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Is utility insurance worth it?

That depends on who you ask

By DEnisE ALLABAugh stAFF Writer

They arrive constantly in the mail: dire warnings that your home’s underground gas, water or sewer lines are your responsibility, coupled with offers to insure you against repair costs for a monthly fee.

Are they a good deal?

Experts say: “Maybe not.”

Local insurance agent George Shadie, who owns his own business, homes and apartment buildings, said he refuses the coverage every year.

“It’s a money maker for the utilities.

Chance of a need is quite small,” Shadie said. “The risk becomes higher in older homes. Settlements in our area multiply the risk but they are rare.”

Another local insurance agent, Melissa Negri, said the mailings come across as “gimmicky” and she doesn’t think the insurance is something many people “absolutely need.”

Local gas and water providers such as UGI and Suez have partnered with HomeServe USA, a division of a British corporation with $1 billion in annual revenues worldwide, to offer the insurance plans to their customers at costs that range from $4.99 to $16 per month.

HomeServe’s partnership with UGI provides coverage for gas lines as well as repair or replacement of water heaters and heating and cooling systems.

HomeServe offers Suez customers coverage for water service lines, plumbing and draining systems, sewer and sceptic service lines and repairs to water heaters and heating and cooling systems.

Neither the utilities nor HomeServe spokesman Myles Meehan would reveal how much the utilities earn from those deals.

“Each of our more than 500 partnerships with municipalities and utilities are all a little different, but have one thing in common — a motivation by these entities to provide optional valueadded services to residents or customers that meet a need many homeowners face,” Meehan said in an email.

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Pittston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade steps off. Page A3

TOP: Runners make their way through downtown Pittston during the Leprechaun Loop race before the parade Saturday. ABOVE: Friends, from left, Nancy Jeffery, of Wyoming, Melissa Yarmey, of Wyoming, and Michelle Klaproth, of West Pittston, hug during the parade. RIGHT: Kendyl Onzick, 7, of Swoyersville, waves.

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House races in full swing, layered with uncertainty amid map battle Republicans are waging a legal fight over the new district map imposed by the state’s high court.

By MARC LEVy AssociAted Press

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s congressional races are in full swing, while Republicans are waging legal battles in federal courts in an effort to block a new map of 18 districts imposed by the state Supreme Court.

That has added a layer of uncertainly to fields of candidates that already went through upheaval when the state’s high court redrew boundaries last month, putting the homes of some congressio-

nal hopefuls into different districts or forcing them to rethink their candidacy.

Primary fields are crowded, and dozens of people are collecting signatures to get on primary election ballots.

Some candidates are running in districts where they don’t live in order to improve their chances of winning.

Some dropped out, while others decided to run in their new district or seek another office. The fields are dynamic: on Friday alone, several candidates dropped out or announced that they would run in a different district.

The election has national implications, as Pennsylvania Democrats believe the court’s map gives them an improved playing field to win seats in Congress and boost the party’s chances

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at erasing the GOP’s U.S. House majority in the fall election.

What are the big dates?

The deadline for candidates to file 1,000 signatures of qualified registered voters is March 20. The primary election is May 15.

What’s going on with the lawsuits?

At the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito has given the new map’s defenders — the Democratic voters who successfully challenged Pennsylvania’s congressional map in state courts — until Monday to respond to a Republican effort to block its use.

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Actor and writer Tracy Letts ‘having the time of my life’ NEW YORK — If you want to get Tracy Letts in your movie — and that might be a good idea since he has two up for best picture at the Oscars — you’d better proofread the script before you send it.

Letts, who has supporting roles in “Lady Bird” and “The Post,” is also a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright and says he has abandoned new scripts after 20 pages if they torture the English language.

“If I get a script that has a lot of bad grammar, a lot of typos, then I think, ‘Well, they probably didn’t work real hard on making the script good,’” he said. “So that’s big for me.”

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Almanac Today is Sunday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2018. There are 302 days left in the year.

In 1193, Saladin the Muslim warrior who opposed the Crusades, died in Damascus.

In 1681, England’s King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land in North America that later became Pennsylvania.

In 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.

In 1893, Grover Cleveland was inaugurated for his second, non-consecutive term as president.

In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge’s inauguration was broadcast live on 21 radio stations coast-to-coast.

In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt took office as America’s 32nd president.

In 1943, “Mrs. Miniver” won six Academy Awards, including best picture and best actress for Greer Garson (whose 5½-minute acceptance speech became the butt of industry jokes). James Cagney won best actor for “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”

In 1952, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married in San Fernando Valley, California.

In 1968, “Romeo and Juliet,” Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of the Shakespeare play starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, premiered in London. “We’re Only in It for the Money,” a satirical concept album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, was released by Verve Records.

In 1977, some 1,500 people were killed in an earthquake that shook southern and eastern Europe.

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had “deteriorated” into an arms-for-hostages deal.

In 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment at work can be illegal even when the offender and victim are of the same gender.

Today’s birthdays: Former Congressional Budget Office director Alice Rivlin is 87.

Actress Paula Prentiss is 80.

Movie director Adrian Lyne is 77. Singer Shakin’ Stevens is 70. Author James Ellroy is 70.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is 68. Singer Chris Rea is 67.

Actor/rock singer-musician Ronn Moss is 66. Actress Kay Lenz is 65. Actress Catherine O’Hara is 64. Actress Patricia Heaton is 60. Actor Steven Weber is 57.

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Snow didn’t stop the fun at Pittston parade Crowds gathered along Main Street for the fifth annual St. Patrick’s parade.

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PITTSTON — A downtown blanketed in white on Friday night had countless splashes of green and orange added to the palate by noon Saturday.

Clad in the colors of the Irish flag, parade enthusiasts from across the Wyoming Valley and beyond lined sidewalks cleared just hours before of the remnants of a fierce nor’easter for the fifth annual Pittston City St. Patrick’s Parade.

Candy, toys and trinkets of all sorts tossed from parade vehicles ended up either in the hands of smiling children or in slushy puddles at their feet as the festive procession honoring Ireland’s most famous patron saint made its way north on Main Street.

Joelle Keiper said she, her husband Ray, and their children, Lacey Keiper, 3, and Dominic Donato, 7, are regulars at the Wilkes-Barre St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but Saturday marked their first visit to the Pittston celebration.

“I think it’s even more family oriented (than WilkesBarre’s). Everyone’s really friendly,” Keiper said.

“We are SO coming here next year!” exclaimed Dominic after retrieving some candy, looking every bit the Irish lad in his green-felt derby and big green necktie.

Arianna Liquori, 25, of Scranton, said she attends her hometown’s St. Patrick’s Day parade every year. “This one’s quieter. That’s OK, though,” she joked.

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UTiLiTY: Repairs can be costly for homeowners From page a1

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Streets department workers David Boardly, left, and James Ockimey clear a downed tree during a winter storm Friday in Marple Twp., Delaware County.

Nor-easter could leave some in region without power for days

BY KaThLeen BoLUs and Jeff hoRvaTh StaFF writerS

Some Northeast Pennsylvania residents may be without power until late Wednesday as utility crews work around the clock to repair damage left by Friday’s heavy snow and high winds.

Roadways throughout the region remained closed and speed limits restricted Saturday following the storm, which PPL Electric Utilities spokeswoman Alana Roberts said will likely end up being one of the worst in company history in terms of outages.

As of 9 p.m., 1,650 residents were without power in Lackawanna County; 21,436 in Monroe County; 9,441 in Pike County; 529 in Susquehanna County; and 8,472 in Wayne County, according to the PPL Power Outage Map. Some of those customers may remain in the dark until the middle of the week.

“Currently (in) Northeast Pennsylvania, including Scranton and the Poconos, customers who are without electricity will receive a notification that we (will) wrap up restoration by 11 p.m. on Wednesday,” Roberts said.

“That’s when the last of the customers will be restored.

Many customers will see their power returned prior, but this restoration is going to go into at least Wednesday evening.”

UGI Electric reported 600 customers still without power in its service territory, which includes portions of Luzerne and Wyoming counties. Crews expect to restore power to nearly all customers by tonight.

The power at Bart Pirino’s home in Fleetville, Benton Twp., went out about 3:30 p.m. Friday and remained out as of Saturday evening.

Without electric heat or running water at home, Pirino drove his Subaru more than 50 miles Friday to a friend’s house in Hunlock Creek, Luzerne County, where he also planned to stay Saturday.

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A tree blocks Raymondskill Road in Milford, Pike County, on Saturday.

Read more the northeast is picking up the pieces after the powerful storm. Page A6 to come down here,” said Pirino, who expects to lose the majority of the food in his refrigerator to spoilage because of the outage but maintained a positive attitude. “What are you going to do? It’s nobody’s fault. ... It’s a slight inconvenience. That’s life.”

Fallen trees and branches contributed to both power outages and road closures across the region, as Friday’s winter weather, wind and recent rainfall created conditions conducive to toppling timber.

Weighed down by heavy snow, some wind-whipped branches and tree trunks snapped during the storm, falling across roads and onto power lines. Other trees collapsed from their base as root systems failed to grip soggy soil saturated by rainwater, Scranton city forester Tony Santoli said.

“When you super-saturate the root system (the trees) lose their ability to grab onto the soil, then a heavy wind blows, and so they readily blow over,” Santoli said. “If the ground were frozen and the winds came, we’d have probably very little blow over.”

Friday’s storm produced more than 2,000 individual repair jobs for PPL, many of which require contractors to cut fallen trees before electric work can commence.

“We have currently 3,000 PPL Electric Utilities workers, contractors and support personnel working 24/7,” Roberts said, noting an additional 250 line workers from Florida, Texas, Ohio and Alabama are on the way to assist in the effort.

Snow totals from Friday for Lackawanna County range from 7 inches in Moosic and Dickson City to 6 inches in Scranton, said Rob Richards, meteorologist at AccuWeather.com.

In Wayne County, the Honesdale area was hit with 11.5 inches of snow; in Pike County, Dingmans Ferry saw 20 inches of snow; and in Monroe County Tobyhanna received 20 inches and Coolbaugh Twp. 23.6 inches of snow.

No more snow is expected to accumulate this weekend, but meteorolo gists are watching for more snow from Tuesday night into Wednesday night, Richards said.

The combined effects of the snow and other conditions Friday left roadways throughout the region closed — some blocked by fallen trees — and speed limits restricted Saturday. Closed roa dw ay s m e a n t s o m e

motorists were stranded in their vehicles for hours without food, water or other necessities.

Melissa and Mark Bruno of Clarks Summit and their 17-year-old daughter, Morgan, left home about 2:30 p.m.

Friday to catch a midnight flight from New York City to the Virgin Islands for vacation. They ended up stranded on I-380 near the Gouldsboro exit for about 18 hours, using towels as blankets in freezing conditions. A diabetic, Mark Bruno’s blood sugar level dropped throughout the night.

“We had nothing for him,” Melissa Bruno said.

After a night of worry and little sleep, a local police officer delivered a sugary beverage about 7:30 a.m. Saturday to another stranded, diabetic motorist nearby. The officer had only one drink to give, having gotten it himself from a truck driver, but the other motorist shared the beverage with Mark Bruno, bringing his insulin level back up.

About an hour later traffic was moving enough for the family to turn their car around and head home, where they arrived about 9:30 a.m.

“I honestly have never been so scared in my life,” said Melissa Bruno, who tried her best to hide that fear from her daughter. “We had no idea when were going to get out of there. Being there all night in the cold, worried about running out of gas, having nowhere to go. ... It was just awful. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.”

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Storm cuts power to almost 600,000 across state One person was killed when a tree fell on a car. aSSoCiated preSS

PHILADELPHIA — The governor of Pennsylvania says more than half a million utility customers lost power in the commonwealth at the height of the powerful storm that sent trees onto roads and rail lines, stranded motorists and left one man dead.

Gov. Tom Wolf said Saturday that about 445,000 utility customers remained without power Saturday, down from nearly 600,000 affected at the height of the storm, and vowed support for utility crews working to

restore power.

Police in Montgomery County said officers found a 45-foot portion of a tree had fallen on the front windshield, dashboard and front seat of a car at about 7 p.m. Friday in Upper Merion Twp., killing a 57-year-old man. His name wasn’t released pending notification of relatives.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said trees fell onto many rail lines during the storm, halting almost all regional rail lines and forcing detours or limited service on many bus lines. Trees also landed directly onto two buses but caused no serious injuries, officials said.

The National Weather Ser-

vice said almost two feet of snow was reported in parts of the Pocono mountains, with 23.6 inches recorded on Coolbaugh Twp. and 20 inches reported in Tobyhanna. The American Red Cross of Eastern Pennsylvania reported that highways in the region remained “clogged with travelers left stranded by the storm.”

Officials said they opened several shelters Friday night and expected to open or support several more, and many other communities opened warming centers and charging stations.

Gov. Tom Wolf activated the Pennsylvania National Guard to help deal with the storm and said about 65 National Guard soldiers had

been performing wellness checks and using large heavyduty vehicles capable of moving large vehicles such as tractor trailers from roadways, including Interstate 380. State police troopers walked along queues of cars stuck in traffic to check on stranded travelers, making sure people had food and water and to assess other needs.

Nearly 287,000 PECO customers remained without power in the five-county Philadelphia area Saturday morning. The company said it had restored service to more than 255,000 customers by dawn, but given the extent of damage and continued high winds “this will be a multi-day restoration effort.”

the last five years. The company provides water and wastewater services to 15 million people in North America.

Many homeowners are unaware of their responsibilities when it comes to water line repairs, Szafran said.

“Most believe the repairs are the responsibility of their water service provider and/or their municipality, and many believeitiswithinthecoverage of their homeowners insurance,” he said in an email.

“These repairs are actually the responsibilityof thehomeowner and oftentimes, they are not covered by homeowners insurance policies.”

Pennsylvania Acting Consumer Advocate Tanya J. McCloskey said it’s difficult to adviseeveryhomeownerabout what’s right for them. She suggests they gather information to weigh the costs and benefits of the programs.

First, she suggests they check who owns the service line and who is responsible for repairs.

She also recommends contacting their homeowners insurance providers to see whether or not service lines are covered or if they offer any supplement to cover the cost.

She said homeowners could do a survey of plumbers and contractors to find out how much it would cost to replace the lines in the worst-case scenario and if it would be better to set money asidefor that rather than paying for insurance on a monthly basis.

“We try to get folks to do their homework because it’s a significant monthly cost for some of these programs to consider and they should have all the necessary information,” McCloskey said.

Ronald Ruman, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, said he could not give advice as to whether or not homeowners should purchase coverage.

“We can say that some insurance companies offer similar coverage on an optional basis for an additional charge,” Ruman said. “Our advice would be to compare the terms, conditions and charges if you are thinking about this coverage.”

Licensed local contractors are dispatched to do the repairs as part of the coverage, with the work guaranteed for one year, he said UGI spokesman Joe Swope said UGI developed the partnership with HomeServe because “customers indicated an interest in having access to service agreements.”

“These types of contracts are entirely optional,” Swope said. “This type of protection may or may not make sense for acustomerbasedonindividual needs and circumstances, similar to the purchase of other typesof insurance,servicecontracts or extended warranties.”

All terms and prices are set

by HomeServe, not UGI, Swope said.

“Whether a person should consider such coverage depends on a lot of factors, including age of equipment, income, the ability to cover the cost of repairs if there is a breakdown, etc.,” he said.

UGI has 700,000 gas and electriccustomersinPennsylvania and Maryland.

Steve Goudsmith, spokesmanforSuez,saidmanyhomeowners often do not realize they are responsible for the service lines on their properties and repairs, if needed, could cost $3,000 to $10,000.

“It can be quite costly to repair those if they should break due to age or tree intrusion,” Goudsmith said. “It can be a significant cost to the homeowner.”

Goudsmith said it’s a “personal preference” if customers want to sign up for HomeServe coverage but he said those who do can save a significant amount of money.

He said HomeServe saved Suez customers nationwide about $6 million in repair costs in 2017. The company provides water and wastewater services to 7.5 million people in North America.

Another local water provider, American Water, offers similar insurance and service contracts through its own subsidi a r y, A m e r i c a n Wat e r Resources.

Joseph Szafran, external affairs manager for American Water, said the contracts have contact the writer: saved homeowners more than dallabaugh@citizensvoice.com $224 million in claim costs over 570-821-2115, @CVallabaugh

MaP: GOP claims court overstepped authority From page a1

straight elections in a stretch when Democrats won 18 out Republicans argue that the of 24 statewide elections in court overstepped its author- Pennsylvania. ity in throwing out the sixWhere are the year-old Republican-drawn hot races? map, and gave lawmakers too Twelveincumbentcongresslittle time to craft their own man and dozens of other peoreplacement.

Republicans are also ask- ple have filed to run. Some priing a panel of lower federal mary fields are jam-packed, judges to immediately throw driven by a rush to fill six open out the map. The next hear- seats,themostinPennsylvania in four decades, as well as by ing in that case is Friday.

The state Supreme Court’s seats that are more competitive ruling was indeed novel: under the court’s new map.

Two Republican incumConstitutional law scholars bents are facing difficult resay they know of no other state court that has ever election contests in increasingthrown out congressional ly liberal districts: Rep. Brian district boundaries over a Fitzpatrick in the Bucks Counpartisan gerrymandering ty-based 1st District and Rep. claim without an express Ryan Costello in the Chester state constitutional provi- County-based 6th District.

Democratic primary fields sion prohibiting partisan are particularly crowded in the favoritism in redistricting.

Montgomery County-based What happened with 4th District, the Delaware the old map?

County-based 5th District, the The Democratic majority Allentown-based 7th District, on Pennsylvania’s high court the Harrisburg-based 10th Disruled that its boundaries vio- trict and the suburban Pittslated the elections clause of burgh-based 17th District.

Two of those five districts the state Constitution, which guarantees that elections are home to a Republican “shall be free and equal.” Jus- incumbent: Rep. Scott Perry in tice Debra Todd wrote that a the 10th and Rep. Keith Rothfus map of congressional dis- in the 17th. But both districts tricts violates that clause were made more competitive when neutral line-drawing under the court’s new map. A standards, such as compact Democratic victory in the 5th and contiguous districts, are or 7th District will mean that subordinated for unfair parti- Democrats captured a formerly Republican seat. san political advantage.

Meanwhile, Republican priRepublicans who controlled the Legislature and gover- mary fields are crowded in two nor’s office in 2011 redrew the districts — southwestern Penndistricts in an effort to get sylvania’s 13th District and Republicans elected. They eastern Pennsylvania’s 9th Disdrew bizarrely contorted trict — where Republican canboundaries that are very effec- didates are heavily favored and tive: Republicans won 13 of 18 the Republican incumbent is congressional seats in three not running for re-election.

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Rocco Genovese, capital funds manager of the project, left, and Wayne Hiller, manager of Electric City Trolley Museum, show the restoration project on an original 1929 Scranton Transit Trolley.

Gaming grant helps trolley restoration stay on track The Electric City Trolley Museum recently received $20,000 in funding.

BY FranK WiLKeS LeSneFSKY STaFF WrITer

After weathering a flood and surviving a scrap yard, the former Scranton Transit Co. 505 trolley is one step closer to restoration, thanks to a $20,000 gaming grant and a dedicated group of volunteers.

The Electric City Trolley Museum received the Local Share Account grant to continue funding the 1929 streetcar’s restoration. Unlike the museum’s other restoration projects, the 505 is the first project to be entirely volunteer driven and community funded, museum Manager Wayne Hiller said.

“I never met a more dedicated group of folks. ... They put their heart and soul into it, trying to raise funds and donations,” he said. “I thank God that we have guys like Rocco (Genovese) and Jim Wert doing the project.”

None of the project’s funding comes from taxpayers, Hiller said.

Through a combination of grants and donations, the Project 505 Committee, a subset of the Electric City Trolley Museum Association, raised about $200,000 over the past seven years — $160,000 shy of the $360,000 needed for the complete restoration, Genovese said. So far, the committee has spent about $130,000 on the restoration project.

After a flood halted an early restoration project in 1972, the 505 languished in a scrap yard for more than 20 years before ending up at the Rockhill Trolley Museum in central Pennsylvania. The 505 finally made its way back to Scranton in 2012 when Rockhill opted not to restore it and offered the trolley to the Electric City Trolley Museum.

“If we didn’t save it, nobody was going to save it,” said Genovese, the committee’s capital funds manager.

“No matter what happens, that car is going to be restored.”

Along with the gaming grant, the museum received $10,000 from the Lackawanna County Community Reinvest program. The committee intends to use the $30,000 to begin restoring the trolley’s traction trucks — the wheels and motors that drive a trolley, Genovese said. Each of the trolley’s four motors must be rebuilt, which can cost as much as $120,000, he said. The committee hopes to rebuild one, possibly two, motors by the end of the year.

“This one is really a complete and total restoration. ...

We have to basically rebuild every single inch of it,” Genovese said.

‘If we didn’t save it, nobody was going to save it.

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Because the 44-seat trolley will be a “workhorse” regularly used by the public, it has to be structurally sound, Hiller said. The trolley’s entire bottom half had to be rebuilt and fabricated, including rebuilding the frame, straightening the body, fabricating the platform and support beams.

The next step is to replace the 505’s 3/32-inch steel body panels.

Designed to compete with buses, the 505 began its life as one of 10 “Electromobile” cars built by Osgood Bradley Car Co. for Scranton in 1929.

“It was like the Cadillac of trolleys in its time,” Hiller said.

Though the gutted trolley sits on wooden blocks in the trolley museum’s restoration shop near PNC Field in Moosic, there’s an end in sight. The committee hopes to complete the project in three years, but five years is more likely, Genovese said.

“We wanted to save it, so we did,” Genovese said. “It’s really something that people are going to identify with.”

To support Project 505, send donations to ECTMAProject 505, P.O. Box 20019, Scranton, PA 18502, or online at https://www.gofundme. com/new-doors-for-scrantontrolley-505. contact the writer: flesnefsky@timesshamrock.com 570-348-9100 x5186

Jamie Fleming, the third in the trio of friends, said Saturday’s parade was the second she attended in her hometown, and the 28-yearold is proud to have it there.

“I think Pittston’s come a long way. A few years ago, it looked dilapidated. I think they’ve done a good job,” Fleming said.

Parade participants enjoyed themselves as well.

Al Palladino, his brother Dennis and Dennis’ son Dave, who marched in full regalia with their fellow Knights of Columbus Council 372, Assembly 948 of the 4th Degree, said turnout appeared to be about average and commensurate with the weather.

Four-year-old Mila Schuler, who was crowned Little Miss Leprechaun one week prior to the parade, said “it was great” riding in a convertible BMW and waving at the crowd.

While she still sported her tiara on her head and shamrocks painted on her cheek, her dad, Cedd Schuler, carried her green mittens as they hurried to their car to warm up.

Businesses along and near Main Street seemed to do well on parade day.

Inside the Majestic Lunch, where patrons, including a police officer who stopped in to warm up, filled the counter seats, Debbie Valkos flipped burgers and hot dogs on the grill in front of the window looking out on Main Street.

Saturday has been “busier than other days,” Valkos noted as she occasionally glanced to the street to see who was marching by next.

Tomato Bar owner Mike Partash once again had a huge tent set up behind his restaurant, and it was filling with patrons eager to wet their whistles and enjoy live music even before the parade ended.

“Six bands — including two pipe-and-drum bands — had been booked to entertain

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Northeast picking up the pieces Problems with power, floods affecting many

Snow, ice still plague Britain

By PHILIP MARCELO And dAVE COLLInS AssociAted Press

BOSTON — Coastal communities in the Northeast experienced damaging high tide flooding and the lingering effects of powerful, gusting winds Saturday even as residents tried to shake off a nor’easter that had already inundated roads and basements, snapped trees and knocked out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses from Virginia to Maine.

All along Massachusetts’ heavily populated coast that includes Boston and Cape Cod, Saturday’s midday high tide saw roaring, whitecapped waves crashing onto shorelines, the churning surf battering beachfront homes, dousing docks and harbors and taking huge chunks out of the eroding coastline.

“We’ve been here a long time and we’ve never seen it as bad as this,” said Alex Barmashi, as he took in the fearsome spectacle along Cape Cod Bay in Bourne, Massachusetts.

Up the coast in Scituate, Massachusetts, Becky Smith assessed the damage wrought in the coastal town near Boston, where on Friday powerful ocean waves dumped mounds of sand and rubble on roads and winds uprooted entire trees. “It

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A wave crashes into a seawall Saturday in Winthrop, Mass., a day after a nor’easter pounded the Atlantic coast. looks like a war zone,” she said. “Just a lot of debris, big rocks and pieces of wood littering the streets.”

Residents elsewhere bailed out basements and surveyed the damage while waiting for power to be restored, a process that power companies warned could take days in some areas.

“The rest of today will be cleanup,” said Miles Grant, after he secured a generator to run a pump to remove standing water from his basement in Marion, Massachusetts. “Usually when you think of bad weather in New England, you think of snow.

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Man kills himself near White House The Secret Service said a man shot himself to death Saturday as he stood near the fence along the north side of the White House.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were in Florida at the time. The White House said Trump was briefed on the shooting. Authorities haven’t released the man’s name yet.

Speaking for the Secret Service, Mason F. Brayman said the man approached the fence shortly before noon and fired several rounds from a handgun. Brayman said none of the shots appeared to have been directed toward the White House.

May 21. The decree said Francis wanted the devotion to “encourage the growth of the maternal sense of the Church in the pastors, religious and faithful, as well as a growth of genuine Marian piety.”

MARSAWA, Syria

Turkey captures Kurdish enclave

Turkey’s prime minister said Saturday that Turkish troops have captured a strategic village in the Kurdishheld enclave in northwestern Syria, tightening its grip on Kurdish militia in the sixth week of its offensive on the area.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the Kurdish Afrin district has been “surrounded” by the military, special police and paramilitary forces, as well as allied MOnTGOMERy, Ala. opposition fighters.

Moore seeks cash Syrian “Afrin has been surfor legal defense rounded. We have cleared Former U.S. Senate candi- all areas near our borders date Roy Moore has issued a of terror nests,” he said at a rally in the central province plea for money to pay legal of Konya, adding that Turbills, saying his “resources key would not cease its have been depleted.”

In a Thursday post on his campaign against “terror.”

Turkey said it wants to campaign’s Facebook page, oust the Syrian Kurdish Moore asked for contribuPeople’s Protection Units, tions to his legal defense or YPG, from Afrin. fund. He has sent regular fundraising emails for the OUAGAdOUGOU, fund since losing the 2017 Burkina Faso election to Sen. Doug Jones, Brazen attacks a Democrat. However, the link to the donation site indi- raising concern cated that Moore had raised Burkina Faso’s leaders just $32,000 of a $250,000 goal. urged vigilance Saturday, a Moore lost the election day after brazen Islamic amid accusations that he extremist attacks on the pursued romantic and sexuarmy headquarters and al relationships with teens French embassy in the capias a man in his 30s. Moore tal, which killed eight people. denied the accusations.

It is the third attack on VATICAn CITy Ouagadougou in just over Pope declares new two years and it was aimed directly at the army’s cenfeast day for Mary tral command and the heavPope Francis has made the ily guarded embassy, raising devotion to the Virgin Mary a concerns that extremists new celebration in the are growing bolder in their Roman Catholic calendar. assaults on the West African The Vatican published a nation. The attack on the decree Saturday in which army headquarters narrowFrancis declared that the ly missed a conference of Mary “Mother of the top military leaders, indicatChurch” feast would be cel- ing the extremists may have ebrated the Monday follow- had inside information.

— ASSOCIATED PRESS ing Pentecost — this year,

But it’s been all wind and coastal flooding.”

By Saturday evening, power outages on the East Coast had dipped by about 500,000 from a peak of 2 million earlier in the day. Officials said the lingering wind gusts — up to 40 mph in some areas — were slowing power repair efforts by tens of thousands of utility workers even through the main thrust of the storm had moved some 350 miles southeast of Cape Cod that morning.

The death toll from the storm increased by three, with authorities saying at least eight people had died.

The storm prompted more

than 2,800 flight cancellations, mostly in the Northeast on Friday. LaGuardia and Kennedy airports in New York City were brought to a near standstill. A day later, airports from Washington, D.C., to Boston were still reporting dozens of delays and cancellations, but they were recovering.

The storm knocked out Amtrak service between Washington, D.C., and New York before it was restored Saturday morning. Other regional train lines were similarly affected.

In Virginia, the 23-mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tun-

nel reopened and ships were being allowed to enter the Chesapeake Bay. Meanwhile, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency Saturday, joining governors in Maryland and Virginia who had earlier made the declarations.

Floodwaters in Quincy, Massachusetts, submerged cars and trapped people in their homes. Local firstresponders and National Guard troops rescued dozens of people overnight and were continuing to implore people not to try to navigate floodwaters on their own.

snow and ice warnings for travelers remained in place saturday even as temperatures crept higher in Britain after days of cold.

Authorities warned rail travelers and drivers to expect ongoing disruptions even as temperatures rose above freezing for the first time in days. two hospitals in southwest england continued to appeal for 4x4 drivers to help get essential staff to work, saying icy roads still pose problems. thousands are still without power and flood warnings remain for some coastal regions. temperatures inched up to the mid-40s, a welcome shift after a week of upheaval in a country where snow’s infrequent arrival quickly overwhelms public services. social media has been replete with images of rail travelers stuck on trains — sometimes overnight — after thick snow paralyzed public transport. some travelers took matters into their own hands, opting to leave a stranded train car near Lewisham station rather than wait for help to arrive. Pictures of people jumping from rail cars prompted police to issue an unusual warning against “self-evacuating” from trains.

Across the english channel, the big chill froze canals in the dutch capital, Amsterdam. ice on the historic Prinsengracht canal was thick enough for residents to skate across.

— ASSOCIATED PRESS

The search for safeTy School security measures around world vary, but arming teachers isn’t one of them.

AssociAted Press

The United States is in the midst of a national debate over school security after the mass shooting at a Florida school.

To President Donald Trump and some gun supporters, the solution is to put more guns in the hands of trained school staff — including teachers — to “play defense” against a rampaging gunman.

The rest of the world has different strategies to deal with violence around schools. But the U.S. appears to be the only place in the world where some want to arm teachers to the degree the president suggests.

Rather, emergency drills, armed guards patrolling school campuses and intruder drills seem to be more of the norm.

Here is a look at school security measures at some countries around the world.

ISRAEL Education Ministry spokesman Amos Shavit said “the vast majority of schools have armed security guards” and those that don’t are supposed to have heavy locks and security systems.

Visitors to the school are questioned by the guard, who checks their bags and sometimes uses a hand-held metal detector. Entry is strictly forbidden to anyone without authorization, Shavit said.

He said the small number of teachers who have a legal gun license and usually carry a weapon can do so as well in school, but that this is not policy or encouraged. “Teachers here aren’t supposed to be carrying weapons in classrooms, teachers are supposed to teach,” he said.

RUSSIA Violent incidents have been rare in Russian schools, but two attacks last month attracted nationwide attention and drew comparisons to the school violence in the U.S. In one, a teenager armed with an ax attacked fellow students at a school in south-

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A police car drives by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday as students returned to class for the first time since the Feb. 14 shooting. ern Siberia, wounding five children and a teacher. In another attack in the Urals city of Perm, two teenagers stabbed children and their teacher with knives, wounding 15 people. They then attempted to kill each other, but were detained.

The incidents highlighted lax security in schools, triggering calls for stronger protection. Now, there are security guards at Russian schools.

FRAnCE In the wake of deadly terror attacks in Paris and Nice, France introduced new security guidelines at schools when children went back to classes in September 2016.

The measures, which remain in place, include a tighter screening of people entering schools, which can include bag checks, and improved coordination with police.

Police officers patrol in school areas. French schools also hold three security drills a year, including one in which an alleged assailant enters their premises. Students are taught how to hide or escape.

All students 13 to 14 and class representatives also get basic training on lifesaving measures. In pre-school and kindergarten, children are taught to hide and keep quiet through games.

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Attacks on schools are rare in Japan, where there have been a handful of knifings, but guns are practically nonexistent.

Japanese schools generally do not allow outsiders to freely walk into schools without getting permission at the gate, which is usually closed during school hours. Parents or other visitors must wear a pass to go in. Some schools have set up security cameras, or teachers sometimes take tur ns patrolling during breaks or lunchtime.

Children usually carry hand-held alarms attached to their school bags that they can use in an emergency while they are on the road.

Schools, PTA and students set up commuting routes.

The Swedish National Agency for Education has issued a pamphlet for schools with general advice about what to do in case of an armed attack, including locking a door or barricading oneself, evacuating the premises and seeking shelter.

There were no changes in security ordered after a 2015 attack on a school in Trollhattan in which three people were killed.

ITALy Rome has been spared any terrorism-related attacks, but international schools in Italy’s capital have been deemed “soft targets” for several years and get extra security.

Several have army jeeps with machine-gun toting soldiers on guard. There have been no visible signs of extra security at public schools.

“In my country, teachers teach. They don’t open fire,” Matteo Salvini, who heads the right-wing League party.

POLAnd There is no armed security in Polish schools, which have not experienced any mass attacks. In most schools, visitors need to ring in to be admitted. Janitors at the doors are supposed to ask what brings them to the school. The main concerns are drug dealers and truancy.

MEXICO Mexico’s ongoing drug war has driven schools in some cities to hold emergency drills to instruct teachers and students what to do in case of gunfire that sometimes breaks out outside schools during drug cartel shootouts. Students are usually advised to drop to the floor, seek cover behind walls, remain calm and crawl to safety.

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Florida’s school-safety bill heads to Monday vote ‘Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons … and then on the night of June 30th, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents.

‘You think it doesn’t happen in a free society? It does.’

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Dana Loesch, spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Md.

Vulnerable legislators silent on gun debate

By STEVE PEOPLES AssociAted Press

N E W YOR K — T he y crowded around the White House conference table this past week, lawmakers from California, Connecticut, Texas and Florida, eager to share their state’s painful experience with gun violence.

One key state was not represented. No one from Nevada, home to the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history just five months ago, attended the televised discussion with the president.

But in the politics of gun control, even those who say the least have considerable sway. Despite a clamor for action in the wake of the Florida school shooting, a powerful group of vulnerable lawmakers — both Republicans and Democrats — have pointedly avoided the national conversation about guns.

They often choose strategic silence rather than get crosswise with the National Rifle Association’s die-hard supporters on the right or the growing movement of passionate gun control advocates on the left.

The office of Nevada’s senior senator, Republican Dean Heller, would not say why did he did not attend the White House meeting. Heller, who is facing a tough reelection fight, has avoided the spotlight in the subsequent days as well, declining to address specifics about his positions on gun legislation.

The White House did not respond to requests for comment about whether Heller was invited to the event. The state’s Democratic senator, Catherine Cortez Masto, and its three Democratic representatives also did not attend.

H e ll e r s p o ke swo m a n Megan Taylor declined to say whether the senator suppor ted universal background checks, raising the age for gun purchases to 21, or provisions to ban highcapacity magazines and assault rifles, all ideas tossed out by lawmakers or President Donald Trump in recent days.

“He looks forward to continuing discussions with his colleagues as Cong ress explores ways to enhance compliance with existing law and keep our communities safe,” Taylor said.

Heller has signed on to legislation known as “Fix NICS,” a modest measure supported by the NRA and intended to encourage better participation in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. It was one of the few gun bills to find bipartisan support and appeared poised to move ahead, only to be sidelined.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who has said little about the gun debate in recent days, said Thursday that no gun-related legislation would be

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Without this silent majority’s support, there is little chance for significant gun control legislation to become federal law, no matter how loud the outcry from high school students and others who are pushing for action.

The stalemate infuriates Ryan Works, a 40-year-old father of two, who hid under a table at an October concert in Las Vegas as a gunman shot and killed 58 and wounded more than 800. A Republican, Works offered an emotional message to Heller and elected officials in both parties who are reluctant to take on gun violence.

“Step up and do something,” he said in an interview, almost shouting as he described shopping for bullet-proof backpacks for his 5and 8-year-old children.

“Show us that you care and you’re going to protect us.”

Heller’s muted response at an extraordinary moment highlights the weight of his political predicament.

Running for re-election in a state Trump lost, he must win over a significant number of independents and moderate Democrats in November’s general election to earn a second term. But first, he must survive a primary challenge from a conservative firebrand in a state where GOP primary voters value gun rights above almost all else.

The challenge is easy to see in recent polls. Two out of three adults in the United States want stricter gun laws, CBS found in a poll conducted a week after the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida. But among Republicans, 54 percent want gun laws left alone or made less strict.

That’s likely why the most politically vulnerable elected officials have kept their heads down, leaving the heavy lifting to elected officials facing less political risk this fall.

On the Senate floor this week, blue-state senators such as Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts’ Ed Markey and New Jersey’s Cory Booker offered fiery speeches about gun violence.

Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, a swing-state Republican whose current term ends in 2022, re-emerged as the face

of the push for universal background checks. Arizona Sen. Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican who is retiring at the end of this year, was partnering with California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on legislation to move the age to buy long guns to 21.

Those Democrats running in Republican-leaning states this fall were far less conspicuous.

North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, both Democrats running for re-election in states Trump won handily, have said nothing about gun violence from the Senate floor in recent days, but made statements honoring constituents who had recently passed away.

Heitkamp supports the “Fix NICS” plan and cosponsored a bill that would prevent those on the terrorist watch list from buying guns, her spokeswoman said.

The senator has previously opposed so-called bump stocks, which the Las Vegas shooter used to increase the firing speed of his semi-automatic rifle. But the spokeswoman did not clarify whether she would support u n ive r s a l b a c k g r o u n d checks, higher age limits, or provisions to ban highcapacity magazines and assault rifles.

In a statement, Heitkamp decried “horrific mass shootings” and called for “a bipartisan conversation in Congress about long-term solutions to gun violence.”

Similarly, Donnelly, who previously voted for universal background checks and backs “Fix NICS,” said little more about the issue when pressed for specifics.

“I believe that Congress should take steps to reduce gun violence, while protecting the rights of law-abiding citizens,” he said in a statement.

At the White House meeting, the Democratic Party’s most vulnerable 2018 class was represented only by Sen. Joe Manchin, a former West Virginia gover nor, who encouraged the president to help promote the so-called Toomey-Manchin plan for universal background checks.

Trump seemed to embrace the proposal during the Wednesday meeting, but he hasn’t mentioned it since a Thursday night meeting with the NRA, which opposes the plan.

Don’t expect Heller to mention it either.

Should he win his primary, he will likely face Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen, who isn’t shy about her support for virtually every gun control measure on the table.

She was quick to note Heller’s low profile in the debate.

“His silence speaks volumes,” Rosen said. “How can you have tragedy in your own state, like the massive one we had here, and not have it forever change you, and not speak out, and not respond to these families?”

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate spent hours debating a bill to increase school safety and restrict gun purchases in a rare Saturday session that often turned into a debate on gun control and arming teachers in the aftermath of last month’s Parkland school shootings.

The Senate spent nearly eight hours debating dozens of amendments to the 100page bill before finally approving the legislation for a final vote on Monday. Democratic proposals to ban assault rifles and largecapacity magazines were rejected, as was a Democratic proposal to strip language from the bill that would create a program to arm teachers who have gone through law-enforcement training if school districts choose to take part in the so-called marshal plan.

The Senate began the session at 10 a.m. and was originally supposed to wrap up discussion by 1 p.m. But senators extended the session and didn’t wrap up until after 6 p.m.

It was clear that senators were divided on the bill, and not just on party lines.

While crafted by Republicans, some GOP senators still opposed it because they don’t agree with raising the minimum age to guy a rifle from 18 to 21 or requiring a waiting period to buy the weapons.

Democrats believe the legislation doesn’t go far enough in some ways and too far in others. And while some oppose the bill, others believe it’s at least a first step toward gun safety.

Democrats want to ban weapons such as the AR-15 assault-style rifle, which

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was used to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14.

Many also oppose arming teachers. The bill also includes provisions to boost school security, establish new mental health prog rams in schools, and improve communication b e t w e e n s c h o o l s , l aw enforcement and state agencies.

But much of the debate Saturday revolved around gun control and whether people should have a right to own an assault rifle.

“Every constitutional right that we hold dear has a limitation,” said Democratic Sen. Gary Farmer. “These are just military-style kill-

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Republicans argued that banning such weapons would violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

“Our founding fathers weren’t talking about hunting, and they weren’t talking about protecting themselves from the thief down the street who might break in,” said Republican Sen. David Simmons. Simmons said people need guns to protect themselves from a tyrannical government.

“Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30th, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents,” Simmons said. “You think it doesn’t happen in a free society? It does.”

The Legislature wraps up its annual session on Friday.

Lawmakers are scrambling to take some kind of action before then. The full House has yet to take up its version of the bill.

Republican Gov. Rick Scott has been lobbying lawmakers to pass his plan to assign at least one lawenforcement officer for every 1,000 students at a school. Scott is opposed to arming teachers.

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Trump’s tariff talk sparks rare GOP urgency

By LISA MASCARO AssociAted press

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have learned to ignore President Donald Trump’s policy whims, knowing whatever he says one day on guns, immigration or other complicated issues could very well change by the next.

But Trump’s decision to seek steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports has provoked rarely seen urgency among Republicans, now scrambling to convince the president that he would spark a trade war that could stall the economy’s recent gains if he doesn’t reverse course.

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That intensifies the pressure on Republican lawmakers to change his mind before he gives his final approval for the penalties as early as this coming week.

Trump on Saturday showed no sign of backing away, threatening on Twitter to impose a tax on cars made in Europe if the European Union responds to the tariffs by taxing American goods. He also railed about “very stupid” trade deals by earlier administrations and said other countries “laugh at what fools our leaders have been.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., called Trump after the president’s surprise announcement, and continues to hope the White House will reconsider the decision. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and others have offered the president their own private counsel. Some are appealing to his desire for a robust stock market and warning that the trade penalties could unravel some of the gains they attribute to the tax bill he signed last year.

Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, tried one of the most

direct lines that lawmakers have to the White House: talking to Trump through cable TV news.

“The president has not yet issued these tariffs,” Brady told Fox News on Thursday, hours after Trump announced the tariff targets. “He’s been continuing to listen.”

Listening to various viewpoints, though, has never been the gripe against Trump.

Unlike President Barack Obama, who often irked lawmakers for lecturing them during meetings, Trump retains a level of popularity among Capitol Hill Republicans in part because he’s more than happy to invite lawmakers in and hear them out.

But problems have arisen when members of the legislative branch leave the White House under the impression Trump was on their side — or at least willing to consider their views — only to find out later that his support drifted away.

The dynamic played out repeatedly during last year’s health care debate over replacing the Affordable Care Act. This past week, Trump publicly belittled a modest gun background check bill from the second-ranking GOP Senate leader, John Cornyn of Texas, during a televised White House meeting. Democrats appeared giddy with the president’s praise of gun control ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW SUFFERING FROM SNORING OR SLEEP APNEA?

SAN FRANCISCO — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn sold nearly 1 million shares of stock in a company tied to the steel industry leading up to President Donald Trump’s decision to impose costly tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the U.S. Icahn also has ties to Trump; he was an unpaid adviser to the president before resigning last August.

A recent regulatory filing disclosed Icahn sold $31.3 million worth of stock in crane manufacturer Manitowoc Co. last month. Manitowoc could be hurt by Trump’s tariffs, a threat that caused the company’s shares to drop by 9 percent to $26.93 since the president’s announcement.

Icahn sold his Manitowoc stock at prices ranging from $32.47 to $34.31 from Feb. 12 to Feb. 22.

