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Bartender Kim Challenger inspects a freshly poured draft of craft beer last week at Elmer Sudds in Wilkes-Barre.

Local craft brews gain appreciative following Wilkes-Barre during a Friday happy hour. Both men discovered they prefer “hoppy” beers. And while Joe began drinking craft beers about four years ago, Frank, 60, also of Shickshinny, developed an eclectic taste for craft brews long before that. “I worked on the road for 23 years, so any city you went to, you drank their beer. If I was in Boston, it was Sam Adams. You drink with the locals,” Frank Buchalski said.

By STEVE MOCARSKY smocarsky@timesleader.com

Luzerne County’s love affair with locally brewed beer began in the 1850s, flourished for decades, survived a rocky spot during Prohibition and eventually waned, as romances often do. But in recent years, the county has seen that spark reignite as a new generation of craft brews has reawakened taste buds here and in communities across the nation. “Brewery numbers fell from 2,000 before Prohibition down to about 40 in the 1970s, and now there are about 2,000 again; I’m talking nationally,” said Ed Maier on a recent walk-through of Susquehanna Brewing Co. just outside Pittston in Jenkins Township. And several Luzerne County bars are taking advantage of the availability of local brews, ex-

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Adjusting to changes

It was that growing interest in Susquehanna Brewing Co. President Ed Maier, left, and coowners Fred Maier and Mark Nobile stand inside their new brew- craft brews in the area and ery in Jenkins Township. changes in the national beer inpanding their beer selections over the last decade or so, and offering everything from golden lagers to India pale ales and chocolate stouts to porters.

dustry that led Maier and his “I like the different tastes,” 28- friend Mark Nobile to sell their year-old Joe Buchalski, of Shick- beer distributorships. They shinny, said as he and his dad, Frank, sipped some Stella Artois at the Arena Bar and Grill in See CULTURE, Page 12A

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no lager beer here, son. Go to Philadelphia,’ because Philadelphia was an early brewing center in America,” Maier said. In Philadelphia, Stegmaier met John Reichard, who sent

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Barletta’s votes impact his portfolio Lawmaker from Hazleton says he doesn’t know what his financial adviser buys and sells. By MARK GUYDISH mguydish@timesleader.com

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Old beer coasters, a bottle opener and a tip tray, items local breweries used to advertise, are part of a local brewery memorabilia collection at the Luzerne County Historical Society Museum.

said Fred Maier, co-owner of Susquehanna Brewing Co. and Stegmaier’s great-great-greatgrandson. “He actually landed in New York City and they said, ‘Sorry,

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him to Northeastern Pennsylvania to brew beer with a lager yeast that was new to the country.

By STEVE MOCARSKY smocarsky@timesleader.com

JENKINS TWP. – WilkesBarre might be best known in the contemporary beer world as the site of The Lion Brewery, whose output is mostly on contract to other labels, but the city and several other municipalities in Luzerne County actually have a rich history in brewing. J. Fellows established the region’s first commercial brewery in Pittston in 1789, according to the Luzerne County Historical Society. But it was Charles Stegmaier who left an indelible mark on the local beer culture when he established a brewery in WilkesBarre in the mid 19th century. In 1849, Stegmaier immigrated to the United States, bringing lager beer-brewing technology with him from Germany,

HANOVER TWP. – Two men were shot near the entrance to the Hanover Village Apartments complex Saturday afternoon, according to Hanover Township police. Police said they responded at 1:27 p.m. to a report of a large fight with gunshots fired outside Building 1 of the complex. The two gunshot victims, identified by police as Khauri McPhail, 25, and Sean McPhail, 26, both of New York, had left the scene before police arrived. Police would not say whether the victims are related. Both men later arrived at the emergency room of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and were later taken by ambulance to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township, where they were treated for gunshot wounds. Police said neither was taken to the General Hospital by ambulance. Geisinger spokesman Dave Jolley said Sean McPhail was treated

Do U.S. representatives vote on legislation that has the potential to impact their profits in the stock market? A Times Leader analysis Barletta shows that, in the case of Rep. Lou Barletta, RHazleton, the answer is yes. Financial disclosure forms of other area representatives – Tim Holden, D- St. Clair, and Tom Marino, R-Lycoming Township – show the two reported little or no stock investments, though Holden has come under fire in the past for supporting legislation that benefits businesses owned by a family friend and frequent campaign contributor. But Barletta’s portfolio is rich in stocks, particularly energy stocks, and many of those companies are potential beneficiaries of his frequent votes to roll back or simplify pollution regulations

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2 hurt in Hanover Township shooting Pair treated at area hospitals after incident at Hanover Village Apartments complex.

LOCHTE WINS GOLD; PHELPS SHUT OUT Ryan Lochte strolled the deck of the Olympic Aquatics Centre with his gold medal for the 400meter individual medley. Michael Phelps? He was nowhere to be found. On a stunner in London, Michael Phelps lost to his American rival by more than 4 seconds Saturday. That’s not all: The winningest Olympian ever didn’t win any medal at all for the first time in a race of this magnitude since he was 15. Complete coverage of the Olympic Games begins on Page 1C.

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ongwriter and performer Neil Sedaka, 73, sings at Misericordia University Friday night. He performed songs he has made famous and others he has written, such as Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way.’ For Click photos, see Page 7A.

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Hanover Township police secured the scene of a shooting at the Hanover Village Apartments with police tape on Saturday.

Candidates looking for Jewish voters

Assuming that Jews vote based on U.S. policy toward Israel is a losing proposition. By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press

WASHINGTON — On a trip to Israel, Mitt Romney is trying to win over a tiny sliver of a small — but powerful — section of the American electorate. President Barack Obama is doing the same at home. But while Romney’s trip is unlikely to change the broader presidential campaign against Obama, he’s hoping to close the gap among Jewish voters. For all the wooing of American Jews in presidential campaigns, those who say Israel’s fate drives their vote make up 6 percent of a reliably Democratic bloc. The tiny numbers are overlaid with an outsize influence. Campaign donations from Jews or Jewish and pro-Israel groups account for as much as 60 percent of Democratic money, and groups such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee can bring strong pressure on candidates. “This is going to be a close election. We are in a tight, tight race,” said Democratic pollster Jim Gerstein. “But this race will not swing on the Jewish vote.” The notion of being an American Jew has changed over the years. Jews have married outside their faith and ethnic enclaves have given way to integrated cities. In the process, Israel has faded as a driving issue in their homes and seems to have faded as a flashpoint in politics. “They’re disconnected from their ancestral roots,” Hank Sheinkopf, a New York-based consultant, said of Jewish voters. “People are becoming less observant so they’re less tied to Israel, less tied to their faith, less tied to their history.” In turn, Jewish voters look at the election through secular lenses. Although the campaign rhetoric skews toward them when the candidates talk about Israel, assuming that Jews vote based on U.S. policy toward Israel is a losing proposition. Romney also needs to show his commitment to Israel because the reliably Republican evangelical Christian vote also holds candidates to account on that topic. “Jewish Americans, like most Americans, have come to assume that mainstream politicians and elected officials will stand strongly with Israel so there’s oftentimes no urgency that is reflected in the polling,” said Robert Wexler, a former Democratic congressman from Florida whose district was heavily Jewish. “Even partisan people who cherish the American-Israeli relationship cringe when Israel is

Two men were shot Saturday near the entrance to the Hanover Village Apartments. Police responded to a report of a large fight at the location at about 1:30 p.m. AP PHOTO

President Barack Obama waves on his way to Marine One on South Lawn of White House in Washington, Friday.

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Mitt Romney walks out of 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Thursday.

used as a political football,” said Wexler, who was a co-chairman of Obama’s 2008 campaign and now leads the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. That hasn’t stopped Romney. “I think, by and large, you can just look at the things the president has done and do the opposite,” Romney said earlier this year when asked about Israel. Obama has riled his critics, including Romney, by urging the Israelis and the Palestinians to make good on their promises to bring peace to the troubled Middle East. Specifically, Obama publicly has chastised Israel for continuing to build housing settlements in disputed areas and has pressured both sides to begin a new round of peace talks based on the land borders established after the1967 Arab-Israeli conflict. That has raised the ire of groups such as AIPAC, which feel he’s been disloyal to Israel. Obama’s strained relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — a longtime Romney friend — hasn’t helped that perception. Previous presidents have sided with Israel on all points, at least in public.

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in the emergency room and released from the hospital. Khauri McPhail was listed in stable condition Saturday evening, Jolley said. Luzerne County Court records indicate Sean McPhail was on probation stemming from a guilty plea entered May 17 to misdemeanor possession of marijuana charges. Witnesses to the incident Saturday reported seeing a large group of 15 to 20 black males fighting on the lawn in front of Building 1 of the complex, the first building off Division Street in Hanover Village, according to police. Residents of Building 1, who would not give their names out of fear of retaliation, said they heard five or six gunshots ring out before the group dispersed. One woman said she saw a man, whom she knew by the alias “Dollar,” lying on the lawn. He was carried by other men into a green car, which then sped away onto Division Street. A resident of Building 1 said

Hanover Township police investigate the scene of a shooting at the Hanover Village Apartments on Saturday.

he knew one of the victims as a resident of the apartment complex, but the man did not live in Building 1. “I knew him to see him,” the man said. “He lives with someone up in here.” Another woman, upset that her apartment was struck by bullets, said there were several children playing in the area at the time. “There were three kids out here,” she said. Police sealed with police tape the lawn in front of apartments

NYPD is launching new system to track crime

City developed software with Microsoft to track criminals and potential terrorists. By KIMBERLY DOZIER AP Intelligence Writer

ASPEN, Colo. — The New York Police Department will soon launch an all-seeing “Domain Awareness System” that combines several streams of information to track both criminals and potential terrorists. New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says the city developed the software with Microsoft. Kelly says the program com-

bines city-wide video surveillance with law enforcement databases. He says it will be officially unveiled by New York’s mayor as soon as next week. Kelly spoke Saturday before an audience at the Aspen Security Forum. The NYPD has been under fire for surveillance of Muslim communities and partnering with the CIA to track potential terror suspects. Muslim groups have sued to shut down the NYPD programs. Kelly defended the policies as key to thwarting 14 terror plots against the city since the attacks of Sept. 11th.

109 to 112, which make up onethird of Building 1, Saturday afternoon and used a police dog to search the lawn. Police said the dog is used to sniff for evidence such as shell casings. Township detectives and a state police forensics unit were called in to investigate the reported shooting. Township police did not release additional information about the weapons used in the incident, suspects or the victims. They are asking anyone with information to contact them at 825-1254.

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Zumbathon to aid children

Danko’s Fitness Center in Plains Township is sponsoring its third annual Zumbathon on Saturday. The event is being held to raise money for the Commission on Economic Opportunities Dinners for Kids, which provides nutritious meals to needy children. The Dinners for Kids nonprofit program was founded by David Tevet, owner of Ollie’s Restaurant, Edwardsville. Tevet The event will be held at Danko’s, 3 N. River St., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include six Zumba instructors, basket raffles and food. All proceeds from a $10 donation will go to Dinners for Kids. For more information, call Danko’s at 570-270-4404 or visit www.dinnersforkids.org. WILKES-BARRE

Fundraiser honors student

James M. Coughlin High School student Courtney Hafner will host a Bowling for Alex fundraiser at Chacko’s Family Bowling Center, 195 N. Wilkes-Barre Blvd., Aug. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. The event is being held in memory of Gary Lukasiewicz, a Riverside High School senior and class president who died May 19 after a two-year battle with cancer. Lukasiewicz Proceeds will benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a charity funding childhood cancer research. The fundraiser will include bowling, shoe rental, pizza, soda and prizes. To register for the event or make a donation, contact Courtney Hafner at 570824-6803 orhafner96@hotmail.com.

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Memories of Korean War still vivid “The Korean War made a lasting impact on world history.”

Veterans and others mark 59th anniversary of the end of the Korean War with ceremony.

surrounded Gaylets’ unit and immediately sent the survivors of the attack marching toward the prison camp where he would spend the next 30 months of his life. “Moving up on the march for three months, the only Maj. Gen. (retired) Joseph thing we ate was what Perugino we found on the Pa. National ground,” Gaylets said. Guard “And thank God there was rain because that’s the only thing we drank, was the puddles.” BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER The 2 1/2 years of misery Gaylets endured in Camp 1 near the Korean/ Members of Dupont VFW Post 4909 salute the flag during the Pledge of Alle-

By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – U.S. Army Combat Engineer Tom Gaylets of Old Forge was two hours from returning home from the Korean War when he was captured on May 17, 1951. His commander told him the preceding day that he would depart at 7 a.m., ending a seven-month deployment on the war’s front lines. “He said, ‘Tomorrow at 7 o’clock, I’ll be up; I’ll replace you,’ ” Gaylets said. “‘I’ve got your orders in my hand.’ ” An attack by the Chinese army changed all that. At 5 a.m. the enemy See KOREA, Page 9A

giance at a ceremony marking the 59th anniversary of the end of the Korean War at the Luzerne County Courthouse on Saturday morning.

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Sweet opportunity

Tornado was cause of damage Twister with 95 to 100 mph winds hit part of Foster Township on Thursday, the National Weather Service said.

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Victim treated at hospital

A male pedestrian was treated at a hospital following a hit-and-run accident early Saturday morning in the parking lot of McDonald’s off the Sans Souci Parkway, according to Hanover Township police. Police said the pedestrian and the male driver of an older model green or black vehicle with a hatchback were involved in an argument in the restaurant parking lot at approximately 1:50 a.m. The driver of the green or black vehicle then struck the pedestrian with his vehicle and fled south along the Sans Souci Parkway, according to police. The pedestrian was transported by Hanover Township ambulance to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center for treatment. Police did not release his name. Police are searching for the driver and a white female passenger in the vehicle that struck the pedestrian. Police described the driver as a white male with long red hair and red facial hair. The vehicle’s license plate possibly contained the numbers 1522, police said. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Hanover Township police at 825-1269. HARRISBURG

Grant deadline approaches

Students planning to apply for state grants to attend a community college must do so by Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency noted in an advisory released this week. First time applicants enrolled in two year programs at business, trade or technical schools, as well as those enrolled in two year programs at fouryear schools, must fill out and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and a State Grant Form. Forms are available online at PHEAA.org/FAFSA or fafsa.gov. The SGF is required only for firsttime applicants. Students who submitted a FAFSA without the SGF should visit “Account Access” through the Secure Sign-in at PHEAA.org to fill out the state form. Students can get updated information on financial aid nights, deadlines and tips by joining PHEAA on Facebook: facebook.com/pheaa.aid.

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A tornado damaged this building at the Citterio USA meat-processing plant in Freeland on Thursday.

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Alexa Dunaj, 12, gets some information about Milton Hershey School from admissions counselor Stacey Spangenburg.

Providing skills for low-income children By ANDREW M. SEDER aseder@timesleader.com

NANTICOKE – Ed Tolodzieski wants his daughter Cassandra to make something of her life. And the best opportunity for that to happen, he believes, is 100 miles away. Cassandra, 11, will soon head to the Milton Hershey School, a century-old institution founded INSIDE: A look by its namesake that at the school offers educational that chocolate and skill training opbuilt. Page 10A portunities to children from low-income families. The schooling is free, as are room and board, clothing, medical and dental care and more. It’s all paid for from the trust set up by the chocolate maker and his wife shortly after the school opened in1909 and that has now grown to $8.5 billion. “To get her out of the projects, she’ll get the education she needs,” said Tolodzieski. “She has a great opportunity down there.” Sitting inside Antonio’s Pizza and

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Four local girls have been enrolled at the Milton Hershey School. From left are Alexa Dunaj, Miranda Park, Jovina Munoz and Cassandra Tolodzieski.

Subs along East Main Street in Nanticoke, Cassandra and three other Nanticoke girls, each wearing Aeropostale tshirts, ate pizza and listened to school admissions counselor Stacey Spangenburg.

She explained school policies, expectations and offerings, answered questions and told the students that while they’re making a big commitSee SCHOOL, Page 10A

WILKES-BARRE – The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado briefly touched down in Foster Township during Thursday’s severe thunderstorms, damaging buildings and uprooting trees. The EF1-rated tornado with wind speeds between 95 and 100 mph occurred around 5:40 p.m. south of Freeland and had a short path one tenth of mile long and 75 yards wide, the NWS said Saturday. It occurred during a tornado warning issued for southern Luzerne County. The tornado destroyed a storage building owned by the Citterio USA meat processing plant and windblown debris penetrated several other locations including the roof of a 58-foot tall building. In addition the winds uprooted and down several trees, according to the NWS. No injuries were reported. Another EF1 tornado hit Susquehanna County almost an hour earlier. The NWS said it touched down south of Montrose around 4:45 p.m. Thunderstorms and accompanying winds rolled through Northeastern Pennsylvania late Thursday afternoon and early evening. Approximately 6,500 people in the county were without power at the height of the storms. There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms today and each day of next week for Luzerne County, according to the NWS. Daily high temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s and lows will be in the 60s.

Riverlands welcomes visit from some little railcars that could

Group of enthusiasts shows off colorful “speeders” converted from role of work to play. By RALPH NARDONE Times Leader Correspondent

Chris Heisey, left, helps John Bubernack change direction of a ‘speeder’ rail car as they arrive Saturday at the PPL Susquehanna Riverlands in Salem Township.

Speeders are modified railcars once used by railroad companies to do serious work. Now they are primarily used by hobbyists from the North American Railcar Operators Association, or NARCOA, who ride them all over the country, said Joe Scopelleti, spokesman for PPL Corp. The speeders stopped at the PPL Susquehanna Riverlands located in Bell Bend near the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station nuclear power plant. Scopelleti said PPL contacted NARCOA a few years ago to let it know the group could use the six miles of track the utility company owns. The company thought it would

SALEM TWP. – On Saturday afternoon, about150 rail enthusiasts of all ages were treated to a parade of more than 35 colorful “speeders” along the railroad tracks near Berwick. Painted in bright colors, the cars resembled various types of vehicles from automobiles to farm equipment, trucks to locomotives. Some were decorated to look like characters from children’s stories. See RAIL, Page 11A

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Romney expected to get warm reception in Israel Palestinians fear he would do little to advance their stalled statehood dreams. By AMY TEIBEL Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney’s support for Israel will likely earn the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a warm welcome from Israeli leaders when he meets with them Sunday — and a frosty reception from Palestinians, who fear he would do little to advance their stalled statehood dreams. Romney touched down in Tel Aviv Saturday night as part of a three-nation foreign tour that includes Britain and Poland. He hopes it will boost his credentials to direct U.S. national security

and diplomacy. The visit to Israel comes at a time when its leaders are weighing a military attack on Iran, the neighRomney boring regime in Syria is looking increasingly shaky and Mideast peace talks are going nowhere. Romney, a longtime friend of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to play up his critique of President Barack Obama’s posture toward the Jewish state and his handling of Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons ambitions. Israeli political scientist Abraham Diskin says Romney can expect an “enthusiastic” reception, both because of his solid record

of pro-Israel comments — and because he’s not Obama. “What interests Israelis is Israel,” Diskin said. “Romney has a very pro-Israel stance. He is very suspicious of the Arab world. (Israelis) are very suspicious of Obama.” In an effort to upstage Romney a day before he landed in Israel, the White House announced it was signing legislation expanding military and civilian cooperation with Israel. Romney told the Israeli daily Haaretz before his arrival that Washington’s commitments to Israel should be “as clear as humanly possible” given the changes in the region. “When Israel feels less secure in the neighborhood, it should feel more secure of the commitment of the United States to its

defense.” With polls showing a close race, Romney hopes this showcase for his pro-Israel stance will help him to woo votes from traditionally Democratic Jewish voters and evangelical Christians who zealously defend Israeli government policy. Obama has not visited Israel since he became president. Romney already has stumbled in his first international swing as presidential contender by suggesting that British officials might not be prepared to pull off a successful Olympics. In an interview with NBC News, he called London’s problems with games preparation “disconcerting,” and the remark sparked sharp responses from Britain’s top officials. Romney attended swimming events in London on

back decades, when they briefly overlapped in the1970s at Boston Consulting Group, and the two men share conservative outlooks. A Romney bankroller, Sheldon Adelson, is financing a free Israeli newspaper that reflects Netanyahu’s views. Netanyahu has refused to endorse either presidential candidate, although his ties with Obama have been fraught. “I will receive Mitt Romney with the same openness that I received another presidential candidate, then-Senator Barack Obama, when he came almost four years ago, almost the same time in the campaign, to Israel,” he said when asked about the visit last Sunday on Fox News. “We extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.”

Saturday morning ahead of his planned flight to Tel Aviv. In Israel, Romney will be meeting with Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, President Shimon Peres and Israeli opposition leaders. He will not see Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas aide Nimr Hamad said, though he will be sitting down with the Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad, in Jerusalem. The Romney campaign said the likely GOP nominee only had time in his schedule to meet with one Palestinian leader and that Fayyad has an existing relationship with Romney. The Abbas camp did not offer an explanation for why no meeting was planned. Romney’s relationship with the U.S.-educated Netanyahu dates

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Maryland man is accused of threatening to shoot up his workplace. By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

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WASHINGTON — A Maryland man accused of threatening to shoot up his workplace and who police say called himself “a joker” is a “gentle giant” who collected firearms for target practice and had expressed concerns about someone breaking into his apartment, a friend said Saturday. Mike Cochran told The Associated Press in an email that Neil E. Prescott, accused of threatening a mass workplace shooting earlier in the week, had an active sense of humor. Cochran said his friend was “no stranger to sarcasm regardless of political correctness” and was fond of T-shirts with sarcastic or inflammatory comments.

When first approached by officers, police say Prescott was wearing a shirt that said, “Guns don’t kill people. I do.” Cochran said he couldn’t imagine that Prescott, 28, who police say was in the process of being fired from his job, intended to be taken seriously when he allegedly told a supervisor: “I’m a joker and I’m gonna load my guns and blow everybody up.” “The Neil I know made those comments sarcastically in an environment where he felt he could make them without being taken seriously,” Cochran said in an email. Prescott was taken into custody at his apartment in Crofton, near Annapolis, on Friday morning for an emergency psychiatric evaluation. No charges, either state or federal, had been brought against him of Saturday. Police found a cache of about two dozen weapons, including semi-automatic rifles and pistols, and several thousand

rounds of ammunition. At least some of the firearms were legally acquired, authorities say. It wasn’t immediately clear if or when the threat was to be carried out, but last week’s mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater during the latest Batman movie — coupled with the “joker” reference — put police on edge and gave the comments extra urgency. “We can’t measure what was prevented here, but what was going on over the last 36 hours was a significant incident in the county. And we think a violent episode was avoided,” county police Chief Mark Magaw said Friday. Prescott is a physically imposing man — online court records for a 2007 speeding ticket list him as 6 feet 7 inches and 270 pounds. He was an avid firearms collector who also had AP PHOTO an interest in electronics and computers and was known to spin house re- This image provided by by Mike Cocords as a disc jockey at Baltimore chran shows Neil E. Prescott in an undated photo. nightclubs, Cochran said.

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Afghanistan on Saturday, the Western military alliance said, the latest in a surge of Taliban attacks against foreign forces and Afghan civilians. The military coalition didn’t provide details on the assault or the nationalities of the dead, although most of the international troops stationed in that part of the country are American. Saturday’s deaths bring the number of international forces killed in Afghanistan this month to at least 42. NATO also reported Saturday that a combined Afghan-NATO security detail had sought out and killed a Taliban financier in northern Balkh province after he threatened them. The man, Maulawi Abdul Rahman, reportedly had transferred money, weapons and explosives to other insurgents for use in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The woman whom Matt McQuinn loved and whose life he saved by taking three bullets for her wept as pastors spoke of his heroism and sacrifice during his funeral Saturday, and of the senselessness of the shooting spree at a Colorado movie theater where he and 11 others were killed just more than a week ago. Mourners packed a church in this western Ohio town where McQuinn was from, the same morning that others came together in San Antonio to remember another shooting victim, 24year-old Jessica Ghawi. Other victims’ funerals were held earlier this week, and more are set for next week. When gunfire broke out in the Aur-

ora, Colo., theater, McQuinn, 27, dove in front of his girlfriend, Samantha Yowler, and was shot three times. Yowler, who was shot in the knee and survived, arrived at McQuinn’s funeral on crutches Saturday and wept quietly with his parents and other family during the funeral. Neither she nor his parents addressed Maiden Lane Church of God. Pastor Herb Shaffer, who is also McQuinn’s uncle, said his nephew had been a gift to his family since he was born and that his actions in Colorado were just one example of his selflessness. He spoke of how McQuinn called his mother three times the day before she had surgery because he was upset that he couldn’t be there in person and wanted to make sure she was OK. When McQuinn was just 7, Shaffer said, he was once so concerned that his younger cousin wasn’t having a good day and put his arm around her to try to make her feel better.

Then he talked about McQuinn’s greatest sacrifice of all, saving Yowler, whom Shaffer described as his nephew’s best friend and the love of his life. “In moments of crisis, true character comes out,” he said. “His immediate response was to protect the woman he loved.” “Matt’s death is a sudden loss, one that has produced many questions in your minds,” Pastor Dan Fiorini said. “I know you’re asking in your heart of hearts, why? Why was Matt there? Why was a gunman allowed to enter that theater? Why was he able to purchase guns and ammunition so easily? Why didn’t God do something?” Fiorini said he couldn’t answer any of those questions. “We can wrestle with the whys of this tragedy for eternity and never come up with an answer,” he said. Shaffer told mourners that the shooting forever changed them. Mourners at Ghawi’s funeral also touched briefly on the massacre.

Generals loyal to Syrian regime despite bombings By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press

BEIRUT — The Syrian regime appears to have absorbed the shock it suffered in the heaviest blow against it yet in Syria’s 17-month-old upheaval — a bombing that killed four top aides. The blast raised opponents’ hopes President Bashar Assad could fall soon. Instead he is back on the offensive and has reshuffled his inner circle of loyalists to brace for a long battle in what has become an outright civil war. Although the president is embattled, he remains surrounded by loyal generals, many who are inextricably tied to the regime and have played a key role in the brutal crackdown against the opposition. He has already made some progress on the ground. A counter-offensive by the

government is gaining momentum and troops have so far been able to recapture neighborhoods in the capital Damascus that rebels overran earlier this month. The government also launched an offensive in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest, where rebels have taken over several areas. Regime forces have stepped up the use of force. Helicopter gunships have been used more than ever before in the battles with rebels in Damascus and Aleppo. Also this week, warplanes flew over Aleppo, although it was not possible to confirm claims by activists that the fighter jets actually fired on rebels — which would be a first since the uprising against Assad began in March 2011. A Syrian who fled to Lebanon this week said the regime forces’ attacks have intensified.

“Whenever they suspect there is an area where there are (rebel) gunmen, they destroy it,” said the man who identified himself as Fawaz and said he had come from the southern province of Daraa, where the uprising began. Still, the past weeks have shown that the rebels — a mix of army defectors and regime opponents who have taken up arms — are getting more experienced and sophisticated. That points to Syria’s conflict, which anti-regime activists say has already left 19,000 dead, getting even bloodier as both sides try to finish the other by force. “Syria will get much worse before it gets any better. Assad might fall but he will do his darndest to leave behind a burned down country,” said Bilal Saab, a Syria expert at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

WASHINGTON — Penn State is adequately covered to handle lawsuits stemming from the sexual abuse scandal that has enveloped the campus, its president said, repeating that the university hopes to settle many of them “as quickly as possible” even though its insurer has sought to limit claims. Rodney Erickson told CBS’s “Face the Nation” program in an interview taped for broadcast Sunday that Erickson the university has general liability coverage like any institution of its size. “We believe that we are adequately covered,” he said in a clip posted Saturday on the program’s website. “In addition to that, we hope to be able to settle as many of these cases as quickly as possible,” Erickson said. “We don’t want to, if at all possible, drag victims through another round of court cases and litigation. If we can come to an agreement with them, with their attorneys, we believe that would be the best possible outcome in this whole very, very difficult, tragic situation.” Retired assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted last month of abusing 10 boys over 15 years in one of the worst scandals in sports history. Penn State’s general liability insurer sought last week to deny or limit coverage for Sanduskyrelated claims. Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance argued that Penn State withheld key information needed to assess risk. In a memo filed in court in Philadelphia, the company argued that Penn State failed to disclose that it had information about Sandusky that “was material to the insurable risk assumed by PMA.” The company, which has long insured the university, also argued that its policies after March 1, 1992, were amended to exclude “abuse or molestation” and that coverage for such behavior is excluded as a matter of public policy in Pennsylvania. On Thursday, attorneys announced that a man has come forward to say that he was the one that prosecutors say Sandusky assaulted in the school’s football locker room showers. The identity of that boy has been one of the biggest mysteries of the case, and the handling of that accusation against Sandusky cost veteran coach Joe Paterno his job.

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The assets and unearned income schedule on his financial disclosure form for 2011 has 158 lines of companies and funds listed. The schedule of purchases and sales lists dozens of transactions. And he has money invested in funds that buy and sell stock in hundreds – and in some cases thousands – of companies. It’s important to note that many of the bills Barletta supported were passed by the Republican-controlled House only to languish in the Senate. Barletta expressed surprise at the number of votes that seemed to intersect with stocks he owned, adding that he has no input into the transactions, handled by a financial adviser. “My financial adviser has total discretion,” Barletta said. “I’m not even notified until after the transaction. I have no knowledge of what he buys and sells.” Votes reflect his promises Barletta’s votes reflect campaign promises to spur the economy by freeing businesses from over-regulation. But in some cases the legislation he supported and the benefits to companies he owns stock in are tightly linked: • In March of 2011 his records show stock was purchased in Seadrill Limited, a company specializing in offshore drilling. In May he voted for three bills designed to increase offshore drilling: H.R. 1231, which called for an end to the president’s moratorium on drilling set up in the wake of the BP oil spill; H.R. 1229, which called for the sale of four leases for offshore drilling, and H.R. 2021 calling for changes in the Clean Air Act impacting offshore operations. • His records show capital gains from Conoco in 2011, and in July, 2011, Barletta voted to expedite the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Conoco is a partner in that project. • Records for 2011 show Barletta owns stock in Denver-based Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., which, along with conventional drilling,

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Jackson Jr.’s transfer to Mayo could indicate depression By JASON KEYSER Associated Press

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son of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has been on a secretive leave of absence for nearly seven weeks, during Jackson Jr. which his office has released only occasional snippets of information, including that he was undergoing treatment for a “mood disorder” at an undisclosed inpatient facility.

A new, three-sentence written statement from the congressman was distributed by the Mayo Clinic late Friday during the national broadcast of the Olympics’ opening ceremony, when public attention was more likely fixed half a world away. As in the past, the statement gave scant detail, an apparent ongoing strategy in the face of pressure from congressional colleagues and constituents clamoring for an in-depth explanation. It said he had been transferred

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SUSAN “SUE” BALTRUSAITIS, (nee Zganich) passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Albert, devoted mother of Suzanne O’Neill and the late A. Dennis Baltrusaitis; loving grandmother of Christine, the late David and the late John Brian O’Neill; loving great-grandmother of Johnathon, Gabriel, Nicholas, Aiden and Chance; also survived by loving nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Viewing and funeral were held Monday, July 9, 2012 from the Grasso Funeral Home, Broad and Shunk streets, Philadelphia. Interment was private at St. Casimir’s Cemetery, Pittston. LUCILLE S. BASSETT, 76, of South Maple Avenue, Kingston, died on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Hospice Community Care Unit, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Plymouth on November 29, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Edward Obuhoski and Edith (Olexy) Vanderhoff. She graduated from Kingston High School, class of 1954 and resided in Kingston her entire life. Surviving are her husband, Robert M. Bassett; son, Robert, Alexandria, Va.; sisters, Dolores Hess, Lavelle, Pa.; Josephine Obuhoski, Kingston; stepbrother, Joseph Vanderhoff; stepsister, Joyce Howe, Shavertown; nephews and nieces. Private services will be held at the convenience of the family from the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. ELIZABETH GREEN, 84, a long-time resident of Kingston, died Monday, July 23, 2012 in Green River, Wyoming. Funeral arrangements are pending from McLaughlin’s – The Family Funeral Service. Full obituary information will be published in Monday’s edition of this newspaper and later today at www.celebrateherlife.com. MILDRED BROWN, of Edwardsville, died Saturday, July 28, 2012. Funeral arrangements are being finalized with a service on Monday at the Rosenberg Funeral Chapel Inc., 348 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre. For additional information, visit the funeral home website at www.rosenbergfuneralchapel.com.

Kathryn Goodman July 27, 2012

athryn Goodman, 82, of West Wyoming, passed away Friday, K July 27, 2012 in the Hospice Com-

munity Care Inpatient Unit of Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. Born in West Wyoming, she was a daughter of the late Stanley and Martha Drake Koslosky. She was a graduate of West Wyoming High School, Class of 1947. She was a member of the Wyoming Presbyterian Church. Kay loved to watch sports and was a Phillies and Steelers fan. She was an avid golfer and was able to play in various tournaments until the end of June. She had served as president of the Women’s Golf Association of Irem Temple. On October 28, 1950, she married the love of her life and true soul mate, Russell Goodman. Together they spent almost 62 years being devoted to each other, being loving parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends and the many other lives she has touched through her journey of life. Preceding her in death were her parents and her brother, Edward Koslosky. Surviving are her husband, Russell Sr., with whom she celebrated 61 years of marriage; children, Linda Albright, Louisville, Ky., and Russell Goodman Jr., Hanover Township; grandchildren, Jason and Brittany Albright; Amanda, Amber, Rusty and Carly Goodman; great-grandchildren, Tristen and Peyton Albright; several stepgrandchildren, nieces and nephews. Friends may call Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Metcalfe-ShaverKopcza Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607.

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bitzer, and his wife, Mary, Hummelstown, Pa.; sister, Dr. Mona Stecker, and her husband, Dr. Mark Stecker, Long Island, N.Y.; former brotherin-law, Rob Baran; niece, Holly Krubitzer; nephew, Michael Krubitzer; great-nephew, Noah Krubitzer; many cousins. The family would like to thank everyone at Hospice Community Care for their care and support during this difficult time. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Township. Interment will be held at the convenience of the family. Friends may call on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the SPCA of Luzerne County, 524 E. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. Online condolences may be made at www.corcoranfuneralhome.com.

Gerald Cobleigh erald C. "Jake" Cobleigh, 54, Dallas, passed away unexpectG edly Friday, July 27, 2012 at Region-

brothers, Jack Cobleigh, Harveys Lake, Tim Cobleigh, Dallas; sisters, Cindy Lomascolo, Donna Huntzinger and Peggy Mitchell, all of Dallas; mother-in-law, Phyllis Culver, Dallas. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas, with the Rev. Lynn Rothrock officiating. Friends may call Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m.

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July 24, 2012 atherine M. Carle, 93, Dallas, passed away Tuesday, July 24, C 2012 at the Meadows Nursing Cen-

ASCENZI – Americo, funeral 9:30 a.m. Monday from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Faustina Kowalska Parish/Holy Trinity Church, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke. Visitation today 2 to 4 p.m. BARAN – Virginia, funeral 9 a.m. Monday from the Straub Kane Funeral Home, 55 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. Nicholas Church, S. Washington St., WilkesBarre. Friends may call at the funeral home today 4 to 8 p.m. BOUGHNER – Lydia, memorial service Monday at 6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in the parlor, 97 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. DAVIS – Jane, memorial service 1 p.m. today in Neath Welsh Congregational Church, Neath, Pa. The family will greet friends after the services at the church. DOUGLAS – Stephen, funeral 9:30 a.m. Monday from the McCune Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top. Friends may call today 2 to 5 p.m. FESTINO – Raymond, funeral and committal services Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday, 5 to 8 p.m. GELBOGIS – Victoria, Mass of Christian Burial 11:15 a.m. Monday in St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston. Friends may call at the church Monday, 10:45 a.m. until time of service. NACHLIS – Dorothy, Shiva today through Tuesday, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the home of Steven and Rhondi Nachlis, 236 Butler St., Kingston. RAUCH – Barry, funeral noon Tuesday from the Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St, Plains Township. Military honors at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Friends may call Tuesday 11:30 a.m. until time of service. RIDLER – Fay, relatives and friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter. Services

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rash and her husband, Alex, Dumont, N.J.; Sarah Queisser, Paramus, N.J.; Anita Heffers and her husband, Tom, Kingston and Patricia Miller, Wilkes-Barre. Francis is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Benedict’s Church, Austin Avenue. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.eblakecollins.com.

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“First of all to let you know that I arrived O.K. That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through. God picked me up & hugged me & whispered “I welcome you.” God gave me a list of things he wished for me to do. And foremost on that list is to watch and care for you. When you’re sad I’m standing there to wipe away your tears. And when you are in bed at night the days chores put to flight God & I are closer to you in the middle of the night. When you think of my life on earth & all those loving years. Because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears. Do not be afraid to cry it does relieve the pain. Remember there would be no flowers unless there was some rain. One thing is for certain, though my life on earth is over. I’m closer to you now than I ever was before. And to my many friends, trust God knows what is best. I’m still not far away from you I’m just

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brothers, Francis, William and Edward and Joseph Johnston; sisters, Marguerite Lipinski and Helen Stahl. Surviving are a daughter, Lynda Carle, Dallas, and many special friends. Funeral services will be held privately at the convenience of the family. Interment will be in Memorial Shrine Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at a later time at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Hidebrandt Road, Dallas. Friends may call Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas.

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children by her side. She was born on August 11, 1911, in Kingston, a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Boben Wyce, and attended Kingston area schools. She was employed by Sheldon’s Pharmacy, the jewelry department at Arlans Department Store, and Kearney’s Barbecue for many years. She was a member of the former St. Mary’s Annunciation Church and currently of St. Ignatius Church, Kingston. Mrs. Perles was a member of the Lithuanian Women’s Club and an active member of the Council of Catholic Women and various church functions. She was an avid gardener and loved her flowers. She loved cooking for her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was admired and cherished by all who knew her. Special thanks go out to Bruce from Harrold’s Pharmacy for the special late-night deliveries, also to Kris from Hospice VNA for all her help. She was preceded in death by her husband, William; son, William Jr.; grandson, Bruce Fetko; sisters, Aldona Washko, Delia Babcock, Nell Corey, Milda Scalise and Judy Gallagher; brothers Albie Wyce and William Wyce.

rancis C. "Kezzy" Miller, 80, of the Parsons section of WilkesBarre, passed away on Saturday morning, July 28, 2012 at Timber Ridge Health Care Center, Plains Township, after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born in Miners Mills on July 3, 1932, he was a son of the late Francis E. and Arline Siley Miller. An Army veteran of the Korean conflict, he was a member of St. Benedict’s Parish, formerly St. Dominic’s Church, Parsons. Frank was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and walking in the woods, but most of all he loved spending time with his grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Marion Kempka, Margaret Loch, and brother, John. Francis is survived by his wife of 55 years, Rita R. Miller, the former Rita Wychock. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his daughters, Kathleen James and her husband, William, Hummelstown; Julianne Manson and her husband, Harold, Mountain Top; Denise Miller, Parsons, and Margaret Grillini and her husband, Paul, Parsons; five grandchildren, Marissa, Rebecca and William James, and Anthony and Andrea Grillini; sisters, Annette Ka-

ter, Dallas. Catherine was born in WilkesBarre, a daughter of the late William and Nora McGovern Johnston. She attended Meyers High School. She had worked as a waitress for local restaurants including the Spinning Wheel in Wilkes-Barre and Donachie’s, Trucksville for some time. She made chocolates professionally at home and sold them at local and valley drug stores. She had been a Jehovah’s Witness since 1981. Catherine was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle Stuart Carle;

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al Hospital, Scranton. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late Clint and Reba Price Cobleigh. Gerald was a graduate of Dallas Senior High School, class of 1976. Jake was a member of the former East Dallas Methodist Church. He was also a social member of Daddow/Issacs Post 672 American Legion, Dallas. Jake was a mechanic and carpenter for many years. He enjoyed woodworking, NASCAR and loved being with family and friends. He and his wife, the former Bonnie Culver, had celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on July 9. Jake was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ben Cobleigh, Raymond and Genevive Price. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are sons, Greg and Gary Cobleigh, both of Dallas; daughter, Christine and her husband, James Kaskiel, Plains Township; grandson, Tyler Cobleigh, Plymouth; several nieces and nephews; cousins; and aunts;

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aul Robert Krubitzer, 56, Plains Township, passed away peacefully Saturday, July 28, 2012 at the Inpatient Unit of Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South WilkesBarre, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Born July 27, 1956 in Plains Township, he was the son of the late William and Eileen (Shovlin) Krubitzer. Paul was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School, class of 1973, and was employed as a construction worker. Paul was a member of the Perugia Beneficial Society, Keystone; the Henry Citizens Club, Plains Township; the ACLU and the Laborers Union. He was a member and Elder of Langcliffe Presbyterian Church, Avoca. Paul was a great Pontiac enthusiast and his pride and joy was his 1966 Pontiac GTO convertible. He enjoyed going to many car shows and was a member of the Pontiac Oakland Club. Paul also enjoyed going to the gym at the Saxton Pavilion in Edwardsville, where he had many friends. He was a music lover and took great pleasure in attending concerts. His favorite group was The Beatles. Paul had a special place in his heart for animals and loved going to his favorite restaurant, Lonestar Steakhouse, WilkesBarre. He will be sadly missed by his family and friends. Surviving are his wife, the former Peggy Orloski; brother, Robert Kru-

beyond the crest. There are rocky roads ahead of you & many hills to climb, but together we can do it taking one day at a time. If you can help somebody who is in sorrow or in pain. Then you can say to God at night “my day was not in vain.” And now I am content that my life it was worthwhile. Knowing as I passed along the way I made somebody smile. If you meet somebody who is down & feeling low just lend a hand to pick him up as on your way you go. When you’re walking down the street & you’ve got me on your mind. I’m walking in your footsteps only half a step behind. And when you feel the gentle breeze or the wind upon your face. That’s me giving you a great big hug or just a soft embrace. And I will always love you from that land way up above...PS God Sends his love!” Ride on...

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will immediately follow today’s viewing. ROMANAS – Nellie, funeral with Mass of Christian Burial Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, William Street, Pittston. Friends may call at the Kizis-Lokuta Funeral Home, 134 Church St. Pittston, on Monday, 8 to 9 a.m. ROMANOSKI – Frank, funeral 9:30 a.m. Monday from Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Duryea. Friends may call today 5 to 8 p.m. SMITH – Doris, funeral 4 p.m. today from Kniffen O’Malley Funeral Home Inc., 465 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Services at 4:30 p.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 190 S. Main St., WilkesBarre. Friends may call 3 to 4 p.m. today at Kniffen O’Malley Funeral Home Inc., 465 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. SORBER – Willard, visitation 10 a.m. until the time of services at 11 a.m. Monday at the Mayo Funeral Home Inc., 77 N. Main St., Shickshinny. A Masonic Funeral Service at 10:30 a.m. STASEVICH – Andrew, committal service noon Monday in the chapel of Maple Hill Cemetery. WATKINS – William, memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday in Dallas Methodist Church, Dallas.

Joanne M. Ontko, 67, of York, Pa., and formerly of New Freedom, Pa., passed away Friday, July 27, 2012 at York Hospital, York. Joanne was born March 24, 1945 in Harding to the late George and Helen (Simko) Mehal. She was the wife of the late Myron N. Ontko. Joanne worked for 12 years at True Value in Shrewsbury, Pa., and was previously employed by the former K-Mart in Shrewsbury. Joanne was a member of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family and will always be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and friend. In addition to her parents and late husband, Joanne was preceded in death by her brothers, Bob and George Mehal. Joanne is survived by her fiancé, Leighton Anstett, York; her daughters, Cheryl Bailey and her husband, Brett, New Freedom; Kim Dablock and her husband, William Jr., York, and Heather Rabenstine and her husband, Larry II, Spring Grove; three grandchildren, Larry III and Zoiey Rabenstine and Avery Dablock; as well as brother, Wayne Mehal and his wife, Ida, Tunkhannock. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. A Funeral Liturgy will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, 315 N. Constitution Ave, New Freedom. Interment will be in New Freedom Cemetery. A viewing will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday at J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary Inc., 24 N. Second St., New Freedom. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Center Patient Help Fund, C/O York Cancer Center, 25 Monument Road, Suite 194, York, PA 17403. More Obituaries, Page 9A

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George Shock July 27, 2012 L. Shock, 88, WilkesG eorge Barre, died Friday, July 27, 2012

at Hospice Community Care. Born June 13, 1924 in WilkesBarre, he was a son of the late George and Nan Norton Shock. George attended GAR Memorial High School in Wilkes-Barre. An Army veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, George earned a Purple Heart medal for injuries sustained in combat. George worked for Noble Furniture in Nanticoke before retiring. His wife, Elizabeth Ann Meehan Shock, died June 3, 1995, and daughter, Katherine Mary Shock, died October 8, 2011. Sisters, Marjorie Scott and Doris Keithline, and brothers, William and John Shock, also preceded him in death. He will be greatly missed by his

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Korean War Veterans Association of Wyoming Valley Commander Joe Sincavage, left, accepts a wreath presented by Dupont Rolling Thunder Chapter President Tony Valunas and members Ted Szydlowski and Jack Gorham at a courthouse ceremony Saturday.

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Chinese border are still vivid in his mind, and it’s hard for him to accept that Korea is still considered a forgotten war by some. “People don’t understand,” he said. “Because they always call it the police action, the Korean conflict, the Forgotten War, but I have a list here that came from Washington, D.C., at the Korean (War) Memorial. Dead, United States: 54,240. This was in 37 months. Wounded in Action: 103,284. Missing in Action: 8,177… POWs: 7,140; 2,400 came home.” Of those killed in action, 142

were from Luzerne County. An additional 33 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard 109th Field Artillery, WilkesBarre, were killed in a train wreck in Lafayette, Ohio, prior to deployment in 1950. On Saturday, more than 100 veterans, their families and area officials packed the rotunda of the Luzerne County Courthouse to show Gaylets and the other Korean War veterans that they have not been forgotten. The ceremony, sponsored by the Korean War Veterans Association of Wyoming Valley, marked the 59th anniversary of the signing of the armistice treaty that ended fighting, though a peace treaty was never signed and Korea remains divided into North and South.

Army veteran Tom Gaylets recounts his experiences as a POW during the Korean War at a ceremony Saturday morning.

Retired Pennsylvania National Guard Maj. Gen. Joseph Perugino, who also spoke at the ceremony Saturday, said the Korean War was a conflict worth fighting, despite its indecisive outcome. “Worth fighting? Absolutely,” Perugino, of Kingston, said. “The Korean War made a lasting impact on world history. The communist world got its first lesson of America’s resolve in support of our allies. The newly formed United Nations peacekeeping force, a multinational military theme, was tested, and proved it could respond to aggression. The result was, South

Korea was saved, and the economic turnaround was made possible.” Perugino added that the sacrifice of the soldiers who fought the war have not been forgotten. “Although it’s sometimes referred to as the Forgotten War, I assure you, there are many, many Americans who have not forgotten the great sacrifices made and the hardships endured by veterans of this war,” Perugino said. “A veteran does not die until he or she is no longer remembered,” ceremony Chairman Bob Alper said. “As long as these people remember, they will live on.”

son, Thomas J., and his wife, Judy Shock, Wilkes-Barre; grandsons, Thomas and Jarod; sisters, Helen DiGiuseppe, Shavertown, and Shirley Ferenchick, Plymouth; nieces and nephews. A Celebration of George’s Life will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at McLaughlin’s – The Family Funeral Service, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Visitation will be held at McLaughlin’s on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m. Memorial donations are preferred and may be made to the charity of your preference. Permanent messages and memories can be shared with George’s family at www.celebratehislife.com.

Barbara Fisher July 27, 2012 arbara Dumin Fisher, 47, of Horton Street in Wilkes-Barre, B died Friday, July 27, 2012 at Geis-

Debora Idell, Wilkes-Barre; stepson, Louis Fisher, Pittston; and stepdaughter, Grace Fisher, Pittston. A Celebration of Barbara’s Life will be held Monday at noon at McLaughlin’s – The Family Funeral Service, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Visitation will be held at McLaughlin’s on Monday from 10 a.m. to noon. Permanent messages and memories can be shared with Barbara’s family at www.celebrateherlife.com.

inger Wyoming Valley. Born October 14, 1964 in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of Herbert Dumin and the late Dolores Dennis Dumin. Prior to her illness, Barbara was employed through Gavlick Personnel Services. She previously worked for Newtown Manufacturing in Wilkes-Barre. Her husband, Larry Fisher died in 1996. A sister, Dolores Simon also preceded her in death. She will be missed by her father, Herb, and his wife, Bonnie; son, Sean Fisher; sisters, Shirley Korey, Ohio; Patricia Krevis and More Obituaries, Page 8A

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PUBLIC RECORD Divorces sought and filed in the Luzerne County Prothonotary’s Office from July 23 through 27, 2012: • Robert Ragukas, Plymouth, and Sandi Ragukas, Swoyersville • Margaret Hokien, Duryea, and Richard Hokien, Duryea • Amanda Calvey, Pittston, and John Calvey, Blakely • Nancy Waters-Buchert, Sugarloaf Township, and John Buchert III, Sugarloaf Township • Martha Seiger, Pringle, and George Seiger, Pringle • Jeonghyun Yarbrough, Sugarloaf Township, and Roland Yarbrough, Sugarloaf Township • Michael Gumaer II, Wyoming, and Daniell Gumaer, Wilkes-Barre • Jourel Hippolite, WilkesBarre, and Robbie Grimes, Newark, N.J. • Melissa Napoletano, Albrightsville, and Christopher Napoletano, Manville, N.J. • Lisa Mangan, Pittston, and Joseph Mangan, Hanover Township • Sharon Walters, Nanticoke, and Charles Walters, Nanticoke • Robert Rakowski, Hanover Township, and Erin Rakowski, Nanticoke • Jayshree Doshi, WilkesBarre, and Sanjaykumar Doshi, Wilkes-Barre Marriage license applications filed in the Luzerne County Register of Wills Office from July 23 through 27, 2012: • Kyle A. Loftus, Plains Township, and April Dion, Drums • Paul A. Richelmi, WilkesBarre, and Carolyn L. Drosey, Wilkes-Barre • Charles Ruckle, Hunlock Creek, and Heather Hanko, Hunlock Creek • Joseph Thomas Alexander Polin, Sheppton, and Jessica Renee Katherine Palmer, Sheppton • Roy Moore, Hazleton, and Riselda L. Roman, Hazleton • Brandon Joseph Bucholtz, Kingston, and Nadine Marie Kotz, Kingston • David Ryan Harrison, Shavertown, and Savannah M. Coombs, Dallas • Christopher John Kaskel Jr., Mountain Top, and Dorothy A. Hobbs, Mountain Top • Joseph Wayne Vikara Jr., Nanticoke, and Kimberly Ann Burke, Nanticoke • Jeffrey Zellner, Astoria, N.Y., and Holly Spindler, Astoria, N.Y. • Hermano Taveras, Hazleton, and Alison Cruz, Hazleton • Jason Williams, Pringle, and Laura Ann Basara, Pringle • Gareth Phillips, Kingston, and Kylene Dougherty, Kingston • Michael Colasurdo III, Kelayres, and Gabrielle Martin, Kelayres • Arthur Veccity, WilkesBarre, and Elizabeth Piccillo, Pittston • Michael A. Liuzzi Jr., Hunlock Creek, and Merry Ann Edwards, Hunlock Creek • Gregory W. Heckman and Debora M. Chackan • Darren Duane Verzich and Roxanne Lee Foltz • Michael A. Boroff and Laura Ann Azaravich • Ivanilson B. Caetano and Rute A. Mendes • Jason Michael Holly and Brittany Ann Mihalchik • Kevin Matthew Budka and Anne Marie Flowers • Kevin Steve and Allison Ann Reale • Timothy John Foster and Amy Lynne Fletcher • Stephen Robert Yenchak and Mary Theresa Wizda • John A. Rowlands and Tanya Kassner • David P. Saranchuk and Jennifer Lynn Scott • Gino F. Rodriguez and Auria Linette Mesa • Travis J. Langston and Ashley N. Mullin • Joshua A. Pfeiffer and Lakrista Lyn Zacharias • Joseph John Hawk Jr., and Katherine Danielle Searfoss • Robert Mark Steffanides and Sarah Jo Roush • Jason M. Dorbad and Stacy A. Ryan

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School founded by candy tycoon open to all U.S. children who qualify. By ANDREW M. SEDER aseder@timesleader.com

In 1909, candy maker and philanthropist Milton S. Hershey and his wife, Catherine, unable to have children of their own, decided to use their wealth to create a home and a school for orphaned boys. They dubbed it the Hershey Industrial School. To make sure it would be well funded, they also created a school trust to provide for the health, education and welfare of the children at the school, known since 1951 as the Milton Hershey School. Over his lifetime, Hershey, who founded the Hershey Chocolate Co. and built the company town that now bears his name, transferred the bulk of his personal wealth into the school trust. Because of the Hershey Trust Co.’s continued investment management of Hershey’s original funding, the trust’s assets have grown to a value exceeding $8.5 billion today. As part of the school’s original deed of trust, preference for admission is given to children born in Dauphin, Lancaster or Lebanon counties and children from the rest of Pennsylvania, though 22 percent of the 1,860 current students come from other states.

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The campus of the Milton Hershey School in Hershey is a place where more than 1,800 students from low-income families live and learn for free.

The school is no longer for orphaned boys, but it still serves families in need and the average income of families of current students is $12,614. Today, 52 percent of students are girls. The school examines need, motivation and personal character in making its final selections for enrollment. Pro-

spective students must demonstrate the capability to benefit from the programs the school offers. To be considered the child must: · Come from a low-income family. · Be between the ages of 4 and 15. · Have the ability to learn.

· Be free of serious emotional and behavioral problems that disrupt life in the classroom or the home. · Be able to take part in the school’s program. · Be born in the United States. The school admits boys and girls of any race, color, religion,

nationality or ethnic origin. In addition to a free education and housing in an on-campus student home, the students receive meals, medical and dental care, clothing, access to athletic, recreational and artistic programs and assistance with continuing education after graduation.

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ment to further their education, their family is making a “big sacrifice.” “They’re giving a special gift so you can get a great education and opportunity,” Spangenburg said. Only one of six accepted It’s an opportunity that isn’t available for everyone and even for those that do qualify to apply, only one in six are accepted. More and more, the school has branched out to corners of the state from which it had not regularly received applications. Starting next month, Cassandra, Alexa Dunaj, 12, and Jovina Munoz, 11, all of Nanticoke, will be among the 43 students from Luzerne County attending the 1,860-pupil school, a number that has increased by 700 over the last five years. In addition to continuing efforts to serve urban populations already familiar to the school, recruiters are turning their efforts to areas of the state, including Northeastern Pennsylvania, which may not have an awareness of the school. The plan is to increase enrollment to 2,000 students over the next 10 years, school spokeswoman Lisa Scullin said. “We are aware that there are

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children from poverty across Pennsylvania who need the education, services and care we provide. Northeast Pennsylvania is an area where there is need, and we are working to make sure families here know about Milton Hershey School,” she said. To accommodate that growth, the school will open four new student homes on its 10,000-acre campus in Derry Township, Dauphin County in September. Scullin said four more student homes are slated to open next year and the school has permission to build eight more in the near future. Spangenburg said having four students from one small city is not common. It’s a result of one student spreading positive comments about her time at the school.

schoolwork and realize that you’re there to better yourself and to take advantage of an awesome opportunity. Miranda said Alexa, Cassandra and Jovina will have the added benefit of knowing each other, a support system she didn’t have. Alexa agreed that while she worries about being homesick the transition will be easier to cope with knowing she has friends nearby, even if the girls learned none of them will live in the same home on the sprawling campus that includes swimming pools, a chapel, art museum, athletic facilities and both television and radio stuMaking the transition dios. According to Scullin, the Her suggestions were simple. Keep in touch with your family, “main goal for all of our stubusy yourself with activities and dents is that they leave the

That student is Miranda Park, 13, who is entering her third year at the school and will be in seventh grade this fall. She began at Hershey in fifth grade and a few months in got homesick, dropped out and went back to Nanticoke Middle School. But she quickly changed her mind. “I realized I made a mistake,” she said. So she reapplied and was reaccepted this year. She was able to talk to her three Nanticoke friends about the school, her difficulties adjusting to leaving her family and friends and how she coped.

school well-prepared to enter society as productive citizens. We want all of our graduates to be good students, but we also want them to be good people, good employees and responsible members of their communities. Our graduates continue to reflect this ethic.” She said that more than 90 percent of Milton Hershey School graduates plan to continue their education at a two- or four-year college or trade school. For students that will go on to higher education, the school offers scholarship credits during their high school years to cover most of the tuition, fees and room and board at universities or trade schools. The school requires each student to pursue a career technical education track while there.

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COURTESY OF THE LUZERNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

This photograph from the Luzerne County Historical Society shows a lithograph of the Charles Stegmaier & Son Brewery in Wilkes-Barre.

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Gibbons, Stegmaier and Bartels beer bottles and cans are part of a local brewery memorabilia collection at The Luzerne County Historical Society Museum.

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This kiosk on the Wyoming Valley Levee in the Barney Farms section of Wilkes-Barre describes some of Luzerne County’s rich history in breweries. Noted are a commercial brewery that opened in Pittston in 1789, Wilkes-Barre’s first brewery that opened on Water Street in 1833, the Bartels Brewing Co. that opened in Edwardsville around 1907, the Lion Brewing Co. established in WilkesBarre in the early 1900s, and perhaps the county’s most famous – the Stegmaier & Son Brewery in Wilkes-Barre.

ness two or three times, Nobile said, “but he just kept plugging away. I don’t think he was successful ‘til he was 70-some years old.” “And then it was a home run,” said Ed Maier, who sold the Stegmaier brand to the Lion Brewery (formerly the Luzerne County Brewing Co.) in 1994. Lion continues to brew Stegmaier but most of its business entails brewing beers and malt beverages for various other brands. Back in the 19th century, there wasn’t much competition among brewers. The Maiers and Nobile wonder if Charles Stegmaier decided to stamp out what was there or just expand operations. In 1897, he purchased the George W. Flock Brewing Co. in Nanticoke. A year later, the company was renamed the Susquehanna Brewing Co. – the namesake of the new multi-million dollar brewery outside Pittston. The Stegmaier’s heyday and the largest supplier of beer to Susquehanna Brewing Co. presi- Nanticoke brewery never reopened after closing during ProIn its heyday, it was the 14th- New York City that was not made dent and Fred Maier’s father. Stegmaier went out of busi- hibition. largest brewery in the country in New York City, said Ed Maier, “The Germans were using lager yeast and the English were using ale yeast,” which made a dark ale, Fred Maier explained. “It took German immigration on fast ships to get that cold lager yeast over to America. The first lager beer was made in Philly in 1832, 1834. So (Stegmaier) came up to Northeastern Pennsylvania to brew it for Reichard in 1850. … Then he left John Reichard to brew his own beer,” Maier said. Brewing beer was largely considered a local business at that point in time, said Susquehanna Brewing Co. co-owner Mark Nobile. “It was a small community business, and Stegmaier Brewing Co. was more of a regional brewery. It supplied more than just COURTESY OF THE LUZERNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Wilkes-Barre, it supplied the northeast section of the country Charles Stegmaier made his mark on the local beer culture when and more,” Nobile said. he established a brewery in Wilkes-Barre in the mid 19th century.

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be a good activity at the Riverlands for the community, he said. “We developed a partnership with them in order to put together an activity that would bring people to the park,” he said. Seeing the little rail cars lined up is an impressive sight, Scopelleti said. Now colorful and fun, the speeders once worked very hard serving rail inspectors and railroad workers in their jobs. They seat up to four people and travel at about 25 mph. Powered by modified gasoline engines, they travel all over North America once they receive the proper authorization from the railroad companies, Scopelleti said. Saturday’s group started in Northumberland as part of an 86-mile trip, said Carl Schneider of NARCOA. After arriving at the Riverlands, they turned around to make their way to Sunbury and Shamokin before returning to Northumberland. “They had to lift them to turn

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About 35 rail ‘speeders’ arrived at the PPL Susquehanna Riverlands in Salem Township on Saturday just before noon.

them around,” Scopelleti said. While at the park, the railcar operators answered questions, demonstrated some of their fancy accessories and treated some children to an up-close look, Scopelleti said. They stayed about one hour before heading off.

One operator said traveling on the rails is much different than riding on the highways. Every culvert, bridge, road crossing, tunnel and building is viewed from an “uncommon” vantage, he said. The NARCOA requires all members to be properly licens-

ed and trained before allowing them to take to the rails, Schneider said. He said the hobbyists have earned an “excellent reputation” for safety as well as appreciation from folks who came to see the line of cars go through their towns.

Other local brewers But Stegmaier was far from controlling the beer market in Luzerne County. According to materials at the Luzerne County Historical Society, John Ingham opened a brewery in Wilkes-Barre in1823; it was later bought by Christian Reichard. Breweries in Pittston changed hands and names several times. Others opened in Edwardsville and Exeter Township. And while the historical society doesn’t have much information on breweries in southern Luzerne County, beer enthusiasts there insist there were some. Reminiscing about some of the old lager standards offered in their hometown at the Battered Mug in Hazleton, Budweiser loyalists Tom Schneider, 63, and Tom Mensinger, 61, recalled the breweries that once existed there. Arnold’s, they agreed, was in the area of Mine and Mill streets,

while Hazleton Pilsner was brewed at the corner of Diamond Avenue and Cedar streets. Indeed, according to “The Brewing Industry in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties” by Rich Wagner and Rich Dochter, Henry Bach and Severin Teufel built a brewery at Mine and Mill streets in Hazleton in 1849. It became the John Arnold Department of the Pennsylvania Central Brewing Co. The locally brewed beers – and those brewed regionally, such as Yuengling, based in Pottsville, about 30 miles southwest of Hazleton – were the standards ordered in bars in the early 20th century. Everybody seemed to love them, said Battered Mug owner Timothy Dolan. Most of them anyway. “Yuengling was considered a lousy beer back then,” Dolan said. “Now, people can’t get enough of it.”

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plaints of alleged drug dealing from the apartment. Preliminary hearings are scheduled on Aug. 2 in WilkesBarre Central Court.

WILKES-BARRE – Two men were arrested on drug trafficking charges after a raid at an HAZLE TWP. – State police apartment on Park Avenue Saturday reported a vehicle Friday morning. crashed into a mailbox on Club Exodus Defreitas, 33, and 40 Road and fled the scene Daryl Card-Nixon, 22, were around 3 a.m. The vehicle, charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliv- identified as a blue Kia from er a controlled substance and a evidence at the scene, was single count of unlawful posses- negotiating a left curve, went off the roadway onto the right sion of body armor. shoulder and struck the mailDefreitas and Card-Nixon box, state police said. Anyone were arraigned by District with information about the Judge Joseph Halesey in Hacrash is asked to contact state nover Township. They were police in Hazleton at 570 459jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of 3890. $10,000 bail each. DAMASCUS TWP. – State According to a city police police are investigating a burnews release: glary at the Damascus HistorAgents with the state Office ical Society building on state of Attorney General’s Luzerne Route 371 in Wayne County. County Drug Task Force and Reported stolen were a Dacity police executed a search warrant at a second floor apart- mascus High School class of ment at 371 Park Ave. at 6 a.m. 1955 gold ring, two silver spoons and a men’s straight Seized were a large amount razor. The break-in occurred of cocaine, a digital scale, cell phones, marijuana and a bullet between 2 p.m. July 7 and 3:30 resistant vest, according to the p.m. on July 10. Anyone with information about the burglary news release. is asked to contact state police The search warrant was obin Honesdale at 570 253-7126. tained based on citizen com-

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Mike Theodore, owner of Arena Bar & Grill on Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre, stands with his selection of 50 draft beers. The bar is a multi-time winner of The Weekender’s People’s Choice Award for best beer selection.

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then invested more than $8 million to start up Susquehanna Brewing Co. Given their longtime beer sales experience, Nobile and Maier, along with Maier’s son, Ed “Fred” Maier Jr., know their beer as well as their beer history. And, Ed Maier is the greatgreat-grandson of Charles Stegmaier, who made his fortune brewing beer in Wilkes-Barre after founding the Baer and Stegmaier Brewing Co. with his faBILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER ther-in-law, George Baer, in 1857. The brewers agreed that it was Susquehanna Brewing Co. co-owner Fred Maier describes the Luzerne County’s prosperity, bottle filler that rinses, bottles and crowns beer at the Jenkins brought about by the coal indus- Township brewery. try, that attracted brewers here. “Wilkes-Barre was one of the fastest-growing cities in the country at the turn of the century. Coal mining was exploding here. So there was a good, thirsty European market here. Immigrants were coming over and they were beer drinkers,” Fred Maier said. Previous immigrants were whiskey and cider drinkers until German immigrants showed up, he said. “That turned the nation into a beer nation,” Maier said. Regional appeal Breweries became a community business, Nobile said. “They just produced a small amount of beer for a small area.” And that’s pretty much how the beer culture remained – in Luzerne County and nationally – for about a century, Ed Maier said. But along with World War II came commodity bubbles and smaller breweries couldn’t compete with the larger ones. As refrigeration techniques improved, beer could be shipped longer distances. Companies such as Anheuser-Busch began opening breweries across the country. Then in the 1960s and ’70s, national brewing companies “just wreaked havoc on the smaller, local and regional breweries,” Ed Maier said. “Here they had Stegmaier, Gibbons, Bartels. Then when the nationals came, people thought it was pretty cool when beer came from Milwaukee or St. Louis. But that’s the attitude that’s changed. Today, local is cool again. Local was not cool in the ’50, ’60s and ’70s,” he said. Nobile agrees. “The nation went through a period of time where they thought national products were better than local products. If it was made nationally, it was a better product. Today, we’re going back

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Tim Dolan mans the taps at The Battered Mug in Hazleton, where much of the clientele prefer national brands of beer. Dolan keeps one craft beer on tap to support a local brewer and keep his craft beer clientele happy.

to where handcrafted, locally made microbrews are becoming popular again. It’s kind of like a big circle,” Nobile said.

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John Yencha sits in front of a display of craft beer tap handles at his bar Elmer Sudds on East Northampton Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Interest becomes business Elmer Sudds owner John Yencha said he renovated and reopened the Wilkes-Barre establishment in a 120-year-old building in 2007. He said the bar was also probably the first in the WilkesBarre area to serve a relatively wide variety of craft beers when the former owner opened it in 1992. “In the late ’90s when I turned 21, we could come and have one or two drinks, and the food was always good, too. Here and (the former) Par 4 on Parrish Street were known for good food and micro-brews,” he said. Yencha is also longtime friends with Chris Miller, who opened Breaker Brewing Co. with Mark Lehman in Plains Township several years ago. The friends recently moved the microbrewery to a larger space in Wilkes-Barre Township. Yencha said he got hooked on craft beers at parties his friends would throw, and decided he wanted to open a bar that featured them. But he found there is still a strong loyalty to the national brands in the area. “For the first couple years, we didn’t have Budweiser and Bud Light and there were so many people coming in and asking for it. And when we would say we don’t have it, they would walk out. So I started getting it and we sell cases and cases and cases a week of Bud and Bud Light,” Yencha said. Yencha’s girlfriend and a bartender, Kim Challenger, said she used to drink national brands but has come to appreciate the taste of craft beers. “They even sound way more interesting than regular beers. You should see some of the descriptions the brewers bring with,” Challenger said. “When you pour these (craft) beers, some of them smell so good. You know they’re better.” When it comes to craft brews, Yencha says he “dabbles in the seasons. If you have too many beers for one season, you wind up sitting on it and then the season changes and can’t sell winter beers in the summer.” And while bars such as his, on East Northampton Street, and former Par 4 reintroduced craft beers to the local market, “when the Arena Bar & Grill opened on Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre with 50 beers on tap, they just opened it up to say, ‘If you can get it, we can get it too, times three,’ ” Yencha said.

opened in 1860, and local beers were stocked. Eventually, the selection expanded to include Budweiser, Coors and Miller products, and Molson – a Canadian Demand for craft beers ale – bringing the number of taps Even in old, small, corner bars to six. such as the Battered Mug on He added Vermont-brewed North Poplar Street in Hazleton, Magic Hat No. 9 a few years ago co-owner Timothy Dolan said he to satisfy younger customers’ recan’t get by without having at quests. And a couple weeks ago, least one craft beer on tap. he switched it out for SusquehanOn a recent warm and sunny af- na Brewing Co.’s Goldenlager. ternoon, Tom Schneider, 63, and “I like to support the local Tom Mensinger, 61, both of Ha- guys,” Dolan said. zleton, were quaffing down some Patron Joe Williams, 41, of mugs of Budweiser at their favor- McAdoo, said he’s “stuck on” ite watering hole. They don’t Yuengling Lager, but he has exdrink anything else, beer-wise, perimented and mentioned Elthey said, although Mensinger mer Sudds in Wilkes-Barre as Fulfilling a demand said he will down a Yuengling La- having a nice selection and the Mike “Teddy” Theodore, 43, of ger “once in a great while.” same type good food and good at- Mountain Top, opened the Arena Dolan said the bar probably mosphere he appreciates at the Bar and Grill in 2002. had two or three taps when it first Battered Mug. In the bar business for 25 years as manager, cook and now owner, Theodore said he and his wife, Nicole, opened the bar because they “wanted to bring different beers into the community (that was) lacking a bar with good homemade food and a great beer selection.” “I had always liked different beers, probably starting in the early ’90s when a lot of craft beers hit the market, like Sierra Nevada, Anchor Steam, Stella Artois. They hit the market, I really started drinking a lot of craft beers and really fell in love with it,” Theodore said. “We started with 18 beers on draft and probably about 50 different bottled beers. Everyone DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER kind of told us we were crazy in Left to right, Tom Schneider, Joe Williams and Tom Mensinger enjoy some light conversation as they this area. They said you needed

have a brew at The Battered Mug in Hazleton last week.

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Lead brewer Mark Finarelli, of Lehman Township, pours hops into a vat inside the Susquehanna Brewing Co. in Jenkins Township on Thursday.

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Quality Assurance Manager Guy Hagner, of Mountain Top, monitors brewing temperature at Susquehanna Brewing Co.

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Head of maintenance John Gibaldi, of Dallas, lubricates the bottle filler at Susquehanna Brewing Co. in Jenkins Township.

