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Local schools are grap-pling with a dramatic shiftin what gets taught at whichgrades, courtesy of some-thing known as the Com-mon Core standards. Criticscontend its massive over-reach by a federal govern-ment determined to control
ed u c a ti o n ;proponents
counter thatits a volun-tary, state-initiated ef-fort to makesure stu-dents gradu-ate ready for work,college orthe militaryregardless of
where theylive.There are
a lot of chang-es, Luzerne IntermediateUnit Director of CurriculumFilomena Covert said. In
math, almost everything ispushed down a year, so whatwas taught in seventh gradeis nowtaughtin sixth grade.
The new standards notonly teach material a gradeearlier in many cases, butthey also shift the emphasisfrom making sure a studentcan do the work to makingsure he or she knows why heor she does it.
Common Core is the ap-plication of real-world prob-lem solving, said Covert,
>> ITS DRAFTY IN HERE: Even if youre a casual football fan,you probably know that the Indianapolis Colts took Stanford QBAndrew Luck with the first pick in last years NFL Draft. But ifyou know that with the 253rd and last pick the Colts bookendedtheir draft by choosing another QB Chandler Harnish fromNorthern Illinois then you, my friend, are a draft junkie. And
this Thursday is YOUR day. The selection frenzy that is the 2013Draft kicks off at 8 p.m. on ESPN. Kansas City is on the clock.
>> CIRCUS MAXIMUS: Step right up, ladies and gentlemen,boys and girls. And you will see a most STUPENDOUS attrac-
English language allows. It is superfunctory, gargantuliciousand wonderiffic entertainment. Born from the marriage oftwo great circus traditions in 1919, and headed this weekto the Mohegan Sun Arena, comes The Ringling Bros.and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Prepare to be AMAZEDbeginning Thursday and continuing on into Sunday.They dont call it the Greatest Show on Earth fornothing, folks!
>> BLACK AND WHITE AND CUTE ALL OVER: Forsome reason, people just cant get enough of pen-guins. Those cute, waddling, flightless waterfowlare cool literally and figuratively. And, as withall things that become popular, someone hasdecided giving penguins their own day would bea good idea. So this Thursday is World PenguinDay, a day to learn about and appreciate penguins.Watch a documentary about them. Read a book.Wear a tuxedo. Watch old Batman episodes with
Burgess Meredith. Its your choice.
>> DOES SOMEONE NEEED A HUG? Did you everstop and think about your local plumber?No? Thats because your homes plumbing
overflowing and black sludge seeping up your bathtub drain,hed sure as heck be on your mind. But you dont have to
wait until a disaster strikes to give a shout-out to yourplumber. This Thursday in Hug a Plumber Day, and
while you dont technically have to walk up andbear hug the guy, you could at least say thank youfor keeping you safe from raw sewage.
>> CAN WE TALK? Joan Alexandra Molinskyturns 80 year old on June 8, but youd never
know it. Thats because she doesnt usethat name anymore, and shes had a
little work done. The comedian fromBrooklyn changed her name to Joan
Rivers back in the 1960s, and has beendabbling in plastic surgery for almost
as long. And by dabbling in plasticsurgery, we mean shes had morework done on her than parts of
I-81. You can check out her latesteye lift as well as her acidic wit
this Saturday night when shetakes the stage at the F.M.Kirby Center The show starts
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Cops: More chaos was plannedBOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS
BOSTON As churchespaused to mourn the dead andconsolethe survivors of the Bos-ton Marathon bombing Sunday,the citys police commissionersaid the two suspects had such alarge cache of weapons thatthey
were probably planning other at-tacks. The surviving suspect re-
mained hospitalized and unableto speak with a gunshot woundto the throat.
After the two brothers en-gaged ina gun battle with policeearly Friday, authorities foundmany unexploded homemadebombs at the scene, along withmore than 250 rounds of ammu-nition.
Police Commissioner Ed Da-vis said the stockpile was asdangerous as it gets in urbanpolicing.
We have reason to believe,based upon the evidence that
was found at that scene theexplosions, the explosive ord-nance that was unexploded and
the firepower that they had that they were going to attackother individuals. Thats mybelief at this point. Davis told
AP PHOTO
Members of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston listen to a sermon at Temple Israel, which allowed the Trinity congregation holdSunday service, Sunday, April 21, 2013, in Boston. Trinity is within the blocked off area near the finish line of the Boston Mara-
thon, where earlier in the week two bombs exploded.
PLAINS TWP. Two areaclergymen, the Rev. ThomasOHara and Rabbi Larry Ka-plan, were honored Sundaynight with the DistinguishedService Award from the Anti-Defamation League for theirlifes work in promoting com-passion and understanding in
their communities and activi-
ties.The Anti-Defamation
League is an organizationthat strives to establish fairtreatment for all citizens andend discrimination. The Dis-tinguished Service Award isgiven out every two years toan individuals whose achieve-ments reflect the goals and
Common Core standardsaim to help students
succeed after graduation.
ByMARKGUYDISH
WILKES-BARRE DaveTemarantz has tried nearly ev-ery aspect of cycling.
Ive raced it since I was akid, he said. Ive been BMXracing since the 80s and ven-tured into freestyle riding andthen into mountain biking, roadcycling, everything.
The only thing I dont dopersonally is ride a unicycle, headded with a laugh.
The enthusiasm that Tema-
Shop owners help take the lead
Two men of the cloth honoredfor their distinguished service
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Dave Temarantz owner of Valley Cycles in Plains talking about
the cycling culture in the Wyoming Valley.
Suspects were
found to havelarge cacheof weaponsByALLEN G.BREED
andSTEVEPEOPLES
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Across LuzerneCounty,
cyclingenthusiastscanturn to
stores for expertise, events.
ByCHRISTOPHERJ.HUGHES
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Editors Note: This is the econd ofa two-part series
See DEFAMATION, Page 6A
Anti-DefemationLeague distin-guished serviceaward recipientsRabbi Larry
Kaplan and Rev.Thomas OHaratalk during thereception at theWoodlands on
Sunday evening.
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HANOVER TWP. Timo-thy Dwayne Evans Jr., 19, ofEdwardsville, was arrestedSaturday on charges connect-ed with reports of shots firedearlier that day at HanoverVillage Apartments.
Police said Evans hadthreatenedto harmhis formergirlfriend in the complex andlater fired a Luger .38 hand-gun in a wooded area nearby.
Police said they discoveredEvans hiding in an apartmentand also found a handgun inthe residence.
Evans was charged withfelony counts of carrying afirearm without a license and
criminal trespass and misde-meanor counts of terroristicthreats and disorderly con-duct, police said.
Evans was arraigned beforeDistrict Judge Joseph A. Hale-sy Sunday morning and sentto to Luzerne County Correc-tional Facility for lack of bail.
A preliminary hearing isscheduled for 9:30 a.m., April30.
WILKES-BARRE Citypolice reported the following:
Grace Zeleznock report-ed to police that someonesmashedher cars drivers sidewindow Saturday morningwhile the vehicle was parkedin the Geisinger parking lot
along South Wilkes-BarreBoulevard. Items in the carwere disturbed but nothing
appeared to be missing. Ofcers responded to a
Saturday call that AndrewDeininger was in alleged vio-lation of a protection fromabuse order. Antoinette Wil-kes-Cragle, of Hanover Street,told police Deininger hadbeen at her home with herchildren when she returnedto find the residence was amess and Deininger had notbeen attending to the chil-dren.
Wilkes-Cragle said sheconfronted Deininger and heassaulted her, grabbing herarm and pushing her into awall. She said Deininger alsokicked her.
Police said they looked forbut could not find Deiningerand charges were filed.
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area school districts adapt to thenew standards. The emphasis isno longer on work sheets or drilland kill; its more cooperativelearning. Its getting the studentsto understand Why do I have tolearn this?.
