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Former PSU assistant coach charged with child sexual abuse can have a local jury. By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
BALANCING THE BUDGET
Some county workers’ high salaries eyed Probation and domestic relations officers among top-paid county workers.
HARRISBURG — A judge ruled Monday that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky can have supervised contact with most of his grandchildren, saying there was no evidence that the children’s parents wouldn’t be able to keep them safe. Judge John Cleland also rejected requests by prosecutors that jurors be Sandusky brought in from outside the State College area to hear the case and that Sandusky remain indoors while on home confinement before trial. Prosecutors made the bail modification request after hearing concerns by neighbors about the safety of children, particularly at an elementary school behind Sandusky’s house. “The commonwealth failed to present any evidence whatsoever that the defendant presents a clearly defined threat to any student at the adjoining elementary school simply by being on his deck,” Cleland wrote. Sandusky faces 52 criminal counts for what prosecutors say was the sexual abuse of 10 boys over a 15-year period. He has denied the allegations. Sandusky’s lawyer issued a statement saying Sandusky, his wife and their family were “relieved by and pleased with” the visitation ruling, which pertains to all but three of his
DALLAS TWP. – A senior at Dallas High School with a career goal of becoming a cavalry scout in the U.S. Army died after his pickup truck struck a tree along Kunkle-Alderson Road near Lake Street on Monday morning. The Luzerne County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Thomas E. Lynch, 18, of Harveys Lake. He was alone in the vehicle. Lynch Police Chief Robert Jolley said Lynch, operating a Chevrolet S10, was traveling east on Kunkle-Alderson Road when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a large tree at about 7:50 a.m. Jolley said it was likely Lynch was headed to school at the time of the crash. It remained unknown if Lynch was wearing a seat belt. The roadway was generally dry but wet in spots and may have been ice covered earlier in the morning, Jol-
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last of a three-day series examining the largest expenditure in the Luzerne County budget — salaries and benefits paid to employees.
Caseloads, pays don’t match up By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER tmorgan@timesleader.com
Classmates of Thomas E. Lynch, 18, put flowers and candles at the site of his crash after school on Monday.
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WILKES-BARRE – All but a handful of workers employed as Luzerne County probation officers and domestic relations support officers will earn more than $60,000 in base salary this year, ranking them among the top paid employees in the county. Under the union contract, 62 of the 72 people employed as juvenile or adult probation officers will earn the top rate of $60,577. In Domestic Relations, which handles child support cases, 24 of 28 support or
Adult probation officers in Luzerne County had one of the lowest caseload averages of all third-class counties in Pennsylvania in 2010, yet they were among the highest paid in the entire state, according to a state report. Probation officers in the adult division earned an average of $53,544 – the second highest average salary out of the 11 thirdclass counties, and the fourth highest out of all 65 counties in the state that have county-run probation offices, according a report compiled by the state Board of Probation and
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Obama plan avoids big health care cuts Council gets feedback By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer
tions in tax increases on the wealthy and by removing certain corporate tax breaks. Obama rejected GOP charges of class warfare. In his budget message, he said, “This is not about class warfare. This is about the nation’s welfare.” In a message that repeated populist themes Obama also sounded in his State of the Union address, the president defended his proposed tax increases on the wealthy, saying it was important that the burden of getting deficits under control be a shared responsibility. “This is about making fair choices that benefit not just the
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the government’s huge health benefit programs, a major cause of future deficits. Obama’s new budget was immediately attacked by Republicans as a retread of previously rejected ideas. The budget battle is likely to be a major component of the fall election campaign. The president would achieve $1.5 trillion of the deficit reduc- See OBAMA, Page 7A
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Metal detectors at Dallas H.S. criticized Moment of silence held in honor of student Thomas Lynch, who died Monday. By SARAH HITE shite@timesleader.com
DALLAS TWP. -- Students and parents addressed the Dallas School Board on Monday about the recent usage of metal detectors at the senior high school. Before the meeting began, the board held a moment of silence in honor of 18-year-old Dallas High School student Thomas Lynch, of Harveys Lake, who died in a vehicle crash Monday morning. Board President Catherine Wega said Lynch was an Eagle Scout who had already enlisted in the U.S. military, and planned to attend basic training in Fort Benning, Ga.
During the meeting, parents and students discussed the metal detectors at the high school that have been in use since Feb. 1. Principal Jeffrey Shaffer said the system is randomized -- all students walk through the detection system when entering the new building, but only some are scanned. Paul Paci, of Dallas, whose daughter attends the school, said he disagrees with the notion that all students should have to pass through the metal detector because of the “poor choices” of others. He said students who wish to do harm to others will find a way to get a weapon into the school regardless of whether there are metal detectors. Paci said he felt the detectors were a violation of students’ constitutional rights. Board member Colleen Slo-
cum said that because of incidents such as the Columbine High School shooting, in which two students killed 12 students and one teacher and injured nearly two dozen others in April1999, schools need to be prepared to keep students and faculty safe. “This is our new normal,” she said. Paci’s daughter, Amanda, said the detectors are time-consuming, which causes her to not have enough time before class to finish her homework. She said she’s unable to complete it at home due to a parttime job. Senior Gavin Carolan, of Dallas, created T-shirts in protest of the detectors, but said the administration had banned them on Monday. He said the shirts are bright orange and read “PA Department of Corrections, Dallas High
Residents get legal tips on power line State consumer advocate details process of opposing PPL path in Thornhurst Twp.
By STEVE MOCARSKY smocarsky@timesleader.com
THORNHURST TWP. – A state consumer advocate on Monday advised dozens of citizens on the legal process they can use to oppose the proposed route of a high-voltage power line through their communities. Dianne Dusman, senior assistant consumer advocate for the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, was guest speaker at a meeting of a grass-roots group concerned about the 57.2-mile path that PPL Electric Utilities has planned for a 230-kilovolt power line through Wayne, Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. The Office of Consumer Advocate represents the interests of state utility consumers before the Public Utility Commission, federal regulatory agencies, and state and federal courts. Dusman led the residents through the process PPL must take to get state permission to construct the power line. It could include public hearings after PPL submits an application to the PUC, which is expected to happen in the second half of 2012. If there is substantial public interest in the project, Dusman said her office will ask the administrative law judge assigned to the case to hold public hearings.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge has deferred sentencing for a father and son from McAdoo who pleaded guilty to telephone harassment of Sarah Palin’s Alaska lawyers. U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess on Monday ordered a full psychological evaluation for
The next Dallas School Board meeting will be at 7 p.m. March 5 in the administration building.
School, Inmate Number 570.” Carolan said he researched court cases and the detectors and banning students’ protests were both unconstitutional. Shaffer said he saw the shirts as a disruption to the learning environment. Amanda Paci also said she didn’t feel safe at the school because faculty, staff and visitors were not scanned for weapons. “According to the school, I’m the only threat,” she said. Shaffer said there are seven or eight staff members who can operate the detectors, and scanning every visitor would be “impossible” right now. Parent Chris Oremus, of Fran-
klin Township, expressed concerns about traffic going in and out of the campus from Hildebrandt Road. He said a visibility problem and reckless drivers are reasons why he sees near-accidents “almost every single day.” Board member Bruce Goeringer agreed and said there should be a police officer in the area to deter drivers from speeding. In other business, the board appointed high school assistant football coaches Bob Roper and Craig Haywood with stipends of $3,976 each. There is also another assistant position that is to be announced. The board also appointed middle school assistant-in-charge of football Bill Perkarovsky with a stipend of $3,295, middle school assistant Chris Plaviak and volunteer high school football assistants Stephen Salavantis and John Perkarovsky.
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The citizens group meets next at 7:30 p.m. March 19 at Thornhurst Fire Hall, 125 River Road. Leaders hope to have more a more definitive alternate power line route ready by that meeting. Find links to earn more about the project and see a map of the proposed route at timesleader.com.
She led the residents through the hearing process. Dusman said it’s difficult to change a route after the hearing process starts, so it’s best to try to convince the utility why an alternate route would be better before the utility applies to the PUC. PPL says the new power line and three new substations – one in Buck Township, the others in Lackawanna and Wayne counties – are needed to strengthen the electric delivery system and improve reliability. The utility had open houses last fall to inform the public of its plan and solicit opinion, but some residents don’t think PPL properly considered their comments or adequately answered their questions. Frances Croke Page, spokeswoman for the grass-roots group, said Thornhurst area residents have hosted several meetings since the fall to discuss the issue and create both a town-level and areawide plan suggesting alternate routes that would better protect property values and reduce environmental impacts and possible threats to residents’ health.
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LEHMAN TWP. – To hold steady is what Lake-Lehman School District can anticipate in the wake of the news of Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget. Monday night, school board Business Manager Thomas Mel-
one of Albert B. Melone Co., Pittston, told the board members that if the numbers hold out, and nothing changes with the state’s proposed budget, the district could break even. But with the state’s budget approval deadline of June 30 still months away, he stressed the proposed the numbers are just tentative. Comparing school funding from Corbett’s 2012-2013 budget proposal to funding from the 2011-2012 state budget, Melone
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Snow removal costs questioned Hazle Twp. resident asks board about funds spent compared to Hazleton. By GERI GIBBONS Times Leader Correspondent
HAZLE TWP. -- A township resident expressed concerns Monday night about the cost of snow removal in the township when compared to Hazleton. “As an example,” said Richard Wienches of Forest Hills Acres, “in 2007, when a state of emergency was declared because of heavy snowfall, Hazle Township spent 300 percent more than Hazleton city.” Township Solicitor Charles Pedri said that during that weather event and subsequent winter storms the township did an excellent job in ensuring that roadways were passable, and did so in a timely way.
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Chairman William Gallagher said that open roads within the township made plowing challenging. “I believe that funds directed toward snow removal in the township are well spent,” said Pedri. In another matter, David Bettine, Stockton, asked for help from the township for lighting for the Stockton Veterans Memorial. Bettine said although he was not a veteran, many members of his family were and veterans of the area deserved to be honored. He said monetary donations were being accepted. He said he looked forward to an upcoming fundraiser at Community Park that would raise money for maintenance and improvement. The board indicated that it would offer a pavilion for the event at a reduced cost.
said the district may expect to receive the same for basic education funding of $6,479,800, an increase of $44,380 in Social Security reimbursement to $511,955, an increase of $21,787 in pupil transportation to $1,452,829 and to keep special education funding at $1,113,910. One area of funding loss is the Accountability Block Grant from the state Department of Education that will not be available to the district for the 2012-2013 school year. The district received
W H AT ’ S N E X T The next regular school board meeting will be at 7 p.m. March 19 in the library of the Junior Senior High.
$114,580 from ABG for the current school year. With all the components figured in, Melone said, the district could see a loss of $48,413 in state funding from 2011-2012 school year to 2012-2013. He said that because the pro-
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John Synoski, township engineer, said work had been completed on Club 40 Road and he would be inspecting it prior to payment of contractors. Joe Braski, Front Street, said he was concerned about a Dumpster in Humboldt placed approximately 30 yards from Route 924 that had been there for more than two months. He said it created a hazard in regard to visibility. Braski also said the Bognet building needed more lighting because of a day care facility housed there that was open until late at night. Supervisor Francis Boyarski said the board would look into both matters.
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olice continue the investigation of a brutal assault involving a 14P year-old boy whose hand was nearly
severed by a machete outside WilkesBarre Area’s GAR High School. No charges have been filed. Police said the boy, a ninth-grader, was assaulted during a large fight at South Grant and Lehigh streets, across the street from the high school, after school was dismissed on Thursday. GAR students said the machete attack occurred during a planned fight between students of AfricanAmerican and Dominican heritage. WILKES-BARRE
Crime Watch meetings set
The Wilkes-Barre Crime Watch will hold meetings throughout this week, volunteer crime watch chief Charlotte Raup said. On Wednesday, Central City Crime Watch meets at 6:30 p.m. at Provincial Tower, 34 S. Main St. On Thursday, the South View High Rise meets at 2 p.m. Raup at South View Manor, 60 Monroe St. and the Parsons group meets at 7 p.m. at the Primitive Methodist Church, 193 Austin Ave. WILKES-BARRE
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The Salvation Army’s annual Volunteer Appreciation luncheon will be held Wednesday at noon. The luncheon is for volunteers who helped during the Christmas holiday. In 2011, volunteers gave more than 7,000 hours during the holiday season. For more information, contact the Salvation Army of Wilkes-Barre at 824-8741. WILKES-BARRE
Check trial in March
The trial of a Shickshinny woman charged with altering a check used to pay a sewer bill will begin on March 19. Senior Judge Kenneth Brown said the trial of Diane Noss, 52, will begin at 9 a.m. with jury selection. The trial had previously been continued at the request of prosecutors because a witness was not available this week. Noss is the wife of Shickshinny Councilman Barry Noss Sr., who is also a board member on the Shickshinny Sewer Authority. Prosecutors say Diane Noss altered a $60 check to pay her sewer bill in September 2009, according to court records. BLOOMSBURG
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Bloomsburg University officials have announced a $2 million commitment to the Bloomsburg University Foundation by philanthropist Susan McDowell of Selinsgrove. The gift, the largest in the history of the BU Foundation, was given in McDowell support of the College of Education to establish the McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support. The McDowell gift is the second multimillion-dollar one to the foundation. Last year alumni Terry and JoAnn Zeigler contributed $1.67 million to establish the Zeigler Institute for Professional Development within the College of Business. BARTONSVILLE
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Wilkes University will hold a grand opening for its new Pocono center at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The event will kick off with a ribbon cutting. Wilkes University’s Pocono site, at The Shoppes at Crossroads on Route 611 in Bartonsville, Monroe County, allows adults to complete their degrees in the Poconos. Programs include a master of business administration and an accelerated bachelor of business administration program. Additional program offerings will be added in the coming year.
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Pileggi: Primary may be moved By BILL O’BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com
PLAINS TWP. – The state Senate majority leader said Monday the battle for redrawing legislative districts is not over and, if necessary, the April 24 primary could be moved. Dominic Pileggi, R-Chester, said Republicans are scurrying to meet the Wednesday deadline for revision of the redistricting plan. The revised plan would be voted on Feb. 22, he said. Last week a federal judge ruled that for the 2012 election, Pennsylvania’s legislative districts will revert to the configuration mapped out for them in 2001. If Republicans appeal the latest court ruling, the process could extend past the scheduled primary date. “The fact that this is a presidential electionyeardoesnotprecludemovingtheprimary,” Pileggi said.
But it could eliminate, or at least minimize, theimpactonthe presidential race for Pennsylvania voters. Pileggi was in the Wyoming Valley to meet with state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman Township, and former state Sen. Charles Lemmond, an old friend of Pileggi’s. “It’s not uncommon for Sen. Pileggi to reach out to members and to come into their specific regions to get a sense of concernsinthecommunity andourlegislative priorities,” Baker said. “I always welcome an opportunity to exchange information directly and to discuss issues that are important to this region.” One of those issues is the Marcellus Shale industry. Pileggi voted for the impact fee on every well drilling for gas, retroactive to the first well drilled in the MarcelINSIDE: Redistricting mess causing confusion, 4A.
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lus formation. “It sets the framework for the foreseeable future,” Pileggi said. “As it takes effect, we will look at what revisions should be made and propose the appropriate amendments.”
Pileggi said the legislature is in the midst of negotiations regarding Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget. “The feeling is that this is not the time to increase taxes,” he said. “We still have high unemployment and we have to learn to work within our budget constraints. We have to learn how best to allocate these scarce funds.” Baker said she has always had an excellentworkingrelationshipwithPileggi.She said she was looking forward to discussing local issues with him at the meeting Monday night. “Obviously, we will be looking at a host of issues regarding the upcoming budget negotiations,” she said. “And we will discuss the redistricting plan and the impact it would have on my district.” Baker said she will leave for Harrisburg early this morning for state Senate hearings on the budget.
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WILKES-BARRE – A woman charged with causing a crash that killed a 45year-old Ashley man pleaded guilty Monday to related charges. Caitlyn Hermanofski, 24, of Hunlock Creek, entered the plea to charges of homicide by motor vehicle while driving under the influence, accidents causing death and four counts of driving under the influence relating to the June 2010 crash that killed Joseph Hauze. Hermanofski, who will be sentenced on May 3 by Luzerne County Judge William Amesbury, faces a minimum of three years in prison on the homicide by motor vehicle charge. Attorney Jonathan Blum, who represented Hermanofski on Monday in the absence of her attorney, Ferris Webby, said his client was nervous because she has been unable to express her sympathy to the Hauze family. “She would like to let them know she is terribly sorry,” Blum said, noting that Hermanofski, as part of the charges against her, was ordered to have no contact with the victim’s family. According to court papers, Hermanofski was driving under the influence of alcohol and prescription medications when she struck a Harley-Davidson motorcycle operated by Hauze on state Route 309 in Fairview Township. Hauze underwent emergency surgery and died June 21. The Luzerne County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide after an autopsy showed he died from pulmonary embolism, or a blockage in the main artery of the lung. Fairview Township police alleged Hermanofski, who was pregnant at the time, had a blood-alcohol level of .251 percent and had opiates and anti-anxiety medications in her system at the time of the crash. Since being charged, Hermanofski has taken part in drug-and-alcohol treatment, and told Amesbury that she attends the county’s Day Reporting Cen-
Two investigators will look into birth of twins at county prison on Jan. 27. One of the babies later died. By SHEENA DELAZIO sdelazio@timesleader.com
township supervisors that the township had no plans to develop recreational facilities, and that the township would not have taken on the project if the charter school’s private foundation wasn’t financing and constructing the facilities. “A second class township may only condemn land for those public purposes specified by the Legislature,” the judge wrote. Those purposes include deepening and widening a watercourse, building an airport, township buildings, landfill for garbage or other refuse, to repair roads, to eliminate dangerous curves in a township road, to build or acquire sanitary sewers or to acquire existing water system and storm water management facilities. “The declaration itself states that the
WILKES-BARRE – The Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office on Monday assigned two detectives to investigate the birth of twins in the county prison on Jan. 27. First Assistant District Attorney Samuel Sanguedolce said two detectives are reviewing prison records and interviewing guards and the twin’s mother after the 23-year-old delivered the twins while awaiting transfer to Schuylkill County on a warrant. The investigation “No one came at the request of Interim Luzerne Coun- reported ty Manager Tom Pribu- (the la late Friday. Sanguedolce said the births) to detectives have already us until met with Warden Jolate on seph Piazza, and have begun to take state- Friday.” ments from others inSamuel volved. Sanguedolce “The investigation is First assistant not nearly completed,” DA Sanguedolce said, adding preliminary information indicates the babies were delivered at the prison and that a doctor and nurse were present. The twins were taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Sanguedolce said, where one died an hour after arriving. The baby’s death was due to natural causes, he said a coroner had ruled. Sanguedolce said the hospital did not report any suspicious circumstances or behavior. “No one reported (the births) to us until late on Friday,” Sanguedolce said of an e-mail District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis had received from Pribula. “Now, we’re confirming if (the information we have) is true.” Pribula and Piazza met with county council in closed-door executive session Monday night to discuss the matter. In addition to the D.A.’s investigation, Pribula said he wants to contact other prisons and the state correctional system to identify “best practices” in handling pregnant inmates. Pribula said he wants to ensure the county is properly assessing pregnant inmates when they enter the prison to determine if they are at risk and establish when pregnant inmates should be kept in the infirmary instead of their cells. Piazza has said Freeland police transported the woman to the county prison after she was picked up on a bench warrant from Schuylkill County. The prison nursing staff completed a medical intake and observed the woman was pregnant. The woman said she was seven months pregnant. She denied taking drugs, though a
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Caitlyn Hermanofski leaves county court Monday after pleading guilty to homicide by motor vehicle charges.
ter program six days a week and counseling sessions three days a week. Amesbury commended Hermanofski for doing an “outstanding job” with her treatment, but warned that if she doesn’t continue her programs and there is any deviation in her route, he will revoke her bail and she will be jailed. Hermanofski was released from the county prison on Dec. 22 after a bail hearing. She is released on $50,000, combined, unsecured bail for the homicide by motor vehicle case, and a sep-
arate simple assault case. In the case, Hermanofski was charged in March 2011 after police said she pushed an officer responding to a disturbance at a Wilkes-Barre apartment. Police said Hermanofski and a man were intoxicated and caring for an infant in an apartment in disarray, police said. Hermanofski’s bail had been revoked because of the new charge, leading her to be jailed. She is awaiting trial on charges relating to the March incident. Blum said Monday a plea agreement may be worked out in the assault case.
Charter school land case ruling overturned Commonwealth Court says Bear Creek Twp. can’t take land to be used for charter school project. By SHEENA DELAZIO sdelazio@timesleader.com
The state Commonwealth Court ruled on Monday that Bear Creek Township could not legally take possession of private land where the county’s only charter school wants to build a new school and public recreation facilities. The ruling is the outcome of an appeal to the higher court by the Harris family that owns land adjacent to the Bear Creek Charter School in the township. A June ruling by former county Judge Joseph Van Jura allowed the taking of
48 acres that belong to the family to be used for the estimated $12 million to $14 million construction project, funded by the school. In October 2009, Bear Creek Township filed a declaration of taking of the property. Within a month, the Harris family objected, alleging the school is a private entity and the township has limited power of eminent domain. Van Jura, in an eminent domain proceeding, said construction of public recreation areas and a new school would be a public benefit. The Harris family then appealed to the Commonwealth Court.A private entity cannot take land from a private individual, the family maintained. And the high court agreed. In the ruling Monday, Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt said it was clear from
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Candidates collecting petitions to run in districts they may not be able to represent.
Man says love for ex-girlfriend caused him to cash checks she stole from 86-year-old woman.
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WILKES-BARRE – With Valentine’s Day in mind, a local author offered his thoughts on cultivating and preserving a fulfilling relationship. David Weinberger, Ph.D., author of “Think Smart,” signed copies of his book at Barnes & Noble on South Main Street on Monday as he answered questions and offered advice – advice based on 35year career of working with couples and marriages and trying to keep families together. “The book doesn’t tell you what to think,” he said. “It tells you how to think. It encourages you to examine what drives your decisions in people and relationships.” Weinberger, 66, is a native of Scranton. He said he has a “great marriage” and he credits his wife, Nancy, a nurse, as the reason for his physical health and overall happiness. Weinberger has a few keys to a successful relationships: • Spend time with someone to
Merritt to give up city health insurance coverage By BILL O’BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE – City Council members are offered generous benefits, including health insurance. But after Chairman Mike Merritt switches his coverage from the city to his employer, none of the five officials will be taking the city plan. Merritt, who represents District E, said Monday he is in the process of making the change, which he expects will save city taxpayers approximately $10,000 per year.“I really was unaware of how much the health coverage cost the city,” Merritt said. “When I read about it in (The Times Leader) I decided to look into the plan here at my
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Weinberger said he wrote truly get to know them. • Have mutual trust and re- “Think Smart” to thank all the people who had a part to play in spect – honesty is a given. • Make each other feel valued contributing to his growth and understanding of huand work at making man behavior and each other feel un- D A V I D M . to give back what derstood. WEINBERGER he took from those • Talk to each encounters, in the other, problem- A licensed psychologist with a full-time practice in solve and have fun. Kingston, he holds gradu- hope that it could • Communicate ate degrees in Clinical and help to make a significant difference –thekeytocommu- Counseling Psychology in the lives of othnication is listening. from Virginia Common“It’s not rocket wealth University and The ers. American University in The book was science,” he said. Washington, D.C., and an “Live in the mo- undergraduate psychology mainlywrittenwith intimate or romanment and appre- degree from the University of Pittsburgh. tic relationships in ciate it.” “Think Smart” is available mind,butalsodeals Weinberger has at Barnes& Noble and with relationships “Davidisms” in his Amazon.com for $15.99. with family membook. He shared a bers, co-workers, few: • If you live in the present casual acquaintances or close through past history, you trade off friendships. What can people expect from the future. • There is a difference between “Think Smart”? “People will learn that we are all being in a relationship and buildcut out of the same fabric,” Weining one. • Intrapersonal issues always bergersaid.“Whatmakesusdifferent is how we wear our clothes.” supersede interpersonal ones.
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David Weinberger, author of ‘Think Smart,’ was signing copies of his book Monday at Barnes & Noble in Wilkes-Barre.
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WYOMING – A man charged Friday with stealing more than $5,000 from an 86-year-old woman blamed his love for an ex-girlfriend, according to charges filed. Police allege Zachary Ryan Yanchick, 21, of Riverview Manor, Pittston, cashed 10 checks stolen from an elderly woman in Harding at the M&T Bank branch in the Midway Shopping Center. Yanchick was arrested Friday when he tried to cash an 11th check he forged, police said. Yanchick told police his exgirlfriend, who has not been charged, stole the checks from her grandmother and asked him to cash the checks, the criminal complaint says. Yanchick agreed to cash the stolen checks “due to still being in love with her.” He was arraigned Saturday by District Judge James Tupper in Kingston Township on 20 counts of theft, 10 counts each of receiving stolen property and forgery, and one count each of criminal conspiracy to commit theft and criminal attempt to commit theft. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $7,000 bail. According to the complaint: A bank employee contacted police Friday when Yanchick tried to cash a $460 check. Bank officials became suspicious because the check number was close to 10 other checks Yanchick cashed and unsuccessful attempts to contact the account holder. When the elderly woman was reached, she realized her check book was missing, the complaint says. Yanchick told police his exgirlfriend stole the checks during a burglary at her grandmother’s house. His former girlfriend asked him to cash the checks because she did not have a bank account. Court records say Yanchick is serving a probation sentence imposed in August 2011 on a disorderly conduct conviction. An arrest warrant was issued for Yanchick on Oct. 24 when he failed to appear for a court proceeding on charges of resisting arrest, escape and providing a false identification to police, according to court records. A preliminary hearing is scheduled on Feb. 15 before District Judge Joseph Carmody, West Pittston.
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Council, the mayor and controller also are offered benefits: health insurance or a medical buyout; life insurance valued at $10,000 per member; dental coverage (single is $26.85 per month, family is $69.08 per month); and vision coverage (single $2.98/month, family $8.38/month). Lavelle and Brown take the $200 per month medical buyout, while George and Barrett don’t accept any health coverage. The compensation package offered council has come under fire in recent months at council meetings.
Pete Mailloux continues to collect signatures on his nominating petitions to appear on the April 24 primary ballot as a candidate for the 121st District of the state House of Representatives. On Wednesday, he’ll file the papers and then wait, at least a week, to see if he actually lives in the district he hopes to represent. Confused? Welcome to the redistricting mess that has thrown the election season into disarray. A Legislative Reapportionment Commission plan to remap Pennsylvania’s 203 House and 50 Senate districts was ruled invalid by the state Supreme Court, and a federal judge said the existing borders should be kept for this year’s elections. Now the fivemember commission has only a few days to come up with new maps that reflect the distribution of population in the 2010 census. That bipartisan panel -- House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, House Minority Leader Frank Dermody, Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa and Judge Stephen McEwen Jr. – has not set a public meeting or hearing to be held before Thursday’s deadline for candidates to file nominating petitions. So dozens of candidates across the state, including Mailloux, are collecting petitions to run in districts they may not be able to represent. Charles E. O’Connor, executive director of the commission, said the group is following the order of the state Supreme Court, which is to draw maps that meet constitutional mandates. In the meantime, he said, the legislative lines used since 2001 are in effect. Erik Arneson, a spokesman for
“At this time, legal and legislative options remain under review.”
Pileggi, said commission Chairman McEwen had told commissioners to distribute proposed new maps by Wednesday. Arneson said Erik Arneson a meeting is Spokesman for for state Sen. planned Pileggi Feb. 22, “with details on the time and specific location to be announced.” But that’s a week after the petition-filing deadline – which has already been extended two days by the state Supreme Court because of the mapping issue. The redistricting mess does not affect voting districts for federal office, as those new maps were approved by the Legislature and did not sustain a legal challenge. It’s also possible that Republicans, unhappy with the rulings and not wanting to hold an election with 2001 lines in effect, are readying a legal appeal. Terry Casey, the Luzerne County Republican Party chairman, said he has heard from state party officials that could happen. Arneson didn’t deny that possibility. “At this time, legal and legislative options remain under review,” he said. The litigants in the federal appeal have 30 days from the Feb. 8 ruling to file appeals. Also on the table, Casey said, is holding two primary elections: one on April 24 for federal and statewide offices including president, Congress, delegates and row offices; and one in the summer for state House and Senate seats. Arneson shot down that idea, which he said would cost taxpayers $20 million. “I’m not aware of anyone supporting a split primary,” Arneson said.
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and criminal trespassing. County Judge David Lupas said Meyers will be sentenced on April 9. WILKES-BARRE – A city According to court papers, man pleaded guilty Monday to on Aug. 12, 2010, police said charges relating to three sepMeyers entered the Dolphin arate incidents, including a Car Wash on Route 315 withcase in which police say he stole metal from a construction out permission. In October 2010, police said, site to pay for food because he Meyers took aluminum from had not eaten in a number of Solomon Industries. In Janudays. ary, police said he stole metal David Meyers, 46, of Washfrom a construction site. When ington Avenue, entered the plea to two counts of receiving police tried to stop a vehicle he was driving, he proceeded stolen property and one count each of fleeing/eluding police, through a stop sign and a brief foot pursuit began, police said. accidents involving damage
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Armed members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab attend a rally Monday on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. Thousands gathered at the demonstration in support of the merger of al-Shabab with al-Qaida, which was announced last week by al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri.
NEW DELHI — Israel blamed Iran on Monday for bomb attacks on its diplomats’ cars in India and Georgia, heightening concerns that the Jewish state was moving closer to striking its archenemy. Iran denied responsibility for the attacks that appeared to mirror the recent killings of Iranian nuclear scientists that Tehran blamed on Israel. The blast in New Delhi set a car ablaze and injured four people, including an Israeli Embassy driver and a diplomat’s wife; the device in Georgia was discovered and safely defused. “Iran is behind these attacks
and it is the largest terror exporter in the world,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers from his Likud Party. The violence added further tension to one of the globe’s most contentious standoffs. Iran has been accused of developing a nuclear weapons program that Israel says threatens the existence of the Jewish state. Tehran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Comments by Israeli officials in recent weeks have raised fears Israel might be preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities. While Israel says it hopes that international sanctions can curb Iran’s nuclear program, leaders pointedly note that “all options are on the table” and have warned that as Iran moves closer to weapons capability, time is
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Persons believed to be from the Israeli Embassy look at a car belonging to the embassy that exploded in New Delhi, India.
running out for action. Fearing an Israeli attack could set off a conflict across the region and send oil prices skyrocketing, U.S. and other Western countries have been pressing Israel to give sanctions more time.
Israeli military analyst Reuven Pedatzur said Monday’s action was unlikely to have any bearing on whether Israel attacks Iran, calling it an “isolated incident” with rather low impact.
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age-point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year and add the approximately $100 billion cost to the nation’s $15 trillion-plus debt. House Speaker John Boehner, ROhio, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California said the House could vote on the payroll tax measure this week, but that the fate of unemployment benefits for millions of the long-term jobless and efforts to forestall scheduled cuts in fees to doctors who treat Medicare patients would remain in the hands of a House-Senate negotiating panel that’s looking for ways to pay for them.
Santorum moves past Romney, but both Republicans are trailing Obama. By DAVID LAUTER Tribune Washington Bureau
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Bills on birth control ripped
The White House said Monday legislation in the Senate that would give employers broad leeway to restrict coverage for contraception is “dangerous and wrong.” Press secretary Jay Carney took aim at legislation by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. — a possible GOP vice presidential candidate — and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that would allow any employer to deny birth control coverage if it runs counter to their religious or moral beliefs. Another bill, by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., would go even further by allowing health plans to deny coverage for any service that violates their beliefs. HARRISBURG
Internet sales to be taxed
The administration of Gov. Tom Corbett is expecting about $50 million from its new efforts to collect taxes on items sold over the Internet. The state Department of Revenue provided the estimate Monday. Corbett is pressuring Internet-based sellers to collect the sales tax at the time of purchase, as Pennsylvaniabased companies have to do. In addition, the state’s 2011 personal income-tax return for the first time provides a line asking taxpayers to declare how much they owe in “use tax” on purchases they made online without paying the state sales tax. Both are 6 percent. By law, sellers are supposed to collect the sales tax at the time of purchase. If they don’t, buyers are expected to pay the state the same amount in use tax. BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Snow, cold hammer Balkans
Military planes and police helicopters flew in tons of emergency food to snowbound villages and ships in the Balkans on Monday, after blizzards so fierce that some people had to cut tunnels through 15 feet of snow to get out of their homes. Since the end of January, Eastern Europe has been pummeled by a record-breaking cold snap and the heaviest snowfall in recent memory. Hundreds of people, many homeless, have died in the bitter cold and tens of thousands have been trapped by blocked roads inside homes with little heat. Authorities declared a state of emergency Monday in eastern Romania, where 6,000 people have been cut off for days. About a dozen major roads were closed. The defense ministry sent 8,000 soldiers to clear roads across Romania and help those trapped by the overwhelming snow.
The attackers in India and Georgia appeared to have used “sticky bombs” attached to cars by magnets, similar to weapons used against Iran’s nuclear officials. Netanyahu said Israel had thwarted attacks in recent months in Azerbaijan and Thailand and unspecified other countries. “In all those cases, the elements behind these attacks were Iran and its protege, Hezbollah,” Netanyahu said, referring to Iran’s Lebanese proxy. He vowed to “act with a strong hand against international terror.” Israeli media reported that the government blamed Iran based on prior intelligence and that security officials feared this could be the start of a wave of attacks against Israeli targets overseas. Iranian officials rejected Netanyahu’s accusation.
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Pauline Hayes sings the Whitney Houston hit ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ at a memorial for the singer outside the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Monday. Houston was found unconscious in her hotel room Saturday.
Singer under water in tub, cops say Police: Prescription meds in room By ANTHONY MCCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A coroner’s official says some prescription medicines were found in the hotel room where Whitney Houston died but not in large quantities. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Monday that medications were found but declined to offer any specifics because police have requested that no details about the investigation be released. Winter says there weren’t a lot of prescription bottles. Police have said there were no indications of foul play. Police declined to say earlier Monday whether any medications were recovered
after Houston’s death on Saturday. Beverly Hills police say the singer was found under water in a bath tub by a member of her staff around 3:30 p.m., just hours before she was scheduled to attend a preGrammy Awards gala. Investigators routinely look at prescription medications when investigating unattended deaths. Meanwhile, the singer’s family prepared to send her body to her native New Jersey for a funeral. She was pulled from the tub by members of her staff, and hotel security was promptly notified, Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen said. Further details of Houston’s death are not being released to preserve the integrity of the investigation, he said.
“As of right now, it’s not a criminal investigation,” Rosen told a news conference. “We have concluded our portion of the investigation at the hotel.” Rosen said it was a coroner’s case and police were awaiting the determination of the cause of death. The coroner’s office says toxicology testing is continuing. There were no indications of foul play and no obvious signs of trauma on Houston’s body, but officials were not ruling out any causes of death until they have toxicology results, which will likely take weeks to obtain. Houston struggled for years with addiction to cocaine, marijuana and pills, which took a toll on her voice. However, Bishop T.D. Jakes, a Texas minister and producer on Houston’s final film project, a re-make of the 1970s release “Sparkle,” said he saw no signs she was having any substance issues.
Activists: Syrian rebels repel attack on key town Rebels have controlled central Homs province town since late January. By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels fended off a push Monday by government tanks into a central town held by forces fighting President Bashar Assad’s regime in an11-month conflict that looks increasingly like a civil war. The military pressed its offensive on Rastan a day after the regime rejected Arab League calls for the U.N. to create a peacekeeping force in Syria and for an end to the violent crackdown on dissent. Damascus called the League initiative “a flagrant interference in (Syria’s) internal affairs and an infringement upon national sovereign-
ty.” With diplomatic efforts bogged down, the conflict is taking on the dimensions of a civil war, with army defectors clashing almost daily with soldiers. The rebels have taken control of small swathes of territory in central Homs province, where Rastan is located, and the northwestern province of Idlib, which borders Turkey. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least three government soldiers were killed in the attempt to storm Rastan, which has been held by the rebels since late January. Rastan, home to about 50,000 people, was one of the first areas in Syria where people took up arms to fight the regime. The uprising began last March as mostly peaceful protests against Assad’s authoritarian rule, but has become more militar-
ized in the face of the brutal military crackdown. The U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay told the General Assembly on Monday that more than 5,400 people were killed last year alone, and the number of dead and injured continues to rise daily. Assad’s bloody crackdown has left Syria almost completely isolated internationally, except for one key ally — Russia. China and Russia outraged the U.S. and many Arab countries earlier this month when they delivered a double veto to block a U.N. Security resolution calling on Assad to leave power. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said there must be a cease-fire in Syria before any peacekeeping mission could be sent to the country, rejecting calls for a joint Arab-U.N. force as premature.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama for the first time has opened a sizable lead over his most likely Republican opponents, thanks to growing support among independent voters, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. The poll, released Monday, showed Rick Santorum in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential race. Romney Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, has moved up as a result of his backing from tea party Republicans and Santorum white evangelicals. He led Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, 30 percent to 28 percent among Republican and Republicanleaning registered voters in the survey, which was conducted Feb. 8-12. In a Pew survey only a month ago, Romney led Santorum 31 percent to 14 percent. But both Republicans trailed Obama by sizable margins. Obama led Santorum by 10 points among registered voters nationwide (53 percent to 43 percent) and led Romney by 8 points (52 percent to 44 percent). Obama’s lead over Newt Gingrich, who has faded in the GOP race, was 18 points (57 percent to 39 percent). In previous polls in November and January, Romney and Obama were roughly tied. Obama has moved up because of support from independent voters, 51 percent of whom now back him against Romney, a gain of 11 points since last month. The latest poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press was conducted among 1,172 registered voters nationwide. It found that Santorum has become the clear favorite of tea party supporters and white evangelical Republicans. He wins support from 42 percent of tea party Republican voters compared just 23 percent who back Romney. Santorum’s margin among white evangelical Republican voters was almost the same, 41 percent to 23 percent.
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JEANNE S. FLETCHER, passed away Friday, February 10, 2012, in the Harrisburg Hospital. She was born Dec. 10, 1920 in Wilkes-Barre to Sadie and Ross White. She was a lifelong resident of Kingston and graduated from Kingston High School in 1939. She was the receptionist at Pennsylvania Miller’s Insurance Co. before retiring. In addition to spending time with family, she enjoyed playing cards, notably bridge and cinch, with her many friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, William J. Fletcher. She is survived by a sister, Marjorie Wills of Casselberry, Fla.; daughters, Marilynn Reese (husband Bob) of Pittsburgh and Molly Solomon (husband Doug) of Mechanicsburg, Pa.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at the St Mary’s Cemetery Chapel in Wilkes-Barre in a private ceremony for the convenience of the family. She will be deeply missed. PATRICK M. CASEY, 69, of Hawley, and beloved husband of Diane (Gerdus) Casey passed away Friday, January 20, 2012. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Peace Church, Hawley, on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at 12:30 p.m. with the Rev. Brian Clark officiating. Arrangements are by Stroyan Funeral Home, 405 W. Harford St., Milford. TILLIE R. CAREY, 100, a resident of the East End Section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the Golden Living Center-Summit in Wilkes-Barre. Funeral Arrangements are pending from the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre. MARGUERITE CONNOR, 89, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Monday morning, February 13, 2012 at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas, where she had been a guest. Funeral Arrangements are pending for a Thursday funeral and have been entrusted to Jacobs Funeral Service, 47 Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre. There will be a viewing on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. A complete obituary will appear in Wednesday’s edition of the newspaper. MR. HARRY G. REESE, age 88, of Plymouth, died Monday morning, February 13, 2012, at the home of his daughter. Funeral arrangements are pending from the William A. Reese Funeral Chapel, Plymouth.
