnings from
government and business that more
vacation would raise labor costs and
put the economy at risk. Swiss public
broadcaster SSR said two-thirds of
voters and each of the nations 26 can-
tons (states) had rejected the measure,
which required majority approval of all
federal and cantonal voters.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Almost 10 miles of madness in mud
Competitors run through muddy wa-
ter during the Strongman Run in
Thun, Switzerland, Sunday. Thousands
of contestants took part in the event
an almost 10-mile race intermixed with
a series of obstacles including mud,
water, tires, pipes to squeeze through
and walls to climb.
WASHINGTON Despite
President Barack Obamas as-
surances that the United
States will know if Iran begins
to secretly build a nuclear
bomb, some senior officials fa-
miliar with U.S. intelligence
and spying capabilities in Iran
are doubtful.
The issue is a crucial one be-
cause the White House has
suggested that U.S. satellites,
sensors and spies, as well as
United Nations inspections,
provide a reliable tripwire to
decide whether diplomacy has
failed and military action is
needed to stop Iran from as-
sembling a nuclear device.
The officials doubts stem, in
part, from Irans record of de-
ceit.
Over the last decade, West-
ern intelligence agencies have
twice discovered large-scale
clandestine Iranian facilities
built to enrich uranium. The
questionnowis whether Iranis
hiding other nuclear enrich-
ment sites or weapons re-
search centers.
You have to assume that, if
they went clandestine once,
they could well go clandestine
in other places, said Sen.
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,
who chairs the Senate Intelli-
gence Committee.
As someone who deals with
this stuff every day, Im not
sure how (the president) is
that confident, said Rep. Mike
Rogers of Michigan, the topRe-
publican on the House Intelli-
gence Committee. I am confi-
dent that at some point ... we
would know, probably. The
problemis, you wouldnt know
if that meant theyd have a
weapon in three days or in
three months.
Iran must produce weapons-
grade uranium if it wants to
build a bomb. For now, Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agen-
cy inspectors make regular
monitoring visits to the two
uranium enrichment complex-
es, at Natanz and Fordow, and
they measure and track every
bit of nuclear material.
The U.N. inspectors would
quickly detect diversion of ura-
nium or any sudden push to
boost enrichment from 20 per-
cent to 90 percent to supply
fuel for a weapon. If the teams
are denied access or expelled
from Iran, however, that safety
mechanism disappears and
Washington and its allies will
be left to assume the worst.
Irans relations with the
IAEA are testy. Iran has re-
fused to fully answer questions
about what the U.N. agency
calls possible military dimen-
sions to its program. It re-
treated on another issue last
week, however, saying it would
permit inspectors to visit a mil-
itary base that it had previous-
ly put off-limits.
N U C L E A R T E N S I O N S Senior officials dont think President Obama will know if Iran starts building a nuclear bomb
U.S. intelligence on Iran in doubt
By KEN DILANIAN
Tribune Washington Bureau
THE BIG E BEGINS JOURNEY INTO HISTORY
AP PHOTO
S
ailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise man the rails at the Norfolk Naval Station, Va., Sunday, as the ship deploys for the last
time. Officials say the nuclear-powered ship, which was featured in the film Top Gun, left Norfolk around noon. The ship with more than
4,000 crew members has been a part of history more than 50 years. The first nuclear-powered carrier, it was involved in several wars and
played a prominent role in the Cuban missile crisis. It also served as a spotter ship for John Glenns historic orbit of Earth in 1962.
STATE COLLEGE Every
day, mechanics around the com-
monwealth check gas caps and
look under hoods as part of an-
nual vehicle emissions inspec-
tions.
But one state lawmaker says
residents should no longer have
totake their cars infor andpay
for the annual inspections.
State Sen. John Wozniak, D-
Westmont, tells the Centre Daily
Times hethinks cleaner cars have
made the inspections obsolete.
I think the test needs to be
tested, said Wozniak, who intro-
duced a resolution earlier this
year asking the federal govern-
ment to end the requirement.
Virtually all cars pass the test,
and its time to re-evaluate
whether its just a waste of money
for consumers.
The Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation says about 4
percent of vehicles inthestatean-
nually failed the test in the past
five years. In2010, 4.22percent of
vehicles failed, and if one ex-
cludes the cases in which gas
caps that failed were replaced, re-
sulting inthe car passing, the fail-
ure rate was only 2.43 percent.
State environmental officials,
however, say that despite that the
inspections still play an impor-
tant role in keeping the air clean.
Motor vehicles are responsib-
le for as much as half of the emis-
sions causing ozone pollution in
the commonwealth, said Chris
Trostle of the state Department
of Environmental Protections di-
vision of air resource manage-
ment.
Wozniak said the program
made sense when it was intro-
duced, but no longer.
Lawmaker:
Pa. emission
tests a waste
State senator says todays
cleaner-running cars make
costly testing unnecessary.
The Associated Press
BEIRUT An international push to
end Syrias conflict stalled Sunday as
U.N. envoy Kofi Annan left Damascus
without acease-fireandPresident Bashar
Assads forces pounded opposition areas
and clashed with rebels throughout the
country.
Western and Arab powers are strug-
gling for ways to stem the bloodshed in
the year-old conflict while both the re-
gime and the opposition reject dialogue.
Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi An-
nan appeared to make little progress dur-
ing two visits with Assad during his first
triptoSyria as thejoint U.N.-ArabLeague
envoy.
Annan was seeking an immediate
cease-fire to allow for humanitarian aid
and the start of a dia-
logue between all par-
ties on a political solu-
tion. After meeting
with Assad on Sunday,
Annan said he had pre-
sented steps to ease the
crisis, but gave no de-
tails.
Once its agreed, it will help launch
the process and help end the crisis on the
ground, he told reporters. He called for
reforms that will create a strong founda-
tion for a democratic Syria a peaceful,
stable, pluralistic andprosperous society,
based on the rule of law and respect for
human rights.
But he said a cease-fire must come
first.
You have to start by stopping the kill-
ing and the misery and the abuse that is
going on today and then give time for a
political settlement.
Assad told Annan on Sunday that a po-
litical solution is impossible as long as
terrorist groups threaten the country,
according to Syrias state news service
which reported identical comments after
the men met Saturday. The regime
blames the uprisingonarmedgroups act-
ing out a foreign conspiracy.
Annans calls for reform also fall far
short of opposition calls for Assads oust-
er and the end of his authoritarian re-
gime. Opposition leaders say the thou-
sands killed at the hands of his security
forces, many while protesting peacefully,
mean theyll accept nothing less.
Annan acknowledged his hard task.
Its goingtobedifficult, but wehaveto
have hope, he said before leaving for Qa-
tar.
The conflict has become increasingly
bloodyduringtheyear sinceprotesters in
some impoverished provinces first took
to the streets to call for political reform.
The government has cracked down hard,
and protests have spread.
Big push to end Syrian crisis stalls
Western and Arab powers hoped to
stem bloodshed in year-old conflict.
By BEN HUBBARD and ZEINA KARAM
Associated Press
Annan
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip
Cross-border fighting be-
tween Gaza and Israel, tou-
ched off by Israels killing of a
topmilitant leader, showedno
signs of letting up on its third
day Sunday. Gaza militants
fired dozens of rockets at Is-
raeli towns, hitting an empty
school, and Israeli airstrikes
killed three Gazans, including
a boy and a farm guard.
Egypt tried to mediate but
failed to end the worst vio-
lence in more than a year that
has killed 18 Gazans, all but
two of themmilitants, anddis-
rupted the lives of about 1mil-
lion Israelis living in Gaza
rocket range.
Even so, Israel and Gazas
Hamas rulers seemed eager to
avoid a full-scale conflict.
A three-week war three
years ago left both sides badly
bruised, Israel in the diplo-
matic arena and Hamas on the
battlefield.
In the current round, Ha-
mas has pointedly kept its
large rocket arsenal and thou-
sands of fighters out of the
confrontation, even though it
has not tried to stop two
smaller Gaza groups, Islamic
Jihad and the Popular Resist-
ance Committees (PRC),
from launching rockets and
mortars.
Israeli Defense Minister
Ehud Barak acknowledged
that Hamas did not take part
in the rocket salvos.
UptonowIsrael has blamed
Hamas for all violence from
Gaza because it rules the terri-
tory.
Israels military chief, Lt.
Gen. Benny Gantz, said Sun-
daythat wearenot interested
in escalation in and of itself.
Ona visit tosouthernIsrael,
Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-
tanyahupledgedthe airstrikes
wouldcontinue as long as nec-
essary.
We have a clear policy: we
will hit anyone who plans to
harm us, who prepares to
harm us and who harms us,
he said in a meeting with local
leaders.
Israel said it launched Fri-
days initial airstrike, which
killed PRC leader Zuhair al-
Qaissi in a car in downtown
Gaza, to stop a plan by his
splinter group to infiltrate in-
to Israel through Egypts law-
less Sinai Peninsula. Israel
says the PRCwas behindanat-
tack on the border in August,
killing eight Israelis.
3 killed in 3rd day of Gaza-Israel violence
Israeli missile kills boy, farm
guard. Missile shot by Gaza
militants hits empty school.
By IBRAHIMBARZAK
and KARIN LAUB
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
A Palestinian girl cries Sunday during the funeral of Ayoub
Assalya, 12, in Jabaliya Refugee Camp, in the Gaza Strip.
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HAZLETON Police report-
ed Barrett Horton, 27, of Butler
Township, was assaulted and
robbed of a small amount of
cash by two men Friday night
in the area of First and Lincoln
streets.
At approximately 7:40 p.m.,
Horton was attacked and suf-
fered minor lacerations from
what could have been a box
cutter, police said. A man and
woman walking a dog chased
away the suspects, police said.
Anyone who witnessed the
armed robbery is asked to con-
tact Hazleton police through
Luzerne County 911.
HAZLETON Police said
someone damaged a 2002
Chevrolet Trail Blazer while it
was parked on Mine Street east
of Cedar Street overnight Fri-
day into Saturday. Anyone with
information is asked to contact
city police at 459-4940.
WILKES-BARRE City
police reported the following:
Patrick Merrick, 22, of
South Franklin Street, was
arrested on a probation/parole
violation Saturday in the area
of South Main and Blackman
streets. While searching Mer-
rick, police found a hypoder-
mic needle. He was committed
to the county prison and will
be charged with possession of
drug paraphernalia.
