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Blizzard of 2017 breaks region’s one-day snowfall record.

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A man drags a snowblower across North Franklin Street during Tuesday’s storm.

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Windy, very cold today with blowing snow; cloudy with snow showers. Winds westnorthwest 15-25 mph.

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Average normal highs/lows for the week: 47/28: Breezy and not as cold tomorrow with decreasing clouds. Winds west-northwest 10-20 mph. Not as cold Friday with times of clouds and sun.

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Tuesday’s snowfall was record-breaking.

Meteorologists at WNEP measured 19.5 inches at their station in Moosic as of 3 p.m. Tuesday. Their measurements go to the National Weather Service as the total for the WilkesBarre/Scranton International Airport.

That breaks a previous one-day high of 18.7 inches recorded in 1993, said meteorologist John Hickey. It also breaks a high recorded by the National Weather Service of 18.3 inches on Jan. 13, 1964.

“As a forecaster, I love snowstorms. I love watching them blossom. And to see something historical like this, it is exciting to be part of history,” Hickey said. “I’m glad I was here not only to forecast for it but to bear witness to it and live through it.”

T he snowf all tur ned lighter during the day, but strong winds kept blowing snowdrifts as scattered snow showers continued.

Snow piled up throughout the day, and recorded totals varied by location.

Trained weather spotters re c o rd e d 1 5 i n ch e s o f snowfall at 10:53 a.m. in Mountain Top, 19.5 inches at 11:02 a.m. in Luzerne, and 23 inches at 12:33 p.m. in Hudson, Plains Township.

In Wilkes-Barre, the mayor imposed a travel ban that went out to local media and was posted on Facebook around 2 p.m. He later declared a state of emergency in the city, which allowed the city administrator, director of operations, and the emergency management coordinator to

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A man struggles to get his bike through the snow Tuesday on market Street in Kingston.

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Earlier in the day, vehicles on South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre were towing sledders and snow-

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work overnight to remove snow from city streets by loading it onto dump trucks and piling it at Coal Street Park, the Willow Street Pumping Station and beneath the Cross Valley Expressway.

Other municipalities declared states of emergency, including Nanticoke, Pittston and Plymouth Borough. The U.S. Postal Service closed post offices and suspended mail delivery in some areas.

T he Luz er ne County Courthouse was closed, but employees at 911 were hand l i n g c a l l s, i n c l u d i n g stranded motorists and medic units stuck on roadways. Road and bridge crews cleared county roads and emergency management agency employees helped municipalities with snow issues.

Diane Gribble, a clerk at the Petroleum Service Company service station on South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, was behind the counter Wednesday.

Business was different from a usual day. She mostly saw emergency vehicles, city Department of Public Works ATVs and people filling up containers for snowblowers.

After Tuesday’s storm brought a reminder of the winter’s power, the upcoming forecast remains wintry. Temperatures for the rest of the week are forecast to be below average, and Wednesday and Thursday will bring a chance of snow showers. NWS predicts lows will remain below freezing through Monday.

Flooding should not be an issue, Hickey said, because temperatures are not expected to rapidly increase and heavy rain is not in the forecast.

For now, he said, the local weather “will be keeping winter in the forefront and spring on the back burner.”

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Snow day in NEPA: Life grinds to a halt

Snow entrepreneurs When the snow fell, Savon Collins, 16, and Al-Shamik Lee, 17, both of Wilkes-Barre, grabbed snow shovels and headed out, looking for customers.

By 3 p.m., they had shoveled driveways and walkways for four customers, and earned $130.

They planned to try again Wednesday.

“We learned to bundle up.

Wear as many clothes as possible because it’s cold out,” Collins said.

They live in Kingston.

Bressler said she had not seen a snow storm like this one since 1993.

“Not since 1993 when I was a little kid,” she said. “They have never seen snow like this.”

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Seen it all before Kathleen Mosher looked happy as she stood on South Main Street across from Public Square in Wilkes-Barre BoB KalinowsKi / The CiTizens’ VoiCe late Tuesday afternoon.

Donald Budziak, 29, left, and Joe Hogarth, 26, snowboard down Market Street, Nanticoke.

“I’m enjoying this,” Mosh“It’s kind of weird. We had Marks was eating with Bener said, as a handful of a couple hills that were good jamin Sisco of Kingston and unhappy-looking pedestrians Snow totals in NEPA and fast,” Budziak said. “It Salina McNutt, who was visittrudged along snow-covered New Montrose Milford wasn’t too bad. Most people ing from Virginia. streets nearby, most without 16.0” 18.0” were courteous. We helped “I’m from Virginia, so I looking up.

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Honesdale one guy out who was stuck.” don’t see this very often,” she Mosher had her camera at 23.2” Nicholson Clarks said. the ready. An ardent amateur 1:20 p.m.

Summit 20.0” 1:49 p.m.

Buried “It’s a lot of snow — four feet photographer, she said she 26.0” in some places where it was wanted to take pictures of The Laity family of West Tunkhannock 1:51 p.m. Waymart drifting.

I don’t think I have what center city looked like Noble Street in Nanticoke 27.0” 23.0”12:39 p.m. immediately after the record1:36 p.m. Dingmans Ferry waited for the snow to slow ever seen this much snow in Scranton Pittston setting storm ended, before down Tuesday before attempt- Pennsylvania,” Sisco said.

24.3” 21.0” 22.0” 2:32 p.m.

Mike Luke travelled down things got slushy and dirty.

4:05 p.m. ing to shovel out their three 12:51 p.m.

The 20-inch snowfall did cars. They were buried in the avenue from Edwardsville.

Hazleton “I just needed a coffee real not faze Mosher. She grew up snow, hardly a piece of metal 16.0” bad after trying to get my snow near Buffalo, New York, 11:10 a.m. visible. where storms such as Stella “Thank God it’s only like blower going. It was too high are fairly common, she said. SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE this every 25 years,” said Har- for my snow blower to get tracKEVIN O’NEILL / STAFF ARTIST “I’m going to take some old Laity, 50, recalling bliz- tion,” Luke said. “I got stuck at ly. We’ve had a lot of people day off. He set his sights on zards of the early 1990s. the corner here pulling into nice pictures,” she said. come in and out, maybe a pie making one pass with his Laity and his two children the coffee shop. A guy I know here or there,” Antonio Scot- miniature plow.

Top of the mountain started shoveling out around 4 helped me out. Thanks Matt. It “Trying to get it cleared p.m. wasn’t really a problem travelThe blizzard brought life in to, whose family owns the “I might have it done by ing once you get on Wyoming Mountain Top to a crawl. The restaurant, said. “A lot of one time so I can just mainNational Weather Service (them are) guys who have tain it,” he said. “I plan on midnight,” Laity said with a Avenue, but side streets are tough.” reported an official total of 15 been plowing or have been doing this then just relax- laugh. inches at about 11 a.m., but by out all day working in the ing.”

Lots of fun Ghost town late afternoon it appeared snow.”

Getting on board Tristan Visneski, 10, and many locations had accumuKingston looked like a Digging out Donald Budziak, 29, nor- snowy, ghost town Tuesday Keeley Visneski, 8, climbed to lated 20 inches or more.

Jeff Carlo wrestled with a mally likes to go snowboard- afternoon: few motor vehicles the top of a giant snow pile As of Tuesday afternoon, the blowing snow left South picky ATV as he tried to ing at ski resorts around on the highway, few people Tuesday afternoon, and they Mountain Boulevard snow- clear some space in front of Northeastern Pennsylvania. along the street and many were loving it.

On Tuesday, he and a friend businesses closed for the day.

It was about 8 feet high. The covered and nearly empty his Ashley home.

“It keeps stalling out,” he hit the streets and hills of except for a few snow plows.

Curry Donuts on Wyoming result of plowing in the parkBusinesses along the main said. “It’s not going too well Nanticoke.

Avenue was open, and a half ing lot of the Kingston Village “We’re trying to get out of dozen people were there Center parking lot off Wyodrag in Fairview Township yet.”

The streets in Carlo’s the house instead of being around 3:30 p.m. for coffee, ming Avenue. were mostly quiet, either The parking lot was comshuttered because of the neighborhood were obscured snowed in,” Budziak said. donuts, eggs and sausage. storm or devoid of custom- by a thick blanket of pow- “We’re just trying to have a “Me and my friends were pletely plowed, and the blackdery snow by 9 a.m. when little fun. It’s free.” ers. helping shovel, and we went to top was showing. But the busiBudziak said the urban the Dollar General. And it was nesses there were all closed.

King’s Ristorante Italiano Carlo ventured out his front snowboarding was a fun expe- closed. This place was open, Lisa Bressler, stepmother was one of a few businesses door.

“I got a late start,” he said. rience — despite having to and we were really cold. And of the children, was there open despite the continuing “But we’re doing all right.” dodge vehicles on the city we came here,” said Keith watching them climb the snow.

A teacher, Carlo had the streets. snow piles in the parking lot.

“It’s kind of slow, obviousMarks of Kingston.

Emergency issues The police department towed about a dozen vehicles Tuesday for parking on the wrong side of the street, police Chief Michael Krzywicki said Tuesday afternoon.

Parking was prohibited on the even-numbered side of the streets on Tuesday in Kingston. Parking is prohibited on the odd-numbered side of the streets today.

“We are responding to routine calls and right now, we are enforcing the parking ban, which means we are trying to get anybody that didn’t follow the parking ban, we are trying to get them off of the roads,” Krzywicki said. “So we have been ticketing and towing them, and trying to contact them to get them off, so we can clear the streets. It makes it very difficult, even if you have one car that doesn’t abide by the ordinance. The plows are getting stuck, and it’s making it difficult to maneuver around them because of the depth of the snow.”

Overall, compliance with the parking ban “has been very good,” Krzywicki said.

Fire Chief Frank Guido said of the blizzard, “Horrific. Our hands are full. The ambulances are bogging down. We had to make some changes to get people to the hospital, and fortunately we only had three calls today.”

Dunkin Donuts in Forty Fort closed early Tuesday — at 10 a.m. — and sent donuts down Wyoming Avenue to the fire department, Guido said.

“That was really nice for the guys on duty,” Guido said. “With the volunteers, we have a full house.”

Firefighter/EMT Eric Derr said Tuesday afternoon that the fire department was waiting for the public work department to finish clearing snow from roads before going out to uncover buried fire hydrants.

— Compiled from staff reports

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A motorist digs his car out from a pile of snow after he got hung up on Market Street in Kingston.

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Thomas Finley donned Imperial snowtrooper armor to battle the elements Tuesday in Ashley.

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Kyle Ely clears snow along Derwin Road in Wyoming County on Tuesday.

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Snow slowly covers the Christopher Columbus statue on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre.

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The view from the 8th floor of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital before and after the snow.

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Snow totaled close to 2 feet in Shavertown.

Snow weighs down pine branches in Kingston.

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Members of the National Guard make their way along Market Street in Kingston in a Humvee.

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A peacock roosts on a fence during the storm in Monroe Township, Wyoming County.

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The view from just outside the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday morning.

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‘A real kick in the rear’: Northeast hit by late-season snow Fierce winter storm causes avalanches

By Eric Mark Staff Writer

By Colleen Long and Denise Lavoie Associated Press

NEW YORK — A blustery late-season storm plastered the Northeast with sleet and snow Tuesday, paralyzing much of the Washington-toBoston corridor after a stretch of unusually mild winter weather that had people thinking spring was already here.

The powerful nor’easter fell well short of the predicted snow totals in New York and Philadelphia but unloaded 1 to 2 feet in many places inland, grounded more than 6,000 flights and knocked out power to nearly a quarter-million customers from Virginia northward.

By the time it reached Massachusetts, it had turned into a blizzard, with near hurricane-force wind gusting over 70 mph along the coast and waves crashing over the seawalls. Up to a foot of snow was expected in the Boston area.

It was easily the biggest storm in a merciful winter that had mostly spared the Northeast, and many weren’t happy about it.

“It’s horrible,” said retired gumball-machine technician Don Zimmerman, of Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, using a snowblower to clear the sidewalk along his block. “I thought winter was out of here. ... It’s a real kick in the rear.”

While people mostly heeded dire warnings to stay home and off the roads, police said a 16-year-old girl was killed when she lost control of her car on a snowy road and hit a tree in Gilford, New Hampshire.

The storm closed schools in cities big and small, Amtrak suspended service and the post office halted mail delivery.

Philadelphia and New York City got anywhere from a few inches of snow to around half a foot before the storm switched over mostly to sleet; forecasters had predicted a foot or more. In New Jersey, which saw rain or just a little snow in many areas, Gov. Chris Christie called the storm an “underperformer.” But officials Volume 39, issue 166 March 15, 2017

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A crew of snow shovelers work Tuesday as a snowstorm sweeps through Times Square. warned of dangerous ice.

Inland areas, meanwhile, got hit hard. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Worcester, Massachusetts, received a foot or more of snow. The Binghamton, New York, area got over 2 feet, while Vernon, New Jersey, had at least 19 inches.

The storm came just days after the region saw temperatures climb into the 60s, and less than a week before the official start of spring. February, too, was remarkably warm.

“The winters seem to be upside down now. January and February are nice and then March and April seem to be more wintry than they were in the past,” said Bob Clifford, who ventured out on an early morning grocery run for his family in Altamont, near Albany, New York.

His advice: “Just hide

inside. Hibernate.”

In the nation’s capital, nonessential federal employees were given the option of reporting three hours late, taking the day off or working from home. The city got less than 2 inches of snow.

A few days ago, workers on Washington’s National Mall were making plans to turn on the fountains.

“Obviously all that has to come to an abrupt stop until we get all the snow cleared,” said Jeff Gowen, the acting facility manager for the National Mall and Memorial Parks. “The cherry blossoms, they’re right on the cusp of

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Winter Storm Stella caused at least two avalanches in the region, but emergency agencies had not reported any deaths or serious injuries as of press time Tuesday night.

An avalanche trapped a motorist in a vehicle on Coxton Road in Duryea on Tuesday morning, according to David Elmore, deputy coordinator of the Luzerne County Emergency Management Agency. The motorist was rescued and not injured, Elmore said.

Another avalanche of snow buried part of state Route 92 in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County, on Tuesday, according to police. No one was injured in that incident, police said.

The storm dumped up to 2 feet of snow on Luzerne and Wyoming counties, causing several municipalities to declare states of emergency.

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Kelly Erskine, a 28-year-old coffee shop manager from Whitman, Massachusetts, about 25 miles south of Boston, made it almost all the way through the winter without a shovel. She went to Walmart on Tuesday morning to get one.

“I live in an apartment complex and they usually take care of the shoveling, but they sent a letter to us and said, ‘Expect a lot of snow.’ I knew from the letter that I’d have to go out and buy a shovel,” she said.

ing and travel included Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke, Kingston, Forty Fort, Pittston, Plymouth, Hanover Township and Wyoming. Motorists for the most part stayed off roads in the region, many impassable for much of the day.

Emergency responders throughout the Wyoming Valley did a superb job during and immediately after the storm, according to WilkesBarre City Administrator Ted Wampole.

“They have to get a lot of credit,” Wampole said. “That effort sometimes goes unnoticed because there are no issues.”

As of Tuesday night, emergency officials were bracing for the potential effects of strong wind gusts of up to 40 mph, Wampole said. Wind gusts that strong could lead to snow drifts up to 10 feet high and possible power outages, he said.

City emergency officials are prepared to set up shelters for residents in the event of a widespread power outage in Wilkes-Barre, Wampole said.

As of Tuesday night, no power outages were reported in the region.

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THE BLIZZARD OF 2017

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Above, snow piles up on Green Street in Ashley on Tuesday. At left, the snow in Ashley measured 21 inches around 11 a.m.

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Sarah Scinto, reporter for The Citizens’ Voice, gets ready to leave her home Tuesday morning.

A stroll through the snow

By Sarah Scinto Staff Writer Boots — check.

Scarf — check.

Coat — check.

Brightly colored yard stick to use for both walking and measuring snow totals — check.

Only the essentials when you’re about to walk through a blizzard to get to work.

There are a few types of people who need to get to work in a crippling snowstorm, and apparently I’m one of them.

I set out from my apartment on Green Street in Ashley around 11 a.m. on Tuesday with one destination in mind: the Citizens’ Voice newsroom on North Washington Street in WilkesBarre, a little more than two

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miles from my buried front yard and barely plowed street.

My boyfriend, Noah — who would never let me do something this crazy alone — and I charted a course out of our neighborhood and onto Hazle Street, the main road that would lead us into downtown WilkesBarre.

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half miles we walked, I counted about a dozen cars brave enough to venture onto the snow-covered streets.

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lingering tread marks.

Lawns and sidewalks in front of many homes looked pristine — their owners and caretakers had decided to wait out the storm rather

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We didn’t see a single driver until we reached Hazle Street.

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Snow covers the streets in Ashley.

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Stroll: When walkers ruled the road

from page 8 Other snow walkers darted out of the way like kids playing in the street whenever the sound of a tire crunching through the snow approached.

Residents with trucks drove with the most confidence while drivers in small sedans crept slowly behind them.

We walked in the middle of Hazle Street most of the time. The snow that had drifted up onto the sidewalks reached well past our knees.

Each walker we passed flashed us the same half-conspiratorial, half-exasperated grin, some asking “Having fun yet?”

Along the streets, mounds of snow with side-mirrors poking out like periscopes marked the positions of parked cars.

The wind picked up as we reached Main Street. Snowflakes tinged with sleet pelted the hood of my coat, playing percussion in my ears as I bowed my head against the squalls.

A g roup of cars had stopped at the corner of South and Main streets. We approached and saw a young man in a department of corrections uniform pushing a small, blue hatchback from behind.

“He has to get to work,” the woman driving the car said. “He works for the prison. What are we going to do?”

We got behind the car and started to push. She laid on the gas, sending the wheels spinning as we struggled to find traction and push the car free.

Two other drivers stopped and hopped out of their cars to help push. With some extra muscle and a bit of coaching from one of the good Samaritans, the car managed to wriggle free of its snowy trap as a Wilkes University plow drove past.

Soon, there it was: North Washington Street. Only a couple more blocks, right?

The street this newspaper calls home had some of the

deepest snow drifts left on it by noon, and the flakes were still falling. I pulled my fauxfur-lined hood up even further over my head as we walked down the middle of the road — no need to worry about a car coming from behind on a one-way street.

Two trucks sat behind the Kirby Center as if they’d been left there all night. I wondered aloud what show they had transported.

“Stomp,” Noah answered.

“Which show?”

He gestured toward the side of the truck, painted with the word “Stomp” in massive block letters. My hood had obscured my peripheral vision so much I almost missed the answer to my question.

We reached The Citizens’ Voice after about 90 minutes of slogging. I plunged the yard stick into the snow: 18 inches and counting. sscinto@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2048, @sscintoCV

Do you have shoulder pain with any of the following day-to-day activities?

• Reaching Overhead?

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Dear Friend and local Luzerne County Resident, If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you surely know that shoulder pain can be such a menace… It can ruin a good nights sleep… and when you lack sleep, you get cranky.

It can change the way you put on your shirt…or for the ladies, your bra…because it’s just too painful to do it the way you used to.

It can stop you from enjoying daily simple tasks…making you frustrated…forcing you to take more pain pills than you would care to admit.

And for golfers out there…it can ruin your game…getting scores you’re too embarrassed to tell…your friends are probably wondering why you even care to play!

Is it your rotator cuff that’s the culprit?

The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that run from our shoulder blade into the top end of our bone in our arm. They help keep the ball end of our arm bone centered in the shoulder socket.

When healthy, the rotator cuff allows us to reach in all directions smoothly and without pain.

If you experience pain, weakness or difficulty during the tests mentioned here, it is highly likely that you are suffering from a rotator cuff tear.

1. This first test is called the Drop Arm Test. With your arm relaxed by your side, turn your arm out so your thumb faces directly to the side. Slowly raise your arm to the side, then slowly lower the arm. Test is positive if the arm suddenly drops or you experience severe pain on the way up or down.

2. The Lateral Jobe Test. In this test for the right shoulder, raise you right arm out to the side by lifting your right elbow to 90 degrees, with your hand hanging down,fingers pointed to the ground, your thumb pointing to your tummy.

With your left hand, push down on the right arm just above the elbow. Test is positive if you experience pain or weakness.

3. The 3rd test is called Lift-Off Test. The hand of the affected arm is placed on the lower back. Now try lifting the hand off the back without straightening your elbow. Test is positive if you’re unable to lift the hand off.

Now you may be asking…can a rotator cuff tear heal and pain subside without medications, injections, or surgery? In most cases, yes…but it depends on but not limited to the following factors.

• What is the grade of the tear? There are 3 grades.

• Which of the 4 muscles of the rotator cuff is torn?

• How old is the tear?

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Snow fills the stairs in the wall along Hazle Street in Wilkes-Barre.

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THE BLIZZARD OF 2017

What’s next: Cleaning up and digging out

By Bob Kalinowski Staff Writer Tuesday’s epic blizzard halted vehicle traffic across much of Luzerne County as communities crippled by snow — including the county seat of Wilkes-Barre — declared travel bans so crews could clear roads.

The travel ban in WilkesBarre City was lifted as of 4 a.m. today, according to a news release the city issued Tuesday night. Those who do not need to drive for work are urged to stay off the roads.

Leaders of Luzerne County government, based at the courthouse on River Street in Wilkes-Barre, seemed hopeful for a return to normalcy as they announced the county was scheduled to reopen for business at 11 a.m. today.

The Wilkes-Barre ban prohibited any travel within the city except for emergency vehicles and first responders.

The city was operating under a state of emergency.

“We don’t take it lightly.

We’re doing our best to get these streets open,” Director of Operations Butch Frati said Tuesday afternoon following a sleepless Monday night.

City public works crews and private contractors were working around-the-clock to clear the streets of snow, Frati said.

Frati said the blizzard dumped about 23 inches of snow on the city, the largest and fastest accumulation during his 13 years working for the city.

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A PennDOT plow truck pushes snow Tuesday off Route 11 in Wyoming.

“There’s so much snow out there our plows are having a hard time getting up streets,” Frati said. “It’s taking twice as long as it normally takes.”

Wilkes-Barre Councilwoman Beth Gilbert was still urging people to follow the travel ban Tuesday night.

“So far today I’ve witnessed four vehicles get stuck in the snow in front of my house. We have a travel ban and we are in a state of

emergency for a reason.

Please do NOT drive!” she posted on Facebook.

City crews would work overnight to remove snow by loading it onto dump trucks and piling it at locations including Coal Street Park, the Willow Street pumping station and beneath the Cross Valley Expressway, Frati said.

Other towns across the area implemented similar

travel bans.

While the Luzerne County Courthouse was closed Tuesday, many essential county services remained operating, said David Pedri, county manager. They included 911, the road and bridge office, the sheriff ’s office, emergency management, the prison, building and grounds, and the boiler plant.

“The County of Luzerne is truly lucky to have such

announced bus and van service would again be canceled today.

Despite the weather, Adam Gober, director of the Kingston Department of Public Works, was 17 hours into his workday Tuesday when he predicted he wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

“I’m not leaving until it’s done,” Gober said. “My guys are running 12-hour shifts, but I am staying.”

He noted dump trucks were hauling snow from narrow streets to designated dumping places around Kingston.

“We’re moving it. We have to. Certain streets we have to clear for emergency vehicles,” Gober said. “I’m anticipating three days of this.”

Gober agreed with the travel ban and issued a message to motorists.

“Stay home. Keep off the roads,” Gober said. “That would be a huge help.”

Kingston’s Mayor James Haggerty saluted the work of his crews in a Facebook post.

“The Public Works Department guys are doing heroic work, and we’ve hired heavy equipment from a number of contractors. Even with all that, it’s going to take a day or two to dig out from this one. We’re asking everyone to be patient and safe, and to help their elderly and disabled neighbors,” Haggerty said. “Our entire community is working nonstop to dig out from this historic storm.”

skilled and dedicated workers who left the warmth and safety of their homes to go out into the storm to assist others,” Pedri said.

Pedri announced Tuesday night that county services would fully resume today at 11 a.m. The decision could be reassessed this morning, he said.

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W-B man Con-ui defense: Death penalty stance shouldn’t disqualify jurors pleads guilty to assaulting police officers

By James Halpin Staff Writer

attack that was caught on video, are working to spare him from the death penalty by arguing he snapped because of poor treatment by prison guards. Con-ui is already serving 25 years to life at ADX Florence in Colorado for executing a gang member in Phoenix as part of his initiation into the Arizona Mexican Mafia in 2002.

