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Robert Hood, inset, was fatally shot at a home on Stanton Street, Wilkes-Barre, in 2016.

authorities will not file charges in fatal shooting of man at wilkes-barre home last june. coverage on page 3.

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INsIDE toDay’s VoIcE Labor secretary nominee is out Andrew Puzder, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Labor, abruptly withdraws his nomination. page 4

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walter l. griffith Jr. pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of obstructing the administration of law in 2013.

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Soper resigns Bobby Soper, who previously headed Mohegan Sun Pocono, has resigned as president and CEO of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority. page 6

Save the Irem Temple Fundraiser aims to raise money for preservation efforts. page 11

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Former county controller convicted of obstruction wants the job back

By Bill Wellock staff Writer

Former county controller Walter L. Griffith Jr. wants to watch over county government again.

Griffith said Wednesday he plans to run for controller, considered the “people’s watchdog” of the government.

He’ll be up against the current controller, Michelle Bednar, who said she will run for re-election.

The county’s home-rule charter gives the position “unrestricted access” to all county information, property and employees. The controller has the authority to conduct audits of any part of county government.

“The county needs a watchdog in the office, somebody who’s actually going to watch over the county and make sure things are done according to the charter,” Griffith said. “That’s one of the jobs of the controller, to make sure they follow policies and procedures.”

The current controller hasn’t done enough to make sure the county is following

the charter, he said.

Bednar said charter violations are the responsibility of a county ethics board, not the controller’s office.

She said her office has made suggestions in audits for changing some policies.

“The charter says they don’t have to follow what we’re asking them to do, but a majority do and are trying to make things work more smoothly,” she said.

Bednar pointed to other audits from her tenure, such as an investigation into the homestead exemption and a more detailed audit of tax collectors, as evidence of her successes as controller. In March, She plans to release an annual report that explains the work her office has done during the past year.

Griffith won election to the controller position in 2009 and began his tenure in 2010.

In 2013, the state Attorney General’s Office charged Griffith with illegally recording three conversations without the consent of the other parties.

The charges came after Griffith, then the controller, sent federal agents business

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records and a flash drive filled with recorded conversations regarding the failed rehabilitation of the Hotel Sterling.

Federal agents analyzed the recordings and determined Griffith may have made them without the consent of the people he spoke with, which is a violation of the state’s wiretapping law.

Despite the charges, Griffith won the Republican primary for controller that year and was scheduled to face Bednar in the November general election.

Instead, he resigned from the controller position on Aug. 7 and withdrew from the race. Bednar defeated Carolee Medico Olenginski in the November election.

Faced with three felony counts of illegal wiretapping — each carrying a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine — he pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of obstructing the administration of law and was sentenced to three years probation.

“I think it’s a valid concern for people to have about me resigning my position as a controller,” he said. “If I made

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a mistake, I made a mistake.”

Griffith said Wednesday he recorded the conversations for his own use, and only tur ned them over after receiving a subpoena from federal agents.

He pointed to audits from his time as controller as evidence of his ability to “do the work of the people,” such as an investigation into billing submissions from six courtappointed attorneys in juvenile dependency cases, an audit of food purchases at the county correctional facility and the investigation into funds awarded to renovate the Hotel Sterling.

“I demonstrated that I will work for the people of the county,” he said. “Unfortunately, my zeal to do that has cost me. I don’t regret it. I worked hard at it. I uncovered things in the county. I continue to go to the meetings still to this day. I still voice my opinion at the meetings. I try to make this government better for the people who live here, because I think it’s important.

We deserve it.”

bwellock@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2051, @cVBillW

Authorities will not file charges in fatal shooting of W-B man last year

Robert Hood’s parents vow to continue fighting

By Sarah Scinto Staff Writer

Nurse accused of stealing drugs sentenced to probabtion SCRANTON — A nurse at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Plains Township accused of stealing drugs for her personal use was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation.

Janice M. Matrician, 50, of Tamaqua, was charged in October with acquiring drugs by fraud or misrepresentation.

Prosecutors alleged she stole drugs for her personal use and concealed the crime by reporting she had disposed of them in the hospital’s computerized automated distribution system.

Matrician entered a plea before U.S. District Judge Richard P. Conaboy, who immediately sentenced her to three years of probation.

— James Halpin

Police: Man nearly loses ear during fight in W-B

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Robert Hood of Wilkes-Barre was fatally gunned down at 320 Stanton St. in Wilkes-Barre on June 24, 2016. Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis ruled the shooting a justifiable homicide on Wednesday.

Hood

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Romanowski

According to the release, investigators found Hood had been contacting Newton and “threatening to kill her, the malewithwhomshewasliving and himself” before the night of the fatal shooting.

Authorities said Hood broke into 320 Stanton St. through a rear window that night and made similar threats when Newton returned to the home.

Hood allegedly left the residence after Romanowski returned home, but came back a few minutes later. Authorities said Hood attacked Romanowski, leading Romanowski to draw his gun and fire several times, ultimately killing Hood.

Informed by a reporter of the ruling on Wednesday, HoodProsser said in the absence of criminal charges, she plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Romanowski.

“Even though he’s not being charged, he still has my son’s blood on his hands,” Hood-

Newton

Prosser said. “He has to live with that. I hope each time he closes his eyes to go to sleep he seesmyson’sface.That’swhatI see when I go to sleep.”

Romanowski did not return a request for comment on Wednesday. He has not denied firingthefatalshotsduringprevious attempts by reporters to speak with him.

Hood-Prosser said the months of waiting for charges or a ruling in her son’s death took a toll.

“It’s been hard,” she said. “I had stopped calling the detective around Christmas time ... I wasn’t getting answers.”

Prosser said he felt “stunned” when informed of the district attorney’s ruling.

“At least there’s no more speculation,” he said. “We figured they would just keep it open forever.” sscinto@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2048, @sscintoCV

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Couple charged in child’s death give up custody of kids READING — A Pennsylvania couple charged in the pneumonia death of their 2-year-old daughter have agreed to give up custody of their six other children, their attorney said.

Attorney Bryan DePowell said after a hearing Wednesday in Berks County that Jonathan Foster, 34, and Grace Foster, 32, agreed to put their other children in the custody of the county Children and Youth Services agency, the Reading Eagle reported.

As a result, prosecutors withdrew a motion to add conditions to the couple’s bail to try to ensure that they were getting proper medical care for the other children, he said. The dependency hearing wasn’t open to the public.

The Upper Tulpehocken Township residents face involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges in the Nov. 8 death of their daughter, Ella Grace Foster.

Youth accused of killing teen, taking selfie might testify

GREENSBURG — A teenager who was shot in the face could have survived had he received immediate medical attention, a forensic pathologist testified Wednesday in the trial of the alleged shooter who’s also accused of taking a selfie of the dying teen and fleeing without seeking aid.

Dr. Cyril Wecht told Westmoreland County jurors that 16-year-old Ryan Mangan didn’t die immediately and “would have survived with appropriate medical care,” The Pittsburgh Tribune-Reviewreported.

“For 45 minutes to one hour he would have lived,” Wecht testified in the trial of Maxwell Morton, 18, who was 16 at the time of the February 2015 shooting and is charged with first-degree murder.

Ryan sustained a gunshot wound under his left eye and slowly suffocated as blood drained into his lungs, Wecht testified. But the wound itself caused no fatal brain or spinal injuries, he said.

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A story in Wednesday’s edition misidentified when Luzerne County prosecutor Mamie Phillips would make an official campaign announcement to run for magisterial district judge. Phillips had already announced she will run for the position.

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history resulting” in the shooting death of Hood.

Court documents indicate Hood previously harassed Romanowski and Newton for a period of 18 months — police alleged Hood broke into the Stanton Street home and assaulted them in December 2014.

In November 2015,Hoodbeat Newton unconscious by slamming her head off the pavement then tried to drag her away, according to arrest papers and the district attorney’s office.

Romanowski shot and wounded Hood then, police said.

Romanowski was not charged in that incident, but Hoodwaschargedwithassault, disorderly conduct and harassment.

The fatal shooting occurred days after Hood posted bail on those charges, the district attorney’s office said.

WILKES-BARRE — A man nearly lost his ear during a fight early Wednesday morning, police said.

Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance on Hayes Lane around 1:39 a.m. Wednesday, where an alleged victim said he felt the suspect, David Fierman, 28, strike the right side of his head.

The victim then noticed a laceration to his ear that left it nearly detached.

Police arrested Fierman on charges of aggravated assault.

The victim was sent to a medical facility for treatment, police said.

— Sarah Scinto

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WILKES-BARRE — Authorities will not file charges in the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man on Stanton Street last June.

The parents of Robert Hood vowedtocontinuefightingafter authorities ruled COver the fatal shooting sTOry of theirsonajustifiable homicide.

“I kind of knew this was going to be the outcome,” said Kevin Prosser of Upper Darby, Hood’sfather.“Itwasjustakick in the stomach for it to actually come to fruition. Our next step is to see if there’s anything we can do.”

After months of uncertainty and waiting for charges or answers, Prosser and Hood’s mother, Maria Hood-Prosser, both said they have no intention of letting their search for justice for their son end with the ruling announced by Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis on Wednesday.

Hood died after a shooting at 320 Stanton St. in Wilkes-Barre on June 24. The coroner ruled his death a homicide a few days later.

Thomas Romanowski, 67, owned the home at 320 Stanton St. and lived there with JacquelineNewton,32,whohasachild with Romanowski’s son and was Hood’s estranged ex-lover at the time of the shooting.

According to the district attorney’s office, a man at 320 Stanton St. shot Hood after Hood attacked and cut him “with a shiny object.” The man drew a firearm and fired several times, striking Hood. Hood thenfledintotheyardand“succumbed to his injuries.”

The release states Salavantis has ruled “the use of force by the male justified.”

The release does not specifically identify Romanowski, but describes previous incidents between Hood, Romanowski and Newton as an “extensive

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Puzder withdraws nomination to be labor secretary

By Laurie Kellman and Catherine Lucey Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary abruptly withdrew his nomination Wednesday after Senate Republicans balked at supporting him, in p a r t ove r taxes he belatedly paid on a f o r m e r housekeepPuzder er not authorized to work in the United States.

F a s t - f o o d e x e c u t iv e Andrew Puzder issued a short statement abandoning the effort, saying he was “honored to have been considered by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Labor.”

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said he had no information on any possible replacement. Puzder’s nomination became part of a streak of contentious confirmation battles and haphazard White House actions, including a botched rollout of Trump’s executive order on refugees.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, who would have chaired Puzder’s confirmation hearing Thursday, issued a terse statement saying the nominee would have made an “excellent” labor secretary, but “I respect his decision” to quit pursuing the post.

Puzder spokesman George Thompson said his boss was a victim of “an unprecedented smear campaign.”

What troubled majority Republicans most of all was Puzder’s acknowledgement that he had not paid taxes on the housekeeper until after Trump nominated him to the Cabinet post Dec. 9 — five years after he had fired the worker.

Ultimately, Republicans made it clear that Puzder did not have the votes for confirmation. They blamed the Trump White House for failing to adequately check his background.

Democrats and their allies welcomed Puzder’s withdrawal, saying his corporate background and opposition to such proposals as a big hike in the minimum wage made him an unfit advocate for American workers at the top of an agency charged with enforcing protections.

They had already made it clear that Puzder’s statements about women and his own workers would be major issues at his confirmation hearing.

Puzder was quoted in Entrepreneur magazine in 2015 as saying, “I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis.” He said the racy commercials for Carl’s Jr., one of his companies, were “very American.”

Democrats also said Puzder had disparaged workers at his restaurants by calling them “the best of the worst.” He was quoted by Business Insider as saying he wanted to try robots at his restaurants, because “They’re always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex or race discrimination case.”

A coalition led by the prolabor National Employment Law Project and Jobs With Justice groups said Puzder’s withdrawal represents the “first victory of the resistance against President Trump.”

“Workers and families across the country spoke up loud and clear that they want a true champion for all workers in the Labor Department,” said Sen. Patty Murray, the ranking Democrat on the panel that was to handle the hearing.

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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.

Trump charts new Mideast course; possibly no separate Palestine

By Vivian Salama Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Charting a striking new course for the Middle East, President Donald Trump on Wednesday withheld clear support for an independent Palestine and declared he could endorse a one-nation solution to the long and deep dispute between Palestinians and Israel.

The American president, signaling a new era of comity between the U.S. and Israel after rocky relations under President Barack Obama, said he was more interested in an agreement that leads to peace than in any particular path to get there. Standing beside Israeli Prime Minister B e n j a m i n N e t a n ya h u , Trump broke not only with recent U.S. presidents but also distanced the United States from the prevailing position of much of the world.

While Trump urged Netanyahu to “hold off ” on Jewish settlement construction in territory the Palestinians claim for their future state, he offered unwavering

support for Israel, a pledge he appeared to substantiate with his vague comments about the shape of any agreement.

While it once appeared that a two-state solution was the “easier of the two” options for the Palestinians and Israel, Trump said he’d be open to alternatives. “I’m looking at two-state and onestate, and I like the one that both parties like,” he told reporters. “I can live with either one.”

The United States has formally backed the two-state solution as official policy since 2002, when President George W. Bush said in the White House Rose Garden that his vision was “two states, living side by side in peace and security.”

In practice, the U.S. already had embraced the policy informally. President Bill Clinton, who oversaw the Oslo Accords in the 1990s that were envisioned as a stepping stone to Palestinian statehood, said before leaving office that resolution to the conflict required a viable Palestinian state.

Separately on Wednesday,

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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called on Netanyahu to end settlement building and expressed “willingness to resume a credible peace process “ Also on Wednesday, CIA chief Mike Pompeo secretly held talks in the West Bank with Abbas, the first high-level meeting between the Palestinian leader and a Trump administration official, senior Palestinian officials said. The White House wouldn’t comment on the meeting All serious peace negotiations in recent decades have assumed the emergence of an independent Palestine.

The alternatives appear to offer dimmer prospects for peace, given Palestinian demands for statehood. Dozens of countries, including the U.S., reaffirmed their support for a two-state accord at an international conference in Paris last month, before Trump’s inauguration.

In Cairo on Wednesday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guter res said: “There is no Plan B to the situation between Palestinians and Israelis but a two-

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state solution. ... Everything must be done to preserve that possibility.”

At one point Wednesday, Trump noted the need for compromise in achieving any Mideast peace. Netanyahu interjected: “Both sides.”

On terrorism and other matters, there appeared little daylight between the leaders.

Echoing language used by Trump over a need to combat “radical Islamic extremism,” Netanyahu said that for peace to be sustainable, two “prerequisites” must be met: “Recognition of the Jewish state and Israel’s security needs west of the Jordan” River.

While a two-state solution would involve Israel ceding occupied territory that is strategically and religiously significant, many in the country believe a single binational state would be even more difficult to maintain. It would mean granting millions of Palestinians citizenship and voting rights, threatening Israel’s Jewish majority and its Jewish character.

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Pentagon boss to NATO nations: Increase military spending

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press

BRUSSELS — In an ultimatum to America’s allies, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told fellow NATO members Wednesday to increase military spending by year’s end or risk seeing the U.S. curtail its defense support — a stark threat given Europe’s deep unease already over U.S.-Russian relations.

Echoing President Donald Trump’s demands for NATO countries to assume greater self-defense responsibility, Mattis said Washington will “moderate its commitment” to the alliance if countries fail to fall in line. He didn’t offer details, but the pressure is sure to be felt, particularly by governments in Europe’s eastern reaches that feel

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The Trump administration took steps intended to help calm jittery insurance companies and make tax compliance with President Barack Obama’s health law less burdensome for some people. Page A1 threatened by Russian expansionism.

Trump’s Russia policy remains a mystery for many of America’s closest international partners. As a candidate, the Republican president steered clear of criticizing Moscow for its 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and repeatedly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he wanted a new era of cooperation between the for-

mer Cold War foes.

But that possibility grew murkier this week as Trump fired his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, over the retired Army lieutenant general’s communications with Russia before Trump took office. The departure of Flynn, who also promoted the idea of working with Moscow, has added to speculation about how the U.S.Russian relationship might evolve.

Amid the uncertainty from Washington, the Kremlin may be testing the West’s resolve. A U.S. defense official said this week that Russia has deployed a cruise missile in violation of a Cold War-era nuclear arms control treaty. And violence has sporadically re-ignited in eastern Ukraine, where the

U.S. and its partners say Moscow continues to back a separatist insurgency.

“No longer can the American taxpayer carry a disproportionate share of the defense of Western values,” Mattis told the alliance’s 27 other defense ministers, according to a text of his remarks. “Americans cannot care more for your children’s future security than you do.”

The entire alliance seemed to hang on Mattis’ every word Wednesday. Officials crowded around televisions at the NATO meeting in Brussels to watch the retired general’s initial appearance with Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Defense ministers clustered around Mattis as he entered the meeting room.

Citing danger from Rus-

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis waits for the start of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. sia, Mattis told the closed meeting of ministers they must adopt a plan this year that sets dates for governments to meet a military funding goal of 2 percent of gross domestic product. He called the funding increase

a “fair demand” based on the “political reality” in Washington, an apparent reference to Trump’s past c r i t i c i s m o f NAT O a s “obsolete” and his muchtouted “’America First” mantra.

Dems see disparity in handling of Clinton, Russia inquiries

By Eric Tucker Associated Press

Comey treated differently, critics of the FBI’s approach say Director James Comey set a precedent with his unusually public accounting of the Clinton

hews closely to the bureau’s “by-the-book” protocol, but it deviates significantly from how the Clinton case was handled, said Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon, a former Justice Department press official.

“Once he has crossed the threshold of holding a press conference to publicly editorialize on her email arrangement, it then became untenable for him to retreat back to the norms and protocols that normally apply with respect to Trump,” Fallon said.

Comey acknowledged the

extraordinary national interest in an election-year investigation into a presidential candidate when he took the unusual step in July of publicly announcing the bureau’s decision to not recommend charges for Clinton and of discussing evidence his agents had reviewed and the legal standard they were applying.

His characterization of Clinton and her aides as “extremely careless” was condemned

by Democrats as unnecessary editorializing.

That news conference was followed by hours of testimo-

Senate Democrats call for Sessions to recuse himself from Russia probe

By Richard Lardner Associated Press

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But Republicans continued to brush off demands from Democrats for a Watergatestyle probe, insisting investigations underway by the House and Senate intelligence committees are adequate.

And nothing requires Sessions to appoint a special prosecutor. A statute mandating the use of independent counsel in certain situations was allowed to expire in 1999.

Schumer and other Democrats spoke to reporters as Trump criticized the intelligence agencies that he over-

sees and the media for what he described as unfair treatment of his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and for “illegally leaked” information about reported contacts between his campaign aides and Russian officials.

Flynn was forced to resign Monday following reports he misled Vice President Mike Pence about contacts with a Russian diplomat. Late Tuesday, The New York Times reported that U.S. agencies had intercepted phone calls

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last year between Russian intelligence officials and members of Trump’s 2016 campaign team.

A group of 11 Democrats wrote to Sessions and urged him to appoint an independent special counsel to investigate possible illegal communications between Flynn and representatives of the Russian government. The special counsel would also examine any attempts by Flynn and other White House officials to hide any Sessions wrongdoing, they said.

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from any executive branch investigation into possible ties between the Trump administration and Russia.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sessions should not be involved because of potential conflicts of interest and because of Justice Department regula-

tions that prohibit individuals with political ties to the subjects of an investigation from leading it. President Donald Trump nominated Sessions for the attorney general’s post and the senator was one of his earliest and staunchest backers in Congress.

“When the FBI looks into a matter, they do so alongside prosecutors from the Justice Department,” Schumer said.

“Those prosecutors should not be reporting to the first senator who endorsed Donald Trump’s campaign.”

ny before Congress and then, just 11 days before the November 8 election, a vaguely worded letter to Congress advising that new emails potentially connected to the case had been discovered and would need to be reviewed.

A follow-up letter nine days later said the email review had done nothing to change the FBI’s original conclusion, further angering Democrats about why a public disclosure was made before the FBI had even obtained a war rant to search the emails.

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WASHINGTON — Democrats are criticizing the FBI over its refusal to discuss potential contacts between Russian officials and associates of President Donald Trump, saying the bureau’s tight-lipped approach and its public disclosures about Hillary Clinton’s emails during the fractious election reflect a double standard.

While distinctions between the two matters could help explain why they’re being

email case that roiled the final stretch of the presidential race. Congressional Democrats and former Clinton aides who seethed at the FBI’s actions last year say they’re upset a law enforcement organization that so publicly discussed one probe didn’t even hint at the existence of another.

Comey’s approach of not discussing any of the FBI’s work related to Trump associates and Russia — which has included an interview with former national security adviser Michael Flynn —

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Book due in 1941 returned to Osterhout Library

By Eric Mark Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE — Rober t Lockman Sr. was 9 years old when he borrowed the children’s book, “Val Rides the Ore gon Trail” from Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre in late 1941.

Ro b e r t L o c k m a n J r. returned the book to the library on Wednesday: 75 years, two months and 13 days overdue.

“I thought it would be the right thing to do,” he said Wednesday evening. “My dad was an honest guy. That’s what he would have done.”

Lockman Jr. found the book in the basement of his Shavertown home recently.

He said it took a minute to sink in after he noticed the Osterhout Free Library card pocket, date-stamped Dec. 2, 1941.

“My dad was 9 when he took that book out,” Lockman Jr. said. “I guess he just never took it back; that’s not like him.”

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Connecticut, Lockman Jr. said.

Lockman Jr. came into possession of the book after his father died in 2013.

One question remained after he brought the book back to the library: How

much would it cost in late fees?

At the 1941 rate of 2 cents per each day overdue, the fine would come to about $554.

No money changed hands Wednesday, however.

“We just laughed about it,” said Jeannette Karaska, the circulation clerk on duty at the time.

Considering its age, the book is in good condition but it’s not likely it will be returned to circulation, which would require binding the book and scanning it into the library’s computer system, Karaska said.

“It’s a children’s book, it had the usual scribbles in it,” she said.

“Val Rides the Oregon Trail” tells the story of a boy who has many adventures as he travels with his family from St. Louis to Oregon in the 1800s.

Lockman Jr. said he has enjoyed many adventures

through books, for which he thanked his father, an avid reader and artist.

“My dad always encouraged me to read,” he said. “I really wish that more kids would go to the library.”

Lockman Jr. said he had no idea why his father never returned the book.

But a post on Osterhout Free Library’s Facebook page might give a hint.

The attack on Pearl Harbor that compelled the United States to enter World War II happened five days after the book was due. After that “everyone had more important things to worry about,” the post states. emark@citizensvoice.com, 570-821-2117

Soper resigns as Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority president, CEO

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The Mohegan Tribal Gami n g Au t h o r i t y h a s announced Bobby Soper has resigned as its president and chief executive.

Soper, who previously headed Mohegan Sun Pocono, departed to pursue other unspecified opportunities, the authority announced Tuesday. The authority’s former CEO, Mitchell Grossinger Etess, has been named interim CEO as a result of the departure.

Etess did not immediately return a message seeking comment Wednesday.

Soper’s departure comes on the heels of a lackluster financial report released earlier this month showing the authority experienced a year-over-year decline of 2.5 percent in gaming revenues

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for the quarter ending Dec. 31, as well as relatively flat net revenues.

However, the authority’s Soper most recent annual financial report shows total net revenue of $1.3 billion last year, up 3.3 percent over 2015.

Soper, an Atlanta native who graduated with a law degree from the University of Georgia, was the first executive of the first casino in Pennsylvania when Mohegan Sun Pocono opened in Plains Township in 2005.

During his tenure here, he led the $208 million “Project Sunrise” expansion in 2008, which increased the number of slot machines and added

restaurants, retail shops and bars. He also led the introduction of table games in 2010 and helped break ground on the $50 million hotel earlier in 2012.

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WILKES-BARRE — In the courtroom, throat-slashing suspect Nygee Taylor said he was guilty as charged.

On his way back to jail, it was a different story.

“I ain’t do it,” Taylor, 27, of Wilkes-Barre, said as sheriff ’s deputies escorted him from the courthouse.

The defendant dismissed reporters who noted that mere minutes earlier Taylor had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, saying, “I don’t care what you say.”

In entering his plea, Taylor balked when asked if he was admitting he conspired to kill Dayna Williams in October 2014 because of a dispute over a missing cellphone.

When Taylor eventually admitted his guilt, Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas accepted the plea and immediately sentenced Taylor to 9½ to 19 years in prison, a term agreed to by the parties.

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assault and kidnapping, were dismissed under terms of a plea agreement. Lupas also ordered Taylor to pay $8,200 in restitution.

Prosecutors say Taylor — along with co-defendants Jerone Andre Moore, 33, and Chloe Amelia Isaacs, 23, both of Wilkes-Barre — conspired to attack Williams because she had taken an iPhone Isaacs shared with Taylor, with whom she has a child.

Isaacs, who previously pleaded guilty to false imprisonment charges, was slated to testify at Taylor’s trial next week that the phone contained numerous contacts for drug dealers and buyers, as well as incriminating evidence against Taylor. Prosecutors say that when the trio found out someone had been texting others on the phone, they decided to deal with Williams.

The victim was brought to a Wilkes-Barre home, where a group of women including Isaacs stripped her clothes, forced her to her knees and took turns punching her in the face, prosecutors said.

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rette out on Williams’ neck before she was bound with wire and covered with a garbage bag, then stuffed into a barrel, prosecutors said.

Hours later, Moore and Taylor pulled Williams from the barrel and jammed her into the trunk of a car, driving her to Aleeda Road in Bear Creek Township, according to prosecutors.

After telling Williams to walk forward without looking back, the men forced her to her knees and cut her throat, prosecutors said.

Police were dispatched to the area after getting a report of a “naked and bloody female” wandering in the area. They found Williams with a 3-inch cut from her trachea to her ear, prosecutors said.

Moore, who unsuccessfully sought to have his attempted murder trial severed from Taylor’s, is still slated to go before a jury next week.

Isaacs is out of custody pending her sentencing, set for March 8.

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By Bill Wellock Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE — On North Franklin Street, the Irem Temple is boarded up and falling into disrepair.

On South Franklin Street, the Westmoreland Club was filled with people trying to save the historic building.

The club hosted a fundraiser Wednesday to raise money for preservation and e x p l a i n t h e e f fo r t s t o restore the site.

The first step is to investigate the structure, said Charles Barber, president of the Luzerne Foundation.

A group of local citizens organized the Irem Temple Restoration and Preservation Fund in hopes of saving the building and the Luzer ne Foundation is helping them by managing the fund.

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A professional engineering and environmental evaluation of the building will give more information about the structure’s condition and any issues at the site. It will also answer questions about how much money would be needed to preserve and restore the building.

After an evaluation, the fund will pay to secure it so that it doesn’t deteriorate further.

The third stage is to restore it, transforming the unused space into a working venue, such as a theater or offices.

“We want to do all we can in the world to preserve it.

We can’t lose it by complete neglect,” Barber said.

Exactly what the building could become is unclear now.

Barber said one idea is to remove some seats from the building’s theater, making it an attractive space for

musicians looking for a venue with some space for a crowd on its feet. Other ideas include a museum and space weddings, bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs, and other events.

The building could be renovated in stages, said Joe Nardone Jr., one the of the people trying to keep it intact.

After renovating the building to a basic usable level, with bathrooms, handicap accessible entrances and other standards, it could host some events while fundraising and renovations continue, he said.

He f ather’s company hosted some events in the space.

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Progress cited in Dallas teacher talks

By Michael P. Buffer Staff Writer

Holland

Negotiators for the Dallas School District and the teachers union were back at the bargaining table Wednesday, and for the first time in a long time, negotiators cited progress in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement.

“It was a step in the right direction,” district solicitor Vito DeLuca said.

The union submitted a proposal based on a previous

‘It was a step in the right direction.’

VIto DeLuca Dallas School District solicitor

proposal from the school district, DeLuca said. District officials will crunch the numbers for the next bargaining session next week, DeLuca said.

“We had a good session,” union negotiator John Holland added.

District and union negotiators are scheduled to meet again on Feb. 21 and 28.

Teachers have not had pay increases since their collective bargaining agreement expired in August 2015 and went on strike Nov. 14.

Teachers returned to work Dec. 19. The strike resulted in the cancellation of 22 school days, and the district scheduled make up days on previous no-school days and extended the school year to June 30, the last day allowed by state law.

Sticking points in negotiations had involved agreeing on the amount to fund pay increases, whether union members should pay a share of health benefit premiums and whether the school board can eliminate an early retirement incentive.

The state requires 180 days of instruction for students and 990 hours of instruction in a school year, but the state is more flexible on instructional time requirements for seniors and can provide some waivers. The strike

didn’t affect the date for senior graduation, which has remained scheduled for June 9.

More snow days for Dallas School District this year could result in the loss of state funding in the future if the district fails to provide 180 days before June 30. The district receives roughly $5 million in annual state funding, which is about $33,500 a day for 180 days. mbuffer@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2073, @cvmikebuffer

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Reform H-1B visa program

Much of the focus of the election season was on preserving jobs in the United States. The Trump administration claims that a tougher stance on immigration and withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement are steps in that direction. But they likely are less significant than a step that the administration and Congress have yet to take — reform of the H-1B visa program.

The program was launched in 1990 with a valid purpose. Many companies, especially technology development firms, used the visas to hire highly skilled foreign workers with unique skills, often scientists and specialty engineers.

Since then, however, many companies have abused the program, using it as means to hire less expensive foreign labor for jobs that easily could be filled by American workers.

For example, several large companies have used the visas to hire in-house internet technology technicians, replacing Americans already employed in those positions.

This year, 85,000 H-1B visas are available.

Congress and the administration should reform the program in a way that retains its original purpose while eliminating abuses. The good news is that it shouldn’t be difficult. Several good ideas already are on the table.

Under one proposal, Congress would establish a minimum wage for foreign workers under the program comparable to wages paid to Americans already in those positions. Another would create an auction to acquire the visas, rather than a flat $4,000 fee.

Either proposal would eliminate financial incentives to simply replace American workers with lower-cost foreign workers. The auction idea would have the added advantage of letting the market place an actual value on the positions to be filled. High-tech companies have complained about not having access to enough visas to fill specialty positions. An auction would enable them to outbid others for the right to hire a foreign specialist and return the program to its original intent.

Reforming the program would be a solid step toward preserving American jobs and American compensation rates.

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Recovering from Flynn fiasco will test Trump’s judgment

The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) TNS

Michael Flynn had everything President Donald Trump was looking for in a senior White House national security adviser. He is a retired lieutenant general and though Trump was deferred from military service, he has been enamored of generals. He is a tough-talking, America-First true believer.

And, he was a critic of President Barack Obama. Flynn fit the Trump mold of wanting to get in-your-face to Democrats and career government officials. In most of his appointments, from the Energy Department to Education to Labor to senior advisers, Trump has delighted in going against the mainstream.

But now, with Flynn’s resignation after embarrassing and potentially damaging revelations about his pre-inaugural contacts with Russia, Trump is in the first major crisis of his presidency — less than two months after taking office. The fun of thumbing his nose at the establishment with appointments like that of right-wing nationalist Steve Bannon as senior strategist is over. Replacing Flynn and restoring confidence in Flynn’s position and confidence in the president himself, in addition to clarifying the U.S. position with regard to Russia, is a test Trump must pass or he risks losing support in Congress and the confidence of the people. Indications already show a drop in Trump’s approval ratings, and a president without significant public support, even if it is less than a majority, cannot govern effectively.