Anthony Sudziarski, 61, of
W. 10th St., Hazleton, was
charged with public drunk-
enness Saturday after police
responded to a report of a man
lying on the ground in the rear
of 395 S. Main St.
A 14-year-old boy reported
his bicycle was stolen Saturday
from South Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. The black and purple
bicycle is a 2102 Fit Co. model.
HANOVER TWP. Township
police reported the following:
Two men tried to steal two
Husqvarna chain saws from
Tractor Supply on the Sans
Souci Parkway on Thursday.
A store manager confronted
the two men in their late teens
to early 20s walking out a stock
room carrying the chainsaws in
boxes. They dropped the boxes,
ran out of the store and drove
away in a white Jeep. One of
the men bent up the license
plate to hide the registration
number, police said.
Township police said they
are investigating a burglary at
Burger King on West End
Road.
Police said the unknown
suspect entered the restaurant
through a window in the rear
of the building. The burglary
was discovered Friday morn-
ing.
An undetermined amount of
cash was stolen from the res-
taurant.
Anyone with information
about the burglary is asked to
call Hanover Township police
at 825-1254.
HAZLETON Police said a
parked 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt
on West Broad Street was
struck by another vehicle that
sped away on Wednesday.
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W-B St. Patricks Parade
Dakota Truax, 11, left, and Mary Iorio, 10, both of Luzerne, don
some very fuzzy hats on Sunday for the parade.
Auria Daniels, left, 2, and
McKenna Golembeski, 5
Desiree Reiss, 11, left, Michelle Titus, Savanah
Hoover, 4, Kendra Titus, 7, Owen Bonham, 6
Nora McHugh, 10, left, of West Pittston, and
Melanie Lombardo, 10, of Exeter
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The Connemara Irish Dancers, bedecked in an array of colorful costumes, high-step their way into the Public Square area of the route during
Sundays 32nd Annual Wilkes-Barre St. Patricks Day Parade. Seven different divisions marched in the event.
Elvis shows a few moves along the route dur-
ing Sundays 32nd Annual Wilkes-Barre St.
Patricks Day Parade in Wilkes-Barre.
Members of the Irem Patrol show off a very cool mode of transportation as
they ride motorized Coleman coolers along the route.
Lindsay Maciejaszek, left, and Ashley Przywara, both of Nan-
ticoke, walk their collies, Stormy and Casper.
Rosanne Hogan, left, and her granddaughter
Haley Hughes, 17, both of Wilkes-Barre
Younger members from the Diamond City Figure Skating Club
throw candy to the huge crowd lining the parade route.
Dotty Daniels, left, of Nanticoke, Cody Hibbard, 4, of Ply-
mouth, and Melissa Hobbs of Plymouth at the parade.
Members of the E.L. Meyers High School Marching Band en-
tertain the crowd with some spirited music.
Dixie, all decked out in green hat and collar, might be getting a little hot and
tired as she has her tongue stuck way out as she meanders down the street.
Victorian
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CHRISTIAN Della, funeral 11 a.m.
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GOODMAN Annette, funeral 11
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Swanson Funeral Home Inc.,
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KOLESAR Catherine, funeral
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Bednarski Funeral Home, 168
Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Mass
of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St.
Josephs Church of St. Monicas
Parish, Wyoming. Friends may
call 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home.
MINELLA Theresa, funeral 9:30
a.m. today in the Louis V. Ciuc-
cio Funeral Home, 145 Moosic
Road, Old Forge. Mass 10 a.m. at
the Prince of Peace Parish-St.
Marys Church, Old Forge.
MURRAY Rose Mary, funeral
10:30 a.m. today in Kiesinger
Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAl-
pine St., Duryea. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial at 11 a.m. at Holy
Rosary Church, Duryea.
NALBONE Laura, funeral 11 a.m.
Tuesday in the Noxen United
Methodist Church. Friends may
call today 5 to 8 p.m. in the
Nulton Funeral Home Inc., 5749
SR 309, Beaumont.
ROCCOGRANDI David, funeral 10
a.m. today in the Andrew Strish
Funeral Home, 11 Wilson St.,
Larksville. Mass of Christian
Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. John
the Baptist Church, Larksville.
SANDS Christopher, memorial
service 11 a.m. Tuesday in the
Sheldon Funeral Home, Main
Street, Laceyville. Friends may
call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
SEKUSKY Francis, funeral 9 a.m.
today in the Howell-Lussi Funer-
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West Pittston. Mass of Christian
Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. John
the Evangelist Church, Pittston.
SIM Eleanor, funeral 9:30 a.m.
today in the Bernard J. Piontek
Funeral Home Inc., 204 Main St.,
Duryea. Mass at 10 a.m. in St.
Michael Byzantine Catholic
Church, Pittston.
SLUSSER Lillian, funeral 9:30
a.m. Wednesday in the Lokuta-
Zawacki Funeral Home 200
Wyoming Ave., Dupont. Mass of
Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in
Sacred Heart Church, Dupont.
Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday.
WIGGINS Edith, memorial ser-
vice 11 a.m. today in the Sheldon-
Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73
W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.
Friends may call 10 a.m. until the
time of service.
WILLIAMSON Jeanne, funeral
Mass 10 a.m. Tuesday in the
Church of St. Aloysius, Barney
and Division streets, Wilkes-
Barre. Friends may call 4 to 7
p.m. today at McLaughlins, 142
S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre.
ZDANCEWICZ John, funeral
9:30 a.m. today in the Kopicki
Funeral Home, 263 Zerbey Ave.,
Kingston. Order of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Marys
Byzantine Catholic Church,
Kingston.
FUNERALS
REVEREND JOSEPH M. BRO-
ZENA, Pastor Emeritus of St. Mi-
chael the Archangel Church, Old
Forge, and resident of Old Forge,
passed into the hands of the Lord
on Saturday, March 10, 2012.
The full obituary will run in
Tuesdays newspaper. Funeral ar-
rangements are by the S.J.Gront-
kowski Funeral Home, 530 West
Main Street, Plymouth. Please vis-
it www.sjgrontkowskifuneral-
home.comtosubmit online condo-
lences to Fathers family.
HELEN LOFTUS JAVICK, of
Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Sat-
urday, March 10, 2012 at the Gold-
en Living Center, East Mountain,
Plains Township.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by E. Blake Collins Fu-
neral Home, Wilkes-Barre.
J
ohn Lynch, 85, of Kingston, died
Friday March 9, 2012 in Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital.
He was born in Edwardsville, son
of the late Peter and Catherine Ma-
zurkevitch Lynch. He was a gradu-
ate of Edwardsville High School,
where he participated in track and
basketball, andattendedthe Univer-
sityof Scranton. He was draftedinto
the Navy at age 18 and served as a
mine-sweeping specialist from1943
to 1945, and served with Admiral
Halseys Seventh Fleet. He worked
for American Auto for 27 years, and
then for J.C. Penneys for 14 years.
He was a faithful member of St. Ma-
rys Byzantine Catholic Church,
Kingston.
He was an avid golfer, and was a
former member of the Lehman Golf
Club.
Besides his parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his brother, Basil
Lynch.
He is survivedby his wife, the for-
mer Anna Konnick; sons, Greg
Lynch, Kingston, and Robert Lynch
his wife, Joanne, and their children,
Matthew and Jennifer, Lower Gwy-
nedd; daughter, Jacqueline Biscon-
tini, and her children, Adrian and
Giana, Mechanicsburg; nieces and
nephews.
Funeral will be private and
held at the convenience of the
family. Private interment will be in
the St. Marys Byzantine Catholic
Cemetery, Edwardsville.
There will be no calling hours. In
lieu of flowers, memorial contribu-
tions may be made to St. Marys
Byzantine Catholic Church, 321
Chestnut Avenue, Kingston, PA
18704.
John Lynch
March 9, 2012
A
ndre G. Susanin, 78, of Wynne-
wood, Pennsylvania and Har-
veys Lake, Pennsylvania, beloved
husband of Catherine (Howell) Su-
sanin, passed away peacefully
March 9, 2012 with his family by his
side.
He was born September 12, 1933
inPalmerton, Pa., the sonof the late
Andrew and Anna (Babinchak) Su-
sanin. Andre received his B.S. De-
gree fromYale University. He began
his career in the water treatment di-
vision of Rohm & Haas and later
founded The Susanin Equipment
Company, selling and distributing
industrial water treatment equip-
ment.
Andre was a longtime faithful
member of The Church of the Re-
deemer in Bryn Mawr, Pa. He was a
dedicated volunteer driver for
Wheels of Wellness and builder for
Habitat for Humanity. Andre was a
member of The Merion Cricket
Club and Huntsville Golf Club.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and
a member of the Irem Temple
Shrine.
He is survived by his wife of 48
years, Catherine (Kitten; two chil-
dren, John H. (Amy) of Wayne, Pa.,
and daughter Betsy (Mark Stein) of
Philadelphia; four grandchildren,
Jack, Charlie, Hannah and Leo; one
sister Marguerite Kelley (William)
of Newtown Square, Pa.; brothers,
Edward (Janice) of Des Moines, Io-
wa; John (Natalie) of Philadelphia;
Francis of Palmerton, Pa., and Rog-
er (Helene) of Newtown Square,
Pa.; two sisters-in-law, Judy Susanin
of Rocky Hill, Conn. and Sherry
Hatchof Medfield, Mass., andmany
loving nieces, nephews, extended
family members and friends.
He was predeceased by sister and
brother-in-lawElaine and Lawrence
Looby, brother Ernest S. Susanin,
and sister-in-law Barbara Susanin.
A funeral service will be held
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 11 a.m.
at The Church of the Redeemer,
Pennswood and New Gulph Roads,
Bryn Mawr. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family re-
quests that donations in Andres
memory may be made toHabitat for
Humanity, 533 Foundry Road, W.
Norriton, PA19403 or to a charity of
your choice.
Andre G. Susanin
March 9, 2012
F
rank J. Jastrem, 91, of Plains,
passed away on Sunday at Little
Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre.
Born in Plains, he was the son of
the late Joseph and Mary Bronow-
icz Jastremski. He was a graduate of
Plains High School, worked in the
coal mines for eighteen years and
later furniture industry as a cutter.
He was a World War II Army vet-
eran, serving in the military police
with the Manhattan Engineers at
Los Alamos, New Mexico on the
atomic bomb project. He also was a
sniper and received rifle medals for
sharpshooting. Hewas a member of
Saint Peter andPaul Church, Plains,
and American Legion Post 558, of
Plains.