And while Common Core isonly being instituted in math andEnglish Language Arts (ELA),the impact will be felt across allgrades and most, if not all, sub-
jects, Covert said. The standardsadopted by Pennsylvania eachstate hassome wiggleroom in ad-
justing the standards runfrompre-kindergarten through grade12, and a key part of the ELAstandards is to teach them acrosssubjects.
The ELA standards applyacross content study areas, Co-
vert said. So a lot of social studyteachers adopted literacy compo-nents in their classrooms, whichis a shift for them. The same istrue in other subjects.
Initiative of the states
Proponents stress that Com-mon Core standards were nei-ther developed nor mandated by
Washington.Common Core is not a proj-
ect of the federal government,said Joan Benso, president of thePennsylvania Partnerships forChildren, an advocacy group thathas supported the change. Thestates got together and worked
with post-secondary and militaryand business experts and saidWhat do our kids need to know
to succeed after graduation? Development of the standards
was spearheaded by the NationalGovernors Association and theCouncil of Chief State School Of-ficers. Adopting the standards is
voluntary 46 states did.Common Core will create
consistent expectations for whatchildren should learn from earlygrades through high school com-pletion, Benso said.
But critics point out that, eventhough the standards were de-
veloped by the states and arevoluntary, Washington threw agreat deal of federal weight be-hind Common Core, particularlythrough the $4 billion Race To
The Top Program launched aspart of the federal stimulus effortat the onset of President BarackObamas rst term.
States competed for a piece ofthat $4 billion pie by embracingeducation reforms favored by thecurrent administration. Adopt-ing Common Core increasedthe odds of getting some of thatmoney.
The federal government alsoprovided$360 millionin grants tohelp states develop assessments
aligned with the new standards.Pennsylvania has revised its statetests known as the Pennsylva-nia System of SchoolAssessment,or PSSAs to align with Com-mon Core. The new tests will beadministered for the first time in2014-15 in grades three througheight. The new high school Key-stone Exams are already aligned
withCommonCore.And adopting Common Core
increased the likelihood a statecould receive a federal waiver
that eases requirements to haveall students scoring proficient orbetter on those state tests. Thatrequirement was built into the2001 law known as No ChildLeft Child Behind. Pennsylvaniahas applied for such a waiver, al-lowing it to change how studentachievement is measured whenmeeting federal requirements.
It is true the federal govern-ment made it attractive to adoptCommon Core, Benso conceded,but she insisted allegations that
it will lead to federal control ofeducation are nothing but fearmongering.
Several federal laws bar Wash-ington from establishinga nation-al curriculum: Public Educationhas long been recognized as astate matter. And Benso stressesit remains that way under Com-mon Core.
I think its important for peo-ple to understand that CommonCore standards are goals and ex-pectations, Benso said. Theyare not a curriculum, theyare nota mandate.
Covert concurred. In fact, oncePennsylvania agreed in 2010 toadopt Common Core the new
standards go into effect this fall the LIU began offering help todistricts in developing new cur-riculum that will fulfill the stan-dards.
Depth butnot breadth
Aside from many math con-cepts being taught a grade ear-lier, the most obvious change inmoving to Common Core maybe a narrowing of what is taught,
while exploring individual topicsmorecompletely.
There seems to be a lot more
depth with Common Core, butnot as much breadth, HazletonArea Superintendent Francis An-tonelli said. So you have fewertopics or concepts being taught,but those particular concepts aremore fully explored.
That may fix an issue with oldstate standards, Antonelli said.I think one of the problems thatPennsylvania had with the oldacademic standardswas thattheyhad toomany. We havea lot morethan most other states I think es-
tablishing a more concise focuson what we expect our studentsto be able to do seems to be amove in the right direction.
Common Core should makeit easier to teach students in dis-tricts with high transient popula-tions; With different standards indifferent states, a student couldarrive from another state white-out having learned something ina certain grade that students herealready mastered, putting themat a disadvantage.
I think it may eliminate thatvariability and those curriculumdiscrepancies, Antonelli said.
Covert agreed, suggesting thatadopting Common Core Stan-
dards can make it easier to teachincreasingly diverse studentpopulations because it providesmore ways to engage studentsandgauge their progress.
You can do more differenti-ated instruction, she said. Arecently arrived foreign student
who is still learning English mayprove he understands a lesson by,say, drawing a picture, while agifted student maydevelop a webpage.
Every teacher is still respon-
sible for making sure students
masterthe same content, Covert
said. Its how youget there thats
different.
But the concern of losing more
local control remains. Dallas Su-
perintendent Frank Galicki, who
said his district has had no prob-
lems adapting to the new stan-
dards, said Common Core, inten-
tionally or not, makes it easier to
adopt other common education
requirements.
If youre looking at a nation-
al set of standards, maybe we
should be looking at a national
teaching certicate, Galicki said.
It would mean less state control,
butit would eliminatean existing
problem: Currently, teaching cer-
tificates are useless when cross-
ingstate borders unlessthe states
have a reciprocity agreement to
recognize each others certifica-
tions.
Even though Common Core
is voluntary, it kind of opens up
some other doors, Galicki said.
Do we look at a national gradu-
ation test? That would take away
some fundamental responsibili-
ties of the states in determiningwhat theyfeelis most important.
But Benso believes the empha-
sis needs to be on clear benefits,
not on potential pitfalls.
We graduate far too many
children in Pennsylvania and na-
tionally that cant go into themili-
tary, college or jobs because they
havent mastered the skills need-
ed, she said. We think thats the
most unfair and unjust thing you
can doto a kid.
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CORE
CBS Face the Nation.
On Fox News Sunday, he saidauthorities cannot be positive thereare not more explosives some-
where that have not been found.But the people of Boston are safe,he insisted.
The suspects in the twin bomb-ings that killed three people and
wounded more than 180 are twoethnic Chechen brothers fromsouthern Russia 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his26-year-old brother, Tamerlan.
Their motive remained unclear.The older brother was killed dur-
ing a getaway attempt. The young-er brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, wasstill in serious condition Sunday af-ter his capture Friday from a tarp-
covered boat in a suburban Bostonbackyard. Authorities would notcomment on whether he had beenquestioned.
Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, amember of the Senate IntelligenceCommittee, said Tsarnaevs throat
wound raised questions aboutwhen he will be able to talk again,if ever.
The wound doesnt mean hecant communicate, but right nowI think hes in a condition where
we cant get any information fromhim at all, Coats told ABCs This
Week.It was not clear whether Tsar-
naev was shot by police or inflictedthe wound himself.
In the final standoff with police,shots were fired from the boat, butinvestigators have not determined
where the gunfire was aimed, Da-vis said.
In an interview with The Associ-ated Press, the parents of Tamerlan
Tsarnaev insisted Sunday that hecame to Dagestan and Chechnyalast year to visit relatives and hadnothing to do with the militants
operating in the volatile part ofRussia. His father said he sleptmuch of the time.
The younger Tsarnaev could becharged any day. The most seriouscharge available to federal prosecu-tors would be the use of a weaponof mass destruction to kill people,
which carries a possible deathsentence. Massachusetts does nothave the death penalty.
Across the rattled streets of Bos-ton, churches opened their doorsto remember the dead and ease thegrief of the living.
At the Cathedral of the HolyCross in South Boston, photo-graphs of the three people killed inthe attack and a Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology police officerslain Thursday were displayed onthe altar, each face illuminated bya glowing white pillar candle.
I hope we can all heal and moveforward, said Kelly McKernan,
who was crying as she left the ser-vice. And obviously, the Mass to-day was a first step for us in thatdirection.
A six-block segment of BoylstonStreet, where the bombs were det-onated, remained closed Sunday.But city officials were mapping outa plan to reopen it.
Mayor Thomas Menino said Sun-day that once the scene is releasedby the FBI, the city will follow afive-step process, including envi-ronmental testing and a safety as-sessment of buildings. The exacttimetable was uncertain.
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CHAOS
Oder roher no n wh mans, arens sayMAKHACHKALA, Russia
The parents of Tamerlan Tsar-naev insisted Sunday that hecame to Dagestan and Chechnyalastyear to visitrelativesand hadnothing to do with the militantsoperating in the volatile part ofRussia, with his father sayinghe slept a lot of the time. Butthe Boston bombing suspectcouldnt have been immune tothe attacks that savaged the re-gion during his six-month stay.