There will be time for Congress to investigate just what Flynn told a Russian ambassador about Trump’s views of the sanctions President Obama imposed after intelligence agencies found a likelihood that Russia was hacking emails to help Trump with the presidency. What he said, and

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whether he made guarantees of some kind that Trump would lift the sanctions, are questions that must be answered.

The Flynn scandal likely diminishes the possibility that the sanctions will be lifted — though with Trump, anything is possible — but it’s important for the people to know what happened here, and for all of Trump’s connections to Russia, such as they are, to be thoroughly vetted.

Let this be a serious realization to the president as well that the business of governing is not ideological, and that those who are chosen by the chief executive for important positions must be measured first in competence, reason, integrity and experience. Partisan factors can have a place on the list, but not the first place.

President Barack Obama, for example, kept Robert Gates in his administration as secretary of defense. It was a good choice, though Gates had worked for Republican presidents.

Trump has a right to appoint people who share his world view, though that view seems loosely defined, but his inexperience in office demands that he have people around him who know how government works and can help make it work.

The people must hope that Flynn’s extremely poor judgment, in both his contacts with Russia and with his giving misinformation to Vice President Mike Pence about those contacts — whereupon Pence defended him — is an aberration. And they must hope as well that if Donald Trump is learning on the job, he’s keeping careful notes from this experience.

Flynn’s successor will need to be someone with impeccable credentials and without strong ideological leanings. A national security adviser wields tremendous authority at the president’s right hand, and his or her view of the world must be clear-eyed and calm.

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A current history lesson

Editor: America has always welcomed people from all nations. As long as the laws, rules, regulations and everything was done correctly and legal, it is not a problem.

But the world has changed since 1990. Bad actors from rogue nations want to take out America, western nations and Israel. Good people want to leave their countries due to civil wars, bad actors, bad leaders and bad conditions for a better life. And it is true, 98 percent of people who come to America are good, decent people who want a better life. It is the other 2 percent who are bad actors and want to cause har m to America, wester n nations and Israel.

And here is the problem. To try and keep out the 2 percent, a new system that requires more time to check out and investigate all who enter can take up to 120 days, four months. This should cover all nations, not just some nations. This would prevent all bad actors from going to other countries and then on to other nations around the world where they could cause problems for all, not just the United States of America, western nations or Israel. A little common sense would go a long way.

A final point to make the case, just ask the leaders of Ger many, France and Belgium who allowed everyone to pour across their borders without a check and balance system how that worked out for them. Not very well.

God bless America, our military, our citizens and President Donald Trump.

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Will Trump’s Cabinet challenge Trump?

Chicago Tribune TNS

ance should come from his Cabinet, which is still taking shape.

We’ve liked Mattis and Tillerson, the former Exxon CEO, from the start. They are strong leaders and able administrators who appear willing to speak their minds to the president. They aren’t like the many technocrats from government and academia who, in other Cabinets, have been mesmeriz ed and ultimately overwhelmed by process. Mattis and Tillerson instead have long records of meeting goals, of achieving results, of finding solutions. That’s precisely what many Americans say they haven’t seen from Washington.

We supported Betsy DeVos for education secretary because of her passionate advocacy of the charter school movement and other studentcentered (as opposed to employee-centered) priorities. We have concerns with Trump’s newly confirmed attorney general, Jeff Sessions, because of his too-strict views on such issues as immigration and voting rights. But that doesn’t automatically make the long-tenured Alabama senator an enabler of the president’s worst impulses. Trump’s executive order on immigration might have gone smoother if Sessions had been confirmed and advised him.

Trump, a political outsider, was elected to shake up the status quo. Many voters wanted a different kind of leader, so we should expect some unorthodox results.

But he’s been given the world’s most challenging job and needs wisdom— if not his own, then that of his White House aides and, yes, his Cabinet. Ladies and gentlemen, be prepared to challenge him.

Editor: President Donald Trump’s selection of Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court nominee presents the Senate with a valuable opportunity to fully staff our nation’s highest court. If Democratic senators like Sen. B o b C a s e y h ave t h e g o o d sense to put partisan politics

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aside, then the Senate can approve an extremely knowledgeable judge who is respected by conservatives and liberals alike.

As a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Neil Gorsuch exhibited integrity, fairness, and decency. His rulings were

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made with deep reverence for the U.S. Constitution, not political ideologies or personal beliefs. In light of our acrimonious political climate, we can’t allow politics inside the highest court in the United States.

Andrew Shecktor Berwick

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Because we don’t think we’ve done so before, let us use the words “quiet” and “successful” in a sentence that references the Trump White House: Two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks got off to — here it is — quiet, successful starts in their positions, reinforcing the notion that business-as-has-been-customary just might be a viable expectation for elements of this peripatetic administration. Stay with us here: Do you recall all the Obama Cabinet members who pushed back at the president when he overstepped his role? Neither do we. Not a lot of iconoclasts in that group. Some of Trump’s Cabinet members, though, appear independent enough to get in his face when he oversteps his role, or foments bad policy.

Two in particular have gone their own way in recent days.

Defense Secretary James Mattis calmed fears on a visit to Japan and South Korea, signaling to those key allies that their tight relationships with the U.S. will continue. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sounded effusive, and relieved, to meet with Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general. “I was very encouraged to see someone like you who has substantial experience, both in the military and in security, defense and diplomacy, taking this office,” Abe said.

You could take Abe’s comment as a dig at Trump, who obviously doesn’t have previous experience of that kind. On the campaign trail, Trump questioned the U.S. defense alliance with Japan and South Korea, and he has not settled smoothly into the role of being commander in chief. The president appears oddly - and

wrongly — accepting of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, treating him like an intriguing new neighbor instead of a dangerous geopolitical adversary. Meanwhile, Trump had a needlessly snippy phone exchange with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an agreement to resettle a group of Australian-held refugees here.

Stepping in to address ruffled feathers Down Under was newly installed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who talked to his counterparts in Australia as well as in Japan and South Korea.

Those conversations seemed to go well. As one Australian headline put it: “Rex Tillerson cleans up Donald Trump’s mess in Australia, Japan and South Korea.”

The days of judging Trump’s presidency have barely begun.

There have been some serious missteps (the Mexican wall and immigration executive orders), some sober decisions (telling Israel to hold it on West Bank settlements), plus a whole lot of venting by the president, much of it on Twitter. He’s lashed out at federal judges, Democrats, Nordstrom, polling, the news media — and that’s just in the last few days. The president can’t hold back, or simply won’t.

We dislike this impetuous behavior. It’s often a distraction and often damaging to the country’s civic discourse at a time when Trump should be trying to unify Americans.

Nevertheless, most of his verbiage barely lasts a news cycle before it’s edged out by something else he says.

Ultimately what is most important is Trump’s policy agenda — national security, jobs, immigration, trade and the like. Which raises the question of who will help achieve his goals, and rein him in when he veers off. Some of that guid-

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Community

New landscapes exhibition to open at Luzerne County Historical Society museum The Luzerne County Historical Society’s museum will open a new exhibition on March 1. “Points of View: Luzerne County Landscapes” draws on paintings, prints, photographs and maps from the society’s collection to explore how the region’s landscape has changed over the past 250 years.

The exhibit will detail Luzerne County’s rich and varied history through landscape art, from Revolutionary War battles to coal mining, from Native American settlements to posh hotels and downtown department stores. Two special programs are planned to accompany the exhibition this spring.

On March 24 at 6:30 p.m., Matthew Schooley, president of the Forty Fort Cemetery Association, will present a lecture, “Stories of the Million Dollar Mile: Anecdotes Concerning the People and Architecture of River and Franklin Streets for the Past 250 Years.” And, on April 15 at 2 p.m., LCHS Executive Director Aimee E. Newell, Ph.D., will offer a gallery talk

in the exhibition to discuss its themes and highlight her favorite objects. Both programs are free for members and $5 for non-member adults.

The Luzerne County Historical Society Museum is located at rear 69 South Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, behind the Osterhout Library.

Beginning March 1, 2017, the museum will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free for members; $5 for non-members and $2 for children. Additional exhibitions on view at the museum include: “Native Americans in the Wyoming Valley,” which is ongoing, and “Bringing the Giant to Its Knees: The History of the Giant’s Despair Hillclimb,” which closes July 15, 2017.

Founded in 1858, the Luzerne County Historical Society is Pennsylvania’s oldest county historical society.

LCHS preserves and promotes the collective history and heritage of Luzerne County at the Bishop Library

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“Points of View: Luzerne County Landscapes,” a new exhibit which opens at the Luzerne County Historical Society museum on March 1, draws on paintings, prints, photographs and maps from the society’s collection to explore how the region’s landscape has changed over the past 250 years. and the Museum in Wilkes- Homestead in Wyoming. For the society on Facebook at Barre, the Denison House in information, visit www. www.facebook.com/luzerneForty Fort and the Swetland luzernehistory.org. Follow history/.

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Anti-litter photo contest: The Pennsylvania

Resources Council is sponsoring a statewide photo contest focusing on litter which could win photographers a top prize of $1,000.

Lens On Litter encourages amateur photographers to take eye-catching images of other people’s litter — soda cans, burger wrappers and other unsightly materials.

Top prize of $1,000 will be offered in each of two categories: adult and student. Four additional prizes, two to each group, will be awarded with second place winners receiving $500 and third place $250. The contest is open to amateur photographers only.

Deadline to enter is Oct. 31.

The photos must be taken in Pennsylvania. Send entries to the Pennsylvania Resources Council, 3606 Providence Road, Newtown Square, PA See digest, page 17

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Valley Lodge 499, Free and Accepted Masons, will hold a spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the First United Methodist Church, 408 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children 4 to 12. Children under 4

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are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at the door. The event is sponsored by Valley Lodge 499, Free and Accepted Masons, 318 Linden St., West Pittston. From left, are Jeff Borosky, Charles Thomas, Mike Olejnik, Sam Reviello, W.M., John Pearce, Alan Mellner, Sean Gresh, and Joe McCormick.

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members. A breakfast was prepared and served by the Dorcas Society and was supported by the Brotherhood of St. Paul’s to celebrate the event.

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Boy Scout Troop 418 celebrated 20 years of service in the community of Nanticoke by visiting Washington D.C. Scouts earned Heritage Trail awards while visiting the White House, Capitol Building, and the Lincoln Memorial. In addition, the scouts visited the National Mall while hiking throughout the city. At the National Boy Scout Me-

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morial are scouts of Troop 418, first row, from left: Justin Skoniecki, Eagle Scout; Paul Cooper, Carter Kovaly, Brandon Shay, Lucas Dwyer, and Tyler Skoniecki. Second row: Jared Marshallick, Charlie Hoover, Christopher Maute, Trevor Grohowski, Peter Shay, and Owen Thomas, senior patrol leader.

The scouts thanked the city of Nanticoke for its continued support.

WyomiNg Valley Brenda Bartlett, owner of Village Pet Supplies, Hanover Township, recently donated a pallet of pet food to Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge in Dallas. The pallet of Verus cat food for Blue Chip ($3,444 value) was delivered with the help of a distributor who sent their truck driver to Dallas to deliver the food to the shelter.

From left, are Frank Dunn, Maryjo Engleman and Brenda Bartlett.

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include the psychological and clinical aspects of the dying pet and their grieving owner.

There will be a veterinarian, psychologist, priest, and the CEO of Tracey’s Hope Organization to speak. Public is welcome.

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KunKle Fire co. breaKFast: Kunkle Fire Company will hold its March breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, March 12, at the Kunkle Social Hall, 815 Kunkle Road, Dallas. Cost is $9 for adults and $4 for

children. For information, call 570-675-3334.

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tion of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Dallas, recently held a Valentine breakfast to culminate its annual Valentine Project. The project benefits the families of the Head Start program located at the church. The congregation, along with Lehman-Idetown United Methodist Church and the Hi Lites Motor Club, purchased items requested by the Head Start family

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Plains townshiP holiday schedule: The Plains Town-

ship administrative, code/zoning offices and DPW will be closed Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of the Presidents Day holiday. Residents with a Monday garbage pick-up will have pickup on Tuesday, Feb. 21. All other schedules remain the same.

Piggie dinner: Saints Peter

cosmoPolitan seniors:

The Cosmopolitan Senior Citizens Club will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at St. Anthony’s Center. Host/hostesses are: Theresa Bekanich, Rose Gunsior, Mary Ann Markowski, and Cheryl Pipher.

President Veronica Spliethoff opened the recent meeting with prayer and song, followed by several announcements and refreshments.

Bingo was played. The 50/50 winners were Amy Alpaugh, Edmund Czachor, Toni Hall, Bernie Petrasek, and Lucy Pogcescki. Fran Poluske won the special game, and the jackpot prize winner was Shirley Mellow. A casino trip to Sands Casino will be held Thursday, Feb. 16. Pickups are in Exeter and Pittston.

Club membership is not necessary to travel with the group. Call Johanna at 570655-2720 for reservations and information.

and Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, WilkesBarre, will hold a take out piggie/holubtski dinner on Sunday, Feb. 26. Dinners wyoming area seniors: can be picked up between Wyoming, West Wyoming 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Senior Citizens met recently. the parish school hall, North River and West Chestnut streets, Wilkes-Barre. Dinner See Digest, page 19 includes piggies (meat stuffed cabbage), mashed potatoes, vegetable, bread and butter and dessert. Dinners are $11 for adults and $5 for children (12 and under). Walk-ins are welcome, but reservations are *TUESDAYS ARE BARGAIN DAY! FEATURES ONLY $5.00 ALL DAY!* *Restrictions May Apply encouraged. Call 570-829SHOWTIMES FOR THURS. FEB. 16TH A Cure For Wellness (R) • 1 hr. 26 min. 8:00PM 3051.

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ash wednesday Fish dinner: St. Andre Bessette

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1:00PM, 1:50PM, 2:20PM, 3:35PM, 4:50PM, 6:40PM, 7:25PM, 9:15PM Rings (PG-13) • 1 hr. 57 min. 1:10PM, 3:35PM The Space Between Us (PG-13) • 2 hrs. 1 min. 2:15PM A Dog’s Purpose (PG) • 1 hr. 40 min.

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Care Program and Rescue for Domestic Animals Inc. 19073. Digital submissions will offer a hospice class for may be sent to lensonlitter@ those wishing to volunteer in prc.org. On the back of the its pet hospice program and photo include: entrant’s name, for the community members address, telephone number, who wish to learn about title given to photo and locaoptions for their own pet. The tion of litter site. If a student, class will be held from 9 a.m. student’s age, the school to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April grade and school name must 22, at St. Michael’s Byzantine be provided. Photos will not Catholic Church, 205 N. Main be returned and will become St., Pittston. Cost is $300 the property of PRC. For per person which includes information, contact the PRC materials and lunch. Pre-regat 610-353-1555. ister by downloading the form at www.traceyshope.com or call 570-457-1625 for a Pet hosPice Program: registration form. Agenda will Tracey’s Hope Hospice

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soup and bake sale will be held by Pilgrim Congregational Church, 172 Center Ave., Plymouth, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. A variety of soups, sandwiches and bake goods will be available. Event is eat in or take out. Parking is available in the church lot, West Shawnee avenue and Gardner street.

Call the church at 570-7791451 for information.

ner will be served from 4 to 6 p.m., including takeouts.

Cost is $9. Tickets must be purchased in advance. For tickets, call Mary at 570-8234988. This will be a matching Funds project by Senior Branch 350 of the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association. Proceeds will benefit the parish Social Justice Ministry.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Lia Katherine Pacelli and Michael Joseph Pacelli are celebrating birthdays this month. Lia is celebrating her third birthday today, Feb. 16, and Michael celebrated his first birthday Feb. 4. They are the children of Frank and Kelly (Walsh) Pacelli. They are the grandchildren of Deacon and Debbie Walsh, West Pittston, Jean Ann Wienches, Sugarloaf and the late Frank Pacelli. They have a brother, Frank, 5.

Brayden Matthew Weidner, son of James Weidner and Tiffany Davis of Edwardsville, is celebrating his fourth birthday today, Feb. 16. Brayden is the grandson of Charles Davis lll, WilkesBarre, Joseph and Jennifer Hider, Ohio, and Alan and Sharleen Weidner, Centermoreland. He is the greatgrandson of Guerdon and Janice Babcock, Noxen, Patricia and the late Charles Davis ll, Wilkes-Barre and Joseph and Shirley McDonald, Dallas.

Brayden has two sisters, Lily, 4, and Gracelynn, 1, and a brother, Hunter.

Adrian Lee Martin, daughter of Stevei Martin, Luzerne and Jamie Martin, Kingston, celebrated her fifth birthday Feb. 15. She is the granddaughter of Penny and John Benning, Kingston, Lisa and Tom Monahan, Kingston and Mary Jo Martin and Sam Sutton, Edwardsville. She is the great-granddaughter of Joanne and Ken Weaver of Luzerne and Leona Martin and the late Joseph Martin of Kingston. She is the greatgreat-granddaughter of the late Jane and Joseph Territo.

She has a brother, Jonathan.

Kelcie Morgan Kepping, daughter of Tom and Michelle Kepping of Mountain Top, is celebrating her sixth birthday today, Feb. 16. She is the granddaughter of John and Carol Pekarski, Plains, Tom Kepping Sr., Hazleton and Stacey Zehner, Bloomsburg.

Kelcie has a brother, Jaxon, 2.

Wyoming Valley West’s Dana Street Elementary Center recently recognized January Students of the Month. Each grade level selects one student per month who displays excellent character, outstanding behavior, positive attitude toward others and learning, good citizenship, responsibility and respect to peers and teachers. Each student is rewarded with a pizza from Pizza Bella, Forty Fort, an Applebee’s dinner and an ice cream treat from Blue Ribbon Dairy, West Pittston. First row, from left, are Elias Sieminski, kindergarten and Sadie Bond, second grade. Second row: David Bond, principal; Leah Greenfield, third grade; Tristan Libby, fourth grade; Riley Bobkowski, fifth grade and Maylan Nicholson, guidance counselor. Also in attendance was Gavin Alvaro, first grade.

Eddie Evans, son of Edward and Susan Evans of Candor, N.Y., is celebrating his fifth birthday today, Feb. 16. Eddie is the grandson of Ed and Nina Evans of Hanover Township and Deb and Pat Pelkey of Oswego, N.Y. He is the great-grandson of the late Ed and Gert Umlah of WilkesBarre Township, the late Ed and Betty Evans of WilkesBarre and Sylvia Frawley and the late Joe Frawley of Fulton, N.Y.

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Digest, from page 17 The February honorees are Vicki Mecklavage and Marion Mantione. The 50-50 winners were George Yurek, Sam DeSalvo and Ann Kosloski.

The bingo prize was shared

by Mary Matani and JoAnn Kwasny. St. Patrick’s Day will be celebrated with pizza and soda on March 21. Next meeting is at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 21 in St. Monica Parish Hall. To celebrate her birthday, Marion Mantione will supply the treat.

Presents:

New members are welcome and residency is not required.

COSMOPOLITAN SENIORS:

The Cosmopolitan Senior Citizens Club will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at St. Anthony’s Center, Exeter.

Host/hostesses are: Theresa Bekanich, Rose Gunsior, Mary Ann Markowski, and Cheryl Pipher. President Veronica Spliethoff opened the recent meeting with prayer and song, followed by several announcements

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daily Bridge The winner of the 2016 Yeh Online World Bridge Cup was Lavazza, who played in Turin, Italy. The team partnerships were Emanuela Calandra-Norberto Bocchi, Benedicte Cronier-Agustin Madala and Sylvie Willard-Giorgio Duboin. Winning points sometimes seems random, but if you keep pressuring the opponents, things usually work out — as in this deal played between Lavazza and the Chinese Contract Bridge Association. Madala (South) opened one heart in fourth seat with a hand that fails the Rule of 15: In fourth chair, open if your point-count plus spade length equals at least 15; otherwise, pass out the deal. Over West’s takeout double, Cronier (North) responded two no-trump (the Truscott convention) to show a maximum pass with at least four-card heart support. South took a shot at the vulnerable game.

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Celebrities born on this day The Weeknd, 27; Elizabeth Olsen, 28; Ice-T, 59; LeVar Burton, 60.

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your reputation, choose whatever path allows you to maintain your integrity.

Being honest will help you avoid being indulgent. Set your standards high and do not budge.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Grasp whatever situation you face before you leap in and take action. You will have a much greater impact if you assess and strategize before you move forward.

You have the upper hand, and all you have to do is execute your plan precisely.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put more thought into the best way to invest in yourself and your skills. You can get ahead if you are honest about what you are capable of doing. Help will be offered if you present a precise picture of your plans.

Birthday baby You are outgoing, playful and experimental. You are popular and resourceful.

ContaCt EugEnia at Eugenia’s websites, eugenialast.com for Ask Eugenia, daily timing and compatibility services, and join Eugenia on twitter/facebook/linkedin.

Dated announcements should be submitted at least one week prior to desired publication date.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Travel and reflection will help you discover the best way to move forward.

Don’t sweat the little things when the big picture should be your focus. Seeing is believing. Get started and don’t stop until you finish.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get involved in what’s happening at home, within your family or within groups

22): Keep your message crystal clear. Offer something special and innovative instead of something expensive and you will attract the kinds of people you can actually trust to work alongside you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be tempted to spend on something you don’t need. Be wary of a fasttalking salesperson. Doing something that doesn’t cost much with someone you love will bring you far greater happiness and satisfaction.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Follow through with your ideas and plans and bring about the changes that will make you feel comfortable. Not everyone will agree with the choices you make, but you have to do what’s best for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You can be the instigator behind change if you devote your time to a cause you believe in. Sharing your thoughts and making sure the underdog is taken care of will position you well for advancement. Love is highlighted.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When it comes to work-related matters or

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or organizations you have joined. It’s important to offer suggestions. If you feel passionately about something, do your best to offer suggestions or solutions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Work hard and play hard. Interacting with the people you want to collaborate with will help you gain ground personally and professionally. Don’t downplay love and romance. Make it clear how you feel and what your plans are for the future.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Share your thoughts with the people you feel close to and you will come up with workable solutions to any problems you face. Travel and involvement in cultural events or experiences will give you the incentive to improve your lifestyle.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep your emotions in check. A little mistake can set off a series of unwanted events. Ease your stress by offering an honest assessment of the situation as well as a solution that will provide equal opportunities to everyone involved.

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West made an inadvisable lead: her trump. Now declarer drew trumps, knocked out the club ace and had 10 tricks: five hearts, two diamonds, two clubs and a diamond ruff in the dummy. Probably, if West had led the spade king, Madala would have made the contract, playing West for a singleton heart because of her takeout double.

At the other table, over West’s double, South bid two clubs, which he intended as the Reverse Drury convention, showing a maximum pass with heart support — he did not see West’s double! Over the double, two clubs was natural. South rebid two diamonds, and North invited game with three hearts, which South, expecting at most three hearts opposite, passed. Declarer also took 10 tricks, but Lavazza gained 10 international match points.

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FUNERAL NOTICES BENDER, Stewart William, Jr. — Wilkes-Barre Township. Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre.

Friends, Saturday, 2 to 3:30 p.m., at the funeral home.

BRANNIGAN, Edna H. Voegele — Philadelphia. Thursday, 11 a.m., chapel of St. Mary Cemetery, 1594 S. Main St., Hanover Township. Friends, Thursday, 10 to 11 a.m., at the chapel.

HARENZA, Bernadine — Formerly of Alden. Thursday, 11:30 a.m., Grontkowski Funeral Home P.C., 51 W. Green St., Nanticoke.

Mass of Christian Burial, noon, St. Faustina Church, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke. St. Michael’s Cemetery, Glen Lyon.

HARENZA, Joseph — Port Griffith. Blessing service, Friday, 11 a.m., chapel of Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton. Those attending are asked to go directly to the chapel Friday. Friends, Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m., at Baloga Funeral Home Inc., 1201 Main St., Pittston (Port Griffith).

HOOVER, Bernadine L. — Hunlock Creek. Graveside services, Thursday, 11 a.m., Oakdale Cemetery, Hunlock Creek.

JAKUBIAK, Thomas Frank — Harrisburg. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial, Friday, 11 a.m., Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, 6150 Allentown Blvd., Harrisburg. Visitation, Friday, 10 to 11 a.m., at the church.

KARPOVICH, June Decker — Wilkes-Barre. Thursday, 10:30 a.m., St. Anthony Maronite Church, Park Avenue and Dana Street, Wilkes-Barre. St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends, Thursday, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., at the church.

KRASSON, Selma A. — Plymouth. Funeral service, Saturday, 10 a.m., Cherry Street Bible Church,

Church and Cherry streets, Plymouth. Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends, Friday, 5 to 7 p.m., at WilliamsHagen Funeral Home, 114 W. Main St., Plymouth, and Saturday, 9 to 10 a.m., at the church.

MACULLOCH, Robert A., Sr. — Friday, 11 a.m. Zion United Church of Christ, 40 W. Main St., Nanticoke. Edge Hill Cemetery, West Nanticoke. Friends, Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m., at Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke.

ROVINSKY, Nancy M. — Wilkes-Barre. Thursday, 8:30 a.m., McLaughlin’s, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. Funeral Mass, 9:30 a.m., Church of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception. St. Mary’s Mausoleum.

SLIKER, Elizabeth M. — Brooklyn Park, Minn. Monday, noon, Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends, Monday, 11 a.m. to noon, at the funeral home.

SPINICCI, Alfred P. — Memorial service, Friday, 10 a.m., Grace Episcopal Church, Butler Street, Kingston. Friends, Friday, 9 to 10 a.m., at the church.

STASCAVAGE, Sophia Kalmanowicz — Mass of Christian Burial, Friday, 10:30 a.m., Holy Rosary Church, Duryea. Holy Rosary Cemetery, Duryea.

STEINHAUER, Carol Heuer — Kingston. Memorial service, Saturday, 11:30 a.m., Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Friends, Saturday, 10 to 11:30 a.m., at the funeral home.

TALLEY, Geraldine Ann Simko — Wilmington, Del. Thursday, noon, McCrery and Harra Funeral Home, 3924 Concord Pike, Talleyville, Del. Chester Bethel Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. Friends, Thursday, 11 a.m. to noon, at the funeral home.

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Dorothy Talipski February 11, 2017 A Mass and committal for Dorothy Talipski will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Divine Mercy Church, Scranton.

Those attending are asked to proceed directly to the church.

Arrangements are by Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., Old Forge.

famous Babci’s bread.

Her happiest days were when it was raining or snowing. You could often find her on the front porch with a book or having a beer with her son, always keeping an eye on the neighborhood. If she was not on her porch, she could be found in her room watching polkas surrounded by her possibly close to 100 moose collection.

To many she was just known as Babci and was like a grandmother to many others than just her own grandchildren. Her true joy was her three great-grandchildren who, although they only had a short time with her, know the “hole” she has left in the family’s hearts.

Rita will be deeply missed by her son, Damian Butz and his wife, Ann; her daughter, Daria Hill and her husband, Jeff; grandchildren, Kristina Bartos and her husband, Justin, Ashley Shaffern and her husband, Justin, Shelby Butz and Zachary, Jacklyn and Andrea Hill; great-grandchildren, Zakary, Adeline and Zoey; brother, Ralph T. Galicki; as well as her numerous nieces and nephews.

Unfortunately, in heaven there is no beer, so we will have one for you here Babci, Nostrovia!!!!

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in All Saints Parish, 66 Willow St., Plymouth. Family and friends may call at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of service and are invited to attend the Mass. Private interment will be in St. Michael’s Cemetery, Glen Lyon.

Arrangements are by George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley.

Madeline G. Serafine, 93, formerly of Exeter, passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, unexpectedly in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born in Exeter, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret(Petro)Ripa.Shewasa graduateof ExeterHighSchool.

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band, Jack, Levittown; son, Charles Boris, Wilkes-Barre; grandchildren, J.J. McCaw, Jamie McCaw, Charles (Chuck) Boris and Desiree Kreidler; great-grandchildren, Marc, Hazel, Cameron and Addison; sister, Bertha Delzeit, WilkesBarre;niecesandnephews.

The funeral will be held at 9 a.m.SaturdayfromE.BlakeCollins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. Dominic’s Church, Austin Avenue,Wilkes-Barre.

Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m.Friday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’schoice.

Condolences may be sent to thefamilyatwww.eblakecollins. com.

Rita Mary Butz, of Larksville, was welcomed into heaven for the eternal game of pinochle on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.

She lived a long life, even though she would never reveal just how long, so we won’t spoil it here.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Butz; parents, Frank and Mary Kizelowicz Galicki; sisters, Aurelia Galicki, Sebina Sokoloski and Loretta Nutaitis; and countless friends.

We are comforted knowing that she was welcomed into eternal rest by so many that she deeply missed.

Rita was born and raised in Glen Lyon, where she graduated from Newport Township High School. She loved to reminisce about the good old days on Orchard Street. She spent the last 23 years living with her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.

Rita was always the life of the party and had a contagious spirit, the first to tease or joke but the last to pass judgment. She was a “goofball” in every sense of the word, always trying to make people laugh or shock them with her stories and her love of tall, dark, handsome men.

She worked most of her life as a seamstress and enjoyed making homemade clothes and costumes for her grandchildren.

She loved playing cards with the ladies at Trinity House and Happy Pizza, her favorites being pinochle and her own creation of the card game “garbage.” Her purple car, affectionately known as the “Babci Mobile,” never went unnoticed, especially with her Polish pride bumper sticker. She enjoyed teaching her family her Polish and Lithuanian heritage with songs, prayers and cuisine such as halushki, sausage and peppers and, of course, her

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Mary Ann Boris, 85, of the Parsons section of WilkesBarre, passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, at ManorCare, Kingston.

She was born Feb. 24, 1931, in Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Pauline ShramkoKocik.

She attended Coughlin High School and was employed in the garment industry for many years, working for Bundle of Joy, Damzels and several other companies.

Mrs. Boris was a member of St. Benedict’s Parish, WilkesBarre, and she enjoyed going to thecasinoandwalkingwithher friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; sister, Matilda Miceli; and brothers, John, Lawrence, George, Albert andStephenKocik.

Surviving are her daughter, Elaine McCaw and her hus-

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Catherine Yurkoski Yorkovsky February 13, 2017

A Blessing service for Catherine Yorkovsky will be at 10 a.m. Friday from George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley. Interment will follow in S t . M a r y ’s C e m e t e r y, Hanover Township. Family and friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday.

Susan J. Morris February 15, 2017 Liza E. Barziloski February 8, 2017 Liza E. Barziloski, of Dallas, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the age of 56.

Liza was born Nov. 10, 1960, to Beverly Dougal and the late Richard Dougal.

She loved to take care of her mother and spend time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her mother, Beverly Dougal; brothers, David Lewis and Richard Dougal; daughters Crystal lsbel, Nikki Noon, Bobby Jo Engle and Leann Barziloski; son-in-law, Cory Isbel; and 14 grandchildren.

Now she can rest in peace with her daughter, Jennifer Barziloski, and brother, Daniel Dougal.

The service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday from Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township. Relatives and friends may call from 2 p.m. until the time of service.

Dorothy E. Kozloski February 11, 2017

Dorothy E. Kozloski, 89, formerly of the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away at Mercy Center Nursing, Dallas, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017.

Dorothy was born in Wilkes-Barre, son of the late Thomas and Eleanor Grabowski Rampola.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Kozloski.

She was a member of St. Benedict’s Parish, WilkesBarre.

She leaves behind her grandson, Craig T. Jones.

A Blessing service with Deacon Donald J. Crane officiating will be held at 1 p.m.

Friday from Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S Main St., Plains Township. Interment will be held in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton. Relatives and friends may call from noon until the time of service.

Susan J. Morris, 64, of Mountain Top, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017.

Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad Street, Nanticoke.

Charles A. “Dominic” Demuzzio February 15, 2017 Charles A. “Dominic” Demuzzio, 89, of Hanover Township, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at St. Luke’s Villa, WilkesBarre.

Arrangements for a Saturday funeral are pending from Kopicki Funeral Home, 263 Zerby Ave., Kingston.

Fred J. Tagliaterra Jr. February 14, 2017 The funeral of Fred J. Tagliaterra Jr. will be at 9:15 a.m. Monday from Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., Old Forge, with a 10 a.m.

Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Prince of Peace Parish, Old Forge, Relatives and friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Amanda Trathen February 12, 2017 Amanda Trathen, 26, of Nanticoke, passed away Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

Arrangements are pending from Yeosock Funeral Home, Plains Township.

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Coroner seeking information for Michel Szarka of Wilkes-Barre The Luzerne County Coroner’s office is seeking information on the next of kin for Michel Szarka of

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Chicago reels as more children become victims of gun violence Christine Hauser The New York Times News Service

Three children shot in four days: That is the latest grim toll in Chicago, which has been reeling from a wave of gun violence.

The latest spasms of gunfire came as Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with the U.S. attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in Washington on Monday to seek more federal aid to help curb the violence.

The Department of Justice said in a statement that they had discussed what could be done to “bring back proactive community policing.”

And this month, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it planned to send more agents to the city, where violence claimed more than 750 lives out of the more than 35,000 shootings last year.

For Chicago’s police superintendent, Eddie T. Johnson, the latest victims touched a chord.

“When this violence touches the innocent or the young, that is when it is no longer just a part of your job,” Johnson said at a news conference Wednesday. “It becomes personal.”

He announced the arrest of a suspect in one of the shootings: Antwan Jones, 19, who was charged with first degree murder in the killing of Takiya Holmes, 11, who was hit in the head by a stray bullet while she was in a van in a parking lot on Saturday.

The girl died in the hospital Tuesday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Also on Saturday, a 12-yearold girl was hospitalized in critical condition after she was hit in the head by bullet while playing in another part of the city, police said.

And Tuesday, in a shooting captured on Facebook Live, a 2-year-old boy, Lavontay White, was fatally struck in the head by a bullet and a 26-year-old man, a known gang member, was killed while both were in the same car in what appeared to be a targeted shooting, police said.

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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks at a news conference Wednesday, discussing the three children shot in Chicago in recent days. the shooting, The Chicago Tribune reported.

After the shooting, Emanuel issued a statement calling for “meaningful gun control” and harsher sentences for gun crimes.

“Every parent, regardless of where they live, should be able to take their child for a walk to the park or a ride in the car,” Emanuel said.

“These are normal rites of passage of childhood. These shootings must be a turning point for our city.”

But the three shootings in less than a week hammered home why Chicago has become a poster city for a rise in gun violence. It was the subject of a sharply critical Department of Justice report, and a series of Twitter posts

by President Donald Trump — in January, he threatened to “send in the Feds!” if the city did not fix the “carnage.”

“We are still looking at it,” Jan Kemp, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firear ms and Explosives, said Wednesday.

Cmdr. Brendan Deenihan of the Chicago Police Department said at the news conference Wednesday that Jones, the suspect in the shooting Saturday, had opened fire when he saw people whom

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he thought did not belong in the area.

The suspect, who had previous juvenile offenses, was identified by gang members from a surveillance video, and he turned himself in Tuesday, police said. He was being represented by a public defender, the state attorney’s office said.

Johnson, calling on legislators for stronger laws, said, “Enough is enough.” He added a plea for federal help to create a “culture of accountability.”

The police superintendent said that the city’s children “should not have to keep paying the price” for the officials’ inability to hold repeat gun offenders accountable. “This has just got to stop somewhere,” he said.

Rachel Williams, a cousin of Takiya’s, said that the girl was a cheerful child who loved to dance and play basketball. She said their neighborhoods were struggling in a city where dozens of schools had closed, homelessness was rampant and families were struggling economically.

“So folks are doing the best we can to make sure our kids are safe,” she said. “We do the best we can with the lack of resources.”

Former PSU officials seek appeal as criminal trial nears

By Mark Scolforo Associated Press

three men declined to comment further.

C u rl e y, S c h u l t z a n d Spanier fielded a complaint in 2001 by a graduate assistant who says he saw retired defensive football coach Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a team shower. They did not report the matter to police or child welfare authorities, but told Sandusky he was not allowed to bring children to the campus and notified his charity for children, The Second Mile.

Schultz and Curley were arrested in 2011, Spanier in 2012. Their case has d r a g g e d o n f o r ye a r s because of a dispute about their representation during a grand jury appearance by Penn State’s thenchief counsel. That legal fight prompted the Superior Cour t decision that threw out many of the more serious charges.

The case was further delayed when Judge Todd Hoover, who handled the case before Boccabella, contracted a fatal illness.

Sandusky, 73, is serving a 30- to 60-year state prison term after being convicted in 2012 of 45 counts of sexu a l a b u s e o f 1 0 b o y s.

Shortly after his arrest, the university’s trustees fired then-head coach Joe Paterno, who died of lung cancer about two months later. Sandusky maintains he is innocent and is pursuing appeals.

Former Penn State officials from left, Gary Schultz, Graham Spanier and Tim Curley are facing child endangerment charges for their handling of the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal.

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Early morning fire displaces 6 in Wilkes-Barre Township

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — A fierce fire displaced six people from their homes in a Wilkes-Barre Township apartment building early We d n e s d a y m o r n i n g , according to township Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Halecki.

No one was injured in the fire, at 230 Pulaski St., but one pet cat perished, Halecki said.

The American Red Cross of Eastern Pennsylvania is helping six people from two families with lodging, food and clothing assistance, according to Dave Skutnik, the agency’s regional communications manager.

Four adults and two children were displaced, according to Halecki. The building had three apartments, two occupied and one vacant, he said.

The fire call came in at 1:24 a.m., Halecki said. By the time he got to the scene, t h e f i r e w a s “ h e av i l y involved” with flames shooting through the roof, he said.

The upper floors of the building suffered extensive damage, Halecki said.

A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire, according to Halecki.

Responding fire departments included Wilkes-

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The American Red Cross of Eastern Pennsylvania is helping six people from two families affected by the Wednesday morning blaze.

Barre Township, Ashley, Hanover Township, Nanticoke, Laurel Run, Mountain Top, Plains Township and Laflin.

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No one was injured in the fire at 230 Pulaski St., but one cat perished, Wilkes-Barre Township Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Halecki said.

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HARRISBURG — Three former Penn State administrators facing child endangerment charges for their handling of the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal have asked a judge for permission to pursue an appeal, barely a month before their scheduled trial.

Penn State ex-President Graham Spanier, former Vi c e P r e s i d e n t G a r y Schultz and former Athletic Director Tim Curley f i l e d n e a rl y i d e n t i c a l requests this week that asked the trial judge to let them appeal his recent decision keeping in place felony charges of endangering the welfare of children. T he filings were unsealed Wednesday.

The defendants made several arguments, including that too much time has elapsed under the statute of limitations; they did not provide direct care for children; they are accused of actions that occurred b e fo re t h e l aw w a s changed; and prosecutors should not be allowed to add a conspiracy charge.

Spanier’s lawyers wrote that an immediate appeal to Superior Court could result in dismissal of all c h a r g e s, wh i c h wo u l d make a trial unnecessary.

The trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection on March 20.

“A ruling on these controlling questions of law would not require the resolution of any disputed factual issues,” they told Judge John Boccabella.

“Thus, these issues are particularly appropriate for resolution by the Superior Court prior to trial.”

On Feb. 1, Boccabella threw out charges of failing to properly report suspected abuse, but the judge denied requests to have other charges dismissed.

His order also did not directly address a request by state prosecutors to add a conspiracy charge related to the child welfare accusation.

Superior Court last year threw out charges of perjury, obstruction and conspiracy against the defendants.

Schultz’s lawyer said in his filing that it was not clear whether prosecutors consider the child-endanger ment conspiracy charge to be part of the case or whether they can add it.

“In either case, at a minimum, there is substantial ground for difference of opinion as to whether Mr. Schultz can be subjected to t r i a l o n a c o n s p i r a cy charge following the appellate court’s dismissal of that charge,” wrote attorney Tom Farrell.

The attorney general’s office said it was reviewing the defense filings, and defense lawyers for the

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Former Pioneers coach Ingold dies

By Steve Bennett Staff Writer

Rich Ingold had a passion for football and he was not afraid to let that passion show.

Whether it was playing quarterback at Indiana University of Pennsylvania or coaching, Ingold let his emotions flow.

But he never let them get the best of him. He told it like it was, whether it was before a game, during a game or after one.

If a player didn’t do the job, Ingold was not afraid to let the player know. He also wasn’t afraid to bring somebody in who he thought could do it better. All with designs on winning.

Those personality traits made him a coach everyone wanted to play for.

That, and the fact that Ingold produced a winner nearly every step of the way.

Ingold, the former head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Pioneers of the af2, died Wednesday. He was 53.

The cause of death is unknown.

The Pioneers played their first season in the af2 in 2002 and folded following the 2009 season.

Along the way, particularly when Ingold was in charge, the Pioneers were among the best teams in the league.

“The entire Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Pioneer football family is saddened to hear of the passing of coach Rich Ingold,” former team owner Cosmo DeNicola said in a statement. “Our heartfelt condolences go out to the entire family.

“Coach Ingold and his Pioneers teams delivered much happiness and community pride to the entire NEPA area. His Pioneers reflected his intensity and aggressive style of football leading them to the playoffs all four years, along with three divisional and two conference championships. I am proud to call him coach and friend.”

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Pioneers coach Rich Ingold goes over plays with his team during practice. Ingold, who led the Pioneers to two appearances in the af2 championship game, died Wednesday.

Ingold, who was born in Pittsburgh, became the head coach of the Pioneers in 2006 and was with the organization until 2009.

He led the team to a pair of ArenaCup championship games, losing to Tulsa in 2007 and Spokane in 2009.

During his tenure, the Pioneers were 50-14 in the regular season and 7-4 in the postseason.

In 2007 Ingold missed a portion of training camp as he battled throat cancer, but returned in time to get back on the field.

He finished his coaching career with an overall record

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of 92-38 and was part of the inaugural class inducted into the af2’s hall of fame.

In 2009, the league announced Ingold was chosen as its top head coach of all-time.

“He was an awesome coach, lived and loved to win,” said former Pioneers quarterback Ryan Vena.

“That’s all we talked about — winning. He was one of a kind. Fiery, crazy, tough but would go to war for his players. I loved playing for him, and I’m proud to have played for him. He will be missed.

Not just by me, but by a lot of people, players and owners.”

Ingold, always looking to bring in highly talented quarterbacks in the passer friendly af2, had former Penn State quarterback Zack Mills in camp for a few weeks in 2007.

In 2008 Ingold brought former Pitt quarterback Rod Rutherford to training camp.

He had previously spent time on the practice squad with the Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

But no matter what quarterback Ingold brought into camp, they could not take the job from Vena, who played for the team from 2007-09, and was not only the best

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quarterback in the history of the franchise, but one of the best to ever play in af2.

Ingold played football at Seton-LaSalle and led his team to two WPIAL Class 2A championships.

Following high school, Ingold attended South Carolina for one year before transferring to Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

At IUP, he threw for 6,454 yards and more than 40 touchdowns.

Ingold made his arena debut as quarterback of the Washington Commandos in 1987.

In 1988, he led the Detroit

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Drive to a win in ArenaBowl II. Ingold joined the coaching ranks in 1989 and served as offensive coordinator of the AFL’s Pittsburgh Gladiators in 1989.

He was head coach of the Quad City Steamwheelers of the af2 from 2002-04 and offensive coordinator of the Dallas Desperados of the AFL in 2005.

Following his time in Wilkes-Barre, Ingold spent one season as head coach of the Dallas Vigilantes of the AFL. sbennett@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2062, @CVSteveBennett

Gibbons hits milestone in Spartans’ win

At Pittston Area, Erin Gibbons scored her 1,000th career point in the fourth quarter as part of a 19-point performance in Valley West’s 62-46 win over Pittston Area on Wednesday night in WVC girls basketball.

Gabby Smicherko followed with 16 points.

Alexa Noone and Taryn Ashby were high scorers for Pittston Area, with 16 and 15 points, respectively.

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Nanticoke Area’s Riley Klepadlo beats Wyoming Area’s Nicole Silinskie to a loose ball during Wednesday’s game.

Trojanettes top Warriors

By Steve Bennett staff Writer

Wyoming Area (51) K. Wolfgang 5 4-4 17, S. Holweg 5 0-0 13, L. Edwards 4 0-0 11, A. Orzel 3 0-0 6, C. Orzel 2 0-0 4, N. Silinskie 0 0-0 0, A. Kranson 0 0-0 0, Totals 19 4-4 51.

Nanticoke Area (69) R. Klepadlo 5 5-6 15, K. Aufiero 6 2-2 15, A. Lewis 6 3-7 15, L. Radziak 4 0-0 10, K. Butczynski 2 2-2 6, A. Pyzia 2 0-0 4, M. Grilz 1 0-0 2, A. Lukowski 1 0-0 2, Totals 27 12-17 69.

Wyoming Area 10 3 18 20—51 Nanticoke Area 20 14 17 17—69 3-point goals: K. Wolfgang (WA) 3, L. Edwards (WA) 3, S. Holweg (WA) 3, L. Radziak (NA) 2, K. Aufiero (NA) 1.

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ScoreS

62 46

Gensis Rodriguez, Hanover Area 31 points

Crestwood Coughlin

54 15

Irelyn Januzzi, Holy Redeemer 23 points

Hazleton Area Dallas

57 29

Reese Mensinger, Berwick 23 points

Holy Redeemer Lake-Lehman

60 50

Bella Skaff, GAR 20 points

Berwick Tunkhannock

60 31

Erin Gibbins, Valley West 19 points

Nanticoke Area Wyoming Area

69 51

Alex Wesneski, Seminary 18 points

Meyers GAR

49 31

Katie Wolfgang, Wyoming Area 17 points

58 Hazleton Area 57 Hanover Area 57, OT Dallas 29 Wyoming Seminary At Hazleton Area, Kendra Pfeil scored 16 points and Crestwood 54 Marissa Trivelpiece added Coughlin 15 13, leading the Cougars.

At Crestwood, Kate Snipas Dallas (29) S. Lojewski 3 2-3 9, M. Kelley 2 1-2 5, G. scored six of her team-high Centrella 1 1-2 4, O. Johnson 1 0-0 3, A. 10 points in the first quarter Allen 0 2-2 2, M. Bednar 1 0-2 2, L. Charlton 1 0-0 2, K. Saba 1 0-1 2, M. MacNeely 0 0-0 in a Comets win.

0, H. Johnson 0 0-0 0, H. Doran 0 0-0 0, S. Le’June Berry had six for Kern 0 0-0 0, Totals 10 6-12 29.

Coughlin.

Hazleton Area (57) K. Pfeil 5 4-5 16, M. Trivelpiece 4 3-4 13, M. Mrochko 4 0-0 9, A. Albrechta 2 0-0 5, E. Book 2 0-0 4, M. Trivelpiece 1 0-0 2, M. Jones 1 0-0 2, A. Sheeto 1 0-0 2, K. Lipinski 1 0-1 2, V. Yurchak 1 0-0 2, F. Grula 0 0-0 0, D. Huston 0 0-2 0, A. Valente 0 0-0 0, E. Potoskie 0 0-0 0, Totals 22 7-12 57.

Dallas 6 7 6 10—29 Hazleton Area 17 13 17 10—57 3-point goals: S. Lojewski (Dal) 1, O. Johnson (Dal) 1, G. Centrella (Dal) 1, M. Trivelpiece (Haz) 2, K. Pfeil (Haz) 2, A. Albrechta (Haz) 1, M. Mrochko (Haz) 1.

Holy Redeemer 60 Lake-Lehman 50 At Lake-Lehman, Irelyn Jannuzzi scored 23 points and Samantha Rajza added 12 to help Holy Redeemer force a tiebreaker for the WVC Division 2 title with Nanticoke Area, which is 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilkes.

Sarah Salus (15 points), Savannah Purdy (14) and Madison Borum (12) were high scorers for Lake-Lehman.

Holy Redeemer (60) I. Januzzi 7 8-13 23, S. Rajza 4 3-4 12, T. Kosierowski 4 0-0 10, J. Andrejko 2 2-2 6, S. Yencha 2 0-0 4, M. Kornfeld 0 3-5 3, C. Marcinkowski 1 0-0 2, R. Kuhar 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 16-24 60.

Lake-Lehman (50) S. Salus 6 0-0 15, S. Purdy 6 1-2 14, M. Borum 6 0-3 12, C. Scoblick 3 1-2 9, J. Cawley 0 0-0 0, H. Kubiski 0 0-0 0, Totals 21 2-7 50.

Holy Redeemer 15 19 12 14—60 Lake-Lehman 8 23 15 4—50 3-point goals: T. Kosierowski (HR) 2, S. Rajza (HR) 1, I. Januzzi (HR) 1, S. Salus (LL) 3, C. Scoblick (LL) 2, S. Purdy (LL) 1.

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Valley West Pittston Area

Coughlin (15) L. Berry 3 0-0 6, K. Meager 1 0-0 3, M. Poray 0 2-2 2, A. Butts 1 0-0 2, C. Wartella 1 0-0 2, Y. Perez 0 0-0 0, A. Cicon 0 0-0 0, M. Gayton 0 0-0 0, E. Cicon 0 0-0 0, Totals 6 2-2 15.

Crestwood (54) K. Snipas 5 0-2 10, G. Uhl 4 0-0 8, S. Hopkins 3 0-0 8, A. Muse 3 1-2 7, J. Makowski 2 1-2 6, A. Shipton 2 1-2 5, K. Andrews 2 0-0 4, R. Magin 1 0-0 3, S. Richards 1 0-0 3, O. Donnini 0 0-0 0, J. Niewinski 0 0-0 0, E. Williams 0 0-0 0, H. Wieglgopolski 0 0-0 0, Totals 23 3-8 54.

Coughlin 2 0 4 9—15 Crestwood 17 12 11 14—54 3-point goals: K. Meager (Cou) 1, S. Hopkins (Crest) 2, J. Makowski (Crest) 1, R. Magin (Crest) 1, S. Richards (Crest) 1.

Berwick 60 Tunkhannock 31 At Tunkhannock, Reese Mensinger scored 16 of her team’s 18 first-quarter points and finished with a gamehigh 23 for the Bulldogs.

Berwick (60) R. Mensinger 8 3-3 23, T. Talanca 7 1-2 15, A. Burt 4 0-0 12, R. Isenberg 3 1-2 7, M. Dalo 1 1-4 3, J. Greshko 0 0-0 0, M. Davis 0 0-0 0, M. Pinterich 0 0-0 0, M. Lanning 0 0-0 0, W. Switzer 0 0-0 0, S. Miedaner 0 0-0 0, Totals 23 6-11 60.

Tunkhannock (31) S. Faux 5 0-0 13, J. Frisco 2 2-4 8, S. Generotti 2 0-0 4, A. Ritz 0 4-6 4, R. Avery 0 2-2 2, K. Hawley 0 0-2 0, K. Barber 0 0-0 0, I. Robinson 0 0-0 0, J. Ell 0 0-0 0, Totals 9 8-14 31.

Berwick 18 12 19 11—60 Tunkhannock 13 12 4 2—31 3-point goals: R. Mensinger (Ber) 4, A. Burt (Ber) 4, S. Faux (Tunk) 3, J. Frisco (Tunk) 2.

Hanover Area 58 Wyoming Seminary 57, OT At Hanover Area, Genesis

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Rodriguez tallied 14 field goals on her way to 31 points, helping the Hawkeyes to a narrow overtime win.

Alex Wesneski led Wyoming Seminary with 18 points, while Mary Theresa Lehman followed with 12 and Ally Vezendy added 10.

Wyoming Seminary (57) A. Wesneski 6 5-8 18, M. Lehman 4 0-0 12, J. Gabriel 4 2-6 10, A. Vezendy 3 4-7 10, M. Raneri 2 0-3 4, A. Reitsma 1 1-3 3, B. Satkowski 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 12-27 57.

Hanover Area (58) G. Rodriguez 14 3-6 31, V. Benning 3 3-7 9, M. Hooper 1 7-9 9, M. Slusser 2 0-1 4, S. Tuzinski 1 0-0 3, S. Whitesell 1 0-1 2, E. Bobos 0 0-0 0, L. Blazaskie 0 0-0 0, Totals 22 13-24 58.

Wyoming Seminary 15 10 15 13 5—57 Hanover Area 16 14 9 12 7—58 3-point goals: M. Lehman (Sem) 4, A. Wesneski (Sem) 1, S. Tuzinski (HA) 1.

Meyers 49 GAR 31 At GAR, Bella Skaf f scored 20 points and Sarah Bottger added eight to lead a balanced Meyers scoring attack in a win over GAR. Erin Morris, Elise Fellerman and Giana Skaff added added five points for Meyers.

Oliva Adolphus led GAR with 16 points. Cierra Taylor chipped in with five.

Meyers (49) B. Skaff 8 4-6 20, S. Bottger 4 0-0 8, G. Skaff 1 2-2 5, E. Fellerman 2 0-0 5, E. Morris 2 1-3 5, D. Keiper 1 0-0 2, D. Ballard 1 0-0 2, A. Harris 1 0-0 2, A. Gray 0 0-0 0, S. Soto 0 0-2 0, K. Nilon 0 0-0 0, Totals 20 7-13 49.

GAR (31) O. Adolphus 5 5-12 16, C. Taylor 3 3-7 9, A. Germano 0 4-8 4, P. Lyons 1 0-0 2, M. Andrezejewski 0 0-0 0, L. Pena 0 0-0 0, S. Peralta 0 0-0 0, Totals 9 12-27 31.

Meyers 11 16 12 10—49 GAR 6 9 5 11—31 3-point goals: G. Skaff (Mey) 1, E. Fellerman (Mey) 1, O. Adolphus (GAR) 1.

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Riley Klepadlo and Kayla Aufiero each scored 15 points, and played key roles in Nanticoke Area’s pressure. Wyoming Area was left with 13 first-half possessions where it didn’t get a shot off, and finished 5 of 22 from the field.

“I thought we clamped down on them early and they had a hard time scoring,” Yendrzeiwski said.

Nanticoke Area led by 21 at the half and was well in control heading into the fourth quarter. Wyoming Area did manage to get as close as 15 points with 2:36 left in the game, but by that time it was too big of a hole to dig out of.

Katie Wolfgang finished with a game-high 17 points for the Warriors with 14 coming in the second half. Sarah Holweg had 13, 11 of which came in the second half and Lydia Edwards had 11, including a pair of first half 3-pointers.

A quick recap of Wednesday’s girls basketball action in the WVC:

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NANTICOKE — Thanks to modern technology, it was a lot easier said than done for the Nanticoke Area players to actually pay attention to what coach Alan Yendrzeiwski told them to do.

Simply put, Yendrzeiwski wanted the Trojanettes to focus on the task at hand, rather than worry about what was happening out at Lake-Lehman High School.

But thanks to Twitter and public address announcer Dave Buchinski, the Trojanettes were fully aware that Holy Redeemer was in a close game with the Black Knights.

So much attention was focused on Holy Redeemer because if both Nanticoke Area and Holy Redeemer won Wednesday night the two would have to play for the Division 2 regular season championship.

Nanticoke Area received a combined 34 points from its three seniors, and sophomore Alyssa Lewis added 15 points to lead the Trojanettes to a 69-51 victory over Wyoming Area.

With Holy Redeemer also winning, the Trojanettes will now face the Royals at 2 p.m.

Saturday at Wilkes University’s Marts Center for the division championship. Nanticoke Area won the regular season meeting between the two teams.

“I told them I don’t want anything to do with that,” Yendrzeiwski said of worrying about what was happening elsewhere. “It didn’t matter. It was getting to the point that we were not taking anything for granted. We knew we had a tough game. We had to take care of business.”

Nanticoke Area used its relentless full-court pressure to set the pace of the game. It also took away Wyoming Area’s inside presence of center Addison Orzel with a defender in front and another providing weakside help to force the Warriors to try and win the game from the outside.

And after a little bit of a slow start, the Trojanetttes closed the first quarter on a 14-2 run and opened the second quarter with eight unanswered points to take a commanding 28-10 lead with 4:27 left in the second quarter.

“With it being senior night we wanted to send our seniors out the right way,” Yendrzeiwski said. “They have meant so much the past four years. We got a lot of games left, we hope. This is not going to last forever. It was the seniors that made sure we stayed locked in in the huddle. They were announcing the score (of the Holy Redeemer game), but that is what senior leadership is all about. We didn’t want anything to do with it.

It didn’t matter.”

Valley West (62) E. Gibbons 6 4-4 19, G. Smicherko 6 3-3 16, C. Cwalina 3 4-6 10, A. Blaski 4 0-0 9, N. Gruver 2 1-2 5, T. Amato 1 0-0 3, K. Johnson 0 0-0 0, Totals 22 12-15 62.

Pittston Area (46) A. Noone 7 0-0 16, T. Ashby 5 3-4 15, K. Durling 3 1-2 7, A. Ruby 2 0-0 4, L. Hodick 1 0-0 2, M. Silinskie 1 0-0 2, C. Musto 0 0-2 0, P. Weidlich 0 0-0 0, L. Savoy 0 0-0 0, N. Zambetti 0 0-0 0, Totals 19 4-8 46.

Valley West 12 16 12 22—62 Pittston Area 18 11 11 6—46 3-point goals: E. Gibbons (WVW) 3, G. Smicherko (WVW) 1, A. Blaski (WVW) 1, T. Amato (WVW) 1, A. Noone (PA) 2, T. Ashby (PA) 2.

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McGinley set for final dual with King’s Staff reports

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Dallas’ Maddy Ross twists during her dive against Tunkhannock on Wednesday. The Mountaineers won the meet, 119-66.

Cheshire leads Mountaineers’ sweep in pool Staff reports A t D a l l a s, A n n a l i s e Cheshire was victorious in the 50 free and 100 free, and also as part of the 200 medley and free relays, as the Dallas girls swam by Tunkhannock on Wednesday in WVC swimming and diving.

Tunkhannock picked up two wins during the meet: Anna Moffitt in the 100 fly and the 400 free relay team of G w e n M u r r ay, A l e x i s Hutchins, Sara Fetter and Megan Hayward.

In boys competition, Mikail Krochta was part of three wins as the Mountaineers prevailed.

Alex Bushre had wins in the 50 and 100 free for Tunkhannock.

Girls: Dallas 119, Tunkhannock 66 200 medley relay: 1. Dallas (Cheshire, Blaum, Zolner, Leonard) 1:56.27; 2.

Tunkhannock; 3. Dallas. 200 free: 1.

Melissa Leonard (Dal) 2:03.77; 2. Anna Moffitt (Tun); 3. Gwen Murray (Tun). 200 IM: 1. Sydney Bittner (Dal) 2:37.13; 2.

Sara Fetter (Tun); 3. Lindsey Jordan (Dal). 50 free: 1. Annalise Cheshire (Dal) 26.35; 2. Caitlin Blaum (Dal); 3. Megan Hayward (Tun). Diving: 1. Lexi Spaciano (Dal) 229.10 points; 2. Maddy Ross (Dal); 3. Carly Perloff (Dal). 100 fly: 1. Anna Moffitt (Tun) 1:05.01; 2. Madison Hurst (Dal); 3. Hannah Thomas (Dal). 100 free: 1. Annalise Cheshire (Dal) 55.86; 2.

Melissa Leonard (Dal); 3. Taylor Lynn (Tun). 500 free: 1. Abby Zolner (Dal) 5:34.47; 2. Megan Hayward (Tun); 3.

Gwen Murray (Tun). 200 free relay: 1.

Dallas (Cheshire, Blaum, Leonard, Zolner) 1:44.63; 2. Tunkhannock; 3. Dallas.

100 back: 1. Madison Hurst (Dal) 1:04.80; 2. Hannah Thomas (Dal); 3. Alexis

Hutchins (Tun). 100 breast: 1. Abby Zolner (Dal) 1:13.73; 2. Sydney Bittner (Dal); 3. Taylor Lynn (Tun). 400 free relay: 1.

Tunkhannock (Murray, Hutchins, Fetter, Hayward) 4:10.76; 2. Dallas; 3. Dallas.

Boys: Dallas 101, Tunkhannock 84 200 medley relay: 1. Dallas (Krochta, Spears, Szczecinski, Reinert) 1:45.68; 2.

Tunkhannock; 3. Dallas. 200 free: 1.

Dylan Mislevy (Tun) 2:01.64; 2. Kevin Allen (Dal); 3. Ben Tidball (Tun). 200 IM: 1. Mitch Fowler (Tun) 2:17.45; 2. Davis Tidball (Tun); 3. Ryan Spears (Dal). 50 free: 1. Alex Bushre (Tun) 22.56; 2. Mikail Krochta (Dal); 3. Shane Szczecinski (Dal). Diving: 1. Sawyer Aitken (Tun) 245.05 points; 2. Jake Baldo (Tun); 3.

Matthew Dolan (Dal). 100 fly: 1. Troy Reinert (Dal) 57.19; 2. Mitch Fowler (Tun); 3. Tony Caravaggio (Dal). 100 free: 1. Alex Bushre (Tun) 50.61; 2. Shane Szczecinski (Dal); 3. Kevin Allen (Dal). 500 free: 1. Tony Caravaggio (Dal) 5:44.11; 2.

Ben Tidball (Tun); 3. Dan Shannon (Tun).

200 free relay: 1. Tunkhannock (Alguire, Henning, Tidball, Mislevy) 1:38.90; 2. Dallas; 3. Dallas. 100 back: 1. Mikail Krochta (Dal) 56.97; 2. Troy Reinert (Dal); 3. Davis Tidball (Tun). 100 breast: 1. Ryan Spears (Dal) 1:07.28; 2. Dyllan Henning (Tun); 3.

Danny Schnable (Dal). 400 free relay: 1.

Dallas (Reinert, Caravaggio, Szczecinski, Krochta) 3:33.71; 2. Dallas; 3.

Tunkhannock.

Spartans sweep At Valley West, Logan Fluegel, Ivan Volynets, Josh Zawatski and Maxim Kowalski swam the 400 freestyle relay in a pool-record 3:16.66, leading the Valley West boys.

The Spartans girls used the same team — Alexis Ivanitch, Natalia Vivanco, Chelsea Mackiewicz, Paige Williams — to win the 200 medley and 400 free relays, helping the girls team tie with Lake-Lehman.

Lake-Lehman’s Jill

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O’Brien beat the competition by more than 12 seconds in her 100 back victory.

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Girls: Valley West 88, Lake-Lehman

200 medley relay: 1. Valley West (Ivanitch, Vivanco, Mackiewicz, Williams) 2:07.85; 2. Lake-Lehman; 3. LakeLehman. 200 free: 1. Chelsea Mackiewicz (VW) 2:08.28; 2. Jill O’Brien (L-L); 3.

Abby Bartuska (L-L). 200 IM: 1. Beth Bartuska (L-L) 2:41.46; 2. Emily Burgit (L-L); 3. Isabella Rescinti (VW). 50 free: 1. Alexis Ivanitch (VW) 25.75; 2. Grace Ciaccia (L-L); 3. Madeline Newman (L-L). Diving: 1. Sophia Ginochetti (VW) 213.75 points; 2. Aria Desilva (VW); 3.

