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Fifteenmillionand counting.Thats thetotalnumberof di-

saster dollars the FederalEmergency ManagementAgency has approved for floodvictims in Luzerne and Wyom-ing counties as of the end ofThursday, said FEMA spokes-man Mike Sweet.

Sweets update on Friday onthe recovery from the flood of2011 came three weeks afterthe Susquehanna River crestedat 42.6 feet.

Sweet said that so far at

least: 2,537 residents in Luzerne

County and 681from WyomingCountyhad registeredwith FE-MA for assistance related toTropical Storm Lee.

Another 200 in LuzerneCounty and 190 in WyomingCounty applied for help reco- vering from Tropical StormIrene.

Statewide, about 30,000people registered with FEMAfor help related to Lee and an-other 27,300 for help relatedtoIrene.

Of the $12.3 million ap-

R E C O V E R Y FEMA says it has OKd $15 million in aid for two area counties

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Mike Sweet,publicinformation officer for the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency, talks about flood recovery Friday.SeeFEMA, Page 4A

MOOSIC The Scranton/Wilkes-BarreYankeesmightwantto change their name to the No-

mads next year when they playall 72 home games away fromPNC Field.

Theteamwillbeontheroadforthe 2012 International Leagueseason while the ballpark under-goesa $40 millionrenovation.

The Triple-Aaffiliate of theMajor LeagueNew York Yan-keeswillplayitshome games atsix differentballparks in sixdifferent cities,startingonApril14 at AllianceBank Stadiumin Syracuse,N.Y.

Syracuse willhost 10 games. The other sitesare: FrontierField in Roches-ter, N.Y., 37games; DwyerStadium in Ba-tavia, N.Y., sev-en games;Coca-Cola Field inBuffalo,N.Y.,sixgames; McCoyStadiumin Paw-tucket,R.I.,fourgames; and Co-ca-Cola Park inAllentown,eightgames.

During the

home-away-from-home sea-son, thefront of-fice operationsof the team willremain inNortheastern Pennsylvania.

As an organization, were in-vestedin NEPA andthatincludesthe upcoming season of transi-tion, assuring our fans will havethe best possible experience in2013 andbeyond when thenewlyreconstructedPNC Field reopensand the Yankees return home,said Kristen Rose, team presi-dent, ina preparedstatement.

The Lackawanna County com-missioners considered a numberof options on the construction

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Rochester, N.Y. to host 37 of

Yanks 2012 home games.

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WASHINGTON In a devas-tating double-blow to al-Qaidasmost dangerous franchise, U.S.

counterterror-ism forceskilled twoAmerican citi-zens whopl ayed keyroles in inspir-ing attacksagainst the

United States, U.S. and Yemeniofficials said Friday.

U.S-born clericAnwar al-Awla-

ki and Samir Khan, who editedthe slick Jihadi Internet maga-zine, were killed in an air strikeon their convoy in Yemen by a joint CIA-U.S. military oper-ation, according to counterter-rorism officials. Al-Awlaki wastargeted in the killing, but Khanapparently was not targeted di-rectly.

After three weeks of trackingthe targets, U.S. armed drones

and fighter jets shadowed the al-Qaida convoy before the dronesattacked early Friday. The strikekilled four operatives in all, offi-cials said.

Al-Awlaki playeda significantoperational role in plotting andinspiring attacks on the UnitedStates, U.S. officials said Friday,as they disclosed detailed intelli-

2 terror-linked U.S. citizens killed

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Yemens al-Qaida operation

die in drone attack.

ByKIMBERLYDOZIER

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Pop diva Diana Ross beams as she interacts with the appreciative crowd during her performance Friday night at theF.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre. For a review of the show, see Page 2A.

WILKES-BARRE The Cen-ter City Cafe has a traffic prob-lem, but not the sort that trou-bles many new restaurants.

The city has changed the traf-

building.Now, there is too much traffic

outside the sandwich shop onWest Market Street, owner Don-na YonKondy said.

Im losing customers be-cause theyre too frustrated waiting in traffic to stop, Yon-Kondy said, adding that busi-ness was down about 20 per-cent this week.

The city on Wednesday fin-ished installing a permanent de-

South Franklin Street andnorthbound traffic from River

Sterling detour hurts nearby businessesCity takes precautions after

engineers question structural

integrity of structure.

ByMATT HUGHES

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Im losing customersbecause theyre toofrustrated waiting intraffic to stop.

Donna YonKondy

Owner, The Center City Cafe

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WILKES-BARRE A Lu-zerne County senior judge for-mally denied a request by prose-cutors to go through with thedeath-penalty sentence facingconvicted murderer MichaelBardo.

Senior Judge Patrick Toolepresided over a hearing earlierthis month in which Bardo saidhe changed his mind aboutgoing through with the death

penalty. Bardo, 42, was convict-ed in January 1993 of first-de-gree murder and two counts ofindecent aggravated assault formolesting and killing his 3-year-old niece, Joelle Donovan.

He was sentenced to death,and a death warrant was signedby then-Gov. Ed Rendell inJanuary 2006. Later that month,Toole issued a stay of execution,allowing Bardos attorneys timeto review records and preparean appeal.

Prosecutors had asked that ajudge vacate the stay of execu-tion, which Toole denied Thurs-day, after Bardo wrote a letter inJune asking to withdraw anyPost Conviction Relief Act andto waive any further appeals to

go through with his sentence.

SCRANTON A second manhas agreed to plead guilty forhis alleged role in the theft ofguns during a burglary in Mon-roe County.

David Toney, 20, of NorwoodAvenue, Hanover Township,filed a plea agreement in federalcourt on Wednesday indicatinghe will plead guilty to aidingand abetting a theft from a fed-erally licensed firearms dealer.

A second accomplice, JeromeSharr, 20, of South EmpireStreet, Wilkes-Barre, is expectedto plead guilty to a similarcharge for his alleged role in theburglary.

Club near Brodheadsville andstealing 12 guns on Dec. 29,according to arrest records.

State police recovered most ofthe weapons during unrelatedinvestigations involving the twomen into residential burglariesin Luzerne County.

SWOYERSVILLE A manaccused of setting fire to ahouse waived his right to apreliminary hearing Thursdaybefore District Judge DavidBarilla.

Jason Wolfe, 24, of Church

Street, waived two counts ofarson and one count each ofcriminal mischief and criminalmischief to Luzerne CountyCourt. Police withdrew a thirdcount of arson against Wolfe.

Police say Wolfe set a fire to ahouse at 32-34 Evans St., Prin-gle, after an argument with arelative on Sept. 11, according toa criminal complaint.

SWOYERSVILLE A manaccused of fatally injuring apuppy pleaded guilty Thursdayduring a summary hearing be-fore District Judge David Baril-la.

Phillip Charles Hall, 37, ofMain Street, Luzerne, pleadedguilty to a summary count of

cruelty to animals. He was fined$289. Police withdrew a misde-meanor count of cruelty to ani-mals against Hall.

Police said Hall threw a ShihTzu puppy into a creek nearMain Street on July 24. Thepuppy was euthanized at a vet-erinarian hospital, according tothe criminal complaint.

WILKES-BARRE Aggravat-ed assault and drunken drivingcharges against Tammy Sapp,46, of North Main Street, weredismissed Thursday during apreliminary hearing in Wilkes-Barre Central Court.

City police had accused Sappof driving while under the influ-

ing a police officer when shewas arrested, according to thecriminal complaint.

PITTSTON A man accusedof disarming a Dupont policeofficer during a fight waived hisright to a preliminary hearingWednesday before DistrictJudge Fred Pierantoni III inPittston.

Donald Miller Jr., 23, of MainStreet, Dupont, waived sevencounts of aggravated assault,four counts each of simple as-sault and harassment, twocounts of disorderly conduct,and one count each of terroristicthreats and resisting arrest toLuzerne County Court.

Police allege Miller disarmedpolice Sgt. John Saranchukduring a struggle on Sept. 2 andpulled the trigger of the gun,but the weapon did not dis-charge, according to the crimi-nal complaint.

HANOVER TWP. Threemen accused of assaulting Nan-ticoke Mayor Joseph Doughertyand burglarizing several storeswaived their rights to prelimina-ry hearings Wednesday beforeDistrict Judge Joseph Halesey.

Nanticoke police allege DanielBanks, 24, Steven Brannigan,

20, and Thomas Owens, 21, allfrom Wilkes-Barre, assaultedDougherty by pulling him out ofa 2011 Chevrolet Cruze andstriking him with a club onSouth Chestnut Street on June25, according to the criminalcomplaints.

The three men stole the carthat they allegedly drove tocommit burglaries at SunocoService Station, Sans SouciParkway, Dons Deli on WestEnd Road in Hanover Township,an attempted burglary at theVariety Shop on East MainStreet, Newport Township, anda burglary at the CountrysideMarket on Main Road in Hun-lock Township on June 26, thecriminal complaints say.

Banks, Brannigan and Owenswaived a host of assault andtheft-related charges to LuzerneCounty Court.

WILKES-BARRE A Lu-zerne County judge on Wednes-day determined a Kingston manwas competent to serve hissentence in a case in whichpolice say he made a false reportto a public safety agency.

