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BY STEVE MOCARSKY STAFF WRITER

The number of stores selling wine to go in Luzerne County has tripled since lawmakers reformed state liquor laws nearly two years ago, and customers appreciate the convenience.

“I think having more variety and convenience is nice,” Fred Dunn, 28, of Wilkes-Barre said while browsing through the aisles of wine last week at Wegmans in Wilkes-Barre Twp. Prior to the summer of 2016, the only places to buy wine to go in Pennsylvania was at a winery or a staterun Fine Wine & Good Spirits shop.

There were 14 state-run wineand-spirits shops in Luzerne County when Act 39 went into effect and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board began approving wine expanded permits for privately owned stores in August of that year.

Per mits for 22 stores were approved by the end of the year, and another eight were approved in 2017, according to the LCB. Seven more stores in the county had permit applications approved so far this year, but most of those have not yet started selling the wine.

Cutting into sales Data from the LCB show that while the vast majority of people still buy their wine at the state-run shops in Luzerne County, it appears privately owned stores with wine permits are starting to cut into their sales, especially the stores that carry larger selections.

For example, while wine sales at the state wine-and-spirits shop near Walmart in Wilkes-Barre Twp. were relatively steady for three years since 2014, they dipped nearly 7 percent between 2016 and 2017 — from $2.37 million to $2.21 million.

Notable is the fact that the dip followed the start of wine sales at the Wegmans and Price Chopper stores — both of which offer selections of hundreds of wines — a half-mile and a mile away, respectively.

Similarly, wine sales dropped 7.2 percent at the Hanover Twp. wineand-spirits shop in 2017, with Hanover Beer Express and Hanover Beverage each one-third mile away, and Gerrity’s Super market a straight 3-mile shot up the Sans Souci Parkway.

Meanwhile, the wine-and-spirits shop at South Main Plaza in WilkesBarre, with the closest Wine Expanded Permit stores a mile away on Public Square — Anthracite News Stand and City Market & Cafe — continued its upward sales trend, closing 2017 with 4.5 percent annual sales growth.

OMAHA, Nebraska — Just 18 months after declaring his opposition to banning assault weapons, Nebraska Democrat Brad Ashford has changed his mind.

The former one-term congressman, now trying to win back an Omaha-area seat he lost in 2016, used to consider it futile to push for a ban while Republicans held power on Capitol Hill. But the student activism that has followed the rampage at a school in Parkland, Florida, has changed his thinking in a way that other high-profile shootings, including two in his hometown since 2007, had not.

Ashford’s conversion mirrors the one underway in his party. Not long ago, a moderate record on guns would have been considered a plus for a Democratic candidate in the GOP-leaning suburbs and conservative outskirts of Nebraska’s largest city. Today, even with Ashford’s reversal, it’s a vulnerability that his opponent in the May 15 Democratic primary has been quick to exploit.

That contest, along with races in Virginia, rural Pennsylvania and other places where gun control has been taboo, shows how far the Democratic Party has traveled on this issue. The November elections will test whether Democrats will make room for candidates who don’t back all gun control measures.

“He should have been stronger on this,” said Kara Eastman, the 46-year-old political newcomer running against Ashford for the nomination in the 2nd Congressional District.

“We need leaders who are going to stand up and fight for the kids.”

WINE SALES W-B Twp. Marketplace

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Kevin Maher, director of wine and beer sales for Gerrity’s Supermarkets, discusses wine sales last week at the Hanover Twp. store. That locaton obtained a permit to sell wine in 2016.

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Today is Sunday, April 8, the 98th day of 2018. There are 267 days left in the year.

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's record.

In 1820, the Venus de Milo statue was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos.

In 1864, the United States Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it in January 1865; the amendment was ratified and adopted in December 1865.)

In 1913, the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for popular election of U.S. senators (as opposed to appointment by state legislatures), was ratified. President Woodrow Wilson became the first chief executive since John Adams to address Congress in person as he asked lawmakers to enact tariff reform.

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, which provided money for programs such as the Works Progress Administration.

In 1946, the League of Nations assembled in Geneva for its final session.

In 1952, President Harry S. Truman seized the American steel industry to avert a nationwide strike. (The Supreme Court later ruled that Truman had overstepped his authority, opening the way for a seven-week strike by steelworkers.)

In 1961, a suspected bomb exploded aboard the passenger liner MV Dara in the Persian Gulf, causing it to sink; 238 of the 819 people aboard were killed.

In 1973, artist Pablo Picasso died in Mougins, France, at age 91.

In 1988, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart resigned from the Assemblies of God after he was defrocked for rejecting an order from the church's national leaders to stop preaching for a year amid reports he had consorted with a prostitute.

In 1994, Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in Seattle from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound; he was 27.

Today's birthdays: "Mouseketeer" Darlene Gillespie is 77. Singer Peggy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 77. Songwriter-producer Leon Huff is 76. Actress Patricia Arquette is 50.

Actress Katee Sackhoff is 38.

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DALLAS — Dallas police have recovered four guitars stolen from Nils Lofgren before the longtime member of the E Street Band before a show.

Dallas police tweeted Monday that they also have made an arrest in the theft. Cpl. Debra Webb provided no further details.

Lofgren tweeted his gratitude that his instruments have been recovered, saying: “Looks like my guitars are coming back to me.”

Police haven’t said if a harp that was also stolen has been found.

The instruments were left in a van parked outside a Holiday Inn Thursday. The theft was discovered Friday morning.

The veteran rocker used borrowed instruments when he performed solo at the Kessler Theater in Dallas on Friday night.

The E Street Band has been Bruce Springsteen’s backup band since 1972.

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PLYMOUTH — Two people were injured in a cooking fire Saturday afternoon, including a woman who was medevacked to a burn center with third-degree burns.

A family who lived in a unit at the New Street Apartments had been making funnel cakes when the grease ignited, fire commander Josh Evans said. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene around 2:20 p.m. and were able to douse the blaze with a fire extinguisher, he said.

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The man was less seriously injured but had burns to his hands and face, he said.

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Evans said the apartment was no longer habitable because of grease and burn damage in the kitchen.

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This week in Pa. history 1 yEAR AGO

En garde! Oregon tries to undo dueling ban state legislators in Oregon were trying to undo a 172-year-old ban on dueling in april 2017, saying the notion of two lawmakers settling their differences with pistols was absurd in the modern era and thus such an archaic provision — among others — should be cleaned up in the state’s constitution. The fatal gun battle between aaron Burr and alexander hamilton was more than two centuries old, after all.

Oregon’s constitution doesn’t exactly make dueling illegal; it just states that no one who’s taken part in a duel can serve in elected office.

Oregon sen. Brian Boquist, who wanted to eliminate the ban, said he just wanted to clean up state law and make it more modern. The ban was signed by lawmakers in the state’s second provisional legislature in 1845.

“They decided that it would not be very civil if two members of the Legislature disagreed and then shot each other on the front steps of the provisional capitol,” Boquist said.

Boquist’s measure didn’t go anywhere, so the ban remains on the books. a similar ban was written into Pennsylvania’s constitution in 1872.

It stated: “any person who shall, after the adoption of the amendments proposed by this Convention to the Constitution, fight a duel or send a challenge for that purpose, or be an aider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the right of holding any office of honor or profit in this state, and shall be punished otherwise in such manner as is, or may be prescribed by law; but the executive may remit the said offence and all its disqualifications.”

The ban no longer appears in Pennsylvania’s constitution.

2 yEARS AGO

Wolf order bars discrimination Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order in april 2016 banning state contractors and grant recipients from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Democratic governor said he was taking the move because legislation accomplishing similar goals was stalled in the Republicancontrolled Legislature.

The administration said the order would impact tens of thousands of state contracts worth tens of billions of dollars a year, including Medicaid reimbursements and highway construction.

4 yEARS AGO

Report: bank loan helped Wolf The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in april 2014 that a portion of the $10 million that Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Tom Wolf gave to his campaign was from a personal bank loan.

Wolf told the newspaper he did not have the full amount in cash after investing heavily in a successful effort to save his building materials company from shutting down amid the recession in 2009. he also vowed that no campaign money would be used to pay back the loan.

Wolf disclosed the loan on a statement of financial interests to the state ethics Commission as a 3.8 percent line of credit. The associated Press reported that Wolf was using at least some of the $10 million to air more than two months of TV ads, blanketing the airwaves for weeks before any of his three Democratic opponents were able to establish a significant TV presence. The spending helped him seize an early and strong lead in independent polls.

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state Rep. nick Miccarelli arrives for a protection-from-abuse hearing in March at the Luzerne County Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre.

MORE TROUBLE FOR MICCARELLI

Toohil, second alleged victim file with National Guard; Delaware County Republican denies allegations by bRAD bUMSTED AnD PAULA KnUDSEn The CauCus

Rep. Nick Miccarelli may now have to battle misconduct allegations on two fronts: a criminal investigation by Dauphin County’s top prosecutor and, as of last week, a new complaint filed with the Pennsylvania National Guard.

Sources have told The Caucus that Miccarelli, R-Delaware County, a staff sergeant in the National Guard, faces a complaint filed with Major General Anthony Carrelli, the adjutant general of the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

Carrelli, a member of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf ’s Cabinet, heads the state’s National Guard.

Joan Nissley, a spokeswoman for the department, confirmed the complaint had been received last week.

The complaint was filed by the same two women who in February made allegations against Miccarelli in a confidential complaint filed with the House of Representatives.

Like the House complaint, the document filed with the National Guard alleges Miccarelli physically abu se d Re p. Ta r a h To oh i l , R-Luzerne County, and sexually assaulted another woman, a private political consultant, in separate incidents over a six-year period.

This newspaper does not identify those claiming to be victims of sexual assault unless they agree to waive confidentiality.

Miccarelli, 35, an Iraq War veteran, has strongly denied the allegations.

Frank Keel, a spokesman for Miccarelli, said the new complaint was evidence the two women are out to “destroy a good man’s career, reputation and personal life out of nothing more than malicious spite.

It’s unfathomable that they have made this callous move now, rather than letting the ongoing legal process play out. Nick Miccarelli is a patriot and a soldier who has proudly and selflessly served our nation on the front lines of foreign wars.”

The women’s lawyers declined comment on details of the military complaint and procedure. However, Terry Mutchler, representing the complainants with attorney Charlie Lyons, told the Caucus, “Being a patriot is not a pass to punching people, sexual assault or domestic violence.” She sharply disputed

FULL STATEMENT FROM MICCARELLI The following statement was provided by Frank Keel, spokesman for Rep. Nick Miccarelli.

“Through this latest unconscionable action, Rep. Tarah Toohil and the anonymous accuser have revealed their true motive all along.

It’s now clear that their accusations against Rep. Miccarelli have nothing to do with fear for their safety. Rather, their intent is to destroy a good man’s career, reputation and personal life out of nothing more than malicious spite. It’s unfathomable that they have made this callous move now, rather than letting the ongoing legal process play out. Nick Miccarelli is a patriot and a soldier who has proudly and selflessly served our nation on the front lines of foreign wars. Nick’s political career is likely ending as a direct result of the baseless allegations leveled at him by these two jilted and vindictive former girlfriends, one of whom disparaged the other in a text exchange (soon to be made public) before their new, convenient alliance with their common lawyer was forged. Nick wishes only to resume his military service and move on with his life. For these two vengeful women and their headlineseeking attorney to attempt to interfere with Nick’s right to continue to honorably serve our nation in the military is a disgrace. apparently, it wasn’t enough that these two women were able to effectuate the end of Nick’s political career through their lies, they now want to continue the abuse until they ruin him completely.

Nick’s legal team is weighing potential causes of action against Toohil, the anonymous accuser and their counsel for this outrageous conduct. enough is enough. These two women have shamelessly used and abused the #MeToo movement to falsely accuse Nick Miccarelli, knowing that the gullible, sensationalist news media would stoke the desired public firestorm. We’re not going to take this garbage.”

Keel’s statement, saying her clients feared for their safety, a House probe found them “credible” and a judge issued the protection order for Toohil.

The complaint with the National Guard largely tracks the document the women filed with the House.

Toohil claimed she was hit, pinched and kicked, sometimes at public events. She alleges Miccarelli waved a gun while driving a car in excess of 100 mph and threatened to kill her and then himself in 2012. More recently, she alleges he stalked her at the Capitol.

The second woman alleges she was sexually assaulted after they stopped dating in 2014. A House report, which found the women “credible,” was referred to law enforcement. Republican House leaders have called on Miccarelli to resign. The women came forward as the #MeToo movement unfolded nationally.

Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo has said he has joint jurisdiction with Attorney General Josh Shapiro but for now is taking the lead in a criminal probe.

Miccarelli is subject to a protection order sought by Toohil and

approved last month by a judge in Luzerne County. Miccarelli agreed to the restraining order without admitting wrongdoing. The threeyear restraining order prevents Miccarelli from contacting Toohil except “as may be required in their official duties.” It required him to turn his firearms over to law enforcement except when serving in the Guard. He is allowed to conduct business at the state House.

Military justice is largely an opaque process with a wide range of outcomes. Military experts interviewed by The Caucus agreed that inquiries of this type typically wait for the conclusion of a criminal investigation.

“Civilian law enforcement has jurisdictional authority in this matter,” Nissley wrote in an email.

“Any civil action/conclusions will be evaluated with Army policies/ regulations to determine National Guard response.”

The outcomes range from dismissal of the complaint to a courtmartial proceeding that could lead to a reduction in a rank or a dishonorable discharge. Sometimes there’s an informal admonition by a superior officer.

There are other outcomes such

as a general discharge, or a push out the door with honorable discharge. There’s also voluntary separation by the soldier against whom a complaint was lodged.

Finally, there is nonjudicial punishment, an all-encompassing punishment at the discretion of the commander.

Florida attorney Kris Elliott specializes in military law and has represented hundreds of clients worldwide, including National Guardsmen in Pennsylvania and Ohio. A graduate of the Naval Academy, Elliott retired from active duty in 2003. Typically, Elliott said, military officials will wait to take action until civil authorities finish their investigation.

“If a civilian authority is looking at it, normally the military will look at what they are going to do,” he said. A civilian criminal conviction can prompt military disciplinary action.

Brian Clubb, a retired Marine and lawyer with the national organization Battered Women’s Justice Project, heads up a military and veteran’s program funded through federal grants.

He said domestic violence is an issue in the military, sometimes triggered by combat-related conditions such as substance abuse and depression or post-traumatic stress disorder and drug abuse.

Generally, if someone is active or reserve duty, a domestic violence protection order is not going to get them discharged from the military, Clubb said. However, he said, if somebody is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony domestic violence offense, it will eventually trigger a discharge.

Other experts say the existence of a civil protection order, in some cases, could lead to revocation of security clearance.

An official who has dealt with military discipline said there is often considerable subjectivity involved. Cases can be decided merely on the basis of what’s in the best interest of the Army or on “conduct unbecoming,” even for noncommissioned officers — those who have not earned a commission, such as a sergeant like Miccarelli.

The complaint filed by the women’s lawyers with the National Guard asks for an investigation to be conducted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and appropriate military discipline.

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Wine sales grow While total wine sales at state-owned stores slowed countywide between 2013 and 2015, they shot up nearly 18 percent in 2016 and 24 percent in 2017 at the Licensee Service Center — a stateowned warehouse-type store in Wilkes-Barre where most retailers buy large quantities of wine and spirits.

The uptick in 2016 service center sales makes sense, because that’s when many stores with newly acquired wine permits began stocking up.

Wine sales statewide increased about 9 percent in 2016 and about 20 percent in 2017, data showed.

Shawn Kelly, press secretary for the LCB, cautioned that it’s difficult to gauge the exact impact of wine sales in grocery stores and convenience stores on stateowned stores.

“While comparing sales figures from year to year can show overall trends, it’s difficult to do a direct comparison from one year to the next because a variety of factors can impact sales,” Kelly said.

For example, calendar events such as holidays can shift sales patterns, and the weather as well as the overall state of the economy can impact customer buying habits.

The LCB has expanded hours at some stores and rebranded others, and sometimes that rebranding work was done while the store remained open, potentially affecting sales there, Kelly said.

Kelly also noted that Pennsylvania consumers have access to more direct wine shipping opportunities thanks to Act 39, and that has an impact that is difficult to measure.

Hazleton area sales Rebranding of a Hazle Twp. store in 2016 made it difficult to gauge any effect that wine sales at Weis Markets and a handful of convenient stores in southern Luzerne County might have had when they began selling wine in 2017.

Combined wine sales at the three state-owned stores in the Hazleton area climbed steadily at an annual rate of about 1.6 percent between 2013 and 2016 and then spiked in 2017, growing 5.7 percent over 2016 sales.

But the highest-volume state-owned store, located in the Church Hill Mall in Hazle Twp., was closed for rebranding for several

owned store shelves.

They can’t buy the wine directly from a distributor at considerably lower prices like store owners in other states can, Moher said.

The prices at a service center are the same as at a Fine Wine & Good Spirits shop, and licensees receive a 10 percent discount off the retail prices the general public pays, whether they buy it at a wine-and-spirits shop or service center.

But the privately owned stores must retain 2 percent of their wine sales to go toward the cost of the wine permit renewal for the next year, so the profit margin drops to 8 percent. Labor and overhead further eat into profit, Fasula said.

Moher said that in an effort to remain competitive with state-owned stores, Gerrity’s sells all of its wine at the same price as statemarK moraN / STaFF pHoTograpHer owned stores, except for The Gerrity’s Supermarket location in Hanover Twp. is one of several in the chain to sell wine. Co-owner Joe when they are put on sale.

Fasula said the move was worth it in stores that had space.

months in 2016, which skewed sales trends for that year.

Sales shot up at the stateowned stores in Hazleton and West Hazleton in the months that the Hazle Twp. store was closed.

Additionally, it’s likely that privately owned stores in the Hazleton area purchased wine at the local state-owned stores rather send employees to the Licensee Service Center in Wilkes-Barre.

Grocery store sales Joe Fasula, co-owner of Gerrity’s Supermarkets, said obtaining a wine expanded permit at a cost of $2,000 and stocking shelves with a selection that will appeal to customers “is definitely worth it if you have the space in the store.”

The Gerrity’s in Hanover Twp. had the space available and obtained a permit in 2016.

“We’ve allotted over 2,000 square feet. Sales certainly are there and the customers appreciate it.

While the Scranton store can’t accommodate the space needed for wine, beer and the seating required by the LCB, the Clarks Summit store has the space and is performing well,” Fasula said.

The offerings in Hanover Twp. and Clarks Summit are such a hit with customers, the family supermarket chain will open beer and wine departments at the Luzerne store later this month, and at the Wyoming

Limiting competition

LUZErNE CoUNTY WINE SaLES Year

State store LSC wine wine sales sales

Total wine sales

$19,411,109

State store LSC sales sales growth growth

Total wine sales growth

2013

$18,372,526

$1,038,583

2014

$19,116,639

$1,001,183

$20,117,822

4.1%

-3.6%

3.6%

2015

$19,689,024

$1,102,297

$20,791,321

3%

10.1%

3.3%

2016

$20,070,033

$1,297,394

$21,367,427

1.9%

17.7%

2.8%

2017

$19,573,140

$1,611,479

$21,184,619

-2.5%

24.2%

-0.9%

Source: PennSylvania liquor control Board

THE BIG SELLErS

THE Top BraNDS

according to the pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the following wines and liquors were the top sellers in the state in the 2016-2017 financial year.

Wines 1. Kendall-Jackson Vr CHardonnay (750 ml) 2. apothic red (750 ml) 3. Cavit pinot grigio (1.5 liter) 4. Woodbridge Chardonnay (1.5 liter) 5. Barefoot moscato (1.5 liter) 6. Barefoot pinot grigio (1.5 liter) 7. Sutter Home White Zinfandel (1.5 liter) 8. Cavit roscato rosso Dolce (750 ml) 9. Barefoot Chardonnay (1.5 liter) 10. Barefoot moscato (750 ml) Liquors 1. Tito’s Handmade Vodka (750 ml) 2. Captain morgan original Spiced rum (750 ml) 3. Nikolai Vodka (375 ml) 4. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey (750 ml) 5. Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey (750 ml) 6. Jacquin’s Vodka (375 ml) 7. Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey (50 ml) 8. Crown russe Vodka peT (1.75 liter) 9. Vladimir Vodka (1.75 liter) 10. absolut Vodka (750 ml)

according to the pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the following brands of wine and liquor were the top sellers in the state in the 2016-2017 financial year.

Wine 1. Barefoot 2. Sutter Home 3. Woodbridge 4. Franzia 5. Yellow Tail 6. Cavit 7. Beringer 8. Cupcake Vineyards 9. Kendall-Jackson 10. Carlo rossi Liquors 1. Jacquin’s 2. Captain morgan 3. Smirnoff 4. Bacardi 5. Jack Daniel’s 6. Nikolai 7. e&J 8. Fireball 9. Tito’s 10. absolut

store around Labor Day, Fasula said.

The only downside to wine sales for the company is that it’s “very difficult to make a profit. The margins are razor thin,” Fasula said.

Kevin Moher, who the Fasulas hired to manage

wine and beer sales at all t h e i r s t o r e l o c a t i o n s, explained that the liquor reform law “seems to put a lot of regulations on us” that make it difficult to be competitive with stateowned stores and other privately owned stores.

Strict regulations

But even when they are on sale, privately owned stores aren’t permitted to advertise the reduced price as a “sale price.”

All they’re allowed to do is indicate the price the state-owned stores are charging for the wine somewhere on the sale ticket along with the price that the private store is charging, Moher said.

One of the few advantages their stores have over state-owned stores, Fasula and Moher said, is carrying a much larger selection of wines from local vineyards and Pennsylvania wineries in general.

Moher said he’d like to see retailer purchase restrictions further loosened to increase competition and lower prices for customers.

A spokesperson for state House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, who was the prime sponsor for the 2016 liquor reform bill, did not immediately return a call seeking comment for this story.

Many legislators cited loss of state revenue and good-paying union jobs held by state-owned store employees if state-owned stores were forced to close.

Dunn, the shopper at Wegmans, said he’d like to see “more competition and less government involvement” in alcohol sales in general. “I think it’d be great for the customers.”

Moher said retailers are only per mitted to buy wine for resale from a state-owned store or service center or directly from a Pennsylvania win- Contact the writer: ery, unless it’s wine that’s smocarsky@citizensvoice.com not normally sold on state- 570-821-2110, @mocarskyCV

GUNS: Polls showing little disagreement among Democrats From page a1

Eastman, director of a children’s nonprofit group and a community college board member, has focused her message on suburban women and young people.

She and other progressives, energized by rallies across the country, say they the best way to turn out voters is to offer a contrast to pro-gun Republicans.

“Women have had it with what’s going on,” said Crystal Rhoades, the Douglas County Democratic Party chairwoman who supports Eastman. “They’re mad that they have to worry about sending their kids to school out of fear they’ll be murdered.”

Polling shows there’s little disagreement among Democrats on the question of stricter gun laws.

A poll last month by The Associated Press-NORC Cent er for P u bl i c A f f ai rs Research found that 69 percent of those surveyed, including 90 percent of Democrats, think gun laws in the U.S. should be tightened.

There are political risks.

The Omaha district represented by Republican Don Bacon has a healthy number of gun owners, and that could make Eastman’s call

for comprehensive gun control a problem for her if she advances to the general election. The GOP-leaning district includes a portion of a rural county south of the city where many active duty and retired military personnel from Offutt Air Force Base live.

“I don’t think their mindset has changed. If you’re pro-gun, you’re still progun,” said Charlene Ligon, the Democratic chairwoman in rural Sarpy County. “And there are a lot of people with guns around here.”

In a northern Virginia swing district, all six Democrats who hope to challenge the Republican incumbent, Barbara Comstock, want to ban assault rifles and expand background checks for gun buyers. In 2016, Comstock’s Democratic opponent endorsed only modest changes.

Last month, Democrat Conor Lamb won a special congressional election in southwestern Pennsylvania in which he advocated expanded backg round checks, a once disqualifying position in a district that Donald Trump won by 20 percentage points in 2016.

Lamb stopped short of embracing an assault weapons ban, though Sen. Bob

Casey, D-Pa., has joined the call. And longtime gun advocate Joe Manchin, a Democratic senator from West Virginia, led an unsuccessful effort to expand background checks in 2015.

“It certainly seems to be a realignment of what was viewed as politically expedient,” said Andrew Patrick of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. “This is no longer a liability for Democrats.”

While Nebraska’s Ashford advocated some gun control measures during two terms in the state Legislature, he said during a 2016 debate with Bacon, “I don’t think we should ban assault weapons.”

In Washington, Ashford did not join lawmakers from both parties in backing legislation to expand background checks, saying any gun measures would have proved futile in the GOP-controlled House. Nor did he go along with about 150 Democratic co-sponsors on a measure to ban assault rifles after the shooting in San Bernardino, California, in 2015.

“I had no belief that putting a lot of effort in an assault weapons ban would get us anywhere,” Ashford said in an Associated Press interview. “I had sort of lost faith in our ability to

geNe J. puSKar / aSSoCiaTeD preSS

Conor Lamb, a Democrat, won a special election in southwestern Pennsylvania last month where he advocated for expanded gun background checks. ever get there.”

The students in Florida and elsewhere who mobilized after the Parkland shooting have changed Ashford’s mind.

“The Parkland thing, now I just feel reinvigorated, and I would vote for an assault weapons ban, today,” he said.

Eastman, his primary opponent, is keeping the pressure on.

She accuses Ashford of being on both sides of the issue at a time when voters, especially young people and parents, demand action. And she’s ready to delivery, saying she supports an assault

weapons ban, universal background checks and an automatic waiting period between purchase and delivery.

“I’m talking to voters, they are frustrated with that and are looking for someone who stands by their convictions,” she said.

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Geisinger boots Coordinated from health plan

BY Jon o’conneLL STAFF WRITER

A turf war is cutting off Mark Dodgson from the doctors who cared for his arthritis and bad back for the last 20 years.

He anticipates needing a second knee replacement soon, but he likely needs a new orthopedic surgeon, too, now that Geisinger’s health insurance plan is booting Coordinated Health from its network.

The announcement came quietly in February, in a letter notifying Geisinger Health Plan members that, beginning May 25, Scranton Orthopaedic Specialists, a Dickson City orthopedic group recently acquired by Coordinated and now called Coordinated Health Scranton Orthopedics, would no longer be in-network.

Dodgson, 62, of Archbald, received a letter, too. The idea of switching providers for his orthopedic needs after two decades puts him on edge.

“I get that business is business, but I thought health care was supposed to be a little bit different,” he said. “I thought doctors were supposed to determine our treatment and not insurance companies.”

Ahead of the move, Geisinger fortified its regional position in musculoskeletal health and acquired Professional Orthopaedic Associates in Scranton, now called Geisinger Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Scranton.

The partnership ensures that

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Spine surgeon Dr. Alan P. Gillick talks with patient Mark Dodgson, 62, of Archbald, at Coordinated Health Scranton Orthopedics in Dickson City. Dodgson has been a patient there for 20 years.

Geisinger orthopedic doctors are available to serve Lackawanna County patients, Geisinger Health Plan spokesman Mark Gilger said in an emailed statement.

“When making decisions about the composition of our networks, we focus on ensuring that our members will have ready access to care and also consider providers’ ability to work with us to improve the quality of a member’s health care experience,” he said. “Most importantly, our physician network should have the ability to improve health care outcomes.”

Coordinated officials, who say it was Geisinger’s decision to part ways, pledged to bill around 6,000 affected Geisinger Health Plan members at the in-network rate, including those who have Geisinger Medicaid plans.

Geisinger Health Plan covers about 10 percent to 15 percent of Scranton Orthopedics’ patients, said orthopedic surgeon Dr. Har ry Schmaltz, so the discounted rate likely has an expiration date.

“It’s probably not sustainable forever,” he said. “We’re probably going to continue for this calendar year.”

Geisinger, a nonprofit health system, made an identical move in December in the Lehigh Valley where Coordinated is headquartered and where Geisinger forged ties with St. Luke’s University Health Network, one of two major health systems in that area, The Morning Call newspaper reported in February.

The decision there affected about 5,000 patients. Coordinated officials say that

patient groups in the Lehigh Valley and the northeast likely overlap.

The separation, which Coordinated officials say caught them off guard in both markets, smacks of another recent competitor standoff involving Geisinger.

In January, for-profit Commonwealth Health cut academic ties with the Scrantonbased Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine over an insurance dispute.

Both sides failed to reach an agreement on insurance incentives for Geisinger employees, who are covered under Geisinger Health Plan, to see Commonwealth doctors.

The quarrel ended what was a symbiotic partnership seemingly centered on training new doctors.

By cutting out other providers, Geisinger is narrowing its network, a strategy that grew popular in the wake of the Affordable Care Act as a way to curb costs.

Narrow networks limit what doctors a patient can see, and steer them toward lower cost alternatives.

However, as health systems expand and integrate to hold both the medical care and the insurance plans to pay for it, a narrow network could mean that the money never really leaves, and that’s a big incentive, one health care economist said, speaking in general terms about integrated systems.

“It’s pretty clear, they’d much rather have things stay

inside to capture as much as possible,” said Mar tin Gaynor, Ph.D., at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He noted that health care makes up one-fifth of the U.S. economy.

“It’s important to remember this is a really big business,” he said. “It’s pretty simple; you just have to follow the money.”

Coordinated, a smaller specialty health system of 1,400 employees including about 100 physicians with a heavy focus on orthopedics, is strengthening its foothold in the northeast, already a battleground market where Geisinger has an established presence. Across its network, Geisinger has more than 30,000 employees.

“From our point of view, this has more to do with the planned growth of CH (Coordinated Health) in the region,” said Coordinated Chief Integration Officer Amy Nyberg. “Our intention is to bring down health care costs while simultaneously creating access for patients in the region, and to create an alternative provider for patients. And, this sudden shift in Geisinger’s health plan network is an attempt to stop this from happening.”

Advocates for integration claim that it provides better care at a lower cost, but that typically doesn’t shake out in the big picture, Gaynor said.

“That may be true for certain systems, but on average the evidence does not support that claim,” he said, again

Slopes closed: Montage holds final day of skiing BY fRanK wiLKes LesnefsKY STAFF WRITER

SCRANTON — Not many 6-year-olds can say they skied down a double black diamond slope, but PJ Calabro conquered the difficult terrain during Montage Mountain’s final day of the season on Saturday.

“It was scary ... fun,” he said.

PJ and his dad, Pete Calabro, of Clarks Summit, ski together every weekend. Calabro started skiing 35 years ago, and he got his son started three years ago. In February, PJ completed his first black diamond, and on Saturday, making it down Smoke — a double black diamond trail — was the highlight of his season, he said.

“This has been his moment,” his dad said. “This has been the season where he learned how to turn. He

learned how to stop ... he’s a fully functional skier now.”

For Calabro, skiing feels like “a layperson’s skydiving.”

“It’s a good adrenaline rush,” he said. “It also gets you through the NEPA winter without complaining.”

Sunny skies and cool temperatures proved to be ideal conditions for families to come out and hit the slopes one last time.

Saturday’s high temperature was 42 and the low was 30, said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Bob Smerbeck.

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A 2015 National Academy of Social Insurance report that found integrated systems actually raise physician and hospital costs per capita and reduce operating margins and capital returns.

Schmaltz and Nyberg said Coordinated’s size gives it a competitive edge, and allows it to be nimble and innovate, which is better for health care.

“If we can provide excellent quality outcomes to patients and a good patient experience, there’s going to be room for us,” Schmaltz said. “We’re worried about the narrow networks, but we’re not afraid to compete in that world. We think we can do that effectively if we give people what they want.”

Being small, however, is not always an asset when squaring off with a system 20 times larger.

With the inevitable divorce looming, Dodgson said he is bracing for what he expects might be a big switch, including a whole panel of tests and MRIs to get his new doctors up to speed.

“Here’s the bottom line,” he said. “If they make this change, obviously, I can’t afford to go to Scranton Orthopedics because my employer, who I get my health care through, has Geisinger. Basically I have to go back to square one.” contact the writer: oconnell@timesshamrock.com 570-348-9131; @jon_oc

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Caleb Grossman, 14, of Swoyersville, skies down the slopes on the last day at No charges were immediMontage Mountain on Saturday. ately filed, but troopers say the case remains under “Montage is such a boon to investigation. the area,” he said.

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New Philadelphia museum winning battle for tourists

BY KRIStEN DE GROOt associated press

PHILADELPHIA — The Museum of the American Revolution is a year old this month and officials say it has landed a decisive victory in capturing tourists’ attention in a city with lots of revolutionary competition.

In honor of its first birthday on April 19, also the anniversary of the shots fired at the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 that ignited the war, the museum is making some additions while holding the line on the its most popular exhibits.

“The American Revolution has always been on the razor’s edge of the culture wars. We had no idea how people were going to receive this story of the revolution as we have written it,” said Scott Stephenson, the museum’s vice president of collections, exhibitions and programming.

“But the public response has been tremendous, across the political spectrum.”

The campaign to build and open the museum closed at $173 million, when the goal was $150 million. They opened with no construction debt and have a hearty endowment in place, he said.

It’s been an extraordinary year to open a museum about the American Revolution, Stephenson said, with every-

thing from the uproar over the removal of Confederate statues to the Second Amendment debates in the wake of school shootings.

The museum’s exhibit starts with the moment in New York City where citizens pulled down the statue of King George III after hearing the Declaration of Independence read aloud. Stephenson said he’s overheard a number of debates from visitors about the toppling of statues around the country.

“Most people would agree, regardless of their political affiliation, that this is one of those moments of deep reflection of who we are as a people,” he said. “The American Revolution has incredible relevance.”

Upcoming new additions include a trip through Alexander Hamilton’s Philadelphia and the opening of the “Revolution Place Discovery Center” featuring recreated historical environments to immerse families.

On a recent morning, the museum was jam-packed with school groups, senior citizen bus tours and visitors from all over.

Bill and Amanda Hrehowsik were visiting the museum from Middletown, New Jersey, with their two sons. They were in Philadelphia for the kids’ spring break

and had already visited the Franklin Institute, gone to a Flyers hockey game and seen the Liberty Bell.

The short films and Washington’s tent were their favorites.

“I like that it has a modern twist with all the interactive exhibits, so the kids are engaged,” said Amanda Hrehowsik.

The museum was on the list of must-sees because it was new, and because 10-yearold Matthew was studying the Revolution in class.

“It’s really interesting, because there was some stuff I learned here that I didn’t learn in school,” he said.

Maud Lyon, president of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, said it’s a challenge for all Philadelphia museums to get tourists to move “beyond the bell” — meaning the Liberty Bell.

“This is a major anchor that was much needed in Philly to tell the historic story we are known for,” she said of the museum.

From her perspective, the American Revolution museum has done all the right things. Their inclusion of the previously untold roles played by Native Americans, African-Americans and women, and their interactive displays really create modern feel.

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Wolf ’s war chest stands at nearly $15 million.

The reports, due last week, were the first batch related to the May 15 primary election.

The GOP winner takes on Wolf in the Nov. 6 general election.

Wagner, the state Republican Party’s endorsed candidate, is the closest to Wolf in terms of campaign money.

He raised nearly $2.8 million, nearly all of which came from his own donations. Wagner, a state senator and successful businessman from York County, has $6.2 million left in the campaign bank.

But, even as the presumed front-runner, he’s going to have to keep tapping it to fend off his primary opponents, said Thomas Baldino, a Wilkes University political science professor.

“He’s likely to win,” Baldino said of Wagner. “But it’ll be important for him to show he wins handily to prove himself a credible opponent to Wolf.

He’s going to have to continue to spend.”

Here’s a snapshot of campaign finance reports: Ellsworth is a Pittsburgh area attorney whose platform and demeanor skews to the moderate side of GOP politics — especially compared to her opponents.

She raised $368,153 — 68 percent of it from her own pocket.

Her fundraising and a $250,000 personal donation was added to the $417,245 she already had in her account from 2017.

She spent $351,239. Part of that included $32,000 for focus groups and $24,000 for media buys.

Ellsworth’s committee was left with $434,158 — not including $354,739 in debts.

Mango is a retired health care consultant and former Army Ranger. He is angling for votes among the party’s socially conservative voters. He opposes abortion and has publicly agreed with a minister’s assertion school teachers push a liberal agenda that seeks to indoctrinate children into “homosexual” and “transgender” political agendas.

A resident of the Pittsburgh suburbs, Mango entered 2018 with a war chest brimming with $5.5 million — most of which was his own money.

During the latest reporting period, Mango raised another $572,796. That total included $275,000 of his own money and another $200,000 loan from a neighbor, Patrick Hampson,

who founded and ran various healthcare companies in western Pennsylvania.

Mango spent $1.9 million on media consulting and advertising, and another $900,000 on payroll and other expenses.

He has about $3.3 million left.

Wagner ended 2017 with $5.9 million and a third of that total was his own money.

He has since used more of his own money to backstop his campaign, including $1.5 million from a campaign-related brokerage account.

Wagner is a fiscal conservative whose main business venture is Penn Waste, a trash and recycling company that operates in central Pennsylvania.

His campaign largely focuses on state financial and regulatory matters, but also veers into social issues such as abortion, which Wagner has opposed on the stump.

On the campaign trail, Wagner often says he got into government because he was tired of “being an ATM machine” for politicians who would hit him up for donations. Since being in the Senate, Wagner has continued to give to other candidates and also led the Senate Republican Campaign Committee.

But Wagner also has publicly accused other GOP lawmakers of dishonesty and gouging taxpayers — and those type of comments may be why he is not getting much financial help from other GOP lawmakers, many of whom may be in for their own tough campaigns. Wagner received just $6,000 from two Republican candidates’ political action committees.

Wagner’s two largest independent donations were $50,000 each. One came from a retired doctor in Baltimore and the other from Jay Cleveland Jr., whose western Pennsylvania company sells and rents construction equipment.

Wagner spent $2.6 million, about half of which was for large media buys.

Mango’s and Wagner’s decisions to self fund their campaigns comes from Wolf’s playbook. Wolf, a wealthy businessman from York County, used his own money to propel himself to victory in the 2014 Democratic primary and ultimately a general election win over incumbent GOP Gov. Tom Corbett.

As he seeks re-election, Wolf is relying on campaign contributions.

Some of Wolf ’s biggest donors are reflective of his policies. For example, Wolf

advocates for increased school funding. Three different teachers unions have given Wolf’s campaign a combined $760,000. Other public and private-workforce unions gave Wolf an additional $2.35 million.

Wolf ’s largest individual donation, $250,000, came from Michael Rubin, CEO of Kynetic, an online e-commerce company in Conshohocken, Montgomery County.

Wolf spent $490,298 to produce and air television commercials, leaving him with $14.9 million.

The next campaign finance report is due May 4.

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One killed in fire at Trump Tower Fire officials say a man has been killed in in a raging apartment fire at Trump Tower in New York City. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro says a 50thfloor apartment at the midtown tower was “virtually entirely on fire” when firefighters arrived after 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Fire officials say a man who was in the apartment was taken to a hospital and later died.

Four firefighters suffered minor injuries.

President Donald Trump tweeted earlier that the fire was “Very confined (well built building).”

Trump’s business is based at Trump Tower and his residence is there, but he has spent little time in New York since taking office.

Nigro says no member of the Trump family was at the building on Saturday. He says about 200 firefighters battled the blaze.

Van rams crowd, killing 2 Driver shoots and kills self after crash at German bar

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER AND FERDINAND OSTROP AssociAted Press

MUENSTER, Germany — A van crashed into people drinking outside a popular bar Saturday in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and injuring 20 others before the driver of the vehicle shot and killed himself inside it, police said.

A top German security official said there was no indication of an Islamic extremist motive, but officials were investigating all possibilities in the deadly crash that took place at 3:27 p.m. on a warm spring day.

Witnesses said people ran away screaming from the city square after the crash.

Police quickly set up a large cordoned-off area for their investigation and ambulanc-

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A police officer secures the crime scene Saturday after a car crashed into a group of people in Muenster, Germany. es rushed to the site.

Six of the 20 injured were in severe condition, according to police spokesman Andreas Bode.

Herbert Reul, the interior minister of North Rhine-

Westphalia state, where Muenster is located, said the driver of the gray van was a German citizen. He stressed that the investigation was at an early stage but said “at the moment, nothing speaks for

there being any Islamist background.”

“We have to wait, and we are investigating in all directions,” Reul said, adding that it was clearly not an accident.

Reul said two people were killed in the crash and the driver killed himself — lower than the earlier police toll of three dead plus the driver.

Police spokesman Peter Nuessmeyer told The Associated Press he could not confirm German media reports that the perpetrator reportedly had psychological issues.

Bode told reporters that police were checking witness reports that other perpetrators might have fled from the van at the scene. Hours later, police spokeswoman Vanessa Arlt said “we didn’t find anything (to those reports) but we’re still investigating in all directions

Koreas talking about talking

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Diplomat faces child-porn charges The Vatican on Saturday arrested a diplomat recalled from Washington last year amid investigations in the United States, Canada and the Vatican for possession of child pornography.

A Vatican statement said Monsignor Carlo Capella was being held in gendarmerie barracks inside the Vatican.

Police in Windsor, Ontario, said Capella uploaded child porn from DiNARDO a social networking site while visiting a place of worship during the 2016 Christmas holiday. In the statement, Windsor police accused Capella of accessing, possessing and distributing child pornography.

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Earthquakes rattle three states A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Oklahoma on Saturday and was also felt in neighboring Kansas and Missouri, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

It was one of four earthquakes recorded in northwest Oklahoma on Saturday morning. There were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage.

Many of the thousands of earthquakes in Oklahoma in recent years have been linked to the underground injection of wastewater from oil and natural gas production. State regulators have directed several producers to close or reduce volumes in some wells.

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil

Former president turns himself in Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was taken into police custody Saturday after a tense showdown with his own supporters.

Hours earlier, da Silva said he would turn himself in to police, but also mainDA SILVA tained his innocence and argued his corruption conviction was simply a way for enemies to make sure he doesn’t run for re-election in October.

Supporters initially blocked a gate where a car carrying da Silva was trying to exit.

— ASSOCIATED PRESS

and not excluding anything.”

Police tweeted that residents should “avoid the area near the Kiepenkerl pub” in the city’s historic downtown area where a large-scale police operation was underway.

Police also said they found a suspicious object in the van that they were examining to see if it was dangerous. They told German news agency dpa that was the reason authorities cordoned off such a large area.

The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said the suspect’s apartment was being searched Saturday night for possible explosives.

The Muenster University Hospital put out an urgent call for citizens to donate blood — and so many people rushed to help that long lines of donors formed. The hospital canceled the call after only an hour.

Ahead of summit, nations discuss hotline, communication issues.