Investigators are now focusingon the trip that Tsarnaev made
to Russia in January 2012 thathas raised many questions. Hisfather said his son stayed withhim in Makhachkala, the capitalof Dagestan, where the familylived briefly before moving totheU.S.a decadeago. Thefatherhad only recently returned.
He was here, with me inMakhachkala, Anzor Tsarnaevtold The Associated Press in atelephone interview. He sleptuntil 3 p.m., and you know, I
would ask him: Have you comehere to sleep? He used to go vis-iting, here and there. He wouldgo to eat somewhere. Then he
would comeback and go to bed.
TamerlanTsarnaev, 26, andhis19-year-old brother, Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev both ethnic Chech-ens are accused of setting offthe two bombs near the finishline of the Boston Marathon onApril 15 that killed three peopleandwounded more than 180oth-
ers. Three days later, Tamerlandied in a shootout with police,while his brother was later cap-tured alive but wounded.
No evidence has emergedsince to link Tamerlan Tsarnaevto militant groups in RussiasCaucasus. On Sunday, the Cau-casus Emirate, which Russia andthe U.S. considera terrorist orga-
nization, denied involvement inthe Boston attack.
A woman who works in asmall shop opposite Tsarnaevsapartment building saidshe onlysaw his son during the course ofone month last summer. She de-scribed him as a dandy.
He dressed in a very refinedway, Madina Abdullaeva said.His boots were the same coloras his clothes. They were sum-mer boots, light, with little holespunched in the leather.
Anzor Tsarnaev said they alsotraveled to neighboring Chech-nya.
He went with me twice, to
see my uncles and aunts. I havelots of them, the father said.
He said they also visited oneof hisdaughters, wholivesin theChechen town of Urus-Martan
with her husband. His son-in-
laws brothers all work in the po-lice force under Chechen leader
Ramzan Kadyrov, he said.Moscow has given Kadyrov a
free hand to stabilize Chechnyafollowing two wars between fed-eral troops and Chechen separat-
ists beginning in 1994, and hisfeared police and security forceshave been accused of rampantrights abuses.
By ARSEN MOLLAYEV
Associated Press
PICKING UPAND CLEANINGUP
AMANDA HRYCYNA/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
pOliCE blOttER
Logan Parry, 10, of Kingston, and Michael Cherasaro, 10, of Laurel Run, both from Weeblo2 Troop 339 of Kingston, pick up trash Saturday afternoon at the Wilkes-Barre City Cem-etery. The clean-up was made up of volunteers and was part of PennDOTs Great AmericanCleanup of Pa. In Forty Fort, volunteers participated in a clean-up at the Forty Fort Cem-etery that was held in conjunction with Earth Day.
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PLYMOUTH Tina George, a drug-an- alcoholcounselor from Reading, saysprevention and good parent-ing are the keys in keepingchildren from abusing alcoholand/or drugs.
George, who works atCARON Counseling, will beone of the featured speakersat the Wyoming Valley WestParent Information Programon Drugs and Alcohol on
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in thehigh school auditorium, MainStreet, Plymouth.
George said she will give
attendees some knowledgeabout what is actually goingon out there in terms of cur-
rent drug trends.I will also offer what pre-
vention efforts can be utilizedto talk to kids. We need opencommunication to keep themfrom using substances, shesaid.
Erin Keating, high schoolprincipal, said the program
will examine the trends in ad-olescent drug andalcohol use.
This program is gearedtoward all parents, regardlessof a childs age, grandparentsand community members atlarge really anyone thatinteracts with teenagers,Keating said. The trends in
drug useare changing. We seeteens involved in prescriptiondrug abuse, as well as over-
the-counter drug abuse, andthe use of staple drugs likemarijuana.
Keating said that often-
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LOCALTAYLOR
Frsh Air ids th wayThe Hawkins family, of Taylor, will
host child, Josaiah, of Far Rockaway,N.Y., for thethirdsummer as part of theFreshAir Fund,a program that helps in-ner-city children gain new perspective.
Josaiah has had many first experi-ences during visits in the past two sum-mers, said Stacy Hawkins.
He never wore flip flops, so we hadto teach him how to walk in them. Hedidnt know how to sit on a swing -things like that which are little, but wetake for granted, Hawkins said.
The Fresh Air Fund is an indepen-dent, not-for-profit agency that hasprovided free summer experiences tomore than 1.7 million New York Citychildren from low-income communitiessince 1877.
This summer, the Hawkins fam-
ily plans to also host a 6-year-old girlso their daughter, Reagan, also 6, willhave a summer playmate just like herbrother, Kaleb.
To learn more about how to becomea host family, contact Elizabeth DeAn-gelo, the local volunteer leader, at 570-499-8553 or visit The Fresh Air Fundonline at www.freshair.org.
HARRISBURG
PUC ss gas facility iputThe state Public Utility Commis-
sion has scheduled a hearing to re-ceive public comment on UGI PennNatural Gas Inc.s request for a find-ingthat a gateand meteringstation in
West Wyoming Borough is necessaryas part of infrastructure upgrades and
repair.Administrative Law Judge Eliza-beth H. Barnes will conduct the hear-ing at 6:30 p.m. May 2 in the West
Wyoming Hose Co. No. 1, 926 Shoe-maker Ave., West Wyoming.
On Feb. 8, UGI Penn Natural GasInc. filed a petition with the commis-sion to determine if thestation is nec-essary for the convenience or welfareof the public.
The public is welcometo attendthehearings and make comments. Cus-tomer testimony will become part ofthe record on which the commission
will issue its final decision.The public is encouraged to pre-
pare statements and questions beforethe hearing and plan to bequestionedby company representatives.
WASHINGTON
Gttysurg additis acdU.S. Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Zionsville,
and Bob Casey, D-Scranton have intro-duced legislation toincorporate two his-torically significantproperties into theboundary of Gettys-burg National Mili-tary Park. U.S. Rep.Scott Perry, R-York,has introduced com-panion legislation in the House.
The two properties include the Lin-coln Train Station in downtown Gettys-burg and 45 acres of land at the south-ern end of the battlefield.
WILKES-BARRE
Lad Trust vts schduldNorth Branch Land Trust will cele-
brate its 20th anniversary of conserv-ing natural resources in NortheasternPennsylvania at its Annual Dinnerand Auctions on May 8 at the West-moreland Club in Wilkes-Barre.
The land trust is a private non-profit that relies on public supportto carry out its mission. The annualdinner is its major fundraiser of the
year. This year, NBLT will honor thecommunity of Bear Creek Village
with the Community StewardshipAward for conservation efforts thatled to the protection of 139 acres inthe borough.
To make reservations and supportland conservation or to learn moreabout NBLT committee and volun-teer opportunities, call 570-696-5545or email [email protected].
WILKES-BARRE
Taxpayr mtig is stWilkes-Barre Taxpayers and the
Northeast Taxpayer Cyber coalitionwill hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m.May7, at St. Andrews Church, 316Par-rish St., Wilkes-Barre.
Topic for the local taxpayers includethe up-coming election and plantingtrees in the city parks.
Also, Northeast Taxpayers will dis-cuss an update on the property schooltax elimination. Petitions to eliminateschool property tax will be available atthe meeting.
I N B R I E F
WVW InfoRMATIon pRoGRAM
on DRuGS & ALcohoL When: Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Where: Wyoming Valley WestHigh School auditorium, WestMain Street, Plymouth. Featuring: Tina George, SAPTraining Coordinator, CARONCounseling; Carmen Ambrosinoand Jason Harlen, WyomingValley Alcohol & Drug Services. Details: Free admission;snacks and refreshments; Q&Asession to follow.
