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SPORTS SHOWCASE LANCE’S LEGACY FELT LOCALLY What cancer didn’t do to Lance Armstrong, his decision to quit the fight against doping allegations could. His about-face Thursday after years of challenging the allegations drew a mix of support and surprise locally and raised questions about the future of his Livestrong brand built on his cycling achievements and never-saydie attitude.

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Buffett buys Guard insurer Chamber: Purchase positive for area By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com

Guard Insurance Group of Wilkes-Barre has been sold to a unit of billionaire Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Israel-based Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings agreed Aug. 16 to sell the company to National Indemnity Co. of Nebraska, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, for $221 million, according to a Clal Report to the Israeli stock exchange released by Guard Insurance on Friday. The sale also frees Clal from a $48 million bank-loan guarantee it promised Guard,

selling to Clal. Judd Shoval said he did not wish to comment on the sale or the company generally because he is no longer involved in the company’s management and did not want to interfere in Buffett the sale. Guard Insurance, which specializes in small to medium-sized commercial property and casualty accounts, saw significant growth since its last acquisition. In 2005 the company reported having approximately

bringing the total transaction value to $269 million. That’s a significant increase in value over the reported $135 million Clal paid when it acquired Guard in 2007, but less than the $312 million Employers Holdings Inc., of Reno, Nev. offered for the company in August, 2011. Employers’ non-binding offer was later withdrawn. Headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, Guard Insurance and associated companies were founded in 1982 by Judd and Susan Shoval, who continued in active management until See GUARD, Page 14A

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ohn Gavenonis and Rich Schall, both of Larksville, dine on steak and kielbasa sandwiches during the first day of the annual Kielbasa Festival on Main Street in Plymouth. For the story, see Page 6A.

Solomon/Plains school a magnet for W-B Area kids A federal law allows transfers, but district officials foresee a major problem in logistics.

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PLAINS TWP. – More than 140 students in various Wilkes-Barre Area elementary schools are trying to transfer to Solomon/ Plains Memorial School, a migration that could cause safety issues and certainly snarl bus transportation plans, Superintendent Jeff Namey said.

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time, with the ultimate goal of having all students score proficient or better on math and reading tests in grades three through eight and 11 by 2014. As a result, more schools are likely to fail as the deadline approaches. In Wilkes-Barre Area, all schools made AYP in 2005; in 2011 only one did, Solomon/Plains elementary. Superintendent Jeff Namey said that, statistically speaking, Solomon/Plains probably could absorb all the transferring students and stay within its state-rated capacity of about 1,650. But the influx of elementary students See TRANSFER, Page 14A

City OKs vehicle purchase over gas

Decision not to allow personal car use for workers comes after gas controversy. By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER tmorgan@timesleader.com

A city department head who was caught up in a controversy over use of city gasoline will no longer drive his personal vehicle on city business and instead will use a 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee that’s being purchased by the city. City officials said the decision to buy the nearly $28,000 SUV for use by Ken Pahler is part of an overall plan to purchase more vehicles for certain departments in lieu of paying mileage to employees who use their personal vehicles in their jobs. The decision has raised the ire of two taxpayer advocates who questioned the necessity and cost effectiveness of the purchase. Pahler will use the vehicle primarily to drive around the city, checking on crews doing paving, snow removal and other road work, said Butch Frati, director of operations. Pahler will be permitted to take the vehicle to his home because he is on call at all hours, Frati said. Pahler, who lives on Gilligan Street, had been utilizing his private truck and was permitted to fuel the vehicle at the city’s pumps at the DPW building on Conyngham Avenue, which is about three miles from his home. That policy changed in July, after a Times Leader investigation that uncovered missing fuel revealed Pahler was among numerous employees, including Mayor Tom Leighton, who failed to fill out fuel logs indicating how much fuel they dispensed. He and Leighton, who also uses his private vehicle for city business, also did not keep mileage records, leaving no way to document if the fuel was used strictly for city business. City watchdogs riled The SUV purchase, which was approved by council last week, riled city residents Karen Ceppa Hirko and Frank Sorick, who closely monitor and often criticize city spending. The vehicle is expected to be delivered within the next few weeks. See VEHICLE, Page 14A

N.Y.’s morning of blood and terror An executive is killed by a laid-off worker and nine others are hurt, officials say.

The students are allowed to transfer without question thanks to the federal “No Child Left Behind” law. The law requires all public schools to meet “Adequate Yearly Progress,” or AYP, goals related primarily to attendance rates and state test results. If a school does not meet AYP, students can transfer to another school in the district, and the district must accommodate. That provision of the law has been largely meaningless locally for two reasons: Most districts only have a few schools, so there often is no real place to transfer, and the goals were initially not too difficult to meet. But the AYP requirements have grown more stringent over

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NEW YORK — A laid-off clothing designer fatally shot an executive at his former company outside the Empire State Building on Friday, setting off a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the world’s best-known landmarks. Officers killed the gunman and at least nine others were wounded, some by stray police

gunfire, authorities said. The gunshots rang out on the Fifth Avenue side of the building at around 9 a.m., when pedestrians on their way to work packed sidewalks and merchants were opening their shops. “People were yelling ‘Get down! Get down!”’ said Marc Engel, an accountant who was on a bus in the area when he heard the shots. “It took about 15 seconds, a lot of pop, pop, pop, pop, one shot after the other.” Afterward, he saw the sidewalks littered with the wounded, including one person “dripping enough blood to leave a stream.”

Wearing an olive suit and tie and carrying a briefcase, Jeffrey Johnson walked up to the import company vice president, Steven Ercolino, put a gun to his head and fired without saying a word, authorities said. A witness told investigators that Johnson shot Ercolino once in the head and, after he fell to the sidewalk, stood over him and shot him four more times. “Jeffrey just came from behind two cars, pulled out his gun, put it up to Steve’s head and shot him,” AP PHOTO said Carol Timan, whose daughThis photo posted to an Instagram account shows shooting victim ter, Irene, was walking to Hazan See SHOOTING, Page 14A

bystander Robert Asika being tended to by pedestrians outside the Empire State Building in New York, Friday.

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3 arrested in mobile meth lab Evidence collected from vehicle on East Lafayette Place in Wilkes-Barre. By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – City police arrested three people found sitting in a suspected mobile methamphetamine lab on East Lafayette Place Friday afternoon and used a Taser to subdue one of the occupants after he allegedly fled from police. Police closed East Lafayette Place between Academy Street and Rita Street while state police forensic scientists wearing respirators, black protective suits and rubber gloves collected evidence from the vehicle, an older model green Toyota Corolla. They removed several metal jugs, bags, assorted containers and papers from the trunk and passenger compartment of the four-door sedan. Members of a state police clandestine lab response team called the car a suspected meth lab and said articles consistent with the manufacture of methamphetamine were found inside the vehi-

cle. The articles will be tested at a forensic laboratory, they said, a process that typically takes from six to eight weeks. The vehicle was towed by LAG Towing, the city’s towing contractor, to the LAG impound lot. City police said the vehicle was not evidence, though evidence was collected from inside the vehicle. The alleged drug bust began shortly after 3 p.m., when WilkesBarre police officer Robert Collins said he saw the car parked on East Lafayette Place with the three occupants inside. One of the occupants, a man, took off running as Collins stopped his police cruiser. Multiple neighbors, who asked not to be identified, reported seeing the man run into a fenced yard on East Lafayette Place, where Collins used a Taser to subdue him. A neighbor who said he witnessed the incident said the man removed the Taser barb from his body and continued running until he was subdued by Collins. Collins ordered the car’s other two occupants, a man and a woman, to stay in the vehicle and kept them in sight as he arrested the

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State police forensic scientists search a suspected mobile meth lab at East Lafayette Place in Wilkes-Barre.

man, several neighbors said. “He did a suburb job,” a witness said. Additional units arrived a few minutes later, and all three were taken into custody. A neighbor reported she had seen the vehicle in the neighborhood before and she believed it did not belong to a resident of the

neighborhood in South WilkesBarre. “We’re kind of a close-knit community here and we try to watch out,” said the neighbor, who did not give her name. “You kind of get familiarized with who belongs here and who doesn’t.” Another neighbor said the Toyota did not belong to a resi-

dent of East Lafayette Street or the surrounding blocks. The state Office of Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation was also contacted to assist in the investigation. State drug agents busted other alleged meth labs at 72 Beekman St. on June 1 and at 80 Church St. on May 22 in South Wilkes-Barre.

Samsung must pay Apple for patent

Jury verdict says company ripped off technology used to create iPhone and iPad. By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad. The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion. An appeal is expected. Apple Inc. filed its patent infringement lawsuit in April 2011 and engaged legions of the country’s highest-paid patent lawyers to demand $2.5 billion from its top smartphone competitor. Samsung Electronics Co. fired back with its own lawsuit seeking $399 million. The verdict, however, belonged to Apple, as the jury rejected all Samsung’s claims against Apple.Jurorsalsodecidedagainst some of Apple’s claims involving the two dozen Samsung devices at issue, declining to award the full $2.5 billion Apple demanded. However, the jury found that several Samsung products illegally used such Apple creations as the “bounce-back” feature when a user scrolls to an end image, and the ability to zoom text with a tap of a finger. Aspartofitslawsuit,Applealso demanded that Samsung pull its most popular cellphones and computer tablets from the U.S. market. A judge was expected to make that ruling at a later time. After the verdicts were read, the judge sent the jury back to deliberate further on two inconsistencies involving about $2.5 million in damages awarded to Apple based on products jurors found didn’t infringe Apple’s patents.

LOCAL BRIEFS ASHLEY – Ashley borough is reminding residents of the bulk item collection scheduled for the month of September. Fees for the collection are $50 for 600 pounds and $100 for 1,200 pounds. Registration is required and should be done one week before each street’s scheduled

Those deliberations were continuing. During closing arguments at the trial, Apple attorney Harold McElhinny claimed Samsung was having a “crisis of design” after the 2007 launch of the iPhone, andexecutiveswiththeSouthKorean company were determined to illegally cash in on the success of the revolutionary device. Samsung’s lawyers countered that it was simply and legally giving consumers what they want: Smart phones with big screens. They said Samsung didn’t violate any of Apple’s patents and further alleged innovations claimed by Apple were actually created by other companies. Samsung has emerged as one of Apple’s biggest rivals and has overtaken Apple as the leading smartphone maker. Samsung’s Galaxy line of phones run on Android, a mobile operating system that Google Inc. has given out for free to Samsung and other phone makers. Samsung conceded that Apple makes great products but said it doesn’t have a monopoly on the design of rectangle phones with rounded corners that it claimed it created. Google entered the smartphone market while its then-CEO Eric Schmidt was on Apple’s board, infuriating Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who considered Android to be a blatant rip off of the iPhone’s innovations. After shoving Schmidt off Apple’s board, Jobs vowed that Applewouldresortto“thermonuclear war” to destroy Android and its allies. The trial came after each side filed a blizzard of legal motions and refused advisories by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to settle the dispute out of court. Deliberations by the jury of seven men and two women began Wednesday.

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The Doobie Brothers perform at the Toyota Pavilion on Friday evening. Chicago was also on the bill.

It’s new magic by old classics

The Doobie Brothers and Chicago, with some changes, still know how to please. R E V I E W By BRAD PATTON For The Times Leader

Two of the biggest bands of the 1970s joined forces Friday night to the delight of a small but energetic crowd at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain. The Doobie Brothers and Chicago, both with a few key original members still in tow, played separate sets of signature tunes at the Scranton amphitheater before taking the stage together for a finale that was sure to be a musical treat. The Doobie Brothers present on Friday were closest in spirit to the first incarnation of the band that played together from 1970 through 1975. Led once again by Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons, the reunited band took the stage first with a glorious version of “Jesus Is Just Alright.” Besides the lead vocals and guitars of Johnston and Simmons, the Doobies’ classics were ignited by its most versatile member, John McFee, who first joined the band in 1979. McFee primarily played guitar

but added pedal steel, violin, harmonica and vocals to various numbers. Newer members John Cowan (bass, vocals), Guy Allison (keyboards, vocals), Marc Russo (saxophone), Ed Toth (drums) and Tony Pia (drums and percussion) complimented the three guitarists considerably. Standout tunes included a new one called “The Bright of Day,” which was a funky number about Jamaica, deep catalog track “Don’t Start Me To Talking” from the 1974 album “Toulouse Street,” and the hits “Long Train Runnin’” and “China Grove.” The highpoint was the singalong on the Simmons-led classic “Black Water,” with the tophatted singer-guitarist changing the “Mississippi moon” from the song to either “Pennsylvania” or “Scranton” moons at various times, much to the delight of the crowd. The latter-period hits of the Michael McDonald-era of the band were hardly missed at all. Chicago, the rock band with a horn section, followed and came out swinging with a fiery version of “Make Me Smile,” which segued nicely into “Colour My World.” Original members Robert Lamm (keyboards, guitar, vocals), James Pankow (trombone,

percussion, vocals), Lee Loughane (trumpet, percussion, vocals) and Walter Parazaider (woodwinds, vocals) are still the heart and soul of the band, which first came to prominence in 1970 with its first album “Chicago Transit Authority” (the band was originally known by that name until the real CTA threatened legal action). Jason Scheff, the group’s bassist and vocalist since 1985, filled in nicely on the Peter Cetera songs such as “(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long,” “Just You ’n’ Me,” “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” and “Hard Habit to Break.” Keyboardist Lou Pardini did a fine job with lead vocals on “Make Me Smile” and a few of the others. The highlight was the onetwo punch of “Beginnings,” the extended number from the first album that features Lamm on 12-string acoustic guitar and lead vocals, and “I’m A Man,” which was a showcase for drummer Tris Imboden and percussionist Wally Reyes. Chicago was still on stage by itself as of 10 p.m. A complete review of the show, including the combination of the two bands (each of which saved some of its best-known numbers for the finale), was not possible due to an early deadline.

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ttorneys for ex-state Sen. RaA phael Musto on Friday asked a federal judge to again postpone his

federal corruption trial, scheduled to begin Oct. 1. Attorneys John Riley and William Murray say Musto, who has liver disease, recently suffered additional health issues, including a hospitalization for pneumonia, that have left him unable to assist with his defense. Musto was inMusto dicted by a grand jury in November 2010 for allegedly accepting money and gifts from a local businessman – identified by Musto’s attorneys as real estate developer Robert Mericle – for using his influence as a senator to assist Mericle’s projects. The trial has been postponed several times due to Musto’s medical condition. Riley and Murray are requesting that it be postponed until after Dec. 1. U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo will review the motion and issue a ruling a later date.

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LOCAL Partners ruling will be appealed A Larksville woman says the county still erred even though county council corrected the code. By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com

Larksville resident Renee Taffera said she plans to appeal a recent Luzerne County ethics commission ruling on a complaint she filed over wording in the county’s new administrative code. Her complaint said the council-adopted code was discriminatory because it recognized employees’ same-sex partners under the nepotism definition but not heterosexual partners who reside with employees. The code also required affidavits disclosing same-sex partnerships but not heterosexual ones.

The commission decided the violation was remedied when county council amended the code, eliminating the affidavit and expanding the definition of domestic partners to include the opposite sex. Taffera said council shouldn’t be off the hook due to a corrective action and said the dismissal will set a bad precedent for elected officials and employees who want to reverse their actions in response to an ethics complaint. She gave the example of someone who steals but returns the stolen goods; they’ve still committed a crime. “For the ethics commission to dismiss this complaint because council fixed its error after the fact should not negate the validity of the complaint. Council members were told about the error and did it anyway,” said Taffera, one of several citi-

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Luzerne County administrators say they are still reviewing the number of county employees who signed a form agreeing to follow the new ethics code by Friday’s deadline. Some employees expressed concern the code may contradict union contracts or the court’s separation of powers. County Controller Walter Griffith has threatened to file ethics complaints against employees who don’t sign.

zens who closely monitor the county’s home rule government. The ethics code says “any aggrieved party” may appeal a commission ruling to the county Court of Common Pleas. Council members Stephen A. Urban and Stephen J. Urban voted against the administrative code. The commission, formally known as See ETHICS, Page 14A

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Court denies fee request

A federal appellate court has denied a request for additional fees sought by an attorney who represented city firehouse activist Denise Carey in a civil rights lawsuit she filed against the city. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a federal judge’s ruling that attorney Carey Cynthia Pollick was entitled to $187,547 in fees and $8,163 and costs and rejected her claim that she should have received more than $240,000. A federal jury Leighton awarded Carey $67,000 in compensatory and punitive damages in November 2008 after finding Mayor Tom Leighton retaliated against her by seeking attorneys fees the city incurred in fighting a petition Carey circulated that opposed the closure of a city fire station. Pollick had sought payment of $300 per hour for her work on the case, but U.S. District Judge Sylvia Rambo cut the fee to $225 per hour. The appellate court ruled Rambo’s determination was reasonable based on Pollick’s years of experience. WILKES-BARRE

Ferraro named dean

The Commonwealth Medical College has named Dr. Michael M. Ferraro, associate regional dean for its South campus in Wilkes-Barre. Ferraro will oversee all aspects of the medical student educational and clinical experiences as they train with primary care and Ferraro internal medicine physicians, clinical preceptors, families, hospitals and healthcare systems in communities throughout Luzerne, Schuylkill, Carbon, Columbia and Montour counties. He succeeds Dr. Richard B. English, who served in this role since 2008. Ferraro is a practicing gynecologist and is currently medical director of the Same Day Surgery Center of Commonwealth Health. WILKES-BARRE

GRASP plans ceremony

The local chapter of GRASP, Grief Recovery After Substance Passing, will mark International Overdose Awareness Day with a ceremony at 7 p.m. on Friday at Kirby Park. At sunset, those who have lost loved ones to substance abuse will be invited to release balloons commemorating the lives of those they have lost. District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis, Luzerne County Drug and Alcohol Program Director Michael Donahue and community activist Darlene Duggins-Magdalinski will also speak.

the Accountability, Conduct and Ethics Commission, or ACE, also voted last week to dismiss an ethics complaint against county Council Chairman Jim Bobeck. A citizen argued Bobeck should have abstained from voting on the county’s 2012 amended budget because his father, James, oversees the nonprofit Step By Step Inc., which receives county funding. Bobeck has said his vote was permissible because the budget contained a bulk allotment for mental health services that didn’t require council members to decide which providers were funded. The Step By Step contract also was locked in by the prior administration for the 2011-12 fiscal year, he has said.

Manager to meet with unions Robert Lawton says personnel cuts necessary to manage county budget. By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com

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itizens Bank donated 100 backpacks and school supplies to St. Vincent de Paul Kitchen to hand out to area families. Shown are Donna Farrell, senior vice president and regional manager, Citizens Bank; Joan Hilburt, Dallas branch; Tirrell Sims, 9; Emysjah Sims, 6; Avah Sims, 4, and Jacob Colleran, 8, all of Wilkes-Barre.

Local volunteers will head to Tampa, Fla. Still, heavy wind gusts, torrential The national Red Cross offices Red Cross aides being dispatched in placed local chapters on standby on rain and street flooding, since Tampa advance of Tropical Storm Isaac. By ANDREW M. SEDER aseder@timesleader.com

Six area Red Cross volunteers have been dispatched to Tampa, Fla. in anticipation of next week’s landfall by Tropical Storm Isaac. The volunteers, from the Wyoming Valley and Lackawanna and WaynePike chapters of the American Red Cross, flew from the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton International Airport on Friday, some at 6 a.m. and some at noon, according to Sherry Williams, the executive director of the Wyoming Valley and Hazleton chapters. Three more volunteers are in the process of being dispatched to Florida. Their names were not released because they did not sign waivers before they left.

Wednesday and the next day issued the request for help. Williams said the volunteers could be in Florida as long as three weeks and are given shelter and food but no pay. “They’re volunteers; that’s what’s so amazing. They’re people that just want to help,” she said. Five of the volunteers have been designated to the sheltering team; three to health services; and one to mental health. Though initial tracks had Isaac turning into a hurricane and on a collision course with Tampa, the site of next week’s Republican National Convention, the latest projections have it making landfall as far as 200 miles west, possible in neighboring Alabama. The projections also keep it at tropical storm force.

is at sea level, could create issues for residents and convention goers. Williams said the Red Cross “places the volunteers and workers in a place where they can be moved as needed” so Tampa may not be where they’ll be stationed next week. The local volunteers will join hundreds of others who heeded the call from Red Cross chapters in Arkansas, Ohio, New York, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts and Kansas, among other states. When last year’s flooding occurred locally from heavy rainfall that accompanied Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, national volunteers were dispatched to Northeastern Pennsylvania. “This is what we do at the Red Cross, that’s the backbone of what we are,” Williams said.

Ex-TL publisher Connor challenges repayment Wilkes-Barre Publishing filed suit in May, alleging reneging on agreement. Times Leader staff

SCRANTON – The former publisher of The Times Leader on Friday filed a response to a lawsuit that seeks repayment of more than $250,000 in loans the company made him, claiming the publishing company failed to credit him for a loan and other financial sacrifices he made for the company. Richard L. Connor, who served as publisher and chief

executive officer of WilkesBarre Publishing LLC, also questions the veracity Connor of the amount the media company’s owner, Versa Capital Management LLC, alleges he owes. Wilkes-Barre Publishing filed suit against Connor in May, alleging he reneged on an agreement to repay loans and personal credit card charges that were paid by the company during his tenure from April 2006 through October 2011.

In an answer to the complaint, Connor’s attorney, George Reihner, acknowledges Connor agreed to repay certain monies, but argues the company has failed to abide by an agreement that it would offset his debt by money he is owed. Reihner contends Connor took voluntary pay cuts and did not receive certain bonuses he had earned “as a result of the newspaper’s financial condition.” Connor also was not credited for unused vacation time, and was not provided an offset that would reflect the risk Connor assumed when he loaned the newspaper more than $1 mil-

lion during his employment, Reihner said. In addition, Reihner said the newspaper has failed to provide adequate documentation to support the amount it alleges he owes. Information the newspaper has provided has been “incomplete, inaccurate and confusing,” Reihner said. Connor resigned his position at The Times Leader in October 2011. The company was purchased by Versa Capital Management in March, which acquired all assets of the newspaper and media company, including the debt owed by Connor.

Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton met with managers Friday morning to brief them on the remaining budget deficit and said meetings with union leaders will start next week. Lawton recently told County Council that personnel cuts will be necessary to erase the remaining $875,000 projected year-end deficit, and he delivered the directive to managers Friday. He said he has the authority and will to force staff reductions on his own but wants to give unions the chance to come up with alternatives. “The county manager has only one tool to use unilaterally in controlling personnel costs,” Lawton said, referring to layoffs. “Working together, labor and management have a much wider range of choices.” Lawton said he’s “very encouraged” by public statements from several county union leaders about their willingness to discuss and consider layoff alternatives. “It’s clear that they understand the reality of the county’s fiscal condition. I am approaching these meetings in good faith believing that all parties have the county’s best interest at heart,” Lawton said. Lawton told council he will eliminate the deficit before Dec. 31 “in a manner which is sustainable and reproducible” for 2013. He will present a third-quarter report and proposed 2013 budget to council by Oct. 15. Lawton also announced special personnel assignments during Friday’s department head meeting. He asked county Prothonotary Carolee Medico Olenginski to examine document handling in all offices and come up with recommendations to reduce paper and provide more information to the public using technology. Lawton said he chose Medico Olenginski for the task because she successfully computerized her office records and provided online access and document filing capability for the public and attorneys. County Interim Clerk of Courts Tom Pizano has come up with a plan to increase efficiency in the criminal records division. Deputy Prothonotary Art Bobbouine will help implement that plan and handle dayto-day operations in clerk of courts because Pizano will be busy overseeing the election bureau until a new election director is hired by a mid-October target date, Lawton said. Lawton said Medico Olenginski’s project is important because the county can’t invest in technological improvements without assessing the way information is received, stored and disseminated. He compared it to someone getting rid of unnecessary belongings and organizing during a move. “Information and documents are the central nervous system of the county,” Lawton said. “Carolee can make a mark in bringing us into the next century.” He praised the three employees for taking on additional duties. The civil and criminal record offices are in the same division under the home rule charter.

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US drone PSU trustees to talk sanctions attacks kill 18 in hideout 32-member board scheduled for meeting today and Sunday

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A change of clothes for the dead

Family members put a new set of clothing on the preserved body of their relative during a traditional ritual called ‘Ma’nene’ in Tana Toraja, Sulawesi island, Indonesia. The ritual is held once every few years when family members gather to clean the graves and change the clothes of their deceased relatives to honor their spirits.

STATE COLLEGE — NCAA sanctions and the search for a new university president are among topics to be discussed when Penn State trustees meet this weekend as part of an on-campus retreat. The trustees office said on its website that public meetings would be held this afternoon and Sunday morning. A copy of the agenda obtained this week by The Associated Press showed topics including the NCAA sanctions to be discussed Sunday. The Centre Daily Times last week also obtained an earlier version of the agenda. The landmark NCAA penalties for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse included a four-year bowl ban and a $60 million fine. Rodney Erickson took over as presi-

dent after Graham Spanier lost his job days after Sandusky was charged. Erickson has said he’s not coming back after his contract expires in 2014. The meeting comes about two weeks after the board held a conference call, in which the vast majority of trustees voiced support for Erickson’s acceptance of severe penalties imposed by the NCAA over the school’s handling of a scandal. The panel could not vote because 10 days’ notice of the meeting was required, an issue raised by two trustees at the start of the call. But more than two dozen members of the 32-member board then voiced support for Erickson’s decision and a desire to move forward, although many criticized the NCAA sanctions themselves. School officials have said that at-

tempts to lessen sanctions didn’t work, and that the NCAA had threatened to shut down the program entirely — a punishment known as the “death penalty.” The NCAA’s punishment was based on the findings by former FBI director Louis Freeh in his internal investigation for Penn State into the scandal. Freeh said Spanier, former coach Joe Paterno and two other school officials concealed allegations against Sandusky going back to 1998 — conclusions vehemently denied by Spanier, the officials and Paterno’s family. Paterno died in January at age 85. Separately next week, the university’s Faculty Senate at a regularly-scheduled meeting Tuesday is also slated to discuss the NCAA sanctions, and whether to make a public statement or send a statement to the NCAA on the issue.

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Aurora suspect made threat ewly filed court records allege that the man accused of opening fire on N an Aurora movie theater told a classmate he wanted to kill people four months before the shooting. Prosecutors made the contention in a motion released Friday. They are seeking access to James Holmes’ records from the University of Colorado Denver’s neuroscience graduate program. Prosecutors wrote that Holmes left the program in June after also making unspecified threats to a professor that month and failing his year-end final. It’s not clear whether Holmes’ attorneys filed a response to the threat allegations. Holmes is charged with killing 12 and wounding 58 during the July 20 attack on a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

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A government warplane bombed an apartment building in eastern Syria on Friday, killing at least 21 people as the regime fought to claw back ground lost to rebel fighters in the area who made significant advances in the city and seized a major checkpoint, activists said. In Damascus, shells from mountains overlooking the Syrian capital crashed into the rebellious suburb of Daraya as part of a days-long regime offensive to regain control of the area. Activists said at least 15 people were killed in the shelling and clashes. The air raid on Mayadin, a city in Deir el-Zour province near the Iraqi border, occurred after rebels gained control of a key checkpoint on a bridge over the Euphrates River there, local activist Abu Omar al-Deery said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 21 people, including 12 women and a child, were killed in the airstrike. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

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Anders Behring Breivik arrives at the Oslo courtroom, Monday. He received an initial 21 years for killing 77 people. He said he wanted to be considered sane to reinforce his anti-Muslim beliefs.

Mass killer is ruled sane Anders Breivik, who killed 77 in Norway, welcomes the decision, his lawyer says. He heads for prison. By KARL RITTER Associated Press

OSLO, Norway — It was during breaks between marathon video game sessions in his mother’s apartment in Oslo that Anders Behring Breivik drafted his complicated and chilling plan. He would kill indiscriminately with explosives and guns, surrender to authorities if he survived, then prove himself sane in court — all to publicize a manifesto accusing Muslims of destroying European society. By any account, it went exactly to plan. A court ruled Friday that Breivik was sane when he killed 77 people, most of them teenagers, in attacks that shook Norway to its core. “His goal was to be declared sane, so on that point he is satisfied,” Breivik’s defense lawyer, Geir Lippestad, said. The Oslo district court found the 33-

“His goal was to be declared sane, so on that point he is satisfied.”

achieving an even higher death toll. He said he wouldn’t appeal the ruling because that would “legitimize” a court he said got its mandate from a political system that supports multiculturalism. “I am very relieved and happy about the Geir Lippestad Defense lawyer outcome,” said Tore Sinding Bekkedal, who survived the Utoya shooting. “I believe he is mad, but it is political madness and not psychiatric madness,” Bekkedal said. “He is a pathetic and sad little person.” From Europe’s far right, the reaction was mixed. Some argued that Friday’s verdict played into their core beliefs, though they have spoken out against his violent rampage. “It was obviously wrong what he did, but there was logic to all of it,” said Stephen Lennon, the 29-year-old leader of the English Defense League, an antiMuslim group.