By KIM TONG-HyUNG AssociAted Press

AssociAted Press

Trucks cross the Friendship Bridge connecting China and North Korea in the Chinese border town of Dandong, opposite the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on Sept. 4.

Thank China for softening North Beijing’s pressure on Pyongyang seen as key element in bringing Kim to table.

By ERIC TALMADGE AssociAted Press

TOKYO — As the U.S.North Korea summit looms, President Donald Trump’s maximum-pressure policy on North Korea may be working — thanks to China.

Beijing appears to have gone well beyond U.N. sanctions on its unruly neighbor, reducing its total imports from North Korea in the first two months this year by 78.5 and 86.1 percent in value — a decline that began in late 2017, according to the latest trade data from China. Its exports to the North also dropped by 33 percent to 34 percent both months.

The figures suggest that instead of being sidelined while North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his surprising diplomatic overtures to Seoul and Washington, China’s sustained game of hardball on trade with Pyongyang going back at least five months may have been the decisive factor in forcing Kim’s hand.

Trade with China is absolutely crucial to North K o r e a ’ s s u r v iv a l . I t accounts for the largest

share of the North’s dealings with the outside world and provides a lifeline to many of the necessities Pyongyang relies on to keep its nation fed and its economy from breaking down.

Estimates vary, but it is believed that roughly half of all transactions in the North Korean economy are made in foreign currencies, with the Chinese yuan being the most common.

That gives Beijing tremendous leverage, though for political and national security reasons it has generally been reluctant to exert too much pressure on Pyongyang.

That reluctance is clearly wearing thin.

The statistics need to be taken with a dose of caution.

Neither country is known for its commitment to transparency. Even so, more specific data reveal an even tougher, targeted crackdown, according to Alex Wolf, a senior emerging markets economist with Aberdeen Standard Investments: ■ China’s exports of refined petroleum have collapsed over the past five

Economist: Embargo may have forced Kim’s hand Georgetown University economist William Brown said he believes north Korea’s current account deficit has risen dramatically since the strengthening last november of sanctions on the north’s exports by china, which he said are by now “certainly biting.”

“Why is Kim venturing his offer now? My impression is he is feeling

AssociAted Press FiLe

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping meet March 28 at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. months — to an annual rate of less than 4 percent of what it exported last year.

With the pace on a downward trend, he believes, total exports could actually fall further.

■ North Korean steel imports from China have also collapsed in 2018, and the same goes for cars. Wolf notes that it’s unclear if China is blocking such exports or North Korea simply can’t affordthem.Buteitherone,he wrote in a recent report for the company, would be a clear signal the North’s economy is “under a great deal of stress.”

“While China’s role ... has

very strong pressure from china’s virtual embargo on north Korea’s exports, and what he must see as a gradual ratcheting down of needed imports, even petroleum,” Brown wrote in a recent blog post. “this is an enormous economic hit of a sort the country has never had to deal with on this scale.”

Brown believes an important indicator of the north’s economic health will be movement of the unofficial but wide-

often been overlooked or little understood, it appears a strategy could be emerging: China wants to play a central role in ‘resolving’ this crisis,” he wrote.

Kim announced in his New Year’s address he would reach out to the South to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. He then agreed to hold a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on April 27 and with Trump after that. But to the surprise of many, Kim suddenly showed up in Beijing first for a summit with President Xi Jinping last month.

ly used exchange rate for the north Korean currency, which has been surprisingly stable at around 8,000 to the U.s. dollar for years but should now be under intense inflationary pressure. “china is giving us the chance, and (we should) use it cleverly to get what we want out of the nuclear program and systemic reform,” he added. “it’s not so impossible if you realize everyone, even young Kim, can benefit.”

— ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea on Saturday held talks over establishing a telephone hotline between their leaders and other communication issues ahead of a rare summit between the rivals later this month.

The closed-door t a l k s b e t we e n working-level officials at a border village were part MOON of preparatory discussions to set up the April 27 summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The meeting, only the third summit between the Koreas since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, could prove to be significant in the global diplomatic push to resolve the standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program.

A summit between Kim and President Donald Trump is anticipated in May. Before Saturday’s meeting, South Korea didn’t specify what would be discussed other than the hotline between the leaders. The Koreas have agreed not to disclose the contents of their preparatory talks until they reach an agreement, Moon’s office said. The Koreas agreed on the date of the summit in a high-level meeting last week.

South Korea, which has shuttled between Pyongyang and Washington to set up the talks, said Kim had expressed willingness to talk about giving up nuclear weapons during his upcoming meetings with Moon and Trump.

The North has yet to officially confirm such intent or Kim’s interest in meeting Trump.

Kim last month made a surprise visit to Beijing and met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a move widely seen as strengthening the North’s position ahead of his talks with Moon and Trump. China, North Korea’s only major ally and main economic lifeline, has been calling for a “dual suspension” of North Korean nuclear and missile activities in return for the United States and South Korea suspending their large-scale military exercises.

The Koreas earlier this week held separate working-level discussions on the protocol, security and media coverage issues of the inter-Korean summit. The countries will hold at least one more meeting on these issues to discuss the summit’s agenda.

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For-profit colleges struggle despite assist from DeVos

By MARIA DANILOVA AND RICHARD LARDNER AssociAted Press

WASHINGTON — The forprofit college industry is struggling under the weight of declining enrollment, stiff competition from traditional universities and an image battered by past misdeeds, even as the Trump administration tries to offer a helping hand.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has hired several industry insiders and frozen Obama-era regulations that would have increased protections for students. She has reduced loan forgiveness relief for some former students defrauded by their schools, meaning that the forprofit industry could be on the hook for less. And she is considering reinstating an ousted oversight agency for many for-profit colleges.

“There is a serious attempt by this department to find that appropriate fair balance for both students and schools,” Steve Gunderson, president of Career Education Colleges and Universities, the industry lobbying group, said in an interview.

But Timothy Lutts, president of the Cabot Wealth Network in Salem, Massachusetts, sees an industry in decline. An improving economy has led to lagging enrollment as adult students return to the workplace instead of seeking a degree to burnish their resumes, he said. Forprofit colleges now also compete with nonprofit schools that offer online degree programs without the stigma that still haunts money-making schools.

“It was a great sector a decade ago,” Lutts said. “For for-profit schools, the tide is still going out.”

Student enrollment at

most four-year for-profit colleges fell in 2017 to just over 901,000, down nearly 69,000 from the year before, according to data compiled by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. It’s a downward trend that began in the fall of 2010.

The falling numbers have led to upheaval.

Adtalem Global Education in December unloaded DeVry University by transferring ownership of the struggling school at no cost to a small for-profit education company in California. The move came a year after DeVry agreed to a $100 million settlement to resolve a Federal Trade Com-

hired as a senior policy adviser this month, used to lobby for Career Education Corporation, a major for-profit operator.

“What we have here is essentially an embrace of that industry by the Trump administration,” said Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis. “If the concern is that a whole industry has been exploiting the situation, you wouldn’t want any one from that industry being involved in any regulation, you would be skeptical.”

Paul Peterson, a professor of education at Harvard University, said DeVos’ hiring decisions were not unusual.

Historically, U.S. administrations have tended to fill many positions with people outside the government sector in order to bring new energy and perspective, with Democrats traditionally relying most on lawyers and academics, while Republicans picking industry practitioners.

“You don’t want people running the government who don’t know anything about the sector,” Peterson said. mission lawsuit alleging the Education Department school misled students through deceptive ads.

Corinthian Colleges collapsed in 2015 and ITT Technical Institute a year later.

Donald Trump’s election as president had held the promise of heady times for the industry. After all, he was the founder of Trump University.

Among the DeVos hires are senior counselor Robert Eitel, who served as an attorney for Bridgepoint Education; Julian Schmoke, the top financial enforcement official, who once worked as an academic dean at DeVry; and Diane Auer Jones, who was

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The success of the 2020 census, which will be the first to include an online survey, could hinge on a single “dress rehearsal” underway right now in Rhode Island — and so far, many locals aren’t impressed.

Providence County, the state’s most populous, is the only place where the Census Bureau is running a full test, after plans to test two other sites this year were canceled because of a lack of funding from Congress. A planned question about citizenship that has states suing the federal government isn’t on the test.

Several elected officials and leaders of advocacy and community groups this week held an “emergency press conference” to raise concerns, which include a shortage of publicity around the test and its limited language outreach in an immigrantheavy county, with large communities from countries including the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Portugal and Cape Verde.

“If we don’t get it right here, then the country’s not going to get it right,” Democratic Lt. Gov. Dan McKee warned.

The concerns in Rhode Island are the latest evidence of mounting apprehension over the 2020 census. Seventeen states and six cities, including Rhode Island and its largest city, Providence, sued the federal government on Tuesday to block a question the administration of Republican President Donald Trump announced last month it would ask about citizenship.

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Entities that use census data worry about including a question on the census without testing it first.

“Adding a question at this late stage of the Census process does not allow time for adequate testing to incorporate new questions, particularly if the testing reveals substantial problems,” the American Statistical Association wrote in a January letter to the federal government.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said he added the citizenship question at the request of the Justice Department to provide a more accurate tally of the number of voting-eligible residents in each neighborhood. Many Democratic officials and advocacy groups fear the question will scare people away from participating because they view the Trump administration as hostile to immig rants, diminishing the survey’s overall accuracy.

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Census Bureau officials say that the Rhode Island test is on track, and that they’re focused on ensuring new technology works, including a smartphone app being used by canvassers and cloud computing.

“There’s things that aren’t exactly the way they need to be. But we’re learning that; we’re making the changes on the fly,” said Jeff Behler, a regional Census Bureau director who is overseeing the test. “We’re getting some very critical information about changes that we need to make. And we have time to do that.”

In the test, which began March 16, 280,000 homes in Providence County are receiving snail-mail letters that direct residents to a survey website or toll-free phone number. There, they can complete the survey, which includes questions including about age, race and ethnicity.

People may also call to get a paper version of the census sent to them, but census officials hope most will do it online because it is less expensive.

A response is legally required. Those who don’t respond on their own will get a personal visit, with doorknocking scheduled through July, Behler said. Census workers who visit homes will use a new smartphone app, instead of paper forms, to enter information they collect in person.

But Erika Colon, a 35-year old mother of three in Boston, said the federal government should increase oversight and tighten controls of for-profit schools. Colon, 35, took out about $15,000 in loans to get a certificate as a medical administrative assistant at one of the Corinthian Colleges schools. She said she received a low-quality education, could not get a job and ended up retraining in a related field at a different school — only then getting hired by a hospital.

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press secretary Liz Hill said individuals hired had long careers before and after their work in the for-profit sector.

“In addition to being highly qualified, they are carefully complying with all ethical requirements and have recused themselves when appropriate,” Hill said in a statement.

She said DeVos was focused on expanding education options for students and that the schools’ tax status was irrelevant to the quality of their education. “The one question we should be asking is whether or not an education institution is serving students well, not how it filed paperwork with the IRS,” Hill said.

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NIPAWIN, Saskatchewan — A semi-trailer slammed into a bus carrying a youth hockey team in western Canada, killing 15 people and injuring 14 in a catastrophic collision that a doctor compared to an airstrike and left the vehicles obliterated in the snow. The crash sent shockwaves through the team’s small hometown and a country united by the national sport.

Canadians were moved to tears on Saturday as they learned of the identities of the deceased on the bus that was driving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team to a crucial playoff game Friday against the Nipawin Hawks.

“An entire country is in shock and mourning,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. “This is every parent’s worst nightmare. No one should ever have to see their child leave to play the sport they love and never come back.”

The bus had 29 passengers, including the driver, when it crashed at about 5 p.m. on Highway 35, police said.

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Humboldt mayor Rob Muench, in the Broncos team jersey, along with other mourners lay down flowers Saturday on the stairs that enter to Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos, in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. and radio announcer Tyler Bieber. Authorities earlier said three were in critical condition but later provided an update to say that 15 have now died.

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Police Assistant Commissioner Curtis Zablocki said it’s too early to state a cause for the crash.

In a tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump said he called Trudeau to offer his condolences to the families of victims.

Darren Opp, president of the Nipawin Hawks, said a semi T-boned the players’ bus — an account police confirmed.

“It’s a horrible accident, my God,” Opp said.

Hassan Masri, an emergency room doctor at Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital who has done work in war-torn Syria, said the crash reminded him of an airstrike.

Photographs of the wreck-

age showed the twisted trailer with most of its wheels in the air and the bus on its side and its back portion destroyed. The force of the crash sent both vehicles into the ditch at the northwest corner of the intersection.

Aerial footage showed the bus on its side, its roof peeled back and its front end destroyed. The trailer of the truck lay nearby in a shattered mess, with bags of its peat moss cargo scattered all around. The tractor part of the truck was intact, lying on its passenger side.

The tractor-trailer would have had to yield to a stop sign before crossing over the highway that the hockey bus was travelling on. There is a stand of trees on the south-

east corner of the intersection, limiting visibility of the approach on both roads.

Police said a lot of issues have to be investigated, including weather conditions at the time and any mechanical issues with the vehicles.

The tragedy brought to mind an accident in 1986, when the Swift Current Broncos team bus slid off an icy highway and crashed in late December, killing four players.

The Humboldt Broncos are a close-knit team from the small city of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, which has a population of about 6,000.

Many gathered at the community center at the hockey arena there after word of the horrific crash began to circulate.

Humboldt Mayor Rob Muench, wearing a green and yellow Broncos team jersey, hugged people Saturday morning as they came to the Elger Petersen Arena in the Saskatchewan town to comfort each other and learn more.

“It’s overwhelming. It’s been tough on everybody,” Muench said in a phone interview. “We’re a small community; some of those kids have been on the team for a number of years. A lot grew up in the community and everybody knows each other.”

The team was on its way to play in Game 5 of a semifinal against the Nipawin Hawks.

Multiple crisis workers were assisting relatives and friends.

“Everybody is just so devastated. These poor young boys,” said Penny Lee, the communications manager for the town of Humboldt.

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Nation’s opioid epidemic is unprecedented

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he scope of the national opioid addiction epidemic, in which Pennsylvania is among the most seriously affected states, is unprecedented.

At least 42,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2016 and Gov. Tom Wolf, in renewing a public health emergency declaration last week, said that 5,200 Pennsylvanians died from overdoses in 2017 — more than 14 a day.

And the death toll only partially describes the misery. Record numbers of babies are born addicted; retired grandparents have been thrust back into the role of parents for young children whose parents have died. And on and on.

The scope of the problem already has prodcued an unprecedented response. It includes expanded (but still inadequate) access to treatment, establishment of a vast prescription tracking system to prevent doctor- and pharmacy-shopping, increased enforcement against traditional traffickers and unscrupulous prescribers, and allowing easy access to the antidote drug naloxone and eliminating a requirement that it could be administered only by medical professionals.

All of those big responses to a demonstrably big problem might obscure the importance of smaller measures. So it’s gratifying that Michael Arcangeletti, a graduate student in social work from Old Forge, has come up with a simple idea that cold have significant results.

He printed 1,000 cards for inclusion in prescription opioid packages, advising people that help is available if they need it, and listing those resources.

Arcangeletti’s idea is rooted in experience. He said he is a recovered addict, having been hooked first on prescription OxyContin and later, on heroin.

Now, pharmacies throughout the region have agreed to distribute the information with opioid prescriptions.

Big policies are part of the opioid fight, but it is waged every day in individual personal battles. Arcangeletti’s approach on that level should spread.

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CHEERS to the Luzerne County Transportation Authority for starting the transition from gasoline-fueled buses to vehicles that run on compressed natural gas. Natural gas is not only a cleaner-burning fuel, it is a natural resource that is produced close to home.

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JEERS to the Crestwood School Board, which conducted a forum on possible staff cuts and tax increases without allowing the public to speak, choosing instead to gather written questions to be answered later on the school district’s website. Our dictionary defines a forum as “a public meeting or lecture involving audience discussion.”

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CHEERS to all the players, coaches and organizations involved in the Wyoming Valley Athletic Association’s Dr. George P. Moses Senior All-Star Classic last week. The high school basketball all-star series has raised more than $1 million for local charities and families facing medical hardships over the past 49 years.

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JEERS to Facebook for repeatedly downplaying the extent of data breaches involving its users’ data. First it was 50 million users, then 87 million and now 2.2 billion worldwide. The breaches serve as a warning to computer users to be more careful about their online activity and more wary of any social media site’s assurances of security.

yOuR OpInIOn heels can make a woman feel good Editor: I read with interest Bonnie Wertheim’s article in Today’s Woman regarding high heels going out of fashion (March 29). Since their idea of high fashion with some of the “experts” is a pair of ripped jeans, a T-shirt, and sneakers, I’m not inclined to accept their idea of what is in style.

As Bonnie concluded, fashions come and go. Many of us respect our president’s wife for dressing “up” rather than “down.”

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were intended?

Also, increased were vehicle registration and driver’s license fees. If none of these taxes trickled down to a county level, I wonder what makes you think adding a property tax to Luzerne County vehicle owners will.

As much as I and most other citizens dislike any increase in taxes, wouldn’t $5 added to a driver’s license renewal be more equitable?

There’s not a person in the state who can drive more than one vehicle at a time.

Please realize that any amount increases the burden tax payers already bear.

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Crestwood taxpayers vehicle fee would should revolt only add to burden Editor: Why are Crest-

Editor: I would like to remind Luzerne County Manager David Pedri that the last Pennsylvania governor added a fuel tax that was to be used to improve roads and bridges in the state.

This tax brought Pennsylvania to one of the highest-fuel-taxed states in the union. Are our roads significantly improved? Did these funds all go where they

using the field house.

Why not use the money that is available now rather then waiting the approximately five years the superintendent would wait?

Because the current loan would have to be paid off.

In his statement, he said the field house money can’t be spent on teachers wages.

Everyone knows that; does he think people are stupid?

Just move the money from one construction project to another. They spent $240,000 on three acres of land for a parking lot. What revenue is that going to bring in? What revenue is a field house going to bring in? How much did it cost the school district to bring in a security specialist to tell the district what was needed?

Walls, walls, walls, walls; not a field house. No tax increase.

There should be no teachers layoffs. The superintendent and board created the problem with the loan, let them pay for it.

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wood taxpayers not revolting against the school district?

The superintendent and school board would rather spend $3.8 million on a field house rather then making the safety of the elementary schools a priority.

The safety of the elemenSouth W-B Easter tary school children should be put first. They do out- egg hunts a success number the amount of Editor: I would like to sports people that would be thank our amazing team of

partner organizations who helped to make the “special needs” and Open Easter Egg Hunts such a success on March 24. Thanks to the efforts of these wonderful people we put smiles on several hundred faces.

A special thank you goes out to the South WilkesBarre Skyhawks Soccer League, Wilkes-Barre Professional Firefighters Local 104, Rolling Mill Hill Residents’ Association, Shriner’s Children’s Hospitals of Philadelphia, Shriner’s International, NAACP Youth Council, Firwood United Methodist Church, Jack Tasker and John Barker of the TaskerHarding Insurance Group, Luzerne County Community College, Luzerne County Community College Alumni Association, Team Kistler, Kylee McGrane of the Moments of Magic Foundation, Tux of the WilkesBarre/Scranton Penguins, the Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department and the WilkesBarre Area School District.

Wow, what a wonderful team.

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The conspiracy theory that says Trump is really a genius

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Last week Roseanne Barr — who, with the hit reboot of her show, has become one of the most prominent Donald Trump supporters in the country — tweeted that the president has freed hundreds of children a month from sexual bondage. “He has broken up trafficking rings in high places everywhere,” she wrote.

(The tweet has since been deleted.)

Barr’s tweet, puzzling to the casual observer, was a reference to QAnon, an

expansive, complicated proTrump conspiracy theory.

The theory is fascinating as an artifact of our current political derangement, but more than that, it’s profoundly revealing about the lengths to which some Trump supporters will go to convince themselves that his presidency is going well.

As Paris Martineau explained in New York magazine, QAnon was born last October, when someone claiming to have “Q” level security clearance started a cryptic thread on 4chan, the online message board and

troll playground. It was titled, “The Calm Before the Storm,” a phrase Trump had recently used. Q posted hints, some in the form of questions, ostensibly meant to help clued-in Trump supporters understand what was really going on in Washington beneath the facade of chaos and incompetence. (“What is military i n t e l l i g e n c e ? W hy g o around the 3 letter agencies?”)

F ro m t h e s e cl u e s, a sprawling community on message boards, YouTube videos and Twitter accounts

has elaborated an enormous, ever-mutating fantasy nar rative about the Trump presidency. In the QAnon reality, Trump only — pretended — to collude with Russia in order to create a pretext for the hiring of Robert Mueller, the special counsel, who is actually working with Trump to take down an inconceivably evil and powerful network of coup-plotters and child sex traffickers that includes Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and George Soros.

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“QAnon points out that this is the beginning of the end for the Clintons,” said Jerome Corsi — a prominent proponent of the lie that Obama was born in Kenya — on a YouTube broadcast in January. He warned that the world would be forced to contend with “films of innocent children pleading for their lives while people are butchering them.” Once that happens, presumably, Trump will be revealed as a master of 12-dimensional chess who successfully distracted smirking elites with his buffoonery while he was quietly saving the world.

Posts on other websites, as well as YouTube videos, Twitter accounts and even a book, have taken the theory in countless directions, encompassing characters from model Chrissy Teigen

to disg raced politician Anthony Weiner. The creativity poured into QAnon is striking; it’s like something between a sprawling work of crowdsourced postmodern fiction and an immersive role-playing game.

But for many people, QAnon is very real. Barr has tried to make contact with Q on Twitter. InfoWars, the website run by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — who has a close relationship with Trump confidant Roger Stone — has consistently promoted it. Last month, Cheryl Sullenger, senior vice president of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, posted an article on the group’s website about an “intel drop” from Q revealing a White House plan to end Planned Parenthood. Sean Hannity retweeted a post with the #QAnon hashtag.

Some elements of the

QAnon conspiracy theory — secret elites, kidnapped children — are classic, even archetypical. “In all Western culture, you can argue that all conspiracy theories, no matter how diverse, come from the idea of the Jews abducting children,” Chip Berlet, the co-author of “Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort,” told me. Stories about globalists stealing children for sex aren’t that far removed from stories about Jews stealing children to use their blood making matzo.

One twist, however, makes QAnon unusual. Conspiracy theories are usually about evil cabals manipulating world events. QAnon, by contrast, is a conspiracy theory in which the good guys — in this case, Trump and his allies — are in charge. It’s a dream of power rather than a bitter alibi for victimhood.

It seems designed to cope with the cognitive dissonance caused by the gap between Trump as his faithful followers like to imagine him and Trump as he is.

On Thursday, the usually even-keeled Mike Allen published a piece in Axios titled, “The case for extreme worry,” about how those close to Trump are panicked by his erraticism. The president’s whims and resentments have led to stock market convulsions and may soon result in painful tariffs that affect American f ar mers, an important part of his base.

Mueller’s special counsel investigation continues to close in. Republicans have lost special election seats in red-leaning areas all over the country. But QAnon offers assurance that everything is under control.

Barr, for example, retweeted a QAnon post arguing that

right-wing criticism of the omnibus spending bill, legislation many on the right deplored, was shortsighted.

In releasing funds to the military, it said, the bill would set off a climatic series of events: “Swamp drain begins, military seizes TRILLIONS in cabal assets, returning them to the people.” An inspector general report would then reveal the establishment’s unspeakable crimes, after which “the strings will be cut from the propaganda machine and people will stop falling for the garbage MSM,” or mainstream media. Trump, and those who believe in him, would be vindicated.

You don’t create a wild fantasy about your leader being a covert genius unless you understand that to most people, he looks like something quite different. You don’t need an occult story about

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“You cannot possibly imagine the size of this,” said a Q dispatch last month.

“Trust the plan. Trust there are more good than bad.” Q almost certainly doesn’t know any state secrets, but he, she or they understand that some fervent Trump supporters require more reassurance than they’re willing to admit. Their desperate conviction that they will be proven right about Trump betrays a secret fear that they will be proven wrong.

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Gaza buries journalist killed covering mass protests

By FARES AKRAM AssociAted Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hundreds attended the funeral of a well-known Palestinian journalist in Gaza on Saturday who was killed while covering mass protests along the Israeli border the previous day.

Yasser Murtaja died from a gunshot wound he sustained while filming Friday in an area engulfed in thick black smoke from protesters setting tires on fire. Israeli troops opened fire from across the border, killing at least nine Palestinians and wounding 491 others in the second mass border protest in eight days. The deaths brought to at least 31 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since last week. The border area appeared calm Saturday.

Witnesses said Murtaja was over 100 meters (yards) from the border, wearing a flak jacket marked “press”

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Mourners carry the body of Palestinian cameraman who was shot and killed by Israeli troops while covering a protest at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, during his funeral Saturday in Gaza City. and holding his camera when he was shot in an exposed area just below the armpit.

The Israeli military has said it fired only at “instigators” involved in attacks on

soldiers and was investigating Murtaja’s death amid a very hectic environment.

“The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) uses means such as warnings, riot dispersal means, and as a last resort

firing live rounds in a precise, measured way,” it said Saturday. “The IDF does not intentionally target journalists. The circumstances in which journalists were allegedly hit by IDF fire are not familiar to the IDF, and are being looked into.”

Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since a 2007 takeover and calls for Israel’s destruction, has called for a series of protests until May 15, the anniversary of Israel’s founding when Palestinians commemorate their mass uprooting during the 1948 war over Israel’s creation.

The Islamic group hopes the mass protests can create pressure to break a border blockade enforced by Israel and Egypt since 2007, without having to succumb to demands that it disarm. The blockade has made it increasingly difficult for Hamas to govern. It has also devastated Gaza’s economy, made it virtually impossible for people

to enter and exit the territory, and left residents with just a few hours of electricity a day.

Israel argues that Hamas could have ended the suffering of Gaza’s 2 million people by disarming and renouncing violence.

It says Hamas is exploiting the mass marches as a cover for attacking the border fence, and has vowed to prevent a breach at all costs. The military said that on Friday protesters hurled several explosive devices and firebombs, using the thick plumes of smoke from burning tires as cover, and that several attempts to cross the fence were thwarted.

Colleagues said Murtaja was not affiliated with Hamas or any other militant group, and there were no Hamas symbols normally seen at the funerals for militants.

In an apparent sign of solidarity, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh attended the funeral Saturday.

“The Return March is a battle of truth and awareness,” Haniyeh said of the protests. “Yasser held his camera to direct the arrows of truth to convey the image of the besieged people.”

At the funeral, Murtaja’s body was draped in a Palestinian flag with his flak jacket reading “press” placed upon him as he was carried through the streets of Gaza.

The drone he had used for shooting footage of Gaza hovered above to film his funeral. Dozens of his close friends and colleagues were sobbing after the coffin was taken out of the morgue.

His death, along with the other recent casualties, seemed likely to draw renewed criticism from rights groups that have branded Israel’s open-fire orders on the border as unlawful, after Israel’s defense minister warned that those approaching the fence were risking their lives.

MLK’s grandchild hosts inspiring group of child activists

By R.J. RICO AssociAted Press

AT L A N TA — M a r t i n Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter hosted an inspiring group of children who called on their peers Saturday to follow the civil rights leader’s example and engage in community outreach.

Three days after the 50th a nn ive r s a r y o f K i ng ’s assassination, about 200 p e o p l e g at h e re d at a n Atlanta event hosted by Yolanda Renee King, 9, and Maryn Rippy, 7, the greatgranddaughter of King’s brother, A.D. King.

Child actors Hudson Yang from ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” and Storm Reid from the film “A Wrinkle in Time” interviewed about a dozen featured guests from across the country.

The honorees included M c K e n z i e W a l k e r, a 14-year-old Dallas singer who used the proceeds from her CD to help orphans; Joshua Williams, a 17-year-old who has spent years leading food drives in South Florida; and Amariyanna Copeny, a 10-yearold girl who has earned the nickname “Little Miss Flint” because of the attention she has brought to the water crisis in her hometown of Flint, Michigan.

“Young people really have a lot of power,” said Margeaux Drucker, 12, who, along with her younger brother, teaches her peers about the lessons of the civil rights movement.

“We can be the change we want to see in the world.”

A.J. Carr, 15, is an actor on Showtime’s “The Chi”

who two years ago founded a youth leadership and entrepreneurship organization called “Building Bosses,” in Madison, Wisconsin.

C a r r ch a l l e n g e d t h e audience, especially the adults, to reach out to young people who might appear lost.

“Tell them, ‘Hello, how are you doing? Do you need anything?’ Because that could be the only compassion they’ve ever felt in their life,” Carr said.

One of the audience members, Nia McKenzie, 14, of nearby East Point took a photo with Carr after the event. After hearing Carr’s and the other guest’s stories, McKenzie said she felt “inspired to take action.”

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Many of us are busy at work, but even at home, there is a lot of work to do.

Meal preparation, cleaning, yard work, home maintenance and child care consume considerable time for the typical American.

Much of it isn’t fun, contributing to friction in relationships and taking time away from more pleasant activities that increase happiness. Instead of bickering over who will do the vacuuming, would family life be better if we just outsourced the job?

One survey found that 25 percent of people who were divorced named “disagreements about housework” as the top reason for getting a divorce.

In a working paper that cited that survey, scholars at the Harvard Business School and the University of British Columbia examined whether buying timesaving services could improve relationships. The study, which involved more than 3,000 people in committed relationships across a variety of tests, revealed that those who spent more money on timesaving services were more satisfied with their relationships, in part because they spent more quality time with their partners.

This is, admittedly, a firstworld issue. Some don’t have the luxury of paying others to cook for them (eating at a restaurant counts here), tend to their yards or clean their homes. But sharing apps such as TaskRabbit are making it easier for more people to find less expensive help for routine chores. This could do wonders for some relationships.

According to the working paper, timesaving purchases help protect couples from the negative impact of typical and uncontrollable relationship stressors, such as unexpected pressure at work.

Results such as these may be unsurprising. Timerelated stress — having too little time to relax — is associated with reduced feelings of well-being and increased depression. Stress doesn’t just affect our mood; it can also harm our health.

Using some of our income to buy more time for leisure can improve well-being, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Outsourcing at least a few tasks each month — about $100 to $200 worth — can increase life satisfaction.

That finding came from surveys of more than 6,000 people in the United States, Canada, Denmark and the Netherlands. Among American workers, half had spent money to buy time, largely by relieving themselves of cooking, shopping and home maintenance tasks.

The results held even after controlling for income, so it doesn’t seem as if buying time is merely an indicator of being wealthier, which may also increase satisfaction. In fact, the researchers found a stronger relationship between satisfaction and buying time among lowerincome groups.

But you can also overdo it. Researchers found that spending $100 to $200 per month on timesaving services maximized satisfaction, but spending more started to reduce it.

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Construction workers George Hernandez, left, Merced Doria, right, and Pablo Ruiz eat lunch March 2 inside an animal crossing in Los Fresnos, Texas. Animal crossings have been installed in certain areas in an attempt to prevent ocelots and other animals from being struck by cars.

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Ocelots face cartels, cars, politics — and now a wall?

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LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Texas — Looking southward from its last remaining Texas habitat, the endangered ocelot faces a deadly gauntlet if it is to cross the Rio Grande and reach its ancestral tribe-mates. Decimated by inbreeding, the spotted wildcat’s future depends very much on mingling with its Mexican cousins.

Yet reaching them means traversing miles of highways, wind turbines, open fields and natural gas pipelines. The Mexican side is no less perilous. Development has also wiped out natural habitat there, and years of cartel violence have hobbled research into Mexican ocelot populations just south of the Rio Grande.

The small cat’s latest challenge is the Trump administration’s push to erect a wall along much of the Texas-Mexico border. Environmental groups and anti-wall politicians have argued that a physical barrier dividing the two countries could destroy the species by disrupting its migration patterns.

In reality, however, the ocelot’s fight for survival is far more complicated. An examination of the science and politics surrounding the species shows the border wall is just one small piece of an ocelot puzzle that will require close cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico to solve even as diplomatic tensions between the countries rise.

DNA studies show Texas ocelots haven’t crossed the border regularly for decades and live hemmed into two groups miles from the Rio Grande. Over the years, two general strategies for saving them have emerged. But both face significant challenges and could take years or decades before they begin boosting ocelot numbers.

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ince the 1980s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s strategy to protect and restore the ocelot has focused on building wildlife corridors that ideally would reconnect the 80 or so remaining Texas cats to their cousins in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. The effort has included millions of dollars in land acquisitions and road crossings for the ocelot as the cat’s natural habitat continues to disappear in the Rio Grande Valley.

“We certainly have our work cut out for us,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge manager Boyd Blihovde said. “It’s a race against time.

We’re working to make those connections available.”

The border wall wouldn’t disrupt the ocelot’s natural migrations — years of urbanization, agricultural development and habitat loss accomplished that long ago.

But a continuous border wall throughout the Rio Grande Valley would likely end the dream of reestablishing that lost connection.

Other researchers say the cat’s best chance for salvation lies not to the south and across the river, but in

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Alicia Sampson, a senior trainer, watches as an ocelot climbs down a pole March 3 at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, for Ocelot Conservation Day. the mostly empty northern reaches of the Rio Grande Valley and private ranches some 60 miles from the border. There, at least 50 ocelots live on private lands and more might be hiding in the brush. Yet persuading landowners to participate in ocelot conservation schemes that come with land-use restrictions isn’t an easy sell in South Texas, where a strong independent streak runs through ranchers and landowners.

The two isolated islands of ocelots remaining in Texas might not have time to wait for either strategy to unfold.

Texas ocelots have been inbreeding for decades, making them vulnerable to genetic deformities and potentially rendering them unable to reproduce.

If something doesn’t change soon, scientists believe they could become extinct within a generation.

That means the Mexican government holds the key to the ocelot’s survival, at least in the short term.

Officials and environmental groups are seeking to physically move at least one Mexican cat to Texas so it can pass on its genes and buy the species some time.

The process might sound simple, but it requires persuading Mexico to give up one of its own endangered ocelots. Even before the election of frequent Mexico needler Donald Trump, the translocation effort had been plagued by delays and problems, as well as the raging cartel violence across the border in Tamaulipas.

Named after the Nauhuatl word for jaguar, ocelots are much smaller than their namesake and at about 30 pounds, about twice as big as an

average house cat. Elusive, nocturnal and solitary, they feed on small rodents and birds and are extremely hard to spot. Many false sightings involve the more plentiful and aggressive bobcat.

Tamaulipan thornscrub, their preferred habitat, once proliferated across the region when ocelots roamed as far north as Louisiana and Arkansas. But after decades of clearing for agriculture and urban development, the brush now makes up less than 1 percent of the Rio Grande Valley. Hunters, seeking the ocelot’s spotted pelts, and speeding automobiles, responsible for at least half a dozen deaths in recent years, further reduced their numbers.

“The ones who walked around a lot, who were more aggressive, were more apt to be run over or shot,” said Duquesne University biology professor Jan Janecka, who has extensively studied ocelot genetics.

Today, the two small remaining groups of Texas ocelots cling tenaciously to separate islands of dense brush in far South Texas. About 20 live on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Laguna Atascosa Refuge 15 miles or so north of the river. A second, larger group lives on private ranches in Willacy County.

The two groups represent the different approaches researchers have attempted to reverse the species’ decline.

A few miles outside of Raymondville, the rolling grasslands on Frank Yturria’s large family ranch give way to an impossible thicket of catclaw bushes, spiny hackberry and mesquite. The impenetrable tangle, filled with black widow spiders, rattlesnakes and scorpions, is unwelcome to human movement, but it represents one of the finest examples of ocelot habitat left in Texas.

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ot far from there, Texas A&M Kingsville wildlife conservation professor Michael Tewes trapped the first ocelot of the modern era in 1982. At the time, it wasn’t clear if there were any remaining in the Texas wilds. Since then, Tewes has become the dean of ocelot research, training a generation of scientists at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M Kingsville.

Over the years, he has concluded their future lies in these remote ranches. Wedged between the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints of Sarita and Falfurrias, the private spreads have more undisturbed habitat than the border area and have fewer highways and roads.

Tewes argues that persuading more landowners to conserve ocelot habitat “should be the No. 1 priority and become the most important strategy for ocelot recovery in the United States.” Landowners, he argues, have a natural interest in conserving habitat on their ranches for lucrative hunting leases and raising cattle. “The ocelot is an indirect beneficiary of that,” he said.

Who would have thought that the comfy mattress you’ve been sleeping on for years contains dozens of potentially harmful substances and materials, from petrochemicals to adhesives to dyes to flame retardants, among other toxins and carcinogens. Luckily for greenminded consumers, though, there’s never been a better time to find a truly “green” mattress.

“Green technology and innovation have impacted a wide range of industries in recent years ... and this growing demand has led many mattress manufacturers to offer sustainable products as well,” reports Tuck, a website dedicated to improving slee p hygiene, health and wellness. “However, terms like ‘green,’ ‘natural’ and ‘ecofriendly’ are often misused or exaggerated within the mattress industry.”

Further complicating matters, there is no regulatory body fact-checking green claims within the m a t t r e s s i n d u s t r y, although certifications are available for certain mattress materials like foam, latex and fabrics.

So, what’s a green-minded, health-conscious mattress shopper to do? First, know what to look for.

According to Tuck, a true green mattress features natural or organic materials (natural latex, plantbased polyfoam or memory foam, cotton, wool, etc.).

Tuck says any mattress that contains less than 60 percent natural or organic material has no right to market itself as “green.”

There is no overall certification for green mattresses per se, but there are certifications that apply to certain types of mattresses and their materials. If a mattress meets the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), at least 95 percent of its materials are certified organic, while certain noxious chemicals (chemical flame retardants, polyurethane) can’t be present at all.

The Global Organic Latex Standard (GOLS) certifies that a latex mattress is made from 95 percent organic latex, with similarly stringent restrictions on what can be in the remaining 5 percent of the mattress.

Another certification to look for is OEKO-TEX, which sets limits on how much a given mattress can off-gas potentially harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde and other volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) linked to respiratory illness, memory impairment and other human health issues.

Foam mattress buyers should keep an eye out for the CertiPUR-US label, which certifies polyfoams and memory foams as made without ozone depleters, chemical flame retardants, heavy metals, formaldehyde and phthalates — and emit little if any volatile organic compounds that can compromise indoor air quality.

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Funeral notices alBert, sophie J. Kormos — Formerly of Wilkes-Barre.

Monday, 11:30 a.m., John V. Morris Family Funeral Homes Inc., 625 N. Main St., WilkesBarre. Friends, Monday, 10 to 11:30 a.m. cutter, William — Dallas.

Memorial service, Monday, 10 a.m., Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas. Friends, Sunday, 6 to 8 p.m., Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas.

DoMZalsKi, richard, sr.

— Nanticoke. Blessing service, Sunday, 7 p.m., Stanley S. Stegura Funeral Home Inc., 614 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke.

Friends, 5 p.m. to service time.

Falcone, the rev. louis — Luzerne. Memorial service, April 14, 11 a.m., Camp Orchard Hill, 640 Orange Road, Dallas.

GallaGHer, theresa — Kingston. Mass of Christian Burial, Tuesday, 9:30 a.m., St. Vincent’s Cemetery, Larksville.

Friends, Monday, 6 to 8 p.m., Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Twp. GrYBosKi, Margaret Bonfanti — Memorial service, Saturday, 10 a.m., St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 116 Hughes St., Swoyersville.

HaDleY, carol — Avoca.

Mass of Christian Burial, Monday, 10 a.m., Queen of the Apostles Church, Hawthorne Street, Avoca. Friends, 9 a.m. to time of Mass, in the church.

Hall, Dolores H. — WilkesBarre. Funeral Mass, Monday, 9:30 a.m., Church of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, 130 S. Washington St., WilkesBarre.

KeZiaH, christopher — Taylor. Blessing service, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., Old Forge. Friends, Tuesday, 6 to 7 p.m.

McDerMott, Kathleen — Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial, 9:30 a.m., St. Benedict’s Parish, St. Dominic’s Church, 155 Austin Ave., Wilkes-Barre. St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Twp. Friends, Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m., Corcoran Funeral Home Inc.,

20 S. Main St., Plains Twp. MunleY, James a. — Swoyersville. Memorial service, Sunday, 2 p.m., Daniel J. Hughes Funeral & Cremation Service, 617 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Friends, Sunday, 1 to 2 p.m. neFF, Paul r. — Harding.

Mass and celebration of life, April 21, noon, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3832 state Route 6, Tunkhannock. A reception will follow at the church. saWicKi, eleanor — Hunlock Creek. Monday, 9 a.m., Clarke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek. Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth. Viewing, Sunday, 5 to 8 p.m. seiGFrieD, Mary — Wapwallopen. Memorial Mass, April 14, 10 a.m., St. Nicholas Church, 226 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. sicKler, Deborah — Monday, 9 a.m., Prince of Peace Parish Church, Old Forge. Friends, Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m., at Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., Duryea. Friends are asked to go directly to the church Monday. sWaneK, Michael William — Saturday, 10 a.m., United Methodist Church, Pittston.

Friends, Saturday, 9 to 10 a.m. toMKo, Jerome — Mass, Tuesday, 11 a.m., St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Bear Creek. Viewing, Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. prior to the Mass. traGlia, James — Scranton.

Monday, 9 a.m., Adonizio Funeral Home LLC, 251 William St., Pittston. Mass of Christian Burial, 9:30 a.m., St. Joseph Marello Parish, 237 William St., Pittston. St. Rocco’s Cemetery, Pittston. Friends, Sunday, 5 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.

West, Debra — Wilkes-Barre.

Saturday, noon, Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Twp. Friends, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

WicKiser, charles a. — Mountain Top. Saturday, 9:30 a.m., McCune Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top.

Violence claims more lives in Syrian capital and suburbs

BY BasseM Mroue ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — Syrian government forces pressed their offensive against the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus on Saturday under the cover of airstrikes as shelling of civilian areas on both sides claimed more lives, state media and opposition activists said.

Syrian government forces resumed their offensive on rebel-held Douma on Friday afternoon after a 10-day truce collapsed over disagreement regarding evacuation of opposition fighters. Violence resumed days after hundreds of opposition fighters and their relatives left Douma toward rebel-held areas in northern Syria.

A reporter for Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV embedded with Syrian troops near Douma said gover nment forces advanced toward Douma from the towns of Misraba and Madiara that were recently captured by troops.

Al-Manar TV is run by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group that has sent thousands of fighters to Syria to back government forces.

The gover nment-controlled Syrian Central Military Media said government forces captured several farms Saturday on the southern and western edges of the city that is home to tens of thousands of people. SCMM said the area controlled by the Army of Islam in and around Douma is 7.3 square miles.

The group said its fighters repelled all government attacks that began Friday, adding that 17 Syrian soldiers were killed.