Judge Joseph Cosgrove sen-tenced Lester Webster, 45, witha last known address of 2ndAvenue, to one day to one yearin the county prison.

In June 2009, Webster wascharged by Kingston police afterthey responded to a 911 call of amale lying on a sidewalk vomit-ing blood. When police arrived,a paramedic told them theblood on the sidewalk wasketchup. Webster said he wasntreally sick and didnt need anambulance. Police said theyobserved him to be intoxicated.

WILKES-BARRE A cityman charged with carrying amachete-type sword in a Sep-tember 2010 incident was sen-tenced Thursday to a period ofprobation.

Justin P. Bodnar, 22, with alast known address of West-

minster Street, was sentencedon a single count of possessingoffensive weapons after plead-ing guilty to the charge beforeLuzerne County Judge TinaPolachek Gartley.

Bodnar received nine monthsprobation, as well as 20 hours ofcommunity service. He waivedhis right to be represented by anattorney at Thursdays hearing.Assistant District AttorneySamuel Sanguedolce prosecutedthe case.

According to court papers, onSept. 8, 2010, police were dis-patched to Penn Refrigeration inHanover Township for the re-port of a man on a bike allegedlytrying to break into vehicles onthe property. Police said they

WILKES-BARRE A formerEpiscopal priest being sued byhis daughter for injuries shesuffered after being attackedoutside an area bar respondedto the lawsuit Friday, stating aformer employee is responsiblefor the attack.

Gregory Malia responded toMarilyn Malias suit through hisattorney, E. Patrick Heffron.

Marilyn Malia filed the suit inMarch, alleging she suffered afractured nose that requiredsurgery after she was attackedby Angela Sweet in the parking

lot of the River Street Ale Houseon July 7, 2009. The suit saysMalia was punched repeatedlyin the head by Sweet, who wasangry that Malia had thrown adrink into the face of her father,Gregory Malia, after he inten-tionally bumped into her insidethe bar. Both Sweet and Grego-ry Malia, who brandished ahandgun during the altercationbetween Sweet and his daugh-ter, were charged in connectionwith the assault.

Gregory Malia said in courtpapers Friday that his daugh-ters injuries were caused by herown actions, and that he did notact in concert with Sweet.

(Sweet) is solely liable to any

injuries/damages sustained,the response says. Sweet has notyet filed a response to the suit.

WILKES-BARRE A PlainsTownship woman was sen-tenced Friday to nine to 18months in county prison forstabbing and injuring her boy-friend in 2009.

Sharon Wallace, 28, of Han-cock Street, was sentenced oncharges of aggravated assaultand simple assault. She wasfound guilty of the charges aftera jury trial in March. Wallacewas also ordered to serve one year probation.

According to court records,police found Thomas J. Tranell

COURT BRIEFS

PITTSTON A man wasarraigned Friday in Wilkes-BarreCentral Court on charges hesmashed a window.

Henry Charles Hobbs, 25, ofCurtain Street, Dupont, wascharged with criminal mischiefand public drunkenness. He wasjailed at the Luzerne CountyCorrectional Facility for lack of$1,000 bail.

Police allege Hobbs intention-ally smashed a window at Saba-telles Market, South MainStreet, about 12:30 a.m. Friday.Hobbs claimed he wanted tosmash the window because hewanted to go to jail, accordingto the criminal complaint.

A preliminary hearing isscheduled for Wednesday beforeDistrict Judge Fred PierantoniIII in Pittston.

NORTHMORELAND TWP.

State police identified the driv-ers in a crash that killed a moth-er and daughter on Sept. 17 onstate Route 292 in WyomingCounty.

Robert J. Morris, 19, of Tunk-hannock was behind the wheelof a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier thatcollided head-on with a 2004Dodge Dakota pickup truckdriven by Melanie M. Kopeck,23, of Wilkes-Barre.

Morris and Kopeck wereinjured and have been releasedfrom area hospitals.

Kelly M. Radwanski, 40, ofMehoopany and her 15-year-olddaughter, Cailene, of Tunk-

hannock were passengers in theCavalier and died from injuriesat the scene. Neither of themwas wearing a seat belt, statepolice said.

The crash is still under in-vestigation.

Anyone with informationabout the crash is asked to con-tact Trooper Joseph F. Wasko at570 836-2141.

PLAINS TWP. Townshippolice reported the following:

Charles Angelo said copperpipe and several radiators weretaken from his rental property at69 Courtright St. between Tues-day night and Wednesday morn-ing. Police said Angelo toldthem a large amount of waterspilled into the basement after apipe was removed from thewater heater.

Phillip Hancock, 32, ofMidland, Texas, was cited in anassault on the front desk clerk atthe Woodlands Inn & Resort

about1:40 a.m. Thursday. Policesaid they responded to a reportof an intoxicated man whopunched the clerk in the face.Police said Hancock threatenedthem and fought with securitypersonnel. Police subdued himwith an electronic stun gun afterhe refused to obey commands.Hancock was cited with harass-ment, public drunkenness anddisorderly conduct. He was laterreleased. No injuries were re-ported.

WILKES-BARRE City po-lice reported the following:

Leann Telesky, 46, of Char-

les Street, reported Thursdaythat her beagle was stolen in thearea of South Main Street andPublic Square.

Dawud Wright, 20, of Bar-ney Street, will be cited withcriminal trespass, after he was

inside the apartment of hisformer girlfriend Thursday at 92W. River St.

Jeff Rockman reportedThursday that between 15 and20 spools of copper wire, brassfittings and a bucket of changewere taken from his business at12 Oregon St. He estimated theloss at $1,000.

Lynn Bell, 47, of NorthFranklin Street, was cited withpublic drunkenness Wednesdayafternoon after police said shewas intoxicated and sitting inthe doorway of the Subwaystore on South Main Streetwearing panties and a tank top.She was taken into custody andheld at police headquarters untilshe was sober.

Eric Roper, of 35 N. WellesSt., told police on Sept. 19 thathis apartment door was kickedin by Shana Pulla of MargaretStreet, Scranton. Police saidPulla fled before they arrived.Police said charges are pendingonce the damage is calculated.

DORRANCE TWP. Statepolice at Hazleton said theyarrested Gregory Alex Murray,50, of Berwick, on evidence ofdriving under the influence of acontrolled substance after atraffic stop at Interstate 81 andBlue Ridge Trail at 10:20 p.m.Thursday.

POLICE BLOTTER

Divorces soughtand filed in theLuzerne County ProthonotarysOfficefrom Sept. 26through 30,2011:

Maria E. Razawich, unknownaddress, and Joseph T. Razawich,unknown address

James Douglas Stork, Ashley,and Melissa Stork, Ashley

Ann V. Jobson, Exeter, and ScottD. Jobson, Exeter

Aaron King, Dallas Township,and Betty Kelly King, Harveys Lake

Thomas J. Bieda, Nanticoke, andErin Bieda, Nanticoke

Lisa Y. Hutchings, Wilkes-Barre,and Alvin M. Lloyd, Philadelphia

Diana I. Stelmack, Larksville, andRichard J. Stelmack, Larksville

Michael P. Serafin, Bear CreekTownship, and Jennifer Menedez,

Bear Creek TownshipMarriagelicense applications

filed in theLuzerne CountyRegis-

terof WillsOffice from Sept. 26through 30, 2011: John David Shook and Lindsey

Patricia Rice William Wendell Preiman and

Jessica Elizabeth Saxton Matteo Randazzo and Noelle L.

Davis Cuong Q. Le and Uyen Pham Christopher Thomas Burke and

Emily Marie Henderson Scott Lee Krauss and Amy Lee

Statkiewicz Brian J. Cosgrove Jr. and Ashley

Renee Bell Robert Luke and Amanda Susan

Lambert Joshua Bradley Conklin and Lisa

Maree Tarlecky John Thomas Bolt and Jacque-

line Jeanne Rinehimer Fernando Martinez Rodriguez

and Maria Elena Caraballo Acevedo Jason Robert Crawn and Crystal

Leigh Naugle Gerard Vincent Belotti II and

Ashley Lynn Harvey

Kurt Dennis Tobin II and JonelleMarie Bodosky Gustavo Adolfo Nunez Brito and

Maria Elena Soto Bruce J. Marshall and Clare

Spadoni Donald E. Warren and Marie

Arowcavage Martin Anthony Gardner and

Dawn Marie Smith John Victor Dinoia and Tabetha

Lynn Augustine Eric Robert Masters and Laura

Anne Leighow Dale Newman and Renee Lynn

Crisano Jason Lee Wagner and Laura M.

Ferack James Adrian Scott and Myra

Velez Diaz Stephen C. Chase and Melissa

Rudaski John L. McAdarra IV and Ashley

J. Banditelli Steven Geller and Jill Mulroy

PUBLIC RECORDS

TheF.M. Kirby Centerfor thePerforming Arts kicked off its25th anniversary season ingrand style Friday evening witha spectacular, sold-out perform-ance by legendary singer DianaRoss.

The now 67-year-old diva,along with three backgroundsingers and a superb 10-pieceband, shimmied her waythrough her enormouscollection of hits,faith-fully recreating bothclassics by The Su-premes and her laterhighly successful solotunes.

And she still looksand sounds just as shedid in the 1970s.

