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‘WE ARE ALL IN SHOCK’ The Meyers High School Class of 2015 mourns the loss of Tashandra Burton, one of 2 Keystone College students killed Monday in an accident in Lackawanna County. Page 4

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Today’s ForecasT

Clouds giving way to some sun and colder today. Winds west-northwest 7-14 mph.

Clear tonight.

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Average normal highs/lows for the week: 34/19: Clouds and sun tomorrow. Winds south-southwest 6-12 mph. A couple of snow showers Friday. Winds west-northwest 10-20 mph. A shower in the area Saturday afternoon.

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INsIDE toDay’s VoIcE Budget includes tax hike The Wyoming Area School Board approved a preliminary $33 million budget with a 5 percent tax hike. page 10

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Seeing savings A Wilkes-Barre official touted the reported success of a $6 million energy-savings project. page 4

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County council decides on manager search requirements

By Bill Wellock Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE — The county manager search committee has some answers.

Luzerne County Council answered questions for the search committee at Tuesday’s meeting.

Council made decisions in regardtothelanguageinthejob description,aresidencyrequirement,thenumberof committee members and whether council can consult the list of all applicants or just finalists chosen by thecommittee.

One decision took power from the hands of council and put it in the hands of the committee. Council agreed that it will only choose from the finalists the committee forwards after screening candidates for the manager’s job. The names of those finalists will be public, but the committee won’t publicize all other candidates for the job.

The council also approved some other details about which the committee had questions.

At solicitor Shannon Crake’s advice, council struck

a residency requirement from the vacancy announcement.

Council also decided that the committee should have a fifth member. The committee lost a member when one appointee resigned. Council discussed how to appoint a fifth member at its work session.

Another change was to include language specifying that the county manager’s salary can’t exceed or be less than 55 percent of the district attorney’s salary.

With several amendments, council passed the job description. The search committee can now begin advertising.

Exactly when that might happen is unclear. Council Chairwoman Linda McClosky Houck asked committee Chariman Michael Giamber if the announcement could be out by Feb 1. He said the group might need more time.

This was council’s first meeting of the year after a reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. That meeting also included votes to authorize a tax anticipation note and appoint David Pedri as the act-

ing county manager.

government study commission Council will schedule a hearing for a government study commission, but it doesn’t look like the proposal will have enough support to pass.

Councilwoman Kathy Dobash proposed council create a new committee to study how the government worked under the home rule charter, which has governed the county since 2012.

According to state law, the earliest the county could make changes to the form of government is in 2017.

Dobash wanted a referendum regarding a new study commission on this November’s ballot.

Four council members voted to hold a hearing on the issue, which would be the first step to creating a study commission. That was enough votes to schedule a hearing, but it won’t be enough to put the item on a ballot.

Seven council members voted against the proposal to hold a hearing.

Dobash herself expects she

won’t change those council members’ minds, but she doesn’t think that will matter.

She expects a petition in 2017.

If that has enough support, the question will be on the ballot that year through that avenue.

“What are people afraid of?”

Dobash asked.

Settlement County council planned to discuss a potential settlement with the company that completed restoration work on the courthouse.

D.A. Nolt Inc. was the county’s contractor for part of the courthouse restoration project and sued the county in March 2014 alleging damages associated with an extension of the project timeline.

The company was seeking $1.6 million in damages after a 426-day extension beyond the planned completion date with the project.

The company agreed to settle its lawsuit for $375,000.

The settlement would not affect another pending claim the county has against D.A. Nolt for damage to the courthouse murals and rotunda.

Leading veterans advocate Sartini dies

By Bob Kalinowski Staff Writer

Neno Sartini, one of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s leading advocates for veterans, died on Tuesday afternoon, his wife said. He was 85.

Sartini served in the Air Force for 27 years, retiring as a master sergeant. The Wilkes-Barre man fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam.

Sartini attributed lifelong health problems to Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam.

Upon returning home, Sartini championed veterans causes by lobbying legislators at the county, state and federal level. He was a leader in the effort to build the Korean and Vietnam war memorials on the south lawn of the Luzerne County Courthouse.

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air Force veteran neno Sartini died tuesday at 85. after serving in the Korean and Vietnam wars, Sartini championed veterans causes in the region.

Up until recent times, he was a dedicated volunteer at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Plains Township. Sartini was also a proud member of the Italian American Veterans of Luzerne County.

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valve to stop fluid from building up near the organ, but doctors decided his other organs couldn’t survive the surgery, he said.

“They said I have to live with what I have,’” he said.

Asked about his dedication to veterans causes over the years, Sartini said he felt it was his duty.

“I had to remember who I served with and I had to remember those left behind,” Sartini said.

Sartini’s wife, Anita, said he wasn’t feeling well Monday night and was admitted to the hospital. He died just before 2 p.m. Tuesday in the hospice unit of Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, she said.

Funeral arrangements will be handled by MamaryDurkin Funeral Service in Wilkes-Barre.

interviewed Sartini at his home in Wilkes-Barre on Nov. 11, days after he missed the Wyoming Valley Veterans Day Parade for the first time in decades. He cited his failing health as the reason.

Sartini said he was set to get surgery to replace a heart bkalinowski@citizensvoice.com

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Bail reduced for 2 involved in alleged casino conspiracy

By James Halpin Staff Writer

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Prosecutors allege Robert Joseph Pellegrini was the ‘main player’ in the casino conspiracy.

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Mark Joseph Heltzel was ordered to surrender any firearms before his bail would be reduced.

Tobyhanna man sentenced for using fake cash at casino

SCRANTON — A Tobyhanna man was sentenced this week to 21 months in prison for spending counterfeit cash at area casinos, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Jason Mitchell, 31, pleaded guilty in September to conspiring to pass about $8,500 in fake $100 bills at Mohegan Sun Pocono as well as the Mount Airy Casino in Mount Pocono.

The offenses took place in June 2014, prosecutors said.

U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley imposed the sentence Monday.

Mitchell’s alleged co-conspirators, Andrew Turner, 28, and Michael Turner, 22, both of Tobyhanna, are still awaiting trial.

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with Pellegrini, the shackled defendant had to answer questions about his life and finances during a short hearing.

Pellegrini told the court that he had known about the investigation since April, yet had remained in contact with his lawyers and returned from a new job in Michigan to face the charges.

Although he has lived in Mountain Top for only a few years, Pellegrini said he has been employed by Mohegan Sun in New York and Florida for more than 14 years.

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NANTICOKE — A man charged with holding a woman hostage at gunpoint and barricading himself in a Nanticoke home last fall will face a trial in county court.

Daniel Dosette, 38, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, resisting arrest, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment following the Nov. 21, 2015 incident. At a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Magisterial District Judge Donald Whittaker bound over all charges to the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, according to court records.

Police allege that Dosette held a woman hostage at gunpoint following a violent domestic dispute, and that he refused to surrender to police who surrounded the home after the woman called 911 and escaped.

Officers eventually stormed the home and took Dosette into custody, but Dosette resisted arrest and three officers were injured while police disarmed and subdued him, police allege.

Dosette’s formal arraignment in county court is scheduled for March 31. He remains jailed at Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $75,000 bail, court records state.

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Local projects receive state grant funding

Two local projects have received Community Conservation Partnership Program grants through the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

“These state grant dollars will support worthy local initiatives that will enhance our region’s recreational offerings for families and individuals,” state Sen. John Yudichak said in a Tuesday press release.

The North Branch Land Trust gets $480,000 to expand the D&L Trail by 2.2 miles, from Laurel Run Road in Laurel Run Township to the Seven Tubs Nature Area in Plains Township.

Media-based Natural Lands Trust Inc. will receive $221,000 to acquire 161 acres along White Haven Road in Bear Creek Township for the creation of open space and recreational opportunities. The acquisition will expand the 3,400-acre Bear Creek Preserve.

North Branch Land Trust Executive Director Paul Lumia said the 165-mile D&L trail, part of the Natural Heritage Corridor, runs from Bristol, outside Philadelphia, through New Hope, Easton, Bethlehem, Jim Thorpe, White Haven and Mountain Top, then to Laurel Run. The trail is 85 percent complete, and the goal is to get it to WilkesBarre, he said.

The grant money will be used to run the trail from the Oliver Mills section of Laurel Run and around the Seven Tubs Nature Area.

“Building this section of trail will be nice, because it will give people who are visiting the Tubs a chance to go on the trail and see what it’s about,” Lumia said.

Work will include a trail head and 0.3-mile connector trail, Americans with Disabilities Act access and landscaping. Trails have to be ADA-compliant and built to state standards, Lumia explained.

“There’s a lot of detail that goes into them, even for 2.2 miles,” he said.

There are two more sections of the D&L Trail to go, which Lumia said the North Branch Land Trust is looking to complete within the next couple of years. Then people will be able to hike or bike all the way from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol.

“It’s going to be a great asset for the community,” he said.

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bail, but not Pellegrini’s.

“We are alleging that Mr. Pellegrini was the major player in this particular situation,” Marsilio said outside the courtroom. “He was employed by the casino, and he concocted this rather substantial and complicated scheme.”

The agreement with Heltzel called for him to surrender any firearms and for his bail to be reduced to 10 percent of $150,000, terms Sklarosky imposed.

Because prosecutors did not reach a similar agreement

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WILKES-BARRE — Two people accused of plotting to defraud Mohegan Sun Pocono out of hundreds of thousands of dollars saw their bail significantly reduced Tuesday, mere days after their lawyers complained a magistrate had jailed them on excessive bail.

Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. reduced bail for Robert Joseph Pellegrini, the casino’s former vice president of player development, and gambler Mark Joseph Heltzel after their attorneys requested expedited bail hearings to address bond set at half a million dollars last week.

Records showed both men posted bail later Tuesday afternoon.

Pellegrini, 50, of 503 Robins Way, Fairview Township, and Heltzel, 51, of 21 Rice Court, Dallas, are accused of conspiring with cocktail waitress Rochelle Poszeluznyj, 37, of 239 Schuyler Ave., Kingston, to steal nearly $420,000 from the casino.

During arraignments last week, Magisterial District Judge Joseph D. Spagnuolo Jr. released Poszeluznyj on $100,000 unsecured bail but ordered Pellegrini and Heltzel held at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility on $500,000 cash bail, saying they posed a flight risk.

Lawyers for both men were quick to call foul. Pellegrini’s attorney, Michael Butera, argued the bail was excessive because his client has no criminal history, ties to the community and will appear in court whenever so ordered.

Heltzel’s attorney, Demetrius Fannick, alleged Assistant District Attorney Tom Marsilio failed to mention an agreement on bail he reached with prosecutors during the hearing. Although the parties discussed Heltzel being released on a 10 percent payment of $150,000 bail, Marsilio only told the judge he would leave the bail amount to the court’s discretion.

On Tuesday, Marsilio said prosecutors had reached an agreement to reduce Heltzel’s

Sklarosky said he felt monetary bail was appropriate given the nature of the charges, but said it “needs to be reasonable.”

Pellegrini told the judge that he no longer has a job and his wife doesn’t work. They rent their house but have a “couple hundred thousand” dollars available to them, he said.

Butera requested a bail reduction, noting that Pellegrini will need those resources to fight the allegations against him.

“He’s always been a hard working member of the comm u n i t y, ” B u t e r a s a i d .

“Although he has substantial assets, we would suggest to the court that he’s going to need them.”

Marsilio argued that prosecutors were concerned about the ties Pellegrini has to other states. The defendant told the court that he had no family in the area, other than his wife and children.

“This was a rather elaborate scheme and this was the major player in this elaborate scheme to defraud Mohegan Sun out of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Marsilio said.

Sklarosky agreed the scheme was elaborate, but noted Pellegrini didn’t act alone.

“As I understood the allegations in the complaint, this couldn’t have happened without any one of them,” the judge noted.

He set Pellegrini’s bail at $125,000, requiring 10 percent to post.

Prosecutors allege Pellegrini was the “mastermind” of the scheme, which involved Poszeluznyj collecting player’s card numbers and PIN numbers as she served drinks.

She gave the numbers to Pellegrini, who in turn created duplicate cards and added free slot money to them, prosecutors allege.

Pellegrini gave the cards to Heltzel, who used them at the casino’s slot machines and split his winnings with his two co-conspirators, prosecutors say.

Between May 2, 2014, and April 4, 2015, the alleged conspirators used $478,100 in free slot play to win $418,793, according to prosecutors.

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Friends, family mourn Meyers graduate

By Bob Kalinowski Staff Writer

Tashandra Burton beamed with school pride.

As an honor roll student at Meyers High School, she captained the soccer team, volunteered as a tutor and was selected as the 2014-15 homecoming queen.

She was just 19, but already about to become a manager at a Burton Wilkes-Barre supermarket while attending Keystone College.

Then tragedy struck.

Burton was one of two Keystone College students killed Monday night in a two-car crash that injured four others in La Plume Township, Lackawanna County.

“The Meyers Class of 2015 is grieving. We are all in shock,” said close friend Kayla Schinse. “It’s so hard to believe. We all have her in our hearts.”

Burton was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt with four college classmates as passengers when she lost control on U.S. routes 6 and 11, crossed a narrow grassy median and collided with another car around 9:40 p.m., state police at Dunmore said.

Burton and front-seat passenger Michael Burkhardt, 19, of Waymart, were transported to Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, where they were later pronounced dead. They succumbed to multiple traumatic injuries, said

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State Trooper Edward Boettcher stands between the two vehicles involved in Monday’s double fatal accident in LaPlume Township.

Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland, who ruled their deaths accidental.

The three other passengers — including Burton’s college roommate and fellow Meyers graduate Allison Berman — were injured in the wreck.

Berman, 18, remained in critical condition Tuesday night at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, a hospital spokeswoman said.

A teacher told mourners at the vigil she had visited Berman in the hospital. Berman’s injuries included two broken legs, a broken arm, a fractured pelvis, cracked ribs, and a punctured lung.

The other passengers were identified as Emily Fardoulis, 19, of Smyrna, Delaware, and Kaylee Ceci, 18, of Tamaqua.

State police continue to investigate the crash to determine why Burton’s car veered into the path of the other car, which was also driven by a Keystone College student, identified as Joshua Zilla, 20, of Dunmore.

At the vigil, Burton’s brother said a deer darted in front of her car while they were on a trip to the store to get snacks.

Schinse said it’s difficult coming to grips with the fact that Burton is gone. She said they had been friends since fifth grade when they played youth soccer together.

“Ever since then, she has been one of my best friends.

She was the most amazing, kind-hearted, sweet person you could ever meet,” Schinse recalled.

Officials at Keystone College and Meyers High School spent Tuesday lamenting the tragedy and offered grief counseling to students and staff.

“Keystone is a close-knit, family community and news of this tragedy saddens us deeply,” the college’s spokesman, Francis Calpin, said in a statement. “Our campus joins together as one to offer support in every way possible.”

At Meyers, staff and students spent Tuesday mourning the loss of a beloved former student, but also praying

for the full recovery of another ex-student who was hurt.

Burton was remembered as a caring friend, who beamed with school pride. She was an honor roll student, captain of the soccer team, and volunteered as a tutor. Members of Meyers’ Class of 2015 elected Burton their homecoming queen.

“That was no surprise,” said longtime friend Destinie Turner. “She was just what a homecoming queen should be: the person that should represent your school.”

Meyers Principal Mike Elias said a “somber” atmosphere filled the school Tuesday.

“The school district and her Meyers family expresses their deepest sympathy to the Burton family,” Elias said. “We have to be here for our students who are grieving. After that, we have to keep her memory alive and have other students strive to be like her.

She is going to be sadly missed.”

Vice Principal Pat Peters said the Meyers community was coming together to support one another.

“When moments like this happen, you realize how close we are at Wilkes-Barre Area,” Peter said.

Peters recalled Burton was loved by classmates.

“She was just one of those all-around nice kids. She got along with everybody. She had the brightest smile in the world,” Peters said. “She had all types of friends. And she never had a bad thing to say about anyone.”

In addition to going to school and living together, Burton and Berman also worked together at Schiel’s Family Markets in Wilkes-Barre. They worked at the Hanover Street location.

Their manager, Jennifer Geiger, called them “excellent kids.”

“Very well-mannered, good workers, dedicated, good with customers,” Geiger said.

Burton was in line to be promoted to a manager position after the current semester was complete. She would have been in charge of running the store a few nights a week, Geiger said.

“She was trustworthy. She came to work when she was scheduled. She never called off.

She was always in high spirits and smiling,” Geiger said. “My heart goes out to her family. I could only imagine how they feel.”

It became clear at a candlelight vigil Tuesday night that Burton’s family and friends are heartbroken and hurting, but determined to honor the memory of a special young woman they will never forget.

More than 100 people gathered in the parking lot of Miner Park near Meyers High School — most holding candles, many of them crying, hugging and holding hands — at the vigil.

Shane Burton, Tashandra Burton’s older and only brother, called Tashandra his best friend as well as his sister.

Fighting through tears as he held a photograph of his sister, he told the gathering the accident that claimed her life was

caused by a deer darting out suddenly into the roadway. He beseeched them to “please please be aware when you are driving.”

Jesse Macko, the 2014-15 Meyers homecoming king at the same time Burton was queen, smiled through sobs as he paid tribute to his friend.

“Tashandra, you were not only my queen,” he said. “You were a queen to anyone who came in contact with you.”

Burton would always be there to help anyone, Macko said, but noted she “never sugar-coated anything” in her unfailing support.

“She knew what she had to do to get you off the couch and feeling better,” he said.

The Rev. Shawn Walker, a Meyers graduate and a member of the Wilkes-Barre Area school board, urged Burton’s shocked and hurting loved ones to honor her memory by bringing as much love and positivity to life as she did.

“Life without her will never ever be the same ... but life can be and will be good again,” he said.

Some good news was shared at the vigil. Berman — Burton’s college roommate who had been listed in critical condition — was doing better late Tuesday after being treated for several broken bones, according to a friend of the family.

Joseph Kohut and eric MarK, staff writers, contributed to this report. bkalinowski@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2055, @cvbobkal

City’s energy-savings project exceeded expectations in first year

By Jacob Seibel Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE — In a brief presentation for new city council members at Tuesday’s work session, Wilkes-Barre’s director of operations touted the reported success of a $6 million energysavings project.

After handing out binders loaded with data on the Johnson Controls project, Butch Frati encouraged council to review the information and get back to him with any questions.

Frati said the city exceeded the expected savings in the first year, prompting Vice Chairman Mike Merritt to ask whether, in Frati’s professional opinion, he thought the savings will continue to self-fund the bond for project upgrades for the term of the 20-year contact.

“I have no doubt,” Frati answered.

An agreement with Johns o n C o n t r o l s I n c. f o r upgrades to city infrastructure — including to the city’s streetlights, buildings and

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other facilities — saved $549,066 as of January 2015, the first year of the contract.

That was $108,000 more than savings projected, according to the company’s analysis of the project’s costs and savings.

About $222,000 of the savings came from upgrades to street lights, which now use light-emitting diodes, according to a press release from the city.

City council approved a $5.9 million loan in 2012 to fund the upgrades. After interest, the loan will cost

$8.2 million. Johnson Controls estimated upgrades would save about $11 million over the 20-year life of the contract, meaning the city should save at least $2.8 million over that time.

Estimates predict the city will spend $3.9 million less in bills for electricity, water and gas and will save $6.7 million because of a decrease in man hours and maintenance on city property.

In other business, city Administrator Greg Barrouk presented council resolutions to rescind g rant

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requests for gambling revenue funds that were made in December and to request additional money for three projects.

In December, council voted in favor of allowing the city to submit grant requests for eight projects totaling almost $9 million.

On average only about $10 million to $12 million is distributed each year across all 76 municipalities in Luzerne County.

One request was for $40,000 for a roof replacement at the Child Develop-

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ment Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The proposed resolutions would increase that request to $52,000.

The other two requests were for flood protection along Solomon and Mill creeks for $5.5 million. The new requests total $5.8 million, the highest amount of the eight projects.

Council will vote on the resolutions at Thursday’s regular meeting. jseibel@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2110

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WILKES-BARRE — An Exeter couple pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $44,000 from the Greater Pittston Stoners Youth Soccer Organization, court records show.

Edward and Kathryn Koch, both 36, used their positions as officers in the soccer club to steal funds from the Stoners’ bank account for personal use, police said when they were charged last April.

A hearing to sentence them has been scheduled for April 4.

Edward Koch owes the soccer organization a total of $41,219.28 in restitution, and Kathryn Koch owes $3,653.56 in restitution to the organization.

The money was taken from the organization between November 2013 and December 2014 while Kathryn Koch was the club’s president and Edward Koch was the treasurer, according to court documents.

Each pleaded guilty to felony charges of theft and forgery and a misdemeanor charge of violating the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Persons Act in county court.

In December 2014, Edward Koch admitted to taking money from the organization for personal use when he was injured and out of work, according to an affidavit.

Koch told police that he would request checks from his wife, Kathryn Koch, under pretenses of paying for the group’s annual expenses such as field maintenance, paint, fertilizer, referee fees, insurance fees, uniforms, goals, medals, Stoners’ wear and portable bathrooms.

The funds did not benefit the organization but instead went toward personal expense bills, child support, hockey camp, food, medical bills and even a vacation in Delaware, according to a criminal complaint filed by Pittston police.

Kathryn Koch took more than $3,400 in group funds, much of it cash from soccer sign-up fees that were never deposited into the organization’s bank account, police said.

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PITTSTON — As she prepared to set bail for an accused serial robber Tuesday afternoon, Magisterial District Judge Alexandra Kokura-Kravitz inquired what West Pittston resident Joseph Lombardo does for a living.

“Rob,” an unruly Lombardo, 39, told the judge during his arraignment.

A day after allegedly escaping police during a highspeed chase, investigators on Tuesday charged Lombardo, of 530 Exeter Ave., with robbery, simple assault, theft, illegal possession of a firearm, reckless endangerment and making terroristic threats in relation to three recent gunpoint holdups in the northern reaches of Luzerne County in recent days — including one just hours before his capture.

“He admitted to robberies that he’s not yet charged,” Luzerne County Detective James Noone told KokuraKravitz during the hearing, arguing for high bail because Lombardo has been implicated in other uncharged robberies. “He’s a flight risk.”

After hearing Lombardo list the county jail as his permanent home and say he is “going to run,” KokuraKravitz denied bail to the self-professed heroin and cocaine user.

Lombardo — who was free on $50,000 bail after allegedly running from police who found him in possession of a knife and a bag of pills in November — is accused of walking into Tobacco Road at 120 Laurel Plaza, Pittston Township, on Friday evening and asking for a pack of Marlboro cigarettes before pulling a gun on a clerk, according to a police affidavit.

The clerk, Elizabeth Erzar, handed over $206 in cash and Lombardo asked to see under the drawer to ensure no bills were left behind before fleeing the scene, police said.

On Saturday evening, Lombardo is accused of entering Curry Donuts at 561 N. Main St., Pittston, and

pulling a black pistol on employee Heather Decker. Lombardo asked for the money, again checkLombardo ing to ensure nothing was left under the drawer, and fled with about $100 in cash, police said.

Police from both departments met Monday and agreed it appeared the hoodie-wearing robber sounded like Lombardo, who has a history of burglary and drug

trafficking convictions.

Officers arriving at Lombardo’s apartment Monday morning with plans to arrest him on a bench warrant for failing to appear in court on a shoplifting offense found Lombardo in a gold SUV with a woman, according to the affidavit. Police knocked on the window and told Lombardo to get out, but Lombardo instead cursed at the officers and sped off, leading police on a high-speed chase, according to police.

After Lombardo ran several stop signs and illegally

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passed two vehicles in the opposing lane on Tunkhannock Avenue, police ended the pursuit after losing sight of Lombardo near Stackhouse Auto Electric in Exeter Borough, court records say.