By Saturday evening, state media was reported that troops are approaching Army of Islam fortifications on the edge of the town adding that street battles could begin soon. It said warplanes bombarded the group’s headquarters and command and control center.

State TV said Army of Islam fighters pelted several neighborhoods in Damascus with mortar shells killing six

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civilians and wounding more than 30.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bombardment of Douma killed eight people and wounded 48, including 15 children.

Some opposition activists in Douma posted photographs of people wearing gas masks saying that government forces are shelling the town with poison gas. State media denied the reports saying “such farces about chemical weapons” were triggered by the troops’ quick push toward Douma.

On Friday, opposition activists said 40 people were killed in Douma while state media said four were killed in government-held Damascus.

Gover nmen t f o r c e s launched a crushing offensive in February and March on eastern Ghouta capturing dozens of towns and villages forcing thousands of opposition fighters to surrender and evacuate the area toward Syria’s north.

A deal was reached last month to evacuate Douma but activists and state media reported that the Ar my of Islam g roup demanded amendments to the deal.

The Observatory said the Russian response to the Army of Islam with a list o f d e m a n d s i n cl u d i n g handing over heavy weapons within three days that should be followed by handing over light weapons and in return government forces will withdraw from the outskirts of Douma within a week.

The Observatory also said that the Russians promised the rebels that once they hand over their weapons, airstrikes would stop. It added that fighters who hand over their weapons can join a local police force that will be established in Douma mostly consisting of Ar my of Islam members who will be given Russians weapons to fight members of the Islamic State group and al-Qaidalinked fighters.

Shirley M. Rosensteel April 6, 2018

Shirley M. Rosensteel, 77, of Plymouth, passed away Friday, April 6, 2018, at her home.

Born Dec. 12, 1940, in Sweet Valley, she was the daughter of the late Frank Schooley and Esther Rinker Schooley. She had attended GAR High School, WilkesBarre, and was an honors graduate of Hanover High School, Class of 1958. She was employed by the Wyoming Valley Garment Industry, later by Hills Department Store, Edwardsville, and prior to her retirement, by Fetch’s Market, Plymouth.

Shirley loved listening to music, especially Elvis Presley, and she loved to read. She greatly enjoyed spending time with her family and will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by brothers and sisters, Caroline Kushner, Gloria (BiBi) Lapp, Richard Schooley, and Joyce O’Neil.

Surviving are her loving husband of 53 years, James Rosensteel; sons, Jim Rosensteel and his wife, Maribeth, Plymouth; and Frank Rosensteel, of Plymouth; sister,

Sharon Moran and her husband, Bill, Kingston; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Family and friends are invited to call from 6 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday at S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth.

In lieu of flowers, contributions, if desired, may be made to the Plymouth Public Library in Shirley’s memory.

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

Kenneth William Monroe Jr. April 5, 2018

Kenneth William Monroe Jr., 46, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital surrounded by his family.

He was born Oct. 12, 1971, in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late Kenneth W. and Angie Witkowski Monroe. Ken was a 1990 graduate of Coughlin High School and was employed for over 20 years by InterMetro Industries. He enjoyed the outdoors and riding his quad. Ken was a kind and generous man with a heart of gold who loved his family, his friends and his dog, Bella.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister, Janelle Stebbins.

Surviving are his loving wife and soul mate, Wendy Nichols Monroe; son, Kenneth W. Monroe III; granddaughter, Aubrey Victoria Monroe; brother, William Monroe; nephew, William Monroe Jr.; nieces Cassidy Monroe, Angelyna Monroe, Avery Stebbins; mother-inlaw, Mary Lou Evans and her companion Sheffe Abraham;

Sister Marie Gruber, RSM April 6, 2018

Sister Marie Gruber, RSM, a member of the Sisters of Mercy Mid-Atlantic Community died Friday, April 6, 2018, at Mercy Center in Dallas.

Sister was born Nov. 27, 1924, in Pottsville, and was the daughter of Henry and Hellena Hellenthal Gruber.

Sister Marie graduated from Immaculata High School in Mendham N.J. She received a degree in elementary education from Marywood University and attended additional classes at King’s College.

Sister Marie began her religious life with the Sisters of Christian Charity in Mendham, N.J. In 1940, she professed her vows. Her early years were shared in the ministry of Education in the diocese of New Jersey.

In 1977, Sister Marie transferred her vows to the Sisters of Mercy and continued as a teacher in the dioceses of Harrisburg and Altoona Johnstown. Later, Sister Marie shared her many gifts in Guyana, South America, where she tutored children at the orphanage and supported staff at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital.

Returning to the United States, she was an outreach worker at Project Remain, the Catherine McAuley House in Plymouth and assisted at the Plymouth Library. In recent years, Sister Marie was a member of the Prayer Ministry at Mercy Center and continued to be

involved in various projects.

Her willingness to be of assistance never grew old.

Sister Marie was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters, Catherine Hunter, Teresa Gruber and Rita Mendinsky.

She is survived by her niece, Marie Mendinsky, who was very faithful in calling and visiting; her friends in the Sisters of Christian Charity and the Sisters of Mercy.

The celebration of her life will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday April 10, 2018, in the chapel at Mercy Center Dallas, followed by visitation until 10:15 a.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Carverton.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mercy Center, P.O. Box 370, Dallas, PA.

Clara G. Kollar April 6, 2018

aunts, uncles, cousins and his best friend, Keith Ellis.

Relatives and friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Services will be conducted at 7.30 p.m. by the Rev. Andy Jerome, pastor of Parsons Primitive Methodist Church. Private interment services will be held in Memorial Shrine Park, Carverton.

Condolences can be sent to the family at www.eblakecollins.com.

Mary Waugh Hooker March 12, 2018

Mary Waugh Hooker, 92, of Mechanicsburg, died Monday, March 12, 2018, at The Bridges at Bent Creek.

She was born Aug. 6, 1925, in Schenectady, N.Y., daughter of the late Robert Hunter and Rebecca MacLennan Waugh, who emigrated from Scotland and came to the United States through Ellis Island in the early 1900s.

She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Charles J. Hooker Jr., 94, on March 20, 2017.

Prior to retirement, she was financial secretary with the First Presbyterian Church in Wilkes-Barre and payroll accountant for Kirby House.

Much of her life was spent being a minister’s wife and a loving mother. Since moving to Mechanicsburg, she had been a member of Silver Spring Presbyterian Church.

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She had always been active in the church her whole life and would never miss a Sunday service, even in her last year at The Bridges, attending services every Sunday morning.

Mary is survived by her son, Charles J. Hooker III and his wife, Kathleen D. Hooker, Camp Hill; and daughter, Jeanne Ann Hooker McConnell and her husband, John McConnell, Branchburg, N.J. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Ian Hooker, Natalie Santana, Maureen Hooker and Rebecca McConnell; a great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.

She was interred with her husband at Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mechanicsburg.

Memorial contributions may be made to Keystone Human Services, 124 Pine St., Harrisburg, PA 17101.

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Clara G. Kollar, our beautiful, loving mother and nana, sadly passed away Friday, April 6, 2018.

She was born in Nanticoke and was the daughter of the late Clara and Clement Gruszkiewicz. She was also preceded in death by beloved husband, Albert and only son, Albert, A graduate of Edwardsville High School, Class of 1945, she was one of the first young women in our area to fly overseas to Germany, post World War II, to be married to her sweetheart, Albert, U.S. Army in 1947 in a full military ceremony. While there, she gave birth to her first child, Albert Jr. She lived in Germany for five years before returning to Edwardsville.

She was a loving, devoted mother and grandmother who dedicated her life to her family and always had a great sense of knowing just how to manage everything along with her wonderful intuition, curiosity and insight into life. We all felt better with tough decisions, when she would express her view and it turned out they were usually the right choice.

She loved all, especially music of the ’40s and master of the lyrics, making Frank Sinatra her absolute favorite but kept listening to current music and had quite a few pop favorites as well. Never letting age make her old.

A self-taught intellectual, she had a huge interest and curiosity in reading and learning all kinds of things and was a loyal viewer of Jeopardy and more often than not, got the “final answer.” She loved nature, appreciated a beautiful day, and was always polite and respectful of others. Had real empathy for people and animals struggling and homeless. Even through illness, she would always thank all those around who helped her with anything at all. Truly

one-of-a-kind mother, wife and grandmother who made all our lives richer because she was and will always be part of them.

Clara is survived by daughters, Donna, Edwardsville; Lynda, Edwardsville; Barbara, Wilkes-Bar re; grandchildren, Jeffrey Zapotoczny and wife, Heidi, Austin, Texas; Steven Kollar and wife, Jordan, Raleigh, N.C.; Amy Smith and husband, Trey, Ashland, N.C.; Lorraine Saporito-O’Donnell and husband, Dave, Hickory, N.C.; Amanda Griffith and husband, Michael, West Wyoming; great-grandchildren, Adam Smith, N.C.; Julianne S m i t h , N. C . ; Au r o r a O’Donnell, N.C.; Owen Griffith, West Wyoming; and her beloved cat, “Kitty.”

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 9, from Andrew Strish Funeral Home, 11 Wilson St., Larksville, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church, Nesbitt Street, Larksville. Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and from 9 a.m. until time of service Monday.

Memorial contributions in Clara’s name may be made to Whisker’s World Inc. and homeless shelters of your choice.

Visit www.StrishFuneralHome.com for additional information.

Peter H. Geddes April 6, 2018

Peter H. Geddes, 74, of Forty Fort, died following a brief illness on Friday, April 6, 2018.

Born Nov. 17, 1943, in Wilkes-Barre, he was a son of the late James F. and Mary Russell Geddes.

A 1961 graduate of Wyoming Seminary, Peter earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the Case Institute of Technology and Master of Science degree from

the University of Kentucky.

Peter was a data analyst for the cities of Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., before retiring.

He will be greatly missed by his brother, James F. Geddes Jr. of Kingston.

Peter’s family will celebrate his life privately.

Memories and condolences may be shared at www.celebratehislife.com.

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Claire H. Carr April 5, 2018

Claire Herron Carr, formerly of Forty Fort, passed away peacefully with her loving family at her side, Thursday, April 5, 2018, in WilkesBarre General Hospital.

Born Aug. 21, 1930, and raised on Poplar Street in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Peter Herron and Louise Bachman Herron. Claire graduated from St. Mary’s High School, Wilkes-Barre, and was a 1953 graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing.

Her distinguished career as a registered nurse began at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City. She was employed in the medical surgery unit at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston. Her finest memories of her career were the many years employed by the Visiting Nurse Association of Wyoming Valley, attending to her patients in their homes.

A devout Catholic, Claire was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of the former Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Swoyersville. Later she became a longtime member of St. Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Wilkes-Barre, where she served for many years as hostess/usher at Mass.

Claire was a loyal and ardent advocate of those less fortunate. For over 50 years, she mailed large boxes of clothing and supplies to the Edmundite Missions in Selma, Alabama. Claire was also a volunteer and supporter of the Pennsylvanians for Human Life, Wilkes Barre.

Claire loved to travel, and visited numerous countries throughout the world. She

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A tornado moves past homes in Moore, Okla., in 2013. Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for the start of what’s historically the most active time of year for tornadoes while also facing wildfire threats because loved the fine arts, especially compassionate physician, Dr. of severe drought conditions.

opera, and was a longtime member of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic.

Above all, she worked tirelessly for her family, who will forever love and miss her.

Claire was predeceased by her loving husband of 29 years, Thomas C. Carr III, in 1983; her only brother, John “Jack” Herron, Mountain Top; and her great-grandson, Nathan F. Cucci, Apalachin, N.Y. She is survived by her children, Frances C. Bidwell, and her husband, Bill, Apalachin, N.Y.; Thomas G. Carr, and his wife, Belinda, Lebanon; John “Jack” Carr and his wife, Susan, Exeter; Mary Colleen Haberkern, and her husband, Charles, Kingston; and Richard C Carr, and his companion, Rose Carter, Kingston; grandchildren, Lauren, Brian, Lindsay, Tommy, Danielle, Ryan, Natalie and Kyle; and great-grandson, Ben. Also surviving is her sister-in-law, Jean Herron, Mountain Top. The family would like to give special thanks to her

William Hottenstein, her loving caregivers at St. Terese Residence, Shannon, Janine, Terra, Taylor and Kiki, and her friend, Louise Kobi.

The funeral will be held at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday from Hugh B. Hughes & Son, Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, with the Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Corpus Christi Parish Church, West Pittston, with Monsignor John Sempa, officiating. The interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Twp. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions, if desired, can be made to Edmundite Missions, 1428 Broad St., Selma, AL, 36701, or Pennsylvanians for Human Life, 31 Hanover St., Wilkes-Barre, 18702.

For more information or to send the family an online condolence visit www.hughbhughes.com.

Frank S. Rico

Anita Jean Dougherty

March 11, 2018

Mr. Frank S. Rico, 73, a resident of the Heights section of the city, passed into eternal life unexpectedly at his residence on March 11, 2018.

Born Oct. 30, 1944 in Los Angeles, Calif., he was a son to the late Frank Rico and Isabelle Mora Gatrell.

He was educated in the California schools, relocating to the Wyoming Valley with his family at a young age.

Frank was employed as a welder prior to his retirement, and was a member of Meade Street Baptist Church in Wilkes-Barre.

He was preceded by his father, Frank Rico Sr., his mother, Mrs. Isabelle M. Mora Gatrell; his step-father, Mr. James L. Gatrell Sr. and by sisters, Mrs. Coral Ann Washburn and Ms. Ruth Rico.

Left to mourn his passing are his former spouse, Ms. Linda Tarreto Rico; sons, Frank III and Kristofor Rico; seven grandchildren; broth-

er, James L. Gatrell Jr. and his fiance, Diane Golya of White Haven; Aunt Mrs. Mary Ann Rose of Nuangola; Niece Stephanie; three greatnieces, several cousins and dear friends.

Funeral services for Mr. Rico will take place at 7 p.m.

Tuesday from the WilkesBarre Heights location of John V. Morris Family Funeral Homes Inc., 281 E. Northampton St. Interment will be next to his family in Oak Lawn Cemetery, 1250 S. Main St., Hanover Twp. Relatives and friends may join Frank’s family for visitation and remembrances Tuesday from 5 p.m. until the time of services at the funeral home.

To leave an online expression of sympathy, a fond remembrance of Frank or for further information, please visit our family’s website at www.JohnVMorrisFuneralHomes.com.

April 4, 2018

Anita Jean Dougherty, 72, of Exeter, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at her home.

She was born in WilkesBarre on Jan. 26, 1946, the daughter of the late Anthony and Doris Cadwallader Gregorio.

She was a 1963 graduate of West Wyoming High School.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph H. Dougherty; son, Paul Grey Jr.; and brother, Anthony Gregorio Jr. Surviving are children, Christina Grey, Gary Grey, Michael Grey, Angel Puterbaugh and Kathy Rosencrans; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; brothers, Allen and Mark Gregorio; sister, Karen McRoy; and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. April 14 in Mount Zion Cemetery, 1394 Mount Zion Road, H a r d i n g . P a s t o r Ru t h April 6, 2018 Liples will officiate.

Ar rangements were Mary Ann Kauczka, 83, of 2018, at Timber Ridg e Wilkes-Barre, passed away Health Care Center, Plains entrusted to Simon S. Russin Funeral Home Inc., Friday afternoon, April 6, Twp. Funeral arrangements are Plains Twp. pending and will be announced next week from In Loving Memory of Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Twp.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for two types of disasters as spring gets into full swing: The start of what’s historically the most active time of year for tornadoes plus wildfire threats b ro u g h t o n by s eve re drought.

April, May and June are the most active months in the U.S. for tornadoes. At the same time, the three states on the southern end of Tornado Alley are experiencing extreme and exceptional drought that could fuel wildfires.

Tornado Alley extends from northern Texas and covers much of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota, plus slivers of New Mexico and Colorado, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center.

The past three years, the U.S. has seen an average of more than 600 tornadoes during April, May and June, according to the center . That is more than half the average of 1,186 tornadoes per year during that time span, although the numbers from the last three months of 2017 are still considered preliminary.

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LONDON — Russia’s embassy in London on Saturday sought a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over the poisoning of a former Russian spy, saying its dealings with Britain over the issue had been “utterly unsatisfactory.”

Britain retorted that “it’s Russia’s response that has been unsatisfactory,” as the two countries continued a bitter public feud over the nerveagent attack.

The Russian embassy said in a statement that it was “high time” for a meeting between Johnson and Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko to discuss the investigation

into the Sergei Skripal poisoning and “the whole range of bilateral issues.”

The Foreign Office said it had received the request and would respond “in due course.” But, in a statement, it accused Russia of employing a “diversionary tactic” and refusing to “engage constructively” and answer questions about the attack.

Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia spent weeks in critical condition after being found unconscious March 4 in the English city of Salisbury.

Their conditions have recently improved. Doctors at Salisbury District Hospital said Friday that the 66-yearold Sergei Skripal was “improving rapidly and is no

While tornadoes are the result of thunderstorms, which are created from conditions that include moisture, the current dry conditions in the area do not preclude twisters, said Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Patrick Marsh. He noted that two tornadoes were reported in the Texas Panhandle on March 18, even as the area was rated in extreme drought.

Some private forecasting services are predicting an increase in tornadoes during the coming months, based largely on the fact that there was the climate phenomenon La Nina during the past winter. They’re expecting weather patterns in the coming months to be wetter and warmer than usual, particularly in the southeastern U.S. and along the Gulf Coast. “(Those conditions) would be a petri dish for thunderstorms. You need to add an additional ingredient for tornados. ... You need wind shear. Wind shear is best described as a change in wind speed and direction,” Marsh said, and is created when cold air and warm air collide at the surface.

The national Storm Prediction Center, however, does not forecast severe weather more than about a week in advance.

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longer in a critical condition.”

Yulia Skripal, 33, regained consciousness last week and is now in stable condition.

The elder Skripal is a former Russian intelligence officer who was convicted of spying for Britain before coming to the U.K. as part of a 2010 prisoner swap.

British authorities say Russia was behind the attack with a military-grade nerve agent that was first developed in the Soviet Union.

More than 250 counterterrorism officers are working to trace suspects and determine how the poison was delivered. British authorities believe the nerve agent was applied to the door of Sergei Skripal’s house.

Ruth Yudkovitz April 7, 2018

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Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas are accustomed to pre paring for multiple emergency situations happening at once and train with various agencies to account for different possibilities.

“We’re typically preparing for worst-case scenarios year-round anyway,” state Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Keli Cain said, noting that the SPC reports Oklahoma City has been struck by more tornadoes than any other U.S. city, with more than 100 known twisters.

“We do have some experience at that. We plan for all hazards anyway.”

Katie Hor ner, spokeswoman for the Kansas adjutant general’s division of emergency management, said last year the state dealt with a blizzard, an ice storm, fire, flooding and a tornado warning all in the same week. “We train not only for one or two events in a day, but three or four events in a day,” she added.

Chip Orton, the emergency management director for Amarillo, a city of about 200,000 in the Texas Panhandle, says, “My job is to be worried.”

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Encouraging young scientists in Africa ‘We are creating Wakanda right here!’

By ANDREW MELDRUM AssociAted Press

KIGALI, Rwanda — South African geneticist Vinet Coetzee held up a malaria-diagnosing scanner that she said can be developed for use in Africa’s rural areas without the need for blood samples or lab tests.

“This can be rapid, affordable and non-invasive,” she said. “It can reduce health inequality and bring us one step closer to a world free of malaria.”

The prototype was among the research projects highlighted at the Next Einstein Forum conference last month in Rwanda to encourage the development of young scientists across Africa. Organizers called it the largest-ever gathering of scientists on the continent.

“We can go from a dark continent to a bright continent,” said Nigerian chemistry professor Peter Ngene, who described how he plans to use nanotechnology to store solar energy efficiently in hydrogen batteries.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame, the current chair of

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Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame opens the Next Einstein Forum conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The largest-ever gathering of scientists in Africa has met to encourage a new generation of breakthroughs on the continent. the African Union, opened the gathering by linking scientific progress to Africa’s development at large.

“Knowledge economies are prosperous economies,” he said. “Today, more than ever before, adequate math and science proficiency is a prerequisite for a nation to attain highincome status and the gains in health and well-being that go along with it.”

The president added: “For too long, Africa has allowed

itself to be left behind.” As the continent catches up it cannot afford to leave out women and girls, Kagame said, urging Africans not to accept the global gender gap in science as inevitable.

“The movie ‘Black Panther’ gives positive role models of African women in science,” said Eliane Ubalijoro, a professor at McGill University in Montreal, who pointed out the large number of women at the conference.

Harvest of clams continues to dwindle in New England

By PATRICK WHITTLE AssociAted Press

PORTLAND, Maine — The harvest of soft-shell clams is dwindling along the coast of New England, where the shellfish are embedded in the culture as much as the tidal muck.

Soft-shell clams, also called “steamers” or “longnecks,” are one of the northeastern U.S.’s most beloved seafood items, delighting shoreside diners in fried clam rolls, clam strips and clam chowders. But the nationwide harvest fell to a little less than 2.8 million pounds of meat in 2016, the lowest total since 2000, and there are new signs of decline in Maine.

The Pine Tree State produces more of the clams than any other, and state regulators there say clam harvesters collected a little more than 1.4 million pounds of the shellfish last year. That’s the lowest total since 1930, and less than half a typical haul in the early- and mid1980s.

The clam fishery is coping with a declining number of fishermen, a warming ocean, harmful algal blooms in the marine environment and growing populations of predator species, said regulators and scientists who study the fishery. It leaves clammers like Chad Coffin, of Freeport, Maine, concerned the harvest will decline to the point it will be difficult to make a living.

“It has been a gradual decline, and it’s getting to the point where there’s a tremendous amount of acreage that’s not producing anymore,” Coffin said. “It should drop significantly more over the next two years.”

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Local softshell clams are displayed at fish market in Portland, Maine.

The clams are still readily available to consumers, but the number of harvesters digging for them has slipped to about 1,600 in Maine. It was more than 2,000 as recently as 2015.

The clams are also harvested in smaller numbers in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland, and the haul has been more steady in those states in recent years, helping keep prices about the same.

The value of Maine’s clams dipped by nearly $4 million last year, in part due to supply from areas outside the state, the state Department of Marine Resources announced in March.

Department public health bureau director Kohl Kanwit attributed Maine’s diminished harvest to clamming closures necessitated by algal blooms that render the shellfish unsafe to eat.

Growing numbers of crabs, fish and worms that eat the clams are another problem, said Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at

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Africa lags behind the rest of the world in scientific output, but research on the continent is growing rapidly and a few countries like Ethiopia, Ke n ya a n d M a l i h ave increased their research and d eve l o pm e nt s p e n d i n g efforts “to the level of a midd l e - i n c o m e e c o n o m y, ” according to the UNESCO Science Report .

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began in 2013 to help the continent move forward and now sponsors 19 African science fellows, along with an Africa Science Week at schools in 30 countries. At the conference the forum launched Scientific African, a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal to publicize new research.

The forum is an offshoot of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, which provides full scholarships for students to earn masters’ degrees in mathematics at centers in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. More than 1,500 students from 43 African countries have graduated from the program since 2003, with 32 percent of them women.

The program to encourage Africans to study mathematics is the brainchild of South African-born physicist Neil

Turok, who grew up as his parents fought apartheid, the country’s former system of racial oppression.

“My parents took pride in combatting injustice and they were thrown in jail. It was difficult for me personally but it was good for my studies because I threw myself into my work,” he told the conference.

Turok attained international success in physics and mathematics, collaborating with Stephen Hawking, teaching at Princeton and becoming the director of the Perimeter Institute, an independent research center for theoretical physics in Canada.

“We can draw strength from hardship,” Turok said.

“When Africans enter science in large numbers, with their diversity, backgrounds and motivation, they will make massive, transformative discoveries.”

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For-profits had experienced a boom over the past two decades, buoyed by federal student funding and the global financial crisis that left many Americans without jobs and eager to go back to school to gain new skills and credentials. Enrollment rose from around 230,000 in the early 1990s to a record 2 million in 2010.

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Area hardware stores build devoted customer base

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Clockwise, from top left: Walter Letanski, right, second-generation owner of Walter’s Hardware in Wilkes-Barre, and employee Scott Bailey; from left, Garrett Geise, Elijah Geise, owner Michele Geise, Judah Geise and owner Gerard Geise, with Finn the dog, stand outside Dallas Centre Hardware in Dallas; Jack Brady winds some fishing line on a reel, one of the services provided by Brady and Cavany Ace Hardware in Eaton Twp.; Don Gacha stands ready to address plumbing needs at Gay’s True Value in Tunkhannock.

Independent retailers hold own against big-box chains

By Denise AllABAugh Staff Writer

Inside Walter’s Hardware in WilkesBarre, customers often can find parts they can’t get at big-box chains.

Walter Letanski, the second-generation owner of Walter’s Hardware, said when something breaks, customers want to talk to someone, find the parts they need fast or have it fixed.

Offering good customer service is one way Walter’s Hardware and other small family-owned hardware stores in Northeast Pennsylvania compete with big-box chains and have been able to stay in business for decades. They also stock hard-to-find parts.

“If something is broke, we can fix it.

We have the part to fix it,” Letanski said.

“We try to have parts that people are looking for. We got parts that go back to the 1930s.”

Throughout the U.S., there are about 35,000 independently owned home improve-

ment stores, including hardware stores, homecentersandlumberdealersthataren’t publicly traded companies, according to Dan Tratensek, executive vice president of the North American Retail Hardware Association. Together, the stores amounted to about $200 billion in annual sales in 2017.

There are about 19,000 independent hardware stores throughout the U.S., he said.

“The percentage of sales for the industry has hovered at about 52 percent of all sales in the sector for a number of years now,” Tratensek said. “The remaining sales flow through chains.”

Last year, the home improvement industry grew by about 4.5 percent and Tratensek anticipates stronger growth in 2018 fueled in part by continued economic momentum. He expects it will be another strong year for independent hardware stores.

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In Tunkhannock, businesses cater to home improvement

By ROBeRT l. BAKeR AnD C.J. MARshAll Staff WriterS

TUNKHANNOCK — When it comes to hardware stores, few have done it better or for as many years as Gay’s in Tunkhannock.

Fifty years ago, if you needed a woodchuck trap, shingles for your outhouse, bailer twine or even live chicks going into Easter, this was the place to be.

George “Papa” Gay was the face not only of the old-style general store that for close to 85 years stood on Bridge Street, but also the epitome of service that locals just accepted as a given.

Through the years, the local hardware store has been the place to obtain all the necessary materials for home repairs and improvements.

Whether it’s something simple like repairing a door hinge, or a more complicated task such as replacing a bathroom

sink or repainting the house, a local hardware store can usually help.

Most hardware stores share common traits,sellingsuchitemsaspaint,powertools and fixtures. But each hardware store also has certain unique traits that make them attractivetotheirspecificcustomerbase.

The Gay family’s investment in hardware goods dates from 1913, when current proprietor Doug Gay’s grandfather, Marble Gay, had the idea of selling Osborn farm implements as part of its farming operation in Sugar Hollow, just south of town.

What was then known as Gay-Murray’s had become Wyoming County’s largest retail outlet, grossing more than $1 million a year.

In 1977, in the face of Tunkhannock’s first big-box store in Murphy Mart, Gay’s reinvented itself by dropping the Murray name but adding the True Value tag, Please see TunKhAnnOCK, Page A19

Owner hopes new aquarium makes splash Montrose native fulfilling a dream with facility in the works at Marketplace at Steamtown.

By C.J. MARshAll Staff Writer

His plan has a life of its own.

Many, many lives, actually.

As crews ready the Electric City Aquarium & Reptile Den at the Marketplace at Steamtown, Cliff Grosvenor’s dream is coming to life.

The new facility will take up about 20,000 square feet of space in the mall, where people will get a close look at various types of fresh and saltwater tropical fish.

“I’ve been doing saltwater fish since I was 16 years old,” Grosvenor explained. “Along with reptiles and some exotic animals.”

Grosvenor was born in Montrose but moved to California with his parents when he was 10.

He moved back to the area when he was 21, and eventually went into partnership, starting two businesses — the G&W Trucking Co. and the C&G Wall Stone Co., both in New Milford.

But Grosvenor never lost his love of working with exotic fish.

“I have a house in Florida where I have a 1,000-gallon reef tank,” he explained. “It blows people’s minds.

I’ve been told I should charge admission. I thought about it, and I did it.”

That sparked Grosvenor to submit the idea of an aquarium to the Marketplace at Steamtown.

This is a major undertaking not only for Grosvenor, but for the mall as well. As anyone who has ever lifted a

fewgallonsof waterknows,itisheavy.

“It’s about 10 pounds per gallon,” Grosvenor explained. “So 33,000 gallons (his biggest tank) weighs over 330,000 pounds.” The floor underneath the aquarium was reinforced.

All the work is scheduled to be completed by the end of June.

Grosvenor could not provide a specific opening date, but once operational, the aquarium will employ 25 to 30 people.

Many fish A 33,000-gallon tank will hold sharks and stingrays, Grosvenor said.

People will be able to view many different kinds of tropical fish by the timeS-triBune fiLe walking under a 7,000-gallon cylinder bridge tank.

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tanks in front of the Marketplace at Steamtown in Scranton during the delivery of parts for the Electric City Aquarium & Reptile Den.

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People on the Move Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wilkins & Associates The real estate company, NEPA Management Associates Inc., the Wilkins organization and their Independent Family of Home Buying Services celebrated their 2017 Awards Brunch on Jan. 21 at Lawnhaven at Stroudsmoor.

Awards included: Grace Moro, Monica McNair, Justine Eichner, Thomas Waslowski, Joanne Transue, Jeanette Mendoza, Ingrid Eagon, David Wells, Judi Moniz and Richard Feleccia, Certificate of Achievement; Warren “WK” Watson, Anisha Allen and Brittany Salapek, Rookie of the Year; Annette “Dot” Ifill, Thomas Farrelly, James Martin, Kimberly Gay, Beth Schutte and Jennifer Lynn Amantea, Outstanding Salesperson; Amantea, Top Salesperson of the Year; Amantea, Den-

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Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Pocono, a Penn State Wilkes-Barre nonprofit behavioral health has been approved as an Edcare provider with locations ucational Improvement Orgathroughout Northeast Pennnization under the Educationsylvania, recently received al Improvement Tax Credit Program administered by the $3,000 from NBT Bank through the Pennsylvania Pa. Department of CommuEducational Improvement nity and Economic DevelopTax Credit Program.

This ment since 2014. The desfunding will support Deignation allows businesses vereux Poconos’ “Transition to contribute to the school to Work Program” for indito support youth programs viduals with intellectual and at Penn State Wilkes-Barre behavioral differences. deemed to be “innovative educational programs” under Tech company the law and to be considered reports job totals for Educational Improvement Ben Franklin Technology Tax Credits from the state.

Partners of Northeastern Pa. Wayne Bank has reported 5,097 Northeast Pennsylvania jobs were earns ranking Wayne Bank was recently created or retained as a result of its work in 2017, for presented with the 2017 a cumulative total of 49,896 Happenings Magazine Happie Award for “Best Bank.” job creations or retentions since the program’s incepThis is the third year in a tion in 1983. Client comrow that Wayne Bank has panies raised an additional received the “Best Bank” $34.5 million in follow-on Happie Award, having also been honored in 2015 and funding from angel investors, venture capitalists, and other 2016. investors in 2017, for a total of $1.5 billion in follow-on Chamber thanks investment received since community 2007. These results were The Back Mountain Cham- accomplished in BFTP/NEP’s ber’s Food Drive Commit21-county service area, intee would like to thank the cluding Berks, Bradford, Carentire community for their bon, Columbia, Lackawanna, support in helping to make Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, the 2018 annual Spring Monroe, Montour, NorthampFood Drive a complete suc- ton, Northumberland, Pike, cess. All food and moneSchuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, tary donations will benefit Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, families living in the Dallas Wayne and Wyoming counand Lake-Lehman school ties. districts.

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The University of Scranton’s Opening Doors recruitment marketing campaign earned a Merit Award at the 33rd Annual Education Advertising Awards competition sponsored by the Higher Education Marketing Report. The largest educational advertising award competition in the country, this year’s contest included more than 2,250 entries Geisinger Wyoming from more than 1,000 colleges, universities and secValley recognized ondary schools. RecruitThe hospital’s cardiac ment materials include stepdown unit has been various publications, direct named one of the best mail pieces, print, online nursing teams in the United and outdoor advertising and States by American Nurse total more than 40 pieces.

Today. The peer-reviewed The component pieces feajournal has bestowed the ture the program’s marketteam an honorable mening campaign, which hightion among its 2018 Alllights the campus culture Pro Nursing Team Awards of friendliness and support based on several profesas well as the transformasional criteria, including tional educational opportunicommunications, responties afforded to students at siveness and adaptability, Scranton. as well as demonstrating a winning formula that drives SUBMIT BUSINESS BUZZ success. The accolades ap- items to business@timesshamrock.com or The Times-Tribune, pear in the April “Nurses 149 Penn Ave., Scranton, PA Week” issue of American 18503.

The university was recently ranked No. 1 on the National Center for Education and Statistics list of Best Colleges for Nutrition Degree Programs for 201819. The ranking was based on its graduation and admissions rate, as well as for the high number of nutrition degrees conferred to students.

Several employees recently joined the Wilkes-Barre office.

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Michael Rossmell joined the Energy Services team as a CAD designer. He previously worked at Pleasant Mount Welding Inc. Walter Shumlas was hired as an office assistant/couGUILFORD LONG rier.

Lackawanna Pike County Emily Smith, EIT, joined the College Conservation Energy Services team as a civil designer. She worked at Eagon, Best Custom SerMaser Consulting. vice; Marilyn Lesoine, Amy Jessica Caprilozzi joins the Evans and Jones, Trouble Information Technology team Shooter award; Bill Schutte as an IT generalist. She preand Martin, Most Likely to viously worked at Circle Bolt Lead Award; Jones, Debbie & Nut. Matthews and Christine In addition, the company’s Wilkins, Dressed for Succhief executive officer and cess award; Gay and Kathy founder, Christopher L. BorLouis, Most Likely to Sucton, P.E., was honored this ceed; Betsy Lloyd and Donyear with the Distinguished na Sorrentino, Most Likely Award of Merit by the Amerito Get the Job Done; and can Council of Engineering Ifill, Kehler, Craig Hackman,

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Companies of Pennsylvania for his continuous excellence in the engineering consulting industry and unwavering commitment to community service.

Fidelity Bank The bank honored 16 bankers for their years of service at the Fidelity Bank Honors Gala on Feb. 3 at the Scranton Cultural Center.

The following bankers were recognized for their service: Robert Farrell, 30 years; Mary Pierre, 25 years; George Yakubisin and Maria Lawler, 20 years; Salvatore DeFrancesco, Thomas O’Malley and Rebekah Tasker, 15 years; Dianne Fonner, Kevin McCormick and Michele Pehanick, 10 years; and Robert Hooper, Dena Hughes, Heather Kazinetz, Patricia Livsey, Lauren Luongo and Nicole Russo, five years.

Lackawanna College National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has selected Lacka-

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Pike County Conservation District Michele Long has been named executive director of the organization. She will succeed current executive director Sally Corrigan, who retires this month. Long has been employed at PCCD for 14 years, and has represented the district locally and statewide in varying capacities. She has worked closely with the past two executive directors, Corrigan and Susan Beecher, reviewing legislation and policy, developing conservation education and outreach programs, and administering the financial and day-to-day aspects of operations.

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Experience and faucet parts As the owner of the small hardware store, Letanski knows what’s hot or what the local customer needs while he said products in larger stores are typically ordered on a corporate level far away.

“In small stores, the person who waits on the customer is also the buyer of the merchandise,” Letanski said.

Letanski grew up in the hardware business.

His father started the store after World War II in 1948 on East Market Street and the store is now on North Welles Street off Coal Street. When Coal Street was widened six years ago, the old part of the street was renamed “Walter’s Way” in his honor.

His longtime experience in the hardware business has brought him knowledge about products that allows him to answer customers’ questions and provide service. Sometimes, he said, Home Depot and Lowe’s refer customers to his store for plumbing parts.

Scott Bailey, who works at the service counter at Walter’s Hardware, said one of their niches is they “carry more faucet parts than anybody.”

They can help customers rebuild a broken faucet, which is something that they can’t do at Home Depot and Lowe’s, he said.

“We give a lot more personalized service,” Bailey said.

“We do well with plumbing because there are a lot of old buildings in Wilkes-Barre and a lot of old plumbing. The big boxes don’t want to deal with that kind of stuff.”

Walter’s Hardware also has a traditional hobby shop with unique items like trains and radio-controlled airplanes and cars. The store has six employees including Bailey, who is the third generation in his family in the hardware business.

His grandfather and father owned a hardware store in New York and Bailey worked at Walter’s Hardware for more than 20 years.

Fifty years in business Petro’s Hardware & Supply Co. in Jenkins Twp. has five employees and unlike big-box stores that have high turnover, co-owner Tom Petro said employees also have worked there for years.

Their knowledge allows them to help customers and provide more personalized service, he said.

“Our main offering is service,” Petro said. “We can offer a personal touch with every sale. We take the time to make sure you get the right product the first time and get whatever knowledge or instruction needed to complete your project.”

Petro owns the store with his brother Joseph and they have been in the same location at 640 S. Main St. in the Inkerman section of Jenkins Twp. for 50 years. Their father started the business.

Like other small family-

owned hardware stores, Petro’s also stocks hard-to-find faucet parts that big-box stores don’t carry.

“They (big box stores) don’t wanttogetinvolvedinthatkind of merchandise,” Petro said. “It takes a lot more product knowledge than they may be able to musterwithemployeeturnover.

In our case, our people have been here more than 10 years.

They stay here long enough to learn to make the sale and to helpthecustomersout.”

Over time, the staff at Petro’s develops a rapport with customers, he said.

“I think personalized service is one of our strong points. Everyone leaves with a thank you,” Petro said. “We appreciate their business and we don’t take anyone for granted because they can spend their money where they like.”

Long history in Scranton

sylvania, Packer said they compete with the big chains through good customer service and the parts they stock for things like lawn mowers and power equipment.

The store stocks older parts and new parts and can repair things like lawn mowers. The store also carries certain brands that cannot be found at chain stores, he said.

More than three decades in business Dallas Centre Hardware has seven employees and has been serving customers in the same location at 44 Main St. for 37 years.

Michele Geise owns the hardware store with her husband, Gerard. Her parents, Jim and Carol Eason, previously owned it.

Geise said what makes them unique is their personalities. They also stay competitive with pricing and price match for the same items.

Dallas Centre Hardware also offers a large selection of faucet parts and has a “very thorough” plumbing department, she said.

Geise said they have been able to stay in business for more than three decades by being able to guide customers through what they need to do.

“When they have an idea, we will sit down and brainstorm with them and figure things out,” she said.

Independent hardware store Scranton Grinder & Hardware has one of the longest histories in Northeast Pennsylvania.

It was formerly owned by Joseph Ferrari, and his father started it in his basement in Scranton in 1921. It has been located at 1020 Hemlock St. in Scranton since 1968, according to manager Bill Packer.

Jerry Edwards has owned the business since December 2014.

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which locals took as a given because of the legendary service component which the Gay family — and employees who seemed like family — provided.

The next generation of Doug’s sons, Rick and Dan, stand ready to help at a relatively new location on East Tioga Street.

“We like being able to stand by our products when others might walk away,” Dan Gay said.

‘Return customers’ What keeps customers coming back to Herron Lumber of Tunkhannock is the high quality of lumber the store offers, plus its excellent customer service.

“I have one customer who drives up here from Sweet Valley. He buys all his plywood from us. We only carry premium lumber,” explained yard manager Rusty Moore. “We

way in Eaton Twp. maintains its customer base in hardware by providing a wide variety of products.

“We cater to the do-it-yourself type of person,” said store manager Ricky Zehr.

“We carry items that allow the completion of projects within the scope of the average do-it-yourselfer.”

The DIY products available for home repair include plumbing, electrical and lighting, Zehr said.

The store’s hardware section also has a complete line of lawn and garden supplies, yard tools and power mowers.

“We want to help you with your home improvement project this spring,” Zehr said.

“I really consider our customers as store family,” said store manger Mallia Evans.

Store personnel are always available, sharing their knowledge and working with customers to help come up with a solution to a problem.

Brady and Canany also have 8,000 square feet dedicated to clothing, including such lines as Carhartt, Arial and Noble.

“We’re a one-stop shopper,” Evans said.

One section of the store is dedicated to selling live bait, including mealworms, spikes and fatheads. Although primarily used for fishing, Evans said many people purchase the mealworms and other bugs to feed pets, ‘Store family’ including bearded dragons At Brady and Cavany Ace and turtles.

Hardware, located on Hunter Contact the writers: Highway in Eaton Twp., the bbaker@wcexaminer.com, relationshipbetweenthestore’s 570-836-2123 x33; ‘Ask for advice’ staff members and its custom- cjmarshall@wcexaminer.com, Walmart on Hunter High- ers is the most important thing. 570-836-2123 x36

have a high rate of return customers. We work very closely with them — it doesn’t matter whether you’re a contractor, or a do-it-yourselfer.”

Herron’s, 100 E. Tioga St., is an extension of Nicholson Lumber, which has been family owned and operated since 1946. Herron’s carries such power tool brands as DeWalt, Milwaukee and Stanley. It also sells metal roofs and molding.

The store carries plywood in oak, pine and cedar, and can also special order such hardwoods as cherry and mahogany. Orders can be customized according to the size, dimension or any other specifications. Herron’s also offers high-quality kiln-dried and treated lumber.

“We offer free delivery,” said saleswoman Dawn Baker. “We also offer free cuts and sawing for lumber.”

AQUARIUM: Will feature various tropical fish and exotic animals FROM PAGE A18

“We’re going to have a 13,000-gallon-tank with giant South American catfish,” he said. “We’re going to have about 25 different fish.”

One exhibit that is sure to draw crowds is a giant Pacific octopus. Grosvenor estimates that the octopus weighs about 25 pounds and extends about 8 feet tip to tip

if stretched out.

“We’re also going to have piranhas,” he said. “There are so many I just can’t really name them all.”

There’s going to be a “touch tank” in which participants will be able to touch the skin of a stingray as it swims through the water.

Presentations will be held in one room, where people will also be provided with infor-

dedicated to toads and frogs.

One species will be the “glass frog,” which has skin so clear you can actually see its heartbeat, he said.

In another section will be the spiders and snakes room — all non-venomous, Grosvenor explained. There will be Other animals 20 to 30 different types of Not all of the animals at snakes, including anacondas the aquarium will be under- and emerald tree boas. water. One section will be Also featured will be chamemation on exotic fish and other subjects.