Yuengling Lager and Coors light and that’s all you needed. Everything else was overkill. But we felt if we brought the beers in, people would definitely fall in love with them,” he said. And that’s just what happened, Theodore said. “Over the years, we’ve grown. Now we have 50 beers on draft and we have 350 bottled beers. Every week, we bring in different beers … just to keep up with our clientele and their thirst and taste for different beers,” he said. Theodore said his main clientele probably ranges in age from 35 to 50. “I think it’s people who, when they turned 21, there were better beers available to them, so they’ve kind of grown up with the better beers,” Theodore said. Appreciative drinkers At the Friday happy hour, Janice Neely, of Wilkes-Barre, celebrated her 53rd birthday at the Arena, starting with a Coors Light and plans to experiment with craft beers. She’s tried

Shock Hop and Blue Moon and discovered she’s not a big fan of hoppy beers. Neely’s friend, Sue Mishanski, 49, of Hanover Township, was enjoying UFO – a lighter wheat beer. She got her start on trying craft beers at a fire company Oktoberfest and discovered she likes the flavors of crafts better than premium brands. “There’s so much more flavor to them, they go down better. It’s worth the extra money and it helps create a little conversation, at times,” Mishanski said. Theodore encourages his bartenders and servers to try a different beer every shift so they can recommend brews to customers who are seeking guidance. “Our clientele is always looking to try something new. When most people are asked what’s their favorite brew, they’ll say, ‘It’s the one I haven’t had yet.’ ” Theodore offers a “$2 Happy Hour” at which patrons can get any premium brand for $2 but also can try any craft beer on tap for the same price.

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An on-air and community personality at radio station WKRZ for 22 years, Sue Barre has expanded her once part-time real estate position to a full time second career.

A LIFE CHANGE

Former DJ Sue Barre has found herself a new career in real estate By EILEEN GODIN For The Times Leader

Sue Barre, a former DJ from KRZ, has exchanged her microphone and head phones for the latest listings of real estate properties. After 22 years of co-hosting the Rocky and Sue show for KRZ’s morning drive, and 30 years in the broadcast media industry, the Dallas resident said the decision to pursue a new interest was tough to make, but she is happy with the choice and at peace with it. “People, who use to listen to me on the radio, are now sitting next to me in my car as I take them to see a house,” said Barre, now a Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group agent. The trend of changing careers has become common ground for many in the current job market, said Dr. Anthony L. Liuzzo, director of Wilkes University’s Masters of Business and Administration program at Wilkes University. “During recession times, people are more insecure about their jobs and begin to make moves,” he said. “This provides them with more content knowledge, which is what is valued now.” Liuzzo added employees with people skills, technology skills, and

leadership skills can carry across fields providing employees the flexibility to try new career fields. Barre’s decision was based on the desire to pursue a new interest in real estate. For Barre, “more experiences mean more skills and better decisions. Life is ever-changing.” Inspired by a motto that hangs in her office -- “Life is not about finding yourself, but creating yourself”-Barre is excited by what her new career offers her. “I have been waking up for a 3 a.m.

shift for 30 years,” she said. “Now my days start at 6 a.m.” Barre said her parents helped inspire her fearless leap into trying something new. “They are always learning and trying new things,” she said. “I always believed you could be whatever you wanted. I know, that sounds a bit Polly Anna(ish).” Eight years ago, the real estate bug hit, she began buying and selling properties and purchasing rental

ABOUT BARRE Born: Warren, Maine Resides: Dallas Married: Rocky, celebrating their 20th anniversary on Aug. 15. Children: stepson, Dylan Gomez, 22. Pets: Two terriers, Frankie and Sammy, recently adopted from Blue Chip Animal Rescue Farms, Dallas. Parents: Will and Janet Barre, of Warren, Maine. Favorite thing to do: kayaking on the Susquehanna River. Most interesting site when kayaking: the site of the Knox Mine Disaster. “You can see a piece of a railroad car sticking out of it and the water still swirls in a small whirlpool in that area.”

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Gene Duffy is the author of “As the Matzo Ball Turns” and will be at Barnes and Noble at the Arena Hub Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Township on Sunday, Aug. 5 for a book signing. Duffy, 44, graduated from Jim Thorpe High School and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University where he also played tight end for the Nittany Lions. He used the pseudonym Jozef Rothstein for his book. He resides in Jim Thorpe. What is the book about? It doesn’t sound like a manual on mechanical engineering. “I wanted to become an actor after my dream and pursuit of being a football player in the NFL fell short. I headed to Los Angeles and began to take acting classes and audition for various roles. During that time, I was working at a 24-hour deli that was frequented by celebrities during the day and the dregs of society by night. The combination of customers yielded some

comical stories and revealed the underside of the glamorous and glitzy Hollywood in ways I did not expect. This book is basically about my pursuits to move up the acting chain while serving some of the Hollywood elite. It shows how hard it truly is to break into the business, and how I found myself, after 10 years of encounters with rejection and dashed hopes.” You said the NFL, right? “Football was my life. I was a walk-on at Penn State. I

tried out with close to 100 guys. I was one of five to make the team and the only player to be still on the squad a year later. I played on the second team in my senior year and played in six games. I moved west after graduating and on the way I stopped to see a friend of mine who was deathly ill. He told me to go for my dream of being a football player. That was all the motivation I needed. I bounced around a few teams. I played in the Arena Football League for the Arizona Rattlers and won a National Championship with the semipro, Fresno Bandits in 1994. I spent time trying out for the 49ers, Saints, Cardinals and Broncos in the NFL. I even learned how to long snap with Bill Romanowski. I never quite made it to the next level, but I was close.” So after football you began your quest to become an actor. “It started out with acting classes and people wanted to cast me as an athlete in various projects. See MEET, Page 2B

ith one eye on “back to school” sales, the parents of Northeastern Pennsylvania are busy in late summer making sure their children are fully equipped for the rigors of another year of education. The area’s genealogists have their own preoccupation – trying to figure out what schools their ancestors attended. Let’s go over the kind of information not available. I don’t know of any school district that can answer a query with “Sure, your ancestor attended the XYZ High School from 1921 to 1925, played basketball and graduated with honors.” They just don’t compile that kind of information. Here’s some background, followed by tips on what you can do. For a century and more, Luzerne County has had more than 60 municipalities, most of which at one time or another had their own school systems. In the 1950s a few of those systems merged. In the 1960s, under pressure from the state, mergers spread like wildfire. Today, there are just 11 public school districts in the county. Also, most of the old school buildings are gone. Only a handful of pre-1940 buildings remain. So is tracking your ancestor’s education an un-doable piece of homework? Well, not exactly. If you know what town (city, borough, township) the ancestor lived in, you can look up that town’s pages in the Phillips history collection at the Luzerne County Historical Society and read up on the schools it had years ago. You can also look for any centennial/sesquicentennial booklet from the town, also at the historical Society and find capsule histories and maybe some photos. There are also published histories of some of the larger communities, heavily illustrated. Look in bookstores and libraries. Yearbooks can be good, especially for photos and for details about school activities. While there is no central collection of high school yearbooks, there are many scattered copies to be found at the historical society and at the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. Sometimes public libraries have a few. Times Leader classifieds advertise old yearbooks for sale at modest prices. High schools themselves sometimes have yearbook collections. Queries: • A reader recently asked about a now-vanished local patriotic event that many from our parents’ and grandparents’ generations would have known – the explosion of a small boat full of flowers in the middle of the Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre. The ritual was held on Memorial Day and was intended to honor those who died in the service of the United States. Memorial Day once consisted mainly of public officials giving speeches on the South River Common, with the boat being blown up nearby. The boat and the speeches have largely been replaced by community parades. • Genealogical message boards carry many requests, usually from out-of-town researchers, about the names and locations of area cemeteries. That type of research is made easier by the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, which is building up a comprehensive map showing the cemeteries of Luzerne County. The society’s research library is in the caretaker’s house at the Hanover Green Cemetery, Main Road, Hanover Township. For contact information, go to www.nepgs.org. • If you’re not familiar with the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (www.genpa.org), now’s the time to check out this organization. Among other functions, it offers books that could prove valuable to Pennsylvania genealogists. The society’s recent newsletter highlights “Guide to the Published Pennsylvania Archives,” which is basically a guide to a huge mass of information that could be daunting to a new researcher. Tom Mooney is a Times Leader genealogy columnist. Reach him at tmooney2@ptd.net.

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properties. “I got bit by the bug, just like when I started radio,” Barre said. “I put my foot in the water and it took off, developed a life of its own.” Barre found she enjoys the creativity of home renovation and has an eye for design. “I love renovation, just love it,” she said. “I am renovating myself.” Despite low property values, Barre said home sales are still occurring. “People are in transition all the time,” she said. “People will always need somewhere to live.” Juggling the radio show with husband Rocky, and managing 14 rental properties, she said she found she was putting in 18 hour work days. Now with a new chapter opening before her, work days now average around 12 hours leaving time to pursue other interests. With a little free time on her hands, Barre plans to kayak, hike and do other activities she did not have time for in the past. But knowing, many other residents are facing career changes,

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However, I passed on those because I felt like I wanted to do more socially significant roles. Roles that did not involve me crunching a beer can on my head. That is when I started to write screenplays. I was having difficulty getting them produced so I took on the role of producer as well. Eventually, I wrote, produced and acted in the feature film, “Living with Uncle Ray.” It took a year to edit with a crusty old guy who really enlightened me on the obstacles and pitfalls of trying to get something done the way you want. The film did garner an award at the Park City Film and Music Festival. After that experience I wanted to head back to the East Coast and find myself. I would do that in writing this book and being with family nestled in the mountains.” So what does the title of the book refer to? “A matzo ball is a doughy ball that you would find in our giant chicken soup bowls at the deli. I viewed the workplace, as many people do their own, a place of drama like a soap opera. So quite often I would make jokes with co-workers or updates about an event at the deli opening with, ‘As the matzo ball turns…’” So part of those updates or jokes would revolve around celebrities? “There were nice customers and not-so-nice customers. Adam Sandler always treated us with respect and dignity. Someone like Sharon Stone was notorious for tipping below 15 percent and was often very rude. Shaq would pay 30 dollars for a meal and always leave a one hundred dollar tip. Jerry Seinfeld basically turned his nose up at me when I tried to serve him and make some jokes. So I laid on the extra special treatment and constantly asked him if he needed anything. He would get exasperated and sigh as he would drop his utensil onto his plate. It was very funny.” Who is someone that you looked up to during your life? “I loved Larry Csonka as a kid. I admired his toughness and identified with him. I had a number 39 aqua and orange shirt that followed me everywhere over the years, no matter where I was. Joe Paterno had me believe in myself and made me feel like I was part of something bigger than life. It was intoxicating to be around that energy. I felt like I fit in among the jerseys with no names on the back. It was a shared commonality of team and unity.” If you could improve upon anything in Northeast Pennsylvania what would it be? “I would like to see more freedom or awareness of what is going on in the region and less apathy and more of people taking action. I would like to see more people outdoors and communicating face to face, with less texting.” Do you have a favorite quote or saying? “Serving my fellow man, one table at a time.”

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she advises them to find something you love and pursue it, “be the best you can be.” Saying good-bye to her audience and friends at the radio station was not easy, but she said she was thankful to receive such positive support from the listeners. Reflecting back on the beginning of her radio career, she said in the 1980s, women were making headway in radio. She began as a news director in her home state of Maine, and was advised to accept a co-host with Rocky. As a very confident and outspoken woman, she told them she would not be a “giggle box” for the male counterpart, which was the trend at the time. “Rocky never put me in that position,” she said. Keeping close ties with radio, Barre still pops in during Rocky and Lissa’s morning show to shake things up and check in with the listeners.

Spelling bee winners from Kennedy Elementary and the Greater Nanticoke Area Elementary Center were recently recognized at Awards Day. Students received a certificate, pin and $10 from the GNA Elementary PTA. Winners, from left, first row are Ava Adamczyk, Christian Cognigni, Mallory Mayo, Cassidy McDonald, Arionna Merrick, Lacey Mikolon, Kamea Paresa and Jeffrey Poburski. Second row: Kayley Belcher, Aiden Dalmas, Kayla Eckrote, Cody Gabriel, Izabella Hrivnak, Tyler Rentko and Travis Schultz. Third row: Jake Grabowski, Isaiah Hayes, Carleigh Keene, Shane McNeill, Andrew Stratton, Vincent Tirado, Jade Tredinnick and Deyonna Wood. Fourth row: Dylen Bonick, Bella Czeck, James Grabowski, Veronica Penko, Jasmine Peters, Riley Piontkowski, Colin Siegel and Owen Small. Savanah Castro, Emilyann Remley and Stephanie Layland were also winners.

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Shevock, Lambert

r. and Mrs. Michael Shevock, Shavertown, are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Tara Ann, to Gary Patrick Lambert Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lambert, Wyoming. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Janosik, Pringle, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shevock, Plymouth. Tara is a 2006 graduate of Bishop O’Reilly High School and a 2010 graduate of King’s College, with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in neuroscience. She earned her secondary teaching certification in 2011. Tara is employed as a substitute teacher in area school districts. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John D. McCarthy, Kingston, and Kathryn Lambert, Plains Township. Gary is a 2006 graduate of Bishop Hoban High School and a 2010 graduate of King’s College, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Gary is employed as a store manager for McCarthy Tire Service. The couple will exchange vows Sept. 29, 2012, at St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown.

Kapuschinsky, Szymanski

arina A. Szymanski and James J. Kapuschinsky, together with their families, announce their engagement and approaching marriage. Karina is the daughter of Tomasz and Urszula Szymanski, Drums. James is the son of James and Roseann Kapuschinsky, Hazleton. The bride-to-be is a 1998 graduate of Crestwood High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business finance from Marywood University in 2002. Karina is employed by Nationwide Insurance. The prospective groom is a 1997 graduate of Bishop Hafey High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 2001. James is employed by PPL and is the owner of Club Fit. The couple will exchange vows on Sept. 1, 2012, at SS. Cyril & Methodius Parish, Hazleton.

Decker, Barone nnouncement is made of the engagement and upcoming wedA ding of Dr. Melissa Decker to Mi-

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chael Barone, both of Baltimore, Md. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Decker, Duryea. She is a graduate of Pittston Area High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a Bachelor of Science degree in gerontology from King’s College. She earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from La Salle University in Philadelphia. She is a licensed psychologist and director of psychology training at the VA Maryland Health Care System. The prospective groom is the son of Ms. Fran Barone, Norristown, Pa. He is a graduate of Wissahickon High School, Norristown, Pa., and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Millersville University. He earned a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University and is employed by Lockheed Martin. The wedding is planned for Sept. 29 at the Belvedere Hotel, Baltimore, Md.

r. and Mrs. David Iverson are celebrating their 40th wedding M anniversary today, July 29. They were married at St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Church WilkesBarre, after cancelling their wedding from the original date, July 2, because of the Agnes Flood. Best man was Peter Ball and maid of honor was Linda Corsano. Bridesmaids were Kathy O’Boyle, Maryann Dorang and Cathy Cavan. Ushers were Gene Janecek, Joseph Castrignano and Robert Zymiejewski. Mrs. Iverson is the former Mary Castrignano and has worked at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center laboratory for the last 28 years. Mr. David Iverson recently retired after working 40 years at InterMetro Wire Corporation. They are the proud parents of two children, David Iverson Wilkes-Barre, and Jill Iverson Gribble, Wilkes-Barre. They also have three wonderful grandchildren, Brooke Iverson, Marisa Gribble and Ethan Gribble. They will celebrate their anniversary on a cruise to Bermuda with their two granddaughters and a family dinner with children and grandchildren.

Gill, Piccillo

r. Daniel Joseph Piccillo and Alyssa Marie Gill were united in the sacrament of marriage on July 23, 2011, at St. Ignatius of Loyola, Kingston, by the Rev. Gregory Kelly. The bride is daughter of Robert and Debra Gill, Shavertown. The groom is son of Sebastian and Jean Piccillo, Wyoming. Given in marriage by her father, the bride chose her cousin, Robin Ritsick, as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Maggie Gill, sister-in-law of the bride, and Erin Tanner, Deidre Limongelli, Ashley Rome, Susie Mulhern, Angela Wagner and Lauren Piccolo, friends of the bride. Brooke and Abigail Lapinski, cousins of the groom, were flower girl and junior bridesmaid. William Puchalsky, brother of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Brian Gill, brother of the bride, and Michael Yurchak, Michael Yenason, Todd Buckley, Gary Sagan, Eric Cousino and Patrick Healey Jr., friends of the groom. Liam Gill, nephew of the bride, served as ring bearer. An evening cocktail hour and dinner reception were held at the Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre. The bride was honored at a shower given by her attendants, mother and future mother-in-law at the Westmoreland Club. A rehearsal dinner was hosted by the parents of the groom at the Stegmaier Mansion, Wilkes-Barre. The bride is a graduate of Bishop O’Reilly High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and neuroscience from King’s College in 2010. She is pursuing a degree in Doctor of Podiatric Medicine at Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. The groom is a graduate of Dallas Senior High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, with a minor in neuroscience, from King’s College in 2007 and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from New York Chiropractic College in 2009. He is employed at a private chiropractic office in Philadelphia. The couple honeymooned at the Four Seasons Resort in Maui, Hawaii. They reside in Philadelphia.

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Lukachinsky, Kuncio ara Kuncio and Jason Lukachinsky were united in marriage on K July 23, 2011, at The Woodlands

Inn and Resort. The Rev. John Wallace officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Peter Kuncio and the late Sharon Kuncio, Plains Township. She is the granddaughter of the late Peter and Celia Kuncio, Laflin, and the late Edward and Mary Gaydos, Plains Township. The groom is the son of Bonnie Lukachinsky and the late Gerard Lukachinsky, Wilkes-Barre. He is the grandson of Shirley Lukachinsky and the late Frank Lukachinsky, Sugar Notch, and Genevive and Jack Smacher, Wilkes-Barre. The bride was escorted down the aisle by her father. She chose her sister, Kerry Kuncio, as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Kristina Kuncio, sister of the bride, and Leah Wysocki and Amanda Deily, friends of the bride. Flower girls were Hannah Bohonko and Hailey Bohonko, nieces of the bride. The groom chose his brother, Jared Lukachinsky, as best man. Groomsmen were Ryan Brislin, Matthew Nealon and Christopher Bohonko, all friends of the groom. A reception was held at Colarusso’s La Palazzo, Moosic, after the ceremony. The bride was honored at a bridal shower hosted by the bridesmaids at the P.A.V., Hudson. The parents of the groom hosted an engagement party at the Touch of Class, Wilkes-Barre. The father of the bride hosted a rehearsal dinner at his home. The bride is a 2002 graduate of Coughlin High School and a 2008 graduate of Misericordia University with a Master of Science degree in occupational therapy. She is employed as an occupational therapist by Select Medical Corporation, Wilkes-Barre. The groom is a 2003 graduate of Coughlin High School and a 2008 graduate of West Chester University with a Bachelor of Science degree in history with a minor in education. He is enrolled at King’s College pursuing a secondary teaching certification in history. The couple honeymooned in Saint Lucia. They reside in the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre with their dog, Nevada.

Carmody, Salvo he Honorable and Mrs. Joseph Carmody, West Pittston, anT nounce the engagement and ap-

The Krymowskis r. and Mrs. Ronald Krymowski, Beacon Falls, Conn., recently M celebrated their 55th wedding anni-

versary. The couple was married on March 23, 1957, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Ronald is formerly from Duryea. Mrs. Krymowski is the former Josephine Volch of Avoca. They have two daughters, Karen Staley and her husband, Rick, Deering, N.H., and Denise Matthews and her husband, Scott, Oxford, Conn. They also have four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

proaching marriage of their daughter, Sarah Catherine Carmody, to Kevin Salvo, son of Charles and Carol Salvo, Dunmore. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Joseph and Jule Carmody, West Pittston, and the late Casimer and Catherine Sowa, Avoca. Miss Carmody is a 2003 graduate of Seton Catholic High School, Pittston, and earned a degree in child development from Luzerne County Community College. She is a nanny in Bethesda, Md. The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Robert and Mary Kellogg, Scranton, and the late Samuel and Margaret Salvo, Pittston. Mr. Salvo is a 2002 graduate of Bishop O’Hara High School, Dunmore, and earned a bachelor’s degree in information sciences and technology from Pennsylvania State University. He is a systems engineer in the Washington, D.C., area. The couple will exchange vows on Oct. 13, 2012, at Our Lady of the Eucharist Church, Pittston.

Buonsante, Piccillo aria Piccillo and Alex Buonsante, together with their famM ilies, are happy to announce their

engagement and approaching marriage. Maria is the daughter of Ben and Regina Piccillo, Pittston, Pa. She is the granddaughter of the late Joseph and Josephine Piccillo and Marie Venarucci and the late Raymond Venarucci, all of Pittston, Pa. Alex is the son of Domenico and Concetta Buonsante, Plains Township, Pa. He is the grandson of the late Leonardo and Candida Buonsante and Santina Candiano and the late Carmelo Candiano, all of Brooklyn, N.Y. The couple resides together in Salem, Mass., and was engaged during the 2011 holiday season. The wedding will take place in Newport, R.I., in late September.

Curry, Gernhart manda Curry and Vernon Gernhart III, together with their A parents, announce their engage-

ment and upcoming wedding. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Joseph and Geraldine Curry, Dimock. She is the granddaughter of the late George and Bertha Curry and the late Edward and Hedwig Czaplicki. Amanda is a 2005 graduate of Elk Lake High School, where she was valedictorian of her class. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in education from Cornell University in 2009. She has recently earned her Master of Education degree in human development from Lehigh University and is pursuing her doctorate in school psychology. The prospective groom is the son of Ann and Vernon Gernhart Jr., Plains Township. He is the grandson of Romayne Gernhart and the late Vernon Gernhart Sr., Parsons, and David and Florence DeFine, Laflin. Vernon is a 2005 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2009. He is employed as a design engineer at Alfred Benesch & Company, Allentown. The couple will unite in marriage on Sept. 1, 2012, at Holy Name of Mary Church, Montrose. After their honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, they will reside in South Whitehall Township in the Lehigh Valley.

The Schalleses W. and Mary Elizabeth Jtheirohn Schalles, Edwardsville, observed 70th wedding anniversary on

July 21, 2012. They were married by the late Rev. Benjamin Meeks in the Calvary Methodist Church, Fredrick, Md. John graduated from Nescopeck High School, after which he served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II and later in the Korean War. Returning to Kingston, he entered the U.S. Postal Service, retiring after 30 years of service in the WilkesBarre area. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Charles and Eva Mae Frey, Berwick, graduated from Kingston High School and retired from the Wilkes-Barre Postal Federal Credit Union. She is a member of the Irem Women’s Auxiliary. Both Mary and John are 50-year members of the Church of Christ Uniting, Kingston. Mary and John are the proud parents of daughter Amy Louise Gyory, Forty Fort, and son Mark Charles and daughter-in-law Laura, Pine Brook, N.J. They are blessed with four grandsons, Michael and John A. Gyory, Forty Fort, and Eric and Luke Schalles, Pine Brook, N.J.

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L-L grad earns honors at History Day Competition Misericordia biology students studying gas drilling impacts Misericordia University biology students are getting an opportunity to study the impact of gas drilling and forest fragmentation on woodlands in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The university is undertaking a three-year population study of small mammals and the impact caused by road and forest fragmentation created by natural gas development throughout the region. The study is under the direction of Anthony Serino, chair of the biology department. Misericordia is supporting a portion of the study and the Williams Companies Foundation has contributed $20,000 and Chesapeake Energy Corporation has provided $24,000. At the announcement of the study, from left, first row: Jessica Webber, Kingston, biology major; Jane B. Clements, manager, corporate development, Chesapeake Energy Corp.; Michael A. MacDowell, president, Misericordia University; Helen Humphreys, senior communications specialist, Williams; and Amanda Lazzeri, Honesdale, biology major. Second row: Russ Pottle, dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Scott Burnside, Scott Burnside and Associates, LLC; Serino; and Nicholas Sulzer, Lehighton, biology graduate.

Shelby Foster, a recent graduate of Lake-Lehman High School, won 10th place in the nation in the individual research paper category at the National History Day National Competition held June 10-14 at the University of Maryland, College Park. Foster won first place in the individual research paper category at the state competition in May at Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg. Foster competed in her category against 90 other projects, all of which had achieved either first- or second-place at their respective state contests. Her paper also won the Outstanding Entry from the State Of Pennsylvania Award at the 2012 National Contest. From left, first row: Michael Novrocki, coordinator, Lake-Lehman History Day; Foster; Brian Gorski, associate coordinator, Lake-Lehman History Day. Second row: Doug Klopp, principal, Lake-Lehman High School; Tracey Halowich, director of curriculum, Lake-Lehman High School; and James McGovern, superintendent, Lake-Lehman School District.

Jaclyn Fowler, vice president, MMI Preparatory School, Freeland, was a first-place winner in a writing contest in the spring/ summer 2012 issue of East Meets West American Writers Contest for her Fowler short story, “Swing-topping and Red Shoes.” The fictional story is about a bullying incident in an elementary school setting. As part of her prize, Fowler will receive a stipend and a complimentary copy of the journal in which her story will be published. She is also completing her first novel, a genre-bending account of the Molly Maguires.

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GAR National Junior Honor Society inducts students The 2012 GAR National Junior Honor Society students were recently inducted in an official ceremony attended by the students and their families. All of the students are in good academic standing with a cumulative grade average of 90 or better and were reviewed by a faculty panel who recommended them for induction based on their character and community service. At the ceremony, from left, first row, are Kayla Unvarsy, Mackenzie Nichol, Rofiat Oseni, Jackyla Moye, Erin Scafella, Josmarlyn Rivas and Isell Reyes-Martinez. Second row: Joyce Strubeck, adviser, Honor Society; Nathan Mattey; Tristino Altivilla; Robert Petrovich; Shaquan Everett; and Mohamed Toure’. Third row: Jill Space, adviser, Honor Society; Colleen Robatin, principal; Anthony Khalife, assistant principal; Carol Golden and Willie Golden, accepting for Tyler Winstead; and Robert Watkins, dean of students. Also inducted was Banessa Flores.

HONOR ROLL Lake-Lehman Junior-Senior High School Lake-Lehman Junior-Senior High School recently announced the Honor Roll for the fourth quarter. Grade 7: Distinguished Honor Roll: Nicholas Sergei Albertson, Elizabeth Bartuska, Vincenzo J. Ferrari, Rebecca Lynn Ford, Ashley Herceg, Michael Kenneth James, Emily Marie Johns, Alyssa Lee Kristeller, Andrew Paul Leahy, Marina Renee Malcolm, Thomas John Manzoni, Kara Pauline Martin. High Honor Roll: Nikolas Jacob Antinnes, Savanah Rae Aton, Emily Ann Carey, Janelle Cawley, Jessica Lynn Derhammer, Samantha Lynn Evans, Jay Curtis Foster, Andrew Quinn Herrick, Peter Samuel Hummel, Karly Ann Johns, Katherine Ann Kaminski, Carolyn Anne Kerkowski, Collin G. MacMullen, Matthew Richard Makara, Sarah Kathleen Malak, Tyler William Manzoni, Maranda Martin, Sean Patrick McMonagle, Kaitlyn Meehan, Matthew Kyle Myers, Kendra Renee Pudimott, Sequoia Sioux Saxe, Walkker James Shaw, Hailey Joyce Shefler, Michael Joseph Sikora, Cole Matthew Spencer, Katie Morgan Strohl, Mackenzie Rose Sutton, Sierra Lynn Titus, Kenneth Steele Wickard, Nicholas James Wnuk, Lauren Marie Zeisloft. Honor Roll: Alexis Jaye Barker, Cheyanne Brooke Brucher, Jamie Raine Buzink, Steven Alexander Coley, Abigail Jean Crawford, Mahmoud Yousef Dabsheh, Ian Marshall Dawsey, Shawn William Deeds, Jr., Ariana Destiny Dellarte, Ryan James Dourand, Jennifer Lynn Evans, Brianna Christine Heiser, Evelyn Elizabeth Hosey, Katelynn Rose Hutchins, Glenn Cody Johnson, Devon Karraker, Dakota Jeanne Kittle, Hailey R. Kubiski, Sydney Lynn Lamoreaux, Justin Lansberry, Devin B. Lindley, Jacob Ryan Lotz, Krystal Ann Lowery, Rachel Marie Martini, Katie Marie McCue, Owen James Morgan, Adam Thomas Moto-

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tha Kanios, Bernard Jakob Karlowicz, Kyle Joseph Katchko, Corey Daniel Kinney, Rebecca Ruth Kobal, Grace Elizabeth Kuschke, Lisa Michelle LaBar, Rachel Michelle Leskowsky, Jenny Lynn Lewis, Karen Lynn Marchakitus, Connor James McGovern, Jared Thomas McGrath, Maranda Sue Moosic, Jerome Paul Natishan III, Dylan James Nayavich, Christina Marie Olson, Brian Michael Orbin, Rebecca Sue Osiecki, Zacharia Ouladelhadjahmed, Miranda Grace Parry, Michael Anthony Peck, Nick Dred Radel, Christopher Sabol, Julie Ann Salansky, Alexis Lynne Soifer, Matthew Ryan Sowden, Brandon Michael Tosh, Jessica Ann Ulozas, Blaise Albert Waligun, Corey Weaver, Mikayla Elizabeth Weston, Claire Elizabeth Wilson, Rebecca Lynn Wright.

Grade 8: Distinguished Honor Roll: Kaley Ann Egan, Julia Therese Hutsko, Rachel Jean Malak, Michael Gary Minsavage, Lindsay Elizabeth Pembleton, Catherine Ann Rose, Kaitlin Marie Sutton, Clayton Atwood Vasey. High Honor Roll: Holly Cheyanne Banta, Emily Ann Bauer, Eric Daniel Bordo, Zachary Michael Corey, Lauren Taylor Cunius, Anthony Joseph DeCesaris, Zachary Michael Field, Dominic George Hockenbury, Perry William Hoover, Marie Rose Johns, Colby Allen Karnes, Kayleigh Elizabeth Konek, Karlie Ann Lobitz, Alaina Marie Nastasiak, Haley Alexis Nice, Megan Amelia Spess, Madison Stambaugh, Molly Margaret Storz, Katie Ann Supey, John Noah Thomas, Thomas Lee Williams. Honor Roll: Jillian Lee Ambrose, Elizabeth Jane Bauer, Julia Ann Baur, Aubrey Lynn Bullock, Kayla Marie Carrera, Joseph Edward Chaga, Morgan Arielle Coburn, Karli Anne Coole, Jacob John Corey, Julia Ellen Eneboe, Nicholas Eury, Edward John Geist, III, Domanique Victoria Glatz, Mark Allen Gray, Jr., Anthony Ralph Greco, Kyra Ann Grzymski, Alivia Elaine Harrison, Katelynn Marie Harrison, Charles Lawrence Hennebaul III, Isabelle S. Henry, Brandon Douglas Hogrebe, Jacob Luke Hummel, Kyle Robert James, Saman-

Grade 9: Principal’s Honor Roll: Katherine Bartuska, Noah Thomas Crispell, Hannah Leigh Cross, Jason Charles Field, Sela Ann Fine, Elana M. Herceg, Philip Samuel Hettes, Connor Adam Jones, Shauna Christine Leahy, Megan Ann Mahle, Matthew Granville Miller, Jasmine Mari Leilani Moku, Jenna Koury Mortenson, Cayle Rae Spencer. High Honor Roll: Alysa Kaitlyn Adams, Courtney Ann Carey, Matthew Christoph Chabala, Justus James Cole, Kirsten Anne Cope, Emily Grace Crawford, Zane D. Denmon, Matthew Edkins, Antonio Ferrari, Monica Anne Fries, Micayla Mary Grey, Andrew Richard Hutsko, Jeremy G. Jayne, Nicole Marie Lockard, Lauren MacMullen, Brittany Paige Mahoney, Neil Patrick Mras, Jamie Lynn Niedjaco, Anna Joy O’Connell, Alexis Sophia Oplinger, Julia Rose Pilch, Rachel Helen Pilch, Colleen Mae Spencer, Hannah Rachel Stull, Danae Sutliff, Michael Avery Symeon, Sara Margaret Tronsue, John Thomas Aloysius VanScoy, Jacob Aaron Yaple. Honor Roll: Melissa Lyne Anthony, Natalee Marie Barker, Aleaha Marie Blazick, Tyler Eric Burke, Jade Amber Butler, Cahil James Carey, Jared Marcus Casaldi, Daniel Xavier Cross, Kenley Maria Cutter, Anna Margaret DeFranco, Brian Devine, Morgan

Dallas Knights support Snedeker’s benefit ride The Dallas Council 8224 of the Knights of Columbus recently donated $1,000 to support Joe Snedeker of WNEP-TV in his bike ride throughout the viewing area to raise money benefiting St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton. The center cares for severely physically challenged young people in the area. At the check presentation, from left: Tom Casey, financial secretary; Jerry Schmid, treasurer; Snedeker; Jack Cacozza, grand knight; and Ed Sholtis, deputy grand knight.

Rae Dizbon, Derek Mark Dragon, Emma Elizabeth Evans, Emily Galasso, Jessica Robin Geiger, Jessica Elizabeth Harvey, Caitlyn Taylor Henninger, John Joseph Hospodar, Amy Lynn Ide, Katrina Lee Joyce, Mercedes Keller, Jared Adam Kepner, Shawn Michael Kidd, Kierra Ashlyn Kimble, Brandon James Kozlowski, Hayley Lynn Kozlowski, John Anthony Labatch, Ashley Ikechi Lawrence, Zackary Michael Lewis, James Scott Loefflad, Tiffani Danielle Malinowski, Collin Eric Masters, Eric Alan Masters, Natalie Mae McCue, Sade Elizabeth Miller, Marissa Kate Miscavage, Ginger Lee Mutzabaugh, Robert James Nayavich, Haley Helen Novitski, Tessa Mary Paul, Benjamin Peter Pilch, Carolyn Price, Isabel Sanchez, Joshua Robert Sayre, Amanda Lynn Scavone, Eliana G. Sicurella, Adam Elijah Simmonette, Bethany Lynne Taylor, Courtney Jane Thomas, John David Tomasura, Frank Matthew Vacante, Rachael Ann Waligun, Christian Scott Zeisloft, Ronald Jude Ziomek. Grade 10: Principal’s Honor Roll: Michelle Ash, Maria Anna Chinikaylo, Cassia Rose Cole, Nicholas Joseph Egan, Brittany Faux, Christopher Michael Herrick, Kaylee Ann Hillard, Anna Michelle James, Calvin Elliot Karnes, Stephanie Nicole Konek, Meghan Elizabeth Maccarone, Emily Mae Malak, Courtney E. McMonagle, Jason Patrick Patterson, Ashley Rose Rood, Kelly Ann Sweeney, Alyssa Rae Talacka, Amy Joi Williams, Lindsay Nicole Williams. High Honor Roll: Rachel Nicole Anthony, Tyler R. Bonner, Adam Taylor Dizbon, Austin Charles Harry, Alexander Charles Hoyt, Olivia Taylor Kojadinovich, Kahli Kotulski, Lacey Raye Miller, Brooke Anne O’Brien, Rene Suzanne Rismondo, Kyle Jacob Romanofski, Symantha Susan Sharon, Tracy Lynn Snyder, Megan Elizabeth Sorber, Emily Anne Sutton, Vincent Frederick Williamson. Honor Roll: Brittany Marie Acevedo, Douglas Lee Albertson, Emily Mae Anglovich, Emily Joy Barber, Scott Michael Bean, Danielle Rae Belcher, Brady Robert Butler, R-E-Onna

Elizabeth Canfield, Desirae Leigh David, Victoria Marie DeCesaris, Robert Price Hamilton, Adeline Eve Hannigan, August Kristy Headley, Montana Marie Higgins, Dustin Daily Jones, Amber Briana Kelley, Lacy Lyn Lawson, Jordan S. Lindley, Shoshana Marie Mahoney, Timothy Vincent Marchakitus, Connor Daniel McCue, David Allen Oliver, Megan Jo Osiecki, Corey James Pagnotti, Jacob Walter Pelton, Katelyn Anne Pelton, Alexander Thomas Scott, Lara Ann Shirey, Daniel A. Stefanowicz, Brinley Elizabeth Williams, Joseph John Wojcik III, Robert William Wright III. Grade 1 1: Principal’s Honor Roll: Joel Austin, Thomas D. Boyle, Jason Daron, Megan A. Davis, Cody M. Derhammer, Christopher N. Edkins, Carly L. Grombel, Katie E. Heindel, Rachael E. Hohol, Ashley D. Jackson, Jared M. James, Amanda L. Mathers, Karli A. O’Brien, Samantha M. Sabol, Bethany Joi Williams, Karen P. Yamrick, Kaitlyn Yoniski. High Honor Roll: Sarah M. Bedford, John Patrick Butler, IV, Karli Ann Doran, William T. Hillman, Sierra S. Pall, Cody Christopher Spriggs, Kieran C. Sutton, Molly F. Van Scoy, Dustin Zeiler. Honor Roll: Connor Balloun, Ashlee M. Barker, Kayley Bedford, Kenneth Wayne Besecker, Zachary D. Bevan, Mark M. Bilbow, Emily Blaski, Victoria E. Cadwalader, Zachary T. Chabala, Jarod J. Ciehoski, Jolisa Raquel Copeman, Miranda Evan Dembowski, Kayla D. Denmon, Tristan Ryder Fry, Michael Cole Hartman, Brent Hizny, Shalynn R. Honeywell, Robert H. Ide, Brandon Nathaniel Kelley, Alyssa A. Kobal, Kristopher J. Konicki, Colin E. Kovalchek, Shane Christopher Kreller, Michael J. LaBatch, Megan M. Lee, Samantha J. Lindley, Emily Maculloch, Craig Michael Manzoni, Alesha Martin, Kayla Ann Martin, Michael L. Murphy, Thomas J. Murphy, Donald W. Nevel, III, Abraham Caleb O’Connell, Nicole Marie O’Connor, Samantha A. O’Neill, Jeremy W. Prater, Rachel Runner, Sarah N. Stacey, Cassandra Marie Stevens, Deanna Marie Szabo, Kasey Rebecca Wasylyk.

Dashawnna Jones, third grade, and Sean Spencer, fourth grade, were selected as Students of the Month at the GNA Elementary Center, Nanticoke. The program is designed to promote and reward good citizenship. Local vendors provide prizes to each student monthly.

Dianne Cohen was recently appointed as the local coordinator for student exchange for the Northwest Services PEACE Program. Cohen will be working with international students, local host families and partner high schools to help make dreams come true for international teens who wish to learn more about the United States, perfect their English ability and develop life-long relationships with American families. Cohen has been a part of exchange programs for 38 years, both as a participant and coordinator. She was a delegate for Intercambio Internationalde Estudiantes for over 20 years. She and her family have hosted students from Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Cohen resides in northeastern Pennsylvania, where she teaches high school Spanish at Wyoming Valley West High School. Cohen also works with students through the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program. The YES program was developed after 9/11 to build bridges between the United States and predominantly Muslim countries. For more information on the programs, contact Cohen at 855-3037977, toll free, or MzCohen@aol.com.

Grade 12: Principal’s Honor Roll: Kristen Dicton Boyle, Joseph Charles Brandenburg, Bryan P. Carter, Connor Ian Daly, Shelby Jean Foster, Victoria Ann Frederick, Matthew Joseph Gorski, Rachel Holena, Alexandra Samantha Jayne, Kevin T. Katchko Jr., Kayla R. Koziol, Emily Anne Leskowsky, Michelle Lipski, Marissa L. Moosic, Carol F. Mosier, Jared L. Novitski, Tiffany Celia Oplinger, Mikayla O. Orrson, Nathan Rinehouse, Taryn E. Talacka, Paige Elizabeth Vacante, Carl D. Whispell Jr. High Honor Roll: Amber Elizabeth Anderson, Lindsey Lee Bennett, Julia A. Bilbow, Pawel Chrzanowski, Sara Elizabeth Davis, Jay Brendan Dawsey, Charleen AR Fisher, Christopher Thomas Gerlin, Callie M. Grey, Lewis B. Hackling, Samantha Joe Headley, Ryan C. Hoyt, Scott P. Judson, Jonathan Dennis King, Michael Thomas, Kiwak, Brent R. Oliver, II, Justin Z. Partington, Cody A. Poepperling, Rebecca A. Rosser, Justin M. Salvati, Raine C. Scott, Job Thompson Stepanski, Alexis P. VanFleet. Honor Roll: Jamie Aldrich, Eliott James Anderson, Olivia L. Anglovich, Katelyn A. Ashton, Curtis James Barbacci, Jacob Daniel Bevan, Lauren Elizabeth Boyle, John Thomas Butchko, Brittany Lee Carey, Laura L. Casterline, Adam Chorba, Stephanie Marie Cunningham, Hope Dante, Matthew DeAngelis, Amy L. Denmon, David Dominick Eury, Mark K. Evans, II, Elizabeth Farrell, Korey Mitchell Fegely, Sean Fertal, Kyle J. Fine, Nicole Lauren Fink, Desiree L. Frost, Lucas Lansberry, Samantha Marie Loefflad, Zachary J. Manganella, Breanna Elizabeth Marshall, Curtis V. McGovern, Tyler James-Charles McGovern, Lianna Milazzo, Briar D. Moore, Hunter L. Murphy, Desiree Amanda Remas, Amanda Leah Rodriguez-Teutonico, Alison L. Sankey, Brandon Michael Scott, Troy J. Shurites, Evonne M. Spencer, Kailee Taylor, Jordan Thomas, Zachary D. Titus, Keegan G. Truska, Zachary David VanLoon, Mackenzie E. Wagner, Daniel C. Williams, Ashlyn R. Wilson, David A. Wilson, Matthew David Wolman, Merissa R. Wright.

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Logan Anthony Burke, son of Sherri and Dave Burke, Glen Lyon, is celebrating his fourth birthday today, July 29. Logan is a grandson of Linda Hanlon and Matthew Hanlon, both of Glen Lyon, and Rebecca Ball, Nanticoke. He has three brothers, Corey, 20, Robert, 15, and Jaden, 9, and three sisters, Renita, 15, and the late Kaitlynn and Kayla.

Walski, Carrie and Brian, Kingston, twin son and daughter, July 8.

Montrose, Gicia and Jean Rony, Wilkes-Barre, twin daughters, July 2. Denman, Damien and Dustin Yokavonis, Dallas, a son, July 3. Troy, Christina and Joel Tiru, Plymouth, a daughter, July 4. Bell, Marcy and Steven, Pittston, a daughter, July 5. Decker, Lindsey and Jeffrey Liddick, Montrose, a daughter, July 5. Powell, Shaqkita and Floyd, Nanticoke, a daughter, July 6. Heck, Lisa and John Colarusso, West Pittston, a daughter, July 7. Pellam, Kelly Ann and Randy Douglas Amatrudi, Factoryville, a daughter, July 7. Spellman, Colleen and William Banas, Wilkes-Barre, a daughter,

Fernandes, Stephanie and Darren, Plains Township, a daughter, July 12. Rushmer, Bernadette and Jason, Shavertown, a daughter, July 12. Molenko, Tonya and Mike, Brooklyn, a son, July 12.

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Vitale, Amanda and David, Edwardsville, a son, July 12.

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Smith, Marianne and Ira, Shavertown, a son, July 13.

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Williams, Rebecca and Michael, Larksville, a daughter, July 1 1.

Bauman, Jamie Lyn and John, West Wyoming, a daughter, July 14.

Jeziorski, Gina and Michael, Kingston, a daughter, July 1 1.

Butchko, Jennifer and Jeffrey J. McAvoy, Larksville, a son, July 8.

Mulgrew, Andrea and Robert, Nicholson, a daughter, July 2.

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Marek, Erin and Scott, Drums, a son, July 8.

Carden, Lauralie and John, Avoca, a daughter, July 2.

Austyn Lepore, son of Nicole and Tom Lepore, Plains Township, is celebrating his third birthday today, July 29. Austyn is a grandson of Elenor Lapsansky, Inkerman; Michael Lapsansky, Falls; and Tom Lepore and Michalene Thoma, both of Plains Township.

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Nesbitt Women’s & Children’s Center at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Mihalos, Jeanna and Emanuel II, Nanticoke, a daughter, July 8.

Bronack, Nicole and Andrew Laubach, West Wyoming, a daughter, July 13. Petroski, Angela and Brian Deats, Plains Township, a son, July 13. Granville, Aleatha, Wilkes-Barre, a son, July 13.

Brogan R. Puzak Kayleigh R. Horensky Kayleigh Rose Horensky, daughter of Candace Horensky, WilkesBarre, is celebrating her second birthday today, July 29. Kayleigh is a granddaughter of William Horensky, Wilkes-Barre. She is a great-granddaughter of Anna Horensky and Gene and Eugene Chabak, Exeter.

Brogan Ryan Puzak, son of Amanda Yuhas and Kevin Puzak, is celebrating his second birthday today, July 29. Brogan is a grandson of Steven and JoAnne Yuhas and Joseph Puzak, all of Wilkes-Barre; Jennifer and Robert Harrison, Swoyersville; and Erin Puzak, Hanover Township. He is a great-grandson of Peter and Pauline Yuhas, Nanticoke; Loretta Stefanoski and the late Robert Stefanoski, Hanover Township; the late William Stogoski, Harveys Lake; and MaryAnn Stogoski, Edwardsville.

Awards given out at JLW Mountain Laurel Lions Charter Night JLW Mountain Laurel Lions Club recently held its Charter Night at the East Mountain Inn, Wilkes-Barre. Melvin Jones Fellow Lion Elsie Belmont received a Key Award, which is given to members who recruit at least 10 new members for the club. District Governor Marilyn Tosh presented the award. At the event, from left, are Tosh and Belmont.

Realtors Association helps sponsor LIU Field Day The Greater Wilkes-Barre Association of Realtors was a co-sponsor of this year’s LIU Field Day held on May 24 at the Wyoming Valley West Stadium. Some of the participating realtors, from left, first row, are Ed Montalvo, Dave Rubbico Jr., Matt Hodoroski, Jerry Cegelka, Tony Ranieli, Tom Salvaggio, Jim Graham, Deb Rosenberg and Phil Semenza. Second row: Dave Rubbico, Carol Shedlock, Whitney Lopuhovsky, Donna Klug, Ruthy Hollander, Kathy Tkaczyk, Joan Everrett, Agnes Rundle, Angie Dessoye, Michele Reap, Keri Best, Leo Sperazza, Lu Ann Sperrazza, Sarah Rosenberg, Nancy Bohn and Tracy Zarola. Third row: Ron Solt, Mike Griffiths, Kim Reilly, John Thomas, Cary Jefcoat, Debbie Reed, Ann Lewis,Pam McGovern, Bob Rundle, Terri Guasto, Kevin Sobilio, Rick Gaetano and Charlie Adonizio. Fourth row: Chad Adonizio, Eddie Heck, Steve Shemo and Kristi Adonizio.

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Christine J. Richard, James John Wheeler. Honors: Kenneth C. Askew, Jory D. Brezinski, Christopher D. Cragle, Brittney O. Hill, Nichole L. Hill, Paule T. Holena, Alyssa M. Lord, Zachary T. Moshey, Felecia E. Nevel, Kendra S. Poaches, Mitchel E. Pointon, Alexandra L. Quick, Alexandria J. Rosencrans, Benjamin T. Royer, Paige E. Siani, Danielle J. Simon, Cassandra M. Waseilewski, Manielyah I. Welcome, Marily J. Wheeler, Shannon Yavorchak, Jamie M. Zimmerman. Grade 1 1: Highest Honors: Hayley A. Novak. High Honors: Kassandra L. Edmonds, Emilee A. Krasson, Darren M. Lupole, Jessica N. Ogrodnick, Justin Romanski, Sareina M. Wootton. Honors: Victoria M. Apostolov, Alton Baggett, Amanda Cwalina, Katelynn Deyo, Anthony DiMaria, Jennifer L. Durk, Richelle M. Fountain, Brandon J. Goble, Krista M. Gribble, Rebecca Kemp, Jeanine Kobetitsch, Melyssa N. Laureano, Zacharie T. Leonard, Mark A. Mesaris, Kyle J. Novitski,

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Solid six remain bound for Nittany

Group of 2013 recruits visited the campus Saturday and confirmed their intentions. By DEREK LEVARSE dlevarse@timesleader.com

The first signs that a storm was about to hit Penn State came from high schoolers. On July 20 – two days before the NCAA announced there would be a press conference detailing sanctions against the Nittany Lions – reports circulated that a pair of Penn State verbal commitments was visiting other colleges. Word had passed down from top university officials to acting athletic director Dave Joyner and coach Bill O’Brien to recruits. Penalties were coming, and they would be severe. So it wasn’t a surprise that New Jersey defensive tackle Greg Webb announced last weekend he would instead be headed to North Carolina. Or that Ohio cornerback Ross Douglas made the switch to Michigan on Tuesday. But remarkably, Penn State still has 12 commitments for the signing class of 2013 in the wake of some of the harshest punishments in NCAA history. And while some of them are still weighing their options, a group of six visited State College on Saturday and told O’Brien they remain 100 percent committed to the Lions. Harrisburg area tight end Adam Breneman, Philadelphia receiver Will Fuller, Virginia quarterback Christian Hackenberg, New Jersey offensive lineman Brendan Mahon, Hershey offensive lineman Andrew Nelson and New Jersey defensive end Garrett Sickels all announced their decisions within minutes of each other on TwitSee SOLID, Page 9C

MLB

Maddon’s Rays seek playoffs

The Hazleton native continues to work his magic with one of baseball’s smallest payrolls.

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LOCHTE IN A KNOCKOUT American golden in 400IM; Phelps 4th

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Ryan Lochte reacts after finishing first in the men’s 400-meter individual medley swimming final at the Aquatics Centre on Saturday in London.

First U.S. gold comes in pool, but not from legend not all: The winningest Olympian ever didn’t win any medal at all, the first time that’s happened in a race of this magnitude since he was a 15-year-old kid competing in just one event at the Sydney Games, a dozen years ago. “It was horrible,” Phelps told coach Bob Bowman when he climbed out. Bowman’s reply: “It was.” Lochte turned the much-anticipated duel with Phelps into a blowout, raising serious questions about whether the guy who has won 14 gold medals and 16 medals overall has anything left in the tank for his Olympic farewell. Phelps is planning to retire as soon as he finishes the last of his seven races in London, but he looked ready to call it a career while struggling just to pull himself from the water when his first

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer

LONDON — Ryan Lochte strolled the deck of the Olympic Aquatics Centre wearing diamonds in his mouth and lime-green sneakers on the feet that powered him through the water faster than anyone else. Beaming, he chomped playfully on his gold medal while Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” blared throughout the massive arena. Michael Phelps? He was nowhere to be found. Not during the race. Not when it came time to hand out the medals. On a stunner of an opening night at the pool in London, Phelps was routed by his American rival in the 400-meter individual medley, losing to Lochte by more than 4 seconds Saturday. That’s See LOCHTE, Page 8C

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• Drums’ Casey Eichfeld and Dallas’ Paige Selenski will both see their first action in the London Olympics. Eichfeld in the heats of the C-1 canoe competition Selenski and Selelinski as Team USA takes on Germany. • LeBron James and company swing into action as Team USA takes on France in men’s basketball.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Field Hockey, Team USA vs. Germany, 4:15 p.m., NBCSN • Men’s Basketball, Team USA vs. France, 9:30 a.m., NBCSN • Cycling, women’s road race, 7 a.m., NBC

INSIDE • Local athlete Paige Selenski is hunting for a medal, Page 6C.

Beaches are all about sun, sand and fun, and how you get there

By JUSTIN BEITER For The Times Leader

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The season has been a trying one so far for the Tampa Bay Rays. Already dealing with payroll limitations, injuries to key players have stood in the way of the Rays’ push for their fourth playoff appearance in the last five years. Maddon Having sent 14 players to the disabled list and sporting just the fifth-lowest payroll in Major League Baseball, Hazleton native Joe Maddon has managed to keep his team in the crowed American League wild card race despite all the obstacles. "Actually, in spite of all the injuries, we’re still in pretty good shape," Maddon said during an

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Tom Hopeck of Hazleton is planning on riding to Rehoboth Beach, Del., from Hazleton later this year.

Who wouldn’t enjoy a nice trip to the beach this time of year? After all what could be better than a little sun, sand, fun and the 212-mile bike ride that gets your there? At least that’s what Tom Hopeck of Hazleton thinks. Hopeck is organizing a “To the Beach” ride that will start Hazleton and hopefully end in Rehoboth Beach, Del., sometime in late September. Hopeck got the idea for the ride when he was vacationing with his wife in Rehoboth in 2008. He saw a sign for 150mile MS Bike to the Bay charity ride. “I thought that would be a fun thing to do,” Hopeck said. “But then I thought instead of doing the 150 why not just ride the 212 miles down there.” And that he did … well almost. Leaving Hazleton at 5 a.m. and with

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his wife driving the SAG wagon, Hopeck made it 175 miles before nightfall put an end to his ride. Don’t fret though, Hopeck was back on his bike the next day getting in the rest of the 200-plus miles. The next year, Hopeck incorporated his ride into the MS150 and ended up riding 330 miles in the course of three days. Then earlier this year, Hopeck and See SAND, Page 9C

PAUL SOKOLOSKI OPINION

Ehret’s spirit is what they’ll all remember best

e didn’t get the chance to be an athlete for very long, because cancer killed Corey Ehret’s sports career too quickly after it started. But what he accomplished while he was there will live in Dallas High School lore forever. They will remember the kid who always believed he could, even when circumstances predicted he couldn’t. They will be motivated by the memory of someone so determined, he inspired others to get up when it’d be much easier to stay down. And they’ll recall how, even as his own hard journey kept unexpectedly changing course on him, Corey Ehret never found it difficult to navigate. It’s why he still fills those he touched with so much life, even after his death. His own life finished way too short at the age of 18 last Sunday, when Ehret’s courageous three-year battle with embryonal rhabdomyo sarcoma ended. “I’ll never know what this kid was capable of,” Dallas track and cross country coach Matt Samuel said. Instead, they prefer to think of what Ehret was. Many accomplishments He was a soccer player in middle school, a member of the high school cross country and track teams at Dallas, an employee at the Irem Temple Club golf course’s pro shop, and an avid skier, hunter and fisherman. He was so much more. Ehret was a Dallas High School grad last month, a member of the Dallas Middle School jazz band, a 4H camp counselor at Hickory Run State Park, a member of the youth group at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and a volunteer for the Luzerne County Recreation Department Summer Camp for special-needs adults. He never won state championships or set school records during his sports playing days. Instead, he captured the love and admiration of a whole community. “Corey was always a person who was determined, hard-working and he didn’t let any struggles show,” said Patrick Newhart, who became fast friends with Ehret through school, not sports. “He’d always see the best of things.” It never concerned Ehret, or anyone else, if he didn’t come out of a race with the best time of anyone. Only that he was doing his best. “Did he score this or that? Doesn’t matter,” Samuel said. “Anybody who has to overcome that … I was shocked with how well this kid does.” Ehret did it while battling his cancer, which knocked him out of the 2010 season. But he returned to the cross country team one more time in 2011, after becoming a pioneer of immunotherapy for sarcoma treatment and then making the squad on sheer heart. “Let me tell you how great an athlete this kid was in his own right,” Samuel said. “After going through the most difficult experimental treatment that completely ruins your joints, and then coming back on our cross country team and making our varsity squad, that’s the drive and will of an athlete. “A great athlete.” Samuel has spent 16 years coaching Dallas, won 13 district titles and two state championships, and he said none of that has been more uplifting or inspirational than watching Corey Ehret treat impossible obstacles as twigs while he covered the course of his life. He may not have had real long to do it. But Corey Ehret made it the best time, because he never stopped going the distance.

Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or email him at psokoloski@timesleader.com.

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BULLETIN BOARD CAMPS/CLINICS Electric City Baseball and Softball Academy will host its annual Fall Baseball Little League Camp at Connell Park August 20, 21 and 22 from 9 a.m.- Noon. Cost is $85. More information: call 955-0471 or visit www.electriccitybaseball.com. King’s College/Kirby Park Jr. Tennis Camp will hold its third and final session July 30 through August 10 at the Kirby Park Tennis courts. The camp will run Monday through Thursday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. with Friday serving as a make-up day. The camp features fundamentals of tennis instruction, competition and various related tennis activities. Each student will receive a free tennis racket if required as well as a complimentary camp T-shirt. Enrolling in two or more sessions a student will receive a free junior tennis membership. Interested parties should call the Kirby Park Tennis Office at 7149697 to sign up or get an informational camp flyer. Participant may also sign up the first day of the session. Misericordia University Baseball is hosting a one-day Summer Exposure Camp for high school players interested in playing college baseball. Camp will be held on Sunday, August 26 from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and will feature the first organized baseball activity on new state-ofthe-art Tambur Field on Misericordia’s campus in Dallas. For details and registration form, visit athletics.misericordia.edu. LEAGUES Brews Brothers Fall Softball League has openings for men and coed. For info call Tony at 693-0506. Dunmore Missy League will host a U12 ASA fast-pitch softball tournament July 30 to Aug. 5 at Sherwood Park in Dunmore. Format will be double elimination. Cost is $125 per team plus one new 12-inch optic yellow softball. This is a "rec" level all-star tournament and no "travel teams" will be allowed to participate. You must be ASA registered and provide proof of insurance. For more information, call Billy Griffiths (840-5937) or Dino Darbenzio (650-5159). Kingston/Forty Fort Little League is accepting little league affiliated teams (agers 12-14) to play in a fall baseball league at O’Hara Field in Swoyersville. The league is a 10-game season beginning Aug. 25. Travel teams are not permitted. Contact Dave at d_antall@yahoo.com or 362-3561 for more information. MEETINGS Checkerboard Inn Bowling League will meet, Wednesday, August 15 at 7 p.m. at Chacko’s Family Bowling Center. All teams are required to have a representative attend. Also the league is seeking bowlers & teams for the fall/winter season. The league is an 80% handicapped men’s league which bowls Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. Interested parties are asked to contact Chacko’s lanes or Frank Lipski at 675-7532. Dick McNulty Bowling League will hold a reorganization meeting on Tuesday, August 14 at 1 p.m. at the Miners-Mills Triangle Club on East Main Street. Bowlers and teams interested in joining the league should call Fred Favire at 215-0180 or Windy Thoman at 824-3086. The league gets underway August 28. Nanticoke Area Little League will hold its monthly meeting August 1 at the High School Cafe at 7:30 p.m. Board Members are to meet at 7 p.m. Wyoming Valley West Aquatics Parents Club will be having a very important, informative meeting for all parents on Monday, July 30 at 7 p.m. at Grotto Pizza in Edwardsville for the upcoming 2012-13 season. All returning parents and also current eighth grade parents of athletes that are going to be joining swim, dive or water polo next year are encouraged to attend. PHYSICALS Lake-Lehman High School will conduct physicals for fall sports at 9 a.m. on the following days: Wednesday, Aug. 1 - all junior high girls; Wednesday, Aug. 8 – all junior high boys. If you are unable to report on your scheduled day, you may come on the next day scheduled for a boy or a girl. There are new PIAA sport physical forms this year, which can be picked up at the high school office or can be printed from the Lake-Lehman School District web site under Athletics. All physical forms must be signed prior to the exam by a parent/ guardian. There will be no make-up exams. REGISTRATIONS/TRYOUTS Duryea Little League will have signups for fall ball July 30-31 from 6-8 p.m at the the Duryea Little League field. The cost is $30 per player or $45 per family. The regular monthly meeting will be held Aug. 5 at 7p.m. at the Duryea Little League field. For more information, call Ron Ralston at 881-0908.

Hanover Area Junior High Field Hockey will hold registrations for girls in grades 7-9 enrolled in the Hanover Area School District and interested in playing field hockey will be held on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the high school track complex. At that time, a schedule of practices and necessary equipment will be given out. Kingston/Forty Fort Fall Baseball League is holding registration for players ages 12-14 at O’Hara Field in Swoyersville. The league is accepting Little League-affiliated teams to play in a 10-game season beginning August 25. Travel teams are not permitted. Please contact Dave at d_antall@yahoo.com or 3623561 for more information. Leighton Sunday Softball League is accepting applications for its fall league that will begin August 12. Any men’s team can contact John Leighton at 430-8437. The entry deadline is August 1. Jenkins Twp Little League will hold registration for Fall Ball on Monday and Tuesday, July 30 and 31 from 6 – 8 p.m. at the field house. Sign up cost is $30 per player or $45 for family. Jenkins Twp Little League will also be having its Family Picnic on Saturday, August 25 beginning at 4 p.m. featuring dunk tank, bouncy house, lots of food and games for the kids and an outdoor movie. Cost is $15 for parents and non-players .Players are free. You can register and pay for the picnic at Fall Ball sign ups on Monday and Tuesday at the field house. Johnstown Tomahawks will hold the First Annual Johnstown Tomahawks Golf Tournament Monday, August 20 at the Sunnehanna Country Club located in Westmont, Pa. Tomahawks President Rick Bouchard and team owners, including former Pittsburgh Steeler and Hall-of-Famer Jack Ham and NFL legend Shane Conlan, will host the event. Registration and lunch will begin at 11 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Each foursome will play 18 holes in a shamble format. All those who register for the event will also receive dinner, beverages, a Johnstown Tomahawks shirt, and other entertainment. A silent auction will take place after the tournament, and prizes to be awarded include sports memorabilia from Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby, Penn State, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Johnstown hockey. To reserve your foursome, please contact the Tomahawks at (814) 536-4625. Newport Township Lions Club will host its 34th Annual Golf Tournament, Friday, August 17 at the Mill Race Golf Club. It will be the Captain and Mate, better ball point system and will have an 8 a.m. shotgun start.It will feature $1,500 in cash prizes if 80 golfers participate.Fee is $130 per team and includes green fees, cart, refreshments and a skins game.For more information, please contact John Zyla, Chairperson, at 735-1714. Northeast Bearcats Travel Softball will hold tryouts for its 16/18U team. For more information and to register for a tryout call Mark at 704-7603. PA Fusion Girls Travel Softball teams will be holding try outs for the 2013 season for position on the 12U, 14U and 16U softball teams. Try outs will be held Tuesday, July 31 and Thursday, August 2 at 6 p.m. at the Nanticoke Area little league field. Call 902-5198 for more information. Pocono Elite, North Eastern PA’s newest premier travel softball organization for elite players, will hold tryouts Aug. 11, 18 and 19 at East Stroudsburg University softball field. 12U and 14U tryouts will be held from 10 a.m. –noon. 16Uand 18U tryouts will be held from 1 – 3 p.m. Multiple tryouts are recommended. For more information, email PoconoElite@hotmail.com. Stripes & Strikes 2013 Travel Softball Teams will hold tryouts at the 17th Street Field in Hazleton Aug. 12 at 5:30 p.m. for 12u, 6 p.m. for 14u and 7 p.m. for 16u/18u. They will also hold tryouts August 15 at 6 p.m. for 12u/14u and 7 p.m. Swoyersville Kiwanis Club is sponsoring its 13th annual golf tournament on Sunday, August 12, at Four Seasons Golf Club in Exeter. Format is Captain & Crew with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Cost is $65 per golfer which includes green fees, cart, dinner, prizes and refreshments. There will be a longest drive hold and 50-50 hole. To register call Gene at 283-1677 or Bar at 287-8783. Deadline to register is August 8. Wyoming Valley Vipers will be holding tryouts for the 2013 season. Tryouts will be held for girls in age groups of 10U, 12U and 14U. The first tryout will be held on Wednesday, August 1 at 6 p.m. at Kirby Park rear field. The next tryout will be held on Tuesday, August 7 at 6 p.m. at the Back Mountain Little League Field in Dallas. If you are unable to make these dates, or for more information, please contact Steve at 417-7217, Ed at 417-1119 or Doug at 240-6893. Bulletin Board items will not be accepted over the telephone. Items may be faxed to 831-7319, dropped off at the Times Leader or mailed to Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250.

HOLE-IN-ONE John Butzek recorded a holein-one at the Wilkes-Barre Golf Club on June 22 on the fourth hole at a distance of 160 yards. Witnesses were Ed Rice, Jerry Ricci and Rich Danko.

L O C A L C A L E N D A R TODAY'S EVENTS AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Junior Regional Tournament Nanticoke at Freemansburg Tournament Swoyersville at Kutztown Tournament LITTLE LEAGUE EAST REGION 9-10 SOFTBALL (at Old Forge Little League) Bob Horlacher vs. Maryland champ, 8 p.m.

MONDAY, JULY 30 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Junior Regional Tournament Nanticoke at Freemansburg Tournament Swoyersville at Kutztown Tournament LITTLE LEAGUE EAST REGION 9-10 SOFTBALL (at Old Forge Little League) Bob Horlacher vs. Cumberland National, R.I., 5:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, JULY 31 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Junior Regional Tournament Nanticoke at Freemansburg Tournament Swoyersville at Kutztown Tournament Senior League State Tournament at Boyertown

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AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, Hungarian Grand Prix, at Budapest, Hungary 1 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Your Hero’s Name Here 400, at Indianapolis 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, Sonoma Nationals, at Sonoma, Calif. (same-day tape)

GOLF

6 a.m. TGC — LPGA, Evian Masters, final round, at Evianles-Bains, France Noon ESPN2 — The Senior British Open Championship, final round, at Ayrshire, Scotland 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, Canadian Open, final round, at Ancaster, Ontario 7 p.m. TGC — Web.com Tour, Children’s Hospital Invitational, final round, at Columbus, Ohio (same-day tape)

Minor League Baseball International League

BY ROXY ROXBOROUGH BASEBALL Favorite

Odds

Underdog BLUE JAYS

American League Tigers

9.5

ORIOLES

8.5

A’s

TWINS

8.5

Indians

ANGELS

8.0

Rays

MARINERS

6.5

Royals

RANGERS

10.5

White Sox

YANKEES

Red Sox Padres

National League MARLINS

8.0

BRAVES

7.5

Phillies

Pirates

8.0

ASTROS

Nationals

8.5

BREWERS

Cards

Reds

10.5

ROCKIES

CUBS

Dodgers

6.0

GIANTS

D’BACKS

8.5

Mets

NOTE: There will be no over/under run total (which would be the overnight total) for all the Chicago Cubs home games due to the constantly changing weather reports at Wrigley Field. Please check with www.americasline.com for the latest Cubs run total on the day of the game

London;swimming;men’s basketball;boxing;beach volleyball;men’s volleyball;tennis, at London 8:30 a.m. CNBC — Boxing, at London 3:30 p.m. CNBC — Boxing, at London 7 p.m. NBC — Women’s team gymnastics;swimming Gold Medal finals: men’s 100m breaststroke, men’s 4x100m freestyle relay, women’s 100m butterfly, women’s 400m freestyle;women’s diving, synchronized springboard Gold Medal final, at London (same-day tape) 12 Mid. TELEMUNDO — Women’s team gymnastics;swimming, Gold Medal finals, at London (sameday tape) 12:35 a.m. NBC — Women’s team gymnastics;whitewater canoeing, at London (delayed tape)

SOCCER

7 p.m. NBCSN — MLS, New England at Philadelphia

TENNIS

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1:30 p.m. WQMY — Philadelphia at Atlanta 2 p.m. ROOT – Pittsburgh at Houston TBS — Washington at Milwaukee 2:10 p.m. WGN — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs 4 p.m. WPIX — N.Y. Mets at Arizona 8 p.m. ESPN — Boston at N.Y. Yankees

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m. SE2, WYLN — New Britain at Reading

MOTORSPORTS

6 p.m. SPEED — MotoGP World Championship, at Salinas, Calif. (same-day tape) 11 p.m. SPEED — AMA Pro Racing, at Salinas, Calif. (same-day tape)

OLYMPICS

4 a.m. NBCSN — LIVE: men’s basketball: United States vs. France, Brazil vs. Australia, Spain vs. China, Argentina vs. Lithuania;women’s field hockey: United States vs. Germany, New Zealand vs. Australia;beach volleyball;DELAYED TAPE: equestrian, eventing dressage;women’s weightlifting, 53kg Gold Medal final;women’s archery, team Gold Medal final, women’s shooting, skeet Gold Medal final;badminton, at London NBC BASKETBALL — Men’s, United States vs. France, Brazil vs. Australia, Nigeria vs. Tunisia, Spain vs. China, Russia vs. Britain, Argentina vs. Lithuania, at London 7 a.m. BRAVO — Tennis, at London MSNBC — LIVE: Men’s soccer: Brazil vs. Belarus, at Manchester, England;Senegal vs. Uruguay, at London;Britain vs. United Arab Emirates, at London;men’s indoor volleyball: Russia vs. Germany, SAME-DAY TAPE: Italy vs. Poland;men’s water polo, Hungary vs. Serbia;men’s handball, Croatia vs. South Korea;table tennis;badminton, at London NBC — SAME-DAY TAPE: women’s team gymnastics;swimming;LIVE: women’s cycling, road race;beach volleyball;men’s volleyball, United States vs. Serbia;men’s water polo, United States vs. Montenegro, at London NBC SOCCER — Men’s, LIVE: Egypt vs. New Zealand, at Manchester, England;Brazil vs. Belarus, at Manchester, England;Senegal vs. Uruguay, at London;Britain vs. United Arab Emirates, at London;SAME-DAY TAPE: Mexico vs. Gabon, at Coventry, England;Japan vs. Morocco, at Newcastle, England;South Korea vs. Switzerland, at Coventry, England;Spain vs. Honduras, at Newcastle, England TELEMUNDO — LIVE: Men’s soccer, Mexico vs. Gabon, at Coventry, England;Spain vs. Honduras, at Newcastle, England;Senegal vs. Uruguay, at

T R A N S A C T I O N S BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Assigned OF Aaron Cunningham outright to Columbus (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated OF Vernon Wells from the 60-day DL. Recalled INF Andrew Romine from Salt Lake (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled 3B Danny Valencia from Rochester (IL). National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled INF Tommy Field from Colorado Springs (PCL). HOUSTON ASTROS — Assigned RHP Enerio Del Rosario and RHP Aneury Rodriguez outright to Oklahoma City (PCL). Claimed INF Steve Pearce off waivers from Baltimore. Selected the contract of RHP Armando Galarraga from Oklahoma City. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Recalled RHP Mark Rogers from Nashville (PCL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Reinstated 3B Aubrey Huff from the 15-day DL. Placed INF Pablo Sandoval on the 15-day DL. Designated INF Emmanuel Burriss for assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Brian Broderick.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Signed C Hamed Haddadi. ORLANDO MAGIC — Named Jacque Vaughn coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived G Vince Manuwai. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed LB David Nixon. CHICAGO BEARS — Waived PK David Teggart. DETROIT LIONS — Removed DE Ronnell Lewis from the physically-unable-to-perform list. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed G Kasey Studdard. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed RB Will Ta’ufo’ou. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Re-signed P Thomas Morstead to a six-year contract extension. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed QB Kyle Boller to a one-year contract. TENNESSEE TITANS — Announced the retirement of C Jon Cooper. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Claimed WR Dezmon Briscoe from Tampa Bay. Waived WR Brian Hernandez.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Waived M Ryan Maduro.

