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Property owners in 17 Lu-
zerne County municipalities
will pay higher local taxes this
year in addition to the countys
2 percent tax hike, a review of
2012 millage rates shows.
Taxes in the remaining 59
municipalities will stay the
same.
Slocum Township retains its
status as the only county munic-
ipality with no local property
taxes. Township officials have
forced the municipality to sur-
vive on state liquid fuel and
wage tax revenue.
Its the peoples money, not
ours, said township Supervisor
Charles Herring.
Herring provided an example
of this frugality. The township
had installed a base for a pavil-
ion in the municipal park with
plans to construct the pavilion
this year, but the project was
postponed because the town-
ship needs that money to buy
new $3,000 emergency response
radios made obsolete by a gov-
ernment radio bandwidth
change, he said.
We buy what we afford, and
what we cant we make do with-
out, Herring said.
TAXES Owners of property in 17 Luzerne County municipalities to get hit with tax hikes on two fronts this year
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Dollar Increase (property value of $100,000)
Percent increase (from 2011 to 2012)
Tax increases for 17 municipalities
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Source: Luzerne County Assessors ofce Mark Guydish/The Times Leader
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
jandes@timesleader.com
See TAXES, Page 14A
INSIDE: Chart of tax millage rates by
municipality, school district, 14A
NEWORLEANS Spill 4.1million bar-
rels of oil into the ocean, and this is what
you get: the lollapalooza, labyrinthine,
mega-mother of all law-
suits.
It encompasses 72 mil-
lion pages of documents,
20,000 exhibits and 303
depositions the col-
lective effort of hundreds
of lawyers and legal
workers.
It involves the Justice
Department and about
120,000 plaintiffs: angry
fishermen, restaura-
teurs, state governments
and condo owners who
say their beach-side
property is not worth what it once was.
The trial phase, set to begin Feb. 27 in a
New Orleans federal courtroom, could go
on for nine months.
That is, unless it is averted by the mega-
mother of all legal settlements.
It goes bythe formal title "InRe: Oil Spill
by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the
Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010." And
much like the disaster itself, the litigation
is startling in its impact and scope, involv-
ing billions of dollars of potential fines and
damages, arcane matters of maritime law
and Space Age details of deep-sea engi-
neering.
There are a host of corporate defend-
OI L SPI L L
MCT FILE PHOTO
A feather is shown among tar balls that
washed ashore in Long Beach in 2010.
BP lawsuit
could be
mega-case
"Theres
enormous
pressure
on BP to
settle.
David Uhlmann
Director of the
environmental
law program at
the University of
Michigan
See OIL SPILL, Page 11A
It encompasses 72 million pages of
documents, 20,000 exhibits and 303
depositions with 120,00 plaintiffs.
By RICHARD FAUSSET
Los Angeles Times
INSIDE
A NEWS
Obituaries 2A, 7A
Local 3A
Nation & World 5A
B PEOPLE
Birthdays 9B
C SPORTS
Outdoors 12c
D BUSINESS
Motley Fool 6D
E VIEWS
Editorial 2E
F ETC.
Puzzles 2F
Books 5F
G CLASSIFIED
Joe Palooka
Honoring a
local legend
ETC, 1F
Dominick Ardo is a non-smoker,
and he appreciates the smoke-free
atmosphere inside his Plains Pub
on Carey Street.
But he wishes all his competitors
would play by the same rules and
be required to prohibit smoking.
More than three years after the
states Clean Indoor Air Act went
into effect, Pennsylvania smokers
are still puffing away inside nearly
3,000 bars and social clubs and ev-
ery one of the states 10 operating
casinos.
A state senator instrumental in
crafting the 2008 Clean Indoor Air
CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Dominick Ardo stands in his Plains Pub near a No Smoking sign. The Plains Pub is a smoke-free establishment, but Ardo says his competitors
should also have to abide by the states Clean Indoor Air Act, intended to make public places in Pennsylvania smoke-free.
Excuses up in smoke?
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Jay Fetor of Wilkes-Barre Twp. smokes a cigarette at Gondas Elbow
Room Bar in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday. Despite the Clean Indoor Air
Act, Pennsylvania has permitted some smaller bars to continue to allow
smoking.
State senator looks to eliminate
loopholes that allow smoking to
continue in some public places.
By ANDREWM. SEDER
aseder@timesleader.com
See SMOKE-FREE, Page 14A
Elbow Room tavern owner Joe
Gonda, a non-smoker, would love
to see all bars go smoke-free, in-
cluding his own. But, he said, the
bar business reality is that smok-
ing means more business.
To the chagrin of the downtown
Wilkes-Barre businessman, the
arguments over loopholes in the
Clean Indoor Air Act continue
more than three years after it be-
came law.
Amy Christie, the executive
Owners and
patrons differ
on smoke ban
See DIFFER, Page 14A
By ANDREWM. SEDER
and STEVE MOCARSKY
aseder@timesleader.com
smocarksy@timesleader.com
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Pendergast, Eileen
Stubblebine, Marie
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Issue No. 2012-057
R
ichard J. Joseph, 60, of Hughes-
town, passed away Saturday,
Feb 25, 2012 at home.
Rick was born in Hanover, Pa., on
May 24th, 1951. He was the son of
the late Jack and Phyllis Joseph. He
graduated from Hanover High
School in 1969.
Rick was previously employed at
Leslie Fay, WhitemanTower, andre-
cently at American Silk in Plains,
PA. He was involved with the Hugh-
estown Little League, Softball
League and Pittston Area Football
Booster Club. He was a member of
the Blessed Sacrament Church in
Hughestown and Sacred Heart
Church in Dupont.
Rick was a devoted husband and
loving father. He enjoyed spending
time withhis childrenandwatching
them play sports through the years.
Ricks passion was music, playing
the drums and performing with his
longtime friends in the band Tom
Slick & The Converted Thunder-
bolt Greaseslappers for over 38
years. He enjoyed spending vaca-
tions in Cape May, N.J., with family
and friends for over 20 years.
In addition to his parents, he was
precededindeathbyhis goddaught-
er and niece Michelle Schuler; and
father-in-law, Leonard C. Cumbo.
He is survived by his wife, Karen,
with whom he observed their 36th
wedding anniversary on Oct 11,
2011; daughter Stephanie, Hughes-
town; son, Ricky, West Pittston; sis-
ter, Susie Schuler and husband Bob,
Macungie; brother, Stanley Joseph
and wife Cathy, Sweet Valley; moth-
er-in-law, Florence Cumbo, West
Pittston.
Funeral services will be at 8:30
a.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 2012
from the Peter J. Adonizio Funeral
Home, 251 William St., Pittston,
witha Mass of ChristianBurial at 10
a.m. in Sacred Heart of Jesus
Church, 215 Lackawanna Avenue,
Dupont. Interment will be in St.
Roccos Cemetery, Pittston Town-
ship. Friends may call Monday, Feb-
ruary 27, 2012from4to8p.m. at the
funeral home.
Onlinecondolences maybemade
at www.peterjadoniziofuneral-
home.com.
Richard J. Joseph
February 25, 2012
More Obituaries, Page 7A
Marie R.
Stubblebine,
age 67, of Ply-
mouth, passed
away on Fri-
day, February
24, 2012.
Born De-
cember 6, 1944, she was the daugh-
ter of the late Joseph and Mildred
Bogdon. Marie was a graduate of
St. Vincents High School, Ply-
mouth, and had been employed by
the Wyoming Valley Garment and
Food Service Industry.
Her family enjoyed her sense of
humor. The love that Marie has
shown to her family, over the
years, can never be measured.
Surviving are her daughter and
caregiver, Marie (Amy) Ratowski
and her husband, Alex, of Hunlock
Creek; son, Howard (Dee) Stub-
blebine and his wife, Melissa, of
Larksville; grandchildren, Justin
and Jacob Ratowski and Katie Stub-
blebine; great-grandson, Branden;
brother, Joseph Bogdon of Plymouth;
sister, Julianne Henninger and her
husband, Dana, of Hunlock Creek;
several nieces and nephews.
Private funeral will be held at the
convenience of the family from the
S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530
West Main Street, Plymouth. Inter-
ment will be in the Lithuanian Inde-
pendent Cemetery, Wyoming. There
will be no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, contributions, if
desired, may be made to the Luzerne
County S.P.C.A., or the charity of the
donors choice. Maries family would
like to thank her doctors and nurses
who participated in her care and the
staff of the Hospice Community Care
for all of their care and compassion
given to her.
Please visit www.sjgrontkowski-
funeralhome.com to submit online
condolences to Maries family.
Marie R. Stubblebine
February 24, 2012
R
osalind Chafetz, beloved moth-
er of Helen Chafetz Frank of
Harveys Lake and Judy Chafetz
Good of Syosset, New York, passed
away peacefully on Feb 9, 2012,
shortly after her 94th birthday.
Roz, as everyone who knew her
couldattest, livedfor her family and
friends. They are what gave her joy,
as was evidenced by her wonderful
and perpetual smile. She continued
smiling her entire life. Roz was a
mom(and grandma) who would do
anythingfor her childrenandgrand-
children. Her daily message to us,
whether in a camp letter, birthday
card or in person was all I want is
your happiness. And that was all
she ever wanted. Roz was always
there to encourage, congratulate
and share in each of our triumphs.
Her greatest wish was to live to see
her great-grandchildren, which was
a dream fulfilled.
Rosalind, daughter of George and
Helen Balterman, was pre-deceased
by Benjamin, belovedhusbandof 60
years.
She is survived by her brothers,
Harry (and Sydney) Balterman and
Lewis Balterman; daughters and
sons-in-law, Helen (and Gary) Frank,
Judy (and Larry) Good; grandchil-
dren, Bob (and Faith) Racusin, Ron-
ni (and Russell) Stuart, Adam (and
Natalia) Good, Lauren Good, Bryan
(and Kristen) Good, and Allison
Good; great-grandchildren, Laz and
Sari Racusin, Brayden and Avery
Stuart, and Julian Good as well as
several loving nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Her funeral was held at Gutter-
mans Funeral Home in Woodbury
N.Y, on Sunday, February12, with in-
terment immediately following at
Beth Moses Cemetery in Pinelawn,
NY.
Shiva was observed at the home of
Judy and Larry Good, 35 Eagle
Chase, Woodbury N.Y.
Contributions, if desired, may be
made to the Michael J. Fox Parkin-
sons Foundation or the charity of
your choice.
Rosalind Chafetz
February 9, 2012
E
ileenK. Pendergast, 89, of Cedar
Village in Hanover Township,
died Tuesday at Little Flower Ma-
nor, where she had been a guest for
the past six weeks.
Born February 8, 1923 in Harris-
burg and raised in Wilkes-Barre, she
was a daughter of the late Frank and
Nora Reagan Pendergast.
Eileen was a graduate of James
M. Coughlin High School and Geor-
getown Nursing School in Washing-
ton, D.C.
A Registered Nurse, Eileen spent
her entire professional career in
Washington and returned to make
her home in the Wyoming Valley af-
ter retiring.
Miss Pendergast was a member
of the Parish of Saint Andre Be-
ssette and communicant at the
Church of Holy Saviour. She was a
member of the Parishof Saint John
the Evangelist prior to its closing.
Sisters, Nancy Messersmith,
Ann Balz and Marguerite Hogan,
and brothers, Francis and James
Pendergast preceded her in death.
She was a diehard Redskins fan,
and dedicated nurse, and endured
the teasing of her nieces and neph-
ews with grace and good humor.
They will miss her.
A family celebration of Eileens
life will be held privately. Inter-
ment will be in Saint Marys Ceme-
tery in Hanover Township.
Permanent messages and me-
mories can be shared with Eileens
family at www.celebrateherlife-
.com.
Eileen Pendergast
February 21, 2012
WRIGHTTWP. Johnny Mer-
cers wonderful classic Hooray
for Hollywood greeted the audi-
ence at St Jude Schools 4th An-
nual Art Auction on Saturday
evening.
This years benefit was called
You Ought to be in Pictures... A
Red Carpet Event to coincide
with this weekends Academy
Awards in Los Angeles.
At the door, guests were greet-
ed by an array of formally attired
hostesses and escorted past a vel-
vet rope and down a plush red
carpet to the auction
room.
We try to come up
with an original theme
each year, said event
organizer Nicole Jose-
fowicz. Its a lot of work
to put an event like this
together; but, in the
end, its more than
worth it.
Students worked
with artist-in-residence
Liz Faist as part of the
NEIU19 arts program.
According to organiz-
ers, each class completed a group
project based on a specific reli-
gious icon, representing their in-
terpretation of their St Jude edu-
cational experience.
Each student also created a
unique self-expression on poster
board featuring their su-
per-imposed photo and
an individually inspired
design.
The collaborative stu-
dent pieces were auc-
tioned off along with an
eclectic and colorful se-
lection of original and re-
production artwork sup-
plied by Marlin Fine Art
Auctioneers of Deer
Park, N.Y.
The arts are so much
a part of the learning ex-
perience, said Josefow-
icz, as she surveyed the art dis-
play.
Im so proud of what theyve
created.
Josefowicz said the school
hopes to match last years fun-
draising total of $4,000.
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Helen Zukowski, left, and Marjorie Hoffman, both of Rice Township, review art up for auction on
Saturday at the St. Jude School in Wright Township. The school hopes to raise $4,000.
St. Jude holds art auction
Each class completed a group
project based on a specific
religious icon.
By STEVEN FONDO
Times Leader Correspondent
The arts
are so
much a
part of the
learning
experi-
ence.
Nicole
Josefowicz
Event organizer
LAKE HARMONY (AP)
Authorities in eastern Penn-
sylvania are investigating the
deaths of two people at a resort
in the Pocono mountains and
trying to locate their car.
State police in Carbon County
say officers went to check on the
welfare of two residents of Split
Rock Resort in Kidder Town-
ship at about noon Saturday.
Police say the residents were
found dead and their sedan was
missing. They are calling the
deaths suspicious but have not
released other details.
Police are seeking the 2006
silver Cadillac and asking any-
one who sees it to call 911 but
not to approach the occupant or
occupants.
The names of the deceased
have not been released.
BERWICK Police arrested
three people and seized heroin,
cash and loaded sawed-off shot-
gun in a raid Friday night of a
residence at 304 E. Front St.
Two of the people taken into
custody, a Hispanic male and a
black male, did not have identi-
fication, police said. Police were
attempting to identify them.
Brittany Bankes of Berwick
was arrested inside the resi-
dence on drug and weapon
charges and was committed to
the Columbia County Prison.
Police said they served a
search warrant on the residence
as part of an investigation into
heroin dealing there. Police said
126 packets of heroin, the shot-
gun, $1,727 in U.S. currency, a
video surveillance system, a
counterfeit $10 bill, prescription
medication and drug parapher-
nalia were seized.
As police entered the resi-
dence around 9:30 p.m., the
black male climbed out a win-
dow onto a second-floor roof
and jumped into the backyard
where he was apprehended,
police said. A bag of marijuana
and the packets of heroin were
found in the area where he was
taken into custody, police said.
The male also had $771, police
said.
The Hispanic male also tried
to flee but was caught, police
said. He had $956, police said.
WILKES-BARRE City
police reported the following:
Rite Aid Pharmacy, 33
Public Square, said a white male
approximately 5 feet, 9 inches
tall and wearing grayish green
corduroy pants stole items from
the store at 9:44 a.m. Saturday.
Police arrested Angelo
Sperlazzo, 27, of Swoyersville,
and cited him on harassment
and public drunkenness charges
at 6:17 a.m. Saturday in the
parking lot of Dennys, 488
Kidder St. According to police,
Sperlazzos girlfriend, Autumn
Evans of Swoyersville, told
police Sperlazzo grabbed her by
the neck and punched her in the
nose during an argument.
WILKES-BARRE TWP.
Police said a man robbed Phila-
delphia Subs, 555 E. North-
ampton St., at gunpoint Friday
night.
According to police, the man
entered the store, displayed a
gun and demanded cash. When
he couldnt open the cash regis-
ter, he fled, taking the cash
register with him. Additional
details were unavailable Sat-
urday.
HAZLE TWP. Firefighters
responded early Saturday morn-
ing to a machinery fire at a plant
in the Humboldt Industrial Park
North.
The fire was reported at ap-
proximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday
at ADM Cocoa, 400 Stoney
Creek Rd.
Township Assistant Fire Chief
Jason Zoshak said the fire began
in a processing machine that
linked the second and third
floors of the factory. The fire
started on the second floor, then
spread to the third through
ventilation ducts.
A sprinkler system brought
the fire under control on the
second floor, and firefighters
concentrated on extinguishing
flames on the third, bringing the
blaze under control within an
hour of firefighter arrival, Zosh-
ak said. Crews also disassem-
bled the scorched equipment to
ensure the fire did not rekindle.
A shift of employees was
working when the fire began,
and one employee was trans-
ported to Geisinger Wyoming
Valley Medical Center because
of smoke inhalation. No fire-
fighters were injured.
Zoshak said the cause of the
fire is still under investigation,
but that it does not appear to be
suspicious.
FOSTER TWP. -- State police
said they will file charges
against Delvy Duran, 34, of
Hazleton, alleging he stole $450
worth of prosciutto cheese from
the Citterio USA Corporation on
Route 940. State police said the
company reported the theft,
which occurred at 11 p.m.
Wednesday, and that manage-
ment said Duran was seen tak-
ing the cheese. During an in-
terview Duran confessed to
taking the cheese, police said.
HANOVER TWP. Police
arrested Jason Bell, 27, of Ed-
wardsville, at 9:55 p.m. Friday at
the Slate Bar & Lounge, 2324
San Souci Parkway, on a bench
warrant for failing to appear for
a probation hearing.
HANOVER TWP. Mary
Fahey of Sively St. reported at 11
p.m. Friday that an unknown
male entered her residence and
was in the process of taking
items when he was seen by a
member of Faheys family and
fled.
He was last seen running
toward the Marion Terrace
Apartment complex.
The suspect is described as a
black male wearing a black
leather jacket, brown hood and
white sneakers with blue trim.
Anyone with information
about the robbery is asked to
contact police at 825-1254.
POLICE BLOTTER
Two found dead at
Split Rock Resort
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KINGSTON
Food banks receive grants
Wells Fargo & Company has given
$5,000 grants to five Northeastern
Pennsylvania food banks to help them
provide for their clients.
The grants were awarded to Jewish
Family Services of Greater Wilkes-
Barre; St. Vincent de Paul Kitchen,
Wilkes-Barre; Seven Loaves Soup
Kitchen, Tunkhannock; St. Francis of
Assisi Kitchen, Scranton; Oasis of
Love, Stroudsburg
WILKES-BARRE
CDBG hearing scheduled
The city will hold a public meeting
Monday on the Community Devel-
opment Block Grant and HOME funds
for 2011. The report will include fi-
nancial summary reports, goals and
accomplishments of the federally fund-
ed programs.
The meeting will be at 3 p.m. Mon-
day in Council Chambers, City Hall.
Public comments will be taken.
WILKES-BARRE
City eyes Great Cleanup
The City of Wilkes-Barre is participa-
ting in the annual Great American
Cleanup of PA on April 21, and is seek-
ing help from volun-
teer groups and indi-
viduals.
This year the city is
emphasizing cleanup
of streets, sidewalks,
catch basins, and
nuisance properties.
The city wants to
recruit block captains
to organize their neighbors to clean up
their street and see that commitment
continue beyond the cleanup program.
All volunteer groups and individuals
will be supplied trash bags, gloves, and
other materials, which are provided to
the city by PennDOT. To register for
the event and volunteer as a block
captain, please contact the Department
of Public Works at 208-4246.
In addition, PennDOT is seeking
volunteers for the cleanup, which be-
gins March 1 and runs through May 31.
There are several events in Luzerne
County planned in March and April All
events can be found by going to:
www.gacofpa.org/greatpacleanup/
GPCMainSearch.asp and clicking on
Luzerne County. Also at that site, in-
terested volunteers can find resources
for organizing a cleanup group and
other information.
HARRISBURG
W-B Bar group recognized
The Pennsylvania Bar Association
presented three County Bar Recog-
nition Awards to the Wilkes-Barre Law
& Library Association recently.
The association was recognized for
offering free will service for first re-
sponders, for its flood relief efforts and
for hosting a business clothing drive
for needy clients.
In August, the association worked
with the Pennsylvania Bar Association
to prepare 170 wills for first respon-
ders, including police officers and fire-
fighters, and their spouses/significant
others, at no cost.
Last fall, the associations Judicorps
Committee volunteered labor to help
Luzerne County flood victims, and the
associations charitable foundation
contributed $5,000 to the United Way
for its special flood victims relief fund.
The associations young lawyers also
organized a law suits drive, collecting
business clothing for needy persons
without proper attire for court hearings
and or the means to purchase such
clothing.
I N B R I E F
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Greg Collins, Wells Fargo community
banking president, Northeast Penn-
sylvania, left; Anne Marie McCawley,
project director, St. Vincent de Paul
Kitchen; Monsignor Joseph Kelly,
executive director, St. Vincent de Paul
and St. Francis of Assisi kitchens;
Kevin Engelman, Wells Fargo district
manager, Wilkes-Barre
Leighton
C M Y K
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LOCAL
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SUGARLOAF TWP. Toy enthusi-
asts gathered on Saturday morning at
the 18th annual Toy Show of the Sugar-
loaf Volunteer Fire Department.
About 200 buyers walked through the
fire company to look at toys ranging in
value from a few dollars to several
hundred dollars.
The toy showis one of the fire depart-
ments annual fund raising events, said
Fire Chief Duane Hildebrand. He said
any fundraising is very important to
maintain the fire department function-
ing.
Its very expensive to run a fire de-
partment, Hildebrand said.
It is especially expensive when the
fire company is as busy as it has been
lately, he said. Last year, the company
answered 599 calls and so far in 2012,
more than 100, he added.
The company has about150members
with about 30 actively involved in fire-
fighting and rescue, he said. They cur-
rently maintain a fleet that includes fire
trucks, a tanker and ambulance.
One dozen vendors put out their toy
displays for viewing. There were toys
for girls and boys, young and old. Many
of the toys were still in their original
packaging; some were decades old and
very rare. There were toy cars, metal
trucks, farm tractors, dolls, games, mo-
vie and television themed assortments
TOY SHOW Sugarloaf Volunteer Fire Department offers something for everyone at 18th annual event
Raising funds like childs play
By RALPH NARDONE
Times Leader Correspondent
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Michael
Grandzol, 4,
of Drums,
enjoys look-
ing over
toys with
his father
Christian
Saturday at
the Toy
Show at the
Sugarloaf
Volunteer
Fire Depart-
ment.
See TOYS, Page 6A
On Saturday, childrens dental health
was the focus of two of the Luzerne
County Community Colleges outreach
programs. One was located at the
Wyoming Valley Mall and the other at
the colleges dental clinic in Nanticoke.
At the mall, college faculty and den-
tal assistant students teamed up with
members of the Luzerne County Den-
tal Society for the
annual Dental
Day for children
from ages 3 to 16.
Organizer Dr.
John Evans and
three other local
dentists perform-
ed oral screening
and the children
met tooth fair-
ies who talked to
them about prop-
er dental health.
The children also
played games,
won prizes and
learned about
how visiting the
dentist is nothing
to fear.
Evans, who has
been involved in the annual event for
20 years, said the most important
message being imparted at the event
was for parents to start to pay atten-
tion to their childrens teeth early on.
They should take their children to
see a dentist as early as age 2 or soon-
er if they see something not normal
with their teeth or gums, Evans
stressed.
Some parents can do a better job of
preventive care, he added.
They should help their children start
brushing or wiping clean their teeth as
Kids brush
up on dental
knowledge at
free clinics
LCCC involved with two health
events for children, at Wyoming
Valley Mall and at college.
By RALPH NARDONE
Times Leader Correspondent
The program
included free
dental exams,
free cavity var-
nish to strength-
en enamel and
help prevent
tooth decay, free
pit and fissure
sealants, dental
X-rays when in-
dicated, free oral
hygiene instruc-
tion and a free
toothbrush.
See DENTAL, Page 6A
FORTY FORT Two hundred bike
riders came out for the 11th Annual
Spin 4 Life at Candys Place Cancer
Wellness Center on Saturday.
This years event proceeds will ben-
efit the free programs at Candys
Place and the Brandon J. Case Memo-
rial Scholarship.
Brandons stepfather, Paul Zbiek
pledged to spin for 33 continuous
hours to honor what would have been
Brandons 33rd birthday. Case died in
1999 after a three-year battle with
leukemia.
Zbiek began spinning at 10 a.m. on
Friday and ended his personal mara-
thon at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
According to center coordinator
Nicole Farber, Candys Place pro-
vides free support services to local
cancer patients. The centers list of
services includes various support
groups for patients and their fam-
ilies, exercise programs as well as
massage and Reiki therapy.
Putting a spin on helping
to fund cancer programs
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Paul Zbiek, left, leads a group in the annual Spin 4 life at Candys Place in
Forty Fort Saturday.
By STEVEN FONDO
Times Leader Correspondent
See SPIN, Page 6A
INSIDE: For Click photos, see Page 12A
KINGSTON Fresh from a four-
mile run in Kirby Park early Saturday
morning, Wilkes University biology
Professor Dr. WilliamTerzaghi greet-
ed fellow runner and 2010 Wilkes
graduate Neil Kocher, 23, at the top
of the dike.
Braving the biting wind, the two
men tried to stay warm as they took
part in the eighth annual Relay for
Heat.
Kocher, a second year medical stu-
dent at Temple University, said he
has participated in the race for the
past six years.
Sponsored by the Wilkes Running
Club, the relay helped to raise money
for the Martin Luther King Fuel
Fund, administered by the Commis-
sion on Economic Opportunity, for
people who cant afford to pay their
heating bills. The bitter cold weather
seemed appropriate as more than 25
participants tookpart inthe fundrais-
er, which included members of the
Running Club, other Wilkes stu-
dents, faculty, staff and members of
the community.
Participants each ran four miles
back and forth along the dike
throughout the day until they reac-
hed a combined total of 100 miles.
Terzaghi kicked off the race at 6 a.m.
Im embarrassed to say that I ran
it in 35 minutes, he said, pointing
out that his usual time is 30 minutes.
My wife (Vivien) and I thought a
100-mile run in the middle of winter
would be a good way to raise aware-
ness that a lot of people in Luzerne
County need help keeping warm,
said Terzaghi, who is the Running
Clubs adviser.
Vivien is the office manager for the
First Presbyterian Church in Wilkes-
Barre, which partners with the CEO
for the MLK Fuel Fund and other
charitable programs.
More than $2,500 raised from last
years race helpedroughly80families
stay warm. The fund is tapped out
this year, however, said Terzaghi.
Fuel oil is extremely expensive
now, he said. So anyone who is us-
ing fuel oil is really in trouble.
REL AY FOR HEAT
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Wilkes University sophomore Mark Attilio of Bethlehem, left, and Paul Konosky of Scott Township run a two-
mile leg in the Wilkes University Running Clubs 100-mile Relay for Heat along the dike in Kingston.
Footwork for fuel
Running event helps pay energy bills
By CAMILLE FIOTI
Times Leader Correspondent
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DETROIT
WWII vet attacked, ignored
A
World War II veteran says nobody
helped him after he was attacked
and carjacked in daylight at a Detroit
gas station.
A roughly four-minute surveillance
video obtained by the Detroit Free
Press shows 86-year-old Aaron Brantley
crawling from a fuel pump to the sta-
tions door as people walk and drive by
him.
Brantley told the newspaper a man
knocked him down, took his keys and
drove off in his car Wednesday morn-
ing. He says at least four people walked
by as he crawled, unable to walk be-
cause his leg was broken.
Station manager Haissam Jaber says
he didnt see the attack but called 911
after a customer alerted him. A cus-
tomer drove Brantley home, from
where an ambulance took him to the
hospital.
Police say nobody has been arrested.
ABBOTTABAD, PAKISTAN
Osama house coming down
Under powerful floodlights and sur-
rounded by rings of soldiers and police,
heavy machines began Saturday night
to demolish the three-story compound
in northwestern Pakistan where Osama
bin Laden lived for years and was killed
by U.S. commandos last May.
Pakistan was outraged by the covert
American raid in Abbottabad because it
was not told about it beforehand a
decision the U.S. explained was driven
by concerns that someone in the gov-
ernment might tip off bin Laden. Many
Pakistanis were angry the U.S. violated
its territory and that Pakistani troops
were powerless to stop American sol-
diers from attacking a compound locat-
ed next to the countrys military acade-
my.
Just as U.S. Navy SEALs waited for
the cover of darkness to descend on bin
Ladens compound by helicopter from
Afghanistan, Pakistani authorities held
off on tearing it down Saturday until
the sun had set, said local residents.
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
Syria rips Saudi Arabia
Syria lashed out at Saudi Arabia on
Saturday, a day after the kingdoms
foreign minister backed the idea of
arming the rebels fighting President
Bashar Assads regime, accusing Saudi
Arabia of becoming a partner in the
bloodshed in Syria.
The sharp reply from Damascus,
which was published in a state-run
newspaper, came as activists said at
least 77 people were killed across the
country and regime forces pounded
rebel-held neighborhoods in the central
city of Homs.
The International Committee of the
Red Cross said it had failed Saturday to
gain access to the besieged neigh-
borhood of Baba Amr in the city of
Homs for a second day to evacuate
wounded civilians.
WASHINGTON
Hinckley seeks more liberty
The man who tried to kill President
Ronald Reagan over 30 years ago said
he would like to be known as some-
thing other than a would-be assassin.
John Hinckley made the statement
to a doctor who interviewed him in the
past year at a Washington mental hos-
pital. That and other pieces of informa-
tion about Hinckleys life are part of
hundreds of pages of documents pre-
pared for hearings in Hinckleys case.
Hinckley, who shot and wounded
Reagan in 1981, is seeking more free-
dom from the hospital. He has been
allowed to visit his mothers home in
Williamsburg, Va., for up to 10 days at a
time. Government attorneys believe his
trips should remain at 10 days.
A jury found Hinckley to be insane
when he shot Reagan. He has spent
most of the past three decades at St.
Elizabeths Hospital in Washington. In
recent years, doctors have said his
mental illness has been in remission.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Who do you want to pretend to be?
A woman walks out of a mask shop in
Tokyo on Saturday.
KABUL, Afghanistan A
gunman killed two American
military advisers with shots
to the back of the head Sat-
urday inside a heavily guard-
ed ministry building, and NA-
TO ordered military workers
out of Afghan ministries as
protests raged for a fifth day
over the burning of copies of
the Quran at a U.S. army
base.
The Taliban claimed re-
sponsibility for the Interior
Ministry attack, saying it was
retaliation for the Quran
burnings, after the U.S. ser-
vicemen a lieutenant colo-
nel and a major were
found dead on the floor of an
office that only people who
know a numerical combina-
tion can get into, Afghan and
Western officials said.
The top commander of U.S.
and NATO forces recalled all
international military person-
nel from the ministries, an
unprecedented action in the
decade-long war that high-
lights the growing friction be-
tween Afghans and their for-
eign partners at a critical
juncture in the war.
The U.S.-led coalition is
trying to mentor and streng-
then Afghan security forces
so they can lead the fight
against the Taliban and for-
eign troops can go home.
That mission, however, re-
quires a measure of trust at a
time when anti-Western senti-
ment is at an all-time high.
Afghan Defense Minister
Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak
called U.S. Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta to apologize for
the shooting and offer his
condolences, Pentagon press
secretary George Little said
in a statement released in
Washington.
U.S. advisers slain in Afghanistan in wake of Quran burnings
2 American troops killed
By DEB RIECHMANN
and RAHIMFAIEZ
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
A U.S. military
convoy enters
the Afghan
Interior Minis-
try in Kabul,
Afghanistan,
Saturday.
WASHINGTON An Israeli
pre-emptive attack on Irans nu-
clear sites could drawthe U.S. in-
to a newMideast conflict, a pros-
pect dreaded by a war-weary Pen-
tagon wary of new entangle-
ments.
That could mean pressing into
service the top tier of American
firepower warplanes, war-
ships, special operations forces
and possibly airborne infantry
with unpredictable outcomes in
one of the worlds most volatile
regions.
Israel can commence a war
with Iran, but it may well take
U.S. involvement to conclude it,
says KarimSadjadpour, a Middle
East specialist at the Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace.
An armed clash with Iran is far
from certain.
Diplomacy
backed by in-
creasingly
tough econom-
ic penalties is
still seen by the
United States
and much of the
rest of the world
as worth pursu-
ing for now, not
least because
the other op-
tions going
towar or simply
doing nothing
are consid-
ered more risky.
Israel, however, worries that
Iran soon could enter a zone of
immunity inwhichenoughof its
nuclear materials are beyond the
reach of Israeli air power so that
Iran could not be stopped, or per-
haps couldbe stoppedonly by su-
perior American firepower.
If Israels American-made
strike planes managed to pene-
trate Iranian air space and bomb
Irans main nuclear facilities,
some of which are underground,
then Iran would be expected to
retaliate in any number of ways.
Iran could fire Shahab-3 ballistic
missiles at Israeli targets.
Iran might take a less direct ap-
proach, relying on its Hezbollah
allies in Lebanon or Hamas mil-
itants in Gaza to hit Israel with
missiles from closer range.
Iran also might block the Strait
of Hormuz, a key transit route for
the worlds oil tankers. It could
attack nearby Bahrain, home to
the U.S. Navys 5th Fleet. In ei-
ther of these scenarios, the U.S.
military almost certainly would
hit back.
Uncertainty about Iranian re-
taliation, as well as the cascade of
potential consequences if the
U.S. got drawn into the conflict,
is at the core of U.S. officials ra-
tionale for publicly casting doubt
on the wisdom of Israeli military
action now.
U.S. could
be facing
new war
An Israeli pre-emptive attack
on Iran could pull America
into another confrontation.
By ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer
Diplomacy
backed by
increasingly
tough eco-
nomic penal-
ties is still
seen by the
United States
and much of
the rest of
the world as
worth pursu-
ing for now.
JOHANNESBURG Former South
African President Nelson Mandela was
hospitalizedSaturday for a test todeter-
mine what is behind an undisclosed
stomach ailment, and the countrys cur-
rent leader said the much beloved 93-
year-old icon was in no danger.
Mandela, a Nobel peace laureate who
spent 27 years in prison for fighting rac-
ist white rule, has officially retired and
last appeared in public in July 2010. He
became South Africas first black presi-
dent in 1994 and served one five-year
term.
Mandela has had a long-standing ab-
dominal complaint and doctors feel it
needs proper specialist medical atten-
tion, President Jacob Zuma said in a
statement Saturday morning, asking
that Mandelas privacy be respected.
Later, Zuma added that Mandela had
undergone a planned, undisclosed di-
agnostic procedure.
Mandela is fine and fully conscious
and the doctors are satisfied with his
condition, which they say is consistent
withhis age, Zuma said. We are happy
that he is not in any danger.
Nobel peace laureate Mandela in hospital with ill stomach
By DONNA BRYSON
Associated Press
AP FILE PHOTO
Nelson Mandela after a 2007 meeting
with Germanys Angela Merkel.
LOS ANGELES The Oscar cere-
mony has much to prove tonight, in-
cluding whether a blockbuster-free field
can draw a TV audience and if Billy
Crystals host routine remains a crowd-
pleaser.
Brian Grazer and
Don Mischer, the
shows producers, are
laughing off the chal-
lenges: Comedy is the
direction were going
in this year, said Mis-
cher.
For Crystal, who re-
turns to the ceremony
(8:30 p.m. EST, ABC) after an absence
of eight years, that means jokes and pat-
ter that were being rehearsed at the last
minute to avoid punch line leaks.
The actor also is bringing back two of
his trademark Oscar bits: A film se-
quence in which he appears via CGI in
clips from the nine best-picture conten-
ders, and a musical number that pays
tribute to the ceremony and nominees.
Its everything everybody is going to
want to see from Billy Crystal, Grazer
said. Billy was born for this job. He
loves being the host and he does it with
complete zest and enthusiasm. He
makes it fun for everybody.
Crystal has help. Presenting team
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis have
a great gag, Grazer promised, with
more light moments planned courtesy
of co-presenters Tina Fey and Bradley
Cooper and, in a group effort, the cast
of Bridesmaids.
Presenters will be framed by a stage
set evoking a classic movie theater and
the evenings theme: the enduring na-
ture of the moviegoing experience.
The nights starring role goes to Crys-
tal, 63, who acknowledged in an Oscar-
.com video that theres so much ex-
pected of his return. He should have
the audiences goodwill in his ninth Os-
car gig since, in the best Hollywood
tradition, he came to the rescue after
Eddie Murphy dropped out as host.
Murphys exit followed that of cere-
mony producer Brett Ratner, who had
drawn fire for using a pejorative word
for gay men at a screening of Tower
Heist, directed by Ratner and starring
Murphy. Oscar-winning movie producer
Grazer (A Beautiful Mind) jumped in
to work with awards veteran Mischer.
ACADEMY AWARDS
AP PHOTO
A Oscar statue is seen Saturday on the red carpet. The 84th Academy Awards will be held tonight in Los Angeles. Actor
Billy Crystal, a veteran Academy Awards host, returns to the role after an absence of eight years.
Crystal to the rescue
Actor Tom Hanks
rehearses Saturday
for tonights 84th
Academy Awards in
Los Angeles. He will
be just one in a myr-
iad of stars at the
ceremony, including
Halle Berry, Tom
Cruise, Natalie Port-
man, Penelope Cruz
and Angelina Jolie.
Crystal
By LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer
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Cook & Cook Antiques
and Home Furnishings
Would like to invite you to join us for our
Grand Opening
Saturday March 3, 2012
10:00 till 5:00
at our new retail shop.
Prizes, refreshments and entertainment
Come meet and greet our vendors.
Be serenaded by Sounds Abound barbershop quartet
Hourly prizes
Multi dealer shop featuring antiques to retro furniture, lighting,
advertising, military, glassware, porcelain, artwork, jewelry,
pottery and more.
29 East Carey Street, Plains, Pa. 18705
570-270-3107
cookandcookantiques.com
"We also offer a Look Good,
Feel Better program that min-
isters to many of the psycho-
logical and aesthetic issues re-
lated to cancer," said Farber.
"We have a boutique that of-
fers wigs, turbans and accesso-
ries at no
cost."
Farber said
the center is
run wholly on
donations and
is not affiliat-
ed with the
government
or any area
hospital
group.
"Were total-
ly dependent
on donation,"
continued Far-
ber. "Events
like todays are so important to
us."
Candys Place will hold A
Night at the Races fundraiser
on Saturday from 6 to 10:30
p.m. at Kingstons Independ-
ent Fire Hall. Advanced regis-
tration is required.
Farber said Candys Place
wanted to thank all the volun-
teers and everyone who partic-
ipated in Saturdays event. She
said special thanks goes to
Dave Kaplan of Sicklers Bike
Shop for his generous support
in sponsoring the event.
SPIN
Continued from Page 3A
Brandons
stepfather,
Paul Zbiek,
pledged to
spin for 33
continuous
hours to hon-
or what would
have been
Brandons
33rd birthday.
toddlers after meals. This
avoids bigger problems in the
future, he said.
John Wittcopp from Larksville
brought his two sons, Liam, 4,
and Colin, 2, to have the oral
screening done. Wittcopp was
happy to see everything looked
pretty good.
He added the dental day gave
his children a chance to see
what dentists visits are like.
Its their first exposure, he
said. They can get comfortable
with it.
Parents should take their
children to the dentist as soon
as the first tooth appears, said
LCCC dental program instruc-
tor Jeanne Farrell.
Farrell added parents can do
things daily such as monitoring
their childrens sugar intake,
which contributes to early tooth
problems. When they eat too
much candy or drink a lot of
soda, iced tea, juice and other
sugary drinks, they could be set-
ting themselves up for problems
down the road, she said.
At the LCCC dental clinic in
downtown Nanticoke, LCCCs
Dental Department and the
Northeast Pennsylvania Dental
Hygiene Association held a
Kids Cavity Prevention Day,
driving home the same message
about proper dental hygiene for
young people.
The program included free
dental exams, free cavity var-
nish to strengthen enamel and
help prevent tooth decay, free
pit and fissure sealants, dental
X-rays when indicated, free oral
hygiene instruction and a free
toothbrush.
We want to make dental
health fun and appealing to chil-
dren, Farrell said. We dont
want them to be scared to go to
the dentist.
Both events were scheduled
to be part of Februarys National
Childrens Dental Health
Month, she said.
DENTAL
Continued from Page 3A
and other items.
Visitors voted for their favorite
of eight different toy displays
crafted by local youth. They in-
cluded miniature snow covered
towns, tiny job sites and automo-
tive displays. Peter Hildebrand,
9, took pride in his construction
site. The top three winners took
home plaques provided by the
fire company, Hildebrand added.
Hldebrand said playing with
the toys and working on the dis-
plays was a whole lot of fun.
Herb and Kathy Reader, toy
dealers from Elysburg, attended
almost all of the fire companys
toy show fundraisers. They work
at up to 10 shows per year, in-
cluding the Bloomsburg Fair,
specializing in die-cast metal fire
and construction oriented toys.
Herb Reader said the Sugar-
loaf show is a good place to gath-
er with friends and help the fire
department. The people there
understand the value of toys not
only for fun but as an invest-
ment.
One person spent $300 on a
toy and was able to sell it on the
Internet for $1,700, he said.
Kathy Reader pointed out toy
shows are the best place to pur-
chase toys because buyers can
get a fair price and are able to see
and touch what they are buying.
She warned that purchasing toys
on the Internet can result in ac-
quiring something damaged that
then loses a lot of its value. The
Internet has in some ways ruined
the toy selling trade, she said.
TOYS
Continued from Page 3A
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Peter Hildebrand, 9, of Drums checks out some heavy equipment
in toy form at the fire companys 18th annual Toy Show.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.
The Artist won best picture
and three other prizes Saturday
at the Spirit Awards honoring in-
dependent film, a possible prel-
ude to a big night at the Academy
Awards for the black-and-white
silent movie.
The film also won for best di-
rector for Michel Hazanavicius
and lead actor for Jean Dujardin
as a silent-era star whose career
crumbles as talking pictures take
over in the 1920s. It earned the
cinematography prize for Guil-
laume Schiffman, too.
The Artist is the best-picture
favorite at tonights Oscars.
Michelle Williams won best ac-
tress as Marilyn Monroe in the
filmmaking tale My Week with
Marilyn.
Supporting-acting honors
went to Christopher Plummer as
an elderly widower who comes
out as gay in Beginners and
Shailene Woodley as a trouble-
some Hawaiian teenager in The
Descendants.
The Artist producer Thomas
Langmann said the awards atten-
tion for the film was especially
gratifying given how difficult it
was to line up financing for a si-
lent film, a form that went out of
vogue more than 80 years ago.
Everybody told us this is so
much against conventional wis-
dom, Langmann said.
At Sundays Oscars, Dujardinis
in a two-man race for best actor
against The Descendants star
George Clooney. Williams is
nominated for best actress at the
Oscars, though Viola Davis of
The Help and Meryl Streep of
The Iron Lady are considered
the favorites.
Williams gave the best per-
formance among the Spirit
Awards winners with a touching
acceptance speech acknowledg-
ing her kinship with low-budget
independent filmmakers and re-
calling her first time at the cere-
mony a decade ago.
Plummer is the supporting-ac-
tor favorite at the Oscars, at 82
potentially becoming the oldest
ever.
The Descendants also won
the screenplay award for director
Alexander Payne and his co-writ-
ers, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.
Artist wins 4 honors, including best picture at Spirit Awards
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AP Movie Writer
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And bring you back again.
Sadly missed by family: wife Barbara,
children Audrey, Dan and John
BARLIK Anthony, funeral 9 a.m.
Monday in the Bernard J. Piontek
Funeral Home Inc., 204 Main St.,
Duryea. Mass of Christian Burial
at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary
Church, Duryea. Friends may call
5 to 8 p.m. today.
BIXBY Kathleen, memorial ser-
vice 7 p.m. Monday in the Emma-
nuel Assembly Of God Church,
239 Church Road, Harveys Lake.
CIOLEK Walter, Mass of Christian
Burial 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Ss.
Peter & Paul Church, Plains
Township. Friends may call 5 to 7
p.m. Monday at the Corcoran
Funeral Home Inc., 20 South Main
Street, Plains Township. Friends
are invited to go directly to
church Tuesday morning.
CONKLIN Ruth, funeral service 11
a.m. Monday in the McCune
Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain
Blvd., Mountain Top. Friends may
call 2 to 6 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
DENNIS Joseph Sr., funeral 10:30
a.m. Monday in the Howell-Lussi
Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming
Avenue, West Pittston. Services
at 11 a.m. in St. Johns Lutheran
Church. Pittston. American Le-
gion Post 477, Pittston, will con-
duct services today at the funeral
home and Monday at Marcy
Cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home 5 to 8 p.m. today.
GAUGHAN Grace, funeral services
9 a.m. Monday in the Metcalfe
and Shaver Funeral Home Inc.,
504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming.
Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30
a.m. in St. Cecilias Church of St.
Barbara Parish, Exeter. Friends
may call 8:30 to 9 a.m. in the
funeral home.
KACILLAS Justin, visitation 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the
Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E.
Broad St., Nanticoke. The Rev.
James Nash will conduct a prayer
service at 6 p.m.
KOSCHELLA Joseph, funeral
9:30 a.m. Monday in the Wro-
blewski Funeral Home Inc., 1442
Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Mass of
Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Holy
Trinity Church, Swoyersville.
Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today
at the funeral home.
KRAYNAK Helen, funeral 9:30
a.m. Monday in the Kopicki Funer-
al Home, 263 Zerbey Ave., King-
ston. Mass of Christian Burial at
10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist
Church, Larksville. Friends may
call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
MANARSKI Henry, funeral 9 a.m.
Monday in the Mark V. Yanaitis
Funeral Home, 55 Stark Street,
Plains Township. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial in Ss. Peter and Paul
Church, Plains Township. Friends
may call 3 to 6 p.m. today.
OLSHEFSKI Martha, funeral
services 9:30 a.m. Monday in the
Stanley S. Stegura Funeral Home
Inc., 614 S. Hanover St., Nanti-
coke. Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in
Holy Resurrection Orthodox
Church, Alden. Friends may call 4
to 8 p.m. today. Parastas services
will be at 4:30 p.m.
REILLY Rose, funeral 9:30 a.m.
Monday in the E. Blake Collins
Funeral Home, 159 George Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Benedicts
Church, Parsons. Friends may call
9 a.m. until the time of the ser-
vice.
SHURITES Raymond, military
funeral services 9:30 a.m. Mon-
day in the Andrew Strish Funeral
Home, 11 Wilson St., Larksville.
Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.
in St. Therese Church, Shaver-
town. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m.
today and 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Monday.
VACULA Michael, military funeral
honors 9 a.m. Monday in the
Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030
Wyoming Ave., Exeter, with the
Am Vets Honor Guard. Mass of
Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St.
Anthony of Padua Church, St.
Barbara Parish, Exeter. Friends
may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
FUNERALS
ELEANOR L. ANKUDOVICH,
66, of Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre,
died Friday, February 24, 2012 at
home.
Funeral arrangements are
pending fromthe Yeosock Funeral
Home, 40 S. Main Street, Plains
Township.
HELEN H. FASULKA, 84, of
East Brunswick, N.J., andformerly
of Wilkes-Barre, passed away
Thursday evening, February 23,
2012. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she
was thedaughter of thelateJoseph
and Ann Janczewski. She was a
member of Immaculate Concep-
tion Church, Spotswood, N.J. She
was preceded in death by her
brother and two sisters. Surviving
are her husband, Robert; son,
Mark, Old Bridge, N.J.; daughter,
Roberta Gildea, Kingwood, N.J.;
sister, Theresa Kindred, Philips-
burg, N.J.; four grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. in
the Chapel of St. Marys Maternity
Cemetery, West Wyoming. Ar-
rangements are entrusted to Bed-
narski & Thomas Funeral Home,
27 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre.
IRENE HUSTED, 81, formerly
of Larksville and a guest at Tiffany
Court, Kingston, died Thursday,
February 23, 2012. Born in the
Breslau section of Hanover Town-
ship, shewas thedaughter of Jacob
andMary (Peck) Dugan. She was a
1948 graduate of Plymouth High
School and a 1954 graduate of the
Hoyt School of Nursing. Irene was
an avid homemaker who delighted
intakingcareof manyfamilymem-
bers. Irene was preceded in death
byhusband, Robert, in2001; broth-
ers Thomas, Nicholas, andRussell;
sisters, Sofia Holtz and Jule Kelly.
Surviving are her brother, Sylves-
ter Dugan, Mountain Top; many
nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be held at 10:30
a.m. on Monday from Yeosock Fu-
neral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains
Township, with Requiem Service
at 11a.m. in Holy Resurrection RO
Cathedral. Friends may call from3
to 5 p.m. today.
DANIEL T. LEGG, 60, formerly
of Avoca and Dupont, passed away
Friday afternoon, February 24,
2012, at Riverside Rehab and Nurs-
ing Center, Taylor. Born on Febru-
ary 23, 1952 in Taylor, he was a son
of the late John and Dorothy
(Matheson) Legg. Danny was a
1970 graduate of Pittston Area
High School. Danny served six
years in the 109th Reserve Unit,
Keystone Division, Scranton. Pri-
or to retiring, he worked at Pre-
ferred Meals, Moosic. Surviving
are his companion, Beth Ann Eip-
per; two sisters, Dorothy Ann Slat-
er and Beverly Webb; two broth-
ers, John and Joseph, several niec-
es and nephews.
Private services will be held at
the convenience of the family.
Kniffen OMalley Funeral Home,
Inc. 728 Main Street, Avoca, is in
charge of arrangements. Online
condolences at www.BestLifeTri-
butes.com.
AUDREY GRAZIANO, age 84,
of West Scranton, passed away Fri-
day evening, February 24, 2012,
under NEPA Hospice Care at Re-
gional Hospital of Scranton. She is
survived by her children, her son,
Scranton City Police Capt. Carl
Graziano and wife Donna of Scran-
ton, and three daughters, Janet
Bastek of Scranton, Beverly Smith
and husband James of Mechanics-
burg and Brenda Graziano of Du-
pont; nine grandchildren; 11 great-
grandchildren; two great-great
grandchildren; many nieces and
nephews; andher dear friend, Deb-
bie Reynolds of Scranton.
Funeral servicesare scheduled
for Wednesday to begin at 9 a.m.
from the Thomas P. Kearney Fu-
neral Home, Inc., 517 North Main
Street, Old Forge, with a 10 a.m.
Mass of Christian Burial at St. Pa-
tricks Church, 1403JacksonStreet
in West Scranton. Relatives and
friends may pay their respects on
Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m.
N
aomi Berman, 93, passed away
Thursday February 23, 2012
with her family at her side in Tuc-
son, Arizona.
Naomi was born July 29, 1918 in
Baltimore, Maryland. She worked
for the Social Security Administra-
tioninBaltimore before startingher
family. She returned to Social Secu-
rity in Wilkes-Barre after settling
there and retired in the early 1980s.
She was best known for her devo-
tion to her family and her faith. She
was active inHadassahandcommu-
nity activities in Wilkes-Barre, and
in Lake Worth, Fla.
She loved to bowl and play card
games of all varieties. She was dis-
tinguished by her tenacity for the
pursuit of rights and opportunities
for the mentally disabled. Most re-
cently, she enjoyed living in South-
ernArizona withher family andpar-
ticularly took pleasure in the activ-
ities at her community at Santa Cat-
alina Villas.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Morris.
She is survived by her daughter
Sandra Kam (Jeff) of Baltimore,
Md.; daughter Joan Berman of Tuc-
son, Ariz.; son Scott Berman, M.D.
(Christi) of Tucson, Ariz. and
granddaughters, Samantha Kam of
Baltimore, Md. and Alex Berman of
Tucson, Ariz.
A graveside service will be held
today at 11a.m. at East Lawn Palms
Cemetery in Tucson, Ariz.
Naomi Berman
February 23, 2012
M
r. Vincent Michael Karavitch,
age 74, of Caldwell Road,
Blairsville, Ga., passed away Tues-
day, February 21, 2012 in Erlanger
Medical Center in Chattanooga.
He was born February 19, 1938 in
Wilkes-Barre tothe late Williamand
Julia Yankowski Karavitch. He
moved to Blairsville 11 years ago
from Marietta. He loved gardening,
his animals and traveling. Mr. Kara-
vitch was a loving husband and fa-
ther. He was a U.S. Navy veteran,
and was of the Catholic Faith.
Survivors include his wife Hen-
drikien Karavitch of Blairsville;
sons, Case and Ellen Bergman of
Marietta and Eelco and Carol Berg-
man of Sunny Vale, Calif.; sister,
Anastia and Mickey Stucko of Long
Island, N.Y.; brother, Steven and La-
verne Karavitch of Hilldale, Pa.;
grandchildren, Taylor T.J. Berg-
man, Brianne Brie Bergman,
Jesse Bergman and Hayley Berg-
man.
Memorial services will be
held at a later date. In lieu of
flowers, make memorials to the
American Heart Association.
Mountain View Funeral Home of
Blairsville is in charge of the ar-
rangements. You may sign the fam-
ily guest book and send condolenc-
es to the family online at
www.mountainviewfuneralhome-
.com.
Vincent Michael Karavitch
February 21, 2012
M
arguerite M. Cain Maggie, 82,
of Dallas, passed away peace-
fully in her sleep early on the morn-
ing of February 20, 2012 at The
Meadows Nursing and Rehabilita-
tion Facility in Dallas.
Maggie was born in New York
City, on December 14, 1929. She
grew up in the Kingston area and
graduated from Kingston High
School in 1947. Maggie spent many
happy childhood summers on Har-
veys Lake at her Aunt Beas cabin as
well as a couple summers during
her highschool years workingat the
Chatterbox Restaurant in Ocean
City, N.J. Prior to starting her fam-
ily, Maggie spent several years as a
stewardess for American Airlines.
Maggie was a faithful and devout
Catholic. In her last years, she drew
great strength and solace from her
faith in God. She gave much of her
time after retirement to prayer and
contemplation for the salvation of
all whom she came into contact
with. She made a profound impact
onmany people whoshe ministered
toover her last years. She was a ded-
icated mom and found great joy in
her children and grandchildren.
Maggies infectious laugh, her en-
dearing charm and her super hu-
man stubbornness live on in her
children and grandchildren and will
not soon be forgotten.
She was preceded in death by her
mother, Mary, and her brothers,
Jim, Jack and Bill.
She is survived by her children,
Wilson Fieldhouse Jr. and his wife
Kim of Guangzhou, China; Sara
Boylan and her husband Bruce of
Louisville, Colo. andfour grandchil-
dren, Katie Fieldhouse, Gabriel
Boylan, Samantha Boylan and Mag-
gie Boylan.
The funeral will be held Thurs-
day at 9a.m. fromMaher-Collins Fu-
neral Home, 360 N. Maple Avenue,
Kingston, with a Mass of Christian
Burial at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of
St. Ignatius Loyola, Kingston. Inter-
ment will be in the parish cemetery,
Pringle. Friends may call Wednes-
day from 5 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, Maggie would
almost certainly ask that all of her
friends and family pray the Rosary.
Condolences can be sent to the
family at: www.maher-collins.com.
Marguerite M. Cain
February 20, 2012
V
irginia Marmo Mundenar, 94, of
Old Forge, died Friday at Moses
Taylor Hospital.
She was the widow of Samuel
Mundenar, who died in 2001.
Born in Old Forge, she was the
daughter of the late Giovanni and
Rose Tedesco Marmo. She was a
graduate of Old Forge High School
Class of 1936 and a graduate of the
Lackawanna Business College. Pri-
or to her retirement, she was em-
ployed at the former Sullivan Trail.
She was a member of the Prince of
Peace Parish - St. Marys Church,
Old Forge.
Virginia was a devotedandloving
wife who spent a great portion of
her life residing in Old Bridge, N.J.,
withher husband, Sam. The two en-
joyed traveling with friends and
trips into the city to see the opera.
They would make frequent trips
back to Old Forge to visit family be-
fore her relocation back to the area
in 2001.Virginia was affectionately
known to her many nieces and ne-
phews as Aunt DeDe.
She was precededindeathby two
brothers, John and Robert Marmo;
four sisters, Helen Manganiello,
Jennie Cardoni, Margaret Gelli, An-
gela Marmo; a godson, JohnMarmo
III.
Surviving are two sisters-in-law,
Paula and Sarah Marmo, Old Forge;
a niece, Virginia Pezzuti, and her
son Robert, wife Dana, and their
son, Robert Carmen; a nephew, Jo-
seph Marmo and his children, Al-
isha and Andrew Marmo, Robert
and Paul Marmo, Bucky Cardoni,
Marcie Petrucelli, Marguerite La-
tinski, Dr. Michael andJosephMun-
denar, Michael and Carl Viola.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
at 9:30 a.m. from the Louis V. Ciuc-
cio Funeral Home, 145 Moosic
Road, Old Forge, followed by a 10
a.m. Mass at the Prince of Peace
Parish - St. Marys Church, West
Grace and Lawrence streets, Old
Forge. Interment will be in Memo-
rial Shrine Cemetery, West Wyom-
ing.
Friends may call Monday from 5
to 7 p.m.
Virginia Marmo Mundenar
February 24, 2012
Susan (Shaulis)
Mulvaney, 63, of
Dallas, passed
away on Friday,
February 24, 2012
in Hospice Com-
munity Care at
Geisinger South
Wilkes-Barre, af-
ter a courageous six year battle with
cancer.
She was born in North Attleboro,
Massachusetts, on February 3, 1949,
a daughter of Alice Brant Mutter of
Wilkes-Barre and the late John Mut-
ter. Susan was a graduate of Meyers
High School, class of 1967.
She was formerly employed by the
Flagship Bank in Bradenton, Florida.
Susanwas a member of Gate of Heav-
en Church, Machell Avenue, Dallas.
Surviving, in addition to her moth-
er, are daughters, Kelly Shaulis Bed-
nar and her husband, Christopher,
MountainTop; MeganShaulis Seven-
ski and her husband, Ben, Dallas; Ali-
son Shaulis Park and her husband,
Randy, Christiana, Del.; grandchil-
dren, Marlena Bednar; Ben and Mat-
thew Sevenski; Pierson, Josette and
Julianna Park; brothers, EdwardMut-
ter and his wife, Sharon, Wilkes-
Barre; John J. Mutter Jr., Hampton,
Georgia; Mark Mutter, St. Peters-
burg, Fla.; sisters, Robin Hammond
and her husband, Larry, Hawley; Ja-
nelle Wierbowski and her husband,
Jerry, Hawley; nieces and nephews.
A memorial Mass will be held on
Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in Gate of
Heaven Church, 40 Machell Avenue,
Dallas, with the Rev. Daniel A. Too-
mey officiating. Interment will be in
St. Marys Cemetery, Hanover Town-
ship.
In keeping with Susans wishes,
there will be no viewing. Family and
friends are respectfully askedtomeet
at the churchonWednesday morning
for the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial dona-
tions may be made to Candys Place,
190 Welles Street, Suite 120, Forty
Fort, PA18704.
Funeral arrangements are by the
Nat &Gawlas Funeral Home, 89Park
Avenue, Wilkes-Barre.
Online condolences may be sent
by visiting Susans obituary at
www.natandgawlasfuneralhome-
.com.
Susan Mulvaney
February 24, 2012
Theresa Do-
branski, 63,
formerly of
Nanticoke,
passed away
Friday in King-
ston Com-
mons.
She was born June 21, 1948 in
Nanticoke andwas the daughter of
the late Felix S. Wysowski.
She was a graduate of Nanticoke
HighSchool, class of 1966. Shewas
formerly employed by Blue Cross
/Blue Shield, The Villa Nursing
Home and Gerritys. She was a
member of St Faustina Church,
Nanticoke.
She is survived by her mother
Eleanore Wysowski, Nanticoke;
daughter Ann Marie Thomas, King-
ston; brothers, Phillip Wysowski,
Portland, Maine; Vincent and wife
Audrey Wysowski, Plymouth; sister
Patricia Cooper and husband Ri-
chard, Nanticoke; Elizabeth Elick
and husband John, Swoyersville;
granddaughter Abigail Thomas,
Kingston; numerous nephews and
cousins.
Arrangements are by Williams-
Hagen Funeral Home Inc., 114 W.
Main St., Plymouth. A Memorial
Mass will be held Monday at 10 a.m.
in St. Faustina Church, Nanticoke.
Theresa Wysowski Dobranski
February 24, 2012
D
ora Kowalczyk, a Holocaust sur-
vivor, 93, of Plains Township,
formerly of Brooklyn, died Friday
morningat the home of her nephew,
Dr. Eugene Kaczorowski.
She was bornthe daughter of par-
ents who perishedinthe Holocaust.
Dora was taken in by the loving,
generous Kaczorowski family and
was hidden in the floor boards of
their kitchen for two years. If Dora
was found, everyone in the home,
including children, would have
been shot on the spot. Doras life
was saved by Adam and his family.
Adam later became her husband.
Since they had no children, Dr. Kac-
zorowski and his children became
her family.
She was educated in Poland and
immigrated to the United States.
While living in New York City, she
was a seamstress andwas a member
of many civic and religious organi-
zations.
She was preceded by parents and
husband, Adam Kowalczyk (Kaczo-
rowski).
Dora is survived by her nephew,
Dr. Eugene Kaczorowski and his
wife, Eva. Plains Township; beloved
grand nephew and niece, Mark and
Jeanette Kaczorowski.
Graveside funeral service will
be held Monday, February 27, 2012,
at noon in Ohav Zedek Cemetery,
Church and Chestnut streets, Ha-
nover Township, with Rabbi Ra-
phael Nemetsky officiating.
Memorial contributions, if desir-
ed, may be made to the American
Cancer Society.
Condolences may be emailed by
visiting Doras obituary at www.ro-
senbergfuneralchapel.com.
Dora Kowalczyk
February 24, 2012
J
eanette B. (Petrushak) Neczesny,
83, of Roselle Park, N.J., passed
away on Friday, February 24, 2012, at
Overlook Hospital, Summit, on what
would have been her 50th wedding
anniversary.
Born in Glen Lyon, Mrs. Neczesny
subsequently lived in Jersey City and
moved to Roselle Park in 1962. She
was a lifelong nurse, beginning at
Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Mar-
garet Hague Maternity Hospital in
Jersey City, where she became direc-
tor of obstetrics nursing education,
and the Union Township, N.J. school
district, including many years at Bat-
tleHill ElementarySchool, retiringin
1996. Mrs. Neczesny received her
nursing degree at Mercy Hospital
School of Nursing, attended the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, and earned a
B.S. degreeinnursingeducationfrom
Teachers College, Columbia Univer-
sity and a second degree in education
from Seton Hall University.
She was a communicant of St. Vla-
dimir Ukrainian Catholic Church in
Elizabeth, N.J., where she was a mem-
ber of the Sodality society, Apostle-
ship of Prayer, and Senior Citizens
club. She was also a member of the
UCREA, NJEA, NEA, and Alpha Del-
ta Kappa sorority.
Mrs. Neczesny was predeceasedby
her belovedhusbandof 48years, John
Neczesny, and was the devoted moth-
er of John A. Neczesny of Manhattan,
Peter Neczesny and wife, Melissa, of
Fair Haven, N.J., and Kathryn Ford
and husband, Richard, of Jackson,
N.J.; loving sister of the late John Pe-
trushak, and cherished grandmother
of Jonathan and Nicolas Ford and Sa-
rah Neczesny.
Relatives and friends are kindly
invited to attend the funeral on Tues-
day, February 28, 2012, at 9:15 a.m.
fromthe Krowicki McCracken Funer-
al Home, 2124 E. St. Georges Ave.,
Linden, N.J., (908) 352-9190. Funeral
Mass is in St. Vladimir Ukrainian Ca-
tholic Church, Elizabeth, at 10 a.m.
Interment is in Graceland Memorial
Park, Kenilworth. Viewing is on Mon-
day, February 27, from2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. Parastas is at 3 p.m.
Send online condolences to
www.krowickifuneralhome.com
In lieu of flowers, donations in her
memory to The Seeing Eye Inc., 10
Washington Valley Road, Morris-
town, NJ 07963 would be appreciat-
ed.
Jeanette B.
(Petrushak)
Neczesny
February 24, 2012
Katherine M.
(Kate) Crock-
ett, age 81, of
Broadway,
died at 5 a.m.
on February
23, 2012, at
Berwick Hos-
pital, where
she had been a
patient for two months.
Born in Benton, on September
18, 1930, she was one of three
daughters borntoAlva andDelihla
Ash. Kate was a homemaker and
enjoyed helping others and was ac-
tive in her church. She especially
liked picture puzzles.
She was preceded in death by
her sister Helena Rood.
Surviving are her husband,
James, whom she was married to
for 54 years; two sons, Ralph and
wife, Barbara, of Albuquerque,
N.M., and Renald and wife, Maria,
of Shickshinny; three grandchil-
dren, Matthew and Adam of Albu-
querque, N.M. and Danielle of
Shickshinny; one surviving sister,
Shirley Whitenight and husband,
Blair, of Hershey.
Interment services will be at
the Broadway Cemetery at a later
date. Funeral arrangements are by
the Clarke Piatt Funeral Home
Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock
Creek.
Katherine M.
Crockett
February 23, 2012
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MIAMI For the business-
man who has changed his poli-
tics, the Miami priest who tends
to an exile flock, the retired col-
lege math professor who has
searched her conscience for guid-
ance andthe lawyer whohas long
advocated reconciliation, the pil-
grimage to Cuba next month rep-
resents morethananopportunity
to see Pope Benedict XVI cele-
brate Mass.
The trip signals
hope. Hope that
the island will
open itself up to
freedom. Hope
that Miamis Cu-
ban-American
community has
maturedenoughto
consider other ap-
proaches. Hope
that the pilgrims
presence, and that
of their religious
leader, will show
the world that
change is possible.
The popes
three-day-trip,
which will com-
memorate the
400th anniversary
of the appearance
of Our Lady of
Charity, Cubas patron saint, is
bringing together faithful from
all walks of life who share one be-
lief: Benedicts visit to the com-
munist island, the second by a
pontiff in 14 years, marks one
more step in the long journey of
bringing the Cuban people to-
gether.
This, says Cuban-born Rev.
Fernando Heria, pastor of St.
Brendans Catholic Church, is an
opportunity to break myths on
bothsides. This is a pilgrimage of
love.
Many agree. Our presence is
the best testimonial, says Mar-
garita Cuervo, a parishioner at
Epiphany Catholic Church and a
professor emeritus at Miami
Dade College. Im going to ex-
press my solidarity and share my
faith and hope with the long-suf-
fering people in Cuba.
And fromMiami attorney John
de Leon, who calls his first trip to
his parents homeland in1992 life
changing: The pope is sending
an incredibly important message
to the world, and its a message
that the Vatican is willing to keep
engaging Cuba, that the world
needs to open to Cuba and Cuba
to the world.
The Archdiocese of Miami is
sponsoring the trip
to Cuba during the
popes visit, March
26-28, led by Arch-
bishop Thomas Wen-
ski. Hundreds have
applied for the trip.
Most pilgrims are
from Miami, but
faithful are coming
from all over the
country, including
New York, Los An-
geles, Boston, Tam-
pa andSt. Augustine.
Its not yet clear how
many other pilgrims,
both Cuban and non-
Cuban, will visit the
communist island on
flights through inde-
pendent charters.
One thing appears
certain, though. The
opposition that bedeviled Pope
John Paul IIs historic visit to Cu-
ba in January 1998 is not as large
or as vocal. Back then, the Arch-
diocese was forced to cancel a
cruise ship charter that was
scheduled to take thousands of
the faithful to the island. Now, 14
years later, we as a community
have matured, says Andy Go-
mez, a senior fellow for the Insti-
tute for Cuban and Cuban Amer-
ican studies at the University of
Miami. I think were more real-
istic.
Much has changed, too, on the
other side of the Florida Straits.
Fidel Castro is no longer in pow-
er, having ceded the reins to his
more pragmatic brother Raul.
And the Catholic church has be-
come a social force in the islands
society, brokering the release of
political prisoners and lobbying
to halt the harassment of some
dissidents. Democracy is not go-
ing to happen overnight, says
Gomez, who will be in Cuba for
the popes visit. But the church
also realizes it can play an impor-
tant role in the changes that are
going to come.
In Miami, Gomez, adds, some
of the entrenched hard-liners
have either died or evolved in
their stance. A growing number
of Cuban-Americans are ques-
tioning a 53-year-old failed policy
of isolation. Whats more, the
sight of enthusiastic throngs
greeting Pope John Paul 14 years
ago proved to be an eye-opening
experience for some exiles
those who were there to witness
it andthosewhorefusedtogobut
watched from Miami.
Businessman Carlos Saladri-
gas was one of them. He spear-
headed the opposition to the
church-sponsored cruise in 1998.
But after I sawthe images ontel-
evision and I heard what was be-
ing said, it was clear to me that I
had made a mistake. I realized I
wanted to be there, he says.
Those powerful images got
him thinking and talking. He
spoke at length with Father Jose
Conrado Rodriguez, an outspo-
kenpriest froma parishinSantia-
go de Cuba. Father Rodriguez is
best known for the 2009 open let-
ter he sent Raul Castro condemn-
ing the restrictions on freedoms
and the harassment of his parish-
ioners. He convinced me it was
necessary to seek a neutral proc-
ess, Saladrigas said a process
the Catholic church could facili-
tate.
Saladrigas andwife, Olga, prac-
ticing Catholics who met as teen-
agers teaching catechism classes
inMiami, will be inCuba for Ben-
edicts visit. He defends the
churchs position against those
whoclaimthat a religious institu-
tion should not play into Castros
hands. Thechurchis doingwhat
it always does, he adds. It pro-
vides moral guidance. It spreads
the gospel. This is about evange-
lization, about hope.
Saladrigas echoes the words of
other pilgrims, who say the grad-
ual opening of a totalitarian gov-
ernment bodes well. De Leon,
president of the Greater Miami
Chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union, says Benedicts
trip the second by a pope to
the small Caribbean nation in
less than 15 years signals an
opportunity to engage the Cu-
bans on the island. De Leon also
went toCubafor PopeJohnPauls
1998 visit., a trip, he says, that
made an impact on the island.
The pope is serving as a force
for reconciliation, says de Leon,
who will be representing la Aso-
ciacion Cubana de la Orden de
Malta, a charitable Catholic
group. Im very much a believer
that when you open up doors to
faith and religion, miracles hap-
pen.
Thats alsothemessageCuban-
bornFelipeEstevez, bishopof the
Diocese of St. Augustine, is
spreading to the dozen faithful
who will accompany him to the
island in March. He calls the visit
a viaje de re-encuentro, a trip of
reunion. Its time to heal the sep-
aration between families, be-
tween Cubans, says Estevez,
who has been back to Cuba as a
priest several times. Cuba is
more than a political party. Its a
people, a society.
Estevez says he understands
why some exiles have vowed to
never return to the island as long
as the Castros are in power.
Theres been a lot of oppression,
alot of hurt. But at thesametime,
the island doesnt belong to the
party or to one man. It belongs to
the people.
For some pilgrims, the trip
back is expected to be very emo-
tional. Cuervo, for instance,
hopes tovisit a cousin, whose son
is nowa priest. She also hopes to
stop in on the nuns from Religio-
sas del Apostolado, the religious
order who taught her in Cuba.
This is a religious pilgrimage,
she says. Its an opportunity to
find out how we can be of help
and to be blessed in a special way
by Our Lady of Charity and our
Pope.
In 1998, she debated whether
she wanted to return to the is-
land. Wenski, at thetimenot yet a
bishop, gave her this piece of ad-
vice: Let the spirit guide you.
She did and applied to go on a
one-day charter flight, but a visa
mix-up kept her stranded in Mia-
mi. Whenshe finally went several
months later the first time she
had returned to her homeland in
more than35years she distrib-
uted rosaries and prayer cards.
There was such a spiritual
hunger, she recalls, tears well-
ing. She expects to see the same
in March.
Hoping popes Cuba visit will bring change
AP PHOTO
In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI
greets the faithful of the Pontifical Academy for Life during an audience at the Vatican, Saturday.
Popes trip to mark 400th
anniversary of appearance of
Cubas patron saint.
By ANA VECIANA-SUAREZ
McClatchy Newspapers
The pope is
sending an in-
credibly impor-
tant message to
the world, and
its a message
that the Vatican
is willing to keep
engaging Cuba,
that the world
needs to open to
Cuba and Cuba to
the world.
John de Leon
Miami attorney
KANSASCITY, Mo. Women
may say, "Its about time." Guys
may have the same reaction.
After many overly optimistic
predictions, amaleversionof The
Pill may truly be in sight. And a
team at the University of Kansas
School of Medicine, a nationally
recognizedcenterof researchinto
male contraceptives, is working
to be among the first to put a new
generation of products on the
market.
Joseph Tash, a reproductive
biologist at KU,
has spent a dec-
ade tinkering
with a chemical
compound
called H2-ga-
mendazole that
keeps sperm
from develop-
inginthetestes.
Men taking a
gamendazole
"pill" would es-
sentially be
shooting
blanks.
The expecta-
tion is that men
on the KU pill
would experi-
encenochangeintheirlibidoand,
if theystoppedtakingit, wouldre-
gain full fertility within a few
weeks.
Tashs work is part of a promis-
ing array of new birth control
methods for men that are under
development inlaboratoriesor al-
ready being tested on volunteers.
Thesecontraceptivesarearriving
more than 50 years after the fe-
male birthcontrol pill revolution-
ized relations between the sexes
and gave women greater control
over their lives.
Outdated attitudes that birth
control was womens work, along
with the technical challenges
women release just one egg per
month, but men produce 1,000
spermper secondhave slowed
development of newmale contra-
ceptives. But recent investments
in research appear to be paying
off.
Menalready are testing contra-
ceptives based on hormones that
are analogous to the contracep-
tive pills women take. Mean-
while, researchers such as Tash
are working on compounds that
target spermproduction or activ-
ity directly without affecting
mens hormones.
Tashis confident enoughabout
gamendazole that hes getting
ready to ask the Food and Drug
Administration what additional
studies hell need to do before he
can start trying it on human sub-
jects. "We have enough data now
toactuallygototheFDA,"hesaid.
He will have to meet a high
standard of safety for a drug that
healthy men would be taking reg-
ularly for a long time; FDA ap-
proval, if itgoesthatfar, isperhaps
a decade away. Sofar, though, the
compounds safety has checked
out inrabbits, mice, ratsandmon-
keys.
Mating tests onrats showedno
change in their behavior, Tash
said. "And its 100 percent effec-
tive and100 percent reversible."
Noformal matingtestsonmon-
keys yet, but those that took it
"still seemedhappy," he said.
KU colleagues are working on
other promising ways to keep
sperm at bay. Leslie Heckert is
looking for chemicals that can
block the action of a protein es-
sential to an early stage of sperm
development. Gustavo Blanco al-
ready has a series of compounds
that immobilize sperm so they
cant swimto an egg; hes seeking
about 100 volunteer sperm do-
nors to supply him with the raw
material for testing the com-
pounds inthe lab.
The prospect of a male pill rais-
es plenty of questions: Will men
be willing to take it? Will women
trust men to take it? Will it have
anyeffect onthe divisive issues of
birthcontrol?
Contraceptionformenhaslong
beenlimitedtoasmall anddismal
set of options condoms, vasec-
tomy, interruptionof intercourse.
But that hasnt kept increasing
numbers of men from shoulder-
ing responsibility for preventing
unwantedpregnancies.
Possibility seen for male Pill
Team at University of Kansas
School of Medicine working to
put new product on market.
By ALAN BAVLEY
McClatchy Newspapers
MCT PHOTO
Standing from left, Dr. Ajay Nangia, Dr. Gustavo Blanco, Dr. Leslie
Heckert stood with Dr. Joseph Tash as he sits near a microscope
with before-and-after images of testes treated with contracep-
tives at the University of Kansas Medical Center on Feb. 1, in Kan-
sas City, Kan.
Tashs work is
part of a
promising
array of new
birth control
methods for
men that are
under devel-
opment in
laboratories
or already
being tested
on volunteers.
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disaster that killed
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Jr., a veteran Hous-
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heralded" event in
the history of
American jurispru-
dence because of
its size and com-
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tion is whether the
Justice Depart-
ment, which is
seeking civil penal-
ties under the
Clean Water Act,
will reach a settlement with BP
or other companies involved in
the spill.
The Clean Water Act penalties
for BP alone could be as high as
$17 billion if it is found to have
exhibited "gross negligence"
a failure to take reasonable steps
to avert the disaster during
the nonjury trial before U.S. Dis-
trict Court Judge Carl Barbier.
Such a decision could increase
the fine from $1,100 per barrel to
a maximum of $4,300 per barrel,
roughly a $13 billion difference.
That potential fine dwarfs the
record $70 million in Clean Wa-
ter Act civil penalties levied
against MOEX Offshore 2007, a
minority investor in the well,
which came as part of an overall
$90 million settlement with the
Justice Department.
"Theres enormous pressure
on BP to settle," said David Uhl-
mann, director of the environ-
mental law program at the Uni-
versity of Michigan. "No matter
how confident BP is about the
gross negligence question, thats
just an extraordinary amount of
risk for any trial."
BP Chief Execu-
tive Robert Dudley
said this month that
the company was
preparing for the
court date, but ready
to settle "if we can do
so on fair and reason-
able terms."
Experts will also
be watching whether
the Justice Depart-
ment will include a
non-prosecution
agreement with the
companies as part of
any potential civil
settlement, closing a
door on future crimi-
nal charges.
A Justice spokes-
man declined to comment.
The lawsuits loom despite
BPs agreement to set up a $20
billion fund to compensate spill
victims. That fund has paid $6.5
billion to thousands of clai-
mants, most of whom signed a
waiver agreeing not to file suit.
Two families of the 11 rig work-
ers killed in a fiery explosion are
still negotiating wrongful-death
cases against BP; the others
have settled.
In addition, a separate class-
action suit is unfolding in Hous-
ton on behalf of thousands of in-
vestors accusing BP of securities
fraud. That suit alleges that BP
made false or misleading state-
ments about its safety programs
in the gulf and about its ability
to respond to a big spill. A trial
date in that case has not been
set, according to Richard Mith-
off, a co-lead attorney for the
plaintiffs.
The disaster that slimed the
coastline of four states and
closed gulf fisheries for months
also triggered hundreds of other
individual and class-action
cases, which were filed in cour-
thouses around the country.
In August 2010, a federal legal
panel lumped those cases to-
gether into one suit so that Bar-
bier could address the common
questions at the heart of the
matter.
A key issue, if the case goes to
trial, is the degree to which fault
should be allocated among the
corporate defendants, which al-
so include Houston-based Halli-
burton, which performed the ce-
ment job on the well, and Cam-
eron International Corp., design-
er of the failed blowout
preventer.
Once the degree of fault is es-
tablished, the court determines
the amount the companies must
pay in compensatory damages
that is, the cost of replacing
what has been lost. The court
will also establish whether the
defendants must pay punitive
damages, meant to punish and
deter bad conduct.
The issue of gross negligence
is also significant here because
only companies whose actions
are deemed grossly negligent
must pay punitive damages.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs
will argue that BP, the main
company in their cross hairs, ex-
hibited gross negligence by not
only mismanaging the disaster,
but also encouraging a culture
that valued profit more than
safety a claim that BP has de-
nied.
Rig owner Transocean is hop-
ing to take a pass on much of
this, citing an 1851 federal statu-
te that limits a ship owners legal
exposure when a vessel goes
down. Transocean argues that
its exposure should be about $27
million, the current value of the
sunken rig.
Despite all the legal complex-
ity, the matter couldnt be sim-
pler for plaintiffs like Acy Coop-
er Jr.
Cooper said the spill seriously
affected his ability to fish in
2010. More recently, he was
forced to close down his familys
Venice, La., seafood restaurant.
"If they didnt do things right,"
Cooper said of the defendants,
"they need to be held account-
able."
OIL SPILL
Continued from Page 1A
MCT FILE PHOTO
Oil-tar patties from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cover the
beach in Waveland in 2010.
A key issue, if the
case goes to trial, is
the degree to which
fault should be allo-
cated among the
corporate defend-
ants, which also
include Houston-
based Halliburton,
which performed the
cement job on the
well, and Cameron
International Corp.,
designer of the failed
blowout preventer.
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C L I C K
SPIN 4 LIFE EVENT AT
CANDYS PLACE
GAS DRILLING COALITION
BENEFIT CONCERT
ETHNIC FOOD FESTIVAL
AT LCCC IN NANTICOKE
DON CAREY PHOTOS/THE TIMES LEADER
Jennie Hampton, left, and Amanda Daczka
BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Lindsey, left, Chris, and Riley Oremus, all of Dallas
BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
LCCC NAACP Chapter President Shanice Thomas of
Wilkes-Barre, left, and Susan Gilroy-King of Ashley
Beth Miner, left, and Joan Murphy
Susan and Tony Rutchauskas, both of Shavertown Ursula Tracy of Scranton, left, and Mary Sullivan of
Swoyersville
Jen Sipe, left, and Eve Wile
Jeanne Kapral of Trucksville, left, Holly Ratowski of Wilkes-Barre
Township, and Suzanne Vitanovec of Forty Fort
Machelle Smith of Ashley, left, and Julie Schechter of
Exeter
Angela Mushinsky, left, and Donna Zbiek
Liz Martin of Dallas, left, and Maureen Oremus of Frankin Township
Jeilys Nieves of Hazleton, left, and Catiana Aristide of
Glen Lyon
Nicole Farber, left, and Debra Ganz
Sisters Jenn Robinson, left, and Tracey Richards, both of Dallas Luzerne County Community College President Thomas
Leary and Christine Delaplace of Moscow
RENO, Nev. The biggest pri-
or threats to Burning Mans an-
nual regeneration in the Black
Rock Desert were U.S. land use
laws, undercover cops and the
media-perpetuated perception
that the largest outdoor arts fes-
tival in North America is really
just an excuse to get naked and
do drugs.
But that was before the teeth-
gnashing ticket fiasco.
Two decades after the free spir-
its moved their party from San
Franciscos Baker Beach to a
dried up ancient lake bed 120
miles north of Reno, the annual
pilgrimage with its drum circles,
decorated art cars, guerilla theat-
rics and colorful theme camps
has become too popular for its
own good.
The hard truth is that there
are a lot of you who want to come
to Black Rock City to celebrate
your participation in the Burning
Man culture this year, but not ev-
eryone will be aable to attend,
organizers said in an apologetic
email this after a lottery ticket
sale intended to keep attendance
below the federally permitted
cap blew up in their faces.
The counter-culture celebra-
tion open to all under the princi-
pal of radical inclusion sold out
for the first time last year with a
crowdinexcess of 53,000, forcing
organizers to make plans to sell
the bulk of the 2012 tickets
through randomdrawings. But it
wasnt until recently that many
regulars got word they may not
get in to this years psychedelic
adventure combining wilderness
camping with avant-garde per-
formance.
Whether opportunistic ticket
scalpers are to blame or nave or-
ganizers were caught off guard is
a topic raging among Burners.
Many lament it will never be
the same.
The ticket fiasco means Burn-
ing Man has to make decisions
now about who to let in and who
to keep out, said Mark Van
Proyen, chairman of the painting
department at the San Francisco
Art Institute who has attended
the last 16 years in a row. For
that reason, it no longer can real-
ly truly be a radically inclusive
event.
Ticket fiasco fires up Burning Man fest
AP FILE PHOTO
The Burning Man is ignited in
1998 to signal festivals end.
By SCOTT SONNER
and CRISTINA SILVA
Associated Press
C M Y K
THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012 PAGE 13A
N E W S
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3
9
9
3
3
HARRISBURG After block-
ing similar efforts by Democrats
in recent years, Republicans in
Harrisburg now want to chip
away at a couple of state tax pro-
visions that benefit businesses.
Business advocacy groups are
not necessarily supporting the
ideas now just because Republi-
cans are getting behind them,
and its not clear that GOP law-
makers will be able to agree with
each other to get them passed,
particularly during an election
year when no one wants to alien-
ate potential supporters.
A month-old bill backed by the
leaders of the House Republican
majority would attempt to close
the so-called Delaware loop-
hole. It would give the state De-
partment of Revenue the power
to stop firms usually large,
multistate companies fromus-
ing an accounting sleight of hand
to move profits out of Pennsylva-
nia to a lower-tax jurisdiction in
order to avoid paying the states
9.99 percent corporate net in-
come tax.
To make it easier for business
advocates to swallow, the bill
would also take major steps long
sought by the business commu-
nity to lower business taxes, in-
cluding gradually reducing the
corporate net income tax rate to
6.99 percent in 2019.
At the same time, the Corbett
administration wants to scale
back part of an approximately
$73 million incentive for retailers
that collect the sales taxandsend
it to the state in a timely fashion.
Neither seems tobe embracing
the other just yet, and the turf
gets tricky for Corbett, a Repub-
lican who campaigned on a vow
not to increase taxes and who
counts business owners and ex-
ecutives among his strongest
supporters.
Aspokesmanfor the House Re-
publicans, Steve Miskin, said Fri-
day that the group had not yet
taken a position on the gover-
nors proposal, which was includ-
ed in the budget plan Corbett un-
veiled Feb. 7.
Under the proposal, retailers
that get to keep 1 percent of the
sales tax money they collect
would nowbe allowed to keep no
more than $250 per month,
which would bring another $41
million to the state in the fiscal
year that begins July 1.
During Tuesdays Senate Ap-
propriations Committee hearing,
Sen. Jim Ferlo, D-Allegheny,
asked whether that change is a
tax increase. Revenue Secretary
Dan Meuser responded that it is
a modernization.
Asked about the House bill to
close the Delaware loophole,
on Thursday, Corbett said he
hadnt seen it, hadnt talked to
House leaders about it and
couldnt say whether he would
support it.
The bills chief Republican
sponsor, Rep. David Reed of Indi-
ana County, said he has spoken
to the governors office and the
Department of Revenues secre-
tary about it, and they seemto be
open to it.
