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Derek Kraack and Zach Morano of Abington Heights defend against James Hawk on Friday night. STORY: Page 32-33

Page 4 – Four in custody after alleged armed robbery Page 4 – Woman charged with bigamy Page 7 – St. Luke’s series examines death Page 8 – Buona Pizza owner in City Council race Page 10 – Audubon Elementary fall opening questionable Page 12 – Community news, marriage and divorce list

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Page 15 – Local man recalls part in ‘Championship Season’ film Page 16 – OPINION: Can Superman make deadline? Page 16 – Part 2 of Miner’s Series: Pancoast Mine Disaster Page 23 – Rev theory plays Eleanor Rigby’s tonight Page 24-25 – CLICK: IAC event, Irish POWER! mixer, First Friday Page 26 – Puzzles

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‘Heavyweight champion’ compliment catches title winner off guard I had the pleasure of bumping into an old friend who is building a pretty impressive reputation in the art community. James Barney, a painter from Milford who originally hails from upstate New York, is one of the many featured artists in this month’s First Friday exhibits. His stuff is showing at ArtWorks Gallery and Studio, 503 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, until March 26. Had I not checked the map on Friday morning, I would have had no idea. James had attempted to reach me regarding the show, but I’m guessing the postcard is in an underused mail slot at the Times Leader building in Wilkes-Barre.

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Nevertheless, I strolled into ArtWorks briefly on Friday before things got busy and just before my take-out order was supposed to be ready up the street. I first bumped into James’ partner, Steve, who we commonly referred to as “The Boss” during our days as art students at Keystone College. I haven’t seen The Boss since I left Keystone in 2006, so it was a welcome surprise. He wasn’t at James’ last local show, so I wasn’t necessarily expecting him. We traded stories about life, my kids, the paper and so on while James was politely distracted by some co-workers

from a local home improvement store. When he heard me, he was quick to introduce me to his friends. This wasn’t an average introduction, however. “This is Chris Hughes, the heavyweight champion of the world,” he said. It’s common for James to be over-the-top, but I knew he handed me the title with sincerity. It’s a hell of a compliment from someone who has their own championship status. He’s done what I haven’t been able to. He suffered the slings and arrows of an art curriculum that I couldn’t find a comfortable place in to seek outrageous fortune, if I may borrow from Shakespeare. Our former educators recognize him quickly and appreciate

his work and may even see a reflection of the lessons he learned in La Plume. It appears I have his respect, as well. While we’ve taken distinctly different paths, James told me Friday, “You’re the most real person I’ve ever met.” I knew what he meant. Sugar-coating things isn’t my style, and it’s not because I have this outlandish “life’s tough, get a helmet” mentality. If you’re honest with a person, you get honesty back and you’re able to figure out who people are very quickly, which is important. There’s always something enjoyable about seeing James’ most recent stuff - from a shark painting we laughed about for almost 20 minutes last year to the imaginative, energetic pieces hanging in ArtWorks this month.

Stop in and give the champ his dues. Christopher J. Hughes is merely a determined fighter. E-mail him at chughes@golackawanna.com.

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The Wyoming Valley Pipe and Drum Band performs in 2010. Fourteen bagpipe bands are featured in the 2011 Scranton S. Patrick’s Day Parade. FILE PHOTO

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made a stop in Savannah, Ga., while their St. Patrick’s Day Parade was happening. “He said, ‘Wow, we can do this,’ and that’s how it started,” Murphy said. Murphy, who also turns 50 this year, has been involved for the last 12 years. He’s seen the committee grow from less than 40 volunteers to more than 120. The staging area on the opposite side of Mulberry Street once stretched just three blocks. It now extends to Scranton Preparatory School, he said, and includes 14 bagpipe bands including the PennYork Highlanders who have participated in each Scranton St. Patrick’s Day Parade since its creation. The parade welcomes incredible amounts of people to the downSee PARADE, Page 13

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CRANTON – Scranton will conduct its 50th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in style with a record number of participants representing local schools, businesses and multiple facets of Irish heritage next weekend. Scranton resident Jim Murphy, 2011 president of the St. Patrick’s Parade Association of Lackawanna County, Inc., said more than 13,000 people will march in the Saturday, March 12, parade that kicks off at noon. The parade includes 10 divisions to honor specific groups including parade dignitaries, elected officials and more. This year, the United States Naval Academy Band will lead the parade as it begins on Wyoming Avenue near Mulberry Street.

While the parade association is looking forward to a record event, its members have also been sure to look to their past. Special steps were taken earlier this year to honor the founding fathers of the parade. Paul F. Crowley is the only surviving member of the group of 13 men who incorporated the parade association in 1962, including Murphy’s own uncle, Jim McGee. A dinner on Jan. 29 welcomed more than 300 people to the Scranton Cultural Center commemorating the men’s contribution to the city and county. More than 120 of the founding fathers’ family members are expected to walk on Saturday. The idea to conduct a parade came from Frank P. Foley. The late U.S. Marshal was returning from Florida to pick up a prisoner and

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agreed to go with police to headquarters. Weeks allegedly told officers he received the cell phone “from the robbery and I took off.” On Wednesday, Weeks was picked up on a juvenile bench warrant and subsequently charged as an adult with criminal conspiracy to commit robbery. Woodward, Miller and Pelier each face charges of criminal conspiracy to commit robbery. Pelier and Woodward face additional charges for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, specifically Adderall, according to a criminal complaint. Woodward is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, and Miller is also charged with making threats of immediate serious injury. Woodward, Weeks and Pelier were held for $20,000 bail, and Miller was held for $50,000 bail. Preliminary hearings are set for March 9.

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SCRANTON – A man who attempted to apply for cash assistance learned his wife had gotten married to a second man last year. Linda Marie Krukoski Caswell, 43, of Scranton, faces charges of bigamy, making false statements on an official record and making false written statements after she allegedly lied on a second marriage application while still married to her first husband. Krukoski Caswell’s husband, Joseph Caswell, requested an investigation by the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office into his wife’s marital status after learning from the Pennsylvania Public Welfare Department in early February and receiving confirmation from the county Register of Wills and Marriage License Office that she had been married to Barry Ronald Dugger. Krukoski Caswell and Caswell were married on May 7,

1988, according to an affidavit, but she also allegedly married to Dugger on Nov. 17, 2010. On a marriage license application, Krukoski Caswell said she had no prior marriages, but her first husband said the couple never got a divorce, according to the complaint. The clerk of judicial records had no documents indicating she filed for divorce. Detective John Munley from the District Attorney’s office contacted Krukoski Caswell to ask if she had ever filed for divorce. She claimed she had about five years ago in the Philadelphia area, the complaint states. In a second phone call with Munley, Krukoski Caswell allegedly admitted to lying about filing for divorce and intentionally lying under oath in order to have her marriage license to Dugger approved. Krukoski Caswell was released on $5,000 unsecured bail, and a preliminary hearing is set for March 8.

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SCRANTON – City police arrested three men on Tuesday and a fourth on Wednesday in connection with an alleged armed robbery that took place on March 1. Police responded to a report of a robbery with a gun at about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon and met with the alleged victim, Brendan Davis. Davis told police he was walking up Lackawanna Avenue when he saw Carl Woodward, 18, of Scranton. As Woodward and Davis turned onto St. Francis Cabrini Avenue, they were approached by three black males, later identified by police as Ira Keith Miller, 19; Parrish Pelier, 19; and Kevin Weeks, 17. Miller allegedly pulled out a silver .38 revolver, according to an affidavit, and told Davis to empty his pockets. As he began emptying them, Miller alleged-

ly put the gun to Davis’ stomach, told him to put his hands behind his back, and emptied the pockets himself. Davis told police the group took $237, a Verizon cell phone and a silver pocket knife from him. Shortly after, Scranton police discovered three males fitting the description of Woodward, Miller and Pelier at the Martz bus station on Lackawanna Avenue. Police took Davis to the bus station where he positively identified the men. Police contacted Verizon’s law enforcement division, according to an affidavit, and they requested a cell site location for Davis’ phone. At about 10 p.m., a second cell phone ping was conducted which led officers to a search in the radius of Ninth Avenue and Meridian Avenue. Officers located Weeks near the GoodFellas restaurant at the intersection of Main Avenue and Luzerne Street, and he

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Casey calls for more inspections of Pa. water Senator wants state’s waterways monitored for radioactive contamination. By MATT HUGHES For Go Lackawanna

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Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., is seen during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. has called upon state and federal agencies to increase inspections of Pennsylvania drinking water sources for radioactive contamination.

HARRISBURG — Responding to a recent New York Times article questioning the safety of disposal methods for wastewater produced by natural gas drilling, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has called upon state and federal agencies to increase inspections of Pennsylvania drinking water sources for radioactive contamination. Casey, D-Scranton, sent letters Tuesday to state Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Michael Krancer and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa

P. Jackson, requesting both agencies do more to monitor contamination levels in Pennsylvania waterways, including testing for radioactive materials. Casey’s action comes on the heels of an article published recently in The New York Times, part of a series of investigative reports about disposal of wastewater produced by the gas industry practice of hydraulic fracturing. Thousands of EPA internal documents obtained by the newspaper show wastewater disposal poses a more seri-

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Scranton Diocese budget has surplus By MARK GUYDISH For Go Lackawanna

SCRANTON – For the first time in years the Diocese of Scranton released a financial statement for its administrative budget that has some good news – a small surplus overall, and a dramatic reduction in bad debt. There’s still a lot of red ink splashed across the pages, but if the diocese hasn’t quite turned the corner, at least the corner seems to be in sight. The bottom line looks dramatically healthier at first glance. The diocese saw an increase in net assets of $424,266. By comparison, net assets decreased in 2009 by $15.3 million. The diocese saw a similarly dramatic decline in bad debt write-offs. In 2009, the “provision for bad debt” total was $7.1 million; in 2010 it was almost one-tenth of that, $735,604. Thanks to the slow economic turnaround that has pushed stock prices back up, the diocese also saw improvement in investment returns. Returns on paper (“unrealized gains”) hit $3.1 million, while actual monetary gains were $263,036. In 2009, the diocese saw a total loss in investments of $5.3 million. But the numbers were not all positive. In a letter accompanying the financial statements published in Thursday’s Catholic Light – the diocesan newspaper – Bishop Joseph Bambera pointed out the diocese still ran an operational deficit of $648,898. Bambera cited three big changes as contributing factors: $529,845 less in interest,

$490,104 more paid out in unemployment claims, and $400,988 less in donations to the Diocesan Annual Appeal fund drive. The diocese also realized a paper loss in its pension fund by revising expected interest downward. The move was made to more accurately reflect the market interest rates, and it pushed the unfunded liability of the pension fund up by $2.6 million. The 11-county diocese has also begun reporting a separate line on both revenue and expenses from the diocesanwide church restructuring – dubbed Called to Holiness and Mission – that has led closed about half the churches in Luzerne County alone. Where the money goes once a church closes and assets are sold has been a bone of contention among some parishioners in ethnic parishes, those built by specific immigrants rather than built as “territorial” parishes to serve a given area. The diocese has made clear that assets from ethnic parishes that close and merge with territorial parishes are split between the remaining parish and the diocese, which gets about 42 percent of the total. The diocese, in turn, uses that money first to pay off any debt from the closed parish. The financial statements show the diocese received $5.1 million from the closing of churches, and spent almost $4.1 million on debt reduction. There is no such line item for 2009.

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Sidewalk grant called into question By RICH HOWELLS rhowells@golackawanna.com

SCRANTON – City Council tabled legislation on Tuesday that would provide $250,000 of grant funding from the state’s Department of Community and Economic Development for sidewalk improvements in front of the Connell Lofts, 129 N Washington Ave. Council said they had several unanswered questions about the grant including why the application was filed after the sidewalks were completed and why the cost of the project was so high. They tabled the legislation in hopes of receiving those answers by their next meeting. At their previous meeting, council explained that while the downtown sidewalk improvements including filling in tunnels underneath the old sidewalks and securing the ground underneath them, they sent a letter to the city’s Office of Economic and Community Development Executive Director Linda Aebli asking for more details on the project. Councilman Pat Rogan read Aebli’s response to that letter on Tuesday. Aebli said the request was sent in July of 2010 for an additional $250,000 as an amendment to a previous contract for $500,000. Eligible projects carried out by developer Charlie Jefferson and the Connell Lofts development team

from July 1, 2008 to June 20, 2011 would be funded under this amended contract, she explained. “This would include the timeframe that the sidewalks were installed…Since the sidewalks are a public right-of-way, this would be a grant instead of a loan to Scranton Connell LP, as was the $500,000,” Aebli wrote. Council President Janet Evans said the letter does answer some questions, but also raises more. “Ms. Aebli’s response creates further questions regarding a $500,000 loan, which is later turned into a $500,000 grant. Council would like to know the date of this change and the specific justification for such,” Evans said. The vote to table the legislation was 4-1, with Councilman Pat Rogan dissenting. Rogan said that he would have preferred to take a “yes or no vote” on the matter that evening and would vote against the grant application when it is returned to the table. “$250,000 for a small piece of sidewalk is government waste at its absolute worst. It is almost as bad as the infamous ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ that was made famous in Alaska. I went down this week and checked out the sidewalks, but they weren’t made of silver or gold,” Ro-

gan said. Evans said she “would like to see it go back on the agenda next week, regardless of the outcome.” Council sent a request to Jefferson, who rehabilitated the once blighted Connell Building into upscale loft apartments and retail space, for further details on the sidewalk improvements in front of the property. Last month, council tabled grant legislation that may delay the advancement of another revitalization project he planned on Mulberry Street. Jefferson said he plans to convert the former Chamber of Commerce building, 426 Mulberry St., into about 40 loft apartments and five first-floor retail spaces. He applied for a $3.5 million grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program through the Pennsylvania’s Office of the Budget to help fund the project. Back taxes to the city totaling $75,866.24 are owed on the property, however, and council tabled the grant application until those taxes are paid. Jefferson argued that approving the grant “has nothing to do” with back taxes owed on the property accumulated by the previous absentee landlords. He also cited the Connell Lofts as an example of his success and commitment to the city.

Police: Man threatened wife, pointed .357 at friend By CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES chughes@golackawanna.com

MADISON TWP. – Police have charged a 32-year-old township man with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and more following an alleged Feb. 27 incident. James Michael Gall, of Madison Twp., also faces charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment after he allegedly threatened to kill his wife, Melissa, and pointed at loaded

.357 revolver at Fred Strein’s chest, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release. Gall, his wife, and Strein were out together at a bar in Scranton when he allegedly became intoxicated. Upon returning home, James Gall threatened to kill Melissa, obtained several guns from a safe and pointed one at Strein, the release states. Gall fired three shots at a bedroom wall, and Melissa

Gall and Strein fled the home. The pair contacted police from Strein’s home, and while police were there, James Gall allegedly showed up armed with a .357 magnum and .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol with two loaded magazines. Gall was taken into custody without incident and held for lack of $10,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for March 7.

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St. Luke’s series to discuss death, grieving SCRANTON – The members of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church hope to build a discussion about a topic all must face but few have comfort speaking about. Beginning Thursday, March 17, and continuing each Thursday through April 14, the church located at 232 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, will conduct a “Dying, Death and Bereavement” series from 6:30 to 8 p.m. inside Kreitler Hall. Parishioner Marion Beddoe-Iobst, whose background is in thanatology, or the academic study of death, had pursued the series through The Rev. Peter D’Angio for more than a year. “I wanted to hold an informal community death education piece where people could ask questions that they really hadn’t had an opportunity to ask before in a safe environment,” Beddoe-Iobst said. “Sometimes it’s difficult to ask those questions.” The series will include advice from a funeral director on planning for services, an attorney to discuss the legal and financial circumstances of death, and a lo-

cal chaplain to address pastoral care. D’Angio will likely address Christian death and dying while Beddoe-Iobst will host the discussion on bereavement.

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Moscow man wanted by state police By CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES chughes@golackawanna.com

Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a man who failed to appear in court last year. According to a release, Corey Maurice Gordon, 26, did not appear in court on

March 16, 2010, on charges of theft from a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property, forgery, criminal conspiracy and access device fraud. Gordon is described as a white male, standing 5foot-11 and weighing 205

pounds. He has blonde hair, but may also have a shaved head, according to the release. His last know address was 27 Blue Shutters Rd., Moscow. Anyone with information is asked to call state police at (570) 963-3156.

Texas man picked up on sex assault warrant By CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES chughes@golackawanna.com

DUNMORE – An enforcement detail in Dunmore discovered a Texas man wanted for the alleged aggravated sexual assault of a minor under age 14, according to a Pennsylvania State Police report. Matthew Alexander, 39, of Converse, Texas, was stopped during a motor carrier enforcement detail at 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 24. Alexander told police he was living in Montrose while working for the gas industry. A National Crime Informa-

Matthew Alexander, 39, of Converse, Texas, had an outstanding warrant for the alleged aggravated sexual assault of a minor under age 14, according to Pennsylvania State Police. tion Center check revealed that Alexander had an outstanding warrant in his home state, which was confirmed with the Harris County Sherriff ’s Office, according to the release.

Alexander was taken into custody without incident and charged with being a fugitive. He was placed in the Lackawanna County Prison awaiting extradition to Texas.