He was a devotedhusband, father
and grandpa and loved to hunt and
fish.
He was preceded in death by
brothers, Anthony and Joseph Jas-
tremski; sisters, Helen Jastremski,
Loretta Michael, Catherine Kalkun
and Leona Bishie.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years,
the former Bernadine Malyndziak;
sons, John Jastremof Dallas, Texas;
Tomand his wife Susan of Phoenix-
ville; grandsons, Thomas Jastrem
Jr., Andrew William Jastrem; sister,
Justine Koprevich of Cheektowaga,
New York and brother John Jas-
tremski of West Wyoming.
Mass of Christian Burial will
be held on Wednesday at 11
a.m. in Ss. Peter and Paul Church,
Plains, with the Rev. Joseph Gres-
kiewicz officiating. Interment will
be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Carver-
ton. Friends may call at the church
on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until
time of service.
Arrangements are entrusted to
the Betz-Jastremski Funeral Home,
Inc., Luzerne. In lieu of flowers, me-
morial donations can be made to
Saint Peter and Paul Church in
Franks memory. To light a virtual
candle or leave a message of condo-
lence for his family, please visit
www.betzjastremski.com.
Frank J. Jastrem
March 11, 2012
Earl G. Me-
giness, 76, of
Wilkes-Barre
Township,
died Saturday
at Hospice
Community
Care.
Born Au-
gust 7, 1935 in Wilkes-Barre, he
was a son of the late Earl Meginess
and Ann Schmidt Fritzges.
Earl was a graduate of E.L.
Meyers High School. A Marine
Corps veteran, he served during
the Korean Conflict. Before retir-
ing, Earl was a letter carrier for the
United States Postal Service for 35
years. Earl was a long-time mem-
ber of Lodge 61 F&AM, Irem
Shrine Temple and Country Club
and American Legion Post 672 in
Dallas, where he played in the
Tuesday card club.
His wife, Patricia Patti Cun-
ningham Meginess, died June 20,
2010. Abrother, JohnFritzges, also
preceded him in death.
He will be greatly missed by his
children, Meganandher husbandAn-
thony Manganaro of Pittston and
Mark and his wife Eva of Wilkes-
Barre Township; grandchildren, De-
rek James and his wife Erica Toole,
Katie Toole, Andi and Kelli Megi-
ness.
Celebration of Earls Life will
be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at
McLaughlins The Family Funeral
Service, 142 South Washington
Street in Wilkes-Barre. Interment
will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Ha-
nover Township.
Family and friends are invited to
join in visitation at McLaughlins on
Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m.
Memorial donations are preferred
and may be made to Shriners Hospi-
tals for Children, Office of Develop-
ment, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tam-
pa, FL 33607. Permanent messages
and memories can be shared with
Earls family at www.celebratehislife-
.com.
Earl G. Meginess
March 10, 2012
M
ary R. (Caccia) Fairchild, 98, of
Allentown, passedawayFriday,
March 9, 2012.
She was marriedto the late Clyde
Fairchild.
She was born in Mildred, Pa., the
daughter of the late Carlo and Esth-
er Caccia.
She worked for the former Allen-
town Osteopathic Hospital for 10
years before retiring as a unit clerk
in1979. She was also a volunteer for
the hospital and the Senior Citizens
Center in Allentown. She was a
member of Cathedral Church of St.
Catharine of Siena.
Survivors are grandchildren, Ti-
na, wife of TimAdams, of Seminole
Fla.; Thomas Curry, husband of
Connie, of Allentown, and Peter
Curry of Mystic, Conn.; five great-
grandchildrenandthreegreat-great-
grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her hus-
band, Clyde; daughter, Mary Curry;
sister, Grace Sheaks; brothers, Mer-
ico, Jack, Orlando, Freeman, Dick
and Rudy Caccia.
Mass of Christian Burial will be
11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14,
2012 in the Cathedral Church of St.
Catharine of Siena, 18th & Turner
streets, Allentown.
Calling hours are 9:45 to 10:45
a.m. Wednesday in Robert C. Weir
Funeral Home, 18th & Turner
streets, Allentown. Interment will
be in Holy Saviour Cemetery, Be-
thlehem, Pa.
Mary R. Fairchild
March 9, 2012
John (Jack)
S. Yackshaw,
from Hazleton
and a longtime
resident of
Wilkes-Barre,
died March 10
at Nanticoke
Special Care.
Jack was born at home on May
20, 1931 to Veronica Stashko Yack-
shaw and John J. Yackshaw, both
now deceased.
Surviving are sisters, Mary Jean
(Yackshaw) Greco, wife of Dr. Vic-
tor F. Greco, Drums, and Valeria
(Yackshaw) Genetti, wife of Gus
Genetti Jr., Wilkes-Barre, and
many loving nieces and nephews.
Jack was a fellow well met, im-
pishinhis approachtolife andcon-
versation. His stories were always
told with humor with unexpected
twists and turns.
Jack served as an officer in the
U.S. Air Force, teaching American
military children in Germany. He
was the owner of several apart-
ment buildings in Hazleton.
He was an elementary teacher
in Deptford Township, New Jer-
sey, for several years prior to be-
coming a counselor at Keystone
Job Corps, Drums. Jack retired
from Luzerne County Community
College, where he served as Eve-
ning/Off-campus Counselor for
several years. A graduate of Hazle-
ton High School and Penn State
University, Jack held three mas-
ters degrees and multiple certifi-
cations from Bucknell and Penn
State.
INVENTIONS AND CRE-
ATIVE WORK:
He was awarded a U.S. patent
for inventing the Handy-Vee, a sin-
gle-hand eating device he devel-
oped after observing his mothers dif-
ficulties with eating after she suf-
fered a stroke. Jack also invented the
Traveling Rosary to be attached to
the steering wheel of a vehicle so you
could say the Rosary while driving.
Jack was especially proud of his
musical compositions. If you knew
Jack for any length of time, you knew
of his consummate efforts in writing
songs. One that comes to mind is his
Penn State is Number One song.
Another, perhaps his best work, is a
Christmas holiday song, which was
very catchy and can yet possibly be-
come a popular Christmas song. His
work of four original holiday songs
are hosted on iTunes and other on-
line music sites.
Jack was an avid pinochle player
and race horse aficionado who spent
many winters in the North Miami ar-
ea. Socially committed to Happy
Hour every Friday with friends at
TGI Fridays, Wilkes-Barre, or Cafe
Europa at the Wyoming Valley Mall.
Jack was a devote Catholic and
practiced his faith regularly. He was a
member of St. Marys Catholic
Church in Wilkes-Barre.
Friends may say goodbye to
Jack between 9 and 10 a.m.
Tuesday at the Good Shepherd
Church, Route 309, Drums, followed
by a Mass to celebrate Jacks life.
Monsignor Banick, of St. Marys
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
tion, will officiate at 10 a.m. Jack will
rest in Eternal Peace with his parents
at Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Friends
may remember Jackby sendinga me-
morial to The Luzerne Foundation,
John Jack Yackshaw Memorial
Ffund, 140 Main Street, 2nd Floor,
Luzerne, PA 18709. Funeral arrange-
ments are under the direction of the
John J. Pusti Funeral Home, Inc., 480
West Broad Street, Hazleton.
John S. Yackshaw
March 10, 2012
LOS ANGELES NASAs Jet
Propulsion Laboratory has land-
ed robotic explorers on the sur-
face of Mars, sent probes to outer
planets and operates a worldwide
networkof antennas that commu-
nicates withinterplanetaryspace-
craft.
Its latest mission is defending
itself in a workplace lawsuit filed
by a former computer specialist
who claims he was demoted
and then let go for promoting
his views on intelligent design,
the belief that a higher power
must have had a hand in creation
because life is too complex to
have developed through evolu-
tion alone.
David Coppedge, who worked
as a team lead on the Cassini
mission exploring Saturn and its
many moons, alleges that he was
discriminated against because he
engagedhis co-workers inconver-
sations about intelligent design
and handed out DVDs on the idea
while at work. Coppedge lost his
team lead title in 2009 and was
let go last year after 15 years on
the mission.
Opening statements are ex-
pected to begin Monday in Los
Angeles Superior Court after two
years of legal wrangling in a case
that has generated interest
among supporters of intelligent
design. The Alliance Defense
Fund, a Christian civil rights
group, and the Discovery Insti-
tute, aproponent of intelligent de-
sign, are both supporting Cop-
pedges case.
Its part of a pattern. There is
basically a war on anyone who
dissents from Darwin and weve
seen that for several years, said
John West, associate director of
Center for Science and Culture at
the Seattle-based Discovery Insti-
tute. This is free speech, free-
dom of conscience 101.
The National Center for Sci-
ence Education, which rejects in-
telligent design as thinly veiled
creationism, is also watching the
case and has posted all the legal
filings on its website.
It would be unfortunate if the
court tookwhat seems tobeafair-
ly straightforward employment
lawcase andallowedit tobecome
this tangled mess of trying to ad-
judicate scientific matters, said
Josh Rosenau, NCSEs programs
andpolicydirector. It looks like a
pretty straightforward case. The
mission that he was working on
was winding down and he was
laid off.
Coppedges attorney, William
Becker, says his client was singled
out by his bosses because they
perceived his belief in intelligent
design to be religious. Coppedge
hada reputationaroundJPLas an
evangelical Christian and other
interactions with co-workers led
some to label him as a Christian
conservative, Becker said.
In the lawsuit, Coppedge says
he believes other things also led
to his demotion, including his
support for a state ballot measure
that sought to define marriage as
limited to heterosexual couples
and his request to rename the an-
nual holiday party a Christmas
party.
In an emailed statement, JPL
dismissed Coppedges claims. In
court papers, lawyers for the Cali-
fornia Institute of Technology,
which manages JPL for NASA,
said Coppedge received a written
warning because his co-workers
complained of harassment.
NASA
worker
files suit
over belief
Specialist says he was axed
because of his belief in
intelligent design theory.
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
WOODS CROSS, Utah A
Utah man persuaded his son to
surrender toauthorities after rec-
ognizing him as a suspect in a
computer store burglary while
watchinga TVnews program, of-
ficers said.
The two were eating breakfast
Friday morning when the father
recognized his son in surveil-
lance tapes that police released
on the burglary, said Woods
Cross police Detective Adam
Osoro.
Jeremy Blair, 26, of Kaysville,
turned himself in later Friday to
theDavis CountySheriffs Office,
theStandard-Examiner of Ogden
and Deseret News reported.