Depending on who you talk
to, it depends on how open, but
they certainly want to continue
the conversation, Reed said Fri-
day.
Meuser fielded questions from
members of the House and Sen-
ate Appropriations committees
on Tuesday and didnt exactly en-
dorse the bill. At one point he
called it a very smartly planned
idea, but at another point he
suggested that calls to close the
Delaware loophole may be long
on politics and short on sub-
stance.
GOP eyes Pa. tax provisions after blocking Dems
Month-old bill would attempt
to close the so-called
Delaware loophole.
By MARC LEVY
Associated Press
HARRISBURG Residents
of a central Pennsylvania coal
town decimated by a half-centu-
ry-old mine fire have lost a state
court appeal to try to prevent
condemnation of their land, but
the long-running case will con-
tinue in federal court.
The Commonwealth Court re-
jected arguments by seven Cen-
tralia property owners who say
condemnation is no longer need-
ed because the underground fire
has moved and air quality in the
borough has improved.
Most homes in Centralia were
demolished in the 1980s after
the slow-burning fire that began
in 1962 at the town dump spread
to the underground network of
coal mines, threatening resi-
dents with poisoning gases and
dangerous sinkholes.
The court upheld a 2010 rul-
ing in county court that set fair
market value for the properties
that the commonwealth began
condemning in 1993. The state
court ruled Thursday that noth-
ing would authorize a request by
the property owners to stop the
condemnation on the grounds
that the public purpose for it no
longer exists.
The property owners, howev-
er, have also lodged a civil rights
complaint in federal court
against the state and other de-
fendants, alleging a conspiracy
to steal the mineral rights to bil-
lions of dollars worth of anthra-
cite coal. The suit names the
state Department of Community
and Economic Development, a
law firm, a coal company and
the county redevelopment au-
thority. A similar petition in
state court was dismissed on ju-
risdictional and procedural
grounds.
7 property owners
in decimated town
lose court appeal
The Associated Press
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N E W S
The municipalities with 2012
tax hikes: Nanticoke, Hazleton,
Laflin, Edwardsville, Hughes-
town, Kingston, Penn Lake Park
and 10 townships Franklin,
Huntington, Hunlock, Jenkins,
Butler, Pittston, Dennison, New-
port, Fairmount and Kingston.
Pittston Township has the
highest percentage increase be-
cause its municipal taxes are
doubling from 0.25 to 0.5 mills.
The increase, which equates to
$25 on a $100,000 property, will
generate an additional $80,000
in tax revenue earmarked solely
for the purchase of a new fire
truck and ambulance, said
township manager and financial
administrator John Bonita.
The new emergency vehicles
will cost an estimated $525,000.
Township officials want to try
to pay off the vehicles in future
years without the increase, Bon-
ita said.
If we dont need it the sec-
ond year, we will take the in-
crease off, he said.
Fairmount Town-
ships 88.5 percent
tax increase will cost
township residents
more out of pocket
$60 on a $100,000
property because
its millage rate is
higher than Pittston
Townships. The in-
crease bumps up the
millage rate from
0.6768 to 1.2757.
The tax increase
was largely needed
to fund extensive
road repairs and other damage
disasters in September, said
township Supervisor David Kell-
er.
The federal government has
not provided any disaster recov-
ery funding to date, Keller said.
We had so much road dam-
age, and now fuel costs are ris-
ing. We dont get a break, Kell-
er said. Once we get caught
up, we may cut the tax rates
back, but as of now, we cant
guarantee anything.
Kingston Townships 82.4 per-
cent hike raises its millage from
0.4112 to 0.75. Municipal taxes
will increase $34 on a $100,000
property, from $41.12 to $75.
Township Manager Kathleen
Sebastian said revenue wasnt
keeping pace with rising costs
for utilities, vehicle repairs,
equipment and supplies.
We cut back as much as we
possibly could, she said.
The municipalitys earned in-
come and local services taxes
were also increased so the en-
tire burden wouldnt be on
property owners, she said.
The property tax hike will
generate an additional $177,740,
she said. She believes the tax
rate is fair because municipal
services directly benefit all
township residents.
We arent even charging a
mill. Residents are getting their
roads paved and plowed and re-
ceiving police protection and
other services, she said.
Nanticokes 10.2 percent tax
hike will cost a $100,000 proper-
ty owner an addition-
al $38 this year.
City Finance Direc-
tor Pam Heard said
the increase stems in
large part from in-
creased costs in the
citys transition to a
new home rule gov-
ernment, including
public advertising, le-
gal expenses and
consulting services.
The increase will
generate $126,000
more for the general
fund operating budget, which
receives about $1 million from
property tax revenue, Heard
said.
Nanticokes new millage
4.0594 is among the highest
of the 76 municipalities.
Pittston city is at the top,
with 6.85 mills, followed by Ply-
mouth borough, 5.7, and Ha-
nover Township, 5.5. Wilkes-
Barres local millage rate is
technically the highest at 96.63
mills, but it cant be fairly com-
pared to the others because the
city continues to use its own
assessments for city taxes, in-
stead of the values stemming
from the countywide reassess-
ment that took effect in 2009.
County taxes increased from
5.215 mills to 5.32 mills, which
amounts to $10 more on a
$100,000 property.
School boards have not yet
finalized their new property tax
rates for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
TAXES
Continued from Page 1A
Source: Luzerne Conty Assessors ofe and municipal ofces Mark Guydish/The Times Leader
Municipal 2011 Municipal 2012 School 2011-12* Total 2012
Municpality millage millage millage millage**
Ashley 2.85 2.85 16.4783 24.6483
Avoca 1.5 1.5 13.1228 19.9428
Black Creek Twp. 0.5473 0.5473 9.0446 14.9119
Bear Creek Twp. 0.4412 0.4412 15.3684 21.1296
Bear Creek Village 0.549 0.549 15.3684 21.2374
Buck Twp. 0.1212 0.1212 15.3684 20.8096
Butler Twp. 0.80505 0.95505 9.0446 15.31965
Courtdale 2 2 13.5 20.82
Conyngham 2.83 2.83 9.0446 17.1946
Conyngham Twp. 0.877 0.877 9.9295 16.1265
Dallas Twp. 0.52 0.52 11.5624 17.4024
Dallas 1.28 1.28 11.5624 18.1624
Dorrance Twp. 0.64 0.64 9.16 15.12
Dennison Twp. 0.435 0.6 9.16 15.08
Duryea 1.1 1.1 13.1228 19.5428
Dupont 1.2235 1.2235 13.1228 19.6663
Exeter 1.4233 1.4233 13.0799 19.8232
Exeter Twp. 0.969 0.969 13.0799 19.3689
Edwardsville 3.3486 3.5561 13.5 22.3761
Fairmount Twp. 0.6768 1.2757 9.1986 15.7943
Fairview Twp. 0.85 0.85 9.16 15.33
Forty Fort 2.91 2.91 13.5 21.73
Freeland 1.8 1.8 9.0446 16.1646
Foster Twp. 0.556 0.556 9.0446 14.9206
Franklin Twp. 0.58 0.6 11.5624 17.4824
Hanover Twp. 5.5 5.5 16.4783 27.2983
Harveys Lake 0.704 0.704 8.8531 14.8771
Hazle Twp. 0.75 0.75 9.0446 15.1146
Hollenback Twp. 0.23 0.23 11 16.55
Hughestown 1.4326 1.6326 13.1228 20.0754
Hunlock Twp. 0.45 0.55 9.1986 15.0686
Huntington Twp. 0.433 0.466 9.1986 14.9846
Jackson Twp. 1.32 1.32 8.8531 15.4931
Jeddo 0.336 0.336 9.0446 14.7006
Jenkins Twp. 1.275 1.375 13.1228 19.8178
Kingston 1.264 1.315 13.5 20.135
Kingston Twp. 0.4112 0.75 11.5624 17.6324
Lain 1.5642 1.8476 15.3684 22.536
Lake Twp. 0.322 0.322 8.8531 14.4951
Larksville 2.9 2.9 13.5 21.72
Laurel Run 1.4683 1.4683 15.3684 22.1567
Lehman Twp. 1.25 1.25 8.8531 15.4231
Luzerne 1.4524 1.4524 13.5 20.2724
Nanticoke 3.6844 4.0594 9.9295 19.3089
Nescopeck 1.377 1.137 11 17.497
Nescopeck Twp. 1.23 1.23 11 17.55
New Columbus 0.37 0.37 9.1986 14.8886
Newport Twp. 1.95 2.2 9.9295 17.4495
Nuangola 0.444 0.444 9.16 14.924
Penn Lake Park 0.4 0.5 9.16 14.98
Plymouth 5.7 5.7 13.5 24.52
Plymouth Twp. 1.386 1.386 9.9295 16.6355
Plains Twp. 1.77 1.77 15.3684 22.4584
Pittston Twp. 0.25 0.5 13.1228 18.9428
Pringle 0.45 0.45 13.5 19.27
Rice Twp. 0.26 0.26 9.16 14.74
Ross Twp. 0.23 0.23 8.8531 14.4031
Salem Twp. 0.224 0.224 11 16.544
Shickshinny 1.1329 1.1329 9.1986 15.6515
Slocum Twp. 0 0 9.16 14.48
Sugarloaf Twp. 0.825 0.825 9.0446 15.1896
Swoyersville 1.45 1.45 13.5 20.27
Sugar Notch 2.5 2.5 16.4783 24.2983
Union Twp. 0.23 0.23 9.1986 14.7486
Warrior Run 1.9 1.9 16.4783 23.6983
West Hazleton 2.631 2.631 9.0446 16.9956
Wright Twp. 0.7516 0.7516 9.16 15.2316
West Pittston 1.4762 1.4762 13.0799 19.8761
West Wyoming 1.5 1.5 13.0799 19.8999
Wyoming 1.7905 1.7905 13.0799 20.1904
White Haven 1.9 1.9 9.16 16.38
Wilkes-Barre Twp. 1.2507 1.2507 15.3684 21.9391
Yatesville 0.612 0.612 13.1228 19.0548
Hazleton 2.83 3.11 9.0446 17.4746
Pittston 6.85 6.85 13.1228 25.2928
Wilkes-Barre*** 96.63 96.63 15.3684 117.3184
* Districts have not set tax rates for the 2012-13 scal year.
** Includes 5.32 mills for Luzerne County taxes in 2012, a 2 percent increase from 2011.
***Uses own assessment system for city taxation
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RESEARCH
ASSESSMENTS
We had so
much road
damage, and
now fuel costs
are rising. We
dont get a
break.
David Keller
Fairmount Township
Supervisor
Act banning smoking in a ma-
jority of public places is trying
to close loopholes and make all
public places in Pennsylvania
smoke-free.
The law went into effect on
Sept. 11, 2008. Sen. Stewart
Greenleaf, a Republican from
Montgomery County, said the
time has come to make the law
more restrictive.
According to the state De-
partment of Health, more than
2,800 establishments have been
granted exemptions from the
law. Of that total, 195 are in
Luzerne County, more than
double the 79 the county had
the first year the law was in
effect.
Ardos pub one of the hun-
dreds of businesses not granted
exemptions because food sales
account for about 40 percent of
his business has fared well
under the new law.
Smoke-free appeal
Ardo said that while business
trailed off right after the law
was passed, hes seen twice as
many new patrons come in be-
cause of the smoke-free environ-
ment.
But he said perhaps he could
see even more business if bars
down the street werent able to
permit smoking.
I think its an unfair law.
Make it fair. Have no gray area,
Ardo said.
Greenleaf agrees.
We know the (law) has
greatly impacted most of our
public places and establish-
ments. Now we must go further
and finish the task. We must
end the exemptions, Greenleaf
said in a press release issued by
the American Lung Association
in Pennsylvania.
The senator said that not on-
ly are business factors at play,
health factors are as well.
Secondhand smoke does not
play favorites, it impacts every-
one. We know that secondhand
smoke is a leading cause of pre-
ventable death. It causes cancer,
heart disease, lung disease and
other respiratory illness, includ-
ing worsening of asthma. How
can we ignore this?
Senate Bill 35, which Green-
leaf introduced, and House Bill
824, which was introduced by
Rep. Mario Scavello, R-Mount
Pocono, were referred to com-
mittees, where theyve re-
mained since early last year.
Greenleaf supporters
Deb Brown, a spokeswoman
with the American Lung Associ-
ation in Pennsylvania, said
Greenleaf is hoping to get the
spotlight placed back on his
proposal this year.
His bill would remove all of
the exemptions that were in-
cluded in the 2008 legislation.
Overall, there are a dozen ex-
emptions, including those for
social and private clubs; for bars
that get less than 20 percent of
their business from the sale of
food; and casinos, which were
permitted to allow smoking on
up to half the gaming floor.
Bobby Soper, president of
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
in Plains Township, said his ca-
sino currently has 55 percent of
the gaming floor designated as
non-smoking. At one point it
was a 50/50 split.
He said eliminating smoking
totally would mean the loss of
tens of millions, maybe hun-
dreds of millions for the states
coffers. He said the present sta-
tus seems to work well. Any-
body that wants to enjoy gam-
ing in a non-smoking environ-
ment has that opportunity,
Soper said.
The exemptions were cited as
reasons why Pennsylvania re-
ceived poor grades in the an-
nual American Lung Associ-
ations State of Tobacco Control
2012 report card, an annual ac-
counting that tracks key tobac-
co control policies at the state
and federal levels.
Pennsylvania earned two C
grades and two Fs. The C
grades were for smokefree air
and cigarette tax categories.
The Fs were given for the
states tobacco prevention and
control spending and cessa-
tion coverage. They were the
same grades the state received
in the 2011 report.
The association took Harris-
burg to task for inaction on sev-
eral key tobacco measures, in-
cluding Greenleafs bill, last
year to remove all the exemp-
tions from the 2008 law.
The Lung Association will
continue to work on
cleaning up the cur-
rent law to protect
all workers in Penn-
sylvania from sec-
ondhand smoke,
the report stated.
Its at the top of the
list because it im-
pacts the health of
millions of people in the com-
monwealth.
In 2006, the U.S. Surgeon
General released a report stat-
ing there is no safe level of ex-
posure to secondhand smoke.
A study done by Repace Asso-
ciates showed that six months
after the 2008 law was imple-
mented, indoor air pollution
dropped 87 percent in the state.
Prior to the law being passed,
casinos could designate as
much or as little of their gam-
ing floors as they wished as
smoking. After the law, casinos
were knocked down to a maxi-
mum of 25 percent of floor area
as smoking.
But casinos that could docu-
ment a significant difference in
revenues between games in
smoking and non-smoking areas
over the first 90 days the new
law was in effect could apply to
raise the smoking area percent-
age to 50 percent.
To do so, the casinos average
gross slot take per day needed
to be at least 25 percent higher
per machine in the smoking
section than in the non-smoking
section. Every casino easily ex-
ceeded that threshold.
Downward on smoking
Soper said
that even with
the law in place,
Mohegan Sun
has seen it
trending down-
ward on the
smoking.
Smoking
units still out-
perform non-smoking units,
Soper said, but not by as great a
percentage as in the past. He
did not have precise figures,
showing the disparity readily
available, but said its still dou-
ble digits.
Soper pointed out that in ad-
dition to more than half of the
gaming floor, with one excep-
tion all of the casinos eateries
and bars are smoke-free and so
is the poker room.
Twenty-eight states, Washing-
ton D.C., and Puerto Rico have
enacted comprehensive clean
indoor air laws with no exemp-
tions.
SMOKE-FREE
Continued from Page 1A
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Dominick Ardo stands outside of his Plains Pub with some of his smoking customers. His bar is
non-smoking so customers have to step outdoors to light up.
To see the list of Luzerne
County establishments
granted exemptions under
the states Clean Indoor Air
Act, go to: tlgets.me/smok-
ingexemptions
THE EXEMPT
New York when she was a
U.S. senator.
Stabryla said a sizeable
amount of cigarette taxes go
to fund health programs. If
everybody quit smoking, who
would pay these taxes? If
they dont want you to smoke,
they shouldnt be selling (ciga-
rettes), he said, adding that
he doubts a full ban would
become law because Penn-
sylvania has such a high rate
of smoking.
Among the states, Penn-
sylvania is tied for 15th place
in the percentage of people
who smoke, according to the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
Seated a few barstools away,
Robin Steidinger, 22, of
Wilkes-Barre, said she doesnt
smoke, but she is not deterred
from patronizing a bar in
which smoking is allowed.
It doesnt really matter to
me. If its a good bar with
good music, a good bartender
and friendly people, it doesnt
matter if smoking is allowed,
she said.
Jay Fetor, 33, of Wilkes-
Barre Township, said he only
patronizes bars that allow
smoking.
I understand its hazardous
to your health but its my
right to choose if I want to
smoke or not, as long as its
not affecting anyone else. And
they can always go someplace
else that doesnt allow smok-
ing, Fetor said.
Let business decide
Kyle Andres, a bartender at
Gondas and a former smoker,
said he thinks the current
smoking law is unfair and a
total ban would be even more
so.
I think it should be up to
the restaurant or bar owner
whether or not to allow it.
Theyre nitpicking. Every-
things unhealthy. Alcohols
not healthy for you either, he
said.
Andres, 24, said a majority
of the people he serves are
smokers and hes certain he
would lose tips and his boss
would lose business if patrons
couldnt smoke in the bar.
director of the Pennsylvania
Tavern Association, said half
of that organizations members
support the law while an
equal amount opposes it.
Some businesses it has
helped, some businesses it has
hurt, Christie said.
She said there have been
some taverns that have closed
because of the loss of busi-
ness, but others have reported
gains in customers after
theyve gone smoke-free.
When the law was first
debated, the association ar-
gued that government should
not be involved in legislating
this type of proposal. Once the
law was enacted, the associ-
ation has done what it can to
support and educate members.
Gonda, who said a clear
majority of his North Main
Street patrons smoke, agreed
the law isnt perfect. But he
said with the law written the
way it is, permitting exemp-
tions for businesses where
food accounts for less than 20
percent of sales, hell continue
to apply for an exemption to
allow smoking.
Patrons weigh in
Some of his smoking pa-
trons, however, think the cur-
rent law is overreaching and a
total ban on smoking in public
places would be unconstitu-
tional.
Bob Stabryla, 52, of Shaver-
town, said supporters of a
total ban can stick it in their
a--. Currently, whether a bar
allows smoking determines
whether hell patronize it.
If a total ban went into
effect as proposed by State
Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, R-
Montgomery County, Stabryla
said he would be less likely to
patronize bars.
Who does he think he is,
Hillary Clinton? Stabryla said
of Greenleaf.
Clinton, now the U.S. secre-
tary of state, was a vocal pro-
ponent of a smoking ban in
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Bob Stabryla of Shavertown smokes a cigarette at Gondas
Elbow Room Bar in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday.
DIFFER
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THE TIMES LEADER SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012
W
ith the release date for the
U.S. Census of 1940 just a
little more than a month
away, the National Archives, Archi-
ves.com and the U.S. Census Bureau
have partnered in an unprecedented
effort to prepare genealogists to ac-
cess the census and get the most out
of it. The release is set for 9 a.m.
eastern time, on Monday, April 2.
The web address to access the cen-
sus is already available. Its
www.1940census.archives.gov, and of
course you can bookmark the address
to save time when you return to it in
April and afterward. You can down-
load the census for free.
The site offers a three-minute video
introducing the census and explaining
how to find the enumeration districts
for your ancestors within communi-
ties. Online maps are provided to help
the genealogist find those districts,
and archives show how to use them.
Other points of interest are ad-
dressed as well, including whether a
person worked in one of the many
federal programs, such as the Civilian
Conservation Corps, launched during
the Great Depression of the 1930s.
New in 1940 were additional ques-
tions on employment and marriages.
The archives will also use social
media to keep the public informed as
the release date nears. Be sure to
follow us on Twitter (using hashtag
#1940Census), Facebook, Tumblr,
Flickr, YouTube, and subscribe to our
blogs: NARAtions and Prologue: Piec-
es of History, says the archives in a
recent release.
Genealogy Conference: Reserve
April 21 on your schedule for the
Family History Seminar, co-sponsored
by the Northeast Pennsylvania Genea-
logical Society and the Genealogical
Society of Pennsylvania. It will be
held at the Educational Conference
Center of Luzerne County Communi-
ty College, Nanticoke, 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Speakers will address the 1940
U.S. Census, resources at the Penn-
sylvania State Archives, military re-
cords at the National Archives and
naturalization records in Luzerne
County. During the noon break Ill be
giving an informal talk on how knowl-
edge of local history can help the
genealogist.
For registration information and
details about speakers and times, go
to www.nepgs.org.
Genealogy Class: Ill offer my two-
hour Getting Started in Genealogy
presentation 2-4 p.m. on April 12 at
the Osterhout Free Library, South
Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. The
program is free. Ill go over basic
genealogical research, explore local
resources and look at ways to find
information from afar. To register, call
the library at 823-0156.
News Notes: The West Pittston
Library is back in operation at its 200
Exeter Ave. location. The library was
badly damaged in the September
flooding that inundated much of the
town. Congratulations are in order for
Head Librarian Anne Bramblett Barr,
her staff, the volunteers who helped
clean and refurbish the building, the
Insalaco family for providing tempo-
rary quarters for several months and
the many people who contributed to
the librarys recovery fund. An open
house is scheduled for 5-8 p.m. on
March 9.
The Northeast Pennsylvania Genea-
logical Society will offer Get Ac-
quainted nights on March 27 and
April 24, 4-8 p.m. at its research li-
brary, in the office building at the
Hanover Green Cemetery, Main Road,
Hanover Township. The society still
needs a copy of Vol. 4 of the old His-
torical Record to complete its dig-
itization of the series.
TOM MOONEY
O U T O N A L I M B
Go online now
to prepare for
census release
Tom Mooney is a Times Leader genealogy
columnist. Reach him at tmooney2@ptd.net.
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mile Zafrany is the owner of Simon & Company Jewelers in
Kingston. Zafrany, 52, attended schools in Casablanca, Mo-
rocco and studied architecture. Emile and his wife, Mindy,
have three children, Gael, Rachelle and Simon. They live
in the Wilkes-Barre area.
You studied architec-
ture, so how did the career
in the jewelry field devel-
op? I came to America in
1979 to be an architect,
but the metric system
was different here and
that posed problems. I had
always helped with my fa-
thers company overseas,
so I used my eye for archi-
tecture and made the transi-
tion into our family jewelry
business.
Simon & Company has been
a family business for years.
When did it start? My father,
Simon, established the com-
pany in Casablanca, Morocco in 1940.
The company has since spread to
America, France and Israel. I have four
brothers and four sisters and most all
of them are involved in the business
throughout the world.
How does the international pres-
ence affect your business? My sib-
lings and I attend all the major inter-
national jewelry shows and this en-
ables us to exchange new lines and
various artists with one another. The
exposure to the most exciting and
new designers gives us an unparallel-
ed insight into the industry or avant-
garde. We also attend all the major
American gift shows several times a
year to see the freshest and most con-
temporary artists that America has to
offer. It is similar to how a museum
curator goes to the archives to find
the finest pieces to display. I am able
to hand-pick the best and bring them
back to Northeastern Pennsylvania.
We currently have approximately 40
American designers in our line.
You seem very passionate about
the local people in the area. The lo-
cal people in the area are great. They
support us so we support them in re-
turn. Simon & Company donates jew-
elry to local foundations and auctions
and the proceeds go towards partic-
ular charities.
What are some of your favorite
things to do away from work? I like
to swim and exercise. I have a passion
for gardening, but the wife and I love
to travel.
Where would you like to travel?
Mindy and I are very fond of Bruges,
Belgium. It is so quaint, we love it.
Someday we want to travel to Tibet. It
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HILADELPHIA Wallingford, Pa.s lush hills are a world
apart from the arid Horn of Africa. But a trim stone Tudor in
the Philadelphia suburb is a humming hub of help for refugees
from one of the worlds most repressive regimes.
Since the birthof Eritrea as a nationin1993, more than200,000of its
people have fled the dictatorship of President Isaias Afewerki. Under
his government, Human Rights Watch monitors say, arbitrary ar-
rests, torture, and forced labor are rampant.
Something had to be done to make this stop, John Stauffer resolved.
So, in 2010, he cofounded the America
Team for Displaced Eritreans, an all-volun-
teer effort that he runs from a spare bedroom
in his 75-year-old Wallingford home.
With a board of eight Eritrean immigrants
andtwoAmericans, and$35,000inprivate do-
nations annually, the group has provided cash
assistance, clothing, household goods, and
advocacy for hundreds of Eritreans in Amer-
ica. Since 1994, an estimated 12,575 Eriteans
have movedtothe UnitedStates, withfrom50
to 60 currently in the Philadelphia area.
The groups network of supporters in seven
mostly East Coast states supplies translators
andexpert testimonyinasylumcases. Its web-
site, www.EritreanRefugees.org, is a news
clearinghouse.
Slightly larger than Pennsylvania, the coun-
try of nearly 6 million people is bordered by
Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, and the Red Sea.
But Eritrea was a province of Ethiopia 46
years ago when Stauffer, freshly graduated
from Juniata College, served there with the
Peace Corps. He fell in love with the place.
In1968, he returned to the United States to
work at Rohm & Haas, marketing chemicals
used to manufacture paint. He retired in 2006
and incorporated the nonprofit America
Team four years later.
On a typical day, Stauffer, 68, posts news
about Eritrea and works the phones, sharing
information with aid groups and government
agencies. He recently highlighted the 2012
Reporters Without Borders index ranking Eri-
trea dead last among 179 countries in press
freedom. In December, he posted news about
economic sanctions the United Nations im-
posed on Eritrea for allegedly arming Soma-
lian warlords.
Among Stauffers ongoing concerns is fal-
lout from the Arab Spring specifically, the
plight of Eritreans fleeing to Israel via the Si-
nai, where Bedouin bandits have held them
up.
Israels Interior Ministry reports that
20,000 Africans, mostly Eritreans and Suda-
nese, enter Israel annually seeking jobs and
safety. Israel says it does not deport them be-
MCT PHOTOS
John Stauffer, of Wallingford, Pa., co-founded the America Team for Displaced Eritreans. He served in the Peace Corps years ago.
Stauffers team devised a picture dictionary to help
Eritreans once they reach America.
LENDING A HAND
By MICHAEL MATZA The Philadelphia Inquirer
See REFUGEES, Page 10B
Pennsylvania retiree works to help Eritrean refugees
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The students of Solomon-Plains Elementary School recently
collected 31 pounds of unwanted crayons for The Crayon Can, a
project created by Hannah Gaydos, a fourth-grade student from
Forty Fort. Gaydos collects broken and unwanted crayons; melts
them into molds; and creates shaped crayons which she distributes
to childrens hospitals and at local events. She has made and dis-
tributed more than 6,000 crayon molds to date. Some of the par-
ticipants, from left, first row, are Allison Chocallo, Suzi Hannigan,
Sean Chalker, Sarah Supinski and Ryan Chalker. Second row: Han-
nah Chocallo; J.R. Hannigan; Jake Supinski; Gaydos; and Mike
Grebeck, assistant principal.
Solomon students support Crayon Can project
The Luzerne County Community College Nursing Forum recently
elected officers for the 2011-12 academic year. The nursing students
participate in several community service projects and educational
programs throughout the school year. New officers, from left:
Angelica Granahan, Scranton, secretary; Theresa Kloeker, Moun-
tain Top, vice president; Peggy Sosnak, Wilkes-Barre, adviser and
associate professor, nursing; Allison Bailey, Forty Fort, president;
and Anne Larson, Pittston Township, treasurer.
LCCC Nursing Forum elects officers
Wyoming Valley West High School recently honored the January
Students of the Month at a luncheon held at the school. Faculty
members choose students each month based on their academic
achievements and contributions to the school. Honored students,
from left, first row: Adam Dibuo, son of Richard and Lynne Dibuo,
Luzerne; Tara Zdancewicz, daughter of Ron and Laura Zdancewicz,
Larksville; Malissa Lucas, daughter of Jon and Mary Jo Lucas,
Kingston; and Michael Kilheeney, son of Michael and Kim Kilhee-
ney, Swoyersville. Second row: Erin Keating, principal, and David
Robbins and Christopher Lazor, assistant principals.
Students of the Month named at WVW
Joseph Keppel of Keppels Magical Reading Programs recently visited Dana Elementary Center in
the Wyoming Valley West School District. Keppel used magic to promote his message Turn off the TV
and Read to the entire student body. Some of the participants, from left, first row, are Michael Koval
and Emma Adamchak. Second row: Damian Cavuto, Andrew Novrocki, Julie Schwartz and David White.
Third row: Ann Sorrick, ESEA reading; Keppel; Maylan Nicholson, guidance counselor; and David Nov-
rocki, principal.
Dana Elementary students learn about magic of reading
St. Jude School, Mountain Top, celebrated Catholic Schools Week with its annual volleyball game
between the eighth-grade students and faculty. The entire student body attended and cheered on the
teachers and students. Each team won two games. Participants, from left, first row, are Kayla Hons,
Sarah Thomas, Jordyn Pavelitz, Amanda Bohn, Erica Stuccio, Rachel Rinehimer and Lauren Higgs.
Second row: Tom Williams, Patrick Ganter, John Gentilesco, Joseph Kaskel, Derek Hamelin, Jean-Se-
bastien Taillefer and Neal Sowers. Third row: Vincent Gentilesco, Charles Nudo, Chris Nudo, Ann Levan-
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Kings College recently received an $8,000 grant from the First
Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (FCSLA) that will be used to
expand the colleges faculty-led, study-abroad program offerings to
Central and Eastern European countries; develop a Slavic Cultures
course that will become part of the curriculum; and to conduct
public presentations on Slavic cultures. The grant will also provide
scholarships for students to participate in a multi-week academic
program to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland in the sum-
mer of 2013. The college will use institutional funds to send two
faculty members to the destination countries this summer in order
to conduct research and prepare the itinerary for the summer 2013
travel abroad experience. Participating students and faculty mem-
bers will share their experiences through public presentations
upon their return. At the check presentation, from left, first row:
Beth Admiraal, associate professor of political science, director of
the Public Policy and Social Research Institute and co-leader of the
study abroad experience; the Rev. John Ryan, president, Kings;
Magdalen Iskra, president, the local district of FCSLA; and Regina
Molitoris, vice president, the local district of FCSLA. Second row:
Freddie Pettit, vice president for institutional advancement; Renata
Evan, faculty member, foreign languages department and co-lead-
er of the study abroad experience; Ann Dougher, district auditor,
FCSLA; and Martha Iskra, district trustee, FCSLA.
First Catholic Slovak Ladies give donation to Kings
Students at Holy Redeemer High School helped support Coach-
es vs. Cancer through a bake sale held as part of the Suits and
Sneakers basketball weekend. The sale was coordinated by the
basketball teams Towel Lady Delores Shurshen, who baked many
of the items herself and sold them to students, faculty and staff
during lunch periods. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer So-
ciety. During one of the sales, from left: Shurshen; Thomas Cos-
grove, White Haven; Meghan Burns, Wilkes-Barre; Kaitlyn Donnelly,
Plains Township; and Mary Kolojejchick, Plains Township.
Redeemer bake sale benefits Cancer Society
Brian Baddick, principal, Crestwood Middle School, recently
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students, from left, first row, are Taryn Pecile, Mady Heller, Maria
Ellis and Patrick Brennan. Second row: Ryan Toporcer, Rachel
Speck, Julie Murphy and Troy Simko.
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Stefanec, Cody Thomas, Gregory
Wallace, Andy Xu and Abigale
Yakavonis. Honors: Jared Ba-
nesh, Aaron Bennett, Kelsey
Brunn, Trinadee Coleman, Gary
Cooper, Alexis Cotier, Owen
Davis, Noah Dennis, Torence
Eckhart, Montanna Edwards,
Alexandria Eshleman, Tyler
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Graziano, Dylan Hawk, Cristhy
Herrera, Morgan Hunter, Bren-
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Lewis, Stephanie Mackus, Justin
Masur, Evan Materna, Vinnie
Matthews, Kyarra McMullen,
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Abigail Thompson, Nayeli Velaz-
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Wivell, Nicholas Woolard, Eric
Yedloski, Kevin Zeske.
Grade 6: High Honors: Sevda
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Chakoya Allen, Austin Authier,
Joseph Berkant, Madison Birosik,
Lauren Blazaskie, Shannon
Boyle, Matthew Clarke, Angela
Croop, Dionisio Cuevas, Owen
Cunningham, Jack Davis, Rafeeq
Davis, Alesha Dennis, Jacob
Finn, Christian Frame, Sabrina
Frame, Alexa Graboske, Salva-
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Bethany Hannon, Sean Hart,
Meghann Hartmann, John Hoop-
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Lamoreux, Nina Lamoreux, Kiara
Langan, Terra Lawson, Donnell
Lott-Kemp, Darren Martinez,
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Henry McNair, Andrew Morgan,
Hailey Nealon, Evan OKonski,
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Tyler Potsko, Empres Prather,
Kimberlee Ralston, Haley Rios,
Crysta Savercool, Devin Senk,
Kayla Shaffer, Omar Siam,
Rhiannon Slater, Mary Slusser,
Jared Stefanowicz, Brooke
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Wallace. Honors: Jeremy An-
drewlavage, Christopher Bleich,
Riley Bowers, Justin Brannigan,
Cristian Breton, Carlenton Bryan,
Cassidy Bryk, Alex Bukoski,
Michael Coleman, Patrick Con-
nors, Eric Eppler, David Fedorc-
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Fuller, Jessica Gotay, Bridget
Hannon, Modou Lamin Janneh,
John Jenkins, Joshua Jopling,
Devin Karpovich, Chris Kemmer-
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Mack, Rachel Malinowski, Corey
Martin, Jordyn Mozeleski, Jon
OConnor, Tabitha Ortiz, Ezra
Perez-Basket, Michaela Roediger,
Benjamin Schultz, David
Schwartz, Hebah Siam, Emily
Smith, Daniel Thompson, Zoe
Thompson, Korey Turner, Yinaira
Valentin, Latarah VanBuren,
Kevin Wilcox, Jonathan Wildes,
Hope Willis, Halle Yashkus, Mi-
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Northwest Area Senior High and
Middle School
Ryan Miner, principal, and Joseph
Rasmus, assistant secondary
principal, Northwest Area Senior
High and Middle School recently
announced the second quarter
Honor Roll students.
Grade 7: High Honors: Forrest
Callahan, Emily Demko, Shayla
DiPasquale, Samuel Edwards,
Adam Grisham, Brian Hardiman,
Emma Herbert, Morgan Kline,
Amanda Learn, Justis Miller,
Katherine Noss, Luke Pavill,
Skylar Peters, Michael Samulev-
ich, Sarah Zultevich. Honors:
Kaelee Albertson, Brittany Bitto,
Victoria Buziak, Kiersten Ed-
dinger, Brittani Jo George, Julia
Grattan, Joseph Groff, Dannielle
Grose, Tara Herman, Morgan
Lancenese, Benjamin Macierow-
ski, Mitchell Mazonkey, Noah
McGovern, Karleigh Poeth, Carlie
Pszeniczny, Shelby Spencer,
Jesse Tarnowski, Cole Ung-
varsky, Cheyenne Wildoner, Ania
Williams, Dylan Womelsdorf,
Devone Zagata, Alijah Zielecki.
Grade 8: High Honors: Ashley
Brubaker, Rachel Connolly, Alan
Diltz, Catherine George, El-
izabeth Gurzynski, Katie Jones,
Tanner Kennedy, Kaylee Kish-
baugh, Sarah Kozlowski, Benja-
min Krouse, Tanner MacDougall,
Vincent Pavill IV, Terasa Pieron-
toni, Garrett Reese, Alex Schech-
terly, Brooke Stavitzski, Jeremy
Walsh. Honors: Neno Agnello,
Andrew Boberick, Douglas
Campbell, Carlee Capece, Erin
Cerase, Tyde Chamberlain, Emily
Clarke, Kelsey Cook, Luke Dadey,
Kira Dempsey, Maggie Dow,
Angel Engle, Eric Evans, Hannah
Everett, Haily Gee, Reese God-
frey, Joseph Hall III, Brianna
Hardiman, Bryce Harrison,
Cheyenne Huffman, Alexis Ken-
nedy, Jillian Kondrosky, Anya
Leitem, Joshua Marr, Brooke
Mendegro, Abaigael Noss, Bran-
don Reno, Garrett Roche, Ariana
Saxe, Zachary Schwartz, Auston
Simonson, Jared Sivco, Kaelyn
Strish, Alexis Verbinski, Hayley
Zavislak.
Grade 9: High Honors: Breauna
Decker, Emily Gleco, Cody Hart,
Stephen Lehner, Margaret Mur-
phy, Taylor Pawlik, Jacob Ratow-
ski, Emily Snyder, Marissa Sor-
ber, Kelby Truchon. Honors:
Nathan Avery, Anthony Bober-
ick, Samantha Boyer, Matthew
Boyes, Zachary Briggs, Tyler
Burger, Shelby Burke, Megan
Cragle, Kyle Dunay, Emma Ever-
ett, Megan Finnen, Kaitlyn Ford,
Hope Hudak, Joshua Huffman,
Lindsay Kashnicki, Bryanna
Krolick, Shannon McCabe, Syd-
ney Moyer, Lane Naugle, Mor-
ganne Piestrak, Olivia Piestrak,
Tori Reinard, Faith Rierson,
Mitchell Stepanski, Spencer
Sutliff, Bailey Taylor, Anthony
Trent, Emily Wassel, Curtis Whit-
mire, Kelsey Yustat, Rachel
Zultevicz.
Grade 10: High Honors: Kaitlin
Agnello, Andrew Antolik, Be-
thany Ascenzi, Jessica Barchik,
Emily Buerger, Hailey Chapin,
Wyatt Cox, Destiny Fisher, Eric
Gurzynski, Kylee Hazur, Sara
Kashnicki, Tessa Leck, Sierra
Macierowski, Olivia Magni, Char-
les Margelewicz, Olivia McCorkel,
Joshua Piestrak, Angel Rollo,
Cass Rupert, David Samulevich,
Samuel Shaffer, Eric Shemelew-
ski, Bruno Walkowiak, Ashley
Williams. Honors: Janet Bash,
Kristin Bomboy, Ricki Carr, Emily
Clements, Alyssa Coutts, Victoria
Daltroff, Natasha Davenport,
Trevor Dempsey, Gray Godfrey,
Samantha Harden, Kyleigh Hoov-
er, Joseph Jenkins, Rhiannon
Judge, Kristen Kondrosky, Josh-
ua Kosek, Ashley Kottler, Michael
Lewis, Merre Martin, Denver
McCourt, Susan Mendegro,
Logan Obes, Lillian Owens,
Mason Peters, Justin Ratowski,
Kylie Sidoti, Brina Jo Sotelo,
Michaela Spaide, Andrew Swia-
tek, Kaitlyn Vargo, Hannah
Weiss, Zachary R. White, Za-
chary T. White, Alishia Whitesell.
Grade 1 1: High Honors: Hannah
Dalmas, Richard Dillon, Sara
Gleco, Amanda Jimcosky, Ken-
neth Jones III, Matthew Korea,
Elora Lencoski, Devon Mazonkey,
Tyler Meininger, Crystal Sea-
shock, Andrew Stola, Kevin
Volkel, Kyleigh Wall, Kirsten
Walsh. Honors: Tiffany Adams,
Alexander Barretts, James
Begliomini, Jr., Curtis Bohl, Kyle
Cragle, Rachel Crills, Alisa Evans,
Peter Feno, Alan Gulbierz, Harry
Haas, Daniel Krouse, Austin
Leftwich, William Mann III, Alyssa
Meeker, Jenna Morris, Erica
Sadowski, Sara Schechterly,
Loren Schemery, Lacey Schultz,
Larry Spaide, John Stahley,
Dana Wido, Alivia Womelsdorf.
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Deanna Gill, Kathryn Kalbach,
Brandylynn Macierowski, Joelle
Marvin, Karly Mason, Jeffrey
Nelson, Andrew Rindos, Matthew
Schwiter. Honors: Travis Anto-
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Buczek, Brandon Butler, Joshua
Dunay, Michael Faruolo, Drew
Godfrey, Cody Halchak, Joshua
Hess, Amber Holoman, Heather
Hufford, Maranda Koehn, Kristi-
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The Womens Society of SS.
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and guests were treated to
dinner and entertainment, which
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School. Celebrating the season
on the Feast of the Epiphany has
become a tradition for the
group. Seated: the Rev. John
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from left: Joanne Nixxon, Marty
Yanaitis, Joanne Milman and
Joan Pisack, committee mem-
bers. The Rev. Joseph Greskiew-
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SS. Peter & Paul
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Several Scouts from Cub Scout Pack 193 of Swoyersville recently received their Catholic religious
award. They received their awards during Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Swoyersville in celebration of
Scouting Sunday. From left, first row, are: Johnathan Brokenshire and Riley Dieffenbach, who received
the Parvuli Dei award along with Zeb Moses who received the Light of Christ award. Second row: Tyler
Gillespie, Colin Matello, Nate Remsky and Charles Heckman who also received the Parvuli Dei award. In
back: The Rev. Joseph J. Pisaneschi who presented the awards.
Cub Scouts receive Catholic religious awards
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upcoming marriage.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of
Janet Miles, New York, and Brian
Miles, West Pittston. She is the
granddaughter of Constance J. Varhe-
ly and the late Edward J. Varhely,
Hanover Township; Patricia Salcedo,
Exeter; and the late Thomas Miles,
Wilkes-Barre.
The prospective groom is the son
of Paul and Catherine Matreselva,
Swoyersville. He is the grandson of
Amy George and the late Michael
George, Wilkes-Barre, and the late
Angeline and Joseph Matreselva,
Wyoming.
Nicole attended Hanover Area
Jr./Sr. High School and Luzerne
County Community College. She is
employed at TelerX in Hanover
Township.
Paul attended Wyoming Valley
West High School and Luzerne Coun-
ty Community College. He is the
general manager of Pierce Street
Motors in Kingston.
The couple recently purchased a
home together in Swoyersville, where
they reside with the bride-to-bes
four-year-old son, Tyler.
They will exchange vows on June
24, 2012, at The Waterfront in Wilkes-
Barre. They will celebrate their mar-
riage with a honeymoon in Cancun,
Mexico.
Matreselva, Miles
M
r. and Mrs. Robert Sapak,
Wilkes-Barre, announce the
engagement and approaching mar-
riage of their daughter, Jamie Lee, to
Kenneth Pepperling, son of Renita
Fennick, Wilkes-Barre Township, and
Thomas Pepperling, Kingston.
Ms. Sapak is the granddaughter of
Pauline (Shirley) Mancini, Ashley;
the late Albert (George) Mancini;
and the late Regina and William A.
Sapak Sr.
Mr. Pepperling is the grandson of
the late Adolph and Theresa Fennick
and the late Elmer and Ruth Pepper-
ling.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of
Elmer L. Meyers High School and
will graduate in May from Portland
State University with a Bachelor of
Science degree in criminology and
criminal justice with a certification in
criminal behavior. She is employed
by Geisinger Wyoming Valley Med-
ical Center.
Mr. Pepperling is a graduate of
Elmer L. Meyers High School and
Kings College, where he earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in busi-
ness administration. He is employed
by the Olive Garden, Wilkes-Barre.
The couple will exchange vows on
June 22, 2012, in Our Lady of Hope
Church, Wilkes-Barre.
Sapak, Pepperling
M
r. and Mrs. Michael Spurlin,
Bucks County, Pa., proudly an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Lauren Spurlin, to James
Petersen, son of James and Kathleen
Petersen, Hillsborough, N.J.
Miss Spurlin attended cosmetology
school at the Vidal Sassoon Academy
in Santa Monica, Calif., and is em-
ployed as a hairstylist in North Wales,
Pa.
Mr. Petersen is a graduate of Arizo-
na State University and is employed
as a chef in King of Prussia, Pa.
Miss Spurlin is the granddaughter
of Dolores Goble and Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Spurlin, Dallas, Pa.
The wedding is planned for Febru-
ary 2013 at the Historic Hotel Be-
thlehem, Bethlehem, Pa.
Spurlin, Petersen
T
ogether with their families,
Doctors Eric John Pape and
Danielle Marie Porcello are
pleased to announce their up-
coming marriage.
Eric is the son of John and
Patricia Pape, Larksville. He is
the grandson of Mary Shymansky,
the late Robert Shymansky and
the late John and Ann Pape.
He is a 2004 graduate of Wilkes
University, where he earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in
biology. Eric completed his Doc-
tor of Optometry degree in 2008
at SUNY College of Optometry in
New York City.
Danielle is the daughter of
Ralph and Diane Porcello, Dix
Hills, N.Y. She is the grand-
daughter of Ralph and Jean Por-
cello, Middle Island, N.Y.; Frances
Haug, Glen Cove, N.Y.; and the
late Charles Haug.
She is a 2004 graduate of Villa-
nova University. She also com-
pleted her Doctor of Optometry
degree in 2008 at SUNY College
of Optometry.
The couple will be united in
marriage on April 28, 2012, at St.
Elizabeths Roman Catholic
Church, Long Island, N.Y.
Pape, Porcello
P
hilip Morgan and Leigh Zay-
koski are excited to announce
their engagement and approach-
ing marriage.
The prospective groom is the
son of Giles Morgan, Dickson
City, and Marina Morgan, Albu-
querque, N.M., and the stepson
of Jean Morgan, Dickson City.
He is the grandson of the late
Willard and Marie Morgan and
the late Henry and Helen Jacu-
kowicz.
Morgan is employed by CVS
Caremark, Hanover Township.
The bride-to-be is the daughter
of Anthony and Susan Zaykoski,
Bear Creek Township. She is the
granddaughter of the late Antho-
ny and Florence Zaykoski and
the late William and Eldora
Crawford.
Zaykoski is the owner of Word
of Mouse Communications, a
copywriting and marketing con-
sulting firm, and a regular con-
tributor to Northeast Nursing
News magazine.
The couple will exchange vows
on May 26, 2012, at Messiah
Primitive Methodist Church,
Bear Creek Township. The Rev.
Reginald Thomas will preside
over the ceremony.
Zaykoski, Morgan
L
evi Gannon and Kristin Ro-
berts, along with their parents,
announce their engagement and
upcoming marriage.
The bride-to-be is a 1999 gradu-
ate of Lake-Lehman High School
and a 2003 graduate of Wilkes
University, where she earned her
bachelors degree in elementary
education and English. She is
employed as a fifth-grade teacher
by the Lake-Lehman School Dis-
trict.
The prospective groom is a
2000 graduate of Tunkhannock
Area High School and a 2004
graduate of The Pennsylvania
State University, where he earned
a bachelors degree in electrical
engineering. He is employed as a
patent examiner by the United
States Patent and Trademark Of-
fice.
The couple will exchange vows
on June 30, 2012.
Gannon, Roberts
S
arahCheatleyandJeffreySabecky,
together withtheir families, an-
nouncetheir engagement andap-
proachingmarriage.
Thebride-to-beis thedaughter of
StevenCheatleyandthelateElizabeth
Cheatley, Plymouth. Sheis thegrand-
daughter of thelateDorothyCheatley.
Theprospectivegroomis thesonof
EdwardandPatricia Sabecky, Hanover
Township. Heis thegrandsonof thelate
Amelia andCharles Pugh, Hanover
Township, andEdwardandIreneSa-
becky, Sugar Notch.
Thebride-to-beis a 2005graduateof
WyomingValleyWest HighSchool. She
earnedanassociates degreeingeneral
studies fromLuzerneCountyCommu-
nityCollegein2010. Sheis employedat
CVSCaremarkas a pharmacytech.
Theprospectivegroomis a 2001
graduateof Hanover Area HighSchool.
Heis employedat Cardinal Glass andis
a member of theHanover Township
FireDepartment.
Thecouplewill exchangevows on
Oct. 13, 2012, at All St. ParishChurch,
Plymouth.
Sabecky, Cheatley
F
our generations of the Zwa-
rycz family recently gathered
to celebrate the 90th birthday of
John Zwarycz, Pittston.
John is a former bus driver
for Yatesville/Parrish Bus Com-
pany.
He has five children, Rosemary
Massara, Jim, Ron, the late Rob-
ert and the late Evelyn Shaw.
Four generations at the party,
from left, first row, are John
Zwarycz and his daughter, Ro-
semary Massara, Pittston. Sec-
ond row: grandson Tony Massa-
ra, Shippensburg, and great-
grandchildren Anna, 5, Peter, 8,
and Joey, 10; and granddaughter
Maria Sypniewski, Wyoming, and
great-grandchildren, Nina, 1 1,
and Zachary, 15.
Four generations of
Zwarycz family gather
PITTSTON: The Pittston Memo-
rial Library, 47 Broad St., is hosting
A Blind Date with a Book event
from now until April 10.
Books wrapped in newspaper will
be available for take out. There will
be various types of books, including
fiction, non-fiction, comedies, in-
formational and romances. The
books will be checked out without
un-wrapping the paper.
A Rate Your Date slip will be
provided for reviews of the book.
Each slip returned to the library will
be entered into a raffle for a Barnes
and Noble gift certificate. Deadline to
enter is April 10.
The library will also have six Sim-
ple Touch Nooks available for check
out beginning March 1. The Nooks
will come preloaded with best sellers
and classics for adults and young
adults, thanks to the generosity of the
Friends of the Pittston Library. Some
requirements apply.
Simple Touch Nooks can be re-
served at the library or by calling
654-9565.
IN BRIEF
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical
Center
Clauson-Alt, Megan and Brian Alt, Lake
Ariel, a son, Feb. 3.
Blom, Teresa and Richard Harvey, Tunk-
hannock, a daughter, Feb. 3.
Roberts, Tiffany, Wilkes-Barre, a son, Feb.
3.
Smallcomb, Jillian and Jason A. Walski,
Wilkes-Barre, a daughter, Feb. 3.
Rezykowski, Amanda and Anthony,
Meshoppen, a daughter, Feb. 3.
Yanchulis, Jenna and Edward, Dupont, a
daughter, Feb. 4.
Paulino, Jazmine and Carolos Matos,
Hazleton, a daughter, Feb. 5.
Close, Quanise, Wilkes-Barre, a son, Feb.
5.
Yost, Stacy and Evan, Drums, a son, Feb.
6.
Shultz, Brittany and Lester E. Sites Jr.,
Dallas, a son, Feb. 6.
Evans, Danielle and Joshua, Shavertown,
twin son and daughter, Feb. 7.
Jones, Nancy and Christopher, Harveys
Lake, a son, Feb. 7.
Smith, Cassandra and Michael Whitmier,
Nanticoke, a daughter, Feb. 7.
Ruggeri, Rachael and Michael, Mountain
Top, a daughter, Feb. 7.
Nun, Crissey and Eric, Weatherly, a son,
Feb. 8.
Brown, Janee and Dwight Woods, Exeter,
a daughter, Feb. 8.
Moran, Danielle and William, Wyoming, a
son, Feb. 9.
George, Jessica and James Pitts Jr.,
Avoca, a daughter, Feb. 9.
Adzema, Christina and Erik, Swoyersville,
a son, Feb. 9.
Sieminski, Jennifer and David, Forty
Fort, a son, Feb. 9.
Lispi, Sarah and Lee, Swoyersville, a
daughter, Feb. 10.
Otway, Desiree and Omar Kellom, Wilkes-
Barre, a son, Feb. 10.
Rutkoski, Kelly and Joseph, Sugar Notch,
a son, Feb. 10.
Kaur, Baljeet and Jasuar Singh, Hanover
Township, a son, Feb. 1 1.
Cragle, Marissa and Joshua, Dallas, a son,
Feb. 1 1.
Papciak, Lori and Erick Siegfried,
Throop, a son, Feb. 12.
Martinez, Rosa and Jose Pena, Wilkes-
Barre, a daughter, Feb. 13.
Brojakowski, Tanya and Jared Cross,
Nanticoke, a daughter, Feb. 13.
Zongaro, Kelly and David, a son, Feb. 14.
Wiss, Maria and Paul, Moscow, a daugh-
ter, Feb. 14
White, Jessica and Wayne, Plains Town-
ship, a daughter, Feb. 14.
Gagliardi, Corinna and Michael Dixon,
Exeter, a daughter, Feb. 15.
Scott, Rashaine, Wilkes-Barre, a son, Feb.
15.
Nesbitt Womens and Childrens Center
at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Reid, Julie E. and Herbert F. Beere III,
Plymouth Township, a daughter, Feb. 6.
Schinse, Gabrielle, Wilkes-Barre, a son,
Feb. 7.
Dileo, Breanne, Courtdale, a son, Feb. 7.
Sokolowski, Erin and Raymond William-
son, Glen Lyon, a daughter, Feb. 7.
Millner, MaryAnna and Randy, Kingston, a
son, Feb. 8.
Andrews, Amber and Randy Groner,
Kingston, a daughter, Feb. 8.
Freeman, Brianne and Andrew Jackson,
Edwardsville, a daughter, Feb. 9.
China, Patti and DeShawn, Forty Fort, a
daughter, Feb. 9.
Stahlnecker, Jessica and Erik, Mountain
Top, a son, Feb. 9.
Wychock, Kathleen Ann and David Tho-
mas Jr., Mountain Top, a daughter, Feb.
9.
Radley, Sirena and Tim Nichol, Dallas, a
daughter, Feb. 9.
Kapitula, Tamara and Robert Janosky,
Kingston, a son, Feb. 10.
Kropa, Lisa and Mark J., Greentown, a
son, Feb. 10.
Kazimi, Suzie and Mohammed Ziadeh,
Kingston, a son, Feb. 10.
Gajeski, Kerri and Keith, Thornhurst, a
daughter, Feb. 10.
Bissol, Tracy and Joseph P., Beaver
Meadows, a daughter, Feb. 12.
Brady, Laura and Gene, Wyoming, a son,
Feb. 13.
Zielinski, Stephanie and Brandon Jones,
West Pittston, a son, Feb. 14.
Vega, Maribel and Johnathan Torres,
Wilkes-Barre, a son, Feb. 14.
Nafus, Keri and Josh, Shickshinny, a
daughter, Feb. 14.
Dean, Crystal Gordan and Jeremy, Ed-
wardsville, a son, Feb. 14
Jackson, Alicia and Robert Smith, Pitt-
ston, a son, Feb. 15.
Dupcavitch, Stevei and Jamie Martin,
Exeter, a daughter, Feb. 15.
Rinehart, Kayla and Justin Whitebread,
Mountain Top, a son, Feb. 16.
Goble, Genevieve and Brian Thorek Jr.,
Wilkes-Barre, a daughter, Feb. 17.
Decowski, Andrea and Marc, Mountain
Top, a daughter, Feb. 17.
Wagner, Katie and Mirnes Babic, Moosic,
a daughter, Feb. 17.
Frederick, Ashley Marie, Pittston, a son,
Feb. 18.
Falchetti, Kiersten and Shawn, Dallas, a
daughter, Feb. 20.
Applegate, Courtney and Joshua Klee-
dorfer, Wilkes-Barre, a daughter, Feb.
20.
BIRTHS
K.M. Smith Elementary School, Nanticoke, is holding its annual Literacy Night
for students and parents of the school 5-6:30 p.m. March 6. Dr. Seuss is the
theme for this years event. The Greater Nanticoke Area Family Center will pre-
sent information and include activities for non-school-age children and Joan
Solano, reading coach, will be available with information on early literacy devel-
opment. The staff will be demonstrating different reading activities from blending
words to showcasing the new Apple IPODS that are used in one of the kindergar-
ten classes. Members of the planning committee, from left, first row, are Mrs.
Mendrzycki, Ms. Mullen, Mrs. Solano and Mrs. Coleman. Second row: Ms. Paganuc-
ci, Ms. DeCinti, Mrs. Wojciechowski, Mrs. Thomas and Ms. Mash.
Literacy Night set at K.M. Smith Elementary School
K
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O C C A S I O N S
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decide how your wedding notice
reads, with a few caveats.
Wedding announcements run in
Sundays People section, with
black-and-white photos, free of
charge.
Articles must be limited to 220
words, and we reserve the right to
edit announcements that exceed
that word count. Announcements
must be typed or submitted via
www.timesleader.com. (Click on
the "people" tab, then weddings
and follow the instructions from
there.) Submissions must include
a daytime contact phone number
and must be received within 10
months of the wedding date. We
do not run first-year anniversary
announcements or announce-
ments of weddings that took place
more than a year ago. (Wedding
photographers often can supply
you with a black-and-white proof
in advance of other album pho-
tographs.)
All other social announcements
must be typed and include a day-
time contact phone number.
Announcements of births at local
hospitals are submitted by hospi-
tals and published on Sundays.
Out-of-town announcements
with local connections also are
accepted. Photos are only accept-
ed with baptism, dedication or
other religious-ceremony an-
nouncements but not birth an-
nouncements.
Engagement announcements
must be submitted at least one
month before the wedding date to
guarantee publication and must
include the wedding date. We
cannot publish engagement an-
nouncements once the wedding
has taken place.
Anniversary photographs are
published free of charge at the
10th wedding anniversary and
subsequent five-year milestones.
Other anniversaries will be pub-
lished, as space allows, without
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SOCIAL PAGE GUIDELINES
C
arly M. Drahus, D.O. , daughter of
Joseph and Tina Drahus, West
Wyoming, and Christopher P. Snyder,
son of Philip and Patricia Snyder,
Audubon, N.J., were married on Feb.
26, 2011, in St. Peters Roman Cathol-
ic Church, Merchantville, N.J. The
Rev. Allain Capras celebrated the
nuptial mass.
Readings were performed by Mary
Manion and Craig Adair, friends of
the groom. The gifts were presented
by Antoinette Drahus-Paone and
Tanya Drahus-Greeley, cousins of the
bride.
The bride chose her friends Sara
Nardone as her maid of honor and
Erin Barnard as her matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Ann Wisloski and
Laura Wisloski, cousins of the bride;
Kim Snyder, sister of the groom; and
Megan Marshall, Nina Vecchione,
Candace Robb-Rarey and Moha Kul-
karni, friends of the bride.
The groom chose his friend Mark
Hebert as his best man. Groomsmen
were Pete Knast, cousin of the
groom; Joseph Drahus and David
Drahus, brothers of the bride; and
Tom Maioriello, Paul Santangelo,
Dan LeFebvre, Christopher Miller
and the late Dusty Spreng, friends of
the groom.
The bride chose Kaylee Dawson,
niece of the groom, as her flower girl
and the groom chose Philip Gristina,
cousin of the bride, as his ring bearer.
The bride carried a bouquet of
white calla lilies and roses which
were a symbol of her beloved grand-
mothers, Rose Maira and Lillian
Drahus. On her bouquet were crystal
picture charms of her late grandpar-
ents, Rose and Joseph Maira and
Lillian Drahus, and of the grooms
late grandparents, Marylou Knast
and Neri and Margaret Snyder.
An evening cocktail hour and re-
ception were held at The Merion,
Cinnaminson, N.J.
The bride is a 2000 graduate of
Wyoming Area Secondary Center,
Exeter, Pa. She is a 2004 cum laude
graduate from Dickinson College,
where she earned a Bachelor of Sci-
ence degree in chemistry. In 2008,
she earned the degree of Doctor of
Osteopathy from Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine. She is a
fourth-year resident at Albert Ein-
stein Medical Center, Philadelphia,
Pa., in the Emergency Medicine Resi-
dency Program, class of 2012. Upon
graduation from residency, she has
accepted a position with J.H. Gate-
wood Emergency Services, P.A., as an
Emergency Medicine Physician at
Northside Hospital and Heart In-
stitute, St. Petersburg, Fla.
The groom is a 1999 graduate of
Audubon High School. He graduated
from Camden County Community
College in 2002 with a degree in
criminal justice. He is a 2007 gradu-
ate of the Camden County Police
Academy, serving as platoon leader.
He served as a police officer for the
Camden City Police Department in
the Special Operations Unit. He is
pursuing his Bachelor of Arts/Master
of Business Administration degrees
at the University of South Florida.
The couple honeymooned in Punta
Cana, Dominican Republic.
Drahus, Snyder
M
ary Gertrude Kurlandski and
Albert William Adomitis
were united in holy matrimony
on Sept. 23, 2011, at St. Judes
Parish, Mountain Top by the
Rev. Gerald Shantillo.
The bride is the daughter of
John and Mary Kurlandski,
Swoyersville. She is the grand-
daughter of the late Frank and
Mary Sorick, Pittston, and the
late John and Helen Kurlandski,
Plains Township.
The groom is the son of Ma-
rion Adomitis and the late Al-
bert Adomitis, Wilkes-Barre. He
is the grandson of Helen Lut-
koski and the late William Lut-
koski, Wilkes-Barre, and the late
Joe and Anna Adomitis, Wilkes-
Barre.
The bride was escorted down
the aisle by her father and chose
her sister Susan as her maid of
honor. Flower girls were her
sister Christina Kurlandski and
Anna Holstine, niece of the
groom.
Albert chose John Bilski as his
best man. Groomsmen were
Mark, John Jr. and Frank Kur-
landski, brothers of the bride.
Scripture readings were given
by Joy Kurlandski, sister of the
bride, and Alyssa Bonomo, niece
of the groom. Offertory gifts
were presented by the grooms
sisters, Susan Holstine and Judy
Bonomo.
An evening cocktail hour and
wedding reception were held at
The Ice House in Mountain Top.
Mary is a 1992 graduate of
Bishop OReilly High School. She
earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in nursing and a major in
psychology in from Wilkes Uni-
versity in 1996. She is employed
as a registered nurse in the Crit-
ical Care Unit of Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital.
Albert is a 1988 graduate of
GAR Memorial High School. He
was in the Armed Services 109th
Field Artillery for six years. He
earned an EMS paramedic de-
gree in 1992 and an associates
degree in nursing from Luzerne
County Community College in
1994. He earned his Bachelor of
Science degree in nursing from
the University of Delaware in
1999 and his masters degree in
anesthesia from the University of
Scranton in 2005. Albert is em-
ployed as a certified registered
nurse anesthetist at Hazleton
General Hospital.
The couple honeymooned in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica. They
reside in Mountain Top.
Kurlandski, Adomitis
M
arya Morris and John Nackley,
together with their parents,
announce their engagement and
approaching marriage.
The bride-to-be is the daughter
of Daniel and Maureen Morris,
Kingston. She is the granddaughter
of the late Daniel and Helen Mor-
ris, Edwardsville, and the late Har-
ry and Florence Kocylowski, Ply-
mouth.
The prospective groom is the
son of John Nackley, Harveys Lake
and Dena Nackley, Dallas. He is
the grandson of the late George
and Sara Nackley, Wilkes-Barre,
and Ralph and Ann Capristo,
Wilkes-Barre.
Marya is a 2001 graduate of
Wyoming Valley West High School.
She earned her Bachelor of Science
degree in elementary education
and a minor in psychology from
The Pennsylvania State University.
She earned a masters degree in
education from Wilkes University.
Marya will complete her reading
specialist certification from Kings
College this fall. She is employed
as a first-grade teacher at Wyoming
Valley West School District.
John Nackley is a 2001 graduate
of Dallas High School. He earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in busi-
ness administration and a Master
of Business Administration degree
from Saint Josephs University,
Philadelphia. He is director of
marketing for Maslow Lumia Bar-
torillo Advertising, Wilkes-Barre.
The couple will exchange vows
July 21, 2012, at The Terraview
Chapel in the Poconos.
Nackley, Morris
M
r. and Mrs. James M. Blandi-
na, Wyoming, are proud to
announce the engagement and
upcoming marriage of their
daughter, Jaime, to Jay Wein-
schenk, son of Attorney and
Mrs. Alfred Weinschenk, Clarks
Green.
The bride-to-be is the grand-
daughter of Helen C. Adonizio,
Pittston; the late Charles A.
Adonizio Jr.; and Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Blandina, Wyoming.
The prospective groom is the
grandson of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Weinschenk, Dun-
more, and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Houllihan, Clarks Summit.
Ms. Blandina is a graduate of
Scranton Preparatory High
School and the University of
Delaware, where she earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in
business administration with a
minor in international marketing.
She is employed with Geisinger
Health System as an operations
manager in community practice
in the Scranton Department.
Mr. Weinschenk is a graduate
of Scranton Preparatory High
School and Catholic University,
Washington, D.C., where he
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
in financial management. Mr.
Weinschenk also earned a Mas-
ters of Business Administration
degree from the University of
Scranton. He is employed with
Net Driven as a client relations
executive.
The couple plans to exchange
vows on May 26, 2012.
Blandina, Weinschenk
M
r. and Mrs. Joseph S. Kovaleski
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary on Feb. 24, 2012. The
couple was married in 1962 at St.
Marys Church, Swoyersville, by the
Rev. E.J. Zawodniak.
Mrs. Kovaleski is the former Ger-
aldine Grace. She is the daughter of
the late John and Stella Grace.
Mr. Kovaleski is the son of the late
Stanley and Victoria Kovaleski.
The couple has three children: son
Joseph S. Kovaleski Jr. and his wife,
Maria, Swoyersville; daughter Debbie
A. (Kovaleski) Ulitchney and her
husband, Ronald, Trucksville; son
David C. Kovaleski and his wife,
Irene, Plains Township. They have
four grandchildren, Christopher and
Bryanna Kovaleski, Stephanie Grace
Ulitchney, and David Edmund Kova-
leski.
Prior to retirement, Joseph Kova-
leski was a guard at the State Correc-
tional Institution at Dallas. Gerrie
Kovaleski retired from Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital.
To mark the occasion, the couple
renewed their vows in Holy Name/
St. Marys Church, Swoyersville. A
dinner, in the couples honor, was
given by their children at Costellos
Restaurant in Edwardsville.
The Kovaleskis
E
merson Louise Bomber, daughter
of Lee and Brittany Balchune
Bomber, formerly of
Duryea, was baptized
on Jan. 22 at Holy
Rosary Church, Du-
ryea.
A celebration was
held at Memorable
Occasions in her
honor.
Emersons parents chose Jeremy
Ambrosavage and Bridgette Balchune
as godparents.
Maternal grandparents are William
and Charlotte Balchune, Duryea.
Paternal grandmother is Deborah
Bomber, Duryea.
The family resides in Henryville.
Emerson L. Bomber
baptized
N
ancy and Paul R. Ferdinand,
Drifton, are happy to announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Nicole, to Brett Freeman, son of Joan
and Bob Freeman, Drums.
The bride-to-be graduated from
MMI Preparatory School in 2004;
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
(Robert E. Cook Honors College) in
2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in psychology; and Indiana University
of Pennsylvania in 2009 with a Mas-
ter of Education degree in education-
al psychology. She is attending Kutz-
town University, where she will grad-
uate with her Master of Education
degree in secondary school counsel-
ing on May 12, 2012.
The prospective groom graduated
from Mahwah High School in 2003;
Penn State University in 2007 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in crime, law
and justice; and Indiana University
(Maurer School of Law) in 2010 with
his Doctorate of Jurisprudence. He is
an associate at Sabatini Law Firm,
Dunmore.
A July 2012 wedding is planned.
Freeman, Ferdinand
A
lyssa Bria and Daniel Donovan,
together with their families, are
pleased to announce their engage-
ment and upcoming marriage.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of
Frank Bria, Wilkes-Barre, and the late
Regina Bria.
The prospective groom is the son
of Joseph and Anne Donovan, Marl-
ton, N.J.
Alyssa is a 2006 graduate of James
M. Coughlin High School. She
earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in accounting from Kings College in
2010. She is employed by Kraft
Foods.
Daniel is a 2006 graduate of Holy
Cross High School, Delran, N.J. He
earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in finance from Kings College in
2010 and is pursuing his Master of
Business Administration degree from
Rowan University. He is employed by
Curtis Circulation Company.
The couple will exchange vows on
Sept. 29, 2012, at St. Marys of the
Immaculate Conception Church,
Wilkes-Barre. A reception will follow
at the Genetti Hotel and Conference
Center, Wilkes-Barre.
Bria, Donovan
March 6
WILKES-BARRE: Toastmasters In-
ternational, 5:15 p.m. at Sundance
Vacations, Presentation Room, 264
Highland Park Blvd. All are welcome.
The public speaking, leadership and
self-improvement club meets the first
and third Tuesdays of each month. For
more information contact Rick at
417-7036; visit the website toastmas-
ters.org; or email toastmas-
terswb@gmail.com.
MEETINGS
K
aren Hannington and Benjamin
Zehner, together with their fam-
ilies, announce their engagement and
approaching marriage.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of
the late Sherrin Hannington, Exeter.
The groom is the son of Jeffrey
Zehner, Scranton, and Tonya Zehner,
Dunmore.
The bride-to-be is a 1992 graduate
of Wyoming Area High School, Exe-
ter, and a 2007 graduate of Kings
College, Wilkes-Barre, where she
earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in
psychology. Karen is pursuing her
Master of Science degree in orga-
nizational leadership. She is employ-
ed by National University, Hender-
son, Nev., as an admissions adviser.
The prospective groom is a 1998
graduate of Dunmore High School
and a 2003 graduate of Pennsylvania
State University, State College, where
he earned a bachelors degree in
business administration and finance.
Ben is employed by Harrahs Enter-
tainment, Las Vegas, Nev.
The couple will exchange vows on
June 17, 2012.
Zehner, Hannington
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School, 5 Stout St., Yatesville, or the Dupont Municipal Office, 600 Chestnut St. Dupont. Fibers of the Earth will pay per pound to the Leos
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mascot; Jessica Baker, secretary; Christine DAgostino; and Megan Dougherty, treasurer. Second row: Dominique DelPriore, Katie Johnson,
Nicole Lazevnick, Rachael Lazevnick, Christine Briggs and Haleigh Zurek. Third row: Jessika Timinski, Jamie Baker, Britanny Hypolite, Lea
Garibaldi, Marie Terese Fox, Marie Cary, Samantha Piazza and Josh Zurek.
Pittston Area Leos Club co-sponsoring shoe/clothing drive
WILKES-BARRE: TheWyom-
ing Valley Poetry Society is ac-
ceptingentries for its annual stu-
dent poetry contest held in con-
junction with the Fine Arts Fies-
ta in Wilkes-Barre. The contest
is open to students in grades 1
through 12 from throughout
northeastern Pennsylvania.
Poems may be rhymed or free
verse and are not to exceed 32
lines. They must be original, un-
published works created by the
student. Entries should be sub-
mitted on 8-by-11-inch, white pa-
per and typed or neatly written
in blue or black ink. Lined paper
is allowed. No odd-sized paper,
light-colored ink, penciled en-
tries or artwork.
The poetry will be judged in
the following age groups: Pri-
mary, grades 1-3; Intermediate,
grades 4-6; Junior, grades 7-9;
and Young Adult, grades 10-12.
First-place, second-place, third-
place and honorable mention
awards will begiven. All winners
will receive a certificate suitable
for framingandwill be invitedto
read their poem on the main
stage at 11 a.m. May 20 at the
Fine Arts Fiesta. They will also
have their pictures published in
the newspaper.
All entries should include, on
the reverse side of the poem, the
following information: students
name, grade, school, home
town, phone number and teach-
ers name. Poems should be
mailed to W.V.P.S. Student Poet-
ry Contest, c/o Jim Spock, P.O.
Box 173, Wilkes-Barre, PA
18703. All entries must be post-
marked by March 31. Winners
will be notified on or around
May 10.
Call 570-823-0786 with any
questions.
Wyoming Valley Poetry Society
seeks student contest entrants
West Side Career and
Technology Center
Nancy P. Tkatch, administrative
director, and Jerry Ogurkis,
acting principal, West Side
Career and Technology Center
announced the names of stu-
dents who were placed on the
Honor Roll for the second
marking period.
Grade 9: Highest Honors: Emily
A. Brown. High Honors: Alexis
Padavan, Garvin D. Paisley, Troy
J. Vankevich. Honors: Carl Lee
Koprowski, Michael T. Kusma,
Rachel Langan, Lila V. Szabo,
DMitri Yakushin.
Grade 10: Highest Honors: Ash-
leigh Kristina Gillis. High Hon-
ors: Jory D. Brezinski, Matthew
A. Church, Nichole L. Hill, Paul
T. Holena, Anthony J. Katchko,
Amber D. Lewis, Alexandria E.
McManus, Paige E. Siani, Da-
nielle J. Simon, Jestina L.
Vasicak, Shannon Yavorchak.
Honors: Kenneth C. Askew,
Laura Baut, Laura E. Brown,
Jessica A. Byam, Christopher
David Cragle, Dorothy Rose
Derby, Eric W. Flaherty, Brittany
E. OConnell, Brandon W. Orlow-
ski, Kendra Sarai Poaches,
Allison Sands, Dylan M. Sherrill,
Tyler Ray Smith, Jamie Marie
Zimmerman.
Grade 1 1: High Honors: Katelynn
Deyo, Kassandra L. Edmonds,
Krista Marie Gribble, Melyssa
Nicole Laureano, Darren M.
Lupole, Hayley Alexandrea
Novak, Jessica N. Ogrodnick,
Ashley E. Williams. Honors:
Victoria M. Apostolov, Alton
Baggett, Melinda Champluvier,
Nicole L. Clayworth, Amanda
Cwalina, Jennifer L. Durk,
Barbara L. Farley, Richelle
Marcella Fountain, Alexis Ham-
lett, Nikki J. Higgins, Alexis
Regina Johnson, Rebecca
Kemp, Emilee A. Krasson, Kris-
tina R. Leitem, Emily C. Mansil-
la, Mark Aaron Mesaris, Kyle
Joseph Novitski, Kelsey Lynn
Pritchard, Haliee E. Rhodes,
Justin Romanoski, Ralph F.
Shulde, Michael Stash, Sareina
M. Wootton, Bailey Wright.
Grade 12: Highest Honors: Che-
nay R. Champluvier, Felisha
Lynn Davenport, Hannah Lee
Smith. High Honors: Nathan T.
Brodosky, Nicole Rae Daven-
port, Audre M. Edwards, Mark J.
Macosky, Kassie Rodriguez.
Honors: David A. Allen, Be-
thany M. Bielut, Brian C. Bon-
nerwith, Gage Lee Buchanan,
Shyann N. Church, Ariel H.
Courter, Llyod A. Crawford,
Samantha Jayne Edmonds,
Derrick J. Eyerman, Emily A.
Farver, George Fink, Kisem
Freeman, Michael J. Garrity,
Justin C. Grocki, Amanda R.
Hamilton, Kelly A. Jones, Jac-
queline Joseph, Elias F. Kocher,
Shane Michael Kocher, Derek R.
Lewis, Robert E. Lewis, Vera E.
Lewis, Samantha Lynn Mac-
Millan, Jesse J. Nace, Shawn
Ryan OMalley, Michael E. Price,
Terrell J. Sasser, Ryan J. Sear-
les, Stanley Sopata, Robert F.
Strachan.
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C O M M U N I T Y N E W S
Blakely Anan Ball, daughter of
Brad and Tammy Ball, is cele-
brating her fourth birthday
today, Feb. 26. Blakely is a grand-
daughter of Mayor Norm and
Peg Ball, Tunkhannock, and Joe
and Debbie Boyle, Jim Thorpe.
She has a brother, Blaize Nor-
man, 2.
Blakely A. Ball
Scarlet J. Hoskins, daughter of
Rachel and Jason Hoskins,
Larksville, is celebrating her
second birthday today, Feb. 26.
Scarlet is a granddaughter of
Linda Grayson, Panama City
Beach, Fla., and the late David
and Nancy Morgan. She has a
brother, Anthony, and two sis-
ters, Courtney and Sara.
Scarlet J. Hoskins
Elyse Leigh Kunec, daughter of
William and Amy Kunec, Hanov-
er Township, is celebrating her
third birthday today, Feb. 26.
Elyse is a granddaughter of
Sandra Beggs, Nanticoke, and
William and Barbara Kunec, Lee
Park. She is a great-grand-
daughter of Irene Beggs, Nanti-
coke. Elyse has a brother, Ian, 6.
Elyse L. Kunec
Amiah Elizabeth Wade, daughter
of Joni Wade, Wilkes-Barre,
celebrated her fourth birthday
Feb. 6. Amiah is a granddaughter
of Jo Ann Wade, Wilkes-Barre,
and the late Robert Stancik, Zion
Grove. She is a great-grand-
daughter of Joan Herbert and
the late William Herbert, Wilkes-
Barre.
Amiah E. Wade
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
The 76th annual Heights Saint Davids Day Banquet honoring the patron saint of Wales will be held
6:30 p.m. Friday at the First Welsh Presbyterian Church, East Northampton and Meade streets, Wilkes-
Barre, for the men and sons of the church and community. Tickets are $15 and are available from any of
the committee members. The speaker will be David Williams, a society member, who earned his mas-
ters degree in education from Wilkes University. Williams, a teacher in the Scranton Area School Dis-
trict, will talk about his many trips to Wales to study genealogy. Organist and song leader will be Glenn
Ryman. Invocation will be given by Pastor Chester Dudick from the Meade Street Baptist Church and
the benediction will be given by the Rev. George Kropp from the Laurel Run Primitive Methodist
Church. H. Merritt Hughes will be the master of ceremonies. Catering will be provided by Dukeys Caf.
Committee members, from left, are Ryan Anthony, Jeff Borosky, Jim Anthony, Jonathan Comitz, Bob
Anthony, Dr. William Lewis Jr. and Jack Owens.
Heights Saint Davids Day Banquet planned at First Welsh Presbyterian Church
Good Shepherd Academy students recently competed in a Race
for Education Program to raise money for future class trips. The
top four students that collected the most money received a $50
savings bond from Luzerne National Bank. Other awards were
given to students who ran the most laps and raised the most mon-
ey for their class. Savings bond winners, from left: Brady Eggles-
ton, first grade; Brennan Eggleston, third grade; Samantha Soko-
lowsky, seventh grade; Emily Stefanik, fifth grade; and James
Jones, principal.
Students participate in Race for Education
St. Frances Cabrini Parish
along with the Vietnamese
Community recently cele-
brated Vietnamese New Year,
the Year of the Dragon, with a
Mass at the Franklin Township
Fire Hall. The Mass was fol-
lowed by a gathering which
included traditional Vietname-
se food and New Year festiv-
ities. More than 200 Viet-
namese parishioners attended
the event. The Rev. Vincent
Dang, shown, celebrates a
monthly Vietnamese Mass at
2 p.m. on the third Sunday of
each month at St. Frances
Cabrini Church. For more
information, call 696-3737.
Church, community note
Vietnamese New Year
Sara C. Cawley, a recent Gettys-
burg College graduate and a
2003 gradu-
ate of Tunk-
hannock
High School,
was awarded
a Fulbright
U.S. Student
Program
Scholarship.
Cawley is
studying in
Denmark at the University of
Copenhagens Danish Centre
for Forest, Landscape and
Planning. Her focus is on
collaborations role in the
formation of the Danish Na-
tional Park System. The Ful-
bright Scholarship is a presti-
gious grant from the U.S.
Department of States Ful-
bright Program to learn, teach
and conduct research around
the world. Recipients of Ful-
bright grants are selected on
the basis of academic or
professional achievement and
demonstrated leadership
potential in their fields.
Ralph Shuldi and Emilee Kras-
son were recently named
Students of the Month at the
West Side
Career and
Technology
Center.
Shuldi, a
senior in the
auto me-
chanics
program,
was named
Student of
the Month
for January.
He plans on
attending
college and
mastering in
auto me-
chanical
technology.
He is the son
of Ralph
Shuldi Sr. and Arlene Pesaven-
to, Wyoming. Krasson, a junior
in the health related tech-
nology program, was named
Student of the Month for
February. Her future goals
include college and work in
the medical profession. She is
the daughter of Joseph and
Rebecca Krasson, Plymouth.
NAMES AND FACES
Cawley
Shuldi
Krasson
The MATHCOUNTS team at Wyoming Seminary Lower School recently took first place in the Keystone
Northeast Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition held at the Luzerne County Community College. The
team advances to the state competition in Harrisburg in March. Four students placed in the top ten spots
in the individual competition rounds: Dominic Wright, Dallas, placed sixth; Alexandra Zaloga, Moosic,
finished fifth; Andrew Alday, Mountain Top, finished fourth; and Connor McGowan, Pittston, finished first.
In the countdown round, McGowan finished first and Alday finished second, advancing to the state com-
petition. Middle-school mathematics teacher Renee McGowan coached this years team. Members of the
2012 MATHCOUNTS team, from left: Daniel Paglia, Shavertown; Robert Austin, Dallas; Alday; Zaloga;
Katie Paglia, Shavertown; Alexandra Cuddy, Shavertown; Connor McGowan; Wright; Renee McGowan;
Reeya Lele, Pittston; and Satyasaran Sreeharikesan, Wilkes-Barre.
Seminary MATHCOUNTS team earns first place at competition
The Pennsylvania Department of Education recognized Wyoming Valley Wests Schuyler Avenue Ele-
mentary School for continuing to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress on the PSSA assessments for the
2010-2011 school year. Schuyler Avenue Elementary has achieved AYP consecutively since the start of the
PSSA Assessments in the 2002-2003 school year. Faculty members, from left, first row, are Sara Pape,
Connie Bookwalter, Danielle Griffin, Kristy Blizzard, Nicole Rossick, Jackie Dziak and Gwen Blaker. Second
row: Jill Widman; Lindsey Keating; Casey Kavanagh; Lenora Minetola; Alison Hoover; Samantha Bovolick;
Maylan Nicholson, guidance counselor; Raymond Whalen, principal; and Wendy Patton, head teacher.
Schuyler Avenue Elementary School recognized for test achievements
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Mediterranean and Thai food
accompanied by Absolut, per-
haps.
Do you have any favorite
books? I like anything that in-
volves politics or world
events.
Do you have a favorite
quote? Tell me what you
want, I will tell you who you
are.
What was your first car? It
was a 1978 red Austin Mini that
had a white top and windows
that folded. I used to drive it on
the beach with my friends and
it would get stuck in the sand.
Those were good times.
What would be some of
your proudest moments ei-
ther personallyor profession-
ally? I would have to say, pro-
fessionally, when I moved here
from a different country at the
age of 20 and successfully set
up a business and established
my family here. In regards to
my family, it has been seeing
my kids grow up and be suc-
cessful themselves. If you work
hard in America, good things
truly happen.
MEET
Continued from Page 1B
John Gordon writes about area
people for the Meet feature. Reach
him at 970-7229.
cause the human rights records
of Eritrea and Sudan are so abo-
minable.
In concert with the Hebrewaid
group HIAS and Council Migra-
tion Service of Philadelphia,
Stauffer tracks the movement of
Eritreans held hostage in the des-
ert.
When Eritreans are going
through difficult times, in Libya,
Egypt, or anywhere, (Stauffer) is
always the first to come out and
say, Please, please try to help,
said Eskinder Negash, who was
born in Ethiopia to Eritrean par-
ents and whomPresident Obama
appointed director of the federal
Officeof RefugeeResettlement in
2009.
Stauffer re-immersed himself
in the struggles of the small Afri-
can nation in 2003, when he
helped bring to America an Eri-
trean he knew from his Peace
Corps days teaching English, sci-
ence, and art to Eritrean teens.
Prompted to reconnect with the
man after hearing about him
from an immigrant friend they
had in common, Stauffer reached
out by e-mail and telephone.
He arranged for the man to get
a visa to the United States, and
personally paid for his plane tick-
et. He supported his successful
application for asylum. Today,
the man, his wife, andtwo daugh-
ters live inFlorida. He is business
manager for the America Team.
Eritrea has a diaspora tax,
under which Eritreans living
abroad pay 2 percent of their in-
cometoits government. Thosein
the United States often speak of
being followed or visited by peo-
ple they suspect are Afewerki
REFUGEES
Continued from Page 1B
agents, Ramic said. They dont
know who to trust.
Stauffer said he recently ex-
changed e-mails on (intimida-
tion) with the State Depart-
ment.
Eritreas Ministry of Foreign
Affairs called the accusations
against its government mali-
cious distortions and outright
lies.
Interviewed Friday, Dawit
Haile, a spokesman for the Eri-
trean Embassy in Washington,
cited numerous satellite dishes
and Internet cafes in his country
as proof that free expression is
valued. The United States and
UnitedNations demonize Eritrea
with propaganda, he said.
The United Nations awarded
Eritrea, a former Italian colony,
to Ethiopia in 1952 in a post-
World War II realignment of Afri-
ca.
A decade later, Ethiopia an-
nexed Eritrea, triggering a 30-
year war for independence that
ended after rebels defeated gov-
ernment forces and Eritrea be-
came a nation.
Along with civil strife, Eritrea
is plagued by frequent droughts
and locust swarms.
National service including
military duty with no time limit
also drives young people to
leave, adding to the refugee cri-
sis. More than 42 percent of the
population is younger than 14.
U.N. monitors have found evi-
dence that high-level Eritrean of-
ficials facilitate escapes for cash,
chargingabout $3,000per person
to leave a country where the aver-
age annual income is $710.
In a cable published two years
ago by WikiLeaks, the U.S. am-
bassador to Eritrea described
Afewerki, a former hero of the
countrys independence, as cru-
el ... defiant and unhinged.
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Ten children from St. Frances Cabrini Church, Mount Olivet Road, Wyoming, received the sacrament
of reconciliation on Jan. 28. They are preparing for their First Holy Communion which will be cele-
brated on May 5. From left, first row: Olivia Kochan, Olivia Jorda, John Paul Clerico, Abigail Lushefski,
and Michael Ford. Second row: Jessica Kozemko, class instructor; Jordon Wagner, Nathaniel Spare,
Aidan Mateos, James Lehane, Richard Chihorek, Flo Mociun, director of religious education; and the
Rev. Vincent Dang, pastor.
St. Frances Church celebrates sacrament of reconciliation
Our Lady of the Eucharist Parish, Pittston, recently celebrated first reconciliation. Having completed
a two-year preparation program, 15 children celebrated their First Reconciliation at 2 p.m. Feb. 5. Maur-
ita Bartnikowski is the coordinator of religious education and Katryna Reilly serves as catechist for the
second grade. The Rev. Thomas J. Maloney is pastor. From left, first row: Abby Lazecki, Isabella Latona,
Paige Washko, Richard Bowen, Matthew Mayers, Samantha Quinn, Avalon Starrie, and Shelby Klush.