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The Greater Pittston Senior Legion recently won the Wyoming Valley American Legion baseball championship and last week placed third at the Region 5 Tournament. From left: Manager Drew Whyte, coach Jerry Ranieli, coach Rob Lemoncelli, coach Charlie McDermott. Second row: Kody Nowicki, Ryan Carey, Ron Musto, Dylan Maloney, Tyler Loftus. Third row: Eric Walkowiak, Mike Carey, Jacob Granteed, P.J. Bone, Nick O’Brien. Fourth row: Bart Chupka, Trent Grove, Adam Romanowski, Travis DeBona, Randy McDermott.

North Division W L Pct. GB Yankees ................................... 60 47 .561 — 1 Pawtucket (Red Sox) .............. 60 48 .556 ⁄2 Lehigh Valley (Phillies) ........... 58 49 .542 2 Buffalo (Mets)........................... 52 55 .486 8 Rochester (Twins) ................... 52 55 .486 8 Syracuse (Nationals)............... 50 56 .472 91⁄2 South Division W L Pct. GB Charlotte (White Sox) ............. 61 47 .565 — Norfolk (Orioles) ...................... 54 54 .500 7 Durham (Rays)......................... 50 58 .463 11 Gwinnett (Braves) ................... 49 59 .454 12 West Division W L Pct. GB Indianapolis (Pirates)............... 66 42 .611 — Columbus (Indians) ................. 58 50 .537 8 Toledo (Tigers) ........................ 42 66 .389 24 Louisville (Reds) ...................... 41 67 .380 25 Saturday's Games Yankees at Pawtucket, ppd. rain Louisville 8, Toledo 4 Syracuse 6, Lehigh Valley 4 Gwinnett 5, Charlotte 3 Buffalo at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m. Rochester at Columbus, 7:05 p.m. Durham at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m. Today's Games Yankees at Pawtucket, 1:05 p.m. Buffalo at Indianapolis, 1:15 p.m. Gwinnett at Charlotte, 2:15 p.m. Lehigh Valley at Syracuse, 3 p.m., 1st game Lehigh Valley at Syracuse, 5:30 p.m., 2nd game Louisville at Toledo, 6 p.m. Rochester at Columbus, 6:05 p.m. Durham at Norfolk, 6:15 p.m. Monday's Games Lehigh Valley at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Louisville at Toledo, 7 p.m. Rochester at Columbus, 7:05 p.m. Buffalo at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m. Pawtucket at Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Gwinnett at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m. Durham at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.

O LY M P I C S Sunday's Olympic Schedule Archery At Lord's Cricket Ground 1 Women’s Team ⁄8 eliminations, 4 a.m. Women’s Team quarterfinals, semifinals, bronze and gold medal matches, 10 a.m. Badminton At Wembley Arena Men’s and Women’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles Prelims, 3:30 a.m. Men’s and Women’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles Prelims, 7:30 a.m. Men’s and Women’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles Prelims, 1:30 p.m. Basketball At Olympic Park-Basketball Arena Men Nigeria vs. Tunisia, 4 a.m. Brazil vs. Australia, 6:15 a.m. United States vs. France, 9:30 a.m. Spain vs. China, 11:45 a.m. Russia vs. Britain, 3 p.m. Argentina vs. Lithuania, 5:15 p.m. Beach Volleyball At Horse Guards Parade Men’s and women’s Prelims (4 matches), 4 a.m. Men’s and women’s Prelims (4 matches), 9:30 a.m. Men’s and women’s Prelims (4 matches), 3 p.m. Boxing At ExCel Men’s Lightweight (60kg) and Men’s Welterweight (69kg) round of 32, 8:30 a.m. Men’s Lightweight (60kg) and Men’s Welterweight (69kg) round of 32, 3:30 p.m. Canoe (Slalom) At Lee Valley White Water Centre, Hertfordshire Men’s Canoe Single heats; Men’s Kayak heats, 8:30 a.m. Cycling (Road) At The Mall Women’s Road Race, 7 a.m. Diving At Olympic Park-Aquatics Centre Women’s Synchronized 3-Meter Springboard final, 10 a.m. Equestrian (Eventing) At Greenwich Park Individual & Team Eventing: dressage, day 2, 5 a.m. Fencing At ExCel Men’s Individual Sabre round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarterfinals, 5:30 a.m. Men’s Individual Sabre semifinals, bronze and gold medal matches, 1 p.m. Field Hockey Women At Olympic Park-Hockey Centre New Zealand vs. Australia, 3:30 a.m. Netherlands vs. Belgium, 5:45 a.m. China vs. South Korea, 8:45 a.m. Argentina vs. South Africa, 11 a.m. Britain vs. Japan, 2 p.m. Germany vs. United States, 4:15 p.m. Gymnastics At Artistic North Greenwich Arena Women’s qualification, 4:30 a.m. Women’s qualification, 9:45 a.m. Women’s qualification, 3 p.m. Judo At ExCel Men’s -66kg and Women’s -52kg elimination rounds, quarterfinals, 4:30 a.m. Men’s -66kg and Women’s -52kg repechages, semifinal contests, bronze and gold medal contests, 9 a.m. Rowing At Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire Men’s Lightweight Fours repechage, Single Sculls repechages, Double Sculls repechage, Lightweight Double Sculls heats; Women’s Eights heats, Single Sculls repechages, Lightweight Double Sculls heats, 4:30 a.m. Sailing At Weymouth and Portland, Dorset Men’s Finn, Star; Women’s Elliott 6m, 7 a.m. Shooting At The Royal Artillery Barracks Women’s 10-Meter Air Pistol qualification and final; Women’s Skeet qualification and final, 4 a.m. Soccer Men At Old Trafford, Manchester Egypt vs. New Zealand, 7 a.m. Brazil vs. Belarus, 10 a.m. At City of Coventry Stadium Mexico vs. Gabon, 9:30 a.m. South Korea vs. Switzerland, 12:15 p.m. At St James' Park, Newcastle Japan vs. Morocco, Noon Spain vs. Honduras, 2:45 p.m. At Wembley Stadium Senegal vs. Uruguay, Noon Britain vs. United Arab Emirates, 2:45 p.m. Swimming At Olympic Park-Aquatics Centre Men’s 100 Backstroke, 200 Freestyle, 4X100 Freestyle Relay heats; Women’s 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 400 Freestyle heats, 5 a.m. Men’s 100 Backstroke semifinals, 200 Freestyle semifinals, 100 Breaststroke final, 4X100 Freestyle Relay final; Women’s 100 Backstroke semifinals, 100 Breaststroke semifinals, 100 Butterfly final, 400 Freestyle final, 2:30 p.m. Table Tennis At ExCel Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles second round, 4 a.m. Men’s Singles second round, 8:30 a.m. Women’s Singles third round, 1 p.m. Team Handball Men At Copper Box Iceland vs. Argentina, 4:30 a.m. Croatia vs. South Korea, 6:15 a.m. Sweden vs. Tunisia, 9:30 a.m. Spain vs. Serbia, 11:15 a.m. France vs. Britain, 2:30 p.m. Hungary vs. Denmark, 4:15 p.m. Tennis At Wimbledon Men’s and women’s Singles first round; Men’s and women’s Doubles first round, 6:30 a.m. Volleyball

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Men At Earls Court Britain vs. Bulgaria, 4:30 a.m. Russia vs. Germany, 6:30 a.m. Australia vs. Argentina, 9:45 a.m. United States vs. Serbia, 11:45 a.m. Italy vs. Poland, 3 p.m. Brazil vs. Tunisia, 5 p.m. Water Polo Men At Olympic Park-Water Polo Arena Greece vs. Croatia, 5 a.m. Kazakhstan vs. Spain, 6:20 a.m. Italy vs. Australia, 9:10 a.m. Hungary vs. Serbia, 10:30 a.m. Romania vs. Britain, 1:20 p.m. Montenegro vs. United States, 2:40 p.m. Weightlifting At ExCel Men’s 56kg group B and Women’s 53kg group B, 5 a.m. Women’s 53kg group A (medal), 10:30 a.m. Men’s 56kg group A (medal), 2 p.m.

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NASCAR Sprint Cup-Brickyard 400 Lineup After Saturday qualifying;race Sunday At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 182.763 mph. 2. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 181.984. 3. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 181.756. 4. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 181.679. 5. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 181.532. 6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 181.357. 7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 181.046. 8. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 181.014. 9. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 180.952. 10. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 180.654. 11. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 180.61. 12. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 180.516. 13. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 180.487. 14. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 180.473. 15. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 180.448. 16. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 180.437. 17. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 180.433. 18. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 180.39. 19. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 180.386. 20. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 180.245. 21. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 180.177. 22. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 180.148. 23. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 180.072. 24. (22) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 179.928. 25. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 179.519. 26. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 179.211. 27. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 178.894. 28. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 178.862. 29. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 178.816. 30. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 178.543. 31. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 178.508. 32. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 178.486. 33. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 178.419. 34. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, 177.855. 35. (26) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 177.743. 36. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 177.63. 37. (33) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 177.347. 38. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 177.34. 39. (79) Mike Skinner, Ford, 176.894. 40. (23) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 176.859. 41. (10) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 176.523. 42. (32) Ken Schrader, Ford, owner points. 43. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 176.18. Failed to Qualify 44. (91) Reed Sorenson, Ford, 175.61. 45. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 175.142. 46. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford.

S O C C E R Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE ....................................... W L T Pts GF GA New York......................11 5 5 38 37 29 Houston ........................10 5 7 37 33 25 Sporting Kansas City ..11 6 4 37 26 19 D.C. ...............................10 7 3 33 34 27 Chicago ........................ 9 7 4 31 22 22 Columbus ..................... 7 7 4 25 18 19 Montreal ....................... 7 13 3 24 30 42 New England ............... 6 9 5 23 25 25 Philadelphia ................. 6 10 2 20 20 21 Toronto FC................... 5 12 4 19 24 38 WESTERN CONFERENCE ....................................... W L T Pts GF GA San Jose.......................13 5 4 43 44 27 Real Salt Lake .............13 7 3 42 35 27 Vancouver .................... 9 7 7 34 26 28 Seattle ........................... 8 5 7 31 25 21 Los Angeles ................. 9 10 3 30 38 35 Chivas USA ................. 6 8 5 23 13 21 Colorado....................... 7 13 1 22 27 30 FC Dallas ..................... 5 10 7 22 25 30 Portland ........................ 5 11 4 19 19 35 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's Games MLS All-Stars 3, Chelsea 2 Friday's Games Real Salt Lake 2, Vancouver 1 Saturday's Games Houston 2, Toronto FC 0 New York at Montreal, late Los Angeles at FC Dallas, late Columbus at Sporting Kansas City, late Seattle FC at Colorado, late Chicago at San Jose, late. Chivas USA at Portland, late Today's Games New England at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

F O O T B A L L Arena Football Playoffs First Round Friday, July 27 Utah 35, San Antonio 34 Saturday, July 28 Philadelphia 66, New Orleans 53 Georgia at Jacksonville, late San Jose at Arizona, late Conference Championships Friday, Aug. 3 or Saturday, Aug. 4 National Utah vs. San Jose-Arizona winner, TBA American Georgia-Jacksoville winner vs. New Orleans-Philadelphia winner, TBA Arena Bowl At New Orleans Friday, Aug. 10 American champion vs. National champion, 10:30 p.m.

Canadian Football League EAST DIVISION W L T Pts PF PA Toronto ..................................... 3 2 0 6 129 133 Hamilton.................................... 2 2 0 4 127 133 Montreal.................................... 2 3 0 4 128 162 Winnipeg................................... 1 4 0 2 101 163 WEST DIVISION W L T Pts PF PA Saskatchewan.......................... 3 1 0 6 121 78 Edmonton ................................. 3 2 0 6 111 89 Calgary ..................................... 2 2 0 4 147 120 B.C. ........................................... 2 2 0 4 106 102 Thursday's Game Winnipeg 23, Edmonton 22 Friday's Game Toronto 23, Montreal 20 Saturday's Games Hamilton 35, Saskatchewan 34 B.C. at Calgary, late

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MINOR LEAGUES T H I S W E E K ’ S S W B YA N K E E S S C H E D U L E

YA N K E E S P R O S P E C T S

PHILLIES PROSPECTS

Heated rivals meet on several levels By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com

This weekend in the Majors, the Boston-New York rivalry has resumed. The teams are meeting as well on the Triple-A level with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre playing Pawtucket at McCoy Stadium in Rhode Island today. While New York has a big lead on Boston in the standings, there is barely an advantage in the International League North Division standings with the Yankees holding just a half-game lead over the PawSox. The series started on Saturday and the four-game set, which moves to Rochester, N.Y., on Monday, continues through Tuesday. Saturday’s contest marked just the fifth game this season between the teams with Pawtucket holding a 3-1 lead. The last time the teams squared off was early May in Batavia when Pawtucket won both games, including handing Andy Pettitte a loss. Here are the New York Yankees top-10 prospects according to MLB.com. 1. Manny Banuelos, LHP, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (TripleA): The left-hander, currently on the disabled list, is 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in six starts for Yankees with 22 Ks in 24 innings. According to ESPN New York, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he will pitch again this year. 2. Dellin Betances, RHP, Trenton (Double-A): The 6foot-8, 260-pounder had a blip for the first time since being sent back to Trenton a few weeks ago, allowing seven runs on 10 hits in just three innings last week. He followed that with just one earned run over seven innings later in the week. In four starts, he’s 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA. More importantly, he has walked just 14 and fanned 36 in 342⁄3 innings. For Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre he totaled 69 walks in 742⁄3 innings along with a 6.39 ERA. 3. Gary Sanchez, catcher, Tampa (High-A): The 19-yearold has played in 18 games for Tampa after being promoted from Charleston. For the RiverDogs, he hit .297 with 13 home runs, 56 RBI and 11 stolen bases. For the T-Yanks, he’s hitting just .203 (13-for-64) with two homers, eight RBI and two steals. 4. Mason Williams, outfielder, Tampa (High-A): He struggled early on after a promotion to Tampa, but in his last 10 games, he’s batting .389 (14-for-36) and is hitting .277 on the season with three home runs and seven RBI. 5. Tyler Austin, outfield, Tampa (A): He’s jumped up the list from just outside the top 10 thanks to a .320 batting average at Charleston. He was recently promoted to Tampa. Returning from the DL, he’s only played in four games for the Yankees and has gone 3-for-14 with a triple and two RBI. 6. Jose Campos, RHP, Charleston (A): A 19-year-old acquired from Seattle is currently on the DL with elbow inflammation and is currently 3-0 with a 4.01 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 242⁄3 innings. According to ESPN New York, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he will pitch again this year. 7. Slade Heathcott, outfielder, Tampa (A): He’s starting to heat up, batting .371 (13-for-35) in his last 10 games as his average has jumped to .265. He also has hit three homers, driven in 13 and stolen seven bases. 8. Austin Romine, catcher, TBA: His rehab is continuing in Tampa now, where the 23-yearold has played in three games going 6-for-9. He’s played in 11 rehab games, batting .333 with three doubles and five RBI. 9. Dante Bichette Jr., third base, Charleston (A): Bichette was New York’s first pick in 2011 (51st overall) and is batting .244 on the season with two home runs and 35 RBI. 10. Cito Culver, shortstop, Charleston (A): The 19-year-old is hitting .220 with 19 stolen bases and a .329 on-base percentage.

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Friday Indianapolis 7:05 p.m. at Rochester

Saturday Indianapolis 7:05 p.m. at Rochester

Hazleton Area graduate is again in MVP form

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Columbus Clippers designated hitter Russ Canzler, a Hazleton Area product, could land a spot with the Cleveland Indians in the near future.

Canzler close to reaching dream By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com

With an International League Most Valuable Player award, a Triple-A All-Star Game MVP award and several other accolades throughout his minor league career, Russ Canzler believes he’s ready for the next step. “I feel like the approach I have now and the numbers I put up here in Triple-A over the last couple years I’m definitely ready to prove myself at the major league level,” he said. “I would love for that opportunity. It’s out of my hands, so you just do what you can do every single day.” It’s not just the Triple-A numbers that are astonishing for the 2004 Hazleton Area graduate. Although 32 home runs and 139 RBI in 231 career games at Triple-A is fabulous, Canzler has been producing ever since he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2004 and has earned at least one award each year of his professional career. Grinding start The first big slump in his career came while trying to make an impression on his new

organization, the Cleveland Indians. After a great season in 2011 with Durham, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, Canzler was dealt to the Indians in the offseason and was in competition for a starting position with the major league team in spring training. He eventually lost out on that bid and took the loss with him when the season began for Columbus. He was hitting under .200 after the first three weeks of the season. Canzler had a talk with Clippers manager Mike Sarbaugh and sat out a few games to clear his head. He said he first learned at age 21 how to calm down during every plate appearance and not try to do too much, but he had to relearn that for a short period. “I realized how close the major leagues were for me and you can let that creep into your head. I was fortunate to have a really good year in this league last year and I think I tried to repeat those numbers in one month,” the 26-year-old said. “The game’s hard enough without any additional pressure so if you put any additional pressure on yourself, you’re kind of setting yourself up for failure.”

Honored again Since that time, he’s been anything but a disappointment. Starting April 21, he hit .450 over a 10-game span and from there, he took off the rest of the season. In June, he also picked up the International League Player of the Week and was named Cleveland’s Minor League Player of the Week on separate occasions. Through Friday for the Clippers, he’s batting .271 with 14 home runs, 56 RBI and an on base percentage of .337. “I think a mistake some guys make is when you’re in Triple-A for a long time you kind of take it for granted. Then, you get that opportunity in the big leagues and you’re not mentally prepared,” Canzler noted after a recent game at Lehigh Valley’s Coca-Cola Park. “Mentally, I try to come to the field everyday like it is the major leagues and how would I go about my business if I was there.”

Plenty of support Playing in Allentown, which is just 50 miles away from his high school, is special to Canzler. And last year, when he got

a chance to play at PNC Field, a park in which he played a few high school games on, it was an honor for him to see longtime supporters. “A lot of the people who have supported me throughout the years from Little League and high school, every time I’m home in the offseason they’re always asking me how I’m doing and tell me they follow me throughout the entire season,” said Canzler, who spends a lot of time in his hometown during the offseason. “That means so much to me to have that support. And for them to come to this beautiful stadium and to see me in Scranton or somewhere else that’s close to home, it gets the butterflies going sometimes and you try to do too much.” Canzler is currently on Cleveland’s 40-man roster and will be with the organization for three years unless taken off the 40-man. If he’s removed from the 40-man roster, he will have to go through waivers or be released before returning to Columbus. The only other way he can leave the organization within the next three years is via trade or being designated for assignment.

DISTRICT 2’S PRESENCE IN THE MINOR LEAGUES

Russ Canzler, Hazleton Area, Columbus (Cleveland, TripleA): A grad from Hazleton Area, the 26-yearold is showing his MVP form from 2011. After a slow start to the season, he’s now batting .273 with 16 home runs and 60 RBI for the Clippers. He also has 26 doubles, two triples and a .340 on-base percentage. Entering Saturday, he had homered in two straight, while driving in seven runs over the last week. Canzler was originally drafted by the Cubs in the 30th round in 2004. He was signed as a minor league free agent by Tampa Bay last year and then traded to Cleveland.

Kyle Landis, Hazleton Area, Akron (Cleveland, Double-A): An 18th-round pick by the Indians in 2007, the right-handed reliever is slumping a bit. In two of his last three outings, he’s given up three runs in four innings while being hit with one loss. For the season, he still has solid numbers for the Aeros, with a 3.96 ERA in 32 games while striking out 42 in 50 innings and posting a 5-4 record with two saves.

Cory Spangenberg, Abington Heights, Lake Elsinore (San Diego, Class A advanced): The 10th overall pick in 2011 by the Padres hasn’t played since June 28, nursing a head injury. For the season, he’s batting .288 with one home run, 33 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 27 attempts, to go along with six triples, 11 doubles and 40 runs in 67 games.

Ray Black, Coughlin, San Francisco (extended spring training): A power pitcher, Black is nursing a shoulder injury which arose at the end of spring training and he’s been sidelined since. He is still rehabbing in Scottsdale, Ariz. The seventh-round draft pick (237th overall) out of the University of Pittsburgh last June is ranked the No. 24 overall prospect in the organization, according to Baseball America, and has been known to reach in the high 90s with his fastball. He is also listed as an “Under the Radar” player for the organization, according to MLB.com.

Rich Thompson, Montrose, Durham (Tampa Bay, Triple-A): A 33-year-old speedy outfielder, he is streaking over his last 10 hitting .317 (13-for-41) to raise his average on the season up to .299. The average goes with 11 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 35 games since being sent to the Bulls. Last month, he was traded to Tampa from the Phillies and was immediately called up to the big leagues. Before the trade, he was hitting .307 for Lehigh Valley with seven stolen bases along with an on-base percentage of .390 for the IronPigs. His minor league totals this season include a .302 batting average with 18 stolen bases and an on base percentage of .372.

Kyle McMyne, Old Forge, Bakersfield (Cincinnati, Class A Advanced): The righthanded reliever, who recently had a 10-game scoreless streak snapped and gave up runs in three straight appearances, looks to be back on track. Taken by the Reds in the fourth round (145th overall) of last year’s draft, he threw two scoreless innings last week to rebound from allowing three runs in three innings over three games. On the season for Bakersfield, he has given up 12 earned runs in 271⁄3 innings as his ERA dropped by nearly three runs to 3.95 after the impressive stretch. He is 2-1 with 24 strikeouts against 18 walks and four saves.

By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com

The Phillies will most likely be looking for a third baseman after this season. Ever since Scott Rolen came through the organization last decade, Philadelphia has had a problem developing a player at the hot corner and hasn’t even got much production out of the position. Enter Cody Asche. The 22-year-old was recently promoted from High-A Clearwater to Double-A Reading and he may be the answer. In 62 games for Clearwater, he batted .349 with two homers and 25 RBI, while posting an on-base percentage of .378. He’s gotten off to a slow start with the RPhils, hitting just .221 over 30 games. But he’s blasted five home runs and knocked in 18. He’s picked up the pace over his last 10 games with a .341 (14for-41) average with four long balls, a triple and 10 RBI, equaling a .683 slugging percentage. Here are Philadelphia’s top 10 prospects according to MLB.com and how they are faring in 2012. 1. Trevor May, RHP, Reading (Double-A): He has been struggling lately, having not won in about a month and allowing 16 runs in his last 20 innings while walking 21 and striking out just 16 in the span. For the season, he is 7-8 with a 5.25 ERA, 104 strikeouts and 60 walks in 1042⁄3 innings. 2. Jesse Biddle, LHP, Clearwater (A-Advanced): He had a rough outing last week, giving up four runs in 31⁄3 innings of a no-decision. For the season, he’s 6-4 with an ERA of 3.45. The left-hander has also punched out 107 batters in 1041⁄3 innings. 3. Brody Colvin, RHP, Clearwater (A-Advanced): He had a rough start last time out, giving up six runs of a loss to Dunedin. In his previous six starts, though, he was very good. To date for the Threshers, he has a 4.27 ERA with a 5-6 record to go with 93 strikeouts in 1051⁄3 innings. 4. Larry Greene, outfielder, Williamsport: The 19-year-old first-round pick from last June hit his second homer last week. For the season, the power hitter is batting .272 with 18 RBI and a .388 on-base percentage. 5. Phillippe Aumont, RHP, Lehigh Valley (Triple-A): The 6-foot-7, 260-pound reliever pitched 32⁄3 scoreless innings last week to drop his ERA to 4.01. Currently for the IronPigs, he’s 2-1 with 47 strikeouts in 332⁄3 innings. 6. Sebastian Valle, catcher, Reading (Double-A): The 21year-old has been on fire over his last 10 games, hitting .390 (16for-42) with three home runs to raise his overall batting average to .260 with 13 home runs and 42 RBI. 7. Justin De Fratus, RHP, Lehigh Valley (Triple-A): A reliever, he pitched back-to-back games for the IronPigs last week allowing one run over two innings. Including rehab assignments, he’s thrown in eight games for 81⁄3 innings, allowing just two runs. 8. Maikel Franco, third base, Lakewood (Class A): The 19year-old is getting in a rhythm, having hit safely in 23 of his last 29 games as his average continues to rise. For the season, he’s batting .245 with 10 home runs and 59 RBI. 9. Jonathan Pettibone, RHP, Lehigh Valley (Triple-A): He was promoted to the IronPigs on Friday and is slated to make his first start this week. That came after picking up his ninth win in Double-A last week. Overall for Reading, he was 9-7 with a 3.30 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 1171⁄3 innings. 10. Darin Ruf, first base, Reading: He hit two more home runs last week to bring his season total to 17 with a .304 batting average and 62 RBI. Brought up as a first baseman, the righthander is starting to see time in left field.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP

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New York...................................... Baltimore ...................................... Tampa Bay ................................... Toronto ......................................... Boston ..........................................

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The Boston Red Sox’s Jacoby Ellsbury, right, is greeted by Dustin Pedroia after scoring the go-ahead run on a triple by Pedro Ciriaco during the ninth inning of a game at Yankee Stadium in New York Saturday.

Ciriaco’s triple leads Red Sox over NY The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Curtis Granderson misplayed Peter Ciriaco’s ninth-inning flyball into a go-ahead triple, and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 8-6 Saturday night after Mark Teixeira had tied the score with a two-run homer off nemesis Vicente Padilla. Down 6-1, the Yankees closed in the fifth on Jayson Nix’s two-run homer off Jon Lester and Derek Jeter’s RBI grounder. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 1

TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion, Colby Rasmus and Yunel Escobar homered off Detroit newcomer Anibal Sanchez, leading the Toronto Blue Jays over the Tigers. The Tigers have lost three straight and four of five after a five-game winning streak that briefly lifted them into first place in the AL Central. Mariners 4, Royals 3

SEATTLE — Kevin Millwood pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Jesus Montero hit a two-run homer and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals. Athletics 6, Orioles 1

BALTIMORE — Yoenis Cespedes and Chris Carter hit two-run homers to back an effective pitching performance by Bartolo Colon, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles for their ninth

win in 10 games. Jemile Weeks had three hits and scored twice for the surging A’s, who are on course for the best July in franchise history. They’re 18-3 (.857) this month, and need only one victory in the next three games to finish with a better winning percentage than the 1931 club (26-7, .788). Oakland can reach the mark by completing a three-game sweep Sunday. Colon (7-8) scattered seven hits over 5 2-3 shutout innings, striking out five and walking one, to earn his first win in six starts since June 12. The 39year-old is 12-8 with a 3.10 ERA lifetime against Baltimore, dating to 1998 when he pitched for Cleveland. Twins 12, Indians 5

MINNEAPOLIS — Samuel Deduno pitched seven strong innings for his second major league win and Josh Willingham hit his 27th homer of the season, leading the Minnesota Twins to a win over the Cleveland Indians. Deduno (2-0) allowed two hits and struck out a careerhigh six in his fourth big league start. The Twins routed the Indians for the second consecutive night after being swept three games in Chicago. Cleveland starter Justin Masterson (7-9) allowed 10 runs — eight earned — over 5 2-3 innings. The Indians are 6-10 since the All-Star break.

Cincinnati .................................... Pittsburgh ................................... St. Louis...................................... Milwaukee .................................. Chicago ...................................... Houston ...................................... San Francisco ............................... Los Angeles .................................. Arizona........................................... San Diego ...................................... Colorado ........................................

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ATLANTA — Mike Minor struck out nine and combined with Craig Kimbrel on a fourhitter, Jason Heyward had two hits and drove in a run, and the Atlanta Braves edged Joe Blanton and the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Saturday night. Minor (6-7) allowed one run on four hits and no walks in eight innings. His nine strikeouts matched his season high. He retired the last 13 batters he faced. The Phillies’ only run came on Chase Utley’s homer in the fourth. Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth for his 30th save. Utley was caught looking at Kimbrel’s 99-mph fastball for a strike to end the game. Dodgers 10, Giants 0

SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Kemp homered among his four hits and drove in four runs, Chad Billingsley took a twohitter into the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants. Hanley Ramirez had three RBIs in helping the Dodgers beat San Francisco for the second straight day to pull within a game of the NL Westleading Giants. Cubs 3, Cardinals 2

CHICAGO — Pinch hitter Reed Johnson drove in the go-ahead with a bunt single in the seventh inning and the

Chicago Cubs got past the St. Louis Cardinals. Johnson caught the Cardinals by surprise when he squared up on the first pitch with runners on first and third and two outs. His bunt fell perfectly between reliever Brian Fuentes and third baseman Matt Carpenter, allowing pinch-runner Tony Campana to score. Marlins 4, Padres 2

MIAMI — Jose Reyes hit a two-run homer and Nathan Eovaldi won his Miami debut, leading the Marlins to a victory over the San Diego Padres. Justin Ruggiano also went deep and Steve Cishek earned his fourth save for the Marlins, who snapped a three-game skid. Yonder Alonso had two hits and drove in a run for the Padres, who had won seven of 10. Nationals 4, Brewers 1

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsinnative Jordan Zimmerman pitched his first game against Milwaukee, and his teammates hit three home runs in the Washington Nationals’ victory over the Brewers. Pirates 4, Astros 3

HOUSTON — Rod Barajas hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past Houston, sending the Astros to their club-record 12th straight loss.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday's Games N.Y. Yankees 10, Boston 3 Oakland 14, Baltimore 9 Toronto 8, Detroit 3 Chicago White Sox 9, Texas 5 Minnesota 11, Cleveland 0 L.A. Angels 3, Tampa Bay 1 Seattle 6, Kansas City 1 Saturday's Games Toronto 5, Detroit 1 Boston 8, N.Y. Yankees 6 Seattle 4, Kansas City 3 Oakland 6, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 12, Cleveland 5 Chicago White Sox at Texas, (n) Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, (n) Sunday's Games Detroit (Fister 4-7) at Toronto (Cecil 2-3), 1:07 p.m. Oakland (Blackley 3-2) at Baltimore (W.Chen 8-6), 1:35 p.m. Cleveland (Jimenez 8-9) at Minnesota (Liriano 3-10), 2:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 5-6) at L.A. Angels (Greinke 0-0), 3:35 p.m. Kansas City (W.Smith 2-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 9-5), 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Floyd 8-8) at Texas (Feldman 4-6), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Doubront 10-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 10-7), 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 40 .600 — — 31⁄2 49 .515 81⁄2 49 .510 9 4 49 .510 9 4 51 .495 101⁄2 51⁄2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 45 .545 — — 48 .525 2 21⁄2 51 .495 5 51⁄2 13 58 .420 121⁄2 59 .410 131⁄2 14 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 40 .592 — — 45 .550 4 — 45 .550 4 — 57 .447 141⁄2 101⁄2 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 40 .600 — — 44 .560 4 — 52 .480 12 8 54 .460 14 10 111⁄2 56 .446 151⁄2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 40 .596 — — 42 .580 11⁄2 — 47 .535 6 21⁄2 11 55 .450 141⁄2 58 .414 18 141⁄2 68 .333 261⁄2 23 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 45 .550 — — 47 .539 1 2 50 .500 5 6 59 .422 13 14 61 .378 17 18

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Houston

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Chicago

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday's Games St. Louis 9, Chicago Cubs 6 San Diego 7, Miami 2 Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 6, Houston 5 Milwaukee 6, Washington 0 Cincinnati 3, Colorado 0 Arizona 11, N.Y. Mets 5 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 3, 10 innings Saturday's Games Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis 2 L.A. Dodgers 10, San Francisco 0 Pittsburgh 4, Houston 3 Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1 Miami 4, San Diego 2 Washington 4, Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati at Colorado, (n) N.Y. Mets at Arizona, (n) Sunday's Games San Diego (Richard 7-11) at Miami (Jo.Johnson 6-7), 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Halladay 4-5) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 9-4), 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 10-4) at Houston (Harrell 7-7), 2:05 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 13-5) at Milwaukee (Rogers 0-0), 2:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 8-10) at Chicago Cubs (Maholm 9-6), 2:20 p.m. Cincinnati (Latos 8-3) at Colorado (J.Sanchez 0-1), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-6) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-4), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 13-2) at Arizona (J.Saunders 5-6), 4:10 p.m. Monday's Games Miami at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Nationals 4, Brewers 1 Washington

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Dodgers 10, Giants 0 Los Angeles

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Miami

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L E A D E R S

BATTING—McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .369; MeCabrera, San Francisco, .356; Ruiz, Philadelphia, .343; Votto, Cincinnati, .342; DWright, New York, .335; CGonzalez, Colorado, .327; Holliday, St. Louis, .323. RUNS—Bourn, Atlanta, 69; MeCabrera, San Francisco, 67; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 67; Braun, Milwaukee, 66; CGonzalez, Colorado, 66; Holliday, St. Louis, 65; JUpton, Arizona, 64. RBI—Beltran, St. Louis, 72; Kubel, Arizona, 72; Braun, Milwaukee, 70; DWright, New York, 70; CGonzalez, Colorado, 67; Holliday, St. Louis, 66; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 66. HITS—MeCabrera, San Francisco, 139; McCutch-

en, Pittsburgh, 134; Bourn, Atlanta, 126; Holliday, St. Louis, 120; DWright, New York, 120; CGonzalez, Colorado, 119; Prado, Atlanta, 118. DOUBLES—Votto, Cincinnati, 36; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 35; DanMurphy, New York, 31; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 30; DWright, New York, 30; Cuddyer, Colorado, 28; Ethier, Los Angeles, 27; Ruiz, Philadelphia, 27. TRIPLES—Fowler, Colorado, 10; Bourn, Atlanta, 8; MeCabrera, San Francisco, 8; SCastro, Chicago, 8; Reyes, Miami, 7; DeJesus, Chicago, 6; 12 tied at 5. HOME RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 28; Beltran, St. Louis, 22; Kubel, Arizona, 22; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 22; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 21; CGonzalez, Colorado, 20; Bruce, Cincinnati, 19; LaRoche, Washington, 19; ASoriano, Chicago, 19; Stanton, Miami, 19. STOLEN BASES—DGordon, Los Angeles, 30; Bourn, Atlanta, 28; Bonifacio, Miami, 27; Campana, Chicago, 26; Schafer, Houston, 25; Pierre, Philadelphia, 23; Reyes, Miami, 23; Victorino, Philadelphia, 23. PITCHING—Dickey, New York, 13-2; Lynn, St. Louis, 13-4; GGonzalez, Washington, 13-5; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 12-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 12-5; Strasburg, Washington, 11-4; Hamels, Philadelphia, 11-5; Hanson, Atlanta, 11-5; Miley, Arizona, 11-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 11-6. STRIKEOUTS—Strasburg, Washington, 151; Dickey, New York, 139; Hamels, Philadelphia, 138; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 136; GGonzalez, Washington, 133; MCain, San Francisco, 130; Lincecum, San Francisco, 129. SAVES—Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 31; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 30; SCasilla, San Francisco, 24; Motte, St. Louis, 23; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 22; Chapman, Cincinnati, 20; Jansen, Los Angeles, 20.

A M E R I C A N L E A G U E Red Sox 8, Yankees 6 Boston

New York ab r h bi Jeter ss 4 0 0 1 Grndrs cf 4 0 0 0 Teixeir 1b 4 1 2 2 Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 AnJons lf 2 1 0 0 RSorin p 0 0 0 0 Swisher ph 1 0 0 0 J.Nix 3b 2 1 1 2 ErChvz Nava lf 3 0 1 0 ph-3b 2 0 0 0 RMartn Sweeny ph-rf 1 0 0 0 dh-c 3 1 0 0 ISuzuki rf 3 0 1 0 CStwrt c 1 1 1 1 Ibanez ph-lf 1 1 1 0 Totals 37 811 8 Totals 31 6 6 6 Boston ................................ 300 030 002 — 8 New York ........................... 001 030 020 — 6 DP—Boston 1. LOB—Boston 6, New York 1. 2B—Ad.Gonzalez (28), Middlebrooks (14). 3B—Ciriaco (2). HR—Ad.Gonzalez (10), Teixeira (20), J.Nix (4), C.Stewart (1). SB—Ciriaco (6). S— C.Stewart. SF—Pedroia. IP H R ER BB SO Boston Lester ....................... 6 4 4 4 2 6 Albers H,7................ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Padilla BS,3-4 ......... 2⁄3 2 2 2 0 2 A.Miller W,3-1.......... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Aceves S,22-26 ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 New York Sabathia ................... 6 8 6 6 2 6 Phelps ...................... 2 1 0 0 0 3 R.Soriano L,2-1 ....... 1 2 2 2 1 1 Umpires—Home, Tom Hallion;First, Brian O’Nora;Second, Chad Fairchild;Third, Alfonso Marquez. T—3:13. A—49,573 (50,291). Ellsury cf Ciriaco dh Pedroia 2b AdGnzl 1b C.Ross rf-lf Mdlrks 3b Shppch c Aviles ss

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Toronto ab r h bi ab r h bi AJcksn cf 3 0 1 0 RDavis rf 5 1 1 0 Berry lf 3 0 0 0 Rasms dh 3 1 2 3 Raburn ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Lawrie 3b 4 0 2 0 MiCarr 3b 3 0 1 0 Encrnc 1b 2 1 1 1 Fielder 1b 3 0 0 0 Snider lf 4 0 0 0 DYong dh 4 1 1 0 YEscor ss 4 1 1 1 Boesch rf 4 0 2 1 KJhnsn 2b 3 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 3 0 0 0 YGoms c 3 0 2 0 Avila c 3 0 0 0 Gose cf 4 1 1 0 Infante 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 32 510 5 Detroit................................. 000 100 000 — 1 Toronto............................... 001 101 20x — 5 DP—Toronto 2. LOB—Detroit 5, Toronto 8. 2B—Boesch (19), R.Davis (12), Lawrie (19), Y.Gomes (3). HR—Rasmus (18), Encarnacion (28), Y.Escobar (7). SB—R.Davis 2 (27), Lawrie (13). CS—Encarnacion (3). SF—Rasmus. IP H R ER BB SO Detroit A.Sanchez L,0-1 ..... 6 8 5 5 3 3 Villarreal ................... 1 1 0 0 1 0 Coke ......................... 1 1 0 0 0 2 Toronto H.Alvarez W,7-7...... 7 5 1 1 2 4 Happ ......................... 2 0 0 0 1 1 A.Sanchez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. WP—A.Sanchez, Villarreal. Umpires—Home, Jerry Meals;First, Scott Barry;Second, Gary Darling;Third, Paul Emmel. T—2:34. A—41,832 (49,260).

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Athletics 6, Orioles 1 Oakland

Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h bi Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 Markks rf 5 1 2 1 JGoms lf 1 0 0 0 Hardy ss 5 0 0 0 JWeeks 2b 5 2 3 0 C.Davis dh 4 0 2 0 S.Smith rf 4 0 1 0 AdJons cf 4 0 0 0 Cespds lf-cf 4 2 2 3 Betemt 3b 4 0 1 0 Carter dh 4 1 1 2 EnChvz lf 4 0 2 0 Moss 1b 3 0 0 0 MrRynl 1b 4 0 1 0 Inge 3b 4 0 1 0 Quntnll 2b 4 0 2 0 KSuzuk c 4 1 1 0 Tegrdn c 4 0 0 0 Sogard ss 4 0 2 1 Totals 37 611 6 Totals 38 110 1 Oakland.............................. 000 212 010 — 6 Baltimore ............................ 000 000 001 — 1 E—Inge (7). DP—Baltimore 1. LOB—Oakland 5, Baltimore 11. 2B—K.Suzuki (13), Quintanilla (2). 3B—Cespedes (2). HR—Cespedes (14), Carter (8), Markakis (9). SB—J.Weeks (14). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland B.Colon W,7-8......... 52⁄3 7 0 0 1 5 Norberto................... 12⁄3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 Scribner.................... 12⁄3 Baltimore Tom.Hunter L,4-6 ... 51⁄3 7 5 5 1 7 2 1 1 0 3 Socolovich ............... 22⁄3 Gregg ....................... 1 2 0 0 0 2 WP—Norberto. Umpires—Home, Marvin Hudson;First, Brian Runge;Second, Tim McClelland;Third, Ted Barrett. T—3:02. A—21,143 (45,971).

Twins 12, Indians 5 Cleveland

Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi Choo rf 3 1 1 0 Span cf 5 1 1 2 Brantly cf 2 0 0 0 Revere rf 5 1 3 2 JoLopz 3b 1 1 0 0 Mauer c 4 1 1 1 Kipnis 2b 4 0 0 1 Wlngh lf 4 2 1 2 CSantn c 4 1 1 3 Mornea 1b 3 1 0 0 Hafner dh 3 0 0 0 Doumit dh 4 0 2 0 Damon lf 4 0 0 0 Valenci 3b 4 2 1 1 Ktchm 1b 2 1 0 0 Dozier ss 3 2 1 0 Hannhn 3b-ss 4 0 1 0 ACasill 2b 4 2 2 4 Lillirdg ss-cf 4 1 1 0 Totals 31 5 4 4 Totals 36121212 Cleveland......................... 100 000 022 — 5 Minnesota........................ 000 235 11x — 12 E—Hannahan (8), Valencia (3). DP—Minnesota 1. LOB—Cleveland 8, Minnesota 4. 2B—Span (27), Revere (9), Valencia (6), A.Casilla (11). 3B—A.Casilla (2). HR—C.Santana (9), Willingham (27). SB—Choo (11), Revere (22), Mauer (5). IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Masterson L,7-9...... 52⁄3 7 10 8 2 2 E.Rogers .................. 11⁄3 3 1 1 1 1 Sipp........................... 1 2 1 1 0 1 Minnesota Deduno W,2-0 ......... 7 2 1 1 5 6 T.Robertson ............ 1 1 2 2 1 2 Perdomo .................. 2⁄3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Fien........................... 1⁄3 HBP—by Masterson (Morneau). Umpires—Home, Bill Welke;First, Chris Guccione;Second, Tim Tschida;Third, Jeff Nelson.

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BATTING—Trout, Los Angeles, .354; Konerko, Chicago, .335; Mauer, Minnesota, .331; MiCabrera, Detroit, .327; Beltre, Texas, .317; Cano, New York, .316; AJackson, Detroit, .316; Ortiz, Boston, .316. RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 75; Granderson, New York, 70; Kinsler, Texas, 70; MiCabrera, Detroit, 67; Choo, Cleveland, 66; Encarnacion, Toronto, 66; AdJones, Baltimore, 66. RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 83; Hamilton, Texas, 83; Willingham, Minnesota, 78; Encarnacion, Toronto, 72; Fielder, Detroit, 72; ADunn, Chicago, 71; Teixeira, New York, 71. HITS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 131; Jeter, New York, 128; Cano, New York, 124; AGordon, Kansas City, 117; Beltre, Texas, 116; AdJones, Baltimore, 116; Rios, Chicago, 116. DOUBLES—AGordon, Kansas City, 34; Choo, Cleveland, 32; Cano, New York, 29; Brantley, Cleveland, 28; MiCabrera, Detroit, 28; AdGonzalez, Boston, 28; Kinsler, Texas, 28. TRIPLES—JWeeks, Oakland, 6; Andrus, Texas, 5; Berry, Detroit, 5; De Aza, Chicago, 5; AJackson, Detroit, 5; Reddick, Oakland, 5; Rios, Chicago, 5; ISuzuki, New York, 5; Trout, Los Angeles, 5; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 5. HOME RUNS—ADunn, Chicago, 30; Encarnacion, Toronto, 28; Granderson, New York, 28; Hamilton, Texas, 28; Bautista, Toronto, 27; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 27; Willingham, Minnesota, 27. STOLEN BASES—Trout, Los Angeles, 31; RDavis, Toronto, 27; Revere, Minnesota, 22; Kipnis, Cleveland, 21; Crisp, Oakland, 20; De Aza, Chicago, 18; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 18. PITCHING—Price, Tampa Bay, 14-4; Weaver, Los Angeles, 13-1; Sale, Chicago, 12-3; MHarrison, Texas, 12-5; Verlander, Detroit, 11-6; Darvish, Texas, 11-7; Vargas, Seattle, 11-7. STRIKEOUTS—FHernandez, Seattle, 147; Verlander, Detroit, 146; Scherzer, Detroit, 142; Darvish, Texas, 138; Shields, Tampa Bay, 134; Price, Tampa Bay, 130; Peavy, Chicago, 126. SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 30; CPerez, Cleveland, 29; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 28; RSoriano, New York, 26; Broxton, Kansas City, 23; Aceves, Boston, 22; Nathan, Texas, 20.

This Date In Baseball July 29 1908 — Rube Waddell struck out 16 as the St. Louis Browns beat the Philadelphia A’s 5-4. 1911 — Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns with a 5-0 no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader. Wood fanned 12 and allowed three baserunners on two walks and a hit batsman. 1915 — Honus Wagner, 41, became the oldest player to hit a grand slam as Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 8-2. The grand slam was an inside-the-park homer. Wagner remained the record holder until 1985, when Tony Perez hit one the day before his 43rd birthday. 1928 — The Cleveland Indians scored eight runs in the first inning and nine more in the second and went on to beat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field. Johnny Hodapp singled twice in the second and sixth innings. 1936 — The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 22-7, in the first game of a doubleheader, then lost the second game 5-4.

F R I D AY L A T E B O X E S Diamondbacks 11, Mets 5 New York

Arizona ab r h bi Blmqst 3b 5 1 2 2 A.Hill 2b 3 1 1 1 JMcDnl 2b 0 0 0 0 Kubel lf 4 1 1 0 GParra lf 0 0 0 0 Gldsch 1b 4 1 2 1 J.Upton rf 4 2 2 1 CYoung cf 4 1 2 2 Drew ss 4 2 2 0 HBlanc c 3 1 0 1 Cllmntr p 1 1 1 1 Overay ph 1 0 0 0 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0 Breslw p 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 7 5 Totals 341113 9 New York ......................... 023 000 000 — 5 Arizona............................. 060 110 30x — 11 E—Niese (1). LOB—New York 5, Arizona 2. 2B—Dan.Murphy (31), Kubel (22), C.Young (15). HR—D.Wright (16), I.Davis (17). CS—Goldschmidt (2). S—Collmenter. SF—A.Hill. IP H R ER BB SO New York Niese L,7-5 .............. 6 9 8 6 1 5 El.Ramirez ............... 1 4 3 3 0 2 Acosta ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Arizona Collmenter W,3-2.... 6 7 5 5 1 5 Ziegler H,6 ............... 1 0 0 0 1 1 Breslow .................... 2 0 0 0 1 1 Umpires—Home, Todd Tichenor;First, Tony Randazzo;Second, Bob Davidson;Third, Brian Gorman. T—2:36. A—23,150 (48,633). ab 5 4 4 0 4 3 4 4 3 2 0 0 1

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Tampa Bay

Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi Fuld lf 3 0 1 0 Trout cf-lf 4 1 1 0 DJnngs ph-lf 1 0 1 0 TrHntr rf 4 1 2 0 BUpton cf 4 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 3 2 Zobrist 2b-rf 4 0 1 0 Trumo lf 3 0 1 1 Joyce rf 3 0 0 0 Bourjos cf 0 0 0 0 Conrad ph-2b 1 0 0 0 KMorls dh 3 0 0 0 Kppngr dh 4 1 3 1 Callasp 3b 3 0 0 0 C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 HKndrc 2b 3 0 0 0 RRorts 3b 4 0 0 0 MIzturs ss 3 0 0 0 Loaton c 3 0 0 0 BoWlsn c 3 0 2 0 EJhnsn ss 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 6 1 Totals 30 3 9 3 Tampa Bay......................... 010 000 000 — 1 Los Angeles....................... 003 000 00x — 3 DP—Tampa Bay 1. LOB—Tampa Bay 6, Los Angeles 3. 2B—Fuld (2), Zobrist (24), Keppinger (8), Pujols (26). HR—Keppinger (4). SB—Keppinger (1), Tor.Hunter (4), Pujols (7). CS—Pujols (1). IP H R ER BB SO Tampa Bay Cobb L,4-8 ............... 7 8 3 3 0 3 Farnsworth............... 1 1 0 0 0 2 Los Angeles Haren W,8-8 ............ 6 5 1 1 1 6 Jepsen H,6 .............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 S.Downs H,17 ......... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Frieri S,12-12 .......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Haren pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. WP—Farnsworth. Umpires—Home, Gerry Davis;First, Phil Cuzzi;Second, Greg Gibson;Third, Manny Gonzalez. T—2:33. A—40,136 (45,957).

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Kansas City

Seattle ab r h bi ab r h bi AGordn lf 4 0 0 0 Ackley 2b 4 1 2 1 AEscor ss 4 0 1 0 MSndrs cf 4 1 1 0 L.Cain cf 4 0 0 0 JMontr dh 3 1 2 0 Butler dh 4 1 2 0 Jaso c 3 1 1 4 Mostks 3b 3 0 0 0 Seager 3b 4 0 1 0 S.Perez c 1 0 1 1 C.Wells lf 4 0 0 0 Francr rf 3 0 0 0 Carp 1b 4 1 2 1 Hosmer 1b 3 0 0 0 Peguer rf 3 0 0 0 Getz 2b 3 0 0 0 Ryan ss 3 1 2 0 Totals 29 1 4 1 Totals 32 611 6 Kansas City ....................... 010 000 000 — 1 Seattle ................................ 320 001 00x — 6 DP—Kansas City 2, Seattle 1. LOB—Kansas City 4, Seattle 4. 2B—Ackley (15). HR—Jaso (5), Carp (5). SF—S.Perez, Jaso. IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City Guthrie L,0-2 ........... 51⁄3 11 6 6 0 4 Collins....................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 K.Herrera ................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 L.Coleman ............... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Seattle Beavan W,6-6.......... 62⁄3 4 1 1 1 6 Luetge ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kinney ...................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 League ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Guthrie (J.Montero), by Beavan (Moustakas). WP—Beavan 2. Umpires—Home, Doug Eddings;First, Jordan Baker;Second, Lance Barrett;Third, Dana DeMuth. T—2:30. A—14,953 (47,860).

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Selenski forever inspired by her mom The field hockey player from Dallas will make her Olympic debut today against Germany. By SARAH HITE For The Times Leader

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Supporting Team USA

A supporter of the United States smiles while watching the group G women’s soccer match between the United States and Colombia at the Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. TELEVISION

Choreographer angry that NBC cut segment

NEW YORK — The choreographer of a somber segment in the London Olympics opening ceremony says he’s disappointed that NBC decided not to show it to an American audience. Londoner Akram Khan created the segment, described as an expression of the struggle between life and death. Spectators were asked to display pictures of loved ones who could not be there. NBC didn’t show the segment Friday night, instead airing Ryan Seacrest’s interview with swimmer Michael Phelps. Khan said that he was disappointed and that maybe NBC thought the segment was too truthful.

Friends and family of 22-yearold Paige Selenski weren’t exactly surprised when the 2008 Dallas High School graduate was named to the U.S. Olympic Field Hockey Team. “Well, yes and no,” said Paige’s father Brian Selenski, of Shavertown. “You know from the coaches what’s going on and who’s doing well but then you’re holding your breath because you never know.” For Selenski, a University of Virginia senior majoring in English, making the team was a long time coming. Brian Selenski said his daughter was first introduced to the sport as a seventh grader at Dallas Middle School by her late mother Judy’s suggestion to join a field hockey camp. And the rest is the stuff of Olympians. Selenski joined the junior high team at Dallas and earned a starting spot on the varsity team by her freshman year. Former coach Mary Kate Stauffer said it’s evident that Selenski has no one but herself to credit for her success. “Paige was, and continues to

be, head and shoulders above the rest of her peers in terms of her skills,” said Stauffer, UP NEXT who coached Selenski in Team USA high school. vs. Germany “From an 4:15 p.m., today NBCSN early age, she knew how to harness her talents and definitely worked hard.” It was during that time when Selenski lost her mother to cancer, and Brian Selenski wanted to make sure his daughter continued on her athletic path as long as she enjoyed the game. “I asked her if she wanted to continue and she said ‘yes,’” Brian said. “My wife was there right down to the end. When she got sick she would still go to see the games, and even when she wasn’t feeling well she would watch the games from the car.” Brian believes that kind of support is what keeps the field hockey star so motivated. “I think part of her playing is for my wife,” he said. “I think it gets her adrenaline up, especially when she gets into a slump during a game.” Selenski pressed on and continued to excel throughout her career at Dallas. Stauffer said Selenski was a “quiet leader”

whose passion and dedication for the sport were always apparent. “The girl knew what she was doing,” Stauffer said. “She had a lot of drive, and there were many things that were God-given to her in terms of skill and desire to be successful. She was always extremely passionate about competing. Hockey was her thing.” Robyn Jones, a Dallas High School guidance counselor and former field hockey coach, plans to attend the 2012 Olympic Games in London this month to watch Selenski perform. “I’m especially excited about the game on July 31, when the United States team faces Argentina,” she said. “It’s going to be a war.” Jones believes it’s the support that Selenski received throughout the years that contributes to the field hockey player’s success. “Paige’s success as a student athlete can be attributed to, first and foremost, her tenacious work ethic, second, her God-given talent and third, her innate intelligence,” Jones said. “And very importantly, her family upbringing. Judy was very invested in her daughter, academically and athletically, and dad has done a wonderful job since Judy passed away of continuing to parent her. Her mom and dad are huge contributors to her success.” Brian Selenski said response

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Members of the USA women’s hockey team jog during training at Riverbank Arena on Saturday in London.

from the community has been overwhelming. “When she was first named to the team, the phone never stopped ringing,” he said. “Even Robyn Jones and the principal at Dallas said the phones at the school were ringing off the hook when it was announced.” Selenski is the middle child – she’s big sister to 18-year-old Greg and younger sibling to 25year-old Brad. Her father said no one else in the family has forayed into sports as extensively as his daughter. “The boys played Little League and soccer, and Greg is now recreationally into golf,” Brian Selenski said. Greg Selenski said it’s been an interesting ride watching his sis-

An opening hangover for U.S. women

First upset generated by pedal power

GYMNASTICS

US men cruise to lead

LONDON — The American men will be thrilled if they can hang onto this same spot in the gymnastics team finals, finishing Saturday’s qualifying round in first place. While defending Olympic champion China and perennial powerhouse Japan bobbled and wobbled their way through qualifying, the Americans landed atop the standings. Their final score of 275.342 was almost three points ahead of resurgent Russia (272.595). Britain managed to hang onto third place, and Germany was fourth (270.888). Japan, the heavy favorite coming into the meet, is fifth after several uncharacteristic errors by three-time world champion Kohei Uchimura. China, which also has won the last five world titles, is sixth. BOXING

Diaz off to strong start

LONDON — U.S. bantamweight Joseph Diaz Jr. got the Olympic boxing tournament off to an entertaining start Saturday with a stylish 19-9 victory over Ukraine’s Pavlo Ishchenko in the opening bout. British middleweight Anthony Ogogo won the hosts’ first bout, beating the Dominican Republic’s Junior Castillo 13-6 to thrill a raucous crowd at ExCel. Ireland’s John Joe Nevin and Darren O’Neill also rode the crowd’s cheers to opening-round victories, while Diaz became a crowd favorite after the Los Angeles-area native put on a rousing display of speed and power. VOLLEYBALL

Hooker paces USA

LONDON — Destinee Hooker had 21 points and the United States held off late-charging South Korea 3-1 in their opening match at the London Olympics. At one point the fans at Earls Court chanted “Des-tin-ee! Destin-ee!” as she dominated the 25-19, 25-17, 20-25, 25-21 victory. The United States, which won the silver medal in Beijing and is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, jumped out to a 17-11 lead in the first set after one of Hooker’s seemingly effortless spikes, and the tone of the match appeared set.

ter rise through the field hockey ranks. “It’s been an experience,” he said. “Our vacations revolved around it for a while.” But as the young woman prepares to take on international teams in London, Brian Selenski is sure the games won’t be his daughter’s last. “I don’t think this is going to be the end,” he said. “I think she’s going to stay on for the World Cup.” Until then, Brian Selenski and the rest of the family are enjoying Paige’s Olympic success. “Sometimes I think it’s a dream,” he said. “I mean, what are the chances that your son or daughter is going to play at the Olympics?”

Typically dominant, Americans struggle to put Croatia away until the fourth. By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer

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On a course lined by thousands, competitors ride though Richmond Park during the men’s road cycling race at the Summer Olympics on Saturday in London.

Kazakh cyclist will retire as champ

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer

LONDON — Alexander Vinokourov sprung the first surprise of the London Olympics. The 38-year-old Kazakh defeated the British cycling “dream team” on his own, winning the gold medal in the men’s road race to crown the end of a 14-year career that saw him in the roles of both hero and villain. Vinokourov, who served a two-year ban after testing positive for blood doping during the 2007 Tour de France, said he will retire after Wednesday’s time trial. He would not have been riding in London had he stuck to his decision to end his career last year, when he broke a femur during the Tour de France. His morale was so low he said he would not race again, but he changed his mind and returned for one more year. “After so many crashes, returning to cycling was difficult, but I was still hoping for a good result,” Vinokourov said after outsprinting Rigoberto Uran of Colombia. “My family, my kids, my parents were behind me the whole time. I still have the metal plate in my hip, my femur, so it wasn’t easy. Today, a dream has come true.” In a race that was held without race radios, Vinokourov made the most of his flair and tactical sense to go out in style and prevail as the British team was unable to set up a sprint for world champion Mark Cavendish. Cavendish had described his squad as a “dream team” before the race. He never had a chance to sprint and ended a disappointing 28th.

Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s road cycling race.

Vinokourov broke away from the leading group about 10 kilometers from the finish together with Uran. He then accelerated going down The Mall outside Buckingham Palace with 300 meters to go to leave Uran in his wake. Uran took silver, with Alexander Kristoff of Norway winning a mass sprint to get the bronze. “I certainly didn’t lose my concentration in the finish,” Uran said. “I must say it was very difficult. We did the last 10 kilometers at full speed and I don’t think either of us had much left. ... I looked at Alexander and I did not have any energy left for a sprint at the finish.” In another surprise, Taylor Phinney of the United States finished fourth, al-

though he was in no mood to celebrate. “Some would call fourth place the worst to arrive at the Olympics,” Phinney said, “but I won’t focus on that. I’ll get over it.” UP NEXT Vinokourov, who Women’s rode with only one road race teammate, made 7 a.m. today sure to avoid a NBC bunch sprint by pulling away from the lead pack and avoiding any chances of collisions near the end of the 250-kilometer race that featured the tricky Box Hill climb. “Today, especially in the last 10 kilometers, the fact that the major teams — and especially the Germans — had no team radios played in my favors,” said Vinokourov, who is known for launching fearless attacks, even when chances to succeed are low. “I knew that if was following the group I would have had no chance in the sprint,” he added. Vinokourov was third at the 2003 Tour, the race in which he gained fame. He has won four stages at cycling’s premier race and also had some success in several one-day classics, winning LiegeBastogne-Liege twice and the Amstel Gold Race once. This was his second Olympic medal after taking silver in the road race in Sydney in 2000. He missed out on the Beijing Olympics because of his doping suspension.

LONDON — The U.S. women’s basketball team looked nothing like the squad that is expected to dominant the Olympics. Maybe it was first-game nerves or a hangover from the opening ceremonies. The U.S. had to overcome a sloppy performance Saturday before finally putting away Croatia 81-56 in the opener. Coach Geno Auriemma had said he was hoping that the Americans could play a style of basketball that would be entertaining and help grow the women’s game internationally. That didn’t happen Saturday. “We have five players who have never been in the Olympics before, so they are going to be nervUP NEXT ous. Everybody was a litTeam USA tle nervous,” Auriemma vs. Angola said. “We’re better than 5:15 p.m. we showed, but I don’t Monday know that we’re going to Basketball be great right off the bat.” Channel The U.S., which got back to its hotel at 3 a.m. after the opening ceremonies, struggled for the first three quarters before winning its 34th consecutive Olympic contest. “There was a little jitters, probably a little sluggishness,” U.S. guard Sue Bird said. “For the most part we didn’t finish off plays we normally finish off. We allowed a team that when they get going are known to spread out the floor and try to hit as many 3s as they can, stay with us.” The U.S. led 53-49 early in the fourth quarter before a16-0 run put the game out of reach. “Bottom line is this is the Olympics,” Bird said. “A win is a win, regardless of how it works. Beauty is you can learn from it.”

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Candace Parker (right) and the U.S. women struggled for much of the game against Croatia. The four-time defending champs needed a late run to take control.

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Not so blind to see success on archery range LONDON — The headline sounded too good to be true: “Legally Blind Archer Smashes World Record.” Turns out it almost certainly was. A day after setting the first world records of the 2012 Games, Im Dong-hyun led South Korea to a bronze medal in the team event Saturday and somehow managed to leave behind more questions than answers about exactly how impaired his eyesight is. At one moment, speaking through an interpreter, Im described himself as farsighted and said the colors in the target — almost 77 yards away — appeared “blurry, not bad ... like a drop of paint in the water.” A moment later, he said he didn’t need glasses to drive or

OPINION JIM LITKE read, unless he was tired, describing his problem as “old man’s eyes.” At yet another, he said the vision in his left eye was 20 percent of a normal sighted person and 30 percent in the right. Not long after that, his coach, Oh Seon-Tek, raised that number to 60 percent and laughed at the notion that his star pupil had any problem seeing the target at all. Finally, after Im was asked directly a second time whether he was legally blind, he grinned widely and replied: “It’s really a matter of common sense. If I were legally blind, do you really think I could participate in the Olympics? “I’d rather participate in the Paralympics,” he added. “There,

Beach volleyball brings sexy back ... once again ham Palace, the beach volleyball venue offers LONDON — views of the The Benny Hill London Eye, theme plays over the Big Ben the loudspeaker clock tower and at Horse Guards 10 Downing Parade, the Street. But the crowd cheers real excitement and the raking this fortnight is crew scurries out inside the stadito smooth over um, where tickthe footprints in AP PHOTO ets are scarce the sand. for virtually all This is beach Misty May-Treanor, right, and volleyball, Brit- Kerri Walsh, left, of Team USA, of the thricecelebrate winning a point daily sessions. ish style. McCartney The Olympics’ against Australia on Saturday attended the sexiest sport in London. opened with a raucous debut on first half of the afternoon session, Saturday, mixing in a little local blending into a crowd that was flair with all of the more tradition- content to samba in the aisles or al trifles that have made the event re-enact their favorite slapstick one of the most sought-after tick- routines along the concourse. “What I expected was probably ets at the London Games (though Sir Paul McCartney managed to about 30 notches lower,” said Briget one for the afternoon session). tain’s Steven Grotowski, who with A dance team in bathing suits partner John Garcia-Thompson jiggled for the sold-out crowd dur- lost 21-19, 21-13 to Joshua Bining timeouts, while rock music stock and Martin Reader of Cananearly drowned out the pealing of da. Americans Kerri Walsh JenBig Ben. And, much to the relief of the British tabloids, the athletes nings and Misty May-Treanor, wore their traditional bikinis de- who are trying for a third consecspite the chill in the air that left the utive gold medal, beat Australians sand at 67 degrees when the day Tasmin Hinchley and five-time Olympian Natalie Cook in the fistarted. “There are so many people out nal match 21-18, 21-19. The No. 2 here already, and it’s only 10 U.S. men’s team of Sean Rosenthal o’clock in the morning,” said Ger- and Jake Gibb needed just 33 minmany’s Ilka Semmler, who with utes to put away South Africans partner Katrin Holtwick beat Ha- Freedom Chiya and Grant na Klapalova and Lenka Hajecko- Goldschmidt. Defending men’s champions va of the Czech Republic in straight sets. “It’s really, really, re- Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser of the United States play their first ally nice.” Located just inside the gate match on Sunday, as does the No. used by the queen — and only the 2 U.S. women’s team of April Ross queen — to ride up to Bucking- and Jen Kessy.

I’d have a much greater chance to win a gold medal.” Why Im has been described as legally blind in published reports dating back several years is a matter of some conjecture. A South Korean journalist who knows him well said Im occasionally passes close by without so much as a hint of recognition and that the various answers to questions on the topic may have more to do with the stigma attached to disabilities than his actual condition. What is clear is that no matter the extent of Im’s visual impairment, it hasn’t affected his ability to compete. Officials of several federations suggested it might even be an advantage in a sport where some competitors sometimes focus too long and too intently on the target and freeze up, rather than rely on biomechanics or muscle memory to help them decide when to re-

lease the arrow. Called “target panic,” it’s archery’s equivalent of the putting “yips” that bedevil even top-flight golfers. That, however, has never been a problem with Im, who arrived at the Olympics as the No. 2ranked archer in the world. On Friday, he broke his own personal 72-arrow mark and contributed to a second record in the team shoot. Then he shook off a slow start and nearly turned back a surprisingly hot-shooting American team that upset the South Koreans in the semifinal round. The Americans, in turn, were upset by Italy in the gold-medal match. It turns out the Italians had a visually impaired archer of their own, Mauro Nespoli, because it’s not all that uncommon in the sport. What thrust Im into the spotlight, and kept him there, are his consistently worldclass results. He’s got one more

shot at redemption in these games come Friday. “It’s not the end of the line,” he said after the victory over Mexico in the consolation round. “It’s still a long way to go.” Still, after winning the last three team golds — the South Korean women have won all six since archery became a medal sport at the 1988 Seoul Games — the scale of the disappointment was etched on Oh’s face. “Pressure is inevitable,” he said through an interpreter, then explained how his nation’s coaches and assistants have been needling one another for more than a decade about who would be in charge when the dynasty took a hit. Oh managed a weak smile to indicate it was him. “Only eight arrows determine everything,” he added. Oh’s words and expressions

Casey Eichfeld Tomorrow is the first big day! I can’t believe it is finally here! My second Olympic Games is in front of me and I’m ready to race with all I’ve got! *** I am sorry that I haven’t gotten a chance to thank you all yet :( Things have been hectic since last night! I’d just like to send out a general "Thank You" to everyone! You guys are the best and so supportive! I appreciate

it so much! THANK YOU!!!!! *** Paige Selenski Thank you to everyone for being so supportive on my Olympic journey, especially #DHS #UVA and #NEPA. You have been incredible! *** The day is almost here.. First game tomorrow against Germany! #LetsDoThis #TeamUSA #London2012

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Medal count as of July 28

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barely hinted at how crushing the expectations for this squad were back home. Only soccer and perhaps baseball elicit anywhere near the same passion among his countrymen. Among Olympic sports, archery has no competition. Before coming to London, the South Koreans built an exact replica of Lord’s, the most hallowed ground in cricket. Not only that, they built it inside a baseball stadium, filled it with spectators to simulate crowd noise, and put together a video to make it feel like the real thing. What they forgot to adjust for was the London weather. “It was a true replica,” Oh said, smiling ruefully. “But we were not able to make the wind.”

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Abby Wambach (center), sporting the beginning of a shiner under her right eye after she said she was sucker-punched, celebrates her record-breaking Olympic goal vs. Colombia.

Black eye and a blanking

By JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer

GLASGOW, Scotland — Abby Wambach’s second-half goal put her atop the all-time list Saturday as the Americans dominated feisty Colombia 3-0, guaranteeing a spot in the quarterfinals of the London Games soccer tournament. Megan Rapinoe scored in the first half and celebrated by wishing injured teammate Ali Krieger a happy birthday, and Carli Lloyd had a late goal in her return to the starting lineup. But niceties were otherwise few and far between in a game that included 30 fouls — with no altercation more painful than when Lady Andrade hit Wambach in the face in the 39th minute. “I’m running toward the goal to get position, and I got sucker-punched,” said Wambach, sporting a black semicircle under her swollen right eye after the game. “It’s clear. We have it on film, so it’s up to the Olympic committee and FIFA to decide what to do.” Wambach said Andrade kept on taunting in the second half and attempted another blow to the face — but missed and hit Wambach’s neck instead. When Wambach scored in the 74th minute to make the score 2-0, the achievement felt particularly sweet. “Absolutely. It’s interesting – you think about yourself and what you would do on the street if somebody were to sucker-punch you,” Wambach said. “And you have all of the lists of things that you would probably do to

retaliate, but this is Olympics and I can’t risk getting a red card, I can’t risk getting a yellow card. We like to call it ‘ice’ – stay ice cold. They’re trying to get me to retaliate, and I’m proud of myself for not doing that.” Andrade called the UP NEXT play an accident. Team USA “Nothing happened,” vs. North Korea she said through an inter4:15 Tuesday preter. “It was just a norNBCSN mal part of the game. We were both running, she ran across me and we collided. I had my hands in the air. It was an accident.” Told that Wambach wants Andrade disciplined, the Colombian said: “I think they should be, too, because they’re the United States. The whistle always goes in their favor. They were hitting us and hitting us, but there was never a whistle.” Wambach looked like her younger self on her goal, sliding onto Tobin Heath’s pass to beat two defenders. The 32-year-old striker joked that she was using her “blazing speed.” “Nobody puts balls to me like that anymore,” Wambach said. “And she put it through. And I’m like, ‘I’ve got to get there.’ ” It was Wambach’s sixth Olympic goal, moving her past Mia Hamm and Tiffeny Milbrett.

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BETHLEHEM — It didn’t take long. Before they even commenced hitting at the first practice with full pads, the Eagles suffered their first significant injury of training camp when Riley Cooper fractured his left collarbone Saturday. The team did not estimate how long the wide receiver would be out, but broken collarbones typically require four to six weeks of recovery, depending upon the severity of the break. The Eagles open the season in six weeks, when they travel to Cleveland on Sept. 9. Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said that he could not estimate how long Cooper would be out until he had an X-ray and the team’s medical staff evaluated the third-year receiver. "I think it’s a bump in the road," Roseman said. "He’ll recover from it." Cooper entered camp as the Eagles’ likely fourth receiver. He filled that role most of last season and was also a special-teams standout. He did start three games when Jeremy Maclin was sidelined and finished the season with 16 catches for 315 yards and one touchdown. "He’s had a good offseason, and because he’s had that offseason he’s gotten a lot of reps ... and gotten stronger and got more knowledge of our system, and that will benefit him when he’s ready to come back," Roseman said. When asked if the Eagles would consider signing a freeagent receiver in light of Cooper’s injury, Roseman pointed out that he had 12 other receivers on the roster. The similarly sized Marvin McNutt could get additional opportunities to impress coaches. He’s made several nice catches at Lehigh University, although he isn’t particularly quick off the line. Cooper (6-foot-3, 222 pounds) and McNutt (6-2, 216) are the two biggest receivers in camp. Several free agent receivers who are still on the market could help the Eagles in the size department. Braylon Edwards (6-3, 214), Mike Williams (6-5, 235), and Plaxico Burress (6-5, 232) remained unsigned — perhaps for good reason. The Eagles flirted with the idea of bringing Burress, 34, aboard after his release from prison last year. He has lobbied hard for Andy Reid to bring him to Philly, but his best days are certainly behind him.