Police said they later found the gold SUV back at Lombardo’s apartment, but his brother told police he dropped Lombardo off near the Delaware Water Gap. Court records show Lombardo is also facing charges

of fleeing police, flight to avoid prosecution and several summary traffic violations over the chase in West Pittston.

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HARRISBURG — A House committee launched an investigation Tuesday into whether embattled state Attorney General Kathleen Kane should be impeached for misbehavior in office.

Now Kane faces a constitutional challenge on two fronts as she fights to remain the state’s top law enforcement official.

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The school board voted Tuesday for the non-binding budget and is required to approve a final budget before the next fiscal year starts July 1. The tax increase in the preliminary budget exceeds the 3.3-percent index amount established by the state on tax increases that don’t need voter approval or state approval of re f e re n d u m e xc e p t i o n amounts.

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Areas of Duryea hardesthit by the flooding of 2011 will soon see increased protection separating their homes and businesses from the waters of the Lackawanna River.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded a $1.5 million contract for a flood-control project along the borough’s portion of the river to Leeward Construction Inc. of Honesdale according to a release sent Wednesday.

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education funding amounts in a budget for the current fiscal year.

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Wyoming Area’s preliminary budget for 2016-17 includes $13.5 million in state funding. It projects $32.3 million in total revenues and a shortfall of $609,798.

A tax increase of 5 percent would boost the tax rate to 15.4127 for Luzerne County properties in the district, and the equalized rate for Wyoming County properties in the district would be 75.9986 mills.

A mill is $1 on every $1,000 in property assessment.

Connolly said the project will install 1,000 feet of sheet pile, vertical steel structures designed to act as a flood wall, to close a gap in Duryea’s flood walls that has been left open since the existing flood walls were built in 1967.

“This is a huge, huge step in getting residents the flood protection they need,” Connolly said.

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even go to those meetings,” Trump’s decision. the Fox statement said.

The New York real estate A Fox spokesman did not mogul’s presence has helped MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa immediately respond to produce massive ratings in — Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday bowed out of the final Republican presidential debate before the leadoff Iowa caucuses, saying Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly is “a lightweight.”

With 48 hours to go before the faceoff, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski conf i r m e d Trump’s decision Tuesday evening after a press conference in which Trump lashed out at Kelly Trump and said she’d been “toying” with him.

“He will not be participating in the Fox News debate Thursday,” Lewandowski said immediately after the press conference.

Trump, who called his decision “pretty close to irrevocable” in the press conference, said he’d hold an Iowa event at the same time as the debate to raise money for wounded veterans. Iowa hosts the nation’s opening presidential primary contest on Monday.

“With me, they’re dealing with somebody that’s a little bit different. They can’t toy with me like they toy with everybody else,” he said.

“Let them have their debate and let’s see how they do with the ratings.”

He added, “Why do I have to make Fox rich?”

The Republican National Committee said the decision was up to Trump.

“Obviously we would love all of the candidates to participate but each campaign ultimately makes their own decision what’s it their best interest,” said RNC chief strategist Sean Spicer.

Trump had suggested he might skip the Fox debate earlier in the day, drawing a sarcastic statement from the television network that “the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president.”

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fRom page 6 He let two other customers go ahead of him before pulling a gun and demanding cash, she said.

“I was terrified. I was absolutely terrified, but he said he wouldn’t hurt me so I took him at his word,” Kane recalled several hours later.

She opened the register and he reached inside, g rabbing the cash, she said.

When he left, Kane went and locked the door before

calling 911 and her boss, she said.

Plains Township police were quick to arrive on the scene, she said. The exact amount of money stolen in the heist was still being determined, store owner Manzoor Hassan said.

Hassan said another store he owns was robbed a few years ago, but neither he nor Kane planned to be intimidated.

“I’m from New York and this happened every day there. Here it’s only once in

a blue moon, and it’s not going to make us scared,” Hassan said. “These people cannot scare us because this is our everyday life, you know?”

K a n e, wh o w a s s t i l l behind the register about two hours after the crime, said she had no intention of taking any time off.

“I’m not leaving today and I’ll be back here tomorrow,” Kane said. “I love my job. I’ve been here for 18 years and I’m not leaving.”

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heist, Wilkes-Barre police caught Lombardo in a home on South Franklin Street on Tuesday afternoon.

During his arraignment, Lombardo quickly got off on a bad foot when he blurted out Kokura-Kravitz could just “jack (bail) up to $200,000,” prompting the judge to warn Lombardo not to tell her what to do.

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Asked about drug abuse, Lombardo offered: “I’m on heroin. I’m on cocaine.”

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PennDOT should oversee turnpike commission

In a neat bit of Pennsylvania government symmetry, the dysfunctional state House — which is primarily responsible for Pennsylvania not having a state budget nearly seven months after it was due — plans to examine the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s late response to last week’s massive snowstorm.

Friday and Saturday, about 500 vehicles were stranded on the turnpike in Bedford County for nearly 24 hours.

That’s a substantial failure. Even though the storm was powerful, it was not a surprise.

Stranded motorists could have been warm and safe in motels or restaurants near the turnpike or in turnpike service areas, even if the snow temporarily overwhelmed the agency’s ability to keep the highway passable.

While apologizing, turnpike officials have not yet been able to explain what happened.

A House hearing might be helpful in focusing the commission on what went wrong and what can be done to prevent future occurrences.

Legislators should not conduct a hearing only on the failed response, however. They should examine all of the issues involving the turnpike and start moving toward reform.

The most fundamental question is why the state needs two separate transportation agencies.

In an age of corporate mergers, in which large institutions combine to take advantage of more efficient administration and operations, it is remarkable that a financially stressed state government would maintain two separate agencies to perform basically the same tasks.

Part of the reason that the turnpike often has been subject to scandal is that it operates outside the scrutiny that is a regular feature of the state government itself.

Rolling the agency into PennDOT would resolve that while creating greater efficiency from the top, down.

Like any agency, the turnpike commission is most visible when it has a problem. But the recent reminder that the commission is still there should prompt lawmakers to ask, why?

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Cruz-hating Republicans really need a reality check

By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg View TNS

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. This sound aphorism may have a less pithy political corollary: Never attribute to strategy what can be explained by emotion.

Only this truth can help us understand why Republican officials have started saying they prefer Donald Trump to Sen. Ted Cruz as their presidential nominee. Congressional Republicans would supposedly come out ahead with Trump because he would be a stronger nominee and a more cooperative president.

These arguments are so weak that they can be understood only as rationalizations for a passionate hatred of Cruz felt by Republicans whom he has challenged. I’m a friend of Cruz, but you need not be one to see that anger is leading the officials to make a mistake — or, rather, three of them.

First, these Republicans are wrong to be sure that either Trump or Cruz will be the nominee. The conventional wisdom about the Republican primaries has repeatedly and rapidly changed. Originally Jeb Bush was said to be the favorite; then Marco Rubio; then we heard that “it’s going to be a CruzRubio race”; then a Cruz-Trump one. The currently rising theory is that Trump will prevail.

Given the poor track record, maybe it’s time to let primary voters in a few states weigh in before making confident predictions, or endorsement decisions based on them. If Cruz wins Iowa and Trump wins New Hampshire, there will still be plenty of Republicans, especially relatively moderate ones, who don’t like either man, thus leaving space for other candidates. The “establishment lane” will likely be clearer after New Hampshire. Winnowing will take place, too, if Trump wins both states; Cruz could well be among the winnowed.

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Second, it is not at all clear that Trump would make a stronger general-election candidate. Some Republicans say he has more potential than Cruz among white voters without college degrees. Maybe so. But Trump could also do worse among college-educated whites and among nonwhites. What little evidence we have suggests he would be a weaker candidate overall: He’s doing a bit worse than Cruz in head-to-head polling matchups with Hillary Clinton, and much worse in polls that measure whether voters view the candidates favorably or unfavorably.

Some Republicans believe a Trump loss would not hurt their congressional candidates as much as a Cruz loss, because voters will see Trump as his own man while viewing Cruz as a symbol of the party. Dream on. Any nominee will be the de facto leader of the party.

Third, it’s likely that congressional Republicans would find it easier to work with Cruz than Trump in the White House.

Cruz’s Senate colleagues think he has been selfish rather than principled when he has picked fights with them. But his self-interest as president would point him toward passing conservative legislation — replacing Obamacare, for example, something that Cruz and congressional Republicans have said mostly the same things about for several years. Trump would be much less predictable.

It is true that on some issues Trump would be more likely than Cruz to be a team player. Trump favors ethanol subsidies, for instance, and Cruz opposes them. So some Iowa Republicans, including Gov. Terry Branstad, are trashing Cruz. The Republicans criticizing Cruz, in other words, are going a long way toward proving that his criticism of them — that they are self-indulgent, parochial and uninterested in conservative principle — is correct.

Will they come to their senses in time? Another adage comes to mind: You can’t reason people out of a view that they didn’t reason themselves into.

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Special-interest groups should state facts on state budget By state Rep. Aaron Kaufer R-Kingston

the governor’s campaign promise of “a billion dollars for education” from natural gas companies would only bring in tens of millions, and that’s according to his own of fice. His extraction tax on natural gas would not cover the cost of his spending proposals without other massive tax increases, so when it has been time to vote he has consistently tied his severance tax proposal to raises in income taxes and small business taxes that would add up to a 21 percent increase across the board.

Maybe it would have been truthful to state that I broke with party ranks and even voted to bring Gov. Wolf ’s budget up for a full vote. Although I didn’t support his budget and didn’t vote for it, I did vote to allow it to come up for a vote, not the obstructionist tone this group wants you to believe.

Maybe it would have been truthful to inform people that I have been on one of eight representatives who haven’t taken their paychecks dating all the way back to June when this impasse first started.

Maybe these facts would have been good to include in these mailers; however, this would not fit the partisan narrative these special-interest groups want to create. We have all heard it too many times: don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story. It’s clear they haven’t.

Aaron Kaufer is a Republican serving Luzerne County, House of Representatives Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Editor: We recently had yet another fire in WilkesBarre Township, and I want to thank, once again, the following towns who responded. First, thank you to Hanover and Ashley first responders. Also, Laurel Run who is always there for us. Then we have Nanticoke, Plains, Plymouth and Fairview Township who arrived to help with personnel and equipment, and Edwardsville as backup as necessary to Hanover Fire.

These brave volunteers not only sacrifice for their communities, but also now for us, and we are very grateful. One day we hope to be back again where we can function and also give reliable support to those who have so bravely sacrificed for us.

Mayor Kuren, you now own the responsibility to ensure our safety, as the department, building and equipment were signed over to you as you requested. Please don’t let these other communities and our seniors down. They are now afraid.

Very afraid. Also, council members, please take into consideration the seniors of our township. I as a resident and others ask you to finally help.

John J. Bryan Wilkes-Barre Township

Newspaper delivery men bring happiness to home Editor: So much sadness in the world today; both in the newspaper and on TV. I’d like to thank two men that bring me happiness in the morning, and they are the ones that rise in the middle of the night to make sure that our newspapers are here early in the morning. We get both, The Citizens’ Voice and Times Leader.

I enjoy the papers for the puzzles; both the Scramlet and the Jumble. I do both while drinking my morning coffee. Then I am ready to face the world.

Thank you, William and Jon, for the good work that you do. We really appreciate it.

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Editor: To those readers who watched the CBS segment on Jan. 24 regarding tackle football, I’d like to respond by saying they’re correct. Tackle football starting at 6 years of age is absolutely ridiculous. These are “kids,”and “kids” should be enjoying “kid” stuff, not banging heads or getting bro-

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ken arms, legs or worse yet, concussions.

As the founder of Swoyersville junior football (emphasis on junior football), my program was designed for “boys” between the ages of 10 and 13 and was to help them get the experience they may not get in high school since the consolidation.

I want to give them the experience of camaraderie, develop teamwork and pride in accomplishment. These factors would help guide them in their years to come. So to those who feel like having their 6-year-old playing tackle football, you have a problem.

Robert Long Swoyersville

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Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story.

As special-interest groups began launching attacks out of Washington, D.C., I started wondering what alternate reality they have been living in when it comes to the Pennsylvania state budget.

Kaufer The same exact cookie-cutter mailers have gone out against Republicans all across the state simply changing the name and picture in the attack ad; however, they are woefully disingenuous on presenting the truth of what has been really going on in the Commonwealth and my record as a legislator.

Let me start by asking you this. If you asked your employer for a $5-an-hour raise and they gave you a $4 raise, would you then say that your salary was cut by a dollar? Obviously not, but that is exactly what is happening now. A $400 million increase in education is being sold as a $95 million cut by the governor in an effort to bring back campaign talking points that he used against Gov. Corbett.

G o v. Wo l f p r o p o s e d a $500 million increase in education, and I voted for a compromise budget proposal that increased education funding by over $400 million. On top of this, we still made the actuarially required pension obliga-

tion payment, an increase of $567 million from last year, and all of this without broad-based tax increases like income or sales tax hikes.

Maybe it would have been truthful to tell people that this same proposal got bipartisan suppor t and puts historic increases in public education far surpassing the “Corbett education cuts” by well over $1 billion dollars.

Maybe it would have been truthful to mention that Gov. Wolf wanted to throw out the new unanimously adopted education funding formula and instead created an entirely new and disproportionate one solely focused on giving the Philadelphia school district an additional $100 million handout, while people in our region struggle to keep their homes.

Maybe it would have been truthful to explain that when given the opportunity to enact the HB/SB 76 proposal to eliminate your property taxes, Gov. Wolf ’s administration had to break the tie in the Senate and voted against it, killing the bill and preventing millions of struggling Pennsylvania homeowners from getting the tax relief they need.

Maybe it would have been truthful to include that I have been a cosponsor of an equitable severance tax on the natural gas industry for quite some time now, while preserving the Marcellus Shale Legacy Fund to protect our environment and region for decades to come.

Maybe it would have been truthful to let people know that

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Divorcing husband wary of wife’s online deception DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 10 years. Four years ago, while waiting for our divorce to be finalized, I decided I’d start dating online and suggested she do the same. We were still friends, so I didn’t think it was crossing any boundaries.

My online dating efforts were met with peculiar results. All of the six women I connected with either stood me up or made excuses why they couldn’t or wouldn’t meet me in person. Out of frustration I began dating my wife again and we canceled the divorce proceedings.

About a year after we got back together, my wife confessed that the women I had reached out to online were all fictitious personae that she had constructed with the intent of exhausting my search efforts. It worked.

We are now filing for divorce again, and I’m worried she may do the same thing. What can I do? — SOUTHERN GUY DEAR SOUTHERN GUY: Because you think your wife might pull that stunt again, stop sharing any details of your online dating pursuits with her. Definitely refrain from telling her which sites you’re using.

(Use different ones than before.)

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invited to visit? Certainly in all this time you could have picked her up. A blanket “come anytime, just call first” isn’t a proper invitation — particularly if the person doesn’t drive.

If you prefer she not be an overnight guest, I don’t dear think your fiance should force it. And if you prefer abby that she not meddle in your AbigAil VAn buren relationship with her son, I hope you made it clear to DearAbby.com her when she “scolded” you should be able to see you. Of course, it wouldn’t have happened if her son through them. hadn’t tattled to her — D E A R A B B Y: I am which should be a glimpse engaged to a wonderful man, of what marriage to him and we will be married soon. may be like if you don’t get We have been together two this straightened out now. years and get along well. His parents live 35 minutes away Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known and his mom doesn’t drive.

The other day he com- as Jeanne Phillips, and was mented that she wanted us to founded by her mother, Pauinvite her over, as she hadn’t line Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com been over in a year. I told him or P.O. Box 69440, Los Anhis mother is always welgeles, CA 90069. come and should just call to make sure we are home. He Abby shares more than then proceeded to tell me he 100 of her favorite recipes wanted her to spend the in two booklets: “Abby’s night. He said that in his preFavorite Recipes” and vious relationship, his moth“More Favorite Recipes by er would stay over occasionDear Abby.” Send your ally. name and mailing address, I didn’t know what to say, plus check or money order but at the age of 40, should for $14 (U.S. funds) to: Dear he really be wanting Abby, Cookbooklet Set, P.O. sleepovers? It struck me as Box 447, Mount Morris, IL odd. I’m a private person and 61054-0447. (Shipping and I’m not sure how to resolve handling are included in this. I don’t want him to feel the price.)

I’m rejecting his mom, but I don’t see why she needs to Good advice for everyspend the night. I don’t want one — teens to seniors — is to walk on eggshells with in “The Anger in All of Us her, because she called and and How to Deal With It.” scolded me about how I To order, send your name spoke to her son several and mailing address, plus months ago. Advice? — check or money order for LADY OF THE HOUSE $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear DEAR LADY: Is there Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. something you haven’t Box 447, Mount Morris, IL mentioned? Why has it 61054-0447. (Shipping and been a year since your handling are included in fiance’s mother has been the price.)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Conlon Daley Purcell is celebrating her fifth birthday today, Jan. 27. Conlon is the daughter of Patrick and Kelly Purcell of Kingston.

She is the granddaughter of Brian Hann, Kingston, Susan Schlesing, Pittston, and the late Roger and Mary Alice Purcell. She is a great-granddaughter of Ketora Hann, Kingston. Conlon has two sisters, Riley, 9, and Kaylyn, 3, and a brother, Rorey, 7.

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nAnTIcOke David Good, of M3 Internet Marketing, recently spoke to the Luzerne County Community College Computer Club. Good, a 2008 graduate of LCCC, spoke to students about online analytics and reputation management, where to go to keep track of how many people are viewing a webpage, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and other topics. First row, from left, are David Good, Honesdale, guest speaker; Shirley Yanovich, Dallas, professor and chairwoman, CIS and adviser, CIS Club, LCCC; Ian Corazza, Sugarloaf; Amanda Moyer, Mountain Top, special activities,

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Computer Club; Taral Patel, Wilkes-Barre and Nisarg Amin, Scranton.

Second row: Jose Soto, Hazleton; Jose Luna, Wilkes-Barre; Christopher Ross, Swoyersville,

vice president, Computer Club; Priyank Patel, Dunmore and April Owen, Drums, secretary, Computer Club.

Third row: Timothy Cornelius, Wilkes-Barre;

David Matcho, Dallas, president, Computer Club; Alexander Gregoire, Hazleton; Mark Swick, Tunkhannock and William Davies, Bear Creek Township.

wesT sIDe Wyoming Valley West Middle School hosted Abigail White, Miss Outstanding Teen Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Tuesday, Jan. 26.

White visited the school to spread an anti-drug and alcohol message.

She presented three separate assemblies to the sixth, seventh and eighth grade students.

Her presentation was “Clean Teens: Washing Away Drug and Alcohol Abuse.” From left, are Charles Suppon Jr., assistant principal; Deborah Troy, principal; Abigail White, Jacob Sholtis, assistant principal, and Ciro Cinti, school social worker.

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Brain Bee Competition for high school students set for Feb. 27 The University of Scranton will host the 17th annual Northeast PA Brain Bee for high school students in grades nine through 12 on Saturday, Feb. 27. The competition begins at 1 p.m. in the Loyola Science Center on the university’s campus.

In previous years, students competing represented

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schools from throughout northeast Pennsylvania, including, Hazleton Area High School, Pittston Area High School and Wyoming Area High School, among others.

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offered free but registration is required to participate. The registration deadline is Saturday, Jan. 31. For information or to register online, visit https:// s i t e s. g o o g l e. c o m / s i t e / nepabrainbee/ or contact Robert Waldeck, Ph.D., program director and associate professor of biology, at 570-941-4324 or robert.waldeck@scranton.edu.

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More than 1,550 students were named to The University of Scranton dean’s list, which recognizes students for academic excellence during the 2015 fall semester.

A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours to make the dean’s list.

The list includes students from the Jesuit university’s College of Arts and Sciences, the Kania School of Management and the Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Luzerne County: Angela R. Agostini, Laflin; Sarah M. Andrews, Mountain Top; Brian N. Banas, Dallas; James A. Begliomini Jr., Shickshinny; Sara M. Blazejewski, Bear Creek Township; Concetta M. Buttacci, West Wyoming; Adam R. Casper, Exeter; Nicholas Chaump, West Pittston; Ryan P. Corcoran, Ashley; Elizabeth M. DiGiovine, Shavertown; Dawn M. Dorris, Forty Fort; Robert J. Dougherty, Shavertown; Angelika E. Dzieza, Kingston; Shane P. Farrell, Plains; Sela A. Fine, Sweet Valley; Krista G. Flanagan, Exeter; Megan E. Fleming, Shavertown; Norman E. Frederick Jr., Pittston; Michael H. Gatusky, Dallas; Andrew V. Girman, Yatesville; Emily I. Gleco, Shickshinny; Sara D. Gleco, Shickshinny; Sergey M. Gnilopyat, Harding; Ashley S. Gross, Shavertown; Carl W. Gross III, Shavertown; Dominick Gulius, Bear Creek Township; Haley A. Haddle, Dallas; Jennifer L. Hadley, Pittston; Meighan R. Hannon, Hanover Township; Jessica L. Hollister, West Wyoming; Megan N. Hudock, Milnesville; Nicole A. Hvozdovic, Mountain Top; Lisa A. Jackowitz, Avoca; Kaylyn Kashuba, West Pittston; Samantha Kellar, WilkesBarre; Sarah E. Kosik, Pittston; Kevin M. Kover, Drums; Peter M. Kulick, Pittston; Shauna C. Leahy, Hunlock Creek; Brittany M. Lemardy, West Pittston; Rachel A. Longo, Hughestown; Brian M. Markowski, Mountain Top; Ethan T. Markowski, Mountain Top; Abhay A. Metgud, Mountain Top; Megan M. Molitoris, Plains; Amy R. Mozeleski, Avoca; Tyler W. Mulvihill, WilkesBarre; Carly R. Murphy, Pittston; Christa A. Musto, Forty Fort; Andrew J. Nardone, Dallas; Briana N. O’Donnell, Hazleton; Grace O’Neill, Avoca; Kishan K. Patel, Wilkes-Barre; Cari T. Patterson, Pittston; Victoria R. Pennington, West Wyoming; David Phillips, Wilkes-Barre; Alexis Pileggi, Swoyersville; Gabrielle M. Prezkop, Mountain Top; Syed Y. Qadri, Drums; Aum M. Raghuvanshi, Shavertown; Angela M. Raieski, Kingston; Jolene S. Ranek, Freeland; Daniel L. Ricker, Dallas; Dylan T. Robbins, Wilkes-Barre; Kara A. Romanowski, Kingston; Dolores M. Rozelle, Exeter; Samuel N. Savoy, Trucksville; Emily L. Schramm, Mountain Top; Peter P. Shaver, Shavertown; Samantha M. Shiner, Exeter; Neil P. Shitut, Wilkes-Barre; Kelly L. Smith, Pittston; Jacqueline Stash, West Wyoming; Raymond A. Stemrich, Sweet Valley; Emily M. Suchocki, West Wyoming; Devin M. Sullivan-Phillips, Trucksville; Brittany N. Thomas, Exeter; Carly C. Walker, Pittston; Annika K. Wessel, Drums; Devaney K. Wood, West Wyoming; Catherine Yankowski, Plains; Robert A. Yevak, Hazleton; Gared Zaboski, West Wyoming; Brandon M. Zaffuto, Pittston; Jonathan R. Zirnheld, Mountain Top; Tara Zukosky, Wyoming and Joshua S. Zurek, Pittston Township.

Wyoming County: Jesteen V. Adams, Falls; Megan A. Bershefsky, Factoryville; Elena M. Bruning-Martin, Lake Winola; Rachel Clark, Factoryville; Matthew R. Flynn, Factoryville; Elizabeth T. Franko, Falls; Elizabeth L. Harasym, Factoryville; Emily M. Pritchyk, Falls and Cecilia C. Strauch, Factoryville.

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Hanover Area schools serve as place to learn, help others

Hanover Area Junior/ Senior High School is more than just a place for education. It maintains an active role in helping the community. This is mainly done through its individual clubs, along with senior projects.