Ms. Ross, in true diva fashion, left thestageevery 15 minutesor so during her 90-minute performance,reemerging momentslater in another stun-ning dress; she quick-changed five times

throughout Fridays show."This is all about memories,"

she said before launching intothe first of six tunes by The Su-premes, theMotowntrio sheledfrom 1959 through 1970. Stand-outs included the No. 1 hits"Where Did Our Love Go," "Ba-by Love," "You Cant HurryLove," and "Stop! In The Nameof Love."

She then took the crowdthrough her dance-music phaseas she scored with crowd-pleas-ing renditions of "Im ComingOut" and "Upside Down," be-fore treating herfans to thefirstballad of the evening, 1973schart-topper "Touch Me in theMorning."

After frenzied versions of "ItsMy House," "Love Hangover"

and "Ease onDown theRoad," Ms.Ross o nceagain madeone of herquick changesbefore reap-pearing with a

sultry, saxophone-led version of"The Look of Love."

Thesingerthendid herexqui-site tribute to Billie Holiday,"Dont Explain," from her Gold-en Globe award-winning per-formance in "Lady Sings TheBlues," earning her first stand-ing ovation of the evening.

Following a fewmore hits, in-cluding a nifty medley of

"Theme from Mahoga-ny (Do You Know Where Youre Going To)" and "Aint NoMountain HighEnough," Ms. Ross andher blazing band thenripped through a cele-bratory cover of discostandard "I Will Sur- vive" to close out themain set.

Just oneminutelater,she came back on stagein yet another gown, tothank the crowd and in-troduce the band mem-bers. When an audiencemember yelled, "Make

another movie," she respondedwith, "Id rather spend my timewith you."

She then ended her perform-ance with a sing-along, highlyuplifting version of "Reach Outand Touch (SomebodysHand)," which was the perfectending to a glorious evening.

Named in honor of Fred M.Kirby I, a Wilkes-Barre nativeand co-founder of the Wool-worths department storechain,the Kirby Center opened itsdoors in September 1986 with aperformance by the AmericanBallet Theatre.

Ms. Ross will be in Readingtonight.The next concertat theKirby Center is blues-rock bandGeorge Thorogood & The De-stroyers on Tuesday.

Ross dazzles crowd

with stellar showPop superstar performs hitsboth from days with TheSupremes and solo career.

R E V I E W

By BRADPATTON

Times Leader CorrespondentRoss

The now 67-

year-old diva,

along with

three back-

ground sing-

ers and a

superb 10-

piece band,

shimmied her

way through

her enormous

collection of

hits.

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Sordoni on Corbett panelLocal businessman Andrew J. Sordo-

ni III is among 24 state residents ap-pointed to an uncompensated post onthe newly formed Governors AdvisoryCouncil on Privatization and Innova-tion.

The panel is taskedwith exploring if anyfunctions now per-formed by state gov-ernment might bebetter and more cost-effectively performedby the private sector.

Sordoni, of Harveys

Lake, is chairman of Forty Fort-basedSordoni Construction.

The councils mission, according tothe governors office, is to use innova-tion to achieve a combination of qual-ity, cost savings, expertise and effec-tiveness. It will also examine road-blocks to sensible privatization.

WASHINGTON

Kanjorski PAC gets deadlineThe Federal Election Commission

has given former U.S. Rep. Paul E.Kanjorskis affiliated political actioncommittee until Oct. 14 to amendportions of its first half of 2011 cam-paign finance report.

In a letter to the PACs treasurer,Nancy Kanjorski, a

commission seniorcampaign financeanalyst writes thattwo lines in the reportreflect figures thatconflict with otherportions of the report.

One represents thetotal cash-on-hand asof Jan. 1, 2011, of $53,045.39. On acorresponding line showing total cashon hand at the beginning of the report-ing period, which is also Jan. 1, 2011,the amount reported is $106,674.92.

These two figures should be thesame for the first report of the year,the letter signed by Daniel Buckleypoints out.

A similar discrepancy is referencedhaving to do with total cash on hand at

the end of the reporting period on June30, 2011 different from the total cash onhand reported as of June 30, 2011.

Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, lost hisre-election bid last year to former Ha-zleton Mayor Lou Barletta, but thePAC continues to disburse funds.

WEST PITTSTON

Tetanus vaccinations setWilkes-Barre General Hospital will

hold an additional vaccination clinic toprovide free tetanus vaccinations toindividuals age 16 and older. The clinicwill take place today from 9 a.m. to 2p.m. at the First United MethodistChurch, 408 Wyoming Ave., West Pitt-ston.

LUZERNE

Lions for Lambs screeningThe Peace and Justice Center will

present a free screening of the movieLions for Lambs at 7 p.m. Saturdayon the second floor of the Betz-Jastrem-ski Funeral Home building, 568 BennetSt., Luzerne.

Rated R, the 2007 drama stars TomCruise as a Washington bigwig whogoes toe-to-toe with a reporter, playedby Meryl Streep, on the issue of U.S.troops in Afghanistan. And RobertRedford portrays an idealistic professorwho tries to keep his students engagedas two of his former pupils struggle tosurvive behind enemy lines in the Mid-dle East. Redford also directed themovie.

SCRANTON

Diocese aiding flood victimsThe Diocese of Scranton has raised

$220,000 to aid flood victims so far,and provided assistance to 1,242 house-holds, but the effort isnt over.

The recent edition of The CatholicLight, the diocesan newspaper report-ed the progress of the relief effort,noting that people can still contributeand flood victims can still get help.

Those who want to donate can writea check to the Diocesan Relief Fundand give it to their local parish or sendit directly to the fund at The Diocese ofScranton, 300 Wyoming Ave., Scran-ton, Pa. 18503. Those seeking help cancontact the Catholic Social Services atthe Wilkes-Barre office 570-822-7118

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WILKES-BARRE Hes not a state-wide name. He doesnt hold any electedposition. And hes not a millionaire ableto self fund a high-profile congressionalcampaign.

But attorney Marc Scaringisaidhe has nodoubthe can un-

seat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey nextyear.He looks to Rick Santorum,

the man Casey unseated five years ago, as proof that hardworkethic, speaking to thevot-ers on issues that are most im-portant to them and a well-runcampaign can defeat better-known, better-funded oppo-nents.

Scaringi, 41, of Camp Hill, worked forSantorum fora fewyears as an aide, andsaid Santorum heard naysayers in 1994telling him he couldnt win, he wasnt a

statewide known name, didnt have thewarchest, and incumbentU.S. Sen.Har-risWofford wasa Democratwitha Demo-crat in theWhiteHouse.

Scaringisaidthetalehasafamiliarringtoit.

Santorum narrowly defeated Woffordandthen didso again sixyearslaterwhenchallenged by RonKlink.But

in2006helosttoCasey,acandidate with statewide name recognitionthanks in part to his father, of thesame name, who served as gover-nor for two terms, and also thanksto a string of campaigns for state-wide officesincluding treasurer,au-ditorgeneral and governor.

But Scaringi,an attorney, doesntwant the race to be about Santo-

rum,or Casey.He saiditsaboutthe Con-stitution and righting a country that hasveered away fromthe documentsprinci-ples fortoo long.

Hesaid thegovernmenthas gottentoo

bigand residentsand businesseshavebe-come too reliant on it. He said spendingneeds to be reeled in, cuts need to bemadeandthenationneedstofocusonna-tional security and our own borders andstopinterfering withother countries.

Hehad harsh wordsfor thedecisionbythe George W. Bush administration fordeciding to go to war with Iraq andstretching ourmilitaryand budget in theprocess.

Were building roads, bridges andschools in Baghdad while wehave roads,bridges and schools falling apart here,Scaringi, a married father of three, said

during a visit toThe TimesLeaderon Fri-day.In addition,he said a balanced budget

amendmentandatermlimitamendmentfor congressmen would be numbers oneand two on the top of his list of goals ifelected.

He said that while he isntalwayshap-py with the Republican Party, he felt in-vigoratedby theteaparty movementthatsprangup in recent years.He says heis amember and called the group the bestthing to happen to the Republican Partysince Ronald Regan switched his partyregistration from Democrat.

One-time aide for Rick Santorum inspired by former U.S. senators example

Scaringi looks to unseat CaseyByANDREWM. SEDER

[email protected]

ANDREW SEDER/THE TIMES LEADER

Marc Scaringi is seeking the chance

to replace U.S. Sen. Bob Casey.

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WILKES-BARRE A Hazle Townshipcouplehavefiledalawsuitseekingtoblockformer Hazleton MayorMichael Marsica-nofromlandinghishelicopterona helipadathis home,whicha townshipofficial says was constructed without seeking anytownship permits.

RichardandTraceyFranzosaofPardees-ville Road sayMarsicano,a licensed pilot,

hasmadetheirlivesin-tolerable since he be-gantaking off and land-inghis helicopteron hispropertylocatedinares-idential area at 1135 Pi-lot Point.

The Franzosas attor-ney,DonaldKarpowich,said the helicopter cre-

ates excessive noise and causes the win-dows in the Franzosas home, which isabout 100 feet away from the helipad, to

shake violently whenever it lands or de-parts. The continued disruptions havecausedthemtolosetheuseandenjoymentof theirproperty.

