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Tom Denis, president of the NEPA Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriting Society, presents a check for $500 to Bill Jackowitz, cochairman of the Kids Swim Free program at Nay Aug Park in Scranton. This year it cost children $5 to swim at Nay Aug Park and this donation was used to benefit those who could not afford to pay the fee.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Coal Mining info sought, Carl Orechovsky, research editor of Anthracite Archives, Old Forge, is seeking information about the coal mining industry during the 1950s and ’60s in Old Forge. Anyone interested, with information or photos of mine openings, buildings, miners, breakers or stories of life and workings in the mines can contact Orechovsky evenings at 702.4217 or e-mail info@oldforgecoalmine.com. The West Scranton Hyde Park Neighborhood Watch will hold its next meeting on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at All Saints Auditorium, 1403 Jackson St., behind St. Patrick’s Church. Info: http://hydeparkneighborwatch.wordpress.com/. The group will host a Business Watch meeting on Monday, August 27 at 7 p.m. at the Victor Alfieri Society Upper Meeting Room, 206 No. Main

Ave. Scranton. Info: 878.7368. The Playwrights Project will present Providence Speakeasy, on Sunday, August 26 at the Old Bricke Theater, located at 126 W. Market St., Scranton. The theater will be transformed to look like a speakeasy from the 1920s, complete with costumes, a jazz band and decorations. All proceeds from the event will go towards the production costs of Dyonisia ’12, the playwrights’ festival. Johnson College will hold Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Training from August 27 to February 7, 2013. Classes will be held Monday through Thursday, 4 to 10:15 pm in the Woolworth Building’s Precision Machining Classroom. The College is located at 3427 N. Main Ave., Scranton. For more information or to register, visit http://www.johnson.edu/continuing-education/upcoming-training/ or call 702.8979. The Catholic Choral Society will

begin its 64th season on Tuesday, September 4, with rehearsals on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. at the IHM Center at Marywood University. The group, composed of members from both Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, performs sacred, classical, Broadway and popular music at performances in both Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. New members are welcome and no auditions are required. The group’s first concert is scheduled for October. For more information, visit www.catholicchoralsociety.org or call 587.2753. “Riverworks III: Lackawanna River Corridor Association, Celebrating 25 Years” will be held September 6 through 29 with an opening reception on First Friday, September 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. The theme for this juried exhibition is the river and its watershed. For information on the LRCA, including a complete description of the watershed and its access points, visit www.lrca.org.

For information on entering the exhibition, visit http://www.artworksnepa.com. Fight For Air Walk kick off luncheon will be held at Uno’s Restaurant in Dickson City on Thursday Sept 13 from noon to 1 p.m. to learn about our upcoming Fight For Air Walk to be held at Nay Aug park on Saturday, Oct. 13. RSVP is necessary to attend the luncheon. Info: 823.2212. To register for the walk, visit www.lunginfo.org/scrantonwalk. “Laughter With A Purpose: A Benefit for Michael Meoni” will be held at the AFA Art Gallery’s second floor on Saturday, Sept. 15. The money raised at the event, hosted by the gallery, located at 514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Tickets for the event are priced at $20. This night of entertainment includes improv groups Here We Are In Spain and Unorganized Business, juggler Mike Simon, rock band Fire With Friends and acoustic guitar player Brendan Regan. Shows are sched-

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Downtown Scranton welcomes La Festa Italiana DON MCGLYNN dmcglynn@golackwanna.com

This weekend, Arcaro & Genell Restaurant will be bringing its Old Forge taste to downtown Scranton. The restaurant will be one of close to 100 vendors taking part in La Festa Italiana scheduled for Saturday through Monday, Sept. 1 through 3 on Courthouse Square. “We use it more as a meet and greet,” said Angelo Genell, who owns Arcaro & Genell with his brother, Mark. “We get to see our customers born on Columbus Day in 1976 who we haven’t seen in a while. and it was pretty cold,” laughed Sometimes we only get to see DiMattio. Several festivals were held that them at the festival. It’s just a fun year, and La Festa has managed thing to be involved in.” If numbers are any indication, to hang around, the reason for Genell’s sentiments are shared by which DiMattio thinks is fairly many in Northeastern Pennsylva- simple. “Terrific food, homemade Italnia, with 80 vendors signed up to take part in La Festa again this ian food, entertainment and culture, I think that’s what made this year, and over 60 selling food. “I like it. I like working out- festival great,” said DiMattio. After snow hit the side,” said Austin Geevent in 1980, La Fesnell, who’s been help- IF YOU GO ta was moved to Laing his father at La What: La Festa Italbor Day weekend in Festa for years. iana 1981. “It’s different work- When: Saturday In addition to the ing outside than when through Monday, date, the amount of you’re in a kitchen all Sept. 1 through 3, day, it’s a nice atmo- Saturday and Sunday entertainment has al11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and so changed, growing sphere.” Monday 11 a.m. to 9 through the years, goOne of the main dif- p.m. ing from eight bands ferences is being out- Where: On Couron one stage, to over side gives the staff at thouse Square in 40 acts performing on all the tents a chance downtown Scranton. three stages. to be face to face with Info: www.lafestaita“You don’t have to their customers, and liana.org with Chris DiMattio, president have a dollar in your pocket to and chairman of La Festa Italiana, have fun at La Festa, but then estimating there are 5,000 to when you’re stomach starts grow7,000 people walking around the ling you have 80 vendors to square every two hours, that’s a choose from,” said DiMattio. DiMattio was asked to help lot of face time. Founded in 1976, the year of with La Festa in 1987 by founder the bicentennial, according to Di- Sam Cali. During that time he has Mattio, La Festa was started at had the opportunity to see the the encouragement of the then event grow in size and reputation, with word of the yearly event county commissioners. “At the time (they) were encou- traveling all over the East Coast. While a bulk of the vendors are raging ethnic organizations to have pride in being American and either nonprofits or family busiof their heritage, so a lot of them had festivals. So La Festa was See HERITAGE , Page 14

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Arcaro & Genell’s Austin Genell is excited to once again be part of La Festa Italiana.

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Third generation has appetite for business

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Candice Chilek chats with customers Ann Frances Kurzweil, Seymour Kurzweil, and Ralph Jimmie at Thomas’ Barbecue in Moosic.

EATERY REOPENS EILEEN GODIN For Go Lackawanna

OOSIC – At a time when many small businesses are struggling, Candice Chilek took the leap to reopen Thomas’ Barbecue in Moosic, becoming the third generation of her family to run the restaurant. The Moosic landmark was opened 83 years ago by Chilek’s grandmother, Caroline, financed by a low-interest loan of $500.

Over the years, Thomas’ Barbecue passed from her grandmother to her Aunt Theda Thomas. In 2003 the long-standing business closed its doors. With the economy emerging from a severe recession, Chilek reopened the business in 2010 after a seven year hiatus. Some people advised her not to reopen the restaurant, especially during the tough economy, and she had other options for the property. “Many other types of business

wanted this spot, even a few law offices,” Chilek said. Inspired by her grandmother’s drive and perseverance, Chilek pursued her dream. “We all worked here,” she said. “My mom worked here. It was my first job at age 13.” Some renovation was needed, but Chilek kept the original retro themed atmosphere. “One dining room still has a See EATERY, Page 5

THOMAS BARBECUE

Owner: Candice Chilek Address: 4810 Birney Ave., Moosic Hours: 4-8 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday; 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and 4-9 p.m. Saturday. Phone: 457.5720

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The interior of Thomas’ Barbecue on Birney Avenue in Moosic still has a vintage look and feel. Candice Chilek’s grandmother, the original owner, opened the restaurant during the Depression. The establishment was closed for a time before Candice took over the business and reopened it.

EATERY Continued from page 4

Candice Chilek is a third generation owner of Thomas’ Barbecue.

Her grandfather, a mason, was out of work due to the Depression. They had six children to feed and a mortgage to pay. “She made her money with 25cent barbecues and 5-cent Cokes,” she said. What started as just a way to make ends meet grew into a thriving business, and when an affordable property became available, her grandmother purchased it. “It was formerly a cow pasture,” she said. The original 15-foot-by-15-foot building is now surrounded by years of expansion. Pictures scattered throughout the building show changes over the years, as well as her grandmother, aunt, mother and other family members. “It is a tribute to my grandmother, mother, and aunt,” she said.

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1930s-1940s feel to it,” she said. “There is a World War II room and a pinup wall.” Even the kitchen still boasts original equipment, including a potato peeler dating back to 1948. “We still use it all,” Chilek said. But this is not what makes the food taste so good. After watching her family for years make the secret barbecue sauce, Chilek carries on the tradition. “It is not written down,” she said. “When I make the sauce, nobody is allowed to add anything. Nobody.” She goes to great lengths to maintain secrecy. When she goes away on vacation, she will make a pot of sauce for the staff to use until she returns. Chilek said her grandmother, who lived in Kingston at the time, developed the recipe in her kitchen and began making barbecues to sell. “Her children would collect orders for barbecues when they went to school,” she said.

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Aiden Wharton of Scranton takes a run during the USA Luge Slider Search.

A search for sliders

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Fun took on a new definition at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain this past weekend, as dozens of kids turned out for a USA Luge Slider Search. During the weekend-long free clinic, held Aug. 18 and 19, 54 children, some traveling as far as Syracuse, N.Y., put their sliding skills to the test while riding down a 100-yard track in the Toyota Pavilion parking lot. Sliders used their bodies to steer the roller sleds around sets of cones placed throughout the track. Dominick Deseta, 10, of Clarks Summit, said he became interested in the clinic after seeing a newspaper ad. Deseta said he plays both soccer and lacrosse and enjoyed the challenge that

luge provided. “I liked how they made it more challenging each time,” Deseta said. USA Luge recruiter Fred Zimny said Sunday he will be visiting three more cities before the search finishes in Baltimore in October. Zimny encouraged the children to remain positive about their performance, as the children who possess the skills to compete in the sport would be asked to attend a second clinic in Lake Placid, N.Y. at the U.S. Olympic Training Center and will be considered for selection to the U.S. Junior Development Luge Team. Though interest is growing,

outreach to schools remains small due to the sport being “facility driven” with only two facilities in the country equipped with an ice-filled sledding track. Zimny said one is in Lake Placid and another is in Salt Lake City, Utah. Justin Bistovich, 11, from Syracuse, N.Y., said the clinic was the first time his family had visited the area. A three-sport athlete in baseball, basketball and soccer, Bistovich said he became interested in the sport after watching luge races on TV during the Winter Olympics and visiting Lake Placid. Bistovich’s parents said they decided to make the trip in the hopes their son could catch

the eye of a USA Luge recruiter. Bistovich and the other participants took part in a series of runs down the parking lot from an elevated platform, then tested their arm and leg strength competing in a series of physical drills: long jumping, a ball toss and sit-ups. Zimny said the purpose of USA Luge clinics is to get children interested in the sport and to discover the next generation of Olympic athletes. “It’s tough to get them out at first. Once they see what we’re doing, essentially skateboarding but taken to a next level, there are few kids who don’t like it.”