Another room will be available for birthday parties, Grosvenor explained, and groups will be able to book special events at the aquarium after hours.

leons, geckos and lizards. In another section, participants will see alligators, crocodiles and turtles — including mata mata turtles, alligator snapping turtles and fly river turtles.

Grosvenor is particularly excited about an “interact ive ” s a n d b o x , w h i c h employs a projection system to make the sand appear as dif ferent textures and shapes. As an example, the

system can make a sand pile look like a mountain.

Once open, Grosvenor anticipates the aquarium will be a major draw for the Marketplace at Steamtown.

“I see the potential of this mall to thrive,” Grosvenor explained. “And I want to be part of it.”

Contact the writer: cjmarshall@wcexaminer.com; 570-836-2123, ext. 36

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SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018

THE MASTERS AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS

Pens’ win clinches 16th straight postseason berth DAvID GoLDmAN / ASSocIAteD PReSS

Patrick Reed reacts after making a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the Masters on Saturday.

Reed stretches lead at Masters

McIlroy, Fowler make push toward front of the pack.

BY DOUG FERGUSON ASSocIAteD PReSS

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Penguins’ Jean-Sebastien Dea takes a shot during a game against Binghamton on Saturday.

WBS captain Kostopoulos honored before game.

BY TYLER PICCOTTI StAFF WRIteR

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — The plethora of fanmade signs along the boards made it fairly obvious. Then, the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins’ warmup jerseys left no doubt.

Even with a 7-4 win over the Binghamton Devils that booked the Penguins’ 16th straight appearance in the Calder Cup playoffs, Saturday was all about Tom Kostopoulos.

A near capacity crowd journeyed to Mohegan Sun Arena to help honor the beloved Penguins captain, who appeared in his final regular-season home game with cHRIStoPHeR DoLAN / StAFF PHotoGRAPHeR the team after announcing his upcoming Penguins’ Tom Kostopoulos stands with his retirement. He did not record any points wife, Lisa, and children Luc and Lily as he is during the game, but that will hardly be honored before the start of the game. the takeaway from his memorable night.

The tributes began during pregame shootaround, when the team skated out in matching No. 29 sweaters. Then, right before the game, the Penguins stood on the right blue line as Kostopoulos watched a video montage of his career highlights with his wife and two children.

Not surprisingly, he was also named the team’s fan favorite based on the results of an online vote and the game’s No. 1 star.

“It was amazing, maybe a little too much,” Kostopoulos said. “I enjoyed it; it made (this night) really special, something that I’ll never forget. I don’t think my family will forget it, either.”

The game was pretty memorable, too.

It was a rout off the opening puck drop, as Jean-Sebastien Dea scored a powerplay goal 3:42 in after the officials failed to catch the Penguins offside.

Please see PENS, Page B8

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The only thunder was on the ground, not in the sky, a series of ear-splitting roars for Patrick Reed and his two eagles, Rory McIlroy and his final birdie, and everyone else who tried desperately to keep up with them in the Masters.

“The roars ... it’s hard not to know what’s going on,” McIlroy said.

By the end of a wet and wild Saturday at Augusta National, Reed helped bring this Masters into focus.

Reed seized control with a pair of eagles on the back nine, two big pars and a 5-under 67 that gave him a three-shot lead over McIlroy as he goes for his first major in the city where he led undermanned Augusta State to two NCAA titles.

Please see REED, Page B9

Leaderboard Patrick Reed Rory mcIlroy Rickie Fowler Jon Rahm Henrik Stenson tommy Fleetwood Bubba Watson marc Leishman

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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL

A friend’s help gets Terlecky back on feet

Syracuse swipes game from ’Riders

BY CONOR FOLEY StAFF WRIteR

MOOSIC — Victor Robles s u r v ive d f ive p i c ko f f attempts up to that point.

Syracuse’sspeedycenterfielder worked a walk off RailRiders reliever Anyelo Gomez in the ninth inning Saturday, kicking off a high stakes game of cat and mouse with the second gameof theseasonontheline.

Robles flinched a couple times, but managed to beat Gomez’s throws back to the bag. He got a good jump once, but teammate Andrew Stevenson fouled off the pitch.

So, with two outs, Robles

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threw his own changeup.

Washington’s top prospect executed a delayed steal of second base, then came around to score when RailRiders catcher Kyle Higashioka’s throw ricocheted into no man’s land, helping Syracuse edge SWB, 4-3, at PNC Field.

Please see LOSS, Page B8

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RailRiders’ Josh Rogers pitches against Syracuse on Saturday.

t had been six weeks since Bill Terlecky walked out of his house, and there he was, trudging his way back toward the front door early last month as those familiar eyes looked upon him DONNIE from the COLLINS door.

Commentary They belonged to Rick Muntean, and as he gazed toward him, Terlecky might not have seen the chal-

lenges the immediate future held for him as much as he saw the last 46 years and a friendship that has stood up to every fastball time could throw at its chin. Cancer, after all, isn’t like a rainy night at the ballpark or a disappointing day at the box office. But Terlecky has been at the crossroads of life and baseball before, and he has typically had Muntean there, putting up his dukes beside him, no matter how difficult the challenge before them.

Few challenges he met looked as daunting.

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WHEELING REPORT The Nailers prevailed over the Manchester Monarchs last Saturday, with forward Troy Josephs recording three points (G-2A) in the 5-2 win.

Reid Gardiner, who had a goal and an assist in that game, was named to the 2017-18 ECHL All-Rookie team on Wednesday. He is the 15th player in team history to receive that honor.

Through Thursday, the team was on the playoff bubble and one point Worcester for a berth.

Wheeling was slated to conclude the regular season with a pair of games over the weekend, Friday at Brampton and Saturday at Fort Wayne.

Record: 34-27-8-1, 77 points, fifth in North Division

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Captain Tom Kostopoulos stops to scan the ice during a Penguins practice. On Wednesday, he announced he would retire after this season.

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

This week, Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins forward Garrett Wilson talked about the gear he uses on the ice.

WILSON

Skates Brand: Bauer Preferred fit: They’re size 10. Pretty much a stock skate. They get better every year, and I kinda just stick with whatever they come out with new.

Blade hollow: 5/8 of an inch

STATS TO KNOW ■ With four goals in his last four games, rookie Daniel Sprong is within striking distance of the league lead. His 28 tallies are tied for fourth place, only four off Charlotte’s Valentin Zykov.

■ Jean-Sebastien Dea is in a scoring race of his own, ranking second in the AHL with four shorthanded goals. Springfield’s Anthony Greco is in front with six.

■ Penguins defensemen Kevin Czuczman (32), Andrey Pedan (22), Jarred Tinordi (18) and Ethan Prow (16) have all matched or established new career highs in points this season.

DID YOU KNOW? Captain Tom Kostopoulos will retire as the Penguins’ all-time leader in games played, goals, points and game-winning goals. Through Thursday, he has appeared in 1,347 total games during his professional career.

QUOTE UNQUOTE “It felt great. It was a real nice play by my linemates there to get me the puck, and just tried to get it off quick. Luckily enough, it went in. It felt good. ... Whichever line I’ve been on, we’ve been getting good looks. I’ve just got to keep getting opportunities and, eventually, they’ll go in.” — forward Sam Lafferty on scoring his first career goal Tuesday against Hershey

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UNLIKE ANY OTHER

TK’s influence goes beyond the ice

BY TYLER PIccOTTI STAFF WRITER

Spend all or parts of 11 seasons with the same professional team, and you’re bound to meet a lot of different people along the way.

So, it’s no surprise that Tom Kostopoulos has meant so much to so many in Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding areas during his two tenures with the Penguins. Ask them to encapsulate his legacy in one or even two words, however, and you’ll get a variation of the same answer.

It’s pretty much impossible.

With Wednesday’s announcement that the 39-year-old will retire at the end of the season, a number of current and former teammates and friends of Kostopoulos talked about the many roles the 19-year pro has played during his career:

Teacher “My first year, as soon as I got here, obviously being French was kinda hard, but he pulled me aside and kinda always helped me my entire first year. He was always there to listen to me, teach me good stuff.

Even off the ice, I went to his place for dinner a few times. He just made me feel comfortable.”

— Penguins forward Jean-sebasTien dea

Leader

Mountain Memorial Library in Dallas along with Tux and other guests to read to area children.

“He’s probably been here about five times reading to the kids. I think knowing that he’s a dad — he has come here with his children, as well, to the library — he’s really good about reading to the kids.

Tom, especially, does stress the importance of reading, which is our whole idea behind this program, to show (the kids) that players read when they’re on the bus travelling.

Things like that. The importance of reading and getting that education.

He kind of has a special place in our heart. He’s accomplished a lot in his career. Not many players have accomplished what he has.”

— cindy KaTyl, library caTaloguer

Interview crasher “When I showed up here for my job interview summer of 2015 — I wasn’t even hired yet — (Penguins vice president of operations) Brian Coe was taking me on the tour of the facility.

He takes me back into the locker room and it’s the summer, so all the guys are away. All the guys except for one — Tom Kostopoulos. I wasn’t expecting that.

From being a reporter with a hockey team and getting experience in locker rooms in the NHL as a locker room attendant and stickboy, I don’t want to say I never got starstruck. But, Tom Kostopoulos shows up the day of my job interview and shakes my hand. I was like, ‘Oh, crap. That’s the guy who scored in his very first game in the NHL! I remember him scoring that goal against the Ottawa Senators. I remember it.’

I didn’t run into the top prospect. I didn’t run into the guy who was going to score 20 goals and get called up to the NHL the next year. I ran into Tom Kostopoulos, and I said, ‘OK, this is real now. This is the pros.’”

pumped up and the adrenaline going for this game against Hershey.

He’s the guy at the team events or banquets that’s going to make rookies tell some jokes and get some laughs.

It’s not just the jokes and the pranks and the laughter; it’s the way he’s able to keep the team loose and take the temperature of the team and see what it needs during the course of the season.

The way he’s been able to bring together the locker room, no matter who’s on the team from season to season to season. He just is able to bond and bring everyone together.”

Brand: CCM Flex rating: 90 — the last few years I used an 85, but last year I switched to a 90 and I’ve been liking it and sticking with it.

Curve: On my heel, I added a little bit of blade to the heel so it’s a little thicker that way for pucks that bounce and just taking passes in general and tipping (shots), stuff like that.

What kind of maintenance do you do with them? I usually keep three or four (ready). I like having a fresh stick for a game usually. I break a lot of sticks, so I feel like I’m always taping new ones up. I actually number each of my sticks; I’m on my 46th stick this year. I do the same knob every time; white tape underneath with grip tape over the top.

Apparel If you’re getting dressed for a game, do you have a specific routine or pattern you like to follow? Not really. I kinda tend to put my right shin pad or my right skate on before my left (side), but if I do put on my left first I don’t think much of it.

— Penguins broadcasTer miKe o’brien

competitor In 2001-02, the Penguins were mired in the worst season in franchise history.

They would go on to win only 20 games, but Kostopoulos never doubted his team’s ability on any given night.

“We probably had a month or a month and a half left in the season, and the writing was pretty much on the wall (for making the playoffs).

But he brought in a stack of paper with numbers on it. It was something crazy, like we needed to win 20 out of 25 games or something like that. I don’t know if we won 20 to that point.

He came in and said, ‘The way I see it, this is how many times we have to win. Every time we win, we’ll pull one of the pieces of paper off the wall, and I really think we can get to that point where we come together and win.’

And we’re all in the room looking around at each other thinking, ‘This guy’s insane.’ He would go home and just keep thinking about it. He was young, but he had already taken it upon himself to be thinking about it and thinking of different ways to motivate us.

What came out of that for me was, if I hadn’t known it already, at that moment I knew how serious he was about the game and how much he loved it. At the end of the day, he wasn’t the most talented player or the best skater or anything like that. But there’s a reason he played 600-plus in the NHL and 600-plus in the AHL. He never shut it off.”

“Our first season (1999-2000), we struggled. We didn’t necessarily have a great team, and being an expansion team can be hard. We came in the next year and made the Calder Cup finals.

What was amazing about that was that it was Tom’s second year, and he was our assistant captain and a leader right from the start. There’s not too many hockey players, or too many athletes, that in their second season step into a leadership role and have that natural ability. I think what separates him is he just cares more than 99 percent of the people out there. He really does.

He’s just such a genuine, caring guy.

— Penguins color commenTaTor nicK HarT He was never afraid to do what it took to win. He was, in my mind, one Funnyman of the best players I’ve ever played “I remember the first time we were with and easily the best leader that driving down to Hershey and we’re I’ve ever played with.”

— former Penguin greg crozier pulling up to the arena, and all of a — former Penguin PeTer raTcHuK sudden we hear TK screaming some Ambassador song at the top of his lungs getting contact the writer: Each year since rejoining the team, everybody woken up. He’s not a good tpiccotti@citizensvoice.com; Kostopoulos makes a visit to Back singer, mind you, but getting everyone 570-821-2089; @CVPiccotti on Twitter

What number did you wear growing up? I wore 16 and 19. Sixteen was because I was born March 16, and then I switched to 19 because I liked Joe Sakic and Steve Yzerman and guys like that.

What is your favorite hockey sweater, other than your own? I got a signed Jaromir Jagr jersey when I played in Florida (with the Panthers), so that’s definitely a cool one to have.

If the team is going on a road trip, do you like to have anything with you besides hockey equipment for the trip? Deck of cards, for sure; we have a good group of eight or nine guys that play.

Terms to know Blade hollow: the radius of the cut on the bottom of a skate blade by the sharpening machine. A deeper hollow means the skate will have more bite on the ice.

Flex rating: the amount of force, in pounds, required to bend the stick shaft 1 inch. In other words, a measure of the stick’s flexibility, with a lower number indicating a more flexible stick.

—Tyler PiccoTTi

PENGUINS SCHEDULE TODAY at Bridgeport, 3

FRIDAY at Springfield, 7:05

SATURDAY at Lehigh Valley, 7:05

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David Krokowski

Justin Joseph

School: Valley West Year: Junior Weight: 126 Record: 35-10 Krokowski, a two-time all-star, is on his way to having one of the WVC’s most accomplished careers. This season marked his 100th win, third consecutive WVC and D2 titles and first two wins at states.

School: Wyoming Area Year: Senior Weight: 182 Record: 28-8 After falling in the 2017 district finals, Joseph stormed back and won gold in a match decided by an ultimate tiebreaker. In his third try at regionals, he finished his career with a win for fifth place.

Darren Clarke

Kaleb Konigus

School: Coughlin Year: Freshman Weight: 120 Record: 30-10 The Crusaders lose a talented senior class entering next season, but the WVC tourney champs have Clarke for a while. He got his career started with a WVC and D2 title, plus a win at regionals.

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Dallas senior Steven Newell was selected as the Hooper Memoral Award winner as wrestler of the year.

STEVEN NEWELL

D.J. Erickson School: Hanover Area Year: Junior Weight: 145 Record: 33-7 Erickson was the only WVC wrestler to reach the Class 2A regional finals. Though he fell by one point there, the WVC and D2 champ returned to states to earn his second all-star selection in a row.

David Evans School: Tunkhannock Year: Sophomore Weight: 106 Record: 37-6 Evans stood alone in the WVC as its only wrestler to reach the PIAA quarterfinals or the Class 3A regional finals.

The D2 champ still has half a Tigers career to earn regionals gold and a state medal.

Corey Mruk School: Wyoming Area Year: Sophomore Weight: 160 Record: 24-13 Mruk made a splash as a freshman with D2 gold, and he cruised to a repeat title in 201718. His D2 tourney included two pins and a major decision, and only Dallas’ Newell kept him from a WVC title.

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o wrestler who left the PIAA Championships empty-handed may have gotten closer to the state medal stand than Steven Newell.

Newell, a Dallas junior, started his first state tournament last month with a tough draw.

After starting with a win by decision, the 170-pounder had to go up against Chambersburg sophomore Luke Nichter — a returning state medalist. Nichter pulled off a reversal to knock Newell into the consolation bracket, 3-2, on his way to placing second in the state.

Newell rebounded with an 8-0 decision and reached the third round of consolations, where the winners guarantee state medals and the losers don’t get to wrestle during the tournament’s third day. They went to overtime, but eventual sixthplace winner Maximus Hale of Downington West used an escape to eliminate Newell in the tiebreaker rounds, 2-1.

A PIAA medal was about the only box Newell didn’t check in an otherwise superb junior season. In going 41-5, Newell lost only to 2017-18 state qualifiers, repeated as Wyoming Valley Conference and District 2 Class 3A champion and passed the 100 career wins milestone along the way.

In a tight race featuring several similar resumes, Newell’s strong season was enough to award him the 2018 Hooper Award, given to the WVC’s top wrestler. He recently discussed his season with staff writer Eric Shultz.

Q: The wrestling season has been over for almost a month now. What have you been up to without practices and matches filling your schedule?

A: I’m still working out. I’m still working hard, getting lifting in. I took a little bit of time off from wrestling, but I actually just came back.

Nick Yule

J.J. White

Tommy Traver

School: Valley West Year: Sophomore Weight: 113 Record: 33-8 White, a D2 champion as a freshman, once again dominated in the lower weights. He had three pins and a tech fall on the way to a WVC title, and he repeated as D2 champ with a 16-0 tech fall.

School: Tunkhannock Year: Junior Weight: 132 Record: 40-4 Traver repeats as an allstar after winning his first D2 title, though it wasn’t easy. The 100-match winner and WVC champ somehow avoided a pin in the third period of his final to hang on for a major decision.

School: Berwick Year: Sophomore Weight: 113 Record: 26-12 Though he got to the finals with a pair of pins and a tech fall, Yule needed a 3-2 decision to repeat as D2 champion in a 2017 finals rematch. He’s led the Bulldogs to consecutive D2 duals appearances.

just one point to the eventual state runner-up, and then by tiebreaker to another state medalist. When you see how slim that difference between you and the medal stand was, what does that tell you about the way you wrestled and where you are?

A: I definitely wrestled the best my whole season at the end of the year, Q: There’s a lot of success to look which is good. Being so close to high back on from your junior year: 100 medal-placers like that, anything career victories, a WVC title and Dis- could’ve happened any other day. I trict 2 title, not to mention your team’s could’ve lost by more and I could’ve postseason success. How would you beat them. describe your season?

A: I could describe the season for the Q: Is it one of those things where team (as) better than I expected, for you’re like, “If we do this state tournasure. For me personally, I thought I did ment 10 more times, I could be on the very well; next year, hopefully better. I’ll medal stand in a few of them?” come back and train for that. After my A: Absolutely. No doubt. I think I loss at states I was pretty upset with the could’ve very well taken — I think I outcome. But looking back at it now, it could’ve beaten the third-place guy on was a good season (and I’m) looking for- the podium. Even the second-place guy, ward to a better one next year.

I was that close. Any other day, I think the results would be a little bit different.

Q: What are you most proud of out of all of that?

Q: Does it help to know you get one A: I don’t know. The 100 career victo- more season to work for? ries was a great goal, but going to states A: Yeah, I think the loss at states will and experiencing that, there’s nothing help me grow, help me push a little bit like it. I’d say definitely being a state harder and (set) the goal of placing qualifier and being that close from plac- higher next year (rather) than just seting. tling for any place on the podium.

Contact the writer:

Q: You obviously would prefer to eshultz@citizensvoice.com; have left states with a medal, but if you 570-821-2054; look at your tournament, you fell by @CVEricShultz on Twitter

School: Lake-Lehman Year: Senior Weight: 285 Record: 33-10 When Konigus won his first District 2 title, the only point he allowed was an escape in the final. His strong wrestling eventually sent him to states, where Konigus picked up a win before his final match.

Shane Noonan School: Hazleton Area Year: Junior Weight: 195 Record: 42-8 As the wins piled up this season, Noonan got to 100 career victories, a WVC championship and a repeat District 2 title. He went on to earn regional bronze and a pair of victories at states.

Shawn Henninger School: Dallas Year: Junior Weight: 285 Record: 31-8 Henninger improved from a sub-.500 sophomore season to District 2 champion one year later. He allowed only one point throughout the D2 tourney as he helped the Mountaineers finish second.

Shane O’Rourke School: Crestwood Year: Senior Weight: 220 Record: 34-9 O’Rourke missed his junior postseason but made up for it with a senior year to remember. He pinned his way to a WVC title, took D2 bronze and followed that with regional bronze and a states berth.

ONLINE: For a list of past winners and for the story of the Hooper Memorial Award, visit citizensvoice.com/hooper-award.

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Opportunity driving motive to update Sunday hunting laws

By Craig Morgan CoRRESPoNDENT

HARRISBURG — It’s all about Nolin.

Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director Bryan Burhans began his opening remarks at last month’s Sunday hunting grassroots organizational meeting by touting one of the main results of a ban on the old blue law prohibiting Sunday hunting.

“This is all about Nolin,” Burhans began, as the audience in the auditorium of PGC headquarters wondered who Nolin was.

After Burhans took the reins of the PGC a year ago, it was not long before one knew where his heart was when he explained that Nolin is his son and that growing up in a state that allowed Sunday hunting made it possible for him and Nolin to enjoy their passion of turkey hunting.

Burhans worked six days each week, and Sunday was the only day he and Nolin could enjoy the outdoors together.

They still share that enjoyment, and the fact Burhans is receiving a college degree the last day of this year’s spring gobbler season will not prevent them from enjoying a hunt together. Their plans are to have a “graduation” photo that includes a gobbler for Nolin — or maybe a double.

Harold Daub organized the grassroots meeting and explained how important it was to take the emotion out of the debate about expanded Sunday hunting and stick with facts.

Recently, West Virginia became the last state surrounding Pennsylvania that approved hunting seven days a week.

Daub said not one state that allows hunting on a Sunday has ever repealed the legislation, but he is concerned deer hunting on Sundays is a major stumbling block for some Pennsylvania sportsmen.

Burhans explained deer populations are controlled by antlerless allocations, and recent information from Virginia noted Sunday deer harvests, compared to weekday harvest rates, and turkey harvests are 11 percent of the overall harvest.

Harvests of game species did not increase significantly and were within the normal margin of expected rates in Virginia.

Either way, Burhans assured the audience the PGC would use sciencebased data to guide its decisions.

Hunters United for Sunday Hunting chair Kathy Gehman said it is a freedom issue. “My Land, My Choice” is one of the slogans used by HUSH. Gehman dispelled a myth about the dangers of Sunday hunting with the fact that Saturdays are the highest days of use days by hunters and non-hunters in Pennsylvania State Parks.

online Visit huntingsunday. boards.net for more information on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania.

There were no hunterrelated complaints at parks where hunting is allowed.

Sunday hunting opportunities for youth were a recurring theme and passion of many speakers and will probably have a key role when the PGC would set Sunday hunting dates if the legislators approve.

Another recurring theme was the long-standing opposition by the leadership of the Pennsylvania Far m Bureau. But according to a farmer in attendance from Chester County who farms more than 2,000 acres, he is among farmers in favor of expanded Sunday hunting.

Many hunting seasons overlap with harvest time and this presents his family with the opportunity to hunt and he would love the opportunity to hunt on Sundays before and after church.

He also mentioned he believes the rank and file farmers support Sunday hunting and would like to see a survey, as they were never given the opportunity to vote on the issue.

Many speakers said they believe the Farm Bureau leadership is the major stumbling block with legislative approval.

Burhans said the PGC would provide farmers with “No Sunday Hunting” signage if they wanted to post their land, and the workshop group strongly supports substantially increasing trespassing fines, especially on Sundays if hunting is approved. He said no state that has allowed Sunday hunting, however, has experienced any widespread posting of property — dispelling another myth.

According to the Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance committee, the economic benefit of Sunday hunting should have every Chamber of Commerce contacting their legislators.

When the committee conducted a study in 2010 on the positive effects of Sunday hunting, it found there would be a $460 million spending increase by hunters, an additional 7,439 jobs being created with $247.4 million in salary and wages income.

“It is the mission of this new grassroots organization to remove the prohibition of Sunday hunting in PA Title 34 and transfer full regulatory authority to the Pennsylvania Game Commission,” Daub said. “I emphasized this is not a species discussion and, just as every other state agency in Pennsylvania has regulatory authority seven days each week, we expect the PGC to be equally responsible for Pennsylvania wildlife management.”

Contact the writer: wildlife@ timesshamrock.com

CoURTESy oF DoN BAyLoR

Catching this golden trout was the high point of Don Baylor’s six-day pack trip in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. Baylor of Snydersville, Monroe County, will talk about fishing in the American West during a program 7 p.m. Tuesday at Nescopeck State Park.

Talking TrouT Baylor shares lifetime of angling knowledge

By KEnT JaCKSon STAFF WRiTER

Don Baylor, who spends much of his time helping other people catch trout, might not find a moment to fish on Saturday when the season opens in most of Pennsylvania.

An aquatic biologist from Snydersville, Monroe County, Baylor tells anglers what flies to use during different hatches and advises clubs, towns and counties about how to care for streams and watersheds.

An accomplished fly tyer who as a boy plucked feathers from a pillow to make his first lures, he now teaches anglers who are just starting to tie.

An artist, his paintings of stream scenes encourage others to pick up a fly rod so they can witness the sights, too.

But on Saturday when anglers will stand shoulder-to-shoulder while catching trout for the first time this year, Baylor has other obligations.

He will pitch in during a workday at a fishing club, survey a stream for invertebrates to show anglers what is hatching and then attend supper at another club.

“I don’t know if I’ll get to fish opening day,” he said.

Missing the opener won’t ruin his season because he and other anglers who pursue wild trout aren’t shackled to the calendar.

State law allows fishing year-round on unstocked streams, provided that anglers don’t harvest what they catch out of season.

“We have a lot of headwater streams that have wild trout,” Baylor said.

In the past four years, the state Fish and Boat Commission designated 1,092 new wild trout streams, including 279 that are Class A, the highest

Wildlife NoTebook LUZERNE COUNTY

Hike: Susquehanna Trailers will do a difficult 7-mile hike at Hawk Mountain today. Meet at the Park & Ride on Route 309 near Blackman Street at 9:45 a.m. Bring lunch and water.

For more information, call Rich McNulty at 570-2398237.

Meeting: Stanley Cooper Sr. Chapter of Trout Unlimited meets 7:30 Tuesday at VFW Anthracite Post on Wyoming Avenue in Kinston.

Charlie Charlesworth, president of the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited, is featured speaker.

Trout travelogue: Don Baylor, a fly fisherman, artist, author and biologist, will give a slide show about fly fishing in the American West 7 p.m.

Tuesday at the Nescopeck State Park.

Meeting: Wyoming Valley Mushroom Club meets 7 Thursday in room 209B of the Advanced Technology

Center at Luzerne County Community College.

Bygone Town of Ricketts: Discover where the town of Ricketts used to stand 5 to 6 Friday at Ricketts Glen State Park.

New moon astronomy: Discover the night sky 8 to 9 Friday at Ricketts Glen State Park. Pre-register by calling 570-477-7780.

To get your event in the WildLife notebook, email it to wildlife@timesshamrock.com.

Trout season facts n Opening day: 8 a.m. April 14 n Fishing hours: After 8 a.m. opener, 24 hours a day statewide through Labor Day n Minimum size: Seven inches n Creel limits: Regular season — five, combined species, opening day through Labor day.

Extended season — three, combined species, day after Labor Day through Dec. 31. n Eligibility: Trout anglers 16 and older must have a fishing license and Trout/Salmon stamp.

Licenses and stamps must be signed in ink and displayed on an outer garment. Anglers must be able to provide another form of indentification upon request of a PFBC officer. n Photos wanted: Send your trout fishing photos to wildlife@ timesshamrock.com.

On those trips, which he will recount during a talk 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Nescopeck State Park, he carried in supplies by backpack, horse and llama.

“I’m going to share some backcountry trips that really played out and some that didn’t, but I loved the adventure and the scenery,” Baylor said.

A long-time teacher — Baylor retired after 30 years in front of high school English classes — his subject now is trout.

He hasn’t retired from Aquatic Resource Consulting, a business in which he and his partners detect invertebrates, test water and help manage fisheries.

To fishing clubs, environmental groups and Trout Unlimited chapters, including TU’s Western Pocono Chapter that sponsors his program at the Nescopeck State Park, Baylor talks about fish, the invertebrates that feed them, angling history and fly tying.

Baylor enjoys sharing what he has learned because he didn’t have a mentor when he started fishing.

When he was a boy, fly fishing seemed like a closed society. A beginner had to know fly fishermen well before they would pass on their secrets.

“I didn’t know anyone who fly fished,” Baylor said.

But fascinated by the streams and the anglers on them, he decided to try his luck.

For his first flies, he lashed feathers from a pillow around a bait hook with telephone wire.

He didn’t own a fly rod, so he let the fly drift.

“I actually caught a couple trout,” he said. “I’ve been hooked ever since.”

ranking, awarded after surveys find approximately 40 pounds of trout per acre of water. On April 24, the commission is scheduled to add 99 more streams to the lists.

Baylor knows where to find them.

He gave the commission lists of unsurveyed streams that he thought would qualify.

His favorite is the Brodhead Creek, his home stream, which has a rich history as a trout fishery.

While some sections of the Brodhead are private, he directs anglers to a public stretch.

Take Route 191 north out of Stroudsburg and drive onto Cherry Lane Road north of Analomink. Park at the nature preserve sign. The gate is always open, he said.

Baylor also scouts trout in backcountry streams of the American Contact the writer: kjackson@standardspeaker.com; 570-501-3587 West.

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Here’s the week’s best wildlife/outdoor/adventure w photograph.

This submission p comes from FRAN COXE. Coxe, of Drums, submitted th his photo of a large black bear b enjoying a backyard bird fe eeder on March 27. He also fo ound the suet cake holder and a feasted on the suet.

Have a picture you would like to submit? Email it to wildlife@timesshamrock. com.

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This yearbook photo of the 1943-44 Pittson football team is one of the many pre-1972 Wyoming Valley team photos posted on the Facebook page

Snapshots of history Facebook page highlights Wyoming Valley teams from before 1972

By MaTT BufanO Staff Writer

WEST WYOMING — The value of an artifact depends largely on whose hands it is in.

West Wyoming’s Bob Nardone was the right man for the right collection of photographs, which he’s used as the basis for a fast-growing Facebook page highlighting local sports teams of the past.

“People like nostalgia,” Nardone said.

Count Nardone among those people, 273 and counting of whom have subscribed in a little over a month to the Facebook group titled, “Sports Teams of Wyoming Valley Prior to 1972.”

High school, college and all sorts of amateur teams have been featured on the page, which sees photographs dating back as far as 1909 uploaded daily.

“A lot of them came from an old scrapbook on ‘Somewhere in Time.’ It was an old series fromTheCitizens’Voice,”Nardone said. “I bought a scrapbook, actually I bought two ... at a flea market around here.

Somebodywasgettingridof it, soIsaid,‘Well,youknowwhat?

For $10 bucks, I’ll buy the darn thing.’”

While that purchase served as the basis for Nardone’s page, the Facebook group has grown into a community effort. Yearbook photos, if available, of sports teams, cheerleaders and majorettes are the site’s main sources.

This past week, group members received a history lesson when a 1945 Kingston High School track team photograph spurred a discussion about Merl Norcross.

A group member explained Norcross was his late uncle, a four-year letterwinner in football at North Carolina, where his career included appearances in the Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl.

Learning and remembering such stories, Nardone said, is what the group is all about.

“There’s people out there that are more ‘expert’ than I am,” Nardone said. “I can’t say that I know about Exeter or West Pittston — I know a couple of things about West Wyoming because I live here. But the idea is that anybody can contribute.

That’s what it’s all about.”

Nardone said he picked 1972 as the cutoff date because

that’s when Hurricane Agnes took place, wiping out countless yearbooks, wedding albums, family heirlooms and various personal artifacts.

Bob Gongleski, 66, who grew up in Swoyersville, is a group administrator and was one of the first people who subscribed to Nardone’s page.

“It’s a fun place to be,” Gongleski said. “It’s fun looking back at all the old times.”

Although he moved out of the area in 1971, Gongleski said he has a large collection of Swoyersville yearbooks and an interest in the region’s history.

Among Gongleski’s contributions to the group have been rosters, scores and photographs from teams like the 1941 conference champion Swoyersville High School football team, and Valley West’s first “unified” team out of the merger, the 1967-68 boys basketball team.

Surveying uploads from the past week, Dallas Twp., Plains Twp., Pringle, Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston and King’s College are just a few of the communities and teams represented.

“Every school isn’t represented here,” Nardone said of his personal collection.

“So, that’s when I said people could include pictures from their own schools.”

Anyone with a local connection is welcome to join the page, discoverable by searching “Sports Teams of Wyoming Valley Prior to 1972” on Facebook.

Nardone thanked Marilyn Rozelle, Ron Faraday and Jack Smiles as some people with whom he shares a similar love for local sports and nostalgia.

There was also a recent surprise at the Plymouth Historical Society, where a member gave Nardone a scrapbook of local team photos from 1949 to 1951.

“To me,” Nardone said, “that is like being a kid on Christmas morning.”

Nardone added: “I don’t know what it is, but nostalgia is still a big part of our lives. Everybody wants to go forward and that’s fine. But I just think there’s a bit of nostalgia in all of us.”

Contact the writer: mbufano@citizensvoice.com; 570-821-2060; @CVBufano on twitter

LOCaL COLLEGE ROunDuP Volleyball

FDU-Florham 11, Wilkes 7

career goal, and added three At FDU-Florham, John assists.

Wink scored three goals, but Amy Roth had two gals Wilkse fell in team’s MAC and Shae O’Leary and Freedom opener.

Meaghan Whelan both added a goal and an assist.

Misericordia 7, DeSales 2

Misericordia ended its inaugural season with a 3-0 loss (25-14, 32039, 25-15) to Messiah at home. Ryan Miller and Mike Trygar led MU with seven kills and Caleb Bauder added six.

Bailey Brugler had 21 assists and three blocks.

The Cougars finish the year 13-17 overall and 3-9 in the MAC.

At DeSales, Chris Fleming scored twice and Brandon Winslow had a goal and two assists to lead the Cougars.

Paul Hanrahan and PatDaVe SCHerBeNCO / rick Luzzi each added a goal Staff PHOtOGraPHer and an assist, while Matt Wilkes 3, Misericordia’s Caleb Beck made 17 saves in goal.

City College of New York 0 The Cougars improve to Bauder serves against At Marts Center, Wilkes Messiah on Saturday.

8-0. used a balanced attack as Women’s Lacrosse Baseball seven different Colonels regWilkes earned a sweep of Wilkes dropped its MAC istered a kill in their win (25King’s in the MAC Freedom opener to visiting FDU-Flor23, 25-20, 25-16).

Daniel Sales led all Wil- doubleheader, taking the ham, 13-1, on Saturday. kes attackers with 10 kills, first fame 13-6 and the secJessyca Held scored the 20 assists and five service ond 3-1. lone goal for the Colonels. aces.

PSU Wilkes-Barre 6, PSU York 4 Manhattanville 13, Softball PSU Wilkes-Barre 8, PSU York 1 King’s 12, OT

Misericordia used the long ball to sweep a doubleheader with Eastern at Anderson Field. The Cougars hit five home runs, including two by Jessie McDonough, to win 12-3 and 14-1.

Jess Pluta had three hits and three RBIs in the opener and Amanda Butera added three hits.

In the nightcap, McDonough, Butera, Briana Holder and Maddie Stebich all homered. Victoria Schmidt allowed just one run over five innings to get the win.

Wilkes 4, King’s 1 King’s 14, Wilkes 2 Gracen Staunton tossed a complete game and Haley Welker hit a two-run home run in each game as Wilkes took the first game of the MAC doubleheader.

Jackson Shaver went five innings to get the win in the first game of the doubleheader. Tanner Williams led the offense in Game 1, going 3 for 4 with two RBIs. Northwest grad Brian H a r r i m a n t h r e w f ive innings and gave up three hits for his first win in Game 2.

Men’s Lacrosse King’s raced out to a 7-2 halftime lead en route to opening conference play with a 13-7 victory over host Manhattanville on Saturday in New York.

Brett O’Neill led the Monarchs with four goals and an assist while Omar Nijmeh followed with three goals.

Brock Johnson posted two goals while contributing two assists, and Matt Basile made 14 saves in goal for the Monarchs.

Men’s Tennis

King’s posted a 9-0 victory over Eastern at Kirby Park.

Nathan Carl, Tyler Millan, Jason Homschek, Austin Mackey and Cameron Tuck were all winners in doubles and singles for the Monarchs.

The Monarchs are 2-0 in MAC Freedom play.

Women’s Tennis

King’s won five of six singles matches en route to a 6-3 win over Eastern at Kirby Park,improvingtheMonarchs to 1-1 in MAC Freedom play.

Emily Fernandez won No. 1 singles, and King’s swept At McCarthy Stadium, No. 3 through 6 singles Carly Weiss scored the matches in the win. game-winner with just Women’s Track and field under a minute into overReilly Wagner won two time as Manhattanville beat the Monarchs in the MAC events (long jump, 400 hurdles) and was second in opener.

King’s slips to 3-8 with the another to lead Misericordia at Muhlenberg. loss.

Anastasia Araviakis led Men’s Track and field King’s with four goals and Misericordia won three four assists while Kendra McCoy posted four goals events at Muhlenberg. Tobi and two assists to pace the Olubenga won the triple Monarch attack. Amanda jump while Connor Ruhl Carroll added two goals won the javelin and Devin and one assist from while Oyola took the 400 hurdles.

Orla Cottell posted 13 Men’s Golf saves.

Wilkes opened its spring Misericordia 21, Desales 5 campaign in a dual match At Mangelsdorf Field, against Scranton, falling 321Kaila Quinivan had six goals 352. and an assist and Emily Sean McNamara led all Connell and Kate Raab both Colonels, carding an 82 on scored twice in the win. the par-72 course. Michael Olivia Garcia also scored Malshefski followed with an twice, including her 100th 89.

ton. Rick ran independent clubs in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Mo., and Avon, Ohio.

But, out of baseball last year, Rick faced an uncertain future in the game.

Just so happened, though, that the FCBS’s entry in Nashua, NH, needed a general manager.

Terk recommended Rick, who got the job running a team that Terlecky considers one of the league’s sleeping giants.

“When he wasn’t doing it for a while, I don’t know if we knew what the hell we were going to talk about,” Terk said.

“Because baseball is all we had ever known.”

It’s what was going to get them through what came next, too.

--Terk and Rick were together through the fun times. The ‘92 playoffs at Lackawanna County Stadium, the game’s return to the area. Williamsport in the summer of ‘87 when Bills catcher Dave Bresnahan tried to deceive a baserunner by throwing a potato down the left field line, then tagged the runner out with the real baseball as he jogged to the plate. They were together in the challenging times, too, when they were running teams like the Bills and Waterbury while legal battles that would determine the Red Barons’ start were waged.

This would be a different kind of together.

That first weekend back home. Terk fighting to get better. Rick feeding him Jell-O and ice cream, encouraging him to keep up his spirits.

Mostly, they talked. They rekindled some of those old baseball stories that had long been forgotten, but somehow force their way to the fore when the moment brings them there. They were there, as lifelong friends at a crossroads.

“It was a really rough weekend,” Muntean said.

But it also turned out to be an enlightening one. Terk and Rick, sharing old stories, laughing when they could, seeing together that what they’ve done for baseball fans has mattered.

“Little did we know,” Terk said, failing to fight off the emotion overcoming his voice, “that when that Nashua job opened, and myself and the league commissioner lobbied to bring Rick in, that it was going to be more than me helping him get his deal back on track.

“He was going to be getting me back on track.”

On March 24, the Lynn Chamber of Commerce held a fundraiser at the Gannon Golf Course as a show of support for Terlecky. It raised $20,000 for his medical expenses. Navigators team owner Patrick Salvi flew in to attend and make a generous donation, and he has stayed in contact with Terlecky throughout his recovery. Salvi sent him a text a few days ago that read, “Stay strong. We need you back out there running our Mavs.”

“Tell me that doesn’t make you stronger,” Terk said.

Muntean called the fundraiser “the most wonderful outpouring of love I have ever seen.”

Terk’s resolve, Rick said, has grown stronger since, almost if it had been forged in steel.

--This summer, Terlecky took a leave of absence to focus on his health. He started chemotherapy last week, he said.

Doctors are looking to shrink the tumor, then remove it surgically. He doesn’t know if he’ll ever realistically be cancer free, but he takes encouragement in what he’s told by his physicians: The recovery program he’s on has a 90 percent success rate. They tell him he, someday, can get back to work.

Until then, Terk looks forward to a few things. One is getting back to the ballpark, slipping through the back gate, setting up a lawn chair in the grass, sitting down and watching a new group of players who might not even know who he is warm up before a game.

“For a 40-year baseball guy,” he said, “it doesn’t get much better than that.”

“When I first looked at him walking in that day,” Muntean recalled, “I said to myself, ‘I’m going to lose my best friend.’”

The thing about Terlecky and Muntean is that they’ve overcome the challenges together as well, with a helping hand from baseball and the communities the game has fostered around them.

--Feb. 8 started like any other Thursday night for the man who became known affectionately and simply as “Terk” during his days as the Red Barons’ general manager from the team’s infancy in the mid-1980s through the Phillies’ exhibition game against the Red Barons at then-Lackawanna County Stadium in the middle of 1997.

He did his daily work as general manager of the North Shore Navigators, a collegiate summer team in Lynn, Mass., that plays in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, doing the type of work he believes current general managers of Triple-A teams would pine to do, all things being equal.

Finished for the day, Terk left his Swampscott home and went out for the night. But he’d feel pain in his abdomen by the end of that night so severe, he doubled over in pain. Thoughts he might be battling the stomach flu dissipated when the pain intensified. He called an Uber to get him to a hospital, where he alltoo-quickly learned this wasn’t the stomach flu at all.

Terlecky needed a ninehour surgery to clear a blockage caused by a tumor on the outside of his colon that proved so large, it touched other organs.

More than six years ago, Terlecky battled this cancer and defeated it. He had undergone the requisite checks since, with no indication it had returned.

To say the news that it had reoccurred surprised him would be an understatement.

To say the next six weeks would be the ultimate test of his mental toughness would also qualify.

--Terk and Rick. Rick and Terk. To baseball fans around the region, one name couldn’t be uttered without an immediate mention of the other. They were the men at the gate after Red Barons games, shaking hands, handing out magnetic calendars, rain or shine, win or lose, urging young and old to come back soon. Neither man has worked in the front office at PNC Field since Muntean left at the end of the 2003 season. But combined, they served as the franchise’s general manager for more than half of its existence.

The fact they’d be together again those first few days after Terlecky left Massachusetts General Hospital and got back to his doorstep occurred partly by happenstance, and mostly because of baseball.