Nadia Costigan (VW). 100 fly: 1. Paige Williams (VW) 1:09.80; 2. Jessica Ravert (L-L); 3. Emily Burgit (L-L). 100 free: 1.

Grace Ciaccia (L-L) 1:05.50; 2. Elizabeth Cherinka (VW); 3. Madelina Newman (L-L). 500 free: 1. Chelsea Mackiewicz (VW) 5:49.68; 2. Beth Bartuska (LL-L); 3.

Abby Bartuska (L-L). 200 free relay: 1.

Valley West (Ivanitch, Vivanco, Mackenziewicz, Williams) 1:56.34; 2. Lake-Lehman; 3. Lake-Lehman. 100 back: 1. Jill O’Brien (L-L) 1:11.32; 2. Natalia Vivanco (VW); 3. Cierra Snyder (L-L). 100 breast: 1. Alexis Ivanitch (VW) 1:10.78; 2. Paige Williams (VW) 1:20.50; 3. Jessica Ravert (L-L). 400 free relay: 1. Lake-Lehman (Vasey, Ravert, Burgit, Ciaccia) 4:41.09; 2. Valley West; 3. Lake-Lehman.

Boys: Valley West 132, Lake-Lehman 27 200 medley relay: 1. Valley West (Zawatski, Fluegel, Wilbur, Rosencrans) 1:52.51; 2. Valley West; 3. Lake-Lehman.

200 free: 1. Zack Whibley (VW) 2:10.79; 2.

Logan Siliekus (VW); 3. Tyler Manzoni (L-L). 200 IM: 1. Maxim Kowalski (VW) 2:05.53; 2. Anthony Spinelli (VW); 3.

Thomas Manzoni (L-L). 50 free: 1. Logan Fluegel (VW) 22.67; 2. Eric Latoski (VW); 3. Jake Selingo (L-L). 100 fly: 1. Logan Fluegel (VW) 52.36; 2. Thomas Manzoni (L-L); 3. Anthony Spinelli (VW). 100 free: 1. Ivan Volynets (VW) 50.61; 2. Zac Rosencrans (VW); 3. Dillon Wilbur (VW). 500 free: 1. Logan Siliekus (VW) 5:56.10; 2.

Jared Zawatski (VW); 3. Andrew Herrick (L-L). 200 free relay: 1. Valley West (Latoski, Spinelli, Sites, Wilbur) 1:42.82; 2. Valley West; 3. Lake-Lehman. 100 back: 1. Maxim Kowalski (VW) 1:02.07; 2.

Josh Zawatski (VW); 3. Jeff Moravinski

(VW). 100 breast: 1. Zac Rosencrans (VW) 1:04.65; 2. Tyler Manzoni (L-L); 3.

Eric Latoski (VW). 400 free relay: 1. Valley West (Fluegel, Volynets, Zawatski, Kowalski) 3:16.66; 2. Valley West; 3. Valley West.

Redeemer, Hazleton split Emily Easton picked up wins in the 200 free and 500 free and also contributed to the winning 200 medley relay team as the Holy Redeemer girls beat Hazleton Area.

Cassie Longazel was a winner for Hazleton Area in diving.

On the boys side, Paul Flowers and Jorge Moncayo were each part of two wins as the Cougars took the meet.

Girls: Holy Redeemer 102, Hazleton Area 84 200 medley relay: 1. Holy Redeemer (Zeller, Easton, Walting, Blaum) 1:58.74; 2. Hazleton Area; 3. Hazleton Area. 200 free: 1. Emily Easton (HR) 2:10.87; 2.

Maggie Yannes (Haz); 3. Sarah Lloyd (Haz). 200 IM: 1. Kayla Kruk (HR) 2:22.56; 2. Haley Sanko (Haz); 3. Alissa Plakutis (Haz). 50 free: 1. Margaret Walting (HR) 24.97; 2. Corinne Smith (HR); 3. Marina O’Hara (Haz). Diving: 1. Cassie Longazel (Haz) 210 points; 2. Haily Yakimowicz (HR); 3. Bailey Flannery (HR). 100 fly: 1.

Corinne Smith (HR) 1:05.80; 2. Kayla Kruk (HR); 3. Haley Sanko (Haz). 100 free: 1.

Emily Blaum (HR) 57.63; 2. Megan Llewellyn (Haz); 3. McKenna Zeller (HR).

500 free: 1. Emily Easton (HR) 5:51.40; 2.

Maggie Yannes (Haz); 3. Hayley Fellin (Haz). 400 free relay: 1. Holy Redeemer (Zeller, Smith, Kruk, Walting) 4:01.31; 2.

Hazleton Area; 3. Hazleton Area.

Boys: Hazleton Area 88, Holy Redeemer 81 200 medley relay: 1. Hazleton Area (Sabatos, Flowers, Moncayo, Gould) 1:47.63; 2. Holy Redeemer; 3. Hazleton Area. 200 free: 1. Adam Mahler (HR) 1:58.52; 2. Benjamin Sabatos (Haz); 3. Dionel Alonzo (Haz). 200 IM: 1. Jorge Mon-

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cayo (Haz) 2:07.95; 2. Nick Dubinski (HR); 3. Mike Williams (HR). 50 free: 1. Brandon DaGrosa (Haz) 25.96; 2. Tom Engle (HR); 3.

Alex Larralde (HR). 100 fly: 1. Adam Mahler (HR) 52.22; 2. Jorge Moncayo (Haz); 3. Jorge Tirado (Haz). 100 free: 1.

Paul Flowers (Haz) 52.75; 2. Colton Smith (HR) 54.97; 3. Tom Engle (HR). 500 free: 1.

Colton Smith (HR) 5:29.94; 2. Benjamin Sabatos (Haz); 3. Dionel Alonzo (Haz). 400 free relay: 1. Holy Redeemer (Dubinski, Smith, Williams, Mahler) 3:42.25; 2. Hazleton Area; 3. Hazleton Area.

King’s wrestling coach Ned McGinley, who started the program in 1968, will lead the Monarchs in his final dual meet at 7 p.m. tonight against Wilkes — his alma mater, at Scandlon Gymnasium.

McGinley announced at a news conference on Jan. 26 that he would be stepping down from his position after this season, his 48th at King’s. He is the longest-tenured wrestling coach across NCAA divisions 1-3 and enters tonight’s dual with an all-time record of 454-449-1.

McGinley has been the only coach in program history and has led 45 College Division/ Division 3 national tournament qualifiers and 18 NCAA Division 3 All-Americans.

McGinley’s last scheduled competition is the NCAA East Regional Championships from Feb. 24-25, and he would also attend the Division 3 national tournament if a Monarch wrestler should qualify.

The Monarchs (9-14) enter tonight as underdogs compared to the No. 24 Colonels (18-5). The team is led by junior Howard Kilpatrick at 165 pounds and Ralph Bernardo at 285.

Guesseppe Rea is ranked second nationally at 125 for Wilkes.

Wrestling Coughlin 39 Meyers 26 At Coughlin, Joe Pahler (138) won by fall, Frank Castano (145), Dave Virgo (182) and Jake Brown (126) picked up decisions, and the Crusaders picked up four forfeits en route to a WVC exhibition victory on Wednesday.

Men’s Basketball Colin Pasone (120) earned PS Wilkes-Barre 98 a pin in under a minute, and 87 Jeremy Bergold (152) and PS Schuylkill Four Wilkes-Barre players Anthony Kasper (113) tallied scored in double figures, led major decisions for Meyers.

132: Josh Brown (Cou) won by forfeit. by Christopher Cantine’s 32 138: Joe Pahler (Cou) pinned Carson points, as the Penn State UniKosloski, 1:34. 145: Frank Castano (Cou) versity Athletic Conference dec. Sufyan Burroughs, 10-4. 152: Jeremy Bergold (Mey) maj. dec. Tanner Smith, No. 6 seed beat No. 3 13-1. 160: Jake Heylek (Cou) won by for- Schuylkill. feit. 170: Colin Browne (Mey) dec. Taylor Colton Lewis added 22 Chronowski, 8-3. 182: Dave Virgo (Cou) dec. Heriberto Pineda, 6-1 (OT). 195: points and Tymier ButlerNamir Murphy (Mey) won by forfeit. 220: Preston Perkins (Mey) dec. Chris Malys, Trader 14.

4-1. 285: Corey Harrison (Cou) won by forWilkes-Barre will travel to feit. 106: Nino Cinti (Cou) won by forfeit.

PS York on Saturday for the 113: Anthony Kasper (Mey) maj. dec.

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The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights U6 ice hockey team took second in the C Division at the recent Mite Winter Classic in Newark, Delaware. The travel team is in its first year. First row, from left, Rocco Farina, Riley Sworen, Aaron Marshalonis, Michael Whiteduck, Parker Homza and Bauer Gearhart. Second row, Luca Murazzi, Jordan Zaino, Toby Hanson, Danial Vasko, Sophia Makukova, Jace Geoffroy and Nieko Ravaioli. Third row, coach Alex Vasko. Missing is Marcellus McField.

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AAU Basketball needs to fill one roster spot for spring 11th grade team. For more information, call Don at 570239-2749 or visit www. leaguelineup.com/lcballers.

holding signups at Hospodar’s Garage on Shoemaker Street 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call Paul Matreselva at 570793-8922.

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LL noon to 3 Saturday and March 4 at St. Nicholas-St. Mary school. Another sign-up will be held during parentteacher conferences at Kistler Elementary. Cost is $65 for single player, $90 for family, $90 for junior and senior leagues. A $50 lottery ticket fundraiser fee is required.

exeter: LL 7 to 9 tonight and noon to 2 Saturday at the Exeter Scout Home. Registration information is available at www.exeterlionslittleleague.org.

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11 to 1 Feb. 25 and March 4 softBall: Brews Brothers at the Parsons Primitive Meth- men’s and co-ed summer odist Church. Cost is $50 per leagues have openings. For child and $30 each additional for T-Ball through Majors and $70 for Teeners.

softBall: LC Blast 14u Fastpitch is looking for a pitcher and utility player for the current season. Call Rob Nowak at 570-905-6389 or John Hornlein at 570-690-2411.

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For more information, call 570-430-4748 or email wdbspeck@verizon.net 14U travel softball team is looking for one or two utility players for the 2017 season.

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Effective immediately, doubles teams in the PIAA tennis tour nament will be forced to withdraw if, for any reason, one of the two individuals on the team cannot participate. That PIAA district will then be responsible for replacing the team and resubmitting that entry into the tournament.

Also, from 2017-18 through 2020-21, the following will be “official balls” for sporting events: Spalding in baseball, basketball and soccer; Wilson in football and tennis; Dudley (Spalding) in softball; Baden in volleyball.

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PLAINS TWP. — District 2 athletic committee members ag reed at Wednesday’s monthly meeting that the recent District 2 team duals in wrestling were an allaround success.

“We had a great series of tournaments back in team duals,” said Jay Starnes, who delivered the wrestling sports report with Coughlin principal Pat Patte. “One of our biggest turnouts for the finals, ever.”

The District 2 team duals were held earlier this month, with the finals — Hazleton Area beat Delaware Valley in Class 3A; Honesdale beat Western Wayne in 2A — held Feb. 4 at Pittston Area.

“I thought this year that the tournament in wrestling was spectacular. That Saturday, it was electric in there,” said committee member Fred Barletta, describing the event as “first-class all the way.”

While Hazleton Area and Honesdale suffered quick defeats in the state tournament, the season is not yet over.

Officials hope for a simi-

larly successful day, as well as cooperative weather, when the individual championships are held Feb. 24 and 25 at the Kingston Armory.

In other business at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center, Williamsport has opted out of the District 2-4 Class 6A girls basketball playoffs.

Now with only three teams in the Class 6A girls tournament, there will be one — rather than two — semifinal prior to the championship at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Also, the District 2 track and field championships are tentatively scheduled for May 15 (2A) and 16 (3A) at Scranton Memorial Stadium, while details of a start time are being worked out. The state championships will be held May 26 and 27.

The committee also reviewed developments from January’s PIAA Board of Directors meeting.

The state’s board approved a recommendation in soccer that schools will be required to submit a report — or have a hearing before the local athletic committee — if their teams have three disqualifications over the course of a

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Chapman focusing on Yanks return

By Mark Didtler Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — Aroldis Chapman is focusing on his return to the New York Yankees, not the World Series ring he earned with the Chicago Cubs.

“I’m here now,” Chapman said through a translator Wednesday before the Yankees’ first spring training workout. “We have a job to be done here. It was kind of like a chapter in my career I turn over and look to the future now.”

New York obtained Chapman in a December 2015 trade with Cincinnati, then dealt the hard-throwing lefthander to the Cubs on July 25 for Adam Warren and three minor leaguers.

After helping the Cubs win their first NL pennant since 1945, Chapman played a key role as Chicago ended a World Series drought dating to 1908. He became a free agent and signed an $86 million, five-year deal with the Yankees, the richest contract for a reliever.

“I definitely enjoyed it to the maximum, but not only me but my family, my

mer when catcher Gary Sanchez, outfielder Aaron Judge and first baseman/outfielder Tyler Austin were brought up. Greg Bird, sidelined with a shoulder injury for all of last season, is Mark Teixeira’s likely replacement at first base.

After failing to recover from a 9-17 start last year, the Yankees’ makeover began when Chapman, Andrew Miller and Carlos Beltran were dealt primarily for prospects, and when Alex Rodriguez was released. New York remained on the periphery of the playoff contention before fading to a fourthplace finish at 84-78, four games back of the second wild card.

Chapman said the extra month of pitching last year is not an issue. He appeared in the final three games of the Cubs’ World Series win over Cleveland, including a 2⅔ innings save in Game 5.

He got the victory in Chicago’s 10-inning Game 7 win after allowing Rajai Davis tying homer in the eighth.

“I worked really hard in the offseason,” Chapman said. “Worked on my body a lot. I feel good. I feel ready.”

AL BRIEFS ROYALS: Left-hander Travis Wood and the team finalized a $12 million, twoyear contract.

Wood gets $4 million this year and $6.5 million in 2018, and the agreement includes and $8.5 mutual option for 2019 with a $1.5 million buyout.

The 30-year-old was 4-0 with a 2.95 ERA in a careerhigh 77 appearances with the Cubs last season. He held lefties to a .128 average.

TWINS: Phil Hughes kept a souvenir from his forgettable 2016 season.

He stumbled to a 1-7 start, was demoted to the bullpen by the Minnesota Twins, MAtt RouRke / AssociAted PRess cracked a bone in his leg Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman arrives for trainwhen hit by a line drive and ing camp on Tuesday in Tampa, Fla. had season-ending surgery in July to correct thoracic outlet friends,” Chapman said of May 5-7. He sees some simisyndrome later. He still has his time in Chicago. “They larity between the 2017 Yanthe removed rib, which was were part of it, too. To be kees and last year’s Cubs, causing nerve and vascular part of a team that won the who combined an influx of impingement in his throwing World Series, the team hadn’t youth with veterans. shoulder, and might turn it won the World Series in 108 “I’ve seen a lot of teams do into jewelry. years, that’s fantastic. That’s this,” Chapman said. “We “I haven’t decided what definitely an experience I’ll just saw it happen with Chithe next step is. I have a never forget.” cago. This is going to be a few ideas. Plating it with Chapman will have the very good thing. I’m really some sort of precious metal opportunity to bring his 100 looking forward to being a is one way to go,” he said mph-plus fastball back to part of this youth moveWednesday as the Twins Wrigley Field when New ment.” started spring training York plays a three-game The Baby Bombers youth workouts. “I’ll figure out series against the Cubs from movement began last sumsomething to do with it before it corrodes.”

He feels healthy as spring training begins.

“I’m going from the most

By Mark Didtler comes off the payroll, we’re going to do difficult year of my career Associated Press our best to put it back into the team as to a fresh start in spring we did this year. We’re always going to TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees make sure that we’ve got a mix of owner Hal Steinbrenner doesn’t plan on marque veteran proven talent along talking with Joe Girardi about a new with the young players.” contract in the near future but spoke Steinbrenner has high expectations highly of the manager’s performance. for 2017.

Girardi is in the final season of a $16 “Whether or not people think we million, four-year deal and is beginning have a chance or don’t have a chance, his 10th season as Yankees manager.

MAtt RouRke / AssociAted PRess that’s up to them,” Steinbrenner said.

“We love Joe,” Steinbrenner said Joe Girardi is entering his 10th “As far as these guys, they absolutely Wednesday after the team’s first work- season as Yankees manager. believe they a chancer and will come to out this year. “Look, Joe is one of many play.”

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“I think he’s done great,” Stein- training, and a whole new season,” “He’s always tremendous with the UNFURNISHED brenner said. “The changes we made in Steinbrenner said. “This feels different. young kids.” Steinbrenner said.

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training trying to prove that I’m a different guy than what I’ve seen over the past few years,” Hughes said. “I was done with the rehab by the end of the season, so I was able to go into the offseason without any restrictions and treat it like a normal offseason throwing-wise, with bullpens and all that stuff.”

WHITE SOX: Jose Quintana is the ace of the team — for now.

With Chicago rebuilding, the 28-year-old All-Star lefthander knows he could be traded.

“You never know what’s going to happen, but I heard a lot of rumors,” he said. “You don’t have control over that. I just kept doing my preparation for the new season, and that’s about it.”

INDIANS: Nearly two years after he retired from baseball, left-hander Bruce Chen is getting ready to pitch for China in the World Baseball Classic.

The 39-year-old Chen retired after the Cleveland Indians designated him for assignment on May 15, 2015, and none of the other teams claimed him off waivers.

When the team from China reached out to him late last year, Chen wondered if it was looking for a pitching coach.

“Two days later, they told me they wanted me to pitch,” Chen said on Wednesday.

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NL BRIEFS BRAVES: Atlanta infielder Sean Rodriguez had surgery to repair the rotator cuff in his left shoulder.

The Braves said Wednesday the procedure was performed on Tuesday

by Dr. James Andrews in Gulf Springs, Florida.

General manager John Coppolella told The Associated Press Rodriguez will miss an “indeterminate period of time.” Coppolella said the team “won’t rule him out for the year.” Rodriguez throws and hits right-handed.

Rodriguez, who agreed to an $11.5 million, twoyear contract with Atlanta in November, hurt his shoulder when a vehicle he was driving was rammed by a stolen police car in Miami on Jan. TImes-shAmrock FIle 28. The driver of the stolen Andrew Knapp, seen playing for Double-A Reading in 2015, was added to car was killed. Rodriquez’s the Phillies’ 40-man roster before this season. wife Giselle and two of their children were hospitalized with injuries she said on her Twitter account were not lifethreatening.

Knapp has real shot to make Phils

By Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer

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MESA, Ariz. — Jake Arrieta is hopeful of working out a new contract that would keep him with the Chicago Cubs before he becomes eligible for free agency after the 2017 season, yet he also realizes this could be his final year with the club if talks don’t materialize.

The ace right-hander and 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner landed a one-year deal for $15,637,500 last month to avoid salary arbitration. As the reigning World Series champions geared up for the first pitchers and catchers workout, Arrieta insisted Wednesday at the start of spring training that he won’t allow his future to be a distraction.

“I think there’s an open dialogue there and I believe we will have talks. It’s not my No. 1 priority,” Arrieta said. “I just wanted to focus on my health and coming into camp as well rested and in as good of shape as I pos-

sibly can. If we have those conversations, we’ll sit down and hash some things out and see if we can get something worked out. If it happens, great, if not then I’ll continue to move forward and take it day by day.”

He came to the Cubs in a trade from Baltimore in 2013 and helped them end a 108year championship drought last fall.

The 30-year-old Arrieta followed up his 22-win Cy Young season by going 18-8 with a 3.10 ERA in 31 starts and 197⅓ innings last season.

He won Games 2 and 6 of the World Series as the Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in the deciding Game 7.

Manager Joe Maddon has no concerns about Arrieta being ready and putting aside his own situation.

“Honestly it could be a positive for him and for us,” Maddon said. “Obviously if you’re in that year, you’re really wanting to put your best foot forward to attract the best contract the next season.”

a veteran backup guy, but the fact that I’ve caught all of these guys and know the way that they work and stuff, I think that helps me.”

With Knapp, the Phillies would receive not just a backup catcher but also a switchhitter off the bench and a player who can give Tommy Joseph a respite at first base.

Knapp will spend some time this spring at first base, a position he also played in college at Cal-Berkeley. The Phillies used him briefly there last spring, but Knapp had to borrow Darin Ruf ’s glove.

Knapp was in the Dominican Republic in December when Joe Jordan, the team’s AssocIATed Press FIle director of player develop- Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta won 18 games during ment, was trying to call him. the 2016 regular season.

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CLEARWATER, Fla. — If Andrew Knapp needed any insight last spring about his chances of breaking camp with the Phillies, he simply needed to look at his locker location.

The catcher was issued one of the extra stalls in the middle of the clubhouse that the team assembled to help with the overflow of players.

It was the worst spot in the room, as there’s little privacy to be had in the center of a full clubhouse.

It was clear that Knapp was invited to camp last seaCARDINALS: An offspeed son as a prospect, not as a potential opening-day candipitch during a pre-spring date. This year is different. training bullpen session effectively ended Alex Reyes’ He enters spring training as a recent addition to the season before it began.

40-man roster and the early The St. Louis Cardinals said Wednesday the 22-year- favorite to begin the season as Cameron Rupp’s backup. old right-hander will have “Last year, I was just kind Tommy John surgery to of happy to be here,” Knapp replace a ruptured elbow said. “It was my first bigligament in his pitching arm.

“It sucks just to go through league camp, so I was trying to pick everyone’s brain. So this and miss an entire yeah, it’s a different feeling.” season,” Reyes said.

The Phillies chose to Reyes made his major address their backup-catcher league debut Aug. 9 and situation this winter by invitwas 4-1 with a 1.57 ERA in ing a pair of veteran catchers five starts and seven relief — Ryan Hanigan and Bryan appearances. His fastball averaged more than 97 mph. Holaday — to spring training — Associated Press on minor-league deals. The

moves opened the door for Knapp, who spent last season at Triple A. General manager Matt Klentak said in December that the team would be open to starting the season with Knapp. The job now seems to be his for the taking.

“I’m not really trying to think about it much, but it’s definitely in the back of my mind,” Knapp said. “I think I’ve just got to go out and do what I do and not put too much pressure on myself to go be perfect. Just get ready for the season.”

Knapp, 25, batted .266 with a .330 on-base percentage in 403 at-bats last season with Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Most important might be the 104 games he caught. Knapp thought his game calling improved throughout the season. The IronPigs had three pitchers last season who ended the season with their first taste of the majors. Knapp must have been doing something right, he said. The catcher is a familiar face to a young pitching staff.

“I’ve pretty much caught everyone in this room besides the new guys,” Knapp said, “whether it was last spring or last year in Triple A. I think that’s what they want. I know it’s good to have

By Janie McCauley Associated Press

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METS: New York is returning to West Point to play Army in an exhibition game for the first time in 33 years.

The Mets announced Wednesday that the game will be held at Doubleday Field at Johnson Stadium on March 31 at 3 p.m.

The contest will be the Mets’ final exhibition game before the start of the 2017 season, which begins April 3 at Citi Field against the Atlanta Braves. It will mark the ninth exhibition game between Army and the Mets at West Point and first since 1984.

Arrieta hopeful for deal to remain with Chicago

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Brunson, only a sophomore, already leader for Villanova

By Joe Juliano The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Pelicans’ Anthony Davis is a starter for the NBA All-Star Game and has season highs of 50 points and 22 rebounds.

Pelicans’ Davis relishes gig as All-Star host

By Brett Martel Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis is tiring of the narrative that his pro basketball career would be better served if he played somewhere other than New Orleans.

During All-Star weekend, the face of the Pelicans franchise will have a chance to exhibit why building a winner in the Big Easy matters to him. And if his enthusiasm for his adopted hometown proves contagious among some of the elite talent gathering in the NBA’s Gulf South outpost, all the better for the “Brow.”

“I was definitely excited for All-Star to come to New Orleans again; New Orleans is a fun place,” said Davis, who was a second-year pro and first-time All-Star when the NBA’s annual marquee event last came to the city in 2014. “It will be a good chance for other players to experience our city, the culture in New Orleans with Mardi Gras and all, and see why we feel New Orleans is one the best places to play basketball as far as the fan base that we have and the culture of the city and everything like that.”

The All-Star game wasn’t supposed to return to New Orleans quite this quickly,

but the league pulled the game out of Charlotte earlier this year because of a North Carolina state law that limits protections of LGBT people.

But this All-Star weekend will be different for Davis than his first, when he was still getting comfortable with pro basketball and life in New Orleans. Davis, nicknamed “the Unibrow” since his college days at Kentucky, was a Western Conference reserve in 2014. Now he’s among the most popular players in the world and an All-Star starter boasting gaudy statistics of nearly 28 points and 12 rebounds per game — not to mention season highs of 50 points, 22 rebounds and six blocks.

What Davis needs now is more help. The Pelicans missed the playoffs in three of his first four pro seasons, and their postseason prospects are in doubt again.

Entering Wednesday night’s action, New Orleans was 12 games below .500 and 3½ games out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

While Davis doesn’t expect to spend the whole weekend recruiting, he acknowledged that playing host to the NBA’s elite gives him an opportunity to help them envision what it might be like if, via a

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trade or free agency, they wound up joining him.

“There definitely is a time for that,” Davis said. “The main focus is for everybody to just go out there and have fun.”

Davis was pleased that this year’s All-Star festivities coincide with Mardi Gras.

Normally, the NBA schedule takes the Pelicans away from New Orleans during most of pre-Lenten Carnival, which draws millions of tourists to New Orleans for rollicking festivities centered on parades and balls.

“I’m excited to actually be in town,” Davis said.

Then there’s the food.

Davis expects to double as a restaurant guide this week.

Growing up in Chicago, Davis was all about pizza, which he still eats when he goes home. But in New Orleans, he’s refined his palette, sampling the city’s renowned creole cuisine and fresh Gulf seafood.

“The food is amazing. The little spice it has to it is amazing. The gumbo is amazing,” Davis said. “When you go to other cities and they have New Orleans gumbo or New Orleans-style food or whatever, it tastes nothing like it.

I’ve been around the city and got a chance to experience all types of food.”

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Villanova coach Jay Wright uses the words “comfortable” and “confident” to describe Jalen Brunson, and it was clear to see the Villanova point guard exhibit both qualities on the team’s 2-0 road trip.

Brunson was a steady force in both games. He quieted the loud sellout crowd Saturday at Xavier with 17 points and seven assists in the second-ranked Cats’ 73-56 victory over the Musketeers.

Two days later, he set the tempo at both ends of the floor, delivering 18 points, four assists and three steals in a 75-62 win at DePaul.

A native of Lincolnshire, Illinois, Brunson performed in his home Chicago area at the Allstate Arena with family and friends in the crowd of 6,963 helping lead his team to its 25th victory, the fourth consecutive year it has reached that mark.

He scored 12 first-half points as the Wildcats built a 21-point lead at the break.

They expanded it to 27 points midway through the second half.

“Every goal for me is to be a leader on the court every time I step on the court,” he said. “I just think that I had to set a tone defensively and get a couple of dives, get a

couple of steals, some deflections, and set the tone. The offense just came to me. It was a real team effort. I just had to step up as a leader.”

Wright loves the way he’s doing it, calling him a “really smart, mature, unselfish leader.”

He said Brusnon, against the DePaul press, “did a great job mixing up, driving, finding people. When you’re driving the ball physically and you get fouled, that can take off some of the pressure.”

The 6-foot-2 sophomore learned his lessons well at the college level last year from Ryan Arcidiacono. He impressed Wright, who liked the fact that someone “that confident and that capable would take that secondary role and actually be enthusiastic about it.”

“He’s never lacked confidence and he’s just very comfortable in his role,” Wright said last week. “He’s the leader out there on the floor and that’s what he’s comfortable with.”

Brunson has put up solid numbers, especially in the Wildcats’ 14 Big East games.

In conference play, he averages 15.6 points (eighth in the league), 4.6 assists (second) and a 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio (third) while shooting 55 percent from the field (fourth) and 85.5 percent on free throws (fifth).

Sixers’ Embiid out NEW ORLEANS — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid will not participate in the Rising Stars Challenge or the Skills Challenge at All-Star weekend in New Orleans because of an injured left knee.

Oklahoma City’s Alex Abrines will replace Embiid on the World Team for Friday night’s Rising Stars game. Denver’s Nikola Jokic will take Embiid’s spot in the Skills Challenge on Saturday night.

Jokic was already headed to All-Star weekend to play in the Rising Stars game. Embiid has not played since Jan. 20 because of the knee problem.

The NBA announced the Embiid replacements Wednesday, the same day the league chose New York’s Willy Her nangome z to replace Denver’s Emmanuel Mudiay in the Rising Stars game. Mudiay has a back injury.

The league has not yet announced who will replace injured Cleveland forward Kevin Love on the Eastern Conference roster for Sunday’s All-Star Game. Love had knee surgery earlier AssocIATed Press FIle this week and is expected to Villanova’s Jalen Brunson is averaging 15.6 points be sidelined for several per game in Big East play this season. weeks.

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Barford, Razorbacks upset No. 21 South Carolina Staff report

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Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) drives past Pacers’ Paul George on Wednesday in Cleveland.

James scores 31 points, leads Cavs past Pacers Associated Press

Anthony replacing Love NEW ORLEANS — Carmelo Anthony is an All-Star again.

The NBA announced Wednesday night that the Knicks player has been picked to replace Cleveland forward Kevin Love on the Bucks 129 Eastern Conference roster Nets 125 Sunday for the All-Star Game NEW YORK — Giannis in New Orleans.

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Arkansas’ Jaylen Barford handles the ball during Wednesday’s game against No. 21 South Carolina. first loss in two months with a victory over South Florida.

The Bearcats (23-2, 12-1 American) shrugged off last Sunday’s nine-point loss to SMU and surpassed their victory total for last season.

Kyle Washington had 13 points and nine rebounds, while Jacob Evans overcame early foul trouble to finish with 10 points.

No. 23 Maryland 74 Northwestern 64 EVANSTON, Ill. — Melo Trimble scored a career-high 32 points on 12-for-17 shooting, and No. 23 Maryland strengthened its position in the Big Ten with a victory over Northwestern.

Trimble repeatedly came up with big plays for the Terrapins (22-4, 10-3), driving inside for layups or connecting from long range. The junior guard made four of Maryland’s eight 3-pointers

Loyola (Md.) 78 Bucknell 77 BALTIMORE — Jarred Jones grabbed 12 rebounds and scored 23 points, including a go-ahead floater with 45 seconds left, and Loyola (Md.) held off Bucknell to end a two-game skid.

and also contributed four St. Bonaventure 83 rebounds.

La Salle 65 SAINT BONAVENTURE, Duquesne 96 N.Y. — Denzel Gregg scored a Massachusetts 66 career-high 28 points with PITTSBURGH — Fresh- e i g h t b o a r d s a n d S t . man Mike Lewis II scored a Bonaventure rolled to a win career-high 31 points and over La Salle.

Duquesne snapped an eightgame skid, cruising past Women’s Top 25 UMass.

No. 2 Maryland 89 Wisconsin 40 East Carolina 78 COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Temple 64 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough GREENVILLE, N.C. — scored 16 of her 22 points in Caleb White scored 17, the first half, and No. 2 Maryincluding three 3-pointers, land breezed past Wisconsin Kentrell Barkley had his for its 14th straight victory. eighth double-double of the season, and East Carolina West Virginia 66 pulled away in the second No. 24 Kansas State 59 half for a win over Temple.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Chania Ray and Lanay MontLafayette 78 gomery had double-doubles American 65 and West Virginia held on to EASTON — Matt Klinews- defeat No. 24 Kansas State ki scored 23 points with eight despite blowing most of a rebounds, Nick Lindner add- 19-point lead.