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JOBS FOR MOOSIC TMS Health will hire 150

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TMS Health, a division of the $23 billion Xerox Corp., will add 150 new positions at its call center on Montage Mountain by the end of 2012, the company announced Tuesday, August 21. While the jobs are â&#x20AC;&#x153;primarily customer care operations,â&#x20AC;? there also will be a need for supervisors, trainers and managers, said Bill McKee, a Xerox spokesman. Xerox subsidiary Affiliated Computer Services Inc. took over TMS in October 2010, buying it from private equity firm Palm Beach Capital. The acquisition made Xerox one of the largest customer-service providers to the pharmaceutical, biotech and health care industries. The local expansion is driven by new business, McKee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is for a couple of different health care clients,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Employees at the local center will handle both outbound education and sales and marketing calls to physician offices and pharmacies and incoming calls from consumers responding to drug company advertising. They also will help recruit and screen patients for clinical trials. TMS Health opened the facility on Glenmaura National Boulevard in mid-2010, saying it would hire up to 100 people. McKee said there are about 75 employees there now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hiring is under way now,â&#x20AC;? McKee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hire in groups based on available training spaceâ&#x20AC;? so the pace varies depending on projects and available space.

He declined to give pay rates but said they will be competitive and a range of benefits will be offered. Xerox employs more than 38,000 people in 150 call centers worldwide, the company said in the announcement. It has 140,000 employees in all, 1,400 of them in Pennsylvania. The past few months have seen up-and-down announcements of employment in the area. In June, Sallie Mae said it would add 100 positions at its Hanover Industrial Estates facility and Cigna said it would hire 160 at its offices at Montage. But window maker Dove Industries shut down itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sans Souci Parkway plant earlier this month, idling 106 employees. The unemployment rate in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area rose to nine percent in June, led by Luzerne Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 9.8 percent rate. The regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jobless rate has been the highest in Pennsylvania for several months.

Riverside students will tour Wilkes-Barre career center Roger DuPuis II rdupuis@golackawanna.com

The Riverside School District will send its students to Luzerne County for career and technical education starting next month, Superintendent David A. Woods has confirmed. "We have entered talks with Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center in Plains," Woods said Friday afternoon, Aug. 24. "Our plan is to send our students to that facility." While any agreement had yet to be formalized, Woods expressed confidence that "come Sept. 4, the plan is in motion" Parents of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s careertech students have been sent a letter inviting them to tour the Plains Twp. school this Thursday, he added. Riversideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current budget for sending 41 students to CTC is $199,000, Woods said. The district would realize a savings by moving the students, but he said it was premature to discuss exact figures on Friday. The Plains Twp. facility also would offer

"more programs overall," he added. The superintendentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announcement came just days after Riverside sued in a bid to sever ties with the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County. The district no longer believes its continued participation in CTC programs â&#x20AC;&#x153;is the best way of providing vocational and technical education to the students it serves,â&#x20AC;? according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Aug. 21 in Lackawanna County Court. CTC is a consortium of nine area districts. In addition to Riverside, its members are Carbondale, Dunmore, Forest City, Lakeland, Mid Valley, North Pocono, Scranton and Valley View. Riverside was one of the founding members in 1968. According to CTCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website the facility opened in 1973 and serves about 600 students. It is funded by member districts based on a formula including factors such as their respective enrollment in the proSee RIVERSIDE , Page 11

Old Forge Borough Council to seek bids for West Grace Street paving project Roger DuPuis II For Go Lackawanna

It may not be a major thoroughfare or a busy state road, but at just over six blocks long, West Grace Street is one of the boroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most heavily-traveled streets, thanks to legions of school buses traveling to and from Old Forge Elementary twice each day during the academic year. Several blocks of West Grace, together

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with part of Baker Street in the borough, will be getting a makeover this fall under a plan set to go out to bid this week. Engineer Harold Ash, project manager for Penn Eastern Engineers, received Borough Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blessing Tuesday night, August 21, to seek bids for paving West Grace Street from Marion Street to Melmore Street, as well as Baker Street from McClure Street to Sibley Avenue. In partic-

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ular, he cited the need to "beef up" the surface of West Grace due to bus traffic. The project will cost approximately $100,000, he said. Officials hope to open the bids on Sept. 11 and bring them before council for legislative approval at the panelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next regular meeting on Sept. 18, Ash said. The work is expected to begin by the middle of October and be completed with-

in "a couple of weeks," he added. In response to questions from council members, Ash said he will be sure to contact gas and water company officials to ensure that the paving project doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t conflict with utility work. Borough Council President Brian Rinaldi said buses will have alternate routes to reach the school while the work is under way.

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Vice president’s son touts administration’s increased funding for veterans

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Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden speaks to supporters in downtown Scranton.

Beau Biden visits Scranton

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ILKES-BARRE – Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden and an Iraq War veteran, said the Obama administration has increased spending for veterans’ benefits every year and will continue to do so next year. Biden held a press conference in

downtown Scranton on Wednesday afternoon, August 22, and later stopped at The Times Leader to discuss veterans’ benefits as he campaigned for the ObamaBiden Democratic ticket. To help veterans returning from war with psychological challenges and those who have been injured in action, Biden said the Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced a national recruitment program to hire mental-health professionals.

“This isn’t just about the suicide rate,” Biden, 43, said. “It’s also about the more than 50,000 wounded veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, or those with head trauma injuries or amputees. That’s why the president has allocated more money than any president in history for veterans.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently said suicide kills more military members than armed conflict or roadside bombs.

The Post-Gazette noted July was the worst month for military suicides – 38 – since the Army began keeping detailed records in 2009. In June, 26 active-duty personnel took their own lives. Biden, who is attorney general for the state of Delaware, said President Barack Obama recognizes the cost of war goes beyond economics. “The president realizes the See BIDEN , Page 11

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est Scranton High School hosted “Free Movie Night” on Tuesday, August 21. This outdoor event, which was made possible by a donation from Penn East Federal Credit Union, featured the movie “The Hunger Games” played on a large screen set up on West Scranton High School’s baseball field. In addition to the movie, the night also featured face painting and other activities.

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enormous costs to military personnel and their families,” he said. “That’s why he has made such a strong commitment to all veterans. He has put his money where his mouth is.” Budget dictates priorities Biden said the Democratic policy on veterans is in “sharp contrast” to the Republican team of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. He said the Ryan budget calls for 17 to 20 percent across the board cuts, including veterans and the VA. “My grandfather used to say, ‘Don’t tell me what your priorities are – show me your budget and I’ll tell you what your priorities are,’” he said. Biden said the Romney-Ryan budget plan would be “disastrous for middle-class families, veterans, seniors and students – raising taxes on the middle class, cutting funding for veterans programs and education investments, and turning Medicare into a voucher program to pay for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.” Biden’s stop in the region was

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Beau Biden, Attorney General of Delaware and son of Vice President Joe Biden, talks with people on North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre Wednesday afternoon, August 22.

the last of a series of events with veterans in Pennsylvania Wednesday. He visited Philadelphia and Allentown earlier in the day. He added that under the Romney-Ryan plan, Pennsylvania students and teachers could feel a devastating impact, including: a cut of $186 million for K-12 schools; 12,000 fewer spots for Head Start programs in the next two years; and an average cut of $810 in Pell Grants for 313,000 Pennsylvania students. Republican response Kate Meriwether, Romney spokeswoman, responded by

stating the House-passed budget spends more than Obama’s proposed budget when it comes to veterans funding. “A Romney-Ryan administration will ensure our veterans and military families are provided every ounce of support they have earned, including a full funding of veteran programs,” she said. “It is unfortunate the Obama campaign would resort to this type of attack. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are strong supporters of our veterans and will stop President Obama’s looming defense cuts that his own Secretary of Defense called ‘devastating’ and could overwhelm Veterans Affairs.” Meriwether said Obama’s policies have made it harder for veterans to find jobs. “The Romney-Ryan economic plan will ensure that our veterans have better prospects for finding work when they return home from defending our country,” she said. Biden said Pennsylvania is a key state in the 2012 election and Northeastern Pennsylvania “is a critical region” in winning the state’s 20 electoral votes. “The president and my father are proud to have carried Pennsylvania in 2008,” he said. “It’s always good to be back in this beautiful part of the country.”

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grams. Riverside’s suit is couched as a legal argument over whether a $400,000 printer lease constitutes a capital expenditure, with the district seeking a judgment that it has the right to pull out under terms of the 1968 agreement that state the pact ends “when there are no capital expenditures outstanding.” Clearly hovering over the case, however, is Riverside’s ongoing dissatisfaction with CTC’s plans for a multi-million dollar renovation project, on which construction has yet to begin. “In particular … Riverside School District does not agree with the majority of the participating (CTC) members … that it is appropriate to incur debt of $18.1 million in order to reconstruct or rehabilitate the building housing the center,” the lawsuit states. Calls to CTC Administrative Director Vincent P. Nallo and to solicitor Ned Abrahamsen were not returned. Riverside’s board previous-

ly voted against the project and against a related bond issue. While Woods would not discuss the lawsuit, he reiterated that project cost concerns loom large for his district, which would face a price tag of $109,000 each year for the next 20 years. "We can’t afford it," Woods continued, adding that Riverside lost about $900,000 in state funding over the past two years and voted earlier this month to furlough eight teachers in the face of a $1.2 million budget deficit. "Our concern, and it should be our primary concern, is the communities that make up the Riverside district and the students that make up the Riverside district," Woods said when asked about how his district’s decision would affect CTC and the other member districts. Jack Dean, acting solicitor for the Wilkes-Barre Area school, confirmed that students from neighboring Old Forge already attend the facility in Plains Twp., and that Wilkes-Barre Area "could take on over 40" more students at present. "It’s a nice program," Woods said of the Plains Twp. school.

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ost of us have always believed that public libraries are a valuable community resource. A study commissioned by the Pennsylvania Office of Commonwealth Libraries not only proves this but also shows the significant extent to which nearly all of us rely on public libraries.