They met 46 years ago, working-class kids from workingclass Youngstown, Ohio; Muntean a ballplayer good enough to be considered somewhat of a prospect as both a pitcher and a hitter, Terlecky the self-described “worst catcher you’ve ever seen.”

Just a couple of guys who wanted to run a baseball team, as Terk described it.

“Boy oh boy,” he said, “look what that turned into.”

And did that ever turn into something big. While working as co-general manager in Rochester with the Red Wings before he hit it big with the Red Barons, Terlecky met a businessman named Woody Kern, who was looking for someone to help him start up a minor league team in San Jose. Terk recommended Rick. And when he got the job as the first general manager of the Red Barons in 1984 — a team five years from playing a game — he knew he needed a trusted hand to help guide the local franchise through its infancy. So, Terk hired Rick.

Just as baseball joined them in those first 30 years after they met, it separated them the last 15. Terk found his way to places like Madison, Wisc., DOnnIE COLLInS is a timesand Gary, Ind., and Bingham- Shamrock sports columnist.

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Dr. GeorGe P. Moses senior All-stAr ClAssiC The Citizens’ Voice and the Wyoming Valley Athletic Association sponsored the 49th annual Dr. George P. Moses Senior All-Star Classic on Friday night at Holy Redeemer. All proceeds benefit local charities and families in need.

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Pittston Area’s Alexa Noone was chosen as her team’s MVP after scoring 13 points in the win. From left, Jack Bonczewski, Wyoming Valley Athletic Association; Noone; Dr. George P. Moses; and Jim Reeser, sports editor, The Citizens’ Voice.

Berwick’s Reese Mensinger was chosen as her team’s MVP after scoring 13 points. From left, Jack Bonczewski, Wyoming Valley Athletic Association; Mensinger; Dr. George P. Moses; and Jim Reeser, sports editor, The Citizens’ Voice.

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Dallas’ Joe Parsons was chosen as his team’s MVP after scoring 15 points.

From left, Teddi Janosov, Wyoming Valley Athletic Association; Walter Allabaugh, WVAA; Parsons; Dr. George P. Moses; and Jim Reeser, sports editor, The Citizens’ Voice.

Hazleton Area’s Jeff Planutis was chosen as his team’s MVP after scoring 30 points in a win. From left, John Moses Jr., Wyoming Valley Athletic Association; John Moses, WVAA; Walter Allabaugh, WVAA; Planutis; Dr. George P. Moses; Jim Reeser, sports editor, The Citizens’ Voice; and John Zimich, WVAA.

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Wyoming Area’s Sarah Holweg won the 3-point shootout at halftime of the girls game. From left, John Leighton, Wyoming Valley Athletic Association; Dr. George P. Moses; Holweg; Jack Mascioli, WVAA; and Jim Reeser, sports editor, The Citizens’ Voice

Pittston Area’s Matt McGlynn won the 3-point shootout at halftime of the boys game. From left, Phil Latinski, Wyoming Valley Athletic Association; Teddi Janosov, WVAA; Joe O’Hara, WVAA; Dr. George P. Moses; McGlynn; Jack Mascioli, WVAA; Jim Reeser, sports editor, The Citizens’ Voice; and Matt Himlin, WVAA.

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The Wyoming Valley Conference basketball officials presented a sportsmanship award to Wyoming Seminary. From left, John Leighton, official; Joe DiMaggio, official; Wyoming Seminary coach C.J. Kersey; Jack Bonczewski, official; and Dan Frascella, official.

The Wyoming Valley Conference basketball officials presented a sportsmanship award to Lake-Lehman. From left, John Leighton, official; Jack Bonczewski, official; Lake-Lehman coach Charlie Lavan; Joe DiMaggio, official; and Dan Frascella, official.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018

THE CITIZENS' VOICE B7

Dr. GeorGe P. Moses senior All-stAr ClAssiC The Citizens’ Voice and the Wyoming Valley Athletic Association sponsored the 49th annual Dr. George P. Moses Senior All-Star Classic on Friday night at Holy Redeemer. All proceeds benefit local charities and families in need.

Members of Team Jezorwski stand for the national anthem before the girls game.

Hazleton Area’s Jeff Planutis goes up for a dunk.

Wyoming Area’s Sarah Holweg, left, greets Nanticoke Area’s Lisa Radziak after the 3-point shootout.

Berwick’s Reese Mensinger shoots over Crestwood’s Sara Hopkins.

Berwick’s Damon Beckhorn reacts after a dunk.

Dallas’ Jay Bittner, right, greets Hazleton Area’s Jeff Planutis before the start of the game.

Photos by ChristoPher Dolan / staff PhotograPher

Dallas’ Alex Charlton goes up for a shot as Crestwood’s Evan Knapp defends.

Dallas’ Joey Parsons goes up for a shot as Holy Redeemer’s Bryce Yencha, left, and Crestwood’s Kevin Klusewitz defend.

Crestwood’s Andrea Shipton moves the ball past Meyers’ Amanda Gray.

Wyoming Area’s Addison Orzel takes a shot.

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B8 THE CITIZENS' VOICE

SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018

PENS: WBS heading back to the playoffs FROM PAGE B1

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RailRiders’ Billy Fleming connects for a double, sending a runner home against Syracuse on Saturday.

LOSS: Syracuse tops RailRiders at PNC Field FROM PAGE B1

“I definitely give him credit for that one,” Higashioka said. “I think he got the jump on all of us that play.

But I mean, you could definitely see the speed. When he came second to home, that was pretty impressive. I don’t think anybody expected him to go all the way around that instance. But credit to him. He used it to his advantage and took advantage of our mistakes — mine, mainly.”

Robles proved to be a pest all day for the RailRiders. He finished 4 for 4 with a walk, two runs and an RBI. He knocked the first three pitches he saw for base hits, then got his fourth hit three pitches later.

He battled Gomez with one out in the ninth, taking a close two-strike pitch at the bottom of the zone for a ball before walking with a full count.

“Speed kills, obviously, and he knows how to use it,” RailRiders manager Bobby Mitchell said. “You’ve got to kind of make him earn his w ay o n , a n d whe n we walked him with (one out), it creates problems, obviously.

“Somehow, we’ve got to keep him off second base.

Try to, try to, try to. And then he does a delayed steal, which, I’ve seen guys that are fast use that. It works really well.”

Still, the RailRiders had their chance in the bottom of the inning.

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RailRiders’ Gleyber Torres tags out Syracuse’s Victor Robles after Robles was caught in a rundown Saturday. hero after his walk-off three-run homer, squared to bunt four times against Syracuse’s Austin Adams, instead taking four balls for a walk. Shane Robinson bunted the runners into scoring position for Gleyber Torres.

“The goal is putting the ball in the game,” Torres said. “Try to (get) two more RBIs, but I (didn’t) take good (pitches).”

Torres took the first pitch for a ball, but swung through two low-and-away sliders to give Adams the upper hand.

Adams eventually got Torres to ground into a fielder’s choice, then Cody Asche’s pop out ended the game.

“To me, it’s a great experience for hitters to be in that situation,” Mitchell said. “Because it’s a pressure situation, you’re facing their closer, who throws well. Throws hard, looked like it was a pretty good slider.

“You’re going to see that.

When you get to the big leagues, you’re going to see it a lot. So, it’s a great opportunity, I think, for him or anybody on our team to experience that. So, you learn by it.

It’s not easy, especially with the game on the line and ninth inning and you want to get the runner in and you get a little anxious and anxiety sets in. I thought he did a

decent job, but the guy made good pitches on him.”

Torres was also the reason the RailRiders found themselves in a tie game. His first hit of the season was a towering, two-run home run into the bullpens in left field in the sixth inning.

“First hit of the year, home run — good,” Torres said.

“Stay focused, stay in my approach and help my team.”

Syracuse led from the first inning until Torres’ homer.

The Chiefs poked three hits and worked two walks off RailRiders starter Josh Rogers to open up a 2-0 lead. Brady Lail started warming in the inning, but Rogers settled down in his Triple-A debut.

He would work five innings, allowing just the two runs.

“The first inning was, obviously, not great,” said the 23-year-old, who got the ball when New York recalled scheduled starter Luis Cessa before the game. “Just trying to nibble a little bit too much.

Trying to really be perfect right there right off the plate.

I guess in this league, you’re not going to get that.

“So, I’m going to learn quickly. Made the adjustment though in the second inning and just tried to keep the ball down as much as possible, get early contact and just continue to mix it up and get some early swings.”

SWB cut it to 2-1 in the second on Billy Fleming’s twoout RBI double, then Syracuse stretched the advantage back to two runs on Robles’ sixth-inning RBI base hit.

Contact the writer: cfoley@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9125; @RailRidersTT on Twitter

SWB RAILRIDERS GAME REPORT Syracuse 4, RailRiders 3

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LOB: Syracuse 8, RailRiders 9. 2B: Fleming, McBroom. HR: Torres. SAC: Robinson. SF: Domingeuz. SB: Sierra 2, Gonzalez, Robles.

CS: Robles (by Lail/Higashioka). PO: Robles (by Lail). E: Gonzalez (fielding), Torres (throw), Avelino (missed catch), Higashioka (throw).

Syracuse IP H R ER BB SO Milone 5.1 7 3 3 0 6 Cordero .2 0 0 0 1 2 Simms (W, 1-0) 2 1 0 0 1 1 Adams (S, 1) 1 1 0 0 1 0 RailRiders IP H R ER BB SO Rogers 5 6 2 2 3 4 Lail 2 1 1 1 2 1 Gomez (L, 0-1) 2 0 1 0 1 1 WP: Cordero. Umpires: HP: Visconti, 1B: Graham, 2B: Godec, 3B: Riggs. T: 2:45. A: 3,488.

How they scored Syracuse first: Rogers pitching. Robles singled, Robles to second on throwing error

by Torres. Stevenson struck out. Marmolejos singled, Robles scored. Sierra singled, Marmolejos to second. De Aza walked, Marmolejos to third, Sierra to second. Dominguez sacrifice fly to center, Marmolejos scored. Syracuse 2, RailRiders 0.

RailRiders second: Milone pitching. Ford singled. Higashioka singled, Ford to second.

McBroom grounded into a double play, Ford to third, Higashioka out at second. Fleming doubled, Ford scored. Syracuse 2, RailRiders 1.

Syracuse sixth: Lail pitching. Kieboom flied out. Sanchez flied out. Gonzalez walked. With Robles batting, Gonzalez stole second. Robles singled, Gonzalez scored.

Syracuse 3, RailRiders 1.

RailRiders sixth: Milone pitching. Robinson singled. Torres homered, Robinson scored. Syracuse 3, RailRiders 3.

Syracuse ninth: Gomez pitching. Gonzalez struck out. Robles walked. Stevenson flied out. With Marmolejos batting, Robles steals second base, Robles scores on throwing error by Higashioka. Syracuse 4, RailRiders 3.

Today’s game RailRiders (1-1) vs. Syracuse (1-1), PNC Field, 1:05 p.m.

Pitching probables: RailRiders RHP David Hale (0-0, 0.00) vs.

Syracuse RHP Erick Fedde (0-0, 0.00)

Off the rails ■ The RailRiders have 15 hits through two games, with six going for extra bases.

■ Reliever Ben Heller had Tommy John surgery Friday and will miss the rest of the season.

He also had a bone spur removed from his right elbow.

Heller had a 3.86 ERA in 11⅔ innings this spring for the Yankees. He appeared in 41 games for the RailRiders last year and had a 2.88 ERA. The Yankees acquired Heller in the trade that sent Andrew Miller to Cleveland on July 31, 2016.

■ After Friday night’s marathon game, the Yankees called up some reinforcements from the RailRiders. RHPs Luis Cessa and Domingo German,

both members of SWB’s starting rotation, were bumped up to New York. Cessa was supposed to start Saturday’s game for the RailRiders, and German was slated for Monday. The Yankees also added UT Jace Peterson to the 40-man roster and called him up to New York, too.

Peterson started in center field and led off for the RailRiders in Friday’s season opener.

■ LHP Dan Camarena and RHP Jonathan Holder were added to the RailRiders roster. Camarena has been with SWB, but since he was scheduled to be the No. 5 starter, the team didn’t need to add him to the active roster right away. Holder pitched two innings for New York on Friday — and took the loss after giving up Pedro Alvarez’s 14th-inning grand slam — and became the first passenger on the Scranton Shuttle this season.

— CONOR FOLEY

POCONO DOWNS RESULTS Saturday’s Partial Results First - Pace 1:52.0 7 I Soar Him First (Napolitano Jr)7.20 5.80 5.40 1 Delco Papa Bear (Morrill Jr) 4.20 3.20 5 Starvin Marvin (Carlson) 11.00 Exacta (7-1) $46.80 50 CENT Trifecta (7-1-5) $149.60 10 CENT Superfecta (7-1-5-4) $266.05 Second - Pace 1:53.0 5 Naked City (Napolitano Jr) 53.00 18.20 9.80 8 Walks Of Life (Berry) 5.60 4.20 2 Iwillnotbemached (Taggart Jr) 6.20 Exacta (5-8) $217.20 50 CENT Trifecta (5-8-2) $2,437.30 10 CENT Superfecta (5-8-2-4) $832.44 Daily Double (7-5) $500.20 Third - Pace 1:52.2

1 Heavenly Sound (Jackson)3.20 2.20 2.10 2 Heartbeat Hill (Napolitano) 5.60 2.80 6 Riggle Wealth (Morrill Jr) 2.10 Exacta (1-2) $25.20 50 CENT Trifecta (1-2-6) $9.75 10 CENT Superfecta (1-2-6-3) $13.13 Fourth - Pace 1:52.0 7 Ginger Tree Cash (Morrill Jr)5.00 3.20 2.60 8 Ideal Rocky (Allard) 6.20 3.60 3 Lachie Maguire N (Napolitano) 2.60 Exacta (7-8) $25.20 50 CENT Trifecta (7-8-3) $19.85 10 CENT Superfecta (7-8-3-4) $47.84 Fifth - Pace 1:52.2 4 Goose Mountain (Allard) 6.00 2.20 2.10 5 Jk Wildfire (Morrill Jr) 2.10 2.10 1 Beach Watch (Miller) 2.80

Exacta (4-5) $9.20 50 CENT Trifecta (4-5-1) $3.85 10 CENT Superfecta (4-5-1-2) $2.67 PICK 3 (1-7-4) $127.80 Sixth - Pace 1:54.0 7 Catherine’sdiamond(NapolitanoJr)11.60 6.60 2.80 6 Still Friskie (Napolitano) 10.60 3.80 1 Somwhereonthebeach (Allard) 2.10 Exacta (7-6) $63.60 50 CENT Trifecta (7-6-1) $44.95 10 CENT Superfecta (7-6-1-4) $29.81 Scratched: Machmillions, Ohoka Texas N Seventh - Pace 1:52.2 1 Late Night Joke (Carlson) 7.80 3.00 2.20 5 Nimble And Quick (Morrill Jr) 2.40 2.10 3 Parklane Eagle (Taggart Jr) 3.20 Exacta (1-5) $16.20 50 CENT Trifecta (1-5-3) $11.40

10 CENT Superfecta (1-5-3-2) $10.54 Eighth - Pace 1:53.3 5 R M Blackhawk (Ginsburg)26.60 9.60 8.40 7 Freespin N (Berry) 20.20 8.00 8 Dancingwithdelight (Napolitano) 3.80 Exacta (5-7) $297.00 50 CENT Trifecta (5-7-8) $331.40 10 CENT Superfecta (5-7-8-2) $2,316.35 Ninth - Pace 1:52.2 4 Six Gun (Napolitano) 25.60 7.60 3.80 5 Mustang Art (Buter) 3.40 2.60 3 Drunk On Your Love (Napolitano Jr) 3.40 Exacta (4-5) $115.20 50 CENT Trifecta (4-5-3) $102.25 10 CENT Superfecta (4-5-3-2) $82.16 PICK 4 () Scratched: Big Top Hanover

Nineteen seconds later, Tom Sestito beat Devils goaltender Cam Johnson five-hole to double the lead.

It was a brutal introduction to the AHL for Johnson, who was making his first professional start. The Penguins blitzed him with 17 shots in the opening frame and got two more goals from Jarrett Burton and Zach Trotman.

“It was so much fun to have the energy of the crowd,” Kostopoulos said. “I think it brought us a lot of energy to get those four quick. It was probably one of the best first periods we’ve had.”

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton netminder Michael Leighton, meanwhile, was solid early and went on to make 26 saves for his fourth win against Binghamton this season.

The Devils did push back in the second period, getting a top-corner snipe from Jake Walman and a redirect from Blake Pietila, but the Penguins answered with authority in the third.

Dea and Daniel Sprong played give and go before the latter waited out Johnson for his 30th of the season only 35 seconds into the frame. Five minutes later, Christian Thomas snapped a shot past Johnson from the high slot to put the game out of reach.

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Penguins’ Jean-Sebastien Dea celebrates a goal.

Thomas later added an empty-netter and finished with four points.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (42-22-6-2) stayed in second place in the Atlantic Division after both Providence and Charlotte won on Saturday. It also retained the league’s longest active streak of postseason appearances in the process.

Kostopoulos has been there for eight of them, and he’s excited to be back in one final chase for the Cup. “It was personally special for me to clinch on this night,” Kostopoulos said. “I want to get my game to the highest level I can before the playoffs start. My linemates are playing hard. I just want to do my job for them.”

Contact the writer: tpiccotti@citizensvoice.com; 570-821-2089; @CVPiccotti on Twitter

PENGUINS GAME REPORT Penguins 7, Binghamton 4 Binghamton 022—4 Penguins 403—7 First period: Scoring - 1, WBS, Dea (Wilson, Pedan), 3:42 (PP); 2, WBS, Sestito (Thomas, Tinordi), 4:01; 3, WBS, Burton (Sestito), 10:24; 4, WBS, Trotman (Thomas, Burton), 16:36. Penalties - Binghamton, Bastian, high-sticking 1:52; Binghamton, Rooney, hooking 14:35.

Second period: Scoring - 5, Binghamton, Walman, 9:29; 6, Binghamton, Pietila (Walman, Rooney), 18:05. Penalties - WBS, Summers, hooking 1:41; WBS, Pedan, fighting 19:09; Binghamton, Baddock, fighting 19:09.

Third period: Scoring - 7, WBS, Sprong (Dea), 0:35; 8, WBS, Thomas (Pedan), 5:44; 9, Binghamton, MacDonald (Seney, Lappin), 8:00 (PP); 10, Binghamton, Mandat (Hammond), 11:48; 11 WBS, Thomas (Quinney), 16:55 (EN).

Penalties - WBS, Dea, high-sticking 6:38.

Shots on goal: Binghamton 10 8 12 - 30; WBS 17 8 11 - 36.

Goaltenders: Binghamton, Johnson (29 saves on 35 shots); WBS, Leighton (26 saves on 30 shots).

Power-play opportunities: Binghamton 1 for 2 ; WBS 1 for 2.

Referees: Reid Anderson and Jason Faist. Linesmen: Richard Jondo and Matt McNulty.

Attendance: 8,198.

Three stars 1. Penguins Tom Kostopoulos, final regular-season home game 2. Penguins RW Christian Thomas, two goals and two assists 3. Penguins LW Tom Sestito, goal and assist

By the numbers

Adam Johnson-Gage Quinney-Ryan Haggerty Tom Sestito-Jarrett BurtonChristian Thomas Joseph Cramarossa-Teddy Blueger-Tom Kostopoulos Defensemen: Andrey Pedan-Lukas Bengtsson Chris Summers-Kevin Czuczman Jarred Tinordi-Zach Trotman Goalies: Michael LeightonAnthony Peters Scratches: Jeff Taylor, Ethan Prow, Pat McGrath, Sam Lafferty, Thomas Di Pauli, Frank Corrado, Alex D’Orio, Tristan Jarry, Dane Birks, Niclas Almari, Jan Drozg

Game notes Goaltender Tristan Jarry was a healthy scratch after playing in Friday night’s loss to Bridgeport. Thomas Di Pauli and Frank Corrado remained out of the lineup with injuries. ... The team held a moment of silence before the game in honor of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team from the Sakatchewan Junior Hockey League. The team was traveling to a playoff game Friday when its bus collided with a semi-trailer. Fifteen people, including the team’s coach and captain, died.

5 — the Penguins’ goal differential over five previous games against Binghamton this season. Before Up next Saturday, they had beaten Wilkes-Barre/Scranton the Devils by only one goal completes its three-inin each contest. three weekend on the road Penguins lineup against Bridgeport at 3 p.m. today.

Forwards: Garrett Wilson— TYLER PiCCOTTi J.S. Dea-Daniel Sprong

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP STAFF REPORT

At Dallas on Friday night, Daniel Hinton’s four goals helped Scranton Prep get by Dallas, 7-5, in Wyoming Valley Conference boys lacrosse.

Luke Johnson added two goals for the Cavaliers (2-0 Division 1).

Nick Solinsky and David Lipinski both scored twice for the Mountaineers (1-1 Division 1).

SCRANTON PREP GOALS: Daniel Hinton 4, Luke Johnson 2, Joe Pettinato. SCRATNON PREP ASSISTS: Daniel Hinton, Luke Johnson.

DALLAS GOALS: Nick Solinsky 2, David Lipinski 2, T.J. Herron. DALLAS ASSISTS: Michael Starbuck 2, Josh Kalna.

SAVES: Kyle Reihner (SP); Nicholas Matcho (Dal) 9.

Crestwood 16, Tunkhannock 4 At Crestwood on Friday night, Anthony Caporuscio and Wyatt Malia led the Comets (2-0 Division 1) with three goals and three assists apiece as they remained undefeated in WVC play

along with Scranton Prep.

T.J. Kulak, Sean Murphy and Trey Zabroski all had two goals for Crestwood.

Michael Casey, Izaiah Simon, Trae Cole and Aidan Brown scored for the Tigers (1-1 Division 2).

TUNKHANNOCK GOALS: Aidan Brown, Michael Casey, Trae Cole, Izaiah Simon. TUNKHANNOCK ASSISTS: Izaiah Simon.

CRESTWOOD GOALS: Anthony Caporuscio 3, Wyatt Malia 3, T.J. Kulak 2, Sean Murphy 2, Trey Zabroski 2, Matt Tirpak, Chandler O’Farrell, Brennan Magin, Charles Helmbold. CRESTWOOD ASSISTS: Anthony Caporuscio 3, Wyatt Malia 3, T.J. Kulak 2, Matt Tirpak, Chandler O’Farrell, Patrick Colo.

GOALS: Sergey Montross (Tun) 4; Reed Karaski (Cre) 16.

Boys Volleyball At Berwick on Friday, Santiago Segura had six aces, 13 service points and 28 assists as Berwick beat Nanticoke Area, 3-1, on Friday in boys volleyball.

Joe Norce added nine service points, 10 kills and 11 digs.

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Woods settles for even par

By DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PrESS

DAvID GOlDMAn / ASSOCIATED PrESS

Patrick Reed reacts to his birdie on the 10th hole during the third round at the Masters golf tournament Saturday, April 7, 2018, in Augusta, Ga.

REED: American leads by 3 shots FrOM PAGE B1

His primary challenger is McIlroy, in the final group at the Masters for the first time in seven years, this time with a shot at the career Grand Slam.

This time it’s for a green jacket, not a gold Ryder Cup trophy.

This is for themselves, not for team.

Reed and McIlroy are indelibly linked to that Ryder Cup singles match at Hazeltine some 18 months ago when they traded big putts and uppercuts until Reed prevailed on the 18th hole.

“It won’t be quite as intense as that Ryder Cup match, I don’t think,” McIlroy said, alluding to the partisan and at times rude nature of cheers rarely found at Augusta National.

“I think we’ll still be feeling it. It’s the latest round of a major championship. Patrick is going for his first major. And I’m going for ... something else.”

He paused and smiled upon hearing a few chuckles.

That “something else” is something grand. At stake for the McIlroy is the final leg of the career Grand Slam, achieved by only five other players, and completed only once before at the Masters by Gene Sarazen in 1935.

“It’s going to be good fun,” he said.

Reed ran off three straight birdies around the turn, and he stretched his lead to as many as five shots with his eagles.

The first one was a 15-foot putt on the 13th hole. The next one was far more bold.

From just under 270 yards, with the rain making the air feel heavy, Reed hit 3-wood just over the water and short of the bunker. His chip from 80 feet slammed against the pin and dropped for eagle. Reed pumped his fist, the kind of emotion he typically saves for the Ryder Cup. He was at 14-under 202.

McIlroy made up a fiveshot deficit in eight holes when he chipped in for eagle on the par-5 eighth. Reed was in the group behind him, and perhaps the cheers inspired him. He holed a 10-footer for birdie, the start of three in a row to regain control.

“Any time you hear a bunch of roars, you’re going

to get excited, especially if you feel like you’re playing some good golf,” Reed said.

“Felt like I was doing what I needed to do. Of course, I heard the roar on 8, but then to birdie 8, to make the putt on 9, and then hit a good shot on 10 and make birdie there ... I just felt like from that point, the crowds were electrified.

“You had to ride the momentum and keep it going.”

McIlroy can only hope he didn’t use up all his luck.

He figures that chip-in at No. 8 was going off the green except that it struck the pin. He also feared for the worst when his second shot on the par-5 13th went into a sea of pink azaleas, and he wasn’t sure he couldn’t find the ball. He found it, and the bushes are thin enough he could chip out of the mess and escape with par.

“Just a great day,” McIlroy said. “To get myself into the final group, and have a chance to win another major ... you couldn’t ask for much more out of today.”

The verbal gamesmanship may have started early.

“I feel like all the pressure is on him,” McIlroy said.

“He’s got to go out and protect that, and he’s got a few guys chasing him that are pretty big-time players. He’s got that to deal with and sleep on tonight.”

Reed didn’t flinch when told of McIlroy’s views.

“I am leading,” he said.

“But at the same time, he’s trying to go for the career Grand Slam. You can put it either way. Honestly, I woke up this morning, felt fine.

Didn’t feel any pressure. Just came out and tried to play some golf. And I believe that’s how it’s going to be (today).”

Both realize that even with their Ryder Cup connection, this is hardly match play.

Rickie Fowler made eagle on the par-5 second and was 5 under through eight holes.

He cooled until the end of his round, when a pair of birdies over the last two holes gave him a 65 and left him five shots behind.

Jon Rahm of Spain also chipped in for eagle on No. 8 and saved par on the 13th after hitting into the creek in his round of 65. He was at 8-under 208. Henrik Stenson (70) was seven shots behind.

SCORES AND TEE TIMES Masters Scores Saturday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Purse: TBA ($11 million in 2017) Yardage: 7,435 Par 72 Third Round a-denotes amateur Patrick Reed 69-66-67—202 Rory McIlroy 69-71-65—205 Rickie Fowler 70-72-65—207 Jon Rahm 75-68-65—208 Henrik Stenson 69-70-70—209 Tommy Fleetwood 72-72-66—210 Bubba Watson 73-69-68—210 Marc Leishman 70-67-73—210 Justin Thomas 74-67-70—211 Jordan Spieth 66-74-71—211 Dustin Johnson 73-68-71—212 Cameron Smith 71-72-70—213 Justin Rose 72-70-71—213 Louis Oosthuizen 71-71-71—213 Jason Day 75-71-69—215 Jimmy Walker 73-71-71—215 Bernd Wiesberger 70-73-72—215 Matt Kuchar 68-75-72—215 Charley Hoffman 69-73-73—215 Tony Finau 68-74-73—215 Matthew Fitzpatrick 75-74-67—216 Si Woo Kim 75-73-68—216 Kevin Kisner 72-75-69—216 Francesco Molinari 72-74-70—216 Satoshi Kodaira 71-74-71—216 Russell Henley 73-72-71—216 Adam Hadwin 69-75-72—216 Hideki Matsuyama 73-71-72—216 Haotong Li 69-76-72—217 Paul Casey 74-75-69—218 Adam Scott 75-73-70—218 Daniel Berger 73-74-71—218 Ryan Moore 74-72-72—218 Jhonattan Vegas 77-69-72—218 Zach Johnson 70-74-74—218 Webb Simpson 76-73-70—219

Bernhard Langer Fred Couples Rafa Cabrera Bello Tiger Woods Bryson DeChambeau Branden Grace Kiradech Aphibarnrat Xander Schauffele Martin Kaymer Kyle Stanley Tyrrell Hatton a-Doug Ghim Chez Reavie Phil Mickelson Ian Poulter Brian Harman Vijay Singh

74-74-71—219 72-74-73—219 69-76-74—219 73-75-72—220 74-74-72—220 73-73-74—220 79-70-72—221 71-78-72—221 74-73-74—221 72-74-75—221 74-75-73—222 72-76-74—222 76-71-75—222 70-79-74—223 74-75-74—223 73-74-76—223 71-74-79—224

Tee Times 10 a.m.— Vijay Singh 10:10 a.m.— Ian Poulter, Brian Harman 10:20 a.m.— Chez Reavie, Phil Mickelson 10:30 a.m.— Tyrrell Hatton, a-Doug Ghim 10:40 a.m.— Martin Kaymer, Kyle Stanley 10:50 a.m.— Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Xander Schauffele 11 a.m.— Bryson DeChambeau, Branden Grace 11:10 a.m.— Rafael Cabrera Bello, Tiger Woods 11:20 a.m.— Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples 11:40 a.m.— Xsch Johndon, Webb Simpson 11:50 a.m.— Ryan Moore, Jhonattan Vegas 12 p.m.— Adam Scott, Daniel Berger 12:10 p.m.— Haotong Li, Paul Casey 12:20 p.m.— Adam Hadwin, Hideki Matsuyama 12:30 p.m.— Satoshi Kodaira, Russell Henley 12:40 p.m.— Kevin Kisner, Francesco Molinari 12:50 p.m.— Matthew Fitzpatrick, Si Woo Kim 1 p.m.— Charley Hoffman, Tony Finau 1:20 p.m.— Jimmy Walker, Matt Kuchar 1:30 p.m.— Jason Day, Bernd Wiesberger 1:40 p.m.— Justin Rose, Louis Oosthuizen 1:50 p.m.— Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith 2 p.m.— Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth 2:10 p.m.— Bubba Watson, Marc Leishman 2:20 p.m.— Henrik Stenson, Tommy Fleetwood

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods was trying to figure out how to get to the 17th green from closer to the 15th fairway when the massive gallery anticipating his shot heard a huge roar behind them that caused them to look over their shoulders.

Rickie Fowler was responsible for making all that noise with an eagle on the second hole.

The third round of the Masters was just getting started on Saturday. The player so many fans wanted to see was about done.

Needing something special to even have hope, Woods had to settle for ordinary.

A few sloppy bogeys, two of them on par 5s. A few birdies. It added to an evenpar 72, his best score of the week.

“I’m not hitting it close enough. I’m not taking advantage of the par 5s and consequently a good round is even par,” Woods said.

It was disappointing, sure, but it also was surprising.

Woods spent so much of the Florida swing of the PGA Tour piecing his game back together, and his iron game was particularly sharp. And then at the Masters, it wasn’t. Woods said he knows what the problem is, he just can’t fix it.

And now it’s too late for him to do anything about it.

So instead of Woods capping off this comeback with a fifth green jacket, he had to settle for playing the Masters for the first time in three years. Regardless of the score, no one wanted to miss him. Fans packed into Amen Corner and celebrated with Woods when he hit the green

ChArlIE rIEDEl / ASSOCIATED PrESS

Tiger Woods reacts after missing a birdie on the 17th hole Saturday. after two days of going into Rae’s Creek. This one settled 8 feet away from the left pin.

“I just couldn’t do it three days in a row,” Woods said.

“Missed the putt. But hey, that’s a lot easier to play the hole from the green than it is dropping.”

They stood on their toes — some of them hopped in place — to try to see over all the heads lining the 13th fairway to check if his shot cleared the tributary in front of the green. It narrowly did, except that Woods then chipped it too close to the edge and off the back of the green.

It wasn’t great golf. It was simply golf by one of the greatest players.

Woods was assured of moving back into the top 100 in the world, notable only because he was at No. 1,199 just over four months ago when he returned from

yet another long layoff following multiple back surgeries.

“I’ve had some success in this comeback, and I’m getting there,” Woods said. “I wish this week would have been a little bit better. Hopefully, tomorrow I can shoot something, get me to even par or even in the red. I think that will be a good goal tomorrow, and hopefully I can get it done.”

For now, all that can be said about this comeback is that he’s at least back.

Woods played the third round with Ian Poulter — they had not played together in a tournament since the Bridgestone Invitational in 2011. Poulter said as they walked up the 18th fairway, he told Woods, “It’s good to see you healthy again.”

It wasn’t always like that.

“It would have felt different 15 years ago than it did

today,” Poulter said. “I would have been more nervous. It would have been more intimidating. He would have been hard, with his game face on.”

He described Woods now as having a softer personality, and Poulter isn’t alone in sensing that.

Woods is 1 under for the week on the four par 5s. He went just over the back of the 15th green with a wedge, chipped only up to the putting surface and missed his par putt. It was an example of how loose his game has been all week.

“It’s been scratchy this week,” he said. “I just haven’t gotten it done. I feel like I’m driving it better than I have all year, but I am not capitalizing on it. And when I did miss I missed in the wrong spots. My swing is just off with my irons, just at the wrong time.”

Putting woes stifle Johnson, Spieth

By MARK LONG ASSOCIATED PrESS

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Dustin Johnson burned the edges.

Jordan Spieth lipped out more than his fair share.

Justin Thomas just never got comfortable on the greens.

Three of the world’s best golfers blamed putting woes for being mostly stagnant on Moving Day at the Masters on Saturday.

With everyone else around them moving up the leaderboard, Johnson, Spieth and Thomas didn’t keep pace.

And they had a similar culprit: The putter, arguably the most important club on Augusta National’s treacherous greens.

Johnson and Spieth each shot 1-under 71 in the third round. Thomas was one stroke better (70) and moved to 5 under heading into the final round.

Their body language on the greens told the story.

They leaned left. They leaned right. They begged a little and pleaded a lot.

They shook their heads, sw u n g t h e i r p u t t e r s through the air and walked off in a huff more often than not.

Now, all them are considered long shots to win golf ’s first major of 2018. Thirdround leader Patrick Reed is 14 under, three shots ahead of Rory McIlroy and five ahead of Rickie Fowler.

“I get to go out for one of my only stress-free rounds

ChArlIE rIEDEl / ASSOCIATED PrESS

Jordan Spieth reacts to a missed putt on the 17th hole Saturday. He shot 71. that I’ve ever really played at Augusta National,” Spieth said.

Spieth looked like he had solved his putting woes last week at the Houston Open and then again Thursday when he opened with a 6-under 66 that gave him a two-stroke lead after the first round.

But the 2015 Masters champion and two-time runner-up (2014, 2016) failed to adjust to the speed of the greens Saturday and had too much pace on too many.

After needing just 24 putts in

the opening round, the 24-year-old Texan had nine more in the third.

“There was just a lid on the hole,” Spieth said, estimating that he lipped out five or six putts. “I felt like I played a 4- or 5-under round, something to stay in this tournament, and just got kind of unfortunate on some of the lips.”

Spieth skirted edges on Nos. 2 and 3, missing birdie putts on consecutive holes and providing an early indicator of his round.

Johnson knows the feel-

ing. Ranked No. 1 in the world, Johnson had one huge mistake all day: A double bogey on the par-4 11th after driving way left into some bushes.

The only other difference between making a bunch of birdies on a course ripe for low scores was those pesky putts.

“Hit a lot of good putts, just nothing went in,” the 33-year-old Johnson said.

“Every hole it seemed like I had a really good look at it, but couldn’t get anything to go.”

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SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018

AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston Toronto New York Baltimore Tampa Bay

W 7 5 5 3 1

L 1 3 4 6 7

Pct .875 .625 .556 .333 .125

Minnesota Chicago Detroit Cleveland Kansas City

W 4 3 3 3 2

L 3 4 4 5 4

Pct .571 .429 .429 .375 .333

Houston Los Angeles Seattle Oakland Texas

W 7 6 4 3 3

L 2 2 3 6 6

Pct .778 .750 .571 .333 .333

East Division GB WCGB — — 2 — 2.5 .5 4.5 2.5 6 4 Central Division GB WCGB — — 1 1.5 1 1.5 1.5 2 1.5 2 West Division GB WCGB — — .5 — 2 .5 4 2.5 4 2.5

Friday’s Games Cleveland 3, Kansas City 2 Baltimore 7, N.Y. Yankees 3, 14 innings Toronto 8, Texas 5 San Diego 4, Houston 1 L.A. Angels 13, Oakland 9

L10 7-1 5-3 5-4 3-6 1-7

Str W-7 W-1 W-1 L-1 L-7

Home 2-0 4-3 3-2 1-2 1-3

Away 5-1 1-0 2-2 2-4 0-4

L10 4-3 3-4 3-4 3-5 2-4

Str L-1 L-2 W-2 L-1 W-1

Home 1-1 0-2 1-4 1-1 0-2

Away 3-2 3-2 2-0 2-4 2-2

L10 7-2 6-2 4-3 3-6 3-6

Str W-1 W-3 W-1 L-2 L-1

Home 4-1 3-1 2-1 3-5 1-4

Away 3-1 3-1 2-2 0-1 2-2

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 3 Boston 10, Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 1 Seattle 11, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 1, Cleveland 0 Houston 1, San Diego 0, 10 innings Toronto at Texas, (n.)

Oakland at L.A. Angels, (n.)

Michael Perez / associated Press

Today’s Games Baltimore (Wright Jr. 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Kittredge 0-2) at Boston (Rodriguez 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Hammel 0-1) at Cleveland (Clevinger 1-0), 1:10 p.m.

Detroit (Fiers 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 0-0), 2:10 p.m.

San Diego (Ross 1-0) at Houston (Morton 1-0), 2:10 p.m.

Seattle (Gonzales 1-0) at Minnesota (Lynn 0-1), 2:10 p.m.

Toronto (Garcia 0-0) at Texas (Hamels 1-1), 3:05 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Ohtani 1-0), 4:07 p.m.

Philadelphia Phillies’ Maikel Franco, right, celebrates with Rhys Hoskins after hitting a grand slam in the first inning of a baseball game against the visiting Miami Marlins. The Phillies routed the Marlins, 20-1.

NATIONAL LEAGUE New York Atlanta Washington Philadelphia Miami

W 6 5 4 3 2

L 1 2 4 4 6

Pct .857 .714 .500 .429 .250

Pittsburgh Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati

W 6 5 4 4 2

L 2 4 4 4 5

Pct .750 .556 .500 .500 .286

Arizona Colorado San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego

W 6 4 3 2 2

L 2 4 3 5 7

Pct .750 .500 .500 .286 .222

East Division GB WCGB — — 1 — 2.5 .5 3 1 4.5 2.5 Central Division GB WCGB — — 1.5 — 2 .5 2 .5 3.5 2 West Division GB WCGB — — 2 .5 2 .5 3.5 2 4.5 3

Friday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, ppd.

Atlanta 8, Colorado 3 Pittsburgh 14, Cincinnati 3 Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 4 San Diego 4, Houston 1

L10 6-1 5-2 4-4 3-4 2-6

Str W-4 W-3 L-4 W-2 L-4

Home 4-1 4-2 0-2 2-0 2-4

Away 2-0 1-0 4-2 1-4 0-2

L10 6-2 5-4 4-4 4-4 2-5

Str L-1 L-1 W-1 W-1 W-1

Home 3-2 2-4 0-0 1-1 1-3

Away 3-0 3-0 4-4 3-3 1-2

L10 6-2 4-4 3-3 2-5 2-7

Str L-1 L-1 W-1 L-3 L-1

Home 5-1 0-1 1-1 2-2 1-6

Away 1-1 4-3 2-2 0-3 1-1

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 2 St. Louis 5, Arizona 3 Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 2 L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, (n.)

Philadelphia 20, Miami 1 Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 4 Houston 1, San Diego 0, 10 innings Atlanta at Colorado, (n.)

Today’s Games Cincinnati (Mahle 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Taillon 1-0), 1:35 p.m.

Miami (Richards 0-1) at Philadelphia (Arrieta 0-0), 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Quintana 0-1) at Milwaukee (Anderson 0-0), 2:10 p.m.

San Diego (Ross 1-0) at Houston (Morton 1-0), 2:10 p.m.

Arizona (Walker 0-0) at St. Louis (Weaver 1-0), 2:15 p.m.

Atlanta (Newcomb 0-1) at Colorado (Freeland 0-1), 3:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-2) at San Francisco (Blach 1-1), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Harvey 0-0) at Washington (Roark 1-0), 8:08 p.m.

ROUNDUP

Franco, Phillies pound Marlins Pair of slams pave way to 20-1 win. associated Press

PhiladelPhia — Maikel Franco and aaron altherr each hit a grand slam and carlos santana and Jorge alfaro also went deep as the Philadelphia Phillies routed the Miami Marlins, 20-1, on saturday.

Vince Velasquez (1-1) allowed one run and four hits, striking out six in six innings.

Franco finished with six rBis after just missing another homer when his tworun double hit high off the left-center field wall.

Red Sox 10, Rays 3 at Boston, Xander Bogaerts hit the first grand slam for Boston since the end of the 2016 season and drove in a career-best six runs to carry the red sox over tampa Bay for their seventh straight victory.

J.d. Martinez and rafael devers homered for Boston, and rick Porcello (2-0) pitched into the eighth inning. the rays have lost seven straight and are off to their worst start ever after rallying for a win at home over the red sox on opening day.

Yankees 8, Orioles 3 at New York, sonny Gray pitched six effective innings and rookie Miguel andujar hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, leading the Yankees to the win.

New York broke a 3-all tie in the sixth on andujar’s sacrifice fly, scoring didi Gregorius with his first rBi of the season.

Mets 3, Nationals 2 at Washington, asdrubal cabrera hit an rBi double and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, helping the Mets beat the Nationals for their fourth straight win despite Bryce harper’s fifth homer. dave Martinez was ejected for the first time as a

manager as the Nl east champions lost their fourth consecutive game to fall to 4-4.

Cardinals 5, Diamondbacks 3 at st. louis, in the coldest home start in cardinals history, Jose Martinez homered and drove in four runs as st. louis stopped arizona’s fourgame winning streak. it was 37 degrees at game time with a wind chill of 29.

Cubs 5, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee, ian happ hit a tiebreaking two-run single during chicago’s four-run ninth.

Royals 1, Indians 0 at cleveland, lucas duda homered for the game’s only run, and ian Kennedy pitched six shutout innings for Kansas city.

Mariners 11, Twins 4 at Minneapolis, playing in a twins-record low of 27 degrees, the Mariners got homers from Kyle seager and Guillermo heredia in a runaway victory. the firstpitch temperature at target Field beat the Minnesota mark of 31 degrees for a game in 2014. coors Field in denver holds the major league low with a 23-degree day in april 2013 when atlanta visited the rockies.

