CITIZENS' VOICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

tHE CItIzEns’ VOICE

40 YEARS

ANNIVERSARY EDITION S U N D AY, O C T O B E R 7 , 2 0 1 8

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INDEX SPORTS THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

A LETTER FROm THE PubLISHER

INSIDE A history of the strike that launched The Citizens’ Voice

BY BOB KALINOWSKI Pages 3,4,6

GEORGE V. LYNETT JR. IS PUBLISHER/CEO OF THE CITIZENS’ VOICE

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irthday celebrations often lead to reflection. Have I lived a full life so far? What are the highlights — and lowlights? Who am I thankful for? Are there any regrets? Are there changes I should be making?

The Citizens’ Voice turns 40 on Oct. 9 and I can say, unequivocally, that it has led a full life so far. The “CV,” as it’s affectionately known, was born an underdog. Created by striking employees of the Capital Cities-owned Times Leader in October of 1978, it was initially intended to be a temporary weapon in the war for better pay and fairer treatment.

Amazingly, 40 years later, it is not only a permanent fixture, but is also the longestlasting strike newspaper in our nation’s history.

Through 40 years of struggle, growth and a constant commitment to improvement and quality journalism, it has also become, by far, the largest daily and Sunday paper in Luzerne County.

This remarkable story would’ve been relegated to the dustbin of history if it weren’t for the hard work, significant sacrifice and supreme dedication of those original union strikers. They began the paper with a deep commitment to local news and a strong sense of local ownership and control. That tradition has continued since May 1, 2000, when Times-Shamrock Communications purchased the newspaper from its then employee-owners.

The CV has evolved a lot over those 40 years. We’ve changed the look of the paper, added coverage and expanded circulation.

We launched a Sunday newspaper in 1993, and added our website and mobile apps. In 2014, we added the Greater Pittston Prog-

Subscribers who have been with us since the beginning

BY BILL WELLOCK Pages 10, 12

Wilkes-Barre still a two-newspaper market

BY MICHAEL P. BUFFER Pages 16, 18

Advertisers staying loyal to the CV

BY DENISE ALLABAUGH Pages 22, 24, 28

Top 40 sports moments of The Citizens’ Voice era

George V. Lynett Jr.

BY MATT BUFANO Pages 42, 44, 46

A look at what’s changed — and what hasn’t — in the Valley

BY BOB KALINOWSKI Pages 54, 56

EXTRAS Throughout this edition, you will find photos, covers, clippings, milestones and memories from the past 40 years, plus some fun facts about The Citizens’ Voice on Page 38.

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ress to better serve that community.

We’ve won multiple state and national journalism awards; 98 in the past five years alone. Some of the most significant awards include the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial writing in 2010; the SPJ’s Best Overall Daily Newspaper award in 2011; the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s Keystone Sweepstakes award in 2015; and the Pennsylvania Associated Press Media Editors’ Public Service Award in 2016.

We’ve been able to achieve all of our successes for four basic reasons: first, we have dedicated employees in all departments who ensure that we can produce a great local newspaper every day; second, we have the area’s best carriers, dedicated to delivering the CV to your doorstep, on time, every morning; third, we have committed and loyal readers like you, who feel connected to the community, at least in part, by reading your CV every day; and fourth, we have committed and loyal advertisers who support local journalism while connecting with our tens of thousands of loyal readers.

We look to the future with excitement while saluting our shared past and the many employees, readers and advertisers who have made our 40th birthday possible.

On behalf of our Times-Shamrock family and our family of employees, thank you for making the CV the largest circulated and best read newspaper, by any measure, in Luzerne County. We promise to stay committed to delivering the best local news as we navigate the many changes and challenges to come over the next 40 years and more.

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For slideshows, videos and interviews to accompany the stories, visit citizensvoiceblogs.com/40th-anniversary.

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HISTORY THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

The Strike That Started It All Founders created durable, evolving newspaper that still persists

BY BOB KALINOWSKI

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nion leaders blew a whistle inside The Times Leader, Evening News/Record newspaper at 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 6, 1978, giving the signal to unionized workers to abandon their jobs and risk their livelihoods.

“I said, ‘Folks, we are going on strike against The Times Leader. Let’s go,’” Pat Rushton, who was union vice president, recalled. “So, they followed us out the door.”

Nearly 200 men and women soon picketed outside 15 N. Main St. to revolt against The Times Leader’s new corporate owner, New York Citybased Capital Cities Communications. They claimed the conglomerate was trying to bust the paper’s four unions and rallied the local labor movement to support their walk out.

The picket line got ugly at times. Strikers and union supporters clashed with strikebreakers and out-of-town guards bused in by Capital Cities.

Within three days, the strikers launched The Citizens’ Voice. The first issue was published on Oct. 9, 1978 under the headline, “New Arrival.

Born Today.”

“Since then, The Citizens’ Voice has never missed an issue,” Paul Golias, a striker who later served as managing editor prior to his 2005 retirement, proudly said in a recent interview.

The strikers sold The Citizens’ Voice in May 2000 to the family-owned, Scranton-based TimesShamrock Communications.

“Our most significant achievement has been winning the circulation and readership war in Luzerne County. We took the lead daily in September of 2014 and took the Sunday lead two years later and have never looked back,” CEO and Publisher George Lynett Jr. said. “The gap continues to grow in our favor.

That’s why we say emphatically, ‘We are here to stay.’”

Voice wasn’t supposed to survive The truth is, Golias said, The Citizens’ Voice wasn’t intended to last this long. In fact, it wasn’t intended to last at all. The paper was created solely to be published as a temporary strike paper until the labor dispute ended. It never did.

“The hope was to put financial pressure on them to change their ways,” Golias said.

Rushton called it merely “a bargaining tool.”

But the paper became an overnight success with Luzerne County residents, known for strong union roots dating back to the area’s coal mining days.

Former Times Leader paper carriers were encouraged to deliver The Citizens’ Voice instead. The overwhelming majority did. Bundles of The Times Leader were abandoned on street corners, set on fire or tossed back over the barbed wire fence erected around The Times Leader building.

HISTORY CONTINUES ON PAGES 4 & 6

1978

1984

1982

The strike ends without a settlement as Capital Cities moves to decertify the last of the striking unions.

The unions continue to operate The Citizens’ Voice.

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1993

The Voice published its first Sunday edition on May 16.

2000

Times-Shamrock Communications, owner of The Scranton Times, purchased The Citizens’ Voice in May.

1989

2017

In April, the Voice switched from its familiar tabThe unions incorporate The Citizens’ Voice, shifting loid format to a broadsheet newspaper, and the Alliownership of the newspaper and its assets to the original strikers and retirees. Of the 204 people who went ance for Audited Media released figures showing the Voice topping the Times Leader in daily on strike in 1978, eight returned to the Times Leader. and Sunday circulation.

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Members of four unions — The Newspaper Guild, The Citizens’ Voice acquires its own press in June Typographical Union and the photoengraving and and consolidates its operations into its current buildpressmen units of the Graphic Communications ing at 75 N. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. Before International Union — go on strike against Capital the move, the newspaper’s news, advertising and cirCities Communications, publisher of the Times culation offices were located on the second floor of Leader, Evening News and Wilkes-Barre Record. the Hotel Sterling, and the plate and printing The strikers launched their own newspaper — The facility were in Plymouth.

Citizens’ Voice — on Oct. 9.

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First edition immediately embraced by community CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3

“Back in those days, a lot of your home delivery was kids. They started calling the kids. I forgot what the percentage was, but it was something like 90, 95 percent of the carriers switched over to The Citizens’ Voice,” Golias recalled. “Think about it. The Wyoming Valley, the mining history, union families. You could imagine the father telling the son, ‘Hey, there’s no way you’re going to deliver a scab newspaper.’”

Corporate competition The first edition of The Citizens’ Voice sold 45,000 copies, as the area immediately embraced the new union paper. The competition’s circulation took a dramatic hit.

However, the deep pockets of Capital Cities Communications allowed The Times Leader to eventually stabilize and rebuild a replacement staff much larger than the Voice’s.

The result has been a 40-year see-saw battle that remains one of the most intriguing newspaper wars in the country — and one of the last.

While the paper’s staff is much smaller than in 1978, non-management newsroom workers and two maintenance staffers are still unionized.

The Citizens’ Voice took the daily circulation lead in September 2014 and the coveted Sunday circulation lead in the fourth quarter of 2016.

The Citizens’ Voice now has its largest lead in history.

The latest numbers put The Citizens’ Voice print circulation on Sunday at 23,116 compared to 20,501 for The Times Leader. The Voice’s daily circulation is 20,968 while The Times Leader dipped to 16,641, according to the Alliance for Audited Media.

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The Sunday lead is significant since The Times Leader purchased the formerly dominant Sunday Independent in 1993. The Citizens’ Voice was forced to start a Sunday edition from scratch days later.

The paper survived and thrived the past four decades despite the fact that The Times Leader remained owned by major national corporations for most of that time.

After Capital Cities Communications, The Times Leader was owned by the ABC network, the Walt Disney Company, Knight Ridder and even the investment bank Goldman Sachs. It’s now owned by North Carolina-based Civitas Media.

The Citizens’ Voice was a non-profit strike paper until 1989, when it incorporated and became a for-profit employee-owned operation. The paper remains locally owned by members of the Lynett and Haggerty families, who purchased the paper in 2000 as part of Times-Shamrock Communications.