BARBARA WILLIAMS, of Provincal Towers, Wilkes-Barre, passed away Monday, February 13, 2012, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born October 5, 1937, in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late Nellie Rokosz. Barbara was a 1955 graduate of WilkesBarre Township High School. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Williams, in 2002; daughter Mary Ann Sawicki, in 2008; beloved grandson, Jason Schaible, in 2007; and a sister, Marie Grula, in 2011. Surviving are her daughter Karen Sawicki Schaible and her husband, Vincent, of Hampton, N.J.; son, Leonard Sawicki and his wife, Mary Ann, of Wilkes-Barre; and grandchildren, Katherine Schaible and Danielle, Courtney, and Ashleigh Sawicki. Private funeral services were held at the convenience of the family by the Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, Wilkes-Barre. GRACE NOSSAVAGE, 95, of Duryea, passed away Monday, February 13, 2012, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Funeral arrangements are pending from Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea. MR. CLAYBERT A. EDDY, of Midtown Village, Larksville, died Monday morning, February 13, 2012, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending from the William A. Reese Funeral Chapel, Plymouth. JOSEPH HOMETCHKO, 89, a former resident of Swoyersville, passed away on Sunday afternoon, February 12, 2012 at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital, Bay Pines, Florida. His beloved wife is the late Helen J. (Kender) Hometchko, who passed away on October 8, 2007. Together, Joseph and Helen shared 60 beautiful years of marriage. Funeral Arrangements are pending and have been entrusted to the care of the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort. MR. BERNARD J. OSTROSKY, P.E., of Duryea, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Riverside Rehab and Nursing Center, Taylor. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Bernard J. Piontek Funeral Home Inc., 204 Main St., Duryea. ESTHER M. OLIVER, 90, former resident of Hunlock Creek, passed away Monday, February 13, 2012, in Bonham Nursing Center, Stillwater. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Clarke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek.
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and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Patricia Rider, Soldotna, Alaska, and Jacqueline Reese, Lincoln, Calif. Mass of Christian Burial will be from St. Anne’s Church, Bennett Street, Luzerne, on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Chapel Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Dallas. Friends may call at Betz-Jastremski Funeral Home, 568 Bennett St., Luzerne, on Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. Kindly omit flowers. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. He was born in Mountain Top, on May 28, 1925, the son of the late Clayton and Viola (Getz) Lennon. Delbert attended the Mountain Top area schools. He was proud to serve his country as a Veteran of World War II and the Korean War with the U.S. Navy Reserve, Seaman First Class, from 1943-54. He was the recipient of the European, Pacific and American Theater Ribbons, as well as the Victory Medal. He was employed for the past 20 years by Trade Eastern Wilkes Barre as a Construction Inspector. Delbert was a former member of the First Church of Christ, WilkesBarre, and also of the Church of Christ Uniting, Kingston. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Plymouth No. 332 F & A.M. Preceding him in death were his wife of 42 years, the former Elizabeth Jane Rogers, on January 9, 2001, and brothers, Donald and Arthur Lennon. Surviving are a daughter, Laurie Lennon, Swoyersville; grandchildren, Amy Niemkiewicz, Kingston, and Brian Niemkiewicz and his
wife, Betty Jo, Wilkes Barre; greatgrandchildren, Kenly Golanoski, Tristan Niemkiewicz and Gavin Fincke; companion, Rose Mary Murray and her family, David Sr., Rosz, David Jr. and Scott Murray; Anne and Rob McDonnell and Justine Meghan, Kevin and Laura Murray. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Military Funeral Services will be held on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 North Main St., Ashley, with Pastor Carol E. Coleman officiating. Interment will be in the Albert Cemetery, Wright Township. Friends may call on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m.
William F. Flock February 12, 2012 illiam F. Flock, of Dallas, passed away quietly on FebruW ary 12.
He was the son of Marion and Allen Flock. He was born on November 23, 1927, in Sunbury. Upon graduation from Sunbury High School, he went to attend Susquehanna University and then joined the Army, serving as a guard at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. After his return, he worked for several insurance companies. In 1969 he joined with his brother-in-law, Oscar Sipler, as owners of Wilson H. Flock Inc. He guided the insurance agency with his son until his retirement. Bill took great pride in his business, employees and customers. He was a well-respected business man. Throughout his life, Bill was an active member of the Irem Temple and Shavertown United Methodist Church. He was one to pitch in whenever anyone needed help and cared deeply for family and friends. One of his greatest hobbies was golf, which he shared with his loving wife of 60 years, Leah. They were members of Irem Temple Country Club and Huntsville. Bill had boundless energy and spent his entire life running at full speed. He enjoyed and relished every moment of life and will be sadly missed. He was preceded in death by his brother, Allen Flock, and sister, Margaret (Peg) Sipler. Surviving are his wife, Leah Hartman Flock;
son, William Jr., and his wife, Janet, Swoyersville; daughter, Linda DeVries, and her husband, David, Warwick, N.Y.; grandchildren, Katja, Danielle, Bonnie, Kristen, and two great-grandchildren, Brody and Chase. Funeral will be on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, with his pastor, the Rev. M. Lynn Snyder, officiating. The interment will be in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas. Friends may call on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m.. and on Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time. The family requests that any memorial donations be given to the Shavertown United Methodist Church, 163 North Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown.
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February 12, 2012 ohn M. Dalton, 83, of Mountain Top, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at Fritzingertown Senior Living Facility, Drums. Born December 9, 1928 in Mountain Top, he was a son of the late John and Flora (Kellmer) Dalton. John served in the Korean War with the U.S. Army. He married the former Lois Dickinson in March of 1957. He worked for the Scouten-Lee Lumber Co., Wilkes-Barre, the MidState Lumber Co., Kingston, and most recently with Penske Trucking as a “hiker.” He was very active with the Mountain Top Ambulance and with the Mountain Top Hose Co., No. 1, where he served as Fire Chief for many years. He also volunteered for the Red Cross. John graduated from Fairview High School in 1946. John was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by his wife, Lois, who passed away on Novem-
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February 11, 2012 Alice M. Ernst, 63, of Wernersville, died February 11, 2012 in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Lee E. Ernst, whom she married on June 14, 1969, in Dupont. Born in Pittston, she was the daughter of Helen (Turkos) Mayhoff, Dupont, and the late Stanley Mayhoff. She was a graduate of Kutztown University in 1971. Alice was a lab manager for Willow Creek Animal Hospital, Leesport, for 18 years, retiring in 2000. She also was a substitute teacher in the Reading, Muhlenberg, Governor Mifflin and Schuylkill Valley school districts. She was a member of St. Alban’s Episcopal, Wilshire, where she enjoyed singing in the choir for over 40 years. Alice was an avid bridge player;
she also belonged to a pinochle club. She loved to read and sew. Alice won a statewide sewing contest through her local women’s club. Alice was predeceased by her son, William Ernst III. In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by her daughter, Rebecca L., wife of Donald Mearkle, Oley; three siblings, John Mayhoff, Dupont; Joseph Mayhoff, Peoria, Ill., and Wanda Stash, West Wyoming; and three grandchildren, William Ernst Wingfield, and Dillon and Alex Mearkle. Services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in St. Alban’s Episcopal. Burial will be in St. Gabriel’s Cemetery, Douglassville. Friends may call Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. Both viewings will be in the church. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Alban’s Building Fund, 2848 St. Alban’s Drive, Sinking Spring, PA19608. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhome.com.
Bernadine Brodi February 13, 2012 ernadine Brodi, 90, of East State Street, Larksville, passed away B early Monday morning at Manor
Care, Kingston. She was born in Larksville on March 18, 1921. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Anne (Barteck) Magalski. Bernadine was a graduate of Larksville High School, Class of 1938. She was employed as a seamstress in the local garment industry and retired from Wyoming Valley West School District. Bernadine was a member of St. John’s Church, Larksville. Preceding her in death was a great-grandson; James Hankey III. Surviving are her husband of 71 years of marriage, George Brodi, Larksville; son Francis “Frank” Bro-
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di, Larksville; grandchildren, Anne Brodi, Kingston; Francis Brodi Jr., Larksville; great-grandchildren, Kali and Frank Brodi, both of Larksville; sisters, Viola Stelmack, Essex, Md.; Nancy Adams, Larksville. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services for Bernadine will be held on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. from the Andrew Strish Funeral Home, 11 Wilson Street, Larksville, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church, Nesbitt Street, Larksville. Interment will be held in St. John’s Cemetery, Dallas. Family and friends may call on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
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officiating. Interment will be held at the convenience of the family. Friends may call Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc. Memorial donations may be made to the Luzerne County SPCA, 524 East Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 or the American Heart Association, 71 North Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. Online condolences may be made at www.corcoranfuneralhome.com.
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Scandinavian Home in Cranson, R.I. She was the wife of the late George J. Schuetz. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Pauline (Pastuszak) Meko. Mrs. Schuetz had worked in the food service industry for many years before retiring. Sophia’s focus was to spend time with family and friends; her wit and sense of humor and smile will be sadly missed. She was sister of the late John, Joseph, Michael, Nicholas and Peter Meko. She leaves a son, George J. Schuetz, and his wife, Debora; three sisters, Jule Tasco, Kathryn Balan, Helen Sager; grandchildren, Daniel, Jonathon and Michael Schuetz; and a great-granddaughter, Simone. A Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Aloysius Church, 143 Division St., Ashley. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Donations may be made to Scandinavian Home, 1811 Broad St., Cranston, RI 02905 For condolences and information, visit www.jwsfh.com.
FUNERALS BOSHA – Eugene, funeral 6:30 p.m. today in the H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc., 451 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 4 p.m. until time of service. Masonic service at 6 p.m. BRIN – Jacob Jr., funeral 9 a.m. today in the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., corner of routes 29 & 118, Pikes Creek. Requiem services at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church, Edwardsville. CHAMBERLAIN – Walter Jr., funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., corner of routes 29 & 118, Pikes Creek. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today. CONNELL – Gerald, Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley. ELICK – Catherine, funeral 9:30 a.m. today in the Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre. KROUSE – Felix, funeral 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Harman Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., (East) 669 W. Butler Drive, Drums. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Good Shepherd RC Church, Drums. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today. MANCHINI – Pastor Leo, funeral 10 a.m. Wednesday in The First Baptist Church of Waymart. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. today at the church. MIGNONE – Anna, prayer service 2 p.m. Sunday in St. Jude’s school cafeteria, Mountain Top. ROWLANDS – Jason, funeral 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, 1310 Morgan Highway, Clarks Summit. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit. SNEE – Florence, funeral 9:45 a.m. Thursday in the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Township. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in Ss. Peter &
Paul Church, Plains Township. Friends may call 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. VANCHURE – Ida, funeral 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains Township. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. VINCI – Mary, funeral 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Graziano Funeral Home, Pittston Township. Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Marello Parish (St. Rocco’s R.C. Church), Pittston. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. WARREN – Emil, funeral 9:30 a.m. today in the Grontkowski Funeral Home P.C., 51-53 W. Green St., Nanticoke. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Faustina Parish, Nanticoke.
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Nuangola gets loan to move forward on sewers By TOM HUNTINGTON Times Leader Correspondent
NUANGOLA – The $25,000 the Nuangola Sewer Authority needs to proceed with its proposed sanitary system has been obtained after action taken Monday night at meetings of borough
council and the authority. Councilman Ted Vancosky returned from a session of the Mountain Top Area Joint Sewer Authority with a check for the amount. The money was loaned to the Nuangola authority to obtain permits that are required by state and county agencies in advance of advertising and bidding the project. The Mountain Top Joint Sewer Authority granted the loan after a bare majority of council, four
Hughestown hails new fire truck By B. GARRET ROGAN Times Leader Correspondent
HUGHESTOWN -- Borough Council announced Monday that the Hughestown Hose Company has received its new fire truck. The highly anticipated new American LaFrance rescue pumper gives the 40-member volunteer fire department two working trucks to utilize for the residents of borough and the neighboring communities that it services. The hose company has invited interested members of the public to come and view the new equipment. Borough officials advised that any who do intend to visit the station call the hose company at 654-4188 ahead of time. The council has consistently pointed to the borough’s volunteer fire department as a point of pride. In addition to consistently upgrading its equipment, personnel and capabilities, it regularly hosts certified training sessions for firefighters throughout the region.
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people who have done fantastically well over the last few decades but that also benefit the middle class, those fighting to get into the middle class and the economy as a whole,” Obama said. He used an appearance before students at Northern Virginia Community College to unveil the budget and highlight a $8 billion proposal that aims at boosting the ability of the nation’s community colleges to train students for the jobs of the future. He told the students his budget was a “reflection of shared responsibility.” While administration officials defended the overall plan as a balanced approach, Republicans attacked it as failing to enough to restrain the deficit, which Obama had promised in 2009 to cut in half by the end of his first term. “This isn’t really a budget at all. It’s a campaign document,” said Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. “The president is shirking his responsibility to lead and using this budget to divide.” Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said that Obama had ducked “the responsibility to tackle this country’s real fiscal problems.” Ryan is preparing an alternative to Obama’s budget that will be similar to a measure that the House approved last year but failed in the Senate, where many lawmakers objected to a major overhaul to Medicare. “We do not intend on backing off on anything,” Ryan said in an interview. “We intend on giving the country an alternative and a
W H AT ’ S N E X T Next regular council meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. March 12
In other business, Councilwoman Marie Griglock said she would work to resolve a drainage problem that has been affecting municipal and residential sewers along Rock Street. Griglock has said the root of the problem lies with improper drainage practices at the Pittston Area Primary School Center on Rock Street. She has taken this issue up with the school district before and intends to do so again. At a school board meeting in January, district officials acknowledged her complaints but stated they have a different opinion of what is causing the problem. Griglock was assured that the matter will be looked into. Griglock pledged to attend next Tuesday’s school board meeting to force the school board to revisit the issue.
members, approved Ordinance 2 of 2012 that unconditionally guarantees a promissory note of $25,000. Because only two council members, Vancosky and Ron Kaiser, were present for the special Nuangola meeting, two other votes, those of Regina Plodwick, chairwoman, and Tony DeLuca, had to be obtained via a conference call. Because of what was stated as a combination of illnesses and pressing family issues, other members of council, including Joe Tucker, John Kochan, and Elaine Donahue, did not participate in the vote. David Pekar, chairman of the authority, said the money will be deposited into a money market and a business account at Citizens’ Bank. The authority voted unanimously to remit checks so that
West Wyoming wins lawsuit By CAMILLE FIOTI Times Leader Correspondent
WEST WYOMING -- Council announced Monday that the borough had recently won a lawsuit filed by the owners of the former Moonlight Drive-In. Samuel L. Rizzo and Samuel P. Rizzo filed a civil suit in county court seeking $675,000. The Rizzos say a sewer pipe, installed by the borough in 1991, had caused an increase in water retention at the site. The borough obtained an easement to install the pipe on the 23acre property. “We’re very happy with the outcome,” council President Eileen Cipriani said. In other business: • Councilman Len Tarreto thanked residents for recycling and noted that the increase in collected recyclables means lower trash costs. Each quarter, the bor-
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ough is reimbursed for its recycled newspapers from Solomon’s Container Service, said Tarreto, pointing out the reimbursement for last quarter was $426. • Council voted to apply for federal aid to restore a section of wall along Abrahams Creek damaged by storms Irene and Lee last September. Seventy-five percent of the funding would come from the National Resource Conservation Service. The remaining 25 percent would come from the Luzerne Conservation District. • Council accepted the resignation of Department of Public Works employee Mike Mikkelsen, and voted to hire Doug Confletti Jr. as a full-time DPW employee at an hourly rate of $9.50.
solution to our biggest problems.” Republicans challenged the math underlying Obama’s budget, saying it double-counted deficit reductions already approved in an August budget deal and also claimed $848 billion in savings from ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan even though this money would not have been spent. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked Obama’s spending plan for failing to “take any meaningful steps toward solving our entitlement crisis.” This year’s budget debate is expected to dominate the presidential contest and congressional elections with the issue not finally resolved probably until a lameduck session of Congress after the November election, when lawmakers will have to decide what to do with expiring Bushera tax cuts and looming acrossthe-board spending cuts. Obama’s new spending plan projects a deficit for the current budget year of $1.33 trillion, marking the fourth straight year that the deficit would top $1 trillion. The spending plan projects the deficit would decrease to $901 billion in the 2013 budget year, which begins Oct. 1. That reflects $3.8 trillion in spending next year, an increase of 0.2 percent over this year’s expected outlays, and a 17.5 percent increase in revenues. The deficits are projected to gradually go down to $575 billion in 2018, which would still be higher in dollar terms than any deficits run up before Obama took office. It would be below 3 percent of the total economy, however.
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Quad 3 Engineers of WilkesBarre can secure permits from Luzerne Conservation District ($15,800), Luzerne County Clean Water Fund ($500), Pennsylvania Clean Water Fund ($2,360) and Pennsylvania Water Quality Management Agency ($500). Rick Kresge of Quad 3 also discussed with authority members the need to obtain permits from Luzerne County Road & Bridge Department and to file a zoning permit application with Dorrance Township. A major portion of the planned pipeline will parallel the Dorrance side of Blythburn Road. The authority has a tentative date of March 15 to advertise for construction bids. Final approval of Nuangola’s revised Act 537 plan is still needed from the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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Tyler Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Phyllis Fassett Antosh. John was born in Plains, on February 2, 1930, son of the late John and Mary Wendrovich Wender Antosh. He was a 1947 graduate of Tunkhannock High school, where he played football and baseball for the Tigers. Following graduation, he joined the Navy in 1948 and served a 20year career, attaining the rank of Chief of Stores, serving the Navy and his country in the Korean conflict as well as Vietnam. He served upon the Presidential Yacht, the USS Williamsburg, under President Truman, USS Hyman, USS Card and the USS Annapolis. John was a recipient of the Good Conduct Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. While aboard the USS Annapolis, John received a letter of Commendation as Chief Petty Officer in charge of Receiving/Stowage for an “Outstanding” during Annual Inspection. The inspector’s remarks included praise that the storerooms of the Annapolis were the “best in the Westpac area.” This pride in a job well done would follow him throughout his life. Upon discharge from the Navy in 1967, John and Family returned to Tunkhannock to become proprietor of the former Fassett’s Department Store and subsequently The Wicker Shop. He also sponsored and coached Fassett’s Little League Team for several years and was also part of the committee formed to investigate the possibility of the Tunkhannock By-Pass. John enjoyed fishing, hunting and was an avid golfer. He would talk golf to all who would listen. He gave golf lessons for several decades, extending his love of the game to hundreds of students including his children and grandchildren. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and received the honor of Third Degree. John was passionate about the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penn State football, rooting “his teams” on to victory every Saturday and Sunday. John will be greatly
missed by all who knew him. He was preceded in death by brothers, Fred and Albert Antosh. In addition to his wife, John is survived by his six children, Catherine and husband Paul Wendolowski of Clarks Summi; Steven and wife Karen Antosh of Mehoopany; Patricia and husband Gary Kowalski of Denver, N.C.; John Antosh of Tunkhannock; Harry and wife Wendy Antosh of Glendale, and Micheline and husband Robert MacDonald of West Chester, Ohio; sisters, Genevieve Nudo and Barbara Russo, as well as 14 grandchildren, Paul and wife Darcie Wendolowski, Carolyn Wendolowski, David Antosh, Daniel Antosh, Chris and wife Robynn Markunas, Erin Antosh, Michael Antosh, Dusty Robinson and fiancé Heather MacLennen, Tanya and husband Bryson McEwen, Robert and wife Elizabeth Hagemann, Corey Kowalski, Kelli Kowalski, Megan MacDonald, Andrea MacDonald and four great-grandchildren, LucieGrace Cusack, Chase Markunas, Croix Markunas and Tatum Robinson, as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews. A blessing service will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home, 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with Father Richard Polmounter presiding. Friends and family may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. Interment will be in Sunnyside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions made to a charity of the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com.
Mr. Robert J. Muchler February 12, 2012 Mr. Robert J. Muchler, age 64, of Ashley, died Sunday morning at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born in Wilkes-Barre a son of the late Ira and Jean Wilde Muchler and attended the Plymouth schools. He had been self-employed for most of his life as a handyman, carpenter and had a lawn care business. He also had been employed by Offset Paperback for four years. Mr. Muchler had attended the First Welsh Baptist Church, Plymouth. In addition to his parents, he was
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condemned land would be used for recreation and for the Charter School’s expansion,” the judge wrote. Other evidence, the judge’s rul-
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preceded in death by his grandparents William and Jennie Wilde; a sister, Diane Dopko, and a nephew, Yancee Muchler. He is survived by sons, Robert, Kingston; Michael and Tim, both of Wilkes-Barre; and Adam, Allentown; brother, William, Ashley; sisters, Catherine Nesler, Shavertown; Donna Gyle, Ashley; Jackie Zampetti, Wyoming; Elizabeth Henderson, Plains Township; numerous greatand great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held today at 7 p.m. from the William A. Reese Funeral Chapel, rear 56 Gaylord Ave., Plymouth, with the Rev. Anita J. Ambrose officiating. Friends may call today from 6 p.m. until time of service.
ing says, shows the township’s real purpose for condemnation was “for the school, not for recreation.” “The (charter school foundation), not the township, initiated the project and did the planning, which included the dedication of a portion of the land for recreational areas,” the ruling says.
ton Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. The Rev. Jones was born in Wilkes-Barre, son of the late John and Mary Reese Jones, was a graduate of the Class of 1965 of James M. Coughlin High School, WilkesBarre and received an associate’s degree from King’s College, WilkesBarre. He served two tours of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam and was discharged in 1969 with the rank of Sergeant. He later joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, West Pittston, and was discharged with the rank of First Lieutenant. He had owned and operated the Jones Offset Printing Co., West Wyoming, for more than 30 years and closed it in January 2011 due to ill health. Pastor Jones had been a Licensed Minister of the Penn Northeast Conference of the United Church of Christ, Palmerton, Pa. He had done pulpit supply work in many churches throughout the Conference and had served as pastor of St. Luke’s UCC Church, Wilkes-Barre; Trinity UCC Church and First Congregational UCC Church, both of Scranton. He had been a member and was raised in Miner Congregational UCC Church, Wilkes-Barre, and was currently a member of First Reformed Church, Plymouth. He was a member of Wyoming Lodge 468, Free and Accepted Masons; the St. David’s Society of Wyoming Valley; Wilkes-Barre Detachment, Marine Corps League; the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He had also been active in Little League and helped with the Junior Bowling League at Modern Lanes, Exeter. He served West Wyoming Borough as an auditor and as judge of election. In addition to his parents, he
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was also preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Beverly Bella. Surviving are his wife of 41 years, Catherine M. Herbert Jones, at home; daughters, Catherine Marie Miller and her husband, Clifton, West Pittston, and Amy Maslousky, at home; grandchildren, Gary A., Anthony, Carl III, Morgan, Felicia and Tatum; step-grandchildren, Becca, Charles, Christopher and Carmie; step-great-grandchild, Isabella; a brother, the Rev. Jack Jones, Wilkes-Barre, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral with full military honors by the U.S. Marine Corps will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from the H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc., a Golden Rule Funeral Home, 451 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Jack Jones, pastor, First Reformed Church, Plymouth, brother of the deceased, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wyoming Lodge, F. & A.M. will conduct Masonic service Wednesday evening. The family requests that flowers be omitted and that donations in the Rev. Jones’ memory be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
11 grandchildren, ages 2 to 14. Those three children are involved in a custody case, and Cleland deferred decisions about any visits from them to the judge handling that matter. A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said the judge’s orders were being reviewed. Cleland said jury selection will be a challenge, given the pretrial publicity and the special role that Penn State plays in the Centre County community. “If, after a reasonable attempt it is apparent that a jury cannot be selected within a reasonable time, then I will reconsider this ruling,” Cleland wrote. Cleland encouraged state prosecutors to work with the judge who supervised a grand jury that investigated Sandusky to figure out how to release grand jury transcripts to Sandusky’s lawyers “on a schedule which balances the appropriate interests of maintaining the secrecy of the grand jury while still assuring the trial can proceed without unnecessary disruption.” Cleland also ordered prosecutors to tell defense lawyers
where and when the purported crimes occurred and how old the children were at the time. He addressed disputes between the sides over material that should be turned over to the defense by directing prosecutors to put their objections in writing by Feb. 20. Sandusky’s lawyers will be allowed to reply by Feb. 27. Sandusky lost a request to force prosecutors to disclose the names, addresses and birth dates of witnesses. “While we are happy with the outcome of Friday’s hearings, we realize, nevertheless, a number of difficult legal battles lie ahead of us,” his lawyer, Joe Amendola, said in a statement. Cleland has tentatively scheduled trial to start in mid-May. The 68-year-old Sandusky was also granted the right to see adult visitors. Under the court’s latest order, he will list up to 12 adults he would like to be able to see, subject to approval by the county officials overseeing his home confinement. His visits will be limited to a total of two hours, three times a week. Also Monday, Penn State administrator Tim Curley filed motions in Dauphin County Court that argued the death of football coach Joe Paterno last month left prosecutors without a required second witness to sup-
“The township supervisors’ testimony also showed that they had not identified any need for more recreational facilities in the township prior to being approached by the charter school … .” Jim Smith, chief executive officer of the charter school, said he has not yet seen or read the court’s filing, and could not com-
ment. “This is good news for the family,” Mary Harris said when reached by phone Monday. Harris is the wife of Harold Harris, who owns the land along with siblings Brian Harris and Joan Riebel. William Vinsko Jr., solicitor for the township, did not return a phone call seeking comment.
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went to be with her Lord Sunday, February 12, 2012. She had been a resident of Smith Health Care Ltd, Mountain Top. Born in Kingston, Eleanor was a daughter of the late John and Mary LaRue. She was a graduate of Coughlin High School, WilkesBarre. Eleanor was a longtime member of Firwood United Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre, and very active in its J.O.Y. class. Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, Edward Gilsky, and a son, Ed-
ward Charles Gilsky. Eleanor was the last surviving of her seven siblings. Surviving are her daughters, Elaine Thompson, Wyoming; Evelyn Mika, Kingston; son, Earl J. Gilsky and wife Marita, Mountain Top; 10 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of family. Interment will be made in Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Harold C. Snowdon Home for Funerals Inc., 420 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704.
Mary Jo Kolessar February 12, 2012 ary Jo Kolessar, 68, of Church She was preceded in death by Street, Dallas, formerly of her daughter, Cynthia Williams, M Glen Lyon, passed away on Sun-
day at her home. She was born in Hanover Township, on Aug. 3, 1943. She was the daughter of the late Louis & Josephine Yacubuski Kiscunas. She was a graduate of Hanover High School. She was an avid dog lover who enjoyed taking her therapy dogs to various local nursing homes. She was a member of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club and several local kennel clubs. She also enjoyed collecting antiques and was an avid reader.
and her brother, Louis Kiscunas. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Joseph Kolessar, two grandsons, Kris and Zach, 1 greatgrandson, Kris Jr., numerous nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial is at 10 a.m. on Thursday in Holy Spirit Parish/St. Adalbert’s Church, Market St., Glen Lyon. Interment at a later date will be in St. Adalbert’s Cemetery, Glen Lyon. Family and friends may call on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., Glen Lyon.
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port the perjury charge. He wants the charges thrown out. He said allegations he didn’t report suspected abuse in 2002 were filed under a revision of the law that was passed five years later and that the statute of limitations has expired. The Attorney General’s Office said it, too,
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ley said. Speed may be a factor in the crash, the chief said. The speed limit in the area is 40 mph. Lynch was taken to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township, where he was pronounced dead at 8:43 a.m., the coroner’s office said. Dallas Superintendent Frank Galicki said students were informed of the tragedy during an assembly Monday afternoon. Grief counselors
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screening later confirmed the presence of opiates. She was placed in a cell and told staff the next morning she was feeling nauseous. Two prison nurses examined her and found no issues or evidence that she was in labor. Nurses were again contacted a short time later because the woman said she was not feeling well. A prison doctor and two
was under review. The 57-year-old Curley is on leave as athletic director as he awaits trial. Former Penn State Vice President Gary Schultz, who faces the same charges as Curley, has not filed similar motions. Both have denied the allegations. will be available for students for the remainder of the week, he said. “He was a very wonderful young man,” Galicki said. “It’s an unfortunate situation. We’re all parents, grandparents. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family.” Lynch was a member of the Boy Scouts Two District Council in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and earned his Eagle badge in December. Galicki said Lynch enlisted in the U.S. Army and was scheduled to report to Fort Benning, Ga., on Aug. 8. “He was going to be a cavalry scout, that’s all he wanted to be,” Galicki said. nurses found she was in labor. Prison officials immediately contacted 911, but the doctor and nurses had delivered the babies by the time emergency crews arrived. Piazza said she never told prison staff she thought she was in labor, and the woman acknowledged she had no prenatal care. Piazza, who did not return a phone message Monday, had said last week he is confident everything was done right, and that the only error that may have occurred was that he did not notify Pribula.
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Editorial
OUR OPINION: VIOLENCE AT GAR
Formulate plan for safer schools
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TOPPING THE violence at GAR Memorial Junior-Senior High School in Wilkes-Barre won’t be accomplished until adults – from school administrators to parents and others – stop shirking their responsibilities. A machete attack outside the school last week maimed a 14year-old student, whose hand was nearly chopped off. Subsequent news reports, as well as readers’ comments posted on The Times Leader’s website, suggest that fights – inside and outside the school – flare up far too frequently and often involve swarms of students rather than only two combatants. This festering problem reflects a school district failure; and it is the district’s duty to fashion a communitywide response – for the safety of its students, its faculty and city residents who live near the South Grant Street school. The first sentence of the district’s “Secondary Schools Handbook” reads, “It is the goal of the Wilkes-Barre Area School District to provide a safe, productive learning environment for each of our students.” Later, the handbook also states: “Fighting will not be tolerated” and “Assaults on staff members or on fellow students will not be tolerated.” If so, why hasn’t district Su-
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perintendent Jeffrey T. Namey, GAR High School Principal Colleen Robatin or a concerned group of teachers publicly brought escalating student-onstudent conflicts to the attention of the school board? Or parents? For that matter, why haven’t neighbors lodged formal complaints after witnessing after-school, student brawls? If, as is widely suspected, racial tensions are fueling these dangerous incidents, the solution doesn’t lie in dishing out detention or suspension. It involves consulting with experts in the field and, most likely, conducting a prolonged anti-violence campaign that involves administrators, teachers and the community. District officials cannot afford to foot-drag on this safety concern – as they have been prone to do with issues such as implementation of a written, teacherhiring policy and high school consolidation. Make a plan for dealing with school violence. Make it public. And make it work.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Vandalism and destruction have no place in a democracy and will not be tolerated.” Lucas Papademos Greece’s prime minister called for calm earlier this week amid violent public protests. Lawmakers approved new austerity measures as rioters torched buildings and looted shops in Athens.
OTHER OPINION: REDISTRICTING
A sensible map minus self-interest
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NY PENNSYLVANIA group that has an award for outstanding civic achievement should consider Amanda E. Holt for a prize. She drew a legislative reapportionment map that won a rare accolade from the state Supreme Court, which rejected the version produced by a panel heavy with politicians. It would be one thing if Holt were a political scientist well versed in the intricacies of designing legislative districts. But she is a 29-year-old piano teacher and self-employed graphic artist who lives in Lehigh County. In rejecting the plan offered by the five-member state Legislative Reapportionment Commission, thereby ruling in favor of Holt and other plaintiffs, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court clearly was moved by what she had done. Referring to the Holt plan, Chief Justice Ronald Castille wrote in his opinion: “This EDITORIAL BOARD
powerful evidence, challenging the Final Plan as a whole, suffices to show that the Final Plan is contrary to law.” Simply put, too many municipalities and counties were divided unnecessarily. There are two morals to this story. The first concerns how much one civic-minded citizen can single-handedly achieve with dedication and hard work. The second has to do with the flawed nature of the system for redistricting itself. Because of the botched plan, the Pennsylvania primary might have to be held later than April 24. Redistricting should not be about what politicians want, but what best serves the people of Pennsylvania for whom they work. The next time Pennsylvania calls a constitutional convention, it should insist the future redistricting be performed by a truly neutral panel. Holt has shown what can be done. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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MALLARD FILLMORE
It’s another Valentine’s Day: Be afraid, be very afraid W HAT’S THAT scary holiday where you’re encouraged to dress up, hope for a trick or a treat, and expect candy? Where chatting up a virtual stranger after dark seems normal? When whispering voices warn to be afraid, to be very afraid, especially if you’re on your own? Why, it’s Valentine’s Day! Only the truly brave can face Valentine’s Day without either compulsory cynicism or a craven sense of neediness. On Halloween, after all, you’re supposed to assume a mask and pretend to be somebody else. On Valentine’s Day, you’re supposed to strip your emotional soul naked and run shrieking toward the oceanic vastness of your partner’s essence. This can be tricky if you’re only on a second date. That’s why a lot of men do on Feb. 14 what others do on Oct. 31 – turn off the lights and pretend to be “not home.” For men, Valentine’s Day is filled with horror. Is that really a surprise? They can’t win. For men, all they know is that they’re going to spend time searching for a way to spend money on who knows what for some woman who will, when she receives it, force that little tight smile, like a cat taking a poop, to indicate her insincere gratitude. It’s a holiday celebration of inadequacy. He will fail. He always has failed. Just like Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” who always has been at that hotel, this guy always has been in the lingerie section of the department store muttering: “I think she likes mauve. But I
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GINA BARRECA don’t know what mauve is.” And he’s one of the “lucky” ones. A “lucky” person on Valentine’s Day has a significant other, no matter how miserable that relationship might be. That’s romance in America. Two miserable people thanking God they have each other for one night in February. The unlucky ones are opening sparkly elementary school-type cards from their parents during a call about their younger sibling’s adorable newest child, all while trying not to detect a note of disappointment in their mother’s voice when she asks about their cat. Frankly, it could be worse. For women, in a relationship or not, Valentine’s Day is filled with ghosts. Usually these ghosts are properly deceased. They exist only in the woman’s imagination. There’s a nostalgic aspect to the whole thing, which drives women’s current partners, should they have any, nuts. For example, I remember every Valentine’s Day card ever sent to me. The one from the cute boy in third grade whose mother signed his name; cute but not so bright, that kid. The one from my high school boyfriend who drew 73 hearts on the envelope, one for each day of our relationship; affectionate but overdid things. One from the guy I crushed on in college that had a drunk dog, a spilled beer and dead plant on the cover. That sure said,
Gina Barreca is an English professor at the University of Connecticut, a feminist scholar who has written eight books and a columnist for the Hartford Courant. She can be reached through her website at www.ginabarreca.com.
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“love” in every language, right? I should have regarded it as a warning sign rather than an invitation, but what did I know? These days, my husband of 20 years can’t remember that he sent me the same card three Valentine’s in a row. I’m starting to suspect he bought a fistful of them just so he wouldn’t have to go into Hallmark again. A heart remains our most recognizable symbol of love. The cautious, the beaten down – the man, mostly – pick that cardiovascularly intimidating card off the rack and see, first and foremost, the thing that he suspects will one day attack and kill him. He buys it anyhow. Now that’s gotta be love. Or maybe a little fear. With their red corn syrup and heart-shaped cards, Halloween and Valentine’s Day can’t help but bleed into one another. Is it a surprise, then, that houses of horror are pretty much like tunnels of love on Valentine’s Day? That they’re hyped up, tricked out, clichéd, and yet you still go in expecting to have a good time? Next to Valentine’s Day, Halloween is a celebration for sissies. Give me the Wicked Witch of the West (or Freddy Krueger, for that matter) over Cupid, that grotesque son of Venus who drags a bow and arrow around as if it’s the AK-47 of romance. Cupid is just a sniper of love. Beware.
nce again, Gov. Tom Corbett’s priorities are out of order. While refusing to tax his corporate sacred cows in the gas drilling industry, Corbett promises to make Pennsylvania the Mississippi of the North by slashing funding for higher education. By slashing PHEAA grants, Corbett also ensures that many more of our young people won’t be able to afford to go to college this fall. Is a miserable, minimum-wage job at a fastfood restaurant the best future we can offer them? Pennsylvania is the only state that does not impose a severance tax on natural gas. While greedy out-of-state corporations suck a precious resource out of our state, taking the profits to Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere, Pennsylvania loses millions of dollars of revenue annually by refusing to tax these companies. That said, our state colleges and universities can cut a lot of waste in their budgets, starting with the bloated administrative salaries. A university president
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sucks down a six- or seven-figure salary. What, exactly, does a university president do, other than sit in a plush office and look important? How is he or she contributing to the quality of the education that our young people receive? Equally obscene are the salaries paid to athletic coaches. Is the purpose of a university to educate or to provide a farm system for the NFL? Put some of that money into research grants to attract top scholars and use the rest to reduce tuitions, so that a college education once again becomes affordable for working-class people. Our colleges and universities could learn
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a lesson from the honeybee. When times are tough, the bees throw the drones out of their hives. Philip E. Galasso Shickshinny
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aving the first two floors of the Hotel Sterling in downtown Wilkes-Barre would be a great idea! It can be used to rent spaces to vendors. A food court could tie the idea together. This could tie in with the riverside events. It would be a place where people could go and even just relax and have a cup of coffee. The rent money could pay for any maintenance on the building. This could be a win-win solution. Think of how successful the Reading Market in Philadelphia is. Providing free parking, such as Boscov’s in Scranton does, would be a great addition to the facility. Florence Mokris Wilkes-Barre
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Parole. Juvenile probation officers also fared exceptionally well in 2010, earning an average of $56,732 – the second highest average salary out of all counties in the state, according to report by the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission. Compensation paid to probation employees has come under increased scrutiny by Luzerne County officials, who are questioning the disparity in wages with other departments in the county, as well as the state. The overall statewide average salary for adult probation officers was $45,861 in 2010 with the highest average pay offered by Bucks County ($65,560) and the lowest in Forest County ($20,462), according to County Adult Probation and Parole Statistical Report (CAPP) issued by the state Board of Probation and Parole. For juvenile probation officers, the overall state average was $43,934. Lehigh County had the highest average salary at $57,972, while Huntingdon County paid the lowest average at $25,139, according to the Juvenile Probation Personnel report issued by the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission. Disparities noticed Mike Shucosky, deputy court administrator, said the court system, which controls all hirings within court branches, has also taken notice of the disparities. Officials are vowing to undertake a review of the department to determine whether staffing levels are appropriate, he said. The proposed review was prompted in part, Shucosky said, by the CAPP report, which showed Luzerne County adult probation officers had an average caseload of 97 offenders in 2010 -the third lowest caseload out the all third-class counties. “One of the courts’ concerns is whether or not we are in variance with the caseloads of other counties that are comparable in size to us and whether or not we are mismanaging resources,” Shucosky said. “The statistics we are getting lead us to require accountability of the probation office and request a good solid reason for the staffing and work load.” The CAPP report, released in November, showed wide disparities between caseloads and salaries amongst counties. Probation officers in York County, for instance, had an average caseload of 173 offenders – 78 percent higher than Luzerne County probation officers. Yet officers in York have the third lowest average salary at $43,010.