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event was done. He was totally spent. He was thoroughly beaten, perhaps signaling a changing of the guard at the pool. “This is my year,” said Lochte, who popped in his grillz — diamond-studded mouth jewelry — for the victory ceremony. “I know it and I feel it, because I’ve put in hard work. I’ve trained my butt off for four years ... and there’s no better way to start this Olympics off than getting gold.” For Phelps, the start of these games couldn’t have been more out of character. He barely qualified for the evening final, a performance that hinted at trouble ahead. Trouble indeed. Phelps struggled to a fourth-place finish, blown out by Lochte and beaten by Brazil’s Thiago Pereira and Japan’s Kosuke Hagino. “It was just a crappy race,” Phelps said. “I felt fine the first 200, then I don’t know. They just swam a better race than me, a smarter race than me, and were better prepared than me. That’s why they’re on the medal stand.” Lochte took the gold with a time of 4 minutes, 5.18 seconds. Pereira (4:08.86) and Hagino (4:08.94) were well back but ahead of Phelps, who touched fourth in 4:09.28 — nearly 5 1-2 seconds off his world record from

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The crew of Regan Smith work on his car during Sprint Cup practice for the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on Saturday. Smith’s sponsor, Furniture Row Racing, which is based in Denver, placed the names of the 12 people who died in the Aurora, Colo., shooting on the side of the car.

Edwards: Health issues drove switch By CHRIS JENKINS AP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Taken aback by speculation that his crew chief change was made largely because of the No. 99 team’s disappointing performance this season, Carl Edwards spent a good portion of a 20minute interview session explaining that former crew chief Bob Osborne really is dealing with significant health issues. Then Edwards was interrupted by some good-natured — but still fairly sharp — heckling from fellow driver Clint Bowyer, who was sitting nearby. “Hey, Carl! How many different ways can you explain why you fired somebody?” Bowyer yelled. A day before his first race with new crew chief Chad Norris, Edwards went out of his way to say that team owner Jack Roush made the change last week because of Osborne’s ongoing health issues — and not because the team goes into Sunday’s Brickyard 400 ranked 11th in the Sprint Cup points standings. “I can’t overstate enough that Bob is a very, very dedicated guy to our sport and he is going through something right now that would be tough for anyone,” Edwards said. “And for him to have done what he has done at this level and to have kept it quiet, he is just a tough, tough man. He is a good friend of mine, so I am really thinking a lot of him.” Osborne remains with the the Beijing Olympics and not nearly as fast as he went during the U.S. trials last month. Since finishing fifth in his lone event at Sydney, the 200 butterfly, Phelps was 16-of-16 when it came to winning medals at the Olympics — 14 golds and two bronzes. That run is over. Lochte climbed out of the pool with a big smile, waving to the crowd and looking about as fresh as he did at the start. He had predicted this would be his year and, for the first race of the Olympics at least, he was right on the mark. “I think I’m kind of in shock right now,” he said. As for Phelps, “I know he gave it everything he had. That’s all you can ask for.” Phelps was trying to become the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three straight Olympics. He’ll have three more chances at a threepeat before he’s done in London, having also won the 200 individual medley, plus the 100 and 200 butterfly, at Athens and Beijing. But he’ll need a major comeback. After one race, he looks nothing like the swimmer who won six gold medals in Athens, then a record eight in Beijing to break Mark Spitz’s Olympic record. “I’m surprised, and not pleasantly,” Bowman said. “I expected he’d be in the 4:06 range.” With first lady Michelle Obama in the house waving a small U.S. flag, everyone expected a duel between the two American stars. Only Lochte showed up.

Sadler penalty hands Indy win to Keselowski INDIANAPOLIS — Brad Keselowski took the lead when Elliott Sadler was penalized for jumping a late restart, then held on to win Saturday in a controversial finish to the first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sadler passed Keselowski on a restart with 18 laps to go, but officials ruled that Sadler went too early and black-flagged him. Sadler stayed on the track for several laps, apparently hoping officials would reconsider the penalty, before finally coming in with 12 laps to go and giving up the lead to Keselowski. Keselowski went unchallenged to the finish on the historic 2.5-mile oval. Sam Hornish Jr. was second, followed by Ty Dillon, Denny Hamlin and Austin Dillon. Sadler finished 15th.

team in a management role. But Edwards said Osborne could return as his crew chief once his health issues, which the team has not disclosed, are resolved. “What we are trying to do right now is make the team better and fix any issues we might have, which we don’t even know exactly what the issues are,” Edwards said. “If we don’t do any better here and Bob is up to it, we will probably put Bob right back in as soon as he is able. If this goes well and Bob is doing well in his new role and that is the best thing for him and Chad is doing great, then we will move forward with that. Nothing is in stone right now. It could be a whole difference scenario next week and we all know that. We are doing everything we can right now to be as good as we can right now.” For now, Edwards is working on establishing a relationship with Norris. They’re off to a good start, as

Edwards was second in qualifying on Saturday. “I think with the structure at Roush and the way we have done things, I don’t expect to miss a beat with Chad here,” Edwards said. “We talked a lot here this last week and even through the off weekend and I don’t think that there is really much of a learning curve.” Edwards did acknowledge that the relationship will be different. Osborne has an engineering background, while Norris is more of a traditional crew chief who will rely on the team’s engineers for information. “(Osborne) is an engineer and he stands on his own two feet and does what he thinks is right and that has given us a huge amount of success,” Edwards said. “Chad appears to be — and I don’t know him really well yet — (but) the structure seems to be a little different where it will be a standard crew chief-driver combination where

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Michael Phelps reacts after placing fourth in the men’s 400meter individual medley swimming final at the Aquatics Centre on Saturday in London.

Phelps fell behind right from the start in the butterfly, his trademark stroke. From there, it was all Lochte. He stretched his margin in the backstroke and breaststroke, then cruised to the gold in the freestyle, a good three body lengths ahead of the rest of the field. “It’s frustrating, that’s all I can say. It’s pretty upsetting,” Phelps said. “The biggest thing now is to try to look forward. I have a bunch of other races, and hopefully we can finish a lot better than how we started.” China had a big night, claiming a couple of gold medals. Sixteen-year-old Ye Shiwen set a world record in the women’s 400 individual medley — only the third mark to fall since high-tech bodysuits were banned at the end

of 2009. She won in 4:28.43, breaking the mark of 4:29.45 by Australia’s Stephanie Rice at the 2008 Beijing Games. American Elizabeth Beisel took silver and China’s Li Xuanxu grabbed the bronze. Sun Yang flirted with a world record in the men’s 400 freestyle. He took gold in 3:40.14, just off the mark of 3:40.07 by Germany’s Paul Biedermann in a rubberized suit three years ago. When it was done, Sun propped himself on the lane rope, pumping his fist and splashing the water. South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan won silver in 3:42.06, fortunate even to take part after initially being disqualified for a false start in the prelims. The ruling was overturned by governing body FINA a couple of hours later on appeal. Peter Vanderkaay of the U.S. won

he will rely on the engineers more than Bob did because he doesn’t have the same engineering background. And I think there will be times where that is better and times where that is worse. I think we will just have to see.” If things don’t get fixed quickly, Edwards knows he is in danger of missing out on NASCAR’s season-ending Chase after losing the title to Tony Stewart on a tiebreaker last season. “Chad and I agreed we are putting our feelings aside,” Edwards said. “We are going to tell each other everything. If I don’t like something he is doing, I am going to tell him, and if I am doing something he doesn’t like he is going to tell me. We are going to race hard, communicate and it doesn’t matter. If we like each other, great. If we yell at each other, it doesn’t matter. We are going to try to be fast. It seems to be going well so far.” Five-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson says the move could jolt the No. 99 team’s performance. “It’s tough, but they are at a point and time where they have to do something different,” Jimmie Johnson said. “I’d imagine that from the final few laps at Homestead until now has been the toughest part. Now they’ve probably turned the page and moving forward with the decisions they’ve made. I would assume it brings a little bit of new life and excitement to the program.” the bronze. Australia captured gold in the women’s 400 freestyle relay with an Olympic record of 3:33.15, rallying to pass the Americans and hold off the fast-charging Netherlands. The U.S. got off to a blistering start with Missy Franklin swimming leadoff under world-record pace, and the Americans were still ahead after Jessica Hardy went next. But the Australians rallied behind Brittany Elmslie on the third 100, and Melanie Schlanger held on at the end, with Ranomi Kromowidjojo closing fast to give the Netherlands a silver in 3:33.79. The other members of the winning team were Alicia Coutts and Cate Campbell. The Americans slipped to the bronze in 3:34.24, but that was still good enough to give Natalie Coughlin the12th medal of her career, tying Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson as the most decorated U.S. female Olympians in any sport. Coughlin swam in the morning prelims, then was reduced to the role of cheerleader in the evening as the Americans went with Franklin, Hardy, Lia Neal and Allison Schmitt. Everyone who swims on a relay gets a medal, though. “I really have no idea what to think of it so far,” Coughlin said. “I’ll have to take it all in tonight. I’m very proud of it, but I’ve never been on a morning relay before.” There was no medal for Phelps. His close call in the morning

ANCASTER, Ontario — Robert Garrigus broke the 54hole scoring record at the Canadian Open that was first set more than a half-century ago by Arnold Palmer. Now he needs to finish like the King. On rain-softened greens that took the bite out of Hamilton Golf & Country Club, Garrigus combined his power with some timely putts for a 6-under 64 on Saturday that gave him a oneshot lead over William McGirt, who lost ground despite a 66. Scott Piercy had a 67 and was another shot behind. Garrigus was at 16-under 194, one shot better than Palmer in 1955 at Weston Golf & Country Club outside Toronto, and matched two years ago by Dean Wilson at St. George’s Golf & Country Club. Palmer went on to win the 1955 Canadian Open for the first of his 62 titles on the PGA Tour. Garrigus will be going for his second win, though this tournament is a long way from being settled. He was fortunate to escape with par, not to mention his health, on the final hole when his 3-iron off the tee ran out 290 yards and just into the hazard short of the bridge. He had to clip the ball to avoid smacking the bridge and damaging his wrist, and the wedge came out perfectly. Scott Stallings, who won last week in Mississippi, birdied his last two holes for a 63 and was four shots behind, along with Chris Kirk (63) and Bo Van Pelt (67). Stallings ended a streak of nine consecutive PGA Tour events in which the 54hole leader failed to win. The ninth was Ernie Els coming from six shots behind at the British Open. Stalling won later that day. SENIOR BRITISH OPEN

TURNBERRY, Scotland — Bernard Langer shot a 4-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Fred Couples heading into the final round of the Senior British Open. Langer, the 2010 winner at Carnoustie, had a 7-under 203 total on Turnberry’s Ailsa Course. Couples, making his first appearance in the event, had a 64. Peter Fowler was 5 under after a 65, and John Cook, Barry Lane and second-round Gary Hallberg followed at 5 under. John Cook and Barry Lane shot 66, and Hallberg had a 73. prelims put him in an already uncustomary position — swimming on the outside in the No. 8 lane. He only had one swimmer next to him and no idea what Lochte and the others in the middle of the pool were doing. Not that it would have mattered. “I don’t think the lane had anything to do with it,” Phelps said. “I just couldn’t really put myself in a good spot for that race. It’s frustrating for sure. ... It’s just really frustrating to start off on a bad note like this.” Phelps still has six more events to swim in London, plenty of time to make up for his dismal start. He remains two behind the most medals won by any Olympian — Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina’s mark of18 — nine gold, five silver, four bronze. Phelps put himself in position to swim another eight events with his performance at the U.S. trials, but he decided to drop the 200meter freestyle, feeling one less race would give his body a better chance to recover and improve his performance in the other events. Now, he may be regretting that decision. The 400 IM was an event he has dominated, winning gold at the last two Olympics and holding the world record for a full decade. But, tired of putting his body through such a grind, he dropped it from his program after setting a world record in Beijing four years ago (4:03.84), vowing never to swim it again.

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Rochester (N.Y.) Curling Club’s Josh Ozarowsky, center, sends the stone down the ice as teammates Mike Hahn, left, and Ron Turk wait to step in to begin sweeping during Saturday’s Diamond City Bonspiel at Coal Street Ice Rink in Wilkes-Barre.

The Diamond City Bonspiel at Coal Street Ice Rink in Wilkes-Barre continues today with eight teams reaching the final round. The host team, the Anthracite Curling Club, saw its Pool A squad win its first

match Friday, 7-1 over Philadelphia, before dropping decisions to Whitby, Ont., 13-2, and Plainfield, N.J., 7-3, on Saturday. The Anthracite team in Pool B lost to Pittsburgh 9-3 and Rochester, N.Y. Whitby

(Pool A) and Pittsburgh (Pool B) were unbeaten in pool play through Saturday afternoon. Finals will take place today at Coal Street, with matches at 8:30 and 11 a.m.

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WORCESTER, Mass. -- Kiera Mongeon had a single and two RBI, but Mountain Top dropped its Eastern Regional Senior Little League softball tournament opener on Saturday, falling 7-4 to Delaware. Rachael Ritz, Ashley Casem, Mel Snyder, Kelsey Rinehamer, Juliet Wotherspoon, Maddy O’Donohue and Jackie Potoski all had one hit apiece. Mountain Top will play Maryland today at 1 p.m.

STATE JUNIOR BASEBALL

Lower Gwynedd 9, Northwest 5

Northwest lost its second consecutive state tournament game, falling to Lower Gwynedd 9-5 on Friday. With the loss, Northwest (0-2) has been eliminated from championship round play. The squad has one game remaining against Pen Mar, the Section 7 champions.

SWOYERSVILLE U12 BASEBALL

Hanover 5, Northwest 4

Matt Clarke picked up a complete-game victory and had two hits as Hanover held on. Clarke struck out six and allowed just three hits. Noah Jackson and Mike Piscotti both doubled for Hanover. Connor Quaglia, Collin Cook, Shaun Gurnari and Sean Hart all finished with a hit. Sam Saxe topped Northwest with a home run. Austin Ford added a double and Tyler Stevens singled. Kingston/Forty Fort 12, Mountain Top Gold 0

Sam Switzer had three hits, including a grand slam, in the Kingston/Forty Fort win. Josh Payne pitched a complete game with four strikeouts in the win, while Liam Gabriel hit two doubles, Austin Sienkiewicz had two hits and Josh Moses had one double.

Ronnie Grevera, Rick Andrews and Anthony Ruggeri had hits for Mountain Top.

JUNIOR LEGION REGIONALS

Nanticoke 4, South Scranton 2

Combined pitching of John Wickiser and Mike Bugonowicz led Nanticoke to the win in the tournament’s opening round. Mike Blazaski had two hits and an RBI, while Wikiszre, Christian Pack, Jack Windt, Matt Kuhl and Frank Marcinkowski all had hits. Nanticoke plays today at 7 p.m. against an opponent to be determined. Swoyersville 1, Montrose 0

Logan Zavada pitched a complete game and Bill Gregory had one hit and one RBI in the Swoyersville win. Ryan Hogan and Jason Wall had two hits each in the victory. Swoyersville plays Spring City today at 4 p.m.

HORSE RACING

Second season looking for another star By RICHARD ROSENBLATT AP Sports Writer

The second season of racing for 3-year-olds swings into high gear this weekend with the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga and the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. Too bad all the stars aren’t around anymore. While both races feature competitive fields, the winners of the Triple Crown races are retired, and the next best horse is recovering from a fever. Is there another standout waiting in starting gate? “With I’ll Have Another, Bodemeister and Union Rags not being around, that leaves the door open for one of them,” says Michael Matz, who trained Union Rags, the Belmont Stakes winner, and will send out Teeth of the Dog in the Jim Dandy on Saturday. The Triple Crown grind took a toll on the top talent. Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another was retired the day before the Belmont because of a leg injury, followed a few weeks later by Union Rags’ retirement

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two other riders attempted the ride again, but had to abandon after about 85 miles because of extreme heat. So what is the ride like? “Once you are out of Pennsylvania it’s pretty flat,” Hopeck

due to injury. Preakness runnerup Bodemeister, meanwhile, was training for the Haskell but a fever put him on the shelf, and he’s recouping before his next start. And as Matz says, there just may be a rising star ready to step up. In the Jim Dandy, Derby alsoran Alpha is the slight 5-2 favorite in a field of eight, while Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s Paynter is the 3-2 choice in a sixhorse field for the Haskell on Sunday. The 11/8-mile races are considered preps for the $1 million Travers Stakes at the Spa on Aug. 25. Baffert finished second in each of the Triple Crown races — Bodemeister in the Derby and Preakness, Paynter in the Belmont — and now has a chance for a Jim Dandy-Haskell double. He will send out Liaison in the Jim Dandy as the 7-2 third choice. Baffert is staying home in California this weekend, so it’s the job of assistant Jimmy Barnes to have Paynter ready to give his said. That’s the good news. The 100 or so miles – using Route 309 – it takes to get out of Pennsylvania feature somewhere between 5,400 to 6,800 feet of climbing, depending on the navigation system used. After leaving Route 309, Hopeck says he mainly follows back roads into Delaware. No matter what the route is it

boss a third straight Haskell win and a record sixth overall. “I’m just happy to have a horse fit enough to run, and be the favorite,” said Baffert, who won the Haskell with Coil last year, and with Lookin At Lucky in 2010. His key to success at the Jersey Shore track? “You have to go to Max’s Hot Dogs and have a hot dog for lunch. It usually works,” said Baffert of the near-the-track joint that’s been dishing out dogs for more than 80 years. To that end, Baffert has instructed Barnes to show up at Max’s before Dale Romans, the trainer of 3-1 co-second choice Dullahan, a colt who ran third in the Derby and seventh in the Belmont. Romans is optimistic, but knows he needs a sensational effort from Dullahan, who will be ridden by Kent Desormeaux. “I am a huge fan of Paynter’s,” said Romans. “He’s the horse to beat and will be out there running. We’ll have to run him down.” makes for a pretty arduous day in the saddle. “I started in March (for the first ride),” the 34-year-old manager at Amazon.com said. “I just started building up miles. I had done seven or eight centuries before the first ride.” Figuring out what to eat is also extremely important. “You have to experiment with foods that will get you through,”

ter. All six confirmed that they were on campus this weekend and recommitted to the staff in person. “Holding this recruiting class together, on top of the talent that’s already on the roster, can really help weather the storm of the NCAA sanctions,” said Steve Wiltfong, a national recruiting reporter for 247Sports, one of three major recruiting networks in the country. The pledges remain non-binding until national signing day in February. And the NCAA has ruled that because of the sanctions, they would be free to transfer to another school and still play immediately until preseason camp opens in August 2013. But the fact that this group has not wavered after Monday’s judgment is a positive sign for Penn State. Since his first interview on Tuesday, O’Brien’s recruiting pitches have focused on education, the atmosphere at Beaver Stadium and the ability of his staff to put players into the NFL. “The philosophy that I brought here based on my experience with the New England Patriots does not change,” O’Brien said in regards to recruiting. “Meaning that we’re looking for high-character guys that are good students, that are tough football players, and we’re going to find different ways to do that.” On Friday at Big Ten media days in Chicago, O’Brien vowed to open up the program to NFL teams, in stark contrast to his predecessor, Joe Paterno. “Come on in – scout our players,” O’Brien said. “Come on in.” If Saturday is any indication, his pitches are resonating with recruits. Holding on to players like Hackenberg, one of the nation’s highest-rated quarterbacks, and Breneman, arguably the top player to come out of Pennsylvania this year, sends a strong

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interview from the dugout at Tropicana Field. "We’re (31⁄2 games) out of the second wild card, which is incredible. I was talking to some other writers, and the part that’s been difficult to understand is our record against the AL Central, 8-16. We have been the most banged up when we’ve played against those teams. “Nevertheless, we’re still in good shape. Guys are getting well. Matt Joyce is back. Longo (third baseman Evan Longoria) hopefully is close by. A lot of the guys that have been hurt are starting to come back." Maddon also refuses to use the ‘small market’ philosophy as excuse. Tampa Bay has found success in drafting and developing starting pitchers from within. The Rays have also gotten good return on trading veteran players away for prospects who have contributed at the big league level. "Obviously when you have more money, you are able to buy more of what you want," Maddon said. "Just like any other household, you are able to buy a bigger house or faster cars. That just comes with more money. But if you don’t have that, you can still have a nice car or a nice house, still live comfortably and have an entertaining life. “Even though we don’t have the same kind of dough, I love how we do things. This is the essence of how things should be run and done. I enjoy it." Things didn’t start out easy for Maddon, who inherited a losing franchise that the likes of Lou PiHopeck said. “And not just foods that will power you physically but mentally, too. “Comfort foods are important. On my first ride down, I stopped for a hamburger and fries.” After 212 miles of pedaling, can a rider have anything left to enjoy the beach? “The first time I was so energized at that point, even though it was night, because I had

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“Holding this recruiting class together, on top of the talent that’s already on the roster, can really help weather the storm of the NCAA sanctions.” Steve Wiltfong National recruiting reporter for 247Sports

message of support for O’Brien and his new staff. “If Hackenberg stays in the fold, then others in the class will see that,” Wiltfong said. “As the quarterback, he’s kind of the leader for a team and a signing class. That’s huge in a lot of ways. “It’s tough to win without a quality guy under center, and he’s as good as anybody in the country.” Starting with the 2013 class, Penn State can only sign 15 players – reduced from 25 – in each of the next four years. Recruits that sign on in February do so knowing they cannot compete for a national championship, a Big Ten title or even play in a bowl game in their first three years on campus. And by the time the postseason ban is lifted, Penn State will still be taking the field with just 65 scholarship players as opposed to 85 for their opponents. Significant, even crippling, handicaps. Apparently not enough to deter some recruits. “We’re going to do something a lot bigger than win bowl games,” Breneman wrote. “That’s a promise.”

lege, becomes the 20th member of the 2012 class.

Getting creative Though the NCAA sanctions will hinder recruiting going forward, they do not affect the 2012 class, which signed in February. Penn State actually added another member to that 2012 scholarship group on Thursday when Arizona linebacker Brennan Franklin committed to the Lions. According to 247Sports, Franklin signed a letter of intent for Penn State on Friday and is set to enroll at the school on Aug. 3. Franklin, a first-team all-state selection who was originally headed to a local community col-

Getting cautious Also on the recruiting front, Penn State is covering its bases as far as compliance because of the intense scrutiny now on the program. On Friday, the athletic department posted on its official Facebook page, asking fans and alumni to refrain from messaging recruits on Facebook and Twitter. “There has never been a time in Penn State’s history when it has been more important for boosters and fans to be aware of and adhere to NCAA rules,” the message said. “Thus, we are issuing a reminder that NCAA Bylaw 13.01.4 prohibits friends of Penn State Athletics from engaging in written or telephonic communication with prospective student-athletes. “Examples of impermissible activities for boosters and fans includes creation of Facebook pages designed to show support of a specific recruit, sending emails or text messages to recruits, posting messages on a recruit’s Facebook wall and sending ‘tweets’ directed to recruits. Your assistance and helping PSU comply with NCAA rules is very important and much appreciated.” The bylaw cited is nearly impossible to enforce in regards to social media, however, as high school players across the country use it to interact daily with regular college fans. “For every 10 fans that mean well, there’s always one that crosses the line,” Wiltfong said. “But what can you do? How can you enforce that? Who can? … It wouldn’t be fair to single one school out. The NCAA would have to handle it with every school in the country.”

niella couldn’t fix. After winning just 61 and 66 games in his first two seasons, Maddon quickly turned things around in 2008 with a World Series appearance. Tampa Bay has strung together four consecutive winning seasons after suffering through 10 straight losing campaigns from 1998-2007. Maddon, who is in his seventh season with Tampa Bay, continues to get rave reviews around the league. In a recent Men’s Health magazine poll of 100 Major League players, he was voted the smartest manager in baseball. Those accolades also echo throughout his team’s clubhouse. "He’s great," Rays utilityman Ben Zobrist said of his manager. "Ever since I’ve been here, Joe’s been a players’ manger. A guy that treats you like a person first, which you really appreciate. He’s definitely the most intellectual manager I’ve ever had. He’s an avid reader. He thinks, and uses his brain. The thing about him is he’s the type of person who won’t do things inside the box. He thinks outside the box and is an innovative baseball man." Another local baseball product, Russ Canzler, joined forces with Maddon and spent the 2011 season as part of the Tampa Bay organization. Although he spent almost the entire season with AAA Durham, Canzler did get to make his major league debut with Tampa Bay as a September call up. Contrary to what many local fans believed, Maddon didn’t have a hand in getting his fellow Hazleton native to the Rays. "I had nothing to do with it," Maddon said. "I really didn’t know Russ at all. I had heard about him from Dave Cassarella

and Bruce Leib. I’ll tell you this, he exceeded all my expectations as a player. But more than that, he is a great guy. I mean, I was really proud to say that he was from Hazleton. Because he represented himself so well among the players and the front office here." Outside of baseball, Maddon is contributing to his hometown in a big way. He has spearheaded the Hazleton Integration Project, in which he hopes to unite the Anglo and Hispanic communities of his hometown. So far, he is very pleased with the results. "We’re very close to buying a building," Maddon said. "Once we buy a building, we’ll really be able to sell the program. We’ve raised close to $400,000. We will still continue to raise more money, and we’re looking forward to getting some grants. The big thing is, once the doors open and we show that kind of progress, it’s really gonna take off. “It’s going well. More people are becoming engaged with it. Once those doors open, you’re really going to see a renaissance for our hometown." Like any person who has made it to the big time, Maddon receives lots of support from his hometown people. Fans, friends and family will frequent ballparks like Baltimore or New York, which are convenient day trips from Hazleton. "It’s pretty cool," Maddon said of the support. "I like it best when they bring some kind of food to pay for their tickets. I really appreciate that. I revert to my ways so quickly- my Hazletonian accent and phraseologies come back, and I laugh. I like to laugh and giggle, so when the boys and my family show up, it gives me a chance to recap the past and enjoy it. I really dig that."

trained so hard,” Hopeck said. “I was totally pumped for it. I was very alive.”

division of Paramount Criterium in Carson, Calif., on July 15. That makes it eight victories in a row for the 49-year-old. Also, I made a mistake in my last column about Meeker. His parents are Mary Anne and George Meeker of Plymouth.

More Meeker Richard Meeker’s incredible win streak has been extended since the last Cycling Scene column. The former area resident, who now calls California home, won the men’s 45-and-older

Joe Soprano writes about cycling for The Times Leader. Reach him at jsoprano@timesleader.com.

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OUTDOORS

Rising seniors use fishing tournaments to help others

HUNTS FOR HEALING will host its first Red, White and Blue Rally on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the American Legion Post 510 in Laceyville. The family event will feature a chicken barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers, raffles, 50/50 drawing and a baked goods sale.

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THE STANLEY COOPER SR. CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED will be one of several conservation organizations to host a cleanup targeting the Delaware River. Cleanup efforts will take place along the banks of the Monument Pool beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11. Volunteers are needed. Meeting place is the River Run parking lot. For more information, email info@fudr.org. NESCOPECK STATE PARk will hold a birds and butterflies walk Aug. 12 with enthusiast Jonathan Debalko. The walk will meander around the butterfly garden and lake in search of birds and butterflies. Wear sturdy walking shoes and bring binoculars if you have them. The park will have a small supply available to borrow. This is also a Junior Bird Club event. Kids ages 9 and up are invited to attend the birds and butterflies program. There is a one-time $5 fee for new members. This club is supported by the Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society. If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, contact the park or make inquiries through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 888-537-7294 (TTY). Bureau of State Parks staff will gladly discuss how to accommodate your needs. With at least three days notice, interpreters for people who are deaf or hard of hearing are available for educational programs. HICKORY RUN STATE PARK NATURALIST MEGAN TAYLOR will host the ninth hike in the 2012 Hickory Run State Park Hiking Series on Aug. 19 at 9 a.m. The 2.5 mile hike is classified as difficult. Meet at the Hawk Falls Trailhead on Route 534, east of the park office. This hike will feature some small but very steep and rocky sections on Hawk Falls and Orchard Trail Loop. For more information, contact Taylor at hickoryrunenvedsp@pa.gov or 570-403-2006. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES VOLUNTEER DAVID KRUEL will host an early morning beginners bird walk on Saturday, Aug. 25, at 8 a.m., at Nescopeck State Park to celebrate the Global Birding Initiatives “Pledge to Fledge” program. From Aug. 24-26, birders across six continents will be sharing their interest in birds by bringing friends and other non-birders out to truly see and enjoy birds for the first time. The goal of the program is to share enthusiasm toward bird watching to transform non-birders and casual birders into citizens concerned about bird conservation and the environment. This program is free and will meet at the wood bridge near the education center at Nescopeck State Park. A limited number of binoculars will be available. Please wear sturdy shoes and bring water along. Registration is required by calling 403-2006. Outdoors notes items will not be accepted over the telephone. Items may be faxed to 831-7319, dropped off at the Times Leader or mailed to Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 187110250.

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Nicole O’Connor looks over a weigh-in area as she prepares to hold a charity bass tournament at Harveys Lake on Aug. 19.

Casting for charity

bass club with little fishing experience and evolve into proven bass angler with several tournaments under his belt. When it came time to choose their “He’s put a tremendous amount of senior project for the upcoming school time and effort into the tournament,” year, Antonio Constantino and Nicole Bowers said. “When he joined the high O’Connor chose to go fishing. school club, he really wanted to be Both students will be utilizing charity involved with everything we do. He’s bass tournaments to meet the requirereally taken what we taught him about ments for their senior project. Constanfishing and the community and has tino, a rising senior at Hanover Area done something good with it.” High School, is working with Fishing As a result, Constantino has spent the for a Cause to organize a tournament at summer working on fundraising for the Lake Winola to raise funds for the St. tournament, posting flyers in local bait Joseph’s Center in Scranton. O’Connor shops and seeking donations from area will be entering her senior year at LakeCLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER businesses. He has already raised more Lehman and will host her own bass Hanover Area High School student Antonio Conthan $700, in addition to several gift tournament at Harveys Lake to raise money for the Catch A Dream Founda- stantino is helping organize a charity bass tourna- certificates and prize donations. ment for his senior project. Constantino, on the “I didn’t think it was as much work as tion. it is,” Constantino said. “I think I met For Constantino and O’Connor, who right, is pictured with Fishing for a Cause member are both avid anglers, the projects were George Bowers with materials promoting the tour- my hour requirement for the project ney. already, but I’m not going to stop. I’ll be a way to combine their love of fishing at the tournament early in the morning into something that helps others. weren’t limited to bass lures and techniques. helping set up and be there all day.” Quick learner It’s one day that Constantino doesn’t mind Under club instructors George Bowers, John watching others fish while he stays on shore. Centak and John Nealon, Constantino Constantino, 17, didn’t get into fishing “The money raised from the tournament learned how to use fishing to help others. until five years ago, when he and his cousin for St. Joe’s really helps out the kids that are “The kids in the club are involved with fished the Susquehanna River for smallthere,” Constantino said. “If it can put a charity work and helping out the communimouth bass. smile on their faces, that’s the biggest thing ty,” Bowers said. “That’s an important part It was a new endeavor for Constantino, … bigger than fishing.” of it.” one that would quickly grow into an addicAnd that’s one reason why Constantino, tion. Turnout the final goal who hopes to major in engineering at Penn “I just really enjoyed going out there and O’Connor began planning her bass tournaState or Wilkes, chose to get involved with getting away from everything,” he said. “It ment in March. That’s when she decided to the St. Joseph’s tournament to fulfill his was just a great way to experience nature.” hold a charity tournament at Harveys Lake Soon after, Constantino joined the Hanov- senior project requirements. for her senior project. Not that he wasn’t involved already. er Area Bass Club and his angling skills were Since then, O’Connor, 17, has been busy “I’ve been helping out with the tournahoned. seeking donations from area businesses, “Fishing can be as basic or complex as you ment for three years, and I figured since I posting flyers, advertising and learning how was doing that I’d get more in-depth with it make it,” Constantino said. “My favorite and take on more responsibilities,” Constan- to run a bass tournament. place to fish is the river, and I like to go Now there’s one more goal left to accompretty in-depth with it in regards to the baits tino said. Such ambition doesn’t surprise Bowers, and techniques I use.” who has watched Constantino come to the But Constantino’s lessons at the club See CHARITY, Page 11C By TOM VENESKY tvenesky@timesleader.com

W E E K LY B A S S T O U R N A M E N T R E S U LT S Suskie Bassmasters boat launch; for more information, call Duke Dalley at 991-0080): (Every Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. at the Nesbitt Park Boat Launch in Wilkes-Barre; July 25 results www.suskiebassmasters.com or (33 boats, 51 anglers): www.teamrosencrans.org): 1. John Niezgoda - 3.65-pound smallmouth July 25 results: 1. Chuck Saypack - 171⁄8 inches, 2.38 2. Duane Craig - 3.48-pound largemouth pounds 3. Josh Cragle - 3.18-pound largemouth 2. Ed Mrochko - 151⁄8 inches, 1.79 pounds 4. (tie) Greg Mikulski Sr. - 3.15-pound 3. Chris Ostrowski - 15¾ inches, 1.71 pounds largemouth 4. Lynda Morris - 155⁄8 inches, 1.71 pounds 4. (tie) Rob Polishan - 3.15-pound small5. Lori Mrochko- 151⁄8 inches, 1.69 pounds mouth Small fish winner – Larry Fetterhoof – 5.Gary Mikulski - 2.84-pound largemouth 125⁄8 inches, 0.83 pounds Standings Standings (total weight in pounds): (total weight in pounds): 1. Greg Mikulski 16.62 1. Chris Ostrowski - 9.00 2. Dave Brill 14.83 2. Chuck Saypack - 8.75 3. Gary Mikulski - 12.99 3. Andy Nealon - 8.51 4. Greg Mikulski Sr. - 11.54 4. Jeremy Miller - 8.31 5. Jim Roberts - 11.20 5. Donnie Parsons III - 8.18 6. Mike Adamshick - 10.55 6. Lori Mrochko - 8.15 7. Ken Kosloski - 10.48 7. Jim Lacomis - 8.09 8. John Niezgoda - 10.17 8. John Centak - 7.83 9. Joe Kosloski - 9.36 9. Anthony Glazenski - 7.82 10. Tom Brawlchick - 9.05 10. Ray Jones - 7.56 Harveys Lake Wednesday Night Bass Tournament (Every Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. at the state

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS • Fishing for a Cause

Bass tournament at Lake Winola on Aug. 5, 6 a.m. to noon. For more information, contact George Bowers at 824-8032 or Bob Hawkins at bob.hawkins@wnep.com. Proceeds benefit St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton. • Catching Dreams at Harveys Lake Tournament Aug. 19, registration begins at 5 a.m. and tournament runs from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; open buddy tournament; all proceeds benefit Catch A Dream Foundation. For more information, call Nicole O’Connor at 639-7114 or Clarence Hogan at 793-5187. • A bass tournament will be held at White Oaks Pond in Wayne County on Aug. 26, at the PFBC boat launch. Registration opens at 4:30 a.m. and tournament runs from safe light until 1 p.m. Fee is $40 per team and a $10 lunker option. For more information, contact Vincent Sabatini at basslunker40@aol.com, or Christopher Jones at bigbuck326@aol.com or 991-6176. • PA BassCasters Lake Carey Open Buddy Tournament on Sept. 2; Begins at safe light and weigh-in is at 2 p.m.; registration and boat check open at 4:45 a.m.

s it possible to protect an animal that is despised by many? That’s the question the Pennsylvania Game Commission is facing as bats could be headed toward the state’s threatened and endangered species list. Misconceptions have made bats more despised than appreciated, forming deadly mindsets similar to those that surround snakes and spiders, which are often chopped or crushed at first sight. But now, thanks to a deadly disease that is wiping out bat colonies in several states, it’s time to change the mindset about the winged mammals. No longer can bats afford to be despised … they need to be saved. Since white-nose syndrome – a fungus that kills bats in their winter hibernacula, was discovered in 2006, more than one million have perished. And the death toll is undoubtedly rising. There is really no way to treat bat colonies affected with the fungus, and it has already spread through several states, Pennsylvania included. Locally, the fungus appeared in the winter of 2008-09 and the following year bat mortality was reported in virtually every county in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Traditional hibernation areas in Shickshinny, Plymouth and Glen Lyon were devastated, and some colonies were completely wiped out. That same winter, in Carbon County, PGC biologist Kevin Wenner said that so many bats were killed by the fungus that it “was a nightmare.” And that’s why the PGC board may soon be faced with the decision to list bats on the threatened and endangered list. Based on sheer mortality alone, the answer would be yes. But it’s not that simple. Placing bats on the list would afford them protection, but it may severely restrict what humans can do if they have bats in their attic, for example. Removing a bat from a house or tearing down an abandoned building where they are known to roost may not be that simple anymore. Balancing human impacts with saving a species on a rapid decline represents a major predicament. And it gets even more complicated. If a remedy, or at the least a control measure, isn’t found for white-nose syndrome, protecting the places where bats reside may be a moot point anyhow. Protecting the summer maternity sites, where female bats are now rearing their pups, seems like a good first step. But any progress derived from the measure could be negated if the whitenose fungus wipes out those same bats in their winter hibernacula. Unfortunately, there is no easy solution to the problems facing bats. The results of just how bad things are can be seen, or not, in the summertime skies. Evenings when dozens of bats were commonly seen darting after insects are now vacant of activity. I’ve gotten several emails from readers who were so excited just to see a bat anymore that they wanted to share the sighting. They felt that just seeing a bat in this day and age was noteworthy. Unfortunately, it is. Listing bats on the threatened and endangered list likely won’t be the cure-all and there will be some major challenges with the action. But it’s one that needs to be done. At the very least, it shows that we can put our misconceptions aside and protect an animal that is rapidly vanishing from the evening sky. To do nothing at all and let bats continue to perish is something to truly despise.

Tom Venesky covers the outdoors for The Times Leader. Reach him at tvenesky@timesleader.com

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OUTDOORS NEWS Boat launch closed The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has closed the Whites Ferry access area in Wyoming County due to low water conditions, which have made the launch ramp unusable. Whites Ferry provides boat access to the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, six miles south of Tunkhannock on state Route 2007. “It currently is not safe to launch a boat without damaging the trailer off the end of the ramp,” said John Sinclair, PFBC chief of construction and maintenance. “The river has dropped to a point that does not allow anglers to safely launch a boat without getting their trailer hung up on the end of the ramp.” PFBC staff will perform a site visit within the next two weeks to determine what actions, if any, can be undertaken to make the launch ramp usable during

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the low water conditions. One possible solution may be to pour gravel at the end of the ramp, which would extend the launch area to the water’s edge. PGC posts bear data Hunters interested in learning the age of the bear they harvested during the 2011 seasons can log onto the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us). To access the database providing this information, click on “Hunt/ Trap” in the menu bar at the top of the page, then click on “Hunting,” scroll down and click on “Black Bear” in the “Big Game” listing, and then scroll down and click on “Black Bear Age Data” in the “Reference” listing. Ages are available only for bears from which a tooth was pulled. To access the data and learn the age of their bear, a hunter will need to have their legal seal number from the check station certificate. If the hunter no longer has the seal number, age data also is provid-

ed in charts broken down by county of harvest. In 2011, Pennsylvania’s 162,164 licensed bear hunters took a record 4,350 bears. The previous record bear harvest of 4,164 was set in 2005. Lehigh River water releases The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District announced last week that it has enough water storage to hold a whitewater release on Aug. 25, as well as increase fisheries enhancements from the Francis E. Walter Dam. The Corps updated the recreation plan, which states whitewater releases in late August and in September will be added if adequate water storage is accumulated in the reservoir. The fisheries enhancements increase from 50 to 100 cubic feet per second from July 28 through Aug. 3. The Corps will announce at a later date if it is able to hold additional whitewater and fisheries releases.

Charity tournaments

Fishing for a Cause will hold the Adult/Child St. Joe’s Children Benefit Tournament on Aug. 5, at the state launch on Lake Winola. The tournament will run from 6 a.m. to noon. Entry fee is $40 per boat with a $5 lunker option. There is a 50 boat limit. In addition to the top-three places for bass, awards will be given to the junior division for top-five largest panfish. Cash and trophies will be awarded for each place. Proceeds benefit the St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton. For more information, contact George Bowers at 824-8032 or Bob Hawkins at bob.hawkins@wnep.com.

the public boat launch. Since then, O’Connor has been doing what she can to spread the word about her tournament. Letters are being sent to local businesses and she has even posted flyers on the vehicles parked at the boat launch for each Wednesday’s bass tourna-

ment at Harveys Lake. “The planning and preparing for this has been a lot of work, but it will pay off at the end when I can send a donation check to the foundation,” O’Connor said. “A day out fishing will give those children hope. That’s why I’m so excited about this.”

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plish. “I hope people show up,” she said. “That’s the most stressful part of the entire process.” O’Connor’s Aug. 19 tournament has a 50-boat maximum, and she’s hoping to meet the limit not so much for her senior project, but for those it will benefit. All proceeds and donations will be given to the Catch A Dream Foundation, an organization that provides once-in-alifetime hunting and fishing experiences for children who have a life-threatening illness. “Most of us are able to come out and fish whenever we feel like it, but for a child in a hospital or battling an illness, they need to have this opportunity as well,” O’Connor said. “They need a hand to be able to experience what we all love about fishing.” O’Connor’s mother, Teena, is proud to see her daughter use her love of fishing as a way to help others. “I think it’s a great idea and she’s worked very hard on it,” she said. “She recognizes the opportunity that we all have to go fishing and enjoy the day, and I’m proud of her for wanting to give that same opportunity to children who otherwise might not have it.” O’Connor, who plans on enrolling in the physician assistant program at Misericordia University after graduation, has been fishing her entire life. Combining her love of fishing with her senior project was an easy choice, she said. “My uncle and brother both fish tournaments and I’m comfortable doing this. It fit me,” she said. While O’Connor has plenty of fishing experience, she has never participated in a bass tournament, much less organized one. Her first order of business was to apply for a permit from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. That’s also when O’Connor received her first donation, as the Harveys Lake Homecoming Association covered the cost for a permit to hold the tournament at

Nicole O’Connor’s Catching Dreams at Harveys Lake Homecoming Bass Challenge will be held on Sunday, Aug. 19, at the state boat launch. Registration begins at 5 a.m., launch is at 6 a.m. and weigh-in will be at 2 p.m. First place is $1,000, $500 for second place and $250 for third place (based on a full field of 50 boats). Gift certificates will also be awarded, and a basket raffle conducted during the tournament. Registration fee is $50 per team plus a $10 lunker fee. All proceeds benefit the Catch A Dream Foundation. For more information or to donate cash or prizes, call Nicole O’Connor at 639-7114 or Clarence Hogan at 793-5187.

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Social media embedded in business By By STEVE GIEGERICH St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Anders Minkler & Diehl was prepared for the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the national health care overhaul. With the ink barely dry on the ruling, the St. Louis accounting firm noted the outcome on its Gray Matter blog and linked the post to a social media site — a heads up to clients and potential customers that the company intended to stay on top of the situation. An analysis of the act’s potential tax consequences on businesses soon followed. Anders Minkler & Diehl once invested time and no small amount of capital for ed-

iting, layout, printing and postage to deliver tax tips and legislative and policy updates to clients on a leisurely quarterly schedule. Now, it operates somewhat more like a digital news operation, responding immediately to breaking events on multiple platforms — anticipating clients’ questions and digital searches at the precise moment they arise. “I’ve been in (marketing) 30 years, and social media has changed the game more than anything I can think of, because of all the ways people can now see your message,” said Donna Erbs, the company’s marketing director. As recently as five years ago, businesses and nonprofits alike

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still seemed puzzled at the business value of social media platforms, then derided as a what-I-had-for-lunch frivolity. Even now, they struggle to quantify exactly what impact their investments in social media and Web content produce for their bottom lines. But the strategy is as much defensive as offensive, as it grows increasingly clear that companies with no digital presence are becoming simply invisible to many consumers. Businesses that don’t embrace social media as a marketing tool do so at their own peril, MCT PHOTO warns Steve Nicholls, author of Jessi Brawley, Communications Director with Foster & Adop“Social Media in Business.” See SOCIAL MEDIA, Page 2D

tive Care Coalition, takes photos of television photojournalist Joe Eickmeier she will later post to Facebook and Twitter.

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NEW YORK — When John Arensmeyer owned a high-tech company, he didn’t feel the organizations that lobbied on behalf of small business really represented him — or many other business owners. “They put forth a monolithic view of what small business wants,” says Arensmeyer. “I felt they were overly partisan and overly ideological and didn’t really look pragmatically at what small businesses need. So I felt there was an opportunity and a need for a new voice.” In 2005, Arensmeyer founded Small Business Majority, a group that now has 8,000 business people nationwide in its network. Like other lobbying groups, Small Business Majority takes positions on issues including tax and regulation. But it doesn’t follow the pack. Arensmeyer’s group supported President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the health care system — a stark contrast to the National Federation of Independent Business, which unsuccessfully argued against the law before the Supreme Court. “Policy makers need to listen to different voices because there are a variety of small businesses out there,” Arensmeyer says. “One of the things we’re trying to do is be somewhat of an aggregator of some of those voices.” Arensmeyer, now based in California, began his working life as a commercial and corporate law attorney in New York, where he was born. He served as chief operating officer of SoftAd Group, a developer of multimedia marketing products, and then founded ACI Interactive, an e-commerce company. He started Small Business Majority after selling his company. Arensmeyer spoke recently with The Associated Press. Here are excerpts, edited for clarity and brevity: Q. How is Small Business Majority dif-

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founded in 1924 by his father, UZERNE – There are Morris David Brown, and is many vivid images of the now located on Union Street in 1972 Agnes flood that Luzerne. The burning building devastated thousands of homes was located at 92-94 East and businesses in Wyoming ValNorthampton St, near other ley. warehouses like Sperling ToOne of the most memorable – bacco and Klein Candy. In June, of flames rising from buildings 1972, Nate, who worked in the on Northampton Street in business with his father and Wilkes-Barre – has been reprintTIMES LEADER FILE PHOTO brothers, was working the Cated over and over again in the skill Mountain region, calling decades since. The M.D. Brown warehouse on Northon motels and campsites. He The photo and film footage ampton Street in Wilkes-Barre burns would sell “anything,” items shows a major fire along “ware- during the 1972 Agnes flood. like aprons, uniforms, kitchen house row” on Northampton linens, bar mops, tablecloths, napStreet. A fire erupted in a restau- like linen, textiles and napery. rant near the warehouse of M.D. Nate Brown of M.D. Brown Co. Brown – distributors of dry goods still runs the business that was See BROWN, Page 2D

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This week’s special deals: Cork, Quaker and Coney, oh my! Virginia Thomas, of Wilkes-Barre, was the lucky winner who knew the answer to last column’s trivia question and earned a gift pack of goodies from Plum Organics. The answer to the question, for those who are wondering, was plum. No freebies this week to hand out but plenty of good deals, including one just for my readers. Here are two nice offers from The Times Leader to tell you about. Tomorrow only, from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., new subscribers can call 8295000 and get the Sunday Times Leader for one year at $1 per issue. You must ask for the one-day sale when calling. Also, there’s an ongoing promotion where current subscribers that pay by cash, credit card or check can receive a $10 gift card to either Gerrity’s or Target just by calling 829-5000

ANDREW M. SEDER STEALS & DEALS and switching their account to EZ Pay. Here’s an insider deal for Steals & Deals readers only. Mention this deal when you head to Cork Bar & Restaurant, 463 Madison St., Wilkes-Barre from Tuesday through Saturday and buy one entrée, get an equal or lesser valued entrée for half off. Owner Ruth Corcoran says you must mention you saw the offer in Steals & Deals to take advantage of it. Head to Quaker Steak & Lube, which has locations in Buckhorn and Dickson City through Aug. 12, and receive a free Short Wave O-ring with a dine-in, pick-up Window or take-out purchase of a Compact Bucket of Breaded Boneless Wings. Big T’s Coney Island Deli will open Wednesday at 40 S. Main St Wilkes-

Barre and owner Tom Healy will offer a first-month special of two hot dogs and a fountain drink for $3.49. That’s $1 off the normal price you’d pay. By the way, nothing on Tom’s menu will be over $5. For a limited time at the WilkesBarre TGI Friday’s, get a free Whisky Cake dessert when you purchase any Jack Daniel’s Grill or Premium Menu item. Print out this coupon for $10 off a $25 purchase at Fashion Bug through Tuesday: http://tinyurl.com/c4o72gx Plenty of coupons in today’s Times Leader, total value of about $285. Plenty of smart ways to use them, including: • Take the $10 off an Accu-Chek Nano blood glucose monitoring system coupon to CVS where the item is on sale for $9.99. You’ll get a handy life saving device for free. Don’t need one for yourself, get it and donate it to a local clinic or shelter.

• Head to Rite Aid with the $1 off coupon found here: http://www.mypolicare.com/Promotions.aspx and buy a tube of Super Poligrip denture adhesive for 99 cents. The product is on sale for $1.99 and if you sign up for Single Check Rebates you’ll get a check for the full purchase price before coupon sent to you. To learn more about the Single Check Rebates program, go here: https://riteaid1.rebateplus.com/ra-v2/#welcome • If you go by the commercials -and really, who doesn’t? – dogs love Beggin Strips. And thanks to the $3 off three coupon coupled with Weis selling three packs for $7.50, you’ll love them too. Get three packs for $4.50 with this deal. Andrew M. Seder, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 570-829-7269. Follow him on Twitter @TLAndrewSeder and email him at aseder@timesleader.com if you’d like to share a steal or deal.

RON BARTIZEK BUSINESS LOCAL

Gas industry doesn’t need our tax dollars

ublic-private partnerships can be great, yielding landmark projects like the rebuilt World Trade Center in New York or Sematech, the notfor-profit consortium between the U.S. government and semiconductor manufacturers that 25 years ago vaulted the domestic technology industry past Japan. And even such a pro-business organization as the Marcellus Shale Coalition believes government has a role to play in bolstering sectors of the economy that would seem to offer jobs, savings and efficiency. But there’s a difference between aiding the reconstruction of an icon or supporting an emerging technology in a competitive world economy and using taxpayer funds to expand the market for an established industry that has shown it has money burning holes in its proverbial pockets. The latter is how I read Sen. Bob Casey’s planned legislation that ostensibly would “promote further development and job growth” in the natural gas industry. Essentially, Casey is advocating that the federal and state governments provide subsidies for the construction of natural gas fueling stations and the purchase of vehicles that run on gas. I’m all for using more gas; it’s cheaper and cleaner than fuels derived from oil and we don’t have to import it. But given the economic advantages to consumers and the profit potential to the gas industry, I don’t see a need to give grants and tax credits as encouragement. Except that big business, despite its usual whining about government intrusion, likes a handout as much as anyone. Casey’s vaguely worded announcement was long on promises and short on details. It suggests that states devise their own incentives based on the needs and opportunities in each, supported by $500 million in federal funds distributed each year between 2013 and 2022. Where would the money come from? “Senator Casey wants this legislation to be fully paid for and will find appropriate off-sets,” his staff wrote in response to that question. The Marcellus Shale Coalition drafted a much more comprehensive plan last year, in which it laid out various scenarios for creating a retail natural gas distribution network in Pennsylvania. The estimated cost to boost construction of fueling stations and sale of gas-powered vehicles ran as high as $208 million. Several financing schemes were offered, none as far as I could tell involving the industry kicking in some of its money or involving a slight surtax on the gas it removes from under our feet. In at least one example, the coalition cites a financing scheme in Utah under which all users of natural gas – not just in vehicles – pay higher rates with the extra money going to build the distribution network. Pennsylvania already has a grant program to support the purchase of vehicles powered by alternative fuels. It’s paid for with a portion of the gross receipts tax on utilities, so essentially we’re all chipping in. At the very end of its extensive report on financing options, the coalition includes a few paragraphs about the “Private Investment Model” under which entrepreneurs and their backers build fueling stations with their own money. After seeing how the gas producers throw around billions to buy leases on land they may never drill, that gets my vote. If they want to expand their markets faster, as the primary beneficiaries of more natural gas use they should be easily able to come up with the cash needed to fund expansion.

Ron Bartizek, Times Leader business editor, may be reached at rbartizek@timesleader.com or 570-970-7157.

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CORPORATE LADDER FOLEY, COMERFORD & CUMMINS Daniel E. Cummins, Esquire, a partner of the Scranton law firm has been appointed vice president of the north Cummins region of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute. He was also re-appointed to continue to serve as the co-chairperson of the auto law committee of the PDI.

METZ CULINARY MANAGEMENT Chad Rockovitz has been named district manager for the company’s K-12 school services accounts. Rockovits received Rockovitz his Master of Business Administration degree from Kutztown University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition from Penn State University.

O’MALLEY AND LANGAN LAW FIRM Attorney Andrew J. Nicholas has joined the firm. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

from American University and a Master of Arts in public administration from Marywood University, where he was the Nicholas Walton Medal winner for excellence in public administration. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

ECKLEY MINERS’ VILLAGE Dr. Bode Morin has been hired as the new site administrator for the Anthracite Region, and the Pennsylvania Historical and MuMorin seum Commission. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in industrial archaeology from Michigan Technological University, and the first MTU PhD in industrial heritage and archaeology.

The Times Leader publishes announcements of business promotions, hirings and other noteworthy events on Sundays. Photographs may be included as space allows. Submit an announcement by e-mail to tlbusiness@timesleader.com, by mail to 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711; or by fax to 829-5537. Photos in jpeg format may be attached to e-mails.

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Lazy boss stymies transfer attempts By MARIE G. MCINTYRE McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Q.: My boss, “Jerry,” has a high-level position with a state government agency, but he actually does very little work. He spends most of his time surfing the Internet and talking to his buddies on the phone. Although people complain about Jerry, his position is secure because the top executives apparently think he’s great. As Jerry’s secretary, I’m tired of constantly having to cover for him. I have tried to move to another position, but Jerry always blocks my attempts to transfer. He seems determined to kill my chances of getting another job. I don’t want to leave state government, because I have 20 years invested in the retirement system. Is there a way out of this situation? A.: Giving individual managers blanket authority to block

transfers is a misguided and counterproductive policy. When forced to stay in jobs they no longer want, employees tend to become resentful and unmotivated. The best ones usually decide to depart for greener pastures. To remove this obstruction, you need an ally in human resources, because HR folks frequently know how to circumvent bosses who try to hold people hostage. But if Jerry’s political pull is strong enough to override any attempt to set you free, then you will have to explore other alternatives. One possibility is to seek employment in another state agency. To investigate that option, contact your state’s central personnel office about possible opportunities. You might also consider moving to another level of government, since some local or federal agencies might be able to rec-

ognize your years of state service. Because secretaries usually have transferable skills, the good news is that you should have no trouble finding a suitable position. However, the bad news is that you may have to navigate an administrative obstacle course in order to make your escape. Q: One of my employees goes to the bathroom all the time. I could swear that “Helen” is in the restroom more than she’s at her desk. A reliable source told me Helen is taking laxatives to lose weight. This is beginning to affect her work, so do you think I should confront her about it? A: If your company is large enough to be covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, check with human resources to see whether Helen has declared herself to have a disabling condition. If so, the

company may be expected to accommodate her needs. But if not, then you need to have a talk about her job performance, not her bathroom habits. For example: “Helen, I’ve noticed that you’re spending a lot of time away from your desk. This is hurting your productivity and making it difficult for people to find you. Obviously, we all need to take an occasional break, but I do expect you to be at your desk most of the time.” If the rumor about laxatives is correct, perhaps this reprimand will motivate Helen to stop that harmful practice. But if she attributes the problem to a medical issue, seek legal advice before taking further action.

Marie G. McIntyre is a workplace coach and the author of “Secrets to Winning at Office Politics.” Send in questions and get free coaching tips at http://www.yourofficecoach.com.

HONORS AND AWARDS Attorney Catherine R. O’Donnell has recently been selected for inclusion in the Martindale-Hubbell O’Donnell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers for the third consecutive year. This recognition by Martindale-Hubbell puts her among the elite women of the legal profession. Attorney Robert D. Schaub has been honored by the WilkesBarre Law & Library Association/The Bar Association of

BUSINESS AGENDA WOMAN’S NETWORKING LUNCHEON: Tuesday, noon-1 p.m., Valley Country Club, 79 Country Club Road, Sugarloaf. Open to all Greater Hazleton women. Presentation on healthy travel tips, raffle, door prizes, buffet lunch. Greater Hazleton Chamber members $16; non-members $21. Proceeds benefit the Women’s Empowerment Grant Fund. Reservations required; call 4551509 or email jferry@hazletonchamber.org. IMPROVING YOUR PROFESSIONAL IMAGE: Aug. 6, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Top of the 80s, Sugarloaf. Sponsored by the NEPA Manufacturers and Employers Association, the class focuses on understanding the importance of respect and credibility, achieving professionalism by maintaining objectivity, maintaining consistency, assertiveness for business results, and maintaining a unified front for the your company and team. $90 for members; non-members $180. For information or to reserve, call 570-622-0992. THE FIRST STEP: STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS: Aug. 7, 8:30 a.m., Small Business Development Center, 7 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Suite 200. Twohour seminar about starting a business. Free. Pre-registration is required; call 570-408-4340. GWB CHAMBER NETWORKING MIXER: Aug. 9, 5:30 p.m., East

Luzerne County with a special presentation for his work, dedication, and service to the association as presiSchaub dent from 2010 through 2011. Submit announcements of business honors and awards to Business Awards by email to tlbusiness@timesleader.com; by mail to 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250; or by fax to (570) 829-5537. Photos in jpg format may be attached to email.

Mountain Inn & Suites, Rt. 115, Plains Township. Free. For reservations, call 570-823-2101, ext. 149. MEASURING UP: OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENTS: Aug. 9, 7:30-10 a.m., Courtyard Marriott, 16 Glenmaura Blvd., Moosic. Ffinal part of the NEPA Society for Human Resource Management 2012 Summer Leadership Series. Registration and information online only at www.nepashrm.org. NETWORKING MIXER: Aug. 9, 5-7 p.m., Eckley Miners Village, 2 Eckley Main St., Weatherly. Free for Greater Hazleton Chamber members, employees and guests. Complimentary hors d’ oeuvres, beer and wine. Reservations required; call 455-1509 or email jferry@hazletonchamber.org. WOMEN IN BUSINESS COUNCIL LUNCHEON: Aug. 14, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Woodlands Inn & Resort, Plains. Topic is what to include on a reading list, both business and pleasure. Greater WilkesBarre Chamber members $14.50; non-members $16.50. Call 570823-2101, ext. 149 for information or to reserve. Send announcements of upcoming events by email to tlbusiness@timesleader.com; by mail to Business Agenda, Times Leader, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 1871 1 or by fax to 829-5537. Include a contact phone number and email address. The submission deadline is Wednesday for publication on Sunday.

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ferent from other small business groups? A. Most small business owners are pragmatic, the vast majority. Some are ideological on the right, some are ideological on the left. The fact is, most small business owners, as I did when I ran my business, get up in the morning and worry about payroll, worry about putting out a good product, worry about their customers, worry about all the bumps in the road. I felt that on many issues, the business organizations took very ideological, sort of blanket positions. For instance, all government is bad, or all government regulation is bad. That’s not the way most small business owners think. You real-

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Doris Brown looks at a photograph that appeared in local newspapers and LIFE Magazine showing the M.D. Brown building in downtown Wilkes-Barre on fire during the 1972 Agnes flood.

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kins and more. There were no cell phones then, so when Brown traveled he would occasionally call home from a pay phone to check in. In late June, two days went by when he couldn’t reach his wife, Doris, and he worried something was wrong. “I finally talked to my wife who was staying with family in Scranton,” Brown said. “She told me about the flood and I immediately started for home.” Brown returned to discover not only were his home and business flooded, but the warehouse was burning. “I remember getting to the top of Northampton Street and looking down,” Brown said. “It was terrible. I saw the building burning and the water was still high.” Somebody used to tell a joke, probably in the Catskills, about a building burning in a flood. “How do you start a fire in a flood?” goes the set up.

ly need to look at things on an issue by issue basis. Q. When you say that small business owners don’t take blanket positions, how do you know that? A. We’ve done extensive polling over the last five, six, seven years. When I started the business, it was a feeling I had but it’s been validated by polling. Q. What did you see in the health care law that made you support it? A. The starting point is that the existing system is completely broken, so it’s hard to imagine anything worse than the status quo. We know that cost is the biggest consideration for small businesses. And so we were obviously looking for ways that the law could bring down costs, whether it was something specific for small businesses like tax credits, or the health insurance exchanges, which will enable small businesses to have the same kind of bargaining power as big businesses

ABOUT M.D. BROWN ther and brothers would sell Established: 1924 by Morris David Brown Showroom: 418 Union St., Luzerne Products: Wholesale textiles Phone: 570-283-0212 Web: www.mdbrownco.com

“Waterproof matches,” is the punch line. But to Brown this was no joke. He said it took a year to return to his home in Kingston. The business was relocated to South Main Street above the old J.S. Raub Shoe Co., then moved to Luzerne in 1987. Heritage House now sits on the site where the warehouse was located. Brown, 85, has adapted to a changing business climate. He used to order inventory, store it and then sell from his warehouse. Now he takes orders and then contacts his suppliers to have merchandise “dropshipped.” The business may be old, but Brown is up on the latest technology – he is an accomplished “tweeter” on Twitter. Asked what he sells today, Brown quickly responded,” Anything and everything.” He talked about the old days when he and his fa-

and offer their employees the same level of choice. What we need to do now is get it implemented, figure out what’s working and what’s not. Q. What is another issue that Small Business Majority has a different stand on? A. Another example is clean energy. Clean energy is a huge economic engine for this country, for big and small businesses, and yet the policies that certain groups push seem to be supported only by traditional fossil fuel companies — not even all big businesses, much less any small businesses. So again, it was an example of groups stating a business position, calling it good for small business, and really only reflecting a narrow segment of the big business community. We support the cap and trade bill (designed to limit the amount of car-

what was “hot.” When the demand wore off, they would find something else and push those items. Brown said he has sold chicken feeders, coal mining buckets, underwear, socks, Victrola needles, pantyhose, Band-Aids, mousetraps, bras, girdles, blue jeans, sweatshirts, sheets and oil cloths. “Do you remember Solo?” Brown asked. “It was product that you put on the bottom of your shoes to cover holes in the leather. It was a big seller for a while. “Nowadays we sell, then we buy,” Brown said with a chuckle. “We have no inventory.” The burning building photo was featured in Life Magazine – a framed issue hangs in Brown’s showroom at 418 Union St. Andrea Medura works for the Browns and handles most of the sales; with no family members interested, Nate hopes she will someday take over the business. But Brown isn’t planning to retire any time soon. “I probably enjoy this more now than ever,” he said. “I keep changing; I still find my niches.”

bon emissions in the atmosphere). It was designed to put us in a position where there would be incentives to build new clean energy industries, which will have or are having significant benefits for businesses large and small. Q. Who would be better for business, Romney or Obama? A. We don’t take a position on any campaign. We have, generally speaking, been pleased with the Obama’s administration’s focus on some key issues that we think are important for small business, like getting the health care law passed. To the extent that any candidate is taking a rigid ideological position on things, we don’t think that’s in the best interest of small business. What we like about the administration the last couple of years is it seems to have had a pragmatic look at issues and was not driven by blanket ideology.

“Any company ignoring it is already behind,” Nicholls said. The laggards miss out on an increasingly powerful branding and promotion opportunity. And institutions lacking oversight of consumer review sites such as Yelp, where any angry consumer can rant publicly, are essentially waving a white flag on damage control. It wasn’t that long ago that Kaysha Kalkofen and JoAnna Dettman, the cofounders of digital marketing firm tSunela had a tough time selling the concept of social media to clients. Kalkofen and Dettman say that “You want me to be on Facebook? Why? Isn’t it a college thing?” was a fairly typical response to the suggestion that a company integrate social media into its marketing strategy. A mega-second in cyberspace later, rare is the corporation, small business or nonprofit without a presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and other prominent social media sites. The experts say a successful social media strategy involves far more than signing up with Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. The experts say a successful social media strategy involves far more than signing up with Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter and some industries, such as health care and financial services, must adhere to legal and ethical guidelines.. Nicholls says proceeding with caution is key to navigating the social media landscape. The author, who lives in London, suggests companies adopt clear policies. It’s critical, he adds, that employees understand the comments communicated via social media will be closely monitored. Because the personal can instantly become public on social media, Nicholls suggests businesses drive home the point that, right or wrong, an employee comment on Facebook or Twitter is often seen as reflecting the viewpoint of their employer. Which explains why Anders Minkler & Diehl never waivers from one basic rule in the annual review and upgrade of its social media policy: “Don’t say anything bad about (the company), a client or a referral,” said Erbs. Companies may possess the capability to rein in public comments by employees. But the First Amendment renders them powerless to stop online criticism lobbed by disgruntled customers or clients. “If you’re a good company, then social media will not necessarily make a great company,” said Nicholls. “But if you are not a particularly good company, social media will amplify what you are. It will tell you things you may not want to hear.” Kalkofen counsels tSunela’s clients to audit public comments -- and advises strongly against responding in kind to venomous criticism. “We recommend responding, but respond politely,” she said. “Don’t rant back at them.” The beauty of social media, Nicholls said, is that businesses now deliver in a matter of seconds messages once took days if not days or weeks to convey. But it hasn’t changed the fundamentals: You have to actually have good news about a product or service in order to share it. “Social media is not a panacea,” he said. “The rules of business still apply.”

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MarketPulse

Hunting for global blue

chips

InsiderQ&A

Simon Hallett Title: Chief Investment Officer of Harding Loevner, which manages $20 billion in assets What he suggests: Stick with high-quality stocks

Investors are worried about everything from slowing U.S. job growth to Europe’s debt crisis to China’s economic slowdown. Simon Hallett says the worries are real but that there are still high-quality stocks to be found within global markets, like Nestle in Switzerland or Fanuc, a robotics company in Japan. Is all the gloom warranted? Yes, I think it’s warranted. The China thing, I think, is deeply worrying because China is still misperceived. There seems to be this great belief that, well, they have managed the economy so well for the last 30 years that they will be able to manage through a slowdown. I think we’re coming to an end of this period of extraordinary growth in China, and we will be transitioning to a period of more modest growth. That probably means greater consumption at the expense of investment, which is a good thing. But I don’t quite understand how the transition gets managed. These brilliant leaders who can supposedly fine-tune the Chinese economy have said they want an economy driven by consumption. But fixed investment has gone up, and consumption as a percentage of GDP has gone down, so they’re not getting what they want. I think the transition could be ugly. So what looks good? We’re very strongly biased in favor of high-quality, fundamentally growing companies. By growing, I mean companies that can grow their earnings in relatively predictable ways over very long periods of times. We’ve been going for 23 years, and we’ve got one stock we’ve owned over those 23 years: Nestle. We’re constantly trying to buy those kinds of companies. It must be difficult to find stocks in emerging markets with long track records. It’s harder to find them, but not for the reasons you expect. In India, Hindustan Unilever has a history going back many decades, going back to the Raj. But those companies with very long track records are the incumbents. And emerging economies tend to do better at times when deregulation happens, which usually is at the expense of incumbents. Like Hindustan Unilever, their basic advantage was that the market was closed to foreign competition. Nobody else was allowed to make shampoo. As soon as that market opened, that was a glorious thing for the Indian consumer, the Indian economy, but it hurts the incumbent. This is the problem we have finding these things in emerging markets. Plus, because they’re difficult to find, they tend to be highly priced. They have much higher price-earnings ratios, whereas Nestle or Unilever or L’Oreal trade at fairly modest valuations. Answers edited for content and clarity. AP

chips, even ones that have struggled recently. Stocks with high dividend yields either have large dividends or low stock prices. The Dogs strategy was a winner in 2011 and 2012, and it is again so far this year. The Dogs are up an average of 6.7 percent through Tuesday.

14.5%

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New record for 30-yr mortgage

The strong dollar drag

stronger dollar. So far, the revenue shortfalls haven’t filtered down to earnings – at least compared with analysts’ expectations. This earnings season, 68 percent of companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index have topped earnings expectations, compared with 69 percent last quarter. But David James, a portfolio manager with James Investment Management, says “this disparity will eventually be realized in an unbecoming manner.” Analysts now expect S&P 500 earnings to grow 7 percent this year, down from 10 percent at the start of the year, partly due to the dollar’s rise. And they say the dollar will keep rising. Credit Suisse analysts say the euro will convert to just $1.17 in three months, down from $1.23 today and $1.44 a year ago.

The stronger dollar cost IBM $1 billion last quarter. It was set to report its 11th straight quarter of revenue growth: If currency exchange rates were the same as a year ago, IBM would have announced a 1 percent rise. But the euro’s free fall means European sales were worth less when converted to dollars. IBM reported a 3 percent decline to $25.8 billion. The impact of unfavorable exchange rates has led more companies than usual to report second-quarter revenue below financial analysts’ expectations. McDonald’s, which does two-thirds of its business overseas, said revenue would have been up 5 percent if not for currency valuations. Revenue was roughly flat, at $6.9 billion. Johnson & Johnson and Honeywell both cut their earnings forecasts, in part because of the

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11.1

2.5

s 36.2 +33.15

5.0

2.0

2 12.4

3.8

-0.6 +15.83 3.9 +9.78

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3.06 2

8.17

3.71

-0.02

-0.5

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22 10.8

13.37 0

17.75

17.60

0.18

1.0

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2 9.9a

1.0

HHS

6.31 1

10.24

6.39

-0.63

-9.0

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5.3

Heinz

HNZ

48.17 0

55.48

55.27

0.30

0.5

2.3 +8.46

8.0

3.7

Hershey Company

HSY

53.83 0

72.97

72.17

0.91

1.3

s 16.8 +28.17

11.4

2.1

Kraft Foods

KFT

31.88 9

40.29

39.42

-0.75

-1.9

5.5 +17.51

6.5

2.9

Lowes Cos

LOW

18.07 7

32.29

27.07

1.44

5.6

6.7 +23.11

1.0

2.4

M&T Bank

MTB

66.40 9

89.38

86.45

1.48

1.7

t 13.2 +2.42

-1.0

3.2

McDonalds Corp

MCD

82.01 4 102.22

89.19

-2.39

-2.6

t -11.1 +5.52

2 15.6

3.1

NBT Bncp

NBTB

17.05 6

24.10

21.09

0.03

0.1

5.6

3.8

Nexstar Bdcstg Grp

NXST

5.53 3

9.73

6.43

0.11

1.7

t -18.0—28.48 4

-8.5

...

PNC Financial

PNC

42.70 7

67.89

59.56

0.42

0.7

3.3 +12.04

-0.0

2.7

PPL Corp

PPL

25.00 8

30.27

29.17

0.14

0.5

-0.8 +6.85

-4.7

4.9

Penna REIT

PEI

6.50 9

16.09

14.33

-0.48

-3.2

t 37.3 —1.84

3 -12.2

...