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ISLAMABAD — U.S. drones fired missiles at three hideouts in a key militant sanctuary close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 18 suspected insurgents in the latest of a series of strikes conducted this week despite Pakistan’s protests from Islamabad, Pa- Foreign kistani intelli- Ministry gence officials summoned said. The strikes a senior all took place in U.S. diplothe North Waziristan tribal ar- mat Thursea, the target of day to proa planned Pakistani military test the operation that strikes. the U.S. expects in the near future. Hundreds of militants and their family members have streamed out of North Waziristan in the past few days in anticipation of the operation, local residents said. Washington has long demanded Pakistan target militants holed up in North Waziristan and has welcomed the planned operation in the area. But Islamabad is likely to focus on Taliban militants who have been at war with Pakistan, not those who have been fighting the U.S.-led coalition in neighboring Afghanistan. In a string of strikes Friday just minutes apart, U.S. missiles slammed into mud brick compounds located several kilometers (miles) from each other in the Shawal Valley, a heavily forested, mountainous area in North Waziristan that serves as one of the key crossing points for militants heading into Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Eighteen suspected militants were killed and another 14 were wounded, the officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. It was not immediately clear which militant group was hit. The U.S. has carried out seven drone strikes in the past week in North Waziristan, ignoring repeated Pakistani protests that they violate the country’s sovereignty and international law. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned a senior U.S. diplomat Thursday to protest the strikes, and the ministry’s spokesman, Moazzam Ahmad Khan, called the attacks “illegal, unproductive” during his weekly press briefing Friday. But the reality behind the scenes is more nuanced — Pakistan secretly supported the strikes in the past, and U.S. officials say privately that key members of the government and military still do.

More bad ‘nudes’ for Prince What happens in Vegas for royal won’t stay in Vegas

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Residents of a tiny mountain town breathed easier Friday after air tankers and helicopters blunted the run of a massive wildfire in Northern California just outside Lassen Volcanic National Park. “After hearing the news, I think I feel a whole lot better today,” said Bob Einck, a contractor. He added that he didn’t expect to have to continue to remove belongings from his vacation home in Mineral to protect them from fire danger. Fire crews working by air Thursday repeatedly doused the spearhead of the Ponderosa Fire with water and flame retardant as it crept up the deep Battle Creek Canyon threatening the national park and the town of about 190 homes.

year-old right-wing extremist guilty of terrorism and premeditated murder for the twin attacks on July 22 last year. Breivik first bombed government headquarters, killing eight people, before going on a shooting massacre on Utoya island that left 69 dead at a summer camp for young members of the governing Labor Party. Prosecutors had asked for an insanity ruling, which Breivik rejected as an attempt to deflate his radical anti-Muslim views. He smiled with apparent satisfaction when the five-judge panel declared him sane and sentenced him to a 21-year prison sentence that can be extended for as long as he’s considered dangerous to society. Legal experts say that likely means he will be locked up for life. “He has killed 77 people, most of them youth, who were shot without mercy, face to face. The cruelty is unparalleled in Norwegian history,” Judge Arne Lyng said. “This means that the defendant even after serving 21 years in prison would be a very dangerous man.” In his final words, Breivik regretted not killing more people, apologizing to other “militant nationalists” for not

The U.S. expects Pakistan to launch a military offensive in the area soon.

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Britain’s Prince Harry watches track cycling during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

LONDON — Brace yourself, Harry. A prominent British public relations guru said Friday he’d been approached by two women who claimed to have more material on Prince Harry, raising the possibility that the world may soon be seeing more compromising images of the British royal. Earlier this week, celebrity gossip website TMZ published photos of Harry romping in the nude during a party at his Las Vegas hotel suite. Many Britons have laughed off the 27-year-old prince’s hijinks, but questions have been raised about his publicly-funded security detail. In a telephone interview, publicist

Max Clifford said he had been called by two American women who claim they were in the prince’s hotel room in the U.S. last week. Clifford, a savvy operator famous for negotiating kissand-tell interviews, said the women “said they had lots of interesting things: pictures, video, that kind of thing.” He said he turned them down. “I couldn’t justify this,” he said. “It’s an infringement of his privacy. That’s why I said no.” On Thursday, TMZ claimed that “several girls” had taken pictures at the party using their cellphones as the party got started and that “more photos were taken” after the clothes came off. Neither TMZ nor Clifford has made clear whether they believe the

unreleased photographs show the prince in the nude. British publications have largely steered clear of the photographs, with the prominent exception of Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun tabloid, which became the first paper to splash the pictures across its front page on Friday with the words: “HEIR IT IS!” and marketing the grainy photograph as a “souvenir printed edition.” Britain’s Press Complaints Commission said it has received more than 850 complaints about the naked pictures in the tabloid, mostly from members of the public. Nearly all of the complaints are about invasion of privacy and will be investigated, the commission added.

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PLYMOUTH – With the aroma of garlic in the air, Gail and Tammy Bosak were working their stand at the Kielbasa Festival Friday morning while their husbands – John and Mark – were back at the Olyphant store making the Polish sausage. An array of trophies and crowns are displayed in the corner of Bosak’s stand, a testament to the store’s success at the festival. Bosak’s will vie for its 10th first place trophy today at 1 p.m. at Franchella’s on West Main Street. The contest is just one highlight of the two-day festival that lines both sides of Main Street with vendors selling everything from fresh and smoked kielbasa, to pierogies, ice cream, funnel cakes, garlic and honey vinegar, arts and crafts, jewelry, leather goods, steak sandwiches, flameless candles, fake tattoos and antiques. Outdoor music at two venues adds to the festivities. Just down the street from Bosak’s stand, Komensky’s Market was selling kielbasa at a fast pace. Brenda Sepelyak and her husband, Robert, own the Duryea store and have been in all nine contests, winning first place several times for fresh or smoked entries. “It’s an awesome festival,” she said. “It’s spread out and people walk up and down Main Street all day.” There are no trophies displayed at the Komensky’s stand, despite their past titles. “We love the competition, but our customers don’t really care if we win on don’t. Winning isn’t the fun part – being involved is what it’s all about.” Family tradition lives on John and Anastasia Vishnefski

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have owned Tarnowski’s Market in Glen Lyon since October. John’s grandfather, Thaddeus Tarnowski, recently passed away and the couple decided to continue the 67-year family tradition. “We still use the original recipe,” John, 33, said. “I grew up in this business and it was very important to my grandfather. I enjoy this – I finally have a job I truly enjoy.” Terry Womelsdorf, Susan Gryziec and Jaynan Temerantz serve as president, vice president and treasurer of Plymouth Alive, the sponsoring organization. Over the years Womelsdorf said thousands of dollars have been given to several charities, including the children’s summer reading program at the Plymouth Public Library. Other charities that have benefitted include the Salvation Army, Red Cross, Plymouth Little League, Valley with a Heart, the three borough volunteer fire companies and the police department, which received computers and Tasers. “Every year we donate anywhere between $5,000 and $10,000 to charities,” Womelsdorf said.

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ANNE BONSAVAGE, 87, of Hanover Street, Warrior Run, passed away Friday at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Funeral arrangements are pending from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley. GENEVIEVE J. SIMALCHIK, 87, of Wyoming passed away peacefully Friday in her home. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Metcalfe-Shaver-Kopcza Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. NANCY JO HELLER, 71, of Kingston, died Friday, August 24, 2012, at Kinder Hospital, WilkesBarre. She was the wife of Jerry Heller. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township. ELEANOR V. BYRAM, 68, of Pittston died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at home, surrounded by her family. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township. A complete obituary will be in Sunday’s newspaper. ELIZABETH ANN OSBORNE, 62, of Coal Street, Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township. HOWARD BROWN, 50, of Kingston, Pa., and Long Pond, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at Golden Living-Summit Nursing Home, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 2, 1962, he lived most of his life in New York and spent the past 12 years in the Poconos. Howard was employed as an auto mechanic. He leaves behind his loving wife, Paulette; four children, Tanisha, Cavaughn, Stacy, Howard Jr.; two grandchildren, Eli and Ethan. Funeral services and calling hours will be held Sunday from 1 until 3 p.m. in the Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township.

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elen Desmond, 92, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on H Wednesday, August 22, 2012, in

Toms River, N.J. She was born October 6, 1919, in Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of the late Sylvester and Caroline Waldron Buchman and was the last surviving and youngest of 12 children. She formerly worked for the Sanitary Laundry and, along with her late husband, Benjamin, operated a Glidden Paint and Hardware store for many years. Helen and Ben were caretakers for Parrish Street Methodist and First Assembly of God churches in WilkesBarre for 25 years. She resided in Wilkes-Barre until 8 years ago, when she moved to Toms River to live with her daughter. Helen was a wonderful, kind and caring person who lived a very happy life surrounded by a wonderful family, neighbors and a close caring church group of very special friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben; daughter, Dorothy; grandson, Terence "Sam" Bevilacqua; brothers, George, Isaac, Edward, Bill, Joseph, Carl; sisters, Florence Murphy, Margaret Brown, Myrtle Corrigan, Lillian Hannigan and Eleanor Buchman. Surviving are her daughter, Carol Bevilacqua and her husband, Terence; granddaughter, Dorothy Smith; great-grandchildren, Sam, Jim and Sara Smith, all of Toms River, N.J. Helen’s family would like to say thank you to the many wonderful people who were always willing to help her in so many ways. The funeral will be held Monday at10 a.m. from E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Sandy Piccone. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Sunday from 5 until 8 p.m. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.eblakecollins.com.

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lizabeth "Betty" McDonald Gulick passed away on August 21, 2012, after an 11-year struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She spent her last days in beauty, peace and dignity thanks to the wonderful staff at William Hill Manor Nursing Home in Easton, Md. Born on Nov 22, 1927, in WilkesBarre, to William J. McDonald and Mary Boyle McDonald, Betty graduated from Coughlin High School in 1945 and completed her registered nursing degree from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in 1948. She was in the last graduating class of the cadet nursing program. In 1954 Betty married Edmund J. Gulick from Ashley, a graduate from King’s College in 1950. They settled in Bucks County in 1964. Betty lived in Richboro, Pa., until 2001 when she moved to Arden Courts Assisted Living Facility, Warminster, Pa. She then moved to the nursing home in Easton, Md. in 2003. In addition to Mercy Hospital, Betty worked as a nurse at Coopers Hospital, Camden, N.J., Holy Redeemer Hospital, Huntingdon Valley Pa., St Joseph’s Manor as a private duty nurse and lastly, at Philadelphia State Hospital Forensics Ward, from where she retired in 1989. Along with nursing, Betty loved to travel, especially to Ireland, knit and play cards. She was an active member in the Bucks County Chapter of To Live Again (TLA) from 1985 to 2001, in which she served a term as President and New Member Chair. She was a die-hard Notre Dame, Eagles and Phillies fan, but what she loved most was being "MomMom" to her three grandsons and one granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edmond "Eddy" Gulick (1985), her mother, Mary Boyle McDonald Karolchyk (1995), her father William McDonald (1960) and her brother PFC William "Billy"

McDonald (1949). Betty is survived by her two daughters, Kathy Meehan, Easton, Md.; Mary Beth Grater and her husband, Steve Grater, Chalfont, Pa.; grandchildren, Jason Scairato and his wife, Jenny, Trappe, Md.; Gregory Scairato, Easton, Md.; Matthew Meehan, Easton, Md., Courtney Lake Buchanan and her husband, Cpl. Jonathan Buchanan, Bonsall, Calif.; step-grandson, Stephen Grater and his wife, Tamera, Coatesville, Pa. Betty also had one great-grandson, Caden Michael Robert Buchanan, son of Courtney Lake Buchanan, and her second great-grandchild, child of Jason Scairato, is due in April 2013. She is also survived by her brother, Joseph McDonald and his wife, Shirley, Dallas; sister, Grace Reposh and her husband, Don, Bear Creek; brother, Michael McDonald and his wife, Dian, Mabank, Texas; and many loved nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. from the Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Township, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains Township. Interment will be held in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Plains Township. Friends may call Monday from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Alzheimer’s Foundation, www.alzfdn.org.

George Wilson August 22, 2012 R. Wilson, of Kingston, G eorge died on Wednesday, August 22,

2012, at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas, where he was a guest. Born in Uniontown, he was a son of the late Charles and Cora Wilson. He attended schools in Uniontown and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a Staff Sergeant with the 68th Armored Infantry Battalion, 14th Armored Division and served in Rhineland, Ardennes, Alsace, Loraine and Central Europe. He was awarded the European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon, two Battle Stars, The Combat Infantryman Badge and the Purple Heart. George had formerly resided in East Norriton, Churchville, Drexel Hill and Uniontown, Pa. He was a retiree of Metal Goods division, Alcan Aluminum Corp., after a lifelong career in the metal industry. Preceding him in death are his parents; son, Charles H. Wilson; daughter, Nancy Wilson Forest, Lt. j.g., United States Navy Nurse Corps; sisters, Pearl Sampey, Martha Wilson Lukens, Wanda Wilson Temoyan and brother, Charles A. Wilson. Surviving are his wife of 69 years, Dorothy Thompson Wilson; son,

John Wilson; sister, Alverda Beal; grandchildren, David Wilson and his wife, Barbara; Susan Jones and her husband, Bill; James Wilson and his wife, Casey, Lisa Proctor, Ann Marie Branton and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Monday at noon in the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, with the Rev. Ken Brown officiating. The interment will be private at Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa. Friends may call on Monday from11a.m. until time of service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions, if desired, can be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

FUNERALS ARGO – Albina, Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Monday from St. Joseph Marello Parish (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R.C. Church) Pittston. Friends may call Sunday 5 to 8 p.m. in Graziano Funeral Home Inc., Pittston Township. BIGA, Barbara, funeral services 9 a.m. today from the Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at St. Frances Cabrini Church, Wyoming. CARLE – Lynda, memorial service for Lynda and her mother, Catherine, 1 p.m. today in Kingdom Hall, Hildebrant Road, Dallas. CARTWRIGHT – Harold, funeral services 11 a.m. today in the Russell Hill United Methodist Church. CENTINI – John, memorial Mass 10 a.m. today in Holy Saviour Church, Wilkes-Barre. CRISPELL – Ellen, memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday in Forty Fort United Methodist Church. FRONZONI – Rose Marie, memorial services 10 a.m. today in Holy Family Parish, Luzerne. FULLER – Claude, memorial service noon today in Daniel K. Regan Funeral Home, 64 S. Main St., Montrose. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of service in the funeral home. GEBHARDT – Marianne, funeral services 9 a.m. today from Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at Ss. Peter & Paul Church, Plains Township.

Carl Boruch August 23, 2012

arl Boruch, 86, a resident of AshC ley, passed away on Thursday afternoon, August 23, 2012, in Com-

HENDERSON – Robert, funeral 10 a.m. today in Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. MILLER – Charles, funeral services 10 a.m. today in Mayo Funeral Home Inc., 77 N. Main St., Shickshinny. MONTEFORTE – Richard, Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. today in St. Joseph Marello Parish (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church), Pittston. PIRILLO – Mary Helen, funeral services 9 a.m. Monday from Kielty-Moran Funeral Home Inc., 87 Washington Ave., Plymouth. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in All Saints Parish, Plymouth. Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home from 5 until 8 p.m. PRIEBE – Verna, memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, September 15, in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Dallas. SGARLAT – Dr. Joseph, memorial service 10:30 a.m. today in the Church of Christ Uniting, 190 S. Sprague Ave., Kingston. A reception at the church will follow the service. SOROKIN – William, funeral services 10 a.m. today in Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Township. TAVANA – Cataldo, funeral services 9 a.m. today in Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre.

lbina Amabile Argo, 88, passed away peacefully at Geisinger Wyoming Valley on August 23, 2012. Born on May 9, 1924, in the region of Lombardia Provincia DiBrescia, Italy, she was a daughter of Guiseppe and Maria Zappatini Sciotta. She was the last survivor of 11 siblings, Laurina, Giulia, Emma, Dorotea, Gina, Ida, Dino, Vittorio, Enrico and Gianni. Also preceding her in death was her husband, Samuel Argo, to whom she was wed for 52 years. Surviving are children Samuel (Danny) Argo, Nina Lisa Biscotto; grandchildren, Salvatore Argo, Andrea Argo, Dino Argo, Salvatore Biscotto, Joseph Biscotto; eight greatgrandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews, both in the United States and Italy. As a young woman in Italy, during World War II in the Nazi Occupation, she worked for the Italian Red Cross, often sounding the air-raid sirens warning of impending bombing raids. She later went on to meet her husband, Samuel, who was part of the American Forces that liberated the city of Brescia, Italy. They were married in Montichiari, Italy, and later settled in Pittston in the year 1947. Albina was a proud parishioner of St. Rocco’s R.C. Church, Pittston, for a majority of her life. She was also a devoted follower of Padre Pio. Albina was active as an organizer with the ILGWU in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. She was employ-

ed in the garment industry for 35 years, where she last worked for Leslie Fay Andy Fashions, Pittston. She was known as “Nona” to her family and friends and will always be remembered for her sunny disposition. Her cannoli and ravioli were the best. She always prepared wonderful Italian feasts during the holidays. The family has entrusted funeral services to Graziano Funeral Home Inc., Pittston Township. Viewing hours will be held on Sunday, August 26, 2012, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services will begin at the funeral home on Monday at 9 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held from St. Joseph Marello Parish (Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church) Pittston, on Monday at 9:30 a.m. Interment services will follow at St. Rocco’s R.C. Cemetery, Pittston Township. For directions or to submit online condolences, please visit www.grazianofuneralhome.com.

Gloria Meier August 23, 2012 P. Meier, 77, of Plains G loria Township, passed away Thurs-

day, August 23, 2012, at WilkesBarre General Hospital. Born in Tappan, N.Y., she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Mutinsky Madura. Gloria was a graduate of Congers High School, N.Y. She was a Secretary with The Clarkstown School District, N.Y. Gloria was a loving Mother and Grandmother. Surviving are husband, Bernhard M. Meier, with whom she celebrated 58 years of marriage; daughters, Cheryl DiPasquale, Binghamton, N.Y., Patricia and her husband, Rickey Holter, Trucksville; grandchildren, Natasha Holter, East Norriton, Pa., Cassandra DiPasquale, Philadelphia, Geena DiPasquale, Binghamton. Funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m. from the Richard H. Disque

Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas, with the Rev. Lawrence D. Reed, pastor Emmanuel Assembly of God Church, Harveys Lake, officiating. Entombment will be in Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. Friends may call Monday from 10 a.m. until time of service.

Emanuel Carfi August 23, 2012 “Manny” Carfi, of TunkE manuel hannock, died Thursday, Au-

gust 23, 2012, in the Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was born in Paterson, N.J., on October 12, 1941, a son of the late Patsy and Rose Agnello Carfi. Manny was employed as a truck driver for his entire professional career, retiring from Hughey Trucking in Tunkhannock after 24 years of service. Surviving are his wife of 36 years, Lillian Lyon Carfi; son Emanuel Jr., Tunkhannock; daughters, Anna Marie Haney, Canton, N.C., Deborah Lee Jackson, New Jersey, sister, Patricia Potente, Elwood Park, N.J., 10 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 8 p.m. from the SheldonKukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with the

Rev. Peter F. Geschwindner of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church. Cremation will follow services. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until the time of service. Online condolences may be sent to www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com.

David Smith August 19, 2012 avid Marvin Smith passed away D Sunday evening, August 19, 2012, at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Jack-

sonville, Fla., after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Smith was born July 10, 1948, Hunlock Creek, a son of Janet Smith and the late Marvin Henry Smith. He graduated from Northwest High School, earned a master’s degree from Wilkes College and a banking degree from Rutgers University. He was a bank senior vice president at the height of his career. Mr. Smith resided in Connecticut for 30 years before retiring to Fleming Island, Fla., in 2004. Preceding him in death are infant daughter, Christina; grandparents, Maude and William Haas, Hunlock Creek and Plymouth; Liza and Henry M. Smith, Larksville.

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He is survived by his devoted wife, Patricia O’Neill Smith; son, David; daughters, Lori, Kathleen; step-daughter, Cindy Bennet Delany, and her husband, Andrew; brother, William; sisters, Nancy Smith Schmitt and her husband, Fred, Illinois; Deborah Smith Bawiec and her husband, Jack; two step-grandsons, Liam and Finn Delany; several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, September 1, at the First United Methodist Church, Ansonia, Conn. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Florida-Georgia Blood Alliance, www.fgba.org

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monwealth Hospice - Inpatient Unit, Saint Luke’s Villa, Wilkes-Barre. Born on September 15, 1925, in Ralphton, Pa., Carl was a son of the late Peter and Ladislava (Michalowsky) Boruch. Carl was raised in Wilkes-Barre and attended E.L. Meyers High School, Wilkes-Barre. A United States Merchant Marine Veteran, Carl honorably served his country during World War II. Prior to his retirement, Carl was employed for many years as a carpenter for Rothstein Construction Company, Mountain Top. Carl was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Sugar Notch. A talented carpenter, Carl was extremely proud of building the home that he and his late wife, Ann, resided in for many years. Also, he built the home where his late father and mother-in-law lived. Carl had many enjoyments in life, especially fishing, hunting, cooking and gardening around his home. In addition to his parents, Peter and Ladislava Boruch, Carl was preceded in death by his first wife, Marcella (Grantoski) Boruch, who passed away in September of 1954, and his second wife of 57 years, Ann M. (Fritz) Boruch, who passed away on July 1, 2012. Carl is survived by his many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will be conducted on Monday at 9:30 a.m. from the Joseph L. Wroblewski Funeral Home, 56 Ashley St., Ashley, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10 a.m. in Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, 828 Main St., Sugar Notch, with the Rev. Joseph R. Kakareka, his pastor, officiating. Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hanover Township, where Military Honors will be accorded. Family and friends are invited to call on Monday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Carl’s memory to Commonwealth Hospice, 80 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.

‘Sesame Street’ Count dies at the age of 78 By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer

LOS ANGELES — Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind a delightful menagerie of characters including Count von Count on “Sesame Street” and Gobo Fraggle on “Fraggle Rock,” has died. He was 78. Nelson, who suffered from emphysema, Nelson died Thursday night in his Massachusetts home on Cape Cod, the Sesame Workshop said Friday. “Every description of his characters describes Jerry as well,” said “Sesame Street” executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente. “Silly, funny, vulnerable, passionate and musical, for sure. That voice of his was superb.” Although he’d been in declining health for some time “his attitude was never bad,” Parente said Friday. “He was always so grateful for what he had in his life.” “We’re having a rough day on the Street,” she said. In a tribute posted online by the nonprofit Sesame Workshop, Nelson was lauded for his artistry and the “laughter he brought to children worldwide” with the Count and other Muppet puppets including Sherlock Hemlock, Herry Monster and the Amazing Mumford. Nelson was part of other projects featuring Jim Henson’s Muppets, including the 1984 movie “The Muppets Take Manhattan” and TV series including the 1980s “Fraggle Rock” and 1990s “Muppets Tonight”

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Obama campaign activities are designed to blunt the impact of the GOP convention. By KEN THOMAS Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Democrats want to cause a stir — or at least stay in the conversation — while the spotlight is on Republicans next week at the GOP convention in Tampa, Florida. President Barack Obama and his campaign are seeking to counter Mitt Romney’s message and try head off any dramatic climb for the Republican challenger in post-convention polls, staging events around the nation next week. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will campaign in four battleground states and Obama’s campaign will hold events around the country aimed at attracting women voters. The “Romney-Ryan: Wrong for Women” events will start with the Women Vote 2012 Summit in Las Vegas on Saturday with appearances by White House advisers Valerie Jarrett and Cecilia Munoz and actress Natalie Portman and include similar gatherings aimed at women voters in seven cities next week. In the Rust Belt, Obama’s campaign is planning an economicthemed bus tour through Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin with former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. And in Tampa, Democrats plan daily events with party officials and middleclass Americans to counter the Republican ticket. “Our goal is to cut through the political chatter and speak directly to Americans about the clear choice they face in this election between moving the country forward, and going back to the same failed policies of the past,” said Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter. Both campaigns view their party conventions as important periods to lay out the themes of the fall campaign and tell the story of their candidate to a national audience. The party along the sidelines often tries to hold events in the host city to grab attention and counter their opponent’s message. Obama’s team notes that presidential challengers typically receive a bump in support from their party convention and expect Romney to benefit from the weeklong exposure. But by holding their convention in Charlotte, N.C., beginning Sept. 4, right on the heels of the Republican convention, Democrats contend they can quickly rebut Romney’s message. Obama will travel to college towns in Iowa, Colorado and Virginia next week, courting young voters and college students while Biden will travel to the Tampa area on Monday — putting him in the city on the opening day of the GOP convention. On Tuesday, the vice president makes stops in St. Augustine, Fla., and Orlando, appearing with actress Eva Longoria. First lady Michelle Obama will appear on CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” on Wednesday during the heart of the GOP convention and make other appearances during the week. “With just 75 days left, we’re not going to cede four days of this campaign just because of a party convention,” Cutter said. In years past, the party’s nominee would typically take time off during their opponent’s nominating convention but given the competitive race, both campaigns are expected to court voters throughout the conventions. Romney’s campaign said they expected the former Massachusetts governor to hold events during the Democratic party’s convention.

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Romney ‘birth’ joke draws Dems’ ire The Republican’s campaign downplays the reference, made at a Michigan event. By BETH FOUHY and JULIE PACE Associated Press

COMMERCE, Mich. — Wading into a debunked conspiracy theory, Mitt Romney raised the issue of President Barack Obama’s citizenship Friday by joking that “no one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate.” At a rally in the suburbs of Detroit, Romney told a crowd of about 5,000 that he and his wife were happy to be back near their childhood home. “They know that this is the place that we were born and raised,” the candidate said. The remark was a clear reference to the discredited claims that Obama was not born in the United States and thus ineligible to be president. Hawaii officials have repeatedly verified Obama’s citizenship, and courts have rebuffed lawsuits over the issue. The Obama campaign decried the remark, saying Romney was embracing “the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them.” Top Romney adviser Kevin Madden tried to walk the comments back shortly after, saying: “The governor has always said, and has repeatedly said, he believes the president was born here in the United States.” Madden said Romney did not need to apologize because he was simply drawing attention to the fact that Michigan, where he was campaigning, was the state where he himself was born and raised.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally with vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Friday in Michigan.

But Romney’s comments overshadowed an enthusiastic rally where he otherwise devoted himself to criticizing Obama’s economic record and laying out a prescription of fiscal discipline, regulatory overhaul and freer markets to create more jobs and energize the private sector. It also gave Democrats, for the second day in a row, an opportunity to jump on Romney remarks that distracted from the run-up to the Republican convention next week. The birth certificate comment for the moment aligned Romney with a conservative fringe that has pursued the issue. Among the most prominent Romney backers who have questioned

Obama’s birth in Hawaii have been developer Donald Trump. “Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them,” said campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt. “Gov. Romney’s decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter across America.” Madden said Romney wasn’t intentionally making a reference to the questions about Obama’s birth certificate. Romney was campaigning with his running mate, Paul Ryan, and with his wife Ann in Michigan, a state where Obama has been leading but where Rom-

ney’s father, George, made his name both as a top auto executive and as governor. Obama has been dogged throughout his presidency by question about his birthplace. He released a long form copy of his birth certificate last year, showing he was born in Hawaii in 1961. Romney has been careful to steer clear of the birth certificate issue, even while enthusiastically accepting support from Trump. Whenever he was asked about the issue in interviews, Romney always demurred and said it was a settled issue. Among a segment of the conservative, anti-Obama movement, the issue is a rallying cry

that continues to persist despite evidence to the contrary. For Romney, raising the issue at this point runs contrary to his campaigns goal of boosting his support among independent and undecided voters, for whom Obama’s birth certificate is presumably a non-issue. It also overshadowed efforts by Romney advisers to establish convention themes that cast him as a compassionate and serious presidential candidate by featuring Romney’s personal side and life’s experiences. Romney’s birth certificate crack comes a day after he gave Democrats another opening by declaring that big businesses in the U.S. were “doing fine” in the current strapped economy in part because they get advantages from offshore tax havens. His comments echoed similar assertions by Obama about the state of the private sector, comments Romney has criticized. They’re also a reminder that the GOP candidate himself has kept some of his personal fortune in low tax foreign accounts, including Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. “Big business is doing fine in many places,” Romney said during a campaign fundraiser Thursday. “They get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. They know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in the places where there are low tax havens around the world for their businesses.” Romney’s assertions resembled Obama’s declaration earlier this summer that the “private sector is doing fine.”