In Berks County, probation officers had an average caseload of196 offenders – more than double the Luzerne County caseload. Those officers earned an average of $52,809. Longevity factors in Tom Pribula, interim county manager for Luzerne County, said the high salary costs here are largely tied to longevity bonuses contained in the union contract, which allow probation officers to attain top rate within eight years. In 2012, 62 of 72 probation officers will earn the top rate of $60,577. “A lot of people were hired around the same time. As you go through the progressive steps, you get to the highest level, plus they get a salary increase. There are a lot of people hitting their peak salaries,” Pribula said. While that’s costly, it has also reduced turnover, resulting in the county having one of the most experienced probation staffs, with 87 percent of employees having five or more years of experience in 2010, according to the CAPP report. Compare that to York County, which has had high turnover rates for years, due largely to the high caseload and lower than average salaries, said Al Sable, director of adult probation. Just 57 percent of his staff had five or more years of experience in 2010, according to the CAPP report. Experience factors in Sable said that’s been a major concern. His staff has struggled to keep up with caseloads. Fortunately, he said, he was able to convince the county commissioners this year to restore several positions that were eliminated several years ago. “Frequent turnover creates a lack of stability. The less stable you are, the more room there is for things to slip through the cracks,” Sable said. “For every new probation officer we bring in, it’s a minimum of a year before they get to know the operation.” What is an appropriate caseload for probation officers? The American Probation and Parole Association, an organization that represents probation officers, has said that’s a difficult question to answer given the variance in the types of offenders and setup of county probation offices. The organization recommends caseloads be based on a “workload” model, which factors in the complexity of the case. A case with a high priority would require four hours per month equaling 30 as a total caseload. Medium priority would require two hours per month equaling 60 as a total caseload. Low priority would require one hour per month equaling a total caseload of
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ADULT PROBATION COMPARISON Data show how Luzerne County adult probation services compares to the 10 other third-class counties statewide. Information is from the 2010 County Adult Probation and Parole report compiled by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.
Average Salary Lehigh
$56,077
Luzerne
$53,544
Chester
$53,396
Berks
$52,809
Dauphin
$52,708
Westmoreland
$48,725
Northampton
$48,566
Erie
$43,123
York
$43,010
Lancaster
$41,351
Lackawanna
$41,181 $10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
Average Caseload 205
Chester
196
Berks Lehigh
176
Westmoreland
174
York
173
Northampton
148
Lackawanna
107
Erie
105
Luzerne
97
Lancaster
74
Dauphin
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JUVENILE PROBATION COMPARISON These are average salaries for third-class counties in Pennsylvania, taken from the 2010 Juvenile Probation Personnel Report of the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission. Lehigh
$57,972
Luzerne
$56,732
Berks
$53,260
Westmoreland
$48,950
Northampton
$48,421
Lancaster
$42,484
Dauphin
$41,728
York
$40,434
Chester
$40,411
Lackawanna
$37,922
Erie $10,000
$20,000
$37,215 $30,000 $40,000
$50,000
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120. Michael Vecchio, county director of Probation Services, said he has always set the standard at around 100 cases per probation officer, with some officers having more or less, based on the types of cases they handle. Probation Services is among numerous departments that have been targeted for layoffs by county council, which is set to vote on the budget tonight. Shucosky said the department expects to eliminate six to 10 positions through layoffs or by not fill-
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ing open positions. Vecchio said he understands concerns of county officials struggling to balance the budget. But he cautioned that we can’t lose sight of the importance of the work his department does. “Every person we supervise is a convicted felon,” Vecchio said. “The fact we have lower caseloads allows us to make more field contacts and be more in tune with what an offender is doing. ... If you start cutting staff, it will certainly impact the delivery of those services.” hold a college degree, but there are a handful of employees in both departments who do not have a degree because they were grandfathered in prior to that becoming a requirement. Employees in both departments are covered under a five-year contract with the Court Appointed Professional Employees Association that runs through Dec. 31, 2014.
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enforcement officers will earn that rate, an analysis of county payroll records shows. Salaries have become a major concern for Luzerne County Council members, a majority of whom recently voted to lay off an estimated 56 employees and raise taxes 2 percent in order to balance the 2012 budget. The widely disparate compensation among departments serves as a prime example of why the county needs to overhaul salary structures and hiring practices, said County Council Chairman Jim Bobeck and Interim County Manager Tom Pribula. Consider: • Salaries paid to probation and domestic relations officers rank the workers among the top 3.5 percent of the highest wage earners employed by the county, exceeding salaries of nearly 97 percent of the 1,573 full-time employees, including many who have advanced degrees. • Most probation and domestic relations officers have a bachelor’s degree or less, yet they will earn more than 14 of the 15 full-time assistant district attorneys, whose salaries range from $41,200 to $49,284, and five of the eight fulltime public defenders, who will earn $41,200 to $50,135. They also will top nearly every department head in the county, most of whom earn between $40,000 to $55,000, and several county engineers, who will earn between $41,200 and $57,680. Bobeck said he knew wages in probation and domestic relations
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Interim County Manager Tom Pribula, far right, answers questions at Monday’s county council meeting at the EMA building.
were high, but he had no idea how great the disparity was between other departments until advised of findings in The Times Leader’s analysis. “Those numbers are startling to me. I knew probation was good. I didn’t know it was that good,” Bobeck said. “I’m not saying some people should not be paid more if there are certain requirements for jobs. But there is no parity … I’ve been preaching to council that we need a countywide salary structure and countywide hiring practices.” Court controls hirings All positions within the county had to be approved by the now-defunct county salary board, which ceased to exist once home rule took effect. But the president judge has sole discretion over who gets court-related jobs, appointing them via a court order. As a department, Probation Services will have the third highest base payroll (not including overtime) in the county this year,
behind only the Luzerne County Correctional Facility and Children and Youth Services. The county is set to spend $5.91 million on base salaries for Probation’s113 employees, including probation officers, supervisors and support staff. Domestic Relations, meanwhile, is the fifth most costly department with a base payroll of $3 million. And those costs are going to escalate in the coming years as most unionized employees will receive raises of roughly $1,300 to $1,800 annually for each of the next two years of the five-year pact. That will bring the top rate from $60,557 to $64,266 in 2014. Under the current contract, a probation officer reaches the top rate within eight years. That means a person hired in January 2010 at a salary of $42,511 will earn $54,918 in 2014 – a $12,407 raise, or 29 percent. If the number of steps remains the same in the next contract, they would reach top rate by 2017. Probation and Domestic Relations each require employees to
Challenges, dangers Charles Majikes, a probation officer who heads the union, agreed the salaries are high compared to most other departments, but those departments don’t face the same challenges and dangers as probation and domestic relations officers, he said. Probation officers monitor criminal offenders released from prison to ensure they are complying with conditions of probation or parole. Their jobs include conducting drug tests and pre-sentence investigations, referring clients to the appropriate agencies and, in the case of higher risk offenders, conducting spot checks at their homes. “People don’t understand the dangers we are subjected to every day. We’re dealing with convicted felons. When we go knock on a door, we have no idea what’s behind that door,” Majikes said. He acknowledged the domestic relations officers, most of whom sit behind a desk in an office protected by metal detectors and guards, don’t face the same degree of danger as probation officers. He said they’re still at risk, given the nature of their jobs and the unpredictability of how people will react. “They subject themselves to danger every day, too,” Majikes said. “If someone is out there not
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I F YO U G O The Luzerne County Council will adopt the 2012 amended budget at 6:01 tonight in the county’s Emergency Management Agency building, 185 Water St., WilkesBarre. The amended budget may be viewed on the county website, www.luzernecounty.org, under the county council link.
about $10.50 more on a property assessed at $100,000. Property taxes are currently 5.215 mills, or $521 on a $100,000 property. Many workers are equally unSeiwell also said people crithappy because the $122.7 million operating budget is a $1.56 icizing the benefits for prison million reduction from last workers may not realize they year’s actual spending. The have a managed care plan that plan requires an estimated 50 to does not include dental or eye 60 layoffs in addition to 23 cuts insurance. Unionized prison from recent retirements and workers won’t start paying toward health care until the start row officer eliminations. County managers will final- of 2013, when they will contribize the roster of layoffs on ute $60 per month. Duryea resiWednesday, said Kevin county Interim “It’s going to hurt dent O’Brien chalManager Tom some people, and I lenged the payPribula. ment of on-call Plains Town- just want you to stipends to workship resident Tim Turnbaugh, one of be aware of that.” ers and health 14 speakers, said Tim Turnbaugh care for part-time Plains Township resident court attorneys. he lives in a neighon proposed tax hike O’Brien said he borhood with accepted paying many elderly resitoward health indents who can’t afford an increase, even $10. His surance and always being on neighbor gets by on $560 a call without additional commonth in Social Security, he pensation when he was county emergency management direcsaid. “It’s going to hurt some peo- tor because he was glad to have ple, and I just want you to be a job. County employees should aware of that,” Turnbaugh said. look for other work if they beHe advised county officials to lieve they can “do better,” he compare staffing levels and sal- said. County Controller Walter aries to those in other similarly sized counties to identify po- Griffith asked council to cancel tential overstaffing and out-of- the tax hike. Union representatives complain about layoffs but whack compensation. Wilkes-Barre resident Robert are not willing to freeze their Shortz said he will make do pay hikes or give up extras such with the tax hike but cautioned as longevity bonuses and unicouncil that many county resi- form allowances in some dedents have diminishing in- partments that don’t require special uniforms, he said. come, including him. Griffith said he is sharing in Kingston taxpayer Ed Gustitus pointed to the cost of sala- cuts by eliminating two emries and benefits, particularly ployees, which will leave him for union workers, saying “all with a staff of four, including him. they do is take.” Brian Shiner, also of King“I’m just fighting for the taxston, said his 95-year-old father payers,” Gustitus said. Attorney Matthew Muckler, lives on Social Security and who works in the county Dis- isn’t thrilled with a $10.50 intrict Attorney’s Office, told crease, but viewed it as a “pencouncil members they are alty” on county taxpayers who “playing with fire” reducing did not speak up when the budgets in the district attor- county’s debt ballooned to ney’s, clerk of courts and public more than $400 million. The 2 percent hike will equadefenders offices. Muckler said all three offices te to a fast food meal, he said. Shiner said the new council are understaffed and facing difficulties keeping up with de- had limited timely options bemands. Budget cuts shouldn’t cause the “sins of forefathers drive decisions on which cases were heaped upon” them and should be prosecuted, he said. unions weren’t willing to freeze Prison union representative pay hikes or take off 12 days Tony Seiwell questioned how without pay. He challenged the council the prison will be able to absorb 14 layoffs, noting the prison and incoming manager Robert warden recently hired five new Lawton to implement efficienworkers because they were cies that would allow taxes to be reduced 2 percent in 2013. needed. holding up to their responsibility as far as child support, they’re told we’re going to take this much money off of you, people react differently.” Bobeck said he doesn’t discount the challenges of the jobs, but other employees, including prison guards and sheriff’s deputies, also face dangers. “You want to pay people an appropriate salary, but it has to be in line with the work,” Bobeck said. Bobeck isn’t the only person questioning the salaries. The disparity has long been a source of consternation for Chief Public Defender Al Flora Jr., who has questioned how compensation levels were determined. “The salary structure in the county does not make any sense,” Flora said. “When I see a young assistant district attorney or public defender with all those years of education behind them, and they have a starting salary of $20,000 less than someone with a bachelor’s degree, I’m offended.” Managers’ pay lower Michael Vecchio, director of Probation Services, said he also has concerns regarding the differences in pay for unionized workers compared to managers. At a salary of $78,159, Vecchio will earn more than any union member in his department, but that’s not the case for five supervisors in the office, who will earn $59,685 -- $892 less than a top rate union employee. “It’s not conducive to keeping managers if the officers get a pay increase each year and management doesn’t,” Vecchio said. Majikes said he believes union workers are being unfairly targeted as an “easy scapegoat” for
county officials looking to layoffs as a “quick fix” for the county’s financial problems. The salaries paid in Probation and Domestic Relations are the result of years of raises contained in collective bargaining agreements reached with the county, Majikes said. If county officials were not happy with the contracts, they didn’t have to approve them. ‘Contractual negligence’ Bobeck, who took office in January along with the other 10 county council members, said he doesn’t know why former county commissioners, who approved the union contracts, agreed to such generous terms. “I have to assume there were years of contractual negligence,” Bobeck said. Bobeck said council intends to take a close look at union contracts and seek concessions. He and Pribula acknowledged that could be a tough challenge. Any changes would have to be negotiated with each of the county unions. “It’s hard to cut a collective bargaining agreement. I’m not saying it can’t be done, but it’s pretty difficult,” Pribula said. “You need to start by tiering future contracts down with new hires. … It’s pretty difficult to get a major concession from existing people.” Bobeck said he’s committed to doing just that. A majority of council members agreed to raise real estate taxes this year, allowing the county to reduce the number of layoffs. He said unions should not expect council to take that action again. “If they can’t get a handle on escalating costs, there are going to be serious issues down the road that lead to greater cuts,” Bobeck said.
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Misericordia can secure postseason home game
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL
Comets prevail PAUL SOKOLOSKI OPINION
Ottawa is fit more for pucks than baseballs
A win for the men tonight against King’s will guarantee a home game, where they are 10-1 this season.
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The students have started showing up in waves at the Anderson Center. Fans are officially scoreboard watching. The Misericordia men’s basketball team is in the midst of its best stretch in recent history, and it shows. Winners of eight straight, the Cougars are in sole possession of first place in the Freedom Conference headed into the final week of the regular season. And that UP NEXT has the program and Freedom its followers feeling Conference good before tobasketball night’s game against King’s at King’s. Misericordia “Everybody loves Tonight, a winner – there’s Anderson been a lot of seasons Center Women: 6 p.m. nobody would talk Men: 8 p.m. to me,” coach Trevor Woodruff joked. “It’s easier to support a winner, and our fans have been tremendous during this whole stretch since we’ve gotten it going. “Hopefully we can keep winning and giving them something fun to watch.” The men tip off at 8 p.m. at the Anderson Center, with the women’s game opening the doubleheader at 6 p.m. Misericordia (17-6, 9-3) has already clinched a spot in next week’s Freedom Conference tournament and can guarantee a home game in the opening round by beating the Monarchs. That’s a high priority for the Cougars, who are 10-1 at the Anderson Center this season and are unbeaten there in league play. Their win streak may have received its biggest boost back on Jan. 25 with a last-second bucket to beat King’s 62-60 in Wilkes-Barre. “I think they believe,” Woodruff said. “They believe in each other. … They enjoy working. They enjoy playing together, and you can tell that on the court I think. They stick together. That’s the key, down the stretch. “We don’t have the best players but collectively they’re pretty good.” The Monarchs (9-14, 4-8) enter the rematch coming off of one of their best efforts of the season. King’s ended a sevengame slide on Saturday with a 79-54 thrashing of Manhattanville. Though the Monarchs are out of postseason contention, they head into tonight’s game with some newfound confidence. “For these kids, the hardest part of it was the mental aspect of it,” King’s coach J.P. Andrejko said. “Being in so many games and being so close … losing by six points or less. It just gets disheartSee BASKETBALL, Page 4B
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Carly Hislop (42) of Crestwood tries to protect the ball as Sam Missel (13) and Tanner Engilehart (10) try to block.
Crestwood survives Dallas’ stingy ‘D’ By MATTHEW SHUTT For The Times Leader
WRIGHT TWP. – Coming off of back-to-back losses with playoff seeding looming, Crestwood finished off Dallas with a strong fourth quarter and guaranteed itself a spot in the District 2 Class 3A playoffs Monday night by outlasting the Mountaineers 51-47 at home. With the win Crestwood (14-7, 3-3) moves into a tie with Pittston Area for the third seed in the Wyoming Valley Conference for the upcoming District 2 Class 3A playoffs. Dallas (12-7, 3-3)
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Crestwood head coach Isiah Walker. “We know that we’re a good team, but, we haven’t been getting a lot of wins lately, we had been in a little bit of a slump. We definitely needed this as a pickup.” Walker’s squad can certainly take a lift from how decisively it turned the fourth quarter in its favor. After fighting off a feisty Dallas defense through three quarters, Crestwood kept the Mountaineers from scoring for two separate two-minute See COMETS, Page 3B
H I G H S C H O O L B OYS BAS K E T BA L L
WVC realignment should be considered Now that the PIAA has released its enrollment classifications for the next two seasons of boys basketball, it’s an ideal situation to fix the Wyoming Valley Conference divisional alignments. After all, GAR will be moving up to Class 3A and shouldn’t stay in Division III. But that’s just a small part of what should happen.
JOHN ERZAR NOTEBOOK It’s time to give two struggling programs – Berwick and Wyoming Area – the opportunities to get back to respectability. First a little background. Berwick and Wyoming Area have been in Division II the last four seasons, banging heads with perennial powers Crestwood,
Hazleton Area and Holy Redeemer among other programs far more advanced. During the last three seasons, which includes the current one, Wyoming Area is a combined 6-59 overall. Four of those victories have come against Berwick. The Warriors have won more than six games in a season once since 200506 when they finished 12-11 in 2008-09. Berwick is 7-57 during that same See ERZAR, Page 4B
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Stoudemire, Anthony watch Linsanity evolve Knicks stars, who have missed the last week, watched the newest addition to the New York lineup catch the whole country’s attention. Stoudemire missed time after brother was killed in accident, while Anthony was injured.
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D’Antoni said. Lin was chosen as Eastern Conference player Amare Stoudemire watched Linsanity from of the week after averaging 27.3 points and 8.3 Florida, a welcome break as he grieved the assists in his first four starts. The Knicks have won five in a row heading into Toronto today, death of his brother. Carmelo Anthony had a front-row seat right turning things around after an 8-15 start. The Knicks used in New York, where words like “fun” and he couldn’t escape “It’s more exciting than anything, “exciting” to describe fears he was eventualthe last week as they ly going to mess just to see the buzz that he’s crethings up. ated here in New York, here in the met with an enormous media contingent for a Both superstars mid-February pracwill return soon, but NBA as a whole. I just want to get tice. Lin sat out practhe question is no back there and be a part of it.” tice to rest, but Stoulonger whether they Carmelo Anthony on teammate Jeremy Lin demire was back on can coexist. the floor after leaving Now, it’s how do the team last Monday after his older brother, they fit on Jeremy Lin’s team. Linsanity entered its second week Monday, Hazell, was killed in a car crash. “The only positive for us during that whole with the Knicks on a roll they feel can keep right on going behind their surprising point week was we were watching the basketball guard, who coach Mike D’Antoni said has given games and we were watching Linsanity and my family was getting a kick out of it,” Stoudemire the team a “spirit” and a “swagger.” “You go into every game thinking you’re going to win, and it changes everybody’s mood,” See LINSANITY, Page 4B By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer
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New York’s Jeremy Lin (17) seen playing against the Lakers, was chosen as Eastern Conference player of the week after averaging 27.3 points and 8.3 assists in his first four starts.
ot so fast on that possibility of the New York Mets moving their Double-A affiliate out of the country. The Eastern League isn’t even certain it wants to extend its boundaries across the Canadian border. So the team in Binghamton isn’t bound for Ottawa. When reports surfaced late last week concerning the Mets shifting their Double-A farm team to Canada’s capital city, Eastern League president Joe McEacharn didn’t just stop at calling that scenario premature. He said it’s false. “A complete fabrication,” McEacharn said. Truth be told, though, the league is entertaining the possibility of putting someone there. A big-town atmosphere in a town that once hosted Triple-A baseball can appear pretty tempting to a league of lesser talent. “It’s a big city, the capital city of Canada,” McEacharn said. “It already has a stadium. It’s got 1.3 million people.” He also cited the Eastern League’s success after moving a team to Richmond, following the departure of the old Triple-A RBraves. But going to Ottawa would be a brave move at this point for any league. Unless that league’s made up of hockey teams. Ottawa’s citizens prefer their games played on ice, as evidenced by the success of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and the lack of interest in the Triple-A teams that formerly played there. Ottawa couldn’t draw in the 1990s even after their Triple-A team, the Lynx, won the Governors’ Cup title. That’s why the International League pulled out of town. When it came back for a season, with the old Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons using Ottawa as a temporary stop on the way to Lehigh Valley during the 2006 season, those Phillies prospects were met with indifference by the home crowd. Still, the Eastern League’s curious if things will change in Ottawa with a different new brand of ball. “The Eastern League is in the process of exploring whether or not Ottawa makes sense for an Eastern League franchise,” McEacharn said. “We haven’t made a commitment.” Before they do, Eastern League officials want to find out a few things. Is Ottawa’s stadium still in playing shape? Does the Eastern League have a team that wants to play in Ottawa? Would its parent team allow it? Will people in a hockey town ever turn out to see their hometown heroes swing sticks at baseballs instead of pucks? “We’re far from an answer,” McEacharn said. It looks like a continued short drive for area Mets fans who desire to watch their team’s Double-A players in action, about an hour or so north of Scranton. “There’s going to be baseball in Binghamton,” McEacharn said. “We have a team there, we’re going to play there in 2012; they’ve signed a lease extension. Certainly, the Mets are very committed to their community up there. They have a longterm relationship with the Mets.” It’s doubtful the Binghamton Mets want to break any of that by bolting across the border and into the obscurity of Ottawa. Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or email him at psokoloski@timesleader.com.
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PISTONS
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12.5
Jazz
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BULLS
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Creighton
Illinois-Chi
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4.5
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Texas
2.5
GEORGE MASON
Kings
Ohio St
Suns
Mississippi St
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Wizards
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Virginia
SETON HALL
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St. John’s
Texas A&M
3.5
Georgia St
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KENT ST
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Buffalo
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E Michigan
BUTLER
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Loyola-Chicago
DREXEL
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William & Mary
HOFSTRA
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Delaware
OLD DOMINION
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NC-Wilmington
15.5
Towson
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Illinois St
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L O C A L C A L E N D A R TODAY'S EVENTS BOYS BASKETBALL Wyoming Area at Tunkhannock, 7 p.m. Berwick at Coughlin, 7:15 p.m. Wyoming Valley West at Pittston Area, 7:15 p.m. Crestwood at Dallas, 7:15 p.m. Hazleton Area at Holy Redeemer, 7:15 p.m. Northwest at Lake-Lehman, 7:15 p.m. GAR at Wyoming Seminary, 7:15 p.m. MMI Prep at Hanover Area, 7:15 p.m. Nanticoke at Meyers, 7:15 p.m. HS RIFLE State Individual Tournament, 1 p.m. at Hellertown HS SWIMMING Hanover Area at Wyoming Seminary, 4 p.m. Pittston Area at Lake-Lehman, 4 p.m. Hazleton Area at Wyoming Valley West, 4 p.m. Dallas at Berwick, 4:30 p.m. Scranton Prep at Delaware Valley, 4:30 p.m. Abington Heights at Tunkhannock, 4:30 p.m. Scranton High at Elk Lake, 4:30 p.m. Valley View at West Scranton, 4:30 p.m. HS Wrestling (all matches 7 p.m.) Meyers at Coughlin Lackawanna Trail at Nanticoke MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL PSU Hazleton at PSU Worthington, 8 p.m. DeSales at Wilkes, 8 p.m. King’s at Misericordia, 8 p.m. WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL DeSales at Wilkes, 6 p.m. PSU Hazleton at PSU Worthington, 6 p.m. King’s at Misericordia, 6 p.m. COLLEGE WRESTLING King’s at Centenary (N.J.), 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 HS WRESTLING Lake-Lehman at Wyoming Valley West, 7 p.m. Meyers at Coughlin, 7 p.m. HS SWIMMING Dunmore at Pittston Area, 4 p.m. Meyers at Nanticoke, 4 p.m. Wyoming Area at Coughlin, 4:30 p.m.
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T R A N S A C T I O N S BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with DH David Ortiz on a one-year contract. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jon Garland on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with OF Yoenis Cespedes on a four-year contract. BASKETBALL Women's National Basketball Association ATLANTA DREAM—Signed F Aneika Henry to a training camp contract. MINNESOTA LYNX—Signed G Erin Thorn. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS—Named Mark Carrier defensive backs coach. Promoted Paul Guenther to linebackers coach. DETROIT LIONS—Promoted secondary coach Tim Walton to secondary/third-down package coach. Named Marcus Robertson defensive assistant/secondary coach. GREEN BAY PACKERS—Announced they moved Ben McAdoo to quarterbacks coach and Jerry Fontenot to tight ends coach. Named Alex Van Pelt running backs coach, John Rushing offensive assistant/special teams and Joel Hilgenberg assistant offensive line coach. NEW YORK JETS—Named Karl Dunbar defensive line coach and Mike Smith outside linebackers coach and Justus Galac and Paul Ricci assistant strength and conditioning coaches. Promoted Bob Sutton to assistant head coach/linebackers coach, Lance Taylor to assistant tight ends coach/quality control. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—C Mike Comrie announced his retirement. BOSTON BRUINS—Recalled D Andrew Bodnarchuk from Providence (AHL). EDMONTON OILERS—Agreed to terms with D Andy Sutton on a one-year contract extension. FLORIDA PANTHERS—Reassigned G Jacob Markstrom to San Antonio (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD—Recalled D Marco Scandella and F Kris Foucault from Houston (AHL). NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Recalled D Ty Wishart from Bridgeport (AHL). Assigned F Rhett Rakhshani to Bridgeport. WINNIPEG JETS—Traded F Riley Holzapfel to Anaheim for F Maxime Macenauer. American Hockey League AHL—Suspended Adirondack D Cullen Eddy one game for his actions in a Feb. 11 game at Norfolk. HAMILTON BULLDOGS—Announced D Olivier Dame-Malka was recalled from Wheeling (ECHL). SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE—Assigned G Brian Foster to Cincinnati (ECHL). LACROSSE National Lacrosse League EDMONTON RUSH—Acquired T Paul Rabil and a 2012 first-round draft pick from Washington for F Athan Iannucci and a 2012 second-round draft pick. SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION—Acquired F Saer Sene on a free transfer from Bayern Munich (Germany). PHILADELPHIA UNION—Signed D Chris Albright.
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CIRCULAR REPORT: On the NBA board, the Knicks - Raptors circle is for New York forward Amare Stoudemire (probable) and forward Carmelo Anthony (doubtful); the Bulls - Kings circle is for Chicago guard Derrick Rose (questionable). On the college hoop board, the Alabama - Florida circle is for ’Bama forward and leading scorer JaMychal Green (suspended) and forward Tony Mitchell (suspended). Follow Eckstein on Twitter at www.twitter.com/vegasvigorish. BOXING REPORT: In the WBA super welterweight title fight on May 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is -$600 vs. Miguel Cotto at +$400; in the WBA/IBF welterweight title fight on May 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Amir Khan is -$450 vs. Lamont Peterson at +$350; in the WBO welterweight title fight on June 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao is -$400 vs. Timothy Bradley at +$300. Points
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LIGHTNING
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BRUINS
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Rangers
SABRES
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Devils
RED WINGS
-$210/ +$175
Stars
WILD
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Ducks
PREDATORS
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Blackhawks
JETS
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COLLEGE ALABAMA—Reinstated basketball G Trevor Releford and G Andrew Steele from suspension. ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE—Named Taavo Roos men’s and women’s tennis assistant coach. CONNECTICUT—Named Warde Manuel athletic director. MONTANA—Promoted linebackers coach Ty Gregorak to defensive coordinator. MONTANA STATE—Named Kyle Weindel women’s volleyball coach. RUTGERS—Named Dave Brock offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach, Dave Cohen linebackers coach, Darnell Dinkins tight ends coach, Ben Sirmans running backs coach, Rob Spence quarterbacks coach and Damian Wroblewski offensive line coach. Promoted Robb Smith to defensive coordinator, Phil Galiano to special teams coordinator and Jeremy Cole to head strength and conditioning coach. ST. SCHOLASTICA—Announced the resignation of defensive coordinator Tom Parkevich to become football coach at Iowa Wesleyan. WAGNER—Named Mike Teel quarterbacks coach.
COUGHLIN (2-3, 6-14) Marcus Cobb ..................................... Nate Oliver......................................... Phil Trout............................................ Connor Flaherty ................................ Devon Davis ...................................... Eric Heffers ........................................ CRESTWOOD (4-1, 11-9) John Fazzini ...................................... Chris Fazzini...................................... Steve Roberts.................................... Brady Gallagher ................................ Mike Judge......................................... Josh Jones......................................... HAZLETON AREA (5-0, 17-3) Travis Buckner .................................. Frankie Vito........................................ Sal Biasi ............................................. Tyler Plaksa....................................... Adam Hauze ...................................... Corey Joseph .................................... PITTSTON AREA (1-4, 11-9) Steve Stravinski ................................ Steve Sklanka ................................... Jordan Houseman............................. Shaun McDermott............................. Mason Gross ..................................... Mike Schwab ..................................... WYO. VAL. WEST (3-2, 10-11) James McCann ................................. Jaquan Ingram .................................. Jonathan Gimble............................... Ryan Hoinski ..................................... Brett Good.......................................... Chris McCue...................................... BERWICK (0-5, 3-16) Jimmy Gaizick.................................. James Morrison............................... Eric May............................................ Zach Ladonis ................................... Jeremy Clausen .............................. Will Morales...................................... DALLAS (3-2, 13-6) Shane Dunn ..................................... Paul Brace........................................ Jason Simonovich........................... Bob Saba.......................................... Don Behm ........................................ Matt Ross ......................................... HOLY REDEEMER (3-2, 9-11) Ryan DeRemer................................ Shahael Wallace.............................. Will Cavanaugh ............................... Dalton Ell .......................................... Mike Prociak .................................... Mike Boutanos ................................. TUNKHANNOCK (3-2, 12-8) James Hawk .................................... Brian Stephenson............................ Austin Yanora .................................. A.J. Bevan ........................................ Jordan Faux ..................................... Derik Franklin................................... WYOMING AREA (1-4, 2-18) Lou Vullo........................................... Bart Chupka ..................................... Jordan Zezza ................................... Dan Newhart .................................... Mike Carey ....................................... E.J. Driving Hawk............................
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FG 67 45 30 31 34 9 FG 46 37 29 19 23 16 FG 73 48 45 34 28 13 FG 87 46 37 23 24 5 FG 48 42 41 27 29 14
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FG 29 20 22 27 6 10 FG 60 54 49 32 22 7 FG 45 37 28 19 23 17 FG 70 44 26 28 15 15 FG 48 15 22 30 23 18
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H O C K E Y National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers............... 54 36 13 5 77 153 110 Philadelphia ................ 56 31 18 7 69 182 169 Pittsburgh .................... 56 32 19 5 69 175 148 New Jersey ................. 55 31 20 4 66 154 155 N.Y. Islanders.............. 55 23 24 8 54 131 159 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston.......................... 53 34 17 2 70 184 120 Ottawa .......................... 58 28 22 8 64 169 181 Toronto ........................ 56 28 22 6 62 171 166 Montreal....................... 56 23 24 9 55 149 149 Buffalo.......................... 55 24 25 6 54 136 158 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida .......................... 55 27 17 11 65 141 152 Washington ................. 55 28 22 5 61 153 155 Winnipeg...................... 57 26 25 6 58 139 161 Tampa Bay................... 55 24 25 6 54 155 185 Carolina ....................... 56 20 25 11 51 142 172 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit .......................... 57 38 17 2 78 182 135 St. Louis....................... 55 34 14 7 75 139 111 Nashville ...................... 56 32 18 6 70 158 148 Chicago........................ 56 29 20 7 65 174 171 Columbus .................... 56 16 34 6 38 131 185 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver ................... 55 34 15 6 74 178 138 Calgary ........................ 56 26 22 8 60 134 151 Colorado ...................... 57 28 25 4 60 146 159 Minnesota.................... 55 25 22 8 58 125 144 Edmonton .................... 55 22 28 5 49 147 165 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose ...................... 53 30 17 6 66 153 127 Los Angeles ................ 57 27 19 11 65 124 124 Phoenix........................ 56 27 21 8 62 148 144 Dallas ........................... 55 28 24 3 59 145 157 Anaheim ...................... 55 22 24 9 53 144 163 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday's Games N.Y. Rangers 3, Washington 2 Florida 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Anaheim 5, Columbus 3 Los Angeles 4, Dallas 2 Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 2 St. Louis 3, San Jose 0 Detroit 4, Philadelphia 3 Monday's Games San Jose 5, Washington 3 Carolina 5, Montreal 3 Phoenix at Vancouver, late Today's Games N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Calgary, 9 p.m. Wednesday's Games Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
American Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA St. John’s .............. 50 32 12 5 1 70 169 142 Manchester ........... 53 28 23 0 2 58 138 146 Worcester.............. 47 23 15 4 5 55 128 122 Portland ................. 50 23 21 3 3 52 140 162 Providence............ 51 23 22 3 3 52 119 141 East Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Penguins.............. 50 29 14 2 5 65 162 150 Hershey ................. 50 28 14 4 4 64 180 147 Norfolk ................... 51 30 18 1 2 63 178 142 Syracuse ............... 48 19 22 4 3 45 149 159 Binghamton........... 50 20 27 2 1 43 136 161 Northeast Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Connecticut........... 50 24 16 5 5 58 148 143 Bridgeport ............. 48 25 18 3 2 55 147 137 Albany .................... 48 22 18 5 3 52 126 141 Springfield ............. 50 23 23 2 2 50 144 157 Adirondack............ 48 22 24 1 1 46 131 145 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Charlotte................ 51 29 18 2 2 62 145 136 Chicago ................. 49 27 18 1 3 58 142 126 Peoria .................... 50 26 21 2 1 55 154 143 Milwaukee ............. 48 24 21 2 1 51 134 132 Rockford................ 50 21 24 1 4 47 146 169 North Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Toronto .................. 50 27 17 4 2 60 149 126 Rochester.............. 50 22 19 6 3 53 143 151 Lake Erie ............... 50 24 22 2 2 52 123 137 Grand Rapids........ 48 20 20 4 4 48 155 159 Hamilton ................ 49 21 23 1 4 47 119 148 West Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Oklahoma City...... 49 32 12 2 3 69 145 104 Houston ................. 50 25 13 3 9 62 140 134 San Antonio .......... 50 27 21 2 0 56 130 139 Abbotsford ............ 49 26 20 3 0 55 115 124 Texas ..................... 49 21 24 2 2 46 145 157 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
3s 10 18 11 0 0 7 3s 16 3 19 10 5 5 3s 10 7 23 1 0 13 3s 28 16 9 15 3 1 3s 12 0 1 0 13 7 3s 7 1 8 0 3 5 3s 6 5 1 16 0 2 3s 29 4 17 5 0 5 3s 0 0 20 2 11 7 3s 13 0 2 1 11 0
FTM 33 17 28 17 7 7 FTM 55 17 4 12 9 5 FTM 31 22 9 28 8 3 FTM 29 19 20 9 10 7 FTM 22 25 11 23 12 3 FTM 23 7 6 12 11 2 FTM 36 13 19 16 7 11 FTM 11 28 15 18 14 11 FTM 28 14 11 5 9 2 FTM 28 16 9 10 3 3
FTA 57 27 48 26 13 8 FTA 60 27 9 16 16 9 FTA 43 36 16 38 20 4 FTA 35 24 29 12 11 13 FTA 30 35 20 30 20 7
FT% .579 .630 .583 .654 .538 .875 FT% .917 .630 .444 .750 .563 .556 FT% .720 .611 .563 .737 .400 .750 FT% .829 .792 .690 .750 .909 .538 FT% .733 .714 .550 .767 .600 .429
B A S K E T B A L L College Basketball Men's College Basketball Schedule Today's Games EAST William & Mary at Drexel, 7 p.m. Delaware at Hofstra, 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 7 p.m. St. John’s at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Manhattan at Siena, 7 p.m. SOUTH Florida at Alabama, 7 p.m. Virginia at Clemson, 7 p.m. UNC Asheville at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. Radford at High Point, 7 p.m. Georgia St. at James Madison, 7 p.m. UT-Martin at Kennesaw St., 7 p.m. VMI at Liberty, 7 p.m.