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Thomas Churilla, a fourth-year medical student of The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) and Scranton native, was awarded the Physicians of Tomorrow Award from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation. Churilla was one of18 fourth-year outstanding medical students across the nation who received a $10,000 scholarship to defray medical school expenses. Recipients were nominated by their medical schools and chosen

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nesses from Northeastern Pennsylvania, there are a few who travel from New York, and some from as far as Florida, to sell their baked goods or arts and crafts during the weekend. The notoriety helps increase the appeal of the event, which in turn helps promote Italian American heritage, which is the reason many volunteers got involved with the event in the first place. “I’m honored just to be involved, and I think most of our board feels that way as well, that we can continue our Italian American heritage and promote our Italian American heritage for generations to come,” said DiMattio. “When Sam asked, I could remember that day like it was yesterday, I was honored and thrilled, because, growing up as a Italian American, La Festa was it, just like the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is in Scranton, you’re so proud of your Irish heritage, I was so proud.”

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Jamie Van West (left), and Jack Bordo of Fab 3 perform at last year’s La Festa Italiana in Scranton.

With the success of La Festa dependent on volunteers to keep it going, there is a constant need for younger people to come in and help to ensure the event continues, and DiMattio is hoping that one of those future volunteers shares his last name. “I’m so happy that I have three year old son and a seven year old son, and the seven-year-old (Louis) loves La Festa, and he’ll come down and help me measure

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ArtWorks Gallery and Studio, 503 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Info: (570) 207-1815, www.artworksnepa.com. “Riverworks III: Lackawanna River Corridor Association, Celebrating 25 Years” will be held September 6 through 29 with an opening reception on First Friday, September 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. The theme for this juried exhibition is the river and its watershed. For information on the LRCA, including a complete description of the watershed and its access points, visit www.lrca.org. For information on entering the exhibition, visit http:// www.artworksnepa.com. Vintage Theater, 326 Spruce St., Scranton. Info: scrantonsvintagetheater.com Various pieces of work by artists Heidi Van Lueven & Jenna Casaldi will be on display Sept. 7 to 30. The opening reception will be held on First Friday Sept.7, 6 to 10 p.m.

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the tents and help me move picnic tables. He’s into it now, he really loves it, so hopefully he’ll be the next leader 20 years down the road.’ DiMattio went on to say that La Festa would not be possible without the cooperation from the city of Scranton, the Lackawanna County Commissioners and the local IBEW. For more information, visit www.lafestaitaliana.org/.

Staged reading of Ted LoRusso’s “A Lie Is A Venial Sin” will be held on Sunday, November 11.

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Covenant Presbyterian Church, 550 Madison Ave., Scranton. Info: Timothy Smith, 346-6400. ‘Simple Gifts,’ international folk music, Sun., Oct. 7, 3 p.m. Cost: Free, donations accepted. Vintage Theater, 326 Spruce St., Scranton. Info: scrantonsvintagetheater.com ‘Grand Reopening Party,’ a free and open celebration of the theater’s new location featuring musical performances by A Fire With Friends, Days In Transit, Zach Graham, Matt Montella and more will be held Friday, Sept. 14 Those Clever Foxes will perform with Edelweiss and Shop Local! on Saturday, Sept. 22

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The Steamtown Showcase will be featuring all types of original local bands throughout downtown Scranton on Sunday, Sept. 2, but one in particular is currently working with a major New York producer on their next album, which they hope will take their indie rock to the next level. A Social State began when members of three local bands started jamming together in late 2009, though bassist Jon Fletcher, 24, of West Scranton first picked up his instrument in seventh grade at the age of 12. “I basically just started because my friend Mike Gibbons told me to buy a bass. He had a guitar and we knew a couple drummers. I wanted to play music and everything and I just kind of decided on bass because it was needed at the time,” Fletcher recalled. Over the years, he had played with drummer Nick Ogonosky in Losing Caufield and with guitarist CJ Williams in Livingston, so with the addition of Ed Cuozzo from Melded, Fletcher said the musicians were able to find their own sound “really naturally.” “Ed is our main songwriter. He basically brings the bones of the structure of the song to us and we kind of fill in all the organs and tendons and all that stuff. Just from jamming right off the bat, just us four with nothing planned, it just had its own feel to it. I don’t know – the sound kind of just came naturally, and I don’t think any of our albums really sound the same, so I can’t really say that we have a set sound, either,” he explained. Within three months, they produced their own self-titled EP and then entered Sound Investments Recording Studio in Old Forge in 2008 to record their full-length debut, “Everyone’s Your Friend,” though the 13 songs they came out with were eventually scrapped for a whole new set recorded live to analog tape. “When we first started out

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playing, we wanted to play a little bit harder rock music and things that were inspiring us at the time, like Foo Fighters and Saves the Day – a lot of things that were just more upbeat, rocking. For ‘Everyone’s Your Friend,’ we kind of wanted a better mix of songs, so we started playing around with chilling them out a little more. We also have big rock songs on that CD too, but we tried to find a middle ground between what we were doing and trying to bring our influences in from bands of the past and also create a whole new sound at the same time,” Fletcher described. “For our first attempt at making a live CD to tape, I think it came out pretty good, but at the same time I think our new songs are even more developed and more of what we’re trying to go for now.” A Social State practiced and played constantly until Ogonosky left for school in Savannah, Ga., though that didn’t slow their musical progress down. “After Nick left, things started dying down a bit, but it’s nice be-

cause right now we’re really focusing on our new album that we’re recording with Steven Haigler at Vu Du Studio up in Port Jefferson (New York), so we’re kind of just writing songs acoustically and then sending them down to Nick, who gets a feel for them. Once we get into the studio, it’s all unrehearsed. It’s kind of just an on a whim thing, but it’s been coming out pretty awesome so far,” Fletcher said. Haigler has worked with the Pixies, Fuel, Skid Row, Clutch, Brand New, Muse, The Dear Hunter, and many more nationally-known acts, so the band jumped at the opportunity to record with him. “Our producer actually found us on ReverbNation and he contacted us and he told us he couldn’t record us completely for free, but he’d like to work something out because he liked the way that we recorded the last album and everything. I guess you could say if we didn’t do the last album live to tape he might not have necessarily been as impressed with our sound,”

Fletcher pointed out. “He’s got a couple gold records underneath his belt…It’s much more reassuring that when it comes out I think it will be received a little bit better and maybe taken even more seriously than just us as another local band.” They’ve laid down seven tracks so far, and while the original plan was to create an EP, considering the high recording costs as an unsigned band, they decided to make it another fulllength after hearing the quality of the recording, which they plan to tackle when Ogonosky returns from winter break. “It’s just a lot about growing up and not always feeling accepted as an adult, I think, and kind of reminiscing on the days of the past and wishing that things were as simple as they were when we were kids and just trying to come to terms with the obstacles of growing up,” Fletcher said of the album’s content. A Social State has played the Steamtown Showcase in the past, but this year they plan on

changing things up by breaking down for an acoustic set, which they have never done before, with the help of some additional musicians. Former member Billy Trently will be joining on acoustic guitar, Chelsea Collins of A Fire With Friends will play piano, and Steve Werner from Blinded Passenger will handle drum duties. “So far we’ve got a pretty good set list going, but it’s a little more difficult because…it’s not as easy as just working with myself and Ed and Nick and CJ because we’re so used to just throwing out ideas at each other all the time. But it’s working out really well and the stuff is sounding really good. It’s acoustic, but it definitely has more of an interesting feel to it,” Fletcher said. “All in all, it’s a good learning experience, I guess, and I hope that we can do this more acoustic sort of sound in the future because without Nick behind the drums, I don’t think our band is at 100 percent, but doing this more acoustic thing and with having people not expect it to be what they’re normally used to seeing, I think it could work out well for us in the future.” Fletcher is also eager to play another show at The Keys, 244 Penn Ave., Scranton, which he credits as one of the few venues that support original music in the area. With doors at 5 p.m., the band is scheduled to go on at 8 p.m. with a $5 cover, though $10 all-day hopper passes are available at www.steamtownshowcase.com. “I’m really excited just to play a show because we haven’t played a show in a long time, and I hope people come out. I hope I get surprised to see all the people who have been waiting for our little hiatus to end,” he enthused.

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omedian Jeremy Pryal may have left Scranton to pursue his career, but he’ll always return home for a good cause. The 20-year-old Philadelphia resident will serve as the host of a benefit show for the United Way with five other comedians on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the 20th Ward, 2028 Pittston Ave., Scranton. Like many funny men, it was clear from a young age what his future profession would be. “I was always the funny kid growing up, and I didn’t know what I really wanted to do, so at 17, my friends had told me I should try stand-up comedy, so I did and it just kind of got me hooked,” Pryal recalled. “I always watched (Saturday Night Live) growing up, and it was always my dream to be on SNL. A lot of comedians were on SNL, so I figured that was the fastest route to get there, and the fact that I just like making people laugh.” He describes his humor as “sarcastic,” but still remaining “friendly” and keeping his material relat-

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IF YOU GO What: P&J Comedy Night Presents Jessimae Peluso: A Benefit for United Way with comedians Jeremy Pryal, Paul Spratt, Jay Thyberg, Father Paul, and Kevin Ryan Where: 20th Ward, 2028 Pittston Ave., Scranton When: Saturday, Sept. 1, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Cost: $10 in advance, $15 at the door

able to a general audience. “I don’t go out there to offend people, but I could be a little bit cocky, but it’s kind of like a sarcastic cocky,” he described. “I’ll bring something up that happens in my life so that people can see it the way I saw it. It’s a lot of the stuff that happens to me personally. It can range anywhere from living in Philadelphia to just the atmosphere from people around here, but at the same time I have material ranging from being a little kid playing TV tag to President Obama, so I’m kind of all over the place. I have material touching on everything.”