“That was like the cavalry coming in,” said Advertising Director Mark Altavilla. “It allowed us to leverage their relationships and organization to grow into the multimedia company that we are today.”

Altavilla was ad director at The Sunday Independent when it abruptly closed. He was then recruited to be The Citizens’ Voice ad director, a position he’s held for 26 years.

Since then, Citizens’ Voice advertising market share has increased from 36 percent to 57 percent, a major swing.

“During that time, they (The Times Leader) brought in people with a lot more education than me from out of town, all these guys who had all these magic buttons that were going to put The Citizens’ Voice out of business. And that certainly has not been the case,” Altavilla said.

Lead-up to the strike When Capital Cities purchased The Times Leader in May 1978, employees sensed a strike could be possible due to the company’s history of clashing with unions. The company anticipated one, too.

Even before the union contract expired Sept. 30, 1978, Cap Cities erected barbed wire fences around the building, installed security cameras and hired security guards from the Wackenhut firm.

The guards intimidated workers, following them around the building, even into the restroom, the strikers say.

At the time, the paper had four unions, Newspaper Guild Local 120, Typographical Union Local 187, Pressmen’s Union Local 137 and Stereotypers’ Union Local 139.

With contract negotiations going nowhere, they decided to unite as the Wilkes-Barre Council of Newspapers, also known as the Four Blocks of Anthracite, paying homage to the area’s coal-mining past.

National union leaders came to Wilkes-Barre to organize a strike set for Oct. 6, 1978.

For years while publishing The Citizens’ Voice, strikers would picket in front of The Times Leader building. They even once took their protest to Capital Cities’ corporate office in New York City.

“This was one of the last hurrahs in the Wyoming Valley for a major strike, even nationwide. This was historic,” Golias, who served as union spokesman, said. “This was something you could point to and say, ‘Hey, here’s labor taking on the big guys.’”

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A Lovingg Tribute To My Dad

George Casey and the other strikers for their bravery to stand up for what they believe in. Their sacrifices, dedication, loyalty and perseverance are the reason The Citizens’ Voice proudly stood the test of time.

Congratulations to the Lynett and Haggerty families for having the courage to purchase The Citizens’ Voice and grow it to a multi-media company.

Congratulations on 40 Outstanding Years!

Sincerely, Shawn Casey, D.M.D.

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Strike gets ugly Other area union workers picketed with The Citizens’ Voice strikers. Some in the crowd pelted The Times Leader building with paint.

“SCABS,” the insulting name given to people who crossed the picket line, was spray-painted on the building as well.

Windows and delivery truck windshields were smashed. Tires were slashed.

Both sides accused the other of assaults.

Privately, some strikers tell stories of their roles in the mayhem. They defend the tactics, saying they were at war.

The scene became so volatile that WilkesBarre City’s Mayor Walter Lisman declared a state of emergency.

The front page of the second edition of The Citizens’ Voice showed Wackenhut security guards spraying the picketers with fire extinguishers. Another photo inside shows them spraying the strikers with fire hoses.

The Times Leader countered with a 16-page newspaper, with the headline “Violence in the Valley,” mailed to area residents. The mailer slammed the strikers as violent thugs who were not being punished for committing crimes.

“The story is about unions that have tried by the most violent means necessary to prevent a newspaper from being published,” the mailer said.

Rushton said he thinks the out-of-town security guards used by The Times Leader, even before the strike started, caused tensions to escalate.

“Their mere presence there I think — not I think, I know — really enraged many people. You have to remember this was a familyowned company prior to this,” Rushton said.

“It was chaotic. The adrenaline was high.”

Early days of the paper A New York Times story in November 1978 about the early days of The Citizens’ Voice called it a “slapdash operation.”

The paper obtained its national news and sports scores by having a staffer listen to the radio and watch television all day.

Golias let out a big laugh at the New York Times’ characterization, agreeing with it to a degree. He noted the Associated Press, the main news wire service, “would not even talk to us” at the behest of Capital Cities.

The paper started out in a “pretty grubby” office on North Main Street with antiquated equipment, Golias said.

“Slapdash? Yeah, why not. It was pretty

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much an old-fashioned newsroom,” Golias said.

Workers were paid a meager strike benefit from the international union, causing workers with families to struggle. All pay was equal.

“What was unique about it was everybody got the same benefit, whether you were the maintenance man or the general manager,” Golias said.

Initially, the Voice rented the press of the weekly Wyoming Valley Observer to print the paper.

The Voice later moved offices on the second floor of the Hotel Sterling and printed in Plymouth.

In 1984, the paper moved its offices to its current location at 75 Washington St., the former Boston Store warehouse, and unveiled a new printing press.

Sunday paper in several days In 1989, The Citizens’ Voice incorporated as a for-profit business owned by the employees.

The paper remained a six-day-a-week operation because the mighty Sunday Independent had a firm grip on the Sunday market.

Then, in May 1993, the Sunday Independent suddenly closed on a Tuesday. Later, it was announced The Times Leader, which had launched a Sunday paper in 1987, purchased the Independent’s assets.

“The Voice saw what was happening and basically had no other option except to start a Sunday paper to stay in competition with The Times Leader, seven days a week instead of six,” Golias said.

The Voice had a Sunday edition out that week.

“It’s pretty unique in itself. When a newspaper starts a Sunday edition, the planning

“We knew local, family ownership would make a difference — and it did. Knight Ridder didn’t focus much on the competition, so we took advantage of that,” Lynett said.

“Over the next four ownership changes at The Times Leader — from McClatchy to Rich Connor to Goldman Sachs to current owner Civitas/Versa Capital — we focused on strong local reporting and building relationships with the advertisers. It worked, and we grew as the Times Leader shrank.”

The goal is to be the last paper standing.

If that ends up being The Citizens’ Voice, the strikers — and those who have followed them — will have pulled off one of the biggest upsets in media history.

“I don’t think the day we started the Voice that we thought 40 years down the road we’d still be here,” Corbett said. “Every morning when I get up and get the paper I am proud could take six months or longer. We did it in of it. It was something we accomplished and four days,” Golias said. nobody gave us a chance. Nobody.”

Altavilla said it’s incredible The Citizens’ A new Voice Voice was able to start from scratch and eventually overtake The Times Leader in Larry Holeva, executive editor of The Citthe coveted Sunday circulation.

“It’s just remarkable. All these years later, izens’ Voice, said there’s one main reason 40 years later, for the Voice to be the domi- paper has managed to pull ahead of The nant Sunday paper. It just says so much,” Times Leader.

“We got something that they don’t have.

Altavilla said.

That’s stability,” Holeva said.

Sale to Times-Shamrock The repeated change in ownership and leadership at The Times Leader gave The The employee owners of The Citizens’ Citizens’ Voice an opportunity, said Holeva, Voice voted to sell the newspaper to Times- who has headed The Citizens’ Voice since Shamrock Communications in 2000.

December 2004.

Neil Corbett, the last striker to retire from “At the same time, we were doing somethe paper, said the sale was the best way to thing here. I like to think we were shifting ensure The Citizens’ Voice survived. gears,” Holeva said. “We were really looking Not only that, it has thrived under the not to just survive, but to win. For a long Times-Shamrock umbrella, he said. period of time. The Voice had to be survi“I thought it was the only way,” Corbett vors and they were really good at survivsaid. ing.”

Corbett said he admired how TimesDuring Holeva’s tenure, The Citizens’ Shamrock fought off competition to win the Voice has adopted an emphasis on breaking newspaper war in Scranton. news online, striving to be first, but accu“I knew those guys wouldn’t give up,” rate.

Corbett said. “You knew they were in it for Holeva thinks the current staff mainthe long haul.” tains the work ethic of the founders of the Lynett admitted it was a gamble. paper. Each day, they try to pay homage to “When we purchased The Citizens’ Voice the strikers by putting out the best product in 2000, we were concerned about the diffi- possible, he said. culty of competing with a huge public com“It’s monumental success story. If you pany like Knight Ridder, who had much just think back to the courage the people deeper pockets than we had,” Lynett said. had to do that in the beginning and what “But we knew that the Voice’s franchise was they went up against all those years, to realstrong thanks to dedicated employee-own- ly keep the Voice for the people of the Wyoers and extremely loyal readers, so we ming Valley,” Holeva said. “That’s what this forged ahead.” paper was, and still is, the voice of the peoLynett and his two cousins, Matt Haggerty ple here.” and Bobby Lynett, are part of the fourth gen- Contac the writer: eration of their family to lead the company, bkalinowski@citizensvoice.com: 570-821-2055; @cvbobkal on Twitter sharing the roles of CEO and publisher.

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A TRIBUTE TO

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FRANK ROCHE

& THE OTHER

LOYAL

CITIZENS’ VOICE FOUNDERS WHO SACRIFICED GREATLY TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE!

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OUR FOUNDERS SPORTS THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Plaque honoring the founders of The Citizens’ Voice was hung in 2003.

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CONGRATULATIONS on 40 YEARS!

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Thanks For Your Support For

File Photo from 2011 when managing Editor Larry Holeva and Publisher Daniel Haggerty were joined by staffers at the Citizens’ Voice during an impromptu celebration in recognition of being selected Best Overall Newspaper in Pennsylvania.

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READERSHIP SPORTS THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTOS BY WARREN RUDA AND MARK MORAN

Ann and John Bergold Walter Klepaski Top: Jonathan and Tom Kashatus; bottom: Gloria Engelhardt

From The Beginning Some subscribers have been with us for the last 40 years

BY BILL WELLOCK

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hen The Citizens’ Voice started 40 years ago, it had dedicated employees, companies advertising with the new paper and four unions sticking together.