Tigers 6, White Sox 1 at chicago, Miguel cabrera drove in three runs and Michael Fulmer pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning, leading detroit to a chilly road win.

Reds 7, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh, eugenio suarez hit a tiebreaking threerun homer in the eighth inning, and cincinnati cooled off the Pirates.

Pittsburgh opened the season with six wins in seven games and then jumped out to a 4-0 lead against cincinnati in the second.

Yankees 8, Orioles 3

Red Sox 10, Rays 3

Cardinals 5, Diamondbacks 3

Cubs 5, Brewers 2

Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Mancini lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .235 Machado ss 4 0 1 2 0 2 .306 Schoop 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .100 Beckham 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .162 Alvarez dh 3 1 1 1 1 1 .250 Santander rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Sisco c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .235 Totals 34 3 6 3 2 10 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Gardner cf 3 1 2 2 2 0 .222 Judge rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .273 Stanton dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .200 Gregorius ss 2 2 0 0 2 1 .367 Austin 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .217 Andujar 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .067 Peterson lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333 Romine c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .300 Torreyes 2b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .364 Totals 29 8 11 8 7 3 Baltimore ............002 100 000 — 3 6 0 New York.............020 012 30x — 8 11 1 E:Gray (1). LOB:Baltimore 6, New York 5. 2B:Mancini (1), Machado (2), Alvarez (1), Gardner (2), Judge (2), Torreyes (1). RBIs:Machado 2 (4), Alvarez (5), Gardner 2 (3), Judge 2 (7), Austin 2 (5), Andujar (1), Romine (1). SB:Gregorius (2). CS:Peterson (1). SF:Andujar. DP:Baltimore 2.

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Tillman, L, 0-2 5.1 8 5 5 4 3 106 8.68 Bleier .2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.59 Yacabonis 1 2 3 3 2 0 27 27.00 Cortes Jr. 1 1 0 0 1 0 23 4.15 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Gray, W, 1-0 6 4 3 3 2 4 86 3.60 Warren, H, 1 .1 2 0 0 0 0 13 3.38 Robertson, H, 2 1.2 0 0 0 0 4 20 6.35 Cessa 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 0.00 Umpires:Home, Jerry Meals. First, Ben May. Second, Ron Kulpa. Third, Ed Hickox.

T:3:03. A:34,388 (54,251).

Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Span lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .273 Smith rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Gomez cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .115 Miller 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .200 Duffy 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226 Cron dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Ramos c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .115 Wendle 2b 3 1 2 0 0 1 .313 Hechavarria ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Totals 32 3 6 3 0 9 Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Betts rf 3 2 1 0 1 1 .345 Holt rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Benintendi lf 3 2 0 0 2 0 .154 Ramirez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .303 Swihart ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Martinez dh 2 2 1 2 1 1 .259 Bogaerts ss 3 2 2 6 1 1 .371 Devers 3b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .321 Nunez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .258 Bradley Jr. cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Leon c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Totals 32 10 9 10 6 3 Tampa Bay...........200 000 010 — 3 6 0 Boston..................440 000 20x — 10 9 0 LOB:Tampa Bay 2, Boston 5. 2B:Miller (1), Wendle (2), Betts (2), Bogaerts (7), Nunez (4). HR:Bogaerts (2), off Faria. Martinez (1), off Roe. Devers (1), off Roe. RBIs:Span (7), Miller 2 (4), Martinez 2 (4), Bogaerts 6 (9), Devers 2 (7). SF:Martinez. DP:Boston 1.

Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Faria, L, 0-1 1.2 5 8 8 5 0 73 14.29 Pruitt 4.1 1 0 0 1 2 57 5.19 Roe .1 3 2 2 0 1 20 7.36 Romo .2 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.00 Robertson 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Porcello, W, 2-0 7.1 6 3 3 0 7 94 2.84 Walden 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 12 3.60 Umpires:Home, Alan Porter. First, Bill Miller.

Second, Angel Hernandez. Third, Todd Tichenor.

T:2:48. A:31,821 (37,731).

Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Peralta lf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .300 Marte ss-2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .206 Goldschmidt 1b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .115 Pollock cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .323 Descalso 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .211 Owings 2b-rf 4 0 1 2 0 2 .400 Dyson rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Avila ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Mathis c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .125 Greinke p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Ahmed ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .421 Totals 31 3 5 3 7 12 St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Fowler rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .147 Pham cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .281 Carpenter 3b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .200 Ozuna lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .324 Martinez 1b 4 1 2 4 0 0 .357 Molina c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .290 DeJong ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .333 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Wacha p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bader ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 33 5 10 5 0 9 Arizona ................101 000 010 — 3 5 0 St. Louis...............104 000 00x — 5 10 1 E:Carpenter (1). LOB:Arizona 9, St. Louis 5. 2B:Marte (1), Pollock (6), Fowler (2). HR:Martinez (2), off Greinke. RBIs:Pollock (5), Owings 2 (6), Carpenter (3), Martinez 4 (8). S F:Carpenter. S:Greinke. DP:St. Louis 1.

Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Greinke, L, 0-1 5 9 5 5 0 5 86 5.06 Koch 2 0 0 0 0 3 34 0.00 Salas 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 2.57 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wacha, W, 1-1 5 4 2 2 5 5 89 5.59 Leone, H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 3.86 Bowman, H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 5.40 Hicks, H, 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 19 0.00 Norris, S, 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 3 17 0.00 Umpires:Home, Mike Winters. First, Tim Timmons. Second, Rob Drake. Third, Mike Muchlinski.

T:2:58. A:41,113 (45,538).

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Happ cf 5 0 1 2 0 3 .179 Bryant 3b-1b 3 1 3 1 2 0 .364 Schwarber lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Lester ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Contreras c 4 0 0 0 1 2 .250 La Stella 2b-3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .364 Caratini 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .200 Russell pr-ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308 Heyward rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .208 Baez ss-2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .154 Darvish p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Almora ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zobrist lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .333 Totals 33 5 8 5 7 9 Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Cain cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .270 Thames 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .240 Braun lf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .179 Shaw 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .289 Santana rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276 Villar 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Arcia ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .148 Bandy c 2 1 0 0 0 1 .111 Davies p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Sogard ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .077 Totals 30 2 4 2 1 13 Chicago ...............000 001 004 — 5 8 0 Milwaukee .........000 100 010 — 2 4 2 E:Shaw (2), Arcia (2). LOB:Chicago 9, Milwaukee 4. 2B:Caratini (1), Sogard (1). 3B:Bryant (1). HR:Bryant (2), off Davies. Thames (3), off Darvish. RBIs:Happ 2 (3), Bryant (6), Zobrist (2), Lester (1), Cain (5), Thames (5). CS:Bryant (1). SF: Cain. S:Lester. DP:Milwaukee 1.

Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Darvish 6 2 1 1 1 9 94 5.23 Duensing .1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Cishek 1 1 1 1 0 1 19 1.69 Strop, W, 2-0 .2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.00 Morrow, S, 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 2 17 0.00 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Davies 6 4 1 1 3 8 101 5.40 Drake 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 15 1.59 Jeffress 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.69 Jennings .2 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.69 Barnes, L, 0-1 .2 3 4 2 2 0 24 2.70 Hoover .1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00 T:3:26. A:43,331 (41,900).

Mets 3, Nationals 2 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Cabrera 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .310 Cespedes lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Flores 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .100 Conforto ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 A.Gonzalez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Frazier 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .208 d’Arnaud c 4 0 1 1 0 2 .300 Bruce rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .286 Lagares cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .462 Matz p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Reyes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Ramos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Nimmo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 Rhame p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Blevins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Familia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Rosario ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .316 Totals 34 3 8 3 5 10 Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Turner ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .241 Rendon 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .273 Reynolds 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Harper rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .292 Zimmerman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .115 Kendrick 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Taylor cf 4 1 0 0 0 2 .120 Goodwin lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .357 Severino c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .571 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 G.Gonzalez p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Grace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Kintzler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Eaton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .435 Madson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Totals 31 2 5 2 3 10 New York.............000 001 200 — 3 8 1 Washington.........000 011 000 — 2 5 1 E:Frazier (2), Goodwin (1). LOB:New York 9, Washington 6. 2B:Cabrera (3), Frazier (3), Bruce (3). HR:Harper (5), off Robles. RBIs:Cabrera (2), Frazier (5), d’Arnaud (3), Harper (10), Severino (2). SB:Nimmo (1), Turner (4), Harper (1), Taylor (4), Goodwin (1), Severino (1). S:Goodwin.

DP:Washington 1.

New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Matz 5 3 1 0 2 8 93 3.00 Robles, W, 1-0 1 2 1 1 0 1 25 3.00 Ramos, H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 Rhame, H, 1 .1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.50 Blevins 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.00 Familia, S, 4-4 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 21 0.00 Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA G.Gonzalez 5.1 6 1 1 3 6 92 1.59 Grace .2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.18 Kintzler, L, 0-1 1 2 2 2 1 1 15 18.00 Madson 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 0.00 Doolittle 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 4.50 Umpires:Home, Marty Foster. First, Mark Ripperger. Second, Joe West. Third, Doug Eddings.

T:2:59. A:28,952 (41,313).

Royals 1, Indians 0 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Jay lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Merrifield rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .217 Moustakas 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .174 Duda dh 4 1 1 1 0 2 .222 Cuthbert 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Goins 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Escobar ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Gordon cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .150 Butera c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Totals 30 1 3 1 2 9 Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Lindor ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .212 Kipnis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .133 Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .067 Brantley lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Encarnacion dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .222 Alonso 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Chisenhall rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Davis ph-rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Perez c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Zimmer cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Totals 32 0 6 0 1 10 Kansas City .........000 000 100 — 1 3 1 Cleveland ............000 000 000 — 0 6 1 E:Butera (1), Perez (1). LOB:Kansas City 4, Cleveland 6. 2B:Lindor (1). HR:Duda (2), off Bauer. RBIs:Duda (7). SB:Escobar (1), Gordon (1), Lindor (3), Davis (3). CS:Lindor (1).

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Kennedy, W, 1-0 6 4 0 0 0 8 101 0.75 Boyer, H, 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 20 12.00 Grimm, H, 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 2.70 Herrera, S, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0.00 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bauer, L, 0-1 8 3 1 1 2 7 100 2.08 Olson 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 5.40 Umpires:Home, Will Little. First, Ted Barrett.

Second, Lance Barksdale. Third, Roberto Ortiz.

T:2:29. A:17,362 (35,225).

Phillies 20, Marlins 1 Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Dietrich lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .278 Brinson cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .184 Castro 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Guerrero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Lee rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Bour 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Anderson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Maybin rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .321 Tazawa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Holaday p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Rojas ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Wallach c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .095 O’Grady p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Rivera 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Peters p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Turner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Telis c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 32 1 5 0 1 10 Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Hernandez 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .308 Williams lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .154 Santana 1b 4 2 2 3 0 0 .192 Florimon ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Kingery ss-2b 5 2 2 1 1 2 .261 Hoskins lf-1b 3 3 2 3 2 1 .435 Herrera cf 5 2 3 0 0 2 .333 Franco 3b 4 3 2 6 1 0 .316 Altherr rf 4 2 1 4 1 2 .091 Alfaro c 5 2 3 2 0 2 .286 Velasquez p 4 1 2 0 0 1 .500 Thompson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 42 20 20 20 6 11 Miami...................100 000 000 — 1 5 0 Philadelphia .......504 802 10x — 20 20 1 E:Alfaro (2). LOB:Miami 5, Philadelphia 5. 2B:Castro (2), Kingery (3), Hoskins (4), Herrera (2), Franco (1). HR:Franco (2), off Peters. Altherr (1), off Peters. Santana (2), off Turner. Alfaro (1), off Tazawa. RBIs:Hernandez (2), Santana 3 (6), Kingery (1), Hoskins 3 (6), Franco 6 (11), Altherr 4 (5), Alfaro 2 (2). SF:Hoskins. DP:Miami 1.

Miami IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Peters, L, 1-1 2.2 9 9 9 3 3 84 9.35 Turner 1 6 8 8 3 1 46 15.88 O’Grady 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 25 1.93 Guerrero 1 4 2 2 0 1 20 10.13 Tazawa 1 1 1 1 0 2 17 1.59 Holaday 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.00 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Velasquez, W, 1-1 6 4 1 1 1 6 98 5.19 Thompson, S, 1-1 3 1 0 0 0 4 39 7.20 Umpires:Home, Scott Barry. First, Carlos Torres. Second, Kerwin Danley. Third, Paul Nauert.

T:3:21. A:33,660 (43,647).

Tigers 6, White Sox 1 Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Martin cf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .185 Candelario 3b 4 0 2 0 1 1 .226 Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 3 1 1 .308 Goodrum pr-1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 Castellanos rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .367 Martinez dh 3 1 0 0 1 2 .286 Reyes pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stumpf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — McCann c 3 1 0 1 1 0 .208 Jones lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Iglesias ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .087 Machado 2b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .300 Totals 33 6 6 6 8 9 Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Moncada 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .200 Garcia rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .323 Abreu 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Davidson dh 3 0 0 0 1 2 .280 Delmonico lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .235 Castillo c 3 0 2 0 1 0 .261 Anderson ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .269 Sanchez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Engel cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .174 Totals 34 1 8 1 4 7 Detroit..................002 012 001 — 6 6 1 Chicago ...............000 000 100 — 1 8 0 E:Candelario (1). LOB:Detroit 12, Chicago 11. 2B:Castellanos (2), Machado (6), Moncada (2), Delmonico (1), Castillo (2). RBIs:Cabrera 3 (8), McCann (5), Machado 2 (7), Garcia (3). SB:Jones 2 (2), Iglesias (1), Goodrum (2). SF:Garcia. DP:Detroit 1.

Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Fulmer, W, 1-1 5.1 6 0 0 3 4 92 0.68 Wilson 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 25 5.14 Jimenez 1 1 0 0 0 2 19 0.00 Stumpf .2 0 0 0 1 0 22 0.00 Farmer .1 0 0 0 0 0 2 19.29 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Giolito, L, 0-1 5.2 4 5 5 3 4 94 6.17 Santiago 2.1 2 0 0 1 3 49 5.79 Minaya 0 0 1 1 4 0 23 27.00 Infante 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 23.62 T:3:39. A:16,625 (40,615).

Mariners 11, Twins 4 Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Gordon cf 5 0 1 2 0 0 .367 Segura ss 5 2 2 0 0 2 .379 Cano 2b 2 2 1 1 2 1 .440 Romine 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Haniger rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Seager 3b 5 2 2 2 0 0 .192 Vogelbach dh 3 0 0 0 0 3 .267 Motter ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Healy 1b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .091 Suzuki lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .263 Heredia lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 .286 Marjama c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .133 Totals 39 11 12 10 3 12 Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Dozier 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Mauer 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .364 LaMarre ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .667 Sano 3b 2 1 1 1 3 1 .296 Rosario lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .231 Garver ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Morrison dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .053 Escobar ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .400 Kepler rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Grossman ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Buxton cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Castro c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .063 Adrianza ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Totals 35 4 9 4 5 7 Seattle..................000 320 051 — 11 12 0 Minnesota...........000 003 001 — 4 9 2 E:Sano (2), Rosario (1). LOB:Seattle 4, Minnesota 9. 2B:Segura (3), Healy (1), Marjama (2), Mauer (3), Sano (3), Rosario (1), Adrianza (1). HR:Seager (1), off Berrios. Heredia (1), off Hildenberger. RBIs:Gordon 2 (3), Cano (3), Seager 2 (4), Healy 3 (4), Heredia 2 (3), Sano (8), Rosario (2), Escobar (6), LaMarre (1). SB:Rosario (2).

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Leake, W, 2-0 5 3 2 2 4 0 92 3.00 Rzepczynski .1 2 1 1 0 1 15 6.75 Altavilla, H, 2 .2 0 0 0 0 1 6 2.45 Vincent, H, 3 .1 2 0 0 1 1 20 5.40 Nicasio, H, 4 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 20 5.79 Pazos 1 2 1 1 0 2 24 9.00 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Berrios, L, 1-1 4.2 6 5 5 0 7 77 3.29 Moya 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 30 7.71 Pressly 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 0.00 Duke .1 2 3 3 1 1 16 16.87 Hildenberger .2 2 2 2 0 1 12 4.50 Kinley 1 1 1 1 1 2 22 9.00 Umpires:Home, Adam Hamari. First, Tom Hallion. Second, Phil Cuzzi. Third, Dan Bellino.

T:3:36. A:18,416 (39,504).

Reds 7, Pirates 4 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Winker rf 2 1 1 1 2 0 .333 Suarez 3b 4 1 3 5 1 0 .308 Votto 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .259 Gennett 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .290 Duvall lf 5 0 0 0 0 4 .120 Ervin cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Gosselin ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 Barnhart c 4 2 2 0 1 1 .375 Peraza ss 3 2 2 0 0 0 .217 Romano p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Pennington ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 Quackenbush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Hamilton cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .158 Totals 34 7 11 7 5 10 Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Harrison 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .314 Frazier rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .294 Marte cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .258 Bell 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .333 Dickerson lf 4 0 1 2 0 2 .310 Diaz c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Moran 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .320 Mercer ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .333 Kuhl p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Neverauskas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Brault ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Rodriguez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 33 4 8 4 1 5 Cincinnati............001 012 030 — 7 11 1 Pittsburgh............220 000 000 — 4 8 0 E:Romano (1). LOB:Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 5. 2B:Suarez (1), Barnhart (2), Dickerson (4). HR:Suarez (2), off Kontos. RBIs:Winker (2), Suarez 5 (7), Votto (2), Harrison (5), Frazier (1), Dickerson 2 (6). SB:Hamilton (1). CS:Moran (1). SF:Votto, Harrison. S:Peraza, Romano, Kuhl.

DP:Pittsburgh 1.

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Romano 5 7 4 4 1 1 77 5.73 Quackenbush 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 12.00 Peralta, W, 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 3 24 0.00 Iglesias, S, 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 2.70 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Kuhl 5 5 2 2 3 7 98 5.06 Neverauskas 1 3 2 2 1 1 25 12.27 Feliz 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 9.00 Kontos, L, 0-1 1 3 3 3 0 0 22 7.20 Glasnow 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 1.50 Umpires:Home, Jerry Layne. First, Greg Gibson. Second, Vic Carapazza. Third, Jordan Baker. T:3:09. A:14,336 (38,362).

on This DaTe

1934 — The Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies played the first legal Sunday baseball game in Philadelphia. The exhibition game was made possible when the state made Sunday baseball a local option and the city approved it in a referendum ballot.

1969 — The Montreal Expos played their first regular-season game — the first international contest in major league history — and defeated the New York Mets, 11-10, at Shea Stadium.

1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los Angeles left-hander Al Downing in the fourth inning. The Braves beat the Dodgers, 7-4, before a crowd of nearly 54,000.

1975 — Frank Robinson became the first black manager in major league history by making his debut as player-manager of the Cleveland Indians. He hit a home run in his first at-bat — as a designated hitter — to help beat the New York Yankees, 5-3.

1986 — Jim Presley of the Seattle Mariners hit home runs in the ninth and 10th innings for a come-from-behind 8-4 opening day victory over the California Angels.

1987 — Pitchers Phil Niekro and Steve Carlton of the Cleveland Indians teamed up to beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 14-3. Niekro recorded his 312th victory and Carlton pitched four shutout innings in relief. It was the first time in modern history that two 300-game winners pitched for the same team in the same game.

2002 — Craig Biggio hit for the cycle

and had four RBIs in Houston’s 8-4 win over Colorado.

2011 — Manny Ramirez retired from baseball after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. The slumping Tampa Bay slugger informed Major League Baseball that he would retire rather than face a 100-game suspension.

2014 — Ryan Braun hit three home runs and tied a franchise record with seven RBIs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over Philadelphia, 10-4, spoiling the Phillies’ home opener.

2015 — Adrian Gonzalez hit three home runs, to become the first player in major league history with five in the season’s first three games, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 7-4 to win their opening series.

2016 — Trevor Story became the first major leaguer to homer in each of his first four games, connecting two more times for the Colorado Rockies in a 13-6 loss to the San Diego Padres. Story, who has six home runs since making his debut on opening day, got three hits and drove in four runs while playing for the first time at Coors Field.

2016 — St. Louis set a major league record with three pinch-hit home runs while rallying from a four-run deficit to beat Atlanta, 7-4.

2017 — Howie Kendrick had a bases-loaded triple while Philadelphia scored 12 runs for the biggest first inning in team history, and the Phillies routed the Washington Nationals, 17-3.

Today’s birthdays: Artie Lewicki 26; Yonder Alonso 31; Felix Hernandez 32; Carlos Santana 32; Chris Iannetta 35.

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AHL 3 p.m.

Penguins at Bridgeport MAjor LeAgue BAseBALL 1:30 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia Minor LeAgue BAseBALL 1 p.m.

Syracuse at RailRiders

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Colleges Tennis Arcadia at King’s, 1 Wilkes at Franklin & Marshall, 1 AHL Penguins at Bridgeport, 3 International League Syracuse at RailRiders, 1:05

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BASEBALL Points Underdog American League YANKEES -$200 ( 9.5 ) Orioles RED SOX -$195 ( 8.5 ) Rays INDIANS -$220 ( 8.0 ) Royals WHITE SOX -$145 ( 9.0 ) Tigers TWINS -$145 ( 9.0 ) Mariners RANGERS -$107 ( 9.5 ) Blue Jays ANGELS -$172 ( 8.5 ) A’s National League PIRATES -$142 ( 7.5 ) Reds PHILLIES -$180 ( 7.5 ) Marlins Cubs -$135 ( 8.5 ) BREWERS CARDS -$145 ( 7.5 ) D’backs ROCKIES -$140 (11.5 ) Braves Dodgers -$210 ( 7.0 ) GIANTS NATIONALS -$145 ( 8.0 ) Mets InterLeague ASTROS -$260 ( 8.5 ) Padres NOTE:The number inside the bracket is the over/under run total for the game.

NBA Favorite Points Underdog 76ERS 13 (215.5) Mavericks Pacers 2 (213.5) HORNETS CELTICS 10 (202.5) Hawks Pistons 5.5 (203.5) GRIZZLIES RAPTORS 12.5 ( NL ) Magic Jazz 5.5 ( NL ) LAKERS Warriors NL ( NL ) SUNS NOTE:O/U is the over/under total (combined points for both teams) for each game.

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BAseBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed OF Colby Rasmus on the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Jimmy Yacabonis from Norfolk (IL) .

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Assigned C Juan Graterol outright to Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned INF Nolan Fontana and RHP Parker Bridwell to Salt Lake. Recalled INF Ryan Schimpf and RHP Akeel Morris from Salt Lake. Sent LHP Andrew Heaney to Inland Empire (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed 3B Brandon Drury and LHP CC Sabathia on the 10-day DL. Optioned RHP Jonathan Holder to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

Recalled RHPs Domingo German and Luis Cessa from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Selected the contract of 2B Jace Peterson from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. national League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Designated OF Jeremy Hazelbaker for assignment. Claimed RHP Troy Scribner off waivers from the L.A. Angels and optioned him to Reno (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Assigned RHP Zach Neal outright to Oklahoma City (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed C Miguel Montero on paternity leave. Designated LHP Enny Romero for assignment. Selected the contract of C Jhonatan Solano from Syracuse (IL). Recalled 3B Matt Reynolds from Syracuse.

BAskeTBALL national Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred G Josh Magette and F Andrew White III from Erie (NBAGL). Recalled Fs Tyler Cavanaugh and Jeremy Evans from Erie. fooTBALL national football League CHICAGO BEARS — Re-signed DL John Jenkins to a one-year contract.

HoCkeY national Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled D Joel Hanley from Tucson (AHL) on an emergency basis.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed executive vice president and general manager Ken Holland to a two-year contract extension.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled D Steven Santini and G Eddie Lack from Binghamton (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS — Assigned G Jamie Phillips from Manitoba (AHL) to Jacksonville (ECHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended San Jose D Zach Frye two games.

HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Signed Fs Ty Ronning and Jason Salvaggio to amateur tryout agreements.

SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS — Returned F Tony Turgeon to Manchester (ECHL).

CoLLege DUKE — Freshman G Gary Trent Jr. will enter the NBA draft.

LOUISVILLE — Named Dino Gaudio, Luke Murray and Mike Pegues assistant men’s basketball coaches.

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St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Vegas at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. sunday Florida at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Monday No games scheduled

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x-Cleveland x-Indiana x-Milwaukee Detroit Chicago

W 49 47 43 38 27

L 31 33 37 41 53

Pct .613 .588 .538 .481 .338

GB — 2.0 6.0 10.5 22

z-Houston San Antonio New Orleans Dallas Memphis

W 64 45 45 24 21

L 15 34 34 56 58

Pct .810 .570 .570 .300 .266

GB — 19 19 40.5 43

x-Portland Utah Oklahoma City Minnesota Denver

W 48 46 45 45 45

L 31 33 34 35 35

Pct .608 .582 .570 .563 .563

GB — 2.0 3.0 3.5 3.5

W L y-Golden State 57 22 L.A. Clippers 42 38 L.A. Lakers 34 45 Sacramento 26 54 Phoenix 20 60 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

Pct .722 .525 .430 .325 .250

GB — 15.5 23 31.5 37.5

Southeast Division

WESTERN Southwest Division

Western Conference Central Division

Pacific Division

GP W L OLSOL Pts GF GA x-Tucson 64 39 19 5 1 84 200164 Ontario 64 36 21 4 3 79 192175 San Diego 64 35 25 3 1 74 194182 Texas 72 35 24 8 5 83 209220 Stockton 65 32 27 2 4 70 199197 San Jose 65 31 26 4 4 70 178193 Bakersfield 64 29 25 9 1 68 175196 San Antonio 72 33 29 10 0 76 186203 x-Clinched Playoff Spot y-Clinched Division

Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Saturday San Jose 7, Stockton 3 Charlotte 7, Hershey 3 Providence 4, Bridgeport 2 Hartford 3, Lehigh Valley 2, OT Syracuse 1, Utica 0 Belleville 3, Laval 2, SO Penguins 7, Binghamton 4 Toronto at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Rockford at Texas, 8 p.m.

Ontario at San Diego, 10 p.m.

Grand Rapids at Tucson, 10:05 p.m.

Northwest Division

Pacific Division

Saturday

Denver 134, L.A. Clippers 115 Milwaukee 115, New York 102 Brooklyn 124, Chicago 96 New Orleans at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Sunday

Atlanta at Boston, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Indiana at Charlotte, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.

Orlando at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Lakers, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 9 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

AuTO RACING NASCAR Cup at Texas Friday’s qualifying; race Sunday (Car number in parentheses)

1. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford 197.3680 2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford 197.0001 3. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford 196.0008 4. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford 196.0006 5. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 196.0002 6. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota 195.0009 7. (22) Joey Logano, Ford 195.0009 8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota 195.0007 9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevy 195.0006 10. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevy 195.0000 11. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford 195.0000 12. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford 194.0009 13. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford 194.0008 14. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota 194.0008 15. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr., Chevy 194.0007 16. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevy 194.0007 17. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet 194.0005 18. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevy 194.0005 19. (21) Paul Menard, Ford 194.0004 20. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevy 194.0003 21. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota 194.0001 22. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevy 193.0009 23. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet 193.0008 24. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevy 193.0007 25. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevry 193.0005 26. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford 193.000 27. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford 193.0004 28. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet 192.0006 29. (38) David Ragan, Ford 192.0002 30. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford 191.0005 31. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevy 190.0006 32. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota 189.0000 33. (24) William Byron, Chevy 188.0001 34. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet 186.0004 35. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevy 178.0003 36. (51) Harrison Rhodes, Chevy 164.0009 37. (55) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet 00000

BOYS

DIVISION 1 Crestwood Scranton Prep Dallas Delaware Valley Wyoming Seminary DIVISION 2 Wyoming Area Tunkhannock Coughlin Lake-Lehman North Pocono

Hershey at Charlotte, 1 p.m.

Penguins at Bridgeport, 3 p.m.

San Antonio at Cleveland, 3 p.m.

Bakersfield at Manitoba, 3 p.m.

Lehigh Valley at Providence, 3:05 p.m.

Iowa at Milwaukee, 4 p.m.

Springfield at Hartford, 5 p.m.

Binghamton at Syracuse, 5 p.m.

Monday

No games scheduled

GIRLS

IL STANDINGS

North W L Pct. GB Lehigh Valley (Phillies) 1 0 1.000 _ Syracuse (Nationals) 1 1 .500 .5 RailRiders (Yankees) 1 1 .500 .5 Buffalo (Blue Jays) 0 0 000 .5 Rochester (Twins) 0 0 000 .5 Pawtucket (Red Sox) 0 1 .000 1 South W L Pct. GB Gwinnett (Braves) 1 0 1.000 _ Charlotte (White Sox) 1 1 .500 .5 Durham (Rays) 1 1 .500 .5 Norfolk (Orioles) 0 1 .000 1 West W L Pct. GB Columbus (Indians) 1 0 1.000 _ Louisville (Reds) 1 1 .500 .5 Toledo (Tigers) 1 1 .500 .5 Indianapolis (Pirates) 0 1 .000 1 Saturday Lehigh Valley 3, Pawtucket 1 Buffalo at Rochester, ppd.

Syracuse 4, RailRiders 3 Louisville 4, Toledo 3 Charlotte at Durham, ppd.

Columbus at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m.

Gwinnett at Norfolk, ppd.

Sunday Buffalo at Rochester, 1:05 p.m.

Gwinnett at Norfolk, 1:05 p.m.

Syracuse at RailRiders, 1:05 p.m.

Columbus at Indianapolis, 1:35 p.m.

Lehigh Valley at Pawtucket, 1:35 p.m.

Toledo at Louisville, 2 p.m.

Charlotte at Durham, 5:05 p.m.

Monday Buffalo at Pawtucket, 6:15 p.m.

Columbus at Louisville, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Norfolk, 6:35 p.m.

Lehigh Valley at RailRiders, 6:35 p.m.

Syracuse at Rochester, 6:35 p.m.

Gwinnett at Durham, 7:05 p.m.

Toledo at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m.

BOYS TeNNIS CLASS AAA

CLASS AA Holy Redeemer Dallas Wyoming Seminary Berwick Wyoming Area Tunkhannock MMI Prep

1-0 2-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-2 0-2 0-4

Wyoming Seminary Lake-Lehman Delaware Valley Scranton Prep Crestwood Coughlin Abington Heights Tunkhannock Wyoming Area Hazleton Area Dallas Pittston Area

flyers captain Claude giroux skates past hats thrown by fans after he scored his third goal saturday.

Flyers clinch playoff spot

BY AARON BRACY AssociAted Press

PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux earned his first career hat trick in the regular season, and the Philadelphia Flyers clinched a playoff berth in their final regular-season game with a 5-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday.

Giroux finished the season with 34 goals and 102 points.

He extended his career highs in points and goals while becoming the sixth player in franchise history to reach 100 points in a season.

NHL / NBA clinching the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2 TORONTO — Zach Hyman scored the winner early in the third period, Frederik Andersen made 31 saves to set a franchise mark with his 38th win of the season, and Toronto closed out its schedule with a victory. islanders 4, red Wings 3 (oT)

DETROIT — John Tavares scored 3:16 into overtime as Capitals 5, Devils 3 New York rallied for a victoWASHINGTON — Alex ry in its season finale.

Ovechkin scored twice to jets 4, Blackhawks 1 make it an NHL-leading 49 WINNIPEG, Manitoba — goals as Washington beat New Jersey in each team’s Andrew Copp scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck set an regular-season finale.

NHL record for most wins in Panthers 4, sabres 3 a season by an American SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida goaltender and Winnipeg was eliminated from playoff beat Chicago. contention, even after VinNBA cent Trocheck scored late in LOS ANGELES — Will the third period to help hold Barton scored 31 points, off Buffalo.

Nikola Jokic added 23 points, Bruins 5, senators 2 11 rebounds and 11 assists BOSTON — David Pastrnak and the Denver Nuggets and Tommy Wingels scored 51 earned their fifth consecuseconds apart in the second tive victory with a 134-115 period, and Boston preserved win over the Los Angeles its chances for the No. 1 seed in Clippers. the Eastern Conference.

Bucks 115, knicks 102.

Hurricanes 3, Lightning 2 (oT) NEW YORK — Eric BledRALEIGH, N.C. — Elias Lindholm scored 49 seconds into overtime, and Carolina prevented Tampa Bay from

soe had 22 points and 10 assists, and Milwaukee moved into a tie for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

PICKING POCONO

WVC LACROSSe

Sunday

Hazleton Area Valley West Pittston Area Crestwood

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Monday

AHL

GP W x-Lehigh Valley7344 x-Penguins 72 42 x-Providence 72 43 x-Charlotte 73 43 Bridgeport 72 36 Hartford 73 32 Springfield 72 31 Hershey 73 29

z-Toronto x-Boston x-Philadelphia New York Brooklyn

Central Division

AuTo rACing 11 a.m.

Formula One, Bahrain GP ESPN2 2 p.m.

Cup Series, race at Texas FS1 6 p.m.

NHRA, finals at Las Vegas FS1 CoLLege sofTBALL 3 p.m.

ESPN2 Florida at Alabama goLf Noon The Masters, final round WYOU HigH sCHooL BAskeTBALL 5 p.m.

Jordan Brand Classic ESPN2 MAjor LeAgue BAseBALL 1 p.m.

Baltimore at NY Yankees YES 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston MLB 1:35 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia NBCSP-Plus 1:35 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh ATTSN-Pit 8 p.m.

NY Mets at Washington ESPN nBA 1 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia NBA, NBCSP 3:30 p.m. Detroit at Memphis NBA 6 p.m.

Orlando at Toronto NBA 9 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix NBA soCCer 9:10 a.m. Arsenal at Southampton NBCSN 9:30 a.m. Borussia Dortmund vs. Stuttgart FS1 11:25 a.m. Chelsea vs. West Ham NBCSN 11:50 a.m. Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Hoffenheim FS2 2 p.m.

Women, U.S. vs. Mexico FOX56 4 p.m.

MLS, Portland at Orlando City ESPN 9 p.m.

MLS, Sporting Kansas City at LA Galaxy FS1

NHL

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BOYS DIVISION 1 Pittston Area Crestwood Dallas Hazleton Area Valley West Tunkhannock Wyoming Area Coughlin BOYS DIVISION 2 Lake-Lehman Berwick Meyers Hanover Area Nanticoke Area GAR Northwest Holy Redeemer GIRLS DIVISION 1 Pittston Area Dallas Tunkhannock Hazleton Area Valley West Crestwood Wyoming Area Coughlin GIRLS DIVISION 2

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L 0 0 1 1 2 L 0 1 1 1 1

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eL STANDINGS

Eastern W L Pct. GB N. Hamp. (Blue Jays) 3 0 1.000 _ Binghamton (Mets) 2 0 1.000 .5 Trenton (Yankees) 2 1 .667 1 Portland (Red Sox) 0 2 .000 2.5 Reading (Phillies) 0 3 .000 3 Hartford (Rockies) 0 3 .000 3 Western W L Pct. GB Erie (Tigers) 3 0 1.000 _ Altoona (Pirates) 2 1 .667 1 Harrisburg (Nationals) 2 1 .667 1 Richmond (Giants) 1 2 .333 2 Bowie (Orioles) 1 2 .333 2 Akron (Indians) 1 2 .333 2 Saturday Trenton 6, Richmond 2 Harrisburg 4, Bowie 0 Altoona 5, Akron 1 Binghamton 5, Portland 3 New Hampshire 4, Hartford 1 Erie 7, Reading 4 Sunday Richmond at Trenton, 1 p.m.

New Hampshire at Hartford, 1:05 p.m.

Harrisburg at Bowie, 1:35 p.m.

Akron at Altoona, 2 p.m.

Portland at Binghamton, 2:05 p.m.

Erie at Reading, 2:15 p.m.

Monday Harrisburg at Altoona, 6 p.m.

Akron at Binghamton, 6:35 p.m.

Erie at Bowie, 6:35 p.m.

New Hampshire at Trenton, 7 p.m.

Richmond at Hartford, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Reading, 6:45 p.m.

RailRiders Blog For insight, breaking news and other railriders nuggets, visit blogs. citizensvoice.com

Joe Yandoli Commentary Sunday, April 7 Post 7 PM Best Bet: Race 3 No. 2 LAW OF ATTRACTION Skinny: Trotter has shown plenty of power as a 4-year-old finding the wire in two of his last three starts. Posted a new career mark recently in 1:55:2 at the Big M. Top Weiss Series contender should make a ton of noise tonight.

Value Horse: Race 10 No. 9 MAROMA BEACH Skinny: Can’t resist this guy coming off back to back efforts in 1:51:1 with the last quarter in spectacular 25:4. Ron Burke always has his stock dialed in. Post should pad the odds.

First nw1PM $12,000 Trot 1 I Am The Danger (An McCarthy) 2 Myreh’s God Son (Ro Cushing) 3 St Patricks Day (An Napolitano) 4 Mcadoo (Ja Morrill Jr) 5 Neologism (Ro Hammer) 6 Lightningpedia (Ch Connor Jr) 7 I Matter (Mi Cruse) 8 Alvisi Hanover (To Schadel)

3-1 12-1 7-2 9-2 4-1 10-1 8-1 5-1

Second nw1PM FM $12,000 Pace 1 Tsm Deja Vu (Si Allard) 10-1 2 Momma Don’t Dance (Ge Napolitano Jr) 9-2 3 Airborne Hanover (Ja Morrill Jr) 3-1 4 Roses Are Perfect (Ja Marohn Jr) 12-1 5 Dancing Dragonfly (An McCarthy) 7-2 6 Geisha Seelster (Ro Hammer) 8-1 7 Ghosttothepost (Ra Schnittker) 4-1 8 Rich Secret (Ma Miller) 5-1 Third Weiss CSG $15,000 Trot 1 Sake (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2 Law Of Attraction (Ja Marohn Jr) 3 Max (Je Gregory) 4 Back In La (Ma Miller) 5 Archibald (Fe Paquet Jr) 6 Higgs Boson (Er Carlson)

5-1 2-1 5-2 10-1 7-2 6-1

Fourth Weiss CSG $15,000 Trot 1 Perfect Chapter As (Ma Miller) 2 Nohillforaclimber (Ja Marohn Jr) 3 Presidente Zette (Ja Pantaleano) 4 Photo Bomber (To Schadel) 5 Meadowbranch Ricky (Ge Napolitano Jr) 6 Flamingo Pete (An Napolitano) 7 Stormont Manpower (An McCarthy)

7-2 12-1 3-1 6-1 5-2 8-1 9-2

Fifth Weiss CSG $15,000 Trot 1 Tougher Than Ever (Ja Marohn Jr) 2 Beach Credit (Ch Connor Jr) 3 Mister Photogenic (Ja Morrill Jr) 4 Whoucalncrazy (Er Carlson) 5 Church Choir (Mi Simons) 6 Chas Hanover (Ge Napolitano Jr) 7 Golden Attitude (Ma Miller)

3-1 9-2 6-1 12-1 8-1 5-2 7-2

Sixth nw1PM FM $12,000 Pace 1 Flipping Fun (Vi Ginsburg) 2 Beam M W (Er Carlson) 3 Perfect Maverick (Ro Cushing) 4 Birch Bark (An McCarthy) 5 Northern Swift (Ge Napolitano Jr) 6 Keystone Mai Girl (To Schadel) 7 I Got The Boy (Si Allard) 8 Toasted Lightly (Ja Marohn Jr) 9 Funkymunkymaga (An Napolitano)

7-2 4-1 8-1 15-1 3-1 6-1 9-2 20-1 10-1

Seventh nw1PM $12,000 Trot 1 Mission Revealed (Ja Morrill Jr)

7-2

2 Will Ofthe Monster (Mi Simons) 3 Southwind Smoke (Ja Marohn Jr) 4 Fortunes One (Ky DiBenedetto) 5 Bela’s Bad Boy (To Schadel) 6 Keystone Turquoise (Er Carlson) 7 Dobson’s Pride (Ma Miller) 8 Blow Back (An McCarthy) 9 My First Lady (Ch Connor Jr)

15-1 9-2 10-1 4-1 6-1 20-1 3-1 8-1

Eighth 7500CL $6,000 Pace 1 Sonic Ivy (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2 Pramatic Life (Ky DiBenedetto) 3 Brickman (An Napolitano) 4 Salevster Stallion (Ja Morrill Jr) 5 Rockavellian (Ma Miller) 6 Hasty Western (Si Allard) 7 Royal Outlook (Er Carlson) 8 Motor City Marco (Jo Kakaley) 9 Ramblin Bob (An McCarthy)

7-2 6-1 3-1 9-2 10-1 4-1 20-1 15-1 8-1

Ninth nw6000L5 $11,000 Pace 1 Joe Hill (An Napolitano) 2 Pretty Boy Hill (Er Carlson) 3 Bettor’s Western (Ja Marohn Jr) 4 Rough Odds (Ja Morrill Jr) 5 That’s My Opinion (Si Allard) 6 Rock Power (Ma Miller) 7 Sportskeeper (Ge Napolitano Jr) 8 Rocknroll Wildcats (Ja Pantaleano) 9 Townslight Hanover (An McCarthy)

3-1 5-2 4-1 20-1 10-1 15-1 6-1 5-1 12-1

Tenth nw6PM CG $17,000 Pace 1 Sunshine West (Ky DiBenedetto) 15-1 2 Commondiscourtesy (Ja Morrill Jr) 7-2 3 Forevernalways (Ge Napolitano Jr) 8-1 4 Maconupwithedragon (Er Carlson) 4-1 5 Art Scene (Si Allard) 5-2 6 Ginger Tree Marty (Ja Marohn Jr) 20-1 7 Crossfirehurricane (Ma Miller) 6-1 8 Hallie’s Comet (An Napolitano) 12-1 9 Maroma Beach (An McCarthy) 5-1 Eleventh nw6PM $17,000 Trot 1 Perfect Stick (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2 Impacter (Vi Copeland) 3 Magic Vacation (Jo Kakaley) 4 Deli-Seven (Ju Wiest) 5 Boyz N Guitars (Ja Morrill Jr) 6 Janderson (An Napolitano) 7 Noble Dunn (Si Allard) 8 Auteur Hanover (Ja Marohn Jr) 9 Whats The Word (Ch Connor Jr)

3-1 9-2 15-1 20-1 4-1 7-2 10-1 8-1 6-1

Twelfth nw6PM FM $17,000 Pace 1 Dali Delight (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2 Sheer Talent (Ji Taggart Jr) 3 Lifetime Trust (An McCarthy) 4 Lil Miss Gorgeous (An Napolitano) 5 Yes Double Down (Si Allard) 6 Legio X Equestris (Er Carlson) 7 Chillin It De Vie (Ma Miller) 8 Maching Me Zilly (Ja Marohn Jr) 9 Risky Romance (Ja Morrill Jr)

5-2 15-1 3-1 20-1 6-1 4-1 10-1 5-1 12-1

Thirteenth nw6PM $17,000 Trot 1 Tsm Titus T (Ma Miller) 2 Ataboy Hanover (Er Carlson) 3 El Pescadoro (Vi Ginsburg) 4 Arch Credit (An Napolitano) 5 Zagster (Si Allard) 6 Manssive (Ro Cushing) 7 Broadway Promise (An McCarthy) 8 Marion Gondolier (Ja Morrill Jr)

8-1 7-2 10-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 9-2 12-1

Fourteenth nw1PM CG $12,000 Pace 1 Marvalous Falcon (Ro Hammer) 2 Roll With Jeff (Ja Marohn Jr) 3 Platinum (To Schadel) 4 Legendary Ron (An McCarthy) 5 Yo Cheyenne Deleo (An Napolitano) 6 Charging Hard (Ma Miller) 7 Sunset Over Miami (Ja Morrill Jr) 8 Melanie’s David (Ge Napolitano Jr) 9 Rocking The Gold (Er Carlson)

15-1 3-1 20-1 7-2 6-1 8-1 4-1 9-2 10-1

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WILKES-BARRE TODAY

Partly sunny today. Variable clouds tonight.