4.5

PepsiCo

PEP

58.50 0

71.50

72.26

2.31

3.3

4.4

3.0

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60.45 0

91.39

90.30

1.41

1.6

s 15.1 +30.11

1 28.1a

3.4

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57.56 8

67.95

65.09

0.36

0.6

-2.4 +8.14

3.4

3.5

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PRU

42.45 3

65.17

48.08

1.38

3.0

-4.1—15.04 3 -10.0

3.0

SLM Corp

SLM

10.91 9

17.00

16.11

0.42

2.7

s 20.2 +6.36

2 -19.5

3.1

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SLMBP 39.00 4

57.10

45.70

0.64

1.4

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...

0.0

...

4.9

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TJX

25.07 0

45.39

44.70

0.39

0.9

s 38.5 +64.79

1 27.6

1.0

UGI Corp

UGI

24.07 9

32.00

30.44

-0.35

-1.1

3.5 -+2.84

6.5

3.5

Verizon Comm

32.28 9

46.41

44.90

0.41

0.9

11.9 +29.52

6.7

4.5

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WMT

48.31 0

73.95

74.52

2.27

3.1

s 24.7 +42.81

11.9

2.1

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WMK

36.52 8

45.96

43.20

0.13

0.3

4.8

2.8

-4.7 -+1.81

8.9 +16.41

8.2 +13.30

Notes on data: Total returns, shown for periods 1-year or greater, include dividend income and change in market price. Three-year and five-year returns annualized. Ellipses indicate data not available. Price-earnings ratio unavailable for closed-end funds and companies with net losses over prior four quarters. Rank classifies a stock’s performance relative to all U.S.-listed shares, from top 20 percent (far-left box) to bottom 20 percent (far-right box).

Dividend payers keep leading the market. Consider the stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index: Those that pay dividends returned 2.2 percent during the first six months of 2012. Those that don’t fell an average of 0.3 percent. Dividends look even more attractive when compared with plummeting bond yields. The yield on a 10-year Treasury last week fell to a record low below 1.4 percent, down from 3 percent a year ago. When looking for dividend-payers, financial analysts suggest looking not just at yields. Dividend growth, plus the capability to keep paying the dividend, are also important. This screen from Deutsche Bank shows stocks that have been increasing their payouts. Each also pays out less than 30 percent of its net income as dividends, which gives them the financial flexibility to continue the payouts. S&P 500 companies paid out an average of 31 percent of their net income as dividends in the first quarter of 2012, the most recent data available. Sources: Deutsche Bank; FactSet

FRIDAY YIELD

1WK

0.10 0.20 0.14 0.24 0.65

0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.07

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s 0.03 s -0.03 s 0.02 t -0.16 t -0.87

0.12 0.25 0.15 0.44 1.52

0.07 0.01 0.16 0.54

10-year T-Note 1.54 30-year T-Bond 2.63 Money fund data provided by iMoneyNet Inc.

0.08 0.08

t t

t -1.41 t -1.62

3.00 4.32

1.39 2.45

Valero Energy (VLO)

-7.5%

2.75 4.94 4.03 5.25 10.15 1.85

CHANGE 1MO 3MO 1YR

4WK

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19.77 12.91 52.25 34.56 37.65 38.65 32.07 17.67 29.69 29.03 30.81 18.89 18.98 13.78 30.58 113.33 75.91 93.17 38.81 49.15 2.18 2.20 20.04 13.06 13.02 56.59 28.12 12.23 10.55 11.42 11.42 11.42 11.42 47.33 25.19 36.44 6.74 56.69 9.91 127.89 127.88 11.09 127.07 127.08 31.18 14.38 10.79 13.20 11.19 11.19 13.63 34.45 34.46 34.44 58.78 33.47 57.80 50.27 28.33 12.34

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1.71 3.22 2.96 4.23 6.96 0.80

52-WK HIGH LOW

RETURN/RANK 1YR 5YR +8.4/A +7.5/C +6.4/A -1.9/B -10.1/B +3.5/D +2.2/D +7.8/A +6.0/C -.5/B +10.3/A -3.2/D -2.9/C +6.5/D -12.5/C +4.4/C +6.8/A +6.1/B +1.7/B +8.6/A +5.0/B +4.4/B -6.3/ -1.1/ -.8/ -8.1/A -2.8/ +4.2/A +3.4/A +7.1/C +7.2/C +7.5/C +7.2/C -2.9/E +7.0/B +7.3/A +5.7/C +2.1/B +7.5/C +8.6/A +8.4/A +6.1/C +8.6/A +8.6/A +7.1/B +9.1/B +2.9/B +2.9/B +7.8/B +7.8/B -13.1/D +7.1/B +7.1/B +7.0/B +12.4/A +8.0/A +8.1/A +9.2/A +9.2/A -1.3/

+3.4/A +4.2/E +1.4/C -.8/B -1.8/A +.9/B +.2/D +2.6/B +.1/C +1.3/A +1.0/A +2.9/B +3.2/B +7.3/B -4.2/B -2.4/D +3.4/A +5.0/A +2.9/A +1.2/B +3.8/C +3.4/D -2.3/ +9.3/ +9.6/ -1.1/A +3.6/ +6.7/A +5.6/A +8.8/A +9.0/A +9.3/A +8.9/A +8.2/A +.3/B +2.7/B +8.2/B +4.4/A +7.2/B +1.2/B +1.1/B +7.1/A +1.2/B +1.2/B +1.7/A +5.8/B +4.4/B +1.9/A +6.9/B +6.9/B -4.3/B +1.6/A +1.6/A +1.5/A +7.3/A +4.2/A +4.3/A -.1/B -.1/B +1.9/

Rank: Fund’s letter grade compared with others in the same performance group; an A indicates fund performed in the top 20 percent; an E, in the bottom 20 percent.

YOY DIVIDEND GROWTH

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO

DIVIDEND YIELD

P/E RATIO*

200%

16%

2.4%

-32.6

100

2.2

Macy's (M)

35.03

12.3

100

2.3

Marathon Petroleum (MPC)

45.86

8.0

100

2.3

Cummins (CMI)

87.46

-19.4

2.3

Wells Fargo (WFC)

33.44

13.1

2.7

Paccar (PCAR)

37.77

-24.0

2.1

U.S. Bancorp (USB)

33.42

23.4

2.3

Ameriprise Financial (AMP)

49.16

-13.4

2.9

Corning (GLW)

12.12

-30.0

2.5

Data through July 24 * based on last 12 months

$25.65

1-YR STOCK CHANGE

52-WK HIGH LOW

-1.03 -1.63 -0.71 -1.00 -0.03 -0.90

WK CHG

9.17

Ford Motor (F)

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AWK

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APD

17.10 5

-0.06 -0.12 -0.02 -0.01 0.09 0.05

3-month T-Bill 1-year T-Bill 6-month T-Bill 2-year T-Note 5-year T-Note

Amer Water Works

7.31

1.72 3.25 2.96 4.25 7.08 0.88

TREASURYS

Air Products

10.10

1WK

Broad market Lehman Triple-A corporate Moody’s Corp. Inv. Grade Lehman Municipal Bond Buyer U.S. high yield Barclays Treasury Barclays

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4.92 5

FRIDAY YIELD

U.S. BOND INDEXES

-4.6 —6.88

MIN INVEST PHONE

YIELD

PRIME FED Taxable—national avg 0.01 RATE FUNDS Delaware Cash Reserve/Class A 0.10 $ 1,000 min (800) 362-7500 FRIDAY 3.25 .13 Tax-exempt—national avg 0.01 6 MO AGO 3.25 .13 Invesco Tax-Exempt Cash Fund/Cl A0.09$ 1,000 min (800) 659-1005 1 YR AGO 3.25 .13

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The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 3.49 percent last week from 3.53 percent, according to Freddie Mac. It’s the 13th time in the last 14 weeks that it has dropped to or matched a record low. And it’s the first time the rate is below 3.50 percent on records dating back 60 years. Low Treasury yields have helped to pull down fixed-rate mortgages.

Money market mutual funds

Percentage of S&P 500 companies falling short of revenue expectations

The dollar has been climbing steadily on worries about the European debt crisis. 2011

GREAT WALL OF WORRY Europe’s debt crisis is still the top worry for professional investors, but China’s economic slowdown is catching up. So says a Credit Suisse survey of more than 600 money managers, hedge funds and other pros around the world. In May, just 1 percent of respondents said that they saw China’s economy as the top risk to the economy. But reports coming out of China have since become worse: It s economy grew 7.6 percent last quarter, the slowest pace since 2009. Now, 24 percent of respondents say China is the most significant global risk.

STILL HUNTING The “Dogs of the Dow” is an old investing strategy with the benefit of being simple: At the end of each year, buy the 10 highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average. Then, hold them for a year. The thinking is that all stocks in the Dow This year’s dogs YTD stock change are high-quality blue

ON MUTE Stock investors around the world are trading less often given the worries about Europe’s debt crisis and a faltering global economy. The total value of shares traded on global exchanges fell 14 percent in the first half of 2012 from a year earlier, according to the World Federation of Exchanges. Investors from the Americas to Europe to Asia are sitting on their hands. The exceptions have been Africa and the Middle East, where trading value jumped 52 percent. These markets are smaller and more volatile but have also seen strong returns. Kenyan stocks, for example, are up 33 percent in 2012 through Monday amid lower inflation.

p p p p

Dow industrials

+2.0% WEEKLY

Nasdaq

+1.1% WEEKLY

LARGE-CAP

S&P 500

+1.7% WEEKLY

SMALL-CAP

Russell 2000

+0.6% WEEKLY

p p p p p p q p

+1.5%

MO +7.0%

YTD +0.8%

MO +13.6%

YTD +1.8%

MO +10.2%

YTD

-0.3%

MO +7.4%

YTD

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Get serious about voter suppression THIS ONE is for Mike. He is a Houston reader who shot me an email after my recent column equating the GOP push for voter ID laws with voter suppression. I agreed with Attorney General Eric Holder who called that a modern-day poll tax. Mike did not. “You have to have an ID to write a check,” he wrote, “use a credit card and most other things in life. Saying poor blacks cannot easily get IDs is ridiculous. .?.?. Comparing this to the poll tax? C’mon, be serious.” Actually, I am. Not that I don’t get why Mike’s argument sounds reasonable to Mike – and to many others who made it. But let us consider it more closely. First off, I’ve never made the claim Mike attributes to me, i.e., that poor blacks cannot get IDs. No, my point is that when you don’t have a checking account, a credit card or a car, it is less likely you already will have ID. The name of the game, remember, is not voter prevention, but voter suppression, i.e., bringing down the numbers. In the last presidential election, only 63 percent of eligible voters voted – and that was the best showing in 48 years. Clearly, Americans are not overly enthusiastic about performing this civic duty as it is. So, if you can add a layer of difficulty to it that requires some voters to catch a bus down to some office, fill out forms and wait in line to get a card for which they will otherwise have zero use, is it so hard to imagine that some won’t bother – and that there will be enough of them to make a difference in a close race? Remember: demographic trends do not favor the Republican Party. As the Center for the Study of the American Electorate observed in a 2008 report, the GOP is either out of contention or seeing an erosion of support in New England, the mid-Atlantic, the West, the mountain states, the industrial Midwest and even parts of the South. With its growing Latino population, even Texas might be lost to the party before too many years. “Within the next few decades,” says the report, “white Americans, the only demographic sub-group from which the GOP draws significant numbers of voters, will be in the minority.” So, while the party posits these laws as a way of fighting voter fraud – a nearly nonexistent problem – it takes little imagination to divine a more sinister intent. Sometimes, you don’t need imagination at all. As in Michigan GOP lawmaker John Pappageorge’s 2004 observation that his party needed to “suppress the Detroit vote” to have any hope of electoral success. Detroit is 82 percent black. And let us not forget Pennsylvania’s Republican state Rep. Mike Turzai, who recently crowed how the state’s voter ID law would ensure victory for Mitt Romney. Sorry, but there can be little doubt that suppression is a key goal of this shrinking party. But what if, instead of suppressing votes, we broaden the electorate? Curtis Gans, director of the aforementioned CSAE, believes the United States should adopt Mexico’s system, wherein the government automatically issues every citizen a biometric ID card. Such a card, encoded with your personal information – and with safeguards to protect your privacy – would eliminate whatever little voter registration fraud there is. There would be no fraud because there would be no registration. Every eligible citizen would simply swipe her card and vote. And the GOP would have to make its case before America in the fullness of its diversity, an electorate not whittled down by artificial barriers designed to give one party an advantage over another. Surely that’s something they’d want, right? C’mon, be serious. Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132. Readers may write to him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com.

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HICAGO - In 2008, Maria Sanchez was a fulltime student at Harper College when the bottom dropped out of the economy and her world. Her parents lost their jobs, forcing the freshman to quit school to support her family.

“It was hard. I really liked school. But if I didn’t bring in some money, we’d lose our house.” Maria Sanchez Maria dropped out of school to help support the family when both parents lost their jobs but she plans on returning to school soon

“I think a lot of us are going the route where we’re trying to be more fulfilled.” Kathryn O’Malley The college grad had trouble finding a job in the field she studied in college, , so she turned to something she loves, cooking, and started a popular food blog

“I would love to have my own place. But my parents have told me that as long as I cut the grass in the summer and shovel snow in the winter, I can stay.” Nick Gaseor He graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is upbeat about his prospects, despite living with his parents

In 1933, in the midst of the Depression, Norma Anderhous was just 8 when her father’s hours were cut back and her mom had to find work, leaving her alone to look after her younger sister in their West Side apartment. Sanchez and Anderhous are separated in age by 60-plus years, but both have been profoundly shaped by their experiences during times of financial upheaval. “You don’t forget,” said Anderhous, now in her mid-80s. “You may not realize it at the time, but those memories stick with you.” A soul-searching election year is unfolding amid a historic recalibration of expectations among every generation of Americans. As Europeans are being gripped by dream-crushing austerity, hopes are also being downsized here in ways not seen since the Great Depression, defining the national mood. For the fifth consecutive year, newly minted college graduates face a weak labor market and a painfully slow recovery. Many young adults who have found work are languishing in low-paying, nobenefit jobs that don’t require degrees. Some still live with their parents and are saddled with debt, delaying full-fledged adulthood indefinitely. The Depression’s impact on a generation of Americans has been studied and analyzed for decades, but how the recession and its aftermath will influence the attitudes of today’s young adults over the long haul is just beginning to draw the attention of social scientists. Some researchers think 20-somethings raised in the prosperity of the 1990s will emerge unscathed. Others say they will share a bond with their greatgrandparents, who were defined by the Depression, leaving many averse to risk and famously frugal. In both eras, the U.S. had enjoyed a run of unparalleled affluence. In 1929, the stock market crash brought heady times to an abrupt end; in 2008, the burst of the housing bubble and subsequent banking collapse plunged the country into a downward spiral. “This is not a minor blip,” said Carl Van Horn, a professor of public policy and director of the Heldrich Center for See ECONOMIC, Page 2E

WHEN IT comes to over-the-top politics, the Obama campaign has set a new standard with recent attempts to paint Mitt Romney as a felon. This clever and utterly false allegation was advanced more than once by Stephanie Cutter, President Obama’s deputy campaign manager. During several days of media rounds that included some tough challenges – “Felon?!” – Cutter variously stuck to her guns, softened a bit and, finally, under relentless pressure, retracted the comment – or at least the felony insinuation. But the fact that the campaign advanced the notion in the first place is revealing. Trying to define Romney in some criminal light was obviously a strategy and, not to leap to conclusions, suggests both desperation and a lack of any substantive criticism. Here’s how Cutter justified the original innuendo on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when co-host Mika Brzezinski pressed her on her use of the term. If Romney misrepresented himself on his Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings related to his tenure at Bain Capital, then he would have committed a crime, she said. Sheesh. If/then: What a basis for defamation and slander. Applying that calculus, we’re all guilty of somebody’s random supposition. But all is fair in love and politics, right? Or don’t facts matter just a little bit? Extending fairness where none is apparently appreciated, there were a couple of facts that might have given one pause about Romney’s relationship to Bain Capital after he left in 1999 to reorganize the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. His name still did appear as head of Bain on paperwork between 1999 and 2002, according to The Washington Post, which could cast doubt on his assertions that he had no managerial role at Bain after 1999. But all one has to do is ask, and many did, and the answer was not confusing. Romney was still a “passive, limited partner” with “no management capacity,” according to a 2002 statement he filed with the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission. But his partners ran the company after Romney left – rather hastily – to save the Olympics. Romney’s name was first floated by the Olympic committee on Feb. 2 and he accepted the challenge on Feb. 11. Nine days is hardly enough time to pack a toothbrush, much less push the paperwork necessary to hand over a multibillion-dollar business. The purpose of the Obama campaign’s allegation was to paint Romney as that modern scourge – an uncaring corporate suit who outsources jobs and lays off workers. It is true that Bain worked with some companies that outsourced jobs to other countries – that most common of business practices conceived not only to enhance profits but also to feed Americans’ insatiable appetite for cheap goods. But all of it occurred after Romney’s tenure. Of course, the real purpose of the charge was to portray Romney as dishonest. This is what businessmen would call a hard sell, not least because Romney’s assertions have been verified by independent sources, including The Washington Post. In May, the paper’s Fact Checker wrote: “We’ve gone over this problem with the Obama campaign before, awarding three Pinocchios to a January memo the team released blaming Romney for job losses and bad deals that took place after the former executive had stopped working for Bain. ... These facts essentially exonerate Romney from allegations that he was responsible for any outsourcing, bad deals and layoffs that occurred with Bain’s companies in the early 2000s.” Thus, the Obama campaign knew that what they were saying was false but proceeded to try to plant the “felon” idea, anyway. Fair play? Dishonest? Lazy? Or just plain desperate to grab any twig as Romney inches up in the polls? It’s a shame that Cutter, a smart, talented woman, was drafted for such a dastardly role. Negative ads are one thing; slander quite another. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.

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Workforce Development at Rutgers University. “It will have huge defining economic and psychological impact on (young adults) for years to come.” While the national jobless rate hovers at 8.2 percent, the rate is 8.5 percent for those younger than 25 with a college degree. A recent Rutgers survey of 444 college graduates from the classes of 2006 to 2011found that only 51 percent had full-time employment. The rest were in school, had part-time jobs or were out of the labor force entirely. Those employed before 2007 with a bachelor’s degree earned about $30,000 a year, while those who graduated in ’08 or later received about $27,000 annually - a decline of about 10 percent. The lag can last a decade or longer, amounting to about onequarter of the arc of a career, Van Horn said. Depressed salaries translate to reduced savings and less disposable income to invest, buy a home or build a nest egg, always playing catch-up to peers with better timing. The effects can linger all the way to retirement if young adults are unable to save early in their careers. The snapshot is even gloomier for those without a college diploma. Glen Elder, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina who has studied young adults who came of age from 1929 to 1939, sees many similarities with their 21st century counterparts: the economic expansion, the sudden contraction, the stubborn unemployment. Despite the iconic images of bread lines and migrants, not all Depression-era families were affected equally, he explained. “There was not just one story, but many stories, depending on your age, gender and circumstances,” said Elder, author of “Children of the Great Depression,” which is providing a baseline for scholars to examine today’s narratives. Then, as now, those in the middle class were more insulated from the worst ravages of the new financial realities, while those on the lowest rungs of the ladder - without savings, educa-

tion and social networks - were the hardest hit. That would certainly describe Sanchez, 23, of Des Plaines, Ill. She was pursuing an associate’s degree in business when national headlines turned personal. In March 2008, the cafeteria that employed her dad shut down. Five months later, her mom, too, was pink-slipped from her manufacturing job. At first, her parents trimmed the obvious expenses: Internet, cable, dining out. But when no more fat remained in the family budget, they turned to their daughter. “It was hard. I really liked school,” said Sanchez, who has three younger siblings. “But if I didn’t bring in some money, we’d lose our house.” Sanchez went to work, first making metal parts for $9 an hour, 45 hours a week, then moving to the office of a plastic bag company. “I told my parents, ‘You supported me for 18 years, so now it’s my turn.’ “ After a four-year hiatus, Sanchez finally plans to return to Harper next month, thanks to a scholarship, and she aims to be the first in her family to graduate from college. But the recent struggles have left an indelible imprint - for instance, this time around, she’s opting to keep her full-time job and enroll in evening classes. Also, she’s more prudent with her money, rarely going to movies, the mall or Six Flags - all regular diversions in her pre-recession life. “I know if this happened once, it could happen again.” That skittishness was echoed by many elderly Chicago-area residents, recalling adversity with perfect clarity. Many confessed to having a complicated relationship with money, looking back on their lives and regretting their inability to spend on vacations or other indulgences. Tales of diluting dishwashing liquid or shampoo with water to make it last longer, stooping to pick up a penny on the sidewalk and smoothing out gift wrap or tinfoil were common, remaining

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tainly concentrating on passion, not profession. After getting a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2009 from Washington University in St. Louis, the 26-year-old found only dead ends. So, she stopped looking for full-time employment, jettisoned graduate school and zeroed in on her real love: food. She runs dramaticpancake.com, a blog featuring great cooks and mouthwatering recipes and attracting 25,000 unique visitors a month. “My mom was really skeptical. Her generation sees school and degrees as the one avenue to success,” O’Malley said. “I’m not sure I see it that way. I think a lot of us are going the route where we’re trying to be more fulfilled.” Nick Gaseor, 21, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, is upbeat about his prospects, despite living with his parents in Norridge and caddying at Ridgemoor Country Club - the same job he’s held since high school. What makes his situation more tolerable is that many of his friends are in the same boat in jobs, not careers, and back in their old bedrooms. Gaseor said they’re careful about money, “especially when it comes to gas and driving” and unnecessary expenditures. “I’ve had the same wardrobe since high school,” he noted dryly. Even so, Gaseor has few complaints. He said he’s confident his situation is temporary, that he’ll get a “real job” and use his political science degree down the road, and no one is threatening eviction. “I would love to have my own place,” he said. “But my parents have told me that as long as I cut the grass in the summer and shovel snow in the winter, I can stay.”

long after the hardship of the Depression passed. Bernice Davis, 91, remembered moving from Milwaukee at age 9, when her father lost his jewelry business. And her husband’s own experiences played out as a lifelong distaste for credit and living beyond one’s means. “He’d say, ‘If you have money, you can buy it. If not, forget it,’ ” said Davis, a Lincolnwood widow. Anderhous understands the impact of such calamities. Her father was a furrier during the Depression, and her family had to take in a boarder to make ends meet. Later, her mom went to work, thrusting the 8-year-old into the role of early caregiver to her 6-year-old sister. “We wanted our mother home with us,” Anderhous said. For girls, the importance of family and household emerged from the Depression as one of the strongest ideals, while for boys, it was their role as breadwinner, Elder said. “It’s all very much connected to economic deprivation,” he said, adding that it will take about a decade before researchers can fully measure the most enduring effects of the recession. Today, we’re in the midst of another period of “redefining of our value system,” said Alex Chernev, an associate professor of marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Ten years ago, everyone was an aspiring tech entrepreneur, hoping to launch a startup and sell to a venture capital firm for millions, he said. But his current crop of students is showing much more interest in the nonprofit world. “It’s less about money and more about self-expression,” Chernev said. In the absence of a robust paycheck, Kathryn O’Malley is cer-

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Chase a lightning bug, gently capture it in palm or plastic cup and, a short time later, let it go.

F A MANUAL for a memorable and healthy childhood were written, it wouldn’t be complete without certain essential experiences – many of them available only in summertime. See to it before July slips by, then August, that the boys and girls in your life are not deprived of activities like these. And plenty of time spent with you. Sink some toes into the sand, or squishy pond mud. Chase a minnow. Touch a turtle’s shell. Hike a trail, stopping to recline on a big rock and look overhead at the leaf canopy. Chomp into a watermelon slice and stockpile its seeds in a cheek; then practice spitting them out, one by one. Read lots of books; finish at least one chapter by flashlight. Paddle a boat. Swat a volleyball. Try to play badminton like an Olympic champ. Bite into a juicy peach. Eat a slice of blueberry pie and lick clean the plate. Wade (at least up to your belly button) into a lake’s shallow edge or an ocean surf. Retrieve a penny from the bottom of a swimming pool. Sample saltwater taffy. Using a long stick, roast a marshmallow. Make and sell lemonade from a homemade stand. Sit outdoors

long after dark and listen to the night sounds. Find the Big Dipper and use its clues to track down the North Star. Husk sweet corn. Watch lightning from a safe spot during a wild electrical storm. Squirt someone with a hose. Try to master a minigolf course. On a sweltering hot day, visit a museum and linger all afternoon. Go to a farm and pet a goat. Float. Daydream. Nap. Explore. Pitch a tent in the woods. Build a sandcastle. Swing without being pushed. Buy ice cream from a truck that announces its arrival with amplified music. Steer a bumper car. Skip stones on placid water. Fall asleep in the back seat after a full day at an amusement park. Bike farther than ever before. Draw a sidewalk chalk masterpiece. Get praised by an adult for good behavior. Be hugged. Consider this a vital, if incomplete, checklist and vow to give it attention on par with those back-to-school shopping lists. New sneakers and threering binders won’t last. Remembrances of a real childhood – the kind every boy and girl deserves, the kind free from abuse and neglect, the kind filled with simple pleasures and abundant love – will live on. Recognizing all that can, and does, go wrong in some children’s lives, why not do what’s right for yours? All year long.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “There is a feeling … that ... families can quarrel bitterly in private, but should anyone from the outside have a go, the family is united. In other words: ‘Mind your own business.’ ” David Winnick The British lawmaker and many Londoners, including some who had been critical of last-minute preparations for the Olympic Games, winced last week when visiting U.S. presidential contender Mitt Romney suggested the city’s logistical problems were “disconcerting.”

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Action required on pension debt

ENNSYLVANIA legislators have been warned. They must do something about the rising obligation of the public employees’ pension program or face long-term fiscal instability. Moody’s Investor Service downgraded Pennsylvania’s debt rating to Aa2 from Aa1, putting the state among the least creditworthy of the 47 states that have general obligation debts. “The downgrade reflects the commonwealth’s high debt position, related to moderate bonded debt levels and a sizeable unfunded pension liability,” Moody’s said. The Morning Call in Allentown reported that Pennsylvania’s public pension was funded at 75 percent in 2010, which is less than the recommended 80 percent but greater than similar reserves in at least half the other states in the country. The problem, however, is that the gap between what the commonwealth has and its pension obligation – $29 billion two years ago – likely will grow rapidly thanks in part to two factors: the type of pension program public employees receive

and a substantial boost in that program that was granted in 2001. Eleven years ago, when the economy was booming and the retirement fund was growing faster than its obligations, legislators granted most public employees a 25 percent increase in their defined-benefits pension plan. This was done without a thought of how to pay for it when the economy slowed and investment income was unable to keep ahead of obligations. As a result more taxpayer dollars have had to be diverted to keep the fund solvent. In fact the largest line-item increase in the 2012-13 state budget was for pensions: $856 million, a 43 percent jump from the 2011-12 spending guide. The Pennsylvania Constitution prohibits any change that would cut benefits for current employees or retirees. But it has no prohibition on altering the way retirement accounts for future employees are accrued. The sooner the change is accomplished the better the fiscal shape of the commonwealth.

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It’s the person, not the place, we need to worry about WE WERE coming out of a movie theater. There were four of us. This was Thursday, just about midnight. “Hey, we could go see the Batman premiere,” one of us said. We looked at one another. It was tempting – to be so spontaneous, to act so young, to stay out late and be among the first to see this hot new film. “Nah ... I can’t stay up.” “Why go and fall asleep?” “We’ll see it next week.” We drove home, feeling old. We awoke the next morning, feeling lucky. Twelve people dead. Fifty-eight wounded. A gunman spraying bullets as the movie played on, then later allegedly telling police he was the Joker. You wonder how many people outside the Aurora, Colo., theater that night were just like us in Michigan, only instead of saying, “Nah” they said, “Yeah, let’s go in.” Are any of them dead today? Or carrying fragments of bullets in their bodies? What do you say after an event like this? Do you say it’s the guns? It’s the violence? It’s society? It is the guns, but not just the guns. It is the violence, but not just the violence. It is society, but not just society. It’s the person. And it’s always the person. Look, you can fill the streets with weapons; I still won’t pick up one. You can show me a marathon of violent films; I still won’t want to act them out. Something likely snapped inside the mind of the suspect, James Holmes – as it likely did for an immigrant who shot and

COMMENTARY MITCH ALBOM killed 13 others in Binghamton, N.Y., in 2009, or a former student at Northern Illinois University who shot and killed five others in 2008, or the Virginia Tech murderer who killed 32 people and then himself in 2007, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. And when a mind snaps evil, that’s when easy gun availability becomes a factor; that’s when violent images might fuel the imagination; that’s when an alienating society might fan the murderous flames. But initially we knew very little about what motivated the Colorado shooter except what was slapped against the wall by a frantic media. We only knew that he purchased his guns legally, he’d never had anything worse than a speeding ticket, and on paper, anyhow, he was an unlikely killer, a doctoral student in neuroscience. People always say, “We should have seen this coming.” But if your first bad act is going to be a mass murder, I’m not sure anyone can see it coming. And the truth is, nobody knows anybody. I do know this. Like many of you, I grow increasingly depressed by the randomness of it all and by survivors who make you heave with sadness, like the 19-year-old woman named Salina Jordan who told a Denver news camera, “You hear the alarm go off, it says, ‘Murder in the theater.’ It’s just going off: ‘Murder in the theater! Murder in the theater!’

It’s crazy that they got an alarm saying there was a murder in the theater.” Crazy? That’s a good word for all of this. On the day of the shootings, I spoke with a Denver news anchor who was covering this story, as she had covered the Columbine High School shooting 13 years ago. She said she was “trembling.” She’s a mother of three, and she lamented that “now we have to worry about going into a movie theater.” But the fact is, we always had to worry about going into a movie theater. It’s a dark place with few exits and lots of people. But the same can be said of a church. A crowded mall. A concert hall. A train station. Should we never go to those? You always have to worry, but it’s not the places you have to worry about. It’s the shooters. They can strike anywhere. While it might be true that guns don’t kill people, people kill people, a person with an assault rifle can do a lot more killing than a person without one. It’s a cliché when this happens, but it’s nonetheless true, that you never know how many moments you are given in this world, and you never know which decisions – like going home instead of going in – might save your life. You only know that when you wake up in the morning, safe and with your loved ones, you should count the hour as lucky, and keep your eyes open as the day goes on. Mitch Albom is a columnist for the Detroit Free Press. Readers may write to him at: Detroit Free Press, 600 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI 48226, or via email at malbom@freepress.com.

A midsummer night conjecture of candidates to come AN EVENING with experienced and savvy political operatives last week in central Pennsylvania outside Harrisburg was both illuminating and long overdue. Our conversation ran the gamut from the presidential race nationally – and in Pennsylvania specifically – to state legislative contests and the makeup of our congressional delegation in January. The time flew by. Sitting poolside we talked for hours as the sun fell low in the wooded sky and someone thought to bring out the bug spray. It was Monday evening; U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. had been the guest speaker at Pennsylvania’s Press Club luncheon at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Harrisburg hosted by the state capital press corps and John Baer of the Philadelphia Daily News in particular. Casey’s 25-minute presentation was followed by 26 minutes of questions on a wide range of topics from the U.S. economy to “ObamaCare,” the NCAA penalties against Penn State to extending the “Bush tax cuts” for the middle class, and one asking if the U.S. Olympic Committee might use Pennsylvania alpaca wool when fashioning uniforms for Team USA at the 2014 Winter Games. Speaking of 2014, it was the final question that received the most follow-up as the Press Club luncheon adjourned until next month and reporters gathered around Casey as he left the dais. Someone asked the senator, “Who do you think is your party’s best candidate

KEVIN BLAUM IN THE ARENA for governor in two years, and have you considered a run for governor in 2014?” Another wanted to know, “If you are re-elected this year to the Senate, would you pledge to serve out the entire six years of your second term?” The news those questions generated occupied a good chunk of my evening with the time-tested operatives as we generously applied the “OFF!” to wrists, ankles and neck. Casey was loath to talk about future contests, having been a candidate in 11 statewide elections (primaries and general elections) since his initial 1996 campaign for auditor general. He explained that he enjoys his work in the Senate and stated that if re-elected, he would serve the entire six-year Senate term. More than Casey’s answer, it was the reporters’ questions that interested the political operatives. It confirmed their belief that Pennsylvania’s senior senator would be a shoo-in if he entered the 2014 race for governor. But why would a fast-rising, two-term senator serving on major committees, whose party maintains the Senate majority and is confidently anticipating the re-election of his friend and point guard, the president of the United States, think for a moment he could do more as governor? He wouldn’t. He doesn’t.

So what Democrat might run for governor, I asked. The operatives replied: businessman Chris Heinz. Christopher Heinz is the youngest son of Teresa Heinz Kerry and the late U.S. Sen. John Heinz, and a stepson of former Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. It was during Kerry’s 2004 race for the presidency that Chris Heinz campaigned actively for his stepfather and favorably impressed numerous Democratic audiences. A successful businessman, Heinz is a 1995 graduate of Yale University and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School. A founding partner of Rosemont Capital, a New York-based, privateequity investment firm, he has often been mentioned as a possible congressional candidate from the family’s home base in western Pennsylvania. It remains to be seen if Heinz has a serious interest in the 2014 race for governor. But more than one influential Pennsylvania Democrat believes he might. A dynamic, 41-year-old business executive with a vision to turn around Pennsylvania’s ailing economy and the training to know how, coupled with instant name recognition and the resources to spread his message; that’s a compelling candidate profile capable of keeping Republicans up at night – throughout the 2014 Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia. Kevin Blaum’s column on government, life and politics appears every Sunday. Contact him at kblaum@timesleader.com.

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Bet on it: Folks can find photo ID

f any of those people claiming to have no form of ID to vote would suddenly win the lottery, the speed at which ID would be produced would make your head spin! D. Snyder Kingston

Property tax bill needs support

any of you worked years to enjoy your retirement – the so-called “golden years.” You paid your taxes (income and property), Social Security, Medicare and made contributions to your retirement. Your federal, state and county elected officials are planning to take it away. Now what are you going to do to protect it? You must get involved. Congress wants to privatize Social Security and health care, give tax breaks to the “1 percent” and allow big corporations to avoid taxes, all at taxpayers’ expense. What is happening in your state and local communities? Property taxes constantly are increasing. We voted for casino gambling with revenues to be used for property tax relief.

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What did you receive? A Pittance. How many of you who own homes, especially you retirees who live on a limited income, find it hard to pay your property taxes? State House Bill 1776 – the property tax elimination bill – was introduced with more than 60 co-sponsors, Republicans and Democrats. The House Finance Committee voted 13 to 11 to table it. What does that tell you? They are not listening to “we the people.” Retirees, get involved. Support your organization and attend meetings. If you don’t, you stand a good chance of losing your home and benefits. Contact your elected state officials on HB 1776/ SB 1400. Do it today! Tell them to put the bill back on the table. Charles Urban President AFSCME Retirees Sub-Chapter 8702 Kingston

Writer disputes Pashinski’s view

have no admiration or respect for Gov. Tom Corbett and the Republican-controlled legislature after they passed the bill cancelling the Department of Public Welfare’s General Assistance program, the only source of income for thousands of people. I’ll be waiting to see if they cancel their automatic pay raises. Anyone want to wager? However, with all due respect to state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, who I admire and respect, especially for his work on the Aging and Adult Services Committee, he is wrong about the voter ID law. (See commentary, July 16). Not wrong about the GOPcontrolled Legislature, or Gov. Corbett’s main reasons for the law, to garner more GOP votes, but wrong that the law is an undue hardship for “seniors, young adults, people with disabilities and the working poor.” Baloney. I’m 76,

poor, partially disabled, and I had no problem obtaining a photo ID or legally changing my address when I moved. There are a number of organizations ready, willing and able to help people get a photo ID and register, legally, to vote. If Rep. Pashinski really believes that voter fraud is not taking place, then I have a bridge I would like to sell him. I was born and raised in Lackawanna County. It was, and most likely still is, absolutely amazing how many dead people rise from the grave to cast their votes on Election Day. If you want an honest election, which Rep. Pashinski says he does, then the voting rolls have to be purged of the deceased and illegal. Raymond A. Rinaldi Wilkes-Barre

Curtail fireworks, support the needy

mericans have sadly fallen into a pathetic state of self-indulgence without regard to those responsibilities we have to humanity as a whole. That self-indulgence is demonstrated quite visually and audibly on the likes of holidays such as the Fourth of July, which we celebrated only weeks ago. America spends close to a billion dollars on

fireworks annually. These displays amount to our dollar bills being destroyed right before our very eyes, and we end up saying: “Wow! Nice!” Isn’t it high time America grew up to its stewardship responsibility of curtailing this ridiculous expenditure of resources and redirecting those monies to the more important purpose of improving the standard of human life? I’m not recommending the banning of fireworks. I am suggesting that we start becoming responsible in our governments, and our personal lives, not to be spending money on something to which there is absolutely no lasting value. We have people in America who are hungry. We have people who are sick without the ability to pay for health care. We have elderly needing to make the decision between renewing their needed prescriptions or eating. Yet we say “wow!” to the “bombs bursting in air.” U.S. Census data show that the nation imported $201 million in fireworks from China last year. China is laughing all the way to the World Bank as it watches America blow up its citizens’ money. The American Pyrotechnics Association trade group in Bethesda, Md., states that the United States spent more than $600 million this

past July Fourth. Two thirds of that is homegrown fireworks displays and 14,000 organized local displays. That’s one heck of a lot of zeros. This July bash is more costly for Americans than you think, according to figures from BIGresearch. Here’s some of our essential spending: Beer – $341.4 million Soda – $101 million Chips – $92 million Charcoal – $111.1 million Lighter fluid – $94.3 million And America has the audacity to ask God to bless us. Really, and this is what we do with his already abundant blessings. It’s high time to re-think, America. I challenge all Americans to stop this preposterous waste and start redirecting those funds by writing checks to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer awareness groups and various organizations whose sole purpose is to better the human life given each of us. First, pledge to stop your own senseless purchases of these worthless displays. Second, write, call or email your local, county, state and federal representatives, demanding our governments set the precedent by doing the same. Rev. Winston Hall White Haven

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Romney should avoid Obama’s errors abroad A generation ago, it was the three I’s. A presidential challenger’s obligatory foreign trip meant Ireland, Italy and Israel. Mitt Romney’s itinerary is slightly different: Britain, Poland and Israel. Not quite the naked ethnic appeal of yore. Each destination suggests a somewhat more subtle affinity: Britain, playing to our cultural connectedness with the Downton Abbey folks who’ve been at our side in practically every fight for the last hundred years; Poland, representing the “new Europe,” the Central Europeans so unashamedly pro-American; Israel, appealing to most American Jews but also to an infinitely greater number of passionately sympathetic evangelical Christians. Unlike Barack Obama, Romney abroad will not be admonishing his country, criticizing his president or declaring himself a citizen of the world. Indeed, Romney should say nothing of substance, just offer effusive expressions of affection for his hosts – and avoid needless contretemps, like his inexplicably dumb and gratuitous critique of Britain’s handling of the Olympic Games. The whole point is to show appreciation for close allies, something the president has conspicuously failed to do. On the contrary. Obama started his presidency by returning to the British Embassy the bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office. Then came the State Department official who denied the very existence of a U.S.-British special relationship. To be topped off by the slap they received over the Falkland Islands, an issue the Brits had considered closed since they repelled the Argentine invasion there 30 years ago. They were not amused by the Obama administration’s studied neutrality between Britain and Argentina, with both a State Department spokesman and the president ostentatiously employing “Malvinas,” the politically charged Argentine name, interchangeably with “Falklands.” As for Poland, it was stunned by Obama’s unilateral cancellation of a missile defense agreement signed with the Bush 43 administration. Having defied vociferous Russian threats, the Poles expected better treatment than to wake up one morning – the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, no less – to

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COMMENTARY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER find themselves the victim of Obama’s “reset” policy of accommodation with Russia. So much for protection from Russian bullying, something they thought they finally had gained with the end of the Cold War. And then there is Israel, the most egregious example of Obama’s disregard for traditional allies. Obama came into office explicitly intent on creating “daylight” between himself and Israel, believing that by tilting toward the Arabs, they would be more accommodating. The opposite happened. (Surprise!) When Obama insisted on a building freeze in Jerusalem that no U.S. government had ever demanded and no Israeli government would ever accept, the Palestinian Authority saw clear to become utterly recalcitrant. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas openly told The Washington Post that he would just sit on his hands and wait for America to deliver Israel. In Israel, Romney will undoubtedly say nothing new. He’ll just reiterate his tough talk on Iran’s nuclear program. But I suspect he’ll let the Israelis know privately that contrary to the conventional wisdom that his hawkishness signals his readiness to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, his real intent is to signal that, unlike Obama, he is truly committed to permitting Israel to do what it needs to defend itself. This will be welcome news to a nation that has never asked anyone to fight on its behalf, just a green light to defend itself without impediments or veiled threats from its friends. Most important, however, is to just show up. That’s 80 percent of life, Woody Allen once noted. No need to say much. Romney’s very presence will make the statement. To the Israelis: “We understand your unique plight. If and when you do as you must, we will stand by you.” To the Poles: “You can count on the American umbrella. I will never leave you out in the cold.” And to the British: “We are grateful for your steadfast solidarity in awful places such as Iraq and Afghanistan. The relationship truly is special.” “And one more thing. Still have that bust of Churchill?” Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.

or the cost of a license, you could buy a fancy fish dinner. But as those who tarry near water’s edge can attest, you can’t underestimate the value of F hours spent in the vastness of the outdoors, engaged in quiet reflection.

NCAA’s ‘pile on’ does not make things right LUCKY MY mother wasn’t around for this. She loved Joe Paterno and Penn State football. Once, while watching a rain-soaked PSU-Michigan game, I kidded her about the aging Paterno. “That’s got to be a toupee,” I said. “It’s pouring rain and Joe’s hair is perfect.” My mom, nee Gloria Manganiello, didn’t take kindly to the remark, angrily scolding her first born. “John, there are many Italian men in their late seventies with a full head of black hair.” Mom’s love affair with Paterno began in 1974 when he recruited fellow Pittstonian Jimmy Cefalo. Cefalo was a record-setting running back on the 1974 Pittston Area team on which my brother, Bill Watson, played center. “All you had to do was to hold your block for a half-second,” my brother would say, “and Cefalo would be in the defensive backfield.” “Cef,” as we called him, was a great athlete. Even as kids it was obvious that Cef had the legs of a gazelle. He was untouchable in touch football. Cef also was a remarkable guy and a role model for what became known as the Penn State student-athlete. As one

revenue through “benefactors” and, of course, through football revenue and higher tuitions. COMMENTARY I was never a fan of the largesse of college football, of the most sought-after play- especially in red states where ers in the country, Cefalo, as a academics are secondary, senior in high school, author- coaches are paid millions of dollars and players are dised a series on collegiate recruiting tactics for the New posable. Paterno, however, was able York Times. His love of journalism transcended his colle- to maintain a higher ground, placing academics at the foregiate career and his years with the Miami Dolphins, and front, which is why so many Pennsylvanians were “Penn today he is a leading sportsState proud.” Paterno reportcaster in Miami. edly donated much of his Cefalo gave a beautifully salary back to the university written eulogy at Paterno’s for at least the past decade. funeral. “I am 55 years of age I don’t feel the need to and I met him when I was 17,” chime in about the Jerry Cefalo said. “And he still Sandusky debacle. That’s for guides me.” I attended PSU for one year the courts to decide. Criminal in 1974-75 when state funding and civil actions will be pursued under the rule of law, was the lion’s share (so to where such things belong. speak) of the university’s I do, however, take issue budget. It cost $238 per sewith the NCAA’s punitive mester, a middle-class kid’s measures against the people dream. Today, most “state” schools of Pennsylvania, who broke no laws. The NCAA has cripare not worthy of the name. pled the PSU football proIn Pennsylvania, they call gram without a peep of proPSU a “state-related” school. The administration of Repub- test from Gov. Tom Corbett. Maybe he should take a look lican Tom Corbett, in the misguided mode of conserva- at his photo I.D. to see where he lives. tive governing, is weaning The NCAA is the oligarchy PSU off public support and of collegiate sports and not toward “privatization.” squeamish about paying its Nationally, states today executives huge sums of monprovide less than 10 percent ey. NCAA President Mark of the funding for “state” schools, forcing them to raise Emmert makes $1.6 million

JOHN WATSON

The NCAA has crippled the PSU football program without a peep of protest from Gov. Tom Corbett. Maybe he should take a look at his photo I.D. to see where he lives. per year. Like much of Congress today, the NCAA is a lap dog for big money. Its board and executives, like many corporations, form a round table of self-interest. Wouldn’t it be nice if these elites were as tough on bankers and Wall Street crooks as they are on future students? The NCAA’s action is public relations, not justice. It is clearly outside of its jurisdiction by penalizing PSU over the crimes of one man and a few alleged enablers. The NCAA should regulate, if anything, only play on the field. It is not the arbiter of criminal penalties outside of its purview. There are courts for that. Without due process, the NCAA has penalized, not Jerry Sandusky, but the people of Pennsylvania. And that’s a crime. Two wrongs do not make a right. John Watson is the former publisher of the Sunday Dispatch in Pittston. He lives in Seattle. Contact him via email at jwatson@timesleader.com.

Tough choices for young adults include setting a path to the future ENTERING adulthood used to be like wading into a gently sloping lake. You got your feet wet with a degree or job. Then maybe you found an apartment, and eventually a life partner. Soon, you were swimming in deep water. But today, it feels as though the water gets deep fast. Young people can’t just splash around and “find themselves” anymore. The world has changed. Work can disappear with little warning. Skills grow obsolete fast. Lifetime employment and corporate loyalty are mostly things of the past. Compared to two decades ago, the average American worker puts in an extra 164 hours per year on the job, according to economist Juliet Schor. And adjusted for inflation, middleclass U.S. workers make less than they did in 1971. These pressures mean that anyone who wants to “have it all” – career, family and leisure – needs to look way ahead. We parents would be wise to talk through the choices very explicitly with our children, especially the majority who are likely to want both

COMMENTARY ANNE MICHAUD work and kids. We can explain the need for a sharply different perspective on career planning. For example, a friend of mine in her 20s who just got married says that she and others her age won’t rely on working for an employer. The long hours and lack of security aren’t worth it. Her plan is to run her own business and live frugally. Great idea; I hope for her sake it works out. Another option is to choose an explicitly family-friendly career, something women have been doing for ages – a career with predictable hours and even some job security. Men increasingly are doing likewise; they make up ever more of our nurses, school teachers, bank tellers and food servers. Even for the most ambitious, there are ways to craft a career that allows for more family time. A study of nearly 1,000 women who graduated from Harvard College between 1988 and 1991 showed that, 15 years after graduation, the ones who became doctors

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and lawyers had an easier time combining work and family than did those who later got an MBA. The doctors and lawyers had shifted to part-time work, opened their own practices with like-minded colleagues or moved into the nonprofit sector or government work. The businesswomen, by contrast, faced an either-or choice: Put in grueling hours or quit. Marissa Mayer, the new Yahoo chief

executive, is an example. She’s 37, will give birth this fall, and plans “a few weeks” of maternity leave during which she will continue to work. But if you want a different sort of workfamily balance for yourself, then perhaps you shouldn’t plan on following in her footsteps. Stories about families working together to make hard choices are encouraging. Austrian tennis player

Sybille Bammer, for example, had a child at 21 and quit competing. She went back to tennis after her life partner, and the child’s father, became her coach, hitting partner and Mr. Mom. For a while, they lived on $500 a month. Then there’s Angela Braly, chief executive of health benefits giant WellPoint, whose husband left his family business for a more flexible schedule in real estate and teaching. They have three children. How do we discuss the complexities of the modern balancing act without blunting our kids’ ambitions? I can hear them mocking us now: Settle for the mommy track early, dear, and save yourself a lot of angst. But that’s not the message. On the contrary, what’s important is figuring out what you want and planning for it, precisely so you don’t end up sidetracked. Couples considering a family should talk openly about their expectations, too. You know the old saying: If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re sure to get there. Anne Michaud is interactive editor for Newsday. Her email address is anne.michaud@newsday.com.

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W-B fire official thanks legislators

ecently, state Senate Bill 866 was approved and signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett. This legislation covers grants for volunteer fire and ambulance companies along with career municipal fire departments. The fund of $30 million will be used to help emergency responders pay for equipment, training and facility upgrades. I thank state Sen. Lisa Baker, for her leadership with the Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, along with state Sen. John Yudichak, state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski and all who supported SB 866. Jay Delaney Fire chief City of Wilkes-Barre

New Yankee boss has old-time spirit

’d like to introduce myself. My name is Rob Crain and I am the new president and general manager of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. I am ecstatic to be a part of the Northeastern Pennsylvania community. My wife Amy and I have just purchased a home and are anxious to meet and speak with all of the wonderful people in the area. Our community has an incredible opportunity in front of it with the rebirth of PNC Field. The new ballpark is going to be the “front porch” of the community, where people can gather, meet with friends and family, and most important, have a memorable time at the ol’ ball yard. Baseball is a unique game in that multiple generations of our community can come out, have fun and create memories

that will last a lifetime. Our front-office team is committed to providing an incredible fan experience at an affordable price. In 2013, 60 percent of our daily tickets will be available for $10 or under, and if you purchase a ticket package or come out with a group, that number jumps to 90 percent. Our philosophy is to create 72 events at PNC Field that will include theme nights, food discount nights, children’s events and other wacky ideas we have yet to come up with. Minor League Baseball is about you, the fans, and we cannot wait to provide the supreme customer service you deserve. Thank you for being so welcoming, and I look forward to seeing you out at the ballpark – if not before at the local coffee shop. Go, Yankees! Rob Crain President and general manager Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees

Let’s remember Avondale victims

t 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 we again will meet at Washburn Cemetery in West Scranton to remember the 61 men and boys who are interred at Washburn after giving their lives at the Avondale Mine disaster in Plymouth. Others are laid to rest in other parts of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The lawns surrounding their markers will be mowed, and perhaps through our annual remembrance Washburn will no longer be neglected. The Avondale men and boys are a part of regional history. They gave their lives so that generations later we could live better lives. I ask all to come and be with us on that day. Richard Sedlisky New York City

JoePa bigger than his detractors

act: Jerry Sandusky is a bad person. He molested young boys. He was tried and found guilty. He is gone. He is in jail where he belongs. We should do whatever we can for the well-being of those young men he molested. Coach Joe Paterno was faced with a problem he seemingly did not know how to handle. He followed the procedure of reporting as set by Penn State University that turned out not adequate. He was concerned enough to inquire what was being done. He admitted at the end that he wished he had done more. Coach Paterno ran a successful football program. That was his job. Would we feel better if his program had not

been successful? The success of his program was not to the detriment of his players. To the contrary, Joe set out to prove that young men could play football and receive a good education coming out into the world as upstanding citizens with a profession. He was concerned for and worked with all of his players to prepare them for life. We have generations of success stories to prove him right. We know his wife Sue spent countless hours tutoring players in order to help. Why must there be a scapegoat? People in authority at PSU and the NCAA are doing a successful job dismantling his reputation. Shame on them! They are ruining a fine man, his family and hurting young men who played for PSU in past years. I wonder if those in power, responsible for throwing the stones, can come close to measuring up to Joe’s character. I doubt it. Dick Steinhauer Kingston

Shale gas impact threatens Valley

he Wyoming Valley has been fortunate, so far, in fending off possible injuries from the gas drilling boom. We faced the possible loss of our Valley water supply by gas drilling operations next to our reservoirs. This possibility made some people see this industry as a problem and they stood up for us. Now we are faced with another possible sacrifice so the gas industry can conduct

its business: a compressor station on a mountaintop in West Wyoming overlooking our Valley to the east and Frances Slocum State Park to the west. This will put known toxic contaminates into our air that will settle into our Valley. This proposed compressor station consists of three huge engines to produce pressure to push the gas through the 24-inch main pipe. These run constantly, spewing exhaust into the air. First our water and now our air. Remember, please, that our reservoirs are still at risk when all other gas in Pennsylvania is gone except the gas near our water supplies. It’s time once again to get off the couch, stand up and say, “I am not a necessary profit sacrifice.” Steve Simko Chairman Concerned Harding Area Residents Harding

Soft heads/hearts ruining our Valley

he fabric of our community has been forever changed by the influx of Philadelphia and New York drug dealers and gang members. Many of the streets of our Valley seemingly are no safer than the streets of Baghdad or the caves of Afghanistan. Natives of the Wyoming Valley are sometimes called “haynas” by the liberals. They mock us, which is all the more reason to wear the title proudly. Every “bleeding heart”

group has taken advantage of us with their plans for social engineering. They have been instrumental in bringing these people to our beloved Valley. Why do they all have a taxexempt status when their agendas are so political and downright socialist? These organizations would have you believe that you can not only befriend the devil, you can change him, too. If you listen to the churches talk about the homeless, you would think they were speaking of devotees of St. Francis or Mother Teresa: they deserve our love and affections and are virtually untouchable. If that’s the case, so be it. But what about traditional working families that are trying to keep body and soul together while they are raising legitimate children? Why do they ask them for church dues and contributions? Many of the people who provide a Catholic education to their children are those who don’t want them to attend the very schools that these twisted people with their bleeding hearts have turned into war zones. Why don’t they supply those families with free tuition to Catholic schools if they are so benevolent? Most of the time, the people who oppose cracking down on criminals are people who live in areas where there is little chance they ever will come in contact with them and find it attractive to support them in some “charitable” way by getting an income tax break in return. Deanna Innamorati Farrell West Wyoming

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Bond turns 50 this year, but you’d never know it by looking at him. Despite hundreds of skirmishes with the world’s scariest villains – not to mention a diet heavy on shaken-not-stirred martinis – the man in the Aston Martin still cuts quite the dashing figure. In October, it will have been five decades since 007 (in the form of Sean Connery) first sauntered on to screens in “Dr. No.” And he’s still going strong. The Bond movies are not only the longest continuously running series in cinema history but also, with more than $5 billion in box-office receipts, the most successful. Take that, George Lucas. Daniel Craig, the sixth actor to play the world-saving spy, will step into Bond’s shoes once again

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on Oct. 26 with “Skyfall,” the 23rd film in the series. Also this October, MGM will celebrate 007’s birthday with a 22-disc Blu-ray set that finally makes all of the movies available in high-def. The Bond franchise started in 1962 “ with Dr. No.” It was not only a worldwide smash but also proved a big influence on popular culture. Think “The Man From U.N.C.L.E,” “Our Man Flint,” “Get Smart” and “Mission: Impossible.” So where did the idea come from? Ian Fleming, of course. A former journalist and British Naval Intelligence officer, he conceived of the book series in 1952 while vacationing in Jamaica in a holiday home he called GoldSee BOND, Page 5F

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n 2006, Paul Dano delivered his breakout performance in “Little Miss Sunshine,” a Best Picture Oscar nominee directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton. For his latest film, Dano is not only reteaming with Faris and Dayton but pairing up with off-screen girlfriend Zoe Kazan.

That gives “Ruby Sparks” the arguable distinction as the only film in Hollywood history in which a couple has directed another couple in the starring roles. If all of that togetherness led to any weird feelings on the set, Dano is not letting on. “It was actually a great thing,” he says. “Val and Jon had a great personal relationship to the story, which is about love. And I think Zoe and I had an intimacy that we could bring. It was like our homework was done for us.” Dano stars in the movie (opening Friday) as an author experiencing a horrendous bout of writer’s block. After

meeting a woman named Ruby Sparks (Kazan), he begins writing about her. All is well until she materializes in his house. If that wasn’t bizarre enough, Ruby takes her cues from anything and everything Dano writes about her. Vowing not to play puppetmaster, he halts his novel, after which she begins to drift away from him. Will he go back to his computer to try and win her back? Oddly enough, both Dano and Kazan share a connection to Northeastern Pennsylvania. Kazan (who scripted “Ruby Sparks”) is the granddaughter of legendary helmer Elia Kazan (“A

Streetcar Named Desire”) who, back in 1971, hung out in Scranton while his then-wife Barbara Loden starred in – and directed – the remarkable independent drama “Wanda,” shot entirely in Scranton and Carbondale. “I have the movie,” Dano says. “But I haven’t watched it yet.” Dano has an even stronger connection to the area. His father, retired attorney Paul Dano, was born and raised in Scranton. While Dano Sr. and his wife evenSee DANO, Page 4F

What: “The Last Goodbye” Author: Thomas M. Hartz Publisher: Self-published; available on Kindle for $2.99 ••• In many families trinkets are passed down from generation to generation to serve as reminders of those who came before. Tom Hartz, 54, of Hunlock Creek wanted to provide his sons, Ryan and Charles, in their 30s and 40s, respectively, with such a memento, but he thought on a broader scale. “It’s important to me that they know the story of their family, so I decided to write it all down for them,” he said. “The Last Goodbye” is a recently finished work by Hartz, who has no formal writing training, just a passion for history and a story to tell. The tale is based on the true story of Hartz’s parents’ lives. Set in the early 1900s, it chronicles the lives of Charles (Harry) Hartz and Nora Whitney and the trials they endured. Readers follow them through World War I, prohibition, the Great Depression and much more. Hartz has been working on the novel since 1992; the whole thing was written by hand before it was transferred to a computer. On Father’s Day, Ryan surprised his father by showing him, on an iPad, that his book was now available to the masses. “I was so overwhelmed that he went ahead and did that without me knowing,” Hartz said. “There were tears in my eyes.” A major catalyst for the book is the fact that Hartz’s father died when he was 7. “I missed out on a lot with my father dying at a young age, so I would fantasize about him and what his life was like,” Hartz said. “I’m in love with that period of time, and I think it’s because I know that’s when he lived.” Hartz was in possession of much of his mother’s paperwork after she died and found divorce papers from 1959, a confusing thing since his parents were together at the time. “It ends up that my mother was a bigamist,” Hartz said. “She met a man in Niagara Falls and married him before my father came along. She had a son with him and, for whatever reason, left to come back to Larksville. She eventually moved to New York and was a nurse, where she met my father, who was a tugboat captain at the time.” Hartz saw the value in that story and continued to research his family and the time period to make his work as historically accurate as possible. “It might sound silly, but I really did feel closer to my father while doing this,” he said. “As I was writing about him, I could almost feel the emotions he must have gone through.”

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tually moved to New York City, where Paul Jr. was born, they bought a second home in East Stroudsburg. “We’d always go out there on weekends,” Paul says. “So, I’ve been visiting the area my whole life. I love chilling out, taking a swim in the pond, walking in the woods and going to play some golf. “We have Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania every year, and it’s my favorite holiday. We have 50 or so people flying in from all over. I love going to Pennsylvania because it’s such a beautiful place.” Since Dano’s father retired and moved to Pennsylvania full time, Dano is an even more frequent visitor. One of his favorite haunts is the Pocono Community Center, where earlier this year he attended a Q-and-A session for his movie “Being Flynn.” “I’d like to come back and do something similar for ‘Ruby Sparks,’ ” the actor notes. “Ruby Sparks” is certainly ripe for discussion. At the heart of the movie, Dano says, are a number of interesting themes. “It’s a love story, but it examines what it’s like to fall in love with the idea of someone and not see the person for themselves. “The film looks at the idea of control in a relationship, which is a pretty universal theme. … And, finally, I think it’s about the creative process. It’s about a writer who people are expecting such big things from. Other people are trying to determine what success is for him. That’s another theme that I can relate to.” The idea for “Ruby Sparks” began with Kazan, the daughter of scripters Nicholas Kazan (“Reversal of Fortune”) and Robin Swicord (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”). Dano says he was10 pages into Kazan’s screenplay when he knew she was onto something special. “I said, ‘Let’s get this to Valerie and Jonathan.’ They were our dream choices to direct.” In many ways, Dano is one of Hollywood’s least likely success stories. It’s not only his offbeat looks but his penchant for gently underplaying his roles. While he showed real ferocity as Eli and Paul Sunday in “There Will Be Blood,” his real strength lies in his ability to react to all the craziness

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ceremonies. A tour takes you to the stands overlooking the track area where Owens and other athletes competed. You can see the unlit cauldron at one end of the stadium. You also can see the balcony from which Hitler had watched the games, though it had been shortened after World War II as part of de-Nazification efforts. Sign up for the Berlin Marathon in September, and you also may get to run on the track the morning before the race. It’s not the original track surface though. Many of Munich’s events took place at Olympiapark. The main stadium was used for the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field and soccer. With a tour, you get to walk on the track. The tour also takes you to a VIP lounge filled with Olympic artifacts such as torches from past games and shoes worn by some of the athletes, including Kenya’s Kipchoge Keino, who won gold in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in1972. A wall display of key moments includes a newspaper headline on the massacre. The athletes’ village where the terrorism acts took place is still around, used mostly for offices and housing these days. Visits are discouraged. Instead, check out a memorial at the Olympic park. For details about tours and fees, see: • Berlin: www.olympiastadion-berlin.de/en.html • Munich: www.olympiapark.de/en/home

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around him. It’s a talent he learned early working alongside powerhouse actor George C. Scott in a Broadway production of “Inherit the Wind.” Dano was only 12 when he appeared in the play but he insists his decision to become an actor was more accident than calculation. “When I was a kid, acting was just another activity for me,” he says. “I loved to play basketball, and I loved going to the community theater to do plays. I was never starstruck or very ambitious. It just happened organically. … I liked acting. It felt natural, and I felt I’d be good at it. “As an audience member, I also felt like I got a lot out of movies. I wanted to be a part of something that inspired me. And then one thing led to another.” While he appeared in several TV shows and films in the early 2000s, his first substantial role was playing an angry teenager who opted to refrain from speaking in “Little Miss Sunshine.” A year later, he wowed audiences by holding his own against Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood.” Dano landed the “Blood” role after another actor dropped out and Day-Lewis personally recommended him to director Paul Thomas Anderson. Looking back on the experience, Dano says it’s one of his proudest achievements. “I cherish that movie greatly,” he says. “Sometimes when you’re working, you’ll think, ‘Something really great happened today.’ I had that feeling many times on that film. It was just a special movie. You don’t get too many of those. As hard as it was and as hot as it

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was filming in the desert in the summer, it felt so good. It was some of the most fun I’ve ever had.” As busy as Dano is, he always finds time to return to the stage. While working on an off-Broadway play, he first met Kazan. The attraction was instant. “We were attracted as artists too, not just as lovers,” he said. “We had a lot of respect for each other, which has helped in our relationship.” He’s in awe of her as an actress. “She’s very special,” he says. “She’s very smart but also incredibly free. She has wonderful instincts but also has a big toolbox that allows her to play many kinds of characters. She’s a unique creature.” The most challenging aspect of their relationship, he says, is that both of them work so often and are rarely home at the same time. “It’s not easy to be apart so much. But I try to look on the bright side. It tends to bring a sense of longing and excitement to our relationship.” Dano is having the kind of year

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t can take years to bring a single film to screen. It took over eight years to bring the massively popular Batman trilogy into theaters. “The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy,” takes you through those eight — and more — years as you learn about the whole process, from concept to conclusion. A beautifully artistic photo book, it’s a worthy addition to any film student or Batman reader’s collection of “making of” books. Coming from a background in smaller films, director Christopher Nolan never took for granted that he’d make all three Batman films so he concentrated on making them as complete in themselves. “People ask if we’d always planned a trilogy,” Nolan says. “When (screenwriter) David (Goyer) and I first started cracking open Bruce’s story, we flirted with what might come after, then backed away, not wanting to look

deep into the future.” To be able to create films took the faith of DC Comics, the backing of Warner Bros, lots of money and inspired casting. Nolan cast the late Heath Ledger, who won a posthumous Oscar for his performance as the insane Joker in “The Dark Knight,” and obviously still misses him from his comments. He didn’t have to look far to find Batman fans among the actors. Morgan Freeman, who plays tech genius Lucius Fox, was a longstanding comics fan. “I was one of those kids, like millions of other kids, who read all the comic books,” he said. “The Spirit and Batman and Captain Marvel. If there was a comic book, I read it.” Unlike many blockbusters, Nolan in the “Dark Knight” films preferred to use actors rather than special effects to fill in crowd scenes. His team created the actual Bat-automobiles for his highly trained stuntmen to drive. He used special effects for the

thousands of bats for “Batman Begins” as well as the destroyed halfface of Harvey Dent in “The Dark Knight.” One chapter shows that creators moved with the times into social media. Noted musician Hans Zimmer needed a chant for “The Dark Knight Rising.” His group “set up a website people could go to, which talked them through how to do the chant, record it, and send it to us.” Using word of mouth and Twitter, he got “a response so overwhelming, it crashed the system. … Thousands of people per second went to this site, and the whole thing melted down that first week.” For anyone who ever wanted to make a movie, “The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy” is as good a blueprint, as well as an engrossing tale, of the making of a mega-hit film series.

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eneye. James Bond made his first appearance in “Casino Royale,” which was published in 1953. Thirteen more Bond books by Fleming followed. Since the release of “Dr. No,” the world has never gone more than five or six years without a new Bond flick. Connery played him five times from 1962-1967 and then again in 1971 and 1983. In between, there was a one-off appearance by George Lazenby, and in 1973, Roger Moore took over for seven outings. Next came Timothy Dalton for two films beginning in 1987. Pierce Brosnan got the job in 1995 for four features, and then came Craig, who toplines series reboot “Casino Royale,” “Quantum of Solace” and the upcoming “Skyfall.” Here are seven reasons to still love James Bond: ••• 1. The Local Connection. An occasional visitor to WilkesBarre where his director-father Joseph Mankiewicz (“All About Eve”) was born, Tom Mankiew-

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Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Bond with her poison-knifeBetter” (from “The Spy Who tipped shoe? Or Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) in “GoldLoved Me.”) enEye” who can assassinate men 5. Judi Dench as M. Britain’s by strangling them between her Bernard Lee originated the role thighs? Or Jaws (Richard Kiel) of M and was terrific as Bond’s in “The Spy Who Loved Me” boss. But the Oscar-winning ac- who nearly kills OO7 with his ratress has found a way to make zor-sharp choppers? the role her own. She began her 7. Vehicles and Gadgets. run with “GoldenEye” and continues through this year’s “Sky- Where do we begin? Bond’s mode of transport has included everyfall.” The Brosnan Bonds star in thing from jet packs to gondolas some of the series’ weakest to a portable mini-helicopter screenplays, but when Dench is called the Little Nellie. But the Ason screen, she pulls the material ton Martin DB5 that makes its up a notch a two. Only Dench first appearance in “Goldfinger” is could tell Bond she considers easily Bond’s best-known car. “The Spy Who Loved Me” marks him a “sexist, misogynistic dinosaur – a relic of the Cold War” and the introduction of Bond’s secondmake him respect her all the most famous automobile, the Lomore. There is a rumor that M tus Esprit. Not only is the vehicle dies in “Skyfall.” If that’s true, the equipped with canons that allow it series will lose one of its secret to shoot cement out of the license plate, but it’s capable of traveling weapons. high speeds. Under water. As for the gadgets, there were 6. The Bond Villains. In the upcoming “Skyfall,” it will be the Os- virtually none in “Dr. No” unless car-winning Javier Bardem, you count Bond’s trademark among others, giving our hero a Walther PPK. But the follow-up tough time. He’s a powerful actor, “From Russia With Love” began but he has some stiff competition the tradition of Q gifting 007 with in the Bond-baddie department. some cool doodads, including an Who can forget Rosa Klebb attaché case big enough for a fold(Lotte Lenya) in “From Russia ed sniper’s rifle and a wristwatch With Love” who tried to kill with retractable piano wire.

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.com . • BERLIN AND MUNICH, GERMANY Germany hosted two notorious games: The 1936 Berlin Olympics, which Adolf Hitler tried to turn into a showcase of Aryan supremacy, and the 1972 Munich Olympics, married by a hostage crisis that left 11 Israelis dead. You see the majestic Olympic Gate — two towers holding up the Olympic rings — as you approach Olympiastadion Berlin. Next to the stadium is the tower and parade grounds used by the Nazis for military and political

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either of the Lake Placid Games. While there, you can tour the Olympic Center, where the U.S. ice hockey team defeated the Soviets in what has become known as the Miracle on Ice. You can skate in one of its indoor rinks. The outdoor speed skating oval is open during the winter months and is the same one used by Heiden and other Olympic athletes in 1980. A separate tour is available for the Olympic ski-jumping complex, and Whiteface Mountain is open for skiing during the winter. Lake Placid also hosts an Olympic museum downtown. Consider an Olympic Sites Passport for discounts if you are visiting several venues. To plan your trip, visit www.whiteface-

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NEW!! Full size adult ATV. Strong 4 stroke motor. CVT fully automatic transmission with reverse. Electric start. Front & rear luggage racks. Long travel suspension. Disc brakes. Dual stage head lights. Perfect for hunters & trail riders alike. BRAND NEW & READY TO RIDE. $1,995 takes it away. 570-817-2952 Wilkes-Barre

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BUICK `97 LESABRE Limited. V6. 4 door,

silver exterior, grey interior, fully equipped, power everything. 94k original miles. Snow tires included. Currently inspected. Family car. $2900. 570-675-2468

CADILLAC `08 DTS

ATV, 110 CC. Brand New Tomahawk Kids Quad. Only $695 takes it away! 570-817-2952 Wilkes-Barre

Fully loaded, 14,000 miles, automatic, all power, leather interior, showroom condition. Silver. $25,000. Call Mike 570-779-4351

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CHEVROLET `99 S-10Silver, PICK-UP

85,000 miles, excellent condition, covered bed. $3800 570-822-7657

FORD ’95 F150

4x4. 1 Owner. 91K. 4.8 engine, auto. Runs great. New paint, stake body with metal floor. 570-675-5046. Leave message, will return call. $4990.

radio, leather, moon roof, loaded excellent condition. 136k miles. $4,995.