Blue Jackets ease past Maple Leafs pushed out of the way by a Columbus player. It was Anderson’s 11th goal of the season and his first in 15 games.

Later in the first period, Jenner scored by pushing in the rebound from a shot by Werenski.

Bjorkstrand got a breakaway from just inside the blue line after a steal by Brandon Saad and scored 1:32 into the second.

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Spurs 107 Magic 79 ORLANDO, Fla. — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 23 points and Kawhi Leonard added 22, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a victory over the short-handed Orlando Magic.

San Antonio’s frontcourt took advantage of a Magic team that was down a key player after newly acquired swingman Terrence Ross was unable to suit up because Serge Ibaka did not complete his physical in time.

Antetokounmpo scored 33 points in his final game before No. 10 North Carolina 97 making his All-Star debut and N.C. State 73 the Milwaukee Bucks sent the RALEIGH, N.C. — Joel Brooklyn Nets to the break on Berry II scored 18 points to a 14-game skid. help No. 10 North Carolina Pistons 98 beat rival North Carolina State to stay alone in first Mavericks 91 place in the Atlantic Coast AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Conference.

Reggie Jackson scored 22 Luke Maye added a careerpoints, Jon Leuer added 20 high 13 points for the Tar and the Detroit Pistons beat Heels (22-5, 10-3), who shot 56 the Dallas Mavericks. percent while dominating both the paint and the glass Raptors 90 to blow out the Wolfpack for Hornets 85 the second time in a month.

TORONTO — Kyle Lowry 68 scored 21 points and all of No. 18 Cincinnati Toronto’s starters finished in South Florida 54 double figures as the Raptors TAMPA, Fla. — Kevin erased a 17-point fourth quar- Johnson scored 14 points and ter deficit to beat the Char- Gary Clark had 13 points and lotte Hornets.

14 rebounds as No. 18 Cincinnati bounced back from its Celtics 116 76ers 108 BOSTON — Isaiah Thomas scored 13 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter and the surging Boston Celtics held on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers. Associated Press

Lehigh 74 Navy 55 BETHLEHEM — Austin Price scored 19 points and led five players into double figures as Lehigh cooled off Navy.

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CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 31 points, Kyrie Irving added 26, Kyle Korver made six 3-pointers and the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled into the All-Star break with their seventh win in eight games, beating the Indiana Pacers 113-104 Wednesday night.

Irving and Korver combined to make four 3s in the first 2:50 of the fourth quarter — Korver finished with 22 points and became the seventh player with 2,000 career 3s — as the NBA champions pulled away and improved to 7-1 in February following a dramaand-distraction filled January.

Glenn Robinson III scored 17 for Indiana, which lost its fifth straight.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jaylen Barford tied his career high with 23 points and Arkansas got its first road win over a ranked opponent in almost three years with an 83-76 victory over No. 21 South Carolina on Wednesday night.

Dusty Hannahs added 20 points for the Razorbacks (197, 8-5 Southeastern Conference) including nine straight after the Gamecocks had cut a 10-point deficit to 55-54 with less than 11 minutes remaining to restore the margin.

South Carolina (20-6, 10-3) closed to 77-76 on PJ Dozier’s layin with 1:04 to go. But Manuale Watkins hit a running jumper that rattled home with 29.3 seconds left as the shot clock sounded.

ed 19 and made six 3-pointers, and Lafayette beat American.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nick Foligno and Boone Jenner each scored a goal, backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo made 31 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Josh Anderson, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matt Calvert also scored, and Alexander Wennberg, Zach Werens-

ki and Seth Jones had a pair of assists each for the Blue Jackets. Columbus moved into a tie with Pittsburgh for second place in the Metropolitan Division two days before the Penguins visit Nationwide Arena.

Nazem Kadri scored both goals for Toronto, and Curtis McElhinney blocked 30 shots — McElhinney was waived by the Blue Jackets earlier this season after backing up

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Sergei Bobrovsky the past few seasons. Josh Leivo assisted on both goals for the Maple Leafs, who squandered a chance to move ahead of Ottawa and Boston for second place in the Atlantic Division.

Anderson started the scoring by poking in a rebound from the blue paint 4:30 into the game. The call was delayed while officials looked at the video replay to make sure McElhinney wasn’t

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THE LINE

WVC GIRLS BASKETBALL

NBA Favorite Points Underdog Wizards 1.5 (216.5) PACERS BULLS PK (212.0) Celtics College Basketball Favorite Points Underdog VANDERBILT 3.5 Texas A&M TOWSON 1.5 Elon MICHIGAN 1 Wisconsin DELAWARE PK Drexel NC-Wilmington 4.5 NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL 5 Uab William & Mary 3.5 JAMES MADISON Charleston 2 HOFSTRA LOUISIANA TECH 13 Fla Atlantic Wright St 5 YOUNGSTOWN ST CLEVELAND ST PK No Kentucky Utep 4 N TEXAS RICE 14 Utsa Florida Int’l 1 SOUTHERN MISS OREGON 9.5 Utah Arizona 12.5 WASHINGTON ST Middle Tenn St 8 W KENTUCKY GONZAGA 22 San Francisco CONNECTICUT 3 Memphis Colorado 11 OREGON ST PORTLAND 3 Pacific SANTA CLARA 9 Pepperdine LONG BEACH ST 3.5 Cal-Davis Hawaii 4 CAL-SANTA BARB WASHINGTON NL Arizona St BYU 15.5 San Diego ST. MARY’S-CA 16 Loyola-M’mount CAL-RIVERSIDE 1 CS-Fullerton SIENA 10 Manhattan MURRAY ST 14.5 SIU-Edw’ville MONMOUTH 15 Niagara NEBRASKA-OMAHA 6 Oral Roberts BELMONT 16.5 E Kentucky E Illinois 1.5 AUSTIN PEAY TENNESSEE ST NL Morehead St MONTANA 10.5 Sacramento St MONTANA ST 4 Portland St WEBER ST 13 No Colorado N Dakota 5.5 IDAHO ST Home team in CAPS

AHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL SOL Pts Penguins 51 37 11 3 0 77 Lehigh Valley 49 32 15 2 0 66 Providence 50 28 13 5 4 65 Bridgeport 48 30 16 1 1 62 Hershey 50 25 14 8 3 61 Springfield 49 17 23 7 2 43 Hartford 49 18 26 3 2 41 North Division GP W L OL SOL Pts Syracuse 50 25 16 4 5 59 Albany 52 29 21 1 1 60 Toronto 50 24 22 3 1 52 St. John’s 52 23 22 6 1 53 Utica 49 20 21 6 2 48 Binghamton 50 22 25 2 1 47 Rochester 49 20 27 0 2 42 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL SOL Pts Grand Rapids 49 32 14 1 2 67 Chicago 52 29 17 3 3 64 Milwaukee 49 27 17 3 2 59 Iowa 52 25 20 5 2 57 Cleveland 48 23 19 2 4 52 Charlotte 48 22 23 3 0 47 Rockford 52 18 23 8 3 47 Manitoba 49 19 24 3 3 44 Pacific Division GP W L OL SOL Pts San Jose 43 28 11 1 3 60 San Diego 44 27 13 2 2 58 Ontario 44 24 12 8 0 56 Tucson 43 21 17 5 0 47 Texas 46 23 20 1 2 49 Stockton 43 19 19 4 1 43 Bakersfield 44 19 19 5 1 44 San Antonio 50 21 24 4 1 47 Wednesday Grand Rapids 7, Manitoba 5 Rockford 2, Cleveland 0 Binghamton 6, St. John’s 4 Albany 6, Syracuse 1 Utica 5, Toronto 2 San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Iowa at Ontario, 10 p.m.

Thursday No games scheduled Friday Penguins at Albany, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.

Manitoba at Toronto, 7 p.m.

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

Hershey at Providence, 7:05 p.m.

Bridgeport at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.

Utica at Springfield, 7:05 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Rockford, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Texas, 8:30 p.m.

San Diego at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.

Tucson at Ontario, 10 p.m.

San Jose at Stockton, 10:30 p.m.

DIVISION 1 x-Valley West Crestwood Hazleton Area Pittston Area Dallas Coughlin DIVISION 2 Nanticoke Area Holy Redeemer Wyoming Area Berwick Lake-Lehman Tunkhannock DIVISION 3 x-Northwest Meyers Hanover Area Wyoming Seminary GAR x-division champion

WVC 15-2 11-5 11-6 8-8 6-11 0-17 WVC 15-1 15-1 9-6 10-6 6-10 3-13 WVC 10-4 8-6 5-9 2-12 0-14

ALL 18-4 15-7 15-8 13-10 11-12 0-23 ALL 21-1 18-4 13-7 13-8 7-15 5-17 ALL 15-6 13-8 7-15 6-14 1-1

WVC BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION 1 x-Hazleton Area Crestwood Dallas Valley West Pittston Area Coughlin DIVISION 2 GAR Meyers Nanticoke Area Wyoming Area Berwick Tunkhannock DIVISION 3 x-Holy Redeemer Wyoming Seminary Northwest Hanover Area MMI Prep Lake-Lehman x-division champion

WVC 14-0 11-4 8-7 8-7 3-12 1-14 WVC 14-2 13-2 11-5 11-5 9-7 6-10 WVC 10-5 8-7 4-11 4-11 2-13 1-14

ALL 17-2 14-7 12-9 11-10 6-15 2-18 ALL 16-5 15-5 15-6 16-5 13-8 9-11 ALL 13-8 12-9 7-13 5-16 4-17 1-19

WVC SWIMMING GF GA 179 121 176 138 151 126 147 139 171 155 119 143 130 171 GF GA 150 148 146 144 154 141 145 161 125 142 129 161 133 159 GF GA 167 120 174 142 133 136 131 139 116 126 119 129 122 169 122 154 GF GA 150 105 140 112 134 129 121 142 148 152 122 124 123 129 129 149

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

WVC 12-0-0 10-1-0 9-2-0 8-3-0 7-3-0 7-4-0 5-5-0 4-7-0 4-7-0 3-8-0 2-10-0 1-11-0 0-12-0 WVC 9-0-0 7-1-0 6-2-0 6-2-0 4-4-0 4-4-0 3-6-0 1-6-1 1-7-1 0-9-0

FREEDOM BASKETBALL MEN CONF x-Eastern 10-3 x-Delaware Valley 10-3 x-DeSales 9-4 x-Misericordia 8-5 Wilkes 6-7 Manhattanville 4-9 FDU-Florham 4-9 King’s 1-12 x-clinched playoff berth SATURDAY Wilkes at Eastern, 3 King’s at FDU-Florham, 3 Misericordia at Manhattanville, 3 Delaware Valley at DeSales, 3

ALL 15-9 15-9 17-7 17-7 12-12 8-16 7-17 5-19

WOMEN CONF x-FDU-Florham 12-1 x-Misericordia 11-2 x-DeSales 10-3 x-Eastern 7-6 Delaware Valley 5-8 Manhattanville 4-9 King’s 3-10 Wilkes 0-13 x-clinched playoff berth SATURDAY Wilkes at Eastern, 1 King’s at FDU-Florham, 1 Misericordia at Manhattanville, 1 Delaware Valley at DeSales, 1

ALL 21-3 18-6 18-6 16-8 9-15 9-15 5-18 5-19

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RADIO / TV TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE College Basketball 7 p.m.

UAB at Marshall, CBSSN 7 p.m.

Wisconsin at Michigan, ESPN 7 p.m.

Texas A&M at Vanderbilt, ESPN2 7 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at Murray St., ESPNU 9 p.m.

Middle Tennessee at W. Kentucky, CBSSN 9 p.m.

Utah at Oregon, ESPN 9 p.m.

Memphis at UConn, ESPN2 9 p.m.

Morehead St. at Tennessee St., ESPNU 9 p.m.

Arizona at Washington St., FS1 11 p.m.

San Diego at BYU, ESPNU 11 p.m.

Arizona St. at Washington, FS1 Figure Skating Noon ISU Four Continents Championships, NBCSN 2 p.m.

ISU Four Continents Championships, NBCSN 4 p.m.

ISU Four Continents Championships, NBCSN Golf 2 p.m.

PGA, Genesis Open, GOLF 11 p.m.

LPGA, Women’s Australian Open, GOLF NBA 8 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, TNT NHL 7 p.m.

NY Rangers at NY Islanders, MSG 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, ROOT 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Buffalo, NBCSN 9 p.m.

Philadelphia at Edmonton, CSN Skiing 6:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Championships, NBCSN Soccer 10:50 a.m. FC Krasnodar vs. Fenerbache SK, FS1 1 p.m.

KAA Gent vs. Tottenham, FS1 1 p.m.

Borussia Mochengladbach vs. Fiorentina, FS2 3 p.m.

Manchester United vs. Saint-Etiene, FS1 3 p.m.

Villarreal vs. AS Roma, FS2 Women’s College Basketball 6 p.m.

Michigan at Indiana, BTN 7 p.m.

Vanderbilt at South Carolina, SEC 8 p.m.

Northwestern at Iowa, BTN 9 p.m.

Auburn at Mississippi, SEC

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Colorado minor league INF Yeremi Rosario (DSL) 72 games after testing positive for Tamoxifen, a performance-enhancing substance; Atlanta minor league INF Gabe Howell (Danville-Appalacjian) 68 games after testing positive for Hydrochlorothiazide, a performance-enhancing substance; free agent minor league OF L.J. Hoes and St. Louis minor league LHP Corey Littrell (Memphis-PCL) 50 games each after second positive tests for a drug of abuse; and Arizona minor league C Ryan January (Missoula-Pioneer) 50 games after testing positive for Amphetamine, a stimulant.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Howie Clark assistant major league hitting coach.

Agreed to terms with 1B-3B Chris Johnson, 1B-3B Juan Francisco and OF Michael Choice on minor league contracts.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Travis Wood to a two-year contract. Placed LHP Brian Flynn on the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Yusmeiro Petit on a minor league contract.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Sergio Romo on a one-year contract.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Fernando Salas on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Recalled G Wade Baldwin IV, C Deyonta Davis and F Jarell Martin from Iowa (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed OL Eric Kush to a two-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed CB Bene Benwikere.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Re-signed QB Chad Henne and DT Abry Jones.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Detroit F Gustav Nyquist six games for high-sticking Minnesota D Jared Spurgeon a Feb. 12 game against Minnesota.

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Adrian Kempe and D Paul LaDue from Ontario (AHL). Assigned RW Devin Setoguchi to Ontario.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Acquired D Tom Gilbert from Los Angeles a conditional 2017 draft pick and assigned him to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Released F Allan McPherson from his professional tryout agreement. Sent D Spiro Goulakos to Greenville (ECHL).

ECHL ATLANTA GLADIATORS — Announced the Boston Bruins extended their affiliation with two-year agreement.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MINNESOTA UNITED — Traded its No. 1 Allocation Ranking Order spot to Vancouver for $100,000 General Allocation Money in 2018 and $125,000 Targeted Allocation Money in 2018, and an international roster spot for the 2017 MLS season. Signed M Josh Gatt.

NEW YORK CITY FC — Signed M Maximiliano Moralez to a three-year contract.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Acquired F Femi Hollinger-Janzen from Minnesota for G Bobby Shuttleworth.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Acquired F Fredy Montero on loan from Tianjin Teda of the Chinese Super League.

COLLEGE CINCINNATI — Named Willie Martinez cornerbacks coach.

HARVARD — Named Anthony Fucillo assistant defensive backs coach.

ILLINOIS — Named Donnie Abraham defensive assistant coach.

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NBA

NHL

EASTERN Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 37 19 .661 — Toronto 33 24 .579 4.5 New York 23 33 .411 14 Philadelphia 21 35 .375 16 Brooklyn 9 47 .161 28 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington 33 21 .611 — Atlanta 32 23 .582 1.5 Charlotte 24 32 .429 10 Miami 24 32 .429 10 Orlando 21 37 .362 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 39 16 .709 — Indiana 29 27 .518 10.5 Chicago 27 29 .482 12.5 Detroit 27 30 .474 13 Milwaukee 25 30 .455 14 WESTERN Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 43 13 .768 — Houston 40 17 .702 3.5 Memphis 34 23 .596 9.5 New Orleans 22 34 .393 21 Dallas 22 34 .393 21 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 34 22 .607 — Oklahoma City 31 25 .554 3.0 Denver 25 30 .455 8.5 Portland 23 32 .418 10.5 Minnesota 21 35 .375 13 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 46 9 .836 — L.A. Clippers 34 21 .618 12 Sacramento 24 32 .429 22.5 L.A. Lakers 19 38 .333 28 Phoenix 17 39 .304 29.5 Tuesday Chicago 105, Toronto 94 Cleveland 116, Minnesota 108 Sacramento 97, L.A. Lakers 96 Wednesday Cleveland 113, Indiana 104 San Antonio 107, Orlando 79 Boston 116, Philadelphia 108 Detroit 98, Dallas 91 Milwaukee 129, Brooklyn 125 Toronto 90, Charlotte 85 Miami at Houston, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Memphis, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 9 p.m.

New York at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

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

Thursday Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.

EASTERN Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Montreal 58 31 19 8 70 165 150 Ottawa 54 29 19 6 64 145 146 Boston 58 29 23 6 64 157 155 Toronto 56 26 19 11 63 174 167 Florida 54 24 20 10 58 134 153 Buffalo 57 24 23 10 58 141 161 Tampa Bay 56 25 24 7 57 154 160 Detroit 56 22 24 10 54 141 169 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Washington 56 39 11 6 84 192 121 Pittsburgh 55 35 13 7 77 197 155 Columbus 56 36 15 5 77 182 138 N.Y. Rangers 56 37 18 1 75 192 147 Philadelphia 56 27 22 7 61 147 168 N.Y. Islanders 55 25 20 10 60 162 165 New Jersey 56 24 22 10 58 131 159 Carolina 53 24 22 7 55 140 156 WESTERN Central Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Minnesota 56 37 13 6 80 187 130 Chicago 57 35 17 5 75 166 147 St. Louis 56 29 22 5 63 161 165 Nashville 56 27 21 8 62 158 151 Winnipeg 59 26 29 4 56 171 187 Dallas 58 22 26 10 54 160 187 Colorado 54 15 37 2 32 109 184 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA San Jose 57 34 18 5 73 156 135 Anaheim 58 30 18 10 70 152 147 Edmonton 57 30 19 8 68 162 148 Los Angeles 55 28 23 4 60 138 136 Calgary 57 28 26 3 59 149 164 Vancouver 57 25 26 6 56 135 164 Arizona 55 19 29 7 45 131 174 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday Pittsburgh 4, Vancouver 0 New Jersey 3, Colorado 2 Toronto 7, N.Y. Islanders 1 Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 5, Dallas 2 Anaheim 1, Minnesota 0 Edmonton 5, Arizona 2 Wednesday Columbus 5, Toronto 2 St. Louis at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Florida at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Arizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES Wednesday’s Men’s Scores EAST Albany (NY) 78, UMBC 69 Army 52, Holy Cross 47 Boston U. 69, Colgate 68 Duquesne 96, UMass 66 Fordham 53, Rhode Island 43 LIU Brooklyn 82, St. Francis Brooklyn 45 Lafayette 78, American U. 65 Lehigh 74, Navy 55 New Hampshire 64, Maine 51 Post (Conn.) 73, Dominican (NY) 65 Providence 75, Xavier 63 Scranton 75, Susquehanna 66 St. Bonaventure 83, La Salle 65 Stony Brook 66, Hartford 54 Vermont 87, Mass.-Lowell 66 SOUTH Arkansas 83, South Carolina 76 Charleston Southern 72, Campbell 69 Chattanooga 74, VMI 68 Cincinnati 68, South Florida 54 Davidson 74, George Washington 63 ETSU 79, Samford 77 East Carolina 78, Temple 64 Furman 74, W. Carolina 62 Gardner-Webb 70, Radford 59 UNC-Asheville 89, Presbyterian 48 UNC-Greensboro 74, Wofford 55 Winthrop 83, Longwood 63 MIDWEST Fort Wayne 77, N. Dakota St. 61 Iowa St. 87, Kansas St. 79 Loyola of Chicago 64, Indiana St. 46 Maryland 74, Northwestern 64 Wichita St. 87, S. Illinois 68 Wednesday’s Women’s Basketball Scores EAST American U. 75, Lafayette 45 Army 60, Holy Cross 41 Boston U. 65, Colgate 51 Bucknell 57, Loyola (Md.) 39 Caldwell 81, Felician 56

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Rumor the German shepherd wins best in show

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“They’re loyal, dependable dogs that you can count on,” Boyles said.

Rumor nearly won Westminster last year. She came to town as the nation’s No. 1 show dog with more than 100 overall ribbons but was beaten in a surprise by a German shorthaired pointer named CJ. In fact, when the judge began to announce his champion pick with “German sh...,” Boyles took a step forward, anticipating the prize.

“I was thinking,” Boyles said.

That was supposed to be FrAnk FrAnklin ii / AssociAted Press Rumor’s last show, and she was set to head home with A handler guides Rumor, a German shepherd, at Boyles to Edgerton, Wiscon- the 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on sin, to be a house pet and Tuesday in New York. have puppies. She didn’t conceive and late in the year, Boyles thought twice about Rumor’s retirement.

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The moment any German shepherd steps into the ring at the Garden, the crowd goes crazy.

New Yorkers just love ‘em.

Some say it’s because rooting for a German shepherd is the same as putting on an NYPD or FDNY hat, standing up for a dog that stood tall at a time of the city’s greatest need.

“My sentiments, exactly,” Boyles said.

While German shepherds hadn’t won a lot here, many of them were on the green carpet of the center ring in 2002 when Westminster honored search and rescue dogs for their tireless work at the World Trade Center and Pentagon following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The solemn tribute is considered by many the most cherished

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NEW YORK — Quite a rally for Rumor — a commanding comeback for German shepherds, too.

Rumor was crowned America’s top dog Tuesday night when, a year after a near miss on the very same green carpet, she came out of retirement to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

Cheered loudly all around the ring by a packed crowd at Madison Square Garden, she’s just the second German shepherd champion at the event that began in 1877.

“Unbelievable,” handler and co-owner Kent Boyles said.

In a year that’s seen lots of late, startling twists in sports — think Patriots, Cubs and Cavaliers — Rumor pulled something of a shocker.

She’d been at home in Wisconsin for months, a house pet headed toward having puppies, when she suddenly jumped back into the show ring in January.

Boyles is a fan of the Packers and star quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Seeing a pet go from the couch to this top prize, heck, that’s a dog world Hail Mary.

The 5-year-old Rumor beat out a Norwegian elkhound, a Pekingese, a miniature poodle, an Irish setter, a boxer and a Norwich terrier in the final ring. The Irish setter called Adrian finished second.

“The German shepherd standard talks about quality and nobility,” judge Thomas Bradley III said. “When you recognize it, it hits you at

home, and that’s what it really is. She is just magnificent.”

Rumor is named for the hit song “Rumor Has It” by Adele, a champion herself after sweeping the major categories at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

This was the 104th career win for Rumor, and earlier in the day, Boyles said that this would definitely, for real, be her last major show.

“She’s going to be relaxing for a while,” Boyles said after the win, but ultimately, there are “puppies in her future.”

Clearly the crowd favorite, Rumor came out flying into the best-of-seven final ring to fans whistling and calling her name.

Rumor raised up for a welldeserved treat right after the win. Moments later, as Boyles did post-show interviews, Rumor spotted him and ran toward the man who guided her to victory.

Rumor joined the fittingly named Manhattan in 1987 as the only German shepherds to go best in show at the Garden.

There were nearly 2,800 dogs entered in the 141st Westminster canine competition, spread across the 202

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Golf’s stars ready to shine at Riviera

By Doug Ferguson Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Gone are the days when some of golf ’s best players felt the PGA Tour season didn’t really begin until it reached Florida.

There is no shortage of star power in LA. And it wasn’t that much different across the West Coast Swing, which star ted in Kapalua and ends this week at Riviera at the Genesis Open with a field that features eight of the top 10 in the world. And it would have been nine of the top 10 if Rory McIlroy were not recovering from a rib injury.

Riviera has a lot do with that.

“It’s my favorite golf course on the PGA Tour, so I’m very excited to start my season here like I have a few times in the past, and hopefully kind of pick up where I left off here last year,” said Adam Scott, who makes his American debut this week.

Scott finished one shot behind last year, then went to Florida and won the next two events.

He also was the wrong guy to ask about the importance of getting off to a good start in a week where the forecast is ominous.

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Adam Scott finished one shot behind the leader last year at Riviera Country Club.

Rain is expected to be heavy and steady Friday, with traces still lingering on the weekend.

Scott’s only “victory” at Riviera still doesn’t count. That was in 2005, when it rained so hard that the field managed only 36 holes, and Scott won in a playoff on Monday. He received the money and got his name on the trophy, though the tour requires at least 54 holes to be completed to count it as official.

“I’m determined to get an official win here, and hopefully, it’s this week,” he said.

It won’t be easy.

Jordan Spieth is coming off a four-shot victory at Pebble Beach in which he found the right recipe for putting on poa greens. Spieth is concerned only with the speed of the putt, not whether it goes in. He took only 23 putts in the third round when he built a big lead, and played the final 28 holes without a bogey.

So when he was practicing at Riviera on Tuesday and was on the putting green, he couldn’t help but notice the number of

players watching him. Spieth is regarded among the best putters on tour, anyway, but there was special attention paid because of the poa greens.

“Putting on poa annua greens, you see guys get so frustrated and they start second-guessing themselves,” Spieth said. “You see more putter changes in the West Coast Swing, probably double than you see the rest of the year. So just experience of recognizing that you’re going to hit good putts that don’t necessarily go in because the type of grass is a little stickier and the footprints are more significant and it can kind of shoot balls offline easier.”

For all the stars at Riviera — British Open champion Henrik Stenson is the only other player from the top 10 not at the Genesis Open — the tournament lost a little buzz from Tiger Woods withdrawing with recurring back problems.

Woods was supposed to play his hometown event for the first time since 2006, a product of his foundation taking over as the host organization under.

Even before that, Riviera typically had the strongest field of an increasingly strong West Coast because of the fabled golf course.

SPORTS IN BRIEF Godwin, Sickels invited to Combine A pair of now-former Nittany Lions are off to Indianapolis.

Penn State’s Chris Godwin and Garrett Sickels were among the 330 players invited to the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine, it was announced Wednesday morning.

The event is held from Feb. 28 to Mar. 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Both Godwin and Sickels skipped their final year of eligibility at Penn State to declare for the NFL Draft, which is hosted in Philadelphia from April 27-29.

Godwin, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound wideout, posted a stellar junior campaign. The Delaware native had 59 receptions for 982 yards and 11 touchdowns, all team-highs.

Godwin performed well throughout the year, but broke out on a national stage in Penn State’s 52-49 defeat to Southern California in the Rose Bowl. The wideout, a projected third-round selection by CBSSports.com, had nine catches for 187 yards and two scores against the Trojans.

Meanwhile, Sickels posted team-highs with 12.5 tackles for loss and six sacks.

— Centre Daily Times

Lesnar’s retirement confirmed by UFC LOS ANGELES — Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar informed the mixed martial arts promotion that he is retired from competition.

The UFC confirmed the 39-year-old Lesnar’s decision Wednesday.

Lesnar returned from a 4½-year MMA absence last July to beat Mark Hunt at UFC 200, but the result was overturned after Lesnar failed two doping tests. He was subsequently suspended from competition for a year by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

If he decides to return to competition, he would have to serve the remaining five months of his suspension.

— Associated Press

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Trump won’t fill out ESPN tourney bracket President Donald Trump won’t be filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket on ESPN this March, unlike his predecessor, Barack Obama.

E S P N spokesman Josh Krulewitz said the network expressed its “interest to the White House in continuing the presidential bracket. They have respectfully declined.”

Obama, a basketball fan, would join the network on-camera and make his March Madness picks for both the men’s and women’s brackets. Last year, he nailed a number of upsets — most notably Hawaii knocking off fourth-seeded California in the opening round — but he had Villanova, the eventual national champion, losing in the Elite Eight.

— Associated Press

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Team USA star Lloyd signs with Man City MANCHESTER, England — After spending her entire career playing for clubs in her homeland, United States women’s soccer captain Carli Lloyd signed Wednesday to play for English champion Manchester City this spring.

The 34-year-old Lloyd is expected to rejoin the Houston Dash of the National Women’s Soccer League in June, although City’s statement did not mention the Texas team.

“I’ve still got three or four years left in me before I hang up the cleats, and I want to cross some more items off the bucket list,” Lloyd said in a statement.

— Associated Press

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today in history Today is Thursday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2017. There are 318 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight On Feb. 16, 1862, the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the moniker “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”

On this date In 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month and a-half after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.

Today’s birthdays Jazz/pop singer/actress Peggy King is 87. Actor Jeremy Bulloch is 72. Actor William Katt is 66.

Actor-rapper Ice-T is 59. Actress Lisa Loring is 59. International Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe is 58. Rock musician Andy Taylor is 56. Rock musician Dave Lombardo is 52. Actress Sarah Clarke is 46. Olympic gold medal runner Cathy Freeman is 44. Actor Mahershala Ali is 43. Singer Sam Salter is 42. Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 35. Actress Elizabeth Olsen is 28. Actor Mike Weinberg is 24.

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Domestic Violence Service Center and Pat Rushton of the Victims Resource Center will also speak at the event.

If you’re looking for something more low-key, don’t miss the Dietrich Theater’s Winter Film Festival, which kicks off on Friday night in Tunkhannock.

The festival features Oscar and Golden Globe nominees, including “Hell or High Water,” “Moonlight” and “Loving.”

Other festival films include “The Beatles: 8 Days a Week,” “The Brand New Testament,” “Denial,” “The Dressmaker,” “The Eagle Huntress,” “Embrace,” “Harry & Snowman,” “Peter and the Farm,” “Queen of Katwe” and “Seasons.”

Tickets for matinee and evening screenings are $8.50, excluding the opening night gala and preview day, and do not require reservations.

The gala kicks off the festival at 6 p.m. Friday and includes beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres and film screenings of “A Man Called Ove” and “Loving,” with dessert during intermission. Tickets are $25 and must be reserved in advance. For information, visit dietrichtheater.com.

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As we lumber through the shortest, yet longest-feeling month, I can only dream of blue skies and sunny days.

I am certainly hoping for an early spring things year, but based on Punxsutawney Phil, we’ll be seeing Charlotte L. more of Jacobson winter for STAFF WRITER a while.

On the bright side, I think there are enough indoor events to keep us busy until the flowers bloom.

One of which is the 7th annual Concert for Rebecca and All Victims of Domestic Violence at 7 p.m. Saturday at King’s Pizza in Mountain Top. Rebecca Renninger was murdered in 2009. A year later, her parents began to host the annual concert in her honor, with hopes of raising awareness about domestic violence and encouraging those in bad situations to reach out for help.

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Index

Best bets ................................. 3 Empty Bottles ...................... 4 Cover story ............................ 6 Movies ..................................... 8

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On the Record ..................... 9 The List ................................. 10 Sounds.................................. 11 Out&About ........................ 14

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Bestbets

Looking for more?

The List starts on page 10.

Editor’s top picks for the weekend Cirque Zuma Zuma What some people call the African-style Cirque du Soleil is coming to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Cirque Zuma Zuma features an array of never-before-seen talents, mixed with some of the best loved skills associated with African variety arts, including vocalists, dance, acrobats, tumblers and more.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door.