This case is very unique for a
father to recognize that his son
has aproblem, Osorosaid. Its a
hard thing to do, but I think ulti-
mately its the best thing for the
son, and I think the father sees
that.
While Blair was booked into
the county jail on an unrelated
warrant, thecountyattorneys of-
fice is reviewing the burglary
case for formal charges.
Blair and another man are ac-
cused of smashing the front win-
dows and tak-
ing about
$6,500 in com-
puter equip-
ment from
StarWest Com-
puters in
Woods Cross
early Monday
morning.
Osoro said
Blairs father
seemed sur-
prised and disappointed by the
allegations against his son. He
said the father was adamant that
his son take responsibility for his
actions.
Hes a very responsible guy,
Osoro said. I dont think hes
proud of what his son has done.
JoshHolley, owner of Starwest
Computers, praised the fathers
decision to persuade his son to
surrender.
I think thats pretty awe-
some, he said. Being a parent
myself, thats what I would do.
Blairs family declined to com-
ment. It wasnt immediately
clear whether Blair had an attor-
ney. Osoro said Blair refused to
talk to him at the jail and asked
for a lawyer.
Policearestill searchingforthe
other suspect.
Theunrelatedwarrant charges
Blair with third-degree felony
counts of burglary and criminal
mischief.
Dad sees son on TV,
induces him to give up
Younger man seen on
surveillance tape of
computer store robbery.
The Associated Press
I think
thats
pretty
awesome.
Josh Holley
Store owner
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Editorial
Overall, another very strong payroll report
and theres every chance that March will bring
more of the same.
Paul Ashworth
The chief U.S. economist with Capital Economics summed up a recent
jobs report that showed U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February.
Another strong month of hiring makes it less likely that the Federal
Reserve will take more action Tuesday to boost the economy.
FOR MOST young people,
the transition to adulthood
is a gradual process. Many
continue to receive financial
and emotional support from
their parents or other fam-
ily members well past age
18. Not so for youth in foster care.
Although the state has assumed respon-
sibility for these young people, few are pre-
pared to live as independent adults. A recent
report released by the Juvenile Law Center
and the Pennsylvania Partnerships for Chil-
dren called Maximizing Fostering Connec-
tions to Benefit Pennsylvania Youth con-
firms that assisting foster youths during this
time of transition is a necessary and wise
investment both socially and fiscally.
As is the case in many states, Pennsylva-
nia has struggled with limitations in the
support it can provide foster youths after
they reach age 18. The governors recently
proposed budget steps will ensure that fos-
ter youths are better positioned to make a
successful transition to adulthood and fi-
nancial independence.
Stacy Johnson, a former foster youth
attending University of Pittsburgh Law
School, is pursuing her education and a
career in child advocacy despite experiences
that would leave most of us struggling.
Stacy credits much of her success to the
support she received from youth advocates
and her foster family. The support she has
received well past turning age 18 was in-
strumental in helping her establish and then
meet her goals, which now include reform-
ing the foster care system. Stacy agrees with
the governor that youth in foster care should
receive the support she got whether they
pursue their education, job training or dedi-
cate themselves to employment.
The governors budget includes a proposal
to fully implement the federal Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act in Pennsylvania, maximizing
available federal funding support for states
to care for foster youth until they are 21 and
to provide support for adoption and guardi-
anship for youths until age 21. These propos-
als will make a wide range of services avail-
able to older foster youths.
For many years Pennsylvania has worked
to assist older foster youths; often counties
have gone above what state law required at
their own expense because they knew it was
the right thing to do. The governors propos-
al will enhance this capacity so that no
Pennsylvania foster youth falls through the
cracks. It also will result in more youths
getting out of the foster care system through
adoption or guardianship arrangements.
Pennsylvania is headed in the right direc-
tion. Since 2002, researchers at Chapin Hall
at the University of Chicago have followed
youths aging out of foster care in Illinois,
Iowa and Wisconsin. The study shows that
allowing foster youths to remain in state
care through age 21, which has been the
policy in Illinois for years, significantly im-
proves their prospects by increasing college
enrollment, increasing earnings, delaying
pregnancy and contributing to housing
stability. Remaining in foster care provides
these vulnerable young people access to a
wide array of services they need during this
crucial period.
Moreover, a cost-benefit analysis suggests
that the benefits to the youth and society of
extending foster care to age 21 are more
than twice as great as the costs to govern-
ment.
Without such support, foster youth fare
poorly as they begin their adult lives. At 26,
only 11 percent of the young women and 5
percent of the young men in the study had a
college degree; barely half of the young
women and fewer than two-fifths of the
young men were employed; and more than
two-fifths of the young women and two-
thirds of the young men had been arrested
since age 18.
I hope that Pennsylvanians legislators
and citizen alike will stand behind the
governors proposals to aid youths in foster
care and ensure that they are launched into
adulthood with the tools they need not only
to survive, but to thrive.
The full Maximizing Fostering Connec-
tions to Benefit Pennsylvania Youth report
is available at www.jlc.org/fosteringconnec-
tions.
Helping foster youths past age 18 helps them thrive
Mark Courtney is professor of Social Service
Administration at the University of Chicago.
COMMENTARY
M A R K C O U R T N E Y
U
.S. PRESIDENT Ba-
rack Obama has
made it clear on nu-
merous occasions
that with regard to stopping
Iran, all options are on the ta-
ble. In recent days his mess-
age has become more emphat-
ic.
In a speech March 4 to the
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, he declared that
his policy was not to contain
Iran, it was to prevent Iran
fromobtaining a nuclear weap-
on. As Prime Minister Binya-
min Netanyahu noted in his
speechtoAIPAC, Israel has the
same policy.
Nevertheless, U.S. and Israe-
li interests are not identical.
The U.S. timetable for waiting
to see if increasingly stringent
sanctions coupled with diplo-
macy and covert actions seri-
ously delay Irans nuclear pro-
gram stretches beyond the
timeframe in which we in Is-
rael feel it is imperative to act
in our own defense.
Our prime minister has an
obligation to his own people.
And that obligation includes
exercising Israels sovereignty
and military might in a way
that best protects the citizens
of the Jewish state.
So if Netanyahu and our oth-
er leaders are under the im-
pression that Israel cannot af-
ford to wait much longer to see
if diplomacy andsanctions will
work, they cannot simply place
the fate of Israel inthe hands of
the United States as Jews have
been forced to do for so long.
Not only do they have the
right as heads of a sovereign
state totake action, they have a
moral obligation.
The JerusalemPost
WORLD OPINION
Israel must act soon
to defend its citizens
T
HE PUTINIAN uni-
verse appears to be
unfolding as planned.
Vladimir Putin has
been elected to a third term as
president. His loyal place-hold-
er, Dmitri Medvedev, will ei-
ther become prime minister or
be dispensed with his servic-
es having been rendered, the
spirit of Russias constitutional
term limits duly thwarted.
Yet the victory tears shed by
Putin aside, this is a dangerous
moment for Russia.
Decembers parliamentary
elections were characterized
by election-rigging that pro-
voked demonstrations across
thecountry. Thebar was raised
for the presidential vote. Un-
fortunately, Putin has not suc-
cessfully scaled it. His re-elec-
tion by a large margin was se-
cured on the basis of condi-
tions clearly skewed in favor
of one candidate, as observers
from the Organization for Co-
operation and Security in Eu-
rope dryly put it. This only
serves to emphasize the per-
ception of a prearranged hand-
over of power.
A managed democracy, as
the Putinists would practice it,
is not a true democracy. What
has become clear these past
three months, as the demon-
strations have continued, is
that Russians themselves
agree that this is not an accept-
able approach to democracy.
The international communi-
ty, including Canada, is in an
awkward position. It needs to
censure Putin, yet shoulddoso
in a way that appeals to his bet-
ter angels, should they exist.
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
A democracy at risk
A
CONSERVATIVE
government should
put the well-being of
the family at the
heart of its policies.
People want to be able to
make a good life for them-
selves and their loved ones
without fearing that the gov-
ernment of the day will do any-
thing to inhibit or undermine
them in this ambition. Three
policies currently causing po-
litical controversy threaten to
do just that.
Proposals to impose a man-
sion tax on high-value proper-
ties, to withdraw child benefit
fromhigher-rate taxpayers and
to legislate for gay marriage
haveaunifyingtheme. Theyall
risk undermining the tradi-
tional family.
These are perilous waters
for a Tory-led government.
The talk is all of raising taxes:
no one seems willing to make
the case for lowering them.
The mindset is anti-aspiration-
al, the impact anti-family yet
the projected revenues are a
drop in the bucket.
Prime Minister David Cam-
eron should think very careful-
ly about the un-conservative
course on which he seems set.
The Telegraph, London
Family life threatened
QUOTE OF THE DAY
PRASHANT SHITUT
President and CEO/Impressions Media
JOSEPH BUTKIEWICZ
Vice President/Executive Editor
MARK E. JONES
Editorial Page Editor
Editorial Board
MALLARD FILLMORE DOONESBURY
Writer sees nothing good
about diversity agenda
A
rthur Breese, co-chairman of the Lu-
zerne County Diversity Commission,
should be focusing on the dispropor-
tionate violent crime perpetrated by blacks
in Wilkes-Barre instead of trying to influen-
ce the city government with his diversity
agenda.
Maybe the reason many people are re-
sistant to diversity is that the diversity
Mr. Breese advocates has turned once
prosperous and safe cities into crime-rid-
den cesspools. Detroit, Mich., and Cam-
den, N.J., are only two examples.
Its a shame that Mayor Tom Leighton
seemingly lacks the guts to fight this di-
versity fraud, but you can rest assured
that the European American Action Coali-
tion will publicly oppose the Luzerne
County Diversity Commission and its
agenda.
Steve Smith
Pittston
Minorities need leader
to gain ground in city
A
s I read The Times Leaders article
(Bias accusation, March 5) about the
lack of diversity in Wilkes-Barre, I
laughed. Is that what we now call news?
Thats after 25 years of me complaining
about no black contractors in any of the
three trades in this town. (And, yes, I tried
and was told I didnt pass the test and
there would never be one). Also, to say
there is no interest from minorities is false.
However, this mayor is no more respon-
sible than the nothing-to-say NAACP and
others.
There is definitely a need for change in
Wilkes-Barre. I remember Lincoln Street; I
was raised on it. However, you do not
create change by complaining to the spot-
light, then hiding in the shadows.