Can you imagine being 100 feet awayandhavinga helicoptertakeoff?Thenoiseis unbelievable, Karpowich said Friday.Heusesthe thing like a personal automo-bile. Hes in and out three or four times aday.Hehasnoregardforthepersonalprop-erty of others.

Karpowich saidLuzerne County JudgeDavid Lupas issuedan orderThursdayfor-biddingMarsicanofromusingthe helipadpending a preliminary injunction hearingscheduled forOct. 5.

According to the lawsuit, Hazle Town-ship issued a cease-and-desist order toMarsicano after the Franzosas com-plained.Hediscontinueduseofthehelipadtemporarily, butresumedusingit onSept.26.

CharlesPedri, solicitor for HazleTown-ship,saidMarsicanoneversoughtbuildingpermits or zoning approval before con-structingthe helipadin July.

Pedri said Marsicano appealed thecease-and-desist order to the townshipszoningboard,whichheldahearingonAug.23.Therewas noresolutionto thedispute,however,asMarsicanoclaimedthehelipadis located in Butler Township, thereforeHazleTownship lackedjurisdiction.

Even if the helipad is located in ButlerTownship,Pedri said he believes Marsica-no would still be precluded from landingthe helicopter therebecause ButlerTown-shiphas thesame restrictions.The lawsuitalsoseeksmore than$50,000 in damagesfrom Marsicano. Marsicano hung up on areporter seeking comment from him Fri-

Ex-mayorschopper usedraws fireHazle Twp. neighbors suing to stop

Michael Marsicano from flying his

helicopter to and from his property.

By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER

[email protected]

Marsicano

WILKES-BARRE The bustling In-termodalCenterwasthe settingforthefifth annual Poetry in Transit pro-gram Friday evening.

Amid the bellowing arrival and de-parture announcements, a number oflocalpoetsgatheredinthe centerof thelobby to recitetheir poems,which willbe featured on the Luzerne CountyTransportation Authority buses for ayear.

Placards featuring poems of 14 localpoets were unveiled at the event and will be placed alongside advertise-mentsinsidethe buses.Thepoems will

be rotated throughout the year frombus to bus.

Mischelle Anthony, an associate pro-fessor of English at Wilkes University,startedtheproject in2007 with12plac-ards featuring the work of 20th-centu-ry masters such as William Word-sworth, Emily Dickinson and RobertFrost. The work of local poets was in-troduced in 2008. Original photo-graphs taken by Mark Golaszewskihighlightedthe poemson the placards.

Scott Zimmerman, 39, of Wilkes-Barre, attended the event to supporthisfellow poets.His poem, titled Bak-ers Dozen, about 13 windmills in thePottsville areathat Zimmerman drivesby regularly, was part of the previous

years collection. A panel of advisoryjudges fromlocal colleges anduniversi-ties decided on15outof 28poems thatwere submitted.

The LCTA has funded the project, which costs roughly $2,000 a year,since its inception five years ago.

Anthony closed the program with areading of one of her own poems. Tak-enfroma book ofa collectionof Antho-nys many poems, Spider describedthe terror she felt at 7 years old afterspotting a tarantula in the driveway ofher Oklahoma home one morning.

Its legs bent outfroman armygreenbody resembling the pipe cleaners Iused in Bible school to make littlefuzzydisciples I knewI hadtokillit.

DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER

Richard Aston uses a visual aid Friday evening as he recites his poetry during the launching of a program thatbrings poetry to riders of the Luzerne County Transit System.

The artistic routePoetry in Transit brings verse to massesBy CAMILLE FIOTI

Times Leader Correspondent

SHICKSHINNY A former FEMAdeputy chief of staff under PresidentGeorge W. Bush told Shickshinny Bor-ough CouncilonFriday thatitwillhaveto come up with a 25 percent share ofwhatever recovery funds the FederalEmergency Management Agencymight provide after recent flooding.

Scott R. Morris, founder and presi-dent of a companycalledCowbell whosaid he is in the business of providingdisaster services, estimated flooddam-agesin theboroughat $2,182,500.Mor-

director for FEMA, and, during theBush administration, was its deputychief of staff. Most recently, he said, heprovided disaster servicesin Texas.Hesaid he formed Cowbell to offer inde-pendent assistance based on his expe-rience with FEMA.

Council President Rosalie White-bread said the borough is essentiallybroke and a 25 percent share issomething the borough just doesnthave.

A general discussion about flood de-brison thestreetsensued,and Council-manJoe Noss saidit seems to increase

after, homeowners will have to paytheir own costs.

Councilisscheduledto meet inregu-larsession at 6 p.m.Tuesday at thefirehall on West Union Street, at whichtimeFEMA andPEMA representatives will be present, secretary-treasurerMelissa Weber said. She also said rep-resentatives of the offices of state Sen.Lisa Baker, state Rep. Karen Bobeckand U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta will be in-vited to the public meeting. Morrisstressed that all volunteer services, re-lief projects and emergency workshould be documented thoroughly.

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Of the $2.8 million forWyomingCounty, $2.6 mil-lion went for rental assist-ance.

Shortage of rentals

FEMA is aware thattheres a shortage of rentalproperties in the area.Wereaddressingit, Sweetsaid. Temporary housingunits can be brought inwhen theres a shortage ofrental resources.

Sweet said there is noneed for people to call FE-MA to request temporaryhousing units, which manyrefer to as FEMA trailers,because FEMA teams areworking to identify whichflood victims might needand would qualify for atrailer based on reportscompleted by inspectors who visit flood victimshomes.

He said the home must

be unlivable and have sus-tained real property dam-age in excess of $11,000.

Calling the 800 numberto request a trailer is notgoing to get you one anyfaster, Sweet said.

He also said FEMA can-not make public wheretrailers are sent because offederal privacy laws.

Whilethe regionsaw ma-keshift trailer parks afterthe flood of 1972 whenmore than 10,000 trailerswere brought here, Sweetsaid theres no way to pre-dict how many are needednow. Neither could he esti-mate how long it wouldt k FEMA t t t ll

the state who might need atrailer, attempted to call1,824 of themand,of those,identified 249 people whoFEMA representatives be-lieve will need one, Sweetsaid.

The region is currentlyexperiencing a shortage ofrentalunits fora numberofreasons, and the additionof flooding victims hasmade the situation worse,said Rita Dallago, of thePennsylvania ResidentialOwners Association, astatewide group that advo-cates for rental propertyowners.

The market has gottenrather tight for a lot of rea-sons theeAnomy,foreclo-sures, Dallagosaid. Avail-ability hasnt been as goodas it once was, and this ismaking it a little bit tight-er.

Being accommodating

Dallago said the stateDepartmentof Communityand Economic Develop-ment recently contactedher group to ask that itsmembers be more flexiblewith flood victims seekingrentals in terms of thelength of the lease and theamount of security depos-it.

Instead of asking for aone-year term lease, if peo-ple can get back to theirhomes in a shorter time,theyre asking us to be flex-ible. Theyre also asking usto be workable with the se-curity deposit, keeping inmind these people are put-ting out money in all direc-tions, she said.

That requires rentalownerstotakeon moreriskthan normal, but Dallagosaid most of the groupsmembers have been recep-tive to the suggestions.

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PLYMOUTH Council mem-bers this week thanked all theborough employees and volun-teers who helped out during thismonths flooding.

At Tuesday nights meeting,Council President Frank Cough-linsaideveryoneput theneedsofothers above themselves. Fromresidents volunteering to fillsandbags to employees workingdouble shifts with no sleep, ev-eryone gave it their all, he said.

I want to extend a deepthanks, Coughlin said. We real-ly do appreciate all the help.

Councilman Tom McTague

toldresidentsthat getting federaland state assistance isnt easy,but the borough is working on it.

Iknowhowdisgustedsomeof you are, McTague said. Wereup to our elbows in paperwork.

Whats most frustrating, hesaid, is theborough is still suffer-ingfromthesameflooding issuestoday as it did when the AgnesFlood struck in1972.The countyshould have corrected the prob-lems when the levee was raised,he added.

Coughlin said a large pumphad to be rented for areas neartheleveesystemto save about 30residents homes. The boroughwill look into renting long termor securing money to purchase apump of its own, he said.

Coughlin saidhe wasinHarris-burg onTuesdayto attenda hear-ing with state Sen. Lisa Baker onestablishing an emergency fundfor disasters. Plymouth Boroughand Plymouth Township werethe only two called to testify.Along with Plymouth Township,the borough is always one of thehardest hit by flooding, he said.

In other business, council: Hired Amanda Marino, Ma-

riette Eichel and Joseph Skvarlaas school crossing guards at$8.50 per hour.

Adopteda resolutionapprov-ing a cooperation agreement with the county for $179,750worth of street improvements.

Appreciationand frustration

in PlymouthBy SCOTTL. GOMBTimes Leader Correspondent

WILKES-BARRE The Lu-zerne County Young Republi-cans have gone on the attackagainst District Attorney Jac-queline Musto Carroll, issuing apress release Thursday that crit-icizes her handling of the juve-nile-justice scandal.

The release poses nine ques-tions to Musto Carroll, most of

which relatedto shortcom-ings within theDistrict Attor-neys office cit-ed by the Inter-branch Com-mission on Ju- venile Justice,

the special panel appointed toinvestigatethe scandalinvolvingformer judges Mark Ciavarellaand Michael Conahan.