Second row: Ben Frederick, Stephen Schott, Madion Decker, Avery McNulty, Kalyssa Reilly, Madison
Hector, and Ethan Ghannam. Third row: Bartnikowski, Rev. Maloney and Reilly.
Our Lady of the Eucharist celebrates first reconciliation
Five local scouts recently earned the United Methodist God and
Church award after a nine-week course of study under the guid-
ance of the Rev. M. Lynn Snyder at Shavertown United Methodist
Church. The scouts were required to learn more about their faith
and the history of their denomination in addition to creating a
scrapbook of their study. From left, first row, are: Alex McCarthy,
Emma Oley, a member of Girl Scout Cadet Troop 33903 in
Swoyersville; and James Hughes. Second row: Hunter Hughes, Rev.
Snyder, David Oley. All of the Boy Scouts are members of Boy
Scout Troop 281 in Dallas.
Scouts earn God and Church awards
Rice Elementary
Kevin Seyer, principal, Rice Ele-
mentary School recently an-
nounced the second quarter
Honor Roll:
Principals Honors: Shane Angle,
Jacob Antosh, Kailee Barboza,
Alyssa Bennett, Kaitlyn Bo-
beck, Matthew Brunetti, Nicho-
las Brunetti, Patrick Colo, Grant
Cormier, Justin Darden, Ryan
Deem, Brian Dwyer, Jade
Fallbright, Makena Gormley,
Ronnie Grevera, Owen Grigas,
Sara Hopkins, Manav Javia,
Holly Jones, Sarah Kalada,
Connor Kaminski, Kathryn
Karpinski, Matthew Kelly, Aa-
ron Kleger, Kevin Klusewitz,
Evan Knapp, Natasha Koslop,
Anthony Kovalchik, Kayla Kulp,
Hanna Lines, Sarah Macko,
Wesley Mahler, Julia Makowski,
Jared McCune, Ifrah Mehran,
Joseph Parsons, Spencer
Riccio, Jordan Rinehimer,
Kaitlyn Roberts, Thomas Ro-
berts, Caden Rozitski, Sebas-
tian Rucco, Anthony Ruggeri,
Joshua Rusinko, Sydney Sobe-
lewski, Wyatt Steltz, Joseph
Taylor, Kiara Tereska, Ethan
Van Gorden, Brandon Whitman,
Eric Witner, Abigail Zaleppa,
Braden Zlockie.
Honors: Tyler Albert, Zarqua
Ansari, Paul Ashton, James
Aton, Ryan Black, Lyndsey
Blackwell, Brianna Booths,
Robert Briggs, Jennifer Brown,
Robert Bueg, Kimberly Conrad,
Cassandra Cooper, Emily Drey-
fus, Julia Dreyfus, Alyssa Dul-
ski, Julia Filchak, Natasha
Geisler, Michael Golden, El-
izabeth Harding, Michelle
Heller, Brian Hilenski, Michael
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Kyleigh Kline, Chloe Lacoste,
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Steadle, Jacob Swartwood,
Samantha Swartwood, Mat-
thew Tirpak, Kayla Van Kirk,
Nicholas Vital, David Wint,
Michael Wyda, Kaitlyn Zimmer-
man.
HONOR ROLL
Clarion University
James DellaRosa, Shickshinny, a
Bachelor of Science degree in
information systems.
Ashley Deuerlein, Nanticoke, a
Master of Science degree in
rehabilitative sciences.
HACC, Central Pennsylvanias
Community College,
Harrisburg
William Pampus, Nanticoke; Robert
Basara, Pittston; Brian Ashton,
Wilkes-Barre; and Timothy
Steltz, Wilkes-Barre.
Susquehanna University,
Selinsgrove
Megan Zingaretti, Wilkes-Barre, a
Bachelor of Science degree in
accounting with a minor in
economics and math.
University of Delaware, Newark,
Del.
Kyle Slowick, Nescopeck; Royce
Vaughn, Bear Creek Township.
University of New Haven, West
Haven, Conn.
Jeremy Wizeman, Sugarloaf, a
Bachelor of Science degree in
civil engineering.
OUT-OF-TOWN
GRADUATES
The Plains Lions Club recently presented a $500 donation to the
food pantry of SS. Peter and Paul Church. Money for the donation
was made possible through the Lions fundraisers such as the
OutBack Steak Dinner and golf tournament, which is scheduled for
July 15. From left: Lion John Woloski, chairman health and welfare;
Lion John Corcoran , first vice president; Lorraine Talmon, director,
SS. Peter and Paul Food Pantry; the Rev. John Albosta, senior
priest, SS. Peter and Paul.
Plains Lions Club donates $500 to pantry
Miss Ellies Education Centers five-day and two-day preschool classes recently celebrated Pajama
Day. The students enjoyed breakfast foods for lunch which included French toast, pancakes, cereal,
fresh fruit, eggs, juice and milk. The children brought in their favorite stuffed animals and watched the
movie Bedtime Stories and listened to the story Pajama Day. Participants, from left, first row, are
Christian Padden, Nicholas Havard, Preston Zadzura, Alexys Hazeltine, Alivia Evans, Aiden Nealon and
Christopher Schlude. Second row: Nicholas Nuss, Jude Free, Branden Biller, Allison Drust, Tristin Rush-
nock and Mackenzie Kearney.
Preschoolers celebrate Pajama Day at Miss Ellies
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timesleader.com
AFTER ALL
THIS excite-
ment is over,
Dave Martin
will walk away
from a Miser-
icordia Uni-
versity basket-
ball locker room again and go
back to being an administrator.
For now, he is going to the
NCAA Tournament.
He finally got there, with a
group of young women not
men this time who believed he
could magically make their
dreams come true.
But Martin always seems to
inspire that kind of faith as a
basketball coach, no matter
what group of kids he happens
to be working with.
Hes been energizing, Miser-
icordia star scorer Christine
Marks said.
Hes been awesome, Cou-
gars guard Lauren Smicherko
said.
Hes been away too long.
Before he became the schools
athletic director, Martin made
Misericordia mens basketball
matter during his 14 seasons at
the helm.
He was always fighting an
uphill battle back in the 1990s
on a stage that included Middle
Atlantic Conference powers
Wilkes and Scranton and a
Kings College program that was
emerging at the time. But Mar-
tins teams never stopped swing-
ing.
His Cougars always fought to
the finish and never allowed
themselves to feel like second-
best, even when they runners-up
for conference titles and NCAA
Division III playoff berths in
their old league, the Pennsylva-
nia Athletic Conference.
Then Martin got the chance
to run Misericordias whole
athletic program eight years
ago, and bolted for it quicker
than one of his teams on a fast
break. Even if it meant leaving
behind the game he loves.
At the Division III level,
Martin said, theres a big pay
discrepancy between basketball
coach and AD. I have a young
family. My priority was to take
care of them.
It wasnt a difficult decision.
The hard part was staying
away.
All he wanted to do
Oh, Martin stayed involved
with his childrens teams here
and there. The two grade school
teams he coaches both won
championships this week. And
often advises his kid sister, Tina
Martin, who coaches the 25-1
University of Delaware women.
I still serve as her independ-
ent counselor, Dave Martin
laughed. We talk a lot of bas-
ketball.
It is not the same as coaching
it on the college level with the
constant interaction Martins
longed for.
Id be lying if I said I didnt,
he relented. All I ever wanted
to do was coach kids.
He got that chance a month
ago, when womens coach Tom
Griffith suddenly and myste-
riously resigned.
So the big boss came out of
the ADs office and headed
straight back into a basketball
office.
Everybody was nervous our
first practice, Smicherko said.
It turns out the rest of the
Freedom Conference, where
Misericordia now plays, should
have been most worried.
Martin not only took a team
barely above .500 when he came
aboard all the way to the Free-
dom Conference playoffs, he
marched it straight to the Free-
dom title and into the NCAAs.
PAUL SOKOLOSKI
O P I N I O N
Cougars
AD gets
his ticket
See TICKET, Page 8C
Conference power on Sat-
urday, winning the wom-
ens league title with a 64-
54 victory over top-seeded
Kings.
Misericordia has made it
to the conference tourna-
ment in each of its first four
seasons in the league, reac-
hing the finals in the past
two. After losing on the
road in last years cham-
pionship, the Cougars
made their second chance
WILKES-BARRE
With two minutes to play,
the Misericordia bench
rose to its feet for the final
time. The anticipation had
been building the entire
second half. The wait had
been longer.
For the first time in pro-
gram history, the Cougars
aregoingtotheNCAAtour-
nament.
The Cougars established
themselves as a Freedom
F R E E D O M C O N F E R E N C E C H A M P I O N S H I P S
HAPPY MISERI
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Misericordias Christine Marks cuts down the net after defeating Kings College in the womens Freedom Conference
tournament championship game in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday afternoon.
YATESVILLE Nanticokes
Kayley Schinski had made 33
three-pointers this season as
overtime began
Saturday
against Valley
View.
As the buzz-
er sounded to
end overtime,
her 34th trey
was rippling
the net, giving the Trojanettes a
43-42 overtime victory in a Dis-
trict 2 Class 3A girls basketball
quarterfinal at Pittston Area.
Then Schinski got a victory
laponthe shoulders of her team-
mates.
That was such a rush, said
Schinski, who finished with a
game-high 13 points, of being
carried by her teammates. Ive
never done that before. That
was the first time.
H I G H S C H O O L G I R L S B A S K E T B A L L
Schinskis late shot saves season
The junior sank a three-point
shot at the end of OT to
extend Nanticokes season.
By JOHN MEDEIROS
jmedeiros@timesleader.com
43
NANTICOKE
42
VALLEY VIEW
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Schoolmates and teammates raise Kayley Schinski up on thier
shoulders to celebrate after she hit a three-point shot in over-
time at the buzzer to defeat Valley View on Saturday.
See SHOT, Page 9C
HAZLETONEarlier in the
week, Crestwoods Kyle Hankin-
sonandMatt Hammerstone were
rummaging through the schools
wrestling room and pulled out
old singlets from the 1990s.
The duo decided to wear the
throwback uniforms in their fi-
nals matches in the District 2
Class 3A Championships on Sat-
urday night at Hazleton Area.
They may
want to don
those school
outfits for
the rest of
the season.
Hankin-
son, a145-pounder, andHammer-
stone, 152, won their finals
matches to extend Crestwoods
run of individual championships
to a classification-high 11th con-
secutive year.
They look good dont they?
saidHammerstone, a junior, after
defeating Abington Heights Mi-
chael Carr11-6for his first district
gold medal.
Hammerstones win immedi-
ately followed his workout part-
ners 8-3 decision over Pittston
Areas Angelo Lussi as Hankin-
sonpulledout his secondstraight
district title and extended his
teams run.
The Comets placed fourth in
the team standings with 118
points Saturday night at Hazle-
ton Area. The Comets who fol-
lowed Delaware Valley (239
points), Wyoming Valley West
(132) and Pittston Area (128) in
the team race were one of just
two WVC teams to claim multi-
ple champions joining Hazleton
Area.
Hankinson, who picked up win
No. 93 for his career and was the
No. 3 seed in his bracket, missed
a portionof the seasonwithanin-
jury but is at full strength at the
right time.
It kind of sucked in the begin-
ning because I was out with an
ankle injury and that kind of ex-
plained the bad seeding, Han-
kinson said. But I feel good and
Im hoping to make a run at
states.
Pittston Areas Jamie Scaranti-
no earned a feat of his own.
The103-pounder picked up his
H . S . W R E S T L I N G
Champs
go back
to the
future
Old school uniforms inspire
Crestwood duo of Hankinson
and Hammerstone to wins.
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
drosengrant@timesleader.com
MORE INSIDE
Class 2A
wrestling
results.
EXETERMeyers head
coach Pat Toole had a simple
plan of attack for Saturdays Dis-
trict 2 Class 2A
boys basket-
ball quarterfi-
nal against
Dunmore at
Wyoming Ar-
ea.
Three
words: Run, run, run, Toole
said. We wanted to push the
ball up the floor as much as pos-
sible in order to avoid Dun-
mores half court game.
The plan
was execut-
ed to near
perfection
by the Mo-
hawks
(21-2) as
they were
able to fast break their way to a
dominating 68-39 win over the
Bucks (19-8) and advance to the
semifinals Wednesday against
Lakeland.
Lakeland defeated Hanover
Area 72-58 on Saturday.
Meyers connected on three
treys in the opening four min-
utes to get early lead. Co-cap-
tains Ryan Krawczeniuk and
Rasheed Moore did the damage
fromdeep as Krawczeniuks sec-
ond three-pointer brought the
H I G H S C H O O L B OY S B A S K E T B A L L
Mohawks run, run, run
into district semifinals
Junior Ryan Krawczeniuk
scores a game-high 24
points as Meyers moves on.
By JOHN GORDON
jgordon@timesleader.com
68
MEYERS
39
DUNMORE
See MOHAWKS, Page 8C
MORE INSIDE
For complete
coverage of
boys and girls
playoff action,
see 8C, 9C
DALLAS One last
string remained. The Miser-
icordia roster had already
done a number on the net,
snippingaway incelebration
as the players eachgot a turn
with the scissors.
Ethan Eichhorst, the
leagues player of the year.
Steve Artzerounian, the
tournament MVP. Fellow
starters Matt Greene, Jeff
Slanovec and Chris Under-
singer. Nanticoke grads
Sean Bieski and Cael Evans.
Players and staff alike.
Finally, it was the coachs
turn.
Trevor Woodruff climbed
the ladder and took some
time to savor his alma ma-
ters first mens basketball
conference title. The Cou-
gars boss gave the rima firm
two-handed shake before
cuttingdownthenet tofinal-
ize Misericordias 69-42 win
over Wilkes in Saturdays
Womens team wins
first Freedom crown
Men cut down Wilkes
for conference title
By DEREK LEVARSE
dlevarse@timesleader.com
By DEREK LEVARSE
dlevarse@timesleader.com
See MEN, Page 8C See WOMEN, Page 9C
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MEETINGS
Wyoming Valley West Baseball
Booster Club will meet Monday at
7 p.m. at Murphys Pub, Swoyers-
ville. Parents of players are en-
couraged to attend.
Wyoming Chapter of ASA Umpires
will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at
Konefals Restaurant.
Tipsy Turtle Over 50 Softball Team
will meet TODAY at 6 p.m. at the
Jenkins Township Turtle.
The Wyoming Chapter of ASA
Umpires will meet Monday at 7
p.m. at Konefals Restaurant. The
new umpire test will be given from
6-7 p.m. Dues for the upcoming
season will also be accepted at this
meeting.
REGISTRATION/TRYOUTS
Greater Pittston Stoners Youth
Soccer will hold registrations for
spring soccer on Wednesday from
6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Exeter Scout
Home, located in the rear of the
Exeter Borough Building on the
corner of Wyoming Ave. and Lin-
coln St. Cost is $25 if you do not
need a uniform and $40 with a
uniform. For more information, go
to http://stonersoccer.org.
Dupont Softball/Teeball will hold
signups Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. at Du-
pont field house on 200 Elm St.,
Dupont. Open to all, no boundary
restrictions. T-ball for boys and
girls ages 4-7; softball for girls
ages 7-17. Call Bob at 881-8744 for
info or visit http://dupontsoft-
ball.clubspaces.com.
Nanticoke Area Little League will be
having final registration TODAY
from11 a.m. 3 p.m. at the GNA
Elementary Center cafeteria.
Three proofs of residency are
required for all players. If there are
questions, please call Wade at
735-0189 or visit www.nanticokelit-
tleleague.com.
Hughestown Softball League will
hold an open registration at the
second floor of the Hughestown
Borough Building on the following
dates: Feb. 29, March 7, March 14,
March 21 and March 28. Each
registration will be held from
6:30-7:30 p.m. Registration is for
girls ages 7-14. The league is slow
pitch and no traveling is required.
All games will be played on Mon-
days-Thursdays. For more in-
formation, call Dave at 709-5727,
Joanne at 313-0321 or Lori at
262-1226.
West Side Little League will host
signups for its Jr./Sr. divisions on
Saturday, March 3 from Noon 2
p.m. at the Courtdale Borough
Building. This signup also includes
residents of Plymouth. Junior
division includes ages 13-14. Senior
divisions includes players 15-16.
Another signup will take place
Saturday, March 10 from10 a.m.
Noon at West Side Tech High
School in Pringle during Little
League tryouts. For more in-
formation, call Mike Jeschke at
332-7253.
Rampage Travel Girls Basketball
Teamis holding a tryout for 4th
and 5th grade girls TODAY at 12:30
p.m. at the Butler Community
Center in Drums. Any girl interest-
ed can contact Chris at 233-4855.
The program is designed for ath-
letes that want to compete in
AFBE, AAU and School Tourna-
ments starting in March.
Jenkins Twp. Little League will hold
its final scheduled registration on
Sunday, March 4 at 12:30 p.m.
Bulletin Board items will not be
accepted over the telephone. Items
may be faxed to 831-7319, emailed to
tlsports@timesleader.com or dropped
off at the Times Leader or mailed to
Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main
St., Wilkes-Barre, PA18711-0250.
BUL L E T I N BOARD upstairs at Jenkins Twp. Field-
house at the Little League Field
Complex. Fees due at signup are
$65 for Major/Minor Baseball/
Softball, $55 for Coach Pitch, $50
for T-Ball and $75 for Teeners.
Additional child cost is $30 with no
rebate for Teeners. Please bring a
copy of childs birth certificate and
three proofs of residency. Forms
and information can be found at
www.jenkinstwplittleleague.com. If
you can not sign up by this regis-
tration date, please advise so
other arrangements can be made.
CLINCS
Electronic City Baseball & Softball
Academy will hold a Hitters Video
Clinic for boys and girls ages 8-18
at their new facility at 738 Davis
St., Scranton on April 14 and 15.
Hitters receive instruction, drills
and video analysis. Cost is $75 for
both days; $65 is post-marked by
March 15. For more information,
call 955-0471 or visit www.electric-
citybaseball.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Kings College Specialty Baseball
Camps will be held TODAY in the
Kings College Scandlon Gymnasi-
um. The program is designed for
players in K-12th grade. For addi-
tional information, go to www.king-
scollegeathletics.com or contact
Coach Greeley at base-
ball@kings.edu or call 592-7797.
Athletes for Better Education
(AFBE) will be hosting a regional
basketball tournament in the
Hazleton area March 24-25. There
will be seven age groups for both
boys and girls: U10, U12, U13, U14,
U15, U16 and U18. Each team will be
guaranteed four games. There are
a limited number of spots available
in each division, so a quick re-
sponse is advised. The deadline is
March 18. For more information or
to register, visit www.afbe.org or
contact Jason Bieber at 866-906-
2323 or e-mail jbieber@afbe.org.
The 9th Annual Sportsmans
Beast Feast, sponsored by the
Mens Ministry of the Christian and
Missionary Alliance, will be held on
Saturday, March 24 at 6 p.m. at the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Church, 317 Luzerne Ave., West
Pittston. This annual event fea-
tures a buffet of wild game cuisine
as well as some domestic of-
ferings. The speaker for the event
will be sportsman Steve Diehl,
from Harrisburg, who will share
adventures in hunting across the
nation. Diehl, a veteran hunter for
over 25 years will share stories
hunters will readily relate to. This
event is open to the general public
free of charge. Reservations are
required and can be made by
calling the church office at 654-
2500 by Monday, March 19.
Wyoming Valley West Spartan
Baseball Booster Club baseball
clinic for students of the Wyoming
Valley West School District ages
8-12 will be held Sunday, March 4,
at the high school and training
facility. Cost is $20 per child and
$10 for second child in the same
family. Each participant will receive
a t-shirt. To register call 287-1978
by Feb. 27.
NBA
Favorite Points Underdog
NBA All-Star Game
EAST 3 West
College Basketball
Favorite Points Underdog
S FLORIDA 1 Cincinnati
C MICHIGAN 10.5 No Illinois
LOUISVILLE 9 Pittsburgh
DENVER 9.5 N Texas
California 2.5 COLORADO
ILLINOIS 7.5 Iowa
MIAMI-FLORIDA 1.5 Florida St
OREGON ST 3 Oregon
OHIO ST 9 Wisconsin
MINNESOTA PK Indiana
OHIO U 3.5 Akron
MARIST 2 Niagara
SIENA 10.5 Canisius
IONA 22.5 St. Peters
Fairfield 3.5 RIDER
MANHATTAN 5 Loyola-MD
NHL
Favorite Odds Underdog
DEVILS -$225/
+$185
Lightning
PENGUINS -$300/
+$240
Blue Jackets
Canucks -$140/
+$120
STARS
PANTHERS -$120/
even
Canadiens
SENATORS -$155/
+$135
Islanders
Sharks -$150/
+$130
WILD
DUCKS -$120/
even
Blackhawks
Home Teams in Capital Letters
AME RI C A S L I NE
By ROXY ROXBOROUGH
BOXING REPORT: In the WBA super welterweight title fight on May 5 in Las
Vegas, Nevada, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is -$650 vs. Miguel Cotto at +$450; in the
WBA/IBF welterweight title fight on May 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Amir Khan is
-$450 vs. Lamont Peterson at +$350; in the WBO welterweight title fight on June 9
in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao is -$400 vs. Timothy Bradley at +$300.
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
TODAY'S EVENTS
COLLEGE WRESTLING
Metropolitan Tournament at Elizabethtown, 10 a.m.
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
DISTRICT 2 BOYS BASKETBALL
CLASS 3A
Semifinals
Crestwood/Pittston Area winner vs. Tunkhannock/
Abington Heights winner, TBA
Holy Redeemer/Scranton Prep winner vs. Dallas/
North Pocono winner, TBA
CLASS A
Semifinals
Susquehanna vs. MMI Prep, TBA
Forest City vs. Old Forge, TBA
DISTRICT 2 GIRLS BASKETBALL
CLASS 4A
Semifinals
Abington Heights vs. Hazleton Area/Williamsport
winner, TBA
Wallenpaupack/Scranton winner vs. Delaware Val-
ley/Wyoming Valley West winner, TBA
CLASS 2A
Semifinals
Montrose/Holy Cross winner vs. Riverside/Meyers
winner, TBA
Dunmore/Wyoming Seminary winner vs. Mid Val-
ley/Lake-Lehman winner, TBA
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29
DISTRICT 2 BOYS BASKETBALL
CLASS 4A
Semifinals
Fridays winner vs. Scranton, TBA
Saturdays winner vs. Hazleton Area, TBA
CLASS 2A
Semifinals
Montrose/Holy Cross winner vs. Riverside/GAR
winner, TBA
Lakeland/Hanover Area winner vs. Dunmore/
Meyers winner, TBA
DISTRICT 2 GIRLS BASKETBALL
CLASS 3A
Semifinals
Holy Redeemer/Dallas winner vs. Crestwood/Ho-
nesdale winner, TBA
Nanticoke/Valley View winner vs. Pittston Area/
Scranton Prep winner, TBA
CLASS A
Semifinals
Forest City vs. MMI Prep/Blue Ridge winner, TBA
Northwest vs. Old Forge, TBA
MEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE
Drew at Kings, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAR. 2
DISTRICT 2 BOYS BASKETBALL
CLASS 3A
Final
Semifinal winners, TBA
CLASS A
Final
Semifinals winners, TBA
DISTRICT 2 GIRLS BASKETBALL
CLASS 4A
Final
Semifinals winners, TBA
CLASS 2A
Final
Semifinals winners, TBA
Third-place game
Semifinals losers, TBA
HS WRESTLING
Northeast Regional Championships: Class 2A at
Williamsport H.S.; Class 3A at Freedom H.S., Be-
thlehem
WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOFTBALL
York College at Wilkes (in Virginia Beach), Noon
John Jay College of Criminal Justice at Wilkes (in
Virginia Beach), 2 p.m.
COLLEGE TENNIS
Kings at Kissimmee, FL., TBA
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
ECAC Indoor Championships, TBA
SATURDAY, MAR. 3
DISTRICT 2 BOYS BASKETBALL
CLASS 4A
Final
Semifinals winners, TBA
CLASS 2A
Final
Semifinals winners, TBA
Third-place game
Semifinals losers, TBA
DISTRICT 2 GIRLS BASKETBALL
CLASS 3A
Final
Semifinals winners, TBA
CLASS A
Final
Semifinal winners, TBA
HS WRESTLING
Northeast Regional Championships: Class 2A at
Williamsport H.S.; Class 3A at Freedom H.S., Be-
thlehem
WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Franklin and Marshall College at Wilkes (in Virginia
Beach), 10 a.m.
North Carolina Wesleyan College at Wilkes (in Vir-
ginia Beach), Noon
MEN'S COLLEGE BASEBALL
Manchester at Wilkes (in Myrtle Beach), Noon
Danville Area Community College at Kings (in Myr-
tle Beach), 3 p.m.
Manchester College at Kings (in Myrtle Beach), 6
p.m.
Johnson & Wales University at Kings (in Myrtle
Beach), 6 p.m.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE
Wilkes at Sweet Briar College, 4 p.m.
MEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE
Kings at Susquehanna, 1 p.m.
COLLEGE TENNIS
Kings at Kissimmee, FL., TBA
W H A T S O N T V
AUTO RACING
Noon
FOXNASCAR, Sprint Cup, Daytona 500, at Day-
tona Beach, Fla.
BOWLING
3 p.m.
ESPNPBA, U.S. Open, at North Brunswick, N.J.
GOLF
9 a.m.
TGC PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play
Championship, semifinal matches, at Marana, Ariz.
2 p.m.
NBC PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play
Championship, championship match, at Marana,
Ariz.
TGCLPGA, Womens Champions, final round, at
Singapore (same-day tape)
7 p.m.
TGC PGA Tour, Mayakoba Classic, final round,
at Playa del Carmen, Mexico (same-day tape)
MEN'S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Noon
WQMY Cincinnati at South Florida
1 p.m.
ESPN Indiana at Minnesota
2 p.m.
CBS Pittsburgh at Louisville
4 p.m.
CBS Wisconsin at Ohio St.
5:30 p.m.
FSN, MSG, ROOT California at Colorado
6 p.m.
BTN Iowa at Illinois
7:30 p.m.
FSN, CSN, MSG, ROOT Oregon at Oregon St.
MOTORSPORTS
2:30 p.m.
SPEED FIM World Superbike, at Phillip Island,
Australia (same-day tape)
NBA
7:30 p.m.
TNT All-Star Game, at Orlando, Fla.
NHL
1 p.m.
PLUS Tampa Bay at New Jersey
ROOT Columbus at Pittsburgh
5 p.m.
PLUS N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa
7 p.m.
NBCSN Chicago at Anaheim
WOMEN'S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Noon
BTN Indiana at Purdue
1 p.m.
FSN, CSN UCF at Houston
2 p.m.
BTN Minnesota at Penn State
3 p.m.
ESPN2 Duke at North Carolina
FSN, CSN Washington St. at Washington
4 p.m.
BTN Ohio State at Nebraska
5 p.m.
ESPN2 LSU at Georgia
T R A N S A C T I O N S
BASEBALL
National League
HOUSTONASTROS Agreed to terms with RHP
Rhiner Cruz, RHPAneury Rodriguez andRHPKyle
Weiland on one-year contracts.
Frontier League
EVANSVILLE OTTERS Signed RHP Eric Mas-
singham to a contract extension.
FLORENCEFREEDOMSignedCDavidCarrillo
and OF David Harris. Released OF Jon Smith.
North American League
MCALLEN THUNDER Re-signed LHP Frank
James and P Bryan Smith.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Assigned D Da-
vid Savard to Springfield (AHL). Claimed C Darryl
Boyce off waivers from Toronto.
FLORIDA PANTHERS Reassigned RW Michal
Repik and Jonathan Matsumoto to San Antonio
(AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS Waived LW Eric Boul-
ton. Assigned D Peter Harrold to Albany (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS Reassigned D Blake
Parlett from Connecticut (AHL) to Greenville
(ECHL). TradedFWojtek Wolski toFloridafor DMi-
chael Vernace and a 2013 third-round draft pick.
American Hockey League
SANANTONIORAMPAGEReassigned RWAn-
thony Luciani to Cincinnati (ECHL).
H O C K E Y
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers............... 60 39 15 6 84 167 124
Pittsburgh .................... 61 35 21 5 75 194 161
New Jersey ................. 60 35 21 4 74 169 164
Philadelphia ................ 60 33 20 7 73 198 183
N.Y. Islanders.............. 61 26 27 8 60 144 179
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston.......................... 60 37 20 3 77 200 139
Ottawa.......................... 63 32 23 8 72 193 190
Toronto ........................ 62 29 26 7 65 184 190
Buffalo.......................... 62 27 27 8 62 154 180
Montreal....................... 62 24 28 10 58 161 171
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida.......................... 60 28 20 12 68 149 167
Winnipeg...................... 64 30 26 8 68 163 181
Washington................. 62 31 26 5 67 169 176
Tampa Bay................... 61 27 28 6 60 170 209
Carolina ....................... 62 23 26 13 59 162 187
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit .......................... 63 41 19 3 85 197 149
St. Louis....................... 62 38 17 7 83 158 125
Nashville...................... 61 35 19 7 77 170 158
Chicago........................ 62 33 22 7 73 192 182
Columbus .................... 61 18 36 7 43 142 203
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver ................... 62 40 16 6 86 201 151
Colorado...................... 63 32 27 4 68 164 172
Calgary ........................ 61 28 23 10 66 146 165
Minnesota.................... 61 27 25 9 63 135 160
Edmonton.................... 61 24 31 6 54 162 181
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Phoenix........................ 62 32 21 9 73 164 155
San Jose...................... 59 32 20 7 71 172 149
Dallas ........................... 62 32 26 4 68 162 169
Los Angeles ................ 61 27 22 12 66 129 135
Anaheim ...................... 61 26 25 10 62 157 173
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss.
Friday's Games
N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO
Buffalo 2, Boston 1, SO
Vancouver 2, New Jersey 1
Washington 4, Montreal 1
Colorado 5, Columbus 0
Dallas 4, Minnesota 1
Saturday's Games
St. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2, SO
Florida 3, Carolina 2, SO
Pittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1
Phoenix 3, Edmonton 1
Washington 4, Toronto 2
Boston 5, Ottawa 3
N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, OT
Colorado 4, Detroit 3
Chicago at Los Angeles, late
San Jose at Nashville, late
Philadelphia at Calgary, late
Today's Games
Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 1 p.m.
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Vancouver at Dallas, 3 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 5 p.m.
Montreal at Florida, 5 p.m.
San Jose at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Monday's Games
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m.
St. Louis at Calgary, 9 p.m.
American Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
St. Johns .............. 53 33 13 5 2 73 176 150
Manchester ........... 58 28 27 0 3 59 149 168
Providence............ 56 26 24 3 3 58 139 156
Worcester.............. 53 24 20 4 5 57 140 144
Portland ................. 55 25 24 3 3 56 155 182
East Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Norfolk ................... 56 35 18 1 2 73 199 153
Penguins.............. 56 32 17 2 5 71 181 169
Hershey................. 56 29 18 4 5 67 190 169
Syracuse............... 54 22 24 4 4 52 169 176
Binghamton........... 55 21 30 2 2 46 148 178
Northeast Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Bridgeport ............. 53 29 18 3 3 64 161 146
Connecticut........... 55 27 18 5 5 64 165 154
Albany.................... 54 26 20 5 3 60 140 155
Springfield............. 55 26 25 2 2 56 156 167
Adirondack............ 54 25 26 2 1 53 146 156
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Charlotte................ 56 31 19 2 4 68 160 150
Chicago................. 53 30 19 1 3 64 155 135
Peoria .................... 55 29 23 2 1 61 165 153
Milwaukee ............. 52 27 22 2 1 57 148 139
Rockford................ 54 22 26 2 4 50 154 181
North Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Toronto.................. 55 30 19 4 2 66 161 135
Rochester.............. 55 25 21 6 3 59 160 165
Lake Erie............... 56 27 25 2 2 58 138 159
Grand Rapids........ 53 23 21 5 4 55 171 170
Hamilton ................ 54 25 24 1 4 55 140 162
West Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Oklahoma City...... 55 35 15 2 3 75 161 121
Houston................. 54 25 17 3 9 62 145 147
San Antonio .......... 54 29 22 2 1 61 139 149
Abbotsford ............ 53 28 21 3 1 60 126 135
Texas..................... 54 24 26 2 2 52 161 174
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point
for an overtime or shootout loss.
Saturday's Games
Grand Rapids 2, Toronto 1
Oklahoma City 3, Charlotte 2, SO
Portland 5, Worcester 1
Bridgeport 5, Providence 4
Norfolk 4, Hershey 3
Albany 3, Manchester 1
Springfield 2, Connecticut 0
Adirondack 2, Binghamton 1, SO
Syracuse 2, Penguins 1
Lake Erie at Rochester, late
Abbotsford at Chicago, late
Houston at Texas, late
Milwaukee at Rockford, late
San Antonio at Peoria, late
Today's Games
Syracuse at Adirondack, 3 p.m.
Providence at Manchester, 3 p.m.
Albany at Bridgeport, 3 p.m.
Norfolk at Penguins, 3:05 p.m.
San Antonio at Milwaukee, 4 p.m.
Springfield at Portland, 4 p.m.
Hamilton at Toronto, 5 p.m.
Abbotsford at Peoria, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Rockford, 6:05 p.m.
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Worcester at Connecticut, 11 a.m.
St. Johns at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Syracuse 2, Penguins 1
Syracuse................................................... 0 2 0 2
Penguins.................................................. 0 1 0 1
First Period
Scoring None. Penalties SYR, Smaby (rough-
ing) 2:07; WBS, Sill (hooking) 10:10.
Second Period
Scoring 1. SYR, Dan Sexton 7 (Smaby, Carle)
power play 10:34. 2. WBS, Ryan Craig 7 (Walker,
Mormina) power play14:15. 3. SYR, Patrick Maroon
25 (Palmieri) 19:52. Penalties SYR, Gordon (in-
terference) 5:03; WBS, Grant (roughing) 8:40;
SYR, Guenin (elbowing) 12:55; WBS, bench-
served by Walker (too many men) 15:41.
Third Period
Scoring None. Penalties WBS, OReilly (hook-
ing) 11:39; SYR, Smaby (tripping, misconduct)
18:34.
Shots on goal
Syracuse 7-6-6-19
Penguins 11-11-14-36
Power-play Opportunities
Syracuse 1 of 4
Penguins 1 of 4
Goaltenders
Syracuse Antero Niittymaki 4-6-0 (35 saves 36
shots)
Penguins Scott Munroe (8-8); Patrick Killeen
3:33 of the second period 0-1-0 (9-11)
Starters
Syracuse G Antero Niittymaki, D Sean Zimmer-
man, D Mark Fraser, LW J-F Jacques, C Riley Hol-
zapfel, RW Andrew Gordon
Penguins G Scott Munroe, D Brian Strait, D Rob-
ert Bortuzzo, LWBryan Lerg, CBen Street, RWJa-
son Williams
Three Stars
1. SYR, Antero Niittymaki (35 saves) 2. WBS, Ryan
Craig (power play goal) 3. SYR, Dan Sexton (goal)
Referee Ryan Fraser. Linesmen Jud Ritter,
Chris Allman.
Attendance 8,216
B A S K E T B A L L
National Basketball
Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia ................. 20 14 .588
New York...................... 17 18 .486 3
1
2
Boston........................... 15 17 .469 4
Toronto ......................... 10 23 .303 9
1
2
New Jersey .................. 10 25 .286 10
1
2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami............................. 27 7 .794
Orlando ......................... 22 13 .629 5
1
2
Atlanta........................... 20 14 .588 7
Washington.................. 7 26 .212 19
1
2
Charlotte....................... 4 28 .125 22
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago.......................... 27 8 .771
Indiana............................ 21 12 .636 5
Cleveland ....................... 13 18 .419 12
Milwaukee...................... 13 20 .394 13
Detroit ............................. 11 24 .314 16
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio.................. 24 10 .706
Dallas ............................ 21 13 .618 3
Houston ........................ 20 14 .588 4
Memphis....................... 19 15 .559 5
New Orleans ................ 8 25 .242 15
1
2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City............... 27 7 .794
Portland.......................... 18 16 .529 9
Denver............................ 18 17 .514 9
1
2
Minnesota ...................... 17 17 .500 10
Utah ................................ 15 17 .469 11
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers.................. 20 11 .645
L.A. Lakers..................... 20 14 .588 1
1
2
Golden State.................. 13 17 .433 6
1
2
Phoenix .......................... 14 20 .412 7
1
2
Sacramento ................... 11 22 .333 10
Friday's Games
No games scheduled
Saturday's Games
No games scheduled
NCAA MEN
Top 25 Fared
Saturday
1. Kentucky (28-1) beat Vanderbilt 83-74. Next: vs.
Georgia, Thursday.
2. Syracuse(28-1) at UConn. Next: vs. No. 17Louis-
ville, Saturday.
3. Missouri (25-4) lost to No. 4 Kansas 87-86, OT.
Next: vs. Iowa State, Wednesday.
4. Kansas (24-5) beat No. 3 Missouri 87-86, OT.
Next: at Oklahoma State, Monday.
5. Duke (25-4) beat Virginia Tech 70-65, OT. Next:
at Wake Forest, Tuesday.
6. Michigan State (24-5) beat Nebraska 62-34.
Next: at No. 23 Indiana, Tuesday.
7. North Carolina (25-4) beat No. 25 Virginia 54-51.
Next: vs. Maryland, Wednesday.
8. Ohio State (23-5) did not play. Next: vs. No. 16
Wisconsin, Sunday.
9. Georgetown (21-6) beat Villanova 67-46. Next:
vs. No. 20 Notre Dame, Monday.
10. Marquette (24-5) did not play. Next: at Cincinna-
ti, Wednesday.
11. Michigan (21-8) lost to Purdue 75-61. Next: at Illi-
nois, Thursday.
12. Florida (22-7) lost to Georgia 76-62. Next: at
Vanderbilt, Tuesday.
13. Baylor (24-5) beat Oklahoma 70-60. Next: vs.
Texas Tech, Monday.
14. Murray State (27-1) at Tennessee Tech. Next:
OVC semifinals, Friday.
15. Florida State (19-8) did not play. Next: at Miami,
Sunday.
16. Wisconsin (20-8) did not play. Next: at No. 8
Ohio State, Sunday.
17. Louisville (21-7) did not play. Next: vs. Pitts-
burgh, Sunday.
18. New Mexico (22-6) lost to TCU 83-64. Next: vs.
Air Force, Wednesday.
19. Wichita State (26-4) beat Drake 81-58. Next:
MVC quarterfinals, Friday.
20. Notre Dame (20-9) lost to St. Johns 61-58.
Next: at No. 9 Georgetown, Monday.
21. UNLV (24-6) beat Air Force 68-58. Next: at Col-
orado State, Wednesday.
22. Temple (22-6) lost to Saint Josephs 82-72.
Next: vs. UMass, Wednesday.
23. Indiana (21-7) did not play. Next: at Minnesota,
Sunday.
24. SanDiegoState(21-6) vs. ColoradoState. Next:
at Boise State, Wednesday.
25. Virginia (21-7) lost to No. 7 North Carolina
54-51. Next: vs. No. 15 Florida State, Thursday.
Saturday's College Basketball
Major Scores
EAST
American U. 76, Lafayette 69
Boston U. 64, Hartford 55
Brown 94, Columbia 78
Bucknell 64, Navy 55
Buffalo 84, Miami (Ohio) 74
CCSU 78, Wagner 61
Delaware 82, Northeastern 72
Fairleigh Dickinson 45, St. Francis (NY) 44
Fordham 67, La Salle 62
George Washington 56, Duquesne 51
Georgetown 67, Villanova 46
Hofstra 93, UNC Wilmington 64
Holy Cross 65, Colgate 58
Lehigh 74, Army 72, OT
Monmouth (NJ) 106, LIU 78
Mount St. Marys 71, Bryant 62
NJIT 94, Longwood 51
Penn 55, Harvard 54
Princeton 85, Dartmouth 61
Quinnipiac 73, Robert Morris 69
Rhode Island 64, Saint Louis 62
Rutgers 77, Seton Hall 72, OT
Sacred Heart 72, St. Francis (Pa.) 57
Saint Josephs 82, Temple 72
St. Johns 61, Notre Dame 58
Vermont 80, UMBC 49
Yale 71, Cornell 40
SOUTH
Alabama 67, Mississippi St. 50
Alcorn St. 60, Southern U. 40
Ark.-Pine Bluff 46, Jackson St. 44
Arkansas 77, Auburn 71
Belmont 62, Mercer 61
Charleston Southern 65, Radford 59
Chattanooga 86, Samford 78
Clemson 72, NC State 69, OT
Coastal Carolina 81, VMI 64
Coll. of Charleston 55, The Citadel 47
Davidson 71, Georgia Southern 54
Delaware St. 63, Howard 46
Drexel 73, Old Dominion 72
Duke 70, Virginia Tech 65, OT
E. Kentucky 86, E. Illinois 74
ETSU 84, Florida Gulf Coast 71
Elon 93, UNC Greensboro 79
Georgia 76, Florida 62
Georgia St. 64, William & Mary 60
Georgia Tech 63, Maryland 61
Hampton 74, Florida A&M 59
James Madison 65, Towson 59
Kentucky 83, Vanderbilt 74
Liberty 49, Campbell 41
Lipscomb 74, Kennesaw St. 71
Louisiana Tech 84, Hawaii 67
MVSU 79, Grambling St. 60
Md.-Eastern Shore 58, Morgan St. 57
Memphis 87, Marshall 67
Mississippi 72, LSU 48
Morehead St. 76, SIU-Edwardsville 61
NC A&T 79, SC State 75
Nicholls St. 78, McNeese St. 75
Norfolk St. 75, Bethune-Cookman 72
North Carolina 54, Virginia 51
Presbyterian 68, Gardner-Webb 62
SC-Upstate 90, Stetson 72
Savannah St. 60, NC Central 47
St. Bonaventure 72, Charlotte 56
Troy 83, FAU 82
UAB 61, East Carolina 57
UCF 63, UTEP 45
UNC Asheville 67, Winthrop 55
VCU 89, George Mason 77
W. Carolina 83, Appalachian St. 75
W. Kentucky 73, Middle Tennessee 67
Wake Forest 85, Boston College 56
Wofford 67, Furman 52
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 74, Kent St. 58
Cleveland St. 77, Wright St. 55
Creighton 61, Indiana St. 60
Dayton 76, UMass 43
Detroit 76, Youngstown St. 74
E. Michigan 61, Ball St. 50
Evansville 75, Missouri St. 70, OT
Green Bay 71, Ill.-Chicago 63
Illinois St. 54, Bradley 53
Iowa St. 65, Kansas St. 61
Kansas 87, Missouri 86, OT
Michigan St. 62, Nebraska 34
Milwaukee 78, Loyola of Chicago 69
N. Iowa 65, S. Illinois 61
North Dakota 66, Houston Baptist 62
Providence 73, DePaul 71
Purdue 75, Michigan 61
Toledo 83, W. Michigan 74
Urbana 59, Chicago St. 55
Wichita St. 81, Drake 58
SOUTHWEST
Baylor 70, Oklahoma 60
Cent. Arkansas 64, SE Louisiana 63
Lamar 72, Sam Houston St. 49
Oklahoma St. 60, Texas A&M 42
Prairie View 60, Alabama A&M 52
Stephen F. Austin 74, Texas A&M-CC 41
TCU 83, New Mexico 64
Texas 71, Texas Tech 67, OT
Texas Southern 67, Alabama St. 59
Texas St. 66, UTSA 52
FAR WEST
Arizona 65, UCLA 63
Arizona St. 56, Southern Cal 52
BYU 76, Portland 66
Gonzaga 65, San Diego 57
Long Beach St. 64, UC Riverside 40
UNLV 68, Air Force 58
Wyoming 64, Boise St. 54
NCAA WOMEN
Women's Top 25 Fared
Saturday
1. Baylor (29-0) did not play. Next: at No. 14 Texas
A&M, Monday.
2. Stanford (26-1) beat Utah 69-42. Next: vs. Seat-
tle, Wednesday.
3. Notre Dame (27-2) beat South Florida 80-68.
Next: at No. 4 UConn, Monday.
4. UConn (26-3) beat Marquette 85-45. Next: vs.
No. 3 Notre Dame, Monday.
5. Miami (24-4) did not play. Next: vs. Boston Col-
lege, Sunday.
6. Maryland (24-4) did not play. Next: at N.C. State,
Sunday.
7. Duke (23-4) did not play. Next: at North Carolina,
Sunday.
8. Ohio State (24-4) did not play. Next: at No. 23 Ne-
braska, Sunday.
9. Delaware (25-1) did not play. Next: vs. Northeast-
ern, Sunday.
10. Tennessee (20-8) did not play. Next: vs. Florida,
Sunday.
11. Penn State (22-5) did not play. Next: vs. Minne-
sota, Sunday.
12. Green Bay (25-1) beat Butler 78-53. Next: at
Loyola of Chicago, Wednesday.
13. Kentucky (23-5) didnot play. Next: at Mississippi
State, Sunday.
14. Texas A&M(20-7) beat Texas Tech79-51. Next:
vs. No. 1 Baylor, Monday.
15. Georgetown (22-6) beat Syracuse 65-62. Next:
vs. No. 20 St. Johns, Monday.
16. Louisville (20-8) beat No. 21 DePaul 75-62.
Next: at Seton Hall, Monday.
17. Georgia Tech (21-7) did not play. Next: vs.
Clemson, Sunday.
18. Georgia (21-7) did not play. Next: vs. LSU, Sun-
day.
19. St. Bonaventure (27-2) beat Rhode Island
58-32. Next: Atlantic 10 tournament, Saturday.
20. St. Johns (20-8) beat Villanova 69-49. Next: at
No. 15 Georgetown, Monday.
21. DePaul (20-9) lost to No. 16 Louisville 75-62.
Next: vs. Cincinnati, Monday.
22. Purdue (20-8) did not play. Next: vs. Indiana,
Sunday.
23. Nebraska (20-7) did not play. Next: vs. No. 8
Ohio State, Sunday.
24. Rutgers (20-8) beat Providence68-47. Next: vs.
Marquette, Monday.
25. Gonzaga (25-4) beat BYU 77-60. Next: WCC
tournament, Friday or Saturday.
G O L F
PGA Tour
Mayakoba Classic Par Scores
Third Round
Daniel Summerhays....................69-65-67201-12
Chris Stroud.................................69-66-68203-10
Michael Allen ...............................68-71-66205 -8
Will Claxton ..................................66-68-71205 -8
Marc Turnesa ..............................67-72-67206 -7
Robert Allenby.............................69-67-70206 -7
Brian Harman...............................71-71-65207 -6
Colt Knost.....................................69-71-67207 -6
Briny Baird....................................71-69-67207 -6
Charles Howell III........................67-71-69207 -6
Matt Every ....................................67-71-69207 -6
Greg Owen...................................67-67-73207 -6
Dicky Pride...................................68-72-68208 -5
Alejandro Canizares....................67-72-69208 -5
Billy Mayfair..................................70-68-70208 -5
John Huh......................................67-70-71208 -5
Richard S. Johnson ....................70-66-72208 -5
Kevin Stadler ...............................68-68-72208 -5
J.J. Henry.....................................72-69-68209 -4
Russell Knox................................74-67-68209 -4
Stephen Ames .............................69-70-70209 -4
Tim Petrovic.................................72-72-66210 -3
Nathan Green...............................73-69-68210 -3
Rich Beem ...................................70-71-69210 -3
Craig Barlow.................................71-68-71210 -3
Edward Loar ................................69-74-68211 -2
Garrett Willis ................................70-72-69211 -2
Billy Horschel ...............................69-72-70211 -2
Seung-Yul Noh............................68-70-73211 -2
Tom Lehman................................70-72-70212 -1
Chad Campbell ...........................70-71-71212 -1
Esteban Toledo ...........................72-69-71212 -1
Vaughn Taylor..............................71-69-72212 -1
Mark D. Anderson.......................67-72-73212 -1
John Merrick ................................71-67-74212 -1
Troy Kelly .....................................72-73-68213 E
Heath Slocum..............................73-71-69213 E
Sunghoon Kang...........................68-76-69213 E
Billy Hurley III...............................73-71-69213 E
Kirk Triplett...................................73-71-69213 E
Spencer Levin .............................73-71-69213 E
Skip Kendall .................................71-72-70213 E
Jarrod Lyle ...................................73-69-71213 E
Matt Bettencourt ..........................69-72-72213 E
Will MacKenzie............................72-73-69214 +1
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez ..........71-73-70214 +1
Tim Herron...................................70-74-70214 +1
Cameron Beckman .....................72-71-71214 +1
Patrick Sheehan ..........................70-73-71214 +1
Josh Teater ..................................68-75-71214 +1
Johnson Wagner.........................73-70-71214 +1
Hunter Haas.................................68-75-71214 +1
William McGirt .............................69-72-73214 +1
Brian Gay......................................72-68-74214 +1
Steve Wheatcroft.........................75-70-70215 +2
Chris Riley....................................73-72-70215 +2
Michael Thompson .....................72-72-71215 +2
Stephen Gangluff ........................70-75-71216 +3
Robert Damron............................73-72-71216 +3
Jerry Kelly ....................................73-71-72216 +3
Fred Funk.....................................73-71-72216 +3
Brandt Jobe..................................74-70-72216 +3
Gary Christian..............................73-70-73216 +3
Brett Wetterich.............................71-72-73216 +3
Paul Stankowski ..........................72-70-74216 +3
Erik Compton...............................71-69-76216 +3
Charley Hoffman .........................75-70-72217 +4
John Peterson .............................73-72-72217 +4
Martin Flores................................77-67-73217 +4
Jose Maria Olazabal ...................72-72-74218 +5
Gavin Coles .................................71-71-76218 +5
David Hearn.................................68-73-77218 +5
Charlie Beljan ..............................73-67-79219 +6
Boo Weekley ...............................75-69-76220 +7
Garth Mulroy................................71-74-76221 +8
World Golf Championships
Accenture Match Play Championship Results
Quarterfinals
Seeds in parentheses
Mark Wilson (40), United States, def. Peter Hanson
(33), Sweden, 4 and 3.
Hunter Mahan (21), United States, def. Matt Kuchar
(13), United States, 6 and 5.
Rory McIlroy (2), Northern Ireland, def. Bae Sang-
moon (42), South Korea 3 and 2.
Lee Westwood (3), England, def. Martin Laird (38),
Scotland, 3 and 2.
LGPA Tour
HSBC Champions Par Scores
Third Round
a-amateur
Katie Futcher ..................................69-67-71207-9
Jenny Shin .....................................69-67-71207-9
Angela Stanford.............................66-70-71207-9
Shanshan Feng..............................69-71-69209-7
Yani Tseng .....................................71-72-67210-6
Jiyai Shin........................................70-70-70210-6
Na Yeon Choi ................................68-71-71210-6
I.K. Kim...........................................68-72-71211-5
So Yeon Ryu..................................68-73-71212-4
Ai Miyazato.....................................69-70-73212-4
Hee Young Park............................71-68-73212-4
Vicky Hurst .....................................69-73-71213-3
Mika Miyazato................................72-70-71213-3
Ji-Hee Lee......................................71-69-73213-3
Sun Young Yoo .............................70-70-73213-3
Stacy Lewis....................................71-75-68214-2
Sandra Gal .....................................72-71-71214-2
Anna Nordqvist ..............................71-72-71214-2
Inbee Park......................................70-72-72214-2
A U T O R A C I N G
NASCAR Nationwide Series
DRIVE4COPD 300 Results
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (15) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 120 laps, 94 rat-
ing
2. (9) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 120, 109.5
3. (3) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 120, 105.7
4. (8) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 120, 81.6
5. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 120, 88.7
6. (25) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 120, 58.4
7. (29) Timmy Hill, Ford, 120, 63.9
8. (7) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 120, 115.6
9. (11) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 120, 110.7
10. (14) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 120, 124.9
11. (2) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 120, 87.7
12. (33) Benny Gordon, Toyota, 120, 59.1
13. (41) Danny Efland, Chevrolet, 120, 49.1
14. (37) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 120, 64.7
15. (4) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 120, 110.5
16. (22) Joey Logano, Toyota, 120, 97.9
17. (31) Blake Koch, Ford, 120, 50.4
18. (24) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 119, 73.7
19. (10) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, accident, 119,
82.4
20. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 119, 94.9
21. (21) Johanna Long, Chevrolet, 119, 47.9
22. (20) Eric McClure, Toyota, 118, 64.2
23. (27) JoeNemechek, Toyota, accident, 116, 88.6
24. (39) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, accident, 115, 37.5
25. (36) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 115, 61.4
26. (23) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 113, 50.6
27. (16) Michael Annett, Ford, accident, 113, 77
28. (28) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 112, 84.7
29. (35) Joey Gase, Ford, 108, 38.9
30. (26) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, accident, 104, 71.8
31. (18) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, accident, 104, 58.8
32. (17) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 103, 77.8
33. (12) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, accident, 103,
55.3
34. (42) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, accident, 103,
48.2.
35. (34) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, acci-
dent, 103, 57.2
36. (32) Casey Roderick, Ford, accident, 103, 45.8
37. (19) Brian Scott, Toyota, 96, 58.5
38. (1) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 72, 69.5
39. (13) Mike Bliss, Toyota, accident, 59, 67
40. (38) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, engine, 43, 27
41. (40) Jason Bowles, Dodge, engine, 28, 35.4
42. (30) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, electrical, 14, 26.9
43. (43) Jeff Green, Toyota, vibration, 3, 25.8
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 129.636 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 18 minutes, 51 seconds.
Margin of Victory: Under Caution.
Caution Flags: 8 for 35 laps.
Lead Changes: 38 among 16 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D.Patrick 1-2; T.Bayne 3; E.Sadler 4;
T.Stewart 5-8; K.Kahne 9-12; D.Hamlin13; T.Bayne
14-15; S.Hornish Jr. 16-20; M.Bliss 21-25; D.Earn-
hardt Jr. 26; M.Bliss 27; Ku.Busch 28-29; D.Earn-
hardt Jr. 30-32; Ku.Busch 33-36; T.Stewart 37-43;
Ku.Busch 44-48; D.Earnhardt Jr. 49-50; D.Hamlin
51-53; Ku.Busch 54-64; E.Sadler 65-66; D.Earn-
hardt Jr. 67; E.Sadler 68-72; Ky.Busch 73; Ku-
.Busch 74-76; R.Richardson Jr. 77; J.Nemechek
78-79; S.HornishJr. 80-81; Ku.Busch82; T.Stewart
83-88; Ky.Busch 89; D.Hamlin 90; D.Earnhardt Jr.
91; T.Stewart 92-94; T.Hill 95-98; K.Wallace 99;
D.Hamlin 100-101; T.Stewart 102-103; Ku.Busch
104-119; J.Buescher 120.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led):
Ku.Busch, 7times for 42laps; T.Stewart, 5times for
22 laps; E.Sadler, 3 times for 8 laps; D.Earnhardt
Jr., 5 times for 8 laps; S.Hornish Jr., 2 times for 7
laps; D.Hamlin, 4 times for 7 laps; M.Bliss, 2 times
for 6laps; T.Hill, 1timefor 4laps; K.Kahne, 1timefor
4 laps; T.Bayne, 2 times for 3 laps; Ky.Busch, 2
times for 2 laps; J.Nemechek, 1 time for 2 laps;
D.Patrick, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Buescher, 1 time for 1
lap; K.Wallace, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Richardson Jr., 1
time for 1 lap.
Top 10 in Points: 1. E.Sadler, 42; 2. C.Whitt, 40; 3.
A.Dillon, 39; 4. T.Malsam, 38; 5. T.Bayne, 34; 6.
B.Gordon, 32; 7. D.Efland, 31; 8. B.Koch, 27; 9.
R.Stenhouse Jr., 25; 10. S.Hornish Jr., 25.
B O X I N G
Fight Schedule
March 2
At Chonburi, Thailand, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
vs. Sonny Boy Jaro, 12, for Wonjongkams WBCfly-
weight title.
At Hollywood, Fla. (ESPN2), Joan Guzman vs. Je-
sus Pabon, 10, junior welterweights; Ed Paredes
vs. Cosme Rivera, 10, welterweights.
March 3
At Duesseldorf, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko vs.
Jean-Marc Mormeck, 12, for Klitschkos WBA Su-
per World-IBF-WBO-IBO heavyweight titles.
At the Woodland (Calif.) Community Center, Vicen-
te Escobedo vs. Lonnie Smith, 10, for the vacant
NABO Junior Lightweight Title.
March 7
At Hobart, Australia, Daniel Geale vs. Osumanu
Adama, 12, for Geales IBF middleweight title; Billy
Dib vs. Eduardo Escobedo, 12, for Dibs IBF feath-
erweight title; Kali Meehan vs. Travis Walker, 12,
heavyweights.
March 10
At Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Ri-
co (SHO), Orlando Salido vs. Juan Manuel Lopez,
12, for Salidos WBOfeatherweight title; Miguel An-
gel Garcia vs. Bernabe Concepcion, 12, feather-
weights.
March 16
At Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, Calif.
(ESPN2), Kendall Holt vs. TimColeman, 10, welter-
weights.
At Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, Calif.,
Omar Figueroa Jr. vs. Ramon Ayala, 10, for Figue-
roas WBO Intercontinental Youth lightweight title.
C M Y K
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PENGUINS SUNDAY
WWW. T I ME S L E ADE R. C OM/ S P ORT S
Feb. 17
at Binghamn
W, 6-1
Feb. 18
at Albany
L, 3-0
Feb. 20
at Portland
W, 5-3
Saturday
Syracuse
7:05 p.m.
Thursday
Manchester
W, 7-6
L A S T F I V E G A M E S
Today
Norfolk
3:05 p.m.
March 4
at Adirondck
3 p.m.
March 6
St. Johns
7:05 p.m.
March 10
at Bridgept
7 p.m.
March 9
at Providnce
7:05 p.m.
N E X T F I V E G A M E S
PAUL THOMPSON
Penguins winger
When Paul Thompson was going to
school at University of New Hamp-
shire, the Boston Bruins were the
team of choice in the area. So its
understandable that Thompson chose
three Bruins two current and one
retired, to be on his Fantasy GM team.
But Thompson didnt limit his choic-
es to players in Beantown. He threw in
a couple Penguins and Red Wings, a
New York goaltender who surprisingly
has yet to be chosen by anyone, and a
current member of the Connecticut
Whale.
FORWARD Evgeni Malkin (Pitts-
burgh), Hes having such a good year
and producing every game. Hes prob-
ably the best forward in the league.
DEFENSEMAN Nicklas Lidstrom
(Detroit), One of the best players in
the league and one of the best defen-
semen ever.
GOALTENDER Henrik Lundqvist
(N.Y. Rangers), The Rangers are in
first and hes one of the main reasons
why. Hes having a huge statistical
year.
POWER PLAY SPECIALIST Pavel
Datsyuk (Detroit), Hes such a good
playmaker and he sees the ice so well.
Hes part of a Detroit power play that
is usually one of the best in the
league.
PENALTY KILL SPECIALIST
Craig Adams (Pittsburgh), One of the
better killers in the league. Being in
this organization, hes talked about a
good amount.
SHOOTOUT SPECIALIST Evgeni
Malkin (Pittsburgh), Hes got a few
nice moves to use and hes doing
pretty well in the shootout this year.
ENFORCER Shaun Thornton
(Boston), Hes a really tough guy, and
hes not just an enforcer. He plays the
other parts of the game pretty well,
too.
AGITATOR/PEST Sean Avery
(Connecticut-AHL), Thats his main
role whatever team hes with. Thats
his goal out there and hes made a
living off it.
HEAD COACH Dan Bylsma (Pitts-
burgh), Just seeing him in camp and
talking to him, hes a great guy and a
great coach. He runs things similar to
how its run here.
ALL-TIME GREAT Cam Neely
(Vancouver, Boston), I grew up as a
Bruins fan, watched them a lot and I
admired the way he played. He did
everything and his career was too
short.
Fantasy GM
coming.
It was tougher than I expect-
ed, dealing with the rumors, he
said. I was with this team as one
of its original players since Day 1,
and it was pretty emotional
knowing I would probably soon
be done with that organization.
Sure enough, Grant was traded
to the Shawinigan Cataractes, a
team that was in contention to
win the Presidents Cup.
Grant admits that made the
trade a bit easier to handle.
The fact that the organization
had enough respect for me to
trade me to a team making a run
for the cup meant a lot, he said.
Williams advice to his team-
mates as this seasons trade dead-
line approaches is dont think
youre untouchable and, if a trade
happens, dont view it as a nega-
tive.
Wayne Gretzky was even
traded a few times, and if he can
be moved then anyone can,
Williams said. It doesnt matter
who you are. If an organization
feels it can make the team better
by dealing you or one of your
good friends, theyre going to do
Jason Williams was driving to
the airport with his Detroit Red
Wings teammates for a flight to
Chicago to play the Blackhawks
the next night.
Thats when he got the call
from Detroit GM Ken Holland,
informing him that he wouldnt
be playing against the Black-
hawks, but for them.
It was the trade deadline day in
2007 when Williams was moved
for the first time in his NHL
career. Up until then, Williams
had spent all six years of his pro
career with the Detroit orga-
nization.
To say that Williams first NHL
trade was earth-shattering is an
understatement.
It was a shock, he said. I
went from a first place team to
one that wasnt going to make
the playoffs. That was tough.
Making matters even tougher
was Williams had to face his
former Detroit teammates the
day after the trade.
I was now playing against
guys I used to go to war with
every night, guys who became
good friends and won a Stanley
Cup with, Williams said. You
find yourself going into the cor-
ner with a chance to lay a guy
out whom, just a couple days
ago, you were having dinner
with.
Its situations like that that
make the trade deadline day an
unsettling one. As this years
deadline of Feb. 27 hits tomor-
row, many of the Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton Penguins are wonder-
ing who, if any, will soon be a
former teammate.
But its really not something to
worry about, Williams said, be-
cause its part of the business.
Williams has been traded twice
while in the NHL the second
move coming in 2009 when he
was traded by Atlanta to Colum-
bus.
When youre traded, youre
going somewhere where some-
one wants you, he said. Some
players can benefit from going to
a new team and a different sit-
uation.
Its not the end of the world.
That point rang true to Alex
Grant, who was traded during his
final season in juniors.
Grant began his career as a
16-year-old playing with the Saint
John Sea Dogs during their first
season as an expansion team in
the QMJHL. He spent the next
three-and-a-half seasons with
Saint John, growing accustomed
to the hockey life and living away
from home.
It wasnt until midway through
the 2008-09 season that the ru-
mors began to swirl.
Grant had a hunch a trade was
it. Its tough to go through, but as
a player you have to get used to
it.
It didnt take long for Williams
to get used to playing for a team
other than Detroit after he was
traded.
Three days after the trade,
Chicago faced Detroit for what
would be Williams second game
against his old team. Detroit won
6-2, but Williams scored both of
Chicagos goals.
YOU FIND YOURSELF going into the corner with a chance to lay a guy out whom,
just a couple days ago, you were having dinner with. -- Jason Williams Pens center on being traded
Dealing with deals
Players wait
as the trade
deadline
approaches
By TOMVENESKY
tvenesky@timesleader.com
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
Jason Williams has been traded twice during his NHL career. He said getting moved is tough, but its a part
of the game and one that a player has to get over.
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
Alex Grant was traded during his final season of junior hockey froma
teamout of playoff contention to one with a chance to win it all. The
prospect of a championship, he said, made the trade easier to accept.
The Wheeling Nailers have won six
of their last 10 contests and sit in fifth
place in the Eastern Conference. The
Nailers lost their second-leading
scorer, Zack Torquato, after the middle
finger on his right hand was severed at
the top knuckle Tuesday.
According to the Wheeling News-
Register, the injury occurred when
Torquato was stepped on by Elmira
defenseman Mario Larocque.
W H E E L I N G WAT C H
Nailers sitting in fifth
in East; Torquato out
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S P O R T S
LAWRENCE, Kan. Kansas
and Missouri kept their storied
rivalry alive just a little bit long-
er.
Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas
Robinson made it a memorable
ending for Kansas.
Robinson kept the game going
with a three-point play in the
closing seconds of regulation,
and Taylors two free throws
with 8.3 seconds left in overtime
gave the fourth-ranked Jayhawks
an 87-86 victory over No. 3
Missouri on Saturday in their
final scheduled regular-season
matchup.
No. 1 Kentucky 83,
Vanderbilt 74
LEXINGTON, Ky. Fresh-
man Anthony Davis scored a
career-high 28 points on 10-of-11
shooting, and No. 1 Kentucky
beat Vanderbilt 83-74 on Sat-
urday to win the Southeastern
Conference regular season title
for the 45th time.
The Wildcats (28-1, 14-0) have
won 51 straight at home and are
on a 20-game winning streak
overall. But Kentucky trailed at
halftime and needed a late surge
to put away the scrappy Com-
modores.
No. 5 Duke 70,
Virginia Tech 65 OT
DURHAM, N.C. Austin
Rivers scored 23 points, Seth
Curry added 19 and No. 5 Duke
held off Virginia Tech 70-65 in
overtime Saturday.
Miles Plumlee added 15 re-
bounds and two free throws
with 9.6 seconds left for the
Blue Devils (25-4, 12-2), who
made 6 of 8 foul shots in the
final minute of OT to win their
sixth straight and remain atop
the Atlantic Coast Conference
standings.
No. 6 Michigan State 62,
Nebraska 34
EAST LANSING, Mich.
Draymond Green had 20 points
and 10 rebounds to help No. 6
Michigan State beat Nebraska
62-34 on Saturday night for its
seventh straight victory.
Undefeated at home this
season, the Spartans (24-5, 13-3
Big Ten) lead No. 8 Ohio State
by 1
1
2 games and No. 11 Michi-
gan by two games in the confer-
ence race with three games left
in the regular season. The Buck-
eyes, who close the regular
season at Michigan State, can
pull back within a game by
beating Wisconsin at home
Sunday.
No. 7 North Carolina 54,
No. 25 Virginia 51
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
Tyler Zeller scored 20 points,
including a critical dunk with
13.3 seconds left and the shot
clock winding down, and No. 7
North Carolina beat No. 25
Virginia 54-51 on Saturday to
sweep the season series.
John Henson added 15 points,
including 11 in the second half,
as the Tar Heels (25-4, 12-2)
kept pace with No. 5 Duke for
first place in the Atlantic Coast
Conference. The Blue Devils
beat Virginia Tech 70-65 in
overtime Saturday.
No. 9 Georgetown 67,
Villanova 46
WASHINGTON Freshman
Otto Porter had 15 points and
six rebounds in his second start
of the season, Jason Clark had
15 points and six rebounds, and
No. 9 Georgetown took a big
lead early and never trailed in a
67-46 win over Villanova on
Saturday.
The victory moves the Hoyas
(21-6, 11-5) into sole possession
of fourth place in the Big East,
one-half game ahead of Cincin-
nati and South Florida, who
play Sunday.
Purdue 75, No. 11 Michigan 61
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Te-
rone Johnson scored a career-
high 22 points and Robbie Hum-
mel added 17 to help Purdue
upset No. 11 Michigan 75-61 on
Saturday night, handing the
Wolverines their first home loss
of the season.
Georgia 76, No. 12 Florida 62
ATHENS, Ga. Freshman
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
scored 18 points, Gerald Rob-
inson added 15 and Georgia
snapped No. 12 Floridas three-
game winning streak with a
76-62 victory Saturday.
No. 13 Baylor 70,
Oklahoma 60
WACO, Texas Pierre Jack-
son scored 18 points, including
the tiebreaking 3-pointer that
started Baylors game-deciding
spurt, and the 13th-ranked Bears
beat Oklahoma 70-60 on Sat-
urday.
TCU 83,
No. 18 New Mexico 64
FORT WORTH, Texas
Amric Fields scored eight con-
secutive points for TCU in a
48-second span in their tiebreak-
ing run and the Horned Frogs
upset another ranked team at
home, beating No. 18 and Moun-
tain West leader New Mexico
83-64 on Saturday night.
No. 19 Wichita State 81,
Drake 58
WICHITA, Kan. Ben Smith
scored 18 points to lead a bal-
anced offense and help No. 19
Wichita State beat Drake 81-58
on Saturday.
St. Johns 61,
No. 20 Notre Dame 58
NEW YORK Moe Harkless
had 22 points and nine rebounds
to lead St. Johns to a 61-58
victory over No. 20 Notre Dame
on Saturday, the Red Storms
first win over a ranked team in
11 games this season.
21 UNLV 68, Air Force 58
LAS VEGAS Chace Stan-
back scored 21 points to lead
No. 21 UNLV to a 68-58 victory
over Air Force on Saturday and
passed Runnin Rebels great
Reggie Theus on the schools
all-time scoring list.
Saint Josephs 82, No. 22
Temple 72
PHILADELPHIA Langston
Galloway scored 22 points while
Carl Jones and Ronald Roberts
each added 18 to lead Saint
Josephs to an 82-72 victory over
No. 22 Temple on Saturday.
Rutgers 77, Seton Hall 72
NEWARK, N.J. Freshman
Jerome Seagears hit a 3-pointer
with 13.1 seconds to play in
overtime and Rutgers snapped a
six-game losing streak with a
77-72 victory over New Jersey-
rival Seton Hall on Saturday.
N C A A M E N S B A S K E T B A L L
Kansas edges Missouri in OT
The Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Missouri guard Michael Dixon tries to shoot while covered by Kansas forward Thomas Robinson
during the second half of Saturdays game in Lawrence, Kan.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Nata-
lie Novosel scored a career-high
32 points, Devereaux Peters
added 17 points and a career-
high 18 rebounds, and No. 3
Notre Dame withstood an upset
bid by South Florida to beat the
Bulls 80-68 on Saturday and
clinch a tie for the Big East
regular-season title.
Skylar Diggins had 18 points
for the Irish (27-2, 14-1), who
set a school regular-season
mark with their 27th victory.
But this one was not easy
against the scrappy Bulls (15-14,
7-8), who got 18 points apiece
from Inga Orekhova and Jas-
mine Wynne..
No. 2 Stanford 69, Utah 42
STANFORD, Calif. Chiney
Ogwumike scored 16 points and
had 12 rebounds, older sister
Nnemkadi Ogwumike added 15
points and five blocks and No. 2
Stanford beat Utah 69-42 on
Saturday, giving coach Tara
Vanderveer her 700th career
victory with the Cardinal.
The Hall of Fame coach is
fifth on the all-time coaching
list with 852 wins.
No. 4 Connecticut 85,
Marquette 45
MILWAUKEE Kaleena
Mosqueda-Lewis scored a ca-
reer-high 27 points to lead
fourth-ranked Connecticut to an
easy 85-45 victory over Mar-
quette on Saturday.
The Huskies (26-3, 13-2 Big
East) have won all seven meet-
ings against Marquette and will
face No. 3 Notre Dame on Mon-
day night to try and earn a
share of the conference regular
season title.
No. 12 Green Bay 78,
Butler 53
GREEN BAY, Wis. Julie
Wojta had a double-double with
27 points and 13 rebounds as
12th-ranked Green Bay earned
its 14th straight Horizon
League title with a 78-53 victo-
ry over Butler.
No. 15 Georgetown 65,
Syracuse 62
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Sugar
Rodgers scored 21 points, in-
cluding a three-point play in the
games last minute, as No. 15
Georgetown used a 5-0 run in
the final 39 seconds to sink
Syracuse 65-62 on Saturday.
\No. 16 Louisville 75,
No. 21 DePaul 62
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Becky
Burke scored 20 points and No.
16 Louisville defeated No. 21
DePaul 75-62 on Saturday to
earn a split in the season series.
Louisville used a 12-2 run
that spanned the final minute of
the first half and the first four
minutes of the second to build
a 43-31 lead after a free throw
by Shoni Schimmel with 16:12
to play. The Cardinals led by 13
twice and were never threat-
ened the rest of the way.
No. 20 St. Johns 69,
Villanova 49
NEW YORK DaShena
Stevens scored 21 points and
No. 20 St. Johns won its sev-
enth consecutive game, defeat-
ing Villanova 69-49 in a Big
East game Saturday.
Eugeneia McPherson scored
11 of her 13 points in the first
half for the Red Storm (20-8,
12-3), who shot 51.9 percent (14
of 27) to take a 36-26 lead at
the break.
No 24 Rutgers 68,
Providence 47
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Kha-
dijah Rushdan scored 21 points
to lead No. 24 Rutgers past
Providence 68-47 on Saturday,
extending the Scarlet Knights
winning streak against the
Friars to 19 straight games.
The Scarlet Knights (20-8,
9-6 Big East) were never really
threatened in this one, leading
by 16 points at the break and
outscoring the Friars 31-26 in
the second half to seal it.
Gonzaga 77, BYU 60
SPOKANE, Wash. No. 25
Gonzaga clinched its eighth
straight West Coast Conference
regular-season title and
avenged a 30-point loss to BYU
with a 77-60 victory over the
Cougars on Saturday.
N C A A W O M E N S B A S K E T B A L L
Irish fight off South Floridas upset attempt
The Associated Press
WILKES-BARRE Bishop Ho-
bans Mike McGinley held on to
the District 2 Class 3A diving re-
cord for 37 years.
Ibrahim Ismail had it in his
name for less than five minutes.
Unfortunately for the Wyom-
ing Valley West senior diver, his
teammate Collin Vest was four
spaces behind him in the diving
order waiting to scratch his
own name into the record books.
Vest and Ismail shattered the
1975 record of 476 points as the
Spartans took the top two spots
in boys diving Saturday at the
District 2-4 Class 3A regional
championships at the Wyoming
Valley Catholic YouthCenter. De-
laware Valleys Kristiana Brush
won the girls title with a five-
point win over Wyoming Valley
Wests Karina Zabresky.
Vest posted a score of 534.4,
eclipsing Ismails newly estab-
lishedrecordof 506.25. It marked
his third consecutive district ti-
tle.
Ibrahim raced back and told
us, Sure, Collin might have the
record. But I held it first, joked
Wyoming Valley West coach Rob
Jacobs.
Vest and Brush claimautomat-
ic bids to the PIAA diving cham-
pionships March 14-15 in Lewis-
burg.
The Spartan pair traded leads
throughout the11-roundmeet. Is-
mail took the lead in the ninth
round when he nailed a forward
three somersaults to take a 1.65-
point lead over Vest.
Vests degree of difficulty
proved to be the deciding factor
in the final two rounds. Ismails
near-perfect inward dive in the
10th secured him four 8.5s and a
9; however, Vests dive carried a
3.2 degree of difficulty and gave
him a 14.5-point lead.
They were all going back and
forth, Jacobs said. Ibrahim was
out there, and he was focused. It
just came down to degree of diffi-
culty. Collin had the triple pike
that nailed him to get back into
first place.
Ismails fate remains in the bal-
ance as his 506.25score must test
the waters of state competition.
Because the PIAA carries one at-
large bid at the 3A level, Ismails
score must outperform all non-
qualifying divers in Pennsylvania
to compete at Lewisburg.
That recordwas there for a ve-
ry long, long time, Jacobs said.
If thats not enough, then Ill be
shocked. First of all, youdont see
a lot of over 500s in the state of
Pennsylvania. That has to prove
something that this kid would be
viable.
The PIAA officials are going
to go to bat for him. Its a big deal
to have a broken record.
On the girls side, Brush out-
matched Zabresky, who chipped
away at the Delaware Valley ju-
niors lead for much of the match.
Brush held a seven-point lead
going into the final dive but
balked on an inward two somer-
sault dive in the 11th, garnering
low scores from the judges. Za-
bresky scored a 37.7 in her final
dive for a 373.9 final score, falling
short to Brushs 378.85.
We knewit was going to come
down probably to the last dive,
Delaware Valley coach Amanda
Pope said. We picked a big one
for her, and it paid off. The mul-
tiplier was so great that it did
what we needed it to do.
Zabresky erred on her reverse
dive in the fifth the low score
placed her in an early hole to es-
cape from.
She fell a little short on her re-
verse dive, Jacobs said. Thats
one of her best dives but she
looked over her shoulder and
twisted it slightly. She didnt
score what she normally would.
If she would have had those two
things, it would have been a dif-
ferent story.
McGinley will present the
medals to Vest and Ismail on Fri-
day when the District 2-4 Class
3A swimming championships
commence in Wilkes-Barre.
Girls: 1. Kristiana Brush, Delaware Valley,
378.85; 2. Karina Zabresky, Wyoming Valley West,
373.9; 3. Kayla Jadush, Hazleton Area, 338.5; 4.
Courtney Snyder, Williamsport, 316; 5. Quinn Gib-
bons, Abington Heights, 309.85; 6. Katie Frank, Wil-
liamsport, 309.35; 7. Nicole English, Williamsport,
291.8; 8. Annie Gromelski, Abington Heights,
274.65; 9. Morgan Sledzinski, Scranton, 267.8; 10.
Marisa Gretz, Abington Heights, 266.75; 11. Brie
Galvin, Scranton, 256.5
Boys: 1. Collin Vest, Wyoming Valley West,
534.4; 2. Ibrahim Ismail, Wyoming Valley West,
506.25; 3. Edward Kovac, Hazleton Area, 374.6; 4.
DanJasinski, AbingtonHeights, 321; 5. SethHunter,
Williamsport, 320.65; 6. Jake Welker, Delaware Val-
ley, 275.75; 7. Ian Ultsh, Wyoming Valley West,
272.9; 8. Keith Tonte, Pittston Area, 270.45; 9. Scott
Rafaiani, Scranton, 237.9; 10. Jaret Monteforte, Pitt-
ston Area, 233.5; 11. Tyler Sebastianelli, Abington
Heights, 204.3
C L A S S 3 A D I V I N G
Decades-old record
finally takes a dive
Wyoming Valley Wests Collin
Vest and Ibrahim Ismail top
37-year-old points mark.
By JAY MONAHAN
For The Times Leader
WILKES-BARRE Ayear ago,
Lake-Lehman didnt even have a
diving program.
On Saturday, it walked away
with a district champion.
Lake-Lehman freshman Mat-
thewEdkins held off an upset bid
by Holy Redeemers Mike Pahler
to claim the District 2 Class 2A
diving title at the Wyoming Val-
ley Catholic Youth Center.
Dallas Sarah Zerfoss claimed
her third consecutive district div-
ing title on the girls side with
412.05 points.
Edkins jumpstarted the Black
Knight diving program with his
late win over Pahler. He over-
came a 7.3-point deficit to start
the penultimate round, nailing
his final two dives to defeat Pah-
ler by 8.2 points.
That was awesome, Edkins
said. I was trying to relax and
stay calm. He was so close.
Not one of the favorites at the
district meet, Pahler achieved a
28-point lead in the sixth round,
forcing Edkins into an uphill bat-
tle. The Holy Redeemer senior
received mediocre scores in the
first two of three finals dives, en-
abling Edkins to take the lead in
the 10th round.
Despite perfecting a 2.9-diffi-
culty dive in the last round, Pah-
ler fell short when Edkins
amassed four 7s and a 7.5 score
on a 2.8-difficulty inward two
somersault dive to post a 448.2
total.
Well, the first two dives of the
last round werent as good as I
hoped it would be, said Pahler,
who set a school record with 440
points. Soit really came downto
the very last dive. We both really
hit it on the last dive.
Pahler will join Edkins at the
PIAA diving championships
March16-17at Bucknell Universi-
ty.
Zerfoss peppered the score-
board with 8s en route to an early
insurmountable lead. Hanover
Areas Ashlynn Heller placed sec-
ond for the second consecutive
year with 356 points. Both Zer-
foss and Heller locked down au-
tomatic qualifying bids to the
PIAAs in Lewisburg.
The Dallas senior scored a 37
in her final dive to surpass the
400 mark with 412.05.
Its really exciting, Zerfoss
said. My coach set that as a goal
for the last dives. So the fact I
could break 400 is really excit-
ing.
Zerfoss scored at least one 8 in
four of her five required dives.
All of my required dives were
really good, she said. I nailed
them down, and Im really happy
I did.
Heller outlasted a pair of Holy
Redeemer divers that contended
for the second spot to PIAAs. Oli-
via Vitali and Kelsey Williams
trailed with scores of 347.7 and
341.7, respectively.
Entering finals, Heller led by a
fraction of a point. A 37 score on
the 10th round provided the Ha-
nover Area sophomore with
enough cushion to secure sec-
ond.
Girls: 1. Sarah Zerfoss, Dallas, 412.05; 2. Ash-
lynn Heller, Hanover Area, 356; 3. Olivia Vitali, Holy
Redeemer, 347.7; 4. Kelsey Williams, Holy Re-
deemer, 341.7; 5. Erica Luzetski, Dallas, 322.65; 6.
Amanda OKane, Berwick, 300.2; 7. Kierstin Lasher,
Wyoming Area, 295.7; 8. Jessica Kreidler, Holy Re-
deemer, 281.05; 9. Amanda Mathers, Lake-Lehman,
259.15; 10. Taylor Davies, Dallas, 259.05; 11. Katie
Kolodzieski, Tunkhannock, 254.4; 12. Kendra Va-
nesko, Dallas, 252.75; 13. Julia Amorino, Elk Lake,
179.35
Boys: 1. Matthew Edkins, Lake-Lehman, 448.2;
2. Mike Pahler, Holy Redeemer, 440; 3. Patrick Ma-
daya, Dallas, 386.6; 4. DanCurtin, Berwick, 330.6; 5.
Dustin Zeiler, Lake-Lehman, 310.65; 6. Mike Pacov-
sky, Wyoming Area, 298.6; 7. Mike Kozub, Meyers,
291.4; 8. NickRydzewski, WyomingArea, 251.85; 9.
Jesse Szwazt, Wyoming Area, 227.55
C L A S S 2 A D I V I N G
Freshman earns district
title for Black Knights
By JAY MONAHAN
For The Times Leader
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third straight District 2 Class 3A
crown beating Wallenpaupacks
Chase Gallik, 7-3 in the finals.
The Patriot senior held off a late
rally by the Buckhorns freshman
to claim the trifecta, an accom-
plishment not many in district
history can claim.
Imjust happy I got to spend it
with my family and they got to
see me go out on a good note in
my senior year, Scarantino said.
Its a huge accomplishment, not
as huge as100 wins I got through-
out the season, but its huge.
Scarantino picked up his third
title, but four other WyomingVal-
ley Conference wrestlers, in addi-
tion to Hammerstone, picked up
their first district title.
Hazleton Area freshman Larry
Romanchik became the latest
ninth-grader to win a gold medal,
defeating top-seeded Bob Gray
from Crestwood, 7-5 in the final.
His teammate, Chad Hoffman,
a returning state placewinner,
pinned Delaware Valleys Matt
Wagner in1:33 for his first title at
195.
I enjoyed it. Ive been working
for it and I finally got a district ti-
tle, but the ultimate goal is to get
back to states and get a medal
and get on that state podium,
said Hoffman, who tallied three
wins all by fall inthe tournament.
Coughlins Brad Emerick, who
also claimed his first gold medal,
followed in Hoffmans steps with
a first-period fall in the finals.
Emerick, who extended his un-
beaten mark to 36-0 this season,
defeated Pittston Areas Chris
Wesolowski for the fourth time
this season with the finals pin.
Like Hoffman, Emerick also had
all pins in the event, except his
three were all in the first period.
Hoffman went into the second
period once.
Ive been working for this all
year and its real special for me,
Emerick said. I just look to go
out there on the mat and get off.
Romanchik trailed Gray 2-0
early, but scored five unanswered
points toclose out the first period
and he never looked back.
I wasnt expecting him to
come out as hard as he did and it
kind of woke me up, him coming
out that hard, Romanchik said.
I knew I couldnt let that two
points get to me early. I had to
work my way back little by little.
Wyoming Valley Wests Der-
rick Simms (138 pounds) also be-
came the newest district cham-
pion for the WVC.
The junior, who entered the
bracket as the No. 4 seed, wonhis
title knocking off Coughlins
Frankie Mahmoud. He grabbed a
takedown with just 16 seconds
left in the match and didnt let
Mahmoud out at the end to
clinch the win. The Spartan ad-
vanced to the final in one of the
most exciting semifinals, defeat-
ing top-seeded Aaron Kennedy
from Honesdale 11-10 in the final
seconds.
I was just looking for whatev-
er I couldfind, Simms saidabout
the final takedown versus Mah-
moud. He then went on to praise
his finals opponent. I grew up
with the kid and hes a great ath-
lete. Hes a tough kid and it was a
tough finals match. Hes a hard
worker and he really deserves
some credit too.
Notes: Delaware Valleys C.J.
Palmer, who earned Outstanding
Wrestler, joined the elite group of
four-time District 2 champions
with a 9-7 win over Valley Wests
Kyle Krasavage. It was also his
150th career win and hes just the
second wrestler in Lackawanna
League history to accomplish the
four-time feat joining Scrantons
Dave MorganThe Warriors
claimed their first District 2 title
with 232 points, their last district
championship came in 1980
when they were part of District
12. The 232 points also broke the
Class 3A record for most points
scored in the tournament, break-
ing Coughlins previous record of
218.5 in 1992.
District 2 Class 3A
Championships
(at Hazleton Area)
Outstanding Wrestler: C.J. Palmer, Delaware
Valley
Coach of the Year: Lou DeLauro and staff, Dela-
ware Valley
Jr. High Coach of the Year: JimHoffman, Hazle-
ton Area
WVCSportsmanshipAward: JayKonigus, Crest-
wood
LL Sportsmanship Award: Paul Fox, West Scran-
ton
Team Scores: 1. Delaware Valley (DV) 239; 2.
Wyoming Valley West (WVW) 132; 3. Pittston Area
(PA) 128; 3. Pittston Area (PA) 128; 4. Crestwood
(Cre) 118; 5. Coughlin (Cou) 115.5; 6. Honesdale
(Hon) 111; 7. Wallenpaupack (Wall) 105.5; 8. Scran-
ton(Scr) 93; 9. HazletonArea(Haz) 88; 10. Abington
Heights (AH) 84; 11. West Scranton (WS) 75.5; 12.