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CARBONDALE – Two allegedly drunk adults fell asleep while stopped at a stop sign with a 1-year-old baby in its car seat on Sunday morning, according to Carbondale police. Benjamin Paul Conrad, 27, and Erin McFadden, 30, both of Carbondale, face one count of endangering the welfare of a child after patrol officers discovered their vehicle stopped at a stop sign on River Street at 1:20 a.m. on Feb. 27. Several cars were stopped behind the vehicle, according to an affidavit. Officers knocked on both the driver side and passenger windows but received no response from the sleeping adults. The 1-year-old child was awake and alert in the back seat, next to McFadden. Ambulance crews were called to tend to the unresponsive adults, and police opened the driver side door by reaching through a partial-

ly open window. Emergency medical teams removed the child from the car. Police began speaking with Conrad, the driver, and observed “slurred speech, a very unsteady gait” and a “very strong odor of an alcoholic type beverage emitting from his breath.” He was taken into custody under the suspicion of driving under the influence. Officers also attempted to speak with McFadden, who was allegedly unable to speak or stand on her own and who had apparently vomited on herself, according to an affidavit. At Marian Community Hospital, Conrad did not respond when police asked for his consent to submit to a blood test, according to the complaint. Both adults were released on $5,000 unsecured bail. Conrad’s preliminary hearing is set for March 10, and McFadden’s is set for March 7.

wishes upon her death in 2004. “We’re not in control of our deaths, but we are in control of some of what we leave behind,” he said. Beddoe-Iobst said she had trouble finding effective bereavement treatment. “Finding holistic care for bereavement is practically impossible,” she said. “Trying to find care for myself was very difficult, so I had to make my own plan. “I want people to know that they’re not alone. Maybe we can lessen people’s death anxiety, and they can become comfortable speaking with their own kids about it.” For more details on the series, call (570) 342-7654.

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While death can often be a challenging topic, Beddoe-Iobst hopes to break the ice quickly on March 17 with perhaps one of the most well-known comedy

bits dealing with death: the 1969 “Dead Parrot” sketch from “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” “I want to alleviate some of the anxiety from talking about it, so I think it’s a good way to start out,” she said. “Death is a really difficult topic, and we spend a lot of time and energy avoiding it,” D’Angio said. He added that the season of Lent is an ideal time to conduct the series because it’s a time when churches focus on mortality. Planning for a funeral “is a gift you give to the people you leave behind,” according to D’Angio. In his own experience, regular conversations with his parents about their plans allowed his family to fulfill his mother’s final

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More blighted buildings set for demolition By CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES chughes@golackawanna.com

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SCRANTON — A new month brings a new set of scheduled demolitions within the city of Scranton. Ten more blighted properties have been put out to bid by Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty. In February, the mayor put seven West Scranton properties out for bid, and he said Monday the proposal from Smart Recycling, Inc., of Dunmore, to eliminate those structures has been accepted. The new properties that will be set for bid beginning this week, according to a Feb. 28 release from the mayor’s office, predominantly target the city’s Plot Section, Hill Section and North Scranton. Last month, Doherty told Go Lackawanna that blight “is a cancer in our neighborhood.” He said the elimination of 50 blighted structures in

The properties set for demolition in the second planned phase of blight removal in Scranton for 2011 are: 1038 Capouse Ave. 845 Capouse Ave. 903 Sanderson Ave. 2217 Golden Ave. 1232 1/2 Philo St. 1713-15 McDonough Ave. 323-25 Prescott Ave. 1948 Myrtle St. 2603-05 Pittston Ave. 31 New York St.

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ous threat to public health and the environment than had been previously understood, writer Ian Urbana reported. Urbana also wrote that an EPA and a confidential drilling industry study report both concluded that all radioactivity in drilling waste cannot be fully diluted in waterways, that most sewage treatment plants are not required by state or federal regulators to test for radioactivity, and that most drinkingwater intake plants downstream from wastewater treatment plants in Pennsylvania have not been tested for radioactivity since 2006, before the state’s drilling boom began. “No threat to Pennsylvania drinking water should be taken lightly; especially one involving radioactive material,” Casey said. “Alarming information has been raised that must be fully investigated.” Casey asked DEP why inspections of drinking water intake sites have not taken place for several years, and called on the department to test them as soon as possible, continuing on a regular basis with full disclosure to the public. He also questioned the EPA about

the city’s South Side has helped stabilize neighborhoods and spur economic and community development. Planned demolitions, which could total about 40 structures by the end of this year, according to Doherty, are funded in part through federal dollars and Community Development Block Grants.

Piccolino entering City Council race again By RICH HOWELLS rhowells@golackawanna.com

SCRANTON – Giovanni Piccolino officially announced his intention to run for City Council as a Democrat last Friday. Piccolino, owner of Buona Pizza, 504 Lackawanna Ave., said he was motivated to run by an almost five year court battle with the city that ended in his favor in January. The city attempted to acquire the restaurant, in business for 45 years, under the provisions of eminent domain as part of a redevelopment project on the 500 block of Lackawanna Avenue, but Lackawanna County Judge Robert Mazzoni ruled in favor of Piccolino. “The city’s attempt to drive me out of business and to confiscate my property prompted me to enter the race for City Council. It’s time for the working man and the small business owner to have a say in the politics of Scranton. It has been a pattern to try to force the ‘little guy’ out in favor of developers and big business,” Piccolino wrote in a press release. “Scranton was founded by folks like me and the other small businesses and taxpayers who fought to build this city into a caring and progressive community. What the mayor and the city attempted to do was to force out a viable business which has been here for over 40 years in favor of ‘development’ of a project which is still void of any new business,” he continued. Piccolino, who has unsuccessfully ran

for council before, has formed a campaign committee called “Gio for Council” and has criticized previous councils for being “anti-small business.” While he has praised the work of the current council majority, which took office in 2010, he feels he “could be an asset to this city and would welcome the chance to serve in an official capacity.” “I believe I can help to make a difference and have been encouraged by my friends and customers to make this run for City Council,” he said. “I firmly believe that my business acumen and history will help bring stability to Scranton and its citizens and taxpayers.” Two seats on council will be open this election. Councilmen Bob McGoff and John Loscombe have both confirmed to Go Lackawanna that they will attempt to retain their seats.

— U.S. Sen. Bob Casey

why it did not disclose results of its studies to Pennsylvania regulators, and called on the federal agency to “strongly assert the authority that EPA has to more closely and frequently monitor what is in the wastewater delivered to the treatment plants, pollutants discharged into water sources and contaminants in drinking water.” DEP spokeswoman Katherine Gresh said Wednesday that her department is “evaluating the assertions made not just in the article but the additional comments and recommendations we’ve received,” including Casey’s letter and input from the public. Gresh added that DEP has more than doubled its Oil & Gas staff, which now employs 78. “DEP is committed to overseeing this industry in an environmentally conscious manner,” she said.

Rape accusations against Scranton man By CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES chughes@golackawanna.com

SCRANTON – The Attorney General’s office filed charges on Feb. 23 against a Scranton man on allegations of rape, according to court documents. Brian Scott, 38, of Scranton, faces two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and three counts of indecent assault stemming from an alleged incident from September 2010. According to an affidavit, Scott and the alleged victim met at a local bar for drinks on Sept. 16, 2010. While at the bar, Scott invited the victim to his residence and “told her that she could stay overnight at his resident with ‘no strings attached.’” While at the home, Scott alleged-

ly “repeatedly asked her to have a beer” and poured two glasses of win and was “insisting” that she have one. The pair went to bed, and the victim claims Scott covered her with a blanket and left the room, according to the complaint. When she woke up, she claims Scott was on top of her “having sexual intercourse without her consent.” According to an affidavit, the victim went into the bathroom, then ran out of the house and called 911. Police and an ambulance arrived a short time later and she was transported to Community Medial Center. Scott posted $30,000 bail on Feb. 28, the day of his arraignment, and a preliminary hearing is set for March 7.

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SCRANTON – Residents of varying professional backgrounds made their pitch Monday evening to fill a vacancy on the Scranton School Board left by the resignation of former director Tom Gilbride. In all, 12 applicants fulfilled submission requirements and deadlines to become eligible to fill the seat and were given three minutes to speak about why they should be chosen to fill the remainder of Gilbride’s term, which ends in December. Interested candidates are: • James Allan, a former Scranton Technical High School chemistry teacher, West Scranton High School assistant principal, John Audubon Elementary principal, Sacred Heart High School dean of students and recent director of St. Rose

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• Deborah Nallo, a post-secondary instructor with the University of Phoenix, who stressed her goals to collaborate with board directors. Nallo is a former emergency management coordinator for Moscow Borough, Girl Scout leader and cheerleading coach. • Sarene Stocker O’Malley, who is currently unemployed “due to the fact that I have leukemia.” She said she has the time to devote to board responsibilities. She volunteers with the Scranton Knights teams • Dr. Marilyn Ruane, owner of the Medicine Shoppe on Pittston Avenue, who sees the school board as a chance to en-

hance her role in the community. She cited her business and interpersonal communication background as strong suits. • Jason Shrive, a Scranton attorney and who believes the district needs to offer “enhanced reading and writing skill courses.” Shrive stressed the need to retain the area’s talented students and promised to vote “for each student and the community at large for their best interests.” • William Tonkin, Jr., a lifelong Scranton resident and Scranton Tech graduate with bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Scranton. He applied with community service in mind, he told the board. • Mary Ann Wardell, a former human resources manager at the Hilton Scranton who “would like to be part of the solution” to the challenges the district faces. “I would do anything to help

these school children get the best bang for their buck,” she added. • Martin Wazowicz, a professor of education at the University of Scranton and former elementary school teacher in the district for 36 years. He is also a former champion on “Jeopardy!” The board is expected to choose a candidate at the March 7 board meeting. A vote is also expected regarding the charter application from the Howard Gardner School for Discovery. According to Superintendent William King, questions about the school’s sustainability have risen based on the depletion of its surplus funds. Abington Heights unanimously rejected the Gardner charter on March 2. A board opinion detailing the reason for their vote is due from district solicitor John Audi.

Officials: Audubon mold problem Ruling keeps DeNaples off board ‘decades in the making’ By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER For Go Lackawanna

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Academy. • Tom Borthwick, a Riverside School District educator who believes “teachers are often left out of policy discussions” and hopes to use his perspective to benefit the students of Scranton. • Carol Cleary, a Marywood University graduate and current school counselor in Monroe County. Cleary said her vision for education mirrors the district’s mission statement. • James Dougher, Jr., an educator who aims to “dramatically improve our school district’s performance scores.” Dougher said the district can’t ignore the numbers on which it is graded. • William Fox, a South Scranton resident, Dunmore football coach and account executive with Global Risk Management. His wife, Heather, is an educator, and he said he understands the challenges educators face.

SCRANTON – School district officials learned Monday night that problems at Audubon Elementary School were years in the making, and solutions may still be months away. During a buildings and grounds committee meeting held Feb. 28, officials were told that the building is clean of mold but other issues, including the presence of asbestos, still exist. “To say the school is clean, it’s not totally, environmentally,” Gene Peters, the district engineer, told the board. “Part of our concern is that water had been going into that building for some time, not only in the walls and the bottom. “There had been water coming in for years. No one really knew it.” Along with problems in the building’s basement, Peters said the roof is in poor condition. “You can see (water) in the

boiler room and other parts of the building today,” he told Director Chris Phillips. Mold issues that shuttered the school in October were first discovered, according to Director of Facilities and Ground Bill McDonough, when a teacher at Audubon developed symptoms synonymous with exposure to mold. Students were first moved into shared space at John Adams Elementary and moved in January into leased school space at the former St. Mary’s School. The district, Peters said, must choose to renovate the building, replace the school as the district had done at the site of John Whittier Elementary, or build in another location and consolidate existing schools as it will do this fall when Isaac Tripp Elementary opens for the first time. The district faces a $4.4 million estimate to rehabilitate the building’s water damage and other infrastructure problems.

In the meantime, Superintendent William King said board members could either meet with representatives of the Diocese of Scranton to extend a $36,000 annual lease on the former St. Mary’s School or utilize one of the two school buildings closing at the end of this year – likely John Marshall Elementary on Oram Street – to hold students next year. “It appears, by what our architects and engineers have indicated, that we’re not getting back into Audubon in the fall,” King said. Joe Guzek, president of Guzek Associates in Clarks Summit, said, “If you’re going to save your building, the best thing to do is listen to the engineers and the architects and end up not just restoring it and bringing it up to code but also restoring the infrastructure to prevent the water from coming in.” Guzek told Director Phillips that the problem was “decades in the making. Mold doesn’t happen overnight.”

An administrative law judge has concurred with recommendations issued by two federal agencies seeking to bar Louis DeNaples from serving on the board of directors of First National Community Bank in Dunmore and to force him to divest himself as a controlling shareholder. In a recent opinion, Judge C. Richard Miserendino rejected arguments by DeNaples’ attorneys that challenged the legality of cease-and-desist orders that were isDeNaples sued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve System. The decision is a setback for DeNaples, but it does not end the case. Miserendino’s opinion will now be forwarded to Comptroller of the Currency, who can accept, reject or modify the recommendations. Should DeNaples lose at that level, he could appeal the decision to federal court. DeNaples,ofDunmore,hasbeenfighting for three years to regain his seat on FNCB’s boardofdirectors.Hehadserved on the board since 1972, but voluntarily steppeddowninJanuary2008afterDauphin County prosecutors charged him

with perjury for allegedly making false statements to gaming officials who were investigating his suitability to hold a license for the Mount Airy Casino. Prosecutors withdrew those charges in April 2009 after DeNaples agreed to transfer ownership of Mount Airy to atrustinthenameofhis daughter. Butfederalbankingofficialssoughtto barhimfromresuminghispositionwith FNCBbasedonasectionofbankinglaw that prevents any person convicted of a crime of dishonesty from serving on a financial institution’s board. Banking regulators contend the agreement signed by DeNaples constituted a “pre-trial diversion” program that would trigger the law. DeNaples’ attorneys maintained the agreement differed significantly from such programs that were offered in Pennsylvania, and therefore the agreement did not equate to a pre-trial diversion. Miserendino sided with banking regulators in his opinion, saying it was undisputed that Dauphin County’s prosecutors agreed to withdraw charges against DeNaples based on his acceptance of the terms of the agreement. “The ordinary meaning of pretrial diversion is an alternative to prosecution whereby an individual ... is diverted from prosecutionbyagreeingtocertaincondiSee DENAPLES, Page 13

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‘Phantom’ premieres at Valley View Valley View High School will present “The Phantom of the Opera” on Friday, March 11, at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 12, at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 13, at 2 p.m. in the high school auditorium.In addition to the weekend performances, the cast and crew will offer a morning performance on Thursday, March 10 at 9:30 a.m. for area school districts. The directors enlisted the assistance of theatrical experts Tony Nicosia, Joseph Caputo and Theo Lencicki as drama consultants. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students at the door and are available for advanced purchase by calling the high school at (570) 876-4110. Cast members include Ian Betti as Raoul, Alyssa Speicher as Carlotta, Eric Gowat as Monsieur Andre, Michael McAndrew as Monsieur Firman, Martina Barna as Madame Giry, Adam Crimi as Piangi, Matt Prusinski as Phantom and Jessica Lochie as Christine.

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Leadership group sets Mardi Gras event

Leadership Lackawanna and the “Renovating Our Future” project will host a “Mardi Gras Celebration!” at Morganz Pub and Eatery, 315 Green Ridge St., Scranton, on March 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. The event is being held to raise awareness for Leadership Lackawanna’s goal of creating a teen zone at the Nancy K. Holmes Library in Green Ridge, Scranton. There is no cost to attend, and Dashboard Mary will perform. “Renovating Our Future” is a group project organized by Leadership Lackawanna to impact a positive change at the

MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES The following marriage license applications were filed in the Lackawanna County Marriage License Bureau between Feb. 28 and 10 a.m. on March 4, 2011: • Nancy Lynn Arroyo, Scranton, and Alfredo Bermudez, Scranton.

fantasy. Performances are set for Saturday, March 19 at 7 p.m., and on Sunday, March 20 at 3 p.m. at the high school’s auditorium in Scott Township. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students, and free for children age 10 and under with an adult.

A group of 13 Misericordia University students, faculty and staff members visited an orphanage and boy’s school, assisted the elderly, and helped paint a the church compound where they stayed during a recent week-long service trip to Jamaica. The Misericordia group stayed with Father Patrick Mwangi at a compound that included a primary school, St. Josephs Catholic Church and recreational area in Cross Keys, Manchester Parish, a rural community about an hour and a half from Kingston, Jamaica. The trip fulfilled the service component of the service-learning class, Theology and the Church. Among those participating in the trip was nursing student Corrin McAlarney of Dickson City who said, “I was most impacted by the people of Jamaica’s uplifting spirit and love for life. Each day was treated as a blessing and a way to share their gifts with others. Our group felt at home from the time we stepped foot off the plane. The Jamaican’s lively spirit touched me and I plan to embrace and share it with others.” ent types of flour, will also be held. The event will be held at the S.S. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Parish Gymnasium, 135 River St., Olyphant. The cost is $15 per person, and includes a copy of Covalesky’s book. Light refreshments, including bread samples, will be available. For more information, call (570) 383-0319.

Audiences can follow the yellow brick road to Lakeland Jr. Sr. High School’s production of “The Wizard of Oz,” based on the 1939 MGM film and L. Frank Baum’s classic tale of fun and

Paul Covalesky, author of “Paul’s Kitchen” and Culinary Institute of America graduate, will present “The History of Bread Making,” “Where Yeast Comes From,” and different recipes including sour dough baguette and soft rye bread on Saturday, March 19, from noon to 2 p.m. A demonstration on bread making, including the use of differ-

Watchfire Signs by Time-O-Matic, Inc., a leading LED display manufacturer, recognized Widmer Sign Company of Scranton as one of the top three Watchfire dealers in its northeastern region. Jenny Collins, owner of Widmer Sign

Company, was presented with a plaque acknowledging her company’s achievements as a Silver Dealer by Northeast Regional Manager William Smillie in late 2010. Widmer has been doing business with the Time-O-Matic company for more than 30 years. Collins and her husband, Todd, run the operation and have been selling and installing digital LED signs by Watchfire since 2000. Their sales have grown each year, earning them a silver-level status in 2010 among 1,000 plus dealers across the country. Currently housed in a 15,000 square foot warehouse, Widmer Sign Co. is a full service sign company with a comprehensive in-house neon manufacturing plant, computerized sign making systems, a fleet of service vehicles, and more.