Musto Carroll, a Democrat, isseeking a secondterm as districtattorney. She faces attorney Ste-fanie Salavantis, a Republicanwho won a write-in spot on the

general election ballot. Bob Zar-uta, Young Republicans presi-dent, said Salavantis played nopart in the creation or issuanceof the press release.

Zaruta said the group issuedthe release because it wants toclean house of anyone whoplayed a role, by commission oromission,in permittingthe juve-nile scandal to go on for so long.

There were people whodidnt do their job. Jackie MustoCarroll is one of them. The com-missionsreport clearly supportsthat, Zaruta said.

The Interbranch Commissioninvestigated abuses of juveniles

rightsthat ledthe state SupremeCourt in 2009 to vacate the con-victions of thousands of youthswho appeared before Ciavarella.

The commissions report, re-leased in May 2010, faulted nu-merous people, including for-merLuzerne County District At-torney David Lupas, who is nowa county judge, and Musto Car-roll, whoservedas first assistantdistrict attorney under Lupas.

The commission concludedthat Lupas and Musto Carrollshould have done more to en-sure assistant district attorneyswho appeared in juvenile courtwere better trained to spot abus-

es of juveniles rights. The Young Republicansseized on that issue in theirpress release, asking Musto Car-roll, How can the residents ofLuzerne County have any faiththat you will not continue to ab-dicate your responsibility sinceyou have already set abdicationof responsibility as a prece-dent?

Musto Carroll declined Fridayto commentor addressthe ques-tions in the release. She and Lu-pas have said assistant districtattorneys never made themawareof concerns they hadin ju-venile court.

Politicos implicate DA in judicial scandalYoung Republicans wish toclean house, say she

abdicated responsibility.

By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER

[email protected] Musto Carroll

WILKES-BARRE In another in-decisive move just days before hishomicidetrial isscheduledto begin,Robert George Zola changed hismind again.

On Thursday, Zola wrote a letterto Judge Joseph Cosgrove request-ingto representhimself,aftercitingnumerousdifferenceswith hisattor-neys, Ferris Webby and JosephYeager.

On Friday, Cosgrove scheduled ahearing to address Zolas request.

I want to withdraw those let-ters, Zola said, saying he changed

his mind on self-representation. Zo-la, 46, is charged in the December2009 stabbing death of 35-year-oldRosemarie Cave in her Plymouthhome. According to court papers,on Dec. 14, 2009, he pulled Cave in-to her apartment and attacked her.Police said Zola stabbed Cave mul-tiple times with a kitchen knife ather Nottingham Street residence asher 17-year-old daughter slept in asecond-floor bedroom.

Cosgrove called Zola and his at-torneys, as wellas Assistant DistrictAttorneysChesterDudick andAlex-isFalvello,intohis chambers brieflyduring Fridays hearing to discussthe trial schedule.

The trial is scheduled to begin

Monday with any motions requestsfrom attorneys before a jury is se-lected.

Earlier this week, Cosgrove heldanother hearing for Zola after re-ceiving more letters from him ask-ing to have new attorneys assignedto his case or to represent himself.

Cosgrove denied those requestsfor a fifth time.

In a letter written to Cosgrovedated Sept. 19, Zola asked to repre-sent himself because, he claimed,his attorneys were unable to fairly(and) competently represent him.

Zola cited a meeting at the Lu-zerne County prison that same day

duringwhich, he alleges Yeagerver-bally attacked him and cursed athim.

I am asking the court to provideprotection for me when Mr. Yeagerwill be in my presence, Zolawrote.I am asking the court again to re-movemy entiredefensecounselandprovide alternative conflict coun-sel.

In July, Zola withdrew a guiltyplea to a third-degree homicidecharge in Caves death.

Zola had previously claimed at-torneysdidntexplain tohim thedif-ferent degrees of homicide.

I was pressured, coerced andforced into this guilty plea, hewrote in a letter to Cosgrove.

Zola wants lawyers after allBy SHEENADELAZIO

[email protected]

INTO THE SWING OF THINGS

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Cara, 4, spent time Friday at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre with her sister, Silvia,and grandparents Linda and John Wardell enjoying the sunshine. Much cool-

er and yet again wetter weather is expected for today, Sunday and into Monday.

WILKES-BARRE -- The Committee toElect Lisa Cope for Mayor of Wilkes-Barrewill be holding two free meet- and-greetevents.

From 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 10, the candidate

will be at McCarthys Tavern on the Hill,349 E. Northampton St., and from 6 to 9p.m. Oct. 20, the candidate will be at theWyoming Valley Marine Corps League, EastMain Street, Miners Mills.

Food and beverages will be served. Contri-butions will be gratefully accepted. Forinformation, call Ellen at 706-6386.

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WASHINGTON, PA.

Drilling creates jobs

The U.S. Bureau of LaborStatistics stated two western

Pennsylvania counties wereamong the top 10 in the nationfor employment gains in largecounties between March 2010and March 2011.

Washington County was third,with 4.3 percent growth, andButler County was sixth, at 4.2percent. Elkhart, Ind., was ontop at 6.2 percent. The surveylooked at counties with 75,000or more employees.

Washington County directorof administration Scott Fergussaid most of the job growththere is tied to Marcellus Shalegas drilling. He said the impacthas trickled down to motels,restaurants and the real estateindustry.

Joel MacKay of the ButlerCounty Planning Commissionsaid theres some Marcellusactivity there, but he attributesmost of the growth to a movethere by Westinghouse Co.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Onion news targetedCapitol Police were not

amused by tweets and an articlewritten by the satirical newspa-per The Onion falsely reportingthat members of Congress hadtaken a group of schoolchildrenhostage.

The papers Twitter accountsand related story Thursday

reporting gunshots and hostage-taking in the Capitol came a dayafter the FBI arrested a Mas-sachusetts man accused of plan-ning to bomb the Pentagon andthe Capitol with explosive-filledmodel airplanes.

Capitol Police spokeswomanSgt. Kimberly Schneider said ina statement conditions at theCapitol, now largely emptybecause lawmakers are on vaca-tion, were normal.

The Onion tweets and articlespoke of members congressionalleaders, brandishing shotgunsand semiautomatic pistols,taking a class of schoolchildrenhostage and threatening to killthem if they didnt get $12 tril-

lion in cash.It showed a doctored picture

of House Speaker John Boehner,R-Ohio, holding a gun to achilds head and reported thatSenate Majority Leader HarryReid was firing a handgun andwearing a black pantyhose overhis head.

Boehners office had no com-ment.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. His-panic students have started van-ishing from Alabama publicschoolsinthe wake ofa court rul-ing that upheld the states toughnew law cracking down on ille-gal immigration.

Education officials say scoresof immigrant families have with-drawn their children from class-esor kept themhomethisweek,afraid that sending the kids toschool would draw attention

from authorities.Thereare no precise statewidenumbers. But several districts with large immigrant enroll-ments from small towns tolarge urban districts reporteda sudden exodus of children ofHispanic parents,someof whomtold officials they would leavethe state to avoid trouble withthe law, which requires schoolsto check students immigration

status.Theanxiety hasbecomeso in-

tense that the superintendent inone of the states largest cities,Huntsville, went on a Spanish-language television show Thurs-day to try to calm widespreadworries.

Inthecaseof this law,our stu-dents do not have anything tofear, Casey Wardynski said inhalting Spanish. He urged fam-iliestosendstudentstoclassand

explained that the state is onlytrying to compile statistics.

Police, he insisted, were notgetting involved in schools.

In Montgomery County, morethan 200 Hispanicstudentswereabsent the morning after the judges Wednesday ruling. Ahandful withdrew.

In tinyAlbertville,35 studentswithdrew in one day. And about20 students in ShelbyCounty, insuburban Birmingham, either

withdrew or told teachers theywere leaving.

Local and state officials arepleading with immigrant fam-ilies to keep their children en-rolled. Thelawdoesnot banany-one from school, they say, andneither students nor parentswillbe arrested for trying to get aneducation.

But many Spanish-speakingfamiliesarent waitingaround tosee what happens.

Hispanics leaving Ala. schoolsCourt upholds states rigidlegislation that cracks down

on illegal immigration.

ByJAYREEVES

Associated Press

APPHOTO

Potato farmer CaseySmith, right, looks Thurs-

day at a nearly emptypotato field that needs

cultivating on his fathersfarm in Cullman, Ala.

Normally, Smith hiressome 25 laborers to help

bring in his crop. Onlyfive workers showed up

on Thursday, the day that

Alabamas stringentimmigration law took

effect. Sod farmer Mi-chael Hunter is at left,

and poultry farmer Rob-ert Draper is center.

BEIRUT Syrian troops fought

intense battles Friday with hundredsof fellow soldiers who have turnedtheir weapons against the regime ofPresident Bashar Assad, revealingthe increasinglymilitarized natureofan uprising started months ago bypeaceful protesters.

Across the country, tens of thou-sands of demonstrators took to thestreets as they do each Friday, brav-ing gunfire by government forceswho have waged a relentless crack-

down. At least 11protesters werekilled and scores

were wounded, hu-man rights groupssaid.