Berwick (Ber) 70; 13. Tunkhannock (Tun) 63
Finals
106 Jamie Scarantino (PA) dec Chase Gallik
(Wall) 7-3
113LarryRomanchik(Haz) decBobGray(Cre)
7-5
120TomHendry(WS) decFrankCarozza(DV)
3-0
126 C.J. Palmer (DV) dec Kyle Krasavage
(WVW) 9-7
132 Jalen Palmer (DV) dec Kevin Laubach
(Ber) 6-2
138 Derrick Simms (WVW) dec Frankie Mah-
moud (Cou) 4-3
145 Kyle Hankinson (Cre) dec Angelo Lussi
(PA) 8-3
152 Matt Hammerstone (Cre) dec Michael Carr
(AH) 11-6
160 Mark Granahan (Scr) tech fall Zach Smith
(Hon) 16-0, 3:28
170 Marc Wagner (DV) dec Charlie Generotti
(Tun) 5-3
182 Martin Strenk (DV) dec Roger Legg (Cre)
4-2, OT
195 Chad Hoffman (Haz) pinned Matt Wagner
(DV) 1:33
220 Victor Steffen (Wall) dec Jack Fagan (DV)
3-2
285 Brad Emerick (Cou) pinned Chris Weso-
lowski (PA) 1:50
Semifinals
106 Scarantino (PA) dec Hawkins (Cou) 6-0;
Gallik (Wall) pinned Pascale (AH) 5:43
113Gray(Cre) pinnedKoslower (DV) 3:04; Ro-
manchik (Haz) dec Poray (Cou) 9-2
120 Carozza (DV) pinned Ciprich (Cou) 2:38;
Hendry (WS) dec Lutecki (PA) 7-4
126 Palmer (DV) tech fall Senuk (AH) 18-3,
4:15; Krasavage (WVW) tech fall Kennedy (Hon)
19-1, 5:54
132 Palmer (DV) maj dec Carr (AH) 12-2; Lau-
bach (Ber) dec Bakradze (Scr) 4-0
138 Simms (WVW) dec Kennedy (Hon) 11-10;
Mahmoud (Cou) maj dec McNally (Scr) 13-4
145 Lussi (PA) dec Inguilli (Wall) 10-4; Hankin-
son (Cre) dec Markowitz (DV) 14-7
152 Carr (AH) default Kobrynich (WS); Ham-
merstone (Cre) tech fall Dwyer (WVW) 19-3, 5:55
160 Granahan (Scr) tech fall Masteller (Ber)
16-1, 2:26; Smith (Hon) pinned Favaro (DV) 1:53
170 Wagner (DV) dec Cowman (WVW) 9-2;
Generotti (Tun) dec Zeiler (Wall) 3-1
182 Strenk (DV) dec Olson (Cou) 6-1; Legg
(Cre) pinned Wehrmann (Wall) 1:45
195 Hoffman (Haz) pinned Baress (WS) 2:14;
Wagner (DV) dec Wehrmann (Wall) 3-0
220 Fagan (DV) pinned Kearney (AH) 1:41;
Steffen (Wall) dec Schermerhorn (Haz) 4-0
285 Emerick (Cou) pinned Drake (Tun) 1:41;
Wesolowski (PA) dec Berardelli (AH) 3-1, OT
Third Place
106GregPascale(AH) decJakeLang(DV) 5-1
113 Bill Poray (Cou) maj dec Richie Koslower
(DV) 11-1
120Tyler Lutecki (PA) decEdCiprich(Cou) 6-2
126 Evan Kennedy (Hon) dec Dan Ritz (Cre)
3-0
132 Matt Evans (Hon) dec Nathan Cheek
(WVW) 8-4
138 Aaron Kennedy (Hon) dec James McNally
(Scr) 4-3
145 Cody Cordes (WVW) default Pat Inguilli
(Wall) 3:00
152 Tim Russell (Hon) dec Shane McTiernan
(Scr) 4-2
160 Dan Favaro (DV) dec Sam Falcone (PA)
6-3
170Trey Cowman(WVW) dec Paul Cole(Cou)
5-3
182 Pat Nallin (PA) pinned Ethan Wehrmann
(Wall) 4:39
195 Joe Barress (WS) dec Jared Wehrmann
(Wall) 3-2
220 Jake Jola (Ber) dec Brandon Baird (WVW)
2-1, 3OT
285 Casey Drake (Tun) dec Dylan Berardelli
(AH) 2-1, 3OT
Fifth Place
106 Bobby Hawkins (Cou) pinned Stephfen
Caple (WS) 2:18
113 Dave Deleo (PA) dec James Fayocavitz
(AH) 6-4, OT
120Peter Talanca(Ber) pinnedMikePavlichko
(Tun) 4:01
126 Nick Senuk (AH) dec Josh Mussoline
(Haz) 9-5
132 Niyaz Bakradze (Scr) forfeit Matthew Carr
(AH)
138 Kevin Wesolowski (PA) forfeit Anthony
Colletta (DV
145 Lucas Markowitz (DV) dec Ben Siegel
(Tun) 7-4
152 Brian Dwyer (WVW) forfeit Jon Kobrynich
(WS)
160Will Masteller (Ber) decAndrewBrodginski
(Cre) 7-3
170 Garrett Zeiler (Wall) pinned Dan Stuckart
(Scr) 2:31
182 Tom Smulowitz (WVW) won by forfeit
195 Ian Moran (WVW) maj dec Tyler Ohl (Ber)
13-5
220 Taylor Schermerhorn (Haz) pinned Patrick
Kearney (AH) 2:28
285 Kameron Van Wert (WS) pinned Nick Maf-
fei (DV) :39
Consolation Semifinals
106 Lang (DV) tech fall Stonier (Tun) 16-0,
5:00; Caple (WS) dec Rutledge (Hon) 1-0
113 Deleo (PA) dec Jennings (Scr) 7-5; Fayo-
cavitz (AH) dec Tirko (WVW) 7-5
120Pavlichko(Tun) maj decEgger (Wall) 10-2;
Talanca (Ber) dec Vopava (Haz) 8-6, OT
126 Ritz (Cre) dec Lovallo (Scr) 8-2; Mussoline
(Haz) dec Kroptavich (WS) 6-0
132 Cheek (WVW) dec Masters (Haz) 2-1;
Evans (Hon) dec Smith (WS) 3-0
138 Colletta (DV) pinned Slocum (AH) 3:34;
Wesolowski (PA) dec Geroski (Cre) 4-2
145Siegel (Tun) decTalanca(Ber) 4-3; Cordes
(WVW) dec Lill (Hon) 4-2, OT
152 Russel (Hon) pinned Wagner (DV) 2:29;
McTiernan (Scr) maj dec Fredmund (Haz) 17-9
160 Falcone (PA) dec Biesadesky (Haz) 3-2;
Brodginski (Cre) dec Wright (Tun) 3-1
170 Stuckart (Scr) pinned Dexter (Cre) 2:40;
Cole (Cou) pinned Dailey (Hon) :59
182Nallin(PA) decCarrasco(Tun) 2-0; Smulo-
witz (WVW) dec Borkowski (Hon) 6-4
195 Ohl (Ber) dec Robbins (Scr) 4-3; Moran
(WVW) pinned Quinn (Hon) 1:58
220 Jola (Ber) dec Phillips (Cou) 2-1; Baird
(WVW) dec Benson (Hon) 3-0
285 Maffei (DV) dec Pajalich (Wall) 10-7; Van
Wert (WS) pinned Kowalczyk (Hon) 2:42
Consolation Finals
106 Lang (DV) maj dec Hawkins (Cou) 16-7;
Pascale (AH) maj dec Caple (WS) 9-1
113 Koslower (DV) pinned Deleo (PA) 1:25;
Poray (Cou) tech fall Fayovavitz (AH) 15-0, 2:49;
120 Ciprich (Cou) dec Pavlichko (Tun) 9-8; Lu-
tecki (PA) dec Talanca (Ber) 9-4, OT
126 Ritz (Cre) dec Senuk (AH) 5-2; Kennedy
(Hon) dec Mussoline (Haz) 7-2
132 Cheek (WVW) default Carr (AH); Evans
(Hon) dec Bakradze (Scr) 4-2, OT
138 Kennedy (Hon) pinned Colletta (DV) 3:51;
McNally (Scr) dec Wesolowski (PA) 6-3
145 Inguilli (Wall) dec Siegel (Tun) 11-8;
Cordes (WVW) dec Markowitz (DV) 2-1, 2OT
152 Russell (Hon) forfeit Kobrynich (WS);
McTiernan (Scr) dec Dwyer (WVW) 5-3
160 Falcone (PA) dec Masteller (Ber) 4-3; Fa-
varo (DV) dec Brodginski (Cre) 4-3
170 Cowman (WVW) pinned Stuckart (Scr)
1:58; Cole (Cou) dec Zeiler (Wall) 4-3
182 Nallin (PA) forfeit; Wehrmann (Wall)
pinned Smulowitz (WVW) 2:51
195Baress (WS) dec Ohl (Ber) 5-2; Wehrmann
(Wall) pinned Moran (WVW) 2:45
220Jola(Ber) pinnedKearney (AH) 3:59; Baird
(WVW) dec Schermerhorn (Haz) 6-3
285 Drake (Tun) pinned Maffei (DV) 1:50; Be-
rardelli (AH) dec Van Wert (WS) 6-1
CHAMPS
Continued from Page 1C
FRED ADAMS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Delaware Valleys C.J. Palmer tries for a single leg take down on
Kyle Krasavage of Wyoming Valley West in a 126-pound match.
WILKES-BARRE TWP.With
BradThiesseninPittsburgh, start-
ing goaltender Scott Munroe hob-
blingoff the ice inthe secondperi-
od and the game
scoreless, the
Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton Pen-
guins pinned
their hopes for a
win on a netmin-
der whoatotal of
19 minutes of ex-
perience in the
American Hock-
ey League.
Rookie Pa-
trick Killeen, 21,
did manage to
keep the Pen-
guins in Satur-
days matchup
against the Syra-
cuseCrunch, but
they couldnt muster a win. The
Crunch scored twice on Killeen in
the second period to defeat the
Penguins 2-1.
The loss drops the Penguins to
32-17-2-5 and into second place in
the East Division, two points be-
hind the Norfolk Admirals, who
defeated Hershey on Saturday.
After an evenly-matched first
period that saw both teams go
scoreless, adversity struck the
Penguins when Munroe exited
thegamewithaninjurythreemin-
utes into the second period.
Killeen entered the game for
the Penguins, making only his
first appearance of the season.
Entering a scoreless game near
the halfway point wasnt an easy
thing to do.
I dont have a lot of experience
intheAmericanLeagueandits al-
ways tough when you come in
halfwaythrougha game, saidKil-
leen, who has played in 33 games
for Wheeling in the ECHL.
Anytime your going in its a lit-
tle bit of nerves, but mostly excit-
ed. You want to pick up where
(Munroe) left off and give the
teama chance to win.
Killeen did just that, but he got
off to a rough start.
On the first shot Killeen faced,
Syracuse connected during a two-
on-one when Dan Sexton deposit-
eda cross-ice pass intothe far side
of the net for a power play goal to
make it 1-0.
Killeen wasnt rattled.
You cant dwell on a goal like
that. I was kind of aware that it
wouldve been a tough save, but I
had to move on and stay confi-
dent, Killeen said.
ThePenguins tiedit upminutes
later when Ryan Craig swiped
home a loose puck in front during
a power play to make it 1-1.
With eight seconds left in the
period, Killeen had a shot skip
over his leg to give Syracuse a 2-1
lead.
The goal turned out to be the
game-winner, andits one that Kil-
leen would like to have back.
The second one was a tough
one, he said. I know it wasnt
great, and unfortunately its what
cost us.
The Penguins and the soldout
home crowd held their breath in
the third period when Killeen was
shaken up after making a series of
savesduringascruminthecrease.
If Killeen had to leave the game,
head coach John Hynes said the
team didnt have an emergency
goaltender to take his place.
Hopefully I could come up
with something good, Hynes
said. (Goaltender coach Mike)
Bales is here. Wedhave toget him
on a PTOquick.
Despite a Syracuse defense that
had been stingy all night, the Pen-
guins generated a ton of pressure
late in the third period, narrowly
missing on a Jason Williams shot
from the slot with three minutes
left, followed by a Colin McDo-
naldswipeat aloosepucknear the
post.
Crunch goaltender Antero Niit-
tymaki stayed cool in net to keep
the Penguins off the board in the
periodandfinishedthegamestop-
ping 35 of 36 shots.
After the game, head coach
John Hynes didnt have an update
on Munroes status but said the
teamwould be able to find anoth-
ergoaltender, if needed, bytodays
3 p.m. matchup against Norfolk.
If Killeen gets the nod, he said
hes prepared to make his first
AHL start.
Its usually easier (to start).
Youknowwhatscoming,hesaid.
Im just going to be ready to go.
Ive been playing hockey my
whole life. Its nothing different. I
just have to be ready for it.
P E N G U I N S
Rookie nearly topples Crunch
Goalie Patrick Killeen comes
in for the Penguins following
an injury to Scott Munroe.
By TOMVENESKY
tvenesky@timesleader.com
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Penguins Ryan Craig (22) ties the game at 1 on a power play goal
in the second period, scoring on Syracuse goalie Antero Niittmaki.
2
CRUNCH
1
PENGUINS
LEHMAN TWP. As Hanov-
er Areas Steve Radzwilla was
turning Dallas Garrett Artsma
onto his back during their
match the cheers started to rise
from the crowd, encouraging
the Hawkeyes 185-pounder to
finish Artsma. When the referee
slapped the mat to signal a pin
for Radzwilla, a minor frenzy
broke out behind the scorers ta-
ble courtesy of wrestlers from
Lake-Lehman.
Artsmas second-place finish
ensured that Dallas would not
overtakeLake-Lehmaninpoints
and, by a margin of one point,
the Black Knights came away
with the team title in the Dis-
trict 2 Class 2A wrestling tour-
nament.
I didnt even see the match,
said Lake-Lehman head coach
Tom Williams. I was watching
it for a minute but then I had to
go into the locker room for
something and one of the kids
came running in to tell me what
had happened.
I feel really good for the kids,
though, said Williams. Its
been a bumpy road but the kids
have worked hard. Weve only
beenonthe mats at practice two
days out of the last fourteen,
but, they never quit.
Lake-Lehman was pitted
against Dallas in three matches
coming into the final round of
Saturdays action, with each
team having earned a separate,
fourthmatch. Just getting to the
point of needing Radzwillas
win to make a difference meant
that the Knights had to win all
three of those matches.
Jake Winters (138), Bryan
Carter (152) and Nick Shelley
(160) all won by decision for the
Knights after Dallas Dominic
DeGraba started the day with a
winat106. Shelleys winwhich
earned him a second district ti-
tle came against another for-
mer district champion, the
Mountaineers Bill Dixon.
I knew it was going to come
down to conditioning, that it
was going to come down to that
third period but I just had to
keep pushing myself, said Shel-
ley. This win today feels strict-
ly awesome. Its great to get this
win as a team.
At his match at 126 pounds,
the Knights Austin Harry did
his best to give his team a
chance, pinning Nanticokes
Josh Allabaugh.
Its the best feeling in the
world, said Harry of winning
his second district title in a row.
I just stuck to my game plan
and in the third period I think
(Allabaugh) just got a little tired
and I was able to get the pin.
While Harry and Shelley be-
came repeat winners, some fel-
low Wyoming Valley Confer-
ence products also added to
their district title totals.
Wyoming Areas Andy Schutz
addedhis thirdtitle withhis win
at 132 over Meyers Jeff Nealon
and the Mohawks Vito Pasone
took home his fourth district
crown with a 24-7 technical fall
of the Knights Jimmy Stuart.
Its the third one and it never
gets easier. Todays match felt
like an absolute brawl said
Schutz. It feels really good to
get the win though. Ive been
training really hard and Im go-
ing to be training ever harder to
try my best to get a fourth.
Thats a goal of mine and I really
want to try and get after that
next year, but, for nowImgoing
to focus on regionals.
Pasones win made him just
the fourthwrestler inschool his-
tory to take home a district title
every year and just the twenty-
third in the entire district.
Its a really nice feeling to be
up there with the others who
have done in fromMeyers, said
Pasone. Hopefully I can
achieve as much as they did
when its all over.
If the Pasone continues wres-
tling and winning in the style he
did all weekend, he may have
some more hardware to add
soon enough.
The senior won his three
matches this weekend by tech-
nical fall and never by less than
15 points. As a result, Pasone al-
so took home the tournaments
Outstanding Wrestler award.
He wrestled solid, he really
wrestled the way he wanted to,
said Meyers coach Ron Swingle,
who was awarded Coach of the
Year at the end of the tourna-
ment. He was very prepared
and thats what I wanted to see
from all the kids this weekend.
We had a good tournament. We
came in with eleven and seven
are going on to next weekend.
We just have to regroup and get
ready for next weekend and I
think well be ready.
Of those moving on from
Swingles squadis DarrenStuck-
er, who scored a pin at 145,
rounding out the list of local
winners. Hanover Areas Brad
Glazenski, Meyers Justin Elick
and Jeff Nealon, Dallas Zach
Macosky and Kris Roccograndi
and Nanticokes Pedro Bracero
will all also be moving along to
Williamsport for the Regional
tournament after taking home
second-place finishes.
Team Scores
1. Lake-Lehman 182.5; 2. Dallas 181.5; 3.
Meyers 162.5; 4. Western Wayne 159; 5. Lacka-
wanna Trail 118; 6. Wyoming Area 79; 7. Hanover
Area 78; 8. Valley View 77; 9. Nanticoke 68; 10.
GAR 56; 11. Blue Ridge 53; 11. Elk Lake 53; 13
Scranton Prep 29; 14. Montrose 10.5
Championship Round
106 Dominic DeGraba (DAL) dec. Brad Gla-
zenski (HAN) 12-0
113 Vito Pasone (MEY) tech. fall Jimmy
Stuart (LL) 24-7
120 Zach Edwards (BR) dec. Justin Elick
(MEY) 5-4
126 Austin Harry (LL) pinned Josh Allabaugh
(NAN) 5:18
132 Andy Schutz (WA) dec. Jeff Nealon
(MEY) 10-4
138 Jake Winters (LL) dec. Zach Macosky
(DAL) 5-2
145 Darren Stucker (MEY) pinned Manny Mi-
ralih (WW) 3:46
152 Bryan Carter (LL) dec. Kris Roccograndi
(DAL) 4-0
160 Nick Shelley (LL) dec. Bill Dixon (DAL)
8-4
170 Marvess Rosiak (LT) Garrett Enslin
(WW)
182 Steve Radzwilla (HAN) Garrett Artsma
(DAL)
195 Pedro Bracero (NAN) Conner Rosen-
sweet (WW)
220 Eric Laytos (LT) Matt Rosensweet (WW)
285 Mike Gallantini (VV) Ben Lehman (LT)
Consolation Finals
106 Sean Bergold (MEY) pinned John Toma-
surea (LL) 4:03
113 A.J. Luton (GAR) dec. Klimovitch (DAL)
7-4
120 Carmen Mauriello (WA) dec. Patrick
Creedon (SP) 6-1
126 Kashif Alston (MEY) pinned Matt Judge
(VV) 4:15
132 Morgan Fuller (WW) pinned Billy Lee
(LT) 3:33
138TomMaby (BR) dec. Dominic Vitale(HA)
3-2
145 Derrick Smith (EL) pinned Ryan Fillipiak
(WA) 4:18
152 Beau Fuller (WW) pinned Michael Cipi-
lewski (VV) 2:22
160 Johntae Nelson (MEY) dec. Lucas Kar-
nick (WW) 7-6
170 Connor Martinez (DAL) dec. Jamaar
Taylor (GAR) 3-2
182 Caleb Darling (LT) dec. Troy Uhrin (VV)
OT 5-3
195 Ryan Monk (DAL) pinned Curt Barbacci
(LL) 1:54
220 Zac Faust (GAR) pinned Dillon Ropietski
(HAN) 3:25
285 Joseph Ingaglio (WW) dec. Carl Zielinski
(WA) 2-0
D I S T R I C T 2 W R E S T L I N G
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Meyers Vito Pasone, top, wrestles Lake-Lehmans Jimmy
Stuart on his way to win the District 2 Class 2A title in the
113-pound bout in Lehman Township on Saturday night.
Lake-Lehman wins
Class 2A team title
Black Knights finish one
point ahead of Dallas thanks
to Hanover Area wrestler.
By MATTHEWSHUTT
For The Times Leader
C M Y K
THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012 PAGE 7C
M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L
VIERA, Fla. Ryan Zimmer-
man and the Washington Nation-
als are looking to stay together
for the long haul.
Both sides were working Sat-
urday to agree on a lucrative new
contract that would keep the star
third baseman with the Nationals
beyond the last two years on his
current deal. The main sticking
point was Zimmermans desire
for a no-trade clause, or at least
some assurance that he wouldnt
be dealt by the only teamhes
played for in the big leagues.
Zimmerman wanted to get the
deal done by Saturday, when the
Nationals held their first full-
squad workout. But, fromthe
perspective of general manager
Mike Rizzo, there was some
wiggle roomin the players dead-
line.
Zimmerman has two seasons
left on a $45 million, five-year
contract. He didnt want talks to
drag on through spring training
or into the season, worried his
contract situation would become
a distraction to a teamthat has
some top prospects and expects
to make great strides in the NL
East.
A R O U N D T H E L E A G U E
NATIONALS
3B Zimmerman wants to stay
The Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Nationals third baseman Ryan
Zimmerman fields a ground ball
Saturday in Viera, Fla.
TAMPA, Fla. Alex Rodri-
guez has an interesting offer
for Jeremy Lin: Need a new
roommate?
If hes still looking for a
place to crash, maybe he can
crash at my apartment, the
New York Yankees star said.
Imagine the tabloids then.
A day after arriving at
spring training, Rodriguez said
Saturday he feels healthy and
gave a lot of credit to a special
treatment suggested by anoth-
er NBA star, Kobe Bryant.
But it didnt take long before
A-Rod, like almost everyone
else these days, was talking
about the sudden success of
Lin, the New York Knicks
point guard who spent the
night before his breakout
game sleeping on teammate
Landry Fields couch only
because his brothers place,
where Lin had been staying,
was unavailable.
Of course, now that his
contract is guaranteed for the
rest of the season, Lin has
found his own apartment.
Linsanity. Wow.
What a run, Rodriguez
said. You look at the
Giants, you look at
Linsanity and theres
been so many great
things happening in
New York.
The great thing
about Linsanity is
that, it kind of reminds
you of how fun the
game should be, he add-
ed. For some of us that
have been playing for a long
time, it makes you realize
how much fun the game is.
NEWYORK YANKEES
A-Rod to Lin: Need a new roommate?
The Associated Press
New York
Yankees Alex
Rodriguez CLEARWATER, Fla. Injured
Phillies star RyanHowardis leav-
ingPhiladelphias springtraining
campfor a fewdays tovisit the
doctor whodidthe surgery onhis
tornleft
Achilles tendon.
Phillies man-
ager Charlie
Manuel calledit
a little set-
back. Phillies
general manag-
er RubenAma-
roJr. saidit was
a routine checkup.
Howardis likely toreturnto
camponWednesday. Hes been
takingbattingpractice anddoing
light fieldingdrills andjogging.
Its still uncertainwhether Ho-
wardwill be ready for opening
day.
PHILLIES
Slugger Howard
facing a setback
The Associated Press
Howard
above his
locker, seiz-
ing the
chance to let
this brash
rookie know
hed gone a
little too far.
Not that
Harper took it that way. Heck,
someone put an even cruder
term on the nameplate during
his first year in the minors,
where he rubbed plenty of
people the wrong way.
Didnt bother him then.
Doesnt bother him now.
I dont really care, Harper
said Saturday, standing at the
locker after the first full-squad
workout of spring training, his
actual name and number back
in place above his head. This
is going to be going on for a
while. Its part of the game.
Its part of that initiation kind
of thing. Its all good to me.
Yep, its all good to Harper,
who had the audacity to think
he could make the team a
year ago, who saw nothing
ludicrous about making the
jump from the Scenic West
Athletic Conference to big
leagues.
Now, even though his pro
experience consists of a mere
109 games, none of it spent
above the Double-A level,
Harper arrived this spring
more determined than ever to
be wearing a Nationals uni-
form when he breaks camp.
I want to make that deci-
sion hard for them, he said.
I dont want to be in the
minor leagues. Thats always
been me. Everybody knows
that. I want to be up in the big
leagues and I want to stay
there.
Harper has always been in a
hurry. To become eligible for
baseballs amateur draft at age
17, he took the GED after his
sophomore year of high
school, not long after hed
been on the cover of SI touted
as the Chosen One. Passed
the test with flying colors, of
course.
Then it was on to the Col-
lege of Southern Nevada,
mainly because it was a
school that used wooden bats
in conference play instead of
aluminum. In 66 games, he
smashed 31 homers. The
schools previous record was
12.
Naturally, he was picked
No. 1 by the Nationals in 2010,
signing a contract for just a
shade under $10 million. (He
recently used some of the
money to purchase a home for
his mother.) When Harper
reported to camp the next
spring, he saw no reason why
he couldnt start right away.
Washington decided some
time in the minors was the
more prudent path, shipping
him off to the not-so-prime-
time Sally League.
VIERA, Fla. Bryce Har-
per knew this was coming.
When he arrived at the club-
house for Washingtons first
full-squad workout of spring
training, his teammates sent
him a not-so-subtle message.
Above his locker, the name-
plate said, Joe Namath, No.
12.
Hmmm, Broadway Bryce?
That works, the outfielder
said with a sly smile.
Say this about Harper:
Theres no lack of confidence.
I talked to him when he
was 15, said Nationals man-
ager Davey Johnson. He was
cocky then and hes cocky
now.
Harper is all of 19 these
days, still cruising through life
without the least bit of doubt
hes going to be baseballs
next big star. Hes already
been on the cover of Sports
Illustrated. He picked No. 34
for his Nationals uniform
because those two numbers
add up to 7, which not so
coincidentally was worn by
Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle.
He banters with fans on the
Internet (Rise and grind!!
First real day! Excited to get
going! Why not? he tweeted
Saturday), has a tattoo with
his name and favorite Bible
verse (Luke 1:37, For with
God, nothing shall be impos-
sible) plastered across his
right ribcage, and wears his
hair in a pseudo-Mohawk.
A few weeks ago, Harper let
it be known he wants to be a
cultural icon such as Joe Na-
math. You know, a guy who
wins the big game, speaks his
mind, makes commercials,
enjoys the nightlife. Naturally,
someone doctored the name
WA S H I N G T O N N AT I O N A L S
Broadway Bryce?
AP PHOTO
Bryce Harper, a Washington Nationals prospect, attends the
teams first official full-squad workout Saturday in Viera, Fla.
At 19, Harper figures he
is ready for prime time
By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP National Writer
Harper
FORT MYERS, Fla. There will be
no drinking in the Boston Red Sox club-
house this season.
The team will ban alcohol in the club-
house and on the last plane flight of road
trips, new manager Bobby Valentine an-
nounced on Saturday.
The move comes in the wake of last
seasons September collapse in the AL
East, a tailspin that included reports of
Boston starting pitchers drinking beer
in the clubhouse on their off-days rather
than supporting their teammates in the
dugout.
Its one of a handful of new rules that
Valentine is imposing in his first season
as Red Sox manager, and he laid them
out with teamownership by his side in a
meeting Saturday morning before Bos-
tons first full-squad workout of the
spring.
Its just what Ive always done, except
for when I was in Texas, I guess, Valen-
tine said when asked why he banned
booze. Im comfortable with it that
way.
When asked how the players reacted
to the news, Valentine said, You mean
like standing ovation or booing? I didnt
get either of those.
Veteran David Ortiz didnt bat an eye.
Were not here to drink. Were here to
play baseball, the slugger said. This
aint no bar. If youwant to drink, drink at
home.
Last season, the Red Sox went 7-20 in
September and allowed their nine-game
lead in the AL East to swirl down the
drain. After manager Terry Franconas
team missed the playoffs, the Boston
Globe reported that starting pitchers in-
cluding Josh Beckett, John Lackey and
Jon Lester spent some of their off-days
drinkingbeer andeatingfriedchickenin
the clubhouse during games.
Both Beckett and Lester said last
week that mistakes were made last sea-
son and both vowed it wouldnt happen
again.
Valentine has made sure of that.
Ever since taking over for Francona,
who guided the Red Sox to two World
Series titles in eight seasons and had a
reputationas alaid-backmanager, Valen-
tine has stressed personal responsibility
and accountability with his players.
Each manager has his own style,
team president Larry Lucchino said. It
worked for Tito very well, his style.
Bobby has his own style that was
born of 20-plus years as a manager in the
big leagues and in Japan. Hes got his
own philosophies and I think hell orga-
nize a camp consistent with that. Will
there be differences? You bet there will
be differences because theyre different
managers and different coaching staffs.
Valentine played down the changes,
saying there was nothing groundbreak-
ing in his philosophy, which tells the
players not to embarrass themselves or
the team, the community, their team-
mates, themselves. I dont think thats a
new rule. Thats a long-standing rule of
life.
Beckett, Lester and Lackey were not
available for comment after Valentine
made the announcement.
B O S T O N R E D S O X
Manager Valentine bans alcohol in teams clubhouse
After last years revelations, only
fried chicken remains available to
players of the Olde Towne Team.
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
AP Baseball Writer
AP PHOTO
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine
speaks Feb. 19, in Fort Myers, Fla.
CLEARWATER, Fla. Cliff
Lee will work in a side bullpen
session Sunday when Philadel-
phias pitchers throw to hitters
for the first time in camp.
Lee is nursing a minor ab-
dominal injury. Hes expected
to step back into line with the
rest of the star-studded pitch-
ing staff in the coming week.
Although Lee has had ab-
dominal injuries that have led
to trips to the disabled list in
the past, including two springs
ago while with Seattle, he
shrugged off his current pain
as just a precautionary deal.
Its similar to the ab strains
Ive had in the past, Lee said.
Basically the early stages of
that in the past I tried to power
through it. Im trying to be
smarter with it now and keep
it a small issue.
Lee similarly had a minor
blip on his early spring training
radar a year ago, when he
complained of a minor strained
muscle in his left side. But the
left-hander didnt miss any
time in the exhibition or regu-
lar season schedule and fin-
ished his first full season in
Philadelphia 17-8 with a 2.40
ERA and a major league-best
six shutouts.
Milwaukee Brewers
PHOENIX With an equip-
ment bag slung over his left
shoulder, Ryan Braun went
back to work with the Mil-
waukee Brewers.
The NL MVP had his 50-
game suspension for a positive
drug test overturned earlier
this week. On Saturday, he and
his teammates held their first
full-squad practice in spring
training.
The workout was welcomed
relief for Braun, who was emo-
tional on Friday as he vehe-
mently defended his innocence
following his exoneration by an
arbitrator. On his way out to a
back practice field, Braun
passed fans who yelled Atta
boy, MVP
and Keep
your head
up. Braun
smiled and
said thank
you.
The Brew-
ers werent
sure if they would start the
season with Braun, who failed
a drug test given to him follow-
ing a playoff game in October.
St. Louis Cardinals
JUPITER, Fla. Jason
Motte has already gotten a
public vote of confidence from
his manager.
Motte, who played a promi-
nent role in the Cardinals run
to the 2011 World Series title,
never could get former manag-
er Tony La Russa to acknowl-
edge his role as the closer.
La Russas intention was to
avoid heaping undue pressure
on Motte. New manager Mike
Matheny believes its time for
hard throwing right-hander to
seize the role, and said that
Motte was his closer.
Oakland As
PHOENIX Oakland in-
fielder Scott Sizemore sprained
his left knee during fielding
drills Saturday, the first day of
full squad workouts.
Sizemore was scheduled to
undergo an MRI exam to deter-
mine the extent of the injury.
The Athletics open the season
on March 28 against Seattle in
Tokyo, and it was uncertain
whether Sizemore would be
ready by then.
Minnesota Twins
FORT MYERS, Fla. Joel
Zumayas comeback bid with
the Minnesota Twins took a
worrisome turn Saturday when
the reliever ended a throwing
session early because of dis-
comfort in his right elbow.
Twins general manager
Terry Ryan says Zumaya will
have an MRI exam Sunday.
M L B R O U N D U P
Lee gets some side
work due to injury
The Associated Press
Lee
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S P O R T S
He did it Saturday at Scan-
dlon Gym, where an excellent
Kings College team was previ-
ously unbeaten on its home
floor. And he did it by coaching
hard fromthe opening tip to the
final horn, the signal his Cou-
gars were headingtothe NCAAs
with a 64-54 victory.
Im taking a lot of ribbing,
Martin smiled. Imgoing to my
first NCAA tournament. Coach-
ing the girls team.
No matter what team Martin
touches, the journey always
starts with the same principle.
You dont find the top without
reaching for it.
TICKET
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sports columnist. You may reach
him at 970-7109 or email him at
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Mohawk fans to their feet.
Dunmore point guard John Ri-
naldi quickly calmed the oppos-
ingcrowdwhenhe drove the lane
andpulledupfor a10-foot jumper
to cut the deficit to one. The
game remained close with just
under two minutes to go and
Meyers leading 10-9.
The tandem of Krawczeniuk
and Eugene Lewis would take
over the rest of the period. Lewis
began an 8-0 run with a slashing
drive to the basket to extend the
lead to 12-9. After a Dunmore
turnover, Krawczeniuk found Le-
wis streaking to the hoop and
made a perfect pass that Lewis
would lay in with 1:30 to go.
Moore scooped up the ball on a
busted play the next series down
the floor and drove to the hoop to
make it 16-9. Krawczeniuk closed
the scoring as he drove down the
middle of the lane and put the
Mohawks up 18-9 at the end of
the quarter.
Meyers continued its offensive
onslaught in the second quarter,
and put the breaks on any at-
tempts Dunmore made to get
back in the game.
It all starts with defense,
Toole said. Alex (Pape), Ryan,
and Fabian (Smith) were able to
stop Dunmores big three of Matt
Clarke, John Rinaldi, and Jordan
Dempsey with great man-to-man
defense.
The man-to-man defense held
the Bucks to just four points in
the second quarter as Krawcze-
neiuk continued to nail three-
pointers. His fifth of the game
came with3:22left inthe half and
put the Mohawks up 29-13.
Moore followed that barrage
with a powerful dunk on the next
trip down the floor. Meyers fin-
ished the half on a 9-0 run and led
35-13 heading into the locker
room.
The Mohawks picked up
where they left off to open the
third quarter. Smith knocked
down two jumpers, one a three-
pointer, and Meyers broke the
game wide open as it bolted to a
40-13 lead. Krawczeniuk capped
the run with a layup and later hit
a jumper that put a close to his
game-high 24-point perform-
ance. He had 20 in the first half.
Ryan made things easy for us
tonight, Toole said. He had a
monstrous game.
Moore finished the third quar-
ter witha harddrive tothe basket
that gave Meyers a 57-27 lead.
Moore put the finishing tou-
ches on the game as he slammed
home back-to-back dunks on suc-
cessive plays that put Meyers up
61-39 with 5:30 remaining in the
contest.
Dunmore was led by Rinaldi,
who netted nine points, followed
by Clark and Dempsey, who had
eight points each.
Meyers 68, Dunmore 39
DUNMORE (39): Rinaldi 3 0-2 9, Dempsey 1
0-0 8, Clark 4 0-0 8, Cordaro 0 2-2 5, Mundt 2 1-2 5,
Pichiarello 2 0-0 4. Totals 12 3-8 39.
MEYERS (68): Krawczeniuk 4 1-1 24, Lewis 6
3-415, Moore61-213, Smith31-310, Szafran10-2
2, Steward 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 6-12 68.
Dunmore....................................... 9 4 14 12 39
Meyers ..........................................18 17 22 11 68
3-Point Field Goals DUN 4 (Dempsey 2, Corda-
ro, Rinaldi); MEY 6 (Krawczeniuk 5, Smith)
MOHAWKS
Continued from Page 1C
SCRANTON The improba-
ble shouldnt have happened. At
least thats what GAR coach Paul
Brownbelievedas he stoodinthe
locker room hallway at Scranton
High School on Saturday after-
noon.
But it did. Andsodidovertime.
And so did the end of his Grena-
diers impressive season.
Riverside forced overtime with
an incredible shot at the buzzer,
then scored the game-winner
withnineseconds left intheextra
period to defeat GAR 42-40 in a
District 2 Class 2A quarterfinal
game.
Riverside (21-3) moves to
Wednesdays semifinals and will
play Holy Cross (21-4). GAR
(20-3) saw its season end in the
round of eight for the third time
in four seasons.
Before Jason Vishneskys bas-
ket tied the game at 37 at the end
of regulation, GAR missed the
back end and front end of one-
and-one foul shot situations.
We were in a position where it
wouldnt have mattered if they
made that shot, Brown said. All
we had to do was be up three, up
four and it doesnt matter. We had
opportunities to put points on the
board and we didnt take advan-
tage of them.
The latter one-and-one came
with six seconds left. Riversides
Jerry Kincel, the schools all-time
leading scorer who had a rough af-
ternoon fromthe field, got the ball
downtheright sidelineandpassed
to Vishnesky. Vishnesky drove at
an angle to the basket, stumbled
and barely got the ball high
enough as he fell to the court. His
shot touchedtheglassandwent in.
I thought about getting the
foul to be honest, Vishnesky
said. I didnt think it would go
in.
Overtime ended less spectacu-
larly for Riverside and more pain-
fully for GAR, which pulled to a
40-40 tie on Shaliek Powells in-
side basket with 22 seconds left.
Riverside worked the clock
down before Connor Mailen
scored inside with nine seconds
remaining.
With no timeouts, GARrushed
down court, but the Vikings
clogged up things on the left side
of the backcourt. The result was
reserve guard Zach Ellis having
to take a desperation, off-balance
three-point heave from well be-
yond the arc. The ball hit off the
left front of the rim and bounced
away.
GAR held Kincel to 3-of-15
fromthe field, withIsaiahFrancis
the main defender in the man-to-
man defense. However, Nico
Munley came up with some
clutch threes in the first half,
while Mailen scored the Vikings
two field goals in overtime.
Recently, teams have been re-
ally focusing on Jerry and other
players have to step up, River-
side coach Mike Morgan said.
Munley really did in the begin-
ning by hitting threes and thats
what teams do when their main
man is struggling.
Darrell Crawford, GARs lead-
ing scorer during the season, had
just four points, all in the first
half. Christian Skrepenak, a 6-
foot-10, 340-pound junior, was a
menace at both ends of the court,
but cooled off offensively in the
second half and overtime. Five of
his 10 points came in the opening
quarter. He finished a rebound
shy of a double-double.
Riverside 42, GAR 40 OT
GAR (40): Francis 5 1-4 11, Crawford 2 0-2 4,
Sharpe20-04, Powell 34-710, Skrepenak 42-310,
Ellis 0 1-2 1, Dempsey 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 8-10 40.
RIVERSIDE (42): Vishnesky 3 2-2 9, Mailen 3
1-3 7, Munley 3 0-0 9, King 2 1-2 6, J.Kincel 3 5-13
11, R.Kincel 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 9-20 42.
GAR............................................. 13 6 9 9 3 40
Riverside..................................... 9 10 8 10 5 42
3-Point Field GoalsRIV5 (Vishnesky, Munley 3,
King); GAR, none.
C L A S S 2 A B OY S B A S K E T B A L L
Vikings stun Grenadiers in OT
GARs early lead evaporates
as Riverside earns a trip to
the District 2 semifinals.
By JOHN ERZAR
jerzar@timesleader.com
JASON RIEDMILLER/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
GARs Darrell Crawford shoots a layup on a fast break Saturday.
SCRANTON Hanover Area
finally got over that imaginary
hump it attempted to climb most
of Saturday afternoon.
But like so many times prior,
whenever the Hawkeyes got near
or tothetop, Lakelandfoundaway
to knock them backward.
Lakelands Eric Grabowski
nailed a three-pointer early in the
fourth quarter, erasing Hanover
Areas onlyleadof the game, as the
Chiefs went ontoa72-58victoryin
a District 2 Class 2A quarterfinal
game at Lackawanna College.
Lakeland (18-8) moves to the
semifinals Wednesday, where it
will play Meyers (22-2) at a site
and time to be announced. Hanov-
er Area ended its season at 10-12.
The Hawkeyes spent the final
three quarters trying to make
amends for a disastrous opening
eight minutes. Lakeland ripped off
a 10-0 run to end the first quarter,
taking a 22-9 lead. Fromthere, the
chase was on.
Behind the driving of guard Je-
orge Colon and third-quarter out-
burst by forward ShaQuille Rolle,
Hanover Area finally overtook La-
kelandinthefourthquarter. Rolles
three-pointer with 6:55 to play
gave the Hawkeyes a 57-55 lead.
The advantage lasted exactly 17
seconds. Grabowski, who finished
witha game-high22points, tossed
in a three-pointer from the right
wing. Tyler Brady followed with
two free throws, boosting the
Chiefs lead to 59-55.
Hanover Area got within 59-57
on Martin Steves rebound basket,
but Lakeland finished off the Haw-
keyes by closing the game with a
13-1 run.
After a slowfirst half, Rolle fin-
ished off strongly. He recorded a
double-double with a team-high
17 points to go with a team-high
14 rebounds. Freshman Jacob
Barber played one of his best
games of the season, scoring 14
and adding 10 boards. Colon pro-
vided the impetus for the come-
back, zipping through the lane
consistently for most of his 15
points.
Lakeland 72, Hanover Area 58
HANOVER AREA (58): Colon 5 3-5 15, Rolle 7
1-3 17, Barber 5 2-5 14, Everetts 2 0-1 4, Steve 4 0-0
8, Kerestes 0 0-0 0, Wickiser 0 0-0 0, Marcincavage
0 0-0 0, George 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 6-14 58.
LAKELAND (72): Grabowski 7 6-8 22, Brady 2
3-4 7, Kiehart 7 4-5 19, Filarsky 5 0-0 14, Streifsky 2
0-0 4, Rojenches 1 0-0 2, Nichols 1 0-0 3, Tolerico 0
1-2 1, Piatt 0 0-0 0, Bruke 0 0-0 0, Morgan 0 0-0 0.
Totals 25 14-19 72.
Hanover Area............................... 9 22 19 8 58
Lakeland....................................... 22 13 17 20 72
3-Point Field Goals HA 6 (Colon 2, Rolle 2, Bar-
ber 2); LAK 8 (Grabowski 2, Kiehart, Filarsky 4, Ni-
chols).
C L A S S 2 A B OY S B A S K E T B A L L
Early run is Hawkeyes undoing
By JOHN ERZAR
jerzar@timesleader.com
JASON RIEDMILLER/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Lakelands Kyle Kiehart (30) and Hanover Areas ShaQuille Rolle
look up at a potential rebound during Saturdays game.
Freedom Conference champion-
ship at the Anderson Center.
It was the 12th straight win for
the Cougars (21-5), capping off
what was likely the most success-
ful day inthe history of Misericor-
dia athletics, following the wom-
ens teams victory in their own
championship game.
Both squads are headed to the
NCAA tournament for the first
time and will learn their opening
opponent and venue on Monday
afternoon.
For Woodruff, whowas a player
at Misericordia when Wilkes and
coach Jerry Rickrode were play-
ing in the Final Four, the win car-
ried some adding meaning.
I said to Jerry that its great to
win it. The fact that we had to go
through them is extra special be-
cause I grew up watching Wilkes
win championships, Woodruff
said. Hes a tremendous coach
andI have a lot of respect for their
program.
So to beat themin this game,
it really just means weve
emerged as a program. We can
put abanner upjust likeeverybo-
dy else now, and thats really
been the one missing piece. Im
so proud to be a Misericordia
alum and to be the coach of this
team.
Likewise, Rickrode had lauda-
tory words for the Cougars when
he met Woodruff at midcourt af-
ter the game.
The better team won the
game, Wilkes coach Jerry Rick-
rode said. You were the better
teamin the second half of the sea-
son. You went on an11-game win-
ning streak, and you were the bet-
ter team.
And thats what it came down
to, to be honest.
But it was Wilkes (17-9) that
was the better team in the first
half, stiflingEichhorst andbuild-
ing a 27-24 lead at the break.
Little went right for the Colo-
nels after that, as the Cougars
blewthemawaywitha45-15per-
formanceinthefinal 20minutes.
Wilkes, which had scored 103
points in an overtime win in the
semifinals, was heldto its lowest
output of the season.
For the secondtime this week,
it was Slanovec who ignited the
Cougars from long range. On
Saturday the senior guard
opened the second half by bank-
ing home a three-pointer to tie
the game, giving a slight shrug of
his shoulders on his way back
down the court.
That triggered a 20-3 run for
the Cougars, who shot 6-of-12
frombehind the arc in the second
half. They never trailed again.
Whatever it takes, Slanovec
said. Yeah, that kind of got us go-
ing. Weve been a second-half
teamthepast coupleweeks. To-
day we were really able to come
out and set the tone for the first
couple minutes of the second
half.
Yeah, he banks it in, but if you
dont lose him (on defense), he
doesnt get to shoot it, Rickrode
said. Even if you bank it in, if
youre a shooter, thats going to
get yougoing. Andthenthey hit a
couple more bang, bang.
And they made some adjust-
ments in the second half. As soon
as we threw down into the post,
they doubled it and we made
someerrors out of it. It was agood
move by them defensively to do
that. That was a really good ad-
justment.
Slanovec(11points)andWilkes
center Kendall Hinze (game-high
21 points) both passed 1,000
points for their careers in the
game.
Junior forward Steve Artzerou-
nian led the Cougars with a dou-
ble-double, finishing with 18
points and 10 rebounds, earning
tournament MVP honors for his
efforts this week.
Eichhorst and Greene added
11 and 10 points, respectively.
Hinze was the only scorer in
double figures for Wilkes.
I think the kids believed,
Woodruff said. Theyve all
made shots in their life. It was
just a matter of time.
They believe in what we do,
they believe in each other. And
they just keep playing.
WILKES (42): Wilson 3-14 1-2 7, Mullins 1-5
2-4 4, Huch 0-5 5-7 5, Hartman 1-3 0-0 3, Hinze
9-10 3-6 21, Breznitsky 0-2 0-0 0, Thomas 0-1 0-0
0, Blish 0-0 0-0 0, Sharpe 0-0 0-0 0, Eagles 0-0 0-0
0, Richardson 0-0 0-0 0, Wilkins 0-0 0-0 0, Shel-
don 1-1 0-1 2, Strause 0-0 0-2. Totals 15-41 11-22
42.
MISERICORDIA(69): Greene 2-9 4-4 10, Un-
dersinger 1-3 0-0 2, Artzerounian 8-13 2-2 18,
Eichhorst 4-11 1-1 11, Slanovec 4-6 0-0 11, Bu-
sacca 1-7 3-4 5, Reilly 1-1 0-0 2, Bieski 2-5 0-0 4,
Melville 0-1 0-0 0, Sergio 0-0 0-0 0, Donohue 0-0
0-0 0, Ware 0-0 0-0 0, Stone 1-1 0-0 2, Yaich 0-0
0-0 0, Evans 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 25-58 12-13 69.
Halftime Wilkes, 27-24
3-point field goals WU 1-9 (Hartman 1-2,
Wilson0-1, Huch0-1, Breznitsky 0-1, Thomas 0-1,
Mullins 0-3); MU 7-18 (Slanovec 3-4, Eichhorst
2-3, Greene 2-7, Undersinger 0-2, Busacca 0-2)
MEN
Continued from Page 1C
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
The ball sails over the heads of Wilkes Paul Huch (30) and Mi-
sericordias Ethan Eichhorst (23) during Saturdays game.
Dom Malone (126) and Eric
Morris (170) won championships
to lead Wyoming Seminary to a
second-place team finish at the
National Prep Wrestling Tourna-
ment.
Danny Boychuck (106), Tyler
Fraley (132), Conor Wasson
(182), A.J. Vizcarrondo (220) and
Michael Johnson (285) were all
runners-up.
Ty White placed fourth at 138
while Logan May (113) finished
in fifth. Matt Doggett came in
eighth at 195.
D 2 GIRLS BASKETBALL
MMI Prep 34, Blue Ridge 29
SCRANTON Maria Carrato
scored a team-high eight points
to lead MMI Prep to a 34-29
overtime victory in its District 2
Class A quarterfinal matchup
against Blue Ridge.
Kristen Purcell and Hayle
Shearer each followed with six
points for the Preppers.
MMI PREP (34): Purcell 3 0-4 6, Stanziola 2 1-2
5, Carrato 3 2-3 8, Shearer 3 0-0 6, Karchner 2 0-0 4,
Lara 1 1-2 3, Ferry 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 4-11 34.
BLUE RIDGE (29): Rupakus 3 1-2 7, Warren 2
0-0 4, Whitney 1 1-2 3, Bayle 0 0-0 0, Furch 1 7-12
10, Bennett 1 2-6 5, Radakovich 0 0-0 0. Totals 8
11-30 29.
MMI Prep...................................................... 4 6 9 8 7 34
Blue Ridge.................................................... 7 5 6 9 2 29
3-Point Field GoalsBR 2 (Furch, Bennett)
L O C A L R O U N D U P
Seminary wins two titles, places second at national tourney
The Times Leader staff
C M Y K
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S P O R T S
COVINGTON TWP. Head-
ing into the locker room down
three after shooting 5 for 25 in
the first half, things didnt look
too good for the Scranton Prep
Classics. And to top it off, their
leading scorer, Tricia Byrne,
was done for the game with a
wrist injury.
However, the Classics hit six
field goals in the third quarter to
gain a lead and then sank five
free throws to ice the game as
they defeated Pittston Area 40-
36 in the first round of the PIAA
District 2 Class 3A playoffs on
Saturday afternoon.
In the second half, without
my leading scorer in the game, I
give them an A-plus, Prep
coach Ross Macciacco said of
his teams effort. We werent
shooting the ball well, but they
never gave up, they never gave
up.
The pace was slow as the
Classics took a 9-8 lead into the
second quarter where they were
outscored by the Patriots 10-6.
The third quarter seemed to be
heading in the same direction as
the previous two quarters, but
Prep scored13 points, including
a three-pointer with two sec-
onds left by Maura Byrne.
We finally got a few shots to
drop, Macciacco said.
The Classics clung to the lead
as they exchanged baskets with
the Patriots in the fourth quar-
ter.
Pittston Area had its chance
as it was down by two with less
than a minute left. But a game-
tying layup rattled in and then
out before being grabbed by
Prep.
I thought we played hard,
said Pittston Area coach Kathy
Healey. Acouple of breaks didnt
goour wayandwehadacoupleof
shots at the end to tie it.
Pittston Areas Mia Hopkins
was the games leading scorer
with 16.
Olivia Burke scored eight of
her team high 12 points in the
second half for Prep.
All the credit to them, Mac-
ciacco said of his team. They
did a heck of a job.
Scranton Prep 40, Pittston
Area 36
PITTSTON AREA (36): ): Barber 4 0-0 9,
Waleski 1 0-0 2, Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Rabender 1 0-0 2,
ONeill 2 1-2 5, Hopkins 5 6-13 16. Totals 14 7-15
36.
SCRANTONPREP (40): Genko 2 3-4 7, Burke
3 6-6 12, M. Byrne 3 0-4 7, T. Byrne 3 0-1 7, Philbin
2 0-0 5, Pritchyk 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 9-15 40.
Pittston Area............................... 8 10 5 13 36
Scranton Prep ............................ 9 6 13 12 40
3-Point Field Goals PA 1 (Barber); SCR 3 (M.
Byrne, T. Byrne, Philbin)
C L A S S 3 A G I R L S B A S K E T B A L L
Patriots eliminated
by Scranton Prep
After slow start, big third
quarter by Classics proves to
be the difference.
By MATT PAGE
For The Times Leader
YATESVILLE It was a finish
so amazing, it had them doing
The Dougie at midcourt.
Holy Redeemer led through-
out its District 2 Class 3A girls
basketball quarterfinal. Except
at the end.
Dallas trailed by 13 points in
the second half and its leading
scorer, Ashley Dunbar, had not
yet scored. Then Dunbar took
over the game, matchingher sea-
son best with 26 points in the fi-
nal 17 minutes as the Mountain-
eers rallied for a 62-56 victory
Saturday at Pittston Area.
Zero. Yeah, zero, Dunbar
said of her first half scoring. I
had my mind set going into the
second half that I had to go in. I
looked for a lane, protected the
ball and went inside.
And she scored. A lot.
But Dallas (14-7) nearly threw
away its chance at overtime.
With nine seconds in regulation,
Alexis Lewis made two free
throws to give the Royals a 50-48
lead. Dunbar took the inbounds
pass and raced the length of the
court, making a layup to tie the
game.
Except that a timeout was
called by Dallas coach Kelly
Johnson with 4.9 seconds on the
clock.
Are youkiddingme? I wanted
to throw up, Johnson said.
Theyre all looking at me in the
huddle. I didnt think it would be
that easy for Ashley to get to the
basket. I wanted to draw up a
play. I never imagined shed get
to the basket that easily.
Coming out of the huddle, the
Mountaineers worked the ball to
Dunbar, who tried to penetrate
along the baseline. She was dou-
ble teamed by the Royals and
pulledupshort. Thedefenseover-
pursued, leaving Dunbar a sud-
denly open 8-foot jumper as the
buzzer sounded.
Dallas did not lead in the game
until Katy Comitzs free throw
with3:07 left inovertime gave the
Mountaineers a 53-52 advantage.
Dunbar thenset up Tanner Engle-
hart for a layup with an entry pass
and Comitz (seven points, eight
rebounds) sank two more from
the line to give Dallas the lead for
good, 57-54 with1:49 in overtime.
Everyone stepped up in this
game, especially in the overtime,
Dunbar said. Wereallywantedto
complete the comeback.
But the star was Dunbar, who
admitted she was hesitating on
offense in the first half. Averaging
12.2 points per game, she went
scoreless for the first 18 minutes
until making two free throws for
Dallas first points of the third
quarter. Those shots cut the Roy-
als lead to 29-18.
They also ignited the Moun-
taineers.
Maggie Michael, filling in for
an injured Sara Flaherty, made a
basket and Englehart (11 points,
11 rebounds) had a stickback.
Dallas went on a 14-6 run, mak-
ing it a one-possession game.
Maggies just a sophomore
andshe rebounds the ball beauti-
fully, Johnson said. She
stepped into some huge shoes
for us. Missal, Comitz, theyre
both sophomores, too, and they
had huge plays for us. And Jess
Hiscox hit those two free throws
to seal the deal.
Dunbar opened the fourth
quarter with a steal one of 10 in
the game and breakaway bas-
ket. She made free throws, going
12-of-14 from the line in the
game, and carved lanes through
the Redeemer defense for driv-
ing layups. She had 15 of Dallas
18 fourth-quarter points.
Oh, God, Ive been practicing
those, said Dunbar, who was av-
eraging 61 percent from the line
coming into the game.
With the way we struggled at
the beginning of the season, to
shoot like this at the end, I
couldnt be any prouder, John-
son said of her teams effort at
the line.
Lewis would have been the
star of the night if the Royals
(14-8) had advanced. She had 24
points, 18 in the second half, and
15 rebounds. Paige Makowski
had13 points andnine rebounds,
and Julia Wignot paced the Roy-
als withfiveassists. But Redeem-
er was 9-of-26 from the line, in-
cluding 6-of-20 in the second
half.
So instead, Dunbar, who also
hadsixrebounds andfiveassists,
was the star. AndHiscoxdanced.
Jess promised us that if we
won, shed Dougie at the center
circle, Dunbar said. We win
again, and next week were all
gonna dance.
Dallas faces Honesdale, a 61-
43 winner over Crestwood on
Saturday, in the district semifi-
nals Wednesday.
Dallas 62, Holy Redeemer 56
DALLAS (62): Dunbar 7 12-14 26, Englehart 3
6-8 11, Szatkowski 3 0-1 6, Hiscox 1 2-2 4, Missal 2
0-04, Comitz15-67, Michael 10-02, Flaherty10-0
2. Totals 19 24-32 62.
HOLY REDEEMER (56): Wignot 1 1-2 3, Ma-
kowski 6 1-11 13, Warnagiris 1 1-4 3, Murray 2 0-0
6, Altemose 1 0-0 3, Slavoski 0 0-0 0, Frascella 0
0-0 0, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Evans 1 0-0 2, Platko 0 2-2 2,
Lewis 10 4-7 24. Totals 22 9-26 56.
Dallas....................................... 9 7 16 18 12 62
Holy Redeemer ......................17 9 11 13 6 56
3-Point Field GoalsHR3 (Murray 2, Altemose).
C L A S S 3 A G I R L S B A S K E T B A L L
Dallas dances past Redeemer
Dunbar scores all of her 26
points after halftime as
Mountaineers win in OT.
By JOHN MEDEIROS
jmedeiros@timesleader.com
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Alyssa Palko of Holy Redeemer, right, shoots over Sara Flaherty of Dallas during a District 2 Class
3A game Saturday.
COVINGTON TWP. The
Crestwood Comets had gone
over it all week press break.
They knew Honesdale was go-
ing to apply full-court pressure
the whole game, and they were
ready for it.
We had probably the best
practice of the whole year yes-
terday, said Crestwood coach
Isiah Walker. It was a phenom-
enal practice and to come out
here and play like we did I was
shell shocked. Weve gone over
press break the last week and
shot selection and it still didnt
work to our favor. It happens.
Crestwood may have been
ready but it didnt execute as
Honesdale used an active full
court press to force the Comets
into turning the ball over 21
times en route to a 61-43 victory
on Saturday afternoon in the
quarterfinals of the PIAA Dis-
trict 2 Class 3A playoffs.
Too many turnovers too
quick, Walker said.
Crestwood raced out to a
quick 7-0 lead, but Honesdale
stormed back to take a 15 -11 ad-
vantage into the second quarter.
The second quarter is when Ho-
nesdale started to pull away as
Katie Miller hit a three-pointer
at the buzzer to give the Horn-
ets a 30-21 lead at halftime.
Honesdales press allowed it
to get out and run, and at one
point the Hornets held a 23-
point lead. A late 7-0 run in the
third by the Comets cut the def-
icit to 47-31, but they wouldnt
get much closer than that.
Entering the final quarter
with a 16-point lead, Honesdale
was able to spread the floor,
chew clock and work the ball
around until it could get a good
look. Crestwoodwas just unable
to muster a comeback as Hones-
dale would answer every Come-
ts score with one of its own. An
8-2 run in the final 4:22 put the
stamp on a Honesdale victory.
It was more or less a let
down, Walker said. I am a lit-
tle disappointed.
Honesdale 61, Crestwood 43
CRESTWOOD (43): Kendra 0 0-2 0, Lutz 1
0-0 2, Andrews 2 1-2 5, Mazzoni 1 0-0 2, Rutkow-
ski 1 0-0 2, Gegaris 4 0-0 12, Cronauer 0 0-0 0,
Wojnar 1 0-0 3, Meyers 5 2-4 12, Jesikiewicz 0 1-2
1, Hislap 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 4-10 43.
HONESDALE (61): Martin 6 2-2 14, Birmelin 5
2-2 12, Miller 8 3-5 20, Johannes 4 0-0 8, Rickard 2
2-4 7. Totals 25 9-13 61.
Crestwood ................................ 11 10 10 12 43
Honesdale ................................ 15 15 17 14 61
3-Point FieldGoalsCRE5 (Gegaris 4,Wojnar);
HON 2 (Miller, Rickard)
C L A S S 3 A G I R L S B A S K E T B A L L
Crestwood feels sting
of Honesdales defense
Hornets relentless pressure
proves too much as Comets
are ousted from playoffs.
By MATT PAGE
For The Times Leader
her years.
The junior released a shot that
she knew was true the second it
left her hands.
Samjust threwme the perfect
pass, Schinski said. It had been
a very tough game. But we just
set up the right play and execut-
ed it.
Nanticoke struggled with foul
troubles throughout the game,
with post players Katie Wolfe
and Alex Holl both getting three
fouls in the first half. Both had
fouled out by the midpoint of
overtime.
When youre not shooting
well and your bigs are in foul
trouble all game, its tough,
Yendrzeiwski said. You have to
give Valley View a ton of credit.
They played a great game. But
we had a couple of kids step up
when we needed.
There were nine lead changes
and four ties. Nanticoke was just
4-of-19 from the floor in the first
half, but used its defense to stay
in the game. Alex Brassington
had two steals, and Sugalski and
Trailing 42-39, Sammy Gow
made a free throwwith eight sec-
onds left in overtime for Nanti-
coke. The guard missed her sec-
ond shot, and Brittany Sugalski
and Valley Views Caroline Man-
cuso both tried to corral the re-
bound.
Officials called a jump ball
with 4.2 seconds on the clock.
We actually wanted to run a
play to get two (points), Nanti-
coke coach Alan Yendrzeiwski
said. But we ran the play for the
three, and that was just a great
shot. Thinkabout it shemisses
that and our season is over.
Gow inbounded the ball from
the baseline to Schinski, who
had backed away from a stack of
teammates along the lane. After
uncharacteristic turnovers in the
waning moments of regulation
and the final minute of OT,
Schinski showed poise beyond
Gow each one in the final two
minutes of regulation. Sugalski
had another steal with less than
30 seconds remaining in over-
time to thwart Valley View,
which held a 41-39 at the time.
We did get a little frustrated,
Schinski said of the teams offen-
sive woes. But we did play great
defense (forcing 28 turnovers).
Defense is our thing. We just try
to get into passing lanes. We end-
eduppullingit all together at the
end.
Nanticoke advances to play
Scranton Prep, a 40-36 winner
over Pittston Area on Saturday,
in the district semifinals
Wednesday. The winner advanc-
es to the state tournament.
Nanticoke 43, Valley View 42
VALLEYVIEW(42): Stafarsky 0 0-0 0, Aniska 1
2-44, M. Mecca12-34, McElroy 00-20, Bartkowski
30-08, B. Mecca12-44, Mancuso45-513, Cholish
0 1-2 1, Palko 4 0-1 8. Totals 14 12-21 42.
NANTICOKE(43): Higgins 0 2-2 2, Brassington
2 0-2 5, Sugalski 0 2-2 2, Wolfe 2 3-5 7, Schinski 4
2-4 13, Yalch 0 0-0 0, Gow 3 1-2 10, Holl 1 2-2 4.
Totals 12 12-19 43.
Valley View.................................... 9 9 6 18 42
Nanticoke....................................... 6 10 13 14 43
3-Point Field Goals VV 2 (Bartkowski 2); NAN 7
(Schinski 3, Gow 3, Brassington).
SHOT
Continued from Page 1C
count.
Weve come together so much
(as a team), said junior guard
Tyann McDaniel, who led the
Cougars with 15 points and was
named tournament MVP. We
have our motto, One team, one
dream, and we finally accom-
plished that. We stuck with that
the whole year.
Misericordia the only teamto
beat Kings in league play in the
regular season became the first
team to beat the Lady Monarchs
at home inmore thana year, snap-
ping a streak of 15 games.
Now the Cougars will wait for
Monday afternoon to find out
their opening round opponent
and venue when the bracket is re-
leased.
Kings (22-5) will be waiting for
that same announcement to see if
the teamdidenoughtoearnanat-
large invitation to the tourna-
ment.
All season long Kings had ex-
celled in pulling out close wins
late in games, including a season-
saving shot with two seconds left
to beat Eastern in the semifinals.
But on Saturday the Cougars
carvedout a nine-point leadat the
half and never allowed the Lady
Monarchs to pull closer than six
the rest of the way.
We were hoping, but (the big
shots) just never came, Kings
coach Brian Donoghue said. I
thought our aggressiveness was
great. Wegot totherimalot inthe
secondhalf, we got tothe foul line
alot, but yet wewerenever ableto
string together an offensive run.
Awhistle-filled second half saw
plenty of trips to the foul line, but
Kings was unable to take advan-
tage, shooting 17-of-26 from the
stripe in the half and 22-of-36 for
the game. Kings shot 29 percent
from the floor (14-of-48).
The Cougars had plenty to do
with that.
With the two top defenses in
the conference squaring off, scor-
ing was down and mistakes were
up. Misericordia led 30-21 at half-
time with each team committing
12 turnovers. The teams com-
bined for 39 in the game.
From a 21-21 tie, the Cougars
held Kings scoreless for the final
6:15 of the first half.
I thought we dida tremendous
job defensively, Misericordia in-
terim coach Dave Martin said. I
thought we played hard. I think
it comes down to us being fo-
cused. We really dug in and did
what we had to do.
For Kings, senior co-captains
Paige Carlin (17 points) and Brit-
tany Muscatell (12) led the way.
Misericordia senior Christine
Marks scored15 points andadded
a game-high 11 rebounds as the
Cougars won the battle on the
boards 38-24. Sophomore Lauren
Smicherko chipped in with some
valuable minutes off the bench,
scoringsevenof her nine points in
the first half.
The Cougars are 8-3 since Mar-
tin took over as coach, and the
schools athletic director will now
lead them into the big dance.
Other people have made more
of it for methanit is. But it is thrill-
ingtobegoingtotheNCAAs with
this group, Martin said. Its real-
ly about the girls. Theyve dealt
with some adversity this year
and theyve overcame it.
MISERICORDIA (64): Robinson 1-5 4-8 7,
McDaniel 6-11 0-0 15, Seely 3-6 2-2 8, Drayton 3-8
2-4 8, Marks 3-5 9-12 15, Sileo 0-1 0-0 0, Kessler
1-1 0-0 2, Smicherko 3-4 2-2 9. Totals 20-41 19-28.
KING'S (54): Simcox 3-10 0-0 6, Muscatell 3-3
5-6 12, Michaels 1-13 6-10 8, Atchison 0-3 4-10 4,
Manning 2-3 0-0 4, Magan 1-1 0-0 3, Davies 0-1 0-0
0, Dahl 0-20-00, Carlin4-117-1017, Malloy0-10-0
0. Totals 14-48 22-36 54.
Halftime Misericordia, 30-21
3-point field goals MU 5-14 (McDaniel 3-8,
Smicherko 1-2, Robinson 1-3, Drayton 0-1); KC 4-
21 (Carlin 2-5, Muscatell 1-1, Magan 1-1, Manning
0-1, Davies0-1, Dahl 0-1, Atchison0-2, Simcox0-4,
Michaels 0-5)
WOMEN
Continued from Page 1C
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Misericordias Jesse Robinson, front, beats Kings Colleges
Molly Dahl to the basket Saturday afternoon.
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S P O R T S
MARANA, Ariz. Rory McIl-
roy was walking down the stairs
toward the driving range when
he passed Lee Westwood and
gave him the same message he
had delivered earlier Saturday in
the Match Play Championship.
See you in the morning,
McIlroy said with a big smile.
Just like I told you.
In14 years of this fickle tourna-
ment, there has never been a
semifinal match so compelling.
McIlroy had another surge on
the back nine to put away Bae
Sang-moon, 3 and 2. Moments
later, Westwood finished off Mar-
tin Laird by the same margin, set-
ting up a Sunday showdown with
more at stake than just a spot in
the championship match.
If either McIlroy or Westwood
goes on to win the Match Play
Championship, they would go to
No. 1 in the world.
I think with both of us being
up there in the world, and both of
us with the possibility of going to
No. 1, it gives the match definite-
ly an extra little bit of spice,
McIlroy said.
The duel was not lacking spice
in the first place.
They were stablemates at In-
ternational Sports Management
until some testy exchanges last
year.
Shortlyafter McIlroyshot 80in
the final round of the Masters to
blow a four-shot lead, Westwood
got under his skin by saying the
22-year-old from Northern Ire-
land has a pull hook in his bag
under pressure. But it was McIl-
roy who was the first to win a ma-
jor, setting records at Congres-
sional on his way to an eight-shot
win in the U.S. Open.
Later intheyear, whenMcIlroy
left Chubby Chandler at ISM,
Westwood tweeted that it was a
bizarre move. McIlroy quickly
un-followed Westwood and
Chandler on Twitter.
Both players say their relation-
ship is no different than with oth-
er golfers. They dont spend as
much time together, understan-
dable because they no longer
have the same manager.
Theres nothing strained
about the relationship between
the two of us. Its still the same as
it was, Westwood said. Rory
said to me before I went out, See
you tomorrow morning. And
then today again there, he said,
See, told you. Thats the trouble
with kids nowadays. They think
theyre always right, dont they?
A dull day in the desert ended
with high anticipation for the fi-
nal day.
The championship match is at
high noon. The McIlroy-West-
wood duel gets under way as the
sun begins to climb over the high
desert.
I think its the match that
most people wanted, and defi-
nitely the match that I wanted,
McIlroy said.
The other semifinal match
Sunday morning features Hunter
Mahan and Mark Wilson, assur-
ing an American will make it to
thefinal for thefirst timesinceTi-
ger Woods won in 2008.
Mahan played the shortest
quarterfinal match in the 14-year
history of the event by beating
Matt Kuchar, 6 and 5. Wilson,
gaining more respect the deeper
he goes in the bracket, had an
easy time in his 4-and-3 win over
Peter Hanson of Sweden.
The 18-hole championship
match will start about an hour af-
ter the semifinals.
G O L F
McIlroy, Westwood to face off in Match Play semis
The pair has a history going
back to when they were under
the same management.
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
AP PHOTO
Rory McIlroy hits out of a bunker on the 13th fairway while playing
Bae Sang-moon during the Match Play Championship.
PITTSBURGH Evgeni
Malkin had his ninth career hat
trick, Jordan Staal added two
goals and the Pittsburgh Pen-
guins won for the fifth time in
seven games by routing the
Tampa Bay Lightning 8-1 Sat-
urday.
Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke and
Pascal Dupuis also scored and
Marc-Andre Fleury made 34
saves for Pittsburgh, which has
won eight of nine home games
and leapfrogged the New Jersey
Devils in the crowded middle of
the Eastern Conference playoff-
race pack.
Malkin added an assist, tak-
ing over the NHL scoring lead
with Tampa Bays Steven Stam-
kos, who had tied him with 11
points in his previous four
games. Stamkos was held score-
less.
Rangers 3, Sabres 2, OT
NEW YORK Ryan Call-
ahan scored his 100th NHL goal
2:59 into overtime, and the
New York Rangers snapped a
rare losing streak with a 3-2
victory over the Buffalo Sabres
on Saturday night.
Callahan took a pass from
defenseman Ryan McDonagh
and broke in alone. He flipped a
shot over goalie Ryan Millers
shoulder for his career-best
24th goal of the season. New
York was 0-1-1 in its previous
two games, its first losing
streak since mid-December.
Blues 3, Jets 2, SO
WINNIPEG, Manitoba
David Perron scored the win-
ning goal in the shootout to lift
the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2
victory over the Winnipeg Jets
on Saturday.
Perron moved in on Chris
Mason in the fourth round and
roofed a backhander, ruining
the Jets rally from a two-goal
deficit.
Coyotes 3, Oilers 1
EDMONTON, Alberta
Mike Smith stopped 21 shots
for his 10th straight victory and
the streaking Phoenix Coyotes
beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1
on Saturday to move into sole
possession of first place in the
Pacific Division.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Ray
Whitney and Shane Doan
scored for the Coyotes, who
won their fifth straight to jump
two points ahead of San Jose.
The Sharks play at Nashville
Saturday night.
Capitals 4, Maple Leafs 2
TORONTO Alexander
Semin and Jeff Halpern scored,
and Alex Ovechkin picked up a
pair of assists to lead the Wash-
ington Capitals to a 4-2 win
over the Toronto Maple Leafs
on Saturday night.
Marcus Johansson and Keith
Aucoin also scored for the Cap-
itals, who carried a 4-0 lead into
the final period. Michael Neu-
virth had 28 saves for Washing-
ton.
Avalanche 4, Red Wings 3
DETROIT Just like that,
the Detroit Red Wings have a
losing streak at home.
After winning 23 straight at
Joe Louis Arena, the Red Wings
have now lost two in a row on
home ice, falling 4-3 to the
Colorado Avalanche on Sat-
urday night. The Red Wings
hadnt been beaten in regu-
lation in Detroit since Nov. 3.
Their winning streak was
snapped Thursday night with a
shootout loss to Vancouver.
Bruins 5, Senators 3
OTTAWA Patrice Berge-
ron had two goals and an assist
to lead the Boston Bruins past
the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on
Saturday night.
David Krejci, Carter Camper
and Brad Marchand had the
other goals for Boston (37-
20-3), which moved five points
ahead of the Senators in the
Northeast Division with three
games in hand.
Tim Thomas stopped 27
shots to extend his unbeaten
streak at Scotiabank Place to
nine games.
Panthers 3, Hurricanes 2, SO
RALEIGH, N.C. Stephen
Weiss scored the winning goal
in the third round of the shoo-
tout, lifting the Florida Pan-
thers to a 3-2 comeback win
over the Carolina Panthers on
Saturday night.
Wojtek Wolski, obtained in a
trade from the New York Rang-
ers earlier Saturday, scored the
tying goal for Florida with 1:47
left in the third period after
Tomas Fleischmann cut the
Panthers deficit to 2-1 at 13:58.
N H L R O U N D U P
Malkin in the middle of Pens eruption
The Associated Press
AP PHOTO
The Penguins Evgeni Malkin (71) celebrates his third goal of the game with teammate Eric Tangradi during the third period of Sat-
urdays game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Pittsburgh.
INDIANAPOLIS The NFL combine
is all about looking toward the future, but
Penn State products have spent much of
their time with the media looking back on
their tumultuous last season.
Everything got overshadowed, said
defensive tackle Devon Still, a likely first-
round pick in Aprils draft. When it first
happened it was hard to believe just be-
cause it snuck up on us. Seeing Coach
(Joe) Paterno fired and then a couple
months later seeing himpass away, it was
hard on us.
DefensiveendJackCrawfordsaidit was
difficult for some of the team to embrace
their TicketCity Bowl bidat the endof the
season.
Alot of peopleontheteamI dont think
were into going to a bowl game because
they felt like we got cheated in the bowl
selection, said Crawford, who went to St.
Augustine Prep in Atlantic City. Once we
formedtogether we just didnt have every-
body buy into it, and that was part of the
problem.
The Nittany Lions lost to Houston 30-
14.
Soon after, Paterno died, capping a
stunning turn of events that began with
child sexual abuse charges against long-
time Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky.
Still left his training in Miami to attend
Penn States memorial for his iconic
coach. Heswappedstories withalongline
of Nittany Lions.
What I experienced playing under Joe
Paterno, people that played back in the
60s, andthe 70s andthe 80s, they all had
similar stories, so that just shows you that
he remained the same coach the whole
time through, Still said. Hes the reason
why I amwho I amtoday. Being under his
program, it helped me grow as a person
and it helped me grow as a football play-
er.
While the bowl game was disappoint-
ing, Crawford spoke proudly about the
way the teamcame together for their first
game after Paternos firing.
We knew what he wanted. It was sad,
the whole programsuffered. At the end of
the day we could only play football, that
was our job, we had to go out there and
play the best game we could and thats
what we did, he said. Penn State lost 17-
14 to Nebraska in an emotional game. It
was a tough game. We made it a tough
game because we put everything into it.
Crawford isnt sure if the changes the
football teamhas seen will be fully felt un-
til the start of next season, when a new
staff takes over from the beginning.
Frommyex-teammates I heardits alot
different (under newcoachBill OBrienso
Im excited to see what happens.
N F L
PSU situation is popular topic at combine
Former Nittany Lions are queried by
media at annual prospects workout.
By JONATHAN TAMARI
The Philadelphia Inquirer
AP PHOTO
PSU lineman Johnnie Troutman runs
the 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting
combine in Indianapolis Saturday.
MONT ALTODespite an
11-point performance from Jacob
Bronder, Penn State Wilkes-Barre
fell to Penn State DuBois by a
final score of 75-68 in the PSUAC
Championship game on Saturday.
Jared James contributed with
eight points for PSU Wilkes.
For PSU DuBois, Chris Dicki-
son tallied a game-high 22 points.
Woody Mitchell followed with 19
while Jovan Brown added 13.
MENS BASEBALL
Cougars split
Misericordia (3-1) split a dou-
bleheader at Rutgers-Newark,
dropping game one 7-6 before
taking the nightcap by the final
score of 15-2.
Kenny Durling had a two-run
homer in the first game while
Bubba Jasinski and Mike Impellit-
tiere both had doubles. Ryan
Cacchioli contributed with a
triple.
Durling had two doubles and
drove in four runs in the second
game. Jasinski smacked a homer
and drove in two.
MENS LACROSSE
Neumann 9, Kings 5
Lenny Fox netted two goals for
Kings before the team allowed
four fourth quarter goals and
dropped its season opener to
Neumann.
Kevin Sweeney, Kieran McMa-
hon and A.J. Bungert each added
a goal.
Neumann was paced by Mark
Consolo with three goals and
Ryan OKane scored two.
WOMENS LACROSSE
Kings 21, Hood College 8
Chelsea Manes and Amanda
Harney each scored six goals to
power Kings to a season-opening
victory over host Hood College.
Krystina Villarreal added five
goals and three assists while
Mariah Masciarelli contributed
with four goals for Kings.
MENS TRACK & FIELD
Misericordia at MAC
Championships
Joe Ardo broke a school record
in the shot put with a throw of
466 and placed seventh as Mi-
sericordia finished ninth at the
Middle Atlantic Conference In-
door Championships.
Sean Vitale finished fourth in
the triple jump with a distance of
533- while the 4x800 relay
made up of Kyle Suponcic, Jarret
Higley, Johnny Gibbons and Dave
McLean finished fourth (8:22.30).
WOMENS TRACK & FIELD
Misericordia places fourth
Stacey Perrins finished third,
broke a school record and qual-
ified for ECACs in the 60m dash
with a time of 8.02 and Jill Dunn
finished third and set a school
record in the 60m hurdles with a
time of 9.30 as Misericordia
finished fourth at the MAC
Championships.
Kelsey Cameron won the 800m
in a time of 2:24.23 and the
4x800 relay of Cameron, Bridget
Comiskey, Marina Orrson and
Rachael Harding found the top of
the podium with a time of
10:01.54.
L O C A L R O U N D U P
Wilkes-Barre
defeated in
PSUAC final
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Only six of 43 cars made it un-
scathed to the finish line of the
NationwideSeries opener at Day-
tona International Speedway.
James Buescher was not driv-
ing one of those clean cars.
Still, he managed to dodge and
weave his way through an 11-car
accident on the last lap of Satur-
days race, stealing the victory
and setting the stage for whats
expected to be a wild Daytona
500.
Buescher joined unknown
John King, winner of Friday
nights Truck Series opener, as
surprise winners this weekend at
Daytona. Both came from no-
where to win crash-marred races.
Elliott Sadler, runner-up to
Buescher on Saturday,
said Sundays race will
be much of the same.
Its the Daytona 500.
Its a once in a lifetime
race to be involved in
and try to win, and I
think guys are going to
go for it when its show-
time, Sadler said. I think guys
will be patient the first part of the
race, test their cars, just like you
saw today. When it gets time to
go, crazy things happen.
Buescher was in 11th place as
he rounded the final turn and
made his way through a massive
pack of spinning race cars.
They all piled up in front of
me, and we made it through,
Buescher said. Its hard to de-
scribe the feeling when you make
it through the wreck and youre
the only guy. You dont see any-
bodyinfront of youcomingtothe
checkered flag. Its pretty incred-
ible.
It was a mess behind him.
The accident, the third multi-
car wreck in the waning laps, ap-
peared to start as the tandem of
Tony Stewart and Sadler charged
to the top of the track to make a
three-wide pack among the lead-
ers. Kurt Busch was leading on
the bottom of the track with
younger brother, Kyle, pushing,
and Kurt Busch seemed to start
sliding up the surface in an at-
tempt to block the huge run on
the outside.
Joey Logano was being pushed
through the middle by defending
Daytona 500 winner Trevor
Bayne, and all four cars drifted
higher into Stewart, winner of
the last four Nationwide openers
here, who was pinched into the
wall. That triggered a chain-reac-
tion crash that had many worried
about the safety of the drivers in-
volved.
We got a big run on the out-
side, and all of a sudden the door
got slammed on us, said Stew-
art, NASCARs defending Sprint
Cup champion. I dont know
why whoever it was turned right,
but it wasnt a very good time to
either try blocking or moving.
Kurt Busch admitted he tried
to crowd the outside lane.
Didnt know that there were
twocars upthere. I thought it was
just a single lane, he said. I was
trying to side draft to get the best
finishI couldat the end. Everybo-
dy was racing to the end. Man, a
lot of tore-up cars. Thats just ev-
erybody full throttle at the end.
There was initial concern for
his younger brother, Kyle, who
appeared to clear the wreck but
was hooked by defending Nation-
wide champion Ricky Stenhouse
Jr. The contact sent Kyle Busch
straight into the wall.
I dont even know where to
start. I dont even know what
happened, Kyle Busch said. I
thought we had the race won.
Then those guys were
coming on the top,
and I thought, Well
see where we settled
in here. When they all
crashed up high, I was
clear. I shot as lowas I
could, and somebody
tagged me in the back
and hooked me dead right. It was
a really, really hard hit, and there
were a few more after that. It
seemed like they kept coming.
I swore when they all went up
high. I was the leader for a sec-
ond, and Im like, I won this
thing. I won this thing.
But it was Buescher, who went
low so low he crossed the yel-
low out-of-bounds line, but NAS-
CARsaidits allowedwhenavoid-
ing an accident to skirt the
cars and take the checkered flag.
Bueschers win was his first in
NASCAR and came a day after
Kings victoryinhis eighthcareer
start.
Buescher, driver for Turner
Motorsports, was listed in two of
the eight caution periods, and
said he was just trying to get a
top-10 finish at the end.
Got down to the end, after we
beat all the fenders off of it, beat
em back out, didnt have any-
body that wanted to draft with
us, he said. I was just trying to
do everything I could to stay in
the top 10.
Danica Patrick, meanwhile,
started from the pole but was
wrecked 49 laps into the race
when JR Motorsports teammate
Cole Whitt ran into the back of
her while bump-drafting. Her car
spun into the wall and back down
the track. Although she returned
the damaged Chevrolet to the
tracklate, shefinished38thinthe
first race of what will be her first
full season in the Nationwide Se-
ries.
Well, we were just doing big
pack racing and went down into
three, got a little tap, got a little
bit sideways, saved it, and then
just got hit again and couldnt
save it. You guys saw the rest
from there, she said.
Brad Keselowski and Sadler,
who finished second and third,
bothsaidthey feel safe going into
Sundays race.
Keselowski said NASCAR is in
a difficult position of giving fans
what they want inrestrictor-plate
racing and making it a safe event.
I feel like we walk a line in this
sport between daredevils and
chess players, he said. When
we come to Daytona and a track
like this, were maybe more on
the daredevil side of the line. And
then we go other places where Id
say were more on the chess-play-
er side of the line.
Ideally, wed like to just walk
straight down the line all the
time. But from a standpoint of
the sport and the health of it, I
think not a lot of people watch
chess matches, and Ive never
seen one televised.
N A S C A R
AP PHOTO
James Buescher celebrates in victory lane after winning the Nationwide series race Saturday in
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Daytona full of surprises
Plenty of wrecks and unknown
winners during preliminary
events leading to todays 500.
By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
AP PHOTO
Crew members push Danica Patricks car to the garage area after
a crash during the Nationwide series race Saturday in Daytona.
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OUTDOORS
WWW. T I ME S L E ADE R. C OM/ S P ORT S
S
tate Rep. Gerald Mullery is bring-
ing officials fromthe Pennsylvania
Fish and Boat Commission to
town next week for a public meeting
with anglers and boaters.
The forumwill give anglers a chance
to voice their concerns directly to the
source. The agency will have an oppor-
tunity to let anglers and boaters know
whats going on and whats coming up.
My office gets questions all the time
fromanglers and boaters, Mullery said.
Instead of passing the buck, we wanted
to bring the experts here to answer
questions directly and give the public an
opportunity to have a face-to-face dis-
cussion.
Theres going to
be a lot to talk
about.
PFBC executive
director John A.
Arway, commis-
sioner NormGav-
lick, who repre-
sents the Northeast
Region and Mul-
lery, who serves as
Democratic secretary of the House
Game and Fisheries Committee, will
serve as the panel for the forum.
With spring right around the corner
and the preseason stockings for the
opening day of trout set to begin in a
fewweeks, the timing of the forum
couldnt be better.
I called Gavlick for a sneak previewat
some of the topics that could come up,
and the list is long and varied.
Heres a brief synopsis:
The newlife jacket lawtakes effect
on Nov. 1. It requires anyone in a canoe,
kayak or boat less than16 feet in length
to wear a life jacket fromNov. 1 to April
30.
Legislation is in the works that will
increase the penalties for fishing vio-
lations, according to Gavlick. We dont
think theres enough of a deterrent
now, he said. Some of the penalties
havent been increased in 20 or 30
years.
Legislation that would allowthe
agency to implement newlicense pack-
ages. Gavlick said it wont raise license
fees, but rather give the PFBC more
options when it comes to license pack-
ages.
An overviewon trout stocking
changes that are being considered.
The agency hopes to gain $1 million
froma Marcellus impact fee that will be
used to hire an additional class of water-
ways conservation officers to deal solely
with gas drilling issues. Gavlick said
10-15 WCOs could be added.
There is talk to construct a new
control tower at the Francis Walter Dam
that will allowmore cold water to be
released into the Lehigh River through-
out the summer. More studies are need-
ed, Gavlick said, but if such a tower can
be constructed, cold water could be
released as far as 25 miles downriver.
That would create a tremendous tail-
water fishery that would rival the fisher-
ies out west, Gavlick said. We need
studies to determine if the economic
impact will exceed the cost, and we
hope that to be the case.
The possibility of requiring canoes,
kayaks and non-powered boats to be
registered.
Those are just some of the topics that
could come up for discussion Thursday
night, not to mention the smallmouth
bass fishery on the Susquehanna River
and the reintroduction of shad to the
river.
This is an opportunity to address
these things with the public and gain
their input, Gavlick said. We do take it
into consideration when we make a
decision.