Clubs constantly host events during the school year that may be seen throughout the community.

There are more than 20 clubs offered to students, covering a variety of topics.

Service clubs such as Key

ERICA PROCTOR Hanover Area News Club, Leo Club and Student Council give students the ability to develop leadership skills, while helping those in need.

Student Council is a group of students working together, “to benefit our school and

community,” explained Junior Chris Pelchar, vicepresident of the organization.

One of Student Council’s most recent works includes ‘The Giving Tree.’ The purpose behind this project was to gather donated winter coats and other clothing to then give to the Hanover Area Elementary students in need.

Similarly, Key Club is a national organization, which impacts the lives of others in a positive manner. It also motivates students to aim for at least five service hours a month.

One of Key Club’s most popular events is The Haunt-

ed Trail, hosted yearly during Halloween. Approximately 50 students were involved and nearly $2,000 was raised. It allows members of the community, along with students, to come together and have fun while raising money for a great cause.

T h i s ye a r, Ke y C l u b donated the money raised to The United Nations Children’s Fund, also known as UNICEF. It is a United Nations program that provides assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

Director of Key Club, Ellen McCormick, shared her thoughts on the event

this year. “It allows the students to participate even t h o u g h t h e y a re ve r y involved and are limited, but they always come through.

“They (students) learn skills and work together for a great cause. We try to create a new system and better our ideas every year,” McCormick said.

Along with the many other works of Key Club, during February, Key Club will be making a trip to the Ronald McDonald House.

Leo Club got into the Christmas spirit last month by going Christmas caroling at a local nursing home and decorating the trees located on Carey Avenue.

Seniors projects are required for each student to complete during his or her final year in high school.

Many students choose to do their projects by getting involved in volunteering at local service organizations or by hosting events to raise money for a specific cause/ charity.

Hanover Area prepares its students not only academically, but also in developing great altruistic skills that will be used for the rest of their lives as citizens.

Erica Proctor is a junior at Hanover Area High School.

Student columns are published on Wednesdays.

Wyoming Valley West The Wyoming Valley West girls soccer team held its second annual “Soccer vs.

Cancer” benefit game vs.

Crestwood in conjunction with the national Coaches vs. Cancer campaign in September 2015.

Both teams, with the help of their booster clubs, raised $525 in honor of former WVW player Taylor Thoryk, who took part in a ceremonial kick-off.

Taylor, who had been diagnosed with leukemia in October 2013 during

her junior year, has since graduated and is enrolled at Luzerne County Community College.

First row, from left, are Megan Menzel, captain; Emma Bakewell, captain; Jordan Britt, captain, and Alex Hargrave, captain.

Second row: Sandy MacKay, athletic director; Dave Novrocki, principal; Deb Stevens, varsity head coach; Stephanie Gover, junior high head coach, and Chris Barnic, assistant principal.

Student StandoutS Student Standouts recognizes local students for their achievements. To be included in this weekly column, schools may send student profiles and photos to schools@citizensvoice.com. For information, call 570821-2069.

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is from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. The group offers lung Better Breathers supdisease education, medicaport Group: Better Breath- tion updates, and breathing ers Support Group meets the techniques for those with COPD, emphysema, asthma, last Thursday of every month at River Run Rehab and Nurs- chronic bronchitis and pneumonia. Meetings are free to ing Center, 615 Wyoming the public.

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Borough recycling stickers are available for purchase.

Recycling stickers are $25 for the year and are needed to have all types of recyclables collected, including

yard waste. The sticker can be purchased at the Swoyersville Borough Building, Hospodar’s Garage, 260 Shoemaker St., and Rich’s

Service, Main and Shoemaker streets. Deadline to purchase the sticker is Feb. 29. Christmas trees will be collected until the begin-

ning of February. A recycling sticker is needed to have the trees collected; the 2015 recycling sticker is still valid until the end of February.

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Word Warp

yesterday’s solution

CryptoQuip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.

Solution is by trial and error.

Yesterday’s Cryptoquip: To induce peace among battling people, could you secretly give every combatant a truce serum?

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: P equals F

daily Bridge Gallagher, a comedian who is known for smashing watermelons, said, “Don’t you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’ but it doesn’t work.”

If you turn up the bidding, you had better turn up the play as well. How did South try to make his ambitious four-heart contract after West led the diamond four, and East put up his queen?

North had a minimum raise to two hearts.

(Those employing two-over-one game-forcing could start with one forcing no-trump, planning to rebid two hearts over a two-club or two-diamond rebid.

Yes, that would promise only two-card heart support, but North would like to cool South’s ardor a tad.

Here, over one no-trump, South would probably rebid three hearts, and North could pass.) South’s actual

Horoscope

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t let anyone put you down or control your life. Make decisions based on what works for you, and if change is required to find the peace you need in your life, take the initiative and make it happen.

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20-Feb. 18): Helping others will exhaust you. Taking on more than you can handle will result in ill feelings between you and the person counting on you. Make your position clear and don’t let yourself be overwhelmed by your SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. problems. Quarreling will 21): Make your home a not resolve the problem. place for interesting people to gather. Sur rounding PISCES (Feb. 19-March yourself with eclectic deco- 20): Get involved in somerations and talented people thing that concerns you, or will allow you to hold court offer support to someone a n d b e c o m e a l e a d e r. you love. Your gesture will Romance will help stabi- raise your awareness of lize an important relation- important issues. Love is ship. highlighted, and a romantic encounter will lead to a SAGITTARIUS (Nov. brighter future. Make a 22-Dec. 21): You’ll face commitment. plenty of interference if you are too vocal about Birthday baby what you are up to. Make You are practical, goalchanges while no one is oriented and proactive. You watching. It’s best to avoid are intuitive and reliable. people who confuse you or are known to be a poor ContaCt EugEnia at Eugenia’s influence. website, eugenialast.com, Eugenia’s android app @ C A P R I C O R N ( D e c . http://bit.ly/exhoro and join 22-Jan. 19): Don’t wait to Eugenia on twitter/facebook/ see what everyone else is linkedin.

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Today’s HoT sHoT Bernie Czeck of

Mocanaqua took this photo of a giant inchworm at The Arboretum at Penn State, which contains the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens, a new arboretum being created by The Pennsylvania State University adjacent to its University Park campus in State College. Czeck suggests visiting their website at arboretum.psu. edu for upcoming events and interesting information and photos.

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Follow your heart and your dreams, and head in whatever direction makes you happy.

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Celebrities born Romance is on the rise, and on this day celebrating your success is Patton Oswalt, 47; Alan encouraged.

Cumming, 51; Bridget FonGEMINI (May 21-June da, 52; Cris Collinsworth, 20): Good intentions will 57. not cut it if you don’t follow through. Don’t let anyHappy birthday one lead you astray with Consistency and forward m o t i o n w i l l h e l p yo u gossip or r umors that achieve whatever you set aren’t based on facts. Emoout to do. Size up whatever tional concer ns about a situation you face and be partner or older person in quick to take action rather your life will cause uncerthan waste time arguing. tainty.

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jump to four hearts was a bit aggressive, but when you smell game, you bid game.

There seem to be four unavoidable losers: one heart and three spades. (West cannot have the spade ace and king, because he would have led the ace at trick one.) The original declarer found a very bright play that would have occurred to few players.

He took the first trick with his diamond ace, then immediately returned the diamond 10!

West, assuming his partner had the diamond king, played low. South gratefully cashed the diamond king and discarded a spade from the board.

Then he led a spade. Given that trumps were 2-2, the defenders could not stop declarer from taking five hearts, three diamonds, one club and a spade ruff in the dummy.

From left, Amanda Crumer, John Maday, Hildy Ide and Renee Letz pose for a photo during the the annual Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association Member & Artist Appreciation Party at Rodano’s in Wilkes-Barre.

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From left, Patty Butler, Michelle Wise and Samantha Bovolick.

Don Armstrong and Cindy Puz attend the party at Rodano’s in Wilkes-Barre.

Nathan Scheuermann and Liz Revit.

Shariff Branham and Denise Tomasura.

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Edmund John Pieczynski Jr., 71, of Swoyersville passed away Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at River Run Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Kingston, after a brief stay and a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Born in Kingston, he was the son of the late Edmund John Pieczynski Sr. and Helen Klocko Pieczynski.

Ed was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Kingston, Class of 1962.

He was for merly employed by the Luzerne County Planning Commission. He was a machinist with Kanar r Corp. and worked in construction with Veras Corp. He honed his cooking skills at Wilkes College and Pocono Manor, which enabled him to open a fine dining restaurant, “Someplace,” in West Wyoming. He later worked with Premier Home Builders and with Yocum Construction prior to his retirement.

Ed was a member of the National Rifle Association and the Harveys Lake Rod and Gun Club. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Ann Skovira, and brother-in-law, Ben Gorey.

Surviving are his sister, Rosemary Gorey, Kingston Township; brothers, John, Dallas; Jim, Oklahoma; Paul, Kingston Township; and Tom, Kingston; his caregiver/niece, Roseann Lewis and her husband, Bill, Swoyersville; numerous other nieces

The Rev. Myron E. (Mike) Steele January 23, 2016 A memorial service for The Rev. Myron E. (Mike) Steele will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Blakeslee United Methodist Church, Route 115, Blakeslee.

Funeral arrangements are

by Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., White Haven.

and nephews; and cousin, Barbara Buffett.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 116 Hughes St., Swoyersville.

Interment will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Wyoming.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Harold C. Snowdon Home for Funerals Inc., 420 Wyoming Ave., Kingston.

Ed was a humble, generous, talented and spiritual man. He was a master craftsman with a keen and sometimes self-deprecating sense of humor. He cared more about others than himself and was always willing to lend a hand by offering his knowledge, talent and time to those in need. He had a soft spot in his heart for all of God’s creatures. Ed was loved by many and will be greatly missed by all those whose lives he touched … Love you more.

In Loving Memory

John J. Dobias Jr. February 15, 1955 January 27, 1996

ter for Theology and Public Policy.

Born in Clarks Summit, the eighth of nine children, the Rev. Glynn studied classical languages at the University of Scranton. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1955 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. T he Rev. Glynn ear ned advanced de g rees from Fordham U n ive r s i t y, Wo o d s t o ck College and Yale Divinity School. He was awarded his Doctorate of Theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif.

Respected for his leade r s h i p s t y l e, t h e Re v.

Glynn was regarded as a man who was always looking to help others.

In g Memory y Of n Loving

ALBERT “MOTSEK” ” FORGACH

In Loving Memory of

Bertha M. Roberts Who Passed Away 24 Years Ago

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The Rev. Edward Glynn, SJ, former provincial of the Maryland Province Jesuits, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at the Colombiere Jesuit Community in Baltimore. He was 80 years old, a Jesuit for 60 years and a priest for 48 years.

The Rev. Glynn served as provincial of the Maryland Province from 1990 to 1996. He also served as president of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1998 to 2005 and as president of St. Peter’s College (now University) in Jersey City, N.J., from 1978 to 1990. He was the founding president of Christ the King P re p a r at o r y S ch o o l , a Cristo Rey high school in N e w a r k , N. J. , w h i c h opened in 2007. He also served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston and as president of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. He taught at Georgetown University and was a contributing editor and columnist for A m e r i c a m a g a z i n e, a s well as director of the Woodstock Theolo gical Center and acting director of the Churches’ Cen-

You will always be in our thoughts and forever in our hearts.

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20 YEARS Sadly Missed, Forever In Our Hearts Sister, Barb, Brother-in-Law Randy, God Children Lurena, Larissa, Jonathan, Family & Friends

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We remember and cherish the happy times together. m Remembering them today and forever.

SADLY MISSED BY WIFE MAGGIE, DAUGHTERS PA H ATRICIA,, DEBORAH AND MEGAN

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ship. Friends, Wednesday, 4 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.

NIEMKIEWICZ, Arline C. — Sugar Notch. Mass of Christian Burial, Wednesday, 10 a.m., Holy Family Church, 828 Main St., Sugar Notch, with arrival time by 9:50 a.m. St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.

ORCUTT, Nancy S. — Ashley.

Memorial service of thanksgiving and celebration of life, Feb. 13, 4 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal ProCathedral, Wilkes-Barre.

PUCHALSKI, Robert M. — Chambersburg. Thursday, 11 a.m., Mount Pleasant United Bretheren Church, 2509 Black Gap Road, Chambersburg. Interment with military honors accorded by the Charles Nitterhouse Post 1599 Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard, Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Friends, Thursday, 10 to 11 a.m., at the church.

RAGUGINI, Gerald — Bear Creek and Plains Township.

Friends, Wednesday, 4 to 6 p.m., at Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township, with a memorial service to follow.

RAYNAK, Mae Alice — Metamora, Mich. Funeral Mass, Thursday, 11 a.m., Immaculate Conception Church, Lapeer, Mich.

Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Mich. Visitation, Thursday, 9 to 10:45 a.m., at Muir Brothers Funeral Home, Lapeer, Mich.

TIERNEY, Alice L. — New Jersey. Funeral Mass, Friday, 9:30 a.m., Church of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, WilkesBarre. St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Pittston. Friends, Friday, beginning at 8 a.m., at McLaughlin’s, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre.

URITZ, Louise T. — Pittston.

Memorial service, Saturday, 3 p.m., Second Presbyterian Church, 143 Parsonage St., Pittston. Visitation, Saturday, 1:30 to 3 p.m., at the church.

WALLISON, Gertrude C. — Kingston. Friday, 9:30 a.m., Kopicki Funeral Home, 263 Zerby Ave., Kingston. Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., Holy Family Parish, Bennett Street, Luzerne. Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville. Friends, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.

WATKINS, Boyd J. — Memorial service, Wednesday, 11 a.m., Assembly of God Church, Forty Fort. Family and friends will meet in the church hall after the service for a luncheon.

WOYTOVICH, Leonard J. — Glen Lyon. Memorial service and calling hours, Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m., at Grontkowski Funeral Home P.C., 51 W. Green St., Nanticoke. St. Adalbert’s Cemetery, Glen Lyon.

ZBICK, Anthony Albert — Hunlock Creek. Thursday, 9:30 a.m., Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., Routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek. Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery, Lake Silkworth. Friends, Wednesday, 4 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.

The Rev. Edward Glynn, SJ January 23, 2016

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BALUCHA, Frank J. — Kingston. Wednesday, 9:15 a.m., Wroblewski Funeral Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., St. Andre Bessette Parish, 672 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment with the Rite of Committal, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Cemetery, Dallas, with military honors accorded by the U.S. Army.

BOYNOSKY, Edward — Blessing services, Wednesday, noon, Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge.

Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends, Wednesday, 10 a.m. to noon, at the funeral home.

BRISLIN, Joseph K. — WilkesBarre. Wednesday, 1 p.m., at the chapel of St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Visitation, Wednesday, 12:45 to 1 p.m., at the chapel.

DONOVAN, Elizabeth Amos — Swoyersville. Friends, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m., at Lehman-Gregory Funeral Home, 281 Chapel St., Swoyersville.

FRONCZKEWICZ, Mary — Luzerne. Funeral Mass, Wednesday, 10 a.m., Holy Family Parish, Bennett Street, Luzerne.

GARBUSH, Florence Burry — Wilkes-Barre. Thursday, 9:30 a.m., John V. Morris Family Funeral Homes Inc., 625 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Funeral Mass, 10 a.m., St. Andre Bessette Parish, WilkesBarre. Interment with the Rite of Committal, St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Cemetery of St. Andre Bessette Parish, Cemetery and Blanchard streets, Plains Township. Friends, Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.

GIBBONS, Mary Clare O’Brien — Avoca. Mass of Christian Burial, Friday, 10 a.m., Queen of the Apostles Church, Hawthorne Street, Avoca. Those attending are asked to go directly to the church Friday. Friends, Thursday, 3 to 6 p.m., at Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea.

GRABKO, Pauline — WilkesBarre. Wednesday, 10 a.m., Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township. Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas.

GUGLIELMI, John W. — Mass, Saturday, 10:30 a.m., St. Francis of Assisi Church, Mildred. Friends, Friday, 4 to 8 p.m., at P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, Dushore.

HALLER, Barbara Ann — Forty Fort. Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Mass of Christian Burial, 9 a.m., St. Ignatius Parish, Kingston.

St. Mary’s Cemetery, Swoyersville.

LASOSKI, Kenneth — Mountain Top. Thursday, 11 a.m., McCune Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top. Albert Cemetery. Friends, Wednesday, 5 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.

MULDERIG, Mary — Kingston and Dallas. Thursday, 10 a.m., Maher-Collins Funeral Home, 360 N. Maple Ave., Kingston. Mass of Christian Burial, 10:30 a.m., Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Town-

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Marion Coleman Dougherty January 25, 2016 Marion Coleman Doughe r t y, 9 7 , f o r m e rl y o f Hughestown, peacefully passed away Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, while at Mercy Center, Dallas.

Born in Scranton on Nov. 26, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Catherine Dunleavy Coleman. She was a graduate of Scranton High School.

Marion resided in Hughestown all of her married life. She was a former member and a daily communicant at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hughestown and a member of St. Joseph Marello Parish, Pittston.

Marion was an independent and hardworking woman. She was a loving and caring wife and mother, who devoted her life to her husband, her son, and the true joys of her life, her grandchildren. She enjoyed the wonderful times traveling and socializing with family and friends. Many special moments were shared with her neighbors, who also became close family friends.

Marion will be remembered for her faith, loyalty, kindness and selflessness. Her hospitality was known to all who entered her home. She especially enjoyed preparing the day after Christmas dinners shared with her entire extended family. She was actively involved in her community and was a trailblazer for women. Marion was elected and served as the first woman president of the Hughestown Borough Council.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Patrick Francis Dougher ty; brothers, Edward “Red” Coleman and Eugene Coleman; and sisters, Helen Coleman, Florence Young and Catherine Coleman Mahan.

Surviving her are her

John B. Knight January 25, 2016 John B. Knight, 93, of Hanover Township passed away Monday evening, Jan. 25, 2016, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

Funeral arrangements are pending from George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley.

Genevieve D. Kotasek January 23, 2016 Genevieve D. Kotasek, 92, a resident of West Wyoming, entered into eternal life early Saturday morning, Jan. 23, 2016, at Celtic Healthcare Hospice, Inpatient Unit, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Born July 21, 1923, in Luzerne, Genevieve was one of four children born to the late Frank and Genevieve (Seitchek) Kotasek.

Genevieve was a graduate of the former Swoyersville High School, Class of 1942.

Prior to her retirement in 1979, Genevieve was employed for many years as a key punch operator by the Social Security Administration, Wilkes-Barre.

A faithful Catholic, Genevieve was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Parish, Luzerne.

Genevieve had a passion for traveling and was fortunate to visit many places over the years. She loved going to various casinos and her favorite place to visit was Las Vegas.

Family was the center of Genevieve’s life and she treasured every moment she had with her loved ones. Not only was she a devoted daughter and sister, she was also a loving and caring aunt to her many nieces, nephews, greatand great-great-nieces and nephews. Throughout her life, Genevieve had given much love and attention to her family, and in return they showered her with their love. Her beautiful presence will be greatly missed by all those who were dear to her.

In addition to her parents,

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F r a n k a n d G e n ev i eve Kotasek, Genevieve was preceded in death by her brother, Frank Kotasek, and her sister, Mary Rowett.

Genevieve is survived by her sister, Anna Kopetchny, Wilkes-Barre; as well as her many nieces, nephews, greatand great-great-nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to offer their most sincere thanks to the Baloga and Fetch families for being so very kind and caring to Genevieve over the years.

At Genevieve’s request, a private family viewing and funeral service will be held.

A Blessing service will be celebrated by Deacon Peter Smith, parish life coordinator of Holy Family Parish, Luzerne.

Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville, where she will be laid to rest beside her mother and father.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Wroblewski Funeral Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort.

The family would be honored if you would consider making a memorial donation in Genevieve’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, www.stjude.org.

To send Genevieve’s family an online message of condolence, you may visit the funeral home website, www. wroblewskifuneralhome. com.

son, attorney Patrick E. Dougherty and his wife, Patricia Chilleri, Dallas; grandchildren, Erin Munsch and her husband, Josh, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Taylor Dougherty, Philadelphia; John Dougherty, Dallas; and Rachel Henry, Pittsburgh; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A special thank you to Dr. John Carey and nurse practitioner Fran McGlynn as well as to the staff at Mercy Center for the compassionate care they provided.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday from Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home, 251 William St., Pittston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Marello Parish, 237 William St., Pittston.

Interment will be held at St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Pittston.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Luzerne County Bar Association Charitable Christine A. Keihl Foundation Inc., Luzerne January 23, 2016 County Courthouse, 200 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, PA Christine A. (Smith) Shirley Whitesell, Tracey 18711.

Keihl, 43, of Nanticoke Smith-Yedloski and Jaclyn Online condolences may passed away Saturday, Vega; brothers, Charles be made at www.adoniziofu- Jan. 23, 2016, at the Celtic Smith, Brian Smith Sr., Harneralhome.com.

W i l k e s - old Smith, Mark Clouser and Barre Inpa- Kevin Smith; companion, Harriet T. Gray tient Unit. Christopher Pivarnik; and Bor n in her numerous nieces and January 26, 2016 Nanticoke nephews.

The funeral service for on May 29, A celebration of her life Harriet T. Gray will be at 11 1 9 7 2 , s h e will be held at 11 a.m. May a.m. Thursday from Rosenw a s t h e 28 from George A. Strish berg Funeral Chapel, 348 S. daughter of Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre. See Charles F. Smith and the late Main St., Ashley. Interment Thursday’s edition for addi- Shirley V. (Jones) Smith. will follow in Stairville tional information or the Surviving are her father, Cemetery, Dorrance Townfuneral home website at Charles F. Smith and his ship. Family and friends www.rosenbergfuneralcha- wife, Kathy; sisters, Joyce may call from 9 to 11 a.m. pel.com.

Worsley, Michelle Alfonso, May 28.

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Cassie J. Sloan, 100, of Larksville died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at her home.

She was born in Edwardsville, daughter of the late Lucian and Josephine Wisniewski Zylinski.

Mrs. Sloan was a longtime member of the former St. Hedwig’s Church in Kingston, its Altar and Rosary Society, rosary makers and pierogi makers. She was also a member of the Pokeno Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Sloan; son, Robert E. Sloan Jr.; brothers, Frank, Joseph and Edward; and sisters, Stella Tromovich and Helen Kraynak.

Cassie is survived by her daughter, Deborahann and her husband, Leonard Brozena, Larksville; grandchildren, Maribeth and her husband, Mike Chesterfield, and David Brozena; great-grandson, Connor Chesterfield; and sister, Irene Recko, Worcester, Mass.

The funeral will be at 9:30

a.m. Saturday from Kopicki Funeral Home, 263 Zerby Ave., Kingston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church.

Interment will be in St. Ignatius Cemetery, Pringle.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to St. John’s Building Fund, 126 Nesbitt St., Larksville, PA 18651.

Joseph F. Luksic January 20, 2016 Joseph F. Luksic, a former resident of South Grant Street in the Heights section of the city, passed into eternal life Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 20, 2016, in Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre, where he recently resided.

Born Sept. 13, 1940, in Wilkes-Barre, he was a son to the late John and Mary (Dohman) Luksic. Educated in the city schools, Mr. Luksic graduated from the former St. Nicholas High School and King’s College, both of Wilkes-Barre. He furthered his education by attending graduate school at Marywood University, Scranton, where he earned his master’s de g ree in library science.

Until his retirement, Mr. Luksic was employed as the librarian by the Misericordia University library in Dallas for many years.

He was a life member of St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Parish, Wilkes-Barre, and formerly held membership in the St. Conrad’s Society.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Mr. John Luksic; by sisters,

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Miss Marie Luksic and Mrs. T heresa (Luksic) McElwee; and most recently by nieces, Mrs. Mary T. (McElwee) Gatusky in 2014 and Anne Berg in 2015.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ann Fogarty, Long Island, N.Y.; a nephew and caregiver, Mr. John McElwee and his wife, Marlene, Laflin; and several great-nieces, great-nephews and wonderful friends from local colleges and universities.