Opposition activ-ists and the govern-ment confirmed a

fourth straight day of battles in Ras-tan, just north of the central city ofHoms. The fighting, which beganwith a government assault on Tues-day, issomeof themostintense sincethe outpouring against Assads re-

gime began in mid-March.The army defections as well as re-

ports that once-peaceful protesters

are increasingly taking up arms tofight the 6-month-old governmentcrackdown have raised concerns oftheriskofcivilwarinacountrywithadeep sectarian divide.

Thearmy defectorsinvolvedin bat-tles in the Rastan area and in the Ja-balal-Zawiyahregion inthe northernIdlib province number around 2,000,according to another prominentrights activist who spoke anony-mously.

Syrian troops battle renegade soldiers as thousands protest

At least 11

protesters were

killed and

scores were

wounded, human

rights groups

said. Violence

grows in what

was peaceful

uprising.

By BASSEMMROUE

Associated Press

Assad

VALENCIA, Calif. A doc-tor who treated a 67-year-oldSouthern California man whosurvived for six days on bugsandleavesafterhiscar plungedoff a cliff said Friday the man was quite scared but alsoquite hopeful during the or-

deal.David LaVau, of Lake

Hughes, could hear cars pass-ingon the roadabove thedeepravinewhere hewasstuckwitha dislocated shoulder and afractured back, he told thenurses at the hospital after hewas rescued Thursday night.

As he was down there eat-ing bumblebees and ants andleaves, he could visualize thecars passingby above andhearthem, said Dr. Garrett Sutter,who was working in the ER atHenry Mayo Newhall Memo-rial Hospital in Valencia whenLaVau was airlifted in.

LaVau remained in his carovernight after the Sept. 23crash andthe next daycrawledout, only to see a dead man inanother car that had apparent-ly plunged over the cliff beforehim, said the California High-way Patrol, which hadno moreinformation on that crash.

Sutter said he never sawanyone go through this kindof a plunge do so remarkably.

LaVau told the nurses thatheadlights momentarily blind-edhim andcaused himto driveoff the cliff.

Accidentsurvivorate bugsMan not found until 6 days

after driving off cliff and

suffering fractured back.

By ELMERALDABURMUDEZ

Los Angeles Times

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AUFIERO Rocco, funeral 9:15 a.m.today from the S.J. GrontkowskiFuneral Home, 530 W. Main St.,Plymouth. Mass of ChristianBurial at10 a.m. in St. JudeChurch, Mountain Top.

BEDNARZ Helen, funeral 9 a.m.today from the JendrzejewskiFuneral Home, 21 N. Meade St.,Wilkes-Barre. Mass of ChristianBurial at 9:30 a.m. at St. AndreBessette Parish Community atthe St. Stanislaus Kostka Churchworship site, 666 N. Main St.,Wilkes-Barre.

BIALKO John Sr., funeral11 a.m.today at the Clarke Piatt FuneralHome Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road,Hunlock Creek. Friends call 9 to 11a.m. today.

BRASBY Evelyn, funeral noontoday at the Mt. Zion Baptist

Church, 105 Hill St., Wilkes-Barre.Friends call 10 a.m. to noon today.CALO Marie, funeral 10 a.m. today

in the Christian AssemblyChurch, 195 E. Northampton St.,Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 9a.m. until the time of servicestoday.

COOK H. Harrison, funeral 11:30a.m. today in Shavertown UnitedMethodist Church, 163 N. PioneerAve., Shavertown.

FARRIS Ruth, funeral 9:15 a.m.today from the George A. StrishInc., Funeral Home,105 N. MainSt., Ashley. Mass of ChristianBurial at10 a.m. from Gate ofHeaven Church, Dallas.

GEORGE Orval, funeral 10 a.m.today at the Lehman-GregoryFuneral Home Inc., 281 Chapel St.,

Swoyersville. Friends may call8:30 a.m. until the time of ser-vice.

JACHIMIAK Alexander, Mass ofChristian Burial 9 a.m. Monday inthe chapel at Little Flower Manor,200 S. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre.Friends may call 8 a.m. until thetime of services Monday.

KOVALESKI Bernard Sr., Memo-rial Mass 9 a.m. today in Ss. Peter& Paul Catholic Church,13 Hud-son St., Plains Township.

MCCLERNON Michael, services10a.m. Monday with a Mass ofChristian Burial at Holy TrinityChurch, 116 Hughes St., Swoyers-ville. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m.Sunday at the Kiesinger FuneralServices Inc., 255 McAlpine St.,Duryea. Family and friends areasked to go directly to the

church; there will be no proc-ession from funeral home to thechurch.

MCNEELY Barbara, memorialservice 1 p.m. today in the NeboBaptist Church, 75 Prospect St.,Nanticoke.

NAGLE Maureen, celebration oflife 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at theSimon S. Russin Funeral Home,136 Maffett St., Plains Township.The Rite of Committal with FinalCommendation at 11a.m. Mondayin the Chapel of Mount OlivetCemetery, Carverton Road,Wyoming.

NASH Robert, funeral 7 p.m.Monday in the Thomas P. Kear-ney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N.Main St., Old Forge. Relatives andfriends may pay respects 5 p.m.

until service time.PELLEGRINO Betty Joan, funeral 9

a.m. today from the Howell-LussiFuneral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave.,West Pittston. Mass of ChristianBurial at 9:30 a.m. in St. CeciliasChurch, Exeter.

PRULA Danny, celebration of life 3 to6 p.m. today at Bottle Caps, MainStreet, Plymouth.

REGAN William, Mass of ChristianBurial 9:30 a.m. today in St. NicholasChurch, Wilkes-Barre. Friends maycall 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Mamary-Durkin Funeral Service, 59 ParrishSt., Wilkes-Barre.

SILBERSTEIN Dr. Ruth, celebration oflife10 a.m. to1 p.m. today atMcLaughlins, 142 S. Washington St.,Wilkes-Barre.

SMITH James, memorial service 10a.m. today in the Metcalfe and Shaver

Funeral Home Inc., 504 WyomingAve., Wyoming.

STURR Roy, celebration of life 11a.m.today in the Christ CommunityChurch, Kingston.

TARNOWSKI Sophie, funeral 11a.m.today from the George A. Strish Inc.Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., GlenLyon. Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30a.m. from Holy Spirit Parish/St.Adalberts Church, Glen Lyon. Friendsmay call 9 a.m. until the time ofservice.

THOMPSON Dorothy, funeral 1 p.m.today from the S.J. GrontkowskiFuneral Home, 530 W. Main St.,Plymouth.

FUNERALS

Henry H. Ward, of Dallas, diedTuesday, September27, 2011,in

Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in

Sioux City, Iowa, on September 3,1924.Mr.Wardwasa sonof doctors,Henry Tibbels Ward and LenoreCummings Babcock.He wasa grad-uate of Upper Darby High Schoolandearned a bachelors degreefrom Wilkes College.

Mr. Ward served with the 11thand 503rd Airborne troops for fouryears in the Pacific Theater duringWorldWarII. Hisgroupwasthefirstto land in Japan. He received theGood Conduct Medal, two BronzeStars, a Meritorious Unit Award, aPresidential Unit Award, and multi-ple other honors.

He was employed for many yearsas a sales manager and as a teacherin Pennsylvania vocational/techni-cal schools. He was a builder andcontractor.Mr. Ward was employedby Bridon America, Hazelton BrickCorporation, and Glen-Gery BrickCorporation.

Mr. Ward was an avid pilot. He was a founding member of the Wyoming Valley Pilots Club andwas a member of the Quiet Bird-men, Harrisburg Hangar. Mr. Wardappliedhisbuildingskillsto hishob-byandbuiltandflewa PittsSpecialbiplane.

Mr. Ward was a member of theFirst Presbyterian Church in Wilkes-Barre, the Harveys LakeYachtClub,VFWPost83,the Amer-

ican Legion of Dallas, MasonicLodge 60 of Wilkes-Barre, IremTemple, and AAONMS.

Hiswife,MaryHenessWard,pre-ceded him in death.

Surviving are his daughter,Elaine Ward; granddaughter, Helen Ward Dietsch; son-in-law, CraigDietschof Cincinnati;and hissister,Elizabeth Kitchen of Portland, Ore.

A memorial service, fol-lowed by a reception, will be

held at11:30 a.m. Saturday, October22,at First Presbyterian Church,97S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, withTheRev.Robert Zanickyofficiating.Family will receive friends from10:30 until 11:30 a.m. at the church.

Memorial donations may bemade to The SPCA of LuzerneCounty, 524 E. Main St., Fox HillRoad, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.

Henry H. WardSeptember 27, 2011

Joseph Ho-ward Piatt Sr.,88, recently ofMasonic Vil-lage, Dallas,andformerlyofAsheville,N.C., and Oak-m ont, diedWednesday,

September 21, 2011, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, after a series of illnesses.

He is survived by Pauline C.Piatt, also of Dallas, his belovedwife of 64 years; and his sons, Dr.Joseph H. Piatt Jr., of Merion Sta-tion, and Atty. Lee S. Piatt, also ofDallas;as well astheirwives, Eliza-bethCosgriff andMerythPiatt; re-spectively, his brothers, WarrenPiatt ofWashington andJohnPiattof Butler; his nine grandchildren;as well as his son-in-law John Et-tling of Charleston, S.C.