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“I love the president, but people disagree sometimes,” said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. True to form, Trump’s flirtations with gun control showed signs of subsiding by week’s end. A day after his meeting with lawmakers, the president tweeted that he had a “Good (Great!) meeting” in the Oval Office with the National Rifle Association. The gun lobby’s executive director also tweeted afterward that Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “don’t want gun control.”

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Earlier this year, with a government shutdown looming, Trump welcomed lawmakers for a meeting at the White House to discuss immigration law changes. During the televised session, he told them he would take the political “heat” and sign into law whatever Congress could agree to pass.

Two days later, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., dashed to the White House to present their bipartisan agreement. But the session ended in heated exchanges after Trump rejected the bill and used crude language to question why the U.S. would want to welcome immigrants from Africa and some other nations.

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“I don’t know where that guy went. I want him back,” Graham said.

Republicans, who hold a majority in the House and Senate, have largely learned to take these setbacks in stride.

They all but shrug off the president’s policy pivots, just as Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., often decline to comment on the Trump tweet of the day.

But on trade tariffs, Republicans say the stakes are too high for them to sit back and wait for Trump to change his mind. Indeed, their relentless public condemnation of the tariffs was notably sharper than their typical handling of the president’s policy whims.

Not wise, said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. A “big mistake,” said Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Penn. “Kooky,” said Sasse.

Trump, after the White House’s own internal deliberations, proposed a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum. That quickly sparked global warnings of retaliation and left the financial markets reeling.

Republican lawmakers, and some outside groups, want Trump to at least consider a more targeted approach, or exemptions for countries that engage in what they view as fair trade practices.

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RICHMOND, Va. — Before Jesse Matthew killed 18-yearold University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, authorities say he left a trail of DNA evidence linking him to a 2005 rape and the 2009 slaying of another female student.

That link could have been uncovered when Matthew was convicted of trespassing in 2010, but authorities didn’t take a DNA sample. Virginia law didn’t call for it.

For Sue Graham, that’s one of the most painful aspects of her daughter’s slaying: knowing that her killer could have been locked up and unable to prey on her if only police had been able to take that DNA sample.

Graham and her husband, John, have been lobbying Virginia lawmakers to add trespassing and several other misdemeanors to the list of crimes that trigger mandatory DNA collection. It’s part of a nationwide movement to expand DNA databanks by including misdemeanors ranging from shoplifting to trespassing to destruction of property.

Currently, 42 states and the District of Columbia collect DNA for certain sexual misdemeanor convictions. At least 26 states, including Virginia, collect DNA for a limited number of non-sexual misdemeanors.

Three states — New York, Wisconsin and Utah — collect DNA for large numbers of misdemeanors.

Had police swabbed the inside of Matthew’s cheek after his trespassing conviction, that DNA sample could have connected him to the 2009 slaying of 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington. Her case remained a mystery for years, until Matthew was charged with killing Graham. Matthew pleaded guilty to the two slayings in 2016.

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radar. Had his DNA been tested in 2010, he would have been convicted of those offenses, and I have no doubt Hannah would be alive today,” Sue Graham said. “It’s a hard thing to have to acknowledge.”

Proponents of increasing the number of crimes requiring DNA samples say it’s simple logic: more samples mean more likely “hits” — matches of DNA left at crime scenes to samples in a databank — and more crimes solved or prevented.

But opponents say making DNA samples mandatory for crimes as minor as shoplifting or trespassing is going too far.

“We have the highest degree of sympathy for anyone who’s lost a loved one through a violent crime, but subjecting hundreds of thousands of people to law enforcement scrutiny who haven’t committed that kind of offense and never will is a problem,” said Bill Farrar, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia.

In 1989, Virginia became the first state in the nation to require certain offenders to give DNA samples for a databank. The state has added offenses, and the number of samples in the databank had grown to about 441,500 by the end of June 2017.

Virginia law already requires DNA collection upon conviction for 14 misdemeanors, most related to sexual offenses. Two pending bills would add up to seven more, including: assault and battery; assault and battery against a family or household member; trespassing; concealing merchandise; destruction of property; obstruction of justice; and the theft of property valued at less than $200.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” won best film and best director on Saturday at the 33rd Independent Film Spirit Awards, a day before the horror sensation will vie for top honors at the Academy Awards.

The wins for Peele’s directorial debut gave the Spirits, a celebration of indie filmmaking, something unusual: a box-office behemoth. pEELE Made for just $4.5 million, “Get Out” grossed $255 million worldwide.

“We are in the beginning of a renaissance right now, where stories from the outsider, stories from the people in this room, the same stories that independent filmmakers have been telling for years are being honored and recognized and celebrated,” Peele said.

Peele was presented the award for best director by Spike Lee, whom Peele said paved his way. “Let’s make no mistake,” he said. “I wouldn’t be standing here if wasn’t for this man.”

“Get Out” is only the second horror film to win best picture at the Spirits. The other was 2010’s “Black Swan.”

“This project didn’t start as a statement,” said Peele.

“It began as me wanting to make a film in my favorite genre. I sat down and would smoke a little weed and try to write a mind-bending horror film, my favorite genre and at some point I followed the truth and I realized there are people locked up for smoking less weed than I smoked writing the movie.”

Held in a beachside tent on a floor soaked through from rain earlier in the day, the Spirit Awards are the dressed-down, boozy prelude t o S u n d ay ’s A c a d e m y Awards.

But as the Oscars have gravitated toward honoring indie films, the two have come closer to mirroring each other. The last four Spirit winners for best film (“Moonlight,” “Spotlight,” “Birdman,” “12 Years a Slave”) have won best picture at the Oscars.

“I continue to be amazed that you let me get to the microphone. What are you crazy?” said Frances McDor mand, who again won best actress for her performance in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” “Do you know how hard it’s been not to swear over the last couple of months? Because this awards convention goes on for (expletive) forever.”

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Tom Cruise wins worst actor; Tyler Perry’s ‘Medea’ wins worst actress.

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Greta Gerwig, writer/director of ‘Lady Bird,’ is only the fifth woman nominated for best director in Oscar history.

Mostly male Oscar nominees reflect lack of women in film

By SANdy COHEN AssociAted Press

LOS ANGELES — Academy Awards voters made history this year when they nominated Rachel Morrison for the cinematography Oscar — the first woman so recognized in the organization’s 90 years.

Greta Gerwig is also up for best director, only the fifth woman nominated in Oscar history. Yet in nearly every Oscar category, nominees are overwhelmingly male.

Three of the 24 awards have no female nominees at all.

Outside of acting, 77 percent of this year’s Oscar nominees are male, according to a recent study by the Women’s Media Center. And because the academy can only recognize films that have been released in theaters, the gender-based disparity among Oscar nominees reflects how vastly underrepresented women are in Hollywood.

The Oscar nominations are in line with actual employment statistics, said Women’s Media Center president Julie Burton. Citing the most recent Study of Women in Television & Film produced annually out of San Diego State University, she said women were only three percent of composers and eight percent of supervising sound editors. No women are nominated for best score or visual effects this year. There is one woman, Mary H. Ellis, included among the 25 people nominated in the two sound categories.

“In Hollywood, on every level of decision-making, there are far more men calling the shots, making the deals, and hiring and firing, than there are women, and this power imbalance is reflected in the employment and nomination gender gap,” Burton said. “Women cannot get through the door, and if they can’t get through the door, they can’t be recognized and rewarded for their excellence and impact.”

And because who makes movies influences what’s in them, the dearth of women in all areas of filmmaking means “male voices and perspectives are largely responsible for

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Rachel Morrison is the first woman to be nominated for a best cinematographer Oscar.

‘When there is a culture of men doing something, they do tend to bring more men in. Like likes like.’

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what we see on screen,” she added.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chief Dawn Hudson said the academy, which bestows the Oscars, has actively sought to diversify its membership in recent years. It has pledged to double the number of women and people of color in its ranks by 2020, and she noted, the number of women on its board has more than tripled since 2011.

“We look to the rest of the film community to follow suit,” she said.

“Boys Don’t Cry” director Kimberly Peirce, who has long been active with the academy and the directors’ guild, said there have been concerted efforts within both organizations to open doors to more women.

“When there is a culture of men doing something, they do tend to bring more men in.

Like likes like,” she said.

“That’s why it’s so important to me to hire people of color, hire women, because those people are going to get experience and they’re going to work, and they’re going to hire people like them. But also

they’re going to hire the best people.”

Visibility is key. Seeing women and people of color in various aspects of entertainment makes other women and people of color think such work is possible for them, too.

That’s what inspired San Francisco-based visual effects artist Charmaine Chan to create her documentary series, “Women in Visual Effects.” Chan has interviewed more than 60 female visual effects artists in the U.S. and U.K. and posted the videos online as a way to show the faces of the women in the industry.

Chan knew even as an art student in college that she wanted to work in visual effects. Her video series began as a way to better understand the field and find a mentor.

She said more women are working in visual effects today than when she started out 20 years ago, but retention of talent remains an issue.

“You don’t see other female supervisors or leads, so you don’t assume you have any upward mobility or career growth in visual effects because of that,” she said.

“The biggest problem with the visual effects industry is that, like Hollywood, it’s become such a boys’ club, where one guy refers another guy... And it perpetuates that promotion of boys and not bringing in outside voices or other diverse perspectives.”

One way to change things, she said, is for directors to

insist on working with female supervisors.

“That can definitely help promote more women into those positions,” Chan said.

“Because I can tell you, right now most directors don’t ask for that.”

Ellis, the lone female nominee in the Oscars’ sound categories for mixing on “Baby Driver,” said that when she started working in the 1980s, she was often the only woman on set who wasn’t an actress.

“I was certainly the only female department head,” she said. “As far as for technicians?

I was the only one for many, many years.”

Ellis isn’t a fan of gender quotas, per se, but said mentorship and outreach are critical to bringing more women into the production crafts. In Atlanta, for example, she’s been tapping film school students as onset interns, and even helped one aspiring technician get her union card.

“Now it’s going to be much, much easier for her to actually work on feature films or TV shows that are coming to Atlanta,” Ellis said.

Oscar winner Jodie Foster said those early opportunities must be extended to more women if the numbers are to change. She echoed Chan and Peirce in blaming the Hollywood “boys’ club” on people hiring others who look like them.

“I don’t think it was a plot to keep women down,” she said.

“I don’t think they all twirled their mustaches and got together and said, ‘What we really want to do is make sure there are no women...’ I think there was no thinking.”

Foster pointed to the Swedish Film Institute’s employment of quotas to achieve gender parity.

“I would not have thought that it would have worked well, but it works very well,” she said. “Some of it is about that first job and about giving people an equal opportunity. We know that from universities, we know that from every other aspect of trying to create parity. We just need to give people opportunities at the beginning.”

LOS ANGELES — Maybe it was destiny for a movie with a pile of poop as a central character.

“The Emoji Movie” has received Hollywood’s most famous frown, the Razzie Award, for worst picture of 2017, making it the first animated feature in 38 years to earn the top dishonor.

“Leading this year’s list of movie-misfires is the emoticon-based, talking poop opus,” the Razzies said in a statement announcing the recipients, saying the film came in a year when “Hollywood’s recycled trash heap attained an all-time high” and saw a “toxic-level lack of originality.”

T h e a n n u a l aw a r d s bestowed on the worst the movie business has to offer were announced Saturday in their traditional spot, the day before the Academy Awards.

“The Emoji Movie” landed four of the 10 Razzies given out this year, also taking worst screenplay, worst director, and worst screen combo, which was given to “any two obnoxious emojis” from the movie.

Tom Cruise’s attempted reboot of the “Mummy” franchise landed him worst actor. He now has no Oscars after three nominations, but two Razzies. Cruise and Brad Pitt won for worst screen couple for 1994’s “Interview with the Vampire.”

Tyler Perry took worst actress for “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,” the director’s 10th time donning a dress and playing his signature white-wigged matriarch.

Kim Basinger took worst supporting actress for “Fifty Shades Darker,” putting her in the special company of Faye Dunaway, Liza Minelli and Halle Berry as actresses who have won both a Razzie and an Oscar.

Mel Gibson, who last year won the “Redeemer” award for getting an Oscar nomination just a few years after getting a Razzie nomination, is back at the bottom again as far as the Razzies are concerned, taking worst supporting actor for “Daddy’s Home 2.”

“Baywatch,” won the inaugural “Special Rotten Tomatoes Award: The Razzie Nominee So Bad You Loved It!” The award is the result of an online poll held in conjunction with the review site Rotten Tomatoes.

The rest of the Razzie Awards are determined by what the organization says is over 1,000 voting Razzie members in 27 countries and from every U.S. state except Montana.

Kennedy Center places new focus on hip-hop

By ASHRAF KHALIL AssociAted Press

WASHINGTON — It was late October 2017 and a packed house of VIPs had gathered at Washington’s Kennedy Center to watch David Letterman receive the Mark Twain award for a career in comedy. A stream of comedians took the stage to sing Letterman’s praises, and several couldn’t resist taking good-natured shots at the crowd.

Martin Short deadpanned, “It says a lot about America when people from different JAti lindsAy / Kennedy center viA AP white backgrounds can gathQ-Tip, of A Tribe Called Quest, performs at the Kennedy er together like this.”

Center in Washington in October 2017.

Jimmie Walker — J.J.

from the 1970s sitcom “Good Times” — put it more bluntly: “Look at the diversity in this crowd! I feel like Ben Carson at a Trump Cabinet meeting.”

Walker may have been going for the easy joke there, but he spoke to a deeper belief — that the Kennedy Center exists to serve an elite white audience despite its presence in a largely black city. That perception may linger for a while, but the reality is changing.

One of America’s pre-eminent performing arts institutions, the Kennedy Center is embracing hip-hop culture in a major way. The center has

gradually introduced rap music into its programming, with rappers like Nas and Kendrick Lamar performing with the National Symphony Orchestra. Hip-hop has also been showcased regularly at the center’s daily Millennium Stage concerts.

The process is accelerating. The center has tapped two members of hip-hop royalty to act as bridges into the rap world. Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest has been named artistic director for hip-hop culture. Last year, LL Cool J became the first rapper inducted into the elite ranks of Kennedy Center Honors recipients.

“I consider them as important to our culture as Bach or any other composer,” said pianist Jason Moran, the center’s artistic director for jazz.

Moran is credited with pushing for this change. He was part of the committee that chose Q-Tip to found the hip-hop department.

“He’s the perfect person to advocate for us,” Moran said.

“It had to be someone from the bedrock of hip-hop.”

Equally important was the hiring of a full-time staffer, Simone Eccleston, as director of the new hip-hop culture department.

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Holder targets redistricting Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder launched a Democratic coalition in late February 2017 designed to undo a “rigged political process” — redistricting — that helped Republicans sweep into congressional and legislative offices after the 2010 census.

Among the group’s focus were races for governor in Ohio and Pennsylvania, where they aimed to “set new precedents for how redistricting must occur nationally,” according to the Associated Press. “the will of the people, I think, has ultimately been frustrated — both at the state level and at the federal level,” Holder said.

16 YEARS AGO

‘Gotcha story’ not amusing Perhaps it was intended to be a humorous wake-up call for U.S. Rep. George W. Gekas, but the veteran lawmaker wasn’t laughing in March 2002.

Roll call had reported that Gekas skipped out on a luncheon with Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker and was seen in Washington later that day napping in his car.

A spokesman for Gekas called it a “gotcha story” meant to make the congressman look bad, but admitted Gekas was sleeping. He said Gekas had been fighting an upper respiratory infection for close to a week, was taking a cocktail of medicines and was under the care of the capitol Hill physician.

Reached in Harrisburg, Gekas said that when he first read the story he thought it was funny, but then wondered, “What were they doing around my car?” He explained he arrived in Washington ahead of schedule that afternoon and decided to “relax in the car for a few minutes.

I put my head back to perk up.”

238 YEARS AGO

Legislature OKs anti-slavery act the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed “An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery” on March 1, 1780, a milestone that underscored the influence of both Quaker abolitionism and the strength of the radical press in ending slavery. the preamble of the act, authored in part by thomas Paine, states: “It is not for us to enquire, why, in the creation of Mankind, the Inhabitants of the several parts of the Earth, were distinguished by a difference in Feature or complexion. It is sufficient to know that all are the Work of an Almighty Hand, We find in the distribution of the human Species, that the most fertile, as well as the most barren parts of the Earth are inhabited by Men of complexions different from ours and from each other, from whence we may reasonably as well as religiously infer, that he, who placed them in their various Situations, hath extended equally his care and Protection to all, and that it becometh not us to counteract his Mercies.” the authors called on the government to extend liberty and independence to the enslaved, writing: “We conceive that it is our duty, and we rejoice that it is in our Power, to extend a Portion of that freedom to others, which hath been extended to us.”

THE UNDEAD Elections happen but some campaign accounts live forever

BY SAM JANESCH, PAULA KNUDSEN AND MIKE WERESCHAGIN tHE cAUcUS

The brief political life of Harry Citrino III ended on a Tuesday night in 2002, when election returns in the Philadelphia-based 170th Legislative District race showed him losing to Republican George Kenney.

Citrino garnered less than 35 percent of the fewer than 19,000 votes cast, and he never put his name on another state ballot.

But his campaign committee was just getting started.

Contributions continued to trickle into the Friends of Harry Citrino committee over the years, and, since 2003, the campaign has spent more on other candidates than it did on the one it briefly aimed to elect.

It’s “a very strange thing to do” even if it is perfectly legal, said campaign-finance expert Adav Noti of the Campaign Legal Center in Washington, D.C. And while Citrino’s fundraising and spending may be paltry in the grand scheme of campaign finance, it’s just one of the many “zombie PACs” that continue to operate in Pennsylvania years after their candidates cease to have political ambitions.

Election loss, retirement, term limits, criminal conviction and death may mean the effective end of political careers — but not necessarily the end of their campaigns.

Zombie campaigns operate at the federal level, too. There are about 100 of them still raising and spending money to influence federal elections, according to an investigation by the Tampa Bay Times, 10News WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida, and TEGNAowned TV stations.

Those campaigns are paying for everything from cellphones to football tickets to gifts for family members of congressmen — long after those elected officials leave Washington, D.C. The campaign arm of former Rep. Mark Takai of Hawaii kept spending on “consulting services” for months after the congressman died.

In Pennsylvania, where campaign-finance laws have long been considered weak and where candidates aren’t required to terminate their political committees when they leave office, a Caucus analysis found many top-ranking officials who left public life but continued to hold hefty pots of leftover campaign cash — with little oversight on how they spent it.

In some cases, campaign records reviewed by The Caucus revealed a tangled and confusing web of cash transfers between vague and often innocuous-sounding campaign accounts whose political agendas are opaque. They also exposed

You get an ‘F’ the center for Public Integrity, in its 2015 State Integrity Investigation, gave Pennsylvania an “F” in the political financing category, ranking it the 43rd worst among states.

flaws in the state’s campaignfinance laws, which are designed to promote transparency in electioneering.

“I’m a pretty good forensic CPA,” said Rep. Frank Ryan, a Republican from Lebanon County and a licensed certified public accountant.

“I couldn’t trace where all the money was going to through different PACs. And the reason is I didn’t have the time. It’s a challenge to find out the way the money can get around there. I used to do banking.

That’s called bank fraud.”

Au d i t o r G e n e r a l E u g e n e DePasquale, who doesn’t have jurisdiction to audit campaigns, said he didn’t even know that political action committee money gets passed around like that in the state.

“I don’t know what you do about that,” he said.

Unearthing a paper trail?

Good luck To fully understand the shapeshifting transformation some zombie PACs experience, look no further than former Gov. Ed Rendell’s campaign committees.

In the dozen years since Rendell was last a candidate for elected of fice, his committees have remained as active as ever. But instead of fundraising and spending money on behalf of the twoterm governor and former Philadelphia mayor, they’ve taken on different roles — and cryptic names.

What used to be “Edward Rendell for Gov” is now “Keeping America Competitive.”

What was “Rendell ’95” is “PA Future.”

Together, they’ve spent more than $10 million since 2006 on candidates at every level of government inside and outside of Pennsylvania, campaign-finance reports show.

Supreme Court candidates like Dwayne Woodruff and Debra Todd received, respectively, $7,500 and $1,500 in 2017. In 2016, then-attorney general hopeful Josh Shapiro took home at least $8,500. Hillary Clinton’s campaign got $15,000 in March 2015, more than a year before Rendell would host her at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Out-of-state beneficiaries of Rendell’s fundraising prowess include a Maryland congressional candidate, a former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, and gubernatorial candidates in Maine and Virginia.

In an interview, Rendell said he chooses to donate to candidates “who I think are going to do a good job and care about the same

things I cared about as mayor and governor.”

He said he also keeps at least three people on payroll for “consulting services.” One is a fundraiser who was involved in his gubernatorial campaign, and another takes care of office duties such as recordkeeping.

Both were paid $21,000 in 2017, according to the reports.

The third, who was paid the most at $63,000 last year, is a former staffer from his time as district attorney and now handles compliance issues related to the PACs, he said.

Keeping America Competitive raised $477,000 and spent $266,000 in 2017. The biggest chunk of expenditures, $125,000, went right to the other committee, PA Future, which in turn spent it on other candidates and committees.

Rendell said he tries to keep PA Future donations for Pennsylvania candidates and Keeping America Competitive for out-of-state candidates.

And sometimes they give to other vaguely named political committees.

PA Future’s largest donations last year, $60,000, went to the Philadelphia-based Fairness PA committee, which raised $1.2 million and donated $1 million to Gov. Tom Wolf’s campaign last year.

In effect, money raised through Rendell’s former gubernatorial campaign went through multiple channels to end up in his Democratic successor’s re-election campaign.

Zombies run amok under weak laws Pennsylvania’s campaignfinance law is notoriously relaxed, experts say.

Campaigns have wide latitude when it comes to spending, including the ability to spend money for personal use. They also don’t have to explain in detail when reporting the purpose of expenditures, and there are no limits on individual contributions or political action committee donations.

Au d i t o r G e n e r a l E u g e n e DePasquale called the law a “joke” in 2016 when former Attorney General Kathleen Kane was dishing out campaign money for legal fees.

The Center for Public Integrity, in its 2015 State Integrity Investigation, gave Pennsylvania an “F” in the political financing category, ranking it the 43rd worst among states.

And in 2017, researchers with the Electoral Integrity Project — a venture of the University of Sydney

and Harvard University — also rated Pennsylvania’s campaignfinance law on the low end of their spectrum. They gave it a score of 45, just above Wisconsin’s 40, the lowest in the nation.

David Thornburgh, president and chief executive officer of the Philadelphia-based good government group Committee of Seventy, said Pennsylvania is generally regarded as the “wild, wild West” when it comes to campaign-finance issues.

Elizabethtown College political science professor Kyle Kopko described the state’s approach as being “very hands-off.”

“There are reporting and disclosure requirements, and that seems to be the bare minimum. But that’s something conservatives really promote. They want to have that minimal type of regulation on money and expenditures. Money is speech to them,” he said.

Kopko said there’s little chance of any reforms in the near future.

Still, Sen. Jay Costa said he’s “hopeful” his legislation prohibiting the personal use of campaign funds has momentum and will make contributions more transparent.

“My constituents want fairer and more transparent processes. My bill would give them that,” Costa said in a prepared statement. “I’m sure my colleagues are hearing the same from their constituents, and campaign-finance reform is a great step.”

Thornburgh agreed that timely and complete disclosure of campaign-finance transactions is critical. “Transparency is the first line of defense against illegal, unethical, too-cozy relationships between contributors and candidates,” he said.

Micah Sims, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania, said the Legislature could consider additional improvements to deal with inactive PACs — possibly passing legislation that would allow the Department of State to shut down those that have been dormant for at least three years.

DePasquale said he supports limits on contributions and more frequent reporting deadlines. As for oversight, he said the Department of State audits a random 3 percent of campaign accounts every year; he said that number should probably be closer to 10 percent.

As a House member, he was subject to one of the random audits and “it was pretty helpful,” he said.

“We got a lot of good tips.”

Giving those insights to more campaigns is going to cost the state, though.

“Is there an argument to do every campaign fund every year? Absolutely,” DePasquale said. “But you’re going to need more staff in the Department of State to do it.”

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Allison Janney likewise continued her sweep of the best supporting actress awards for “I, Tonya.” The supporting actor Oscar favorite Sam Rockwell (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”) added to his string of awards.

Timothee Chalamet, the “Call Me By Your Name” breakthrough star, took best actor, a category that at the Spirits didn’t include the Oscar favorite Gary Oldman.

The 22-year-old said he was trying to savor the moment.

“Lady Bird” writer-director Greta Gerwig won best screenplay for her partly autobiographical family drama.

Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” received the Robert Altman Award, an ensemble honor given to one film’s director,

casting director and cast. In an impassioned speech, Rees celebrated each element of the film, a Netflix release, and concluded by pronouncing: “’Mudbound’ is cinema.”

Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon won best first screenplay for “The Big Sick,” which they based on the real-life drama of the beginning of their own relationship.

The social-media satire “Ingrid Goes West,” starring Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen, won best first feature.

Sebastián Lelio’s “A Fantastic Woman,” from Chile, won best international film. The film, about a transgender woman whose partner has died, is up for best foreign picture at the Academy Awards.

“The Rider” director Chloe Zhao was given the inaugural Bonnie Award, for a mid-

career female director, which includes a $50,000 grant.

Agnes Varda, the 89-year-old French filmmaking legend, won best documentary with her co-director JR for their “Faces Places,” also a nominee at Sunday’s Oscars.

Winners are chosen by Film Independent, which includes critics, filmmakers, actors, festival programmers, past winners and nominees, and members of its board.

The Spirit Awards cap nominees at a budget of $20 milassociated press file lion or less, which eliminates some bigger-budget awards Cows stand in a field at a dairy farm in Westville, N.Y. Dairy farmers continue to contenders like “Dunkirk.” face financial stress as prices paid to them continues to fall well below their cost But the film many consid- of production er the Oscar front-runner — Guillermo del Toro’s modestly budgeted “The Shape of Water,” up for a leading 13 nominations Sunday — was completely overlooked by the

By LiSa ratHKE Farmers are facing their According to a 2016 CenSpirits. associated press fourth year of payments well ters for Disease Control and MONTPELIER, Vt. — below their cost of produc- Prevention report, people Accompanying the routine tion, due in part to a national working in farming, fishing payments and price forecasts and global oversupply of and forestry had the highest rate of suicide. sent to some Northeast dairy milk, he said.

Agri-Mark is also creating farmers last month were a Prices paid to farmers hit list of mental health services an average of $24 per hun- its own assistance program and the number of a suicide dred pounds of milk in 2014, for its members and isn’t prevention hotline. the highest price since at alone in its concern.

“Financial duress magniThe Agri-Mark dairy coop- least 2000. They quickly erative got the resources out dropped to an average of fies some of the personal to its 1,000 farmers in New about $17 per hundred issues like depression, or England and New York fol- pounds of milk in 2015, $16 in anxiety, or something else that’s underlying can be lowing the suicide of a mem- 2016 and $17 last year. ber farmer in January, and “They’re really getting triggered by a severe ecoone the year before. frustrated, getting concerned nomic downtur n in the “I know there’s a number and in some cases they’re get- dairy industry,” said Ed of farmers out there that are ting almost desperate about Staehr, executive director of under such tremendous how they’re going to pay NY FarmNet, a free confistress that we’re worried their bills, how they’re going dential service for New York about that same thing hap- to support their families,” farmers that offers personal and financial consulting at pening,” said Bob Wellington, Wellington said. an economist for Agri-Mar The farm prices have no their homes. Vermont has a Inc., which owns Cabot direct correlation with what similar program called Farm First.

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ven after the latest in a series of mass shootings, the Feb. 14 slaughter at a Florida high school, Congress and state legislatures remain tied in knots over even the most rudimentary gun policy reforms to improve public safety.

As often is the case, the private sector is well ahead of the government in driving change.

Several companies ended their discount programs for National Rifle Association members due to its extremist They are signals to positions that place Congress that the unfettered weapons proliferation above road to greater public safety. As if to public safety is a prove the point for long one that the companies, Georgradually changes gia lawmakers quickly proved their fealty the anything-goes to the gun lobby by gun culture to altering a tax forgiverecognize the broad ness program that will cost Atlantapublic interest in based Delta Airlines, reasonable one of the companies, about $37 million. controls.

Dick’s Sporting Goods, which stopped selling semi-automatic assault weapons that are the weapons of choice for mass murderers following the 2012 slaughter of first-graders in Newtown, Connecticut, has announced that its affiliated Field & Stream stores will do so. Likewise, they will not carry high-capacity magazines. And, both will not sell weapons to anyone younger than 21.

Walmart, which does not sell semi-automatics such as the AR-15 used in Parkland and elsewhere, also announced the higher age.

These are incremental steps, but that is how change is made. They are signals to Congress that the road to greater public safety is a long one that gradually changes the anything-goes gun culture to recognize the broad public interest in reasonable controls.

Cheers Jeers

The winners and losers from this week’s news, as selected by the editors of The Citizens’ Voice.

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CHEERS to Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart for acting quickly after the Parkland school shooting. Dick’s will no longer sell assault-style rifles and end gun sales to customers under 21. Walmart, which stopped selling assaultstyle rifles in 2015, will now set a 21-year age limit for all gun and ammunition sales. If only our political leaders could act so decisively.

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JEERS to the City of Wilkes-Barre for its wellintentioned but ill-advised “one-strike” ordinance, which led to the shuttering of 35 rental units on the tenuous grounds that landlords or tenants had “implied or actual knowledge” of drug activity or a gun crime on the properties.

As predicted, the ordinance drew legal challenges, which to date have cost the city and its insurer more than $250,000 to settle.

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CHEERS to the initiative to transfer payroll duties for Luzerne County employees to an outside provider. Many public and private sector organizations have gone this route successfully and recurrent errors by the county’s inhouse system show there is room for improvement.

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JEERS to the steel and aluminum tariffs President Trump is pushing, supposedly on national security grounds. The tariffs threaten to spark a global trade war, drive up prices for American manufacturers and consumers and ultimately stunt economic growth. The sharp downturn in the financial markets following the president’s announcement is telling.

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your opiNioN 1968 a tragic and turbulent year Editor: In the troubled decade of the 1960s, the most shattering year was 1968. A series of tragic events hit with such force that, month by month, our nation seemed to be coming apart. We have embarked on the 50th anniversary of a year that transformed the United States akin to the years 1776, 1861 and 1941, when everything in American history changed.

The events of 1968 were intensely tragic and consequential in altering history.

The aftershocks registered in America and abroad for decades afterward.

History can teach us valuable lessons by giving us a framework to assess where our discontent ranks in terms of what has come before. Despite all the tribal conflicts and divisions permeating the Trump presidency in 2018, when we look back on 1968 there is an element of reassurance that we have endured far worse times.

As 1968 began, America was deeply divided by the

Vietnam War. The antiwar movement was growing and challenging President Lyndon Johnson’s war policies.

In the first six months of 1968, more than 200 major demonstrations erupted at colleges and universities around the country. More and more young Americans began to question the morality and fairness of the draft.

Thousands of Americans avoided the draft by fleeing to Canada.

As the images of the fighting inundated American television, many people at home became disillusioned towards the war. Television allowed America’s enemy to win because they were able to harness it and make it serve their advantage. The camera won the battle of seeing and believing and changed the perceptions that many Americans had about the war.

The Vietnam War was destroying the Johnson presidency. The U.S. was crumbling from within over the controversies of the war.

The division was politically far more volatile than the current political divisions

in our nation.

correct vote, on S.2311, does bill Sarnak not a pro-life Senator make. barbara yanchek Harding Jermyn

Democrats: Where are your pro-lifers? Stop worrying about Editor: I read with interest hurting gun owners

the fact that Democrats are not running a single pro-life candidate in any targeted district in 2018.

Party leaders are abandoning a seven-term Illinois incumbent Dan Lipinski, who’s pro-life. They instead are supporting his challenger, Maria Newman, because of her support for abortion, including late-term abortions and taxpayer funding for abortions.

Now let’s take a look at a race in Pennsylvania. On Feb. 11, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party endorsed Sen. Bob Casey in his re-election bid. So, for all the people who say the senator is prolife, they’re wrong. The Democratic Party’s endorsement proves it because they are not supporting any pro-life candidates.

Sen. Casey — the Democratic party has spoken. You also need to realize that one

Editor: I was amazed by the letter on gun control that ended with the grabber, “Castro/Cuba anyone?” (March 1).

We already have a dictatorship in this country and its leader is Wayne LaPierre.

We can’t get any type of sensible gun control without the blessing of LaPierre.

Republicans and a few Democrats grovel at his feet willing to do his bidding out of fear of losing office.

In LaPierre’s world, the Second Amendment protects the mentally ill, people on the no-fly list, abusers, anyone who can afford an AR-15.

We need to stop worrying about the inconvenience to gun owners and concentrate on the lives lost at Sandy Hook and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Taking a driving test later in life by roger coheN THE NEW YORK TIMES

So, dear reader, I passed my driving test last month.

This felt like a significant achievement. At 62, it was a little late. But there’s been a lot going on.

It was a gray day on Staten Island. I’d been advised this was the best New York borough in which to take the test: empty streets, lenient driver testers, lots of Trump supporters so busy watching the “genius” on Fox that they seldom venture out.

I’d last taken a driving test 45 years earlier in north London, at the age of 17. With a license, and little else, I promptly drove from the British capital to Kabul, across Europe, Turkey and the Shah’s Iran, at the wheel

of a VW Kombi named “Pigpen” after the organist and vocalist of the Grateful Dead who’d died that year.

My two friends and I listened to the Flying Burrito Brothers singing “White Line Fever.” We thought we were pretty cool. Until the engine died in the Hindu Kush, we had to be towed to Mazar-e-Sharif, and then the repaired engine blew again near the top of the Salang Pass (12,723 feet). We freewheeled down, to find the king of Afghanistan had been deposed that July, setting in motion events we never paused to consider.

I turned 18 in postcoup Afghanistan in August 1973.

Several weeks and close calls later, I was in Oxford to start college. Pigpen, by then

adorned with naïf Afghan paintings, was a sensation.

As introductions to driving go, the trip offered a variety of terrain, hill starts, dirt tracks, goats and conveyances.

Cut to Staten Island last month: flat, placid and goatfree. My four kids had been on my case for a long time.

Take the damn test, Dad! But, you know, there’s the theory test, and then the compulsory five-hour class, and having to turn your place upsidedown to find the little blue Social Security Card you last saw 17 years ago. I travel a lot. There was always an excuse, a bad one.

Eddie, my driving instructor, seemed like a genial guy when he retur ned from lunch. But we got off to a

shaky start. Having adjusted, and looked in, all the mirrors, I said something about the “indicators,” and Eddie said, “Huh?” and I said, “You know, the indicators!” Eventually, we agreed on “turn signals” and got underway.

I proceeded down a ghostly avenue at a breakneck 22 mph, with Eddie entering observations at an ominous rate on an electronic gadget.

I’d gotten over the bonnet/ hood, boot/trunk, lorry/ truck stuff — all that BritishAmerican divergence — years ago, but this “turn-signal” business had shaken me up. Failing would be ignominy.

“Pull over,” Eddie said. His geniality had evaporated.

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Funeral notices Boris, stella D. — WilkesBarre. Monday, 9:30 a.m., Jendrejewski Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., Our Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre. St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Twp. Friends, Sunday, 4 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.

MaDaYa, stanley — WilkesBarre. Memorial service, Monday, 11 a.m., at Yeosock Funeral Home, Plains Twp. Friends, Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m., and Monday, 10 a.m., prior to the memorial service. St. Mary’s Mausoleum, Hanover Twp. MarKoWsKi, anthony W., sr.

— Nanticoke. Friends, Monday, 6 to 9 p.m., at Grontkowski Funeral Home P.C., 51 W. Green St., Nanticoke.

MiroslaW, andrew J. — Lehman Twp. Monday, 9:30 a.m., Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home Inc., 140 N. Main St., Shavertown.

Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., St. Therese’s Church, Pioneer Avenue and Davis Street, Shavertown. Friends, Sunday, 4 to 6 p.m.

PetcaVaGe, lillian r. — Plymouth. Sunday, 7:30 p.m., S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth. Friends, Sunday, 5 to 7:30 p.m. roWleY, Mary alice — Monday, 9 a.m., Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial, 9:30 a.m., St. Leo’s/Holy Rosary Church, 33 Manhattan St., Ashley. St. Mary’s

Cemetery, Hanover Twp. Visitation, Sunday, 4 to 7 p.m. and Monday, 8:30 a.m. until the time of service. tirPaK, Michael — Swoyersville. Office of Christian Burial, Sunday, 5:30 p.m., Wroblewski Funeral Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort.

Viewing, Sunday, 3 to 5:30 p.m., at the funeral home. tiscHler, robert — Plymouth. Monday, 10 a.m., S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth. Friends, Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m.

VerosKY, John — Edwardsville. Monday, 10 a.m., Kopicki Funeral Home, 263 Zerby Ave., Kingston. Mass of Christian Burial, 10:30 a.m., St. Ignatius Church. St. Mary’s Annunciation Cemetery, Pringle. Friends, Monday, 9 a.m. until the time of service.

WeGrZYnoWicZ, anna J. — Ashley. Tuesday, 9:30 a.m., Joseph L. Wroblewski Funeral Home, 56 Ashley St., Ashley.

Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., Our Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre.

Interment with the Rite of Committal, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hanover Twp. Viewing, Monday, 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.

ZieGenFus, Judith ann Elizabeth — Mass, Tuesday, 10 a.m., St. Ann’s Basilica, West Scranton. Those attending are asked to go directly to the church Tuesday.

Carol M. Kalinay February 28, 2018

Carol M. Kalinay, 81, of D a l l a s , p a s s e d a w a y, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at T he Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas.

Born in the Hanover section of Nanticoke, daughter of the late George and Florence Siebert Croop and was a g raduate of Hanover High School. She was a CNA with The Meadows Nursing Unit before her retirement. Her favorite pastime was watching classic movies, TV series and game shows.

Carol was a member of T rinity Presbyterian Church, Dallas.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward M. Kalinay, in 1984; her infant son, Edward

Kalinay; brother, George; sisters, Bess, Jane and Georgia.

Surviving are her sons, Edward Kalinay and his wife, Chong, Marysville, Calif.; Dwayne Kalinay and his wife, Doreen, Noxen; and Kenneth Kalinay and his wife, Jackie, Shavertown; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services will be held privately at the convenience of the family.

Arrangements are under the direction of Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas, Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Sweet Valley, at a later date.

Harold Brandwene March 3, 2018

Harold Brandwene, of Kingston, died Saturday morning, March 3, 2018, in Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Conn.

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Lucy Polak March 3, 2018

L u cy Po l a k o f Fa l l s passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Riverside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Taylor.

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Andrew J. Slavish March 3, 2018

Andrew J. Slavish, 66, formerlyof EmpireStreet,WilkesBarre, fell asleep in the Lord unexpectedly Saturday morning at his residence in Luzerne.

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John Pavelchak March 3, 2018

On March 3, 2018, in WilkesBarre General Hospital, God our savior took home one of the few good men who walked this Earth with a tattoo on his arm, but with God in his heart. John Pavelchak, 89, of the Hudson section of Plains Twp., passed into his eternal rest with his loving family by his side.

John was born on April 20, 1928. He always would remind you that he was born on National Weed Day, something close to John’s heart, but don’t judge a book by its cover if you haven’t opened it.

John was the son of the late John and Eva Kuzemko Pavelchak. Growing up in Plains Twp., he attended local school and was a graduate of the Plains Memorial High School, Class of 1946.

John worked for 65 years of his life as a skilled plumber for Glatz Brothers Plumbing and the Pipefitters Plumbers Local Unions 524. John worked for several years on helping to build the Pennsylvania Power and Light Nuclear power plant in Berwick.

In his more recent years, John was a philanthropist in every sense of the word. He gave of his time, his talents, and his money. In return John only asked, “that Jesus would always be his pal, his friend and his buddy.”

John donated to the St. Joseph Home in Scranton, $125,000. To John’s favorite charity, Leader Dog for the Blind, he donated $100,000. A room was purchased by him for those people who needed to stay at the facility and train with their dogs. A plaque is outside room number 17 with John’s and his wife, Betty’s, names honoring their donation.

He recently was awarded the Melvin Jones Award given by the Lions Club for the highest form of recognition and embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism. John has been an active Plains Lion for over 50 years of his life and this marked a milestone for his generosity.

John was a life member of the Holy Resur rection Church, Wilkes-Barre, and a former board member of directors of the church. He was the oldest member of the Polish Club, Hudson, as well as a member of the Polish American Veterans (PAV), and LANI Clubs. If you didn’t know John from the local clubs, you could find him

working out at Danko’s Gym staying in shape or walking the streets of Hudson talking with those he knew, always waving when someone honked at him.

John was preceded in death by his loving wife, Betty Flynn Pavelchak; sisters, Helen, Annie, Mary, Evelyn; and his brother Andrew.

Surviving John are his niece, Barbara King; and nephew John Yudin; and several other nieces and nephews; great-nieces and greatnephews, Aaron King, Jason King, Julianne King, John King, Matthew King, Dr. Rebecca King, Tamara King; and several other great-nieces and great-nephews; greatgreat-nieces and great-greatnephews, Anthony King, Amber King, Amanda King, Eva King, Eli King, Matthew King, Olivia King, Samantha King, and several other greatgreat-nieces and great-greatnephews; great-great-greatnephew, Oliver; and greatgreat-great-niece, Elle Marie McMahon; with several members of their extended families.

The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for making John’s last hours filled with comfort and compassionate care.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from Yanaitis Funeral Home Inc., 55 Stark St., Plains Twp., with a Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre, with the Very Rev. Fr. Timothy Cremeens, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery, Plains Twp. Friends and family may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, with Parastas services at 7 p.m.

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Lawrence Miller February 26, 2018

Lawrence Miller, 93, loving father, greatest generation military officer, magician, science/technology developer and arts lover.

L a w rence was born in Parsons, to Harry and Rose Miller.

He attended Coughlin High School and entered the West Point, Class of 1942.

Miller’s significant military assignments included “Operation Paperclip,” a secret Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency program to bring German scientists and their families out of Germany before the Russians could claim them. Miller’s military career helped advance rocket technology for U.S. military and space exploration. He served in the Korean War, was selected to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and was a CIA analyst during the Cold Wa r i n Ru s s i a n I C B M research.

Retiring as a lieutenant colonel, Miller enjoyed a civilian career as marketing director and executive

director of Philips Laboratories, the Dutch based technology firm, advancing the NASA Stirling Cycle Cryogenic Cooler, C o m p a c t C a s s e t t e, C D player, HD TV, and other technology. Miller was a lifelong magic, world travel, and classic performance car enthusiast.

M i l l e r ’s s p o u s e s, o f blessed memory, are Barbara Groh Imbriglia, Henrietta Miller, and June Miller. Miller is survived by his children, Alison Kovalchik, Shavertown; C h r i s t o p h e r M i l l e r, Shavertown; Jeffrey Miller, Walden, N.Y.; Robyn Musanya, San Die go, Calif.; Richard Meltzer, of blessed memory, and Barry Meltzer, Florida; and grandchildren, Jacob and A l e x a n d r a Ko v a l c h i k , Amelia Sommer, and Elijah and Jessie Miller.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., with full military honors. Shiva details to be announced.

Contributions in Lawrence Miller’s memory can be made to Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore, or the charity of the donor’s choice. For a full obituary, visit: rosenbergfuneralchapel.com.