Memorial funeral services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Saturday from the Wilkes-Barre Heights location of John V. Morris Family Funeral Homes Inc., 281 E. Northampton St. Deacon William Behm will serve as celebrant.

Interment will be private and at the family’s convenience.

Relatives and friends may call from 11:30 a.m. until the time of services on Saturday.

To send Mr. Luksic’s family online words of comfort, remembrances and friendship at this time, please visit our family’s website at www.JohnVMorrisFuneralHomes.com.

David A. Stafford January 23, 2016 David A. Stafford, 56, passed away early Saturday morning, Jan. 23, 2016, with his family by his side, after a short battle with cancer.

David will be missed by his family and friends.

He loved to travel, loved the beach and going to concerts. He also loved his kids, his grandkids and his dogs.

He left behind one son, James; one daughter, Victoria; two grandchildren, James Jr. and Giovanni; wife, Catalina; and brothers, William and Paul.

Funeral services will be held Friday, with visitation from 9 a.m. to noon at Clarke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek. Interment will be in Bloomingdale Cemetery, Ross Township, Shickshinny.

Frank E. Kuligowski January 23, 2016

Judith A. Dye of West Pittston passed away Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Kent General Hospital, Dover, Del. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced from Howell-Lussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston. A full obituary will appear in Thursday’s edition.

Walter John Wanek, 67, of Wilkes-Barre succumbed to his battle with cancer Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, surrounded by his loving family, at his home.

Walter was born Aug. 4, 1948, in New Haven, Conn. He was a son to the late Walter and Olga Schlonski Wanek.

He grew up in Bridgeport, Conn. As a child, Walter was in the Boy Scouts, Troop 6, and later became a Life Scout like his father did before him.

Walter graduated from Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport, Conn., Class of 1966. After graduation, he attended the Connecticut School of Electronics. After electronics school, Walter joined the United States Coast Guard (USCG). He completed his boot camp in Cape May, N.J., then went on to Governors Island, N.Y., and became a Coast Guard electronics instructor.

He served on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tamaroa, participating in search and rescue. He was part of the USCG for a total of four years during Vietnam.

After being honorably discharged from service, Walter was a field engineer, systems engineer and senior programming analyst with IBM for 19 years.

Upon retirement, Walter

Alice (Barna) Lewis January 25, 2016

Jane Evans January 26, 2016

Alice (Barna) Lewis, 82, fomerly of Trucksville and Wilkes-Barre, died Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Arrangements are pending from Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, Forty Fort.

Jane Evans, 92, of WilkesBarre passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Arrangements are pending from Kniffen O’Malley Funeral Home.

Tashandra Burton January 25, 2016

Tashandra Burton, 19, of Wilkes-Barre passed away Monday evening, Jan. 25, 2016, in a car accident in La Plume.

Wilson J. McDermott Arrangements will be January 25, 2016 announced by Knif fen Wilson J. McDermott of O’Malley Funeral Home, 465 Falls passed away Monday, S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre.

Jan. 25, 2016, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced from Howell-Lussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West

By Hillel Italie Pittston. A full obituary will AP National Writer appear in Thursday’s edition.

Frank L. Peterson January 26, 2016 Frank L. Peterson, 82, of Dupont, formerly of Kingston, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at Celtic Healthcare, Wilkes-Barre.

Arrangements are pending from Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, Forty Fort.

became a self-employed general contractor, retiring in 2013.

He and his wife, the former Darylene Stephenson, moved to Pennsylvania in 2014. He enjoyed spending time with the love of his life, his wife of 20 years, and she was devoted to him. Walter also loved spending time with his two daughters, stepchildren, his cousin, Kimberly Coley, and her sons.

Walter was a member of the LANI Club, NEPA Coast Guard Veterans Association and the Italian Club, WilkesBarre. Walter enjoyed camping with his family, golfing, boating, and just being outdoors in nature.

Surviving are his loving wife, Darylene, at home; daughters, Cheri Wanek, Connecticut; and Michelle Coraggio, Wilkes-Barre; stepdaughters, Michelle Mancucci, New York; Maggie Stephenson, New York; and Darylene Man-

cucci, Connecticut; stepson, Bobby Mancucci; grandchildren, Gabriella, Christopher, Lindsay; J; Mikayla; Brian; Isabella; Dienarra; and Bobby; brother, Bruce, Connecticut; and a niece and a nephew.

A celebration of Walter’s life will be held at Yanaitis Funeral Home Inc., 55 Stark St., Plains Township, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. A Reflection service will begin at 7:30 p.m.

At 9:30 a.m. Saturday a Memorial Mass will be celebrated in Ss. Peter and Paul Church, 13 Hudson Road, Plains Township. Mass will be officiated by the Rev. Jack Lambert. Military honors will be conducted by the USCG at the end of Mass. Friends and family are asked to go directly to the church.

Burial will be held at the convenience of the family.

For condolences to the family, and directions to the services, please visit www.yanaitisfuneralhome.com.

William A. Engle January 25, 2016 William A. Engle, 81, of West Wyoming passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at home.

Born in West Wyoming, he was the son of the late Martin A. and Mary (Goldsworthy) Engle. He was a graduate of West Wyoming High School, Class of 1954.

William worked as a test melter in research and developement at Schott Glass Technology, Duryea, for many years before retiring.

He was a member of St. Monica’s Parish of West Wyoming.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Rose Marie, in 2005, and a brother, Thomas Engle.

Surviving are his daughter, Tammra Green and her husband, Harold, Pittston; a son, Brian Roberts, Plains Township; and brother, Martin Engle, Maryland.

Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family from MetcalfeShaver-Kopcza Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. There will be no calling hours.

Abe Vigoda, sad-eyed character actor, dead at 94

George Krakowski January 26, 2016 George Krakowski, 64, of Dupont passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton.

Funeral arrangements are pending from Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea.

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NEW YORK — Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sad-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series “Barney Miller” and the doomed Mafia soldier in “The Godfather,” died Tuesday at age 94.

Vigoda’s daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press that Vigoda died

Tuesday morning in his sleep at Fuchs’ home in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The cause of death was old a g e.

Vigoda “This man wasneversick,”Fuchssaid.

His death brought to an end years of questions on whether he was still alive — sparked by a false report of his death

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more than three decades ago.

Though Vigoda took it in stride, the question of whether he was dead or alive became something of a running joke: There was even a website devoted to answering the much-Googled question, “Is Abe Vigoda dead?” (On Tuesday, it had been updated with “Yes,” with the date of his death.)

Vigoda worked in relative obscurity as a supporting actor in the New York theater and in television until Francis

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Ford Coppola cast him in the 1972 Oscar-winning “The Godfather.”

Vigoda played Sal Tessio, an old friend of Vito Corleone’s (Marlon Brando) who hopes to take over the family after Vito’s death by killing his son Michael Corleone (Al Pacino).

But Michael anticipates that Sal’s suggestion for a “peace summit” among crime families is a setup and the escorts Sal thought were taking him to the meeting turn out to be his executioners.

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Judith A. Dye January 25, 2016

Providence M. “Dolly” (Lombardo) Johnson, 83, of Wilkes-Barre passed away Monday evening, Jan. 25, 2016, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born in Pittston on Aug. 18, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mildred (Ross) Lombardo.

Dolly worked as a seamstress in the garment industry in New Jersey.

She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston.

Dolly liked to polka.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Johnson, on April 6, 1971; daughter, Caroline A. Johnson; son, John E. Johnson; and brothers, Benjamin, Frank and Joseph Lombardo.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Rosemarie Johnson, Shickshinny; and Jeanette Johnson, Wilkes-Barre; a son, Maurice Johnson, Nanticoke; 17 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday from Kniffen O’Malley Funeral Home, 465 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre.

Family and friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. until service time Friday.

Online condolences may be sent at www.kniffenfuneralhome.com.

Walter Wanek January 18, 2016

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Frank E. Kuligowski, 91, passed away Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Nanticoke.

He was born in West Nanticoke, was the son of the late John and Veronica Janchowski Kuligowski, and was a graduate of Harter High School, West Nanticoke.

Frank served in the U.S. Army with the rank of corporal prior to his employment as a mason, and was also a member of the American Legion Post 350, Nanticoke.

He is survived by a close friend, Edward Wiernusz.

There are no calling hours and interment will be at a later date.

Arrangements are by Grontkowski Funeral Home P.C., Nanticoke.

Providence M. “Dolly” (Lombardo) Johnson January 25, 2016

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Denver Broncos all-Pro outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware is playing in his first Super Bowl against the carolina Panthers on Feb. 7.

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MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER Broncos’ Ware gave epic speech on eve of AFC title game NFL INVESTIGATING MANNING FoLLowING hGh ALLEGATIoN

By Arnie Stapleton Associated Press DENVER — Before playing the game of his life, DeMarcus Ware gave a speech that inspired his Broncos teammates on the eve of their beat-down of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

“It was goosebumps,” Aqib Talib said.

Afterward, the All-Pro cornerback turned to strong safety T.J. Ward and told him it was a shame Ware didn’t deliver that monster motivational talk just before kickoff.

“It doesn’t matter. I’m going to feel it in the morning,” was Ward’s retort, according to Talib, who called it “a hell of a speech. It really touched everybody.”

The easygoing but hard-working Ware spoke about how he’d been playing in the league for 11 years and had yet to reach a Super Bowl.

And how he wasn’t about to let either the opportunity or Brady slip from his grasp.

“You could see everybody was focused, it really touched everybody who was in that meeting,” Talib said.

“That’s what D-Ware does. He speaks from his heart and his message was definitely felt.”

Coach Gary Kubiak tapped Ware on Saturday and asked him to deliver the speech “because he knows I’ll get up there and speak in a minute about what’s on my heart,” Ware said.

“The night before the game, I always talk to the guys, but I’ll have one player address the football team before we call it a night,” Kubiak said. “I let DeMarcus do that. I could sit here all day and talk about it, but he was just tremendous for this team. He basically told them how much the opportunity to possibly play for a Super Bowl meant to him and how much it meant for him to be a part of the team.

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“It was very powerful.”

Ware went to the weight room to collect his thoughts before talking and there on the wall was the phrase, “Iron Sharpens Iron.”

Ware had his theme.

He would talk about how players stepped up when he and Peyton Manning missed time with injuries, when safeties David Bruton Jr. and Omar Bolden and tackles Ryan Clady and Ty Sambrailo all went on IR. “That was the grit of the whole season,” Ware said.

“We melted down that metal,” he told the team. “The only way you’re going to make metal hard, is if you get it done.”

Then, he pulled out the first Super Bowl trophy the franchise had ever won, the silver treasure that team owner Pat Bowlen handed to John Elway on Jan. 25, 1998.

“I sat it on the table,” Ware said.

“And it just got really quiet.”

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Ware looked around.

“I saw in all the guys’ eyes how they felt, what they felt, because I felt the same way,” Ware said. “From that point, I just knew how important it was to those guys.”

More silence, some exhales.

“It was a big, emotional night,” Ware said, “and the guys carried it over into the game.”

They hit Brady 23 times — more than he’d been hit in at least a decade — and 16 times more than Aaron Rodgers was walloped during the worst game of his career, in Denver on Nov. 1.

Sending Peyton Manning back for another shot at the title and Ware to his first Super Bowl was sweet for their teammates.

“I think it’s win one for Peyton, win one for D-Ware,” receiver Demaryius Thomas said. “And it would be nice to get one for everybody else, too.”

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DENVER — The NFL said it is conducting a review of allegations that Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had human growth hormone delivered to his house.

The investigation will not be completed before Denver plays Carolina in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7.

League spokesman Brian McCarthy said the inquiry involves reviews of records and interviews.

Al Jazeera reported last month that an intern at an Indianapolis antiaging clinic was secretly recorded suggesting that Manning’s wife received deliveries of HGH. The intern has since recanted his story.

— Associated Press

Pittsburgh calls up WBS Penguins top scorer

By Seth Lakso Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE — After he sat out Sunday’s WilkesBarre/Scranton Penguins game for precautionary reasons, the Pittsburgh Penguins made Scott Wilson’s promotion official Tuesday.

Wilson, who entered Sunday leading the AHL with 20 goals in 34 games this season, will help fill in for Chris Kunitz and Beau Bennett, who are each currently sidelined due to injuries.

Wilson dressed and played in Pittsburgh’s game against New Jersey on Tuesday night.

Wilson had been red hot over his last 11 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, recording nine goals and six assists. “(Wilson’s) leading our team in goals, but what (his promotion) does is it gives our other guys a chance to step up,” Penguins coach Clark Donatelli said. “It’s an opportunity for them to get more ice time. We still have some really good players here and we’re going to continue to develop them.”

Including Wilson, there are now eight players or coaches (Sheary, Porter, Derrick Pouliot, Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, David Warsofsky and head coach Mike Sullivan) in Pittsburgh that have spent extended time in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton this season.

last stop on its six-game road trip to catch up with his family.

“We got in late and we had the 3 p.m. game so there wasn’t a ton of time, but I went to see my mom and I went up on Federal Hill and got one of my favorite sandwiches,” Donatelli said.

“My brother, Peter, has an 8-year-old boy and I got to see a period of one of his (hockey) games too. I hadn’t had a chance to see him play. It was quick, but it was good to see everybody.”

The Penguins went on to fall to the Bruins 5-2 in Providence to close out their road trip with a 3-3-0 record.

Now, after 15 days away

from Mohegan Sun Arena, Donatelli and company are happy to finally be gearing up for a home game once again.

“It’s good to be back,” said Donatelli, whose team is 14-70-0 at home this season.

“We’ve been on the road for a little bit now and it’s always great to get back and play in front of your hometown fans.”

POULIOT OUT The AHL announced Tuesday that defenseman Pouliot, who is currently playing with Pittsburgh, will not participate in this weekend’s AHL All-Star Classic on Syracuse, New York.

Po r t l a n d ’s C a m e r o n Gaunce will replace Pouliot.

INJURY UPDATES There was a scary moment during practice Tuesday when forward Tom Sestito was struck in the lower-midsection by a shot from Clark Seymour.

Sestito spent several minutes down on the ice before leaving practice. He appeared upbeat in the locker room following the incident and said he didn’t expect to miss any time.

Defenseman Tim Erixon, who has been out since Jan. 8, was a full participant in practice and will likely play in tonight’s game.

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Hartford at Penguins When: 7:05, tonight Where: Mohegan Sun Arena On the air: The game will be broadcast on 103.1 FM and 910, 930 and 980 AM. About the Penguins The Penguins are back at Mohegan Sun Arena for the first time since Jan. 9. It will be the fifth of six matchups between the Penguins and Wolf Pack this season.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton holds a 3-1 advantage in the season series.

About Hartford Hartford (21-19-2-0) will arrive in Wilkes-Barre as the hottest team in the AHL. It has won seven straight and is now in fifth place in the Atlantic Division, 15 points back of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Former Penguin Jayson Megna scored the gamewinning goal in the Pack’s 4-1 win over Portland on Sunday. Megna has eight goals and 11 assists in 35 games with Hartford this season.

— Seth Lakso

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The International League Hall of Fame’s two-person class sure does have a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Yankees feel.

Fo r m e r Re d B a r o n s infielder Charlie Montoyo and one-time Yankees top prospect Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens were

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announced Tuesday as the league’s Hall of Fame inductees in the 2016 class. They were elected by a vote of living Hall of Famers, longtime executive, broadcasters and media members.

Best-known as the manager who guided the Durham Bulls to seven South Division titles

and two Governors’ Cup titles in eight seasons from 2007 through 2014, Montoyo did shine as a player during four seasons in the IL. Two of those — in 1994 and 1995 — came with the Red Barons. He hit .265 with Scranton/WilkesBarre, and his best year came in 1994, when he hit .282 with

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affiliate, including the 1990 season when he was named the league’s MVP after hitting .285 with 26 homers and 96 RBIs. In 1992, he led the IL in runs scored (96), homers (26) and RBIs (100), leading the Clippers past the Red Barons for the Governors’ Cup. — Donnie Collins

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NICE TO BE HOME For Donatelli, Sunday’s game at Providence was a bit of a homecoming.

He grew up just minutes from the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and used the team’s

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Wyoming Seminary holds off Hanover Area

By Steve Bennett Staff Writer

KINGSTON — Wyoming Seminary made one slight adjustment at the half, and Hanover Area took too long to try and respond. That move proved to be more than enough for the Blue Knights to pick up a 61-53 victory in WVC boys basketball action on Tuesday night.

What the Blue Knights did was take advantage of center Jeff Bevacqua down on the low block.

“I thought we really needed to get the ball inside more than we did in the first half,” Seminary coach C.J. Kersey said. “I thought we had opportunities in the first half and we didn’t do as good a job. Our guards were unselfish with the ball, and we were able to get off to a good start in the second half.”

Bevacqua finished the night with 17 points. Pat Ganter, in his second game back after suffering a foot injury, finished with 18. Ganter missed five games because of the injury, and returned to the lineup last Friday where he scored 28 points. His brother, Nick, who averages 9.0 points per game, missed Tuesday’s game with an illness.

“He is a big weapon for us on the offensive end,” Kersey said of Pat Ganter. “He is someone who has experience and confidence being in a lot of close games. It is part of the game. Guys get hurt and guys get sick. Obviously we would love to have them both but that doesn’t happen all the time. We have had other guys step up and play well.”

Wyoming Seminary built a 32-22 lead with 5:20 left in the third quarter before Hanover Area went on a run. The Hawks managed to cut the deficit to three thanks to a 7-0 spurt, where four of the points came off Wyoming Seminary turnovers.

The Hawks had another run in the fourth quarter, where they were able to get within six points with under 48 seconds left to play. However, the Blue Knights went 13-for-17 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to maintain the lead.

With the win, Seminary is

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The Hanover Area bench celebrates a Nick Minnich dunk during Tuesday night’s 61-53 loss to Wyoming Seminary.

10-5 overall and 4-3 in conference play. Hanover Area falls to 3-13 and 1-6.

“One thing that is nice about this group is that they are able to stick with it through runs,” Kersey said.

“They have good poise and composure. Hanover Area made a run and we were able to get it back. That is what this team has been able to show so far.”

Nick Minnich scored 18 points to lead Hanover Area.

Tyler Diggs added 17, while Brandon Chafin finished the game with 11.

Hanover Area (53) N. Minnich 7 3-5 18, T. Diggs 5 5-11 17, B. Chafin 5 1-4 11, J. Kopko 2 0-0 4, J. Morgan 1 0-0 2, A. Vallaro 0 1-2 1, M. Piscotty 0 0-0 0, C. Bowers 0 0-0 0, L. Rivera 0 0-0 0, Totals 40 20-22 53.

Wyoming Seminary (61) P. Ganter 5 7-7 18, J. Bevacqua 7 2-2 17, J. Kehl 6 0-0 12, M. Bursis 2 0-0 6, T. Maddock 0 5-8 5, N. Munley 1 1-2 3, J. Ridilla 0 0-0 0, Totals 21 15-19 61.

Hanover Area 11 5 15 22—53 Wyoming Seminary 11 12 15 23—61 3-point goals: T. Diggs (HA) 2, N. Minnich (HA) 1, M. Bursis (Sem) 2, P. Ganter (Sem) 1, J. Bevacqua (Sem) 1.

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Meyers (64) L. Soules 9 1-2 19, M. Dessoye 4 3-4 12, J. Buckner 4 1-4 10, R. Twyman 3 1-1 7, J. Maffei 2 0-0 5, S. Mangat 2 1-3 5, O. Kelly 1 2-2 4, R. Gilgallon 1 0-0 2, J. Davidson 0 0-0 0, A. Nelson 0 0-0 0, Totals 52 9-32 64.

Lake-Lehman 9 8 9 15—41 Meyers 17 13 11 23—64 3-point goals: B. Brooks (LL) 1, J. Corey (LL) 1, J. Maffei (Mey) 1, M. Dessoye (Mey) 1, J. Buckner (Mey) 1.

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At Crestwood, Robbie Hopkins scored 12 points, while Josh Malkemes added eight to lead Crestwood past Coughlin.

Melvin Robinson scored a game-high 14 points, and Devin Rajza added 13 for the Crusaders.

Coughlin (36) M. Robinson 6 2-4 14, D. Rajza 4 2-2 13, C. Cobbs 1 0-0 3, N. Cerep 0 2-2 2, E. McAllister 1 0-0 2, A. Bennett 1 0-0 2, C. Jeremiah 0 0-0 0, D. Allen 0 0-0 0, I. Adams 0 0-0 0, D. Flippen 0 0-0 0, J. Perdoma 0 0-0 0, J. Rivera 0 0-0 0, Totals 13 6-8 36.

Crestwood (49) R. Hopkins 3 4-5 12, J. Malkemes 1 6-7 8, M. Foreman 3 0-0 6, J. Klusewitz 2 2-2 6, B. Schmidt 3 0-1 6, M. Andrews 1 2-2 5, L. Blass 1 2-2 4, K. Klusewitz 1 0-0 2, N. Andrews 0 0-0 0, K. Richards 0 0-0 0, J. Kaminski 0 0-0 0, T. McCue 0 0-0 0, J. Hawley 0 0-0 0, K. Gegaris 0 0-0 0, L. Lysiak 0 0-0 0, Totals 15 16-19 49.

Coughlin 13 2 4 17—36 Crestwood 14 10 16 9—49 3-point goals: D. Rajza (Cou) 3, C. Cobbs (Cou) 1, R. Hopkins (Crest) 2, M. Andrews (Crest) 1.

A t M e ye r s, L eva u g n Soules led all scorers with 19 points and Matt Dessoye addGAR 43 ed 12 to lead the Mohawks.

Wyoming Area 36 Jake Corey had 15 points At Wyoming Area, Dajon and Cole Spencer scored nine Rush scored a game-high 14 to lead the Black Knights.

Lake-Lehman (41) points to lead GAR past WyoJ. Corey 6 2-3 15, C. Spencer 3 3-6 9, G. Weston 3 0-1 6, B. Brooks 1 1-2 4, M. Dab- ming Area. sheh 0 3-4 3, W. Shaw 1 0-2 2, D. Thompson Matt Wright scored eight 0 2-2 2, J. Vigil 0 0-0 0, J. Pelton 0 0-0 0, N. points, while Tony Saitta and Labar 0 0-0 0, Totals 14 11-20 41.

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Sam Greenfield each had six Pittston Area for Wyoming Area.

Tunkhannock GAR (43) D. Rush 6 0-0 14, K. Palmer 3 2-4 8, W. Johnson 3 1-2 7, T. Altavilla 2 1-2 7, M. Kemp 3 0-0 6, A. Hyppolite 0 1-2 1, A. Easter 0 0-0 0, J. Crosby Smith 0 0-0 0, Totals 17 5-10 43.

Wyoming Area (36) M. Wright 3 2-4 8, T. Saitta 2 1-2 6, S. Greenfield 3 0-0 6, P. Angelli 2 0-1 5, A. Shaver 1 2-3 4, K. Musto 1 0-0 3, A. Nardell 0 2-4 2, K. Zielinski 0 2-2 2, M. Bonita 0 0-0 0, Totals 12 9-32 36.

GAR 8 16 4 15—43 Wyoming Area 12 10 9 5—36 3-point goals: T. Altavilla (GAR) 2, T. Saitta (WA) 1, K. Musto (WA) 1, P. Angelli (WA) 1.

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Holy Redeemer (69) Z. Brennan 4 5-6 13, J. Stachokus 4 2-4 12, J. Layaou 4 0-0 10, J. Carr 4 0-0 8, J. Kosik 3 0-0 6, M. Lyons 2 0-0 4, S. Aiello 2 0-0 4, D. Casper 1 0-0 3, B. Yencha 1 0-0 3, J. Turosky 1 0-0 2, L. Nealon 1 0-0 2, J. Judge 0 2-2 2, A. Khoudary 0 0-0 0, R. Hartigan 0 0-0 0, D. Dougherty 0 0-0 0, Totals 27 18-12 138.