PPG 16.1 11.4 9.0 7.2 6.8 3.2 PPG 16.3 9.4 7.4 5.5 5.5 3.8 PPG 17.0 11.4 11.1 8.8 7.1 3.8 PPG 21.0 11.5 9.4 6.4 6.1 1.6 PPG 13.0 10.9 8.5 7.7 7.5 3.5
FTA FT% PTS PPG 32 .719 88 8.0 11 .636 48 6.0 12 .500 58 5.8 20 .600 66 6.0 20 .550 26 3.3 2 1.000 27 3.4 FTA FT% PTS PPG 62 .580 162 14.7 30 .433 126 11.5 35 .543 118 10.7 20 .800 96 8.7 14 .500 51 5.1 14 .786 27 2.5 FTA FT% PTS PPG 17 .647 130 11.8 33 .848 106 9.6 25 .600 88 8.0 26 .692 61 6.1 29 .500 60 5.5 14 .786 50 4.5 FTA FT% PTS PPG 43 .651 168 15.3 32 .438 102 9.3 15 .733 83 7.5 13 .385 63 5.7 18 .500 50 4.5 3 .667 39 3.5 FTA FT% PTS PPG 31 .903 137 12.5 28 .571 46 9.2 19 .474 55 5.0 14 .714 71 6.5 6 .500 60 5.5 19 .158 39 3.5
GAR (5-0, 19-1) G FG 3s FTM FTA FT% Darrell Crawford ............................. 12 55 32 9 16 .563 Isaiah Francis.................................. 12 51 0 13 27 .481 Matt Sharpe .................................... 12 43 5 22 39 .564 Shaliek Powell ................................ 12 44 6 15 24 .625 Christian Skrepenak ...................... 12 52 0 5 25 .200 Zach Ellis......................................... 12 19 4 7 12 .583 HANOVER AREA (3-2, 9-11) G FG 3s FTM FTA FT% ShaQuille Rolle............................... 11 86 5 43 59 .729 Jeorge Colon .................................. 11 35 5 31 41 .756 Jacob Barber .................................. 12 44 10 12 20 .600 Austin Bogart .................................. 12 23 13 3 3 1.000 Martin Steve.................................... 11 15 0 4 11 .363 Parrish Bennett............................... 10 9 3 3 6 .500 LAKE-LEHMAN (2-3, 11-9) G FG 3s FTM FTA FT% Pete Borum ..................................... 12 62 0 31 61 .508 Chris O’Connor............................... 9 45 0 14 31 .452 Kevin Bohan.................................... 10 36 6 11 21 .524 Jared James ................................... 12 42 6 13 30 .433 Cody Poepperling........................... 12 19 5 11 21 .524 Adam Dizbon .................................. 12 20 12 0 4 .000 MEYERS (5-0, 18-2) G FG 3s FTM FTA FT% Eugene Lewis ................................. 12 104 2 21 36 .583 Ryan Krawczeniuk ......................... 12 59 17 38 48 .792 Rasheed Moore.............................. 12 72 1 19 32 .594 Tyriek Steward................................ 5 13 1 4 6 .667 Fabian Smith................................... 11 25 9 5 11 .455 Dominic Johnson............................ 11 19 14 2 4 .500 MMI PREP (0-5, 4-16) G FG 3s FTM FTA FT% George Gera................................... 9 25 3 13 17 .765 Cory Rogers.................................... 11 26 13 12 13 .923 Charlie Karchner ............................ 11 27 3 3 4 .750 Aaron Kollar .................................... 10 24 6 4 9 .444 Alex Van Hoekelen ........................ 8 11 1 3 6 .500 Tim Connors ................................... 9 8 4 7 10 .700 NANTICOKE (2-3, 6-14) G FG 3s FTM FTA FT% Luke Casey ..................................... 11 46 0 37 56 .661 Kevin Zaykoski ............................... 10 49 3 14 25 .560 Joey Yudichak ................................ 11 20 10 33 40 .825 15 25 .600 Zak Matulewski............................... 9 18 3 Brian Bevan..................................... 11 16 7 10 20 .500 Evan Reakes .................................. 9 6 0 3 5 .600 NORTHWEST (1-4, 6-14) G FG 3s FTM FTA FT% Devon Mazonkey ............................ 12 70 11 37 59 .627 Christian Foley................................. 12 32 8 26 42 .619 Garret Yustat.................................... 10 18 12 7 15 .467 Kyle Cragle....................................... 10 24 10 2 4 .500 Jeff Nelson ....................................... 11 11 3 4 6 .667 Dalton Tomko................................... 12 9 7 2 2 1.000 WYO. SEMINARY (2-3, 7-12) G FG 3s FTM FTA FT% Seth Callahan .................................... 11 37 18 21 29 .724 E.J. Flippen........................................ 11 39 0 29 36 .806 Josh Lefkowitz................................... 12 37 0 10 19 .526 Jason Ellis.......................................... 10 27 8 4 8 .500 Alex Barilla......................................... 12 29 0 11 19 .579 Brad Sedor......................................... 10 16 0 7 11 .636 Sunday's Games St. John’s 6, Binghamton 3 Worcester 5, Portland 2 Springfield 5, Manchester 1 Bridgeport 2, Connecticut 1, OT Hamilton 2, Texas 0 Lake Erie 2, Syracuse 1 Albany 3, Providence 1 Grand Rapids 7, San Antonio 4 Hershey 5, Penguins 1 Peoria 4, Milwaukee 2 Norfolk 3, Charlotte 1 Monday's Games No games scheduled Today's Games Adirondack at Toronto, 7 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Wednesday's Games Texas at Lake Erie, 10:45 a.m. Worcester at Portland, 6:30 p.m. Syracuse at Albany, 7 p.m. Norfolk at Penguins, 7:05 p.m. Grand Rapids at Chicago, 8 p.m. Peoria at Rockford, 8:05 p.m.
PTS 177 125 99 79 75 32 PTS 163 94 81 60 60 42 PTS 187 125 122 97 64 42 PTS 231 127 103 70 61 18 PTS 130 109 94 77 83 38
PTS 151 115 113 109 109 49 PTS 220 106 110 62 34 24 PTS 155 104 89 103 54 52 PTS 231 173 164 31 64 54 PTS 66 77 60 58 26 27 PTS 129 115 83 54 49 15 PTS 188 98 55 60 29 27 PTS 113 107 84 66 69 39
PPG 12.6 9.6 9.4 9.1 9.1 4.1 PPG 20.0 9.6 9.2 5.2 3.1 2.4 PPG 12.9 11.6 8.9 8.6 4.5 4.3 PPG 19.3 14.4 13.7 6.2 5.8 4.9 PPG 7.3 7.0 5.5 5.8 3.3 3.0 PPG 11.7 11.5 7.5 6.0 4.5 1.7 PPG 15.7 8.2 5.5 6.0 2.6 2.3 PPG 10.3 9.7 7.0 6.6 5.8 3.9
UNC Wilmington at Old Dominion, 7 p.m. Presbyterian at Winthrop, 7 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville St. at Tennessee St., 8 p.m. VCU at George Mason, 9 p.m. Mississippi St. at LSU, 9 p.m. MIDWEST Loyola of Chicago at Butler, 7 p.m. E. Michigan at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Kent St., 7 p.m. Detroit at Wright St., 7 p.m. Illinois St. at Indiana St., 7:05 p.m. Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 8 p.m. Cleveland St. at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Creighton at S. Illinois, 8:05 p.m. Ill.-Chicago at Valparaiso, 8:05 p.m. Ohio St. at Minnesota, 9 p.m. SOUTHWEST Texas A&M at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. UNLV at TCU, 7:30 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma, 8 p.m. FAR WEST Montana Tech at Utah St., 9:05 p.m. CS Bakersfield at Nevada, 10 p.m. New Orleans at Hawaii, Mid Monday's College Basketball Scores EAST Immaculata 71, Marywood 63 Women's College Basketball Schedule Today's Games EAST Louisville at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Georgetown at Villanova, 7 p.m. SOUTH Davidson at UNC Greensboro, 7 p.m. MIDWEST Ohio at Akron, 7 p.m. South Florida at Marquette, 7 p.m. Providence at Notre Dame, 7 p.m. Texas A&M at Missouri, 8 p.m. Mayville St. at North Dakota, 8 p.m. FAR WEST Boise St. at Colorado St., 9:30 p.m.
MEETINGS Birchwood Over 40 and Over 50 Softball League will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the leisure tavern. Checkerboard Inn Golf League will hold an organizational meeting, Monday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Checkerboard Inn in Trucksville. All members must attend or contact the league. Any questions can be directed to Frank at 675-7532. The Crestwood Football Booster Club will meet Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. at Tony’s Pizza in the back room. For more information, call Melanie at 606-4223. The GAR Memorial High School Football Booster Club will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Choral at the high school. Wyoming Area 7th and 8th Grade Baseball will have a mandatory meeting for all players’ parents. Meeting will take place at the high school Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Room 129 at 6 p.m. Wyoming Area Diamond Club will conduct a meeting Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Room 129 at the high school at 7 p.m. All baseball parents from grades 7-12 are urged to attend. For more information, visit www.wyomingareabaseball.org. REGISTRATION/TRYOUTS Dupont Softball/T-ball signups will be held at the Dupont field house, 200 Elm St., on the following dates: Feb. 19 from noon to 3 p.m., Feb. 20 from 6-9 p.m., Feb. 27-29 from 6-9 p.m. Signups are open to all boys and girls of the greater Pittston Area and surrounding communities. T-ball is for boys and girls ages 4-7 and is $25 per player with no family discount or fundraiser. Softball is for girls ages 7-17 and is $50 per player, $85 per two players and $110 for three players of the same family (sisters) with no fundraiser. For more information, call Bob Cappelloni at 881-8744. Mt Top Area Little League Baseball and Softball Registrations will be held on Thursday for boys & girls ages six through 15. For additional dates, fees, info call Terry 8237949, or visit our website at www.mountaintoparealittleleague.com Plains American Legion Baseball Teams will hold registration Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Plains American Legion home on East Carey Street from 1-3 p.m. Players between the ages of 13-19 who reside in Plains, Laflin, Bear Creek, Parsons, Miners Mills, North End, East End, Avoca, Dupont, Jenkins Township and Pittston Township, East of the Pittston Bypass, are eligible to sign up. For more information, call Don at 822-0537 or Jack at 947-7246. Pittston Township Little League will have final registrations for T-Ball, baseball and softball on Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 6-8 p.m. at the Pittston Township Municipal Building. Fees due at sign up are $50 per player or $75 per family. For more information, call Nick at 690-2748 or visit www.Ptll.us. Mountain Top Babe Ruth Baseball program will hold registrations Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 25, from 1-3:30 p.m. at Crestwood High School. Babe Ruth is for ages 13-15, and includes a 13-year-old developmental league. For more information, call Terry at 823-7949 or visit www.mountaintoparealittleleague.com.
National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Philadelphia ................... 20 9 .690 Boston ............................ 15 12 .556 New York ....................... 13 15 .464 Toronto ........................... 9 20 .310 New Jersey .................... 8 21 .276 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami .............................. 21 7 .750 Atlanta............................. 18 10 .643 Orlando........................... 18 11 .621 Washington.................... 6 22 .214 Charlotte ........................ 3 25 .107 Central Division W L Pct Chicago......................... 23 7 .767 Indiana .......................... 17 10 .630 Milwaukee..................... 12 15 .444 Cleveland...................... 10 16 .385 Detroit ........................... 8 21 .276 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio.................. 19 9 .679 Dallas ............................ 17 11 .607 Houston ........................ 16 12 .571 Memphis ....................... 14 14 .500 New Orleans ................ 4 23 .148 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City............... 21 6 .778 Denver............................ 16 12 .571 Utah ................................ 14 12 .538 Portland .......................... 15 13 .536 Minnesota ...................... 13 16 .448 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers .................. 17 8 .680 L.A. Lakers..................... 16 12 .571 Phoenix .......................... 12 15 .444 Golden State .................. 10 14 .417 Sacramento ................... 10 17 .370 Sunday's Games L.A. Lakers 94, Toronto 92 Boston 95, Chicago 91 Washington 98, Detroit 77 Miami 107, Atlanta 87 Golden State 106, Houston 97 Utah 98, Memphis 88 Monday's Games Philadelphia 98, Charlotte 89 Orlando 102, Minnesota 89 New Orleans 86, Utah 80 Miami 114, Milwaukee 96 Dallas 96, L.A. Clippers 92 Phoenix at Golden State, late Today's Games Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m. New York at Toronto, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Chicago, 8 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m. Washington at Portland, 10 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday's Games San Antonio at Toronto, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at New York, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Houston, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 10 p.m. Washington at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
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Mountain Top Area Little League will hold registrations for baseball and softball Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 25 from 1-3:30 p.m. at Crestwood High School. Baseball and Softball programs are for boys between the ages of 6-15. Participants must turn 6 by April 30. For more information, call Terry at 823-7949 or visit www.mountaintoparealittleleague.com. Greater Pittston Stoners Youth Soccer will hold registrations for spring soccer on Feb. 21, 23 and 29 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Exeter Scout Home, located in the rear of the Exeter Borough Building on the corner of Wyoming Ave. and Lincoln St., Exeter. Cost is $25 if you do not need a uniform and $40 with a uniform. For more information, go to http://stonersoccer.org. Wilkes-Barre American Legion Baseball will be holding registrations Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at Vinsko & Associates, located at 253 S. Franklin St. Players ages 13-19 who reside in Wilkes-Barre and go to Meyers, GAR or Holy Redeemer are eligible. The fee for the season is $50 and players are required to bring a copy of their birth certificate to the signup. Call Corey at 332-2794 for more information. South Wilkes Barre Little League will be holding sign ups for this season on the following dates and times. Wednesday 6:00 - 8:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 - 1:00pm. Sign ups will be held at 2 locations. Firwood church 130 Old River Road and at Stanton Bowling Lanes. Players ages four through 14 are eligible to play. Any player residing in the mayflower section of WilkesBarre is now eligible to play for south Wilkes-Barre Little League. Cost is $45 per player and $60 per family for t ball through little league. $55 or $80 for family for Junior League. There will also be a $30 deposit for lottery ticket fundraiser. More information on our web site at www.swblittleleague.com. Avoca/Dupont Little League will hold registrations at the upper Avoca Little league field clubhouse from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday. Registration fee is $60 per player and $75 per family. Teener baseball sign-up fee is $60 for each player. Programs include: T-ball (ages 4-6), coach pitch (ages 7-8), minor softball and baseball (ages 8-10), major softball and baseball (ages 10-12), junior baseball (ages 13-14), senior baseball (ages 15-16) and big league baseball (ages 17-18). UPCOMING EVENTS Coughlin Wrestling Hall of Fame will induct its first class on Wednesday in the high school gym beginning at 6:45 p.m. The inaugural inductees will be Rick Bartoletti, Dana Balum and Bill Pfeffer. Coughlin alumni, faculty and fans are invited. For more information, contact coach Steve Stahl at 826-7201 or by email at sfs8@hotmail.com.
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B A S E B A L L Major League Baseball GB — 4 61⁄2 11 12 GB — 3 31⁄2 15 18 GB — 41⁄2 91⁄2 11 141⁄2 GB — 2 3 5 141⁄2 GB — 51⁄2 61⁄2 61⁄2 9 GB — 21⁄2 6 61⁄2 8
MLB Calendar Through Feb. 17 — Salary arbitration hearings, St. Petersburg, Fla. Feb. 12 — Voluntary reporting date for Oakland and Seattle pitchers, catchers and injured players. Feb. 17 — Voluntary reporting date for other Oakland and Seattle players. Feb. 19 — Voluntary reporting date for other team’s pitchers, catchers and injured players. Feb. 24 — Voluntary reporting date for other team’s other players. Mandatory reporting date for Oakland and Seattle. March 2 — Mandatory reporting date for other teams. March 2-11 — Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players. March 19 — Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days. March 28-29 — Seattle vs. Oakland at Tokyo. April 2 — Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2012 salary. April 4 — Opening day, St. Louis at Miami. Active rosters reduced to 25 players. May 9-10 or 16-17 — Owners’ meetings, New York. June 4 — Amateur draft. July 10 — All-Star game, Kansas City, Mo. July 13 — Deadline for amateur draft picks to sign. July 22 — Hall of Fame induction, Cooperstown, N.Y. July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers. Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players. November TBA — Deadline for teams to make qualifying offers to their eligible former players who became free agents, fifth day after World Series. November TBA — Deadline for free agents to accept qualifying offers, 12th day after World Series. Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer 2013 contracts to unsigned players. Dec. 3-6 — Winter meetings, Nashville, Tenn.
B O X I N G Fight Schedule Feb. 17 At College Park Center, Arlington, Texas (ESPN2), Mike Dallas Jr. vs. Miguel Gonzalez, 10, junior welterweights. At Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), Thomas Dulorme vs. Aris Ambriz, 10, for the vacant NABF welterweight title; Jonathan Gonzalez vs. Billy Lyell, 10, junior middleweight. Feb. 18 At Brondby, Denmark, Brian Magee vs. Rudy Markussen, 12, for the interim WBA World super middleweight title. At Olympic Hall, Munich, Vitali Klitschko vs. Dereck Chisora, 12, for Klitschko’s WBC heavyweight title. At American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas (SHO), Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida, 12, junior middleweights; Tavoris Cloud vs. Gabriel Campillo, 12, for Cloud’s IBF light heavyweight title; Chris Arreola vs. Eric Molina, 10, heavyweights. At Durango, Mexico, Jorge Arce vs. Lorenzo Parra, 12, for Arce’s WBO bantamweight title. Feb. 24 At Dover (Del.) Downs Hotel & Casino (ESPN2), Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Cristobal Cruz, 10, for the WBC Silver super featherweight title; Edgar Santana vs. Manuel Perez, 10, for Santana’s NABA junior welterweight title. At the Galen Center, Los Angeles (ESPN2), Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Cristobal Cruz, 12, junior lightweights; Efrain Esquivias vs. Roberto Castaneda, 10, super bantamweights. At the DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, Calif., Artemio Reyes vs. Victor Hugo Correa, 10, welterweights. Feb. 25 At Stuttgart, Germany, Alexander Povetkin vs. Marco Huck, 12, for Povetkin’s WBA World heavyweight title.
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Lehman clinches tie for crown ble of scoring 50, 60, 70 points. We just struggled tonight.” SHICKSHINNY – The sign of Northwest (4-2, 13-8) used a champion is to be able to baskets by Christa Bosak and overcome adversity. DeAnna Gill to take an early Lake-Lehman missed its first lead. A stickback by Alivia Wo12 shots Monday night. A lively melsdorf made it 6-3 four minNorthwest crowd hounded the utes into the game. Black Knights. After missing their first 12 But, by the final minute, those shots, the Knights made their same Rangers fans were countnext six and tacked on a trio of ing down the final 40-plus secfree throws. Their defense also onds to Lake-Lehman’s title. clicked into high gear, forcing 14 The Black Knights locked up Northwest turnovers in the first at least a share of the Wyoming quarter. Valley Conference Division III “We tried to use that intensity second-half championship with from the last game,” said Levan, an impressive 40-23 girls basket- whose team has won 13 straight ball victory over Northwest. games. “Sure, we were a little “We knew coming in here rough around the edges, but our they would be tough,” Lakepress got us going. They started Lehman guard Nikki Sutliff said. turning the ball over left and “Last time, we made that come- right.” back on our home court. We Lehman also has the top WVC knew they wanted to win this Class 2A seed in the upcoming one, and they have that student District 2 tournament. Northsection behind them.” west remains entrenched in the Lake-Lehman (6-0 WVC III, third spot in the Class A brack16-5) missed its first 12 field et. goal attempts, trailing North“This was still a big game for west for the first six minutes. us looking down the line,” Piatt Then Nikki Sutliff dished to said. “They knew a division title Cayle Spencer (11 points) in the was on the line, and it was more right corner, and Spencer made or less nerves that showed. That Lehman’s first shot from the game was something we needed field, giving the Knights a 7-6 to prepare for districts.” lead. Womelsdorf finished with 10 That jumper sparked a 17-0 points and 10 rebounds for the run by the Knights, who quickly Rangers. put the game away. “The big thing was when we Lake-Lehman 40, made that (first) basket,” said Northwest 23 LAKE-LEHMAN (40): N. Sutliff 4 6-8 15, Sutliff, who had a game-high 15 Sutton 2 2-4 6, Mosier 0 0-0 0, Moosic 0 0-0 0, points to go along with five Leskowsky 1 0-0 2, Mahoney 0 0-0 0, Spencer 4 3-4 11, D. Sutliff 2 1-2 6. Totals 13 12-18 40. rebounds, five assists and five NORTHWEST (23): Yustat 0 1-2 1, Shaffer 0 steals. “We couldn’t press until 0-0 0, Womelsdorf 3 4-4 10, Koehn 2 0-0 4, Bosak 1 2-2 4, Gill 2 0-0 4. Totals 8 7-8 23. we made a basket. Then we Lake-Lehman ................................... 18 6 10 6 — 40 were able to play our pressure Northwest.......................................... 6 8 6 3 — 23 3-Point Field Goals— LAKE 2 (N. Sutliff, D. game like we did in the final two Sutliff); NW 0. minutes of the last game (a 43-41 come-from-behind victory Berwick 45, Coughlin 19 over the Rangers on Jan. 18). The Bulldogs held the CruThe lead remained at eight or saders to only six first-half more the rest of the way for points on their way to a victory. Lehman. The lead grew to as a Alexis Steeber led Berwick many as 19 (40-21) when Sutliff with 13 points scoring. drove through three Northwest Danielle Georgetti led the players for a layup. effort for Coughlin with seven “We broke down and couldn’t points. get into our offensive sets,” COUGHLIN (19): Hayward 1 1-4 3, Oliver 0 0-0 0, Eaton 1 0-0 3, Flaherty 1 0-0 2, Zigler 0 0-0 0, Northwest coach Chris Piatt Sebastian 1 0-0 2, Harper 0 0-0 0, Georgetti 1 4-6 said. “We’re a team that’s capa7, Williams 1 0-0 2. Totals 6 5-10 19. By JOHN MEDEIROS jmedeiros@timesleader.com
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Crestwood’s Sydney Myers (33) tries to get the ball as Talia Szatkawski (11) gets ready for a play. Playing defense is Jess Hiscox (12).
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stretches and got big points when it needed from Kayla Gegaris, Taryn Wojnar and Sydney Myers. The trio accounted for all 13 of Crestwood’s points in the quarter. “I know that once we get going as a team offensively, that we’re usually going to be ok,” said Walker. “With us, though, I really do think that we come out nervous to start the game. I think once we get that slow start out of the way, though, that we’re usually ok, but, we’re still going to have to work on avoiding that with the playoffs coming up.” The Comets managed just six points over the first quarter and turned the ball over numerous times in the face of Dallas’ pressure, leading to some fast-break layups for Ashley Dunbar and Talia Szatkowski and a 14-6 lead. “We’re a very aggressive team, defensively,” said Dallas head coach Kelly Martin-Johnson. “We believe that we can get some offense through our defense if we keep coming after a team and try to pressure them as they come up the floor.” The Mountaineers opened the second quarter with the same plan early. However, as the quarter wore on Dallas couldn’t find any answer for Crestwood’s
response: find Myers in the paint. The junior center scored eight of her game-high 23 points in the second quarter on a variety of drop-step moves to the baseline and turnaround jump shots. Dallas’ attempt to shift its focus defensively left some holes for Carly Hislop and Deidra Ciaveralla to step through with Hislop picking up four points in the quarter and Ciaverella knocking down a threepoint jumper late in the quarter, cutting Dallas’ lead down to four, 27-23. “She has some nice low post skills and she can just be such a mismatch some nights, such an advantage for us to have, offensively,” said Walker of Myers. Myers went to work again in the third quarter, this time tallying seven more points while pulling down four of her 12 rebounds. Dallas tried to keep pace again behind the quick drives to the basket and pesky defense of Dunbar, who finished with 13 points and five steals, and Szatkowski, who netted 11. Gegaris and Corina Mazzoni added scoring drives during a 13-5 run for the Comets that cut the lead to one point for the start of the fourth quarter. DALLAS (47): Comitz 1 2-2 4, Dunbar 5 3-6 13, Englehart 1 2-2 4, Flaherty 2 2-2 6, Hiscox 1 1-2 4, Michael 0 2-2 2, Missal 1 0-0 3, Szatkowski 4 3-4 11. Totals 15 15-20 47. CRESTWOOD (51): Mazzoni 1 0-0 2, Myers 9 5-6 23, Rutkowski 1 1-2 3, Wojnar 3 0-1 8, Gegaris 1 4-4 6, Hislop 1 2-2 4, Andrews 0 0-0 0, Ciavarella 1 0-0 3, Cronauer 0 0-0 0, Jesikiewicz 1 0-0 2, Kendra 0 0-0 0, Lutz 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 12-15 51.
Dallas......................................... 14 13 12 8 — 47 Crestwood................................. 6 19 15 13 — 51 3-Point Field Goals— DAL 2 (Hiscox, Missal); CRE 3 (Wojnar 2, Ciavarella)
BERWICK (45): Steeber 6 1-2 13, Davenport 4 1-2 9, Shortlidge 0 0-0 0, Welsh 1 0-1 2, Kishbaugh 0 0-0 0, Bridge 2 1-1 5, Simmons 0 0-0 0, Floryshak 1 0-0 2, Seely 1 1-3 3, Lynn 1 0-0 3, Rinehimer 1 2-2 5, Bailey 1 0-0 3. Totals 18 6-11 45. Coughlin ....................................... 2 4 2 11 — 19 Berwick ......................................... 11 11 11 12 — 45 3-Point Field Goals— COU 2 (Eaton, Georgetti); BER 3 (Lynn, Rinehimer, Bailey)
Tunkhannock 60, Wyoming Area 39
Kassie Williams totaled 25 points, hitting six three-point field goals, to lead the Tigers to a win over the Warriors. Lisa Kintner contributed 17 points for Tunkhannock. Serra Degnan led Wyoming Area with 12 points.
TUNKHANNOCK (60): Ayers 0 3-4 3, Custer 0 0-0 0, Nafus 0 0-0 0, Proulx 1 1-2 3, Alguire 3 6-6 12, Williams 8 3-3 25, Kintner 8 1-1 17. Totals 20 14-16 60. WYOMING AREA (39): Degnan 4 4-7 12, N. Turner 0 0-2 0, Radzwilka 3 1-4 8, Blannett 2 1-2 5, Thornton 3 2-4 8, Bott 0 0-0 0, Coolbaugh 2 0-2 4, F. Turner 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 8-21 39. Tunkhannock ................................. 19 8 16 17 — 60 Wyoming Area ............................... 11 8 15 5 — 39 3-Point Field Goals— TUNK 6 (Williams 6); WA 1 (Radzwilka)
GAR 45, Wyoming Seminary 23
The Grenadiers took a 28-10 lead going into the half and went on to defeat the Blue Knights. Quieterriua Gross led all scoring with 20 points for GAR.
WYOMING SEMINARY (23): Neare 3 0-0 6, Gabriel 1 0-0 2, Karg 3 0-1 6, Henry 2 1-3 5, McMullan 2 0-4 4, Romanowski 0 0-0 0, Dressler 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-0 0, Stemrich 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 1-8 23. GAR (45): Twyman 3 0-4 6, Nichols 0 0-2 0, Spence 3 0-3 6, Leco 1 0-0 2, Seabrook 2 1-2 5, Quinniea Gross 3 0-0 6, Quieterriua Gross 7 6-16 20, Domzalski 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 7-27 45. Wyoming Seminary .................... 6 4 10 3 — 23 GAR............................................... 12 16 7 10 — 45 3-Point Field Goals— None
Wyoming Valley West 42, Pittston Area 40
Kate Smicherko led the way with 15 for Valley West. Pittston Area was led by Mia Hopkins, who scored 16 points.
PITTSTON AREA (40): Barber 1 0-1 2, Waleski 3 0-0 6, Mitchell 0 2-2 2, Rabender 1 1-2 3, O’Neil 3 2-21 11, Hopkins 6 4-9 16. Totals 14 9-16 40. WYOMING VALLEY WEST (42): Judge 2 0-0 5, C. Smicherko 2 1-2 6, Reese 0 0-0 0, Reilly 0 1-2 1, K. Smicherko 6 2-2 15, Zdancewicz 2 2-4 6, Hoffman 3 3-4 9. Totals 15 9-14 42. Pittston Area................................... 9 12 8 11 — 40 Wyoming Valley West .................. 11 16 7 8 — 42 3-Point Field Goals— PA 3 (O’Neil 3); WVW 3 (Judge, C. Smicherko, K. Smicherko)
Holy Redeemer 46, Hazleton Area 44
Leading 21-20 at halftime, the Royals managed to hang on to their small lead and defeat the Cougars.
Alexis Lewis scored 14 points to lead Holy Redeemer. Alyssa Sitch led the effort for Hazleton Area with 16 points.
HOLY REDEEMER (46): Wignot 0 3-4 3, Makowski 2 1-2 5, Dougherty 1 0-0 21, Warnagiris 0 2-2 2, Murray 3 2-3 9, Altemose 0 0-0 0, Slavoski 1 1-2 3, Platko 2 4-6 8, Lewis 5 4-6 14, Totals 14 17-25 46. HAZLETON AREA (44): Bono 1 0-1 2, Schoennagle 2 0-6 5, Marchetti 0 0-0 0, Sitch 6 2-2 16, Pfeil 2 0-0 5, Woznicki 0 1-3 1, Bachman 3 1-1 7, Ciccozzi 0 1-2 1, Carter 0 1-2 1, Zamonas 1 3-3 6, Totals 15 9-20 44. Holy Redeemer ........................... 9 11 7 19 — 46 Hazleton Area.............................. 16 5 14 9 — 44 3-Point Field Goals— HR 1 (Murray); HAZ 5 (Sitch 2, Schoennagle, Pfeil, Zamonas)
Hanover Area 66, MMI Prep 56
Danielle Tuzinski led all scorers with 26 points as the Hawkeyes defeated the Preppers. Kayla Karchner led the effort for MMI Prep with 19 points.
HANOVER AREA (66): Smith 3 0-0 6, Mizenko 4 1-2 9, Zuranski 0 0-0 0, Grohowki 3 0-1 7, Kaminski 4 0-0 10, Miller 2 2-2 6, Tuzinski 9 7-13 26, Masher 1 0-0 2, McCary 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 10-18 66. MMI PREP (56): Purcell 2 0-1 4, Stanziola 8 2-4 18, Lobitz 1 1-3 3, Carrato 4 0-2 8, Shearer 1 2-2 4, Karchner 9 0-0 19, Lara 0 0-0 0, Ferry 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 5-12 56. Hanover Area............................... 12 14 29 11 — 66 MMI Prep...................................... 10 21 12 13 — 56 3-Point Field Goals— HAN 4 (Kaminski 2, Grohowski, Tuzinski); MMI 1 (Karchner)
Nanticoke 48, Meyers 36
The Trojans defeated the Mohawks behind 20 total points from Kayley Schinski. Meyers’ effort was led by Brianna DiMaggio’s 11 points.
NANTICOKE (48): Higgins 0 0-0 0, Brassington 3 0-0 8, Sugalski 1 0-0 2, Wolfe 5 0-1 10, Schinski 5 7-7 20, Yalch 0 0-0 0, Gow 3 0-0 8, Holl 0 0-2 0. Totals 17 7-10 48. MEYERS (36): DiMaggio 2 7-9 11, Quinones 0 0-0 0, Kowalczyk 3 2-5 9, Biggs 1 0-0 2, Robertson 3 0-1 6, Wider 4 0-1 8. Totals: 13 9-16 36. Nanticoke ............................................ 26 9 9 4 — 48 Meyers ................................................. 12 7 8 9 — 36 3-Point Field Goals— NAN 7 (Schinski 3, Brassington 2, Gow 2); MEY 1 (Kowalczyk)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LCCC 80, Valley Forge 46
Michele Bugonowich and Chelsea Cormier totaled 17 points each in LCCC’s victory over Valley Forge Military Academy on Monday night. Stephanie Hopkins contributed with 14 points while Nicole Maxomovich totaled 11 points and Holly Kile scored 10 points. Valley Forge’s leading scorer was Carly Shafer with 19 points
Black catching on with PSU track team
It’s tough to make an impression when you’re a freshman with the Penn State track team but Shelley Black is doing that in her first season with the Nittany Lions. Black (Coughlin) is competing in the 60 hurdles and the 200 meter dash this winter and her efforts in the 60 hurdles has been impressive. In her first college meet, she finished third in the event at the Penn State Relays with a time of 8.62. She improved that time with an 11th place finish (8.59) at the Penn State Nationals and came up with a season-best 8.56 to finish third in the Sykes-Sabock Challenge, also at Penn State. This past weekend Black finished 14th in the Tyson Invitational at the University of Arkansas. “I think that Shelley has transitioned well,” associate head coach Chris Johnson, who works with the hurdlers, said. “Obviously it’s a big challenge from high school, but she’s adapted very well.” The coach feels that Black will make some vast improvements later in the season. “Her transition has been very smooth but it’s a lot different than what she’s accustomed to,” Johnson said. “But her hard work will pay off later in the year.” The Nittany Lions are prepping for the Big East Championships Saturday, Feb. 25 in Lincoln, Neb. MARSHALL MAKING CHANGES – Mandissa Marshall already holds the indoor and outdoor record in the pole vault at George Mason University but according to coach Kevin McGorty, she’s training harder than ever this season. Marshall (Crestwood) has cleared 13-1 ½ both indoors and outdoors. She’s qualified for the ECAC championships four times and last season, earned
MICIKAS RUNNING WELL – Junior Bobby Micikas (Crestwood) has come up with a pair of solid efforts the past two BILL ARSENAULT weekends for the Cornell men’s indoor track team. All-American honorable menIn the Sykes-Sabock Invitation outdoors after her schooltional at Penn State he finished record attempt earned her a sixth in the 3,000 with a time of berth in the NCAA Champion8:27.17. And, last weekend, he ships. finished 20th out of 78 runners “Mandissa has been training in the 5,000 at the Valentine hard,” McGorty said. “She has really focused on breaking down Invitational in Boston with a time of 14:41.88. Both times her technique and trying to make major improvements. It is have qualified him for the IC4A Championships (March 3-4 in a very hard process to learn to Boston). change – especially when she “Bobby is in the midst of his has had success with her jumpbest indoor season for us,” ing so far.” Marshall and McGorty are on coach Robert Johnson said. “I’m certainly encouraged that he’s the same page on the decision. ahead of where he has been his “We both believe to jump first two years and both Bobby really high, she will need to make these changes,” the coach and myself are hoping that outdoors he has a big breaksaid. Marshall has been red-shirted through like he did his senior during the indoor season so that year in high school when he she could focus on the technical really became one of the top runners on the East Coast.” adjustments and not worry too Johnson feels that Micikas much about qualifying stanhas the physical talent to make dards or winning meets. “She has jumped in meets but the NCAA Regionals and be one honestly our focus is more on of the top 100 collegians in the what we have been working on 5,000. in practice than really how high “It’s just a matter of whether she jumps on any given week,” he can do it while trying to be a McGorty said. “I feel that Mantop pre-med student at Cornell,” dissa will make a significant the coach said. breakthrough during the second One area where Micikas half of the outdoor season and if doesn’t need any improvement we get a few weekends with in is the classroom according to good weather we could see her Johnson. jumping well over 13-6. It’s “Bobby is regularly right near exciting to see her working so and even occasionally above 4.0 hard and focusing on training in in a very demanding course of order to become a great athstudies,” he said. “Balancing lete.” that type of academic load with McGorty feels that Marshall running has been difficult to say could compete in a couple of the least but he is doing a better indoor meets for the season job of balancing everything this ends. year. Bobby is a pleasure to “Who knows, if she hits it have on the team and we hope right, we may even see a big before he’s done he has at least jump indoors,” the coach said. one magical season.” “That would be a pleasant surThe Big Red competes in the prise.” Deneault Invitational Saturday
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and the Ivy League Heptagonals Saturday, Feb. 25, both in Ithaca. BIG EFFORT FOR BULL – Gettysburg sophomore Alex Bull (Berwick Area) came up with a sparkling effort in the recent DuCharme Invitational at Dickinson. She captured the 5,000 meter run with a time of 19:04.66. That was a personal record by over 27 seconds and came up less than a second from setting the school record. Last weekend, she dropped down to the 3,000 and finished 14th out of 32 runners at the Bucknell Winter Classic with a time of 11:12.48. She was running against a number of Division I and II athletes. Coach Aubrey Shenk talks about her effort in the 5,000. “Alex ran ‘her race,’ put herself in position early, maintained her focus, regained the lead after a brief challenge by the eventual second place finisher in the middle of the race, and adopted a ‘catch me if you can’ approach the remainder of the race,” the coach said. Shenk wasn’t surprised with the effort. “Alex is one of the hardest workers on our team, is dedicated and committed to her sport and is willing to do whatever is necessary to succeed. She exemplifies the model distance runner and she is well ahead of where she was at this time last year.” The Bullets compete in the Susquehanna Open this weekend in a prep for the Centennial Conference Championship Saturday, Feb. 25 in Collegeville. HOVEY GOES OUT IN STYLE – Scranton senior David Hovey (Wyoming Valley West) captured the 200 breaststroke at the Landmark Conference Swimming Championships last Sunday. It was the final race of his college career.
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Hovey won the event in 2:09.50, which was four onehundreds of a second off the school record. He also finished second in the 100 breast (1:00.44) and fifth in the 200 IM (2:00.32) to help the Royals finish second behind five-time champion Merchant Marine Academy. Scranton’s 724 points are a school record. NEW ROLE FOR KRAVITZ – Katie Kravitz (Dallas) is listed as a distance runner on the Lock Haven women’s track roster but the freshman has shortened up this indoor season. Kravitz finished 16th out of 43 runners in the 800 meter run in a time of 2:28.29 at last weekend’s Bucknell Winter Classic in Lewisburg. She also ran the leadoff leg on the 4x400 relay which finished 10th in 4:22.61. “Katie has been working hard and her diligence has been paying off,” coach Aaron Russell said. “We have been racing her in some events she has never done, such as the 500 and 500 meters, to work on her speed and she’s doing a great job.” The Lady Eagles are prepping for the PSAC Championships Feb. 25-26 in Edinboro.
“Katie will most likely be part of some of our relays including the DMR and the 4x800,” Russell said. MUSINSKI BACK IN ACTION – Junior Krista Musinski (Wyoming Area) is competing in the high jump, long jump and triple jump for the Rider women’s indoor track team. She finished 14th in the triple jump (34-0) at the Rider-Lafayette Invitational last Saturday at The Armory in New York City. Prior to that, she finished third in both the high jump and triple jump and sixth in the long jump in a meet against The College of New Jersey. “Krista got off to a decent start this indoor season but then experienced a strained hamstring which kept her out of three meets,” coach Bob Hamer said. “She returned and had a very good meet against TCNJ. She jumped very well.” The Broncs compete in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships Friday at The Armory. “Krista is very close to her personal bests and I am very hopeful that she will be a big factor for us in the conference championship,” Hamer said.
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WASHINGTON — Joe Pavelski had two goals and two assists against a goalie playing in the NHL for the first time in nearly a year, leading the Sharks past the Capitals 5-3 Monday night, San Jose’s 16th victory in its last 17 games against Washington. Patrick Marleau, Ryane Clowe and Brent Burns also scored on Braden Holtby, who was brought up from Hershey of the American Hockey League earlier Monday to make a surprise start for Washington — something he hadn’t done since last March. Washington’s No. 1 goalie, Tomas Vokoun, was ill, and No. 2 Michal Neuvirth played Sunday in a loss at the New York Rangers. Joe Thornton collected three assists for the Pacific Division-leading Sharks, and Thomas Greiss made 39 saves.