We need a leader, not another reason or
press conference to blame any single indi-
vidual.
John T. Banks
Wilkes-Barre
Good Friday should be
day of focused faith
E
verything should be shut down on
Good Friday, April 6.
It is the day Christians commemo-
rate the death of Jesus Christ. We need to
live our faith.
Alex S. Partika
Wilkes-Barre
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all this tournament can be. Last
year, 4,000-student Butler fin-
ishedas national runner-upfor the
second straight season, while
VCU, of theColonial Athletic Con-
ference, went from one of the last
teams in all the way to the Final
Four.
Who might this years VCUbe?
Its the question being asked
across the country.
Kentucky (32-2) and Syracuse
(31-2) each enter the tournament
with only two losses. Both were
shoo-ins for top seeds Hatha-
way all but said so last week
thoughtheir recent losses certain-
ly will add more guesswork to
those millions of brackets being
filled out at spring training sites,
corporate board rooms and every-
where else across America.
There were 112 teams with
more than 20 wins, Hathaway
said. We talked a lot about parity
at the high end of the field and
about qualitythroughout thefield.
Bottomline, it was about who did
you play, whered you play them
and howdid you do?
Some losses, though, were less
important than others, and appar-
ently, losing in the conference
tournament didnt cost Syracuse,
Kentucky or North Carolina.
Those losses could have created
chaos, but the committee had the
teams more or less cemented into
top spots, with John Caliparis
Wildcats as the No. 1overall seed.
Kentuckywill playintheSouthre-
gionandpotentiallycouldplaysix
games without havingtoleave the
Southeast.
Its one thing off our backs, 22
games in a rowor whatever, Cali-
pari said, of his teams winning
streak, which actually reached 24
games. Its done now. Now lets
just goontothesethreeweekends.
Weve got a weekendinfront of us.
Its goingtobeabear. Knowwhat?
Good. Throw anything you want
to at us.
TheWildcatswill openthetour-
nament in Louisville against the
winner of a first-round game be-
tween Mississippi Valley State
and Western Kentucky, but it gets
tougher from there. A possible
second-round opponent is defend-
ing champion Connecticut, with
No. 4 Indiana possibly waiting be-
yond that. Before Sunday, the
Hoosiers who return to the
tournament after a four-year
drought were the only team to
beat Kentucky this season.
Second-seeded Duke got seri-
ous consideration for moving up
toaNo. 1seed, but an18-point loss
to North Carolina in the regular-
season finale and a loss to Florida
State in the ACC tournament cer-
tainlyhurt. TheBlueDevils areon
the same side of the bracket with
11th-seeded Colorado, a teamthat
got snubbed last year but won its
way into the bracket this time by
taking the Pac-12 tournament.
The Pac-12 was woefully weak
this year, placing only two teams
and leaving Washington on the
outside. Thismarkedthefirst time
the regular-season champion of a
power conference got left out.
In the West, top-seeded Michi-
ganStatewill beginitsquest forits
seventh Final Four since 1999
against No. 16 LIU. The bottomof
the bracket features No. 2 Missou-
ri, which won the Big 12 tourna-
ment but got penalized for a non-
conference schedule rankedinthe
300s.
That hasnt changed at all over
the years, Hathaway said, when
asked whether the committee re-
wards programs that beef up their
schedules.
IntheEast region, No.1seedSy-
racuse comes in smarting from a
loss to Cincinnati in the Big East
semifinals. Other matchups in-
clude No. 3 Florida State, which
went 4-1 against Duke and North
Carolina this year, against No. 14
St. Bonaventure, which was a sur-
prise winner of the A-10 confer-
ence tournament and took a bub-
ble spot away.
We had five teams on the
board, and we were talking about
those five teams all morning and
through that game to see where
theyd be going, Hathaway said.
There was a lot of conversation
about those last five teams.
AmongthefiveHathawaycould
have beentalkingabout were Mia-
mi, NorthwesternandNevada. All
had flaws, as did Iona, though the
Gaels strength of schedule ap-
peared to carry themthrough.
We tried to play teams or con-
ferences ranked above ours, and
most of those games we really had
to play on the road to get those
games, Iona coach Tim Cluess
said. Wespent seven, eight weeks
in a row on the road this year, but
those were the teams we had to
play to give ourselves a chance.
GLORY
Continued from Page 1B
AP PHOTO
Kentucky forward Terrence
Jones (3) dunks the ball over
Vanderbilt center Festus Ezeli
(3) and forward Rod Odom (45)
during the second half of an
NCAA basketball game at the
New Orleans Arena in New
Orleans Sunday. The Wildcats
lost to Vanderbilt, but still got
the top seed in the NCAA tour-
nament later in the day.
sible meeting of UNLV and
Duke for the first time since
the Blue Devils upset one of
the greatest college teams
ever 21 years ago in the Final
Four? Even better, Duke and
Kentucky could meet in the
South final almost 20 years
to the day since Christian
Laettner hit The Shot to give
Duke a thrilling 104-103 win
over the Wildcats in the East
Regional final.
So Drexel didnt get in. So
what. Nevada didnt get an
invite, either, and the Wolf
Pack won 16 games in a row
at one point during the sea-
son and lost only one confer-
ence game before falling in
the WAC tournament.
Glittering records just
dont count like they used to.
Not with coaches loading up
with soft non-conference
games, so many so that 112
teams in the country had 20
wins or more.
Win your conference title,
and youre in. Lose, and
youre just another 25-win
team heading to the NIT.
Besides, there are better
things to do than complain.
Like look forward to some
tournament storylines like
these:
KENTUCKY
The Wildcats are so loaded
that John Caliparis biggest
worry heading into the post-
season was his players would
be so busy worrying about
the NBA draft that they will
forget to take care of busi-
ness. That might well have
been the case last year when
Kentucky was beaten in the
national semifinals by Con-
necticut, and four players
were picked in the draft.
Complacency also might
have set in Sunday, when the
Wildcats lost to Vanderbilt
and had a 24-game win
streak snapped. This year up
to six players could be draft-
ed if all the underclassmen
come out early, which begs
the question: How does Cali-
pari maintain Kentuckys
graduation rate with so many
one-and-done players arriv-
ing on campus every season?
MISSOURI
There is no quieter top 5
team in the country than the
Tigers. Thats probably fine
with first-year coach Frank
Haith, who made the wrong
kind of headlines before the
season when questions were
raised about his ties with a
booster at the University of
Miami who liked to show
players a good time. Mis-
souri benefited from a cup-
cake schedule early, but the
Tigers won 30 games and the
Big 12 title. Their four-guard
team will cause mismatch
problems for anyone.
LAMAR
No, the Cardinals wont
make a run deep into the
NCAA tournament, though
that doesnt make them any
less fascinating. Lamar hasnt
lost since coach Pat Knight
ripped into them for being,
among other things, quitters
and drug users. Psycholo-
gists can debate the method,
but no one can debate La-
mars place in the tourna-
ment after winning the
Southland Conference tour-
nament. Knights father, Bob
Knight, called it his best day
in college basketball, which
almost made Brent Mus-
burger cry on national televi-
sion. This would be a great
feel-good story, except its
hard to feel good about any-
thing father or son has to
say.
SYRACUSE
Bernie Fine wont be on
the bench for this Final Four
run, and for a while it looked
like Jim Boeheim might not
be either. But Boeheim sur-
vived the child sex-abuse
scandal surrounding his long-
time assistant and his team
won 31 games to get the No.
1 seed in the East. Assuming
yet another scandal play-
ers on previous teams not
being suspended for positive
drug tests doesnt derail
the Orangemen, they have a
legitimate shot of making
the title game for the fourth
time in Boeheims 36 years in
charge.
MICHIGAN STATE
My personal favorite in the
tournament, if only because I
love the way Tom Izzo coach-
es. He schedules tough
teams and isnt afraid to take
a few hits doing it, some-
thing that happened this year
in opening losses to Duke
and North Carolina. His
teams play hard night after
night, which makes them
especially difficult in tourna-
ments, one reason Izzo has
led the Spartans to six Final
Four appearances in 16 years.
Michigan State also has
Draymond Green and one of
the easier paths in the West
region to make another run.
So many good stories.
Almost as many good teams.
No need to manufacture
controversy. And no need to
whine about what might
have been.
Tim Dahlberg is a national sports
columnist for The Associated Press.
Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org
or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg
DAHLBERG
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S P O R T S
But when it came time for the
Class 3A Northeast Regional
Tournament, Crestwood coach
Jay Konigus and Valley West as-
sistant Drew Feldman, both suc-
cessful wrestlers in the past, lent
a helping hand to Crusader 285-
pounder Brad Emerick.
Were all a big family. All Dis-
trict 2 guys cheer each other on.
When we come down here,
theres usually just a small group
of kids andweliketosticktogeth-
er, said Emerick, who won a
fifth-place medal Saturday night.
A lot of us wrestled on summer
teams, so were all buddies. Were
doing better. Were starting to get
our names out there so thats a
good thing.
NO SHAME IN THAT
Five WVC grapplers left Her-
shey without a medal and were
most likely feeling down in the
dumps afterwards.
But theres nothing to be disap-
pointed about for that fivesome
because they lost to quality oppo-
nents, and if those wrestlers
were avoided, you never know
what couldve happened.
Dallas Dominic DeGraba (106
pounds, Class 2A) lost to South-
morelands AustinGriffiths inthe
first round of consolations. Grif-
fiths came back to finish third.
Fort LeBoeufs Kody Pace beat
Meyers Darren Stucker (Class
2A) in the first round at 145. Pace
grabbed the third-place medal af-
ter losing to eventual champ
Zach Beitz from Juniata in the
quarterfinals.
Wyoming Areas Andy Schutz
lost to Biglervilles Laike Gardn-
er, who placed third at 132 in
Class 2A, and to Curwensvilles
Jake Keller, who took fifth.
Crestwood 145-pounder Kyle
Hankinson (Class 3A) may have
faced the stiffest competitors in
his postseason. First, he lost to
eventual champ Garrett Ham-
mond from Chambersburg in the
quarters. Then in the second
round of consolations, he was
eliminated by fifth-place medal-
ist Ty Lydic from Greater La-
trobe. In the Northeast Regional
final, Hankinson lost to third-
place state placewinner in East-
ons Mitchell Minotti, who was
defending champ.
Pittston Areas Chris Wesolow-
ski (285 pounds, Class 3A) lost to
a pair of medalists in Coughlins
Emerick (fifth) and Kiski Areas
Shane Kuhn (fourth).