Dora Baluta March 1, 2018

Dora Baluta, 102, of Shickshinny, died Thursday, March 1, 2018, at her home after a long and fruitful life.

Born Dec. 5, 1915 in Mocanaqua, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Josephine (Moroski) Kaminski.

Dora and her husband Chester opened the Cool Nook Motel in 1945 and ran it until 1984 when Chester passed away.

Dora was a member of Holy Spirit Parish/St. Mary’s Church, Mocanaqua.

She is survived by a son, John and his wife, Karen, Shickshinny; three daughters, Barbara Baluta and partner, Dave Poster, New York; Bernadine Baluta, Shickshinny; and Sharon Baluta and partner, Mike Nadeau, Shickshinny and Rhode Island; and six grand-

children, John Jr., David, Christopher, Melissa, Lori and Gregory. She was also blessed with nine greatgrandchildren. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

A visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at Mayo Funeral Home Inc., 77 N. Main St., Shickshinny.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Holy Spirit Parish/ St. Mary’s Church, Mocanaqua, with her pastor, the Rev. Louis Kaminski, as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Mocanaqua.

For additional information, or to send condolences, please visit www.mayofh. com.

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Once banned, ‘America’s rifle’ fiercely loved and loathed BY ali WatKins, JoHn isMaY anD tHoMas GiBBons-neFF NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

in the care of and will be announced from the North Wilkes-Barre location of John V. Mor ris Family Jeff Swarey bought his Funeral Homes Inc., 625 N. AR-15 rifle five years ago Main St. after shooting guns in video games. Jessie K. Fletcher, a former Marine sniper, was given one by his platoon after he stepped on a bomb in March 2, 2018 Afghanistan that blew off his James Taft of Clarks SumFuneral arrangements will legs. Jessica Dorantes, a Texmit passed away Friday, be announced by Louis V. Ciuc- as police officer, will not go March 2, 2018, at his home. cio Funeral Home, Old Forge. on patrol without hers.

Their shared communion is a firearm that has in recent decades become a staple of American gun culture.

Its iconic silhouette is immediately recognizable — and polarizing.

ASSOCIATED PRESS mal this size could get its head The AR-15 won its place in NAPLES, Fla. — Research- around what turned out to be a American culture through a ers studying invasive Burmese deer,” Bartoszek said. “It’s sur- confluence of circumstances, pythons in Florida came upon real to see that in the field.” described in interviews by something they’d never seen Bartoszek said it was the more than 15 gun industry before: an 11-foot-long python larg est python-to-prey professionals, hobbyists, lawhad consumed an entire deer weight difference he had yers and gun owners. They that weighed more than the measured. pointed to 2004, when the snake itself.

Burmese pythons, which AR-15 re-entered the gun The wildlife biologists track- can grow nearly 20-feet long, market after the end of the ing the slithery creatures were brought to South Flori- federal assault weapons ban, stumbled upon bloated snake da as pets in the late 1970s. at a time of heightened interin Collier Seminole State Park, They were released into the est in the military. It was popand when they moved the crea- wild, and have become a ularized by the rise of a vidture it began regurgitating a problematic invasive species. eo game culture in which white-tailed deer fawn.

White-tailed deer are an shooting became an accessiBiologist Ian Bartoszek told important food source for ble form of mass entertainthe Naples Daily News that the Florida’s endangered pan- ment, and it was marketed as fawn weighed 35 pounds; the thers, so the researchers are accessible and easy to persnake 31.5. concerned the pervasive sonalize.

“We were sitting there just snakes could also impact the For those who love the trying to process that an ani- health of the big cats. rifle, it is seen as a testament

James Taft

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An employee holds an AR-15 style rifle inside Clark Brothers Gun Shop in Warrenton, Va., on Feb. 25. The AR-15 cemented its place in American culture after the assault weapons ban ended, at a time of heightened interest in the military, and as shooting was popularized in video game culture. to freedom — a rite of passage shared between parents and children, a token to welcome soldiers home, a tradition shared with friends at the range. But in its relatively short life span, the AR-15 has also become inextricably linked with tragedy and has been vilified as the weapon of mass murder.

Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz confessed to gunning down 17 people last month at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in which an AR-15

was used, the latest mass shooting to prompt a new round of the intractable gun debate.

W h e t h e r b e l ove d o r reviled, the AR-15 is more than just a gun for much of the United States.

‘america’s rifle’ Light, precise and with little recoil, the Colt Armalite Rifle-15 Sporter hit the market in the early 1960s as the first civilian version of the military’s M16 rifle. What

set it apart was, much like its military counterpart, inventor Eugene Stoner’s patented gas operating system, which allowed for rapid fire and reloading. The weapon could easily handle a 20-round magazine, was easy to disassemble and was marketed, in one of Colt’s early advertisements, to hunters, campers and collectors.

Billed as “America’s rifle” Please see Gun, Page A18

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Irene Barbara Kuprionas

March 2, 2018

She lived a simple life and what mattered to her most was her family. She enjoyed cooking a holiday meal for them and spending time with her grandchildren.

She loved to listen to music with her best friend, Joe, was an avid reader and liked crocheting and other crafts.

After her retirement and well into her 80s she volunteered for eight years at a local nursing home.

Mom was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and we know she will be taken right to Heaven’s gate and into the arms of the Lord. We love you Mom and you will forever be in our hearts.

Irene’s family would like to thank all those, both staff and residents, at Birchwood who showed her compassion and kindness over the years she resided there.

A viewing and period of visitation will be Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad Street, Nanticoke.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Spirit Parish / St. Adalbert’s Church, Glen Lyon with the Rev. Louis Kaminski as celebrant. Those attending the funeral mass are asked to go directly to the church on Wednesday morning.

Private interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Twp., at the convenience of the family.

Edward J. Gallagher February 28, 2018

Edward J. Gallagher of Wilkes-Barre, died Wednesday morning, Feb. 28, 2018, at Timber Ridge Health Care Center, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late James and Monica Norton Gallagher, and was a graduate of Coughlin High School. Ed was a member of the former St. Patrick’s Church, Wilkes-Barre, and was a caseworker for Pennsylvania State. Ed was a simple man who loved his boys, Notre Dame football, pizza, pinochle and of course, Coors Light.

He is survived by his sons, James Gallagher and his wife, Talisha, WilkesBarre; Brian Gallagher and his wife, Amanda, Old Forge; g randchild, Samyiah; brothers, Frank Gallagher, Ashley; Marty

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Amanda Sod Braley

March 2, 2018

Irene Barbara Kuprionas, 93, of Hanover section of Nanticoke passed away Friday, March 2, 2018 at WilkesBarre General Hospital.

She had resided at Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Nanticoke since 2013.

Born in Honey Pot on October 31, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Shipp Blockus.

She attended the Nanticoke schools and was employed most of her life in the garment industry. Prior to her retirement she worked as a cook in the Nanticoke High School for nine years. She resided in the Hanover section of Nanticoke most of her life and was an active member of the former St. Jose ph’s Lithuanian Church many years and later attended Corpus Christi Parish, Wanamie.

Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin in 1983 and a son, Bernard in 2003. She was also the last member of her immediate family being preceded in death by her loving brothers, Henry, Leo and Edward Blockus and sisters, Celia Piasecki and Agnes Williams.

She is survived by daughters, Janice (James) Capese, Glen Lyon; Virginia “Ginny” (Robert) Sellon, Nanticoke; daughter-in-law, Beverly Kuprionas, WilkesB a r re ; g r a n d ch i l d re n , Joseph (Cindy) Housenick, S h av e r t o w n , B e r n a r d Kuprionas, Florida, James (Ivy) Housenick, WilkesBarre, Audrey (Rob) Voyton, Shickshinny, Erik Novak, Nanticoke; six great-grandchildren and two greatgreat-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Always with strength, dignity and a great faith in God, Irene never let tragedy and hardship pull her down.

She was an inspiration and role model to her family and friends and brought joy to all whose lives she touched.

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Gallagher, Wilkes-Barre; a n d J a m e s G a l l a g h e r, Plains Twp. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 3, from Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with interment in St. Marys Cemetery, Hanover Twp. Visit www.LehmanFuneralHome.com for additional information.

Amanda Sod Braley, 28, of Nanticoke, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Friday, March 2, 2018, at Celtic Hospice, Inpatient Unit, Geisinger, South Wilkes Barre, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born Nov. 6, 1989, in Kingston, she was the daughter of Deborah Williams Kunec and her husband, Joe, of Virginia, and Jeffrey Sod and his wife, Holly, of Nanticoke.

She was a graduate of Coughlin High School. In past years, she had been employed by Navient, Hanover Twp. Amanda loved to color and was a Disney princess in her own right. She doted on her nephews and greatly enjoyed spending time with her family, especially at “family meetings.”

She was preceded in death, by her maternal grandfather, her “Pop” and best friend, Rick Williams.

In addition to her parents, Amanda is survived by her sisters, Kaitlyn Sod and her

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by the National Rifle Association, the AR-15 is less a specific weapon than a family of them.

When Stoner’s rights to the gas system expired in 1977, it opened the way for dozens of weapons manufacturers to produce their own models, using the same technology.

The term AR-15 has become a catchall that includes a variety of weapons that look and operate similarly, including the Remington Bushmaster, the Smith & Wesson M&P15 and the Springfield Armory Saint.

Over the ensuing decades, as the U.S. military modified the M16’sexteriortoallowforaccessories such as sights, grips and flashlights, the civilian market followed.Today,gunenthusiasts consider the AR-15 the Erector Setof firearms.Onlinemessage boards, video games and advertisements all provide how-to guidesforcustomizingtherifle.

But the guns were taken off shelvesafterPresidentBillClinton signed a law in September 1994 banning what Congress called “assault weapons.”

Prompted by a string of mass shootings — including one in 1989 in Stockton, California, in which five children were killed and32woundedinaschoolyard — the legislation stopped production of civilianrifleslikethe AR-15, and introduced the term “assaultweapons”tothepublic.

Thenumberof assaultweapons recovered by police in crimes and reported to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives dropped sharply after the ban was carried out, according to a JusticeDepartmentreport.

But it stops short of directly tying the ban to a decrease in gun violence, and the ban’s broader effect remains in dispute. Gun rights advocates say loopholes allowed for the sale of slightly modified versions throughout the ban. Its defenders cite law enforcement statistics showing a drop in the criminal use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons during that time.

The number of rifles manufactured in the United States has steadily increased since the ban ended through congressional inaction when the ban sunset in 2004, though it is not clear how many are semi-automatic

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Steve Clark, the owner of Clark Brothers Gun Shop, waits behind the counter of his store in Warrenton, Va., in February. firearms. Some 3.7 million rifles were manufactured in the United States in 2015, the most recent year for which the ATF haspubliclyavailabledata.

Determining the true effect of the ban is all but impossible because federal regulations prohibit the government from tracking the guns. Though gun industry lobbyists touted the popularity of AR-15s, no public information is available on how many Americans own them, where they are bought or concentrated or exactly how many exist.

explosion in popularity Culturally, the ban did what marketers could not: In outlawing it, the government made the AR-15 tantalizing.

“If you want to sell something to an American, just tell him that he can’t have it,” said Mark Westrom, who owned Armalite, the gun’s original manufacturer.

When the ban ended, enthusiastscouldfinallybuywhatfor a decade had been forbidden.

And when the AR-15 reappeared in gun stores that fall, American culture had changed. Now, this civilianmodel military rifle was being sold amid not only a swell of anticipation but also post-9/11 patriotism and at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Special Operations forces were being mythologized in news segments, shown carrying their rifles through the desert in imposing tactical gear. Children were shooting the AR-15’s military equivalent in wartime video games.

Manufacturers designed rival versions, creating a competitive market that made the AR-15 more affordable.

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Charles passed away on March 1, 2017 at the Mountain Top Rehabilitation Center. The son of Charles Bartos & Anna Elko of Wilkes-Barre; he had two siblings. He graduated from Coughlin High School in 1957, worked as an insurance agent for Western & Southern Insurance in the early 1960’s. Charles became a world traveler and settled in Spain for most of his life.

Hanover Twp. Family and friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

In lieu of flowers, contributions, if desired may be made of Valley with a Heart, 7 Alden Road, Nanticoke, PA 18634, or Celtic Hospice, c/o Geisinger South WilkesBarre, Inpatient Unit, 25 Church St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18765.

Amanda’s family would especially like to thank Dr. Greenwald, the doctors and nurses at Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, and the nurses and staff at the Celtic Hospice, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, for their care and compassion.

To submit online condolences to Amanda’s family, please visit www.sjgrontkowskifuneralhome.com.

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fiancée, David Cyphers, Wyoming; and Madison Krawetz, Wilkes-Barre; stepsiblings, Carlee Williams, Nanticoke; Tristan Kunec and Joelle Kunec, both of Virginia; her nephews and the lights of her life, Caden and Cameron; maternal grandmother, Sharon Williams, of Hanover Twp; paternal grandparents, Thomas and Marion Sod, Hunlock Creek; aunts, uncles and cousins.

Amanda’s smile and her eyes would instantly light up a room. She will be deeply missed by her family, friends and all who loved her.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth, followed by interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery,

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“So you want to buy a rifle like our troops are using in Iraq?” National Public Radio asked in November 2004. “Well, step up to the counter and tell the man what you want.”

Gun store owners scrambled to meet demand, contemporaneous news accounts show.

Shops that historically sold traditional bolt-action guns and older firearms started stocking AR-15s.

Steve Clark, whose family has owned Clark Brothers Gun Shop in Warrenton, Virginia, since 1956, said his customers are drawn to newer and more modern rifles.

“If the whole world went to ARs, that’s what I’d be selling,” said Clark, who prefers older firearms for what he views as superior craftsmanship. “It would make me sad, but I’m going to sell them what they want.”

AR-15 owners, asked why they bought the firearms, cited recreation as well as the larger mythology that has enveloped the rifle of embodying freedom and the Second Amendment.

Joshua Boston, a Marine who spent two deployments in Iraq and two in Afghanistan and owns several AR-15s, said he keeps them for personal defense. He is looking for the serial number of his old military rifle so he can engrave both it and the Colt logo onto the AR-15 he plans to give years from now to his son, now 11 months old.

Chris Cerino, a former federal law enforcement officer and firearms instructor in Ohio, said he hated the AR-15, until he used one. “It was so fun to shoot,” said Cerino, 48.

Now, he and his wife, who has a purple AR-15, love them.

“It’s an icon,” he said. “It’s a symbol of freedom. To me, it is America’s rifle.”

Critics say the firearm’s branding positioned it for notoriety. Josh Koskoff — a lawyer who represents parents of victims of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut,inalawsuitagainstthegun manufacturer Remington — cited a concerted effort by the gun industry after the assault weaponsbantousetheAR-15to

shape popular opinion around semi-automatic weapons — rebranding them as “modern sporting rifles.”

“When they market it to young men, there’s no ‘sporting rifle’ angle to it,” Koskoff said. “It’s all military. It’s all violent. And it’s all incendiary marketing.”

Indeed, the AR-15 is also inextricably linked to tragedy.

Mass shootings are central to the gun’s narrative, and its popularity. Police departments stocked up on them after a string of massacres in the 1990s. Some supporters attribute their fondness to fear of being outgunned should they encounter an aggressor. Hobbyists, like Swarey, 23, have swarmed to gun shops after mass shootings, fearful that they could be a catalyst for the government to outlaw them again.

“It was right around the time of the first school shooting that made the news and scared everybody,” Swarey said of buying his first AR-15 about five years ago, when, he said, the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was fueling talk of another assault weapons ban. “It was one of those things, that I wanted to get one before they were impossible to get.”

Compared with pistols, assault rifles are used rarely in shootings. According to FBI statistics, 374 people were murdered with any kind of rifle in 2016; 7,105 were killed by a handgun.

But the AR-15 has been a recurring character in some of the United States’ most infamous violent crimes. Adam Lanza used his to kill 20 childrenandsixeducatorsatSandy Hook. Stephen Paddock used an enhanced AR-style gun to kill 58 concertgoers and wound hundreds on the Las Vegas Strip in October. A month later, Devin Kelley murdered 26 congregants with a Ruger AR-15 variant at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. And the rampage last month at Marjory StonemanDouglasHighSchool in Parkland, Florida, renewed calls for assault-style rifles to be banned — a common refrain aftermassshootings.

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“Over there, beside the car park?”

“Huh?” “I mean, the parking lot.”

“Yeah.”

I was so rattled that I almost forgot to use my “turn signal,” and when it came to the three-point turn my neck had gone into such a spasm (60 may be the new 40 but not always), I could not turn my head. We headed into a roundabout. Eddie insisted on calling it a “traffic circle,” flustering me again to the point that I almost failed to yield. Doing the parallel parking, I managed — not — to brush the sidewalk (pavement) with the tires (tyres) — a potentially fatal mistake, even on Staten Island.

After seven minutes, we were back where we started.

Eddie said I should clean the windshield. It had been spitting rain. I assumed he meant the windscreen.

“You passed!” he said, printing out a piece of paper from his gadget like a car rental agent presenting a receipt.

“Thank you, Eddie,” I said.

I did not say, “Brilliant!”

So, at this advanced age, I can drive. That’s a good thing at a time when there may be a need to escape from Donald Trump into some faraway corner of this great land. The words of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” have been on my mind: “He acts like an animal, has an animal’s habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one! There’s even some-

So, at this advanced age, I can drive. That’s a good thing at a time when there may be a need to escape from Donald Trump into some faraway corner of this great land. thing — sub-human — something not quite to the stage of humanity yet! Yes, something — apelike about him, like one of those pictures I’ve seen in — anthropological studies! Thousands and thousands of years have passed him right by, and there he is — Stanley Kowalski — survivor of the Stone Age! Bearing the raw meat home from the kill in the jungle! And you — you here — waiting for him! Maybe he’ll strike you or maybe grunt and kiss you! That is, if kisses have been discovered yet! ... Maybe we are a long way from being made in God’s image, but Stella — my sister — there has been some progress since then! Such things as art — as poetry and music — such kinds of new light have come into the world since then! In some kinds of people some tenderer feelings have had some little beginning! That we have got to make grow! And cling to, and hold as our flag.”

Thanks, Eddie; thanks to the kindness of strangers in America.

“This is not a diversity effort. We’re not just checking boxes,” Eccleston said.

“This is a firm commitment to having hip-hop as an ongoing program.”

Last year’s Kennedy Center Honors program — an annual centerpiece event — may have been one of the blackest nights in the history of the institution. In addition to LL Cool J — whose program included a speech by Queen Latifah and a performance by rapper Busta Rhymes — the honorees included African-American singer Lionel Richie and dancer Carmen De Lavallade. Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan was also saluted. The only white honoree was TV producer Norman Lear, the man who helped bring black family life into mainstream culture with shows like “Good Times” and “The Jeffersons.”

The 2017-18 season, Q-Tip’s first at the helm, kicked off with a performance by him and Moran. The veteran rapper calls it “just a flash of our potential.”

He plans to appoint a “brain trust” council of fellow rappers and says the real impact will be felt around year four or five when both sides are more comfortable with each other.

“I have to grow into the position and the Kennedy Center has to get acclimated to the nuances that exist in our thing,” Q-Tip said.

Inside the building, staffers refer to the traditional programming staples by the acronym SOB: symphony,

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Q-Tip, the Kennedy Center’s artistic director for hip-hop culture, plans to gather a council of fellow rappers as he grows into the position. opera and ballet. President Deborah Rutter acknowledged that the shift has sparked some concer n among what she called “the dyed-in-the-wool, I only want to hear ‘La Traviata”’ audience.

“Some people get a little nervous,” she said. “They ask, ‘If you do this other stuff, will there be less of what I love?”’

The traditionalists aren’t the only nervous ones.

Moran laughingly recalls a moment before Lamar’s 2015 performance when a member of Lamar’s team came up to him, genuinely confused, and asked, “Who’s coming to this thing, man?”

“They were unsure just what they were getting into. I told them to just be themselves and let it rip,” Moran said.

As far back as 2008, rapper Mos Def performed at the Kennedy Center, sneaking in as part of the jazz program-

ing. But the idea of a dedicated hip-hop department didn’t come together until more recently. In 2014, the center sponsored the two-week One Mic hip-hop culture festival, which culminated in Nas performing with the NSO. The festival was already planned when Rutter joined the center, but she said its success made her focus on deepening the relationship.

“That was a tipping point for us to say that this hunger for a connection between this art form and the Kennedy Center is very real. This is too good to let go of,” she said.

The dual choices of Q-Tip and LL Cool J are particularly c r u c i a l . B o t h h ave achieved mainstream popularity and name recognition while still retaining respect within hip-hop circles. That legitimacy will be important, as they’re expected to act as ambassadors in both directions. They won’t just be

asked to help introduce hiphop to the Kennedy Center; they’ll be asked to help introduce the Kennedy Center to the hip-hop community.

The ultimate goal is to draw younger and more diverse audiences, showcasing what Rutter calls “a truly American art form” while also bringing new blood to the 46-year-old institution.

“These conversations we’re going to have will be complex and will ruffle feathers,” Moran said. “Servicing the same audience over and over again, we know that doesn’t grow your audience.”

Q-Tip says his message to the core SOB-loving Kennedy Center audience is not to worry.

“The Kennedy Center stands for top-flight programming. That’s not going to stop,” he said. “It’s going to draw more attention, more people, more bodies. ... We’re widening and stretching the territory.”

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Green building standards gain ground

NEPA schools, companies embracing trend

By JOn O’COnnell Staff Writer

CLARKS SUMMIT — A hip trend in commercial construction is becoming mainstream, and more schools, health systems and corporations are jumping on board when they build.

In the last five years, 15 commercial construction projects in Northeast Pennsylvania ranging in size from 3,200 square feet to 1.7 milJake Danna StevenS / Staff PhotograPher lion square feet were built Chris Police, an architect for the engineering firm following environmental Highland Associates, works on a classroom with mod- quality standards set by the U.S. Green Building Counern security elements for a local school building.

cil’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system, or LEED. The volume represents a big jump when compared to only eight projects between 2000, when the program began, and 2013, according to data provided by the council.

The pro g ram awards points when builders meet standards such as material selection, energy efficiency and waste disposal in the name of healthier and more sustainable building.

For an opt-in and sometimes costly standard that

once seemed like an afterthought, companies now start asking about meeting LEED standards in the proposal phase, said one architecture and engineering firm principal.

“Five years ago, you’d be halfway through design and somebody would say, ‘Hey I think we want to go for LEED,’” said Brian Schafer of Highland Associates, an engineering firm in Clarks Summit and New York City.

His company at the end of 2016 completed a major project in Summit, New Jersey,

for the pharmaceutical company Celgene.

The 200,000-square-foot building sits atop a four-deck parking garage with room for nearly 1,000 cars.

It took 13 months for building partner Turner Construction to complete the structure that Highland architects designed to be encrusted with windows, flexible working areas and lots of open space inside.

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The Video Game Store employee Andrew Skelton selects a video game for a customer. The store is located on Spruce Street in downtown Scranton.

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Scranton store plugs into market for retro video games

By JOsePh KOhuT Staff Writer

SCRANTON — Randy Wilson had the television on with the sound low at the far end of the counter of the Spruce Street business he manages, the Video Game Store, a small shop whose name leaves no question about what they sell.

On a cold and bright February afternoon, “The Matrix Reloaded” played in black-and-white as a steady stream of shoppers filed in and browsed.

The shelves behind Wilson are stocked with the latest video games. But shoppers can also find the cartridges and discs of video game consoles of yesteryear. Super Smash Bros., Star Fox 64, Final Fantasy VII and other classics sit under glass cases with price tags ranging from $16 to $50, salve for older millennials and Generation Xers itching with nostalgia for entertainment from their childhoods.

“Nintendo is the best retro that’s gone up in value,” Wilson said. “You know N64 has really gone up and Super Nintendo.”

The Video Game Store, owned by businessman Steve Greene, has tapped into the niche market of retro video games for the better part of a decade, in West Scranton for nine years and in the downtown for the last year. Business is better downtown but the overhead is higher, with rent at the Spruce Street storefront at

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Retro Nintendo video game consoles are available for sale at the Video Game Store in Scranton. $1,200 a month, Wilson said.

They sell vintage games and vintage game consoles. They’ll also buy games people want to sell as well.

Mainly catered to by independent retailers like Greene’s or online services like eBay, retro video games have been increasingly popular in recent years. Capitalizing on it, Nintendo during the last two holiday seasons released miniaturized versions of its first two consoles, the NES and Super NES, loaded with classic games from the late 1980s and early ’90s. They were difficult to find. Nintendo sold 4 million Super NES since last fall, according to a recent

Simpsons: Road Rage,” a 2001 game that sees the player take control of the show’s iconic faces as they ferry pixilated characters around like taxi drivers. He wanted it for Playstation 2, long obsolete but held dear in the hearts of many 20-somethings.

He asked Wilson if they had it in stock.

They did, Wilson thinks, but not anymore.

Someone else snatched it up. Ragnacci shifted his attention to the stacks of movies behind him. The stacks in the downtown store are easier to navigate than the stacks at the West Side store.

Wilson’s first foray into video games came with Atari. As a kid, he blasted aliens in “Space Invaders.” The Sega Genesis came next for him, then the original PlayStation. Both consoles are in Wilson’s glass display cases for sale. He thought he might even have an Atari in the back.

For Ragnacci, it was the Sega Genesis.

Sonic the Hedgehog’s 1991 debut remains his favorite game.

He said he’s been coming to the store for years. Wilson is friendly and will have a conversation about games and movies, where other electronic stores would be more apt to say “yeah, whatever.”

“I can actually talk to the staff here and look for an hour,” Ragnacci said.

Then he continued to look through $4 Blu-rays.

corporate briefing. The gaming giant plans to continue sales this year to build interest in its new system, the Nintendo Switch, among people who have not played a video game in a long time, or ever.

Jacob Ragnacci is not one of those people.

The 26-year-old from Scranton stopped in the Video Game Store at around the point in the plot when Keanu Reeves, armed with a stick, fights a small army of suited Hugo Weavings. Agent Smith takes a beating, but Ragnacci had his mind on Contact the writer: jkohut@timesshamrock.com Homer Simpson.

Ragnacci scanned the shelves for “The 570-348-9144, @jkohuttt

JCPenney adding volume

Salons at area stores hiring stylists in advance of makeover.

By Denise AllABAugh Staff Writer

JCPenney is adding volume to its salons.

Stylists are being hired for JCPenney salons throughout the state and that includes the salons in the Wyoming Valley Mall in WilkesBarre Twp. and the Viewmont Mall in Scranton and Dickson City.

Bridget Demboski, JCPenney salon leader at the Wyoming Valley Mall and the Viewmont Mall, could not provide a specific number of

stylists being hired at both locations, but she said, “We are looking to hire as many as we can.”

The Wyoming Valley Mall location has 16 stations and Demboski said she would like to have them “full plus.” The location now employs 13 stylists, she said.

“If we had our wish, we would want to have double what we have today,” said Ryan Walsh, general manager of JCPenney at the Wyoming Valley Mall. “We would want to have two stylists per station.”

The salon at the Viewmont Mall has 22 stations. For this location, Demboski said they envision the same scenario: double capacity at each station.

JCPenney boasts one of the largest salon businesses in the country with more than 750 salons, and the retailer announced it is hiring 169 for its Pennsylvania locations and about 6,500 nationwide.

Since launching an exclusive partnership with the fashion and beauty experts at InStyle in 2015, JCPenney salons have undergone a dynamic reinvention, transforming into the Salon by InStyle.

The JCPenney salon in the Wyoming Valley Mall will undergo this renovation in the summer and Warren ruDa / Staff PhotograPher according to Walsh, it will take six JCPenney salon master stylist Jessica Bialko attends to Matthew to eight weeks to complete.

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Sebolka of Swoyersville at the department store’s salon at the Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes-Barre Twp.

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People on the Move Auto/Mate Dealership Systems David Vickers was promoted from customer success manager to regional sales manager. In his new role, he will cultivate and manage relationships with franchise auto dealerships in the capital district, upstate New York, western New York and Pennsylvania.

Vickers joined Auto/Mate in 2010 and has held several positions, including customer relationship representative, aftermarket sales manager and customer success manager.

Citizens Savings Bank Catherine Langan recently joined the bank in the position of mortgage originator. She brings a wealth of experience with more than 20 years working in the banking industry.

Langan’s extensive experience includes lending and sales.

She has held various lending origination positions, including officer status, throughout her career as well as being a certified paralegal. Langan also works as a Realtor for Classic Properties.

She graduated from Marywood University with a Bachelor of Arts in law education. She is affiliated with the Mortgage Bankers Association, Scranton Board of Realtors, Lackawanna Builders, Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, Komen Foundation and American Heart Association.

She resides at Moosic Lakes in Jefferson Twp. with her husband, Ed. Langan has two grown sons.

Kim Marriggi has recently been promoted to the position of branch manager in the Taylor branch. She joined the bank in August 2004 as a full-time teller in the Taylor branch. She was promoted to assistant branch manager in 2007 and stepped in to assist the Taylor branch as interim branch manager in 2012 and 2017. Marriggi will be responsible for maximizing sales and efficiency of the individual branch operation. She will continue to manage, coach and mentor branch staff, ensuring each staff member has been appropriately trained in the sales process and bank policies and procedures. She will develop and maintain relationships through prospecting and relationship selling in her market area. Marriggi will oversee that the branch continually delivers the highest level of quality customer service in all aspects of their duties, including operational efficiency and human resource management activities to meet bank objectives.

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HOPKINS Classic Properties

BOUIKA DGK Insurance

MILANI Honesdale National

LOMBARDO Horizon Dental

advocate for victims of heavy trucking accidents for more than 30 years, and she has held CHOTKOWSKI DURKIN multiple leadKeystone Keystone ership posiResources Resources tions within the Trucking Litigation Group.

Tobyhanna Army Depot HEISS Lacawac

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School of Dentistry. She completed her residency through New York Medical College at Phelps Memorial Hospital.

She is a member of the American Dental Association, Classic Properties Pennsylvania Dental AssociaMichele Hopkins recently tion and an active volunteer at joined the Kingston office of Volunteers in Medicine located the company. Michele earned in Wilkes-Barre. She resides in her real estate education from Wyoming with her fiancé. the Real Estate Academy in 2007 and was a million-dollar Keystone Community Resources producer in 2017. She grew up in the Pittston area and Stan Chotkowski has been currently resides in Duryea. appointed to executive director.

He has a Bachelor of Science DGK Insurance & in criminal justice and psycholFinancial Services ogy from Mansfield University The Factoryville insurance and a master’s in health care agency has expanded its sales administration. He joined in force with the hiring of Rob2009 as a residential director ert R. Bouika. Known for putand during his nine years, he ting his clients’ interests first, excelled in several leadership his career in investments and roles. banking spans more than 15 In his new executive role, he years. Being a part of the com- will directly oversee the resimunity has been a staple for dential directors team, clinical Bouika as he has enjoyed time department and health serserving on the boards for both vices department. Chotkowski Wilkes-Barre POWER! and NAIis committed to overseeing the FA — Northeast Chapter. continued growth of KCR’s 60 group homes that are dedicatHonesdale ed to serving people with intelNational Bank lectual disabilities and autism in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Carol Milani, assistant vice president, will serve as branch Wyoming counties.

He will also oversee the fumanager for the new office on ture growth of Keystone IndeNorthern Boulevard in Clarks pendent Living.

Summit.

Kristine Durkin has been Milani holds various investpromoted to associate senior ment licenses and brings over 28 years of banking experience director of human resources.

Kristine joined in 2006 as a to her new position. She will serve as the bank’s representa- staff development specialist; in tive to the Abington Business & those 12 years she has held several leadership roles. She Professional Association. joins the management team in Milani resides in Scranton carrying out its mission of dewith her husband, Frank, and has a son, Kenneth Davenport, veloping diverse opportunities for individuals with autism and and daughter, Jennifer Davenintellectual disabilities. port.

Durkin is dedicated to creatHorizon ing a great place to work and building leadership talent within Dental Care the organization.

Dr. Victoria Lombardo has joined the dental office and is Lacawac Sanctuary now accepting new patients at The sanctuary recently awardthe Scranton location.

Lombardo specializes in gen- ed two grants to scientists conducting research at its Field eral dentistry. She earned her bachelor’s degree at the Univer- Station. The Robert Estabrook Moeller Memorial Awards were sity of Scranton and received her doctorate from Temple Uni- awarded to Dr. Elise Heiss, King’s College, and Rachel Pilversity’s Maurice H. Kornberg

Marriggi volunteers for a variety of nonprofit organizations, such as WVIA and Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge. She resides in Taylor.

Two Tobyhanna Army Depot employees were recognized MUNLEY KARCHIN FULLER MacDOWELL for their years of government service during recent Length Munley Tobyhanna Tobyhanna Wayne of Service ceremonies: Law Army Depot Army Depot Memorial n Dennis Karchin, Mountain tor and trial lawyer, Snyder has Top, 30 years, logistics manla, Miami University of Ohio. more than 20 years of medical agement specialist, Program Heiss, a chemistry profesManagement Division, Producsor at King’s College, has been malpractice litigation experiawarded a $2,000 grant for her ence. In addition to health care tion Management Directorate. n Lloyd Fuller, Pittston, 30 research titled “Nitrogen Cycling liability, she also defends clients in education and employ- years, electronics mechanic, in Lake Lacawac: Investigating C3 Division, C4ISR DirectorEnvironmental Controls on Wa- ment law-related matters.

She is a 1987 graduate of ate. ter Column Nitrification.” Pilla, the Pennsylvania State Univera Ph.D. student at Miami, has In addition to service cersity and a 1993 graduate of tificates and pins, employalso been awarded a $2,000 Widener University School of grant for her research titled ees with 30 years receive a Law. A member of the Pennsyl- framed American flag that in“Mapping the Metabolic Landscape for Threatened Zooplank- vania and Lackawanna County cludes a photo of the depot. bar associations, she is admit- Deputy Commanding Officer ton Taxa in Lakes.”

Moeller, a longtime friend and ted to the U.S. District Court Frank Zardecki presented the for the Middle District of Penn- awards. supporter of the sanctuary, passed away in late May 2011 sylvania and the Eastern DisWayne Memorial trict of Pennsylvania, as well at 62. He was a limnologist, Community Health as the Third Circuit Court of a researcher who studied the structure and function of lakes Appeals.

Centers and the organisms that live in Certified Nurse Midwife them. He was always generous Marywood Christina MacDowell has University in giving his time to help stujoined the Women’s Health dents and colleagues with their Tricia Richards-Service, Center as its newest provider. research. His scope of underClarks Summit, a doctoral can- Christina holds office hours at standing in limnology was imdidate and 2017-2018 Fulthe Honesdale location at 110 pressive, ranging from aquatic bright-Schuman grantee to the Park St. botany and paleolimnology to European Union, and Rodica As a nurse midwife, she prothe contemporary ecology of Zaharia, a full professor at the vides prenatal, intrapartum phytoplankton and zooplankton. University of Economic Studies and postpartum care to obstetHis focus in more recent years in Bucharest and a visiting Fulrical patients. She facilitates was on the ecology of ultraviobright Scholar at the university births at New Beginnings Birthlet radiation and its effects on in 2014, are collaborating on a ing Suites, the maternity unit zooplankton-phytoplankton inresearch project focused on re- of the hospital in Honesdale teractions. ducing breast cancer mortality. where more than 420 births Moeller’s generosity extended took place in 2017. MacDowto his establishing an endowed Munley Law ell also sees gynecological fund, which will support Robert Marion Munley, a partner in patients for exams, family planEstabrook Moeller Research the personal injury firm, prening needs and acute minor Fellow awards to college and sented before a group of her gynecological problems. university students and faculty peers at the American AssoMacDowell has been part to do limnological research on ciation for Justice Trucking Liti- of the health center’s family Lake Lacawac and other Pogation seminar in Palm Beach, for more than seven years. cono region lakes.

Florida, on Dec. 8. Munley’s She was a member of Lufocused on zerne County Community ColMarshall Dennehey presentation “Tried and True Trucking Trial lege’s first nursing class at the Warner Coleman Tactics.” The title of her talk Wayne Memorial Hospital Camwas “Persuading the Butcher, pus. She then transitioned into Goggin Baker and Candlestick Makthe role of registered nurse Robin B. Snyder, shareholder.” specializing in maternity at er and member of the firm’s Earlier this year, Munley beNew Beginnings, a position board of directors, has been came the first woman to lead she served in for nearly five named assistant director of years while continuing her eduthe health care department at the AAJ trucking Litigation Group and she served as cocation. MacDowell earned a the firm. In this role, she will chair of this year’s seminar.

Bachelor of Science degree in assist Kevin FitzPatrick, direcShe was also elected to chair nursing from Penn State Unitor of the health care departversity and a Master of Sciment, in managing and super- of the AAJ Women Trial Lawence degree in nursing/nurse vising the firm’s 80-plus health yers Caucus. The Trucking Litigation Group provides its care attorneys throughout 14 midwifery from Frontier Nursing members with the tools and offices. In accepting the posiUniversity, Hyden, Kentucky. tion, Snyder is relocating from resources they need to sucSUBMIT PEOPLE ON THE the firm’s Scranton office to its cessfully litigate trucking cas- MOVE items to business@ es and remain aware of imporKing of Prussia office, where tant developments in trucking timesshamrock.com or The FitzPatrick is also located.

Times-Tribune, 149 Penn Ave., laws. Munley has been an An accomplished civil litigaScranton, PA 18503.

JCPENNEY: Salon name will change LEED: Schools quick to adopt FROM PAGE A20

It was one of 77 salons chosen for this renovation this year. Demboski said.

“Our name will change.

We will still be the JCPenney salon but the new salon will be the The Salon by InStyle inside JCPenney,” Demboski said.

The salon renovation will give it a “completely different look,” Walsh said.

“We are rebranding on the outside but there will be all new stations and an all new atmosphere in our salon to really make it stand out,” he said. “It’s going to bring some new clients into our salon and also into our store.

It’s going to introduce them to InStyle salon and JCPenney.”

JCPenney at the Viewmont Mall will not be renovated this year but it will become The Salon by InStyle in the future, Demboski said.

“Eventually, the company wants all the salons to be The Salon by InStyle,” she said.

Each JCPenney salon provides an array of services, including haircuts, color, signature blowouts, hair treatments, extensions and natural styling.

Manicures, pedicures and facial waxing services also are offered and customers can shop popular salon products, tools and accessories from Matrix, Paul Mitchell, CHI, Redken, Mizani and more.

“It’s attracting to stylists to be able to work someplace that’s trendy,” Demboski

said. “We also have great education so all of our stylists are put through education, usually two classes a month which are about the new and coming trends and color classes. We have core classes that everyone goes through on all different kinds of haircuts, colors, perms and styles.”

Demboski would not say the starting salary for stylists, but she said JCPenney employs some of the “best paid” stylists as far as commission is concerned as well as paid benefits, paid time off and 401K eligibility. Salaries are based on experience, she said.

“Stylists get the best benefits in the industry with JCPenney,” she said.

Walsh said the salon on the second floor of JCPenney complements Sephora on the first floor.

Sephora offers a big selection of makeup, skin care, fragrances and more from classic and emerging brands.

JCPenney is one of the only retailers that offers salon, beauty and fashion all in one store, giving customers a unique shopping experience.

At the Wyoming Valley Mall and Viewmont Mall, JCPenney is the only department store with a salon and a beauty retailer inside, Walsh said.

“It’s unique for us in the market and it brings in a lot of traffic and it brings in a different customer to us,” Walsh said. “As a company, they’re investing in things and this is another corner-

distribution center in Hazle Twp. earned its silver-level LEED seal of approval in 2015. Invenergy LLC is seeking certification for the administration building at its power plant in Jessup, construction site manager Dan Marks said.

A tighter “envelope” can mean firms and institutions can save money down the road by bringing down heating and cooling costs, said Denise Luikart, an interior designer with Highland.

They can save on electricity with sensors that know when people are using a room control lighting and ventilation systems automatically so the power comes on only when it’s needed. “ T h a t ’s s o c o m m o n now,” she said. “You walk in, the lights come on. People leave, they don’t turn them of f — they tur n themselves off.”

More points mean a higher certification level, with levels including basic certification, silver, gold and platinum, and they come at different costs.

A project could easily achieve certified- or silverlevel status with no added

cost, Kunka said, but higher levels usually require more technology, for example on-site power generation such as solar panels or wind turbines.

Long-term energy savings could balance out the higher capital investment, said Highland mechanical engineer A.J. Lello.

“If you have the wherewithal to do platinum, obviously you’re going to look at energy savings as one of those higher priorities,” he said.

Hiring an expert to manage points could also add to the bottom line, especially for companies looking for gold or platinum status, said Kunka, who also noted picking a contractor who has worked with LEED at the outset reduces bumps along the way.

“It’s meant to be a leadership standard that not all buildings can attain,” she said. “You’ll hear complaints from some people out there that it’s too much documentation, but that’s to get a third-party certification, that’s what you have to do to stand apart, that’s to be a leader.”

trose Bible Conference’s Dreyer Hall, 218 Locust St., check-in, 7:30 a.m., followed by breakfast, and will conclude at noon; variMarch 22: Susquehanna County Conservation District ous speakers and presentations; registration, 570-278annual Heavy Equipment Contractors Workshop, Mon- 4600, ext. 3054 or https://

www.suscondistrict.org/contractorsworkshop.html by March 8.

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WARREN RUDA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

JCPenney at the Wyoming Valley Mall is hiring stylists as it plans a renovation to become The Salon

by InStyle inside JcPenney. stone they’re investing in.

It’s an investment that’s going to play out really well for our store. I am excited about it.”

With more customers shifting to online shopping, Walsh said, “This is a point of difference to make sure our customers are coming and getting take care of.”

“You can’t get your hair cut online,” he said.

Demboski added that the salon and Sephora often work together for events like getting young women’s hair and makeup ready for proms.

Licensed stylists interested in applying should visit their local salon or submit an application online at jcpcareers.com. In addition to stylists, other job openings are available as well.

Contact the writer: dallabaugh@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2115, @CVAllabaugh

62,000-square-foot construction off the Morgan Highway in South Abington Twp. in 2015 and the University of Scranton’s 117,000-square-foot rehabilitation center along Jefferson Avenue in Scranton in 2016.

Higher-learning institutions are among the fastest to embrace LEED, said Heidi Kunka, the Green Building Council’s central Pennsylvania region director, who added that school districts, both private and public, have also adopted the standards.

“School districts are recognizing that No. 1, they can save money on all the energy and water efficiency features of a LEED building, and on top of that it’s the human health benefit,” she said.

Research shows extra sunlight and well-ventilated, clean air leads to more alert students and higher test scores, she said.

While education and health care sectors seem more drawn to LEED than others, industrial companies want it, too.

American Eagle Outfitters’ 1.7 million-square-foot

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DISTRICT 2 SWIMMING

DISTRICT 2 BASKETBALL

Head of tHe class

ADAM MAhLER Won 3 gold medals

Cougars hold off Scranton for 6A championship

Royals’ Mahler strikes gold Holy Redeemer junior sets mark, ties record.

By JOBy FAWCETT Staff Writer

CHriStoPHer DoLan / Staff PHotograPHer

Hazleton Area’s Jeffrey Planutis holds up the District 2 Class 6A championship plaque as teammates Joey Grula, left, and Josh Samec look on after beating Scranton for the title on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun Arena.

hazleton area 61, scranton 51

By DAVE SEAMON Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — For Hazleton Area, the return to Mohegan Sun Arena proved worth the “wait.’’