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Carmen Ambrosino, at right, CEO of Wyoming Valley Alco-hol & Drug Services Inc., and Dr. Michael Garzella, PittstonArea superintendent, speak at a 2012 forum on teensuicide and bullying. Ambrosino will be a speaker at drugs-and-alcohol forum at Wyoming Valley West High School onTuesday night.
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Luzerne County Manager Rob-ert Lawton said the administra-tion is revokingits decision to pullout of a state black fly sprayingprogram this year.
Residents have expressed con-
cerns about the discomfort andnuisance inflicted by these flies.This decision has been reconsid-eredin lightof thepublics interestin this, Lawton said.
County management eliminat-ed $75,000 from the 2013 budgetfor black fly spraying because thestate did not supply documenta-tion showing the program hasproven results. The administra-tionhad planned to conduct spray-ing in-house if problems surfaced.
However, someCountyCouncilmembers and citizens expressedconcern the bug problem wouldescalate without the state spray-ing. The gnats technicallyknown as black flies tend tostay close to the river but areknown to travel 20 miles, state of-ficials said.
Prior commissioners in 2010considered a similar spraying can-cellation on the advice of an out-sidefinancial recoveryconsultant,but they reversed their decisionafter thestatewarned theSusque-hanna River generates tremen-dous numbers of adult gnats that
will adversely impactoutdoor rec-reation activities throughout thecounty.
Lawton said the $75,000 is notdueuntilNovember. The adminis-tration plans to ask municipalitiesalong the Susquehanna to helppay the bill to reduce the countyburden, Lawtonsaid.
Without support, the countymust cut $75,000 in spending onsomething else to cover the ad-ditional expense. Lawton said heis puzzled that municipalitiesarent expected to chip in.
The administration also willcontinue pressing the state De-partment of Environmental Pro-tection for more evidence on theprograms effectiveness, he said.
We look forward to collaborat-ing with our colleagues at DEP toprovide detailed explanations of
where the money is being spent,how effective its being spentand what alternatives have beenconsidered to suppress these nui-sanceinsects, Lawton said.
He said he will present hisfindings to council, which must
WILKES-BARRE About 450 GirlScouts gathered at Kirby Park on Sundayfor the kick-off of a councilwide commit-mentto walka million miles ina year.
The event was part of the Girl Scoutsin the Heart of Pennsylvania councilsHealthyPromise initiative to increase ac-tivity andhealthy foodchoices among girlsin grades k-12.
The event included a variety of gamesand activities, organized in partnership
with Wilkes University, Live Well Luzerne
andthe YMCA.The GirlScouts and theirfamilies joined
two-time Olympic softball gold and silvermedalist and current ESPN commenta-tor Jessica Mendoza for a one-mile looparound the park. Several girls were cho-sen by raffle to represent each level of GirlScouts to walk alongside Mendoza as they
led the huge crowd, carrying an Olympic-styletorch.
Beforethe walkstarted,Mendoza sharedher life story. She said her motto, Love It,Dream It, Live It, guidedher throughlifeschoices and helped her achieve success inscholastically, professionally and in person-ally.
Mendozaplayed on thewomens softballteam at Stanford University in 1999-2002.She went on to become a member of theU.S. Womens Softball Team from 2004-
2010 and was an outfielder in the 2004Olympics in Athensand 2008 in Beijing.
She plays for the womens professionalteam, USSSA Pride, in Florida. She cur-rently lives in Southern Californiawith herhusband and 3-year-oldson.
Mendoza said she played a variety ofsports while growing up and began play-
ing softball when she was 7. She recalledwatching videos her parents recorded atherfirstsoftball games.
It was pretty ugly, she laughed. No-body was saying, Theres an Olympic goldmedalist. The ball was going between mylegs and through my mitt. I was all armsandlegs,she said. I wasnt very good, butI had fun.
Mendoza urged the girls to follow their
Dadli t rgistr t vt i primaris is tdayLuzerne County resi-dents who want a say on
which May 21 primaryelection candidates geton the November ballotmust register to vote bytoday.
Registration applica-tions are available on theelection page of thecountys website, www.luzernecounty.org(click on departments) or at the election of-fice on the second floor of the countys PennPlace Building at thecornerof MarketStreetand Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Wil-kes-Barre.To meetthe deadline, applicationsmust be droppedoff at theelection office by4:30 p.m. today or mailed with todays post-mark.
The county election office plans toswitch the Rice Township voting locationfromthefiredepartmenttothetownshipmu-nicipal building,saidelectionDirectorMarisaCrispell-Barber. Election staffers checked outa complaint of broken windows and water
pipes and other problems at the fire depart-ment anddeterminedthebuildingis notgo-ingto suit ourneeds, shesaid.
Voters affected by polling place changeswillreceive new identificationcards.
County Children and Youth DirectorFrank Castano will provide an update onstaffing and operations at Tuesdays CountyCouncil meeting, which is scheduled for7:15 p.m. in the council meetingroom atthecounty courthouse. Council had requestedan update, in part,because the office had re-ceivedauthorizationto fillseveral caseworker
positions earlierthisyear.Councilwillvote Tuesdayon a$14,724-a-
year lease agreement with U.S. Rep. MattCartwright, D-Moosic, to provide space for
a district office in the countys Penn PlaceBuilding. Officials say thelease will generaterevenue for space not needed by the countyandincreaseaccessto thelegislator.
CountyChiefEngineerJoeGibbonswilldiscuss options Tuesday for several unoccu-pied county-owned properties theformerValley Crest Nursing Home in Plains Town-ship,the formerjuveniledetentioncenterandSpringbrookWater Co.in Wilkes-Barreand adowntownHazleton buildingpurchasedfor asouthern annex thatnevermaterialized.
* The accurate name verification of a citi-zen volunteer also is on Tuesdays agenda.Council asked Chairman Tim McGinleyto meet with Charles Olah, a county auditcommittee memberwhohas been using thepseudonym Therman Guamp, to find out
why he has been using another name. Olahtolda reporterhe usedanothernamebecausehisfamily expressedsafety concernswhenhestarted publicly questioning county govern-
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Madeline Marshall, 9, takes the lead during one round of potato sack races. Girl Scouts from all over Pennsylvaniaspent the day at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday during the Girl Scouts health initiative, enjoying activities andgames as well as a one-mile walk as part of the Walk a Million Miles in 2013.
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ATLANTIC, Va. A com-
pany contracted by NASA todeliver supplies to the Interna-tional Space Station successfullylaunched a rocket on Sundayin atest of its ability to send a cargoship aloft.
About 10 minutes after thelaunch from Wallops Island onVirginias Eastern Shore, OrbitalSciences Corp. of Dulles de-clared thetest a success after ob-serving a practice payload reachorbit and safely separate from
the rocket.The Sunday launch comes af-
ter two previous attempts werescrubbed. A data cord that wasconnected to the rockets secondstage came loose just minutesbefore the rocket was set to liftoff Wednesday, and company of-
ficials said they were easily ableto fix the problem. A second at-tempt Saturday was scrubbedbecause of wind.
It certainly was an amazingachievement for Orbital today, agreat day for NASA and anotherhistorical day for commercialspaceflight in America. Theflight today was just beautifuland it looks like the preliminarydata says that all the objectives
we established for the flight to-
day were 100 percent met, saidAlan Lindenmoyer, manager ofNASAs commercial crew andcargo program.
The company from the Wash-ington suburb of Dulles was oneof two, along with California-based competitor SpaceX, cho-
sen to supply the space stationafter NASA ended its three-decade-old shuttle program in2011. The space agency turnedto private companies for the job,saying it would focus on gettingmanned flights to asteroids andto Mars.
SpaceX was awarded a $1.6billion contract by NASA in 2006to make a dozen missions to re-stock the space station. Orbitalgot into the mix in 2008 when it
was awarded a $1.9 billion con-tract for eight deliveries.
Weve been playing catchup, but were about caught up,Frank Culbertson, executive vicepresident and general managerof Orbitals Advanced ProgramsGroup, said Tuesday. By the
end of next year we should havean additional four or five cargomissions under ourbelt,so weregoing to be moving fast.