THREES A CHARM
Hazleton Areas Chad Hoffman
finishedhis career witha winSat-
urday night anda fifth-place med-
al in the Class 3A 195-pound
bracket.
Hoffman accomplished that
andimprovedonhis recordevery
year even with three different
coaches.
As a freshman and sophomore,
he was coached by Dave Shafer.
Last year, Jeff Sweda was the
head coach and this year Keith
Maurer was the man.
In a way theyre all similar be-
cause its all about being mental
in this sport and thats all they
talk about, Hoffman said. I
cant really compare them be-
cause theyre all similar in differ-
ent ways.
ANOTHER HEIDI?
Fans who were tuning into the
PIAA Championships live on
PCN may have run into a few
glitches.
First, in the Class 2A showing,
theprogramdidnt featurethePa-
rade of Champions because the
festivities began a little early.
Then, during the 138- and 145-
pound bouts, audio problems
arose and PCN cut to other pro-
gramming for a few minutes.
Near the end of the show, with
11 seconds remaining in the 285-
pound bout in fact, wrestling was
taken completely off again due to
audio problems. The program
aired again after the 3A tourna-
ment wrapped up.
The 3A event was slated to
start at 7 p.m. The unfortunate
scenario that came up there is
that some cable companies had
the tournament beginning at
7:30. So if you recorded it or
didnt know what time the finals
were scheduledfor, youmay have
missed a good chunk of action.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
6,832: How many wins the pa-
rade of champions from both
classes tallied in their careers.
2,259: The digit representing
how many wins combined the
state finalists had this season.
199: State record for career
wins, set by Zack Kemmerer
fromUpper Perkiomen; hegradu-
ated in 2007.
190: The number of career
wins by Blue Mountains Corey
Keener, who concluded his ca-
reer Saturday night with his sec-
ond 3A state title and has the
most of any state champion this
season.
169: The District 2 record for
wins in a career, set by Abington
Heights Evan Craig in 2010.
149: The career number of
wins by Norristown junior Brett
Harner. Averaging nearly 50 wins
a season. He could tie or break
the state record for career wins
next year with a stellar season.
146: Vito Pasones career wins,
which is the Meyers school re-
cord.
112: Chad Hoffmans career
wins, 28 shy of Hazleton Areas
school record set by his former
teammate Jared Kay in 2010.
102: How many wins Norris-
town sophomore Mikey Springer
has inhis career after this season.
On his current pace, he may
smash the current record.
85: Career wins without a loss
for Kennard-Dale sophomore
Chance Marsteller, who won his
second 3A state title Saturday
night.
57: State record for wins in a
season set by Erie Techs Solo-
mon Carr in 1983.
50: The D2 record for wins in a
season, set by Craig in 2010.
27: That many Wyoming Val-
ley Conference wrestlers have ad-
vanced to the state semifinals in
the last 11 years.
11: Straight years the Wyoming
Valley Conference has sent a
wrestler to the state semis.
9: Wrestlers, who successfully
won another state title this sea-
son. The list is led by Derry Ar-
eas Jimmy Gulibon won his
fourth and North Stars Nick Ro-
berts and Richlands John Rizzo
won their third.
6: How many wrestlers fin-
ished their 2011 season undefeat-
ed, consisting of four in Class 3A
and just two in 2A.
WRESTLING
Continued fromPage 1B
bench after the fight was broken
up by the officials. But he headed
back out toward Dainton and
started another fight.
He was accessed with two ma-
jor penalties, one for fighting, a
match-fighting infraction, a mi-
nor for cross checking and a
game misconduct. MacIntyre re-
ceived17 minutes in penalties for
the incident at 17:42.
When the penalties were sort-
ed out, the Falcons were present-
ed an eight-minute power play. It
actually only lasted for 6:35 be-
causeMatt Calvert endedit when
he was called for holding the
stick.
But what a job of penalty-kill-
ing by the Penguins. They hardly
gave the Falcons a sniff at the net,
holding themtoone shot ongoal.
The P-Kreally steppedup and
rose to the challenge, Hynes
said. It was the turning point of
the game.
Alex Grant got the Penguins
even with a power-play goal with
5:07 remaining. He picked a Ben
Street rebound out of a crowd,
caught Dainton looking the
wrong way and sailed a shot into
a wide open net to knot the score
at 3-3.
The kill gave us momentum
and we were able to get a power
play and capitalize on it, Ryan
Craig said.
Killeenmade sure the game ex-
ceeded regulation when he made
a sliding save off a close range
backhand bid by Springfields
Nae Longpre with 25.6 seconds
left.
Earlier in the period, a pair of
power-play goals by Alexandre
Giroux enabled the Falcons to
overturn a 2-1 deficit and take a
3-2 lead. Giroux, of the most pro-
lific scorers in AHL history,
struck at 1:57 to tie the score be-
fore he converted a Martn St.
Pierre rebound with at 17:36.
Former Falcon Craig scored
one goal andset upanother inthe
first period as the Penguins built
a 2-1 lead. Alexandre Picard
opened the scoring 1:56 into the
game when he took a pass from
Craig and beat Dainton to the
short side.
PENGUINS
Continued fromPage 1B
Joe Stanek, a Hanover Area
graduate, narrowly missed out
on winning the Miami Beach
Half Marathon this past week in
Miami.
Stanek led the race up until
the last half mile, and missed
first place by 18 to 20 seconds.
He finished with a time of 1
hour, 18.08 seconds, which was
good enough for second place
overall.
I was a little surprised, Sta-
nek said. I definitely thought I
wouldnt finish in the top ten let
alone the top five judging by the
results of past years.
Stanek, 22, flew down to Mia-
mi for his spring break to com-
pete in the half marathon,
which runs a course of 13.1
miles. He said it was just some-
thing he wanted to do.
I was just looking for a half
marathon to run over spring
break, said Stanek, whi is cur-
rently a graduate student at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Theres not many in the north-
eastern part of the country at
this time (of year) because of
the cold. I found this online and
decided to go down and run it.
The Florida area has seen
temperatures in the high 80s all
week, and the marathon started
at 6:15 a.m. to try and avoid the
heat. However, the runners still
found themselves competing in
the temperature of 85 degrees,
something that Stanek admit-
ted slowed him down a bit.
I expected to run a bit fas-
ter, Stanek said. I definitely at-
tribute that my time was a bit
slower than expected due to the
temperature.
While this decision to run in
the race may have been ran-
dom, Stanek has been a runner
almost his entire life. He began
running when he was in eighth
grade and ran throughout high
school. He also ran cross coun-
try and track and field when he
attended Mansfield University.
After doing so well his first
time running the Miami Beach
Half Marathon, he said its
something he would like to do
again.
It was a nice event, he said.
There were a lot of people
there, great sponsors, free gear
and a lot of running information
handed out.
Stanek grew up in the Ash-
ley/Newtown area. He attended
college at Mansfield University
before moving on to Pittsburgh.
R U N N I N G
Local man places 2nd in Miami
By JIMMY FISHER
For the Times Leader
PITTSBURGH James
Neal had a goal and two assists,
and the Pittsburgh Penguins
beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on
Sunday for their ninth straight
victory.
Chris Kunitz, Arron Asham,
Pascal Dupis and Matt Niska-
nen also scored for Pittsburgh.
Evgeni Malkin had three assists
to move into the NHL points
lead with 84, two ahead of
Tampa Bays Steven Stamkos.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped
34 shots to run his personal
winning streak to eight.
David Krejci scored twice for
the Bruins, but the Penguins
chased Tim Thomas after the
first period to keep the pressure
on the Eastern Conference-
leading New York Rangers.
Pittsburghs winning streak is
the second-longest in the
league this season behind the
Bruins 10-game run in Novem-
ber.
Rangers 4, Islanders 3
NEW YORK Marian Gabo-
rik scored the Rangers third
power-play goal in the dying
seconds of overtime, and New
York snapped its season-worst,
three-game regulation losing
streak with a victory over the
Islanders.
With the Madison Square
Garden crowd imploring the
Rangers to Shoot the puck,
Gaborik snapped a rising shot
over goalie Evgeni Nabokovs
right shoulder to win it at 4:54.
Brad Richards scored twice
on the power play to reach 20
goals for the ninth time, and
helped set up Gaboriks winner
for the Rangers, who hold a
four-point lead over Pittsburgh
in the races for the Atlantic
Division and Eastern Confer-
ence with 14 games remaining.
Brian Boyle also scored for the
Rangers.
Blues 2, Blue Jackets 1
COLUMBUS, Ohio David
Perron broke a tie early in the
third period, and Jaroslav Halak
made 33 saves to help NHL-
leading St. Louis beat Colum-
bus Blue for its season-high
fifth straight victory.
Patrik Berglund also scored
for St. Louis. The Blues, com-
ing off a 4-1 victory over Colum-
bus on Saturday night in St.
Louis, have won nine of 10 to
improve to 45-18-7.
Panthers 2, Hurricanes 0
SUNRISE, Fla. Jose Theo-
dore made 34 saves for his third
shutout of the season and Flor-
ida beat Carolina to maintain
the Southwest Division lead.
Tomas Fleischmann scored in
the second period, and Marcel
Goc added an empty-net goal.
The Panthers, a point ahead
of Washington in the division
race, won for the second time
in their past six games, and
have beaten the Hurricanes in
all four meetings this season.
Capitals 2, Maple Leafs 0
WASHINGTON Michal
Neuvirth made 23 saves for his
third shutout of the season, and
Brooks Laich and Matthieu
Perreault scored in Washing-
tons victory over Toronto.
The Capitals have won three
straight.
Devils 4, Flyers 1
NEWARK, N.J. Martin
Brodeur made 18 saves for his
650th career victory and Ilya
Kovalchuk had a goal and two
assists in New Jerseys victory
over Philadelphia.
Patrik Elias, Anton Volchen-
kov and Zach Parise also scored
for the Devils, who have won
four straight and five of their
last six. With victory, the Devils
pulled even with the fifth-place
Flyers. Both teams have 85
points, although the Flyers have
played one fewer game.
Sergei Bobrovsky was in goal
for the Flyers as the streaking
Ilya Bryzgalov got a night off
after starting 11 straight games.
Bryzgalov has been brilliant,
posting three shutouts as the
Flyers won five straight coming
in. Bobrovsky saw his first
action since Feb. 18.