In their filing Tuesday,

ing evidence of guilt. Without a particularly careful voir dire (examination of a juror), jurors may be seated who, because of the nature of the crimes themselves, will enter their service as jurors substantially impaired or completely foreclosed to consideration of a life sentence.”

Prosecutors did not immediately respond to the defense filing.

Con-ui’s attorneys are seeking 32 juror challenges and have asked the court to bring in a pool of at least 80 jurors from which to select the panel, which will consist of 12 jurors and six alternates.

Jury selection is set to begin April 24. jhalpin@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2058, @cvjimhalpin

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challenge jurors whose prodeath penalty views impair their ability to consider a life sentence.

To determine whether jurors can fairly weigh the decision to impose a sentence of life or death, they should be questioned about the facts of the case, the lawyers wrote, noting that research has shown a “substantial number” of jurors in capital cases automatically vote for death upon a defendant’s conviction of murder.

“At a penalty phase, the jury will also almost certainly hear heartbreaking evidence of the impact of officer Williams’ murder on those who loved him,” the lawyers wrote. “The jury will also hear evidence that Mr. Con-ui has a long history of violence, including a previous murder, and overwhelm-

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WILKES-BARRE — A city man accused of spitting at and headbutting police pleaded guilty Monday to a felony charge of aggravated assault.

Nor man Harrison, 35, pleaded guilty to the assault charge in exchange for a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest being withdrawn, court records show.

Luzer ne County Judge David W. Lupas accepted the plea and set sentencing for April 28.

According to prosecutors, Harrison was a passenger in a vehicle Kingston police pulled over early the morning of Oct. 15 for speeding and running a red light.

Harrison, who was not wearing a seat belt, gave police four different names before saying, “take me in, fingerprint me, do what you got to do,” according to a police affidavit.

Prosecutors say Harrison was cooperative until officer Matthew Bonawits tried to fingerprint him. Harrison grew hostile and began cursing at police, prosecutors said.

“I’m from (expletive) New York, that’s all you need to know,” the affidavit quotes Harrison as saying.

Harrison proceeded to spit on officer Jonathan Karasinski’s neck and headbutted Bonawits in the forehead, according to prosecutors.

Officers then subdued Harrison and put a spit guard over his head. He was initially booked as “John Doe,” court records show.

Harrison remains in custody at the Luzerne County C o r r e c t i o n a l F a c i l i t y, where he is being held without bail.

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By James Halpin Staff Writer

WILKES-BARRE — Lawyers representing the gang assassin accused of murdering correctional officer Eric Williams filed a brief Tuesday arguing potential jurors should not be excluded from service simply because they have strong feelings against the death penalty.

Jessie Con-ui, 40, is slated to stand trial in April over the February 2013 attack on Williams, a Nanticoke native.

Prosecutors say Con-ui kicked Williams down a flight of stairs before beating and slashing him to death with a pair of shanks because he was angry over a cell search at U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan on Feb. 25, 2013.

Con-ui’s lawyers, who have not disputed his guilt in the

attorneys James A. Swetz, Mark Fleming and David A. Ruhnke urge U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo to prevent Con-ui from being tried before a “tribunal organized to return a verdict of death.”

Case law is clear that prosecution challenges based on jurors’ reservations about the death penalty should be granted only when it is clear they would vote against capital punishment regardless of the evidence, the attorneys argue.

“The Supreme Court has consistently held that a juror’s views in opposition to capital punishment — even strong views — do not disqualify a prospective juror from serving on a capital case,” the attorneys wrote.

The filing also notes that standard applies both ways and that the defense can also

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Trump White House sees ‘deep state’ behind leaks

By Jonathan Lemire Associated Press

NEW YORK — The White House and its allies are stepping up their attacks on a foe typicallyassociatedwithfragile democracies, military coups and spy thrillers.

The “deep state,” an alleged shadowy network of powerful entrenched federal and military interests, has increasingly become the focus of Republicans who accuse such forces of trying to undermine the new president.

Though senior White House staff members don’t use the exact label, the notion behind it has taken hold. President Donald Trump claims his predecessor tapped his phone and America’sintelligenceagencies have conspired to leak harmful information to embarrass him.

His chief strategist has vowed to dismantle the permanent Washington “administrative state.”WhiteHousespokesman Sean Spicer says “people that burrowed into government” are trying to sabotage the president.

To Trump’s critics, these assertions come off as paranoid fear of a non-existent shadow government and an effort to create a scapegoat for the White House’s struggles.

But to Trump’s supporters, this represents an overdue challenge to an elite ruling class concerned only with maintaining its own grasp on power.

“Of course, the deep state exists. There’s a permanent state of massive bureaucracies thatdowhatevertheywantand set up deliberate leaks to attack the president,” said Newt Gingrich, a Trump confidant.

“This is what the deep state does: They create a lie, spread a lie, fail to check the lie and then deny that they were behind the lie.”

Historians believe the concept of the “deep state” comes from Turkey, where the term “derin devlet” meant a clandestine network, including intelligence and military officers, which protected the ruling class in the 1920s. Similar ideas have taken hold in Egypt, where the military has allied itself with powerful business interests, and Pakistan, with its robust intelligence service.

Defendant seeks lower sentence in hit-and-run that killed boy, 9

EASTON (AP) — A man day calls the Northampton November 2015 death of Darisentenced to four to 10 years in County sentence imposed ear- ous Condash, who was struck the hit-and-run death of a lier this month on 23-year-old as he reached to pick up a piece 9-year-old boy is asking an east- Royce Atkins “extremely of candy he had dropped. Durern Pennsylvania judge to lengthy” and “manifestly ing sentencing, Judge Michael unreasonable.”

Koury Jr. called the defendant agencies were reminiscent of reconsider his sentence.

A defense motion filed MonAtkins was convicted in the “heartless.” smear tactics utilized by Nazi Germany.

Asked if the White House believes there is “a deep state that’s actively working to undermine the president,” Spicer said recently, “I don’t think it should come as any surprise that there are people that burrowed into government during eight years of the last administration and, you know,mayhavebelievedinthat agenda and want to continue to seek it.”

Sean Hannity, a Fox News host who has close to ties to Trump, opened a show last week by claiming there are “deep state Obama holdover government bureaucrats who are hell-bent on destroying this president.”

Trump allies note that is customary for presidents to install loyalists and point to Abraham Lincoln’s move to push out Southerners from the federal bureaucracy on the eve of the Civil War. The government has also gone through previous spasms of internal suspicion, most notably in the 1950s when Sen. Joseph McCarthy led a PRINT RADIO witch hunt to root out what he claimed were communist sympathizers supposedly trying to undermine Washington from within.

Experts warn that Trump’s attacks could lead to faster erosion of faith in government institutions.

“The more he talks about a deep state cabal against him, thelesstrustpeoplewillhavein OUTDOOR R DIG GITAL government,” said Matthew Hale, a political science professor at Seton Hall University.

“It’s deleterious to democracy.”

Some of Trump’s allies have, without evidence, seized upon Obama’s decision to remain in Washington after leaving office as evidence that he is leading theresistance.Theformerpresident has said he is staying in the nation’s capital until his youngest daughter finishes school.

“He’s only there for one purpose and one purpose only and that is to run a shadow government that is totally going to *Source: Nielsen/Scarborough Research - WB/Scr DMA 2016 Release 2 upset the new agenda,” said Rep. Mark Kelly, a Pennsylvania Republican, at an event in Reach Your Audience at: his home district last week. His office later walked back the remarks.

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TRUMP IN POWER In its current use, the concept has been twisted and broadened, encompassing a resistant bureaucracy and a regulatory regime rather than foreshadowing some sort of military intervention. Chief TrumpstrategistSteveBannon has offered the loudest warnings about the opposition the president is facing from the deep state.

In his only public speech since the election, Bannon told a conservative group that the White House’s goal was the “deconstruction of the administrative state,” a reflection of his belief that the massive federal government, with its burdensome regulations, does more to hinder than uplift citizens. It also echoes Bannon’s oft-stated worldview, frequently on display at his former news siteBreitbart,thataglobalpower structure — including government institutions — has rigged the economy.

Gingrich, who says he has discussed the deep state with Bannon, likens its dangers to the plotline of the new season of “Homeland,”inwhichaconspiracy that includes career intelligenceofficerstriestosubvert a president-elect.

The sprawling federal government, including its intelligence agencies, has thousands of employees who predate Trump, a mix of career staffers and those appointed by President Barack Obama whose replacements have yet to be named. Some have offered leaks, including sensitive documents,toreportersthatprovide a critical take on the president.

Trump has insinuated that those holdovers are working against him — even suggesting that leaks from intelligences

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Nonprofit leads restoration of 165-year-old bridge

By Kelly Monitz Times-Shamrock LEHIGHTON — A grassroots effort to preserve a more than 165-year-old covered bridge is underway in Carbon County.

Friends of Beltzville State Park, a nonprofit group started two years ago to enhance the park outside Lehighton, took on the project to restore the bridge built by the Buck family in 1841, said John Dworsky, who is heading the project.

“We’re looking to restore it and keep beautiful for another 150 years,” he said.

The bridge carried horses and buggies across Pohopoco Creek in its day, and was moved to its present location inside the park when Beltzville Lake was created in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The bridge, owned by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, is located in Franklin Township but was originally in Towamensing Township, Dworsky said.

“When they drug it from the Pohopoco, they moved it over the township line,” he said.

The Friends group secured letters from the state and both townships allowing

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The covered bridge in Beltzville State Park was built by the Buck family in 1841. them to go ahead and refurbish the bridge, Dworsky said. They recently asked the Carbon County commissioners for a letter of support.

“I’m certain being the owner of a historical bridge ourselves, we know the importance of maintaining our history,” Commissioner Wayne Nothstein said.

Dworsky explained that the group wants to make sure that they have everyone on board before they begin fundraising for the restoration.

“That is critical, because we don’t want to raise dollar one until we have everyone

in line,” he said. “Otherwise, it would be pointless.”

The commissioners agreed to give the group a letter of support, but they also inquired about the cost of the project. An upcoming meeting with an engineer will shed light on the scope of the project, Dworsky said.

“We may have to take the entire bridge apart and replace it, and rebuild it. It depends on what will be more cost effective,” he said.

“Some of it is old chestnut, which we can’t even legally

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parks, said Diane Szwajkowski, president of the group.

“Any money we raise stays within the park,” she said.

Since its inception, the group has organized cleanups around the lake and roadside, started a pollinator garden behind the environmental center, secured an environmental specialist for the park and hosted various events to bring people into the park, including a New Year’s Day hike that brought out 85 people, Szwajkowski said.

The group took on the bridge restoration because it is a piece of history as well the logo for the Friends of Beltzville State Park that can be found on their website, www.fobsp.org, and Facebook page, she said.

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replace. We would have to replace it with either oak or elm, or something else.”

Some of the main timbers are worm-eaten, but the bridge is still in good condition, Dworsky said. The group wants to step in and rehabilitate the bridge now before it gets to the point where it can’t be saved, he said.

Commissioner William O’Gurek suggested the group look to DCNR for funding for the preservation project, or gaming funds

through the Local Share Account.

“If we can help you with that, we would facilitate that,” he said.

The group also wants to put a map at the environmental center at the park showing what the area looked like before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built Beltzville Dam, Dworsky said. The map would show the covered bridge’s original location, which is now out in the middle of the lake, he said.

“There’s a stone bridge under the water which you can still see if you know where to go,” he said. “It lets people go out on the lake and see what it was like before.”

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Given ongoing meteorological events, millions of Pennsylvanians today crave sunshine. They’ll get it, eventually, from Mother Nature. But an enduring question across the commonwealth is if they ever will get it from their governments.

This is Sunshine Week, an annual observance of the importance of government transparency in creating an informed public. Pennsylvania has two main laws that are supposed to ensure government transparency, but both need work if they truly are to achieve that.

The Sunshine Act requires government agencies to hold public meetings and publicly transact business. The Right to Know Law ensures public access to government records.

Both laws are highly valuable and partially effective. The Legislature should amend them to eliminate loopholes and tighten enforcement. It remains easy for public officials to evade requirements of the Sunshine Act, and many of them regularly do so. School boards regularly conduct business in closed pre-meeting caucuses, for example, but the open-meeting requirement is difficult to enforce precisely because there is no record of what goes behind those closed doors.

Rep. Rick Saccone, an Allegheny County Democrat, has introduced a bill requiring public agencies to record executive sessions. Then, in the event of a legal challenge, a court could review what transpired at the closed session to determine if it complied with the narrow exemptions under the Sunshine Law. A second House bill would require public bodies to publicly post their agendas well in advance of meetings as a means of encouraging public participation. Lawmakers should pass both.

Meanwhile, Democratic state Sen. John Blake of Lackawanna County has introduced two bills to restrict the overly broad disclosure exemptions in the Right to Know Law. A criminal investigation exemption is overly broad in that it limits access to basic information about criminal events, rather than investigative details.

Even worse is the non-criminal investigation exemption, which limits public access to information on a broad range of matters. As noted by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, it has been used to limit public information about nursing home safety, bridge inspections and other matter of public importance. The exemptions have no time limits and do not provide for releasing information even when investigations end, unlike the practice in many other states.

Legislators should upgrade the laws to increase the accountability and transparency of all state and local government agencies, and they should hit a grand slam by making the laws applicable to the Legislature itself.

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Fixing a floundering Obamacare: The next chapter

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The Congressional Budget Office weighed in Monday on the profound impact of the House Republicans’ ambitious Obamacare fix. There’s fuel here for both proponents and critics of the bill known as the American Health Care Act. CBO says 24 million fewer Americans would have health insurance by 2026. Why? Some would choose not to have insurance because the bill ends the mandate that people buy insurance or pay a penalty. Others would forgo insurance because of rising premiums. And many would lose coverage because of dramatic changes to Medicaid.

The overall effect: Americans approaching Medicare coverage at age 65 would pay more and younger Americans less, the CBO says.

At the same time, the bill would reduce the federal deficit by $337 billion by 2026 — because of less government spending.

Those are, again, CBO estimates. They aren’t the final word on whether the current GOP plan would succeed or fail.

Now, the big question: What do House Republicans do?

Will these — should these — estimates compel GOP leaders to change the bill? We’ve said before that they should be open to retooling their bill to encourage more people to buy coverage. The urgency here comes not from the tenets of the bill itself but from a much bigger problem: Obamacare is floundering and risks collapse.

We’re sure that opponents — Democrats and conservative Republicans among them — will marshal these CBO numbers as reasons to scuttle this bill or, conversely, to have it destroy all things Obamacare. Democrats have defended the current law and reject repeal. Conservatives criticize this bill as “Obamacare Lite,” replacing one entitlement with another; those lawmakers seek a full Obamacare eradication, including popular features that allow children to

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remain on parents’ policies until age 26 and forbid insurers from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. That won’t and shouldn’t happen.

President Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other GOP leaders can remind Americans that they seek to replace Obamacare not because it is the signature achievement of a Democratic president but because it is imploding. Insurers are abandoning markets. Premiums are rocketing. Coverage plans are narrowing. Healthy young people are avoiding Obamacare policies and sicker people are flocking to them. At some point, Obamacare risks plunging into what insurance experts call a “death spiral.”

So the next chapter begins: What might an improved bill include?

The GOP plan currently offers some Americans less generous subsidies but would bring market-based reforms that could encourage more Americans to buy insurance. Building in more incentives for younger, healthier people to buy policies simpler than Obamacare’s wouldn’t only leave more Americans insured. It would lower premiums.

Are there other ways to whittle back the estimated number of people who lose coverage? Yes, probably by adjusting the Medicaid provisions.

If this CBO report propels Democrats who want to preserve today’s Medicaid and Republicans who want fewer mandates to the same conference table to hash out a better plan, great.

But remember that if Washington fiddles, Obamacare may burn. “The time is now,” Ryan says of Obamacare repair. “This is the moment.”

Yes, it is. The CBO just made the Republican task more complicated, but also possibly more clear: Americans need health coverage that is flexible, that they can afford and that includes the doctors and hospitals they want.

GOP leaders may have hoped their plan would float to President Trump’s desk as a fait accompli. It won’t. Time for Republican leaders to respond and retool.

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decisions with regard to the vast areas of their state that are not federal lands.

The 20 percent of Alaska taken up by national wildlife refuges, however, is different.

It was set aside specifically to maintain nature in a less artificial manner, for the benefit both of wildlife and humans who place a value on keeping wild places unspoiled — that is, not just for the inhabitants of Alaska, but for all Americans.

The Senate is expected to vote on the legislation overturning the rule sometime in the coming weeks. Senators should reject the measure, with an eye toward constituents who don’t think these extreme “hunting” techniques are exactly sporting.

In national wildlife refuges, human interference ought to be kept to a minimum. Bear baiting stations don’t exactly fit. And we can’ t g et past those notions of bl ast ing wolf pups in their dens or bears as they hibernate, W h e n P re s i d e n t J i m my Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980, Rep. John Seiberling, D-Ohio, noted that “there are very few places in this country where you can see vast sweeps of land and myriads of wildlife just as they were when the Creator made them.” The law was intended to assure that some of these places would remain that way. It’s a worthy goal, and one the Fish and Wildl ife Se rvi ce des erves credit for advancing.

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near the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority.

Don’t even get me started on our cable bills going up $ 1 4 . T h e re a re m o re f e e s at t a ch e d t o o u r b i l l t h an Carter has liver pills. Most of the channels contain nothing but g arbage. I’m ready to take up reading.

L e t ’s n o t f o r g e t S o c i a l Security. That $2 raise isn’t a raise, it’s an insult. We don’t

even get it; it goes to Medicare. Our government people get a nice raise so they can afford the cost of living, plus they don’t have to pay for health insurance like us regular folks.

Isn’t it about time we are given a break from all there r a t e h i ke s, e s p e c i a l l y u s retired people?

Mary Richmond Hanover Township

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Conduct study on traffic, safety to help slow down traffic in Courtdale Borough Editor: Courtdale Borough is known as a “you blink your eyes and you are through it” small town. It is also known by some people who travel through it for one specific road, “Courtdale Avenue.” Growing up in this small town, I can remember traffic would be heavy and fast on the road. By fast, I mean, people speeding through the town.

I am reaching out to your paper in hopes we, the people, can prevent such traffic violations.

I can remember such bad pedestrian accidents and several fatalities. I want to put this out here so maybe the drivers can read this article and possibly slow down or even step up to our police force and ask them to slow down the traffic.

Another concern I have for the safety of the borough and the people of the borough is the lack of sidewalks and lighting.

I recently passed through the city of Pittston on Main Street and noticed what a nice job they have done on the sidewalks and lighting.

Maybe we can get this topic out to Courtdale Borough Council and PennDOT to possibly see if they can do a study on the traffic and safety to help slow down traffic, fix crosswalks and sidewalks, bring in more lighting and make the borough safer.

It would be a great thing for the borough of Courtdale and the residents to give the town a revitalization.

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Editor: I agree with a recent letter writer that we can not af ford all these rate hikes (Jan. 28). When I received my sewer bill for 2017 and s aw i t w e n t u p a g a i n , I inquired why and was given a bull story.

Maybe with the increase they can put an end to the stench we have to put up with, for the people who live

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Most Americans are fine with hunters shooting animals for food. Many people have no great problem with hunters pursuing big game animals for sport. Blasting wolf pups in their dens or bears as they hibernate, however, fits into neither category. So the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service created no national controversy when it prohibited these types of hunting in federal wildlife refuges in Alaska.

But the new policy isn’t popular with everyone. Alaska Attor ney General Jahna L i n d e m u t h we n t t o c o u r t claiming that the regulations violate federal and state law, which she says gives the state the right to decide how to manage wildlife within its borders. Re p. Don Young, R-Alaska, doesn’ t want to wait for the courts to adjudicate the matter. He has introduced legislation to overturn the rule and bar the FWS from restoring it in the future. The House passed his bill in February.

Alaska officials would like to manage the environment to maximize the numbers of game species, such as moose and caribou, that provide food to natives as well as attracting hunters from elsewhere. That means finding ways to curtail the population of wolves and bears, which prey on such beasts.

In areas under state control, hunters are permitted to

put out bait to attract bears, to shoot wolf and coyote pups in their dens and bears as they hiber nate, to use airplanes to find and chase bears, and to take bears with snares.

Critics see these practices as cruel and ecologically disruptive, which they undoubtedly are. Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., widow of Sen. Paul Ts o n g a s, s a i d d u r i n g t h e House debate, “Here we are, 37 years later, in Congress debating if that bipartisan law crafted by my late husband allows hunters to shoot bear cubs and wolf pups in their den on a national wildlife refuge.” What par t of “wildlife refuge” do Alaska politicians not understand?

There is a basic disagreement here. Alaska explicitly aims at assuring “a high level of human harvest of game.”

It wants to manipulate nature to satisfy hunters.

The FWS says its statutory oblig ation is to “conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in their natural diversity,” avoiding artificial manipulation to achieve different outcomes. It banned these hunting methods because they “potentially increase the take of predators to a degree that disrupts natural processes and wildlife interactions.”

We may not agree with the s t at e ’s p r i o r i t i e s wh e n i t comes to wildlife management, and we may not relish the practices it approves. But we don’t begrudge Alaskans their right to make those

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Community Community digest For information, contact Dallas Borough Administrative North BraNch LaNd trust Office at 570-675-1389. hike: The North Branch Land Trust will host a hike led by VeNdor saLe: A spring naturalist Charlene Wildes on makeover vendor sale will ice harvesting in Bear Creek be held from 4 to 8 p.m. from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Friday, March 24, at the March 26, at Bear Creek Jackson Township Fire Camp, 3601 Bear Creek Hall, 1160 Chase Road, Blvd., Bear Creek. Before the Shavertown. There will be hike begins, an introductory door prizes, workshops, a film about Albert Lewis’ ice fashion show and children’s harvesting business will be activities. Donate a gently viewed. Register online at used book to the Lehmanwww.nblt.org under “Events”, Jackson Elementary PTO or call the office at 570-310Summer Reading Program or 1781. The walk is free for a professional clothing item NBLT members and $10 for for Dress for Success and guests. In the event of heavy get an extra chance at the rain, the hike will be resched- door prizes. For information, uled. visit www.facebook.com/ events/734289053406914/ or contact Christin at 570NarFe: National Active and 690-4301.

Retired Federal Employees will meet at 2 p.m. Friday, March 17, at Black Diamond Hanover Area American Legion, 386 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. All mem- church coNcert: A free concert, Glory Way Quartet, bers and those interested in featuring southern gospel joining are urged to attend. music, will be held at New Light refreshments will be Life Community Church, 301 served. For information, call Delaney St., Hanover TownJoAnn at 570-283-3388. ship, at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 25. Call 570-639Back Mountain 5433. cLothes cLoset: River of Life Fellowship Ministries, Mountain Top area 22 Outlet Road, Lehman, announced the clothes closet LegioN Night at the racwill reopen in April. The closet es: A planning meeting will be held at 7 p.m. March 20 will be open the second and at the American Legion Post fourth Saturdays of each Home, 1550 Henry Drive, month.

Mountain Top, for the Night daLLas street sweepiNg: At the Races fundraiser to be held at the American Legion Dallas Borough announces Post 781, on Friday, May 19. its spring street sweeping Doors open at 6 p.m. Post program will begin soon. time is 7. The fundraiser will The road department asks help offset the cost of ongoborough residents to follow ing building improvements. these instructions: This is a post wide event Rake cinders out to the side of the road in even layers and sponsored by the veterans, Sons, Riders, auxiliary, and avoid large piles. Under no circumstances should cinders social members. Event will be swept into the stormwater be explained in detail at this meeting. Sign-up sheets for catch basins. working this event and donaDo not fill containers with tion of food items will be availcinders in excess of 20-25 pounds. Heavy containers will able, along with horse selling forms. not be picked up.

Do not include rocks, tree MouNtaiN top LegioN auxlimbs, yard or animal waste with the street cinders. iLiary: The Mountain Top After the street sweeper has American Legion Auxiliary will been to a street once, any meet Tuesday, April 4. Nomiremaining cinders need to nation of officers will follow be placed in containers for See digesT, page 17 pick up.

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Members of the second grade classes of St. Robert Bellarmine and Exaltation of the Holy Cross recently received First Penance. Along with Penance, students and their families took part in a prayer service at St. Aloysius Church. A small reception followed the service. Students are now preparing to receive First Holy Communion in May. First row, from left, are Alia Slater, A.J. Stout, Mason Krumich, David Lapallo, and Emma Kane. Second row: Sophia Zadzura, Dawson Gula, Evan Dewey, Jett Kelsall, Emma Eick, and Dylan Skiro. Third row: Cathy Flaherty, the Rev. Kevin Mulhern, pastor, and Alisha Kravabloski.