In gold.

Leading from start to finish, the Cougars built a 22-point advantage, but they had to overcome a frantic Knights’ rally to post a 61-51 victory in the District 2 Class

CLASS 6A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP 6A championship game on Saturday night.

Hazleton Area built a 55-33 lead on Jeff Planutis’ rebound basket with 4:45 left, before Scranton went on an 18-2 run keyed by 3-pointers

by Cameron Jordan, Robbie McAndrew and Ky’Ron Harbin

and Harbin’s two acrobatic baskets.

The Knights (16-8) pulled as close as 57-51 on Marcus Bauman’s free throw with 43.5 seconds left, but Da’mir Faison and Josh Samec answered with two free throws apiece in the waning sec-

onds to seal Hazleton Area’s victory.

“These (championships) aren’t easy to come by,’’ said Hazleton Area head coach Mike Joseph, whose team lost to Williamsport in the subregional final last season. “Our district is one of the few in our state that (Class 6A teams) face elimination if they lose this game. If you lose this one, the season’s over.’’

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WILKES-BARRE — Adam Mahler couldn’t believe it when he saw it.

After touching the wall, well ahead of the competition, he glanced up — as most do — to the huge scoreboard that illuminates the swimmers’ times in each race.

Right there, in bright red, flashed the Holy Redeemer junior’s winning time for the 100yard butterfly: 50.49 seconds.

It crushed the field by almost three seconds, and it cleared his District 2 Class 2A record of 51.68.

“That one makes me ecstatic,” said Mahler, who also tied a district record in winning the 200 free. “That there is my best split. To do a 50.49, unshaven and not tapered, makes me pretty ecstatic.”

His record-smashing performance, and threegold medal haul, highlighted the first day of the boys championship meet at the Catholic Youth Center in WilkesBarre on Saturday.

Day 2 is scheduled for Monday at 1 p.m. and will pick up with Dallas in first place at 120 points, Scranton Prep second at 106 and Tunkhannock third with 105.

In his first final, Mahler was chasing a long-standing district record. He got out quickly and headed toward the finish strong, touching the timing pad with a See MAHLER, PAGE B3

NORThEAST REGIONAL WRESTLING

Tigers’ Evans earns trip to states 5 wrestlers will represent WVC at state tournament.

By ERIC ShuLTz Staff Writer

BETHLEHEM — Even though his hand wasn’t raised at the end of the night, David Evans was the last wrestler standing in his conference.

The Tunkhannock sophomore did what no one in the Wyoming Valley ConJaSon farmer / Staff PHotograPHer ference, and only one other wrestler in Tunkhannock’s David Evans wrestles Bethlehem District 2, could Saturday: win his semiCatholic’s Matt Mayer Saturday night in the Class 3A final and advance to a regional champi-

Northeast Regionals at Bethlehem Liberty.

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Evans kept trying to fight back but wound up losing to Bethlehem Catholic freshman Matt Mayer, the champion from District 11, in a 14-12 decision.

That was almost beside the point, though, because the 106-pounder had already guaranteed a spot in the PIAA tournament.

Posting the top finish in District 2 along with West Scranton runner-up Jeremy Seymour, Evans was one of 13 wrestlers in the district to place top-four at the Northeast Regional Class 3A tournament and qualify for the upcoming state tournament. Evans, fourth-place finishers David Krokowski (126 pounds) of Valley West and Steven Newell (170) of Dallas, and consolation finalists Shane Noonan (195) of Hazleton Area and Shane O’Rourke (220) of Crestwood will represent the WVC at states.

All five are first-time qualifiers.

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DRESS FOR SUCCESS

The Nailers reached a franchise milestone on Wednesday night, earning their 2,000th point in a 6-3 win over Manchester.

Frequent Penguins reinforcement Freddie Tiffels scored his third goal in two games, while Troy Josephs and Cody Wydo also lit the lamp for Wheeling.

The team received a pair of reinforcements last week, getting Reid Gardiner back from Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton and Derek Army back from the Tucson Roadrunners. Army had appeared in 22 games with the Milwaukee Admirals, recording five points, before being traded to Tucson on Monday.

Following Wednesday’s win, Wheeling was slated for a two-game series in Worcester, Massachusetts, against the Railers on Friday and Saturday.

Record: 29-22-6-0, 64 points, fourth in North Division

For hockey players, the equipment they wear is just as important as the skills they possess.

This week, Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins defenseman Kevin Schulze talked about the gear he uses on the ice.

SCHULZE

Skates

THE CITIZENS’ VOICE FILE

Lehigh Valley’s Tyrell Goulbourne (12) shoots on Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith during a game earlier this season. The Phantoms currently hold first place in the Atlantic Division, with the Penguins right behind as the fourth quarter of the season begins.

Playoff Picture

STATS TO KNOW ■ After going pointless in 13 games, Penguins forward Adam Johnson had recorded five points in his last four contests through Thursday.

■ Team captain Tom Kostopoulos has a threegame point streak dating back to Jan. 27 and seven points overall through 10 games this season.

■ With last Sunday’s 3-2 win, the Penguins have earned at least one point (7-0-1-1) in each of their games against in-state rival Hershey this season.

DID YOU KNOW? The Penguins have been outscored, 78-65, in 24 road games this season and are averaging more than one goal fewer (2.70) per game than at Mohegan Sun Arena (3.82).

QUOTE UNQUOTE “What has he played, 1,600 games now? He’s good to have back. It’s good to have our captain back. He’s a great leader, and I’m happy for him.” — forward Tom Sestito in reference to Kostopoulos’ return in last Friday’s game, the captain’s 700th in the AHL. His total number of professional games played is actually 1,331.

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Breaking down the Atlantic Division postseason races

BY TYLER PICCOTTI STAFF WRITER

It seems that no team in the AHL’s Atlantic Division can afford to relax for even one day.

Take last Sunday, when the WilkesBarre/Scranton Penguins and Hershey Bears met at Mohegan Sun Arena in what was the end of a three-inthree set for both sides.

The second-place Penguins were desperately trying to keep pace with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms for the division’s top spot. The Bears, meanwhile, were desperately trying to keep pace with the Charlotte Checkers for the division’s final playoff spot.

The Penguins won, 3-2, but they hardly had time to relish the win.

“Hershey is always a good game,” Penguins forward Daniel Sprong said afterward. “I remember when I was 18 (in the) playoffs, they were all close games. They’re battling for their lives. They’re outside the playoffs. Every win for them matters. For us, too; we’re trying to catch Lehigh.”

Today’s game against the Milwaukee Admirals is the Penguins’ 56th this season, essentially marking the end of the third quarter. With the finish line in sight, it’s time for a teamby-team look at the races for both the Atlantic crown and fourth place.

FIRST PLACE Lehigh Valley Phantoms Record (through Thursday): 3515-3-4, .675 points percentage NHL deadline additions: None, but the Flyers’ trade for goaltender Petr Mrazek kept Dustin Tokarski with Lehigh Valley.

Why they’ll win: The Phantoms have had the Eastern Conference’s most potent offense all season, and it only got more explosive with Danick Martel’s (19 goals) return from a broken jaw on Feb. 16. They also have a favorable March schedule, with nine games against teams currently outside of the playoff picture.

Why they won’t: Tokarski has been inconsistent this season and sports a save percentage of only .908, putting more pressure on recent signee John Muse. It also appears AHL all-star Oskar Lindblom is sticking around in Philadelphia.

■ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Record: 32-16-4-1, .651 points percentage NHL deadline additions: WilkesBarre/Scranton essentially swaps Greg McKegg for forward Josh Jooris after Pittsburgh’s trade with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Why they’ll win: The Penguins are getting deeper at forward, with both Tom Sestito and captain Tom Kostopoulos returning from injury last week and Joseph Cramarossa and Jooris joining the team. The play of rookies Daniel Sprong and Adam Johnson is also very encouraging.

Why they won’t: Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton’s schedule is grueling — 16 games this month, 10 of which are on the road. The blue line is banged up with injuries to Zach Trotman, Frank Corrado and Andrey Pedan, and goaltending remains in flux with both Casey DeSmith and Tristan Jarry in Pittsburgh.

■ Providence Bruins Record: 32-18-3-2, .627 points percentage NHL deadline additions: None, but Boston sent down veteran defenseman Paul Postma after acquiring Rick Nash and singing Brian Gionta.

Why they’ll win: Goaltender Zane McIntyre is red-hot, with three shutouts since Feb. 9 and 19 victories this season. The team also has plenty of offensive weapons, with Jordan Szwarz, Austin Czarnik and former AHL MVP Kenny Agostino all having solid seasons.

Why they won’t: The Bruins face a relatively hectic schedule in March with 14 games. Five of them are against the Penguins and Phantoms, which could make or break their chances.

IN THE MIDDLE Charlotte Checkers Record: 31-23-0-3, .570 points percentage NHL deadline additions: McKegg joined the team as part of the aforementioned trade with Pittsburgh.

Why they’ll get in: Given the Checkers have to pass three teams, the division seems out of reach.

Still, Charlotte can easily reach the postseason because goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic is on a roll, having won six of seven starts, and young forwards like all-stars Valentin Zykov and Warren Foegele can score in bunches.

Why they won’t: Point leader Andrew Miller is expected to be out for at least the next three weeks with an injury, and Lucas Wallmark was recently recalled by the Hurricanes for the playoff chase.

The Checkers have also struggled with consistency. Their longest win streak is five.

ON THE OUTSIDE Bridgeport Sound Tigers Record: 26-22-5-3, .536 points percentage

Brand: CCM — growing up, I just used my brother’s old blades and then I was Reebok in high school and went to CCM in college.

Preferred fit: I actually like them kind of loose. I just grew up not tying my skates tight, and it stuck I guess. I don’t know if it helps or hurts me, but I just grew up skating like that.

Blade hollow: three quarters of an inch Do you use shot blockers or any other special feature? Nope, nothing like that.

NHL deadline additions: None Why they’ll get in: The Sound Tigers are solid on the blue line, led by all-star Mitch Vande Sompel and Devon Toews. They have a few games against below .500 teams to build up their record.

Why they won’t: Their schedule is heavy with road games down the stretch, and all-star goaltender Chris Gibson is currently with the New York Islanders. The offense has struggled all season.

■ Hartford Wolf Pack Record: 26-25-4-3, .509 points percentage NHL deadline additions: San Antonio defenseman Chris Bigras joins the team. Veteran Matt Beleskey is also along from the Boston Bruins.

Why they’ll get in: Leading scorer Vinni Lettieri returned last week.

The team has defied expectations all season, and should the New York Rangers fall out of the playoff picture, Hartford could get plenty of reinforcements.

Why they won’t: Those reinforcements could not return, with defensemen John Gilmour and Neal Pionk and goaltender Alexandar Georgiev staying in New York.

■ Hershey Bears Record: 23-26-4-4, .474 points percentage NHL deadline additions: None, but an AHL trade brought them Hartford’s Joe Whitney a couple weeks prior.

Why they’ll get in: Perennial allstar Chris Bourque is back from the Olympics, and forwards Wayne Simpson and Riley Barber have started to heat up.

Why they won’t: Travis Boyd’s recall to Washington is a huge loss, and neither Pheonix Copley nor Vitek Vanecek has proven capable as a No. 1 goaltender.

■ Springfield Thunderbirds Record: 25-28-2-1, .473 points percentage NHL deadline additions: None Why they’ll get in: Goaltender Harri Sateri is an immediate upgrade after returning from the Florida Panthers, and the team has momentum with a four-game point streak.

Why they won’t: They need to rely on every team ahead of them faltering down the stretch, which is highly unlikely. The T-birds also don’t have the raw offensive firepower to compete with the other teams.

Contact the writer: tpiccotti@citizensvoice.com; 570-821-2089; @CVPiccotti on Twitter

Brand: CCM Flex rating: 85 — I’m not too tall, so I have to cut it down.

Length and lie: I honestly don’t even know. I don’t know the lie or anything; it’s just what I’m used to.

Curve is just the standard stock curve.

What kind of maintenance do you do with them? I do the knob bright tape, and my blade black tape. Just regular (maintenace). I always have three (ready); I have my game one and then two extra ones in case I break one or two.

Apparel If you’re getting dressed for a game, do you have any special pattern or routine you follow? No, not really. I’m not really superstitious or anything. I don’t do one skate or one side before. I’m just normal, I guess.

What number did you wear growing up? Youth hockey, I was 16. In high school and college, I was 28. No reason (for them).

Sixteen, they just gave it to me and it stuck, and I’ve just always liked 28 for no apparent reason.

What’s one of your favorite hockey sweaters, other than your own? The Minnesota North Stars.

I’m from Minnesota (White Bear Lake), so I’m used to seeing that one and loved it.

If the team is going on a road trip, do you like to have anything besides hockey equipment with you for the trip? I bring a book that I’ll read. I like to do crosswords on the road; I’ll just grab a newspaper from the hotel. Other than that, just laptop and book.

Terms to know Blade hollow: the radius of the cut on the bottom of a skate blade by the sharpening machine. A deeper hollow means the skate will have more bite on the ice.

Flex rating: the amount of force (in pounds) required to bend the stick shaft one inch. In other words, a measure of the stick’s flexibility, with a lower number indicating a more flexible stick.

—Tyler PiccoTTi

PENGUINS SCHEDULE TODAY at Milwaukee, 6

FRIDAY at Binghamton, 7:05

SATURDAY GRAND RAPIDS, 7:05

MARCH 13 at Charlotte, 7

MARCH 14 at Charlotte, 7

MARCH 17 HARTFORD, 7:05

MARCH 18 HERSHEY, 3:05

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SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2018

23:00 | PICCOTTITY

DISTRICT 2 SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Spartan duo wins individual titles Zawatski, Kowalski took gold in 50 free, 100 fly events.

By KELLy KOSTANESKy Correspondent

WILKES-BARRE — Valley West had two individual gold medalists, with Josh Zawatski topping the field once again in the 50 free and Maxim Kowalski, a previous long-distance swimming threat, capturing gold in the 100 fly during the opening day of the District 2 Class 3A swimming championships at the Wyoming Valley CYC. “Overall, I thought I did well on my strokes and technique during the race,” Zawatski said. “It was a strong group of swimmers to race against. I’m very excited to win the gold. I hope it inspires those swimmers under me and shows them that hard work pays off.”

Kowalski said his road to district gold was a unique one as the regular long-distance swimmer transitioned to swimming the 100 butterfly just one month ago.

“It feels really good,” he said. “I’ve been trying to win a medal for four years.

“With me being a distance swimmer, it was challenging but it worked out. I didn’t taper for today’s races so my time was slower than I thought it would be but overall it’s nice to get first place for my first time racing the event at districts.”

Delaware Valley started off its title hunt in dominating fashion by capturing at least one medal in every event in both boys and girls action.

The Warriors medaled in a combined 16 events to take both the boys (170 points) and

CLASS 3A girls (163) team lead after day one.

The girls took home the gold in the 200 medley relay and Sierra Gillian topped the field in the 50 free.

In other girls’ action, Abington Height’s freshman Lauren Schofield won her first gold medal in the 200 IM and Wallenpaupack’s Kara Campbell captured gold in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly, the latter in a District 2 time of 58.65. Williamsport took home the final girls gold medal of the day in the 200 freestyle relay.

Schofield was pleasantly surprised to be standing atop the medal podium in her first district championships.

“It was one of my best races,” she said. “I was really nervous but as I got in the water, I felt really good. It’s crazy because I never thought that from the beginning of the season that I’d drop this much time. I never thought I’d be here as a freshman winning so it’s pretty cool.”

On the boys side, Scranton’s Aidan Drouse took home the title in the 200 free and set a District 2 record with a time of 1:43.79.

The junior said it was a hard-fought swim to victory.

“I’m totally satisfied with my race,” he said. “It was a tough race but I’ve been preparing for it all week and I’m really satisfied with the outcome. It feels really good to win gold.”

Scranton won a team gold in the 200 free relay. Williamsport captured gold in the 200 medley relay.

Hazleton Area junior Paul Flowers captured the gold medal in the 200 IM and broke a school record with a time of 1:57.70. His time was less than .30 off the previous

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Valley West swimmers celebrate with their silver medals in the 200 medley relay on the first day of competition at the District 2 championships. record of 1:57.97 held by Ryan Paisley. Flowers took more than six seconds off of his seed time of 2:03.00 and said that hitting 1:57 was a goal all season.

“It feels awesome to win the gold medal,” he said.

“It’s nice to know that the hard work pays off. I felt really good during the race. I felt really strong throughout it. I just tried to turn my mind off and just put in the work and know the hard work would pay off in the end.”

The championships conclude 6 p.m. Monday with finals in the 100 free, 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast and 400 free relay.

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Pittston Area’s Juliet Lawler swims during the girls 200 medley relay on Saturday.

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time of 1:46.05. That tied the mark held by Bishop Hoban’s Sean McCall since 1985.

Dallas’ Shane Szczecinski was second in 1:46.70, and Sean McCall’s son, Conor, a senior at Scranton Prep, finished third in 1:50.48.

“It is as good as I could hope for, really,” Mahler said. “I was going for a 1:43, but I will take what I can get. That is my best in-season time so far and I am hoping I can improve that at states.”

His swim in the 100 fly, however, drew a rousing ovation. He gained the lead off the start, was way out in front at the turn and was never really threatened. His time also bettered his mark of 51.02 that landed him on the medal stand in seventh place at the PIAA Class 2A Championships last season.

“You just keep going and push through it and work your best,” Mahler said.

Then, Mahler grabbed a third gold medal when his relay team that included Mike Williams, Matt Dinh and Colton Smith took the top spot on the podium in the 200 free relay. Both first-place Tunkhannock and secondplace Scranton Prep were disqualified.

Dallas’s Mikail Krochta won the 200 IM, climbing one spot after a second-place finish last season to Wyoming Seminary’s Marcos Rico, who was a foreign exchange student from Madrid, Spain.

Wyoming Seminary’s Yonah Wasik was second in 1:59.93.

“I have been swimming this race since I was a freshman and always dropped a lot of time in it,” Krochta said. “Last year, I was close.

This year was really great, because I knew I worked hard.

“And racing Yonah was amazing. He really pushes me and it was a great race.”

Scranton Prep’s Michael Durr won the 50 free in 22.05 and joined James Stanco,

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Holy Redeemer’s Adam Mahler is congratulated after Wyoming Seminary’s Tara Kupsky swims during the placing first in the boys 200 free on Saturday at the girls 200 IM on Saturday. The senior won the event by nearly two seconds over Dallas’ Abby Zolner.

District 2 championships.

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Dallas’ Annalise Cheshire won the girls 50 free.

Joseph Cholish and Conor A pair of relay wins by McCall on the winning 200 Scranton Prep — one which medley relay. was shared with Wyoming Seminary — book ended the Dallas girls win individual races.

Four of the best swimmers Dallas’ Melissa Leonard in the Wyoming Valley Con- won in an overwhelming perference took their turn to formance in the 200 free with stand on the top spot on the a time of 1:57.90. Berwick’s award’s platform during the Sydney Lloyd was second in girls meet.

2:00.10.

“I really enjoyed it a lot,” Leonard said. “I felt a lot of pressure going into the race because I was seeded first and I didn’t want to let anyone down. I knew all I had to do was stay in my lane and focus on what I had to do in the race.

“Just stay nice and long and strong.”

Dallas senior Annalise Cheshire won the 50 free in 24.01, edging Roerig who touched in 24.11. Holy Redeemer’s Margaret Walting was third in 24.23 and Scranton Prep’s Haley Thier was fourth in 24.49 in what was a frantic finish.

“I had no idea because I went into my turn and I didn’t see anybody and I thought, oh my God they are s o f a r a h e a d o f m e, ” Cheshire said. “When I finished I couldn’t even see my time. When I did, it was a shock to me too.”

Dallas’ Abby Zolner won the 100 fly in 58.34 with Thier coming in second in 58.80 and Kupsky third in 59.80 in another close call.

With the two gold medals combined with a strong effort in diving which was held last week, Dallas seized

the lead in the team standings with 175 points.

“I was seeded third so I never saw this coming,” Zolner said. “I have always raced Haley and she got so much better this year, so obviously it was scary to race her. At my last 25, I was just screaming at myself in my head, ‘Come on, you cannot lose this, it’s your final year, your final race.’

“I needed to win that.”

Wyoming Seminary’s Tara Kupsky earned a win in the 200 IM in 2:10.60, while also being part of the relay team that included Skyler Roerig, Madi Federici and Kylee Kolbicka that tied Scranton Prep and set a meet and pool record in the 200 medley relay in 1:47.80.

“That was so amazing, especially because we tied,” Kupsky said. “We knew we could do well, but I didn’t think we thought we could break the record or the pool record.

“That was amazing.”

Wyoming Seminary is second at 139½ and Holy Redeemer third at 121.

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RESULTS At Wyoming Valley CVC District 2 Class 2A Girls Team scores (after 7 of 12 events): Dallas 175; Wyoming Seminary 139.5; Holy Redeemer 121; Scranton Prep 106.5; Berwick 41; Tunkhannock 40; Valley View 32; Elk Lake 29; Holy Cross 26; Honesdale 20; Dunmore 17; Meyers 15; Nanticoke 14; Wyoming Area 9; Coughlin 4; Western Wayne 4.

200 medley relay: Scranton Prep (Alison Prushinski, Peyton McNulty, Haley Thier, Lauren Lanzendorfer) 1:47.80 and Wyoming Seminary (Skylar Roerig, Madi Federici, Tara Kupsky, Kylee Kolbicka) 1:47.80, tie (meet record; old mark, 1:49.02, Scranton Prep, 2017; pool record, old mark, 1:47.98, Widener University); Holy Redeemer 1:50.36; Dallas 1:55.37; Tunkhannock 1:59.88; Berwick 2:04.57.

200 free: Melissa Leonard (DAL) 1:57.90; Sydney Lloyd (BER) 2:00.10; Paige Jackett (SEM) 2:00.13; Aviah Dahlgren (SEM) 2:00.15; Corinne McCall (SP) 2:01.42; Emily Mahler (HR) 2:03.67.

200 IM: Tara Kupsky (SEM) 2:10.60; Abby Zolner (DAL); 2:12.58; April Kupsky (SEM) 2:12.84; Emma Thomas (DAL) 2:15.88; Mia Doll (BER) 2:15.97; Kayla Kruk (HR) 2:16.07.

50 free: Annalise Cheshire (DAL) 24.01; Skylar Roerig (SEM) 24.11; Margaret Walting (HR) 24.23; Haley Thier (SP) 24.49; Hannah Burlein (HON) 25.47; Camryn Rogers (TUN) 25.66.

100 fly: Abby Zolner (DAL) 58.34; Haley Thier (SP) 58.80; Tara Kupsky (SEM) 59.80; Kylee Kolbicka (SEM) 1:00.26; Hannah Burlein (HON) 1:02.42; Madi Federici (SEM) 1:03.27.

200 free relay: Scranton Prep (Haley Thier, Alison Prushinski, Abigail Bowen, Peyton McNulty) 1:38.60; Dallas 1:39.09; Holy Redeemer 1:40.32; Wyoming Seminary 1:41.71; Valley View 1:52.74; Elk Lake 1:53.38.

Boys Team scores (after 7 of 12 events): Dallas 120; Scranton Prep 106; Tunkhannock 105; Holy Redeemer 103; Wyoming Seminary 88; Elk Lake 63; Valley View 51; Nanticoke 50; Berwick 27; Wyoming Area 11; Lakeland 10; Holy Cross 9; Meyers 5; Lake-Lehman 5.

200 medley relay: Scranton Prep (James Stanco, Joseph Cholish, Michael Durr, Conor McCall) 1:39.35; Tunkhannock 1:40.40; Dallas 1:40.73; Wyoming Seminary 1:42.23; Nanticoke 1:54.18; Valley View 1:54.96.

200 free: Adam Mahler (HR) 1:46.05 (ties meet record, old mark, 1:46.05, Sean McCall, Bishop Hoban, 1985); Shane Szczecinski (DAL) 1:46.70; Conor McCall (SP) 1:50.48; Kevin Allen (DAL) 1:53.11; Peter Kawash (LAK) 1:54.34; Andrew Healey (HC) 1:55.26.

200 IM: Mikail Krochta (DAL) 1:59.27; Yonah Wasik (SEM) 1:59.93; James Stanco (SP) 2:04.68; Christopher Cabolinas (NAN) 2:06.42; Rodricko Salas-Warner (SEM) 2:08.07; Dennis Dukinas (DAL) 2:11.68.

50 free: Michael Durr (SP) 22.05; Alex Bushre (TUN) 22.13; Bobby de Luna (SEM) 23.28; Dyllan Henning (TUN) 23.32; Mike Williams (HR) 23.92; Benn Tidball (TUN) 24.14.

100 fly: Adam Mahler (HR) 50.49 (meet record; old mark, 51.68, Adam Mahler, Holy Redeemer, 2017); Michael Durr (SP) 53.08; James Stanco (SP) 55.08; Rodricko SalasWarner (SEM) 56.50; Tony Caravaggio (DAL) 56.67; Dylan Mislevy (TUN) 56.85.

200 free relay: Holy Redeemer (Adam Mahler, Mike Williams, Matt Dinh, Colton Smith) 1:34.85; Dallas 1:37.24; Valley View 1:40.53; Elk Lake 1:40.76; Wyoming Seminary 1:40.78; Nanticoke 1:41.44.

District 2/4 Class 3A Girls Team Scores 1. Delaware Valley 163; 2. Williamsport 143; 3. Hazleton Area 138; 4. Abington Heights 101; 5. Wallenpaupack 91; 6. Wyoming Valley West 64; 7. Scranton 47; 8. Pittston Area 37.

200 medley relay: 1. Delaware Valley (Gillian, Murray, Deignan, Baranowski) 1:53.78; 2. Hazleton Area 1:57.70; 3. Abington Heights 1:58.99; 4. Scranton 2:06.19; 5. Williamsport 2:08.36; 6. Pittston Area 2:08.59.

200 free: 1. Kara Campbell (Wall) 1:57.09; 2. Karolina Baranowski (DV) 2:03.14; 3. Maggie Yannes (HA) 2:06.17; 4. April Sokalsky (AH) 2:07.74; 5. Claire Brier (Scranton) 2:10.64; 6.

Bridget Reed (HA) 2:11.05.

200 IM: 1. Lauren Schofield (AH) 2:10.96; 2. Cailin Campbell (Wall) 2:12.31; 3. Miranda Murray (DV) 2:20.26; 4. Isabelle Griswold (Wmsp) 2:21.34; 5. Hayley Sanko (HA) 2:23.15; 6. Megan Llewellyn (HA) 2:26.08.

50 free: 1. Sierra Gillian (DV) 24.74; 2. Lydia Smith (Wmsp) 25.12; 3.

Esther Lee (DV) 25.85; 4. Marina O’Hara (HA) 26.24; 5. Sarah Lloyd (HA) 26.68; 6. Annie Rosenow (Wmsp) 27.00.

100 fly: 1. Kara Campbell (Wall) 58.65*; 2. Lauren Schofield (AH) 58.73*; 3. Hayley Sanko (HA) 1:03.84; 4. Shannon Deignan (DV) 1:05.04; 5.

Elisa Dinicola (Wmsp) 1:05.13; 6. Jasmine Elgayar (Wall) 1:07.46.

200 free relay: 1. Williamsport (Rosenow, Dinicola, Griswold, Smith) 1:42.41; 2. Hazleton Area 1:43.54; 3.

Wallenpaupack 1:44.70; 4. Abington Heights 1:45.96; 5. Delaware Valley 1:46.31; 6. Pittston Area 1:52.73.

Boys Team Scores 1. Delaware Valley 170; 2. Williamsport 169; 3. Wyoming Valley West 116; 4. Abington Heights 96; 5.

Hazleton Area 84; 6. Scranton 74; 7.

Wallenpaupack 44.

200 medley relay: 1. Williamsport (Hockman, Bonislawski, Downs, Beard) 1:41.60; 2. Wyoming Valley West 1:41.64; 3. Hazleton Area 1:43.08; 4. Delaware Valley 1:49.46; 5.

Wallenpaupack 1:55.16; 6. Abington Heights 1:57.50.

200 free: 1. Aidan Drouse (Scranton) 1:43.79*; 2. Damian Baranowski (DV) 1:51.32; 3. Quinn Serfass (Wmsp) 1:53.00; 4. Jarred Ocwieja (AH) 1:53.13; 5. Zachary Schwoyer (Wmsp) 1:56.37; 6. Brandon DaGrosa (HA) 1:56.63.

200 IM: 1. Paul Flowers (HA) 1:57.80; 2. Luke Stevens (DV) 2:04.58; 3. Riley Hockman (Wmsp) 2:08.29; 4.

Lucas Santiago (DV) 2:10.90; 5. Joshua Bonislawski (Wmsp) 2:11.79; 6.

John Frantz (AH) 2:12.30.

50 free: 1. Josh Zawatski (WVW) 21.80; 2. Josh Przekop (AH) 22.33; 3.

Matthew Beard (Wmsp) 22.40; 4.

Nick Drouse (Scranton) 22.63; 5.

Jason Ardan (Scranton) 23.23; 6.

Daniel Ocasio (DV) 23.42.

100 fly: 1. Maxim Kowalski (WVW) 54.75; 2. Justin Downs (Wmsp) 57.04; 3. Liam Naturale (DV) 57.20; 4. Justin Reyes (HA) 57.52; 5. Aedan Walter (DV) 58.34; 6. Devon Shank (Wmsp) 58.76.

200 free relay: 1. Scranton (A. Drouse, Ardan, Mundia, N. Drouse) 1:30.00; 2. Wyoming Valley West 1:31.65; 3. Delaware Valley 1:32.10; 4.

Abington Heights 1:34.42; 5. Williamsport 1:34.63; 6. Hazleton Area 1:38.73.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2018

Raccoon death remains mystery Animal found at Valley Country Club.

By Kent JacKsOn STAFF WRiTER

before he wandered away, and it looks typical to me of what a dog might do,” Gallagher said.

No feathers were present, and she expects that a bird would have shed a few in a fight with a raccoon.

Laurie Goodrich, director of long-term monitoring at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, wouldn’t be surprised if a great horned owl, when hungry enough, attacked a raccoon. Both are nocturnal, and great horned owls will take skunks and rabbits.

Perhaps the raccoon shook off the owl but was mortally wounded, or perhaps another creature approached and scared away the owl.

“I say this because, normally, if an owl killed a creature like this, you would expect some feeding on carcass to occur even though it could not carry it away,” Goodrich said. “My best guess is either a dog or owl. But that is a big fight for an owl.”

If a coyote or even another raccoon caused the death, Goodrich would have expected to see more blood. Most mammals would have removed or eaten the carcass, but a dog might have left it.

Christopher Goguen, a wildlife biologist at Penn State Hazleton, thinks a group of animals moved around the raccoon, judging from all the prints and the disturbed snow.

“My guess (and it really is a guess) is that the raccoon was either killed or found dead by something like a group of dogs, and was thrown and pushed around a lot causing all of the tracks.

I’m guessing dogs as o p p o s e d t o c oyo t e because I would think a wild animal would have fed on the raccoon rather than leave it,” he said.

CONYNGHAM — The raccoon lay curled in the snow as if asleep, but its eyes were open.

Probably, it died overnight.

It hadn’t been there, on the fairway of the Valley Country Club, a morning earlier.

The tracks and drag marks on the snow might indicate how it died, but they were jumbled.

Within a crowd of footprints, snow had been wrenched away, exposing a raccoon-sized patch of grass.

The only signs of blood were specks that faded orange in the snow.

Leading away from the grass patch, the tracks thinned to a few sets and continued for a couple yards to an arc brushed in the snow, as if the raccoon had been swept on its furry side like a broom. Hand-shaped prints show the last steps the raccoon took before coiling up.

Later, wildlife experts studied photographs from the fairway like crime scene investigators, but the tracks were too indistinct to decipher.

Instead the experts emailed theories about their suspects: Dogs?

Coyotes?

Raptors?

Susan Gallagher, chief naturalist at the Carbon County Environmental Education Center, said not many creatures will go after an adult raccoon.

Maybe an illness or car collision weakened the raccoon before dogs or coyotes came along.

“It looks like there may be dog tracks there, but everything is so muddled it’s hard to tell. But it contact the writer: kjackdoes seem there was a son@standardspeaker.com; scuffle of some sort 570-501-3587

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An arch in the snow looks as if a raccoon that was found dead at Valley Country Club was swept on its side, like a broom.

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Harold Daub of Halifax is organizing a revised effort to expand Sunday hunting opportunities in Pennsylvania, such as adding small game to the list of species permitted to hunt on Sundays and has scheduled an organizational meeting at Pennsylvania Game Commission headquarters in Harrisburg on March 11.

New strategy FOr aN OLD DeBate Sunday hunting movement gains traction By tyLeR FRantZ CORRESPONDENT

HARRISBURG — Some love the idea of Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania.

Some hate it.

Among those in favor of expanding Sunday hunting opportunities include the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Before the PGC can establish regulations for that to happen, however, the State General Assembly would need to pass legislation giving the agency regulatory authority to do so.

That action has yet to happen, despite years of public outcry by various individuals, sportsmen’s groups and the PGC itself.

All have tried to get lawmakers to budge on their anti-Sunday hunting stance, and although the idea has been tossed around several times, nothing has ever come to fruition.

Now, Harold Daub of Halifax, a PGC hunter-trapper education instructor, hopes to sway some key perspectives by trying a new approach to the Sunday hunting movement — compromise.

At the January quarterly meeting of the PGC board of commissioners, he suggested an alternative to the way things have been attempted in the past, calling for awareness to clear up misconceptions over who really limits expanded Sunday hunting opportunities.

Daub requested only partial expansion of Sunday hunting, rather than full

Online For more information, visit Hunt Sunday in PA on Facebook.

“The overwhelming majority of hunting takes place on Saturdays.

“People work during the week, don’t get a lot of time off, have other commitments, etc., so for a lot of hunters the only option is Saturday. By expanding Sunday hunting, we would be able to increase recreational opportunities for hunters.

“Sunday hunting is an effective means of recruiting new hunters and retaining current hunters by increasing the value of the hunting license through offering additional opportunities to spend time in the field.”

Daub feels one of the big hurdles in getting legislators to give the green light is the ever-present deer debate, as well as pressure they are getting from the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau leadership.

“We do not want regulatory authority to manage our deer herd on Sundays, period. But, please, give us the opportunity to expand our hunting to more species that have more appeal than what is currently offered,” Daub said. “I just want to see Pennsylvania hunters provided with some immediate relief in the form of opportunity.

“We are losing hunters at an alarming rate, and I believe having the option of hunting on Sunday — even for groundhogs, small game, maybe waterfowl — would provide some increased interest.”

regulatory authority. And by all means, leave deer out of the discussion.

Following that appearance, Daub received a groundswell of support and has scheduled a Pennsylvania Sunday Hunting Working Group meeting noon to 5 March 11 at the PGC headquarters.

At this public meeting, PSHWG will outline its goals, identify the exact mission, elect and identify state-level leadership and organizational sponsorships and identify local leadership at county and regional levels to allow for statewide local meetings.

“We are getting a lot of support and interest with our Facebook page, which has more than 1,200 members and continues to grow daily,” Daub said. “That prompted me to reserve the PGC auditorium for March 11 and to find statewide leaders willing to travel to Harrisburg for the meeting to begin an organized grassroots effort of expanding our opportunity.”

In a May 2016 appeal to state lawmakers, PGC executive director Bryan Burhans voiced the agency’s support of expanded Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania.

“The No. 1 reason that people stop contact the writer: wildlife@timesshamhunting is lack of time,” Burhans said. rock.com.

Wildlife NoTebook OUTDOOR SHOW SCHEDULE

Wild Pennsylvania Hunting and Fishing Expo: March 1011 at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

For more information, visit wildpaexpo.com.

National Wild Turkey Federation Outfitter Expo: March 16-18 at Cabela’s in Hamburg J&B Sportsmens Hunting & Fishing Sale: 9 to 2 March 24 at Clarks Summit United Methodist Church.

Early bird admission (9 a.m. to 10 a.m.) is $10.

General admission is $5.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY

Banquet: Wild National Turkey Banquet 4:30 April 14 at Carbondale Grand Hotel. Tickets available at the door. For more information, call Kevin at 570-335-2191.

Camp: Registration is now open for the Keystone/TU Teens Conservation camp sponsored by Trout Unlimited and Keystone College. Cost is $400 and open to teens 14 to 18. Register online at www.flyfishingsummercamp. com. For more information, call 570-954-5042 or email ffnepa@epix.net.

LUZERNE COUNTY

Hike: Susquehanna Trailers Hiking Club will do a moderate 8-mile hike at Bruce Lake Natural Area at Promised Land State Park today. Meet at the Park & Ride on Route 315 in Dupont at 10:45 a.m. Bring lunch and water. For more information, call John McFadden at 570-267-8143.

ate 7-mile hike at Tobyhanna State Park on March 11.

Meet at the Park & Ride on Route 315 in Dupont. Bring lunch and water. For more information, call Diane Buscarini at 570-842-2230.

Trip: Join the GWVAS for an overnight trip to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland on March 13-14. For more information and to register, call Jon Thomas at 570-586-3702.

Bee business: Learn about bees from beekeeper Frank Licata 7 p.m. March 19 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Dallas. No cost. For more information, call Craig Yarrish at 570-479-0400.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2018

sem wins Mid-Atlantic League title

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sem players choose schools

The Wyoming Seminary Blue Knights prep boys ice hockey team recently won the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Hockey League Championship tournament, played at Princeton Day School, Princeton, N.J. The Knights entered as the fourth seed in the tournament, which included the Hill School, Princeton Day and La Salle College High School. The Blue Knights defeated the Princeton Day Panthers, 1-0, to win their second MAHL championship in five years. The Blue Knights previously downed the Hill School Blues, 3-2, to advance to the final game against Princeton Day. Pictured, first row, from left, Cole Ardoline, Courtdale; Armand Charland, Phoenix, Ariz.; Kameron Williams, Clarks Summit; and Danick Rodrigue, Quebec City, Canada. Second row, Dustin Good, associate head coach; Gabriel Jodoin, Trois-Rivieres, Canada; Felix Desilets, Trois-Rivieres, Canada; Kellum Foster-Palmer, Montclair, N.J.; Zachari Trepanier, St-Tite, Canada; Michael-Anthony Deslauriers, Lachine, Canada; Tristan Bidaux, Montreal, Canada; and Trey Leo, Shavertown. Third row, Felix Soucy, Val-Morin, Canada; Joshua Moses, Kingston; Jack Stamp, Binghamton, N.Y.; William Ziegler, Mountain Top; Connor Dennis, Wyndmoor; Vincent Maurice, Huberdeau, Canada; Steve Haraschak, assistant coach; and Michael Dennis, head coach.

Wyoming Seminary postgraduate tight end Zadok Scott, of Aledo, Texas, will continue his academic and athletic careers at Lafayette.

Postgraduate running back and outside linebacker Jonathan Abrams, of Cleveland, will continue his academic and athletic careers at The College of the Holy Cross. Seated, from left, are Scott and Abrams.

Standing is Jim Anderson, Sem head coach.

pLAYBooK Meetings Nanticoke Area LL Monday at Nanticoke Area High School cafeteria. Board meets at 7 and general meeting is 7:30.

registrations Wilkes-Barre City co-ed softball league 2 p.m. Sundays. Format is five guys and five girls.

For more information, call Dave Iskra at 570-472-2304.

Greater Pittston American Legion 11 to 1 March 11 at

the Italian American Citizens Club on Oak Street in Pittston Township. Cost is $125. For more information, call Jerry Ranieli at 570-881-4242 or Drew Whyte at 570-9470990.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 Sunday men’s softball league. Deadline is April 8. League begins April 15. If interested, call John Leighton at 570-4308437.

Plains American Legion base-

ball 3 to 5 March 11 at the Legion. For more information, call Bill at 570-417-5931 or Don at 570-822-0537.

Brews Brothers summer softball league seeks teams for Sunday morning men’s league.

If interested, please contact Tony at 570-693-0506 or 570814-1823.

Greater Pittston Stoners Youth Soccer Association online registration concludes Friday at stonersoccer.org/registration. html. In-person registration is

2 to 5 today at MVP Sports in Exeter.

North Wilkes-Barre LL 6 to 8 Wednesday at Parsons Primitive Methodist Church. Cost is $55 per child and $35 for each additional child. Teeners is $70.

The Wyoming Valley Sports Dome is taking applications for soccer leagues (U6, U7, U9, U11, U13, U15, high school, over 30 and men’s open), field hockey leagues (sixth grade and under, eighth

grade, 10th grade and 12th grade) and lacrosse leagues (boys and girls high school).

For more information, call 570823-9873 or visit wyomingvalleysportsdome.com.

Valley Venom softball seeks a player for 16U team. If interested, call coach Jody at 570335-7978.

NEPA Adrenaline 16U girls travel softball team has openings for the 2018 season. For more information, call Arnie at 570760-4892.

Events 10th annual Crestwood charity basketball tournament is 6 p.m. March 6 at Crestwood High school. Teachers, students, coaches and members of the community will take the basketball court to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students/senior citizens. Presale tickets will be on sale now from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Crestwood lobby.

ANNUAL NEPA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS AWARD DINNER

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018 ~all proceeds benefit~ The Northeastern Pennsylvania Council Boy Scouts of America Networking/Reception/Dinner Stations 5:30-7:00 pm Award Presentations/Speaker 7:00 pm Location: Mohegan Sun Pocono Wilkes-Barre, PA Purpose: To honor leading citizens and role models in our community, heighten awareness of the Scouting Program and raise the necessary funds to provide a quality Scouting Program for youth.

Keynote Speaker

Earl Granville

Army National Guard Veteran, Combat Wounded in Afghanistan, Purple Heart Recipient

Distinguished Citizen Award Honorees

Joe & Judy Price Attorneys, DLP

Scott Meuser

Chairman & CEO, Pride Mobility

Dan Meuser

Candidate for Congress Committee Chairs

Co-Chair Marianne Gilmartin, Attorney, Stevens & Lee Co-chair Pete Danchak, Regional President, PNC Bank

THIS IS A PREMIERE EVENT ~ COME JOIN US!

$150 per Seat or $1,500 per Table Program Ad space is available: Full Page - $1,000 black & white or $1,500 full color, Half Page - $500, Quarter Page - $250, Business Card - $100 For Table and Sponsor information, please inquire no later than March 1, 2018.

You may contact the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council, Boy Scouts of America Phone: 570-207-1227 ext. 226 ~ email: rmozeleski@nepabsa.org

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Scranton’s Marzan steals show in ring He remained unbeaten with win over Miranda.

By MaTT BuFanO Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE — Rafael “Rocky” Marzan first let his appearance do the talking.

The Scranton native arrived at ringside Saturday night in a bejeweled purple and gold robe and shorts with Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” single blasting throughout the Genetti Hotel and Conference Center.

Then, Marzan took care of business in the ring.

P l e a s i n g t h e c rowd before, after and during his bout in the 122-pound division, Marzan stole the show with a unanimous decision victory at “It’s Back,” the city’s first professional boxing card in more than 30 years.

The Las Vegas-trained Marzan had the 40-36 advandaVe SCHerBenCo / Staff pHotoGrapHer tage on all three judges’ Hakim Nurse fights against Alan Stephenson during scorecards against New Saturday’s card at the Genetti Hotel and Conference York’s Rigoberto Miranda, improving Marzan to 7-0.

Center. Nurse won by unanimous decision.