570-814-2809

CHEVY `02 CAVALIER 71K well maintained

miles. 4 cylinder 30 MPG, LS package. Ice cold air, power windows, am/fm CD. Sunroof. Rear spoiler, aluminum wheels. This car looks, shines, runs like new. $4,995 firm. Call 570-313-5538

CHEVY ‘95 ASTRO MARK III C

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VAN. Hightop. 93K. 7 passenger. TV/VCP/Stereo. Loaded. Great condition. $3,495 (570) 574-2199

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GRAND MARQUIS ‘99 GS Well maintained, Smooth riding, 4.6L, V8, RWD, Auto, Power windows, power locks, New Inspection, Serviced, Silver over blue. Good tires $3,750 Call 823-4008

KIA `00 SPORTAGE EX 4wd, dark green,

75,000 miles, leather interior, A/C, pb, pl, ps and pw asking $2000 call 570-332-4884

327 NOM manual 4 speed transmission, red/black interior, ps, pb, teakwood wheel, original owner 25 years. $38,000. 883-4443

FORD `07 FOCUS SES Sedan

Alloy wheels, heated seats, CD player, rear spoiler, 1 owner, auto, air, all power, great gas mileage, priced to be sold immediately! $6,995 or best offer. 570-614-8925

HONDA ‘01 ACCORD

SE. 4 door, 4 cyl. auto, air, factory sunroof, CD, full power, 112,000 mi. $6,900 OBO 570-499-8853

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Sprint blue, black / brown leather int., navigation, 7 spd auto turbo, AWD 08 CHEVY AVEO red, auto, 4 cyl 07 BUICK LACROSSE CXL, black, V6 07 BUICK LUCERNE CXL, silver, grey leather 06 LINCOLN ZEPHYR grey, tan leather, sun roof 06 MERCURY MILAN PREMIER, mint green, V6, alloys 05 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS, blue, sunroof, 79K miles 05 CHEVY IMPALA silver, alloys, V6 04 NISSAN MAXIMA LS silver, auto, sunroof 03 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS blue sunroof 49,000 miles 03 AUDI S8 QUATTRO, mid blue/light grey leather, navigation, AWD 02 CHEVY IMPALA LS green, tan leather, sunroof 02 FORD ESCORT SE red, auto, 4 cyl 01 VOLVO V70 STATION WAGON, blue/grey, leather, AWD 00 BMW 323i silver auto 73 PORSCHE 914 green & black, 5 speed, 62k miles, $12,500

SUVS, VANS, TRUCKS, 4 X4’s

09 DODGE JOURNEY blue, 3rd seat, AWD 08 DODGE NITRO SXT orange, auto, 4x4 08 FORD ESCAPE XLT SILVER, V6, 4X4 06 INFINITY QX56 Pearl white, tan leather, Naviga tion, 3rd seat, 4x4 06 JEEP COMMANDER white, 3rd seat, 4x4 06 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, Black, V8, 4x4 truck 06 FORD EXPLORER XLT, black, 3rd seat, 4x4 06 CHEVY TRAILBLZAER LS, SILVER, 4X4 05 FORD EXPLORER XLT, gold, 3rd seat, 4x4 05 FORD FREESTAR SE, white, 7 pax mini van 05 CADILLAC SRX black, leather, V6, AWD 05 HONDA PILOT EXL blue, 3rd seat, 4x4 05 HYUNDAI TUSCON LX green auto, AWD 05 DODGE DURANGO LTD Black, grey leather, 3rd seat, 4x4 05 JEEP LIBERTY RENEGADE Blue, 5 speed, V6, 4x4 05 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB SPORT, blue, auto, 4x4 truck 04 BUICK RENDZVOUS grey, auto, FWD 04 NISSAN XTERRA XE blue, auto, 4x4 04 CHEVY TAHOE LT 4x4 Pewter, grey leather, 3rd seat 04 CHEVY AVALANCHE Z71, green, 4 door, 4x4 truck 04 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND graphite grey, 2 tone leather, sunroof, 4x4 02 CHEVEY TRAILBLAZER LT, silver, V6, 4x4 02 FORD F150 SUPERCAB XLT silver, 4x4 truck 01 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SPORT, red, V8, 4x4 truck 01 DODGE DURANGO SLT grey, 3rd seat 79,000 miles. 4x4 01 FORD F150 XLT white, super cab, 4x4 truck 01 FORD F150 XLT Blue/tan, 4 door, 4x4 truck 00 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SPORT, green, V8, 4x4 truck 00 CHEVY 1500 SILVERADO X-CAB green, 4x4 truck 99 SUBARU FORESTER S white, auto, AWD 99 FORD EXPLORER SPORT 2 door black, 4x4 99 NISSAN PATHINDER gold, V6, 4x4 89 CHEVY 1500, 4X4 TRUCK

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moonroof, all power, CD, $6,500 OBO 570-288-5995

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Kia Sportage ‘99 4 door, 4 cylinder, auto, 4x4. Very good condition. $2,450 Kia Sedona ‘04 7 Passenger Van Leather, air, CD, sunroof, 6 cylinder, auto, very good condition. $3,850 Mercury Tracer ‘98 4 cylinder, 4 door, auto. $1,550 Current Inspection On All Vehicles DEALER

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700 Sans Souci Highway WE SELL FOR LESS!! ‘06 Dodge Stratus SXT 6 cyl, AT-AC $7,999 ‘2011 Mitsubishi Endeavor 4x4, 20k, Factory Warranty $18,899 ‘11 Ford Escape XLT, 4x4, 26k, Factory Warranty, 6 Cylinder $19,199 ‘11 E250 Cargo AT-AC cruise, 15k, factory warranty $17,999 ‘11 Nissan Rogue, AWD, 27k Factory warranty $17,699 ‘05 HONDA CRV EX 4x4 65k, title. $12,799 ‘06 FORD FREESTAR 62k, Rear air A/C $7,699 ‘03 F250 XL Super Duty only 24k! AT-AC, $7,799 ‘01 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Executive 74K $5,399 ‘11 Toyota Rav 4 4x4 AT only 8,000 miles, alloys, power sunroof. new condition. Factory warranty $21,699

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‘00 Ford Taurus Station Wagon Silver, grey leather interior, 132,000 miles, all options work. $2,899 ‘99 GMC Sierra Pickup 4x4, extended cab, bed cap, gray, 132,000 miles $4,795 ‘00 Ford Windstar Minivan 3rd row seat, rear A/C, gray, 132,000 miles $2,995 ‘98 VOLVO ‘00 FORD WINDSTAR LX 3rd seat, ice cold air, 132,000 miles $2,995 BUICK ‘91 ROADMASTER Station Wagon, white with woodgrain exterior, gold leather interior, 3rd seat. Runs great, high mileage. $1800 LINCOLN ‘02 TOWNCAR Signature series, Silver, grey leather interior, 99,000 miles, runs great $5295 CHEVY ‘05 AVEO Silver, 4 door, grey cloth interior, A/C, re-built transmission with warranty, 4 cyl. 79,000 miles $5200 Warranties Available

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SUBARU ‘08 LEGACY

2.5i AWD, PZEV, Limited Sedan, Leather, rear spoiler, auto remote car starter, 75K miles, one owner, all service records available, $13,000 570-762-2493

TOYOTA `05 SCION TC Manual, AM/FM

stereo, MP3 multi disc, rear spoiler, moon roof, alloys, ground effects, 90,100 miles, Air. $8,300, negotiable. 570-760-0765 570-474-2182

TOYOTA ‘04 CELICA GT

112K miles. Blue, 5 speed. Air, power windows/locks, CD/cassette, Keyless entry, sunroof, new battery. Car drives and has current PA inspection. Slight rust on corner of passenger door. Clutch slips on hard acceleration. This is why its thousands less than Blue Book value. $6,500 OBO. Make an offer! Call 570-592-1629

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09 Mercedes GL450 7 passenger. Too many options to list. 30K miles. Garage kept. Creme puff. $47,800 04 Nissan Armada 7 passenger. 4wd. Excellent condition. $11,900 93 UD Tow Truck with wheel lift. 64k. $10,000 95 Ford E250 Van. Extended body. 72k. $4,995 95 Buick Park Ave 54k. $3,995 96 Plymouth Voyager 82k $3,495 99 Chevy Cavalier, 89k. 4 door. $2,495 00 Chevy S10 Blazer. 4 door. 4wd. Red. $2,795 99 Ford Escort 4 door. Auto. 86k. $2,195 Junk Cars & Trucks wanted. Cash paid.

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MERCEDES ‘00 E_320

Showroom condition; was $50K new; no winters, flawless with all options. Silver/Gold. 94k miles. $9,995. 570-262-1223.

PONTIAC `93 GRAND AM SEDAN 4 Cyl, automatic, air, CD/stereo, 22 mpg, Very good condition $1,450 Call 570-299-0772

570-955-5792

PONTIAC `06 GRAND PRIX GXP 80,000 miles, automatic, front wheel drive, 4 door, all power, sun/moon roof. $11,000 (570)855-2062

PONTIAC `86 FIREBIRD

Black, V6, very clean. 61K. Garage kept, fully maintained & recently inspected. $16,000 570-474-9866 or 570-332-2487

PONTIAC`96 GRAND AM MUST SELL!

Auto, 4 cylinder with power windows. Recently inspected / maintained. $2,150. 570-793-4700

PORSCHE `01 BOXSTER S 38,500 miles. Black

with beige interior. 6 speed transmission. Air & CD player. Excellent condition. $17,200. Call 570-868-0310

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‘10 Chevy Cobalt LS 50k, $10,995 ‘08 Chevy Impala LS 50k, $11,395 ‘06 Mustang GT Convertible, 30k $17,495 ‘03 Dodge Caravan 68k, $4,995 ‘06 Jeep Liberty 72k, $9,995 ‘99 Ford F350 Duly $8,995 ‘02 Ford Crew Cab $6,995 ‘04 Oldsmobile Olero $4,995 ‘04 Cadillac CTS 83k, $10,495 ‘03 Dodge Caravan 68k, $4,995 ‘00 Ford E150 Cargo Van 3,495

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MAZDA `88 RX-7

CONVERTIBLE 1 owner, garage kept, 65k original miles, black with grey leather interior, all original & never seen snow. $7,995. Call 570-237-5119

MERCURY `79 ZEPHYR

6 cylinder automatic. 52k original miles. $1500. 570-899-1896

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CHEVY ‘08 3500 HD DUMP TRUCK 2WD, automatic.

Only 12,000 miles. Vehicle in like new condition. $19,000. 570-288-4322

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‘12 BRAND NEW SCOOTER

All ready to ride, electric start, automatic transmission, disk brakes, rear luggage trunk, under seat storage, around 100 mpg, fully street legal, all ready to go! only $1,595. Call 570-817-2952

HARLEY ‘10 DAVIDSON SPORTSTER CUSTOM Loud pipes. Near Mint 174 miles - yes, One hundred and seventy four miles on the clock, original owner. $8000. 570-876-2816

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HSoft ARLEY DAVIDSON ‘80 riding FLH. King of the Highway! Mint original antique show winner. Factory spot lights, wide white tires, biggest Harley built. Only 28,000 original miles! Never needs inspection, permanent registration. $7,995 OBO 570-905-9348

Boats & Marinas

‘96 KAWASAKI JET SKI

Good condition with trailer. New battery & cover. $1,795. Call 570-287-5963 FISHING BOAT. Like new. 16 1/2’ Trophy Fiberglass. 25 HP Johnson motor, 48 lb thrust, trolling motor with foot control. Recharger, pedestal front seat, carpeted floor. Live well, storage compartment. Excellent condition. $4500. 570-675-5046 after 12 noon

KAWASAKI ‘07 EX 650

Ninja, blue, low miles, garage kept, excellent condition. $3,000. 570-704-8254

SUZUKI ‘01 VS 800 GL INTRUDER Garage kept, no rust, lots of chrome, black with teal green flake. Includes storage jack & 2 helmets. $3600 570-410-1026

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2012 N IS S A N FRON TIE R S V V -6 CRE W CA B 4X4

STK# N22053 M O DEL# 32412 V IN# 451247 M SRP $30,830

V6, Au to , Prem Utility Pkg, IPo d In terfa ce, PW , PDL , Cru is e, T ilt, F lo o r M a ts & M u ch M o re!

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2012 N IS S A N X-TE RRA X 4X4

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STK# N21462 M O DEL# 24012 V IN# 508885 M SRP $28,150

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STK# N21472 M O DEL# 23212 V IN# 211509 M SRP $32,525

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2012 N IS S A N P A THFIN DE R S 4X4

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SA VE O VER $4500 O N A L L 2012 P A TH FINDER S!

STK# N22166 M O DEL# 25012 V IN# 625154 M SRP $32,315

STK# N22151 M O DEL# 16212 V IN# 856437 M SRP $37,525

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STK#N21750 M O DEL# 22112 V IN# 282868 M SRP $23,050

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299

2012 N IS S A N L E A F S L A L L E L E CTRIC CA R!

STK# N21439 M O DEL# 17212 V IN# 017671 M SRP $38,270

80K W AC S yn c M o n ito r, Re-Gen Bra kin g S ys tem , XM , Blu eto o th, Ho m elin k, CD, Hea ted F ro n t& Rea r S ea ts , F lo o rM a ts & M u ch M o re!

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2012 HONDA CIVIC LX SEDAN

$0 DOWN PAYMENT

MPG 28 City 39 HWY

• Model #FB2F5CEW • 140-hp 16-Valve SOHC i-VTEC® • 5-Speed Automatic Transmission • Air Conditioning with Air-Filtration System • Power Windows/Locks/Mirrors • Cruise Control • Remote Entry • 160-Watt AM/FM/CD Audio System with 4 Speakers • ABS • Dual-Stage, Multiple-Threshold Front Airbags (SRS) • Front Side Airbags with Passenger-Side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) • Side Curtain Airbags ***Lease ease 36 Months through ahfc. ahfc $0 Down Payment. Payment

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* ** Per Mo. Mo L ease Lease

1st payment and tags due at delivery. Residual $11,952.95

*On select models to qualiﬁed buyers for limited term.

2012 HONDA ODYSSEY EX

2012 HONDA CR-V EX

$0 DOWN PAYMENT

MPG 18 City 27 HWY

MPG 22 City 30 HWY

• Model #RL5H4CEW • 248-hp, 3.5-Liter, 24-Valve, SOHC i-VTEC® VTEC® V-6 Engine • 5-Speed Automatic Transmission mission • Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with h Traction Control • Anti-Lock Braking System m (ABS) • Driver’s Seat with 10-Way Power Adjustment, ustment, including Power Lumbar Support • Power wer Sliding Doors • 17” Alloy Wheels • 229-Watt att AM/ FM/CD Audio System with 7 Speakers including Subwoofer • 2GB CD-Library • Bluetooth® etooth® HandsFreeLink • USB Audio Interface • Exterior Temperature Indicator • Multi-Function 2nd-Row Center Seat • Three-Row Side Curtain Airbags with Rollover Sensor • Front Side Airbags with Passenger-Side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) • Tri-Zone Automatic Climate Control System with Humidity Control and Air Filtration • One-Motion 60/40 Split ****Lease Lease 3rd-Row Magic Seat®

299

• Model RM4H5CJW • 185-hp • 2.4-Liter, 16-Valve SOHC i-VTEC® 4-Cylinder Engine • Real Time AWD with Intelligent Control System™ • Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with Traction Control • Automatic Transmission • Cruise Control • A/C • One-Touch Power Moonroof with Tilt Feature • Remote Entry System • Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® • Multi-angle rearview camera with guidelines • 160-Watt AM/FM/CD Audio System with 6 Speakers • Bluetooth® Streaming Audio • Pandora® Internet Radio compatibility • SMS Text Message Function • USB Audio Interface • Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) • Dual-Stage, Multiple-Threshold Front Airbags (SRS) • Front Side Airbags with Passenger-Side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) • Side Curtain Airbags with Rollover Sensor

* Per ***MoMo. Pe L ease Lease

36 Months through ahfc. ahfc $0 Down Payment Payment. 1st payment and tags due at delivery. Residual $18,823.90

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LEASES BASED ON APPROVED CREDIT TIER 1 THRU AHFC. MILEAGE BASED ON 2012 EPA MILEAGE ESTIMATES. USE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES ONLY. DO NOT COMPARE TO MODELS BEFORE 2008. YOUR ACUTAL MILEAGE WILL VARY DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DRIVE AND MAINTAIN YOUR VEHICLE. OFFERS EXPIRE 9/4/2012

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T O H

ars C r Ou Prices Ande So... Ar

2.9% on Certiﬁed Accords

They’re

Call: 1-800-NEXTHONDA

View Prices at www.mattburnehonda.com

‘S 03 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI SDN Gold, 71K, Was $6,950

Now

$5,500

04 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT SDN Gold, 37K

Now

$9,750

05 HONDA ACCORD LX SDN Silver, 78K

Now

$11,500

04 HONDA CIVIC LX SDN Gray, 84K, 5Spd, Was $8,500

Now

$8,500

HONDA CRV 4WD

$9,950 05 SE, GRAY, 72K $14,950 02 LX, GOLD, 80K

HONDA ONDA ACCORD SDN SD

$11,500 06 SE, GRAY, 84K $11,750 CRV 4WD 05 EX V6, GRAY, 75K $13,950 10 CRV EXL Navy, 37K, Was $23,500 ............................NOW $21,500

06 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY LTD

Red, 75K

Silver, 60K, Navi/R DVD, Was $13,750

$12,950

Now

09 HONDA CIVIC LX CPE

Black, 33K, Was $14,750

Silver, 34K, Was $14,950

$13,950

06 JEEP GR. CHEROKEE LIMITED 4X4 Red, 65K, Was $14,950

Now

$14,950

10 NISSAN ALTIMA 3.5 SR Blue, 34K, Was $19,950

Now

$17,500

Now

08 CRV EX White, 46K ..............................................NOW $17,950 08 CRV EX Blue, 56K................................................NOW $17,950 07 CRV EXL Navy, 44K ............................................NOW $18,500

$13,950

10 FORD FOCUS SE SEDAN

ACCORDS 09 ACCORD LXP SDN Silver, 16K, Was 17,950........NOW $16,950 09 ACCORD EX SDN Beige, 31K, Was $18,500 ........NOW $17,950 11 ACCORD LX 5SPD SDN White, 16K, Was $18,750 NOW $17,750 10 ACCORD LXP SDN Silver, 28K, Was $18,950 .....NOW $18,500 10 ACCORD EXL SDN Black, 39K, Was $19,950 .....NOW $19,750 10 ACCORD EXL SDN Red, 30K, Was, $19,950 ......NOW $19,750 09 ACCORD EXL V6 SDN Silver, 37K, Was $20,500 .NOW $19,950 08 ACCORD EXL V6 Green, 52K............................NOW $19,950 10 ACCORD EXL V6 Gray, 38K..............................NOW $20,950

Mocha, 28K, Was $20,950

$20,500

$8,500

03 TOYOTA CAMRY SDN Red, 83K, Was $9,950

Now

$9,950

06 6 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS SDN Silver, 37K

Now

$12,500

07 MAZDA Gi SPORT SDN Now

CIVICS 07 10 11 11 11 09 10 11 11

PILOT PILOT PILOT PILOT PILOT PILOT PILOT PILOT PILOT

PILOT 4WD EXL Black, 55K, Was $20,950.......................NOW $19,950 LX Gray, 25K, Was $24,950 ...........................NOW $23,950 LX Gray, 37K, Was $24,950 ...........................NOW $24,950 EX Silver, 8K, Was $29,500 ...........................NOW $28,950 EXL Gray, 21K, Was $30,500........................NOW $29,950 EX Silver, 58K ..........................................NOW $23,500 EX White, 36K ..........................................NOW $24,950 EX Silver, 14K ..........................................NOW $28,950 EXL Red, 36K .........................................NOW $29,950

09 CIVIC EX CPE Black, 40K, Was $15,950................NOW $14,500 10 CIVIC LX SDN Gray, 19K, Was $16,950.................NOW $15,950 09 CIVIC HYBRID SDN Black, 37K, Was $18,500 ...NOW $15,950

Blue, 71K, Was $9,850

Now

$9,500

05 HONDA CIVIC LX SEDAN Gray, 49K

Now

$10,950

08 SATURN VUE XE-V6 AWD Navy, 64K, Was $13,950

Now

$12,950

07 JEEP COMPASS 4WD White, 45K

Now

$13,750

05 HONDA PILOT 4WD

06 HONDA PILOT 4WD

EX, White, 76K

Now

EXL, White, 56K

Now

EXL, Gold, 72K

$13,950 Now $13,950

Now

$14,750 $18,500

09 CIVIC EX SDN NAVI Titanium, 34K, Was $16,950..NOW $16,750 11 CIVIC LX SDN Navy, 13K, Was $17,500.................NOW $16,500 09 CIVIC LX SDN Silver, 34K ................................NOW $14,950 09 CIVIC LX SDN Black, 23K ................................NOW $15,950

ELEMENT 4WD 09 ELEMENT EX Red, 55K ...................................NOW $18,500

$13,500

07 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING SDN

09 CIVIC LX SDN Gray, 30K, Was $15,750.................NOW $15,250

09 CIVIC VP SDN Lt. Blue, 27K .............................NOW $15,250

$14,950

10 CHEVY EQUINOX LT 4WD Now

Now

Platinum, 39K, Was $13,950

White, 12K, Was $15,950

Now

Black, 68K, Was $8,950

$13,250

09 TOYOTA COROLLA LE SDN Now

RIDGELINE 4WD 11 RIDGELINE RTS Black, 19K ...........................NOW $28,500

05 LX, SILVER, 78K

08 PONTIAC TORRENT AWD Now

ODYSSEY 10 Odyssey EX Slate, 24K, Was $25,950..NOW $24,750 10 Odyssey EXL DVD Slate, 24K, Was $27,500..NOW $26,950

02 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER CONV

08 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4 Red, 78K

Now

$14,950

07 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 4WD Blue, 69K, Was $17,950

Now

$16,950

10 CIVIC EXL SDN Titanium, 29K .........................NOW $17,950 11 CIVIC EX CPE Red, 14K ..................................NOW $18,950

*2.9% on Certified Accords thru Am Honda Finance W.A.C. up to 60 mos. Certified Hondas have 1 yr - 12k Basic Warranty & 7yr - 100k Powertrain from orig. inservice date.

Open Monday - Thursday 9-9 Friday & Saturday 9-5

10 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE SDN Black, 24K, Was $21,500

Now

$20,950

10 GMC TERRAIN SLE 4WD Black, 16K, Navi, RDVD, Was $29,950

Now

$28,500

1110 Wyoming Ave, Scranton, PA 1-800-NEXT-HONDA 570-341-1400

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YAMAHA ‘97 ROYALSTAR 1300

12,000 miles. With windshield. Runs excellent. Many extras including gunfighter seat, leather bags, extra pipes. New tires & battery. Asking $4,000 firm. (570) 814-1548

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08 FORD EDGE SEL AWD

Panoramic Roof, Leather, 66K Miles... $17,995

10 VW BEETLE

10 FORD ESCAPE XLT

AWD, 48K Miles................... $16,995

04 FORD MUSTANG GT

19,000 miles, 2 slides, 8 kw Gen. 2 Air conditioners, Microwave-Convect Oven, 4 door refwith automatic ice maker, heated holding tanks, Corian counter tops, 2 TV- surround sound, cherry cabinets, ice maker, washer/dryer. Sleeps 6. Queen beds, back up camera, recently inspected, garaged in winter. $64,500 570-288-2649

33,999

*Price plus tax & tags. Low APR to well qualiﬁed buyers. Not responsible for typographical errors. KEN WALLACE’S

VALLEY CHEVROLET 601 KIDDER STREET, WILKES-BARRE, PA

821-2772 • 1-800-444-7172

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40th Anniv. Edition, 38K Miles, 5-Speed, Leather... $14,995

07 CHRYSLER SEBRING

Touring, 58K Miles ................... $9,995

2011 CHEVY HHR

32K Miles............................. $13,995

10 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S

35K Miles............................. $15,995

11 KIA FORTE EX

35K Miles............................... $15,995

10 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED

AWD, Navi, Rent SYS, Sunroof, Leather, Back Up Camera, 24K Miles ......... $31,995

451

07 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR

AWD, Navi, Rent SYS, Leather, Moonroof ..... $26,995

Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

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PACE ARROW VISION ‘99 M-36 B (FORD) Type A gas, 460

Auto, Leather, 34K Miles ........ $14,995

12 Lonesome Road Old Forge, PA 18518

#12512A, 5.3L V8 Engine, Aluminum Block, 6 Speed Automatic, Remote Start, All Power Options, High Polished Chrome Wheels, Leather, Sunroof, Power Seats, Power Adjustable Pedals, Rain Sensing Wipers, E-Z Lift Tailgate, Deep Tinted Glass, Ultrasonic Rear Park Assist, Fog Lamps, Bluetooth, 6 Disc CD, Off road Suspension Package, Bose Stereo, Rear Seat Audio Controls, HD Trailering Equipment and Much More!

SUMMER $ SALE PRICE

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A U T O

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CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 CREW CAB 4X4 LTZ

WE BUY VEHICLES!

570-489-0000

2005 Audi A8L NAVI .............................$15,999 2003 BMW 325ci Conv ........................$13,495 1998 BMW 328i Conv ............................$9,500 2007 BMW 328xi Sedan.......................$19,490 2007 BMW X3.0si ................................$16,595 2006 Chevy Cobalt ................................$8,999 2006 Chevy Colorado P/U.......................$8,800 2000 Chevy Corvette HT ......................$22,990 2008 Chevy TrailBlazer V8....................$19,500 2011 Ford E250 Cargo .........................$18,999 2007 Ford E350 Pass...........................$14,450 2008 Ford Escape XLT .........................$15,999 2001 Ford F150 CREW KR....................$11,000 2006 Ford Mustang GT ........................$18,950 2008 Jeep Wrangler UL Sahara ............$23,999 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sport ...................$20,999 2010 Lexus RX350 ..............................$33,999 2009 Mercedes-Benz C300 4Matic.........$26,999 2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK550 Conv.........$27,999 2007 Nissan Murano S AWD.................$16,999 2005 Nissan Murano SE AWD ...............$13,599 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP .................$5,000 2008 Subaru Outback Limited ..............$15,999 2010 Suzuki Kisashi AWD ....................$15,999 2006 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 ..................$11,750 1971 Plymouth Road Runner ................$27,000 2009 Nissan Sentra 2.0FE+ .................$12,949 2011 Nissan Versa 1.8S .......................$11,899 2005 Nissan Sentra 34K Miles ...............$9,999 *Tax, tags & license fees not included.

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1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

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4x4, Absolutely Like new! $3,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

DODGE ‘04 DURANGO

1 owner, leather sunroof, 3rd row seat $6,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

FORD ‘02 EXPLORER

Red, XLT, Original non-smoking owner, garaged, synthetic oil since new, excellent in and out. New tires and battery. 90,000 miles. $7,500 (570) 403-3016

YOMING VALLEY

AUTO SALES INC. A

197 West End Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

825-7577

SIZZLING SUMMER SALE

2003 CHEVY MALIBU 2001 VW CABRIO

FORD ‘02 F150

CONVERTIBLE

Auto, A t Leather, L th G Gorgeous

PW, PDL, P. Seat, Moonroof, 85K

ONLY

Extra Cab. 6 Cylinder, 5 speed. Air. 2WD. $3,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

5,950

ONLY

4,250

FORD ‘73 F350

2007 CHEVY COBALT 2002 DODGE NEON LS

Stake Body Truck 55,000 Original miles - garage kept, only 2 owners, hydraulic lift gate, new tires, battery and brakes. Excellent condition. No rust. Must see. $4900 or best offer Call 570-687-6177

PW, AM/FM, 77K

Sharp, A/C, AM/FM, 79K

ONLY

6,900

2005 MAZDA 3

ONLY

REMOVABLE HARDTOP

5 Spd., Moonroof, Only 78k Miles, Super Sharp!

ONLY

4,775

1995 HONDA DEL SOL

8,995

A True Classic, Sharp Red

ONLY

3,450

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1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

FORD ‘00 EXPLORER XLT

EXTRA CLEAN! 4X4. $3,995. 570-696-4377

‘08 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT $ Maroon, 50K Miles, Sunroof, P. Seat ........................... 17,995 ‘08 MERCURY SABLE $

15,995 $ 13,995 ‘08 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE $ 12,995 ‘07 JEEP LIBERTY $ 12,995 ‘07 DODGE CALIBER $ 10,495 ‘03 CHEVY S-10 BLAZER LS $ LLD 9,995 O O D SS ‘08 PONTIAC G5 $ 9,995 ‘04 FORD MUSTANG $ 7,995 ‘90 CHRYSLER LEBARON CONV. $ 7,995 Light Blue, Only 16K Miles! Nicely Equipped...........

‘08 DODGE MAGNUM

White, PDL, PWL, Cruise, CD ....................................... Gold, 7 Pass., Rear A/C, Very Nice ...............................

Green, PW, PDL, Tilt, Cruise......................................... Orange Met., 4 Cyl., Nicely Equipped.......................

Pewter, 4 Dr., Only 32K Miles............................................

Red, Cpe., 5-Speed, Spoiler................................................

Dark Red, 40th Anniversary, 5 Speed.............................

White, 1 Owner, V6, Only 29K Miles ................................. TAX AND TAGS ADDITIONAL We Now Offer Buy Here-Pay Here! LOW DOWN PAYMENT CLEAN, INSPECTED VEHICLES

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2012 CHEVY CRUZE LS Automatic

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JEEP 02 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 6 cylinder 4 WD, air

conditioning power windows, door locks, cruise, dual air bags, tilt wheel, AM/FM/CD. keyless remote. 130k miles. $5400. 570-954-3390

Chevy Runs Deep

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JEEP ‘04 GRAND CHEROKEE LOREDO 4x4, 6 cyl, 1

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MAZDA ‘01 B3000

4x4, 5 speed, extra clean truck $4,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

MITSUBISHI `11

OUTLANDER SPORT SE AWD, Black interi-

or/exterior, start/ stop engine with keyless entry, heated seats, 18” alloy wheels, many extra features. Only Low Miles. 10 year, 100,000 mile warranty. $22,500. Willing to negotiate. Serious inquires only - must sell, going to law school. (570) 793-6844

NISSAN `04 PATHFINDER ARMADA Excellent condition.

Too many options to list. Runs & looks excellent. $10,995 570-655-6132 or 570-466-8824

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AIR CONDITIONERS (2) for sale. Frigidaire, manual control, 5000 BTU $70. Fedder with remote, $50. 570-592-7101

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SATURN ‘06 ION-3

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SUZUKI `07 XL-7 56,000 miles,

automatic, all-wheel drive, 4 door, air conditioning, all power, CD player, leather interior, tinted windows, custom wheels, $13,000 Call 570-829-8753 Before 5:00 p.m.

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BUYING USED VEHICLES

Call Vitos & Ginos 949 Wyoming Ave,

Forty Fort, PA

288-8995

Air Conditioners

Antiques & Collectibles

PIANO Livingston upright player piano, pump style with approximate 35 music rolls. Ground level removal. $125. 570-479-2322 PRECIOUS MOMENTS Figurines. All in ultra fine condition. Wide variety. $5-$50 negotiable. 570-885-1882

710

Appliances

Why Spend Hundreds on New or Used Appliances? Most problems with your appliances are usually simple and inexpensive to fix! Save your hard earned money, Let us take a look at it first! 30 years in the business. East Main Appliances 570-735-8271 Nanticoke

APPLIANCE PA RT S E T C .

Used appliances. Parts for all brands. 223 George Ave. Wilkes-Barre 570-820-8162 FREEZER Whirlpool upright 19.7 cu. ft. $300 obo. 570-823-5130

600 FINANCIAL 610

Business Opportunities

BUSINESS FORfamily SALE Quaint

restaurant in New Albany, PA, with 2 occupied upstairs apartments. Turn key operation. For more info, call 570-637-4197

EXETER

Local well established beer distributor for sale, Including property and license. Call 570-430-0730 or 570-430-0727 Seamstress wanted Would you like to be able to set your own hours while owning your own business? & Joining forces with an already established boutique.. Call Sally for details. 570-675-4634

GARBAGE DISPOSAL. Kenmore 3/4 HP heavy duty. Never used. $25. 570-675-1277 REFRIGERATOR. Haier. New beginning of June. 18.2 cu. ft, white. Moved, do not need. Buyer responsible for pickup and loading. $450 OBO 407-766-9666 STOVE G.E. electric glass top $125. DISHWASHER G.E. 2 years old $100. 570-606-1861

712

Baby Items

CRIB - light wood ; barely used $100obo.Baby clothes 6-9 months, some 12 month $20 for the 2bags (some still have tags) Exersaucer - $50. HighChair - $15. Push Walker - $10/ 570-287-0197 JUMPAROO for baby. Folds up and also light up. Like new. $40. 570-328-4005 STROLLER. TRIPLET Perfect condition, jogger stroller, canopy for shade. $200 570-814-0980

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CHANDELIER, Brass dinning room chandelier, approximate weight 40 pounds. 12 candelabra lights. Purchase price new $1,600. Sale price $600. BATH ROOM GRANITE COUNTER TOP, 23” X 8’ long. Two sinks, two soap dispensers and two faucets all gold. Original price new $4,200. Sale price $500. Call Richard 570-852-1295 HOT WATER HEATER 40 gallon 9 year warranty, natural gas, 40,000 btu, new in box paid $495. sell for $275. firm 570-457-7854

To place your ad call...829-7130 PLYWOOD aluminum sheating h clips 1/2” total of new 166 pieces all for $10. 735-6638

730

Computer Equipment & Software

COMPUTER MONITOR, $30 Lexmark printer $45. 570-470-5378 or 570-714-2864 and ask for Tyler GATEWAY E-series tower. 2.8ghz cpu. 1 gb ram. 80gb harddrive. Windows xp. Office 2007. $80 obo. 570-654-0574. PRINTER. Dell Color. New in box, never opened. $40. 570-675-1277 COMPLETE COMPUTER SETUP 1 small form factor p4 2.4 gig, 1 gig memory, 80 gig hard drive, fresh copy of xp professional & xp office unit just came off warranty. 1 19” Benq lcd flatscreen; 1 computer desk, chair & lamp. 1 set speakers, 1 logitech desktop microphone; 1 creative pro desktop intenet camera; 1 Kodak printer, scanner, copier ep3 almost new; 1 Fujifilm finepix digital camera with 1 memory card & 1 charging /download cradle; usb hub; 1 6 plug surge protector. Must Pick Up. $325. firm. 570-693 2713

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Exercise Equipment

ELLIPTICAL machine Pro-form Cardio cross Trainer 800. Excellent condition. Asking $150. 570-287-2085 ELLIPTICAL Nordic Track CX 925 with digital display. $700. new, sell for $275. Ab Works Bench Nordic Track. $125 new. Sell for $30. 570-654-1002 ELLIPTICAL. Pro Form digital display. $900 new, Sell for $300. 357-8089

"MERIT FITNESS" Treadmill Model 710. Monitors heart rate. Timer, distance, calories, and adjustable speed readouts. $125. 735-2877 PULL UP BAR Body Solid Power rack $150. HARD CORE GYM plate loaded, cable pulley machine, lat pull down, chest press, peck deck, leg extension, lower pulley for curling $150. 868-6024

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Furniture & Accessories

CHAIRS, (2) Genuine leather, custom made recliners. Taupe color, like new. $550 each. SOFA, CHAIR, OTTOMAN, 3 TABLES, great for den. Wood and cloth, all in excellent condition. $450. Call after 12 noon 570-675-5046 COUCH 80”x32” $25. 570-829-2082

744

Furniture & Accessories

KITCHEN TABLE like new, table, 2 chairs, bench. Will deliver within 10 miles of Wilkes-Barre and assemble. $125. 570-262-9273 LIVING ROOM SET 3 piece, reclining chair, reclining love seat, beige & green reclining rocker. Very good condition. $200. 283-5619

$$$$$ Mattress A Queen Size Pillow Top Set Still in Plastic Must Sell!!! $150 570-280-9628

MATTRESS SALE

We Beat All Competitors Prices!

Mattress Guy

Twin sets: $139 Full sets: $159 Queen sets: $199 All New American Made 570-288-1898 TABLE. Dining Room. Round to oval with three 10 inch extensions. $65. 570-708-0264

TABLES marble coffee & 2 end tables. Excellent Condition. Asking $250 for all 3 pieces. 654-1002

746 Garage Sales/ Estate Sales/ Flea Markets

DESK. Oak roll top computer. Good condition. $200 570-288-2383

531 FOOTE AVE Sunday, 7/29 8:00 - 2:00. Lots of stuff!

E D WA RDSVILLE Collector’s

Market Now Open! 378 Main St

FLEAMARKET & BID BOARD

Open Saturday & Sunday 9am-5pm 570-718-1123 Minutes from Wilkes-Barre. Antiques, Collectibles, toys & MUCH MORE! Bid Board, Sunday, July 29, 12 noon

633 Suscon Rd Fri, Sat & Sun, 8-8 Darto dart board, 1/24 NASCAR cars, hundred of CD’s records & 45’s, older Atari games, Tom Tom GPS, sports cards & collectibles, Tiffany style lamp, Precious Moments & household items. Something for everyone. Rain or Shine!

EXETER LIONS LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX CEDAR ST. Sunday, July 29 8:30am - 12:30 PM

LAFLIN

107 Elmwood Dr. Sat.7/28 & Sun.7/29 7 AM Everything must go! Furniture for all rooms, like new mattresses, costume jewelry, household items. NO EARLY BIRDS.

LUZERNE

MOUNTAINTOP

20 Long Meadow Lane (Highland Woods) Saturday 8-1 Sunday 8-11 Housewares, Holiday decorations, (3) ladies XL Woolrich jackets, garden tools, & garage items!

PITTSTON

FURNISH FOR LESS

162 Tompkins Street 28th and 29th 8am-3pm. Tons of baby and young toddler clothes, toys, gear and essentials such as strollers, carseats, bassonet, Playyard, etc. No Earlybirds. Raindate is the following weekend.

PICK YOUR OWN BLUEBERRIES! 8am to 8pm

Closed Sundays Sickler Blueberry Farm - Vernon 570-333-5286 570-333-4944 NO PETS IN THE FIELD!!

752 Landscaping & Gardening LAWN TRACTORWheel Horse 11HP. Cutting deck 42 “ New carburetor, new belts, new blades. $500 or best offer. Call 570-388-6348

758 Miscellaneous

128 Frangorma Dr. July 27th, 28th & 29th. 9-3 Standing wood, metal & plastic cabinets & closets, professional clothes racks & clothes, 5 curios, 2 bedroom sets, 3 kitchen sets. All household contents & HOME ITSELF. NO REALTORS!

All Junk Cars & Trucks Wanted

TUNKHANNOCK

FREE PICKUP

Highest Prices Paid In CA$H

570-574-1275

200 Keelersburg Rd (1/2 mile S. of Tunkhannock Wal-Mart, turn left 2.5 miles to signs) 7/27-7/29 8am-4pm Tons of Immaculate name brand clothes, sizes 2adult, kids books, Thomas wooden trains/ accessories, bedspreads, miscellaneous, foosball table, and air hockey.

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263 West 8th St. Sat. 7/28 9am-3pm Clothes, electronics, household items, entertainment stand, audio equipment & more!

WEST WYOMING 6th Street

OPENSPACE YEAR ROUND ACE SP AVAILABLE INSIDE & OUT Acres of parking

OUTSIDE SPACES - $10 Saturday 10am-2pm Sunday 8am-4pm

177 Main street Saturday 8-5 and Sunday 9-4 All new merchandise, everything is 30% off or more! Antiques, bedroom furniture, office furniture, dining room set and much much more!

748 Good Things To Eat

TRUCKSVILLE LARGE

EXETER

DINING ROOM SUITE Cherry, two leaf table & six chairs, table pads, server, large breakfront (2 pieces) & a corner hutch. Good Condition! Like New! 570-266-9474

* NELSON * * FURNITURE * * WAREHOUSE * Recliners from $299 Lift Chairs from $699 New and Used Living Room Dinettes, Bedroom 210 Division St Kingston Call 570-288-3607

PITTSTON TWP.

DURYEA

COUCHES (2) $20 each. DINING ROOM SET, 9 piece, $600. ORGAN w/bench $100. 570-654-6730 DAY BED with trundle, Broyhill plus daybed cover & sheets. $400 obo. 570-823-5130

746 Garage Sales/ Estate Sales/ Flea Markets

WILKES-BARRE

154 Willow Street Sunday, July 29 9am - 3pm Jewelry. New purses. Ladie’s designer brands, size 8-12. Blazers, pants, dresses, skirts & sets - $6 & under. Girl sizes 10-14 $3 and under. Total Gym. Shoes & misc. household items. WILKES-BARRE 250 KIDDER ST.

Sat., 7/28-Sun 7/29 9AM-? Furniture, decorations, jackets, blankets, books, clothes, household items...A little bit of everything!

WYOMING

AQUARIUM 20 gallon. “everything” included, just add water & fish. Gravel, light, filter system with extra filters, food, vacuum hose for cleaning, plus more. $40. 570-256-3983 BRAKE PRO TAPCO PRO 14 $999. 570-604-9307 FLOWER WAGON. Has authentic wagon wheels. 8’8” long. $250 570-947-2922

FREE AD POLICY

The Times Leader will accept ads for used private party merchandise only for items totaling $1,000 or less. All items must be priced and state how many of each item. Your name address, email and phone number must be included. No ads for ticket sales accepted. Pet ads accepted if FREE ad must state FREE. You may place your ad online at timesleader.com, or email to classifieds@ timesleader.com or fax to 570-831-7312 or mail to Classified Free Ads: 15 N. Main Street, WilkesBarre, PA. Sorry no phone calls. GARAGE SALE LEFTOVERS 1 Wicker rocking chair, tan, $30. 1 small ice cream table, white formica, $30. 1 singer sewing machine, zig zag, etc, $30. 1 Rock Band - Wii, $50. 570-825-9480 GARAGE SALE LEFTOVERS. Oak crib complete $60. Panasonic digital cordless answering machine with 3 hand sets $40. Snow plow & bagging system for Craftsman mower $75. Rocking recliner love seat $300. Queen bed with splid box $25. Oster blender $5. Microwave full size $25. 2 desk chairs 1 blue & 1 black $12. each. 570-899-5852 GARAGE SALE LEFTOVERS. Set of 4 Goodyear Assurance triple tread P205/60r16 $200. firm. Frozen daiquiri machine, commercial $300. 3 piece wall unit entertainment center, cherry, $125. Kitchen chairs, set of 4 oak, excellent condition $80. Meat grinder $15. 570-905-6708 GRILL large George Foreman, 1 yr old asking $10. Brand new toaster in box $8. Macaroni machine all attachments $5. 4 small Lenox dishes $3. 6 glass compote $3. Large scarfs $1. each. Christmas & Halloween .50 to $1. Set of yellow flower dishes, service for 8, like new $8. 2 new folding umbrellas $2. each. 570-824-2571

570-301-3602

CALL US! TO JUNK YOUR CAR BEST PRICES IN THE AREA

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ON THE

$POT,

Free Anytime Pickup 570-301-3602

MAGAZINES, GameInformer and Electronic Gaming. 139 issues. $15 OBO 570-609-5065 210 East Sixth Street Sunday 9am-2pm

SEWING MACHINE, Singer. Heavy duty on formica table $100. 570-740-7446

758 Miscellaneous

LEFT OVER GARAGE SALE ITEMS Notre Dame Bar Stools (6) $225, Computer, HP Pavilion Laptop, $250, Snow Blower, 10 hp, $350, Washer/Dryer, $400, Refrigerator, 6 mos. old $350, Stove, Kenmore, $300, Hot Tub, 6 person, $1000. All items are in new condition. 570-825-4186

REPLACEMENT WINDOW: brand new. Opening size 62 x 32 1/2. $85; 4 INSIDE FLUSH DOORS $20 for all; GAS FIREPLACE INSERT Grate & Logs, etc. Never used. $90. Call 570-675-2794

Leftover Garage Sale Items SCROLL SAW Ryobi, 16” $60. STEPS attic pull down steps, “Werner” $40. CHIMNEY CLEANING RODSFiberglass $40. VANITY TOP and Sink, 60” x 22” solid $200. Large Dog Ramps for vehicle, $50. Music or Shipping Crate on wheels $150. CABINET Pulaski Curio wood, top quality $475. CRADLE Wood Baby light color $25. DOORS, interior, various sizes $3.00 BLACK AND DECKER Edger $20. Call 570-288-9843 MANTEL, 4’ high for fireplace, $100. LILY LAMPS (2) $75. GARBAGE DISPOSAL, new Badger1, $100. VIOLIN, blue child's, needs strings, $45. TABLE, Ceramic glass horse held, $75. BUG DEFLECTOR, $50 570-760-2709

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MERCHANTS VILLAGE

MERCHANTSVILLAGE.COM

(Former Walmart Building) Oak St., Pittston

COME SHOP WITH US! 3 ACRES INSIDE

AIR CONDITIONED Huge, Huge Inventory

• FOOD ITEMS Huge Selection 1/2 Price! Gatorade

• BABY ITEMS

diapers by the case

• BEAUTY ITEMS Make-Up • CLEANING ITEMS • ELECTRONICS • HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

• HEALTHCARE • TOOLS

Food Court

570-891-1972

MOTOR. New Pellet Stove Auger Motor. Made by Merkle Korff, model 45515U1-063. Easy installation. $75. 570-655-3969

NAME BRAND LIQUIDATIONS

TABLE, kitchen, set, $100.Water cooler, $100. Sofa, excellent condition, 1 year old, $100. Air conditioners (2) $100 each. AB Rocket, $35. 570-301-3801.

776 Sporting Goods MINI BIKE. Baja Warrior. 196cc, 4 stroke motor. Top speed 35 MPH. Rear hand brake. Hardly ridden. $400 OBO. 570-472-3440

RODS & REELS, Shakespeare combos with line 1 each Micron Spin & 1 each ProAM $20 each & large tackle box $5. 570-735-6638

780

Televisions/ Accessories

TV: 27 inch tube TV $65 call 570-4705378 or 570-7142864, ask for Tyler

784

Tools

CIRCULAR SAW B & D 7 1/4” + extension cord $30. Jig saw + extension cord $40. 100’ extension cord on reel $25. Screw drivers approximately 26 in case $20. B & D hedger shears $20. 570-655-5193 WHEELBARROW Big, 8 cu. ft. 2 wheels $50. 570-740-7446 WORKBENCH, $60. CABINET, long. $40. WORK TABLE, $40. SCAFFOLDING, $60. 570-357-7283

796 Wanted to Buy Merchandise

$ ANTIQUES BUYING $

Old Toys, model kits, Bikes, dolls, guns, Mining Items, trains & Musical Instruments, Hess. 474-9544

BUYING SPORT CARDS Pay Cash for

baseball, football, basketball, hockey & non-sports. Sets, singles & wax. Also buying comics. 570-212-0398

VITO’S & GINO’S

Wanted:

ALL JUNK CARS & TRUCKS Highest Prices Paid!! FREE PICKUP

288-8995

TILLERS/CULTIVATORS/MOWERSCraftsman, Husqvarna & Remington, retails $110 to $920. Our price $55 to $460! TOOL BOXES, CHESTS & STORAGE Craftsman, Muscle Rack and Gladiator retails $140 to $500. Our price $70 to $250! GRILLS Kenmore 4 Burner 50,000 btu, Stainless Steel Grill, retails $500. Our price $250! Plus Char-Broil, Nexgrill & Kenmore, retails $230 to $500. Our price $115 to $250! Too many other items to list them all! All items are new in original packaging, quantities limited!

Find us at Merchants Village in Pittston call 570-592-3426

All shots, neutered, tested,microchipped

VALLEY CAT RESCUE

824-4172, 9-9 only CATS. (2) adult, one male/one female. Main Coon and other Tuxedo. Both neutered/spayed, declawed front. Indoor only. Can be separated or go together. Vet reference.570-239-8040

We’ll run your ad in the classified section until your vehicle is sold.

KITTENS. 5 little kittens need a new home. FREE to good homes. 256-7854

815

Dogs

PAWS TO CONSIDER.... ENHANCE YOUR PET CLASSIFIED AD ONLINE Call 829-7130 Place your pet ad and provide us your email address This will create a seller account online and login information will be emailed to you from gadzoo.com “The World of Pets Unleashed” You can then use your account to enhance your online ad. Post up to 6 captioned photos of your pet Expand your text to include more information, include your contact information such as e-mail, address phone number and or website.

AKC, all shots. Great pet or hunter $300. Dallas area 570-760-8684

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CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL PUPPIES

Registration Available, Health Certified. From $700 to $1,500

HAVANESE PUPPIES

All colors, both genders available $700 to $1,300 www.willowspring cavaliers.com 215-538-2179

Call 829-7130 to place your ad. ONLY ONL NLY ONE NL N LE LEA L LEADER. E DER. timesleader.com

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What Do You HaveTo Sell Today?

IRISH SETTERS

Beautiful pups AKC registered. $300. 570-746-3637 607-592-5608

ITALIAN CANE CORSO

Mastiff Puppies ICCF Registered & ready to go! Parents on premises. Blue. Vet Checked 570-617-4880

AKC. Yellow or black. First shots & wormed. $450 each. Father is certified. Ready 08/03. 570-869-1720

MOUNTAIN BIKES Mongoose Saga 26” Men’s 21speed, retails $240. Our price $120!

VACUUMS Kenmore Progressive Canister, retails $380. Our price $190!

CATS & KITTENS 12 weeks & up.

Selling your ride?

LAB PUPPIES

WANTED JEWELRY

Retail Every Day!

REFRIGERATORS Kenmore 2.4/ 3.1/ 4.3 cu. ft. compact refrigerators, retails $140 to $230. Our price $70 to $115!

Cats

BEAGLE PUPPIES

50% off

PATIO SETS 7 piece La-Z-Boy, retails $1400. our price $700! Plus additional 4 piece, 5 piece & 7 piece. sets, retails $400 to $1000. Our price $200 to $500!

810

Call 829-7130 to place your ad.

LAB PUPS

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(570)48GOLD8 (570)484-6538

Highest Cash PayOuts Guaranteed Mon-Sat 10am-6pm C l o s e d S u n d a ys

1092 Highway 315 Blvd (Plaza 315) 315N .3 miles after Motorworld

We Pay At Least 80% of the London Fix Market Price for All Gold Jewelry

London PM Gold Price

July 27rd: $1,618.25 Visit us at WilkesBarreGold.com Or email us at wilkesbarregold@ yahoo.com

800 PETS & ANIMALS 810

Cats

CATS free to good home. Must Move! Two 2 year old short hair males neutered & shots. Can go together or separate. 570-239-4168 or 570-239-4166

AKC. English. Black & Chocolate. Big, blocky heads. Stocky. Laid back temperament. All health clearances. Ready now. 570-549-6800 www.emlabradors .com

SHELTIE PUPS

2 males. Taking deposits. AKC 570-208-2164

SHELTIE PUPS AKC

(Mini Collies) champion lines. Females. Great companions. Health certificate included.$850-$900 352-425-1711

SHIH-TZU PUPPIES

Parents on premises $500 570-250-9690 Poms, Husky, Labs, Yorkies, Puggles, Chihuahuas, Pugs Dachshund, Goldens, Shepherds, Dobermans, Shih-Tzus 570-453-6900 570-389-7877

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Collect Cash. Not Dust. Sell it in The Times Leader Classiﬁed section.

YORKIE PUPS

Tiny, registered. Pics available. $800-$950 Born 6/20/12. Ready 8/18/12. Taking deposits. 570-436-5083

LINEUP ASUCCESSFULSALE INCLASSIFIED! Doyouneedmorespace? A yard or garage sale in classified is the best way tocleanoutyourclosets! You’re in bussiness with classified!

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PAGE 8G SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012

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A TOP 10 IN THE NATION SUZUKI SALES VOLUME DEALER 2 YEARS RUNNING***

is in PITTSTON Join The

I Love My Suzuki Car Club!

Carol Ann and Angel from Jessup

Kevin from Montrose

Diane from Plymouth

NEW 2012 SUZUKI SX4

CROSSOVER AUTO AWD

Stk#S2171

2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI S AWD Stk# S2205 NEW

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NEW

Stk#S2028

3-Mode Intelligent All-Wheel Drive, 8 Standard Airbags, Power Windows, Power Locks, Power Mirrors, Automatic, OVER 20 AVAILABLE AT THIS PRICE!

$ NEW

19,995* 18,299* $

MSRP $ Ken Pollock Sale Price

- 1,000* - $ 500*

Manufacturer Rebate Owner Loyalty Rebate

BUY NOW FOR:

16,799*

2012 SUZUKI SX4 LE POPULAR SEDAN

Stk#S2082

LE Popular Package, 8 Standard Airbags, Automatic Transmission, Power Windows, Power Locks, Power Mirrors, Alloy Wheels

18,419* 16,999* $

MSRP $ Ken Pollock Sale Price

- 1,000* - $ 500*

Manufacturer Rebate Owner Loyalty Rebate

BUY NOW FOR:

15,499*

Advanced Intelligent All-Wheel $ Drive, 8 Standard Airbags, Dual MSRP Zone Digital Climate Control, $ Automatic CVT Transmission, Ken Pollock Sale Price $ TouchFree Smart Key, Power Manufacturer Rebate - 1,500* Windows, Power Locks, Molded $ Owner Loyalty Rebate - 500* Mud ﬂap package

23,669* 21,799*

BUY NOW FOR:

19,799*

2012 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 4WD Stk#S2132

NEW

24,284* 22,499*

$ MSRP 4 Wheel Drive, Voice Activated $ Navigation w/ Blue Tooth, Ken Pollock Sale Price Automatic Transmission, Power $ Windows, Power Locks, Power Manufacturer Rebate - 1,500* $ Mirrors, Electronic Stability Control Owner Loyalty Rebate - 500*

BUY NOW FOR:

20,499*

MSRP 18,019* 3-Mode Intelligent All-Wheel $ Drive, 8 Standard Airbags, Ken Pollock Sale Price 16,399* Power Windows, Power Locks, $ Manufacturer Rebate - 1,000* Power Mirrors, 6 Speed $ Owner Loyalty Rebate - 500* Manual Transmission $

BUY NOW FOR:

14,899*

2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI S FWD Stk#S2207 NEW

$ 8 Standard Airbags, Dual Digital MSRP w/ Accessories 20,493* Climate Control, Power $ Ken Pollock Sale Price 18,499* Windows, Power Locks, Power $ Mirrors, AM/FM/CD, 6 Speed Manufacturer Rebate - 1,500* $ Manual Transmission Owner Loyalty Rebate - 500*

BUY NOW FOR:

16,499*

*Tax and tags additional. Buy now for sale price includes Suzuki Manufacturer Rebates of $1,000 on 2012 Suzuki SX4 AWD, and SX4 Sedan; $1,500 Suzuki Manufacturer Rebates on Suzuki Grand Vitara and Kizashi. Buy now for sale price includes $500 Suzuki Owner Loyalty on 2012 Suzuki SX4 Sedan, SX4 Crossover, Kizashi and Grand Vitara. All Ken Pollock Suzuki discounts applied. Artwork for illustration purposes only. Dealer not responsible for typographical errors. Based on 2010 and 2011 President’s Club Standings.

EXIT 175

81 INTERSTATE

ROUTE 315 ROUTE 315

KEN POLLOCK SUZUKI

CLOSE TO EVERYWHERE! WE’RE EASY TO FIND!

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PAGE 10G SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012

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Sale Price

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13,899*

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Sale Price

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Sale Price

26,995*

BUY WITH CONFIDENCE

Sale Price

2002 CHEVY SILVERADO Z71 REG CAB 4X4

Sale Price

7,999*

2011 CHEVY HHR LT

#18829, AWD, Alloys, PW, PL, Back-Up Camera, Low Miles

Sale Price

19,899*

Sale Price

9,485*

Sale Price

15,999*

CARS, TRUCKS CONVERTIBLES SUV’S, VANS

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SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 PAGE 11G

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Δ The Lowest Price Guarantee 1. The deal we have to beat must be in writing on a sales order, signed and approved by the general manager or a sales manager by a franchised dealer. 2. It must be the same model, with identical equipment, same year, and in stock. 3. Both our deal and the one we guarantee to beat must have credit approval from a bank or finance company. 4. Offer applicable only when both deals involve new, unregistered vehicles that have not been used as demos or company cars. 5. The dealer offering first deal must be willing to sell the same vehicle to Fairway Motors, Inc. for the price quoted to you. 6. The Lowest Price Guarantee does not apply when a trade-in is involved. 7. The Lowest Price Guarantee does not include special delivery, limited production or discontinued vehicles. Automobile dealers are ineligible for this offer. 8. Fairway Motors, Inc., reserves the right of first refusal to beat other dealer’s price.

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AWESOME PRE-OWNED VALUES AT

SIMMONS-ROCKWELL

2011 NISSAN VERSA S 2011 CHEVY AVEO5 LT 4DR HATCHBACK 4DR HATCHBACK

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, AM/FM/CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (36,000 TO 42,000 MILES)

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, CRUISE, TILT, CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (34,000 TO 40,000 MILES)

34 HMPG

33 HMPG

10,999

9,999

RICE P S I H T T 20 A

PRICE 8 AT THIS

2011 JEEP PATRIOT 4X4 2012 KIA SEDONA LATITUDE PKG

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., HEATED FRONT SEATS, ALLOY WHEELS, CRUISE, TILT, POWER WINDOWS, AM/FM/CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (17,000 TO 22,000 MILES)

DUAL AIR, AUTO, V6, CENTER QUADS, 3RD SEAT, BACK-UP SENSORS, POWER WINDOWS, CRUISE, TILT, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (13,000 TO 19,000 MILES)

EATS HEATED S

QUADS

17,999

9 9 9 , 6 1

S PRICE I H T T A 8 1

PRICE 8 AT THIS

‘11 CHEVY HHR LT ‘11 NISSAN SENTRA S ‘11 CHEVY IMPALA LT FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., POWER SEAT-WINDOWS-LOCKS, FASCIA WHEELS, CRUISE, TILT, AM/FM/CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (31,000 TO 33,000 MILES)

30 HMPG

12,999

34 HMPG

12,999

30 HMPG

PRICE 11 AT THIS

‘10 MERCURY MILAN ‘11 NISSAN ALTIMA S

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., SUNROOF, CRUISE, TILT, POWER SEAT-WINDOWS, DESIGNED WHEELS, (16,000 TO 24,000 MILES)

SUNROOF

31 HMPG

14,999

32 HMPG

PRICE 18 AT THIS

PRICE 9 AT THIS

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, CRUISE, TILT, CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (27,000 TO 30,000 MILES)

14,999

29 HMPG

13,999

PRICE 9 AT THIS

2011 FORD FUSION SE

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, V6., POWER SEAT-WINDOWS-LOCKS, ALLOY WHEELS, AM/FM/CD, CRUISE, TILT, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (24,000 TO 30,000 MILES)

PRICE 8 AT THIS

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., POWER SEAT-WINDOWS, DESIGNED WHEELS, CRUISE, TILT, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (21,000 TO 34,000 MILES)

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, CRUISE, TILT, CD, REAR SPOILER, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (30,000 TO 34,000 MILES)

PRICE 10 AT THIS

‘11 FORD ESCAPE XLT 4X4 ‘11 MAZDA 6 SPORT ‘11 NISSANALL ROGUE S WHEEL DRIVE FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., ALLOY WHEELS, POWER SEAT-WINDOWS, CRUISE, TILT, AM/FM/CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (36,000 TO 44,000 MILES)

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 2.5L 4CYL., POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, CRUISE, TILT, AM/FM/CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (16,000 TO 24,000 MILES)

31 HMPG

15,999

PRICE 15 AT THIS

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, CRUISE, TILT, CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (32,000 TO 39,000 MILES)

PRICE 12 AT THIS

PRICE 10 AT THIS

‘11 SUBARU IMPREZA ‘11 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ‘11 JEEP COMPASS 4X4 ALL WHEEL DRIVE LATITUDE PKG. PREMIUM PKG. FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., HEATED FRONT SEATS, ALLOY WHEELS, POWER WINDOWS, CRUISE, TILT, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (16,000 TO 21,000 MILES)

16,999

EATS HEATED S

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4CYL., SUNROOF, ALLOYS, POWER WINDOWS, CRUISE, TILT, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (18,000 TO 20,000 MILES)

SUNROOF

16,999

ADS STOW QU

17,999

PRICE 13 AT THIS

DUAL AIR, AUTO, V6, POWER SEAT-WINDOWS, STOW-N-GO QUADS & 3RD SEAT, TILT, AM/FM/CD, CRUISE, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (15,000 TO 20,000 MILES)

PRICE 15 AT THIS

PRICE 5 AT THIS

SLECAB4X4 ‘11 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 ‘12 GMC CANYONCREW ‘12 FORD E-250 4DR CARGO VAN SLT QUAD CAB FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4.6 V8, POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (13,000 TO 17,000 MILES)

19,999

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 4.7 V8, ALLOY WHEELS, POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, CRUISE, TILT, AM/FM/CD, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (17,000 TO 23,000 MILES)

4DOOR

21,999

PRICE 8 AT THIS

PRICE 9 AT THIS

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, 5CYL., ALLOYS, CRUISE, TILT, POWER WINDOWS-LOCKS, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (11,000 TO 14,000 MILES)

4DOOR

22,999

PRICE 5 AT THIS

2012 CHEVY TRAVERSE LT ‘12 JEEP GR. CHER LAREDO 4X4 ‘12 GMC YUKON XL SLT 4X4 ALL WHEEL DRIVE

DUAL AIR, AUTO, V6, 3RD SEAT, ALLOY WHEELS, POWER SEAT-WINDOWS, CRUISE, TILT, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (12,000 TO 17,000 MILES)

25,999

PRICE 10 AT THIS

3RD SEAT

FACTORY AIR, AUTO, V6, ALLOY WHEELS, POWER SEAT-WINDOWS, CRUISE, TILT, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (14,000 TO 18,000 MILES)

DUAL AIR, AUTO, V8, LEATHER, 3RD ROW SEAT, HEATED SEATS, POWER SEAT-WINDOWS, CRUISE, PREVIOUS RENTAL UNITS, (10,000 TO 14,000 MILES)

25,999

PRICE 6 AT THIS

LEATHER

35,999

PRICE 4 AT THIS

Taxes and DMV fees are extra.

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2010 CHEVROLET COBALT LT AS LOW AS

AS LOW AS

$143

$177

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STK#120721D

STK#120711A

NOW

$10,900

$12,900

2006 FORD MUSTANG 2011 DODGE DAKOTA BIG HORN 4X4 CONVERTIBLE AS LOW AS

ONLY 55,500 MILES

$359

STK#120630C

NOW

$14,800

$23,600

2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4

2011 RAM C/V

2011 FORD TAURUS LIMITED

AS LOW AS

$303

$415

STK#120515E

$347

STK#120627B

NOW

STK#120405L

NOW

$26,900

$22,900

$20,300

2011 JEEP 2011 CHRYSLER 200 TOURING COMPASS CONVERTIBLE LATITUDE 4X4 AS LOW AS

AS LOW AS

$291

$296

STK#120529F

STK#120316H

NOW

$19,600

2011 FORD MUSTANG V6 PREMIUM

STK#120413E

NOW

$18,900

$19,900

2008 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L

2011 KIA SEDONA LX

AS LOW AS

$279

AS LOW AS

$330

STK#120602B

STK#120405A

NOW

$277

STK#120710H

NOW

$18,900

$21,900 2009 PONTIAC VIBE AWD

2011 CHRYSLER 200 TOURING CONVERTIBLE

AS LOW AS

$279

$18,800

2012 DODGE CALIBER 2011 VOLKSWAGEN MAINSTREET JETTA 2.5 SE

AS LOW AS

$248

AS LOW AS

$255

STK#120716B

NOW

$14,600

$288

STK#120627H

STK#120711C

NOW

$17,500

2012 MINI COOPER COUNTRYMAN

$19,400

2011 KIA FORTE KOUP

ONLY

AS LOW AS

5,000

$276

MILES

$18,900

09 PONTIAC VIBE AWD Carfax 1-Owner, Local Trade, All Wheel Drive, Automatic, Only 34,000 Miles...............................

$14,600

08 DODGE NITRO SXT 4X4 V6, Automatic, Available Sirius Satellite Radio, 55,300 Miles.............................................................

$13,900 SOLD

11 NISSAN VERSA 1.8S Fresh from Florida, 32 MPG Hwy, Carfax 1-Owner Vehicle, Automatic ....................... 12 RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 V8, Former Chrysler Company Vehicle, Only 9,100 Miles, UConnect w/ Voice Command, Sirius Satellite Radio .............. 11 DODGE CHARGER V6, Pwr. Drivers Seat, Keyless Go, Traction Control,

STK#120627G

$15,500

11 CHRYSLER 200 TOURING CONVERTIBLE Only 9,400 miles, 6 Spd. Automatic, Pwr. Front Seat, Available Sirius Satellite Radio, Pwr. Convertible Top, Priced below KBB Retail.......................................

STK#120710F

NOW

Available routes:

$25,900

Duryea

$21,900

$560 Monthly Proﬁt + Tips

Sirius Satellite Radio, Priced at $1,200 under Kelley Blue Book Retail Value .....................

11 CHRYSLER 200 TOURING SEDAN V6, 6 Speed Auto, Power 8 Way Driver Seat .....................................

$16,900

06 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE V-6, Automatic, Only 55,517 Miles, Silver, Black top......................................................

$14,800

Adams Street, Blueberry Hill Development, Cherry Street, Columbia Street, McAlpine Street

11 DODGE CALIBER HEAT 5 speed, Only 18,000 miles, Former Chrysler Executive Vehicle...................................................

$15,700

Pittston Township

12 DODGE CALIBER SXT MAINSTREET Only 9,000 Miles, Automatic, Heated Seats, Former Chrysler Executive Vehicle.....................

$17,500

12 KIA RIO 5LX 40 MPG Hwy, Available Sirius Satellite Radio, Automatic, 4 dr Hatchback...................................

$16,500

11 KIA SEDONA LX 7 Passenger Minivan, Bluetooth, Available Sirius Satellite Radio............................

$18,800

11 JEEP LIBERTY 4X4 Only 13,000 Miles, V6, Automatic, Power Windows, Power Locks, Shift on the Fly Four Wheel Drive........................

$17,900

11 DODGE AVENGER MAINSTREET Only 10,083 miles, 6 Spd. Automatic, Former Chrysler Executive Vehicles, Audio Jack Input for Mobile Devices ..................

$17,900

10 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY TOURING Power Side Slide Doors, Rear Air, Stow’N Go Seating.................................................

146 daily / 147 Sunday

$765 Monthly Proﬁt + Tips

144 daily / 142 Sunday / 155 Sunday Dispatch Flag Street, Market Street, Frothingham Street, Parnell Street, Sunrise Drive, Winter Street, Broad Street

Plymouth

$1060 Monthly Proﬁt + Tips 194 daily / 245 Sunday

Blair Street, Davenport Street, Franklin Street, Orchard Street, Coal Street, W. Main Street, North Street

$17,900

10 DODGE JOURNEY SXT AWD Only 25,500 Miles, All Wheel Drive, 6 Disc CD Player, Sirius Satellite Radio..........................

$19,700

10 MAZDA 6I SPORT One Owner, Only 25,289 Miles, Automatic, 30 HWY/MPG .........................................................

$16,900

11 FORD TAURUS LIMITED Tuxedo Black Metallic, Leather Seating, Reverse Sensing and Rear Camera, Chrome Wheels.....

$22,900

Hunlock Creek MOTOR ROUTE

$1300 Monthly Proﬁt + Tips 203 daily / 243 Sunday

Golf Course Road, Hartman Road, Main Road, Old Tavern Road, Prichards Road

11 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN MAIN STREET Brilliant Black Exterior, Rear DVD, Rear Power lilt Gate, Only 18,000 Miles..............

$20,500

11 FORD MUSTANG V6 PREMIUM Red Candy Metallic Ext, Leather Seating, SYNC Voice Activated System, Shaker Audio ..

Shickshinny/Mocanaqua $420 Monthly Proﬁt + Tips

$21,900

11 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY TOURING Rear DVD. Rear Back up Camera, Black Cherry Exterior, Only 15,900 miles ............

$23,900

84 daily / 96 Sunday

10 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4 6 Cylinder Laredo, 1-Owner Local Trade..............................................................

$18,500

East Butler Street, West Union Street, West Butler Street, Hill Street, Italy Street, Jeanette Street

11 JEEP COMPASS LATITUDE 4X4 Remote Start, Heated Front Seats, Automatic, Aluminum Wheels, Stk#120607H .........................

$18,700

12 CHRYSLER 200 LIMITED Former Chrysler Executive Vehicle, V6, Leather, Navigation, Pwr. Sunroof, 1,400 Miles

Hughestown/Pittston

$23,300

More Values... Hand Picked Just for You! 11 JEEP COMPASS LATITUDE 4X4 Fog Lamps, Pwr. Windows & Locks, Automatic, Stk#120529F........................................... 11 DODGE NITRO DETONATOR 4X4 Former Chrysler Executive Vehicle, Redline Red, 4.0 6 Cyl., Chrome Accent Group, GPS Navigation, UConnect Bluetooth................................................. 11 DODGE DURANGO CREW AWD All Wheel Drive, Former Chrysler Group Company Vehicle, Hemi V8, GPS Navigation, Power Sunroof, Only 15,000 Miles .......................... 12 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMTED 4X4 Deep Cherry Red, Hard Top, 4 Door, Automatic, Power Windows, Power Locks, Only 8,000 Miles ......

$19,600

$420 Monthly Proﬁt + Tips 108 daily / 110 Sunday

1st Street, Center Street, Grifﬁth Street, Division Street, Lambert Street, Searle Street

To start earning extra cash or to ﬁnd a route near you call Rosemary:

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$31,900

NOW

$23,700

(No Collections)

$15,800

$25,500

STK#120719B

Earn Extra Cash For Just A Few Hours A Day. Deliver

$18,700

$30,900

11 KIA FORTE KOUP LX

2010 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4

2012 RAM 1500 ST QUAD CAB

AS LOW AS

$273

STK#120630J

NOW

$18,500

2010 MAZDA 6i SPORT AS LOW AS

$294

$245

STK#120515A

STK#120503D

NOW

$19,800

2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 HD DURAMAX DIESEL FLATBED

$18,700

11 MITSUBISHI LANCER ES 1 Owner, Former Florida Car, Only 11,749 miles, Automatic, Traction Control, Pwr. Windows & Locks, Side Airbags............................................................ 11 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 DURAMAX DIESEL FLATBED One Owner, local Trade, Dual Rear Wheels, 4 Wheel Drive, Automatic, Hidden Gooseneck Trailer Hitch..... 11 CHRYSLER 300C AWD All Wheel Drive, Dual Pane Sunroof, GPS Navigation, Safety Tec Package, Former Chrysler Group Company Vehicle.......... 11 RAM CARAVAN C/V Only 285 miles on this Cargo Van, Former Chrysler Display model for Auto & Trade Shows. 11 DODGE CHARGER R/T AWD Only 4,648 Miles, Redline Red Exterior w/Black & Tan Leather Interior, Hemi V8, All Wheel Drive. Former Chrysler Executive Vehicle ......... 12 MINI COOPER COUNTRYMAN SEDAN Only 5,600 Miles, 1-Owner, Local Trade, Automatic................................................................ 11 DODGE JOURNEY CREW AWD All Wheel Drive, 3rd Row Seating, Rear Air/Heat, UConnect, Remote Start............. 11 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SE Only 16,417 Miles, 1-Owner, Former Florida Car, Automatic, Leather Seating, CD, Electronic Stability Control.....................