None of that would have mattered if it hadn’t been for someone else — you.

Locals who subscribed to the new endeavor gave it an audience and made it viable.

Here are some subscribers who have been with us since its beginning:

Ann Bergold Ann Bergold subscribed to The Citizens’ Voice when the paper was first born, and she’s been reading it for 40 years.

Bergold knew people going on

strike and wanted to support them, and she was a union member herself. Tactics like the erection of a barbed-wire fence around the former Times Leader building and the hiring of Wackenhut guards helped convince her she had made the right decision.

She appreciated seeing a piece about her daughter joining the Navy and the announcement for her 50th wedding anniversary.

Lately, she has been following coverage of the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s grand jury report of sexual abuse at six Roman Catholic dioceses.

She likes reading a paper copy each day, and mostly uses the website only to check obituaries.

Her only complaint — she preferred the original tabloid format to the current broadsheet style.

STORY OF 40-YEAR SUBSCRIBERS CONTINUES ON PAGE 12

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John and Ann Bergold, of Edwardsville, are 40-year subscribers to The Citizens’ Voice.

Many loyal readers have been with us from the start CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10

Gloria Engelhardt Gloria Engelhardt and her husband subscribed to the local newspaper wherever they went during their careers in the U.S. Army. They moved to the area in 1968 and, soon after, had two options. For years, they received both papers.

Around the year 2000, her husband started having trouble walking. He called both papers to see if they would deliver each morning’s edition to a basket on his porch. Only The Citizens’ Voice agreed to do it, Engelhardt said.

“If you guys would have said no, my husband would have said the same thing, but you said yes and that was marvelous,” she said.

“The Citizens’ Voice still puts the paper on my porch.”

Kashatus Family The early years of The Citizens’ Voice became a family affair for the Kashatus family of Glen Lyon.

They knew people starting the paper, and Tom Kashatus was a member of the correctional officers union, so they subscribed.

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Family friends asked if they wanted to take over their paper route soon after the paper’s founding.

Three of the Kashatus children — Lynne, Tommy John and Jeremy, then 14, 13 and 10 or 11 — shared the route. When Lynne left for college, Jonathan, another of the children, took over her spot.

They started with about 40 subscribers. By the time Jonathan graduated high school, he was delivering to 120 households around Glen Lyon.

They started the route between 6 and 6:30 a.m. so they could get to school on time. Their mother, Marge, helped them by folding the papers each morning.

One of the biggest stories for the paper during its early years was a report on the murders committed

by George Banks in 1982. The late-breaking story delayed delivery the next day.

They also had to collect payment and handle billing. It was like a small business each child was responsible for.

“That was the best thing they could have done at the time, “ Tom Kashatus said “It was very important for their life.”

newspaper has stuck with Walter Klepaski for nearly 40 years.

It was about a year and a half after the newspaper strike had begun, and he had just started a job as the AFL-CIO community services liaison with the United Way of Wyoming Valley. Jack Wallace, a cour thouse reporter at The Citizens’ Voice, walked into his office.

“Walter,” Wallace said. “We don’t have payroll deduction or anything like that, but I went around and (from) those who made a commitment for a donation, this is what I collected.”

He handed over donations from employees who had made pledges prior to the strike, and kept visiting each month with what he could gather for the community organization.

“This is when they’re still a striking newspaper and struggling to get a firm foothold,” Klepaski said. “To me, that showed a lot of character and a lot of fight and a lot of compassion people had for their community.”

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Happy 40th to the Citizens’ Voice, a truly great Local Newspaper!

Borne out of strife - and given no chance by most experts to last more than 6-12 months - you took your name seriously from Day 1 and in so doing you beat all odds - first under the operational guidance and wisdom of good, caring leaders like Bob Manganiello and Paul Golias, and then, as members of the great Scranton Times Family of Newspapers, becoming the #1 Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley.

Congratulations on your first 40, CV. Many, many more!

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Forty years later, Wilkes-Barre’s media market a rarity

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ilkes-Barre became a city with two daily newspapers in October 1978 when striking workers started publishing The Citizens’ Voice to compete with the Capital Cities-owned Times Leader.

Forty years later, the newspaper competition continues — a surprising feat for a city with a population less than 50,000 and a newspaper market of around 200,000.

“The success and longevity of The Citizens’ Voice is particularly commendable in light of the dramatic decline of two-newspaper towns in the U.S.,” Newspaper Guild president Bernie Lunzer said.

The Newspaper Guild union turned over control of The Citizens’ Voice to the original striking employees in 1989. Scranton-based Times-Shamrock Communications has owned the Voice since 2000.

“The Newspaper Guild, along with other striking unions, helped the workers create The Citizen’s Voice in 1978. It was expected to be a temporary strike publication, but the strike lingered on, and the publication did, too,” Lunzer said. “Forty years later, the strike is long gone, but the CV continues its mission of providing fresh, relevant news to its community. It’s almost unheard of, and of course it

is the oldest publication formed by former strikers in the United States.”

King’s College history professor Thomas Mackaman taught a class about the 1978 Times Leader strike during this past spring semester.

“The veterans of that strike felt they had won because they were able to hang on to the newspaper,” said Mackaman, adding many of them never thought the competition between the two newspapers would last this long.

“Capital Cities lost a ton of money. It’s well documented. I just wonder if they didn’t want to accept defeat for the precedent.”

Capital Cities, which owned newspapers and television and radio stations in mid-size markets around the nation, purchased the The Times Leader from its local owners in 1977 and the American Broadcasting Co. in 1985.

The Times Leader made some smart business decisions after the strike, such as launching a Sunday edition and buying Sunday competitors, according to Ed Ackerman, a journalism professor at Luzerne County Community College.

Ackerman was managing editor of The Sunday Dispatch in Pittston when Capital Cities/ABC Inc. bought the weekly from the Watson family and he left The Dispatch to work at the community college.

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“There was talk about a boycott, and one response was, ‘Well, then you got to stop watching Monday Night Football because it’s on ABC,’ ” Ackerman said.

But pro-Voice sentiment remained strong, said Ackerman, who recalled turning down a job at the Times Leader during the 1978 strike.

“I got a phone call that Capital Cities was looking to hire. I said no. I felt high and mighty.”

The Times Leader started its Sunday edition in 1987 and went head-to-head with The Sunday Independent, Wilkes-Barre’s only Sunday newspaper at that time.

Six years later, the owners of The Sunday Independent shut down operations.

Days later, The Citizens’ Voice launched a Sunday edition, and the Times Leader bought the Independent’s assets — including its property, building, equipment and advertising and subscription lists.

In the 1980s and 1990s, advertisers supported both newspapers because ad rates were lower in a

competitive market and each paper established its own identity, Ackerman said.

“The Voice became the bluecollar paper, popular in areas like Nanticoke and Hanover. The Times Leader became more popular in more affluent areas like Mountain Top and the Back Mountain,” Ackerman said.

The Citizens’ Voice had a tabloid format that gave the paper “an everyman feel” in comparison to the Times Leader’s broadsheet, Ackerman said.

The Voice began printing its Sunday edition on a broadsheet in 2003 and went to a broadsheet for all editions in 2017.

Over the years, some of the animosity directed at The Times Leader in the community started to subside, said Ackerman, who in 2000 returned to work part-time for The Dispatch after Capital Cities/ABC purchased the Walt Disney Company and sold its newspapers to Knight Ridder, a national chain. Ackerman stopped working for the Dispatch in 2014 and is now a columnist and consulting editor for the Greater Pittston Progress, a

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weekly launched by the The Citizens’ Voice.

The competition became a little more contentious when Richard Connor, The Times Leader publisher from 1978 to 1986, came back in 2006, Ackerman said.

In 2006, Knight Ridder was sold to The McClatchy Co., which retained most of its newspapers, but sold The Times Leader to a company headed by Connor.

Connor resigned as editor and publisher of The Times Leader in 2011. Civitas Media LLC, the creation of Philadelphia private equity group Versa Capital Management LLC, has owned The Times Leader since 2012.

“You wonder how on Earth has Wilkes-Barre been a two-newspaper town for the last 40 years and how on Earth it will continue as a twonewspaper town,” Ackerman said.

One reason the city supported two newspapers this long is “people around here read a lot of newspapers,” he said. Studies have ranked Wilkes-Barre among the leading markets in the nation for the percentage of adults who read a daily newspaper.

The biggest challenges in the future are declining print circulation and ad revenue due to younger generations preferring to get information online, Ackerman said.

“I love the feel of a newspaper,” said Ackerman, 68, explaining his preference for print over digital.

Between 2004 and 2014, newspaper circulation nationally plummeted 20 percent, and the number of daily newspapers in the U.S. dropped from 1,469 to 1,331, according to a study by the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

A region with two daily newspapers reporting local news “is an absolute asset,” Wilkes University communications professor Kalen M.A. Churcher said.

“Not only for the people who live here, but from an educational point of view for the students who all go here,” Churcher said.

“We will talk in my classes really about the novelty of having a two-newspaper town in this era, particularly when you are talking about the size of an area like

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Wilkes-Barre. I’ll have them pull up story from The Times Leader, pull up a story from The Citizens’ Voice, put them side by side, compare and contrast. It’s a great learning opportunity for them.”