Flames 4, Wild 3
ST. PAUL, Minn. Jarome
Iginla scored early and set up
Curtis Glencross go-ahead goal
late with a botched shot that
became a pass, and Calgary
hung on to beat Minnesota for
its third straight victory.
Glencross has a goal in seven
straight games for the Flames,
who moved into a tie for eighth
place with the Colorado Ava-
lanche in the Western Confer-
ence with 76 points. Theyre
4-1-1 in six games this month,
and Iginla has six goals and five
assists in that span.
Kings 3, Blackhawks 2
CHICAGO Mike Richards
scored the lone goal in a six-
round shutout to give the Los
Angeles Kings a victory over
the Chicago Blackhawks.
Richards beat Ray Emery
with a quick wrist shot after
Emery stopped the Kings first
five shooters.
Los Angeles goalie Jonathan
Quick stopped all six Chicago
shooters after making 35 saves
including Viktor Stalbergs
third-period penalty shot
through overtime.
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AP PHOTO
The Pittsburgh Penguins Pascal Dupuis (9) skates in the second
period of an NHL game against the Boston Bruins in Pittsburgh
Sunday. The Penguins won 5-2.
Neal leads Penguins
to win vs. Bruins
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES Kobe
Bryant scored 10 of his 26
points in the fourth quarter and
hit a go-ahead jumper with 41.7
seconds to play, leading the Los
Angeles Lakers to a 97-94 victo-
ry over the Boston Celtics on
Sunday.
Andrew Bynum had 20
points and 14 rebounds for the
Lakers, who rallied from a
five-point deficit in the final 2
1
2
minutes. The All-Star center hit
a short hook shot over Kevin
Garnett with 15.5 seconds left,
and Boston couldnt get a good
look at a tying 3-pointer.
The Lakers scored the final
eight points in their 18th victo-
ry in 19 home games, stylishly
finishing their third straight
victory over Boston.
Rajon Rondo had 24 points
and 10 assists for the Celtics,
who opened an eight-game road
trip by blowing a late lead. On
Bostons final possession, Ray
Allen failed to get free for a
3-pointer before Rondo badly
missed a tying attempt.
76ers 106, Knicks 94
NEW YORK Lou Williams
scored 12 of his 28 points in a
dazzling third-quarter flurry,
Evan Turner had 24 points and
15 rebounds, and the Philadel-
phia 76ers handed the New
York Knicks their fifth straight
loss.
Williams tossed in a long
jumper to beat the halftime
buzzer, then had a dozen points
in the final 3:28 of the third
quarter, when the 76ers seized
control for their third straight
victory.
Cavaliers 118, Rockets 107
CLEVELAND Antawn
Jamison scored 28 points and
rookie Kyrie Irving came
through again in the fourth
quarter, leading the Cleveland
Cavaliers over the Houston
Rockets.
Cleveland, which recorded a
season high in points, had six
players in double figures in
winning its third straight game
for the first time this season.
Luis Scola scored a season-
high 30 points to lead Houston,
whiNHL ch has lost six of sev-
en.
Bucks 105, Raptors 99
TORONTO Ersan Ilyasova
had 31 points and 12 rebounds,
Drew Gooden added 21 points
and the short-handed Milwau-
kee Bucks won their sixth
straight over the Toronto Rap-
tors.
Magic 107, Pacers 94
ORLANDO, Fla. Dwight
Howard had 30 points and 13
rebounds, and J.J. Redick added
18 points and a career-high nine
assists as the Orlando Magic
ran past the Indiana Pacers.
The Magic played without
starters Hedo Turkoglu and
Jason Richardson, but seemed
unfazed as they built a 20-point
lead in the first half and got 30
points from their reserves.
Orlando has won four out of
its last five, and also earned a
3-1 season series victory over
Indiana.
Paul George led the Pacers
with 22 points, Tyler Hans-
brough added 19 and Danny
Granger 18.
Grizzlies 94, Nuggets 91
DENVER O.J. Mayo
scored 22 points, including a
critical 3-pointer in the closing
seconds and the Memphis
Grizzlies hung on to beat the
Denver Nuggets to sweep the
three-game regular-season
series for the first time in their
history.
Mike Conley, who returned
to play after suffering a cut
above his right eye, had 13
points. Dante Cunningham
added 12 points and Tony Allen
10 for the Grizzlies, who also
snapped an eight-game losing
streak in Denver. Nene, Al
Harrington and Corey Brewer
each scored 15 for the Nuggets,
who dropped to 2-2 on a sea-
son-high nine-game homestand.
N B A
Bryants fourth-quarter surge lifts Lakers
The Associated Press
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Average 44/26
Record High 71 in 1977
Record Low 5 in 1996
Yesterday 21
Month to date 286
Year to date 4135
Last year to date 5016
Normal year to date 4968
*Index of fuel consumption, how far the days
mean temperature was below 65 degrees.
Precipitation
Yesterday 0.00
Month to date 0.82
Normal month to date 0.80
Year to date 3.75
Normal year to date 5.20
Susquehanna Stage Chg. Fld. Stg
Wilkes-Barre 8.33 1.42 22.0
Towanda 5.26 -0.53 21.0
Lehigh
Bethlehem 3.07 0.75 16.0
Delaware
Port Jervis 4.46 -0.25 18.0
Todays high/
Tonights low
TODAYS SUMMARY
Highs: 63-68. Lows: 46-51. Partly sunny
skies today, chance of afternoon show-
ers.
The Poconos
Highs: 56-65. Lows: 47-50. Mostly sunny
today, mostly clear tonight.
The Jersey Shore
Highs: 57-65. Lows: 44-48. Partly to most-
ly cloudy, scattered showers.
The Finger Lakes
Highs: 64-67. Lows: 49-53. Partly to most-
ly sunny skies today. A few showers pos-
sible tonight.
Brandywine Valley
Highs: 58-68. Lows: 49-53. Partly to most-
ly sunny today, chance of showers devel-
oping tonight.
Delmarva/Ocean City
Anchorage 18/12/.00 22/10/pc 25/16/pc
Atlanta 65/42/.00 66/55/sh 73/54/t
Baltimore 63/28/.00 66/54/sh 73/51/c
Boston 57/31/.00 67/50/s 67/49/pc
Buffalo 56/36/.00 59/48/sh 57/43/pc
Charlotte 63/31/.00 66/52/sh 74/53/sh
Chicago 68/41/.00 70/48/t 61/47/s
Cleveland 65/40/.00 58/47/sh 61/39/s
Dallas 63/50/.17 81/58/s 77/61/c
Denver 63/33/.00 72/39/s 75/39/s
Detroit 65/32/.00 64/48/sh 61/42/s
Honolulu 79/72/.00 81/67/s 81/65/s
Houston 72/62/2.81 80/65/pc 79/65/c
Indianapolis 66/36/.00 70/55/t 72/53/s
Las Vegas 76/52/.00 74/56/s 74/54/pc
Los Angeles 61/54/.00 61/52/pc 63/51/pc
Miami 82/72/.00 77/69/pc 79/68/pc
Milwaukee 65/40/.00 60/43/t 60/44/s
Minneapolis 64/46/.00 56/35/sh 67/48/s
Myrtle Beach 61/41/.00 70/54/pc 71/57/c
Nashville 70/37/.00 71/59/t 79/57/pc
New Orleans 78/64/.00 79/66/t 80/64/pc
Norfolk 62/33/.00 68/53/pc 73/51/c
Oklahoma City 57/45/.68 80/51/s 82/59/pc
Omaha 50/42/.05 70/45/pc 76/53/s
Orlando 70/66/.32 78/61/pc 81/60/pc
Phoenix 77/51/.00 84/52/s 84/53/s
Pittsburgh 66/28/.00 62/52/sh 69/44/c
Portland, Ore. 45/42/.14 46/38/r 46/45/sh
St. Louis 62/37/.05 79/52/pc 80/57/s
Salt Lake City 65/34/.00 61/41/pc 62/42/pc
San Antonio 73/52/.43 81/65/pc 79/66/c
San Diego 59/55/.00 62/52/pc 64/52/pc
San Francisco 59/48/.00 57/51/c 57/49/r
Seattle 43/38/.53 47/38/r 45/41/sh
Tampa 80/66/.00 83/59/pc 83/61/pc
Tucson 72/43/.00 79/46/s 80/48/s
Washington, DC 63/35/.00 67/52/sh 75/54/pc
City Yesterday Today Tomorrow City Yesterday Today Tomorrow
Amsterdam 55/39/.00 51/41/c 55/42/pc
Baghdad 63/45/.00 79/60/c 82/54/pc
Beijing 43/23/.00 44/31/s 49/34/pc
Berlin 50/45/.13 52/41/c 53/39/c
Buenos Aires 86/72/.00 90/71/sh 81/59/sh
Dublin 52/45/.00 49/42/c 57/42/c
Frankfurt 54/48/.02 53/42/c 59/41/pc
Hong Kong 57/54/.00 61/58/sh 69/64/sh
Jerusalem 72/61/.00 65/44/pc 64/45/s
London 61/41/.00 55/47/c 65/50/pc
Mexico City 73/57/.00 72/49/sh 73/51/sh
Montreal 52/27/.00 46/39/pc 47/37/sh
Moscow 30/23/.00 32/26/sn 33/23/sf
Paris 55/45/.00 52/46/c 63/43/pc
Rio de Janeiro 91/77/.00 89/74/sh 89/73/sh
Riyadh 79/50/.00 86/63/s 91/61/s
Rome 66/45/.00 61/40/pc 62/40/s
San Juan 84/73/.00 80/70/sh 81/72/pc
Tokyo 52/39/.00 43/31/pc 43/35/pc
Warsaw 45/30/.05 41/35/sh 39/35/c
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WORLD CITIES
River Levels, from 12 p.m. yesterday.
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sn-snow, sf-snowurries, i-ice.
Philadelphia
67/54
Reading
67/51
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
63/46
65/48
Harrisburg
65/48
Atlantic City
60/47
New York City
66/51
Syracuse
63/47
Pottsville
63/47
Albany
63/45
Binghamton
Towanda
65/46
67/45
State College
62/50
Poughkeepsie
70/43
81/58
70/48
72/39
78/47
56/35
61/52
57/52
74/49
58/39
47/38
66/51
64/48
66/55
77/69
80/65
81/67
36/21
22/10
67/52
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Sunrise Sunset
Today 7:19a 7:07p
Tomorrow 7:18a 7:08p
Moonrise Moonset
Today none 9:36a
Tomorrow 12:42a 10:26a
Last New First Full
March 14 March 22 March 30 April 6
This week is
going to be very
nice. Plenty of
sunshine is in
the forecast with
small amounts
of rain. Today
will start off a lit-
tle cool, but
warm up to 63.