The first time Pryal tried standup at an open mic, fellow Scranton comedian Paul Spratt was hosting, and the two became good friends over their shared passions for comedy and helping others. “We both had an idea of where we wanted to go in comedy, so we got along, and then we decided that if we were going to do comedy in Scranton, we want (it) to benefit people just because it’s a cool feeling to be able to do something you love and at the same time support good causes,” Pryal explained. The charities, he continued, are chosen mostly by random, but they are open to any worthy cause that approaches them for help. Working for free, the comedians include locals Spratt, Jay Thyberg, and Father Paul along with Philadelphian Kevin Ryan and headlining New Yorker Jessimae Peluso. “I never met (Peluso), but she’s a pretty big comic in New York. She’s a pretty big headliner that’s featured all over New York, so I’m excited to hear what she has to See COMIC, Page 22

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bring,” Pryal commented. “We’re open to new charities for anyone. We’re trying to get comedy in Scranton and we’re trying to help people at the same time. It’s not a typical comedy show. It’s comics we personally handpicked to be on the show…You can come up to the comics after the show and talk to us. We’ll buy you a drink. We’re really friendly.” Recently moving with his girlfriend to the City of Brotherly Love, the young comic felt it was a good city to build up material and experience before moving to Los Angeles in search of his dreams. “The comedy scene down here is better than Scranton. I wouldn’t say it’s incredible, but it’s a lot more competitive. There’re probably about 100 comics at each open mic, and you really have to be good for people to see you,” Pryal noted. “I love saying a premise and seeing the excitement on the crowd’s face and the smiles and then hitting them with the punch line and then seeing them explode. That makes me feel good because all my material comes from the ground up, so it feels good to know that something I created in my head is making a room full of people laugh. I really get enjoyment out of that.” Staying busy entertaining clubs and festivals, he won “Best Up and Coming Comic” at the Comedy Cabaret in Philadelphia, where comics like Jay Leno, Ray Romano, and Kevin James got their start. “It was a good feeling, but I’m not done. That’s just a milestone for me. I want more and more to come,” he said of the award. “I’m never going to stop doing stand-up comedy, but I am heavy on writing and acting. I want to combine all three just so my business card has credibility because it says, ‘Comedian, writer, actor.’ It’s kind of my push.”

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espite being a diehard metal fan most of his life, Chris Howorth had never been to Ozzfest, the annual heavy music festival founded by Ozzy Osbourne. He told his friends that he wouldn’t go “until I’m playing it.” Little did he know he would soon get his wish – and then some – as the guitarist for In This Moment.

Growing up in Kansas, Howorth latched onto the “outcast” aspect of hard rock bands like Motley Crue and Judas Priest at a young age, but it was KISS that decided his future. “I saw a KISS concert – my parents took me – and after that was over, I was like, ‘I’m being in a band and I’m playing guitar,’ ” Howorth explained. He moved to Los Angles at the age of 19 to pursue his career and was trying to make it for about a decade before meeting singer Maria Brink through a mutual friend. “When I first heard her sing, I knew she was awesome and decided right then that we were going to start working together. I tried with a lot of bands to make it. Every band I was in I thought was going to make it, but Maria and I’s project just instantly started getting a lot of attention and people started liking it. We put it up on Myspace and it just took off, unlike everything else I’ve done,” he recalled. After forming the sludgier Dying Star, Brink and Howorth broke away to form what would become In This Moment. “We would put everything on Myspace,” he noted. “Maia had been hearing about it from some friends and she was like, ‘We should get our stuff up on this Myspace thing. It’s pretty cool.’ So we put it up there and got good responses right off the bat. We were realizing if we worked actively on there and talked to people and added people from other bands that were actively commenting on music that we could get some kind of feedback going. Once that started, it seemed to kind of snowball.”

In This Moment will perform at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Aug. 28 as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival.

IF YOU GO What: Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival with Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind, In This Moment, and more Where: Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain, 1000 Montage Mountain Rd., Scranton When: Tuesday, Aug. 28, doors open at 1 p.m. Cost: $25-$85

Seemingly out of nowhere, the pair received a message from Ozzy Osbourne bassist Rob “Blasko” Nicholson, who ended up managing the band and taking them on the 2007 national Ozzfest tour. They soon found themselves opening for Osbourne on his subsequent arena tour and recording with his producer, Kevin Churko. “ It felt just amazing to be getting the phone call. ‘Hey, I got you this tour. Hey, I got you that tour.’ It’s still amazing, but even today it’s kind of surreal, getting to do stuff like that,” Howorth shared. “Maria being a pretty girl and looking sexy got people’s attention right off the bat; that combined with the fact that we have an aggressive style and the songs are heavy and she’s singing and screaming and stuff like that. It’s kind of a double-edged sword, though, because that always draws people in, but there’re a lot of peo-

ple that just don’t take us seriously because of that.” This only motivates Howorth to work harder to prove that there’s more to the band than a pretty face. “Even though the initial reaction of, ‘Girl singer!’ or ‘Hot girl singer!’ is what kind of gets people to look at us, we have to have substance because there’re a lot of bands with hot girl singers that don’t do anything. They don’t have any good songs or whatever it takes. It takes a lot more than that, but I think that does help get everything going, get people excited,” he said. In just a few short years, In This Moment have already made four albums; their latest, “Blood,” was released on Aug. 14. Howorth admitted that he and Brink may have butted heads over the years over their ever-developing sound, but after the group lost two of its founding members in 2011, it actually brought them closer together to create the record they’re most proud of. “At first when it happened, it was very scary, and you never really want to do that kind of stuff when you’re in a band. We didn’t really realize what it was at the time, and now that it’s done, it’s so much better for the band than it ever could have been. It opened us

up. It basically stripped us down to Maria and I to make this record with Kevin (Churko), and that opened us up to a whole new world of drums and what we wanted to do. There were no other opinions that mattered besides Maria and mine. We didn’t have to consider anybody else besides Kevin,” he emphasized. “It changed the energy in the band, and getting these news guys in who are amazing players and very excited to be where they are and hungry for doing this and appreciating everything…Getting that new energy into the band just kind of reinvigorated Maria and I and just changed everything for us with those guys leaving in a good way. We have the best album of our career and it wouldn’t have happened with those other two guys. The band is sounding tighter and better than ever before.” It’s appropriate, then, that at the height of this energy that they return to another heavy music festival this summer on the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, stopping by the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Aug. 28, to gain more fans . “We love the summer touring situation. It’s a lot of fun. It’s kind of like summer camp for bands, ” said Howorth.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

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SEASON KICKS OFF

SWB Yankees in title hunt

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Moosic Raiders coach Eric Paroby, Sr talks with Joey Mancuso on the sidelines during the Raiders first game of the season. Week one scores from the All-County Conference Junior Football League (ACCJFL) A-division: Olyphant 2, Wayne Highlands 0; Pocono Mt Cardinals 33, Old Forge 7; Dunmore 19, Lakeland 13; West Side 33, North Pocono 0; Moosic 25, Valley View 12; Taylor 2, Wallenpaupack 0. B-division: Wayne Highlands 25, Olyphant 14; Pocono Mt Cardinals 35, Old Forge 0; Dunmore 26, Lakeland 6; North Pocono 13, West Side 6; Valley View 27, Moosic 0; Wallenpaupack 26, Taylor 0. C-division: Olyphant 12, Wayne Highlands 0; Old Forge 25, Pocono Mt Cardinals 6; Dunmore 19, Lakeland 12; North Pocono 7, West Side 6; Valley View 19, Moosic 0; Wallenpaupack 19, Taylor 0.

SPORTS BRIEFS Academic honors for Genello University of Scranton golfer Michael Genello, a junior from West Scranton, was honored by the Empire 8 Conference for his performance in the classroom. Genello and the Scranton team were recognized on the President’s List for their efforts in the spring semester. Genello had a 3.96 grade point average as a biology major. Penguins open in Binghamton The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will open the American Hockey League season away from home for the first time since their 1999 debut. The Penguins play at the Binghamton Senators Oct. 13 at 7:05 p.m. to open the season. After playing at Springfield Oct. 19, the Penguins will open the home portion of their 76game schedule Oct. 20 against

the Bridgeport South Tigers. The schedule includes three neutral site games, including the AHL Outdoor Classic Jan. 20 when the Penguins will play the Hershey Bears at Hersheypark Stadium. The Penguins will also play the Albany Devils Nov. 25 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and the Adirondack Phantoms Feb. 22 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Miners on road today The NEPA Miners will put first place in the Regional American Football League Central Division on the line today, Sunday, Aug. 26 in a 4 p.m. game against the host Philadelphia Gators at Roxborough High School. The Miners won the first meeting, 17-14, by stopping the Gators on fourth-and-goal in the closing seconds. Scranton favored in women’s soccer The University of Scranton women’s soccer team has been

established as the preseason Landmark Conference favorite in a poll of conference coaches. Scranton is predicted to finish fourth in the Landmark in men’s soccer and field hockey. Marywood picked in two sports Marywood University is favored to win its third straight Colonial States Athletic Conference women’s cross country title, according to a preseason poll of conference coaches. The Pacers are also favored to win the conference in women’s soccer. The Marywood men’s cross country team is picked second, while Keystone College is third and Baptist Bible College fifth in men’s cross country. Keystone and BBC are also picked third and fifth in women’s cross country. Marywood is picked second in the CSAC in men’s soccer, fourth in women’s volleyball and sixth in field hockey.

SWB Yankees LLC is banking on fans being impressed by the reconstructed PNC Field that will open in Moosic in time for the 2013 International League baseball season. What the Scranton/WilkesBarre Yankees are doing in the meantime is something fans have to be impressed by even if they cannot see it for themselves. While PNC Field is being rebuilt, the Yankees have spent a year on the road, stopping at a rotation of temporary home fields along with the half of their schedule that technically consists of away games. The road schedule, though untried in the history of the league, hardly seems like a formula for success. It has not, however, stopped the Yankees. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, a description that hardly fits the team this year, occupies the top line of the IL North standings. After the last week, it appears the Yankees are ready to remain there for the fifth time in six seasons. The Yankees continued their improbable season by taking an equally improbable eight-game winning streak into the weekend. The streak reached eight with extra-inning wins Aug. 22 and 23 in Buffalo. At that point, any combination of five Yankees wins or Pawtucket Red Sox losses would give the title to “Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.” Of the other 13 teams in the IL, 11 had distinctly better records at home. The Yankees were virtually the same at home (40-28) and away (38-28), which makes perfect sense because, other than who bats first, they are essentially the same thing. The streak includes back-toback, 10-3 and 6-0 romps in Rochester, but it also includes three one-run wins and two more by two runs. It started Aug. 16 when the Yankees were in danger of falling out of the lead after losing two of three games in Pawtucket. The Yankees overcame a late three-run deficit that night, winning 5-4 over Pawtucket on a

KEEPING SCORE

TOM ROBINSON two-run, seventh-inning single by Melky Mesa. Darnell McDonald had a three-run homer and Mesa a two-run shot in an 8-6 win over Pawtucket to complete a series victory and re-establish control of the division race. Corban Joseph hit a three-run homer and Austin Romine a two-run homer to lead a balanced, 20-hit attack in the 10-3 romp. Joseph drove in four runs and John Maine worked six scoreless innings in the next rout of Rochester. Mesa and Eduardo Nunez were each 3-for-4 in a 7-5 win when the streak continued in Buffalo. Joseph doubled in the tying run and scored the winner in a 4-2 victory over Buffalo. Francisco Cervelli’s 12th-inning sacrifice fly and some clutch relief pitching by Ryota Igarashi produced a 2-1 win in 12 innings. Mesa hit an 11th-inning homer in the 4-3 win on Aug. 23. The nuances of minor-league baseball and past history here tell us that about half the faces will change between the apparent-championship Yankees team of 2012 and the next true Scranton/Wilkes-Barre team in 2013. Mesa and Joseph, two candidates to be around next season, get as much credit as anyone for the longest winning streak of the last two years. Mesa is a 25-year-old center fielder playing at the Class AAA level for the first time. The 2010 Florida State League Player of the Year was hitting just .182 in 16 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre games before the streak started. He went 12-for-32 (.375) with four homers and nine RBIs in seven games. Joseph, 23, is a second baseman who is also in his first AAA season. He is 12-for-31 in the streak to raise his average 14 points to .265. If the recent performances continue, local fans can expect next year’s new surroundings to be the scene for some of the same-old success by the IL’s most consistently successful franchise in recent seasons.