Churcher is adviser to the Wilkes student newspaper, The Beacon. She grew up in the area, graduating from Wyoming Valley West High School in 1993, and worked at The Times Leader when Knight Ridder was the owner.

“I think that loyalty has helped allow the two newspapers to survive. On the flip side of that, there are people who do appreciate the fact that there is so much media in this area for them. It’s really a win for the public. They are getting the best of local journalism,” Churcher said. “I think the competition contributed to the longevity of the newspapers.

I would really like to see it continue because you lose something when you lose a newspaper in your community.”

Contact the writer: mbuffer@citizensvoice.com, 570-821-2073, @cvmikebuffer on Twitter

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hile social media has changed the way businesses market to consumers, Garden Drive-In owner Doug Barbacci said newspaper advertising is “probably the most important advertising we do.”

The Garden Drive-In on Route 11 in Hunlock Twp. is one of the businesses that has advertised in The Citizens’ Voice since its beginning in 1978. And like other businesses, the drive-in has seen a return on its investment.

While many of its competitors have closed, the Garden Drive-In has remained in business for 66

years and still draws crowds in the summer to see movies on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights and go to its popular flea market, on Sundays.

Barbacci, who owns the Garden Drive-In with his wife Kim, said The Citizens’ Voice is a great place to advertise its movies, which recently wrapped up for the season, as well as its flea market, which continues until the end of October.

Despite the rise in social media use, Barbacci said “people still reference the newspaper to see what’s in the movies.”

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“It’s an important piece to let people know what we’re showing every week. We change movies every week and it keeps people informed,” Barbacci said. “People still read the newspaper and still want to see what movies are in and it helps get the word out what we’re showing and it keeps our name in front of them.”

The Garden Drive-In also promotes its movies on social media but Barbacci said “our intent is to always advertise in newspapers.”

Barbacci said he also gets tremendous feedback from articles about the drive-in in The Citizens’ Voice.

“Sometimes, someone will say that was a nice article in the paper and it’s three weeks later,” Barbacci said. “You really know people are reading the paper and they like those kinds of stories and they remember them and they don’t get that in other forms of media.”

Today, the Garden Drive-in is one of only three drive-in movie theaters left in Northeast Pennsylvania.

The other two are the Circle Drive-In in Dickson City and the Laurel Drive-In in Hazleton, which also are familyowned.

Kim Barbacci’s family bought the Garden Drive-In in the 1980s from the Cragle family.

The price to see movies at the Garden DriveIn is $8 for adults and $5 for children.

Gallery of Sound also was one of The Citizens’ Voice’s early advertisers when it began publication 40 years ago that continues to advertise today.

Joe Nardone Jr., who runs Gallery of Sound with his father Joe Nardone Sr., said although the Internet has taken a toll on the music business like the newspaper industry, “We still find customers through print.”

“Print is in a different situation just like the record business but we’re still believers that people still look at the newspaper,” Nardone said.

When The Citizens’ Voice started in 1978, the Gallery of Sound had three music stores in downtown Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes-Barre Twp. and the Gateway Shopping Center in Edwardsville.

At its peak in 2000, the music business had 11 stores throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania in Bloomburg, Clarks Summit, Dallas, Dickson City, Edwardsville, Hazleton, Matamoris, Mount Pocono, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre and Wilkes-Barre Twp. Today, there are two Gallery of Sound

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Joe Nardone, Jr., of The Gallery of Sound, poses at Rockology in the East End Center. Gallery of Sound has advertised with The Citizens’ Voice since day one. stores left on Mundy Street in WilkesBarre Twp. and in Dickson City.

Gallery of Sound continues to advertise in The Citizens’ Voice for its music stores as well as concerts, promotions and for his Rockology Music Academy in the East End Center in Wilkes-Barre Twp. Despite the availability of free music on

the Internet, Nardone said Gallery of Sound still sells CDs. Vinyl records “saved our business,” he said.

The Gallery of Sound tries to reach customers age 18 through senior citizens and Nardone said he believes the business reaches its target audience through the newspaper.

Newspaper articles promoting concerts and Rockology Music Academy also are helpful for business, he said.

“People are interested in local and keeping it local,” Nardone said. “I think it’s important that the paper stays focused on local events and happenings.”

Bartikowsky Jewelers, which was in business in downtown WilkesBarre for 125 years, also was one of the original advertisers in The Citizens’ Voice.

In 2013, the landmark business closed its doors and its now the site of the Karembelas Media and Communication Center at Wilkes University.

Max Bartikowsky, the 87-year-old retired president of Bartikowsky Jewelers and the third generation in his family who ran the business, is still an avid reader of The Citizens’ Voice.

When Bartikowsky Jewelers was in business, he said the newspaper was where he put most of his advertising.

“Personally, that’s the paper I buy every day,” Bartikowsky said. “I used to like the different format, the tabloid, but I still look forward to the Voice every day. I’m a Voice merchant and supporter.”

King’s College in Wilkes-Barre also has advertised in The Citizens’ Voice since its beginning.

Forty years ago, King’s College recognized The Citizens’ Voice as an “effective way effective way to communicate with prospective students and their parents in the Wyoming Valley,” said Patrick Farrell, associate vice president of college marketing and communications.

“King’s continues to advertise in The Citizens’ Voice because it has consistently met our needs and remains a viable and effective means for us to get our message to the community,” Farrell said. “Advertising in The Citizens’ Voice has helped build awareness about the college across Northeastern Pennsylvania.”

King’s College was established in 1946 by the Congregation of Holy Cross at the request of then Bishop William Hafey to establish a Catholic college to educate sons of the working class in the area.

The college was established 32 years before The Citizens’ Voice began.

“We congratulate The Citizens’ Voice on 40 years of responsible journalism and reliable service to the community and advertisers,” Farrell said.

Contact the writer: dallabaugh@citizensvoice.com; 570-821-2115; @CVAllabaugh on Twitter

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The story behind the ads lines, bar and restaurant owners often missed out on the opportunity to advertise their specials. We didn’t want to lose their business.

So, the Voice came up with “style ads,” as we call them.

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DID YOU KNOW? The Citizens’ Voice was first published as an interim newspaper published by the Wilkes-Barre Council of Newspaper Unions for the duration of the labor dispute. On settlement of the dispute, the intention was to cease publication. Two-hundred out of 225 of the original Times Leader employees representing four local unions went on strike and formed an employee-owned newspaper called The Citizens’ Voice.

The first edition of The Citizens’ Voice made its debut Oct. 9, 1978.

At one time, all employees had received the same salary, from the publisher to the maintenance worker.

The Citizens’ Voice made its debut as a tabloid because owners of the Wyoming Valley Observer — a weekly tab newspaper — allowed staffers to use their press.

The Citizens’ Voice Facebook page was created in 2009 and now has more than 30,000 likes.

NOTABLE STAFF ■ Jack Williams was the first publisher.

■ Community editor Leonarda Bilbow was one of the first “non-strikers” hired in 1979. Now in her 39th year, she has the distinction of being the longest employee in the history of the paper.

■ Former Ashley mayor and current Wilkes-Barre Twp. councilman, John Jablowski, was one of the first carriers.

■ Former staff writer Frank Zini went on to become managing editor of the New York Post.

■ Neil Corbett spent 34 years as the sports editor before his retirement in 2013. He was the last of the original strikers to leave the newsroom.

■ Ed Hourigan Sr., the son of the Hourigan Family who sold the original Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company to Cap Cities, would be hired in the early 1990s as The Citizens’ Voice publisher.

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The first issue of The Citizens’ Voice had a circulation of 45,000.

The Citizens’ Voice’s first newsroom, circulation and advertising offices were located at 1 N. Main St., just off Public Square. The newspaper operated for years out of the second floor of the Hotel Sterling. Operations moved to its present facility — 75 N. Washington St. — in June 1984. The building was formerly a warehouse for Fowler, Dick & Walker - The Boston Store.

The company’s color is orange because when the employees went to purchase delivery tubes, they bought orange tubes at a substantial discount because no one wanted orange.

In the late 1990s, The Citizens’ Voice had a weekly television show called ‘Northeast Real Estate Review,’ which was hosted by Judi Shaver and ran on FOX on Sunday mornings.

Presston, The Citizens’ Voice “orange” mascot, was born in 1996.

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The Citizens’ Voice switched from the tabloid format to broadsheet in April 2017.

Times-Shamrock took ownership of The Citizens’ Voice on May 1, 2000.

In 2014, The Citizens’ Voice launched a new Sunday publication called the Greater Pittston Progress.

The Citizens’ Voice published its first Sunday edition on May 16, 1993.

The Voice was named the Newspaper of the Year by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association in 2011.

The Citizens’ Voice has won many awards for its special sections, including Gameface and JumpStart! Gameface highlights the best in high school football and debuted in 2007. JumpStart! debuted in 2010 and covers the latest entertainment events throughout the Wyoming Valley.

The online feature NEPA Bazaars debuted in 2012 to catalogue, map and celebrate the annual summer tradition of church and fire company bazaars. It now has nearly 10,000 likes on Facebook.

The Citizens’ Voice has been a primary sponsor of Valley Santa for 35 years.

The program relies on financial donations to purchase Christmas gifts for children whose families could not afford to buy them.

ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter wrote a story about Greg Skrepenak for The Citizens’ Voice in September 1988.

In 1989, the original strikers and retirees became shareholders when The Citizens’ Voice Inc. was formed.

King’s College is the school from which most of the newsroom staff graduated.