• Kendra B. O’Neill-Mills, Wapwallopen, and Teeraphan Bevill, Tobyhanna. • Stephanie Noreen Gonczol, Shavertown, and Robert William Santarelli, Dallas. • Naisha Lee Gonzalez, Scranton, and James Eugene Page, Northumberland. • Jennifer Danielle Polchinski, Old Forge, and Curtis Stephen Lipisko, Old Forge. • Mounikaben P. Patel, Scranton, and Rajeshbhai Vijaykumar Patel, Beavercreek, Ohio.

• Kimberly Daria Williams, Jessup, and Brian Rochinski, Jessup. • Alyssa Maria Way, Taylor, and David Benner Wintermute, Taylor. The following divorce applications were filed with the Lackawanna County Clerk of Judicial Records, Family Court Division, between Feb. 28 and 10 a.m. on March 4, 2011: • Sarah Cortazar and Patrick Cortazar. • Patricia Lavelle and Thomas

Lavelle. • April A. Bridges and Robert Bridges, Jr. • Jason Joseph Tavella and Laura Tavella. • Michael R. Henry and Wanda Maria Henry. • Anne Vispi and Michael Vispi. • Brian Horrocks and Nicole Horrocks. • Leo F. White and Rebecca White. • Rita B. Snouffer and Christopher G. Snouffer • Nasser Mohammadzad and Sahar Alami Serej.

• Penny E. Williams and Frank Williams, Jr. • Samuel Guzzi and Chris Guzzi. • Mary Staff and Thomas Staff. • Krista Lynn Vidota and Christopher M. Vidota. • Jane C. Adams and Christopher Adams. • Donald Sparacino and Dorothy Sparacino. • Tina Zantowsky and Jason Springett. • Lashawn Lucke and Tiffany Lucke.

Nancy K. Holmes Library and the surrounding community. The branch of the Scranton Public Library and member of the Lackawanna County Library System had a need to create a safe and fun place for teens to read, learn and socialize. With the support of “Renovating Our Future,” the group is raising funds to construct such a place at the library. For more information, contact Holly Kubicki at (570) 574-1088 or at holmesteenproject@gmail.com.

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sectionofbankinglawthatwouldrequire them to show that DeNaples’ continued presence on the board would “threaten the interests of the corporation’s depositors or impair public confidence in the bank.” Cayne contends banking regulators opted to utilize a different section of the law, which does not includethethreattopublicconfidence requirement.That,heargues,isaviolation of DeNaples’ constitutional rights because it allows for his removal without affording him the chance to defend himself. Miserendinodidnotspeciallyaddress the constitutionality issue in his opinion, rejecting Cayne’s argument on procedural grounds. The judge said he believed regulators were free to proceed under either

as it becomes the focus of WVIA’s “State of Pennsylvania” program on Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m. The broadcast will be filmed live inside The Banshee, 320 Penn Ave., Scranton, and will include interviews with Murphy, other parade veterans, bagpipers and more. Murphy said the committee is pleased to provide a family friendly event that celebrates a portion of the area’s heritage each year. “We’re glad that we can put this on for the city and the county,” he said.

section of the law. Aspartofhisopinion,Miserendino issued a proposed cease-and-desist order that would require DeNaples to resign as a director of FNCB and to divest himself of enough of hisstocksharessothathewouldno longer have a controlling interest in the bank. The divestiture would occur within180 days of the order, with the sales being made to third parties unrelated to DeNaples. If any of the sales are made to a person who has previously acted inconcertwithDeNaples,Miserendino said adequate controls would have to be put in place to ensure DeNaples would not have the ability to exercise control over the shares.

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tions,”Miserendinosaid.“Theundisputed material facts show that in exchange for (DeNaples’) voluntaryagreementtothetermsofa written agreement, the Dauphin County District Attorney … decided to (withdraw) four felony perjury charges.” Miserendino also rejected a separate argument which alleged regulators had applied the wrong legal statute in seeking DeNaples’ removal. In a legal brief, DeNaples’ attorney, Howard Cayne, argued regulators should have proceeded under a

centration of .08 or higher. In recent years, there has been a friendly debate over how large the Scranton event truly is. In a proclamation from the Lackawanna County Commissioners on Feb. 9, 2011, it was noted that the local parade is “the second largest parade in the country as measured by participants per population of the city in which it is held, topped only by Savannah, Ga., and coming in ahead of thirdplace New York City.” The parade’s rich heritage will receive due recognition

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SCRANTON – Police filed chargesMarch3againsta24-yearold man on accusations that he had a sexual relationship with a then-15-year-old girl. According to a criminal complaint, Chris Stone, of Scranton, is charged with statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors stemming from a relationship that allegedly began in April 2010. The relationship was discovered when the alleged victim told her mother about it in November, and Scranton police were called and asked to investigate. Stoneallegedlyfirsthadsexwith the victim near the start of their re-

lationshipinsidehisparents’home, according to an affidavit. The victim “advised him that she was 15 years old and he was okay with that,” the complaint states. The two allegedly had intercourse a number of times, including in the Washburn Street Cemetery and behind South Scranton Intermediate School. According to a criminal complaint, Stone told the girl “several times ‘don’t tell anyone or he would get in trouble.’” Scranton police interviewed Stone on Thursday, and he allegedly confessed to having sex with the teen up to four times. Stone was held for a lack of $5,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for March 9.

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town. “On a sunny day, we estimated a couple of years where there was more than 100,000 people,” Murphy said. Special preparations for good weather are already underway. “We’re putting our rosaries out on the back porch – it’s an old Irish tradition – to pray for good weather.” For some, “Parade Day” has become more than a celebration of Irish heritage that winds its way through the downtown, and organizers have worked to keep the family atmosphere separate from one based on the consumption of alcohol. “It’s difficult. We do get that stigma, but we want it to be family-oriented,” Murphy said. In the past, the parade association has successfully worked with the District Attorney’s office to request that bars open their doors later in the morning. They also meet with city police and security from the University of Scranton to keep the safety of the public in mind. According to a press release from PennDOT, 26 impaired driving related crashes and one fatality took place on St. Patrick’s Day in 2010. Of that number, 12 crashes involved at least one driver or motorcyclist with a blood alcohol con-

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Rob Thomas of Taylor displays the bank envelope that contained his pay from ‘That Championship Season.’ Having the movie filmed in his hometown turned Thomas into a lifelong film fan.

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yards and alleys, building temporary swimming pools, removing speed bumps and more, according to Thomas. Witnessing the experience behind the scenes turned Thomas, 37, into a lifelong film fan. “That summer, it was like we were in Hollywood,” Thomas said. “For the longest time, I wanted to go to film school because of that summer.” Edits that seamlessly moved the actors from Taylor to West Scranton were like magic to a kid, Thomas said as he recalled many of the locations used in the film. “They took the yards that we played in, and all of a sudden it became a movie set.” A neighbor’s home is the predominant setting for the second half of the film, and basketball court scenes were shot in “The Dungeon” of the former Taylor High School, which Thomas said has since been condemned and burned down. “It was the only gym in the area that still fit the genre, still fit the time. Everyone else’s gymnasiums were updated,” Thomas said. Thomas earned a bachelor of communications degree from Mansfield University and has since appeared in a small collection of short films, pitched a show to Comedy Central with a comedy troupe he participated in at Mansfield, and currently appears as rival Pounder McGuirk in the Web-based political mockumentary, “The Coxton Campaign.” His pursuit of the arts all stemmed, however, from the summer of 1982. “The group of kids from the neighborhood here, we’ll still talk about that summer.”

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TAYLOR – When the cameras, crews and stars of the silver screen rolled into northeastern Pennsylvania in 1982, hundreds lined area streets to catch a glimpse of the actors who would portray state basketball title winners in “That Championship Season.” When the Pulitzer Prize winning play was transformed into a film for the first time, Rob Thomas and a group of neighborhood children worked as extras. He recalls stealing beer cans full of apple juice and riding his bicycle with friends in scenes that landed on the cutting room floor. He was paid $27 for his work, and his parents had the foresight to hang on to the money and the Third National Bank and Trust Company envelope it came in. Faded ink in his mother Nancy’s handwriting says, “July 22, 1982. Pay received for being background in ‘That Championship Season.’” Thomas got a lot closer to the actors than most in the background did. “There’s a scene in the movie where Martin Sheen gets loaded, they get into a fight and he gets thrown off the front steps of the house. The entire set was shut down, and I was a little kid and I was hiding in those shrubs right there,” he said, pointing to bushes along South Main Street in Taylor. The then-9-year-old Thomas was within about five feet of Sheen, he said, as he was pushed from a front porch by actor Robert Mitchum in a scene near the very end of the film. During another portion of the film that also made the final cut, the coach and his players walk through alleys in Taylor. Thomas’ grandfather, Myron, can be heard yelling, “Hiya, Coach. How ya feeling?” “We don’t have any recordings of my grandfather, but it’s a little memory of him and his only line,” Thomas said. Crews transformed back-

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SUPERMAN can fly, punch through mountains, freeze things with his breath, and melt others with his eyes, but can he also meet his newspaper deadlines as Clark Kent? I sincerely doubt it. Yes, I’m willing to accept that the Man of Steel can leap tall buildings in a single bound, but as a full-time reporter myself, I just don’t understand how this guy maintains his supposed livelihood. Bear with me as I choose not to suspend my belief for once. The question of his vocation first came to mind last weekend when I watched “Superman/Shazam! The

INFINITE IMPROBABILITY RICH HOWELLS Return of Black Adam,” a short cartoon that retold the origin story of Captain Marvel. It also featured Superman doing something that you don’t often see him doing — reporting. Granted, within a matter of minutes, the villain ends up interrupting his interview and his alter ego is tossed aside so he can help save the world, but at least we see him trying to work at first. Directly after that, I watched an-

other cartoon called “Superman/ Batman: Apocalypse,” which retells the origin of Supergirl. In one scene, during an attempt to control her powers Supergirl accidentally melts Batman’s high-tech computer system. Superman tells him that he’ll pay for it, to which the Dark Knight wryly replies, “On a reporter’s salary?” Don’t get me started, Bruce. As I am more often inclined to “make mine Marvel,” I do not often read DC’s Superman comics, so I hadn’t ever really given much thought to the Last Son of Krypton’s chosen profession. We don’t often see him reporting, after all, and whenever we do, he’s famously running away from anything newsworthy to dra-

matically change into his costume and prevent it from happening. What does he do then? Go back and write about how he just saved the day? I guess we can just add “super ego” to his ever-mounting list of superpowers. And how exactly does he explain to his editor how he was able to report on something without actually being there as Kent? There has to be other media outlets in Metropolis besides The Daily Planet, so no fellow journalists, who are often the curious type, find it odd that this paper always has the big scoop without ever actually sending anyone to report on See HOWELLS, Page 20

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100th anniversary of Pancoast disaster approaches EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second story in a series looking at mining disasters of 1911. On April 7, 1911, 73 men were killed in a fire in the Pancoast Mine in Throop. The disaster occurred less than two weeks after another infamous event in labor history in which 146 garment workers,123 of them young women, died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York’s Greenwich Village on March 25, 1911. The Pancoast disaster started with a fire in the engine house of

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KATE GIBBONS the colliery, and the final toll of those trapped left not only 72 mine workers and1rescue worker dead, but 49 widows and 158 children, by most estimates, if one counts those in America and Europe. Of the deceased with dependent children, three-quarters of those had three or more children and most men on laborer’s or driver’s wages were the families’ sole

support. The majority of those who died were Eastern Europeans, and many were immigrants: Polish, Slovak, Hungarian and Lithuanian. Some of the men had wives, children, and parents still in Europe; others left behind families, mothers, fathers, and siblings who’dsettledaroundThroop.The survivors were, in the words of one Wilkes-Barre newspaper, “suddenly thrown upon the charity of the world.” The widows included 35-yearold Barbara Barbolic, widow of John/Jan, and mother of six children aged 18 months to 12 years; 22-year-old Mary Cispak, widow

of Adolf, who was pregnant with their first child; Cora Evans, age 37, widow of Joseph, a rescue worker who was one of the first to enter the mine; and Catherine Rietz, age 60, widow of Lawrence, who was working in the mine at age 72. In one family, the three Wasczenik brothers all died along with a cousin. The toll on the community was immense. On one day, 26 funerals were held. News accounts described the church bells’ constant tolling, thousands of attendees lining the streets of Throop for funeral processions, doorways draped in black, and businesses’ doors shuttered for

days. Like the Triangle Factory disaster,newspapersandorganizations around the country immediately called for contributions and people responded. Within several days the Pancoast fund had already reached $10,000. The Pancoast Relief Fund ledger book recorded the amounts paid monthly to the survivors and is in the archives of the Anthracite Heritage Museum. In a haunting record of thetragedy,itincludesidentifying photographs of many of the mineworkers’ widows. BoththePancoastmineandthe See MINING, Page 28

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Fresh off a tour of the United Kingdom, post-hardcore act Senses Fail is ready to spark their fiery passion for music back in the United States. In support of their latest album, “The Fire,” the band will kick off the “PMA Tour” featuring The Ghost Inside, Man Overboard, and Transit on March 10 at Eleanor Rigby’s, 603 Scranton Carbondale Highway, Jermyn. Vocalist Buddy Nielsen explained that his love for making music began during his childhood, and that’s all he’s ever wanted to do since. “I’ve just always been around (music). My mom was on Broadway, and my dad was in a band and played guitar, so I was introduced to it at a young age. I just always kind of leaned towards being creative, and that was an outlet that I enjoyed creatively. I just wanted to be a part of playing locally in the north New Jersey punk scene that was going

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on at the time, when I was in high school,” Nielsen said. His focus over the years, he admits, has gone from hoping for mass exposure to a focus on enjoyment of the band’s live performances. “I don’t care how many people show up. I used to be, ‘I hope this tour does well and I hope people show up.’ I look at it differently now. I kind of look at it as being a lot more fun than being this sort of, ‘We’re trying to get bigger and we’re trying to get more people into it.’ It’s this machine. I just don’t choose to look at it that way anymore,” Nielsen explained. “I think a lot of bands define who they are by their success and let that define their self-worth. I’ve definitely been guilty of that before, but I just decided to stop doing that because I’m not much more than just someone who’s in a band,” he continued. In the nearly 10 years of Senses Fail’s existence, they have also learned to overcome many obstacles, including a law-

suit by a former member of the band and the departure of their founding guitarist just before their current tour. “There are so many reasons to quit, so many reasons to stop, but overall, I just love playing music,” Nielsen said. This love is displayed on their newest album, “The Fire,” continuing the singer’s penchant for open, honest lyrics with a mix of both harsh and melodic vocals. “Lyrically, I think it’s just really, really, really truthful, and I think it’s well written. It’s just a good culmination of where we’ve been going as a band. I don’t know. I had a lot more fun making it than a lot of the other records I’ve done,” Nielsen said. “I sort of let go of a lot of things in my past and self-doubt and tried to move into a more positive place in my life.” Nielsen’s influences over the years have ranged from poet Charles Bukowski to mythologist Joseph Campbell, but he said this album focused much more on personal issues.

“I like existentialism. Earlier on, I was way more into that. Now I’m not as inclined to feel existentialist anymore. I think this record’s really just about moving forward and past and through things. We went through a big lawsuit and we kind of lost. It was very depressing for a while for the band. That’s also reflected on the record, as far as the energy of it.” With Matt Smith of Strike Anywhere replacing Garrett Zablocki on guitar, Senses Fail has begun been moving out of the funk and into a “more energetic” stage in their careers. Having just toured with Man Overboard in the UK, the band is ready to take the stage with them once again for “PMA Tour.” “I know Man Overboard really well, and I’ve heard good things about the other bands, so it should be fun,” Nielsen said. A New Jersey native, he is also looking forward to starting their new tour just hours from home. “This is probably where we do the best. That’s why we started here.”

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it? If he chooses not to participate, however, I could just imagine this comic panel: “Sorry, citizens! I’d love to help you beat up those aliens there, but it looks like I’ll be reporting on the invasion instead. Go yell at the ocean and see if Aquaman’s busy!” I can say from experience that reporting is definitely a “pound the pavement” kind of gig, so he presumably wouldn’t have to be in the office for very long. Honestly, though, when would this guy find the time to put in a 40hour work week in between hurling radioactive meteorites back into space and tackling monsters? Sure, Supes could probably think and type faster than any human, making up for lost time, but if you’re in the building for about an hour a week and yet still produce a story a day, a room full of people paid to question things may start to…well…question. This is just assuming that all the stories he writes are about world-threatening events. There has to be at least one time he’s forced to cover a city council

Sunday, March 6, 2011 meeting or a ribbon cutting. How does he attend events like these, save the world at the same time, and then report on an event that he just skipped out on? Speaking of aspects of Kal-El that require some investigative journalism, Batman brought up a valid point – he only receives a reporter’s salary. As I’m sure you may have guessed, we reporters aren’t exactly in the same tax bracket as guys like Bruce Wayne, so the fact that Clark can afford a decent apartment in Metropolis, one of the biggest and wealthiest cities in his fictional world, is barely believable. Another secret he’s bad at hiding is his identity. Of all the career paths he could have chosen, don’t you think he should have picked something a bit less conspicuous? I’ve only been with the paper for a year and I already feel like the mayor when I walk the streets of the city with all the connections I’ve made. You can’t hide behind your bylines for very long in the media, especially in the 21st century, so it makes you wonder why he didn’t choose to be something much less conspicuous. Then again, this is coming from the guy whose disguise is thick-rimmed glasses, so he can’t exactly be the smartest man on Earth, too…or can he?