SpaceX has connected withthe space station three times.
This summer, Orbital plans tolaunch a rocket carrying its Cyg-nus cargo ship to see whether itcan safely dock with the spacestation. During the scheduleddemonstration flight, the cargoship would carry about 1,600
pounds of supplies that includefood, clothing and spare parts.
Those supplies arent part ofthe companys contract. But thecompany agreed to ferry sup-plies since it was already goingthere much like SpaceX did onits first demonstration flight in
May 2012, when it dropped off1,000 pounds of food, clothes,batteries and other provisions.
Orbital is under contract todeliver about 44,000 pounds ofsupplies to the space station andplans to make about two deliver-ies per year. Its cargo ship willcarry about 4,400 pounds worthof supplies on each of its firstthree missions and 5,600poundson its last five.
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APPHOTO
Orbital Sciences Corp. An-tares rocket lifts off fromthe launchpad at the NASAfacility on Wallops Island Va.,Sunday.
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NEW DELHI The condi-tion of a 5-year-old girl who
was allegedly kidnapped,raped and tortured by a manand then left alone in a lockedroom in Indias capital for twodays has improved, a doctorsaid Sunday, as protests con-tinued over the authoritieshandling of the case.
The girl was in criticalcondition when she wastransferred Thursday from alocal hospital to the largestgovernment-run hospital inthe country. But D.K. Sharma,
medical superintendent of
the state-run hospital in NewDelhiwhere thegirl was beingtreated, said Sunday that she
was responding well to treat-ment and that her conditionhad stabilized.
Police say the girl wentmissing April 15 and wasfound two days later by neigh-bors whoheard hercrying in alocked room in the same NewDelhi building where she lives
with her family. The girl wasalone when she was found,having been left for dead bythe man following the brutalattack, police say.
A 24-year-old man was ar-rested Saturday in the easternstate of Bihar, about 620 milesfrom New Delhi, in connec-tion with the incident. Afterbeing flown to New Delhi, he
was in custody Sunday andwas being questioned, police
said.The incident came four
months after the fatal gangrape of a woman on a NewDelhi bus sparked outrageacross India about the treat-ment of women in the coun-try.
For the second consecutiveday, hundreds of people pro-tested Sunday outside policeheadquarters in the capital,angry over allegations thatpolice had ignored complaintsby the girls parents that she
was missing.About 100 supporters of
the main opposition BharatiyaJanata Party protested out-side the home of the chief ofthe ruling Congress Party, So-nia Gandhi, demanding thatthe government ensure thesafety and security of womenand girls in the city.
The protesters also de-manded that the Delhi police
chief be removed from office
and other officials be dis-missed.
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CLARKSVILLE, MO.
River crests approachingThose fighting floods in several com-
munities along the Mississippi Riverwere mostly successful Sunday despitethe onslaught of water, but an ominousforecast and the growing accumulationof snow in the upper Midwest tem-pered any feelings of victory.
The surging Mississippi was at ornear crest at several places from theQuad Cities south to near St. Louis some reaching 10 feet above floodstage.
Flooding has now been blamed in
three deaths two at the same spotin Indiana and one in Missouri. In allthree cases, vehicles were swept off theroad in flash floods.
DENVER
Two are shot at potfestAuthorities arehunting forsuspects af-
ter shooting broke out during a massivemarijuana celebration in Denver, leavingtwo people with gunshot wounds.
The gunfire scattered thousands at-tending Saturdays 4/20 countercultureholiday, the first since Colorado legal-ized marijuana.
A man and a woman each sufferednon-life threatening gunshot wounds,officials said. Local media reports said athird person was grazed.
Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jack-sonsaid investigators arelookingfor oneor two suspects, asking festival attend-ees for possible photo or video of theshootings.
He said police had no motive for thegunfire.
Witnessesdescribeda scenein whichajovial atmosphere quickly turned to oneof panic at the downtown Civic CenterPark just before 5 p.m. Several thoughtfirecrackers were being set off, then aman fell bleeding, his dog also shot.
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
Taliban menace candidatesModerate politicians from some of Pak-
istans most violent areas are risking thethreat of Taliban attack to run in upcom-ing nationwide elections, but they are in-creasingly being forced to rely on socialmedia, phone calls and even short docu-mentaries thatallowthem to campaign ata distance.
That could give hard-line Islamic can-didates and Taliban supporters an advan-tage as theyre ableto stump forvotesandhold large public rallies that are a tradi-tional hallmark of electionsin thecountrybut are extremely vulnerable to attacks.
One of the most serious attacks oc-curred Tuesday, when a suicide bomberblew himself up outside a meeting ofthe secular Awami National Party in thenorthwestern city of Peshawar, killing 16people.
ISTANBUL
Erdogan urged to hold offU.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerryhas urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan to delay a planned visitto the Gaza Strip, saying it could jeopar-dize efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinianpeace talks.
Ending a two-day visit here, Kerry saidSunday that he it would be more help-ful to wait for the right circumstance.
Weretrying to get off the ground,and wewould like to see the parties with as littleoutside distraction as possible.
He said this was one of a numberof important reasons why Erdoganshouldnt go on the trip, and implied thattheTurkishleaderhadntmade a finalde-cision on the plan.
Kerry has been meeting with TurkishForeign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and
other Turkish officials, but didnt meetErdogan on this visit.Both the Israelis and Palestinian Au-
thority President Mahmoud Abbas havevoicedunhappiness with Erdogansplans
I N B R I E F
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Women activists of Indias main opposition party shoutsslogans outside ruling party chairperson Sonia Gandhisresidence during a protest over the rape of a 5-year-old girlin New Delhi.
AP PHOTO
No running in fearTsegaye Kebede of Kenya crossesthe line to win the mens LondonMarathon in the Mall onApril 21. Adefiant, festive mood prevailed Sun-day as the London Marathon beganon a glorious spring day despiteconcerns raised by the bomb attackson the Boston Marathon six daysago, as thousands of runners offeredtributes to those killed and injuredin Boston, with a moment of silence
before the race, and many woreblack ribbons as a sign of solidarity.
Raped Indian girl, 5, improvesHundreds protest, angry
over allegations police had
ignored complaints.
ByNIRMALA GEORGEAssociated Press
HagelstressesIsraels
defense
JERUSALEM U.S. DefenseSecretary Chuck Hagel held outhope Sunday for a nonmilitary
way to ending the threat of a nu-clear-armed Iran, but he also em-phasized Washingtons willing-ness to let Israel decide whetherand when it might strike Tehranin self-defense.
Hagel, on his first visit to Is-rael as Pentagon chief, seemedintent on burying the image thatRepublicancritics painted of himas insufficiently supportive ofthe Jewish state. That portrayal
was central to a failed campaignto derail Hagels Senate confir-mation in February.
In an interview with reporterson his flight from Washington,Hagel said the United Statesand Israel see exactly the samethreat from Iran, which he de-scribed as a toxic combination ofnuclear ambition and support forterrorism.
But he acknowledged differ-ences on when it may reach the
point of requiring U.S. or Israelimilitary action.
Hagel stressed repeatedly thatIsrael has a sovereign right todecide for itself whether it mustattack Iran.He made no mentionof the possibility that an Israeliattack would draw the U.S. intothe conflict and lead to a widerregional war.
Israel will make the decisionthat Israel must make to protectitself, to defend itself, Hagelsaid as he began a weeklongtourof the Middle East.
Also Sunday, U.S. Secretary ofState JohnKerry was in Istanbul,
where he urged Turkey to speedup and cement an American-
brokered rapprochement withIsrael. On a trip to Israel lastmonth, President Barack Obamasecured a pledge from Turkishand Israeli leaders to normalizeties that broke down after a 2010Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aidflotilla.
Hagel said international pen-alties are taking a heavy tollon Iran, though he said no onecan be sure that economic coer-cion will compel Iran to changecourse.
Referring to sanctions and di-plomacy, Hagel said, these oth-er tracks do have some time tocontinue to try to influence theoutcome in Iran.