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Title boosts golfer’s

CONFIDENCE Moosic resident wins Jackman title TOM ROBINSON For Go Lackawanna

anielle Dalessandro started her final high school season the way much of the rest of her golf year has gone. Dalessandro already has won one tournament and contended in another. The Scranton Prep senior from Moosic rallied on the back nine Tuesday, August 21to finish with a 4-over-par, 76 at Scranton Municipal Golf Course while winning the Jackman Memorial Girls’ Tournament for the second time in three years. “This is sort of a big deal around here,” Dalessandro said of the Jackman title. “Winning it gives me confidence throughout the whole season.” It also gives Dalessandro a boost after finishing second to Selena Cerra of Holy Cross at the Marian Catholic Invitational to open the school year the previous week. “That kind of gave me the motivation and drive I needed,” Dalessandro said. Cerra finished third in the Jackman. Dalessandro has played well throughout the year despite being in her first year back from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a knee injury that caused her to miss her entire junior basketball season. Dalessandro was hurt in an AAU basketball game last October, finished the golf season on the injured knee and had reconstructive surgery Nov. 11. “It was not really a problem with the swing, but bending down to read putts was kind of hard for me at first,” said Dalessandro, who plans to play basketball for the Classics this winter. “It would get sore. “Now, it’s good. It’s just the first bend of the day, then I’m good.” Dalessandro’s golf game has remained strong. She posted a six-stroke win in

May at the American Junior Golf Association event at Cripple Creek in Delaware and finished 32nd out of 47 players at the North & South Junior at Pinehurst, N.C. Locally, Dalessandro won the Anthracite Junior Golf Association Tournament of Champions with rounds of 78 and 83 at Fox Hill Country Club and the Lackawanna County Junior Amateur at Scranton Municipal. Dalessandro used birdies on 10, 14 and 15 to shoot 37 on the back nine Tuesday. She hit the ball close for the first two birdies, then drained a 45-footer at 15. “I was just trying to two-putt,” she said. “That was kind of nice. “It was not one that I expected.” A member at both Glenmaura National and Huntsville, Dalessandro won the tournament, which drew five full teams and a total of 46 golfers. Central Dauphin won the team title by shooting 338 to beat Holy Cross by seven strokes. Dalessandro helped Scranton Prep finish third with 368. Wallenpaupack shot 422 and Marian Catholic shot 429. Central Dauphin’s Alli Cooper finished one shot back with a 77 and won the low sophomore award. After the individual champion, the top two players in each class receive awards. Cerra was low senior with a 79. Montrose’s Katie Clark was second with an 81. Holy Cross also had the top two juniors. Emily Okrepkie shot 83 and Rachel Mackrell 86. Wallenpaupack’s Julia Santo was second among sophomores with a 78. Central Dauphin’s Alexis Hartwick was the low freshman with an 83. Wallenpaupack’s Molly Mowatt was second with a 101. McKenzie Evanusa, the lone Riverside entry, shot 122.

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Danielle Dalessandro’s golf game has remained strong since having surgery in November to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

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West Scranton finds new golf coach in Jerry Skotleski

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West Scranton’s Ryan Fletcher led the golf team at last week’s season-opening Jackman Memorial Boys’ Golf Tournament by shooting 96.

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erry Skotleski has been waiting for a chance to return to the role of golf coach. Skotleski has that chance this year, taking over the West Scranton program. “I couldn’t wait to get back here,” said Skotleski, who coached the Bishop Hannan golf team for 11 years until the school closed. “It’s one of the most fun jobs there is.” Skotleski anticipated being out of coaching when Bishop Hannan and Bishop O’Hara merged to

form Holy Cross. “I have been wanting to get back into this since the day I left,” Skotleski said. “I knew (when) they closed the school that I would be out of a coaching job. “Tom Paddock has been coaching at Bishop O’Hara, and now Holy Cross, for about 30 years.” Skotleski, who teaches U.S. history and law to sophomores and seniors at Scranton High School, sat out five seasons while watching for an appropriate coaching job to open. The return will be a challenging one.

West Scranton has just seven players on the team after going 19-1 and tying for 10th in the 12team Lackawanna League Southern Division last year. One of those players is brand new to the sport and will be learning throughout the year at practice as long as the other players remain available to fill the six lineup spots. Returning starters Sam Alecky, Ryan Fletcher and Mark Marinchak join Austin Riviello and Nick Ivanoff to give the Invaders five seniors and juniors who have been in the program.

Fletcher led the team at last week’s season-opening Jackman Memorial by shooting 96 at Scranton Municipal while Marinchak shot 97. Paul McNally will fill the last starting spot while fellow freshman Jake Hiller learns the game. “The seniors are learning, too,” Skotleski said. “I spent a lot of time over the last week or two working on swings and hoping to get them to understand the golf course. “The goal is to be competitive and win a few matches. The Invaders play their home

matches on the back nine at Pine Hills. They will compete this season in the new Big School Division of the Lackawanna League. West Scranton opens its league schedule at home Monday, August 27 against Scranton. The complete league schedule is: Aug. 27, SCRANTON; Aug. 29, ABINGTON HEIGHTS; Sept. 3 at Wallenpaupack; Sept. 5, VALLEY VIEW; Sept. 10 at Scranton Prep; Sept. 12, HONESDALE; Sept.17, at Delaware Valley; Sept. 24, NORTH POCONO; Sept. 26 at Western Wayne.

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

West Scranton shows promise

Following the leader

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West Scranton makes a significant step up in boys’ soccer competition this season, but at least it comes at a good time for the Invaders. “I think we’re showing promise,” West coach Mark Schultz said of his team, which returns eight starters. “We’re playing in a little better Division 1. “They moved us up.” The Lackawanna League’s new format combines enrollment size and geography. Seven of the nine league opponents are new to the West Scranton schedule. The Invaders played only Valley View and Western Wayne while going 4-8 to finish in a fifth-place tie out of seven teams in the old Division 2. This year’s schedule calls for West Scranton to play twice against its Division 1 rivals – Scranton, Scranton Prep, Abington Heights and Valley View – and once each against Division 2 opponents Delaware Valley, Wallenpaupack, Western Wayne, Honesdale and North Pocono. Schultz considers Abington Heights, the Division 1 champion last year, as the division favorite with Valley View as a potential challenger. The Invaders return seniors Jorge Guevara, Joshua Hughes, Jayvon Jones and Tim Merkel to the starting lineup along with juniors Vinny Arcieri, Gordan Hodanich and Corey Lestansky and sophomore Carlos Perez. “We’re developing a real good passing game,” Schultz said. “We’re not just a kick-and-run team.” Other players back from last year’s team are: seniors Brandon Sadoni, John Waltman and Zach Jacobson; juniors Zach Hiller and Brandon Stempkowski; and sophomores Antonio Cicco, Cesar Colchado, Noah Gerrity and Tyler Jakes. Sophomore Jerome Gayle is new to the team, along with freshmen Nino Trozzolillo, Jon Ruddy, Jake Krupovich and Daniel Sherman.

That familiar anxious feeling, the one that hits every August, is back. For Matt McGloin, it’s stronger than ever. It’s not just that he’ll be back on the football field next week for a live game – his first since Thanksgiving weekend – but that it will represent a turn of the page at Penn State. “I’m more excited for Sept. 1 than any start I’ve had before,” said McGloin, who will start in the Nittany Lions’ opener that day against Ohio. “Being the game one starter is different from what I’ve had in the past. … I’ve been getting anxious and trying to stay focused. But you can’t help but think about what that’s going to be like running out of that tunnel Sept. 1.” McGloin has made 10 starts at quarterback for the Lions, but this will be his first in a season opener. And this one happens to be the first game with Bill O’Brien leading the program following a nightmarish nine months of scandal and sanctions. On a personal level, the Scranton native is eager to see how far he has come under the tutelage of O’Brien and new position coach Charlie Fisher.

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Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin, center, listens to coach Bill O’Brien, left, during the NCAA college football team’s workout in State College.

“I’m definitely light years ahead of where I was (at this time last year),” McGloin said. “Not just as a quarterback, but as a leader.” “He’s always been a confident guy. He has that strong inner confidence,” starting guard John Urschel said. “But yes, the biggest thing now is how much leader he’s been. He’s really stepped up this year and is taking control of this offense.” Penn State will certainly need

that, especially with the transfers of two top playmakers in Silas Redd and Justin Brown. As far as his brand-new receiving corps, McGloin praised sophomore Allen Robinson as the team’s new top target while also mentioning Shawney Kersey and Alex Kenney as dependable wideouts. Discussing newcomers, McGloin said he expects Eugene Lewis, a fellow District 2 product,

and Trevor Williams to see the field as true freshmen. But Saturday’s game will be about more than just football. An offseason of unprecedented chaos has left players, alumni and fans alike with raw emotions from the Jerry Sandusky scandal and the fallout that continues to develop. Acting athletic director Dave Joyner said Thursday, Aug. 23 that the blue ribbons announced for the uniforms this season to support child abuse awareness will appear on the backs of the players’ helmets. That, along with names debuting on the jerseys will be a stark reminder of how different things are now for the Lions. The players are hopeful that the season can help the Penn State community come together. “There’s a lot of better people who could represent Penn state, but we’ve been blessed to be in a position to represent the university,” Urschel said. “We need to make the most of it and do the best we can to show the outside world how great a place Penn State is.” “We know it can’t heal everything,” senior Mike Zordich said of the football season. “But we know it can help.”