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Plymouth man gets 10-20 in prison Richard Allen Park was deemed a sexually violent predator by the judge.

WILKES-BARRE – A Plymouth man who pleaded guilty to having inappropriate contact with two children was sentenced Friday to 10 to 20 years in state prison. Richard Allen Park, 25, of Turner Street, was sentenced by Judge Fred Pierantoni on one count each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and unlawful contact with a minor in a case in which he inappropriately touched a 7-year-old girl and 4-year-old Park boy. “You took advantage … of these children and you will now pay for these despicable crimes,” Pierantoni told Park after sentencing him to the prison term as well as 10 years of special probation. Assistant District Attorney Jenny Roberts said the mother of the children was agreeable to Park’s March guilty plea, as well as an agreed upon sentence of 10 to 20 years. Park must register his address under Megan’s Law for his entire life, and was deemed a sexually violent predator by Pierantoni after a Megan’s Law hearing before his sentencing. According to court papers, in April 2008, a woman contacted police and alleged Park had indecent contact with her two children. A county detective interviewed the children in July 2010. The boy said that when he was around 4 years old in 2007, Park performed oral sex on him. The girl said that same year, when she was about 7 years old, Park touched her inappropriately on two different occasions. Investigators interviewed Park in October 2010, when he admitted he touched the two children, but not with malice. "I never wanted to hurt them," Park allegedly told investigators. "I want to get better." Park’s attorney, William Watt, said his client suffers from significant mental health issues, and needs treatment. Watt said Park has accepted responsibility for his actions and is prepared to suffer the consequences. Park is to have no contact with the victims or unsupervised contact with any minors, and is to stay away from places they frequent. Pierantoni said Park must complete a sexual offender’s treatment program and 30 hours of community service. Park was given 688 days credit for time already served in prison. Park is awaiting sentencing in Lackawanna County Court after pleading no contest in April to two counts of retaliation against prosecutors or judicial officials in a case in which police say he threatened to kill Luzerne County Deputy District Attorney Alexis Falvello in December 2011. Park was lodged at the Lackawanna County Prison on the sexual assault charges and allegedly conspired with another inmate to place a hit on Falvello and a county judge. Court records indicate Park will be sentenced in that case on Aug. 29. He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison on each of the charges. Sheena Delazio, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 8297235.

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Divorces sought and filed in the Luzerne County Prothonotary’s Office from Aug. 20 through 24, 2012: • Irene Lombardo, White Haven, and Joseph Lombardo, Mountain Top • Louis Roman, Laurel Run, and April Roman, Kingston • Spencer Yukie, Kingston, and Bruce Spencer, Forty Fort • Thomas Brutski, Troy, Mont., and Ann Brutski, Wyoming • Mary Hankey, Pittston, and Brian Hankey, Swoyersville • Diane Moore, Wilkes-Barre, and Charles Moore, Wilkes-Barre • Bradley Patton, Luzerne, and Susan Patton, Luzerne • Steven Burggaller, Hazleton, and Kim Burggaller, Hazleton • Arden Fahey, Wilkes-Barre, and Michael Fahey, Luzerne • Sandy Pearse, Berwick, and Robert Pearse, Berwick • James Stuart Jr., Harveys Lake, and Melissa Stuart, Sweet Valley • Sandra DeFebo, Dupont, and Edward DeFebo, East Stroudsburg • Amy Croughn, Wyoming, and Jason Croughn, Wyoming • Bryan Smith, Pittston, and Lisa Smith, Pittston • Mark Nighbert, Courtdale, and

Nichole Nighbert, Swoyersville Marriage license applications filed in the Luzerne County Register of Wills Office from Aug. 20 through 24, 2012: • Keith William Mutchler, Kingston, and Sarah Detwiler, Kingston • Jeffrey Echevarria Afanador, Hazleton, and Leidy Massiel Colon Japa, Hazleton • Shaun Kintz, Wilkes-Barre, and Patricia Neely, Wilkes-Barre • Timothy Peter Faneck, Wyoming, and Amanda Lynn Miller, Wyoming • Lee Scott Dudick Sr., WilkesBarre, and Laura Oldziejewski, Wilkes-Barre • Joseph Jacob Kemmerer, Mountain Top, and Laura Marie Walters, Mountain Top • Michael Alan Marquardt, Kingston, and Kathleen Benson, Kingston • Eric Schwartz, Kingston, and Megan Erwine, Shavertown • Jose De Jesus Martinez, Forty Fort, and Rosa Daysi Doradea, Forty Fort • Gerald Ricci, Hanover Township, and Lauren Lubinski, Hanover Township • Duane Edward Hilliard, Drifton, and Deborah Lee Deisenroth, Drifton • Michael Lewis Lee Sandora, Dallas, and Lyndsay Alexas Marie Santarelli, Dallas • Adam Michael Wise, Trucksville,

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 9 a.m. on Wednesday. HANOVER TWP. – The state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, Wilkes-Barre, cited Screwbalz Bar & Grille, 1474 Sans Souci Parkway, with allegedly possessing or operating gambling devices or permitting gambling or lotteries on June 29 and July 16. HAZLETON – Police said Heather Graham of Grant Street was injured when the Jeep Cherokee she was driving collided with a Honda Accord and Sara Ann Trosky, Shavertown • Brandon Kent Campbell, Sweet Valley, and Samantha Jo Lupinski, Sweet Valley • Nathan James Gach and Veronica Anne Breznak • Frank James Carsia and Celena J. Cannon • Brad Clayton O’Connor and Lindsey Ann Feldmann • Charles J. Falcone Jr. and Sarah M. Benedetti • Eamonn Geraghty and Jennifer Lampman • Timothy W. Felegie and Vanessa T. Lally • Thomas Paterick III and Kate Yannuzzi • Justin Dolman and Victoria Kostelnick • Jason Moran and Catherine Stash • Erich Thomas and Andrea Esther Hontz • Theodore D. Gabriel Jr. and April Robinson • Jason Jude Bozinko and Sarah Marie Doman • Joseph Patrick Riley III and Tiffany Krzynefski • Daniel J. Piestrak Jr. and Stephanie Diane Pellam • Andrew C. Spencer III and Amy Arnott • Rocco Louis Yanora and Jennifer Marie Conley • Robert Lawrence Van Gorder Jr. and Michelle Perzia

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driven by Vitthalbhai Patel of Levittown on West 15th Street Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Police said Graham was transported by ambulance to Hazleton General Hospital.

cited Eastern Airport Kitchens Inc., doing business as Hollywood Diner and Sports Bar, 760 Airport Road, with loud noise that was heard beyond the licensee property line.

HAZLE TWP. – State police at Hazleton on Thursday filed drunken driving charges against Nastasshia Gliem, 23, of Hazleton, after a traffic stop on state Route 309 on July 7. The charges were filed with District Judge James Dixon.

HAZLETON – City police reported the following: • Numerous items were reported stolen during a burglary at a residence in the 500 block of West 13th Street on Friday. • Numerous items were reported stolen during a burglary at a residence in the 900 block of North Locust Street on Friday.

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Faith billboards are being removed after protests By LINDSAY RUEBENS The Charlotte Observer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – American Atheists and Adams Outdoor Advertising are removing two Charlotte billboards slamming Christianity and Mormonism after the national atheists’ group said it received an outpouring of public anger and threats. The billboards, targeting the faiths of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, went up about two weeks ago. They were supposed to be present for the duration of the national conventions, though there were only billboards in Charlotte. Amanda Knief, the managing director of American Atheists, said that a report from Fox News about the billboards this Wednesday incited a national outpouring of "vitriol,

threats and hate speech against our staff, volunteers and Adams Outdoor Advertising." Knief said that if Adams had not been involved, American Atheists would have kept the billboards in place. "It was a mutual decision between us and Adams Advertising for the safety and interests of both organizations that the billboards come down," Knief said. Knief declined to say the extent or severity of the threats the atheist organization, based in Cranford, N.J., received, but said that the Cranford police department had been contacted because of them. The general manager of Adams Outdoor Advertising’s Charlotte branch, Kevin Madrzykowski, did not immediately return phone calls Friday.

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boy out inside a zippered handbag, police said. The newborn was found with PHILADELPHIA the kidnapping suspect, Breona Moore, of McKeesport, early Thursday night and was reunited with his parents unPhiladelphia police have charged one man in the robbery- harmed at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. related slaying of an off-duty Online court records don’t list officer and urged an alleged teen accomplice to turn himself an attorney for Moore, who was arraigned on charges she kidin. napped Bryce Coleman on Police say they’ve charged Thursday. She remained jailed 23-year-old Rafael Jones with unable to post $250,000 bond murder and robbery in the and was ordered to undergo a death last weekend of Officer mental evaluation. Moses Walker Jr. Moore’s family contacted At a news conference Friday, police as soon as they heard police identified 19-year-old media reports of the kidnapChancier McFarland of North ping, saying that Moore had Philadelphia as the accomplice told them and made Facebook seen on security videos. Police Commissioner Charles posts that she was pregnant, but Ramsey says McFarland should they were doubtful, Police surrender before a police SWAT Cmdr. Thomas Stangrecki said. Moore’s build apparently made team finds him. Investigators believe two men her claims at least somewhat approached Walker from behind credible, as a criminal complaint lists her as 5-foot-4 and and announced a robbery as he 230 pounds. walked to a bus stop in civilian clothes at about 6 a.m., after his CARLISLE shift.

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ted the bees swarming in her pickup cab on Thursday. Local beekeeper Greg Berkebile was called in and says swarms can form when the queen bee moves from a hive. He says it’s likely the queen flew in through an open truck window and her drones followed, attracted by pheromones — a secreted chemical from the queen. Berkebile lit a cigarette inside the cab to produce smoke to confuse the bees, which he then shooed outside. SHARPSVILLE

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Police have charged a western Pennsylvania man with assaulting his live-in girlfriend twice on his birthday — once before and then again after he returned from a court-ordered angermanagement class. The Herald of Sharon, Pa. says 37-year-old Robert Green has been taking the classes because of an April altercation with the 21-year-old woman. She told police his behavior has gotten worse since he started taking the classed. Someone stole a loaded gun Online court records don’t list from a police chief’s car in cenan attorney for Green, who is tral Pennsylvania accused of grabbing the woman Carlisle police Chief Stephen around her neck Wednesday Margeson’s .40-caliber Glock morning, then doing the same was taken from his unmarked police SUV, which was parked in thing and pushing her down that afternoon, after returning front of his home. from a class. Police said it happened beGreen was charged Thursday tween 1 p.m. Wednesday and 8 with simple assault, disorderly a.m. Thursday. There were no signs of forced conduct, harassment and marijuana possession, and faces a entry. Police said it’s unclear preliminary hearing Aug. 31. whether the vehicle was unHe doesn’t have a phone locked or someone knew the combination to open the keyless listed in his name. entry door.

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Officials say a Philadelphia police officer shot and killed a motorist who dragged him with his car while fleeing a traffic stop. Police say the officer pulled the motorist over late Thursday then fatally shot him while trying to prevent him from leaving the scene. Lt. Ray Evers says the man had complied with the officer’s order to exit the vehicle but jumped back into the car after being frisked. He says the officer was holding on to the driver’s clothing when the man began to drive away. That’s when Evers says the officer fatally shot the driver.

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OUR OPINION: HEY, HOLLYWOOD!

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O, HOLLYWOOD, you We’ve got three. Want a dirty finally got smart lawyer wearing a wire and ratenough to let locals in ting out his goombahs? Done! on your money ma- Maybe you want to round it out chine, giving our area business with a prominent politician associates a piece of the action collecting kickbacks? We’ll as investors in your new mob give you one who used to be a pro football star. flick “GOAT.” You can’t make this stuff up. Good on you. After all, our And that’s just the start. We money is as green as the lucre from Beverly Hills Bosses and racked up enough crooked Wall Street Wiseguys. You school board members to start a waste managecome to our turf to ment company, if shoot some scenes you get our drift. and turn a little prof- You want a sureit, it only seems fair fire box office hit? We nabbed a dewe get a crack at Three words: “Kids veloper who started by trading in skimming some for Cash.” Cabbage Patch points off the vig, no? Kids, then struck But now that a few a court deal reof our stand-up citizens have, as they say, a vested quiring he pay to help real kids. We landed a shark named interest in your product, perhaps you might be amenable to Sharkey, a woman who got in trouble only after altering docadvice vis-à-vis that product. No disrespect, but the next uments so she wouldn’t get in time you come here to make a trouble and a prothonotary demovie about the criminal un- livering Fed Ex boxes stuffed derworld, maybe you would with cash. And the best part is, you consider using our homegrown plots along with our don’t need a screenplay author. Just buy the trial transcripts. homegrown money. C’mon, Tinsel Town, movie You want a box office hit? Three words: “Kids for Cash.” us up. It’s an offer you can’t refuse! Need a judge on the take?

QUOTE OF THE DAY “There’s no reason to discriminate against gay people. They’re not a threat against anybody.” Matt Cartwright The Moosic attorney and Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives announced his support of gay marriage.

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Private junkets shortchange voters

LATE-evening nude swim in the Sea of Galilee by a Kansas congressman raises more serious questions about a supposed fact-finding visit to Israel. Republican Kevin W. Yoder’s suitless dip last summer, which came to light this week, raises questions of taste and propriety, but more to the point for Americans are other issues. One is the proper use of a lawmaker’s time. No one can argue against members of Congress traveling overseas to become better informed on key topics. Israel is certainly one of these, although the trip would have made more sense if it had included visits to neighboring countries such as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. This trip and another like it involved about 80 representatives and included briefings by Israeli officials. But the visits also featured what were essentially tourist stops at Bethlehem, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee. To be accurate, they can be described as part-informational, part-religious and part-recreational, rather than strictly work events. A second issue is that congressional recesses are an opEDITORIAL BOARD

portunity to speak with constituents at home. When legislators aren’t in Washington tending to the people’s business – the current five-week recess, for instance, is leaving much undone on drought relief for farmers, protection for U.S. infrastructure from cyber attack, a Postal Service rescue and bills to keep the government running – they should be making good use of their time back in their districts. The most disconcerting issue raised by the trips to Israel and similar visits to Turkey, which together last year involved 178 representatives and aides, is who pays for them. In Israel’s case it was the American Israel Education Foundation, affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which lobbies Congress heavily. It is difficult to imagine that anyone can accept hospitality of this sort without incurring an obligation. Official trips, paid for with congressional funds, can make sense. Questionable recess junkets, financed by private, special-interest sources, may be legal but raise other serious issues. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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DEP: Permit reform will better protect environment GOV. TOM Corbett promised to bring reform to the way government operates in Pennsylvania. Good government means the efficient delivery of government services, which includes permitting decisions by the state Department of Environmental Protection. There is no question that both DEP and the public we serve saw room for improvement. Our own review confirmed it. We have to start with insisting upon top-quality permit applications from businesses, nonprofit organizations, local governments and these groups’ consultants. That is an important basis and starting point of the governor’s recently signed executive order, upon which DEP will build the permit guarantee process. It is an important point that news media commentary so far on the executive order has missed. Our study of applications and permit procedures revealed that about 40 percent of applications submitted to DEP are deficient, meaning information important to making a decision was missing. In addition, a former DEP secretary reported that of about 125,000 permits or authorizations issued from 1995 to 2002,

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fewer than two dozen “money-back guarantee” refunds were issued. So permits were being issued, eventually, but only after months or years of the merry-go-round of taking applications “off the clock” and then back “on the clock” and then back “off the clock” – until finally, they were ready for a decision to be made. Often, DEP permit review personnel spent much time doing the work for applicants to get their applications to the “complete” stage. That process caused frustration both internally and externally and, importantly, wastes the time of both DEP personnel and the public we serve. The draft Permit Decision Guarantee policy document that will be published for public comment in the coming weeks is being developed by DEP personnel at all levels who have done permitting work for years. The new process will free DEP personnel from the merry-go-round and allow them to spend more of their time reviewing Mike Krancer is secretary of the Pennsylvania quality, complete permit applications and, Department of Environmental Protection.

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thus, concentrate on protecting the environment. The system will work better and more efficiently, and the environment will be better protected. At the same time, the process will deliver to the regulated community a more predictable and efficient manner of permit application review and decision. The draft policy, which comes from the executive order, will be built upon four core principles: • Complete and quality permit applications are crucial to DEP’s ability to guarantee a timely decision. • Every full and complete permit application will receive a thorough review in an efficient manner. • DEP will not issue any permit that does not meet all legal and statutory requirements to protect the environment and public health and safety. • DEP will make decisions based on the law, facts and sound science. We encourage the public and all stakeholders to give it a fair and open-minded review and offer feedback to us once it is published for public comment.

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ave you heard the term “entitlements?” How about “entitlement generation?” Most people think of entitlements as funding for the poor, out of work, sick or just plain lazy who are supported by the government to one degree or another. “Entitlement generation” is the boomer generation. The boomers have also been called the “worst generation,” the most self-centered, self-absorbed and other negative adjectives. But there’s another group of people deeply involved with government entitlements. The wealthy are given special treatment in taxes, access, and other benefits not available to anyone else. In some cases they pay no more taxes than do the very poor because of special loopholes in tax law designed strictly for the very rich. Entitlement basically means special treatment; it means someone is getting something for free that the rest of us don’t get. For the very poor, entitlements mean the difference between starving and getting through another day. But for some, entitlements mean an extra trip abroad, a ski lodge in Aspen or an auto elevator in the home. The question comes down to whether we feel anyone is entitled to anything. We do expect that everyone should be entitled

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to some things. I’d like to think I’ve got the right to vote. I’d like to feel free to breathe clean air or drink clean water. It doesn’t always work out that way for some. I also think that the poor, disabled or out of work deserve, or are entitled, to be supported by society to the extent needed. I’m just not as convinced the very rich should be entitled to extra special treatment, just because they are very rich. Ed Cole Clarks Summit

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ive reasons to vote for Obama: If you believe that increasing gas prices is a good thing in order to cause a switch to alternative energy, vote for Obama and enjoy going to the gas station.

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If you prefer a welfare check over a paycheck, vote for Obama. Federal and state welfare assistance has grown almost 19 percent under President Barack Obama. Vote for him and sit back and collect. If you believe cutting $700 billion dollars from Medicare to fund Obamacare is a good thing, vote for Obama and get your affairs in order. Even the chief actuary for the Medicare and Social Security systems, Richard Foster, concludes that Obamacare will likely yield cutbacks in services to senior citizens rendered by Medicare. If you believe that an unemployment level of 8.3 percent is a good thing, then vote for Obama. The U-6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work seeking full-time employment (the more familiar U-3 rate), but also counts “marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons. According to the labor department for July 2012, it is 15 percent and rising. If you believe that the First Amendment right of freedom of religious practices is worth trampling on then vote for Obama. Concerning Obama’s requirement of religious organizations to supply birth control and abortion pills, Bishop Lennon of the diocese of Cleveland had a letter read at each church stating “Unless this rule is overturned, Catholics will be compelled either to violate our consciences or to drop health care coverage for our employees.” C. Mangan Kingston

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could pose a serious safety hazard. The school already has trailer classrooms adding room for about 50 students, and in the past Namey noted that hasn’t always been enough, with sixth grade student nudging into extra space in the junior high section that houses seventh and eighth grades. The real problem is not student enrollment, Namey said, its total occupancy in a room at any given time: Students, teachers, support staff and custodians. “When we deal with capacity and safety, we talk of things like too many people in the gym, exceeding the capacity of the gym,” Namey said. “We are working with the fire department on the issue. We’re going to come up with a number of students we can safely take in. I don’t think it’s going to

Sorick questioned the timing of the purchase, noting it comes about a month after The Times Leader’s investigation revealed the city could not account for 18,000 gallons of fuel, which led Leighton to declare neither he nor Pahler would use city gas any longer and would instead seek mileage reimbursements. “When they are no longer able to put city gas in their vehicles, that’s when the need for vehicles arises,” Sorick said. In an email response to Sorick’s comments, Leighton said his administration “has never spent taxpayer’s money frivolously and we are not about to start now.” “We continue to look for opportunities to upgrade the city fleet and this is no different. The vehicle is purchased for the department and not any individual and it will be only used for city work,” Leighton said. Ceppa Hirko questioned if there aren’t other vehicles Pahler could use and, if not, why he can’t continue to use his personal vehicle and seek mileage reimbursement, which she believes would be more cost effective. “They have other vehicles that can do that. Why buy a brand new vehicle?” Ceppa Hirko said. “All he needs to do is keep track of his mileage.” She also questioned how frequently Pahler is called out after hours that would necessitate him taking the vehicle home. “How many times has he been called out and for what? Give me an analysis over the last several years,” she said. Frati and Drew McLaughlin, the city’s administrative coordinator, defended the purchase. Frati said there are no other vehicles available for Pahler to use. Frati said the purchase is part of a plan to update the city’s fleet of vehicles, many of which are old and have high mileage.

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Solomon/Plains school is using trailer classrooms for some of its students.

be anywhere near 140.” By law, the state must agree to any enrollment restrictions based on safety concerns, and Namey said after that the district must give priority to students with the greatest academic need. He expects parents will get letters in a few days advising whether or not their children will be able to transfer. The first day of school is

Wednesday. The transfers also cause transportation problems. The students asking to come to Solomon’s do not live in the schools’ official “attendance zone,” so there are often no current bus routes that go their homes, Namey said. The migration will likely lead to hiring more teachers at Solomon/Plains, a cost that won’t nec-

essarily be offset by losing teachers at other schools. Enough students must transfer from a single grade in a school to make it possible to eliminate a teaching position at that school without increasing class sizes too steeply for other teachers. Mark Guydish can be reached at 829-7161

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New York City police stand near the body of Steven Ercolino, 41, on a sidewalk near the Empire State Building in New York, Friday. Officials said Ercolino, a vice president of sales for Hazan Imports, was fatally shot by Jeffrey Johnson, 58, a laid-off employee.

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Imports at the time with Ercolino. The gunman walked away and calmly turned up 5th Avenue, where he blended in with the crowd, police said. A construction worker who saw the shooting followed Johnson and alerted two police officers, a detail regularly assigned to patrol city landmarks like the 1,454-foot skyscraper since the 9/ 11 terror attacks, officials said. There were conflicting accounts about whether Johnson fired at the police officers or just pointed the gun at them. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly initially said the officers were fired upon, but later said police were investigating. Johnson can be seen on video reaching into a bag, pulling out a .45-caliber pistol and pointing it at officers, Kelly said. The two officers drew their weapons and fired 16 rounds, killing Johnson, Kelly said.

“These officers ... had absolutely no choice,” Kelly said. “This individual took a gun out very close to them and perhaps fired at them.” Kelly said investigators believe police may be responsible for some of the injuries, based on the gunman’s weapon. Johnson’s semi-automatic weapon was equipped to fire at least eight rounds; at least one round was left in the clip, police said. Another loaded magazine was in his briefcase. Johnson legally bought the gun in Sarasota, Fla., in 1991, but he didn’t have a required permit to possess the weapon in New York City, police said. “New York City, as you know, is the safest big city in the country, and we are on pace to have a record low number of murders this year,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. “But we are not immune to the national problem of gun violence,” he said about the shooting, which comes in the wake of mass shootings inside a Colorado movie theater and a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Robert Asika, who was shot in the right arm, said he was “100

percent positive” that a police officer had shot him. He also said he saw Johnson fire his gun at the officers. Asika, 23, sells tickets for the Empire State Building’s observatory. “When I woke up this morning, I didn’t even want to go to work,” he said. “Something told me not to go to work.” The wounded victims were five women and four men, aged 20 to 56, authorities said. All were from New York City, except a 35-yearold woman from Chapel Hill, N.C. They suffered graze wounds or other minor injuries, and police believe that at least some of the injuries were caused by bullet fragments that ricocheted off security planters. Johnson, 58, and Ercolino had traded accusations of harassment when Johnson worked there, Kelly said. Johnson had been laid off about a year ago. Police said he blamed the victim, believing Ercolino had failed to aggressively promote his line of women’s Tshirts. Ercolino’s profile on the business networking site LinkedIn identified him as a vice president

of sales at Hazan Import. It said he was a graduate of the State University of New York at Oneonta. He was single and had recently moved to New Jersey after living for a time in Warwick, just north of New York City, said his eldest brother, Paul Ercolino. He grew up in Nanuet, N.Y. “He was in the prime of his life,” Paul Ercolino said, adding that the family was in shock. He said his brother was a gregarious salesman — known to nieces and nephews as “Uncle Ducky” because of his nearly blond hair — who had followed his father into the garment industry, then later worked in women’s handbags and accessories. He never mentioned to the family that he had any problems with a co-worker, Paul Ercolino said. Hazan Import Corp. imports women’s clothing and accessories, according to public records. Calls to its executives weren’t immediately returned Johnson worked at the company near the Empire State Building for about six years and was laid off because of downsizing, Kelly said.

One person injured in bike, truck crash in Wilkes-Barre One person suffered injuries Friday in a crash involving a bicycle and a pickup truck at the intersection of South Pennsylvania Avenue and East Northampton Street. The bicyclist was taken by ambulance to a hospital. The crash separated the fork from the bicycle. It was lying on the pavement near the left front wheel of the truck. The cyclist’s right sneaker rested in the roadway under one of the bicycle’s pedals. The driver of the truck, left, underwent field sobriety tests for driving under the influence and was allowed to leave in his vehicle. The names of the driver and the injured cyclist were not available.

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33,000 small business clients and 500 agents, and writing $207 million of premiums. Today it insures more than 62,000 employers and has approximately 700 agents. It wrote more than $300 million in insurance premiums in 2011, according to the company’s website. Bill Moore, the head of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry, called Buffett’s acquisition of Guard a positive for the company and the region as a whole. “What it shows is Guard is a very solid performer, with growth of about 40 percent over the last six years indicating what a good, well-managed company they are,” Moore said. “They’ve got about 300 employees in the area, and so that growth is very important for the area economy, because as a company prospers so does the economy, and as the employees benefit so does the local economy.” “Having an investor like Warren Buffett decide to partner with them and move into the region with them can be a very good thing for the region,” he added. “So that others on the outside are looking into the area at the strength of the businesses that are here.” Moore said he does not know

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Commission members Margaret Hogan, Vito Forlenza and Stefanie Salavantis, the district attorney, voted to dismiss the complaint. County Controller Walter Griffith voted against dismissal. The fifth commission member, county Manager Robert Lawton, abstained. The commission’s ruling said Bobeck’s vote didn’t determine how funds were distributed to a particular mental health provider. Dismissal also was warranted, the ruling said, because the county ethics code wasn’t in effect at the time of the budget vote. Though Bobeck was cleared, the ruling “admonishes” Bobeck and warns council members to

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“It takes a long time to upgrade a fleet. We recently purchased two vans. One of the vans it replaced had 350,000 miles on it; a truck was 17 years old,” he said. As for Pahler taking the vehicle home, Frati said he does not have specific data on how many times Pahler is called out after hours each year. That varies greatly depending on circumstances. “Last week alone it was four times,” Frati said. “He responds to emergencies. I think its best he take the vehicle home.” McLaughlin said that city also wants to get away from paying mileage in certain departments, including code enforcement, in which employees utilize vehicles extensively for city business. The city purchased several 2012 Ford Focuses for code enforcement. He also noted the SUV, which cost $27,482, is being purchased with money from the Liquid Fuels fund, which is funded by the state through taxes on fuel. The city checked with state officials, who confirmed the expense was allowable. “We need to make an investment in our fleet. If it’s liquid fuels fund eligible, it saves the general fund,” McLaughlin said. Ceppa Hirko and Sorick said they are concerned the city doesn’t monitor vehicles enough to ensure those who take them home don’t use them for personal business. “If someone’s on their way home and needs to stop for milk and bread at Schiel’s, do they use a city vehicle, or take the vehicle home and then go back to Schiel’s?” Sorick said. Ceppa Hirko said she’s previously asked the city if it has a written policy regarding that issue and was told none exists. Frati said it will be made clear the vehicle is only to be used for official business. He noted it will be marked with city decals, making it easy for residents to spot. “If the public sees the vehicle out and they think it’s inappropriate, there are checks and balances … we will act accordingly,” he said.