Hagels first order of businessupon arrival in Jerusalem was aguided tour of the Yad VashemHolocaust history museum.
Pentagon chief says Israel can
decideif it must strikeIran, hold-
ingout hope fornonmilitary end.
ByROBERTBURNS
AP National Security Writer
LUSHAN, China Luo Shiqiang satnear chunks of concrete, bricks and aripped orange sofa and told how hisgrandfather was just returning fromfeeding chickens when their housecollapsed and crushed him to death inthis weekends powerful earthquake insouthwestern China.
We lost everything in such a shorttime, the 20-year-old college studentsaid Sunday. He said his cousin also
was injured in the collapse, but thatother members of his family were
spared because they were out workingin the fields of hard-hit Longmen vil-lage in Lushan county.
Saturdays earthquake in Sichuanprovince killed at least 186 people, in-
jured more than 11,000 and left nearlytwo dozen missing, mostly in the rural
communities around Yaan city, alongthe same fault line where a devastat-ing quake to the north killed more than90,000 people in Sichuan and neigh-boring areas five years ago in one ofChinas worst natural disasters.
The Lushan and Baoxing countieshardest-hit on Saturday had escapedthe worst of the damage in the 2008quake, and residents there said theybenefited little from the regions re-building after the disaster, with nospecial reinforcements made or newevacuation procedures introduced in
their remote communities.Luo said he wished more had been
done to make his communitys build-ings quake-resistant. Maybe the coun-trys leaders really wanted to help us,but when it comes to the lower levelsthe officials dont carry it out, he said.
Relief teams flew in helicopters anddynamited through landslides Sundayto reach some of the most isolatedcommunities, where rescuers in orangeoveralls led sniffer dogs through pilesof brick, concrete and wood debris tosearch for survivors.
Many residents complained that al-though emergency teams were quick tocarry away bodies and search for survi-
vors, they had so far done little to dis-tribute aid. No water, no shelter, reada hand-written sign held up by childrenon a roadside in Longmen.
AP PHOTO
In this photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, a local resident bicycles in front of collapsed houses after anearthquake struck Saturday in Lushan County, Yaan City, in southwest Chinas Sichuan Province.
China rushes relief after quakeAt least 186 are killed in Sichuan
province. More than 11,000 hurt
and nearly two dozen missing.
ByGILLIANWONG
Associated Press
ServiceheldinhayfieldafterTexasplantblast
WEST, Texas On thefirst Sunday after a fertilizerplant explosion leveled partof a tiny Texas town, pastorJohn Crowder stood atopa long flatbed overlookinga hayfield and spoke to hiscongregation.
Crowders First BaptistChurch in West remainsblocked off as investiga-
tors work on the scene ofWednesdays blast that killedat least 14 people and injured200. So about 100 people sat
in white folding chairs Sun-day morning, while otherscarried their own.
We have lost our friendsand neighbors, Crowdertold the audience. We havelost the safety and comfortof our homes. But as scaryasthis is, wedonthave tobeafraid.
Authorities have not yetidentified what caused theblast, which was so powerfulit registered as a small earth-quake. Assistant state firemarshal Kelly Kistner saidthe blast left a large crater.
The explosion destroyedabout 50 homes and se-
verely damaged a nursinghome and other buildingsnearby Kistner said all fires
have been extinguished atthe explosion scene and theremaining fertilizer tanks at
West Fertilizer Co. are not adanger.
Explosion at fertilizer
plant killed at least 14
people and injured 200.
The Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Pastor John Crowder delivers a sermon Sunday for theFirst Baptist Church at a service held in a field. Thechurch was a in damage zone in West, Texas, after a
massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. last week.
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ANNA STUBBS, 100, of War-rior Run, passed away Sundaymorning at her home.
Funeral arrangements arepending from the CorcoranFuneral Home Inc., 20 S. MainSt., Plains.
Marion DeGrawApril 20, 2013
Ma ri on De -Graw, a resi dent o f
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She was thewidow of Stewart DeGraw, whopassed away on May 8, 1990.
Born in Dymond Hollow onDec. 7, 1921, she was the daugh-ter of the late Dana and HarrietDymond. She was a member ofthe Bethel United MethodistChurch. Prior to retirement, she
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Marion played piano at theBethel Church for more than 40
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In addition to her love of music,she was also an avid gardener.Many will fondly remember hermowing grass in her big pink hat.She was a loving mother, grand-mother and great-grandmother.
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Veety and wife Katie; BarbraVeety, Sharon Appleby andhusband Richard, and Marie
Domenech and husband Gardy;and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death bya daughter, Janet DeGraw Veety;two brothers, Elmer and StanleyDymond, and two sisters, ClaraBrace and Grace Peal.
The family would like to thankthe staff of the TunkhannockUnited Methodist Manor for theirkindness and caring over the pastsix years.
The funeralwill be Wednesdayfrom the Bethel United MethodistChurch at 10 a.m. with servicesby the Rev. Joan Dodson and theRev. Lori Robinson. Interment
will follow in Memorial ShrineCemetery.
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LEON J. BELLES, 68, ofPlains Township, passed awaySunday morning at the home ofhis daughter.
Funeral arrangements arepending from the CorcoranFuneral Home Inc., 20 S. MainSt., Plains.
Andrew M. HudockApril 19, 2013
Andrew M. Hudock, 62, whohada passionfor motorcycles,antique cars and trains, decidedhe could not wait any longer tostart his collection and took theeternal trip to heaven, where heis awaiting his wife, Ann. Andrew,of Kingston, passed away Friday,April 19, at the Geisinger HospiceUnit in Wilkes-Barre.
Born March 13, 1951, in Wil-kes-Barre, he was a son of the lateMr. and Mrs. Andrew Hudock. He
was a resident of Kingston mostof his life and a graduate of WestSide Area Vo-Tech High School inPringle. Prior to retiring in 2012,he was employed by Mid-EastAluminum, Indalex and S.A.P.A.
He was also employed by Gate-way Peanut Shoppe in Edwards-ville for 17 years. Andrew was aU.S. Army veteran and receivedan honorable discharge in 1982.
Surviving are his wife of 38years, the former Ann Denman(among their family they wereknown as Raggedy Ann andAndy); brother-in-law Larry Den-man, Kingston; goddaughter,Jean, and husband Brian Wier-nusz and their son (Andys favor-ite buddy), Zachary, Mountain
Top.Private services were
held from the Karl E.Blight Funeral Home, 392
Wyoming Ave., Kingston.
Mrs. Dorothy T. SchwartzApril 20, 2013
Mrs. Dorothy T. Schwartz, ofWilkes-Barre, passed away,Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Wil-kes-Barre General Hospital.
Born Oct. 16, 1928, in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of thelate Anthony and AlexandriaDalenowska Kobeski.
Dorothy attended Wilkes-Barrecity schools and was a member ofOur Lady of Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre. She enjoyed spending time
with her grandchildren and play-ing cards.
She was preceded in death byher husband, Joseph E. Schwartz,on July 10, 1985; brothers, John,Joseph, Stanley and Edward Ko-beski; sisters, Lottie Snipas, So-phia Chipeleski, Elizabeth Pen-dock and Helen Kurkoski.
Surviving are her daughters,Diane Hoppes and her husband,Michael of Harrisburg; JoannLorusso and her husband, Larry,of Wilkes-Barre, and RosannHanson and her husband, Mark,of Wapwallopen; grandchildren,Scott Winters, Dr. Lydia LorussoBrill and her husband, Dave; Col-leen Salvaggio and her husband,Jason; Dr. Jessica Lorusso Jareckiand her husband, James Esq.; Me-lissa Lorusso-Plummer and herhusband, Dr. Samuel; KimberlyDavidek and her husband, Jason;Joseph Hanson, and Lisa Hanson;10 great-grandchildren; and stepgrandchildren, Keegan, Caleb andZachary.
Private funeral services were
held by the Jendrzejewski FuneralHome, Wilkes-Barre. Interment
was in St. Marys Maternity Cem-etery, West Wyoming.