LOCaL BOXInG “We worked extremely hard, you know what I’m saying?” Marzan said during an in-ring interview amid thanking his coaches and manager. “I want to also thank my fans and family who came out and bought tickets, bought shirts. Scranton, stand up! Scranton, stand up! I’ll be back in May, right here in hometown Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. I’ll be back, baby.”

Chris Coyne and Doug Long of The Four Horsemen LLC confirmed another card for May 12 at the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center.

Marzan’s victory was the featured fight, followed by mixed results from a pair of local boxers.

At 168 pounds in the comain event, Scranton’s Jimmy Kelleher lost via knockout against Luis Jimenez Castillo at 1:18 of the second round.

Scranton’s Ryan Wilczak sent local fans home happy,

though, when he followed with a unanimous decision win against Edward Guinn of Kansas City, Missouri, at 154 pounds.

In all, promoters said “It’s Back” packed 882 fans inside the ballroom at Genetti’s with six fights. There was one last-minute cancellation related to an out-of-state boxer being unable to travel through the snow storm to Genetti’s.

The night opened with a four-round bout at 154 pounds, which saw Trenton’s Hakim Nurse defeat Alan Stephenson with a punishing attack.

Judges ruled in Nurse’s favor unanimously with scores of 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37.

Lamont Capers of Mount Pocono followed with a second-round TKO against Tracy Johnson in the heavyweight division.

Capers maneuvered Johnson against the red corner, where he pummeled him with a series of left- and

right-handed haymakers that cut the fight short at the 1:53 mark.

Next came Wilkes-Barre’s Jimmy Jordan, a PA Cage Fight star making his professional boxing debut, against Tahlik Taylor of Georgia in a 170-pound bout.

After Jordan was knocked down in the second round, things tightened up. Both fighters were winded down the stretch, but they were unable to strike the knockout blow.

The second-round knockdown hurt Jordan, though, as he lost on the scorecards 38-37, 38-37, 39-36.

Contact the writer: mbufano@citizensvoice.com; 570-821-2060; @CVBufano on twitter Match Results Hakim Nurse def. Alan Stephenson via unanimous decision, 154 pounds Lamont Capers def. Tracy Johnson via TKO in second round, heavyweight Tahlik Taylor def. Jimmy Jordan via unanimous decision, 170 pounds Rafael “Rocky” Marzan def. Rigoberto Miranda via unanimous decision, 122 pounds Luis Jimenez Castillo def. Jimmy Kelleher via knockout in second round, 168 pounds Ryan Wilczak def. Edward Guinn via unanimous decision, 154 pounds

Delia, IceHogs shut out Pens

By TyLER PICCOTTI Staff Writer

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins torched goaltender Jeff Glass and the Rockford IceHogs for six goals in their recent meeting at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Collin Delia made sure it didn’t happen again at BMO Harris Bank Center.

Delia stopped all 34 shots he faced for his first career shutout in a 3-0 win over the Penguins on Saturday. Etienne Marcoux, signed to a PTO days earlier, made his first career AHL start for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and made 19 saves.

Marcoux became the seventh goaltender to appear in a game for the Penguins this season, breaking the previous franchise mark from the team’s inaugural season in 1999-2000.

Rockford took the lead 8:47 into the first when Anthony Louis executed a perfect redirect en route toward the Penguins net that Marcoux couldn’t slide over in time to stop.

Both teams had a number of chances to score in the middle frame, including two power-play opportunities for the Penguins, but Marcoux and Delia stopped all 20 shots sent their way.

The IceHogs eventually got

aHL ETIEnnE MaRCOuX Goalie made 1st career aHL start the insurance they needed only 10 seconds into the third period, as Andreas Martinsen shook off the defense of Kevin Czuczman and released a one-armed shot that had just enough zip to sneak between Marcoux and the left post.

Martinsen potted his second tally in the empty net for emphasis with only one minute left.

The loss dips the Penguins to 33-17-4-1 and further behind first-place Lehigh Valley in the Atlantic Division. They went scoreless on six power-play opportunities against the league’s worst penalty kill.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton finishes up its three-game road trip through the Midwest at 6 p.m. tonight against the Milwaukee Admirals, with Anthony Peters expected to get the start in goal.

Contact the writer: tpiccotti@citizensvoice.com; 570-821-2089; @CVpiccotti on twitter

Misericordia’s season ends in ECAC semis Staff report

Japriya Carroll had 20 points and Quintessz Zamolyi had 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for Misericordia women’s basketball in its 78-68 loss to NYU on Saturday in the ECAC semifinals.

Brenna Karnish had 10 points for the Cougars, who finish the season 18-11.

Men’s Basketball Wilkes fell behind by 24 points and could not rally in an 87-65 loss to Widener in the ECAC semifinals.

Rob Pecorelli had 12 points and five rebounds for the Colonels, who finished the season 19-9.

Widener will face Neumann at 1 p.m. today for the championship.

Men’s Lacrosse Eight different Wilkes players had points, led by Nico Lorenzo’s four goals and one assist, in a 13-4 win

COLLEGES over Alvernia at Schmidt Stadium.

Women’s Lacrosse Kyra Boccio and Jessyca Held combined for eight goals to lead Wilkes to a 13-4 win over visiting SUNY Maritime.

Track and Field The Misericordia women’s team finished third at the ECAC Indoor Championships at the New York City Armory.

Reilly Wagner won the high jump (1.72 meters) and finished second in the 60m hurdles for the Cougars, who ended up with 76 points as a team. Caitlin Henneforth was second in the high jump.

The Cougars men’s team was also third with 68 points.

Juwan Petties-Jackson won at 60m and Alex Fitch at 3,000m.

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Penguins’ Patric Hornqvist, left, and Islanders’ Adam Pelech, center, battle for position in front of the net of goaltender Chris Gibson during Saturday’s game.

Crosby strikes in overtime Brassard scored 1st goal with Pens, who rebounded from ugly loss to Boston. aSSoCiated preSS

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby finished off a 2-on-1 by burying a shot past Chris Gibson 3:48 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday.

Derick Brassard’s first goal with Pittsburgh tied it with less than nine minutes to go in regulation. The Penguins killed off a penalty early in the extra period before Crosby’s 22nd goal of the season helped Pittsburgh snap a three-game losing streak.

Patric Hornqvist added his 18th goal of the season for the Penguins. Phil Kessel picked up two assists to become the sixth American-born player to reach 400 career assists. Tristan Jarry overcame an ugly start to finish with 25 saves.

Brandon Davidson scored his first goal with New York since being acquired in a trade last week, and Anders Lee added his team-leading 31st. Gibson was spectacular at times in his first NHL start in nearly two years. He finished with 47 saves but couldn’t get a handle on Crosby’s winner. The Islanders have dropped six straight.

The Penguins were coming off an ugly 8-4 setback in Boston on Thursday night, one that extended their losing streak to three and blunted their recent surge toward the top of the Metropolitan Division. Coach Mike Sullivan, rarely hesitant to shake things up during even the slightest of downturns, opted for minor tweaks instead of major ones.

Pittsburgh called up forward Dominik Simon and put him on the third line, and defenseman Chad Ruhwedel earned his first start since Dec. 27.

nHL/nBa ROunDuP Lightning 7, Flyers 6 (SO) TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos had two goals and three assists for a careerhigh five points and added a shootout goal and the Tampa Bay Lightning edged the Philadelphia Flyers.

Brayden Point also scored in the shootout for Tampa Bay, which improved to 6-0-1 in its past seven games.

Victor Hedman had two goals and two assists and tied his career high with four points. Nikita Kucherov returned after missing two games because of an injury and added three assists.

Dan Girardi and J.T. Miller also scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 37 saves, including four in overtime.

instead sending it right to Vinnie Hinostroza for a shot past goalie past Jonathan Quick.

Then, with Los Angeles’ Tanner Pearson off for hooking, Toews beat Quick for his 17th of the season.

Bruins 2, Canadiens 1 (OT)

BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored 2:06 into overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a comeback win.

It was the Bruins’ third straight victory and completed their four-game sweep of the season series with their archrivals for the first time since 199495.

Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy suffered what the club called “a lower body injury” on the game’s opening shift. He did not return.

Marchand had the puck along the Stars 3, Blues 2 (OT) left boards, circled the net and snapped DALLAS — Jamie Benn scored 3:04 in a wrist shot for the Bruins’ 50th shot into overtime and the Dallas Stars ral- on goal. lied to beat the St. Louis Blues. nBa Benn’s winner from the high slot ORLANDO, Fla. — Evan Fournier came after Alexander Radulov pulled Dallas even with 2:56 remaining in reg- broke a tie on a long 3-pointer with 22.5 ulation when he chipped in a pass from seconds left, and Orlando rookie JonaTyler Seguin after a shot from Benn than Isaac helped preserve the Magic’s went over net and caromed off the end lead with his third block of the game Saturday night in a 107-100 win that boards.

The Stars thought they had gone stretched the Memphis Grizzlies’ losahead 35 seconds later when the puck ing streak to 13 games.

Fournier added two free throws with slid past Carter Hutton from a pile in front of him, but the goal was over- 8.2 seconds remaining to finish with 19 turned when replay determined the points. Nikola Vucevic also scored 19 for Orlando, which had six players in shot went in off Devin Shore’s skate. double figures.

Blackhawks 5, Kings 3 Ben McLemore scored a game-high LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Toews 20 for Memphis. broke a tie on a power play with 1:58 Nuggets 126, Cavaliers 117 left and the Chicago Blackhawks beat CLEVELAND — Gary Harris scored the Los Angeles Kings to snap a seven32 points, Will Barton added 23 and the game road losing streak.

Chicago tied it with 5:36 to go when Denver Nuggets did most of their damLos Angeles’ Derek Forbort failed to age behind the 3-point arc in a win over clear the puck in front of the net, LeBron James and Cleveland.

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NORTHEAST REGIONAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Hanover Area’s D.J. Erickson, top, wrestles an opponent during the Class 2A Northeast Regional championships on Saturday. Erickson finished second at 145 pounds, earning a PIAA berth.

Hawks’ Erickson takes 2nd He earned a PIAA berth, along with Lehman’s Konigus.

BY JOE BARESS staFF Writer

WILLIAMSPORT — D.J. Erickson stood seconds away from a Class 2A Northeast Regional wrestling championship at 145 pounds.

He held a one-point lead over Montoursville’s Dylan Bennett on Saturday — until Bennett slipped the Hanover Area junior’s grip, gained control and pushed Erickson’s back to the mat.

The referee spun his hands and threw two fingers in the air to signal a reversal. A second later, the buzzer blared.

“To be honest, I felt kind of stupid because I didn’t know I was winning by then,” Erickson said. “My mistake. I actually didn’t realize I was up a point. I thought I had to turn him real quick.”

Despite the loss, Erickson earned a spot in the PIAA Championships with his second-place finish.

En route to the silver medal, Erickson faced the toughest possible road, as each opponent qualified for the state tournament.

“I thought I did really well,” Erickson said. “Wrestled tough kids all the time.

(Bennett’s) only a freshman.

CLASS 2A He’s a tough kid. Everybody I wrestled here, they’re tough kids.”

He placed the highest out of WVC wrestlers at Williamsport High School and was one of two to qualify for the state tournament. LakeLehman’s Kaleb Konigus also finished in the top four, placing fourth at 285 pounds.

Erickson started day two similar to how he finished the first.

He once again built a onepoint lead into the third period and didn’t allow Benton’s Colton Babcock, the runnerup in District 4, to escape.

This time, however, he added some insurance.

Erickson forced Babcock to his back to pick up two more points on his way to a 5-2 decision.

“I knew that if I went out and I just shot with shots that I know how to pull off and I could pull off any time I can win the match,” Erickson said. “I had to ride him out at the end and I had to get the win. In this sport, it’s do whatever you’ve got to do to get the win.”

With Babcock ranked No. 2 in the region and No. 13 in the state, according the PA Power Wrestling’s Feb. 28 poll, Erickson faced a tall task in order to advance to the final.

KALEB KONIGUS Placed 4th at 285 pounds to reach states

into overtime in his semifinal match. But the LakeLehman senior was called for a technical violation, which gave Kriner the 2-1 decision.

The loss dropped him into the consolation semifinal, where he faced Valley View’s John Shnipes, a match he needed to win to qualify for the state tournament.

“I felt pretty good because I knew I beat him last week, so I knew I had my chances with him,” Konigus said.

Shnipes got the technical violations this time, and Konigus earned a 3-1 decision and a trip to Hershey.

Konigus forfeited his third-place match against Line Mountain’s Jaron Renn because of an injury.

“The day before, I kind of did something to my hamstring/glute area so I didn’t want to do anything more to it,” Konigus said. “I knew I was going to states so there’s nothing else to lose so I might as well just forfeit and get ready for states next week.”

The state tournament runs Thursday through Saturday at the Giant Center in Hershey.

“I’ll do some rehab the first couple days, some drilling,” Konigus said. “Just getting conditioned and ready to go.”

“Going out there, I know I always have to be tough and I don’t think a lot of people expected me to win that match,” Erickson said. “My opponent, Colton, he’s been around and was one (win) away from placing at states last year. So, he’s a tough kid.”

During the final, Erickson suffered a hip injury and needed to take time to recover.

“I came down in kind of a split position,” Erickson said. “It wasn’t really good.

My hip’s kind of soar anyway from yesterday riding out tough.”

Despite the pain, he battled through, overcoming a 5-2 deficit in the third period.

He recorded a reversal and forced Bennett’s back to the mat for two more points to take a 6-5 advantage. The lead held until the last second.

“The loss is extra motivation for me,” Erickson said.

“The goal is still the same, to medal at states. I just want to do that and finish my season off with a win.”

Konigus battled NorthPenn Liberty’s Justin Kri- Contact the writer: jbaress@ ner, the District 4 runner-up, timesshamrock.com

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“I’m pumped. Really happy,” Evans said after his qualifying-round victory. “I worked out really hard during the offseason and I got what I wanted, (what) I was hoping for. It’s a great feeling.”

The regional was postponed Friday and compressed to a daylong, oneday schedule. Wrestlers are allowed up to only five bouts in a day, though, so the majority of the third- and fifth-place matches — including Noonan’s and O’Rourke’s — were moved to 10 this morning.

Evans, this year’s WVC and D2 champion, nearly rallied to add another gold medal on his way to states, which starts Thursday in Hershey. He started the morning as the top seed and kept moving toward the night’s finals with a 9-5 and 9-2 decision.

“When I came here last year, I got manhandled. The kids were a lot stronger than me. I sort of realized that the hard way,” said Evans, who missed the 2017 medal stand.

“My dad helped me out a lot this offseason, especially weight-wise. Whenever I didn’t want to lift, he’d say, ‘Work for what you want.’

That’s definitely pushed me a lot.”

Evans showed a bit of that strength when he dropped Mayer backward for a 4-4 tie before the first-period buzzer of their final.

But, with Mayer leading 6-5 in the second, he took

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Dallas’ Steven Newell celebrates after one of his bouts on Saturday.

Krokowski and Dallas’ Steven Newell — both two-time Dis1. Bethlehem Catholic (BC), 191; 2. nazareth (naz), 135.5; 3. Liberty trict 2 champs — dropped (Lib), 106; 4. northampton (nha), 85.5; 5. Parkland (Par), 77.5; 6. Bangor their first bouts of the day (Ban), 74; 7. easton (eas), 71; 8. stroudsburg (str), 66; 9. Delaware Valley (DV), 64; 10. tunkhannock (tun), 56; 11. scranton (scr), 46.5; 12. and needed three consecutive Pottsville (Pot), 45.5; 13. east stroudsburg south (ess), 43; 14. Blue victories to move on. Kromountain (Bm), 35; 15. emmaus (emm), 31; 16. roman Catholic (rC), kowski responded with three 27; 16. West scranton (Ws), 27; 18. Crestwood (Cre), 26; 18. hazleton area (haz), 26; 20. Dallas (Dal), 25; 21. Lasalle (Ls), 23; 22. Valley West wins by a 33-1 margin, and (VW), 22.5; 23. Pocono mountain West (PmW), 22; 24. Father Judge (FJ), Newell strung together three 20; 25. northeast (nre), 18; 25. Wallenpaupack (Wal), 18; 27. Coughlin pins in 6:51 to make it happen.

(Cou), 16.5; 28. mariana Bracetti academy (mBa), 15.5; 29. Freedom (Fre), 15; 30. archbishop Wood (aW), 14; 31. archbishop ryan (ar), 12; Krokowski earned his 31. st. Joseph’s Prep (sJP), 12; 33. abington heights (ah), 7.5; 33.

100th win in the process Pocono mountain east (Pme), 7.5; 35. Central Catholic (CC), 5; 35. before he and Newell fell in Pittston area (Pa), 5; 37. Central (Ctr), 4; 37. southern Lehigh (sL), 4; 39. their bronze medal matches.

Frankford (Fra), 3; 40. academy at Palumbo (aP), 0; 40. archbishop Carroll (aC), 0; 40. george Washington (gW), 0; 40. martin Luther King (mLK), 0; “It’s just exciting to finally 40. overbrook (ove), 0; 40. south Philadelphia (sPh), 0. get a chance to compete with the top competition in the down Evans and got him to down and get within two state now,” Krokowski said. his back for three near-fall points with 15 seconds “It’s just going to be fun points and an 11-6 lead. remaining. Time simply ran wrestling in the Hershey It was enough to stop out. arena for once.”

Evan’s third-period rally. An The rest of the WVC’s Contact the writer: escape and takedown cut the wrestlers had a tougher time eshultz@citizensvoice.com; 570-821-2054; @CVericshultz deficit to 13-9, and he let up extending their seasons.

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Class 3A team scores

Class 3A Finals 106: Matt Mayer (BC) dec. David Evans (Tun), 14-12 182: Damen Moyer (Lib) dec. Jeremy Seymour (WS), 6-5.

Third place 126: Jagger Condomitti (Nha) dec. David Krokowski (VW), 4-2.

138: Zach Ortman (Par) vs. Mike McKinney (DV), today.

145: Jeremiah Oakes (Scr) vs. Michael Kistler (Nha), today 152: William Evanitsky (Scr) vs. Eddie Hay (Ban), today.

160: Jacob Burgette dec. Angel Garcia (MBA), 4-1.

170: Cole Painter (Pot) dec. Steven Newell (Dal), 3-1 (SV).

182: Andrew Kidd (DV) vs. Adam Lizak (Par), today.

195: Shane Noonan (Haz) vs. Tyler Neglia (Wal), today.

220: John McCarthy (DV) vs. Shane O’Rourke (Cre), today.

Fifth place 106: Joey Porco (DV) vs. Robert Lawlor (FJ), today.

132: Anthony Mangione (Str) vs. Tommy Traver (Tun), today.

138: Joshua Brown (Cou) vs. Steven Storm (PME), today.

220: Sam Rice (Tun) won by forfeit over Jameel Coles (Nre).

Consolation semifinals 106: Peyton Brown (Emm) dec. Joey Porco (DV), 6-0.

126: David Krokowski (VW) major dec. Josh Mason (BM), 10-0.

132: Jonathan Miers (Eas) dec. Tommy Traver (Tun), 7-3 (SV).

138: Mike McKinney (DV) dec. Joshua Brown (Cou), 3-2.

145: Jeremiah Oakes (Scr) dec. Joseph Barbella (Lib), 7-0.

152: William Evanitsky (Scr) dec. Connor Herceg (Naz), 4-3.

160: Jacob Burgette (Scr) dec. Tyler Delorenzo (ESS), 3-0.

170: Steven Newell (Dal) pinned Joe Kurtz (BC), 2:01.

182: Andrew Kidd (DV) dec. Haakon Mathewson (Ban), 8-3.

195: Shane Noonan (Haz) dec. Joey Schrader (Ban), 4-0; Tyler Neglia (Wal) dec. Tymothy Nevadomsky (Pot), 4-2 (SV).

220: John McCarthy (DV) major dec. Sam Rice (Tun), 10-1; Shane O’Rourke (Cre) dflt. Jameel Coles (Nre).

Semifinals 106: David Evans (Tun) dec. Peyton Brown (Emm), 9-2.

138: Nathan Stefanik (Naz) dec. Mike McKinney (DV), 5-1.

145: Cole Handlovic (BC) dec. Jeremiah Oakes (Scr), 5-1.

152: Larry Pinto (Str) dec. William Evanitsky (Scr), 7-4.

160: Mikey Lewis (BC) dec. Jacob Burgette (Scr), 5-2.

182: Damen Moyer (Lib) pinned Andrew Kidd (DV), 3:31; Jeremy Seymour (WS) pinned Malcom Hunt (RC), 3:57.

195: Robert Spezza (BC) major dec. Shane Noonan (Haz), 14-6.

220: Greg Bensley (PMW) dec. Sam Rice (Tun), 10-4.

Consolation quarterfinals 106: Joey Porco (DV) pinned Luis Vargas (Fre), 0:54.

113: T.J. England (AW) dec. J.J. White (VW), 3-2 (UTB); Andrew Smith (Naz) dec. Preston Machado (DV), 7-5.

120: Duncan Waite (SJP) pinned David Gavek (Tun), 3:49.

126: David Krokowski (VW) dec. Shawn Marchesano (AR), 7-1; Travis Brown (Lib) major dec. Ryan Lombardo (PA), 12-1.

132: Anthony Mangione (Str) dec. Charles Everdale (Haz), 8-1; Tommy Traver (Tun) pinned Max Shaffer (AW), 1:28.

138: Joshua Brown (Cou) pinned Nicholas Colasurdo (SL), 1:30.

145: Michael Kistler (Nha) major dec. Landon Stanislow (VW), 16-6.

152: Connor Herceg (Naz) major dec. Jayson Brielmeier (Haz), 11-2.

160: Tyler Delorenzo (ESS) dec. Ron Grevera, 3-1.

170: Steven Newell (Dal) pinned Jake Marnell (Haz), 1:01; Joshua Talijan (Lib) dec. Chris Langan (AH), 7-5.

182: Adam Lizak (Par) dec. Connor Munley (Tun), 5-2 (TB2).

195: Joey Schrader (Ban) pinned Brandon Crusen (Scr), 2:55; Tyler Neglia (Wal) pinned Jayden Bortz (Nha), 4:26 220: John McCarthy (DV) dec. Nate Wieder (Par), 1-0; Shane O’Rourke (Cre) dec. Brett Tetlow (AR), 6-3.

285: Sami Khamis (Str) pinned Shawn Henninger (Dal), 2:13; Thomas McKeough (Ban) pinned Noah Worsnick (WS), 2:16.

Consolation second round 106: Joey Porco (DV) pinned Austin Fashouer (WS), 1:40; Tal-Reese Flemming (Lib) major dec. Cadden Kuczek (VW), 9-0.

113: J.J. White (VW) dec. Liam Logue (FJ), 4-2 (SV); Preston Machado (DV) dec. Anthony Caramanno (WS), 10-5.

120: Sebastian Mateo (Lib) dec. Darren Clarke (Cou), 3-2; David Gavek (Tun) pinned Justin Sterling (Cre), 1:35.

126: David Krokowski (VW) tech fall Zimir Rice (Ove), 16-0 (3:56); Shawn Marchesano (AR) major dec.

Machias Magill (DV), 9-0; Travis Brown (Lib) pinned Jordan Miale (Cre), 3:37; Ryan Lombardo (PA) won by forfeit over Nicholas Palermo (SJP).

132: Charles Everdale (Haz) major dec. John Santiago (MBA), 11-2; Anthony Mangione (Str) pinned Garrett Walsh (WS), 2:19; Max Shaffer (AW) dec. Jake Brown (Cou), 4-2; Tommy Traver (Tun) won by forfeit over Nick Poulos (AC).

138: Joshua Brown (Cou) pinned Jacob Rosenstein (AH), 0:21.

145: Michael Kistler (Nha) major dec. Kade Kravits (Dal), 14-1; Landon Stanislow (VW) pinned Jack Dardia (DV), 4:46.

152: Jayson Brielmeier (Haz) major dec. Dan Guinan (SJP), 9-1; Connor Herceg (Naz) tech fall John Betzko (Dal), 18-3 (4:38).

160: Ron Grevera (Cre) pinned Aidan Price (AH), 2:11; Gaven Krazer (Eas) pinned Jaylon Brunson (VW), 0:54.

170: Steven Newell (Dal) pinned Billy Grace (AW), 1:49; Jake Marnell (Haz) dec. Jason Henderson (DV), 6-5; Chris Langan (AH) dec. Carlson Ogene (Nre), 8-1.

182: Adam Lizak (Par) dec. Lenny Kelley (Dal), 7-2; Connor Munley (Tun) pinned Declan Donaher (SJP), 1:26.

195: Brandon Crusen (Scr) tech fall Amro Alshami (GW), 17-1 (4:47); Tyler Neglia (Wal) pinned Shane Fagan (DV), 2:47.

220: John McCarthy (DV) pinned Greg Pugh (Ctr), 1:56; Brett Tetlow (AR) pinned Taylor Bolesta (Dal), 4:11; Shane O’Rourke (Cre) pinned Joe McFibersima (GW), 2:43.

285: Shawn Henninger (Dal) dec. David DeGroat (Wal), 3-2; Noah Worsnick (WS) dec. Corey Harrison (Cou), 4-2 (TB2).

Consolation first round 106: Austin Fashouer (WS) dec. Dante Iuliano (SJP), 6-0.

113: Liam Logue (FJ) major dec. Trey Zabroski (Cre), 13-0.

120: Sebastian Mateo (Lib) won by forfeit over Bobby Zelinski (Scr).

126: Machias Magill (DV) pinned Reynaldo Garcia (MBA), 1:38; Jordan Miale (Cre) dflt. John Matthews (FJ).

132: Jake Brown (Cou) major dec. Jared Johnson (RC), 10-0; Garrett Walsh (WS) dec. Adrian Lugo (Nre), 8-3.

138: Talon Pisarchuk (AW) dec. Thad Mead (Dal), 5-1.

145: Jack Dardia (DV) dec. Dom Galasso (RC), 3-1.

152: Lucien Anderson (Ctr) dec. Anthony Krug (Wal), 5-1; John Betzko (Dal) dec. Elvy DeCoo (AR), 4-2.

160: Aidan Price (AH) pinned Jack McQuaid (AC), 1:46.

170: Jason Henderson (DV) dec. Vlad Falendysh (Ctr), 11-5.

182: Lenny Kelley (Dal) pinned Dito Sakhokia (GW), 1:57.

195: Tyler Neglia (Wal) dec. Daishawn Tilghman (Ove), 1-0.

220: Taylor Bolesta (Dal) pinned Dillon Trainer (LS), 3:23.

285: Brandon Derby (SL) pinned David DeGroat (Wal), 4:55.

Quarterfinals 106: David Evans (Tun) dec. Tal-Reese Flemming (Lib), 9-5; Matt Mayer (BC) pinned Joey Porco (DV), 5:08.

113: Nick Onea (Pot) dec. Preston Machado (DV), 6-0; Matthew Maloney (Lib) dec. J.J. White (VW), 6-4.

120: Sean Pierson (Naz) pinned David Gavek (Tun), 1:28; Cameron Enriquez (Str) pinned Darren Clarke (Cou), 3:20.

126: Josh Mason (BM) pinned Ryan Lombardo (PA), 0:17; Jagger Condomitti (Nha) pinned David Krokowski (VW), 3:13.

132: Ryan O’Grady (Naz) dec. Tommy Traver (Tun), 7-2; Jonathan Miers (Eas) major dec. Charles Everdale (Haz), 11-2.

138: Ryan Anderson (BC) tech fall Joshua Brown (Cou), 18-3 (4:33); Mike McKinney (DV) major dec.

Zach Ortman (Par), 11-7.

145: Cole Handlovic (BC) tech fall Landon Stanislow (VW), 22-7 (3:54); Jeremiah Oakes (Scr) dec.

Michael Kistler (Nha), 6-3.

152: William Evanitsky (Scr) major dec. Eddie Hay (Ban), 9-1; Luca Frinzi (BC) tech fall Jayson Brielmeier (Haz), 18-2 (3:12.

160: Jacob Burgette (Scr) major dec. Gaven Krazer (Eas), 10-0; Caden Wright (Emm) dec. Ron Grevera (Cre), 6-0.

170: Cade Wilson (Naz) pinned Chris Langan (AH), 1:36; Cole Painter (Pot) dec. Jake Marnell (Haz), 9-3; Dominic Falcone (Eas) dec. Steven Newell (Dal), 5-2 (TB2).

182: Damen Moyer (Lib) dec. Connor Munley (Tun), 9-2; Andrew Kidd (DV) dec. Adam Lizak (Par), 11-5; Jeremy Seymour (WS) pinned Austin Sphar (ESS), 5:46.

195: Shane Noonan (Haz) major dec. Jayden Bortz (Nha), 13-5; Robert Spezza (BC) pinned Shane Fagan (DV), 3:05; Nate Stine (BM) pinned Brandon Crusen (Scr), 0:36.

220: Greg Bensley (PMW) dec. Shane O’Rourke (Cre), 11-4; Sam Rice (Tun) pinned Brett Tetlow (AR), 1:51; Nick Nittoli (Ban) dec. John McCarthy (DV), 4-2.

285: Jonathan Pineda (Eas) major dec. Noah Worsnick (WS), 13-5; Jase Crouse (BC) pinned Shawn Henninger (Dal), 4:59.

Preliminaries 106: Peyton Brown (Emm) dec. Austin Fashouer (WS), 5-0; Joey Porco (DV) pinned Emmanuel Santana (Nre), 0:45; Luis Vargas (Fre) dec. Cadden Kuczek (VW), 4-3.

113: Preston Machado (DV) major dec. Sean Guinan (SJP), 11-3; Andrew Smith (Naz) pinned Trey Zabroski (Cre), 1:26; J.J. White (VW) pinned Mike Acevedo (Nre), 1:22; Samuel Hanley (Nha) pinned Anthony Caramanno (WS), 2:26.

120: David Gavek (Tun) pinned Tommy Hooven (AW), 2:18; Logan Ninos (Nha) major dec. Bobby Zelinski (Scr), 16-2; Darren Clarke (Cou) tech fall John LeBron (AP), 15-0 (4:05); Brandon Kassis (Par) pinned Justin Sterling (Cre), 1:47.

126: Ryan Lombardo (PA) dec. Zimir Rice (Ove), 6-2; Travis Brown (Lib) pinned Machias Magill (DV), 3:27; Shawn Marchesano (AR) major dec. Jordan Miale (Cre), 9-0.

132: Max Shaffer (AW) dec. Garrett Walsh (WS), 6-1; Devon Britton (Nha) major dec. Jake Brown (Cou), 18-6; Charles Everdale (Haz) won by forfeit over Nick Poulos (AC).

138: Joshua Brown (Cou) dec. Mike Rubino (Nre), 5-0; Steven Storm (PME) pinned Thad Mead (Dal), 1:50; Mike McKinney (DV) pinned Jackson Fung (Ctr), 2:45; Nathan Stefanik (Naz) dec. Jacob Rosenstein (AH), 6-2.

145: Matthew Kidwell (FJ) dec. Kade Kravits (Dal), 4-2; Joseph Barbella (Lib) pinned Jack Dardia (DV), 2:48; Landon Stanislow (VW) major dec. Matt Palage (AW), 17-4.

152: Xavier Rivera (Nre) dec. John Betzko (Dal), 2-1; Joe Guida (Par) pinned Anthony Krug (Wal), 3:56; Jayson Brielmeier (Haz) dec. Zac St. Thomas (AW), 1-0.

160: Mikey Lewis (BC) tech fall Aidan Price (AH), 17-1 (3:36); Ron Grevera (Cre) dec. Liam Jones (AW), 7-1; Tyler Delorenzo (ESS) pinned Jaylon Brunson (VW), 1:30.

170: Chris Langan (AH) tech fall Billy Grace (AW), 16-0 (3:54); Joshua Talijan (Lib) dec. Jason Henderson (DV), 11-5; Jake Marnell (Haz) dec. Dan Dugan (FJ), 5-2.

182: Connor Munley (Tun) pinned Justin Bates (AW), 0:59; Andrew Kidd (DV) dec. Haakon Mathewson (Ban), 9-4; Malcom Hunt (RC) pinned Lenny Kelley, 0:42.

195: Shane Fagan (DV) pinned Charley Mininger (AW), 2:44; Joey Schrader (Ban) pinned Tyler Neglia (Wal), 2:10; Brandon Crusen (Scr) pinned Shaun Buffert (RC), 0:36.

220: Shane O’Rourke (Cre) pinned Greg Pugh (Ctr), 3:45; Sam Rice (Tun) pinned Nate Wieder (Par), 3:32; Jameel Coles (Nre) pinned Taylor Bolesta (Dal), 3:45.

285: Noah Worsnick (WS) dec. Oryan Lee (MLK), 4-2 (SV); Thomas McKeough (Ban) pinned David DeGroat (Wal), 1:36; Shawn Henninger (Dal) dec. Jared Hynson (Nre), 4-0; Sami Khamis (Str) pinned Corey Harrison (Cou), 1:11.

Class 2A Semifinals 126: Brandon Judge (VV) dec. Jeremy Hanford (WR), 7-2.

145: D.J. Erickson (HAN) dec. Colton Babcock (BNT), 5-2. Dylan Bennett (MNT) pinned Adam Roe (BR), 4:55.

152: Noah Gush (MUN) dec, Braden McIntosh (WW), 7-4.

170: Owen Hivner (LT) dec. Mike Kustanbauter (MUN), 7-4.

220: Cole Fuller (WW) pinned Sean Sprague (SC), :59.

285: Justin Kriner (NPL) dec. Kaleb Konigus (LL), 2-1.

Consolation first round 106: Tristyn Bodie (HON) dec. Antonio D’Apollonio (SP), 3-2. Jason Carver (MEY) forfeit.

113: Mario Barberio (MUN) pinned Joe Rowley (HAN), 1:36. Nick Yule (BER) pinned Pete West (HON), :41.

120: Nathaniel McArthur (BR) forfeit Sammy Segers (SP). Logan Newton (WYA) dec. Zack Stuart (LL), 11-5.

126: Bob Long (LL) dec. Ian Yoder (SC), 4-0. Bryce Vollman (MUN) dec. Joe Hester (MON), 9-4.

132: Devin Pietkiewicz (SHM) pinned Garrett Kolb, 1:10. Matt Davis (HON) pinned Oliver Egan (SP), 2:17.

138: Hunter Burke (LL) pinned Mike Minor (SC), 4:45. Makeela Fabrizio (MON) dec. Matt Leslie (WW), 4-0.

145: Christian Good (MUN) maj. dec. Jake Trumbower (LL), 11-0.

152: Cooper Mosier (TOW) dec. Brandon Lawson (HON), 3-2. Wyatt Bassett (MW) dec. Nick Zaboski (LL), 6-4.

160: Jake Carpenter (SHM) pinned Alec Buttner (SP), 2:07. Kasen Taylor (WW) dec. Corey Mruk (WA), 7-1.

170: Kyle Tomb (JS) pinned Mike O’Day (HON), 2:29. Ed Mapes (WYA) dec. Cole Aukema (MON), 5-0.

182: Jacob Mattive (BLM) dec. J.J. Hooper (HAN), 5-4. Justin Joseph (WA) dec. Jake Kabonick (HON), 8-4.

195: Manus McCracken (MC) pinned T.J. Meehan (LL), 4:39. Ivan Balavage (SP) pinned Jaryn PolitMoran (WA), :45.

220: Cameron Wood (MNT) pinned John KuhnsMiller (HON), 1:52. Mike Wilcox (WYA) dec. Connor Judge (SP), 6-1.

285: John Shnipes (VV) pinned Owen Hosler (MW), :36. Kile Kauwell (CC) pinned Damon Barhight (WA), 2:19.

Consolation semifinals 106: Blake Wirt (LM) pinned Jason Carver (MEY), 1:22. Gabriel Gramly (MFB) tech. fall Tristyn Bodie (HON), 16-1.

113: Darren Schum (WYA) dec. Nick Yule (BER), 7-0.

120: Justin Gessner (LEW) maj. dec. Nathaniel McArthur (BR), 11-2.

126: Jeremy Hanford (WR) maj. dec. Bob Long (LL), 11-2.

132: Chris Horton (ATH) pinned Matt Davis (HON), :24.

138: Luke Yonkin-O’Connor (WYA) dec. Hunter Burke (LL), 7-2. Trevor Bingaman (MFB) pinned Makeela Fabrizio (MON), 2:05.

145: Coleman Good (MUN) dec. Adam Roe (BR), 8-7.

152: Braden McIntosh (WW) dec. Cooper Mosier (TOW), 6-3.

160: Nate Bradley (ATH) pinned Kasen Taylor (WW), :31.

182: Andrew Shedleski (LEW) dec. Justin Joseph (WA), 5-0.

195: Ivan Balavage (SP) dec. Ethan Long (LM), 15-10.

285: Kaleb Konigus (LL) dec. John Shnipes (VV), 3-1.

Fifth-place 106: Jason Carver (MEY) dec. Tristyn Bodie (HON), 10-6.

113: Mario Barberio (MUN) maj. dec. Nick Yule (BER), 10-0.

120: Nathaniel McArthur (BR) dec. Logan Newton (WYA), 4-0.

126: Bryce Vollman (MUN) dec. Bob Long (LL), 4-0.

132: Devin Pietkiewicz (SHM) dec. Matt Davis (HON), 8-4.

138: Hunter Burke (LL) pinned Makeela Fabrizio (MON), 4:12.

145: Cooper Mosier (TOW) pinned Adam Roe (BR), :42.

160: Gable Crebs (MNT) pinned Kasen Taylor (WW), 2:32.

182: Justin Joseph (WA) pinned Jacob Mattive (BLM), 3:46.

285: Kile Kauwell (CC) pinned John Shnipes (VV), 2:45.

Third-place 152: Timothy Ward (CAN) dec. Braden McIntosh (WW), 5-1.

195: Ivan Balavage (SP) dec. Manus McCracken (MC), 5-1.

285: Jaron Renn (LM) inj. forfeit Kaleb Konigus (LL).

Finals 126: A.J. Burkhart (ATH) pinned Brandon Judge (VV), 2:52.

145: Dylan Bennett (MNT) dec. D.J. Erickson (HAN), 7-6.

170: Owen Hivner (LT) pinned Anthony Scicchitano (SC), :55.

220: Hunter Poust (MUN) dec. Cole Fuller (WW), 7-5.

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dunmore 48, holy redeemer 44 CLASS 3A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

Bucks dethrone Royals

By STEvE BEnnETT staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — The spacious backdrop of Mohegan Sun Arena can create havoc with a player’s depth perception when it comes time to pull the string on a regular jump shot, let alone a 3-point attempt.

With that in mind, Dunmore coach Ben O’Brien took a rather unique approach when assessing the situation as the Bucks prepared to take on Holy Redeemer in the District 2 Class 3A championship game.

“When you play in a place like this it is almost like playing outside,” O’Brien said after his team won the district championship with a 48-44 victory over Holy Redeemer. “We’ve been fortunate to play in some outside tournaments over the summer. The approach is you treat it like an outside game.

Outside games are determined in the paint and around the rim. That was where this game was determined.”

The Bucks came armed with Victoria Toomey, a 6-foot-1 junior center, who controlled the game around the rim.

Toomey finished with a game-high 28 points despite battling foul trouble late in the first quarter when she picked up her second personal and was forced to the bench.

“Sam Yencha picked up her second foul just after that,” Holy Redeemer coach John Jezorwski said. “That made her play a little less aggressive and that hurt us more than anything else.”

Prior to Yencha picking up her second foul, she was bat-

Christopher Dolan / staff photographer

Holy Redeemer’s Sam Yencha and Dunmore’s Victoria Toomey try to get a loose ball during Saturday’s District 2 Class 3A championship game at Mohegan Sun Arena. tling with Toomey not only for rebounds, but for space on the low block. Yencha scored six of her team-high 13 points in the first quarter as the Royals grabbed a 13-10 lead.

Dunmore’s patience on the offensive end did not play well as far as Redeemer was concerned. The faster the pace the better off the Royals are. The Bucks waited for Toomey to get open, despite the Royals fronting her, as well as getting help from the weakside on the interior passes. And when Kelly Quinn knocked down a first quarter 3-pointer, that gave the Royals something else they had to defend.

“Too much Toomey. She is

a great player,” Jezorwski said. “We gave it a good shot, we just didn’t execute at the end. We knew if the game was in the forties it was going to be tough for us. We had to be in the high fifties or low sixties to be successful. If there is a better big girl in the state than Toomey, I haven’t seen her.”

Toomey finished with nine points in the second quarter as Dunmore held a 25-21 lead at the half. Toomey established herself in the third quarter scoring Dunmore’s first eight points as the Bucks increased their lead to nine.

Cameron Marcinkowski made a 3-pointer for the Royals, but Toomey answered with a basket to put the

Bucks up by six heading to the fourth quarter.

Redeemer finished the first half shooting 6 of 29 from the field, and made just eight more shots in the second half. And with rebounds tough to come by, the Royals were limited in their secondchance opportunities.

“That is not us at all,” Jezorwski said. “That is not typical of us. Usually we are a betting shooting team.

Sometimes the shots just don’t fall. Our defense was right there.”

The defense was there in the fourth quarter as the Royals made one last push in an attempt to reclaim their district title from a year ago.

Dunmore led by as many

as eight points with 4:48 left in the game after Quinn scored in transition. Marcinkowski capped a brief Redeemer 4-0 spurt with a pair of foul shots to get the Royals within a possession.

Quinn, though, used her quickness to score off a drive and then sank a foul shots to up the lead back to six. Yencha converted a three-point play with 1:49 left, and the Royals were back within three.

With less than 40 seconds left, the Royals missed a jumper, but got the rebound. A turnover gave the ball back to Dunmore, and Lisa Tallo made 1 of 2 from the line with 2.6 seconds left to seal the win.

“I think we weren’t settled for that last shot,” Jezorwski

said. “We just didn’t get the people we wanted to shoot it a chance to shoot it.”

Both teams advance to the PIAA Class 3A Championships, which begin Friday.

Redeemer plays the District 4 runner-up, while Dunmore plays the fourth seed from District 12.

Holy Redeemer (44) S. Yencha 3 7-7 13, C. Marcinkowski 3 2-2 10, J. Andrejko 3 0-0 7, S. Kuderka 2 0-0 5, S. Rajza 1 2-2 4, J. Cicon 1 0-0 3, L. Wasiakowski 1 0-0 2, A. Gushka 0 0-0 0, Totals 14 11-11 44.

Dunmore (48) V. Toomey 11 6-8 28, G. Delfino 3 3-5 9, K. Quinn 3 1-4 8, A. Chapman 1 0-0 2, L. Tallo 0 1-3 1, M. Borgia 0 0-0 0, Totals 18 11-20 46.

Holy Redeemer 13 8 9 14—44 Dunmore 10 15 11 12—48 3-point goals: C. Marcinkowski (HR) 2, J. Cicon (HR) 1, S. Kuderka (HR) 1, J. Andrejko (HR) 1, K. Quinn (DUN) 1.

Contact the writer: sbennett@citizensvoice.com; 570 821-2062; @CVsteveBennett on twitter

abington heights 51, crestwood 45 CLASS 5A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

Crestwood comes up short Abington Heights defends title

By STEvE BEnnETT staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Sara Hopkins scored six quick points.

Andrea Shipton added a pair of free throws, and Sarah Richards converted a three-point play.

That was all part of a late Crestwood surge that helped bring the Comets from what appeared to be a dire situation to within striking distance in Saturday’s District 2 Class 5A title game.