Hewas preceded indeathby hisparents, William S. Piatt and IdaGrable Piatt of Washington; hisbrother, William S. Piatt, also of Washington; and his two daugh-

ters, Alice Piatt and Rebecca P. Et-tling of Charleston, S.C.Joseph Piatt, born January 7,

1923, was the third son of WilliamandIdaPiattofMarianna.He grad-uated from Washington HighSchool in 1940 and served in theU.S. ArmyAir Corps from January1941throughMay 1943. Hethen at-tended Waynesburg College, fromwhich he received a bachelors de-gree inChemistryin June1946. Af-ter a year of graduate study at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, Joeworked as a research chemist for

Gulf Oil Corporation from July 1947through his retirement in April of1985.

On July 4, 1947, Joseph Piatt mar-ried Pauline Carpinelli, the daughterof Savine and Jennie Carpinelli ofTower Hill, Fayette County, at Hope- well Presbyterian Church, Browns- ville. The couple raised three chil-dren, Joseph, Lee and Rebecca, inOakmont. Their third child, Alice,died in infancy, and they suffered an-othertragic losswith Rebeccasdeathfrom cancer on August 22, 2008.

A Presbyterian throughout hisadult life, Joe was an Elder andChurch Treasurer at the RiversidePresbyterian Church in Oakmont. Inretirement, he volunteered regularlyat the Harmarville RehabilitationCenter in Harmarville and later atToms Rehabilitation Center in Ashe-ville,N.C.,studiedand wroteon fam-ily history of the Piatt and Grablefamilies, and in his 80s participatedas a student in a Bible Study Fellow-ship. Joe was a member of the YorkRite Masonry Pittsburgh Lodge, theSocietyof Automotive Engineers, theAmerican Chemical Society, and the

Sons of the American Revolution.As a husband, father and chemist,Joe will be remembered as a manwhoservedothershonestlyandfaith-fully. Contributions may be given inhis memoryto WaynesburgUniversi-ty, Waynesburg.

Following a private burial atHighland Cemetery, Marianna,

a memorial serviceopen to allfamilyandfriends willbe heldat11a.m.Sat-urday, November 26, at FellowshipEvangelical Free Church, 35 Hilde-brandt Road, Dallas.

Joseph Howard Piatt Sr.September 21, 2011

JOSEPH MYNYK, 63, of SouthScranton, passed away Thursday,September 29, 2011, at the River-side Rehabilitation Center, Taylor.Born in Chicago, Ill., on May 3,1948, Joseph was a son of the lateMichael Sr. and Velma ThurmanMynyk.Surviving arehis brothers,Michael Jr. and Lee Mynyk; sister,

MarieAltemeir; and several niecesand nephews.Private funeral arrangements

are under the care of the ThomasP.KearneyFuneral Home Inc., 517N.MainSt., OldForge.Pleasevisitwww.KearneyFuneralHome.comto leave an online condolence.

CARYL GORDON, 88, a resi-dent of the Lackawanna HealthCare Center in Olyphant, passedaway Thursday evening, Septem-ber29, 2011,at MidValleyHospitalin Peckville. Born in Detroit,Mich.,on November 9,1922,Carylwas adaughterof thelateCarlGor-don and Faith Rodgers Keating.She is survived by her sister, Con-stance Gordon of Paradise, Calif.

Private arrangements are un-derthecareof theThomas P.Kear-ney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N.Main St., Old Forge. Interment

willbe heldin DunmoreCemetery.Condolences may be sent atwww.KearneyFuneralHome-s.com.

HAROLD F. FRITZGES, 88, ofEvergreen Street, Shavertown,passedawayFriday,September30,2011,at theLakesideNursingCen-ter, Harveys Lake.

Funeral arrangements arepending from the Andrew StrishFuneral Home, 11 Wilson St.,Larksville.

MarjorieCatherine Da- vi s, 89, o f South Mon-trose and for-merly of WestPittston,passed away atEndless Moun-

tain Health Systems, Montrose,Thursday evening, September 29,2011.

Shewasbornon April 8,1922,in Wilkes-Barre. She graduated fromSt. John the Evangelist HighSchool, Pittston. Prior to retire-ment, she worked for Miners Sav-ingBank,McCarthy Florist,El Po-cono Dude Ranch and HowardJohnsons at the airport.

Marjorie loved the arts, crafts,paintings, designing flowers, be-

She was preceded in death by herhusband, William T. Davis, whopassed away in 1976; and a sister,Eleanor MacDonald.

Surviving are a daughter, Gretch-en Bell, and her husband, Bernie, ofSpringville; astep-son, WilliamDavisof Wilkes-Barre; two grandchildren,Jennifer Sobeck and her husband,George, of Dimock, and ChadwickBell of Springville; as well as threegreat-grandchildren, Ava Marie Bell,and George and Josey Sobeck.

A Blessing Servicewill beheldatnoon Thursday in the Harding-Lit-win Funeral Home,123 W. Tioga St.,Tunkhannock. Friends may call onehour before the service. Intermentwillbe in SunnysideCemetery, Tunk-hannock.

Memorial contributions may bed t th A i C S i

Marjorie Catherine DavisSeptember 29, 2011

Fiore Cremard, 96, of Old Forge,and a former longtime Duryea

resident, died unexpectedly Thurs-dayevening, September29, 2011, athome. He wasprecededin death byhis wife, the former Victoria Taroli,on November 26, 1994.

Bornin Wilkes-Barre,a sonof thelateAniello andCarmellaCitraCre-mard, he was educated in the Du-ryea School District.Along withhisfatherand brothers, Fioreworkedinthepast at Cremard Farms andCre-mardProduceMarketin Duryea.He was a licensed Nationwide Insur-ance agent for 67 years and since1948 was the owner of Cremard In-surance in Old Forge.

He worked faithfully until hispassing on Thursday evening, justone month prior to his planned re-tirement. For many years, he alsooperated Cremard Brothers Topsoilalongwith hisson.Hewasa parish-ioner of OurLady of Mount CarmelChurch, Pittston.

Fiore was also preceded in deathby a sister, Carmella Cremard; and

four brothers, Aniello Louis, Al-bert, John and Louis Butch Cre-mard.

Surviving are a son, Fiore A. Cre-mard Jr., and wife Peggy, of OldForge; a grandson, Dr. Fiore Cre-

mard III of Old Forge and his com-panion, Christine Belles; a sister,Madeline Cremard of Duryea; andnieces and nephews.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m.Monday in the Victor M. Ferri Fu-neral Home, Robert J. Gillette, Fu-neral Director, 522 Fallon St., OldForge, with services to be officiatedby his nephew, the Rev. Dr. AlbertCremard, pastorof the IndependentBible Church, Duryea. Interment

will follow in Marcy Cemetery, Du-ryea. Friends may call from 5 to 8p.m. Sunday.

For additional information, or toleave an online condolence, visitwww.ferrifuneralhome.com.

Fiore CremardSeptember 29, 2011

Frances Colladay, 75, of Moun-tainTop,passed awayThursday,

September 29, 2011, after a criticalillness at the Wilkes-Barre GeneralHospital.

Born in Newport, Vt., the young-

est of nine children, she is survivedbyher husbandof 51years ofhappyand devoted marriage, Bob; by herson Charles, of Topanga, Calif.; herson Donald, of Sarasota, Fla.; hersister, Jeanette Spates, of Newport,Vt.; and nieces and nephews.

Shegraduatedfromthe Universi-ty of Vermont and was employed asreceptionist at the MountaintopAnimalHospital, ownedand operat-ed by her and her husband for 40years.

She much enjoyed playing flutewith St Anns Band of Freeland andwith theHazletonPhilharmonicOr-chestra. Beautiful inside and out,she will be missed intensely.

Serviceswill beheldprivatelyby

the family.Memorial donations may be sent

to the American Red Cross. The McCune Funeral Service

Inc., 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Moun-tain Top, has been entrusted withthe arrangements.

Frances ColladaySeptember 29, 2011

EUGENE M. CHOLEWA, ofBaltimore, Md., died Thursday,September29, 2011.He wasthe be-loved husband of the late GladysM. Cholewa; dear father of MartinG.Cholewaand CherylA. Burgess;brother of Irene Gozdzdiewski of

Baltimore, Md.,and EleanorPient-kaof Pennsylvania;andis survivedby three grandchildren.

Services will be held at 1 p.m.Monday at theGonce Funeral Ser-vice P.A., Baltimore, Md. Inter-ment will be held in Cedar HillCemetery. Visit www.goncefuner-alservice.com.

ARLENE GOODSTEIN, 65, ofMountain Top, died Tuesday, Sep-tember 27, 2011, in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was adaughter of the late William andLillian Whelan. She married thelove of her life in Temple BnaiBrith, Kingston, where she was amember for over 40 years. Thedaughter of the late William andLillian Whelan, Arlene was a devoted wife, mother, sister, andfriend to allincluding hercat, Cin-dy anddog, Joshua. Shewas origi-

nally from Manhattan and movedto Mountain Top in the 1960s toraise her two children, Donna andPaul.She wasprecededin deathbyherson Paul Goodstein;and sister,Marilyn Feinberg. Surviving areher loving husband, Walter;daughter Donna Hollock (Ken-neth); and brother, Robert Fein-berg.