Northwest Area (44) M. Mazonkey 6 4-6 20, S. Saxe 5 1-2 15, C. Diltz 2 1-2 6, T. Stevens 10 0-0 3, J. Yaple 0 0-0 0, N. Agnello 0 0-0 0, N. Levandowski 0 0-0 0, J. Tarnowski 0 0-0 0, Totals 23 5-10 44.

Holy Redeemer 22 14 17 16—69 Northwest Area 6 9 14 15—44 3-point goals: J. Layaou (HR) 2, J. Stachokus (HR) 2, D. Casper (HR) 1, M. Mazonkey (NW) 4, S. Saxe (NW) 4, T. Stevens (NW) 1, C. Diltz (NW) 1.

At Pittston Area, Dylan Osticco led three Pittston Area players in double figures with 16 points, as the Patriots snapped a six-game losing streak.

Jordan Black and Chris Klein each had 11 points for Pittston Area.

To ny M a l o n e y l e d Tunkhannock with a gamehigh 26 points.

Nanticoke Area 62 Hazleton Area 74 24 Tyler Faux added 10 for MMI Prep Dallas 51 the Tigers, At MMI Prep, Scott Stout At Dallas, Bobby Planutis Tunkhannock (58) T. Maloney 7 8-10 26, T. Faux 3 2-2 10, E. scored 21 points and Brent scored a game-high 21 points Turner 4 1-3 9, E. Hoefert 2 3-3 7, S. Harder 3 Piontkowski added nine to to lead Hazleton Area to the 0-0 6, A. Macko 0 0-0 0, A. Newhart 0 0-0 0, lead Nanticoke Area.

M. Goodwin 0 0-0 0, A. Billings 0 0-0 0, win over host Dallas.

Totals 19 14-18 58.

John Stish and Kyle WilPittston Area (66) Da’Mir Faison finished D. Osticco 4 8-8 16, J. Black 2 7-9 11, C. liams each had seven points with 11 and Josh Samec add- Klein 3 5-6 11, P. Mitchell 4 1-2 9, M. McG- for MMI Prep. lynn 2 1-2 7, A. McAndrew 2 2-6 6, J. Pliska Nanticoke Area (62) ed nine for the Cougars.

2 0-0 4, M. Mazurkivich 1 0-0 2, N. GuillauS. Stout 8 3-5 21, B. Piontkowski 4 1-2 9, Ben Donahue and Jay ame 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 24-33 66.

J. Casey 4 0-1 8, E. Lukowski 2 0-0 6, L. 17 11 17 13—58 Butczynski 2 0-0 5, A. Norton 2 0-0 4, Z. CarBittner each had 16 points for Tunkhannock Pittston Area 16 17 14 19—66 done 1 0-0 3, C. Piestrak 1 0-0 2, T. Thomas 1 Dallas.

3-point goals: T. Maloney (Tunk) 4, T. 0-0 2, N. Kreitzer 1 0-0 2, N. Krubitzer 0 0-0 0, Hazleton Area (74) B. Planutis 9 1-1 21, D. Faison 5 1-1 11, J. Samec 4 0-0 9, D. Biasi 3 0-0 7, N. Genasevich 3 0-0 6, M. Cusatis 2 0-0 6, J. Grula 1 1-2 4, J. Planutis 1 1-2 3, J. Diaz 1 0-0 2, S. Planutis 1 0-0 2, D. Reeves 0 2-2 2, I. Santiago 0 1-2 1, A. Kellmer 0 0-0 0, A. Otero 0 0-2 0, N. Begg 0 0-0 0, F. Mussoline 0 0-0 0, Totals 30 7-12 74.

Dallas (51) B. Donahue 5 5-6 16, J. Bittner 5 5-5 16, C. Pertl 2 0-0 5, D. Gattuso 1 0-0 3, T. Gattuso 1 0-0 2, B. Strickland 1 0-4 2, A. Charlton 1 0-1 2, A. Kovalick 1 0-0 2, J. Parsons 1 0-0 2, M. Mathers 0 1-2 1, B. O’Connell 0 0-0 0, M. Gattuso 0 0-0 0, N. Kocher 0 0-0 0, Z. Charlton 0 0-0 0, S. Bowanko 0 0-2 0, E. Szczencinski 0 0-0 0, Totals 18 11-20 51.

Hazleton Area 22 24 16 12—74 Dallas 11 16 9 15—51 3-point goals: B. Planutis (Haz) 2, J. Samec (Haz) 1, J. Grula (Haz) 1, D. Biasi (Haz) 1, B. Donahue (Dal) 1, D. Gattuso (Dal) 1, C. Pertl (Dal) 1, J. Bittner (Dal) 1.

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At Northwest, Zachary Brennan scored 13 points and Jason Stachokus added 12 to lead Holy Redeemer past Northwest.

Joseph Layaou finished with 10 points for Holy Redeemer.

Mitchell Mazonkey scored a game-high 20 points, while Sam Saxe had 15 for the Rangers.

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R. Wiaterowski 0 0-0 0, M. Piontkowski 0 0-0 0, B. Sersen 0 0-0 0, Totals 26 4-8 62.

MMI Prep (24) J. Stish 3 0-0 7, K. Williams 3 0-0 7, E. Herbener 1 3-6 5, A. Alday 1 0-0 2, G. Palermo 1 0-0 2, M. Marchetti 0 1-2 1, Z. Young 0 0-0 0, K. Hoover 0 0-0 0, D. Caldwell 0 0-0 0, K. Patel 0 0-0 0, M. Badamo 0 0-0 0, B. Drusda 0 0-0 0, J. Solgama 0 0-0 0, N. Young 0 0-0 0, Totals 9 4-8 24.

Nanticoke Area 13 14 19 16—62 MMI Prep 7 6 6 5—24 3-point goals: S. Stout (NA) 2, E. Lukowski (NA) 2, L. Butczynski (NA) 1, Z. Cardone (NA) 1, K. Williams (MMI) 1, J. Stish (MMI) 1.

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Monick named Misericordia tennis coach

Jack Monick was announced as spent more than 20 Misericordia men’s and women’s head years as the director of tennis coach Tuesday. athletics at Penn State “I am pleased to welcome Jack to the Wilkes-Barre where he Misericordia athletics department and served as head coach of tennis program,” Misericorda athletic multiple sports, includdirector Chuck Edkins said. “His ing men’s and women’s decades of teaching and coaching expetennis. rience will be an asset to our student- Monick A certified tennis athletes.” teaching professional, Prior to his retirement, Monick Monick has also served as the Director

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Last season, the men’s tennis team finished 2-13 overall. Former WVC standouts Corey Dulsky and Christian Pugliese are on the roster. The women’s squad finished with a 10-9 record. WVC grads Ashley Casem and Cornelia Chmil are on the roster.

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John Urschel will begin work on his Ph.D at MIT.

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In his two seasons with the Ravens, John Urschel has started at three positions — left guard, center, and right guard. Now, he’s back in school trying to earn a third degree.

Urschel tweeted Tuesday afternoon that he’s a beginn i n g h i s P h . D. at t h e renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology this offseason, with a focus on spectral g raph theory, numerical linear algebra, and machine learning.

As a collegiate standout at Penn State, Urschel earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in math, and was working on a second master’s in math education when he was a fifth-year

senior. That meant teaching classes on top of his football workload.

But the balance was never an issue for Urschel, who said in his first minicamp with the Ravens that he enjoyed it.

Since then, the balance has shifted a bit. During the season, he’s all football, though he did try to test how bad a preseason concussion was by doing math.

In the offseason, however, he has embraced his role as an ambassador for math and math education.

Urschel is undoubtedly not the only Ravens player who is heading back to school this year. So is fellow 2014 draftee Crockett Gillmore. But as always, Urschel’s advanced math exploits are deserving of some extra recognition.

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Judge OKs reworked NCAA concussions deal — with changes

By Michael Tarm Associated Press CHICAGO — A federal judge gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a reworked head-injury settlement between thousands of former athletes and the NCAA that includes a $70 million fund to pay for brain trauma testing and limits legal immunity for the nation’s largest college sports governing body.

U.S. District Judge John Lee praised the new deal for expanding potential plaintiffs to athletes from sports beyond football, hockey and other contact sports. But he suggested several changes — most notably ones modifying what would have been a blanket protection for the NCAA

from class-action lawsuits over concussions, something the organization may find unacceptable.

The core of the agreement remains largely the same.

That includes the NCAA creating the fund to test current and former athletes for brain injuries they say they suffered while playing collegiate sports. The tests would gauge the extent of neurological injuries and could establish grounds for individual athletes seeking damages.

The NCAA is also required to toughen return-to-play rules after a concussion, and all athletes will take baseline neurological tests to start each year to help doctors determine the severity of any concussion during the season. A new, independent Med-

ical Science Committee will oversee the medical testing.

“To the extent that the Settling Plaintiffs and the NCAA are agreeable to these modifications or are otherwise able to address the Court’s concerns, preliminary approval of the amended class settlement is granted,” Lee wrote in his 53-page ruling.

The NCAA admits no wrongdoing in the settlement and has denied understating the dangers of concussions. Its chief legal officer, Donald Remy, issued a cautiously worded statement that did not indicate whether the organization might have concerns about the ruling.

“While we are pleased the court has provided a preliminary pathway to provide sig-

nificant resources for the medical monitoring of student-athletes who may suffer concussion, we are still examining the conditions

placed on preliminary approval,” he said.

Jay Edelson, a Chicagobased attorney for athletes who had long opposed the

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Dallas’ Lexi Spaciano dives during Tuesday’s meet against Holy Redeemer.

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Mounts sweep Royals

Tuesday’s swim meet at Dallas.

Boys: Dallas 102, Holy Redeemer 65 200 medley relay: 1. Dallas (Krochta, Luksic, Reinert, Krawetz), 1:45.99; 2. Holy Redeemer; 3. Holy Redeemer. 200 free: 1. Tony Caravaggio (D), 2:00.47; 2. Colton Smith (HR); 3.

Frank Weaver (D). 200 IM: 1. Adam Mahler (HR), 2:11.12; 2. Mikail Krochta (D); 3. Austin Smith (HR). 50 free: 1. Jared Krawetz (D), 22.88; 2. Porter Luksic (D); 3. Nicholas Dubinski (HR).

100 fly: 1. Adam Mahler (HR), 56.54; 2. Troy Reinert (D); 3. Brogan Stec (D). 100 free: 1.

Jared Krawetz (D), 50.40; 2. Connor Thole (HR); 3. Ryan Spears (D). 500 free: 1. Colton Smith (HR), 5:26.40; 2. Tony Caravaggio (D); 3. Frank Weaver (D). 200 free relay: 1. Dallas (Spears, Stec, Weaver, Caravaggio), 1:43.49; 2. Holy Redeemer; 3. Dallas. 100 back: 1. Connor Thole (HR), 58.53; 2. Mikail Krochta (D); 3. Troy Reinert (D). 100 breast: 1. Porter Luksic (D), 1:03.07; 2. Nicholas Dubinski (HR); 3. Issa Dahdal (D). 400 free relay: 1. Dallas (Krawetz, Reinert, Krochta, Luksic), 3:31.90; 2. Holy Redeemer; 3. Dallas.

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Spartans sweep Cougars At Valley West, Chelsea Mackiewicz and Alexis Ivanitch won all four events they competed in, leading the Valley West girls to victory.

The Spartans also won in the boys competition, with Logan Fluegel winning four events.

Stanley Zaneski, Maxim Kowalski and Josh Zawatski nabbed three victories each.

Girls: Valley West 108, Hazleton Area 78 200 medley relay: 1. Valley West (Lau-

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Wrestling Oneonta State 29, King’s 18: James Wright (125), Howard Kilpatrick (157), Edward Merrill (184) and Ralph Ber-

Academic honors Misericordia standouts Maureen Ciccosanti (women’s soccer) and Jeff Puckett (football) were named MAC Senior Scholar-Athletes.

The MAC recognizes a senior student-athlete from each of the seven fall sports for their outstanding academic and athletic prowess.

Ciccosanti led the MU women’s soccer team to its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth in 2015 and was named first-team All-MAC Freedom for the third straight season.

With Ciccosanti in goal, the Cougars won three consecutive MAC Freedom titles from 2012-14 and earned three trips to the NCAA Sweet 16 and reached the 2012 Final Four.

Ciccosanti holds school records for career wins (67), shutouts (33), goals against average (0.58) and games played (93). She also holds school single-season record for games played (25), save percentage (.917), goals against average (0.43), wins (20) and shutouts (13).

She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and maintains a 3.87 GPA while pursuing a doctorate in physical therapy.

Puckett was a first-team All-MAC selection at quarterback after tying the MAC lead with 22 total touchdowns in 2015. He also ranked third in total offense in the MAC with 241.9 yards per game and was third in rushing with 974 yards.

Puckett carries a 3.77 GPA as a government law and national security major and was named to the MAC AllAcademic Team for the thirdstraight season.

Redeemer grad Sowinski honored

Holy Cross junior Rachel Sowinski (Holy Redeemer) was one of 16 student-athletes named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll on Tuesday.

To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must earn a 3.20 grade-point average or

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higher during the fall semester.

Sowinski finished 178th in a time of 23:48 at the NCAA Northeast Regionals and she finished 26th in a time of 22:30.5 at the Patriot League championships in October.

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Girls: Dallas 99. Holy Redeemer 87 200 medley relay: 1. Holy Redeemer (Zeller, Blaum, Easton, Smith), 2:01.84; 2. Dallas; 3. Holy Redeemer. 200 free: 1. Abby Zolner (D), 2:03.14; 2. Lauren Finnegan (D); 3. Kayla Kruk (HR). 200 IM: 1. Krista Vivian (D), 2:27.80; 2.

Emily Easton (HR); 3. Kathleen Brown (D). 50 free: 1. Annalise Cheshire (D), 25.42; 2. Emily Blaum (HR); 3. Corrine Smith (HR). Diving: 1.

Riley Williams (HR), 215.10; 2. Maddy Ross (D); 3. Haily Yakimowicz (HR). 100 fly: 1. Madison Hurst (D), 1:07.28; 2. McKenna Zolner (HR); 3.

Hannah Thomas (D). 100 free: 1. Kayla Kruk (HR), 57.09; 2. Lauren Finnegan (D); 3. Melinda Ratchford (D). 500 free: 1. Abby Zolner (D), 5:36.73; 2. Emily Easton (HR); 3. Anah Bozentka (HR). 200 free relay: Dallas (Cheshire, Ratchford, Finnegan, Zolner), 1:43.22; 2. Holy Redeemer; 3. Holy Redeemer. 100 back: 1.

Annalise Cheshire (D), 1:04.47; 2. McKenna Zeller (HR); 3. Madison Hurst (D). 100 breast: 1.

Emily Blaum (HR), 1:15.23; 2. Krista Vivian (D); 3.

Carissa Wozinski (HR). 400 free relay: 1. Dallas (Zolner, Ratchford, Finnegan, Cheshire), 3:54.64; 2. Holy Redeemer; 3. Dallas.

ver, Ivanitch, Mackiewicz, Brittain), 1:59.44; 2. Hazleton Area; 3. Valley West. 200 free: 1.

Clare Winton (VW), 2:10.51; 2. Maggie Yannes (Haz); 3. Elizabeth Wood (VW). 200 IM: 1. Hayley Sanko (Haz), 2:25.79; 2. Paige Williams (VW); 3. Felicia Brittain (VW). 50 free: 1. Chelsea Mackiewicz (VW), 26.44; 2.

Rhena Lauver (VW); 3. Megan Llewellyn (Haz). Diving: 1. Abby Schneider (Haz), 190.35; 2. Cassie Longazel (Haz); 3. Nicole Dietrich (Haz). 100 fly: 1. Chelsea Mackiewicz (VW), 1:05.70; 2. Hayley Sanko (Haz); 3.

Paige Williams (VW). 100 free: 1. Alexis Ivanitch (VW), 57.63; 2. Felicia Brittain (VW); 3. Morgan O’Hara (Haz). 500 free: 1. Clare Winton (VW), 5:47.88; 2. Maggie Yannes (Haz); 3. Mattea Palma (Haz). 200 free relay: 1. Valley West (Hoffman, Lauver, Ivanitch, Winton), 1:49.45; 2. Hazleton Area; 3. Valley West. 100 back: 1. Elizabeth Wood (VW), 1:09.17; 2. Morgan O’Hara (Haz); 3. Nicole Miller (Haz). 100 breast: 1. Alexis Ivanitch (VW), 1:11.30; 2. Megan Llewellyn (Haz); 3.

Alissa Platukis (Haz). 400 free relay: 1. Valley West (Mackiewicz, Brittain, Winton, Wood), 4:12.94; 2. Hazleton Area; 3. Valley West.

Boys: Valley West 125, Hazleton Area 55 200 medley relay: 1. Valley West (Zaneski, Fluegel, Rosencrans, Zawatski), 1:47.81; 2. Valley West; 3. Hazleton Area.

200 free: 1. Luciano Stranko (Haz); 2. Maxim Kowalski (VW); 3. Seth Platukis (Haz). 200 IM: 1. Logan Fluegel (VW), 2:09.83; 2. Zac Rosencrans (VW); 3. Paul Flowers (Haz). 50 free: 1. Ivan Volynets (VW), 24.09; 2. Josh Zawatski (VW); 3. Brent Wilbur (VW). Diving: 1. Jordi Soto (Haz), 161.20; 2. Lucas Talley (VW). 100 fly: 1. Logan Fluegel (VW), 55.38; 2. Stanley Zaneski (VW); 3. Ivan Volynets (VW). 100 free: 1. Josh Zawatski (VW), 52.91; 2. Seth Platukis (Haz); 3. Emmanual Castro (Haz). 500 free: 1. Maxim Kowalski (VW), 5:09.14; 2. Paul Flowers (Haz); 3. Zack Whibley (VW). 200 free relay: 1. Valley West (Rosencrans, Lybolt, Wilbur, Kowalski), 1:38.72; 2. Hazleton Area; 3. Hazleton Area.

100 back: 1. Stanley Zaneski (VW), 1:02.99; 2. Brent Wilbur (VW); 3. Benjamin Sabatos (Haz). 100 breast: 1. Zac Rosencrans (VW), 1:08.22; 2. Jared Lybolt (VW); 3. Ayuto Sakai (VW). 400 free relay: 1. Valley West (Kowalski, Zawatski, Fluegel, Zaneski), 3:33.32; 2.

Hazleton Area; 3. Valley West.

nardo (285) all earned wins for the Monarchs in their loss at Scandlon Gymnasium.

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At Dallas, Abby Zolner and Annalise Cheshire each won four events to lead the Dallas girls swimming team to a win over Holy Redeemer on Tuesday.

Emily Blaum won a pair of events, and Riley Williams places first in diving for Holy Redeemer.

The Dallas boys placed first in seven of 11 events in a win over Holy Redeemer. Jared Krawetz was a four-time winner for the Mounts.

Adam Mahler won the 200 IM and 100 fly, Colton Smith placed first in the 500 free and Connor Thole won the Christopher Dolan / the Citizens’ VoiCe 100 back for the Royals.

Holy Redeemer’s Riley Williams dives during

Wilkes and King’s will renew their rivalry on the hardcourt tonight at Scandlon Gymnasium.

The women’s game is set for 6 p.m. with the men’s game tipping off at 8 p.m.

The Lady Monarchs (10-7, 3-3 Freedom) have won 32 of the last 35 games against Wilkes (3-14, 0-6 Freedom).

King’s head coach Brian Donoghue is 17-3 in his time against the Lady Colonels.

King’s is led by senior forward Jennifer Fabian who averages 13.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per-game.

Junior Kayla Feairheller follows with 10.8 points.

Senior forward Tara Zdancewicz has been a spark off the bench with 7.1 points.

Wilkes’ last wins over King’s came when the Lady Colonels swept the season series in 2013-14.

The 2015-16 Wilkes squad is led by senior guard Cara Basile with 11.0 points and 5.6 rebounds.

Fellow senior guard Chelsea Smelas follows with 8.1 points.

The King’s men (8-9, 2-4 Freedom) are looking to snap a two-game losing streak.

Ju n i o r fo r w a rd D a n Rutecki tops the squad with 12.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 3.4 assists.

Senior center Tom Heston follows with 11.6 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists.

Junior guard John Fazzini adds 10.7 points, while sophomore forward Chris Fazzini contributes 10.6 points.

Wilkes (7-10, 2-4 Freedom) is led by senior guard Alec Wizar with 15.1 points.

Senior Steve Stravinski follows with 14.2 points and 8.2 rebounds.

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Young Canadians poised for breakout

By Justin Bergman Associated Press

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Novak Djokovic plays a forehand return to Kei Nishikori during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open on Tuesday in Melbourne, Australia.

Williams, Djokovic, Federer move on

By John Pye Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams has never lost in the semifinals of the Australian Open. Neither has Novak Djokovic.

A key difference between the defending champions is that Williams beat the mostexperienced and highestranked challenger in her half of the draw when she extended her streak to 18 consecutive wins against Maria Sharapova with a 6-4, 6-1 quarterfinal victory on Tuesday.

Williams said she wasn’t aware that she had won the Australian Open all six previous times she won her quarterfinal match, “but that’s good.”

“It’s not a stat that’s set in stone,” Williams said. “I still have to win two matches.”

Five-time champion Djokovic, after beating No. 7 Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, still has a daunting semifinal match against Roger Federer, who has won four of his 17 Grand Slam titles in Australia.

Federer reached his 12th Australian Open semifinal, and 39th in a Grand Slam event, with a 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4

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Serena Williams celebrates after winning a point against Maria Sharapova on Tuesday. win over No. 6 Tomas Berdych. He hasn’t gone past the semifinals at Melbourne Park since winning the title in 2010, but he’s a serious obstacle for Djokovic.

They’re 22-all in career head-to-heads, with Djokovic catching up since usurping Federer in the rankings.

The tiebreaker will be tricky. Djokovic lost only one of his 28 Grand Slam matches in 2015 — to Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final — and has won 37 of his last 38 matches at Melbourne Park, a run that includes four titles.

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He beat Federer in the Wimbledon and U.S. Open finals last year, but Federer was back contending for titles.

“Any round feels like finals because of the fact that we are, you know, big rivals, we played so many times against each other,” Djokovic said.

“There’s a lot of tension.

There’s a lot at stake. I’m expecting a great fight in two days.”

In the women’s semifinals, Williams will be facing fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-3.

Radwanska has won one of her previous four semifinals at a major, but never won a Grand Slam title.

Williams is 8-0 against Radwanska, including their meeting in the 2012 Wimbledon final.

Williams said she couldn’t explain her 11-year domination of Sharapova — she has won 19 of their 21 meetings overall — except to say she rises to the big challenges.

“When I play her, I know automatically I have to step up my game,” said Williams, a 21-time major winner. “I think that makes me play better.

“When I’m forced to play better, I do well.”

Wi l l i a m s a t t a c ke d Sharapova’s strength, targeting the five-time Grand Slam winner’s improving serve.

Sharapova had a careerhigh 21 aces in her previous win against No. 12 Belinda Bencic. Against Williams, she had three, and seven double-faults. Williams had 13 aces, hit 31 winners to 11, and broke Sharapova’s serve four times.

“She played quite explosive,” Sharapova said. “She was really explosive off the return. Yeah.”

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Growing up in Quebec City, Felix Auger Aliassime learned to play from his father, a tennis instructor who had emigrated from Togo in West Africa. It wasn’t until he saw Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal play their classic Wimbledon final in 2008, though, that he fell in love with the game.

“I was like, yeah, this is what I want to do, that’s where I want to be — a professional tennis player,” he said. “That inspired me a lot.”