“Having an investor like Warren Buffett decide to partner with them and move into the region with them can be a very good thing for the region,” he added. “So that others on the outside are looking into the area at the strength of the businesses that are here.” Bill Moore Head of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry

what Berkshire Hathaway plans for the company or whether it is considering other local purchases, but said “I do know that they typically don’t close down and move companies out.” “That’s not their pattern, so it bodes well for the region,” he said. Guard spokesman Bob Thomas, company executives and National Indemnity Co. spokeswoman Janelle Kay would not comment on the sale Friday. The sale is expected to close by December 15, according to the stock exchange report. The deal is subject to regulatory approval by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania and antitrust authorities. avoid a conflict or appearance of one when they vote on the county budget. “To that end the ACE formally requests, for the sake of the transparency that is necessary for good government, that council members disclose any information that might reasonably suggest a possible conflict of interest,” the ruling said. Bobeck, an attorney, said Friday he had researched the matter with a solicitor before he voted on the budget and believes his father’s position was common knowledge. He said the admonishment was unwarranted. “If council members avoided even the appearance of certain issues, they’d stop doing their job, which is a bigger sin than anything because they’d violate the oath they took to do their job,” Bobeck said.

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Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy wiped out by drugs USADA has overwhelming evidence seven-time Tour de France winner juiced his way to fame. By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency erased the rest of it on Friday. It wiped out 14 years of Armstrongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including his record seven Tour de France titles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and barred him for life from the sport after concluding he used banned substances. USADA said it expected cyclingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s governing body to take similar action, but the International Cycling Union was measured in its response, saying it first wanted a full explanation of why Armstrong should relinquish Tour titles he won from 1999 through 2005. The Amaury Sport Organization, which runs the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prestigious cycling race, said it would not comment until hearing from the UCI and USADA. The U.S. agency contends the cycling AP FILE PHOTO body is bound by the World Anti-Doping Code to strip Armstrong of one of the Overall leader Lance Armstrong sig-

The champagne toasts on the Champs-Elysees and the two-fingered â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vâ&#x20AC;? for victory signs he flashed while pedaling to the finish line. The excruciating mountain climbs and the explosions of power that pushed him past other heaving cyclists on narrow Alpine roads. The legions of fans wearing yellow Livestrong bracelets cheering on the cancer survivor whose grit and determination gave them hope. Faded images are all that remain of the unprecedented cycling career of Lance Armstrong. See ARMSTRONG, Page 6B

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nals seven for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France in 2005.

Locally, reaction to decision is mixed

his cycling achievements and neversay-die attitude. Even though he stands to be stripped of his Tour victories Armstrong attracted people to cycling, said Tom Jones, co-owner of Around Town Bicycles in Wilkes-Barre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he did a lot for the sport, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deny that,â&#x20AC;? Jones said Friday. However, Armstrong â&#x20AC;&#x153;was part of an era in which drugs were prevalent,â&#x20AC;? Jones said. Yet Armstrong was tested hundreds of times with no positive findings.

By JERRY LYNOTT jlynott@timesleader.com

What cancer didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do to Lance Armstrong, his decision to quit the fight against doping allegations could. The brash Texan who survived testicular cancer and rode to a record seven consecutive victories in the Tour de France opted out of arbitration in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proceedings against him. His about-face Thursday after years of challenging the allegations as baseless drew a mix of support and surprise locally and raised questions about the future of his Livestrong brand built on See FUTURE, Page 6B

NASCAR

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Mears on pole after washout

Phillies stay hot

Despite sore back, Tiger Woods keeps himself in contention at Barclays.

Casey Mears will start tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sprint Cup race from the front row.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A common phrase this year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tigerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; took on a new meaning Friday at The Barclays. Woods felt a twinge in his lower back when he awoke and UP NEXT felt pain The Barclays throughout Round Three the second Today round at Be1 p.m., GOLF thpage Black. 3 p.m., CBS He overcame a bogey-bogey start, struggled in the simple task of retrieving the ball from the cup and stayed well within range of Nick Watney and the resurgent Sergio Garcia, who shared the lead going into the weekend. As many injuries as Woods has gone through the last two years, the way he grimaced and walked gingerly made it look as if this could be another. But that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Must have slept funny on it,â&#x20AC;? Woods said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soft beds at the hotel, and woke up this morning with it stiff. As I warmed up, it got progressively worse, and then you saw what happened on the golf course. It hurt all day.â&#x20AC;? He managed a 2-under 69, a good effort in the afternoon on greens that tend to get crusty. More impressive were Garcia See BACK, Page 6B

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Tiger Woods tees off on the first hole during the second round of The Barclays golf tournament at Bethpage.

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

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Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Kyle Kendrick throws against the Washington Nationals in the first inning of a game on Friday in Philadelphia. The Phillies won, 4-2

Kendrick, Rollins lead Philadelphai to win The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kyle Kendrick pitched effectively for 6 2-3 innings and Jimmy Rollins drove in a pair of runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Kendrick (7-9), one of seven pitchers used by Philadelphia, allowed four hits and struck out three to help the Phillies win for the fifth time in the last seven games. Tyler Moore homered for Washington, which lost its second straight. Moore snapped Kendrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 21 2/3 innings scoreless streak with a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh. Kendrick retired the first two batters in the frame before walking Kurt Suzuki. Moore, pinch-hitting for Edwin Jackson, launched an 0-1 sinker into the seats in left to pull Washington within 3-2. Jackson (11-8) gave up three runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in six innings to fall to 0-4 with a 5.32 ERA in four career starts against Phi-

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ladelphia. Jonathan Papelbon earned his 28th save in 31 chances with a scoreless ninth. Rollins gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead in the fourth when he lined an oppositefield, two-out single to left off Jackson to score John Mayberry Jr. and Laynce Nix, who barely beat the tag of Suzuki with an elusive head-first slide at the plate. Chase Utleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBI single in the first had given Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. The Phillies were positioned to add on to the lead, with runners on first and third and no outs, but Ryan Howard struck out and Domonic Brown grounded into an in-

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ning-ending double play. The Phillies used four pitchers in a scoreless eighth inning. Antonio Bastardo started the frame with a strikeout of Bryce Harper and was followed by Josh Lindblom, who walked Ryan Zimmerman. Raul Valdes then relieved Lindblom and surrendered a single to Roger Bernadina before striking out Adam LaRoche. With two outs and runners on first and second, B.J. Rosenberg followed Valdes and struck out Jayson Werth to end the frame. The Phillies padded their lead in the bottom of the inning. Utley walked, stole second and scored on Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single to right that put Philadelphia up 4-2. Michael Morse left the game in the first inning with a contusion on his right hand after being hit by a Kendrick pitch. Ian Desmond was a late scratch due to a right knee injury suffered in Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against Atlanta. Desmond, who was replaced at shortstop by Danny Espinosa, was available to pinch-hit.

BRISTOL, Tenn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kyle Busch has three races remaining to claim a spot in the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Under normal circumstances, his chances would be good headed into Saturday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch, after all, has five Cup vicUP NEXT tories at BrisIRWIN Tools tol. Night Race But that Bristol was before 7 p.m. tonight track owner ABC Bruton Smith decided grinding the race track would potentially lure fans back to the track after several years of declining attendance. Asked Friday what he thought of the changes, Busch offered a succinct assessment: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terrible,â&#x20AC;? he said. He was one of the few drivers with a strong opinion after two Friday practice sessions. Qualifying was washed out by rain, and Casey Mears and Brad Keselowski will start on the front row because the field was set by practice times. Keselowski has won the last two Cup races at the track. Few drivers ventured into the top groove during practice, and insisted itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early to tell how the race will develop. Smith is hoping the race proves Bristol is once again one of the most exciting tracks in NASCAR. After yet another ho-hum Bristol race in March, Smith had the top lane ground down in an effort to eliminate the two-wide racing that fans believed ruined the product. Progressive banking was added to the track in 2007, and the bumping and banging that was a Bristol trademark disappeared. The track had a streak of 55 consecutive sellouts from 1982 until 2010, and Smith believed tightening the track might bring the fans back.

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L O C A L C A L E N D A R TODAY'S EVENTS H.S. FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE Holy Redeemer at Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech, 10 a.m. WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Penn Tech at LCCC, noon

SUNDAY, AUG. 26 No Events

MONDAY, AUG. 27 H.S. GIRLS TENNIS Hanover Area at Wyoming Valley West GAR at Coughlin Dallas at Crestwood Berwick at Pittston Area MMI Prep at Tunkhannock Holy Redeemer at Wyoming Area Hazleton Area at Wyoming Seminary

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AUTO RACING 6 p.m. NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, qualifying for Grand Prix of Sonoma, at Sonoma, Calif. (same-day tape) 7:30 p.m. ABC — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, IRWIN Tools Night Race, at Bristol, Tenn.

CYCLING

2 p.m. NBC — U.S. Pro Challenge, stage 6, Golden to Boulder, Colo. 4 p.m. NBCSN — U.S. Pro Challenge, stage 6, Golden to Boulder, Colo.

GOLF

8 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Johnnie Walker Championship, third round, at Perthshire, Scotland 1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, The Barclays, third round, at Farmingdale, N.Y. 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, The Barclays, third round, at Farmingdale, N.Y. TGC — LPGA, Canadian Women’s Open, third round, at Coquitlam, British Columbia 6:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Boeing Classic, second round, at Snoqualmie, Wash. (same-day tape)

HORSE RACING

4 p.m. NBC — NTRA, Travers Stakes, King’s Bishop Stakes, Test Stakes, Ballston Spa Handicap, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

12:30 p.m. ABC — World Series, International Championship game, teams TBD, at South Williamsport, Pa. 3:30 p.m. ABC — World Series, United States Championship game, teams TBD, at South Williamsport, Pa.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m. WPIX — Houston at N.Y. Mets 3:30 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, St. Louis at Cincinnati, Atlanta at San Francisco, or Minnesota at Texas 7 p.m. CSN – Washington at Philadelphia ROOT – Milwaukee at Pittsburgh YES — N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland WGN — Seattle at Chicago White Sox

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6:30 p.m. SE2, WYLN — Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Lehigh Valley 8 p.m. ESPN CLASSIC — Atlantic League, Bridgeport at Sugar Land

MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE

1 p.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, semifinals, Long Island vs. Denver, at Boston

NFL FOOTBALL

4 p.m. NFL — Preseason, Indianapolis at Washington 8 p.m. CBS — Preseason, Houston at New Orleans Midnight NFL — Preseason, St. Louis at Dallas (tape) 3 a.m. CBS — Preseason, Seattle at Kansas City (tape)

PREP FOOTBALL

Noon ESPN — American Heritage (Fla.) at Cocoa (Fla.) 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Staley (Mo.) at Lee’s Summit West (Mo.) 7 p.m. ESPN — Byrnes (S.C.) at Oscar Smith (Va.) 10 p.m. ESPN2 — Santa Margarita (Calif.) at Brophy Prep (Ariz.)

SOCCER

7:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, West Ham at Swansea City

TENNIS

12:30 p.m. CBS — ATP World Tour, Winston-Salem Open, championship match, at Winston-Salem, N.C. 3 p.m. ESPN2 — WTA, New Haven Open, championship match, at New Haven, Conn.

WNBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m. ESPN2 — Minnesota at Atlanta

T R A N S A C T I O N S BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Detroit minor league OF Darren Driggers, Chicago White Sox minor league SS Carlos Gonzalez and Seattle minor league RHP David Pauley 50 games violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Frank Herrmann to Columbus (IL). Recalled 1B Matt LaPorta from Columbus. MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned OF Matt Carson to Rochester (IL). Recalled RHP Kyle Waldrop from Rochester. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Tyson Ross to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled RHP Jim Miller from Sacramento. TEXAS RANGERS — Placed INF Michael Young on the paternity list. Selected the contract of INF Luis Hernandez from Round Rock (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Traded RHP Jesse Chavez to Oakland for cash considerations. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Miguel Socolovich to Iowa (PCL). MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Reinstated RHP Shaun Marcum from the 60-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reinstated INF Jordy Mercer from the paternity list. Optioned RHP Daniel McCutchen and INF Yamaico Navarro to Indianapolis (IL). Selected the contract of INF Jeff Clement from Indianapolis. Claimed LHP Hisanori Takahashi off waivers from the L.A. Angels. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned LHP Barrett Browning to Memphis (PCL). Recalled RHP Brandon Dickson from Memphis. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed OF Justin Christian on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Francisco Peguero from Fresno (PCL). International League CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS — Sent RHP Simon Castro to Birmingham (SL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived LB Isaiah Greenhouse. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived G Mike VanDerMeulen, WR Armahd Lewis and DE Quintin Anderson.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Named Robert Canton executive vice president of finance and strategic planning.

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR — Suspended Nationwide Series crew member Ryan Hess indefinitely for violating the substance abuse policy.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Loaned M Michael Tetteh to Fort Lauderdale (NASL).

COLLEGE

BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Named Matt Beaudry and Eddie Thiebe assistant directors of championships. CHOWAN — Named Scott Cullen men’s and women’s assistant soccer coach and Makini Thompson volunteer volleyball assistant. Added men’s cross country and named Rick Heckler coach. COLGATE — Named Melissa Finley women’s softball coach. DREW — Named Julia Steiner women’s lacrosse coach. HAMPDEN-SYDNEY — Named Jeremy Hirsh assistant lacrosse coach. KANSAS STATE — Named Blake Kangas assistant baseball coach. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL — Named Kendra Eaton women’s assistant basketball coach. OHIO — Named Kelly Miller and Taylor Schlopy assistant softball coaches. TEXAS — Named William Wyatt special assistant to the men’s basketball program.

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B A S E B A L L Minor League Baseball International League North Division W L Pct. Yankees.................................. 78 56 .582 Pawtucket (Red Sox) ............. 71 62 .534 Lehigh Valley (Phillies).......... 71 63 .530 Rochester (Twins).................. 67 66 .504 Syracuse (Nationals) ............. 63 70 .474 Buffalo (Mets) ......................... 62 71 .466 South Division W L Pct. Charlotte (White Sox)............ 78 55 .586 Norfolk (Orioles)..................... 68 66 .507 Durham (Rays) ....................... 62 72 .463 Gwinnett (Braves) .................. 60 73 .451 West Division W L Pct. z-Indianapolis (Pirates).......... 80 53 .602 Columbus (Indians)................ 68 65 .511 Toledo (Tigers)....................... 56 78 .418 Louisville (Reds) .................... 50 84 .373 z-clinched playoff spot Thursday's Games Yankees 4, Buffalo 3, 11 innings Rochester 5, Lehigh Valley 3 Indianapolis 6, Louisville 1 Gwinnett 5, Syracuse 4, 10 innings Durham 3, Norfolk 2 Toledo 10, Columbus 3 Charlotte 2, Pawtucket 1 Friday's Games Lehigh Valley 8, Rochester 1 Yankees 6, Buffalo 4 Gwinnett 6, Syracuse 0 Durham 8, Norfolk 3 Charlotte 2, Pawtucket 1 Indianapolis 4, Louisville 2 Toledo 14, Columbus 1 Today's Games Rochester at Buffalo, 6:05 p.m. Yankees at Lehigh Valley, 6:35 p.m. Louisville at Toledo, 7 p.m. Norfolk at Durham, 7:05 p.m. Syracuse at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m. Columbus at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m. Pawtucket at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m. Sunday's Games Rochester at Buffalo, 1:05 p.m., 1st game Columbus at Indianapolis, 1:15 p.m. Yankees at Lehigh Valley, 1:35 p.m. Pawtucket at Charlotte, 2:15 p.m. Rochester at Buffalo, 3:35 p.m., 2nd game Norfolk at Durham, 5:05 p.m. Syracuse at Gwinnett, 5:05 p.m. Louisville at Toledo, 6 p.m.

GB — 61⁄2 7 101⁄2 141⁄2 151⁄2 GB — 101⁄2 161⁄2 18 GB — 12 241⁄2 301⁄2

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Maximum Impact will be having an advanced hitting clinic for all ages today from 3:30-5 p.m. Space is limited. The price is $10 for an hour and a half. Call 822-1134 to register. Maximum Impact is having an Advanced Softball Hitting Clinic on Sunday from 1:30 - 3 p.m. The cost is $10 per player. Call 822-1134 to sign up. Misericordia baseball is hosting a summer exposure camp for those interested in playing college baseball on Sunday. The camp will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and will feature the first organized baseball activity on the new Tambur Field. For details and registration form, visit athletics.misericordia.edu.

BOXING REPORT: In the WBC/WBA super middleweight title fight on September 8 in Oakland, California, Andre Ward is -$300 vs. Chad Dawson at +$250. Minnesota

BASEBALL Favorite

Odds

Underdog

American League RAYS

7.0

A’s

RANGERS

Twins

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East .........................................W L T Pct New England ................. 1 1 0 .500 Buffalo ............................ 0 2 0 .000 Miami .............................. 0 2 0 .000 N.Y. Jets......................... 0 2 0 .000 South .....................................W L T Pct Houston ...................... 2 0 0 1.000 Jacksonville................ 2 1 0 .667 Tennessee ................. 2 1 0 .667 Indianapolis ................ 1 1 0 .500 North ......................................W L T Pct Cleveland ..................... 2 0 0 1.000 Baltimore ...................... 2 1 0 .667 Cincinnati ..................... 2 1 0 .667 Pittsburgh .................... 1 1 0 .500 West ......................................W L T Pct San Diego .................... 2 0 0 1.000 Denver.......................... 1 1 0 .500 Kansas City.................. 1 1 0 .500 Oakland........................ 0 2 0 .000 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East ......................................W L T Pct Philadelphia................. 2 0 0 1.000 Dallas ........................... 1 1 0 .500 N.Y. Giants .................. 1 1 0 .500 Washington ................. 1 1 0 .500 South .........................................W L T Pct Carolina.......................... 1 1 0 .500 Tampa Bay ..................... 1 1 0 .500 New Orleans .................. 1 2 0 .333 Atlanta............................. 0 2 0 .000 North .........................................W L T Pct Chicago .......................... 1 1 0 .500 Detroit ............................. 1 1 0 .500 Minnesota ...................... 1 1 0 .500 Green Bay ...................... 1 2 0 .333 West .....................................W L T Pct Seattle ......................... 2 0 0 1.000 San Francisco ............ 1 1 0 .500 St. Louis...................... 1 1 0 .500 Arizona........................ 1 3 0 .250 Thursday's Games Green Bay 27, Cincinnati 13 Baltimore 48, Jacksonville 17 Tennessee 32, Arizona 27 Friday's Games Tampa Bay 30, New England 28 Philadelphia 27, Cleveland 10 Atlanta 23, Miami 6 San Diego at Minnesota, late Seattle at Kansas City, late Chicago at N.Y. Giants, late Today's Games Indianapolis at Washington, 4 p.m. Detroit at Oakland, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 8 p.m. Sunday's Games San Francisco at Denver, 4 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 8 p.m.

PF PA 54 27 91 61 54 52 49 48 PF PA 49 33 41 33 44 48 27 34 PF PA 51 40 23 28 57 35 38 39 PF PA 36 43 27 37 47 44 36 55 PF PA 36 62 44 31 42 31 50 69 PF PA 57 27 26 26 34 55 85 103

H A R N E S S R A C I N G Pocono Downs Results First - $6,000 Trot 1:57.4 7-Mr Hobbs (Mi Simons) 30.20 11.20 6.20 2-Shelly Ross (Ma Kakaley) 6.40 3.80 3-O-Georgie (An McCarthy) 11.40 EXACTA (7-2) $192.20 TRIFECTA (7-2-3) $2,562.60 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $640.65 SUPERFECTA (7-2-3-5) $4,157.80 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $207.89 Second - $11,000 Pace 1:54.2 6-Aint Got A Home (An McCarthy) 17.20 4.00 3.20 2-Dragon’s Jojo (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2.20 2.10 4-Terror In Motion (Er Carlson) 4.60 EXACTA (6-2) $58.20 TRIFECTA (6-2-4) $210.00 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $52.50 SUPERFECTA (6-2-4-5) $414.60 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $20.73 DAILY DOUBLE (7-6) $544.40 Third - $11,000 Trot 1:57.2 4-Angevine (Th Jackson) 8.20 4.40 2.80 6-Pilgrims Elan (An McCarthy) 6.40 3.20 1-Homepage (Er Carlson) 4.00 EXACTA (4-6) $60.60 TRIFECTA (4-6-1) $204.00 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $51.00 SUPERFECTA (4-6-1-8) $3,434.60 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $171.73 Fourth - $14,000 Pace 1:52.1 4-Fair Voltage (An Napolitano) 25.40 3.80 2.20 2-Pure Diamond (Ty Buter) 2.10 2.10 8-How ’Bout A Smooch (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2.10 EXACTA (4-2) $47.60 TRIFECTA (4-2-8) $87.00 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $21.75 SUPERFECTA (4-2-8-5) $1,389.80 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $69.49 Scratched: Patient And True Fifth - $11,000 Trot 1:55.4 5-Sassy Syrinx (Jo Pavia Jr) 2.10 2.10 2.10 4-Hope And Love (Ty Buter) 3.80 2.20 1-By A Nose Hanover (To Schadel) 3.60 EXACTA (5-4) $5.20 TRIFECTA (5-4-1) $18.60 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $4.65 SUPERFECTA (5-4-1-2) $63.40 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $3.17 PICK 3 (4-4-5) $105.60 Scratched: Perfect Omf Sixth - $13,000 Pace 1:52.3 6-Ulysses Blue Chip (Er Carlson) 4.80 2.40 2.10 3-No Foreign Xchange (Mi Simons) 2.20 2.10 1-Western Dog (Ma Romano) 3.80 EXACTA (6-3) $9.00 TRIFECTA (6-3-1) $60.20 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $15.05 SUPERFECTA (6-3-1-2) $185.00 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $9.25 Scratched: Little Nicky B, Tommy Ray Cmj Seventh - $9,500 Trot 1:59.2 4-Fancy Fern Yankee (Ma Kakaley) 5.20 3.20 2.80 7-Ivory Queen (Ji Takter Jr.) 3.20 3.40 6-Can’t Get Over You (Ch Norris) 5.80 EXACTA (4-7) $16.20 TRIFECTA (4-7-6) $122.60 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $30.65 SUPERFECTA (4-7-6-8) $393.80 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $19.69 Eighth - $13,000 Pace 1:50.0 2-Mickey Hanover (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2.60 2.20 2.10 3-Little Gold Ring (An McCarthy) 6.20 3.20 1-Midas Blue Chip (Ty Buter) 3.40 EXACTA (2-3) $22.60 TRIFECTA (2-3-1) $106.20 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $26.55 SUPERFECTA (2-3-1-5) $509.20 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $25.46

Nc State

STANFORD

25.5

Boise St San Jose St

INDIANS

September 1

8.5

Blue Jays

i-Notre Dame

16.5

TIGERS

Angels

W VIRGINIA

WHITE SOX

8.5

Mariners

PENN ST

6.5

RED SOX

9.5

Royals

CUBS

Rockies

METS

7.5

Astros

Tulsa

REDS

8.5

Cards

CALIFORNIA

11.5

Nevada

GIANTS

6.5

Braves

NEBRASKA

17.5

So Miss

PHILLIES

7.0

Nationals

PIRATES

8.0

Brewers

D’BACKS

9.0

Padres

DODGERS

6.0

Marlins

National League

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

Points

Underdog

Northwestern

Navy Marshall Ohio U SYRACUSE

OHIO ST

22.5

Miami-Ohio

ILLINOIS

9.5

W Michigan

BOSTON COLL

IOWA ST

Miami-Fla

7.5

No Illinois

d-Colorado

5.5

Colorado St

GEORGIA

37.5

Buffalo

c-Iowa

FLORIDA

Bowling Green

TEXAS

28.5

Wyoming

HOUSTON

37.5

Texas St

a-Clemson

USC ar-Alabama

Auburn

38.5

Hawaii

Michigan TULANE

REDSKINS

Colts

Rutgers

17.5

Steelers

BILLS

Oklahoma

30.5

UTEP

Lions

RAIDERS

ARIZONA

10.5

Toledo

SAINTS

Texans

WASHINGTON

14.5

San Diego St

COWBOYS

Rams

September 2 14.5

Kentucky

1.5

49ers

BAYLOR

LOUISVILLE 3

Panthers

College Football Favorite

Underdog

Thursday VANDERBILT

C Florida

23.5

AKRON

BALL ST

3.5

E Michigan

s-Texas A&M CONNECTICUT

7 25.5

Ucla

BYU

13.5

LA TECH Massachusetts

Smu

7.5

Ga Tech

Thursday S ALABAMA

September 3 VA TECH

Points

S Carolina

PF PA 46 22 76 103 79 61 62 29

4 7

8.5

JETS

PF PA 24 33 20 43 24 43 9 43

a-Tennessee MICHIGAN ST

Yankees

BRONCOS

National Football League Preseason Glance

UNLV

ORIOLES

Sunday

F O O T B A L L

Friday

Tx-S Antonio

September 1 Troy DUKE

5.5 4

UAB Florida Int’l

LSU

43.5

N Texas

OREGON

35.5

Arkansas St

RICE Washington St

Ninth - $9,000 Pace 1:52.0 7-Jw Racer (Ge Napolitano Jr) 4.00 3.00 3.00 2-Manofleisuresuit (Th Jackson) 3.40 3.00 6-Matt’s Delivery (An McCarthy) 3.60 EXACTA (7-2) $11.60 TRIFECTA (7-2-6) $43.60 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $10.90 SUPERFECTA (7-2-6-3) $226.40 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $11.32 PICK 4 (6-4-2-7 (4 Out of 4)) $72.80 Tenth - $14,000 Pace 1:51.3 4-Misty’s Delight (Da Ingraham) 20.60 5.80 7.20 1-Station Threeohsix (Jo Pavia Jr) 6.20 4.40 7-Who Dat Love (Mi Simons) 3.20 EXACTA (4-1) $204.40 TRIFECTA (4-1-7) $556.40 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $139.10 SUPERFECTA (4-1-7-5) $3,364.20 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $168.21 Eleventh - $4,500 Pace 1:53.3 3-American Village (An Napolitano) 4.40 4.00 2.40 1-Bond Blue Chip (Er Carlson) 7.60 4.20 7-Rm Mornin Sunshine (Ty Buter) 3.20 EXACTA (3-1) $38.40 TRIFECTA (3-1-7) $164.60 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $41.15 SUPERFECTA (3-1-7-2) $599.60 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $29.98 Twelfth - $9,500 Trot 1:58.3 4-Matriarch Hanover (Th Jackson) 7.20 5.00 3.40 3-Casanostra (Ch Norris) 4.40 5.20 2-Marion Mayflower (Ma Kakaley) 3.20 EXACTA (4-3) $38.20 TRIFECTA (4-3-2) $109.00 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $27.25 SUPERFECTA (4-3-2-7) $412.60 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $20.63 PICK 3 (4-3-4) $603.00 Scratched: Love Me Two Times Thirteenth - $9,000 Pace 1:52.0 3-Stormin Rustler (Ge Napolitano Jr) 5.00 3.00 2.80 2-Monet C C (Da Ingraham) 3.80 3.00 8-Fine Fine Fine (An McCarthy) 19.80 EXACTA (3-2) $21.80 TRIFECTA (3-2-8) $565.20 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $141.30 SUPERFECTA (3-2-8-5) $1,321.00 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $66.05 Fourteenth - $9,000 Trot 1:55.3 1-Truth In Action (Er Carlson) 23.60 7.80 6.60 2-Sephora De Vie (Ma Romano) 7.20 5.00 3-Celebrity Legacy (Da Ingraham) 7.20 EXACTA (1-2) $115.00 TRIFECTA (1-2-3) $1,236.00 50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $309.00 SUPERFECTA (1-2-3-4) $1,328.40 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $66.42 LATE DOUBLE (3-1) $54.40 Total Handle-$235,752