$17,300 $36,800

$16,900 2011 DODGE CHARGER R/T V8 ALL WHEEL DRIVE

ONLY

4,648

4X4

Only 10,617 Miles on this Florida Car, A Rare Find!, 6 Spd. Manual Transmission, Rear Spoiler, Traction Control, Bluetooth Connection.............................

MILES

$37,000 $20,300

$33,300

STK#120525A

NOW

$36,800

STK#120607I

NOW

$33,300

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RATES AS LOW AS

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OVER 50 USED VEHICLES IN STOCK UNDER $20,000!

Value Vehicle Outlet

2001 SATURN SC2 COUPE

Stk# S2158B, Air Conditioning, Power Windows & Locks

NOW

3,999*

2005 FORD ESCAPE 4X4

Stk# S2206B, XLT, Power Windows & Locks, Automatic

NOW

2006 FORD FUSION SEDAN

2005 PONTIAC VIBE

Stk# P14684A, Power Windows & Locks, CD, Alloy Wheels, Auto

8,599*

NOW

8,699*

GOLD CHECK 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA SEDAN $ 11,899* 2010 NISSAN VERSA SEDAN $ 11,999* $ 2010 HYUNDAI SONATA 11,999* $ 2006 CHEVY IMPALA LTZ 11,999* $ 2007 FORD FUSION AWD 12,799* Stk#P14699, S Package, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD Stk#S2122A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD

Stk#S2050A, GLS Package, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk#P14671, Leather, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, CD, PW, PL

Stk#P14686A, All Wheel Drive! Leather, Alloy Wheels, PW & PL

13,399* 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4WD LIMITED $13,499* 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT LT 4X4 $ 13,499* 2009 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE COUPE $14,299* 2012 SUZUKI SX4 CROSSOVER AWD $14,799* $

2009 SUBARU IMPREZA AWD

Stk# P14690, Sunroof, Alloy Wheels, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# P14687, Leather, Sunroof, Automatic, Chrome Wheel Pkg Stk#P14694A, Leather, 3rd Row, Tow Pkg, PW, PL

Stk# S2179A, GS Package, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, CD, PW, PL Stk# P14665, 6 Speed Manual, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# P14674A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD

NOW

9,499*

2004 HONDA ACCORD EX-L SEDAN

Stk# S2108A, Sunroof, Leather, Automatic, PW, PL, CD

NOW

9,799*

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2009 CHEVROLET COBALT LT SEDAN

2006 HONDA ELEMENT EX 4WD

Stk# S2098B, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD

Stk# S1996B, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks

NOW

2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SEDAN

9,899*

NOW

9,999*

Stk# S2025A, Automatic, 6 Speed Manuals, All Wheel Drive!!! Low Miles!!!

7 AVAILABLE STARTING AT

9,999*

CERTIFIED VEHICLES

15,299* $ 2007 DODGE DURANGO 4X4 15,499* 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXT CAB 4X4 $16,299* $ 2009 NISSAN MURANO S AWD 16,799* 2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT $ 16,999* 2011 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA PREMIUM 4X4 $17,999* 2009 SUBARU FORESTER LIMITED AWD $18,999* Stk# S2140A, Custom Leather, Navigation, Auto, Alloy Wheels

Stk# S2046A, Rare 3.0L V6 R, Leather, Navigation, Alloys, PW, PL

Stk# S1854A, Sunroof, Heated Leather, 18” Alloys, Navigation w/ Bluetooth!

2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI GTS AWD

Stk# S2005A, LT Package, Allloy Wheels, Z71 Package

Stk# S1806A, Only 3K Miles, Sunroof, 18” Wheels, All Wheel Drive

23,999*

2008 INFINITI EX35 AWD

Stk# P14608A, All Wheel Drive, Automatic, Alloy Wheels, Sunroof, Leather

Stk# P14705, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, Navigation, Power Windows & Locks

25,399

2012 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SLT 4X4 $ Stk# P14703, Chrome Package, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, Alloys

Stk# P14704, Sunroof, Leather, Automatic, Alloys

Stk# S2161A, Only 2K Miles, Power Windows & Locks, Power Seat

Stk# P14659, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD, Alloy Wheels

Stk# S2120A, Automatic, Leather, Sunroof, Alloy Wheels, 1-Owner!

2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI SE AWD

21,999

2012 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE $

Stk# S2164A, Alloy Wheels, Automatic CVT, Power Windows & Locks, CD

Stk# P14679, Sunroof, Heated Leather, Alloy Wheels, All Wheel Drive!

20,499* $ 21,399*

2012 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA LIMITED 4X4 $

Stk# P14696, Alloy Wheels, Power Windows & Locks, Low Miles, CD

2009 HONDA CRV EX-L

19,599*

2009 SUBARU LEGACY LIMITED AWD $

2011 SUZUKI SX4 CROSSOVER TECH AWD $

25,499*

2010 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB 4X4 $

18,599* $ 19,499* $

Stk# S2251A, TRD Package, SR5 Package, Automatic, Alloy Wheels

2011 HONDA PILOT 4X4

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Stk# P14702, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks

NOW

412 Autos for Sale

25,299*

Stk# P14635, EX Package, 3rd Row Seating, Alloy Wheels, CD, Low Miles!

12,599*

JUST TRADED AS TRADED! 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE $

1,299* 1997 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO COUPE $ 1,299* 1997 SUBARU IMPREZA WAGON $ 1,399* 1999 CHEVY BLAZER 4DR 4X4 $ 1,999* 2001 KIA SPORTAGE 4X4 $ 1,999* 2001 FORD FOCUS HATCHBACK $ 2,299* 2000 INFINITI G20 SEDAN $ 2,499* 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU SEDAN $ 2,999* 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING SEDAN $ 3,399* 2003 KIA SPECTRA SEDAN $ 3,499* 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 EX CAB 4X4 $ 4,399* Stk# S2016A, Automatic, Alloy Wheels

Stk# S1966B, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk# S2249A, All Wheel Drive! Great Runner

Stk# P14678A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# P14700, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk# S2294A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk# S2201B, Sunroof, Leather, Automatic, PW, PL

Stk# S2268A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# S2229A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# S2212A, Automatic, Air Conditioning, Great on Gas!

Stk# S1797B, Plow Package w/Plow, Automatic

*All Prices Plus Tax, Tags, & Fees. Artwork for illustration purposes only. Dealer not responsible for typographical errors. All Value Vehicle Outlet Cars pass PA State Inspection. See sales person for complete details. **1.99% on bank approved credit for 60 month term. Just Traded As Traded Vehicles are sold as is where is with no warranty.

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1061 FAIRWAY LANE, THORNHURST Low maintanence, single story ranch home located in a private golf course community in the Poconos for weekend or year round enjoyment. Modern kit w/ breakfast bar, formal living room and dining room. Family room w/gas FP. Walkup master bedroom w/bonus room ideal for an office. New front and rear decks in a private setting within 30 minutes to W-B or Scranton. Call Darren Snyder 570-825-2468 $99,900 DIR: Rt 115 to Meadow Run Rd. At stop sign turn right onto SusconRd/Thornhurst Rd for 3.6 miles. Turn right at first TCCE entrance onto Country Club. Turn left onto Fairway Ln. Home is on the right.

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Immaculatehomecompletely redone,brightandneutral,new windows,tilebaths,1/2bathwith laundryroom,newmoderneat-in kitchen,privatefencedyard,12x18 deckwithgreatviews.New retainingwalls,parkingfor2cars, shedandmuchmore! #12-2779 $118,500 Carole Poggi 283-9100 x19

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tiled tub and shower surround. A white Formica vanity has a blue sink to match pale blue walls. A family room is located a half flight down from the living room and has cream Berber carpeting, windows to the side and rear, and a door to the side yard. A second door opens to the attached two-car garage. This bonus room includes washer and dryer hook-ups. A powder room on this level has a Formica vanity with teal accents and mini-blinds on a single window rear. The lowest level of the home offers plenty of a fun...a 26-by-25 recreation room with a large wet bar and a brick fireplace. This space has knotty pine paneled walls, three ground-level windows and a door that opens to the side yard. There is plenty of built-in storage around the leather-trimmed bar with a cubby for a refrigerator. This home has electric baseboard heat, supplemented by the propane fireplace, a private well and on-site septic system. All utilities are underground so to not obstruct the view. For more information or to make an appointment to see this lovely home, contact Christine Kutz of Mantione of J.J. Mantione Appraisal and Realty Group, (570) 613-9080; ckutz@jjmaginc.com. SPECIFICATIONS: Bi-level 2,568 square feet BEDROOMS: 3 BATHS: 1 full, 1 half PRICE: $205,000 LOCATION: 16 Karin Dr., Mountain Top. AGENT: Christine Kutz REALTOR: J.J. Mantione Appraisal and Realty Group, (570) 613-9080; ckutz@jjmaginc.com

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248 Overbrook Rd. Lovely 4 bedroom cape cod situated in a private setting on a large lot. Vaulted ceiling in dining room, large walk in closet in 1 bedroom on 2nd floor. Some replacement windows. Call Today! MLS 11-2733 $94,900 Jay A. Crossin Extension 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

NEW LISTING! Spacious traditional Cape Cod home situated on 7.6 acres. Country like setting, yet minutes to downtown major highway access and Geisinger. Home features 4-5 bedrooms, family room, 2 baths, hardwood floors and a 2-car garage. #12-2627 $199,900 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14

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The Greens at Newberry Estates. Condo with special view of golf course & ponds. 3 bedrooms. Family room. 5 1/2 baths on 2 floors. 4,000 sq. ft. living area. 12-1480 $449,900 Besecker Realty 570-675-3611 DALLAS

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Exclusive privacy with this 61 acre 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with vaulted ceilings and open floor plan. Elegant formal living room, large airy family room and dining room. 322 sq. ft 3 season room opening to large deck with hot tub. Modern eat in kitchen with island, gas fireplace, living room, and wood burning stove basement. Oversize 2 car garage. This stunning property boasts a relaxing pond and walking trail. Sit back and enjoy the view! MLS 12-2085 $425,000 Sandy Rovinski EXT 25 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Attractive 7 year old 2-story with eat-inkitchen, oak cabinets, granite countertops, island & tile floor. Master bedroom with solid cherry hardwood floor, walk-in closet & master bath. Dual fireplace. Gas heat/ central air. Three car garage. Home Protection Plan. $279,900 Sandra Gorman 570-696-5408

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DALLAS Private & beautiful lovely brick chalet on 11.85 acres. Custom brick work, tongue & groove interior & oversized 3 car garage. Features whirlpool tub, heated sunroom, kitchen island & hickory cabinets, laundry room. Basement is plumbed & ready to finish. MLS# 12-817 $315,000 Call Ken Williams Five Mountain Realty 570-542-8800

Built in 2004, this delightful home is centrally located in Dallas. Very well maintained with central air, large yard, 23 x 13 living room with gas fireplace, gas hot water baseboard heat (1st and 2nd floors). In addition electric heat pumps/central AC to save on gas bills if you desire....radiant heat in basement floors...2 1/2 baths and 3 bedrooms...This Dallas home is ready to welcome its new owners! Directions: Rte 415 towards Harveys Lake. Left on W Center Hill Rd, house is on left. MLS# 12-2362 $209,900 Call Charlie Boyek 570-430-8487 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100

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Small one story home on 9.5 acres, home is a fixer upper, no steps, home has mold. Private driveway off of Jake Moore Road, grown in by brush. $150,000 MLS# 12-2114 Call Michael Nocera

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$125,000 REDUCED PRICE!!! MOTIVATED SELLERS!!! Good visibility commercial location. Room for up to 3 businesses! Also has 2 apartments., off-street parking for 8 w/ possibility. of much more in rear. Great for Beauty/Nail Salon, Fitness Studio, Shop, and Garage type businesses. Call CHRISTINE KUTZ for more information. 570-332-8832

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412 New St. Motivated Seller. Great starter home on large lot. Systems newer, but needs cosmetic updating. Ready to make to your liking! MLS 12-1732 Call Kevin Sobilo 570-817-0706

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705 Blueberry Lane Large 4 bedroom Bi-level with large master bedroom with sliding glass doors leading to private deck. Modern kitchen with skylights, skylights also in master bath. Dining room with sliding glass doors to deck. Large corner lot with attached 2 car garage ready to move right in.For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2379 $249,900 Call Fred 570-817-5792

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621 Donnelly St. 2 bedroom, 1 car garage, gas heat. Already furnished with furniture. 1/2 double. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc. com MLS 12-1042 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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$109,000 Four square home with large rooms and old world features in the woodwork and stained glass. A must see home. MLS #122596. For more information and photos visit atlasrealtyinc.com. Call Charlie 829-6200 VM 101

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IS TWO BEDROOMS ENOUGH FOR YOU? Quaint & Quiet renovated two bedroom features new trendy large tiled Kitchen, hardwood floors in living room, formal dining room & bedrooms. New tiled bath with jetted tub to de-stress in. Two porches, yard & plenty of parking. New furnace, hot water heater (with warranty) & new 100 amp box. Great starter home or someone looking to down size. Solid Buy! Taxes are not accurate. Owner is a Realtor. $84,900 11-4472. Please call Michele Hopkins 570-540-6046

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429 New St. A marriage of old world charm and modern touches blend together in this home. Tasteful, high level renovations throughout. Central air, finished attic, possible 4th bedroom. New plumbing, electrical, back deck. Lots of storage. Lovely neighborhood. MLS 12-2087 $158,900 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

97 Chittenden St. Flood damaged home with new furnace, electric box, water heater, outlets and switches. 1st floor gutted but already insulated and ready for sheetrock. 2nd floor has 4 bedrooms and bath with double sinks. Large yard. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-1225 Sorry, cash buyers only! Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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MOUNTAINTOP Lovely 4BR, 2-story on culde-sac in Highland Woods development. HW floors, in-ground pool, nice location! MLS# 12-2601 LISA 715-9335 $289,900 Dir: Rt. 309S, left on Kirby Ave. (by Rite-Aid) follow to 2nd entrance into Highland Woods make right on Farmhouse Rd., left on Pine Tree, right on Valley, then left on Woodland Circle. Home on left.

LAFLIN Elegant brick ranch in charming neighborhood! Kit w/bkfast rm, heated FL rm & basement, tiled baths, 4 cedar closets. Hw in LR & DR. It’s a beauty! MLS# 12-1057 TERRY D 715-9317 $368,900 Dir: Rt 315N, pass Mohegan Sun to L on Laflin Rd, R on Fordham

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BEAR CREEK VILLAGE NEW LISTING Bischwind - Elegant English Tudor home currently operated as a Bed & Breakfast. Covered terraces & patios overlook serene,7 acre,lakefront setting,expansive lawn,garden and pool. Grand rooms,fabulous staircase, decorative leaded glass windows, 1st floor Master apartment,8 guestrooms & suites with fireplaces and private baths. This Historic Country Manor has hosted two Presidents - MLS# 12-2756 MARGARET 696-0891 $1,450,000

DALLAS Outstanding custom home on 27+acres w/ spacious rooms, 1st floor Master, great kitchen & windows to exceptional landscaping. MLS# 12-2312 RHEA 696-6677 $1,280,000

MOOSIC BEAUTIFUL home w/everything you could ask for & more! Modern kitchen, HW floors, 5+BRs, Florida room, MBR on 1st floor - All of this PLUS a wonderful lot with a view of the Glenmaura Golf Course. MLS# 12-2473 PEG 714-9247 $1,100,000

SHAVERTOWN Outstanding 4acre lot w/serene view in Bulford Farms surrounds this custom built brick 2sry: 5BR, 4 full & 2 1/2 bath home. Quality throughout includes modern Kit w/island & granite open to FR w/FP & bar. Walls of windows overlook grounds, 2 sty foyer, sunken LR w/FP, 1st floor office. Finished LL w/2nd Kit, rec rm & wine cellar. Amazing storage, 4 car garage, tennis court & large patio. MLS# 12-2117 TINA 714-9277 or VIRGINIA 714-9253 $745,000

MOUNTAINTOP REDUCED Elegance with comfort! 4BR on 6.5acres gathering room w/ cathedral ceiling highlighted by floor to ceiling FP, custom kitchen, finished LL, inground heated pool, hot tub, screened porch & everything you desire! MLS# 12-1557 PAT S. 715-9337 $619,000

LAKE ALEEDA 100FT OF LAKEFRONT! Beautiful 4BR, 3 bath home w/open floor plan offers magnificent lake views. Quality evident throughout - Master on 1st floor, Ashford floors, wonderful kitchen & baths, bright walk-out LL w/2nd kitchen, State of the Art heating, cooling & security systems! Lakefront gives views everywhere! MLS# 12-1388 RHEA 696-6677 or PEG 714-9247 $597,000

BEAR CREEK Custom Designed - New Construction -2 Story w/open flr plan. 4 BR’s, 3.5 baths, ultra kit, formal DR, LR w/FP, oversized laundry. Hardwood on 1st floor. Many amenities! MLS# 12-353 CLYDETTE 696-0897 $449,000 Dir: Rt 115S to R on Laurel Run Rd, L on Golf Course Rd, property on L corner

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JENKINS TWP. Distinctive design in the NEW Insignia Ranch. Open floor plan, granite & stainless steel, HW & tile floors, full walk-out basements. MARCIE 714-9267 $239,900 - 249,900 Dir: N. Main St, Jenkins Twp, to Insignia Point Courtyards.

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SHICKSHINNY Enjoy privacy & comfortable living with this 3BR, 1 full, 1 3/4 & 1 1/2 bath, 2-story on 2acres being sold with adjacent 13acres. MLS# 12-2557 CHRISTINA K. 714-9235 $256,000 Dir: From Kingston, Rt11 to Main Road follow to L on

HARVEYS LAKE Modern 3BR, 2 bath, 2200 SF home w/50’ lakefront; LR w/ HARVEY’S LAKE 105’ Lakefront w/4acre lot. Mod- full glass wall, DR w/FP, modern kit w/apern, 3BR brick ranch all HW; A/C; great lake views; 2+ heated garage; gas heat; boathouse & dock. pliances; 2nd flr laundry; 2 car+ garage; deck; finished dock. MLS#12-1064 HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE. MLS# 12-915 $549,900 RAE 714-9234 $595,000 RAE 714-9234

MOUNTAINTOP Private setting surrounds this custom built 2-story home. FR w/floor to ceiling FP, 5BRs, 4 baths, in-ground pool. Home Trust Warranty. MLS# 12-2665 JENNIFER 715-9350 $549,000

DALLAS Elegant home in beautiful setting overlooks Irem Golf Course - Spacious rooms w/handsome beamed ceilings & wonderful detail - 4BRs, 3 full & 2.5 baths - French doors lead to lovely patio & pool. MLS# 12-1104 MARGY 696-0891 $500,000

MOUNTAINTOP 6yr young Hallmark home on cul-de-sac. Stone & vinyl 2 story w/front SHAVERTOWN Attractive 2 Story - almost porch, walk-out basement, deck to private new const. Elegant kitchen w/bkfst bar, FR backyard w/hot tub & swing set. All HW exw/gas FP, 3-4 BR’s, hdwd flrs, 3 car garage cept tiled 1st floor bath & laundry. Beauti& much more! MLS# 12-1433 ful kitchen, baths & much more! MLS# 12JUDY 714-9230 $459,900 2208 TERRY D. 715-9317 $415,900

NUANGOLA Lake Nuangola - 3BR year round home w/50ft of lakefront! Modern kitchen & bath, LR/DR. Open & airy FR & more. MLS# 12-2061 MATT 714-9229 $395,000

MOUNTAINTOP NEW LISTING Beautifully renovated ranch featuring large room sizes, hardwood floors, amazing shower w/multi heads, huge shed, also detached 2 car garage with room above, finished lower level w/2nd kitchen bath & more!!! Over 28 acres of beautiful clear & wooded areas with a stream. Zoning is both residential and agricultural. MLS# 12-2804 $329,000

SHAVERTOWN REDUCED Spacious 3BR, 1 3/4 bath Bi-level features open LR/DR, new kitchen w/stainless appliances, large FR, 2 car garage situated on a large corner lot. Quiet neighborhood! MLS# 12-2491 CLYDETTE 696-0897 $199,900

MOUNTAINTOP Only 2 Years Old! Granite/ Stainless Kitchen. Hardwood Floors. A Wide Open Floor Plan. Huge Master Bedroom Suite with Walk-In Closet. Central Air. Large Rooms! Private Back Yard. Walk-out Basement. Alarm system. Seller offering $3000 towards closing costs and a home warranty! MLS#12-2782 JOAN 696-0887 $279,150

KINGSTON Old World Charm at its best! Beautiful 5BR, 2.5 bath w/mod kit. HW flrs, 2 mantels & 1 wood burning FP, 2.5 car gar, library w/built-ins & FP, DR w/beam ceiling & stain glass windows. C/A on 2nd floor. Fenced-in yard. Agent owned. MLS# 11-2878 MATT 714-9229 $229,900

FORTY FORT Cape Cod in move-in condition! 3BR, 1.5 bath w/1st floor laundry, bonus 3 season room on 2nd floor, large screened porch, 2 car detached garage w/ loft. MLS# 12-2520 MARY D. 696-0729 $134,900

BEAR CREEK VILLAGE Fall in love w ‘’Whispering Pines’’ in scenic Historic Bear Creek Village set on a knoll w/lake glimpses. KINGSTON Lovely 4BR, 1.5 bath 2 story Spacious, comfortable traditional features in convenient location. Sunporch, 1 car ga- 3FP’s, HW flrs, mod kit, GE appls. Come for rage, carport & fenced yard. a visit & stay for the lifestyle! MLS# 12-186 MLS# 12-1122 $269,500 SALLY 714-9233 $99,900 ANN LEWIS 714-9245

WILKES-BARRE Stately & meticulous maintained 2-story featuring LR with HW floors, formal DR, eat-in kitchen, 3BRs, 2 baths & more! MLS# 12-2700 JUDY 714-9230 $115,000

DRUMS Country living at its best! Move-in to this 3BR, 2 bath Ranch with C/A & lots of privacy! MLS# 11-4254 PATTY A. 715-9332 $139,900

GLENMAURA Lovely Ranch home w/pretty views & beautiful landscaped lot. Open floor plan & easy flow kitchen, FR & DR PLUS LR. Enjoy this great ranch on a wonderful lot. MLS# 12-975 PEG 714-9247$410,000

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HANOVER TWP

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362 Susquehanna Ave Completely remodeled, spectacular, 2 story Victorian home, with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, new rear deck, full front porch, tiled baths and kitchen, granite countertops, all Cherry hardwood floors throughout, all new stainless steel appliances and lighting, new oil furnace, washer dryer in first floor bath. Great neighborhood, nice yard. $174,900 (30 year loan, $8,750 down, $887/month, 30 years @ 4.5%) 100% OWNER FINANCING AVAILABLE Call Bob at 570-899-8877 570-654-1490

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38 Huckleberry Ln Blueberry Hills 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, family room with fireplace, 2 car garage, large yard. Master bath with separate jetted tub, kitchen with stainless steel appliances and island, lighted deck. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-3071 $309,860 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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3 year old townhome in gated community of Forest Heights with pool. Cathedral ceilings & skylights, air, cherry floors & cabinets, granite countertops, fireplace, 3 bedrooms with 1st floor master bedroom & walk in closet. 2.5 tiled baths, waterfall sinks in master bath & powder room. All season sun porch & large private patio. Full basement. End unit with 2 car garage. $309,000.

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Modern, clean, neat as a pin! Bi-level with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Quality construction in every room. Poplar hardwood floor in the dining room. Tile in kitchen, both bathrooms and laundry/storage area. Family room with natural gas fireplace. Lots of summer remains to enjoy lounging on the 26x12 cedar deck and swimming in the pool. A great neighborhood, low traffic area, located on a dead-end street. Nothing to do but move in and enjoy. For more information and to view the photos go to: www.prudentialrealestate.com and enter PRU2A8T2 in the Home Search. Listed at $167,900. MLS #12-2654. Call today for your appointment. Mary Ellen Belchick 696-6566 Walter Belchick 696-2600 ext. 301

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311 Lockville Road Stately brick 2 story, with in ground pool, covered patio, finished basement, fireplace and wood stove, 3 car attached garage 5 car detached garage with apartment above. MLS# 11-1242 $659,000 Please call Donna 570-613-9080

FORTY FORT

Grand Victorian Over 2800 square feet in this one of a kind property on a corner lot. Property featuring 4 bedrooms, formal dining room, large living room with gas fireplace, family room with pellet stove, modern baths, front and side porches. A Must see property! MLS# 12-1559 NEW PRICE $199,900. Call Florence 570-715-7737

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Cute as Grandma's house with gracious sized eat-in kitchen. Updates including many Pella windows, doors and furnace 2011. Walk out basement to great back yard. 2 car garage off rear alley. Walk out basement. Call today for a private showing. $59,900 MLS 12-1510 Tracy McDermott 570-696-2468

HANOVER TWP

Very well maintained 2-story home with 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, large eat-in kitchen and 1.5 baths. This home also has a first floor laundry room, ductless air conditioner, gas steam heat and a fenced in yard with a shed. This home is in move-in condition just waiting for you to move into. Make an appointment today! #11-4433 PRICE REDUCED! $77,900 Karen Altavilla 283-9100 x26

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Fully rented 5 unit apt building, new siding, new roof and nice updates inside, off street parking & near the college. Call or text Donna 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424 for more information or to schedule your showing. $117,000

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A real beauty….with a beautiful price! Spacious with great quality…hardwood flooring, cherry woodwork, stained and leaded glass windows, kitchen with pantry, formal fining room, living room adjoining a sun parlor. Three bedrooms with possible fourth on third floor, tile bath, gas heat, fenced yard, four car garage. MLS# 11-4133 How much? $69,900! Call Maribeth Jones directly at 696-6565

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Beautifully appointed home on 2 acres. community amenities include private lake with sandy beach, tennis courts, trails for hiking and biking. This home boasts perennial gardens and mature landscaping, fenced rear yard enclosed 20x40 heated in-ground pool, raised garden, custom dog house and run. Entertain and dine on the wrap-around porch with mahogany flooring and electric hurricane shutters. The residence features hardwood flooring, french doors, cherry kitchen, 3-4 bedrooms, updated heat/air. Emergency generator for inclement weather. MLS# 12-1647 Call Maribeth Jones, direct number 6966565, office 6962600 ext. 210. Priced to sell at $535,000

78 Luzerne St. Not a drive-by. Move right into this sparkling clean, bright and cheery 1/2 double. All new floor coverings and freshly painted interior. 2 zone gas hot water baseboard heat. W/d hookups in basement which has a concrete floor. All measurements are approximate. MLS 12-1129 $45,000 Call Michelle T. Boice 570-639-5393 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

22 Allenberry Drive Move right in! Central air, hardwood floors, central stereo system. Gas heat under $700 yearly expenses. 2 bedrooms, 1 car garage. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-2739 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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63 Betsy Ross Dr. Great home in a great neighborhood. Very well cared for 2 story with 3 bedrooms, family room and 2.5 baths. Nice yard with landscape lighting, 2 car garage. Central air, central vac, patio awning, 1st floor laundry. Everything you will need here MLS 12-2192 $205,000 Call Connie 570-821-7022 EILEEN R. MELONE REAL ESTATE 570-821-7022

HANOVER TWP. 2 Betsy Ross Drive Warmly inviting 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Tudor. Striking highlights in this beautiful home include custom blinds, manicured lawn, deck, patio and 3-season porch. Entertain in the finished walkout basement with wet bar or relax by the pool! Outstanding quality! Call Pat Guesto 570-793-4055 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100

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HARDING $249,900

HANOVER TWP.

530 Cherry Drive Spacious 2 bedroom townhome with hardwood floor, gas heat, central air, end unit with one garage. All appliances, move in condition. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-712 $169,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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HANOVER TWP 1908 Wyoming Avenue Plenty of TLC is reflected in this attractive 3 bedroom, 1 bath home in a convenient location. Offers formal living room/dining room & family room with sliding doors to large rear deck & a great level lot. MLS# 11-2083 Only $99,000 Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-0883

FORTY FORT 77 Wesley St.

15 Martin Street Well Cared for 2 Story Boasting 3 Bedrooms, Full bath, off street parking and a large side yard. 12-1832 $79,900 Call Pat Guesto 570-793-4055 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100

40 Downing St. Great 3 bedroom family home on a beautifully landscaped lot, close to parks and schools. 2 car attached garage, pool, fenced in yard with lots of room to run! MLS 12-2567 $129,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Somerset Drive, Hanover Township

Nice size 4 bedroom home with some hardwood floors, large eat in kitchen with breakfast bar. 2 car garage & partially fenced yard. Close to everything! $83,000 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

$84,900 Classic 4 square home in desirable neighborhood. Four bedrooms, nice old woodwork, stained glass and built ins plus 3 car garage on extra deep lot. MLS #12-2612. For more information and photos, visit atlasrealtyinc.com. Call Charlie 829-6200 VM 101

1385 Mt. Zion Rd. Great country setting on 3.05 acres. Move in condition Ranch with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, inground swimming pool, hardwood floors. Finished basement with wet bar. 2 car garage, wrap around driveway. For more info and photos visit: www.atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-2270 Call Tom 570-262-7716

OPEN HOUSE Sunday, July 29th Noon to 2:00 PM 180 Kitchen Lane You’ll Experience Country Living in this move in ready ranch situated on almost an acre of lush landscaping just minutes away from every thing…there is new carpet in living & dining rooms, 3 bedroom’s with double closets, large fully applianced eat in kitchen, first floor laundry, 1.5 baths, central air, lower level recreation room, large workshop for do it yourselfers or contractors, and an oversized 2.5 car garage with wraparound driveway which provides plenty of parking for guests…....$175,000 MLS #12-2773 Call Pat today @

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View this beauty…cedar and stone sided contemporary home on partially wooded lot. Great Room with floor to ceiling fireplace, built-in bookcases adjoining the dining room and entry to the four season porch. 2 year new stainless steel appliances and a breakfast area with beamed ceiling and a wall of glass. First floor den or bedroom, tile and marble bath with walkin master bath with lounge area and a massive closet. Pool surrounded by decking warrants great entertaining…cabana with bath. Separate building to pot your plants. Walk to the marina and slip into your boat. MLS# 12-2542 Call Maribeth Jones directly at 696-6565, office 696-2600 ext. 210 $379,000

Large 2 story home in very good condition, features 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 modern bath rooms, large eat in kitchen with appliances. Dining room with French doors, large family room has fireplace large foyer, with opened stairway and stained glass window. Home has natural woodwork thru-out, with plaster walls, CENTRAL AIR thru out. Many extras must see. Level lot with a 3 bay garage in back. Shown by appointment to qualified buyers only. Home has a "HOME WARRANTY" paid by sellers. Additional photos can be seen at CAPITOL REAL ESTATE WEB SITE, www.capitol-real estate.com Call John Vacendak 823-4290 735-1810

Spectacular, remodeled, two story house situated on 110 wooded acres. It’s an outdoor’s persons dream come true. Featuring a 20+ acre fishing lake & four small ponds, woods & fields with deer, turkey, bear & grouse. Home boasts breathtaking views of the lake & woods. Perfect for Hunt Club or very special home. Serious, pre-qualified inquiries only. Asking $575,000. Call Jim Stachelek Prudential Keystone Properties 215-896-8860

HUNLOCK CREEK

2032 ROUTE 92 Great Ranch home surrounded by nature with view of the river and extra lot on the river. Large living room and kitchen remodeled and ready to move in. Full unfinished basement, off street parking. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-79 $69,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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Beautifully maintained cape cod features 3 bedrooms and one and a half baths. Hardwood floors in living room, dining room, foyer and first floor bedroom. Newly remodeled kitchen and bathroom. Lots of storage. New roof installed in 2010. Breakfast nook with built-in table and benches. Enclosed porch, above ground pool and deck. 11-2706. $149,900 Call Tracy McDermott Realty 570-696-2468

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Rustic country home with 7 acres, off Rt. 29 near Moon Lake. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Large kitchen & living room. Sunroom. 2 car garage. 2 story barn with fenced in pasture. This property also comes with separate septic well, electric, carport & shed. $235,000. 570-506-5986

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1717 River Road Completely remodeled home with new siding, windows and modern kitchen & bath. New flooring, walls, heat and electric. Move right in. Off street parking in rear. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2232 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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250 Susquehannock Drive Not your traditional Cape Cod. Super large bedrooms, 1st floor master. 2 car garage, lower level family room. Gas heat, Central air. Bamboo floors, above ground pool with 2 tier deck. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-1093 $289,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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Richard Lane 2 story, 3 bedroom, 1 bath home at rear of Lake Side Drive between Pole #’s 125 and 126 on Richard Lane. Lake view, including front wrap around porch and 2 of the 3 upstairs bedrooms. and rear yard. Home in need of updating and repairs and is being sold as is. MLS 12-1607 $59,900 Michelle T. Boice 570-639-5393 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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4 Widener Drive A must see home! You absolutely must see the interior of this home. Start by looking at the photos on line. Fantastic kitchen with hickory cabinets, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and tile floor. Fabulous master bathroom with champagne tub and glass shower, walk in closet. 4 car garage, upper garage is partially finished. The list goes on and on. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-210 Price Reduced $375,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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467 E. State St. Well kept home in a nice neighborhood. Close to new Elementary School and bus stop. New roof and off street parking. MLS 12-2342 $71,000 Charles J. Prohaska EXT. 35 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770

523 Bennett St. Older well kept home with off street parking. Roof 5 years old. New windows on 2nd floor and walk up attic for lots of storage or added bedrooms. MLS 12-2699 $79,000 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

25 W. Washington Move right into this very nice 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. Lots of natural woodwork and a beautiful stained glass window. Newer kitchen appliances and w/w carpeting. Supplement your heating with a recently installed wood pellet stove. This home also has a one car detached garage. MLS 12-2171 $76,000 John Polifka 570-704-6846 FIVE MOUNTAINS REALTY 570-542-2141

NEW LISTING! NANTICOKEWANAMIE Very well maintained ranch home with 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms (possible 5) 1.5 baths, central air a 3-season porch, 1-car built-in garage and a nice size fenced-in yard, (lot size is 42x150). This home has had a lot of improvements in the last 6 years and has tons of closet space. Set an appointment to see it today! #12-2444 $99,500 Karen Altavilla 283-9100 x28

38 W. Walnut St. Charming 4/5 bedroom with 1.5 baths. Beautifully appointed kitchen w/granite counter tops, cherry cabinets and hardwood floors. Gas fireplace in living room, leaded glass windows in living room and dining room. Nice back deck, 2 car garage and 4 season front porch. MLS 11-4103 $179,900 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON

281 Reynolds St. 3 story single family with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and lots of space! Lovely entrance foyer, 3rd floor with large room, could be 5th bedroom plus a full tile bath. Fenced in back yard and much more. MLS 12-1863 $119,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0776

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Highland Hills 8 Patrick Road Magnificent custom built tudor home with quality throughout. Spacious 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 2 story living room with fireplace and library loft. Dining room, family room and 3 season sunroom which overlooks professionally landscaped grounds with gazebo and tennis/basketball court. Lower level includes recreation room, exercise room and 3/4 bath. Enjoy this serene acre in a beautiful setting in Highland Hills Development. Too many amenities to mention. Taxes appealed and lowered considerably for year 2013. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-723 $399,900 Call Terry 570-885-3041 Angie 570-885-4896

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157 Division St. OWNER SAYS SELL! This property has great positive cash flow. 1st floor 2 bedroom and upstairs is 2 floors with 3 bedrooms total. 1st floor has new drywall & insulation, gas heat, new tile tub surround, kitchen counters and carpet. 2nd apt. has newer kitchen & is all electric. Separate utilities and off street parking in rear. Taxes are currently being appealed. MLS 12-1771 $89,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON 171 Third Ave

80 Bennett St. Great Kingston location on a double lot. Close to schools, shopping, restaurants and public transportation. Potential of 2 additional bedrooms on 3rd floor. Partially finished basement. MLS 12-2346 $114,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770

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Beautiful well-maintained 3 level, 2.5 bath townhome in very desirable location. Many upgrades include a spacious, custom bathroom with large closets, custom window treatments, built-in wall microwave in kitchen, new roof, and new garage door. Plenty of storage, and a possible 3rd bedroom on 1st level. MLS 12-175 $132,900 Call Mary Danelo 570-704-8000 Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

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Lovely 2100 sq. ft. remodeled home with amazing views and a quiet neighborhood. Three bedrooms and 2 full baths on first floor and two large bedrooms on second floor. New kitchen with center island and wrap around deck to enjoy the scenery. Bedrooms on first floor presently used as family room and office. Many possibilities. Out of Flood Zone. Reduced! $109,000 Call Nancy Answini Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444 LAUREL RUN

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Located within 1 block of elementary school & neighborhood park this spacious 4 bedrooms offers 1450 sq. ft of living space with 1.75 baths, walk up attic, and partially finished basement. Extras include gas fireplace, an inground pool with fenced yard, new gas furnace & more. 11-823

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111 Laflin Road Nice 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath Split Level home with hardwood floors, 1 car garage, large yard and covered patio in very convenient location. Great curb appeal and plenty of off street parking. Rt. 315 to light @ Laflin Rd. Turn west onto Laflin Rd. Home is on left. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2852 Keri Best 570-885-5082

Great home in a great location. Looking for a private rural feeling home but still close to everything.. This is your place. 3 bedroom, hardwood floor, carport, above ground pool, quiet setting and so much more. Too many reasons to see the inside?? Call Today! MLS 12-2384 $81,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

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Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769 So close to so much, traditionally appointed 3 bedroom, 3 bath townhome with warm tones & wall to wall cleanliness. Modern kitchen with lots of cabinets & plenty of closet space thruout, enjoy the privacy of deck & patio with fenced yard. MLS 11-2841 $123,000 Call Arlene Warunek 570-650-4169

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299 Rutter Ave. Large and well maintained duplex on corner lot in Kingston. 2 bedrooms each unit, separate gas heat and off street parking for multiple cars. New roof, water heater and freshly painted exterior. A really nice property. MLS 12-2447 $139,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770

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A must see. Steel & concrete construction put together this exceptional 4 bedroom 5 bath home. Great location & fenced yard, property features maple hardwood floors, tile baths, cherry kitchen cabinets, unique bronze staircase, & much more. MLS#12-531 $299,500 Call Julio 570-239-6408 or Rhea 570-696-6677

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Beautiful well maintained 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath split level in desirable Oakwood Park development. Large marble entry foyer, large living room with stone fireplace, dining room that opens to deck. Eat in kitchen with all appliances overlooking family room / office area. First floor laundry room and powder room, master bedroom with master bath and jet tub. Hardwood floors. Finished lower level. 2 car attached garage. Security system & intercom. Large corner lot. MLS 12-2705 $275,000 Call Monica 570-714-6113

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109 Carpenter St. Completely renovated. New roof, windows, kitchen and bathroom. Freshly painted interior and exterior with fabulous modern colors. Great area and low, low taxes! MLS 12-2055 $99,500 Kelly ConnollyCuba EXT. 37 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 LUZERNE

146 Kelly St. Well kept home with garage in rear. Move in condition. New roof and hot water heater. Easy access to Cross Valley and shopping. Out of flood zone. 200 amp service. MLS 12-1801 $119,900 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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663 Bennett St. Great 2 bedroom on a nice street. Lovely yard with alley access in rear, driveway in front. MLS 12-2701 $60,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-782-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770 MOUNTAIN TOP

46 Farmhouse Rd. REDUCED! MOTIVATED SELLER Lovely 10 room vinyl sided ranch home, with 2.5 modern baths, formal dining room, gas heat, central air, 2 car garage & large deck. Lower level consists of 2 large recreation rooms. Office, half bath and workshop. Lower level all ceramic tiled floors. MLS# 12-1359 $289,500 Call Florence 570-715-7737

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Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 3/4 bath, with hardwood floors under carpet & 2nd kitchen in lower level for entertaining. screened porch, landscaped yard, heated workshop & much more! $179,900 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

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Hunter Highway, Route 309

(Rear View)4 bedrooms, 3 baths, living room, dining room, new kitchen, heated sunroom, heated exercise room. Brick fireplace, large patio. $195,000 MLS 12-1442 Call Vieve Zaroda (570) 474-6307 Ext. 2772

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Nestled on just under an acre just minutes from 81S this colonial offers 2194 sq. ft. of living area plus a finished basement. Enjoy your summer evenings on the wrap around porch or take a quick dip in the above ground pool with tier deck. The covered pavilion is ideal for picnics or gatherings And when the winter winds blow cuddle in front of the gas fireplace and enjoy a quiet night. MLS 11-2260 Priced to Sell, $179,900 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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130 CHURCH ROAD The feel of a true colonial home with double entry doors off the foyer into the living room and dining room. Spacious kitchen breakfast area, family room leading to a fenced rear yard. 3-season room with cathedral ceiling. Hardwood floors, fireplace, recently remodeled 2.5 bath and 2-car garage. Located on 3.77 acres, all the privacy of country living yet conveniently located. MLS#12-165 $183,900 Jill Jones 696-6550 Prudential:

696-2600

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Inviting home with 90’ of lakefront & wonderful enclosed dock. The huge great room features a vaulted ceiling, hard wood floors, handsome stone fireplace, built-in cabinets & long window seat with offering lake view. Modern kitchen with large pantry for entertaining, Master suite opens to 3 season room, also lakefront. 2nd floor guest rooms are oversized. MLS# 11-2954 $319,500 Call Rhea 570-696-6677

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NANTICOKE REDUCED 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Nice opportunity for a starter home or investment property. Original columns, moldings, and leaded glass windows are intact. Reduced $30,000 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832

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409 Union St. This home has good bones. New windows, furnace, newer addition, tons of renovations. Needs to be cleaned out. Bring it back! MLS 12-2216 $92,500 David Krolikowski 570-287-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770

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114 W. Union St. Large home with 3 bedrooms, 8 rooms, yard with garage and off street parking. 2 bathrooms. Nice condition. Loads of potential. For more into and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-2096 $55,000 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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Very comfortable 2 bedroom home in move in condition. Great sun room, large yard, 1 car garage. Deeded lake access. Reduced $107,000 MLS # 11-2899 CALL KATHIE

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415 Jones Street Adorable home with charm & character. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, family room with gas fireplace. 3 season room, fenced in yard with rear deck & shed. $109,900 MLS#12-498 Michael Nocera 570-357-4300

143 W. Broad St. Nice 2 story home with 3 bedrooms 1.5 baths, fenced yard, newer furnace with 3 zones and newer 200 amp electrical service, whole house water filter and beautiful hard wood floors. This home has an attached Mother in Law suite with a separate entrance. This can easily be converted to a 1st floor master bedroom with a master bath. MLS 12-1401 $64,900 John W. Polifka Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141 570-704-6846

PITTSTON $109,000

This home was built in 1907 and is “STILL” in near original condition. All the woodwork, glass and light fixtures are there, all you have to do is modernize the mechanical systems. Never ruined by a cheap remodel and the woodwork was never painted over. Don’t take my word for it, go on line and check out the photos at www.atlasrealtyinc.com. If you like classic features you’ll love this home! MLS 12-2781 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

NANTICOKE 1/2 DOUBLE Great starter home in nice area. Close to schools and recreation. Large 3 season porch with cabinetry, great for entertaining. New plumbing, lots of light & huge walk up attic for storage or rec room. $35,000 Call CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832

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502 Kosciuszko St. 1/2 Double. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bath, off-street parking. Located across street from school. Large yard, shed & pool included. New gas furnace. Concrete basement. Full sized attic. $42,000 Call 570-883-7396

Very nice 2 story with many updates is in ''move-in'' condition with new heating system, central air, newer roof, yard & 1 car detached garage. Directions: Main St., Nanticoke to Market, 3 stop signs to left on E. Union, home on left MLS# 12-2048 PRICE REDUCED! $65,000 Call Lynda (570) 696-5418

NANTICOKE 136 East Ridge St. A great home features 3 bedrooms, plenty of closet space, modern eat in kitchen with great appliances, living room with wood pellet stove, large family room, 1 1/2 modern bathrooms, washer/ dryer hook-up, second floor has all new replacement windows, exterior has aluminum siding, stain glass window on new front porch, new above ground pool, fenced in level yard, Plenty of off street parking, A+ today. Never worry about parking, its always there. Great location, best price home in today's market, Shown by appointment only, to qualified buyers. REDUCED $47,500 Call John Vacendak 570-735-1810 www.capitolrealestate.com for additional photos

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NEWPORT TWP. Large three bedroom brick ranch located on the out skirts of Nanticoke. You'll fall in love with the spacious open floor plan! Large sunken Living room, tiled kitchen with black appliances included, formal Dining room, bath with tiled garden tub & shower, lots of closet space, finished basement with fireplace, three quarter bath / laundry room. On a quiet dead end street. Back yard is currently under going beautiful landscape redesign. $139,000 12-2629 Please call Michele Hopkins 570-540-6046

4 Overlook Drive Great split level home in Whitney Point development, formerly Ridgeview. This home has 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 2 car garage, large deck, and lower level family room with a bar and coal stove. Heat your house all winter long with about $150 worth of coal! MLS# 12-2548 $175,000 Call John Polifka 570-704-6846 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

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81 Cliff St. Move in ready, freshly painted, 2 story home. Private driveway, screened in back porch. Nicely landscaped. 4 bedrooms. Must see! MLS 12-2124 $85,000 Call Melissa 570-237-6384

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NANTICOKE

715 Maple St. Handyman’s dream. NOT a nightmare. A little paint, carpeting and water lines and this house is good to go. Large yard. 2 bedrooms. For mor info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com. MLS 12-2332 Call Colleen 570-237-0415 ATLAS REALTY, INC. 570-829-6200

45-47 Swallow St. 3 units include double block home with additional single family home in rear. Double block has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath on each side. Single home has 1 bedroom and 1 bath. Vinyl siding and off street parking. All utilities paid by tenants except sewer. Great income. MLS 12-1989 $119,000 Call Terry 570-885-3041 Angie 570-885-4896

NANTICOKE

MOUNTAIN TOP

KINGSTON This 3 bedroom home offers modern kitchen, with Corian counters accented by marble backsplash, central air, fenced rear yard with deck and patio. Off street parking for 2 to 4 cars. Custom shutters on the first floor windows along with natural woodwork and hardwood floors give this home a charm you are sure to love! #12-1997 $134,900 Jill Jones 696-6550

Spacious 3 bedroom, 1 3/4 bath split level on a beautifully landscaped 1 acre lot. Large sunroom & recreation room with fireplace and wet bar. $205,000 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

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12 Laflin Road Like new spacious 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath end unit townhouse, Sliding doors to deck off of living room/dining room. Master suite with vaulted ceiling, modern kitchen, laundry on 2nd floor. Roof and water heater are new. Convenient location and out of flood zone MLS 12-938 $169,900 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 PITTSTON

175 Oak Street New furnace, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1st floor laundry room, 3 season porch, fenced yard and off street parking. MLS#12-721 $84,900 Call Patti 570-328-1752 Liberty Realty & Appraisal Services LLC

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110 Union St. Fixer upper with 3 bedrooms, new roof, gas heat. Great lot 50 x 173. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1513 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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110 Union St. Fixer upper with 3 bedrooms, new roof, gas heat. Great lot 50 x 173. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1513 Call Tom 570-262-7716 ATLAS REALTY, INC. 570-829-6200

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95 William St. 1/2 double home with more square footage than most single family homes. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, ultra modern kitchen and remodeled baths. Super clean. For more information and photos visit www.atlas realtyinc. com MLS 11-2120 $54,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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DALLAS Modern 3BR, 1.1 bath Ranch on a lovely lot. Large eat-in oak kitchen w/all appliances; 1st floor FR; 1st floor laundry; 3 season porch; deck; rec room; garage. MLS# 12-2754 RAE 714-9234 $169,900

FORTY FORT Delightful updated 3BR, 1.5 bath home w/inground pool, driveway, walkup attic, gas heat, fenced yard. MLS# 12-154 NANCY PALUMBO 714-9240 $157,900

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MOUNTAINTOP Huge 4BR Ranch with a partially finished basement plus he storage room. MLS# 11-3664 PATTY A. 715-9332 $175,000

TRUCKSVILLE Well maintained 2BR, 1 bath Split Level situated on a deep double private lot. Eat-in kitchen, LR, DR, FR, office/den, oversized 2 car garage plus carport. MLS# 12-2075 CLYDETTE 696-0897 $149,900

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158 E. Center Street

WILKES-BARRE This home features over 3000SF of everything. Lg FR w/FP, fin. LL w/ wet bar, fenced yard w/in-grnd pool & pool hs, C/A, sec sys & lots of room to grow, Most of all it’s affordable! Includes Hometrust Warranty. MLS# 12-411 JULIO 239-6408 or DEB 714-5802 $179,900

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HARDING ’’Country charm’’ at its best describes this 3BR, 1.5 bath 2-story situated on 1.87 scenic acres w/many updates. New kitchen, breakfast rm, LR w/gas propane stove, DR, HW, MOUNTAINTOP This totally renovated Ranch rests on 29+ acres office w/electric stove, deck, Gazebo & detached garage. of beautiful land w/stream. 4 BR’s, 3 baths, 2 kitchens & so MLS# 12-2813 MARIE 881-0103 $214,900 much more! MLS# 12-2804 CORINE 715-9321 $329,000

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90 Charles Ave

KINGSTON A must see! Steel & concrete construction put together this exceptional 4BR, 5 bath home. Great location & fenced yard, property features maple HW flrs - cherry kitchen cabs - unique bronze staircase ñ tile baths & much more. MLS# 12-531 JULIO 239-6408 or RHEA 696-6677 $299,500 Dir: Wyoming Avenue to E. Dorrance to L on Charles, home on R.

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SHAVERTOWN Updated 3BR, 1 bath Ranch. Kitchen features custom cabinets & stainless steel appliances. New flooring throughout. OSP in rear. MLS# 121213 KATHY M. 696-0870 or RHEA 696-6677 $99,900 Dir: 309N to Burger King - R on E Center - Home on L - Pass home and make the 1st L onto Youngblood Ave - 2nd home on L - Parking in rear of home.

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DALLAS DAKOTA WOODS - Carefree Condo -Bright & spacious w/3 BR’s, 1st flr master, study/library, kit w/granite & upscale app’ls, 2 car gar. MLS#11-3208 RHEA 696-6677 $379,000 DIR: Rt 309N to R into Dakota Woods

Preview this 4BR, 3bath 2 story model w/ lots of HW & tile. Granite counters in kit, MSTR Suite w/2 walk-in closets & tiled bath w/ dbl vanities, shower & whirlpool. Home/lot packages available. TERRY D. 715-9317

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SHAVERTOWN Premier NEW CONSTRUCTION - This home offers intricate moldings. Curved archways, HW floors, 4BRs, 3.5 baths, 14x40 deck, walk-out basement. MLS# 11-1987 GERI 696-0888 $525,000

JENKINS TWP. Well maintained 2-story home located in Highland Hills Development. The in-ground pool w/large sunroom is perfect for summer entertaining! MLS# 12-1967 JOAN 696-0887 or MARION 585-0602 $286,000

BEAR CREEK VILLAGE Bischwind - Elegant English Tudor home currently operated as a Bed & Breakfast. Covered terraces & patios overlook serene, 7 acres, lakefront setting, expansive lawn, garden & pool. Grand rooms, fabulous staircase, decorative leaded glass windows, 1st floor Master apartment, 8 guestrooms & suites w/fireplaces & private baths. MLS# 12-2756 MARGY 696-0891 $1,450,000

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Beautiful new construction in Crestwood School District. Home features include hardwood flooring on the first floor with an oak stairway and banner. Built with upgraded materials: Anderson windows, Douglas fir timber, 2 zone forced air hvac and more. Spacious kitchen with island, maple cabinets and beautiful counter tops. Walk-out basement is ready to finish with Superior walls foundation.

$299,000 MLS#12-2772

Fairway Estates Phase II, Hanover

MOUNTAINTOP

Very well kept home in Kirby Estates. Enjoy the walk-out basement and gorgeous landscaping. Home has a fencedin back yard, rock garden & wooded area with running stream. New wood burning stove capable of heating the entire home and very eﬃcient. Centrally located only minutes from schools, shopping, dining & more. Very cost eﬃcient wood-burning stove. Move-in condition

$229,900 MLS#12-1995

DURYEA

Ranch home with beautiful landscaping and many features located in Blueberry Hill Estates. Including an over-sized garage w/Workshop, composite deck, walkout basement w/bar & French Doors. Ample room for storage in garage & cellar. Level lot with large backyard & sprinkler system. Basement is sheet rocked, with electric & plumbing.

$205,000 MLS#12-2035

MOUNTAINTOP

Great property in the Crestwood Area School District. Ranch on a corner lot with 3 bedrooms, eat-in kitchen, hardwood ﬂoors, sun room, ﬁnished lower level and an in-ground pool. Located in the lovely Highland Woods Development. $147,900 MLS#12-2783

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Check out this home! 3 bed, 2 full baths & completely renovated eat-in kitchen. All NEW appliances, lots of counter space & cabinets & walk-in pantry. Master bed was just added & features a full bath & WIC. There is oﬀ street parking & a detached 2 car garage. Take the photo tour & make your appointment today! **Owner will also consider a lease purchase or rent-to-own. Contact agent for details

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Affordable home within walking distance to the Abington Hts. Middle School. Home features 3 bedrooms, 1 totally remodeled bathroom, refinished hardwood floors in bedrooms, and living room, new laminate wood floor in Kitchen, and fresh paint inside and outside. Great for the ‘’starter home’’ buyer or the retired buyer. $109,900 MLS#12-937scr

FREELAND

Completely remodeled 2/3 bed 1.5 bath home. Everything is new... roof, appliances, doors, windows, electrical system, porch, siding, deck, parking pad. Beautifully manicured & well maintained. Absolute move in condition!!! Great location! Close to schools, parks, shopping & major highways

$103,900 MLS#12-2415

WILKESBARRE

Two story three bedroom home situated on a large lot. This home oﬀers an eat in kitchen with stainless appliances, modern baths and an attached garage. Close to shopping & schools.

$89,900 MLS#12-2543

MOCANAQUA

Delightful ranch home in Mocanaqua! Includes lower level living room with gas ﬁreplace, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, deck, enclosed front porch plus 1-car detached garage. Completely remodeled and in move-in condition!!! $83,000 MLS#12-2307

EDWARDSVILLE

Nice Duplex out of flood zone with great investment opportunity! Original woodwork throughout; marble bathroom and a large eat-in kitchen with tiled floors. Each unit has 3 bedrooms and 1 full bath. Off street parking on a corner lot with a nice side porch. Live in one unit & rent the other!

3BR Ranch in very nice condition. Large LR, DR, large eat-in kitchen, huge MBR w/large closet. 2 car tandem garage, gas heat. Nice rear yard. MLS#12-1754 $129,900

$74,000 MLS#11-1607

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3 br 2 bath ranch on nice corner lot. Property sold as-is. First 15 days of the MLS listing period, offers from owner occupants, select non profits and NSP buyers will be considered. MLS day 16 all investor/non owner occupant offers will be considered.

$69,900 MLS#12-2402

WEST NANTICOKE

Live above the ﬂood zone! Move right in to this squeaky clean-2Story-2BR w/large landscaped yard.Corner lot at top of quiet street. Fresh paint and carpets-sit and relax on 2 enclosed porches.Recently cleaned. $69,900 MLS#12-2624

WILKESBARRE

Great starter home fenced yard with swing 3 three season porches full walk up attic concrete basement near N. MAIN close to GEN HOSP, St Stans Church. Quiet 1-way str & neighborhood newly painted thru out new kit cab stained glass window in LR hardwood thru out needs ﬁnish or carpet, 5 ceiling fans,Bonus toilet in basement new windows Reasonable oﬀers consid, OUT OF FLOOD AREA Owner wants SOLD

$60,000 MLS#11-1779

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$54,900 MLS#12-706

Great single family with garage and oﬀ street parking. Close to town. Jacuzzi room, hardwood ﬂoors, cozy kitchen. There is also a package deal which is a portfolio of multiplehomes that is available at a discounted price. Call Alice for details 570.954.1900

$40,500 MLS#11-5656

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Lots of potential with this 1/2 double located in the Rolling Mill Hill section of Wilkes-Barre. Plenty of storage with a walk up attic, newer roof and a nice yard.

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LEHMAN

Excellent - better than new patio home! 1st flr living w/3 BR, 2 baths, DR, FR w/FP & cathedral ceiling, all in golf community. MLS#122241W $224,900

Two-story Townhomes

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$174,500

64 Crisman Street, Forty Fort

$119,000 MLS#12-1282

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Lovely 3 BR, 1.5 BA bi-level in immaculate condition in Liberty Hills development. Mod., eat-in kitchen with slider to deck, 2 FP, LL family room w/ French doors to patio, 2 zone gas heat, 2 car garage, landscaping and a very large back lot (1.17 acres) with stream on separate deed for privacy. Directions: From W-B take S. Main St., L on East St. Mary Rd. (pass cemetery) approx. 1/2 mile to Liberty Hill Development. L into entrance, R on Redcoat Lane, house on R.

$59,900

28 Carverton Road, Shavertown, PA Phone: 696.2600 ext. 207 Fax: 696.0677 Direct: 696.6569 cpieczynski@poggi-jones.com www.poggi-jones.com

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(570) 675-4400

Stunning craftsman-style home cradled on 11+ acres complete w/ pond, stream & rolling meadows in pristine condition. Great room w/ stone FP & warm wood walls is one of the focal points of this home. Oﬀers modern kitchen, formal DR & FR. Wrap-around porch overlooks property, recently built 3-car garage w/guest quarters above, invisible dog fence, and HOME WARRANTY on property. MLS#11-1741. Only $499,000

Stunning 3,900 sq. ft., 4 BR, 4 BTH executive home in a great neighborhood. Oﬀers formal LR, DR, 2 Family Rooms, Florida Room, and KIT any true chef would adore. Picture perfect condition. The basement is heated by a separate system. SELLER PROVIDING HOME WARRANTY. MLS#11-1005. MLS#11 1005 Only $349,900

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Have you always dreamed of owning a lakefront home? Don’t miss the opportunity to own this stunning 3,000 sq.ft. 3 bedroom 3 bath home w/100’ lakefront w/dock. Oﬀers attractive Florida room w/vaulted ceiling overlooking the lake, plus formal LR w/FP, DR, FR w/FP, den & 2-car garage. Power boat for waterskiing & jetskiing permitted. MLS#12-959. Only $349,900

Enjoy panoramic views from this stunning 3 BR, 2 BA hideaway cradled on 9 acres just 20 minutes from town. Heated 3 bay detached garage (20x40), as well as 3 bay built-in garage. Inground pool w/gas & solar heat with 12x18’ cabana. There are add’l outbuildings & fruit trees. Schedule an appt. today. MLS#12-1800. Only $289,900

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106 ACRES W/HOME & 80 ACRE POND One of a kind paradise with many possibilities. Taxed in Wyoming County, all mineral Rights included. Asking $425,000 Call CINDY KING 570-690-2689

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110 Front St. This well-maintained 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths bilevel home is in move in condition. Spacious eat-in kitchen with custom cabinets, tile floor and counters. Unique lower level family room with wood burning fireplace, office space. laundry/bath combo. Plenty of storage including an 8X6 cedar closet. Outdoor space has covered patio, columned carport and well manicured partially fenced yard. Detached large garage. For more info & photos, go to www.atlasrealtyinc.com NEW PRICE $189,900 MLS# 12-2053 Call Angie at 570-885-4896 Terry at 570-885-3041

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4 Bedroom Colonial Home in Pocono Ridge Estates. Large 2 Car Garage, Paved Driveway, Electric Heat & Central Air, 1.5 Baths, Large Eat in Kitchen & Dining Room. Double Deck with Hot Tub. Low Taxes. Great Pittston Area Schools. Call 570-212-1404

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Great starter home in convenient location. Bi-Level. 3 bedrooms with hardwood floors, 1 and 3/4 bathrooms and 1-car heated garage. Near VA Hospital, casino, highways, etc. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS # 12-2622 Directions: Traveling South on RT 315; Left on Mundy St; Left on Bear Creek Blvd; Left on ODonnell St. Home is on the right. Call Keri Best 570-885-5082

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63 Clarks Lane 3 story Townhome with 2 bedrooms, 3 baths, plenty of storage with 2 car built in garage. Modern kitchen and baths, large room sizes and deck. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-4567 $139,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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Nice 2 story home sits high & dry on side of Plymouth Mountain. Large eat in kitchen, living room, dining room, oil hotwater baseboard heat. Nice yard, wrap around porch. Directions: Main Street, Plymouth to Coal Street, over small bridge to 1st hard left onto Smith Row-house on right. MLS# 12-2256 $50,000 Call Lynda (570) 696-5418

Smith Hourigan Group 570-696-1195 14 Pine Road Lovely brick home in great development. Hardwood floors, 2 car garage, newer roof, large laundry room with office space, covered back porch, large Family room on first floor with fireplace, possible 3rd Bedroom over garage. 12-2688. $198,000 Call Nancy Answini Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444

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Roomy 2 bedroom single with eat-in kitchen, tile bath, gas heat & 2 car detached garage. Priced to sell at $33,000 MLS 11-2653 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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This 4 bedroom 2 story has a full bath on the 1st floor and rough in for bath on 2nd floor. An enclosed side patio from the kitchen dinette area & side drive are a big plus. MLS 12-553 Only $24,900 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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PRINGLE

2 story, 3 bedroom home. New bath, new furnace & new central air, all appliances included. Hardwood floors downstairs, carpet upstairs. Great yard. Out of the flood zone. Nice neighborhood. By appointment only. Call 570-287-1029

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1610 Westminster Road. DRASTIC PRICE REDCTION Paradise found! Your own personal retreat, small pond in front of yard, private setting only minutes from everything. Log cabin chalet with 3 bedrooms, loft, stone fireplace, hardwood floors. Detached garage with bonus room. Lots to see. Watch the snow fall in your own “cabin in the woods.” For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-319 $279,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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The best of both worlds. If you crave privacy, consider this 4 bedroom, 3 bath raised ranch on a 4.96 acre wooded lot. A tree lined driveway leads to this spacious 3,300 square foot home. MLS# 12-1407 only $185,000 Adjoining 1+ acre with deeded lake front available for $50,000. Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-3801

Open House Sunday July 29th from 12-2pm 308 Stephanie Drive Attractive Brick Front Ranch with 3 Bedrooms, gas heat, Sunroom, attached garage, large yard, shed. Hardwood floors under rugs. Great location. New windows. Basement can easily be finished. Well Maintained. MLS# 121911 PRICE REDUCED $139,900 Call Nancy Palumbo 570-714-9240

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Midway Manor Ranch 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, family room, 3 season porch, gas heat, central a/c, 2 car garage. 12-1935 $177,000 Besecker Realty 570-675-3611 SHAVERTOWN

CHARM is what you will find in this home. Beautiful original rustic floors, warm coal fire place, option of having 1st floor bedroom, den, office, your own personal get away space. whatever you need. Come put your personal touches in this great value. Sold as is inspection for buyers information only. MLS 12-2152 $69,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

Wonderful home in convenient location features spacious formal rooms, beautiful hardwood floors, & grand stone fireplaces. Kitchen opens to bright sunroom/ breakfast area. 4 large bedrooms, office & 2 baths on 2nd floor. Charming wrap around porch offers views of large property with mature oak and pines. MLS#11-528 $499,000 Call Rhea 570-696-6677

NEW PRICE!!! Well maintained raised ranch in Midway Manor. Good size level yard with shed. Large sunroom / laundry addition. Lower level family room with wood stove. $139,900 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

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57 Sara Drive Bright & open floor plan. This 7 year old home offers premium finishes throughout, beautiful kitchen with granite tops, walk-out lower level finished with 3/4 bath - french doors out to private 1.16 acre lot. MLS# 12-1617 $432,000 Call Geri 570-696-0888

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Street Out of flood zone! Large, 2 story frame with 2, three bedroom apartments. Off street parking, Large, dry basement, oil heat, large front porch and yard, also 4 room cottage, with garage in the rear of the same property. $85,000. Great home and/or rental. Please call 570-542-4489 SHICKSHINNY

130 Marvin Rd. Fantastic LOG HOME W/GREAT VIEWS**from Rear Deck, 4 Bedrooms 2 Bath on 1.55 Acres. Beautiful Landscaping. 12-1489 $199,000 570-675-4400

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Very nice Ranch home with 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, kitchen, dining room & living room. Plus propane fireplace in living room, french doors in dining room and large deck with a view. $159,900 MLS 12-287 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141 SUGARLOAF

OPEN HOUSE Sunday, July 29th, 2 - 3:30 Beautiful well kept home in a great area. Plenty of room for all your needs. Hardwood floors under the carpet. 30,000 btu Fireplace in living room. Need to relax, sit on the 11.8 x 21 ft deck and just enjoy your surroundings. This home has so much to offer. MLS 12-1872 $157,750 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

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Totally remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on 1 acre with large family room on lower level. property has small pond and joins state game lands. Reduced! $129,900 Could be FHA financed. MLS# 11-4085 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141 SWOYERSVILLE

187 Shoemaker St. Adorable 3 bedroom, 1 bath, Cape Cod. Completely remodeled inside and out. Hardwood floors throughout, duct work in place for central air installation. Back yard deck for summer cook outs and much, much more. Not a drive by! MLS 12-1595 $142,500 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

SWOYERSVILLE

44 Bohac Street Lovely Cape Cod home, with vinyl siding, totally remodeled and re-wired, 2 bedrooms, 1 on 1st floor, off street parking and huge yard. Newer roof & replacement windows, includes newer stainless steel appliances. This home is a gem, is a must see! $134,000 Also listed on Craigslist and Zillow.com Call 570-299-7158

SWOYERSVILLE Large yard, quiet

neighborhood. 2 bedrooms, dining & living rooms, unfinished basement. $51,000. Call (570)704-9446 SWOYERSVILLE

REDUCED!!! 78 Maltby Ave. Wonderful family home in a great neighborhood. A large master suite and family room addition make this home a must see! There is an inground pool and attached in-law suite. MLS 11-4572 $195,000 Call Kelly Connolly-Cuba EXT. 37 Crossin Real Estate 570-288-0770

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If you crave privacy, consider this stunning, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 story traditional cradled on a 2 acre lot. Ultra modern kitchen with breakfast area, great room with cathedral ceiling & fireplace, formal dining room & bonus room over 2 car garage. Only $299,000. MLS# 12-679 Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-0883 LEWITH & FREEMAN 570-696-3801

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157 Carverton Rd. Enjoy country living with scenic views just minutes from 309. This 2,030 sq ft Colonial offers an oak kitchen with new Jennaire gas range, family room with fireplace leading to a spacious rear deck, Formal dining room, 4 bedrooms and 2/1/2 baths plus a 2 car garage. The basement has a work shop area and can easily be turned into additional living area. $195,000 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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WEST PITTSTON $72,000

221 Maple St. Beautiful 4 bedroom Back Mtn. home with natural woodwork, pocketdoors, ceiling fans & great light. Sit on 1 or 2 screened rear porches and enjoy awesome views or sit on your front porch in this great neighborhood! Don’t forget the above ground pool with deck. MLS 12-1699 $149,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 TRUCKSVILLE REDUCED!!

3 bedroom, 2.5 bath log sided Ranch on almost 2 acres. Lower level is 3/4 finished. Reduced! $195,000 MLS-11-4038 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

4 Oliver Road Located in the back part of Oliver Road in a very private part of North Lake in Sweet Valley. Yearning to be restored, lake front cape cod in a very tranquil setting was formerly used as a summer home. MLS 11-2113 $93,500 Jay Crossin CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 ext. 23

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3 bedroom, one bath home with extra large kitchen. Has newer gas furnace. Was not flooded in Sept. 2011. Why rent when you can own your own home? Interest rates will probably never be lower. If you’re employed and have good credit don’t wait, buy now! For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2837 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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Nice double block, not in the flood area! 3 vehicle detached garage, off-street parking for 4 vehicles, front & rear porches, patio, fenced yard, nice & private. Home also has central air, #410 is updated & in very good condition, modern kitchen & bath. Kitchen has oak cabinets, stainless steel refrigerator, center aisle, half bath on 1st floor & 4th bedroom on 3rd floor. Both sides have hardwood floors on 2nd floor. MLS#12-737 $169,900 Louise Laine 283-9100 x20

Well maintained 3 bedroom home with 1.5 baths. Home has newly remodeled kitchen with Brazilian cherry hardwood floors. Pantry off kitchen that leads to new ½ bath. In-ground pool. 2-car detached garage. #12-2545 $129,900 Call Christine Pieczynski 696-6569

696-2600

WILKES-BARRE $139,900

WEST PITTSTON

570-283-9100 WHITE HAVEN

510 Fourth St. A nice 2 story, 3 bedroom home in the Wyoming Area school district. Corner lot. Out of the flood zone. MLS 12-1616 $79,000 Jackie Roman EXT 39 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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18 Circle Ave. Relax and enjoy the beautiful view of Lily Lake right from your sunroom in this quiet lake community. Entire home redone In 2005, beautiful hardwood floors, central air, skylights, coal stove, small pond and so much more. Perfect for all year round or a weekend/summer getaway. Off street parking for 2 vehicles. MLS 12-1892 $145,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Tilbury Terrace 69 Tilbury Ave All brick, 3 bedroom ranch, large wooded lot, large rooms with beautiful Parquet hardwood floors, plaster walls/ceilings, full walk-up floored attic, full basement with concrete walls & floor, wine cellar, washer/dryer, workshop areas, 2 car attached garage. Quiet, friendly neighborhood, $179,000. ROTHSTEIN REALTORS 1-888-244-2714

Great Rancher in move-in condition, 3 bedroom, hardwood floors, modern eat-in kitchen, garage, no flood. PRICE REDUCED! $152,000 12-1399 Call Nancy Answini Joe Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444

TILBURY TERRACE Tilbury Avenue Superb 3 bedroom single. Hardwood floors, fireplace, garage. Well maintained. Great Neighborhood. Affordable at $209,500. Towne & Country Real Estate Co. 570-735-8932 570-542-5708

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51 Flood Drive Parsons Manor Beautiful Townhouse in great condition. Very spacious with large rooms, one car garage and basement storage. 3 bedrooms. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2292 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

WILKES-BARRE (Riverside Park) Corner of Dagobert and Gordon Ave.