24 Precip Chance 10% Humidity 61% Winds NW 6-12 mph

8 a.m

Noon

4 p.m

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38

41

Scranton 40/24

49 30

Some sun, then clouds; chilly

Low clouds and chilly

Harrisburg 46/31

Trenton 47/29

Wilmington 48/30

Atlantic City 49/31 Ocean City 49/31

Dover 49/31

Cape May 46/31

ALMANAC

Recorded for the 24 hours through 4 p.m. yesterday at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Int’l Airport

TEMPERATURE

High temperature ............................................. 40° Low temperature ............................................. 30° Yesterday’s average temperature ..................... 35° Normal high ..................................................... 56° Normal low ...................................................... 35° Last year’s high temperature ........................... 45° Last year’s low temperature ............................. 35° Record high ........................................ 86° in 2010 Record low ......................................... 14° in 1982

PRECIPITATION

24-hour precip. ending 4 p.m. Saturday ........ 0.02”

Month to date

I-81 HARRISBURG AREA: Partly sunny today; cold in the east. Partly cloudy tonight.

I-80 EASTERN PA: Partly sunny today; cold. Partly cloudy tonight; cold in the higher elevations.

Philadelphia 49/32

Washington, D.C. 53/37

Year to date

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Actual 0.84”

Normal 0.74”

Actual 10.67”

Normal 7.69”

I-476 LEHIGH VALLEY AREA: Partly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight. Cold Monday with some sun, then clouds.

I-84 NEW YORK BORDER AREA: Partly sunny and cold today. Partly cloudy tonight.

Yesterday’s reading

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Today’s Forecast

0 50 100 150 200 300 500 0-50 Good; 51-100 Moderate; 101-150 Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200 Unhealthy; 201-300 Very Unhealthy; 301-500 Hazardous PA Department of Environmental Protection

UV INDEX TODAY

The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

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1

6

8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon

4

Blaney 3rd straight to win race in No. 22 Ryan Blaney became the third different Team Penske driver to win a NASCAR Xfinity Series race in the No. 22 Ford when he took the checkered flag on a chilly Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.

Blaney was the pole sitter and led 132 of 200 laps.

The Xfinity Series was back on the track after a twoweek break since Joey Logano won in the No. 22 car at California. That was a week after Brad Keselowski drove that Team Penske entry to Victory Lane in Phoenix.

Joe Gibbs Racing is the only team in the series to win three straight races with the same car and different drivers. Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin won consecutive races in their team’s No. 20 Toyota in 2008. That car actually won four straight races when Stewart won again.

It was the seventh career Xfinity victory for Blaney, who qualified fourth for today’s Cup Series race at the 1½-mile Texas track.

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2 p.m. 4 p.m.

0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme

men, breaking J.J. Redick’s previous mark by two. Trent made 40.2 percent of his 3s, and coach Mike Krzyzewski called him “the best 3-point shooter in the ACC.”

ORLANDO, FLA.

Spurrier to coach in Alliance league

Steve Spurrier plans to be back on the sideline if a proposed new professional league gets off the ground.

The Orlando Alliance announced Saturday that it hired Spurrier as its first head coach. Spurrier will coach in the planned Alliance of American Football.

The Alliance is the creation of Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Polian and longtime TV and film producer Charlie Ebersol. The league plans to have eight teams and will play a 12-week season starting Feb. 9, 2019, and will be broadcast on CBS. Orlando is the first planned team site, and Spurrier is the first coach.

The 72-year-old Spurrier says he’s “fired up and ready to go.”

Orlando has never had much success with startup football leagues.

The Florida Blazers lasted DURHAM, N.C. only one season in the ill-fated World Football League Trent Jr. leaving the 1970s, followed by Duke for NBA draft during several other short-lived Gary Trent Jr. said he’s teams: The Orlando Reneleaving Duke after one year gades of the United States for the NBA draft.

Football League, the Orlando Trent announced his deci- Thunder of the World sion Saturday through the League of American Footschool, and team spokesman ball, the Orlando Rage of the Mike DeGeorge said the infamous XFL, and the Florifreshman guard is in the pro- da Tuskers of the United cess of hiring an agent.

Football League.

The son of NBA veteran Spurrier coached colleGary Trent became the third giately at Duke (1987-89), member of the Blue Devils’ Florida (1990-2001) and South freshman class to enter the Carolina (2005-2015). The 1966 draft, joining Marvin Bagley Heisman Trophy-winning III and Trevon Duval. A quarterback also coached fourth, Wendell Carter Jr., the NFL’s Washington Redhas yet to announce his deci- skins (2002-03). sion. Trent is the 15th oneHe is the fourth person to and-done freshman in the be inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame as program’s history. both a player and a coach.

His 97 3-pointers were a — AssociAted Press program record for fresh-

NATIONAL WEATHER

FRIDAY

52 37

Seattle 55/46

63 45

Rain and drizzle in the p.m.

Billings 48/28

Times of clouds and sun

Callicoon 5.28’ 5.09’ -0.19’ 12.0’ Archbald 3.37’ 3.19’ -0.18’ 8.0’ Meshoppen 16.57’ 16.51’ -0.06’ 27.0’

San Francisco 63/50

Port Jervis 5.72’ 5.23’ -0.49’ 18.0’ Old Forge 4.14’ 3.94’ -0.20’ 11.0’ Wilkes-Barre 9.73’ 9.62’ -0.11’ 22.0’ Tunkhannock 3.02’ 2.77’ -0.25’ 11.0’

Last

Apr 8

Monday 6:33 a.m.

7:36 p.m.

3:13 a.m.

1:13 p.m.

IN THE SKY New

First

Full

Apr 15

Apr 22

Apr 29

In the sky: Look at the moon tonight to see it in its third quarter phase as it heads toward a waning crescent stage.

Source: Longway Planetarium; Flint, MI

Atlanta 62/49

NATIONAL CITIES

SUN AND MOON

Set ........ 6:35 p.m. ........ 9:25 p.m. ...... 11:23 a.m. ........ 8:17 a.m. ...... 11:15 a.m. ........ 8:20 p.m.

Washington 53/37

Miami 86/70

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018

Planets Rise Mercury ..................... 6:02 a.m.

Venus ........................ 7:31 a.m.

Mars .......................... 2:15 a.m.

Jupiter ..................... 10:15 p.m.

Saturn ....................... 1:57 a.m.

Uranus ....................... 7:00 a.m.

El Paso 90/63

New York 48/32

Houston 66/56

JERSEY SHORE FORECAST

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Detroit 41/29

Kansas City 39/27

Denver 60/32

Los Angeles 76/59

Partly sunny and chilly today. Wind northwest 10-20 mph. Partly cloudy and cold tonight; there will be a freeze. Wind northwest 8-16 mph. Chilly tomorrow with some sun giving way to clouds. Wind southeast 6-12 mph. Water temperature: 44.

Today Sunrise ...................... 6:35 a.m.

Sunset ....................... 7:35 p.m.

Moonrise ................... 2:30 a.m.

Moonset .................. 12:19 p.m.

Minneapolis 33/22 Chicago 38/29

RIVER GAUGES

Delaware Friday Yesterday 24-hr change Flood stage Lackawanna Friday Yesterday 24-hr change Flood stage Susquehanna Friday Yesterday 24-hr change Flood stage Tunkhannock Friday Yesterday 24-hr change Flood stage

AIR QUALITY INDEX

The presence of man-made particulates affecting aspects of human health.

SPORTS BRIEFS FORT WORTH, TExAS

Mostly cloudy

I-95 DC TO PHILLY: New York City Partly sunny and chilly today. Partly 48/32 cloudy tonight; cold in the north.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Kurt Busch is on the pole, Clint Bowyer is coming off his first victory in six years and Kevin Harvick has won half of the races so far on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

Aric Almirola, the newcomer to the team, has been steady, too, finishing 14th or better in every race.

With Stewart-Haas Racing already off to a sensational start this season, the decadeold team will now have the top three starters in a race for the first time Sunday.

Busch, Harvick and Bowyer qualified their Fords 1-2-3 at Texas Motor Speedway, while Almirola was 12th at the 1½-mile track.

“We unloaded off the truck here and went right back to the top of the board.

That is pretty cool,” said Bowyer, whose victory at Martinsville before the Easter break ended his 190-race winless streak.

“It is crazy how you can get your cars with a good balance on them and really roll them through the corners good,” he said. “It seems if they are fast at one track they are going to be fast at the next.”

All four Stewart-Haas cars are in the top 11 in season points through the first six races. Harvick is seventh, followed by Bowyer at eighth, Busch 10th and Almirola 11th.

Hendrick Motorsports also has all four of its driv-

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Clint Bowyer, center, poses for a photo with a fan before qualifying Friday. Bowyer snapped a 190-race winless streak with his victory at Martinsville on March 26 and starts today’s race in third.

NASCAR ers in the top 20. But Alex Bowman, Jimmie Johnson, Chase Elliott and William Byron are all below the Stewart-Haas drivers in the standings.

Busch is the first threetime Cup pole sitter in Texas, where he and Harvick will make their track-record 31st starts. TMS, which opened in 1997, is hosting its 35th race. Both have one win there.

When asked why StewartHaas is having so much success this season, Busch was admittedly biased in his assessment. Tony Gibson, his for mer crew chief including for the 2017 Daytona 500 win, is now off the road in what the driver calls “a perfect role” for Gibson, who is involved in building the cars for all four teams.

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“If you go ask him now, he will say it is all about the people and process around him,” Busch said. “But he has found some good people, rearranged them into different positions and I think that our team is doing a really good job of creating continuity between the four cars.”

Harvick won at Texas last November, and this season has won the only two races on 1½-mile tracks, at Atlanta and Las Vegas, during his three-race winning streak.

This is only Stewart-Haas Racing’s second season with Fo r d , a f t e r t h e t e a m switched from Chevrolet.

“When you see what Stewart-Haas Racing has done with Ford, we still haven’t reached the potential of where we can be,” Harvick said. “We have, in my opin-

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ion, the most stable team in the garage. When you have the most stable team in the garage from a financial standpoint and manufacturer standpoint, that attracts good people. ... We are the drivers lucky enough to be in a position of where Stewart-Haas racing is right now.

We have a very solid foundation.”

Three-time Cup champion Tony Stewart was still driving with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008 when he announced he would join forces with Cup owner Gene Haas to form Stewart-Haas Racing. The team made its debut in 2009 and is in its 10th season, marking 1,000 starts in the top series when all four drivers take the green flag in Texas.

Bowyer describes the team as feeling like family and at ease. He believes Stewart-Haas is even more stable now than it was when he joined last year.

“Everybody had the confidence in a champion going over there,” Bowyer said, when asked if that stability was a credit to Stewart. “You can’t leave out the boss, Gene Haas. Everybody knows that he steps up whenever needed. The conversation with Gene is: ‘When are you going to win? How are going to win?

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7 DAYS Today nSSLhA Benefit Concert, today, April 8, 3 p.m. national Student Speech Language and hearing Association benefits from a performance by the university’s allfemale a capella group, Beyond harmony, and Misericordia’s dance ensemble. Lemmond Theater at Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., dallas. $5 door/$3 presale for Misericordia students, faculty, children and seniors only. 570674-6400 or misericordia.edu.

Monday The Menu, Monday, April 9, 7 p.m. Local restaurants and chefs prepare seasonal dishes. Learn tips and tricks and enjoy samples. doors open at 6. Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple, 420 n. Washington Ave. $12. 570344-1111.

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John yamrus, author and poet, talks about his latest book, ‘memory Lane’. ‘memory Lane,’ published by epic rites Press, is a collection of snippets from his early life. yamrus has written more than 2,000 poems in 25 volumes and in print magazines.

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Tuesday Adult dance Class, Tuesdays, 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Zumba and hiphop. no experience necessary. Perfect harmony Center for the Arts, fourth floor, 10 W. dorrance St., Kingston.

570-714-2787.

John Yamrus’ latest book is a memoir about growing up in Swoyersville in the 1950s

Wednesday national Pet day Celebration, Wednesday, April 11, 6 p.m. Teens can meet the teen librarian’s 9-year-old dog Raven, learn about pet ownership and responsibility as well as make toys for their pets. if they don’t have a pet, toys will be donated to Luzerne County SPCA. Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre.

570-823-0156 or osterhout.lib.pa.us.

Thursday Making it in hollywood, Thursday, April 12, 7 p.m. Join Matt Minton, moderator, and heidi germaine Schnappauf as she shares her experiences. Registration encouraged. Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., dallas. Free. 570-6746225.

Friday Tom Bigler Journalism Conference, Friday, April 13, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. new York Times reporter and author Kenneth P. Vogel is keynote speaker. Conference invites local high school students to explore the ways the field has changed over time. Wilkes University, 84 W. South St., WilkesBarre. 800-945-5378 or wilkes.edu.

Saturday The drifters, Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $25-$35, plus fees.

570-826-1100 or kirbycenter.org.

the cover of ‘memory Lane’ by John yamrus. the photo on the book cover is of yamrus and his father.

“I have always made it a practice to do something every day of my life to advance my writing. Whether it’s write something, or correct something, or send something out, just something.

I always knew that every minute I wasn’t doing something was another minute lost that I’d never get back again. And I also knew that publishers understand, look for and appreciate writers who work hard and treat this like the business that it is.”

John Yamrus

Author of “Memory Lane”

‘Wizard of Oz’ comes to life on Kirby Center stage

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ohn Yamrus grew up in the 1950s in a typical Valley neighborhood of modest homes, coal breakers, bars and churches. And he was a typical Valley boy, playing pick-up baseball and tackle football, swinging from the branches of a weeping willow tree, watching trains flatten pennies on the rails and the Gillete Friday Night Fights on TV with his father.

But in one way Yamrus wasn’t all that typical. He was by his own description “bookish” and “obsessed with Whitman, Kerouac and Ginsberg. I always thought of myself as a writer. I knew pretty early and pretty strong that that’s what I hoped to be.”

His latest book, “Memory Lane” published by Epic Rites Press in January is a memoir about growing up in Swoyersville on a two-block section of Oliver Street that was, when he was very young, his whole world. It was a neighborhood of World War II vets and coal miners, stay at home moms and Polish-speaking uncles, aunts and grandparents.

It’s important to know “Memory Lane” is not a traditional narrative memoir, it’s a collection of snippets from his early life, not surprisingly, in a poetic style, as he has written and published more than 2,000 poems in 25 volumes and in print magazines.

It’s also important to know “Memory Lane” was not written targeting Valley readers. It evokes universal themes. Swoyersville is never mentioned, or even Pennsylvania, but the scenes and characters in the book will be instantly recognizable to Baby Boomer Valley natives.

“Memory Lane” is a slim volume which can be read in one half-hour session. But, oh, what characters you’ll meet. There’s Black Mary, the horrifying recluse whose look was reputed to turn young boys to stone. The exotic Greek family living among the Slovaks, Lituianians and Polish whose pig led the neighborhood kids on a wild chase with a startling ending. His Uncle Duke with a missing finger lost in the mines and with asthma so bad he couldn’t sit down. His grandmother with her high-laced black boots like the fighters he and his father watched on TV. And his ball-playing, truck driving, coal mining father who died at 45.

And the places you’ll go. The church lot ballfield, the scary tar pit, the stone pile and the dark forbidding alley.

Today Yamrus lives in Spring Twp. in Berks County near Reading with his wife of 43 years, the former Kathy Jaken, whom he met between his junior and senior years at Central Catholic High School in Kingston.

He works at writing everyday. “I have always made it a practice to do something every day of my life to advance my writing.

Whether it’s write something, or correct something, or send something out, just

something. I always knew that every minute I wasn’t doing something was another minute lost that I’d never get back again.

And I also knew that publishers understand, look for and appreciate writers who work hard and treat this like the business that it is.”

Yamus said growing up in Wyoming Valley imbuded him with traits, including a strong work ethic, that have helped make him a successful writer.

“It gave me a real appreciation and understanding of hard work, the value of a buck. I wear shirts until they wear out. It taught me how to have fun without a lot of money.

Remember that disabled guy who used to sell pencils on Public Square in WilkesBarre? Remember him? Day in and day out he was always there. Doing his job. Watching him taught me pretty much all I ever needed to know. Whatever it is that you do, respect yourself. Respect your work. Do your job and do it right. I mean, there it is.

That’s what The Valley taught me.”

So how did a writer with 25 poetry books to his credit wind up writing, to use his own description, this “jazzy” memoir Two things: a review of his most recent poetry book and the urging of his sister. In a review of “As Real As Rain,” a book of Yamrus poems illustrated graphic novel style by Swedish artist Janne Karlsson, writer Eileen Murphy credits Yarmus with taking a chance with the illustrated book at a late stage of his career. “With almost 30 books to his credit,” Murphy wrote, “and nearly 2,000 poems published since the ’70s, we’d expect Yamrus to relax, travel the world, write his memoirs.”

Meanwhile, his sister wanted him to write a memoir. As he explains in this passage from “Memory Lane”: “my sister told me one day I should write a memoir. I don’t think it’s so much for what I have to say, as much as for how I say it. She one time told me that I write the way I talk, and she recently moved to Albuquerque and I think she just misses hearing me talk.”

So he tried it. He sent a query to his publisher. “In half-hour, he got back with a go ahead. In eight days, morning to night, I hammered it out.”

He said he wanted “Memory Lane” to feel conversational, something that could be read aloud and he achieved that.

In what might be called the book’s introduction, though it’s not labled as such, Yamrus writes about the importance of a strong opening, a good beginning.

Then he writes: “here’s my beginning: i was never any good at anything but sitting down in front of a keyboard and talking about myself and i’m not really very good at that.”

We’ll be the judge of that.

“Memory Lane” is only $10 and is available at amazon.com.

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Janice Parker, a landscape architect, suggests using plants with bold color to bring maximum beauty to a limited outdoor space.

Outdoor oasis Squeezing the most out of small outdoor spaces

By Melissa RayWoRTh AssociAted Press

As herb and vegetable gardens, composting and other aspects of green living become more popular, many people with limited outdoor space are looking for ways to squeeze the most out of it.

“A client in a modern high-rise in downtown Chicago did not have a typical garden per se, but did have a large outdoor balcony with a beautiful view,” says interior designer Edyta Czajkowska, founder of the Chicago design firm Edyta & Co. “We created a garden space for her by using planters in varying sizes that she could plant flowers and herbs in. We stuck to one plant per planter, which created an organic yet tailored look, while still elevating something as simple as garlic or chives.”

Even a small patio or balcony can be made useful and plant-friendly, interior designers say.

Here, Czajkowska and two other experts — Connecticut landscape architect and designer Janice Parker, and Atlanta interior designer Jen Sypeck — offer advice on creating a lush and plant-friendly area even in a tiny space.

Map out your plan Assess your space realistically, says Czajkowska, and then seek inspiration at a home and garden store or on Pinterest.

Decide what your goals are. Do you want to fill the space with beautiful blooms, cutting some for indoor flower arrangements throughout the summer? Or would you love to grow an ample crop of herbs for cooking or become a composter? Once you choose, get creative.

“A vertical garden is a great option for smaller spaces as it only utilizes wall space, and you can actually plant quite a bit in it,” Czajkowska says.

“Just like with small interior spaces, you’d be surprised at what you can fit into a space that’s well thought out.”

As you plan, consider which tools or equipment you’ll need for gardening or other outdoor work. One space-saving solution: For seating, choose closed benches with storage space inside.

Choose plants strategically If you’re a first-time gardener, Sypeck says, “start with a hardy plant like rosemary or lavender. Both of these beauties offer a statement moment, an ornamental element, aromatic benefits and are hard to kill.”

Another good option is buying pre-made container gardens with plants and flowers that work together.

“Chances are a garden expert paired everything with similar needs,” she says. “That way, you can water accordingly and provide the correct amount of sunlight needed.”

For vivid color without too much effort, consider a pre-planted container of succulents such as cheveria, kalanchoe and sedum. They’re hardy, Sypeck says, “but they don’t look like it, as they produce vibrant colors and flowers. When paired together, they create a striking container garden, with the same care requirements.”

If you want color and beauty during the warm season, Parker says, “stick with annuals for high impact color from May to October.”

If your outdoor space doesn’t get much sun, choose plants that do well in the shade. And in a limited space, “choose plants that grow slowly and keep their form,” Parker says, like boxwood roses or Japanese maples.

embrace color and drama In a small space, Parker says, don’t be afraid to go big.

For example, instead of planting herbs or flowers in small planters, choose one large and dramatic planter as a design statement.

She and Sypeck say there are many beautiful, lightweight planters available made with a mix of fiberglass and zinc or bronze, so you can create a dramatic look that’s safe to use on rooftops or balconies where weight is an issue.

“I personally love mixing materials and styles with my outdoor containers,” Sypeck says. “Layering with a variety of heights and textures is my approach, and I tend to favor copper, cement and stone, all with a soft, modern sensibility.”

She also recommends repurposing unexpected items as eye-catching containers: “An old copper ice bucket was one of my latest victims turned into a now thriving succulent garden,” she says. “I’ve also been known to spray paint a pot or two if I’m craving a new color and vibe.”

Even a small composting bin can be hidden inside an attractive planter, helping that practical item blend well into an outdoor living space.

Earth tones work well for planters, Parker says, but “one wonderful brightly colored planter can be terrific” too.

Make other details count Think of a balcony or small patio as an outdoor room, Parker suggests. Choose a beautiful table as a focal point, even if it’s small and will have plants on it.

Also consider lighting, and how the space will look and feel at night, as well as during the day. If the outdoor space doesn’t have electricity, no problem. Use LED candles or battery-powered lights clustered around the space.

As a finishing touch, add a sculpture or other item — like a decorative birdcage painted a bright color — amid your plants.

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The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is best known as the site of a legendary 1836 battle, but it was originally built in 1718 as a Spanish mission. San Antonio dates the city’s founding to the opening of that mission 300 years ago and plans a week of tricentennial commemorative events for May.

Chamber Music Festival: Music of Johannes Brahms, Saturday, April 7, 8 p.m.; Sunday, April 8, 2 p.m.

Kirby Center for Creative Arts at Wyoming Seminary, 260 N. Sprague Ave., Kingston. Free. 570-270-2192.

NSSLHA Benefit Concert, today, April 8, 3 p.m. National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association benefits from a performance by the university’s all-female a capella group, Beyond Harmony, and Misericordia’s Dance Ensemble.

Lemmond Theater at Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. $5 door/$3 presale for Misericordia students, faculty, children and seniors only. 570-674-6400 or misericordia. edu.

The Drifters, Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $25-$35, plus fees.

570-826-1100 or kirbycenter.org.

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Time Stands Still, through Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 19, through Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 22, 2 p.m. The story focuses on Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent trying to find happiness after returning home from covering the Iraq War. George P. Maffei II Theatre at King’s College, 133 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre. $12 in Texas. The commemora- the Tower of the Americas. general/$7 seniors/$5 non-King’s

By BeTh J. haRpaz AssociAted Press tive week kicks off May 1 And a festival will take place students/free for King’s students.

San Antonio, Texas, is with a day of reflection on across a 5-mile route linking 570-208-5825 or kings.edu.

Tricentennial remembers Alamo, city’s rich history remembering the Alamo along with the rest of its history as part of a 300th birthday celebration.

The city was founded in 1718 when Spanish settlers built the Mission San Antonio de Valero — today known as the Alamo — along the San Antonio River. In 1836, the Alamo was the site of a legendary battle as Texas fought for independence from Mexico.

A tricentennial commemorative week is scheduled for May 1 to May 6. For visitors, May 4 will be of particular interest, with arts events, a festival and fireworks. For travelers who’d like to see San Antonio but can’t make that week in May, the city is hosting exhibitions and other festivals throughout the year, and you can visit the Alamo anytime, along with the River Walk just across the street.

Tricentennial commemorative week The Alamo and four other 18th-century missions built as outposts of Spain’s colonial empire make up the only UNESCO World Heritage site

San Antonio’s diversity and heritage that includes recognition for the indigenous Payaya people who inhabited the area before Europeans arrived. A candlelight vigil and sunset services will take place on the city’s Main Plaza, with citywide ringing of church bells. A visual story about San Antonio’s founding called “The Saga” will be projected on San Fernando Cathedral’s facade that night and other times that week.

May 2 is themed on history and education with events at libraries and schools.

On May 3, Founders Day, college campuses host fairs, speakers and shows, and Morgan’s Wonderland, an amusement park designed for children with disabilities, celebrates inclusiveness with free admission for all. (The park always waives admission for visitors with disabilities.)

May 4, themed on arts for all, is the best day for out-oftowners to join the celebration. Arts venues will offer free admission 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. A sculpture gift from the mayor of Mexico City called “Alas de la Ciudad” (Wings of the City) will be dedicated at

the missions along the river, with music, entertainment and fireworks.

May 5 will see the opening of a new linear park downtown, bringing the San Pedro Creek back to life with public art and greenspace.

May 6 will focus on military appreciation. In addition to a rich legacy of military history, San Antonio is home to more than 80,000 active duty personnel and some 250,000 military retirees. Military facilities include Fort Sam Houston, Lackland and Randolph Air Force bases and Camp Bullis. Fort Sam Houston will open to the public May 5 and 6 for the first time since 9/11. Planned events include a parachute demo, flyovers, marching bands and a cavalry re-enactment.

ongoing exhibits and annual events Tricentennial-themed exhibitions include “Common Currents,” featuring 300 artists who each created a work inspired by a single year of San Antonio history, displayed at downtown cultural centers and arts venues through May 7.

Books

‘The Female Persuasion’ tackles timely topics

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“The Female Persuasion: a Novel” (Riverhead Books),

by Meg Wolitzer In the first 15 pages of Meg Wolitzer’s new novel, a college student is groped against her will, setting in motion a life devoted to female empowerment. In the next 30 pages she meets the woman who inspires her to pursue that life. And in the more than 400 remaining pages of “The Female Persuasion,” Meg Wolitzer tells a story about womanhood, ambition, ego and ideals.

If you liked the sprawling, decades-long narrative of “The Interestings,” ‘’The Female Persuasion” follows a similar structure, spanning a little more than a dozen years. Greer Kadetsky is the young woman in the opening chapter and the feminist icon she meets in a bathroom after a campus speech is named Faith Frank — “a couple steps down from Gloria Steinem,” as Wolitzer describes her. There’s also

Frank’s benefactor and former lover, Emmett; Greer’s first love, Cory; and her best friend, Zee. Each character gets chapters that go deep inside their heads. There’s a lot of inner monologue, sometimes to a fault. The issues are complex, certainly, but some readers may wish the characters would simply act rather than reading paragraphs about what might happen if they do. One more complaint before the good stuff — there’s too much foreshadowing. Why do we need to know at the end of chapter one that Greer herself will become famous and write a best- seller?

Wolitzer’s talent as a writer shines in lines that say more in a sentence than most writers do in paragraphs. “People’s marriages were like two-person religious cults, impossible to understand,” thinks Cory as he cleans one of the houses

his grieving mother used to maintain. Or from Faith’s head as she daydreams during a massage: “You never knew when you were lifting your child for the last time; it might seem like just a regular time, when it was taking place, but later, looking back, it would turn out to have been the last.”

Wolitzer also has a fascination with food. She often sets the scene with it. In the fictional Ryland College that Greer attends because her parents didn’t correctly complete the Yale financial aid form: “Pizza would be their consolation prize: two girls alone late at night with the soft solace of warm dough.” And later, when Greer is the keynote speaker at a mentorship summit: “Drinks and canapes were circulating; slender Bellinis and gemological tuna tartare slicked with yuzu gelee.”

There’s much more to admire here as the novel ponders friendship, love and parent-child relationships.

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"Red Alert" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp "Accidental Heroes" by danielle steel "Fifty Fifty" by James Patterson and candice Fox

"Russian Roulette" by Michael isikoff and david corn "Educated: A Memoir" by tara Westover "I’ve Been Thinking..." by Maria shriver

"Dog Man and Cat Kid" by dav Pilkey "Captain Underpants" (series) by dav Pilkey "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L’engle

"The Punishment She Deserves" by elizabeth George

"The Age of Eisenhower" by William i. Hitchcock

"Llama Llama Easter Egg" by Anna dewdney

"The Temptation of Forgiveness" by donna Leon

"The Triumph of Christianity" by Bart d. ehrman

"The Getaway" by Jeff Kinney

This list of the most requested books for the week is provided by reader Advisory services of the osterhout Free library, south Franklin street, Wilkes-Barre.

arT Whimsy & Wonder, through Saturday, June 2. Art exhibit features works from Verve Vertu, and all proceeds benefit the art studio. Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas.

Donations accepted. 570-674-6250 or misericordia.edu.

Serene Scenery: Elevating the Everyday Landscape, through Friday, April 27. Artist Frank Wengen displays a collection of creative works. Meetthe-artist reception: April 20, 6 to 8 p.m. Widmann Gallery at King’s College, 133 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre.

Free 570-208-5875 or kings.edu.

Art Events

Fiber Art Afternoon, Thursdays, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Bring supplies and make some new friends while working on crochet, knitting or felting.

Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. 570-654-9565 or pittstonmemoriallibrary.org.

Adult Coloring Club, Fridays, 1 p.m. Supplies provided, but feel free to bring fine-tip markers or colored pencils. Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. Free. 570-654-9565 or pittstonmemoriallibrary.org.

Pop Art opening reception, today, April 8, 2 to 4 p.m. Artists include Mike Resnick, Amanda Robinson, Rhi Wallace, Michelle McKenzie, Scott Nichols, Joe Kluck, Katrina King and Elyse Mattocks. Meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments.

Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. Free. 570-996-1500 or dietrichtheater.com.

Craft Show, Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m. Sponsored by the Tunkhannock Area Middle School Band. Food and baked goods will be available. Proceeds benefit the annual band trip.

Tunkhannock Area Middle School, 200 Franklin Ave. $1 admission.

570-836-8247.

Decorative Painting, Wednesdays, noon to 3 p.m., through April 25. Learn decorative painting techniques while creating decorative pieces. Preregistration is required.

Ages 16 to adult. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. $20 per class, plus cost of painting surface.

570-996-1500 or dietrichtheater.com.

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Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival, Thursday, April 12, through Sunday, April 15. Channels the rebellious spirit of the Molly Maguires, welcoming the boldest, most defiant filmmakers to present their work, shatter convention and incite spirited debate. Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe. $10$120. 570-325-0249 or mcohjt.com.

Books

Writers’ Group, Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Read work or just listen while practicing the craft of writing toward a goal of publication. All genres and levels welcome. Ages 18 and older only. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. 570-9961500 or dietrichtheater.com.

Roaming Readers Book Club, Tuesdays, 11 a.m. Walk, talk and take in an audiobook. Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. 570-654-9565 or pittstonmemoriallibrary.org.

Campion Literary Society Writing Workshops, Friday, April 13, 2 p.m.

The themed, free workshops are hourlong, informal writing classes in Room 117. Open to the public. SheehyFarmer Campus Center at King’s College, 133 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre.

570-208-5875 or kings.edu.

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Call for Entries: Wearable Art Show, through Saturday, April 7.

Artists and imaginative sewers needed to design and make a piece of wearable art using any kind of material. No entry fee, price as set by the artist. Exchange Gallery, 24 E. Main St., Bloomsburg. 570-317-2596 or ExchangeArts.org/calls-for-entry.

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Support local heroes by participating in events One week makes all the difference as the calendar of Back Mountain events flashes by. While trees tease us with buds, spring seems to be as mesmerizing as a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat at the circus. An April fool’s snow stor m started this week leaving all of us in snow shock. Happy Orthodox Easter. May all my friends and family in the O r t h o d ox R i t e h ave a blessed and holy Easter Sunday.

Your support of our local heroes is highly appreciated at all the family-friendly community events throughout the year. The routine schedule of breakfast events each Sunday every month is: first Sunday, Idetown Fire Company; second Sunday, Kunkle Fire at the community hall, Kunkle Road; third Sunday, at Noxen Fire Company, Stull Road, Noxen, and the fourth Sunday, at Shavertown Fire Company, Main Street, Shavertown.

My son, Isaac, and I were certain to attend Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at Idetown Fire Company on Easter morning. The coffee hit the spot, the breakfast was very good, and the Easter bunny was tall and hugable.

We left with a smile on our faces and a good feeling toward our local heroes since they sacrificed their Easter morning to serve up great food for a good cause to the people of the Back Mountain.

Especially hospitable were fire chiefs Joe Blaine of Idetown Fire Company and Jerry Walker of Lake Silkworth Fire Company.

Dallas Lions to hold Nite at the Races Dallas Lions Club will hold a Nite at the Races from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Gate of Heaven gymnasium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with post time at 7:15. Cost is $5 for allyou-can-eat and drinks.

Horses are $10, which includes cost of admission.

For those who want to buy a horse, advance tickets will be sold. For information, message a club member on Facebook.

Statewide fishing season begins April 14 On Saturday morning, the dawn presents another beautiful day to troll for the best catch. Get ready to drop those baited hooks in all streams, lakes and waterways in the state. Be aware that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will be watching that all rules are followed. They will also be checking licenses.

Back Mountain Railroad All aboard! The Back Mountain Railroad is now stationed at the Twin Stacks in Dallas in a 2,000 square foot facility. Get ready for the upcoming announcement of the grand opening that will feature more active train layouts and a huge train cake for everyone to enjoy. It will be called “The Trax at Twin Stax.” More information will be coming your way soon.

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Back Mountain Men’s Ecumenical Group For a fresh start every Thursday morning, men of the Back Mountain are welcome to friendly fellowship, food and faith at the Back Mountain Men’s Ecumenical Group’s weekly breakfasts, which begins at 8 a.m.

Pro Life flea market The Wyoming Valley Pennsylvanians for Human Life Pro Life Center will sponsor a flea market from 2 to 6 p.m.

Friday, April 13, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the Wyoming Valley Presbyterian Church hall, Hanover Street, Wilkes-Barre. Volunteers are needed to help set up and take down the event.

Call the Pro-Life Center at Submitted photo 570-826-1819. Donations are At Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, from left, are Chief Joe Blaine of the Idetown Fire Company, Chief Jeff welcome.

Gate of Heaven news The Altar and Rosary Society of Gate of Heaven Church, Machell Avenue, Dallas, will hold a bus trip to Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster to see “Jesus.” The bus will leave the church at 7:30 a.m. and will return at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $113 per person, which includes bus, show and lunch at Hershey Farm Restaurant. Seating is limited to the first 55 paid reservations. For reservations, call Patty Price at 570310-1408.

Dan Meuser meet and greet With pride of the Back Mountain, Pride Mobility businessman and resident of the Back Mountain, Dan Meuser, is a candidate for the 11th Congressional District.

Tomorrow from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Leggio’s Restaurant, 64 East Center Hill Road, Dallas, Frank and Patricia Yamrick will host a meet and greet with Meuser.

Cost is $25 per individual, $50 per couple, and $100 for a host. Support information is available at 717-963-7163 or Meuser for Congress, P.O. Box 545, Harrisburg, PA 17108. Volunteers to work the polls and promote Meuser are welcome. To volunteer, call 570-519-0214.

Endless Dreams Animals Endless Dreams Animals will participate in the 13th annual Mother’s Day Pow Wow on May 12-13. The Noxen Pow Wow welcomes sponsors from all local businesses. For details, contact Natalie at 570-947-2097.

Also check the Facebook page for a complete description of entertainment, vendors and food. The children love the petting zoo and the chance to meet Gus Gus. Kids will also enjoy the alligator who was rescued from a reptile show. There are 156 animals at Endless Dreams. They receive no funding. Donations are welcome at Endless Dreams Animals, P.O. Box 32, Hun-

Walker of the Lake Silkworth Fire Company, Easter Bunny and Sandra Serhan.

tington Mills, PA 18622.

Frozen Cow grand opening The new owners Eileen Ormando and Bob and Mary Saba of the Frozen Cow Ice Cream, Route 309 Dallas, are excited for a bountiful season of scooping joy. Sprinkles the cow is the mascot who will be modeling a new scarf for each holiday. Come out to the grand opening Friday, May 13.

Loyalville U.M. Church chicken dinner A delicious homemade roast chicken dinner will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

S at u rd ay, Ap r il 1 4 , at Loyalville United Methodist Church, Harveys Lake.

Everyone is welcome to enjoy homemade food and great fellowship. Cost is $8 for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and younger. Take outs are available. For take outs, call ahead at 570-477-3521 and leave a message with phone number, the number of dinners and a pickup time.

Market on the Pond The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Center Hill Road, Dallas, is planning an even bigger and better Market on the Pond from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 16.

Market on the Pond “MOP” will offer more than 120 vendors, which will be all around the pond and throughout the campus.

Featured will be a large food stand, fabulous bake sale, plant stand, a book tent, and many treasures in the “odds and ends” tent. The event had a record number of raffle baskets last year.

These are auxiliary sponsored tents to benefit residents. In the event of rain, the event will be held the following Saturday, June 23.

This annual fundraiser is sponsored by Ecumenical Enterprises Inc.

Purse Bingo event will be held Saturday, May 5. Doors will open at 11 a.m. and bingo will start promptly at 1 p.m.

Tickets pre-purchased prior to the day of the event are $25 for 20 games of bingo. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door the day of the event for $30. Come early to grab tickets for raffle baskets, 50/50s or a snack at the refreshment stand. All proceeds will benefit the residents, tenants and their families for a summer outdoor event. For details, call 570-6757336, ext. 161.

Dallas Harvest Festival Richard Furaro has called the first meeting of the year for the Dallas Harvest Festival, which will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the conference room of the Dallas Twp. building. Interested persons are urged to attend.

The usual date of the Dallas Harvest Festival is one week following the Luzerne County Fair, which begins this year Wednesday, Sept. 5.

This year’s Dallas Harvest Festival will be held Sunday, Sept. 14, at Dallas Senior High School. Many volunteers of all ages are needed for the event. Volunteers may call 570-574-7870.

English horse show The Yellow Rose 4-H Club will host an English horse show at 8 a.m. Sunday, May 13, at the Luzerne County Fair Grounds, 3605 state Route 118, Dallas. The event is free to the public. Anyone interested in becoming a division sponsor for $50 may contact Brenda Pugh on the Facebook event page, Yellow Rose Open English Horse Show.

Eagle Scout project benefits bats

Corey R. Bohn, of Swoyersville, recently completed an Eagle Scout service project aimed at helping out one Meadows Designer of Pennsylvania’s most misPurse Bingo understood species of mamThe Meadows Designer mals, the population of

which has plummeted in recent years. Bohn, a member of Boy Scout Troop 143 in Swoyersville, built eight wooden bat boxes and delivered them to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Northeast Region headquarters in Dallas.

The boxes are designed to provide female bats with an ideal place to roost and rear their young in the spring and summer months. Each box can hold more than 200 nursery colony bats and may help local bat populations in areas where they are erected.

Bohn enlisted the help of other Troop 143 Scouts and their leaders to help build the boxes. The boxes will be erected by Game Commission wildlife habitat enhancement personnel on state game lands and other public lands in the Game Commission’s Northeast Region. Bat boxes are placed within close proximity to a body of water so that the bats have easy access to emerging insects.

Free Lyme disease workshop A free Lyme Disease Prevention Workshop will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 11, in the Huntzinger and Alden Trust Rooms 218-219 of Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall at Misericordia University, Dallas.

Michele Cassetori, O.T.R./L., an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Misericordia University and northeast regional leader of the Pennsylvania Lyme Resource Network, will facilitate the workshop.

Pennsylvania leads the nation in new cases of tickborne infections, according to Cassetori.

The program will cover awareness regarding Lyme and tick-borne illnesses and the need for early detection, including how to prevent tick bites, what to do if bitten by a tick, recognizing early Lyme symptoms, and how to seek help if you become infected.

Advance registration is required. To register, call 570-674-6289, or email funfitness@misericordia.edu.

Car Cruise Lug Nuts Car Club of Wyoming Valley are opening the car cruise season at 5 p.m.

Friday, May 4, at Back Mountain Bowl, 120 Memorial Highway, Dallas. To participate or for information, call 570-472- 8587.

Community yard sale According to coordinator Kristin Cool, the planning committee of Huntsville United Methodist Church, will hold a community yard sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28.

Vendor spots are $10. Part of the proceeds will benefit a local charity. For details, call 570-477-3748.

Spring rummage sale The annual spring rummage sale for the combined churches of Lehman and Idetown United Methodist churches will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 13, and 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14. Saturday is bag day.

There will be homemade food and a bake sale.

Birding at Frances Slocum Join Bruce Troy, of Wild Birds Unlimited, Dallas, at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21, for a walk through the park to seek out beautiful birds.

Spring is here and it’s a great time for bird watching and enjoying nature. The group will meet in the parking lot at the Environmental Education Center and boat rental.

Bring your binoculars and have fun looking and listening to the birds. For details, call Bruce Troy at 570-6759900.

If you would like your church, school or community event in the Back Mountain Voice, send information about the event at least one week in advance to sunset117@aol.com.

Daddow-isaacs Dallas American Legion presents awards to oratorical winners District 12 American Legion Commander Al Rowles and District Oratorical Chairman Clarence J. Michael presented awards to the Oratorical winners. Issa Dahdal garnered first place and later placed third in state competition, and Joe Ciaccia placed second. Monetary prizes, medals and certificates were awarded. Both students were sponsored by Daddow-Isaacs Dallas American Legion Post 672. They also told of their experiences at Boys’ State. From left, are Commander Al Rowles, Joe Ciaccia, Issa Dahdal and Clarence J. Michael, Oratorical chairman.