Penn State University has the secondmost graduates, followed by Syracuse University and Misericordia University.

The No. 1 movie on the day The Citizens’ Voice debuted, Oct. 9, 1978, was “The Boys from Brazil,” and a ticket cost $2.34, according to playback.fm. The No. 1 song was “Kiss You All Over” by Exile and the No. 1 fiction novel was “Chesapeake” by James Michener.

The Citizens’ Voice took over presenting the George Hooper Memorial Award in 1997. It’s given to the top wrestler each year in the Wyoming Valley Conference.

The Citizens’ Voice has co-sponsored the Wyoming Valley Athletic Association’s Dr. George P. Moses Senior All-Star Classic since 1979.

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low news day? It happens to the best newspapers and most-watched networks in America’s smallest and biggest cities.

Relying on the entire Wyoming Valley (and then some), however, The Citizens’ Voice sports staff seemingly always has something to write about.

■ A 15-mile drive on Interstate 81 separates Mohegan Sun Arena and PNC Field, where the next generation of Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Yankees ply their trade in the minor leagues.

■ MAC Freedom members King’s, Misericordia and Wilkes all have thriving athletic programs at the college level, while this region also boasts a large number of readers interested in Penn State.

■ We’ve got scholastic sports covered with about 18 high schools — depending on the sport — as far west as Berwick, east as Pittston Area, north as Tunkhannock, south

as Hazleton Area, and everywhere in between.

■ We publish local results from bowling, golf and rugby, as well as horse racing at Pocono Downs; and when there’s a boxing or mixed martial arts card, we are there to write about it.

The past 40 years have provided us with countless sports moments that will long be remembered in the Wyoming Valley.

Perhaps most impressive is the diversity in the stories; amateur, high school, college, professional, male, female, baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, soccer, softball, and the list goes on.

It’s never easy when we try narrowing down such things, like in 2005 when The Citizens’ Voice ranked the top-100 athletes and 2012 when we listed the top-25 teams.

But we recently came up with this list of some can’t-miss sports stories — 40 of them — covered by The Citizens’ Voice, a list that gathers new nominees on a regular basis.

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Championships, achievements highlight last 40 years ver Falls for the PIAA Class 3A title.

The Trojanettes scored 100-plus points in five games and were unstoppable en route to going 30-0.

Nine years later, in 1999, Bishop Hoban came out on top in a game featuring teams with a combined 58-5 record, as the Argents defeated Girard, 46-42, for the PIAA Class 2A girls basketball championship.

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July 26, 1980 Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium hosts the Big 33 Football Classic, which included 11 recruits going to Penn State and eight to Pittsburgh.

The all-star rosters featured local players Jeff Feulner (Berwick), Todd Slusser (Berwick), Harry Hamilton (Nanticoke Area), Mike McCabe (Scranton), Bruce Kozerski (Coughlin), Dave Shimshock (Coughlin), Ron Solt (Coughlin) and Steve Gawlas (GAR).

The West defeated the East, 16-0.

Dec. 8, 1990 Other than Berwick, the WVC’s first state title in football is won by Hanover Area, as its 20-19 victory over Cavevin Catholic in the PIAA Class 2A final completes a 14-0 season for the Hawkeyes.

March 21, 1981 Lake-Lehman wins the PIAA Class 2A wrestling championship as a team, while also having three individual state champions in Ricky Bonomo, Rocky Bonomo and Mike Leskowsky.

Oct. 12, 1983 Hanover Area junior Ted Tryba captures the PIAA boys golf championship at Penn State, where the future PGA Tour member wins a playoff hole and the WVC’s first state title in the sport.

In 2010, Pittston Area’s Brandon Matthews won the PIAA title. Holy Redeemer’s boys team won the PIAA Class 2A title in 2013.

1990-91 Meyers graduate and Notre Dame wide receiver Raghib “Rocket” Ismail finishes runner-up to BYU’s Ty Detmer in Heisman Trophy voting.

Following his All-American college career, Ismail skipped his senior year and the NFL, instead ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE signing with the CFL’s Toronto Notre Dame and Meyers grad Rocket Ismail returns a kickoff for a touchdown against Miami in Argonauts.

He later played nine season in 1990. Ismail finished second in the 1991 Heisman Trophy voting. the NFL.

Sept. 11, 1992 Red Barons outfielder Cary Williams makes the greatest play in team history, an over-the-shoulder catch at the right-center fence that preserved an eighth-inning tie against Pawtucket in the Governors’ Cup semifinals.

The Red Barons rallied to win that game and the series, clinching their first appearance in the Governors’ Cup finals.

Jan. 2, 1987 Penn State and Miami play in the Fiesta Bowl, a 14-10 win for the Nittany Lions that sets a record for most-watched college football game ever and clinched Penn State’s second consensus national championship under coach Joe Paterno.

Nov. 19, 1988 Crestwood’s 2-1 win against Northwestern Lehigh in the PIAA Class 2A field hockey championship awards Comets coach Elvetta Gemski her first of five state titles.

Gemski’s 1988 squad was the first WVC field hockey state champion, although Wyoming Seminary (coach Karen Klassner), Valley West (Linda Fithian) and LakeLehman (Jean Lipski) have since won state titles and helped the conference grow its reputation as a powerhouse in the sport.

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Sports front when Lake-Lehman The front page of the April 27, Former GAR star Bob Sura was won the 1981 PIAA Class 2A 1989 edition of The Voice marks a first round pick in the 1995 wrestling championship. the debut of the Red Barons.

NBA Draft.

playoffs with a 13-0 win against Aliquippa, which was the No. 2-ranked team in the country.

Head coach George Curry went on to build a dynasty with the DawDec. 10, 1988 The Berwick Bulldogs ring in the gs, winning PIAA titles in 1992, first year of the PIAA state football 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997.

kes-Barre Red Barons make their April 26, 1989 The long fight to bring profes- home debut. sional baseball back to NortheastMarch 31, 1990 ern Pennsylvania ends in front of a Nanticoke Area’s girls basketsellout crowd at Lackawanna Counball team completes a perfect seaty Multi-Purpose Stadium in Moosic, where the Scranton/Wil- son with a 77-67 win against Bea-

The PIAA Class 2A football championship is easily won by Dallas, 31-7, over Washington — a fitting end to a dominant postseason run by the Mountaineers.

June 28, 1995 After record-setting careers in high school at GAR and college at Florida State, Wilkes-Barre native Bob Sura is selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 17th pick in the first round of the NBA Draft.

Sura, a 6-foot-5 guard, played 657 NBA games over 10 seasons with Cleveland, Golden State, Houston, Detroit and Atlanta.

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Championships, achievements highlight last 40 years Knights end Blair Academy’s decades-long dynasty atop the National Prep Championships, as Sem unseats Blair by finishing 43 points ahead of Blair and winning its first national title.

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July 12, 1995 Lackawanna County Stadium hosts its first and only Triple-A AllStar Game, as the Red Barons’ home field welcomed future bigleaguers like Jeromy Burnitz and Jason Isringhausen, as well as the main attraction, Derek Jeter.

2016 The RailRiders post a franchiserecord .636 winning percentage (9152) and win the Governors’ Cup and Triple-A championships, capping a season led by future Yankees Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino and Clint Frazier.

June 4, 1996 Outfielder John Oliver, an 18-year-old at Lake-Lehman, is selected with the 25th pick in the first round of the MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds.

Oliver’s professional career was cut short due to injuries.

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Crestwood grad Diane Madl was Meyers’ Qadry Ismail won Super Tim Crossin led Bishop O’Reilly July 20, 1996 the WVC’s first field hockey Bowl XXXV with the Baltimore to back-to-back PIAA basketball A lifetime of hard work pays off Olympian.

Ravens. championships. for Crestwood graduate Diane Madl, who plays with the U.S. wom2003-04 2007 Jan. 15, 2001

en’s national field hockey team in the opening games of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Madl was the first local field hockey player selected to an Olympic roster, although Sara Silvetti (Crestwood), Lauren Powley (Sem), Kelsey Kolojejchick (Sem), Kat Sharkey (Sem) and Paige Selenski (Dallas) would later join the ranks, too.

Nov. 15, 1997 The Coughlin Crusaders play one of the best overtime periods ever seen in PIAA soccer, scoring four goals in 20 minutes to blow past Cathedral Prep in a 9-5 win for the Class 3A boys soccer state championship.

Ten years later, in spring 2007, the Dallas Mountaineers won District 2’s first girls soccer state title in a 4-1 win against Catasauqua.

March 14, 1998 The Wilkes men’s basketball team overcomes a nine-point halftime deficit, as the Colonels beat Hunter College, 58-55, and advance to the NCAA Division III Final Four.

Nov. 13, 1999 After playing their first 13 games on the road due to construction, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins finally play their first regular season game on home ice at Northeastern Pennsylvania Civic Arena and Convention Center.

The Pens opened with a 4-2 win against Kentucky in front of an electric capacity crowd of 8,500-plus.

Wilkes running back Brett TrichThe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins host the AHL All-Star Game ilo is named the NCAA Division III at First Union Arena, where the football Player of the Year in backPenguins’ own John Slaney — trad- to-back seasons. ed from the Penguins to PhiladelApril 25, 2004 phia in the same week — brings The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penhome MVP honors. guins complete their down-threeJan. 28, 2001 games-to-one rally in the Calder Meyers graduate Qadry Ismail Cup East Division semifinal series becomes the first WVC graduate to against Bridgeport on Konstantin play for a Super Bowl-winning Koltsov’s overtime game-winner team, as he and the Baltimore for a 3-2 win against Bridgeport.