Saturday's Entries Post time 6:30 p.m. Mark Dudek is currently on vacation. The return of On the Mark will coincide with his return. First nw18000L5 $18,000 Pace 1. Custard The Dragon (Mo Teague) 6-1 2. Brave Alex Semalu (Br Hanners) 5-2 3. Bettors Glass (An McCarthy) 4-1 4. Drop Red (Ge Napolitano Jr) 9-2 5. Great Vintage (Ji Takter) 3-1 6. E Z Noah (Ty Buter) 12-1 7. American Rage (An Napolitano) 10-1 8. Dungeon Dragon (Ma Kakaley) 15-1 Second 10000CL $8,500 Pace 1. Northern Smoke Out (Ty Buter) 7-2 2. Youth Uprising (An McCarthy) 6-1 3. Touch Of Steel (Ge Napolitano Jr) 3-1 4. Mountain Rocket (Th Jackson) 4-1 5. Hanks Kid (Ma Romano) 8-1 6. Northmedo Cruiser (Er Carlson) 10-1 7. The Real Dan (Br Simpson) 9-2 8. Rich N Flashy (An Napolitano) 20-1 9. Theetownlittleguy (Br Hanners) 15-1 Third 15000CL $12,000 Pace 1. Come Together (Br Simpson) 4-1 2. Indian Giver N (An McCarthy) 12-1 3. Four Starz Twins (Ge Napolitano Jr) 5-2 4. Go West Lucky Cam (Jo Pavia Jr) 3-1 5. Cane Ridge (Er Carlson) 5-1 6. It’sabouttime (Jo Kakaley) 6-1 7. Lockloadnexplode (Ho Parker) 15-1 8. Fresco Blue (Ty Buter) 20-1 9. Premier Flash (Ma Kakaley) 10-1 Fourth 10000CL $8,500 Pace 1. Boiler Bob The Qb (Ho Parker) 9-2 2. Our Connor Mac N (Er Carlson) 3-1 3. Lord Of The Bling (Jo Pavia Jr) 10-1 4. Mr Snicker (Ty Buter) 7-2 5. Real Class (Br Simpson) 5-1 6. Red Star Tomahawk (An McCarthy) 8-1 7. Goodbye So Long (Ge Napolitano Jr) 12-1 8. Allamerican Major (Ma Kakaley) 4-1 Fifth 12500CL $10,000 Pace 1. Silver Sunset (Jo Pavia Jr) 4-1 2. Brave Call (Ge Napolitano Jr) 5-2 3. Joey Hackett (Br Simpson) 8-1 4. Smoke Em Up (Ma Kakaley) 6-1 5. Paper Luck (Ty Buter) 5-1 6. Royal Morn (An McCarthy) 15-1 7. Keytoourdreams N (Er Carlson) 12-1 8. Oyster Bay (Ho Parker) 7-2 9. Raging Grin (Th Jackson) 20-1 Sixth nw13000L5 $15,000 Pace 1. Domethatagain (Br Simpson) 4-1 2. Sisyphus (Ty Buter) 6-1 3. Rusty’s All In (Jo Pavia Jr) 9-2 4. High Noon (Ji Takter) 15-1 5. Bullet Bob (Ma Romano) 10-1 6. Risk Management (Ma Kakaley) 3-1 7. Quik Jolt (Th Jackson) 20-1 8. Shakerattlenrock (Ge Napolitano Jr) 7-2 9. Woodstock Hanover (An McCarthy) 8-1 Seventh 25000CLHC $18,000 Pace 1. Rader Detector (Ty Buter) 9-2 2. Dragon Laws (Jo Pavia Jr) 6-1 3. Jo Pa’s Artist (Th Jackson) 15-1 4. Recent News (Br Simpson) 8-1 5. Eagle Artesian (Er Carlson) 20-1 6. Elusive Reward (An McCarthy) 7-2 7. Legacy N Diamonds (Ho Parker) 10-1 8. Dinneratartsplace (Ma Kakaley) 4-1 9. Grandstand Hitter (Ge Napolitano Jr) 3-1 Eighth nw13000L5 $15,000 Pace 1. Sand Summerfield (Th Jackson) 8-1 2. Mustang Art (Ty Buter) 3-1 3. Wink N Atcha (Mo Teague) 9-2 4. Four Starz Kyle (An Napolitano) 15-1

5. I’m The Pied Piper (Ma Kakaley) 6-1 6. Taylor C (Er Carlson) 4-1 7. Amillionpennies (Ma Romano) 7-2 8. Hemer’s Card Shark (An McCarthy) 20-1 9. Trade Editor (Ge Napolitano Jr) 10-1 Ninth 20000CL $14,000 Pace 1. Rusty’s For Real (Er Carlson) 8-1 2. Standupnkissme (An Napolitano) 9-2 3. Kentucky Rebel (Ho Parker) 7-2 4. Theredandpanlines (Ma Kakaley) 3-1 5. Ol’ Man River (Ma Romano) 6-1 6. Excel Nine (Ge Napolitano Jr) 20-1 7. White Mountain Top (Ty Buter) 10-1 8. Fall Toy (Jo Pavia Jr) 4-1 9. Another Homer N (Th Jackson) 15-1 Tenth wo25000Lt $25,000 Pace 1. Rockincam (Br Simpson) 3-1 2. Annieswesterncard (Ma Kakaley) 7-2 3. Townslight Hanover (An McCarthy) 4-1 4. A J Corbelli (Ge Napolitano Jr) 10-1 5. Feel Like A Fool (Mo Teague) 20-1 6. Summer Camp (Ty Buter) 6-1 7. Rock’em (Th Jackson) 15-1 8. Panesthetic (Jo Pavia Jr) 9-2 9. Touch The Rock (Er Carlson) 8-1 Eleventh 12500CLHC $12,000 Pace 1. Track My Desire (An McCarthy) 7-2 2. Sgt Charlie (Ma Romano) 10-1 3. Grinning Breed (Ty Buter) 12-1 4. Lombo Powershot A (Er Carlson) 4-1 5. Tinys Million (Ma Kakaley) 8-1 6. Allamerican Inca (Br Simpson) 3-1 7. Sonic Raider (Jo Pavia Jr) 5-1 8. Prestissimo (Ge Napolitano Jr) 9-2 Twelfth 25000CL4yr $16,000 Pace 1. Sea Me Now (Ma Kakaley) 4-1 2. Mcsocks (Ty Buter) 5-2 3. Woodmere Ultimate (Ge Napolitano Jr) 3-1 4. Fool Of Ideas (Er Carlson) 5-1 5. Pointed Victory (Jo Pavia Jr) 10-1 6. Saywhatuneedtosay (Ma Romano) 20-1 7. Tiger Williams (Th Jackson) 6-1 8. Blues At Midnight (An McCarthy) 15-1 9. Beavercreek Artist (Ho Parker) 12-1 Thirteenth 20000CLHC $16,000 Trot 1. Just Like Lloyd (Wi Mullin) 8-1 2. Dc’s Piggy Bank (Jo Pavia Jr) 9-2 3. Smooth Power (Ma Romano) 12-1 4. Ginger Tree Jimmy (Ge Napolitano Jr) 7-2 5. Emily Do (Ty Buter) 4-1 6. Litany Of Lindy (Ma Kakaley) 10-1 7. Jl Rockin Jake (An Napolitano) 5-1 8. Commander K (Er Carlson) 3-1 Fourteenth 10000CL $8,500 Pace 1. General Montgomery (Ma Romano) 15-1 2. Winbak Prince (An Napolitano) 9-2 3. Jersey Dan (Jo Pavia Jr) 4-1 4. Donnie Bop (Ge Napolitano Jr) 7-2 5. Lastcomicstanding (Br Simpson) 3-1 6. Joans Bad Boy (Ma Kakaley) 8-1 7. Supreme Court (An McCarthy) 10-1 8. Wesley Snip (Er Carlson) 20-1 9. Fox Valley Largo (Ty Buter) 6-1

A U T O

R A C I N G

NASCAR Nationwide-Food City 250 Results At Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn. Lap length: .533 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Joey Logano, Toyota, 250 laps, 135.2 rating, 0 points, $43,675. 2. (5) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 250, 130.4, 43, $48,218. 3. (10) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 250, 111.5, 0, $26,625. 4. (4) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 250, 103.4, 40, $32,093. 5. (7) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 250, 117, 40, $27,718. 6. (19) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 250, 95.5, 38, $29,018. 7. (12) Ryan Blaney, Chevrolet, 250, 94.7, 37, $18,710. 8. (18) Michael Annett, Ford, 250, 89.9, 36, $25,038. 9. (34) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 250, 84.1, 35, $24,818. 10. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 250, 94.9, 34, $25,418. 11. (16) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 250, 79.9, 33, $24,643. 12. (23) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 250, 77, 32, $24,218. 13. (14) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 250, 83, 31, $24,118. 14. (15) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 250, 102.5, 0, $17,585. 15. (13) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 250, 120.8, 0, $20,915. 16. (1) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 250, 97.7, 28, $20,905. 17. (33) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 247, 70.2, 27, $23,928. 18. (26) Jason Bowles, Dodge, 247, 66.6, 26, $23,883. 19. (27) Josh Richards, Ford, 247, 63.7, 25, $23,848. 20. (30) Kevin Lepage, Ford, 247, 66.9, 24, $18,015. 21. (11) Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevrolet, 246, 81.8, 0, $23,743. 22. (38) Benny Gordon, Toyota, 246, 61.8, 22, $23,698. 23. (20) John Wes Townley, Toyota, 246, 76.3, 0, $23,638. 24. (42) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, 246, 46.4, 20, $23,603. 25. (28) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 245, 49.8, 19, $17,350. 26. (41) Brad Teague, Chevrolet, 245, 40.5, 18, $23,678. 27. (39) Eric McClure, Toyota, 244, 47.2, 17, $23,418. 28. (36) Fain Skinner, Ford, 244, 51, 16, $23,348. 29. (29) Johanna Long, Chevrolet, 244, 43.6, 15, $23,313. 30. (6) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 242, 45.5, 14, $23,568. 31. (32) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 239, 44, 13, $16,760. 32. (8) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 226, 49.2, 0, $16,690. 33. (21) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 213, 40.6, 11, $23,138. 34. (3) Brian Scott, Toyota, clutch, 198, 79, 10, $23,118. 35. (22) Erik Darnell, Chevrolet, electrical, 173, 66.6, 9, $23,103. 36. (40) Rick Crawford, Chevrolet, overheating, 55, 44, 0, $16,615.

MEETINGS Nanticoke Area Little League will hold its monthly meeting at High School Café on Sept. 5 for 7:30 p.m. Board Members are to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday Nite Mixers will hold their back to bowling meeting Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. at Stanton Lanes. The league is made up of four players per team and is 80 percent of 200 handicap which offers a fun, competitive atmosphere and lots of bowler-funded incentives. For more information, call Carl at 239-5482. League bowls Wednesday nights at Stanton Lanes at 7 p.m. and will start bowling September 5. REGISTRATIONS/TRYOUTS Impact Panthers is establishing a U16 fast-pitch softball team for the 2012-2013 season. Tryouts will be Aug. 25-26 at Abington Rec. Fields on Winola Road, Clarks Summit. Registration is at 12:30 p.m., tryouts begin at 1 p.m. Pre-register at impactpanthers16u@yahoo.com. Lackawanna Lightning Softball is establishing a U14 fast-pitch softball travel team. Tryouts will be held today (registration is at 10 a.m., tryouts start at 10:30 a.m.). Tryouts will be at Sherwood Park, Dunmore. To register or for more information, contact Wally Peck at 430-4748 or Dino Darbenzio at 650-5159 or via e-mail at ddarbenz@yahoo.com. Wyoming Valley Flames will be holding tryouts for girls fast-pitch softball. 10U& 12U age group tryouts will be today at 10 a.m. 16U age group tryouts will be today at 11 a.m. All tryouts will be at the Ashley softball field on Conyngham St. If you are unable to make these dates or for more information, call Pat at 466-9644, Hank at 328-2643, Bernie at 239-3627, or Bob at 574-5075. UPCOMING EVENTS/OTHER American Red Cross of Lackawanna County will hold its 10th Annual Golf Tournament Monday, Sept. 17, at Glenmaura National Golf Club in Moosic. The field is limited to 120 golfers on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is $300 per golfer and includes lunch, 18-holes of golf with a cart, cocktails, fullcourse dinner, awards presentation and raffle prizes. Rain date is Sept. 18. The tournament begins with registration at 11 a.m., followed by lunch from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. To reserve a space at this year’s tournament or for more information about sponsorship opportunities, call the Red Cross at 2070100. Deadline for golfer registration is Sept. 12 Berwick High School basketball team will be sponsoring a golf tournament at the Berwick Golf Club Saturday September 8th. The event will start at 1:00 p.m. and the format will be a 4-person scramble. Information can be found at www.berwickdawgs.com or you can contact Coach Jason Kingery 394-7115 or Coach Bobby Calarco at 854-0196. Good Life Golf Classic will be held August 31 at Sand Springs Country Club. Proceeds from the tournament will go to benefit families of children with muscular dystrophy. Registration is at 8 a.m. the day of the tournament and is $80 per person or $320 per team.Register online at crlgoodlife.org or call 480-658-7534 Crestwood Football Kick Off Tailgate Party will be on Thursday, August 30 at 6:00 p.m. at the high school football field. Admission will be $6.00. 37. (43) Carl Long, Chevrolet, oil pressure, 27, 40.1, 7, $16,595. 38. (25) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, electrical, 20, 35.7, 0, $16,556. 39. (37) David Starr, Chevrolet, engine, 19, 37.1, 0, $16,455. 40. (24) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, electrical, 14, 37.4, 0, $16,430. 41. (35) Tim Andrews, Ford, brakes, 11, 33.9, 3, $16,405. 42. (17) Jeff Green, Toyota, vibration, 6, 31.4, 2, $16,375. 43. (31) Chase Miller, Chevrolet, ignition, 2, 30.3, 1, $16,330.

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Dick McNulty Bowling League will start its season at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at Chacko’s in Wilkes-Barre. Bowlers should report at 6:30 p.m. The league is an 80 percent handicap and anyone interested in joining should call Wendy Tolman at 824-3086 or Fred Favre at 215-0180. Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick will host its annual Black Shamrock Open Sunday at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Course. The format of the tournament is captain and crew and the entry fee is $75 per golfer. The event will kick off with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start. If interested, call president Jimmy Clancy at 881-4176 or any active member of the G.P. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Registration should be completed as soon as possible. Jewish Community Center of Wyoming Valley is offering a heated, full size gymnasium for soccer, basketball, lacrosse, field hockey, dodge ball, baseball and softball during the fall, winter and spring months. The full size gym is located on the JCC’s 40-acre campsite located one mile before Harvey’s Lake in Lehman Township. For more information, call Rick Evans at 824-4646 or 9476766. Jenkins Township Little League will be having its Family Picnic today beginning at 4 p.m. Cost is $15 for parents and non-players. Players are free. Contact your manager to register. Knights of Columbus Council 302 of Wilkes-Barre is hosting its annual charities golf tournament today at Sand Springs Country Club. For more information, call Joe Licosky at 239-0133 or Jerry Nash at 262-8983. Lehman Golf Club will host a Nine & Dine Tournament on Friday August 31, with tee times beginning at 5pm. Tee times are available by calling the pro shop at 675-1686. Meyers High School Soccer Booster Club will hold a Happy Hour Fundraiser on Aug. 31 at Senunas’ Bar from 7 – 9 p.m. It will include special guest bartenders, 50/50 prize, baskets. Mickey Gorham Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday at WilkesBarre Municipal Golf Course. Captain-and-crew format with shotgun start at 1 p.m. Registration is $80 per golfer ($85 day of tournament) which includes green fees, cart, and dinner. E-mail registration to coach_hanson@hotmail.com or call 881-7259. Solomon Junior High School, in conjunction with the American Heart Association of NEPA, will host a play day field hockey event held at Solomon/Plains Jr. High School today. All field hockey teams from schools are invited and encouraged to come and participate. The public is invited. For more information, call Brian Fischer at 270-0618. South Wilkes-Barre Little League will hold field day and closing ceremonies today at 5 p.m. Players should wear their team shirts and hats. South Wilkes-Barre Teeners Wooden Bat League’s deadline for teams and players to register for the is Monday.Games are played every Saturday and Sunday through October 20, at Christian Field in Wilkes-Barre. Teams with players ages 13-15 will play Saturdays and those 16-18 with play Sundays. Cost is $50 per team plus umpire fees. Each team will provide one new baseball per game. For information call, Nick at 7936430. Wyoming Area Soccer will hold "Meet the Warriors" night Sunday. This event includes the varsity boys and girls teams and the junior high team. It will be held in the Wyoming Area Secondary Center cafeteria at noon. The parents association is asking junior varsity players to bring a bottle of soda, girls varsity to bring a bag of chips or pretzels, and boys varsity to bring a dessert. Wyoming Valley West Aquatic Teams are holding their second annual golf tournament on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Four Seasons Golf Course. Entries of either a golfer or a foursome, donors and hole sponsors can be forwarded to golf chairman Dawn Holena at 417-8716. Bulletin Board items will not be accepted over the telephone. Items may be faxed to 831-7319, emailed to tlsports@timesleader.com or dropped off at the Times Leader or mailed to Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250.

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STANDINGS/STATS

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP

S W B YA N K E E S Orioles 6, Blue Jays 4

S TA N D I N G S

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

W 73 70 68 60 56

Chicago ........................................ Detroit ........................................... Kansas City.................................. Cleveland ..................................... Minnesota ....................................

W 68 67 55 54 51 W 74 68 66 61

Texas ............................................. Oakland.......................................... Los Angeles .................................. Seattle ............................................

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New York Yankees batter Derek Jeter, center, complains to home plate umpire Fieldin Culbreth after being hit in the head by a pitch from Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians in the second inning of a game in Cleveland Friday. Yankees manager Joe Girardi looks on, right.

Sabathia snaps slide as Yanks top Indians The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — CC Sabathia came off the disabled list and went into the eighth inning and Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer to help the New York Yankees snap a three-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Indians 3-1 on Friday night. Cleveland lost its ninth straight as ex-Indian Sabathia (13-3) worked 7 1-3 strong innings. The left-hander had a perfect game until Asdrubal Cabrera homered with one out in the fourth. Derek Jeter was beaned by Indians starter Corey Kluber, but stayed in the game. Jeter had two hits and scored twice. Angels 2, Tigers 1

DETROIT — Zack Greinke gave up one run and Howie Kendrick broke a scoreless tie with a two-run double in the sixth, lifting the Los Angeles Angels to a win over the Detroit Tigers. Orioles 6, Blue Jays 4

BALTIMORE — Chris Davis hit three home runs in four at-bats and had four RBIs to lead the Baltimore Orioles past the skidding Toronto Blue Jays. Davis hit solo shots off Carlos Villanueva (6-4) in the second and fourth innings, then greeted Steve Delabar in the sixth with an oppositefield, two-run drive to left field to put Baltimore up 5-1.

Red Sox 4, Royals 3

BOSTON — Pedro Ciriaco put Boston ahead with a tworun double in the seventh inning, Jon Lester had his third straight solid start and the Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over the Kansas City Royals. The victory capped a day in which the Red Sox and the Dodgers discussed a major trade that would send Adrian Gonzalez, Boston’s best hitter, to Los Angeles. Rangers 8, Twins 0

ARLINGTON, Texas — Matt Harrison took a no-hit bid into the seventh and went eight innings for his career-high 15th victory and Adrian Beltre hit for the cycle for the Texas Rangers in a win over the Minnesota Twins. Harrison (15-7) didn’t allow a hit until Trevor Plouffe lined a solid single to left with two outs in the seventh. That came right after left fielder David Murphy made a diving catch on Ryan Doumit’s sinking liner to keep the no-hit bid intact, though Murphy had no chance to get to the next ball hit his way. Athletics 5, Rays 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jonny Gomes’ two-run home run in the eighth inning lifted the Oakland Athletics to a victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Astros beat Mets for DeFrancesco’s 1st win The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jordan Lyles won for the first time in two months and the Houston Astros snapped a seven-game skid Friday night with a 3-1 victory over the sluggish New York Mets, giving Tony DeFrancesco his first win as a major league manager. Tyler Greene homered and Lyles knocked in a run with his first career double as the Astros (40-86) improved to 4-0 against the Mets this season. Houston, with the worst record in the majors, won for only the eighth time in its last 51 games. It was the perfect homecoming for DeFrancesco, who grew up in the Bronx and played catcher at nearby Seton Hall. He said he expected about 40 family members and friends in the stands, including his parents, for each game of the weekend series. David Wright hit his 200th homer for the Mets, who have lost six straight and nine of 11. Cubs 5, Rockies 3

CHICAGO — Joe Mather took advantage of a rare start with a go-ahead single during a three-run rally in the eighth inning and the Chicago Cubs ended a four-game losing streak with a victory over the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies had matched a

season best with a five-game winning streak. Chicago trailed 3-2 going into the eighth. Brett Jackson tied it with his second homer of the season and Mather, batting in the leadoff spot usually occupied by David DeJesus, hit an RBI single against reliever Matt Belisle (3-5). Brewers 6, Pirates 5

PITTSBURGH — Mike Fiers pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Aramis Ramirez had a go-ahead three-run double in the seventh and the Milwaukee Brewers held on to win their fourth consecutive game. Fiers (7-6) tied a career high with 10 strikeouts. The rookie allowed three runs on five hits in 6 2-3 innings. Cardinals 8, Reds 5

CINCINNATI — Allen Craig and Yadier Molina homered during a six-run sixth inning on Friday night, and the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals opened a defining road trip by beating the Cincinnati Reds and moving six games back of the NL Central leaders. The Cardinals’ big comeback off Mat Latos (10-4) started a 10-day trip against the Reds, Pirates and Nationals.

Washington.................................. Atlanta........................................... Philadelphia ................................. Miami ............................................ New York......................................

W 77 71 59 57 57

Cincinnati...................................... St. Louis ....................................... Pittsburgh..................................... Milwaukee .................................... Chicago ........................................ Houston ........................................

W 76 69 67 58 48 40

San Francisco .............................. Los Angeles ................................. Arizona ......................................... San Diego..................................... Colorado.......................................

W 70 67 64 56 50

All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 52 .584 — — — 56 .556 31⁄2 57 .544 5 — 66 .476 131⁄2 81⁄2 69 .448 17 12 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 55 .553 — — 58 .536 2 1 69 .444 131⁄2 121⁄2 71 .432 15 14 74 .408 18 17 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 51 .592 — — 57 .544 6 — 60 .524 81⁄2 21⁄2 64 .488 13 7 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 48 .616 — — 54 .568 6 — 101⁄2 67 .468 181⁄2 69 .452 201⁄2 121⁄2 69 .452 201⁄2 121⁄2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 51 .598 — — 56 .552 6 — 58 .536 8 2 66 .468 161⁄2 101⁄2 76 .387 261⁄2 201⁄2 86 .317 351⁄2 291⁄2 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 55 .560 — — 58 .536 3 2 61 .512 6 5 70 .444 141⁄2 131⁄2 74 .403 191⁄2 181⁄2

AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday's Games Detroit 3, Toronto 2, 11 innings L.A. Angels 14, Boston 13, 10 innings Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 0 Texas 10, Minnesota 6 Friday's Games L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Cleveland 1 Baltimore 6, Toronto 4 Boston 4, Kansas City 3 Oakland 5, Tampa Bay 4 Texas 8, Minnesota 0 Seattle at Chicago White Sox, (n) Saturday's Games Oakland (McCarthy 6-5) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 8-8), 1:10 p.m. Minnesota (Duensing 3-8) at Texas (Dempster 2-1), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Haren 8-10) at Detroit (Smyly 4-3), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 12-8) at Cleveland (Masterson 9-11), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 7-4) at Baltimore (S.Johnson 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 2-3) at Boston (Beckett 5-11), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Beavan 8-7) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-2), 7:10 p.m. Sunday's Games L.A. Angels at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Minnesota at Texas, 3:05 p.m. Monday's Games Kansas City at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

N AT I O N A L L E A G U E Phillies 4, Nationals 2 Washington

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Brewers 6, Pirates 5 Milwaukee

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Pittsburgh

Cubs 5, Rockies 3 Colorado

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Chicago

Toronto

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Away 33-29 30-32 29-36 24-41 27-37

L10 7-3 7-3 6-4 9-1

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Away 34-28 29-30 33-31 28-34

L10 6-4 5-5 5-5 5-5 2-8

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday's Games Colorado 1, N.Y. Mets 0 St. Louis 13, Houston 5 Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 3, 11 innings San Francisco 5, Atlanta 2 Friday's Games Chicago Cubs 5, Colorado 3 Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 4, Washington 2 Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 1 St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 5 San Diego at Arizona, (n) Miami at L.A. Dodgers, (n) Atlanta at San Francisco, (n) Saturday's Games Colorado (White 2-6) at Chicago Cubs (Raley 1-2), 1:05 p.m. Houston (Abad 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 15-4), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 6-10) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 14-7), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 3-4) at Cincinnati (Leake 5-8), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Marcum 5-3) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 4-3), 7:05 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 16-6) at Philadelphia (Halladay 7-7), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Richard 10-12) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 11-10), 8:10 p.m. Miami (Jo.Johnson 7-10) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-7), 9:10 p.m. Sunday's Games Houston at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m. Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Cardinals 8, Reds 5 St. Louis

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Baltimore ab r h bi Markks rf 3 0 0 1 Hardy ss 4 0 2 0 McLoth lf 3 1 1 0 AdJons cf 3 1 1 0 Wieters c 3 0 0 1 C.Davis dh 4 3 3 4 MrRynl 1b 3 0 0 0 Flahrty 2b 3 0 1 0 Andino Hchvrr ss 4 0 1 0 pr-2b 0 1 0 0 Machd 3b 4 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 7 4 Totals 30 6 8 6 Toronto............................... 010 000 102 — 4 Baltimore ............................ 010 103 10x — 6 E—Mar.Reynolds (11). LOB—Toronto 7, Baltimore 6. 2B—R.Davis (21), Encarnacion (23), Hardy (22), Ad.Jones (30). HR—Mathis (8), C.Davis 3 (23). SF—Markakis, Wieters. IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Villanueva L,6-4 ...... 52⁄3 5 4 4 1 4 Delabar..................... 11⁄3 3 2 2 1 2 Lincoln ...................... 1 0 0 0 2 2 Baltimore Britton W,3-1 ........... 62⁄3 4 2 2 2 6 O’Day........................ 0 1 0 0 0 0 Matusz H,1 ............... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Strop ......................... 1 0 0 0 1 2 Lindstrom ................. 0 2 2 2 0 0 Ji.Johnson S,39-42 1 0 0 0 0 2 O’Day pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Lindstrom pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. HBP—by Britton (Encarnacion). WP—Delabar, Britton. Umpires—Home, Bill Miller;First, Dan Iassogna;Second, CB Bucknor;Third, Dale Scott. T—2:52. A—25,754 (45,971).