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and energy of their live performances on the “Justice” disc. “We had two records before this, and we’re completely proud of them, but a lot of times, people would say, ‘Your energy is overpowering live, and you sometimes don’t get that from the records.’ So we wanted to have that live feel…We kept it pretty raw. There’s not much extra production. It’s just pretty much guitars, drums, bass, and vocals,” he said. He also feels “Justice” is the album that is most “true” to the band members. “We’re doing what we love. Sometimes you want to try and sound like your favorite bands, and everything you do definitely has influences from other bands, but you just want to find that sound and be like, “That’s Rev Theory.” There’s so many bands out there that you know right away. You hear that riff and you know that’s Sevendust. That’s Godsmack. There’s a familiarity and there’s something recognizable about their stuff. I think we’re finally hitting that stride,” he explained. “This record is a little more raw sounding, a little more of a live feel. I think we’re getting closer to who we are as a band.” Forming a Theory A Massachusetts native, Agoglia met Luzzi and guitarist Julien Jorgensen while they attended college just north of Boston. In 2002, they made a move that would change their lives and careers forever. See THEORY, Page 29

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Amidst cries for justice across the world, whether it be from union workers in Wisconsin or government protesters in Egypt and Libya, hard rock band Rev Theory is touring in support of a new album that touts a similar message. The band’s last stop on the “Monster Energy Outbreak Tour: Rock on the Rise” is this Sunday, March 6 at Eleanor Rigby’s, 603 Scranton Carbondale Highway, Jermyn. While many songs on Rev Theory’s new album, “Justice,” seem timely, including a music video for the title track that features protesters taking on a greedy corporate figure, drummer Dave Agoglia explained they wrote the song several years ago with some friends and just hadn’t released it. “Whenwewerewritingthisrecord, we felt the music industry was going down, we weren’t getting our due diligence,andallthisstuff.Andtherewas obviously all the things going on in our personal lives that were making us a little bit angry, so we were definitely a little angry coming off the road. We had the song, and it was just the perfect time. It’s one of those things where it’s like, ‘Wow, this song is really making sense right now,’ Agoglia said. “After the fact, with all that stuff from Egypt and Libya, it just kind of fell into place. It’s kind of ironic that it’s working out like that.” While touring in Madison, Wis., just a few weeks ago, where union members are protesting budget cuts made by Gov. Scott Walker that threaten their benefits, the resonance of the song’s message again came into play. “(Singer) Richie (Luzzi) did this great intro to it and, man, people really felt it. It’s nice that something we wrote that maybe was for something else is speaking to everyone in different ways,” Agoglia continued. With the help of legendary producer Terry Date, Agoglia said that they’ve finally captured the charisma

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BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON – Martin Lawrence & Co. hit Tyler Perry where he lives. They take the black-man-in-drag wars into Madea country — Atlanta — for this sad excuse for a cross-dressing sequel, a humorless mash-up of “White Chicks” and “Glee.” PG-13 for sexual humor, brief violence. 105 minutes. ★ DRIVE ANGRY – Nobody goes off the deep end like His Satanic Majesty Nicolas Cage, and nobody gives better value in bad movies. This very entertaining B-, C- or D-movie is an over-the-top, inyour-face grindhouse gore picture. R for brutal violence, grisly images, graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language. 100 minutes. ★★ 1/2

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JUST GO WITH IT — Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston’s romantic comedy is stuffed with narcissists saying and doing the dumbest, cruelest things. PG-13 for crude and sexual content, partial nudity, drug references, language. 116 minutes. ★ 1/2 JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER — Part biopic, part concert film and all crowd-pleaser, this celebration of the pop phenom knows exactly how to send its target audience of tween girls into a tizzy. G. 105 minutes. ★★★ THE KING’S SPEECH – You can’t help but succumb to this weightyyet-uplifting period drama based on a true story about British royalty. R for language. 118 minutes. ★★★ 1/2 THE ROOMMATE – Timid variation on “Single White Female.” PG-13 for violence, menace, sex, language, teen partying. 93 minutes. ★ UNKNOWN — Liam Neeson continues his fascinating late-career path in this chilly little thriller about amnesia, mistrust and lost identity. PG-13 for intense violence and action, brief sexual content. 106 minutes. ★★ 1/2

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here are these guys, see? And they’re dressed in slightly out-of-date suits, gray mostly. And they wear hats, all the time. They dress like “Mad Men” and they’re led by a “Mad Men” star (John Slattery). But they’re not in advertising, circa 1962. No, these guys run a vast bureaucracy that clocks in every morning and decides our fate. Make a move that doesn’t follow the predetermined path your life was supposed to follow, they set you straight. That’s what “The Adjustment Bureau” does, manipulate events so your life follows their plan. And nobody knows they’re doing this. Until David Norris. His run for Congress just got derailed, and he’s just met a woman who changed his whole world view. An impulsive guy, acting on impulse, David (Matt Damon) stumbles into the knowledge of this “Bureau.” And as years pass and effort is expended by that apparatus — Are they angels, micro-managing aliens? — David battles them for the chance to re-connect with Elise (Emily Blunt), who set off sparks with him on the worst day of his life. “The Adjustment Bureau” has hints of several supernatural romances, especially “Eter-

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nal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” Damon and Blunt have spectacular chemistry, and

their flirtations have such snap you’d swear Damon is blushing as Blunt bats her eyes at him. This “Inception” meets “Made in Heaven” by way of “They Live” is also the screwiest movie Matt Damon has been in since, what, “Dogma?” But “The Adjustment Bureau” is a romantic thriller too caught up in its thrills to be as romantic as it needs to be. David carries around this top-secret knowledge and schemes

for that moment when he can go “off plan.” Slattery sets off in pursuit as David tries this trick and that to escape the overseers and find his way to the slender, sexy dancer he only knows by her first name. That tug we’re supposed to feel, as we root for them to connect? It’s just not strong enough to sustain what is essentially a cute thriller treatment of the notion that we do not control our own destiny.

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rootin’est, tootin’est varmint ever to roam the Old (New) West, they name him sheriff. Rango and the good gophers and gopher tortoises of Dirt both get more than they bargain for. Rango gets into shootouts. How these tiny critters got tiny firearms is anybody’s guess. (Oh, right. Arizona.) Some of them drink, and some smoke. Rangorunsafoulofthemayor,voicedbyNed Beatty, the villain of “Toy Story 3.” Rango flirts withMissBean(IslaFisher)andwonders,wonders, wonders about the missing water. Depp fills the soundtrack with chatter that sounds so off-the-cuff it’s as if they put him in front of a mic and animated a 3-D movie around his mutterings. Credited writer John Logan is right at home withtheoccasional“Sonofa...”andsneakingina Hunter S. Thompson joke. But what animated children’s movie that you can think of has a charactershout,“GotoHell!”atavillainoussnake?It doesn’tmatterthatthe snake (voiced by Nighy) answers “Where you do think I came from?” Fitfully amusing or not, the whole demented enterprise comes into question when you’re that tonedeaf about what’s appropriate for children.

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What: “Take Me Home Tonight” Starring: Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Teresa Palmer, Dan Fogler Directed by: Michael Dowse Running time: 97 minutes Rated: R, for language, sexual content and drug use ★ 1/2

ri, the object of Matt’s crush. At 24, she’s at least the right age to be playing somebody just starting her career and her life. Through one wild, long night Matt, Barry, Wendy and Tori experience multiple parties, freaky L.A. party sex, cocaine, grand theft auto and a great, deadly dare. And each, in his own way, has a moment of truth. Life lessons are doled out. Matt, who is driving his cop dad (Michael Biehn) and his sister nuts with his indecision, must decide to “go for it.” Barry must figure out he’s on a dead end street and find See HOME, Page 29

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“Take Me Home Tonight” is a10-years-too-late comedy. It’s ’80s nostalgia vamped up by people too young to have lived through the actual ’80s, but entirely too old to be playingcollegekidsnostalgic for their ’80s highschool glory days. It’s “Hot Tub Time Machine” without the time machine or the hot tub. Or the fun that entailed. Topher Grace, now a well-preserved 32, is Matt, the recent M.I.T. grad working for Suncoast Video while he tries to decide what to do with his life. Anna Faris, now 34, is Wendy, Matt’s twin sister, equally directionless also working at Suncoast. And Dan Fogler, now 34, is Barry, Matt’s burly, boozy loose-cannon pal. He skipped college and is regretting it. Their story? Straight outofthe’90s—the“Can’t Hardly Wait” tale of a guywho-never-confessed-tohis-high-school-crush. Teresa Palmer plays To-

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Whose idea was it to turn those latter-day Caribbean pirates Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy and (director) Gore Verbinski loose on a cartoon, ostensibly for kids? Because “Rango” requires some explanation. It is funny, inventive and downright daft. But who is it for, what is it and most pointedly — what is the point? Many’s the movie fan who would pay to watch/hear Depp riff on “ACTING” in a twisted opening monologue. He carries an umbrelladrink umbrella and wields a sword usually reservedforspearingthelimeinyourginandtonic. “Acting is RE-acting,” he bellows. “The audience thirsts for adventure. The hero cannot exist in a vacuum.” Well, it’s a terrarium actually. Not a vacuum. AndtheDeppdeliveringthismonologueisalizard en route to his owner’s new home. Terrariumandlizardtumbleoutofthecarandintothe desert, where the reptile gets some instant life lessons/stay-alive lessons from assorted desert creatures—asquishedarmadilloamongthem. The mariachi chorus of owls croons about his future “untimely death.” Our intrepid lizard stumbles into Dirt, a desert hamlet inhabited by tortoises, owls, crows, moles, other lizardsandthelike.Thetown is dry — no water. Some skullduggery is afoot. So when the lizard takes the name “Rango” and starts passin’ himself off as the

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From left, Cody Searl, Berkeley Chapman and Michael McDonald

The Independent Artist Collective, an emerging group of artists from northeastern Pennsylvania, held their first public engagement on Feb. 25 in Scranton. More than 70 people attend the film collage that was the first of three similar events planned for this spring. The IAC will host its second event on Saturday, March 19, at the Vintage Theater, 119 Michele May and Ryan Bossert Penn Ave., Scranton. For details, visit iacollective.blogspot.com.

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Danielle Kalasinski with her fiance Jeremy Cikovic.

Jonathan Kalasinski, left, Nikki Bartoli, and Judy Youshock, pose for a photo during Thursday’s networking event.

POWER! Scranton conducted its March networking event at Ireland Uncorked, 1614 Luzerne St., Scranton. The March 3 mixer included refreshments from Armetta’s Restaurant and Pizzeria in Clarks Summit and a wine tasting. For details on POWER!, visit www.nepapower.com. For more information on Ireland Uncorked, visit ww.irishihadagift.com or search for “Ireland Uncorked” on www.golackawanna.com. Billy Bradican, left, and Ken McDowell.

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Renee Emanuel, Moscow, left, and Nicole Sawicki, Scranton, inside ArtWorks.

Jim Lennox, Shickshinny, and John Bromberg, Lakewood, at Afa Gallery.

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First Friday Scranton once again showcased some of the regions most talented artists, authors and musicians. Exhibits that opened Friday ranged from street photography by Bernie Andreolic and Rolfe Ross, acrylic paintings on canvas by James Barney, portraits by Tina Imel and photography by Erin Nissley inside The Grove Media, and more. For information on becoming a featured artist, venue or for further details on this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibits, visit www.firstfridayscranton.com.

Jen Dougher, Scranton, and Julianna Brazil, Clarks Summit, at Northern Light Espresso Bar.

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Tina Imel of Scranton poses with her work published in Hunt & Gather at her show inside The Grove Media.

Painter James Barney of Milford with his work inside ArtWorks Gallery and Studio.

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purpose. Wendy needs to open that envelope from grad school and decide what to do with the boyfriend who just proposed to her at his big Labor Day party. And Tori must decide if this

Touring for ‘Justice’ The exposure has apparently paid off. Many of the venues on their current headlining tour have been selling out, bringing in sizable crowds of both old and new fans. “We’ve done some great tours with bigger bands and played in frontofmorepeople,buttoactually play a place that holds 500 people and sell out is great. It’s probably been one of the most gratifying tours that we’ve ever done. We just played a place in Tulsa that maybe two years ago would have had 60 or 70 people there, and now we come back a couple years later with a new record and a couple more singles under our belts and now we have 400-450 people

guy is just a poseur, claiming to work at Goldman Sachs, or somebody she should never have ignored in high school. Grace has some very nice scenes pretending to be a currency trader, but it’s a shame he didn’t get this up and running right after “That ’70s Show” ended.

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Eleanor Rigby’s after just playing a free acoustic show in the area in January. “We’ve been to Scranton,

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ever, the band had to first gain exposure through rigorous touring. They performed in two “Girls Gone Wild” tours starting in 2005 and later built a relationship with World Wrestling Entertainment, who used their song “Light It Up” as the theme for WrestleMania XXIV and “Hell Yeah” as the theme for “One Night Stand” in 2008. “We did ‘Voices,’ which is the theme song for (wrestler) Randy Orton, and right now, they’re using one of our new songs, ‘Hangman,’ for ‘Friday Night Smackdown.’ It’s just an amazing organization. People don’t realize how big their audience is,” Agoglia said.

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“I had just graduated, Julian was working some office job, and Rich called us up and said, ‘Hey, I found a guy down here who’s getting serious about the music industry.’ It really didn’t take much convincing for us – we pretty much just packed our bags and just drove down to New York,” Agoglia related. While in New York, the friends met bassist Matt McCloskey and formed the original lineup of RevelationTheory,whichwaseventually shortened to simply Rev Theory.McCloskeyendedupbeingan invaluable addition to band, Agogliasaid,notonlyforhismusicianship, but for his vocal talents, which are more prominently displayed on a new song entitled “Hollow Man,” where he took the lead reins. “Matty does all the backups on the record, and live, he does all the backups and stuff. He’s got such a great voice, and him and Rich together have such a great dynamic that we thought it was a nice change of pace and (‘Hollow Man’) just shows off that we have two really, really amazing singers. We’ve been playing it live and people love it,” Agoglia said. Togetwheretheyarenow,how-

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Consecutive wins don’t mean battle is over KEEPING SCORE TOM ROBINSON That is absolutely true. But, the rematches in district play also reminded us once again just how close the Spartanettes and Crusaders are to the top teams. That must make those losses particularly painful to a veteran Mid Valley team and a young Holy Cross squad that could be considered on the rise if it wasn’t still riding high from winning three district titles in its first three years since the merger of Bishop Hannan and Bishop O’Hara. Riverside’s 53-50 semifinal victory Wednesday represented the first time a team has beaten Holy Cross in a District 2 Class AA tournament game. Dunmore’s 43-40 semifinal victory Tuesday could leave Mid

Valley wondering if it will ever win that big championship-producing game that not long ago was beyond even realistically thinking about. The 21 wins over everyone else by a total of 533 points say as much about how far the Spartanettes have come than the four losses by a total of 25 points to Dunmore say about how much further they have to go. The losses this week reminded us again of how hard the Spartanettes and Crusaders are willing to play in pursuit of the county’s top teams of their size. That’s what would make yet another meeting in series that stand at 4-0 and 3-1 interesting. The wins reminded how strong the Lady Bucks and Vikings are able to remain in the face of playing from behind most of the night against a determined and dangerous opponent. Such battles are not a new development. Significant time and

newspaper column space has been devoted in recent years to the season-long battles waged by the Dunmore and Holy Cross boys and by the Abington Heights and Scranton boys. All of the participants came out of those repeated battles as stronger, if not more satisfied, teams. The Lady Bucks won — again — because Ashley Murray was able to shake off a rough start, Alexa Gerchman had the guts to take a charge with the game on the line and freshman Sarah Ross was not shaken by being asked to come off the bench late and supply the winning points. The Vikings won — again — because Joe Rowe made the most of the space his high-scoring teammates could not find to take their shots, Tommy Armillay was willing to take over offensively in the fourth quarter despite having just two points in the first three, Jerry Kincel just

was not going to miss a key late free throw, and they continued to play tough defense even when foul trouble could have discouraged that effort. Murray scored 16 of her 21 points in the second half. Gerchman anchored herself in the lane to take a charge with 10 seconds left and her team up by two. Ross put the Bucks ahead by hitting both free throws, her only shots of the game, with 57 seconds left. Rowe, Riverside’s center, twice hit 3-pointers to bring his team within one in the second half. Armillay scored 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter. Kincel scored a game-high 16 points, including a 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds left for a fourpoint lead. The Vikings forced 12 turnovers and limited the Crusaders to six field goals in the second half.

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Adamshick. “I thought we played great team defense,” Dunmore coach Ben O’Brien said. Palko and Alexa Gerchman each had four steals. Molly Burke did her part on the offensive end with eight timely points. She had a 3-pointer early in the 15-2 second quarter, then hit another for the last basket of the third quarter after LakeLehman had cut the deficit to single digits for the only time in the second half. Finally, she got behind the defense with Dunmore in the delay game to take a pass from Ashley Murray and score for a 37-24 lead with 1:50 left. Lake-Lehman’s Alexa Decker had the game’s first six points on a pair of 3pointers, but did not score again. Palko then hit a 3-pointer to start a streak of 16 straight points that put Dunmore in control. The Lady Bucks have won 18 out of 19 since a 4-4 start.

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3-pointers. She connected with 1:10 left in the half, then, following a timeout, hit from the left wing with a second remaining for a 24-8 halftime lead. Lake-Lehman (22-3) had its 16-game winning streak come to an end when it never got closer than nine in the second half. Selena Adamshick needed a big finish to barely surpass half of her season scoring average when the 6-foot-1 senior finished with 12 points. Adamshick managed just two while shooting 1-for-6 in the first half. “She was very physical,” said Courtney Murray, Dunmore’s center who supported her sister’s effort with eight points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots. “We just had to do whatever we could to stop her.” The Lady Bucks did that by changing defensive looks and getting contributions from many players, including Corinna Palko, who started out the game on

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WE HAVE now watched the Dunmore girls beat Mid Valley in four straight basketball games. We have seen the Riverside boys make up for a one-point loss on a shot that rolled out at the buzzer by beating Holy Cross three straight times. If the teams manage to navigate their way through the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class AA brackets to set up rematches in the state quarterfinals or semifinals, I would like to be the first one there to see the fifth meetings of the season. This week’s district semifinals could be seen as confirmation that the Dunmore girls and Riverside boys deserved their status as champions of a strongerthan-usual Division 2 of the Lackawanna League.

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Courtney Murray, right, blocks one of her three shots against Lake-Lehman during Friday’s Class AA championship game.