Mullery organized a similar meeting
last October with Pennsylvania Game
Commission officials, and he hopes to
make the meetings an annual event.
The meetings are a great idea one
that ensures that hunters, anglers and
boaters have a voice.
TOM VENESKY
O U T D O O R S
Fishing, boat
topics are open
for discussion
The meeting will
be held on Thurs-
day, March 1, at 7
p.m., in the Crest-
wood High School
Auditorium in
Wright Township.
I F YO U G O
The Western Pocono Chapter of Trout
Unlimited will host two expert speakers
at its upcoming monthly meetings.
On Tuesday, March 20, author Dwight
Landis will give a presentation on fly
fishing for native wild brown trout in
mountain streams.
On Tuesday, April 17, Ken Undercoffer,
president of the Pa. Council of Trout
Unlimited, will discuss the history of
brook trout in Pennsylvania and the
threats they face in many coldwater
streams.
Both meetings begin at 7 p.m., and will
be held at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center,
8844 Pa. Route 873 in Slatington. For
more information, call 610-760-8889.
The Factoryville Sportsmens Club will
hold its regular monthly meeting
Wednesday Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m., in the
clubhouse. Membership secretary Martin
Reynolds reminds the membership that
unpaid dues are now in a penalty phase.
The spring "Super Gun" tickets, as well
as raffle tickets for the Henry Rifle pack-
age, will be available.
The 11th Annual J&B Sportsmens
Indoor Antique Fishing and Hunting
Flea Market will be held Saturday, March
24, at the Clarion Hotel, 300 Meadow
Ave. in Scranton. The event runs from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m., and admission is $4 for
adults. Children under 12 are free. An 8
a.m. early bird admission is available for
$10.
For more information and vendor
registration, call Bob Kester at 587-4427
or 587-0214, or visit www.jandbfishhunt-
show.com.
The 9th Annual Sportsmans Beast
Feast, sponsored by the Mens Ministry
of the Christian and Missionary Alliance,
will be held Saturday, March 24, at 6 p.m.,
at the Christian and Missionary Alliance
Church, 317 Luzerne Ave. in West Pitt-
ston.
The event features a buffet of wild
game as well as some domestic offer-
ings. The speaker will be sportsman
Steve Diehl of Harrisburg. A veteran
hunter for more than 25 years, Diehl will
share adventures of hunting across the
nation.
The event is free and open to the
public. Reservations are required and can
be made by calling the church office at
654-2500 by Monday, March 19.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission
reported that Hunter-Trapper Education
courses are filling up.
To register for a course, visit the Game
Commissions website
(www.pgc.state.pa.us), and click on the
Hunter Education Classes icon in the
center of the homepage. From here, you
can elect to take either the basic Hun-
ter-Trapper Education course, which is a
10-hour course held on two or more days;
or the Hunter-Trapper Education Inde-
pendent Study course, which is a home-
study course followed by a one-day,
four-hour classroom review and test.
After determining which course for-
mat best fits your schedule, you can
register online.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Com-
mission will hold a basic boating course
Saturday, March 10, at Nescopeck State
Park from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is no
fee for the course and participants can
earn a Boating Safety Education Certif-
icate, which is required for all operators
of personal watercraft, regardless of age,
and for boat operators born after Jan. 1,
1982, who operate motorboats of more
than 25 horsepower.
For more information or to register,
call 477-2206.
Nescopeck State Park will host the
following events in March (for more
information or to register, call 403-
2006):
Saturday, March 3 Junior Bird Club:
Middle Creek Wildlife; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 3 Adult Learning
Series: Mammal Identification; 6-8 p.m.
Sunday, March 4 Maple Sugaring:
From the Tree to Your Table; 1-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 10 Basic Boating
Course; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 31 Signs of Spring:
Wood Frog Trail Hike; 1-2:30 p.m.
O U T O O R S N O T E S
BEAR CREEK TWP. -- Pennsylvania
Game Commission land management
officer Mike Beahm drove his truck
through several habitat improvement
projects on State Game Lands 119 and
marveled at the potential.
Nearby, Jerry Greeley of Wilkes-
Barre was busy realizing that potential
as he watched his beagle, Jake, chase a
rabbit through a maze of brushpiles
and slashings that Beahms food and
cover crew had recently created.
Beahm admits that the habitat on
SGL 119 in Bear Creek and Dennison
townships is still a work in progress,
but Greeley said that progress is al-
ready occurring.
For someone who likes to hunt
rabbits and small game, the Game
Commission did me a huge favor,
Greeley said as he loaded his beagle
into his truck at the parking lot near
Francis Walter Dam. I never thought
Id be hunting rabbits up here, and Im
seeing more grouse and turkey, too.
Its good right now, but its going to
get better.
Thats because the PGC has several
ambitious habitat improvement pro-
jects either underway or scheduled for
the area.
Across from the entrance to Francis
Walter, much of SGL 119 resembles a
vast, barren landscape created when
the U.S. Army Corps stripped the land
for fill to build the dam decades ago. A
mix of hardwood forest, and stands of
scotch pine and white birch, surround
the open expanse, and deeper into
SGL 119 are thick tangles of scrub oak,
or barrens habitat.
Its a pretty diverse place, but one
that can be improved to benefit wild-
life and hunters. Beahm has a plan to
do just that, and it involves a bit of fire
and a machine called a Hydro-Axe.
This year, the agency will conduct
several habitat improvement projects
on game lands throughout the region.
In some places, thanks to the mild
winter, work has already begun.
On SGL 119, Beahm and his crew
were able to utilize the agency-owned
Hydro-Axe which resembles a log
skidder equipped with a rotary head
with two-inch thick blades capable of
cutting and dicing trees up to 10-inch-
es in diameter. This winter, the ma-
chine was used to slash through a
section of woods adjoining a meadow
area near the dam.
With the exception of several ma-
ture oak trees, the Hydro-Axe slashed
through everything in sight, leaving
behind a tangled mess that will regen-
erate this spring into an early succes-
sional forest.
It will provide a good heavy cover
and food source for deer, grouse and
rabbit, and even attract pheasants that
are flushed from the grassy areas dur-
ing hunting season, Beahm said. The
machine makes a mess of things,
which is what you want. Im hoping
this area will come back so thick that
you cant walk through it by the end of
summer.
Along the edge of the meadow,
scotch pines and birch trees were cut.
The tops will be used for brush piles
for rabbits, Beahm said, while the
birch will be allowed to regenerate.
The birch are dormant right now,
so the roots are full of energy needed
to shoot up new growth, creating
additional browse for deer, he said.
While the Hydro-Axe and chainsaws
were the tools of choice for the trees,
fire will be used to transform the bar-
ren meadow.
Beahm said 26 acres of the grass-
land are targeted for a prescribed burn
this spring. The fire will eliminate the
thick thatch on the ground that has
prevented plantings of native, warm
season grasses from germinating.
After the flames have passed,
Beahm said the existing native grasses
such as big bluestem, little bluestem,
Indian grass and switchgrass will
flourish, providing food and cover for
rabbit, pheasant and turkey.
The native grasses have a real deep
root system which allows them to
survive the fire, Beahm said, adding
additional plantings will help augment
the regrowth.
We want to create a bowl here, with
tall grassland and cover along the
edge. That will really help hold the
pheasants that are released here.
In the interior of Game Lands 119 in
Dennison Township, the Hydro-Axe
was used to slash more than 50 acres
of thick scrub oak. The cut areas will
be part of a 150-acre prescribed burn
this summer.
Scrub oaks make up unique and
somewhat rare habitat called barrens.
The cutting from the Hydro-Axe wont
kill them and the fire will only help,
Beahm said.
Were losing barrens habitat be-
cause its getting shaded out by taller
hardwoods. Theyre an important
ecosystem that a lot of threatened
species rely on, such as the golden-
winger warbler, he said.
Conducting a prescribed burn in a
barrens habitat isnt as simple as strik-
ing a match. The thick cover is loaded
with leaf litter, creating the potential
for an inferno if safety steps arent
taken.
Thats where the Hydro-Axe comes
in. The machine slashes the trees into
small chips and shreds, reducing the
fuel load and lowering flame heights
to a manageable two to four feet.
The burn is also conducted in late
summer, when the surrounding woods
are green and not as flammable.
Finally, 12-foot wide paths, or fire
breaks, are cleared around every pre-
scribed burn area to reduce the chance
of fire escaping into other areas. Later,
the fire breaks will be planted with
clover to create wildlife food strips.
Fire gives us an option for habitat
improvement when you cant cut tim-
ber or do much else to an area,
Beahm said.
We have a lot of things happening
here, and Im chomping at the bit to
get this work done. Theres a ton of
potential here.
The Pennsylvania Game Commision is finding ways to regenerate
natural spaces and improve them for native animals
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Mike Beahm, a land management officer with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, discusses a prescribed burn that will take place on State Game Lands 119 to
encourage regrowth of native grasses.
Blazing a new future
By TOMVENESKY
tvenesky@timesleader.com
T I M B E R H A R V E S T
Mike Beahm said he is often approached by hunters wanting to know why the
Game Commission doesnt conduct more timber harvests on game lands. When
conditions are right, cutting mature timber is an effective way to encourage
regeneration, he said, but its a practice that could backfire in areas.
You need to have quality soil before you can do a timber sale in an area, or youre
not going to get anything to grow back, Beahm said. If I dont see the potential
for regeneration, Im very hesitant to conduct a timber sale in that area.
B A R R E N S H A B I TAT
The barrens habitats in northeastern
Pennsylvania are important areas for
a number of threatened and
endangered species, in addition to
providing valuable food and cover for
deer, grouse and other game. With an
increase in manpower, the ability to
conduct prescribed burns and new
equipment such as the Hydro-Axe, the
Pennsylvania Game Commission can
improve barrens habitats and keep
them thriving.
We want to set the clock back on
some of these areas, said Pete
Sussenbach, land management
supervisor for the PGCs Northeast
Region. Were already seeing
increases in deer activity in these
areas the first year after we conduct a
burn.
I suspect in the next couple years
well see dramatic increases in both
deer and small game activity in the
areas where we do work.
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Yesterday 38/33
Average 39/22
Record High 67 in 1930
Record Low -3 in 1914
Yesterday 29
Month to date 758
Year to date 3732
Last year to date 4602
Normal year to date 4487
*Index of fuel consumption, how far the days
mean temperature was below 65 degrees.
Precipitation
Yesterday trace
Month to date 0.81
Normal month to date 1.82
Year to date 2.71
Normal year to date 4.19
Susquehanna Stage Chg. Fld. Stg
Wilkes-Barre 3.03 0.19 22.0
Towanda 2.19 0.37 21.0
Lehigh
Bethlehem 3.07 0.75 16.0
Delaware
Port Jervis 3.20 0.10 18.0
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Highs: 34-41. Lows: 24-27. Mostly sunny
today.
The Poconos
Highs: 43-46. Lows: 30-34. Mostly sunny,
breezy at times.
The Jersey Shore
Highs: 24-34. Lows: 21-33. Partly to mostly
sunny.
The Finger Lakes
Highs: 40-47. Lows: 28-33. Mostly sunny.
Brandywine Valley
Highs: 45-47. Lows: 28-37. Mostly sunny
skies today.
Delmarva/Ocean City
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Atlanta 70/34/.20 60/41/s 62/46/c
Baltimore 44/38/.00 47/34/s 57/37/s
Boston 45/38/.00 38/28/s 47/34/pc
Buffalo 32/28/.02 34/33/pc 42/29/pc
Charlotte 55/36/.00 53/31/s 61/40/pc
Chicago 27/20/.00 45/32/pc 42/31/pc
Cleveland 34/28/.01 38/33/pc 44/30/s
Dallas 63/35/.00 66/51/pc 62/58/sh
Denver 64/21/.00 44/23/pc 44/29/c
Detroit 31/28/.01 38/33/pc 40/27/s
Honolulu 79/68/.00 80/69/r 81/68/s
Houston 59/49/.00 65/56/c 69/61/sh
Indianapolis 33/24/.00 52/32/s 52/33/s
Las Vegas 73/43/.00 67/47/s 57/38/pc
Los Angeles 60/54/.00 60/50/s 56/43/pc
Miami 86/69/.00 80/74/c 82/74/sh
Milwaukee 31/22/.00 43/29/pc 38/28/pc
Minneapolis 28/10/.00 39/21/c 30/23/pc
Myrtle Beach 57/45/.00 54/43/pc 61/49/sh
Nashville 50/28/.00 60/38/s 64/43/pc
New Orleans 58/51/.00 63/52/c 68/61/sh
Norfolk 53/44/.00 48/32/s 60/43/s
Oklahoma City 63/26/.00 64/44/pc 60/51/sh
Omaha 35/16/.00 50/23/s 41/35/c
Orlando 71/61/.00 72/61/r 79/63/sh
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St. Louis 43/28/.00 61/39/s 57/38/pc
Salt Lake City 53/34/.00 41/32/pc 46/31/sn
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San Diego 63/54/.00 65/53/s 55/49/pc
San Francisco 56/45/.00 55/41/pc 54/41/pc
Seattle 43/38/.00 44/33/rs 45/38/pc
Tampa 73/62/.00 71/62/r 82/65/sh
Tucson 77/45/.00 79/50/s 71/43/s
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Hong Kong 66/59/.00 68/62/sh 66/61/sh
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London 54/43/.00 57/45/c 58/47/c
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Paris 52/46/.00 54/41/c 54/47/c
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Riyadh 84/52/.00 68/46/s 71/47/s
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San Juan 85/73/.00 81/74/pc 81/73/pc
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Philadelphia
46/33
Reading
45/27
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
34/25
35/27
Harrisburg
42/29
Atlantic City
46/31
New York City
46/36
Syracuse
29/22
Pottsville
41/28
Albany
35/22
Binghamton
Towanda
34/26
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State College
38/27
Poughkeepsie
41/22
66/51
45/32
44/23
75/50
39/21
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54/42
60/32
35/11
44/33
46/36
38/33
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65/56
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will continue to
warm up our
area as we head
into next week.
Winds will start
to die down this
afternoon, and
skies will turn
mostly clear as
we reach our
high of 38. On
Monday, it will be
breezy with part-
ly cloudy skies
and tempera-
tures will be
around 50!
Partly cloudy
skies will contin-
ue into Tuesday,
but then turn
mostly cloudy as
rain showers
approach.
Wednesday will
be a rainy day
with tempera-
tures around 50.
Flurries may
stick around
until Thursday
morning, then
turn to light rain
showers. It will
clear out Friday.
Rain returns to
our region on
Saturday.
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snowfall will extend across the northern Intermountain West, northern Plains, and Upper Midwest.
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MONDAY
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27
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33
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flurries
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39
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C M Y K
BUSINESS S E C T I O N D
THE TIMES LEADER SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012
timesleader.com
Y
ou can teach some of the skills
needed to be an entrepreneur, but
experience is still the best teacher.
That was the conclusion I drewduring
a conversation last week with Jeffrey
Alves, the newdean of the Jay S. Sidhu
School of Business and Leadership at
Wilkes University.
And he should know; after five years
at Babson College spent developing and
teaching the first degree
programs in entrepre-
neurial studies, Alves
realized, While Id
grown up in that envi-
ronment, Id never
actually worked in it. It
hit me after about three
years I didnt know
what I was talking about.
So he took a leave of absence to go
into the private sector, and was involved
in the launch of five companies over the
next 15 years.
And what did he learn?
For one thing, that being an entrepre-
neur is a full-time job and then some.
You cant leave your business alone. If
you dont have a passion for what youre
doing you shouldnt be there.
He also sawthat entrepreneurs, partic-
ularly during the startup phase, are true
multi-taskers because they must be.
The experience led Alves to conclude
that students can benefit froman in-
troduction to some of the tools entrepre-
neurs use, or fromrole playing. But in
the end, to me being entrepreneur is
more about an attitude and a way of
thinking.
Can you create another Bill Gates?
No.
Of course its wrong to think only of
Microsoft or Richard Bransons Virgin
empire when talking about entrepre-
neurs. Most are less interested in becom-
ing billionaires than they are in assuring
themselves of a steady income doing
something they enjoy. Alves is heartened
to sense that attitude in many students.
Imreally excited because the young
people Imseeing noware much better
prepared to be entrepreneurs.
Why? Most are local, most have
figured out their grandparents advice
(to get a stable job with a big company)
doesnt work. Their method of commu-
nication is much more diversified.
They learn differently they interact
differently and have an attitude that if
they can define something they can
control it.
That makes themwilling to take risks,
not recklessly but thoughtfully, Alves
has observed.
And entrepreneurs, even small ones,
collectively have a large impact. When I
mentioned an article in last Sundays
business section that downplayed the
job-creating power of small business,
Alves countered that theres strength in
numbers. Those millions of shops and
service providers are just as important to
the nations economic health as large
corporations that are as likely to be
cutting more jobs as adding themthese
days.
I hadnt thought of it that way. But
particularly at times when good jobs are
hard to come by, more people are likely
to start businesses, and that keeps them
productive, while enlarging the market
for the vendors that serve them.
Still, a fewwildly successful startups
like Google deserve the headlines they
get.
Alves says less than 2 percent of busi-
nesses growat 20 percent or more for a
five-year period. Theyre the ones that
generate 75-80 percent of jobs and bring
innovations to market, he said.
But he knows fromexperience how
rare that is.
Going in you never knowif youre
going to get there, he said, citing one
company he led, which grewat 20 per-
cent, then stalled out.
Even so, there are now40 jobs that
otherwise may not have existed.
RON BARTIZEK
B U S I N E S S L O C A L
Educating
entrepreneurs,
Chapter 2
Ron Bartizek, Times Leader business editor,
may be reached at rbartizek@timeslead-
er.com or 570-970-7157.
Alves
THERES A NEW
Turkey Hill in Plains
Township and you can
walk away from there
with freebies and
great deals this open-
ing week.
On Friday and Saturday from 4 to 6
p.m., the store at 15 Maffett St. will
feature product samples, giveaways
and awesome sales such as three half-
gallons of Turkey Hill iced tea for $3
and buy-one, get-one-free, fresh-baked,
personal-size pizza.
Customers who visit by March 23
also can register for a chance to win a
$500 Turkey Hill gift card.
There is no need to wait until Friday
for this deal: Target has price cuts on
select Fisher Price merchandise
through mid-March, including the
popular Laugh & Learn Puppy. On
sale for $17.09, make the deal even
better when you go to coupons.com
and select toys. There youll find a
page of Fisher Price coupons including
$5 off the puppy, making what is typ-
ically a $22.99 product yours for
$12.09.
Today is the last day to take ad-
vantage of the awesome Prevacid 24-
hour rebate offer. Details can be found
at prevacid24hr.com/pdfs/Preva-
cid_2012_rebate.pdf, but the most
important thing is that you must buy
two 42-pill packs of Prevacid 24-hour
today in order to get a full rebate, up
to $29, for one of the boxes. Its essen-
tially a buy-one, get-one-free offer but
youll need to do a little extra legwork.
While you must buy the items today,
you have until March 5 to get the re-
bate request postmarked.
Heres another rebate offer that has a
short shelf life: Pay $35 for a Symantec
Norton Antivirus 2012 3-User edition
and get a $35 prepaid Visa gift card in
the mail when you fill out the rebate
form and follow the directions found
here: images10.newegg.com/upload-
filesfornewegg/rebate/SH/Syman-
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You must buy the product today or
tomorrow on the website newegg.com.
Go here to start the process: www.ne-
wegg.com/Store/SubCatego-
ry.aspx?SubCatego-
ry=377&name=Software-Security.
Last Tuesday might have been Fat
Tuesday but theres no reason you
couldnt enjoy a bag of donuts for free
today, too.
Head to Smokey Bones with this
coupon: dl.dropbox.com/u/14723413/
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pons_02%5B1%5D.jpg and get a free
bag of donuts with the purchase of an
entre.
On Wednesday, get a free cookie
with any purchase at your local Sub-
way.
Plenty of good inserts in todays
Times Leader but one of them can be
really useful if youre looking for office
supplies. Theres a brown paper bag
that you can take to Office Max and fill
up. Get 20 percent off a majority of
items in the store as long as you can fit
it in the bag. Some items, like cases of
printing paper and furniture, also will
be 20 percent off. Sale and clearance
items are included.
ANDREW M. SEDER
S T E A L S & D E A L S
New Turkey Hill, Target among retailers offering great deals
Andrew M. Seder, a Times Leader staff
writer, can be reached at 570-829-7269.
Follow him on Twitter @TLAndrewSeder
LOS ANGELES More than 20 years
after he last played pro basketball, former
Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson is
ready for a whole new game: running his
own TV network.
The Hall of Famer, who has become a
successful business mogul, is preparing to
launch Aspire, a 24-hour channel with a fo-
cus onwhat Johnsoncalledpositive, uplift-
ing images of African-Americans. The ba-
sic cable outlet will join other channels tar-
geting black viewers, such as BETand TV
One, andwill offer opportunities for blacks
who have struggled to find work in main-
stream Hollywood.
This is so exciting for me, Impinching
myself, Johnson said in
aphoneinterview. This
is big for myself, for the
African-American com-
munity and the African-
American creative com-
munity. I wanted a vehi-
cle to show positive im-
ages and to have stories
written, produced and
directed by African-
Americans for our com-
munity. Aspire thats
how Ive been leading my life.
Aspires mix will include film, TV, music
and comedy, with a combination of ac-
quired projects and original programming.
There will some performing arts and
shows about faith, Johnson said.
Johnsons entry into the television arena
comes courtesy of communications giant
Comcast Corp. as part of its agreement
withtheFCCandDepartment of Justiceto
diversify the cable landscape. Comcast
agreed last year to launch 10 new inde-
pendently owned cable channels, with
most backedbyAfrican-Americans andLa-
tinos, by 2018. Johnsons channel is sched-
uled to be the first.
Comcasts obligation to support minor-
ity-owned channels came after a bruising
yearlong federal reviewof the Philadelphia
cable companys acquisition of NBCUni-
versal, which includes the NBC broadcast
network, NBC television stations, Univer-
sal Studios, Universal Pictures, cable chan-
nels USA, Bravo, Syfy, MSNBCand CNBC
and Spanish-language broadcaster Tele-
mundo.
With Aspire, which is scheduled for a
June 30 launch, Johnson becomes the sec-
ond A-list celebrity to launch a network in
thelast twoyears. OprahWinfreyestablish-
edOWN: TheOprahWinfreyNetworkas a
vehicle for her philosophy of inspiration
and personal empowerment. But OWN
has struggled ever since its January 2011
launch, failingtodevelopanyshows or pro-
jects that have attracted large audiences.
Johnsonisawareof therisks: Well learn
from those who have gone before us. We
understand the landscape, and we will run
a sound business.
MCT PHOTO
Magic Johnson has come a long way
since his announcement on Nov. 7, 1991
that he was HIV-positive.
Johnson
will launch
TV network
By GREG BRAXTON AND MEG JAMES
Los Angeles Times
The Hall of
Famer, who
has become a
successful
business mo-
gul, is prepar-
ing to launch
Aspire.
I
t isnt easy being a homebuilder these days.Construction
of newhomes fell off sharplyfour years ago, andthoughthere
are indications the market for new homes may have be-
gun crawling back, the number of homes sold in America
last year amountedtoless thanhalf thetotal fiveyears earlier.
Inthis area, somehomebuilders saidtheyreseekingways to
trimcosts and are looking to other sectors of the contracting indus-
try to make ends meet.
Nationally, housing starts hit a 50-
year low in 2009, when construction
began on 554,000 residential structur-
es, 445,000 of which were single-fam-
ily homes, according to U.S. Census
Data.
In 2011, construction was begun on
609,000 housing units in the
United States, 430,000 of
which were single-family
homes.
Thats better, but nowhere
near the market of five years
earlier. In 2007, work started
on more than1.3 million resi-
dences, over a million of
which were single-family
homes, and in 2005, those figures were
2.06 million and 1.7 for single-family
homes; a 30-year high.
Average sale prices also declined.
According to census data the average
sales price of newsingle-family homes
sold in 2010 was $272,900, down from
$270,900 in 2009, $292,600 in 2008
and $313,600 in 2007.
The housing bubble didnt swell so
large in Northeastern Pennsylvania as
it did in other regions of the country,
so the pain of its burst wasnt felt as
drastically by builders here as else-
where, but local homebuilders and
contractors are still in a crunch, said
Ron Piccolotti, president of Pride
Builders, Inc. of Swoyersville
and 2010-2011president of the
Building Industry Association
of NortheasternPennsylvania.
According to census data,
building permits for 358 resi-
dential structures were issued
in 2010 the latest year in
which county-level data is
available of which 357 were
for single-family homes. Thats better
than2009, whenthe numbers were 301
total and293single-family, but well be-
low numbers from a few years earlier.
In 2007, 668 permits were issued, 650
for single family homes, and in 2006,
784 were issued, 768 for single-family
homes.
Builder David Balent points out a pull-out cutting board in the kitchen of a West
Pittston home he is restoring. In a down housing market, many residential builders
have had to take on renovations or commercial projects to stay in business.
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
See REBUILDING, Page 2D
REBUILDING
their business
By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com
INSIDE:
Building
Industry
Association
gears up for
Home Expo
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C M Y K
PAGE 2D SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012 THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com
B U S I N E S S
Q: Imhaving trouble deciding
whether to change jobs. For a
number of years, I have worked
for a small local company. I can
walk to work andgo home for
lunch, whichis a great lifestyle
benefit. The pay is fair, but there
is no roomfor advancement, and
the business owners are greedy,
arrogant people.
After looking for other oppor-
tunities, I have finally founda
positionthat interests me. This
job wouldprovide a better com-
pensationpackage andmore
career potential, but the down-
side is that I wouldhave to travel
30 percent of the time.
Imhesitant about leaving my
current job, but I also think a
change might be healthy. My
crystal ball just isnt working, so I
wouldwelcome any suggestions.
A: Choosing betweentwo
alternatives withdifferent bene-
fits inevitably creates a psycho-
logical dilemma. Selecting one
means giving up the advantages
of the other, so people oftenhave
a hardtime withthese choices.
Ona small scale, its like deciding
whether to have the creamy
chocolate cake or the sensible
fruit plate for dessert. Either
way, yougainsomething andyou
lose something.
To help structure your deci-
sion-making, try this simple
exercise. First, make a compre-
hensive list of all the factors
important to youina job, suchas
pay, interesting work, competent
management, etc. Give added
weight to any that are especially
critical. For eachposition, rate
these factors ona1-to-5 scale,
thencompare the scores.
Viewing the ratings side-by-
side shouldgive youa better idea
of howthese two jobs stack up.
Ultimately, however, youwill
needto take a leap of faithand
choose the paththat appears
headedtowardthe most desir-
able future.
Q: Our company has a large
number of Indianemployees
who bring lunchfromhome, heat
it inthe microwave andeat at
their desks. Unfortunately, the
smell is very pungent andlingers
inthe air for at least half anhour.
I have triedspraying air freshen-
er, but that didnt help.
WhenI commentedonthe
smell, a fewpeople accusedme
of being racist, but that is not
true. I like my co-workers. I just
think eating smelly foodinclose
quarters is inconsiderate. Should
I discuss this problemwithhu-
manresources or just shut up
andlive withit?
A: The issue of foodsmells is
difficult to address, because few
odors are universally offensive.
For example, many people de-
spise the smell of microwave
popcorn, while others dont
mindit at all. The same is true of
fish, gasoline andthat air fresh-
ener youwere using. InIndia,
many might consider the aroma
of anAmericanhamburger dis-
tasteful.
Inthis situation, however, the
practical questionis whether
other lunching locations are
available. If your office has a
decent break room, the HRman-
ager might reasonably imple-
ment a no eating at your desk
policy for all employees. But if
desktop dining is the only al-
ternative to eating out, Imafraid
youwill simply have to adjust.
OFFICE COACH
Weigh pros and cons
before switching jobs
Marie G. McIntyre is a workplace
coach and the author of Secrets to
Winning at Office Politics. Send in
questions and get free coaching tips
at http://www.yourofficecoach.com.
LANDLORDS HELPING LAND-
LORDS: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.,
Ramada Inn, Public Square,
Wilkes-Barre. Magistrate Paul
Roberts will discuss landlord/
tenant legal relationships. Re-
freshments will be served. $10 at
the door or dues of $60 yearly to
Wyoming Valley Real Estate
Investors Association. Call 240-
6475 or email benjamin_cor-
by@hotmail.com for more in-
formation.
WOMENS NETWORKING MIXER:
Tuesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Bobbys
of New York, 2 E. Butler Drive,
Drums. Open to all businesswo-
men in Greater Hazleton. Compli-
mentary hors doevures and cash
bar, door prizes. $5 for Greater
Hazleton Chamber members;
nonmembers $7. Reservations
required; call 455-1509, email
jferry@hazletonchamber.org or
online at www.hazletonchambe-
r.org.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SEMINAR:
Friday, 8:30 a.m., Meas restau-
rant, 8 W. Broad St., Hazleton.
Presentation on the Bright Choic-
es Exchange offered for Chamber
of Commerce members with 2-50
employees. Free, continental
breakfast served. Call 1-800-377-
3539 to reserve or for more
information.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SEMINAR:
March 7, 8:30 a.m., Woodlands
Inn & Resort, Highway 315, Plains
Township. Presentation on the
Bright Choices Exchange offered
for Chamber of Commerce mem-
bers with 2-50 employees. Free,
continental breakfast served. Call
1-800-377-3539 to reserve or for
more information.
BUY A BUSINESS SEMINAR:
March 13, 1 1:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.,
Hampton Inn, Route 6, Tunk-
hannock. Led by Gary Casey,
SCORE volunteer. Covers topics
involved in buying or starting a
small business. Free. To register,
call 836-7755 or email mau-
reen@wycc.com.
WYOMING COUNTY CHAMBER
LUNCHEON: March 14, noon, The
Fireplace restaurant, Route 6,
Tunkhannock. Dave Sweeley, area
manager for Southwestern Ener-
gy, will speak. The company has a
local office in Tunkhannock. Free
for chamber members; others $10
each. Reserve by calling 836-
7755 or by e-mailing Robin at
Robin@wyccc.com.
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Edward Ciarimboli, partner in the
law firm of Fellerman & Ciarim-
boli, was named to the National
Trial Lawyers: Top Forty Under
Forty. Membership is by in-
vitation and is extended exclu-
sively to those individuals who
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Marion Munley and J. Chris-
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their practice areas.
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MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY
Katherine M. Totino, Dallas, has
been named grants and gift
research manager in the de-
partment of Corporate, Gov-
ernment, and Foundation
Relations. Totino graduated
magna cum laude with a bach-
elors degree in political sci-
ence from Kings College.
TMG HEALTH
Matthew Malcom, Shavertown,
joined the company as director
of regulatory affairs, quality
assurance and plan manage-
ment. He holds a masters
degree in organizational man-
agement and a bachelors
degree in business manage-
ment from Misericordia Uni-
versity.
QUANDEL ENTERPRISES
INC.
The Scranton office of the con-
struction firm announces
these new hires:
Ronda L. Beemer, NCIDQ, busi-
ness developer. Beemer has a
bachelors degree from Mary-
wood University.
Glen Arthur, project estimator.
He has more than 28 years of
estimating experience.
Hilary A. Evans, assistant con-
troller. Evans has a Bachelor of
Arts in business administration
with an emphasis in account-
ing from Mansfield University.
Steven J. Morra, senior project
manager. He has a Bachelor of
Science degree in industrial
technology, construction
option, from Central Connecti-
cut State University in New
Britain, Conn. and a masters
degree in business adminis-
tration from Penn State Uni-
versity. Karl F. Rice, senior
estimator. Rice has a Bachelor
of Science degree in chemical
engineering from Penn State
University and a Bachelor of
Arts in liberal arts from Junia-
ta College.
Jason Smeltzer, project superin-
tendent. He is a graduate of
Penn College of Technology
with a Bachelor of Science in
Building Construction Manage-
ment.
Jeffrey A. Mohn, Jr., project
engineer. He has a Bachelor of
Science in structural design
and construction engineering
technology from Penn State
University.
Anthony Achampong, project
engineer. He has a Bachelor of
Science in electrical engineer-
ing from Penn State University
and a Certificate in Project
Management from ABC.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS MEDICAL
CENTER
Margaret OShea Caplan has
joined as director for the
medical center. She earned a
liberal arts degree in 1981 from
Virginia Polytechnical Institute,
Blacksburg, Va. and a masters
degree from Catholic Uni-
versity, Washington, D.C.
MORTGAGE NETWORK INC.
Thomas Burke, Dunmore, has
joined the Whitehall office as
loan officer. A graduate of
Kutztown University, he holds
a Bachelor of Science in busi-
ness administration with a
concentration in economics.
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A lot of builders went out of
business, Piccolotti said. Alot
of guys just got in over their
heads; a lot of guys were stuck
holding spec houses.
Several local builders said
that even if the market wont re-
turn to bubble-era levels the
worst has likely passed, and
now the biggest challenge to
their businesses has come from
conservative home lending by
banks.
Financing a challenge
I dont know how many
houses Ive lost because they
couldnt get the money; you
have to be super clean any-
more, said Randy Rushton,
owner of South Valley Custom
Homes in Nanticoke. Three or
four have gotten right up to be-
ing ready to sign and they lost
the loan. Thats a shocker to the
people, you know.
Piccolotti said buyers with
credit scores below 740 face an
uphill battle in getting a home
loan.
Unfortunately, theres a lot
of good people who had some
issues with their jobs or lost
their jobs; who didnt have per-
fect credit, Piccolotti said.
And Imnot talking four or five
hundred, Im talking low to
high six hundreds, and these
days the banks just wont do it.
Statistics seem to back up
Rushtons observations. Ac-
cording to U.S. Census data, 58
percent of new single-family
homes sold in 2010 were fi-
nanced by a conventional loan.
The proportion was 62 percent
in 2009 and 74 percent in 2008.
The proportion of govern-
ment-backed home loans,
meanwhile, has grown. The
proportion of new homes fi-
nanced by a Federal Housing
Administration-insured loan
was 25 percent in 2010, 24 per-
cent in 2009, and 16 percent in
2008, Census data show. Build-
ers also blamed rising living
costs and employment uncer-
tainty for the market slow-
down.
Employment uncertainty has
left renters hesitant to buy and
made banks more hesitant to
lend. Fuel costs have cut into
the paychecks of homeowners
and potential homebuyers,
leaving them with less each
month to devote to mortgage
payments or to save for a down
payment.
Those fuel costs also raise
construction expenses for
builders and contractors.
David Balent, owner of Exe-
ter-based Balent Construction,
Co., said the price of roof shin-
gles, which contain petroleum
products, has risen from about
$35toover $100per100-square-
foot sheet in two years, and
Rushtonsaidthe cost of founda-
tion excavation and other jobs
requiring heavy equipment also
is up.
Theyre talking $5 a gallon
coming up, and that will be the
height of our season, Rushton
said. Some excavating compa-
nies I knowuse five or six thou-
sand (dollars) a month on fuel.
Balent said the price of fuel
has forced his company to con-
sider ways to cut back. He now
plans ahead to find the most ef-
ficient route before sending
crews to work at multiple con-
struction sites, and has imple-
mented other cost-saving mea-
sures like high efficiency light-
ing and oil recycling.
The crunch has forced some
builders to expand into alterna-
tive, sometimes unfamiliar
markets.
Residential homebuilders
have begun taking on renova-
tion work or commercial pro-
jects, and contractors specializ-
ing in one building trade have
begun branching out, Piccolotti
said.
If you were taking on a cer-
tain job like siding, (now)
youre taking on a roofing job if
you could, Piccolotti said. Ba-
sically youre doing whatever
you can do to stay alive.
Balent saidhe has beendoing
more and more remodeling and
repair jobs, and that homeown-
ers seeking work often request
the bare minimum.
Homeowners are doing the
very minimal in what they need
for repairs, Balent said.
Theyre very cost and budget
conscious.
Flood not a big help
WilliamDe Angelo, co-owner
of DeAngelo Construction in
Wilkes-Barre, said his company
began shifting towards com-
mercial construction prior to
the housing bubble, and now
specializes in commercial work
because thats where the busi-
ness is. The company also man-
ages rental properties to keep
income flowing in slow times.
You need a secondary in-
come, De Angelo said. If you
solely depend on residential
construction that would be a
heck of a ride.
De Angelo added his compa-
ny saves overhead by perform-
ing work other builders would
subcontract.
When I was a kid every
builder put the tools on; nowa-
days nobody puts the tools on
thats our advantage, De Ange-
lo said. My office is in my
house. My mother gets in-
volved; my wife gets involved.
Family. We dont have secretar-
ies; we dont have a foreman. Its
all us.
Some contractors may have
hopedrepairingdamagecaused
by the September flooding
would offer some relief in the
market, but homebuilders said
the floods impact on the indus-
try was lessened by competi-
tion from contractors from out-
sidethearea, someworkingille-
gally, and by the challenges
homeowners faced in securing
funding through flood insur-
ance.
Contractors said five month
later somefloodvictims arestill
waiting on insurance payouts.
Theyre doing the bare mini-
mum that they can by them-
selves, because they dont have
the money to pay for the profes-
sionals tocome in, Balent said.
Theres people that I know
that have their house gutted
out, and they have heat and
power but thats it, and theyre
just sitting there, or doing it a
little at a time.
But even in the leanest of
times there is opportunity, and
the chance to pursue a long-
held dream to build homes is
what led South Valley Custom
Homes owner Randy Rushton
to buck the economic trend and
open a home construction firm
in the worst of market condi-
tions.
Rushtons company builds
homes constructed of pre-fabri-
cated panels assembled on site.
He startedthe company in2008
after running a paint store and
working with contractors for
more than 20 years.
Rushton said he has built six
homes since 2009, all pre-or-
dered and around 2,000 square
feet in size. Though those
homes might not have been as
large as he would have liked, he
feels his company is holding its
own.
I feel that were doing what
we need to do to keep ourselves
goinghereandI feel its goingto
get better, Rushton said.
Fromour first homeshow(this
year) we got 18 original leads. I
find that its mostly the younger
people. Theyre working and
they dont know what the real
crunch is. Theyre ready to
build homes.
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Builder David Balent stands in the foyer of a flood-damaged
West Pittston home he is restoring. In a down market, many
residential builders have had to take on renovations or com-
mercial projects to stay in business.
REBUILDING
Continued from Page 1D
The Building Industry Asso-
ciation of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania is gearing up for its
annual Home Expo, a trade
show bringing together about
100 local builders, contractors
and building product suppliers
with thousands of potential
customers. Always an impor-
tant networking tool, home
shows have become an even
more critical resource for
builders in the current econo-
my.
Most of my leads come
from the home shows in the
area, said Randy Rushton,
owner of South Valley Custom
Homes in Nanticoke. From
the last show I have four po-
tential good leads, so out of
those four I hope to get at
least one home.
Don Casterline, emeritus
director of the local Building
Industry Association and an
organizer of the expo, said the
show is an important promo-
tional event for the building
trades and an opportunity to
build consensus and awareness
among local companies of
issues impacting the building
industry.
But mostly, its a chance to
meet potential clients, and the
association is offering a num-
ber of supplemental events
and activities in hopes of draw-
ing a larger crowd.
There will be a charity auc-
tion of home and yard items
built by students at area voca-
tional schools, a free electron-
ics recycling collection in the
parking lot and new this year
with a separate entry fee a
Saturday wine-tasting event.
The association has also
added a childrens area to the
expo, which on Saturday will
include a magic show and a
visit from Ronald McDonald
and other characters.
The SPCA will have animals
available for adoption, local
Girl Scouts will sell cookies
and food will be available for
purchase.
One change in the expo this
year is the inclusion of a grow-
ing number of companies
specializing in remodeling a
sign of economic conditions,
Casterline said.
Weve seen more participa-
tion of the remodelers, Cast-
erline said. Because of the
economy; because the home-
building industry is down
substantially, so consequently
those builders have turned to
remodeling.
Home shows are a critical resource for many builders
What: Building Industry Associ-
ation of Northeastern Pennsylva-
nia Home Expo
Where: 109th Field Artillery
Armory, 280 Market St., Wilkes-
Barre
When: Friday, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday,
10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday 10
a.m.-4 p.m.
Admission: $3 regular admis-
sion; $2 with a non-perishable
food item, to be donated to the
Commission on Economic Oppor-
tunity
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The Dow Jones industrial aver-
age is close to its highest level
since May 2008, but part of the
reason is that AIG is no longer in
the mix. Dow Jones Indexes
booted the bailed out insurer
from its measure of blue-chip
stocks in September 2008, after
the stock plunged to $34 from
$203 in three days.
Since the switch, AIG has lost
about 64 percent. Kraft, the stock
that replaced AIG in the Dow 30,
has climbed 14 percent. In 2009,
Citigroup and General Motors
were dumped from the average.
GM subsequently filed for bank-
ruptcy protection, which wiped
out its stock.
EVAPORATING RECOVERY
Natural gas looked like it
may be set for a rebound
earlier this month. It had
climbed 4.6 percent, just one
day after rising 5.9 percent. It
was the first time since June
2010 that gas rose more
than 4 percent in two straight
days.
But the recovery proved
fleeting. Gas fell again last
week, further cementing its
steep slide since peaking in
2008. Too much supply is
available and its overwhelm-
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gas was above $13 per
1,000 cubic feet. Now, its
around $2.55.
INFLATION PROTECTION
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and financial analysts say $4 gaso-
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natural to wonder which stocks do
best when prices are rising. Re-
searchers from Columbia University,
AXAInvestment Managers and as-
set manager Amundi looked at re-
turns of all stocks in the S&P 500,
going back to 1989. They found that
oil and gas stocks rise with inflation.
Thats no surprise because they
benefit from higher prices for the oil
that they sell. But the researchers al-
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to do well. Thats because tech com-
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Stephen Jones and TomVillalta
arent afraid to go against the con-
ventional wisdom. They began
buying big bank stocks in 2010,
when most investors were dump-
ing them. The investments have
paid off this year, and their mutual
fund has already returned 14 per-
cent in less than two months.
What drew you to banks ?
Villalta: You cannot find a more dis-
paraged or unliked group with as
much angst being directed toward
it, whether it be from politicians or
individuals from the Street. Youre
seeing this reflected in shareholder
meetings and, from the political
standpoint, with regulations that
are being enacted.
Jones: I can remember I made a
television appearance, it was prob-
ably early 2010, and I commented
on how much we liked the big
money center banks and how un-
dervalued we thought they were. It
was humorous to us the number of
disparaging comments made
about me personally simply be-
cause I thought they were a good
value. Im on the board of a bank,
and its a wonderful business mod-
el when the cost of money is as
low as it is, and theyre able to lend
it out at higher rates.
But isnt demand for loans
weak?
Villalta: Our thesis with regard to
banks isnt predicated on signifi-
cant loan growth of any kind. It is a
valuation play. Strictly on a valua-
tion basis, with no growth attached
to them, they should be trading at
a higher rate.
What do you mean by valua-
tion?
Villalta: They look cheap on a book
value basis. They should be trad-
ing at book value, (which is how
much accountants say a company
is worth if its liabilities are subtract-
ed from its assets. Many banks are
instead trading below their book
values). When we saw banks fall-
ing in summer, early fall of 2010,
we were very actively buying more
shares of pretty much all the finan-
cials that we own.
Have you made money on your
Bank of America investment?
Villalta: Weve made money on all
of our financial positions within the
portfolio. I continue to believe that
this group is among the least risky
of the groups that we have.
Theres a need for lending. Theres
a need for investment businesses.
Its a very competitive environ-
ment, which we like. When you
have businesses where the im-
plied expectations are very low, the
risk comes down significantly.
Whoa, banks are less risky?
Villalta: I think you could make a
case that a company like Apple is
an undervalued stock. But if you
take a look at its operating mar-
gins that are 50 percent higher
than its competitors, that worries
me. Theres a lot of room to chip
away at the competitive advantag-
es they have.
Betting on
banks
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Stephen
Jones
What they do: Run Jones Villalta
Opportunity (JFOVX), a mutual fund
that ranks in the top 2 percent of all
large-cap value funds for three-year
returns
What they suggest: Get interested in
stocks when theyre hated
What they own: The fund has big
stakes in Citigroup, Goldman Sachs,
Bank of America and other banks
Answers edited for content and
clarity.
Investors thinking of buying Facebook stock this spring may want to consider
less exciting options a truck leasing company, perhaps, or a manufacturer of
ball bearings.
Since the stock market peaked on
Oct. 9, 2007, Ryder System, which rents
moving trucks, has returned 24 percent,
counting dividends. Timken, the ball
bearing company, 55 percent. Staid old
Johnson & Johnson has returned 13
percent counting dividends.
Google, the last stock debut to get
Facebook-level attention, is up sharply
since 2004. But measured from the market
peak, it's down 1.5 percent. And it doesnt
pay a dividend.
The lesson? When it comes to hot stocks, losses may persist if you buy
at the top and cant make up ground with dividends.
For a taste of the danger of buying stocks in the spotlight, check out last
year's Internet stock debuts, like Groupon, Pandora and Angies List. Investors
who got in before the stocks started trading have done OK. But that's
mostly reserved for pension funds, mutual funds and hedge funds.
And after sharp climbs on the first day, most have fallen.
Those looking for a big payoff should have stuck with the
boring, not the bedazzling. CVR Partners, which sells nitrogen
fertilizer to farmers, is up 66 percent since it went public
last April. Its lucky shareholders also get dividends. CVR
is expected to pay $2 a share over the next year, or 8
percent of its stock price even after the big run-up.
Total return
Thursday
since market Company Ticker
close
peak
Div. yield
CVR Partners*
UAN $27.48 66.2% 8.6%
(nitrogen fertilizer)
Timken
TKR 53.12 54.8 1.7
(ball bearings, components)
Ryder System
R 52.97 24.2 2.2
(commercial truck rentals)
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ 65.10 12.8 3.5
(healthcare products)
S&P 500 -4.5 2.0
Bernard Condon AP
Source: FactSet
Total returns through Feb. 23
* began trading
April 8, 2011
peak, it's down 1.5 percent. And it doesnt
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last April. Its lucky shareholders also get dividends. CVR
is expected to pay $2 a share over the next year, or 8
percent of its stock price even after the big run-up.
S&P 500 -4.5 2.0
Ber ernar n d Condon AP
Source: FactSet
Total returns through Feb. 23
* began trading
April 8, 2011
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Air Products APD 72.26 8 98.01 91.94 -0.12 -0.1 s s 7.9 +3.74 2 5.5 16 2.5
Amer Water Works AWK 25.39 0 34.67 33.92 0.10 0.3 s s 6.5+28.62 122.8a 19 2.7
Amerigas Part LP APU 36.76 8 50.10 46.21 0.21 0.5 s s 0.7 +2.17 3 13.1 26 6.6
Aqua America Inc WTR 19.28 8 23.44 22.55 0.41 1.9 s s 2.3 +3.94 2 1.5 23 2.9
Arch Dan Mid ADM 23.69 6 38.02 31.96 0.61 1.9 s s 11.710.43 3 -0.2 14 2.2
AutoZone Inc AZO 247.36 0361.98 359.80 -0.41 -0.1 s s 10.7+42.07 1 22.4 18 ...
Bank of America BAC 4.92 4 14.70 7.88 -0.14 -1.7 s s 41.743.31 5-24.9 ... 0.5
Bk of NY Mellon BK 17.10 4 31.45 21.67 -0.34 -1.5 s s 8.826.35 4-10.2 11 2.4
Bon Ton Store BONT 2.23 2 17.24 4.79 -0.07 -1.4 s s 42.168.12 5-36.0 ... 4.2
CVS Caremark Corp CVS 31.30 0 45.00 44.07 -0.20 -0.5 s s 8.1+37.21 1 7.1 17 1.5
Cigna Corp CI 38.79 5 52.95 45.09 0.16 0.4 t s 7.4 +8.67 2 -1.1 9 0.1
CocaCola KO 61.29 8 71.77 69.00 -0.05 -0.1 s s -1.4+10.96 2 10.3 19 3.0
Comcast Corp A CMCSA 19.19 0 29.83 29.19 0.02 0.1 s s 23.1+18.85 1 2.2 19 2.2
Community Bk Sys CBU 21.67 9 28.95 27.71 -0.52 -1.8 s s -0.3+16.42 1 7.5 14 3.8
Community Hlth Sys CYH 14.61 4 42.50 25.11 4.38 21.1 s s 43.933.66 4 -8.4 11 ...
Entercom Comm ETM 4.61 4 13.63 7.40 -0.08 -1.1 t s 20.342.05 5-20.6 7 ...
Fairchild Semicond FCS 10.25 5 21.02 14.91 -0.97 -6.1 s s 23.816.09 4 -4.8 13 ...
Frontier Comm FTR 3.81 2 9.55 4.64 -0.14 -2.9 s t -9.934.98 4 -9.0 27 8.6
Genpact Ltd G 13.09 6 18.16 16.11 0.37 2.4 s s 7.8+17.16 125.8a 21 1.1
Harte Hanks Inc HHS 7.00 4 13.24 9.27 -0.13 -1.4 t s 2.022.43 4-17.2 13 3.7
Heinz HNZ 46.99 9 55.00 53.43 -1.04 -1.9 s s -1.1 +11.60 2 5.6 17 3.6
Hershey Company HSY 49.88 9 62.38 61.11 0.63 1.0 t s -1.1+19.60 1 4.8 22 2.5
Kraft Foods KFT 30.43 9 39.06 37.88 -0.13 -0.3 t s 1.4+22.84 1 5.5 19 3.1
Lowes Cos LOW 18.07 9 28.46 27.16 -0.52 -1.9 s s 7.0+10.27 2 -3.6 19 2.1
M&T Bank MTB 66.40 7 90.76 81.77 -1.15 -1.4 s s 7.1 4.29 3 -5.1 13 3.4
McDonalds Corp MCD 72.89 0102.22 100.32 0.33 0.3 s s 0.0+36.75 1 19.1 19 2.8
NBT Bncp NBTB 17.05 8 24.10 22.54 -0.16 -0.7 t s 1.9 +4.85 2 1.6 13 3.5
Nexstar Bdcstg Grp NXST 5.30 7 10.28 8.41 0.02 0.2 s s 7.3+34.56 1 1.8 ... ...
PNC Financial PNC 42.70 8 64.37 59.38 -1.76 -2.9 s s 3.0 .64 3 -2.4 11 2.4
PPL Corp PPL 24.10 8 30.27 28.85 0.38 1.3 s s -1.9+21.63 1 -1.1 11 5.0
Penna REIT PEI 6.50 7 17.34 13.32 -0.33 -2.4 s s 27.6 -.43 3-15.1 ... 4.5
PepsiCo PEP 58.50 4 71.89 63.31 0.63 1.0 t s -4.6 +3.66 2 2.2 16 3.3
Philip Morris Intl PM 60.45 0 82.77 83.02 1.28 1.6 s s 5.8+37.81 137.4a 17 3.7
Procter & Gamble PG 57.56 0 67.72 66.71 1.80 2.8 s s 0.0 +9.14 2 3.1 17 3.1
Prudential Fncl PRU 42.45 8 66.94 61.09 -0.30 -0.5 s s 21.9 2.30 3 -6.5 8 2.4
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SLM Corp flt pfB SLMBP 39.00 5 60.00 48.25 0.47 1.0 s s 23.7 ... 0.0 ... 9.6
Southn Union Co SUG 26.83 0 44.65 44.01 0.10 0.2 s s 4.5+65.77 1 9.5 22 1.4
TJX Cos TJX 23.92 0 36.33 35.97 1.10 3.2 s s 11.4+45.08 1 21.3 19 1.1
UGI Corp UGI 24.07 5 33.53 28.69 1.13 4.1 s s -2.4 5.32 3 4.2 16 3.6
Verizon Comm VZ 32.28 8 40.48 38.14 -0.32 -0.8 s s -4.9+12.75 2 5.6 45 5.2
WalMart Strs WMT 48.31 8 62.63 58.79 -3.69 -5.9 t s -1.6+15.67 1 5.4 13 2.5
Weis Mkts WMK 36.52 9 44.22 42.84 -0.79 -1.8 r s 7.3+15.47 1 2.6 15 2.8
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COMPANY TICKER LOW HIGH CLOSE 1WK 1WK 1MO 1QTR YTD 1YR 1YR 5YRS* PE YLD
Notes on data: Total returns, shown for periods 1-year or greater, include dividend income and change in market price. Three-year and five-year returns
annualized. Ellipses indicate data not available. Price-earnings ratio unavailable for closed-end funds and companies with net losses over prior four quar-
ters. Rank classifies a stocks performance relative to all U.S.-listed shares, from top 20 percent (far-left box) to bottom 20 percent (far-right box).
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SOURCE: FactSet Data through Feb. 22
Energy stocks expected to rise 30 percent
Stock
Screener
Financial analysts have high expectations for many energy stocks.
Its not surprising that analysts anticipate that Halliburton, which
helps companies pull crude from the ground, and other companies in
the oil and gas industry will do well. Theyre benefiting from the return
in crudes price to above $100 per barrel. But analysts expect big gains
even for several coal stocks, following a disappointing year of returns
for the industry.
This screen shows energy companies in the S&P 500 index where
analysts are forecasting at least a 25 percent rise over the next 12
months.
Atop the list are coal stocks, which have struggled on worries that
power plants will switch from coal as their fuel to natural gas. The
plunging price of gas since 2008 has made it cheap.
Consol Energy, for example, fell 25 percent last year when the index
was flat. But Credit Suisse nevertheless expects Consol to rise over
the next year on stronger demand for coal from steel factories around
the world, among other factors.
Alpha Natural Resources ANR $19.49 $30.13 55% 0.0% 43
Consol Energy CNX 35.77 51.52 44 1.4 13
QEP Resources QEP 31.57 43.96 39 0.2 23
Peabody Energy BTU 35.80 48.98 37 1.0 10
Newfield Exploration NFX 36.88 49.86 35 0.0 9
Halliburton HAL 38.24 51.15 34 0.9 12
Cabot Oil & Gas COG 35.04 45.13 29 0.2 60
Baker Hughes BHI 52.36 65.88 26 1.2 13
EQT EQT 52.62 65.97 25 1.6 17
Denbury Resources DNR 19.64 24.59 25 0.0 16
AVG.
TARGET
PRICE
EXPECTED
GAIN OVER
NEXT 12 MOS.
P/E RATIO
BASED ON
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DIVIDEND
YIELD
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American Funds BondA m ABNDX 12.69 +.02 +1.3 +7.8/B +3.7/E
American Funds CapIncBuA m CAIBX 51.31 +.41 +3.8 +6.4/A +1.3/C
American Funds CpWldGrIA m CWGIX 35.42 +.35 +5.6 +.4/C +.4/B
American Funds EurPacGrA m AEPGX 39.63 +.46 +6.6 -3.4/B +.2/A
American Funds FnInvA m ANCFX 38.77 +.24 +4.4 +3.3/D +1.5/A
American Funds GrthAmA m AGTHX 32.17 +.13 +5.8 +3.1/D +1.1/D
American Funds IncAmerA m AMECX 17.46 +.08 +2.6 +6.9/A +2.1/C
American Funds InvCoAmA m AIVSX 29.45 +.09 +4.1 +3.6/D +.4/C
American Funds NewPerspA m ANWPX 29.22 +.31 +6.1 +1.1/C +2.3/A
American Funds WAMutInvA m AWSHX 30.03 +.11 +2.9 +9.3/A +.7/B
BlackRock GlobAlcA m MDLOX 19.67 +.13 +4.1 +2.4/C +4.8/B
BlackRock GlobAlcI MALOX 19.76 +.13 +4.1 +2.7/C +5.0/B
Dodge & Cox Income DODIX 13.65 +.04 +1.6 +6.6/D +6.7/B
Dodge & Cox IntlStk DODFX 33.20 +.41 +6.5 -5.8/C -2.0/A
Dodge & Cox Stock DODGX 112.56 -.50 +3.9 +1.3/D -2.8/D
Fidelity Contra FCNTX 74.48 +.73 +6.5 +7.3/B +4.0/B
Fidelity GrowCo FDGRX 93.85 +1.11 +8.2 +11.8/A +6.4/A
Fidelity LowPriStk d FLPSX 40.13 +.05 +6.2 +8.9/A +3.5/A
Fidelity Spartan 500IdxInv FUSEX 48.47 +.17 +4.1 +6.7/B +.9/B
FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m FKINX 2.17 +.01 +2.4 +3.0/E +3.1/D
FrankTemp-Franklin Income C m FCISX 2.19 +.01 +2.4 +2.4/E +2.6/D
FrankTemp-Mutual Euro Z MEURX 20.60 +.03 +5.0 -3.8/C /A
FrankTemp-Templeton GlBond A mTPINX 13.25 +.05 +3.1 +4.9/C +10.6/A
FrankTemp-Templeton GlBondAdv TGBAX 13.21 +.05 +3.1 +5.2/C +10.9/A
Harbor IntlInstl d HAINX 60.65 +.97 +7.5 +1.0/A +1.3/A
Oakmark EqIncI OAKBX 29.09 +.17 +4.4 +5.5/B +5.2/A
PIMCO AllAssetI PAAIX 12.30 +.08 +3.6 +7.9/A +6.6/A
PIMCO ComRlRStI PCRIX 7.12 +.20 +5.6 -.9/B +3.1/A
PIMCO LowDrIs PTLDX 10.41 +.9 +2.7/B +5.4/A
PIMCO TotRetA m PTTAX 11.10 +.01 +1.6 +6.0/D +8.0/A
PIMCO TotRetAdm b PTRAX 11.10 +.01 +1.6 +6.2/D +8.2/A
PIMCO TotRetIs PTTRX 11.10 +.01 +1.7 +6.5/D +8.5/A
PIMCO TotRetrnD b PTTDX 11.10 +.01 +1.6 +6.1/D +8.2/A
Permanent Portfolio PRPFX 49.72 +.64 +3.6 +8.2/A +9.2/A
T Rowe Price EqtyInc PRFDX 25.01 -.05 +3.3 +3.4/C +.1/B
T Rowe Price GrowStk PRGFX 36.08 +.41 +7.5 +8.3/B +3.0/B
T Rowe Price HiYield d PRHYX 6.77 +.05 +2.9 +5.5/C +7.1/A
T Rowe Price MidCpGr RPMGX 58.75 +.20 +5.5 +4.6/C +6.4/A
T Rowe Price NewIncome PRCIX 9.75 +.02 +1.2 +7.4/C +6.7/B
Vanguard 500Adml VFIAX 126.16 +.46 +4.1 +6.8/B +1.0/B
Vanguard 500Inv VFINX 126.14 +.46 +4.1 +6.7/B +.9/B
Vanguard GNMAAdml VFIJX 11.06 -.01 +.3 +7.9/B +6.8/A
Vanguard InstIdxI VINIX 125.34 +.46 +4.1 +6.8/B +1.0/B
Vanguard InstPlus VIIIX 125.35 +.46 +4.1 +6.8/B +1.0/B
Vanguard InstTStPl VITPX 31.10 +.10 +4.5 +6.7/B +1.6/A
Vanguard MuIntAdml VWIUX 14.25 -.03 +.9 +11.2/B +5.3/B
Vanguard STGradeAd VFSUX 10.74 +.01 +.7 +2.9/B +4.5/B
Vanguard Tgtet2025 VTTVX 13.24 +.06 +3.9 +5.0/B +2.2/A
Vanguard TotBdAdml VBTLX 11.03 +.02 +.9 +8.4/A +6.4/B
Vanguard TotBdInst VBTIX 11.03 +.02 +.9 +8.4/A +6.5/B
Vanguard TotIntl d VGTSX 14.79 +.19 +6.6 -4.3/C -2.0/B
Vanguard TotStIAdm VTSAX 34.36 +.10 +4.5 +6.6/B +1.5/A
Vanguard TotStIIns VITSX 34.36 +.10 +4.5 +6.6/B +1.5/A
Vanguard TotStIdx VTSMX 34.34 +.10 +4.5 +6.5/B +1.4/B
Vanguard WellsIAdm VWIAX 57.18 +.17 +1.8 +11.0/A +6.4/A
Vanguard Welltn VWELX 33.16 +.08 +2.4 +6.6/A +4.2/A
Vanguard WelltnAdm VWENX 57.28 +.13 +2.5 +6.7/A +4.4/A
Vanguard WndsrII VWNFX 27.86 -.02 +3.6 +6.1/B -.4/B
Wells Fargo AstAlllcA f EAAFX 12.54 +.06 +2.9 +4.8/ +2.8/
MutualFunds
FRIDAY WK RETURN/RANK
GROUP, FUND TICKER NAV CHG 4WK 1YR 5YR
Dow industrials
+0.3%
+2.6%
Nasdaq
+0.4%
+5.2%
S&P 500
+0.3%
+3.8%
Russell 2000
-0.2%
+3.5%
LARGE-CAP
SMALL-CAP
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
q
p
p
MO
YTD
MO
YTD
MO
YTD
MO
YTD
WEEKLY
WEEKLY
WEEKLY
WEEKLY
+6.3%
+13.8%
+8.6%
+11.6%
Mortgage rates inch up
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose
to 3.95 percent last week from 3.87 percent, but its
still well below where it was a year ago, 4.95 per-
cent. Mortgage rates are low because they track
Treasury yields. The Fed plans to keep short-term
rates low until late 2014, and longer-term yields
have stayed low because economic growth has
been slow and inflation has been moderate.
InterestRates
MIN
Money market mutual funds YIELD INVEST PHONE
3.25
3.25
3.25
.13
.13
.13
PRIME
RATE
FED
FUNDS
Taxablenational avg 0.01
Selected Daily Govt Fund/Cl D 0.17 $ 10,000 min (800) 243-1575
Tax-exemptnational avg 0.01
BMO Tax Free MMF/Class Y 0.06 $ 1,000 min (800) 236-3863
Broad market Lehman 2.11 -0.02 t t -0.97 3.18 2.05
Triple-A corporate Moodys 3.84 -0.03 t s -1.36 5.29 3.72
Corp. Inv. Grade Lehman 3.36 -0.06 t t -0.66 4.11 3.33
FRIDAY
6 MO AGO
1 YR AGO
FRIDAY CHANGE 52-WK
U.S. BOND INDEXES YIELD 1WK 1MO 3MO 1YR HIGH LOW
Municipal Bond Buyer 4.58 0.01 t t -1.01 5.72 4.54
U.S. high yield Barclays 7.16 -0.20 t t 0.36 10.15 6.61
Treasury Barclays 1.08 0.00 s s -1.16 2.43 0.93
FRIDAY CHANGE 52-WK
TREASURYS YIELD 1WK 1MO 3MO 1YR HIGH LOW
3-month T-Bill 0.09 0.01 s s -0.03 0.13
1-year T-Bill 0.20 0.01 s s -0.07 0.30 0.07
6-month T-Bill 0.13 0.02 s s -0.02 0.16 0.01
2-year T-Note 0.31 0.02 s s -0.40 0.82 0.16
5-year T-Note 0.89 0.03 s t -1.29 2.31 0.71
10-year T-Note 1.98 -0.02 s s -1.45 3.57 1.72
30-year T-Bond 3.10 -0.05 s s -1.43 4.66 2.72
Money fund data provided by iMoneyNet Inc.
Rank: Funds letter grade compared with others in the same performance group;
an A indicates fund performed in the top 20 percent; an E, in the bottom 20 percent.
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THE CALMbefore the
storm, tranquility
before a quake, the
serenity pre-tsunami or
a placid lead-up to the
April 24 Pennsylvania
primary, call it what
you will. Its been eeri-
ly quiet since members of the state Leg-
islature botched their once-in-a decade
responsibility to redrawPennsylvanias
legislative and congressional districts.
The constitutional dictates of reappor-
tionment require that districts have
roughly the same number of inhabitants
(one person, one vote), be compact and
contiguous (not elongated or gerryman-
dered) and that they not needlessly
divide (dilute) counties and municipal-
ities to achieve political goals.
The Legislatures unimaginative effort
to reconfigure state House and Senate
districts was unveiled on Dec. 12 and fell
far short of the minimal creativity neces-
sary for public acceptance and grudging
approval of the state Supreme Court.
However, pundits still believed the
lopsided map sketched by the crayon-
packing, GOP-controlled state Legisla-
ture (via a 3-2 Republican reapportion-
ment commission) would eventually be
upheld by our (4-3) Republican state
Supreme Court.
Yet, so obnoxiously sprawling were so
many districts, in and out of Luzerne
County, that the court rejected the fla-
grantly partisan plan and sent legisla-
tiors back to the drawing board.
This unusual action by the court oc-
curred on Jan. 25 when Chief Justice
Ron Castille, a decorated Marine and
former district attorney, joined three
Democrats on the court to say,
Enough. Districts will remain as they
lay.
Sadly, no such tribunal has intervened
to halt the even more egregious map,
perpetrated by the same Legislature,
outlining Pennsylvanias remaining18
congressional districts.
Gone without a peep are the two influ-
ential urban congressional districts
firmly planted in Luzerne and Lackawan-
na counties that for decades dominated
at home and in D.C., to the lasting bene-
fit of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The newboundaries of the venerable
10th and11th districts move farther west
and south, to within a fewmiles of Mary-
land, cynically unloading thousands of
democratic voters to salvage the re-
election chances of U.S. Rep. Lou Barlet-
ta, R-Hazleton.
Asimilar play against Northeastern
Pennsylvania was perpetrated in 2001
when last congressional lines were
drawn. Local legislators stood up, spoke
out and stopped it. They placed region
above party and protected the10th and
the11th districts.
But, ohhh, its so quiet now.
Regional voters, orphaned by the
partisan shift of the11th congressional
district, stretch fromCarbondale, Scran-
ton and Moosic in Lackawanna County,
through Pittston, Plains Township and
Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne, to the munici-
palities of Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock
in surrounding counties.
These electoral orphans, thousands of
them, are filler to merely round out the
17th Congressional District that in-
cluded everything fromSchuylkill Coun-
ty south to the city of Harrisburg and
Dauphin County the Republican parts
of which have nowbeen transferred into
the11th to save the likes of Barletta.
The17th District is represented by
Democratic Congressman TimHolden
of St. Clair in Schuylkill County. In-
terested observers surmised that the
abandoned voters in Northeastern Penn-
sylvania, without a district to call home,
would naturally fall in line, accept the
incumbent and for the first time in histo-
ry do without an influential member of
Congress fromhere.
The leadership vacuumin Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania, which allowed tens of
thousands of our people to be summarily
left on the cutting roomfloor of redis-
tricting, begs to be filled.
That vacuumof leadership has now
prompted talented Democrat Matt Cart-
wright of Moosic, on the Luzerne-Lacka-
wanna county line, to announce his
candidacy for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress in the17th congres-
sional district.
Its Cartwright vs. Holden. Here it
comes. Hold on to your hats; I feel a
perfect stormin the air.
KEVIN BLAUM
I N T H E A R E N A
Cartwright
vs. Holden:
Perfect storm
LOSANGELESWhenPau-
la Symons joined the U.S. work-
force in 1972, typewriters in her
office clacked nonstop, people
answeredthetelephonesandthe
hot new technology revolutio-
nizing communication was the
faxmachine.
Symons, fresh out of college,
entered this brave new world
thinking shed do pretty much
whatherparents generationdid:
Work for just one or two compa-
nies over about 45 years before
biddingfarewell toco-workers at
a retirement party and heading
off into her sunset years with a
pension.
Forty years into that run, the
60-year-old communications
specialist for a Wisconsin-based
insurance company has worked
more than a half-dozen jobs.
Shes been laid off, downsized
and seen the pension disappear
withonly a fewthousanddollars
accruedwhenit was frozen.
So, five years from the age
when people once retired, she
laughs when she describes her
futureplans.
Ill probably just work until I
drop, she says, a sentiment ex-
pressed, with varying degrees of
humor, by numerous members
of her agegroup.
Like 78 million other U.S. Ba-
by Boomers, Symons and her
husband had the misfortune of
approaching retirement age at a
time when stock market crashes
diminished their 401 (k) nest
eggs, companies beganeliminat-
ing defined benefit pensions in
record numbers and previously
unimagined technical advances
all but eliminated entire job de-
scriptions from travel agent to
telephoneoperator.
At the same time, companies
began moving other jobs over-
seas, tobefilledbypeoplewilling
toworkforfarlessandstillableto
connecttotheU.S. marketinreal
time.
The paradigmhas truly shift-
ed. Nowwhenyoure lookingfor
ajobyourecompetinginaworld
For baby boomers, its a new generation of work til you drop
By JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
See BOOMERS, Page 6E
W
ASHINGTON Michigan has become squirm
central for Republican presidential candidates who
are trying to explain their opposition to the auto
bailout before the big primary in the home of automakers.
Their tale is terribly tangled, and President Barack Obama
isnt telling it straight either.
Obama, in taking credit, and Re-
publicans, in assigning blame, have
ignored one driving force behind
the love-it-or-hate-it bailout: George
W. Bush in the waning days of his
presidency. Moreover, GOP rivals
Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum
would have people believe the Unit-
ed Auto Workers union runs Gener-
al Motors and the government
gave it away, neither true.
The issue is a particularly nettle-
some one for Romney, Detroit-born
son of a Michigan governor and au-
to company chief executive. His
provocatively headlined 2008 arti-
cle, Let Detroit Go Bankrupt, has
made for tortured explanations in
the campaign for the Feb. 28 pri-
mary though the prescription he
preached back then is not wholly at
odds with what the government fi-
nally did.
Then again, Romney is hardly
out on a Republican limb. Santo-
rum opposes the bailout on similar
Obama Romney
Santorum Gingrich
By CALVIN WOODWARD and TOMKRISHER Associated Press
See BAILOUT, Page 6E
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Editorial
We made it clear. You are on
your honor under penalty of law.
Tina Polachek Gartley
The Luzerne County judge explained last week why
she had signed court orders approving payments to
Kingston attorney Angela Stevens without
checking the accuracy of those payment requests. Records show
Stevens double-billed the county on dozens of occasions in 2011.
IT SOMETIMES feels as if
the struggle for the Repub-
lican presidential nomi-
nation has been going on
forever, but if you measure
the campaign by the num-
ber of delegates chosen so
far, were only about 10 percent done.
Much has been made about how the
outcome is still far from certain despite
what seems like a blizzard of primaries and
caucuses, but thats not unusual. Four years
ago, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
waged a struggle for the Democratic presi-
dential nomination that didnt end until
June 3.
Still, its worth pausing at this point in the
race to consider a few of the lessons weve
learned so far.
Dont listen to the pundits. At the begin-
ning of this years campaign, many political
reporters and analysts (including me) listed
the leading contenders for the nomination
as Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Michele
Bachmann and Rick Perry. Only one of
those four is still in the race. Hardly anyone
predicted that Rick Santorum and Newt
Gingrich would turn out to be serious con-
tenders.
This year, the GOP establishment isnt
calling the shots. In earlier elections, Re-
publicans tended to settle early on an estab-
lished candidate who had endorsements
from party elders and who was considered
next in line. That system gave us Bob
Dole in 1996, George W. Bush in 2000 and
John McCain in 2008. This years establish-
ment candidate is Romney, but hes having
a notably difficult time taming the insur-
gent mood of most of his partys voters.
Historical rules are often bogus. Early
this year, pundits often pointed out that no
modern candidate had ever won the Repub-
lican nomination without first winning the
South Carolina primary. Im betting that
Gingrich, who won South Carolina by a big
margin, will not be the partys nominee,
although, in view of Lesson 1 above, you
should believe that forecast at your own
risk.
Its worth keeping Lesson 3 in mind as we
look forward to the general election, too.
Another rule is that an incumbent presi-
dent has never won re-election when the
unemployment rate is higher than 7.2 per-
cent. (That was the rate when Ronald Re-
agan won his second term in 1984.)
In November, the unemployment rate is
almost certain to be close to 8 percent,
which would appear to doom President
Obama. But already prognosticators are
looking for an out in case the rule doesnt
hold this year. More important, theyre
saying, might be whether voters feel the
economy is improving.
By that measure, Obamas chances look
much better. A CBS/New York Times poll
released this month found that more voters
think the economy is improving than think
it is worsening, a sharp reversal from the
pessimism that dominated the public mood
last year.
The thing about election truisms is that
they hold only until they dont. After this
year, South Carolina probably wont figure
strongly into the common wisdom about
primaries. But you can be certain that some
other piece of political wisdom will replace
it, and that well be looking to Florida or
Michigan or Ohio as the next oracle state.
More isnt necessarily better, at least
when it comes to debates. Wednesdays
GOP debate in Arizona was the 20th of the
campaign. Never before have we seen so
many debates in such a concentrated period
six in January alone.
Veteran campaign managers from both
political parties have been quietly meeting
over the last few weeks to try to organize a
more orderly debate calendar, and less of a
free-for-all, for the 2016 campaign.
Money is the mothers milk of politics, an
old lesson in a new form. The most impor-
tant man in the Republican race today
might be Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas
casino tycoon who has bankrolled Gin-
grichs ostensibly independent super PAC.
In a campaign run under the old rules, with
limits on donations, Gingrich would have to
either drop out of the race at this point or
go deeply into debt to stay competitive.
This year, if Adelson and his family con-
tinue their support which at last account-
ing stood at $11 million, with hints that
more could soon follow the former speak-
er of the House can stay in the race no mat-
ter what the voters say.
Dont count on pundits or history to predict GOP race
Doyle McManus is a columnist for The Los An-
geles Times. Readers may send him email at
doyle.mcmanus@latimes.com.
COMMENTARY
D O Y L E M C M A N U S
THE LONG downward
slide in housing construc-
tion might be coming to
an end. While the rate of
new building remains well
below pre-recession levels,
construction permits for
new housing increased slowly, but steadily,
most of last year.
Not only is the housing market improv-
ing, it also is changing, with fewer single-
family homes being built, but more apart-
ment buildings.
Prior to the housing collapse, five to six
times more single-family homes were built
annually than apartment buildings. Today
the ratio is about three to one. If the trend
continues, the housing market might be
taking a radically different, high-rise
shape.
Housing has been a major drag on the
economy since it collapsed. From early
2006, when the market was at its peak, to
June 2009, when the recession officially
ended, the pace of housing construction
fell to a quarter of its previous rate.
In 2009, the number of new single-family
homes completed dropped from an annual
high of 1.9 million in 2006 to a half million.
For all housing units, including single-
family and multi-unit dwellings, such as
apartment buildings, the fall was similarly
dramatic from 2.2 million to 0.8 million.
Trends in housing construction are re-
flected by the interplay between new build-
ing permits and completed housing units.
The number of permits issued approxi-
mates the number of new homes planned
for the future. But not all permits lead to
completed houses. Even in the best of
times, some buildings never get started,
while construction on others is delayed.
When a housing market is booming, the
number of permits is slightly above the
number of units completed each month.
This indicates confidence in future de-
mand for new homes.
The picture is different in a crisis. From
mid-2006 to the end of 2009, applications
for building permits dropped precipitously.
Since some construction already was un-
der way when housing collapsed, it made
sense to complete many of those buildings.
As a result, the number of permits issued
fell below the number of housing units
completed. This is a sign that builders are
cutting back on planned construction, a
symptom of an oversupply in the market.
The slide in home building moderated at
the end of the recession, but it has not yet
recovered. Now the tide seems to be turn-
ing.
As of the end of last year, the number of
housing units completed no longer ex-
ceeds the number of permits issued. Build-
ers are applying for new permits and com-
pleting projects at about the same rate.
This rate is much lower today than it
was prior to the recession, but we are no
longer in crisis mode.
Housing construction finally has started
to add to the overall growth in output
another sign of normalcy. New residential
investment contributed positively, if mod-
estly, to economic growth during the last
three quarters of 2011. We have not seen
growth of this kind since 2005.
Most of the increase in housing permits
came from the construction of new apart-
ment buildings. The number of new per-
mits for multi-unit structures has doubled
since mid-2009, and permits exceed com-
pletions by a healthy margin. Nevertheless,
apartments, like single-family homes, are
still being built at a lower rate than prior
to the recession, with about 150,000 multi-
unit buildings completed last year, com-
pared to 280,000 units in 2006.
By contrast, the much larger single-
family segment of the housing market still
hasnt stabilized much. The number of new
permits for single-family homes has stayed
virtually constant since mid-2009, and the
number of homes completed still slightly
exceeds permits. This implies that builders
are planning to build even fewer houses
than theyre building now.
Part of the reason is the large number of
single-family homes already on the market.
In December 2011, 2.1 million single-family
homes were for sale only slightly fewer
than the 2.2 million available during the
boom year of 2005. Back then, business
was brisk. The demand today is much
lower.
Housing construction might have turned
the corner, but the new road appears head-
ed for a high-rise apartment complex, not a
neighborhood of neatly trimmed lawns.
New-housing construction taking an upward turn
Polina Vlasenko is a research fellow at the Amer-
ican Institute for Economic Research, 250 Division
St., Great Barrington, MA 01230; website: www.aie-
r.org.
COMMENTARY
P O L I N A V L A S E N K O
T
HE LUZERNE Coun-
ty court, which this
year so desperately
wantedtoshowa new
face, instead finds its face drip-
ping with egg.
The humiliation stems from
the revelation that gross over-
payments were made to King-
ston attorney Angela Stevens,
as first reported in Fridays edi-
tion of The Times Leader. The
attorney double-billed the
county on dozens of occasions
in 2011 for travel
fees, accordingtoan
analysis of 469 in-
voices.
By their own ad-
mission, the county
judge who autho-
rized the payments,
Tina PolachekGartley, andoth-
ers never checked the accuracy
of Stevens bills.
Uuuuuuuuugh!
Only a month ago, Court of
Common Pleas President
Judge Thomas F. Burke Jr.
drafted a letter to area newspa-
pers in which he cautioned the
incoming county council mem-
bers against significantly cut-
ting court funding, lest they
damage the courts ability to do
its constitutionally mandated
job. The letter made reference
to the courts continuing effort
toward cost containment.
Burke also wrote that the
court staff, including six newly
elected judges who joined the
benchinJanuary, werediligent-
lyworkingtomaintainitsbusy
docket and also to pursue the
ongoing goal of restoring pub-
lic trust and confidence in our
court system.
Last weeks disclosure dash-
es any budding confidence.
This court, hobbled by the
fallout from prior employees
judicial corruption and chican-
ery, has no doubt made many
improvements to its policies
and procedures. Yet much re-
mains to accomplish.
Consider, for instance, that
the latest bill-
ing fiasco was
not detectedin-
ternally. Rath-
er, this newspa-
pers veteran
reporter Terrie
Morgan-Be-
secker brought it to the judges
attentions.
Attorney Stevens last week
sent an email stating, My of-
fice will work with the county
to rectify the error. Her law
partner indicated the firm will
review its billing methods.
An outside agency certainly
should investigate the matter,
too.
Meanwhile, as it moves for-
ward, Luzerne Countys court
cannot make excuses. It has a
full complement of judges. It
has the cash for operations.
Inadequate processes must
be identified and corrected.
Oversight must be improved.
Overspending halted.
At longlast, restorefull order
to this court and county.
OUR OPINION: DOUBLE BILLING
Add oversight
to court docket
Inadequate processes
must be identified and
corrected. Oversight
must be improved.
PRASHANT SHITUT
President and InterimCEO/Impressions Media
JOSEPH BUTKIEWICZ
Vice President/Executive Editor
MARK E. JONES
Editorial Page Editor
Editorial Board
QUOTE OF THE DAY
N
EW DATA ON teen-
age sexual activity
suggests important
advances in reduc-
ing pregnancies and persuad-
ing youths to wait longer be-
fore they have sex. The Gutt-
macher Institute, a leading
tracker of pregnancy data,
says teen pregnancy rates are
at their lowest point since
1972 andhave declined42 per-
cent since the peak year of
1990.
While the national debate
has intensified over federal vs.
church doctrine on contracep-
tion, most of us can agree on
the needfor teens to wait until
adulthood to become parents.
Disagreement continues over
educating teens: strict absti-
nence vs. protected sex. In the
real world, however, teens
need to hear both messages
at home and in the classroom
if the downward trend in
pregnancies is to continue.
Data from Guttmacher and
other studies indicate that
young people fromacross ra-
cial and ethnic backgrounds
are increasingly getting the
messageabout abstinenceand
contraception. The national
2008 pregnancy rate, the most
recent available, was 67.8 per
1,000 females ages 15 to 19.
The national teen abortion
rate also dropped to 17.8 per
1,000 females, its lowest rate
since 1972.
The teen abortion rate
marks a 59 percent decline
from the peak year of 1988.
Still, 31 percent of teen preg-
nancies ended in abortion in
2008, according to the Gutt-
macher report.
Teenage girls who become
parents typically find their life
course permanently altered
for the worse, while taxpayers
ultimately absorb the higher
costs of supporting them and
their children. According to
the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, about a
fourth of teen mothers go on
welfare within three years of
the childs birth. Children of
teen parents have high pro-
spects of growing up in pover-
ty and repeating the cycle.
No matter how you look at
it, teen pregnancy is a situa-
tiontobe avoided. Soits inev-
eryones interest to ensure the
numbers continue their down-
ward trajectory with a consis-
tent message to teens about
the potentially life-altering
consequences they face.
Dallas Morning News
OTHER OPINION: SOCIAL TRENDS
Teen pregnancy
on the decline
An company
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F O R U M
YOUVE likely
heard by now
that the presi-
dential elec-
tion might
pivot on the
unlikely con-
troversy of
birth control.
This is the latest trope to
evolve from a campaign that
already is two years too long. A
conspiracy-minded person
might imagine that this faux
battle over reproductive rights
was designed to distract from
other more pressing concerns
and to demonize or would
that be angelize? Republicans
who, were also told, want to
turn back the clock to the
1950s.
But such a theory would
require that Democrats be
shrewder than is humanly pos-
sible, no? The Obama adminis-
tration might have wished to
provide insurance coverage for
contraception a wish broadly
embraced by most Americans
but the president couldnt have
predicted how the Catholic
bishops would react, or that
entire swaths of religious Amer-
icans would band together to
oppose him.
He was just lucky. What
manna to have the nation riv-
eted on birth control in these
economically challenging times.
What lucre to have women on
his side against those time-
warped white guys who want to
keep their women pregnant and
confined to quarters. What a
cherry on top that the two
Republican front-runners look
like they just stepped out of a
large TV cabinet, circa 1957
slicked-back hair and sweater
vest provided by central casting.
The problem, as with so
many convenient narratives, is
that it aint quite so.
The leading role in this narra-
tive is Rick Santorum, the surg-
er in chief, who is now being
characterized as a Neanderthal
throwback for his personal
belief that man should not
interfere in the natural cycle of
life, no matter how inconve-
nient the results. This includes
not only opposition to abortion
and embryonic stem-cell re-
search, but also to artificial
birth control. Mitt Romney,
though he falls into the pro-life
camp on the first two issues,
has expressed views on contra-
ception that any 21st-century
Epicurus could embrace: Its
(contraceptions) working just
fine. Just leave it alone.
It is easy to pound Santorum,
and no one makes it easier than
Santorum himself. Never mind
that he invokes Satan, claiming
that the Father of Lies has his
sights on the United States, as
Santorum did in 2008 at Ave
Maria University in Florida. He
has never met a question he
wouldnt answer or a combatant
he wouldnt engage. Thus,
when a reporter asks whether
he thinks states should be able
to ban birth control, Santorum
says yes, but ...
HEADLINE!!! Santorum
says states should be able to
ban birth control!!!
Except thats not what he
meant, nor is it what he in-
tends. Santorum was express-
ing a legal opinion, and his
answer was within the context
of whether states have any
regulatory jurisdiction over the
question. Otherwise, he has
said repeatedly that he does not
support banning contraceptives
and that he would oppose any
such efforts. Moreover, as a U.S.
senator, Santorum voted to
fund contraception through two
international health programs
that he aggressively pushed
the U.S. Presidents Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
and the Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malar-
ia. Contraception was incorpo-
rated as part of prevention.
This should come as no sur-
prise if one understands Santo-
rums worldview. Everything
stems from his allegiance to the
Catholic Churchs teachings
that every human life has equal
value and dignity. The churchs
objection to birth control is
based on concerns that sex
without consequences would
lead to men reducing women
to being a mere instrument for
the satisfaction of (their) own
desires, as well as abuse of
power by public authorities and
a false sense of autonomy.
Within that framework, every-
thing Santorum says and does
makes sense, even if one doesnt
agree. When he says that he
doesnt think the government
should fund prenatal testing
because it leads to abortion,
this is emotional Santorum,
father of a disabled child and
another who died hours after a
premature birth. In both in-
stances, many doctors would
have recommended abortion,
but Santorum believes that
those lives, no matter how
challenging, have intrinsic
value.
Though Santorums views are
certainly controversial, his
biggest problem isnt that he is
out of step with mainstream
America. His biggest problem is
that he lacks prudence in pick-
ing his battles and his words.
The American people are loath
to elect a preacher or a prophet
to lead them out of the desert of
unemployment. And they are
justified in worrying how such
imprudence might translate in
areas of far graver concern than
whether Santorum doesnt
personally practice birth con-
trol.
Santorum falls victim
to his own imprudence
COMMENTARY
K A T H L E E N
P A R K E R
Kathleen Parkers email address is
kathleenparker@washpost.com.
W
hen the way forward becomes unclear, let instinct be your guide.
ANOTHER VIEW
A photograph by Pete G. Wilcox
and words by Mark E. Jones
WHITNEY
Houston is
finally at
peace.
Which is far
different than
how she was
treated for the
six days after she died.
During that time, Houston
was hailed as an amazing per-
former. She was also dissected,
analyzed, criticized and scruti-
nized by a steady parade of
former addicts, therapists,
doctors even political com-
mentators such as Bill OReilly,
who claimed to have said a
prayer when he heard about
Houston dying, then proceed-
ed to scream to the country,
Whitney Houston killed her-
self!
Every news program, talk
show, radio station and blog
weighed in on Houston, it
seemed. And every five sec-
onds, some expert opinion
was offered.
What most of these people
had in common besides an
unhealthy need to jump in
front of a microphone is that
they didnt know Houston
personally. Maybe they met
her a few times. Maybe they
had a conversation. Maybe not
even that.