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NOTEBOOK

W.S. Lady Invaders break losing streak Jenn Spott needed less than a week to pick up her first win as West Scranton girls tennis coach. The Lady Invaders, who were winless a year ago, broke a 20-match Lackawanna League losing streak Thursday, Aug. 23 with a 4-1 victory at Riverside. Emily Graziano battled past Riverside’s Ashley Fuentes, 6-2, 6-3, at number-one singles. Devan Scott also won a singles match and West Scranton swept both points in doubles. Scott defeated Morgan Gable, 6-2, 6-2, at third singles. Nancy Ramirez-Coletta Rempe won first doubles, 6-1, 6-2, over Victoria Pettyjohn-Kelsey Shaughnessy and Lisette Cobo-Kaylee Zarick won second doubles, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (11-9) over Kayla Creedon-Christina Mansfield. Riverside’s only point came at second singles with Samantha Keoonela’s 6-2, 6-1 win over Mackenzie Madigan. The match was the season opener for Riverside, which had its first match with Elk Lake postponed. West Scranton fell to defending champion Abing-

ton Heights in Tuesday’s league opener.

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Old Forge won its Lackawanna League Division 2 opener Wednesday over Elk Lake, leaving the Blue Devils as one of four divisional teams at 1-0. Lackawanna Trail is the only team off to a 2-0 start. Riverside split its first two matches.

CHAMPIONSHIP CHANGES

District 2 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association began planning fall championship events during its August meeting. Golf team championships will be Oct. 5 at Paupack Hills. The individual titles will be decided Oct. 8 at Fox Hill Country Club. Cross country will be held Oct. 24 at Elk Lake. Both sports are undergoing major changes this year. Golf will split into two classifications for the first time. Cross country is switching from two to three

classifications. There are 22 Class AA and 18 Class AAA boys golf teams in District 2. Old Forge and Riverside are Class AA while West Scranton is Class AAA. There are 17 Class AA and 15 Class AAA teams in girls golf. The top six boys in each class and the top three girls in each class will advance to the PIAA East Regional. In boys cross country, there are nine Class AAA teams, 17 Class AA and 15 Class A. There are seven Class AAA, 19 Class AA and 15 Class A teams in girls cross country. West Scranton is a Class AAA team and Riverside is in Class A. District 2 will award 10 medals each in Class AAA boys and girls, 15 medals each in Class A boys and girls and 20 medals each in Class AA boys and girls. The district will have two team qualifiers and 10 additional individual qualifiers for the state meet in Class AA boys and girls and Class A girls. It will have one team qualifier and five additional individuals in Class AAA boys and girls and Class A boys.

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

OBITUARIES Jennie Clara Sansky AUGUST 22, 2012

Jennie Clara "Penny" (O’dell) Sansky, 52, of Scranton, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012. She was preceded in death by parents, Charles and Jennie John O’Dell; brothers, Wayne and Clarence O’Dell. She is survived by her husband of 16 years, William Sansky; son, Chuck O’Dell, and wife Bridget, and her grandson,

Barbara C. Biga AUGUST 23, 2012

Barbara C. Biga, 65, of Dallas, passed away Thursday, August 23, 2012, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital. Born in Scranton, she was a daughter of the late John and Isabelle Shivokevich Maslar, and was a graduate of Scranton Tech. Barbara was a secretary with Quality Metal Products, Dallas, for 15 years. She was a member of St. Francis Cabrini Church, Wyoming. Barbara was preceded in death by her husband, Ri-

Francis McGinley

AUGUST 18, 2012 Francis "Frank or Fran" McGinley, of Plainview, N.Y., passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012, at his home in New York after an illness. Born in Moosic, he was a son of the late John and Kathleen Doud McGinley. Frank was a graduate of Wyoming Memorial High School, class of 1955. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Prior to retirement, he was employed by American Airlines at JFK Airport, for 38 years, and most recently at the Plainview/Old Bethpage Library. He was a loving and devoted father, grandfather, great-

Chase O’Dell, all of Scranton; sister, Cherri Mundy, and husband Eddie, Chester, N.Y.; brothers, James O’Dell and wife Patricia, Factoryville; Donald O’Dell and wife Diane, Mountaindale, N.Y.; uncle, Arthur O’Dell; 21 nieces and nephews; 26 great-nieces and great-nephews. Memorial services in the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge, to celebrate Penny’s life will be announced at a later date. Please visit www.kearneyfuneralhome.com to leave an online condolence.

chard Biga. Surviving are her son, Bryan, and his wife, Beth Biga, Walnutport, Pa; daughter, Heather, and her husband, Dan Dushanko, York; grandchildren, Bryce and Ava Biga, Walnutport. She is also survived by her companion, Raymond Sharp, Dallas; brother, Robert, and his wife, Catherine Maslar, Scranton. Funeral services were held Saturday, August 25 from the Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas, with a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Francis Cabrini Church, Wyoming. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Wyoming.

grandfather, brother and uncle whose memory will live on in the lives of those who knew

and loved him. Fran is survived by his daughter, Marie Rock, and husband Michael, and son, John, all of N.Y.; sister Elizabeth "Betty" Dabbieri, Pittston; brother Gerard McGinley and wife Marge, Hurst, Texas; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Marie; sisters Anne McDonald and June Keska; brothers Jack, Robert and Paul McGinley. Funeral services and interment were held in New York.

Joseph P. Chaiko AUGUST 19, 2012

Joseph P. Chaiko, 84, of Duryea, died Sunday morning, August 19, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Plains Township. He is survived by his devoted wife of 50 years, Ann P. Chapan Chaiko. Born in Moosic, on July 30, 1928, he was the son of the late John and Mary Cuprick. Chaiko and was a 1945 graduate of Moosic High School. Joe faithfully served our country during World War II with the U.S. Marines and then during the Korean War with the U.S. Army. For many years, he worked for Polarized Meats and retired from Maid Rite Steak Company. He was a lifelong parishioner of St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, Old Forge. His heritage was very important to him and he was member of the Greek Catholic Union, District 5, served as a past delegate to their conventions and bowled in their league. Joe was a member of the American Legion Post 585, Duryea; VFW Post 835 and the West Side Club both of Avoca; Polish American Club, Dupont; the Tarus Club and the German American Federation. His grandchildren were the love of his life, and he also enjoyed spend-

ing time with his special friend, Lilly, who called him Grandpa Joe. Also surviving are a son, Joseph J., Duryea; two grandchildren, Joseph R. and Nicole E., and their mother, Lisa, all of Pittston; a brother, Charles, and wife, Florence, Old Forge; two sisters, Marie Clifford, Moosic, and Anne Morrell, Cullowhee, N.C.; many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Brothers John, Michael and George, who was killed in action during World War II, preceded him in death. The funeral was held Thursday, Aug. 23 from the Semian Funeral Home, 704 Union St., Taylor, followed by Divine Liturgy at10 a.m. in St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, 140 Church St., by the Rev. Gary Mensiner. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, 140 Church St., Old Forge, PA 18518. Please visit www.semiancares.com to share memories or extend condolences.

Harriet Nancarrow

Thursday, August 23 in the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge, with the Rev. Donald Parry, pastor of the Stewart Memorial Church, Old Forge, officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Harriet’s name to the Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church, 174 N. Main St., Old Forge, PA 18518. Please visit www.KearneyFuneralHome.com for directions or to leave an online condolence.

AUGUST 19, 2012

Harriet Nancarrow, 88, of Morganton, N.C., and formerly of Old Forge, died Sunday, August 19, 2012, in the Grace Hospital in Morganton, N.C. Surviving are niece, Joyce Sutton, and husband Richard; nephew, Francis Shannon, and wife Lorrie. Funeral services were held on

Michael Cherinka

AUGUST 21, 2012 Michael Cherinka, 56, Old Forge, died Tuesday, August 21 at CMC Scranton. He was married to the former Joanne Matechak. The couple celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary on June 6. Born in Dunmore, he was a son of the late John and Rhoda Jackson Cherinka. He graduated from Dunmore High School in 1973, and attended Penn State Universi-

ty. He was the owner of Interim Health Care, Blakely. Surviving are sons, Michael Jr. and wife Robyn, Stefan and wife Karen, Chris, Dunmore; brothers, John Cherinka, Robert MacNeal; sister, Peggy Moss; five grandchildren; several nieces, and nephews. A funeral was held Friday, Aug. 24 in the Louis V. Ciuccio Funeral Home, 145 Moosic Rd., Old Forge, followed by Mass at the Prince of Peace Parish-St. Mary’s Church, W. Grace and Lawrence Sts., Old Forge.

Samuel S. Davis AUGUST 21, 2012

Samuel S. Davis, 79, of Scranton, died Tuesday morning, August 21, 2012, in the Commonwealth Hospice following an illness. His wife is the former Carol J. Detrick. The couple celebrated 54 years of marriage on August 16. Born April 23, 1933 in Scranton, he is a son of the late Glyndwr and Elizabeth (Shively) Davis. Sam was a graduate of West Scranton High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean Conflict. Prior to his retirement, he was the owner and operator of Sam Davis Tires Inc. He attended Trinity Baptist Church in Scranton. Sam was an avid car enthusiast and loved restoring cars, and was involved with stock car racing for many years. He was well-known and wellliked by many people, but his greatest passion was his family, which was evident in their Sunday dinner gatherings. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two daughters, Karen L. Williams and husband Craig of Trucksville, Lynn A. Magnotta and husband Robert of Trucksville; one sister, Elizabeth Roczniak, and husband Paul, of Scranton; four grandchildren, Kelly Cook and husband Kevin, Ryan S. Williams, Rachel A. Magnotta, Matthew R. Magnotta; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas Davis; two sisters, Annette Lobo and Susan Joy. Funeral services were conducted Friday, August 24 in the Howard J. Snowdon Funeral Home, 1810 Sanderson Ave., Scranton, with the Rev. Ginger Daubenhauser as officiating clergy. Memorial contributions can be made to Trinity Baptist Church, 1546 Monsey Ave., Scranton, PA 18509. For online condolences, visit www.duffyandsnowdon.com.