But even after Hopkins knocked down a pair of foul shots to bring Crestwood within three points, Abington Heights guard Hannah Kow a l s k i sw i p e d t h a t momentum away.

Kowalski scored eight of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter, and Abington Heights defended its district title with a 51-45 victory at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Both teams advance to the PIAA Championships next week. Abington Heights (187) will play Solanco; while Crestwood (17-8) will take on Susquehannock. The sites and times have yet to be officially announced.

Abington Heights established its plan early. Rather than settle for jump shots, Abington Heights attacked the basket.

With 16 points in the paint and nine more coming from the foul line, Abington Heights opened up a 31-16 lead at the half. Abington Heights attacked the line with the dribble drive, and when the post was open,

pounded the ball down low to Cassie Ksiazek.

“It was hard to stop the drive, we were working on it and we knew it would be an issue coming in,” Crestwood coach Ed Stepanski said. “We struggled with it the whole game. And they were hitting their foul shots when they were going to the line.”

While Abington Heights was executing its offensive plan, Crestwood was struggling.

Crestwood shot 6 of 23 from the floor in the first half and was 0 of 8 from beyond the 3-point line.

“We were trying to focus on what we needed to do,” Abington Heights coach Deanna Klingman said.

“Crestwood has a lot of good shooters and they like to drive and bring the ball to the paint.”

Facing an uphill challenge just to get back in the game, Crestwood went to work 59 seconds into the third quarter. Julia Makowski scored on a drive to the basket. That kick started a 9-4 run that helped cut the deficit to 10 points. Richards scored in the lane and Makowski hit a 3-pointer, and just like that Crestwood had closed the gap to seven points heading to the fourth quarter.

“We just came out and played harder,” Stepanski said. “We were moving the ball better on offense and we closed them down pretty well on defense. We started trapping on the screen. We just did some things right. We started playng with more intensity.”

The energy was there for Crestwood in the fourth quarter as well.

Abington Heights turned the ball over six times in the fourth quarter. And after Hopkins made two free throws, Crestwood trailed 46-43 with just over one-minute left to play.

But with no other choice but to foul to try and get the ball back, Abington Heights made sure the ball was in the hands of Kowalski, the team’s most experienced player.

Kowalski made 4 of 6 from the line down the stretch, and a Cretwood turnover helped Abington Heights maintain a two possession advantage. Crestwood was as close as four points with 15.2 seconds left, but Kowalski made two free throws to put the game out of reach.

“We came back, we had a nice little run late in the game,” Stepanski said. “I wish we played like that the whole game. I am proud of the way they fought back.

This isn’t over yet. We’re going to the state playoffs and I would like to make a nice showing in states.”

Crestwood (45) S. Hopkins 4 3-4 13, J. Makowski 4 1-2 10, A. Shipton 3 4-4 10, S. Richards 3 1-1 7, H. Jardine 1 3-4 5, R. Magin 0 0-2 0, B. Termini 0 0-0 0, Totals 15 12-17 45.

Abington Heights (51) H. Kowalski 6 8-12 20, C. Ksiazek 5 5-6 15, C. Marion 3 0-0 6, R. McDonald 2 0-0 5, E. Albright 2 1-2 5, H. Hughes 0 0-0 0, M. Tully 0 0-0 0, S. Houlihan 0 0-0 0, Totals 18 14-20 51.

Crestwood 9 7 14 15—45 Abington Heights 18 13 6 14—51 3-point goals: S. Hopkins (Crest) 2, J. Makowski (Crest) 1, R. McDonald (AH) 1.

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Crestwood’s Julia Makowski moves the ball past Abington Heights’ Cassie Ksiazek during the District 2 Class 5A championship game on Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena.

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scranton prep 54, valley view 46 CLASS 4A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP

Cavaliers win 4th straight crown

By SCoTT WALSh StAFF WRIteR

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — All week in preparing for the District 2 Class 4A final against Valley View, Scranton Prep coach Andrew Kettel kept telling his team how important it was to get the ball inside.

It took one half Saturday, but the Cavaliers finally got the message.

Leo O’Boyle scored 32 points and Scranton Prep rallied from a fivepoint halftime deficit to defeat Valley View, 54-46, at Mohegan Sun Arena.

The 6-foot-8 junior shot 10 for 15 from the field and 10 of 13 from the foul line to lead the Cavaliers (20-5) to their fourth straight district title.

They will play the No. 3 team from District 11 in the first round of the PIAA Class 4A playoffs Friday.

“This is the best feeling I’ve had in a while,” said O’Boyle, who also had six rebounds and two blocks.

“They came into our place (Feb. 2)

and beat us by one. We had to get this win for our morale. And it felt great to get it for (the seniors).”

Senior Wes Simons chipped in six points and 10 rebounds for Scranton Prep.

Jaden Duplesssis led Valley View (16-9) with 12 points and Marc Kudrich had 11 points. The Cougars will play the District 4 runnerup in the PIAA first round Friday.

A 10-2 run to close the first half gave Valley View a 22-17 halftime lead. Kudrich accounted for the final five points.

In the first half, O’Boyle had 14 of Scranton Prep’s 17 points on 5-for-9 shooting. The rest of the team attempted just six shots.

So, at halftime, Kettel implored his team to get the ball inside, in particular to the 6-foot-5 Simons.

“He issued us a challenge and told us not to shoot anymore 3s because the rims here are horrible,” said Simons, who was score-

less in the first half. “He wanted us to get the ball inside and that’s what we did in the second half.”

Added O’Boyle: “We had to get Wes the ball inside. Even if I was shooting, we had to get Wes going.”

To open the third quarter, the Cavaliers scored 16 of the first 18 points to take a 33-24 lead with 3:22 left.

Two Brian Boland free throws started it. After Dixon Black scored on a baseline drive for Valley View, Simons hit a free throw and a basket.

O’Boyle scored Prep’s next eight points on two jumpers, a threepoint play and a free throw. Greyson Schermerhorn’s 3-pointer capped the run — one of just two 3-pointers Scranton Prep attempted in the second half.

“We missed Wes in the post a ton in the first half,” Kettel said. “That’s what we discussed at halftime, that Wes needed touches. Even if he

didn’t score, it might open something for somebody else.

“Good things happen when you get the ball inside.”

At the same time, Scranton Prep turned up the intensity on defense.

It limited the Cougars to just eight points in the first 12½ minutes of the second half.

“They pounded the ball inside, Simons made a couple big plays and obviously Leo was tough inside as well,” Valley View coach Mike Kurpis said. “We knew we were at a size disadvantage. Our guys battled, but their height kind of wore us down. Plus, we went cold offensively. We really didn’t make many shots in the third quarter.”

Still, the Cougars kept battling.

A three-point play by Simons with 3:48 left in the fourth quarter gave Scranton Prep its largest lead, 47-30.

Valley View scored 12 of the next 13 points to rally to within 48-42

with 2:09 left. Duplessis had six points in the run and 10 fourthquarter points.

However, Scranton Prep scored six straight from the foul line — four by O’Boyle to seal the victory.

“They’re a great team. They’re never going to give up no matter how much they’re down,” O’Boyle said. “They gave us a good punch at the end, but I think we showed our resiliency and made our free throws down the stretch.”

Valley View (46) J. Duplessis 4 4-5 12, M. Kudrich 4 3-4 11, D. Black 3 3-4 9, C. Combs 2 0-0 6, B. Craig 1 2-2 5, D. Howanitz 1 1-2 3, N. Smith 0 0-0 0, Totals 15 13-17 46.

Scranton Prep (54) L. O’Boyle 10 10-13 32, W. Simons 2 2-8 6, R. Merritt 2 1-2 5, B. Boland 1 3-4 5, G. Schermerhorn 1 0-0 3, M. Rotell 1 1-4 3, J. Casey 0 0-0 0, N. Genco 0 0-0 0, A. D’Elia 0 0-0 0, Totals 17 17-31 54.

Valley View 11 11 6 18—46 Scranton Prep 9 8 18 37—54 3-point goals: C. Combs (VV) 2, B. Craig (VV) 1, L. O’Boyle (SP) 2, G. Schermerhorn (SP) 1.

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ChAmpS: Cougars win Class 6A title

holy cross 55, northwest 39 CLASS 2A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP

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Holy Cross’ Leahy O’Connor and Northwest’s Jaxson Yaple try to get a rebound during Saturday’s District 2 Class 2A championship game at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Crusaders deny Rangers

By Tom Fox CORReSPONDeNt

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Maybe it was the bright lights. Maybe it was jitters of playing a perennial power in a district final. The tenacious, intense pressure of Holy Cross’ defense didn’t help the cause.

Unfortunately for Northwest, the Rangers couldn’t regain their footing until it was too late.

The Rangers had 14 turnovers in the first half, and Holy Cross’ Tyler Mozeleski was blazing hot, scoring 11 of his game-high 19 in the opening quarter as the Crusaders pulled away, 55-39, in the District 2 Class 2A boys’ championship.

Both teams advance to next week’s PIAA Championships.

For Northwest, it’s the first time since 2004 the team will return back to the PIAA playoff picture as the Rangers will face off with District 4 champ Muncy.

Holy Cross, which defended its district title, opens up with District 4 runner-up Northeast Bradford.

“They are a really good team that applies a lot of pressure,” Northwest head coach Dustin Babcock said.

“Easily, they are the best defensive team we’ve seen all year. They have quick feet and quick hands. That’s the dream when you play defense.”

It was like the perfect storm brewing. But for the Rangers, it was the ultimate nightmare.

Holy Cross’ defense was absolutely

blistering. The Crusaders, winners of 17 straight, forced eight turnovers in the first quarter, and held Northwest scoreless for the final 5:11 of the period.

Now add to the fact Mozeleski caught fire, draining 3-pointers from every spot on the Mohegan Sun Arena floor. He sparked what proved to be a back-breaking run as Holy Cross (206) ended the first on a 12-0 spurt for a 17-4 lead after one.

The Crusader junior ripped five 3s through the nets — four of them in the opening 16 minutes.

“It feels great. Last year, I didn’t play that great here. I didn’t shoot the ball well at all,” Mozeleski said. “I needed to take the open shots when they were there, and not do too much.

They were just falling the right way for me.”

Holy Cross’ defense was just lethal in the second, forcing six turnovers and holding Northwest to just 3 of 13 from the floor for a 26-11 lead at the break.

“Our forte is defense,” Holy Cross head coach Al Callejas said. “Our kids’ defense has been the catalyst all year long. We scored some points today, but our defense got us going. We wanted to focus on (Jaxson) Yaple early. We wanted some of the other guys to handle the ball. I thought we did a nice job with the pressure. And Tyler did a nice job of knocking down some shots early. We were able to spread them out and have some success.”

It wasn’t all bad for the Rangers.

Take away those opening jitters, and Northwest (10-15) kept it relatively close — outscored by just three points in the final three quarters.

Sam Saxe scored eight of his teamhigh 14 in the second half, and Jaxson Yaple netted seven of his nine over the final two periods.

Down 43-25 after three, the Rangers tried to inch back in. A Sam Saxe jumper, followed by a short bucket from Matt Saxe got Northwest back to 50-34 with less than four minutes left.

But that’s the closest it got as Crusader Pat Galvin scored 10 of his 18 in the fourth quarter.

“We just wanted our guys to settle in. This is a big stage, and we were ready for it. We just played a really, really good team,” Babcock said. “We just play the district champ to a onepoint game in the second half. We are ready for states, and that’s the big goal.”

Northwest (39) S. Saxe 6 0-0 14, J. Yaple 2 4-7 9, B. Koser 3 1-2 7, T. Stevens 1 1-3 4, W. Yaple 1 0-0 3, M. Saxe 1 0-0 2, M. Pierontoni 0 0-0 0, E. Sorber 0 0-0 0, B. Hardiman 0 0-0 0, M. Zugarek 0 0-0 0, Totals 14 6-12 39.

Holy Cross (55) T. Mozeleski 6 2-4 19, P. Galvin 7 3-4 18, K. Burrier 4 1-3 9, D. Tokash 2 0-0 5, T. Montefour 1 0-2 2, L. O’Connor 1 0-0 2, D. Possanza 0 0-0 0, J. Calciano 0 0-0 0, D. Dougherty 0 0-0 0, A. Calciano 0 0-0 0, C. Callejas 0 0-1 0, C. Schuster 0 0-0 0, J. Egan 0 0-0 0, Totals 21 6-14 55.

Northwest 4 7 14 14—39 Holy Cross 17 9 17 12—55 3-point goals: S. Saxe (NW) 2, J. Yaple (NW) 1, W. Yaple (NW) 1, T. Stevens (NW) 1, T. Mozeleski (HC) 5, P. Galvin (HC) 1, D. Tokash (HC) 1.

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The Cougars’ season, however, will continue in the PIAA Championships. Their first-round opponent will be Norristown next Saturday at a time and site in District 2 to be announced.

“We finally got it (a title) after three years,’’ said Planutis, who led the Cougars with 17 points. “We kept coming up short each of the (previous) two years, so this is very exciting.’’

Hazleton Area (22-1) had another balanced offensive attack. Joey Grula finished behind Planutis with 13 points, including 11 in the first half. Faison added 13, Samec had 10 and Sparky Wolk chipped in eight. All five starters took turns making big plays.

The Cougars set the tone early with five 3-pointers in the first quarter alone.

Samec drained two and Grula, Faison and Planutis sank one apiece as Hazleton Area raced to a 21-9 lead. “ We j u s t w a n t e d t o rebound and get out and run,’’ Planutis said. “That’s what made the difference.’’

The teams played to an 8-all stalemate in the second quarter as both struggled shooting. Harbin accounted for all eight of Scranton’s points. Grula canned four for the Cougars, who took a 29-17 halftime lead.

Planutis’ one-handed dunk in transition was the highlight of his eight third-quarter points. His two fouls shots extended Hazleton Area’s lead to 47-29.

Planutis then sandwiched two more baskets and around two by Faison to start the Cougars’ scoring in the final period, as their cushion swelled to 55-33 with the clocking racing under the five-minute mark.

CHRIStOPHeR DOlAN / StAFF PHOtOgRAPHeR

Hazleton Area’s Joey Grula goes up for a layup past Scranton in the District 2 Class 6A championship game on Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena.

In the end, it was enough to choke off a game Scranton rally.

“Our senior star ters (Samec, Planutis and Grula) have been such a huge part of this program for four years, that if they didn’t get a gold medal and a chance to play in the state tournament, I would have been devastated,’’ Joseph said. “We said in the locker room that we had to play every second all out. The fourth quarter wasn’t so pretty for us. Fortunately, we were able to hold on and move on.’’

Scranton (51) K. Harbin 11 1-3 25, R. McAndrew 6 0-0 17, I. Montgomery 2 0-0 5, C. Jordan 1 0-0 3, M. Bauman 0 1-2 1, C. Brown 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 2-5 51.

Hazleton Area (61) J. Grula 7 0-1 16, J. Planutis 6 2-5 14, D. Faison 5 2-2 13, J. Samec 3 2-2 10, R. Wolk 3 2-5 8, A. Otero 0 0-0 0, S. Shamany 0 0-0 0, A. Vayda 0 0-0 0, Totals 24 8-15 61.

Scranton 9 8 12 22—51 Hazleton Area 21 8 18 14—61 3-point goals: R. McAndrew (SCR) 5, K. Harbin (SCR) 2, I. Montgomery (SCR) 1, C. Jordan (SCR) 1, J. Samec (Haz) 2, J. Grula (Haz) 2, D. Faison (Haz) 1.

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DISTRICT 2 BASKETBALL GLANCE All games at Mohegan Sun Arena

BOYS BASKETBALL GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS 6A CLASS 6A Saturday Today Hazleton Area 61 (2) Hazleton Area (14-9) vs.

Scranton 51 (1) Scranton (16-7), 5 CLASS 5A Today (1) Abington Heights (21-3) vs. (2) Dallas (20-4), 7

CLASS 5A Saturday Abington Heights Crestwood

51 45

CLASS 4A Saturday Scranton Prep Valley View

CLASS 4A Thursday 54 Scranton Prep 46 Nanticoke Area

45 29

CLASS 3A Thursday Wyoming Seminary Holy Redeemer

CLASS 3A Saturday

56 Dunmore 39 Holy Redeemer

CLASS 2A Saturday Holy Cross Northwest

CLASS 2A Today 55 (2) Old Forge (11-12) vs.

39 (1) Northwest (14-9), 3

CLASS A Today MMI Prep vs. Susquehanna, 1

CLASS A Thursday Susquehanna Forest City

48 44

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High School District 2 Basketball At Mohegan Sun Arena Boys A MMI Prep vs. Susquehanna, 1 Girls 2A Northwest vs. Old Forge, 3 Girls 6A Scranton vs. Hazleton Area, 5 Boys 5A Abington Heights vs. Dallas, 7 Colleges Men’s Basketball ECAC Championship at Wilkes Widener vs. Neumann, 1 Baseball Misericordia vs. Lebanon Valley, 10 at Fort Pierce, Fla. Misericordia vs. Kenyon, 2 at Fort Pierce, Fla. King’s vs. Saint Joseph’s College, 5 at Winter Haven, Fla. Wilkes vs. Lehman, 2 at Myrtle Beach Softball Misericordia vs. Muskingum, 1:30 at Kissimmee, Fla. Misericordia vs. Alfred, 3:40 at Kissimmee, Fla. King’s vs. Eastern Mennonite, 11:30 at Myrtle Beach King’s vs. Medaille, 1:30 at Myrtle Beach Tennis King’s vs. Emerson, TBA at Orlando Wilkes vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, TBA at Hilton Head Wilkes vs. St. John Fisher, TBA at Hilton Head Women’s Lacrosse King’s at Virginia Wesleyan, 4 AHL Penguins at Milwaukee, 6

aHL

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division

GP Lehigh Valley 59 Penguins 55 Providence 57 Charlotte 59 Bridgeport 58 Hartford 60 Springfield 58 Hershey 59

W 37 33 34 32 28 26 26 24

L OLSOL Pts GF GA 15 3 4 81 209174 17 4 1 71 180158 18 3 2 73 168136 24 0 3 67 194171 22 5 3 64 155151 26 5 3 60 160200 28 3 1 56 166185 27 4 4 56 160193

GP 57 59 58 58 57 60 57

W 39 35 28 29 22 22 18

L OLSOL Pts GF GA 16 1 1 80 185126 18 3 3 76 184154 15 9 6 71 174158 19 6 4 68 166163 27 6 2 52 164197 34 1 3 48 144217 30 6 3 45 134181

North Division

Toronto Syracuse Rochester Utica Laval Belleville Binghamton

Western Conference Central Division

GP Manitoba 56 Chicago 56 Grand Rapids59 Iowa 54 Rockford 59 Milwaukee 57 Cleveland 54

W 34 30 31 26 29 28 18

L OLSOL Pts GF GA 15 4 3 75 192138 18 6 2 68 175153 21 1 6 69 184171 17 7 4 63 168164 24 3 3 64 179183 24 4 1 61 161180 29 4 3 43 133181

GP 51 50 49 57 51 58 51 51

W 30 30 26 29 27 27 23 21

L OLSOL Pts GF GA 17 3 1 64 161138 19 1 0 61 167146 18 2 3 57 157140 20 5 3 66 168173 19 4 1 59 150145 23 8 0 62 150166 22 3 3 52 126148 21 8 1 51 136160

Pacific Division

Tucson San Diego Stockton Texas Ontario San Antonio San Jose Bakersfield

Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Saturday Providence 6, Hartford 2 Rochester 4, Toronto 1 Rockford 3, Penguins 0 Hershey 3, Utica 0 Laval 5, Syracuse 4, OT Milwaukee 4, Grand Rapids 1 Bridgeport 4, Belleville 2 Charlotte 3, Springfield 2, OT Lehigh Valley 4, Binghamton 0 Iowa at Manitoba, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Texas, 8 p.m.

Bakersfield at Stockton, 9 p.m.

Sunday

Charlotte at Hartford, 3 p.m.

Toronto at Belleville, 3 p.m.

Iowa at Manitoba, 3 p.m.

Tucson at Cleveland, 3 p.m.

Ontario at San Jose, 3 p.m.

Springfield at Providence, 3:05 p.m.

Laval at Rochester, 3:05 p.m.

Texas at San Antonio, 4 p.m.

Lehigh Valley at Hershey, 5 p.m.

Utica at Binghamton, 5:05 p.m.

Penguins at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

San Diego at Stockton, 8 p.m.

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Monster Energy Cup Series Pennzoil 400 Lineup Friday’s qualifying; race Sunday At Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Car number in parentheses) 1. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 191.489 mph.

2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 190.248.

3. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 190.067.

4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 189.980.

5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 189.447.

6. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 189.175.

7. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 189.148.

8. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 189.102.

9. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 188.719.

10. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 188.640.

11. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 188.469.

12. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 188.442.

13. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 188.838.

14. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 188.712.

15. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 188.607.

16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 188.442.

17. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 188.363.

18. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 187.865.

19. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 187.846.

20. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 187.441.

21. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 187.305.

22. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 187.246.

23. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 187.162.

24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 186.413.

25. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 187.650.

26. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr., Chevrolet, 187.546.

27. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 186.916.

28. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 186.335.

29. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 186.123.

30. (51) Cole Custer, Ford, 185.982.

31. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 185.312.

32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 185.027.

33. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 183.418.

34. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 182.272.

35. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 179.241.

36. (00) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 176.292.

37. (55) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 173.628.

GOLF

HSBC Women’s World Championship saturday at sentosa Golf Club singapore Yardage: 6,718 par: 72 Third Round Nelly Korda 70–66–65 – 201 –15 Danielle Kang 68–64–70 – 202 –14 Brooke M. Henderson 68–72–65 – 205 –11 Minjee Lee 71–66–68 – 205 –11 Michelle Wie 67–73–66 – 206 –10 Jin Young Ko 72–67–67 – 206 –10

tODaY’s RaDIO sCHEDuLE AHL 6 p.m.

Penguins at Milwaukee

980 AM, 103.1 FM

tODaY’s tV sCHEDuLE AUTO RACING 3:30 p.m. Cup Series, Penzoil 400 at Las Vegas FOX56 COLLeGe BAskeTBALL Noon Cincinnati at Wichita State WYOU Noon Patriot League, semifinal CBSSN 1 p.m.

Big South, final ESPN 2 p.m.

Missouri Valley, championship WYOU 2 p.m.

Patriot League, semifinal CBSSN 2 p.m.

SMU at South Florida ESPNEWS 3 p.m.

Atlantic Sun, final ESPN 4 p.m.

UConn at Houston CBSSN 4:30 p.m. Big Ten, Purdue vs. Michigan WYOU 4:30 p.m. Tulane at UCF ESPNU 9:30 p.m. MAAC, semifinal ESPNU GOLf 5 a.m.

European, Tshwane Open GOLF Noon PGA, WGC-Mexico Championship GOLF 2 p.m.

PGA, WGC-Mexico Championship WBRE 4:30 p.m. Champions, Colorguard Classic GOLF NBA 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee ESPN, NBCSP 9 p.m.

Brooklyn at LA Clippers YES 9 p.m.

NY Knicks at Sacramento MSG NHL 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida NBCSP 7 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota NBCSN sOCCeR 8:30 a.m. Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Arsenal NBCSN 11 a.m.

Manchester City vs. Chelsea NBCSN Noon Women, U.S. vs. France ESPN2 5 p.m.

MLS, Los Angeles FC at Seattle ESPN 7:30 p.m. MLS, New York City FC at Sporting KC FS1 10 p.m.

MLS, Portland at LA Galaxy FS1 spRING TRAINING BAseBALL 1 p.m.

Washington vs. NY Mets WPIX 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. NY Yankees YES 1 p.m.

Houston vs. St. Louis MLB 1 p.m.

Toronto vs. Philadelphia NBCSP-Plus 4 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona MLB TRACk & fIeLd 4 p.m.

IAAF World Indoor Championships NBCSN WOmeN’s COLLeGe BAskeTBALL Noon Atlantic 10, final ESPNU 1 p.m.

Big East, quarterfinal FS2 2 p.m.

ACC, final ESPN2 2:30 p.m. AAC, quarterfinals ESPNU 3 p.m.

Big 12, semifinal FS1 3:30 p.m. Big East, quarterfinal FS2 4:30 p.m. SEC, final ESPN2 5:30 p.m. Big 12, semifinal FS1 6:30 p.m. AAC, quarterfinal ESPNU 7 p.m.

Big Ten, final ESPN2 7 p.m.

Big East, quarterfinal FS2 9 p.m.

Pac-12, final ESPN2 9:30 p.m. Big East, quarterfinal FS2

nHL

eAsTeRN Atlantic division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Tampa Bay 66 45 17 4 94 240 182 Boston 63 40 15 8 88 209 158 Toronto 66 39 20 7 85 218 185 Florida 62 31 25 6 68 185 198 Detroit 64 26 28 10 62 169 189 Montreal 65 25 29 11 61 167 200 Ottawa 63 22 31 10 54 173 223 Buffalo 65 20 34 11 51 154 211 metropolitan division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Washington 64 36 21 7 79 198 191 Philadelphia 65 34 20 11 79 196 189 Pittsburgh 66 37 25 4 78 215 200 New Jersey 65 33 24 8 74 191 196 Columbus 65 32 28 5 69 172 184 Carolina 65 29 25 11 69 174 195 N.Y. Islanders 66 29 29 8 66 213 237 N.Y. Rangers 65 29 30 6 64 186 207 WesTeRN Central division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Nashville 64 41 14 9 91 210 165 Winnipeg 64 38 17 9 85 217 173 Dallas 65 37 23 5 79 193 171 Minnesota 65 36 22 7 79 200 189 Colorado 64 35 24 5 75 202 189 St. Louis 66 35 26 5 75 180 176 Chicago 65 28 29 8 64 185 189 pacific division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Vegas 64 41 18 5 87 222 178 San Jose 65 35 21 9 79 194 180 Los Angeles 66 36 25 5 77 192 165 Anaheim 65 32 21 12 76 180 180 Calgary 66 32 25 9 73 185 195 Edmonton 64 27 33 4 58 181 213 Vancouver 65 24 32 9 57 176 214 Arizona 63 19 34 10 48 153 208 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. friday Montreal 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Carolina 3, New Jersey 1 Florida 4, Buffalo 1 Winnipeg 4, Detroit 3 Colorado 7, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Calgary 1 Ottawa 5, Vegas 4 Nashville 4, Vancouver 3, OT Anaheim 4, Columbus 2 saturday Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 6, SO Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, OT Chicago 5, Los Angeles 3 Boston 2, Montreal 1, OT Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Ottawa at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Toronto vs. Washington at Annapolis, Md., 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, 10:30 p.m. sunday Nashville at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 4 p.m.

Vegas at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 9 p.m.

nBa

EASTERN Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 44 17 .721 Boston 44 19 .698 34 27 .557 Philadelphia New York 24 39 .381 Brooklyn 20 43 .317 Southeast Division L W Pct Washington 36 27 .571 33 30 .524 Miami Charlotte 28 35 .444 Orlando 20 43 .317 Atlanta 19 44 .302 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 36 26 .581 Indiana 35 27 .565 Milwaukee 33 29 .532 Detroit 29 34 .460 Chicago 21 41 .339 WESTERN Southwest Division W L Pct Houston 48 13 .787 San Antonio 36 26 .581 35 26 .574 New Orleans Dallas 19 44 .302 Memphis 18 44 .290 Northwest Division L W Pct Portland 36 26 .581 37 27 .578 Oklahoma City Minnesota 38 28 .576 Denver 35 28 .556 Utah 32 30 .516 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 49 14 .778 L.A. Clippers 33 28 .541 27 34 .443 L.A. Lakers Sacramento 19 43 .306 Phoenix 19 45 .297 Friday Orlando 115, Detroit 106, OT Philadelphia 110, Charlotte 99 Golden State 114, Atlanta 109 Chicago 108, Dallas 100 Denver 108, Memphis 102 Indiana 103, Milwaukee 96 Toronto 102, Washington 95 Oklahoma City 124, Phoenix 116 L.A. Clippers 128, New York 105 Utah 116, Minnesota 108 Saturday Orlando 107, Memphis 100 Denver 126, Cleveland 117 Miami 105, Detroit 96 Boston at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Sunday Phoenix at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m.

New York at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. New York 8 1 0.889 Boston 7 3 0.700 Kansas City 5 2 0.714 Detroit 6 3 0.667 Houston 6 3 0.667 Cleveland 6 3 0.667 Chicago 5 4 0.556 Tampa Bay 5 5 0.500 Minnesota 4 4 0.500 Los Angeles 4 4 0.500 Baltimore 4 5 0.444 Seattle 3 5 0.375 Toronto 3 6 0.333 Oakland 2 5 0.286 Texas 2 5 0.286 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. Chicago 6 1 0.857 Milwaukee 7 2 0.778 Miami 6 2 0.750 San Diego 5 3 0.625 Washington 4 4 0.500 Los Angeles 4 5 0.444 San Francisco 4 5 0.444 Colorado 3 5 0.375 St. Louis 3 5 0.375 New York 3 6 0.333 Atlanta 3 6 0.333 Cincinnati 3 6 0.333 Pittsburgh 2 5 0.286 Arizona 3 7 0.300 Philadelphia 2 8 0.200 Saturday Baltimore 4, Philadelphia (ss) 2 Miami 1, N.Y. Mets 0 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 3 Atlanta 9, St. Louis 2 Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 4 Washington 8, Houston 1 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia (ss) 3 Toronto 13, Minnesota 8 L.A. Dodgers 14, Arizona 6 Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 4 San Diego 10, Oakland 4 San Francisco (ss) 13, Cleveland 4 San Francisco (ss) 9, Texas 4 Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5 Sunday Boston vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, 1:05 Detroit vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, 1:05 Houston vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, 1:05 Miami vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, 1:05 Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, 1:05 Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, 1:05 Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, 1:05 Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, 1:10 Cleveland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 Kansas City vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, 3:05 Dodgers vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, 3:05 San Diego (ss) vs. White Sox at Glendale, 3:05 Seattle vs. Texas at Surprise, 3:05 Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, 3:10 Colorado vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, 3:10 Oakland vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, 3:10

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NBA Favorite Points Underdog HAWKS 2.5 (222.5) Suns WIZARDS 3.5 (208.5) Pacers RAPTORS 9 (218.5) Hornets Pelicans 3.5 (223.0) MAVERICKS 76ers 1 (209.5) BUCKS Knicks 2 (215.0) KINGS CLIPPERS 8 (226.0) Nets COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite Points Underdog WICHITA ST 1.5 Cincinnati Smu 9 S FLORIDA MEMPHIS 12 E Carolina TULSA 1 Temple HOUSTON 15 Connecticut C FLORIDA 7 Tulane Colonial Conference Tournament (Charleston, SC) William & Mary PK Towson Hofstra 5 NC-Wilmington Big Ten Conference Tournament (Madison Square Garden) Purdue 3.5 Michigan Horizon League Conference Tournament (Detroit, MI) Wisconsin-Milw 1 Illinois-Chi Oakland 6.5 Iupui Summit League Conference Tournament (Sioux Falls, SD) Ipfw PK N Dakota St Denver 1.5 Oral Roberts Home team in CAPS

COLLEGE SCORES Saturday’s men’s scores EAST

Cornell 86, Dartmouth 75 Delaware 86, Elon 79 Drexel 70, James Madison 62 Fairfield 90, Niagara 77 Hartford 71, New Hampshire 60 Harvard 93, Columbia 74 LIU Brooklyn 78, Fairleigh Dickinson 77 Penn 99, Brown 93 Providence 61, St. John’s 57 Saint Joseph’s 78, La Salle 70 Stony Brook 69, Albany (NY) 60 Syracuse 55, Clemson 52 UMBC 89, Mass.-Lowell 77 VCU 83, Fordham 58 Vermont 75, Maine 60 Villanova 97, Georgetown 73 Wagner 75, Robert Morris 64 Yale 94, Princeton 90, OT

SOUTH

Alabama A&M 66, Jackson St. 59 Appalachian St. 76, Coastal Carolina 67 Arkansas St. 83, Louisiana-Monroe 79 Auburn 79, South Carolina 70 Charlotte 85, FAU 78 ETSU 77, Chattanooga 59 Florida 80, Kentucky 67 Florida St. 85, Boston College 76 Georgia Southern 89, Troy 83 Georgia St. 90, South Alabama 75 Georgia Tech 64, Wake Forest 56 Grambling St. 66, Alabama St. 64 LSU 78, Mississippi St. 57 Marshall 76, Middle Tennessee 67 McNeese St. 69, Lamar 60 Miami 69, Virginia Tech 68 Murray St. 68, Belmont 51 NC State 76, Louisville 69 Old Dominion 79, FIU 53 Prairie View 77, Southern U. 69 Richmond 93, George Mason 79 SE Louisiana 69, Nicholls 57 Southern Miss. 72, Louisiana Tech 64 Tennessee 66, Georgia 61 Texas Southern 78, Alcorn St. 71 UAB 101, W. Kentucky 73 UNC-Greensboro 72, The Citadel 58 Virginia 62, Notre Dame 57 Wofford 73, Mercer 53

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GOLF WGC Mexico Championship Saturday at Club de Golf Chapultepec Yardage: 7,345 Par 71 Third Round Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69—200 -13 Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-64—202 -11 Phil Mickelson 69-68-65—202 -11 Sergio Garcia 68-65-69—202 -11 Rafa Cabrera Bello 66-67-69—202 -11 Pat Perez 68-67-68—203 -10 Dustin Johnson 69-66-68—203 -10 Brian Harman 68-67-68—203 -10 Xander Schauffele 65-68-70—203 -10 Justin Thomas 72-70-62—204 -9 Tony Finau 68-70-68—206 -7 Marc Leishman 69-68-69—206 -7 Charley Hoffman 70-66-70—206 -7 Jordan Spieth 70-67-69—206 -7 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-69-71—206 -7 Brendan Steele 69-66-71—206 -7 Kevin Kisner 70-71-66—207 -6 Jhonattan Vegas 70-68-69—207 -6 Bubba Watson 69-66-72—207 -6 Kyle Stanley 71-65-71—207 -6 Adam Hadwin 70-71-67—208 -5 Jon Rahm 67-71-70—208 -5

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Cent. Michigan 84, W. Michigan 71 Chicago St. 96, UMKC 82 Dayton 88, George Washington 78 Illinois St. 76, S. Illinois 68, OT Kansas St. 77, Baylor 67 Loyola of Chicago 62, Bradley 54 Marquette 85, Creighton 81 Michigan 75, Michigan St. 64 Missouri 77, Arkansas 67 Purdue 78, Penn St. 70 S. Dakota St. 66, W. Illinois 60 Wright St. 87, Green Bay 72 Xavier 65, DePaul 62

SOUTHWEST

Abilene Christian 69, Incarnate Word 59 Cent. Arkansas 61, Northwestern St. 58 Oklahoma St. 82, Kansas 64 Stephen F. Austin 65, Sam Houston St. 53 Texas 87, West Virginia 79, OT Texas A&M 68, Alabama 66 Texas Tech 79, TCU 75 UTEP 68, North Texas 66 UTSA 79, Rice 60

FAR WEST

Air Force 83, San Jose St. 61 Arizona 66, California 54 BYU 85, San Diego 79 Boise St. 95, Wyoming 87 E. Washington 85, N. Arizona 68 Hawaii 68, Cal St.-Fullerton 60 Oregon 72, Washington 64 Oregon St. 92, Washington St. 67 Portland St. 97, North Dakota 90, OT San Francisco 71, Pacific 70, OT Stanford 84, Arizona St. 83 Utah 64, Colorado 54 Weber St. 95, Montana St. 92, OT

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purdue’s Isaac Haas (44) blocks a dunk attempt by penn state’s Josh Reaves in the second half of saturday’s Big Ten semifinal at madison square Garden.

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NEW YORK — Carsen Edwards scored 27 points and No. 8 Purdue pulled away from Penn State in the second half of a 78-70 victory Saturday that put the Boilermakers in the Big Ten Tournament championship game for the second time in three seasons.

Third-seeded Purdue (28-5) faces No. 5 Michigan, which will try to repeat as tournament champs today at Madison Square Garden.

Purdue frustrated conference scoring leader Tony Carr, holding him to 4-of-18 shooting and 12 points. Shep Garner led the Nittany Lions (21-12) with 33 points.

No. 1 Virginia 62 Notre dame 57 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Devon Hall scored 17 points in his final game at John Paul Jones Arena and No. 1 Virginia outlasted Notre Dame.

Ty Jerome added 13 points for the Cavaliers (28-2, 17-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their fifth in a row.

No. 15 michigan 75, No. 2 michigan state 64 NEW YORK — Mo Wagner scored 14 of his 15 points after a dreadful first half and fifth-seeded Michigan moved within a game of its second straight Big Ten Tournament title with a victory over topseeded Michigan State, ending the No. 2 ranked Spartans’ 13-game winning streak.

Muhammad-Ali AbdurRahkman and Zavier Simpson also had 15 for the No. 15 Wolverines (27-7), who were also the last team to beat Michigan State (29-4), when they did it on Jan. 13.

No. 3 Xavier 65, depaul 62 CHICAGO — Trevon Bluiett scored 22 points, and No. 3 Xavier set a school record for regular-season wins while clinching the top seed in the Big East.

The Musketeers (27-4, 15-3 Big East) hung on for their 12th win in 13 games after DePaul’s Eli Cain and Max Strus missed 3-pointers in the closing seconds.

nCaa utes — to help the Blue Devils (25-6, 13-5) clinch the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

Oklahoma state 82, No. 6 kansas 64 STILLWATER, Okla. — Kendall Smith scored a career-high 25 points and Mitchell Solomon had 16 points and seven rebounds to help lead Oklahoma State.

No. 12 Texas Tech 79, TCU 75 LUBBOCK, Texas — Keenan Evans scored 23 points and No. 12 Texas Tech stopped a four-game losing streak.

No. 14 Auburn 79, south Carolina 70 AUBURN, Ala. — Bryce Brown scored 29 points, making eight 3-pointers, and No. 14 Auburn claimed at least a share of the SEC title.

No. 16 Tennessee 66, Georgia 61 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Admiral Schofield scored 23 points to lead Tennessee’s second-half comeback Saturday as the 16th-ranked Volunteers rallied past Georgia to win a share of the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship. syracuse 55, No. 18 Clemson 52 SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Oshae Brissett and Tyus Battle each scored 17 points and Syracuse rallied to beat No. 18 Clemson.

It was an opportunity for Syracuse (19-12, 8-10 Atlantic Coast Conference) to fill the biggest void on its resume — the lack of a marquee win — and the Orange capitalized.

No. 19 Arizona 66, California 54 TUCSON, Ariz. — Deandre Ayton had 26 points and 20 rebounds, helping No. 19 Arizona clinch the Pac-12 regular-season title outright.

Texas 87, No. 20 West Virginia 79, OT

AUSTIN, Texas — Matt Coleman and Kerwin Roach II each scored 22 points and No. 4 Villanova 97, Texas used an 11-0 run early Georgetown 73 in overtime to pull away PHILADELPHIA — Jay from No. 20 West Virginia.

Wright moved into a tie atop Villanova’s career wins list florida 80, No. 23 kentucky 67 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — with 413 in No. 4 Villanova’s Jalen Hudson scored 22 points, win over Georgetown.

Wright improved to 413-165 Chris Chiozza broke the since he took the job in 2001 school’s all-time assist record and has led the Wildcats to and Florida beat No. 23 Kenthe 2009 Final Four and 2016 tucky, ending the Wildcats’ four-game winning streak. national championship.

No. 5 duke 74, No. 9 North Carolina 64

marshall 76, No. 24 middle Tennessee st. 67

DURHAM, N.C. — Marvin Bagley III had 18 of his 21 points in the second half along with 15 rebounds, and No. 5 Duke pulled away to beat No. 9 North Carolina.

Grayson Allen added 15 points in his final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and Gary Trent Jr. had 13 points — including three 3-pointers in the final 10 min-

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.

— Jon Elmore scored 23 points and Marshall swept two games from No. 24 Middle Tennessee. saint Joseph’s 78, La salle 70 PHILADELPHIA — James Demery scored 18 points and led five players in double-figu re s c o r i n g fo r S a i n t Joseph’s.

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FIFA panel adds video review In one of the most fundamental changes ever to soccer’s 155-year-old rules, FIFA approved video review on Saturday and cleared the way to use it at the World Cup in June.

World soccer’s panel overseeing the laws of the game voted to add video assistant referees (VAR) despite mixed results from trials in top-level games.

Video review can overturn “clear and obvious errors” and “serious missed incidents” by match offi-

cials involving goals, penalty awards, red cards, and mistaken identity.

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games, the Phoenix area native leads Toronto with 28 goals and is second in points with 50.

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Leafs’ Matthews making progress Auston Matthews is progressing in his work to return from an apparent shoulder injury.

Coach Mike Babcock said the 20-year-old center is skating every day and should have his conditioning when he returns to the lineup. Matthews injured his right shoulder Feb. 22 against the New York Islanders.

Despite playing just 53

Sharma holds lead entering 4th round Shubhankar Sharma held a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Mexico Championship.

Sharma holed a 15-foot par putt on the final hole at Chapultepec Golf Club for a 2-under 69.

Two shots behind were Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Rafa Cabrera Bello and Tyrrell Hatton.

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Ryan Blaney is on the pole for today’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas and can make a return to the playoffs with a victory.

Drivers studying Vegas for return in playoffs New Hampshire’s fall race went to track last year.

BY GREG BEACHAM AssoCiAted Press

LAS VEGAS — NASCAR’s annual early-season trip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway is an understandable favorite for many teams and drivers.

This year’s event, however, is about getting much more than a few hands of blackjack and the checkered flag.

For the first time, everybody is coming back to the 1½-mile track on the northernmost end of the Strip in six months for the opening race of the playoffs.

Each turn in today’s Monster Energy Cup Series race should provide experience and data to the drivers hoping to dominate the postseason this fall.

“There is definitely some added importance to this race with (Las Vegas) being in the playoffs,” said Kyle Larson, who excelled in practice this week at the track where he finished second to eventual Cup champion Martin Truex Jr. last year.

“Hopefully we have a strong race, and if not, you know what you need to go back and work on to be better when you come back later in the year to benefit your playoff run,” Larson added. “Not that this race when it was just a stand-alone event wasn’t important, but anytime you can race at a track that you are going to come back at in the final 10, it’s got some added importance to it.”

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The track finally got a second date last year when New Hampshire’s second race was given to Vegas, which was backed by sponsorship deals with the local Convention and Visitors Authority and with the South Point hotel-casino, owned by form e r r a c e t e a m ow n e r Michael Gaughan.

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“This race has more importance around it than it ever has before, just because of the playoff atmosphere that will be around it in September,” said Kurt Busch, who was born in this city.

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Kapler’s advice to Kingery: Eat more bacon

By Matt Breen Philly.com

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Scott Kingery, for the second year in a row, felt a bit worn at the end of last season.

The weight he gained in the offseason had whittled away.

Kingery felt gassed by the fifth inning.

He tried to address it this offseason and came to spring training weighing roughly the same but with an added emphasis on lean muscle.

Manager Gabe Kapler, deeply passionate about fitness and health, faced the same struggles during his playing career.

And he offered Kingery some advice when he arrived at camp.

“Probably for a baseball player, you don’t want to be as lean because you have so

many games and you’re constantly moving,” Kingery said Kapler told him. “So r i g h t n ow I’m trying to do whatever I can to fatten myself Kingery up a little bit.