New York

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A M E R I C A N L E A G U E Yankees 3, Indians 1 New York

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Cleveland

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Athletics 5, Rays 4 Oakland

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Tampa Bay

ab r h bi DJnngs lf 4 0 0 0 BUpton cf 5 0 2 1 Joyce rf 5 0 0 0 Longori dh 4 0 1 0 Zobrist ss 3 2 2 1 Kppngr 3b 3 0 0 1 C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 RRorts 2b 3 1 1 0 JMolin c 3 1 1 0 Scott ph 1 0 1 1 Fuld pr 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 9 5 Totals 34 4 8 4 Oakland.............................. 000 200 120 — 5 Tampa Bay......................... 010 110 001 — 4 DP—Tampa Bay 1. LOB—Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 8. 2B—Donaldson (11), D.Norris (6), B.Upton (22), J.Molina (7), Scott (16). 3B—Cespedes (3), Zobrist (6). HR—J.Gomes (15), Zobrist (15). CS—Donaldson (1). SF—Keppinger. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland J.Parker.................... 6 7 3 3 2 7 R.Cook W,6-2.......... 12⁄3 0 0 0 1 4 Doolittle H,8 ............. 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Balfour S,13-15 ....... 1 1 1 1 1 0 Tampa Bay M.Moore................... 61⁄3 7 3 3 1 7 McGee...................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 Jo.Peralta L,1-6 ...... 1 2 2 2 0 0 W.Davis.................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 HBP—by M.Moore (D.Norris). WP—M.Moore. Umpires—Home, Eric Cooper;First, Marty Foster;Second, Jeff Kellogg;Third, Vic Carapazza. T—3:00. A—18,913 (34,078). Crisp cf Drew ss Cespds lf Carter 1b JGoms dh Dnldsn 3b DNorrs c Moss rf Rosales 2b

Red Sox 4, Royals 3 Kansas City

Boston ab r h bi ab r h bi L.Cain cf 5 0 1 0 Ciriaco 3b 4 1 2 2 AEscor ss 2 1 0 0 Ellsury cf 4 1 2 0 AGordn lf 4 0 2 1 Pedroia 2b 3 0 1 0 Butler dh 4 0 1 0 Ortiz dh 4 0 2 2 JDyson pr-dh 0 0 0 0 C.Ross rf 4 0 0 0 Francr rf 4 0 0 0 Lvrnwy c 4 0 1 0 Mostks 3b 3 1 0 0 MGomz 1b 3 1 0 0 B.Pena c 4 0 1 0 Aviles ss 3 1 1 0 Hosmer 1b 3 1 1 1 Pdsdnk lf 2 0 1 0 Giavtll 2b 4 0 1 1 Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 31 410 4 Kansas City ....................... 002 100 000 — 3 Boston ................................ 200 000 20x — 4 E—Giavotella (4), Aviles (13). DP—Kansas City 1, Boston 2. LOB—Kansas City 7, Boston 6. 2B—A.Gordon (40), Ciriaco (9), Pedroia (28), Ortiz (26). HR—Hosmer (12). SB—J.Dyson (24), Ciriaco (9), Pedroia (12). CS—Ellsbury (1). S—Podsednik. IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City B.Chen ..................... 6 8 3 3 1 5 K.Herrera L,1-2 BS,1-1 ...................... 1⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 Collins....................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 Crow ......................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Boston Lester W,8-10.......... 7 6 3 3 4 6 Padilla H,21 ............. 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 A.Miller H,13............ 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 A.Bailey S,1-2.......... 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 B.Chen pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Umpires—Home, Mike Estabrook;First, Jerry Layne;Second, Dan Bellino;Third, Larry Vanover. T—2:54. A—37,228 (37,495).

Rangers 8, Twins 0 Minnesota

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Texas

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Angels 2, Tigers 1

Astros 3, Mets 1 Houston

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Los Angeles

ab 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4

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Detroit

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A M E R I C A N L E A G U E L E A D E R S BATTING—Trout, Los Angeles, .341; MiCabrera, Detroit, .327; Jeter, New York, .325; Beltre, Texas, .316; Mauer, Minnesota, .314; Konerko, Chicago, .313; AJackson, Detroit, .309. RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 99; Kinsler, Texas, 87; MiCabrera, Detroit, 83; Granderson, New York, 81; Hamilton, Texas, 81; Jeter, New York, 80; AJackson, Detroit, 79. RBI—Hamilton, Texas, 107; MiCabrera, Detroit, 106; Willingham, Minnesota, 91; Fielder, Detroit, 89; Encarnacion, Toronto, 86; AdGonzalez, Boston, 86; Pujols, Los Angeles, 86. HITS—Jeter, New York, 171; MiCabrera, Detroit, 159; Beltre, Texas, 149; Cano, New York, 146; Andrus, Texas, 145; AdGonzalez, Boston, 145; AGordon, Kansas City, 145. DOUBLES—AGordon, Kansas City, 40; AdGonzalez, Boston, 37; Choo, Cleveland, 35; Kinsler, Texas, 35; Brantley, Cleveland, 34; Cano, New York, 34; Pujols, Los Angeles, 34. TRIPLES—AJackson, Detroit, 8; JWeeks, Oakland, 8; Rios, Chicago, 7; Andrus, Texas, 6; AEscobar, Kansas City, 6; ISuzuki, New York, 6; Trout, Los Angeles, 6; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 6. HOME RUNS—ADunn, Chicago, 36; Hamilton, Texas, 34; Encarnacion, Toronto, 33; MiCabrera, Detroit, 32; Granderson, New York, 32; Willingham, Minnesota, 31; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 30. STOLEN BASES—Trout, Los Angeles, 41; RDavis, Toronto, 39; Revere, Minnesota, 29; Crisp, Oakland, 28; AEscobar, Kansas City, 25; JDyson, Kansas City, 24; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 24. PITCHING—Weaver, Los Angeles, 16-3; Price, Tampa Bay, 16-4; Sale, Chicago, 15-4; MHarrison, Texas, 15-7; Sabathia, New York, 13-3; Scherzer, Detroit, 13-6; Vargas, Seattle, 13-8. STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 192; Scherzer, Detroit, 186; FHernandez, Seattle, 179; Darvish,

IL North title just three away The Times Leader Staff

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre notched another victory Friday night in a 6-4 win against Buffalo at Coca-Cola Field. The Yankees extended their season-high winning streak to nine games in the process for their longest winning streak since winning 10 in a row in 2008. The win, coupled with a loss by Pawtucket, lowers Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre’s magic number to three. Any combination of three Yankees wins and/or losses by Pawtucket or Lehigh Valley will give SWB its fifth International League North Division championship in six years. The Yankees hold a 7½-game lead in the division over the PawSox and IronPigs with just nine games left on the schedule. Up next for the Yankees is a five-game series with Lehigh Valley starting tonight in Allentown. Two Yankees wins will secure the division crown. Chris Dickerson singled in the first inning, and then a home run by Corban Joseph brought in both players to give the Yankees (79-56) a 2-0 lead over the Bisons (62-72). Eduardo Nunez and Ronnier Mustelier both scored later in the inning to make it a 4-0 game. Dickerson reached first in the second off another single and Joseph doubled to right field allowing Dickerson to score and give the Yankees a 5-0 lead. Buffalo got on the board in the third inning with runs scored by Fred Lewis and Lucas Duda to decrease the Yankees lead to 5-2. In the top of the eighth Kosuke Fukudome walked and rode home on a Darnell McDonald double to left field to make it a 6-2 game for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Valentino Pascucci walked and eventually scored to keep the Bisons alive and make the score 6-3. In the bottom of the ninth Mike Nickeas walked, then advanced to second on a passed ball and came home on Josh Satin’s double to score the game’s final run and make it 6-4. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre will travel to Lehigh Valley to take on the IronPigs today at 6:05 p.m at Coca-Cola Park. Yankees

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Texas, 172; Shields, Tampa Bay, 168; Price, Tampa Bay, 167; Sale, Chicago, 150; Peavy, Chicago, 150. SAVES—Rodney, Tampa Bay, 39; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 39; CPerez, Cleveland, 32; RSoriano, New York, 32; Valverde, Detroit, 25; Aceves, Boston, 25; Nathan, Texas, 25.

N AT I O N A L L E A G U E L E A D E R S BATTING—AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .349; MeCabrera, San Francisco, .346; YMolina, St. Louis, .328; Posey, San Francisco, .327; DWright, New York, .319; CGonzalez, Colorado, .315; Fowler, Colorado, .307. RUNS—AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 88; Bourn, Atlanta, 84; MeCabrera, San Francisco, 84; Braun, Milwaukee, 82; Holliday, St. Louis, 80; CGonzalez, Colorado, 79; JUpton, Arizona, 79. RBI—Beltran, St. Louis, 85; Braun, Milwaukee, 85; Holliday, St. Louis, 85; CGonzalez, Colorado, 80; Bruce, Cincinnati, 79; FFreeman, Atlanta, 79; Kubel, Arizona, 79; Posey, San Francisco, 79. HITS—AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 160; MeCabrera, San Francisco, 159; Bourn, Atlanta, 149; Prado, Atlanta, 145; Reyes, Miami, 144; DWright, New York, 144; Holliday, St. Louis, 143. DOUBLES—ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 41; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 36; Prado, Atlanta, 36; Votto, Cincinnati, 36; DWright, New York, 36; DanMurphy, New York, 33; Alonso, San Diego, 32. TRIPLES—Fowler, Colorado, 11; Bourn, Atlanta, 10; MeCabrera, San Francisco, 10; SCastro, Chicago, 9; Reyes, Miami, 9; Colvin, Colorado, 8; Pagan, San Francisco, 8. HOME RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 34; Beltran, St. Louis, 28; Bruce, Cincinnati, 26; Kubel, Arizona, 26; Stanton, Miami, 26; Ludwick, Cincinnati, 25; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 24. STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Atlanta, 34; Pierre, Philadelphia, 31; Bonifacio, Miami, 30; DGordon, Los Angeles, 30; Victorino, Los Angeles, 29; Reyes, Miami, 28; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 28. PITCHING—Cueto, Cincinnati, 16-6; GGonzalez, Washington, 16-6; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 15-4; Dickey, New York, 15-4; Strasburg, Washington, 15-5; Hamels, Philadelphia, 14-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 14-7; Miley, Arizona, 14-8. STRIKEOUTS—Strasburg, Washington, 183; Dickey, New York, 181; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 175; Hamels, Philadelphia, 172; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 163; GGonzalez, Washington, 161; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 160. SAVES—Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 34; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 31; Chapman, Cincinnati, 31; Motte, St. Louis, 30; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 28; Clippard, Washington, 28; Putz, Arizona, 26; Putz, Arizona, 26.

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Levi Brown placed on IR TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have placed Levi Brown on injured reserve, meaning the big left tackle won’t play this season. Brown tore his right triceps in the preseason victory over Oakland a week ago and underwent surgery this week. The Cardinals also released a dozen players, including cornerback Marshay Green. In addition, Arizona waivedinjured running back Thomas Clayton (knee) and fullback Jared Crank (neck). The moves get Arizona to the 75man roster limit required of NFL teams by Monday.

No starting QB yet TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt says he’s not quite ready to name a starting quarterback but indicates a decision could come soon. Speaking at his usual day-after news conference on Friday, Whisenhunt said he would think about it over the weekend and when he’s asked about it again early next week, he should have more information. John Skelton and Kevin Kolb have been competing for the job, and neither has been outstanding. Skelton started Thursday night’s 32-27 loss at Tennessee and completed 4 of 10 passes for 41 yards and was intercepted once. Kolb saw more extensive action and was 17 of 22 for 156 yards, including his first TD pass of the preseason. But he was intercepted twice, with one of them returned for a touchdown.

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Newton: Big Tebow fan, downplays reunion By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While Cam Newton says he’s a big Tim Tebow fan, he downplayed the reunion on Sunday night with his former college teammate. Newton said his focus this week isn’t on renewing old friendships but rather on continuing to build momentum on offense when the Panthers (No. 20 in the AP Pro32) visit the New York Jets in what’ll certainly be his last significant playing time of the preseason. Carolina’s starters won’t play much in the preseason finale at Pittsburgh on Thursday. Newton said he learned a lot from Tebow during his two seasons at Florida, but the high-profile NFL quarterbacks haven’t kept in contact since Newton

left the program in 2009. Newton was a redshirt freshman in 2008 when Tebow led Florida to its second national championship in three seasons. Newton transferred to Blinn College while Tebow finished his college career with the Gators. “There’s a lot that I’ve learned from Tim and his professionalism,” Newton said of Tebow, a fellow Heisman Trophy winner. “You know how his approach is to this game and that’s one thing everybody has to respect about him — and I certainly do.” Newton will start for Carolina, while Tebow is expected to back up starter Mark Sanchez. The Panthers are treating Sunday night’s game as if it were their regular season opener. They’ve game-planned for the Jets

and will play their starters into the third quarter. They’ve even used simulated crowd noise in practice, a rarity for a preseason game. Coach Ron Rivera has spoken repeatedly to his players about performing on a “big stage” in front of a national television audience. “I feel as if every stage is big for us this year,” Newton said. “We have a point to prove and we have to have that chip on our shoulder each and every game.” Newton led three scoring drives — two of those for touchdowns — in three possessions in last Friday night’s 23-16 exhibition win over the Miami Dolphins. He was particularly sharp on his throws and the offense functioned well as a unit. “This game is very important. The tempo is going to be increased to a de-

gree,” Newton said. “We just have to continue what we’ve been doing and do what our coaches have been preaching since day one. Everyone has to be accountable and most importantly, just finish.” It won’t be easy. Rivera said the Panthers will be without wide receiver Steve Smith, who remains sidelined with a foot infection. That means either Seyi Ajirotutu or Louis Murphy will get the start opposite Brandon LaFell, although Rivera hasn’t decided which one will get the nod. On defense middle linebacker Jon Beason remains out, but the Panthers are anxious to see the return of linebacker Thomas Davis. “Really excited about it,” Rivera said. “He’s had a really good week, and knock on wood it continues.”

Cundiff’s time with Baltimore is over?

Veteran placekicker may lose his job to rookie.

BRONCOS

By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer

Chris Gronkowski settles into fullback role ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A tad bit taller and Chris Gronkowski might have been a tight end like his brothers. Instead, he’s the rare fullback lining up in a Peyton Manning backfield. Typically, Manning doesn’t operate out of a two-back system. But the Denver Broncos are adding all sorts of wrinkles to the offensive scheme this season, even pairing tailback Willis McGahee with Gronkowski on occasion. It could be a gainful duo, especially in short-yardage situations. And then there’s always this: Gronkowski can catch the ball, too. He does come from a family of pass catchers led by his younger brother, Rob, who set an NFL single-season record for tight ends last year with 17 TD receptions for New England. His older brother, Dan, also is a tight end, for Cleveland.

Hillman’s hamstring steadily improving ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A certain Denver Broncos quarterback has taken quite a liking to rookie running back Ronnie Hillman. So much so that Peyton Manning frequently hauls Hillman over to an adjacent field in the middle of practice, just to work on their timing. Hillman is eager to get up to speed with Manning even if the tailback can’t quite go full throttle right now. The speedy third-round pick has been hobbled for a good portion of camp by a bothersome right hamstring. And what he’s quickly discovering is that no matter how fast he is on the field, he can’t rush back from this injury — no matter how badly he wants to. The Broncos (No. 10 in the AP Pro32) have big plans for Hillman, too. LIONS

Leshoure expects to play ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Mikel Leshoure knows that the Oakland Raiders are going to hit him hard Saturday night. He can’t wait. Sixteen months after being drafted by the Detroit Lions and almost two years after his last game, Leshoure is expected to take the field for the first time as a pro in Oakland. He missed his entire rookie season with the Lions after tearing his left Achilles tendon during training camp. With Jahvid Best (concussion) expected to miss the start of the regular season, the Lions need Leshoure to step up and take some pressure off Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson and Detroit’s high-energy passing attack. Leshoure missed the first two exhibition games with a hamstring problem, so the running game has consisted of Kevin Smith, Keiland Williams and Joique Bell. -- The Associated Press

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Trent Edwards throws past Cleveland Browns defensive end Kiante Tripp during the third quarter of an NFL game Friday in Cleveland.

Rookie QB leads Eagles over Browns The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Rookie quarterback Nick Foles, filling in for injured starter Michael Vick, threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a 27-10 victory over the mistake-prone Cleveland Browns on Friday night. With Vick sidelined with bruised ribs, Foles stepped in and played impressively for the Eagles (3-0), who open the regular season in Cleveland on Sept. 9. Foles finished 12 of 19 for 146 yards with one interception. The Browns (2-1) had two costly turnovers in the first quarter, when they also had a punt blocked. It was not a good showing for their new owner, Jimmy Haslam III, who sat in the stands in the first quarter watching his $1 billion purchase. Browns rookie QB Brandon Weeden went 9 of 20 for 117 yards. The Eagles hardly missed Vick, who bruised his ribs on Monday night against New England. Vick didn’t accompany the team to Cleveland, but the oft-injured superstar is expected to be fully recovered and should be ready for the season opener. In case Vick’s injury lingers, Foles looked like a reliable replacement. Taking advantage of a Cleveland miscue and the blocked punt, the thirdround draft pick from Arizona rebounded from an interception by throwing two short TD passes in the opening quarter. Foles completed a 7-yard scoring pass to tight end Brent Celek, and then tossed a 2-yarder to running back Dion Lewis. Foles was intercepted on his second attempt, when he forced a deep throw into double coverage and was picked by Joe Haden. However, Foles also showed composure while facing a first-team defense for the first time, and he displayed nice touch on a 45-yard completion in the second quarter. “For being a rookie he is so calm,” Celek said. “Any time you ever make a mistake, if you can come back and let that go, you’re going to be fine in this league. We all make mistakes, it’s how you respond from it. Nick has done a great job, not only throughout camp but through the first few games.” In three games, Foles has completed 36 of 57 passes for 507 yards with six TDs and two interceptions. Alex Henery’s 41-yard field goal in the second quarter put the Eagles (No. 8 in the AP Pro32) ahead 17-0. Henery kicked a 28-yarder in the fourth.

Running Back Eachus stars in Chiefs loss KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson staked his claim to the starting job in Seattle on Friday night, throwing for 185 yards and two touchdowns while leading the Seahawks to a 44-14 rout of the Kansas City Chiefs. For Kansas City, Hazleton Area High School grad Nate Eachus ran for 98 yards on 10 carries. He also had a touchdown. Eachus is an undrafted rookie out of Colgate. Wilson has been competing for the job with Matt Flynn, who was held out of the game with a sore elbow, and he got a lot of help from the rest of the Seahawks. Earl Thomas intercepted Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel and returned it 75 yards for a touchdown, and Golden Tate returned a punt 92 yards for another score. The Seahawks are unbeaten in the preseason. Kansas City has dropped two straight after beating Arizona.

The Browns were their own worst enemy. The 28-year-old Weeden was sharp early on, completing his first four passes for 66 yards and driving the Browns to Philadelphia’s 2. But a holding penalty on guard Jason Pinkston backed the Browns up, and Weeden fumbled on the next play when he was sacked by Derek Landri, who came blasting in untouched through Cleveland’s line. Later, Browns running back Montario Hardesty fumbled at Cleveland’s 14, setting up the Eagles’ first TD. With Haslam III and his wife, Dee, sitting in the renowned Dawg Pound section, where they signed autographs and posed for pictures, the Browns had a calamitous opening quarter. They fumbled three times, allowed three sacks, committed three penalties and punter Reggie Hodges had his kick stuffed. “We did find a way to drive the ball, but you can’t turn it over,” Browns coach Pat Shurmur said at halftime. “All of the things that you can’t do, we found a way to do it. It’s not good enough. We did not play well enough and we have to get it fixed.” Colt McCoy, who lost his starting job to Weeden and is battling Seneca Wallace to be Cleveland’s No. 2 QB, threw a 3-yard scoring pass to tight end Evan Moore early in the fourth. Phil Dawson kicked a 33-yard field goal for the Browns.

Falcons 23, Dolphins 6 MIAMI — Miami Dolphins rookie Ryan Tannehill had a so-so showing, which was more than some of his offensive teammates could say. In his first game as the Dolphins’ starting quarterback, Tannehill went 11 for 27 for 112 yards and one interception, and Miami lost to the Atlanta Falcons. Four of Tannehill’s passes were dropped, including a potential 4-yard touchdown throw that Anthony Fasano bobbled in the end zone. Shaky pass protection was also a problem for Tannehill, who was sacked once, forced to run twice and hit several other times. Miami fell to 0-3, and Atlanta improved to 1-2. Buccaneers 30, Patriots 28 TAMPA, Fla. — First-round draft picks Mark Barron and Doug Martin scored touchdowns, helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Barron intercepted a pass tipped by Ronde Barber and returned it 22 yards for a first-quarter TD. Martin scored on a 1-yard run that finished a game-opening drive led by Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman. Brady played three quarters in his most extensive action of the preseason, but didn’t really get the Patriots offense on track until after Tampa Bay built a 23-7 lead. He finished on a high note, though, throwing a 16-yard touchdown pass to Rob Gronkowski on his final play.

Bears 20, Giants 17 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Jason Campbell threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Joe Anderson with 8:22 to play and the Chicago Bears rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit against the New York Giants’ second-team defense to beat the Super Bowl champions in a preseason game. Starting quarterback Jay Cutler threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall, and Robbie Gould kicked two field goals for the Bears (2-1). Isaiah Frey intercepted a pass in the end zone with 1:06 to play to preserve the win. Eli Manning (17 of 21 for 148 yards) threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Ramses Barden, Andre Brown scored on a 1-yard run and Lawrence Tynes kicked a 32 yard field goal for New York (1-2).

BALTIMORE — Billy Cundiff has more on his mind these days than the 32-yard field goal he missed last season in the waning seconds of the AFC title game. The kick, a veritable chip-shot for 2010 Pro Bowl star, sailed wide left. That enabled the New England Patriots to advance to the Super Bowl with a 23-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens. Cundiff arrived in Baltimore’s training camp unwilling to dwell on the past. “It’s all about looking forward,” he said. It was a good plan, but now his future with the Ravens is in doubt. Rookie Justin Tucker took all the kicks in Thursday night’s preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and excelled in doing so. He made field goals of 33 and 53 yards and boomed his kickoffs into the end zone. Watching from the sideline, Cundiff was stunned and disappointed. “I found out before this game that I wasn’t going to get any reps, which shocked me,” he said. “I felt like I had a really good week of practice.” Coach John Harbaugh insisted the move was made simply to give Tucker the chance to play from start to finish. “Billy has had a great, great camp. He’s done really well,” Harbaugh said. “I think we know Billy. Billy would have come in here and made every one of those kicks, and when we kicked it deep, he would have kicked every one into the back of the end zone. Billy has proven. Tuck has not proven. This is something that he needed. We needed to see if he could handle a whole game from beginning to end and have that pressure on him, and obviously he handled it very well.” Tucker, who played at Texas, is 5 for 5 on field goal tries during the preseason, including two of at least 50 yards. Cundiff was 1 for 6 from 50 yards and beyond last year. “I feel like I’m kicking the best I ever kicked,” Tucker said, attributing his success to lessons received from special teams coach Jerry Rosburg, Harbaugh and kicking consultant Randy Brown. “Took a little work, took a couple of days, and now I feel like I’m striking the ball as confidently as I ever have,” Tucker said. Cundiff has been solid in practice and has made both his field goal tries during the preseason. He feels no need to defend his entire body of work, including his final kick of the 2011 season. “Let’s be honest, I feel like I’ve been through enough,” he said. “There’s not a single thing that I think somebody can trap me that I’m not prepared for. So, I know my confidence has been high, I know when I came into training camp a lot of people asked me where my head was at and kind of questioned whether I’d be able to even kick.”

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Golson planning on keeping job

Lomas lights the way to England’s big show

Sophomore quarterback has no plans to give up position, even after Rees returns. The Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Everett Golson earned the job as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback and it is one he plans on keeping for longer than just the season opener. “I’m going to keep my foot on the gas,” he said. Coach Brian Kelly is hoping for the same and doesn’t want a repeat of last season. In the opener last year against South Florida — with a two-hour halftime delay because of an electrical storm — Kelly switched quarterbacksfromDayneCristto Tommy Rees. He’s not expecting that to happen Sept. 1 in Dublin, Ireland, when the Irish face Navy. “I don’t think you go into any year thinking, ‘Boy, I want to make a change at halftime,” Kelly said this week after naming Golson his starter. “I think we’ve prepared the offense to suit a first-time starter,” Kelly said. “He’s got four seasons of competition remaining. You know he’s going to learn more and experience more as he plays, but we also have to make sure we put him in good positions, and I think you’ll see that on game day. ... If things go the way we’re planning it, he’ll play the whole game.”

Ducks ride into season with Mariota The Associated Press

EUGENE, Ore. — Redshirt freshman Marcus Mariota has won the job as starting quarterback for No. 5 Oregon. Oregon coach Chip Kelly announced Friday that Mariota earned the position over sophomore Bryan Bennett, who was Darron Thomas’ backup last season. Thomas left school early to declare his eligibility for the NFL draft. Oregon went 12-2 last season and defeated Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. The Ducks open this season at home against Arkansas State on Sept. 1. Mariota is the first freshman to start in an opener for Oregon since Danny O’Neil in 1991. Kelly, Mariota and Bennett were not available for comment until workouts on Saturday, the school said. Bennett was the more experienced of the two, having completed 25 of 46 passes for 369 yards and six touchdowns last season as Thomas’ backup. Bennett started in a victory over Colorado when Thomas was out with a sprained knee. Mariota, a 6-foot-4 native of Hawaii, emerged as competition for Bennett during the annual spring game, when he completed 18 of 26 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 99 yards and two scores — including an 82-yard scoring run — to lead his team to a 41-14 victory. The status of the competition in fall camp was difficult to decipher because Oregon closes practices. Kelly often said that last season had no bearing on the current competition. Part of what made Mariota’s emergence so intriguing was that the spring game was the first time that most fans got a close look at him. Last season he was part of the practice squad. Bennett completed 19 of 32 passes for 209 yards and a TD in the spring game. , Oregon’s decision Friday was met with enthusiasm by former Ducks running back LaMichael James, who now plays for the San Francisco 49ers. “He will possibly be the best qb to ever play at Oregon!,” James posted to Twitter. “He’s the real deal.”

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LONDON — Paralyzed marathon participant Claire Lomas lit the Paralympic cauldron Friday, one of many events marking the coming of the Paralympic Games across the British capital. Prime Minister David Cameron addressed the crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square just before the cauldron was ignited, saying that the Olympic Games had made his country proud, but that “these Paralympic Games will make our country prouder still.” “We are going to show the whole world that when it comes to putting on a show, there is no country like Britain and no city like London,” he said. The Paralympics — a competition for disabled athletes — have traditionally garnered far less attention than the Olympic Games,

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Golson, a sophomore who spent his first season running the scout squad, beat out junior Andrew Hendrix, who was a change-of-pace quarterback last year behind Rees. Rees is suspended for the season opener after a skirmish with police in May and freshman Gunner Kiel is still making the adjustment to college ball. Golson had a strong spring game and has had few mistakes during fall camp. Kelly made it his mission this season to cut down on turnovers, especially after Notre Dame threw 17 interceptions last season. “After a lot of practice, lots of film, lots of evaluation, he won the job,” Kelly said of Golson. “Andrew did a great job, made great improvements. I’m really pleased with the progress of both those young men. It was a tough decision.” Golson, a two-sport prep star at Myrtle Beach, S.C., who is also an accomplished piano player, has the ability to use his speed to pick up yards, even if a play breaks down. “Some of the things I really like about Everett is his poise was really outstanding, great vision down the field. So those things are outstanding, even if you don’t have a lot of experience,” Kelly

which attract hundreds of millions of spectators and sports enthusiasts from across the globe. Still the event’s profile is rising, and organizers say that more than 2.3 million of 2.5 million tickets for the games have already been sold. Three other Paralympic flames have been struck at other locations in Britain and Northern Ireland, and are due to be united next Tuesday in the southern England village of Stoke Mandeville before being carried 92 miles by 580 torchbearers to the Olympic Stadium in east London, where it will be used to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the games on the evening of August 29. Queen Elizabeth II will officially mark the open at the Olympic stadium.

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Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson sprints out of the pocket during the Blue-Gold game held April 21 in South Bend, Ind.

said. Golson thanked his teammates for their support, especially the three quarterbacks he beat out in a derby that started during the spring. “I wouldn’t have reached the potential if it wasn’t for Andrew, Gunner and Tommy helping each other out,” he said. “It definitely means a lot but I know with this also comes a lot of responsibility, so I’m not going to rejoice in it. I’m happy about it, but I under-

stand it’s time to go to work right now, and my focus is on Navy.” Golson knows he’s still a work in progress, still putting everything together and trying to show his leadership qualities for a team facing a challenging schedule. “Like Coach Kelly said after the spring game, I had the art of it but I really didn’t have the science. I’ve still got a long way to go but I can see progression,” Golson said.

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Claire Lomas lights the Paralympic flame cauldron in Trafalgar Square in London on Friday. Claire had a horse riding accident in 2007 leaving her paralized from the chest down.

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LOCAL ROUNDUP

Kocher’s low leads Hawks to victory

One final scrimmage

Tyler Farrar wins Pro Challenge stage The Associated Press

SUGARLOAF – Matt Kocher earned medalist honors in Hanover Area’s close win over MMI Prep, 168-170, on Friday afternoon as he was 4-over par with a 39 at Valley Country Club. Chris Jones contributed to the Hanover victory scoring 41. MMI Prep was led by Jeff Lotz (40) and Casey McCoy (40).