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Old Forge nets another Class A title By TOM ROBINSON For Go Lackawanna

When the Scranton Diocese eliminated schools in 2007, it also removed most of Old Forge’s obstacles in District 2 boys’ basketball. Following Friday night’s 47-24 romp over Susquehanna, the Blue Devils have five straight Class A championships, the last four of which have come relatively easy. The Blue Devils have not allowed more than 43 points and have had just one winning margin of less than 11 – a 41-37 victory over Freeland MMI Prep in last year’s final – in the eight games needed to win those four titles. Bishop O’Reilly, now part of Class AAA champion Holy Redeemer, was the last team other than Old Forge to win a Class A championship when it took the 2006 title. Old Forge’s 2007 championship came as the result of close battles with Bishop Hannan and Bishop O’Hara, which then combined to form Holy Cross and win three straight Class AA titles. When it comes to facing other small public schools, Old Forge has been unrivaled. The closest game and the only two times it has allowed more than 40 points in the playoffs since 2007 were all against MMI. Forest City and Susquehanna were simply no match for the Blue Devils this week. Tony Goodall led the way in both wins. He had 20 points in the 56-30 semifinal victory over Forest City and15 in the final against Susquehanna. Old Forge overcame 1-for-11 shooting from the line in the first half to take a 2312 lead over Susquehanna with the help of seven points by Dom Avvisato. Goodall then scored 10 in the third quarter when the Blue Devils stretched their advantage to 37-17. Avvisato and Conner Fultz controlled the inside. Avvisato had nine points and 10 rebounds while Fultz had six points and nine rebounds. Andrzej Tomczyk led Susquehanna with 10 points, but Old Forge held him to two in the second half. The Blue Devils, who have played all but three of their games against schools from higher classifications, improved to 16-7 overall. CLASS AAAA Scranton clinched a return to the state Class AAAA tournament Wednesday by rolling over Delaware Valley, 76-53, for its 15th straight victory. Hasiin Dixon had 22 points in the win while Malik Draper added18, Terry Turner 17 and Karlon Quiller 11.

DISTRICT 2 BASKETBALL PLAYOFF SCORES ONLINE Visit www.golackawanna.com/sports for Saturday’s final round results and information about matchups, sites and times of state games. CLASS AAAA BOYS Delaware Valley 47, Wallenpaupack 37 Scranton 76, Delaware Valley 53 Wyoming Valley West 48, Hazleton Area 43 1st – Scranton vs. Wyoming Valley West, Saturday CLASS AAA BOYS Holy Redeemer 58, Abington Heights 51 West Scranton 51, Tunkhannock 31 1st – Holy Redeemer 42, West Scranton 29 3rd – Abington Heights 61, Tunkhannock 37 CLASS AA BOYS Holy Cross 42, GAR 41 (2OT) Meyers 59, Dunmore 46 Riverside 53, Holy Cross 50 Meyers 52, Hanover Area 30 1st – Riverside vs. Meyers, Saturday 3rd – Holy Cross vs. Hanover Area, Saturday CLASS A BOYS Old Forge 56, Forest City 30 Susquehanna 49, Freeland MMI 44 1st – Old Forge 47, Susquehanna 24

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Abington’s Derek Kraack, right, and Zach Morano, left, defend Tunkhannock’s James Hawk in action Friday.

CLASS AAA West Scranton and Abington Heights are headed to the state tournament after finishing second and third. Both teams fell to Holy Redeemer. Holy Redeemer took Friday’s championship game from West Scranton, 4229, behind 25 points by Penn State recruit Peter Alexis. Alexis, a 6-foot-11 center, shot 10-for-15 from the floor and 5-for-5 from the line. A basket by Alexis with 2:21 left in the second quarter closed the first-half scor-

ing and put the Royals ahead to stay, 1513. After holding the Invaders to four third-quarter points, the Royals had a 2817 advantage. “They deserved it,” West Scranton coach Jack Lyons told the Times Leader. “They played great defense and stopped our good scorers.” Tyler Hughes led the Invaders with 12 points and Malcolm Sweeting added 10. Holy Redeemer led 7-0 until Sweeting hit a 3-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer. Hughes had 19 points while Sweeting had 15 points and 10 defensive rebounds

Tuesday when West Scranton clinched a state berth with its 51-31 semifinal rout of Tunkhannock. The Invaders held the Tigers to two points in the second quarter and one in the fourth. “They get out in the passing lanes and get out on the ball,” Tunkhannock coach Bob Miller said. “They know how to do it. They have five guys who really work at it. If you score on them, you’ve earned it.” Abington Heights fell short against Holy Redeemer, 58-51, in the semifinals but bounced back to take the district’s third state berth while also giving coach Ken Bianchi his 600th career victory in Friday’s 61-37 romp over Tunkhannock. J.C. Show scored 19 points and Justin Klingman added 17 for the Comets. Abington Heights led just 22-17 at halftime before outscoring Tunkhannock, 39-20, in the second half. CLASS AA BOYS Riverside rallied in the second half to defeat Holy Cross, 53-50, in Wednesday’s semifinals. The Vikings earned a state berth and set up their championship game Saturday with state-ranked Meyers. Holy Cross still had a shot at state play going into Saturday’s game against Hanover Area. RICK NOTARI, JOHN ERZAR and JOE BARESS also contributed to this report.

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TOP STORY The University of Scranton has won three of the four men’s basketball titles in the history of the Landmark Conference, including this season’s title that the Royals won Feb. 26 with an 82-71 victory over Catholic University. Zach Ashworth scored 24 of his 31 points in the second half to lead the Royals. Luke Hawk added 18 points in the win which put the Royals in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Tournament.

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Abington keeps up championship pace By TOM ROBINSON For Go Lackawanna

Abington Heights moved back up in class this season, but maintained its status as district champion. Maggie Fruehan led the comeback Friday night as the Lady Comets captured the District 2-4 Class AAAA girls’ basketball title with a 46-42 victory over Williamsport at King’s College. Abington Heights won the District 2 Class AAA championship a year ago. After Joetta Hashem scored 17 points and the Lady Comets made the semifinals look easy with a 38-21 romp over Wyoming Valley West Tuesday, they found themselves in trouble early in the final. Williamsport took a 12-3 lead after one quarter. Fruehan scored 25 points to lead the comeback. Lauren Hoyt chipped in with eight points. Williamsport’s Rachel Fatherly scored 20. The Lady Comets were not the only team to shake off a slow start. CLASS AAA West Scranton gave up the first seven points Wednesday night before winning its 22nd straight and clinching a state berth with a 44-33 victory over Valley View in the District 2 Class AAA semifinals. Nora Joyce led the balanced effort with 10 points. Sabrina Coleman had nine points, 13 rebounds and four assists while Amanda Greene had nine points, six rebounds and four steals. Valley View played without two injured starters but Abby Bartkowski stepped in with 11 points, including five in the 7-0 start. Scranton Prep took Holy Redeemer into overtime before falling to the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 champions, 50-47, in the other semifinal. West Scranton was scheduled to play Holy Redeemer for the title Saturday while Valley View was playing Scranton Prep for the district’s third state

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Selena Adamshick of Lake-Lehman guards Dunmore’s Alexa Gerchman. Corinna Palko had four steals to help Dunmore’s defense on Friday night.

DISTRICT 2 BASKETBALL PLAYOFF SCORES ONLINE Visit www.golackawanna.com/ sports for Saturday’s scores and more. CLASS AAAA GIRLS Abington Heights 38, Wyoming Valley West 21 Williamsport 48, Hazleton Area 34 1st – Abington Heights 46, Williamsport 42 CLASS AAA GIRLS Holy Redeemer 60, Nanticoke 54 (OT) Valley View 48, Dallas 45 Holy Redeemer 50, Scranton Prep 47 (OT) West Scranton 44, Valley View 33 1st – Holy Redeemer vs. West Scranton, Saturday 3rd – Scranton Prep vs. Valley View, Saturday CLASS AA GIRLS Dunmore 43, Mid Valley 40 Lake-Lehman 51, Montrose 44 1st – Dunmore 41, Lake-Lehman 24 3rd – Mid Valley 48, Montrose 39 CLASS A GIRLS Blue Ridge 51, Susquehanna 36 Forest City 55, Blue Ridge 23 Old Forge 39, Northwest 19 1st – Forest City vs. Old Forge, Saturday

tournament berth. CLASS AA Mid Valley, already down from losing to Dunmore for the

fourth time this season in the semifinals, gave up six of the game’s first eight points against Montrose with third place and a state tournament spot up for grabs Friday at Scranton High School. Alli Walsh helped make sure the Spartanettes didn’t let the opportunities that were still available get away. Walsh made all six of her shots in the first half and finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals as Mid Valley defeated Montrose, 4839. “We dig ourselves out all the time,” Walsh said. “Going to states was a still a big thing for us.” Mid Valley scored first, but managed just one field goal in the first 5:36 during a sluggish start. Walsh scored eight points as the Spartanettes outscored the

Lady Meteors, 20-5, over the next six minutes for a 22-11 lead midway through the second quarter. Danielle Terranella added 13 points while Sam DeMarco had 12 for Mid Valley. Dallas Ely finished with 22 points, three assists and three steals for Montrose. CLASS A Old Forge and Forest City advanced to Saturday’s championship game rematch with easy semifinal wins Wednesday. Nicole Marianelli scored 15 points to lead Old Forge past Northwest, 39-19. Andi Alsalahat added nine points for the Lady Devils, who took an 11-2 lead after one quarter. Cassie Erdmann scored 11 points and Katie Yale added 10 for Forest City in a 55-23 romp over Blue Ridge.

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PLAYOFF LOSSES Both Marywood University basketball teams were eliminated on the road Wednesday when the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region tournaments opened. Penn State-Behrend recovered from an early nine-point deficit and overcame 20 points by Marielle Thorsen to defeat Marywood, 68-55, in the women’s tournament. Top-seeded Lebanon Valley held Marywood to 14 points in the second half of a 97-43 men’s rout. Scranton and Lackawanna College each fell in women’s basketball championship games Feb. 26. Juniata College defeated Scranton, 67-49, in the Landmark final, keeping the Lady Royals out of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years and stopping the program’s streak of 20-win seasons at 19. Lackawanna’s Janasie Simp-

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U of S falls in NCAA opening round Becker College used its interior dominance to rally past the University of Scranton for an 80-73 victory Friday night in the opening round of the NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament. Scranton was looking to advance to the second round of the tournament for the first time since 2003 when it opened a 14point lead with 15 minutes remaining. Rajai Leggett had 20 points and 11 rebounds while Terrance Favors had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the strong inside game. The Hawks outrebounded the Royals, 44-31, and turned their 20 offensive rebounds into 29 sec-

ond-chance points. They built a 56-20 advantage on points in the paint. Seniors Zach Ashworth and Luke Hawk had19 points each for Scranton, which finished 20-6. Ashworth closed out his career tied for fourth on the school’s alltimescoringlistwith1,786points. Matt Swaback added 17 points and seven rebounds while Tim Lavelle, a sophomore guard from Scranton Prep, had11points. Ashworth, Hawk and Swaback all were in foul trouble in the second half. Becker (24-4) used a19-7 run to turn a 65-54 deficit midway through the second half into a 7372 lead with 2:43 remaining.

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freshman from Lakeland, was named Newcomer of the Year and Most Valuable Player. Jessica White was a first-team all-star while Kelly Bargfeldt was a second-team choice and Kacee Rava was named honorable mention.

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kins earned Most Valuable Player status with 59 points in two games, including 31 in a 78-69 final loss to Harcum College in the Region XIX women’s basketball tournament. OTHER EVENTS Joseph Valvano went 4-for-6 with two doubles, a triple and a school record eight RBI Tuesday when Marywood set a team record for runs in a game during a 28-8 victory over John Jay College in the first game of a baseball doubleheader. Katie Paterson, a freshman from Abington Heights, gave Marywood a point at the ECAC Championships in its first women’s swimming season when she finished 16th in the 1650 freestyle in 18:09.25. Diana D’Achille made her collegiate debut with six goals, including the game-winner to lead Marywood to a 12-10 win over Marymount University in a women’s lacrosse opener Feb. 26. ALL-STARS Baptist Bible College went 4-0 in National Christian College Division II East Region women’s basketball play leading to honors for its coach and four players. Amber Jacobs was named Coach of the Year. Ruth Butts, a

MONTHLY AWARDS Keystone College named Rebecca Drumheller and Kenneth Hardnett its female and male Athletes of the Month for February. Drumheller was part of three record-setting relay performances for the women’s indoor track and field team. Hardnett averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds while helping the men’s basketball team go 7-2. WEEKLY AWARDS Scranton’s Patrick Cefalu followed up preseason men’s lacrosse honorable mention AllAmerican status by being selected as the first Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Cefalu won 13 of 14 faceoffs while helping coach Jim Rogalski win his debut, 10-3, over DeSales Feb. 26. Sophomore guard Tim Lavelle was named Landmark Conference Player of the Week in men’s basketball along with University of Scranton Athlete of the Week. Lavelle came off the bench to shoot 9-for-15 while scoring 23 points in two conference playoff games. — Compiled by Tom Robinson

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District’s 2 top four wrestlers in Class AAA and top three in Class AA all get invitations to the difficult Northeast Regionals. In most situations, however, only the absolute best have strong hopes of top-three finishes and the state tournament berths that go with it. Eric Laytos of Lackawanna Trail, Morgan Craig of Abington Heights and Mark Granahan of Scranton followed up last weekend’sDistrict2titleeffortsbywinning quarterfinal matches Friday night in regional competition. Lackawanna County’s district champions went 3-1 on the first nightofregionals,buttherestofthe qualifierswent0-7Friday.Theeight first-nightloserswentintoSaturday needingtonavigatethelongpathof the consolation brackets to keep state tournament hopes alive. Laytos already knows what it is like to make it through the entire wrestling postseason challenge. He won a state Class AA title last season as a sophomore at Lackawanna Trail. The 215-pounder was the only countywrestlertoreachthesemifinals in Williamsport where he pinned Nathan Stettler of North Penn in 2:46 at 215 pounds. The strong regional start fol-

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lowed up a dominant district effort for Laytos, who never went beyond 1:12 in three bouts at Lake-Lehman. Laytos, who went into Saturday with a county-best 40-1 record, pinned Western Wayne’s Matt Rosensweet in 52 seconds in the district final. Craig and Granahan each won close decisions in their first bouts in the Class AAA tournament in Bethlehem. Craig edged Easton’s Jalal Page, 3-2, at 285 while Granahan topped Pocono Mountain East’s Ed Helm, 8-6, at 160. A week ago, both Craig and Granahan won district titles at Hazleton Area. Craig produced three straight first-period pins before shutting out Wallenpaupack’s Frank Bruno, 6-0, in the final. Granahan fought past DelawareValley’sMarcWagner,3-2,at 160 pounds in Class AAA. Valley View’s Mike Galantini, a Class AA 285-pounder, was the county’s other district champion when he made it through an overtime battle with Anthony Gipson of Meyers for a 4-2 victory.

Galantini was among the quarterfinal losers at Williamsport. Tom Hendry (112) of West Scranton and James Fruehan (152) of Abington Heights each made it to regionals after runnerup finishes at districts. Fruehan fell in a meeting of returning district champions, 5-2, to Hazleton Area’s Tim Samec. Hendry had a first-round bye at Bethlehem before losing in the quarterfinals. Fruehan lost in overtime in the first round. West Scranton’s Jon Kobrynich (140) and Abington Heights’ Dylan Berardelli (215) each finished fourth in District 2 lost in the first round of Regionals. Scranton Prep’s Patrick Creedon (112) and Lackawanna Trail’s Chris Dixon (135) and Marvess Rosiak (171) all finished third in District 2 last week then lost in quarterfinal matches at Williamsport. Countyschoolswerenotafactor in any of the district or regional team championship races. Lackawanna Trail had the best finish by placing seventh out of 15 Class AA schools in District 2. Abington Heights was 10th out of 13 teams in Class AAA. Pittston Area won the Class AAA title while Dallas won in Class AA.

Campo quickly wraps up four gold medals By TOM ROBINSON For Go Lackawanna

WILKES-BARRE – The swimming portion of the District 2 Swimming and Diving Championships was only at the halfway point Friday afternoon, but junior Rebekah Campo was already able to walk out of the Catholic Youth Center having done everything possible to help the Scranton Prep title hopes. Campo packed her maximum four events into a span of less than 2 ½hoursonthefirstoftheevent’s two days and came away with two individual gold medals and contributionstotwogoldmedalrelayteams. “I did this almost same exact program last year and had a lot of fun,”Camposaid.“So,whynotdo it again? “In a meet like this, you have to have faith in your training and faith in your coaches.”

GO ONLINE For Saturday’s results in the conclusion of the District 2 Swimming and Diving Championships, go to www.golackawanna.com/sports.

eight-year-old district record, taking nearly three seconds off the time of another Scranton Prep swimmer, Ashley Bessoir, while winning in 2:08.40. Lauren Mayurnick and Maggie Germain joined Campo and Telincho in the 200 medley relay. They also made contributions elsewhere as Scranton Prep cut into the 16-point lead Holy Redeemer had from last weekend’s diving and went into the second day in striking distance of a championship, down just 164-159.5. Mayurnick finished second to Holy Cross freshman Megan Carey in the 200 freestyle. Germain did her best to try to help offset three Holy Redeemer finishers in the top five and four in the top eight of the 200 individual medley. She followed up Nonnen-

The Classics won five of six events Friday and took second in the other. Campo won the 50 freestyle in 24.05 seconds and the100 butterfly that followed in 58.20 with each victory coming by a significant margin. Both Campo and Maria Telincho started and ended their day by taking part in the winning 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. Campo, Telincho and Emma Blake were all part of the school’s state championship 200 freestyle relay team last year. They were joined by freshman Mia Nonnenberg,whoalsohadabigdayFriday. Nonnenberg shattered the See SWIMMING, Page 37

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Northeast MMA has announced that Cage Fight 7 is scheduled for March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Ice Box in Scranton. Scott Heckman of Pen Argyl will meet Joel Roberts of Slatington in a Pennsylvania Featherweight CageFight series championship bout scheduled for the main event of the Mixed Martial Arts card. Scranton’s Dave Morgan is also featured on the card. Mayfield’s Martin Wojnarowski will meet Stroudsburg’s Keith Kowal in a Pennsylva-

“Spencer had a dream season,” coach Scott McClary said. “Being named a unanimous first team All-Centennial for the second straight year is great but I feel, in my opinion, that the biggest honor an individual can receive in Division III is being a first-team AllAcademic selection.” A REPEAT FOR DOYLE Kutztown sophomore April Doyle (Lakeland) captured the shot put title in the PSAC Indoor Track Championships for the second straight year. Doyle posted a 43-4 ½ effort to repeat as champion. “It’s awesome and a great feeling to be able to win the shot put again,” Doyle said. “I was really nervous going in, but by the time the finals came around, I was fine. I think the weekend was good for everybody and I’m glad we did well as a team.” The Golden Bears, who finished fourth, also got a seventh place finish in the weight throw (45-11 ¾) from Doyle. Doyle’s shot put distance didn’t make the NCAA Division II qualifying standard but she had reached that earlier in the season with a 45-7 ¾ effort. RADER HONORED Sophomore Celia Rader (Scranton Prep) was named to the Freedom Conference second team after a solid season

nia Light Heavyweight CageFight series championship bout. James Cianci of Clarks Summit is scheduled to take on Patrick Paulo of Bloomsburg.