It didnt stop them from
telling national TV audiences
what she must have been
thinking, or what motivated
her alleged early drinks at a
hotel or why she wound up
dead in a bathtub at age 48.
I dont know about you, but
when my time comes, I really
dont want anyone I didnt call
family explaining my demise.
Dont we all deserve that?
Apparently not when you are
well-known in this country.
Instead you get actor Daniel
Baldwin (one question: Why?)
telling CNN: I dont think she
was applying herself and tak-
ing action in order to maintain
her sobriety.
You get former addict and
Motley Crue bassist Nikki
Sixx, who admitted he didnt
know Houston, criticizing her
doctors.
You get OReilly, who told a
Fox morning program: This is
ridiculous. Whitney Houston
killed herself. ... You dont
spend $100 million on (drugs)
not wanting to kill yourself. So
why arent we telling the truth
to young people in America?
Well, first of all, many ad-
dicts, despite their troubles,
dont want to kill themselves.
Secondly, what truth are we
not telling young people in
America? For goodness sake.
Weve had entertainers dying
as a result of substance abuse
for as long as anyone in this
country can remember.
Consider a brief list of
names:
Judy Garland, Billie Holiday,
Marilyn Monroe, Dinah Wash-
ington, Lenny Bruce, Jim Mor-
rison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Jo-
plin, Elvis Presley, Kurt Co-
bain, John Belushi, Michael
Jackson, Amy Winehouse.
What truth are we not telling
young people? If you dont
know that alcohol and drugs
can lead to death by this point,
you are simply choosing not to
pay attention.
On the other hand, we might
want to check our own addic-
tion to jumping to conclu-
sions while wringing every last
drop out of famous peoples
misfortune.
The official coroners report
on Houston wont be available
for weeks. Do you think any-
one in this business would wait
for that? Weeks? Theyll be on
to something else by then. The
time to strike was now!
So talk show bookers franti-
cally dialed self-help authors or
performers with drug experi-
ence, not because they cared
about Whitney Houston, but
because she was a hot topic. So
was the debate over whether
hers was a worthy death. Many
argued over New Jerseys deci-
sion to fly flags at half-staff for
Houston.
Did anyone consider, before
spewing all this vitriol, that a
woman perished here? Sure, it
might have been related to
drugs and alcohol. But how
many less famous Americans
die every day due to what they
drank, the foods they ate, what
they smoked or the stress they
kept piling on their bodies?
Substance abuse didnt begin
with the woman who sang I
Will Always Love You.
Heres what I think about
Whitney Houston not that it
matters. I think a young wom-
an died, and its heartbreaking.
And I hope those who love her
and truly knew her can find
comfort.
Everything else is beside the
point. The truth is, in the
media business, its amazing
how often we claim to be car-
ing about the welfare of others,
when we are really just serving
our own purpose.
Its sad when celebrity deaths are hot topics
COMMENTARY
M I T C H A L B O M
Mitch Albom is a columnist for the
Detroit Free Press. Readers may
write to him at: Detroit Free Press,
600 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI 48226, or
via email at malbom@freepress.com.
Heres what I think about
Whitney Houston not that it
matters. I think a young woman
died, and its heartbreaking.
And I hope those who love her
and truly knew her can find
comfort.
Everything else is beside the
point.
Generous givers
help spread cheer
W
e appreciate the commu-
nitys response to the
needs of others during
the holiday season. Even in
the midst of an economic
downturn and ongoing recov-
ery from a recent flood, the
Wyoming Valley was again
very generous.
Without the help of donors
and volunteers, we couldnt
have spread so much holiday
cheer.
Volunteers gave more than
7,000 hours to The Salvation
Army. They took applications
for toys and food in October.
They collected and packed
Angel Tree and Marine
Corps Toys for Tots gifts for
children. Businesses and orga-
nizations adopted families and
purchased gifts and food.
Residents of the Kirby Fam-
ily House for homeless fam-
ilies enjoyed gifts and parties
sponsored by the Wilkes-Barre
Kiwanis Club, Wilkes Uni-
versitys Zebra Communi-
cations club as well as other
groups. Volunteers visited
2,500 people in local care
facilities, offering cheer and
companionship.
Volunteers also rang bells at
the kettles helping us reach
our Red Kettle Campaign
goal! Because of so many
donors and volunteers, 1,043
families received food vouch-
ers (up from 978 in 2010, 865
in 2009, 750 in 2008 and 650
in 2007) for their Christmas
dinners; 1,836 children re-
ceived Christmas gifts; and a
total of 3,793 people were
served.
This communitys residents
should be commended for
their desire to help make the
holiday season a wonderful
time for someone in need,
even while they, too, might be
struggling.
Together, we have made a
difference. May God bless you
for caring about others!
Capt. Doug Richwine
and
Capt. Patty Richwine
Corps commanding officers
The Salvation Army
Wilkes-Barre
A kind deed helps
restore his spirits
T
his story involves an un-
believable act of kindness.
I was at church and a
woman with whom I am ac-
quainted because Im familiar
with her children slid into the
seat next to me. She handed
me an envelope. She said
someone wanted me to have
it, then she left.
After the service, I read the
handwritten letter.
It said: Dear Dan, I lost my
son in 1976. I still feel the
pain. With Gods help you will
move on, in time. Please take
this small token and take your
wife out to dinner; you could
both use a NIGHT OUT.
There were two $50 bills in
the envelope. The letter was
not signed.
Although a trespassing
summons recently filed
against me was, in my opin-
ion, the worst of humanity,
this lifted my spirits about
people and how kind they can
be.
Dan Madry
Wright Township
Sorvinos grateful
for films support
W
ith the first screening of
our film, The Trouble
with Cali, at the Sedona
International Film Festival in
Arizona last week, we wanted
to extend our sincere thanks
to our friends in Scranton and
all of Lackawanna County for
your support and patience.
While it took longer than
we had hoped to finish Cali,
we are pleased with the way it
turned out and look forward
to audience response.
We are planning to screen
the film in Scranton in the
near future. Meanwhile, we
will continue to vigorously
market The Trouble with
Cali.
Amanda, Michael, Mira
and
Paul Sorvino
Response to fire
prompt in Laflin
W
e offer our heartfelt
gratitude to the three
branches of the Laflin
emergency services operation.
We recently had a fire at our
residence; fortunately it turn-
ed out to be only minor.
The quick response of emer-
gency organizations was a
blessing. Their professional-
ism was superb. After they
said things were under control
and out, they stayed awhile
and continued to make sure
that we were all right and not
in need of further assistance.
To those people in the bor-
ough beefing about the al-
leged proposed tax increase to
fund the full-time police force,
wake up and see the value in
it.
Again, thank you to all who
came to our aid.
Joe Middleton
and
Molly Middleton
Laflin
Reader praises
Paterno column
I
f an award exists for a news-
paper staff member who
composes a masterpiece of
truth, compassion and grace
with integrity, Bill OBoyles
column (Paterno: Penn State
to the end) deserves it!
Writing such as this not
only should make the board of
trustees heads hang in shame,
but also should be placed in
the archives of humanity.
Bill, I wish I could shake
your hand.
Dr. A.P. Sindoni
Dallas
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to the rights of all first re-
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CO, the state Supreme Court
ruled that the insurance giant
GEICO (which is owned by
Warren Buffets Berkshire
Hathaway) does not have to
pay underinsured motorist
benefits to an injured police
officer.
Trooper Robert Williams of
the Pennsylvania State Police
was permanently injured
while working. The defendant
who caused Officer Williams
injuries carried only minimal
insurance coverage (the mini-
mal limit in Pennsylvania is
$15,000). The police cruiser
that Williams drove, which is
owned by the state police, did
not carry underinsured motor-
ist benefits, which are benefits
designed to pay for damages
when the defendant does not
have enough insurance.
Williams then sought under-
insured motorist benefits on
his personal automobile insur-
ance policy with GEICO.
GEICO insured Williams for
a significant period of time
before his collision and col-
lected premiums from him
every month for underinsured
motorist benefits. However,
when Williams submitted his
claim, GEICO denied it rely-
ing on what is called the reg-
ular use exclusion. Very sim-
ply, GEICO and nearly all
insurance companies have a
provision stating that if there
is a motor vehicle that you
regularly use but which is
not insured under the policy,
there is no coverage.
GEICO contended and the
Supreme Court agreed that
Williams cruiser fit into this
exclusion.
What the ruling effectively
did is leave all first responders
without any underinsured
motorist coverage on their
personal automobile policies
in the event they are injured.
Police cruisers, fire trucks and
ambulances would all fall
under the regular use exclu-
sion, according to the Penn-
sylvania Supreme Court. Even
if the first responder used a
different cruiser, fire truck or
ambulance every day, the
regular use exclusion still
would apply.
This ruling can, and will,
have a devastating effect on
the lives of thousands of first
responders across the state.
The Supreme Court disregard-
ed the argument that first
responders should be viewed
in a special classification for
underinsured motorist bene-
fits. These brave men and
women take extraordinary
risks in protecting and helping
people, which both the insur-
ance industry and the Su-
preme Court apparently do
not feel is important.
The Legislature is now the
only hope for these men and
women. Please call, write or
email your state legislator and
urge him or her to craft legis-
lation that does away with the
regular use exclusion for
first responders.
The job these men and
women do is simply too vital
to be disregarded by insurance
giants such as GEICO!
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Kingston
Want birth control?
Then pay for it
T
here are several points to
consider in the recent
birth control blowup.
Having the right to buy some-
thing does not give anyone the
right to compel other people
to pay for it.
As an example, most Amer-
icans have the right to buy
firearms. But we cannot tell
our employers to pay for the
firearms, through insurance or
other means. How offended
would practicing Orthodox
Jews or Muslims be if we
forced them to provide pork in
the cafeteria because an em-
ployee there was not ortho-
dox?
And now, for Obamas new
fig leaf:
Religious institutions will
not be required to cover con-
traceptives in their insurance
policies, but the insurance
company must provide it
anyway. What type of idiocy is
this? Who is paying the premi-
um for this insurance? So who
is really paying for the contra-
ception?
It should also be noted that
Catholicism is not the only
religion that is opposed to
abortion and contraception.
Many of the comments that I
have seen on the Internet
pretend that all religious oppo-
sition only comes from Cathol-
ic, and those comments serve
to expose the anti-Catholic
bias of the writers.
If you dont want to work
for an employer who wont
pay for your contraceptives,
then you dont have to; get
another job. Or if you like that
employer so much, pay for
your own contraceptives.
Contraceptives are much
cheaper than cigarettes
(which are bought by the
individual who wants them).
If you want a doctor without
morals or scruples, look
around until you find one. You
might want to be careful what
you ask for. The best example
of a doctor without scruples
recently is Kermit Gosnell. If
you dont know who he is,
conduct a Google search for
him.
The Catholic Church is the
largest provider of health care
to HIV-positive patients over
the entire world. That liberals
would even think of closing
that system over paying for
contraceptives shows their
intolerance and their dis-
regard for the health of those
most unfortunate among us.
Dr. Frank Schell
Luzerne
Obama restoring
American dream
W
hen I was 3, I believed in
the American dream.
Forty-nine years later, I
still do.
When President Obama said
in his most recent State of the
Union address that our econo-
my needs to make more prod-
ucts stamped Made in the
USA, I knew he was looking
out for folks such as me. In-
stead of an economy based on
outsourcing, the president
proposed creating more good
jobs right here, so our small
businesses and their workers
can again produce goods the
rest of the world buys.
When I was 3, my grand-
mother first took me with her
to vote. She explained to me:
If you believe in the basic
American promise and if you
work hard, you can do well
enough to buy a home, eat
good food, send your kids to
college and put something
away to retire one day.
Back in the day, that was
true. We used to make things
in this country.
However, times have
changed. In the last 30 years
middle-class Americans saw
hard work stop paying divi-
dends in our communities.
This didnt happen over-
night. Good jobs and manu-
facturing began leaving our
shores, and companies were
actually rewarded with tax
breaks for doing it. Time and
time again everyone in North-
eastern Pennsylvania has seen
this. However, with this ad-
ministration and President
Obama leading the way, I see
the light at the end of this
tunnel.
President Obama made the
decisive call to rescue Amer-
icas carmakers from going
under water. He saved an icon
of American manufacturing
and 1.4 million jobs up and
down the supply chain. We
have come a long way in the
last three years. After losing 8
million jobs in the recession,
the private sector has added
3.2 million jobs over 22 con-
secutive months of growth. As
the president reminded us, the
work does not stop here. Hes
getting tough on trade en-
forcement so American com-
panies can compete on an
even footing.
These are important steps.
We need to continue to move
forward, united.
Roxanne Pauline
Taylor
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Reader opposes
Komen funding
I
n regard to the Susan G.
Komen Foundations revers-
al of its decision to de-fund
Planned Parenthood: Accord-
ing to Planned Parenthoods
website, the organization does
not provide mammograms,
biopsies or ultrasounds. It
only provides clinical breast
exams, and it makes referrals
for these other services as
needed.
Komens money would be
spent more wisely by giving
grants to non-abortion med-
ical centers where all neces-
sary medical resources would
be available. The money could
be held and used on an as-
needed basis for those women
without insurance or for those
who cannot afford the ser-
vices.
The Komen Foundation
says that the money given to
Planned Parenthood is to be
strictly used for breast cancer
screenings and education.
This is a problem, because it
frees up other Planned Parent-
hood money that can then be
used to further its abortion
business, which is its biggest
money maker.
In a Feb. 8 letter to the
editor, Sue Haas defends Ko-
mens decision to re-fund
Planned Parenthood. She
writes of the power of wom-
en and the threat to their
reproductive rights. Women
certainly need rights, but
when it involves taking the life
of another human being, it is
called murder. In the earliest
stages of pregnancy, a perfect-
ly formed human body can be
seen on an ultrasound. Its not
just a blob of tissue, as abor-
tion facilities apparently
would like women to believe.
From conception, it is a hu-
man being made by God.
Despite the current law, no
one has the right to destroy
that.
Sherrie Contardi
Lehman Township
Website offers
info on charities
I
n a recent letter to the edi-
tor, the writer suggested
learning how your donation
to a charity is used. There is a
valuable source online called
Charity Navigator.
Just go to its website:
www.charitynavigator.org. It
will give you all you need to
know about most any charity
in the United States.
Disposable income is be-
coming a scarce commodity.
We should use it wisely even
when supporting those in
need.
Wes Eustice
Lakeland, Fla.
Reader criticizes
W-B Twp. mayor
W
hy is Wilkes-Barre Town-
ship Mayor Carl Kuren
still seemingly defending
John Yuknavich, who pleaded
guilty to simple assault?
Where is the amended code of
conduct for employees from
years ago, therefore making
new policy moot?
Assistant fire chief Jim
Youkoski goes to work with
the public works department
every day, then responds to a
fire if necessary. Why cant
Yuknavich?
In my opinion, Kuren is the
most dysfunctional mayor
Wilkes-Barre Township has
ever had. Voters, your big
mistake was not electing John
Red Bryan for mayor. Ill bet
you wish he was now, dont
you?
Joseph Naperkowski
Wilkes-Barre
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IN RECENT years
there has been a
movement by many
people to think glob-
ally, act locally in
regard to preserving
our planet by acting in
a responsible fashion
in our own backyards. The theory goes
that if the majority of us act on this
sensible advice, it will make a world of
difference for the environment and for
future generations.
We in Northeastern Pennsylvania
have the opportunity to do just that by
helping to provide the nation with an
energy source that has one-third of the
carbon footprint of coal and about half
that of oil. Natural gas is clean-burning
and can provide power for electrical
generators, bus and truck fleets and,
eventually, automobiles. With an esti-
mated 50-year supply of natural gas
about 5,000 feet beneath much of our
region, we can help the country become
less dependent on foreign oil.
These pockets of natural gas also
offer economic development opportuni-
ties that have not been seen in our
region for years. Clearly, those people
with gas reserves on their land are the
first to benefit. Many of them have
operated family farms for generations
with little wealth to show for their
efforts. These residents deserve the
opportunities that gas leases bring.
It is not only the lease holders,
though, that benefit from the economic
boost of natural gas exploration. Small
businesses are springing up throughout
the Northeast to serve not only the gas
industry directly, but also the many
needs that a growing regional economy
requires. Fencing firms, automobile
service facilities, retail operations and
other professionals, such as account-
ants, have witnessed significant growth
in the gas region and will continue to
do so. Local college graduates now are
able to find good-paying jobs and re-
main here rather than seek employment
elsewhere.
Of course, those who think locally
must also be concerned with the impact
drilling and transportation will have on
our environment. The immediate con-
cern for those of us who believe that
our beautiful region must be main-
tained is how to ensure that extraction
of natural gas does not harm the very
environment we seek to conserve.
The fact of the matter is that no ener-
gy source is without risk. The extrac-
tion and transportation of petroleum-
based products from the earth always
has presented problems to those living
close to the source of that energy. The
BP oil spill and the Exxon Valdez are
catastrophic reminders of this fact, as
were the nuclear accidents at the Fu-
kushima Daiichi reactors in Japan and
the incidents at Chernobyl in Ukraine
and Pennsylvanias Three Mile Island.
The risk calculus with which any indus-
trialized society must cope presents
difficult choices.
How do we ensure that our region
will be minimally exposed to risk from
the growth of natural gas extraction and
its various spin-offs? That is the
$64,000 question. In the long run, the
answer lies in rethinking our energy
policy. The United States and most
states, including Pennsylvania, have
made a political, economic and social
decision to keep the price of energy
below its real cost. The price we pay for
energy today does not take into consid-
eration the cost to the environment that
might occur in the future. Most major
and reputable energy companies build
some of these future costs into their
calculations for doing business. That is
the only way they can survive major
cleanup costs in mitigation that occa-
sionally, but inevitably, occur. Perhaps
greater assurances are needed.
In the shorter run, reasonable state
taxes and fees levied upon the natural
gas and oil industries can help this
situation in several ways. Fees and taxes
can be used to establish a fund that will
be available for environmental cleanup
operations if it becomes necessary.
Secondly, additional revenue from these
taxes and fees also can support the
repairs and expansion of roadways,
bridges and other infrastructure that
are impacted naturally by the explora-
tion and transportation process in the
counties where exploration is taking
place and in neighboring areas that are
similarly impacted by the process. Fees
and taxes, which invariably are passed
along to the consumer, also serve an-
other purpose they raise the price of
natural gas, thereby reducing the de-
mand for it. This factor alone tends to
conserve energy and makes the price of
alternative energy sources more attrac-
tive.
It is important that Pennsylvanias
taxes and fees be imposed in a manner
that allows the producers in our state to
remain competitive with gas companies
in other states. If these fees and taxes
become onerous, the gas-related compa-
nies and the enterprises that support
them will move their operations to
other states.
Northeastern Pennsylvania can pro-
vide a source of energy that is not only
cleaner, but also provides some domes-
tic security for more than 300 million
Americans.
We should commit ourselves to the
careful and thoughtfully regulated re-
covery and transportation of natural
gas, while at the same time insisting
that all involved in the extraction proc-
ess share the risk. When added to the
work that reputable companies are
undertaking to upgrade local roads and
restore the drilling terrain to its previ-
ous state, these policies and procedures
will help to ensure that our region and
our country benefit from a clean-burn-
ing energy source for half a century.
We can indeed think globally, and
both act and benefit locally.
Shale exploration holds promise for Pennsylvania and the country
COMMENTARY
M I C H A E L A .
M A C D O W E L L
Michael A. MacDowell is president of Miser-
icordia University in Dallas Township.
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grounds.
Alookat someof thepersistent
claims about the bailout and how
they compare with the facts:

ROMNEY: If General Motors,


Ford and Chrysler get the bailout
that their chief executives asked
for yesterday, you can kiss the
American automotive industry
goodbye. It wont go overnight,
but its demise will be virtually
guaranteed. Nov. 18, 2008,
New York Times op-ed article.
SANTORUM: If theyd have
gone through the orderly bank-
ruptcy process, gone through a
structured bankruptcy, theyd
have come out in the same place,
only we would have kept the in-
tegrity of the bankruptcy process
without the government putting
its fingers intoit. June13New
Hampshire debate.
THEFACTS: No one can know
what would have happened ab-
sent the bailout. But its a dis-
tinctly minority viewthat the pri-
vate sector, raked then by the fi-
nancial crisis, would have nursed
Detroit back to health without a
massive infusionof federal aid. In
late 2008, banks werent making
many loans, much less to compa-
nies that were out of cash. The
Bush administration moved fast
because it saw no time to let an
orderly bankruptcy unfold, even
if banks had the money and the
will to steer automakers through
the process.
Romneys grim prognosis, be-
fore GM and Chrysler took the
aid, is in stark contrast with the
turnaround that followed. Last
weekGMreporteda recordprofit
for 2011, two years after the com-
panys near-collapse, and said
47,500 union workers will get
$7,000 profit-sharing checks, the
most ever.
Despite the bold headline
now making headlines of its own
Romney laid out some nu-
anced ideas.
He called for the government
to guarantee post-bankruptcy fi-
nancing and to back up warran-
ties so people would not be afraid
to buy cars from the fragile com-
panies. And he proposed a five-
fold increase in federal research
spending on energy.

OBAMA: On the day I took of-


fice, our auto industry was on the
verge of collapse. Some even said
we should let it die. With a mil-
lion jobs at stake, I refused to let
that happen. In exchange for
help, we demanded responsibili-
ty. We got workers and automak-
ers to settle their differences. We
got the industry to retool and res-
tructure. Today, General Motors
is back on top as the worlds No. 1
automaker. Chrysler has grown
faster in the U.S. than any major
car company. Ford is investing
billions in U.S. plants and facto-
ries. And together, the entire in-
dustry addednearly160,000 jobs.
We bet on American workers. We
bet on American ingenuity. And
tonight, the American auto in-
dustry is back. Jan. 24 State
of the Union speech.
THE FACTS: Lost in Obamas
victory lap was the fact that Bush
passed him the baton.
Pushing against a reluctant
Congress, Bush steered $17.4 bil-
lion in emergency loans to GM
and Chrysler in his final weeks in
office, on condition they shrink
debt, negotiate wage and benefit
cuts with workers and submit
plans to achieve long-term via-
bility, international competitive-
ness and energy efficiency.
The new Obama administra-
tion followed with more than $60
billion in aid, more expansive re-
quirements and hands-on man-
agement of the crisis.
With hundreds of thousands of
jobs at stake, ideology took a
back seat. Sometimes circum-
stances get in the way of philoso-
phy, Bush said in a speech this
month. I didnt want there to be
21 percent unemployment.
Steven Rattner, who led Oba-
mas auto task force, credited
Bushwithgivinghis teamalittle
breathing room to restructure
the companies and for providing
a framework of expected sacri-
fices that paved the way for our
demands for give-ups from the
stakeholders.
Obamas account of the auto-
makers recovery is true enough
but skips key points.
For one, we had nothing to
do with Ford, which declined a
bailout and climbed back on its
own. Second, viewers of the
speech might not know that
Chrysler is an Italian-owned
company now.
At most, some were willing to
take that risk by having automak-
ers try torestructure inbankrupt-
cy without a bailout. Its a course
fewbelieved would work in 2008.
But bankruptcy is intended as a
second chance, not an execution.
Its the path Obama followed,
though with massive federal aid
that sweetened the odds.
BAILOUT
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wherethecompetitionisntjustthe
guydownthestreet, buttheguysit-
ting in a cafe in Hong Kong or
Mumbai, says Bill Vick, a Dallas-
based executive recruiter who
started BoomersNextStep.com in
an effort to help Baby Boomers
whowant tostayintheworkforce.
Not only has the paradigmshift-
ed, but as it has the generation
whose mantra used to be, Dont
trust anyone over 30, finds itself
nowbeing looked on with distrust
by younger Generation X manag-
erswhoquestionwhetherboomers
havethehigh-techskillsoreventhe
stamina to do what needs to be
done.
I always have the feeling that I
havetoprovemyvalueall thetime.
That Im not some old relic who
doesnt understandsocial mediaor
cant learn some new technique,
saysSymons, whoisactiveonTwit-
ter, Facebook, loves every new
time-saving software app that
comes downthepikeandlaughs at
the idea of ever sending another
fax.
Ahh, thats just so archaic, she
says.
Meanwhile, as companies have
downsized, boomers have been
hurt to some degree by their own
sheer numbers, says Ed Lawler of
the University of SouthernCalifor-
nias Marshall School of Business.
The oldest ones, Lawler says,
arent retiring, and more and more
the youngest members of the gen-
erationaheadof themarent either.
Its no longer uncommon, he says,
for peopletoworkuntil 70.
BOOMERS
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MINNEAPOLIS Scotty McCreery
had just come home from school with an
assignment: write essays for college appli-
cations.
Wait a minute. Isnt he the reigning
AmericanIdol? Isnt he about togoontour
with Brad Paisley?
The high-school senior plans to be on
campus in the fall. Last month, he was put-
ting the finishing touches on applications
for four or five schools. Hes committed to
his career but determined to go to college
part time, too.
College is important to me. Education
is important to
me. You never
know how far
your job can
take you, said
McCreery,
who plans to
study market-
ing or commu-
nications
something
that will help
in his profes-
sion.
Being ag-
gressive is
something
that needs to
happen,
McCreery
said from his
family home in
Garner, N.C., just south of Raleigh. Even
when I was on the show, I remember talk-
ing to the producers saying that I want my
albumto come out quickly because I dont
want the people forgetting about me. Im
going to work my tail off.
One of my sayings from my baseball
days is Go big or go home. We want to go
big. Right now, were just trying to get out
there and make sure people know were
still around.
The people have certainly responded.
McCreerys album, Clear as Day, estab-
lished two records: the first country new-
comer and the youngest male to debut at
No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
That was something different, McCre-
ery said in his typically modest, aw-shucks
way. I was extremely humbled by it, but
we were ecstatic. When I heard the news, I
was running all around the house.
Neither of McCreerys singles I Love
You This Big and The Trouble With
Girls has set country radio on fire, but
hes selling albums like a big-name star. In
fact, hes outselling the latest by Idol hit-
makers Kelly Clarkson and Chris Daught-
ry.
Of course, not everybody has warmedto
the languid Southern crooner with the
strikingly deep voice, Mad-magazine face
andgoofyeyebrow-raisinggestures. Enter-
tainment Weekly magazine named Clear
as Day one of the five worst albums of
2011.
Is that so? McCreery said the day after
the magazine came out. There you go.
You cant win em all. Maybe theyre R&B
fans or something. You cant please every-
body.
He let the high-profile cheap shot roll off
him like NFL quarterback Drew Brees
dodging would-be sackers. Hes heard the
cracks about looking like Mad mascot
Alfred E. Neuman since he was a kid. Its
No idle
moments
for Scotty
By JON BREAM
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
See SCOTTY, Page 4F
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Any date would be so much
easier without any nervousness
or awkward silences.
Without the waiting afterward
for a phone call or the fretting
over what to wear for a dinner
out.
The PittstonMemorial Library
knows this and is trying to make
the process easier still, offering
the opportunity for a date in
which any and all judgments are
passed by you and in which you
(and only you) determine wheth-
er or not love might be in the air.
The library, you might have
guessed, is inviting readers to
have ABlind Date with a Book.
We want people to explore
new authors and subjects, Patri-
cia Joyce of childrens services at
the library said.
Some people say, Oh, I only
read fiction, yet they never gave
a non-fiction book a chance.
Library staffers have filled a
basket, kept at the front desk,
with several books wrapped in
newspaper and available for
checkout. All you have to do is
take a chance.
Will your mystery date charm
you? Intrigue you? Maybe even
make you cry?
The books are selected at ran-
domfromlibraryshelves andcov-
er fiction, non-fiction and young-
adult genres, so anything is pos-
sible.
We had a woman that was
waiting here for her bus decide to
randomly pick one up and check
it out, Joyce said.
Well, she started reading it
while she was here andfell inlove
with it. She grabbed a coffee and
sat down and just kept reading.
Patrons can try for a love con-
nection until April 10, which is
in National Library Week.
Eachselectioncanbetakenout
for up to three weeks.
Upon return, the reader can fill
out the Rate Your Date slip,
which not only allows them to
say what they will about it (on a
scale from Train Wreck to
Time of Your Life) but to enter
a drawing for a Barnes & Noble
gift certificate, which will be
awarded during National Library
Week.
The idea stemmed from some-
thing Joyce saw on social-net-
working site Pinterest.
If this go-round is a success,
she said, the library hopes to do
other similar events in the future
and get children involved as well.
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Winnie Williams and Patricia
Joyce of the Pittston Memorial
Library show off the blind
dates patron can take home.
Pick a hot date off the shelves at the Pittston Library
By SARA POKORNY
spokorny@timesleader.com
What: Pittston Memorial Library
Where: 47 Broad St., Pittston
Call: 570-654-9565
IF YOU GO
One of my
sayings from
my baseball
days is Go big
or go home.
Scotty McCreery
Look up palooka in Websters dictionary and
youll see it means a clumsy or oafish fellow, espe-
cially an inept athlete.
Listen to Marlon Brandos character in the iconic
movie On the Waterfront as he complains about his
one-way ticket to Palookaville, and you know he
considers himself a loser.
But if you think about the heavyweight champion
who starred for more than 50 years in a comic strip
created by Wilkes-Barre native Hammond Edward
Ham Fisher, youll realize hes a nobler, heroic kind
of Palooka, one who also was a sort of everyday Joe.
The legendary Palooka, and his creator, will be
commemorated during a Stars of the Valley dinner
andtalkonThe Life andWorkof HamFisher, set for
6 p.m. Wednesday at the Westmoreland Club in
Wilkes-Barre. The event is sponsored by the Luzerne
Down memory lane
with a legendary figure
from our comic history
By MARY THERESE BIEBEL
mbiebel@timesleader.com
What: The
Life and Work
of Ham Fisher
dinner and talk
When: 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Where: West-
moreland Club,
59 S. Franklin
St., Wilkes-
Barre
Tickets: $75
More info:
823-6244
IF YOU GO
Fisher
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HOROSCOPE
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Youll feel the elasticity of
time. Its almost as though
your internal clock is set
to a counting system dif-
ferent from the one dic-
tated by the clock on the
wall. For this reason, being
punctual will take extra
effort.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You may feel that your
labor output exceeds your
job benefits. This will be
especially true if you dont
even have a job. The rig-
ors of your familial role
are sometimes thankless,
which makes self-apprecia-
tion necessary.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Usually you project your
personality in such a way
as to give others a solid
idea of who you are. Youll
benefit from a more pri-
vate approach now. Making
yourself a bit of a mystery
will serve you well.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
It is a rare gift to be able
to see yourself as others
see you. You possess this
gift. The honest people
around you help, too.
Youll enjoy ease in relat-
ing to others and will cre-
ate a healthy interpersonal
dynamic.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
cant force things to hap-
pen, and yet your atten-
tion makes a huge differ-
ence in the way things
develop. So stay alert to
the subtle changes taking
place around you, and let
others know that youre
watching.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
It will be your pleasure to
stave off the creeping mal-
aise that threatens your
domestic scene. Proactive
attention does the trick.
The work you do to make
your home beautiful is
especially important.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
The first answer that
comes to mind may not be
the correct one. Be willing
to go through the entire
problem-solving process,
which will include some
experimentation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Your live-and-let-live atti-
tude makes you attractive
to others, and theyll be
generous with you, too.
There will be a happy bal-
ance between what you
expect out of your rela-
tionships and what you
actually receive.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Keep your cool in the
midst of upheaval. You
may actually enjoy the
flurry of activity around
you precisely because you
dont get caught up in it.
Instead of taking risks,
hold off until a storm
blows over.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You are a pillar of
stability. You sometimes
forget that in order to
continue to withstand the
pressures of day-to-day
living, you need love. Hugs
and praise are important
factors in your well-being.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You are inclined to be
intolerant of your own mis-
takes. Where others are
concerned, youre more
lenient. Treat yourself with
the same gentleness you
extend to others. Nothing
good comes of being too
hard on yourself.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
Share what youre doing
with others and, perhaps
more importantly, what
youd like to be doing.
Friends will connect you
with your next amazing
opportunity.
TODAYS BIRTHDAY (Feb.
26). Youll feel loved this
year. Your sense of humor
and self-assurance draw
expressive people into
your world. Family bonds
strengthen through March.
Youll feel driven to share
your skills through the
next 10 weeks, and in
teaching others, youll
build a lasting legacy.
Income grows through
July. Cancer and Pisces
people adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 10, 5,
24, 13 and 19.
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no big deal.
Never mindhis ears what re-
ally stands out about McCreery is
his poise, his maturity. OnAmer-
ican Idol, he exhibited the confi-
dence and charisma of someone
twice his age. He credits baseball.
My dad pitched in college,
and he raised me on the pitchers
mound, McCreery reflected. If
youre the pitcher, all eyes are on
you everybody in the stands
and the team is depending on
you. Being on stage and having
all eyes onme, its kindof a transi-
tion frombaseball to the stage for
me.
Although hes writing songs,
McCreery didnt contribute any
material to Clear as Day. Work-
ing with producer Mark Bright
(Underwood, Luke Bryan, Reba
McEntire), he picked pieces by
such Nashville stalwarts as Craig
Wiseman, Rhett Akins and Chris
Tompkins.
Theres nothingabout drinking
or cheating, though. McCreery,
who turned 18 in October, stuck
with age-appropriate material
singing about writing a girls
number on his hand, living in a
small town and appreciating the
demands on his mom.
Going into the song-picking
process, we all thought it was go-
ing to be a bigger challenge than
it really was, he said. They had
to be songs I could relate to. I
dont thinkthere was one songon
there that when I recorded it, I
had to fake it or make something
up in my mind to really believe it.
All the songs speak to my life.
Ive only had one serious girl-
friend, he said matter-of-factly.
And it was a 13-year-old serious
relationship, so it wasnt too
much. Ive kind of been flying so-
lo for the last few years. But
heartbreak is heartbreak, wheth-
er youre 18 or whether youre
40.
Soft-spoken but thoughtful,
McCreery is intent on enjoying
his senior year at Garner Magnet
High School. My friends dont
treat me any different, he said.
And he made sure that this leg of
the Paisley tour would be done
before baseball begins.
Hell pitch if the North Caroli-
na High School Athletic Associ-
ation approves of his regimen of
attending some classes andbeing
tutored by his mother, a certified
high school teacher, on the road.
If he hadhis choice of beingthe
American Idol or the winning
pitcher in the final game of the
World Series, McCreery would
opt for vocal champ.
Baseball is something Ive en-
joyed doing, but singing has been
a passion for me since I was lit-
tle, saidMcCreery, whosangthe
national anthemat the first game
of the 2011 World Series. This is
what I want to do, be out there
with the music and the guitar,
making art.
However, there was no grand
plan. He went to Milwaukee for
the AmericanIdol auditionona
whim. And now hes taking it all
in stride.
Im going to have to go out
there and work hard and show
them that I deserve to be here,
he said.
SCOTTY
Continued from Page 1F
County Historical Society.
I always thought of Joe Paloo-
ka as symbolic of this area, said
semi-retired local broadcaster
David DeCosmo, who will speak
during the event. Hes a pull-
yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps,
never-say-die sort of fellow,
strong in the face of adversity.
During the strips 1930-1984
history, Palooka faced more than
his share of adversity.
Falsely charged with desertion
from the French Foreign Legion
during the 1930s, he was sen-
tenced to death by firing squad
yet spared in the storyline by the
timely intervention of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt himself.
Back on this side of the Atlan-
tic, Palooka calmly turned down
the offer of a lucrative boxing
match in Havana. I got other
plans, he said, indicating he
would enlist in the Army and
help defeat the Fascists.
By 1940 the boxer was on a
troopship, sparringa bit whenhis
opponent fell overboard. Plucky
Palooka dove into the ocean for a
rescue and ended up on top of a
U-boat, where he single-handed-
ly dispatched the officers as they
emerged, one by one.
In his private life, too, there
were challenges, as when Joes
girlfriend Ann Howe, suffering
fromamnesia after a plane crash,
almost married a doctor in Col-
orado.
Of course Ann, who had been
serving as a World War II nurse,
didnt marry the doctor, but Joe.
She also appeared in the comic
strip as a beautiful heiress, one
with society friends who
mocked Palooka for his healthy
habits.
At least one newspaper writer
praised the character for drink-
ing milk and refusing to smoke
coffin nails, even when he was
ridiculed.
After the couple wed, Joe and
Ann lived in West Wokkington,
Ohio, but never forgot Joes
Wilkes-Barre roots.
Various Wilkes-Barre residents
appeared in the strip, among the
most notable a young Max Barti-
kowsky. Bartikowsky, who grew
up to own the downtown jewelry
store that bears his name, as a
child had an alter-ego known as
Little Max.
We lived across the street
from Ham Fisher on South Fran-
klin Street, Bartikowsky re-
called. I was a youngster, prob-
ably 5 or 6 years old, and he used
tosee me. Idstepintomy fathers
shoes and walk around the neigh-
borhood with floppy hats and big
shoes.
In the strip, Little Max wore
oversizeclothes anddidnt speak.
He had a halo over his head, and
that would show what he was
thinking, Bartikowsky said. I
was so young, I probably didnt
talk.
Other area residents represent-
edinthe comic stripwere DeCos-
mo himself, who was news direc-
tor for WMJW radio at the time
along with former Sunday Inde-
pendent reporter Fred Ney, John
Cicero of West Side Monument
Co. and SamGreenberg of Arrow
Steel.
The men were subtly men-
tioned in the strip as organizers
of a Miss 1776 pageant, which
was already part of the storyline
Fishers successor Tony DiPreta
had conceived.
DiPreta inserted the mens
names and images into the strip
in 1976 as thanks for their efforts
to replace the Joe Palooka monu-
ment along Route 309 between
Mountain Top and Wilkes-Barre,
after the original bronze marker
had been stolen.
Fisher was born in Wilkes-
Barre in1900 and began working
for the Wilkes-Barre Record in
1920.
He convinced the McNaught
Syndicate to carry Joe Palooka in
1930, and at its height the comic
strip appeared in more than 900
newspapers.
Thefinal stripwas publishedin
November 1984 and depicted
Joe, Ann and their two children
biddingfarewell toa crowd. They
were heading back to Wilkes-
Barre, where Joes parents still
lived.
What can I say except I love
you all! Goodbye for now! Joe
Palooka calls in the penultimate
frame.
The last frame shows Palookas
manager, Knobby Walsh, saying
Goodbye, Joey, Baby!! as a tear
rolls from his eye.
The Joe Palooka character
spawned comic books, movies
and a 10-foot, 20,000 pound lime-
stone statue in Oolitic, Ind., as
well as the local monument.
Fishers body of work included
not only the creation of Palooka
but a humorous history of Wyom-
ing Valley that appeared in local
newspapers in the 1920s and a
Mr. Peanut advertisement that
showed Christopher Columbus
happy to find peanuts in the New
World.
CARTOONIST
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Max Bartikowsky shows off a comic book that features Little
Max, a character created by Ham Fisher and based on a young
Max Bartikowsky.
Max Bartikowsky treasures
some Little Max comics that
were based on the image he
presented as a youth.
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video. She was treated like a movie star.
Whenthevideowas over, thepassengers
did what star-struck fans do: they asked
for her autograph on seatback safety
cards.
Then they fastened their seatbelts, re-
turned tray tables and seatbacks to the
upright and locked position, and pre-
pared to take off ... yet again.
on my flights doing the exact same
thing, Rubiano said.
A free domestic coach ticket can be
had for 25,000 miles. But thats not the
goal. People in this group would rather
shell out the $300 for the ticket and save
for a big reward like flying first class to
Asia for 125,000 miles, a ticket that nor-
mally sells for more than $10,000.
Once youstart gamingthe system, the
miles rackupfast. Those onthe MegaDo
trip have a lifetime average of 1.6 million
miles earned through flying and cred-
it cards with American alone.
The man with the most: Michael
Joyce, 61, from Forest Park, Ill. His life-
time total is more than 44.4 million.
(The top AAdvantage member has 77.6
million miles but wasnt on this trip. Ac-
cumulating millions of miles involves
not just frequent flights but alsobonuses
and miles received through credit card
purchases.) For eight years, Joyce, a for-
mer computer systems analyst, com-
muted between New York and Chicago.
In 1994, he bought a lifetime unlimited-
travel pass for $500,000 and now hops
around the world for fun.
Less thana thirdof the miles he gener-
ates are actually flown. The rest come
from various bonuses. Joyce donates
miles to his church and gives flights to
friends who cant afford vacations. He al-
so bid 453,000 miles to secure a seat on
the MegaDo.
(The MegaDo also raised more than
$65,000 for charity, auctioning off items
like a Qantas deck of cards, British Air-
ways pajamas, model airplanes, fluores-
cent yellow rain suits worn by Ameri-
cans groundcrew, two free tickets to Eu-
rope and 60,000 American miles.)
Teddy bears, bunk beds
and playing ticket agent
As with every good vacation, there
was a chance to get souvenirs.
There was a stopat the Boeingstore in
Seattle yes, theres really a Boeinggift
shop. Its just south of downtown, steps
away from the runway at Boeing Field.
The group rushed in and stocked up on
yellow787ties, aviator teddy bears, Boe-
ingChristmas ornaments, garment belts
fashioned out of airplane seatbelts and
T-shirts saying: If its not Boeing, Im
not going.
But thereal mementos werethephotos.
Most tourists snap shots in front of the
pyramids, MachuPicchuor theTaj Mahal.
At Los Angeles International Airport, this
group pressed up against a chain-link
fence to take photos of a Cathay Pacific
777 nose to nose with a Qantas A380.
There was something sexy about the way
the two giant planes faced each other.
Once onboard, like kids set free on a
playground, the passengers climbedinto
the cockpit, spread out in plush first
class beds and crawled into the hidden
bunk beds where crews nap during long
trans-Pacific flights. Moments later, pho-
tos were on Facebook.
But what else would you expect from
folks who, duringa tour of anelite check-
inarea, wereexcitedtoplayairlineticket
agent?
If I could strap wings to my back, I
would, said Harry Livingston, 56, a for-
mer Navy flight surgeon, recreational pi-
lot and emergency room doctor from
New Rochelle, N.Y.
Even the most mundane parts of fly-
ing excited this group. American chose
to premier its new safety video on the
flight. There were wild cheers and
screams as it ran. Peoplerecordedit with
their iPhones andchantedplayit again
when it finished.
It turned out that one flight attendant
working the trip was also featured in the
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hard it is to work in a kitchen
(thanks to Bill Bryson). There
areshelves uponshelves of books
about how, why and what we eat
by restaurateurs, farmers, chefs
and even moonlighting novel-
ists.
Add to the mix Tracie McMillan,
who found employment at the bottom
of our nations food chain and wrote
about it in The American Way of Eat-
ing: Undercover at Walmart, Apple-
bees, Farm Fields and the Dinner Ta-
ble. Its like a foodie version of Barba-
ra Ehrenreichs Nickel and Dimed:
On (Not) Getting by in America.
McMillan is an award-winning jour-
nalist whose work has focused on pov-
erty.
Awhitewomaninher 30s withacol-
lege degree, McMillan is an unusual
figure looking for work in the fields of
Californias Central Valley. When
asked, she makes vague allusions to
wanting to leave problems behind, be
outside and stay away from people.
But it takes her a while to be in the po-
sition of asking for a job.
Ive driven up and down the high-
way looking for onion crews to no
avail, hindered by, in descending or-
der, my ignorance of what an onion
field looks like, how many people
might be on a crew, and basic local ge-
ography, she writes. Though she
wields vast knowledge about the con-
ditions faced by agricultural workers,
she serves as an everywoman, an un-
derstandable lens on an unseen world.
Inthis way, the bookis vital. She has
the writing skills to bear witness, the
research background to provide con-
text, and the courage to take on the
task. It is a constructed challenge: For
each effort farms in California, Wal-
Marts in Michigan, Applebees in New
York she serves a two-month stint.
She begins her project with a months
savings, and when her cars radiator
fails, or a check amount is less thanex-
pected, like many other Americans
she taps a credit card to make ends
meet.
Each section begins by outlining
how much she earned producing food
and how much she spent on what she
ate. In the fields, she spent 25 percent
of her $10,588 annualized salary; at
Wal-Mart, 17.2 percent of $11,487; at
Applebees, 13.5 percent of $12,845.
What those numbers dont reveal is
how much she depended on the kind-
ness of strangers.
McMillan gets hired to pick grapes,
sort peaches and harvest garlic. She
lands her first jobwiththehelpof asym-
pathetic neighbor, whobrings her along
when the work is scarce in a mini-busi-
ness of selling breakfast to other work-
ers (McMillan provides the soda). Ac-
quaintances sharesurplus foodfromthe
fields. Awoman unloads a bounty from
the throwaway bins at Trader Joes,
including bread that a ravenous
McMillan devours. A Michigan
landlord stocks the kitchen
andrewards on-timerent with
pizza; in two houses where
she rents rooms, the land-
lords regularly feed her
home-cooked meals.
The fact that these actions are re-
corded but seemto go unrewarded by
her even after McMillan returns
to her real life becomes one of
the increasingly uncomfortable ele-
ments of the book. These are, after
all, the types of families for whomit
makes sense to displace a teen-
age son from his bedroom for
the $300 McMillanwill pay
that month; how can she
rapturously write of the
seafood soup without
offering to stock the
fridge once in a while?
Perhaps these transac-
tions happened but
were too intimate to be
recorded.
This is the other ele-
ment that is missing: intimacy. McMil-
lan is excellent at describing the sur-
face of things where to standto sort
just-picked peaches, how many train-
ing videos a new Wal-Mart staffer will
watch but more often than not, she
omits the feel of things. If her muscles
hurt after that first day in the fields, if
she was bored stocking shelves all
night, we dont know it.
The U.S. food system is large and
complex, and McMillans efforts to tell
macro and micro stories never cohere
into a complete picture. What she can
giveusthat nooneelsecanisher experi-
ence on the line. Tragically, that in-
cludes a sexual assault that happened,
she writes, after the celebration of her
last night at Applebees, where she had
enjoyedthe work (it was not a work col-
league). Related in less than two pages,
that experience may explain some of
McMillans unwillingness to get too
close, to reveal too much about what
she was feeling during the project.
There is some insight here, about
danger and vulnerability, about power
andpoverty, about what it takes tofeed
ourselves ina way that is goodfromthe
inside-out and toptobottom. But Im
not entirely sure
what it is; McMil-
lan isnt either.
By CAROLYN KELLOGG
Los Angeles Times
The American Way of Eating: Undercov-
er at Walmart, Applebees, Farm Fields
and the Dinner Table by Tracie McMil-
lan, Scribner ($25)
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flight.
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opulent hotels in faraway lands
all paid for with frequent flier
miles. These travelers dont just
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collecting frequent flier miles at
the cheapest possible cost.
The fliers, who ranged in age
from 20 to 81 and hailed from as
far away as Chile, India and Italy,
know the ins and outs of the pro-
grams better than anybody else
and share pointers in online trav-
el forums such as MilePoint. One
tip: prevent miles from expiring
with a tiny online purchase at
Target, Macys, iTunes or another
retailer thats part of the airlines
shopping portal.
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Airlines and several other travel
companies to help set up the trip
and use it to pick the brains of
these veteran fliers. They wanted
to knowwhat these travelers like
and hate about the loyalty pro-
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customer research.
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MegaDo frequent flier lingo
for a large group of people meet-
ing up to talk miles. It was the
fourth such adventure Danielson
has put together since 2009.
Along the way, there was plen-
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cheap flights taken only to ac-
cumulate enoughmiles toqualify
for elite status.
Michael Rubiano, a Silicon Val-
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roundtrips to Chicago over eight
days last month. He would catch
a flight after work, sleep on the
way to Chicago, immediately
turn around and sleep on the
flight home. Rubiano, 41, then
showered in the San Francisco
lounge, changed clothes and
went to work only to repeat the
trip eight hours later.
Each of his six tickets cost him
less than $200 and, thanks to
some bonus offers, earned him
11,076 miles on American to be
used later for a dream vacation.
All told, that gave him 66,456
miles and put himover the top in
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skip security lines and double
miles on all his flights. Compare
that to the folks in the back who
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LEGAL NOTICE
The Special Clerk to
Council Committee
Will hold 2 meet-
ings: March 5 &
March 19, 2012
At 6:00 PM in
Council Meeting
Room of
The Luzerne County
Courthouse
200 North River
Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18711
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ESTATE NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT Letters
of Administration
have been granted
in the Estate of Flo-
rence D. Legault
late of Fairview
Township, Luzerne
County, Pennsylva-
nia, who died on
January 15, 2011. All
persons indebted to
said estate are
required to make
payment and those
having claims or
demands to pres-
ent same, without
delay, to the Execu-
tor, John B. Legault
c/o his attorney,
Mosca Law Offices,
345 Pierce Street,
Kingston PA
18704-3702
Thomas J. Mosca,
Esquire
MOSCA LAW
OFFICES
345 Pierce Street
Kingston, PA 18704
570-288-7917
LEGAL NOTICE
Friday, February 24,
2012
Luzerne County
Board of Tax
Assessment
Appeals will meet in
a special session
on the following
dates:
February 29, 2012,
March 6, 2012,
March 8, 2012,
March 13, 2012,
March 20, 2012,
March 22, 2012
March 28, 2012.
The purpose for the
meeting is for prop-
erty taxpayers
appeals on property
assessments.
The hearings will be
conducted from
9:00 A.M. to 4:00
P.M. in the Luzerne
County Assessors
Office, lower level,
Luzerne County
Courthouse, 200
North River Street,
Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania.
BOARD OF TAX
ASSESSMENT
APPEALS
Neil J Allen
Chairman
Donald E Warren
Vice-Chair
Patrick P Musto
Secretary
INVITATION FOR
BIDS
The Municipality of
Kingston will accept
sealed bids at the
Kingston Municipal
Building, 500
Wyoming Avenue,
Kingston, Pennsyl-
vania, until 10:00
a.m. on Friday,
March 16, 2012 for
the following. LAWN
& TURF MAINTE-
NANCE FOR VARI-
OUS MUNICIPAL
PROPERTIES.
Bids will be opened
at 10:00 a.m. on
March 16, 2012. Bid
specifications are
available at the
Municipal Secre-
tarys Office, 500
Wyoming Avenue,
Kingston, Pennsyl-
vania, Monday
through Friday, from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
A certified check or
bid bond for ten per-
cent (10%) of the bid
must accompany
each bid.
The Contractor
must ensure that his
employees and
applicants are not
discriminated
against because of
their race, color,
religion, national ori-
gin, sex, handicap,
or family status.
(Executive Order
11246, as amend-
ed).
Bids must be clearly
labeled on the enve-
lope as to the item
being bid and
should be
addressed to Paul
Keating, Administra-
tor, Kingston Munic-
ipal Building, 500
Wyoming Avenue,
Kingston, Pennsyl-
vania, 18704-3681.
The Municipality of
Kingston reserves
the right to accept
or reject any bids
and to waive techni-
cal irregularities in
any bid.
The successful bid-
der shall anticipate
a Notice of Award
within ten (10) to
forty-five (45) days
from the bid open-
ing date.
Paul Keating
Municipal
Administrator
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Kingston, Pa 18704
570-288-TRiP
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406 ATVs/Dune
Buggies
HONDA`09 REKON
TRX 250CC/Electric
shift. Like New.
REDUCED
$3,650.
(570) 814-2554
409 Autos under
$5000
CHEVY 00
Cavalier Z24
Black 2 door,
134,000 miles. Runs
great, has new
water pump. Needs
tires & A/C switch.
Asking $1500
570-233-2117
DODGE `02 NEON
SXT. 4 door. Auto-
matic. Yellow with
black interior. Power
windows & locks.
FWD. $3,500. Call
570-709-5677 or
570-819-3140
LEOS AUTO SALES
92 Butler St
Wilkes-Barre, PA
570-825-8253
97 FORD ESCORT
4 door, 4 cyl, auto.
119K miles.
$2,150
00 HYUNDAI
ELANTRA WAGON
4 cyl ,auto, $1,950
Current Inspection
On All Vehicles
DEALER
GMC 99 YUKON
4 WD, 115,600 mi.
runs 100%, fully
loaded. Vehicle
comes complete
w/power wheel
chair lift in rear.
$3400 OBO
570-299-5920
412 Autos for Sale
AUDI `01 A6
QUATTRO
123,000 miles, 4.2
liter V8, 300hp, sil-
ver with black
leather,heated
steering wheel, new
run flat tires, 17
rims, 22 mpg, Ger-
man mechanic
owned.
$6,495. OBO.
570-822-6785
AUDI `04 A6 QUATTRO
3.0 V6. Silver. New
tires & brakes. 130k
highway miles.
Leather interior.
Heated Seats.
$7,500 or best offer.
570-905-5544
AUDI `05 A4 1.8T
Cabriolet Convert-
ible S-Line. 52K
miles. Auto. All
options. Silver.
Leather interior.
New tires. Must
sell. $17,500 or best
offer 570-954-6060
09ESCAPE XLT $11,495
10Suzuki sx4 $11,995
09JourneySE $12,495
07RANGER4CYL$6,995
04 XL7 4X4 $8,995
10 FUSION SEL $13,995
Full Notary Service
Tags & Title Transfers
BENS AUTO SALES
RT 309 W-BTwp.
Near Wegmans
570-822-7359
BMW `01 X5
4.4i. Silver, fully
loaded, tan leather
interior. 1 owner.
103k miles. $8,999
or best offer. Call
570-814-3666
BMW `04 325i
Automatic. Dark
blue with black inte-
rior. Showroom con-
dition. 20,000 origi-
nal miles. Garage
kept.
$14,900
(570) 814-8106
BMW `99 M3
Convertible with
Hard Top. AM/FM. 6
disc CD. 117 K miles.
Stage 2 Dinan sus-
pension. Cross
drilled rotors. Cold
air intake. All main-
tenance records
available. $11,500
OBO. 570-466-2630
CADILLAC 08 CTS
EXTRA CLEAN &
SHARP!
$20,900
WARRANTY
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
412 Autos for Sale
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Scranton 18509
Across from Scranton Prep
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11 AUDI S5 CONV.
Sprint blue, black
/ brown leather
int., navigation,
3 spd auto turbo,
AWD
08 CHEVY IMPALA LS
SILVER
09 CHRYSLER SEBRING
4 door, alloys,
seafoam blue.
07 BUICK LUCERNE
CXL, silver, grey
leather
07 HYUNDAI SONATA
GLS, navy blue,
auto, alloys
06 VW PASSAT 3.6
silver, black
leather, sunroof,
66k miles
06 MERCURY MILAN
PREMIER, mint
green, V6, alloys
06 DODGE STRATUS
SXT, red
05 VW NEW JETTA
gray, auto, 4 cyl
04 NISSAN MAXIMA LS
silver, auto,
sunroof
03 DODGE STRATUS SE
Red
03 AUDI S8 QUATTRO,
mid blue/light grey
leather, naviga-
tion, AWD
01 VOLVO V70 STATION
WAGON, blue/grey,
leather, AWD
99 CHEVY CONCORDE
Gold
98 MAZDA MILLENIA
green
SUVS, VANS,
TRUCKS, 4 X4s
07 CADILLAC SRX
silver, 3rd seat,
navigation, AWD
07 HYUNDAI TUSCON
grey, 6 cyl., AWD
07 Chrysler Aspen
LTD, silver, 3rd
seat, 4x4
07 DODGE DURANGO
SLT, blue, 3rd seat
4x4
07 DODGE GRAND
CARAVAN SXT, blue
grey leather, 7
pax mini van
06 BUICK RANIER CXL
burgundy & grey,
leather, sunroof,
AWD
06 PONTIAC TURRANT
black/black
leather, sunroof,
AWD
06 DODGE GRAND
CARAVAN ES, red,
4 dr, entrtnmt cntr,
7 pass mini van
05 FORD ESCAPE XLT
Silver V6, 4x4
05 HYUNDAI SANTAFE
silver, V6, AWD
05 FORD EXPLORER XLT
blue, 3rd seat,
4x4
05 DODGE DAKOTA
CLUB CAB SPORT,
blue, auto, 4x4
truck
04 JEEP GRAND
CHEROKEE LTD
4X4 Black/black
leather, sunroof
04 FORD FREESTAR,
blue, 4 door, 7
passenger mini
van
04 MERCURY
MOUNTAINEER,
black, black
leather, 3rd seat,
AWD
04 JEEP GRAND
CHEROKEE OVERLAND
graphite grey,
2 tone leather,
sunroof, 4x4
03 FORD EXPLORER
SPORT TRAC XLT, 4
door, green, tan,
leather, 4x4
03 FORD WINDSTAR LX
green 4 door, 7
pax mini van
02 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER
LS white, auto
4x4
02 FORD F150 XLT
Reg. Cab Truck,
red, 6 cyl. auto,
4x4
02 NISSAN PATHFINDER
SE, Sage, sun
roof, autop, 4x4
02 CHEVY 2500 HD
reg. cab. pickup
truck, green,
auto, 4x4
01 CHEVY BLAZER
black, 4 door
01 FORD RANGER
XLT X-CAB, red,
auto,V6, 4x4
00 CHEVY BLAZER LT
black & brown,
brown leather 4x4
99 ISUZI VEHIACROSS
black, auto,
2 door AWD
98 JEEP GRAND
CHEROKEE LAREDO
SE, silver, V6, 4x4
96 CHEVY BLAZER,
black 4x4
89 CHEVY 1500,
4X4 TRUCK
BMW 98 740 IL
White with beige
leather interior.
New tires, sunroof,
heated seats. 5 cd
player 106,000
miles. Excellent
condition.
$5,300. OBO
570-451-3259
570-604-0053
CADILLAC `05 SRX
All wheel drive,
traction control,
3.6 L V-6, power
sunroof, auto-
stick, leather inte-
rior, auto car
starter, factory
installed 6 CD disc
changer, all
power, memory
seat. 39,000
miles.
$21,000
570-453-2771
CADILLAC 00 DTS
Tan, satellite
radio, leather,
moon roof, loaded
excellent
condition. 136k
miles. $4,995.
570-814-2809
CHEVY 04 IMPALA
Power everything,
air, am/fm cd,
excellent condition.
$6000
570-654-4901
412 Autos for Sale
CHEVROLET `04
CORVETTE COUPE
Torch red with
black and red
interior. 9,700
miles, auto, HUD,
removable glass
roof, polished
wheels, memory
package, Bose
stereo and twilight
lighting, factory
body moldings,
traction control,
ABS, Garage kept
- Like New.
$25,900
(570) 609-5282
CHEVROLET `08
IMPALA
Excellent condition,
new tires, 4 door,
all power, 34,000
miles. $13,500.
570-836-1673
CHEVROLET 06
CORVETTE
CONVERTIBLE
Silver beauty, 1
Owner, Museum
quality. 5,900
miles, 6 speed. All
possible options
including Naviga-
tion, Power top.
New, paid $62,000
Must sell
REDUCED!
$39,500 FIRM
570-299-9370
CHEVY 07 IMPALA LS
Only 40k miles
$12,880
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
CHEVY 08 IMPALA LT
Alloys, CD player
power seat
$9900
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
CHEVY 09 COBALT LS
1 Owner, Cd &
Cruise, PW, PL
$10,590
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
CHEVY 09 IMPALA
LTZ, Grey, leather,
heated seats, sun-
roof. Bluetooth,
AM/FM, CD, Bose
speakers. 35,000
miles. 18 mo. war-
ranty remaining.
$17,000 OBO
After 4pm call
570-430-3041
CHRYSLER 04
SEBRING CONVERTIBLE
Silver, 2nd owner
clean title. Very
clean inside &
outside. Auto,
Power mirrors,
windows. CD
player, cruise,
central console
heated power
mirrors. 69,000
miles. $5500.
570-991-5558
DODGE 07 CALIBER
AWD, Alloys, PW
& PL, 1 Owner
$12,950
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
EAGLE `95 TALON
Only 97,000 Miles.
Full custom body kit,
dark green metallic
with gray interior.
Dual exhaust, 4 coil
over adjustable
struts. All new
brakes, air intake
kit, strut brakes,
custom seats, cus-
tom white gauges, 2
pillar gauges, new
stereo, alarm, cus-
tom side view mir-
rors. 4 cylinder
automatic, runs
excellent. $8,500.
Call 570-876-1355
or 570-504-8540
(evenings)
FORD `08 ESCAPE
XLT. 56,800 miles.
Grey metallic with
grey cloth interior.
2WD. Auto. Power
windows & locks.
Dual air bags. A/C.
Alloy Wheels. Excel-
lent condition.
$14,500
Trades Welcome
570-328-5497
FORD `95 TAURUS
99K, V-6, runs
good, new brakes.
Good tires, all
power. $1,700
570-714-5386
SATURN 07 ION2
Newly inspected,
good condition.
Dealer price $7500.
Asking $5500.
570-574-6880
412 Autos for Sale
11 DODGE DAKO-
TA CREW 4x4,
Bighorn 6 cyl., 14k,
factory warranty.
$22,200
11 NISSAN
ROGUE S 4WD, 18k
Factory Warranty.
$19,599
11 HYUNDAI
ELANTRA 3950
miles. Factory War-
ranty. New Condi-
tion. $17,499
10 Dodge Nitro
SE 21k alloys,
cruise, tint, factory
warranty $18,699
10 DODGE CARAVAN
SXT 32K. Silver-
Black. Power slides.
Factory warranty.
$16,599
09 JEEP LIBERY
LIMITED Power sun-
roof. Only 18K. Fac-
tory Warranty.
$19,299
09 DODGE
CALIBER SXT 2.0
Automatic, 24k
Factory Warranty!
$11,499
08 CHEVY IMPALA
LS Only 18K! One
Owner - Estate
Sale. Factory War-
ranty. $11,999
08 SUBARU
Special Edition
42K. 5 speed. AWD.
Factory warranty.
$12,599
08 CHEVY IMPALA
LS 4 door, only
37K! 5 Yr. 100K fac-
tory warranty
$11,199
05 HONDA CRV EX
One owner. Just
traded. 65K.
$12,799
06 FORD FREESTAR
Rear air, 62k
$8099
01 LINCOLN TOWN
CAR Executive 74K
$5,599
00 CHEVY
MALIBU LS
leather, 98k
$3,7990
CROSSROAD
MOTORS
570-825-7988
700 Sans Souci
Highway
W WE E S S E L L E L L
F O R F O R L L E S S E S S ! ! ! !
TITLE TAGS
FULL NOTARY
SERVICE
6 MONTH WARRANTY
FORD 02 MUSTANG
GT CONVERTIBLE
Red with black
top. 6,500 miles.
One Owner.
Excellent Condi-
tion. $17,500
570-760-5833
HONDA `09 CIVIC LX-S
Excellent condition
inside & out. Garage
kept. Regularly
serviced by dealer,
records available.
Option include alloy
wheels, decklid
spoiler, sport seats,
interior accent light-
ing (blue), Nose
mask and custom
cut floor mats. Dark
grey with black inte-
rior. 56K highway
miles. REDUCED!
$13,300. Call
570-709-4695
HONDA 03 ACCORD EX
Leather,
moonroof
$10,750
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
HONDA 05 CIVIC
COUPE
4 cylinder, auto
Gas $aver!
$9,450
WARRANTY
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
HONDA 08 ACCORD
4 door, EXL with
navigation system.
4 cyl, silver w/
black interior. Satel-
lite radio, 6CD
changer, heated
leather seats, high,
highway miles. Well
maintained. Monthly
service record
available. Call Bob.
570-479-0195
SCION `06 XA
67,000 miles,
power windows &
locks, great gas
mileage.
$8,200/OBO
570-606-5634
412 Autos for Sale
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288-8995
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
HYUNDAI 00 ACCENT
4 cylinder. 5
speed. Sharp
economy car!
$2,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
HYUNDAI 11 SONATA
GLS, 1 Owner,
only 11k miles
$18,800
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
JAGUAR `00 S TYPE
4 door sedan. Like
new condition. Bril-
liant blue exterior
with beige hides.
Car is fully equipped
with navigation sys-
tem, V-8, automatic,
climate control AC,
alarm system,
AM/FM 6 disc CD,
garage door open-
er. 42,000 original
miles. $9,000
Call (570) 288-6009
LEXUS `98 LS 400
Excellent condition,
garage kept, 1
owner. Must see.
Low mileage, 90K.
Leather interior. All
power. GPS naviga-
tion, moon roof, cd
changer. Loaded.
$9,000 or best
offer. 570-706-6156
LINCOLN 05
TOWN CAR
39K miles. Looks &
runs perfect!
$13,500
WARRANTY
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
WANTED!
ALL
JUNK
CARS!
CA$H
PAID
570-301-3602
Selling your
Camper?
Place an ad and
find a new owner.
570-829-7130
MAZDA 02 626LX
Sedan, auto, power
windows & locks,
CD, 4 cylinder.
122,000 miles. Good
on gas. $3,000.
570-472-2634
PONTIAC `96
FIREBIRD
105,000 miles,
auto-matic,, black
with grey interior,
new inspection.
$4,000, OBO.
570-706-6565
412 Autos for Sale
MARZAK MOTORS
601 Green Ridge St, Scranton
9 9 9 9 9 9 9
FORD 04 EXPE-
DITION
4 door, black with
tan leather, loaded
with options, 144k
miles. $7899
FORD 04 Taurus
4 door, white with
gray interior,
loaded, 145k miles
$4500
DODGE 00 1500
V8 magnum, black,
runs great $3995
LINCOLN 00
Towncar, 4 door,
leather interior, 117k
miles $3995
CADILLAC 99
50th Gold
Anniversary Sedan
Deville. Red with tan
leather, loaded.
$3995
MERCURY 96
GRAND MARQUIS
4 door, gold with tan
cloth intertior, only
50k miles. Loaded.
Must See! $4200
9 9 9 9 9 9 9
570-955-5792
MERCEDES `92 500 SEL
White with gray
leather interior, 17
custom chrome
wheels, 4 new tires,
new breaks front &
rear. Full tune-up, oil
change & filters
done. Body and
interior are perfect.
Car has all the
options. 133,850
miles. Original price:
$140,000 new. This
is the diplomat ver-
sion. No rust or
dings on this car -
Garage kept. Sell for
$9,500.
Call: 570-876-1355
or 570-504-8540
Evenings
NISSAN 07 SENTRA SE
One Owner -
Bluetooth - Smart
Key $10,900
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
Shopping for a
new apartment?
Classified lets
you compare costs -
without hassle
or worry!
Get moving
with classified!
PORSCHE `01
BOXSTER S
Biarritz white, con-
vertible,new
$58,000, 3.2 liter, 6
cylinder, 250HP.
Loaded with all the
extra options. Less
than 15,000 miles.
$21,000
570-586-0401
SAAB 9.3 99
5 speed convert-
ible. 130,000 miles
Runs excellent,
everything works,
25 mpg. Like new,
recently inspected,
new tires. Depend-
able, fun & eco-
nomical transporta-
tion. $3,250.
570-639-1121 or
570-430-1095
SAAB 900`98
Low mileage, 25
mpg, 5 speed
convertible. Perfect
shape, everything
works. New
stereo, recent
inspection, good
tires. Very
dependable, no rust
FUN IN THE SUN!
$3,950
570-639-1121 or
570-430-1095
412 Autos for Sale
SUBARU `05
FORESTER
Excellent condition.
Priced to sell!
$6,195.
570-594-3975
SUBARU 10 IMPREZA
OUTBACK SPORT
33,000 miles, new
inspection & tires. 5
speed wagon. Bal-
ance of 6 year,
100,000 mile war-
ranty and tire and
wheel insurance.
$19,000 OBO
570-814-9400
TOYOTA `07 AVALON
48,000 miles, one
owner, garage kept,
excellent condition.
$15,500.
570-474-9076
TOYOTA 00
SOLARA SE
SUPER CLEAN
All power, new
tires, new back
brakes. 125,000
miles.
$6,400 negotiable.
570-417-8353
TOYOTA 02 CAMRY SE
1 Owner,
only 38k miles
$10,920
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
TOYOTA 04 CELICA
GT
112K miles. Blue, 5
speed. Air, power
windows/locks,
CD/cassette, Key-
less entry, sunroof,
new battery. Car
drives and has
current PA inspec-
tion. Slight rust on
corner of
passenger door.
Clutch slips on
hard acceleration.
This is why its
thousands less
than Blue Book
value. $6,500
OBO. Make an
offer! Call
570-592-1629
TOYOTA 09 COROLLA S
Auto. 4 Cylinder.
$12,880
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
VOLKSWAGEN `04
Beetle - Convertible
GREAT ON GAS!
Blue. AM/FM cas-
sette. Air. Automat-
ic. Power roof, win-
dows, locks &
doors. Boot cover
for top. 22k. Excel-
lent condition.
Garage kept.
Newly Reduced
$14,000
570-479-7664
Leave Message
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$
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yea r; Res id u a l= $15,320.70; M u s tb e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier
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$
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*
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$
229
*
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L EAS E FO R
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STK#N21002
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M SRP $25,450
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$
28 ,735
*
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$
349
*
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L EAS E FO R
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M SRP $33,735
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412 Autos for Sale
VOLKSWAGEN `09
BEETLE
Excellent condition,
20,000 miles, all
power, sun roof,
kayak and bike rack
included. $14,900.
570-864-2300
GET THE WORD OUT
with a Classified Ad.
570-829-7130
415 Autos-Antique
& Classic
CADILLAC `77 COUPE
70,000 original
miles. Leather inte-
rior. Excellent condi-
tion. $2,500. Call
570-282-4272 or
570-877-2385
CHEVROLET `57
BEL AIR
2 door, hardtop, im-
maculate, full res-
toration, white with
red interior $48,500
570-237-0968
CHEVROLET `76
PICKUP
4 CYLINDER
Very Good
Condition!
$5,500.
570-362-3626
Ask for Lee
Chrysler 68 New Yorker
Sedan. 440 Engine.
Power Steering &
brakes. 34,500
original miles.
Always garaged.
Reduced to $5995
Firm. 883-4443
DESOTO CUSTOM
49 4 DOOR SEDAN
3 on the tree with
fluid drive. This All
American Classic
Icon runs like a top
at 55MPH. Kin to
Chrysler, Dodge,
Plymouth, Imperial
Desoto, built in the
American Midwest,
after WWII, in a
plant that once
produced B29
Bombers. In its
original antiquity
condition, with
original shop &
parts manuals,
shes beautifully
detailed and ready
for auction in Sin
City. Spent her
entire life in Ari-
zona and New
Mexico, never saw
a day of rain or
rust. Only $19,995.
To test drive, by
appointment only,
Contact Tony at
570-899-2121 or
penntech84th@
gmail.com
FORD SALEEN 04
281 SC Coupe
1,000 miles
documented #380
Highly collectable.
$28,500
570-472-1854
MAZDA `88 RX-7
CONVERTIBLE
1 owner, garage
kept, 65k original
miles, black with
grey leather interior,
all original & never
seen snow. $7,995.
Call 570-237-5119
MAZDA `88 RX-7
CONVERTIBLE
1 owner, garage
kept, 65k original
miles, black with
grey leather interior,
all original & never
seen snow. $7,995.
Call 570-237-5119
MERCURY `79
ZEPHYR
6 cylinder
automatic.
52k original miles.
Florida car. $1500.
570-899-1896
439 Motorcycles
BMW 2010 K1300S
Only 460 miles! Has
all bells & whistles.
Heated grips, 12 volt
outlet, traction con-
trol, ride adjustment
on the fly. Black with
lite gray and red
trim. comes with
BMW cover, battery
tender, black blue
tooth helmet with
FM stereo and black
leather riding gloves
(like new). paid
$20,500. Sell for
$15,000 FIRM.
Call 570-262-0914
Leave message.
HARLEY 2011
HERITAGE SOFTTAIL
Black. 1,800 miles.
ABS brakes. Securi-
ty System Package.
$16,000 firm.
SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY
570-704-6023
HARLEY DAVIDSON `03
100th Anniversary
Edition Deuce.
Garage kept. 1
owner. 1900 miles.
Tons of chrome.
$38,000 invested. A
must see. Asking
$18,000. OBO
570-706-6156
HARLEY
DAVIDSON 01
Electra Glide, Ultra
Classic, many
chrome acces-
sories, 13k miles,
Metallic Emerald
Green. Garage
kept, like new
condition. Includes
Harley cover.
$12,900
570-718-6769
570-709-4937
439 Motorcycles
HARLEY DAVIDSON 05
SCREAMING EAGLE
V-ROD
Orange & Black.
Used as a show
bike. Never abused.
480 miles. Excellent
condition. Asking
$13,500 or best
offer. 570-876-4034
HARLEY DAVIDSON 05
V-ROD VRSCA
Blue pearl,
excellent condition,
3,100 miles, factory
alarm with extras.
$10,500.
or best offer.
Tony 570-237-1631
HARLEY DAVIDSON
08 FLHTCU. Ultra
classic, mint condi-
tion. white & black
pearls. 6,500 miles.
Reduced to $17,500
Call Bill
570-262-7627
HYOSUNG `04 COMET
250. 157 Miles.
Excellent Condition.
$1,200. Call
570-256-7760
YAMAHA 97
ROYALSTAR 1300
12,000 miles. With
windshield. Runs
excellent. Many
extras including
gunfighter seat,
leather bags, extra
pipes. New tires &
battery. Asking
$4,000 firm.
(570) 814-1548
442 RVs & Campers
FLAGSTAFF `08
CLASSIC
NOW BACK IN PA.
Super Lite Fifth
Wheel. LCD/DVD
flat screen TV, fire-
place, heated mat-
tress, ceiling fan,
Hide-a-Bed sofa,
outside speakers &
grill, 2 sliders,
aluminum wheels, ,
awning, microwave
oven, tinted safety
glass windows,
fridge & many
accessories &
options. Excellent
condition, $22,500.
570-868-6986
WINNEBAGO 02
ADVENTURER
35 Foot, double
slides, V-10 Ford.
Central air, full awn-
ings, one owner,
pet & smoke free.
Excellent condition
and low mileage.
$68,000.
Call 570-594-6496
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
BUICK `05
RENDEZVOUS
BARGAIN!!
AWD, Fully
loaded, 1 owner,
22,000 miles.
Small 6 cylinder.
New inspection.
Like new, inside
& out. $13,000.
(570) 540-0975
Buick `06 Rainier
CXL BURGUNDY &
GREY, LEATHER
SUNROOF, AWD
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1009 Penn Ave
Scranton 18509
Across from Scranton Prep
GOOD CREDIT, BAD
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Call Our Auto Credit
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800-825-1609
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Cadillac `07
Escalade, pearl
white, black leather,
3rd seat, 4x4
(570) 343-1959
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1009 Penn Ave
Scranton 18509
Across from Scranton Prep
GOOD CREDIT, BAD
CREDIT, NO CREDIT
Call Our Auto Credit
Hot Line to get
Pre-approved for a
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800-825-1609
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CHEVY `00 SILVERADO
1500. 4x4. 8 box.
Auto. A/C. 121K
miles. $5,995.
570-332-1121
CHEVY `10 SILVERADO
4 Door Crew Cab
LTZ. 4 wheel drive.
Excellent condition,
low mileage.
$35,500. Call
570-655-2689
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
CHEVY 03
SILVERADO
4x4. Extra clean.
Local new truck
trade! $5,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
CHEVY 99 ASTRO
AWD. 98,000
miles, rear heat and
air, loaded. Michelin
tires, garage kept,
excellent condition.
$5000 OBO
570-822-4580
570-332-4643
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
CHEVY 05
SILVERADO
2WD. Extra cab.
Highway miles.
Like new! $6,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
CHEVY 10
EQUINOX LT
Moonroof. Alloys.
1 Owner. $17,900
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
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570-714-9924
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
CHEVY 99
SILVERADO 4X4
Auto. V8. Bargain
price! $3,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
CHRYSLER `02
TOWN & COUNTRY
Luxury people
mover! 87,300 well
maintained miles.
This like-new van
has third row seat-
ing, power side &
rear doors. Eco-
nomical V6 drive-
train and all avail-
able options. Priced
for quick sale
$6,295. Generous
trade-in allowances
will be given on this
top-of-the-line vehi-
cle. Call Fran
570-466-2771
Scranton
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
CHRYSLER 02
TOWN & COUNTRY
V6. Like new!
$4,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
FORD 02 ESCAPE
4WD V6
Automatic
Sunroof
Leather
Excellent
condition!.
116,000 Miles
$7200.
570-814-8793
FORD 02 EXPLORER
Red, XLT, Original
non-smoking owner,
garaged, synthetic
oil since new, excel-
lent in and out. New
tires and battery.
90,000 miles.
$7,500
(570) 403-3016
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
FORD 02 F150
Extra Cab. 6
Cylinder, 5 speed.
Air. 2WD. $4,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
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1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
FORD 06 ESCAPE XLT
4x4. Sunroof. Like
new. $6,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
FORD 08 ESCAPE XLT
Leather, alloys &
moonroof $17,800
PW & PL $17,490
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
HONDA 09 CRV LX
AWD. 1 owner.
$16,900
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
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570-714-9924
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
JEEP 97 GRAND
CHEROKEE LAREDO
4.0-ATM, 4WD,
128,000 miles, full
power, minor body
& mechanical work
needed for state
inspection. Recent
radiator & battery.
$2,500. OBO.
570-239-8376
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JEEP 04 GRAND
CHEROKEE LAREDO
4x4. Auto. 6 cylin-
der. $8,995
WARRANTY
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
JEEP 07
Grand Cherokee
1 owner, alloys,
PW & PL $17,490
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
KIA 10 SOUL
1 owner, moon-
roof, alloys
$15,990
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
valleymotors.com
570-714-9924
MERCURY `03
MOUNTAINEER
AWD. Third row
seating. Economical
6 cylinder automat-
ic. Fully loaded with
all available options.
93k pampered miles.
Garage kept. Safety /
emissions inspected
and ready to go. Sale
priced at $8,995.
Trade-ins accepted.
Tag & title process-
ing available with
purchase. Call Fran
for an appointment
to see this out-
standing SUV.
570-466-2771
Scranton
NISSAN `04
PATHFINDER
ARMADA
Excellent condition.
Too many options to
list. Runs & looks
excellent. $10,995
570-655-6132 or
570-466-8824
RANGE ROVER
07 SPORT
Supercharged
59,000 miles, fully
loaded. Impeccable
service record.
$36,000
570-283-1130
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
TOYOTA 02 TACOMA
4WD. SR5. TRD.
V-6. $10,880
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
www.wyoming
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570-714-9924
TOYOTA 07 YARIS
GREAT MPGS,
AUTO, CD $7995
560 Pierce St.
Kingston, PA
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570-714-9924
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457 Wanted to Buy
Auto
WANTED
Good
Used
Cars &
Trucks.
Highest Prices
Paid!!!
Call V&G
Anytime
574-1275
600
FINANCIAL
610 Business
Opportunities
TAX REFUND COMING?
INVEST IN
YOURSELF WITH
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Quote from current
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I have grown my
business over
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I would recommend
Jan-Pro.
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* Accounts available
throughout Wilkes-
Barre & Scranton
570-824-5774
Jan-Pro.com
LIQUOR LICENSE
and equipment for
sale. Luzerne Co.
By appointment
only 570-824-3223
LIQUOR LICENSE
FOR SALE. Luzerne
County. $23,000.
570-574-7363
610 Business
Opportunities
LUZERNE COUNTY
BAR / NIGHTCLUB
For lease. Operating
daily. Full kitchen. A-1
location. Owner has
other interests.
Serious inquiries
only. Call
570-357-0926
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700
MERCHANDISE
708 Antiques &
Collectibles
$ ANTIQUES BUYING $
Old Toys, model kits,
Bikes, dolls, guns,
Mining Items, trains
&Musical Instruments,
Hess. 474-9544
RETIRED DEPART-
MENT 56 Seasons
Bay Village 9 build-
ings, 28 acces-
sories. Purchased
price $1261. 70%
sale price $890.
570-868-5886
710 Appliances
Why Spend
Hundreds on
New or Used
Appliances?
Most problems
with your appli-
ances are usually
simple and inex-
pensive to fix!
Save your hard
earned money, Let
us take a look at it
first!
30 years in
the business.
East Main
Appliances
570-735-8271
Nanticoke
A P P L I A N C E
PA R T S E T C .
Used appliances.
Parts for all brands.
223 George Ave.
Wilkes-Barre
570-820-8162
FREEZER upright by
Frigidaire. Asking
$50. 696-4978
STOVE, gas Magic
Chef $65.
570-824-2695
710 Appliances
GENES
RECONDITIONED
APPLIANCES
60 Day Warranty
Monday-Friday
8:00PM-5:00PM
Saturday
8:00AM-11:00AM
Gateway
Shopping Center
Kingston, PA
(570) 819-1966
WASHER Kenmore,
white, $50. Side by
side refrigerator
with water ice dis-
penser, 28 cu ft.
Beige color $100.
Both very good con-
dition. 262-6283
712 Baby Items
GLIDER ROCKING
CHAIR, honey col-
ored wood with tan
cushions, $100.
Graco highchair,
Windsor pattern.
$45. Graco Car
Seat $45. Infant 5
piece bedding, light
green, yellow,& ivor,
comforter never
used $50.654-8042
SWING, Graco,
Graco infant car
seat with base,
Recaro convertible
car seat, entire neu-
tral farm themed
nursery set with
lamp & accessories
all $15 each. Fisher
Price baby monitor,
and changing table
mattress $5 each
All in great condi-
tion. 570-735-4876
716 Building
Materials
BATHROOM BASE
oak with sink $25.
Bathroom light $10.
Kitchen light, stain-
less steel $25. Din-
ing room chandelier
$60. Counter height
kitchen table & 4
chairs, off white
/light cherry $115. 2
childrens bikes $10
each. 570-693-0141
BATHROOM CABI-
NETS wood, 2 dou-
ble doors, 2 long
single doors $40.
570-287-6172
BATHROOM match-
ing sink set Gerber
white porcelain
bathroom sink with
mirror & medicine
cabinet $80.
570-331-8183
LUMBER popular
wood boards, 2-
1x13wx80l
1-1x12 1/2wx80l.
1-11x11 1/2wx8/0l
$15 each or all 4 for
$50. 570-288-9260
SINK, single bowl,
great condition, 1
white, 1 tan. $10.
570-262-7923
726 Clothing
COAT
KENNETH COLE
Beige, size 6,
hardly worn. $75.
570-855-5385
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HANDBAG authentic
top designer, soft
glove leather with
cloth dust bag, new
with retail tag of
$295. sell $130.
OBO. 288-2949.
732 Exercise
Equipment
EXERCISE BIKE 2
years old $100. firm
570-824-6887
744 Furniture &
Accessories
BED - NEW PLUSH
set, still in original
plastic
Must sell.
$150. Can Deliver.
280-9628
BED, twin complete,
solid wood mission
style bed with . All in
excellent condition.
$200. 299-9628.
COUCH 2 loveseats,
1 reclining chair, 1
chair with ottoman.
All for $199. Very
good condition.
570-824-7314
DESK & STORAGE
CABINET $50.
570-824-2695
FURNI SH FURNI SH
FOR LESS FOR LESS
* NELSON *
* FURNITURE *
* WAREHOUSE *
Recliners from $299
Lift Chairs from $699
New and Used
Living Room
Dinettes, Bedroom
210 Division St
Kingston
Call 570-288-3607
KITCHEN DINING
TABLE oak laminate
and chrome with 6
chrome & wicker
chairs and leaf.
$150. 457-3486
LAMPS 2 never
used, Rembrandt,
marble bases. $50.
570-822-9697
LOVESEAT blue,
clean, like new $25.
570-574-5690
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We Beat All
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Mattress Guy
Twin sets: $159
Full sets: $179
Queen sets: $199
All New
American Made
570-288-1898
MICROWAVE stand/
kitchen cart. White
with wood top, cab-
inet & shelf. Like
new. $40.
570-696-4494
MIRRORS wood, for
dresser, maple &
mahogany $30 for
all. 570-287-6172
ROCKER RECLINER
Lazyboy, gray, per-
fect condition $150.
570-675-3328
ROCKER, wood/tap-
estry, $75. RECLIN-
ER, Burgundy velour
cloth, $125. SOFA,
chair, ottoman, 3
tables, great for
den. Wood and
cloth, all in excellent
condition. $450.
Call after 6 PM
570-675-5046
EDWARDSVILLE
681 Main Street
space available .
Open every day
but Monday.
DESIGNER CLOTHING,
CARS, TOYS, SOFT AIR
GUNS, AVON, ELEC-
TRONICS ANTIQUE
FURNITURE. MANY
COLLECTIBLES & MORE
CALL TO RESERVE
SPRING AND SUMMER
OUTDOOR SPOTS.
570-417-1269
570-855-2703
Vendor &
Craft Market
E D WA R D S V I L L E
Collectors
Market Now Open!
378 Main St
Open Saturday &
Sunday 9am-5pm
570-718-1123
Minutes from
Wilkes-Barre.
Antiques, Col-
lectibles, toys &
MUCH MORE!
Bid Board, Sunday,
February 26, 12 noon
FLEAMARKET
& BID BOARD
754 Machinery &
Equipment
SAWMILLS from
only $3997-MAKE &
SAVE MONEY with
your own bandmill-
Cut lumber any
dimension. In stock
ready to ship. FREE
Info/DVD: www.Nor-
woodSawmills.com
1-800-578-1363
Ext.300N
756 Medical
Equipment
WALKERS (2) 1
black & 1 green. Go
Anywhere Walkers
push down brakes,
handy seat, folds
easily, basket holds
up to 300 lbs. new
$139 asking #$50
each. 654-6329
758 Miscellaneous
DISHES: Phaltzcraft
Yorktown Pattern,
service for 16 +
creamer & sugar,
butter dish & salt
and pepper. May
be split. $75.00 for
all. 570-868-3866
GENERATOR. Husky
portable, 5,000
watt. Like new,
used once. $450.
Harveys Lake
570-639-3178
758 Miscellaneous
WANTED
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DUMPTRUCKS
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BACKHOES
Highest Prices
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GLASS DOOR. 4
way glass door for
bath tub. $25
570-331-8183
IPOD Touch 16 G
Generation 1 or 2.
Screen is in excel-
lent condition, $100.