(at Valley Country Club, par 35) HAN (168) – Matt Kocher 39 Medalist; Chris Jones 41; Matt Kuhl 42; Fred Schiel 46; MMI (170) – Jeff Lotz 40, Casey McCoy 40; Sam Harman 42, Sean Ducaji-Reap, 48

Lake-Lehman 174, Nanticoke 231

(at Huntsville, par 36) LEH (174) – Nick Egan 38, Jeff Carter 42, Robert Ide 44, Adam Simonette 50; NAN (231) – Mike Malshefski 49, Shaun Boyle 50, Joe Olszyk 65, Ricky Ultsh 67

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Coughlin’s Tyler Layton, right, runs the ball as Scranton’s Mike Condrad closes in for a tackle in a preseason scrimmage at Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium on Friday night. The regular season opens next Friday.

Wyoming Area 161, Meyers 212

TENNIS

Zack Mulhern shot 1-over par in the Wyoming Area win over Meyers. Dan Conrad led the effort for Meyers.

Putting the ‘Open’ in US Open

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COQUITLAM, British Columbia — Teen star Lydia Ko shot her second straight 4-under 68 on Friday for a share of the lead with Chella Choi in the Canadian Women’s Open. Ko, the 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander who won the U.S. Women’s Amateur two weeks ago, birdied four of the last seven holes in a bogeyfree round to match Choi at 8 under. In January, Ko won the New South Wales Open in Australia at 14 to become the youngest player to win a professional tour event. Boeing Classic SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Defending champion Mark Calcavecchia eagled the par-5 eighth hole and finished with a 7-under 65 on Friday to take the firstround lead in the Boeing Classic. Calcavecchia, a playoff winner over Russ Cochran last year at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge for his first Champions Tour title, made a 20-foot putt on No. 8 after his 4-iron approach sailed over the flag. Steve Pate, Jeff Sluman, Joe Don Blake, Eduardo Romero and Kirk Triplett were tied for second at 68.

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most incredible achievements in sports. Armstrong, who retired a year ago and turns 41next month, said Thursday he would no longer challenge USADA and declined to exercise his last option by entering arbitration. He denied again that he ever took banned substances in his career, calling USADA’s investigation a “witch hunt” without any physical evidence. He is now officially a drug cheat in the eyes of his nation’s doping agency.

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

NEW YORK — Because he’s a player who has spent more time watching Roger Federer on TV than trying to beat him, it’s safe to say Rhyne Williams will not win the U.S. Open this year. But to say the 21-year-old’s trip to Flushing Meadows has been less than a rousing success — well, that wouldn’t be quite right, either. While Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams and all those other big names get their chance to make history next week, it’s players such as Rhyne Williams and 17-year-old Samantha Crawford who truly put the “Open” in the U.S. Open this week. They, along with 485thranked former NCAA champion Bradley Klahn, are among those who won their third qualifying matches Friday to make it into the main draw. They grinded out the wins on the same courts some of the greats will play on

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and Watney, also playing in the afternoon as they worked their way up the leaderboard. Garcia, who ended a four-year drought on the PGA Tour last week by winning the Wyndham Championship, made bogey on the third hole with what he called his worst swing of the week and atoned for that with a tee shot on the par-5 fourth that restored his momentum and sent him to a 68. Watney, whose season has been so dismal that he isn’t even in the Ryder Cup conversation as a potential pick, went eaglebirdie on the par 5s on the front nine and then survived a roller coaster of birdies and bogeys on the back nine that gave him a 69. They were at 8-under 134. Vijay Singh, who last won a PGA Tour event in 2008 when USADA chief executive Travis Tygart described the investigation as a battle against a “win-atall-cost culture,” adding that the UCI was “bound to recognize our decision and impose it.” “They have no choice but to strip the titles under the code,” he said. That would leave Greg LeMond as the only American to win the Tour de France, having done so in 1986, 1989 and 1990. Armstrong on Friday sent a tweet that he’s still planning to ride in a mountain bike race in Aspen, Colo., on Saturday and follow it up with running a marathon on Sunday, but he did not comment directly on the sanctions.

starting Monday. They did it not to the cheers of thousands but in front of the hundreds who got in for free this week to watch the warm-up act for the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. Nothing small-time about it to these players, though. “I’m still shaking,” said Crawford, ranked 394th, about 15 minutes after her 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win over Eleni Daniilidou of Greece. Williams, ranked 283rd, shared the exact same sentiment shortly after his 6-3, 6-2 victory over Peter Gojowczyk of Germany. “I’m still shaking,” Williams said. “It’s incredible. I’ve dreamed my whole life about playing here in the main draw. I’ve finally done it. Hopefully, I’ll have many more years left here.” He’ll have a daunting task in his official U.S. Open debut, however — a meeting with 20th-seeded Andy Roddick, the 2003 champion and fan favorite

who plays the majority of his matches under lights, and on the show courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. “I expected to be able to compete with everyone I play here,” Williams said, hours before finding out he had drawn Roddick in the first round. “I feel like I belong out here. I just expect to be able to hold my own.” Williams was the NCAA runner-up in 2011 while playing for Tennessee and, after some success over the following months, decided to turn pro. His mother is Michelle Williams, a former pro who, as a tennis-loving little girl, inspired her father, Mike DePalmer, to reach out to a friend and start a tennis school. The school is now known as the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. “I knew I had a good shot at being a pro,” Williams said. “It’s in the family. It’s in my blood.” Even with great bloodlines, no thriving tennis career is preordained.

he captured the opening two playoff events and sailed to the FedEx Cup title, played bogeyfree for a 67 and was one shot out of the lead, along with Bob Estes, who had a 66. John Senden (68) and Pat Perez (70) were another stroke back at 6under 136. Rory McIlroy noticed Woods wincing on the opening tee shot. About an hour later, McIlroy felt his own pain with sloppy mistakes during a four-hole stretch, three of them bogeys, that left him outside the cut line. But not for long. The PGA champion bounced back with an 18-foot birdie putt on the ninth, added two more birdies and had a 73. The cut was at 1-over 143, ending the FedEx Cup playoffs for the likes of Robert Allenby, Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III and Heath Slocum, who narrowly got into the 125-man field at the start of the playoffs. Garcia didn’t look as though he would be around the PGA

Tour’s version of a postseason until winning last week in North Carolina by using a local club caddie, and then showing no signs of a letdown at Bethpage Black while using a CBS Sports spotter on the bag. The Spaniard is getting his own yardages, compiling his own thoughts, going off his own instincts. And he’s hitting a lot of very good shots. “Golf is a funny game,” Garcia said. “When you think that you have it under control, it kicks you down. And then all of a sudden, it gives you something to live it again, I guess. Obviously, if I’m not hitting the shots, then it doesn’t help.” He hit plenty of good ones at Bethpage, including a chip-in for birdie from behind the green at No. 2, the drive that pleased him so much on No. 4, and an 8-iron from 171 yards on the tough fifth hole to about 8 feet for birdie. Woods headed for the fitness trailer when he finished.

The UCI and USADA have engaged in a turf war over who should prosecute allegations against Armstrong. The UCI event backed Armstrong’s failed legal challenge to USADA’s authority, and it cited the same World Anti-Doping Code in saying that it wanted to hear more from the U.S. agency. “As USADA has claimed jurisdiction in the case, the UCI expects that it will issue a reasoned decision” explaining the action taken, the Switzerland-based organization said in a statement. It said legal procedures obliged USADA to fulfill this demand in cases “where no hearing occurs.” If Tour de France officials follow USADA’s lead and announces

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that Armstrong has been stripped of his titles, Jan Ullrich could be promoted to champion in three of those years. Ullrich was stripped of his third-place finish in the 2005 Tour and retired from racing two years later after being implicated in another doping scandal. The retired German racer expressed no desire to rewrite the record book of cycling’s greatest event, even though he would be the biggest beneficiary. “I know how the order was on the finishing line at the time,” Ullrich said. “I’ve finished with my professional career and have always said that I was proud of my second-place finishes.” The International Olympic

COLORADO SPINGS, Colo. — Tyler Farrar raced to his second sprint victory in the USA Pro Challenge and fellow American Tejay van Garderen maintained the overall lead through a tiebreaker Friday. Farrar, the Wenatchee, Wash., rider for Garmin-Sharp, completed the 117.9-mile leg from Breckenridge in 3 hours, 58 minutes, 27 seconds. “We had to use up a lot of our guys,” said Farrar, referring to teammates who set him up for the sprint. “That’s putting a lot of faith in me because we’re trying to win the GC (overall title).” Farrar, a 2011 Tour de France stage winner, also won the Pro Challenge opening stage, his first win of the season. Van Garderen, the BMC rider raised in Bozeman, Mont., finished 14th in the stage in the main field in the same time as Farrar to retain the race advantage over Christian Vande Velde. “I was focused on staying at the front, staying ahead of the crashes, staying out of trouble, ahead of time gaps,” van Garderen said. Van Garderen and Vande Velde, the Garmin-Sharp rider from Lemont, Ill., who placed 29th in the stage, have the same overall time. “Finishing ahead of Christian wasn’t on my mind coming into the finish. It was just staying on the bike and staying in a good position and not losing anything.” Taylor Phinney of BMC and Boulder, Colo., finished second in the stage, with Alessandro Bazzana of Italy, both in the same time. Eight riders, including Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, third in

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last month’s Tour de France, built nearly a 6-minute lead in the stage. Three leaders, including Nibali, remained in front with six left and with about a minute lead. But the main field caught the trio on the concluding circuits around the finishing city. Ivan Rovny of Russia remained third overall, trailing by 6 seconds. Defending race titlist Levi Leipheimer of Santa Rosa, Calif., was fourth overall, 8 seconds back. The weeklong event continues Saturday with a 102.8-mile stage that includes the final two climbs of the seven-stage race. The second-year race will end Sunday with a 9.5-mile time trial in Denver. Degenkolb caps Vuelta week with 3rd stage win ALCANIZ, Spain — John Degenkolb capped a week of racing at the Spanish Vuelta with his third win, while Joaquim Rodriguez retained the overall lead Friday after the seventh stage. The German cyclist crossed the finish line at the Motorland Aragon in 3 hours, 48 minutes, 30 seconds, ahead of Elia Viviani of Italy and Allan Davis of Australia in the same time to win the 102-mile stage. Rodriguez kept his 10-second advantage over British rider Christopher Froome, while Alberto Contador stayed third, 36 seconds back. Rodriguez leads with an overall time of 25:53:04. Cyclists braved the scorching Aragon heat and survived crashes to finish the leg at a track that normally hosts Moto GP. The eighth leg Saturday ends with a grueling mountain-top finish in Andorra.

“If they didn’t catch him then get off his back,” former professional cyclist Phil Cable said. Cable, who puts on USA Cycling events locally and works at Sickler’s Bike and Sports Shop in Exeter, raced against Armstrong and was amazed at his ability and strength. “He’s always crushed,” Cable said of Armstrong’s performances. Winners are tested after every race and cyclists know that, Cable said. Scranton native and Olympic and professional cyclist Dave Lettieri was Armstrong’s personal mechanic during the 2000 Tour. Lettieri, who owns Fastrack Bicycles in Santa Barbara, Calif., backed Armstrong’s choice to back away. “I think Lance made a smart decision to stop the fight against the USADA,” Lettieri said in an email. It seems “the rules are unclear how to defend yourself” and at some point you have to “cut your losses financially,” he said. For the USADA to bring a case so long after the events happened “is a stretch,” Lettieri said.

“The results of the event drug testing should be the end of the story. Athletes from all sports should be worried that any agency could retrace steps and try to take away what they earned,” he said. If that happens corporate sponsors will be paying close attention, added David Gargone, director of the sports management program at Misericordia University. Although the Lance Armstrong Foundation said it will continue its mission of helping people affected by cancer, Gargone wondered whether Nike will maintain its connection with Armstrong’s Livestrong brand. “I think Nike and Livestrong have built a brand based on surviving the fight,” Gargone said. “Now the inspiration behind that brand has given up. That brand is now in question.” Yet to be determined is whether his students will use the Livestrong brand to promote another foot race like the one held last April at Frances Slocum State Park. The students chose the brand to attract runners and nearly 200 participated in the 5k race, Gargone said. “We’re looking to do it again,” he said, but, “We’ve got to wait and see.”

Committee said Friday it will await decisions by USADA and UCI before taking any steps against Armstrong, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games. Besides the disqualifications, Armstrong will forfeit any medals, winnings, points and prizes, USADA said, but it is the lost titles that now dominate his legacy. Every one of Armstrong’s competitive races from Aug. 1, 1998, has been vacated by USADA, established in 2000 as the official anti-doping agency for Olympic sports in the United States. Since Armstrong raced in UCI-sanctioned events, he was subject to international drug rules enforced in the U.S. by USADA. Its staff

joined a federal criminal investigation of Armstrong that ended earlier this year with no charges being filed. USADA, which announced its investigation in June, said its evidence came from more than a dozen witnesses “who agreed to testify and provide evidence about their firsthand experience and/or knowledge of the doping activity of those involved in the USPS conspiracy,” a reference to Armstrong’s former U.S. Postal Service cycling team. In all, USADA said up to 10 former Armstrong teammates were set to testify against him. “He had a right to contest the charges,” WADA President John Fahey said. “He chose not to.”

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Research firms say that what looked like a good year for computers and chips has fizzled. IHS iSuppli says global chip shipments are set to fall by 0.1 percent this year. That’s down from a previous forecast for growth of up to 3 percent. It’s the first annual decline since recession-colored 2009. ISuppli says the big reason behind the decline is that PC sales are anemic. IDC, another research firm, agrees. It now expects PC shipments to grow just 0.9 percent this year. That’s down from a forecast of 5 percent growth issued in March.

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economic recovery hasn’t felt much like one even for people who managed to find new jobs after being laid off. Most of them have had to settle for less pay. Only 56 percent of Americans laid off from January 2009 through December 2011 had found jobs by the start of this year, the Labor Department said Friday. More than half of them took jobs with lower pay. Onethird took pay cuts of 20 percent or more. The figures would be even lower if people who could find only part-time jobs were included in the total. The report provides an illustration of the job market’s persistent weakness well after the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009. It also documents that while the economy has added nearly 3 million jobs since the recovery began, many pay less than those that were lost. Laid-off workers always have a harder time finding new jobs than do people who quit. But since the government began tracking such data in 1984, people who lost jobs in a recovery haven’t had it as hard as they did in the one that began three years ago. And the pay cuts in their new jobs usually aren’t so deep. For example, in 2003-2005, a period that included a slow recovery, nearly 70 percent of those who were laid off found jobs. More than half who found full-time work in the three years ending in 2005 did so at the same or higher pay. The government compiles data on laid-off workers every two years. The report covers only people who had worked at least three years in the same job before being laid off. In doing so, it focuses on those who had stable careers before they lost work. The figures show some improvement compared with the previous report, which covered 2007 through 2009, coinciding with the Great Recession. But compared with most other recoveries, “this is really bad,” said Dean Baker, an economist and co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research.

Kodak film division for sale

Rochester, N.Y.-based Eastman Kodak is offering to sell its personalized imaging and document imaging businesses, which include "traditional photographic paper and still camera film products" as well as 105,000 photo-printing kiosks and the documentscanning branch. The sale will also loop in Kodak’s event imaging venture, which provides souvenir photos at theme parks and other venues.

TARP profits on tiny banks

The government says it made $62.4 million on the sale of its stock in four small banks that were bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis. The Treasury Department announced Friday the results of its latest auction of its preferred stock in small banks. The government sold its shares for $5.1 million less than its original investment in the four banks of $67.5 million. But overall the Treasury says the investment was profitable after counting $12.1 million in dividends it received from the banks, for total income of $74.5 million. The profits will help offset losses in the broader financial bailout, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Mexico fights egg shortage

The Mexican government is battling an egg shortage and hoarding that have caused prices to spike in a country with the highest per-capita egg consumption on earth. President Felipe Calderon and members of his Cabinet have announced about $227 million in emergency financing and commercial measures to restore production and replace about 11 million chickens slaughtered after a June outbreak of bird flu.

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their extremely low yields. Investors have shifted $1.3 trillion into bank savings accounts since the crisis, leaving $2.6 trillion in money-market funds, according to Peter Crane, president of Crane Data, a research firm in Westboro, Mass. "They’re much more concerned about the low yields than they are the remote risk of at some point losing a penny on the dollar," Crane said. Money-market funds historically have paid investors 1 percent to 2 percent more than bank savings rates.

funds after failing to garner enough support for the plan. SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro had argued that money-market funds are vulnerable to losses during financial panics, which could cause investors to lose money. The risk is that funds could "break the buck," or push their value below a dollar a share, as happened with one high-profile fund during the financial crisis in late 2008. Investors may not be worried about the funds’ safety, but they have noticed

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52-WEEK HIGH LOW

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+.01

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52-WEEK HIGH LOW

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Last Chg %YTD

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Last Chg %YTD

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Last Chg %YTD

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2012

THE TIMES LEADER

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NATIONAL FORECAST Partly sunny, a shower

TUESDAY Partly sunny

82° 60°

82° 66°

82° 63°

WEDNESDAY Sunny, cooler

80° 63°

MONDAY Showers possible, thunder

SUNDAY Partly sunny, shower

THURSDAY Mostly sunny

77° 58°

Syracuse 88/64

Poughkeepsie 87/58

Wilkes-Barre 82/61 New York City 84/68 Reading 83/64

Cooling Degree Days*

Yesterday Month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

87/59 79/59 92 in 1947 44 in 1971 8 180 748 660 493

*Index of fuel consumption, how far the day’s mean temperature was above 65 degrees.

Precipitation

Yesterday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date

Sun and Moon

Sunrise 6:23a 6:24a Moonrise Today 3:20p Tomorrow 4:15p Today Tomorrow

The Finger Lakes

Highs: 82-88. Lows: 57-64. Isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms possible.

Brandywine Valley

Highs: 82-83. Lows: 66-68. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the south.

Atlantic City 84/69

Yesterday Average Record High Record Low

83/57

Delmarva/Ocean City

Highs: 80-83. Lows: 68-72. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.

0.00” 2.84” 2.69” 21.95” 24.31” Sunset 7:47p 7:45p Moonset 12:03a 1:01a

Susquehanna Stage Wilkes-Barre 0.28 Towanda 0.16 Lehigh Bethlehem 3.07 Delaware Port Jervis 2.43 Full

Aug. 31

Last

Chg. Fld. Stg -0.10 22.0 -0.07 21.0 0.75

16.0

-0.03

18.0

New

First

Weather Central, LP For more weather information go to:

www.timesleader.com National Weather Service

607-729-1597

84/68

81/71

87/67

91/76

94/71

89/77 62/51

91/80

88/73 60/48

City Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis

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Today Tomorrow 62/51/pc 87/67/pc 83/68/sh 79/64/pc 88/64/s 86/63/s 95/75/pc 85/66/pc 91/76/t 83/57/pc 84/69/pc 88/73/s 89/77/t 92/68/pc 98/80/s 72/64/pc 91/80/t 88/70/pc 79/66/t

ALMANAC Recorded at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Int’l Airport River Levels, from 12 p.m. yesterday.

84/68

72/64

Highs: 78-84. Lows: 56-61. Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible today.

Philadelphia 83/68

Temperatures

60/53

The Jersey Shore

Pottsville 80/59

Harrisburg 81/65

95/75

85° 60°

Highs: 81-84. Lows: 68-69. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the south today.

84/69

79/66

The Poconos

Albany 87/62

Towanda 82/59

State College 79/60

80/51

TODAY’S SUMMARY

Binghamton 82/61

Scranton 82/61

77/55

Partly sunny

80° 55°

REGIONAL FORECAST Today’s high/ Tonight’s low

FRIDAY

City

Yesterday

Amsterdam Baghdad Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London

72/59/.00 108/81/.00 86/61/.00 66/52/.09 59/48/.00 59/54/.00 77/59/.08 91/82/.00 87/68/.00 68/57/.00

Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22

Find the car you want from home.

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City

Yesterday

Myrtle Beach Nashville New Orleans Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, Ore. St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Tucson Washington, DC

73/70/.00 91/64/.00 88/73/.30 78/73/.00 89/72/.00 80/71/.00 91/74/.00 97/81/.00 86/58/.00 76/50/.00 95/75/.00 91/67/.00 94/75/.00 72/68/.00 70/53/.00 72/50/.00 91/76/.00 94/73/.00 88/72/.00

WORLD CITIES

Today Tomorrow 73/61/sh 110/79/s 85/63/pc 73/58/pc 52/35/pc 58/45/sh 72/56/sh 87/79/t 91/70/s 73/53/r

64/53/sh 111/79/s 88/72/pc 68/53/pc 50/41/pc 58/51/pc 70/46/pc 92/81/t 91/69/s 67/52/pc

City

Yesterday

Mexico City Montreal Moscow Paris Rio de Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Juan Tokyo Warsaw

72/59/.00 82/61/.00 64/52/.00 75/59/.00 84/72/.00 108/81/.00 90/70/.00 84/75/.70 91/81/.00 77/50/.02

Today Tomorrow 83/69/pc 92/67/s 89/75/t 81/67/t 87/72/t 77/67/t 91/74/pc 102/82/s 83/62/s 82/55/s 95/72/pc 92/66/s 95/76/t 74/67/pc 66/53/pc 77/55/s 93/77/pc 95/73/t 84/68/sh

85/71/pc 92/69/pc 92/75/pc 82/71/pc 88/70/t 85/62/pc 89/76/t 103/84/pc 82/63/pc 76/57/pc 86/71/t 95/70/s 95/76/pc 75/67/pc 65/55/pc 74/55/pc 89/76/t 98/74/s 83/71/t

Today Tomorrow 72/57/t 85/63/s 65/54/sh 68/53/sh 82/63/s 106/77/s 90/70/pc 86/77/t 88/76/t 77/62/pc

73/56/t 85/71/pc 69/61/c 69/52/sh 80/63/pc 106/78/s 86/71/pc 87/79/t 88/75/t 75/55/pc

We're in for a mostly cloudy weekend with limited sunshine no thanks to a ﬂow off the ocean and a small storm forming along the mid-Atlantic coast. Scattered showers are possible each afternoon and evening. Another chance for showers will come on Monday as a weak cold front approaches. I see evidence that once Isaac comes ashore early next week near the panhandle of Florida, the weakening remains will slowly drift north toward Tennessee. From there, the rain pattern will become more disorganized with just an outside chance that some of it could reach us. -Tom Clark

Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sn-snow, sf-snow ﬂurries, i-ice.

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NATIONAL FORECAST: A cold front moving through the Upper Midwest will generate thunderstorms in that region today. Some much-needed rainfall will also be experienced throughout the central and southern Plains as scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected there. More showers and thunderstorms will also be possible over the southern Florida Peninsula as well as portions of the Mid-Atlantic.

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uring the summer months in Northeast Pennsylvania, construction is about as common as an 80-degree day. Many of the roads in the area are blocked or revamped, rerouting traffic and making for some major rush-hour headaches. So what happens when Coal Street, a main thoroughfare that connects the Wilkes-Barre and Wilkes-Barre Township boulevards and leads into a big shopping area gets a total overhaul? Things get a little messy.

Debbie Gushock pushes her 2 year-old grandson Patrick down Meade Street on a sunny afternoon.

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The South Meade Street sign tells you where you are.

Offerings sit aside a religious statue outside a Meade Street home in WilkesBarre.

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ATLANTA — When you’re paying for the view, a vacation home doesn’t need to have fussy decor or over-the-top interiors that distract from the lake setting. “That’s the reason why they’re buying the house,” said Alicia Mooney-Macchia, owner of Alicia Mooney Interiors, an interior designer from Lake Oconee, Ga. “What you want to do is walk in the house and look straight back at the view.” Heavy fabrics and details such as fringe on furniture are out, replaced with clean lines, linen fabrics and neutral colors, she said. Still, vacation homes don’t have to be shabby or suffer from the bare-bones look of a college apartment. Lake-home style can enhance the serene environment while maintaining functionality for friends and famStill, vacation ily. homes don’t have “The layouts are more efficient and efto be shabby or fective,” said Dan suffer from the Jones, owner of bare-bones look Jones and Jones Preof a college mier Builders and apartment. Lake- president of the Lake Oconee Builders Ashome style can sociation. “There’s enhance the senot as much wasted rene environment square footage. Obviwhile maintaining ously, openness is a continuing trend, functionality for and less walls.” friends and family. Carol Morrison, who owns a vacation home with her husband, Ken, on the 10th hole of the Harbor Club golf course at Lake Oconee, said they used minimal window treatments to keep the house open and emphasize the view. The desire for openness even extends to decisions about placing stair rails so they don’t obstruct the view. Dennis Chamberlain, owner of Stair South, based in Eatonton, Ga., said his company situates iron rails horizontally (allowed by local building codes), instead of vertically, both inside and outside the home. “If you’re sitting on your porch and looking onto the lake ... you can look horizontally and see more,” he said. Builders, interior designers and homeowners shared other ways to decorate vacation homes with the scenery in mind: Using nautical decor You don’t want to get seasick at your lake home. If you want to give a nod to the water setting and participate in the nautical trend in homes and fashion, Mooney-Macchia advises against creating a “lake room.” Instead, See VACATION, Page 2C

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keep it simple. She accessorizes with nautical items, such as old oars or glass fishing floats and buoys covered with netting. Or a throw pillow could have a nautical or water motif. Making space for guests Requests for bunk-bed rooms are rising, especially as grandparents seek to accommodate multiple grandchildren during weekends and summers. “One of the neat things we’ve done is bunk rooms,” Jones said. “You know you’re going to be loading the house with people. Instead of a bedroom with a queen or king bed, put bunks.” He adds that the main thing to consider is ceiling height — at least 9 feet is optimal. Stair South recently was installing bunk beds out of solid ash in Bert and Trudy Hene’s home at Harbor Club. The downstairs room will have seven beds. The couple first owned a threebedroom, 2 1/2 -bath villa, or condo, at Lake Oconee, but last year they moved into a five-bedroom, 4 ½-bath home there. “We have three children, and we outgrew the condo. We have five grandchildren now,” Trudy Hene said. “We just knew that we wanted something bigger, that if all the kids came, and grandkids, we would have enough room for everybody.”

A cozy double-block is one of the many homes that lines Meade Street in Wilkes-Barre.

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Carol and Ken Morrison said they used minimal window treatments to keep the house open and emphasize the view. This is sitting room inside their Lake Oconee home.

Incorporating cedar beams or placing tongue-and-groove boards on the walls and ceilings in keeping rooms, living rooms and master bedrooms are two popular ways homeowners add natural elements. In lake homes, though, the wood is painted with a whitewashed look. “It’s not going to be overwhelming. It’s not going to feel like a rustic log cabin,” Mooney-Macchia said. Another option, which can be more affordable, is using bead board, which adds wainscoting as Working in wood Whether the interior design a detail in rooms of the house. style is modern, traditional or transitional, vacation homeowners of- Matching the scenery Neutrals keep the attention on ten use wood elements indoors to reflect their love for the outdoor surroundings.

Going big While much of the time is spent outdoors, homeowners are placing a greater emphasis on creating large spaces for themselves and their guests to eat indoors. Chamberlain is seeing an increase in requests for massive tables that seat 12 to 16 people. The Henes have a custom 12-foot table at their lake home. “We had it made to look like a picnic table, but it’s real heavy wood,” Trudy Hene said.

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A view from Bert and Trudy Hene’s Lake Oconee home.

the view, and grays are the new neutral, Mooney-Macchia said. She brings in bold splashes of orange and blue through pillows and other accessories. Homeowners find that water-inspired hues can add to a home’s soothing setting. “I think the best thing that you could say about it is when we have guests that come, they just totally, totally relax,” said Carol Morrison, who used a blue color palette in her guest bedroom. “Everybody we’ve had that’s ever come to spend the night there, they’ve all thoughtthatthisisthemostpeaceful, relaxing stay that they’ve had.”