Knights hockey teams end regular season

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Junior Knights completed their first season as a member of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League with an 8-35-0-1 record, missing the playoffs. The Knights team in the lower-level Metropolitan Junior Hockey League is in the first round of the playoffs this weekend after going 14-19-4 to place

HONORS FOR BUTTS Baptist Bible freshman Ruth Butts of Scott Township (Lakeland and home schooled) picked up three honors at the end of the basketball season. The 5-foot-10 forward was named Newcomer of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association East Region II. She was also named to

third out of five teams in the Dowd Division.

DiMattia returns to Old Forge field

Gary DiMattia has been named head baseball coach at Old Forge where he led the Blue Devils to a 1992 state Class A championship as the team’s catcher. DiMattia takes over for Rich Beviglia, who guided the Blue Devils to the 2009 state semifinals. In addition to serving five seasons as head coach at Lackawanna College, DiMattia also has experience as a college assistant at Lackawanna and the University of Scranton.

the second team in the Colonial States Athletic Conference. Butts led the Lady Defenders in scoring (17.1) and had 79 rebounds, 45 assists and 26 steals. She hit 59 of 152 3-point attempts (.388). “I’m not surprised by the way Ruth performed this season,” first-year coach Amber Jacobs said. “She is a versatile player who can shoot the three or slash to the basket.” Butts had a career-high 31 points in a 98-70 victory over Cedar Crest, 29 points in a 7258 victory over Rosemont and 27 points in an 83-69 loss to Susquehanna. “Ruth helped our team have a winning record and make it to the league playoffs for the first time,” Jacobs said. The Lady Defenders were beaten 61-47 by Gwynedd-Mercy in the first round of the playoffs. Butts had 14 points in defeat.

INJURY SLOWS CARITO What was expected to be a big performance by East Stroudsburg senior Trina Carito in the PSAC Women’s Indoor Track Championship didn’t happen. Carito entered the meet with an injury and only competed in one event. She finished sixth in the high jump (5-1 ¾).. “The weekend was very emotional for both of us,” coach Tim Merli said. “She suffered a freak bone bruise to her right knee after running two of the best races of her life at the New York City Armory (Feb. 11).” The Warriors finished fifth

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berg’s win with a third-place finish in the event. After Scranton Prep got into its anticipated team points race with Holy Redeemer, Abington Heights took the lead at the midway point of the combined District 2-4 Class AAA championships. The Lady Comets took over first place, 156.5-148.5,overHazletonAreabywinning theclosing200freestylerelaybehindtheefforts of Vanessa Lempicky, Kim Barren, Elisia Cadman and Emma Gromelski. “Everyone did their best times in that relay and we couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Lady Comets co-coach Mary Gro-

in the women’s division. “We would have easily finished third with Trina’s usual performances,” Merli said. “But we decided to not beat up the leg and give her a shot at being an All-American. We almost had to chain her up to keep her from competing in the PSACs.” The NCAA Division II Championships will be held next weekend in Albuquerque, N.M. Carito has qualified in the pentathlon. “Trina should be close to 100 percent by then,” Merli said. Carito has used up her eligibility in the spring, so the NCAAs will be her final performance for the Warriors. She’ll spend the spring as an assistant at East Stroudsburg South High. “As I’ve been telling people,” Merli said. “If I had an individual like Trina on the team every year, I would never retire.” SMITH HAS SOLID MEET Sophomore Nicole Smith (Abington Heights) had a good effort for the West Chester women’s track team in the PSAC Championships. Smith finished third in the 400 meter dash with a time of 57.66. She posted a 57.55 time in the prelims. Smith also ran the anchor leg on the winning 4x400 relay team which posted a time of 3:57.03. She also ran the leadoff leg on the 4x800 relay which finished fourth in 9:34.65. In her other individual event, Smith competed in the 800 and posted a time of 2:26.42, which didn’t make it to the finals.

melski told the Times Leader. Barren also had a second-place finish in the100butterflyandteamedwithLempicky, Gromelski and Maggie Scanlon on the second-place 200 medley relay team. Scranton Prep was a distant third, behind DallasandHolyRedeemer,afterthefirstday of Class AA boys’ swimming. The Cavaliers got second-place finishes from Eddie Pfaeffle (200 freestyle), Ryan Holmes (50 freestyle) and both relay teams. Pfaeffle, Holmes, Kris Muzzi and Cooper Legg formed the two relays. Valley View’s Erik Ounkiavage was third in the 200 freestyle. The Abington Heights 200 freestyle relay team was third in Class AAA. Samantha Lee of West Scranton came in thirdinClassAAAgirlswhenthedivingwas held Feb. 26.

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with the King’s College women’s basketball team. Rader, a 5-foot-5 guard, led the Lady Monarchs in scoring (12.9) and was second in steals (44). She also had 73 rebounds and 19 assists and hit 60 of 169 3-point attempts (.355). She had a career-high 26 points in a game against Susquehanna. “We are excited to have Celia represent our program on this season’s all-conference team,” coach Brian Donoghue said. “She had a great year offensively, especially shooting the ball. And, she continued to work hard to improve all phases of her game.” Rader had an injury/illness plagued freshman season. “Celia was healthy for the majority of this season and she was able to contribute significantly throughout the entire year,” Donoghue said. “We are looking forward to watching her continue to improve in the next two seasons.” The Lady Monarchs finished 16-10 overall and 10-4 in Freedom play. The team was beaten 66-52 by DeSales in the league tourney semifinals.

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JUNIOR SPENCER LIDDIC might wish his Muhlenberg men’s basketball team finished with a better record, but the junior can look back on the season as one to remember. Liddic (Abington Heights) led the Mules in both scoring (20.4) and rebounding (9.8) and was rewarded for his play by being named to the CentenLiddic nial Conference first team for the second straight year. He was also was named to the CoSIDA Division III Academic All-American team. A business major, he is spending the summer with a financial firm in Bethlehem. Liddic wrapped up the season by scoring 19 points in an 82-53 victory over Ursinus. He needed 18 points to break Muhlenberg’s 40-year-old singleseason scoring record. He finished with 509 points, one better than Bob McClure’s previous record set in 1970-71. The 6-foot5, 215-pound forward also passed the 1,000 point for his career during the season, doing it in just 67 games. He scored in double figures in 24 of 25 games and scored at least 20 points 14 times. His 13 double-doubles are among the leaders in the nation. He’s 15th in career points (1,221) and 16th in career rebounds (712) in the Centennial Conference record book.

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Dir: From 81 to Davis St exit into Taylor. Davis becomes Union St. Go three blocks past bridge and make a left on S Washington. MLS#11-137

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$132,000

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100 ANNOUNCEMENTS 150 Special Notices ADOPT A happy young couple long to be blessed with a baby. Loving hearts & home. Expenses paid. Karen & Michael 877-865-7571 ADOPT PRAYING FOR A NEWBORN TO LOVE. Love, laughter & opportunity is our promise. Happy, secure home. Expenses paid. Susana/Francisco 1-800-320-4459 www.wewish toadopt.net

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SEEKING WITNESSES to auto crash on Mundy St. at traffic light directly in front of Vantage Trust Federal Credit Union Bank, above Wyoming Valley Mall. Accident occurred approx. 8:30 PM, Friday evening, Feb. 11th, and involved two green vehicles (Jeep Cherokee & GMC pick-up truck). GMC crossing Mundy St. to bank was struck perpendicular by Jeep running red light on Mundy. Any witnesses call 570-826-2328.

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SUZUKI`07 KING QUAD 4x4, automatic,

620 miles. $4,200. (570) 592-8514

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QUARTER MIDGET RACE CAR 76 inch Bull Rider,

ARE YOU BEING SUED BY A CREDIT CARD COMPANY?? You have a real chance of winning & owing nothing if you are represented by a good attorney! Call Atty. Michael P. Kelly 570-417-5561 or email mike@ mikepkelly.com

Honda 120 motor, Kirkey seat, new brake system, A-Main feature wins Asphalt/Dirt, Many Extras, Value $6,000, Sell for $2,999 Call (570) 954-2749

Free Bankruptcy Consultation Payment plans. Carol Baltimore 570-822-1959

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SUZUKI 00 QUAD MASTER 4x4, auto, 520

miles, winch, heated grips. $4,650. 570-239-2877

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CHRYSLER `94White CONCORDE with

leather interior. Infiniti sound system. 151k miles. REDUCED! $1,300 or best offer. 570-283-8202

NISSAN `97 MAXIMA V6, White, new inspection. 2 new tires. Power steering, power windows, air, security alarm. Well maintained. Runs excellent. $3,750. Call (570) 474-9866 or (570) 332-2487

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SAAB `00 93

120,000 miles, automatic, 4 door, antilock brakes, air conditioning, air bags, all power, AM/FM radio, CD player, leather interior, sun roof, rear defroster, rear windshield wiper, custom wheels, $3,900. (570)814-6020 call after 3:00 p.m.

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TOYOTA `06 AVALON New tires, new

brakes, Inspected March 4, AC, AVPS, Fully loaded, 18,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty. 90,000 miles. $12,900. (570) 881-3712

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ACURA 07 RDX

Tech Package. Leather Seats. Moonroof $20,488

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

AUDI `07 A4

2.0T Cabriolet Quattro Convertible AWD. 49K miles. Still under factory warranty. Brand new tires, navigation, bluetooth, cold weather package & xenon lights. Professionally detailed. $18,170. Call (570)604-3996 email for photos guiffrida@yahoo.com

CHEVY `06 EQUINOX

4x4, 62,000 miles, silver, comes with 3 year, 50k mile warranty. $11,900. 570-474-5566

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412 Autos for Sale

BMW `93 325 IC Convertible,

CHEVROLET 06 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE

Metallic Green Exterior & Tan Interior, 5 Speed Transmission, Heated Seats. 2nd Owner, 66k Miles. Excellent Condition, Garage Kept, Excellent Gas Mileage. Carfax available. Price reduced $7,995 or trade for SUV or other. Beautiful / Fun Car. 570-388-6669

BUICK 05 RENDEVOUS

AWD, Leather & Alloys. One Owner $10,990

Silver beauty, 1 Owner, Museum quality. 4,900 miles, 6 speed. All possible options including Navigation, Power top. New, paid $62,000 Must sell $45,900 570-299-9370

CHEVROLET 2010 CAMARO V-6 Victory Red, black interior, all bells and whistles. $25,000 570-706-6489

CHEVY 04 MALIBU Affordable. 560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

BUICK 07 LA CROSSE Sharp Ride. One Owner. Local Trade In. $13,450

With Warranty. $6,992

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

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BUICK 07 LUCERNE One Owner. Leather, CD, Alloy Wheels $17,475

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

CHEVY 07 IMPALA

Only 21,000 Miles. Alloys & Leather. $14,880

CADILLAC `04 DEVILLE White with saddle

leather. 94K miles. Very well maintained. $6,400 or best offer. Call Ann or Joe. 570-335-3127

CHEVROLET `01 MONTE CARLO SS Black with leather

interior. Garage kept, 76K highway miles. Excellent condition. $7,200. Call 570-288-9836

CHEVY `10 IMPALA

LT. Silver ice metallic with ebony interior. 2,400 miles. Onstar, XM Satellite Radio, remote start, bluetooth, front seat split bench. $20,000 4 months old, original sticker price $27,440. Call 570-650-9026

CHRYSLER 05 SEBRING

Touring Edition. Sapphire blue, 35K miles, excellent condition, alloy wheel. Power windows, CD player. $9,100. 570-574-8774

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CHRYSLER 06 300C HEMI

On-Star, Leather. Satellite Radio. $17,770

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

CHEVY 08 COBALT Coupe, 4,500 miles.

2.2 liter, 32 MPG, 1 owner, $14,000 negotiable. White, auto, perfect condition. 570-785-4444

FORD 07 TAURUS SE CD AND ALLOYS $9,880

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

CHRYSLER 93 LEBARON Green 2 door Con-

AWD, V6 & Alloys $23,295

vertible. Inspected. Tan color canvas top. Runs very good. Asking $2700, must sell. Taking serious offers. 570-604-1118

CHRYSLER `02 PT CRUISER Inferno Red, flame

CHRYSLER `02 SEBRING 122,800 miles,

CHEVY 07 TRAILBLAZER LT

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

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560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

FORD 06 RANGER

Sport Edition, 4wd Alloys. Only 29K. A Must See $16,450

Light green, 18,000 miles, loaded, leather, wood trim, $24,000. 570-222-4960 leave message

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Extra Cab, 4WD. Only 63,000 miles. $15,550

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design. Chrome wheels. 47,000 miles, one owner. Looks and runs great. New inspection. $6,875 Call (570) 472-1854

CADILLAC 06 STS

AWD, 6 cylinder, Silver, 46,000 miles, sunroof, heated seats, Bose sound system, 6 CD changer, satellite radio, Onstar, parking assist, remote keyless entry, electronic keyless ignition, & more! $18,900 570-881-2775

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automatic, 4 door, anti-lock brakes, air conditioning, air bags, power locks, power windows, power mirrors, power seats, cruise control, AM/FM radio, CD player, leather interior, moon roof, rear defroster. $3,600. (570) 474-0423

DODGE 08 CHARGER One Owner. Local Trade. $14,880

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

FORD `04 MUSTANG Mach I, 40th

ANNIVERSARY EDITION V8, Auto, 1,200 miles, all options, show room condition. Call for info. Asking $24,995 Serious inquiries only. 570-636-3151

FORD 10 TAURUS SEL

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

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HONDA `05 CIVIC

LINCOLN `02 TOWN CAR

MERCEDES-BENZ 91 420 SEL 127,000 miles, auto-

110 miles, automatic, front wheel drive, 4 door, anti-lock brakes, air conditioning, air bags, AM/FM radio, CD player, new breaks, rotors, power steering pump, $8,500. (570) 704-8685

Soft top convertible, sunroof. Black with Black leather interior. Alloy wheels. $4,500, Call (570) 594-1496

HYUNDAI `04 TIBURON GT

Miles. Local Trade $12,990

Blue, 5 speed manual, CD, Air, factory alarm, power windows & locks. 38K. $7,500 negotiable. Call 570-540-6236

HYUNDAI `08 ELANTRA

Low mileage, 30,000 miles, automatic, front wheel drive, 4 door, anti-lock brakes, air conditioning, air bags, power locks, power windows, power mirrors, cruise control, AM/FM radio, Mp3 player, sun roof, rear defroster. $9,300 (570) 696-3152 Call before 10:00 p.m.

JEEP 06 COMMANDER 4WD, Only 38K $17,880

FORD `07 MUSTANG GT

Premium package, silver, black leather interior, 5 speed manual. 20,000 miles. $18,900 (570) 868-3832

FORD `92 MUSTANG

Convertible, 55,000 original miles 5.0 auto, some engine upgrades. Garaged showcar. $8200 (570) 283-8235

FORD `99 miles. CONTOUR 4 84,000

door automatic, runs excellent, clean, air conditioned, great shape, $2,500 negotiable. (570) 709-7751

HONDA 03 ACCORD EX

Alloys & Moonroof Low Miles $10,880

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Kayla s Kars 161 Main St. Avoca, Pa 18641 By the Pittston By-Pass ‘05 Ford 500 Limited - AWD SHARP! 69k $11,500 04 Chrysler Sebring 37k $6,995 04 PT Cruiser 63k $5995 03 Toyota Camry SE 42K $10,900 RF.-6 CYLINDER

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

HONDA 06 ACCORD EX

Auto., sunroof, alloy wheels, 44K miles, silver with black cloth, new Blizzaks, KBB over $16,000, Must sell! $12,900 Call after 5 pm. 570-477-2677

02 Toyota Sienna LE 94K $7495 00 Ford Ranger Ext. Cab Wideside 87k Auto 00 Chevy Cavalier LS Auto Super 67k $4995

IF YOU DIDN’T BUY IT AT KAYLAS KARS U PAID TOO MUCH 570-451-1150

MAZDA 07 3 One Owner. Low

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

MAZDA `04 3 Hatchback, 92,000 miles. Excellent condition. auto, sunroof, premium sound and alloy wheels. $8,300 (570) 864-2337

MAZDA `04 RX-8 Hunter Green, 80,000 miles. New brakes & rotors. New alignment. Two new rear tires. No accidents. $8,500 or best offer. For more information, call (570) 332-4213

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100 point Concours quality restoration. Red with black fenders. Never Driven. 0 miles on restoration. RARE! $40,000 $38,000

1993 MERCEDES BENZ 300SL

38,000 miles 6 cylinder, 2 door convertible with hardtop. Black with Black leather interior. 2nd owner. Loaded. Must Sell! $18,500 $15,500 $14,500

1993 CADILLAC SEDAN DEVILLE 4 door

Blue-Sapphire Beauty! Beautiful condition. Garage kept 26,000 miles. All available options fully loaded. 4 door. Grey leather interior $7,900

From an Exotic, Private Collection

Call 570-650-0278

matic, 4 door, all power, CD player, sun roof, $3,200 (570) 592-4994

MERCEDES-BENZ `01 C-240 121,000 miles. Loaded, leather seats, 4 door. $5,200 Call 570-283-1800 M-F, 9am - 5pm All other times (570) 388-6422

MERCEDES-BENZ `05 240C 4Matic, V6 - Gray,

77K highway miles, Excellent condition, dealer serviced. Sun roof, heated seats. $15,500. Call 570-288-3916

MERCEDES-BENZ `05 320C 4-matic, 1 owner, loaded, garage kept, excellent condition. 52,000 miles $25,500 570-735-2775

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MITSUBISHI `02 ECLIPSE Spyder Convertible. Red, Am/FM CD, all power. $6,800 (570) 881-0395

NISSAN 00 MAXIMA

Manual transmission, 5 speed, fully loaded, clean, good condition, leather, 17” tires, 81k miles. 1 owner. $6500. 570561-2234 /646-6422066 ask for Mike.