Clouds will
increase in the
evening and we
could see some
scattered rain
showers
overnight into
Tuesday morn-
ing. The rain will
clear out by
early Tuesday
afternoon and
we will have a
beautiful day
with partly
sunny skies. On
Wednesday, plen-
ty of sunshine is
in the forecast.
Thursday will be
partly cloudy
with the chance
for an evening
shower. Friday
and Saturday will
be mostly cloudy
with highs in the
mid to upper 60s
and the chance
for showers.
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NATIONAL FORECAST: Showers and thunderstorms will be scattered from the Gulf Coast into por-
tions of the Northeast, Great Lakes and the Upper Midwest. Most of the Atlantic Coast will remain dry.
To the west, a ridge of high pressure will keep most of the western United States dry. A cold front will
bring rain and mountain snowfall to the portions of the Northwest.
Recorded at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl Airport
Temperatures
Heating Degree Days*
Precipitation
TODAY
Partly sunny,
evening rain
TUESDAY
Partly
sunny,
a.m. rain
68
48
THURSDAY
Partly
sunny,
p.m. rain
70
38
FRIDAY
Party
sunny
with rain
68
48
SATURDAY
Partly
sunny
with rain
65
48
SUNDAY
Cloudy
with
rain
65
45
WEDNESDAY
Sunny
and nice
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40
63
38
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should contact Neil Morrison at 570-288-6817, or in the Lehigh Valley,
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blood, vice president; Ed Johnson, past assistant treasurer; Neil
Morrison, president; Chester Kulesa, secretary; John Sidorek, trea-
surer; George Fetchko, assistant treasurer; and Tom Betsko, chaplain.
NEPA Coast Guard Veterans Association names officers
The Fraternal Order of Police held its annual Christmas
dinner in December and presented a check to Fallen Offi-
cers Remembered. The FOP Wyoming Lodge 36 has been
one of Fallen Officers Remembered continuous supporters
since 2007. Sponsors and donations are still needed. For
information, contact Jaclyn at 760-9034; email falof-
frem@aol.com; donate through the website, www.fallenoffi-
cersremembred.org; or send your check payable to Fallen
Officers Remembered, PO Box 2299, Wilkes-Barre, PA,
18703. At the check presentation, from left, first row:
Jaclyn Pocceschi Mosley, co-founder FOR; Samuel Blaski,
assistant police chief, Kingston, and vice president, FOP;
Ron Rebo, retired, Wilkes-Barre police and president, FOP;
and Gina Pocceschi Boyle, co-founder, FOR. Second row:
Michael Cormac Bohan, sergeant, Plains Township police
and trustee FOP; Thomas Harding, sergeant, Wilkes-Barre
police; Edward Casella, retired Wilkes-Barre police and
president, FOP Home Association; and Thomas Zurawski,
retired Plains Township police sergeant and trustee FOP.
Fraternal Order of Police donate to Fallen Officers
The Wilkes-Barre Tractor Supply Store was one of the top three
stores in Pennsylvania supporting the 4-H youth program through
Paper Clover donations. Store employees worked hard to raise funds
for the Luzerne County 4-H program. 4-H is the youth development
education program administered through Penn State University for
children ages 5 to 18. For more information on the 4-H program in
Luzerne County, contact Donna Grey, Penn State Extension, at 825-
1701, 602-0600 or 1-888-825-1701. At the check presentation: Jill Hill,
Sarah Smith and Judy Conklin, employees, Wilkes-Barre Tractor
Supply Store; Tom Stephenson, store manager; and Donna Grey,
Luzerne County 4-H program.
Tractor Supply Store supports 4-H program
Editors note: A complete list of Volunteer Opportunities
can be viewed at www.timesleader.com by clicking Commu-
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listed, visit the United Way of Wyoming Valleys volunteer
page at www.unitedwaywb.org. For more information, con-
tact Kathy Sweetra at 970-7250 or ksweetra@timeslead-
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C O M M U N I T Y N E W S
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Mia Elizabeth Cipriani, daughter
of Michele and Thomas Michael
Cipriani, Sugar Notch, is cele-
brating her sixth birthday today,
March 12. Mia is a granddaughter
of Thomas and Teresa Cipriani,
Ashley; Michael Bienick, Sugar
Notch; and the late Mary Alice
Bienick. She has two brothers,
Andrew Michael, 17, and Owen
Thomas, 3.
Mia E. Cipriani
Edward Robert Gensel, son of
Diane Gensel and the late Ed-
ward Gensel Jr., Ashley, is cele-
brating his 10th birthday today,
March 12. Eddie is a grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Halter,
Sugar Notch, and the late Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Gensel Sr. He
has two sisters, Ciera, 17, and
Alana, 18 months, and a brother,
Zachary, 5.
Edward R. Gensel
Elizabeth Ann Hines, daughter of
Robert and Katherine Hines,
Mountain Top, is celebrating her
13th birthday today, March 12.
Elizabeth is a granddaughter of
Dorothy Farrell, Wilkes-Barre; the
late Gene Farrell; the late Robert
Hines; and the late Anna Hines.
She has two sisters, Meghan, 14,
and Erin, 10.
Elizabeth A. Hines
Matthew A. Shiplett, son of
Timothy and Tracey Shiplett,
Mountain Top, celebrated his
10th birthday March 4. Matthew
is a grandson of Kay Faber,
Owego, N.Y.; Joyce Shiplett,
Kingston; the late Eugene Faber;
and the late Herman Shiplett. He
has two sisters, Emily, 14, and
Lauren, 1 1.
Matthew A. Shiplett
Christian Kalinoski, son of Cheryl
and David Kalinoski, Harrisburg, is
celebrating his fourth birthday
today, March 12. Christian is a
grandson of Carl and Mary Ann
Naessig, Wilkes-Barre, and Felix
and Rosalie Kalinoski, Throop. He
has two brothers, Corey, 7, and
Troy, 6.
Christian Kalinoski
Today
DUPONT: The Dupont Lions Club,
6:30 p.m. at the V.F.W. on Main
Street. Another meeting will be
held 6:30 p.m. on March 25. Park
cleanup will take place March 24
at the playground in Dupont.
Rain date is March 31.
Tuesday
WANAMIE: The Glen Lyon Hose
Company, 7 p.m. at fire head-
quarters. President Edward
Pauska will preside. All members
are urged to attend.
MOUNTAIN TOP: The Crestwood
High School PTA, 6 p.m. in the
school cafeteria. Details on the
Senior Lock-In will be discussed.
Parents and seniors are invited.
Membership is $8. Call Karen at
474-5593 with any questions.
MEETINGS
WILKES-BARRE: The Sal-
vation Army Womens Auxilia-
ry will meet at 1 p.m. March 19
at the Wilkes-Barre Corps, 17 S.
Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-
Barre.
The speaker will be Dr. Ni-
cholas Giordano, retired family
physician and board president
of the Luzerne County Medical
Society.
A devotion will be given by
auxiliary president Anne Gerri-
ty. Hostesses for the month are
Barbara Mohr, Joy Lewis and
Jane Baumann. Attendees
should bring a canned food
item for the food pantry.
For more information, or to
join the womens auxiliary, call
Anne Gerrity at 825-1573.
IN BRIEF
The Pittston Kiwanis and the Pittston Memorial Library will hold the 16th annual Night at the Races on
March 24 at Jenkins Hose Company, 2 Second Street., Jenkins Township. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. There
will be refreshments, food, desserts and plenty of door prizes. Proceeds will benefit the librarys childrens
programs. For more information, contact Sal Bernardi at 820-8459, Don Shearer at 654-5063, Frank
Thomas at 654-3438 or Ron Faust at 654-4088. Some of the participants, from left, first row: Ron Faust,
Pittston Kiwanis, and Brenda Lispi, president, Friends of the Pittston Memorial Library. Second row: Ann
Simko, treasurer, Library Friends; Ann Hogya, librarian; Audrey OBrien, Library Friends; and Sal Bernardi,
Pittston Kiwanis. Third row: Maria Capolarella Montante, vice president, Library Friends, Eileen Burns,
Library Friends; Janet Delaney, secretary, Library Friends; Ellen Mondlak, Library Friends; Patricia Joyce,
library staff; Ann Monahan, Library Friends; and Don Shearer, Pittston Kiwanis. Also participating is Ann
Terese Engleman.
Pittston Kiwanis, library plan Night at the Races
Richard John Olshefski, son
of Regina and John Olshef-
ski Jr., Nanti-
coke, at-
tained the
Rank of
Eagle Scout
on June 15,
2011. Olshef-
ski joined
Troop 418,
which is
sponsored
by American Legion Post
350, in 2005. He has
earned 49 merit badges
and served as troop patrol
leader, den chief and troop
guide. For his Eagle Project
he cleaned, stained and
painted the all-purpose
room at the West Side
playground in Nanticoke.
Olshefski is a senior at
Greater Nanticoke Area
High School. He is the
grandson of Irene Thomas
and the late Lewis E. Tho-
mas, Wanamie, and Marcel-
la Olshefski and the late
John Olshefski Sr., Nanti-
coke. He is the brother of
Jennifer Olshefski and
Robert Kocher.
NAMES AND
FACES
Olshefski
The Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club recently held a used-book fair at
the Salvation Armys Childrens Winter Carnival, Wilkes-Barre. The
Kiwanis Club, through the efforts of Dr. Carl Urbanski, collected
teenage and childrens books from local schools for free distribution
to families at the book fair. Neil Young of Youngs Funny Farm, and a
Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis member, also provided an animal petting zoo
at the event. The Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday
at noon at the Genetti Hotel and Conference Center, Wilkes-Barre.
New members are welcome. At the book fair, from left: attorney
Cheryl Sobeski-Reedy, president, Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis; Beverly
Johnston; Ryan Reedy; and Maureen Leone.
Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis book fair benefits carnival
The Citizens Bank Foundation donated $8,000 to Catholic Social
Services in Wilkes-Barre. The grant will assist the Job Search Jump
Start Program which assists unemployed and homeless individuals
gain employment and housing. At the check presentation, from
left, are Donna Farrell, senior vice president, Citizens Bank, and
Ronald Evans, executive director, Catholic Social Services.
Citizens Bank Foundation donates to Catholic Services
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