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E. L. Meyers Junior/Senior High School announced its February Students of the Month. To be nominated for Student of the Month, a student must demonstrate “Mohawk Pride” in both themselves and their school. They must maintain exceptional grades, attitude, and commitment to others. Following a student’s nomination, a panel of faculty and staff review the nominations and select the Students of the Month. Winners’ photographs are featured on the “Wall of Fame” and are treated to lunch ordered from a local restaurant and served by vice principal, Patrick Peters. The winners for the month of February are: 7th grade, Ricardo Taveras, and 8th grade, Carl Johnson. From left, are Brittany Scarnulis, 7th and 8th grade teacher/Student of the Month adviser; Ricardo Taveras, Carl Johnson, and Sarah Edwards, 7th and 8th grade teacher/Student of the Month adviser.

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fisH dinner: A fish dinner sponsored by the Glen Lyon-Alden Hose Co. and the Newport Township Consolidated Fire Co. will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, at R Bar, 119 E. Kirmar Ave, Alden. Event is eat in or take out. Delivery is available. Cost is $11 per person. Contact any Newport Township firefighter or Len at 570-430-7212.

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cal Society will meet at 7 p.m. March 23 in council chambers at the Kingston CHurCH dinner: St. Municipal Building, 500 Andrew’s Episcopal Church Wyoming Ave. Updates are will hold a shrimp and chips planned on the following dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, events with Jan Lokuta, local March 24. Cost is $12 per history buff. person. Proceeds benefit the The Pittston History Day organ restoration fund. For Tour will be held at the information, contact Mark at Pittston Firehouse from 570-814-7118. noon to 5 p.m. April 22. An Artists’ Tour designed to allow amateur and profesLibrary fundraiser: The sional photographers an Mill Memorial Library, 495 opportunity to document E. Main St., Nanticoke, will the interiors of five historic hold its third annual “Love churches in Pittston will Literacy for Life” fundraiser be held at 9:30 a.m. June from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the library. Tickets 4. The 12th annual Tour of are $25 in advance and $30 Historic Churches which at the door. There will be light will visit Temple Ahavas Achim in Luzerne, St. Mary’s refreshments, beer and wine Byzantine Catholic Church, samples, pick a heart game, St. Ignatius Loyola Church gift card raffles, and music. and Temple B’Nai B’Rith in You must be 21 to attend.

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A presentation is also planned on a program July 4 at the Forty Fort Meeting House.

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Plymouth Ministerium will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 16, at First Welsh Baptist Church, West Shawnee and Girard Avenues, Plymouth. Note the time change due to the Lenten soup and scripture at the First Welsh Baptist Church at 11 a.m.

Lenten fish dinner sponsored by the Deacons of the Forty Fort Presbyterian Church will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 24, at the church, 1224 Wyoming Ave. Cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children 6 to 12. For information, call the Rev. Lukesh at 570-709-2320. At the time of the event, call the church at 570-287-7097.

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CHurCH food saLe postponed: Due to the snow

storm, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church’s ethnic food sale has been rescheduled to March 24 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the church, 401 E. Main St., Miners Mills. Menu includes clam chowder, potato pancakes, pierogi, haluski and more. Event is eat in or take out. For information, call 570819-3395.

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Environmental Leadership Award, which was established to recognize an individual who stands out for his or her long-term commitment to environmental quality through inspirational leadership, dedication and commitment to partnering. The 2017 Emerging Environmental Leader Award will also be awarded to a student who demonstrates young environmental leadership, creativity and dedication to inspire others to adopt similar actions to protect the environment.

The awards are open to any group, individual, company, program, or organization whose work has had a positive impact on the environment in Northeastern Pennsylvania’s following counties; Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lehigh, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Wayne.

Nominations may be made by a person or persons involved in the activity, or by a third party. Nominations must be postmarked no later than June 16. Visit www.pecpa.org.

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Nominations are being sought for the 27th annual Environmental Partnership Awards, the 23 annual Thomas P. Shelburne Environmental Leadership Award and the 2017 Emerging Environmental Leader Award.

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Environmental Partnership Awards are presented annually to recognize the achievements of individuals or organizations that, through partnerships, have achieved excellence in environmental protection or conservation. The evening showcases the recipient of the Thomas P. Shelburne

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Mariska Madison Lewis, daughter of Kevin and Tanya Lewis of Mountain Top, is celebrating her 10th birthday today, March 15. Mariska is the the granddaughter of Steven and Karen Phillips, Hunlock Creek and Vince Riccardo, Swoyersville and JoAnn Riccardo, Kingston. She is the great-granddaughter of Helen Wildes, Ashley.

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wIlkes-BARRe Three seventh and eighth grade students from St. Nicholas/St. Mary School, WilkesBarre competed in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy Science at Wilkes University on March 4. The students all received first place and will be moving onto the state competition at Penn state, University Park. The students presented the results of their experiments in science under the direction of Janice Szczechowicz. Rose Hayward performed an experiment in gender studies. Grace Wolsieffer presented research for her work in a CSI investigation in physics.

Gabriella Randazzo received a perfect score

King’s and Villanova complete law degree affiliation agreement

for her work in gender studies in behavioral

health. From left, are Rose Hayward, Gabriel-

la Randazzo and Grace Wolsieffer.

People can participate individually or form teams to walk during Relay for Life. There is a $10 commitment fee per team member, and teams can register online at www. relayforlife.org/pamisericordia. The fee increases to $20 on the day of the event. Early registration

will be from 3:30-5:30 p.m. For additional information on the event, email nsadler@misericordia.edu. Organizers, from left, are Zachary Moody, Bring the People co-chairman; Nicole Sadler, event lead; Cindy Delaney, staff partner, American Cancer Soci-

ety; Elizabeth Pedro, staff adviser to the chapter and technical administrator for the Department of Information Technology, Misericordia University, and students Kailee Crockett, Build the Fun co-chairwoman, and Olivia Sumeriski, Fund the Mission co-chairwoman.

DAllAs The Misericordia University Colleges Against Cancer Chapter will hold its seventh annual Relay for Life on campus April 2122. The overnight event begins at 7 p.m. Friday, April 21, in the Anderson Sports and Health Center and concludes at 3 a.m. Saturday, April 22. All the money raised benefits the American Cancer Society. In the past six years, Misericordia students have helped raise about $150,000 for the American Cancer Society through campus Relay for Life events.

The student organization raised $46,500 in 2016.

The goal of $50,000 has been set for 2017.

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Zelinka is the daughter Wilkes-Barre student of Tom and Leah Zelinka, named to dean’s list at of Wilkes-Barre, and the Misericordia University granddaughter of Cletus and Hazle Demellier, of WilkesHayley Zelinka of WilkesBarre, and Len and Helen Barre was named to the Zelinka, of Nuangola. dean’s list at Misericordia The Meyers High School University for the fall graduate is in the Doctor of semester.

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Officials of King’s College and Villanova University recently completed an affiliation agreement that will allow either King’s juniors or seniors guaranteed admission and an annual scholarship to Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law given if they meet grade-point-average and Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) requirements.

The agreement, which is effective immediately, will allow King’s students to enter the Widger School of Law for three years of study to obtain a juris doctor degree following either their junior or senior year at King’s if they achieve a 3.6 grade-point-average (4.0 scale) and at least a 158 LSAT score for juniors or a 154 score for seniors.

Students meeting the requirements following their junior year at King’s will have their application fee to Villanova waived and will receive a guaranteed annual scholarship of $20,000 per year in addition to the financial aid for which they would qualify. King’s students entering following their senior year will have their application fee waived and will receive a guaranteed $8,000 annual scholarship in addition to their financial aid.

Students entering following their junior year at King’s will have their first 30 credits from Villanova counted toward their bachelor degree requirements at King’s, meaning those students can obtain their bachelor’s degree from King’s and their juris doctor (JD) degree from Villanova in six years.

Local students named to Cedar Crest dean’s list Cedar Crest College announces the following local students were named to the fall dean’s list, earning a minimum GPA of 3.65 for the academic semester: Olivia Caraballo of Kingston; Amber Puk of White Haven; Amy Webster of Wilkes Barre and Rachel Wielgopolski, Wilkes-Barre.

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Some talking points to consider in the addiction crisis discussion Logan Kandrovy

Tunkhannock News a friend, a parent, someone’s daughter or son, dies from a prescription overdose. This epidemic takes more lives than car crashes. (crchealth. org) While the statistics are startling, these children in these homes are not just a number.

They are people stuck in an abusive position. They are children who have yet to learn what stability feels like. Americans have seen the number of people with substance abuse issues climb rapidly and, despite effort, nothing changes. People have seen the death rates from opioid abuse and heroin addiction quadruple and, despite effort, nothing changes. It is no secret that winning the “War on Drugs” becomes nearly impossible more and more every day.

There are only so many drug assemblies schools can have.

At what number of lives will we say that enough is enough?

When will we find successful action to combat this sweeping wave of wounding addiction?

Logan Kandrovy is a student at Tunkhannock Area High School. Student columns are published Wednesdays during the school year.

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Layaou, Michael Lyons, Jonathan Rokosz, and Shelby Holy Redeemer High Smith.

School inducted 72 new During the program, members of the National Rachel Jones sang the Honor Society, Holy national anthem, Nicholas Redeemer Chapter. They join Brown performed the alma 59 current members. mater, and processional Members were inducted and recessional music was

by Principal Anita Sirak, performed by Music Director Vice Principal Jack Rubano, Ann Manganiello. and Director of Religious New members for the Formation James McDermott. 2016-17 school year, first Stoles were presented by row from left, are Tucker Ell, Sirak and NHS moderators Plains; Jada Exter, Dupont; Michael Stofko and Kelly Vivian Novitski, Plymouth Pacelli.

Township; Jessica Ornoski, Honor Society officers Kingston; Debra Scott, for the 2016-17 school year Swoyersville; Lindsey were also introduced at the Williams, Hanover Township; ceremony. Officers are Rachel Lauren Wasiakowski, Jones, president; Charlotte Shickshinny; Madison Maria, vice president; Brittany Zulkowski, Hanover Township; Hebda, secretary, and Ann Scott Williams, Shavertown; Lewis, treasurer.

Sean Wills, Mountain Top, Cabinet members include and Bryce Yencha, Laflin.

Guilianna Alberti, Artemisia Second row: Dayna Belsky, Ashton, Christopher Draina, Wilkes-Barre; Katie Flanagan, Emily Easton, Julia Foust, Wilkes-Barre; Maria Gereda, Anthony Khoudary, James Kingston; Francesca Kalie, Kosik, Andrew Lacina, Joseph Shickshinny; Erika Serafin,

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Wilkes-Barre; John Morris, Swoyersville; Sydney Swales, Nanticoke; Makenzie Savner, Mountain Top; Morgan Luksic, Wyoming; Devin Dougherty, Shavertown, and Eric Schramm, Mountain Top. Third row: Christopher Gibbons, Mountain Top; Dominic Adameck, Swoyersville; Yoseph Bere, Mountain Top; Isabel Panganiban, Edwardsville; Julianna Davis, Wilkes-Barre; Jocelyn Rogers, Hanover Township; Kaylee Kotsko, Mountain Top; Thalia Charles, Wilkes-Barre; Nicholas Lutz, Wilkes-Barre; Lauren LaMarca, Mountain Top, and Kayla Kruk, Wilkes-Barre.

Fourth row: Emily Evans, Hanover Township; Leah Mullery, Nanticoke; Morgan Bienkowski, Nanticoke; Erica Shay, Nanticoke; Christa Gumbravich, Hanover Township; JoAnna Cox, Forty Fort; Kaylen Stone, Larksville; Elizabeth Kolojejchick, Plains; Jocelyn Kosik, Laflin; Colleen

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Cavanaugh, Plains, and Maria Strish, Mountain Top. Fifth row: Hannah Judge, Edwardsville; Stephen Olson, Plains; Taylor Oakes, WilkesBarre; Nicle Kerestes, Ashley; Emily Bush, Plains; Madison Guido, Shavertown; Lindsey Hoover, Shavertown; Benton Smith, Glen Lyon; Colton Smith, Glen Lyon; Connor Stevens, Shavertown, and James Cunningham, Laflin.

Sixth row: Christine Revitt, Wilkes-Barre; Alyssa Siejna, Wilkes-Barre; Katherine Finnegan, Edwardsville; Brianna Phillips, Nuangola; Marc Kolendowicz, Larksville; Jake Adonizio, Harveys Lake; Benjamin Rachilla, Mountain Top; John Turosky, Plymouth; Mezue Eneh, Kingston; Ryan Januszko, Wilkes-Barre; Emily Blaum, Shavertown, and Isabella Greer, Nanticoke.

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In America, more than 15 million kids between the ages of 0-18 live with a parent who suffers from substance abuse.

According to drugrehab.us, between one-third and twothirds of every child negligence case called into social services is tied to alcohol or drugs. This means that every child with an addict parent is three times more likely to be abused and four times more likely to be neglected than a child untouched by addiction.

Children with addict parents have been proven to show behavioral problems as well as mental health issues such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and depression.

Parental addiction has been proven to take the stability and predictability that a child or adolescent needs to develop. Experts find links to passing down of substance abuse to their child. Three out of five children with addict parents will develop an addiction themselves. If that statistic is applied to the current 15 million children with addict parents, at least 9,000,000 addicts will emerge, continuing the cycle of addiction.

In 2012, more than 259 million bottles of painkillers were prescribed. This amount is more than enough for every adult living in the United States to have a bottle of pills.

Even though the U.S. only contains 6 percent of the world population, it still consumes 80 percent of the world’s pain medication. Every 19 minutes,

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daily Bridge George S. Patton said, “I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” A bridge player’s success may be measured by how high he plays — as in today’s deal. South is in six spades. West leads the diamond king. How should South plan the play and how can East thwart his dastardly plan?

After North responds with four diamonds, a splinter bid showing four-plus spades, at least game-going values and a singleton (or void) in diamonds, South wonders whether his partner has both black-suit kings. If he does, seven spades will be anything between a favorite and laydown. Could your partnership uncover those cards? Most couldn’t.

South could bank all on the club finesse, but there is a better approach. He should win the opening lead,

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This colorful reminder of spring was sent in by Bernie Czeck of Mocanaqua. He wrote, “I took this photo of a beautiful purple crocus in my front yard on March 6. When it seems like winter will never lose its icy grip, the dainty goblet-shaped crocus pushes through the snow to put on a show of colorful revival. If you are not planting this perennial bulb, you are missing an early season of delight. From snow crocuses (the first to bloom) to giant Dutch crocuses, all just 2 to 4 inches tall, these blooms offer a variety in color (pinks, reds, oranges, yellows, purples, blues, and more) that stand out against the bleak latewinter landscape. Many have strong perfumes that lure bees out of their hives in February or March.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Pick up the pace and strive to do things that will improve your physical, emotional and mental outlook. Knowing what you want will help you make wise choices. Act fearlessly to bring about positive changes.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Impulsiveness will lead to mistakes and frustration.

Taking a realistic view of the situation you face will

exciting, but will also cause emotional turmoil for those who don’t embrace change.

Think twice before you upset someone on your team. Aim for simple and moderate actions.

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20-Feb. 18): Get involved in what’s going on in your community. You can make a difference if you stand up for your rights. Look back and draw on what has worked well for you in the past. Romance is encouraged.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Schmooze, play the game and develop good relationships with the people you meet without giving away your personal secrets o r b i g i d e a s. O f f e r i n g friendly banter will result in greater popularity and the promise of favors and support.

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Happy birthday Push back if someone tries to control or limit what you can do. Use your voice to express your concerns. Consider what you want out of life and the best ways to go about reaching your goals. Don’t settle for less when you have what it takes to achieve whatever you set out to do. Believe in yourself. Your numbers are 3, 10, 22, 26, 32, 39, 44.

be necessary. Aim for stability, not outcomes that will have divisive effects. Truth and integrity will make a difference in the end.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Opportunities will bring about change. Don’t disclose information that may be incriminating.

Instead, handle matters with diplomacy to avoid being forced to do so. A clearheaded approach to what others have to say will buy you time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep an open mind and consider what others suggest. Working with others will help you gain trust and achieve the foresight to make choices that will improve your popularity as well as your clout.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Look inward and question your position and your long-term goals. Consider new ways to help yo u achieve what’s most important to you. Don’t let anger cloud your vision or cause you to end up in a stalemate. Aim to get along with others.

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22): Show how passionate you are about reaching

your goals and you will g a i n s u p p o r t f ro m a n unusual source. Take hold of situations without making a fuss or being aggressive or critical. How you handle others will determine the outcome.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Money matters will intensify. When dealing with others or sorting out pending problems with contracts or agreements, try your best to avoid letting your anger rise to the surface. You’ ll accomplish more if you offer friendly alternatives.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emotions will rise to the surface. Express your thoughts carefully and you will have a positive impact on those you come into contact with. Anger will lead to frustration and a stalemate.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Emotions will set off a fire in your belly.

Follow your heart and keep your head and you will come up with a plan that will work in your favor.

Love and romance will alleviate some of the problems you face.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Spur-of-themoment decisions can be

play a trump to dummy, cash the ace of hearts (discarding a low club from hand) and crossruff the red suits to eliminate them. Now declarer leads a club off the dummy. If East contributes the four or five, South covers with his eight to effect an endplay.

West must either lead back into declarer’s acequeen club tenace or concede a ruff-and-sluff. However, note that East can foil this plan by playing the club 10. Then, South should win with his ace, cross to dummy with a trump and lead a club toward his queen. He gets home whenever East has the king or when West has the king singleton or doubleton.

Here, though, he goes down.

Whenever declarer has eliminated the side suits and is about to execute an endplay, second hand must play high.

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I remember seeing a short poem in your column called “Success.” Could you reprint it? I’d like to clip it and give it to the parents-to-be. — M A R I E I N DAY T O N, OHIO DEAR MARIE: I’m glad to oblige, and I hope your son and daughter-in-law will enjoy it. It was penned by Martin Buxbaum, a noted poet from Maryland who passed away in 1991. It’s included in my “Keepers” booklet, which is a collection of often-requested gems that have appeared in this column. Because so many readers asked for copies of them, they were turned into a booklet. Read on: “Success You can use any measure When you’re speaking of success.

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CIMOCH, Adeline — Funeral services, Friday, 9 a.m., Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 125 N. Main Ave., Scranton.

Mass of Christian Burial, 10:30 a.m., Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Dickson City.

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

DORIS, John J. — Funeral services, Friday, 10:30 a.m., Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., Routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek.

Mass of Christian Burial, 11 a.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 2011 state Route 29, Hunlock Creek. Friends, Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.

DRISCOLL, Barbara — Wilkes-Barre. Friday, 10 a.m., Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre. Friends, Thursday, 4 to 7 p.m.

GOULD, John C. — Kingston.

Memorial service, Saturday, 2 p.m., Cross Valley Assembly of God Church, 12 W. Turner St., Forty Fort.

KROLL, Raymond (Ray) Bernard — Wilkes-Barre. Friends, Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m., Yanaitis Funeral Home Inc., 55 Stark St., Plains Township. Mass of Christian Burial, Friday, 10 a.m., Ss. Peter and Paul Church, 13 Hudson Road, Plains Township.

LAMOREAUX, Gary — Ashley. Friday, 11 a.m., Clarke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek. Sorber Cemetery, Reyburn. Visitation, Friday, 9 to 11 a.m.

OTTO, Charles Joseph — Pittston. Memorial service, Saturday, Countryside Community Church at United Methodist Fellowship, 14011 Orchard Drive, Clarks Summit. Visitation, 3 p.m. with memorial service immediately following at 4 p.m.

RAITTER, Betty — Dallas.

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Linda L. Barnes, 65, of West Pittston passed away Monday March 13, 2017, in Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore.

Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Lois Banks Gard.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of West Pittston.

She was a graduate of the Scranton Central High School and a graduate of the Community Medical Center School of Nursing.

Prior to her retirement, Linda was employed as a registered nurse in the operating room at Community Medical Center in Scranton from 1973 to 1999.

Linda is survived by her husband, Dr. Willis C. Barnes, West Pittston; children, Melissa Lavery and her husband, John, North Wales; Curtis Barnes and his wife, Priscilla, Reading; Rebecca Barnes and wife, Elizabeth, Scranton; Jeannette Barnes and husband, Andrew Steen, York Haven; and Willis Barnes and wife Que Tram, Throop; brother, Ralph Gard, Scranton; granddaughter, Alexandra Barnes and several cousins.

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held at 11 a.m. Friday in First United Methodist Church, Wyoming Avenue, West Pittston. The Rev. David Walker will officiate. Those attending the funeral are asked to go directly to the church Friday morning. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday at Howell-Lussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston. Interment will be in Pittston Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Scared Heart, 100 William St., Dunmore, PA 18510 or First United Methodist Church, 408 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston, PA 18643.

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held at 11 a.m. Saturday from McCun e Fu ner al Home, Mountain Top. Interment will follow in Albert Cemetery, Mountain Top. Relative and friends are invited to call from 10 a.m. to service time.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Smith Health Care Ltd., 453 S Main Road, Mountain Top, PA 18707.

Gerald John Mikovitch March 12, 2017 Gerald John Mikovitch of Scranton passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017, at H o s p i c e o f t h e S a c re d Heart, Dunmore.

Funeral arrangements are pe ndi ng from Bernard J. Piontek Funeral Home Inc., 204 Main St., Duryea.

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Lois M. Wolfe, 90, of Mountain Top, peacefully entered into eternal rest Sunday, March 12, 2017, at Smith Health Care, Mountain Top. Born Sept. 22, 1926, in Sugar Notch, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Marie Westfield Osborne.

Lois resided in Mountain Top most of her life and was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Mountain Top. Before retiring, she was employed as a secretary for American Chain and Cable and Eberhard Faber.

Lois was preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by her husband Earl W. Wolfe, in 2009.

Lois is survived by her sister, June Wech, Delaware; nephew, Harold “Skip” Wech, Nicholson; and niece Pam Fulmer, Delaware.

A funeral service will be

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n The funeral for Thomas Shone has been rescheduled due to the weather. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hugh B. Hughes Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. n Visitation for Raymond Kroll has been rescheduled due to the weather. Services will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at Yanaitis Funeral Home Inc., 55 Stark St., Plains Township.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains Township.

a.m. to noon, at American Legion Post 672, 672 Memorial Highway, Dallas.

RICCETTI, Ida — Plains Township. Visitation, Friday, 4 to 7 p.m., McLaughlin’s, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. Gathering, Saturday, 8:30 a.m., Funeral Mass, 9:30 a.m., Church of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception. Interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

SHONE, Thomas — Thursday, 11 a.m., at Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort.

SOPHY, Sister Constance Ann, RSM — Celebration of Life, Thursday, 9 a.m., followed by visitation and a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., Mercy Center Chapel, Dallas.

SIMON, Dorothy — WilkesBarre. Saturday, 9 a.m., Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial, 9:30 a.m., St. Andrew’s Parish, 316 Parrish St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment, St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends, Friday, 4 to 7 p.m.

Friday.

TARENCE, Carol — Plains Township. Blessing service, Thursday, 10 a.m., George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley, with the Rev. Vincent Dang officiating. St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends, Wednesday, 5 to 8 p.m. and Thursday, 9 a.m. to service time.

TONDORA, John P. — Effort.

Mass of Christian Burial, Thursday, 11 a.m., Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Gilbert.

Following Mass, John will be honored with American Legion Services. Friends, Thursday, 10 a.m. until time of Mass at the church.

Lois M. Wolfe March 12, 2017

Linda L. Barnes March 13, 2017

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Susan Maffei Begliomini March 13, 2017 Susan Maffei Begliomini died March 13, 2017, at Celtic Hospice, Wilkes-Barre.

Susan was born Aug. 15, 1926, in Exeter, the daughter of the late Giovita Nevola and George P. Maffei.

She was predeceased by her husband of 68 years, Elmo J. Begliomini.

Susan was a graduate of Exeter High School, Class of 1944, and Bucknell University, Class of 1947. She received a master’s degree from the University of Scranton.