Shivawill beobservedat57Lib-erty Street, Mountain Top, from 2to 4 p.m. Sunday. Arrangementsare by the Rosenberg FuneralChapel.

STEPHEN BARTOK, 58, a resi-dent of Golden Living Center inScranton, died Thursday, Septem-ber 29, 2011, at Regional Hospitalin Scranton. Bornin Trenton,N.J.,onMay7,1953, hewasa sonofthelate Steven and Alice Smith

Cribbs.Surviving arehis brothers,Andrew and Bernard; and sisters,Sally, Peggy Jo and Betty Ann.

Private arrangements are un-derthecareof theThomas P.Kear-ney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N.Main St., Old Forge. Please visitwww.KearneyFuneralHome.comto leave an online condolence.

JANET E. MENSCH, 80, for-merly of Auburn Center, died Fri-day, September 30, 2011, at Com-munity Medical Center, Scranton.

Funeral arrangements arependingfrom theYeosock FuneralHome,40 S.MainSt.,PlainsTown-ship.

Marie A. Rajchel, of Wilkes-Barre,passedaway Thursdaymorning,

September 29, 2011, at the Wilkes-Barre GeneralHospitalwith herfam-ily at her side.

Born in Swoyersville, she was adaughter of the late Andrew and An-toinetteFrystakVolack. She wasedu-cated in the Swoyersville areaschools and was a graduate ofSwoyersville High School, class of1949. She was employed in the localgarment industry prior to her retire-ment. She was a member of the ILG-WU.

Mrs. Rajchel was a member of Ss.Peter & Paul Church, Plains Town-ship.

In additionto herparents,she waspreceded in death by a son, John An-drew Rachel; brothers, Charles, The-odore, Andrew, Henry, Joseph, John,Bernard,Stanley andWalter;and sis-ters, Sophie Petrishen and HelenStuk.

She is survived by her husband,John, with whom she celebratedtheir 59th wedding anniversary onApril 14, 2011;son David Rajcheland

his wife,Janet, ofPottsville;daughterAntoinetteWingertand her husband,Philip, of Hanover Township; grand-children, Tyler Andrew Rachel, Pa-trick David Rachel and Paige Rachelof Manchester, N.H., Michael DavidRajchel, Eric Matthew Rajchel andEvanJamesRajchel, andLaura MarieWingert and Robert Philip Wingert;sister, Stella Bozosi of Allentown;brother, Robert Volack of Yuma,Ariz.; as well asnumerousniecesandnephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial willbe celebrated at 10 a.m. Mondaymorning at Ss. Peter & Paul Church,Plains Township. Friends may callfrom 9 a.m. until the time of servicesat Ss. Peter & Paul Church. Inter-ment will be in the parish cemetery,Plains Township.

In lieu of flowers, the family re-quests donations be made to the

Make-A-Wish Foundation, 281PierceSt., Kingston, PA 18704.

Marie A. RajchelSeptember 29, 2011

Robert J.Shelhamer Sr.,8 6, of WestButler Drive,Drums, passedaway Friday af-ternoon, Sep-tem ber 3 0,2011,at theHa-

zleton General Hospital. Born inDrums,June16,1925,he wasa son

of the late Millard Jacob and Myr-tle E. (Beisel) Shelhamer, and re-sided his entire life in Drums.

He was a member of St. PaulsU.M. Church, Drums. Bob was aU.S.Army Veteran of World War II,having attained the rank of Ser-geant, and serving in the Philip-pines. He was a member of Amer-ican Legion Post No. 795, Drums,andthe ValleyVets,VFW Post No.8161, Con yngham.

He was the proprietor of Shel-hamer Well Drilling, Drums, from1948 to 1992. He also served as aButler Township Supervisor foreight terms from1960 to 1990 andfrom 2000 tothe presentandwas amember of the Pa. State Associ-ationof TownshipSupervisors.Healso served the township as Audi-tor between his terms as Supervi-sor and was instrumental in con-struction of the current township

offices.He was a life member of the Six

County Firemens Association. Hewas a life member, Past President,wasinstrumentalin the formation,andpurchasedthe first ambulancefor the Butler Township Fire Co.Hewas a chartermemberand cur-rently Secretary-Treasurer ofRidge Runners Hunting Club, andwas an avid big game hunter. Hewasa member oftheBunton BockOld Timers, which held theirmeetings at his grove for manyyears, the Drums Lions Club, andBrothers of the Brush.

Bob was a 32nd degree Masonandwasa memberof Hazle-AzaleaFellowship Lodge No. 327, Hazle-ton, and the Scottish Rite Freema-

sons, Bloomsburg. He had served ontheHazleton State HospitalBoardofDirectors for more than a decade,serving one term as President, andwas a member of the Hazleton AreaSchool Authority. Bobwas a baseballfan of the Philadelphia Phillies andwas involved in organizing and ma-naging Little League teams in bothConyngham and Drums, and theAmerican Legion baseball team in

Drums.He wasalsoan avidNASCARfanandservedas a flagmanat severallocal racetracks,including EvergreenRaceway and Bone Stadium.

He wasprecededin death, in addi-tionto hisparents,by hiswifeShirleyR. (Jones) Shelhamer, who passedaway October 17, 2006; a grand-daughter, Sara Shelhamer; three sis-ters, Gladys Edwards, Carolyn Butryand Betty Jean (Miller) Keifer; andthree brothers, Charles, Millard The-ron, and Alvin Shelhamer.

Surviving are four children, DianeShelhamer Bereznak and her hus-band, Robert, Robert J. ShelhamerJr., and his fiance, Brenda Maslo,TheronR. Shelhamer,and JeanShel-hamer and her companion, EvanSouders,all ofDrums;twograndchil-dren,JaymieL. Shelhamer, Hoboken,N.J., and Kristen Shelhamer, Drums;as well as many nieces and nephews,and his beloved dog JoJo.

His funeral will be held at 11a.m. Monday from the Harman

Funeral Homes and Crematory Inc.,(East) 669 W. Butler Drive, Drums,with his Pastor, the Rev. Debra Heb-den, officiating. Burial will follow inDrums Community Cemetery, WestButler Drive, Drums. Friends maycall at the funeral home from 1 to 4and 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday.

In lieu of flowers, memorial dona-tions can be made to St. Pauls U.M.Church, 335 W. Butler Dr., Drums,PA 18222; or to the Valley RegionalFire andRescueInc.,14W.ButlerDr.,Drums, PA 18222; or online atwww.valleyfire.org.

Online condolences can be en-tered and more information is avail-able at www.harmanfuneral.com.

Robert J. Shelhamer Sr.September 30, 2011

Helen Patalak Apanovich, 88, ofDallas and formerly of Hudson,

died Wednesday, September 28,2011, at Hospice Care of VNA, St.Lukes Villa, Wilkes-Barre.

Bornin Wilkes-Barreon March12,1923, she was a daughter of the lateWasil and Tillie Danilak Gozick. She was a graduate of Coughlin HighSchool.

Helen andher latehusband, Peter,operated a grocery store for 22 yearsin Hudson. She was a charter mem-

berof HolyTrinityRussianOrthodoxChurch, the choir, Sunday schoolteacher and trustee.

Surviving are her husband, Alex;son, Peter Patalak Jr., and his wife,Joan; daughter, Patricia Patalak;step-children, Sherry, George, Hope,Michael,Heidi, Dan,Val andColleen;grandchildren, James, John and Jo-seph; seven great-grandchildren; andsisters, Anna Wilk and Eva Sowyrda.

Funeral Services will be held at9:30 a.m. Monday from the YeosockFuneral Home, 40 S. Main St., PlainsTownship, with Requiem Services at10 a.m. in Holy Trinity R.O. Church.Friendsmaycallfrom3 to6 p.m.Sun-day. Parastas will be held at 4 p.m.

Memorial donationsmay be madeto Holy Trinity R.O. Church.

Helen PatalakApanovichSeptember 28, 2011

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He needs you to work like youvenever worked before.Michelle Obama

The first lady has been rallying audiences at many

Democratic fundraisers, trying to recapture the

energy of party supporters that has waned since

Barack Obamas 2008 presidential campaign.

W-B/Scranton Penguinsneed more NHL support

With the start of a new season for theWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, I,like most fans, am wondering if we

ever will get the Cup.Last year we had the best team in the

American Hockey League, the best coachand the best goalie. I believe the mainthing we were missing was help from ouraffiliate NHL team in Pittsburgh.

It seems that when the playoffs comearound, every other team sends downplayers to help out. Maybe this is some-thing Pittsburgh Penguins General Manag-er Ray Shero needs to look into.

KarlBestederTunkhannock

Taking up the two-stepin the state Legislature

Theres a plan for a new state Senatedance around the idea of one person,one vote.

Sen. Dominic Pileggi is suggesting that

instead of awarding all of Pennsylvanias 20electoral votes to the winner of the pop-ular vote for president, like all but twoother states, they instead should go toeach congressional district. That soundslike a fair idea and it would be, if the dis-tricts were fairly apportioned.

Problem is, the state Legislature doesthe carving up of the districts. Does any-

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