NISSAN 04 350Z

Roadster Touring Edition. Loaded. Good condition. 18,000 miles, triple black, 6 speed manual transmission, 19” black & chrome wheels. $24,000 or best offer. (570) 233-7044

NISSAN 05 ALTIMA SL, 3.5 V-6, leather, Bose radio, 6 CD player. $8,500 570-472-3175

MERCEDES-BENZ NISSAN `06 SENTRA 1.8 S, Special Edition, Power `05 CLK320 steering, brakes, windows & locks. CABRIOLET 6 CD changer. Convertible, Silver

with grey leather interior, fully loaded. Low miles. Excellent condition. Must See! Asking $27,000 (570) 477-3083

MERCEDES-BENZ `95 SL 500 Convertible, with removable hard top, dark Blue, camel interior, Summer Driving Only, Garage Kept. Very Good Condition, No Accidents. Classy Car. Price Reduced! $13,995 or trade for SUV or other. 570-388-6669

MINI COOPER 05

Excellent condition, 43K. $12,500. 570-881-6897

PONTIAC 69 FIREBIRD 400 CONVERTIBLE Blue/white top & white interior. Recent documented frame-off restoration. Over $31,000 invested. will sell $24,600. 570-335-3127

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PORSCHE `02 BOXSTER S Great convertible,

Red, 79000 miles, automatic, 2 door, all power, sun roof, Excellent condition, runs great. $10,000 (570) 817-1467 or 570-299-9092

black top, 6 speed manual transmission, carbon fiber dash, leather interior, front & rear trunk, fast & agile. $18,000 or best offer. Call 570-262-2478

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BUYING JUNK VEHICLES $300 and Up $125 extra if driven, pulled or pushed in. NOBODY Pays More

570-760-2035

Monday thru Saturday 6 am-9 pm Sunday 2 pm-8 pm

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NISSAN `08 ALTIMA

SUZUKI 04 AERIO

Low mileage, 18000 miles, automatic, front wheel drive, 4 door, antilock brakes, air conditioning, air bags, power locks, power windows, power mirrors, power seats, all power, cruise control, GPS/navigation system, AM/FM radio, CD changer, Mp3 player, keyless entry, leather interior, sun/moon roof, rear defroster, new floor mats, Winter Frost pearl paint, heated seats, side mirror defroster, backup camera, auto rear view mirror dimmer, Bluetooth, phone, nav., & radio controls on steering wheel, 4.5 years remaining on 7 year 100,000 miles Nissan bumper to bumper Premium Warranty included, EXCELLENT CONDITION Altima HYBRID 35city/33 highway mpg. $18,900. 570-371-9001 Call after 5:00 p.m.

SALEEN `02 SE 281 Convertible, silver on black, garage kept, Production #351. 14,500 miles. Asking $23,500, Serious inquiries only! 570-477-3600

SCION 08 TC

Low mileage, 42,000 miles, 4 speed, front wheel drive, 2 door, antilock brakes, air conditioning, air bags, power locks, power windows, power mirrors, cruise control, AM/FM radio, CD player, Mp3 player, keyless entry, sun/moon roof, rear defroster, tinted windows. $14,200. (570) 443-7522 Call before 9:30 p.m.

SUBARU 02 FORESTER

144,000 miles, 4 cylinder, all wheel drive, automatic, good condition. $6,500. call Dave (570) 479-0106

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AWD

White sedan, 6-CD changer, 62K miles, $6200 or best offer. 570-592-2556

TOYOTA `93 MR2 T-top, 5 speed.

AM/FM/CD, AC, power antenna. New tires. No rust. Great condition.

$6,000

(570) 708-0269 after 6:00PM

TOYOTA `94 CAMRY LE. 4 cylinder.

White, 4 door, automatic. 1 owner. 76,000 original miles. Excellent condition. Rare automobile. $4,700. Village Auto Sales of Tompkinsville 570-499-8853

Volkswagen 03 GTI moonroof, 5 speed,

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CHEVY `66 BEL AIR

2 door post car, in good condition for age. Serious inquiries only, call for details. $8,500 or best offer. Call Steve at 570-407-0531

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415 Autos-Antique & Classic

FORD `66

Mustang Coupe. Pearl white, pony interior. Pristine condition. 26K miles. $17,000 or best offer. (570) 817-6768

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TANK 07 VISION

2007 Tank Motor Sports Vision Motorcycle. 250 cc, Brand new. 0 miles. $2,400. For more information call Tom at 570-825-2114

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560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

Outbound Sales Representative, Part Time Gateway Energy Services Corporation is hiring Outbound Sales Representatives to be responsible for telemarketing Gateway’s services. This position will require becoming familiar with Gateway’s businesses, understanding the specifics of each product offered, fielding inbound sales calls and placing outbound sales calls to prospective customers. Prior Call Center experience preferred. • PT Representatives earn $12.00 hourly + commission ($16.00 hourly at full quota) • 2 shift options are available Option 1: 4 weekdays of your choice from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM and Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Saturdays are required) Option 2: 4 weekdays of your choice from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM and Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Saturdays are required) • Paid training (must be available for the first three days of training from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM) • Opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a growing company

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BUICK `55 SPECIAL

Red & white, 2 door Nice car. Must see to appreciate. $10,000 or best offer. 570-332-1350

CADILLAC `80 COUPE DEVILLE Excellent condition, $3,000 located in Hazleton. 570-454-1945 or 561-573-4114

STUDEBAKER 31 Rumble seat, coupe Good condition. Call for details (570) 881-7545

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FORD `52 COUNTRY SEDAN CUSTOM LINE

STATION WAGON V8, automatic, 8 passenger, 3rd seat, good condition, 2nd owner. $9,500. 570-579-3517

LINCOLN `88 TOWN CAR 61,000 original

miles, garage kept, triple black, leather interior, carriage roof, factory wire wheels, loaded, excellent condition. $5,500. Call Mike 570-237-7660

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loaded,$9750 excellent condition, 570-578-2149

2.5 Auto, leather, moonroof $14,295

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MAZDA `88 RX-7

Gateway Energy Services Corporation Call Center 190 Welles Street • Forty Fort, PA (across from the Beer Deli) You may also submit your resume to hr@gesc.com 551

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OLDSMOBILE `68 DELMONT DRASTICALLY

REDUCED!! This model only produced in 1967 & 1968. All original 45,000 miles, Color Burgundy, cloth & vinyl interior, 350 rocket engine, 2nd owner. Fender skirts, always garaged. Trophy winner at shows. Serious inquiries only, $7,500. 570-690-0727

PONTIAC 84 TRANS AM

Applicants with Call Center experience (preferably outbound) are encouraged to apply directly at our Call Center:

SUBARU 05 IMPREZA WRX 2.0 Turbo, Blue

exterior. Black cloth interior. 48,000 miles, 18” Black O.Z Rally Wheels. 3” RSR Turbo Back Exhaust. ACT 2 Clutch, cold air intake, RA Gearsets. $13,999 (570) 852-9231

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15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. 1 of 600 made, all available options, 63K miles, V8, auto. T-roof, $7,995. Call 570-817-2577

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CUSTOM CREST 15

Fiberglass boat with trailer. Outboard propulsion. Includes: 2 motors Erinmade, “Lark II series”

PRICE REDUCED! $2,400 NEGOTIABLE

570-417-3940

SALT CREEK SKIF

14’ fiberglass fishing boat, tri-hull (very stable), 25 HP Tahatsu outboard, Full Galvanized Trailer. Perfect Condition. Built in fuel tank. All new in ‘01. $2,500 570-256-7311

SEA NYMPH 94

19’, 4.0 Outboard motor, good condition. $6,000 or best offer. Call 570-722-4077

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CHEVROLET 89

C70. 24’ box. Lift gate, many new parts. $1,900. (570)675-7546

FORD 99 E350 BUCKET VAN Triton V8. 2 speed

boom; 92,000miles; $9999 or best price. Great condition. Call 570-675-3384 or 570574-7002

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MOTOR SCOOTER Tank, 150cc, silver, 51 original miles. Seats two. Radio/cassette player, includes helmet and charger. $1300 Call NAPW 570-822-WASH

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Purchasing Clerk Accepting resumes to coordinate, process and execute purchasing activities for busy manufacturing plant. Must be experienced with MS Word & Excel, have strong organization skills and attention to detail, have ability to multi-task in fast paced environment, experience with placing orders with vendors, monitoring and processing purchase orders. Will be expected to follow established system of orders and maintain accurate records. Previous accounting/purchasing experience in industrial facility desired. Competitive salary & benefits including: paid vacation & sick time, 9 paid holidays, 401K, ST/LT Disability and Stock Purchase, Flex Spending, Medical, Dental and Life Insurance. Those qualified applicants may apply or fax resume to with SALARY requirements: AEP Industries, Inc. Attn: Human Resources 20 Elmwood Ave., Mountaintop, PA 18707 Fax (201) 994-2922 or email Lynottm@aepinc.com EOE.

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HARLEY DAVIDSON ` 06 SOFTTAIL NIGHTTRAIN Dark gray metallic,

new rr tire & brakes, many extras $11,500 (570) 592-4982

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HARLEY DAVIDSON `01

Road King 19,000 miles, new tires, lots of extra chrome. Like New. $12,900. Call 570-639-1989 or 570-760-1023

HONDA 04 SHADOW SABRE 1100

black, 13,500 miles. Windshield, saddle bag. Excellent condition. $4,500. Call (570) 852-9455

HONDA 2004 CRF 100.

Excellent condition. $1500 or best offer. 570-498-7702

KAWASAKI 06 Vulcan Classic

1500 Black and chrome. Fuel injected. 21” windshield. Passenger backrest. Floor boards. Remainder of warranty. Expires Feb., 2012. Kept in heated garage! Never damaged. 7,000 miles. Great condition! $6,800 570-574-9217

SUZUKI `07 C50T CRUISER EXCELLENT CONDITION Windshield, Bags,

Floorboards,V&H Pipes, White walls,Garage Kept. 6K Miles $5,500 (570) 430-0357

YAMAHA `04 V-STAR

1100 Custom. 5800 miles, light bar, cobra exhaust, windshield, many extras, must sell. $5,995. Call 570-301-3433

YAMAHA `97 VIRAGO 750cc. 8,000 miles,

saddlebags, windshield, back rest, Black & Pearl, Excellent Condition. Must See. Asking $2,499. Call after 4. 570-823-9376

YAMAHA` 08 R1 BEAUTIFUL BIKE Perfect condition.

3700 miles, new rear tire, undertail kit, cover. Price negotiable $7,900 570-852-9072

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YAMAHA` 09 VSTAR 650 CLASSIC

Like New. Less than 1000 miles. White and chrome. Garage kept. $6,300 (570) 817-8127

442 RVs & Campers

FLAGSTAFF `08 CLASSIC

Super Lite Fifth Wheel. LCD/DVD flat screen TV, fireplace, heated mattress, ceiling fan, Hide-a-Bed sofa, outside speakers & grill, 2 sliders, aluminum wheels, water purifier, awning, microwave oven, tinted safety glass windows, raised panel fridge & many accessories & options. Excellent condition, $22,500. 570-868-6986

FORD 96 CLASS C

Gulf Stream Conquest Motor Home. 31’, 460 V8, all options. 37K miles. Excellent condition. $17,000. Call 570-868-5385

SUNLINE `06 SOLARIS Travel Trailer. 29’,

mint condition, 1 slide out a/c-heat. Stove, microwave, fridge, shower inside & out. Many more extras. Reduced. $15,500. Call 570-842-6735

SUNLITE CAMPER 22 ft. 3 rear bunks,

center bathroom, kitchen, sofa bed. Air, Fully self contained. Sleeps 6. New tires, fridge awning. $4500. 215-322-9845

TRAVEL TRAILER 33 ft

Rear queen master bedroom, Walk thru bathroom. Center kitchen + dinette bed. Front extra large living room + sofa bed. Big View windows. Air, awning, sleeps 6, very clean, will deliver. Located in Benton, Pa. $4,900. 215-694-7497

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BUICK `05 RENDEZVOUSFully CX AWD,

loaded, 1 owner, 18,000 miles. 6 cylinder. New inspection, tires & brakes. Like new, inside & out. $16,900. Call (570) 540-0975

CHEVROLET `07 TRAILBLAZER LS Perfect condition, 17,000 miles. Asking $20,000 570-332-3681

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CHEVR0LET`02 EXPRESS

CONVERSION VAN Loaded. Low miles. Excellent condition.

$18,900

570-674-3901

CHEVROLET 91 PANEL TRUCK White, wiith gutter

machine, $6,000, very good condition leave message 570-779-1909

CHEVROLET `05 TRAILBLAZER LT Black/Grey. 18,000

miles. Well equipped. Includes On-Star, tow package, roof rack, running boards, remote starter, extended warranty. PRICE REDUCED $14,000 or best offer. For info, call (570) 825-7251

CHEVROLET `06 SILVERADO 1500 4X4 pickup, extended cab, 6 1/2 ft. box, automatic. Pewter. 48,000 miles. Excellent condition. $17,000 Negotiable (570) 954-7461

CHEVROLET `95 GMC 21 1/2 foot

bus. 7,000 miles. Diesel, AC, auto wheelchair lift. $4,100 (570)889-4288

CHEVY 06 TRAILBLAZER Light blue/ silver. 11,000 miles. Moon roof, cloth running board, owner extras such as remote start & tinted windows - $25,000 or best offer. Call 570-905-4230

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CHEVY `05 EQUINOX

LT (premium package), 3.4L, 47,000 miles. All wheel drive, power moonroof, windows, locks & seats. Leather interior, 6 cd changer, rear folding seats, keyless entry, onstar, roof rack, running boards, garage kept, $14,750. (570) 362-1910

DODGE `10 GRAND CARAVAN Only 17k miles. Excellent condition. Factory & extended warranty. $19,995 (570) 690-2806

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DODGE `94

Dakota with cap. 1 owner, garage kept, very good condition. Many extras including lift & back seat. 29 MPG gas. (570) 868-0944

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Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

HONDA `10 ODYSSEY

FORD `01 LARIAT 250 Super Duty

with slide-in camper new tires, 4 door, 8’ bed. Soft and hardtop for bed covers., Good condition. Sold together or separately $10,900 (570) 639-5478

FORD `03 F150 LARIAT Contractor ready

with ladder rack & tool box, 4x4 diesel, under 97K. Great condition, $17,000 or best offer. 570-925-2845

FORD `90 TRUCK

17’ box. Excellent running condition. Very Clean. $5,000. Call 570-287-1246

FORD `97 EXPLORER

Sport - 4WD, 2 door, black, new tires and alternator, 117K miles, fully loaded, 6 CD changer, power windows, power locks, runs perfect. $2500. Call 570-814-8536

FORD `99 E250

Wheelchair Van 78,250 miles. Fully serviced, new battery, tires & rods. Seats 6 or 3 wheelchairs. Braun Millennium lift with remote. Walk up door. Front & rear A/C. Power locks & windows. Excellent condition. $9,500. 570-237-6375

FORD 2008 EDGE SEL

All Wheel Drive. Red, low miles, fully loaded, leather, 6 CD changer, perfect condition. $23,000 or best offer. Call

570-814-8536

HONDA `03 ODYSSEY High mileage,

140000 miles, automatic, front wheel drive, 4 door, antilock brakes, air conditioning, air bags, power locks, power windows, power mirrors, AM/FM radio, CD player, rear defroster, rear windshield wiper, $5,990 (570) 606-4198

Special Edition. Maroon, Fully loaded. Leather seats. TV/DVD, navigation, sun roof plus many other extras. 3rd seat . Only 950 Miles. Brand New. Asking $36,000 (570) 328-0850

HUMMER 05 H2

Yellow with black leather interior. Front & rear heated seats. Many chrome accessories. $28,500 or best offer. Call (570) 788-9826 or (570) 956-8547 Leave Message

INTERNATIONAL 95 DUMP TRUCK

Refurbished, rebuilt engine, transmission replaced. Rear-end removed and relubed. Brand new 10’ dump. PA state inspected. $12,900/best offer. 570-594-1496

JEEP ’02 LIBERTY SPORT 4x4

70k miles, Power options. Excellent condition. $8,000 negotiable. Call 570-239-4568 Leave message.

JEEP 07 LIBERTY 4X4 White, 23k miles,

3.7, 6 cylinder, automatic, power locks, doors and windows. Car still under warranty. Like new. Sacrifice $14,500. 570-256-7311

JEEP `07 WRANGLER X 4x4, stick shift, soft

top. Red exterior, well maintained, garage kept. 11,500 miles, one owner. AC, CD player, cruise control. Tow package with cargo carrier. Excellent condition. $18,700 Call 570-822-9680

KIA `02 SEDONA

EX, Van, Sunroof. 61,000 miles. Loaded. Good condition. $5000 or best offer. 570-606-7654

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LEXUS `04 GX 470 Black with dark

gray leather interior. DVD player. Fully loaded. 92,000 miles. Excellent condition. $19,000 (570) 675-4424

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TRUCKS FOR SALE

MITSUBISHI `95 MONTERO SR 4WD 177,102 miles, auto-

matic, four wheel drive, 4 door, antilock brakes, air conditioning, air bags, power locks, power windows, power mirrors, power seats, cruise control, AM/FM radio, cassette player, CD changer, leather interior, sun roof, rear defroster, rear windshield wiper, new Passed inspection, new battery. $2,500 (570) 868-1100 Call after 2:00 p.m.