Prior to retirement, she taught school at Exeter High School and then Wyoming Area High School. While teaching, she became one of the founders of the Luzerne County Science Teachers, honoring students who excelled in the sciences. She also served as president of the organization. In 1969, the student body of Wyoming Area selected her as Teacher of the Year. In 1976 she was nominated by the Susquehanna Valley Section of the American Chemical Society for the MidAtlantic Regional Chemistry Teacher of the Year. She also served as chairperson of the science department of Wyoming Area.

Susan was very active in community organizations.

She served as president and historian of American Legion Auxiliary Post 833.

She was a member of St. Anthony’s Christian Mothers and served as secretary.

She was a member of St. Anthony’s Golden Age where she also served as secretary. She was also a member of the Christian Women of St. Barbara’s Parish. She was a member of the Business and Professional Women where she served as secretary and a member of the Ladies of Charity as well as a member of the board of trustees of the Wyoming Free Library.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were three sisters, Vicki Steward, Josephine Balberchak, and Carol Burns; sisters-in-law, Sandra Maffei and Joan Begliomini; brothers-in-law, R i ch a rd F i n ch , Ja m e s Burns, William Steward and Frank Crowley Sr. Surviving are her four children, daughter, Beverly Root and Alfred , New Jersey; son, David and companion, Marguerite, Wyoming; daughter, Barbara Collins and Schuyler, California; daughter, Bonnie Mitchell and Joe of New Jersey; grandchildren, Dacia Larin and Erick, Florida; Krystal Begliomini, Wyoming; Anthony Mitchell and Briana, New Jersey; Michael Mitchell and Elizabeth, New Jersey; John Mitchell, Philadelphia; Samantha Heaton and Jake, New Jersey; greatgrandchildren, Pia Vittoria Mitchell, Harlan Isaac Mitchell, Joseph Anthony Mitchell and Norah Elizabeth Mitchell.

She is also survived by sisters, Jennie Crowley, California; and Julie Finch, Maryland; brother, Carmen Maffei, West Pittston; brother-in law, Joseph Balberchak and Albert Begliomini; and many nieces and nephews.

Susan and her husband traveled throughout Europe with her sister, Jennie, and husband, Frank Crowley.

The family would like to thank the staff at the Celtic Hospice Unit for their kindness and compassion that all showed our beloved.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Anthony’s Church, St. Barbara’s Parish, Exeter, followed by interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton section of Kingston Township. A viewing will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Anthony Recupero Funeral Home, 406 Susquehanna Ave., West Pittston.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Barbara’s Pari s h o r Wyo m i n g F r e e Library.

John Baran March 13, 2017 John Baran, 82, of the Parsons section of Wilkes-Bar re, passed away Monday evening, March 13, 2017, in the inpatient unit, Celtic Hospice, Geis-

inger South Wilkes-Barre.

Funeral arrangements are pending from Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Township, PA 18705.

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Harry David Novak March 12, 2017 Harry David Novak was born June 17, 1936, and entered into eternal rest March 12, 2017, at home surrounded by his family.

Har ry was kind and generous. He supp o r t e d many charitable organizations, and was always willing to help others in need, not only with monetary donations, but with his time. He brought dignity to the world.

Harry was born in Mountain Top, and graduated from Fairview High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves, and then served in active duty, where he attended basic training at Fort Dix, N.J. He was later stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, where he met his wife, the former Linda Catt of Petersburg, Indiana.

Harry and Linda were married in 1960, and lived in Buffalo, N.Y., before moving back to Mountain Top to raise their family.

Harry worked as a draftsman for Lacy, Atherton & Davis, and Utility Engineers/ Quad Three Group before retiring in 1998.

Harry was a dedicated

leader for St. Jude’s Boy Scout Troop 60 from 1979 to 2010, serving as scout master for many of those years. Harry helped mentor hundreds of young men and saw 32 earn their Eagle Scout award, including his sons, Dave and Steve. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hike and camp. With the Boy Scouts, he hiked all segments of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, and the Loyalsock and Black Forest Trails.

When not with his family or the Boy Scouts, Harry could be found working around the house and in his yard. He loved landscaping and gardening. He was a builder, and loved sketching out building projects and landscape designs. He was also an active member of the Mountain Top community.

He served as a former Vice President of Mountain Top Hose Co. 1, and was a member of the American Legion.

He was a life parishioner at St. Jude’s, where he and his wife regularly participated in Sunday evening Adoration.

Harry loved the New York Yankees, and could recite the starting lineups for every team they fielded. His favorite player was Mickey Mantle.

Above all, Harry adored his wife, Linda, and his entire family. Along with Linda,

John (Jack) Prislupski March 12, 2017 Harry raised five children, and was known as “Pop-Pop” to his six grandchildren. He never missed a sporting event, recital or graduation.

Harry is survived by his wife, Linda, and their five children, Kim Gaetano (Rick), Lisa, Dave (Cheryl), Maggie (Mike Petrone), and Steve (Deidre).

Harry adored his grandchildren, Scott Gaetano and his fiancé Jaime Baldoni, Dani Novak, Kristen Gaetano, Bailey Novak, Lexi Gaetano, Madi Krowantka, Brendan Sample and Erin Sample.

He is also survived by his sister, Dolores Wickiser, Mountain Top. Harry was predeceased by his parents, Charles and Maude Colton Novak; his brothers, Frank, Bob, Charles and Paul; and his sisters, Mary and Barbara.

Harry leaves a legacy with his family and friends that will never be forgotten, and he will be dearly missed.

A church service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday in St. Jude’s Church, Mountain Top. Friends can call between 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday at McCune Funeral Home, Mountain Top. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Lori Mellios Feb. 28, 2017 Lori Mellios, of Edwardsville and formerly of Plymouth, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 in Celtic Hospice, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

She was born Sept. 24, 1957 in Wilkes-Barre, the daughter of the late John and Mabel Senk Young.

She attended Wyoming Va l l e y We s t a n d w a s employed by RMH Teleservices, Wilkes Barre.

Lori had a beautiful smile

and a huge heart and will be missed by so many.

She was preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by her son, Brandon M. Senk; brother, John Senk Jr.; and her fiancee, Carlos Ortiz.

Surviving are a sister, Sharon Hindmarsh, Plymouth; grandson, Alex Senk, and daughter-in-law, Cathy VanValen, Nanticoke; numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and about “a million friends.”

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, in Cher ry Street Bible Church, 55 Cher ry St., Plymouth, with the Rev. James Sienkiewicz, pastor, officiating. Stories and poems from her loving sister and friends will be shared. Refreshments will follow the service.

Arrangements are by Kielty-Moran Funeral Home Inc., 87 Washington Ave., Plymouth.

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John (Jack) Prislupski, 85, of Taylor and a resident of Gino J. Merli Veterans Center for the past few years, died Sunday, March 12, 2017, in Moses Taylor Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, Madelyn Fedor, and together they have celebrated 61 years of marriage.

Bor n in Taylor, he was the son of the late Michael and Ilona Gaidula Prislupski.

Jack proudly served our country during the Korean War with the U.S. Navy on the USS Missouri, where he was decorated with the National Defense Service medal.

Prior to retirement, he worked for Topps Manufacturing for many years, where he was known as “Teddy Bear.”

He was a life parishioner of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, Taylor.

Throughout the years, he enjoyed spending time with his family, hunting and watching the History Channel.

Considered the “family taxi,” Jack’s favorite past time was transporting the people he loved and teaching his children and grandchildren how to drive.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mary Hronich and husband, Jim, Taylor; a son, Michael and wife, Jennifer, Laflin; two granddaughters, Chantal and Alana Hronich; a brother, Ron and wife, Linda, the Villages, Fla.; nieces and nephews.

A granddaughter, Stacy Hronich, preceded him in death.

A private blessing services will be held from Semian Funeral Home, 704 Union St. Taylor, by the Rev. Eduard Shestak. Interment with military honors will be held in St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Taylor.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gino J. Merli Veterans Center Activities Fund, 410 Penn Ave., Scranton.

Deborah Ann Migliori March 11, 2017 Deborah Ann Migliori, 58, of Hanover Township, died Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Bor n in WilkesBarre, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Elizabeth Leo Dettmore and was a graduate of Bishop Hoban High School, Class of 1976 and the Hazleton General School of Nursing.

Deborah was a member of Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church, Hanover Township and was employed for 29 years by Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, worked for Home Health and United Health Group as a consultant.

She is survived by her

husband, Paul Migliori; son, Stephen A. Taylor, Las Vegas; siblings, Vincent Dettmore and his wife, Delores, Wilkes-Barre; and Cheryl DeHaut and her husband, Joseph.

Funeral service will be conducted at 9 a.m. Friday from Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church, 420 Main Road, Hanover Township.

The Rev. Kevin Mulhern will officiate. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home or Friday from 8:30 a.m. to service time.

Visit www.LehmanFuneralHome.com for information.

Marianne P. Hild March 12, 2017 la, and their children, Erica Potucek, and Marshall and Tyler Hild; daughter, Marianne Zeigler and her husband, Jake, Lansdale, and their children, Gretchen Clark and Katie Vaughn; daughter, Janet Hild and her partner, Steve Tobin and their children Noah, Milo, and Sienna Tobin; her nine g reatg randchildren and her c o u s i n L ow r y P u cke y, Nuangola.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. April 1 in Christ United Methodist Church, 1020 S. Valley Forge Road, Lansdale.

Relatives and friends are invited to call from 10 a.m. to service time at the church.

‘SpongeBob’ creator says he has Lou Gehrig’s disease There is no known cure.

The 55-year-old Hillenburg is a former marine biology teacher who created the series featuring an animated sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea in 1999.

Nickelodeon says in a statement to Variety that Hillenburg “is a brilliant creator who brings joy to millions of fans” and its “thoughts and support” are with Hillenburg and his family.

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WRIGHT TWP. — Supervisors voted Monday night to rescind a motion they approved last month to ask the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate whether the township solicitor’s representation of an individual in a criminal matter in neighboring Rice Township constituted a conflict of interest.

At the outset of Monday’s meeting, board Chairman Louis Welebob Jr. made a motion to rescind the action taken at the Feb. 13 meeting.

Supervisor Jerry Uram, who was not present last month, seconded Welebob’s motion to rescind which passed on a 4-1 vote. Wele-

bob, Uram, Donald Zampetti and Colleen Macko voted in favor of rescinding the February motion. Michael Marshall, who made the original motion, voted no. Welebob and Macko voted in favor of the original motion to ask for the investigation.

“I hope the members involved will be willing to put the past behind them and in the best interest of Wright Township, move forward,” Welebob stated following passa g e of his motion.

The board chairman said the attorney general had not yet been contacted by the township.

At last month’s meeting, Marshall demanded to know why Zampetti had gotten involved in a police matter

in Rice Township. Zampetti responded that he had not gotten involved in the case, but had contacted Rice Township police for information about the matter.

Marshall contended that because Wright Township is part of the Mountain Top Regional Police Commission (along with Fairview and Wright townships), that as a supervisor, Zampetti should not have contacted Rice Township about the case. The supervisor, a retired Wright Township police officer, then charged that Zampetti had retained township solicitor Michael Kostelansky to represent his friend. He claimed that Kostelansky’s involvement was a conflict of interest because of the township’s

involvement in the Mountain Top Regional Police Commission.

Kostelansky insisted here was no conflict of interest.

In other action, supervisors promised to look into a complaint from resident Michael Metric about traffic congestion on Route 309 and Church Road near St. Jude Parish on Sunday morning and about a civilian directing traffic on Church Road.

Because of construction of the new church, the only means of ingress and egress to the church parking lot is from Church Road.

The resident contended that is there is a need for traffic control, it should be done by a police officer and that the church should pay for that service.

Gorsuch’s environment record: Neither a clear friend or foe

By Holbrook Mohr and Mitch Weiss Associated Press

Many conservation groups say U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is too conservative and too much like the man he would replace, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, to be considered a friend of the environment.

But when it comes to Gorsuch’s judicial record on issues like pollution and environmental regulation, he can’t be painted as someone who always finds in favor of businesses, according to an Associated Press review of his rulings.

“I’m willing to, for now, stipulate, as we like to say, that he’s going to come at these things neutral and if he doesn’t think an agency’s interpretation is credible he’s going to say so,” said Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law School. “Sometimes that’s going to cut in favor of the environment and sometimes it’s going to cut against the environment and I don’t know how much of that concern actually weighs into his decision making.”

As a judge for the Denverbased 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Gorsuch has

Gorsuch ruled both for and against causes that environmentalists hold dear.

He voted in 2015 to uphold a Colorado law that requires 20 percent of electricity sold to consumers in the state come from renewable sources.

In 2010, Gorsuch sided with the Environmental Protection Agency when a magnesium company challenged the EPA’s new interpretation of a rule regulating byproducts created by mining in Utah. The company said the byproducts were exempt under a previous interpretation, but Gorsuch said that interpretation was “at best” tentative, so the agency was free to issue a new one.

But Gorsuch has also

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ruled against the EPA, as in a 2010 case in which the court found that the agency was wrong to classify land in New Mexico as Indian country when a company sought to obtain a mining permit. If the land, which was not on a reservation, were classified as Indian country, the company would have needed to obtain a permit from the EPA rather than the state.

In another case, which reached his court in 2015, he showed frustration at the pace of an environmental case.

The lawsuit was filed in 1990 by landowners near the federally owned Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant northwest of Denver. The plant was originally operated under a government contract

by Dow Chemical Company and later Rockwell International Corporation.

Federal authorities raided the facility in 1989, finding years of haphazard handling of plutonium waste in the manufacture of triggers for atomic bombs.

Property values crashed, and nearby landowners sued.

Gorsuch wrote that after the “titanic fifteen years” it took to reach a trial, the landowners had won more than

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$900 million in damages and interest based on a federal law, a verdict that was thrown out on appeal.

The landowners then argued that once the federal law was out of consideration, the companies were liable under Colorado state law.

“This long lingering litigation deserves to find resolution soon,” Gorsuch wrote for his panel that sent the case back to a lower court to be handled “promptly” in favor of the landowners.

The plant contractors settled for $375 million, to be split among thousands of property owners.

“He follows the law,” said Merrill Davidoff, the landowners’ attorney. “And in this case the law favored the plaintiffs — the landowners — not the government or the government contractors.”

An attorney for the companies did not respond to messages.

Patrick Gallagher, the legal director of the Sierra Club, said Gorsuch would try to limit conservation groups’ access to the courts, which the judge has shown a willingness to do when organizations have sought to be heard in some cases involving the use of public lands.

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The creator of Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” says he has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Stephen Hillenburg tells Variety he’ll continue to work on the show and his other passions for as long as he’s able.

Lou Gehrig’s disease is a l s o k n o w n a s a m yo trophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. It’s a progressive disease that attacks nerve cells that control the muscles.

By Pat Rushton Correspondent

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Marianne P. Hild, 86, of Mountain Top, entered into eternal rest Sunday, March 12, 2017, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Bor n in Hazleton, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Emily Harler Pengelly.

Marianne was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Lansdale. She was a member of the Lansdale Women’s club for more than 40 years. She was a graduate of Drexel University, Philadelphia.

She was preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by her husband, William A. Hild.

Marianne is survived by her son, Douglas Hild, and his wife, Brenda, Nuango-

Wright Twp. supervisors change mind on asking attorney general to investigate conflict of interest

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SportS piaa basketball championships

Blizzard alters practice plans

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State playoff teams scrambling to find gym time in advance of second-round games

By Steve Bennett Staff Writer

After Valley West beat Twin Valley on Saturday to win its first state playoff game in program history, coach Gary Ferenchick talked about some of the things that went right and some that went wrong.

What he wasn’t eager to discuss was the weather.

At the time, winter storm Stella was just a projection. On Tuesday, Stella was a reality.

The blizzard left the four Wyoming Valley Conference girls basketball teams playing in the PIAA Championships going into their own version of storm mode.

With no school Tuesday, that left Monday as the day to put in the game plan.

Ferenchick brought his team in Sunday morning to work on some shooting drills.

Berwick, coming off a thrilling victory over Jersey Shore with just 0.8 seconds left on the clock, had a

brief workout Saturday morning followed by a practice Monday.

Needless to say, there was a lot of video being watched Tuesday, not only by coaches, but the players too.

“Monday we practiced like it was our last,” said Berwick coach Bill Phillips, whose team will play the third of three games on Thursday night at Hamburg High School. “If we don’t have school we are not supposed to practice. We prepared for what Lower Moreland does, and what their strengths are on offense.

Just a typical scouting report. We wanted to find their weakness and where we can attack them.”

School districts have a policy in place in regards to whether or not teams can practice when school is postponed because of inclement weather. The district superintendent is that one who makes that call. The superintendent is also the one to decide if the rules can be changed.

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night at Hazleton Area High School against Mount Carmel, a team on a 20-game winning streak.

The Royals were not in the gym Sunday, but did put its game plan in Monday. Now, John Jezorwski is taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to whether or not he will be able to have another practice ahead of Thursday night.

“The one good thing for us is that we play the late game,” Jezorwski said. “We will probably get together after school and shoot around a little bit. That is what we have been doing before the last couple of games. We have been coming together early and getting loose before the game.”

With the way Valley West has been struggling shooting the ball from the floor and the foul line recently, Ferenchick is concerned about how it will impact his team’s performance if it can’t get a practice in ahead of Thursday’s game at Easton Middle School against Springfield-Delco. Originally, the

game was supposed to begin at 6, but due to all state playoff games being postponed until Thursday, the start time was moved up one hour. That leaves no time for a brief workout prior to leaving for Easton.

“We are just going to wait and see,” Ferenchick said. “Tuesday was a definite no for anything.

Today, I don’t know. It’s going to be a tough thing to get in today. I’m hoping. I would really hate to go into this on Thursday with having two days where we did not get in to do any shooting. Those are some of the things we are trying to correct.”

Like Berwick, Nanticoke Area last played Friday and came away with a victory over West Perry.

The West Per ry team was delayed in arriving to Wilkes for the game due to weather issues, and the game began nearly an hour late.

The Trojanettes will play the first of three games on Thursday at Parkland High School. With all the

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postponements from Tuesday and today, the PIAA was able to schedule a girls-boys doubleheader for Nanticoke Area at Parkland, with the boys game to be played right after the girls.

Nanticoke Area coach Alan Yendrzeiwski gave his players Saturday off before bringing them in on Sunday and Monday. The two days helped as they were able to get everything in as far as a game plan is concerned.

“Obviously, we had nothing (Tuesday). I’m still waiting to hear about today,” Yendrzeiwski said.

“The good thing is we did everything we needed as far as preparing in practice on Sunday and Monday, so we are good with that. It is a long season. The way I look at it is the the girls get a couple of days to spend time with their family. They will be fresh and ready to go the rest of the season.” sbenett@citizensvoice.com 570-821-2062, @CVSteveBennett

piaa basketball championships

Nanticoke Area shows resiliency

By Matt Bufano Staff Writer

The CiTizenS’ VoiCe File

Nanticoke Area’s Cody Piestrak, left, scored 14 points in Saturday’s win over Bethlehem Catholic.

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At that moment, Nanticoke Area could have folded up and turned in a lackluster performance in its next game.

Add in the fact that standout forward Luke Butczynski had an injured knee and would not play against WVC Division 2 champion Meyers, and the Trojans were not a popular pick to beat Meyers.

But Nanticoke Area’s seniors — Wiaterowski, Butczynski, Piestrak, Justin Casey, Zack Cardone, Alec Divers, Terrel Telesford — most of whom have played together since they were children, were not ready to wrap up their high school careers.

“We’re a brotherhood, so we stick together when we’re losing or when we’re winning,” Piestrak said. “We just stick together.”

The Trojans had a second chance and used it as well as could have been imagined, defeating Meyers 57-46 and earning District 2’s third — and final — spot in the state playoffs.

Nanticoke Area was again an underdog in the first mbufano@citizensvoice.com round of the PIAA tourna- 570-821-2060, @CVBufano

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GIRLS CLASS 6A Abington (1-1, 23-5) vs. Northampton (11-3, 17-10), 7:30 p.m., Souderton Area High School Boyertown (1-6, 24-4) vs. Garnet Valley (1-8, 23-5), 5 p.m., Spring-Ford HS, Royersford Cardinal O’Hara (12-1, 22-5) vs. Central York (3-4, 25-4), 6:30 p.m., Santander Arena, Reading North Penn (1-5, 24-4) vs. Central Bucks East (1-10, 17-10), 6 p.m., Quakertown HS Souderton (1-11, 20-7) vs. Central Bucks South (1-4, 20-7), 7:30 p.m., Quakertown HS Council Rock North (1-7, 19-9) vs. PlymouthWhitemarsh (1-2, 26-2), 7:30 p.m., Cheltenham High School, Wyncote Cedar Cliff (3-6, 20-7) vs. Penn Hills (7-4, 22-3), 8 p.m., Hollidaysburg HS North Allegheny (7-1, 25-1) vs. Mount Lebanon (7-3, 19-6), 7:30 p.m., Canon-McMillian HS CLASS 5A Susquehannock (3-1, 24-4) vs. New Oxford (3-6, 22-8), 7 p.m., West York High School Mastery Charter North (12-2, 18-10) vs.

Southern Lehigh (11-1, 26-1), 6:30 p.m., SpringFord HS, Royersford Archbishop Wood (12-1, 20-7) vs. Bishop Shanahan (1-3, 20-8), 6:30 p.m., Pottstown HS Valley West (2-2, 21-5) vs. Springfield-Delco (1-1, 24-4), 5 p.m., Easton Area MS Harrisburg (3-2, 22-4) vs. Archbishop Carroll (12-3, 20-7), 6:30 p.m., Geigle Complex Chartiers Valley (7-1, 20-7) vs. Washington Trinity (7-3, 23-3), 7:30 p.m., Peters Township HS Mars (7-6, 17-7) vs. Oakland Catholic (7-2, 23-4), 6:30 p.m., North Allegheny, Wexford Hampton (7-4, 23-3) vs. South Fayette (7-5, 18-6),8 p.m., Ambridge High School CLASS 4A Northern Lebanon (3-1, 26-2) vs. Mifflinburg (4-2, 21-6), 6 p.m., Shamokin Area High School Gwynedd-Mercy (1-2, 18-8) vs. Nanticoke (2-1, 26-1), 5 p.m., Parkland High School Berks Catholic (3-5, 18-12) vs. Bethlehem Catholic (11-1, 26-2), 6 p.m., Souderton HS Lower Moreland (1-1, 18-8) vs. Berwick (2-2, 17-9), 8 p.m., Hamburg Area High School Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt (3-2, 23-5) vs.

Montoursville (4-1, 25-2), 7:30 p.m., Shamokin HS Lancaster Catholic (3-3, 22-6) vs. Forest Hills (6-1, 24-1), 6 p.m., Chambersburg HS Wuerl North Catholic (7-1, 24-2) vs. Punxsutawney (9-1, 19-4), 6:30 p.m., Armstrong HS Blackhawk (7-2, 17-9) vs. Erie Villa Maria (10-1, 20-4), 5 p.m., Sharon High School CLASS 3A Neumann-Goretti (12-1, 20-5) vs. New Hope-Solebury (1-2, 28-1), TBD Holy Redeemer (2-1, 22-5) vs. Mount Carmel (4-1, 27-1), 8 p.m., Hazleton Area High School St. Basil Academy (1-1, 28-0) vs. Dunmore (2-2, 24-1), 6:30 p.m., Easton Area MS Pine Grove (11-1, 20-6) vs. York Catholic (3-1, 21-6), 7:30 p.m., Milton Hershey HS Delone Catholic (3-2, 20-7) vs. West Shamokin (6-1, 25-2), 5 p.m., Hollidaysburg HS Neshannock (7-2, 24-2) vs. Karns City (9-1, 18-5), 7:30 p.m., Slippery Rock University Bishop Canevin (7-1, 20-5) vs. East Allegheny (7-4, 24-1), 6 p.m., Peters Township HS Carlynton (7-3, 18-7) vs. Ellwood City Riverside (7-5, 19-6), 6:30 p.m., Ambridge Area HS CLASS 2A Philadelphia West Catholic (12-1, 15-10) vs.

Sayre (4-1, 23-3), 6 p.m., Weatherly MS Minersville (11-1, 27-0) vs. Sacred Heart (1-1, 16-9), 6 p.m., Penn Manor HS Old Forge (2-1, 10-16) vs. Mahanoy Area (11-2, 20-5), 6:30 p.m., Hazleton Area HS Greensburg Central Catholic (7-4, 19-6) vs.