2 bedroom modular rancher (large master bedroom) with a 20x 22 family room and a woodburner. Paneled interior. 10x12 three season porch. Carport. 2 driveways. Many extras.(FHA: $2,415 down, $389/month, 3.875% interest, 30 years.) $69,000 MLS# 12-2092 Ask for Bob Kopec. Humford Realty, Inc. 570-822-5126 WILKES-BARRE

NEW LISTING! Beautifully restored Cape Cod located on a lovely tree lined street. Ultra modern kitchen has granite counter tops, tiled floors and washer dryer hook-up. Three bedrooms, 2 baths, new gas furnace, water heater and electrical. Quality laminate flooring throughout first floor. Large master bedroom suite on 2nd floor has a walk-in closet, a cedar closet and adjoining office/exercise room or a 4th bedroom. #12-2753 $149,900 Karen Bernardi 283-9100 x31

Priced to sell in Woodhaven Estates! This well maintained home located in the Crestwood School District offers features such as, covered deck and lower deck leading to the pool, ductless A/C, zoned heating system, oversized heated 2car garage in addition to the built-in garage. Finished lower level with recreation room, workshop and ½ bath laundry area. The list goes on, come and take a look! Owners are ready to move, are you? MLS#12-872 $199,900 Jill Jones direct: 696-6550

Need a huge home with dual function??? look here, we have it for you. This large 5 bedroom home with plenty of space and rooms to personalize however you need. Updated kitchen, wood floors and nice yard. This home is zoned Residential with commercial function! This is a one stop shop home. Don't miss out. MLS 12-2215 $128,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

696-2600 WHITE-HAVEN 501 Birch Lane

WILKES-BARRE

696-2600

WEST PITTSTON

Split level, stone exterior, multi-tiered deck, bluestone patio, flood damaged, being sold as is condition. $73,500 CALL DONNA 570-613-9080

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WEST PITTSTON $49,900

329 Wyoming Ave. Flooded in Sept. 2011, being sold as is. Great potential in this 4 bedroom 2 3/4 bath house. Off street parking. For more info and photos visit: www.atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-716 Call Tom 570-262-7716

Nice home with double lot in Hickory Hill community. Great bi-level with open floor plan and plenty of space for all your needs. Serene wooded lot and a stream that run trough it. Make this your seasons home or your permanent place to call home. House sold as is,Inspections for buyers information only. MLS 12-2385 $107,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

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WEST NANTICOKE

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408 Cragle Hill Rd. This is a very well kept Ranch home on 6 acres, central air, rear patio and 1 car garage. This is a 3 parcel listing. MLS 11-4273 $154,900 Jackie Roman 570-288-0770 Ext. 39 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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16 Birch Street Great home in Hudson Gardens. 4 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, central a/c, new roof & windows, newly painted, screened porch, family room with fireplace and bar. 12-2688 $172,000 Call Nancy Answini Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444

Dallas School District. Cape Cod home with cherry kitchen, stainless steel appliances, tile and Corian, family room with pellet stove, office on first floor, 2 bedrooms up and one on first; deck, in-ground pool with heat pump, fenced yard, 2-car detached garage. Solar credits on electric costs. Call my direct number 696-6565, office number is 6962600 ext. 210. Priced to sell at $219.900. MLS# 122267 Maribeth Jones.

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PITTSTON

Completely renovated in 2008, This two-story sits on a private alley lot. Central air and maple hardwood floors throughout. $98,000 Call Ed Appnel 570-817-2500 570-654-1490

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Beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 bath. Enjoy the amenities of a private lake, boating, basketball courts, etc. The home has wood floors and carpeting throughout. French doors in the kitchen that lead you out to the large rear deck for entertaining. The backyard has 2 utility sheds for storage MLS 12-1695 $179,900 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

WILKES BARRE

Beautiful large ranch in a great area of WilkesBarre, Lovely Riverside park. This brick ranch offers a 2 car garage, serene backyard with inground pool, large rooms, finished lower level with kitchen and bar, screened in porch, family room and on just about a half acre. Come take a look at your new home! House sold as is, inspection for buyer information only. MLS 12-2451 $220,000 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

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Townhouse For Sale! Ledgeview Estates 1, 800 square feet. Large eat-in kitchen tile throughout, granite countertops, walk-out deck, living room with hardwood floors, fully finished basement with gas fireplace & sliding glass doors to patio, 2nd floor laundry. 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms with tile, central air conditioning/gas heat. Asking $174,900 Please call Marissa @ 570-430-9324 if interested!

120 Darling Street MOVE IN READY Just listed! Only $42,000 Cheaper than rent. Gas heat, small yard, 2 bedrooms plus additional flex room. Updated kitchen and bath. Screened in porches. Great home! Looking for offers! MLS# 12-2321 Call Theresa Vacendak directly @ 650-5872 for showing or information.

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Come invest your time for a great return. Fixer Upper in a nice location, nice neighborhood out of the flood zone. Offers 4 bedrooms and a beautiful large lot. Don’t miss out Call for your showing today. MLS 12-432 $25,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824

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13 Darling St.

Beautifully maintained 2-story home with 3 bedrooms and 1 and 3/4 bathrooms. Oak floors throughout with chestnut woodwork. Cherry kitchen, stained glass windows, french doors, fireplace and a 3season porch all situated in a countrylike setting in the heart of the city. Huge attic can be converted into master suite or 4th or 5th bedroom. Off street parking. Convenient location. Nothing to do but move in! Must see. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS #12-2620 $99,900 Directions: Traveling south on North River Rd; Left at light at Courthouse onto West North St, Left onto Darling St. Home is in the right. atlas realtyinc.com Call Keri Best 570-885-5082

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210 Academy St. Large grand home. Open concept downstairs, 1 st floor laundry, lots of closet space, fenced in back yard, extra large driveway. Garage with floor pit, auto garage door opener. 60 amp subpanel, walk up attic. Loads of potential. MLS 12-1268 $115,000 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

46 Barney Street Well - maintained three bedroom home with a large yard. Great starter home! 12-2390 $64,500 Darcy J. Gollhardt Realtor 570-262-0226 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-718-4959 Ext. 1352

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240 Sheridan St. Cute home just waiting for your personal touch. Looking to downsize? Well this is the one for you. 2nd floor could be finished, along with the basement. If you are a handyman you have to see this home. MLS 12-1481 $42,000 Roger Nenni EXT 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

Great 4 bedroom home with new kitchen, furnace and bath. Laundry room off kitchen. Newer windows and roof. Hardwood on first floor. Off street parking. Older one car garage. Walk up attic. MLS 11-1478 $59,000 Call Nancy Answini 570-237-5999 JOSEPH P. GILROY REAL ESTATE 570-288-1444 WILKES-BARRE 74 Frederick St

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15 Amherst Ave PRICE REDUCED! Own for less than your apartment rent! Freshly painted 4 Bedroom Dutch Colonial sports a brand new roof & is handicap accessible with wheelchair ramp in rear. 1st floor has Master Bedroom & 3/4 bath with walk-in shower, modern kitchen with breakfast bar, computer room & 1st floor laundry. Great neighborhood walking distance to schools, colleges & bus rte. Come in & see what this great house has to offer. MLS 12-216 REDUCED! $75,900 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959 WILKES-BARRE

16 Sullivan St. Large 5 bedroom home with a newer roof, new gas furnace, modern kitchen and baths. Close to Central City. MLS 12-1171 $60,000 Charles J. Prohaska Ext. 35 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

173 Austin Ave. Completely remodeled home in the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre. Updates include high efficiency gas furnace and electric hot water heater, kitchen w/laundry, drywall, paint, recessed lights, doors, tile, carpet, Pergo flooring, andwindows. MLS 12-2566 $85,000 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

2 Story, 3 bedrooms, 1 & 1/2 bath single family. Large eat-in kitchen, 1st floor laundry, hardwood floors, newer furnace & water heater, 1 car garage. Off street parking. Quiet one way street. $49,900 MLS 11-4171 Call Jim Banos Coldwell Banker Rundle 570-991-1883

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For sale by owner Located in Wilkes Barre city. 65 Reno Lane Currently rented with a great tenant. Entire home was remodeled 10 years ago, including new plumbing, electric, drywall, and is appraised at $55,000. Features 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 6 rooms total. Partial unfinished basement, with gas heat, and yard with wood deck. All this for $40,000 Great investment property. owner will help with closing!! Rent income is $650.00 agents welcome. Call 570-814-3666

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Handyman Special Extra large duplex with 7 bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace, screened porch, full basement and 2 car garage on double lot in Wilkes-Barre City. $58,000. ERA BRADY ASSOCIATES 570-836-3848 WILKES-BARRE

254 Sheridan St Nice Bright Traditional with modern ceramic eat-in kitchen & tiled bath, most windows replaced, built-in garage & deep yard. Very convenient to schools, shopping and highways. MLS 12-1512. $74,900. CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959

This very nice 2 story, 3 bedroom, 1 bath home has a large eat in kitchen for family gatherings. A great walk up attic for storage and the home is in move-in condition. MLS 11-1612 $63,900 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340 WILKES-BARRE

285 Blackman St Great property. Priced to sell quickly and in move-in condition! Easy access to Interstate 81 & shopping! 11-3215 $36,500 570-675-4400

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Just on the market this 2 story offers a modern kitchen, formal dining room, 1st floor laundry plus 2/3 bedrooms On 2nd floor. Affordably priced at $ 27,900 MLS 12-50 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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NEW! HUGE! Remodeled 4 bedroom, 2 story home, previously had 3 additional bedrooms on heated 3rd floor, gas fireplace, fenced yard, eat in kitchen, large rooms. A must see! Only $75,900. Deremer Realty 570-477-1149 WILKES-BARRE

302 Parrish St Warm and Welcome! This lovely well maintained home features 3 bedrooms with large closets, spacious kitchen and low taxes! 12-2296 $44,200 Brenda Suder 570-332-8924 RE/MAX PRECISION PROPERTIES 570-824-9800

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89 Conwell Street Well maintained 2 story home with a finished lower level and a gas fireplace. New carpets and a walk-up attic, great for storage. $60,000 MLS# 11-4529 Call Michael Nocera

Nice 3 bedroom, 1 bath home, with 3 season porch and detached 1 car garage. Good starter home in well established neighborhood. Family owned for many years. $59,900 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832

SMITH HOURIGAN GROUP 570-696-5412 WILKES-BARRE 35 Hillard St. Hardwood floors, fenced in yard, large deck. Off street parking. 3 bedroom home with 1st floor laundry. Move in condition. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1655 $76,500 Colleen Turant 570-237-0415

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37 Lynch Lane Add some TLC and this large 2 story home could be the gem it once was. Off street parking, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Priced to sell in quiet neighborhood. Being sold in ”as is” condition. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-2634 $38,500 Call Michele 570-905-2336

Beautifully maintained 3 story home, features hardwood floors, built-in cabinet, five plus bedrooms, office, 3 bathrooms and stained glass windows. All measurements are approximate. 12-1081 $99,900 Call Tracy McDermott Realty 570-696-2468

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Nicely remodeled fully rented Duplex, near schools, hospital, parks & bus route. Separate utilities and off street parking. MLS 12599 $96,500. CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959

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191 Andover St. Lovely single family 3 bedroom home with lots of space. Finished 3rd floor, balcony porch off of 2nd floor bedroom, gas hot air heat, central air and much more. Must see! MLS 11-59 $54,900 Jay A. Crossin 570-288-0770 Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE REDUCED

NEW LISTING! Large home that is bright and open. Newly remodeled kitchen and bathrooms. Home has 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room and a laundry room on 1st floor. Plenty of room for off-street parking in back of the large lot. Pergo flooring throughout the lower level, new tile backsplash in the main bathroom. #12-2524 $64,900 Call Chris Jones to schedule your showing! 696-6558

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484 Madison St. Well kept home with finished basement. Move in condition with plenty of rooms, new Pergo floors on 2nd floor and fenced in yard. Newer roof and furnace approximately 10 years old. MLS 12-1291 $74,900 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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60 Kulp St. 3-4 bedroom, 2 story home with well kept hardwood floors throughout. Private driveway with parking for 2 cards and nearly all replacement windows. MLS 11-2897 $59,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

Looking for a home with 5 bedrooms or mother in-law apartment, this is the home for you! This property has many amenities, a privacy rear fence with a concrete rear patio (23’ x23’), large storage building (23’ x 18’). Off-street parking for 2 vehicles, rear porches on 2nd and 3rd floor. Home has 9 rooms, 2 modern baths, 2 modern kitchens with plenty of cabinets. Replacement windows, newer roof, natural woodwork in living room and dining room. Property is close to all amenities including playground across the street, Dan Flood School, Coughlin High School, General Hospital, Kings College, churches and shopping. #12-1763 $69,900 Louise Laine 283-9100 x20

Nice, clean 3 bedroom, 6 room home in very good condition, parking at rear for 3+ vehicles, newer rear porch with trees shading porch. Side lot is nicely landscaped, 2nd floor has rear porch off bedroom. Large storage area on 2nd floor which can be converted to a 2nd bathroom. Replacement windows throughout, natural woodwork on 1st floor and stairs. Kitchen remodeled with new stove and dishwasher. #12-2213 $59,000 Louise Laine 2839100 x20

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332 Academy St. Charming 3 bedroom Ranch with unique upgrades including polished concrete countertops in kitchen, and a lovely built in gas fireplace in living room. Up to date landscaping, fenced in yard and above ground pool and hot tub. MLS 12-2441 $99,900 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

45 Marlborough Ave Nice brick front Ranch on corner lot. 3 bedrooms, 1 full and (2) 1/2 baths. Finished basement, breezeway to 2 car garage. Fenced yard and central air. MLS 12-1612 New price $105,000 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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$74,900 Cute little home in very nice neighborhood with 4 bedrooms, large yard and 2 car garage. MLS #12-2614. For more information and photos, visit atlasrealtyinc.co m Call Charlie 829-6200 VM 101

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25 St. Mary’s St. 3,443 sq. ft. masonry commercial building with warehouse/office and 2 apartments with separate electric and heat. Perfect for contractors or anyone with storage needs. For more information and photos log onto www.atlas realtyinc.com. Reduced to $89,000 MLS #10-3872 Call Charlie 570-829-6200 VM 101

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ASHLEY

100 Ashley St. Well maintained 3 unit building with extra $50 per month from garage with electric. Off street parking for 4 cars and fenced in yard. Back porches on both levels. Fully rented. Let rental income pay for this property. Must see! MLS 12-1746 $109,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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110 Ashley St. Very nice duplex with off street parking and nice yard. Enclosed porch on 1st floor and 2 exits on 2nd. Fully rented. Great return on your investment. Rent pays your mortgage. Don’t miss out MLS 12-1745 $89,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

AVOCA $79,900

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1255 Laurel Run Rd. Bear Creek Twp., large commercial garage/warehouse on 1.214 acres with additional 2 acre parcel. 2 water wells. 2 newer underground fuel tanks. May require zoning approval. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-208 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

DUPONT $79,900

DUPONT $89,900

129 Lampman St. Side by side double block home with 3 bedrooms each side, separate utilities. Includes 2 extra lots. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2253 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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238 Main St. Multi Family Investment Property Great opportunity for the experienced investor. Property is large with parking for at least 9 cars. Extra lot, one office and 2 apartments. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2315 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

DURYEA $39,900

93 Main St. Four units. 3 residential and one storefront.Great corner location, flood damaged home being sold as is. For more info visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1948 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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33-37 Church St. 4 unit investment property close to shopping and bus routes.Off street parking and large yard. Includes 2 laundry rooms. MLS 12-2383 $119,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Lawrence St. Nice 3 unit property. Lots of off street parking and bonus 2 car garage. All units are rented. Great income with low maintenance. $139,900 MLS# 10-2675 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

100 Union St. Great location in high traffic area. Completely remodeled and updated. Professional space. Move in ready with office furniture included in price. Reception area, eat in kitchen and outside deck. MLS 12-2784 $85,000 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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1012 Wyoming Ave. SUPER LOCATION Needs work. Priced to sell. Great for your small business or offices. Very high traffic count. Property is being sold IN AS IS CONDITION. Inspections for buyers information only. Property needs rehab. MLS 11-4267 $84,900 Roger Nenni 570-288-0770 Ext. 32 Crossin Real Estate 570-288-0770 FORTY FORT

107 River St. Large 3 unit apartment building with off street parking for several cars. 3rd floor newly remodeled. Hardwood floors. Large yard, newer furnace and great location. Fully rented. Good investment propertY. MLS 12-2017 $199,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 FORTY FORT

100 Lincoln St. MULTI FAMILY 3 bedroom home with attached apartment and beauty shop. Apartment is rented. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-941 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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573 Coon Road This 100+ year old Victorian comes with a lot of amenities inside and out on 6 acres of Country living. Indoor pool, wine cellar, patio, 4 car garage and much more. Property is being sold “as is”. MLS 12-1676 $329,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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1301 Murray St. 2 family duplex. Fully rented. Vinyl sided, 2 car garage, off street parking. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2028 $118,000 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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NEW LISTING! Convenient location! Near General Hospital. Large kitchen and spacious living room highlight this two-story home. Double wide lot with detached garage and driveway. Home has a newer roof and furnace and a nice backyard with plenty of room. Call today to see this home! #12-2523 $49,900 Chris Jones 6966558

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39 W. Chestnut St. Lots of room in this single with 3 floors of living space. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath with hardwood floors throughout, natural woodwork, all windows have been replaced, laundry/pantry off of kitchen. 4x10 entry foyer, space for 2 additional bedrooms on the 3rd floor. Roof is new. MLS 11-325 $59,900 Jay A. Crossin 570-288-0770 Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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19 Lawrence St. Very well kept 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath 2 story with family room, enclosed back porch and fenced in back yard. Nice layout with lots of closet space. Modern kitchen, laundry 1st floor. Replacement windows and much more! MLS 12-1325 $72,000 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Beautifully maintained double block on large landscaped lot. Newer roof and windows, hardwood under carpet, ceiling fans, plaster walls and ample off street parking. Live in one side and let rent from other side help pay your mortgage. Must see! $108,000 Call CHRISTINE KUTZ for details 570-332-8832

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77 Schuler St. Newly renovated with new windows, door flooring, etc. “Goose Island” gem. Large home with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, screened in porch overlooking fenced in yard, driveway, laminate floors throughout. Fresh paint, move in condition. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-845 $99,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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COMMERCIAL Restaurant/bar for sale! 8,525 square feet. Turn key with seating for 125, bar area seats 24, all equipment is included in sale, fixtures, two-walk-in coolers, furnishing, kitchen equipment, liquor license. Two apartments with long term tenants. Gas heat, handicap accessible, high traffic area. MLS# 11-4332 Call Maribeth Jones, direct number 6966565, office 6962600 ext. 210. $475,000

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299 Rutter Ave. Large well maintained Duplex on a corner lot in Kingston. 2 bedrooms each unit, separate gas heat and off street parking for multiple cars. New roof, water heater and freshly painted exterior. A really nice property! MLS 12-2447 $139,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON

366 Pierce Street (corner lot). 1,300 sq. ft. concrete block commercial building on a 90 x 145 lot. Central air conditioning. Paved parking for 25 cars. Presently a pizza business, but land can be used for multiple uses (bank building, offices, etc.). MLS 12-1279. $325,000 Bob Kopec HUMFORD REALTY 570-822-5126 KINGSTON

64-66 Dorrance St. 3 units, off street parking with some updated Carpets and paint. $1500/ month income from long time tenants. W/d hookups on site. MLS 11-3517 $99,900 Call Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON 7 Hoyt St

Nice duplex zoned commercial, can be used for offices as well as residential. All separate utilities. Keep apt. space or convert to commercial office space. Adjacent lot for sale by same owner. MLS 11-2176 $79,900 Jay A. Crossin CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 ext. 23 KINGSTON REDUCED

JENKINS TWP. $154,900

55 1/2 Main St. Newer side by side double with separate utilities, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths each side. Buy with 3 1/2% down and low FHA mortgage rate if you live in one side. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1851 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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140 Wyoming Ave. Location, Location, Location! Great space in high traffic area. Was used for professional business with a gun shop occupying a small portion of the building. Only the gun shop is occupied. OSP for approximately 11 cars. MLS 12-1735 $299,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 5770-288-0770

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341 Wyoming Ave. 3 story Victorian located in a high exposure area. Has all the lovely signature woodwork of a grand Victorian of yesteryear! Can be restored for use as a residential home or a landlord investment. Currently subdivided into multiple office spaces and 2 apartments. MLS 12-617 REDUCED $169,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON REDUCED

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PITTSTON

109-111 Welles St. 2 properties for the price of o ne! A 3 unit apartment building and a detached 2 bedroom home. Apartment building consists of a 3 bedroom 1/2 double and two 3 room apartments. Separate utilities. Electric heat in rear home. Bran new roof and other updates. MLS 12-2015 $119,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

65 1/2 Center St. Two homes on one lot. Both rented. Great income potential. For more info visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1898 $72,000 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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NANTICOKE 388 Schuyler Ave. Well cared for Duplex in great location. 1st floor has new bathroom and large kitchen, 2nd floor has all new carpeting and long term tenant. Large lot and off street parking for 2 cars. Separate furnaces and electricity, Make an offer! MLS 12-1125 $94,900 Call Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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130-132 E. State St. Nice four units with 1-3 bedroom, 1-2 bedroom, 2-1 bedrooms. All appliances plus coin operated washer /dryer. Newer rubber roof with several new windows. Gas furnace and hot water heaters, fully occupied. City license and occupancy permits issued. $145,000 Call 570-542-5610

NANTICOKE

68 William St. Great investment property with 3 units and separate utilities. Each unit has 2 entrances and washer hook up. Roof is 5 years old. For more info visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-1897 $69,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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PITTSTON 155 Sharpe St. Nice duplex with separate electric and water. Off street parking in rear. Also listed as residential. See list #12-609 for additional photos. MLS 12-605 $74,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 LEASE SPACE

21-23 Spring Street Very nice 6 unit with 2 bedrooms each. Well maintained with new roofs & windows. Coin operated washer/dryer. Fully occupied, city license & occupancy permits issued. Off street parking available. $235,000 Call 570-542-5610

Duplex. Aluminum siding, oil heat, semi - modern kitchens, long term tenant. On a spacious 50’ x 150’ lot. Motivated Seller. REDUCED. $33,260 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

NANTICOKE 570-288-6654 Kingston Wellness Center / professional offices. -Modern Decor and Loft Style Offices -Four Lane Street Frontage -100+ Parking -Established Professional & Wellness Businesses On-Site -Custom Leases Available -Triple Net Spaces Available: 600SF, 1400SF, 2610SF, and 4300SF. 4300SF Warehouse Space available Built to Suit. Call Cindy 570-690-2689 www.cindykingre.com

PITTSTON

264-266 E. State St. Unique, charming 5 units, 1-3 bedroom, 3-2 bedrooms, 1-1 bedroom, most with remodeled kitchens and bathrooms. Appliances and air conditioners. Well maintained with newer roofs and porches. Fully occupied, city license and occupancy permits. issued. $155,000. Call 570-542-5610

NANTICOKE

FOR SALE 5 Unit Money Maker Available immediately. Fully rented, leases on all five units. Separate utilities, new roof in 2007, 3 new gas furnaces, off street parking for 6 vehicles, 3 bay garage. Over $29,000 in rents. A true money maker for the serious investor. Must Sell! $140,000. Call Steve at (570)468-2488 PITTSTON PRICED REDUCED NEW PRICE $79,900

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3000 Square Foot Building zoned commercial available for lease. Located in high traffic area. Parking for 20 cars. MLS# 12-1452 PRICE REDUCED! $1500/month Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-0883

LUZERNE COMMERCIAL Over 10,000 square feet of storage space in two buildings…room to build another building…professional, car wash, restaurant, salon, just minutes from the Cross Valley Expressway Exit 6. Survey, storm water/drainage control plan and soil and erosion sedimentation control plan completed if you choose to build a building on this property. MLS# 121647 Call Maribeth Jones, direct number 6966565, office 6962600 ext. 210. REDUCED TO $199,000

930-932 South Hanover Street. Well maintained, nice 6 unit plus single home, 4- 2/3 bedrooms, 2-1 bedroom (furnished) plus 2 bedroom single home. Appliances, 6 gas furnaces and hot water heaters. Oil furnace for single home. Coin operated washer/dryer. New windows, remodeled kitchens and bathrooms. City license and occupancy permits issued. $325,000 Call (570)542-5610 NANTICOKE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL

PRICE REDUCED! Desirable investment opportunity building consist of a vacant storefront which can be used for commercial purposes or remodeled into another apartment. Other units consists of a 3 room apartment and a 6 room, 3 bedroom unit. Close proximity to LCC. Newer roof and furnace, hardwood floors, offstreet parking, corner lot. #11-04019 $39,900 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14

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35 High St. Nice duplex in great location, fully occupied with leases. Good investment property. Separate utilities, newer furnaces, gas and oil. Notice needed to show. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3222 Call Tom 570-262-7716

PLYMOUTH

155 E Walnut St. Good investment property knocking on your door. Don't miss out, come and see for yourself. Also included in the sale of the property is the lot behind the home. Lot size is 25X75, known as 147 Cherry St. $82,000 MLS# 10-2666 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

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259 Shawnee Ave. 6 unit property with one 2 unit building and a 4 unit apartment building. The 2 unit property has been completely rebuilt from frame up in 2010! Very good condition 4 unit building has many updates also. MLS 12-2016 $269,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 SHAVERTOWN

NEW LISTING! COMMERCIAL LEASE 30 Carverton Road, Historic Back Mountain church with modern updates ready for your professional office, retail, antique or craft store. The possibilities are many; property is Zoned B-1. Beautiful tiled entry foyer leads to the reception/cashier area and a waiting room or additional retail space. Along the center open hallway (with vaulted ceiling) are five private offices/rooms, each measuring approximately 10’x10’. There is a storage room and half-bath. The lower level has its own entry (also accessed from the 1st floor) and includes an open office area, a 16’x13’ private office, a room for a mini-kitchen/break room, another half bath and more storage. The building is heated with a 2zone gas system and has a Trane High Efficiency air conditioning system. The property has parking adjacent to the building and directly across the street (a total of 32 spaces with 3 designated for handicap parking). This unique property is listed at $1500/month. Tenant will be responsible for gas, electric and water utilities, along with their furniture, equipment and liability insurance. The owner will pay taxes, DAMA sewer and basic trash/recycling expense and insurance on the building. Photos and other information about this property are available online at www.poggijones.com. CLICK on the link for Commercial and investment properties and enter 12-2089 in the MLS Search. For additional information or to schedule an appointment please contact Walter or Mary Ellen Belchick at 6966566 or email mebelchick@poggijones.com

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134 Ann St. Nice Duplex in a great neighborhood. Low maintenance investors. Money maker right from the start. Unit 2 is owner occupied. Rent is projected. MLS 12-575 $119,000 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

103 W. Chestnut St. 3 unit investment property. Completely remolded in 2010 including new plumbing and electrical service. Each unit has a laundry room. Large fenced yard and fully rented. MLS 12-2381 $119,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

150 Dana St. Completely remodeled! Modern 5 unit property with hardwood flooring and ceramic tile in kitchens and baths. New furnace in 2009. Secure building. Fully rented. Large concrete basement for Owner’s storage, part of which could be used as an efficiency. All services separate. Utilities included in rent for #5 only. Great money maker MLS 12-1740 $319,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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WILKES-BARRE

399-401 Madison St Fully occupied and maintained 4 unit building in nice section of Wilkes-Barre close to General Hospital, schools and public transportation. MLS 12-2460 $99,500 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

62 Hutson St. Duplex in good condition Fenced in yard and back screened porch. Fully rented. Property pays for itself with $$$ left over. Take a look NOW! MLS 12-1747 $59,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

230 Robert St. 5 unit investment property. Remodeled in 2008. Four 1 bedroom units and one 2 1/2 bedroom unit. Off street parking for 3 cars and a private driveway for unit #2. Property has a community laundry room. MLS 12-2382 $219,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WEST PITTSTON

70-72 Sullivan St. Well maintained 4 unit property with enclosed back porches and off street parking for 4 cars. Fully rented. New roof in 2008. Great investment. Make an appointment now! MLS 12-1748 $179,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

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Income & Commercial Properties

WYOMING PRICE REDUCED! $154,900

285 Wyoming Ave. First floor currently used as a shop, could be offices, etc. Prime location, corner lot, full basement. 2nd floor is 3 bedroom apartment plus 3 car garage and parking for 6 cars. For more information and photos go to www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS #10-4339 Call Charlie VM 101

P E N D I N G

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BENTON TOWNSHIP

12.87 acres with well and in ground septic system. Spring. 1000’ trout stream. 60% clear, 40% wooded. Natural gas lease. $150,000. Call 570-925-6018

97 Kado St. Duplex on nice corner lot in quiet neighborhood. A little TLC needed. Could easily be converted to a single family. Motivated seller. MLS 12-1867 $84,900 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

912 Lots & Acreage

KINGSTON

SHICKSHINNY

401-403 Main St. 3 lots together. 2 in Kingston (nice corner paved lot) 1 in Edwardsville (40x60) potential to build with parking or parking for 20-48 vehicles. MLS 12-1465 $75,000 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

Beautiful 2.6 acre building lot located in a setting of mountains, pastures and farmlands. An ideal country setting to build your dream home! #12-2632 $29,900 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14

LAFLIN $32,900 Lot#9 Pinewood Dr

696-2600

Build your new home in a great neighborhood. Convenient location near highways, airport, casino and shopping

156 X 110 X 150 X 45 DIRECTIONS Rt 315

to laflin Rd; make left off Laflin Rd onto Pinewood Dr. Lot is on corner of Pinewood Dr. and Hickorywood Dr. MLS 11-3411 atlas realtyinc.com Call Keri Best 570-885-5082

LARKSVILLE

$129,900 SPECTACULAR WATER VIEW! 2 acres overlooking Huntsville Reservoir. Building site cleared but much of woodlands preserved. Perc & site prep done. Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

DALLAS

1+ acres on Bunker Hill Road. Great views - builder of your choice. Septic and Well required Seller will provide perc test. MLS #11-268 $59,500 Call Rhea at 570-696-6677

Nice country setting close to town for your new home! Lot is 75’ x 107’ with an existing 12’ x 20’ shed. $15,000 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832

LEHMAN 9 Acres on Lehman Outlet Road. 470’ front, over 1,000’ deep. Wooded. $150,000. Call Besecker Realty 570-675-3611

Earth Conservancy Land For Sale 61 +/- Acres Nuangola - $99,000 46 +/- Acres Hanover Twp. $79,000 Highway Commercial KOZ Hanover Twp. 3+/- Acres 11 +/- Acres Wilkes-Barre Twp. 32 +/- Acres Zoned R-3 See additional land for sale at: www.earth conservancy.org 570-823-3445 EDWARDSVILLE Great opportunity! Affordable lot in nice neighborhood just waiting for a home. Close to schools, shopping, etc. Public sewer & water. 11-3767 $14,900 Call Mary Carrano at 570-977-9047 COLDWELL BANKER RUNDLE REAL ESTATE 570 474-2340 HARDING REDUCED $24,900 Mt. Zion Road One acre lot just before Oberdorfer Road. Great place to build your dream home MLS 11-3521 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

Glendale Manor. Walking distance to Crestwood High School. Is already subdivided into six lots . Perfect for a private custom home site or for development. Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832.

MOUNTAIN TOP Several building lots ready to build on! ALL public utilities! Priced from $32,000 to $48,000! Use your own Builder! Call Jim Graham at 570-715-9323

MOUNTAIN TOP Vacant Commercial

Land. Route 309. High traffic location. All utilities.Between St. Jude’s & Walden Park on right. 132’x125’. $46,900 MLS 12-1657 Call Vieve Zaroda (570) 474-6307 Ext. 2772

Smith Hourigan Group 570-474-6307

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LOTS - LOTS - LOTS 1 mile south of L.C.C.C.

JENKINS TOWNSHIP Prestigious

KINGSTON 302-304 Wyoming Avenue One of the only commercial building lots available on Wyoming Ave. Make this extremely busy site the next address of your business. MLS 08-1872 $89,000 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

210’ frontage x 158’ deep. All underground utilities, natural gas. GREAT VIEW!! $37,500 2 LOTS AVAILABLE 100’ frontage x 228’ deep. Modular home with basement accepted. Each lot $17,000. Call 570-714-1296

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New Homes From $275,000$595,000 570-474-5574

WYOMING

FIRST ST. 4 building lots each measuring 68x102 with public utilities. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-439 $39,900 EACH Call Charlie 570-829-6200

915 Manufactured Homes

Park) and San Souci Park. Like new, several to choose from, Financing &Warranty, MobileOneSales.net Call (570)250-2890

HUNLOCK CREEK

Location, Location, Location A most unique & desirable property. This is an opportunity to purchase a centrally situated lot with an unmatched view of this beautiful lake. If you are looking for that special building site, this is it! If you see it, you’ll agree. MLS# 11-1269 $179,900 Call Dale Williams Five Mountains Realty 570-256-3343

Level *7.5 acres* building lot with a mountain view. Great for horses or organic farming. MLS 12-306 $59,000 570-675-4400

SHICKSHINNY

Nice 1 acre building lot situated in a country setting amidst mountains, ponds and farmlands. An ideal rural setting for your dream home! #12-2631 $18,500 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14

696-2600

MOUNTAIN TOP 5.4 acres in

DALLAS TOWNSHIP 63 acres with about 5,000’ roadfront on 2 roads. All Wooded. $385,000. Call Besecker Realty 570-675-3611

SHICKSHINNY LAKE

MOOSIC

BUILDING LOT Corner of Drake St. & Catherine, Moosic. 80x111 building lot with sewer & water available, in great area with newer homes. Corner lot. For more details visit www.atlasrealtyinc.com. MLS #12-1148. $29,900 Call Charlie

912 Lots & Acreage

EAST MOUNTAIN RIDGE (Formerly Pocono

SHICKSHINNY

DALLAS

Highland Hills Development .88 Acres. $75,000 570-947-3375 134 Ann St. Nice duplex in a great neighborhood. Low maintenance. Investors: Money maker right from the start. Unit 2 is owner occupied, rent is projected. MLS 12-575 $119,000 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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SWEET VALLEY Grassy Pond Road 6.69 wooded acres. Great building site and/or ideal hunting property. No utilities. $70,000. Call Pat Doty 570-394-6901 McDermott Real Estate 570-696-2468 TRUCKSVILLE

3 bedroom, 2 bath home in great condition in park. $16,000. Financing available with $3,000 down. Call 570-477-2845

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NANTICOKE

Nice, clean, 1 bedroom, water, sewer, garbage fee included.Washer/dryer, refrigerator & stove availability. Security, $465/ month. No pets, no smoking. 570-542-5610

SHICKSHINNY OUT FLOOD FLOOD ZONE

( 1 mile north of Shickshinny) 2 open efficiencies, right on route 11, Includes heat, central air, garbage, wi-fi, satellite tv, tenant pays electric. $575/per month. Also 1 bedroom apt. available, includes all the above except water. $675/month. New stove and refrigerator included with all apts. Call 570-793-9530

WILKES-BARRE 1

FULLY FURNISHED BEDROOM APARTMENT

Short or long term Excellent Neighborhood Private Tenant Parking $600 includes all utilities. No pets. 570-822-9697

WILKES-BARRE VICTORIAN

CHARM 34 W. Ross St. Fully furnished, 1 bedroom, All appliances and most utilities included. Secure, private off street parking. Historic building is non smoking/no pets. Base rent $700/mo. Security, references required. View at houpthouse.com. 570-762-1453

941 187 Skyline Drive 2 + acres with 2 subdivided lots set in the woods with awesome views. Great location and all utilities. Build your dream home(s). MLS 12-1988 $99,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WANAMIE 2 Miner Ave. Looking to build? Check this lot out! This is on the edge of a hill and has a great view. 440 acres corner of Belles and Miner MLS 12-1007 $14,900 Roger Nenni EXT. 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WHITE HAVEN Route 115 Nice level building lot right in front of the golf course! Close to I-80 & PA Turnpike. $14,500 Louise Gresh 570-233-8252 CENTURY 21 SELECT GROUP 570-455-8521

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Apartments/ Furnished

Apartments/ Unfurnished

ASHLEY

2nd floor. 2 bedrooms. Porch. Appliances. Gas heat. Electric hot water. $495 + utilities & security. Water, sewer & garbage paid. Credit / background check. Quiet animals - cleaning fee. Call 570-823-6060

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

DALLAS

3 bedroom, 2nd floor of century home in beautiful area. All appliances, heat & gas for dryer included. Lease, security & references required. No pets. $800/month. Call 570-675-2486 DALLAS Central location. 3 rooms & bath. Newer fridge & stove. 2nd floor. No pets. $400 + utilities. 570-675-3611 Dallas, Pa. MEADOWS APARTMENTS 220 Lake St. Housing for the elderly & mobility impaired; all utilities included. Federally subsidized program. Extremely low income persons encouraged to apply. Income less than $12,400. 570-675-6936, 8 am-4 pm, Mon-Fri. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE DUPONT Completely remodeled, modern 2 bedroom townhouse style apartment. Lots of closet space, with new carpets and completely repainted. Includes stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer hook up. Nice yard & neighborhood, no pets. $595 + security. Call 570-899-8877 570-654-1490

EDWARDSVILLE

1 bedroom, first floor. W/w carpeting, w/d hookup, stove and fridge included. Large porch. Utilities by tenants. 1 year lease. $350/mo + security. No pets. Credit and background check. Not section 8 approved. 570-779-5218 EXETER Nice one bedroom first floor apartment with extra room in Basement. Washer hookup. Heat & hot water included in rent. References & security required. Non Smoking. $650 per month. Call Nancy Answini Gilroy Real Estate (570)237-5999

EXETER

Senior Apartments 222 S A . CHOOLEY

EXETER, PA Accepting applications for 1 bedroom apartments. Quality apartments for ages 62 and older. Income limits apply. Rent only $450 month. *Utilities Included *Laundry Facilities *On Site Management *Private parking

Call for appointment 570-654-5733 Equal Housing Opportunity

EXETER

TOWNHOUSE Wildflower Village Like New! 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, living room, large dining/kitchen area, Full basement and deck. $690/mo + utilities. No Pets 570-696-4393

FORTY FORT

1 bedroom, 1 bath, 2nd floor + attic, new stove & refrigerator, wash/dryer hook-up, off-street parking. Water & heat included. No pets. 1 year lease, $485/mo + security, credit & background check. 570-947-8097

FORTY FORT

ASHLEY

1 bedroom, offstreet parking, pets ok, coin operated washer/dryer in basement. $575/ month + electric. 570-415-5555

ASHLEY

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3 bedroom, 1 bath, recently remodeled, gas heat, large yard, $650/month + utilities. Call 570-822-6737

74 W. Hartford St 1 bedroom + computer room. 2nd floor. Water,fridge, stove, washer/dryer included. No pets. Security, lease, application fee. $500 + utilities. 570-472-9494

AVOCA

1 bedroom apartment. 2nd floor, large kitchen. Includes heat, refrigerator, stove, water, garbage & sewer fees. Nice quiet, clean residential neighborhood. Pets negotiable. $590/month. Call 570-228-8563

AVOCA

1,2&3 bedroom apartments, all in good condition, no pets. $525 to $700 + security. Call 570-328-3773

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AVOCA

3 rooms includes heat, hot water, water, garbage & sewer + appliances, washer/dryer hookup, off street parking. Security. No pets. $480/month. 570-655-1606

FORTY FORT

All utilities included. Clean 4 room 2nd floor. Appliances. Covered parking. Non smoking, cat considered, starting at $700/month. 570-714-2017

FORTY FORT

Newly renovated, great neighborhood. 2nd floor. Non smoking. Oak composite floors, new wall-to-wall carpeting in bedrooms. 4 paddle fans, large bath with shower. Stove, new fridge & dishwasher. Off street parking, coin-op laundry. $600 + gas, electric & water. References required, no pets. 570-779-4609 or 570-407-3991

FORTY FORT

Winterset Estates Studio Apartment New & charming. $600 per month + security & references required. Utilities included. Absolutely no pets. Call 570-814-1316

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Apartments/ Unfurnished FORTY FORT

UNITS NEARLY COMPLETE

Managed by America Realty. Small efficiencies in process with new kitchens, builtins, laundry, managed services, parking, electric, window covering. $500. + utilities, same 2 years! No Pets, No Smoking, Application, Employment Verification.

America Realty 288-1422

HANOVER TOWNSHIP

1st floor 2 bedrooms. $545 + security. Water, sewer & garbage included. 570-332-8922

HANOVER TOWNSHIP

Two 1st floor, 1 bedroom apartments. All utilities included. No pets. $600 + 1 month security. (908) 964-1554

HANOVER TWP. 1 bedroom, all

remodeled, ceramic & hardwood floors, ceiling fans, fireplace, sun porch, off street parking $550/month heat and water included. No pets. 570-574-8863

HANOVER TWP. 2 to 3 bedrooms, 1

bath, refrigerator & stove, washer/ dryer, single car detached garage, gas heat, no pets. $825/month + electric & 1 month security. 570-760-0612

HARVEYS LAKE

1 or 2 bedroom, LAKE FRONT apartments. Wall to wall, appliances, lake rights, off street parking. No Pets. Lease, security & references. 570-639-5920

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KINGSTON 1 bedroom, 2nd

floor, living room & modern eat in kitchen. Electric heat. $450 + security. All utilities by tenant. Ready 8/1/12. Call Lynda (570) 262-1196

KINGSTON 1st floor, spacious, attractive, 2 bedroom, living room/den, Dining Room, large kitchen, AC, washer/dryer, gas heat, QUIET/SAFE. Ideal for SENIOR DOWNSIZING. $695 + utilities after discount. No smoking, No pets, No Section 8. Other Kingston apartments available. 574-9827

KINGSTON

2 bedroom, water included. $590/month. NO PETS section 8 OK Call 570-817-3332

KINGSTON

2 Deluxe 3 BR apts, 1st floor, 2 baths plus. 2nd floor 1.5 baths & den plus. All appliances, washer/dryer included. Carpeted, A/C, garage, no pets/smoking, lease. (570)287-1733

KINGSTON 2nd floor unit. 2

bedroom, 2 bath, $525 + utilities. Offstreet parking, deck off bedroom. Kingston, 3 bedroom, $800 + utilities. 1/2 double. Off street parking, yard, newly remodeled. Kingston, 1 bedroom, $465 + utilities. 2nd floor, off street parking. Kingston, 2 bedroom, $510 + utilities. Large apartment with dining & living rooms, new carpeting. Our Units include sewer, appliances, & maintenance. References, lease & credit check required. Call 570-899-3407 for information.

KINGSTON

2nd Floor, 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Kitchen, living room, Washer & Dryer next to post office, off street parking $500 + utilities, water & sewer included, 1 year lease security & references, no pets, no smoking Call 570-822-9821

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

KINGSTON 399 - 401 Elm Ave.

Quiet convenientneighborhood. Newly remodeled apartments. 2nd floor, 2 bedroom apts. $600 each + utilities NO PETS, No section 8 housing. References and security required. 570-301-2785

KINGSTON

72 E. W alnut St. 2nd floor. Located in quiet neighborhood. Kitchen, living room, dining room. Sunroom. Bath. 3 bedrooms; 2 large & 1 small. Lots of closets. Built in linen closet & hutch. Hardwood and carpeted floors. Fireplace. Storage room. Yard. Washer / dryer, stove / fridge. Heat and hot water included. Available August 1. One year lease + security. $950 570-283-4370

KINGSTON 800 Block Market

Street. Ground level, 1st floor, 2 bedroom, refrigerator & stove. $670 to $720/month, includes utilities Security & references. Call Jim at 570-288-3375 or visit www.dream rentals.net KINGSTON Modern 2 bedroom 1 bath. Second floor. $600 + utilities. Call Darren 570-825-2468

KINGSTON Park Place

2 bedroom, in lovely quiet neighborhood overlooking the park. Hardwood floors, tile bath & kitchen with appliances. Off street parking. No Pets. $610 + security, references & 1 year lease. Available August 7th. Call 570-288-4879

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KINGSTON

Townhouse conveniently located on residential street, ultra modern, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, large eat-in kitchen, central air, gas heat, off street parking, outside maintenance provided, heat & utilities by tenant, no pets, no smoking, 1 year lease, and 1 month security. Call

ROSEWOOD REALTY LLC

570-287-6822

KINGSTON Wyoming Avenue

2nd floor, 1 bedroom, appliances, laundry room. $490 + electric. Security & references. No pets. 570-696-1600

KINGSTON Wyoming Avenue

2nd floor, 1 bedroom, appliances included, no pets. $450 + utilities. Call 570-287-9631 or 570-696-3936

LARKSVILLE 2 bedroom, 1 Bath

$725. Double Security. Brand New Hardwood & Tile Floors. Dishwasher, Washer/Dryer. Must see to appreciate! Quality, Affordable Housing.

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LUZERNE

UNITS NEARLY COMPLETE

Managed by America Realty. Check availability now! Coming 2 bedrooms $750. + utilities, same 2 years! Carpeting, fireplaces, sunrooms, some hardwood, new kitchens, deluxe. No Pets, No Smoking, Application, Employment Verification.

America Realty 288-1422

MOUNTAIN TOP 1 Bedroom apart-

ments for elderly, disabled. Rents based on 30% of ADJ gross income. Handicap Accessible. Equal Housing Opportunity. TTY711 or 570-474-5010 This institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer.

MOUNTAIN TOP WOODBRYN 1 & 2 Bedroom.

No pets. Rents based on income start at $405 & $440. Handicap Accessible. Equal Housing Opportunity. 570474-5010 TTY711 This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

NANTICOKE

2 bedroom, wall to wall carpet, offstreet parking, $495 per month+ utilities, security, lease. HUD accepted. Call 570-687-6216 or 570-954-0727

NANTICOKE Huge 1st floor, 1

bedroom apartment. Hardwood floors. Full kitchen. Large dining room. No pets, no smoking. $450. Water, sewer & trash included. 570-262-5399

NANTICOKE

Roomy, 2 bedroom, new carpeting, clean. $520/month, + utilities, security & references. Garbage included. Section 8 Approved Call 570-815-2265

PARSONS

2nd floor, 2 bedrooms, washer, dryer, fridge, stove & heat included. $685/month + security. no pets. Call 570-332-9355

KINGSTON 2 BEDROOM

LUXURY APARTMENT WITH A PARK VIEW…. this totally renovated & gutted space is within walking distance to downtown Wilkes-Barre & Kirby Park – brand new everything! Tiled eat in kitchen, tiled bath, ceiling fans, closets, & a screened porch… $795/month includes heat… Call Pat Today!!!

Smith Hourigan Group 570 287-1196

PITTSTON

1 bedroom, 1 bath, 3rd floor, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, Coinop washer/dryer. Heat, water and sewer included off street parking. $525/month security & references. Call 570-237-5478

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LARKSVILLE

Spacious 2 bedroom, 2nd floor with balcony. W/d hookup. Includes. heat, hot water and water. No pets. $675 + 1 month security. 845-386-1011

LUZERNE

1 bedroom, wall to wall, off-street parking, coin laundry, water, sewer & garbage included. $495/ month + security & lease. HUD accepted. Call 570-687-6216 or 570-954-0727

LUZERNE

1 bedroom. Quiet, nice neighborhood. Off street parking. Heat included. $525 Call 570-441-4101

Apartments/ Unfurnished

PLAINS 2 bedroom, 2nd

floor, off street parking, large living space, washer/ dryer hook up. $450/month + utilities. No pets or smoking. Call 570-820-8822

PLAINS Modern 2nd floor

2 bedroom. 1 bath, Kitchen with appliances. new carpeting. Convenient location. No smoking. No pets. $550/month plus utilities. 570-714-9234

PLYMOUTH

2 bedroom, no pets security and lease $475/mo. + utilities 570-762-5340

PLYMOUTH

2 bedrooms, 1 bath, $450/month + 1st & last months rent. Utilities & Security. No pets. 570-417-3427

PLYMOUTH

PITTSTON 3 bedrooms, 1

Mayflower Crossing Apartments 570.822.3968 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms - Light & bright open floor plans - All major appliances included - Pets welcome* - Close to everything - 24 hour emergency maintenance - Short term leases available

Certain Restrictions Apply*

PLYMOUTH

Newly renovated 2 bedroom. 1st floor. Kitchen appliances, w/d, heat hot water and sewer included. Air, small fenced in yard, Borough inspected. First, last security. $700/mo 570-332-7332 570-287-3935

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PLYMOUTH TWP.

2nd floor, 2 bedroom. Heat & water included. Fridge & stove, washer/dryer hookup. Upper & lower porches, large yard, offstreet parking, no pets, limited closet space. $550/ month + security & references. Close to bus stop. Section 8 Approved Call 570-606-4600

SCRANTON spacious apart-

2 ments available. 2 bedrooms each, choose from 2nd or 3rd floor. $600 $750. Close to Marywood & Scranton U. No smoking, no pets. Call 570-341-5859

SCRANTON/SOUTH Basement apart-

ment. 3 small rooms & bath. Water, sewer & garbage included. $400/month, security & references. 570-702-2316

SHICKSHINNY bedroom single

1 home, out of flood zone. Appliances, a/c & kitchen / living room set included. Call 570-542-4187

SUGAR NOTCH Very spacious,

WILKES-BARRE / KINGSTON Efficiency 1 & 2

bedrooms. Includes all utilities, parking, laundry. No pets. From $390 to $675. Lease, security & references. 570-970-0847 WILKES-BARRE / PARSONS Spacious 3 bedroom 3rd floor apartment. Large eat-in kitchen. Close to casino. $700 / month + water & cooking gas. Call 570-793-9449

WILKES-BARRE

135 Westminster St. 1st floor, 3 bedroom $550 + utilities. 2nd floor, 2 bedroom, Section 8 Welcome. $495 + utilities. 570-415-5555

WILKES-BARRE 1st floor, Convenient location, Out of flood zone, 2 bedroom, living room, washer/dryer hook-up, heat & water included. Yard, lease, $635/month, 1st, last, security, references and background check. No pets. (570)822-4302

WILKES-BARRE

3 bedroom, 1 bath apartment near General Hospital. $575 utilities, first, last & security deposit. No pets. 570-417-3427

* WILKES-BARRE * 1, 2 or 3 bedroom.

Heat & hot water included. Rent based on income. Call 570-472-9118

WILKES-BARRE

sprawling & nice 6 room apartment in nice building. 1,215 sq. ft. overall. Has 5 closets & large linen closet in a very large bathroom. Gas heat, water, cooking gas & sewer all included. Close to I-81, mall & only 3 miles to Central Wilkes-Barre.Lease. $685/monthly. 570-650-3803

307-309 South St E. 2 bedroom apartment, available now, 1 bath, new carpet, ceramic tile in kitchen & bath, 6x8 porch, landlord pays heat & water. NO HOOKUPS, NO PETS. $650 /month, 1st month & security required. Call Manny 718-946-8738 or 917-295-6254

WEST PITTSTON 1 bedroom, stove &

WILKES-BARRE 460 Scott Street

dishwasher, washer/dryer hookup, off-street parking, totally remodeled. Water paid. $550/month, plus utilities, 1st & security. 570-299-7103

2 bedroom half double. 2 baths. Stove, fridge. Laundry hookup. No pets. 1 year lease. $575 + utilities. Call 570-237-0968

PITTSTON

PITTSTON TOWNSHIP

WILKES-BARRE

PLYMOUTH

Large, spacious 1 or 2 bedroom. Appliances and utilities included. Off street parking. $595. Call 570-704-8134

WEST PITTSTON 2nd floor, 4 rooms.

1 bedroom. Stove, fridge. Laundry hookup. 1 year lease. No pets. $375 + utilities. Call 570-237-0968

West Pittston, Pa. GARDEN VILLAGE APARTMENTS 221 Fremont St. Housing for the elderly & mobility impaired; all utilities included. Federally subsidized program. Extremely low income persons encouraged to apply. Income less than $12,400. 570-655-6555, 8 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE

www.mayflower crossing.com

apartment. Living room, kitchen. Central Air. Off Street parking. All appliances included. 570-430-3095

PITTSTON Large 3 bedroom 2nd floor apartment. Includes refrigerator, range, washer dryer hookup. Sewer & trash. $575 + security. Call Bernie 1-888-244-2714

Apartments/ Unfurnished

Call TODAY For AVAILABILITY!!

bath, living room, dining room, full kitchen, laundry room, off street parking, 1st floor, landlord pays garbage, available immediately $650/month Call Steve at (570)468-2488

Large 1 bedroom apartment, washer/dryer hookup, water, sewer & heat included, $675 per month. 1st months, last months + deposit. Call 570-443-0770

941

3 bedrooms,1 bath, $650/per month, Call 570-760-0511

WEST PITTSTON

LARKSVILLE

236 Nesbitt St. 2nd floor. 2 bedroom, washer/ dryer/stove & fridge included. $500/ month + security. No pets. Some utilities by tenant. Must be seen! Call after 9:00 am 570-574-1909

941

WEST PITTSTON 2 bedroom luxury

Hardwood floors. Heat and hot water included. No pets. $650 + security. Call 570-479-4069 WEST PITTSTON Out of flood area Charming, large, 4 rooms, 2nd floor, living room, den, new eat in kitchen, all appliances Includes heat, off street parking, w/d hookup, garbage. $585/month, lease and security 570-328-0784

3rd floor, 1 bedroom, Great for college students, Fridge & stove included. Washer/dryer hook up. Off street parking. No pets. Security, application fee + utilities. $400/month 570-472-9494

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WILKES-BARRE Bank Street

1 bedroom apartment. Shower only. Tenant supplies own fridge. $550/month all utilities include. First, last & security. Call Manager at 570-825-8997 WILKES-BARRE

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113 Edison St. Quiet neighborhood. 2 bedroom apartments available for immediate occupancy. Heat & hot water included. $625 Call Aileen at 570-822-7944

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WILKES-BARRE LODGE Formerly The Travel Lodge 497 Kidder St., Wilkes-Barre Rooms Starting at: Daily $44.99 + tax Weekly $189.99 + tax Microwave, Refrigerator, WiFi, HBO 570-823-8881 www.Wilkes BarreLodge.com

WILKES-BARRE Park Ave

2nd floor, 1 bedroom. $450 + utilities, security & lease. No pets. Call 570-472-9494

WILKES-BARRE Parsons Section

2nd floor, 1 bedroom, wall to wall, new stove & fridge. Heat, hot water, sewer & trash included. $475. No pets. Non smoking. References & security. 570-823-0864 or 570-817-1855

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Commercial Lease Courtdale location Ideal for: Veterinarian Office Manufacturing / Industrial Space Storage Space

1000 SF - 5000 SF Space Available. 5000 SF Warehouse Space with loading docks, office, heat, and plumbing. $3.60 - $12 sf/yr + NNN, lease negotiable. Call Cindy King 570-690-2689 www.cindykingre.com

WILKES-BARRE SOUTH SECURE BUILDINGS 1 & 2 bedroom

apartments. Starting at $440 and up. References required. Section 8 OK 570-357-0712

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1-3+ Bedrooms Wyoming Valley Apartments

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WILKES-BARRE Walking distance to

Wilkes University, minutes from King’s Newly renovated. Most utilities included. Professional on site management. Off street parking. Starting at $515. 866-466-0501 or leasing-cumberland @rentberger.com

WILKES-BARRE West River St.

Large 2, 3, & 4 bedroom apartments. Heat & hot water included. Balcony. Off street parking. Washer dyer hookup. Pets OK. $855 - $950. Call 570-237-0124 WILKES-BARRE 1 bedroom water included 2 bedroom water included 2 bedroom single family 5 bedroom large 2 bedroom, heat & water included 3 bedroom, half double, immaculate condition 3 bedroom single PITTSTON Large 1 bedroom water included AVOCA 3 Bedroom, water included HANOVER TWP. 2 Bedroom half double McDermott & McDermott Real Estate Inc. Property Management 570-821-1650 (direct line) Mon-Fri. 8-7pm Sat. 8-noon

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WILKES-BARRE/ SOUTH 1st floor, 4 rooms

with bath, offstreet parking. Prefer no pets., $525 month + security & references. Heat & water paid. 570357-3471

WYOMING 2nd floor. Cozy one

bedroom. Quiet building. Includes refrigerator, all utilities except electric. Non smoking. No pets. $585 + security. 570-609-5133

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ASHLEY

Beauty Salon, 400 square feet, ample parking, 350.00 + utilities. Call 570824-5586 leave message.

Commercial Properties

WILKES-BARRE BEST $1 SQ. FT.

LEASES YOU’LL EVER SEE! Warehouse, distribution, storage, light manufacturing. Gas heat, sprinklers, overhead doors, parking for 30 cars. Yes, that $1 sq.ft. lease! We have 9,000 sq.ft., 27,000 sq.ft., and 13,000 sq. ft. Can combine. There is nothing this good! Call Larry @ 570-696-4000 or 570-430-1565

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HARDING 570-675-4400

DOLPHIN PLAZA

Rte. 315 2,400 Sq. Ft. professional office space with beautiful view of Valley & Casino. will divide office / retail Call 570-829-1206 KINGSTON

WILKES-BARRE Renovated One Bedroom 216 Carlisle St. Available 8/1. May be used as two bedroom. New refrigerator, stove. New floors, carpets. Ceiling fans. Fresh paint. $600 mo. $600 security. Call 215565-6761 or email alexandervending @gmail.com

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183 Market St. Office space available in beautifully renovated professional building. Great high traffic location! 2 separate offices with large reception area. Bonus use of conference room MLS 12-1049 $1000 per month Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

MODERN OFFICE SPACE WEST PITTSTON

OFF STREET PARKING INCLUDED Suite 1– 725 sq ft Utilities included Suite 2– 1,450 sq ft Utilities included Units are unfinished & can be fit out to your specifications. Call: 570-655-3329 – Extension 2 Margie

PITTSTON COOPERS CO-OP

Lease Space Available, Light manufacturing, warehouse, office, includes all utilities with free parking. I will save you money!

PITTSTON

OFFICE SPACE $1,000/MONTH Attractive modern

office space. 2 suites available. Suite A-4 offices, plus restroom and storage includes utilities, 700 sq. ft. $650/month Suite B-2, large offices, 2 average size offices, plus restroom and storage plus utilities, 1,160 sq. ft. Call Charlie 570-829-6200

RETAIL / OFFICE

1188 Wyoming Ave Forty Fort, PA This unique 2,800 Sq Ft. interior (Circa 1879), Features 10’ Ceilings, Distinctive chandeliers, Two fireplaces. French door entrances. Large parking lot. Handicap accessible. Central a/c, Hardwood floors. Signage is perfectly positioned on the 179’ frontage. Over 15,000 vehicles pass daily. Call

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16-18 Linden St. Professional office space for lease near General Hospital. Ideally suited for medical offices. Other possible uses would include a deli style restaurant. MLS 12-1052 $1200 per month Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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WILKES-BARRE

1/2 double. 3 bedrooms. Wall to wall carpeting, washer / dryer hookup. Fenced in yard. $475 plus utilities and security. Call 570-472-2392

WILKES-BARRE

Academy Street Well maintained in move-in condition. 6 room house with 3 bedrooms & 1 1/2 baths. Gas forced air heat. No pets. 1 year lease. Credit check.$625 + utilities & security. Call 908-510-3879

WILKES-BARRE

Parsons Section 3 bedroom half double. Off street parking. Pets welcome. $550/month Credit/Criminal check required. Call 570-266-5333

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BACK MOUNTAIN Village at Greenbriar

Immaculate 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath in country setting. washer/dryer hookup off kitchen. plenty of storage. 1 year lease. No pets allowed. Credit check required. $695/month. Call Christine Romani 570-696-0840

LEWITH & FREEMAN 570-696-3801

HUGHESTOWN Clean & bright 2 bedroom 1/2 double in a quiet residential neighborhood. Off street parking. Stove included. Washer/Dryer hookup. No pets. No smoking. $625/month + utilities & security. References required. Available Aug 1. 570-760-9323

KINGSTON

3 bedroom, 1 bath, half double, $700 plus utilities, sewer included. No pets.1st months, last months + deposit. Call 570-443-0770

KINGSTON 76 S. Landon Ave.

3 bedrooms, newly renovated, all appliances, washer / dryer hookup, no pets. Spacious rooms, great location! $700/month + utilities & 1 month security. Available September. 570-881-5747

KINGSTON Penn St.

1/2 Double, 2 bedroom. Newly remodeled. Gas Heat. Washer & dryer hookup, yard, & parking. Not Approved for Section 8. No pets. $550 + utilities. 570-714-1530

KINGSTON

Sprague Ave. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1st floor duplex, New w/w carpeting & hardwood floors. Convenient to Wyoming Ave. Washer/dryer hookup, basement storage. Reduced! $540/month + utilities, security, lease. NO PETS. 570-793-6294

NANTICOKE 4 rooms, 2

bedrooms, 1 bath. $465/month + security & utilities. Sewer and trash included. 570-735-0258

NANTICOKE

Large 3 bedroom half double. Front porch, lovely rear yard, off street parking. Newly renovated. New kitchen, bathroom & appliances including washer/dryer. Clean attic and basement for storage or workshop. $750 + utilities Call 570-881-0320

Carefree living in gated community. 1340-sf condo with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1-car garage. $1,375/ month, plus utilities. Maintenance fee included in rent. One year lease required. Amenities include: swimming pool, tennis court and clubhouse. 570-690-1120

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DALLAS

19 Richard Drive Great 3 bed, 2 bath townhome with open kitchen & wonderful deck $1,250/month plus utilities. MLS#11-64 570-696-3801 Call Margy 570-696-0891

DALLAS

2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1500sq home for rent, close to Misericordia & DHS. House is very clean, and ready to move in. Washer, dryer, stove, refrigerator, & microwave included. Asking $1000 per month. Call 570-814-0707

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8 Lackawanna Avenue 5 bedroom house, 2 full baths, $1500/month plus utilities. Call Steve at 973-580-5296 HARVEY’S LAKE

SWOYERSVILLE

Large, newly remodeled 3 bedroom. Stove, dishwasher, washer/ dryer hook up, off street parking. No pets. $600/month + utilities. Call 570-301-7723

WEST PITTSTON

MAINTENANCE FREE!

One block to elementary school. 3 Bedrooms. Off-Street Parking No Smoking. $700 + utilities, security, last month. 570-885-4206

Harveys Lake

Recently updated house, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, washer/dryer hook-up, large living/family room, 1200/month + utilities and $1200 security deposit. Call Nancy @ 570-639-5688

HUDSON

SINGLE HOUSE 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, stove, washer/ dryer hookup. $675/month, plus utilities & 1 month security. 570-825-5451 HUNLOCK CREEK Executive 2 story quality 4 bedroom home on 18 wooded acres in private setting. Quality construction with too many features to list. $1500/month + utilities. 1 year lease required. Call Dale for Specifics. 570-256-3343 FIVE MOUNTAINS REALTY

MOUNTAINTOP

Available September 1st. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, Dining room, washer/dryer included. Small pets negotiable, no cats. $900/per month+ utilities. Background check, security deposit, Call 570-868-3585

NANTICOKE

185 Church St, Rear 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, all electric. Washer & dryer hookup. Small yard. Off street parking. $700 + utilities & security. No pets. 570-270-3139

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PLAINS

Spacious 3 bedroom, 1 bath with Victorian charm with hardwood floors, neutral decor, stained glass window, large kitchen with washer /dryer hook-up, off-street parking. $700 month + utilities, security & lease. NO PETS. 570-793-6294

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3300 Square foot lake front home, has 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, modern kitchen, living room with fireplace that opens to dining room. Sitting room in the corner off the kitchen. $2,250/month + utilities. Call Kevin at 696-5420

SMITH HOURIGAN 570-696-1195

170 Panama Street 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, newly remodeled, all new carpeting washer/dryer hookup, off-street parking, no pets. $650/per month plus security, Call 570-883-1463, 570-654-6737 or 570-362-4019

PLAINS

144 Farrell St. Single family home for rent. 1,470 sq ft. 3 bedrooms with closets and 1.5 baths. First floor laundry room. New gas water heater. Air conditioning. New heating gas boiler & upgraded carpets. Modern kitchen. New gas stove. New 21 cubic foot refrigerator. New windows, gas fireplace, deadbolt locks. Full basement with gas wall heater. Residential street. Shed. Fenced yard. Covered back porch. Private driveway. 1 year lease. Background & credit check. $790 + utilities & security deposit. Call 215-527-8133 Ask for Bill

PLAINS 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, off street parking, yard/patio $800/per month Call 570-823-4503

SHAVERTOWN

Beautiful, meticulous contemporary 1 bedroom. Gas heat, air, fully furnished, fireplace, hardwood & tile flooring, carpeting. Carport & lovely garden. Most utilities included. $1,000/month. Please call 570-881-0320

THORNHURST

45 minutes west of the Gap. 4 bed rooms, 3.5 baths, pool community, all appliances, garage, no pets, $900/ month + utilities, 2 months security & references. 718-916-9872

WEST PITTSTON

1/2 double, 7 rooms & bath, hardwood floors, natural wood work, garage. Great neighborhood. Nonsmokers. No pets. Call 570-655-2195

WEST WYOMING

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, gas heat, off street parking. Quiet neighborhood. $750 + security. All utilities by tenant. No pets. 570-693-0131 or 570-760-2958

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3 bedrooms, close to Kings and downtown. Includes range & fridge. $695/month, first, last & security. Tenant pays heat, electric & water. Call 718-877-7436 or 718-791-5252

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Well located building for offices & apt. Short walk to YMCA, Wilkes University, Public Square or River Common. MLS#12-2805 ANN LEWIS 714-9245

Former Tavern w/2 apts. No liquor license. Needs work. Add’l lot for OSP. MLS#12-421 JULIO 714-9252 or ANDY 714-9225

900 SF Commercial space on 1st flr. 900 SF 2 BR apt on 2nd flr. Billboard also available to rent on bldg. MLS#10-4309 TINA 714-9251

Large 8000 SF building looking 2 bldgs zoned commercial. Great business opportunity. 1st flr has 2 for a new lease on life! Zoned Commercial. BR, Apt. Freshly painted exterior. Zoned 1 consists of retail space & apts, the MLS#11-4058 other is a 2-story home. MLS#10-4056 Community Business. MLS#11-4416 SANDY 970-1110 or DAVID 970-1117 MIKE JOHNSON MATT 714-9229

Multi-Purpose Bldg 6000+ SF former furniture Convenient location on State St - Adjacent lot store, plus apt. & lots more space. available for sale $90,000. MLS#10-4590 High traffic area. MLS#11-3865 MARGY 696-0891 or MIKE J 970-1100 RAE DZIAK 714-9234

This 2400 SF bldg features offices & garage w/overhead door. Across from Hollenback Golf Course. MLS#11-4561 JUDY RICE 714-9230

Prime commercial storefront + 3 spacious Apts. Parking lot in rear. MLS#12-687 DONNA S 788-7504

Unique bldg currently used Former automotive/gas station (tanks removed). 1500 SF bldg w/2 bay as single residence. May be converted to garage & pkg for 30 cars. MLS#12-1713 suit your needs (w/zoning approval). MLS#12-844 CLYDETTE 696-0897

High traffic - Established restaurant. Locally owned. Seller willing to finance w/good downpayment. MLS#122835 PAT GENETTI 788-7514

2-Story masonry bldg on Great income property! Established turn-key 7 units - good condition - many updates 96x180 lot w/pkg for 36 cars. Ideal for apts restaurant w/2 apts. Business & or small mfg business. MLS#12-1758 building priced to sell! MLS#11-130 - tenant occupied. MLS#12-1646 MIKE 970-1100 or MARGY 696-0891 RAE DZIAK 714-9234 ANDY 714-9225

Wonderful opportunity for commercial bldg w/ice cream stand, storefront & apt. Also storage bldg. MLS#12-370 CORINE 715-9321

5 Unit building w/private Victorian 5 Unit in excellent condition! New fencing. Laundry, parking. Well kept - fully rented w/long term tenants. MLS#10-3866 3 garages & OSP for 9. MLS#12-2487 TERRY DONNELLY 715-9317 RAE Dziak 714-9234

High traffic location. 2900 SF professional office space w/basement storage. Pkg for at least 12 cars. MLS#12416 RHEA SIMMS 696-6677

Retail, Office, Medical Whatever your need - This 4000 SF Bldg can accommadate it! Parking for 10. MLS#12276 JUDY RICE 714-9230

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WILKES-BARRE Newly renovated.

single home with large fenced yard, detached garage off street parking, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, living & dining rooms, hardwood floors, air, security system, appliances. $750/ month, + utilities, 1st, last, security, references & credit check. No pets. Immediate Occupancy. 570-606-5143

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TOWNHOUSE 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, living/dining combination, refrigerator & stove, washer/dryer hookup, off-street parking, no pets. Gas heat with central air. Front & back porches. $675/month + utilities, security & 1st month. 570-655-8928

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KINGSTON HOUSE Nice, clean furnished room, starting at $340. Efficiency at $450 month furnished with all utilities included. Off street parking. 570-718-0331

Room for rent. $300 per month, plus utilities. Please call 570-817-7817

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Roommate to share a 3 bedroom apartment $300, includes heat & electric. 570-793-4462

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PRIME LOCATION - Vacant land with Penn Dot access already in place. Close to everything! MLS#12-2517 DAVID 970-1117 or SANDY 970-1110

4 Sty brick office bldg, more Former landmark restaurant. than half rented. High traffic area. 2 lots offers 3500 SF on the 1st level plus basement. Parking for 40 cars. MLS#12-89 included for pkg. MLS#11-1045 ANDY 714-9225 or MARGY 696-0891 GERALD PALERMO 788-7509

Outstanding brick bldg! Parking for 7-10 cars. MLS#08-2790 PEG 714-9247

Commercial opportunity awaits your business.1st flr 10,000 SF w/offices. 2nd flr storage. Plenty of pkg on 4.62 acres. MLS#10-1110 JUDY 714-9230

3.895 Acres on W-B Blvd700 front feet provides excellent exposure. Utilities, access road, possible KOZ opportunity. MLS#11-1346 VIRGINIA ROSE 288-9371

Executive Offices from 600-1000 SF Office space in prime location. or Retail store front. Ample pkg. Fiber optics, all Two suites available 1300SF & 2050SF. Can inclusive rates start @ $7.50/SF MLS#12- be combined. Ample parking. MLS#12-1879 2166 JUDY 714-9230 JUDY RICE 714-9230

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FORD BONUS REBATE.............–– 1,500 FMCC REBATE...........................–– 1,000 OFF LEASE REBATE.................–– 1,000 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP.....–– 1,601

CALL NOW 823-8888 1-800-817-FORD Overlooking Mohegan Sun 577 East Main St., Plains

Just Minutes from Scranton or W-B *Tax and tags extra. Security Deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. See salesperson for details. All payments subject to credit approval by the primary lending source, Tier 0 rate. Special APR financing cannot be combined with Ford cash rebate. “BUY FOR” prices are based on 72 month at $18.30 per month per $1000 financed with $2,500 down (cash or trade). Photos of vehicles are for illustration purposes only. Coccia Ford is not responsible for any typographical errors. No Security Deposit Necessary. See dealer for details. Sale ends