Just trying to get like a thin layer of fat over my whole body. Kapler said bacon. So I’m like, ‘All right. Yeah. I can do that.’”

This will likely be the longest season of Kingery’s career, and his ability to stay strong for a full season will be tested more than ever before.

He will reach the majors as early as the middle of April and the schedule will stretch a month later than the minor leagues’.

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The dugout was sort of openmouthed. It was, ‘Whoa, what just happened?’ “ Kingery worked in the winter at the same Arizona facility that was used in the past by Chase Utley and Donovan McNabb.

He focused on strengthening his legs as he builds his swing on his back legs. His surprising power comes from his strong lower half.

He wanted to be explosive, so he did broad jumps and box jumps. The Phillies measured his vertical leap last month at 34½ inches, the second highest in camp behind Roman Quinn’s. Kingery felt

strong. He just needed some fat to burn during what is shaping up to be a long season.

Orioles 4, Phillies (SS) 2 Baltimore ace Kevin Gausman put a rough first start behind and pitched three perfect innings while striking out five Saturday. The righthander retired just four batters and allowed four runs in his first outing.

Pirates 4, Phillies (SS) 3 Pittsburgh ace Ivan Nova made his second start and pitched three innings, allowing one run on three hits while striking out two.

Brandon Leibrandt, the son of former major league pitcher Charlie Leibrandt, retired just two batters and gave up three runs on four hits in his first appearance for Philadelphia.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Bryce Harper returned to Washington’s lineup following surgery to remove an ingrown toenail, striking out twice and walking in the Nationals’ 8-1 exhibition victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.

Stephen Strasburg pitched two innings in his first spring start for the Nationals. Coming off back-to-back 15-win seasons, Strasburg gave up a run on three hits and struck out two.

Houston starter Justin Verlander pitched three shutout innings and allowed two hits, while striking out five.

Verlander has struck out nine in five shutout innings to begin Grapefruit League play.

Rays 7, Tigers 4 Tampa Bay ace Chris Archer didn’t make it out of the second inning in his second start. Archer set down just four batters and allowed two runs on two hits and two walks. C.J. Cron doubled in a run and scored for the Rays.

Yankees 5, Red Sox 3

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and going forward. And he should be. He’s clearly that level of talented.”

That level of talent showed Friday when Kingery lifted a fastball to right field for an opposite-field home run. It was his third homer this week. An inning earlier, he dived to his right with a full extension and made a fantastic play to grab a sharp grounder up the middle. The second baseman bounced back to his feet and threw out the runner at first. Kingery was playing deep in the hole and shading toward first. He took a few steps before realizing he might have a chance if he dived. He was right.

“I don’t know how many other, if any, second basemen make that play,” Kapler said.

“Obviously, other guys will drive the ball out of the ballpark to right field and have great at-bats and act like

Xander Bogaerts had two hits, including a double, and scored a run for Boston.

Jackie Bradley Jr. swiped his first base for the Red Sox. New York’s top pitching prospect Justus Sheffield pitched two innings and gave up a run on two hits and two walks.

Aaron Hicks had a solo home run for the Yankees, while top prospect Miguel Andujar capped New York’s three-run rally in the eighth with a two-out RBI single.

Blue Jays 13, Twins 8 Kevin Pillar and Yangervis Solarte homered for the first time and Russell Martin added a three-run shot for Toronto. Pillar and Solarte both went deep off Minnesota starter Phil Hughes, who

pitched 2⅓ innings and allowed four runs on five hits and a walk in his second start.

Marlins 1, Mets 0 Noah Syndergaard pitched three innings in his second start for New York. He allowed one run on a hit and a walk and struck out four.

His fastball once again topped 100 mph.

Mets closer Jeurys Familia allowed one hit in a scoreless fifth inning. Wilmer Flores had two hits and Juan Lagares picked up his first hit in his second straight start in center field for the Mets.

Braves 9, Cardinals 2 Nick Markakis had two hits for Atlanta, giving him five in his first seven at-bats, and Freddie Freeman added two doubles.

Braves ace Julio Tehran pitched three scoreless innings, striking out three.

Miles Mikolas, in the running for the back of the St. Louis starting rotation, didn’t fare well in his first start. The right-hander pitched three innings and allowed four runs on six hits.

three. Kansas City’s No. 2 starter Ian Kennedy pitched two innings in his second start and allowed two runs on three hits and a walk, while striking out five.

Cubs 7, Reds 4 Starting rotation hopeful Tyler Chatwood pitched two innings and allowed only a walk in his second outing for Chicago. Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber all had hits for the Cubs. Luis Castillo pitched 2 ⅔ innings in his second start for Cincinnati.

Castillo gave up a run on five hits, while striking out four.

Padres 10, Athletics 4 Hunter Renfroe homered for the second time and added an RBI single for San Diego, while top prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. walked twice and stole his first two bases.

Giants (SS) 13, Indians 4

Austin Jackson had two hits, including a double, drove in a run and scored twice leading off for San Francisco. Mac Williamson had three hits, including his third home run, and drove in three runs for the Giants’ split squad. Cleveland starter Giants (SS) 9, Rangers 4 Josh Tomlin pitched two Johnny Cueto pitched two innings in his second start. innings in his first start for Dodgers 14, Diamondbacks 6 San Francisco, allowing two Justin Turner doubled and runs on three hits and a walk. Joe Panik led off the scored on a Matt Kemp home game with his first home run run as Los Angeles roughed for the Giants. San Francis- up Arizona starter Robbie co’s split squad roughed up Ray in his second start. Ray Texas ace Cole Hamels in his got just two outs, while givfirst start. Hamels pitched 2⅓ ing up five runs on four hits innings and gave up four and two walks. runs on five hits and a walk, Brewers 6, Rockies 5 while striking out two.

Trevor Story and Ryan White Sox 9, Royals 5 McMahon both homered for Chicago’s top pitching the first time for Colorado. prospect Michael Kopech Rockies starter Kyle Freemade his second start and land, who is vying for a spot pitched 2 ⅓ innings, allowing in the back of the rotation, only an unear ned run. pitched three innings and Kopech gave up two hits and allowed three runs on five a walk, while striking out hits and a walk.

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Machines are taking over space exploration

How you can reduce waste of too much heated water

Q:

By FAyE FLAM BloomBerg View

People concerned about robots taking away jobs might want to consider where it’s already happened. Machines with varying levels of intelligence have quietly taken over the most glamorous, coveted and admirable job in the world: space exploration.

It’s not that people can’t still be astronauts — it’s just there aren’t nearly enough jobs for all the people with the desire and ability to do it. And in terms of gathering data, we can’t catch up to the robots, which have in recent years been plunging beneath Jupiter’s thick cloud cover and exploring the exotic moons of Saturn with their methane lakes and roiling ice geysers. At more then 11 billion miles from home, the unmanned space probe Voyager 1 has finally reached the edge of the sun’s “atmosphere” of solar wind particles and sampled true interstellar space.

Perhaps human spaceflight will start to take a cue from Elon Musk’s roadster now playfully speeding away on an orbit around the sun. In the future, going into space might become less of a solemn duty carried out by a hand-selected few, and more of an adventure, done both for learning and fun. This will take some attitude adjustment, given that the U.S. has been the traditional leader in space exploration, and we are a puritanical people, deeply suspicious of fun.

Robots didn’t take over space in any sort of hostile way. It’s still the people who are doing the exploration, using technology to boldly go to places with toxic atmospheres, crushing pressure, deadly X-rays, and extreme temperatures.

We biological beings are the ones whose curiosity drives the missions. “I’ve explored Pluto and the distant reaches of the universe from the comfort of my living room,” said Tod Lauer, an astronomer with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Arizona.

“We can make the decisions and judgments remotely. We can make new missions based on what we’ve learned.” When their missions end, robots go without question or complaint.

That said, Lauer added that it would be fun to go into space. And even more fun than going into space would be going to Mars.

Getting to our neighboring planet isn’t just Elon Musk’s dream — it’s the destination recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. In a 2014 report on the future of space flight, a panel of experts identified Mars as the most reasonable new place NASA could send humans.

The panel’s co-chair, Cornell University planetary scientist Jonathan Lunine, said they concluded that science alone isn’t quite enough to justify sending people on a Mars mission.

But sending humans to Mars could give the U.S. a chance to display leadership in peaceful international cooperation, he said, and could inspire the public. So the justification for going to Mars would combine scientific goals with “economic, political and aspirational” ones.

One source of water waste is running it to change from cold to hot.

Any thoughts on how to deal with this?

— Joanne Leussing, via emaiL

A: DaNiel roDrigues / The New York Times

Oriana Sousa, who had a rare, aggressive form of ovarian cancer, works out in February in Marinha Grande, Portugal. Immunotherapy shrank her tumors so much that there is no evidence of disease.

CURED OF CANCER, UNEXPECTEDLY Scientists are struggling to understand why immunotherapy drugs worked against an extremely rare form of ovarian cancer when they should not have.

By GINA KOLATA The New York Times

No one expected the four young women to live much longer. They had an extremely rare, aggressive and fatal form of ovarian cancer. There was no standard treatment.

The women, strangers to one another living in different countries, asked their doctors to try new immunotherapy drugs that had revolutionized treatment of cancer. At first, they were told the drugs were out of the question — they would not work against ovarian cancer.

Now it looks as if the doctors were wrong. The women managed to get immunotherapy, and their cancers went into remission. They returned to work; their lives returned to normal.

The tale has befuddled scientists, who are struggling to understand why the drugs worked when they should not have. If researchers can figure out what happened here, they may open the door to new treatments for a variety of other cancers thought not to respond to immunotherapy.

“What we are seeing here is that we have not yet learned the whole story of what it takes for tumors to be recognized by the immune system,” said Dr. Jedd Wolchok, chief of the melanoma and immunotherapeutics service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

“We need to study the people who have a biology that goes against the conventional generalizations.”

Four women hardly constitutes a clinical trial. Still, “it is the exceptions that give you the best insights,” said Dr. Drew Pardoll, who directs the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.

The cancer that struck the young women was hypercalcemic small cell ovarian cancer, which typically occurs in a woman’s teens or 20s. It is so rare that most oncologists never see a single patient with it.

But Dr. Douglas Levine, director of gynecologic oncology at New York University Langone Medical Center, specialized in this disease. A few years ago, he discovered that the cancer was driven by a single gene mutation. The finding was of little use to patients — there was no drug on the horizon that could help.

Nothing left but hope Women with this form of ovarian cancer were sharing news and tips online in a closed Yahoo group.

Levine asked to become part of the group and began joining the discussions. There he discovered patients who had persuaded doctors to give them an immunotherapy drug, even though there was no reason to think it would work.

The women reported that their tumors shrank immediately.

The idea behind immunotherapy is to dismantle a molecular shield that some tumors use to avoid an attack by the body’s white blood cells.

The immune system sees these tumors as foreign — they are fueled by hundreds of genetic mutations, which drive their growth and are rec-

haps because the asbestos that caused it also inflames the immune system.

And some kidney cancers responded to immunotherapy treatment; no one knows why.

And then came a handful of women with a rare ovarian cancer. Oriana Sousa, 28, a psychologist in Marinha Grande, Portugal, was one of them.

She found out she had cancer in December 2011. She knew something was wrong — for several months she had been feeling tired, constipated and endlessly thirsty. She began vomiting and had abdominal cramps. But her doctors told her she was fine and not to worry.

Finally, her aunt, a nurse, suggested she see a different doctor, who performed a CT scan of her abdomen. It revealed a huge mass. The doctor operated to find out what it was. Two days later, he gave her the bad news: cancer, and a terrible form of it.

For the next four years, Sousa’s doctors tried to control the cancer, giving her rounds of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. But every time, new tumors emerged.

“I suffered a lot, and I felt I had no life,” she said.

DaNiel roDrigues / The New York Times Things are different now. In 2015, she finally persuaded a doctor to give ‘People who don’t know her an immunotherapy drug, what I have been nivolumab. Immediately, her tumors shrank and continued shrinking as through, they can’t she continued with the drug — so imagine I am an much that her doctors now say she has no evidence of disease. Life has oncology patient.’ returned to normal.

“Generally after work, I go to the Oriana Sousa gym and do classes and work out,” ognized by the body. But when white she said. “People who don’t know blood cells swarm in to attack the can- what I have been through, they can’t cer cells, they bounce back, rebuffed. imagine I am an oncology patient.”

Immunotherapy drugs pierce that Looking for answers protective shield, allowing the What saved her? Dr. Eliezer M. Van immune system to recognize and demolish tumor cells. But the new Allen, a cancer researcher at Danadrugs do not work against many com- Farber Cancer Institute, has come across one clue. mon cancers.

He found that a gene mutated in Those cancers are supported by fewer genetic mutations, and experts kidney cancer was sort of a master believe that the tumor cells just do regulator of other genes, controlling not look threatening enough to the which were turned on and when. But body to spur a response. So the the regulated genes were normal and did not produce proteins that the immune system leaves them alone.

Lung cancer, a genetic type of immune system might recognize as colorectal cancer and melanoma have abnormal.

Nonetheless, patients responding huge numbers of mutations, and immunotherapy drugs often are suc- to immunotherapy were the ones cessful in treating them. Cancers of with the master gene mutation. “We the prostate, pancreas, breast, ovaries saw this result and weren’t sure what — and most other tumors — carry to make of it,” he said.

Levine and his colleagues found few mutations.

“These are the cancers that rarely the same phenomenon in patients with hypercalcemic ovarian canrespond,” Pardoll said.

The idea that the drugs might work cers. One explanation, he and Van against something like hypercalce- Allen said, is that the immune sysmic ovarian cancer, which is fueled tem may recognize that cells in by only one genetic mutation, just which genes are erratically turning on and off are dangerous and should made no sense.

“For the vast majority of cancers, be destroyed.

“That is strictly hypothesis,” there is an amazingly clean correlation between response to therapy and Levine cautioned.

One thing is clear, though: When mean mutational load,” Pardoll said.

But there were a few oddball excep- p a t h o l o g i s t s e x a m i n e t h e s e tions. An unusual skin cancer called tumors, they find white blood cells Merkel cell carcinoma responded to in them — as if the immune sysimmunotherapy, scientists found. It is tem was trying to attack. And that caused by a virus, and researchers finding has led both Pardoll and suggested the infection itself draws Dr. Padmanee Shar ma of M.D. the attention of the immune system. Anderson Cancer Center in HousMesothelioma also responded, per- ton to plan new clinical trials.

Running the water to wait for it to get hot is a huge waste of water.

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, a leading nonprofit green group, more than 10 percent of all the hot water drawn for showering in a typical single-family home is wasted waiting for hot water to arrive.

“With Americans taking over 200 million showers a day, that’s a lot of water and energy literally down the drain, of no benefit to a nyo n e, ” re p o r t s E d Osann, NRDC’s senior policy analyst and Water Efficiency Project director.

“Using EPA estimates of shower water use, that’s about 280 million gallons of hot water wasted each day — water that has been heated by a water heater, but then allowed to cool as it sits in long pipe runs that are not insulated.”

The energy used to heat this wasted hot shower water generates about the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as 1.6 million cars plying our roadways. “And that’s not even counting the additional water that gets wasted while waiting for hot water to arrive at a lavatory faucet or the kitchen sink,” Osann said.

Waiting for hot water isn’t just a problem in older homes. “As homes grew bigger during the housing bubble, floor plans expanded, piping was extended and wait times grew even longer,” Osann said. “Additionally, although the flow rates for new faucets and showers have come down over the last 20 years in response to state and federal efficiency standards, designers often neglect to downsize the pipes serving these more efficient fixtures.” The result is large amounts of water sitting in pipes cooling between uses.

As for what you can do now to reduce the waste of water while waiting for it to warm up, Osann recommends clustering tasks that require hot water close together to reduce the “cool-down” effect between uses, and capturing some portion of the initial draw in a container and using it to water the plants or fill up Fido’s dish. You can also insulate hot water pipes that are exposed in a basement, attic or crawl space to keep the water warm while it idles in the pipe awaiting your next shower.

Better yet, replace your water heater with a tankless water heater, which heats water directly on demand without use of a storage tank. When hot water is turned on, cold water travels through a pipe into the unit, where a gas or electric burner heats it instantaneously. As a result, tankless water heaters deliver a constant supply of hot water and there is no energy or water waste due to waiting or to water cooling in your conventional heater’s storage tank.

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WILKES-BARRE TODAY

After a cloudy start, sunshine returns today. Clear tonight.

MONDAY

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Scranton 36/21

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WILKES-BARRE 39/24 State College 41/20

I-95 DC TO PHILLY: clear and breezy tonight.

Pottsville 43/25

Harrisburg 46/25

Trenton 46/27

I-80 EASTERN PA: Sunny to partly cloudy today. Clear tonight. Mostly sunny Monday.

Philadelphia 46/27 Wilmington 47/26

Atlantic City 46/29

Baltimore 48/25

Ocean City 46/28

Washington, D.C. 50/31

Dover 48/28

Cape May 45/29

ALMANAC

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TEMPERATURE

High/low temperature ............................... 35°/29° Normal high/low ....................................... 41°/24° Record high ........................................ 70° in 1991 Record low ........................................... 3° in 2003

PRECIPITATION

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I-84 NEW YORK BORDER AREA: Decreasing clouds today.

Clear tonight.

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Seattle 47/37

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Callicoon 4.90’ 5.41’ +0.51’ 12.0’ Archbald 3.21’ 3.84’ +0.63’ 8.0’ Meshoppen 15.95’ 20.05’ +4.10’ 27.0’

San Francisco 57/42

Port Jervis 5.89’ 6.26’ +0.37’ 18.0’ Old Forge 3.89’ 4.85’ +0.96’ 11.0’ Wilkes-Barre 9.40’ 12.70’ +3.30’ 22.0’ Tunkhannock 2.92’ 4.65’ +1.73’ 11.0’

SKI FORECAST

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SUN AND MOON Today 6:33 a.m.

5:57 p.m.

9:05 p.m.

8:14 a.m.

Monday ........ 6:31 a.m. ........ 5:58 p.m. ...... 10:09 p.m. ........ 8:45 a.m.

Planets Rise Mercury ..................... 7:05 a.m.

Venus ........................ 7:10 a.m.

Mars .......................... 2:05 a.m.

Jupiter ..................... 11:40 p.m.

Saturn ....................... 3:08 a.m.

Uranus ....................... 8:13 a.m.

Set ........ 7:02 p.m. ........ 7:00 p.m. ...... 11:17 a.m. ........ 9:38 a.m. ...... 12:26 p.m. ........ 9:28 p.m.

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In the sky: The Big Dipper can be found every night of the year. Look for seven bright stars in the shape of a pot. It’s always on the northern half of the sky.

Source: Longway Planetarium; Flint, MI

Chicago 48/32

Detroit 41/23

Kansas City 54/47

Denver 63/24

New York 44/30 Washington 50/31

Los Angeles 62/46 Atlanta 65/43

El Paso 74/42 Houston 77/68

Miami 76/58

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

NATIONAL CITIES

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Minneapolis 43/31

Billings 26/19

RIVER GAUGES

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The presence of man-made particulates affecting aspects of human health.

The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

Actual 1.36”

SNOWFALL

I-81 HARRISBURG AREA: Mostly sunny today. Clear tonight. Sunny to partly cloudy Monday.

NATIONAL WEATHER

FRIDAY

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New York City Mostly sunny and breezy today. Mainly 44/30

Hazleton 37/22

THURSDAY

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Shown is today’s forecast.

Temperatures are today’s highs and Port Jervis tonight’s lows.

Binghamton 28/18 Williamsport 41/22

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WEDNESDAY

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24 8 a.m Noon 4 p.m

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TUESDAY

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Monday Hi/Lo/W 38/24/s 28/14/pc 63/50/pc 44/29/s 45/25/s 41/30/sn 33/21/s 42/29/s 59/44/pc 45/34/r 49/37/pc 38/31/pc 46/34/pc 70/43/pc 45/20/pc 43/25/s 42/26/pc 82/69/pc 62/42/s 72/49/s 54/41/pc 77/62/s 57/45/s 79/61/pc 44/31/s 76/53/s 45/28/s 72/48/s 42/29/s 52/33/pc 53/35/s 34/20/s 61/45/s 48/35/c 40/21/s 33/20/s 75/59/pc 48/31/s 45/26/s

Tuesday Hi/Lo/W 41/28/pc 27/21/sn 61/40/r 42/36/pc 44/34/r 40/34/pc 38/31/sf 42/37/r 53/39/r 44/27/sn 56/32/pc 46/32/r 54/32/pc 66/37/s 44/16/s 43/33/c 44/28/pc 80/67/pc 67/49/pc 77/56/pc 58/35/pc 79/67/pc 65/48/r 69/51/t 44/35/pc 83/59/s 45/34/r 78/53/pc 49/33/r 57/36/s 48/41/r 39/31/sf 66/49/pc 51/33/pc 39/30/c 41/30/c 78/63/pc 46/37/r 44/33/r

WORLD CITIES

Today Monday Tuesday City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Amsterdam 49/36/r 50/35/c 47/35/pc Athens 68/54/pc 66/53/t 66/56/pc Baghdad 82/58/pc 82/61/s 85/59/pc Beijing 48/25/c 48/22/s 43/24/pc Bermuda 67/60/sh 63/58/sh 65/60/sh Buenos Aires 89/66/pc 83/53/t 79/54/s Cancun 83/69/pc 82/69/s 83/70/s Cape Town 79/63/pc 82/64/pc 81/63/pc Caracas 84/74/pc 83/74/pc 84/75/pc Dublin 42/34/c 43/34/sh 43/32/sh Frankfurt 52/38/r 52/32/pc 47/37/c Geneva 45/38/r 43/37/r 44/35/sh Hong Kong 76/69/t 77/66/pc 73/64/pc Istanbul 58/44/r 51/47/sh 56/52/r Jerusalem 72/53/s 73/55/s 70/48/s Kabul 57/33/pc 57/32/s 62/34/s London 47/41/sh 51/40/r 50/37/sh Madrid 57/42/r 50/38/r 51/34/sh Melbourne 69/56/pc 68/54/c 79/55/s Montreal 36/26/sf 37/23/c 37/28/c Moscow 15/10/sn 18/0/sn 15/1/pc Mumbai 92/76/pc 92/77/pc 94/78/pc Ottawa 32/20/pc 37/23/pc 36/27/pc Paris 48/37/r 54/39/c 51/39/sh Rio de Janeiro 88/78/t 89/77/t 90/77/t Riyadh 81/61/s 84/66/s 88/65/s Rome 57/47/c 57/47/sh 56/45/r St. Thomas 80/73/sh 79/71/pc 80/71/pc San Juan 79/72/sh 81/69/pc 81/70/pc Singapore 91/78/pc 90/78/t 90/78/pc Stockholm 26/11/c 29/21/sf 30/21/sn Sydney 80/70/pc 75/67/t 73/66/sh Tehran 66/49/s 69/51/pc 68/51/pc Tokyo 65/56/s 65/46/r 52/38/pc Toronto 36/18/s 37/23/s 35/31/sf Warsaw 29/14/pc 37/24/pc 39/30/r Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Eagles evaluate draft talent

By Zach Berman Philly.com

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Louisville’s Lamar Jackson runs a drill at the NFL combine on Saturday in Indianapolis.

Louisville’s Jackson justifies staying at QB By arnIe STaPLeTOn associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — As promised, former Louisville quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson spent Saturday at the NFL scouting combine slinging it and not winging it.

Jackson didn’t show off a big arm like Wyoming’s Josh Allen, the other prime prospect in his throwing group Saturday.

But nobody else did, either: Allen wowed the coaches with a 66-yard pinpoint pass at one point during the first of two sessions with the quarterbacks and wide receivers at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Jackson, though, was much more explosive than Allen was in his drops, consistently getting 7 yards deep on five-step drills whereas Allen made up for his poorer footwork with his superior arm strength.

Widely considered the best running quarterback since Michael Vick but a thrower who still needs polish, Jackson shook off some apparent jitters to show off a good enough passing prowess to justify his reticence to switch to wide receiver.

Jackson never caught a single pass at Louisville, where he threw for 9,043 yards and 69 touchdowns and ran for 4,132

yards and 50 TDs in 38 games.

On Friday, he dismissed widespread speculation about him running routes with the receivers here.

“No sir. I’m a quarterback,” he said.

The buzz began building when former Colts executive Bill Polian told ESPN he thought Jackson should switch to receiver because he’s not as accurate, tall or strong as the other hopefuls in this year’s deep class of college quarterbacks. Polian suggested Jackson should make the switch sooner than did Terrelle Pryor, the ex-Ohio State QB who switched to wide receiver at age 26.

Such a notion was met by skepticism from several teams this week, and Jackson said he won’t switch positions even if asked.

And he said he’s not interested in just running wildcat plays, where he’d take the direct snap and zip around the tackle, either.

“No wildcat,” Jackson said. “This is not the Dolphins with Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams. No sir.”

While USC’s Sam Darnold chose not to throw at the combine because he’d rather show off his arm with his own receivers at USC’s upcoming pro day, Jackson decided not to run the 40-yard dash.

INDIANAPOLIS — The benefit of preparing for the NFL draft while returning a Super Bowl-winning roster with almost every starter under contract is that there are no glaring holes that must be filled.

However, there are key role players that might need to be replaced. So it was noteworthy that when Eagles executive Howie Roseman and coach Doug Pederson assessed the draft pool they’re scouting at the combine this week, the strengths lined up with positions where the Eagles will likely need reinforcements this offseason.

“From our perspective, great class of running backs here,” Roseman said. “Really excited to see those guys work out. Maybe when you look at the tight end class, a little deeper (than usual).

Maybe a little lighter along the defensive line than it’s been the past couple of years.

Offensive line took a jump this year. And then the safety class is really strong.”

The Eagles might be positioned to address spots that were filled by running back LeGarrette Blount, tight end Trey Burton, and safety Corey Graham — all pending free agents — if the board falls the way they’d like.

The problem is the Eagles lack draft picks — they have six, and they have traded

their second- and thirdround selections — and are drafting later in each round than ever before. Of course, that’s a small price to pay for hosting a parade on Broad Street.

The Eagles first pick is at No. 32 overall, yet Joe Douglas and the scouting staff won’t have first-round grades on 32 players. Unless someone drops whom they view differently than others around the league do, the Eagles will have a choice at No. 32: Use a firstround pick on someone from a lower tier of talent, or try to trade back in the draft to accumulate more picks.

“If there’s a guy there that we feel can make a difference and is a first-round talent, we won’t hesitate to take that guy,” Roseman said. “If we have a bunch of guys with similar grades, we would look to move back. Same thing if we have a bunch of guys with lesser grades. Now, it takes two. So you can’t just say I’m going to move back or I’m going to move up. But that’s the process we’ll go through.”

“Best available player” is a popular catchphrase this time of the year, but teams are seldom drafting from listed rankings. It’s usually tiered, and there’s a point where the grades don’t match the value of the pick.

Look for the Eagles to try to be aggressive to address their depleted reserve on the second day of the draft. Rose-

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man once needed to leave the draft room and take a walk to burn off anxiety from sitting out a late round in the draft.

Don’t expect him to remain idle while every other team picks during the second and third rounds.

The most effective way for the Eagles to do it would be to trade out of the first round, or to dangle a valuable player, such as quarterback Nick Foles, on the trade market.

They could try to package Day 3 picks to move up in Day 2, but that would take away from their later-round reserves.

The Eagles’ draft strategy could also be dictated by the strength of the quarterback draft class. At least four quarterbacks will likely be taken in the first round. If more passers garner first-round consideration, it could push a desirable position player down to the Eagles or compel a quarterback-hungry team to trade up to the final pick of the first round. That’s considered a prime spot for an exchange; it has been dealt three times in the last four years.

The Eagles have not selected a running back in the first round since 1986, although the depth of this year’s class could allow the Eagles to wait until later in the draft.

But waiting could be a risky plan — look what hap-

pened to the Eagles last year — and they might have a decision about running backs such as Georgia’s Sony Michel or Auburn’s Kerryon Johnson at No. 32. Johnson, who was second-team all-American in 2017 after rushing for 1,391 yards and 18 touchdowns, is considered a three-down running back because of his size and contributions in the passing game.

The tight end draft class is deeper than in past years, but not as top heavy without a consensus first-round pick.

For a team that has not selected a tight end since 2013 and could be without Burton and Brent Celek next season, it’s worth studying this group, including Penn State’s Mike Gesicki and Oklahoma’s Mark Andrews.

“This is a good tight end draft this year, there’s some guys, so we’re going to add talent there, too,” Pederson said. “There’s going to be some tough decisions probably made this spring.”

And with questions about the Eagles’ future at linebacker, Pederson was eager to do more research at the spot. The linebacker class will be on the field today. The group is not especially deep, but four could go in the first round, including Alabama’s Rashaan Evans and Boise State’s Leighton Vander Esch.

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Recent marriages, engagements, anniversaries and births. C5-6

Back Mountain Chamber honors the area’s best and brightest business leaders at annual dinner. C3

Inside Poland’s legendary Nieborow Palace. C2

Weddings & more

ImagIne thIs!

7 DAYS Today Rock 107 Cardboard Box Sled Derby, Sunday, March 4, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Registration required.

Montage Mountain Resorts, 1000 Montage Mountain Road, Scranton. $30. 855-754-7946 or montagemountainresorts.com.

Plymouth Twp. girl, 5, becomes 1,000th graduate of United Way/Dolly Parton Imagination Library

Monday Eclectic Muses Art Exhibition, through Friday, March 23, with artist M. Michele Geiser of Shavertown. Widmann Gallery at King’s College, 133 N. River St., WilkesBarre. 570-208-5900 or kings.edu.

Tuesday Joyce Victor Author Event, Tuesday, March 6, 6 p.m.

Victor presents her book, “You’re Not Dead ’til I say You’re Dead: A Nurse’s Reflection on Death, Dying and the Near-Death Experience.” Mill Memorial Library, 495 E. Main St., Nanticoke. 570-7353030.

Wednesday Decorative Painting, through Wednesday, April 25, Wednesdays, noon to 3 p.m. Preregistration is required. For ages 16 to adult. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. $20 per class, plus cost of painting surface. 570996-1500 or dietrichtheater.com.

Thursday Writers’ Group, Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. All genres and levels welcome. Ages 18 and older only. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 570-996-1500 or dietrichtheater.com.

Friday Jesus Christ Superstar, Friday, March 9 through Saturday, March 10, 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 11, 3 p.m.; Friday, March 16 through Saturday, March 17, 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 18, 3 p.m. Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. dinner and show: $35 adult/$25 children 12 and younger; showonly: $18 adult/$14 students, children and military personnel. 570283-2195 or musicbox. org.

Saturday Alice Cooper, Saturday, March 10, 8 p.m. F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $22.50 advance/$25 day of show. 570-8261100 or kirbycenter.org.

St. Patrick’s Parade returns to downtown Wilkes-Barre to celebrate Irish culture and camaraderie

Keira Clark, Plymouth twp., is the 1,000th graduate of the united Way/Dolly Parton imagination Library reading program. Here, with her older sister, mackenzie, she displays some of the books she has read through the program.

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he loves butterflies and, appropriately, one of her favorite books is titled “Just One More.’’ Keira Clark of Plymouth Twp. may be just 5 years old, but she has read 41 books since enrolling in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program, an accomplishment that has made her the 1,000th graduate of the local chapter of the program.

The United Way of Wyoming Valley sponsors the local program. It has registered 3,184 youngsters since its launch in 2014. Keira was eligible as a pre-kindergarten student and now that she is 5 years old and headed to kindergarten in the fall, she graduates from the Imagination Library.

“Our bold goal is to enroll 5,000 children by 2020,’’ said Bill Jones, president of the United Way. “The Imagination Library is a proven strategy to help close the gap on kindergarten readiness and is a key factor in supporting children to read on grade level by the end of third grade,’’ he said.

Please see iMaGine, page C4

Program details To enroll a child in imagination Library, call united Way, at 570-8296711 or complete a form at osterhout Free Library, or any participating agency.

To donate: sponsor a child for one year at $30. Checks can be sent to united Way, 100 n. pennsylvania ave., Wilkes-Barre, pa 18701.

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Poland’s treasure: nieborow Palace

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The early classicist Nieborow Palace in central Poland was the setting when Lee Radziwill, sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy, was married to the son of Prince Janusz Radziwill, the palace’s last owner before it was seized.

Lovely interiors, dramatic history If you Go...

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA AssociAted Press

NIEBOROW, Poland — Off the beaten track in central Poland lies a witness to history: Nieborow Palace, which has hosted world leaders, survived communism and wars, and even has a connection to the Kennedys.

Palace guests have included Queen Sophia of Spain, George H.W. Bush when he was U.S. vice president and Lee Radziwill, who was married to Stanislaw Radziwill, son of the palace’s last owner, Prince Janusz Radziwill.

Lee Radziwill was also the sister of Jacqueline Kennedy, the American first lady.

It was thanks to Prince Janusz’s ingenuity and connections that the splendid early classicist palace survived World War II and decades of communism almost untouched. Many other residences owned by nobility were plundered by German and Soviet troops and under communism turned into collective farms’ offices or administrative buildings, gradually falling into disrepair.

Visitors today can appreciate the original 18th and 19th century interiors and furniture because Janusz Radziwill worked out a daring plan with the head of Poland’s National Museum during the war.

As the Soviet Red Army approached in early 1945, ransacking and seizing the estates of the working class’ enemies and expelling the owners, the museum’s director, Stanislaw Lorenz, put up a sign saying Nieborow was a branch of the state-owned museum and no longer private property of the aristocracy, so hateful to the Soviets.

“That saved Nieborow from plunder and destruc-

NieBoroW PALAce: open March 1-oct. 31, http:// www.nieborow.art.pl/en/. opening hours and days change seasonally so check the website. tickets: $6. tion,” Monika Antczak, the curator of the Nieborow museum, told The Associated Press.

“It is now as Janusz Radziwill had left it.”

But Radziwill did not leave the palace of his own free will. He was deported with his family by the Soviets in early 1945 to a prison camp in Krasnogorsk, west of Moscow. His wife Anna died in the camp in 1947. That year the prince and other family members were released and returned to Warsaw. Nieborow had been seized by the communist authorities but preserved intact as a museum.

Janusz Radziwill was also a descendant of the Hohenzollern family, which had ruled in Prussia. That may have helped secure his release from a Nazi prison during the war and protected the palace when German troops were stationed there during the brutal World War II occupation of Poland.

The Radziwills never got their palace back. Janusz Radziwill never visited it after 1945, apparently not wanting to revive memories of the glorious life gone.

On return to Warsaw in 1947, he was arrested for some time by the communist regime, and then lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Warsaw. One of his children, Prince Stanislaw Albrecht Radziwill, had lived in England since the 1940s and there met Lee Bouvier, the younger sister of the future

American first lady. They married, and Stanislaw was also the godfather of John F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. president’s son.

Lee Radziwill, as she was known in the American press, achieved her own measure of fame as a socialite and actress.

When Janusz Radziwill died in 1967, Stanislaw, nicknamed Stas (pronounced Stash), came to Warsaw with Lee Radziwill for the funeral.

They returned in 1971, together with Lee’s sister, by then remarried and known as Jacqueline Onassis, for the funeral of Stanislaw’s brother, Edmund. This time Stanislaw and Lee made an unannounced one-day visit to Nieborow, where he was recognized by the old servants and received with great attention.

In 1987, George H.W. Bush, then the U.S. vice president, was hosted in Nieborow by Poland’s last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski.

The palace is some 80 kilometers (48 miles) west of Warsaw. Among its many attractions are a 2nd century marble Roman head of Niobe, a beautifully framed window that becomes a mirror after dark, 17th century Venetian globes with odd continent shapes and a vast park. There is also a workshop onsite that produces majolica. A few miles away is Arkadia, an 18th century English-style romantic park founded By Helena Radziwill and believed to be the best preserved of its kind in continental Europe.

Nieborow became an intellectual center in the early 20th century. During World War II, some family members were active in the resistance.

WHAT We’re reAdING Fiction

Nonfiction

‘The Great Alone’, Kristin Hannah ‘The Woman in the Window’, A.J. Finn ‘Night Moves’, Jonathan Kellerman ‘Dark in Death’, J.d. robb ‘Surprise Me’, sophie Kinsella

Children’s

‘Fire and Fury’, Michael Wolff ‘Enlightenment Now’, steven Pinker

‘The Getaway’, Jeff Kinney ‘A Wrinkle in Time’, Madeleine L’engle

‘When’, daniel H. Pink ‘Lost Connections’, Johann Hari ‘Leonardo da Vinci’, Walter isaacson

‘Dog Man and Cat Kid’, dav Pilkey ‘Turtles All the Way Down’, John Green ‘Wonder’, r. J. Palacio

This list of the most requested books for the week is provided by reader Advisory services of the osterhout Free Library, south Franklin street, Wilkes-Barre.

2018

World of Cruising Expo Presented by Boscov’s Travel

DATE Sun., March 18 LOCATION The Woodlands Inn Resort, 1073 Highway 315, Wilkes-Barre, PA TIME 1:00PM (registration starts at 12:30PM)

UPCOMING FREE EVENT CRUISE EXPO Presented by Boscov’s Travel

Win prizes, receive exclusive discounts and learn what’s new in cruising during our biggest cruise show of the year! Cruise experts will answer your questions and provide detailed information about new ships, destinations, entertainment, experiences, excursions and more! This is your opportunity to learn more about the world of cruising in a one-stop event, featuring the most popular cruise lines. Register online. Visit boscovstravel.com/worldofcruisingexpo to learn more!

Boscov’s Travel is located within select Boscov’s Boscov’s Travel, Wilkes-Barre: 570-823-4141

bostravwilkesbarre@boscovs.com boscovstravel.com

A cone-shaped hole about twice the width of root spread and just deep enough to get the tree in the ground is one step in getting this bare-root tree off to a good start.

Do you dare to go bare?

Bare-root nursery trees do well with careful planting

By Lee reICH AssociAted Press

I got a look of disbelief when I told a friend I had planted a tree that had been shipped from a nursery 2,000 miles away.

As I went on to explain that the tree had been sent “bare-root,” I could see him shudder.

But then I showed off my robust young plant in its second year of growth.

Bare-root trees are so named because the plants are dug from the ground when dormant (leafless), and then their roots are shaken free of soil. Kept cool, with their roots packed in some moist material, bare-root plants are easy to store or ship in good condition. They’re usually less expensive and are available in greater variety than potted or balled-and-burlapped trees.

Care for your plant as soon as it arrives Of course, it’s not only the plant’s quality that was responsible for the good growth of my bare-root tree. Proper siting, care on arrival and planting were equally important.

Two threats to a bare-root tree before it is planted are that it is kept too warm and that its roots dry out. Immediately after I receive a bare-root tree, whether it has been shipped or brought home from a nursery, I soak the roots in a bucket of water for eight hours.

If planting must be delayed, I keep the tree cool and its roots moist by storing it on the cool, north side of my house with its roots covered with moist soil or mulch. Or I put it in the refrigerator with its roots wrapped in moist peat and then plastic. Keeping the tree cool delays growth of buds along the stems.

Just before planting, I inspect the roots, cutting off any that are dead, diseased or broken. I shorten any that are too long to be splayed out into a reasonably sized planting hole.

Plant it correctly The soil needs to be crumbly — not sodden and not rock-hard — before it’s ready to be dug for planting the tree. When I do dig, I make that hole just deep enough to get the tree in, twice as wide as the spread of the roots, and tapered down from its edges to full depth.

After shoveling enough loose soil back into the planting hole to create a mound on which to set the tree, I start backfilling, tamping the soil in among the spread roots. No need to mix any other materials, such as peat or compost, into the planting hole.

After I finish backfilling, I build up a slight ridge of soil around the outer edge of the planting hole to help contain water. If rodents are a threat, a cylinder of ¼-inch mesh hardware cloth will keep them at bay.

Now is when compost can be put to best use; spread it on top of the ground an inch or 2 deep.

A further topping of straw or wood chips no closer than 6 inches from the trunk will keep the roots cool, moist and happy in the months ahead.

don’t forget the tree after planting it Large trees or trees in very windy sites need to be staked for a year, until their roots take hold in the soil. Tie the trunk to one or two stakes set alongside the tree, using some soft material or wire padded where it touches the trunk. Allow for some movement of the trunk or else it will be too slow in thickening.

The final step in tree planting — watering — is critical. I slowly and thoroughly soak the ground beneath my new plant.

It’s important not to turn your back on any sapling after that last step in planting. Throughout its first growing season, longer for large trees, a weekly watering schedule must be diligently maintained. Figure on about 1 gallon per week per square foot spread of the roots.

And that mulched circle is maintained for at least a few years. After that, the mulching can be continued or the ground could be planted with some groundcover, either of which keeps lawnmowers and weed whackers — hazards to trees young and old — at bay.

Contact the writer at www.leereich.com/blog, leereich.com

Rock 107 Cardboard Box Sled Derby, today, March 4, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. team sledders compete in categories like most people inside a sled or the most creative sled. registration required. Montage Mountain resorts, 1000 Montage Mountain road, scranton. $30. 855-754-7946 or montagemountainresorts.com.

St. Patrick’s Parade, saturday, March 10. Mass, 10 a.m.; Brian P. Kelly memorial 2-mile footrace, 11; parade steps off at 11:45. downtown scranton. stpatparade.com.

The Renal Race 7, sunday, March 11, 10 a.m. 5K run or 1-mile fun walk, in which all proceeds are donated toward kidney cancer research and advocacy programs, as well as local families affected by kidney cancer.

Public square, Main and Market streets, Wilkes-Barre. 570208-4240 or wilkes-barre.pa. us.

City of Wilkes-Barre 38th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, sunday, March 11, 2 to 4 p.m.

Parade at the intersection of south and south Main streets.

Participants line up at 1 p.m. in their designated areas. Public square, Main and Market streets, Wilkes-Barre. 570208-4240 or wilkes-barre.pa. us.

Music PNC Chamber Concert Flute & Percussion Duo, today, March 4, 4 p.m. sordoni theater at WViA, 100 WViA Way, Pittston. $35.

Holy Redeemer High School Royal Singers, tuesday, March 6, 4 to 5 p.m. Wyoming Valley Mall, 29 Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre. Free.

Dallas Middle School Select Choir and Drama Club, tuesday, March 6, 5:15 to 5:45 p.m.

Wyoming Valley Mall, 29 Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre.

Free.

Scott Sharrard, Friday, March 9, 7 p.m. Mauch chunk opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim thorpe. $23. 570-325-0249 or mcohjt.com.

The East Pointers, sunday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. Mauch chunk opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim thorpe. $17. 570-3250249 or mcohjt.com.

Theater The Moors, today, March 4, 2 p.m. Presented by the University of scranton Players.

Joseph M. Mcdade center for the Literary and Performing Arts at University of scranton, 800 Linden st. 570-941-4318 or thescrantonplayers.com or players@scranton.edu.

The Mousetrap, thursday, March 8, 8 p.m.; Friday, March 9, 8 p.m.; saturday, March 10, 8 p.m.; sunday, March 11, 2 p.m.; thursday, March 15 through saturday, March 17, 8 p.m.; sunday, March 18, 2 p.m. Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence road, scranton. March 8 performance: $8 general and seniors/$6 students; remaining performances $12 general/$10 seniors/$8 students. 570342-9707 or actorscircle.org.

Jesus Christ Superstar, Friday, March 9 through saturday, March 10, 8 p.m.; sunday, March 11, 3 p.m.; Friday, March 16 through saturday, March 17, 8 p.m.; sunday, March 18, 3 p.m. Music Box dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes st., swoyersville. dinner and show: $35 adult/$25 children 12 and younger; show-only: $18 adult/$14 students, children and military personnel.