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community digeSt Community digest tells you what’s happening in your town. Submit listings at least one week in advance to community@ citizensvoice.com, fax to 570821-2247, mail to 75 N. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, or call 570-821-2069.

Wyoming Valley Wyoming Valley Mushroom Club will meet at 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 12, at the Advanced Technology Center on the Nanticoke campus of Luzerne County Community College. This building is in the lower campus area. Parking is available in the large lot adjacent to the ATC. Meeting room is ATC 209B, which is found by entering the building through the main doorway and bearing left just past the office space.

The group will discuss the upcoming spring mushroom season as well as the club’s involvement in the North American Mycoflora Project. Nonmembers are welcome to attend up to two meetings.

The Corvette Club of NEPA will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at Marzoni’s, 26 Montage Mountain Road, Moosic. Interested corvette owners are welcome. Visit CCNEPA.com.

Back mountain Loyalville United Methodist Church will hold a roast chicken dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12.

Cost is $8 for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and younger. Take outs will be available. Call 570-477-3521 and leave a message with phone number and number of dinners with pickup time.

A Fisherman’s Breakfast will be held from 6 to 11 a.m.

Saturday, April 14, at Alderson United Methodist Church, 1201 Lakeside Drive, Pole 108, Harveys Lake. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children.

Featured will be all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, and beverage. Tickets will be available at the door.

The first family-style roast beef supper of the year hosted by the Lutheran Brotherhood of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 474 Yalick Road, Dallas, off Route 118 near the 415 intersection, will be held Saturday, April 21. Cost is $11 for

adults and $5 for children under 12. Dinner seating is from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Take outs start at 3:30. Tickets are available at the door.

Back Mountain Memorial Library in Dallas lists the following upcoming events.

Call 570-675-1182. n The Traveling Trunk Show from Eckley Miners’ Village has been re-scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 11. Participants can experience what life was like in a coal patch town by examining artifacts and costumes from the era. A Power Point presentation will also be offered. n The annual Luncheon with a Special Author, sponsored by the Friends of the Back Mountain Memorial Library, featuring local author Cecilia Galante, will be held Thursday, April 19.

There will be a buffet lunch, basket raffle and plant sale.

Cost is $27 per person. Call the library to register. n Animal behaviorist Corey Cohen will teach alternatives to standard dog training using mindfulness to strengthen the bond between owners and their dogs. “Shared Mindfulness with Your Dog: The Healing Power of Connection” will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21.

Call to register. n The Friends are holding a geranium sale to benefit the library. Darling’s Farms and Greenhouses on Hildebrandt Road in Dallas Twp. provides the flowers. Purchase plants now and pick them up with a receipt at the farm between May 1-31. Single pots are $4, or purchase three for $10. A choice of colors will be available at pickup. Stop in at the front desk to purchase.

mountain top area Mountain Top Social Club will meet at 1 p.m. April 10 and April 24 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Route 309, Mountain Top. A bus trip for a dinner and show at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse in New Jersey to see Steel Magnolia will be held May 10. Bus will leave Mountain Top at 8:15 a.m. and St. Al’s at 8:45 a.m. Cost is $82 per person. A Mother’s Day/ Father’s Day dinner will be held at noon May 22 at Sands Springs, Drums. Hollywood Casino trips are on the fourth Thursday of the month. Cost is $25 with a rebate of $35 to play and $5 toward EPIC Buffet or 25 percent off dinner.

Tracey’s Hope Hospice and pet rescue at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 15, at Eagle McClure Hose Co., 375 Milwaukee Ave., Old Forge. Tickets are $20 if purchased in advance or $25 at the door. In addition, there will be special games, a nanticoke basket raffle, and hot food.

Newport Twp. American Legion Those interested in purchasing Auxiliary Unit 539 will a ticket can mail a check sponsor an indoor yard, bake made payable to Tracey’s Hope and lunch sale from 8 a.m. to and mail to: Tracey’s Hope 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Purse Bingo, 113 Foote Ave., American Legion post home, Duryea, PA 18642. Include an 62 Newport St., Glen Lyon. address. Tickets will be Spots are $10 with electricity mailed. Seating is limited. available, ample parking, handA spring brunch and open icapped accessibility, tables house presented by the and chairs provided. A hot, Friends of the United homemade lunch, eat-in or Methodist Homes of PA at take-out, will be available the Wesley Village Campus, throughout the day. For reser209 Roberts Road, Pittston, vations and information, conwill be held from 10 a.m. to 2 tact Lorrie at 570-736-7177. p.m. Sunday, April 15. DonaAlden Rod and Gun Club will tion is $13 for adults and $6 hold its monthly meeting at 7 for children 12 and younger. p.m. Wednesday, April 11, at Tickets are available at the Ruby’s. New members are weldoor. For information, call 570come.

655-2891 or visit the Wesley Newport Twp. Women’s Village Campus.

Activity Group will host its West Wyoming American annual spring bingo Sunday, Legion Morning Star Post 904 April 15, at Holy Spirit Parish, will hold its monthly meeting Glen Lyon. Doors open at noon at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April and games start at 1. Admis12, at Angelo’s, Midway Shopsion is $2. There will be rafping Center. All members are fles, a bake sale and homeinvited. made food. For details, call 570-574-3911.

Mill Memorial Library West Side announces the following Swoyersville Senior Citizens will events: meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, n Story Time is held at 11 a.m.

April 11, at St. Elizabeth Ann on Tuesdays. Story Time will Seton Church social hall, with also be held at noon on President Liz Zdanciewicz preThursdays. RSVP before siding. A social hour will follow attending. the business meeting. New members are welcome. n Lego Club will be at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 18 and 25.

Thomas Alexander, tax collector of Forty Fort Borough, n Movie Night will be held at 5 announces the discount perip.m. Wednesday, April 11. od for the 2018 county/municMovie will be Despicable Me ipal real estate taxes will end 3. Reservations are required.

Wednesday, April 11. The face Contact the Mill Memorial amounts will be due from April Library at 570-735-3030 for 12 through June 11. For all information and to register for bills paid after June 11 events. The Mill Memorial through Dec. 31, penalty Library is located at 495 E. amounts will be collected. In Main St., Nanticoke. The person collection is available library is open from 10 a.m. to at the office located in the For8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday ty Fort borough building. Office and Thursday and 10 a.m. to hours are every Monday from 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

11:30 to 2 p.m. Other hours American Legion Post 971 will will be announced as needed. meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April Please bring a copy of your bill 10, at the Glen Lyon American with you if you are paying inLegion Post 539, 62 Newport person at the borough buildSt., Glen Lyon. All members ing. Payments may be mailed are urged to attend. to P.O. Box 124, Luzerne, PA 18709. Anyone needing a receipt must include the whole Pittston area bill in its entirety along with a Tracey’s Hope Hospice and Pet stamped self-addressed enveRescue will hold a Designer lope, otherwise a receipt will Purse Bingo to benefit not be sent. If a property owner has not received their bill, please contact the collector for a duplicate. Call 570-2871978 for information or quesFor club information, contact Janeann Lokken at 570-8686895. For information on bus trips, contact Otto Eime at 570-407-0056.

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Barbara Dellario, Plymouth Borough tax collector, announces the last day of the 2018 county/municipal rebate period is Wednesday, April 11.

Extended office hours during the last week of the rebate period are as follows: Monday, April 9, 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, 5 to 7 p.m. and Wednesday, April 11, 5 to 7 p.m. Tax payments can also be mailed to P.O. Box 26, Plymouth, PA 18651 and must be postmarked no later than April 11 to be accepted at the discount amount. If a receipt is desired, please return entire tax bill along with a selfaddressed stamped envelope.

Personal checks, money orders and bank certified checks are the preferred form of payment. Cash will be accepted but all $100 bills must have a blue security ribbon (no exceptions). For information or questions, call 570779-7704 and leave a message.

DAV Chapter 102 will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Keeley’s, Division Street, Kingston, with Ray Smith, senior vice commander, presiding.

Senior Citizens’ Friendship Club of St. Mary’s in Plymouth will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, April 9, in the Holy Child School Building, Willow Street, Plymouth. Servers will be Rosalie Meurer, Janice Perfetto, Catherine Smith, Jane Thomas and Dorothy Sullivan. At the previous meeting, cash winners were Mary Larko, Janice Bromack and Beverly Kutz. Florence Shaw won a chocolate egg. Mary Ann Mrugal was a guest. The Mom and Dad Dinner will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at R&D Memories, 566 Fellowes Ave., Hanover Twp. Bingo, pool and cards were enjoyed after the meeting. New members are welcome. The building is handicapped accessible.

Hoyt Library, 284 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, will host a bingo event from 3 to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 24, in the community room of the library. The event is free to the public for ages 13 and older. Final day to register is Saturday, April 21. Unlike regular bingo, this game is themed toward books and their authors, making the game more challenging. Prizes will be awarded. For information, or to register, call the library at 570-287-2013, ext.

230. Clicking “interested” or “going” on the Facebook event will not be accepted as a confirmed registration for the program. Registration is mandatory.

Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Art League Member’s Art Exhibition will be held through Thursday, April 12, at WVAL Member’s Gallery, Circle Centre for the Arts, home of the Wyoming Valley Art League, Rear 130 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. The exhibition features recent two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks of WVAL members in a variety of mediums and styles.

For information, call 570-2881020 or visit www.wyomingvalleyartleague.org. Admission is free but donations are accepted. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Rolling Mill Hill Residents’ Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 18, at the community room at Heritage Point Apartments, Dana Street, Wilkes-Barre. Speakers will be representatives from Geisinger. All residents are encouraged to attend. Refreshments and snacks are appreciated.

Hudson VFW, Lani Post 6325, 35-37 Cleveland St., Hudson, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10. The election of post officers will be conducted at this meeting. All regular members are urged to attend.

Wilkes University Polish Room Committee will hold a meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the Avenue Diner, Wyoming.

The Calling Committee for the April meeting is Rose Fritzen, Jeri Jecen, Marianne Kress, Mary Ann Drust, Erica Snarski, Marie Amico and Theresa Sabol. Plans for the upcoming annual Polish Room Tea are being made. At the club’s March meeting, the winner of the monthly drawing was Antoinette Szczecinski.

In honor of National Poetry Month, the Adult DIY Night at the Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, will be focusing on found and blackout poetry at 5:30 p.m.

Monday, April 9. These forms of poetry are more visual and crafty in nature. This adult program is free but reservations are a must. For reservations, call the information services desk at 570-821-1959.

Commonwealth Health WilkesBarre General Hospital Stroke Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at the Thomas P. Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468 Northampton St., Kingston. This recently established group was formed to help stroke patients and their caregivers deal with everyday issues. For reservations, contact Jennifer Perrins at jperrins@commonwealthhealth.net or 570-552-4473.

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Bailey Marie Mizenko and Shawn Joseph Frazier Tara Mizenko-Bigger of Luzerne, announces the engagement and upcoming wedding of her daughter, Bailey Marie Mizenko, to Shawn Joseph Frazier, son of Mr. And Mrs. Peter and Deb Frazier, of Edwardsville.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Christine Mizenko, Edward and Patrice Mizenko, of Forty Fort, and Donna and David Ferguson, of Luzerne. She is the great granddaughter of the late Ed and Margaret Mizenko and the late Joseph and Anne Flack, all of Swoyersville.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George and Norma Frazier, of Larksville, and Peter Booth, of Hunlock Creek.

The bride-to-be is a 2015 graduate of West Side Tech, Pringle as a certified nursing assistant and a 2018 graduate of Fortis Institute as a certified phlebotomist.

The prospective groom is a 2015 graduate of West Side Tech, Pringle. He is employed by Jack Williams Tire Center, Dallas.

The couple will exchange vows at 1 p.m. Aug. 25, 2018, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Swoyersville.

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Mr. and Mrs. Gregorowicz Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gregorowicz are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary today, April 8, 2018.

They were married April 8, 1978, in First United Methodist Church, Nanticoke, by the late Rev. Thomas R. Jenkins.

Maid of honor was the late Mary Beth Danielowicz, escorted by Bernard Czeck, brother of the bride. Bridesmaids included Diane Gregorowicz Casey, sister of the groom, and Cathleen Czeck Atwell. Ushers were David Urbanski and David Trzeciak.

Mrs. Gregorowicz is the former Melanie Czeck, daughter of the late Frank and Irene Czeck, of Nanticoke.

Mr. Gregorowicz is the son of the late John and Lottie Gregorowicz, of Nanticoke.

The couple are both retired from PNC Bank.

An anniversary dinner with family will commemorate the occasion.

Meghan e. oday and steven Floyd storm.

Joseph Benjamin Murphy and Bialey Marie Mcevoy. deborah erica Jill schloss and Matthew andrew Nievesrodriguez. robin ivon Jones and Joseph craig Fedorchak Jr. Jamie scott Musial and amy Lynn Foulkes.

Marie Nancy Gadola and thomas robert Yanac Jr. david Molina Jr. and Kelly Lisa Quintana. pedro Juan Vargas Nieves and Glendalyz Velazquez reyes. robert andrew Miroslaw and Kathleen Marie thomas.

Miledis Mejia and Jose seragin calderon.

Maria elena and James durbin Hayward iii.

Vincent paul Boragno and sierra Maureen Gagliardi. donald richard thomas and cecilia Masulit san Buenaventura.

shumei pamela cajilema ortega and Fernando abreu Villega.

Natasha Mary dixon and Mikal aki Glover.

John thomas Morris and theresa Foust.

Kristina L. Johnson and Herbert Lee robinson Jr. robert charles Hand and erica schmidt.

Ysmenia calderon perez and Miguel angel taveras Mendez.

Kenneth Michael Hillman and deborah ann Bangert. robert carl tupper and antoinette rose chiazza. amy Marie Mcdermott and sean allen Burke. andrienne alyssa Williams and Jeremy tyrone Kyles.

Mary anne Lostrick and Joseph Martin prociak. david paul Valenza and allyson r. Balliet.

Krista Marie cohen and James daniel rinehimer.

Maryssa Lewko and robert Joseph Baur iii.

submit your celebration the citizens’ Voice publishes wedding, engagement and anniversary announcements free of charge every sunday.

Wedding announcements may be sent up to 11 months after the wedding. We accept anniversary announcements starting with the fifth anniversary and running each year after that. deadline for sunday publication is at least tWo WeeKs BeFore desired publication date, which should be indicated on the announcement. if no specific date is indicated, the announcement will be published on the next available sunday. Wedding and engagement photographs are available in color or black and white and will include a credit line for the photographer. anniversary photos are available in black and white only. submit studio-quality photographs with your announcement. email announcements and photos to lifestyles@citizensvoice.com.

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Avery Grace Wilson Mr and Mrs Michael Wilson, of York, announce the birth of their daughter, Avery Grace Wilson, on Feb. 8. Mrs. Wilson is the former Ashley Sworen, of Avoca.

Grandparents are James and Maryann Sworen, of Avoca.

Wanda Ritter and Randy and Karen Wilson, of York. Greatgrandparents are the late William and Ruth Sworen, of Avoca, and Norma Wilson and the late Gene Wilson, of York.

Avery has a brother, Brayden James, 3. Avery’s baptism is being planned for this summer.

65th anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Jerome J. Stone, of Kingston, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary April 11, 2018.

They were married in St. Aloysius Church, Lee Park.

Jerry is the son of the late Margaret and Peter Stone, of Lee Park.

Dorothy is the daughter of the late Joseph Blanard and Mary Blanard Gilroy, of Luzerne.

They are the parents of Jerry and Donald Stone and his wife, Debora, and the late Dorothy Stone Mosko, of California.

Mr. Stone is retired from Northwest Area School District as the band director.

63rd anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Pavlick Mr. and Mrs. John Pavlick will celebrate their 63rd wedding anniversary April 10, 2018. They were married April 10, 1955, in Ballston Spa, New York. Their attendants were Joseph and Shirley Bush.

Mrs. Pavlick is the daughter of the late Jane and Joseph Bush, of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Mr. Pavlick is the son of the late Florence and Stanley Kolinski and the late Joseph Pavlick, of WilkesBarre.

They are the parents of eight children, Jane Paperman, New Mexico, Steven Pavlick, Plains Twp., Denise Pavlick, West Pittston, Diane Jenkins, Ashley, Lisa Price, Pittston, Mark Pavlick, Plains Twp., Suzanne Pavlick, Ashley and Michele Krebs, of Hudson.

They have 32 grandchildren, two of whom are deceased.

They range in age from 16 to 41.

They also have 52 great-grandchildren ranging in age from two months to 20.

Coughlin/Marymount High School, classes of 1957, will hold a dinner meeting at 5 p.m. thursday, april 26, at Mariannacci’s restaurant, 252 W. eighth st., Wyoming. Note the change in time from 6 to 5 p.m. spouses are invited. reservations are not required.

Coughlin High School, class of 1959, will meet at 6 p.m. thursday, april 19, at andy perugino’s restaurant, 258 charles st., Luzerne. all class members and spouses are invited to attend.

Coughlin High School, class of 1988, will hold a 30th reunion celebration saturday, July 14, at appletree terrace, Newberry estate, dallas. Full details and ticket information will be announced. classmates may find information about the reunion and update contact information through the class Facebook page at coughlin1988 or email contact information to coughlin1988@comcast.net.

GAR Memorial High School, classes of 1950 and 1951, will meet for a luncheon at 1 p.m. thursday, april 19, at Marianacci’s restaurant, 252 W. eighth st., Wyoming. all classmates, spouses and friends are invited. For reservations, call Marilyn at 570-2883102.

GAR Memorial High School, class of 1958, will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, april 11, at patte’s sports Bar, 65 W. Hollenback ave., Wilkes-Barre, to make plans for its 60th

reunion to be held sept. 9.

Jenkins Twp. High School, classes of 1957 to 1959, will hold a pizza party at 4:30 p.m. sunday, May 6, at tony’s pizza. cost per person is $12. reservations must be made by sunday, april 15. call Bill Gaffney at 570-654-3340.

Kingston Central Catholic High School, class of 1968, will hold its 50th class reunion July 21. the committee needs contact information for several class members. classmates who have not been contacted should call John Gildea at 570287-0168 or patty Kondrak Kopec at 570-709-7203.

Lake-Lehman High School, class of 1969, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in June 2019. all classmates of the graduating class are requested to contact sunset117@aol. com or call 570-519-0214 to update the contact list for meetings to organize the event.

Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumni is planning an all classes reunion to be held sept. 16 at irem country club. the committee would appreciate recent addresses for former classmates, especially for the early 50s and 60s. call sue at 570-2886371 or Mary at 570-6932483.

Northeast High School, class of 1965, will hold a reunion committee meeting at 12:30 p.m. saturday, april 14, at colarusso’s, avoca, to finalize plans

for a class get-together to be held at 12:30 p.m. saturday, June 2, at colarusso’s, avoca. all class members and guests are invited.

Pittston Central Catholic High School, class of 1955, will hold its monthly dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. tuesday, april 10, at Valenti’s, Wyoming avenue, exeter. all classmates are welcome. For information, call Ky Lazzari at 570-825-2648.

Leave a message on the answering machine.

Plains High School/Sacred Heart High School, class of 1960, will meet at 6:30 p.m. saturday, april 14, at the river Grille, 670 N. river st., plains twp. all class members and guests are invited. For information, call roberta pryor ricardo schloemer at 570-829-4821.

Plymouth High School, class of 1958, will meet for a class dutch-treat dinner at 5 p.m.

Friday, april 20, at andy perugino’s restaurant, 258 charles st., Luzerne. For reservations, contact dorothy acornley at 570-954-7095 or by email at apsudot@aol.com no later than Friday, april 13. all classmates are encouraged to attend.

Plymouth High School, class of 1966, will have a picnic planning meeting at 2 p.m. sunday, april 15, at raub’s restaurant, Main st., plymouth. the picnic will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. saturday, July 21, at the Larksville american Legion grove on state street. cost for picnic is $25 per person pay-

able by check or money order

by July 1 to Helen Kibildis.

137 W. poplar st., plymouth, pa 18651. For information, contact Helen at 570-7792429 or hkibildis@gmail.com, or dorothy at 570-262-0889 or Loki2015@ptd.net.

Plains Memorial High School, class of 1966, will hold a luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. thursday, april 12, at parsons Family restaurant, 15 N. river road, plains twp., in the Weis plaza. planning will continue for the 70th birthday celebration to be held saturday, sept.

29. contact Bev condo at 570-609-5444. the class needs information on classmates Madelyn Zakeravich and Joseph Krakowski. all are welcome.

St. Ann’s Alumnae Association will hold its annual spring luncheon at noon saturday, april 14, at the Holiday inn, east Mountain drive. contact Margaret Wilk at 570-8209808.

Wyoming Area High School, class of 1968, will hold its reunion from 6 to 10 p.m. sept.

22 at Wyoming Hose company No. 2. For information, visit the Facebook page WaHs class of 1968 or email penny sorosky Jurchak at nickel402@hotmail. com or Frank casarella at fscasarella@aol.com.

Send reunions to lifestyles@ citizensvoice.com or mail them to attn: Lifestyles department, the citizens’ Voice, 75 N. Washington st., Wilkes-Barre, pa 18701.

Couple who met in supermarket marry amid veggies in aisle 13 LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Attention all shoppers: wedding in aisle 13.

A couple who met at a supermarket have tied the knot there with canned carrots and peas among their wedding guests.

The Valley News Dispatch reported 69-year-old Larry Spiering and 61-yearold Becky Smith married Sunday at the Community Super market in Lower Burrell, where they met 10 years ago.

Smith said she was working at the supermarket when Spiering walked up and gave her a piece of paper with his name and phone number on it. She said it was only fitting

that they married in the aisle where they met.

The couple said they picked April 1, which was Easter Sunday, because it was close to two other important dates: Spiering celebrates his birthday on April 2, Smith on April 3.

T h e j u d g e w h o p e rformed the ceremony said it was his first wedding at a grocery store. Store owner George Thimons said he was glad to accommodate the couple.

Smith said after the ceremony the wedding was JacK FordYce / pittsBurGH triBuNe-reVieW Via ap just what they wanted, Larry Spiering and Becky Smith smile where they held “something nice and their wedding ceremony on Easter Sunday in aisle 13 easy.”

— associated press

of the Community Market in Lower Burrell. Smith said it was only fitting that they married in the aisle where they met.

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college fair planned for April 30

SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018

K.M. smith holds literacy egg hunt

The Title 1 staff at K.M. Smith School in Nanticoke held a Literacy Egg Hunt for the students. To enforce phonics skills, special prizes were given to students whose egg held a word. First row, from left, are Tenley Mishanski, Connor Krushinski, Angela Sager, Title 1 Reading; Pam Coleman, Title 1 Reading, and Kieran Hamacher. Second row: Laura Price, Title 1 Math, and Christopher Lyons.

High school students and their parents from throughout Northeast Pennsylvania are invited to attend The Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling (PACAC) Annual Northeast Regional College Fair on Monday, April 30, in the Scandlon Physical Education Center at King’s College in WilkesBarre. Representatives from more than 150 colleges and universities from across the United States are expected to attend. Designed as a public service to benefit high school sophomores and juniors and their parents, as well as non-traditional and transfer students, this event is free to the public. No advanced registration is required. The fair will be open from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. College admissions counselors will be available during the day and in the evening, and financial aid officers will be available to answer questions. In addition, attendees are invited to attend three evening workshops. The first, titled “The Financial Aid Process,” will be held at 5:30 p.m. and will provide an overview of the financial aid process from a representative of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. The second workshop, titled “The College Search Process,” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. and will outline the college search process. The third and final session is entitled “So you want to go to Medical School,” will be presented at 7:15 p.m. and will outline the high school curriculum and college preparedness necessary to be successful in medical school. All sessions will be held in the Scandlon Center, North River Street, Wilkes-Barre. Students and parents interested in getting more information about this fair may contact their high school guidance counselors. High schools throughout the region are encouraged to make arrangements to transport their students to the fair during the morning hours. School guidance counselors interested in arranging transportation for their students for the morning session may contact Dr. Thomas Landon, director of admission events and community engagement at King’s College, at 570-208-8389. For information on the Annual Northeast Regional College Fair, contact Anne Lew, Wyoming Seminary college guidance counselor, at 570-270-2125 or emailalew@wyomingseminary.org. First row, from left, are Rachel Oberg, Misericordia University; Michelle Oliva, King’s; Katharine Michaels, Keystone College; Anne Lew, Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School and PACAC College chair. Second row: Noreen Phillips, LIU; Dr. Thomas Landon and Maggie Farrell, King’s and John Barnes, Penn State University.

Nicholas M. Bayo, Sabrina G. Bazadona, Gabriella M. Boos, Zachary M. Bufano, Wyoming Valley West MidPierson J. Canavan, Ava I. dle School announces the Carey, Samantha G. Cherhonor roll for the second inka, Sterling R. Culver, Elaimarking period. nea L. Cunningham, Joshua high honors with S. Daley, Alexa M. Davidowski, Jake Davis, Leah G. distinction Depriest, Brian E. DietriEighth grade: Skylar R. Belch, Haley L. Doyle, Aubrey gio, Ben F. Bowen, Adam C. L. Duesler, Maura J. Dunn, Cavalari, Quinn R. Crispell, Logan S. Dwen, Naveen I. Embrii Hawley, Robert B. Kachinko, Emma E. Kilgallon, El-Dabsheh, Joshua B. Ellsworth, Philip J. Evan, Serena Caleb Kioske, Sandy Ortiz, Emma R. Putnam, Ashley R. N. Fawcette, Rio M. FrankRitsick, Anna Scholl, Kaci L. Bantell, Aidan S. Franks, Shulla, Anthony T. Shusta III, Alyssa S. Gavot, Bradley T. Gill, Brian R. Gill, Geena M. Hannah S. Steele, Damien Graboske, Aiden J. GregoE. Wagner, Annabelle C. rowicz, Caleb A. Grossman, Wojciechowski.

Breanna N. Gyle, Emily HefSeventh grade: Brescias fner, Emma Q. Henry, Nyla A. Bocchiaro, Rebekah K. I. Hickson, Ethan P. Hobbs, Brody, Madison E. Chacko, Aidan A. Hogan, Christian A. Chance J. D’Agostino, Lulia T. Debru, Erica J. Fellerman, Holmes-Daniels, Michaela N. Holmstrom, Carter C. HoAbigail Frazier, George G. Hebda, Brooklyn Hunter, Hay- spodar, Bailey M. Hrabousky, Trinity A. Johnson, Dawayne ley E. King, Ella M. Krypel, John A. Mclaughlin, Trever R. L. Jordan Jr., Robyn S. Jordan, Kiara N. Kane, Sierra Newell, Murphy P. Pick, BenM. Karsko, Logan K. Keller, jamin S. Polomchak, Ivan Prodanets, Lauren E. Richie, Morgan O. Kelly, Emily E. KoMakayla G. Rosario, Maxwell busky, Emily R. Kocher, Kodie E. Kocher, Sol N. Kornblatt, F. Saporito, Savannah-Rose B. Serrano, Nathan D. Smith, Jaylynn M. Kosek, Joshua T. Koval, Breann L. KowalCaitlyn E. Suda, Emma J. ski, Gwendolyn Langley, Lily Suppon, Georgia Tsioles, A. Latimer, Jason M. Lauver, Joshua Wilkins.

Sixth grade: Nora Ahmetaj, Shelby S. Lewis, Nicholas L. Magistro, Johanna E. MalRobert J. Bell, Riley Bobkowski, Brayden C. Bogdon, donado, Elijah A. Maniero, Tyler J. Marchlenski, Mcguire Noah C. Dunbar, Lizbeth Espinoza, Rylee M. Geffert, Bai- M. Martin, Enrique D. Martinez, Mason J. Matlowsley J. Grove, Kyla R. Hand, ki, Morgan R. Mcnew, Ryan Amayah J. Harris, Cole C. Messersmith, Gabrielle C. Hospodar, Christopher N. Hummel, Bara’A Kamal, Tes- Miller, Michael R. Miller, Tamanna F. Mondol, Michelle sa R. Kopetchny, Ella P. KuM. Morocho, Nicole R. Morrovsky, Margaret C. Lupcho, ren, Katherine S. Mulligan, Gabrielle T. Marsola, Chloe Michael J. Navedo-Tlatenchi, C. Mazur, Lucy A. Obrzut, Alison N. Newhart, Kendra Eliana I. Pileggi, Rebecca A. Novick, Sophia L. Pabst, K. Polgar, Riley M. Purcell, Sammantha R. Pepe, Erin R. Paul K. Rossmell, Evelyn R. Saltz, Joseph J. Souder, Aliya Plantamura, Joshua E. Price, Stepan Prodanets, Eleanor Tikhtova, Antonio C. Torres, Cheyanne E. Turner, Madalyn M. Punko, Kayle A. Quigley, Turowski, Hayden M. Vought, Nevaeha R. Racine, Jillian K. Ravert, Makenzie J. Reichart, Jelena M. Wanyo, Will D. Wojciechowski, Olivia M. Yel- Zander M. Remakus, Desmond D. Rhodes, Ayden S. en, Lucas Zdancewicz.

Rice, Logan D. Romanowski, high honors Esmeralda Romero, Colin J. Rood, Nicholas J. Rousseau, Eighth grade: Keira AdamMia D. Ruckle, Amberly Saciski, Rudra C. Amin, Sarah pi, Cedonia Sacipi, MackG. Appenzeller, Joshua D. enzie N. Salmonsen, Jacob Atchue, Hunter J. Austra, S. Savage, Aiden M. SgagEmma G. Ballentine, Claire gero, Andrew J. Shaw, Stevie G. Barlow, Anthony G. Bayo,

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J. Shonk, Joshua J. Simon, Kayla J. Sincavage, Ky’-Lani L. Smith, Erycea A. Somers, Emilee H. Stelma, Jacob K. Stitzer, Rachel E. Suda, Jaden B. Swainbank, Lizette Tecotl, Zachary M. Tomascik, Colin B. Uter, Conner J. Uter, Brandy M. Varner, Kianna S. Venetz, Madison T. Vitale, Ethan A. Walsh, Aaliyah M. White-Snow, Mia I. Williams, Sydney M. Williams, Kaitlyn J. Wolfe, Karly E. Wolfe, Promise E. Wood, Lauren R. Youells, Alexander M. Zera.

Seventh grade: Emma Adamchak, Isabella R. Adams, Logan K. Ader, Annabelle R. Berry, Collin M. Bittle, Seth L. Blockus, Rachel M. Bloom, Isaac S. Bolan, Haley R. Borland, Justina L. Bottoms, Siana N. Bowe, Luke A. Bowen, Mackenzie J. Bowling, Haylie K. Brieling, Melanie R. Brito, Hailey M. Budziak, Isabella R. Bufalino, Luke J. Buss, Jonathan A. Cardona, Emily G. Chamberlain, Matthew Cheung, Alan R. Cinto, Grace A. Clayworth, Aidan J. Connell, Abigayle A. Cryan, Jessica E. Czuba, Madelyn R. Dalley, Bea Davis, Paul Davis Jr, Emilee E. Degood, David T. Delucca, Landon J. Dietterick, Rylie M. Dunbar, Giuliana N. Dutter, Logan Dwyer, Caleb X. Dzoh, Lillith A. Eroh, Imani M. Euqehart, Selena J. Fernandes, Ariana R. Gardner, Lorelei R. Gaugler, Hailey M. Gesek, Elise Ginocchetti, Noah T. Gorham, Devaeh R. Greene, Donnell Greene, Chase A. Griffiths, Joshua W. Harden, Mckenna M. Heller, Emma A. Hernandez, David J. Hilenski, Amelia J. Hoffman, Dorian P. Hoffman, Luke G. Hoffman, Evan A. Janis, Natiya Johnson, Sarah Kamal, Christina M. Keating, Hannah P. Kinney, John P. Kovach, Kadence F. Krasavage, Dallia S. Laban, Max Lopuhovsky, Joshua T. Maclunny, Shahd M. Mando, Oshin R. Mathis, Mercedes M. Mcavoy, Krystinah Mckay, Jade A. Mckenna, Korynne V. Miller, Serenity N. Mims, Marissa R. Mooney, Journey Moran, Aidan J. Morgans, Sasha Mubasher, Arianna L. Mulroy, Amelia E. Murphy, Colin M. Muskas, Cutdy C. Myers, Alexis L. Nastanski,

Nursing students hold opioid program

Luzerne County Community College nursing students from the Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. School of Nursing and Health Sciences at the Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center at LCCC recently held a community project on opioid addiction at the college’s campus center. The nursing students presented information on the opioid crisis as part of the college’s Zero Discrimination Day event. The project, “Many Faces of the Opioid Crisis,” featured the nursing students dressed as a wide range of individuals who face opioid addiction including housewives, college students, high school students, nurses, business people, and senior citizens. First row, from left, are Delaney Grindstaff, with her mother, Stacey Grindstaff, Shamokin; Chase DeRoberto, Dallas; Trina Gibson, Wilkes-Barre; Judith Bonk, West Wyoming and Damian George, Scranton. Second row: Noreen Brzozowski, MSN, RN, Plymouth, clinical instructor, nursing, LCCC. Kim Nguyen, Jacob M. Novrocki, Faith A. O’Brien, Gabrielle L. Oatridge, Sydney Ogle, Alexi M. Ostroski, Angelina M. Pellam, Colby J. Puscavage, Andres Quiroz Hernandez, Amir J. Richet, Rylee Riggs, Joseph J. Rivas Jr, Valerie S. Roberts, Zamyiah A. Robinson Medina, Abigail M. Roe, Molly E. Romanowski, Colleen A. Ryan, Ariana A. Rysz, Kalia M. Saunders, Serenity A. Schmidt, Alyssa R. Sciandra, Gabriel M. Selever, Faythe M. Seniuk, Michaela Shillabeer, Bria E. Shuella, Logan T. Shusta, Claudia R. Siegfried, Andrew J. Simmers, Abigail F. Sims, Kaylee N. Smith, Chase Stair, Daniel E. Stavish Iii, Katherine A. Stuart, Chris Tecotl-Meyo, Fatikha Tikhtova, Jade B. Udzella, Lestat Valenti, Ashley E. Vicchitto, Veronica R. Warunek, Emma G. Watchilla, Joshua G. Wesneski, Matthew R. Zekus.

Sixth grade: Madison D. Austra, Miguel Balbuena, Rebecca M. Bealla, Samuel A. Bellanca, Jacob A. Benczkowski, Tylor D. Berrini, Emily R. Berry, Abigail L. Bleich, Lexie J. Bonning, Evan J. Boyd, Rebecca P. Brandreth, Sierra A. Brunson, Jalen P. Buchinski, Arianna K. Budzyn, Bradley Bushinski, Brandon Bushinski, Juliana Camp, Juan C. Cardona, Donna A. Castro, Raegan C. Czyzycki, Mason R. DanielsShouldis, Ni’Geel H. DavisJohnson, Kaylee P. Dorish, Salem I. El-Dabsheh, Ava K. Elgonitis, Margaret E. Elmir, Cieraena J. Eppley, Madelyn P. Evan, Julian I. Everitt, Courtlynn M. Fine, Andrew G. Fischer, Xavier Flory, Gabriel M. Ganz, Lauren Gluchowski, Julia V. Godfrey, Donovin N. Golden, Randy L. Greenfield Jr, Alivia Gregorowicz, Kristen G. Griffiths, Jadiel R. Gutierrez, Odenis Gutierrez Tavarez, Nasir Hall, Jose L. Hernandez Jr., Noah J. Hiedcavage, Amaranth S. Holmstrom, Shi-Anne M. Johnson-Soules, Kamdyn B. Josefowicz, Dahlia Kane, Ashlee F. Karaliunas, Jatym M. Keller, Isabel M. Kilgallon, Lia C. Kirwan, Aaron W. Klosko, Isabella Lachinova, Dylan J. Lasorsa, Alissa M. Laudenslager, Angelina

J. Lauver, Dinah M. Lazinsky, Sharon Lin, David M. Longfoot, Lilian W. Mahoney, Prem Majamundar, Ty Makarewicz, Gabriella E. Marosevitch, Neil R. Massaker, Cole J. Mckenzie, Nevaeh R. Meininger, Courtney A. Merillat, Kyle A. Morton, David P. Moser, Breanne A. Nice, Keira E. Nilson, Emily R. Nowikowski, Anna S. O’Neil, Dorothy J. O’Neil, Isabella A. Olisewski, Olivia S. Onley, Taleah R. Parkes, Brian S. Paucar-Bermejo, Mackenzie T. Perluke, Annabella G. Piczon, Adriana Pitts, William R. Potera, Aiden J. Presto, Julia R. Prutzman, Alexus M. Pugh, Colton J. Reichart, Makayla M. Roberto, Britney M. Rodriguez, Carley M. Rushnock, Madison R. Santee, Kaydence R. Schell, Richard C. Schweizer, Aloysious M. Sennett, Anthony D. Shaw, Sierra L. Shoemaker, Molly B. Simon, Allyson M. Spangenberg, Peyton J. Sprague, Jameson J. Stavish, Elizabeth Stephens, Kaitlyn S. Stephens, David M. Storm, Nathan L. Swetz, Gabrielle E. Taylor, Alex M. Thomas, Landynn T. Turner, Cody M. Vincent, Richard A. Vitale, Christopher E. Walters Jr, Brayden J. Warman, Gavin J. Weisgable, Jacob D. Whitehead, Hannah L. Wilcox, Nyla K. Williams, Gianna Winston, Makayla C. Woods, Abigail Yenalevitch.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use your finesse, insight and ingenuity to redirect any negativity that comes your way. Be ready to outsmart anyone trying to discount what you have to say or offer.

Be prepared with facts, figures and charm.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t let impulsiveness take over when you should be refining your mental, physical and emotional health. Look for a way to improve your lifestyle and make an effort to bring about changes that will curb poor habits and overspending. Romance is highlighted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Emotional manipulation works some of the time, but if you try to put something over on someone you’ve known for a long time, you’ll find it difficult to get your way. It is best to be honest about your intentions and motives.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Know what you want ahead of time and don’t go into battle unprepared.

Anger solves nothing, but practicality, common sense and fairness will help you put any situation that irks you to rest quickly and without resentment. Accept the inevitable.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Emotional ups and downs will leave you wondering if you are on the right path. Tame impulsiveness before you take on something that will be impossible to finish. Focus on what you can do on your own to avoid wasting time.

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22): Physical improvements will pay off. A short trip or signing up for an interesting course or retreat will open a window of opportunity you didn’t expect. Romance will encourage a commitment and greater emotional stability.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take your time and consider the best way to handle a domestic or relationship matter. An impulsive response will add stress to a situation that needs a chance to mellow out before a rational solution can be put in place.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let impulse get the better of you. Remain calm, take care of your responsibilities and look at all sides of a situation before you judge what others do or say. Everyone has a right to an opinion, including you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The way you earn your living may be jeopardized if you haven’t been paying attention or keeping up with the latest technology or trends. Do your due diligence and pick up as much information as possible to protect your future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Make a commitment to yourself as well as to your loved ones to do your best and to take better care of your health and your emotional attitude. Ward off negativity by avoiding people who tend to bring you down.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A change of plans can be expected.

Don’t count on someone to make changes or alter his or her opinion. Protect against unnecessary arguments and being taken for granted. If something doesn’t sit right with you, walk away.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you are too easygoing, someone will take advantage of you. Only sign up to do the things you think you might enjoy or benefit from doing.

Someone you love will need reassurance. Plan something special as a token of appreciation.

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Dear Annie: I am a 20-year-old woman, and I feel that my family is toxic for me.

My grandfather, aunts and uncles have raised me since I was 3 years old. I do not know where my father is, and my mother is not supporting me.

(It goes without saying that she and I don’t have a great relationship.)

My grandfather is the one who pays to send me to school, but in exchange for that, he treats me poorly.

He asks me to do a lot of chores, such as turning on the TV for him, making coffee, cleaning his room and more. I feel as if I’m supposed to be a maid.

Additionally, he scolds me if I cannot answer his phone calls or if I do something that he doesn’t want me to do, such as going out with friends. He thinks he’s always right.

Even my uncles now treat me as if I owe them babysitting services. They call me all the time to be at their houses just to watch over their kids, even though they have maids at home.

If I don’t comply, they get angry.

They seem to want me to be brainless. They have always commented on what I should do with my life, too. They want me to go into a certain line of work that I have no interest in, for example.

For the 17 years that I’ve been with them, I’ve never felt that I am truly loved, because true love does not need anything in return.

Yes, they did help me in my studies. But I never had my

freedom, and I never made decisions for myself. They are so toxic. I can say that because they’ve made me cry so many times in my life.

It seems I can’t do anything right.

Now that I am graduating, I want to find work that suits me and to be free. I want to be alone and decide things for myself. What can I do as a career for the rest of my life just to be away from them? Or what are the other solutions to be away from them? — Longing to Break Free Dear Longing to Break Free: Making coffee and doing some light cleaning in exchange for room, board and tuition — that’s not a bad deal. That being said, your wish for independence is healthy — or it can be, if you act on it instead of letting it fester into bitterness and resentment.

Start making plans now, as graduation will be here before you know it.

See your school’s career counseling department for help building a resume and finding job leads. Additionally, sign up for job hunting sites, such as Indeed, LinkedIn and CareerBuilder. Or consider more outside-the-box ways to get new experiences, such as working with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (known as WWOOFing).

It’s time to stretch those wings and prepare to leave the nest. The distance might have a way of improving your relationships with your family members, by the way. Absence really does make the heart grow fonder.

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Misericordia University recently hosted more than 170 students and 30 faculty facilitators from six colleges and universities in northeastern and central Pennsylvania for the ninth annual Northeastern/ Central Pennsylvania Interprofessional Education Coalition’s (NECPA-IPEC) Collaborative Care Summit.

Sponsored by NECPA-IPEC, the conference promotes interprofessional approaches to health care.

The coalition is comprised of Johnson College, King’s College, Lackawanna College, Lock Haven University, Luzerne County Community College, Marywood University, Messiah College, Misericordia University, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Penn State-Hazleton, The University of Scranton, and Wilkes University. King’s College, LCCC, Johnson College, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, and the University of Scranton also hosted programs.

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Facilitators participating in the program, first row, from left, are Laurie Wallace, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine; Lori Charney, Misericordia University; Melissa Ciocco, King’s College; Jacqueline Stewart, Wilkes University; Angela Slampak-Cindric, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine; Christine German, Misericordia University; Kimberly Miller, Wilkes University; Scott Stolte, Wilkes University, and Lynn Blazaskie, Misericordia University.

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