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2013 SUBARU

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MERCEDES-BENZ `73 450SL with Convertible

removable hard top, power windows, AM /FM radio with cassette player, CD player, automatic, 4 new tires. Champagne exterior; Italian red leather interior inside. Garage kept, excellent condition. Priced to Sell! $23,000. Call 570-825-6272

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Boats & Marinas

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Commercial Trucks & Equipment

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Motorcycles

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HARLEY 10 DAVIDSON SPORTSTER CUSTOM Loud pipes. Near Mint 174 miles - yes, One hundred and seventy four miles on the clock, original owner. $8000. 570-876-2816

SUZUKI 01 VS 800 GL INTRUDER Garage kept, no rust, lots of chrome, black with teal green flake. Includes storage jack & 2 helmets. $3600 570-410-1026

YAMAHA 97 ROYALSTAR 1300

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DIESEL MECHANIC Our White Haven, PA facility is looking for a Heavy Duty Diesel Technician to join our team in the repair and maintenance of a tractor/trailer fleet. We will consider training a highly motivated and dependable candidate. Full time positions include competitive wages, paid vacation, medical insurance and retirement plan. Please email resume and/or contact information to: tjmcsas@epix.net or call Tom at (570) 443-8224 M-F 9AM to 4PM.

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SHIPPER/RECEIVER 10:00-6:30pm Monday-Friday. Great opportunity, with growing local company, for highly motivated individual! Competitive starting wage and future earnings potential. Email resume to: FORTYFORTSHIPPER@GMAIL.COM

Offset Printing, Silk Screen, Hot Stamp, Labeler & Extrusion Process Technicians Iridium Industries, Inc., a cutting edge plastics tube manufacturer located in E. Stroudsburg, PA is seeking experienced technicians:

503

Deco Technicians (offset, silk screen, hot stamp and label application) are responsible for the production, set-up, troubleshooting and repair of related equipment. Experienced candidates. must have a minimum of 1-3 years of production or printing press experience.

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Extrusion Technicians are responsible for performing and maintaining the daily activities associated with the production line. This includes, running, repairing, adjusting and monitoring the production line. Plastics background preferred. Strong mechanical aptitude required. Wages Start at $16.83 up to $18.83 after one year of satisfactory performance and benefits package offered. Must be available all shifts. M-F; 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm or 10pm-6am. Submit resume that includes relevant experience and skills along with employment history via Email to: HR2@artube.net or fax to 570-476-9800. EOE

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FLEET MECHANIC

3rd shift Mechanic will be responsible for the repair and maintenance of the fleet road equipment including tractor, trailer, trailer refrigeration unit, convertor dolly and maintenance vehicles. Mechanics will also be responsible for the completion, documentation, and to keep current maintenance logs for all repairs and parts used daily. The position will also be required to perform road rescue as needed. Essential Job Functions: • Troubleshoot diagnose and complete all required repairs. • Perform Preventative Maintenance within Company Standards • Complete documentation of all repair orders, PM and parts used using a PC based maintenance system • Maintain a clean & safe working environment in compliance with workplace safety rules and regulations •Tracking of assigned repairs by logging in and out of the ShopFax maintenance system Requirements: • Valid Pennsylvania class A CDL drivers license. • Valid Pennsylvania state inspection license. • 3+ years Diesel mechanic experience. • Ability to comply with EPA and OSHA regulation as pertaining to shop and fleet. • Must have knowledge of computers. • Must have own tools. • Ability to read and interpret schematics and flow charts. • Section 608 and 609 refrigerant certifications. US. Foods offers an excellent benefit package. Interested candidates should apply online at www.usfoodservice. com/careers Rec# 12003402 or in person at US. Foods 13 Rutledge Drive, Pittston, PA. EEO/AA/M/F/D/V

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DRIVER, Local/Fulltime/Weekly Min. pay. Weekend/ Casual positions also available. CDLA, 2 years experience. 23yoa. GoPenske.com #1203677 or 866-823-0357

DRIVERS Local concrete producer seeking class B truck drivers. Competitive wage with complete benefit package. Experience preferred but will train. Reply in person Coon Industries Inc 117 Armstrong Road Pittston, PA 18640 570-654-0211 DRIVERS: Co. Great Pay/ Hometime! NoTouch! 80% D&H. CDL-A with 1 year experience. 866-564-8639 x107

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Marketing/ Product

PURCHASING ASSISTANT Local established

manufacturer has a full time position available for an administrative/purchasing assistant that will also assist with customer service. The ideal candidate will have solid computer experience, with accuracy and attention to detail. AS400 experience a plus. Must be able to complete analysis work, administrative duties, and special projects. Must have college degree. 3-5 years experience preferred. A comprehensive benefit package, which includes 401K. Please send resume to AMERICAN SILK MILLS 75 STARK STREET PLAINS, PA 18705

548 Medical/Health

* OPTICAL *

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548 Medical/Health

DIRECT CARE WORKER ALLIED SERVICES IN-HOME SERVICES DIVISION has parttime day shift hours available in Luzerne County. Minimum of 1 year of home care experience and valid PA driver’s license required. If interested, please apply online at:

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600 FINANCIAL

CAREER OPPORTUNITY STAFFING CMS East, Inc. is one of the largest COORDINATOR family owned and We are seeking

someone who can do it all. You will be responsible for driving new sales, client development, and recruiting applicants. If you are looking for an industry that is forever changing, fastpaced, and very challenging, this is the career for you! Agency experience is a plus, but not a must. We are looking for someone with high energy, motivation & the desire to succeed. Qualified applicants will have an outgoing personality, MS office knowledge, typing and filing skills, strong verbal and written skills, willingness to learn and be a team player. We offer excellent benefits, salary + commission. If you are looking for a career, not just a job, send resume to:

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Warehouse

DISTRIBUTION CENTER SUPERVISOR Clothing and shoe distributor: Job duties include: supervising and motivating team to meet daily production goals, oversight of picking, packing, shipping and receiving. Collaboration with management on special projects. Must have supervisory experience. Excellent company benefits including, medical/dental/visio n/life insurance & 401k plan. Please email resume and salary requirements to hillcorpjobs @gmail.com

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Growth Creates Opportunity...Start A New Career! Hiring Experienced Forklift Operators $12.25 hourly, after completion of 90 day probation period. ***STRAIGHT DAY SHIFT OR NIGHT SHIFT (12 hour shifts ave. 42 hours per week) ***75 cent night shift pay differential offered. ***Pay increase based on skill development. Take charge...LEARN AND EARN!

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CHAIRS, (2) Genuine leather, custom made recliners. Taupe color, like new. $550 each. SOFA, CHAIR, OTTOMAN, 3 TABLES, great for den. Wood and cloth, all in excellent condition. $450. Call after 12 noon 570-675-5046 DINING ROOM SET medium wood, table, 6 chairs, china closet $650. COUCH & LOVE SEAT $200. BEDROOM SET double $200. 570-655-4124

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Baby Items

BASSINET Moses $60. baby swing $10. Baby bouncer $8. Boys baby clothes $1. each. 570-793-8309

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TREADMILL Manual $25. 570-793-8309

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758 Miscellaneous YARD SALE LEFTOVERS TV $50. Desk $10. 4 drawer filing cabinet $25. Apt. size stove $50, antique vanity with bench $40. Harvard commercial foose ball table $75. Antique wash stand $25. Golf clubs $25. Mosquito mag $60. Antique hi-chair $20. Child’s wooden train platform & train (like Thomas the Train) $40. Plasticville houses $6. & $12. Chevy car rims (4) $80.. after 4pm 570-675-7785

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SPORT CARDS Looking for the right deal BUYING Pay Cash for baseball, football, basketball, hockey on an automobile? & non-sports. Sets, singles & Turn to classified. wax. Also buying comics. It’s a showroom in print! 570-212-0398 Classified’s got the directions! $ $ $ $ $ Mattress A Queen Size Pillow Top Set Still in Plastic Must Sell!!! $150 570-280-9628

WW II FLIGHT JACKETS WANTED

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Old Comics. 70s Star Wars Toys. 570-817-7588

YOUR CAREER. REINVENTED. Picture a new kind of future – one where you can make an impact, not just a living. Train for a career in insurance and financial product sales with The Prudential Insurance Company of America’s Financial Professional Program. You’ll learn hands-on from seasoned professionals, in the classroom and the field. And you’ll get the support you need to prepare for required licensing exams. All while receiving a generous compensation and benefits package. After your training period, you’ll have a world of opportunities – including the chance to lead your own practice. Want to make an exciting career change? If you have a strong interest in financial sales, email your resume or call me today. Lisa Hummel Agency Recruiter 32 Scranton Office Park Scranton, PA 18507 Phone 570-340-7052 Fax 570-340-7063 www.applicationstation.com Code: PRUDWB_2R Lisa.Hummel@Prudential.com

EVERY THURSDAY IN AUGUST FROM 12 NOON TO 4PM

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Furniture & Accessories

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey and its afﬁliates are Equal Opportunity/Afﬁrmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in its workforce. Prudential is an employer that participates in E-Verify. Prudential, the Prudential logo and the Rock symbol are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities.

0204417-00001-00 Ed. 7/2011

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CATS (3)

Need good home. Children have allergies. One male neutered and declawed 12 year old, one male neutered 8 year old, one female spayed 11 year old. Good with children. very friendly and sociable. owner heartbroken. Call if you can help. 570-762-1030

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Dogs

PAWS TO CONSIDER.... ENHANCE YOUR PET CLASSIFIED AD ONLINE Call 829-7130 Place your pet ad and provide us your email address This will create a seller account online and login information will be emailed to you from gadzoo.com “The World of Pets Unleashed” You can then use your account to enhance your online ad. Post up to 6 captioned photos of your pet Expand your text to include more information, include your contact information such as e-mail, address phone number and or website.

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Highland Hills Development .88 Acres. $75,000 570-947-3375

POMERANIAN PUPPIES AKC, 7 months old, 1

male, 1 female, all shots, 1 all white with a black ear, all black with white. $300 each must sell, we are moving. Housebroken. Call 717-444-0188

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HANOVER TWP.