The legend of goalie Andy ChioRavens defeated the New York do grew in the win, as well, which Giants, 35-7, in Super Bowl XXXV. capped a series that saw Games 1, 2, 2002 3, 5 and 7 go to overtime. The Pens The King’s football team wins its later lost in the Calder Cup finals. first MAC championship in a 9-3 2004-05 season that ends in the NCAA DiviHead coach Mark Belenski’s sion III Sweet 16.

Bishop O’Reilly Queensmen domiMarch 17, 2002 nate their way to consecutive PIAA A day that lives on in Wilkes- Class A boys basketball tiles.

Barre/Scranton Penguins history The back-to-back state champs not for the win/loss result — a 4-0 used guard Tim Crossin as their goPenguins loss — but for the fight. to player, as he led Bishop O’Reilly The Penguins racked up 162 pen- to a 70-54 win against Sewickley alty minutes and the Syracuse Academy in 2004; and 65-61 against Crunch added 124.

Kennedy Catholic in 2005.

June 13, 2003 Nanticoke Area opened the door for local softball teams, becoming the first WVC team to win a state title with its 4-0 defeat of Center for the PIAA Class 2A championship.

Another Trojanettes team, in 2010, went on to win a state title, as did Holy Redeemer’s squads in 2015 and 2016.

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2006-07 The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre baseball franchise loses its affiliation with the Philadelphia Phillies, who, in the coming years, are replaced by the New York Yankees.

Shortly after, SWB wins its first Governors’ Cup championship amid major renovations at PNC Field and the team being rebranded as the RailRiders.

The closing of Bishop Hafey, Bishop Hoban, Bishop O’Reilly and Seton Catholic leads to the creation of one local Catholic high school in Holy Redeemer.

2007 The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers Arena Football team enjoys another winning season, perhaps its best, which includes a division championship and a loss in ArenaCup VIII.

Dallas joins elite company, becoming only the second WVC baseball team to win a state championship with its 5-0 PIAA Class 4A title win against South Park to put an exclamation point on a season that started 2-6.

The 2008 Berwick Bulldogs were the first WVC state champion baseball team. They defeated Somerset, 6-2, for the PIAA Class 4A title.

May 21, 2018 After eight straight years of winning MAC Freedom championships, Misericordia’s baseball team finally gets out of the Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament by winning two games in one day and booking its ticket to the NCAA Division III World Series.

2007-08

May 22, 2018

David Morgan becomes the first national champion in any sport at King’s, as the 133-pounder won back-to-back NCAA Division III wrestling titles.

Months, if not years, of speculation ended when the Wilkes-Barre Area school board voted to merge the athletic programs at Coughlin, GAR and Meyers into one program.

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Penn State football coach Joe Paterno dies following a tumultuous end to his life and legendary career, only months after being fired for his role in the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal and Paterno’s diagnosis of lung cancer.

Payden Montana of Berwick wins her second consecutive PIAA championship in the shot put, as Montana’s 51-foot throw broke a record that had stood since 1980.

Feb. 25, 2012 Arguably the greatest day in the history of Misericordia athletics, the Cougars’ men’s and women’s basketball teams beat local rivals to win their first MAC Freedom titles.

The men’s team beat Wilkes, 69-42, and the women’s team beat King’s, 64-54.

Aug. 15, 2018 Perhaps the all-time greatest Little League playoff run for a local team ends, when Tunkhannock’s majors softball team loses the championship game to Ohio, 3-0, in a nationally televised game in Portland, Oregon.

Along the way, Tunkhannock’s all-stars won district, sectional, state and regional titles.

Steve Bennett, Stephen Connors, Tony Maluso, Tyler Piccotti, Jim Reeser and The Wyoming Seminary Blue Eric Shultz contributed to this report.

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Field hockey Olympians, from left, Kelsey Kolojejchick, Kat Sharkey and Paige Selenski.

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The Citizens’ Voice’s first newsroom, circulation and advertising offices were located at 1 N. Main St., just off Public Square.

Members of the four striking unions buses to New Early Citizens’ Voice delivery trucks York City to picket in front of Capital Cities Communications offices.

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Employees work in the Voice’s first office.

The Citizens’ Voice moved to its current location at 75 N. Washington St. in 1984.

Members of the first composing room display the first edition. From left, Frank Yenkowski, Frank Kaminski, Henry Stanton, Rudy Lauth, David Jones, Edward Paff, Jack Kelley and Wally Vukovich.

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THE VALLEY SPORTS THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Then & Now

The Wyoming Valley has seen many changes over the past 40 years

BY BOB KALINOWSKI

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teve Barrouk served as president of the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry for 18 years and still is chairman of the Diamond City Partnership. We sat down with him to talk about the changes in the Wyoming Valley the past 40 years and some of the most influential projects.

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new exit off Interstate 81.

The arena, now called the Mohegan Sun Arena, attracted the minor league hockey team for the Pittsburgh Penguins and has constantly brought in big-name concerts acts and other shows.

Prior to that project, the area was old mine-scarred land.

“It was a mess up there.

Arena It was a Godforsaken property,” Barrouk said. “This Barrouk said the most turned out to be one of the challenging and one of the best reclamation projects.” most rewarding projects Earth Conservancy was bringing an arena to Luzerne County. Faced The nonprofit organizawith opposition, supporters forged ahead after a vote tion Earth Conservancy was failed to use public money formed in 1992 to reclaim former mine-scarred land. to guarantee loans.

The arena in Wilkes- The organization acquired Barre Twp. opened in 1999 16,000 acres, much of it filled and has caused an econom- with unsightly culm banks ic boom to the surrounding and acid mine water pool. area, leading to the con- New developments have struction of shopping cen- been built on much of the ters, restaurant and hotels. land with other projects in The project included a the words.

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The Wyoming Valley looks different than it did 40 years ago Mohegan Sun Pocono casino The casino, which opened in November 2005, has delivered new entertainment options to the area while creating nearly 2,000 jobs and tax revenue. In addition, gambling revenue is used to fund grants to area communities.

“Every year, they spin off big grants back to the community,” Barrouk said.

Levee system While the flood of 1972 decimated the Wyoming Valley, it also led to better flood protection. Millions in federal money was used to create the Wyoming Valley Levee System, a series of flood walls built along the river in the early 1990s.

The flood walls were tested in September 2011 when the river levels surpassed that of 1972.

“We now have greater protection than in 1972 and that proved itself in 2011,” Barrouk said.

Additionally, part of that project created the River Common, a riverside park.

Paul Kanjorski Barrouk credited the work and seniority of former U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski with getting federal money for many Wyoming Valley projects, like the levee system and transforming the former Stegmaier Brewery into a federal office building. Kanjorski served from 1985 until 2011.

New airport terminal

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The Joseph M. McDade Terminal Building, which opened in 2006, changed the first impression out-of- town travelers have of the area. The new modern terminal is 70 percent larger that the 47-yearold terminal it replaced.

“Talk about perceptions,” Barrouk said.

Banking The loss of locally run banks was a big hit to the area, Barrouk said.

Some institutions like First Eastern Bank, United Penn Bank and Wyoming National Bank were purchased by national banks.

“The change in banking had a major effect on our city. Those were good, highpaying jobs,” Barrouk said.

Banks still had branch offices with tellers in the city for years, but back office jobs were done out of the area. Over the years, that office space remained vacant.

Former U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski

Apartment boom In recent years, private developers in Wilkes-Barre have started to build loft apartments in the upper floors of some of the former downtown bank buildings.

“People can’t seem to build apartments fast enough,” Barrouk said.

Coal Street project

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport terminal

The Coal Street widening project became a nice gateway to downtown WilW-B theatre project kes-Barre.

“What once was the back door to WilBarrouk said the project to build the kes-Barre is now the front entrance,” Barmovie theatre complex in downtown Wil- rouk said. kes-Barre was almost as big as the arena Colleges project. In addition to the theatre, the complex features loft apartments and The local colleges have reinvested in retail space.

The complex attracts up to 600,000 peo- the area tremendously, Barrouk said.

“They have done a fantastic job in ple per year who otherwise wouldn’t be maintaining the historic districts,” he visiting downtown, he said. said. “They have really grown.”

Kirby Center

In 1986, department store owner Al Boscov led the effort to reopen the former Paramount Theatre on Public Square as the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts. The venue has been a popular place to go see concerts and comedy acts.

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People gather to watch the fireworks at Kirby Park in 2015.

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Pennsylvania State Troopers are framed by American Flags at the viewing of fallen trooper Joshua Miller at Pittston Area High School.

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A man drags a snowblower across Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre in 2017.

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Anthony Caporuscio, left, of Mountain Top throws a tomato during the tomato fight at the Pittston Tomato Festival.

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PHOTOS SPORTS THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

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Six-month-old AJ DellDonna, son of Tony and Susie DellDonna of Nuangola, sheepishly hides behind a small American Flag.

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INDUSTRY SPORTS THE CITIZENS’ VOICE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Gathering, distributing news has changed

BY JIM REESER CITY EDITOR

Then

In 1978, typewriters and notebooks were a reporter’s best friends. Today, it’s a mobile phone and a Twitter account that are must-have tools.

Here are some of the changes in the way a newspaper is produced since The Citizens’ Voice launched in 1978.