Auger Aliassime is well on his way. Now 15, he is playing in his second Grand Slam junior tournament, seeded fourth in the boy’s singles at the Australian Open.

It’s a big moment for him — and his country. Canada, a growing hotbed for tennis, also has several promising juniors in the girl’s draw, the result of a new approach by Tennis Canada to develop talent through a system of national training centers across the country, increased investment and the recruitment of elite coaches.

Eight years after the first — and largest — training center opened in Montreal, the program is starting to show results.

Not only have Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard established themselves in the pro ranks, there’s also a group of talented younger players rising through the ranks.

Two Canadian girls are ranked in the top 10 in juniors — 15-year-old Bianca Andreescu, who is the top seed at Melbourne Park and through to the third round; and 17-year-old Charlotte Robillard-Millette, who was seeded third but lost in the first round.

And last year, Auger Aliassime became the youngest player ever to win a match at the Challenger level on the ATP Tour and the first player born in this millennium to hold an ATP ranking (he’s now No. 737 in the world).

“We were known for hosting great tournaments,” Sylvain Bruneau, the Canadian Fed Cup captain, said of his country’s old tennis reputation. “But we were a poor nation at the elite level and in our representation at Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Grand Slams and stuff like that.”

“So we really wanted to change that and put the structure in place,” he added.

“There was a change in philosophy in how we were going to go about things.”

Auger Aliassime, who is 6-foot-2 (1.88 meters) and still growing, is one of the products of the new system.

Formerly coached by his father, Sam, Auger Aliassime now works full-time with Guillaume Marx, who used to coach at the French Tennis Federation under Louis Borfiga, the man behind the success of top players such as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils and now a top development official at Tennis Canada.

THE LATEST AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN MELBOURNE, Australia — Angelique Kerber won five consecutive games in the second set and saved five set points to beat two-time champion Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-5 in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Kerber broke Azarenka’s serve to end the match, hitting a cross-court backhand at the net to beat the Belarussian for the first time in seven career matches.

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The No.7-seeded German will play the winner of the later quarterfinal between Britain’s Johanna Konta and Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai.

The other semifinalists — six-time champion Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska — were determined on Tuesday.

Both semifinals will be played Thursday, with the final on Saturday.

— Associated Press

Smith, Covington lift 76ers past Phoenix

No. 1 Sooners rout Texas Tech Associated Press

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Andrea Bargnani had 20 points and Joe Johnson had PHILADELPHIA— Ish 15 for the Nets.

Smith had 20 points and nine assists and Robert Covington Raptors 106, Wizards 89 scored 19 points to lead the TORONTO — All-Star Philadelphia 76ers to a 113- starter Kyle Lowry put up 29 103 win over the Phoenix points before leaving with an Suns on Tuesday night. injury in the final minutes Once 1-30 and challenging and the Raptors downed the for the worst record in NBA Wizards for their ninth history, the Sixers have since straight win. gone 6-9 and might not even Lowry left and went up the end up with the worst record tunnel toward the Raptors in the league. locker room with what The Sixers led almost the appeared to be an injured entire game against the hand with just under four slumping Suns and built a minutes to go in the fourth 19-point advantage. quarter. He briefly returned before trainers escorted him Clippers 91, Pacers 89 back under the stands.

INDIANAPOLIS — Chris Paul scored 26 points and J.J. Thunder 128, Knicks 122, OT Redick added 19 as the ClipNEW YORK — Kevin pers held off a late Indiana Durant scored a season-high comeback.

44 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and the Thunder Heat 102, Nets 98 beat the Knicks.

NEW YORK — Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh each Bucks 107, Magic 100 scored 27 points, leading the MILWAUKEE — Giannis Miami Heat.

Antetokounmpo dunked Wade also had eight assists eight times and scored 25 and four rebounds. Justise points as the Bucks, with Winslow added 13 points and coach Jason Kidd back on seven rebounds for the Heat. the bench, beat Orlando.

Men’s Basketball Penn State Wilkes-Barre 73, Penn State Lehigh Valley 61: Freshman Mikal Battle had 18 points, while Chris Cantine and Rodney Christian each had 11 points for PS Wilkes-Barre.

Women’s Basketball Penn State Lehigh Valley 73, Penn State WilkesBarre 66: Deanna Thomas had 14 points and Majeedah Nealy added 12 to lead PS Wilkes-Barre in its loss on Tuesday night.

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Pens wins 3rd straight Associated Press PITTSBURGH — MarcAndre Fleury stopped 25 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 2-0 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.

Sidney Crosby got his 17th goal of the year for the Penguins. The two-time MVP has scored in each of Pittsburgh’s last seven home games, the longest home scoring streak of his career.

Phil Kessel added an insurance goal, and the Penguins have won four of five to draw even with the Devils for eighth place in the Eastern Conference heading into the All-Star break.

Cory Schneider made 29 saves for the Devils, who saw their four-game winning streak snapped. New Jersey went 0 for 4 on the power play, managing just one shot on goal during 8 minutes with the man advantage.

Ducks 6, Bruins 2 BOSTON — Corey Perry scored his 20th goal and added an assist for the Anaheim Ducks.

David Perron, Ryan Kesler

and Jakob Silfverberg also had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who scored four straight goals after falling behind 1-0 in the opening minute. Shea Theodore and Mike Santorelli also scored, and Anaheim has won five of six and takes a three-game winning streak into the AllStar break.

Frederik Andersen finished with 32 saves for the Ducks.

Panthers 5, Maple Leafs 1 SUNRISE, Fla. — Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trocheck scored power-play goals, and the Florida Panthers rolled into the All-Star break on another good note by topping the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Reilly Smith and Jussi Jokinen each had a goal and an assist for Florida, which improved to 20-0-1 when scoring at least three times.

ing Stanley Cup champions 16-5 in the first period, taking a 3-0 lead and chasing goalie Corey Crawford.

Blue Jackets 5, Canadiens 2 MONTREAL — Brandon Dubinsky and Cam Atkinson each had a goal and an assist to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Canadiens to sweep a home-and-home with Montreal.

Boone Jenner, Scott Hartnell and Brandon Saad also scored for the Blue Jackets.

Rookie goaltender Joonas Korpisalo stopped 28 shots and improved to 4-0-1 in his last five starts.

No. 11 Virginia 72 Wake Forest 71 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Darius Thompson hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give No. 11 Virginia a victory over Wake Forest.

Malcolm Brogdon scored 28 points and Anthony Gill added 17 for the Cavaliers (164, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). The league’s top 3-point shooting team shook off a miserable night on the perimeter, hitting four 3s in the final minute to pull out a most unlikely victory.

Wisconsin 82 No. 19 Indiana 79, OT MADISON, Wis. — Nigel Hayes scored 31 points, Ethan Happ added 25 and Wisconsin snapped No. 19 Indiana’s 12-game winning streak.

The Badgers (12-9, 4-4 Big Ten) missed several chances in the closing minutes of overtime to put the game out of reach after Bronson Koenig and Jordan Hill each went 1 of 2 at the free throw line.

Sabres 3, Senators 2 OTTAWA, Ontario — Standout rookie Jack Eichel scored twice to erase a onegoal deficit and the Buffalo Sabres came back to beat the Ottawa Senators.

Eichel tied it 2-2 with 6:12 left in the second period, then Hurricanes 5, Blackhawks 0 got the winner 1:08 into the 87 RALEIGH, N.C. — Riley third to help the Sabres end a Duquesne La Salle 60 Nash scored two goals, Jeff three-game slide.

PITTSBURGH — Derrick Skinner had a goal and an Colter matched a career-high assist and the Carolina Hur- Jets 5, Coyotes 2 ricanes routed the Chicago WINNIPEG — Nikolaj with 27 points and Duquesne Blackhawks in the final Ehlers had a hat trick and pulled away midway through game before the All-Star Dustin Byfuglien had two the second half and cruised break for each team. goals to lead the Jets over the to a victory over La Salle on Tuesday night.

Carolina outshot the reign- Coyotes.

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Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, right, celebrates his goal with teammate Patric Hornqvist in the first period of Tuesday’s game against the Devils in Pittsburgh.

No. 9 West Virginia 70 Kansas St. 55 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jonathan Holton had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 9 West Virginia, giving the Mountaineers a sweep of the season series.

It was Holton’s second double-double in three games for the Mountaineers (17-3, 6-2 Big 12).

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76ers’ Robert Covington, right, is fouled by Suns’ Markieff Morris in the second half of Tuesday’s game in Philadelphia.

NORMAN, Okla. — Buddy Hield scored 30 points to help No. 1 Oklahoma defeat Texas Tech 91-67 on Tuesday night.

Hield, the nation’s No. 2 scorer, made 9 of 12 shots, including 5 of 8 3-point attempts, and 7 of 8 free throws. It was his seventh game with 30 or more points this season.

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NFL Favorite Points (O/U) Underdog February 7 Super Bowl 50 Panthers 4.5 (45.5) Broncos Money Line Panthers -$200 vs. Broncos +$170 1st half line Panthers -2 1st half total Over/under 22.5 Team to score first Panthers -$160 vs. Broncos +$140 Team to score last Panthers -$135 vs. Broncos +$115 Super Bowl MVP Cam Newton 4/5 Peyton Manning 5/2 Jonathan Stewart 15/1 Greg Olsen 15/1 Emmanuel Sanders 15/1 Demaryius Thomas 15/1 Luke Kuechly 25/1 CJ Anderson 25/1 Owen Daniels 25/1 Ronnie Hillman 25/1 Ted Ginn Jr 25/1 Corey Brown 30/1 Josh Norman 30/1 Von Miller 50/1 DeMarcus Ware 50/1 Brandon Marshall 50/1 Mike Tolbert 60/1 Aqib Talib 60/1 TJ Ward 75/1 Devin Funchess 100/1 Fozzy Whittaker 100/1 Graham Gano 100/1 Brandon McManus 100/1 Jerricho Cotchery 100/1 Thomas Davis 125/1 Player to score first TD Cam Newton 7/1 Jonathan Stewart 8/1 Greg Olsen 10/1 Demaryius Thomas 10/1 CJ Anderson 10/1 Emmanuel Sanders 10/1 Ted Ginn Jr 12/1 NBA Favorite Points Underdog CAVALIERS 16 (209.0) Suns CELTICS 8.5 (209.5) Nuggets PISTONS 12.5 (201.5) 76ers SPURS 10 (205.0) Rockets HAWKS 3 (208.5) Clippers Thunder 8.5 (210.5) T’WOLVES JAZZ 5.5 (191.5) Hornets WARRIORS 15.5 (215.0) Mavericks College Basketball Favorite Points Underdog RHODE ISLAND 12 Fordham Temple 6.5 E CAROLINA ST. JOSEPH’S 14 Massachusetts SETON HALL 17 St. John’s Texas A&M 3 ARKANSAS MICHIGAN 24 Rutgers CLEMSON 3 Pittsburgh BUTLER 13 DePaul DAYTON 18 Saint Louis INDIANA ST 9.5 Missouri St MISSISSIPPI 4.5 Auburn TULANE 7 S Florida Louisville 8 VIRGINIA TECH NC STATE 3 Georgia Tech HOUSTON PK Tulsa COLORADO ST 12.5 San Jose St KENTUCKY 20 Missouri Baylor 2.5 OKLAHOMA ST Purdue 14 MINNESOTA WICHITA ST 20 Loyola-Chicago COLORADO 6.5 Stanford Northern Iowa 12 BRADLEY NEW MEXICO 14 Air Force Cal-Irvine 8.5 CS-NORTHRIDGE CAL-DAVIS 2.5 CS-Fullerton UTAH 5 California UNLV 4.5 Boise St MOREHEAD ST 7.5 Austin Peay E KENTUCKY PK Murray St Home team in CAPS

ALL 14-3 12-5 10-7 9-8 9-8 8-9 7-10 4-13 ALL 12-5 12-4 12-5 10-7 9-8 7-10 6-11 3-14

DIVISION 1 WVC Hazleton Area 7-1 Pittston Area 7-1 Valley West 5-3 Crestwood 5-3 Dallas 4-4 Berwick 3-5 Tunkhannock 1-7 Coughlin 0-8 DIVISION 2 WVC Nanticoke Area 7-0 Wyoming Area 6-1 Hanover Area 4-3 Lake-Lehman 4-3 GAR 1-7 DIVISION 3 WVC Holy Redeemer 6-1 Northwest 3-4 Wyoming Seminary 2-5 Meyers 2-5 MMI Prep 0-7 THURSDAY Wyoming Area at Nanticoke Area Lake-Lehman at Hanover Area MMI Prep at GAR Coughlin at Berwick Northwest at Meyers Dallas at Tunkhannock Wyoming Seminary at Holy Redeemer Crestwood at Pittston Area Hazleton Area at Valley West

ALL 13-2 12-4 11-5 8-8 11-5 9-7 5-11 2-14 ALL 14-2 10-6 11-5 5-9 5-11 ALL 13-3 6-10 6-9 5-11 0-14

WVC BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION 1 WVC Hazleton Area 8-0 Crestwood 7-1 Berwick 4-3 Dallas 4-4 Coughlin 3-5 Valley West 2-5 Pittston Area 2-6 Tunkhannock 1-7 DIVISION 2 WVC Nanticoke Area 6-1 GAR 6-1 Wyoming Area 3-4 Lake-Lehman 3-4 Hanover Area 1-6 DIVISION 3 WVC Meyers 7-0 Wyoming Seminary 4-3 Holy Redeemer 3-3 MMI Prep 1-6 Northwest 0-7 TUESDAY Crestwood 49, Coughlin 36 Pittston Area 66, Tunkhannock 58 Hazleton Area 74, Dallas 51 Wyoming Seminary 61, Hanover Area 53 Holy Redeemer 69, Northwest 44 Nanticoke Area 62, MMI Prep 24 Meyers 64, Lake-Lehman 41 GAR 43, Wyoming Area 36 Berwick at Valley West, ppd

ALL 13-3 12-4 8-5 7-8 8-8 3-12 6-10 5-11 ALL 13-3 9-7 6-10 5-11 3-13 ALL 10-5 10-5 7-7 5-11 2-10

WVC WRESTLING DIVISION 1 Tunkhannock Dallas Hazleton Area Coughlin Pittston Area Crestwood Valley West Berwick DIVISION 2 Meyers Lake-Lehman Hanover Area GAR Wyoming Area Nanticoke Area

WVC 6-0 4-1 4-1 3-2 2-3 2-4 1-5 0-6 WVC 3-0 3-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-3

WVC SWIMMING GIRLS Dallas Valley West Berwick Wyoming Seminary Holy Redeemer Tunkhannock Hazleton Area Lake-Lehman Pittston Area Wyoming Area Coughlin Meyers Nanticoke Area BOYS Dallas Valley West Berwick Hazleton Area Tunkhannock Wyoming Seminary Hanover Area Wyoming Area Holy Redeemer Lake-Lehman

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WVC 8-0-0 6-1-0 4-1-1 6-2-0 5-3-0 5-2-0 5-4-0 3-3-1 3-4-0 1-5-0 0-7-0 0-7-0 0-7-0 WVC 6-0-0 6-0-0 3-0-0 4-1-0 1-3-0 1-4-1 1-4-0 1-4-0 0-3-1 0-4-0

RADIO / TV TODAY’S RADIO SCHEDULE AHL 7:05 p.m. Hartford at Penguins, 980 AM, 103.1 FM TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE College Basketball 7 p.m.

Rutgers at Michigan, BTN 7 p.m.

DePaul at Butler, CBSSN 7 p.m.

Texas A&M at Arkansas, ESPNU 7 p.m.

St. John’s at Seton Hall, FS1 7 p.m.

Auburn at Mississippi, SEC 8 p.m.

Tulsa at Houston, ESPNEWS 9 p.m.

Purdue at Minnesota, BTN 9 p.m.

Loyola of Chicago at Wichita State, CBSSN 9 p.m.

Baylor at Oklahoma State, ESPNU 9 p.m.

Stetson at Marquette, FS1 9 p.m.

Missouri at Kentucky, SEC 11 p.m.

Boise State at UNLV, CBSSN 11 p.m.

California at Utah Golf 6 a.m.

European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, TGC 8 p.m.

Asian Tour, SMBC Singapore Open, TGC 11:30 p.m. European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, TGC NBA 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, CSN 8 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, ESPN 10:30 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, ESPN NFL 7:30 p.m. Pro Bowl Draft, ESPN2 NHL 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, NBCSN 10:30 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, NBCSN Tennis 9:30 p.m. Australian Open, women’s semifinals, ESPN2 3:30 a.m. Australian Open, men’s semifinals, ESPN

Eskridge, RBs Marion Grice and Robert Hughes, G Antoine McClain, LB Quayshawn Nealy, DT Olsen Pierre and WR Jaxon Shipley to reserve/future contracts.

CHICAGO BEARS — Named Richard Hightower assistant special teams coach.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed LB James Vaughters, OL Chris Baker, WR DeAndre Carter, RB Joey Iosefa, DB Rashaan Melvin, OL Keavon Milton, S Cedric Thompson and DB Brock Vereen to reserve/future contracts.

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NBA EASTERN Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 30 15 .667 — Boston 25 21 .543 5.5 New York 22 24 .478 8.5 Brooklyn 12 34 .261 18.5 Philadelphia 7 39 .152 23.5 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 27 19 .587 — Miami 25 21 .543 2.0 Charlotte 22 23 .489 4.5 Washington 20 23 .465 5.5 Orlando 20 23 .465 5.5 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 31 12 .721 — Chicago 25 19 .568 6.5 Detroit 24 21 .533 8.0 Indiana 23 22 .511 9.0 Milwaukee 19 27 .413 13.5 WESTERN Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 38 7 .844 — Memphis 26 20 .565 12.5 Dallas 25 21 .543 13.5 Houston 25 22 .532 14 New Orleans 16 28 .364 21.5 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 33 13 .717 — Portland 20 26 .435 13 Utah 19 25 .432 13 Denver 17 28 .378 15.5 Minnesota 14 32 .304 19 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 41 4 .911 — L.A. Clippers 29 16 .644 12 Sacramento 20 24 .455 20.5 Phoenix 14 32 .304 27.5 L.A. Lakers 9 37 .196 32.5 Tuesday L.A. Clippers 91, Indiana 89 Philadelphia 113, Phoenix 103 Toronto 106, Washington 89 Miami 102, Brooklyn 98 Oklahoma City at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday Phoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Utah, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NHL

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Tomlin on a 2-year contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Named Catherine Aker director of corporate communications.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed CBs Carrington Byndom and Kevin White, OTs Rob Crisp and John Wetzel, S Durell

AHL EASTERN Atlantic Division W L OL SL Pct Pts GF GA Penguins 29 11 0 1.720 59 137 90 Portland 24 15 1 0.613 49 122104 Hershey 22 13 2 6.605 52 135132 Providence 19 15 8 1.547 47 125125 Hartford 21 19 2 0.524 44 103117 Bridgeport 20 19 2 1.512 43 105115 Lehigh Valley 19 21 2 1.477 41 120120 Springfield 16 21 1 3.439 36 102132 North Division W L OL SL Pct Pts GF GA Toronto 34 8 2 0.795 70 174107 Albany 23 11 6 0.650 52 112 90 St. John’s 19 14 6 3.560 47 125136 Syracuse 19 15 7 1.548 46 110118 Utica 18 17 3 3.512 42 115120 Rochester 20 19 2 1.512 43 102130 Binghamton 15 22 3 0.413 33 111130 WESTERN Central Division W L OL SL Pct Pts GF GA Rockford 25 10 2 4.683 56 118103 Charlotte 25 12 1 2.663 53 129116 Milwaukee 26 13 3 0.655 55 118109 Grand Rapids24 14 1 1.625 50 121 99 Lake Erie 21 15 4 3.570 49 109113 Chicago 20 18 1 2.524 43 123119 Manitoba 11 22 3 4.363 29 80130 Iowa 11 27 3 3.318 28 91137 Pacific Division W L OL SL Pct Pts GF GA Ontario 24 10 2 1.689 51 99 74 San Jose 18 12 5 3.579 44 107111 Texas 23 16 3 3.578 52 172149 San Diego 19 17 1 1.526 40 99114 Stockton 16 16 1 2.500 35 103108 Bakersfield 16 16 2 2.500 36 103110 San Antonio 18 19 7 0.489 43 126138 Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Tuesday Chicago 4, Iowa 3, OT Manitoba at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.

Wednesday Toronto at Grand Rapids, 11 a.m.

Hershey at Albany, 7 p.m.

Springfield at Bridgeport, 7 p.m.

St. John’s at Portland, 7 p.m.

Syracuse at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.

Binghamton at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Hartford at Penguins, 7:05 p.m.

Charlotte at Rockford, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Texas, 8:30 p.m.

Ontario at Stockton, 10 p.m.

EASTERN Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Florida 49 29 15 5 63 135 108 Detroit 49 25 16 8 58 122 124 Boston 49 26 18 5 57 147 131 Tampa Bay 48 26 18 4 56 129 117 Montreal 50 24 22 4 52 136 134 Ottawa 50 23 21 6 52 139 155 Buffalo 50 20 26 4 44 114 136 Toronto 47 17 21 9 43 114 133 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Washington 46 35 8 3 73 155 100 N.Y. Rangers 49 27 17 5 59 142 129 N.Y. Islanders 47 25 16 6 56 130 118 Pittsburgh 48 24 17 7 55 121 120 New Jersey 50 25 20 5 55 114 118 Carolina 51 23 20 8 54 123 135 Philadelphia 46 20 18 8 48 105 124 Columbus 51 19 27 5 43 133 163 WESTERN Central Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Chicago 53 33 16 4 70 147 122 Dallas 50 31 14 5 67 162 133 St. Louis 52 28 16 8 64 129 128 Minnesota 49 23 17 9 55 121 115 Colorado 50 26 21 3 55 138 133 Nashville 48 22 18 8 52 125 129 Winnipeg 48 21 24 3 45 121 138 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Los Angeles 48 30 15 3 63 126 109 San Jose 47 25 18 4 54 136 128 Arizona 48 24 19 5 53 129 141 Anaheim 47 22 18 7 51 101 111 Vancouver 49 20 18 11 51 121 137 Calgary 47 21 23 3 45 125 144 Edmonton 50 19 26 5 43 122 149 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday Anaheim 6, Boston 2 Pittsburgh 2, New Jersey 0 Carolina 5, Chicago 0 Columbus 5, Montreal 2 Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2 Florida 5, Toronto 1 Arizona at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Colorado at San Jose, 10 p.m.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL Tuesday’s College Basketball Scores EAST Buffalo 76, Ball St. 64 Duquesne 87, La Salle 60 Florida St. 72, Boston College 62 Georgetown 74, Creighton 73 Old Westbury 77, Farmingdale 73, OT Siena 82, Niagara 70 West Virginia 70, Kansas St. 55 MIDWEST Akron 76, N. Illinois 66 Bowling Green 79, W. Michigan 78 Carroll (Wis.) 87, Beloit 76 Cent. Michigan 68, Miami (Ohio) 51 Goshen 89, Spring Arbor 79 Kent St. 73, E. Michigan 58 Ohio 81, Toledo 79 St. Norbert 83, Ripon 63 Wisconsin 82, Indiana 79, OT SOUTH Cumberlands 74, Carver Bible 53 Erskine 67, Lees-McRae 66 Hiwassee 74, Kentucky Christian 73 Howard 70, Bethune-Cookman 68 Memphis 97, UCF 86 South Carolina 84, Mississippi St. 74 Virginia 72, Wake Forest 71 Tuesday’s Women’s Basketball Scores EAST Bloomfield 74, Dominican (NY) 54 Caldwell 86, Post (Conn.) 52 Chestnut Hill 72, Goldey Beacom 69 Delaware 67, William & Mary 63 Holy Cross 59, American U. 54 Jacksonville 65, NJIT 36 Old Westbury 85, Medgar Evers 72 Philadelphia 61, Wilmington (Del.) 53 Sacred Heart 61, Mount St. Mary (NY) 58 Villanova 66, Penn 46 Wagner 70, St. Francis Brooklyn 53 SOUTH Asbury 81, Brescia 76 Barton 82, Pfeiffer 80 Bethune-Cookman 81, Howard 77 Charleston Southern 65, Campbell 57 Elon 70, UNC Wilmington 53 Erskine 74, Lees-McRae 57 Temple 72, Tulane 54

PLAYBOOK Meetings

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LittLe LeAgue: District 16-31 meets 6:30 p.m. tonight at Wilkes-Barre Area CTC. SoftbALL: Wilkes-Barre Girls Softball League 7 p.m. tonight at Six Strings Saloon on the Sans Souci Parkway.