570-283-2195 or musicbox. org.

A Toast to the Rat Pack, sunday, March 11, 2 p.m. Presented by diamond Horseshoe Productions. scranton cultural center at the Masonic temple, 420 N. Washington Ave. $36.50 to $58.50. 570-3441111.

Art Make, Believe: The Maslow Collection and the Moving Image, through Wednesday, March 21.

Maslow study Gallery at Marywood University, Marywood University, scranton. 570-3486278 or rward@marywood. edu.

Eclectic Muses Art Exhibition, through Friday, March 23. M. Michele Geiser of shavertown will display a variety of experimental and traditional nature and landscape photographs.

Widmann Gallery at King’s college, 133 N. river st., WilkesBarre. 570-208-5900 or kings. edu.

Canadian Masters of the Carmen and Sarah Latona Collection, through saturday, March 31. opening reception: collection features watercolors and oil paintings by some of the most important canadian artists of the last 50 years. Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University, 301 Lake st., dallas. 570-674-6250 or misericordia.edu.

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Back mountain Chamber hosts fourth annual mardi Gras dinner Back Mountain Chamber held its fourth annual Awards Mardi Gras Dinner on Feb. 13. Business award winners for 2018 were honored. They are: Business of the Year, Twin Stacks; Entrepreneur of the Year, Kraken Boardsports; Volunteer of the Year, Jim Reino; Pride of Place, Danko’s; New and Emerging Business of the Year, The Barn; Above and Beyond Customer Service, FNCB; Young Professional Under 40, Molly Lorenzen; Community Involvement, Grotto Pizza; Non-profit of the year, United Way; Excellence in Leadership, Penn State Wilkes-Barre. For information, contact the Back Mountain Chamber at 570606-7672 or email at bmcbussdev@gmail.com. Visit them online at www.backmountainchamber.org. First row, from left, are Joe Pegliante, Grotto Pizza: Bill Jones, United Way; Molly Lorenzen, Misericordia University; Jane Ashton and Jackie Warnick-Piatt, Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Second row: Daniel Lykens and Mike Grobinski, Kraken Boardsports; Armand Mascioli, Grotto Pizza; Cynthia Post-Mitchell, Carrie Flowers; Igor Bodnar, FNCB; Mary Dragon Stavrinos, The Barn; Lynn Banta, Twin Stacks; Tom Mosca, Mosca Law; Jim Reino, UGI, and Bill Leandri, executive director.

Memories of springtime at Harveys Lake long ago Countdown to spring is 16 days. As I reflect on the glow of the sun rising and setting ove r H a r ve y s L a ke, I embrace each new day with a prayer that our children in the Back Mountain remain safe and happy. Times have changed since the 1950’s, thus I realize how special it was to have wonderful parents and a good old fashioned upbringing.

Softly I hear the sounds of spring in my memories of Harveys Lake. It is 1956. This was the time of year we looked forward to the workers at Hanson’s Park clearing the grounds of leaves, and cutting overgrown branches near the airplane ride. The clanging sounds were a mystery. Could it have been the rods that drove the carousel?

Or the chains that pulled the roller coaster Speed Hound, the Whip, or the numerous rides in Kiddie Land?

March was the month of huge snowfall that would melt soon after my dad shoveled the huge driveway. He said that the next time God put it there he would let God take it away. Mom had our winter clothes put away so our spring wardrobe would be ready for Easter. Each Easter, we would incubate the eggs that hatched into warm fuzzy baby chicks when only two weeks their feathers and features changed into real chickens laying fresh eggs to be fried in an iron skillet on our coal stove. Then they moved from the back porch to their cages near the wood pile in our back yard along the side of the outhouse and shed. The pristine outhouse had three size openings and yellow print curtains on the window.

In 1955, when the 25 foot surface well was low, we made it all work out thanks to my mom who moved from the Shiner Farm in 1947 to this grand old lakeside home by the Lehigh Valley Picnic grounds. Hence the train whistled loudly as it passed through each intersection at Alderson, by Hanson’s Picnic Grounds and down to Noxen.

Its rails crossed the Noxen Road next to Wheeler’s Café and Wheeler’s swamp. You knew it was on the way around noon each day by the rhythmical rumble of the iron wheels on the rails.

It was the same with the rhythm of the old wringer washers we had. I helped hang clothes on the line after the long process of the wringer washer. My mother was thrilled to get a second wringer washer for the rinse cycle. With a family of five before the stork arrived in 1959, there was always a ton of wash to deal with.

Before the days of trash

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service, there was a burn pit.

What Ike could not burn he would take to the Lake Twp. dump on Route 29.

Every Sunday, the Serhans faithfully attended church at Our Lady of Victory. Palm Sunday Mass was very long for this 4 year old. I would fall asleep until it was time for the procession around the church while we carried our palms.

By Easter, the blossoms on our apple, peach and pear trees were buzzing with bees.

It was suddenly spring at Harveys Lake. The first day of trout made this lake the most populous place in NEPA. Motor boats buzzed around to get to their best fishing spots. It was a far cry from fishing on the ice just a couple months earlier and much more pleasant.

Life at Harveys Lake was simple and wonderful in 1956.

Back mountain Chamber awards Back Mountain Chamber recently held its fourth annual Awards Mardi Gras Dinner on Feb. 13. Business award winners for 2018 were honored. They are: Business of the Year, Twin Stacks; Entrepreneur of the Year, Kraken Boardsports; Volunteer of the Year, Jim Reino; Pride of Place, Danko’s; New and Emerging Business of the Year, The Barn; Above and Beyond Customer Service, FNCB; Young Professional Under 40, Molly Lorenzen; Community Involvement, Grotto Pizza; Non-profit of the year, United Way; Excellence in Leadership, Penn State WilkesBarre. For information, contact the Back Mountain Chamber at 570-606-7672 or email at bmcbussdev@gmail. com. Visit them online at www.backmountainchamber.org.

Living Easter basket workshop Join Creekside Gardens on March 24-25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to learn how to make a living Easter basket. Creekside is located about 9 miles north on Route 309 from Dallas at 4 Villa g e Lane, Tunkhannock. It is an open workshop with no sign up necessary. Come as you are to join anytime that day to plant a living Easter basket. Participants may choose from a selection of pansies, herbs, flowers and foliage plants.

The workshop fee is $8 per

Community DiGESt Back mountain Community digest tells you what’s happening in your A soup buffet will be offered at the Noxen United Methodist town. Submit listings at least Church, Route 29, Noxen, one week in advance to comfrom 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. munity@citizensvoice.com, Friday, March 16. A free will fax to 570-821-2247, mail to 75 offering will be received. Take N. Washington St., Wilkesouts are available. Facility is Barre, PA 18701, or call 570handicapped accessible.

821-2069.

creation which includes potHarveys Lake Lions ting soil, decorative moss, Club breakfast ribbon and staff guidance.

Harveys Lake Lions Club This is a family friendly will hold a breakfast from 8 event for all ages. a.m. to noon Palm Sunday, idetown breakfast March 25, at the Lake Noxen The local heroes at the School, School House Road, Idetown Fire Company have Harveys Lake. Contact Rich your champion size break- Williams at Rich & Charfast serving from 8 a.m. to lotte’s at 570-639-1513. noon today. The Idetown Fire noxen news Company is located at The Noxen Clothes Closet Idetown Road and Route 415, Dallas. Next breakfast is Eas- welcomes donations of gently used clothing, purses, ter Sunday, April 1. shoes, and more. Call Noxen Blood drive supervisor Kathy Pauley at The Back Mountain Chap- 570-298-2052 for information ter of the American Red on donations or town activiCross will hold its monthly ties. The food bank always blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. has need for non perishable Thursday, March 16, at the items.

Dallas American Legion, Alderson u.m. Church Route 415 and Center Hill Alderson United MethodRoad, Dallas. The Red Cross is seeking O Positive as blood ist Church is selling candy supplies are low. Dial 1-800- Easter eggs for $1 each. VariRED CROSS to learn of other eties are cream, peanut butter, and coconut. I spotted blood drives in our area. some for sale this week at Benefit pet photos Lamoreaux’s Auto Parts, on with the Easter Bunny Route 118, Sweet Valley. Last A “ Paws-itively” wonder- year the tally was 8,000 Easful benefit for Blue Chip ter eggs ... an amazing feat Farm Animal Refuge is set for a dedicated crew to make for Sunday, March 25, from so many tantalizing delicanoon to 4 p.m. at Three Dog cies. The Alderson church is Bakery, 785 Wyoming Ave., located at Harveys Lake.

Kingston, for pet photos with GoP meeting the Easter Bunny. Kathy The Luzer ne County Berger, owner of 3 Dog Bakery, said the last event, pho- Republican Party will hold a tos with Santa, brought in petition signing and strategy more than 200 dogs for pho- session from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 5. All registered tos. voters are welcome and perPennsylvanians for sons interested in registering Human Life fundraiser to vote are urged to attend to The Pro Life team of the place their registration. For Back Mountain and Wyo- information, call 570-519-0214. ming Valley are collecting Chamber organizes gently used items for a rumannual food drive mage sale in April at the Pro The Back Mountain Life Center, 33 Hanover St., Chamber has launched its Wilkes-Barre.

Donations of gently used 2018 spring food drive, with items, volunteers and infor- support from its members, mation are welcome to call l o c a l m e rch a n t s, a re a 570-826-1819. This is the larg- schools, banks, and more, to est fundraiser for the Pro benefit the Back Mountain Life Center to cover operat- Food Pantry. The three-weeking expenses. Items such as long community-wide food jewelry, household and deco- drive begins today, March 4. rative items, baby items and Collection containers will be toys are gratefully accepted. placed throughout the Back No adult clothing can be Mountain at businesses, banks, schools, and other accepted.

A drop off point for donat- locations.

All food and monetary ed items from the Back Mountain is Gate of Heaven donations will be donated to Church, Machell Avenue, the Back Mountain Food Dallas seven days each week. Pantry which benefits famiUnopened diapers are always lies in the Dallas and Lakeneeded. The next Pro Life Lehman school districts, said meeting is at 6:30 p.m. March Bill Race, co-chairman. This 15 at Gate of Heaven parish. is the fourth year for the Pro Life representatives chamber’s spring food drive, are Sherrie Contardi, Gate of and community support is Heaven, 570-477-5595, and encouraged. The goal is to Lynn Bartz, Our Lady of Vic- collect several tons of food. tory, Harveys Lake, 570-639- All non-perishable items will 5722. Throughout the year, be accepted. Monetary donathey are accepting donations tions can be made payable to of baby clothes sizes new- the Back Mountain Food born to 24 months, diapers, Pantry and mailed directly to the Back Mountain Chamber and monetary donations.

Back Mountain Food Pantry needs the community’s help to provide Easter food baskets for families in need.

The Board of Directors of the Back Mountain Food Pantry in Trucksville has again approved providing baskets of food for their clients to help them have a nice Easter meal with their families. Participation from the community is needed to make the Easter project possible. All non-perishable foods are

welcome for this project and throughout the year.

Individuals or groups wishing to donate food may call the pantry at 570-696-2917 for information or to arrange a mutually convenient time for volunteers to be on duty to receive the food.

Nonperishable food may also be dropped off at Hilbert’s Tractor Store in Dallas, Cook’s Pharmacy in Shavertown, and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in

at 1192 Twin Stacks Drive, Dallas, PA 18612.

All monetary and food donations will be delivered to the food pantry. The food drive will run March 4 to March 24.

Collection containers will be placed at the following locations: Back Mountain Memorial Library, Bernie’s Pizza, Chris’s Auto Repair, Dallas School District schools (four schools); Family Hearing Center, FNCB, Frontier, Hilbert’s Equipment and Welding Inc., Hillside Farms Dairy Store, Ideaworks Marketing, I’m Big Now Preschool / Kindergarten, J & J Deli, Jack Williams Tire, Lake-Lehman School District schools (four schools); Luzerne Bank, Michael Eckman Fitness, Misericordia University, NAPA Dallas Auto Parts, NBT Bank, Offset Paperback Manufacturers, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Pulverman, state Rep. Karen Boback’s office, state Sen. Lisa Baker’s office, The Medicine Shoppe, Thomas’ Family Markets – Dallas and Shavertown, Tom Ochman Coins and Jewelry, and Wild Birds Unlimited.

Members of the BMC’s Food Drive Committee are Bill and Sandy Race (co-chairs), Kristyn Ecenrode, Doreen Johnson, Bill Leandri, Donna Luksh, attorney Thomas Mosca, Cindy Post-Mitchell, Susan Slocum, Cindy and Lew Thomas, and Chelsey Tupper. For information, contact the Back Mountain Chamber at 570-606-7672 or email at bmcbussdev@gmail. com. Visit the chamber’s website at www.backmountainchamber.org.

Fund is being planned. All vendors, artists, crafters, direct sales consultants and small business owners are invited to rent space for $20 plus a donation of an item for the Chinese auction.

Complete the vendor form at http://lje-pto.com/vendorsign-up and mail check to: LJE-PTO, Attn: Spring Vendor, P.O. Box 38, Market Street, Lehman, PA 18627.

Dallas High School rummage sale The Dallas High School rummage sale is March 10.

At last, the largest rummage sale in the Back Mountain is almost here.

Bingo fundraiser A 50-50 bingo will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Noxen School, School Street, Noxen. Food and beverages are available.

Pay per card. All proceeds benefit the Noxen-Monroe Sportsmen’s Club. Call 570298-2052.

Sweet Valley Church of Christ

Sweet Valley Church of Christ lists the following events: Night of Christian Talent, 6:30 p.m. March 10.

March 23, free family film night, film from Sight and Sound called “In the Beginning.” Snacks are also provided.

March 31, 11 a.m., annual Easter egg hunt.

April 1, Easter Sunday sunrise service at 6:30 a.m.

April 7, men’s breakfast, 9 a.m.

April 7, 6 p.m., SVVC will host a PA State Police Active Shooter Seminar.

Keep your doors Call Cynthia Rood at 570locked 477-2320 or email svccconTeach your children that nect.org no matter what, they are not Soup and Scripture to let anyone in unless you The Lenten Soup and are there. According to the Sweet Valley Crime Watch, Scripture series continues at as of Sunday night, Feb. 25, a 6 p.m. Monday, March 5, at man was knocking on doors Maple Grove United Methodbegging to be let in. Upon ist Church, Main Road, advising the man that the Sweet Valley.

There is no charge. A free property owner was calling 911, he fled. This man will donation will be acceptknocked on several doors. 911 ed. Call the Rev. James Pall at 570-477-5216. was advised.

Coyote warning

Happy anniversary

I have personally heard the howling of coyotes here at Harveys Lake. They are evident in Sweet Valley, Chase and Noxen. They prey on animals which are chained outside or left out on their own. Be watchful for your furry family members.

The coyotes carry rabies and other diseases.

This Sunday’s edition of the Back Mountain Voice marks the third year of writing about the area I love to live in. Yes, March 2015 was the premier of the Sunday columns in which we write about our wonderful people here in Harveys Lake and the Back Mountain. Keep smiling. Tell lots of jokes. Hug someone you love.

Spring vendor fair

A spring vendor fair to Sandra Serhan writes about support the Lehman-Jackson the Back Mountain. Contact her Elementary Playground at sunset117@aol.com.

Dallas during regular business hours. Monetary donations may be sent to: The Back Mountain Food Pantry, c/o Trucksville United Methodist Church, 40 Knob Hill Road, Trucksville, PA 18708. The Back Mountain Food Pantry is an approved 501c3 charity and donations are tax deductible as allowed by law. The board thanked the community for its support throughout the year.

The Kunkle Fire Company will host its monthly all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, March 11, at the Kunkle Social Hall, 815 Kunkle Road, Dallas. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and younger. For information, call 570-675-3334, like them on Facebook at Kunkle Fire Company, Inc. or visit their website at Kunklefire.com.

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digesT, From page C3 The Sweet Valley Neighborhood Crime Watch will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, march 13, in the multi-purpose building behind the sweet Valley Church of Christ, 5439 main road, sweet Valley. all area residents are invited. The group will discuss safety and security issues. There are special speakers at various meetings. Call Joe Yurko at 570477-3839 for information.

Rittenhouse Place, Drums, will perform a multi-media Passion presentation, “His Story,” at 6 p.m. saturday, march 24; 10 a.m. sunday, march 25, and 10 a.m. sunday, april 1. Text or call 570764-6444 for information.

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The idea that kids should be exposed to books at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic birth prompted entertainer Church, 153 E. Main St., Glen Dolly Parton to launch her Lyon, is holding a vegetable program that mails books soup, turkey hoagie and Italian hoagie sale from 11 a.m. direct to young children in Dallas Borough will host its to 5 p.m. Thursday, march 15. their homes, every month annual Easter Egg Hunt at The price of each hoagie and through age 5, at no cost. noon sunday, march 18, at the quart of soup is $6. a bake The United Way of WyoKenneth Young memorial park, sale will also be held in the Burndale road and Luzerne ming Valley embraced the church hall at the same time. avenue in dallas Borough. ChilCall 570-736-6908 to order by Dolly Parton Imagination dren ages 1-12 years of age march 11.

Library as a novel initiawho reside in dallas Borough tive to encourage children Zion United Church of Christ, are invited to attend. Children 40 W. Main St., Nanticoke, to read at a young age. will be able to hunt for eggs, will hold its spring rummage Dolly Parton said she play games and have their facsale from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. w a s r e a r e d i n “ t o u g h es painted. There will also be a saturday, march 10, and chance for children to win a raft i m es ’ ’ i n t h e S m o ke y 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. sunfle basket. For information, call Mountains and she fondly day, march 11, in the church the dallas Borough office at remembers sitting in her basement.

Lunch will be avail570-675-1389. able each day from 11 a.m. to mother’s lap and listening 1 p.m. to stories from the Bible.

Hanover area West Side Playground, 389 W. “My imagination soared Centenary United Methodist Grand St., Nanticoke, will hold to places far beyond our litChurch, 26 N. Main St., Ashmonthly bingo on Tuesday, ley, conducts Saturday weekly tle cabin,’’ Parton says. march 6. There will be cash evening worship service at 4 A successful career prizes, food, refreshments and p.m. pastor roger noss invites allowed Parton to create a door prizes. doors open at the public to attend. family amusement park 5:15 p.m. games start at 6.

Centenary United Methodist event is non smoking. Call and to create The DollyChurch, 26 N. Main St., Ash570-735-6820. wood Foundation. That ley, will hold a soup and salad foundation’s Imagination dinner sunday, march 11, from West Side Library program, rooted in 1 to 3 p.m. Tickets will be sold A new Easter play, relics of the an Appalachian cabin, at the door. Cost is $6 for passion, will be held at 7:30 adults, $3 for children and free mails books selected by a p.m. Friday, march 23, at st. for children 3 and younger. panel of experts to chilJohn the Baptist Church, 126 Chili will also be served. For dren who are pre-enrolled. nesbitt st., Larksville.

The information, call the church rev. gerald J. gurka directs There are no income limioffice at 570-735-1514. his new original script. public tations; any child may be is welcome. refreshments and enrolled. mountain Top area fellowship will follow in the United Way’s Bill Jones Valley Community Church, 4 church hall after the play. The said the only requirement play is inspired by the true story of st. helena finding Jesus’ is that “parents must read cross. Call 570-779-9620. the books to the children.’’

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Keira Clark, Plymouth Twp., is the 1,000th graduate of the United Way/Dolly Parton Imagination Library reading program.

Jennifer Deemer, vice president of community impact at United Way, said 90 percent of respondents to a United Way survey i n d i c a t e t h e y h ave increased time spent reading with their children as a result of the Imagination Library. Children listen better and other family m e m b e r s b e n e f i t , t o o, Deemer said.

Keira, daughter of Bret and Nicole Clark, proudly showed off her library on the top shelf of a bookcase in the family living room on a recent afternoon. “I l i ke t h i s o n e . . . P aw s Patrol,’’ Keira said as a photographer snapped photos. “Paws Patrol” is chock full of dog heroes named Sk y, Zooma, Marshall, Ryder, Rebel and Rocky, she says.

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grandmother, said Keira is “very imaginative’’ and has excellent language skills. She has read every Imagination Library book and enjoys the adventure stories.

“Just One More’’ is a book that Keira has read many times, Nicole Clark said. It is the tale of a little girl who wants one more of everything, from parents’ kisses to ice cream cones.

“Peanut Butter and Cupcake,’’ a story about making friends, also is a favorite, Nicole said.

Keira is a pre-K student at K.M. Smith School in the Greater Nanticoke Area School District. She has two sisters, Mackenzie, 16, and Kelsey, 12.

Keira will receive a certificate acknowledging participation in Imagination Library and an invitation

to join in the local library system where she can continue to receive free reading materials.

Her final book in the program was “On Your Way to Kindergarten.’’

United Way’s participation in Imagination Library is supported by the Weinberg Foundation, PNC Grow Up Great and United Way’s annual Drive for Feeding and Reading.

Other education-related projects of the United Way include: n The Tag In program that has parents “tag in’’ to assure that their children continue to read from June to August, forestalling the “summer slide” that often sees children lose reading skills. n Real Men Read, offered at Dodson Elementary and Dan Flood Elementary in the Wilkes-Bar re Area School District, connects volunteer MENtors from the community with kindergarten classes in schools with high-risk student populations. n Summer Literacy Kits that are distributed to 250 pre-K students in 13 classrooms across Wyoming Valley. Kits include books and a learning activities and materials to help parents/caregivers keep their children engaged and learning throughout summer months.

Books are also donated to libraries and to pediatric i a n s wh o m a ke t h e m available in waiting rooms.

To enroll or donate To enroll a child in Imagination Library, call United Way, at 570-829-6711 or complete a form at Osterhout Free Library, or any participating agency.

To donate: Sponsor a child for one year at $30.

Checks can be sent to United Way, 100 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.

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Rachel Hasay and Wayne Lauer

Maggie Schlude and Craig Haywood

Rebecca Schnable and Ryan Kozloski

Gerald and Molly Schlude, of Hanover Twp., announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Maggie Marie, to Craig Steven Haywood Jr., son of Cathy and Craig Haywood Sr., of Chester.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Thomas and Margaret Gaughan, of Ashley, and the late Gertrude and Lawrence Schlude, of South Wilkes-Barre.

The bride-to-be is a 2007 graduate of Bishop Hoban High School. She graduated from Misericordia University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She earned her master’s degree in nursing-family nurse practitioner from Misericordia University in 2016. She is employed by The Wright Center for Primary Care as a school-based health nurse practitioner in Scranton.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Prudence Roney and the late King Haywood, of Florida, and Mary Watts, of Crum Lynne, and Herbert McQueen, of Charleston, S.C. He is a 2003 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School and a 2007 graduate of King’s College with a bachelor’s degree in communications. He is employed by Pepperjam as a senior account manager. He is also a local DJ. The couple was blessed with a daughter, Avery Margaret, in June 2016.

The couple will exchange vows Oct. 13, 2018, at St. Leo’s/ Holy Rosary Church, Ashley. A reception will follow at The Westmoreland Club.

David and Tammy Schnable, of Dallas, announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Rebecca, to Ryan Michael Kozloski, son of James and Sandy Kozloski, of Harveys Lake.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the Rev. Frederick Schnable and the late MaryLee Schnable, of Wilkes-Barre, and William and Joyce Grosser, of Lykens.

The bride-to-be is a 2013 graduate of Dallas High School and 2017 graduate of Misericordia University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. She is employed as a claims representative by Progressive Insurance in Scranton.

The prospective groom is the grandson of James and Bernadine Kozloski, of Harding, and Bettie and the late Eirwin Roth, of Moosic.

He is a 2013 graduate of Dallas High School and a 2017 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry. He is enrolled at Geisinger Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton, where he is pursuing his medical doctorate and is also a second lieutenant in the United States Army.

The couple will exchange vows on Aug. 18, 2018, at Our Lady of Victory Church in Harveys Lake.

Rachel Hasay and Wayne Lauer were united in marriage June 5, 2017 at The Ullikana Cottage in Bar Harbor, Maine, with Michael Hallet, officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Nancy and George Hasay. She is the granddaughter of the late William and Lois Cortright, of Shickshinny, and the late John and Anna Hasay, of Shickshinny.

The groom is the son of Truman and the late Patricia Lauer, of Berwick. He is the grandson of the late John and Madeline Drabot, of Shickshinny.

The bride is a 2005 graduate of Northwest Area Jr./Sr. High School and a 2013 graduate of Misericordia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in English, elementary, and special education. She is employed as a special education teacher by New Story in Berwick.

The groom is a 1998 graduate of Berwick Area High School. He is employed as a maintenance mechanic by K-Fab Inc., Berwick.

A surprise shower in honor of the bride was held at The Irem Temple Country Club hosted by the bride’s mother, Nancy Hasay, and friends, Kathy Hofherr, Erin Stepanski and Rob Lent.

The couple resides in Huntington Twp.

Allison Chisenhall and Brandon Harding

Erin Evans and Nicholas Attanasio Erin Evans, OD and Nicholas Attanasio, together with their families, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of David and Kathy Evans, of Kingston. She is the granddaughter of Hugh and Arlene Williams, of Luzerne, and Marilyn Evans, of Kingston, and the late James Evans. She is a 2008 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Misericordia University and her Doctor of Optometry degree from Salus University in 2016. She is employed as an optometrist in Boyertown.

The prospective groom is the son of Carmen III and Suzanne Attanasio, of Courtdale. He is the grandson of Carmen Jr. and Marion Attanasio, of Largo, Fla., and the late James and Elva Gaughan, of Courtdale. He is a 2006 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from King’s College, and his Master’s degree from Villanova University in 2013.

He is employed as a scientist by Merck Pharmaceuticals.

The couple will exchange vows Sept. 15, 2018, at the Beaumont Inn.

Samantha Heck and Adam Bogumil Adam Christopher Bogumil and Samantha Rose Heck, both of Charlotte, N.C., together with their parents, announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Rick and Sheila Heck, of Plains Twp. She is the granddaughter of John and Roseann Corrigan, Rose Heck and the late Robert Heck Sr. and the late Robert D. Koepke.

The prospective groom is the son of Chris and Connie Bogumil, of Plains Twp. He is the grandson of the late William and Diane Zelinski and the late Valentine and Florence Bogumil.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Holy Redeemer High School. She attended Marywood University and graduated from the University of Scranton with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She works as a registered nurse in the Carolina Healthcare System, Pineville, N.C. The prospective groom is a graduate of Holy Redeemer High School. He graduated from Marywood University with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in aviation management. He works as a systems training coordinator for American Airlines Group, Charlotte, N.C. The couple will exchange vows July 21, 2018, at the Woodland Inn and Resort with Maj. Bea Connell officiating.

submit your celebration The Citizens’ Voice publishes wedding, engagement and anniversary announcements free of charge every Sunday.

Wedding announcements

may be sent up to 11 months after the wedding.

We accept anniversary announcements starting with the fifth anniversary and running each year after that.

Deadline for Sunday publication is at least TWO WEEKS BEFORE desired publication date, which should be indicated on the announcement. If no spe-

cific date is indicated, the announcement will be published on the next available Sunday. Send annoouncements to lifestyles@citizensvoice.com.

Allison Chisenhall and Brandon Alexander Harding were united in marriage on Dec. 23, 2017, in the ballroom at Horseshoe Bay Resort, Horseshoe Bay, Texas, with Dr. Andrew Fox officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Jack and Tammy Chisenhall, of San Antonio, Texas. She is the granddaughter of Andrew and Jeanne Ruffo, of San Antonio, Texas; Frank and Merrie Monaco, of La Vernia, Texas, and the late Gordon and Ann Chisenhall, of Schertz, Texas.

The groom is the son of Brian and Dawn Harding, of Dallas. He is the grandson of Robert and Faye Geisinger, of Plymouth and the late Barbara Harding and G. Kenneth Harding Jr., of West Chester.

The bride was escorted down the aisle and given in marriage by her father, Jack Chisenhall.

The scripture reader was Claire Hensarling. The bride chose Gabrielle Iturralde and Kristen Politis as her maids of honor. Her bridesmaids were Abigail Clark, Colleen Frey, Danielle Stewart, Elizabeth Bagdorf, Evie Smith and May Sumi. Junior bridesmaids were Brooklyn Monaco, Lauren Monaco, and Vivian Monaco. Flower girl was Olivia Monaco.

The groom chose Drew Harding and Jeffrey Boorman as his best men. Groomsmen were John Chisenhall, Landis Chisenhall, Nick Cicione, Nick Demosthenes, Ryan Von Der Fecht and Will Keller. Junior groomsmen were Drew Ashmore, Jack Ashmore, Konnor Monaco and Walker Cherry.

Ring bearer was Parker Cherry.

The bride and groom were honored at a garden bridal shower at the home of the groom’s parents in Dallas. The couple was also given a shower at the home of the bride’s parents in San Antonio, Texas. Melissa Hensarling held a bridesmaid’s luncheon at The Lantana Wine Room in Horseshoe Bay Resort. The parents of the groom hosted the rehearsal dinner at The Captain’s Quarters, overlooking Lake Lyndon B. Johnson at the Horseshoe Bay Resort. The wedding reception was held in the gardens at the Horseshoe Bay Resort. The honeymoon getaway car was a 1957 Facel Vega Typhoon.

The bride is a 2011 graduate of Keystone School, San Antonio, Texas, and a 2015 graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering. She is employed as a chemical process engineer by BAE Systems Inc., Kingsport, Tenn.

The groom is a 2011 graduate of Dallas Senior High School and a 2015 graduate of Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering. He is also a 2017 magna cum laude graduate of Lehigh University with a Master of Science degree in engineering and management. He is employed as a chemical process engineer by BAE Systems Inc., Kingsport, Tenn.

Following the wedding, the couple honeymooned in Italy.

The couple resides in Kingsport, Tenn., with their two rescue cats, Simba and Boo.

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60th anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Koval Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Koval, of Wilkes-Barre, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary March 1, 2018.

Leonard is a former Wilkes-Barre City firefighter, retiring as No. 1 badge in 1996 after nearly 40 years of service.

Mary retired from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in 2002 after 15 years as environmental services supervisor.

The couple has three children, Donna Martin, wife of Jim Martin, of Forty Fort; Richard Koval, of Laurel Run, and Janet Koval, of Wilkes-Barre. They are the grandparents of David Koval, Steven Koval, Jimmy Martin and Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, wife of Mike Fitzgerald. They are also the greatgrandparents of Lennon (Lenni) Grace Fitzgerald, 1.

They will celebrate with their family, and at their favorite resort in Atlantic City, N.J.

SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2018

Wyoming seminary awards merit scholarships

Wyoming Seminary Upper School recently awarded merit scholarships, including one full four-year scholarship, to nine students entering Sem in the 2017-18 academic year. The Sem Scholarship program awards scholarships to grades nine and 10 with exceptional academic talents from schools other than Wyoming Seminary. The recipients are chosen on the basis of their performance on the Sem Scholarship Test, a competitive exam, as well as on interviews with the scholarship committee and their academic profile. Test-takers are also eligible to receive fouryear Dean’s Merit Scholarships, for those who scored within the top 20 percent of all students taking the exam. Freshmen Katharine Getz of Hughestown received a full tuition, four-year Sem

Scholarship. Junior William Berger, of Waccabuc, N.Y., freshman Shailee Desai, of Shavertown, Ashley Dimen, of Middletown, R.I., Jacob Gilbert, of Waverly, Jacob Koretz, of West Pittston, Grace Parsons, of Bear Creek, and junior Emily Matthews, of Kingston, received half-tuition, fouryear scholarships. Freshman Isabelle Polgar, of Kingston received the Dean Merit Scholarship.

The 2017-18 Sem Upper School Scholarship recipients, first row, from left, are Jacob Gilbert, Waverly; Isabelle Polgar, Kingston and Shailee Desai, Shavertown. Second row: Jacob Koretz, West Pittston; Ashley Dimen, Middletown, R.I.; William Berger, Waccabuc, N.Y.; Katharine Getz, Hughestown; Emily Matthews, Kingston and Grace Parsons, Bear Creek.

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40th anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Tapia Mr. and Mrs. Lou Tapia Jr. are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary today, March 4. They were married March 4, 1978, in First Christian Church, Plymouth, by the Rev. Robert Perry.

Attendants were Nicolette Saporito, Sherri Tapia and Joseph Latteer.

Mrs. Tapia is the former Cindy Saporito, daughter of Dorothy Carr, of Kingston, and Frank Saporito, of Swoyersville.

Mr. Tapia is the son of Helen Raitter, of Hanover Twp., and the late Lou Tapia, of Hanover Twp. Mrs. Tapia is employed by the Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority as an assistant Section 8 coordinator. Mr. Tapia owns and operates Life Time Windows & Vinyl Siding, Edwardsville.

The couple has two sons, Lou, of Hampton, Va., and Jason, Kingston.

They have two granddaughters, Haley, 17, daughter of Lou and Anita Tapia, Hampton, Va., and Kaitlyn, 10, daughter of Jason Tapia, Kingston, and Jodi Yuscavage, Moosic.

A family party will mark the occasion. A trip to Florida and a cruise will follow.

Mrs. Tapia’s mother, Dorothy Carr is celebrating her 80th birthday today.

reunions Plains High School/Sacred GAR Memorial High School, Heart High School, Class of Class of 1958, will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at 1960, will meet at 6:30 p.m.

Patte’s Sports Bar, 65 W. HolSaturday, April 14, at the River Grille, 670 N. River St., Plains lenback Ave., Wilkes-Barre.

The group will make plans for Twp. All class members and the 60th class reunion to be guests are invited. For information, call Roberta Pryor held Sept. 9.

Ricardo Schloemer at 570Kingston Central Catholic High 829-4821.

School, Class of 1968, will Wyoming Area High School, hold its 50th class reunion July 21. The committee needs Class of 1968, will hold its contact information for several reunion from 6 to 10 p.m.

Sept. 22 at Wyoming Hose class members. Classmates Company No. 2. For informawho have not been contacted should call John Gildea at 570tion, visit the Facebook page WAHS class of 1968 or email 287-0168 or Patty Kondrak Penny Sorosky Jurchak at nickKopec at 570-709-7203. el402@hotmail.com or Frank Pittston Central Catholic High Casarella at fscasarella@aol.

School, Class of 1955, will hold com. its monthly dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at Valenti’s Restaurant, 1180 Send reunions to lifestyles@ Wyoming Ave., Exeter. All classcitizensvoice.com or mail mates are invited. For informathem to Attn: Lifestyles tion, call Ky Lazzari at 570-825Department, The Citizens’ 2648. Leave a message on the Voice, 75 N. Washington St., answering machine.

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The Wyoming Valley West School District’s Schuyler Avenue Elementary School recently celebrated the 100th day of school. The families, faculty, and staff were encouraged to do something “paw”sitive and try to collect 100 items to donate to Blue Chip Animal Refuge, Dallas. Their efforts were successful, as 189 donations were collected and given to Blue Chip. First row, from left, are Mikayla Camacho, Alexis Cawley, Madison McCarty, Conlon Purcell, Landon Jackloski and

Madeleine Scheuermann. Second row: Kaylan Purcell, James Louiso, Sophia Tang, Mykelane Pepe, Madison Hogan, Savannah Adams, Tyler Beale, Anna Zomerfeld and Aiden Kelly. Third row: Dr. Patricia Karlonis, head teacher; Jayden Taggart, Rorey Purcell, Saleah Barber, Leneah Davis, Molly Savage and Jackie Dziak, third grade teacher, and Zhiwen Tang. Also participating were Jason Perez, Lamire Adams, Aniyah Bolling, Steven Zomerfeld, Grace Smith, Ethan Benson and Hailey Smith.

st. nicholas-st. mary’s marks 100th day of school The pre-kindergarten B class of St. Nicholas-St. Mary School recently celebrated its 100th day of school. The children participated in various activities commemorating this day such as coloring hats to wear, counting out the 100 days on the classroom caterpillar, placing 100 pieces of snacks on their 100 day placemats, and hearing stories about the 100th day of school. First row, from left, are Layla Comparetta and Myles Stetz-Madden. Second row: Harper Broody, Lucas Camp, student teacher Cate McFadden, Jackson Carlo, Greta Norakus and Addison Carr. Third row: Braxston Nealon and Gianna Pericci.

marriage licenses Robert Wayne Yeich and Jessica Lynn Valyo.

Sylnesto Miranda Torres and Elphy Andreisy Medina Rodriguez.

Jefeni Luna Fermin and Guillermo Antonio Rodriguez Almanzar.

William Eugene Yurchak Jr. and Stephanie Elizabeth Wesley.

Abdulla Hasan Hamdan and Khadija Boullahi.

Savanna Rae Miller and Dylan Thomas Scherer.

Maria R. Torres Martinez and Miguel A. Diaz Suriel.

Bria Alsaundra Hall and Dherri Renata Ashley Link.

Stephanie F. Jezewski and

Philip Andrew Rodzon.

Hector Calderon Andino and Yajaira Bolivia Rondon Morillo.

Steven Arthur Uravage and Jillian M. Alansky.

Christy Lynn Raefski and Shawn Shoemaker.

Nathaniel John Ross and Sara Nadine Witkowski.

Emily Diana Ramsey and Matthew Novitski.

Jamie M. Sube and Preston John Allen.

Robert Lee Christman Jr. and Antonia Danelle Kelpsh.

Julie Marie Mercadante and Justin Francis Erwin Tondt.

births Nesbitt Women’s and Children’s Center at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Feb. 17 A son to Susan and Stephen Pizzola, of Duryea.

Feb. 18 A daughter to Shannon and Ed Grant, of Nanticoke.

A son to Meredith and Harry Shafer, of Kingston.

Feb. 19 A daughter to Katrina and

Justin Madonia, of West Pittston.

Feb. 20 A daughter to Abgail Thames and Ryan Halager, of Forty Fort.

A daughter to Kortney Jensen and Jonathan Trebunak, of Pringle.

A son to Jill and Patrick McGlynn, of Plains Twp. Feb. 21 A daughter to Amy Denmon and

Eric Kidd, of Noxen.

A daughter to Jennifer Hughes and Javanise Haynes, of Luzerne and Wilkes-Barre.

A son to Christy and Vincent Chiacchio, of Hazle Twp. A son to Ellen and Jared Meehan, of Kingston.

A son to Caitlin Travis and John Petroski, of Shavertown.

Feb. 22 A son to Jessica and Carmen Winters, of Exeter.

Feb. 23 A daughter to Colleen and Dustin Bender, of Scranton.

A daughter to Moria Eaton and Gregory Pangaio, of West Pittston.

Feb. 26 A son, Christine Marie Blain and Kevin James Blain, of Hanover Twp. Feb. 27 A son to Samantha and Kevin Davenport, of Shickshinny.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Using force may make you feel better, but it won’t bring the best results.

Engage in activities that encourage constructive use of energy and don’t let your anger get the upper hand. Remain calm and focus on maintaining good health.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take care of money matters. Keeping your books straight will give you the confidence to make purchases or put money into an investment without fretting about whether you should. Don’t let anyone else handle your affairs.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put your wallet away and focus on the type of changes you can make or activities you can take part in that are dependent on using your knowledge, experience and skills to have fun. Put the money you have saved to good use.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Invest in yourself.

Look for alternate ways to save and investments that will bring in cash. Taking a unique approach to the way you live will help you spend less and enjoy life more. Try to slow down and make better choices.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make alterations at home that will add to your comfort. A quiet space conducive to working on something without distractions will pay off. A challenge may tempt you, but try to avoid physical and mental stress.

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22): Don’t use brute force to get others to see things your way. Give everyone freedom to choose and you will in turn have the opportunity to follow through with your plans without interference. End your day with romance or personal pampering.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be emotionally up and down when it comes to what’s happening in your relationships. Before you jump in and make an impulsive decision, listen to reason.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Unexpected changes or disruptions will create additional stress for you.

Take a step back from whatever situation you face and go with the flow instead of trying to do the impossible. Focus on love, romance and pampering.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look for the most practical path to follow and head in that direction. Being too accommodating will take you to a place that is costly and emotionally debilitating.

Say “no” to anyone who tries to take advantage of you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Travel plans will face delays, and dealing with friends and relatives won’t be easy. Memories and past experiences will be your best alternative. Revisit a familiar haunt or resurrect a hobby you used to enjoy. Romance is highlighted.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look for new opportunities and you will find something that intrigues you. Be generous with your time, but monitor your finances carefully. Simplicity and moderation will be the keys to success.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Set your sights on the goals that you believe will bring you success and happiness. Look for a way to incorporate what you enjoy doing into earning a living. Doors will open if you are happy with what you have to offer.

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Dear Annie: My sister is 75 years old. She is a hoarder. She has lived at home her whole life and started accumulating junk soon after my dad died 10 years ago.

My sister took care of my mom, who was in a wheelchair until she died two years ago at age 93. I spent thousands of dollars between the time when my mom became ill and when she died, driving a 50-mile round trip every day for six years to help my sister take care of her. And I continued to do so every other weekend after our mom died, bringing my grandsons to visit so my sister wouldn’t feel lonely.

Recently, I took a tumble at the dog park and fractured my kneecap. I asked my sister whether I could borrow one of Mom’s wheelchairs for a while. She told me to go look for one at Goodwill.

I don’t want to ever visit her again. And she can’t visit me because she can’t bear the thought of getting rid of her broken-down Buick to buy a new one. Do you think she would get help with her problem if I stopped seeing her?

— Snuffed Out by Stuff Dear Snuffed Out by Stuff: Hoarding is a form of obsessivecompulsive disorder. The disorder does not operate in the realm of logic. You can’t reason with it. And you shouldn’t take it personally — because as much as it might seem to you that your sister is choosing her stuff over you, she’s not really choosing anything at this point. She’s simply acting on compulsions.

If you want to stop visiting her for the sake of your own wellbeing, I applaud the boundarysetting. But it sounds as though you want to stop visiting her because you hope it would spur her to get help. If that’s the case,

you’d most likely end up even more frustrated. Instead of basing decisions on how they might or might not impact her hoarding behavior, base your decisions on what’s healthy for you.

Visit the hoarding section of the International OCD Foundation’s website (https://hoarding.iocdf.org) for information on what causes people to hoard and how you might be able to help.

Dear Annie: I recently filled a prescription for cough syrup that called for a 10-milliliter dosage. We do not use liters in this country. I had to go online to convert the amount to teaspoons. Could you give a shout to physicians, nurse practitioners and pharmacists to let them know how dangerous this practice is to the patient? — Irked Dear Irked: I did some research to figure out why the pharmaceutical industry would use the metric system in the United States, where it might as well be Greek to many people. According to the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, a nonprofit standards development organization, the International System of Units, known as SI, is better for designating dosages than the U.S. customary system.

The reason is consistency. While the U.S. system has 300 different units, the SI has just seven base units. From the NCPDP: “The use of multiple volumetric units (e.g., teaspoons, tablespoons, droppersful) and multiple abbreviations ... (increases) the likelihood of dosing errors.”

That said, the most important thing is that the patient understands how to take the medication he or she is prescribed, and it’s health care providers’ job to see to that. The next time you pick up a prescription, ask your pharmacist for help with converting the dosage.

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The Luzerne County Community College BASIC Club recently held a bake sale. Proceeds will benefit local missions and students traveling to Washington, D.C., to deliver blessing bags to the homeless. From left, are Dagmar Frias, Wilkes-Barre, secretary, BASIC; Joan Martins, Nanticoke,

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