Camp Hill (3-1, 22-5), 6:30 p.m., Hollidaysburg HS Chartiers-Houston (7-1, 24-2) vs. BellwoodAntis (6-2, 23-4), 5 p.m., Hempfield HS Sacred Heart (7-3, 19-6) vs. Leechburg (7-5, 15-10), 6 p.m., Canon-McMillian HS Bishop McCort (6-1, 22-4) vs. Vincentian Academy (7-2, 21-5), 7:30 p.m., Norwin HS Bishop Guilfoyle (6-3, 22-4) vs. West Middlesex (10-1, 21-5), 6:30 p.m., Hempfield HS CLASS A Lebanon Catholic (3-1, 21-7) vs. Faith Christian (1-2, 17-10), 6 p.m., Tulpehocken HS Nativity (11-1, 13-13) vs. Linden Hall (3-3, 24-2), 7:30 p.m., Tulpehocken HS Lourdes (4-1, 20-6) vs. Susquehanna Community (2-1, 15-14), 7 p.m., Pittston Area Jenkintown (1-1, 23-6) vs. Southern Fulton (5-3, 18-8), 6 p.m., Milton Hershey High School Winchester Thurston (7-1, 22-1) vs. Juniata Valley (6-2, 21-5), 6 p.m., Pitt-Johnstown Otto-Eldred (9-2, 18-8) vs. Kennedy Catholic (10-1, 23-1), 6 p.m., DuBois Area High School Bishop Carroll (6-1, 21-5) vs. Berlin Brothersvalley (5-1, 23-3), 6 p.m., Altoona High School Cornell (7-2, 21-5) vs. North Clarion (9-1, 25-2), 6 p.m., Slippery Rock University

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and entered the postseason as District 2’s No. 4 seed in Class 4A. After a blowout win against Wyoming Area, Nanticoke Area entered the district semifinals as a heavy underdog to top-seeded Scranton Prep.

The game started Feb. 25, but was postponed 14 seconds into the second quarter when the roof at Lackawanna College began leaking. Nanticoke Area was leading 11-3.

“I was concerned with how we would come back the second day,” admitted Nanticoke Area head coach John Beggs. “But then we came back the second day and did better than the first.”

The Trojans were on the verge of doing the unthinkable, leading Scranton Prep — a team thought to be a state championship contender — 34-10 in the third quarter after the game resumed the next day.

But heartbreak followed, as Scranton Prep roared back to win the game, 72-66 (double overtime), and a spot in the district final at Mohegan Sun Arena.

ALL GAMES THURDAY BOYS CLASS 6A CD East (3-6, 17-10) vs. Archbishop Ryan (12-3, 21-5), 6 p.m., Garden Spot HS Hempfield (3-2, 20-9) vs. Williamsport (4-1, 21-4), 8 p.m., Martz Hall Perkiomen Valley (1-8, 23-6) vs. Reading (3-3, 26-3), 8 p.m., Santander Arena, Reading Plymouth-Whitemarsh (1-3, 24-5) vs. Pocono Mt West (11-1, 23-4), 5 p.m., Santander Arena Harrisburg (3-1, 20-6) vs. Emmaus (11-4, 21-6), 8 p.m, Geigle Complex, Reading Abraham Lincoln (12-2, 23-5) vs. Carlisle (3-5, 19-8), 7:30 p.m., Garden Spot HS State College (6-1, 21-4) vs. Butler (7-2, 18-9), 7:30 p.m., Pitt-Johnstown, Johnstown Pine-Richland (7-1, 25-1) vs. Allderdice (8-1, 19-8), 7 p.m., Baldwin High School CLASS 5A Hershey (3-10, 14-13) vs. Chester (1-5, 21-6), 5 p.m., Pottstown HS Abington Heights (2-1, 23-3) vs. Martin Luther King (12-2, 21-9), 8 p.m., Parkland Mechanicsburg (3-2, 23-6) vs. Archbishop Wood (12-1, 24-3), 8 p.m., Pottstown HS East Stroudsburg North (11-1, 18-10) vs.

Spring Grove (3-4, 21-8), 6:30 p.m., Martz Hall Northeastern York (3-1, 28-2) vs. Upper Merion (1-2, 17-11), 7:30 p.m., Manheim Township HS, Lancaster Archbishop Carroll (12-3, 19-8) vs. Palmyra (3-6, 22-5), 5 p.m., Geigle Complex, Reading HS Mars (7-4, 16-9) vs. Erie Cathedral Prep (102, 14-12), 6:30 p.m., Sharon HS Franklin Regional (7-5, 14-11) vs. Meadville (10-1, 23-1), 7:30 p.m., Farrell High School CLASS 4A West Philadelphia (12-4, 14-9) vs. GAR Memorial (2-2, 19-7), 5 p.m., Liberty HS Conwell-Egan (12-2, 10-14) vs. Nanticoke (2-3, 19-7), 6:30 p.m., Parkland HS, Allentown Imhotep Charter (12-1, 27-2) vs. Scranton Prep (2-1, 23-3), 8 p.m., Easton Middle School Universal Audenried (12-3, 19-5) vs. Berks Catholic (3-3, 22-7), 8 p.m., Spring-Ford HS Middletown (3-2, 21-5) vs. Johnstown (6-1, 16-10), 7:30 p.m., Chambersburg High School Quaker Valley (7-2, 23-3) vs. Grove City (102, 20-6), 8 p.m., North Allegheny HS New Castle (7-1, 24-2) vs. McGuffey (7-5, 19-6), 5 p.m., Ambridge Area HS Beaver Falls (7-4, 13-9) vs. Erie Strong Vincent (10-1, 24-3), 8 p.m., Sharon High School CLASS 3A Neumann-Goretti (12-1, 20-7) vs. Holy Redeemer (2-1, 18-8), 6:30 p.m., Liberty HS Lancaster Mennonite (3-2, 24-4) vs.

Hughesville (4-1, 17-9), 5 p.m., Martz Hall Valley Forge Military Academy (1-1, 25-4) vs. Mid-Valley (2-2, 24-3), 8 p.m., Liberty HS Delaware Valley Charter (12-2, 21-7) vs.

Trinity (3-1, 23-3), 6 p.m., Manheim Township HS Central Cambria (6-1, 21-6) vs. Riverside (7-5, 17-8), 5 p.m., Armstrong HS Shady Side Academy (7-4, 19-7) vs. North Catholic (7-1, 22-5), 8 p.m., Armstrong HS Erie First Christian (10-3, 17-9) vs. Washington (7-3, 21-5), 6 p.m., Farrell High School Lincoln Park Charter (7-2, 22-5) vs. Greenville (10-1, 24-2), 7 p.m., New Castle High School CLASS 2A Julia Masterman (12-3, 21-5) vs. Halifax (3-1, 17-10), 7:30 p.m., Penn Manor HS NE (4-2, 16-10) vs. Math, Civics & Sciences (12-1, 19-9), 7:30 p.m., Weatherly Middle School Constitution (12-2, 16-9) vs. Scranton Holy Cross (2-1, 19-8), 7 p.m., Whitehall High School Ridgway (9-3, 22-5) vs. Berlin Brothersvalley (5-1, 18-9), 7:30 p.m., Altoona Area HS Sewickley Academy (7-1, 21-4) vs. Guilfoyle (6-2, 18-7), 8 p.m., Hempfield HS, Greensburg Greensburg CC (7-4, 24-1) vs. Coudersport (9-1, 25-0), 7:30 p.m., DuBois Area HS Bishop McCort (6-1, 22-4) vs. Our Lady of Sacred Heart (7-2, 19-7), 6:30 p.m., Norwin HS Bishop Canevin (7-3, 20-5) vs. Wilmington (10-1, 19-7), 5 p.m., North Allegheny HS CLASS A Jenkintown (1-3, 17-9) vs. Millville (4-2, 22-4), 6 p.m., Hamburg Area HS Lourdes (4-3, 20-7) vs. Girard College (1-1, 21-8), 6:30 p.m., Hamburg Area High School Lincoln Leadership (11-1, 16-8) vs. St. John Neumann (4-1, 26-0), 5 p.m., Hazleton Area HS Faith Christian (1-2, 25-4) vs. Sankofa Freedom (12-1, 16-10), 6 p.m., Cheltenham HS Monessen (7-1, 19-7) vs. ShanksvilleStonycreek (5-1, 25-1), 8 p.m., Norwin HS Johnsonburg (9-2, 13-13) vs. Saltsburg (6-1, 25-1), 6 p.m., Clearfield HS Elk County Catholic (9-1, 27-0) vs. Williamsburg (6-2, 16-10), 7:30 p.m., Clearfield HS Juniata Valley (6-3, 12-13) vs. Kennedy Catholic (10-1, 22-2), 7 p.m., Punxsutawney HS

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NANTICOKE — Cody Piestrak grew up in the basketball-loving community of Nanticoke Area.

He had dreamed of one day making his mark on the Trojans’ varsity team, which hadn’t appeared in the state playoffs since 2003 and last won a state playoff game in 1998.

Then, Saturday happened.

“It was like a dream come true,” said Piestrak, a senior guard/small forward who scored all 14 of his points amid a monstrous fourthquarter comeback in Nanticoke Area’s 58-56 win against Bethlehem Catholic in the PIAA Class 4A playoffs.

As one of 16 teams remaining in the win-or-be-eliminated bracket, Nanticoke Area will play 6:30 p.m. Thursday against Conwell-Egan at Parkland High School.

The Trojans’ path to greatness was not easy, however, proving themselves as one of the most resilient teams around.

“I think this is something that we’ve wanted to do our entire life,” said senior guard Rich Wiaterowski, who started playing in first grade after becoming a fan of Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers. “We always wanted to play in the state tournament.

We wanted to play in the district championship, but we fell short of that. We didn’t bow our heads or anything.

We came back that Wednesday against Meyers and we won. This group — we’re tough, we work hard, we’re brothers, we play together. I think that’s what makes us so successful.”

After an 11-2 start, Nanticoke Area hit its first snag when it lost back-to-back games to Crestwood and Valley West.

Turns out, that was only a minor setback and the Trojans responded with three straight impressive wins against Dallas, Meyers and Berwick.

The Trojans ended the regular season with a 16-6 record

ment, when it made the trip to play “home team” and District 11 champion Bethlehem Catholic at Freedom.

And once again, Nanticoke Area defied the odds and made history, becoming the school’s first boys basketball team to win a state playoff game in 19 years.

“I had faith in these guys,” said Beggs, who has been head coach since 2013-14. “We have good senior leadership, we have quality underclassmen that are contributing.

You never take this for granted, obviously ... so we’re enjoying it and it’s definitely a special time. I’m not surprised at all that these guys got us back.”

In crunch time against Bethlehem Catholic, it was Piestrak whose big shots carried Nanticoke Area back into the game.

His first bucket of the game, a 3-pointer, made it 44-37; he later scored nine straight points to cut the deficit to 51-48; and he also made a pair of free throws to complete the comeback and put the Trojans ahead 52-51.

Sophomore guard Nate Kreitzer scored 15 points and stole the ball at the end to deny Bethlehem Catholic a chance at tying the game; he and sophomore Trahjan Krupinski have scored a combined 59 points in the last two games.

Saturday’s opponent, Conwell-Egan, hails from Fairless Hills in Bucks County. It was the District 12 runnerup, whose 10-14 record is deceiving.

“We have some film on these guys,” Beggs said.

“They have a guy that was all-Philadelphia Catholic League named Robinson averaging about 18 points per game. They’ve got a guy that’s their best shooter, an outside guy with good size.

They have an inside guy that’s 6-foot-7. They like to press and play quick. We know they’re going to be extremely tough, but we feel prepared.”

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

Foolproof method to winning your office pool PAUL ZEISE Commentary

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t’s NCAA Tournament time, which means everybody becomes an expert on college basketball and tries to predict the Final Four.

Of course, it always seems to be the person who knows the least about college basketball who wins the office pool, so that’s why I’ve thrown expert analysis out and come up with a more scientific model that has served me well.

The process of picking a winner and the Final Four becomes a lot easier if you first eliminate teams that have no shot of getting to the promised land. But in order to do that, you must first develop categories that automatically disqualify teams.

So, here are mine:

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Defending national champion Villanova, coach by Jay Wright, is one of the favorites to reach the Final Four.

n Directional School Division Eliminate any team with a direction in its name. One exception is if the direction is part of the name of a state, such as North Carolina or South Carolina. So, Southern California, Northern Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, Texas Southern, North Carolina Central (which must n State Division really stink, being in two catFor starters, eliminate any egories) and East Tennessee team that has a non-existent State are all gone. state in its name.

That means saying good- n Religious Name School night to Kent State, Jackson- Division ville State and Wichita I’m sure God loves the State.

NCAA Tournament, but even n Overly Abbreviated Conference Division Eliminate any team from a conference that is known by an abbreviation of four or more letters. That means saying bye-bye to the MEAC (North Carolina Central), SWAC (Texas Southern) and MAAC (Iona).

he can’t help schools that sound too religious. Southern Methodist, Mount St. Mary’s and St. Mary’s are all gone. n National Park Division Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana and the Dakotas are all God’s country and provide

some of the most beautiful places on the planet. But that doesn’t mean they can hoop there. So, goodbye to New Mexico State, North Dakota, South Dakota State and Nevada. Might as well throw Minnesota into this category, as well, because of its lakes.

Virginia Commonwealth is a bank.

Bucknell is a taxidermy business.

Troy is a former Cowboys quarterback.

Baylor is a knock-off aspirin company.

Winthrop is an aristocrat smoking a pipe.

Wake Forest is where monkeys and sloths live.

And what is Butler’s real name, Benson? And what the heck is a Gonzaga anyway?

n Big City Name Division Cincinnati has a great barbecue joint, and New Orleans has, well, a lot of things, but neither team has a prayer in this tournament. Nor do Providence, Miami or Day- n Branch Campus Division ton, for that matter. One There is always one excepexception is Louisville. tion to this rule, and that is UCLA. But UC-Davis and n Stupid Name Division UNC-Wilmington are all out If it doesn’t sound like the before I even get started. name of a college, get rid of it. n Schools That Lost to Pitt Creighton is a packaging Division company, right?

I mean, come on, Florida Florida Gulf Coast is a State, Virginia, Marquette NASA center or an airport. and Maryland, are you kidSeton Hall is a banquet ding me? facility.

You many think I’m being

too harsh, but see how few exceptions there are to these rules the last 20 years. Very few teams in these categories have actually advanced to the Final Four.

Now that the heavy lifting is out of the way, it’s time to take a look at the handful of teams that actually do have a prayer of winning their region and perhaps even winning the championship.

Arizona looks like the class of the West Region.

Kansas didn’t play well in the Big 12 tournament, but the Jayhawks have a virtual bye to the Final Four.

The East Region is easy, too. It will come down to a regional final between Villanova and Duke. I’ve said for the past month that I think Villanova is the best team in the field, so I’ll stick with it and say the Wildcats get to their second Final Four in a row.

Finally, we get to the South Region, which is really difficult. I’m quite sure Lavar Ball has UCLA winning every game by 50, but I don’t like how the Bruins defend.

North Carolina is really good, but as we saw in the ACC tournament, the Tar Heels aren’t very deep in the backcourt. That leaves me with Kentucky, which I will reluctantly pick because they’re playing well right now.

So, my Final Four is Arizona, Villanova, Kentucky and Kansas. I’m going to pick the Wildcats to win it all. Of course, I’ll leave you to figure out WHICH Wildcats will win it all.

Las Vegas casinos can’t agree on NCAA favorite Associated Press

Can’t decide the winner in your March Madness bracket? Don’t feel bad. Las Vegas casinos can’t agree on an NCAA Tournament favorite, either.

The Wynn Las Vegas and Westgate SuperBook originally listed Duke as the odds-on pick to win college basketball’s national championship on Sun-

day. But both books switched to North Carolina as the favorite on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after the brackets for the tournament were revealed.

Meanwhile, MGM Resorts International had Kansas as a 5-1 favorite, while William Hill opened with North Carolina and tightened its odds after early wagers.

“This year, a lot of people believe

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there are eight to 12 teams that can take home the tittle,” said Jay Kornegay, Westgate’s sports book director. “The odds are so close in the top contending teams that any time you have an influx of money, that can change the odds and make that team the favorite at that time.”

At Westgate, North Carolina was followed by Kansas at 6-1 — which

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leapfrogged original favorite Duke.

The Blue Devils were at 7-1 and top overall seed Villanova at 8-1.

“It’s uncommon; it’s a wide-open year,” said Nick Bogdanovich, head oddsmaker for William Hill. “Usually, there are seven or eight teams that you can narrow it down to. But this year, I think there are more teams that can win it than ever before.”

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TOURNAMENT GLANCE FIRST FOUR At UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio Tuesday Mount St. Mary’s 67, New Orleans 66 Kansas State (20-13) vs. Wake Forest (19-13), 9:10 (TRUTV) Wednesday N.C. Central (25-8) vs. UC Davis (22-12), 6:40 (TRUTV) Providence (20-12) vs. Southern Cal (24-9), 9:10 (TRUTV) EAST REGIONAL First Round Thursday At KeyBank Center, Buffalo, N.Y. Villanova (31-3) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (20-15), 7:10 (WYOU) Wisconsin (25-9) vs. Virginia Tech (22-10), 9:40 (WYOU) At Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. Virginia (22-10) vs. UNC Wilmington (29-5), 12:40 (TRUTV) Florida (24-8) vs. ETSU (27-7), 3:10 (TRUTV) Friday At Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C. Duke (27-8) vs. Troy (22-14), 7:20 (TBS) South Carolina (22-10) vs. Marquette (19-12), 9:50 (TBS) At BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla.

Baylor (25-7) vs. New Mexico State (28-5), 12:40 (TRUTV SMU (29-4) vs. Providence-Southern Cal winner, 3:10 (TRUTV) SOUTH REGIONAL First Round Thursday At BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee Butler (23-8) vs. Winthrop (26-6), 1:30 (TNT) Minnesota (24-9) vs. Middle Tennessee (30-4), 4 (TNT) Friday At Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C. Arkansas (25-9) vs. Seton Hall (21-11), 1:30 (TNT) North Carolina (27-7) vs. Texas Southern (23-11), 4 (TNT) At Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Dayton (24-7) vs. Wichita State (30-4), 7:10 (WYOU) Kentucky (29-5) vs. Northern Kentucky (24-10), 9:40 (WYOU) At Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif.

Cincinnati (29-5) vs. Kansas State-Wake Forest winner, 7:27 (TRUTV) UCLA (29-4) vs. Kent State (22-13), 9:57 p.m.

(TRUTV) MIDWEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday At BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee Purdue (25-7) vs. Vermont (29-5), 7:27 (TRUTV) Iowa State (23-10) vs. Nevada (28-6), 9:57 (TRUTV) Friday At Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Michigan (24-11) vs. Oklahoma State (20-12), 12:15 (WYOU) Louisville (24-8) vs. Jacksonville State (20-14), 2:45 (WYOU) At BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla.

Kansas (28-4) vs. N.C. Central-UC Davis winner, 6:50 (TNT) Miami (21-11) vs. Michigan State (19-14), 9:20 (TNT) At Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif.

Oregon (29-5) vs. Iona (22-12), 2 (TBS) Creighton (25-9) vs. Rhode Island (24-9), 4:30 (TBS) WEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday At KeyBank Center, Buffalo, N.Y. Notre Dame (25-9) vs. Princeton (23-6), 12:15 (WYOU) West Virginia (26-8) vs. Bucknell (26-8), 2:45 (WYOU) At Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. Maryland (24-8) vs. Xavier (21-13), 6:50 (TNT) Florida State (25-8) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (26-7), 9:20 (TNT) At Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City Gonzaga (32-1) vs. South Dakota State (18-16), 2 (TBS) Northwestern (23-11) vs. Vanderbilt (19-15), 4:30 (TBS) Saint Mary’s (28-4) vs. VCU (26-8), 7:20 (TBS) Arizona (30-4) vs. North Dakota (22-9), 9:50 (TBS) Note: All games available on cbssports.com

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Fighting Irish confident after recent success

By Tom Coyne Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame basketball is doing something its football team hasn’t been able to do in recent years: thrive in big games.

The Fighting Irish (25-9), who this past weekend advanced to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game for the second time in three years, head into the NCAA Tournament as the only team to make it to the Elite Eight each of the past two seasons.

“When the lights have been brightest, we’ve been in a rhythm lately where we just love it, embrace it and deliver in it,” coach Mike Brey said. “I think it’s gotten to be a little bit of the tradition of the program where it’s handed down to the younger guys and they’re dragged along by the older guys that have been part of it. I really see that with our upperclassmen now. It’s kind of what we do.

We deliver when the lights are brightest.”

That wasn’t always the case.

In 16 seasons in the Big East, the Irish never advanced to the league tournament championship game.

Before winning six NCAA Tournament games the past two seasons, the Irish had won just six tourna-

Coach Mike Brey has led Notre Dame to the NCAA Tournament for a 12th time. ment games in nine previous appearances under Brey. Before that, Notre Dame hadn’t won a tournament game since 1989.

So six tournament wins in two seasons is a big deal, especially at a

university known as a football school. Irish seniors V.J. Beachem and Steve Vasturia, who were freshmen when the Irish finished 15-17 in 2013-14, said the recent tournament success gives the Irish

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confidence as they prepare to face Princeton (23-6), which has won 19 games in a row, in the opening game Thursday in Buffalo, New York.

“We’re a very confident team,

whether it be what we’ve done this regular season or what we’ve done in the postseason in the past,” Beachem said. “We can draw on those experiences. That doesn’t separate us from anybody else as far the fact we still have to lace them up Thursday.”

Vasturia said his message to younger players is not to put too much pressure on themselves.

“I think the only thing I would say to them is enjoy it,” he said. “Go out there and have fun.”

Brey said he believes that attitude is key to Notre Dame’s recent success. He said his early Irish teams played with the “weight of the world on our shoulders.”

“I was really tight,” he said. “I don’t think I helped our team sometimes. So as I’ve gotten older I’ve gotten looser with them. We smile a little bit, we keep them loose.

They’re going to play hard. They’ve prepared themselves. I just don’t want them tied up in knots.”

Vasturia said the Irish know they need to focus on each game, but the goal is to do better than they have the past two seasons.

“We want to try to make it to the next step. The first step to that was getting back in the tournament.

We’ve done that, we’re in there,” he said. “Now we have to take care of business.”

NCAA berth gives North Dakota chance to promote new brand

By Dave Kolpack Associated Press

brackets and seeing North Dakota,” said Mark Kennedy, who’s in his first year as university president. “There is perhaps no better advertising than that.”

It is advertising that its rival school, North Dakota State, has already enjoyed

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with three March Madness berths and its run of five straight Football Championship Subdivision titles. The Bison moved from the Division II to Division I five years earlier than North Dakota.

Kennedy also is happy to

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tourney finale on Saturday night. North Dakota trailed by 11 points with less than 8 minutes left and by six points in the last minute before forcing overtime.

“That’s been this team.

You look at these kids, they have no quit, no die,” Jones said. “You can’t coach that.

That’s how these kids are wired.”

North Dakota’s scoring prowess is on the perimeter with Hooker and fellow guards Geno Crandall and Corey Baldwin. Crandall, who like Hooker was recruited from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, averages 15.6 points and leads the team in assists.

Baldwin, a Connecticut native and junior college transfer, averag es 10.3 points.

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North Dakota coach Brian Jones and the Fighting Hawks play Arizona on Thursday.

who averages 19.1 points a game, pointed out that four of the school’s teams won Big Sky Conference championships this year, new nickname and all.

“The Fighting Hawks are known for winning conference championships now,” Hooker said. “I think it’s great, especially since the new brand is trying to make it through the ranks.”

The 15th-seeded Hawks (229) open the tournament Thursday in Salt Lake City against second-seeded Arizona (30-4), a mammoth challenge that will likely have few bracketologists circling North Dakota.

But just getting there was a thriller when the Hawks used a furious rally to defeat Weber State in the Big Sky

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — University of North Dakota officials still smarting from a nickname controversy and reeling from budget cuts that put some athletic programs on the chopping block have found a team to sell its new brand on the national stage.

The school is making its first appearance in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, one of the premier events in college sports. Even on a campus where hockey is king, coach Brian Jones and his players are showing their fans what it means to make it to March Madness.

“You literally have millions of people across the country looking down their

see the new Fighting Hawks logo on display. The moniker was rolled out this year after a three-year moratorium to let people cool down from the demise of the Fighting Sioux nickname that the NCAA deemed hostile and abusive.

Not everyone has warmed up to the new logo, including those in the hockey program.

But Jones and his players have embraced it.