Today

In addition to the print edition, The Citizens’ Voice distributes news through its website, Facebook page and Twitter account. There’s also an e-edition that allows subThen scribers to read The Citizens’ Voice Orange, coin-operated paper boxon their mobile devices. es made the paper accessible to Clicks and total reach are numbers calculated along with circula- readers on the street corner. tion.

Today

Then When the Voice published its first edition, reporters used typewriters — brought from home — to write stories. There were no computers or word processing programs to check grammar and spelling.

Photographers developed their own photos, while paste-up and the hot-type method of printing brought the articles and photos to life in the paper.

Today The Citizens’ Voice is a member of the Associated Press and also has access to countless state, national and world news stories through the Tribune New Service.

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have all become sources of news.

The print edition was it.

MARK MORAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Tools of the newspaper trade once included typewriters, printed Associated Press photos and cameras that used film.

mobile phones to write stories and record and edit video. A mobile device allows journalists to report from the scene of the meeting, event or crime and break news in a Today matter of seconds.

Digital photography allows phoReporters use laptops, iPads and

tojournalists to use the same camera to take video and still photographs.

The newspaper’s archives are now digital, and editors design, edit and typeset pages with just a few clicks of the computer mouse.

Then In the beginning, wire editor Ace O’Malley listened to radio reports and watched the news on television. He’d take notes and write short stories on the top stories.

Sports scores were also collected by listening to local radio reports.

In spring 1979, The Citizens’ Voice added United Press International as its wire provider.

The Citizens’ Voice is introducing video display racks in select stores. The video displays are designed to report breaking news, let customers know of special content inside that day’s edition and promote the businesses they are located in.

Contact the writer: jreeser@citizensvoice.com; 570-821-2065; @CVjimreeser on Twitter

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What’s cooking: Retro recipes from the 1970s These recipes were printed in 1978 editions of The Citizens’ Voice:

Peppermint Satin Pie

Ingredients 3½ cups bite-size crispy rice cereal, crushed to one cup ⅓cup semisweet chocolate morsels, coarsely chopped ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar 5 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted ¼ teaspoon unflavored gelatin 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup crushed peppermint stick candy (about 6) 30 large or 3 cups minature marshmallows 2 cups thawed non-dairy whipped topping 2-3 drops red food coloring Preheat oven to 300 de-

grees. Butter a 9-inch pie plate. Combine cereal crumbs, chocolate and brown sugar. Add melted butter. Mix thoroughly. Press

mixture evenly onto bottom and sides of pie plate. Bake 8 minutes. Cool.

In medium saucepan, soften gelatin in milk. Heat over

low heat to dissolve gelatin.

Set aside 3 tablespoons crushed peppermint candy.

Add remaining candy and marshmallows to gelatin mixture. Heat and stir over low heat until candy and marshmallows are melted. Pour into large mixing bowl. Let cool several minutes. Chill 45 minutes or until partially set.

When partially set, whip on high speed of electric mixer for 1-2 minutes. Whip in topping, food coloring and reserved candy. Turn into shell.

Chill at least 2 hours before serving. Garnish with chocolate curls or crushed peppermint candy.

Makes 1 (9-inch) pie.

ring mold; bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Drain fat. Bake 20 minutes more or until done. Drain fat. In-

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Tasty Sausage Ring Try a sausage ring for variation on the ground meat theme. Combine 1 pound bulk sausage, 3/4 cup fine

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CELEBRATING OUR 47TH YEAR! TV & APPLIANCES Shop in store or online at www.voitektv.com

Congratulations on 40 years

1313 Wyoming Ave., Exeter, PA 18643 570-655-8811 • Fax 570-602-0527 639 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, PA 18704 570-287-9631 • Fax 570-287-9066

TC RILEY'S 405 Carverton Rd., Trucksville • 696-2500

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509 Northampton St., Kingston

You're In Luck!...We Specialize In Qualityy Used Vehicles Under $5,000!

Family Owned & Operated Since 1965 Come See Honest Don...The Poor Man's Friend!

Dominick’s Cafe CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 40th YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!

20 School St., Hudson (570) 829-9612 or (570) 829-9658

JO-DAN MOTORS

Quality and Guaranteed Preowned Automobiles See All Of Our Vehicles At www.jodanmotors.com • Serving the Wyoming Valley Since 1971

• Bank financing • Certified Vehicles

• Complete Service Dept. • Safety Inspection On All Cars • Service After The Sale • Free Lifetime Emissions & Inspections On All Vehicles

~ Family Owned & Operated ~

Store Hours: Mon. thru Fri. 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 p.m. Phone: 829-2043

Email Us At: jodanmotors@aol.com

1339 N. River Street, Plains, PA. 18702

CELEBRATING

OUR 38TH YEAR! Over 75 Vehicles In Stock!

Freshly Serviced, State Inspected & Warrantied, Most With LOW MILES. Join Our Family Of Thousands Of Satisfied Customers!

(FINANCING AVAILABLE) Car Fax Available On All Vehicles!

Best Selection!

Best Quality!

Best Values!

View Our Inventory @ www.wyomingvalleyautos.com 197 West End Rd., Wilkes-Barre • 570-825-7577

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HappyAnniversary

~ In loving Memory of Ross ~

Rich Marie Billy Richie

The UPS Store 62 Dallas Shopping Center, Dallas • 674-2429 Gateway Shopping Center, Edwardsville • 288-9901 Midway Shopping Center, Wyoming • 693-4050

www.rockstreetmusic.com 148 S. Main Street, Pittston, PA 18640

(570) 655-6076 • Fax (570) 655-5352

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM?

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From A Leak To A Rebuild!

All Makes & Models Foreign & Domestic Differential/Transfer Case All Work Guaranteed Family Owned & Operated For Over 49 Years

We Care!

ARE YOU TROUBLED ABOUT YOUR PREGNANCY?

Call Us... 570-826-1819

FREE ESTIMATES

SHAWNEE TRANSMISSIONS

31 Hanover St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

Every life is Precious - Make The Right Choice - CALL!

LUCAS FARMS PUMPKINS • HAY BALES

CORN STALKS INDIAN CORN SEASONAL WREATHS

511 Market St., Kingston •

570-714-1295

WHY SUFFER FROM FOOT PAIN? We Specialize in Orthotics & Diabetic Footwear

ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM...

Aching Feet, Back Pain, Plantar Fasciitis, Heel Spurs or Tendinitis?

Call for a free consultationn Fairview Shopping Plaza 570-474-6051 www.ginoshoestore.com

HANOVER 570-825-9720 9 AM TO 7 PM SHICKSHINNY 570-542-7348 9 AM TO 7 PM

TROUBLE HEARING?

The VALLEY ENT Doctors can help you with your hearing problem

Expert Diagnosis and Treatment • State-of-the-Art Evaluation • Prompt, Courteous Care

Full Service Dry Cleaner 11 N. River St., Plains (Mr. Z’s Plaza) (1 mile from Cross Valley)

“We Specialize In Wedding Gowns” (570)

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Dean M. Clerico, MD • David I. Barras, MD 190 Welles Street Forty Fort, PA (570) 283-0524 valleyenthearingaid.com

C. Pizzano Auto Sales

54 Wyoming Ave. • Wyoming, PA • 570-693-6220 ww www ww.cpizzanoauto.com w • www ww ww.cpizzanoautosales.com w Family Owned & Operated Since 1990 • Specializing In Late Model Pre-Owned Cars, Trucks & SUV’s • Low Interest Financing Available

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LUCAS FARMS HOMEMADE GOODNESS

RICE PUDDING • HOAGIES MACARONI SALAD • POTATO SALAD PASTA SALAD • AMISH BAKED GOODS HANOVER 570-825-9720 9 AM TO 7 PM SHICKSHINNY 570-542-7348 9 AM TO 7 PM

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570.693.2078 BUY/SELL/TRADE VIDEO GAMES/TOYS RETRO-RAMA ARCADE/BIRTHDAY PARTIES THERETROCOLLECTORPA@GMAIL.COM INDOOR MINI GOLF/ OFF STREET PARKING!!

CUSTOM BUILT ARCADES Happy 40th Inquire about our Arcade/Mini CUSTOM MADE T-SHIRTS Anniversary Golf rental for your next party!!

Memorial Highway, Dallas (Across from Jack Williams Tire)

Vehicles

Open 7 Days: Mon. thru Fri. 9-9, Sat. 9-5 & Sun. 9-Call

THE RETRO COLLECTOR

570-675-6029 or 570-574-6512

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Mountain Top’s Largest Full Service Family Salon HAIR • TANNING • NAILS SPA PEDICURES • FACIALS • WAXING - Gift Certificates Available 41 S. Mountain Blvd., Mt. Top • 570-474-9674

Grand Reopening at Polish Pottery Pride

ROCHE’S GARAGE

Store wide sale

15-25% OFF

721 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA

from Regular Price

570-829-2277

Come check our new location!

27 Wyoming Valley Mall Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18705

www.rochesautosales.com Affordable Vehicles

SALE to run all week: Monday-Sunday Hours: Monday-Saturday 10-7pm Sunday: 12-5pm • Call: 570-592-6382

Servicing the Wyoming Valley Since 1950

See us on: polishpotterypride on

OUR ANNUAL FALL SALE NOW GOING ON!

Citizens’ Voice

Michael J. Fino, R.PH. Dominic R. Fino, R.PH. 3 Main Street, Dallas, PA 18612

(570) 675-1141

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Licensed and Insured 40 Years in Business!