Ford, GMC, International-Prices starting at $2,295. Box Truck, Cab & Chassis available. Call U-haul 570-822-5536

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SUZUKI `09 GRAND VITARA166 Luxury 4x4.

horsepower 4 cylinder, 4 mode full time 4 wheel drive. 1,269 miles. 4 wheel anti lock disc brakes. Leather, heated seats. Power seats, mirrors, locks & sunroof. 6 cd changer with 8 speakers. Cruise & tilt. Smart pass keyless entry start. $19,000. Call 570-401-3714

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TRACTOR TRAILERS

FREIGHTLINER ’97 MIDROOF 475 CAT & 10 speed transmission. $12,000 FREIGHTLINER ’99 CONDO 430 Detroit, Super 10 transmission. Asking $15,000. ‘88 FRUEHAUF 45’ with sides. All aluminum, spread axle. $6,500. 2 storage trailers. 570-814-4790

CONSTRUCTION AND QUARRY Minimum 5 years Experience.

QUARRY

Crusher operator and maintenance man. Water truck driver. Quarry experience a plus. Construction & Quarry mobile equipment. Must have own tools.

CONSTRUCTION FIELD

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SUPERINTENDENT Experienced in paving & site work. Penn Dot, private and municipal. Self starter, organized and dependable.

ASPHALT

Paving foreman.

Paver, Roll, & Screed.

Skilled rakers.

SITE WORK

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, $13,500 Call 570-829-8753 Before 5:00 p.m.

Building/ Construction/ Skilled Trades

MECHANICS

NISSAN `08 ROGUE SL. AWD, 1 owner,

no accidents. 4 door hatchback, 6 cylinder, roof rails, dark gray, black interior. Premium wheels, new tires, brakes extra set of snows. Premium sound/Bose/bluetooth, XM radio. Intelligent key entry. Newly inspected 36,900 miles $19,500 (570) 371-7227

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Grader, Gradall, Excavator, Dozer, Pipe layers, Grademen.

460 AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE DIRECTORY

Inside Salesperson for Aggregate and Asphalt.

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Class A & Class B CDL Drivers.

Auto Parts

570-301-3602

CALL US! TO JUNK YOUR CAR

BEST PRICES IN THE AREA CA$H ON THE $POT, Free Anytime Pickup 570-301-3602

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490 Truck/SUV/ Van Accessories TRUCK CAP. Red for 6’ Chevy box $200. Call Dave at 570-760-9074

SALES

TRIAXLE

American Asphalt Paving and Site 500 Chase Road Shavertown, PA 18708 Fax: 570-696-3486 Email: jobs@ amerasphalt.com

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ESTIMATOR/ PROJECT MANAGER

Leading Mechanical Contractor seeking experienced, self starter for an Estimator/Project Manager position. Comprehensive benefits package. E.O.E. Send resumes and salary requirements in confidence to: c/o Times Leader Box 2460 15 N. Main Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

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Commercial Properties

IN THE HEART OF WILKES-BARRE

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Commercial Properties

OFFICENTERS

Immediate Occupancy!! 61 E. Northampton St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

Please call 570-825-8594 TDD/TTY 800-654-5984

548 Medical/Health

Greater Hazleton™ Health Alliance

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Logistics/ Transportation

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Logistics/ Transportation

• .38 cpm for qualiﬁed drivers • $1,500 sign on bonus • Paid vacations and holidays • Health/Dental/Vision Insurance • 401K Plan

Contact Gary Potter at 570-544-3140, Ext. 156 or visit us at 1298 Keystone Blvd. • Pottsville, PA

MARTIN D. POPKY APARTMENTS Affordable Senior Apartments Income Eligibility Required Utilities Included! Low cable rates; New appliances; laundry on site; Activities! Curb side Public Transportation

Logistics/ Transportation

Fanelli Brothers Trucking has established a new and increased driver pay package and an increased sign on bonus. Due to additional business, Fanelli Bros. Trucking Co. is adding both regional and local drivers to our Pottsville, PA terminal operation. Drivers are home most nights throughout the week. Drivers must have 2-3 years of OTR experience, acceptable MVR and pass a criminal background check.

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1298 Keystone Blvd. Pottsville, PA 17901 Phone: 570-544-3140 • Fax: 570-544-8084

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5 Prime Locations

Pierce St., Kingston Various Size Suites Medical, Legal, Commercial Utilities, Parking, Janitorial Custom Design Renovations

MEDICAL SUITE

New Bridge Center 480 Pierce St., Kingston 1st floor, 2 treatment rooms, business office & private office. FRAN RICH - 570-287-1161

548 Medical/Health

The Greater Hazleton Health Alliance has the following full time openings:

RN’s (Looking for full, part time and casual with Pediatric, Med/Surg, Critical Care and ED experience) (Experienced ED Full Time RN’s eligible for a bonus) LPN (with 2 years Ortho experience) LPN - Float (with 2 years experience) Phlebotomists - (Full Time & Casual) Nurse Practitioners (with Family Practice experience) Nurse Practitioner (with Pediatric experience) Nurse Practitioner/PA (with Rehab experience) Competitive salary and excellent benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) option, tuition reimbursement defined contribution plan and malpractice insurance for NP/PA’s. Candidates interested in joining our team can forward their resume in confidence to: jobs@ghha.org Employment Applications are available for download from our web site at www.ghha.org

700 E. Broad Street, Hazleton, PA 18201

Our Heart Is In Healthcare

548 Medical/Health

Looking For A Change? Leading Home Care Agency seeking individuals who are passionate about caring for others and looking for a job they’ll love.

• Competitive Wages • Travel Time • Training Provided • Benefits Available SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY.

570-829-2037 EOE

Caring for people at home since 1987.

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515 Creative/Design

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Can you put together a display ad from scratch in one hour? Have you done commercial work for an existing business? Does your portfolio have any work besides school projects? Do you own a computer with CS4 or CS5? Are you an expert in indesign? Can you work in a studio environment? If you said yes to ALL of these questions then please call: Rachel Antosh at (570) 457-7020 to set-up a time to showcase your skills. Art Director, Rachel Antosh of PRM, Inc. is looking for part and full-time graphic designers to work in her Old Forge Studio. Part time work would take place between 9am-5pm M-F. No freelance work is available. If you said NO to any of the questions above then you would qualify for these particular positions. E-mail your resume to: prminc14@aol.com

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Janitorial/ Cleaning

HOUSEKEEPER

Mother’s Helper needed in Dallas. Monday-Friday 7-11am. Non Smoker & Detail Oriented. $10-12/hour. housekeeper18612@ gmail.com

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Logistics/ Transportation

TRUCKING

SAFETY DIRECTOR

Local Trucking Company looking for an experienced Safety Director, if you have knowledge of FMCSA regulations, driver recruitment and retention, OSHA regulations, H/R, accident Investigation, workers compensation and excellent people skills then we want to talk to you. Send resume and salary requirements to hr@ calexlogistics.com or apply in person: Calex 58 Pittston Ave, Pittston, Pa. EOE

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Marketing/ Product

MARKETING SPECIALIST

The P&G Mehoopany Employees Federal Credit Union has an immediate opening for a Marketing Specialist. Benefits include 95% paid healthcare, paid holidays and much more. Must have excellent communication and demonstration skills; able to handle many assignments simultaneously; exhibits creativity and resourcefulness; expert in market research and problem solving; forward thinking, ability to listen to details attentively; self- confident and outgoing. A Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing or communications is preferred. Must have at least 3 years experience in related field. Email resume with cover letter to Kathy Stanziale at kathypgcu@ptd.net or mail to P&G Mehoopany Employees FCU, PO Box 210, Tunkhannock, PA 18657, attention Kathy Stanziale.

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Logistics/ Transportation

OWNER OPERATORS NEEDED Dedicated service.

Good pay. Steady year round work. Regional work. Home weekends. Call 570-996-7662

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548 Medical/Health

RN / LPN / MA

Part Time For Physician’s office. Send resume to: Dallas Family Practice Attn: Office Manager 16 Church St. Dallas, PA. 18612

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COMMUNITY HOME WORKER

MEDICAL SALES

Full Time Position Fast 40 hours! Awake overnight shift Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights working with individuals with developmental disabilities in the Pittston area. Experience is helpful, paid training is provided. Valid driver’s license is required. Starting salary is $8.85 per hour + benefits. For information or application, call IMPACT SYSTEMS, Inc. at (570) 829-3671. Drug free workplace EOE

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LITTLE FLOWER MANOR is accepting

applications for the following positions: CNA’s – full and part time 3-11 and 11-7 LPN’s – per diem Dietary Aides – per diem 6 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 4-7 p.m. Prep Cook – Per diem 6 a.m – 2 p.m. Director of Food Service – plans, directs and coordinates the activities of the Food Service Department to provide dietetic services to residents, employees, guests, special events, etc., must have 3-5 years of experience in culinary and nutiritonal services, plus management and long term care experience. CDM preferred. Assistant Director of Food Service – must have cooking and management experience, knowledge of purchasing, inventory control and long term care regulations. Environmental Aides full and part time Resident Assistants (Saint Therese Residence) Full And Part Time 3-11 And 11-7 Candidates are required to be available weekends and holidays. APPLY: HUMAN RESOURCES LITTLE FLOWER MANOR & ST. THERESE RESIDENCE 200 S. Meade St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 pmelski@ lfmstr.com fax: 570-408-9760 EOE

Lincare of Scranton, PA, a leading national respiratory company is seeking a results driven Sales Representative. Create working relationships with MD’s, nurses, social workers and articulate our excellent patient care with attentive listening skills. Competitive Base + un-capped commission. For a confidential interview please email to Mbrady@lincare.com Drug-free workplace EOE

NORTHEAST VETERINARY REFERRAL HOSPITAL

A state-of-the-art veterinary referral and emergency hospital, located near Wilkes-Barre, seeks qualified individuals available to work nights, weekends and holidays in the following positions: • Veterinary Technicians • Client Service Team Members Technicians must have experience, and/or education. Client Service TMs must have customer service experience and the ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment. We offer a comprehensive benefits package. Please apply in person or send resume to:

NVRH

242 S. River St. Suite 200 Plains, PA 18705 EOE

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Other

FOSTER FAMILIES wanted. Complete training, support and reimbursement provided. If you like young people and enjoy being a parent, call FCCY 1-800-747-3807. Fccy.org EOE

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Production/ Operations

H.C.S.C. INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY

2nd Shift Positions Available 1 year, 18 months & 2 year increases. Production Hours: 4:30p.m.-12:30a.m. Overtime Required. Excellent Benefit Package. $50.00 Monthly Attendance Bonus. Pre-placement drug screen required. H.C.S.C. Laundry (Beside the Armory) Rear 310 Market St. Kingston, PA 18704 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!! E.O.E.

569 Security/ Protective Services

SECURITY

Full Time Security positions available in Mehoopany. Must have a clean/valid driver’s license for the last 3 years and be able to pass a drug test. Uniforms are provided and benefits are available. Apply online at https://jobs.nana. com.careersnms/ Careers.aspx

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Business Opportunities

INTERSTATE PRODUCTS is a Private Label Chemical Manufacturer. We offer a partnership program for sales minded people. This Opportunity will give you the chance to develop your own business with our help. We will design a complete program just for you with your co name and private label program. Your sales ability is your ticket to financial freedom. Call (570) 288-1226 PUC Limousine License for Sale. For more details, contact 570-574-2111

2 LOCAL MILLIONAIRES

looking for 10 Motivated individuals to train for serious income in a recession-proof business. Call 1-800-292-0618

630 Money To Loan “We can erase your bad credit 100% GUARANTEED.” Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission say they’ve never seen a legitimate credit repair operation. No one can legally remove accurate and timely information from your credit report. It’s a process that starts with you and involves time and a conscious effort to pay your debts. Learn about managing credit and debt at ftc. gov/credit. A message from The Times Leader and the FTC.

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Air Conditioners

AIR CONDITIONER $40 570-740-1246

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AIR CONDITIONERS (2). New window units. 7,000 BTU. $75 each. Moving sale. 570-852-1039

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Antiques & Collectibles

BASEBALL CARD: 1986 Jerry Rice rookie Card-NM/ MT-Very Nice Card $60. 570-824-1180 BASEBALL CARDS: Certified Duke Snyder autographed COA from Nabisco & MLBBPA $45. Barry Sanders graded 89 score rookie card. (N.Mint 8) by CSA $40. 655-5009 COMIC BOOKS Gen 13-1, X-files #1 & 2, Spiderman & many others, $2 each. 570-829-2411 DINING SET. 1894 Antique Town and Country Golden Oak Set, Rare 5 pedestal table with 2 captain and 4 ornate chairs. Extends 10 ft. Sturdy and recently reinforced. Beautiful condition. $675 LP’S (1000!) 78’S, 45’S From 40’S, 50’S, 60’S & 70’S $1 each. 829-2411 MEMORABILIA Michael Jackson. Posters, $10 each. Key chains, $5 each. Stickers, $3 per pack. Bottle openers, $5 each. 570-829-2411 NEON SIGN - Electric, Camel sign, 30 years old, $300. 570-829-2411

Antiques & Collectibles

YEARBOOKS: Coughlin H.S. 1926, 1928, 1932, 1937, 1940, 1961, 1963, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949. G.A.R. H.S. 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1980, 1985, 2005, 2006. Meyers H.S. 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1959, 1960, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977. Kingston H.S. 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1949. Plymouth H.S. 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1943, 1944, 1959, 1960. Hanover H.S. 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960. Edwardsville H.S. 1965, 1966. West Pittston H.S. Annual 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1959. Luzerne H.S. 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959. Berwick H.S. 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969 ,1970. Lehman H.S. 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980. Nanticoke H.S. 1957. Nanticoke Area H.S. 1976, 2008. Dallas H.S. 1966, 1967, 1968. Bishop Hoban H.S. 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975. West Side Central Catholic H.S. 19651975, 1980, 1981. Benton H.S. 1977. Dallas Twp. H.S. Kingston Twp. H.S. 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951. Dallastowian H.S. 1949, 1950, 1951. DallasKingston H.S. 1952. 570-825-4721

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Appliances

DRYER: HotPoint 3 cycle, large capacity, good condition $150. G.E. 6 cycle washer heavy duty large capacity good condition $150. Hot point fridge, good condition $150. Maytag washer, 2 speed. heavy dutygood condition $150. Whirlpool dryer Supreme 6 cycle, 4 temperature heavy duty super capacity $150. For more details! 212-0183 MICROWAVE $15. TOASTER OVEN $15. 2 DRIP COFFEE MACHINES $10. or 2 for $15. All good condition. 740-1392 OVEN: Big George oven $100. 570-457-2109 REFRIGERATOR Kenmore, almond, 21.6 cu. ft. with ice maker & filtered water $350. 570-868-6018 REFRIGERATOR. 16 CU. FT $150, FREEZER, chest, $100. MICROWAVE, new! $100. Moving Sale. 570-852-1039 STOVE: 30”, free standing, electric Frigidaire ,excellent condition, white, $200. 655-5404

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Appliances

REFRIGERATOR. Frigidaire Gallery Series. Brand new NEVER USED. 26 cu ft, side by side. Water and ice maker, stainless front. Sells for $1400 Asking $800. 570-262-2845 STOVE: Kenmore, brand new gas stove, white, inside never used, $300. 570-905-2364 STOVE: White electric, black glass top. Great condition $275. or best offer. Allison 570-6316635 9:00-5:30 or 570-283-5958 after 5:30.

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Baby Items

BOTTLE DRYING RACK, formula mixer, auto mirror, born free baby bottles 3 small, 3large $20. Evenflo Baby Exersaucer, farm theme, for 4 months to walking, excellent condition $25. 570-288-7905

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PACK N PLAY. Graco, clean, excellent condition. $30. BOUNCER, hanging for 6 month old. $5. 570-735-0821

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Building Materials

GLASS DOOR. 3 way glass door for bath tub. $25 570-331-8183

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Cemetery Plots/Lots

CEMETERY PLOTS

Plymouth National Cemetery in Wyoming. 6 Plots. $450 each. Call 570-825-3666

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Clothing

JACKET: boys genuine Italian stone leather jacket, size 14. $25. 868-6018 JACKET: Dallas Cowboys all leather superbowl jacket. All superbowls listed $250. 954-4219 PURSES (2)Vera Bradley capri blue with wallet, reversible burgundy $20 each. 570-693-2612 SPORT COAT, navy blue, excellent condition, size large/ extra large. $5. 570-823-4941

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Clothing

PURSES: American Eagle Outfitters wool design purse great condition $3.00 Victoria Secret black/pink slipper boots, medium great condition $3. Liz Claiborne small butterfly print leather purse $4. Misses/junior Old Navy & American Eagle tops, XS to Medium $1. Old Navy Size 6 flare jeans $2. Pants/ khaki’s sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 $2. each. Lilu small purse with cute buttons from Pac Sun $3. Black slip-on waitress shoes size 6-1/2 rarely worn $1.50 Asics track cleats silver/light green size 7 good condition $3. 696-3528

EXPLORE NEW OPPORTUNITIES

Tue. March 8, 2011

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Woodlands Inn & Resort •10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Computer Equipment & Software

COMPUTER: Dell dimension 8100 tower. newly installed windows xp. 80gb hard drive. cdrw $80. HP PAVILION CORE2 duo tower, windows xp, 80gb harddrive. dvdrw, 1gb ddr2 ram. Very fast, new mainboard. $135 570-905-2985