Visit kirbycenter. org for information.

Nightlife

Funk and soul West End Blend, the 10-piece powerhouse funk and soul band from Hartford, Conn., hits the River Street Jazz Cafe at 10 p.m. Friday.

The group recently released its latest EP, “Say Hey!” in September, just before beginning their fall tour.

Tickets for the show are $10 and can be purchased by visiting riverstreetjazzcafe.com.

Woodlands, 1073 Highway 315, Plains Twp.: Dance Party, KRZ Dance Party Franklin’s Bar & Grill, 53 PubSaturday lic Square, Wilkes-Barre: Kyle 279 Bar & Grill, 279 S. River St., McCormack Wilkes-Barre: The Wanabees JJ Bridjes Restaurant, 925 Ale Mary’s at the BittenNorthern Blvd., Clarks Sumbender, 126 Franklin Ave., mit: Crimson Tears Scranton: Just Blush, King The Leonard Theater, 335 AdKidding, Just Blush and Polly ams Ave., Scranton: Ladies Anna Comedy Night The American Grille at Bomb Mendicino’s Pizza, Route 502, Bay Cafe, 1044 Main St., Covington Twp.: Jim Carro Dickson City: Speaker Jam Duo Andy Gavin’s, 1392 N. WashMert’s Piano Bar, 302 Penn ington Ave., Scranton: Heads Ave., Scranton: The Chatter Up Duo O’Leary’s Pub, 514 Ash St., Arlo’s Tavern, 10340 Route Scranton: Ron Morgan Band 171, Union Dale: Joe Statou OSE (Oak Street Express), and Pat Casper 601 N. Main Ave., Taylor: DJ Augustine’s Club 17, 518 N. Famous Main Ave., Old Forge: The Parker House Tavern, 12 E. Third Nut Parker St., Scranton: Mike Bar Louie at Mohegan Sun Baresse Pocono, 1280 Route 315, River Street Jazz Cafe, 665 N. Plains Twp.: That 90’s Band River St., Plains Twp.: Aaron The Beaumont Inn, 4437 Fink & The Fury Record Route 309, Dallas: Lex Release Party Blu Wasabi, 223 Northern Sidney’s Lounge, 820 NorthBlvd., Clarks Summit: The ern Blvd., Clarks Summit: Sperazza Band Classic Rock Express Breakers at Mohegan Sun Sleepy Hollow Lounge at Idle Pocono, 1280 Route 315, Hour Lanes, 2008 ScrantonPlains Twp.: M80 Carbondale Highway, DickElixir Bistro Bar at Mohegan son City: Riley Loftus Sun Pocono, 1280 Route Streamside Bandstand at 315, Plains Twp.: Kate Hearity the Woodlands, 1073 Route Evolution Nightclub at the 315, Plains Twp.: Sweet PepRoute 315, Plains Twp.: The 25th Hour

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Oklahoma The first musical ever performed at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse returns 35 years later to kick of the 2017 season.

Rogers and Hammerstein’s musical, “Oklahoma”opens at the Swoyersville theater at 8 p.m. Saturday and continues through March 5.

Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. Adult tickets are $35; children 12 and under are $25. Showonly tickets cost $18 and $14 for adults and children, respectively.

For information, visit musicbox.org. per and the Long Hots Thirst T’s Bar & Grill, 120 Lincoln St., Olyphant: Kevin Vest, Supermassive and Graces Downfall Venture Lounge & Nightclub, 1266 Sans Souci Parkway, Wilkes-Barre: DJ NRG The V-Spot Bar, 906 Providence Road, Scranton: Nowhere Slow Wellington’s Pub & Eatery, Routes 6 and 11, Clarks Summit: See You Next Tuesday Wise Crackers Comedy Club at Mohegan Sun Pocono, 1280 Route 315, Plains Twp.: Kevin Brennan, Joe Larson and Scott Bruce

Sunday

Arlo’s Tavern, 10340 Route 171, Union Dale: The Soul Shakers Blues Jam Bongo Roadhouse, 2136 Lake Ariel Highway, Lake Ariel: Showcase Hosted by Little Sparrow Elk Mountain Ski Resort, 344 Elk Mountain Road, Union Dale: Dashboard Mary Gerrity’s Market, 100 Old Lackawana Trail, Clarks Summit: Doug Smith’s Dixieland All-Stars Continued on PAGE 15

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The Leonard Theater, 335 Adams Ave., Scranton: B Street Band Levels Bar & Grill, 519 Linden St., Scranton: DJ NRG Mendicino’s Pizza, Route 502, Covington Twp.: Fuzzy Park Duo Mert’s Piano Bar, 302 Penn Ave., Scranton: Smith O’Leary’s Pub, 514 Ash St., Scranton: Pink Slip OSE (Oak Street Express), 601 N. Main Ave., Taylor: Dance Hall Devils River Street Jazz Cafe, 665 N. River St., Plains Twp.: West End Blend and County Lines Sherman Theater, 524 Main St., Stroudsburg: Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap Smiler’s Grill & Bar,600 Main St., Dickson City:Dashboard Mary Streamside Bandstand at the Woodlands, 1073 Route 315, Plains Twp.: Boomer Happy Hour with Frankie and Toby Thirst T’s Bar & Grill, 120 Lincoln St., Olyphant: Buzz and Project 90’s Band The V-Spot Bar, 906 Providence Road, Scranton: Mountain Sky Orchestra Wise Crackers Comedy Club at Mohegan Sun Pocono, 1280 Route 315, Plains Twp.: Kevin Brennan, Joe Larson and Scott Bruce The Woodlands Inn, 1073

Newsboys Newsboys, a Grammy-nominated and platinum-selling band, performs Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in WilkesBarre as part of its Love Riot Tour.

The show beings at 6 p.m., and tickets start at $25.

Purchase tickets at the NBT Bank Box Office, online at Ticketmaster. com or newsboys.com, or call 800-745-3000.

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the Gypsy Andy Gavin’s, 1392 N. Washington Ave., Scranton: The Irrefutables Thursday Arlo’s Tavern, 10340 Route Chacko’s Memory Lane 171, Union Dale: Flatland Lounge, 195 N. Wilkes-Barre Ruckus Blvd., Wilkes-Barre: Kartune Augustine’s Club 17, 518 N. Elixir Bistro Bar at Mohegan Main Ave., Old Forge: Heads Sun Pocono, 1280 Route Up Duo 315, Plains Twp.: Fake Uncle Backyard Ale House, 523 Jack Linden St., Scranton: GuitarHoneychild’s, 109 E. Drinker mageddon After Party St., Dunmore: Villiage Idiots Bar Louie at Mohegan Sun J & J Deli, 659 Memorial Pocono, 1280 Route 315, Highway, Dallas: Strawberry Plains Twp.: Flaxy Morgan Jam Band The Beaumont Inn, 4437 Levels Bar & Grill, 519 Route 309, Dallas: Steve Linden St., Scranton: DJ Fritz, Corcoran Duo DJ NRG Breakers at Mohegan Sun O’Leary’s Pub, 514 Ash St., Pocono, 1280 Route 315, Scranton: Sucker, Down to Six Plains Twp.: Nowhere Slow OSE (Oak Street Express), Elixir Bistro Bar at Mohegan 601 N. Main Ave., Taylor: DJ Sun Pocono, 1280 Route Famous 315, Plains Twp.: Kira + The V-Spot Bar, 906 Brooke Providence Road, Scranton: Franklin’s Bar & Grill, 53 Jackson Vee Public Square, Wilkes-Barre: J Orrell, Robb Brown Friday Grotto Pizza/Grand Slam 279 Bar & Grill, 279 S. River Sports Bar, RR 415, Harveys St., Wilkes-Barre: Shelly’s Lake: Outta the Blue Underground Grotto Pizza/Skybox Sports Ale Mary’s at the BittenBar, Wyoming Valley Mall, bender, 126 Franklin Ave., Wilkes-Barre Twp.: Sperazza Scranton: Black Tie Stereo Duo The American Grille at JJ Bridjes Restaurant, 925 Bomb Bay Cafe, 1044 Main Northern Blvd., Clarks SumSt., Dickson City: Friend of mit: Ron Morgan

A Neil Simon classic The Walnut Street Theater Company brings Neil Simon’s hit comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” to F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m.

Friday.

The story follows a man in the sixties, looking for something new and different, but ends up finding himself in the same situation repeatedly.

Tickets start at $18 and can be purchased at kirbycenter.org or by calling the box office at 570826-1100.

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Special to JumpStart!

The President’s Weekend Torch Light Parade & Fireworks will take place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Montage Mountain Resorts. The event will host a number of family-friendly activities, games and events.

Torch Light Parade & Fireworks brighten weekend at Montage

By Gia Mazur Staff Writer

N

o need to travel to the North or South p o l e s . To s e e a breathtaking light show this winter, residents need not look further than Montage Mountain Resorts.

The Torch Light Parade & Fireworks takes place Saturday at the ski resort, 1000 Montage Mountain Road, with family-friendly activities, games and events. The event lights up the night with a torch light show down the main slope and PyroMusical fireworks display after the sun goes down.

Notoriously a skier’s weekend, Presidents Day weekend makes for one of the resort’s most popular times of year, said Montage Mountain director of marketing Jeff Slivinski. In its fourth year, the Fireworks &

If you go

What: President’s Weekend Torch Light Parade & Fireworks When: Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Montage Mountain Resorts, 1000 Montage Mountain Road Details: The event is free but a lift ticket is required if guests would like to ski, snowboard, airboard or tube. Fore more information, visit montagemountainresorts.com.

Light Torch Parade continues to gain more revelers.

“It definitely gets pretty busy,” he said. “The turnout has grown every single year.”

The day kicks off with a demonstration with Gilson Snowboards at 11 a.m., and guests can test and try out snowboards and gear into the afternoon.

Characters appear throughout the day, including Tux from Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins, Woody

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from “Toy Story” and more favorites. Families can enjoy games and activities, and a photographer will roam the mountain to capture the fun throughout the day.

“Lots of family fun going on,” Slivinski said. “It’s definitely a family-oriented event, but there’s something for everyone.”

The Light Torch parade begins at dusk with 75 to 100 of the resort’s staff members gliding down its Main Line with glowing torches.

Then, a PyroMusical fireworks display bursts bright in the sky. The mountain’s white snow reflects the sky’s bright colors, giving a 360-degree experience.

“It’s a cool effect to see,” Slivinski said. “It’s a different experience than people are used to if they only came here to ski. We want everyone to come out.”

Nowhere Slow Duo will

perform from 1 to 5 p.m. in Slocum Hollow Bar & Restaurant, where food and drinks will be available for purchase. All games and activities throughout the day are free, but a lift ticket is required if guests want to ski, snowboard, air board or snow tube. A photo contest offers free lift tickets to lucky winners, picked at random, who post photos of themselves at the event to social media with the hashtag #MountainMemories.

Presidents Day Weekend Torch Light Parade & Fireworks serves as a highlight of Montage Mountain’s packed winter schedule, Slivinski said.

“It’s a great way to get in the winter,” he added. “To do something unique you never thought you’d be doing.” gmazur@timesshamrock.com @gmazurtt

ne of the most common questions I get as a wine writer isn’t about wine at all — it’s about the packaging.

People want to know what I think of things like synthetic corks, boxed wine, twisttop closures or Tetrapak “juice box” wine containers.

Some people expect me to turn my nose up at such things, or want some clearance to deride a certain product. Sometimes they want license to enjoy them.

I think these innovations expand the opportunity to drink wine while helping dedramatize wines. In some cases, they preserve wine quality better than conventional packaging — the bottles and corks that date from the Middle Ages. I barely give a thought to closures — Stelvin “twist offs” or synthetic corks.

Another innovation popped off a recent wine is the “glass cork,” actually a T-stopper known in the trade as the Vino Seal. The glass stopper has some perceived advantages over other closures. They allow very little chance of cork taint, and glass may have a bit more class than twist caps in presentation at a restaurant, if that matters. Also, the glass stopper is recyclable. Natural corks, I have to add, have gotten much better and less likely to impart cork taint — a wet-cardboard mustiness.

I’m a huge fan of nero d’Avola, the inexpensive, highquality red wine from Sicily that provides an easy match with pizza, burgers and just about any red wine dish.

Cusumano 2015 Nero d’Avola appeared like any other wine in a 750 ml bottle until I removed the foil and found the T-shaped glass stopper, which came off with a wiggle and a twist. A silicone seal keeps the bottle tight.

Cusumano 2015 Nero d’Avola shows a bit more panache than other nero d’Avola that tends to angle for simple fruit character.

The wine smells of violets, and is light bodied with raspberry flavors followed by pepper and cocoa and a brush of tannins. $13. HHHH

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I remember when an Australian group released Iron Wine — wine in a can. At the time, it was a knee-slapper.

But canned wine is a good idea. If you ask beer people, they’ll tell you the can is the perfect packaging for preserving beer. It should be okay to use for wine, right?

U n d e r wo o d O r e g o n Pinot Gris is a wine in a can. Pinot Gris is a pink/ gray grape, and when this wine comes from the can, it appears pinkish. Also, I think all canned wine is packaged with some carbonation, but it bubbles off quickly. The wine is lean and dry with some white peach flavor, and minerally with a bitter edge. A can is $8, which translates to a $16 bottle. For the price, I wanted it to be a bit better. HHH½ Bota Box cultivated a reputation for better three-liter box wine. A smaller one- to two-serving Tetrapak Bota Mini RedVolution tastes as though it is zinfandel-based and would be enjoyed by fans of Apothic Red, 19 Crimes and that class of intensely flavored, ripe and sweet reds. The wine smells like wild berry and cedar, and is spicy with flavors of chocolate and over-ripe berries. This is a flavorful, nottoo-demanding wine, the sort that works in a Tetrapak. At $5.50 for 500 ml, it translates to less than $10 a bottle. HHH½ A word on box wine and Tetrapak wine: they are not forever wines and they will age and get past their prime pretty quickly. If you buy them in these formats, drink them promptly.

Don’t worry too much about the packaging of a wine. You may not find the best wines in the world in a box or a can but you can find a quality wine that meets your expectations.

Grade: Exceptional HHHHH, Above average HHHH, Good HHH, Below Average HH, Poor H. David Falchek, executive director of the American Wine Society, reviews wines for JumpStart.

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Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ follows the story of the dysfunctional but wealthy Pollitt family as it discovers its patriarch is dying of cancer. The show opens Friday at Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre.

Little Theatre opens season with Pulitzer Prize-winning drama

By Charlotte L. Jacobson Staff Writer

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since many are more prone to watching musicals. The Big Mama actor said the show forces the audience to think.

“It’s amazing that you can touch the audience with mere words on a page,” Sweeney said. “We make them feel, we make them laugh, we make them cry, we make them pity, we make them feel shame.

They can leave themselves, be pulled into our lives and maybe can learn a lesson. Tennessee Williams is great with the human condition, with the fact that we’re not perfect.”

Mulcahy hopes the audiences takes away from the show the fact “that we never know what day is going to be our last.”

“It paints a perfect picture of when someone is about to pass and that fear that makes people lash out on one another,” she said.

“It’s important to mend relationships, because you don’t want to leave life with regret. And this play shows that. It’s sad and hurtful but true.” cjacobson@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2061, @CVcljacobson

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dove into the challenge of working through the real, raw characters.

Location: Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre Angel Berlane Mulcahy, who plays 537 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre Maggie “The Cat,” had her eye on Dates: Feb. 17 to March 5 the role for about 15 years, calling Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. it a “bucket list role.”

Sundays, 3 p.m.

“The hard part with my connecTickets: $17 and can be purchased at tion (to Maggie) is the plotting and ticketfly.com scheming side of her, because I’m Details: Following the matinee performance not like that in real life,” Mulcahy on Feb. 19, Tennessee Williams scholar said. “But she really fights for her Annette Saddik will host a talk-back with relationships with others, particuthe audience. larly with Brick. Nowadays, it’s Online: ltwb.org easy to give up on relationships, but back then you fought a little harder for your marriage. You pain after losing his best friend. went through the hard times.”

“The best phase is finding my But lurking under every intercharacter,” he said. “Working with action between family members this crutch was difficult, but in are ulterior movies, even from the ‘Young Frankenstein’ I had the local reverend. hump, so I’m at least used to the “The core word in the crux of disability. But I like the metaphor the show, which happens during a of Brick having a literal crutch, conversation between Brick and and alcohol as a crutch.”

Big Daddy, is mendacity,” Mitchell Underlying themes said. “It means living a lie. Everybody (in the show) in one way or Williams comments on the another is living a lie.” human condition throughout his Carol Warholak Sweeney shows, whether it be “Cat on a Hot stressed how important it is for Tin Roof” or “Streetcar Named people to give the show a chance, Desire,” and each cast member

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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alter Mitchell campaigned for the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre to put on his favorite Tennessee Williams’ play for at least three years.

“I love this piece,” the director said. “It’s arguably Tennessee Williams’ finest, if not one of the three best plays he, or anyone else, has ever written.”

And starting this Friday, Mitchell’s dream becomes a reality when Little Theatre of WilkesBarre opens its 95th consecutive season with the 1955 drama “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” with shows continuing for three weekends.

Following the Feb. 19 matinee, Annette Saddik, professor of English and theater at City University of New York, hosts a talk-back with the audience about the play.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play follows the dysfunctional but wealthy Pollitt family, which gathers to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. But there is more to it than a

family reunion — Big Daddy is dying of cancer and has yet to decide who will inherit the estate.

“It’s like biting into a multi-layered chocolate cake,” Mitchell said. “There is so much in it to relish not only as the director but also for the actor and, most importantly, the audience.”

During a rehearsal at the North Main Street theater, Mitchell watched his stage directions come to life through the eight-member cast on minimal set with a bed as the centerpiece. He said he used a level of “collaborative creativity” with the cast, asking for suggestions when unsure how to proceed.

“Working with some of these people, there is some really nice talent among the cast,” said Joe Sheridan, who plays Big Daddy.

“I’m so used to being on the directing side, but I really appreciate now how hard actors work when putting on Tennessee Williams.”

Actor David Giordano took on the role of Brick, the family alcoholic who suffers throughout the show from physical and emotional

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Grammy Award-winng country star Brad Paisley, above, hits Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza tonight for his ‘Life Amplified’ world tour. He brings along guitarists Lindsay Ell, top left, and Chase Bryant, bottom left, for a night full of country and guitar music.

By Charlotte L. Jacobson Staff Writer

Country star Brad Paisley creates ‘just guitar’lineup for world tour

surprises throughout the show,” Ell, 27, said. “It’s a really cool concept. ... We were talking backstage, anadian-born musician and (Paisley) mentioned that it Lindsay Ell always admired would be so cool to have a tour of Brad Paisley’s guitar skills. just guitar players. I mean, who She even worked through the gui- else has done that before? It’s a tar solo of “Old Alabama” on really special lineup. People can repeat until she could play it perdefinitely expect to be well-enterfectly. tained for the show.”

“If you told me I would be standPaisley, 44, captured the nation’s ing on stage trading licks with attention after releasing his first Brad Paisley, even a few years ago, album and receiving the Academy I wouldn’t believe it,” Ell said. of Country Music’s Top New Male The Grammy Award-winning Vocalist of the Year award in 1999. country superstar strums his way Since then, the singer-songwriter into the Mohegan Sun Arena at added three Grammy awards, two Casey Plaza tonight, with support American Music Awards, 13 Acadacts Ell and Chase Bryant, for a emy of Country Music Awards show chock-full of country music and 14 Country Music Association and spectacular guitar perforAwards to his shelf. mances.

For Ell and Bryant, the chance “People can definitely expect to tour with Paisley immediately

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Dates: Thursday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Location: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza 255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Township Tickets: Start at $39.50 Box Office: 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com Online: bradpaisley.com, chasebryant.com, lindsayell.com shot to the top of their favorite memories as musicians.

“We’re all nutcases on stage,” Bryant said. “If you’re not, it’s not fun. Most of my stuff is all highenergy on stage. We give people what they came to see.”

Like many musicians, Orange Grove, Texas, native Bryant, 23, grew up in a musical family. His grandfather played piano in Roy Orbison’s first two bands and later

for Waylon Jennings, while his uncles co-founded the country group Ricochet.

“As a songwriter, going out every night, hearing the fans sing back to you and getting to play some of your favorite songs, including stuff you haven’t written, it’s always a fun thing to do,” Bryant said. “Playing songs that inspire you on a daily basis is great.”

Randy Bachman, founding member of the Guess Who, discovered Ell when she was just 15.

Although she picked up the guitar at 8, she said Bachman truly taught her how to play it. Her musical tastes changed from country to jazz and blues during this time, but her style reverted back to her country roots after moving to Nashville eight years ago.

Now, the artist is working

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toward finishing her new record with Kristian Bush of Sugarland.

“I feel like I have been writing this album for the last 15 years,” Ell said. “The way we are putting this record together, I feel like I’m finally finding me and recording it in concrete.”

Although neither Bryant nor Ell experience true nerves when performing, they both agreed that the rush of adrenaline that comes from walking on stage is beyond thrilling.

“I feel very grateful to wake up every morning and do what I love,” Ell said. “To write about my life and have people connect with it — that’s a crazy concept to imagine, let alone live it.” cjacobson@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2061, @cVcljacobson

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Sculpted Ice Works carvers, Ky Betts, right, and Evan Hughes, both of Scranton, work on carving interactive sculptures at the start of the 12th Annual Clarks Summit Festival of Ice “Frozen Frontier.”

Chill out at Clarks Summit’s Festival of Ice Friday

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Family Fun Faire with DJ Jack Martin, storytelling with Chris Archangelo, children’s complimentary face painting by Happy Faces and post-parade juggling performance by Rob Smith, the Gathering Place, 304 S. State St. 7:30 p.m.: Festival of Ice Parade throughout downtown along South State Street

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larks Summit’s Festival of Ice returns this weekend with a theme sure to give you chills — and multiply them.

The 13th annual festival kicks off Friday with a variety of family-friendly activities and attractions. Visitors can check out close to 50 ice sculpture variations on the “Ice, Lights, Broadway!” theme, including homages to “Grease,” “Hamilton,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “West Side Story,” among other beloved musicals.

Admission and parking are free all weekend. For an official map, sculpture list and updates, visit the Facebook event page. Addresses listed are in Clarks Summit unless otherwise noted. pwilding@timesshamrock.com, @pwildingTT

the Gathering Place Noon to 1:30 p.m.: Live icecarving demonstration, Frontier Communications, 108 N. State St. Noon to 5 p.m.: Horse-and carriage-rides, outside the Gathering Place (tickets are $3, available at Clarks Summit borough building, 304 S. State St.) 1 to 3 p.m.: Live ice-carving demonstration plus live music

by Von Storch Project, Everything Natural 1 to 3 p.m.: Live music with Mike Waskovich, Clel’s Place, 120 Barrett St. 1:30 p.m.: All About Theatre special adult theater group original play performance, the Gathering Place 2 p.m.: Broadway Musical Revue with Erin Malloy Marcinko, First Presbyterian Church 2:30 p.m.: Jill and Gehred Wetzel

dance performance, the Gathering Place 3:30 to 5 p.m.: Live ice-carving demonstration, Toyota of Scranton 4 to 5 p.m. Live ice-carving demonstration, Gerrity’s Market, 100 Old Lackawanna Trail 5 to 7 p.m.: Live music by Lights Out, La Tonalteca Mexican Restaurant, 821 Northern Blvd.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Live icecarving demonstration, State Street Grill, 114 S. State St.

Junior Actors original play performance, the Gathering Place 2:30 p.m.: All About Theatre Senior Actors original play performance, the Gathering Place 3 to 5 p.m.: Live music by Old Man River Band, the Gathering Place 4 p.m.:“Ice, Lights, Cabaret!” performance, First Presbyterian Church

Ongoing

Festival of Ice Golden Ticket Scavenger Hunt: Pick up entry 11 to 12:30 p.m.: Live Broadway form at any location with Brass with Brass Reflections, an ice sculpture, then visit the Gathering Place all nine Festival of Ice zones Noon to 5 p.m.: Horse-and-carto find the hidden Golden riage rides from the Gathering Ticket. List each ticket locaPlace (tickets are $3, available tion and drop off completed at borough building) entries by Monday at 5 p.m.

1 to 3 p.m.: Drop-in children’s at any participating locacraft, Abington Art Studio, 208 tion. Random drawing from Depot St. completely correct entries will 1 to 3 p.m.: Live music by Dixiebe held after the festival. land All Stars, Gerrity’s Market Also, check with Clarks Summit1 to 3 p.m.: Live music by Doreen area businesses throughout Coleman, Everything Natural the weekend for specials and 1:30 p.m.: All AboutTheatre giveaways.

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10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Live music by Mark Woodyatt, Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co., 1100 Northern Blvd., South Abington Twp. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Live ice-carving demonstration, Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Northeast Photography Club art show, First Presbyterian Church 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Children’s Art Show (with Northeast Photography Club), Barry’s Art Room, First Presbyterian Church Noon to 2 p.m.: Photobooth by Dynamic Duo Entertainment,

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Noon to 2 p.m.: Live music by Just Us Duo, Citizens Savings Bank, 538 S. State St. 1 to 3 p.m.: Live music by Ken McGraw and Joe Cole, Abington Community Library, 1200 W. Grove St. 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.: Live ice-carving demonstration, MetLife, 1028 Morgan Highway 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: Live ice-carving demonstration,Toyota of Scranton, 3400 N. Main Ave., Scranton 5 to 6 p.m.: Live ice-carving demonstration, Crystal Cabin Fever, PurdytownTurnpike, Lakeville 5 to 7 p.m.: Live music byTom Rogo, Golden Coast, 535 S. State St. 5:30 to 7 p.m.: Complimentary trolley tour of the festival with on/off stops at Everything Natural, 426 S. State St.; Depot Street; and First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, 300 School St. 6 to 8 p.m.: Northeast Photography Club art show opening reception, First Presbyterian Church

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Movietimes FOR FEB. 17

‘Lego Batman’ clicks with audiences Batman is awesome.

There’s no doubt about it, and “The LEGO Batman Movie” will never let you forget that. He has nine-pack abs, an army of super-cool rides, a tricked-out batcave and a signal Gotham City uses to summon him to duty.

But the Caped Crusader is a loner; he works alone and lives alone except with his trusted butler Alfred. But this take on the classic comic book hero shakes off the darkness brick by brick with a bit of everything of those young and old.

The animated action-comedy starts off with a lot of the shtick that made 2014’s “The LEGO Movie” so successful – with Batman (voiced

by Will Arnett) matTamara ter-of-factly dunn saving HHHH stars Gotham from out of five doom as the Joker (Zach Galifianakis) and his merry band of villains. But that’s where it changes – Batman admits that the Joker is not his biggest enemy. In fact, Batman has absolutely no one to hate or love.

This comes as Police Commissioner Jim Gordon (Hector Elizondo) retires and his daughter Barbara (Rosario Dawson) steps in. A recent graduate of Harvard for Police, Barbara wants Gotham City police to work together with Batman to get rid of crime. The Joker, heartbroken over Batman’s indifference over him, hatches a plan that will unleash the baddest of the baddies onto the city.

Batman’s alter ego Bruce Wayne has his own problems. He accidentally adopted local orphan Dick Gray-

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Batman is voiced by Will Arnett in ‘The LEGO Batman Movie.’ son (Michael Cera), a curious child that Alfred reminds Bruce that he had. Dick is not the brightest kid, as he stumbles into the Batcave and asks, “Wait, does Batman live in Bruce Wayne’s basement?” He eventually latches on as the sidekick Robin.

“The LEGO Batman Movie” is the right mix of all the universes the Caped Crusader occupies, from the liveaction films (including the Adam West-starring 1966 one), the animated series, the LEGO video games and the comic books. The movie is meta on exponential levels that at times one can forget what they are watching.

When Batman is in a dangerous situation, the Joker has to bring everyone with him.

From Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy to Clayface and even a Billy Dee Williams-voiced Two-Face (thanks for the nod to Williams’ Harvey Dent turn in the 1988 and 1992 movies), this movie is nothing short on characters. The Joker’s ultra crew of baddies includes King Kong, the Gremlins and the evil robots from “Doctor Who.” One thing that the movie doesn’t have is a scene of Bruce’s parents being killed.

Instead, Bruce, wearing the Batman mask and a robe, stares at a photo of him with them the night of their deaths with Alfred reminding him of how he continues to dwell on the loss. Longtime cinematic Batfans may be relieved with that.

However, one missing element that was a nice in the

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previous LEGO movie is the human interaction. Some of the sound effects, like the firing of ray guns and bombs, are done by voices, but the sense of play is not there. It’s a minor exclusion of an otherwise fun flick. Well, it’s not as bad as Harley Quinn’s (Jenny Slate) lack of a Brooklyn accent.

Tamara Dunn is a cardcarrying cinephile. Her favorite films are “The Battle of Algiers” and “Traffic.”

Sequel to ‘The Lego Movie’ is rapid-fire fun Holy LEGO bricks, Batman! “The LEGO Batman Movie” constructs a fun follow-up to 2014’s breakout hit, “The LEGO Movie.” It’s awesome, but not quite as awesome as the original.

However, the animated film makes a surprisingly good Batman movie, delving deep behind the cowl of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. rebecca “The KivaK LEGO BatHHH½ stars man Movie” out of five is built around the original’s standout character, LEGO Batman, the vigilante voiced to gravelly perfection by Will Arnett.

When Batman once

again saves Gotham City from its many villains, the Joker (Zach Galifianakis) pushes the Caped Crusader to admit that the Clown Prince is his biggest nemesis. But Batman refuses to acknowledge this, proclaiming he doesn’t care about anyone. He prefers to work alone, even refusing to team up with Gotham City’s tough new police commissioner, the strongwilled Barbara Gordon (Rosario Dawson).

“The LEGO Batman Movie” channels the rapidfire jokes and frenetic action of its predecessor, starting out at a break-neck pace. The first five minutes are a brilliant mix of comedy and action. It’s a mile-aminute ride through the vibrant colors of the LEGO landscape.

The dazzling computergenerated imagery invokes the look of stop-motion animation. The film is actionpacked without being violent, taking into consideration its young audience.

The movie simultaneously spoofs and celebrates its namesake hero. It’s clever and self-aware, with references to the previous liveaction Batman movies and TV show going back to the 1960s. Pow! Longtime fans will recognize those familiar caption bubbles.

“The LEGO Batman Movie” shines a light on the Dark Knight’s inner turmoil. The film probes Batman’s psyche more than any other. The articulate Arnett portrays Batman as

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hardened yet vulnerable, exposing his loneliness and grief over the death of his parents.

The movie explores the themes of family and teamwork, which provide great lessons for kids.

The caper also presents the best examination of the relationship between Batman and the Joker of all the feature films. Galifianakis puts Jared Leto to shame as the Joker, creating a version who captures the Joker’s maniacal nature while also being sympathetic.

As good as “The LEGO Batman Movie” is, it’s a few blocks short of reaching the heights of its predecessor. The jokes don’t land as consistently here.

Though it has emotional moments, it lacks the gut punch that “The LEGO Movie” delivered in its final act.

The film loses steam in the second half as it becomes overstuffed with characters. The chaotic finale features a who’s who of villains from various Warner Bros. films, but they crowd out most of DC Comics’ own infamous rogues.

“The LEGO Batman Movie” pieces together a new adventure that should mostly satisfy LEGO and Batman fans of all ages.

Rebecca Kivak considers herself representative of the average filmgoer. Her favorite films are “The Illusionist” and “The Avengers.”