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AssociAted Press File

Two-time major champion Jordan Spieth will play this week in the Singapore Open.

Spieth’s world tour continues in Singapore Associated Press

SINGAPORE — Jordan Spieth’s worldwide golf adventure continues this week at the Singapore Open, where he says the weather reminds him a bit of his home state of Texas.

Spieth arrived in Singapore on Monday after an eight-hour flight from Abu Dhabi, where he finished tied for fifth, five strokes behind winner Rickie Fowler in the Abu Dhabi Championship, and said he was exhausted.

Spieth arrived in the Middle East after an eight-shot victory in Hawaii, which followed his 2015 season when he won two majors and the FedEx Cup title, and reached No. 1 in the world.

Over the past two months, he’s also played in South Korea at the Presidents Cup, China, in Sydney where he unsuccessfully defended his Australian Open title, and in the Bahamas.

“This was just a unique offseason,” Spieth said at a media conference Tuesday. “I’m

extremely excited to be here. I was very tired on Sunday from a long week there. By the time we start Thursday, I’ll be ready to go with four full days of my best stuff.”

Spieth spent nearly a halfhour waiting for his luggage at Changi Airport on his arrival, but said he spent Monday “resting, just laying low trying to catch up on sleep, strength and hydration from the long trips.”

“I don’t mind the heat and humidity, I’m used to it from

Texas. It’s a bit of a hit at this time of year.”

After the Singapore Open, which will be played at the Sentosa Golf Club, he’ll return to the U.S. to play at Pebble Beach pro-am and the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles in February.

“I was unlucky in the spacing of the tournaments,” Spieth said Tuesday. “And that’s what kind of led to this crazy four-month adventure that we’ve had.”

SPORTS IN BRIEF Ducks’ Horcoff suspended 20 games for banned treatment ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks forward Shawn Horcoff was suspended for 20 games Tuesday for violating the terms of the NHL’s performance-enhancing substances program.

The 37-year-old Horcoff acknowledged his mistake in a statement issued by the NHL Players’ Association. He claimed he tried an unspecified treatment to speed up his recovery from an injury last fall.

Horcoff “Although I was unaware that this treatment was not permitted under NHL rules, that is no excuse whatsoever,” Horcoff said. “I should have done my research, and I should have checked with the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program’s doctors. I accept full responsibility for my actions, and I am sorry.”

Horcoff is the third player to be suspended under the program approved by the league and union in the most recent collective bargaining agreement.

— Associated Press

Tomlin, Indians agree to 2-year contract C LEVE LAN D — Righthander Josh Tomlin and the Cleveland Indians have agreed to a two-year contract, a deal that includes a club option for 2018.

Tomlin returned from shoulder surgery last year to go 7-2 with a 3.02 ERA in 10 starts.

His agreement supersedes a $2.25 million, one-year deal that was reached Jan. 15.

Tomlin had shoulder surgery last March and began the season on the disabled list.

He was activated in July, made one minor league start and then joined the Indians, solidifying the backend of one of the AL’s strongest rotations.

He went 3-1 in five starts in September, pitching two complete games.

— Associated Press

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Leroux pregnant, to miss Rio Olympics U.S. women’s national team striker Sydney Leroux won’t be available for the Rio Olympics this summer because she and husband Dom Dwyer are expecting their first child.

Leroux announced her pregnancy on Twitter on Monday night. Dwyer, who plays for Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City, further posted a photo indicating the baby was due in September.

Leroux was not on the roster for the qualifying tournament for the North, Central American and Caribbean region.

Teammate Amy Rodriguez is also out because she is expecting a child. Leroux and Rodriguez were both on the U.S. team that won the Women’s World Cup last summer.

— Associated Press

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Clippers’ Griffin out after breaking hand INDIANAPOLIS — Blake Griffin fractured a bone in his right hand while throwing a punch in an altercation with a member of the Los Angeles Clippers’ staff on the road and will be out at least a month.

The team said Griffin underwent a procedure on his hand Tuesday after being sent back to Los Angeles from the Clippers’ five-game road trip.

In a joint statement, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and coach Doc Rivers, who is also president of basketball operations, said Griffin threw the punch last Saturday in Toronto.

The altercation occurred just as Griffin was nearing a return from a partially torn left quadriceps tendon injury.

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today in history Today is Wednesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2016. There are 339 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight On Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.

On this date In 1984, singer Michael Jackson suffered serious burns to his scalp when pyrotechnics set his hair on fire during the filming of a Pepsi-Cola TV commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Today’s birthdays Actor James Cromwell is 76. Actor John Witherspoon is 74. Actress Mimi Rogers is 60.

Rock musician Janick Gers (Iron Maiden) is 59. Actress Susanna Thompson is 58. Political and sports commentator Keith Olbermann is 57. Rock singer Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 55.

Rock musician Gillian Gilbert is 55. Actress Tamlyn Tomita (TV’s “Teen Wolf”) is 53. Actress Bridget Fonda is 52. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 48. Rock singer Mike Patton is 48. Rapper Actor Braeden Lemasters is 20.

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Navy finds no sign of shooting at center

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Lockdown lifted after sweeping search

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, leafs through a book he gave to Pope Francis at the Vatican on Tuesday.

By Julie Watson and Elliot Spagat Associated Press

Vatican: Iran must join fight against terrorism VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis held talks with Iran’s president at the Vatican Tuesday, calling on Tehran to play a key role in stopping the spread of terrorism as Iran tries to improve its image in the global arena following an agreement on its nuclear program.

The pontiff war mly clasped the hand of President Hassan Rouhani in the first official call paid on a pontiff by an Iranian president since 1999. They held 40 minutes of private talks before Rouhani met with other top Vatican officials.

Usually it’s the pope who asks his audience to pray for him. This time, after the two men spoke with the help of Italian and Farsi language translators, it was the guest who asked the pope for prayers. “I ask you to pray for me,” Rouhani said.

TheVaticanmeetingwasa key part of the Iranian effort to take a more prominent place on the world stage after the nuclear deal with Western powers.

Experts: Indictment shows disapproval of videos HOUSTON — A grand jury’s decision to indict two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos about Planned Parenthood might be less about sending someone to jail than about expressing disapproval for how the pair conducted their investigation, legal experts said Tuesday.

David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt are accused of using fake driver’s licenses to infiltrate the nation’s largest abortion provider in order to make videos that accused Planned Parenthood of illegally selling fetal tissue to researchers for profit. The footage provoked outrage among Republican leaders nationwide and prompte d i nve s ti g at i o n s by Republican-led committees in Congress and by GOP-led state governments.

Both activists are charged with tampering with a governmental record, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Daleiden was also indicted on a misdemeanor count related to purchasing human organs.

British principal tells parents: No pajamas LONDON — The principal of a primary school in northern England wants to impose a dress code — not on students, but on their parents.

That’s because she’s tired of them wearing pajamas and slippers when they drop off their offspring at the school gates each morning.

Kate Chisholm of Skerne Park Academy in Darlington said she acted after some parents wore what she considered nightwear to school meetings.

In the letter published Tuesday she asked parents to “dress appropriately in day wear” when bringing their children to school.

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A health worker stands in the Sambadrome as he sprays insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday.

‘LOSING BATTLE’ Health minister: Brazil failing in efforts to combat mosquito

By Jenny Barchfield Associated Press

Arkansas officials confirm Zika case in traveler LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Department of Health says a person who recently traveled out of the country has tested positive for the Zika virus.

The department said Tuesday that the person has a mild case of Zika, which is spread by mosquitoes and is suspected of causing birth defects. Spokeswoman Meg Mirivel would not say whether the infected person was a man or woman or give the person’s age.

Mirivel says the individual traveled to the Central America/Caribbean region but she would not specify which country. Some U.S. travelers have been infected abroad with Zika but there are no cases of local infection in the U.S. so far.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s health minister says the country is sending some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects — but he also says the war is already being lost.

Marcelo Castro said that nearly 220,000 members of Brazil’s Armed Forces would go door-to-door to help in mosquito eradication efforts ahead of the country’s Carnival celebrations. Agency spokesman Nivaldo Coelho said Tuesday details of the deployment are still being worked out.

Castro also said the government would distribute mosquito repellent to some 400,000 pregnant women who receive cash-transfer benefits.

But the minister also said the country has failed in efforts against the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits Zika, dengue, chi-

kungunya and yellow fever.

“The mosquito has been here in Brazil for three decades, and we are badly losing the battle against the mosquito,” the ministers told reporters as a crisis group on Zika was meeting in the capital, Brasilia.

A massive eradication effort eliminated Aedes aegypti from Brazil during the 1950s, but the mosquito slowly returned over the following decades from neigh-

boring nations, public health experts have said.

That led to outbreaks of dengue, which was recorded in record numbers last year.

The arrival of Zika in Brazil last year initially caused little alarm, as the virus’ symptoms are generally much milder than those of dengue. It didn’t become a crisis until late in the year, when researchers made the link with a dramatic increase in reported

cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect that sees babies born with unusually small heads and can cause lasting developmental problems.

The World Health Organization repeated Tuesday that the link remains circumstantial and is not yet proven scientifically.

But worry about the rapid spread of Zika has expanded across the nation, and the hemisphere beyond. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised pregnant women to reconsider travel to Brazil and 21 other countries and territories with Zika outbreaks.

One of them, the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, reported 18 new confirmed cases of Zika on Tuesday, though none involve pregnant women. One case had been reported earlier.

Officials in El Salvador, Colombia and Brazil have suggested women stop getting pregnant until the crisis has passed.

SAN DIEGO — Authorities found no gunman or signs of a shooting on Tuesday after receiving a report from a De par tment of Defense employee that shots had been heard at one of the nation’s largest Naval medical facilities.

The report of a shooting grabbed attention across the country and led to the lockdown of Naval Medical Center San Diego in Balboa Park, near the San Diego Zoo, and three nearby schools.

Authorities lifted the lockdown at the schools and hours later at the facility after military police finished a thorough sweep of the building in question.

Fears were heightened when the medical center posted on its Facebook page: “An active shooter has just been reported in building (hash)26 at Naval Medical Center San Diego. All occupants are advised to run, hide or fight.”

The unidentified Department of Defense employee reported hearing three gunshots just before 8 a.m. on the sprawling 78-acre campus, where Building 26 houses administrative offices, a gymnasium and dormitories for combat-wounded veterans in long-term care. As many as 800 people are in the building at that time, Navy officials said.

All non-emergency personnel were asked to stay away from the area, and traffic backed up around the facility during the morning rush hour.

Military personnel searched the structure for about two hours before saying there were no initial signs of a shooting.

Trump now bills himself as uniter as Cruz attacks

By Steve Peoples and Julie Bykowicz Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican Donald Trump is breaking from his reputation as a flame-throwing outsider with just days to go before Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, highlighting his willingness to work with Democrats in Congress as part of a closing argument with a distinctly bipartisan tone.

The billionaire businessman’s promise to get things done in Washington is a direct contrast to leading GOP rival Ted Cruz, the Texas senator whose brief Washington career has been

ROAD TO WHITE HOUSE Clinton’s women supporters leery of a 2008 Iowa repeat.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump poses for a photo during a campaign stop at Farmington High School on Monday in Farmington, N.H.

ing primary contests in both his own attacking.

Iowa and New Hampshire.

“I don’t think he’ll get anyTrump is doing plenty of thing through Congress

because everybody hates him,” Trump said of Cruz Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Trump claimed to have good relationships with such top congressional Democrats as Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, predicting he could get things done inawayCruzcouldnot.

“Ted Cruz lies. He is a liar.

That’s why nobody likes him,” Trump said. “That’s why he stands on the middle of the Senate floor and can’t make a deal with anybody. ...

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State lawmakers admit being ‘distracted’ by women’s wardrobes

By David A. Lieb and melissa Hellmann Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican Sen. Mitch Holmes has seen women wearing “over the top” attire during his decade in the Kansas Statehouse, by which he means, their tops didn’t cover over enough.

“A blouse that came way past the rib cage was one of the most outlandish ones,” he told The Associated Press in an interview on Monday.

He said his dress code was needed to prevent distractions from the legislative process.

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media as a “sexist” and “cave man” for telling women how to dress, Holmes dropped his guidelines the next day. His written apology Tuesday said he “meant no offense” by suggesting that “for ladies, low cut necklines and mini-skirts are inappropriate.” Failing to apply the code to both genders, he wrote, was unacceptable.

It’s at least the fourth time recently that lawmakers have retreated from statehouse dress codes that applied to female colleagues, lobbyists, interns and other citizens.

After Missouri’s House speaker resigned in a scandal last year — he acknowledged exchanging sexual text messages with a female intern — some of his colleagues suggested an intern dress code could help eliminate “distractions.” Republican Todd Richardson quickly squelched that idea after taking over as speaker.

Montana’s House speaker, Austin Knudsen, also suffered backlash when he issued a dress code before the 2015 session urging women to be “sensitive to skirt lengths and necklines,” while telling men simply to wear jackets, ties and dress pants.

Knudsen, a Republican, called it a

“rookie mistake” and ultimately reversed course.

One of the women who led that charge was Democratic Rep. Jenny Eck, of Helena. Women already have to be smarter and work harder to be consideredequal,shesaid;adresscode suggests men have permission to evaluate women based on their bodies.

“The notion that the men in the legislature are going to dictate how women dress feels (like) a bit of a throwback to a bygone era that I think we had thought we had left,” said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

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JPMorgan to pay $1.42B to Lehman The settlement is over allegations the bank withheld critical funds in days leading up to Lehman Brothers collapse

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NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $1.42 billion to settle allegations that it withheld critical funds from Lehman Brothers in the final days leading up to Lehman’s collapse during the financial crisis.

Lehman’s failure is consid-

ered a critical moment in the financial crisis, one that helped deepen and extend the U.S. recession.

As Lehman’s clearing bank, JP Morgan provided the cash that Lehman used to do business every day. In the final days leading up to Lehman’s failure, JPMorgan executives began to worry

that the collateral Lehman pledged was less valuable than Lehman said it was.

JPMorgan worried that if Lehman couldn’t pay back the cash, JP Morgan might get stuck with billions of dollars’ worth of what were then being called “toxic assets.”

As a result, JPMorgan required Lehman to pledge increasing amounts of collateral in order to keep Lehman’s operations open.

Lehman Brothers’ bankrupt entity originally sued

JPMorgan Chase in 2010 for $8.6 billion, alleging that JPMorgan used its position as Lehman’s clearing bank to extract virtually all of Lehman’s remaining liquid assets and establish an $8.6 billion “slush fund” for its own use. A federal judge ruled in favor of most of the allegations against JPMorgan in October 2015.

A JPMorgan spokesman declined to comment on the settlement. The bank said in a regulatory filing that the settlement will have no

impact on the bank’s first quarter results.

The funds will be distributed to Lehman’s creditors as part of its bankruptcy proceedings.

Lehman’s bankruptcy is the largest in U.S. financial history and its collapse caused financial waves that led to unexpected and severe financial problems at other institutions, including Merrill Lynch, American International Group and even General Electric.

P&G 2Q profit jumps 35 percent neW YorK — procter & Gamble co. on tuesday reported a higher quarterly profit that topped expectations as price hikes and cost-cutting offset a decline in sales volume. the world’s largest consumer products maker has been trying to refocus its efforts on core brands by slimming down its offerings and slashing costs. the measures, meant to help the company regain its standing as a top competitor, helped push organic sales higher by 2 percent. the maker of pampers, tide detergent and olay beauty products noted the growing number of “flashpoints across the globe,” which has led to increasing volatility overseas. the company employs around 2,000 at a plant in Washington twp. in Wyoming county.

ford recalls about 391K ranger trucks detroit — Ford is recalling about 391,000 ranger pickups because the driver’s air bag inflators can explode with too much force and cause injuries. the recall covers trucks from the 2004 through 2006 model years in the U.s. and canada. it comes just days after the government announced that a south carolina man was killed when an inflator exploded in december. Joel Knight, 52, of Kershaw died when he was struck in the neck by metal shrapnel after his 2006 ranger hit a cow in the road and struck a fence.

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Time, not money, buys happiness Keep this statistical tidbit handy the next time raises aren’t as generous as employees want: people who value time more than money are happier, according to a series of studies published by the society for personality and social psychology. in six studies involving more than 4,600 participants, people were fairly evenly split between those who said they value having more free time and those who value having more money. those who said they value time more than money scored higher on standard psychological “happiness tests.”

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Christopher Rael is a student at California State University, Long Beach, in Long Beach, Calif. With open enrollment for President Barack Obama’s health care law over after Jan. 31, Mr. Rael is hoping his meager income will qualify him for California’s version of Medicaid. He paid a fine of about $150 for being uninsured in 2014.

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Health care fines are pressing millenials, often part of the healthiest demographic By riCArDO ALONsO-ZALDiVAr AssociAted press

WASHINGTON — Millions of young adults healthy enough to think they don’t need insurance face painful choices this year as the sign-up deadline approaches for President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Fines for being uninsured rise sharply in 2016

— averaging nearly $1,000 per household, according to an independent estimate. It’s forcing those in their 20s and 30s to take a hard look and see if they can squeeze in coverage to avoid penalties. Many are trying to establish careers or just make progress in a stillbumpy economy.

“There’s only so far one can dwindle a

ramen-noodle diet,” said Christopher Rael of Los Angeles. In his late 20s, Rael is pursuing a degree in sociology and working at a children’s center to pay his bills.

With open enrollment over after Jan. 31, mR. Rael is hoping his meager income will qualify him for Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid. “I cannot afford an addition-

al bill,” he said. He paid a fine of about $150 for being uninsured in 2014.

The minimum penalty rises to $695 in 2016 for someone uninsured a full 12 months and not eligible for one of the law’s exemptions. That’s more than double the corresponding figure of $325 for 2015.

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Bigger fines set for the uninsured the price tag for taking a pass on health insurance is going up. A closer look at the dilemma they face under the health care law: ■ Fines for being uninsured are going up sharply in 2016. the minimum fine will be $695 for someone uninsured for 12 months and not eligible for an exemption. that’s up from $325 in 2015.

■ Average fines could be nearly $1,000 per household.

■ decision time is near: open enrollment for health care ends Jan. 31.

Cellphones are set to replace cards at Chase ATMs

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NEW YORK — Soon, losing your ATM card won’t be the financial life-stopping event it used to be. Just don’t also lose your phone.

JPMorgan Chase customers will soon be able to withdraw cash or initiate other transactions using their cellphone at Chase ATMs being upgraded later this year.

The move will include new cash machines that don’t

require a card and upgrades to existing machines that will allow customers to withdraw more money and in different denominations, said Chase spokesman Michael Fusco. The withdrawal limit will also be substantially higher, up to $3,000 during branch hours.

The first generation of these new ATMs will allow customers to access the machine by inputting a code found on their Chase mobile

app, Mr. Fusco said. Future upgrades of machines will allow customers to use their cell phone’s near-field wireless communication feature to access their accounts, using the technology that enables shoppiang checkout features such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. Customers will still be able AssociAted press File to use their ATM cards if they want to, Mr. Fusco said. A customer uses an ATM at a Chase Bank in New York.

The cell phone technology The bank will roll out new ATMs that will allow customwill just be an option. ers to access the machine using their cellphone.

Stock rise, driven by a turn higher in crude oil prices

By MArLey JAy Ap MArKets Writer

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks jumped Tuesday as the price of oil made another abrupt reversal, this time rising almost 4 percent after falling sharply the day before.

Energy stocks climbed along with the price of oil, and Chevron and Exxon Mobil made major gains.

Strong fourth-quarter results from beleaguered wireless provider Sprint gave telecom stocks a boost. Quarterly earnings also sent several

stocks higher, including Postit Notes maker 3M, Procter & Gamble, which makes Crest toothpaste, and luxury handbag maker Coach.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 282.01 points, or 1.8 percent, to 16,167.23.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 26.55 points, or 1.4 percent, to 1,903.63. The Nasdaq composite index added 49.18 points, or 1.1 percent, to 4,567.67.

Energy stocks gained ground as the price of U.S. crude rose $1.10, or 3.7 per-

cent, to close at $31.45 a barrel in New York. It fell almost 6 percent Monday. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, rose $1.30, or 4.3 percent, to $31.80 a barrel in London. Despite the rebound, U.S. crude is down almost 18 percent this month.

Exxon Mobil picked up $2.72, or 3.7 percent, $76.70 and Chevron rose $3.23, or 4 percent, to $84.12.

Quarterly earnings contributed to many of the biggest moves of the day. Procter & Gamble reported a larg-

er profit in the fourth quarter as it raised prices and cut costs. The maker of Pantene shampoo, Crest toothpaste and Charmin toilet paper added $1.96, or 2.6 percent, to $78.81.

Coach reported a greater profit than analysts had expected, and its stock rose $2.98, or 9.8 percent, to $33.33.

Even with that big gain, however, it’s down 10 percent over the last 12 months.

3M, which makes industrial coatings and ceramics, reported a greater profit and

more revenue than analysts expected. It rose $7.21, or 5.2 percent, to $144.78.

The Dow had its best day since early December. Many of the companies making the biggest gains, including Exxon, Chevron and 3M, are Dow components. The Nasdaq made smaller gains because tech stocks didn’t rise as much as the broader market.

Huntington Bancshares agreed to buy competitor FirstMerit Corp for $3.4 billion. The deal would create

the largest bank in Ohio, and the companies would have about $100 billion in combined assets. FirstMerit added $2.82, or 18.3 percent, to $18.19 and Huntington lost 75 cents, or 8.5 percent, to $8.50.

Sprint, the fourth-largest wireless provider in the U.S., posted a smaller loss in its third quarter and said its aggressive promotions lured in more users. The company raised its outlook for the year.

Sprint’s stock rose 47 cents, or 18.7 percent, to $2.99.

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ING 11.66 +.19 ... iShGold 10.83 +.12 ... iSAstla 17.28 +.34 ... iShBrazil 17.94 +.31 ... iShCanada 20.03 +.55 ... iShEMU 33.04 +.71 ... iSFrance 22.98 +.49 ... iShGerm 24.43 +.46 ... iSh HK 17.57 +.22 ... iShItaly 12.25 +.27 ... iShJapan 11.20 +.15 ... iSh SKor 47.12 +.44 ... iSMalasia 7.66 +.18 ... iShMexico 45.72 +1.10 ... iShSpain 26.00 +.66 ... iShSwitz 29.10 +.42 ... iSTaiwn 11.88 +.16 ... iShSilver 13.82 +.24 ... iShChinaLC30.20 +.22 ... iSCorSP500191.13+2.56 ... iShUSAgBd108.92 +.14 ... iShEMkts 29.25 +.43 ... iShiBoxIG 113.74 +.32 ... iSh ACWI 51.90 +.85 ... iShNANatR25.20 +.91 ... iSSP500Val 82.19 +1.47 ... iSh20 yrT 126.08 +.06 ... iSh7-10yTB108.31 +.08 ... iS Eafe 54.71 +.96 ... iSCorSPMid128.65+2.77 ... iShiBxHYB 78.75 +.70 ... iShMtgRE 8.72 +.29 ... iShNsdqBio282.08-1.12 ... iShIndia bt 25.27 +.28 ... iSR1KVal 90.39 +1.67 ... iSR1KGr 92.87 +.93 ... iSRus1K 105.31 +1.51 ... iSR2KVal 83.44 +2.10 ... iShR2K 101.10 +1.99 ... iShUSPfd 38.08 +.04 ... iSUSAMinV40.46 +.52 ... iShREst 72.06 +1.51 ... iShHmCnst23.96 +.70 ... iShUSEngy 30.99 +1.19 ... iShCorEafe50.53 +.88 ... iStar 10.04 +.57 ...