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ening after awhile. “It was never a lack of effort, it was never a lack of trying. They’re busting their tail every day. And for everything to come together for them (against Manhattanville) and get some success was great.” On the women’s side, both King’s (20-3, 12-0) and Misericordia (14-9, 9-3) are comfortably in the playoffs as the top two teams in the league. There is still plenty to play for, however, as Misericordia fights to host a first-round Freedom Conference tournament game next week and King’s looks to bolster its resume for a potential run at the NCAA tournament. Both squads have their eyes set on the conference championship and the automatic bid to the national tournament that goes with it. The Lady Monarchs debuted at No. 3 in the Mid-Atlantic Region ranking released last week by the NCAA and should be a candidate for an at-large bid to the field of 64. King’s topped Misericordia 5144 in their first meeting. In other league action, Wilkes
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span. Two wins were against Wyoming Area. One this season came against winless Midd-West. Add the 2008-09 season, and the record drops to 8-80 with the win that season coming against a 1-22 Western Wayne team. The solution seems obvious – use a power system to construct the divisions. It has worked well in soccer, where teams despite their enrollment play against comparable opponents. And in a sense, basketball does it as well, with Class 3A schools scattered across three divisions. But a better job is necessary. Berwick and Wyoming Area should both slide down to Division III. GAR and Meyers should replace them in Division II. Sure,
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lou Williams scored 23 points off the bench as the Philadelphia 76ers built an early lead and held on to send the Charlotte Bobcats to their 15th straight defeat, 98-89 Monday night. Thaddeus Young added 20 points on 6 of 9 shooting, and Jrue Holiday chipped in with 19 points for the 76ers (20-9). Williams was averaging 19 points over the previous four games. He stayed hot Monday night, making several big shots including a 3-pointer with 6:11 remaining after the Bobcats
W O M E N ’ S M AT C H U P Player Brittany Muscatell Katlin Michaels Lindsay Atchison Samantha Simcox Marissa Manning
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Player Tyann McDaniel Katie Drayton Jesse Robinson Hannah Seely Christine Marks
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Ht 5-3 5-6 5-8 5-6 6-1
PPG 11.0 1.6 11.7 10.8 19.4
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Player Kyle Stackhouse Kyle Hammonds Nick Reisig Tim O’Shea Ian Oakley
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Ht 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-4
PPG 8.5 11.5 6.0 7.7 2.3
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Player Matt Greene Chris Undersinger Jeff Slanovec Ethan Eichhorst Steve Artzerounian
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PPG 9.6 5.0 9.7 17.9 13.9
Magic 102, Timberwolves 89 ORLANDO, Fla. — Jason Richardson scored 17 points, and Jameer Nelson and Hedo
Turkoglu each added 14 as the Orlando Magic used a big second half to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 102-89 on Monday night.
Hornets 86, Jazz 80 NEW ORLEANS — Chris Kaman scored a season-high 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets snapped an eightgame skid with a victory over the Utah Jazz. Marco Belinelli and Gustavo Ayon each added 13 points for New Orleans, which led by as many as 20 in the third quarter
before holding on for only its third victory in 26 games. Greivis Vasquez had 12 points and 10 assists.
Heat 114, Bucks 96 MILWAUKEE — LeBron James scored 35 points and the Miami Heat finally found a way to beat Milwaukee, using a third-quarter surge to beat the Bucks. Dwyane Wade scored 22 and Mario Chalmers added 13 for the Heat, who were 0-2 against the Bucks coming into Monday night’s game.
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had pulled within 71-69. He also hit a 3-pointer in the final minute to seal Philadelphia’s second straight win. Corey Maggette scored a season-high 22 points for Charlotte, which fell to 3-25 on the season. It’s the worst record in the NBA and drops the Bobcats’ winning percentage below that of the 1972-73 76ers, who finished with the worst record ever in the NBA at 9-72.
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hosts DeSales in a women’s/ men’s doubleheader tonight at the Marts Center. The Wilkes men trail Misericordia by a game for first place and are aiming for a playoff home game themselves. Meyers will only be the fourth biggest Class 2A school in the WVC the next two seasons. But size is irrelevant since Meyers will have two starters and some promising backups from this season returning. And the way GAR and Meyers have run roughshod over Division III this season, does anyone really want to see that again? Or would fans prefer good matchups, not only for them but Berwick and Wyoming Area as well, that would put more people in the gyms? Another move to consider, if the aforementioned are done, is moving Coughlin to Division II and moving either Dallas or Tunkhannock to Division I. That way all three Wilkes-Barre Area School District teams would be in the same division and play two meaningful games against each other rather than an early-season exhibition contest. Plus, Redeemer is
Wobbling Pekingese repeats as top in toy group The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Wobbling the whole way, a people-pleasing Pekingese made quite a walk down the green carpet at Madison Square Garden. Malachy the Peke drew cheers that grew louder with every tiny step Monday night and repeated as the top toy at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Pink tongue peeking out from his black face, he beat a prize affenpinscher called Banana Joe in a most competitive group. “He doesn’t run. He has a dignified Pekingese gait,” handler David Fitzpatrick said. Malachy also has 114 best in show ribbons on his resume, and is aiming to add the one from America’s most prestigious dog show. His early work done here, he rested on a cool pack after competing. A wire-haired dachshund called Cinders won the hound group, then wanted to sit rather than stand for her victory picture. “She’s a clown,” handler Cheri Koppenhaver said. More than 2,000 entries in 185 breeds and varieties were at the 136th Westminster. The nonsporting and herding champions were to be picked later Monday night, and the best in show will be chosen Tuesday evening. Among the early winners in breed judging: a chow chow co-owned by Martha Stewart and a xoloitzcuintli called Giorgio Armani, a nice start for the alphabetically challenged contestant during Fashion Week in New York City. Still to come Tuesday: a wire fox terrier who won the National show and a standard poodle
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who took the Eukanuba event. There’s also a black cocker spaniel who was the No. 1 show dog last year — he’s named Beckham, maybe a good omen since a12-story ad featuring soccer star David Beckham posing in his underwear is painted on a building that overlooks the Garden. Oh, and a Valentine’s Day treat on tap, too: A couple from Washington state who entered a Tibetan mastiff plans to hold their wedding among all the pooches. A Brussels griffon named Tina Fey, a barking petits bassets griffons vendeen and a sprightly Chihuahua were among the fan favorites. Also getting noticed was a Manchester toy terrier, a breed that can live to be 20 years old.
Four of the five WVC spots in the D2-3A tournament are set. Crestwood (136 pts.), Dallas (134), Holy Redeemer (114) and Tunkhannock (114) are in. Crestwood needs to win the WVC Division I title to have a shot at the top WVC seed because one of those other three will win the WVC Division II crown. Divisional championship tops the criteria list for seeding. Pittston Area (96), Lake-LehD2 PLAYOFF PICTURE man (90) and Coughlin (86) are alive for the final berth. Teams get Hanover Area’s victory over 10 points for a conference victory, Northwest on Saturday set the three WVC playoff qualifiers in the but Lehman can gain an additional District 2 Class 2A playoffs. Either 14 points if it finishes as the top 3A team in Division III. It will get GAR or Meyers will be the WVC seven if it ties Nanticoke for the No. 1seed depending on which top spot in the division. wins the Division III title. The The Lackawanna Conference other will be the WVC No. 2 seed. gets three teams in the D2-3A Hanover Area is locked into the third WVC spot. The Lackawanna tournament. All teams qualify for the D2-4A Conference gets five teams in the and D2-A tournaments unless bracket. also in Wilkes-Barre. The WVC had to scramble after St. Michael’s and West Side Tech dropped out after last season. It also likes the boys and girls basketball divisions to be mirror images of each other. That makes for an easier time banging out schedules. But it shouldn’t be about simplicity. It should be about competitive balance and generating interest.
said. “That’s the only smiles really they had all week.” Plenty of others were watching. The Knicks said Saturday’s victory at Minnesota was their highest-rated game on MSG Network since Anthony’s Knicks debut last Feb. 23 against Milwaukee, and that ratings are up 70 percent over their season average since Lin became a starter. “It’s more exciting than anything, just to see the buzz that he’s created here in New York, here in the NBA as a whole,” Anthony said. “I just want to get back there and be a part of it.” But amid all the good feelings around the Knicks, there was the question that won’t go away until the whole team is together in a game. Anthony, who has battled injuries much of the season, strained his right groin just six minutes into Lin’s starting debut against Utah last Monday, and the Knicks hope he’ll be back at the end of this week. He’s never seemed a natural in the pick-androll offense, given his preference to isolate and take his man 1-on-1. That’s created questions of how — or if — he will adapt to playing with Lin. And yes, Anthony has heard them. “It doesn’t bother me,” he said. “I know what I bring to the game, I know what I bring to this team, my teammates know what I bring to the team and the only thing I can do is just go out there and continue doing what I’m doing. Like I said, Jeremy, he’s our point guard right now, he’s proven that, he’s playing extremely well, and I look forward to playing with him, I’ll tell you that.” Lin, the NBA’s first Americanborn player of Chinese or Taiwanese decent, came with little expectations after he was undrafted out of Harvard and cut by two other teams before the Knicks picked him up in December. That underdog quality made him easy to root for in New York, even before he turned around the Knicks’ season. “He’s Rudy,” Anthony said. Anthony is the superstar whom the Knicks broke up a promising team to acquire from Denver last season, and that comes with pressure to play great and make sure the team is, too. So perhaps playing with Lin can alleviate that. “This is like a dream come true to me,” Anthony said, referring to the ease that playing with a pass-first point guard can provide. Lin understands the skepticism, but pointed out that Anthony — whose 4.2 assists per game are just ahead of Lin’s 4.1 for the team lead — is a willing and capable distributor. “I can see why they’re questioning it, just because he’s a playmaker as well and he has the ball in his hands a lot, but I think when he comes back we’re just going to continue to run what works for us, and he’s actually in my opinion an underrated passer,” Lin said. “I think we’ll be fine once he gets back.” D’Antoni calls the talk “ludicrous,” chalking it up the same doubters who refused to believe that Lin was the real thing after his first couple of starts. “That’s normal. You’ve got to say something. ‘Let’s wait and see.’ That’s part of sports,” D’Antoni said.
STATE RANKINGS It’s been a quiet season for District 2 teams in the Harrisburg Patriot-News state rankings. Meyers (18-2) is ranked seventh in Class 2A and GAR (19-1) is ranked ninth. Holy Cross (16-4) is an honorable mention. The rest of the district was shut out in the other three classifications.
Here’s what happened. The PIAA allows teams to schedule 22 games prior to the postseason. MMI discovered it had scheduled 24 and had to cut two in order to participate in the D2 Class A playoffs. So Benton and Nanticoke got the axe. The reason Nanticoke was cut, and this is purely speculation, is probably because MMI’s two WVC opponents this week – Northwest and Hanover Area – were in contention for a D2-2A playoff berth entering last week. Nanticoke was at the bottom of the WVC Class 3A standings with no hope of advancing to districts.
NO NANTICOKE AT MMI Nanticoke was scheduled to play at MMI Prep last Tuesday. But that game as well as MMI’s game with Benton were cancelled. Yet, the District 2 website listed the game as won by Nanticoke.
SCHEDULING REMINDER Nanticoke will be playing at Meyers tonight, although the game is listed on the District 2 website as being at Meyers. The teams flip-flopped homeaway dates earlier in the season.
they inform District 2 chairman Frank Majikes by Wednesday they don’t want to participate. Williamsport also plays in the D2-4A tournament since it’s the only 4A school in District 4.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — C.J. Fair scored 13 points and No. 2 Syracuse scored the final six points of the game to beat No. 19 Louisville 52-51 on Monday night, snapping a seven-game losing streak against the Cardinals. Syracuse (26-1, 13-1 Big East) used an 8-0 run to take an eightpoint lead, only to see Louisville (20-6, 8-5) rally with a 15-2 run of its own. But the Orange held the Cardinals without a point over the final 31⁄2 minutes and Fair hit the go-ahead layup with 2:11 left. Fab Melo scored 11 points and the best shooting team in the Big East overcame a 34.4 percent effort, including 1 of 15 from 3-point range, to win for the sixth straight time since losing at Notre Dame. Freshman Chane Behanan had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinals, who had won six straight conference games. It was a whiteout at the KFC Yum! Center with 22,738 fans wearing white and coach Rick Pitino donning his cream-colored suit, but it was far from a shootout with both sides struggling from the field. Syracuse’s Scoop Jardine missed all eight of his shots and leading scorer Kris Joseph struggled with foul trouble, while Cardinals forward Kyle Kuric went 1 for 8 from the field, including 1 for 6 from 3-point range. The Orange came in shooting 48.1 this season, while the Cardinals’ defensive field goal percentage was fourth-best in the nation at 37.2. Neither team could reach that mark against
Kentucky stays runaway No. 1 Kentucky and Syracuse remain Nos. 1 and 2 in The Associated Press’ Top 25, and Wichita State and Notre Dame are ranked for the first time this season. The Wildcats received 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday, while the Orange got the others. Missouri moves up one spot to third and is followed by Kansas, Duke, Ohio State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Baylor and Georgetown. Notre Dame, winners of six straight and ranked as high as fourth last season, is No. 23. Wichita State, which has won 12 of 13 and is ranked for the first time since 2007, and Gonzaga, which returns after being out for one week, are tied for 24th. Creighton, losers of three straight, dropped out from 17th. Mississippi State fell out from 20th and Harvard from 25th.
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holding Kentucky to 33.3 percent. Tennessee (18-7, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) never trailed. Simmons hit consecutive 3-pointers to make it 10-2.
Baylor 79, Iowa St. 64 WACO, Texas — Perry Jones III scored 18 points and Baylor innesota 64, Nebraska 58. rebounded from consecutive MINNEAPOLIS — Kionna losses. Kellogg’s basket broke a tie with Jones already had 10 points 1:01 left as Minnesota beat No. by halftime, one more than he the other’s zone looks. 16 Nebraska. Louisville guard Chris Smith had combined last week when The Gophers (13-14, 5-8 Big Baylor (22-4, 9-4 Big 12) lost to finished with 10 points, while Ten) used a 20-0 run to forge a No. 4 Kansas and No. 3 MisGorgui Dieng had 10 rebounds souri for the second time in four 40-24 lead with 17:00 to go. But and five turnovers, including a costly one late for the Cardinals, weeks. The Bears are undefeat- the Cornhuskers (19-5, 8-4) who shot 34.7 percent from the ed against the rest of the Big 12 fought back, turning a 58-51 deficit into a 58-58 tie on Kaitand everybody else they have field. lyn Burke’s basket with 3:17 left. played. Brandon Triche scored eight points, while Dion Waiters and Joseph added seven each for the WOMEN’S ROUNDUP Tennessee 91, Kentucky 54 Orange. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Triche hit a jumper — Syracuse’s first field goal outside the Meighan Simmons scored a paint in the second half — Melo season-high 25 points and No. 13 Tennessee routed No. 7 Kenhit two free throws and Fair added a layup to give Syracuse a tucky 91-54 on Monday night. Shekinna Stricklen added 18 52-51 lead with 2:11 left. points for the Lady Volunteers, Dieng committed a turnover instead of trying a 15-foot jump- who shot 59 percent while
SAN FRANCISCO — Freddie Solomon, the former Miami Dolphins and 49ers wide receiver who became known as “Fabulous Freddie” and committed himself to community service for decades, died Monday. He was 59. The 49ers announced the passing of Solomon, who lived in Florida and had battled cancer over the past year. He played on the first of the franchise’s four Super Bowl championship teams in the 1980s during an 11-year NFL career. “The 49ers lost a member of our family today. We’ll miss you, Freddie Solomon,” 49ers CEO Jed York posted on his Twitter account. The Dolphins selected Solomon in the second round of the 1975 draft out of the University of Tampa. He spent his first three NFL seasons with Miami and his final eight in San Francisco, finishing with 371 receptions for 5,846 yards and 48 touchdowns in 371 games. During his stint in San Francisco, Solomon also ran for 329 yards and three TDs as an important member of late Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh’s West Coast offense. “Freddie was very influential to me and my career, and taught me about work ethic and professionalism. He inspired me to go out there every day and emulate him,” Hall of Fame wideout Jerry Rice
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Some bloodlines run really deep. And we’re not even talking about the lineage of Union Rags, the No.1Kentucky Derby contender on The Associated Press’ opening Run to the Roses Top 10 list. It’s the owner of the 3-year-old colt and her husband who have caught the attention of the racing world. And why not? Owner Phyllis Mills Wyeth is the daughter of the late Alice du Pont Mills, a thoroughbred owner and breeder, noted aviatrix, environmentalist, philanthropist, and prominent member of the du Pont family. Her husband is contemporary realist painter Jamie Wyeth, son of artist Andrew Wyeth, grandson of artist and illustrator N.C. Wyeth. Mrs. Wyeth, though, almost ended up as Union Rags’ former owner. She sold the horse for $145,000 as a yearling, then dreamed she had to buy him back because his bloodlines trace back to horses owned by her family. To do so, she paid $390,000 at a 2year-olds in training sale early last year. “It’s really an amazing story,” Jamie Wyeth has said. “The dream was that she really should own the horse in the family name. It turned out to be a pretty good bet.” The listed owner is Chadds Ford Stable, a one-horse operation named for the Pennsylvania town where the Wyeths reside and is home to the Brandywine River Museum, where three gen-
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1. Union Rags, pictured above, (Michael Matz, trainer; Javier Castellano, jockey): Won three in a row, including Champagne (G1) before losing to Hansen by head in BC Juvenile (G1). ... Castellano looking for first Derby win. ... Next start: Fountain of Youth (G2), Gulfstream, Feb. 26. ... Derby future wager odds: 7-1. 2. Algorithms (Todd Pletcher, Castellano): Defeated 2-year-old champ Hansen in Holy Bull (G3) on Jan. 29. ... Son of Bernardini 3-for-3 lifetime. ... Next start: Fountain of Youth. ... Odds: 12-1. 3. Hansen (Mike Maker, Ramon Dominguez): Stumbled at start of Holy Bull, had little left in stretch and finished second by 5 lengths. ... Capped 3-for-3 2-year-old season with close win in BC Juvenile. ... Son of Tapit headed to New York. ... Next start: Gotham (G3), Aqueduct, March 3. ... Odds: 26-1. 4. Liaison (Bob Baffert, Rafael Bejarano): The 3-2 favorite in Robert B. Lewis (G2) on Feb. 4 clipped heels with another horse in stretch and unseated rider. ... Won 3-of-4 as 2-year-old, including CashCall Futurity (G1). ... Next start: San Felipe (G2), Santa Anita, March 10. ... Odds: 56-1. 5. Gemologist (Pletcher, Castellano): Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) winner 3-for-3 as he readies for 3-year-old debut. ... Next start: Tampa Bay Derby (G2), Tampa Bay Downs, March 10 or Rebel (G2), Oaklawn Park, March 17. ... Odds: 22-1. 6. Creative Cause (Mike Harrington, Joel Rosario): Strong third in BC Juvenile followed win in Norfolk (G1). ... Training at Hollywood Park for 3-year-old debut. ... Next start: San Vicente (G2), Santa Anita, Feb. 19. Odds: 17-1. 7. Discreet Dancer (Pletcher, Castellano): Won first two races by combined 151⁄4 lengths at Gulfstream. ... Castellano says “It’s almost scary how good he is. He was quick out of the gate and just did everything right.” ... Next start: Fountain of Youth. ... Odds: 30-1. 8. Alpha (Kiaran McLaughlin, Dominguez): Won Withers (G3) by 31⁄4 lengths. ... With two winning preps this year, one more planned for Godolphin-owned colt before Derby. ... Next start: Wood Memorial (G1), Aqueduct, April 7. ... Odds: 19-1. 9. I’ll Have Another (Doug O’Neill, Mario Gutierrez): A $35,000 purchase, colt won Robert B. Lewis by 23⁄4 lengths at odds of 43-1. ... Has two wins in four starts for owner J. Paul Reddam. ... Next start: Santa Anita Derby (G1), Santa Anita, April 7. ...Odds: 29-1. 10. Mr. Bowling (Larry Jones, Robby Albarado): Won Lecomte (G3) by a head Jan. 21. ... Colt has three wins in five starts. ... Next start: Risen Star (G3), Fair Grounds, Feb. 25. ... Odds: 85-1. Keep an eye on: Dullahan, Ever So Lucky, Fed Biz, Out of Bounds, Reckless Jerry.
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Marlins’ profile is such that they’ll be the focus of Showtime’s series “The Franchise” this year, Major League Baseball said Monday. Thanks in part to Ramirez, the talkative Guillen and the combative Zambrano, the program could become a soap opera. Zambrano wore out his welcome with the Cubs feuding with teammates, management and umpires. The Marlins believe they can revive his career by pairing him and fellow Venezuelan Guillen. “I have people in Venezuela betting to see when’s the first time me and Carlos are going to fight,” Guillen said. “He did a lot of bad things in Chicago. He was out of hand. He was kind of like phony. But Carlos is a great guy. He’s healthy. He’s hungry. He’s going to show people who Carlos Zambrano is.” The historically thrifty Marlins acquired Zambrano in a trade and spent $191 million to sign Reyes, Buehrle and Bell. They were spurned in courtships with Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes, who signed Monday with the Oakland Athletics, and with top free-agent prize Albert Pujols. “You don’t land everybody you want to land,” president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest said. “But I think we’ve been aggressive. We’re really happy with the way the club looks.” Beinfest said the team should be fully healthy heading into spring training. That includes ace Josh Johnson, who has been throwing off a mound after making only nine starts in 2011 because of right shoulder inflammation. “I feel great,” Johnson said. “No problems. I haven’t really been sore yet, and I’ve been letting it go.”
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Industry consultant Strategic Insight reported on Monday that deposits into stock mutual funds roughly equaled withdrawals in January. It snapped an eight-month streak of investors pulling their money out each month. From May through December, net withdrawals totaled about $137 billion. Near-zero returns continued to hurt money-market mutual funds. Investors withdrew a net $44 billion in January from money funds.
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Appliance Park in Louisville, Ky. The company expects to double its number of engineering interns to more than 5,000 as part of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness initiative to graduate 10,000 more engineers a year in the U.S. GE says this often leads to jobs, as 80 percent of its full-time engineers have been hired from the internship program. It has more than 19,000 engineers on staff. It also plans pilot programs to reduce health care costs in Louisville, Ky. and Erie, Pa. GE, which is based in Fairfield, Conn., also plans to open several manufacturing training centers in locations such as Houston and Cincinnati to help build job skills.
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Two former Bear Stearns executives reached settlements Monday with federal regulators over civil charges they misled investors about risky mortgage securities when the housing market was collapsing. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Ralph Cioffi will pay $800,000 and be barred from the industry for three years, and Matthew Tannin will pay $250,000 and be banned for two years.
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AT&T has started cutting the data speeds of some users with “unlimited” data plans as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network. AT&T no longer offers unlimited data plans to new customers, but those who already had them could keep them. AT&T has some 17 million customers with such plans, representing just under half of its smartphone users. AT&T has been slowing down speeds of the heaviest data users.
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lifespan. Is this important enough to justify releasing an entirely new model? I reluctantly conclude that it is. The Droid RAZR is a good phone, no doubt about it. What stops it from becoming a great phone is the limited battery potential. 10-YR T-NOTE 1.98%
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The RAZR MAXX swaps a tiny bit of sleek for a whole lot of functional, and it’s a worthwhile trade, in my opinion. Having a really thin phone is cool and all, but having one that works is much better. At 8.9mm it’s still one of the thinnest 4G phones available (the original Droid RAZR is just 7.1mm thick), and it actually seems to be a bit more comfortable to handle – the original RAZR was thin enough that it could dig into your hand if it was gripped too tightly. If I were Motorola, I’d have released both at the same time, given the similarities. The Droid RAZR MAXX costs $299.99 with a new 2-year contract, and $649.99 at the full retail price.
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NATIONAL FORECAST Light snow, little wind
FRIDAY
WEDNESDAY Partly sunny
Flurries
40° 35°
45° 33°
43° 28°
SATURDAY Cloudy
SUNDAY Snow possible
40° 25°
Syracuse 39/29
Heating Degree Days*
Yesterday Month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date
38/23 36/20 59 in 1937 -6 in 1914 34 423 3397 4190 4063
Poughkeepsie 42/28
Wilkes-Barre 38/29 New York City 46/37 Reading 39/32
*Index of fuel consumption, how far the day’s mean temperature was below 65 degrees.
Precipitation
Yesterday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date
Sun and Moon
Sunrise 7:00a 6:59a Moonrise Today 12:44a Tomorrow 1:52a Today Tomorrow
35/21
The Finger Lakes
Highs: 36-39. Lows: 27-32. Chance of snow showers. Scattered snow showers tonight.
Brandywine Valley
Highs: 42-44. Lows: 35-36. Slight chance of showers. Isolated showers possible tonight.
Delmarva/Ocean City
Highs: 46-51. Lows: 36-42. Slight chance of showers. Isolated showers possible tonight.
0.00” 0.13” 0.99” 2.03” 3.36” Sunset 5:36p 5:37p Moonset 10:38a 11:28a
Susquehanna Stage Chg. Fld. Stg Wilkes-Barre 3.59 -0.27 22.0 Towanda 2.21 -0.20 21.0 Lehigh Bethlehem 3.07 0.75 16.0 Delaware Port Jervis 3.35 -0.20 18.0 Last
New
Feb. 14
Feb. 21
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Forecasts, graphs and data ©2012
Weather Central, LP For more weather information go to:
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50/38
48/36 60/52 64/42 75/63
32/24
78/66
78/69 37/28
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Yesterday
Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis
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Yesterday
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41/32/.00 66/39/.00 39/18/.00 32/23/.00 90/70/.00 46/41/.00 30/23/.00 77/59/.00 68/39/.00 45/34/.00
Today Tomorrow 32/24/sn 48/36/sh 48/37/sh 45/33/pc 36/32/sn 53/34/sh 37/32/c 35/31/sn 60/52/s 35/20/c 35/29/sn 78/69/s 75/63/s 36/29/sn 55/42/sh 62/48/pc 78/66/pc 36/29/c 37/24/pc
ALMANAC Recorded at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Int’l Airport River Levels, from 12 p.m. yesterday.
46/37
43/30
62/48
The Jersey Shore
Atlantic City 46/39
Yesterday Average Record High Record Low
37/32 55/47
The Poconos
Philadelphia 46/36
Temperatures
37/24 35/29
40° 25°
Highs: 43-47. Lows: 34-39. Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers tonight.
Pottsville 39/27
Harrisburg 41/29
41/19
Highs: 34-38. Lows: 27-30. Chance of snow showers. Scattered snow showers tonight.
Albany 39/26
Towanda 38/27
State College 37/28
46/36
TODAY’S SUMMARY
Binghamton 37/28
Scranton 37/28
MONDAY Partly sunny
35° 25°
REGIONAL FORECAST Today’s high/ Tonight’s low
NATIONAL FORECAST: A storm system will push onshore in the Pacific Northwest, allowing for rain and higher elevation snow to develop over western Washington and Oregon. An upper-level trough of low pressure will also produce rain and snow from the eastern Great Basin and portions of the Southwest into the Rocky Mountains.
Feb. 29 March 8
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Today's date marks the fifth anniversary of a crippling snow storm that paralyzed our area with 14 to 23 inches of snow. That's about how much snow we've had since the middle of last October and today's snowfall is certainly nothing to write home about with less than one inch expected into tonight. Like back in 2007, February snow storms have a reputation to 'bomb' or explode with intensity along the East Coast. So far this winter, the atmosphere has not conspired to create any monster storms of this nature. There was a 'bomb' which dumped 37 inches on Gouldsboro in February 1978. - Tom Clark
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We’ve all grabbed a candy bar or an extra box of something-orother that we don’t need at the supermarket. Here are some strategies for restraint from Brian Wansink, director of Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab and author of the book “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think�:
Don’t shop when you’re hungry. Not only will you likely buy more, you’ll be attracted to heavily processed foods. Start in the healthiest aisles. If you fill your cart with fruit, vegetables and other nutritious foods, you’ll have less room for junk and your brain will understand that you’re not going to
starve. An empty cart in the chip or cookie aisle, on the other hand, is dangerous. Beware of numerical “deals.� Offers such as “buy two, get one free� or “limit 12 per person� can make people buy 30 to 100 percent more than they otherwise would, much of which they don’t need.
Put numbers in your grocery list. Don’t just write that you need soup, for example — write how many cans you need. Use baskets when possible. If you have a short list of items, avoid shopping carts so you have to carry everything you’re going to buy. Try a mind game at the checkout.
If you always seem to pick up a last-minute candy bar, set a rule that to buy any food item you also have to buy a nonfood item such as a magazine. Suddenly you’re spending $7 on a chocolate bar, which just might interrupt a mindless grab — and get you thinking about what you really need.
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Next ‘Call the Doctor’ topic Prescription predicament will be the next topic on “Call the Doctor� at 7 tonight on WVIATV. Viewers will learn how to properly dispose of prescription medications. Moderator George Thomas will be joined by panelists John Jones, a pharmacist with Geisinger Health System; Robert Buehner Jr., Montour County district attorney; John Arway, executive director of the Fish and Wildlife Commission; and Kara Malitsky, director of pharmacy management at BlueCross of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Viewers may call in questions during the live show at (800) 326-9842 or submit their questions online at wviatv.org/liveshow-comments. An encore episode will air at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Y offers free classes today In celebration of February as American Heart Month, the Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA, 40 W. Northampton St., is offering free fitness classes today. Classes include Spinning, Zumba, Step and Kick, Power Train or Ab Lab. There will also be information available on heart disease, nutrition and the importance of physical activity. Free blood pressure screenings will also be provided. Anyone who joins the Y today will also receive a free T-shirt. Drug safety workshop The Friends of the Wyoming Library and Todd Glynn, a local CVS pharmacist, invites the public to a free workshop entitled, “Over the Counter Drug Safety.� Glynn will teach participants how to read over-thecounter drug labels, safely store medication, choose medications that are safe to use, and keep an accurate prescription history. The session will be held at 1 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Wyoming Free Library, 358 Wyoming Ave. Call 693-1364 to register by Feb. 22. Free women’s health screening A free Healthy Woman Cancer Screening Event will be offered on Feb. 28. Women ages 40-64 who have no or limited health insurance and meet income guidelines will be provided with free pap tests and clinical breast examinations, as well as a referral for a free mammogram if necessary. A family of two can make up to $3,065 per month. Screenings will be provided, by appointment only at Women to Women Inc., Park Office Building Suite 208-209, 400 Third Ave., Kingston. Space is limited and appointments are required; call 714-5880. Red Cross class The Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross is hosting a Preparedness & Health and Safety Services Instructor class from 5:30-9 p.m. Feb. 29 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m., March 10. Participants must attend both classes and bring a copy of their First Aid and CPR/AED cards. Pre-registration is required; call (800) 733-2767 or go online at www.Redcross.org.
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Q: What causes osteoarthritis? —M.S., Frederick, Pa.
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oday, Valentine’s Day, make a date with — what else? — chocolate. During Valentine’s week, Americans are expected to buy more than 58 million pounds of chocolate candy. And more than 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold, according to the National Confectioners Association. If chocolate indeed is the way to your sweetie’s heart, it may be truer than ever. Ongoing research supports the health benefits of chocolate, particularly the dark variety. Cocoa beans contain flavanoids that have antioxidant qualities. Antioxidants combat free radicals that damage cells. They also help reduce cholesterol, lower blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health.
How do you melt chocolate? Chop the chocolate into small pieces so it melts evenly. Microwave it in 25- to 45- second increments, making sure to stir in between. Do not overheat it or it will burn. Or you could place it in a heat-proof bowl set over simmering water; stir until melted. What does it mean to temper chocolate? It’s a process of heating chocolate (120 degrees for dark chocolate and 1 10 for milk chocolate) and then cooling it to 82 degrees to stabilize the crystals that can form from the cocoa butter. The chocolate is then brought back up to about 90 degrees so you can pour it into molds or use it for dipping confections like truffles. Tempering gives a glossy finish. If chocolate isn’t tempered, gray streaks called “bloom� can form. What does the cacao percentage mean on a package of chocolate? This refers to the total cacao (cocoa bean) content of the chocolate. Generally, the higher the percentage, the more intense the flavor. If the product is labeled 60 percent cacao, it means that percentage is made up of cocoa butter and chocolate liquor (pure ground cocoa beans). The remaining 40 percent is sugar and other ingredients. What is ganache? Pronounced ga-NAHSH, it is a mixture of heavy whipping cream, chocolate, butter and sometimes corn syrup. It can be used as a glaze for desserts and cakes, a filling for pies and tarts and for making classic truffles.
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A: Osteoarthritis, the progress wearing down of the cartilage in joints, is generally thought to occur because of progressive wear and tear of the joint — especially the joints in the knees, hips and low back. Excess body weight and repetitive injury to certain joints are known risk factors for developing osteoarthritis, but it’s actually not as simple as that. It’s not known, for example, why some joints are affected by arthritis if they have not suffered any previous injury or disease. Osteoarthritis of the fingers is more likely to be seen in women than in men. Osteoarthritis definitely has a genetic factor, as osteoarthritis is more likely to develop in folks who have a mother or father who suffered with it. New research suggests that there may be a link between our chromosomes and osteoarthritis. Every time a cell divides, the protective tips of the chromosomes called “telomeres� become shorter. Think of them like the protective tips of your shoelaces. When cells divide, they duplicate their DNA genetic information contained on chromosomes. Eventually, cells can’t divide any longer to replace old worn out cells because the telomeres tips of chromosomes become too short and won’t allow it. That spells death for that cell and represents what it is to age. That process in terms of joint cartilage means that new joint cartilage can no longer be produced. As we age, the process of telomere shortening contributes to the eventual death of cartilage cells and osteoarthritis. Daily fish oil supplementation, cardiovascular exercise and vitamin D supplementation can actually reverse the process of telomere shortening and possibly slow down the development of osteoarthritis. Smoking causes oxidative stress to cells by causing telomeres to prematurely shorten. Q: I avoid getting flu shots because I have a latex allergy. Why is there latex in a flu shot? It doesn’t make any sense to me. —G.G., Sewell, N.J.
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strength training — has a greater metabolism-boosting potential. Studies have shown post-exercise calorie burn varies quite a bit, largely because of differing study designs and methodologies. Some research has suggested that moderate exercise of any type has little, if any, effect on fat burning after a workout, in part because it doesn’t push the body far enough from its comfort zone, which would then require an increase in metabolism. By contrast, a recent, carefully controlled study by North
Duringanexercisesession,vigorous cardiovascular workouts such as running or biking can typically torch more calories than resistance or strength training. But what happens once the workout is over? Exercise scientists have long debated the wondrous notion of an exercise afterburn, or the body’s ability to keep burning calories even after you’ve showered and returned to your desk. Meanwhile, if such an effect exists, it is not clear whichformofexercise—cardioor See AFTERBURN, Page 3C
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A: It’s not the vaccine itself that may contain latex; it’s the prefilled syringes that are the potential problem. I say “potential,� because there are several manufacturers that do not use latex in the manufacturing of their flu vaccine. Here’s a flu vaccine list from the American Latex Allergy Association: Afluria: The rubber tip cap and plunger used for both the single-dose syringes and the rubber stoppers used for the multi-dose vial contain no latex; Fluarix: The tip caps of the prefilled syringes may contain natural rubber latex which may cause an allergic reaction in folks with a latex allergy; FluLaval: The multi-dose vials do not contain latex; Fluvirin: The tip caps of the single-dose syringes may contain natural rubber latex. Their multi-dose vials do not contain latex; Fluzone: The tip caps of the single-dose syringes mat contain natural rubber latex. Their multidoes vials do not contain latex; FluMist live-attenuated single-use nasal sprayers do not contain latex. Dr. Mitchell Hecht is a physician specializing in internal medicine. Send questions to him at: “Ask Dr. H,� P.O. Box 767787, Atlanta, GA 30076. Due to the large volume of mail received, personal replies are not possible.
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HEALTH PEOPLE Dr. Nickolas Togias, of Shavertown and Binghamton, N.Y., recently became board certified in the medical specialty of psychiatry and neurology. He is the son of Dr. Kirk and Dr. Aphrodite Togias Togias. Ericka Roback, a pharmacist at Harrold’s Pharmacy, WilkesBarre, recently completed diabetes education programs with the American Association of Diabetes Educators and the American Pharmacists Association. Roback The training qualifies her to work with diabetic patients one-on-one or in group classes, providing them the tools and support needed to learn to manage their diabetes.
She will continue her training to become a certified diabetes educator. Roback is currently teaching a monthly class on diabetes management at the Jewish Community Center, Wilkes-Barre. Therapists Rob Bogdan, Karen Johns and Dr. Paul Termini will be joining Children’s Service Center’s behavioral health staff within the next few weeks in conjunction with the opening of its new Robinson Counseling Center. Bogdan is a child and adolescent therapist who will provide individual, family, and group therapy. He also runs social skills groups for children ages 5 to 15. Johns specializes in individual and marital therapy for adults. Termini is a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. The Center, located at 318 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, is named for Dr. J. Franklin Robinson, medical director of CSC from 1942 until his death in 1966. Eight Geisinger locations recently received accreditation from the American College of Radiology. Geisinger clinics in Mt. Pocono, Tunkhannock, Lewistown and
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The higher the cocoa content of the chocolate, the better. “I knew if I was in business long enough they’d say chocolate is good for you,” says Gayle Harte, owner of Gayle’s Chocolates in Royal Oak, Mich. “More and more people are trying dark chocolate now, and they are finding out dark chocolate is good tasting.” Harte started her chocolate business more than 33 years ago, making hand-rolled and -dipped truffles. They’re still being made that way at her flagship store in Royal Oak and two outlets at Detroit Metro Airport.
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Carolina researchers showed 45 minutes of intense exercise boostedthemetabolicrateinmaleparticipants for a whopping14 hours. Researchers don’t exactly know howpost-exercisecalorieburningcan occur. It is calculated by measuring the increase in oxygen consumption (or metabolism) after a bout of exercise. If your oxygen consumption is above your normal level after exercise, you’re burning more calories. The secret to triggering the effect maylieintheworkout’sintensityand duration,accordingtotheNorthCarolina study, which was published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise in 2011.
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chocolate with caramel and a sprinkling of sea salt. Despite all the good health news about chocolate, that shouldn’t be a license to overindulge. (OK, it’s Valentine’s Day.) Chocolate still has calories, fat and saturated fat. There are no hard-and-fast guidelines, but a moderate portion of chocolate — 1 ounce — a few times a week is fine.