Jagermeister base-
call cap, never
worn, $10. Motor-
cycle helmet, black
with sharp royal
blue design on it,
Size XL, $30.
484-239-8507
MAGS & TIRES, 4
alloys 17, taken
from 12 Hyundai
Veloster, chose to
upgrade, size 245/
17, worth $1250.
Tires stored at deal-
ership & certified
new, sell $500.
570- 766-0370
746 Garage Sales/
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Flea Markets
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09 PILO T EXL-DV D N avy,33K........................NO W $27,950
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08 ELEM ENT LX S ilver,56K...............................NO W $15,750
08 ELEM ENT EX B lack,43K...............................NO W $17,500
08 ELEM ENT EX G ray,30K................................NO W $18,950
10 ELEM ENT EX Om inP earl,24K........................NO W $21,500
EL EM EN T 4W D
10 INSIG HT EX G ray,22K...................................NO W $17,950
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08 C RV EX B eige,60K.............................................NO W $16,950
07 C RV EX S ilver,50K.............................................NO W $17,950
07 C RV EX G reen,46K............................................NO W $17,950
09 C RV LX G reen,36K............................................NO W $18,500
09 C RV EX B lack,48K.............................................NO W $18,950
07 C RV EXLB lue,39K...........................................NO W $19,350
07 C RV EXLS ilver,19K..........................................NO W $19,950
10 C RV EX S ilver,22K.............................................NO W $21,750
09 C RV EXLLt.B lue,28K.......................................NO W $22,500
10 C RV EXLB lack,30K..........................................NO W $23,500
10 C RV EXLB lue,23K...........................................NO W $24,500
11 C RV EXL NA V IR ed,14K..............................NO W $26,500
11 C RV EXLB lack,8K...........................................NO W $25,950
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08A C C O RD LXP SDN G ray,30K..............................NO W $15,950
09A C C O RD LX SDN G ray,27K..................................NO W $15,950
09A C C O RD LX SDN B urgundy,13K..........................NO W $16,950
09A C C O RD LXP SDN B urgundy,28K......................NO W $16,950
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09A C C O RD EX SDN B lack,19K................................NO W $18,500
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07 SUBA RU
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09 HY UNDA ISO NA TA
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W hite,13K M iles,W as$18,950
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07 M A ZDA C X-7
TO URING A W D
B lack,58K M iles
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4W D
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$9,950
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Now $23,750
04 JEEP W RA NG LER
RUBIC O N 4X4
5 S peed,B lack,42K M iles
Now $15,750
08 NISSA N
V ERSA SDN
W hite,42K M iles
Now $11,950
09 TO Y O TA
C A M RY LE SDN
G old,29K M iles
Now $16,750
Y O UR
NIC E
TRA DE
HERE
B row n,66K M iles
Now $12,500
03 C HEV Y S-10
C LUB C A B 4X4
02 HO NDA
C IV IC LX C PE
S ilver,67K M iles
Now $8,750
03 HO NDA
O DY SSEY EXL
N avy,83K M iles
Now $9,750
06 C HEV Y
EQ UINO X 4W D
V 6,W hite,68K M iles
Now $12,750
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796 Wanted to Buy
Merchandise
796 Wanted to Buy
Merchandise
39 Prospect St Nanticoke
570-735-1487
WE PAY
THE MOST
INCASH
BUYING
11am
to 6pm
762 Musical
Instruments
AMP Crate 25 watt
bass amp, excellent
condition $80.
Washburn guitar,
needs work $30. or
buy both for $100.
570-477-3692
ORGAN Conn Pre-
lude found at
estate. Nice condi-
tion. Model 312 Type
022 Style 003. Seri-
al # 3228.91. Sell for
$150. 693-3932
STEIGERMAN BABY
GRAND PIANO
with matching
bench, Polished
Ebony Finish, 10
years old, Excellent
condition, Built in
Environmental Con-
trol System, Tuned
Regularly.
Call 570-693-7538
776 Sporting Goods
BOW: Hoyt ultra
sport bow. New
strings & cables
lighted sights drop
away rest. excellent
shape. $200.
570-336-2944
BOWLING BALL
Brunswick 16 lbs,
like new & case
$20. 570-696-3794
COBRA S-9 irons,
steel, reg 6-7-8-9-
W $100. firm. Vin-
tage Yonex woods
graphite head
shafts 1-3-5 $60.
Slazenger cart/bag
slotted $25.
570-829-4016
EXERCISE WEIGHTS
hand held 2-3-4 lb.
New. $15. 287-6172
GOLF CLUB
NEW MUST SEE!
$30. 570-574-5690
POOL TABLE 4X6 in
excellent condition.
Includes Sticks,
balls & all acces-
sories. Will deliver
locally. $250.
Foozball table, like
new. Will deliver
locally & works
great. $100..
570-693-3932
778 Stereos/
Accessories
SUB WOOFER Pow-
ered car subwoofer.
Very powerful, 2
power acoustic
subwoofers, 2 Pyle
1800 watt amps.
Custom cabinet with
see through acrylic
front. $250. or best
offer. 328-6059.
780 Televisions/
Accessories
TV from 1950; beau-
tiful pecan all wood
cabinet with doors.
$49. 570-696-1410
TV R.C.A. 14 color
with remote $25.
570-696-1661
786 Toys & Games
BIKE boys 20,
needs part. Was
$80. Asking $25.
570-574-5690
CHRISTMAS DOLL
on 3 wheel bicycle,
blonde hair, blue
eyes, 18 H $25.
DISNEY HIGH
SCHOOL musical
items, lunch box,
lunch tote bag all
$10. 570-696-1927
ICE SKATES ladies
ice skates size 6 $5
TV Teddy with 6
interactive videos
$20. 570-696-3368
788 Stereo/TV/
Electronics
TV 32 Toshiba flat-
screen with remote.
Excellent picture
and condition $50
obo. 570-262-6627
796 Wanted to Buy
Merchandise
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1 item or entire
contents of homes.
814-3371/328-4420
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288-8995
796 Wanted to Buy
Merchandise
WANTED
JEWELRY
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Highest Cash Pay-
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800
PETS & ANIMALS
805 Birds
SUN CONURE
One year old, very
large cage
included. Third shift
owner doesnt have
enough time for
him. $375.
570-854-9739
810 Cats
CATS & KI TTENS
12 weeks & up.
All shots, neutered,
tested,microchipped
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INTERSTATE
ROUTE 315
KEN
POLLOCK
SUZUKI
81
ROUTE 315
EXIT 175
CLOSE TOEVERYWHERE!
WERE EASY TOFIND!
JUST OFF EXIT 175
RTE I-81 PITTSTON
*Tax and tags additional. Buy now for sale price includes Suzuki Manufacturer rebates of $1,000 on 2012 Suzuki SX4 AWD, Grand Vitara 4x4, Sportback, SX4 Sedan, and Kizashi.
Buy now sale price includes Suzuki Manufacturer rebate of $2,000 on Suzuki Equator. $500 Suzuki owner loyalty on 2012 Suzuki SX4 AWD, Grand Vitara 4x4, Sportback, SX4
Sedan, Equator, and $1,000 on Suzuki Owner Loyalty on 2012 Suzuki Kizashi. All Ken Pollock Suzuki discounts applied. Artwork for illustration purposes only. Not responsible for
typographical errors. 0% nancing in lieu of Suzuki Manufacturers rebates, Owner Loyalty is applicable. Buy now for sale prices valid on IN STOCK vehicles only.
0
%
APR
FINANCING AVAILABLE
TO QUALIFIED
BUYERS*
2012 SUZUKI
GRAND VITARA 4WD
4 Wheel Drive, Voice
Activated Navigation w/ Blue
Tooth, Automatic Transmission,
Power Windows, Power Locks,
Power Mirrors,
Electronic Stability Control
Stk# S1963
LE Popular Package, 8 Standard Airbags,
Automatic CVT Transmission,
Power Windows, Power Locks,
Power Mirrors, Alloy Wheels
2012 SUZUKI
SX4 SEDAN
Stk#S1773
$
15,499*
$
20,999*
2012 SUZUKI SX4
SPORTBACK
8 Standard Airbags, Alloy
Wheels, Electronic Stability
Control, Power Windows,
Power Locks, Power
Mirrors, Fog Lamps
$
14,499*
Stk# S1734
BUY NOW FOR:
BUY NOW FOR:
BUY NOW FOR:
3-Mode Intelligent All-Wheel
Drive, 8 Standard Airbags,
Power Windows, Power Locks,
Power Mirrors, 6 Spd
2012 SUZUKI
SX4 CROSSOVER AWD
$
14,999*
BUY NOW FOR:
Stk#S1837
Advanced Intelligent All-Wheel
Drive, 8 Standard Airbags, Dual
Zone Digital Climate Control,
Automatic CVT Transmission,
TouchFree Smart Key, Power
Windows, Power Locks
2012 SUZUKI
KIZASHI S AWD
Stk#S1792
$
19,999*
BUY NOW FOR:
$
26,499*
BUY NOW FOR:
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ALL THESE CUSTOMERS DID
MSRP
$
23,519*
Ken Pollock Sale Price
$
21,999*
Manufacturer Rebate -
$
1,000*
Owner Loyalty Rebate -
$
1,000*
MSRP
$
18,019*
Ken Pollock Sale Price
$
16,499*
Manufacturer Rebate -
$
1,000*
Owner Loyalty Rebate -
$
500*
MSRP
$
18,289*
Ken Pollock Sale Price
$
16,999*
Manufacturer Rebate -
$
1,000*
Owner Loyalty Rebate -
$
500*
MSRP
$
24,284*
Ken Pollock Sale Price
$
22,499*
Manufacturer Rebate -
$
1,000*
Owner Loyalty Rebate -
$
500*
MSRP
$
17,689*
Ken Pollock Sale Price
$
15,999*
Manufacturer Rebate -
$
1,000*
Owner Loyalty Rebate -
$
500*
MSRP w/ Accessories
$
30,999*
Ken Pollock Sale Price
$
28,999*
Manufacturer Rebate -
$
2,000*
Owner Loyalty Rebate -
$
500*
261HP 4.0L V6, Skid Plate
Package, Alloy Wheels w/ All
Terrain Tires, Power Windows,
Power Locks, Fog Lamps
2012 SUZUKI EQUATOR
CREW CAB RMZ-4 4X4
Stk#S2004
NEW NEW NEW
NEW
NEW NEW
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412 Autos for Sale 412 Autos for Sale 412 Autos for Sale 412 Autos for Sale 412 Autos for Sale
EXIT 170B OFF I-81 TO EXIT 1. BEAR RIGHT ON BUSINESS ROUTE 309 TO SIXTH LIGHT. JUST BELOW WYOMING VALLEY MALL.
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Mon.-Fri. 8:30-7:00pm; Sat. 8:30-5:00pm
821-2772 1-800-444-7172
601 K id d e rS tre e t, W ilke s -Ba rre , P A
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V AL L EYS V AL L EYS
GOTEM GOTEM
2008 CH EV R OL ET
TAH OE L TZ 4W D
$
29,900
*
#12339A ,5.3LA utom atic,A ir,Sunroof,C enter Buckets,
D VD N avigation,H eated Leather Seats,3rd Row Seat
1-Ow ner
2009 TOYOTA TACOM A
R EGU L AR CAB 4X 4
$
17,900
*
#12503B,4 C yl.,M anualTrans.,
A ir C onditioning,Backup C am era,Bedliner
2007 GM C SIER R A
1500 R EGU L AR CAB
$
15,800
*
#Z2638,4.3LV6,A utom atic,A ir,A lloys,
Tinted W indow s,G M C argo M anagem ent
Sysltem w /ToolBox & M aterialRacks
ONLY
31K
M ILES
2006 GM C CANYON SL
R EGU L AR CAB 4W D
$
14,999
*
#Z2582,3.5L,A utom atic,A ir,PW ,PD L,A lum .
W heels,C D ,Bedliner,Fog Lam ps,O nly 42K M iles
Sunroof 1-Ow ner
2007 FOR D F- 150 X L T
SU P ER CAB 4X 4
$
19,999
*
#12026B,V8,A utom atic,A ir,PW ,
PD L,Running Boards,C ruise,Tilt
ONLY
33K
M ILES
1-Ow ner
2007 FOR D R ANGER
SU P ER CAB 4W D
$
16,999
*
#12069A ,6 C yl.,A utom atic,A ir,Fog Lam ps,
Rear Jum p Seats,C D /M P3,PW ,PD L
ONLY
47K
M ILES
1-Ow ner
2008 FOR D R ANGER FX 4
SU P ER CAB X L T w / CAP
$
18,999
*
#12245B,V6,A utom atic,A ir,PW ,PD L,
A M /FM M P3,Running Boards,A lloy W heels
ONLY
25K
M ILES
2008 CH EV R OL ET SIL V ER AD O
1500 EX TEND ED CAB 4W D
$
24,950
*
#11908A ,V8,A utom atic,A ir,PW ,PD L,C ruise,
O nStar,Pow er Seats,Tow ing Pkg.,A lloy W heels
1-Ow ner
ONLY
28K
M ILES
2008 CH EV R OL ET SIL V ER AD O
1500 EX TEND ED CAB Z71 4W D
$
20,999
*
#12356A ,5.3LV8,A utom atic,A ir,PW ,PD L,H eated
M irrors,EZ Tailgate Pkg.,H D Trailering Pkg.
1-Ow ner
2007 GM C SIER R A SL E
EX TEND ED CAB 4W D
$
23,958
*
#Z2517,5.3LV8,A utom atic,
Rear Park A ssist,A utotrac Transfer C ase,
PD L,PW ,Rem ote Start,1-O w ner,Low M iles
1-Ow ner
2006 JEEP L IBER TY
4X 4
$
12,995
*
#Z2596A ,3.7LV6 A utom atic,A ir C onditioning,
PW ,PD L,Tilt,A M /FM /C D ,A lloy W heels,42K M iles
2012 CH EV R OL ET SIL V ER AD O
2500 H D R EGU L AR CAB 4X 4
$
28,999
*
#12211A ,6.0LV8,A utom atic,A ir,Suspension Pkg.,
PW ,PD L,C ruise,Tow ing Pkg.,SteelW heels
6 Chrom e
Steps
ONLY
90
M ILES
1-Ow ner
2009 CH EV R OL ET SIL V ER AD O
1500 EX TEND ED CAB 4X 4
$
26,900
*
ONLY
26K
M ILES
LTZ
#12478A ,5.3LV8 A uto.,A ir,PW ,PD L,P.Rear
Side W indow ,Rem ote Start,D eep Tinted G lass,
C ruise,18A lum .W heels & M ore.1 Ow ner
2008 FOR D F250 SU P ER D U TY P OW ER
STR OK E D IESEL L AR IAT CR EW CAB
$
37,675
*
#12299A ,Pow erstroke D iesel,Leather,
N avigation,Running Boards,A lloys,
Pow er O ptions,Tinted W indow s
ONLY
39K
M ILES
2008 CH EV R OL ET COL OR AD O
CR EW CAB L T 4W D
$
18,999
*
#Z2619,3.7LA utom atic,A ir,PW ,PD L,
C ruise,Tilt,A M /FM /M P3,O nStar,43K M iles
1-Ow ner
2009 CH EV R OL ET SIL V ER AD O
1500 EX TEND ED CAB Z71
$
25,590
*
#12398A ,V8,A utom atic,A ir,
C ruise,PW ,PD L,C hrom e G rill
1-Ow ner
2009 CH EV R OL ET SIL V ER AD O
1500 EX TEND ED CAB 4W D
$
24,895
*
#12152A ,5.3LV8,A utom atic,
Stabilitrak,A ir,PW ,PD L,C ruise, Tow ing
Pkg.,Tilt,A lloy W heels,35K M iles
Cap 1-Ow ner
2007 CH EV R OL ET COL OR AD O
EX TEND ED CAB 4W D Z71
$
17,999
*
#Z2505A ,3.7LI5,A utom atic,D eep Tinted
G lass,O ffRoad Pkg.,Insta-Trac 4x4,PW ,
PD L,A ir,C astA lum inum W heels,46K M iles
1-Ow ner
2003 CH EV R OL ET S- 10
EX TEND ED CAB X TR EM E P ICK U P
$
12,999
*
1-Ow ner
ONLY
38K
M ILES
#Z2583,V6,5 Speed M anualTransm ission,
A ir,PW ,PD L,Bedliner,Third D oor,
A lloy W heels,FrontBuckets
2004 CH EV R OL ET C4500 D U R AM AX
D IESEL R EGU L AR CAB D U M P TR U CK
$
28,999
*
ONLY
35K
M ILES
#Z2637,D uram ax 6600 D iesel,6 Speed
M anualTrans.,Rear Locking D ifferential,
C ruise C ontrol,H i-Back BucketSeats
2007 CH EV R OL ET 5500 4X 4 D U R AM AX
D IESEL CR EW CAB D U M P TR U CK
$
53,900
*
#Z2635,6.6LD uram ax D ieselA llison,A utom atic,
12D um p Body,A ir,C ruise,A M /FM Stereo
ONLY
19K
M ILES
2007 CH EV R OL ET SIL V ER AD O
3500 4W D D U M P TR U CK
$
28,895
*
#Z2643,Vortec 6.0LV8 5 Speed M anual
Transm ission,Snow Plow Prep Package,W heel
Flares,Locking Rear D ifferential,C loth Bench
ONLY
20K
M ILES
1-Ow ner
2008 GM C SIER R A 3500 4W D
EX TEND ED CAB D U R AM AX D IESEL
LTZ
#12238A ,D uram ax D ieselV8 Turbo A llison,A utom atic,
A ir,Sunroof,Rem ote Start,Pow er O ptions,Rear Parking
A ssistance,O nStar,XM Satellite & M ore.
$
36,895
*
ONLY
39K
M ILES
Leather
1-Ow ner
2011 GM C CANYON SL E
EX TEND ED CAB 4X 4
#12158A ,3.7 Liter I5 A utom atic,A ir C onditioning,Pow er
W indow s,Pow er D oor Locks,O nStar,O ff-Road Package,17
C hrom e C lad W heels,Electronic Transfer C ase,1-O w ner
$
24,499
*
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07 LINCOLN
MKZ AWD
$
13,500
Roof, Leather, 79K
02 GMC SIERRA
4X4 EXT CAB
$
10,900
127K
06 MAZDA 6
$
8,975
5 Spd, PW, PL, CD, 111K
05 CHEVY 1500
4X5 EXT CAB
$
14,955
07 VW
PASSAT
$
10,900
Leather, 117K Miles
08 BUICK
LACROSSE CX
$
10,900
80K
04 CHEVY
TRAILBLAZER
$
12,900
PW, PL, 63K
04 DODGE
DAKOTA 4X4 SLT
$
10,900
112K
99 BUICK
CENTURY
$
5,995
92K
05 CHEVY
EXT CAB
$
12,500
V8, Nicely Equipped
03 DODGE DAKOTA
4X4 QUAD CAB
$
9,450
06 HYUNDAI
AZERA
$
10,900
Leather, Moonroof
02 CHEVY P/U 1500
4X4 EXT CAB
$
10,900
08 CHEVY
MALIBU
$
9,900
V6, Nicely Equipped
06 EXPEDITION
XLT 4X4
$
10,900
Well Equipped, 3rd Seat
07 FORD
FUSION
$
10,150
V6, AWD
05 CHEVY
EQUINOX
$
8,900
V6, AWD
07 NISSAN
ALTIMA HYBRID
$
11,350
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24,??0
C E kI l F l E D
20T0 elve 540 2.4i
Shodow Blue w,Sond
Leolher, Moonrool,
Z Possenger, Heoled
Seols
$
23,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2007 elve XC?0 3.2 kW0
Borrenls Blue w,Sond
Leolher, Moonrool,
Heoled Seols,
1Cwner
$
2T,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2007 XC70 Wugen kW0
Borrenls Blue, Sporl
Pkg, Moonrool,
Aulomollc
1Cwner, Low Mlles
$
20,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2008 elve C30 15
lllonlum groy,
w, Cuorlz llech,
Moonrool, Dlsc CD,
1Cwner
$
T5,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2007 elve 540 2.4i
Block w,Block,
llech, Dlsc CD,
Heoled Seols,
1Cwner
$
T3,??0
J2 MO * J8000 MlLE5 WAkkANIY
2006 elve 50 Wugen
$
32,??0
C E kI l F l E D
200? elve 580 8 kW0
Sevllle Grey w,Cll Block
leolher, Movlgollon,
Keyless Drlve, Moonrool,
Heoled & Cooled Seols,
1Cwner
$
2T,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2007 elve XC?0 3.2 kW0
Sllver Melolllc, w,Cll
Block Leolher, Z Possenger,
Moonrool, Heoled Seols,
Chlld Boosler Seols
$
T4,??0
J2 MO * J8000 MlLE5 WAkkANIY
2007 elve 70 2.5I Wugen
Vlllow Green w,Sond
Leolher, Heoled Seols,
Moonrool, Bulll ln
Chlld Boosler, 1Cwner
$
T8,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2008 elve 540 2.4i
lce Vhlle, w, Cll Block
llech, Moonrool,
Dlsc CD, Heoled
Seols, 1Cwner
$
22,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2008 elve 540 kW0
Chomeleon Blue
w,Cuorlz Leolher,
Moonrool, Heoled Seols,
Low Mlles, 1Cwner
$
2T,??0
C E kI l F l E D
200? elve 540 2.4i
Sllver Melolllc, w,Block
Leolher, Moonrool, Heoled
Seols, Keyless Drlve,
1Cwner, Low Mlles
$
T8,??0
2007 elve XC70 Wugen kW0
J2 MO * J8000 MlLE5 WAkkANIY
Sllver Melolllc w,Cll Block
Leolher, Moonrool, Heoled
Seols, Bulll ln Chlld
Boosler Seols, 1Cwner
lllonlum grey w,Block
Leolher, Z Possenger,
Heoled Seols, Power
Gloss, Moonrool
$
T8,??0
J2 MO * J8000 MlLE5 WAkkANIY
2006 elve XC?0 3.2 kW0 2006 elve XC?
lce Vhlle, Movlgollon, Keyless Drlve,
Bllnd Spol Monllorlng, 1Cwner
20T0 elve XC60 16 kW0
Shodow Blue, Movlgollon, Z Possenger,
Bllnd Spol Monllorlng, Low Mlles, 1Cwner
2008 elve XC?0 kW0 20T0 elve 540 2.4i
20TT elve 580 3.2
$
35,??0
C E kI l F l E D
lce Vhlle wllh
Sond Leolher,
Bllnd Spol Monllorlng,
Heoled Seols, 1Cwner
$
32,??0
C E kI l F l E D
20T0 elve 580 16 kW0
Cysler Grey w,Sond
Leolher, Moonrool,
Bllnd Spol Monllorlng,
Keyless Drlve, 1Cwner
$
26,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2008 elve 580 16 kW0
Cysler Grey w,Sond
Leolher, Moonrool,
Keyless Drlve, Bllnd Spol
Monllorlng, 1Cwner
Block w,Block
Leolher, Moonrool,
Heoled Seols
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#3305
MSRP $35,55
Hoo|od Loo|hor Soo|s,
Powor Gloss Moonrool,
Ci|y Solory
5c|e Prce 532,0
Or |ecse |er 52JmenIh 3 menIhs
A
2012 Ve|ve
XC0 AWD
#32018
MSRP $3Z,45
All Whool Drivo,
Hoo|od Soo|s, Buil| ln
Child Boos|ors, Ci|y Sol|oy
5c|e Prce 534,1
Or |ecse |er 540JmenIh 3 menIhs
A
2013 Ve|ve
XC0 3.2 AWD
#33001
MSRP $43,25
All Whool Drivo, Z Possongor,
Hoo|od Loo|hor Soo|s,
Powor Gloss Moonrool
5c|e Prce 540,735
Or |ecse |er 543 per menIh 3 menIhs
D
2012 Ve|ve C70 5
CenverIb|e
#342003
MSRP $43,320
Hoo|od Loo|hor Soo|s,
Powor Ro|roc|oblo Hord Top,
Dynomic S|obili|y Con|rol
5c|e Prce 53,8
Or |ecse |er 53JmenIh 3 menIhs
C
2012 Ve|ve
580 AWD
#3Z2002
MSRP $53,425
All Whool Drivo,
Plollnum Edlllon,
Movlgollon, lnscrlpllon Pkg.
5c|e Prce 550,447
Or |ecse |er 557JmenIh 3 menIhs
D
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30,000 Mlles ollowed. Mo securlly deposll requlred. Bolonce due A: $3,48P * B: 3,0P * C: 3,2P. * D: $38P * E: $3ZP Explres 2,2P,12
2012 Ve|ve
XC70 AWD
#352012
MSRP $3,8Z0
All Whool Drivo, Hoo|od
Loo|hor Soo|s Ci|y Solo|y,
Powor Gloss Moonrool
5c|e Prce 53,0
Or |ecse |er 540JmenIh 3 menIhs
E
S
O
L
D
$
T8,??0
C E kI l F l E D
2007 elve 560 kW0
Posslon Red w,Sond
Leolher, Moonrool, Heoled
Seols, Low Mlles
lce Vhlle w,Sond
Leolher, Power Moonrool,
Heoled Seols, Bulll ln
Chlld Booslers
$
T2,??0
2005 elve XC70 kW0
J2 MO * J8000 MlLE5 WAkkANIY
S
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$
14,999
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03 BUICK CE N TURY CUS TOM S DN
#12164A ,O nly 59K M iles..................................
$
7,995
*
10 HON DA CIV IC 4DR
#12172A A ,24K M iles..................................
$
14,999
*
09 N IS S A N A L TIM A S E
#12196A ,O nly 36K M iles,Sunroof..................
$
16,990
*
05 DODGE CA RA V A N S XT
#11728A .................................................
$
12,499
*
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#12026B ,33K M iles....................................
$
19,999
*
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#Z2515,3rd R ow ,1-O w ner............................
$
16,999
*
09 P ON TIA C V IBE
#12266A ,1-O w ner.....................................
$
13,995
*
09 FORD E DGE S E L A W D
#11735A ,26K M iles...................................
$
22,900
*
201 2 C HEV Y IM P AL A
L S S EDAN
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$
26,665
Stk. #12063,3.5L V 6 A utom atic,D ual Z one A ir
C ond itioning,Stabilitrak,Six-W ay Pow er D river Seat,
PW ,PD L ,T ilt,O nStar,X M Satellite R ad io
30
M PG
hw y
201 2 C HEV Y CAM ARO
C O UP E
1 L T 2L T 1 S S 2S S
C O N V ERTIBL E
30
M PG
hw y
Stk. #12490
Stk. #12060,4.8L V 8,A ir C ond itioning,A M /F M
Stereo,L ocking R ear D ifferential,16 W heel,F ull
F loor C overing,C ustom C loth Seats
M S RP
$
28,125 L S L T L TZ
M S RP
$
30,180
Stk. #11890
Stk. #12333,5.3L V 8,AT ,A /C ,Pow erW ind ow s,Pow er D oor
L ocks,E Z L ift T ailgate,L ocking R ear D ifferential,A lum .
W heels,O nStar T urn-by-T urn N avigation,X M Satellite
M S RP
$51,828
Stk. #12294,5.3L V 8 6 Sp eed A uto.,PW ,PD L ,3rd
R ow Seat,O nStar,X M Satellite R ad io,H eated Front
& 2nd Seats,B ose Stereo & M ore!
201 2 C HEV Y EX P RES S
2500 CARG O V AN
201 2 C HEV Y M AL IBU
1 L S S EDAN
33
M PG
hw y
M S RP
$
22,755
Stk. #12006,2.4L D O H C A utom atic,A ir,
R em ote K eyless E ntry,A M /F M /C D /M P3,
PW ,PD L ,O nStar,X M Satellite
201 2 C HEV Y EQ UIN O X
AW D AN D FW D
Stk. #12195
L S L T L TZ 4 C yl. 6 C yl.
M S RP $
31,665
Stk. #12257,4.8L V 8 A utom atic,Stabilitrak,A ir
C ond itioning,D eep T inted G lass,L ocking R ear
D ifferential,C ruise,Sid e Im p actA ir B ags
201 2 C HEV Y S ILV ERADO
EX TEN DED CAB 4W D
201 1 C HEV Y TRAV ERS E
FW D & AW D
201 2 C HEV Y TAHO E
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UP TO $3,000 A DDITION A L
TOW A RDS YOUR N EW V EHICL E H urry Lim ited T im e O ffer
2009 CHE V Y S IL V E RA DO 1500 L T W /CA P
#12152A ,35K M iles,1-O w ner............................
$
24,895
*
2007 CHE V Y E QUIN OX XL S
#11786A ,A W D,43K M iles................................
$
17,999
*
2007 CHE V Y COBA L T 2DR L S
#Z2518.....................................................
$
12,999
*
2011 CHE V Y CRUZE
#Z2645,Low M iles,...................S TA RTIN G A T
$
15,999
*
2009 P ON TIA C G6 4DR
#11785A ,33K M iles........................................
$
16,499
*
2007 GM C S IE RRA 1500 S L E
#Z2517,41K M iles.........................................
$
23,958
*
2008 CHE V Y M A L IBU CL A S S IC 2L T
#Z2528B ,39K M iles.......................................
$
12,450
*
2008 GM C A CA DIA S L E A W D
#Z2611,39K M iles..........................................
$
22,995
*
2008 CHE V Y COL ORA DO CRE W CA B
#Z2619,4x4,1 O w ner,43K M iles.........................
$
18,999
*
2011 BUICK L A CROS S E CXL
#Z2600,1 O w ner............................................
$
23,900
*
2008 CHE V Y A V E O H/B
#11872A ,34K M iles........................................
$
10,999
*
2010 CHE V Y COBA L T L S 4DR
#Z2615,O nly 8K M iles.....................................
$
13,950
*
2008 CHE V Y TA HOE L TZ
#12339A ,Low M iles.......................................
$
29,900
*
2007 CHE V Y IM P A L A
#11934A ,23K...............................................
$
13,499
*
2010 CHE V Y M A L IBU L T
#Z2447,26K M iles.........................................
$
16,999
*
08 FORD E S CA P E A W D
#12195A ,XLT...........................................
$
15,899
*
07 FORD RA N GE R S UP E RCA B
#12069A ,1-O w ner.....................................
$
16,999
*
201 2 C HEV Y
S O N IC L S
Stk. #12212,1.8L
E C O T E C -V V T D O H C
4 C yl,A uto,Stabilitrak,X M R ad io,
A M /F M /C D ,PD L ,A /C ,R ear
W ip erW asher,Sp oiler,O nStar
08 FORD F250 S UP E RDUTY DIE S E L CRE W CA B
#12299A ,39K M iles...................................
$
37,675
*
09 N IS S A N ROGUE S L A W D
#12287A ,33K M iles...................................
$
19,999
*
04 CHE V Y IM P A L A
#Z2651,41K M iles..........................................
$
7,995
*
2 0
AV AILAB LE
6
CAM ARO
C O N V ERTIBL ES
AV AIL ABL E
201 2 C HEV Y S ILV ERADO
1 500 4W D C REW CAB
35
M PG
hw y
L S L T L TZ EC O
201 2 CHEV Y CRUZE
Stk. #12296
42
M PG
hw y
(ECO )
M S RP
$
17,450
$
16,795
*
STAR TIN G AT
8 5
AV AILAB LE
IN -STO CK &
IN -B O UN D
201 2 C HEV Y S ILV ERADO 1 500
EX TEN DED CAB L T 4W D
Stk. #12396,4.3L V 6 4 Sp eed A utom atic,
A ir C ond itioning,L ocking R ear
D ifferential,17 SteelW heels,Stabilitrak,
B lack F old Aw ay M irrors
M S RP
$26,880
O V ER O V ER O V ER
10 0
10 0 10 0
SILV ER A D O S SILV ER A D O S SILV ER A D O S
IN -STO C K & IN -STO C K & IN -STO C K &
IN -B O U N D IN -B O U N D IN -B O U N D
$
29 9
L EASE
FO R
O N LY
P ER
M O N TH
Fo r
39 M o s .
Stk. #12301,5.3L SF I V 8 6 Sp eed
A utom atic,18 A lum inum
W heels,C lim ate C ontrol,K eyless
E ntry,PW ,PD L ,O ff-R oad
Z 71 Susp ension Package,& M ore!
Z7 1
This Is N o
Plain Jane
Truck
*Tax & Tags additional. Prices include all rebates. ** Prices include rebates, GM Loyalty bonus cash (must own/lease 1999 or newer GM vehicle to qualify) & trade-in bonus cash; LowAPR in lieu of rebates. Prior sales excluded.
SILVERADO - Lease for $299 per month plus tax & tags, 39 month lease, 10K miles per year, $853.41 due at lease signing. Lease payment includes GM Competitive Lease Incentive (must currently lease a 1999 or Newer Non-GM
Vehicle) to qualify; Lease termination is not required; GM Competitive Lease can be transferred in same household. Artwork for illustration only. Must take delivery by Feb. 29, 2012; Not responsible for typographical errors.
OW N ER OW N ER
L OYA L TY L OYA L TY
BON US BON US
CA S H CA S H
ON A L L 11 & 12
M ODEL S
S EE DEA L ER
FOR DETA IL S
M S RP
$36,550
$
18,999
*
STAR TIN G AT
$
22,999
*
STAR TIN G AT
$
21,999
*
STAR TIN G AT
$
23,999
*
STAR TIN G AT
0
%
APR
Fo r6 0 M o s .
32
M PG
hw y
0
%
APR
Fo r72 M o s .
$
24,599
*
STAR TIN G AT
0
%
APR
Fo r6 0 M o s .
$
25,999
**
STAR TIN G AT
$
25,999
*
STAR TIN G AT
M S RP
$
38,090
0
%
APR
Fo r6 0 M o s .
$
31,999
**
STAR TIN G AT
$
46,999
*
STAR TIN G AT
$
15,999
*
STAR TIN G AT
2011 CHE V Y A V E O
L T
$
13,995
* $
13,995
*
SA LE
PRIC E
LO W
M ILES
S ta rtin g A t
#Z2571
CHE V Y TRA IL BL A ZE RS
L S L T
$
12,950
* $
12,950
*
SA LE
PRIC E
LO W
M ILES
S ta rtin g A t #12195A
2008 S A TURN A URA
XR 4DR
#Z2432
$
14,900
* $
14,900
*
SA LE
PRIC E
LO W
M ILES
S ta rtin g A t
A V A ILA BLE O N SELEC T
C ERTIFIED PRE-O W NED
2
.9%
A P R
05 JE E P GRA N D CHE ROK E E 4W D
#12305A ,45K M ILES ..................................
$
15,695
*
04 CHE V Y IM P A L A S E DA N
#Z2651,O NLY 45K M ILES .................................
$
7,999
*
06 JE E P L IBE RTY 4X4
#Z2596A ,42K M ILES ...................................
$
12,995
*
2008 GM C S IE RRA 3500 E XT.
#12238A ,O NLY 39K M ILES,DU R A M A X DIESEL ........
$
36,895
*
AllM a kes
& M o d els
Accep ted
Fo rTra d e- In
Bo n u sCa sh
OW N ER OW N ER
L OYA L TY L OYA L TY
BON US BON US
CA S H CA S H
Z7 1 AL L S TAR EDITIO N
ATTENTION GM CARD HOLDERS!
PLUS TRADE-IN
BONUS CASH!
(ONSELECT MODELS)
2007-2010 CHE V Y COBA L TS
L S L S CP E S DN
$
10,999
* $
10,999
*
LO W A PR
A V A ILA BLE
LO W
M ILES
S ta rtin g A t
#12136A
2006 P ON TIA C TORRE N T
#12131A ,A W D,45K M iles.................................
$
14,999
*
08 CA DIL L A C DTS
#Z2425,O NLY 11K M ILES .............................
$
26,500
*
06 COBA L T L T
#12187A ,O NLY 37K M ILES ............................
$
10,999
*
03 CHE V Y S -10 L S
#Z2583,O NLY 38K M ILES ..............................
$
12,750
*
H
U
R
R
Y
S
A
L
E
E
N
D
S
F
E
B
2
9
TH
$
15,800
* $
15,800
*
#Z2638
SA LE
PRIC E
M A N Y
OTHE R
TRUCK S
A V A IL A BL E
S ta rtin g A t
LO W
M ILES
2007 GM C S IE RRA 1500
RE G CA B
LO W
M ILES
#Z2651
$
7,999
* $
7,999
*
S ta rtin g A t
CHE V Y IM P A L A S
L S L T
SA LE
PRIC E
2011 CHE V Y HHR L T
#Z2561,1 O w ner,.....................S TA RTIN G A T
$
14,999
*
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8 6 8 - 4 4 6 9
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Price
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Financing
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$
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-$2,393
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Price
Discount
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Financing
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$
52,995
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-$7,235
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Price
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$
24,168
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-$2,762
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Price
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$
21,462
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MSRP $23,115
-$1,653
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Price
Discount
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1.9%
Financing
Available
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$
23,233
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MSRP $23,965
-$732
Sale
Price
Discount
& Rebate
3.9%
Financing
Available
NEW 2012 GMC TERRAIN
$
26,967
All Wheel Drive,
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MSRP $28,040
-$1,073
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Price
Discount
& Rebate
2.9%
Financing
Available
NEW 2012 GMC CANYON
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$
28,251
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MSRP $31,025
-$2,774
Sale
Price
Discount
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1.9%
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Available
NEW 2012 BUICK ENCLAVE
$
37,709
All Wheel Drive,
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MSRP $40,825
-$3,116
Sale
Price
Discount
& Rebate
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$
14,995
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$
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$
18,900
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$
18,900
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2011 NISSAN ROGUE
AWD
$
21,900
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$
20,900
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$
16,900
Stk# 1797
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16,900
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$
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$
13,995
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$
13,995
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$
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Stk# 1857
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$
19,995
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$
23,900
Stk# 1521
7
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8
3
7
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2011 DODGE
CHALLENGER SE
$
24,995
15K Miles, Black Beauty
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$
25,900
Stk# 1431
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$
29,900
Stk# 1833
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$
36,900
Stk# 1649
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$
34,900
Stk# 1681
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33,900
Stk# 1858
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34,995
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
23,900
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$
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Low maintanence, single
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freplace & vaulted ceiling with
exposed beams, modern, cherry
kitchen. Lower level family room
with kitchenette. Hardwood foors.
All on 1 acre. MLS#12-170
JOE MOORE $257,500
LOWER DEMUNDS RD.,
DALLAS
Like new! This 2,500 sq.ft. home
features new kitchen; 2 1/2 new
baths; new hardwood fooring;
new heating system; new plumb-
ing; newly fnished lower level.
MLS#11-4504
JOE MOORE $229,900
138 ORCHARD EAST,
DALLAS
2 bedroom - 2 bath condo in very
nice condition. Tiled baths. 2 bal-
conies. Nearby 1-car garage. New
vinyl exterior... Assessment paid
by seller/owner. New roof 2005.
New electrical system.
MLS#11-4031
JOE MOORE $109,000
837 Wyoming Ave., Kingston
288-1401
Story by Marianne Tucker Puhalla
Advertising Projects Writer
Set on a 100-by-150 lot with an in-
ground pool, this four-bedroom ranch in
the popular Highland Woods section of
Mountain Top is larger than it looks from
the street and is worth taking the time to
tour. Offering four bedrooms, a vaulted
family room, a recreation room, an
ofce and a three-season sunroom that
overlooks the pool, this home at 3 Village
Green Circle has over 2,000 square feet
of space and is conveniently located just
off Kirby Ave. and only a few minutes
from Wilkes-Barre.
Listed by Jennifer Lynn Winn of ERA
One Source Realty for $149,900, you
can see all it has to of fer at an Open
House today from 2-3:30 p.m.
The exterior is wrapped in white alu-
minum siding with blue shutters, and has
a covered porch that leads inside to the
17-by-12 living room. Here you get your
rst look at the hardwood oors found
throughout much of the main level. The
walls here are a pale green and there is
plenty of natural light thanks to a triple,
front-facing window.
The living room opens to the left to
the 9-by-12 dining room. The hardwood
ooring continues here and accents oral
wallpaper in shades of burgundy and
tan. French doors to the rear open to the
nearby ofce.
Adjacent to the dining room is the eat-
in kitchen that offers oak cabinets topped
by tan speckled laminate countertops
and accented by a white and tan vinyl
oor. A tan tile backsplash has hand-
painted accent tiles. A pantry cabinet
adds to the storage. Appliances include
a stove, refrigerator, trash compactor,
and stainless steel microwave and dish-
washer.
A pocket door opens to the adjacent,
17-by-17 family room. Featuring parquet
hardwood oors and two full walls of
windows with white vertical blinds for
privacy, this room has a vaulted beamed
ceiling and overlooks the rear yard.
Atrium doors to the right open to the
three-season sunroom next door. This 11-
by-12 room also has parquet ooring, two
walls of windows and a door to the multi-
level rear deck that overlooks the pool.
To the right of the living room, the
rst of the homes four bedrooms
measures 12-by-16 and has more of the
hardwood ooring, and two large double
closets. There are mini-blinds on win-
dows facing the front and side.
Bedrooms two and three on this level
each measure 10-by-10 and have hard-
Plenty to Offer at Mountain Top Ranch
Continued
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OPEN HOUSE TODAY, 2-3:30PM
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This Home is in Nice Move in
Condition! It has new cush-
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foor bedroom with double
closets, 1 1/2 baths, fn-
ished room in the basement,
a good sized living room and
dining room, yard and lots
of off street parking. Dont
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$54,900
NEW LISTING
LUZERNE
Porches Galore! This
home features several
quiet porches for you to
relax on. 6 large rooms,
3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths,
comfortable gas heat and
a great location.
Call Pat Today! $69,900
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.5 baths, fnished base-
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NEW LISTING!
LAFLIN
Do you have a Green Thumb?
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features a large living room
and dining room with hard-
wood foors, nice eat in kitch-
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relax on, garage and lots of
parking. Call Jerry Busch Jr.
$89,900
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wood oors and plentiful closet space.
A nearby full bath features a white vanity with two
sinks and is decorated with white wallpaper in a peach
and green oral design. It includes a tan tiled oor and
matching tub and shower surround. A linen closet is
nearby in the hall.
The lower level of the home provides plenty of ad-
ditional space for entertaining. A 12-by-15 recreation
room has light brown carpeting, blue walls and three
ground-level windows. A three-quarter bath on this
level offers a white vanity, white marbled Formica
countertop and blue sink. There is a round berglass
shower.
The homes fourth bedroom is on this level and mea-
sures 12-by-8. It also has brown carpeting, oral print
wallpaper and a double closet.
A laundry/utility room nearby is unnished and
offers plenty of additional storage. A door leads to the
attached two-car garage.
This home has gas baseboard hot water heat, and
public sewer and water utilities.
To get to todays Open House, take Route 309 south
from Wilkes-Barre. At the rst trafc light in Mountain
Top, make a left on Kirby Ave. and a right onto Farm-
house Rd. Turn right onto Village Green Circle and the
house is on the left.
For additional information, or to make a private ap-
pointment to see this affordable home, contact Jennifer
Lynn Winn at ERA One Source Realty at (570) 760-
1622; jzawinn@aol.com.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Ranch
2,088 square feet
BEDROOMS: 4
BATHS: 2
PRICE: $149,900
LOCATION: 3 Village Green Circle, Highland Woods,
Mountain Top
AGENT: Jennifer Lynn Winn
REALTOR: ERA One Source Realty, (570) 760-1622;
jzawinn@aol.com
OPEN HOUSE: Today, 2-3:30 p.m.
Mountain Top
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3 bedroom, 1 bath 2
story in good loca-
tion. Fenced yard
with 2 car detached
garage. Large attic
for storage. Gas
heat. $79,900
Call Ruth Smith
570-696-1195 or
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30 Costello Circle
Fine Line construc-
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bath Colonial. Great
floor plan, master
bedroom, walk in
closet. 2 car
garage, fenced in
yard. 2 driveways,
above ground pool
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MLS 11-3162
$248,500
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570-602-9280
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REDUCED
314 Packer St.
Remodeled 3 bed-
room with 2 baths,
master bedroom
and laundry on 1st
floor. New siding
and shingles. New
kitchen. For more
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MLS 11-3174
$94,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
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BACK MOUNTAIN
Beautiful 5 bed-
room, 2.2 baths &
FANTASTIC Great
Room with built in
bar, private brick
patio, hot tub &
grills! 4 car garage
with loft + attached
2 car garage.
Situated on over 6
acres of privacy
overlooking Francis
Slocum with a great
view of the lake!
Lots of extras & the
kitchen is out of this
world! MLS#12-475
$599,000
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McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
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BACK MOUNTAIN
Between Dallas &
Tunkhannock
Updated well main-
tained 2 story house
with 4 bedrooms, 2
kitchens and 2 story
addition. 1 car
garage. On 2 lots.
Can be furnished for
rental income. Lots
of possibilities. Only
asking $153,000.
ERA BRADY
ASSOCIATES
570-836-3848
BACK MOUNTAIN
Centermorland
529 SR 292 E
For sale by owner
Move-in ready. Well
maintained. 3 - 4
bedrooms. 1 bath.
Appliances includ-
ed. 2.87 acres with
mountain view. For
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go to:
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Tunkhannock.
$275,000. For
appointment, call:
570-310-1552
BEAR CREEK
10+ ACRES
with 2 homes.
Good for primary
home, vacation or
investment. Prop-
erty includes: 10.2
acres (3 separate
parcels) bordering
state game lands
House with master
bedroom suite,
large kitchen,
oversized living
room, family room,
guest bathroom,
oversized deck (24
x 32). Private
Guest House with
living room/kitchen
combo, large bed-
room, bathroom.
Outbuilding for
storage & covered
pavilion.
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570-472-3152
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BEAR CREEK
VILLAGE
333 Beaupland
10-1770
Living room has
awesome woodland
views and you will
enjoy the steam/
sauna. Lake and
tennis rights avail-
able with Associa-
tion optional mem-
bership. Minutes
from the Pocono's
and 2 hours to
Philadelphia or New
York. $259,000
Maria Huggler
CLASSIC PROPERTIES
570-587-7000
COURTDALE
57 White
Rock Terrace
Spacious contem-
porary custom built
home on 6.4 acres
with 4-5 bedrooms
& 3.5 baths. Coun-
try living in town. 3
car garage, heated
in-ground pool, liv-
ing room features
floor to ceiling win-
dows, marble entry-
way with spiral
staircase, spectac-
ular lower level rec
room with wet bar &
gas fireplace. Great
views from 61x9
deck! Home war-
ranty included. All
measurements
approximate.
MLS #11-3971
$ 438,000
Call Debra at
570-714-9251
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DALLAS
143 Nevel Hollow
Road
Great country living
in this 3 bedroom, 2
& 1/2 bath home
with 1 car attached
garage, large enter-
tainment room
lower level. Plus a
30'x30' detached
garage with open
2nd floor ready to
finish & mechanics
pit in one stall.
MLS 11-4124
$195,000
570-675-4400
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DALLAS
20 Fox Hollow Drive
Well maintained
two story with
fully finished lower
level awaits its
new family. 4-6
bedroom, 3.5 bath,
2 fireplaces. One
year home warranty
included. Wonderful
neighborhood.
$270,000
MLS #11-3504
Call Tracy Zarola
570-696-0723
DALLAS
244 Overbrook Rd.
Great starter home
- move-in condition
3 bedroom. All
appliances included.
Rear Deck with
Mountain View.
MLS 12-234
$109,000
570-675-4400
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DALLAS
3 bedroom brick
Cape Cod, with 2
baths, on a corner
lot near
Dallas Schools,
with easy access
to shopping.
MLS# 12-12
$125,000
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
DALLAS
51 LACKAWANNA AVE.
Well maintained 3
bedroom home loc-
ated on quiet street.
Fenced yard with
above ground pool,
carport, hardwood
floors & partially fin-
ished basement.
See Zillow.com for
photos.
Asking $96,000
Call 570-239-3099
DALLAS
Charming 2 bed-
room Cape Cod in
Franklin Township.
L-shaped living
room with hard-
wood floors, eat in
kitchen & private
driveway.
$119,900
MLS#11-3255
Call Joe moore
570-288-1401
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DALLAS
Fantastic country
home on 2.5 acres
on a very private
road with a 32 x
48 barn and 2 car
& 1 car detached
garages. Very
charming home
with a family room
& fireplace, and a
library or office.
The barn was used
for horses a few
years ago and, with
proper zoning, may
be used as
such again.
MLS# 12-468
$289,000
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
DALLAS
Four bedroom
Colonial with hard-
wood floors in for-
mal dining and living
room. Modern eat
in kitchen, finished
basement with 24
x 30 recreation
room. Deck, hot tub
and ceiling fans.
MLS#11-4504
$229,900
Call Joe Moore
570-288-1401
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DALLAS
GREENBRIAR
Well maintained
ranch style condo
features living room
with cathedral ceil-
ing, oak kitchen,
dining room with
vaulted ceiling, 2
bedrooms and 2 3/4
baths, master bed-
room with walk in
closet. HOA fees
included. $1,000 per
month + utilities.
MLS#11-4063.
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570-696-5422
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HUGE REDUCTION
248 Overbrook Rd.
Lovely 4 bedroom
cape cod situated
in a private setting
on a large lot.
Vaulted ceiling in
dining room, large
walk in closet in 1
bedroom on 2nd
floor. Some
replacement win-
dows. Call Today!
MLS 11-2733
$114,900
Jay A. Crossin
Extension 23
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570-288-0770
DALLAS
Just minutes from
309 this Bi-level is
ideally located near
shopping, schools
and major high-
ways. Complete
with an oak kitchen
with dining area
leading to deck, 3
bedrooms and bath
on the main level
plus L shaped family
room, 4th bedroom,
power room & stor-
age/ laundry area it
awaits its new own-
ers. It offers a spa-
cious rear yard, an
enclosed patio and
has dual access
from 2 streets.
$ 129,900.
Ann Marie Chopick
570-760-6769
570-288-6654
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NEWBERRY ESTATE
ORCHARD EAST
Two bedroom
condo, 2nd floor.
Living/dining room
combination. 1,200
square feet of easy
living. Two bal-
conies, one car
garage nearby.
Security system,
cedar closet, use of
in ground pool.
$109,000
MLS#11-4031
Call Joe Moore
570-288-1401
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DALLAS
SCHOOL DISTRICT
100% Financing
Wooded and private
Bi-Level. This home
features 1 car
garage, 3 bed-
rooms, 1 3/4 bath &
nice updates. plenty
of room on your pri-
vate 2 acre lot.
100% USDA financ-
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details. REDUCED
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Call Cindy King
570-690-2689
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Step out of your
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backyard with 2
tiered patio. This 3
bedroom country
setting on over
1 acre of land also
features 2 car
detached garage
with loft.
$230,000
MLS 11-3657
Barbara Young
Call 570-466-6940
COLDWELL BANKER
RUNDLE REAL ESTATE
570-474-2340
Ext. 55
DALLAS
Lush setting on
almost 5 acres with
magnificent stone
walls and fish pond!
This 4400SF home/
offices is in need of
TLC & lots of work.
Living room with oak
walls & coffered oak
ceiling, family room
with large wood
burning fireplace.
Large master suite
with master bath.
Four bedrooms with
three full baths and
two half baths.
Owners had offices
& storage adjacent
to house included in
the 4400SF. Large
two-car garage and
separate out-build-
ing. MLS#11-1628
REDUCED TO
$239,000
Maribeth Jones
570-696-6565
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DRUMS
263 Trapper
Springs
Beautiful setting on
a corner lot in
Beech Mt resorts
area. 3 bedroom, 2
1/2 bath home has
plenty of extra
space in the finished
basement which
includes washer
dryer hookup, fire-
place, walk out
patio. The 1st floor
master bedroom
has large master
bath with jacuzzi
tub. Breakfast nook
with lots of win-
dows, a partial wrap
around deck and
another deck off the
dining room or fami-
ly room, living room
also has a fireplace.
$179,900. 11-1243
Call Louise Gresh
570-233-8252
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DRUMS
35 Sand Springs Dr
Exceptional quality
home with many
upgrades on level
lot with mature land-
scaping, covered
stone patio, a shed/
playhouse & jungle
gym. 4 bedroom, 2
1/2 bath, study on
1st floor, 2 story
open foyer, kitchen
with island & break-
fast nook open to
family room with
fireplace, formal liv-
ing room & dining
room, all appliances
stay including wash-
er & dryer, laundry
on 2nd floor. Lots of
closet space.
$269,000
Louise Gresh
570-233-8252
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Practically new
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Estates. Just a few
minutes from Rts.
80 & 81. This home
features tile floors
thruout the spa-
cious living area.
Green area behind
the property and no
building lots on one
side makes for a
beautiful country
setting with the con-
veniences of public
water & sewer. Spa-
cious back yard with
walk-in access to
basement. 2 decks
& a covered patio.
MLS 12-162
$237,000
Chris Jones
570-696-6558
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Superb two story
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Offered at $169,500
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125 McAlpine St
Ideal starter is this
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large lot and 1.5 car
garage. Plenty of off
street parking, in
solid neighborhood.
MLS 11-4313
PRICE REDUCED
$79,000
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570-650-4169
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548 ADAMS ST.
Charming, well
maintained 3 bed-
room, 1 bath home
located on a quiet
street near Blue-
berry Hills develop-
ment. Features
modern kitchen
with breakfast bar,
formal dining room,
family room with
gas stove, hard-
wood floors in bed-
rooms, deck,
fenced yard and
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$107,500
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MLS 11-3983
$64,900
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PITTSTON
Pristine gem! Totally renovated from studs
up. 2BR, 1.5 bath, HW foors, 2 car garage,
private patio, new eat-in kitchen. Bonus room
on 3rd foor! MLS# 12-401
$134,900
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DURYEA
REDUCED
619 Foote Ave.
Fabulous Ranch
home with 3 bed-
rooms, 2 baths,
ultra modern
kitchen with granite
counters, heated
tile floor and stain-
less appliances.
Dining room has
Brazilian cherry
floors, huge yard,
garage and large
yard. Partially fin-
ished lower level. If
youre looking for a
Ranch, dont miss
this one. For more
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visit: www.atlas
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MLS 11-4079
$154,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
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DURYEA REDUCED!
38 Huckleberry Ln
Blueberry Hills
4 bedrooms, 2.5
baths, family room
with fireplace, 2 car
garage, large yard.
Master bath with
separate jetted tub,
kitchen with stain-
less steel appli-
ances and island,
lighted deck. For
more info and pho-
tos visit: www.atlas
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MLS 11-3071
$315,000
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
EXETER
44 Orchard St.
3 bedroom, 1.5
bath single,
modern kitchen
with appliances,
sunroom, hard-
wood floors on
1st and 2nd
floor. Gas heat,
large yard, OSP.
For more info
and photos visit:
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MLS 11-1866
$137,999
Call Lu-Ann
570-602-9280
S
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L
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EXETER
Nice size four
bedroom home with
some hardwood
floors, large eat in
kitchen with break-
fast bar. 2 car
garage & partially
fenced yard. Close
to everything!
$92,900
MLS# 11-1977
Call Christine
Kutz
570-332-8832
EXETER
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday
12pm-5pm
362 Susquehanna
Ave
Completely remod-
eled, spectacular,
2 story Victorian
home, with 3 bed-
rooms, 1.5 baths,
new rear deck, full
front porch, tiled
baths and kitchen,
granite counter-
tops, all Cherry
hardwood floors
throughout, all new
stainless steel
appliances and
lighting, new oil fur-
nace, washer dryer
in first floor bath.
Great neighbor-
hood, nice yard.
$174,900 (30 year
loan, $8,750 down,
$887/month, 30
years @ 4.5%)
100% OWNER
FINANCING
AVAILABLE
Call Bob at
570-654-1490
906 Homes for Sale
EXETER REDUCED
128 JEAN ST.
Nice bi-level home
on quiet street.
Updated exterior.
Large family room,
extra deep lot. 2
car garage,
enclosed rear
porch and covered
patio. For more
information and
photos visit: www.
atlasrealtyinc.com
MLS 11-2850
$179,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
EXETER
REDUCED
908 Primrose Court
Move right into this
newer 3 bedroom,
1.5 bath Townhome
with many
upgrades including
hardwood floors
throughout and tiled
bathrooms. Lovely
oak cabinets in the
kitchen, central air,
fenced in yard, nice
quiet neighborhood.
MLS 11-2446
$119,900
Call Don Crossin
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-287-0770
FORTY-FORT
167 Slocum St
Completely renovat-
ed 3 bedroom, 1 1/2
bath. New high effi-
ciency gas warm air
furnace with central
a/c. All new plumb-
ing & wiring. New
siding, windows,
doors, roof, insula-
tion, carpeting, dry-
wall & tile. New
kitchen with stain-
less stove, fridge &
dishwasher. New
baths. 1st floor
washer/dryer hook-
up. 50x150 lot.
$139,900.
Call 570-954-8825
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HANOVER
TOWNSHIP
171 Boland Avenue
Motivated seller!
Well kept starter
home with nice size
rooms, 2nd floor
replacement win-
dows and great
yard with possible
off street parking
from alley access.
MLS 11-3043
$59,900
570-675-4400
HANOVER TOWNSHIP
235 Pfouts Street
Well cared for 1/2
double with gas
heat, modern
kitchen, 1st floor full
bath & laundry area.
Fenced yard,
detached garage,
front porch, back
yard patio & newer
roof. MLS 11-3436
REDUCED
$42,000
Call Florence
570-715-7737
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-474-6307
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HANOVER TWP.
10 Lyndwood Ave
3 Bedroom 1.5 bath
ranch with new win-
dows hardwood
floors finished base-
ment 2 car garage
and a finished base-
ment. MLS 11-3610
$139,900
Call Pat Guesto
570-793-4055
CENTURY 21
SIGNATURE
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570-675-5100
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HANOVER TWP.
12 Spring St.
Enjoy the nice yard
in this 2 bedroom
home in Newtown.
Double lot with off
street parking, 2
year old furnace,
nicely maintained.
Lots of possibilities.
Great value for
the price.
MLS 11-4488
$39,900
Call Connie
EILEEN R.
MELONE REAL
ESTATE
570-821-7022
HANOVER TWP.
146-148 Regal St
Newer kitchens
Large baths
Tenant occupied
3 bedroom each
side.
Call for appointment
$74,900
MLS# 10-4598
Call Vieve Zaroda
(570) 474-6307
Ext. 2772
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-474-6307
HANOVER TWP.
20 Dexter St.,
Nice starter
home with shed -
M MOVE OVE-I -IN N R READY EADY! !
3 bedroom. Fenced
yard. Security sys-
tem. Roof 2006.
Hanover Area
Schools. This home
would be eligible for
the LUZERNE COUNTY
GROWING
HOMEOWNERS
INITIATIVE. Seller will
help with closing
cost expenses.
MONTHLY PAYMENT
$191 ON A 30 YEAR
MORTGAGE- HOW CAN
YOU BEAT THAT?
MLS #11-3023
$39,000
Call Tracy Zarola
570-696-0723
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HANOVER TWP.
20 Knox Street
Two homes, front &
rear, on 1 lot. One
car garage, patio.
Front home has 3
bedrooms, huge
kitchen, lots of
storage and a
workshop in the
basement; Rear
home features new
kitchen, 2 bed-
rooms and good
storage space.
Call for appointment
$78,900
MLS# 10-4597
Call Vieve Zaroda
(570) 474-6307
Ext. 2772
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-474-6307
HANOVER TWP.
285 Lyndwood Ave.
Brick 3 bedroom
Ranch with full fin-
ished basement.
Home features
large modern
kitchen, 3 nice size
bedrooms, all with
closets, hall coat
closet, w/w, mod-
ern bath, ceiling
fans, fenced yard.
Private driveway,
newer furnace.
Assessed value and
taxes recently
reduced!
MLS 12-222
$89,900
Patricia Lunski
570-814-6671
Antonik &
Associates, Inc.
570-735-7494
HANOVER TWP.
476 Wyoming St.
Nice 3 bedroom
single home. Gas
heat. Convenient
location. To settle
estate. Reduced to
$34,900
Call Jim for details
Towne & Country
Real Estate Co.
570-735-8932 or
570-542-5708
906 Homes for Sale
HANOVER TWP.
577 Nanticoke St.
Well maintained 3
bedroom, 2 story
home in quiet
neighborhood. This
home features an
enclosed patio with
hot tub, enclosed
front porch, walk up
floored attic with
electric. 2 coal
stoves and much
more. All measure-
ments approximate.
MLS 10-4645.
$80,900
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-287-0770
HANOVER TWP.
94 Ferry Road
Nice vinyl sided 2
story situated on a
great corner fenced
lot in Hanover Twp.
2 bedrooms, 2
modern baths,
additional finished
space in basement
for 2 more bed-
rooms or office/
playrooms.
Attached 2 car
garage connected
by a 9x20 breeze-
way which could be
a great entertaining
area! Above ground
pool, gas fireplace,
gas heat, newer
roof and All Dri
system installed in
basement. MLS #11-
626. $119,900
Mark R. Mason
570-331-0982
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
HANOVER TWP.
95 Pulaski St.
Large home on nice
sized lot. Newer
windows, walk up
attic. 3 bedrooms,
nice room sizes,
walk out basement.
Great price you
could move right in.
For more info and
photos visit: www.
atlasrealtyinc.com
MLS 11-4554
$39,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
Shopping for a
new apartment?
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HANOVER TWP.
Double block with
both sides having
nice secluded yards
and decks. Close to
area schools. Wood
floors just redone on
owners side. Won-
derful opportunity to
live in one side and
rent the other side
to help pay your
mortgage!
MLS#11-4537
$65,000
CALL
CHRISTINE KUTZ
570-322-8832
HANOVER TWP.
Enjoy nature in
charming 2 bed-
room, 1 bath raised
ranch home in quiet
setting on Pine Run
Road, Laurel Run.
Close to everything.
Single car attached
garage, 3 season
sunroom, economi-
cal propane heat,
central air, base-
ment with fireplace.
New carpeting and
flooring, freshly
painted, Hanover
Area School Dis-
trict.
Ready to move in!
$125,000.
Call 570-474-5540
HANOVER TWP.
REDUCED
5 Raymond Drive
Practically new 8
year old Bi-level
with 4 bedrooms, 1
and 3/4 baths,
garage, fenced
yard, private dead
end street. For
more info and pho-
tos visit: www.
atlasrealtyinc.com
MLS 11-3422
$175,000
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
906 Homes for Sale
HANOVER
TOWNSHIP
Very well main-
tained 2-story home
with 6 rooms, 3
bedrooms, large
eat-in kitchen and
1.5 baths. This home
also has a first floor
laundry room, duct-
less air conditioner,
gas steam heat and
a fenced yard. This
is a beauty! Make an
appointment today!
MLS#11-4433
$79,900
Karen Altavilla
570-283-09100
ext 28
HARDING
2032 ROUTE 92
Great Ranch home
surrounded by
nature with view of
the river and extra
lot on the river.
Large living room
and kitchen remod-
eled and ready to
move in. Full unfin-
ished basement, off
street parking.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-79
$78,900
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
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HUGHESTOWN
REDUCED
189 Rock St.
Spacious home with
4 bedrooms and
large rooms. Nice
old woodwork,
staircase, etc. Extra
lot for parking off
Kenley St.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 11-3404
$99,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
JENKINS TWP
1252 Main St.
3 Bedrooms,
1 Bath, Finished
Walk-Out
Basement, Single
Car Garage
Nice corner lot
$59,500
Call Vince
570-332-8792
JENKINS TWP.
2 W. Sunrise Drive
PRICED TO SELL!
This 4 bedroom has
2 car garage with
extra driveway,
central air, veranda
over garage, recre-
ation room with
fireplace and wet
bar. Sunroom
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-296
$199,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
JENKINS TWP.
4 Orchard St.
3 bedroom starter
home with 1 bath on
quiet street.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-254
$69,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
906 Homes for Sale
JENKINS TWP.
4 Widener Drive
A must see home!
You absolutely must
see the interior of
this home. Start by
looking at the pho-
tos on line. Fantas-
tic kitchen with
hickory cabinets,
granite counters,
stainless steel
appliances and tile
floor. Fabulous
master bathroom
with champagne
tub and glass
shower, walk in
closet. 4 car
garage, upper
garage is partially
finished. The list
goes on and on. For
more info and pho-
tos visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 12-210
$389,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
KINGSTON
171 Third Ave
So close to so
much, traditionally
appointed 3 bed-
room, 3 bath town-
home with warm
tones & wall to wall
cleanliness. Modern
kitchen with lots of
cabinets & plenty of
closet space thru-
out, enjoy the priva-
cy of deck & patio
with fenced yard.
MLS 11-2841
$123,000
Call Arlene Warunek
570-650-4169
Smith Hourigan
Group
(570) 696-1195
KINGSTON
220 Wright Ave
Modern 3 bedroom
rancher. Woodburn-
ing fireplace in living
room. Gas heat.
Central air condi-
tioning. Aluminum
siding. Newer roof.
Nice yard. Extras.
(FHA financing:
$3,322 down, $542
month, 4.25% inter-
est, 30 years.) Sell-
er willing to assist
with buyer's closing
costs, up to 6% of
purchase price!
MLS 11-4225
$94,900
Bob Kopec
HUMFORD REALTY
570-822-5126
Kingston
3 bedroom bi-level
with two modern,
full baths & one 3/4
bath. Living room
with fireplace and
skylights, built in
china cabinets in
dining room. Lower
level family room
with fireplace and
wet bar. Large
foyer with fireplace.
MLS#11-3064
$289,500
Call Joe Moore
570-288-1401
KINGSTON
38 W. Walnut St.
Charming 4/5 bed-
room with 1.5
baths. Beautifully
appointed kitchen
w/granite counter
tops, cherry cabi-
nets and hardwood
floors. Gas fireplace
in living room, lead-
ed glass windows
in living room and
dining room. Nice
back deck, 2 car
garage and 4 sea-
son front porch.
MLS 11-4103
$179,900
Jay A. Crossin
EXT. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
KINGSTON
431 Chestnut Ave.
Charming 2 story
single family home
with upgrades,
including new
kitchen cabinets,
furnace, hot water
heater, 200 amp
electric, 2 car
detached garage.
Walk up attic for
additional storage
space. MLS 11-4106
$129,900
Jay A. Crossin
EXT 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
906 Homes for Sale
KINGSTON
794 Woodland Drive
Deceptively spa-
cious. Very well
kept. Quiet location.
Move in condition.
Attractive neighbor-
ing properties. Mod-
est taxes. Newish
furnace and roofing.
Nicely fenced yard.
$129,900. 11-4547
Call Dale Williams
FIVE MOUNTAINS
REALTY
570-256-3343
KINGSTON
799 Floralon Drive
New Listing
Split level, 3 bed-
rooms, 1 baths,
partially finished
family room, gas
heat, air, enclosed
rear porch, att-
ached garage. Fam-
ily neighborhood.
12-97 $120,000
Go To The Top...
CALL JANE KOPP!
JANE KOPP
REAL ESTATE
570-288-7481
KINGSTON
806 Nandy Drive
Unique 3 bedroom
home perfect for
entertaining! Living
room with fireplace
and skylights. Din-
ing room with built-
in china cabinets.
Lower level family
room with fireplace
and wetbar. Private
rear yard within-
ground pool and
multiple decks.
MLS#11-3064
Call Joe Moore
570-288-1401
KINGSTON
A Classy Move-in
Ready 5 bed-
room, with recent
updates including
flooring, bathroom,
recessed lighting &
many new widows.
Woodburner on
brick hearth, eat in
kitchen, formal
dining room. Good
room sizes, fenced
yard, patio, private
driveway, walking
distance to park,
shopping, public
transportation,
restaurants, etc.
MLS #11-4283
$132,900.
Call Pat today @
CENTURY 21 SMITH
HOURIGAN GROUP
570-287-1196
KINGSTON
BUTLER ST.
Large double, great
older home with all
modern updates.
Pantry, kitchen, liv-
ing room, formal
dining room, 3 bed-
rooms, 2.5 baths,
Collect $1300 rent
from other side.
$195,000
570-288-4203
Collect cash, not dust!
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basement, garage
or attic and call the
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829-7130!
KINGSTON
MOTIVATED SELLER
76 N. Dawes Ave.
Use your income
tax rebate for a
downpayment on
this great home
with modern
kitchen with granite
counters, 2 large
bedrooms,
attached garage,
full basement could
be finished, sun
porch overlooks
great semi private
yard. A great house
in a great location!
Come see it!
. For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
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MLS 12-41
$119,900
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
906 Homes for Sale
KINGSTON
OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY
1-4
108 Lathrop St.
Completely
remodeled, spa-
cious 4-5 bed-
room, 2 1/2 bath
home with tons of
original character.
Desirable
Kingston neigh-
borhood. Hard-
woods through-
out, 2 zone cen-
tral air, 2 gas fire-
places, finished
basement, new
vinyl fence. Crown
molding, ample
storage, many
built-ins.
A must see!
$275,000
Call for
appointment
570-417-6059
KINGSTON REDUCED!!
177 Third Ave.
Neat as a pin! 3
bedroom, 2.5
baths, end unit
townhome with nice
fenced yard. Bright
Spacious kitchen,
main level family
room, deck w/
retractable awning.
Gas heat/central
air, pull down attic
for storage and 1
car garage. Very
affordable town-
home in great cen-
tral location!
MLS 11-1282
$134,500
Mark R. Mason
570-331-0982
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
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KINGSTON
Spacious 4 bed-
room, 2 bath Brick
Cape Cod with
oversized 2 car
garage with loft for
storage.
MLS#11-4162
$179,900
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
KINGSTON TWP
573 Carverton Rd
Privacy & serenity!
This 40 acre estate
features living room
with fireplace &
hardwood floor;
family room with
vaulted ceiling &
fireplace; 1st floor
master bedroom &
bath with jetted tub
& stall shower; pan-
elled den; dining
room with stone
floor & skylight; 3
additional bedrooms
& 2 baths. Central
Air, 3 outbuildings.
$725,000.
MLS 11-4056
Call Nancy Judd
Joe Moore
570-288-1401
LAFLIN
210 Beechwood Dr
Rare brick & vinyl
tri-level featuring 8
rooms, 4 bed-
rooms, 1.5 baths,
family room with
fireplace, rear
patio, sprinkler
system, alarm sys-
tem & central air.
MLS#11-2819
$199,000
CALL DONNA
570-613-9080
LAFLIN
Lovely brick ranch
home in great
development. 2
bedrooms, 2.5
baths. All hardwood
floors, brand new
roof. 2 family rooms
suitable for mini
apartment. 1st floor
laundry, sunroom,
central air, alarm
system, 1 car
garage. Very good
condition. 11-2437
$200,000
Call Nancy Answini
570-237-5999
JOSEPH P. GILROY
REAL ESTATE
570-288-1444
906 Homes for Sale
LAKE TOWNSHIP
Reduced to
$149,900.
Owner Says Sell!
Very nice 3 bed-
room, 2 bath dou-
blewide on 2 acres
with detached 2 car
garage. Thermal
windows, wood
burning fireplace in
TV room, walk-in
closet, full base-
ment, front and rear
decks.
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
LARKSVILLE
12 First St.
Very well kept
home in a nice
neighborhood. New
kitchen with Corian
counter tops. Newly
painted rooms.
MLS 12-267
$85,000
Charles J.
Prohaska
EXT 35
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
LUZERNE
459 Bennett St.
Very nice 5 bed-
room, 2 story home
in nice area of
Luzerne. Off street
parking for 4 cars.
1st floor master
bedroom & laundry.
Replacement win-
dows on 2nd floor.
5 year young full
bath. Modern
kitchen w/breakfast
bar, oak cabinets.
Basement always
DRY! All measure-
ments approximate
MLS11-3745
$122,900
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
MOUNTAIN TOP
21 Forest Road
Fairview Heights
ranch featuring 3
spacious bedrooms,
1 1/2 baths, fire-
place, 1st floor laun-
dry, floored attic
with walk-in cedar
closet, 2 car
attached garage.
Newer roof, fur-
nace, water heater
and more! Sellers
are licensed real
estate agents.
MLS 11-3419
$169,000
Tony Desiderio
570-715-7734
Century 21 Smith
Hourigan Group
570-474-6307
MOUNTAIN TOP
215 Patriot Circle
Townhouse. Very
good condition. 3
bedroom, 1 bath,
living room with gas
fireplace and hard-
wood floors. Kitchen
offers new stainless
steel appliances, tile
floor, laundry area,
dining room with
built in corner cabi-
nets. MLS 12-238
$124,900
James Banos
Realtor Associate
COLDWELL
BANKER RUNDLE
REAL ESTATE
570-991-1883
Looking to buy a
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MOUNTAIN TOP
3071 Ablerdeen Rd
OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY 2/26
1PM TO 3 PM
Immaculate 4 bed-
room, 2 bath home
on 1 acre. Beautiful-
ly landscaped. In-
ground pool with
solar heat. Custom
Cherry cabinets.
Hardwood floors.
Family room with
gas fireplace. 1 mile
to golf course.
MLS 11-1483
$210,000
Linda Cuono
570-715-7743
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-474-6307
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MOUNTAIN TOP
803 Aspen Drive
Brand new carpet in
lower level family
room! Hardwood on
1st floor dining
room, living room,
bedrooms & hall!
Large rear deck.
Master bedroom
opens to deck! Pri-
vate rear yard!
Basement door
opens to garage.
MLS #11-2282
$192,000
Jim Graham at
570-715-9323
MOUNTAIN TOP
Meticulously main-
tained ranch home
in convenient Moun-
tain Top location.
Features include 3
bedrooms, 2.5
baths, charming
foyer entrance,
bright & beautiful liv-
ing room, dining
room opens to mod-
ern eat-in kitchen,
new sun room addi-
tion, large family
room, manicured
lawn with beautiful
hardscape in front.
Large shed, large
unfinished base-
ment with half bath.
MLS#11-3607
$159,900
Chris Jones
570-696-6558
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MOUNTAINTOP
29 Valley View Dr.
MOTIVATED SELLER
Raised ranch on
corner lot. Spacious
two car garage.
Modern kitchen &
bath, tile floors.
Energy efficient
Ceramic Heat.
MLS#11-2500
$174,900
Call Julio Caprari:
570-592-3966
MOUNTAINTOP
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP
4 bedroom ranch,
hardwood floors,
1.5 bathrooms, for-
mal dining & living
rooms, finished
basement family
room with dry bar,
exercise room, &
workshop. Two car
garage. MLS# 12-5
$161,200
Call Vieve
570-239-6236,
ext. 2772,
MOUNTAIN TOP
130 CHURCH ROAD
The feel of a true
colonial home with
double entry doors
off the foyer into the
living room and din-
ing room. Spacious
kitchen breakfast
area, family room
leading to a fenced
rear yard. 3-season
room with cathedral
ceiling. Hardwood
floors, fireplace,
recently remodeled
2.5 bath and 2-car
garage. Located on
3.77 acres, all the
privacy of country
living yet conve-
niently located.
MLS#12-165
PRICE REDUCED
$183,900
Jill Jones 696-6550
NANITCOKE
3 bedroom, 1 bath.
Nice opportunity for
a starter home or
investment proper-
ty. Needs work, but
columns, moldings,
and leaded glass
windows are intact.
MLS #12-133
$42,000
CALL CHRISTINE
KUTZ
570-332-8832
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BUY OR LEASE
3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath
Units with Bonus Room,
Loft &Garage
2-3 Bedroom, 2 bath
Condos Also Available
Virtually Maintenance
Free with Aordable Fees
Pool, Clubhouse, Fitness
Room, Basketball, Fish-
ing Pond on site and more!
Tennis coming soon!
(570) 881-3946
or
(570) 690-6632
yalickfarms.com
Located on Memorial Highway at the
Intersection of Routes 415 & 118,
Dallas Township
Lease Starting at $1,800/mo.
MINERS MILLS
YOU CANT AFFORD NOT TO SEE
THIS HOUSE!!! Four bedrooms, off
street parking, large lot, old garage.
Brand new kitchen, bath, gas
furnace and chimney, gas stove, and
new water interior water lines. You
could possibly qualify for a Rehab
loan. All this and a quiet, convenient
location. Call Nancy Answini.
$59,000
CALLNANCYANSWINI FORYOURAPPOINTMENT 824-2182
288-1444
230 Wyoming Ave., Suite 5
Kingston, PA 18704
email: gilroyre@yahoo.com
WILKES-BARRE
ELEGANT HOMES, LLC.
51 Sterling Avenue, Dallas PA 18612
(570) 675 9880
www.eleganthomesinc.net
New Construction! $198,900
* Approx 2100 Sq. Ft.
* 2 Car Garage
with Storage Area
* 2 Story Great Room
* Cherry Kitchen
with Granite
* Fenced in Yard
with Patio
* Gas Heat/AC
Directions: From Wyo-
ming Ave. take Pringle
St. to the End, take left on
Grove St. Twins on left -
267 Grove St. Kingston
Luxurious Twins in Kingston
Open House Sundays 1:00-3:00PM
906 Homes for Sale
NANTICOKE
182 Robert Street
Nice single or
duplex. Gas heat.
Detached garage.
This home is high
and dry, and avail-
able for immediate
occupancy. Call
Jim for details.
Affordable @
$104,900
TOWNE &
COUNTRY R.E.
570-735-8932
570-542-5708
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NANTICOKE
203 W. SOUTH ST
Well kept 6 room
brick fRont ranch, 3
bedrooms, modern
kitchen, separate
dining room, 1.5
modern baths, large
fenced level lot with
prIvate drive. all
appliances.
MLS 12-331
$115,900
Call Florence
570-715-7737
Smith Hourigan Group
570-474-6307
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NANTICOKE
414 Grove Street E
Remodeled 2 story
with new oil furnace,
windows, electric
kitchen, bath, door,
flooring, paint. OSP.
Seller will pay 1st
year property tax.
MLS#11-2760
$85,500
Call Al Clemonts
570-371-9381
Smith Hourigan Group
570-714-6119
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Vacation property?
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get started!
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NANTICOKE
Great 3 Bedroom
2 story with lots to
offer. Large oak
kitchen with Corian
counters. Oversized
30 x 30 2 car
garage on a beauti-
fully landscaped
fenced lot with
plenty of rear deck-
ing & above the
ground pool for all
of your outdoor
entertaining.
$117,900
MLS# 12-457
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
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apartment
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NANTICOKE
Raised Ranch in
good condition with
3 bedrooms, mod-
ern bath and gas
heat. Large fenced
yard, rear deck, 1
car garage and off
street parking for 3
more cars. New
roof, windows and
bath. Basement is
partially finished.
MLS 12-130
$99,900
Call Patty Lunski
570-814-6671
ANTONIK &
ASSOCIATES
570-735-7494
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NEWPORT TWP.
Five bedroom
Contemporary has
a vaulted ceiling in
living room with
fireplace.
Hardwood floors in
dining & living
rooms. 1st floor
master bedroom
with walk in closet.
Lower level family
room. Deck,
garage, separate
laundry.
$257,500
MLS#12-170
Call Joe Moore
570-288-1401
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906 Homes for Sale
PITTSTON
10 Garfield St.
Looking for a
Ranch???
Check out this
double wide
with attached 2
car garage on a
permanent foun-
dation. Large
master bedroom
suite with large
living room, fam-
ily room with
fireplace, 2 full
baths, laundry
room, formal
dining room,
vaulted ceilings
throughout and
MORE!
For more info
and photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 10-2463
$89,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
S
O
L
D
PITTSTON
168 Mill St.
Large 3 bedroom
home with 2 full
baths. 7 rooms on
nice lot with above
ground pool. 1 car
garage. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 11-3894
$82,000
Tom Salvaggio
570-262-7716
PITTSTON
175 Oak Street
NEW FURNANCE
3 bedrooms, 1.5
baths, 1st floor
laundry room, 3
season porch,
fenced yard and off
street parking.
MLS#12-721
$89,000
Call Patti
570-328-1752
Liberty Realty
& Appraisal
Services LLC
PITTSTON
20 NEW STREET
NEW, NEW LISTING
Attractive Bi-level
with 2 bedrooms
and room for anoth-
er. 2 full baths, gas
forced air heat,
ventless gas fire-
place & sauna.
Move in condition,
$123,000
MLS 12-193
Barbara Young
Call 570-466-6940
COLDWELL BANKER
RUNDLE REAL ESTATE
570-474-2340
Ext. 55
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PITTSTON
238 S. Main St.
Ten room home
with 4 bedrooms, 2
baths, 2 car
garage, great drive-
way, central air,
large yard. A must
see home!
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-477
$139,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
PITTSTON
A lot of house for
the money. Corner
home with lots of
space. 9 rooms, 2
1/2 baths, a bonus
room of 42 x 24.
This home is conve-
niently located near
major highways, air-
port and shopping.
Two car detached
garage and nice
yard.
$75,500
MLS# 10-4350
Call Michael Nocera
SMITH HOURIGAN
GROUP
570-696-5412
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New Homes
From $275,000-
$595,000
570-474-5574
PITTSTON
Price Reduced! Price Reduced!
168 Elizabeth Street
Sturdy ranch in Ore-
gon Section. 3/4
bedrooms, 2 baths.
Price $89,000.
Call Stephen
570-814-4183
PITTSTON REDUCED
31 Tedrick St.
Very nice 3 bed-
room with 1 bath.
This house was
loved and you can
tell. Come see for
yourself, super
clean home with
nice curb appeal.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 11-3544
Reduced to
$76,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
LINE UP
A GREAT DEAL...
IN CLASSIFIED!
PITTSTON
REDUCED!
95 William St.
1/2 double home
with more square
footage than most
single family
homes. 4 bed-
rooms, 1.5 baths,
ultra modern
kitchen and remod-
eled baths. Super
clean. For more
information and
photos visit
www.atlas
realtyinc. com
MLS 11-2120
$54,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
PITTSTON TWP.
BY OWNER
459 Broad St.
3 bedroom 1 bath
attractive home in
great location,
hardwood floors
100x144 lot
asking $109,900
570.970.0650
jtdproperties.com
PITTSTON TWP.
REDUCED
10 Norman St.
Brick 2 story home
with 4 bedrooms, 3
baths, large family
room with fireplace.
Lower level rec
room, large drive-
way for plenty of
parking. Just off the
by-pass with easy
access to all major
highways. For more
info and photos
visit: www.
atlasrealtyinc.com.
MLS 11-2887
$164,900
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
PITTSTON TWP.
REDUCED
38 Frothingham St.
Four square home
with loads of poten-
tial and needs
updating but is
priced to reflect its
condition. Nice
neighborhood.
Check it out. For
more info and pho-
tos visit: www.
atlasrealtyinc.com
MLS 11-3403
$59,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
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PLAINS
NEW LISTING
3 bedroom Town-
house in Rivermist
with 2.5 bath, 1 car
garage & all new
carpeting & painted
interior throughout!
MLS #11-3153
$178,600
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
PLAINS
1610 Westminster
Road.
DRASTIC PRICE
REDUCTION
Paradise found!
Your own personal
retreat, small pond
in front of yard, pri-
vate setting only
minutes from every-
thing. Log cabin
chalet with 3 bed-
rooms, loft, stone
fireplace, hardwood
floors. Detached
garage with bonus
room. Lots to see.
Watch the snow fall
in your own cabin
in the woods.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 11-319
$279,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
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PLAINS
2 bedroom, 2.5
bath. Luxury 1,950
sq ft end unit
Townhome in
sought after River
Ridge. Gas heat,
A/C, Hardwood &
wall to wall. Mar-
ble tile master bath
with jetted tub &
separate shower.
$189,500
Call 570-285-5119
PLAINS
46-48 Helen St
Well maintained
double block on
quiet street, great
nei ghbor hood.
Perfect home for
you with one side
paying most of
your mortgage, or
would make a
good investment,
with separate utili-
ties & great rents.
Vinyl replacement
windows, vinyl alu-
minum siding, walk
up large attic from
one side, lower
front & rear porch-
es, with two rear
upper enclosed
porches. $119,900
Call Ronnie
570-262-4838
P
E
N
D
I
N
G
PLAINS
63 Clarks Lane
3 story Townhome
with 2 bedrooms, 3
baths, plenty of
storage with 2 car
built in garage.
Modern kitchen and
baths, large room
sizes and deck.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 11-4567
$144,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
PLAINS
REDUCED REDUCED
74 W. Carey St.
Affordable home
with 1 bedroom,
large living room,
stackable washer
& dryer, eat in
kitchen. Yard
with shed.
Low taxes.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 11-4068
$34,900 $34,900
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
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PLYMOUTH
Recently remodeled
single family home
with 1st & 2nd floor
baths, modern
kitchen, large family
room with hard-
wood floors.
$70,000
MLS # 10-4618
Call Michael Nocera
SMITH HOURIGAN
GROUP
570-696-5412
PLYMOUTH
This 4 bedroom 2
story has a full bath
on the 1st floor and
rough in for bath on
2nd floor. An
enclosed side patio
from the kitchen
dinette area & side
drive are a big plus.
MLS 12-553
Only $34,900
Ann Marie Chopick
570-760-6769
570-288-6654
PRINGLE
234 UNION ST
Previously a double
block converted
into one very
roomy, totally
remodeled single
family home. New
carpeting & flooring
throughout. 2
updated full baths,
one in master suite.
Nicely level fenced
yard with very large
deck & patio fort
entertaining. Zoned
commercial.
$131,900
MLS 11-3575
Barbara Young
Call 570-466-6940
COLDWELL BANKER
RUNDLE REAL ESTATE
570-474-2340
Ext. 55
SHAVERTOWN
Well maintained
raised ranch in
Midway Manor.
Good size level
yard with shed.
Large
sunroom/laundry
addition. Lower
level family room
with wood stove.
MLS #11-4178
$163,700 Call
Christrine Kutz
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
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SHAVERTOWN
1195 Sutton Road
Attractive, well-
maintained saltbox
on 2 private acres
boasts fireplaces in
living room, family
room & master
bedroom. Formal
dining room. Large
Florida room with
skylights & wet bar.
Oak kitchen opens
to family room. 4
bedrooms & 3 1/2
baths. Finished
lower level.