Free Delivery

with purchase of $1.000 or more Up to 35 Miles Store Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. & Sat. 9:30am - 5:00pm; Mon. & Thurs. 9:30am til 7:30pm

See Store for Details

Congratulations

Rick’s Auto Body

The Deductible Specialist!... it’s your right to get your vehicle fixed wherever you want!

➨ all insurance work guaranteed ➨ now doing state inspections & emissions Don’t forget: Central

ALL JUNK CARS & TRUCKS WANTED

Highest Prices Paid In Cash!

BUYING USED VEHICLES!

VITO & GINO 288-8995 • Forty Fort (Used Tires & Batteries $20 & Up)!

Eli's Sales & Service 1425 Main St., Jenkins Twp.

570-602-5255

Quality Used Vehicles That Are Fully Serviced

Celebrating 108 Years!

LIBERTY

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40th th h Ann nni niivver versa rsar ary r John Yudichak

14th Senatorial District

City Motors

Selling you quality automobiles for over 14 years! www.ricksautocentralcity.com

Citizens' Voice

State Senator

2018

222 W. Main St., Plymouth • 570-771-6466/570-829-5596

Peter Papadoplo os Founder 1910

89 9 N. Main Street, Wilkes-Barre

570-823-1221

i li in i Shirt Shi Laundering L d i S i We specialize Service Free Seasonal Storage w/Cleaning • Daily Cleaning BRIDAL GOWNS CLEANED AND BOXED FOR HOME STORAGE Hours: Daily 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 7 a.m.-4 p.m.

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875 W. Market Street Kingston, PA 18704

Enjoy Today!

570-500-2414

SMITH BROTHERS LEATHER GALLERY WITH LIMITLESS OPTIONS

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THE CITIZENS' VOICE

Happy 40th Anniversary

PA-1 PEST CONTROL Happy 40th Anniversary

DISCOUNT TOBACCO OUTLET • Premium Cigars • Cigarettes • Pipe & Chewing Tobacco • RYO • Zippo Lighters •Accessories • Lottery

Hanover Township (Near Carey Ave. Bridge) (570) 829-5910 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am-8pm; Sat. 9am-6pm

Full Services for Title Transfers, Auto Tags & Notary

Congratulations

Ben’s Auto sAles A-1 Selected Cars, Trucks & 4X4’s See “BEN” For The Best Deal In Town. www.bensautosaleswb.com

Established 1963

SPECIALIST YEAR ROUND

LOW PRICES • FREE ESTIMATES 570-855-0343 or 570-829-5133 Lic. & Ins. Over 31 Yrs. Exp. - PA#020810

to the Citizens' Voice on 40 years Specializing in all types of Roofs, Siding, Chimneys and Roof Repairs

Music for Banquets, Weddings, Christmas Parties & More!

Serving the Wyoming Valley Since 1986

Call for more details:

Sherri L. Trometter

Free Estimates

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PA HIC#037017

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Flaherty’s Eating & Drinking Establishment would like to wish The Citizens’ Voice a

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275 Zerby Ave, Kingston • (570) 288-2967

Email: harpingalong@wildblue.net • Website: harpingalong.homestead.com

1320 WYO. AVE., EXETER • 570-655-1719 ACROSS FROM A&A AUTO

BBQ • STEAK BURGERS Big Juicy SMOKED RIBS LET US CATER YOUR FOOTBALL PARTY

FIND US AT AMERICANGRILLPA.COM OR FACEBOOK

CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. PA012959

(570) 824-7220

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531 N. Keyser Ave., Scranton • 570-350-4541 CALL US TODAY!!!

EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVES TO KEEP WARM THIS WINTER & SAVE MONEY! AMISH HANDBUILT COAL & WOOD STOVES

Homemade Pierogis, Potato Pancakes, Haluski, Kielbasa, Piggies, & Soups!

171 East Main St., Plymouth

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HITZER Model 503 Hopper Fireplace Insert, 90,000 BTU.

SPARE PARTS & ACCESSORIES IN STOCK

HITZER Model 50-93 Hopper Stove, 100,000 BTU.

ANTHRACITE ALTERNATIVES Showroom Hours By Appointment PITTSTON • 570-654-3937

Only 2.3 miles from l-81, PA TURNPIKE *Call For Details & Free Brochure

LUCAS FARMS FRESH FRUITS & VEGGIES OPEN 7 DAYS ALL YEAR

VISIT BOTH OUR HANOVER AND SHICKSHINNY LOCATIONS

HANOVER 570-825-9720 9 AM TO 7 PM SHICKSHINNY 570-542-7348 9 AM TO 7 PM

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Michelle Burke, BSN-RN

Executive Consultant

MichelleBurkeRN@gmail.com

CONTACT ME NOW and LET ME HELP YOU GET THE SKIN YOU DESIRE

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Teaching Beginner • Harpists Group Lessons Available

Cabinet Refinishing, Painting & Paperhanging

(570) 735-8946

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Michael Peterlin & Son

Specializing in Title and Tag Service & Quality Used Vehicles Under

ROOF

MISTER “V”

HARPIST

Refinishing your kitchen cabinets is an affordable alternative to replacing your existing cabinets

Full-Service Pharmacy and Gift Shop Specializingg in Religious Items

Tom Driebe Auto Sales CONSTRUCTION

ARE YOUR KITCHEN CABINETS WORN AND DIRTY?

Chris & George Bedwick

Bedwick ’s Pharmacy & Gifts Serving the Community Since 1998 452 Hazle St., Wilkes-Barre • 570-823-3818

Happy 40th Anniversary Citizens’ Voice

189 Barney St., Wilkes Barre • 570-823-5199

to THE CITIZENS' VOICE ON 40 GREAT YEARS!

Ben Ciavarella 234 W-B TWP. BLVD. Wilkes-Barre Twp., PA 18702 (570) 822-7359

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Congrats on 40 years!

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PETERS ENTERPRISES High Quality Imports W. • Complete Landscape Service • Trucking 80 E. North St. Wilkes-Barre, PA

570-825-3368 lousgarage.com

GREEN TREE Landscapes, Inc.

Dallas, PA | 570-674-9650

JONES’

40 4 0Anniversary!!!

KEYSTONE BLACKTOPPING, INC.

PA#028096

570-829-5403 or 570-655-9900

56 Dorchester Dr., Dallas, PA 18612

120 N Main St, Shavertown (570) 696-4277

FREE Dr. Bernard Frantz Consultation

189 Market St. • Kingston 570-288-6220 With this coupon. Not valid with other offers.

Dr. Bernard Frantz

PROUDLY SERVING THE WYOMING VALLEY FOR OVER 65 YEARS!

JUST A SHORT DRIVE FROM SCRANTON OR WILKES BARRE!

570-822-1067

Financing Available

Inside Seating Or Take-Out

FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS SERVING THE GREATER WYOMING VALLEY AREA FOR OVER 50 YEARS!!!

Honest service at reasonable rates

Expert Service in the repair of: • ALL CAR & TRUCK MODELS • FOREIGN & DOMESTIC From Air Conditioning Service to Transmissions One Call Does It All!

KLASS MOTORS

243 Pringle Street, Kingston • 570-714-3300 www.zonepets.com

Your Pet Supply Headquarters

Largest supply of saltwater and freshwater fish, reptiles, dog & cat supplies

HOURS : Mon. to Thurs. 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Fri. & Sat. 10:00 am to 6:00 pm • Sun. 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

20 West Oak Street, Pittston, PA • 570-655-3260 Like us on Facebook

LUCAS FARMS EVERY SATURDAY WE PROUDLY SERVE THE TRI-STATE AREA’S BEST

POTATO PANCAKES HANOVER 570-825-9720 9 AM TO 7 PM

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WE DELIVER!

THE CITIZENS' VOICE

ANNIVERSARY

CURRENT HOURS WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY: 12:00 NOON - 7:30PM

at the Tuft Tex Complex, 1325 N River Rd., Plains

189 MARKE ET ST. KINGSTON • 570-288-6220 • www.frantzd dental.com

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Congrats on 40 Years

NEW DENTURES CAN IMPROVEE:

CHEWING & DIGESTION • SPEECH SELF CONFIDENCE • APPEARANCE LIP & FACIAL SUPPORT WRINKLES LIF FESTYLES

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570-474-1640 • Mountaintop Location

www.auctionzip.com (ID# 2280) or www.traversauctions.com 570.674.2631 / traversauctions@epix.net (absentee bids accepted)

Are yo ou suffering from loose, ill-fitting dentures? Sore spots?

Trouble when chewing? Missing Teeth?

Perhaps newly fitted custom dentures can help!

MEMORIAL HWY., DALLAS - 570-675-6542

Call store for details!

For Auction Dates and Times, Please Visit:

ATTENTION!!! Denture Wearers!

DALLAS AMERICAN LEGION

We Give You More.

ESTATES WANTED TRAVER’S AUCTIONS

Paving • Excavating And Sealcoating

No Job Too Small

735-6150

ANTIQUES • COLLECTIBLES • DISCOVERY ITEMS

WE GET IN AND GET THE JOB DONE!

43 Years of Experience!

• Snow Removal • Septic Systems Installed

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sunset Harveys Lake

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FAMILY OWNED FULLY INSURED FREE ESTIMATES

Happy 40th Anniversary Citizens' Voice

POTATO PANCAKES Happy

• Shrubbery, Top Soil • Retaining Walls • Patios, Sidewalks

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