“I think Valentine’s is a truffle holiday,” Harte says. “It’s a special piece of candy, and I haven’t seen them go in or out of fashion.” Homemade truffles can be a relatively effortless gift from the heart. You can do as we did with our chocolate ganache truffles and cover them in a thin layer of chocolate to protect their melt-in-yourmouth center. Or take the simpler approach and merely dust them with cocoa powder. Looking for something even easier? Just roll them in chopped nuts for another little antioxidant hit. For cupcake lovers, the dried cherries in our chocolate cupcakes also add some antioxidant power to the bittersweet chocolate. And there’s more chocolate ganache in our tarts, an easy dessert for two that pairs the rich
Makes: 2 tarts / Preparation time: 10 minutes / Total time: 1 hour One of these tarts is enough to share with your sweetie. FOR CARAMEL FILLING 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream 2 teaspoons unsalted butter 1/4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon water 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
“What matters is exercising at a high, unrelenting intensity for a prolongedperiodoftime,”saidstudycoauthor David Nieman, a professor of health and exercise science at Appalachian State University. Nieman, a cardio proponent, believes the study results help settle the debate. “Vigoroussweatgetsthehormonescycling and can alter the body’s temperature andabilitytostorefuel.Ittakesalong time for the body to get back to normal,” he said. Short-duration, high-intensity exercises, meanwhile, have a high post-exercise bump in oxygen consumption that quickly falls to normal, Nieman said. The study differed from most other research in that Nieman and his
team asked volunteers to spend two 24-hourperiodsinametabolicchamber, a small lablike room, large enough to house a desk, bed, toilet, laptop, telephone and bike or treadmill.Thechamber,whichhadtwoair locks, allowed tight control over the environment, including spontaneous activity, sleep, diet and other factors that could influence the results. During one day, the participants sat, ate and slept; during the second day, they remained inactive with the exceptionofavigorous45-minutecycling exercise. On the exercise day, they were given extra food to keep their energy levels in balance. Based on previous work, the researchers expected metabolism to be elevated for an hour or two after
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 baked pastry shells 1/4 cup coarsely chopped almonds (or other favorite nut) FOR GANACHE 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream 1 teaspoon light corn syrup 1 1⁄2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped 1 tablespoon hot water Maldon sea salt crystals or other coarse sea salt To prepare caramel filling: Place the cream and butter in a small, microwave-safe bowl; microwave on high power until simmering, about 15 seconds. Place the sugar, water and corn syrup in a small, heavy saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar melts. Boil, uncovered, until the mixture is caramel-colored. Remove from the heat and immediately, but slowly, whisk in the hot cream mixture with a long-handled whisk. ( The mixture will splatter.) Whisk in the vanilla. Pour into the
pastry shells. Divide nuts and sprinkle evenly over the caramel. Refrigerate until cool. To prepare the ganache: Place the cream and corn syrup in a small microwave-safe bowl; microwave on high power until simmering, about 25 seconds. Stir in the chocolate until smooth. Stir in the hot water until blended. Pour over caramel in tarts, dividing evenly. Let stand until chocolate is set, about 1 hour. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt and serve. Adapted from “Small Batch Baking for Chocolate Lovers” by Debby Maugans (Thomas Dunne Books, $21.99). From and tested by Susan M. Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen. Analysis per 1⁄2 tart. 409 calories (54 percent from fat), 25 grams fat (12 grams sat. fat), 42 grams carbohydrates, 6 grams protein, 184 mg sodium, 109 mg cholesterol, 1 gram fiber.
the workout. To their surprise, “every single subject had an extended increase in their metabolism after their vigorous cycling, an average 14.2 hours,” said Nieman, director of the Human Performance Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. The net energy expenditure was about 193 extra calories above the rest stage. This increase could have implications for weight loss and management, the study found, especially when combined with the more than 500 extracaloriesburnedduringthe45minute cycling bout. Still, others say it is important not to overlook the hidden benefits of strength or resistance exercise, which builds muscle and greatly im-
proves body composition. Both resistance training and high-intensity exercise causes normal, small-scale damage to muscle tissues. Repairing this damage requires energy, which increases metabolism. Moreover, simply sustaining a larger amount of muscle mass raises your metabolic rate. There are also hormone and inflammatory responses, said Mark Schuenke, an assistant professor of anatomy at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. “In the early post-exercise stages, you also consume extra oxygen in an attempt to bring your body temperature, heart rate and blood oxygen levelsbacktorestinglevels,”he said.
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Dakota R. Ashton
Dakota Ryleigh Ashton, daughter of Gina Caffrey and Scott Ashton, Hanover Township, celebrated her fifth birthday Feb. 12. Dakota is a granddaughter of Dorothy Ashton and Rose Ann Caffrey, both of Wilkes-Barre; Robert Ashton, Exeter; and Thomas and Carol Caffrey, Plains Township. She is a great-granddaughter of Anthony Zlobik, Florida. Dakota has three brothers and four sisters.
Nico M. Baldoni
Nico Max Baldoni, son of Anita and Teclo Baldoni Jr., Duryea, is celebrating his first birthday today, Feb. 14. Nico is a grandson of Dorothy Ostrowski and the late Joseph Ostrowski Sr. and the late Gloria and Teclo Baldoni Sr., all of Plains Township. He has a brother, Teclo Mason, 3.
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Red Hat Day luncheon to be held at Genetti’s
The eighth annual Red Hat Day luncheon, sponsored by the WilkesBarre Area Queens Council, will be held noon to 4 p.m. April 25 at the Genetti Hotel and Conference Center, Wilkes-Barre. Cost is $18 and includes door prizes, entertainment and a cash drawing. Red Hat vendors will be available at 10 a.m. All Red Hat chapters and female guests are invited. For more information contact Loraine Risley, chairperson, at 288-1430, or Cathy Lanyon, reservations, at 310-1263. Deadline for reservations is March 31. Members of the Queens Council, from left, first row: Amanda Mitchell, queen, Heather Highlanders; RoseAnn Rink, queen, Foxy Red Hat Sisters; and June Dowling, queen, Frolicking Fedoras. Second row: Patti Nee, Heather Highlanders; Jane Scott, queen, Country Cousins; Kay Steele, queen, Red Roses of White Haven; Mary Orluk, queen, Pleasant Valley Red Hats.
Wear Red Day held at Meadows center Cura Hospitality and the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas, recently participated in the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day. Cura Hospitality provided heart-healthy snacks, recipes and educational materials and staff members who wore red made monetary donations to enjoy an extra dress down day. Some of the participants, from left: Stephanie Jones; Betty Sorchik; Arnie Black, dentist, Cura; Camille Fioti; Christina Tarbox, meadows administrator; Phyllis Sorber; Kate Groboski; Deborah Malvizzi; Rebecca Sims, dietician, Cura; Christine Beyer; Megan Nemshick; and Joan Krispin.
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Shawn R. Collins Shawn Robert Collins, son of Mike and Sue Collins, Dallas, celebrated his sixth birthday Feb. 10. Shawn is a grandson of Bob and Geri Valatka, Pringle, and Dee Perks, Ashley. He is a greatgrandson of Agnes Perks, Pittston. Shawn has two brothers, Michael, 1 1, and Ryan, 8.
Nicholas J. Shovlin
Nicholas James Shovlin, son of Leonard and Shannon Shovlin, Plymouth, is celebrating his first birthday today, Feb. 14. Nicholas is a grandson of Patrick and Kathleen Shovlin, Luzerne, and James Klug and Gail Williams, Hanover Township.
Tahir Bolden, son of Raheem and Theresa Bolden, Wilkes-Barre, is celebrating his fourth birthday today, Feb. 14. Tahir is a grandson of Melida Bolden, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and James Scott, Far Rockaway, N.Y. His siblings are Nubia Bolden, 17, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Chanel Brown, 15, Far Rockaway, N.Y.; and Raheem Bolden Jr., 1 1, Amir Bolden, 7, and Taraina Bolden, 2, all of Wilkes-Barre.
Gabrielle Sabatini
Gabrielle Sabatini, daughter of Robert and Christine Sabatini, Dallas, is celebrating her 10th birthday today, Feb. 14. Gabrielle is a granddaughter of Sandra Wall, Nanticoke; the late Edward Wall; and the late James and Helen Sabatini. She has a brother, Jonathan, 14.
Oakwood Terrace holding forum on aging
Oakwood Terrace, memory care community, 400 Gleason Drive, Moosic, is sponsoring a community forum at 2 p.m. Thursday. The public forum is free. Topics are aging in place, when to transition a loved one, a lower cost reverse mortgage, essential estate planning documents, veterans’ aid and attendance benefits and long-term care insurance. For reservations, or more information, call Sylvia at 451-3171, ext. 116. Finalizing plans, from left, are guest speakers Rhondi Nachlis, Muskey Financial; Representative Kenneth Smith; and Sylvia Kolosinsky, community relations coordinator. Second row: Nancy Burns, MetLife Home Loans; Anissa Fetchen, veterans affairs coordinator; and Janine Starinsky, executive director, Oakwood Terrace. Attorney Brenda Colbert is also a guest speaker.
NEWS FOR SENIORS EXETER: The Cosmopolitan Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Feb. 21 in St. Anthony’s Center. A pizza lunch will be served and Vic Malinowski will preside. Dues will be collected. Hosts/ hostesses are Virginia Craig, Kathy Loucks and Fran Lepo. Reservations must be made by Monday. At the last meeting, 50-50 winners were Aggie Abromavage, Marie Cheskiewicz, Maureen Gosart, Antoinette Manganello and Cheryl Pipher. Toni Hall won the special bingo game and Mary Ann Markowski won the jackpot game. Travel coordinator Johanna is accepting reservations for a trip to Mount Airy Casino on Wednesday and a trip to Woodlock Pines Resort on May 1. Pickups in Exeter and Pittston. Non-members welcome on trips. For more information call Johanna at 655-2720.
lunch for a $2 donation should contact Twila at 388-2623 by 12:30 p.m. the previous day. KINGSTON: The Kingston Senior Center, 680 Wyoming Ave., is holding its Valentine dinner today. A “special wedding ceremony” will take place at 12:30 p.m. Zumba Gold classes are being offered at 10 a.m. on Thursdays. Cost is $2 per class. Anyone 60 years of age or older is welcome. The center will be closed on Feb. 20 in observance of President’s Day. A special Mardi Gras dinner will be held on Feb. 21.
MOUNTAIN TOP: The Mountain Top Social Club will meet at 3:15 p.m. today at St. Jude’s Church Father Nolan Hall day room. New members are welcome. Due are being collected. A Valentine party will be held and pizza will be served. Cost is $2 per person. Correct change would be appreciated. Hosts will be Otto Eime, Stanley Fischer and Ralph Savarese. FALLS: The Falls Senior Money is being collected for Center, State Route 92, will hold the next trip to Mount Airy free blood pressure screenings Casino on March 22. For more by Julie Grodis, a registered information call Otto at 474nurse from the Golden Living 0641. Center, at 11:15 a.m. Thursday. A historical presentation on NANTICOKE: The Rose Iwo Jima will be given by Mary Tucker Center, 128 W. WashingBeth Voda at 1 p.m. Friday. ton St., is holding a session on The center is closed on Monaquatic therapy presented by day in observance of President’s Phoenix Rehab and Health Day. Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday. A Mardi Gras party will take Representatives from Special place at 11 a.m. Feb. 21. Piano Care Hospital Dietary Services and saxophone music will start will speak on heart health at 11 at 1 p.m. a.m. on Thursday. Zumba Gold classes will be Anyone wishing to attend
held from 2-3 p.m. Thursday. Cost is $2 for members and $3 for non-members. A Mardi Gras celebration will take place on Feb. 21. New members are welcome to join for a $5 donation. For more information, or to receive a complimentary lunch coupon, call Maureen or Gail at 7351670. PITTSTON: The St. Joseph’s Senior Social Club will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday in St. Rocco’s School auditorium. New members are welcome. Bingo and card games will follow refreshments. Servers are Liz Braccio, Shirley Cardoni, Theresa Chiumento, Rose Marie Amico and Helen Adonizio. Plans for the second annual St. Joseph’s table on March 15 will be discussed. Payments are being collected for the trip to Mount Airy Casino on March 7. Cost is $25, which includes $25 slot play and a $10 food voucher. Additional trips planned for this year: April 11-13, Niagara Falls, $299 per person; Aug. 27-31, Cape Cod, $475 per person; and Sept. 19-28, Reflections of Italy, $3,499. For more information call Theresa at 654-2967.
PLAINS TWP.: Plains Senior Citizens Project Head will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday Feb. 15 at SS. Peter and Paul School cafeteria, Hudson Road. A Valentine party will be hosted by Mary Hoinski and her committee. Bakers are Cecelia Dunsmuir, Alice Krommes, Joan Marchetti, Dolores McDermott, Yolanda Mariani and Frances Mattiucci. Hostesses should report by 11:30 a.m. Members should bring canned goods and paper products for the SS. Peter and Paul Food Pantry. WILKES-BARRE: The RCA Nipper Club will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Old Country Buffet, East End Center. New members are welcome. WILKES-BARRE: The Tequila Rose Chapter of the Red Hat Society will meet at 1 p.m. today at Bob Evans. Members attending National Red Hat Day on April 25 must have their money and reservations in at the March 13 meeting.
WILKES-BARRE: The Charles T. Adams Senior Center, 5 E. Market St., is holding a Valentine’s Day party today. A free dinner and show will be available at 5 p.m. on Friday. PLAINS TWP.: The UGI Call the center at 825-3484 for Electric Retirees’ Association details and to make reservawill meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at The River Grille, 670 N. River tions. Pancake Week will be celeSt. for a Dutch-treat luncheon. A brated next week. Homemade business meeting will be held pancakes will be served all after the luncheon. Loretta week. Wilski, president, will be in A Mardi Gras celebration will charge of the meeting. All UGI take place at noon on Feb. 21. Electric retirees are invited.
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Queen and her gallant knight have shared a lifetime of love together Dear Abby: At this time of year I have seen letters in your column from couples describing how they met. I hope you will print ours. During a study break one evening in April 1937, I walked to Bruckner Boulevard Park in the Bronx to sit on a bench and watch the cars drive by. A cyclist whizzed through the center walkway, then stopped and slowly backed up to where I was sitting. “Hello,” he said. I responded. “Who are you?” he asked. “I’m Queen Elizabeth the First,” I told him without batting an eye. “Well,” he replied, “I’m Sir Walter Raleigh — unfortunately, I don’t have a coat to place at
DEAR ABBY ADVICE your feet.” Then he sat down beside me. We talked, we laughed, and he walked me home. Four years later, Ben and I eloped. That was April 3, 1941. This year we will celebrate our 71st anniversary and have, in our lifetime together, accumulated three beautiful daughters, nine grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, three greatgreat-grandchildren and another on the way. We have shared our tears, our joys, our failures and our successes. We have worked long hours, taken vacations, participated in sports and trav-
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Dear No Prude: Not only is there nothing wrong with you, I applaud you for not giving in to peer pressure and doing something you didn’t feel was right. It took maturity to refuse. Because you’re not comfortable playing strip poker, you should make other plans for those nights. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t socialize with your friends — but consider cultivating a few more relationships with girls who have broader interests. That way you’ll have something to do on nights they are playing. To receive a collection of Abby’s most memorable — and most frequently requested — poems and essays, send a business-sized, self-addressed envelope, plus check or money order for $3.95 ($4.50 in Canada) to: Dear Abby’s “Keepers,” P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Postage is included.)
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PUBLIC NOTICE CHOICES Program of Wyoming Valley, a Division of WilkesBarre Behavioral Hospital Company LLC. A comprehensive carrier for treatment of drug and alcohol abuse located at 562 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704 has completed its 2011 annual report and is making it available for public review. Interested parties may call CHOICES at 570552-3700 to arrange an appointment. LEGAL NOTICE February 9, 2012 BID NOTICE Medical & Dental Paper &General Physical Education Bids will be received in the Wyoming Valley West Administration Building, 450 N. Maple Ave, Kingston, not later than 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Bids will be opened in the Administration Building, 450 N. Maple Avenue at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Bid sheets together with instructions for bidding, may be obtained at the Wyoming Valley West Administration Building, 450 North Maple Avenue, Kingston, PA The Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any part of any bid. BY: Joanne Wood Board Secretary Wyoming Valley West School District ESTATE NOTICE “Letters Testamentary in the Estate of Ursula A. Burke, deceased, who died November 1, 2011, late of the Borough of West Pittston, Luzerne County, PA, having been granted, all persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make payment and those having claims to present the same without delay to Theresa Schwartz, Executrix, c/o William F. Roberts, Esquire Burke Vullo Reilly Roberts 1460 Wyoming Avenue Forty Fort, PA 18704-4237”
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Cavalier Z24 Black 2 door, 134,000 miles. Runs great, has new water pump. Needs tires & A/C switch. Asking $1500 570-233-2117
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GE0 ‘93 TRACKER
2 door, soft top, 4 cylinder, auto, 4x4 $1,750 Current Inspection On All Vehicles DEALER
GMC ‘99 YUKON
4 WD, 115,600 mi. runs 100%, fully loaded. Vehicle comes complete w/power wheel chair lift in rear. $3400 OBO 570-299-5920
TOYOTA `94 CAMRY LE All power, CD play-
er, leather interior, sun roof. Just inspected. Runs great. Only $3,995. 570-498-2959
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ACURA 06 TSX Leather. Moonroof. $9,880
560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924
AUDI `01 A6 QUATTRO
123,000 miles, 4.2 liter V8, 300hp, silver with black leather,heated steering wheel, new run flat tires, 17” rims, 22 mpg, German mechanic owned. $6,495. OBO. 570-822-6785
AUDI `04 A6 QUATTRO
3.0 V6. Silver. New tires & brakes. 130k highway miles. Leather interior. Heated Seats. $7,500 or best offer. 570-905-5544
AUDI `05 A4 1.8T Cabriolet Convert-
ible S-Line. 52K miles. Auto. All options. Silver. Leather interior. New tires. Must sell. $17,500 or best offer 570-954-6060
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HONDA`09 REKON TRX 250CC/Electric shift. Like New. REDUCED $3,650. (570) 814-2554
POLARIS`03 330 MAGNUM Shaft ride system.
True 4x4. Mossy oak camo. Cover included. $3,000 negotiable. Call 570-477-3129
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CADILLAC `94 DEVILLE SEDAN
94,000 miles, automatic, front wheel drive, 4 door, air conditioning, air bags, all power, cruise control, leather interior, $3,300. 570-394-9004
BMW `01 X5
4.4i. Silver, fully loaded, tan leather interior. 1 owner. 103k miles. $8,999 or best offer. Call 570-814-3666
BMW `04 325i
Automatic. Dark blue with black interior. Showroom condition. 20,000 original miles. Garage kept. $14,900 (570) 814-8106
BMW `99 M3
Convertible with Hard Top. AM/FM. 6 disc CD. 117 K miles. Stage 2 Dinan suspension. Cross drilled rotors. Cold air intake. All maintenance records available. $11,500 OBO. 570-466-2630
BMW ‘98 740 IL White with beige
leather interior. New tires, sunroof, heated seats. 5 cd player 106,000 miles. Excellent condition. $5,300. OBO 570-451-3259 570-604-0053
DODGE `02 NEON BUICK ‘01 PARK AVE SXT. 4 door. Auto66k original miles,
matic. Yellow with black interior. Power windows & locks. FWD. $3,500. Call 570-709-5677 or 570-819-3140
rebuilt tranny in 12/11, great condition. Green with gray interior. fully loaded. $6200 OBO 570-824-9614
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08 KIA SPORTAGE black, 4 cylinder auto, 2WD 07 CHRYSLER PACIFICA LS blue (AWD) 07 Chrysler Aspen LTD, silver, 3rd seat, 4x4 07 DODGE DURANGO SLT, blue, 3rd seat 4x4 07 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT, blue grey leather, 7 pax mini van 06 PONTIAC TURRANT black/black leather, sunroof, AWD 06 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR XLS, AWD, blue auto, V6 06 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ES, red, 4 dr, entrtnmt cntr, 7 pass mini van 05 FORD EXPLORER XLT blue, 3rd seat, 4x4 05 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB SPORT, blue, auto, 4x4 truck 05 FORD F150 XLT, extra cab, truck, black, V8, 4x4 04 HYUNDAI SANTA FE GLS, burgundy, auto (AWD) 04 FORD FREESTAR, blue, 4 door, 7 passenger mini van 04 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER, silver, black leather, 3rd seat, AWD 04 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND graphite grey, 2 tone leather, sunroof, 4x4 03 DODGE DURANGO RT red, 2 tone leather imterior, 3rd seat, 4x4 03 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC XLT, 4 door, green, tan, leather, 4x4 03 FORD WINDSTAR LX green 4 door, 7 pax mini van 02 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE, Sage, sun roof, autop, 4x4 02 CHEVY 2500 HD reg. cab. pickup truck, green, auto, 4x4 01 FORD RANGER XLT X-CAB, red, auto, V6, 4x4 01 FORD EXPLORER SPORT XLT, gold, sunroof, 2 door, 4x4 01 F150 SUPERCREW XLT, green, 4 door, V8, 4x4 truck 00 GMC SIERRA SLE, extra cab, pewter silver, V8, 4x4, truck 00 CHEVY BLAZER LT black & brown, brown leather 4x4 99 ISUZI VEHIACROSS black, auto, 2 door AWD 98 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO SE, silver, V6, 4x4 96 CHEVY BLAZER, black 4x4 89 CHEVY 1500, 4X4 TRUCK
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CHEVROLET `04 CORVETTE COUPE Torch red with
black and red interior. 9,700 miles, auto, HUD, removable glass roof, polished wheels, memory package, Bose stereo and twilight lighting, factory body moldings, traction control, ABS, Garage kept - Like New. $25,900 (570) 609-5282
CHEVROLET `08 IMPALA Excellent condition, new tires, 4 door, all power, 34,000 miles. $13,500. 570-836-1673
CHEVROLET ‘06 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE
Silver beauty, 1 Owner, Museum quality. 5,900 miles, 6 speed. All possible options including Navigation, Power top. New, paid $62,000 Must sell REDUCED! $39,500 FIRM 570-299-9370
CHEVY ‘09 IMPALA
LTZ, Grey, leather, heated seats, sunroof. Bluetooth, AM/FM, CD, Bose speakers. 35,000 miles. 18 mo. warranty remaining. $17,000 OBO After 4pm call 570-430-3041
CHEVY ‘95 ASTRO
MARK III CONVERSION VAN. Hightop. 93K. 7 passenger. TV/VCP/Stereo. Loaded. Great condition. $3,495 (570) 574-2199
CHRYSLER `04 SEBRING
LXI CONVERTIBLE
Low miles - 54,000. V6. FWD. Leather interior. Great shape. A/C. CD. All power. $7,200. Negotiable (570) 760-1005
CHRYSLER ‘04 SEBRING CONVERTIBLE
Silver, 2nd owner clean title. Very clean inside & outside. Auto, Power mirrors, windows. CD player, cruise, central console heated power mirrors. 69,000 miles. $5900. 570-991-5558
CROSSROAD MOTORS 570-825-7988
700 Sans Souci Highway WE SELL FOR LESS!! ‘11 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 3950 miles. Factory Warranty. New Condition. $17,699 ‘10 DODGE CARAVAN SXT 32K. SilverBlack. Power slides. Factory warranty. $16,799 ‘09 J EEP L IBERY LIMITED Power sunroof. Only 18K. Factory Warranty. $19,499 ‘09 DODGE CALIBER SXT 2.0 Automatic, 24k Factory Warranty! $11,699 ‘08 CHEVY IMPALA LS Only 18K! One Owner - Estate Sale. Factory Warranty. $11,999 ‘08 SUBARU Special Edition 42K. 5 speed. AWD. Factory warranty. $12,799 ‘08 CHEVY IMPALA LS 4 door, only 37K! 5 Yr. 100K factory warranty $11,299 ‘05 HONDA CRV EX One owner. Just traded. 65K. $12,799 ‘06 FORD FREESTAR Rear air, 62k $8199 ‘05 SUZUKI VERONA LX Auto. 64K. Factory warranty. $4,999 ‘01 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Executive 74K $5,599 ‘99 J EEP L ARADO LTD Leather. 75K $4,699 TITLE TAGS FULL NOTARY SERVICE 6 M ONTH WARRANTY
DODGE `02 DURANGO SLT all All power, 4.7,
leather, 7 passenger, running boards, 80,000 miles, CD player, new tires. $6,500. 570-877-9896
560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924
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TOYOTA ‘09 COROLLA S
4 door sedan. Like new condition. Brilliant blue exterior with beige hides. Car is fully equipped with navigation system, V-8, automatic, climate control AC, alarm system, AM/FM 6 disc CD, garage door opener. 42,000 original miles. $9,000 Call (570) 288-6009
Auto. 4 Cylinder. $12,880
560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924
LEXUS `98 LS 400 VOLKSWAGEN `04 EAGLE `95 TALON Excellent condition, kept, 1 Only 97,000 Miles. garage Beetle - Convertible Full custom body kit, dark green metallic with gray interior. Dual exhaust, 4 coil over adjustable struts. All new brakes, air intake kit, strut brakes, custom seats, custom white gauges, 2 pillar gauges, new stereo, alarm, custom side view mirrors. 4 cylinder automatic, runs excellent. $8,500. Call 570-876-1355 or 570-504-8540 (evenings)
FORD `08 ESCAPE XLT. 56,800 miles.
Grey metallic with grey cloth interior. 2WD. Auto. Power windows & locks. Dual air bags. A/C. Alloy Wheels. Excellent condition. $14,500 Trades Welcome 570-328-5497
FORD ‘02 MUSTANG
GTRedCONVERTIBLE with black
top. 6,500 miles. One Owner. Excellent Condition. $17,500 570-760-5833
HONDA `09 CIVIC LX-S Excellent condition
inside & out. Garage kept. Regularly serviced by dealer, records available. Option include alloy wheels, decklid spoiler, sport seats, interior accent lighting (blue), Nose mask and custom cut floor mats. Dark grey with black interior. 56K highway miles. REDUCED! $13,300. Call 570-709-4695
HONDA ‘04
Civic LX Sedan PRICE REDUCTION
Fully loaded, gas stingy 4 cylinder, 1.7 liter engine, well maintained, very good condition, driven less than 10.1 k miles per year. $7995 570-855-0095
HONDA 08 ACCORD 15K miles. Auto.
Excellent condition! $15,999 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227
HONDA ‘08 ACCORD
4 door, EXL with navigation system. 4 cyl, silver w/ black interior. Satellite radio, 6CD changer, heated leather seats, high, highway miles. Well maintained. Monthly service record available. Call Bob. 570-479-0195
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HYUNDAI ‘00 ACCENT 4 cylinder. 5 speed. Sharp economy car! $2,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
HYUNDAI 04 ELANTRA
Only 52K miles, cruise, power windows & locks. $8,880
560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924
LINCOLN ‘05 CAR DODGE `90 CARAVAN 39K TOWN miles. Looks & Blue. 181k miles. 3rd row seating. All power accessories. Lots of new parts. $800 or best offer.
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runs perfect! $13,500 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227
owner. Must see. Low mileage, 90K. Leather interior. All power. GPS navigation, moon roof, cd changer. Loaded. $9,000 or best offer. 570-706-6156
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GREAT ON GAS! Blue. AM/FM cassette. Air. Automatic. Power roof, windows, locks & doors. Boot cover for top. 22k. Excellent condition. Garage kept. Newly Reduced $14,000 570-479-7664 Leave Message
VOLKSWAGEN `09 BEETLE Excellent condition,
20,000 miles, all power, sun roof, kayak and bike rack included. $14,900. 570-864-2300
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CADILLAC `77original COUPE MERCEDESwith `92 500gray SEL 70,000 White leather interior, 17” custom chrome wheels, 4 new tires, new breaks front & rear. Full tune-up, oil change & filters done. Body and interior are perfect. Car has all the options. 133,850 miles. Original price: $140,000 new. This is the diplomat version. No rust or dings on this car Garage kept. Sell for $9,500. Call: 570-876-1355 or 570-504-8540 Evenings
PONTIAC `96 FIREBIRD 105,000 miles,
auto-matic,, black with grey interior, new inspection. $4,000, OBO. 570-706-6565
miles. Leather interior. Excellent condition. $2,500. Call 570-282-4272 or 570-877-2385
CHEVROLET `76 PICKUP 4VeryCYLINDER Good Condition! $5,500. 570-362-3626 Ask for Lee
Chrysler ‘68 New Yorker
Sedan. 440 Engine. Power Steering & brakes. 34,500 original miles. Always garaged. Reduced to $5995 FIRM! 883-4443
DESOTO CUSTOM ‘49 4 DOOR SEDAN
PONTIAC 08 VIBE
Low miles. AWD. $12,750
560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924
PORSCHE `01 BOXSTER S Biarritz white, con-
vertible,new $58,000, 3.2 liter, 6 cylinder, 250HP. Loaded with all the extra options. Less than 15,000 miles. $21,000 570-586-0401
SAAB 9.3 ‘99
5 speed convertible. 130,000 miles Runs excellent, everything works, 25 mpg. Like new, recently inspected, new tires. Dependable, fun & economical transportation. $3,250. 570-639-1121 or 570-430-1095
SAAB 900`98
Low mileage, 25 mpg, 5 speed convertible. Perfect shape, everything works. New stereo, recent inspection, good tires. Very dependable, no rust FUN IN THE SUN! $3,950 570-639-1121 or 570-430-1095
SCION `06 XA
67,000 miles, power windows & locks, great gas mileage. $8,200/OBO 570-606-5634
SUBARU ‘10 IMPREZA OUTBACK SPORT 33,000 miles, new
inspection & tires. 5 speed wagon. Balance of 6 year, 100,000 mile warranty and tire and wheel insurance. $19,000 OBO 570-814-9400
TOYOTA ‘00 SOLARA SE SUPER CLEAN All power, new
tires, new back brakes. 125,000 miles. $6,400 negotiable. 570-417-8353
TOYOTA ‘04 CELICA GT 112K miles. Blue, 5
speed. Air, power windows/locks, CD/cassette, Keyless entry, sunroof, new battery. Car drives and has current PA inspection. Slight rust on corner of passenger door. Clutch slips on hard acceleration. This is why its thousands less than Blue Book value. $6,500 OBO. Make an offer! Call 570-592-1629
3 on the tree with fluid drive. This All American Classic Icon runs like a top at 55MPH. Kin to Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Imperial Desoto, built in the American Midwest, after WWII, in a plant that once produced B29 Bombers. In it’s original antiquity condition, with original shop & parts manuals, she’s beautifully detailed and ready for auction in Sin City. Spent her entire life in Arizona and New Mexico, never saw a day of rain or rust. Only $19,995. To test drive, by appointment only, Contact Tony at 570-899-2121 or penntech84th@ gmail.com
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FORD SALEEN ‘04 281 SC Coupe
1,000 miles documented #380 Highly collectable. $28,500 570-472-1854
MAZDA `88 RX-7 CONVERTIBLE
1 owner, garage kept, 65k original miles, black with grey leather interior, all original & never seen snow. $7,995. Call 570-237-5119
MAZDA `88 RX-7 CONVERTIBLE
1 owner, garage kept, 65k original miles, black with grey leather interior, all original & never seen snow. $7,995. Call 570-237-5119
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MERCURY `79 ZEPHYR
6 cylinder automatic. 52k original miles. Florida car. $1500. 570-899-1896
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CHEVY ‘08 3500 HD DUMP TRUCK 2WD, automatic.
Only 12,000 miles. Vehicle in like new condition. $19,000. 570-288-4322
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BMW 2010 K1300S
Only 460 miles! Has all bells & whistles. Heated grips, 12 volt outlet, traction control, ride adjustment on the fly. Black with lite gray and red trim. comes with BMW cover, battery tender, black blue tooth helmet with FM stereo and black leather riding gloves (like new). paid $20,500. Sell for
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Super Lite Fifth Wheel. LCD/DVD flat screen TV, fireplace, heated mattress, ceiling fan, Hide-a-Bed sofa, outside speakers & grill, 2 sliders, aluminum wheels, , awning, microwave oven, tinted safety glass windows, fridge & many accessories & options. Excellent condition, $22,500. 570-868-6986
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1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park
CHEVY 05 SILVERADO
2WD. Extra cab. Highway miles. Like new! $6,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
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BUICK `05 RENDEZVOUS BARGAIN!!
AWD, Fully loaded, 1 owner, 22,000 miles. Small 6 cylinder. New inspection. Like new, inside & out. $13,000. (570) 540-0975
CHEVY `00 SILVERADO
1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park
CHEVY 99 SILVERADO 4X4 Auto. V8. Bargain
price! $3,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
CHRYSLER `02 TOWN & COUNTRY
$15,000 FIRM.
HARLEY 2011 HERITAGE SOFTTAIL Black. 1,800 miles.
ABS brakes. Security System Package. $16,000 firm. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY 570-704-6023
HARLEY DAVIDSON `03
100th Anniversary Edition Deuce. Garage kept. 1 owner. 1900 miles. Tons of chrome. $38,000 invested. A must see. Asking $18,000. OBO 570-706-6156
HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘01 Electra Glide, Ultra Classic, many chrome accessories, 13k miles, Metallic Emerald Green. Garage kept, like new condition. Includes Harley cover. $12,900 570-718-6769 570-709-4937
1500. 4x4. 8’ box. Auto. A/C. 121K miles. $5,995. 570-332-1121
CHEVY `10 SILVERADO
4 Door Crew Cab LTZ. 4 wheel drive. Excellent condition, low mileage. $35,500. Call 570-655-2689
1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park
CHEVY ‘03 SILVERADO
4x4. Extra clean. Local new truck trade! $5,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
CHEVY ‘10 EQUINOX LT
Moonroof. Alloys. 1 Owner. $18,880
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HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘05 SCREAMING EAGLE V-ROD Orange & Black.
Used as a show bike. Never abused. 480 miles. Excellent condition. Asking $13,500 or best offer. 570-876-4034
Luxury people mover! 87,300 well maintained miles. This like-new van has third row seating, power side & rear doors. Economical V6 drivetrain and all available options. Priced for quick sale $6,295. Generous trade-in allowances will be given on this top-of-the-line vehicle. Call Fran 570-466-2771 Scranton
1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park
CHRYSLER 02 TOWN & COUNTRY V6. Like new!
$4,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
FORD ‘02 EXPLORER
560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924
Red, XLT, Original non-smoking owner, garaged, synthetic oil since new, excellent in and out. New tires and battery. 90,000 miles. $7,500 (570) 403-3016
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HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘05
V-ROD VRSCA Blue pearl, excellent condition, 3,100 miles, factory alarm with extras. $10,500. or best offer. Tony 570-237-1631
DIRECTORY
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‘08 FLHTCU. Ultra classic, mint condition. white & black pearls. 6,500 miles. Reduced to $17,500 Call Bill 570-262-7627
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Trucks/ SUVs/Vans
DODGE 07 CALIBER
R/T. AWD. Alloys. $14,880
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1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park
FORD ‘00 EXPLORER XLT. CD. Power
seats. Extra Clean! $2,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park
FORD 02 F150
Extra Cab. 6 Cylinder, 5 speed. Air. 2WD. $4,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
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Trucks/ SUVs/Vans
MERCURY `03 MOUNTAINEER
Third row AWD. seating. Economical 6 cylinder automatic. Fully loaded with all available options. 93k pampered miles. Garage kept. Safety / emissions inspected and ready to go. Sale priced at $8,995. Trade-ins accepted. Tag & title processing available with purchase. Call Fran for an appointment to see this outstanding SUV. 570-466-2771 Scranton
NISSAN ‘04 FRONTIER XE King Cab,
87,000 miles, 4 cyl, auto, good on gas, in good condition. $6,000 570-466-5921
NISSAN 09 ROGUE SL Leather. Moonroof. Alloys. $18,880
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TOYOTA 02 TACOMA 4WD. SR5. TRD. V-6. $10,880
4WD, Auto, Alloys $15,990
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506 Administrative/ Clerical
Administrative Assistant
Highly successful business in the Wilkes-Barre Area with immediate need for an experienced administrative assistant. Data entry, preparing reports & correspondence, recording meeting notes, etc. Strong understanding of Excel a must. -Competitive Salary -401k -Paid Vacation -Health Care Send resume to collette@gocolours. com Deadline 2/24
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Building/ Construction/ Skilled Trades
Entry Level Construction Laborer
Two person crew, no experience necessary, company will train. The work is outdoor, fastpaced, very physical and will require the applicant to be out of town for eight day intervals followed by six days off. Applicants must have a valid PA drivers license and clean driving record. Starting wage is negotiable but will be no less than $14.00 per hour plus incentive pay with family health, dental and 401k. APPLY AT R.K. HYDRO-VAC, INC., 1075 OAK ST PITTSTON, PA 18640 E-MAIL RESUME TO TCHARNEY@ RKHYDROVACPA.COM OR CALL 800-2377474 MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 8:30 TO 4:30 E.O.E. AND MANDATORY DRUG TESTING.
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HONDA 08 CRV AWD. Auto. 34K
miles. Extra Sharp! $18,995 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227
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TOYOTA ‘04 4 RUNNER Moonroof, alloys, 4 WD $16,900
HONDA ‘09 CRV LX AWD. 1 owner. $16,900
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HYUNDAI ‘06 SANTE FE LTD
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TOYOTA 06 4 RUNNER Moonroof. Alloys. CD Player. $16,900
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TOYOTA ‘07 YARIS
GREAT MPG’S, AUTO, CD $7995
JEEP `98 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO
6 cylinder. New items: 4 tires, battery, all brakes, complete exhaust. $3,895 (570) 417-4731
JEEP 04 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4x4. Auto. 6 cylinder. $8,995 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227
JEEP ‘06 WRANGLER Only 29K miles! $15,880
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JEEP 98 CHEROKEE SPORT
2 door. 4x4. 6 cylinder. Auto. Like new! $3,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
NISSAN `04 PATHFINDER ARMADA Excellent condition.
Too many options to list. Runs & looks excellent. $10,995 570-655-6132 or 570-466-8824
internet or modem knowledge? RFM is looking for someone with the ability to prioritize and organize requests. Self motivated individual with a dedicated sense of follow through. Call center or help desk experience is necessary. Must have computer knowledge & possess good people skills. Competitive starting rate. Pleasant office environment. Must be dependable. Call 1-888-514-8883 for details, ask for Stephanie. Fax resume to: 570-517-5003
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Leather. Moonroof. One owner. $11,990
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Accounting/ Finance
BOOKKEEPER Part time leading to
full time. Duties: P&L & BS Account reconciliation AR / AP posting Journal entries Processing payroll and quarterly tax Experience with QuickBooks, Word and Excel a plus Compensation commensurate with experience e-mail resume to btime60@gmail.com
Education/ Training
DAYCARE STAFF NEEDED Experience a must.
Early Childhood Education a plus. To inquire call Scott at 570-655-1012.
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VICE-PRINCIPAL of S.T.E.M. Magnet School Hazleton Area School District
The Hazleton Area School District is seeking qualified applicants for the position of VicePrincipal of the S.T.E.M. The position is an administration and organizational position responsible for school organization and management. It requires researching and integrating S.T.E.M. education. It includes instructional design/delivery and support of the S.T.E.M. curriculum. Additionally the development and extensions of school, higher education, and business partnerships in S.T.E.M. areas are essential components of this position. Interested applicants should submit a letter of application, resume, PA Teaching application, copy of certificate, Act 24, 34, 114, and 151 clearances, 3 letters of recommendation from educators and 1 letter of recommendation from someone from outside the field of education to Dr. Francis X. Antonelli, Acting Superintendent, Hazleton Area School District, 1515 West 23rd Street, Hazleton, PA 18202 by 4:00 PM on Friday, February 24, 2012. The Hazleton Area School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Installation/ Maintenance/ Repair
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Installation/ Maintenance/ Repair
DATA/ PHONE /SOUND
Our Client is hiring experienced technicians to install phones, fiber optics, data and sound systems. Customers include hospitals, schools, churches and businesses. Must interpret blueprints, troubleshoot wiring and read schematics. Will use hand tools, laptop, and climb ladders. Full time 8am4:30pm. Must have clean driving record. Contact Harvis 570-542-5330 with questions or send resume to: jobs.harvis@ gmail.com
INVISIBLE FENCE INSTALLER
“Invisible Fence” technology keeps dogs safer. Training is provided to operate ditch witch and install underground wire and components. Full time physical job. Must have good math skills, clean driving record and be courteous. Must pass physical & drug test. Call or email Brian at Harvis Interview Service for application or questions: 542-5330 or ifnepa. jobs@gmail.com
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FORD LINCOLN Has immediate openings for
Class A, B, C Technicians Ford Certificated Diesel Technician Parts Counter Personnel
We are expending our facility & need experienced applicants. Excellent pay and benefits are offered. Please apply to:
Rudy Podest Parts & Service Director Coccia Ford Lincoln 570-823-8888 rpodest@ cocciacars.com All Applicants are Confidential
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Janitorial/ Cleaning
Berwick AreaPart Time Cleaner
Monday-Wednesday and Friday8pm-10:30pm and Tuesday and Thursday anytime after 4:30pm for 2.5 hours a night. $9.25/ hour to start. General office cleaning. Apply online at: www. sovereigncs.com EOE and Drug Free Workplace
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Logistics/ Transportation
DRIVER WANTED Class A CDL.