Carriage barn
PRICE REDUCED
$425,000
MLS# 10-3394
Call Joe Moore
570-288-1401
SHAVERTOWN
12 Windy Drive
New construction in
the exclusive
Slocum Estates.
Stucco exterior. All
the finest appoint-
ments: office or 5th
bedroom, hard-
wood floors, crown
moldings, 9' ceil-
ings 1st & 2nd floor.
Buy now select
cabinetry & flooring.
MLS #11-1987
$499,000
Call Geri
570-696-0888
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SHAVERTOWN
3 Lehigh St. N
Nice neighborhood
surrounds this
MOVE-IN READY 3
bedroom 2 story.
Wood floors. Built-
in garage. Dallas
School District.
MLS #11-4470
$80,000
Call Tracy Zarola
570-696-0723
SHAVERTOWN
Well maintained
raised ranch in
Midway Manor.
Good size level
yard with shed.
Large
sunroom/laundry
addition. Lower
level family room
with wood stove.
MLS #11-4178
$163,700
Call
Christine Kutz
570-332-8832
SHAVERTOWN
2 Oak Drive
Vacant land ready to
build. One of the last
lots left in this Back
Mountain develop-
ment. (1) one acre
lot. Call for details.
MLS 11-1488
$62,400
Christine Pieczynski
570-696-6565
SHAVERTOWN
A home starts with
location and school
district. Triple A
neighborhood and
Dallas School Dis-
trict. Deceiving look-
ing from the exteri-
or-make an appoint-
ment to see this
3600+/-SF home on
three floors. Lots of
oak on the first floor,
kitchen, moldings,
doors, floors. Sec-
ond floor with 4
bedrooms & bonus
room with skylights
& separate comput-
er area, storage
space and walk-in
closets. Very
appealing! Finished
lower level game
room with bath,
three season room
off kitchen and large
adjacent deck for
entertaining, sepa-
rate office/den on
first floor. Dual heat-
ing and air systems,
public utilities.
MLS#11-4064
$349,900
Maribeth Jones
570-696-6565
SHICKSHINNY
3 bedroom, 2.5 bath
log sided Ranch on
almost 2 acres.
Lower level is 3/4
finished. $210,000
MLS-11-4038
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
Let the Community
Know!
Place your Classified
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570-829-7130
SHICKSHINNY
Great new con-
struction on 2 acres
with 1 year builders
warranty! 2 story
home, 4 bedrooms,
2.5 baths, master
with whirlpool tub,
living room with gas
fireplace, dining
room with tray ceil-
ing, kitchen, break-
fast room & laundry
room. 2 car att-
ached garage, open
porch & rear deck.
$275,000
MLS 11-2453
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
SHICKSHINNY
Very nice Ranch
home with 4 bed-
rooms, 2 full baths,
kitchen, dining room
& living room. Plus
propane fireplace in
living room, french
doors in dining room
and large deck with
a view. $159,900
MLS 12-287
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
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SUGARLOAF
REDUCED!!!!
2 houses. Must sell
together. Each has
its own utilities on
2.5 + acres. 3 car
garage with 3 large
attached rooms.
For Sale By Owner.
$239,900
Call (570) 788-5913
SWEET VALLEY
137 Post Office Rd
Great home on 3
acres with addition-
al 5 acres available.
Mostly level - one
third Wooded. Full
Dry Basement
ready for Finishing.
Central Air & Vac, 2
1/2 Bath with
Whirlpool in the First
Floor Master. Gen-
erator Package for
Emergency Power
Supply. Lg 20 x 12
Shed. MLS 11-3369
$219,500
570-675-4400
SWEET VALLEY
5411 Main Road
Commercial zoned
property on busy
corner. Country
Colonial home with
detached 2 car
garage, with addi-
tional office space
and entrance door.
Perfect property for
home based busi-
ness. Eat in kitchen
with brick gas fire-
place, large dining
room and living
room with coal
stove. Finished
basement with 2
rooms & 1/2 bath.
Old fashioned root
cellar off the
kitchen. Large
paved parking area.
MLS 11-2554
$188,000
570-675-4400
SWEET VALLEY
570 Grassy Pond Rd
Nice country bi-level
on 40 acres with 3
bedrooms, 1.5
baths, kitchen, living
room, family room,
office & laundry
room plus attached
oversized 2 car
garage with work-
shop, rear deck & 3
sheds. Borders
state game lands.
MLS 11-1094.
$319,900
FIVE MOUNTAINS
REALTY
570-542-2141
SWEET VALLEY
66 Post Office Road
Charming ranch on 1
acre lot. Modern
kitchen, living room
with gas fireplace,
lower level finished,
large deck with
above ground pool,
nicely landscaped.
MLS#11-2627
$164,000
Call Geri
570-696-0888
SWEET VALLEY
Nice country bi-level
on 40 acres with 3
bedrooms, 1.5
baths, kitchen, living
room, family room,
office & laundry
room, plus attached
oversized 2 car
garage with work-
shop, rear deck & 3
sheds. $319,900.
MLS-11-1094
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
SWEET VALLEY
Totally remodeled 3
bedroom, 2 bath
home on 1 acre with
large family room on
lower level. property
has small pond an
d joins state game
lands. $141,900
MLS 11-4085
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
SWOYERSVILLE
120 Barber Street
Nice ranch home!
Great neighbor-
hood. MLS#11-3365
$109,000
(570) 885-6731
(570) 288-0770
CROSSIN REAL ESTATE
906 Homes for Sale
SWOYERSVILLE
78 Maltby Ave.
Wonderful family
home in a great
neighborhood. A
large master suite
and family room
addition make this
home a must see!
There is an
inground pool and
attached in-law
suite.
MLS 11-4572
$228,000
Call Kelly
Connolly-Cuba
EXT. 37
Crossin Real
Estate
570-288-0770
SWOYERSVILLE
New Listing!
3 bedrooms, 1 bath
home on double lot.
One car garage,
two 3 season
porches, security
system & attic just
insulated.
MLS #12-31
$90,000.
Call
Christine Kutz
570-332-8832
SWOYERSVILLE
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday
12pm-5pm
52 Barber Street
Beautifully remod-
eled 3 bedroom, 1
bath home in the
heart of the town.
With new carpets,
paint, windows,
doors and a mod-
ern kitchen and
bath. Sale includes
all appliances:
refrigerator, stove,
dishwasher, washer
and dryer. Nice yard
and superb neigh-
borhood. Priced to
sell at $89,900 or
$433.00 per month
(bank rate; 30
years, 4.25%, 20%
down). Owner also
willing to finance
100% of transaction
with a qualified
cosigner
Call Bob at
570-654-1490
TRUCKSVILLE
Well maintained 3
bedroom, 2 bath
double wide in nice
neighborhood.
Many updates.
Landscaped &
fenced yard with
pool, large deck &
koi pond! $99,700
MLS#11-2253
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
TRUCKSVILLE
Well maintained 3
bedroom, 2 bath
double wide in nice
neighborhood.
Many updates.
Landscaped &
fenced yard with
pool, large deck &
koi pond! $99,700
MLS#11-2253
Call Christine
Kutz
570-332-8832
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New Listing. Oppor-
tunity knocking.
Stately 2 story, river
front home located
on Susquehanna
Ave. New heat, new
electrical, 1st floor
studded, 2nd floor
good condition.
Call Donna
Mantione
570-613-9080
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WAPWALLOPEN
359 Pond Hill
Mountain Road
4 bedroom home
features a great
yard with over 2
acres of property.
Situated across
from a playground.
Needs some TLC
but come take a
look, you wouldnt
want to miss out.
There is a pond at
the far end of the
property that is
used by all sur-
rounding neighbors.
This is an estate
and is being sold as
is. No sellers prop-
erty disclosure. Will
entertain offers in
order to settle
estate. MLS 11-962
$64,900
Call Karen
Coldwell Banker
Rundle Real Estate
570-474-2340
WEST PITTSTON
220 Linden St.
Large 2 story
home with 3
bedrooms,
1 3/4 baths.
Detached
garage,
inground pool.
Home needs
work on the fi
rst floor, 2nd is i
n very good
conditi on.
Kitchen cabi-
nets ready to be
reinstalled. For
more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 12-78
$69,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
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313 Race St.
This home needs
someone to rebuild
the former finished
basement and 1st
floor. Being sold as
is. 2nd floor is
move in ready.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-255
$39,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
WEST PITTSTON
REDUCED
18 Atlantic Ave.
Large 2 story home
with 2 baths,
attached garage.
Being sold as-is.
For more info and
photos visit:
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MLS 11-4475
$49,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
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WEST WYOMING
438 Tripp St
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday
12pm-5pm
Completely remod-
eled home with
everything new.
New kitchen, baths,
bedrooms, tile
floors, hardwoods,
granite countertops,
all new stainless
steel appliances,
refrigerator, stove,
microwave, dish-
washer, free stand-
ing shower, tub for
two, huge deck,
large yard, excellent
neighborhood
$154,900 (30 year
loan @ 4.5% with 5%
down; $7,750 down,
$785/month)
100% OWNER
FINANCING
AVAILABLE
Call Bob at
570-654-1490
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WEST WYOMING
550 Johnson St.
Nicely landscaped
corner lot sur-
rounds this brick
front Colonial in
desirable neighbor-
hood. This home
features a spacious
eat in kitchen, 4
bedrooms, 4 baths
including Master
bedroom with mas-
ter bath. 1st floor
laundry and finished
lower level. Enjoy
entertaining under
the covered patio
with hot tub, rear
deck for BBQs and
an above ground
pool. Economical
gas heat only $1224
per yr. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
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MLS 12-157
$254,860
Call Michele
Reap
570-905-2336
WEST WYOMING
Why pay rent when
you can own this 1/2
double? 3 bed-
rooms. Eat in
kitchen. New roof
installed 12/11.
$49,900
MLS# 10-2780
Call Michael Nocera
SMITH HOURIGAN
GROUP
570-696-5412
WEST WYOMING
WHY PAY RENT?
Nice half double
with eat in kitchen,
nice yard, shed and
off street parking.
$49,900
MLS # 11-1910
Call Michael Nocera
SMITH HOURIGAN
GROUP
570-696-5412
WILKES-BARRE
100 Darling St
Nice two bedroom
single, gas heat,
enclosed porch,
fenced yard. Close
to downtown & col-
leges. Affordable at
$39,500. Call
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116 Amber Lane
Very nice Bi-level
home with newer
laminate floors,
vaulted ceiling, 2
large bedrooms.
Finished lower level
with 1/2 bath and
laundry room. Large
family room built in
garage, and wood
pellet stove. No
sign, alarm system.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
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MLS 11-3290
$89,900
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
WILKES-BARRE
1400 North
Washington St
Nice 2 story in need
of some TLC with
low taxes, near the
casino. Roof is 5
years young. Newer
water heater
(installed '09),
replacement win-
dows throughout,
100 AMP electric,
tiled bath, wall-to-
wall carpeting entire
1st floor. $49,900.
11-4455.
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WILKES-BARRE
185 West River St
NEW PRICE
$99,900
Spacious, quality
home, brick two
story with 6 bed-
rooms, 2 1/2 bath, 2
fireplaces, den,
heated sunroom off
living room,
screened porch off
formal dining room,
modern eat-in
kitchen, garage.
Many extras. Sacri-
fice, owner relocat-
ing out of state
MLS 11-2474
JANE KOPP
REAL ESTATE
570-288-7481
WILKES-BARRE
2 Story, 3 bed-
rooms, 1 & 1/2 bath
single family. Large
eat-in kitchen, 1st
floor laundry, hard-
wood floors, newer
furnace & water
heater, 1 car
garage. Off street
parking. Quiet one
way street.
$49,900
MLS 11-4171
Call Jim Banos
Coldwell Banker
Rundle
570-991-1883
WILKES-BARRE
241 Dana Street
Spacious 3 bed-
room, 1.5 baths with
textured ceilings,
updated kitchen, all
appliances including
dishwasher, tiled
bath with whirlpool
tub, 2nd floor laun-
dry room. Replace-
ment windows.
DRASTIC
REDUCTION
$60,000
MLS# 11-88
Call Arlene Warunek
570-650-4169
Smith Hourigan
Group
(570) 696-1195
WILKES-BARRE
285 Blackman St
Great property.
Priced to sell quickly
and in move-in con-
dition! Easy access
to Interstate 81 &
shopping! 11-3215
$36,500
570-675-4400
WILKES-BARRE
298 Lehigh Street
Lovely 2 story with
new roof, furnace,
water heater, new
cabinets and appli-
ances. Whole house
newly insulated.
Nice deck and
fenced-in yard. Call
Chris at 570-885-
0900 for additional
info or to tour.
MLS 11-4505
$82,000
CROSSIN
REAL ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
35 Murray St.
Large well kept 6
bedroom home in
quiet neighborhood.
Off street parking,
good size back
yard. Owner very
motivated to sell.
MLS 10-3668
$77,000
Call Don Crossin
570-288-0770
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WILKES-BARRE
39 W. Chestnut St.
Lots of room in this
single with 3 floors
of living space. 3
bedrooms, 1 bath
with hardwood
floors throughout,
natural woodwork,
all windows have
been replaced,
laundry/pantry off of
kitchen. 4x10 entry
foyer, space for 2
additional bed-
rooms on the 3rd
floor. Roof is new.
MLS 11-325
$69,900
Jay A. Crossin
570-288-0770
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Dallas Charmer 42 Poplar Street, Dallas Township
NEW Roof, windows, heating and A/C, doors, walkway, electrical system, 1st foor hardwood foors, carpeted
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FORTY FORT Excellent location - 5BRs, 4 baths, large lot spa-
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MLS# 11-3790
SUSAN K. 696-0872 $319,900
CLARKS SUMMIT Beautifully appointed home set high off the
road w/6+acres for more privacy yet you are only mins from
downtown C.S. Granite cntrtps, cherry HW frs, cath ceilings,
gourmet Kit, wonderful MSTR Ste & a backyard to die for! Built-
in grill, refrig, etc under a covered patio & in-ground pool! MLS#
12-542 DEB 714-5802 or PEG 714-9247 $790,000
10 DAKOTA DR
DALLAS DAKOTA WOODS - Carefree Condo -Bright & spacious w/3 BRs,
1st fr master, study/library, kit w/granite & upscale appls, 2 car gar.
MLS#11-3208. RHEA 696-6677 $379,000
DIR: Rt 309N to R into Dakota Woods
2305 BROWNING CLOSE, MOOSIC
GLENMAURA Live easy in this fabulous middle unit with custom granite
kitchen, hardwood foors, open foor plan and more. MLS#11-3774
KIM 585-0606 $309,000
Dir: From Montage Mountain Road, turn into Glenmaura Commons, up hill
to last right turn, second building.
4145 LAKEVIEW DRIVE
NORTH LAKE GREAT HOUSE w/ 90ft of lakefront! 3BR, 2.5 bath Cape Cod
w/ Open f plan has extensive views, 1 f Master opens to screened porch
& large deck. MLS# 11-2958
RHEA 570-696-6677 $328,500
Dir: Rt.118W L @ Sheldons Diner - Go 2.5 miles - Turn R @ Davis Trophy - At
stop sign turn R on Lakeview - Property on L.
5 SHERWOOD ROAD
DALLAS Immaculate 4BR 3 bath brick front home in Northwoods. Many
amenities include HW foors in the LR & DR, cherry kitchen w/breakfast
area that opens to deck overlooking a lg yard & gazebo. FR w/gas FP,
moldings, gas heat, C/A & attached 2 car garage. MLS# 11-1193
RHEA 696-6677 $369,000
Dir: Rt 309N to Rt 415, R on 42nd St, R on North Gate (Northwoods) L
on Sherwood.
MOUNTAIN TOP Immaculate 4BR, 3 bath 2 story on 1acre in Deerfeld
Acres. Home features modern kitchen w/granite, stainless steel appli-
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MLS# 12-571 PATTY A. 715-9332 $319,000
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DALLAS This 2 story with stone front affords room for entertaining! It
features 3-4 bdrms, 2 full and 2 half baths. The maple kitchen with granite
foors and counters fows into the dining and breakfast areas. Family rm
and tavern rm feature gas freplace. Offce and frst f laundry add to its
appeal. Many upgrades make this a rare fnd.
JUDY 714-9230 $339,000
BEAR CREEK Custom Designed - New Construction -2 Story w/open
fr plan. 4 BRs, 3.5 baths, ultra kit, formal DR, LR w/FP, oversized
laundry. Hardwood on 1st foor. Many amenities! MLS# 12-353
CLYDETTE 696-0897 $469,000
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MOUNTAINTOP Nice 3BR Ranch in move-in condition.
Hardwood foors throughout except kitchen & bath!
Fenced rear yard. Call Today! MLS#12-513
JIM 715-9323 $132,000
MINERS MILLS Lovely 2BR, 2 bath End Unit Town-
house on a quiet cul-de-sac. Close to the Casino,
shopping & transportation. MLS# 12-520
MIKE D. 714-9236 $139,000
HANOVER TWP. Countrywood Estates Townhouse
w/2BRs, 2.5 baths, fnished basement, sunroom, gas
heat, C/A, 1 car garage. Great location. MLS# 12-573
NANCY PALUMBO 714-9240 $119,900
FORTY FORT Great character in this 3BR, 2 story
with beautiful HW foors. Gorgeous freplace, 2 car
garage & eat-in kitchen. MLS# 11-3867
MIKE D. 714-9236 $110,000
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Lot 1 Woodberry Dr., Mountaintop
Preview this 4BR, 3bath 2 story
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Dir: 309S. to Right on S Main, Right
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DURYEA
Gorgeous home on beautifully landscaped
corner lot in the sought after Blueberry Hills
Development
$329,900 MLS#11-3974
MOUNTAINTOP
Instant equity! classic 7BR 5BA Victorian on 1.5 acres
in Glen Summit, hardwood oors throughout, custom
counters & cabinets, nished basement & attic.
$165,000 MLS#12-552
DURYEA
Great 2 story 3BR 2BA home. Everything has been
updated. New siding, roof, drywall, kitchen &
baths. Large lot with deck, pool. Detached garage
$99,900 MLS#12-580
BLAKESLEE
Like new 3BR modular on a corner lot. Large
master suite, wood stove & decorative columns
in family room. 1.24 acres. circular driveway.
$139,900 MLS#11-1503
PLAINS
Double block 3BR & 1 BA in #19. 2BR & 1BA
bath in #17. One car garage, large eat-in kitchen,
nice sized back yard, beautiful neighborhood
$94,000 MLS#11-2398
MOUNTAINTOP
Lovely family sized home located in Alberdeen
Acres, replace with many amenities; located
near the 7th hole of Blue Ridge Golf Course
$269,000 MLS#11-3813
KINGSTON
Investment or Buyers here you go! Large double
block in good condition, o street parking,
great size back yard & oers plenty more !
$119,900 MLS#11-3774
EDWARDSVILLE
Duplex with original woodwork throughout; marble
bathroom and a large eat-in kitchen with tiled oors.
Each unit has 3BR, 1BA. OSP, corner lot with porch
$76,000 MLS#11-1607
MOUNTAINTOP
Extremely ecient energy saving 2 story home in a
beautiful neighborhood. completely remodeled including
new heat pump which doubles as air conditioner
$219,900 MLS#11-759
HANOVER TWP.
Ranch home in Hanover Hills Development in Hanover
Twp. 3BR, 2BA. Eat-In kitchen, HW oors in bedrooms.
BRAND NEW ROOF! One car attached garage
$105,000 MLS#11-4232
WILKESBARRE
2BR home, gas burning replace, carpet, trek deck with
retractable awning. mounted at screen tv, dining set
and refrigerator included. quiet neighborhood.
$69,000 MLS#12-26
DUPONT
Beautiful brick home with in ground pool.
Home features hardwood oors, replace &
fully nished basement with new kitchen
$175,900 MLS#11-4082
WILKESBARRE
3 Unit Multifamily of Georgetown Wilkesbarre
Township. Recent renovation, laminate oors,
positive cash ow, large lot, 3 stall detached garage
$100,999 MLS#11-473
ASHLEY
Aordable 3BR, 1BA, 2-story home in a quiet
neighborhood. Modern kitchen and bath. Nice
yard, OSP. in Hanover School District
$65,900 MLS#11-3656
WILKESBARRE
Well kept home with a nished attic. Tis home
oers 6BR, 2.5BA, modern eat-in kitchen. Large
yard with an extra lot. Plenty of on and OSP
$63,000 MLS#12-247
PITTSTON
Single family. Can make second oor an apartment.
Has outside access. Great Investment. 2-car garage and
private driveway. sold as is contact us for details
$50,000 MLS#10-4190
MOUNTAINTOP
Beautiful new construction in Crestwood school
district. Home features include hardwood ooring
on rst oor w/ oak stairway & banner.
$299,000 MLS#12-163
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4BR, 2100 SF- Ranch on a corner lot oers comfortable
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ground pool and fully nished basement.
$149,900 MLS#12-389
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Stunning 3BR Bi-Level! LR, DR, eat-in kit, LL FR,
DR, eat-in kit, LL FR/FP! 2 car garage. Paved drive!
Move-in condition. Nice yard and deck.
MLS#12-543 $189,000
4BR, 2 story, 2.5 bath, 6yrs old. C/A, HW in LR,
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Terric 4-5BR 6000SF
home on 1.68acres; LR &
DR; eat-in cherry Kit w/
all appls; 1st r FR w/FP;
MBR Ste; 1st r ofce;
A/C; Rec rm; Pool; 3
garages.
Dir: Rt 315 to Lain
Road, R on Fordham,
home on R.
$430,000
$119,000
Lovely 3BR, 1.1 bath 2
story. LR & DR; modern
eat-in kitchen w/all
appliances, gas heat &
A/C; garage, screened
porch, LL + attic ready to
be nished.
Dir: Wyoming Avenue
to Hoyt St, R on N. Love-
land, home on R.
$157,000
Terric 4BR, 2.2
bath 3900SF home.
1.7acre; HW; eat-in
cherry Kitchen; 1st
oor FP; 2 story
foyer; MBR Suite;
Rec room w/wet
bar; A/C; 2 garages.
$319,900
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If youve reached the top, live there in this stunning 3,900 sq. ft.,
4BR, 4 bath executive home in a great neighborhood. Oers
formal LR, DR, 2 family rms, Florida rm and kitchen any true
chef would adore. Picture perfect condition. COMES W/HOME
WARRANTY. MLS# 11-1005 $349,900
Stunning craftsman-style home cradled on 11+ acres complete w/
pond, stream & rolling meadows in pristine condition. Great room
w/stone FP & warm wood walls is one of the focal points of this
home. Oers modern kitchen, formal DR & FR. Wrap-around
porch overlooks property, recently built 3-car garage w/guest
quarters above, invisible dog fence, and HOMEWARRANTY on
property. MLS#11-1741 $499,000
Dallas
Barbara F. Metcalf
Associate Broker
Lewith & Freeman Real Estate
(570) 696-3801 (570) 696-0883 Direct
metcalf@epix.net
Plenty of TLC is reected in this attractive 2 story 3 BR, 2
bath home in a charming neighborhood. Oers LR & DR
(w/Gleaming HW rs), modern kitchen and LL family
room. MLS#12-35 Only $149,900
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If walls could talk! Nestled on an attractive 1.72-acre lot, you ll nd
this 4 BR, 2.5 BTH historic home built in the early 1800s. Trough-
out the years, the owners have maintained its charm, integrity &
character. Oers formal LR w/FP, DR, library/den, lower level rec
room and workshop. 3-car detached garage has large loft w/1-horse
stall stable. MLS#11-3104 $249,500
Dallas
69 N. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, SHAVERTOWN, PA18708
Come look at a beautiful
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906 Homes for Sale
WILKES-BARRE
527 S. Franklin St.
If youre looking for
a large home with
Victorian charm,
come and see this
4 bedroom with
many great fea-
tures. Cedar closet
in Master bedroom,
enclosed 2nd floor
sun porch, full bath
and bedroom on
3rd floor. Beautiful
woodwork, newer
appliances and
water heater. Addi-
tional fenced side
yard offers may
possibilities.
MLS 11-2495
$125,000
Call Connie
for a look
EILEEN R.
MELONE REAL
ESTATE
570-821-7022
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WILKES-BARRE
54 PENN ST.
SALE BY OWNER
$1500
CLOSING COST CREDIT
Remodeled 2-3
bedroom with eat-in
kitchen & oak cabi-
nets; large dining
room with oak floor-
ing; laundry room on
first floor with 1/2
bath; ceramic tile
master bath with
granite vanity and
walk in linen closet;
extra large master
bedroom; wrap
porch; partially
fenced; concrete
basement; ceiling
fans; stained glass
windows; gas heat;
wood floor attic;
shed; close to mall;
quiet, safe neigh-
borhood. Nice view.
Move in condition, 7
smoke alarms. Low
real estate taxes.
New concrete
driveway. Out of
flood zone.
$86,900.
570-970-8065,
or email
aleta59@msn.com
WILKES-BARRE
60 Saint Clair St
Great 4 bedroom
home with new
kitchen, furnace and
bath. Laundry room
off kitchen. Newer
windows and roof.
Hardwood on first
floor. Off street
parking. Older one
car garage. Walk up
attic. MLS 11-1478
$69,000
Call Nancy Answini
570-237-5999
JOSEPH P. GILROY
REAL ESTATE
570-288-1444
WILKES-BARRE
74 Frederick St
This very nice 2
story, 3 bedroom, 1
bath home has a
large eat in kitchen
for family gather-
ings. A great walk
up attic for storage
and the home is in
move-in condition.
MLS 11-1612
$63,900
Call Karen
Coldwell Banker
Rundle Real Estate
570-474-2340
WILKES-BARRE
Former Blessed
Sacrament Church,
Rectory and paved
parking lot. 4,372
square foot Church
1,332 square foot
Rectory. Parking for
40 vehicles.
Three adjacent lots
for one price.
$160,000
MLS#11-4037
Call Jeff Cook
Realty World
Bank Capital
570-235-1183
WILKES-BARRE
Good starter home
that has been family
owned & maintained
since the 1950s.
Large eat in kitchen,
formal dining room,
& 3 bedrooms.
MLS #12-272
$49,500
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
906 Homes for Sale
WILKES-BARRE
HALF DOUBLE
Move right into this
spacious 3 bed-
room with 2 full
baths. 4th & 5th
bedrooms are pos-
sible in the finished
attic. Hardwood
floors under carpet.
basement is partial-
ly finished. $37,500.
MLS 12-494
Call Al Clemonts
570-371-9381
Smith Hourigan Group
570-714-6119
WILKES-BARRE
Handyman Special
Extra large duplex
with 7 bedrooms, 2
baths, fireplace,
screened porch, full
basement and 2 car
garage on double
lot in Wilkes-Barre
City. $58,000.
ERA BRADY
ASSOCIATES
570-836-3848
WILKES-BARRE
Large well main-
tained gas heated
multi-unit property.
2 apartments, air
conditioned office
suite, 3 car garage
with office area.
Close to General
Hospital. 11-1268
Price reduced to
$165,000
ROTHSTEIN
REALTORS
Call Bernie
888-244-2714
WILKES-BARRE
Large, stately brick
home in Historic Dis-
trict. Large eat-in
kitchen, dining room
2 fireplaces, 5 full
baths & 2 half baths.
Huge master with
office. Large 3rd
floor bedroom. 2
story attic. Custom
woodwork & hard-
wood floors. Leaded
glass, large closets
with built-ins. Needs
some updates. With
large income apt.
with separate
entrance.
Call for
appointment.
ASKING $300,000
Call 570-706-5917
WILKES-BARRE
Lot 39 Mayock St.
9' ceilings through-
out 1st floor, granite
countertops in
kitchen. Very bright.
1st floor master
bedroom & bath.
Not yet assessed.
End unit. Modular
construction.
MLS #10-3180
$179,500
Jim Graham at
570-715-9323
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WILKES-BARRE
Nice 3 bedroom, 1
bath home, with 3
season porch and
detached 1 car
garage. Good
starter home in
well established
neighborhood.
Family owned for
many years.
MLS#11-4464
$65,000
CALL
CHRISTINE KUTZ
570-332-8832
WILKES-BARRE
Nicely remodeled
fully rented Duplex,
near schools, hospi-
tal, parks & bus
route. Separate utili-
ties and off street
parking. MLS 12-
599 $96,500.
CLASSIC
PROPERTIES
570-793-9449
Call Steve Shemo
570-718-4959
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WILKES-BARRE
NOW REDUCED!
191 Andover St.
Lovely single family
3 bedroom home
with lots of space.
Finished 3rd floor,
balcony porch off of
2nd floor bedroom,
gas hot air heat,
central air and
much more.
Must see!
MLS 11-59
$66,000
Jay A. Crossin
570-288-0770
Ext. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
PARSONS
Reduced - $69,900
262 Stucker Ave &
Extra Lot (3rd street
after baseball field)
7 room (3 bed-
rooms), 1 1/2 baths.
Lower Level has
family room and 1
car attached
garage. To settle
Estate. Drastically
reduced. Original
price $119,900, now
reduced $69,900.
10-2472
Call Joe Bruno
570-824-4560
JANE KOPP
REAL ESTATE
570-288-7481
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WILKES-BARRE
Parsons Section
32 Wilson St
No need for flood or
mine subsidence
insurance. 2 story, 3
bedroom, 1 bath
home in a safe,
quiet neighborhood.
Aluminum siding.
Corner, 105x50 lot.
Fenced in yard.
Appraised at
$57,000. Serious
inquiries only. Call
570-826-1458
for appointment
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Place an ad HERE
570-829-7130
WILKES-BARRE
Pine Ridge Estates
Nicely maintained in
move-in condition!
Hardwood floors in
living room, dining
room & family
room. 4 bedrooms,
2 1/2 baths. Securi-
ty system, central
air, gas heat! Nice
room sizes!
Call Jim Graham at
570-715-9323
WILKES-BARRE
Well maintained 2
story home with a
finished lower level
and a gas fireplace.
New carpets and a
walk-up attic, great
for storage.
$65,000
MLS# 11-4529
Call Michael Nocera
SMITH HOURIGAN
GROUP
570-696-5412
WILKES-BARRE
PINE RIDGE ESTATES
1007 Morgan Drive
Beautiful two-story
traditional home
located high & dry in
Pine Ridge Estates,
one of Wilkes-
Barres newest
developments. Fea-
tures 4 bedrooms,
2.5 baths, master
suite with walk-in
closet, 9 ceilings
and hardwoods on
1st floor, family room
with gas fireplace,
two-car garage and
deck. MLS#11-3479
$229,900
Karen Ryan
570-283-9100 x14
WYOMING
1702 W. Eighth St.
1 story Ranch with
100x200 lot, paved
driveway, new
energy star
replacement win-
dows. Excellent
starter home. For
more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 11-2912
NEW PRICE
$84, 500
Fred Mecadon
570-817-5792
906 Homes for Sale
WYOMING
2 story, 3 bedroom
home with spacious
room sizes on a
very large lot in
Wyoming.
Oversized garage
with loft & ample off
street parking
$128,500
MLS# 12-397
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
WYOMING
768 Lewis Road
Dallas school dis-
trict - Lovely cedar
sided ranch home
on 2.7 acres with
gorgeous setting
overlooking pond.
Heated in ground
pool, 2 car garage,
plus one car garage
with workshop, cen-
tral A/C, finished
basement. Loft area
overlooking 2 story
living room, hot tub.
$5,000.00 carpet
allowance. 10-3570
$275,000
Call Nancy Answini
570-237-5999
JOSEPH P. GILROY
REAL ESTATE
570-288-1444
YATESVILLE
PRICE REDUCED
12 Reid st.
Spacious Bi-level
home in semi-pri-
vate location with
private back yard. 3
season room. Gas
fireplace in lower
level family room. 4
bedrooms, garage.
For more informtion
and photos visit
wwww.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 10-4740
$149,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
VM 101
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909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
AVOCA
25 St. Marys St.
3,443 sq. ft.
masonry commer-
cial building with
warehouse/office
and 2 apartments
with separate elec-
tric and heat. Per-
fect for contractors
or anyone with stor-
age needs. For
more information
and photos log onto
www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
Reduced to
$89,000
MLS #10-3872
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
VM 101
BEAR CREEK
1255 Laurel Run Rd.
Bear Creek Twp.,
large commercial
garage/warehouse
on 1.214 acres with
additional 2 acre
parcel. 2 water
wells. 2 newer
underground fuel
tanks. May require
zoning approval.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
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MLS 12-208
$179,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
BACK MOUNTAIN/
HARVEYS LAKE
Restaurant/Bar for
sale. 8,525sf. Turn-
key with seating for
125, bar area seats
24, includes all
equipment, fixtures,
two walk-in coolers,
furnishings, kitchen
equipment, & liquor
license. Two apart-
ments with long
term tenants, gas
heat, handicap
accessible, high
traffic area.
MLS#11-4332
$499,000
Maribeth Jones
570-696-6565
EDWARDSVILLE
263 Lawrence St
Recently updated, 2
unit with off street
parking. 1st floor
unit has nicely main-
tained living room &
eat-in-kitchen. One
bedroom & bath.
2nd floor unit has
modern eat-in-kit-
chen, 3 bedrooms, 1
bath, living/dining
room combination.
Security system.
Deck with a beauti-
ful view of the Val-
ley, fenced in yard &
finished lower level.
All appliances in-
cluded. A must see!
MLS #12-518
$ 92,000
Call Christina @
(570) 714-9235
Collect cash, not dust!
Clean out your
basement, garage
or attic and call the
Classified depart-
ment today at 570-
829-7130!
EDWARDSVILLE
89-91 Hillside Ave.
Out of the flood
plain this double
has potential.
Newer roof & some
windows have been
replaced. Property
includes a large
extra lot. Square ft.
approximate.
MLS 11-3463
$67,000
Roger Nenni
EXT. 32
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
EDWARDSVILLE
89-91 Hillside Ave.
Out of the flood
plain this double
has potential.
Newer roof & some
windows have been
replaced. Property
includes a large
extra lot. Square ft.
approximate.
MLS 11-3463
$67,000
Roger Nenni
EXT. 32
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
EDWARDSVILLE
Lawrence St.
Nice 3 unit property.
Lots of off street
parking and bonus 2
car garage. All units
are rented. Great
income with low
maintenance.
$139,900
MLS# 10-2675
Call Karen
Coldwell Banker
Rundle Real Estate
570-474-2340
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
HUGHESTOWN
115 New St.
Office building with
over 2600 sq. ft.
can be divided for
up to 3 tenants with
own central air and
utilities and
entrances. New
roof. 20-25 parking
spots in excellent
condition.
For more info and
photos visit:
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MLS 12-607
$249,900
Call Tom
JENKINS TWP.
1334 Main St.
1 story, 2,600
sq. ft. commePr-
cial building,
masonry con-
struction with
offices and
warehousing.
Central air,
alarm system
and parking.
Great for con-
tractors or
anyone with
office/storage
needs. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
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MLS 11-3156
$84,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
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LAFLIN
33 Market St.
Commercial/resi-
dential property
featuring Ranch
home with 3 bed-
rooms, newly
remodeled bath-
room, in good con-
dition. Commercial
opportunity for
office in attached
building. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
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MLS 11-3450
Reduced
$159,000
Call Tom
570-262-7716
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LARKSVILLE
View this view! You
no longer have to go
into the city to
watch the 4th of
July fireworks! Enjoy
home ownership.
Architecturally built
split level, living
room with beamed
ceiling and wood
burning fireplace,
large dining room
with hardwood
flooring, tiled office
with glass views,
two bedrooms, two
baths, family room,
hobby room, green
house, fish pond,
raised gardens,
grape vines, fruit
trees, 1+/- acres of
property, 2-car
detached garage.
MLS#11-1079
REDUCED TO
$229,000
Maribeth Jones
570-696-6565
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
LEASE SPACE
Kingston Wellness
Center / profession-
al offices.
-Modern Decor and
Loft Style Offices
-Four Lane Street
Frontage
-100+ Parking
-Established
Professional &
Wellness Businesses
On-Site
-Custom Leases
Available
-Triple Net
Spaces Available:
600SF, 1400SF,
2610SF, and
4300SF.
4300SF Warehouse
Space available
Built to Suit.
Call Cindy
570-690-2689
www.cindykingre.com
570-675-4400
LUZERNE
Over 10,000SF of
storage space in
two buildings. Room
to build another
building, profession-
al, car wash,
restaurant, salon.
Minutes from Cross
Valley Expressway
Exit 6. Survey, storm
water/drainage
control plan and soil
and erosion sedi-
mentation control
plan completed if
you choose to build
a building on the
property. Also a por-
tion is available for
rent. MLS#10-320
REDUCED TO
$199,000
Maribeth Jones
570-696-6565
NANTICOKE
423 E. Church
St.
Great 2 family in
move in condi-
tion on both
sides, Separate
utilities, 6
rooms each. 3
car detached
garage in super
neighborhood.
Walking dis-
tance to col-
lege. For more
info and photos
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MLS 11-1608
$123,000
Call Tom
570-262-7716
P
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PITTSTON
166 Vine St.
Nice PPthree
family home in
good location,
fully occupied.
For more info
and photos visit:
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MLS 12-220
$49,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
P
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PITTSTON
Rear 49 James
St.
Two 2 bedroom
apartments,
fully rented with
separate utili-
ties on a quiet
street. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
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MLS 12-219
$39,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
P
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909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
PITTSTON
SALE OR LEASE
PRICE REDUCED
Modern office build-
ing, parking for 12
cars. Will remodel
to suit tenant.
$1800/mo or pur-
chase for
$449,000
MLS 11-751
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
PLAINS
107-109 E. Carey St.
High traffic, high
potential location
with enough space
for 2 second floor
apartments. A
stones throw away
from the casino.
Large front win-
dows for showroom
display. Basement &
sub - basement for
additional storage
or workspace.
PRICE REDUCED
$99,500
MLS# 10-1919
Call Stanley
(570) 817-0111
COLDWELL
BANKER RUNDLE
REAL ESTATE
570-474-2340
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SHAVERTOWN
Great Business
Location
$168,500
B-2 zoning, just off
the Dallas Highway.
1st floor has 4 spa-
cious rooms, stone
fireplace & powder
room & 2nd floor
has 1 bedroom
apartment with 1 &
3/4 baths. Ample
paved parking area.
Ideal for Nail &
Beauty Salon, retail
business or prof-
essional office.
Owners are PA
licensed Realtors.
MLS#11-4356
Four Star
McCabe Realty
570-674-9950
WEST WYOMING
331 Holden St
10-847
Many possibilities
for this building. 40 +
parking spaces, 5
offices, 3 baths and
warehouse.
$249,000 with
option to lease
Maria Huggler
Classic Properties
570-587-7000
WILKES-BARRE
Duplex, can convert
to single. Steel sid-
ing, new roof, new
furnace, garage
large lot. Reduced
$59,900
Castrignano Realty
570-824-9991
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
WILKES-BARRE
For Lease:
Professional Office
1625 SF 2200 SF
Very clean, land-
scaped, well man-
aged multi-tenant
professional office
with excellent
access to highway
system. Attractive
base rate. Just off
Laird Street near
Woodlands Inn.
Contact Griff Keefer
570-574-0421
WYOMING
14 West Sixth St.
Former upholestry
shop. 1st floor in
need of a lot of
TLC. 2nd floor
apartment in good
condition & rented
with no lease. Stor-
age area. Off street
parking available.
PRICE REDUCED!
$65,000
Contact Judy Rice
714-9230
MLS# 11-572
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WYOMING
PRICE REDUCED!
285 Wyoming Ave.
First floor currently
used as a shop,
could be offices,
etc. Prime location,
corner lot, full base-
ment. 2nd floor is 3
bedroom apartment
plus 3 car garage
and parking for
6 cars. For more
information and
photos go to
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MLS #10-4339
$169,900
Call Charlie
VM 101
912 Lots & Acreage
BACK MOUNTAIN
Dallas Area
Building lots avail-
able. Lot/home
packages.
Call for details.
570-675-4805
BEAR CREEK
38 Wedgewood Dr.
Laurelbrook Estates
Lot featuring 3.22
acres with great
privacy on cul-de-
sac. Has been perc
tested and has
underground utili-
ties. 4 miles to PA
Turnpike entrance.
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MLS 12-114
$64,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
912 Lots & Acreage
DALLAS
$135,000
SPECTACULAR
WATER VIEW!
2 acres overlooking
Huntsville
Reservoir. Building
site cleared but
much of woodlands
preserved. Perc &
site prep done.
MLS # 11-2550.
Call
Christine Kutz
570-332-8832
DALLAS
63 acres. Wooded
parcel. 5,000 road-
front on 2 paved
roads. Level &
rolling. In Dallas Twp.
$425,000
Besecker Realty
570-675-3611
DALLAS
Lot 2 Marlington Ct
THINKING OF BUILDING?
.76 acre beautiful
building lot on a cul-
de-sac in desirable
neighborhood.
Covenants apply.
Public utilities.
Dallas School
District.
MLS #11-4401
$ 64,900
Call Tracy Zarola
570-696-0723
HARDING
Mt. Zion Road
One acre lot just
before Oberdorfer
Road. Great place
to build your
dream home
MLS 11-3521
$29,900
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
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home?
Place an ad here
and let the
sellers know!
570-829-7130
HARVEYS LAKE
SELLER SAYS SELL!
Land with LakeView
90' x 125' Lot with
View of the Lake.
Sewer Permit
Required. $19,000
MLS# 10-2523
Call Cindy
570-690-2689
www.cindykingre.com
570-675-4400
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Former landmark restaurant.
offers 3500 SF on the 1st level plus
basement. Parking for 40 cars. MLS#12-89
GERALD PALERMO 788-7509
Former Tavern w/2 apts. No
liquor license. Needs work. Addl lot for OSP.
MLS#12-421
JULIO 714-9252 or ANDY 714-9225
Fire damaged
former restaurant tavern w/apt,
garage & parking lot. MLS#11-4410
JULIO ACOSTA 239-6408
Great business opportunity. 1st flr has 2
BR, Apt. Freshly painted exterior. Zoned
Community Business. MLS#11-4416
MATT 714-9229
900 SF Commercial space on
1st flr. 900 SF 2 BR apt on 2nd flr.
Billboard also available to rent on bldg.
MLS#10-4309
TINA 714-9251
Large 8000 SF building looking
for a new lease on life! Zoned Commercial.
MLS#11-4058
SANDY 970-1110 or DAVID 970-1117
Excellent opportunity-
Established Restaurant for sale in busy
shop ctr. Business only. MLS#11-2782
PAT G 788-7514
6000+ SF former furniture
store, plus apt. & lots more space. High
traffic area. Combined w/12 Davenport.
MLS#11-3865
RAE DZIAK 714-9234
2 bldgs zoned commercial.
1 consists of retail space & apts, the
other is a 2-story home. MLS#10-4056
MIKE JOHNSON
Multi-Purpose Bldg -
Convenient location on State St - Adjacent lot
available. MLS#10-4590
MARGY 696-0891 or MIKE J 970-1100
Nicely maintained offices
& garage. 2400 SF w/overhead door. Great
for many uses. Near highways. MLS#11-
4561
JUDY RICE 714-9230
Auto repair & body
shop w/state certified paint booth.
2nd flr storage. MLS#11-2842
ANDY 714-9225
Great corner property.
Ranch style home includes 2990SF
Commercial space. MLS#11-459
LISA 715-9335
Currently business on 1st
flr, 3 BR apt. on 2nd flr. Lg garage in rear
w/storage. Owner financing or lease
purchase available. MLS#11-4015
ANDY 714-9225
High traffic Route 11
w/6000 SF Showroom/Garage, &
Apt above. MLS#11-2106
ANITA REBER 788-7501
Established turn-key
restaurant w/2 apts. Business &
building priced to sell! MLS#11-130
ANDY 714-9225
Great location for professional
office. Private drive in rear. Zoned C-3.
Property being sold "as is". MLS#10-4362
TINA 714-9251
3 BR, Ranch w/gar+
attached bldg. Zoned HWY COMM. Ideal
for office or sm business. MLS#10-4367
RAE 714-9234
Prime location -
ZONED HWY COMMERCIAL- 4 BR Cape
Cod on 100x556 lot. MLS#11-229
RAE 714-9234
Great location on busy Rte
309! Office Bldg w/1500 SF of space
& 2270 SF warehouse. MLS#11-2094
ANITA REBER 788-7501
Wonderful opportunity for
commercial bldg w/ice cream stand,
storefront & apt. Also storage bldg.
MLS#12-370
CORINE 715-9321
4 Sty brick office bldg, more
than half rented. High traffic area. 2 lots
included for pkg. MLS#11-1045
ANDY 714-9225 or MARGY 696-0891
Established restaurant/bar.
Equip & liquor license included + 3 Apts.
MLS#11-3896
MIKE 970-1100 or BETTY 970-1119
Well built 2 story - 8000 SF bldg.
Prime location/high traffic area. Addl pkg
available. 1st flr office/commercial space &
2 apts on 2nd flr. MLS#11-508
RHEA SIMMS 696-6677
5700 SF in Prime downtown
location. Suitable for office/residence. Full
basement, private parking, Zoned C3.
MLS#11-345
MARGY 696-0891
High traffic location. 2900 SF
professional office space w/basement
storage. Pkg for at least 12 cars. MLS#12-
416
RHEA SIMMS 696-6677
- MOVE-IN READY - MOTIVATED
SELLER. Use the entire bldg or rent space
out. 10 offices, 3 baths, OSP. MLS#11-4371
TRACEY 696-0723 or JUDY 714-9230
Retail, Office, Medical -
Whatever your need - This 4000 SF Bldg can
accommadate it! Parking for 10. MLS#12-
276
JUDY RICE 714-9230
Lg Commercial warehouse &
office space w/over 3.5 acres. Owner
financing or lease purchase available.
MLS#11-4014
ANDY 714-9225
Outstanding brick
bldg! Parking for 7-10 cars.
MLS#08-2790
PEG 714-9247
Turnkey restaurant/bar.
Liquor license & inventory included + 3 Apts.
MLS#11-3895
MIKE 970-1100 or BETTY 970-1119
Commercial - Vacant Land -
Perfect downtown corner location near Coal
Street Exit. Ideal for many uses. MLS#12-
181
MIKE JOHNSON 970-1100
3.895 Acres on W-B Blvd-
700 front feet provides excellent exposure.
Utilities, access road, possible KOZ
opportunity. MLS#11-1346
VIRGINIA ROSE 288-9371
Commercial opportunity awaits
your business.1st flr 10,000 SF w/offices.
2nd flr storage. Plenty of pkg on 4.62 acres.
MLS#10-1110
JUDY 714-9230
Prime location - former
Convention Hall. Wonderful opportunity for
professional offices. Pkg for 100+ cars.
Zoned Hwy Business. MLS#11-3654
MARGY SIMMS 696-0891
32,000SF,
30+ parking, including trailer spaces
MLS#08-1305
VIRGINIA ROSE 288-9371
Executive Offices from 600-1000 SF
or Retail store front. Ample pkg. Fiber optics, all
inclusive rates start @ $7.50/SF MLS#11-
4141
JUDY RICE 714-9230
Join the other Professionals at
this Class A Office Bldg w/Atrium. 4000SF
available. Can be divided. MLS#11-2162
JUDY RICE 714-9230
Prime Location -
1900SF - 12 pkg spaces. MLS#09-
3085
MARGY 696-0891
Lease this building
w/nice offices, conference room & Kit.
Ample parking. MLS#11-419
JUDY 714-9230
Highly visible commercial
space on busy blvd, across from Wegmans
& Price Chopper. Plenty of pkg. MLS#12-316
TERRY ECKERT 696-0843
CELEBRATING 114 YEARS OF SERVICE 1898-2012
837 Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston
288-1401
134 PAGE AVENUE,
KINGSTON
Light industrial complex con-
sisting of main building (8,417
s.f.) with offces & shop areas;
clear-span warehouse (38 x
144); and pole building (38 x
80) on 1.16 acres.
MLS#11-1320
JOE MOORE $299,000
205-223 WYOMING AVE.,
WYOMING
High visibility! 3 separate buildings
being sold as a package with a to-
tal of 184.7 along Wyoming Ave.
#205-duplex (2,344 sq.ft.); #211-bar
with dining room & 4 single rooms
with baths (2,392 sq.ft.); #221-23- 6
units (2,926 s q . f t . ) . # 2 0 5 - (1)
tenant;(1)vacant#221-223-(2) apart-
ments each w/1 bedroom and bath;
(4) effciencies. $575,000
33-37 TENER STREET,
LUZERNE
HIGH VISIBILITY-HIGH TRAF-
FIC...This 5,700 sq. ft. clear-
span facility offers multiple
uses - retail - offce - business
- professional. Also: Receive
income from 18 storage/ware-
house units. MLS#11-2787
JOE MOORE $325,000
TWO OFFICES TO SERVE YOU BETTER!
1149 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort 283-9100
28 Carverton Road, Shavertown 696-2600
www.poggi-jones.com
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#11-4332 $499,000
Turnkey pizza/restaurant business.
Liquor license, equipment included.
Maribeth Jones 696-6565
#11-4380 $450,000
Tavern in prime spot. Liquor license
&all commercial equipment includ.
Barbara Gunton 283-9100x12
HARVEYS LAKE
#12-538 $299,900
Turnkey restaurant, historic bldg.
All equipment incl. 2 apts. above.
Chris Jones 696-6558
#11-3142 $369,000
15,300SF-3oors of commercial
space withadditional whse. space.
Gail or Paul Pukatch696-6559
WILKES BARRE PITTSTON
WILKES BARRE
#11-829 $99,900
Downtown WB opportunity.4 large
apts. on 2nd &3rd oor.
Ted Poggi 283-9100 x25
WILKES BARRE
#11-3959 $59,000
Great income opportunity! 3 store-
fronts and 5 apartments.
Ted Poggi 283-9100 x25
#11-4301 $115,000
2buildings onover 1.5cleared, level
acres. Hugestorage/whse. capacity.
Gail or Paul Pukatch696-6559
NANTICOKE
#11-4253 $79,000
Professional ofce space, recep.
area, 2 ofces, conference room,
DJ Wojciechowski 283-9100 x22
NEW! DALLAS-Former car lot. Bob Cook 696-6555#12-297$650.00Mo.
SWOYERSVILLE-4bay garageandofces. LouiseLaine#10-2413$215,000
JENKINSTWP.-Niceofficespace. AndreaHowe283-9100x40#11-4444$52,300
WILKES-BARRE-Office, warehouse Paul Pukatch696-6559#11-4521$1,200Mo.
BENTON-Frm. timber mill, 4.6acres. BobCook696-6555#11-4515$1,200Mo.
ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL LISTINGS
VACANT LAND LISTINGS
NEW! SUGARLOAF-Nearly 6 acres. Chris Jones #12-302 $125,000
WYOMING-Total of 37 wooded acres. Maribeth Jones #11-291 $499,000
LUZERNE-Buildable property, 0.76 acre. MaribethJones #10-321$199,000
WYOMING-28.5+/- level acres withview. MaribethJones #09-3699$299,000
PLAINS-Lot with410 frontage, hightrafc. Louise Laine #09-1976$299,000
DALLASTWP.-Buildable lot, busy intersection. Bob Cook #11-867$157,777
LAURELRUN-Prospect RockView! TedPoggi 283-9100x25#11-476$150,000
SHAVERTOWN-1of 2lotsleft, 4.14acres. ChristinePieczynski #11-1486$82,400
SHAVERTOWN-1.07acres, 1of 2lotsleft. ChristinePieczynski #11-1488$62,400
DRUMS-Privateyet convenient location. Jill Jones696-6550#11-1492$14,900
PLYMOUTH-Nicelevel clearedlot. Eric Feifer 283-9100x29#11-3644$22,000
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Full Time Maintenance Staff Available
For Rental Information Call: 1-570-287-1161
912 Lots & Acreage
LAFLIN
Lot#9
Pinewood Dr
156 X 110 X 150 X 45
FORGET THE
GROUNDHOG,
SPRING IS ON ITS
WAY! BUILD NOW!
DIRECTIONS Rt 315
to laflin Rd; make
left off Laflin Rd onto
Pinewood Dr. Lot is
on corner of
Pinewood Dr. and
Hickorywood Dr.
MLS 11-3411
$34,900
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570-885-5082
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MOUNTAIN TOP
Crestwood Schools!
126 Acres for Sale!
Mostly wooded with
approx. 970 ft on
Rt. 437 in
Dennison Twp.
$459,000
Call Jim Graham at
570-715-9323
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MOUNTAIN TOP
Several building lots
ready to build on!
ALL public utilities!
Priced from
$32,000 to
$48,000! Use your
own Builder! Call
Jim Graham at
570-715-9323
912 Lots & Acreage
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New Homes
From $275,000-
$595,000
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SHAVERTOWN
1 Oak Dr.
Vacant land ready to
build. One of the last
lots left in this Back
Mountain develop-
ment. Just over (4)
four acres. Call for
details. MLS 11-1486
$82,400
Christine Pieczynski
570-696-6565
912 Lots & Acreage
SHICKSHINNY
Level *7.5 acres*
building lot with a
mountain view.
Great for horses or
organic farming.
MLS 12-306
$59,000
570-675-4400
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belongs
with a Lost/Found ad!
570-829-7130
TUNKHANNOCK
Approximately 4
acres. Perk Tested
& Surveyed. Well
above flood level.
Mountain View.
Clear land. $45,000.
Bill 570-665-9054
912 Lots & Acreage
WILKES-BARRE
PARTLY CLEARED
VACANT LOTS:
LOT #13
E. Thomas St.
Approximately 0.57
acre MLS #11-2616
$32,000.
LOT #18
E Thomas St.,
Approximately
0.73 acre. MLS
#11-2615. $35,000
Call Jeff Cook
Realty World
Bank Capital
570-235-1183
WYOMING
FIRST ST.
4 building lots each
measuring 68x102
with public utilities.
For more info and
photos visit:
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MLS 12-439
$39,900 EACH
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
915 Manufactured
Homes
PITTSTON TWP.
95 Redman
2 bedroom. Vinyl
siding, shingled
roof. Clean. NEEDS
NO WORK. Minutes
from I81 & Turnpike.
Excellent Condition.
$19,900.
570-851-6128 or
610-767-9456
930 Wanted to Buy
Real Estate
WEST PITTSTON
House Wanted
Need Owner
finance. Flood house
OK. Will repair.
Please contact
570-212-8370
938 Apartments/
Furnished
DALLAS
1 bedroom,
refrigerator & stove
provided, off-street
parking, no pets,
$700/ month,
utilities paid,
Call 570-675-0860
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with a Classified Ad.
570-829-7130
HUDSON
2 bedrooms, 1 bath,
refrigerator & stove,
washer/dryer hook-
up, full basement,
no pets. $625/mon-
th, water & sewer
paid, security.
570-829-5378
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938 Apartments/
Furnished
WILKES-BARRE
FULLY FURNISHED 1
BEDROOM APARTMENT
Short or long term
Excellent
Neighborhood
Private Tenant
Parking
$600 includes all
utilities. No pets.
570-822-9697
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
ASHLEY
74 W. Hartford St
2 bedroom. 2nd
floor. Fridge, stove,
washer/dryer in-
cluded. Wall to wall
carpet. No pets.
Security, application
fee. $550/month +
utilities.
570-472-9494
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Available Now
1st floor, 2 bedroom.
Off street parking.
Washer dryer
hookup. Appliances.
Bus stop at the
door. Water Includ-
ed.$575 + utilities &
security. No pets.
TRADEMARK
REALTY GROUP
570-954-1992
ASHLEY
Available Now
2nd floor, 2 bed-
room. Off street
parking. Washer
dryer hookup. Appli-
ances. Bus stop at
the door. Water
Included.$575 + util-
ities & security. No
pets.
TRADEMARK
REALTY GROUP
570-954-1992
ASHLEY
We Care about the
place you call home,
& we want you to
care about it too!!
2 & 3 bedrooms,
reserved parking.
Short block to bus
stop. $650 & 725
rent includes heat/
water/sewer &
trash. Application,
references, back-
ground check,
smoke free, pet
free, lease + securi-
ty. Call Terry
570-824-1022
AVOCA
2nd floor modern 2
bedroom, fridge,
stove, w/d, heat
and garbage incl.
Off street parking.
No pets $575/mo.
lease and security.
570-479-1203
AVOCA
Two 1 bedroom,
2nd floor apart-
ments. Refrigerator
& stove, washer/
dryer hookup, off-
street parking, no
pets. $475 &
450/per month.
Water & sewer
paid, security & ref-
erences required.
570-457-5251
BACK MOUNTAIN
Cozy 1 bedroom.
Heat & Appliances.
$475/ month.
570-574-2588
DALLAS
2nd floor. 2 bed-
room, living room
& kitchen. Laundry
room. Tenant pays
utilities. First, last, &
security. $570/mo.
570-956-7571
Dallas, Pa.
MEADOWS
APARTMENTS
220 Lake St.
Housing for the
elderly & mobility
impaired; all utilities
included. Federally
subsidized program.
Extremely low
income persons
encouraged to
apply. Income less
than $12,400.
570-675-6936,
8 am-4 pm, Mon-Fri.
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
DUPONT
1 bedroom, off-
street parking, no
pets. $450/month.
Heat paid. 1
month security.
Call 570-655-2306
DUPONT
Totally renovated 5
room apartment
located on 1st floor.
Partially furnished,
brand new fridge/
electric range, elec-
tric washer & dryer.
Brand new custom
draperies, Roman
shades, carpeting/
flooring & energy
efficient windows. 1
bedroom with large
closet, living room,
laundry room, stor-
age room, base-
ment & large front
porch. Easy access
to I-81, airport &
casino, off street
parking.
No smoking.
$650 + utilities &
security.
570-762-8265
DURYEA
Updated 1 bedroom
apartment & den,
neutral pottery barn
colors, open-plan
living, dining &
kitchen area, all
appliances, hard-
wood floors, park-
ing. $655.
570-451-1982
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
FORTY FORT
1 & 2 BEDROOM APTS
Very nice, clean,
great neighbor-
hood, hardwood
floors, a/c, washer
/dryer with newer
appliances, stor-
age, 1st/last/securi-
ty with one year
lease. References
required. $650-
$695 + utilities.
Water/sewer by
owner, no pets,
non-smoking.
Call 202-997-9185
for appointment
FORTY FORT
1st floor, 2 bedroom,
gas heat, nice
kitchen & bath, new
flooring, optional
garage. Washer/
dryer included
$685/month.
Call after 6 p.m.
570-220-6533
FORTY FORT
277 River Street
1 bedroom, modern.
$500/month. Heat,
electricity & water
included. Security.
570-690-2721
FORTY FORT
2nd floor, 2 bed-
room, 1 1/2 baths,
large living & dining
room. Eat-in kitchen
with washer/dryer
hookup. Kitchen
appliances included
+ AC units. Enclosed
porch. Cable + inter-
net also included.
Off street parking.
No smoking, no
pets. $850 + securi-
ty & utilities. Avail-
able March 1. Call
570-762-3031
FORTY FORT
Available March 1
2nd floor, spacious,
well maintained, 2
bedroom, 2 bath, in
convenient nice
neighborhood.
Large living/dining
area, large eat in
kitchen with w/d
hookup. Front
porch, screened
back porch. Great
closet/storage
space,w/w carpet-
ing, central air, off
street parking.
$900/month plus
utilities. Call 570-
510-4778 from
9am-5pm for an
appointment.
FORTY FORT
VERY NICE
2 bedroom 2nd
floor, mile from
Cross Valley. Gas
heat, washer-dryer,
dishwasher, gar-
bage disposal, large
deck, off street
parking, carpeting,
ceiling fans, attic
storage, tile bath.
$650/ month + utili-
ties. Available April
1. Security deposit
& references re-
quired. Call
570-578-1728.
HANOVER TOWNSHIP
Great location, 1
bedroom apartment
in residential area,
all utilities included.
$600/month
+ security.
908-482-0335
HANOVER TWP.
30 Garrahan St.
QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR
UNIVERSITIES
2nd floor, 2 bed-
room, off street
parking & quiet back
yard. $650/month
heat & water includ-
ed. security & refer-
ences required.
Call Rich @
570-542-7620
KINGSTON
1 bedroom. Avail-
able now. $425 +
security & electric.
Call 570-829-0847
KINGSTON
2nd floor, 5 rooms,
new stove, refriger-
ator, washer/dryer.
Off-street parking.
Clean, no pets.
$575/month, plus
utilities. 1 year lease
& security required.
Call 570- 574-2602
KINGSTON
3rd floor, 1 bed-
room. Stove, fridge,
electric heat. Tenant
pays electric. No
smoking. Single
occupancy. No sec-
tion 8. Background
& credit check / ref-
erences required.
$425 / month +
security.
Call 570-283-1761
after 6:00 pm
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KINGSTON
705 Nandy Drive
Modern, clean 2
bedroom, all appli-
ances, central air,
& off-street parking,
No pets / Non-
Smoking $660/
month + utilities
570-696-3915
KINGSTON
72 E. 72 E. W Walnut alnut St. St.
3rd floor, located in
quiet neighborhood.
Kitchen, living room,
dining room, sun
room, bathroom. 2
large and 1 small
bedroom, lots of
closets, built in linen,
built in hutch, hard-
wood floors, fire-
place, storage room,
yard. New washer/
dryer, stove & fridge.
Heat and hot water
included. 1 year lease
+ security. $950
570-406-1411
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
KINGSTON
CLEAN -FRESH PAINT
New carpet 1st &
2nd floor. Bathroom
renovated, 3 bed-
rooms, spacious liv-
ing room, nice
kitchen, laundry
room with washer/
dryer hook-up. $795
/month + utilities +
security. No pets/
smoking. Credit &
background check.
908.246.9434
KINGSTON
Division St.
Spacious 3 Bed-
room, 1 bath, living
room, dining room,
large eat-in
kitchen, porch &
yard. Gas heat.
Convenient to bus
& stores. No Pets.
Security & lease.
$650+ utilities. Call
(570) 814-8800.
KINGSTON
E. WALNUT ST.
Light, bright, 3rd
floor, 2 bedrooms,
carpeted, security
system. Garage.
Extra storage &
cable TV included.
Laundry facilities.
Heat & hot water
furnished. Fine
neighborhood.
Convenient to bus
& stores. No
pets. References.
Security. Lease.
No smokers
please. $715.
570-287-0900
KINGSTON
Near Kirby Park,
attractive 1st floor,
2 bedroom duplex.
1.5 baths, washer/
dryer, refrigerator,
range, dishwasher.
Basement, off
street parking,
large covered
porch. No pets.
References & credit
check. Includes gas
heat, sewer &
water. $650 +
electric.
Call 570-474-5892
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KINGSTON
Newly renovated. 3
bedroom. Wall to
wall carpet.
Screened in porch.
Off street parking.
Fridge, stove,
washer & dryer
included. Sewer,
lawn maintenance
& snow removal
also included. $750
+ utilities. Call
(570) 807-7204
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KINGSTON
Penn St.
1/2 Double. 3 bed-
room, 1.5 bath. Gas
heat. Fully carpeted.
4 closets. Yard.
Parking. Washer/
dryer hookup. No
Section 8. No pets.
$725 + utilities.
570-714-1530
KINGSTON
PRIME LOCATION
1st floor, 5 rooms, 2
bedrooms, 2 porch-
es. Range, fridge,
w/d, basement,
yard, off street
parking. $650/mo
plus utilities,
lease & security.
Garage & extra
parking $40.
570-417-7659
KINGSTON
SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM
2nd floor, w/w
carpet, stove,
refrigerator. Some
off street parking.
Utilities by tenant.
No pets. $600 per
month. 1 year
lease & security.
References. Call
570-288-4987 or
570-466-7639
LARKSVILLE
Very nice, clean, 2
bedroom. Hard-
wood floors, w/d
hookup, stove,
fridge, dishwasher.
Off street parking.
$600 + security &
utilities. No pets.
570-954-5903
LUZERNE
1 bedroom, wall to
wall, off-street
parking, coin
laundry, water,
sewer & garbage
included. $495/
month + security
& lease. HUD
accepted. Call
570-687-6216 or
570-954-0727
LUZERNE
Clean and spacious
1st floor. 2 bed-
rooms, off street
parking, w/d
hookup. Plenty of
storage. Incl. stove,
fridge, sewer and
garbage. $650/mo
plus security and
references. No pets
570-466-4176
570-388-6468
MOUNTAIN TOP
1 Bedroom apart-
ments for elderly,
disabled. Rents
based on 30% of
ADJ gross income.
Handicap Accessi-
ble. Equal Housing
Opportunity. TTY711
or 570-474-5010
This institution is an
equal opportunity
provider &
employer.
MOUNTAIN TOP
1 bedroom with full
kitchen. Remodeled
recently, first floor,
ample parking. Hot
water, sewer &
garbage included.
On Rt 309 - close
to all amenities! No
pets. Non smoking.
$560/month + secu-
rity & references.
570-239-3827
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
NANTICOKE
603 HANOVER ST
2nd floor, 1
bedroom. No pets.
$500 + security,
utilities & lease.
Photos available.
570-542-5330
NANTICOKE
LARGE EFFICIENCY.
New carpeting,
clean. $380/
month, + utilities,
security &
references.
Call 570-815-2265
NUANGOLA
Adorable year round
lake cabin available
for 1 year lease. 854
sq.ft. with 2 bed-
rooms, 1 bath. Also
features 10x25
screened porch, off
street parking &
appliances. Lake
access. Security
deposit required.
$700/month + utili-
ties. Call
Pam Mcgovern
570-474-6307 or
570-715-7749
SMITH HOURIGAN GROUP
PITTSTON
2nd floor. 1 bed-
room, private
entrance, newly
painted, w/w car-
peting, washer/
dryer hookup, off
street parking.
Water & sewer
included. No Pets
No Smoking!
$425 + security.
570-883-9384
PLAINS
1st floor. Modern 2
bedroom. Kitchen
with appliances. All
new carpet. Conve-
nient location.
washer/dryer
hookup. No
smoking. No pets.
$550 + utilities.
570-714-9234
PLYMOUTH
1st floor, 2 bedroom
efficiency. Large
bath, living room,
galley kitchen,
Closets, washer/
dryer, stove &
fridge. $365/month
Call 570-954-0505
PLYMOUTH
2 bedroom apt.
Heat, water, stove
& fridge included.
Near bus stop.
$600/month
No smoking or
pets. Credit and
background check,
security &
references
required. Call
(570) 592-2902
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PLYMOUTH
2 bedrooms, 1 bath-
room,washer/dryer
hook-up, enclosed
porch, off-street
parking, $475 per
month + security &
utilities.
Call 570-821-9881
PLYMOUTH
Center Avenue
Efficiency. 1st
floor, heat, hot
water, refrigerator
& range included.
$395/ month +
security & refer-
ences. No pets
570-779-2257
PLYMOUTH
Large 1 bedroom
apartment. Newly
painted. Includes
heat, water, sewer,
fridge & range.
$500 + security.
Call Bernie
888-244-2714
WEST PITTSTON
1 bedroom, 2nd
floor. Stove & refrig-
erator included.
Newly remodeled.
$425 + utilities.
Call (570) 357-1138
WEST PITTSTON
Spacious, updated 1
bedroom apartment,
2nd floor. Recently
renovated. Sewer &
appliances included.
Off street parking.
Security. No pets.
$475 + utilities.
570-586-0417
West Pittston, Pa.
GARDEN VILLAGE
APARTMENTS
221 Fremont St.
Housing for the
elderly & mobility
impaired; all utilities
included. Federally
subsidized
program. Extremely
low income persons
encouraged to
apply. Income less
than $12,400.
570-655-6555,
8 am-4 pm,
Monday-Friday.
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
WILKES-BARRE
Mayflower
Crossing
Apartments
570.822.3968
2, 3 & 4
Bedrooms
- Light & bright
open floor plans
- All major
appliances included
- Pets welcome*
- Close to everything
- 24 hour emergency
maintenance
- Short term
leases available
Call TODAY For
AVAILABILITY!!
www.mayflower
crossing.com
Certain Restrictions
Apply*
WILKES-BARRE /
KINGSTON
Efficiencies, 1 & 2
bedrooms. Includes
all utilities, parking,
laundry. No pets.
From $390 to $675.
Lease, security
& references.
570-970-0847
WILKES-BARRE
72 W. River St.
Spacious 1st floor,
1 bedroom in an
Historic Colonial
house. Next to
Barre Hall on
Wi l kes Campus.
Hardwood floors.
Washer & dryer.
Off street parking.
$675 + security.
570-991-1619
WILKES-BARRE
2 bedroom apart-
ment, heat & hot/
cold water included,
off-street parking.
Clean spacious pri-
vate entrance. $535
/month. Security de-
posit of $600 re-
quired. Background
check done for an
appointment.
570-814-3138
WILKES-BARRE
5 rooms & bath,
second floor, newly
remodeled. Off
street parking. No
pets. Security, lease
& references. $600
+ gas & water.
Electric included.
Call for appointment
8 am to 5 pm
570-822-8158
WILKES-BARRE
Clean, 2 bedroom,
duplex. Stove, hook-
ups, parking, yard.
No pets/no smoking
$475 + utilities.
Call 570-868-4444
WILKES-BARRE
LAFAYETTE GARDENS
SAVE MONEY THIS YEAR!
113 Edison St.
Quiet neighborhood.
2 bedroom apart-
ments available for
immediate occu-
pancy. Heat & hot
water included. $625
Call Aileen at
570-822-7944
WILKES-BARRE
Modern, 1st floor
apartment. 2 bed-
room, 1.5 baths, off-
street parking. No
pets, no smokers.
Security & credit/
background check
required. $550/
month + utilities.
570-881-4078
To place your
ad Call Toll Free
1-800-427-8649
WILKES-BARRE
Short Term OK!
Studio near Wilkes.
Furniture available.
Lease till June or
August. $450. All
utilities included.
570-826-1934
WILKES-BARRE
1 bedroom
water included
2 bedroom
water included
2 bedroom
single family
6 bedroom
large half double
HANOVER
2 bedroom
NANTICOKE
2 bedroom
large, water
included
PITTSTON
Large 1
bedroom water
included
KINGSTON
3 Bedroom Half
Double
LUZERNE
2 bedroom
water included
OLD FORGE
2 bedroom
water included
McDermott &
McDermott
Real Estate
Inc. Property
Management
570-821-1650
(direct line)
Mon-Fri. 8-7pm
Sat. 8-noon
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
WILKES-BARRE/NORTH
Quiet neighborhood.
Apartment near
Mohegan Sun, Mall
& Arena. 1 bed-
room, living room,
kitchen & bath.
Recently remod-
eled. New Stove,
washer, dryer &
fridge. included.
Heat, hot water,
sewer & recycling
fees included. Off
street parking. $600
/mo. + security. Ref-
erences, credit &
background checks
required.
Call 570-861-2264
WYOMING
2nd floor 2 bed-
room, recently
remodeled, washer
& dryer hookup, off
street parking. $525
month, water &
sewer included.
call 714-7272
To place your
ad call...829-7130
WYOMING
BLANDINA
APARTMENTS
Deluxe 1 & 2 bed-
room. Wall to wall
carpet. Some utili-
ties by tenant. No
pets. Non-smoking.
Elderly community.
Quiet, safe. Off
street parking. Call
570-693-2850
WYOMING
Large 2 bedroom,
1st floor, lease,
security, section 8
accepted. Handicap
accessible, $695 +
electric. All other
utilities included.
570-687-6216 or
570-954-0727
WYOMING
TOWNHOUSE
Carpet, tile bath,
appliances, washer
/ dryer hookup,
sewer, parking by
front door. $600 +
Utilities, Security &
Lease. No smoking,
no pets.
570-693-0695
944 Commercial
Properties
Center City WB
FREE HIGH SPEED FREE HIGH SPEED
INTERNET! INTERNET!
Why pay extra for
internet? Our new
leases include a
FREE FREE high speed
connection!
Affordable mod-
ern office space
at the Luzerne
Bank Building on
Public Square.
Rents include
internet, heat,
central air, utili-
ties, trash
removal, and
nightly cleaning -
all without a
sneaky CAM
charge. Parking
available at the
intermodal garage
via our covered
bridge. 300SF to
5000SF available.
We can remodel
to suit. Brokers
protected. Call
Jeff Pyros at
570-822-8577
Commercial Lease
Courtdale location
Ideal for:
Veterinarian Office
Manufacturing /
Industrial Space
Storage Space
1000 SF - 5000 SF
Space Available.
5000 SF Warehouse
Space with loading
docks, office, heat,
and plumbing. $3.60
- $12 sf/yr + NNN,
lease negotiable.
Call Cindy King
570-690-2689
www.cindykingre.com
570-675-4400
FORTY FORT
Fully built-out &
furnished Doctors
Office. Approxi-
mately 2,000
square feet.
Available in April.
Contact Colleen
570-283-0524
PITTSTON
COOPERS CO-OP
Lease Space
Available, Light
manufacturing,
warehouse,
office, includes
all utilities with
free parking.
I will save
you money!
PITTSTON
OFFICE SPACE
Attractive modern
office space. 2
suites available.
Suite A-4 offices,
plus restroom and
storage includes
utilities, 700 sq. ft.
$650/month
Suite B-2, large
offices, 2 average
size offices, plus
restroom and stor-
age plus utilities,
1,160 sq. ft.
$1000/month
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
RETAIL BUILDING
WILKES-BARRE TWP
12,000 sf. Route
309. Exit 165 off I81.
570-823-1719
944 Commercial
Properties
315 PLAZA
1750 sf former
Physician Office.
OFFICE/RETAIL
570-829-1206
WAREHOUSE/LIGHT
MANUFACTURING
OFFICE SPACE
PITTSTON
Main St.
12,000 sq. ft. build-
ing in downtown
location. Ware-
house with light
manufacturing.
Building with some
office space. Entire
building for lease or
will sub-divide.
MLS #10-1074
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
VM 101
WYOMING
72 x 200 VACANT
COMMERCIAL LOT
233 Wyoming Ave,
Rt. 11 (1/4 mile from
proposed Walmart)
For Sale or lease.
$96,000.
570-388-6669
947 Garages
NANTICOKE
Available heated
storage space.
Great for boat or
car storage. $65 /
month. Call
570-650-3358
950 Half Doubles
DURYEA
109 Chittenden St.
Two - 2 bedroom, 1
bath totally remod-
eled homes. Off
street parking,
$450 per unit
plus security.
Utilities by tenant.
Call Brian
570-299-0298
FORTY FORT
26 Oak Street
3 bedrooms, 1 1/2
baths, all appliances
provided, washer/
dryer hookup,
garage parking,
fenced yard, pets
OK, $795/month,
plus utilities.
Call 570-415-5555
HANOVER TWP.
$650/month, 2 bed-
room, 1 bath, living
dining room & eat
in kitchen. Appli-
ances, washer/dry-
er hook up. Off
street parking. Wat-
er, sewer & recy-
clables included.
Security, references
& credit check. No
pets. 570-824-3223
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$650/month, 2 bed-
room, 1 bath, living
dining room & eat
in kitchen. Appli-
ances, washer/dry-
er hook up. Off
street parking. Wat-
er, sewer & recy-
clables included.
Security, references
& credit check. No
pets. 570-824-3223
KINGSTON
5 bedrooms,
2 bathrooms,
stove provided,
washer/dryer
hookup, off-street
parking, $745/per
month, plus utilities,
security & lease.
Call 570-338-2207
KINGSTON
New bath, kitchen,
living room, dining, 2
bedroom. Water,
sewer & recycling
included. New Gas
fireplace. New floor-
ing & ceiling fans.
Washer/dryer hook-
up. $740 + security
& lease. Call after
6pm 570-479-0131
KINGSTON
ONE MONTH FREE
3 bedrooms, 1 bath,
refrigerator, stove &
dishwasher, wash-
er/dryer on premis-
es, front & rear
porches, full base-
ment & attic. Off-
street parking, no
pets, totally remod-
eled. $1,000/month,
+ utilities, security &
lease.
Call 570-824-7598
LARKSVILLE
3 bedrooms, all
appliances, gas
heat. Includes sew-
er & garbage. Off-
street parking, no
pets. $625/month +
utilities, 1st, last &
security.
NO SECTION 8
570-762-7650
NANTICOKE
1207 Prospect St
3 bedrooms. Hard-
wood floors. Eat-in
kitchen with appli-
ances, including
dishwasher. 1.5
bath. Washer/dryer
hook up. Basement
& front porch.
Sewer & garbage
included. No pets.
No smoking. $625 +
utilities & security.
570-814-1356
OLD FORGE
22 Connell St
2 bedroom, 1 bath.
New rugs, fridge
stove dishwasher.
Very large fenced
yard with utility
shed. $650/mo +
security Utilities
by tenant
Call Brian
570-299-0298
950 Half Doubles
PLAINS
NEW LUXURY
DUPLEX
This beautiful, com-
pletely renovated 2
bedroom luxury
apartment could be
yours! All new high
end amenities
include: hardwood
floors, gorgeous
maple kitchen cabi-
nets with granite
countertops & stain-
less steel appli-
ances. Spacious
great room with gas
fireplace. Stacked
washer/dryer. All
new tile bath. Large
screened-in porch.
Many large, conven-
ient closets. Central
Air. New gas heat-
ing system. Huge
attic for storage.
Must See!
$850 + utilities,
lease & security.
NO PETS. Call for
appointment.
570-793-6294
PLYMOUTH
3 bedroom, 1 bath.
Located on
Academy St.
New paint, carpet &
windows. $700 +
utilities & security.
Small pet OK with
extra security. Off
street parking .
Call 570-760-6410
WEST PITTSTON
1/2 double, 7 rooms
& bath, hardwood
floors, natural wood
work, garage. Great
neighborhood. Non
smokers, No pets.
Call 570-655-2195
WYOMING
Newly remodeled 3
bedrooms, refriger-
ator & stove provid-
ed, no pets, w/w
carpeting, $800/
month, plus utilities,
& $1,000 security
deposit.
Call 570-693-2804
953Houses for Rent
BACK MOUNTAIN
JACKSON TWP.
3 bedroom home
on Hillside Road.
$695/mo + utilities.
Lake Lehman
School District.
No pets.
Call American
Asphalt Paving Co.,
at 570-696-1181,
ext. 243 between
7:00AM and 3PM
Monday -Friday
DRUMS
SAND SPRINGS
Golf Community
Townhouse. Mod-
ern kitchen,
3 bedrooms, 2 1/2
baths, 2 stall
garage. 3 minutes
to interstates 81 &
80. $1350 + utilities.
Call 570-582-4575
HANOVER TWP
Modern 3 bedroom.
1 1/2 bath. Driveway.
Gas heat. Lease. No
pets. No smoking.
$725 + utilities. Call
Ann Marie Chopick
570-760-6769
(570) 288-6654
Say it HERE
in the Classifieds!
570-829-7130
HARVEYS LAKE
Live on the lake this
summer in a 2 bed-
room lake house!
Living room with
wood fireplace and
dining room over-
looking lake. No
smokers. Refer-
ences, credit check
1 year lease.
$1200 month.
570-696-5417
HUNLOCK CREEK
3 bedroom, 2 bath
on 1 acre. New car-
pet & paint. Full
basement. De-
tached 1.5 car
garage. Front porch
and spacious rear
deck. Water, sewer
included. $850/
month + 1st & last.
570-332-8922
NANTICOKE
Desirable
Lexington Village
Nanticoke, PA
Many ranch style
homes. 2 bedrooms
2 Free Months With
A 2 Year Lease
$900 + electric only
SQUARE FOOT RE
MANAGEMENT
866-873-0478
NANTICOKE
Renovated 3 bed-
room single home
with new carpet-
ing, fresh paint,
deck, off street
parking, washer /
dryer hookup. No
pets, No Smoking.
$650 + utilities.
570-466-6334
PITTSTON
3 bedrooms, 1 bath,
off-street parking,
no pets, total gas,
includes cable &
garbage. All appli-
ances included.
$700 + utilities &
$700 security.
Call 570-709-9765
PITTSTON TWP.
Single family ranch
home. 3 bedrooms.
Quiet area, large
deck, private drive-
way. $750/month +
security & utilities.
570-883-7220
953Houses for Rent
SWOYERSVILLE
124 Perrin St
2 bedroom single.
Gas heat. New
appliances including
washer & dryer.
Shed. No pets. $675
+ utilities, security,
lease, references &
background check.
Call 570-406-1353
SWOYERSVILLE
Completely remod-
eled Large 2 story, 3
bedrooms, 2 baths,
single family home
including refrigera-
tor, stove, dish-
washer & disposal.
Gas heat, nice yard,
good neighbor-
hood,. Off street
parking. Shed. No
pets. $995 / month.
570-479-6722
WEST PITTSTON
617 LUZERNE AVENUE
2 bedrooms, com-
pletely renovated,
1.5 baths washer/
dryer hookup, off-
street parking, no
pets, $600/month,
plus utilities, &
security deposit.
Call 570-655-9543
WILKES-BARRE
One 4 bedroom
$750
One 3 Bedroom
$625
One 2 bedroom
$580
Plus all utilities Ref-
erences & security.
No pets.
570-766-1881
WILKES-BARRE SOUTH
Great neighbor-
hood, 3 bedrooms,
modern kitchen &
bath. Wall to wall
carpet. $625 +
security & utilities.
Call 570-856-3700
959 Mobile Homes
MOBILE HOME LOTS
For rent in the quiet
country setting of
Hunlock Creek.
$290/month. Water,
sewer & trash
included. Call Bud
570-477-2845
962 Rooms
KINGSTON HOUSE
Nice, clean
furnished room,
starting at $340.
Efficiency at $450
month furnished
with all utilities
included. Off
street parking.
570-718-0331
WILKES-BARRE
Furnished room for
rent. Close to down-
town. $90/week +
security. Everything
included. Call
570-704-8288
Doyouneedmorespace?
A yard or garage sale
in classified
is the best way
tocleanout your closets!
Youre in bussiness
with classified!
965 Roommate
Wanted
SEEKING PROFES-
SIONAL FEMALE TO
LIVE WITH SAME.
Private bedroom,
share bathroom and
kitchen. Quiet
neighborhood. $400
a month.No pets or
kids. References
required. Call
570-362-2572.
971 Vacation &
Resort Properties
HARVEYS LAKE
BOAT SLIPS for
rent at Pole 155.
Call 570-639-5041
HARVEYS LAKE
LAKEFRONT fully
furnished. Wifi,
cable. Weekly,
monthly. Season
2012 starting June
570-639-5041
OCEAN CITY,
MARYLAND. Best
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brochure. Open
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vations: www.holi-
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ride?
Well run your ad in the
classified section until your
vehicle is sold.
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Auto., CD, Anti-Theft Sys., Side Curtain
Air Bags, 16 Steel Wheels, Tilt Wheel,
AC, Instrumental Cluster, Message
Center, PL, PW, Keyless Entry, Pwr.
Side Mirrors, Fog Lamps, MyKey
Ford Rebate..................................1,000
Ford Bonus Rebate...........................500
FMCC Rebate...................................500
Off Lease Rebate..............................500
Coccia Discount off MSRP................486
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease
21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 2/29/12.
Auto., Air Conditioning, Pwr, Mirrors, Advanced Trac with
Electronic Stability Control, Side Curtains Air Bags, CD,
Pwr. Door Locks, Tilt Wheel, Remote Keyless Entry
Ford Rebate.....................................500
Off Lease Rebate..............................500
*Tax and tags extra. Security Deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 27 month lease 23,625 allowable miles. First months
payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. See salesperson for details. All payments subject to credit approval by the primary lending source, Tier 0 rate.
Special APR financing cannot be combined with Ford cash rebate. BUY FOR prices are based on 72 month at $18.30 per month per $1000 financed with $2,500 down (cash or trade). Photos of
vehicles are for illustration purposes only. Coccia Ford is not responsible for any typographical errors. No Security Deposit Necessary. See dealer for details. Sale ends FEBRUARY 29, 2012.
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*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 27 month lease
23,625 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 2/29/12.
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease
21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 2/29/12.
Auto., CD, Alum. Wheels, Tilt, PDL, PW, Pwr. Seat, Safety Pkg., Side
Impact Air Bags, 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Anti-Theft Sys., Sirius Satellite
Radio, Keyless Entry, Message Center,
Ford Rebate..................................1,500
Ford Bonus Rebate...........................500
FMCC Rebate...................................500
Off Lease Rebate...........................1,250
Ford Regional Discount off MSRP.....445
Coccia Discount off MSRP................871
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease
21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 2/29/12.
XLT, Safety Canopy, Side Impact Safety Pkg.,
Pwr. Drivers Seat, Auto., PW PDL, CD, Air, Fog Lamps, Privacy
Glass, Roof Rack, 16 Alum. Wheels, Sirius Satellite Radio, Keyless
Entry, Rear Cargo Convenience Pkg.,
Ford Rebate..................................2,000
Ford Bonus Rebate...........................500
Off Lease Rebate...........................1,250
Ford Regional Discount off MSRP.....195
Coccia Discount off MSRP................786
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease
21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 2/29/12.
STX, 3.7L V6, Air, Auto., 17 Alum. Wheels,
Cloth Seat, 40/20/40 Split Seat, Decor Pkg., Cruise
Control, ABS, Pwr. Equipment Group
Ford Rebate..................................2,000
Ford Bonus Rebate........................1,000
FMCC Rebate................................1,000
Off Lease Rebate...........................1,250
Trade In Rebate.............................1,000
Coccia Discount off MSRP.............2,431
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease
21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 2/29/12.
Ford Rebate..................................1,500
Off Lease Rebate...........................1,250
Coccia Discount off MSRP................711
, Pwr. Windows. PDL, Air,
Advance Trac with Roll Stability Control,
Remote Keyless Entry, CD, MyFord
All Wheel Drive, 3.5L Engine, MyFord Display, Auto. Climate
Control, Pwr. Mirrors, 17 Steel Wheels CD, Keyless
Entry, 3rd Row Seat, MyKey, Cruise Control, PL, PW
Ford Bonus Rebate........................1,000
Off Lease Rebate...........................1,250
Coccia Discount off MSRP................356
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease
21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 2/29/12.

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