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O B I T U A RY P O L I C Y
ARDOLINE - Michael Jr., funeral9 a.m. today at Peter J. AdonizioFuneral Home. Mass of ChristianBurial 9:30 a.m. in St. JosephMarello Parish, 237 William St.,Pittston.BENZA - Marilyn, Mass ofChristian Burial 10 a.m. Tuesdayin St. Thereses Church, PioneerAvenue, Shavertown. Friends arerequested to go straight to thechurch. Friends may call 7 to 9p.m. today at the Karl E. BlightFuneral Home, 392 Wyoming Ave.,Kingston.BISCONTINI - Ermo, funeral 8:45
a.m. today at the Simon S. RussinFuneral Home, 136 Maffett St.,Plains. Mass of Christian Burial9:30 a.m. in St Anthony of PaduaChurch of St. Barbaras Parish,Exeter.BLANDINA - Michael, fu-neral 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at theMetcalfe-Shaver-Kopcza FuneralHome Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave.,Wyoming. Mass of Christian Burial1 p.m. in St. Cecilias Church of St.Barbaras Parish, Exeter. Friendsmay call Tuesday 11:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. at the funeral home.DEGRAW - Marion, funeralservices 10 a.m. Wednesday in theBethel United Methodist Church.Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m.Tuesday at the Lawrence E. YoungFuneral Home & Cremation Svc.,418 S. State St., Clarks Summit.DONNELLY - Patricia, funeral
8:45 a.m. Tuesday at the PeterJ. Adonizio Funeral Home, 251William St., Pittston. Mass ofChristian Burial 9:30 a.m. inCorpus Christi Parish, LuzerneAvenue, West Pittston. Friendsmay call 5 to 8 p.m. today at thefuneral home.HOWARD - Darnell, memorial ser-vice Thursday at Kniffen OMalleyFuneral Home Inc., 465 S. MainSt., Wilkes-Barre. Family andfriends may call from 5 to 7 p.m.with a remembrance service to beheld afterwards.KELLY - Joseph, funeral 9 a.m.today at the Lehman Family Fu-neral Service, Inc., 689 Hazle Ave.,Wilkes-Barre. Mass of ChristianBurial 9:30 a.m. in St. AndrewsParish, St. Patricks Church, Par-rish Street, Wilkes-Barre. Friendsmay call 8:30 a.m. until time of
service at the funeral home.KING - Patricia, Mass of ChristianBurial 9:30 a.m. Friday in TheChurch of St. Ignatius Loyola, 339N Maple Ave, Kingston. Friendsmay call 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday atHugh B. Hughes & Son, Inc., Fu-neral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave.,Forty Fort.KINTNER - John, friends maycall 6 to 8 p.m. today at Shel-don Funeral Home, Main Street,Meshoppen.KOMPINSKI - Patricia, funeral9:30 a.m. Wednesday at E. BlakeCollins Funeral Home, 159 GeorgeAve., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Chris-tian Burial 10 a.m. in St. BenedictsChurch, Austin Avenue, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m.Tuesday.KOPEC - Mary, funeral 9:30 a.m.today at Wroblewski Funeral
Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave.,Forty Fort. Mass of ChristianBurial 10 a.m. in Saint ElizabethAnn Seton Parish, 116 Hughes St.,Swoyersville.KRAYNAK - George, funeral 9:30a.m. Tuesday at the Metcalfe-Shaver-Kopcza Funeral Home Inc.,504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming.Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m.in Our Lady of Sorrows Churchof the Parish of St. Monica, WestWyoming. Friends may call 5 to 8p.m. today at the funeral home.MYERS - Raymond, funeralservices 10 a.m. Wednesday atthe McCune Funeral Home, 80S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top.Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Tues-day at the funeral home.PASSIKOFF - Gerald, funeral 11a.m. today at the Nat & GawlasFuneral Home, 89 Park Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 4to 6 p.m. today at 1 10 Edison St.,Wilkes-Barre.STATKIEWICZ - Sandra, funeral11 a.m. Tuesday at the Charles V.Sherbin Funeral Home, 630 MainRoad, Hanover Township. Friendsmay call 5 to 8 p.m. today at thefuneral home.SUDOL - Erwin, funeral 11:30 a.m.today at Hugh B. Hughes & SonInc., Funeral Home, 1044 WyomingAve., Forty Fort. Mass of ChristianBurial noon in Saint Elizabeth AnnSeton Church, Hughes Street,Swoyersville.SZYMASZEK - Genevieve, fu-neral 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. MarysCatholic Cemetery Chapel, WilkesBarre.TURNER - Dorothy, memorial ser-vice 11 a.m. Saturday in the Churchof Christ Uniting, 776 Market St.,
Kingston.WILSON - Romaine, memorialMass of Christian Burial 10 a.m.today in St. John the BaptistChurch Larksville
FUNERALS
Patricia A. KompinskiApril 20, 2013
Patricia A. Kompinski, 64, ofBear Creek, passed away onSaturday, April 20, 2013 at Geis-
inger Wyoming Valley MedicalCenter, Plains Township.She was born July 4, 1948 in
Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of thelate Thomas and Margery GabelBeline Sr. A 1966 graduate of St.Nicholas High School, she wasformerly employed by American
Tobacco and RCA, both of Moun-tain Top.
In addition to her parents, shewas preceded in death by herbrother, Robert Beline.
Surviving are the father ofher children, Robert Kompinski,
Wilkes-Barre; daughter, ReneeKompinski, Mountain Top; sons,Bobby Kompinski, Wilkes-Barre;Michael Kompinski and his
wife Melissa, Wyoming; KevinKompinski, Wilkes-Barre; hergranddaughter and light of herlife, Riley Grace Kompinski; sis-
ters, Nancy Chmiola and her hus-band, Jack, Wilkes-Barre; BarbaraAustin, Nanticoke; Susan Stecker
and her husband, Dennis, Drums;brother, Thomas Beline Jr., andhis wife, Martha, Beaver Mead-ows; nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be heldWednesday at 9:30 a.m. from E.Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159George Ave., Wilkes-Barre, witha Mass of Christian Burial at 10a.m. in St. Benedicts Church,Austin Avenue, Wilkes-Barre. In-terment will be in St. NicholasCemetery, Shavertown.
Friends may call Tuesday from5 to 8 p.m. Memorial donationsmay be made to St. Jude Chil-drens Research Hospital, 262Danny Thomas Place, Memphis,
TN 38105, or to SPCA of LuzerneCounty, 524 E. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. Condolencescan be sent to the family at www.eblakecollins.com.
Raymond O. MyersApril 20, 2013
R aymond O.Myers, 82,of Dorrance,passed awayApril 20, 2013at home sur-rounded by hisfamily.
Born inMountain Top, he was the son ofthe late John and Laura ( Cole-man ) Myers.
Raymond served in the U.S.Army and worked as a carpenterprior to his retirement.
Preceding him in death, in ad-dition to his parents, were his sis-tersand brothers MaeKrapf,LucyBarry, Lydia Morgan, Edward,John, Samuel, Calvin and AdamMyers.
Surviving are his wife of 58years, the former Margaret Bend-er; the following children: Bon-nie Sword and husband Al, New
York; Raymond and wife MaryEllen, Mountain Top; John and
wife Naomi, Wapwallopen; Mar-garet Bieski and husband Gary,Dorrance; Jason, New York; LauraRoushey and husband William,Mountain Top; Trudy Murphyand husband William, Slocum;
William, New Jersey; Rae AnnAdams and husband Daniel,Orangeville, Pa., and Beth AnnHarris and husband Jay, Halifax,
Pa.; his sister Martha Coleman,Mountain Top; 28 grandchildren;18 great-grandchildren, and manynieces and nephews.
Funeral services willbe held on Wednesday at10 a.m. from the McCune
Funeral Home, 80 S. MountainBlvd., Mountain Top. Interment
will follow in the Albert Cem-etery. Friends may call on Tues-day from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeralhome.