5 Eastern States and Home Daily. Call 570-823-8955 If no answer, please leave message
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS NEEDED All shifts available.
Please visit our office at: 777 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre to pick up an application today.
OIL TRUCK DRIVER Greater Hazleton
Area. Class B License. Tanker Hazmat Required. Steady Work. Good Driving Record. Insurance, Vacation and Holiday Pay. Wargo Coal & Oil (570) 929-2843
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Logistics/ Transportation
O/O'S & CO FLATBED DRIVERS
SIGN ON BONUS Hazleton/ Scranton, PA
Growing dedicated account needs Drivers Now! SIGN ON BONUS: $1,000 after 3 months & $1,000 after 6 months for Owner Operators & company drivers. Driver Home Locations: Hazleton, PA, or surrounding Area. Miles per Week Target is 2,275. Runs will go into North east locations. $1.15 all dispatched miles plus fuel surcharge for ALL Dispatch/ Round Trip Miles at $1.50 Peg, paid at $.01 per $.06 increments. Truck must be able to pass a DOT inspection. Plate provided with weekly settlements and fuel card. Also needing up to 10 Company Drivers. Excellent Benefits! .45cents a mile, with tarp pay. Flatbed freight experience required. Class A CDL drivers with 2 years of experience. Feel free to contact Kevin McGrath 608-207-5006 or Jan Hunt 608-364-9716 visit our web site www.blackhawk transport.com GREAT PAY, REGULAR/SCHEDULED HOME TIME & A GREAT/ FRIENDLY/ PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO WORK WITH!
548 Medical/Health
Part Time LPN Positions
Looking for caring & compassionate people for Alzheimer’s Personal Care Facility. Reliable applicants need only apply. No phone calls please. Apply within.
KEYSTONE GARDEN ESTATES
100 NARROWS RD ROUTE 11 LARKSVILLE
Physical/Occupational Therapists
CareGivers America Home Health Services has Full Time openings for PT’s & OT’s. Join our expanding therapy team and learn to translate Evidence-Based Therapy into practice! Company car provided. Resumes to rjacobs@caregivers america.com
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Other
FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED! FCCY is looking for
people to help meet the growing demand for foster homes. Those interested in becoming foster parents call 1-800747-3807. EOE.
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TOOLMAKER
Full time 2nd shift position. Ability to use all shop tools and machines, experience in setup and operating CNC equipment a plus. Job requires working to close tolerances and from prints. Excellent salary and benefits package. Submit resume to: MICHAEL HOLCOMB, DIAMOND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, P. O. BOX 4174 WYOMING, PA 18644
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EXPERIENCE PREFERRED COMPUTER SKILLS Email resume: comfortkeeper swb@gmail.com
CAREGIVERS
Looking for compassionate people to work with elderly in their homes. Personal care and transportation required. All Shifts available. Call: 570-338-2681 EXPERIENCED COOK Full time. Work independently, flexible hours. PER DIEM LPN AND RSA’S NEEDED. No phone calls. Apply in person. TIFFANY COURT 700 NORTHAMPTON ST KINGSTON, PA
DENTAL RECEPTIONIST
Full Time. Day and Evening Hours. Benefits. Prior Dental Office Experience preferred.
DENTAL HYGIENIST:
Part Time. Tuesday 3-8, Thursday 3-7 Email, Fax, Send resume to Carpenter Dental, 1086 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, 18704. Carpenter Dental@hotmail.com Fax 570-714-5184.
HEALTH ASSISTANT Hazleton Area School District
The Hazleton Area School District is seeking applicants for the position of Health Assistant. This a temporary position for the remainder of the 2011-2012 school year under the supervision of a Certified School Nurse. Interested applicants must be registered in Pennsylvania as a Registered Nurse, currently certified in First Aid, CPR and AED, and must possess a valid motor vehicle operator’s license. Interested persons should submit a letter of application, application form, copy of certificate and copies of required clearances to Dr. Francis X. Antonelli, Acting Superintendent, Hazleton Area School District, 1515 West 23rd Street, Hazleton, PA 18202 no later than 4:00 PM on Thursday, February 16, 2012. The Hazleton Area School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Lakeside Nursing Center is looking for: CNA Part Time 3 - 11 pm Apply in person 245 Old Lake Rd Dallas Pa 18612 (570) 639-1885 E.O.E
Sales/Retail/ Business Development
MRG
A Phenomenal Place to Work!
Marshall Retail Group is America’s largest and premier independent specialty retailer in the casino and resort industry. We are currently looking for an experienced Assistant Store Manager & Customer Sales Associates The qualified candidate must have a background in retail management, including excellent verbal and written communication skills, Phenomenal Customer Service Skills and be detailed oriented. We offer a competitive salary including bonus potential, medical and dental insurance, 401(K), PTO and a generous employee discount. Please apply online at www.marshall retailgroup.com or fax your resume to 609-317-1126
SALESPERSON Expanding commercial disposal company seeks motivated sales rep to call on existing customers and develop new commercial accounts. Experience required. Salary with complete benefit package. Please send resume to: Attn: Jack, 500 N Poplar St, Berwick PA 18603
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Business Opportunities
LIQUOR LICENSE
and equipment for sale. Luzerne Co. By appointment only 570-824-3223
MOSS COLLECTOR who owns/or has
access to large tract (s), private woodlands. Must I.D. moss & ecoharvest in bulk, dry & deliver to Honesdale. 570-253-4704
630 Money To Loan “We can erase your bad credit 100% GUARANTEED.” Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission say they’ve never seen a legitimate credit repair operation. No one can legally remove accurate and timely information from your credit report. It’s a process that starts with you and involves time and a conscious effort to pay your debts. Learn about managing credit and debt at ftc. gov/credit. A message from The Times Leader and the FTC.
Business Opportunities
TAX REFUND COMING?
INVEST IN YOURSELF WITH JAN – PRO Quote from current Franchisee, “I started with a small investment & I have grown my business over 600%. It definitely changed my life and I would recommend Jan-Pro.” * Guaranteed Clients * Steady Income * Insurance & Bonding * Training & Ongoing Support * Low Start Up Costs * Accounts available throughout WilkesBarre & Scranton
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Antiques & Collectibles
$ ANTIQUES BUYING $
Old Toys, model kits, Bikes, dolls, guns, Mining Items, trains & Musical Instruments, Hess. 474-9544 PEDAL CAR 1980s era black Copenhagen AJ Foyt Indy pedal car and red 1980s era Marlboro pedal Indy car $200 for both. 696-3988
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Appliances
APPLIANCE PA RT S E T C .
Used appliances. Parts for all brands. 223 George Ave. Wilkes-Barre 570-820-8162 FREEZER, Frigidaire 23 cu. ft. upright in great condition. Call $300. 592-1193
Clothing
JACKETS black medium, $60. Fox jacket small $50. 570-822-2641 SUITS 5, men’s, 32”l, sizes between 38-39. All for $150 or sold separately call 570-654-4793 WEDDING GOWN size 9-10 used once, preserved in box $30. Kids clothes 6 months 12 months, brand new $1. and up. 570-825-0569
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Exercise Equipment
ELLIPTICAL/STAIR STEPPER excellent condition, barely used. $200.00 Call 570-332-4869 TREADMILL Cadence 2300, excellent condition . $200 Exercise Bike stationary. $ 60 570-735-2081 TREADMILL electric with pad, proform $65. 570-822-2641
Furniture & Accessories
A BRAND NEW P-TOP QUEEN MATTRESS SET!! Still in plastic! $150!! MUST SELL!! Call Steve @ 280-9628!! A BRAND NEW P-TOP QUEEN MATTRESS SET!! Still in plastic!! $150!! MUST SELL!! Call Steve @ 280-9628!! BED FRAME with headboard, queen $50. Kitchen table $40. 570-235-9385 or 570-820-8023 BED FRAME, queen, tubular steel head & foot board, $200. Black wicker chair $25. SHELVING, metal, 4 shelves, $5. (570) 654-4440 BEDROOM SET: 6 pc. Dresser, mirror, door chest, 2 night stands and headboard that is good for full, queen or king size. Must see great shape. $450 570-814-5477 COMPUTER DESK, walnut wood, 5’h x5’l, used 2 months. Moving, paid $595 sell for $200. 570-592-1541.
FURNISH FOR LESS
GENE’S RECONDITIONED APPLIANCES 60 Day Warranty Monday-Friday 8:00PM-5:00PM Saturday 8:00AM-11:00AM Gateway Shopping Center Kingston, PA
(570) 819-1966 WASHER & electric dryer, Moving. Very good condition asking $400. for both. 570-693-1462 Why Spend Hundreds on New or Used Appliances? Most problems with your appliances are usually simple and inexpensive to fix! Save your hard earned money, Let us take a look at it first! 30 years in the business. East Main Appliances 570-735-8271 Nanticoke
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Baby Items
CRADLE & SWING: baby girl purple fisher Price purchased at Babies R Us. paid $169. asking $75. Excellent condition. 570-301-3484 or 570-631-6635 CRIB/TODDLER BED brand new no mattress $30. Pack n Plays $25. Graco Snap N Go $20. Jumparoo $25, Wedding Dress $50, Tiara $20. Travel System like new, 2 car seat bases $75, Bird Cages $25 each. 693-3028
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Clothing
CLOTHING boys name brand jeans sizes 7 reg, 8 reg, 10 slim $5 each Childern’s Place winter coat 5/6 $20 Columbia winter coat 8 $25 570823-4432 aft 4pm
COAT
KENNETH COLE Beige, size 6, hardly worn. $75. 570-855-5385
570-824-5774
COMMUNION SUIT boys, worn twice, size 14 $30. 570-654-4113
LIQUOR LICENSE FOR SALE. Luzerne County. $23,000. 570-574-7363
JACKET, leather, black, small new $50. Dolce Gabbana handbag $200. 654-4440
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DRESSES (2) adult Oratorio black with empire waist and velvet top, “Formal Fashions”, size 10 $20. Black satin short sleeve formal gown “Southeastern”, size 6. 100% polyester $15. (570) 574-8766
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Production/ Operations
Shopping for a new apartment? Classified lets you compare costs without hassle or worry! Get moving with classified!
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/SCHEDULER for In-Home Care
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* NELSON * * FURNITURE * * WAREHOUSE * Recliners from $299 Lift Chairs from $699 New and Used Living Room Dinettes, Bedroom 210 Division St Kingston Call 570-288-3607
MATTRESS SALE
We Beat All Competitors Prices!
Mattress Guy
Twin sets: $159 Full sets: $179 Queen sets: $199 All New American Made 570-288-1898
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MATTRESS SALE
We Beat All Competitors Prices!
Mattress Guy
Twin sets: $159 Full sets: $179 Queen sets: $199 All New American Made 570-288-1898 RECLINER SOFA burgundy, like new $300. Futon, wood frame, thick mattress with cover $100. Microwave cart $50. 824-4185 ROCKER, wood/tapestry, $75. RECLINER, Burgundy velour cloth, $125. SOFA, chair, ottoman, 3 tables, great for den. Wood and cloth, all in excellent condition. $450. Call after 6 PM 570-675-5046 SOFA & matching chair, excellent condition, 2 years old $400. 288-2062 SOFA, like new, microfiber, beige color, kick-out recliners on sides, beautiful. $300. Call 570-287-4933
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Jewelry
VALENTINES DAY
is just around the corner. Are you looking for that special gift for the man or women in your life or just a friend? We have gold, gold filled, silver, rings, necklaces, watches, trinkets for both men & women so why not come in & see us?
Bring this ad & we will give you an extra 10% off your purchase of $50 or more.
OPEN ON VALENTINE’S DAY!
Visit us as 134 Rt. 11, Larksville or call 570-855-7197
Line up a place to live in classified! 758 Miscellaneous WANTED ALL JUNK CARS & TRUCKS
HEAVY EQUIPMENT DUMPTRUCKS BULLDOZERS BACKHOES
Highest Prices Paid!!! FREE REMOVAL Call Vito & Ginos Anytime 288-8995
ANGELS set of 2 Syrocco for wall $20. Beautiful 2 piece wall planter by Syrocco, top half has a spout bottom can be filled with flowers or greenery $25. Deluxe all-inone paper cutter/ dispenser 1 complete welded frame, regular blade, light gray includes paper/ dispenser (Bulman Products) $35. Hearing impaired (Opentech miracle phone), feel your caller voice, visual ringer flashes when there is an incoming call, instructional video also included $20. Sears 36” TV display technology: C RT (tube), $65. 570-288-8689 CABINET from old Singer sewing machine $10. 570-474-5653 CANES & walking sticks, new batch. Variety of 30+ available. Made from slippery maple trees. $4-$5 each. Over 200 Christmas & household items. Includes, Christmas trees, ornaments, flowers, vases, baskets, lamps, candle lights, Samsonite belt massager, 4 pieces of luggage. all for$60. 735-2081
758 Miscellaneous HELMET Fly Venom ATV/BMX /motorcycle helmet unisex adult xl, pink/black, like brand new, only used once. $60 Christmas casserole dish ceramic casserole dish, holly berry design, like new $10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers clock NFL clock, like new. $15. 570-235-6053 MILK CAN & lid, painted black has decal, $30. Kaz cool moisture humidifier with air cleaning filter, 20-24 hour operation, $12. Beautiful hand made 25” Raggedy Ann & Andy doll, hand made clothes with embroided faces, sold in set $75.HP FAX-900 a stand alone plainpaper inkjet facsimile (fax) machine $15. Canon CB-2LV battery charger for the Canon NB-4L LiIon also comes with the Canon NB-4L LiIon battery for Canon SD1400IS, SD940IS, SD960IS and Other Select Canon digital cameras $20. 650-8710 PING PONG TABLE asking $25. 570-825-5847 SWIFTER wet jet mop $8. 2 - Xbox live 3 months $20.00 or $21.00 if mailed. 868-6018 SWING
$20. 570-510-7763
TABLE TOP. Oval glass. 40x51.5” FREE. 570-735-7331 TABLEWARE gold color $100. 570-822-2641 TANNING BED, Full Size Excellent Condition. $1,000 570-332-4869. TIRES. Studded snow (2) Traction King plus/10 ply. 245-75-16-M&S. Lightly used. $149. 570-333-4827
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Restaurant Equipment
GRILL: 24” electric table top. 208 phase. Made by Anvil. $400. 570-542-7532
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Televisions/ Accessories
TV Sony Trinitron 36” tube with flat front. HD ready. V. good condition. $30. (570) 855-9221 TVS Magnavox 60” projection $175. 4 TVS all sizes & makes, work great all for $50. Must go. 570-235-9385 or 570-820-8023
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Tools
CHAINSAW Ryobi 20” cut with carrying case, used once, sell $165. 570-878-2849 COMPOUND SAW Craftsman with folding metal stand $225. 457-7854
CHRISTMAS TREE 7 1/2’’ used 3 times asking $50. 570-825-0569
GENERATOR Troybilt, 10HP, 550 watts, with 4-way electrical splitter, like new, great buy $650. 570-457-7854
DINNERWARE 64 piece $35. Black carpet 60”x*0” $20. White lace 50 yards 8” straight piece with 3” gather riffle $40. Wedding bows, white lace 24 for $12. Farberware coffee urn 12 to 55 cups, need stem $25. 570-654-4440
RADIO FLYER itemsLiberty Horse $125. Rocket $40. First scooter $20. Wagon $50. Butterscotch the horse , fabric saddle included. $125. All in very good condition. 570-855-8966
DINNERWARE SET service for 8 with matching silverware, white raised edges $45. 570-696-0187 DONUT DISPLAY CASE, white, lighted 29” deepx42” w x68”H, 5 shelves, 2 lower compartments, originally $400 asking $200. Cappaccino Mr. Coffee maker $10. 2 coffee grinders $20. 2 paper towel dispensers $40. 74 oz airpot containers $10. 6 shelf condiment display $30. 570-885-6584
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Marketing Manager The economy may be slowing, but GWC Warranty is growing! GWC, a nationwide leader in vehicle service contracts, is seeking a Marketing Manager for our brand new Wilkes-Barre executive office. The ideal candidate will possess an analytical mind, an eagerness to manage a variety of projects and the ability to drive those projects to completion. Typical projects would include: Strategic differentiation, market segmentation, gathering voice of the customer data, market-specific growth strategies and brand messaging. This job is MBA-level work but may also be perfect for the high-performing individual who has experience overseeing process development and execution of strategic, corporate initiatives. Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree and have strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Project & PowerPoint in particular). Additional knowledge of other database & operating platforms is a plus. GWC Warranty offers a competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package including medical and 401k.
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AKC, 8 weeks, 3 females. Shots & wormed. Vet checked. Home Raised. $550. 570-864-2643 Poms, Yorkies, Maltese, Husky, Rotties, Golden, Dachshund, Poodle, Chihuahua, Labs & Shitzus. 570-453-6900 570-389-7877
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900 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 906 Homes for Sale Having trouble paying your mortgage? Falling behind on your payments? You may get mail from people who promise to forestall your foreclosure for a fee in advance. Report them to the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency. Call 1-877FTC-HELP or click on ftc.gov. A message from The Times Leader and the FTC. AVOCA
30 Costello Circle Fine Line construction. 4 bedroom 2.5 bath Colonial. Great floor plan, master bedroom, walk in closet. 2 car garage, fenced in yard. 2 driveways, above ground pool For additional info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3162 $248,500 Call Lu-Ann 570-602-9280
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57 White Rock Terrace Spacious contemporary custom built home on 6.4 acres with 4-5 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. Country living in town. 3 car garage, heated in-ground pool, living room features floor to ceiling windows, marble entryway with spiral staircase, spectacular lower level rec room with wet bar & gas fireplace. Great views from 61x9 deck! Home warranty included. All measurements approximate. MLS #11-3971 $ 438,000 Call Debra at 570-714-9251
“Fantastic” country home on 2.5 acres on a very private road with a 32’ x 48’ barn and 2 car & 1 car detached garages. Very charming home with a family room & fireplace, and a library or office. The barn was used for horses a few years ago and, with proper zoning, may be used as such again. MLS# 12-468 $289,000 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
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Four bedroom Colonial with hardwood floors in formal dining and living room. Modern eat in kitchen, finished basement with 24” x 30” recreation room. Deck, hot tub and ceiling fans. MLS#11-4504 $229,900 Call Joe Moore 570-288-1401
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Beautiful 5 bedroom, 2.2 baths & FANTASTIC “Great Room” with built in bar, private brick patio, hot tub & grills! 4 car garage with loft + attached 2 car garage. Situated on over 6 acres of privacy overlooking Francis Slocum with a great view of the lake! Lots of extras & the kitchen is out of this world! MLS#12-475 $599,000 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
143 Nevel Hollow Road Great country living in this 3 bedroom, 2 & 1/2 bath home with 1 car attached garage, large entertainment room lower level. Plus a 30'x30' detached garage with open 2nd floor ready to finish & mechanics pit in one stall. MLS 11-4124 $195,000 570-675-4400
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529 SR 292 E For sale by owner Move-in ready. Well maintained. 3 - 4 bedrooms. 1 ¾ bath. Appliances included. 2.87 acres with mountain view. For more info & photos go to: ForSaleByOwner.com Search homes in Tunkhannock. $275,000. For appointment, call: 570-310-1552 BEAR CREEK VILLAGE 333 Beaupland 10-1770
Living room has awesome woodland views and you will enjoy the steam/ sauna. Lake and tennis rights available with Association optional membership. Minutes from the Pocono's and 2 hours to Philadelphia or New York. $259,000 Maria Huggler C LASSIC P ROPERTIES 570-587-7000 CENTERMORELAND Wyoming County Home with 30 Acres This country estate
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Just minutes from 309 this Bi-level is ideally located near shopping, schools and major highways. Complete with an oak kitchen with dining area leading to deck, 3 bedrooms and bath on the main level plus L shaped family room, 4th bedroom, power room & storage/ laundry area it awaits its new owners. It offers a spacious rear yard, an enclosed patio and has dual access from 2 streets. $ 129,900. Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769
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221 Conyngham Avenue, Wilkes-Barre 244 Overbrook Rd. Great starter home - move-in condition 3 bedroom. All appliances included. Rear Deck with Mountain View. MLS 12-234 $109,000 570-675-4400
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3 bedroom brick Cape Cod, with 2 baths, on a corner lot near Dallas Schools, with easy access to shopping. MLS# 12-12 $125,000 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
Charming 4 bedroom, 3 bath home situated on 1 1/4 acre on a private setting. Close to schools and shopping. Living room with beautiful stone fireplace and built ins. Hardwood floors throughout. Master suite on 1st floor. Kitchen has cherry cabinets with tile floors. Screened porch. Detached 2 car garage. $335,000 For appointment 570-690-0752
Step out of your spacious lower level family room to your large fenced backyard with 2 tiered patio. This 3 bedroom country setting on over 1 acre of land also features 2 car detached garage with loft. $230,000 MLS 11-3657 Barbara Young Call 570-466-6940
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20 Fox Hollow Drive Well maintained two story with fully finished lower level awaits its new family. 4-6 bedroom, 3.5 bath, 2 fireplaces. One year home warranty included. Wonderful neighborhood. $270,000 MLS #11-3504 Call Tracy Zarola 570-696-0723
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Between Dallas & Tunkhannock Updated well maintained 2 story house with 4 bedrooms, 2 kitchens and 2 story addition. 1 car garage. On 2 lots. Can be furnished for rental income. Lots of possibilities. Only asking $153,000. ERA BRADY ASSOCIATES 570-836-3848
248 Overbrook Rd. Lovely 4 bedroom cape cod situated in a private setting on a large lot. Vaulted ceiling in dining room, large walk in closet in 1 bedroom on 2nd floor. Some replacement windows. Call Today! MLS 11-2733 $114,900 Jay A. Crossin Extension 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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314 Packer St. Remodeled 3 bedroom with 2 baths, master bedroom and laundry on 1st floor. New siding and shingles. New kitchen. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3174 $99,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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Franklin Security Bank, a local independent community bank, is seeking a Deposit Operations Clerk at our Wilkes-Barre location. Duties include reconciling general ledger accounts, processing Federal Reserve daily returns, processing Internet banking and debit card requests, monitoring supply room inventory and ordering supplies, and providing backup for mail service. Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent, good communication skills, ability to follow directions, strong organizational skills, and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel and Word. Banking industry/systems experience preferred. For consideration, please submit a resume to Franklin Security Bank, Human Resources, 1065 Highway 315, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 or email to hr@franklinsecuritybank.net. EOE
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NEWBERRY ESTATE ORCHARD EAST Two bedroom condo, 2nd floor. Living/dining room combination. 1,200 square feet of easy living. Two balconies, one car garage nearby. Security system, cedar closet, use of in ground pool. $109,000 MLS#11-4031 Call Joe Moore 570-288-1401
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Lush setting on almost 5 acres with magnificent stone walls and fish pond! This 4400SF home/ offices is in need of TLC & lots of work. Living room with oak walls & coffered oak ceiling, family room with large wood burning fireplace. Large master suite with master bath. Four bedrooms with three full baths and two half baths. Owners had offices & storage adjacent to house included in the 4400SF. Large two-car garage and separate out-building. MLS#11-1628 REDUCED TO $239,000 Maribeth Jones 570-696-6565
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3 bedroom ranch. Remodeled kitchen. Added family room. Master bedroom with 1/2 bath. Beautiful oak floor. 3 season room. Deck & shed. Garage. 114476. 100x150 lot. $154,900. Call Besecker Realty 570-675-3611
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263 Trapper Springs Beautiful setting on a corner lot in Beech Mt resorts area. 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home has plenty of extra space in the finished basement which includes washer dryer hookup, fireplace, walk out patio. The 1st floor master bedroom has large master bath with jacuzzi tub. Breakfast nook with lots of windows, a partial wrap around deck and another deck off the dining room or family room, living room also has a fireplace. $179,900. 11-1243 Call Louise Gresh 570-233-8252 CENTURY 21 SELECT GROUP 570-455-8521 DRUMS
DALLAS
features 30 acres of prime land with a pretty home, ultra modern kitchen, 2 full modern baths, bright family room, den, living room and 3 good sized bedrooms. This property has open fields and wooded land, a stream, several fieldstone walls and lots of road frontage. Equipment and rights included. $489,000. 11-3751 Call Jerry Bush Jr.
AMERICA’S NEW CAR ALTERNATIVE Charming 2 bedroom Cape Cod in Franklin Township. L-shaped living room with hardwood floors, eat in kitchen & private driveway. $119,900 MLS#11-3255 Call Joe moore 570-288-1401
Coldwell Banker Gerald L. Busch Real Estate 570-288-2514
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35 Sand Springs Dr Exceptional quality home with many upgrades on level lot with mature landscaping, covered stone patio, a shed/ playhouse & jungle gym. 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, study on 1st floor, 2 story open foyer, kitchen with island & breakfast nook open to family room with fireplace, formal living room & dining room, all appliances stay including washer & dryer, laundry on 2nd floor. Lots of closet space. $269,000 Louise Gresh 570-233-8252 CENTURY 21 SELECT GROUP 570-455-8521
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Practically new ranch home in beautiful St. John’s Estates. Just a few minutes from Rts. 80 & 81. This home features tile floors thruout the spacious living area. Green area behind the property and no building lots on one side makes for a beautiful country setting with the conveniences of public water & sewer. Spacious back yard with walk-in access to basement. 2 decks & a covered patio. MLS 12-162 $237,000 Chris Jones 570-696-6558
619 Foote Ave. Fabulous Ranch home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, ultra modern kitchen with granite counters, heated tile floor and stainless appliances. Dining room has Brazilian cherry floors, huge yard, garage and large yard. Partially finished lower level. If you’re looking for a Ranch, don’t miss this one. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-4079 $159,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
44 Orchard St. 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath single, modern kitchen with appliances, sunroom, hardwood floors on 1st and 2nd floor. Gas heat, large yard, OSP. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-1866 $137,999 Call Lu-Ann 570-602-9280
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1107 Spring Street Superb two story with 3 bedrooms & 1 ½ baths. Hardwood floors, gas heat, vinyl siding, large yard with garage. Call Jim for details. Offered at $169,500 Towne & Country Real Estate Co. 570-735-8932 or 570-542-5708 DURYEA
125 McAlpine St Ideal starter is this appealing two bedroom 2 story with large lot and 1.5 car garage. Plenty of off street parking, in solid neighborhood. MLS 11-4313 $85,000 Call Arlene Warunek 570-650-4169
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548 Green St. Are you renting?? The monthly mortgage on this house could be under $500 for qualified buyers. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1st floor laundry. Off street parking, deep lot, low taxes. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3983 $64,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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38 Huckleberry Ln Blueberry Hills 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, family room with fireplace, 2 car garage, large yard. Master bath with separate jetted tub, kitchen with stainless steel appliances and island, lighted deck. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-3071 $315,000 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
EDWARDSVILLE 192 Hillside Ave
DURYEA 314 Edward St
Wonderful neighborhood, 4 bedroom, 10 year old home has it all!. Extra room on first floor, great for mother in law suite or rec room. Modern oak kitchen, living room, central air, in ground pool, fenced yard, attached 2 car garage. Great home! For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com 11-3732. $239,900 Call Nancy Bohn 570-237-0752
Nice income property conveniently located. Property has many upgrades including all new replacement windows, very well maintained. All units occupied, separate utilities. For more info and photos visit:www.atlas realtyinc.com 11-3283. $89,900 Call Nancy Bohn 570-237-0752
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548 ADAMS ST. Charming, well maintained 3 bedroom, 1 bath home located on a quiet street near Blueberry Hills development. Features modern kitchen with breakfast bar, formal dining room, family room with gas stove, hardwood floors in bedrooms, deck, fenced yard and shed. MLS#11-2947 $107,500 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14
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274 Hillside Ave. PRICED TO SELL. THIS HOME IS A MUST SEE. Great starter home in move in condition. Newer 1/2 bath off kitchen & replacement windows installed. MLS11-560. $52,000 Roger Nenni EXT. 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 EXETER 1021 Wyoming Ave
2 unit duplex, 2nd floor tenant occupied, 1st floor unoccupied, great rental potential. Separate entrances to units, one gas furnace, new electrical with separate meters for each unit. The 1st floor apartment when rented out generated $550 per month. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com 11-4247. $52,000 Call Nancy Bohn 570-237-0752
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167 Slocum St Completely renovated 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath. New high efficiency gas warm air furnace with central a/c. All new plumbing & wiring. New siding, windows, doors, roof, insulation, carpeting, drywall & tile. New kitchen with stainless stove, fridge & dishwasher. New baths. 1st floor washer/dryer hookup. 50’x150’ lot. $139,900. Call 570-954-8825 gckar1@yahoo.com
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Nice size four bedroom home with some hardwood floors, large eat in kitchen with breakfast bar. 2 car garage & partially fenced yard. Close to everything! $92,900 MLS# 11-1977 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950 EXETER
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362 Susquehanna Ave Completely remodeled, spectacular, 2 story Victorian home, with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, new rear deck, full front porch, tiled baths and kitchen, granite countertops, all Cherry hardwood floors throughout, all new stainless steel appliances and lighting, new oil furnace, washer dryer in first floor bath. Great neighborhood, nice yard. $174,900 (30 year loan, $8,750 down, $887/month, 30 years @ 4.5%) 100% OWNER FINANCING AVAILABLE Call Bob at 570-654-1490
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171 Boland Avenue Motivated seller! Well kept starter home with nice size rooms, 2nd floor replacement windows and great yard with possible off street parking from alley access. MLS 11-3043 $59,900 570-675-4400
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235 Pfouts Street Well cared for 1/2 double with gas heat, modern kitchen, 1st floor full bath & laundry area. Fenced yard, detached garage, front porch, back yard patio & newer roof. MLS 11-3436 REDUCED $42,000 Call Florence 570-715-7737
Smith Hourigan Group 570-474-6307
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146-148 Regal St Newer kitchens Large baths Tenant occupied 3 bedroom each side. Call for appointment $74,900 MLS# 10-4598 Call Vieve Zaroda (570) 474-6307 Ext. 2772
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20 Dexter St., Nice starter home with shed M OVE -I N R EADY ! 3 bedroom. Fenced yard. Security system. Roof 2006. Hanover Area Schools. This home would be eligible for the LUZERNE COUNTY GROWING HOMEOWNERS INITIATIVE. Seller will help with closing cost expenses. MONTHLY PAYMENT $191 ON A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE- HOW CAN YOU BEAT THAT? MLS #11-3023 $39,000 Call Tracy Zarola 570-696-0723
HANOVER TWP. 908 Primrose Court Move right into this newer 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath Townhome with many upgrades including hardwood floors throughout and tiled bathrooms. Lovely oak cabinets in the kitchen, central air, fenced in yard, nice quiet neighborhood. MLS 11-2446 $119,900 Call Don Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770
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285 Lyndwood Ave. Brick 3 bedroom Ranch with full finished basement. Home features large modern kitchen, 3 nice size bedrooms, all with closets, hall coat closet, w/w, modern bath, ceiling fans, fenced yard. Private driveway, newer furnace. Assessed value and taxes recently reduced! MLS 12-222 $89,900 Patricia Lunski 570-814-6671 Antonik & Associates, Inc. 570-735-7494 HANOVER TWP.
577 Nanticoke St. Well maintained 3 bedroom, 2 story home in quiet neighborhood. This home features an enclosed patio with hot tub, enclosed front porch, walk up floored attic with electric. 2 coal stoves and much more. All measurements approximate. MLS 10-4645. $80,900 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770
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95 Pulaski St. Large home on nice sized lot. Newer windows, walk up attic. 3 bedrooms, nice room sizes, walk out basement. Great price you could move right in. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 11-4554 $39,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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2032 ROUTE 92 Great Ranch home surrounded by nature with view of the river and extra lot on the river. Large living room and kitchen remodeled and ready to move in. Full unfinished basement, off street parking. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-79 $78,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
4 Widener Drive A must see home! You absolutely must see the interior of this home. Start by looking at the photos on line. Fantastic kitchen with hickory cabinets, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and tile floor. Fabulous master bathroom with champagne tub and glass shower, walk in closet. 4 car garage, upper garage is partially finished. The list goes on and on. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-210 $389,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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3 bedroom, 1.5 bath raised Ranch on 1 acre. Home boasts a gas fireplace in living room, traditional fireplace in finished basement. Central A/C, 2.5 car garage, covered deck, out of flood zone. $179,900. Call 570-388-4244 570-388-2773
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189 Rock St. Spacious home with 4 bedrooms and large rooms. Nice old woodwork, staircase, etc. Extra lot for parking off Kenley St. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3404 $99,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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220 Wright Ave Modern 3 bedroom rancher. Woodburning fireplace in living room. Gas heat. Central air conditioning. Aluminum siding. Newer roof. Nice yard. Extras. (FHA financing: $3,322 down, $542 month, 4.25% interest, 30 years.) Seller willing to assist with buyer's closing costs, up to 6% of purchase price! MLS 11-4225 $94,900 Bob Kopec HUMFORD REALTY 570-822-5126 KINGSTON
29 Landon Ave N Striking curb appeal! Beautiful interior including a gas fireplace, hardwood floors, modern kitchen, all new carpeting on the second floor, extra large recently remodeled main bath, serene back patio and spacious yard. MLS#11-3075 $144,900 Call Mary Price 570-696-5418 570-472-1395
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128 JEAN ST. Nice bi-level home on quiet street. Updated exterior. Large family room, extra deep lot. 2 car garage, enclosed rear porch and covered patio. For more information and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 11-2850 $179,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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Call Vince 570-332-8792 Double block with both sides having nice secluded yards and decks. Close to area schools. Wood floors just redone on owners side. Wonderful opportunity to live in one side and rent the other side to help pay your mortgage! MLS#11-4537 $65,000 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-322-8832 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
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2 W. Sunrise Drive PRICED TO SELL! This 4 bedroom has 2 car garage with extra driveway, central air, veranda over garage, recreation room with fireplace and wet bar. Sunroom For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-296 $199,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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5 Raymond Drive Practically new 8 year old Bi-level with 4 bedrooms, 1 and 3/4 baths, garage, fenced yard, private dead end street. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 11-3422 $175,000 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
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20 Knox Street Two homes, front & rear, on 1 lot. One car garage, patio. Front home has 3 bedrooms, huge kitchen, lots of storage and a workshop in the basement; Rear home features new kitchen, 2 bedrooms and good storage space. Call for appointment $78,900 MLS# 10-4597 Call Vieve Zaroda (570) 474-6307 Ext. 2772
3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Finished Walk-Out Basement, Single Car Garage Nice corner lot
Very well maintained 2-story home with 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, large eat-in kitchen and 1.5 baths. This home also has a first floor laundry room, ductless air conditioner, gas steam heat and a fenced yard. This is a beauty! Make an appointment today! MLS#11-4433 $79,900 Karen Altavilla 570-283-09100 ext 28
2 or 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home. Large fenced yard with shed, 50x200’ lot. 3 off street parking spaces. By Owner $99,900 570-825-9867
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4 Orchard St. 3 bedroom starter home with 1 bath on quiet street. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-254 $69,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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3 bedroom bi-level with two modern, full baths & one 3/4 bath. Living room with fireplace and skylights, built in china cabinets in dining room. Lower level family room with fireplace and wet bar. Large foyer with fireplace. MLS#11-3064 $289,500 Call Joe Moore 570-288-1401
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38 W. Walnut St. Charming 4/5 bedroom with 1.5 baths. Beautifully appointed kitchen w/granite counter tops, cherry cabinets and hardwood floors. Gas fireplace in living room, leaded glass windows in living room and dining room. Nice back deck, 2 car garage and 4 season front porch. MLS 11-4103 $179,900 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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Great duplex on nice street. Many upgrades including modern kitchens and baths, plus ceiling fans. Both units occupied,separate utilities. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com 11-3284. $74,900 Call Nancy Bohn 570-237-0752
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794 Woodland Drive Deceptively spacious. Very well kept. Quiet location. Move in condition. Attractive neighboring properties. Modest taxes. Newish furnace and roofing. Nicely fenced yard. $129,900. 11-4547 Call Dale Williams FIVE MOUNTAINS REALTY 570-256-3343 KINGSTON 799 Floralon Drive
New Listing Split level, 3 bedrooms, 1½ baths, partially finished family room, gas heat, air, enclosed rear porch, attached garage. Family neighborhood. 12-97 $120,000 Go To The Top... CALL JANE KOPP! JANE KOPP REAL ESTATE 570-288-7481
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806 Nandy Drive Unique 3 bedroom home perfect for entertaining! Living room with fireplace and skylights. Dining room with builtin china cabinets. Lower level family room with fireplace and wetbar. Private rear yard withinground pool and multiple decks. MLS#11-3064 Call Joe Moore 570-288-1401
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76 N. Dawes Ave. Use your income tax rebate for a downpayment on this great home with modern kitchen with granite counters, 2 large bedrooms, attached garage, full basement could be finished, sun porch overlooks great semi private yard. A great house in a great location! Come see it! . For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-41 $119,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
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177 Third Ave. Neat as a pin! 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths, end unit townhome with nice fenced yard. Bright Spacious kitchen, main level family room, deck w/ retractable awning. Gas heat/central air, pull down attic for storage and 1 car garage. Very affordable townhome in great central location! MLS 11-1282 $134,500 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON TWP
A Classy Move-in Ready 5 bedroom, with recent updates including flooring, bathroom, recessed lighting & many new widows. Woodburner on brick hearth, eat in kitchen, formal dining room. Good room sizes, fenced yard, patio, private driveway, walking distance to park, shopping, public transportation, restaurants, etc. MLS #11-4283 $132,900. Call Pat today @
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210 Beechwood Dr Rare brick & vinyl tri-level featuring 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, family room with fireplace, rear patio, sprinkler system, alarm system & central air. MLS#11-2819 $199,000 CALL DONNA 570-613-9080
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BUTLER ST. Large double, great older home with all modern updates. Pantry, kitchen, living room, formal dining room, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, Collect $1300 rent from other side. $195,000 570-288-4203
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Completely remodeled, spacious 4-5 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home with tons of original character. Desirable Kingston neighborhood. Hardwoods throughout, 2 zone central air, 2 gas fireplaces, finished basement, new vinyl fence. Crown molding, ample storage, many built-ins. A must see! $275,000 Call for appointment 570-417-6059
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Reduced to $149,900. Owner Says Sell! Very nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath doublewide on 2 acres with detached 2 car garage. Thermal windows, wood burning fireplace in TV room, walk-in closet, full basement, front and rear decks. Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141 LARKSVILLE
12 First St. Very well kept home in a nice neighborhood. New kitchen with Corian counter tops. Newly painted rooms. MLS 12-267 $85,000 Charles J. Prohaska EXT 35 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
LUZERNE
330 Charles St. Very nice 2 bedroom home in move in condition with updated kitchen and baths. Nice yard with shed and potential off street parking. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3525 $59,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
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431 Chestnut Ave. Charming 2 story single family home with upgrades, including new kitchen cabinets, furnace, hot water heater, 200 amp electric, 2 car detached garage. Walk up attic for additional storage space. MLS 11-4106 $129,900 Jay A. Crossin EXT 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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459 Bennett St. Very nice 5 bedroom, 2 story home in nice area of Luzerne. Off street parking for 4 cars. 1st floor master bedroom & laundry. Replacement windows on 2nd floor. 5 year young full bath. Modern kitchen w/breakfast bar, oak cabinets. Basement always DRY! All measurements approximate MLS11-3745 $122,900 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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867 Bennett With just a minimum amount of TLC, this is a great starter home. Nice location with great view of Wyoming Valley and beyond, off street parking in rear via alley. All measurements approximate. BeinG sold “as is”. MLS 10-2774 $60,000 Call Michelle Boice 570-639-5393 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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Lovely brick ranch home in great development. 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. All hardwood floors, brand new roof. 2 family rooms suitable for mini apartment. 1st floor laundry, sunroom, central air, alarm system, 1 car garage. Very good condition. 11-2437 $200,000 Call Nancy Answini 570-237-5999 JOSEPH P. GILROY REAL ESTATE 570-288-1444
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803 Aspen Drive Brand new carpet in lower level family room! Hardwood on 1st floor dining room, living room, bedrooms & hall! Large rear deck. Master bedroom opens to deck! Private rear yard! Basement door opens to garage. MLS #11-2282 $192,000 Jim Graham at 570-715-9323
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21 Forest Road Fairview Heights ranch featuring 3 spacious bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, fireplace, 1st floor laundry, floored attic with walk-in cedar closet, 2 car attached garage. Newer roof, furnace, water heater and more! Sellers are licensed real estate agents. MLS 11-3419 $169,000 Tony Desiderio 570-715-7734 Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group 570-474-6307
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215 Patriot Circle Townhouse. Very good condition. 3 bedroom, 1 ½ bath, living room with gas fireplace and hardwood floors. Kitchen offers new stainless steel appliances, tile floor, laundry area, dining room with built in corner cabinets. MLS 12-238 $124,900 James Banos Realtor Associate COLDWELL BANKER RUNDLE REAL ESTATE 570-991-1883
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3071 Ablerdeen Rd
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP 4 bedroom ranch, hardwood floors, 1.5 bathrooms, formal dining & living rooms, finished basement family room with dry bar, exercise room, & workshop. Two car garage. MLS# 12-5 $161,200 Call Vieve
Greystone Manor. Ten year old home with attached apartment. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Kitchen, living room, dining room & den. Apartment has 1 bedroom, bath, living room, dining room, private entrance. 3 car garage, front porch, large decks. Total 2,840 square feet. On cul-de-sac. Call BOB RUNDLE for appointment.