“We have a lot of pride in the Fighting Hawks scenario,” Jones said. “We’re still building our brand, building who we are nationally from a basketball standpoint. March Madness is the best deal out there because of the story lines that can happen.”

Both Jones and guard Quinton Hooker, the team’s scoring and emotional leader

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

Mount St. Mary’s opens with win

By Joe Kay Associated Press

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Southern Cal head coach Andy Enfield, right, talks to Jordan McLaughlin during a recent game. The Trojans are playing in today’s doubleheader.

Play-in mathcups show tourney’s range

By Mitch Stacy Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio — To see the wide range and diversity of teams in the NCAA Tournament, look no further than the pair of First Four play-in games tonight.

The first game features two wide-eyed, “just-happyto-be-here” schools — UC Davis and North Carolina Central — looking for what would be one of the biggest wins in the history of either program.

The other two teams, Providence and Southern California, have 48 tournament appearances between them and played a thrilling 1-point game in the opening round of 64 last year.

Heads were still spinning Tuesday.

“It still hasn’t sunk in what we’re doing,” said Chima Moneke, a junior-college transfer who averaged 14.4 points for the Big West champion UC Davis, a school of 35,000 students west of Sacramento, Califor nia. The Aggies are playing in the tournament for the first time as a Division I school.

Moneke’s team faces North Carolina Central (258), a historically black school

of 8,000 students in Durham.

Emerging as Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champions, they’re playing in the tournament for second time in the six seasons since moving to Division I. “For this being my first time and a lot of my teammates’ first time, the experience from leaving school to getting on the plane to getting off the plane was just tremendous,” said Patrick Cole, a senior guard who led NC Central (25-8) with 19.5 points per game.

“It just had me thinking about how there’s a lot of student-athletes out there that didn’t get this opportunity through four years of their college experience,” he said.

At the other end of the range, players from Providence and Southern California were a little calmer, even with a revenge narrative swirling around their matchup. Ninth-seeded Providence took down the No. 8-seeded Trojans in the opening round of 64 last year when Rodney Bullock got free and turned an inbounds pass into an easy layup.

“The experience helps a lot,” said Souther n Cal

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junior guard Jordan McLaughlin, who was on the court for the deflating loss last year. “This is my third year, second time in the tournament. And I’m just trying to be leader and lead our younger guys, especially our freshmen.”

Southern Cal’s leading scorers Bennie Boatwright and Chimezie Metu were freshmen last year. Boatwright said another year makes a difference when it comes to playing in the postseason.

“Being freshmen, last year we didn’t know what to expect coming into the game.

Now we know what to expect,” he said.

“Tough loss, tough way to end the year, but we’re excited to be back in the same position, and we’re ready to play,” he said.

“Sometimes there’s a lot of jitters around this game,” Providence junior guard Kyron Cartwright said.

“Some people are young.

Sometimes they get nervous.

The NCAA Tournament, it’s not like any other. It’s not even like a conference game, it’s something different. You just gotta play in one to experience it.”

DAYTON, Ohio — Diminutive point guard Junior Robinson scored 23 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 1:27 to play, and Mount St. Mary’s held on for a 67-66 victory over New Orleans on Tuesday night in the opening game of the First Four.

Robinson, the smallest player in Division I at 5-foot5, carried the Mountaineers (20-15) to only their second NCAA Tournament win.

They’ll head to Buffalo to play defending national champion and top overall seed Villanova in the East Regional on Thursday.

Mount St. Mary’s led most of the way, but New Orleans (20-12) pulled off a comeback befitting its resurgent season. The Privateers had a chance for a final shot, but Erik Thomas’ inbound pass with 2.6 seconds left was off target and stolen by the

Mountaineers’ Chris Wray to clinch it.

The Mountaineers wear warmup shirts with “Mayhem” on the back, reminding them of their pressure defense. They forced 14 turnovers that set up 19 points.

They will be trying to pull off the first upset of a top seed by a No. 16 seed when

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CAMPUS CONNECTION Keeping in touch with former WVC athletes now competing at the college level Indoor Track and Field At the ECAC Championships earlier this month, William & Mary junior Regan Rome (Dallas) won the women’s 3,000-meter title with a time of 9:24.71.

Cornell’s Dominic DeLuca (Dallas) won the men’s 3,000-meter title with a time of 8:06.60 to make it a Mountaineers sweep in the distance.

Lebanon Valley’s Olivia Jendrzejewski (Hanover Area) took bronze in the high jump at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Naperville, Illinois.

She recorded a top height of 1.69 meters, just .03 meters off first place. Jendrzejewski was also named the U.S. Track and Field and Cross

Country Coaches Association Midwest Regional women’s indoor field athlete of the year for her season’s accomplishments.

Men’s Swimming Bloomsburg junior Josh Grzech (Crestwood) was part of the third-place 200-yard medley relay team at the NCAA Division II Championships last week. The team initially finished in a tie for eighth place during the preliminary rounds, and won a swim-off to qualify for the finals of the event.

Women’s Softball Fo rd h a m s o p h o m o re Maria Trivelpiece (Hazleton Area), who was recently honored by the university for

having the highest GPA on her team, drilled a two-run, game-tying single in Fordham’s 8-4 comeback win against Florida International on Friday.

Wrestling Appalachian State senior Vito Pasone (Meyers) will compete in the NCAA Division I Championships Thursday through Saturday in St. Louis.

Pasone, 14-7, earned an atlarge berth to the championships after finishing third at 125 at the Southern Conference Championships.

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Members of the RailRiders celebrate after beating Gwinnett to win the Governors’ Cup in September. The RailRiders will be honored by the New York Yankees on March 24 in Tampa.

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Three more re-assigned Right-handed pitchers Domingo Germán, Ronald Herrera and Yefry Ramírez were optioned to Double-A Trenton and re-assigned to minor league camp on Monday.

The moves came one day after the Yankees re-assigned 11 non-40-man roster players back to minor league camp.

All three players were added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster and protected from the Rule 5 draft in November.

The Yankees now have 53 players in big league camp.

Germán, who missed all of 2015 because of Tommy John surgery, threw three scoreless innings and struck out

four in two appearances this spring, while Ramíre z allowed four runs (one earned) and had four strikeouts in three innings over two games.

Herrera, who made a spot start with the RailRiders last April but pitched the rest of the season at Trenton, has yet to appear in a game this spring training because of right shoulder inflammation.

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Before the RailRiders head north to begin their championship defense, their 2016 success will be honored in Florida.

The RailRiders will receive their national championship rings in a ceremony March 24 before the Yankees’ spring training game against Philadelphia at 1:05 p.m. at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa.

“RailRiders Day” also will include highlights from last season shown on the videoboard and both the Governors’ Cup and Triple-A National Championship trophies will be on display.

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Stassi hits 5th homer, lifts Phillies over Braves Associated Press Brock Stassi hit his fifth homer — tying Bryce Harper, Yoenis Cespedes, Jabari Blash and Peter O’Brien for most in spring training — and tripled to lead Philadelphia to 9-0 win over Atlanta on Tuesday. Starter Jerad Eickhoff struck out five in five shutout innings and allowed three hits and a walk.

Phillies first baseman Tommy Joseph left the game after getting hit with a pitch in the left hand in the first inning.

Braves starter Aaron Blair gave up three runs on six hits over four innings.

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W—Eickhoff 1-1. L—Blair 0-1. HRs — Stassi.

Mets 2 Astros 1 Yoenis Cespedes hit his fifth homer and Jacob deGrom struck out six in four innings, allowing a run on three hits and a walk.

Houston’s Brain McCann hit a solo home run and starter Lance McCullers struck out six in three innings, allowing two runs on four hits.

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Sv—Taylor. HRs — Cespedes McCann.

Tigers 7 Marlins 1 Detroit starter Matt Boyd went five shutout innings, giving up three hits and striking out five. Justin Upton hit a three-run homer, Anthony Gose had two hits and drove in two runs and J.D. Martinez added two hits.

Miami starter Adam Conley gave up a run on five hits in three innings.

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L—Conley 0-2. HRs — Upton den Dekker.

Rays (ss) 10 Yankees 6 Gary Sanchez hit his fourth spring homer and Yankees prospect Gleyber Torres homered and drove in

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Phillies’ Brock Stassi, left, slides in third on a triple as Braves third baseman Rio Ruiz waits for the throw Tuesday.

Melvin Upton Jr. hit his three runs. Starter Luis Severino struck out four in three first spring homer for Toroninnings, giving up a run on to. two hits and a walk.

Toronto 110 000 101—4 7 1 002 100 02x—5 9 0 Rays starter Jake Odorizzi Boston Biagini, Lawrence (3), Bolsinger (4), allowed three runs on five Dermody (6), Beliveau (7), Barnes (8), hits and two walks over 3⅔ and Saltalamacchia, Ohlman Pomeranz, Kelly (3), Barnes (4), Scott (5), Ramirez innings. Rickie Weeks Jr. (6), Beeks (7), Cordier (8), Haviland (9), and Leon, Butler. W—Cordier 1-0. L— homered and doubled.

NY Yankees 120 002 001—6 10 2 Tampa Bay (ss) 010 063 00x—10 9 2 Severino, Niese (4), Barbato (5), Enns (5), Holder (6), Gurka (8), and Sanchez Odorizzi, Walters (4), Tolleson (5), Schultz (6), Pruitt (8), Moreno (9), and Maile, Sucre. W—Tolleson 1-0. L—Barbato 0-1. HRs — Sanchez, Torres Weeks Jr., Varona.

Rays (ss) 9 Orioles 6 Corey Dickerson went 4 for 4 and Steven Souza Jr. had three hits and three RBIs. Tampa Bay starter Blake Snell walked five in 2⅔ innings.

Baltimore closer Zach Britton gave up two runs on four hits in one inning. Starter Wade Miley allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk in three innings. Joey Rickard and Chris Dickerson each homered.

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Barnes 0-1. Sv—Haviland. HRs — Upton Jr., Ohlman

Giants 6 Indians 5 The Giants jumped all over Josh Tomlin in the first inning, reaching him for five runs on five hits, including two-run homers from Jarrett Parker and Justin Ruggiano.

Tomlin got through three innings and allowed six runs on eight hits.

Bradley Zimmer kept up his solid spring for Cleveland with a two-run double. Later, his strong throw from short right field denied Jae-gyun Hwang a double.

The Indians said pitcher Carlos Carrasco had an MRI and would skip a start. He’s coming back from a broken hand that ended his season last year and, a day after getting hit hard, the team wants to slow him down a bit.

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Red Sox 5 Blue Jays 4 Mitch Moreland hit a tworun double for Boston. Start8 er Drew Pomeranz gave up Royals Angels 4 two runs on two hits over two innings.

Ian Kennedy struck out

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five in 3⅓ scoreless innings for the Royals. Peter O’Brien connected for his fifth home run.

Angels starter Matt Shoemaker retired his first nine batters and worked four innings of one-hit ball. C.J. Cron hit two doubles and a triple and is batting .457.

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Brewers 7 Cubs 7 (9 innings) Kris Bryant and Willson Contreras each hit their third home run of the spring and Chris Dominguez led off the ninth with a game-tying homer.

Brewers catcher Rene Garcia threw out three runners in the first four innings.

Starter Zach Davies was knocked around for six runs in three innings. Eric Thames hit his first Brewers home run and went 2 for 3.

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Diamondbacks 12 Rangers 0 Patrick Corbin struck out five in five scoreless innings for Arizona. Chris Iannetta hit his first home run.

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Venezuela 4 3 Rangers starter Chi Chi Italy GUADALAJARA, Mexico Gonzalez allowed eight hits and seven earned runs in 2⅔ — Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homer and Rougned Odor innings.

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Cabrera blasted a shot Mariners 7 over center field to tie it at 2 White Sox 6 and then Odor smacked his single to put Venezuela White Sox starter Lucas ahead. Odor later scored on a Giolito recorded just two sacrifice bunt by Alcides outs and gave up four runs Escobar. on four hits and two walks.

Venezuela will face the Kyle Seager had an RBI sinUnited States today in San gle and Mike Zunino drew a bases-loaded walk in the Diego.

T h e Ve n e z u e l a n s burst. advanced despite allowing 35 Tyler Smith hit a threerun homer and RBI double runs in the first round, the third highest mark in the hisfor Seattle.

James Paxton was strong tory of the tournament. again for the Mariners, South Africa and China allowing one run and three allowed 38 each in 2006.

Venezuela joined Puerto hits in four innings.

Rico as the two teams that Chicago White Sox 001 002 300—6 11 0 Seattle 403 000 00x—7 12 1 moved on from Group D. Giolito, Beck (1), Purke (3), Burdi Italy got a solo homer from (5), Bummer (6), Kahnle (7), Guaipe (8), and Smith, Gonzalez Paxton, Alta- Alex Liddi in the bottom of villa (5), Vincent (6), Overton (7), the ninth, but Francisco Pazos (9), and Zunino, Gosewisch.

W—Paxton 1-0. L—Giolito 2-1. Sv— Rodriguez then got three Pazos. HRs — Cabrera, Sanchez ground outs for the save. ItaSmith. ly finished 1-3 in the tournament.

Dodgers 6 Reds 5 Japan 8 Yasmani Grandal hit a Cuba 5 two-run shot for the Dodgers TOKYO — Tetsuto Yamaover the Reds bullpen in da hit two home runs to lead right to start a six-run fourth.

Japan to a win over Cuba in Logan Forsythe added a twothe World Baseball Classic. run double in the inning.

Seiichi Uchikawa broke a Rich Hill started for the 5-5 tie on a sacrifice fly in the Dodgers and threw 3⅔ eighth inning and Yamada innings, allowing one run.

Reds starter Tim Adleman made it 8-5 with a two-run was roughed up for five runs shot to center field at Tokyo Dome. in 3⅓ innings.

Yamada also hit a leadoff Cincinnati 000 110 021—5 6 2 LA Dodgers 000 600 00x—6 9 1 homer in the first inning.

Adleman, Mitchell (4), Iglesias (5), T wo - t i m e c h a m p i o n Coleman (6), Stephenson (7), and Barnhart, Hudson Hill, Avilan (4), Jan- Japan improved to 2-0 in sen (5), Geltz (5), Younginer (6), Fields Pool E and can advance to (8), Font (8), Roibal (9), Hynes (9), and Grandal, Sawyer. W—Avilan 2-1. L— the March 20-22 championAdleman 1-2. Sv—Hynes. HRs — ship round in Los Angeles Grandal. with a win over Israel (1-1) today. The top two teams in Rockies 4 the group advance.

Athletics 3 The Netherlands (1-1) faces Jon Gray worked 3⅔ score- Cuba (0-2) in today’s other less innings for the Rockies game. and struck out six.

Cuba took a 4-2 lead in the Colorado 000 000 004—4 12 0 fourth on Victor Mesa’s sinOakland 000 030 000—3 5 0 Gray, Vasto (4), Hoffman (10), Dunn gle to left. Japan tied it in the (12), Estevez (13), Carasiti (5), and Gar- fifth on RBIs by Norichika neau, Bemboom Manaea, Castro (4), Madson (5), Doolittle (6), Axford (7), Aoki and Yoshitomo TsutsuCoulombe (8), innegan (9), and Phegley, go.

Maxwell. W—Estevez 1-0. L—CouEach team scored a run in lombe 0-2. Sv—Carasiti. HRs — Bemboom the sixth.

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Pens pick up top collegiate player

By Seth Lakso staff Writer The Pittsburgh Penguins scooped up one of the NCAA’s top free agents on Tuesday when they signed Northeastern University forward Zach Aston-Reese to a two-year, entry-level contract.

The contract begins with the 2017-18 season and runs through 2018-19. In the meantime, Aston-Reese will report to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on an amateur tryout contract for the remainder of this season.

The 22-year-old Staten Island, New York, native led the NCAA this past season in points (63) and goals (31) in 38 games with the Huskies.

The 6-foot, 180-pound twoyear alternate captain averaged better than a point per game over the course of his collegiate career with 148 points (66G-82A) in 145 contests.

The Hobey Baker Award nominee started out as a defense-first forward and developed his scoring touch as he aged. Down the road, he projects as a bottom-six NHL winger with offensive upside.

According to a Sports Illustrated article, scouts love his two-way game and praise his hockey IQ and ability to play bigger than his size.

He’ll have to improve his speed and hands some, but he’s a guy that could come in and score some “dirty” netfront goals right away.

AssociAted Press File Still, upwards of 15 teams Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly, left, said he is doing some things differently this spring after a were rumored to have shown 4-8 season in 2016. interest in Aston-Reese, who should slot right into WilkesBarre/Scranton’s lineup beginning this Friday in Allentown when the Penguins take on the Phantoms

By Matt Fortuna here. We’re excited about Adams said. “I feel like some- declaring for the NFL draft at PPL Center.

Associated Press what’s going on.” thing that’s new this year is shortly afterward, the first Start with those early- we’re competing a little bit seeds for the upcoming seaslakso@citizensvoice.com SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Bri- morning conditioning ses- more. Just how we compete son were planted.

570-821-2083, @cVsethlakso an Kelly was at Notre Dame’s sions. Kelly felt the need to be in practice, we’re competing All the staff turnover soon 5:45 a.m. player workouts this there the past few months as like that in the weight room, followed. Players asked more winter, a departure from the a result of exit interviews just going at it with different of their head coach. So far, past. with every player, the major- type of guys. Something they have received just that, The Fighting Irish coach ity of whom wanted their that’s new is we’re working with Adams noting a more spent time with multiple head coach to be more out with different guys.” energetic leader whom playposition groups during his involved with the team. That Kelly had been reluctant the ers have gotten to know betprogram’s first spring prac- theme became apparent in previous two seasons to dis- ter, leading to a more tighttice, as opposed to working the middle of the 2016 season close exactly who was calling knit program. primarily with the quarter- when Kelly fired third-year the plays among him, former This will all matter little, he rushed for 1,178 yards and backs. And he has given his defensive coordinator Brian offensive coordinator and of course, if the results don’t 11 touchdowns. He also ran new offensive coordinator VanGorder after a 1-3 start quarterbacks coach Mike San- change significantly. The seafor more than 1,100 yards in full autonomy, unlike the preand took a more hands-on ford and former associate son begins at home against 2014, but has since been vious two years when Kelly approach with the unit, head coach and wide receivers Temple on Sept. 2. slowed by injuries and lost was part of a three-man Kelly is leaving no stone which improved over the coach Mike Denbrock. Sanfavor with Packers coach group that had input on play- course of the season from ford left to become Western unturned to ensure that his Mike McCarthy at times. calling.

103rd nationally to 42nd by Kentucky’s head coach, while 27th season as a head coach Last season, Lacy played Yes, this is a different Kelly season’s end.

Denbrock is now Cincinnati’s — and eighth with Notre in only five games, sidelined in 2017. And after a tumultuDame — is nothing like his Kelly hired Mike Elko offensive coordinator. by ankle problems, and fin- ous 4-8 season that saw every- from Wake Forest to lead the Notre Dame hired 33-year- 26th, which was just the secished with only 360 yards thing from a quarterback defense for 2017, one of six old Chip Long from Memphis ond losing campaign of his rushing and no touch- controversy to an in-season new assistant coaches as offensive coordinator and career. downs. Weight has also coordinator firing, Notre brought aboard this offsea- Kelly gave him play-calling “I have different priorities,” been an issue for Lacy, but Dame is certainly hoping son. But the biggest addition duties.

Kelly said after the first spring Car roll said he would this is a different team, too.

“I think that over the last practice. “My priorities were may be an off-the-field staff expect the running back to “Our program has kind of member: Kelly hired former few years it’s been a commit- making sure that the offense play in the range of 240-250 done a complete 180 in terms UConn strength and condi- tee running the offense,” Kel- is running the installation pounds. of the attitude and the ener- tioning coach Matt Balis as ly said. “There is no commit- effectively, doing the things “He’s a big guy. There is gy around this building,” his director of football per- tee now. It’s one guy that can necessary to make sure that nothing wrong with that,” fifth-year left tackle and two- formance after a season that kind of turn it loose and run the offense is running the way Carroll said. “There will be a y e a r c a p t a i n M i k e saw Notre Dame lose seven it.” it’s supposed to. That’s not my real concerted effort to make McGlinchey said. “The games by one possession or At the season-ending priority right now. sure he’s at his very best. changes that coach Kelly has fewer. Balis replaces Paul awards banquet in Decem“My priority is emphasizThis is a hard time for him made both in his approach Longo, whom Kelly said is on ber, Kelly announced seven ing the things that I want.

2017 captains, something he Today was about evaluating because he’s working some and also the people that he disability.

“I think we’re challenged usually saves for spring prac- the personnel and where rehab right now, but he is has brought into this buildwell aware of our expecta- ing have provided a spark in the weight room both tice. And though one of those they are. It was much more tions and the standards that that you can kind of feel physically and mentally,” c ap t a i n s, q u a r t e r b a ck of a different priority for me something good is building junior running back Josh DeShone Kizer, ended up than it has been.” we are setting.”

Kelly taking different approach

Seahawks reach deal with running back Lacy

By Tim Booth Associated Press

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THE CITIZENS' VOICE

RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks are hoping Eddie Lacy can be motivated by a one-year contract to rediscover the form that made him the 2013 Offensive Rookie of the Year.

The Seahawks and Lacy agreed to terms on a oneyear deal Tuesday, providing Seattle a big body for a run game that was once the best in football but lagged last season following the retirement of Marshawn Lynch.

“I like that we’re bringing in a big, tough guy that’s going to send a message the way he plays the game,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said in an interview with KIRO-AM, the Seahawks flagship station, on Tuesday.

Lacy was the top offensive rookie four years ago when

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THE LINE

SPRING TRAINING

NBA Favorite Points Underdog PACERS 3.5( NL ) Hornets WIZARDS 6.5 ( NL ) Mavericks CELTICS 6 (210.5) T’Wolves HEAT 6 (207.5) Pelicans Jazz PISTONS 3 (199.5) Grizzlies 1.5 (200.5) BULLS SPURS 10.5 (212.5) Blazers ROCKETS 17.5 (234.5) Lakers SUNS Kings 6 (221.5) CLIPPERS 8 (210.5) Bucks College Basketball Favorite Points Underdog NCAA Tournament First Four Dayton, OH NC Central 3.5 (131.5) Cal-Davis Usc 3 (140.5) Providence Thursday NCAA Tournament At Buffalo, NY Notre Dame 7 (134.5) Princeton W Virginia 14 (147.5) Bucknell Villanova NL ( NL ) Mt. St. Mary’s Wisconsin 5.5 (137.5) Virginia Tech At Orlando, FL Virginia 7.5 (134.5) NC-Wilmington Florida 10 (144.5) E Tennessee St Maryland 2 (141.5) Xavier Florida St 12 (146.5) Fla-Gulf Coast At Milwaukee, WI Butler 11 (144.5) Winthrop Minnesota PK (136.5) Middle Tenn St Purdue 8.5 (134.5) Vermont Iowa St Nevada 6 (154.5) At Salt Lake City, UT Gonzaga 22.5 (153.5) S Dakota St Vanderbilt 1 (130.5) Northwestern St. Mary’s-CA 4.5 (127.5) Virginia Comm Arizona 17 (147.5) N Dakota Friday NCAA Tournament At Greenville, SC Arkansas 1 (146.5) Seton Hall N Carolina 26.5 (154.5) Texas Southern Duke 19 (153.5) Troy S Carolina Marquette 1.5 (147.5) At Indianapolis, IN Michigan 2 (155.0) Oklahoma St Louisville 20 (133.5) Jack’ville St Wichita St Dayton 6 (146.5) Kentucky 20 (153.5) No Kentucky At Tulsa, OK Baylor 12 (135.5) New Mexico St Smu Usc NL ( NL ) or Smu NL ( NL ) Providence Kansas NL ( NL ) Cal-Davis or Kansas NL ( NL ) NC Central Miami-Florida 2 (125.5) Michigan St At Sacramento, CA Oregon Iona 15 (151.5) Creighton 1 (142.5) Rhode Island Cincinnati NL ( NL ) Kansas St or Cincinnati Wake Forest NL ( NL ) Ucla 18 (161.5) Kent St NIT Tournament Tonight SYRACUSE 13 (149.5) NC-Greensboro GEORGIA 6.5 (148.5) Belmont BYU 5 (166.5) UT-Arlington HOUSTON 8.5 (145.5) Akron IOWA 11.5 (164.5) S Dakota TCU 10 (144.5) Fresno St ILLINOIS ST 11 (129.5) Cal-Irvine C FLORIDA 2.5 (138.5) Colorado CBI Tournament Tonight GEORGE MASON 12 (141.5) Loyola-MD COASTAL CARO 11 (144.5) Hampton GEORGE WASH 5.5 (147.5) Toledo WYOMING 6.5 (161.0) E Washington UMKC 1 (166.5) Wisc-Green Bay RICE 2 (155.5) San Francisco GA SOUTHERN 4.5 (154.5) Utah Valley College Insider Tournament Tonight IPFW 4.5 (167.5) Ball St MARY-BALT CO. 3 (156.5) Fairfield Georgia St 3 (146.5) TEXAS A&M-CC IDAHO 5 (138.5) Stephen Austin Thursday College Insider Tournament ALBANY 1.5 (121.5) St. Peter’s Furman 5 (147.0) SC UPSTATE NC-Asheville 3 (150.5) TENN-MARTIN TEXAS ST 8.5 (135.5) Lamar CS-FULLERTON PK (145.5) Weber St Thursday CBI Tournament ILLINOIS-CHI 1 (145.5) Stony Brook Odds to win the NCAA Tournament Team Odds Duke 6/1 North Carolina 6/1 Villanova 7/1 Kansas 7/1 Home team in CAPS

AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. New York 13 5 0.722 Oakland 10 6 0.625 Seattle 11 7 0.611 Minnesota 9 6 0.600 Baltimore 10 7 0.588 Los Angeles 10 7 0.588 Chicago 10 8 0.556 Tampa Bay 9 8 0.529 Kansas City 9 8 0.529 Cleveland 8 9 0.471 Boston 8 10 0.444 Houston 5 10 0.333 Toronto 5 11 0.313 Texas 5 12 0.294 Detroit 5 12 0.294 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. St. Louis 11 4 0.733 Pittsburgh 12 5 0.706 Los Angeles 11 8 0.579 Milwaukee 10 8 0.556 Philadelphia 9 8 0.529 Arizona 9 8 0.529 Colorado 9 8 0.529 New York 10 9 0.526 Washington 7 7 0.500 Chicago 6 8 0.429 San Francisco 8 11 0.421 Cincinnati 8 12 0.400 San Diego 6 10 0.375 Atlanta 6 11 0.353 Miami 4 10 0.286 Tuesday Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 0 Detroit 7, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 2, Houston 1 Tampa Bay (ss) 10, N.Y. Yankees 6 Tampa Bay (ss) 9, Baltimore 6 Boston 5, Toronto 4 L.A. Dodgers 6, Cincinnati 5 Colorado 4, Oakland 3 Kansas City 8, L.A. Angels 4 Milwaukee 7, Chicago Cubs 7 San Francisco 6, Cleveland 5 Seattle 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Arizona 12, Texas 0 Wednesday Atlanta vs. Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh, 1:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Miami, 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Minnesota, 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Houston, 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Texas, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. White Sox, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees, 6:35 p.m.

Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs, 10:05 p.m.

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

Japan Netherlands Israel Cuba

SECOND ROUND Round Robin Pool E At Tokyo Dome W 2 1 1 0 Sunday

L Pct 0 1.000 1 .500 1 .500 2 .000

GB — 1 1 2

Israel 4, Cuba 1 Japan 8, Netherlands 6, 11 innings Monday Netherlands 12, Israel 2, 8 innings Tuesday Japan 8, Cuba 5 Wednesday Netherlands vs. Cuba, 11 p.m. (Tuesday) Israel vs. Japan, 6 a.m.

Thursday Tiebreaker game, 6 a.m., if necessary Pool F At Petco Park San Diego W L Pct GB Dominican Republic 0 0 0.000 — Puerto Rico 0 0 0.000 — United States 0 0 0.000 — Venezuela 0 0 0.000 — Tuesday Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico, 9 p.m.

Wednesday United States vs. Venezuela, 9 p.m.

Thursday Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela, 10 p.m.

Friday United States vs. Puerto Rico, 10 p.m.

Saturday Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela, 3:30 p.m.

Dominican Republic vs. United States, 10 p.m.

Sunday Tiebreaker game, 6 p.m., if necessary

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RADIO / TV TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE Baseball 6 a.m.

WBC, Israel vs. Japan, MLB 9 p.m.

WBC, Venezuela vs. United States, MLB College Basketball 6:40 p.m. NCAA, NC Central vs. UC Davis, TRUTV 7 p.m.

NIT, South Dakota at Iowa, ESPN2 7:30 pm. NIT, Akron at Houston, ESPNU 9 p.m.

NIT, Texas-Arlington at BYU, ESPN2 9:10 p.m. NCAA, Providence vs. Southern Cal, TRUTV 9:30 p.m. NIT, UC Irvine at Illinois State, ESPNU Golf 5 p.m.

PGA, Arnold Palmer Invitational Pro-AM, GOLF Major League Baseball 1 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh, MLB, ROOT 4 p.m.

LA Angels vs. San Francisco, MLB 6:35 p.m. Philadelphia vs. NY Yankees, YES NBA 8 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, ESPN 10:30 p.m. Milwaukee at LA Clippers, ESPN NHL 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, NBCSN 10 p.m.

St. Louis at Anaheim, NBCSN Skiing Noon Alpine, Men’s & Women’s Downhill, NBCSN Soccer 3:30 p.m. AS Monaco vs. Manchester City, FS1 3:30 p.m. Atletico Madrid vs. Bayer Leverkusen, FS2

AHL

TRANSACATIONS

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA Penguins 61 41 17 3 0 85 205 146 Lehigh Valley 60 39 18 3 0 81 218 173 Bridgeport 61 37 21 2 1 77 186 171 Providence 61 34 18 5 4 77 184 158 Hershey 62 33 18 8 3 77 214 180 Springfield 61 25 26 8 2 60 156 171 Hartford 61 21 35 3 2 47 156 222 North Division GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA Syracuse 61 30 20 6 5 71 184 187 Albany 61 34 25 1 1 70 172 166 Toronto 61 31 25 4 1 67 190 170 Utica 61 28 24 7 2 65 159 170 St. John’s 62 29 25 7 1 66 176 185 Binghamton 62 24 34 2 2 52 155 211 Rochester 60 24 34 0 2 50 161 195 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA Grand Rapids 60 38 17 1 4 81 208 147 Chicago 61 36 17 5 3 80 211 163 Milwaukee 60 34 20 3 3 74 176 173 Iowa 60 29 23 6 2 66 150 158 Cleveland 59 27 25 3 4 61 146 166 Charlotte 59 28 27 4 0 60 158 170 Manitoba 62 23 31 4 4 54 159 196 Rockford 62 21 30 8 3 53 146 200 Pacific Division GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA San Jose 54 36 12 2 4 78 187 134 San Diego 54 34 15 3 2 73 175 141 Ontario 56 30 17 9 0 69 168 158 Bakersfield 54 26 22 5 1 58 158 151 Stockton 54 26 23 4 1 57 161 150 Tucson 54 24 24 6 0 54 145 180 Texas 60 27 29 1 3 58 179 206 San Antonio 60 23 32 4 1 51 145 190 Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Monday San Antonio 2, Texas 1, SO Tuesday Toronto at Manitoba, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Rockford, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.

Wednesday Syracuse at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Binghamton at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.

Texas at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Stockton at San Diego, 10 p.m.

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned LHPS Brian Johnson and Henry Owens and RHP Brandon Workman to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned 3B Rafael Devers, OF Junior Lake and C Jordan Procyshen were reassigned to their minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned LHPs Nate Smith and Greg Mahle to Salt Lake (PCL) and RHP Eduardo Paredes to Mobile (SL). Reassigned C Jose Briceno and RHP Drew Gagnon to their minor league camp.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Claimed LHP Kevin Chapman off waivers from Houston.

NEW YORK METS — Optioned OF Wuilmer Becerra, RHPs Chris Flexen and Marcos Molina and INF Amed Rosario to their minor league camp. Reassigned RHP Chase Bradford and LHP Adam Wilk to their minor league camp.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed LB Jarvis Jones to a one-year contract.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Re-signed S Kemal Ishmael. Signed WR-KR Andre Roberts.

BUFFALO BILLS — Agreed to terms with DE Ryan Davis.

CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with K Connor Barth on a one-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Claimed WR James Wright off waivers from Cincinnati.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Re-signed LB Jayrone Elliott.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed DT Bennie Logan to a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DE Datone Jones.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed RB Rex Burkhead.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed LS Garrison Sanborn.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with DL Sylvester Williams.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F Kevin Rooney to Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned G Magnus Hellberg to Hartford (AHL).

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Signed F Dominik Shine to an amateur tryout for the remainder of the season and a standard contract for 2017-18. Assigned G Cal Heeter to Toledo (ECHL).

COLLEGE ILLINOIS — Fired women’s basketball coach Matt Bollant.

NC STATE — Announced freshman C Omer Yurtseven will enter the NBA draft, but will not hire an agent.

PENGUINS INSIDER For insight, breaking news and other Penguins nuggets, visit Seth Lakso’s blog at blogs.citizensvoice.com.

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NHL

TO OUR READERS

EASTERN Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Montreal 69 39 22 8 86 189 172 Ottawa 67 39 22 6 84 182 173 Boston 69 37 26 6 80 196 179 Toronto 67 31 22 14 76 204 199 Tampa Bay 68 33 26 9 75 189 186 Florida 67 29 27 11 69 168 193 Buffalo 69 28 29 12 68 177 203 Detroit 67 26 30 11 63 166 202 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Washington 68 44 17 7 95 218 152 Pittsburgh 68 43 16 9 95 239 190 Columbus 68 44 18 6 94 219 160 N.Y. Rangers 70 44 24 2 90 225 183 N.Y. Islanders 68 32 25 11 75 203 209 Philadelphia 68 31 29 8 70 176 204 Carolina 66 28 27 11 67 170 193 New Jersey 68 25 31 12 62 153 197 WESTERN Central Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA Minnesota 67 43 18 6 92 223 163 Chicago 68 43 20 5 91 204 171 Nashville 69 34 24 11 79 205 196 St. Louis 68 36 27 5 77 189 190 Winnipeg 70 30 33 7 67 208 224 Dallas 68 27 31 10 64 189 221 Colorado 68 19 46 3 41 131 222 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts. PF PA San Jose 68 41 20 7 89 190 158 Calgary 69 39 26 4 82 191 185 Anaheim 69 36 23 10 82 181 174 Edmonton 68 35 24 9 79 191 181 Los Angeles 68 33 29 6 72 169 171 Vancouver 69 28 32 9 65 159 201 Arizona 68 25 35 8 58 165 217 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday Columbus 5, Philadelphia 3 Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Carolina 8, N.Y. Islanders 4 Nashville 5, Winnipeg 4, OT Calgary 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO Arizona 1, Colorado 0 St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1 Boston 6, Vancouver 3 Tuesday Winnipeg at New Jersey, postponed Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

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

Arizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Detroit at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

The Citizens’ Voice had an early deadline Tuesday night because of the blizzard. Some games were not completed by press time to be included in the standings.

NIT First Round Tuesday Mississippi 91, Monmouth 83 UNC-Greensboro (25-9) at Syracuse (18-14), postponed to Wednesday Illinois 82, Valparaiso 57 Oakland (24-8) at Clemson (17-15), 8 p.m.

Indiana (18-15) at Georgia Tech (17-15), 9 p.m.

Charleston (25-9) at Colorado State (23-11), 9 Richmond (20-12) at Alabama (19-14), 9:15 p.m.

Boise St. (19-11) at Utah (20-11), 10 p.m.

CS Bakersfield (22-9) at California (21-12), 11:15 Wednesday South Dakota (22-11) at Iowa (18-14), 7 p.m.

Belmont (22-6) at Georgia (19-14), 7 p.m.

Colorado (19-14) at UCF (21-11), 7 p.m.

Akron (26-8) at Houston (21-10), 7:30 p.m.

Fresno St. (20-12) at TCU (19-15), 8 p.m.

Texas-Arlington (25-8) at BYU (22-11), 9 p.m.

UC Irvine (21-14) at Illinois State (27-6), 9:30 p.m.

AUTO RACING Monster Energy Cup Points Leaders 1. Brad Keselowski, 132.

2. Kyle Larson, 131.

3. Chase Elliott, 129.

4. Martin Truex Jr, 127.

5. Joey Logano, 119.

6. Ryan Blaney, 106.

7. Kurt Busch, 93.

8. Kevin Harvick, 91.

9. Kasey Kahne, 88.

10. Jamie McMurray, 86.

11. Trevor Bayne, 82.

12. Clint Bowyer, 73.

13. Matt Kenseth, 71.

14. Aric Almirola, 70.

15. Denny Hamlin, 68.

16. Paul Menard, 62.

17. Ryan Newman, 59.

18. Jimmie Johnson, 55.

19. Kyle Busch, 50.

20. Michael McDowell, 49.

21:31 | REESERJAME

NBA EASTERN Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 42 25 .627 — Toronto 39 28 .582 3.0 New York 26 41 .388 16 Philadelphia 24 42 .364 17.5 Brooklyn 12 53 .185 29 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington 41 25 .621 — Atlanta 37 30 .552 4.5 Miami 32 35 .478 9.5 Charlotte 29 38 .433 12.5 Orlando 24 44 .353 18 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 44 22 .667 — Indiana 34 32 .515 10 Detroit 33 34 .493 11.5 Milwaukee 32 34 .485 12 Chicago 32 35 .478 12.5 WESTERN Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 52 14 .788 — Houston 46 21 .687 6.5 Memphis 37 30 .552 15.5 Dallas 28 38 .424 24 New Orleans 26 40 .394 26 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 42 25 .627 — Oklahoma City 37 29 .561 4.5 Denver 32 35 .478 10 Portland 29 36 .446 12 Minnesota 28 38 .424 13.5 Pacific Division W L Pct GB x-Golden State 52 14 .788 — L.A. Clippers 40 27 .597 12.5 Sacramento 26 41 .388 26.5 Phoenix 22 45 .328 30.5 L.A. Lakers 20 47 .299 32.5 x-clinched playoff spot Monday Chicago 115, Charlotte 109 Toronto 100, Dallas 78 Memphis 113, Milwaukee 93 Minnesota 119, Washington 104 San Antonio 107, Atlanta 99 Utah 114, L.A. Clippers 108 Denver 129, L.A. Lakers 101 Sacramento 120, Orlando 115 Tuesday Cleveland 128, Detroit 96 Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

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

Wednesday Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

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

GOLF LEADERS PGA Tour FedEx Cup Leaders Through March 12 Rank Player Points Money 1. Justin Thomas 1,737 $4,139,895 2. Hideki Matsuyama 1,736 $4,449,498 3. Dustin Johnson 1,353 $3,686,600 4. Adam Hadwin 1,040 $2,271,021 5. Jordan Spieth 1,010 $2,440,133 6. Pat Perez 951 $2,344,985 7. Jon Rahm 941 $2,291,145 8. Brendan Steele 901 $1,926,255 9. Gary Woodland 816 $2,006,760 10. Rickie Fowler 773 $1,787,258 11. Mackenzie Hughes 744 $1,626,394 12. Charles Howell III 653 $1,475,380 13. Hudson Swafford 627 $1,280,155 14. Rod Pampling 572 $1,333,838 15. Justin Rose 543 $1,266,855 16. Cody Gribble 484 $1,164,995 17. Daniel Berger 472 $1,264,836 18. Webb Simpson 456 $1,009,673 19. Russell Knox 453 $1,083,334 20. Keegan Bradley 429 $960,302 21. Luke List 425 $941,549 22. Bill Haas 424 $979,659 23. Francesco Molinari 421 $926,097 24. Tony Finau 421 $896,931 25. Martin Laird 412 $952,506

PLAYBOOK Meetings BASKETBALL: WVAA meets noon Thursday at CrisNics in Wilkes-Barre.

SOFTBALL: Wyoming Valley ASA Umpires 6 p.m. Monday at Konefal’s.

Events WRESTLING: A Middle Atlantic Wrestling Association Wrestling tournament will be held 10 a.m. April 8 at Wilkes.

Weigh-ins are 6 p.m. to 7:30 April 7 and 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.

April 8. For more information, call 570-690-1631 or 814-538-9034 or visit www. mawawrestling.com.

FIELD HOCKEY: Valley West Field Hockey Mayhem 7 on 7 tournament 8 a.m. May 20 at Spartan Stadium. Open to junior high and high school teams. Cost is $225 per team before March 18 and $250 after. For more information, visit wvwfieldhockey. org or email kristinemevans@ gmail.com.

Little League MOUNTAIN TOP: LL umpire training 8:30 a.m. March 25.

Pre-register by sending an email to luke.modrovsky@ wilkes.edu. Questions can be directed to Luke Modrovsky at 570-905-3201.

Tryouts BASKETBALL: Valley Thunder travel AAU team is accepting players for boys 13U, girls 15/16U and boys and girls 16/17U. For more information, call coach Howard Walker at 570-510-3764.

Registrations BASEBALL: Hazleton Hardball League is welcoming new teams for 2017. For more information, call Mark at 570436-5876.

WYOMING/WEST WYOMING: Junior/Senior baseball and Junior softball registration is open through March at www.wyomingwestwyomingll.com.

SOFTBALL: Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Sunday men’s softball league. League play begins April 23. Deadline is April 10. If interested, call John Leighton at 570-4308437.

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SOFTBALL: Brews Brothers men’s and co-ed summer leagues have openings.

For more information, call 570-693-0506 or 570-8141823.

BASEBALL: MMI Baseball along with Andy Ashby and Russ Canzler will be hosting a camp Noon to 3 p.m. on April 2 for grades 3-8.

Campers get two tickets to Railriders opening night along with professional instruction. Cost is $100.

Space is limited to first 30 players. Contact mmiprepbaseball@gmail.com or russ. canzler@gmail.com for registration form.

ICE HOCKEY: King’s is hosting the Monarch girls ice hockey clinic 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

April 22 at Revolution Ice Centre in Pittston. Open to all ages. Cost is $50 and deadline to register is April 14. For questions, contact Coach Kindret at 570-208-5900, ext.

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information, call assistant coach Megan Mundy at 570208-5855 or email meganmundy@kings.edu.

VOLLEYBALL: Head coach Bernie Kachinko will be holding his annual King’s College girls volleyball camp July 10-13.

The camp is open to girls entering grades 6-12. The morning session will run from FOOTBALL: The 2017 Curry 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for grades Quarterback camp is 9 a.m. to 6-9 and the afternoon ses4 p.m. May 27 at Crispin Field. sion from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. for Cost is $50. For more informa- grades 10-12. The cost of the tion, visit www.curryqbcamp. camp is $100 with a reduced org or email Caroline Curry at rate of $80 before June 10. curryclan6@hotmail.com.

For more information, contact Coach Kachinko at bernardFIELD HOCKEY: King’s field kachinko@kings.edu. hockey camp 9 a.m. to noon July 17-21 at the Betzler WEDNESDAY Athletic Complex. Cost is NIGHT $100 for the week. For more

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SOFTBALL: NEPA Wolfpack 12u travel softball is looking to finalize it roster for the upcoming season. For more information, contact Shawn Hawley at 570-702-1549 or email softballhawleys6@ yahoo.com

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Memories of Palmer everywhere at Bay Hill

By Doug Ferguson Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — The photo was never published out of respect for Arnold Palmer.

Palmer was walking his dog early one morning when he turned down Marina Drive across from the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, a tiny lane next to the tennis courts where sunlight filtered through a canopy of trees. He was 85, moving slower than anyone was used to seeing, his shoulders slightly drooped.

What made the picture so poignant was that he looked so real, a man of the people, perhaps Palmer’s greatest appeal.

The Bay Hill staff asked the magazine not to use the photo simply because Palmer preferred to be seen in public wearing slacks and a golf shirt (usually pink, always with the Bay Hill umbrella logo), sometimes a sweater. The King was out of uniform.

To look down Marina Drive now is to see the image of Palmer walking his dog, and to be reminded of his presence.

It will not go away anytime soon.

There are sure to be somber moments at the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week. That

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Matt Every, right, shakes hands with Arnold Palmer after winning at Bay Hill in 2014.

13-foot bronze statue of Palmer behind the first tee at Bay Hill was attracting plenty of attention Tuesday. The cart that Palmer used to drive, with two sets of clubs strapped on the back, will be behind the 16th tree starting today.

Players have put the umbrella on their caps, their shirts or their golf bags for the week.

They are taking turns going to his office, sitting behind his desk and signing memorabilia for fans, because that’s what Palmer would have done.

Golf Channel, the network Palmer co-founded with Joe Gibbs in 1995, is devoting 50

hours of programming from Bay Hill this week, including live coverage of today’s opening ceremony.

But it would be a mistake in this week of remembering the King to think of this as the end.

Since his death in September, Arnold Palmer Enterprises already has renewed corporate deals with MasterCard, equipment maker Textron and Arizona Beverages, which includes the famous Arnold Palmer (half iced tea, half lemonade).

The greater concern is the tournament, and whether it will lose any prestige now that Palmer is gone.

There have been comparisons with the AT&T Byron Nelson outside Dallas, and how it struggled to get a strong field after Nelson died in 2006, in part because the golf course wasn’t exactly on anyone’s bucket list to play. There’s a big difference, though. Nelson had his name on a tournament that moved from Preston Trail to the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas.

Bay Hill had Palmer’s prints from the very start in 1979, long before his name became the title in 2007. He owned the place.

He nurtured it. He was everywhere at the club, playing the shootouts with his friends, sipping on his Ketel One in the clubhouse, signing autographs upstairs in his office, and yes, walking his dog down Marina Drive.

Ask any of the players who have lived in Orlando — Tiger Wo o d s, H e n r i k S t e n s o n , Graeme McDowell — and they will be quick to say their children were born in the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies.

He was 75 when he played the Masters for the last time.

He played Bay Hill for the final time a year earlier, and capped it off by hitting driver off the deck and onto the green at the 18th.

SPORTS IN BRIEF Largest antlered deer harvest since ’02 HARRISBURG — Officials said hunters in Pennsylvania posted the largest harvest of antlered deer since 2002 during the last hunting season.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission said hunters harvested an estimated 333,254 deer in the commonwealth during the 2016-17 season, which closed in January.

That was an increase of about 6 percent over the 2015-16 harvest.

Of that total, 149,460 were antlered deer, an increase of about 9 percent over the previous license year. That’s the largest harvest of antlered deer since 2002.

The commission said bowhunters accounted for nearly one-third of the overall deer harvest, taking 109,250 deer.

The commission’s executive director, R. Matthew Hough, reported seeing hundreds of photos from hunters who took “their buck-of-a-lifetime this past season.”

Harvest estimates are based on deer checked by the commission and hunter reports.

— Associated Press

University of Scranton adding track and field Add track and field to the list of sports at the University of Scranton.

On Monday, the school announced it will have men’s and women’s teams during both the indoor and outdoor seasons beginning with the 2017-18 academic year. The squads will compete in the Landmark Conference, which already has six other schools that sponsor track and field — Catholic, Elizabethtown, Goucher, Juniata, Moravian and Susquehanna.

Scranton will not have a venue to host meets. Director of athletics Dave Martin said he is in conversations with several different venues in the area about using them for practices.

— Staff Report

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Pittsburgh’s Manigault, Clark transferring PITTSBURGH — Freshman forward Corey Manigault and sophomore guard Crisshawn Clark are transferring from Pittsburgh.

The players announced the move shortly after the Panthers finished a disappointing 201617 season in coach Kevin Stallings’ first year. Manigault appeared in 18 games.

Clark did not appear in a game for the Panthers after transferring from Canada College. Clark had surgery in December to repair ligament and meniscus damage in his left knee.

The Panthers will also lose four players to graduation, and freshman guard Justice Kithcart was dismissed for a violation of team rules this month.

— Associated Press

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Muirfueld to admit women, can host Open G U LLAN E, Scotland — Muirfield has voted to admit female members for the first time in its 273-year history, paving the way for the Scottish golf club to again host the British Open.

The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which owns Muirfield and is the world’s oldest golf club, held a second postal ballot after members voted last May to retain the male-only policy.

That led to Muirfield being taken off the list of 10 courses that can host the British Open.

The results of the second vote were announced Tuesday, with 80.2 percent voting to allow women to become members.

— Associated Press

Less waiting where it matters most – our emergency room.

The 30-Minutes-Or-Less E.R. Service Pledge –

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Wilkes-Barre through 4 p.m. yesterday

Precipitation 24-hour total ending 4 p.m. ...... 2.45” Total month-to-date .................... 3.54” Normal month-to-date ................. 1.03” Total year-to-date ......................... 9.77” Normal year-to-date ..................... 5.43” Last year-to-date .......................... 6.65” Record for March ......... 7.02” in 1912

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Mostly cloudy and colder today with a couple of snow showers. High 29 to 33.