Idols McCreery bringscountry to Kirby Center
It was a night full of countrymusic at Wthe Kirby CenteronSaturday as American IdolSeason 10 champion ScottyMcCreery brought his Week-end Roadtrip tour to town.
The now 19-year-old singermixed in his hits with somefaithful renditions of classiccountry songs for his scream-ing female fans, many of
whom rushed the stage as hesang Write My Number onYour Hand. McCreery thentook out a marker and did justthat for as many of them as hecould before the song endedand the girls were usheredback to their seats.
Many of the songs werefrom McCreerys debut album,Clear As Day, which hit thetop of both the country andpop charts in late 2011, aboutfive months after his Ameri-can Idol triumph.
Early highlights includedhis Idol coronation song, ILove You This Big, Walk inthe Country, the ballad DirtyDishes, and Water Tower
Town, complete with videoimages of his hometown ofGarner, N.C.
McCreery, dressed all inblack with a very visible silvercross around his neck, seemedgenuinely humble as he toldthe audience about going toMilwaukee on a family vaca-tion in 2010 and ending up theAmerican Idol champion.He also told a humorous storyabout going to Los Angelesand battling with the showsproducers to do country songsinstead of the latest by LadyGaGa.
And now I get to do thisevery night, McCreery, whogoes to college three days a
week, said. Lots of perform-ers say they have the fans tothank, but I truly do.
You all voted for me, sothank you.
After playing some newsongs from an as-yet-untitled
newalbum, includingSuntan- a definite summer anthem inthemaking - McCreery salutedmany of his musical heroes in-cluding Garth Brooks, GeorgeStrait, Hank Williams Sr.,Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley.
Standouts from the tributesection included a few bars
of Thats Alright Mama fol-lowed by T-R-O-U-B-L-E,
which was a hit by both Elvisand Travis Tritt, which endedhis main set on a high note.
McCreery and his bandmembers sang some nice,close harmony on Ralph Stan-leys Man of Constant Sor-row as he introduced them,and later in the evening, Mc-Creery scored big with a ver-sion of Jamey Johnsons InColor.
At times the arena-scaledproduction seemed too big forthecomfy theater; the first fewnumbers had the five-pieceband drowning out McCre-erys distinctive deep voice.But after the tweaks were
worked out, McCreery hit hisstride and took the small but
very enthusiastic crowd alongfor the ride.
Saturdays concert wasopened by another TV-show
veteran as Sarah Darling, whofirst came to national atten-tion in 2003 on a show calledThe Entertainer hosted by
Wayne Newton, turned in anice 30-minute set.
Later in the evening, Dar-ling came out to join McCre-ery for a really nice renditionof Brooks The Dance.
By BRAD PATTON
For The Times Leader
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American Idol winner Scotty McCreery performs at the F.M.Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday night.
purpose of the ADL.Stephen Rosenthal, ADL chair-
man of the Dinner SteeringCom-mittee, said this was the firsttime in the history of the ADLthat religious leaders have re-ceived the award.
In front of more than 200
guests at the Woodlands Inn& Resort in Plains Township,OHara and Kaplan were hon-ored. Both have worked togetherin the past and traveled to Israeltogether to visit holy sites.
Special speaker Joseph Sul-livan, chief inspector and com-manding officer of HomelandSecurity and Counterterrorismwith the Philadelphia PoliceForece, said the ADL is an im-portant organization that helpshim in understanding differentcultures in certain situations.
Upon accepting his award,OHara said he was honored toreceive the award with Kaplanbut also humbled by it.
A native of Hazleton, OHara
graduated from Kings College,Wilkes-Barre. He was ordainedinto the priesthood in June 1978.He returned to Wilkes-Barre toserved as Kings president foreight years.
He has served on severalboards and worked with MotherTheresa in the Missionaries ofCharity in the hospital for theDestitute and Dying in Dhaka.
Currently, OHara is servingas the provincial superior of theCongregation of Holy Cross, U.S.Province of Priest and Broth-ers by the Provincial Chapter inPortland, Ore.
Kaplan, a native of Philadel-phia, said he believes his exten-sive work with foster care andthe fact he and his wife, Gerri,have been foster parents to morethan 70 children may have beenbehind the nomination.
Kaplan serves on the boardsof numerous local organizations,has taught Jewish history at Wy-oming Seminary and teaches theOld Testament at Kings Collegeand World Religions at Miseri-cordia University.
He has served the Temple Is-rael community since 1998. Healso is the Jewish chaplain at theDepartment of Veterans AffairsHospital and leads an interfaithtrip to Israel every other year.
The rabbi shared a story aboutone of his foster children.
He said the young girl neverexperienced discrimination due
to the color of her skin. One dayshe accompanied him to a funer-al.Whenleavingshe was shewasupset because she was the onlycolored one there.
Thinking the conversationwas racially driven, he asked herwhat did she mean.
Kaplan said the replied thateveryone was wearing black andshe had on green socks and a col-ored skirt.
Next time, she said, she wantsto be better informed.
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times after a child gets introuble, a parent looks backand sees the subtle warningsigns that went unnoticed fora long period of time.
Though no parent wantsto think it, one must realizethat children are exposed todrugs and the possibility for
experimentation exists, Ke-ating said. The one thing Ihave learned as a principal isaddiction can happen to any-one regardless of social class,race, religion or ethnicity. Itis truly blind to any stereo-type.
Keating said she hopes toexpose parents to the cur-rent trends and give them
the tools they need to lookfor warning signs to stop achild from heading down the
wrong path .Even if it is not your child
or grandchild, this programwill give one the know ledgeto possibly help someoneelse, she said. Drugs are not
just a schoo l probl em righ tnow, but a societal problem,and as a school we want toprovide an opportunity tocommunity members to work
together to raise awarenessand save our kids.
Carmen Ambrosino and Ja-son Harlen of Wyoming Val-ley Alcohol & Drug Services,
will also speak at the event .Keating said admission is
free and snacks and refresh-ments will be served. Theprogram should last roughlyone hour, she said.
decide if the program will befunded for 2014.
The state uses Bti, a natu-rally occurring bacterium, totarget the larval stage of fourspecific black fly species, ac-cording to a media release.
This bacterium degradesquickly in the environment
and does not harm the aquaticecosystem, fish, birds or otherinsects.
This effort greatly reducesthe black fly population, mak-ing it easier for Pennsylvaniansto enjoy outdoor activities dur-ing the warmer months of the
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County Manager Robert Law-
tonhad planned to recommend ad-
ditional divisionhead applicants to
councilfor itsconfirmationat Tues-
days meeting, but Lawton said
he wants more time. To date, the
county has filled three of the eight
division head positions required by
homerule.
The yet-to-be-hired managers
will oversee operations,administra-
tive services, the correctional sys-
tem, human services and judicial
records.
The county ethics commis-
sion voted last week to dismiss the
twelfth complaint filed last year. A
source said the complaint focused
on a lack of usage of time clocks,
but the commission cant discuss
details of complaints because of
a confidentiality provision in the
ethics code. Commission member
Walter Griffith, the county con-
troller, opposed the complaint dis-
missal.
County ofcials say the de-
cision to switch the retirement
board meeting to 5 p.m. last week
prompted about 20 employees
and citizens to attend. The board,
which oversees the employee pen-
sion fund, traditionally meets dur-ing the day.
Councilwoman Linda Mc-
Closky Houck urged citizens to
apply for vacant unpaid seats on
county authorities, boards and
commissions. Council recently ad-
vertised a request for applicants,
butonly oneperson had applied as
of Friday. The application form is
available on the county website.
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To me, the success part of anygoal is how you feel when youachieve something, she said. Ihad fifteento twentyyears of smallgoals that turned into bigger andbiggerones.
Once a Girl Scout herself, Men-doza urged the girls to make deci-sions based on what theyre pas-sionateabout andto never settlefortheeasypathin life.
Whether youre a Daisy GirlScout or an ambassador, thefactis,
youre making decisions every day.You can go out and be a kick-buttgirl or you can be like everyoneelse, she said.
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