23 Ridge Street OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12pm-2pm 4 Bedroom Colonial Home in Pocono Ridge Estates. Large 2 Car Garage, Paved Driveway, Electric Heat & Central Air, 1.5 Baths, Large Eat in Kitchen & Dining Room. Double Deck with Hot Tub. Low Taxes. $219,000 Call 570-212-1404

SWOYERSVILLE

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

EDWARDSVILLE

689 Main Street 2 bedroom home on large lot with bonus efficiency apartment. Large living room, eat in kitchen, screened porch. Freshly painted and new flooring. See www.craiglslist.org $69,000. Call 570-696-3368

1 bedroom, first floor. W/w carpeting, w/d hookup, stove and fridge included. Large porch. Utilities by tenants. 1 year lease. $350/mo + security. No pets. Credit and background check. Not section 8 approved. 570-779-5218

WILKES-BARRE

New Construction. Lot #2, Fairway Estates. 2,700 square feet, tile & hardwood on 1st floor. Cherry cabinets with center island. $399,500. For more details: patrickdeats.com 570-696-1041

NANTICOKE

HANDYMAN

2 bedroom house large kitchen & dining, new roof & steps, large fenced double lot, off street parking. Close to LCC on very quite street. Asking $29,000 OBO. 201.679.4061

SHAVERTOWN

House for sale on 3 lots, quiet dead end street. Needs updating/TLC. Asking $75,000.00 Call 570-333-5198

HOMES FOR SALE

5 Homes left. 3 in Nanticoke, 2 in Edwardsville. Price ranging from $20,000 to $37,000 Call 516-216-3539 Leave Message

AVAILABLE HOUSING RENTAL UNITS: REDUCED Parsons Section 166 Matson Ave. $25,000. 5 bedroom, 1 bath. Garage. Corner lot. Nice location. Out of flood zone. Call 570-814-7453

909

Income & Commercial Properties

HANOVER

Repossessed Income Property & Duplex Home. Out of flood area On same lot. 7 apartments, 5 in excellent condition. Hardwood floors. $119,000 570-822-9697

LARKSVILLE

25+ year Pizzeria, dining room seats 40, six ovens, liquor license, 3,000+ sq. ft., large parking area, intersection of high volume road. Building available. $120,000. Call 717-826-6969

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

3 bedroom, living room/dining room, washer/dryer hookup, yard, off street parking, convenient location, new kitchen. $800. PLAINS: 3 level with 3 bedrooms, yard, off street parking, washer/ dryer hook-up, bonus room. $525. 1 bedroom 1st floorcoming. Available Sept. $420. WILKES-BARRE: 4 bedroom, living room, dining room, laundry room, yard, off street parking. $725. INCLUDES: maintenance, sewer fees, appliances., carpeting. Not included: utilities. NO dogs/cats. Credit check/lease, references, employment history. Discount rates may apply to qualified. Call: Property Mgmnt 899-3407 for info & appt.

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LUZERNE

KINGSTON - 2 APTS.

902 MARKET ST. One very large 2 bedroom apartment washer/ dryer hookup, all appliances, recently renovated, quiet neighborhood, landlord pays water. $650/ month per unit. 3-5 ROSS ST. 1 & 2 bedrooms available. Private parking. Quiet neighborhood. $600 and $650. 1 month rent & security. Available now! Near college. 570-656-7125

KINGSTON 72 E. W alnut St.

A vailable Now! 2nd floor. Located in quiet neighborhood. Kitchen, living room, dining room. Sunroom. Bath. 3 bedrooms; 2 large & 1 small. Lots of closets. Built in linen closet & hutch. Hardwood and carpeted floors. Fireplace. Storage room. Yard. Washer / dryer, stove / fridge. Heat and hot water included. One year lease+ security. $950 570-283-4370

KINGSTON Available Sept. 1st

1st floor, Large 1 bedroom, bath with shower, wall to wall carpet. Off street parking. $525 + utilities. References required. Gas heat. No pets or smoking. 570-407-3991 or 570-779-4609

KINGSTON: 1st floor 2 bedrooms. $500. 2nd floor 1 bedroom $465.

941

KINGSTON

Beautiful, oversized executive style apartment in large historic home. Two bedrooms, one bath, granite kitchen, hardwood floors, dining room, living room, basement storage, beautiful front porch, washer/ dryer. $1,000 monthly plus utilities. No smoking. Call 570-472-1110

KINGSTON Bring Rover or Kitty & move right in. 2 bedroom apt. Off street parking, coin laundry on premises. $600/month + gas, heat & electric. Call 570-262-1577

KINGSTON MUST SEE!! Elegant 3rd floor of historic home in charming neighborhood with 2 bedrooms & full bath. kitchen with stainless steel fridge, oven, microwave, dishwasher, washer/dryer, garbage disposal. newly renovated throughout, with all hardwood floors, private deck, 2 car garage with remote, central air, security system, wifi, intercom & keyless entry. pets negotiable/ no smoking. Utilities included. Rent $1,300 + security/references. Call 570-288-6686.

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

LARKSVILLE

Available Sept. 1st. 2nd floor, 1 bedroom & bath. All appliances. Heat, water, hot water & sewer included. Air, washer & dryer. Newly painted. No pets, non-smoking. Security, lease & references required. $600/month. Call (570) 288-4253 Leave message

NANTICOKE 2 BEDROOM $550 MONTH. 1 BEDROOM $450/MONTH Section 8 Welcome 516-216-3539 OR 570-497-9966

NANTICOKE/SHEATOWN

21 Thomas Street 1 bedroom, 2nd floor, eat-in kitchen with appliances, shared yard and porch, washer/dryer hook-up $375 + security, no pets, no smoking Tenant pays electric, water, and oil heat & garbage. Call (570) 814-1356

WEST WYOMING

429 West 8th Street New 2 bedroom with off street parking, private patio, washer/dryer, stove included. No pets. $575/mo + security Sewer & garbage included other utilities by tenant. 570-760-0458

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WILKES-BARRE FREE HEAT 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator & stove, off-street parking, small pets OK. $600/month + 1 month deposit. Call 570-262-1577

To placeyour adcall. .829-7130 LUZERNE

LUXURIOUS/ UNITS America Realty Managed 570-288-1422

REMODELLING 2/3 BEDROOMS $750+ UTILITIES, 2 YEAR LEASE, MAPLE KITCHENS, APPLIANCES SOME UNITS, CARPORTS, GAS FIREPLACES, SUN PORCHES, ETC. NO PETS/ NO SMOKING EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION APPLICATION.

PITTSTON

1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Fenced yard & covered patio. Refrigerator & stove, washer/ dryer hookup, no pets. $525 & $625/month, plus utilities & 1st month’s security. 570-234-4748

PITTSTON

2 apartments available Large 1 bedroom apartment, washer/dryer hookup, water, sewer & heat included, off street parking, $675/month + security 1st floor, 2nd floor apt is $650/month + security. Please call 570-443-0770

PITTSTON MUST SEE!!!! Modern 1 bedroom, sunroom/patio, all appliances. Off street parking. Air, utilities by tenant. No Pets. $575/mo. Security & References required. 570-655-6598 Leave message

Mayflower Crossing Apartments 570.822.3968 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms - Light & bright open floor plans - All major appliances included - Pets welcome* - Close to everything - 24 hour emergency maintenance - Short term leases available

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WILKES-BARRE

264 Academy St 1.5 bedrooms, newly renovated building. Washer & dryer available. $650/per month includes heat, hot water and parking. 570-855-4744 646-712-1286

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WILKES-BARRE APARTMENTS FOR RENT!

425 S. FRANKLIN ST. For lease. Available immediately, washer/dryer on premises, no pets. We have studio, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. On site parking. Fridge & stove provided. 24/7 security camera presence & all doors electronically locked. Studio - $450. 1 bedroom - $550. 2 bedroom - $650. Water & sewer paid. One month security deposit. Call 570-793-6377 after 9:00 a.m. to schedule an appointment. Or email shlomo_voola @yahoo.com wilkesliving.com

944

Commercial Properties

DOLPHIN PLAZA

Rte. 315 2,400 Sq. Ft. professional office space with beautiful view of Valley & Casino. will divide office / retail Call 570-829-1206

315 PLAZA 1,750 SQ. FT. & 2,400 SQ.FT OFFICE/RETAIL 570-829-1206

To place your ad call...829-7130 WILKES-BARRE BEST $1 SQ. FT.

LEASES YOU’LL EVER SEE! Warehouse, distribution, storage, light manufacturing. Gas heat, sprinklers, overhead doors, parking for 30 cars. Yes, that $1 sq.ft. lease! We have 9,000 sq.ft., 27,000 sq.ft., and 13,000 sq. ft. Can combine. There is nothing this good! Call Larry @ 570-696-4000 or 570-430-1565

950

Half Doubles

FORTY FORT

A vailable Sept. 1 2 bedroom, newly renovated, custom oak kitchen cabinets, tile floors, paddle fans, 1.5 baths. Off street parking, deck and patio, $800 + utilities; gas, electric and water, washer dryier hookup. References required, no pets or smoking. 570-779-4609 570-407-3991

950

Half Doubles

953 Houses for Rent

BACK MOUNTAIN

KINGSTON

2 bedroom, $500 + utilities. Lease and security. No dogs, no smoking, References. Call 570-287-5491

To place your ad call...829-7130

LUXURY TOWNHOUSE 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Full kitchen, dining and living room. Large unfinished basement, Reserved parking. Large patio deck. $1,400 per month plus utilities. 1 year lease. Security deposit and credit check required. Available immediately. Call 570 762-3640.

PLYMOUTH 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Located on Academy St. $650 + utilities & security. Small pets OK with extra security. Call 570-262-1577

WILKES-BARRE

Academy Street Well maintained in move-in condition. 6 room house with 3 bedrooms & 1 1/2 baths. Gas forced air heat. No pets. 1 year lease. Credit check.$625 + utilities & security. Call 908-510-3879

DURYEA

Newly Remodeled 2 bedroom, 2 bath, off street parking, washer/dryer hook up. No pets. $575. Security & lease. Tenant pays ALL utilities. Small back yard. 570-675-1795

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WILKES-BARRE

Parsons Section 3 bedroom half double. Off street parking. Pets welcome. $550/month Credit/Criminal check required. Call 570-266-5333

3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Clean, roomy family home. No pets., $650/month, Call (570)864-8595

971 Vacation & Resort Properties

GLEN LYON

BLACK LAKE, NY

Come relax & enjoy great fishing & tranquility at it s finest. Housekeeping cottages on the water with all the amenities of home.

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944

Commercial Properties

944

KINGSTON

Executive Home Well maintained.

Newly remodeled. Front porch, foyer entrance, hardwood floors, living room, dining room, 4 bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, 2.5 baths, granite kitchen, sun room, basement with plenty of storage, no smoking. $1,600/month

570-472-1110 Nice Area

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RICKETT S GLEN AREA Beautiful secluded

farmhouse, 4 bedroom, 2 baths, all appliances, washer/dryer hookup, 2 car attached garage. $1,100/ month + utilities & security. Call 570-864-1014

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DALLAS

COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR LEASE

3593 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY (RT. 415) 2625 SF BUILDING GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OFFICE OR BUSINESS SOME UTILITIES INCLUDED AVAILABLE 9/1/12 CALL JOHN 690-0610

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STK# N 22286 M O D EL# 16212 V IN # 860766 M SR P $37,525

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STK# N 22166 M O D EL# 25012 V IN # 625154 M SR P $32,315

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