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WILKES-BARRE MOVIES 14 A Cure for Wellness (R): 1, 4:05, 7:10, 9:15 A Dog’s Purpose (PG): 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 Fifty Shades Darker (R): 1:30, 2:10, 4:20, 4:50, 7:05, 8, 9:55 Fist Fight (R): 2:25, 4:40, 7:45, 10:05 The Great Wall (PG-13): 1:40, 7:10; 3D, 4:10, 9:40 Hidden Figures (PG): 1:25, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R): 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 La La Land (PG-13): 1:10, 4, 7, 9:50 The Lego Batman Movie (PG): 1, 1:50, 3:35, 4:25, 6:40, 7:25, 9:15, 9:55 Lion (PG-13): 1, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 Rings (PG-13): 1:10, 3:35, 6:40, 10:15 Split (PG-13): 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 CINEMARK 20 MOOSIC A Cure for Wellness (R): 12:40, 4, 7:20, 10:40 A Dog’s Purpose (PG): 10:45, 1:20, 3:55, 6:35, 9:20 Gold (R): 2:30, 8:15 Fifty Shades Darker (R): 11, 12, 1:50, 3:10, 4:40, 6:10, 7:30, 9:10, 10:20 Fist Fight (R): 10:40, 1, 3:50, 6:20, 9, 11:20 The Great Wall (PG-13): 11:50, 2:50, 5:40, 8:30, 11:05; 3D, 10:50, 1:40, 4:20; XD, 7:10 Hidden Figures (PG): 12:20, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Jackie (R): 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25 John Wick: Chapter 2 (R): 11:20, 2:10, 5:10, 8:10, 11:10 La La Land (PG-13): 10:35, 1:30, 4:30, 7:50, 11 The Lego Batman Movie (PG): 11:30, 12:10, 2:20, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9:50, 10:50; 3D, 3:20, 8:40; XD, 10:30, 1:10, 4:10 Lion (PG-13): 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 Manchester By the Sea (R): 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 Rings (PG-13): 11:40, 2:30, 5:30, 8:20, 11:15 The Space Between Us (PG-13): 11:55, 3, 5:50, 8:50 Split (PG-13): 11:10, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30

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On theRecord Grunge rock band takes collaborative approach

Liquid

Clown Shoes IPA presents a mix of bitter and sweet

I’ve been privy to my own little stout fest lately. All I’ve wanted are dark and creamy beers, preferably with a high ABV. Quite a few of these brews came before me this week, many accompaBy Samantha Stanich nied by the “imperial” tag, Staff Writer meaning they’re bigger and badder than their little stout runge rock band cousins. They’ve been deliDown To Six has cious. undergone several Enough is enough, howevlineup changes to continue er. I made an especially fanentertaining Northeastern tastic dinner tonight. I felt a Pennsylvania. While based sPecial to JumPstart! bit fancy and made myself a in Wilkes-Barre, the band Vocalist and guitarist John Novak and guitarist Mike Kapolka are the core of the pizza with arugula, artioften feature members of band Down to Six. choke hearts, some herbed other prominent NEPA goat cheese and other vegMK: Everyone is always ment like the guitar, it seems bands while retaining a core words or an innuendo or a gies. I’m going to try not to reference to something cool, that you want to play as talking about this nostalgic group of musicians. break my ar m patting but it isn’t. many notes as possible. The time where everyone went Vocalist and guitarist out to shows and there were myself on the back, but no main thing I’ve noticed in John Novak and guitarist promises. It tur ned out JS: How did you guys meet? my own musical timeline is tons of places to play and Mike Kapolka recently went remarkably well.

JN: Mike and I have been the shift in focus from being bands were blowing up left On the Record about their The flavors were subtle friends, playing music a guitar player toward being and right and it was safe to music and what’s ahead: and herby rather than big together since middle school. a musician. It’s not about leave car doors unlocked. and bold, however, and I JumpStart!: How did you One day, we decided to take it how many notes you can cringed when I opened the seriously and started a band. play; it’s about how you use JS: Who has influenced get involved in music? fridge and saw a bunch of There have been a few people those notes or feelings. Paul you over the years?

John Novak: I’ve always stouts. First, if I cracked in and out of the band since Westerberg is a great examJN: On a personal level, had an interest in music. open one of those bad boys, I then. I think we’ve all been ple; “Unsatisfied” says more close friends like Dustin That’s the natural progreswouldn’t taste this food I out of the band. It’s been a Douglas and Aaron Fink in four chords than you sion of things; you go from spent way too long making. have really helped fuel the could imagine. playing a tennis racket along crazy experience meeting Second, I was about to eat at everyone that’s been through fire and keep the wheels MK: I’ve figured out how to some rock ‘n’ roll records, least half a pizza. Stouts are the door. spinning. Anyone who has to practice more efficiently. and you end up writing quite filling. Ain’t nobody got MK: We met in school. We A big thing that changed the challenged me to look at songs with your friends. time for that. were those weird kids who way I look at music was play- something in a different Mike Kapolka: I was Standing amid them was a always wore band T-shirts ing impromptu jam sessions light or try something I may born into it, molded by it. who hung out with other not be immediately comfort- bottle of Clown Shoes with others. It became less Beer’s Galactica, an IPA. I weird kids that wore band about learning how to play a able with on a tune. Joe JS: What do you rememhad waited for an appropriT-shirts.

Wegleski and Tom Borthpart and more about how to ber about the first time you ate occasion to try it. One wick at SI Studios are also use the instrument. performed in public?

JS: What is the process great at pushing me to think look at the bright red shoes JN: It was a gig for the JS: What are some of your outside of the comfort zone. the character on the label Wyoming Seminary Perform- like for writing your music?

JN: Songwriting is an MK: I take influence from wore, and I was pretty cerfavorite memories? ing Arts program over the interesting thing. InspiraJN: Being a musician has everyone I have the opportu- tain this would be it. A clown summer. I think I was about was involved. What could nity to play music with or to be in the sixth grade. They tion for a song or instrumen- brought so many inspirapossibly go wrong? tions into my life. It has also see perform. I want to steal had the kids write a mawkish- tal (piece) can strike at any Every time I have a beer by moment, and you have to be helped me keep ties with everyone’s tricks. ly sentimental blues song. these people, I have to ask patient during the spaces in friends that I may have othMK: I don’t recall the first myself a very big question: between. The songs usually JS: Who do you want to erwise lost by now. time I ever played live. In Why am I not drinking more start with an instrumental MK: I have fond memories thank for your success as a middle school, John and I Clown Shoes brews? The of lugging heavy equipment band in NEPA? played Neil Young’s “Rockin’ riff. Sometimes parts of the beermaker has many more melody are already there; JN: All of our friends in up stairs and through narin the Free World” at a sometimes they come later. other bands, the guys over at varieties than I’ve tried, but row hallways. school talent show. each time I do taste one, I Music is really an art. It can SI Studios, anyone who has find myself impressed and be interpreted in a million helped spread the word JS: How has the NEPA JS: How did you guys craving more. Clown Shoes’ ways. about the band, any publicamusic scene changed over come up with your name?

MK: I subscribe to the tion that has ever given us a Blaecorn Unidragon Russian the years?

MK: A friend of ours JN: The music scene here shout out, all of the awesome Imperial Stout is superb, and named the band. He pitched Umberto Eco view that John I hoped Galactica would folis a poet and I’m a town crier, can’t be brought down. You venue owners and staff. two different names, and low suit. and that’s always, for me, a MK: I’d like to thank can find music everywhere, Down To Six was the one The caramel-colored pour everyone who runs sound for from bars, nightclubs, allthat stuck. It was an obvious perfect combination. bands. I think they’re vastly had a sandy head on top that age, 21-plus, abandoned choice since the other name JS: How have you changed churches, garages, house under-appreciated. Shout out never really went away. The he came up with was pretty scent held a lot of citrus, as a musician over the years? to Brian Urbanas and the shows and record stores.

The vulgar. He doesn’t know which I’m sure came from JN: When you are young Otherside.

NEPA music scene spreads what it means either. I wish I the hops. There also was and start playing an instrufar and wide. could say it was a play on

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James Crane writes about beer for JumpStart!

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plenty of caramel malt, with the burnt sugar-sweetness of the barley filling the nose.

Subsequent sniffs brought out other hop characteristics, including floral and herby notes.

The taste really followed suit. First up was copious amounts of caramel malt. It just sat on the tongue with its pleasant, not-too-sweet flavor.

It gave way to the pretzel-like qualities of the grain, which in turn yielded to the hops.

The hops was where this beer gained its distinction, just like any good IPA would.

There are notes of grapefruit, pine trees, oranges and bitterness. That bitterness was nice, as it cut the sweetness a little bit and added a certain savory quality, like salt on caramel, that made me want to keep drinking more.

Golly, Clown Shoes, you make some good beer. I have no regrets on breaking up my run of stouts. In truth, I ended up eating most of the pizza before I really started in on the beer, and I’m glad. It made quite the delicious dessert. I might just have to dig through my bottles to see what else I have by this delightful brewery. They’re certainly worth more of my time.

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a Weekly gUide to area eVents

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Tunkhannock. 570-996-1500 or dietrichtheater.com. st. Patrick’s day Parade, March 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Parade day Mass begins at 10 a.m. at St. Peter’s Cathedral, the Brian P. Kelly Memorial 2-mile Foot Race begins at 11 and the parade steps off at 11:45 a.m. Downtown Scranton. stpatparade.com. st. Patrick’s day Parade, March 12, 2 p.m.The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off on Main Street and through Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre.

570-208-4240 or wilkesbarre.pa.us. the menU: lUck oF the irish, March 13, 7 p.m.

Features food by the Colonnade, cocktails and music.

Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple, 420 N. Washington Ave. $12. 570344-1111 or sccmt.org. st. Patrick’s day celebration, March 14, 5:30 p.m. Program includes leprechaun-themed stories, songs and paper craft.

Infants to age 8. Call to register. Nancy Kay Holmes Library, 1032 Green Ridge St., Scranton. Free. 570-2070764 or lclshome.org. lePrechaUn lore, March 18, 11 a.m. Leprechaun expert Hal Pratt shares his years of research to show what leprechauns look like, how they dress, where they live, how to catch one and what to do if you do catch one. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. Free.

570-996-1500 or dietrichtheater.com.

Presidents day Weekend FireWorks & torchlight Parade, Saturday, 5 to 8 p.m. Entertainment from 1 to 5 p.m. inside the bar. Parade takes place outside the lodge.

Montage Mountain Resorts, 1000 Montage Mountain Road, Scranton. Free (lift ticket required to be on the snow). 855-754-7946 or montagemountainresorts. com. stamPin’ UP class: Presidents day, Monday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Create birthday card templates and a box with dividers to hold cards. Bring a bagged lunch.

Walden Pond Wellness Center, 540 Gleason Drive, Moosic. $24 (includes supplies). 570-357-4580.

17th annUal Party gras, Feb. 24, 6 p.m. Spend the night dining, dancing, gambling, fortune-telling and wearing feathered masks and beads with a performance by mentalist John Graham. Proceeds support United Neighborhood Center’s Crisis Intervention Services. Radisson at Lackawanna Station hotel, 700 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. $80. 570-346-0759 or uncnepa.org/party-gras. mardi gras dinner dance, Feb. 25, 5 to 11 p.m.

Food and raffle baskets and instant lottery tickets as well as cash bar are available.

Entertainment by Blessed Heart.Tickets can be picked up at Dupont Borough Building during business hours. Dupont Volunteer Hose Company, 308 Main St. $5. brad Paisley, ThursVintage Valentines, day, 7:30 p.m.Three-time through Feb. 28. Exhibit feaGrammy winner is on his tures a collection of vintage “Life Amplified” world tour valentine’s day cards. Earnand joined by Chase Bryant shaw Gallery, 60 Tioga St.,

gansunarenapa.com. concert For rebecca & all Victims oF domestic Violence, Saturday, 7 to 11 p.m. Music by Don Shappelle & the Pick Ups Band and John Lukas.

Also two guest speakers on preventing domestic violence. All donations go to Domestic Violence Service Center & Victims Resource Center. King’s Ristorante and Pizzeria, 49 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top. Free.

570-474-5464 or kingspiz& attractions zeria.com. and Lindsay Ell. Mohegan nePa Philharmonic Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, chamber iV: meet 255 Highland Park Blvd., laUra gilbert, March 2, Wilkes-Barre Twp. $36-$72.

7 p.m. Principal flutist Laura 570-970-7600 or moheganGilbert performs the music sunarenapa.com. of J.S. Bach, Arthur Foote FoUrth annUal destiand John Harbison. Molly nation blUes mUsic Morkoski joins her on piano.

FestiVal, Friday through Sordoni Theater at WVIA, Sunday. Headliners include 100 WVIA Way, Pittston. $30. the Otis Taylor Band, Lea 570-270-4444 or nepaphil.

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John Nemeth, Swampcandy clergy & mUsician and 3rd Street Blues. Perforrelations WorkshoP, mances are at more than 15 March 4, 9:30. Workshop for venues in Berwick, Bloomsclergy of all denominations burg and Danville. $40 both are encouraged to attend days/$30 Saturday only/$10 and event concludes with Sunday only. 570-317-2596, Noonday Prayer. ContinenDestinationBlues.org, Facetal breakfast at 9 a.m. St. book.com/ColumbiaMonStephen’s Episcopal Church, tourBluesFest or exchange@ 35 S. Franklin St., Wilkesexchangearts.org.

Barre. Free. 570-825-6653 or neWsboys, Saturday, 6 ststephenswb.org. p.m. The group is on its dionne WarWick, March “Love Riot Tour.” Mohegan 4, 8 p.m. Five-time Grammy Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, winner known for hits “Walk 255 Highland Park Blvd., on By,”“Do You Know the Wilkes-Barre Twp. $25 and Way To San Jose” and “I Say up. 570-970-7600 or mohea Little Prayer” performs.

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $39$89, plus fees. 570-826-1100 or kirbycenter.org. nePa Philharmonic: orchestra sPotlight, March 4, 8 p.m. Rich, detailed compositions of Bach to the timeless works of Haydn will be featured during this performance.

Peoples Security Bank Theater at Lackawanna College, 501 Vine St., Scranton. $31-$66. 570-270-4444 or nepaphil.org. thomas rhett, March 9, 7 p.m. Singer-songwriter has country flare. Kelsea Ballerini also performs. Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, 255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Twp. $26.75$46.75. 570-970-7600 or mohegansunarenapa.com. scranton Zine Fest beneFit shoW, March 10, 7 to 11 p.m. Featuring Stay Loud!, Walau-eh, Karate Camp, University Drive, Earthmouth, Family Animals and Reflex Machine.The Other Side, 119 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. 570-970-9570. martina mcbride, March 11, 8 p.m. Award-winning country superstar extended her “Love Unleashed” tour into 2017. F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $36.50-$96.50. 570-8261100 or kirbycenter.org.

Frankie ballard and locash, March 19, 7 p.m.

Presented by the Wilkes

University Programming Board. F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $35, plus fees. 570-826-1100 or kirbycenter.org. the red hot chilli PiPers, March 25, 8 p.m. Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a blazing rock band and show.

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $27$39, plus fees. 570-826-1100 or kirbycenter.org. rain: a tribUte to the beatles, March 26, 7:30 p.m. F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $39$79, plus fees. 570-826-1100 or kirbycenter.org. oPen mic With ben keiser, March 27, 7 p.m.

Artist sings songs and covers ranging from Maroon 5 to the Beatles. Doors open for sign ups at 6:30 p.m.

Dietrich Theater, 60 E.Tioga St., Tunkhannock. Free. 570996-1500 or dietrichtheater. com. alexis P. sUter: ministers oF soUnd, March 31, 8 p.m. AMOS performs with Dustin Douglas and the Electric Gentlemen as part of the Live from the Chandelier Lobby series.

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Grammy Award-winning singer Dionne Warwick will perform at 8 p.m. March 4 at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in WilkesBarre. Tickets are on sale at kirbycenter. org.

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Music Box Dinner Playhouse 35 years ago. Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. Dinner and Opening show, $35/$25; show only, CirquE ZuMa ZuMa, $18/$14. 570-283-2195 or Thursday, 7:30 p.m.“Amermusicbox.org. ica’s Got Talent” finalists ThE TEMpEsT, Feb. 22 perform as part of Lobby through 25, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. for the Arts series. F.M. Kirby 26, 2 p.m. Presented by Center for the Performing King’s College. George P. Arts, 71 Public Square, WilMaffei II Theatre at King’s kes-Barre. $20 advance/$25 College, 133 N. River St., day of show. 570-826-1100 Wilkes-Barre. $12 general/$7 or kirbycenter.org. seniors/$5 King’s alumni ThE LasT of ThE rEd hoT and non-King’s students.

LovErs, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

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Presented by Philadelphia’s anniE, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.The Walnut Street Theater. A coclassic production featuring medic tale of a modern man the orphan Annie and fain the ’60s who looks for vorite songs such as “It’s the something new but ends up Hard-Knock Life” and “Tofinding himself in the same morrow.” F.M. Kirby Center situation. F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre.

Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $45 to $65. 570-826-1100 or $18-$38. 570-826-1100 or kirbycenter.org. kirbycenter.org.

Garrison kEiLLor, March CaT on a hoT Tin roof, 13, 7:30 p.m. F.M. Kirby Friday through March 5; FriCenter for the Performdays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; ing Arts, 71 Public Square, Sundays, 3 p.m. Presented Wilkes-Barre. $35/$45/$55.

by Little Theater of Wilkes570-826-1100 or kirbycenBarre. A special talk-back ter.org. with Tennessee Williams sToMp, March 15 and 16, scholar Professor Annette 7:30 p.m. Choreographed Saddik from CUNY takes percussion troupe’s “instruplace following Sunday’s ments” include matchboxes, matinee.The Little Theatre wooden poles, brooms, of Wilkes-Barre, 537 N. Main garbage cans, Zippo lighters St., Wilkes-Barre. $17. 570and hubcaps. F.M. Kirby Cen823-1875 or ltwb.org. ter for the Performing Arts, You’rE a Good Man, 71 Public Square, WilkesCharLiE Brown, Friday Barre. $35-$55, plus fees. through Feb. 26; Fridays 570-342-7784 or broadwayand Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sunscranton.com. days, 2 p.m. Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Student Productions Performing Arts at Wilkes in ThE hEiGhTs, March 2 University, 84 W. South St., through 4, 7 p.m.; March Wilkes-Barre. $10 gener5, 2 p.m. Presented by al/$5 students and seniors/ Coughlin/G.A.R. Players. free for Wilkes students and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musistaff with ID. 570-408-4540 cal tells a story of a vibrant or wilkes.edu. community in New York City okLahoMa, Saturday on the brink of change. GAR through March 5; Fridays Memorial High School, 250 and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; SunS. Grant St., Wilkes-Barre. days, 3 p.m.The immortal $10. 570-406-3976.

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Community College, 1333 S. presents a four-hour exhibit Prospect St., Nanticoke. 570featuring new works on 740-0727 or luzerne.edu/ canvas that depict portraits Opening schulmangallery. ranging from pop culture Skip SenSbach, Friday deadly Medicine: creaticons to pets. Rodano’s, 53 coMedy open Mic night, through March 30. Focuses ing the MaSter race, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre.

Tuesdays, 9 p.m. Sign ups on sculptural work created through March 14. Exhibit Free and open to the public. start at 8:30 p.m. Hammerby witnessing a loved one’s outlines the support Adolph 570-829-6444. jax Bar & Grill, 350 Phillips dementia and its impact.

Hitler had from medical art ‘n’ vino, March 24, Road, Clifton Twp. 570-842Opening reception: Friday, 5 doctors and researchers 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wyoming 4925 or hammerjaxbarandto 8 p.m. Sandra Dyczewski and examines how Nazi Free Library holds a90thgrill.com.

Maffei Gallery, 130 S. Frankleadership used science to anniversary event. Register lin St., Wilkes-Barre. 570-288- Continuing legitimize genocide. Pauly by calling 570-430-5045. Art 1020 or wyomingvalleyFriedman Art Gallery at n’Vino Paint and Sip Studio, for the love... of artleague.com.

Misericordia University, 301 667 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre. adult dance claSS, painting, Friday.This a collection of charLake St., Dallas. 570-674$36. 570-430-5045.

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No experience necessary. local residents of various exhibition, Feb. 25 Perfect Harmony Center for backgrounds. Widmann Galthrough March 25. Exhibit the Arts, fourth floor, 10 W. lery at King’s College, 133 N. Art Events features digital paintings Winter feSt 2017, Friday Dorrance St., Kingston. 570River St., Wilkes-Barre. 570fiber art afternoon, and colored pencil/marker through March 2. Enjoy 714-2787.

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Thursdays, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. illustrations created by 14 foreign, independent coMMunity contra faculty and aluMni Bring your own supplies Gerry Stankiewicz. Someand art films. Opening dance, March 4, 7 p.m. exhibit, through Friday. and make some new friends thing Special Bakery, 23 W. night festivities: 6 p.m., Music by Strings on Wings Features traditional and digwhile working on crochet, Walnut St., Kingston. Free. $25, reservations required. and calling by Ted Crane. ital artists, photographers, knitting or felting. Pittston 570-288-8386.

Dietrich Theater, 60 E.Tioga No partner or experience graphic designers, sculptors Memorial Library, 47 Broad through My eyeS, Feb. 27 St.,Tunkhannock. $8.50. 570necessary. Church of Christ and print-makers. Schulman St. 570-654-9565 or pitt996-1500 or dietrichtheater.

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Kingston. Pay what you adult coloring club, wish. 570-333-4007 or folkFridays, 1 p.m. Supplies pro- pre-oScar Movie ScreeningS, Monday and loresociety.org/dancing. vided, but feel free to take Feb. 20, 5:30 p.m., Feb. 25, your own fine-tip markers 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Zooor colored pencils. Additopia; Feb. 25 at 10 a.m., tional events held on select Arrival; Feb. 25 at 12:30 p.m., SteaM club, Thursday, 4 evenings, TBA. Pittston Hacksaw Ridge. Pittston MeMemorial Library, 47 Broad p.m. Love science, technolmorial Library, 47 Broad St. St. Free. 570-654-9565 or ogy, engineering, art, math?

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We have monthly STEAM brary.com. portraitS in black and activities for kids kinderMovie night at MiSeriWhite, Friday, 5 to 9 p.m. garten to fifth grade every cordia, March 25, 9 p.m. month. Pittston Memorial Screening of “Rouge One: A Library, 47 Broad St. 570Star Wars Story.” Lemmond 654-9565 or pittstonlibrary.

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University, 301 Lake St., Dal- lego club, Mondays, 4 las. $3/$1 (with student ID). to 5 p.m. LEGOs provided, 570-674-6411 or misericorbut adult supervision is dia.edu.

Enjoy the Comfort and required. Participants are Convenience of Proppane Gas required to help clean up.

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SleuthS, Thursday, 6 p.m. preSchool Story tiMe, This month’s book is “The Mondays through March 6, Unexpected Inheritance of 11 a.m. to noon. Wyoming Inspector Chopra” by VasFree Library, 358 Wyoming eem Khan. A limited numAve. Call library to register. ber of copies of the book 570-693-1364 or wyomingare available for purchase freelibrary.org. for $2 at the Information teen adviSory group Services desk. Osterhout Top quality heating services (tag), March 9, 5:30 p.m.

Free Library, 71 S. Franklin Members work together & sales in your local area. to bring their ideas for Family owned & operated St., Wilkes-Barre. 570-8230156 or osterhout.lib.pa.us. programs, books and movfor over 65 years.

MaSterpiece theater ies to the library for other 24 hr. emergency furnace repairs book diScuSSion, teens and are considered On time deliveries Saturday, noon.The library volunteers of the library.

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Jr. lego club, Mondays through March 20, 5 to 6 p.m. Helps younger children in their development of problem-solving, socialization skills, fine motor control, colors and cause and effect. Ages 2 to 5.The Hoyt Library, 284 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. 570-287-2013 or hoytlibrary.org. lego club, Mondays, 5 to 6 p.m. Children build projects using their own imagination and creativity based on a Minecraft-related theme.

Ages 7 to 18.The Hoyt Library, 284 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. 570-287-2013 or hoytlibrary.org. odd Squad live!, March 24, 6:30 p.m. Emmy-award winning series based by PBS kids show comes to life about kids who run a spy organization. F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $19.50, plus fees. 570-8261100 or kirbycenter.org.

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The Altar & Rosary Society of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish annual dinner in the Padden Hall cafeteria. St. Robert Bellarmine Parish at St. Aloysius Church, 143 W. Division St., Wilkes-Barre. $8 adults/$4 kids 6 to 12/free for kids under 6. facebook. com/bellarmine.aloysius. continued on page 13

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experience. Misericordia Cook oFF, Feb. 26, 11:15 University, 301 Lake St., a.m.

Enter culinary masterCampion Literary SoDallas. 570-674-6400 or pieces into cook off for a Ciety Writing Workmisericordia.edu. chance to win a prize. ProShopS, Monday, noon. red CroSS oF nepa ceeds go to Unity teens and Workshops are hour-long, CentenniaL CeLeBrapre-teens to support their informal writing classes. tion, March 23, 5 to 8 p.m. spring rallies. Unity of NEPA, Workshops are themed, 140 S. Grant St., Wilkes-Barre. Keystone Grand Ballroom at free and open to the public.

Mohegan Sun Pocono, 1280 $5 (entries and admission).

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N. River St., Wilkes-Barre. the arC oF Luzerne pink eLeganCe goeS Free. 570-208-5900 or kings.

County annuaL hoLLyWood, Feb. 26, 4 edu. aWardS dinner, March to 7 p.m. Pre-Oscar party meditation and deep 23, 5 p.m. Four-time Super hosted by Komen NEPABreathing, Wednesdays, Affiliate includes open bar, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Candy’s dinner and entertainment Place: The Center for Cancer by Big Wigs. Radisson Wellness, 190 Welles St., at Lackawanna Station Forty Fort. 570-714-8800 or hotel, 700 Lackawanna Ave., cancerwellnessnepa.org.

Scranton. $65. 570-947-5852 annuaL moreau LeCor komennepa.org. ture, Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m., FriendS oF the pittSton 7:30 p.m. Rev.Thomas StegLiBrary, Feb. 27 and man, S.J., dean of the School March 27, 6:30 p.m. New of Theology and Ministry members always welcome. at Boston College, speaks Pittston Memorial Library, about “The Relevance of St. 47 Broad St. 570-654-9565 Paul’s ’Life in the Spirit’ for or pittstonlibrary.com.

Today.” Burke Auditorium at reveLLo’S pizza SaLe, King’s College, 133 N. Main March 3, 4 to 7 p.m. SponSt., Wilkes-Barre. Free. 570sored by the Youth Ministry 208-5957 or kings.edu. of Exaltation of Holy Cross tragedy to triumph, Feb. Parish. Order by Feb. 27.

22, 6:30 p.m. Old Forge naExaltation of the Holy Cross tive Kiel Eigen gives a preChurch, 420 Main Road, sentation that chronicles his Hanover Twp. Cost for a accident in a football game pre-baked tray is $15. 570that left him paralyzed from 328-4004. the waist down. Lemmond For the Love oF danCe, Theater at Misericordia March 7, 6 to 8 p.m. Benefits University, 301 Lake St., Ballet Northeast. Appetizers, Dallas. Free. 570-674-6400 or cash bar, silent auction and misericordia.edu. door prizes. Entertainment aduLt CoLoring, Feb. 23, 6

by Chris Zawatsky and the p.m. Supplies provided, but Grey Street Experience. Cork attendees are welcome to Bar & Restaurant, 463 Madibring their own. Osterhout son St., Wilkes-Barre. $20.

Free Library, 71 S. Franklin 570-821-8525, balletnorthSt., Wilkes-Barre. 570-823east.org/balletne or info@ 0156 or osterhout.lib.pa.us. balletnortheast.org.

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Earthmouth, Family Animals to 5 p.m. Keystone Grand and Reflex Machine.The Ballroom at Mohegan Sun Other Side, 119 S. Main St., Pocono, 1280 Route 315, Wilkes-Barre. 570-970-9570.

Plains Twp. 570-831-2100 or harLem gLoBetrotmohegansunpocono.com. terS, March 12, 3 p.m.The Birding in kirBy park, Globetrotters take on the Feb. 26 and March 26, 8 a.m. competition with their Join Bob Wasilewski from brash brand of athleticism Greater Wyoming Valley and comedy. Mohegan Sun Audubon Society as he Arena at Casey Plaza, 255 leads a bird walk through Highland Park Blvd., Wilkesthe Kirby Park Natural Area.

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Laura Alaina joins the Grammynominated country singer/songwriter on tour. Keswick Theatre, 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside. $62.25-$82.25. 215572-7650 or keswicktheatre.com.

PhiladElPhia FloWER shoW, March 11, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; March 12 and 18, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; March 13 through 17, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; March 19, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St., Philadelphia. $28 adults/$20 students/$15 children. 215-988-8800, theflowershow.com or phs-info@pennhort.org. oRchid ExtRavaganza, through March 31. Features more than 4,500 vibrant orchids. Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square. Prices vary. longwood gardens.org.

WoRld WaR i and aMERican aRt, through April 9.The first major exhibition devoted to exploring the way in which American artists reacted to the First World War in Fisher Brooks Gallery, Samuel M.V.Hamilton Building.

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 118-128 N.Broad St., Philadelphia. pafa.org.

JuRassic WoRld: thE ExhiBition, through April 23. Based on the blockbuster film, the exhibition immerses the audiences in a world of dinosaurs with interactive events.The Franklin Institute, 271 N. 21st St., Philadelphia. General admission, $19.95 adults/$14.95 children; members, $13.95 adults/$12.95 children. fi.edu.

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The Metropolitan Opera presents a star-crossed love story set during a clash of empires. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 30 Lincoln Center Plaza. Prices vary. metopera.org.

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WoMEn BoxEd, through April 7.

Exhibit of work by Elaine Byrne invites dialogue about women’s roles and includes footage of Dorothy Dietrich and Scranton’s Houdini Museum.

International Studio & Curatorial Rich FuRy / invision via ap Program, 1040 Metropolitan Ave. Joe Bonamassa performs at Icon: The Life and Legacy of B.B. King at the Wallis Annenberg Center iscp-nyc.org.

for the Performing Arts in September in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Heat Bar & Nightclub, 69-71 N.Main St.,Wilkes-Barre: Not Yo Granny’s BingoThe V-Spot Bar, 906 Providence Road, Scranton: Karaoke with DJ Huff

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279 Bar & Grill, 279 S.River St., Wilkes-Barre: Strawberry Jam Duo Arlo’s Tavern, 10340 Route 171,

Wednesday

Bazil, 1101 Northern Blvd., Clarks

dEcadEs REWind,Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Enjoy 14-piece band performing hits that span over 30 years. Broome County Forum, 236 Washington St. $25. 607-778-1528 or ticketmaster. com. histoRy haPPy houR: chocolatEs, WinE and local BREWs, Feb. 23, 5:30 p.m. Enjoy brews from Waterstreet Brewing Co., see a presentation about the history of chocolate by Chocolates by Leopold and watch a demonstration about making treats. Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St. $15 nonmembers/$10 members advance; $18 nonmembers/$13 members at door.

607-722-4873 or phelpsmansion.org. thiRd annual BinghaMton on taP, Feb. 25, 1 to 8 p.m. Sample more than 100 craft beers during two tasting sessions and enjoy live music.