“I used to complain about all these side streets here, but they came in handy when that construction was going on right here and the road was being taken care of,” said Rodney Graham, 35, who lived in New Jersey before moving to the area about six years ago. Graham lives on the northern part of Meade Street, one of the many offshoots of Coal Street that have seen some changes over the past month. “It’s nice though, that they shifted everything and repaved it,” he continued. “I’m excited for when it’s done. It’s already looking good.” Meade Street is a long stretch that runs from Coal Street to Moyallen Street. The northern part seems a relatively quiet area where neighbors stroll about on a nice day, some heading back from the Coal Street Park. “We like it here,” Theresa Martinez, 43, of the south end of Meade Street said as she watched her 5-year-old niece Jordan run up the street ahead of her. “The park is very close

and there’s always someone there for her to play with.” Has the construction really bothered anyone? “Not really,” Samuel Barhydt, 27, said. “I think construction is just something that’s expected in this area; it’s always going on somewhere. It just so happened to be by this street. It’s nothing terrible to go through to end up with a nice street. The way they’re setting it up is just going to help with traffic.” One of the perks of living on Meade Street is that it’s within walking distance of many places besides the Coal Street Park. One such business is David’s Coffee Shop, just steps off of Meade on New Market Street. David’s Coffee Shop was created by retired Wilkes-Barre School District teachers Suzanne and John Joseph to serve as a training site for young adults with autism. The cause hits home for the Josephs, whose 26-year-old son David has autism. The cozy shop serves the usual coffeehouse fare, from brew to doughnuts, bagels, bread, and a daily soup. Love the street you live on? Have a good story to tell? Let Sara Pokorny know at 970-7127 or spokorny@timesleader.com

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Kaidence V. Ankner Kaidence Violet Ankner, daughter of Stephanie and Peter Ankner Jr., Sugar Notch, is celebrating her fourth birthday today, Aug. 25. Kaidence is a granddaughter of Lynn Marie Kelly and the late David James Havard Jr., WilkesBarre. She is a great-granddaughter of Marie and Charles Kelly Sr., Wilkes-Barre; Victor and Betty Bianconi, Sugar Notch; and the late Lois Jean Prutzman, Wilkes-Barre. Kaidence is a greatgreat-granddaughter of the late Wanda Violet and George Crake Sr., Larksville, and the late Rita and David J. Havard Sr., WilkesBarre. Kaidence has a brother, Xavier Andrew.

Aiden K. J. Petruncio Aiden Kenneth-James Petruncio, son of Corey and Kirby Petruncio, Hanover Township, is celebrating his second birthday today, Aug. 25. Aiden is a grandson of James Petruncio, WilkesBarre, the late Angela Petruncio; and Kenneth and Lisa Fletcher, Wilkes-Barre. Aiden is a greatgrandson of Raymond Petruncio, Quakake; Christopher Habina, Haddock; Angela Fletcher, Wilkes-Barre; and the late Nancy Czock.

Saint Therese’s Church in Shavertown holds 2012 confirmation Eighth-grade members of Saint Therese’s Church, Shavertown, received the sacrament of confirmation on May 22. The Most Rev. James C. Timlin, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Scranton, celebrated the Mass. Youth, not in order, with Bishop Timlin and James J. Paisley, pastor, are: Michael Alves, Calli Amadio, Maria Ansilio, Brendan Balara, Julia Baur, Francis Bevevino, Joseph Bevevino, Jessica Blat, Eric Bordo, Peter Capitano, Danielle Caputo, Chandler Caruso, Andrew Chupka, Dominique Coslett, Allison DeBoer, Connor Duffy, James Farrell, Megan Galasso, Griffin Gdovin, Edward Geist, Alexander Grosek, Kyra Grzymski, Rachel Healey, Alexis Hockenberry, Lauren Hudak, Madison Kaminski, Morgan Kapral, Michael Kelly III, Christian Kimmerle, Kaitlyn Kochanski, Rachel Kon, Kayleigh Konek, Katherine Kravitsky, Jared Krawetz, Alexandria Krebs, Zachary Krispin, Angelo Kwak, Caitlyn Landau, John Lyback, Nicholas Lyback, Rachel Mahoney, Nicholas Malkemes, Megan Mancinelli, Ryan Martin, Nicholas Mathers, Christopher McGrath, Christopher Mennig, Olivia Mennig, Jacqueline Meuser, Michael Minsavage, Connor Motley, Adam Niznik, Ariana Notartoamaso, Justin Novitski, Jacob Ondish, Joshua Orlandini, Marlena Ostrowski, Katherine Paglia, Juliana Pillets, Kevin Platt, Bria Polachek, Samantha Rinehimer, Colin Ryniec, Christopher Sabol, Anthony Serino III, Cameron Shaner, Joseph Sharon, Lauren Slavoski, Stephen Strumski, Kaitlin Sutton, Brian Tomaszewski, Nicholas Tomaszewski, Danielle Walsh, Jason Williams, Justin Yavorski, Kevin Young, and Emilee Mae Zawatski.

Addison J. Keating Breckin A. Weiss Breckin Anthony Weiss, son of Ashley and AJ Weiss, Egg Harbor Township, N.J., is celebrating his fifth birthday today, Aug. 25. Breckin is a grandson of Tony and Kathy Weiss, Wilkes-Barre, and Zoe and Frank Miller, Smithville, N.J. Breckin is a greatgrandson of the late Helen and Mike Simons and the late Doris and Tony Weiss. Breckin has a sister, Reese, 6.

Addison Jewell Keating, daughter of Brian and Lindsey Keating, Exeter, is celebrating her first birthday today, Aug. 25. Addison is a granddaughter of Joseph and Betty Keating, Hanover Township, and Ed and MaryJo Vancavage, Kingston. Addison is a great-granddaughter of Robert and Mary Bambrick, WilkesBarre; and the late Joseph and Mary Boylan, Peter and Bertha Vancavage, and Thomas and Margaret Keating. Addison has a brother, Drew Patrick, 3.

Baby shower benefits Pro-Life Center Betty Caffrey, from Pennsylvanians for Human Life, was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Altar and Rosary Society of Holy Family Church, Luzerne. A baby shower was held for the Pro-Life Center in conjunction with the meeting. From left, are Carol Cardoni, president; Caffrey; Mary Watkins, secretary; Donna Mazaika, treasurer; Rosemary Sigmond, parliamentarian; Marie Stefanides, corresponding secretary. Kathy Long is vice president of the Altar and Rosary Society and Anna Wasilauski is sunshine secretary.

Dale Quick Dale Quick, son of Scott Quick and Brenda Novis, Dupont, celebrated his 1 1th birthday on Aug. 18. Dale is a grandson of Sharon Newman, Pittston; the late Wayne Quick, Pittston; the late Michael Montagna, Pittston; the late Rosemary Novis, Pittston; and the late Kenneth Novis, Philadelphia. Dale has a brother, Scott, 13.

Evan J. Hoover Evan John Hoover, son of Damian and Janice Hoover, Lehman Township, celebrated his eighth birthday Aug. 16. Evan is a grandson of Carol and Alvah Hoover, Shickshinny Lake, and Patricia and Eugene Kane, Swoyersville. He has a brother, Adam, 6.

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Three receive First Holy Communion Members of Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre, witnessed three young parishioners receive their First Holy Communion on June 3 during the morning Eucharist service. From left are Kelly Casterline, Francesca Bukevicz and Calista Stella with the Rev. Timothy Alleman, rector.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church dedicates, blesses prayer garden

Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church parishioners gathered for the dedication and blessing of the newly created prayer garden on the grounds of Holy Cross Church, Buttonwood section of Hanover Township. The statue of St. Ann surrounded by shrubbery, plants and engraved paver blocks, was blessed by the Rev. Kevin Mulhern, pastor of the parish of St Robert Bellarmine, which includes St. Aloysius and Exaltation of the Holy Cross churches. The Men’s Club provided some funding and manpower and Our Lady of Czestochowa Society donated the meditation bench. Sale of engraved paver blocks provided a major source of funding and additional engraved patio blocks will be available for purchase in the near future. A social followed in the church hall where Rev. Mulhern’s birthday was also celebrated. From left, are Barry Kaminski, Joe Manoski, Ann Williams, Mulhern, John Basar and Frank Krasnavage, Men’s club president. Absent: Linda Shypulefski.

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Assembly of God Back Mountain Harvest Assembly 340 Carverton Rd. Trucksville Pastor Dan Miller 570-696-1128 www.bmha.org Saturday Evening Worship 6:30PM Sunday Morning Worship 8AM 9:45AM & 11AM Sunday School 9:45AM Sunday Evening Worship 6:30PM Wednesday Mid-Week

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First Assembly Of God

424 Stanton Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

SUNDAY SERVICES Celebration Service 10:15AM Sunday School 9AM Christian Education 9AM Kidz Church 10:15AM Intercessory Prayer 8:15AM Sunday Evening 6:30PM TUESDAY Women’s Bible Study 10AM WEDNESDAY Family Night Ministries 7PM THURSDAY Evidence Youth Group 6:30PM 570-829-0989 www.wilkesbarreag.com

Luzerne Assembly of God 649 Bennett St. 570-338-2415 SUNDAY WORSHIP 11AM COME WORSHIP CHRIST JESUS. All Are Welcome.

Baptist

Nebo Baptist Church of Nanticoke

75 Prospect St. Nanticoke 735-3932 Pastor Tim Hall www.nebobaptist.org Worship Service Sun. 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. Sun School 9:45 a.m. Nursery Junior Church Youth Groups Great Bible Seminars Everyone is Welcome

Welsh Bethel Baptist Parish & Loomis St. W-B Sunday Worship 10 a.m. Sunday School 11:15 a.m. Bible Study Wed 6:30 p.m. Pastor Don Hartsthorne 822-3372

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

105 HILL ST...WILKES-BARRE Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Service 11 a.m. We offer Children’s Church Prayer Service Wednesday 7p.m. Bible Study Wednesday 8 p.m. Rev. Michael E. Brewster, Pastor

First Baptist

48 S. River St. W-B Pastor Shawn Walker 822-7482 Sunday Service at 11 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. “The Place for a New Beginning..”

9:30 a.m. Adult/Teen Sun School 10:45 a.m. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting Wed at 7:15 p.m. Chairlift Available

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High Point Baptist Church 1919 Mountain Road, Larksville 570-371-4404 www.highpoint church.info

First Baptist

52 E. 8th Street, Wyoming Sunday School All Ages 9:30 Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Tues 7 p.m. prayer meeting Pastor: Jeffery Klansek 693-1754 Visitors Welcome

MEADE ST. BAPTIST

Bible

Christ Community Church

100 West Dorrance St. Kingston, PA 18704 Sunday School/ABF 9:30 a.m. Sun Worship 10:30 a.m. Radio Ministry “Searching the Scriptures” Sunday 7:30-8:30 AM WRKC 88.5 FM website: www.ccchurchtoday.org Pastor: John Butch Phone: 283-2202

Dallas Baptist

Harvey’s Lake Highway, Dallas 639-5099 Pastor Jerry Branch Sun. Worship 9:15 & 11 am www.dallasbaptist church.org

Grace Community Church

A Bible Teaching Ministry Memorial Hwy. Dallas Sunday Services: 11 a.m., 6 p.m. (570) 675-3723 www.gracechurchdallas.org

Living Hope Bible Church

WHERE HOPE COMES TO LIFE AND THE SON ALWAYS SHINES 35 S. Main St. Plains, PA Pastor Mark DeSilva Sunday Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:00 a.m. Mid Week Bible Study every Wed at 6:30pm Youth Group Men’s & Women’s Bible Studies For information call 570-406-4295 www.lhbcpa.org

373 N. Main Street, W-B Father Timothy Alleman, Rector SUNG SUNDAY EUCHARIST - 9:00 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:00 AM SATURDAY HOLY EUCHARIST - 4:30 PM WEDNESDAY - 7:00 PM HEALING SERVICE & HOLY EUCHARIST

Lutheran

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Catholic St. John The Baptist Church 126 Nesbitt St. Larksville, PA 18651 570-779-9620 A WELCOMING, GROWING, FAITH COMMUNITY Saturday 4 p.m. Sunday 7 a.m., 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Ample, Easy Parking Handicapped Accessible Confessions: Saturday 3 p.m.

St. Stephen’s

Episcopal Pro- Cathedral 35 S. Franklin St., W-B Holy Communion 8:00 Church School 10:00 Choral Eucharist 10:30 Nursery 9:00 - 12:15 Call 825-6653 for information about Worship Music Programs and Community Ministries

Catholic Our Lady of Fatima Parish 134 S. Washington Street, Downtown Wilkes-Barre (570) 823-4168

Saturday 4 PM Sunday 8 AM, 10 AM, 12:10 PM, 7 PM Catholic

PARISH OF ST. ANDRE BESSETTE

Monsignor Thomas V. Banick, Pastor

Vigil (Saturday)

Sunday

Weekday Mass

• 7:00 a.m. at Holy Saviour Worship Site, 56 Hillard St, East End • 8:00 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Worship Site, 668 N. Main St., North End

Confessions

• 3:00 p.m. at Holy Saviour Worship Site, 56 Hillard St, East End • 4:30 p.m. at St. Stanislaus Worship Site, 668 N. Main St., North End

Christian 881 Wyoming Ave., Kingston 570-288-4855 Pastor Dennis Gray

Come Hear The Word Of God, Let It Change Your Life! Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Communion Every Sunday Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m. ELEVATOR ACCESSIBLE

Church Of Christ Uniting

Church of Christ Uniting

MERGED PRESBYTERIAN & METHODIST Corner of Market St. & Sprague Ave. Kingston 570-288-8434 Devotional Line: 570-288-2334 Rev. Dr. Carol Ann Fleming Rev. Dr. James L. Harring Morning Worship 10:00 AM Youth Sunday School During Worship Adult Sunday School 11:30 AM Child Care Provided Choirs - Children, Adult, Bell Ringers Air Conditioned www.churchofchristuniting.org

St. John’s Lutheran Church 410 S. River St. Wilkes-Barre Worship 9:30 AM Ofﬁce Phone 823-7139

www.NanticokeLutheran.org

ST. CLEMENT & ST. PETERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 165 Hanover St., W-B 822-8043 Holy Eucharist 10a.m. Sunday School 10:00a.m. WELCOME ALL TO GROW IN GODS LOVE www.stclementstpeter.org

St. Martin In-The-Fields 3085 Church Rd., Mountaintop Rev. Dan FitzSimmons

CHORAL EUCHARIST 10AM HEALING SERVICE Last Sunday each month

Fellowship Evangelical Free Church

489 N. Main St. Wilkes-Barre 570-208-1281 Sunday Service 10:30am NewHopenepa.com Pastors Richard & Susanne Bolt

Friends & Quakers

Friends & Quakers Stella Presbyterian Church, 1700 Wyoming Ave Forty Fort 570-824-5130 11 a.m. Worship http://northbranch. quaker.org

St. Marks Lutheran Church 56 S. Hancock St., W-B Pastor - Rev. Mary Lauffer Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

“God’s Glory Our Passion” St. Matthew 45 Hilderbrandt Rd. Lutheran Church (Near the Dallas Schools) 667 N. Main St., W-B Sundays 822-8233 WORSHIP - 10:30 a.m. Worship Schedule: Fellowship - 10:00 a.m. Sun 7:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Discipleship Class - 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Adult Bible Class 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Evenings Rev. Gary Scharrer Pioneer Clubs (K-5th) Chairlift Available 6:30 p.m. Missouri Synod Women’s Study - 6:30 p.m. (Nursery provided For All) St. Paul Thursdays Lutheran Church 474 Yalick Road Women’s Study - 9:30 a.m. (Rt. 118) TNT (Youth 6th-12th Grade) Dallas, PA 6 p.m. Rev. Charles Grube Sat. Worship For More Information 5:30pm Please call 675-6426 or Sunday Worship 9:30am Visit Us Online at Sunday School www.fellowshipfreechurch.org 9:30am Senior Pastor: 570-675-3859 Marc Ramirez

Independent

Second Welsh Serving through Faith, Congregational Praise & Good Works Church

Four Square Gospel NEW HOPE CHURCH

Rev. Debby North Holy Communion Sunday 8 am & 9:30 am Christian Education 10:30 am Christian Coffee House Every 4th Fri 7-9PM

475 Hazel St., Wilkes-Barre 829-3790 Sunday Services 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 6 p.m. Sunday Eve Wednesday 7 p.m. Bible Study Prayer and Youth Groups Limited Van Service Available, Please Call. Independent... Fundamental... Friendly

NEW LIFE

COMMUNITY CHURCH 301 Delaney St. Hanover Township LOOK/LEARN/LOVE/LEAD Sunday School 9:30 am Worship Service 10:30 am 6 p.m. Sunday Eve Nursery/Children’s Church 570-NEW-LIFE (639-5433) Pastor: Gideon Gaitano newlifefamily.org

Trinity Presbyterian

Wyoming Presbyterian Church

New Life Community Church

Orthodox Church In America 401 East Main St., W-B Phone: 825-6540 Rev. David Shewczyk Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m. Feast Days 9:00 a.m. Saturday Vespers: Summer 6:00 p.m. - Winter 4:00 p.m.

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church 32 E. Ross St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 Phone: 570-823-4805 Father George Dimopoulos Sunday Orthos 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:45 a.m. www.greekorthodox.com

Saint Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church 905 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre Very Rev, David Hester Deacon John Karam Saturday - Great Vespers 6 p.m. Sunday - Divine Liturgy 10 a.m. Parish Ofﬁce 824-5016 All Are Welcome Website: www.antiochian.org

Presbyterian

First United Presbyterian Church

115 Exeter Ave., West Pittston 654-8121 Worship 11:00 AM at St. Cecilia’s Roman Catholic Church, Wyoming Avenue, Exeter Rev. James E. Thyren, Pastor

Calvary United Methodist 39 East Poplar Street West Nanticoke Sunday Worship 10 am Children’s Church School, Everyone welcome. George Price, Pastor. 570-735-1514

Central United Methodist 65 Academy Street, W-B Rev. Dr. Paul C. Amara SUN. WORSHIP SERVICE 11:15 am Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Child Care Provided For Infants & Toddlers 822-7246

CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

175 S. Main Road Mountain Top Pastor Rev. Stephen Sours Sunday Worship 8:30 & 10:45 am Sun School 9:30 am Nursery Available 570-474-6060

Mennonite Nanticoke Christian Fellowship

112 Prospect St. Sunday Celebration 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - Sept. - May 9:00 a.m. Pastor D. Pegarella 735-1700

Nazarene Mountain View Church Of The Nazarene

WE HAVE MOVED!! 52 E. 8th Street, Wyoming Pastor Bryan Rosenberg Worship Saturday 5:30 p.m. Children’s Church & Child Care Provided. 570-821-2800 Everyone is Welcome!

10 am Traditional Worship Prayer Line 283-8133

Loyalville United Methodist Church Loyalville Rd. Lake Township Sunday Worship 9:30 am 570-477-3521

Shavertown United Methodist Church shavertownumc.com 163 N. Pioneer Ave., Shavertown Phone-a-prayer 675-4666 Pastor: Rev. M. Lynn Snyder Organ/Choir Director Deborah Kelleher Saturday Service 5:30 p.m. Chapel Service Sunday Service 10:00 a.m. - Worship Service Sunday School - 10:30 a.m. Prayer & Praise Service - 2nd Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Nursery Care Available during Sunday Service For more information call the ofﬁce at 570-675-3616

Trucksville United Methodist Marian E. Hartman, Pastor Dr. Stephen L. Broskoske, Director of Music “Making Disciples for Jesus Christ” Sunday Schedule 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. During the Summer Months. Church RD off Route 309, Trucksville, take left up hill at light at Carverton RD Phone: 570- 696-3897 Fax: 570-696-3898 Email: ofﬁce@trucksvilleumc.com

Wyoming United Methodist 376 Wyoming Ave Rev. Marcelle Dotson Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. 570-693-2821 Ample Parking

United Church Of Christ St. Luke’s UCC

471 N. Main St. Wilkes-Barre • 822-7961 Rev. Justin Victor Sun. Worship 10:00 Sunday School 10:15 am Communion service the 1st Sunday of every month. RIDE’S AVAILABLE: CALL

First Presbyterian St. Peter’s Church Lutheran Church 1000 S. Main St., W-B 823-7332 Pastor Michael Erickson Sun. Worship - 9:00 a.m. Sunday School & Adult Bible Study 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Missouri Synod

Forty Fort United Methodist Church

Luzerne United 570 South Main Rd., Methodist Church Mountaintop, PA 446 Bennet St., Luzerne 868-5155 Sunday Worship Pastor Dave Elick 10:30 a.m. Sunday School Church School 9:30 a.m. during Worship Sunday Worship Service Carol E. Coleman 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Pastor 287-6231 Bible Services Wed. 7 p.m. All Are Welcome

St. John Baptist Orthodox Church United Methodist 106 Welles St. (Hanover Section) Nanticoke, PA 570-735-2263 www.stjohnsnanticoke.org stjohnsnanticoke@gmail.com Saturday Great Vespers 4 pm Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:30 am Fr. Adam Sexton

United Methodist

105 Irem Road, Dallas Church Ofﬁce 287-3840 Wyoming & Yeager Ave Worship Service Rev. Dr. Philip T. Wanck 10:00 a.m. Handicapped Accessible Pastor 8:30 am early Roger Grifﬁth Summer Worship (ends on Nursery Provided September 2nd) 570- 675-3131

Primitive Methodist

Holy Trinity Messiah Russian Lutheran Church Orthodox Church 453 S. Main Street, W-B Rev. Mary E. Laufer Sunday Holy Communion 8:00 and 10:45 a.m.

Presbyterian

Wyoming Ave. at Institute St., 570-693-0594 Laura Lewis, Pastor Worship Service: 11 a.m. Sunday School: 10 a.m.

813 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston Saturday Contemporary Holy Communion 5:30 Sunday Traditional Holy Communion 10:00 Rev. Paul Metzloff Handicapped Accessible

Nanticoke

Evangelical Free Church

Orthodox Church In America 591 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre Very Rev. Joseph Martin, Pastor 822-7725 Saturday Vespers 6:00 p.m. Sunday Divine Liturgy 8:30 a.m. Feast Day Vespers 6 p.m. Feast Day Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m. ALL ARE WELCOME web site: www.oca.org

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

231 State St. Ofﬁce 735-8531

Episcopal

Orthodox Holy Resurrection Cathedral

190 S. Main Street, W-B Pastor Peter D. Kuritz Pastor Janel D. Wigen Saturday Service 5:00 p.m. Sunday Service 9:30 a.m. SCS 9:45 a.m. 570-824-2991

St. John’s Lutheran

• 4:00 p.m. at Holy Saviour Worship Site, 56 Hillard St, East End (570)823-4988 • 5:30 p.m. at St. Stanislaus Worship Site, 668 N. Main St., North End • 8:30 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Worship Site, 668 N. Main St., North End • 10:30 a.m. at Holy Saviour Worship Site, 56 Hillard St, East End

Lutheran

Holy Cross Episcopal Church

SAINT MARY’S CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Wyoming Ave. Cross Creek Christian Community Church

Sunday Services 9am & 50 S. Meade St. 10:45am Wilkes-Barre, PA With Jr. Church & Nursery Available. Chester F. Dudick, Pastor Wed 6:30 Family Night (570) 820-8355 with Awana for ages 18 SUNDAY SCHOOL months - 6th grade. 9:30 a.m. College & Career, WORSHIP SERVICE CrossRoads for Teens, 10:30 a.m. Deaf Ministry, Small PRAYER, BIBLE STUDY Groups, Men’s & Women’s & PIONEER CLUB Ministry, Groups. Wed 6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery for WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP Hurts, Habits, Hang-Ups 2nd Tuesday of the month Tuesday’s 6:30pm 6:30 p.m. Discover the difference! AFTERNOON 370 Carverton Road, FELLOWSHIP Trucksville 696-0399 12 noon last Sunday of the www.crosscreekcc.org Month EXPOSITORY PREACHING: EXPLAINING GOD’S TRUTH, ONE VERSE AT A TIME.

22 Outlet Road Lehman, PA 675-8109 www.rolfministries.org Sunday School 9:15am Service 10:30am Nursery provided Thursday Night 6:30pm Bible study & Youth Groups Coffee house Fridays 6 to 9 pm with live music.

Rev. James H. Breese, Pastor Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. Children’s Sun School

Episcopal

River Of Life Fellowship Church

654-0283

SUNDAY - 9:30AM Bible Studies for All Ages 10:30AM Worship & Rootz Children’s Ministry 6:00PM Pulse/JAM Youth Ministry WEEKLY - Small Group Bible Studies Men’s/Women’s/Parenting Ministries Cub Scouts/American Heritage Girls

63 Division St., W-B Kenneth P. Jordan, Pastor Chris Hamilton, Youth Pastor Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. 570-823-3083

1024 Exeter Avenue Exeter, PA 18643 Pastor Guy Giordano (570) 388-5213 SUNDAY SERVICES Intercessory Prayer 9:30am Worship Service 10:00am Sunday School/ Nursery Provided WEDNESDAY SERVICES Bible Study & Prayer 7pm Visitors Welcome! Encounter Christ in a historical church in a new & relevant way.

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Baptist

Baptist Tabernacle

Bible

Slocum Chapel

First Baptist Church

“A church where God’s inerrant, inspired, infallible Word is preached and God is gloriﬁed”

5390 Main Road Sweet Valley, PA Sunday School 9:30 am Morning Worship at 10:45am. Afternoon Worship 1:30pm. Prayer Meetings 7pm on Wednesdays. Pastor Tim Cappucci

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High Point Baptist Church

WILKES-BARRE: Blessing of animals will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at Saint Mary of the Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church, 695 N. Main St. The blessing will be in commemoration of the Feast Day of St. Mammas. There will be a short prayer service followed by the blessing of pets. Gym doors will open at 6 p.m. For additional information, call 822-6028. All pets are welcome.

50TH ANNUAL

HAZLETON: Catholic Underground PA, “Engaging the culture in conversation with the Gospel through Eucharistic Adoration and Catholic Entertainment,” will present Paging Samuel at Annunciation Parish at St. Gabriel’s Church in Hazleton at 7 p.m. Sept. 14. A free-will donation will be taken to help continue the Catholic Underground in Hazleton. For more information, visit www.catholicundergroundpa.com or call 403-3094. TRUCKSVILLE: Children of the World International Children’s Choir will be performing at Cross Creek Community Church, 370 Carverton Road, on Sept. 9. Two performances will be held at 9 and 10:45 a.m. Admission is free and a love offering will be taken during the performance. The choir, comprised of orphaned and disadvantaged children from several different countries around the world, travels across the U.S. for 10 months putting a voice and face to the desperate needs of children whose lives have been devastated by civil war, famine, poverty, unclean water, and preventable diseases.

S. Franklin & Northhampton Sts., W-B 10:00 a.m. Worship Rev. Dr. Robert M. Zanicky, Minister

Air Conditioned Sanctuary

Nursery provided Handicapped Access John Vaida - Minister of Music Pamela Kerns - Christian Education Director A Friendly Inclusive, & Welcoming Church Audio Sermons available on web @ www.fpcwb.com

Forty Fort Presbyterian Church

1224 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort Pastor William Lukesh 287-7097 Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. 6 p.m. Praise Band Handicap Accessible Nursery Provided Air Conditioned Visitors Welcome

Miner Congregational UCC Dallas United Methodist

4 Parsonage Street, Dallas Pastor: Rev. Robert G. Wood 675-5701

137 Abbott St. PLAINS Pastor Joan Mitchell Sun. Service 9am Sun School 10am

570-829-6363

Early Service 9:15am Church Service 10:30am Sunday School begins September 9th. 675-0122

Handicapped Accessible

Firwood United Methodist Church Cor. Old River Rd. & Dagobert St.

Rev. Barbara Pease Safe Sanctuary Policy Morning Service 10:00 a.m. Handicap Elevator Available You are invited to attend. 823-7721

Unity Unity: A Center for Spiritual Living 140 S. Grant St., W-B Rev. Dianne Sickler Sunday Service & Children’s Church 10 a.m. Church 824-7722 Prayer Line 829-3133 www.unitynepa.com

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Sister likes her sibling’s gift idea so much she buys the same gift Dear Abby: My sister sent me an email asking what I was getting our mom for her birthday because she had very few ideas. I told her I was planning to get Mom a gift card so she could buy a book for her e-reader. Two days later, my sister emailed me back telling me she liked my idea so much she used it and mailed Mom the same gift card herself. She said it’s “no big deal” if we got Mom the same thing. It’s a big deal to me. I think it was rude and inconsiderate. She says I’m being “ridiculous” because “it’s only a gift card” and it doesn’t matter if

DEAR ABBY ADVICE Mom got two of them. To me, if you ask what I’m getting someone as a gift, it’s rude to run out and buy that item yourself. Who do you agree with? — Learned a Lesson in Lewisburg, Pa. Dear Learned A Lesson: I agree with you. But rather than hold a grudge, take the lesson to heart. The next time your sister asks you for gift suggestions for a relative, tell her, “Gee, I haven’t decided yet.”

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