ITC Holdg 38.46 -.58 20 IconixBr 6.56 +.73 5 ITW 84.31 +3.26 17 Incyte 76.04 -2.27 ...

Infosys 17.52 -.29 13 IngerRd 50.59 +1.77 20 IntgDv 24.57 +.32 27 Intel 29.94 +.34 13

IBM 122.59 +.51 Interpublic 22.35 +.62 Intrexon 25.95 -.79 InvenSense 8.30 +.31 Invesco 29.18 +.53 InvestBncp 11.52 +.34 IonisPhm 46.39 +.20 IronMtn 25.81 +.54 iSh UK 14.96 +.35 iShCorEM 35.83 +.47 iShCHEmu 24.41 +.50 iSCHeafe 23.80 +.38 iShRussia 10.15 +.31 iShCHJpn 26.06 +.39 ItauUnibH 5.76 +.14 J-K-L JD.com 27.00 -.03 JPMorgCh 57.08 +1.42 JPMAlerian24.44 +.92 Jabil 19.53 +.61 JacobsEng 37.46 +.74 JanusCap d12.25 +.12 Jarden 52.03 +1.23 JetBlue 21.58 +.01 JohnJn 101.18 +4.78 JohnsnCtl 35.21 +1.00 JoyGlbl 9.72 +.84 Jumei Intl 6.53 +.06 JnprNtwk 26.65 +.46 KB Home 10.41 +.41 KBR Inc d14.11 +1.06 KKR 13.74 +.34 KapStoneP 13.91 +.15 KateSpade 17.04 +.42 Kellogg 71.20 +.69 Kennamtl 16.78 +.64 KeryxBio 3.70 +.34 KeurigGM 89.48 +.57 Keycorp 10.94 +.09 KimbClk 124.89 +2.20 Kimco 26.74 +.55 KindMorg 14.97 +.78 Kinross g 1.64 +.10 KitePharm 51.35 +1.55 KnightTr 24.79 +1.97 Knowles 12.61 +.34 Kohls 48.59 +1.23 KosmosEn 3.83 +.18 KraftHnz n 75.98 +1.95 Kroger s 36.78 +.11 LKQ Corp 26.79 +.73 LaQuinta 11.58 +.28 LamResrch 68.74 +.74 LaredoPet 6.70 +.55 LVSands 40.87 +1.76 LaSalleH 21.88 +.67 Lattice 4.84 +.01 LeggMasond29.75 +.25 LeidosHld 48.83 -4.83 LendingClb 8.07 +.08 LennarA 42.49 +1.93 LeucNatl 16.34 -.14 Level3 47.81 +1.06 LibtyGlobA34.68 +.84 LibtyGlobC 33.57 +.87 LibQVC A 25.28 +.57 LightPath 2.90 -.25 LincNat 39.13 +.60 LinearTch 41.08 +.24 LinnEngy 1.15 +.17 LloydBkg 3.82 +.16 LaPac 15.28 +.24 lululemn gs58.59 +.96 LyonBas A 77.62 +1.78 M-N-0 MBIA 6.18 +.43 MDU Res 16.24 +.06 MFA Fncl 5.97 +.18 MGIC Inv 5.99 +.33 MGM Rsts 19.11 +.22 MPLX LP 28.99 +1.46 MRC Glbl 10.06 +.42 MSG Netwd16.93 -.97 Macys 40.18 +.86 MagellMid62.23+3.35 Magna g s 35.16 +1.07 MaidenH d12.87 +.42 Manitowoc15.09+2.07 MannKd .92 +.17 Manulife g 13.09 +.31 MarathnO 8.45 +.31 MarathPt s 41.56 +.79 MVJrGold 18.76 +.80 MktVGold 13.97 +.59 MV OilSvc 22.22 +.63 MV Semi 48.55 +.41 MktVRus 13.27 +.43 MarIntA 61.94 +1.82 MarshM 51.93 +.36 MarvellT lf 8.33 +.14 Masco 25.67 +.30 MasterCrd 87.00 +.23 MatadorRs13.95 +.73 Mattel 27.11 +.37 MaximIntg 32.37 +.74 McDrmInt 2.69 +.06 McKesson170.99 +.82 McEwenM 1.17 +.07 MeadJohn 70.13 +1.22 MedAssets31.34 +.04 MediaGen 16.13 +.55 MedProp 10.91 +.15 Medivat sd34.90 -1.67 Medtrnic 75.59 -.11 MelcoCrwn13.67 +.27 MemResDv14.77 +.67 MensW 12.61 +.74 MentorGr 16.89 +.06 Merck 51.45 +.53 MerrimkP 6.42 +.14 MKors 37.79 +1.06 Microchp 44.25 +1.05 MicronT 10.55 +.07 Microsoft 52.17 +.38 MindrayM 26.85 ...

MitsuUFJ 5.23 +.03 MobileTele 6.24 +.22 Mobileye 28.03 -.74 MolsCoorB 87.76 +.16 Monsanto 88.50 +1.18 MorgStan 25.49 +.51 Mosaic 22.85 +.45 MurphO 17.71 +.90 MurphUSA54.85 -1.96 Mylan NV 53.93 +1.31 NCR Corp 20.79 +.28 NGL EnPt 11.69 +.19 NRG Egy 9.67 +.69 NXP Semi 71.66 -.72 Nabors 5.96 +.29 Nasdaq 58.53 +1.93 NOilVarco 30.43 +.74 NatRetPrp 42.75 +.99 Navient 9.45 +.58 Navistar 7.02 +.48 NektarTh 15.25 +.31 NetApp 22.03 +.81 NetEase 152.40 -6.08 Netflix s 97.83 -1.29 NetSuite d66.92 -1.00 NwGold g 2.33 +.23 NewOriEd 29.67 +.27 NewResid 10.65 +.49 NY CmtyB 14.87 +.36 NY REIT 10.28 -.08 NewellRub 38.18 +1.05 NewfldExp25.93 +1.45 NewmtM 18.50 +.83 NewsCpA 12.80 +.30 NextEraEn106.56 +.14 NiSource su20.31 -.07 Nielsen plc 45.57 +.84 NikeB s 61.11 +.41 NimbleStg d6.53 +.22 NobleCorp 7.47 +.56 NobleEngy28.76 +1.49 NokiaCp 7.28 +.12 NordicAm 13.08 +.24 Nordstrm 48.04 +1.17 NorflkSo 68.90 +1.17 NthStarAst 11.70 +.19 NthnO&G 2.78 -.04 NorTrst 59.85 +1.06 NorthropG182.50 +.67 NStRFn rs 11.95 +.45 NwstBcsh 12.42 +.58 NorwCruis 48.61 +1.29 NovaGld g 4.07 +.17 Novartis 82.64 +1.02 Novavax 5.65 +.09 NovoNord 55.19 -.07 NuanceCm 18.11 +.45 Nucor 36.54 +1.68

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Nvidia 28.70 +.28 23 Nxt-ID .93 -.09 ...

OGE Engy 25.09 +.55 14 OasisPet 5.16 +.48 3 OcciPet 63.23 +1.44 28 Oceaneerg32.82 +1.70 11 Oclaro 3.40 +.02 ...

OcwenFn 5.19 +.15 ...

OfficeDpt 5.01 +.05 ...

OilStates 26.10 +1.35 16 OldNBcp 11.66 +.37 12 OldRepub 18.16 +.49 15 Olin 14.54 +.46 15 OmegaHlt 34.04 +.09 24 Omnicom 71.99 +2.11 17 OnSmcnd 8.40 +.15 23 ONEOK 24.30 +.68 16 OneokPtrs 26.09 -.07 15 OpkoHlth 8.01 +.05 ...

Oracle 35.23 +.89 17 OshkoshCp34.59+1.80 12 OwensCorn45.52 +1.18 19 OwensIll 12.99 +.54 37 P-Q-R PBF Engy 34.75 +.64 6 PDL Bio 3.22 +.09 2 PG&E Cp 52.14 +.53 23 Paccar 47.55 +1.84 10 PacBiosci 11.88 -.57 ...

PackAmerd49.70 -.49 11 PaloAltNet148.27 +1.70 ...

PanASlv 6.36 +.37 ...

Pandora 9.65 +.05 ...

ParkerHan 91.77 +3.65 14 ParsleyEn 17.57 +1.10 ...

Patterson 41.36 +1.11 18 PattUTI 11.92 +.43 ...

Paychex 47.71 +.30 24 PayPal n 31.97 +.50 ...

PeabdyE rs 4.01 +.28 ...

PennWst g .69 +.05 ...

Penney 6.79 +.13 ...

PennaRE 19.74 -.07 ...

Pentair 45.31 +1.73 16 PeopUtdF 14.11 +.47 17 PepcoHold 26.50 +.16 30 PepsiCo 96.32 +.38 29 Perrigo 148.94 -.12 75 PetrbrsA 2.04 +.05 ...

Petrobras 2.93 +.01 ...

Pfizer 30.67 +.17 23 PhilipMor 87.31 +.63 17 PhilipsNV 26.28 +1.65 ...

Phillips66 77.76 +1.53 9 PhysRltTr 17.12 +.36 ...

Pier 1 4.12 +.09 7 PilgrimsP 21.65 +.20 7 PioNtrl 113.54 +5.79 22 PitnyBw 19.07 +.51 10 PlainsAAP 20.58 +.82 12 PlainsGP 8.40 +.25 7 PlatfmSpc 7.39 +.13 ...

PlugPowr h 1.78 +.03 ...

Polaris d72.99 -7.35 10 Polycom 10.59 +.29 20 Pool Corp 77.36 -.61 28 Potash 15.06 +.22 9 PwshDB 12.37 +.24 ...

PS SrLoan 22.14 -.02 ...

PS SP LwV36.96 +.45 ...

PwShPfd 14.68 -.01 ...

PShEMSov26.89 +.09 ...

PwShs QQQ103.15+.92 ...

Praxair d98.14 +2.01 18 PrecCastptu234.84+3.63 21 PrecDrill 3.00 +.14 19 PriceTR 66.65 +1.24 14 PrinFncl 37.94 +.71 9 PrivateB 35.95 +.54 15 ProLogis 39.85 +1.63 18 ProShtS&P22.29 -.34 ...

PrUltQQQ s66.19 +1.15 ...

ProUltSP s 54.51 +1.37 ...

ProUShD3021.69 -1.21 ...

PrUltPQQQ 87.91 +2.44 ...

PUltSP500 s50.19+1.92 ...

PUVixST rs41.57 -4.37 ...

PrUCrude rs 8.17 +.74 ...

ProVixSTF 16.58 -.81 ...

ProShtVix 37.93 +1.72 ...

ProgsvCp 29.49 -.01 13 ProgWaste 28.07 +.44 22 ProUShSP 22.67 -.65 ...

PrUShDow 23.14 -.82 ...

PUShtQQQ34.38 -.61 ...

PUShtR2K 48.02 -1.98 ...

PShtQQQ 23.10 -.63 ...

PUShtSPX 38.29 -1.63 ...

ProspctCap 6.23 +.22 13 PSEG 39.38 +.40 13 PulteGrp 16.33 +.42 13 PumaBiotc 45.38 +.37 ...

QEP Res 11.05 +1.20 ...

QlikTech 25.34 +.25 ...

Qorvo 39.76 ... 8 Qualcom 48.52 +.94 15 QuantaSvc 17.91 +.08 9 QntmDSS d.70 +.01 ...

Questar 19.18 +.23 15 QuintTrn 63.50 +.50 21 RAIT Fin 2.49 +.32 ...

RLJ LodgT 18.51 +.84 14 RPC 10.77 +.37 15 RSP Perm 21.07 +1.44 51 Rackspace 19.47 +.48 21 RadianGrp d9.50 +.13 4 Rambus 11.95 +.75 6 Randgold 68.97 +3.36 31 RangeRs 27.38 +2.48 17 RaptorPhm 3.97 +.14 ...

RJamesFn 43.17 +.37 13 Raytheon 119.53 +.96 18 RealD 10.15 -.17 ...

Realogy 32.96 +.48 25 RltyInco 55.20 +1.31 50 RedHat 70.96 -.78 68 RegalEnt d17.23 -.08 18 RegionsFn 7.82 +.25 12 Relypsa 20.42 +.80 ...

RenewEn d6.17 -.06 16 RentACt 13.56 +.76 10 RepubSvc 42.55 +.14 25 ResMed 59.02 +.36 23 RetailProp 15.25 +.33 26 RexEnergy .67 +.11 ...

ReynAm s 47.11 +.22 18 RiceEngy 9.99 +.80 ...

RioTinto 24.39 +1.56 ...

RockwlAut 94.47 +3.81 15 RockColl 82.44 +1.96 17 RossStrs s 54.33 +.71 22 Rowan 11.64 +.33 ...

RoyalBk g 48.01 +1.04 ...

RylCarb 84.52 +1.15 33 RoyDShllB 41.18 +1.63 62 RoyDShllA 41.25 +1.74 63 RoyGld 28.86 +1.58 ...

S-T-U SBA Com 97.04 +3.33 ...

SGOCO rs u3.15 +.43 ...

SM Energy12.22 +1.30 ...

SpdrDJIA 161.54 +2.84 ...

SpdrGold 107.29 +1.21 ...

SpdrEuro5032.21 +.70 ...

SP Mid 234.62 +5.14 ...

S&P500ETF190.20+2.56 ...

SpdrBiot s 54.11 -.38 ...

SpdrHome 30.16 +.61 ...

SpdrS&PBk28.39 +.76 ...

SpdrLehHY32.96 +.28 ...

SpdrS&P RB35.11 +.87 ...

SpdrRetl s 40.51 +.93 ...

SpdrOGEx 26.14 +1.59 ...

SpdrMetM12.87 +.66 ...

SABESP 4.80 +.12 ...

SabreCorp 25.82 +.51 15 StJude 54.45 +.29 15 Salesforce 69.87 -.05 ...

SallyBty 27.14 +1.42 18 SanchezEn 3.24 +.26 ...

SanDisk 64.09 +2.35 26 Sanmina 19.09 +1.71 4 SantCUSA 13.40 +.20 5 SareptaTh 12.16 +.08 ...

Schlmbrg 65.33 +2.03 19 SchwIntEq 25.63 +.46 ...

Schwab 25.45 +.28 25 SciGames 6.04 +.38 ...

ScorpioTk 5.81 +.25 ...

SeadrillLtd 2.07 +.24 ...

Seadrill 2.83 +.44 ...

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83.85 +6.33 151.47 +6.75 118.41 +2.10 58.96 +.56 601.25 +4.72 62.35 +.91 37.17 +.54 33.63 +1.20 743.59 +15.07 13.31 +.35 37.37 +1.28 1.75 -.03 25.27 +1.51 26.28 +1.14 94.04 -.03 19.43 +1.03 3.19 +.24 135.42 -.43 82.86 +1.01 45.89 +.27 54.84 +.63 35.31 +.84 21.17 +1.34 38.56 +.65 43.10 +.81 9.90 +.73 11.56 +.38 20.30 +.08 38.02 +1.20 4.42 +.23 127.38 +2.78 55.13 +.33 25.74 +.82 3.08 +.17 85.08 +1.31 122.20 +.49 32.87 +.29 106.20 -.99 33.05 +.95 209.93 -1.08 70.00 +.10 105.68 +3.89 120.43 +1.23 43.51 +.51 41.35 +1.15 24.24 +.35 10.24 +.40 11.05 +.13 49.14 +1.77 84.45 +1.72 92.58 +1.47 33.83 +.07 11.06 +.42 38.97 +2.24 78.81 +1.96 69.11 +1.23 66.23 +.66 7.78 +.07 6.28 +.28 41.75 +.66 16.85 -.02 51.90 +.88 8.60 +.67 4.15 +.07 69.69 +.93 6.92 +.44 26.96 +.96 33.98 -.17 32.75 +.46 90.93 +1.51 48.25 +1.22 64.00 +.55 52.29 +.05 39.30 +.19 48.26 +.60 20.42 +2.11

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HI

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Dividend Footnotes: a - Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b - Annual rate plus stock. c - Liquidating dividend. e - Amount declared or paid in last 12 months. f - Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent dividend announcement. i - Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no regular rate. j - Sum of dividends paid this year. Most recent dividend was omitted or deferred. k - Declared or paid this year, a cumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m - Current annual rate, which was decreased by most recent dividend announcement. p - Initial dividend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r - Declared or paid in preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t - Paid in stock, approximate cash value on ex-distribution date.

PE Footnotes: q - Stock is a closed-end fund - no P/E ratio shown. cc - P/E exceeds 99. dd - Loss in last 12 months.

SealAir 39.97 +1.00 36 SempraEn 92.22 +.15 19 SenHous 15.23 +.37 21 SensataT 36.61 +.60 31 Sequenom 1.59 +.03 18 ServiceCp 23.91 +.66 21 ServcNow 77.96 +1.86 ...

SevSevEn .37 +.02 ...

Sherwin 249.42 +5.28 24 ShipFin 12.94 +.58 7 Shire 175.88 -4.93 ...

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FINE: Penalties are a nudge to get healthy people into the system From Page a2

In practice, the fines will be higher for many consumers.

That’s because the law sets the penalty as the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent of taxable income this year. A study by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation estimates the average 2016 penalty at $969 per uninsured household.

Fines are collected through the tax returns of uninsured people and in most cases deducted from their tax

refunds. The penalty amounts will be increased by a cost-ofliving factor in future years.

Penalties are the health care law’s nudge to get healthy people into the insurance pool, helping keep premiums manageable for everyone.

Until now, the administration has mainly stressed the benefits: subsidized premiums and protection from the costs of unanticipated injury or serious illness. But with concerns that many young and healthy people still aren’t

sold, officials are invoking the threat of penalties.

“The tax penalty is bringing more young and healthy consumers into the market,” Andy Slavitt, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said in a recent speech. “We are using a large portion of our marketing resources to make sure that consumers are aware of the increasing fee for people that go without insurance.” Mr. Slavitt’s agency oversees the health care law.

The pressure of rising fines is butting up against the economic situations of uninsured people, nearly half of whom said in a recent Kaiser poll that they’ve tried but coverage is still too expensive. A big sore point has to do with high deductibles for many health-law insurance plans, which can leave consumers with thousands of dollars in medical bills.

Christina Loucks of Franklin, Tennessee, says the way she figures it, she might

still come out ahead financially by paying a $695 fine.

The insurance plans she’s looked at would cost her about $100 a month in premiums, after subsidies. That works out to around $1,200 a year.

But the coverage comes with deductibles of several thousand dollars. If she got seriously ill, she would be on the hook for that before her insurance started paying. Normally, she just goes to the doctor for allergy prescriptions.

“I still see it as I am keep-

ing $500 in my pocket,” said Ms. Loucks. The $500 is the difference between a full year of premiums and fine for being uninsured, and that calculation might work if she stays healthy.

In her 30s, Ms. Loucks is holding down two jobs as she tries to find a career that aligns with her interest in literature. She’s still dealing with student loans, not to mention rent and car payments. “I don’t see the benefit for me,” she said.

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Clinton’s female backers wary of ’08 Iowa repeat Trump: Cruz supporters pay for

By Julie pace AP White House Correspondent

CLINTON, Iowa — For I ow a D e m o c r at L e s l i e McCreery, the memories of Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss in her state eight years ago are still fresh.

McCreery was there the night of the 2008 caucuses, trying to recruit voters to Clinton’s side, only to watch her neighbors back Barack Obama and help carry him to an upset victory. Now, as she prepares to again head Clinton’s efforts at her caucus site Monday night, MCreery can’t fathom why her candidate’s lead again feels in peril.

“It doesn’t make sense to me,” said McCreery, a 70-year-old retiree from the aptly-named town of Clinton.

McCreery is part of a legion of women — many middle-aged or older — who make up Clinton’s most loyal and enthusiastic band of followers. While they’re unwavering in their support for the former secretary of state, some are grappling with a combination of confusion and anxiety that another race in Iowa could be slipping away.

“It’s just a weird year,” said Beverly Williams, a

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton signs an autograph for a supporter during a campaign event at the Knoxville School District Administration Office in Knoxville, Iowa, on Monday.

55-year-old who works at a corn processing plant.

This time around, the unexpected challenge to Clinton comes from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the selfdescribed democratic socialist who has energized young voters and liberals with his calls for a “political revolution” that would include free college tuition and breaking up big Wall Street banks. In the closing days before Monday’s caucuses, Sanders’ crowds are routinely doubling or tripling Clinton’s, particularly in college towns.

Her campaign has tried to

infuse her events with youthful enthusiasm, too, typically tapping a young volunteer to speak to the crowd about why he or she is supporting Clinton’s candidacy. But the real energy comes from women who are closer to the candidate in age.

They join in chants while waiting in the cold and snow to go through security checks: “It’s time, it’s time, it’s time for a woman in the White House!” “I believe that she will win! I believe that she will win!”

They burst into applause when a biographical video

shows Clinton’s 1995 speech in Beijing when she declared, “Women’s rights are human rights.” And they nod approvingly throughout her remarks as she ticks through economic and foreign policy proposals.

“It’s been Hillary all the way,” said Mary Charipar, a 63-year-old retired math teacher from Cedar Rapids.

“I feel like my future and the future of my children and other people’s children, only her hands are going to be able to take care of it.”

To be sure, they do hear the complaints about Clinton: that she appears aloof and inaccessible, that she and her husband don’t feel bound by some rules — witness the private email controversy — that she’s reluctant to tell the full story about some events.

Supporters suggest such criticism is mainly the carping of political foes. However, it is also sometimes heard from Democrats, though they say they still intend to vote for her.

“She’s been with us for years and years and years and she’s taken her lumps,” said Patricia Hanick, 68.

“She’s been brilliant and she’s been accused of a lot of untrustworthy behavior.”

6 new ads against businessman

from page a1 In some ways, Trump’s message plays into the hands of his Republican critics, who have long questioned his willingness to stick to conservative principles. Such questions are the focus of a burst of concentrated ads coming from an unusual coalition of Cruz boosters and mainstream GOP figures.

Cruz allies have circulated no fewer than six anti-Trump ads in recent days, the bulk of the advertising coming from super political action committees in a billionaire-funded network called Keep the Promise.

“Donald Trump is not a conservative,” one of the ads charges before looping footage of him in 1999 declaring, “I am pro-choice in every respect.” Trump says he has since changed his position and opposes abortion rights.

That commercial is part of a $2.5 million TV ad buy in Iowa and South Carolina.

Another Keep the Promise ad released on Tuesday proclaims, “Donald Trump will make very bad deals with Democrats.” It shows him saying, “Let’s get to be a little establishment. We’ve got to get things done, folks, OK?”

Cruz’s own campaign has a new Iowa ad out that hits Trump for having “New York values.” That commercial also has a clip of the businessman saying, “How stupid are the people of Iowa?”

— an insult he hurled after his poll numbers dipped in an earlier survey.

Some mainstream Republicans have joined the Trump pile-on.

Katie Packer, a senior aide to Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, launched a super PAC in recent days that’s spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for an Iowa-focused anti-Trump campaign that includes television and radio ads in addition to mailers.

“I’m not a big Ted Cruz fan, but I believe that Donald Trump represents a longterm threat to our party beyond just losing the general election,” Packer said. “If we nominate a guy without any anchor on our core issues, we’ve essentially nominated a Democrat.”

Backers of other Republican candidates are spending big on negative ads, too, as they fight for support as the establishment alternative to the two front-runners.

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