Double Tree by Hilton, 225 Water St. $35. americaontap.com/event/ binghamton-on-tap. i’M noBody! Who aRE you? thE liFE and PoEtRy oF EMily dickinson, through May 21. Exhibition examines 24 poems in various drafts with corresponding audio stops.The Morgan Library & Museum, 222 Madison Ave. 212-685-0008 or themorgan. org.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House at Summit: Marko Marcinko Jazz Trio The Crimson Lion Hookah Lounge, Mohegan Sun Pocono, 1280 37 E.South St.,Wilkes-Barre:Trivia Route 315, Plains Twp.: Live Music Night Wednesdays Levels Bar & Grill, 519 Linden St., Stir Nightclub & Bar, 41 S.Main St., Wilkes-Barre: Karaoke with Tony Scranton: Open Mic with JR Huffsmith Piazza OleTyme Charley’s Restaurant & Pub, TheV-Spot Bar, 906 Providence Road, Scranton:Adam McKinley 31 S.River St.,PlainsTwp.:Karaoke

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21st St. $25. timeout.com. p.m. Sands Bethlehem Event Center, nu soul REvival touR, Saturday, 77 Sands Blvd. $30. 610-297-7414 or 8 p.m. Features Musiq Soulchild, Lyfe sandseventcenter.com.

Jennings and others. Beacon Theatre, todd snidER, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. Open2124 Broadway. $59-$99. 212-465ing act: Reed Foehl. Musikfest Cafe at 6500 or beacontheatre.com.

ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. $30/$25 advance; $33/$28 livE liFE no REsolutions PaRty, Feb. 25, 7 to 11 p.m. Features food day of the show. 610-297-7100 or from Mike’s Deli of Arthur Avenue. steelstacks.org.

Entertainment by Bronx DJs Angel stRaWBERRy FiElds,Feb.24.Beatles and Dren.The Bronx Brewery, 856 E. tribute band performs in costume.

136th St. $35.

Doors open/dinner,6 p.m.;show,7:30.

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EvER. touR, Friday, 7 and 11 p.m. through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; 610-297-7100 or steelstacks.org.

Hershey Men dance, strip and perform. Sands Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 MichaEl ian Black, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

BRad PaislEy, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Bethlehem Event Center, 77 Sands p.m. Model railroad exhibition feaComedian performs. Musikfest Cafe at Chase Bryant and Lindsay Ell join the Blvd. $35-$60. 610-297-7414 or sands tures Metro-North, New York Central ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Grammy-winning artist on tour. Giant eventcenter.com. and subway trains departing from a Bethlehem. $35/$39. 610-297-7100 or Center, 550 W. Hershey-park Drive. tony n’ tina’s WEdding, Friday miniature Grand Central Terminal. NY steelstacks.org. $39.50-$75. hersheyentertainment. and Saturday. Audience participates Transit Museum Gallery, Boerum Place com/giant-center. in a one-of-a-kind show. Doors and and Schermerhorn Street. grandcencREatE youR oWn hERshEy’s New York City cocktails, 6:30 p.m.; show, 7; dinner tral terminal.com/events. kissMoBilE, Monday, 1 to 3 p.m. thE slEEPing BEauty, today and and dancing, 7:30. Musikfest Cafe lunchtiME, March 3 through 5, 8, 10, Guests can build their own Kissmobile Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; at ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders 12 and 17, 8 p.m.; March 11 and 18, out of Hershey’s chocolate products.

Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 Way, Bethlehem. $65/$75. steel4 p.m.Written and directed by Greg Recommended for ages 4 and older. p.m. Choreography by Peter Martins stacks.org.

Kotis.The Brick, 579 Metropolitan Ave. Antique Automobile Club of America RayMond thE aMish coMic, Friday, and the“Garland Dance”by George $18. bricktheater.com.

Museum, 161 Museum Drive. $7 Balanchine.

David H. Koch Theater, 8 p.m. Amish stand-up comedian ExhiBitionisM — thE Rolladmission. aacamuseum.org.

20 Lincoln Center Plaza. $30-$175. performs. Fowler Blast Furnace Room, ing stonEs, through March 12.

PaRksidE haRMony, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. nycballet.com.

ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, This interactive, immersive music Fifty-voice ensemble recreates tunes asian Fusion FEst, Saturday, noon Bethlehem. $10/$9.50 students and exhibition features over 500 rare and from the Beatles, the Beach Boys and to 5 p.m. Entertainment by DJ K. Lim. seniors/$9 ArtsQuest members. 610personal items of the Rolling Stones Simon & Garfunkel. Hershey Theatre, Giveaways, photo booth and one tast297-7100 or steelstacks.org. across nine galleries spanning fashion, 15 E. Carcacas Ave. $22.85. hersheyen- dRoPkick MuRPhys,Tuesday, 7:30 ing from each vendor. Slate NY, 54 W. tertainment.com.

JoE BonaMassa, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Grammy-nominated artist performs.

Hershey Theatre, 15 E. Carcacas Ave. $81.85-$151.85. hershey entertainment.com. thE classic Rock shoW,March 4,8 p.m.Band performs classic rock hits.HersheyTheatre,15 E.Carcacas Ave.$32.85$57.85.hersheyentertainment.com.

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Police: Bodies of missing girls found Two bodies found along a northern Indiana stream are those of two 13-yearold girls who went missing Monday and their deaths are being investigated as homicides, authorities said on Wednesday.

State Police Sgt. Kim Riley said autopsies performed Wednesday determined that the bodies are those of Carroll County teens Liberty German and Abigail Williams.

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Woman arrested in Kim killing

By EILEEN NG AssociAted Press

KUALALUMPUR,Malaysia — Malaysian police arrested a woman Wednesday in the apparent assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean leader’s exiled half-brother who South Korean spies say once begged his sibling to spare his life.

The astonishing killing, which reportedly came at the hands of two female assassins, set off waves of speculation

over whether North Korea had dispatched a hit squad to kill a man known for his drinking, gamblingandcomplicatedfamily life.

Kim Jong Nam, who was 45 or 46, was estranged from his younger brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and had beenlivingabroadforyears.He reportedly fell out of favor when he was caught trying to enter Japan on a false passport in 2001, saying he wanted to visit Tokyo Disneyland.

According to two senior Malaysian government officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case involves sensitive diplomacy, the elder Kim died en route to a hospital on Monday after suddenly falling ill at the budget terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

He told medical workers before he died that he had been attacked with a chemical spray, the Malaysian officials said.

Multiple South Korean media

reports, citing unidentified sources, said two women believed to be North Korean agents killed him with some kind of poison before fleeing in a taxi.

Malaysia started an autopsy Wednesday to determine the cause of death. But a Malaysian government official, who also demanded anonymity becauseof thecase’ssensitivity, said North Korea objected to the procedure because they wanted the body back. But the

Congress blocks gun rule

BRUSSELS

Migrant deaths rise in Mediterranean Migrant deaths have risen to a record level on the Libya-to-Italy Mediterranean Sea smuggling route, and the increasing number of rescue boats trying to prevent mass drownings there might actually be helping the smugglers, the European Union’s border and coast guard chief says.

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said Wednesday that authorities face a “sad paradox,” for as the international community increases its efforts to send more rescue ships close to Libya, more people die as smuggling rings pack ever more people onto tiny dinghies and push them out toward the open sea.

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Rat-related disease kills 1 New York City health department officials are targeting a Bronx neighborhood after one person died and two others became severely ill from contracting a rare disease transmitted by rats.

The three cases of leptospirosis occurred in the last two months within a one block radius.

Although New York City typically gets one to three cases of leptospirosis every year, city officials said it’s the first time a cluster of cases has been identified.

BERLIN

Possible Turkish spies investigated German authorities on Wednesday raided the apartments of four Islamic clerics suspected of spying on opponents of the Turkish government, accusing them of hiding behind religion to conduct espionage on behalf of Ankara.

The federal prosecutors’ office said the morning raids in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rheinland-Palatinate were carried out to collect evidence, and no arrests were made.

The unidentified targets are suspected of spying on supporters of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused by the Turkish government of orchestrating a July 15 coup.

— ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT

Dad admits killing four children A Dearborn Heights, Mich., man pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of his two children and two stepchildren in September.

Asentenceagreement callsforGregoryGreen,50,to serve47to102yearsinprison.

He tearfully admitted to killing Chadney Allen, 19, Kara Allen, 17, Koi Green, 5 and Kaleigh Green, 4, before 20th District Court Judge David D. Turfe.

Green admitted he shot his two stepchildren in front of their mother and killed his two daughters by carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Malaysian official said the autopsy was still continuing.

Also Wednesday, Malaysian police arrested a woman carrying Vietnamese travel documents bearing the name Doan Thi Huong at the Kuala Lumpur airport budget terminal, where Kim Jong Nam was attacked. It was not immediately clear whether the passport was genuine. She was identified using earlier surveillance video from the airport, police said.

Mentally impaired would have been barred from purchasing firearms

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Two men watch as water gushes from the Oroville Dam’s main spillway Wednesday in Oroville, Calif. The Oroville Reservoir is continuing to drain as state water officials scramble to reduce the lake’s level ahead of impending storms.

WHAT WENT WRONG?

Cracks may offer clues to California dam’s troubles

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD AND ELLEN KNICKMEyER AssociAted Press

Six months before rushing water ripped a huge hole in a channel that drains a Northern California reservoir, state inspectors said the concrete spillway was sound. As officials puzzle through how to repair it, federal regulators have ordered the state to figure out what went wrong at Oroville Dam. Earlier inspection reports offer potential clues, including cracks on the spillway surface that could either be cosmetic or indicate deeper problems. In recent years, construction crews patched cracks — including in the area where water burrowed a huge pit last week. If past repairs were not done properly, water could infiltrate and eventually tear through the concrete.

Damage to the main spillway triggered a series of problems that threatened to unleash a torrent of water on cities downstream. On Tuesday, officials said the immediate danger had passed, and allowed nearly 200,000 residents to go home after evacuation orders scattered them for nearly two days.

Inspectors with the state agency that both operates and checks the dam, the nation’s tallest at 770 feet, went into the half-mile-long spillway in 2014 and 2015 and did not find any concerns.

“Conditions appeared to be normal,” the inspector wrote in reports

AssociAted Press file

California Department of Water Resources crews do maintenance repairs on the Oroville Dam spillway in Oroville, Calif., on Oct. 7, 2009.

In September, before rushing water scoured a huge hole in a channel that drains a Northern California reservoir, state inspectors said the concrete spillway was sound. from both years.

Getting into the channel affords both a closer view of cracks as well as a chance to tap it with a special hammer, with the sound telling a trained ear whether the concrete is solid or there may be erosion in the earth below. Last August, a team of inspectors only checked the channel from vistas around it, not inside.

They concluded that everything looked fine.

The inspection came as California was enduring a five-year drought,

and the channel rarely was used to relieve pressure on Oroville Lake, which is about 70 miles north of Sacramento. An extraordinarily wet subsequent six months changed that.

Dam managers were draining water last week from the fast-filling reservoir into the Feather River below when the pit appeared. They temporarily stopped the releases and the reservoir kept rising — pushing water over its lip and down a hillside, where erosion prompted concerns that a broader failure was imminent.

WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday sent President Donald Trump legislation blocking an Obama-era rule designed to keep guns out of the hands of certain mentally disabled people.

On a vote of 57-43, the Senate backed the resolution, just one of several early steps by the Republican-led Congress to undo regulations implemented by former President Barack Obama. The House had passed the measure earlier this year.

The White House has signaled Trump will sign the legislation.

Obama effort The Obama rule would have prevented an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm. It was crafted as part of Obama’s efforts to strengthen the federal background check system in the wake of the 2012 massacre of 20 students and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Adam Lanza, a 20-year-old man with a variety of impair ments, including Asperger’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder, shot and killed his mother at their home, then went to school where he killed the students, adults and himself.

The Obama administration rule required the Social Security Administration to send in the names of beneficiaries with mental impairments who also have a third party manage their benefits.

NRA backing But lawmakers, with the backing of the National Rifle Association and advocacy groups for the disabled, opposed the regulation and encouraged Congress to undertake a rarely successful process designed to void regulations that Congress takes issue with.

With an ally in the White House, the GOP has moved aggressively to rescind some of the Obama’s final regulations on the environment, financial reporting and now guns.

Changes to health law being ushered in

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Republicans are struggling to Also, sign-up season will be 45 collect back premiums from the IRS said.

AND TOM MURPHy reach consensus over how to days, down from the current customers who had stopped But the agency is changAssociAted Press deliver on their promise to three months. paying, then tried to sign up ing its approach to enforce-

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took steps Wednesday intended to help calm jittery insurance companies and make tax compliance with President Barack Obama’s health law less burdensome for some people.

The moves announced separately by the Health and Human Services Department and the IRS don’t amount to sweeping changes to the Affordable Care Act. That would fall to Congress, where

repeal and replace the health law.

But the administration’s actions do signal a change in direction.

For consumers, the proposed HHS rules mean tighter scrutiny of anyone trying to sign up for coverage outside of open enrollment by claiming a “special enrollment period” due to a change in life circumstances such as the birth of a child, marriage, or the loss of job-based insurance.

For insurers, the curbs on special enrollment periods are a big item. The industry claimed that some consumers were abusing special enrollment by signing up when they needed expensive treatments, only to drop out later.

Insurers also would gain more flexibility to design lowcost coverage tailored to younger people. In another move aimed at consumers who move in and out of coverage, insurers would be able to

again for another year.

Separately, the IRS is backing of f from a tighter approach to enforcement that was in the works for this tax-filing season.

Under the law, people are required to have health coverage or risk fines from the IRS — a penalty usually deducted from a taxpayer’s refund. That underlying requirement remains on the books, and taxpayers are still legally obligated to comply,

ment. Originally, the IRS had planned to start rejecting returns this year if a taxpayer failed to indicate whether he or she had coverage. Now the IRS says it will keep processing such returns, as it has in the past.

Many of the law’s supporters consider the coverage requirement essential for nudging younger, healthy people into the insurance pool to keep premiums in check.

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Ray’s Supermarket announced it will close its flagship store in Factoryville Tuesday, Feb. 28, after operating for more than 30 years.

Owner Ray Petty in 2015 spoke of expanding in Factoryville with a larger store in the downtown area, but in a letter posted outside his store Wednesday, he said it no longer makes financial sense to remain open.

Petty did not return phone calls Wednesday.

Ray’s has other stores in Old Forge, Waymart and Montrose, which will remain open.

In the letter, he thanked his employees and customers for their years of dedication to his business.

NEW YORK — Stocks and bond yields punched higher Wednesday after more reports showed the U.S. economy continues to strengthen. The encouraging data could push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more aggressively from the record lows marked during the Great Recession than investors were expecting.

Keeping score The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 10 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,348 as of 3 p.m.

Eastern time. If it holds the gain, it would be the seventh

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What do Baked Lay’s potato chips, Simply Tostitos chips and Diet Mountain Dew have in common?

They’re all “guilt-free,” according to how PepsiCo categorizes them.

In reporting higher global sales Wednesday, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi reiterated in a call with Wall Street analysts that 45 percent of the company’s revenue now comes from such “guilt-free” products.

For the three months ended Dec. 31, PepsiCo’s global sales volume rose 3 percent for snacks and 1 percent for its beverages.

Its profit of $1.4 billion, or $1.20 per share when excluding one-time items, was better than analysts expected.

encouraging economic gains Wednesday’s economic reports give the Federal Reserve more encouragement to raise interest rates, and economists said the possibility is increasing that it may happen at the central bank’s

next meeting in March. Retailers had stronger sales in January than economists expected, and inflation at the consumer level was the highest in years.

Consumer prices rose 2.5 percent in January from a year earlier, the highest rate since March 2012.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in testimony before a Congressional committee that the strengthening job market and a modest move higher in inflation should warrant continued, gradual increases in interest rates, echoing her comments from a day earlier.

The central bank raised rates in December for just the second time in a decade, after keeping rates at nearly zero to

help lift the economy out of the Great Recession.

“What really stuck out to me in Yellen’s testimony was her adding emphasis to the idea that as things currently stand, even without fiscal stimulus, it would be prudent to hike sooner rather than later,” said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management. “So if we do see tax cuts or infrastructure spending, they may need to quicken the pace of rate hikes. The bond market has clearly gotten the message.”

EURO $1.0591 +.0019

10-year Treasury yield rose to 2.50 percent from 2.47 percent late Tuesday. The 30-year yield rose to 3.09 percent from 3.06 percent.

Dampened dividend demand

When bonds are paying more in interest, it can mean less demand from income investors for stocks that pay big dividends. Utility stocks, which are some of the biggest dividend payers, fell 0.6 percent, the largest loss among the 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500. Realestate investment trusts, Bond yields which are also go-to buys for Treasury yields jumped as dividend seekers, were weak investors sold off bonds. The as well.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen defended the central bank’s independence Wednesday from Republican lawmakers who are pushing for major changes in how the central bank operates and how regulators oversee the nation’s banking system.

During a hearing that stretched over four hours, GOP lawmakers repeatedly challenged Yellen’s handling of the economy and her leadership in implementing the 2010 DoddFrank Act, a measure that President Donald Trump and Republicans have vowed to overhaul.

GOP pushing change Republicans pointedly told Yellen that she should realize that changes are underway with Republicans in control of the White House and both the House and Senate.

“After eight years there is zero evidence that zero interest rates and a bloated Fed balance sheet lead to a healthy economy,” House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, told Yellen.

Hensarling indicated that he would be pushing his legislation to limit the Fed’s independence by requiring the central bank to follow a numerical formula for setting interest rates and subject the Fed’s interest rate decisions to audit by the Government Accountability Office, the

Chesapeake to boost budget Chesapeake Energy Corp. has announced plans to increase its drilling budget and rig count in 2017, saying that confidence is growing in the hard-hit energy market.

The Oklahoma Citybased company said Tuesday that it would increase its capital expenditures to $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion this year. That’s compared to 2016 numbers of $1.65 billion to $1.75 billion.

Chesapeake CEO Doug Lawler said in a statement that the move will “position Chesapeake for significant production and earnings growth” in 2018. Chesapeake says it plans to operate an average of 17 rigs in 2017, compared to an average of 10 rigs in 2016.

The company will release its fourth-quarter earnings report on Feb. 23. In November, Chesapeake reported a loss of $1.16 billion, or $1.54 per share, in its third-quarter results.

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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee for the Fed’s semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress. auditing arm of Congress.

support for independence Yellen told the panel she remained opposed to both proposals, arguing that while the Fed considers various formulas during its discussions on interest rates, no single formula offers the flexibility the Fed needs in making decisions.

She said allowing the central bank to be second guessed by congressional auditors would be harmful to the independence the Fed needs to pursue correct policies.

“I think central banks all over the

world have recognized that an independentcentralbankthatcanfocuson the long-term health of the economy ... givesrisetoabettereconomicenvironment,” Yellen told the committee.

On monetary policy, Yellen repeated the testimony she delivered on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee. She indicated that the Fed, which has implemented two modest quarter-point interest rate hikes over the past two years, is likely to accelerate increases this year if the labor market remains healthy and inflation continues to move toward the Fed’s 2 percent target.

Defense of regulations On bank regulation, Yellen agreed that Dodd-Frank regulations on the nation’s community banks were burdensome and needed to be modified. But she argued that the requirements imposed on the nation’s largest banks in terms of increasing the amount of capital they need to hold and in subjecting them to annual stress tests had made the financial system safer.

While Democrats voiced support for maintaining Dodd-Frank provisions, GOP lawmakers said the law needed a major overhaul.

Food executive fighting own industry Snack bar CEO pledges $25M to reveal corporate sway in nutrition

BY CANDiCe CHOi AssociAted press

NEW YORK — A $25 million pledge to fight the food industry’s influence on public health is coming from a surprising source — the CEO of a snack bar maker.

Kind founder Daniel Lubetzky said he’s pledging his own money to create a group called “Feed the Truth” dedicated to revealing corporate influence in the nutrition field, with activities like education campaigns

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straight for the index and mark its longest winning streak in three and a half years.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 99 points, or 0.5 percent, to 20,604. The Nasdaq composite rose 32, or 0.6 percent, to 5,815. Slightly more stocks rose on the New York Stock Exchange than fell.

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‘Guilt-free’ items boost PepsiCo

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Kind, known for its fruit and nut bars, touts its use of “real” ingredients and has proven deft at mixing marketing with nutrition issues. Since Kind was launched in 2004, the company’s annual revenue has grown to $673.4 million, according to market researcher Euromonitor.

Thecompanywasinthespotlight after the Food and Drug Administration warned that it was inappropriately using the term “healthy” on packaging.

Kindlaunchedapetitionasking

the FDA to update its guidelines, saying the fat in almonds and avocados shouldn’t count against it, and declared victory when the agency said last year it was re-evaluating.

Lubetzky cited that experience and recent reporting by The Associated Press and The New York Times revealing the food industry’s influence on nutrition science for his deciMArk lennihAn / AssociAted press sion to create Feed the Truth.

Kind said he will sign a letter Kind CEO Daniel Lubetzky is pledging $25 million to creof intent to donate $2.5 million ate a nonprofit dedicated to uncovering and countering a year for the next 10 years. the food industry’s influence on public health.

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11.69 37.70 3.10 127.74 58.19 24.05 .85 87.92 119.20 33.76 97.73 26.37 210.90 64.85 101.95 110.33 36.17 38.40 25.28 9.98 36.36 77.40 89.64 32.08

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PE

EPS

.48 1.28f .42 3.04 1.92 1.68 .34 2.47 2.76 1.85f 1.68f .96 7.28 1.40 2.80 3.76 1.60 .76 .92

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Stock Footnotes: g - Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h - temporary exmpt from Nasdaq capital and surplus listing qualification. n - Stock was a new issue in the last year. The 52-week high and low figures date only from the beginning of trading. pf - Preferred stock issue. rt - Right to buy security at a specified price. rs - Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50% within the past year. s - Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. vj - Company in bankruptcy or receivership, or being reorganized under the bankruptcy law. Appears in front of the name. Dividend Footnotes: a - Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b - Annual rate plus stock. c - Liquidating dividend. e - Amount declared or paid in last 12 months. f - Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent dividend announcement. i - Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no regular rate. j - Sum of dividends paid this year. Most recent dividend was omitted or deferred. k - Declared or paid this year, a cumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m - Current annual rate, which was decreased by most recent dividend announcement. p - Initial dividend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r - Declared or paid in preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t - Paid in stock, approximate cash value on ex-distribution date. PE Footnotes: cc – PE greater than 99. dd – Loss in last 12 mos. q – Closed-end mutual fund; no PE calculated.

Last

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52 Week High Low

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7.04 37.26 79.10 62.62 65.06 5.20 5.41 36.81 5.50 47.16 5.30 3.64 71.50 23.88 35.80 95.33 46.01 62.72 55.11 39.12 43.55 14.60

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YTD Chg %Chg -.04 +.40 +3.26 +1.34 +.78 +.07 +.02 +.59 +.48 -.13 +.13 +.11 +.15 +.31 -.01 +.03 -.19 +.03 +.49 +2.13 +.57 +.10

-18.3 -3.4 +8.4 +7.4 +3.8 -29.7 +13.2 +7.2 -18.4 +18.4 -16.5 -15.0 +4.1 +11.3 +2.6 -4.9 -9.9 -.6 +.6 -7.2 +6.2 -6.9

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$0.00 $0.24 -$0.23

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HEALTH & SCIENCE ask the doctors

Because I had an ulcer, three years ago a doctor wrote me a prescription for Prilosec and told me I had to take it for the rest of my life. But lately, articles in the newspaper have seemed to contradict his thinking, suggesting that Prilosec and similar medicines can cause heart problems.

What’s your opinion?

Prilosec is one of many proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) that include Prevacid, Aciphex, Protonix, Nexium and Dexilant. These drugs work by blocking the formation of hydrogen chloride in the stomach. This very strong acid is necessary to break down proteins so that they can be absorbed by the small intestine.

I do agree with your doctor that a proton pump inhibitor would be necessary for the healing of the ulcer. These drugs decrease the acidity of your upper gastrointestinal tract, allowing for an ulcer to heal.

In some circumstances, a PPI needs to be continued indefinitely, such as when an ulcer doesn’t heal, when an older patient has an ulcer that’s larger than 2 centimeters, or when a patient has three or more ulcers per year. People with recurrent acid reflux also need to be on prolonged courses of proton pump inhibitors.

While there are benefits to these medications, there also are downsides. With prolonged use, the decreased formation of hydrogen chloride in the stomach can decrease calcium absorption and bone strengthening, increasing the risk of osteoporosis.

Prolonged use can also reduce the absorption of magnesium and B12, and increase the risk of intestinal infections.

A 2014 study published in the International Journal of Cardiology compared more than 126,000 people who took PPIs with an equal number who didn’t.

After 120 days, researchers found a 58 percent increase in the risk of heart attacks among those who took them. The biggest problem with this study is that the authors couldn’t assess whether those in the study smoked cigarettes, were obese or had a family history of heart disease.

A 2015 study published in the journal PLOS One analyzed large amounts of data from people who used PPIs for gastroesophageal reflux and those who didn’t. In this study, researchers found a 16 percent increase in the rate of heart attacks among those who took PPIs. The authors didn’t find this risk in those taking acid-reducing histamine-2 blockers, such as Zantac, Pepcid or Tagamet.

The authors, however, did note that people who take proton pump inhibitors may be sicker patients to begin with and thus may have an increased risk of having a heart attack.

Then there was a 2016 study in The American Journal of Medicine that focused on people taking Prilosec with two blood thinners after having either angina or a heart attack.

After 110 days, researchers found no increase in the risk of heart attacks.

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ASK THE DOCTORS is written by Robert Ashley, M.D., Eve Glazier, M.D., and Elizabeth Ko, M.D. Send questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla.edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o Media Relations, UCLA Health, 924 Westwood Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA, 90095.

THE CITIZENS’ VOICE

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

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Gene editing may be used to avoid disease

Know the Ethics report side-effects leaves open of PPI meds the possibility

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By LAURAN NEERGAARD ASSoCiAtED pRESS

WASHINGTON — Don’t expect designer babies any time soon — but a major new ethics report leaves open the possibility of one day altering human heredity to fight genetic diseases, with stringent oversight, using new tools that precisely edit genes inside living cells.

What’s called genome editing already is transforming biological research, and being used to develop treatments for patients struggling

with a range of diseases.

The science is nowhere near ready for a huge next step that raises ethical questions — altering sperm, eggs or embryos so that babies don’t inherit a disease that runs in the family, says a report Tuesday from the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine.

But if scientists learn how to safely pass alterations of the genetic code to future generations, the panel said “germline” editing could be attempted under strict criteria, including that it targets a serious disease with no reasonable alternative and is conducted under rigorous oversight.

“Caution is absolutely needed, but being cautious does not mean prohibition,”

said bioethicist R. Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“This committee is not saying we will or should do germline — heritable — editing. What we are saying is that we can identify a set of strict conditions under which it would be permissible to do it,” Charo added.

“But we are far, far away from being ready to try.”

Genome editing should not go beyond healing the sick and enhance traits such as physical strength, what’s commonly called “designer babies,” the panel stressed.

But the public should get involved in these debates now, to say what might one day be acceptable.

The long-awaited report

offers advice — the prestigious academies cannot set policy. But it is considered a step toward creating international norms for responsible development of this powerful technology. The U.S. National Academies and its counterparts in Britain and China have been holding interna-

tional meetings with the hope of doing just that.

“Genome editing is a new tool for gene therapy and it has tremendous promise,” Charo said. But, she added, it has to be pursued in a way that promotes well-being and is responsible, respectful and fair.

Decline in HIV cases Infections in U.S. have been falling for years, new report says

By MIKE STOBBE ASSoCiAtED pRESS

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Two African penguins exchange a heart-shaped valentine at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco on Monday. The valentines will be used as nesting material.

SHOWING SOME LOVE

Penguins given Valentine’s hearts for nests

By JEFF CHIU ASSoCiAtED pRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — Penguins at a California aquarium got more than their daily helping of fish to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Biologist Piper Dwight handed out red hearts to 14 African penguins at the California Academy of Sciences during a feeding Monday.

Visitors took photos of the animals grabbing the hearts in their beaks and waddling around their enclosure. Some even fought over the thick felt hearts that can withstand water and are adorned with messages such as “You are the water beneath my wings.”

The penguins will use them to decorate their nests. Vikki McCloskey, assistant curator of the museum’s Steinhart A q u a r i u m , s ay s i t w i l l encourage breeding and bonding by penguin couples.

She says male penguins in the wild attract a mate by making nests “look pretty nice.”

The annual Valentine’s event promotes conservation efforts for endangered African penguins.

Health care spaces take on holistic design Big windows, natural light encouraged

By KIM COOK ASSoCiAtED pRESS

Health care facilities can be stressful places for patients and visitors, with depressing waiting rooms, rows of uncomfortable seating, a blaring television. But designers of some medical spaces are remedying the situation.

A more holistic approach includes mood-elevating colors and artwork. Chairs are angled to look out the window. Screens offer calming nature scenes instead of newsfeeds. There’s softer overhead lighting and skylights. Sometimes, diffusers even waft a gentle breeze of lavender or citrus to mask the harsh scents of disinfec-

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Sunlight streams in to a serene, calming waiting space overlooking midtown New York’s bustling cityscape at the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine’s New York offices. tants and medicines.

Sheila Semrou, a Milwaukee-based design consultant who has worked on numerous health care facilities, says she takes inspiration from local scenery and geography. Think big windows, natural light and a palette

that reflects outside vistas.

“The results can be supportive spaces that nurture occupants and provide comfort,” she says.

New research is showing that a lot of clinical design norms are hard on patients, she says. Bright, polished

floors can be slippery, and create glare. Bland color schemes aren’t so much soothing as uninspiring.

“Studies suggest that some of the best environments for health and healing incorporate a variety of hues, use both warm and cool tones, and vary color saturation,” Semrou says.

At the Diane L. Max Health Center in New York City, a project by Stephen Yablon Architecture, upbeat primary and neon colors were used on midcentury-style seating, facades and to define different areas of the building.

On the other hand, in the reception area of Memorial Sloan Kettering in West Harrison, New York, blonde terrazzo floors, rift white oak and chic, light blue chairs clad in walnut veneer create a serene space, designed by EwingCole.

NEW YORK — New calculations to better track HIV infections confir m that the U.S. is seeing a strong and steady decline.

The number of new cases has been falling for years. But health officials wanted a clearer picture of how the epidemic was behaving. They count people when they were diagnosed with the AIDS virus — not when they actually contracted it, which can be months or years earlier.

Counting infections instead of diagnoses is a more ideal gauge — a kind of speedometer that tells how fast the epidemic is a c t u a l ly m ov i n g , s a i d David Holtgrave, an HIV researcher at Johns Hopkins University.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used blood test results to help date the infections.

Their calculations showed new infections dropped by n e a rl y 1 8 p e r c e n t over six years, the CDC reported Tuesday. Though health experts expected a decline, they welcomed the confirmation.

“It’s very exciting to see this kind of drop,” said Ron Brookmeyer, a statistician at the University of California, Los Angeles.

It suggests that steppedup efforts to diagnose and treat infections are paying off, he added.

The agency found that between 2008 and 2014, new infections fell: ■ 18 percent in the overall population, from 45,700 to 37,600.

■ 36 percent in heterosexuals.

■ 56 percent in people who inject drugs.

Two-thirds of the people who are diagnosed with HIV each year are gay and bisexual men. The CDC saw substantial declines in new infections in very young and in middle-aged men in that group. But there was a 35 percent increase in men ages 25 to 34, offsetting the other decreases.

Officials also said they we r e a b l e t o e s t i m a t e annual HIV infections in 35 states. No state saw an increase. Seven saw significant decreases — Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina and Texas.