Water temperature: 37.

SKI FORECAST

Snow showers will persist today into tonight along with areas of blowing and drifting snow. There can be an additional inch or two of snow.

Tomorrow will remain quite cold with a brisk wind and a couple more snow showers.

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18:28 | GAYDOSKRIS

Stefano DiPietro

today in history Today is Wednesday, March 15, the 74th day of 2017. There are 291 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight On March 15, 1767, the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, was born in the Waxhaw settlement along the North Carolina-South Carolina border.

On this date In 1964, actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second. (They divorced in 1974, remarried in 1975, then divorced again in 1976.)

Today’s birthdays Musician DJ Fontana is 86.

Former astronaut Alan L. Bean is 85. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 84. Actor Judd Hirsch is 82. Jazz musician Charles Lloyd is 79. Rock musician Phil Lesh is 77. Singer Mike Love (The Beach Boys) is 76.

Rock singer-musician Sly Stone is 74. Rock singer Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) is 62. Model Fabio is 56. Singer Terence Trent D’Arby (AKA Sananda Maitreya) is 55. Rock singer Bret Michaels (Poison) is 54. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rockwell is 53.

— ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Temperatures Yesterday’s high ................................ 27 Yesterday’s low ................................. 23 Normal high ........................................ 45 Normal low ......................................... 27 High last year ..................................... 48 Low last year ...................................... 40 Record high ...................... 80 in 1990 Record low ......................... 11 in 1993

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Scattered snow showers and gusty winds will continue into today with highs in the lower and middle 20s.

As we head toward the end of the week, temperatures will moderate. Highs on Thursday will be near 30 with some sunshine. By Friday, highs will reach the middle and upper 30s.

At the same time, we’ll be tracking our next, albeit weaker, storm system. Snow showers are possible Friday evening and night. Then, we could get a mix of scattered snow and rain showers on Saturday. We’ll likely see those temperatures climb into the lower 40s.

We should be in a similar spot for Sunday and Monday. Highs will be in the lower 40s. While our weather looks quiet, clouds will have a tendency to dominate.

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CHANGE OF PLANS Blizzard alters preparations for state playoff teams. Page 28

Valley West’s Erin Gibbons moves the ball past Abington Heights’ Grace Evans during the District 2 Class 5A girls basketball championship.

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250 skulls found in clandestine graves MEXICO CITY — The top prosecutor in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz confirmed Tuesday that more than 250 skulls have been found over the last several months in what appears to be a drug cartel mass burial ground on the outskirts of the city of Veracruz.

State Prosecutor Jorge Winckler said the clandestine burial pits appear to contain the victims of drug cartels killed years ago.

But the news came as no surprise to Lucia Diaz, one of the mothers of the disappeared whose group is known as Colectivo Solecito.

The mothers pushed authorities to investigate the fields where the skulls were found, because they suspected more than a year ago that the wooded area known as Colinas de Santa Fe was a clandestine burial ground.

In the face of authorities’ inaction, the activists themselves went out in to the fields starting in August 2016, sinking rods into the ground to detect the telltale odor of decomposition, and then digging.

When they find what they believe are burial pits, they alert authorities, who carry out the final excavations.

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GOP health bill critics get ammunition

By Erica Werner AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON — Critics of GOP health care legislation got fresh ammunition from a report that estimates the bill would increase the ranks of the uninsured by 14 million people next year alone, and 24 million over a decade.

The findings from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office could make prospects for the legislation backed by President Donald Trump even tougher, with a few House and Senate conservatives already in open revolt and moderate Republicans queasy about big cuts to the Medicaid safety net for the poor.

But with the legislation headed for votes in the House Budget Committee within days and floor action next

‘I’m pretty encouraged by it, it actually exceeded my expectations.’

House speaker paul ryan On GOP health care bill week, its supporters at the White House and on Capitol Hill showed no sign of retreat. Instead, they attacked the parts of the CBO report they didn’t like, while touting the more favorable findings, including smaller deficits from their bill and lower premiums over time.

“I’m pretty encouraged by it, it actually exceeded my expectations,” House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said on Fox News Channel shortly after the report was released Monday evening.

Ryan said the CBO find-

ings about millions losing coverage were to be expected, because the GOP legislation removes the penalty in former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act aimed at coercing people into buying coverage.

“If we’re not going to force someone to buy something they don’t want to buy they’re not going to buy it, and that’s kind of obvious,” Ryan said.

T he GOP le gislation would use tax credits to help consumers buy health coverage, expand health savings accounts, phase out an expansion of Medicaid and cap that program for the future, end some requirements for health plans under Obama’s law, and scrap a number of taxes.

Ryan pointed to other CBO figures, including that the GOP bill reduces federal defi-

cits by $337 billion over a decade, and begins to bring down insurance premiums by around 10 percent starting in 2020, though that comes only after premiums sharply rise in 2018 and 2019.

Democrats scof fed at Ryan’s positive take, calling the CBO analysis damning evidence that Republicans are interested only in giving hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich, which their bill would accomplish, while yanking health coverage from the poor.

“I hope they would pull the bill. It’s really the only decent thing to do,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said. “How can they look their constituents in the eye when they say to them ‘24 million of you will no longer have coverage.”’

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Fired US attorney replaced by friend

By Jake Pearson Associated Press

Libya’s speaker says Russia offered aid MOSCOW — The speaker of the parliament based in the eastern part of Libya says Russia has promised military assistance.

House of Representatives President Agila Saleh told Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency Tuesday that authorities in the east have asked Moscow to help train army personnel and repair military equipment.

Saleh says that “we were promised assistance in the fight against terrorism.”

In January, Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, a military chief allied with the parliament opposed to the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli, visited a Russian aircraft carrier off Libya’s coast and had a call with the Russian defense minister.

Russia also hosted Faez Sarraj, the prime minister of the government in Tripoli, this month in an apparent effort to expand its clout in the fractured country by talking to both sides.

Israel briefly detains Palestinian mapper JERUSALEM — Israel i p o l i c e o n T u e s d ay burst into the offices of a Palestinian cartographer who tracks Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and east Jerusalem and detained him for several hours, accusing him of illegally working for the Palestinian Authority.

It was believed to be the first arrest of its kind since Israel banned the Palestinian Authority from carrying out official business in east Jerusalem in 2001. It also illustrated the deep sensitivities over east Jerusalem, an area with deep religious and strategic significance claimed by both Israel and the Palestinians.

Khalil Tufagji, a former Palestinian negotiator, said police entered his office early Tuesday and confiscated computers and files before taking him away. He was released after several hours. Tufagji denied working for the Palestinian Authority.

— Compiled from wire reports

and Human Services Secretary Tom Price rejected portions of the CBO’s findings, in comments that seemed to contradict Speaker Ryan.

“We believe that the plan that we’re putting in place is going to insure more individuals than currently are insured. So we think the CBO simply has it wrong,” Price said.

It was unclear exactly what impact the CBO news would have on the debate. Republicans were already planning to move forward with no Democratic votes, aiming for action by the full House next week and the Senate the week after that. Senate prospects look particularly dicey, given the GOP’s slim 52-48 majority and vociferous objections from several Republicans including Rand Paul of Kentucky and Tom Cotton of Arkansas.

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NY AG says Tillerson used alias in his emails on climate change

Accusation made in letter to NY court

By David Koenig AP Business Writer

DALLAS — The New York attorney general says that while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was CEO of Exxon he used an alias in emails to talk about climate change.

The attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, made the accusation in a letter to a New York court Monday. He is investigating whether the company deceived investors and the public by hiding for decades what it knew about

the link between fossil fuels and climate change.

Schneiderman said Exxon failed to disclose that Tillerson used an account named “Wayne Tracker” to send and receive emails about issues including risk management related to climate change. Wayne is Tillerson’s middle name. The account was used from at least 2008 through 2015, he says.

Exxon Mobil spokesman Alan Jeffers said the email account was created for secure and quick communication between Tillerson and senior executives over a range of topics.

The State Department

declined to comment on the matter and referred inquiries to Exxon. Tillerson resigned as chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp. at year end, after then-President-elect Donald Trump picked him to become the nation’s chief diplomat.

Schneiderman said his investigators found the Wayne Tracker account on about 60 documents but that neither Exxon nor its lawyers ever disclosed that it was used by Tillerson. He said that Exxon has failed to give his office all documents covered by a court order in response to his investigation.

Exxon disputed this. “The very fact the attorney general’s office has these emails is because they were produced in response to the subpoena,” Jeffers said in a statement.

Tillerson would not be the first chief executive to use an alias in electronic communications. A notable case was John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods Market Inc., who used a pseudonym to post messages on investor websites criticizing another company and suggesting that its stock was overpriced.

Whole Foods later bought the rival over objections by federal antitrust regulators.

Tight budgets could complicate Sessions’ vow to fight crime

By Sadie Gurman Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is p ro mi s in g h i s Ju st i ce Department will lead the charge in helping cities fight violent crime, and police chiefs are ready with their wish-lists.

More technology to trace guns after shootings. More grant money. More intelligence analysts to help dismantle gangs. More protective gear and equipment. As the head of one police officers’ union put it, “We need more of everything.”

But Sessions, who cut his teeth as a federal prosecutor in Mobile, Alabama, at the

Sessions height of the drug war in the 1980s, has inherited a federal government that built itself to fight terrorism since 9/11 and, more recently, to combat cybercrime.

Since taking office, Ses-

sions has spoken repeatedly about a spike in murders. He and President Donald Trump ordered the creation of a crime-fighting task force, bringing together the heads of the major law enforcement agencies. And they seem to be counting on tighter border security to stop a flow of drugs and reduce crime.

But they have yet to offer new money for crime-fighting, especially in the face of Trump’s plan to slash nonmilitary budgets. More clarity could come Thursday when the administration unveils its budget proposal. Sessions also has not s a i d h o w f e d e r a l l aw enforcement will be able to

juggle priorities.

“He’ll find out very quickly that you can’t pull people off all these other things just to go do that,” said Robert Anderson, who was the FBI’s most senior criminal investigator until his retirement in 2015. Anderson joined the bureau in the 1990s, when combating violence and drugs was its top challenge.

“Now he’s walking into a much dif ferent Justice Department and FBI.” Kerry Sleeper, assistant director of the FBI office that works with local law enforcement, said that after decades of declines in violence, police chiefs are coming to grips with a new uptick and asking for federal help.

NEW YORK — Preet Bharara, the high-profile federal prosecutor who was fired by President Donald Trump’s administration after refusing to resign, has been replaced temporarily by a longtime friend and top adviser.

Joon H. Kim, 45, who had previously served as Bharara’s chief counsel, criminal division head and top deputy, will be acting U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York until Trump nominates a candidate for the job who can be confirmed by the Senate. That process could take months.

In the meantime, Kim, the son of a South Korean diplomat who came up through the ranks of the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan prosecuting organized crime and terrorism cases with his old boss, isn’t likely to stop pursuing the kinds of cases that have made the Manhattan prosecutor’s office known for its reach and breadth, former colleagues say.

“I think things will continue to hum along,” said Lev Dassin, who served as acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan for eight months beginning in December 2008 after Michael Garcia resigned.

Kim’s promotion comes after a public confrontation between the Trump administration and Bharara, 48, who was asked to resign last week with 45 other prosecutors appointed during President Barack Obama’s administration. Bharara had said in November that Trump had assured him that the job was his to keep.

A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office didn’t respond to a request for an interview.

Kim’s former colleagues said that there was no reason to believe he would pursue existing cases any differently following Bharara’s highprofile departure.

“The nice thing here is that Preet and Joon have been working together for quite a while,” said Jennifer Rodgers, the executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School. Rodgers once worked with Kim on a case against Peter J. Gotti, a son of the late Gambino crime boss John Gotti Jr.

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Politician: Wine will buoy business U.K. diplomats should boost the economy after Brexit by ditching champagne, cava and prosecco in favor of British bubbly at embassy receptions, a lawmaker said Tuesday.

Conservative legislator Nusrat Ghani was seeking to pass a law requiring U.K. diplomatic missions to serve British wines and sparkling wines.

As the country prepares to leave the European Union, she says that it must “be imaginative in supporting and promoting” British businesses.

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Neiman Marcus exploring options Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus says it’s exploring strategic alternatives including a possible sale of the company.

The announcement Tuesday came as the retailer, which also operates Bergdorf Goodman, reported a loss in its second fiscal quarter that ended Jan. 28 and its sixth consecutive quarterly drop for a key revenue measure.

Like many department stores, Neiman Marcus has been wrestling with declining customer traffic and sluggish sales as shoppers increasingly buy online. Even in the world of luxury, affluent shoppers are dramatically changing their habits and are buying designer bags and clothes online on places like eBay or consignment shops.

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‘Mad Men’ inspires Heinz ketchup ads Heinz is launching ketchup ads inspired by the TV show “Mad Men.” The idea of the campaign, which shows foods like French fries and hamburgers up close without any condiments, is to underscore that they need ketchup to be complete.

Kraft Heinz is noting tongue-in-cheek that the “Pass the Heinz” campaign was created by the main character of “Mad Men,” ad executive Don Draper. It is also crediting Draper’s fictional ad agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, as well as its real-life agency.

The Kraft Heinz Co. says the campaign will run as print ads in the New York Post and Variety, and on outdoor billboards in New York City.

“Mad Men,” a drama set in the 1960s New York advertising world, ended its seven-season run in 2015.

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Bulleit opens its first distillery Bulleit bourbon has reached a milestone in its maturity with the opening of its first distillery. It’s riding the wave of bourbon’s popularity as its parent company — spirits giant Diageo — looks to expand a brand started 30 years ago when Kentuckian Tom Bulleit revived his family’s whiskey recipe.

Company executives gathered with state and local officials Tuesday to mark the opening of the $115 million Bulleit distillery near Shelbyville, Kentucky. Diageo sees the distillery, built on rolling farmland in Shelby County, as a catalyst for the brand that has flexed its muscle with annual double-digit sales growth in recent years.

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Fed expected to raise rates today Move reflects consistently healthy economy

By MArTiN CrUTsiNGer AssociAted press

WASHINGTON — Sending signals loud and clear, the Federal Reserve has left little doubt that it will raise interest rates today for the third time since December 2015 to yeLLeN reflect a consistently solid U.S economy.

The rate increase will likely go down as one of the most telegraphed ever, given that several Fed officials, including Chair Janet Yellen, each let it be known over the past two weeks that they felt it was time to raise the Fed’s benchmark short-term rate.

Their string of likeminded comments surprised many investors, who had assumed that the Fed would wait until probably June before raising rates again. The thinking was

that the Fed would want to see whether President Donald Trump’s ambitious economic program of tax cuts, deregulation and higher spending on the military and infrastructure could pass Congress — and then assess how it might affect the economy.

But after the Fed officials each suggested that the economy’s gains had moved the central bank closer to its goals for employment and inflation, the likelihood of a

rate hike after the Fed ends its latest policy meeting Wednesday shot from around 20 percent to near 100 percent as estimated by futures markets, according to data tracked by the CME Group.

Now, the guessing switches to how many times the Fed may raise rates during 2017 — whether three times, as the market now expects, or perhaps as many as four.

Yet regardless of the answer, the market seems far

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less nervous about the prospect of rate increases than it was in recent years. Investors seem increasingly confident that the U.S. economy is vigorous enough to withstand modestly higher borrowing rates.

The Fed has managed its control of interest rates with exceeding caution, beginning with an initial hike in December 2015, which ended seven years of record-low rates near zero. It then waited an entire year before raising rates again in December last year.

Defaults on student loans on the rise By sArAH sKiDMOre seLL AssociAted press

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Goodyear’s ‘Spirit of Innovation’ blimp was deflated early Tuesday. Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue.

Goodyear lets the air out of its last fabled blimp, but keeps familiar form in flight

By JOHN rOGers AssociAted press

LOS ANGELES — Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue.

About two dozen employees were on hand early Tuesday to witness the deflation of California-based Spirit of Innovation.

But shed no tears, blimp fans, you’ll still see a familiar blue-andgold form floating over your favorite sports event or awards show.

Although the blimp’s replacement, Wingfoot Two, will look about the same when it arrives at Goodyear’s airship base in Carson later this year, it will be a semi-rigid dirigible.

Such aircraft, one of which has already replaced Goodyear’s Florida blimp, have a frame, which means they maintain their shape when the helium is drained. Blimps, on the other hand, go flat. Wingfoot Two, currently operating in Ohio, will be replaced by yet another dirigible when it leaves there for Southern California.

Far more important to Goodyear is that the new airships are faster, quieter, larger, easier to fly and more maneuverable than the blimps it introduced more than 90 years ago.

Still, the company plans to keep calling the new models blimps.

“Because a Goodyear Semi-rigid

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A ground crew mores the Goodyear Blimp ‘Spirit of Innovation’ as it comes in for a landing at Goodyear Airship Base in Carson, Calif., in September 2015.

Dirigible doesn’t roll off the tongue,” laughed company airship historian Eddie Ogden.

Crew members Tuesday yanked a rip line to open a section at the top of the blimp’s big gas bag, known as an envelope. It took about two minutes for it to crumple to the ground.

Ogden said Goodyear employees watched the deflation with mixed emotions.

“There were a couple tears because they’ve been working with blimps for so long,” he said. “But the program has always changed over the decades and this is a step forward. The new model is incredible to watch fly.”

The switch to dirigibles offers a

similar-looking, cigar-shaped flying machine but one that’s 246 feet long, nearly the length of a football field and 50 feet longer than the old blimps.

With room for three engines instead of two, it will be able to hit freeway speeds of over 70 miles per hour and turn on a dime.

The quieter engines also will provide an advantage in covering golf tournaments, Ogden said, by eliminating the racket that can sometimes disrupt golfers lining up their putts. The ability to hover will allow a pilot to better position the aircraft to capture NASCAR race finishes and key moments in a baseball game.

The stock market is up, unemployment is down but things aren’t rosy for all Americans.

A new analysis of government data by the Consumer Federation of America found that the number of Americans in default on their student loans jumped by nearly 17 percent last year.

As of the end of 2016, there were 4.2 million Federal Direct Loan borrowers in default, meaning they’ve not made a payment in more than 270 days. That’s up from 3.6 million at the end of 2015.

“Despite all improvements in the economy, student loan borrowers are still struggling,” said Rohit Chopra, senior fellow at the Consumer Federation of America and formerly the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Student Loan Ombudsman.

As of the end of 2016, 42.4 million Americans owed $1.3 trillion in federal student loans, according to the U.S. Department of Education data. This doesn’t include borrowing through private student loans, credit cards, and home equity loans to finance the growing costs of college.

The Federal Reserve System puts the measure slightly higher at $1.4 trillion, as it includes private loans as well.

Defaulting on a federal student loan can be a financial disaster for the borrower.

Unlike other types of debts, most federal student loans cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. Those who go into default face serious repercussions including wage garnishment, damaged credit scores and potentially added costs in fees, interest and legal fees.

Student debt has risen along with the cost of education, which makes repayment difficult. The average amount owed per borrower rose to $30,650 in 2016, after rising steadily for years. In 2013, borrowers on average owed $26,300.

Valley Forge casino CEO bets on new slots

By JANe M. VON BerGeN the philAdelphiA inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — Eric Pearson, chief executive of the 483-room Valley Forge Casino Resort in suburban Philadelphia, is going on a shopping spree, buying 60 new slot machines to accompany a $6 million refurbishment of the hotel.

“We have purchased in the past three months more new slot machines than we did in the previous almost five years combined,” said Pearson, 34, who started in October. “Five years is a long time to play the same game, so we’re bringing in new product.”

Valley Forge’s new slots will be variations of the current type because those are the ones per mitted under Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. But in the wider world of gaming, change is underway.

Q: What are the new games like?

A: Skill-based slot machines are a merging of video games that you play for fun, whether on your smartphone or computer, and that slot machine experience. So your skill can have an effect on the outcome. It’s like if you play “Tetris” or “Candy Crush,” if you have more practice

and you’re a better player, you can improve the outcome through your skills.

Q: Anything else that’s new?

A : T here’s a g ame I played where you hold a controller and it feels like an Xbox or PlayStation controller. It’s a shooter game.

You’re a robot and you’re running around a whole arena. There are other robots and you’re shooting your blaster beam at these robots. Based on how many robots you tag, that determines your payout.

Q: What’s the competitive landscape for Valley Forge?

Besides the casino and hotel,

you have a lot of restaurants, meeting and concert space, plus a beach club. But it never seems like a glamour draw to me.

A: We’re not high luxury, and it’s not a goal of ours, either. You have properties like the Bellagio (in Las Vegas) that are all about the epitome of luxury. Then you have properties where luxury is not the focus, but they provide a great experience and a quality product, and that’s more of what our set is. The property is an interesting complex. We have a healthy balance of where our revenues come from.

Q: What do you like to play?

A: If there’s a new slot machine that’s out, I’ll usually try that out. If I’m out with my friends, usually we’ll play blackjack or roulette or craps.

Q: You employ 1,000 people at the casino. Is the tightening labor market affecting you?

A: For a five-year-old casino, we have an incredibly professional experienced table game staff; they’ve been dealing cards for a very long time. A good amount of our table staff lives in the Atlantic City area and commutes in.

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City alleges drugmaker let OxyContin flood black market

By Phuong Le Associated Press

EVERETT, Wash. — As deaths from painkillers and heroin abuse spiked and street crimes increased, the mayor of Everett took major steps to tackle the opioid epidemic devastating this working-class city north of Seattle.

Mayor Ray Stephanson stepped up patrols, hired social workers to ride with officers and pushed for more permanent housing for chronically homeless people. The city says it has spent millions combating OxyContin and heroin abuse — and expects the tab to rise.

So Everett is suing Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid pain medication OxyContin,

in an unusual case that alleges the drugmaker knowingly allowed pills to be funneled into the black market and the city of about 108,000.

Everett alleges the drugmaker did nothing to stop it and must pay for damages caused to the community.

Everett’s lawsuit, now in federal court in Seattle, accuses Purdue Pharma of gross negligence and nuisance. The city seeks to hold the company accountable, the lawsuit alleges, for “supplying OxyContin to obviously suspicious pharmacies and physicians and enabling the illegal diversion of OxyContin into the black market” and into Everett, despite a company program to track suspicious flows.

“Our community has been significantly damaged, and we need to be made whole,” said Stephanson, who grew up in Everett and is its longest-serving mayor, holding the job since 2003.

He said the opioid crisis caused by “Purdue’s drive for profit” has overwhelmed the city’s resources, stretching everyone from first responders to park crews who clean up discarded syringes. The lawsuit doesn’t say how much money the city is seeking, but the mayor says Everett will attempt to quantify its costs in coming months.

Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma says the lawsuit paints a flawed and inaccurate picture of the events that led to the crisis in Everett.

“We look forward to presenting the facts in court,” the company said in a statement.

Purdue said it is “deeply troubled by the abuse and misuse of our medication,” and noted it leads the industry in developing medicines with properties that deter abuse, even though its products account for less than 2 percent of all U.S. opioid prescriptions.

In 2007, Purdue Pharma and its executives paid more than $630 million in legal penalties to the federal government for willfully misrepresenting the drug’s addiction risks. The same year, it also settled with Washington and other states that claimed the company aggressively marketed OxyContin to doctors

while downplaying the addiction risk. As part of that settlement, it agreed to continue internal controls to identify potential diversion or abuse.

While numerous individuals and states have sued Purdue, this case is different because Everett is getting at the results of addiction, said Elizabeth Porter, associate law professor at the University of Washington.

She thinks Everett may have a shot at winning, though it will have to overcome some legal burdens, including showing that diverted OxyContin from rogue doctors and pharmacies was a substantial factor in the city’s epidemic.

Stephanson said he was “absolutely outraged” after the Los Angeles Times report-

ed last summer it found Purdue had evidence that pointed to illegal trafficking of its pills but in many cases did nothing to notify authorities or stop the flow. That newspaper investigation prompted the city’s lawsuit.

In response to the newspaper’s reporting, Purdue said in a statement that in 2007, it provided LA-area law enforcement information that helped lead to the convictions of the criminal prescribers and pharmacists referenced by the Los Angeles Times. The company also pointed to court documents that showed a wholesaler alerted the Drug Enforcement Administration about suspicious activity at a sham clinic noted in the newspaper’s story.

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