COLDWELL BANKER RUNDLE REAL ESTATE 570-474-2340, Ext. 11
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Nestled on just under an acre just minutes from 81S this colonial offers 2194 sq. ft. of living area plus a finished basement. Enjoy your summer evenings on the wrap around porch or take a quick dip in the above ground pool with tier deck. The covered pavilion is ideal for picnics or gatherings And when the winter winds blow cuddle in front of the gas fireplace and enjoy a quiet night. Price to sell, $185,900 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769
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130 CHURCH ROAD The feel of a true colonial home with double entry doors off the foyer into the living room and dining room. Spacious kitchen breakfast area, family room leading to a fenced rear yard. 3-season room with cathedral ceiling. Hardwood floors, fireplace, recently remodeled 2.5 bath and 2-car garage. Located on 3.77 acres, all the privacy of country living yet conveniently located. MLS#12-165 PRICE REDUCED $183,900 Jill Jones 696-6550
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33 Valley View Drive 3 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath, 2 car garage, new roof & hot water heater, above ground heated pool, finished basement. $210,000 Contact Melissa at 570-430-8263 Say it HERE in the Classifieds! 570-829-7130
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Great 3 Bedroom 2 story with lots to offer. Large oak kitchen with Corian counters. Oversized 30’ x 30’ 2 car garage on a beautifully landscaped fenced lot with plenty of rear decking & above the ground pool for all of your outdoor entertaining. $117,900 MLS# 12-457 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
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3 bedroom, 1 bath. Nice opportunity for a starter home or investment property. Needs work, but columns, moldings, and leaded glass windows are intact. MLS #12-133 $42,000 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
(570) 288-6654 MOUNTAIN TOP
Meticulously maintained ranch home in convenient Mountain Top location. Features include 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, charming foyer entrance, bright & beautiful living room, dining room opens to modern eat-in kitchen, new sun room addition, large family room, manicured lawn with beautiful hardscape in front. Large shed, large unfinished basement with half bath. MLS#11-3607 $159,900 Chris Jones 570-696-6558
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Come relax in your new 3 bedroom home while enjoying the view of the lake. 2 of the bedrooms, living and bright sunroom all overlook the beautiful lake. $279,000. MLS 11-4385. Call Donna for more information or to schedule an appointment. 570-947-3824
PITTSTON
A lot of house for the money. Corner home with lots of space. 9 rooms, 2 1/2 baths, a bonus room of 42’ x 24’. This home is conveniently located near major highways, airport and shopping. Two car detached garage and nice yard. $75,500 MLS# 10-4350 Call Michael Nocera
SMITH HOURIGAN GROUP 570-696-5412
New Listing. Wonderful home on a huge country size lot, in a private setting, just off the beaten path. Economical Dual heat system, central Air plus ductless unit, Lower Level family room, detached 2 car garage, fireplace & a great view from the front porch! MLS 11-3733 $229,900 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
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Immaculate 4 bedroom, 2 bath home on 1 acre. Beautifully landscaped. Inground pool with solar heat. Custom Cherry cabinets. Hardwood floors. Family room with gas fireplace. 1 mile to golf course. MLS 11-1483 $210,000 Linda Cuono 570-715-7743
414 Grove Street E Remodeled 2 story with new oil furnace, windows, electric kitchen, bath, door, flooring, paint. OSP. Seller will pay 1st year property tax. MLS#11-2760 $85,500 Call Al Clemonts 570-371-9381
1206 Hanover St. S Spacious two story home featuring large kitchen, living room, formal dining room & family room. 3 bedrooms, 1 & 1.5 baths. Well maintained property with a two car detached garage & nice lot. Split air system & partial finished basement with plenty of storage or possible apartment. MLS# 11-2881 $99,900 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141
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10 Garfield St. Looking for a Ranch??? Check out this double wide with attached 2 car garage on a permanent foundation. Large master bedroom suite with large living room, family room with fireplace, 2 full baths, laundry room, formal dining room, vaulted ceilings throughout and MORE! For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 10-2463 $89,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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PITTSTON Raised Ranch in good condition with 3 bedrooms, modern bath and gas heat. Large fenced yard, rear deck, 1 car garage and off street parking for 3 more cars. New roof, windows and bath. Basement is partially finished. MLS 12-130 $99,900 Call Patty Lunski 570-814-6671 ANTONIK & ASSOCIATES 570-735-7494 NANTICOKE
The potential here is endless. Former 20 bed personal care home. Last used as student housing for college students, now it awaits the new owner. $95,000. MLS 11-4287. Call Donna for more information or to schedule a showing. 570-947-3824
168 Mill St. Large 3 bedroom home with 2 full baths. 7 rooms on nice lot with above ground pool. 1 car garage. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3894 $82,000 Tom Salvaggio 570-262-7716
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Price Reduced! 168 Elizabeth Street Sturdy ranch in Oregon Section. 3/4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Price $89,000. Call Stephen 570-814-4183
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31 Tedrick St. Very nice 3 bedroom with 1 bath. This house was loved and you can tell. Come see for yourself, super clean home with nice curb appeal. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3544 Reduced to $79,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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459 Broad St. 3 bedroom 1 bath attractive home in great location, hardwood floors 100x144 lot asking $109,900 570.970.0650 jtdproperties.com
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1610 Westminster Road. DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTION Paradise found! Your own personal retreat, small pond in front of yard, private setting only minutes from everything. Log cabin chalet with 3 bedrooms, loft, stone fireplace, hardwood floors. Detached garage with bonus room. Lots to see. Watch the snow fall in your own “cabin in the woods.” For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-319 $279,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
74 W. Carey St. Affordable home with 1 bedroom, large living room, stackable washer & dryer, eat in kitchen. Yard with shed. Low taxes. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-4068
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95 William St. 1/2 double home with more square footage than most single family homes. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, ultra modern kitchen and remodeled baths. Super clean. For more information and photos visit www.atlas realtyinc. com MLS 11-2120 $54,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
Recently remodeled single family home with 1st & 2nd floor baths, modern kitchen, large family room with hardwood floors. $70,000 MLS # 10-4618 Call Michael Nocera
2 bedroom, 2.5 bath. Luxury 1,950 sq ft end unit Townhome in sought after River Ridge. Gas heat, A/C, Hardwood & wall to wall. Marble tile master bath with jetted tub & separate shower. $189,500 Call 570-285-5119
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38 Frothingham St. Four square home with loads of potential and needs updating but is priced to reflect its condition. Nice neighborhood. Check it out. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 11-3403 $59,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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Well maintained double block on quiet street, great neighborhood. Perfect home for you with one side paying most of your mortgage, or would make a good investment, with separate utilities & great rents. Vinyl replacement windows, vinyl aluminum siding, walk up large attic from one side, lower front & rear porches, with two rear upper enclosed porches. $119,900 Call Ronnie 570-262-4838
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63 Clarks Lane 3 story Townhome with 2 bedrooms, 3 baths, plenty of storage with 2 car built in garage. Modern kitchen and baths, large room sizes and deck. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-4567 $144,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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3 Lehigh St. N Nice neighborhood surrounds this MOVE-IN READY 3 bedroom 2 story. Wood floors. Builtin garage. Dallas School District. MLS #11-4470 $80,000 Call Tracy Zarola 570-696-0723
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Well maintained raised ranch in Midway Manor. Good size level yard with shed. Large sunroom/laundry addition. Lower level family room with wood stove. MLS #11-4178 $163,700 Call Christrine Kutz 570-332-8832 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950 SHAVERTOWN 2 Oak Drive Vacant land ready to build. One of the last lots left in this Back Mountain development. (1) one acre lot. Call for details. MLS 11-1488 $62,400 Christine Pieczynski 570-696-6565
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46-48 Helen St 10 Norman St. Brick 2 story home with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, large family room with fireplace. Lower level rec room, large driveway for plenty of parking. Just off the by-pass with easy access to all major highways. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com. MLS 11-2887 $164,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
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Five bedroom Contemporary has a vaulted ceiling in living room with fireplace. Hardwood floors in dining & living rooms. 1st floor master bedroom with walk in closet. Lower level family room. Deck, garage, separate laundry. $257,500 MLS#12-170 Call Joe Moore 570-288-1401
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Attractive Bi-level with 2 bedrooms and room for another. 2 full baths, gas forced air heat, ventless gas fireplace & sauna. Move in condition, $123,000 MLS 12-193 Barbara Young Call 570-466-6940
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Spacious 1791 sq. ft. 1/2 double with wrap around porch, shed & garage. Semi modern kitchen & bath. 3 bedrooms with gas heat and plenty of storage. $24,900. Possible rent to own Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769
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234 UNION ST Previously a double block converted into one very roomy, totally remodeled single family home. New carpeting & flooring throughout. 2 updated full baths, one in master suite. Nicely level fenced yard with very large deck & patio fort entertaining. Zoned commercial. $131,900 MLS 11-3575 Barbara Young Call 570-466-6940
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A home starts with location and school district. Triple A neighborhood and Dallas School District. Deceiving looking from the exterior-make an appointment to see this 3600+/-SF home on three floors. Lots of oak on the first floor, kitchen, moldings, doors, floors. Second floor with 4 bedrooms & bonus room with skylights & separate computer area, storage space and walk-in closets. Very appealing! Finished lower level game room with ½ bath, three season room off kitchen and large adjacent deck for entertaining, separate office/den on first floor. Dual heating and air systems, public utilities. MLS#11-4064 $349,900 Maribeth Jones 570-696-6565
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1195 Sutton Road Attractive, wellmaintained saltbox on 2 private acres boasts fireplaces in living room, family room & master bedroom. Formal dining room. Large Florida room with skylights & wet bar. Oak kitchen opens to family room. 4 bedrooms & 3 1/2 baths. Finished lower level. Carriage barn PRICE REDUCED $425,000 MLS# 10-3394 Call Joe Moore 570-288-1401
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12 Windy Drive New construction in the exclusive Slocum Estates. Stucco exterior. All the finest appointments: office or 5th bedroom, hardwood floors, crown moldings, 9' ceilings 1st & 2nd floor. Buy now select cabinetry & flooring. MLS #11-1987 $499,000 Call Geri 570-696-0888
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Private country living, with easy access to interstate. Relax and enjoy this comfortable A-Frame home. Jacuzzi, large deck & gorgeous pond. Great for entertaining inside and out. For more photos and info visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3285 $249,900 Call Nancy Bohn 570-237-0752
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137 Post Office Rd Great home on 3 acres with additional 5 acres available. Mostly level - one third Wooded. Full Dry Basement ready for Finishing. Central Air & Vac, 2 1/2 Bath with Whirlpool in the First Floor Master. Generator Package for Emergency Power Supply. Lg 20 x 12 Shed. MLS 11-3369 $219,500 570-675-4400
SWEET VALLEY
5411 Main Road Commercial zoned property on busy corner. Country Colonial home with detached 2 car garage, with additional office space and entrance door. Perfect property for home based business. Eat in kitchen with brick gas fireplace, large dining room and living room with coal stove. Finished basement with 2 rooms & 1/2 bath. Old fashioned root cellar off the kitchen. Large paved parking area. MLS 11-2554 $188,000 570-675-4400
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SWEET VALLEY 570 Grassy Pond Rd
SWOYERSVILLE
Nice country bi-level on 40 acres with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, kitchen, living room, family room, office & laundry room plus attached oversized 2 car garage with workshop, rear deck & 3 sheds. Borders state game lands. MLS 11-1094. $319,900 FIVE MOUNTAINS REALTY 570-542-2141
“New Listing”! 3 bedrooms, 1 bath home on double lot. One car garage, two 3 season porches, security system & attic just insulated. MLS #12-31 $90,000. Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
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313 Race St. This home needs someone to rebuild the former finished basement and 1st floor. Being sold as is. 2nd floor is move in ready. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-255 $39,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
66 Post Office Road Charming ranch on 1 acre lot. Modern kitchen, living room with gas fireplace, lower level finished, large deck with above ground pool, nicely landscaped. MLS#11-2627 $164,000 Call Geri 570-696-0888
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4 Oliver Road Located in the back part of Oliver Road in a very private part of North Lake in Sweet Valley. Yearning to be restored, lake front cape cod in a very tranquil setting was formerly used as a summer home. MLS 11-2113 $93,500 Jay Crossin CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 ext. 23
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60 Watkins St Home features 4 bedrooms, a master bedroom on 1st floor with large walk in closet, ceiling fans, screened porch, sunroom and workshop. New 200 amp service, interior paint & laundry area in basement. MLS#12-128 $105,000 Call Al Clemonts 570-371-9381
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78 Maltby Ave. Wonderful family home in a great neighborhood. A large master suite and family room addition make this home a must see! There is an inground pool and attached in-law suite. MLS 11-4572 $228,000 Call Kelly Connolly-Cuba EXT. 37 Crossin Real Estate 570-288-0770
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52 Barber Street Beautifully remodeled 3 bedroom, 1 bath home in the heart of the town. With new carpets, paint, windows, doors and a modern kitchen and bath. Sale includes all appliances: refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Nice yard and superb neighborhood. Priced to sell at $89,900 or $433.00 per month (bank rate; 30 years, 4.25%, 20% down). Owner also willing to finance 100% of transaction with a qualified cosigner Call Bob at 570-654-1490
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BEAUTIFUL BRICK , SLATE, MARBLE & WOOD HOUSE. MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED . 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. Great kitchen with new stainless steel appliances & custom cabinets with center island. Dining room with stone fireplace & marble floor. Hardwood floors in living room, which also has stone walls & eight arched windows. Hand carved wooden staircase leads to Master Bedroom Suite with large closet & large second bedroom & bath. Middle level with custom pool room. Lower level has 1/2 bath, bar & built in stone & glass hutches. Two new self-feed rice coal stoves keep heating bills to less than $400 a year! New roof with lifetime guarantee, privacy fence, and 12’ above ground pool with composite deck. New 2 story, 1 car garage, & a long driveway for plenty of parking. $199,000, firm. Showings will be held weekends for prequalified buyers only, please. Call 570-233-7235
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18 Atlantic Ave. Large 2 story home with 2 baths, attached garage. Being sold as-is. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-4475 $49,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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Well maintained 3 bedroom, 2 bath double wide in nice neighborhood. Many updates. Landscaped & fenced yard with pool, large deck & koi pond! $99,700 MLS#11-2253 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
438 Tripp St
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Completely remodeled home with everything new. New kitchen, baths, bedrooms, tile floors, hardwoods, granite countertops, all new stainless steel appliances, refrigerator, stove, microwave, dishwasher, free standing shower, tub for two, huge deck, large yard, excellent neighborhood $154,900 (30 year loan @ 4.5% with 5% down; $7,750 down, $785/month) 100% OWNER FINANCING AVAILABLE Call Bob at 570-654-1490
WEST WYOMING
Why pay rent when you can own this 1/2 double? 3 bedrooms. Eat in kitchen. New roof installed 12/11. $49,900 MLS# 10-2780 Call Michael Nocera
220 Linden St. Large 2 story home with 3 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths. Detached garage, inground pool. Home needs work on the fi rst floor, 2nd is i n very good conditi on. Kitchen cabinets ready to be reinstalled. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-78 $69,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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WILKES-BARRE
116 Amber Lane Very nice Bi-level home with newer laminate floors, vaulted ceiling, 2 large bedrooms. Finished lower level with 1/2 bath and laundry room. Large family room built in garage, and wood pellet stove. No sign, alarm system. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-3290 $89,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
WILKES-BARRE 185 West River St
Spacious, quality home, brick two story with 6 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath, 2 fireplaces, den, heated sunroom off living room, screened porch off formal dining room, modern eat-in kitchen, garage. Many extras. Sacrifice, owner relocating out of state Reduced $114,900 MLS 11-2474 JANE KOPP REAL ESTATE 570-288-7481 WILKES-BARRE
2 Story, 3 bedrooms, 1 & 1/2 bath single family. Large eat-in kitchen, 1st floor laundry, hardwood floors, newer furnace & water heater, 1 car garage. Off street parking. Quiet one way street. $49,900 MLS 11-4171 Call Jim Banos Coldwell Banker Rundle 570-991-1883
WILKES-BARRE 495-497 S. Grant St
Nice double block in good condition with 2 bedrooms on each side. New vinyl siding. Bathrooms recently remodeled. Roof is 2 years old. Fully rented. Tenants pay all utilities. MLS11-580.$53,500 Call Darren Snyder Marilyn K Snyder Real Estate 570-825-2468
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Great 4 bedroom home with new kitchen, furnace and bath. Laundry room off kitchen. Newer windows and roof. Hardwood on first floor. Off street parking. Older one car garage. Walk up attic. MLS 11-1478 $69,000 Call Nancy Answini 570-237-5999 JOSEPH P. GILROY REAL ESTATE 570-288-1444
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Large, stately brick home in Historic District. Large eat-in kitchen, dining room 2 fireplaces, 5 full baths & 2 half baths. Huge master with office. Large 3rd floor bedroom. 2 story attic. Custom woodwork & hardwood floors. Leaded glass, large closets with built-ins. Needs some updates. With large income apt. with separate entrance. Call for appointment. ASKING $300,000 Call 570-706-5917
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YATESVILLE PRICE REDUCED
Well maintained 2 story home with a finished lower level and a gas fireplace. New carpets and a walk-up attic, great for storage. $65,000 MLS# 11-4529 Call Michael Nocera
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Lot 39 Mayock St. 9' ceilings throughout 1st floor, granite countertops in kitchen. Very bright. 1st floor master bedroom & bath. Not yet assessed. End unit. Modular construction. MLS #10-3180 $179,500 Jim Graham at 570-715-9323
WILKES-BARRE
Nice 3 bedroom, 1 bath home, with 3 season porch and detached 1 car garage. Good starter home in well established neighborhood. Family owned for many years. MLS#11-4464 $65,000 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
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12 Reid st. Spacious Bi-level home in semi-private location with private back yard. 3 season room. Gas fireplace in lower level family room. 4 bedrooms, garage. For more informtion and photos visit wwww.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 10-4740 $149,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200 VM 101
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909 PINE RIDGE ESTATES 1007 Morgan Drive Beautiful two-story traditional home located high & dry in Pine Ridge Estates, one of WilkesBarre’s newest developments. Features 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, master suite with walk-in closet, 9’ ceilings and hardwoods on 1st floor, family room with gas fireplace, two-car garage and deck. MLS#11-3479 $229,900 Karen Ryan 570-283-9100 x14
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1702 W. Eighth St. 1 story Ranch with 100x200 lot, paved driveway, new energy star replacement windows. Excellent starter home. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-2912 NEW PRICE $84, 500 Fred Mecadon 570-817-5792
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WHY PAY RENT? Nice half double with eat in kitchen, nice yard, shed and off street parking. $49,900 MLS # 11-1910 Call Michael Nocera
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Former Blessed Sacrament Church, Rectory and paved parking lot. 4,372 square foot Church 1,332 square foot Rectory. Parking for 40 vehicles. Three adjacent lots for one price. $160,000 MLS#11-4037 Call Jeff Cook Realty World Bank Capital 570-235-1183 WILKES-BARRE
191 Andover St. Lovely single family 3 bedroom home with lots of space. Finished 3rd floor, balcony porch off of 2nd floor bedroom, gas hot air heat, central air and much more. Must see! MLS 11-59 $66,000 Jay A. Crossin 570-288-0770 Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE PARSONS Reduced - $69,900
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Nice two bedroom single, gas heat, enclosed porch, fenced yard. Close to downtown & colleges. Affordable at $42,500. Call TOWN & COUNTRY REAL ESTATE CO. 570-735-8932 570-542-5708
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285 Blackman St Great property. Priced to sell quickly and in move-in condition! Easy access to Interstate 81 & shopping! 11-3215 $36,500 570-675-4400
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35 Murray St. Large well kept 6 bedroom home in quiet neighborhood. Off street parking, good size back yard. Owner very motivated to sell. MLS 10-3668 $77,000 Call Don Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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Great 3 bedroom home in mint condition. Hardwood floors, fenced lot, garage. MLS#11-2834 $79,000. (570) 237-1032 (570) 288-1444
262 Stucker Ave & Extra Lot (3rd street after baseball field) 7 room (3 bedrooms), 1 1/2 baths. Lower Level has family room and 1 car attached garage. To settle Estate. Drastically reduced. Original price $119,900, now reduced $69,900. 10-2472 Call Joe Bruno 570-824-4560 JANE KOPP REAL ESTATE 570-288-7481
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Great Investment. Quiet street close to everything. Nice size rooms. Both sides currently rented. Off street parking in back with a 1 car garage. $89,900. MLS 114207. Call Donna for more information or to schedule a showing. 570-947-3824
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Handyman Special Extra large duplex with 7 bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace, screened porch, full basement and 2 car garage on double lot in Wilkes-Barre City. $58,000. ERA BRADY ASSOCIATES 570-836-3848
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Parsons Section 32 Wilson St No need for flood or mine subsidence insurance. 2 story, 3 bedroom, 1 bath home in a safe, quiet neighborhood. Aluminum siding. Corner, 105’x50’ lot. Fenced in yard. Appraised at $57,000. Serious inquiries only. Call 570-826-1458 for appointment WILKES-BARRE Pine Ridge Estates
Nicely maintained in move-in condition! Hardwood floors in living room, dining room & family room. 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. Security system, central air, gas heat! Nice room sizes! Call Jim Graham at 570-715-9323
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WYOMING 40 Fifth st
Very nice 2 family, one side move in the other rented separate utilities, 6 rooms each side plus 1/2 bath upstairs each side. Wonderful neighborhood plus short walking distance to Wyoming Avenue. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com 11-4027. $124,900 Call Nancy Bohn 570-237-0752
WYOMING
768 Lewis Road Dallas school district - Lovely cedar sided ranch home on 2.7 acres with gorgeous setting overlooking pond. Heated in ground pool, 2 car garage, plus one car garage with workshop, central A/C, finished basement. Loft area overlooking 2 story living room, hot tub. $5,000.00 carpet allowance. 10-3570 $275,000 Call Nancy Answini 570-237-5999 JOSEPH P. GILROY REAL ESTATE 570-288-1444
25 St. Mary’s St. 3,443 sq. ft. masonry commercial building with warehouse/office and 2 apartments with separate electric and heat. Perfect for contractors or anyone with storage needs. For more information and photos log onto www.atlas realtyinc.com. Reduced to $89,000 MLS #10-3872 Call Charlie 570-829-6200 VM 101
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BEAR CREEK
1255 Laurel Run Rd. Bear Creek Twp., large commercial garage/warehouse on 1.214 acres with additional 2 acre parcel. 2 water wells. 2 newer underground fuel tanks. May require zoning approval. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-208 $179,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
BACK MOUNTAIN/ HARVEYS LAKE
Restaurant/Bar for sale. 8,525sf. Turnkey with seating for 125, bar area seats 24, includes all equipment, fixtures, two walk-in coolers, furnishings, kitchen equipment, & liquor license. Two apartments with long term tenants, gas heat, handicap accessible, high traffic area. MLS#11-4332 $499,000 Maribeth Jones 570-696-6565
HANOVER TWP 22 W. Germania St
YATESVILLE
New Listing. Beautiful home in “Willow View” that shows “Pride of Ownership” thruout! Spacious Florida room that leads to a private yard with extensive landscaping, brand new roof, 3 baths, 4 bedrooms, lower level family room & more! MLS 11-3714 $298,500 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950
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1334 Main St. 1 story, 2,600 sq. ft. commePrcial building, masonry construction with offices and warehousing. Central air, alarm system and parking. Great for contractors or anyone with office/storage needs. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-3156 $84,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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Spacious 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths with textured ceilings, updated kitchen, all appliances including dishwasher, tiled bath with whirlpool tub, 2nd floor laundry room. Replacement windows. DRASTIC REDUCTION $60,000 MLS# 11-88 Call Arlene Warunek 570-650-4169
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39 W. Chestnut St. Lots of room in this single with 3 floors of living space. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath with hardwood floors throughout, natural woodwork, all windows have been replaced, laundry/pantry off of kitchen. 4x10 entry foyer, space for 2 additional bedrooms on the 3rd floor. Roof is new. MLS 11-325 $69,900 Jay A. Crossin 570-288-0770 Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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550 Johnson St. Nicely landscaped corner lot surrounds this brick front Colonial in desirable neighborhood. This home features a spacious eat in kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths including Master bedroom with master bath. 1st floor laundry and finished lower level. Enjoy entertaining under the covered patio with hot tub, rear deck for BBQ’s and an above ground pool. Economical gas heat only $1224 per yr. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-157 $254,860 Call Michele Reap 570-905-2336
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This 6,600 sq. ft. concrete block building has multiple uses. 5 offices & kitchenette. Over 5,800 sq. ft. warehouse space (high ceilings). 2 overhead doors. $85,000 MLS 10-1326 Bob Kopec HUMFORD REALTY 570-822-5126
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Nice duplex zoned commercial, can be used for offices as well as residential. All separate utilities. Keep apt. space or convert to commercial office space. Adjacent lot for sale by same owner. MLS 11-2176 $85,900 Jay A. Crossin CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 ext. 23
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33 Market St. Commercial/residential property featuring Ranch home with 3 bedrooms, newly remodeled bathroom, in good condition. Commercial opportunity for office in attached building. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3450 Reduced $159,000 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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33 Market St. Commercial/residential property featuring Ranch home with 3 bedrooms, newly remodeled bathroom, in good condition. Commercial opportunity for office in attached building. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3450 Reduced $159,000 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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View this view! You no longer have to go into the city to watch the 4th of July fireworks! Enjoy home ownership. Architecturally built split level, living room with beamed ceiling and wood burning fireplace, large dining room with hardwood flooring, tiled office with glass views, two bedrooms, two baths, family room, hobby room, green house, fish pond, raised gardens, grape vines, fruit trees, 1+/- acres of property, 2-car detached garage. MLS#11-1079 REDUCED TO $229,000 Maribeth Jones 570-696-6565
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LUZERNE Over 10,000SF of storage space in two buildings. Room to build another building, professional, car wash, restaurant, salon. Minutes from Cross Valley Expressway Exit 6. Survey, storm water/drainage control plan and soil and erosion sedimentation control plan completed if you choose to build a building on the property. Also a portion is available for rent. MLS#10-320 REDUCED TO $199,000 Maribeth Jones 570-696-6565
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SHAVERTOWN 1 Oak Dr. Vacant land ready to build. One of the last lots left in this Back Mountain development. Just over (4) four acres. Call for details. MLS 11-1486 $82,400 Christine Pieczynski 570-696-6565
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107-109 E. Carey St. High traffic, high potential location with enough space for 2 second floor apartments. A stones throw away from the casino. Large front windows for showroom display. Basement & sub - basement for additional storage or workspace. PRICE REDUCED $99,500 MLS# 10-1919 Call Stanley (570) 817-0111 COLDWELL BANKER RUNDLE REAL ESTATE 570-474-2340
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38 Wedgewood Dr. Laurelbrook Estates Lot featuring 3.22 acres with great privacy on cul-desac. Has been perc tested and has underground utilities. 4 miles to PA Turnpike entrance. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-114 $64,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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Level *7.5 acres* building lot with a mountain view. Great for horses or organic farming. MLS 12-306 $59,000 570-675-4400
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423 E. Church St. Great 2 family in move in condition on both sides, Separate utilities, 6 rooms each. 3 car detached garage in super neighborhood. Walking distance to college. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-1608 $123,000 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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155 E Walnut St. Good investment property knocking on your door. Don't miss out, come and see for yourself. Also included in the sale of the property is the lot behind the home. Lot size is 25X75, known as 147 Cherry St. $82,000 MLS# 10-2666 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340 WEST WYOMING 331 Holden St 10-847
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166 Vine St. Nice PPthree family home in good location, fully occupied. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-220 $49,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
PITTSTON
Duplex. Aluminum siding, oil heat, semi - modern kitchens, long term tenant. On a spacious 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 150â&#x20AC;&#x2122; lot. Motivated Seller. REDUCED. $37,900 Anne Marie Chopick 570-760-6769
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Rear 49 James St. Two 2 bedroom apartments, fully rented with separate utilities on a quiet street. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-219 $39,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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$135,000 SPECTACULAR WATER VIEW! 2 acres overlooking Huntsville Reservoir. Building site cleared but much of woodlands preserved. Perc & site prep done. MLS # 11-2550. Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832 Four Star McCabe Realty 570-674-9950 DALLAS 63 acres. Wooded parcel. 5,000â&#x20AC;&#x2122; roadfront on 2 paved roads. Level & rolling. In Dallas Twp. $425,000 Besecker Realty 570-675-3611
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WILKES-BARRE PARTLY CLEARED VACANT LOTS: LOT #13 E. Thomas St. Approximately 0.57 acre MLS #11-2616 $32,000. LOT #18 E Thomas St., Approximately 0.73 acre. MLS #11-2615. $35,000 Call Jeff Cook Realty World Bank Capital 570-235-1183
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Many possibilities for this building. 40 + parking spaces, 5 offices, 3 baths and warehouse. $249,000 with option to lease Maria Huggler Classic Properties 570-587-7000 WILKES-BARRE 98-100 Lockhart St
Great Investment Opportunity. Separate utilities. Motivated seller! MLS 11-4330 $80,000 Maria Huggler CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-587-7000
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Lot 2 Marlington Ct THINKING OF BUILDING? .76 acre beautiful building lot on a culde-sac in desirable neighborhood. Covenants apply. Public utilities. Dallas School District. MLS #11-4401 $ 64,900 Call Tracy Zarola 570-696-0723
HARDING Mt. Zion Road One acre lot just before Oberdorfer Road. Great place to build your dream home MLS 11-3521 $29,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
ASHLEY PARK Double wide home. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. 3 season deck & carport, new appliances, many upgrades, near Rts 81, 309 & Hanover Industrial Park $54,500. Serious Calls Only. (570) 826-0887
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PITTSTON TWP. 95 Redman
2 bedroom. Vinyl siding, shingled roof. Clean. NEEDS NO WORK. Minutes from I81 & Turnpike. Excellent Condition. $19,900. 570-851-6128 or 610-767-9456
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Very clean, landscaped, well managed multi-tenant professional office with excellent access to highway system. Attractive base rate. Just off Laird Street near Woodlands Inn. Contact Griff Keefer 570-574-0421
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GROUNDHOG, SPRING IS ON ITS WAY! BUILD NOW! DIRECTIONS Rt 315 to laflin Rd; make left off Laflin Rd onto Pinewood Dr. Lot is on corner of Pinewood Dr. and Hickorywood Dr. MLS 11-3411 $34,900 atlas realtyinc.com Call Keri Best 570-885-5082
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Wyoming Co, NY Bennington Twp. Cotton Hill Rd. ASKING $32,000 1-814-392-6548 Former upholestry shop. 1st floor in need of a lot of TLC. 2nd floor apartment in good condition & rented with no lease. Storage area. Off street parking available. PRICE REDUCED! $65,000 Contact Judy Rice 714-9230 MLS# 11-572
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MOUNTAIN TOP Crestwood Schools! 126 Acres for Sale! Mostly wooded with approx. 970 ft on Rt. 437 in Dennison Twp. $459,000 Call Jim Graham at 570-715-9323
PITTSTON
SALE OR LEASE PRICE REDUCED Modern office building, parking for 12 cars. Will remodel to suit tenant. $1800/mo or purchase for $449,000 MLS 11-751 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
Approximately 4 acres. Perk Tested & Surveyed. Well above flood level. Mountain View. Clear land. $45,000. Bill 570-665-9054
285 Wyoming Ave. First floor currently used as a shop, could be offices, etc. Prime location, corner lot, full basement. 2nd floor is 3 bedroom apartment plus 3 car garage and parking for 6 cars. For more information and photos go to www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS #10-4339 $169,900 Call Charlie VM 101
MOUNTAIN TOP Several building lots ready to build on! ALL public utilities! Priced from $32,000 to $48,000! Use your own Builder! Call Jim Graham at 570-715-9323
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DUPONT
Totally renovated 6 room apartment with balcony. Partially furnished. Brand new fridge / electric range & electric washer/ dryer. along with new custom draperies, Roman shades, carpeting / flooring & energy efficient windows. 2 bedroom + large attic loft bedroom, 1.5 bath, partially finished basement. Lots of closet space. Easy access to I-81, airport & casino, off street parking. No smoking. $750 + utilities & security. Call 570-762-8265
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DURYEA
Updated 1 bedroom apartment & den, neutral pottery barn colors, open-plan living, dining & kitchen area, all appliances, hardwood floors, parking. $655. 570-451-1982
EDWARDSVILLE
2 bedroom with basement for storage. Private entrance with rear yard. All new appliances included. Washer/dryer, sewer included. Pets considered. $425/ month + 1 month security. Call 570-606-7884 between 9am & 9pm or Call 570-256-7837 before 9am & after 9pm
EXETER
4 large rooms, 2nd floor. 1 block from the Avenue. Range, fridge, heat/hot water furnished. Very clean. Quiet neighborhood. W/w, w/d hookup, attic and rear porch $675/mo + security 570-574-1276 (C) 570-288-4860
FORTY FORT 51 Dana Street
2 bedroom, 1st floor. Heat & 1 car garage. $650/month, 1st & security required. Application & credit check 570-885-5146
FORTY FORT
Available March 1 2nd floor, spacious, well maintained, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, in convenient nice neighborhood. Large living/dining area, large eat in kitchen with w/d hookup. Front porch, screened back porch. Great closet/storage space,w/w carpeting, central air, off street parking. $900/month plus utilities. Call 570510-4778 from 9am-5pm for an appointment.
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Dallas, Pa. MEADOWS APARTMENTS 220 Lake St. Housing for the elderly & mobility impaired; all utilities included. Federally subsidized program. Extremely low income persons encouraged to apply. Income less than $12,400. 570-675-6936, 8 am-4 pm, Mon-Fri. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
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NO PETS/ S M O K I N G $465 + UTILITIES/2 YEARS.
288-1422
FORTY FORT
Wyoming Ave. Single level rear house (directly behind owners), approximately 1100 sq ft. 1 car off street parking, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, plenty of storage, quiet place, washer /dryer/fridge/stove, no pets or smoking, owner pays water, $600/mo + security deposit. 570-592-7921
FORTY FORT
WYOMING AVENUE Single level, rear house, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, living room, dining room, kitchen, storage areas, approximately 1100 sq. ft. 1 car off street parking, fridge, stove washer/dryer, quiet place. $550. 1st month & security deposit, no pets/no smoking. Call 570-592-7921 or 570-212-8770
HANOVER TWP. TOWNHOUSE
2 bedrooms, cherry hardwood floors, stainless appliances, European tile kitchen & bath. Parking, A/C, cathedral ceilings, fireplace, balcony $790/month. Call 570-650-0278
HUDSON
2 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator & stove, washer/dryer hookup, full basement, no pets. $625/month, water & sewer paid, security. 570-829-5378
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JENKINS TWP. 3rd floor, 1 bed-
room. All utilities included. Refrigerator & stove. No pets. Available now. $600 month. Call 570-362-0942
KINGSTON 1 bedroom. Available now. $425 + security & electric. Call 570-829-0847
KINGSTON
109 N. Thomas Ave Efficiency with separate kitchen. Modern. Heat, garbage & hot water included. $475, lease, security. 570-474-5023
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KINGSTON
2nd floor, 1 bedroom, wall to wall, refrigerator & stove, heat & hot water. Off-street parking. No pets. No smoking. $550/month, + security & references . 570-288-3119
KINGSTON
3 bedroom, 1 bath, modern kitchen, new carpeting, freshly painted, newer appliances. $625 + utilities. Call 570-239-3887
KINGSTON 40 Pierce Street
1st floor. 2 bedroom. Heat, hot and cold water, trash included. $725/mo. Cats considered. Call (570) 474-5023
KINGSTON
705 Nandy Drive Modern, clean 2 bedroom, all appliances, central air, & off-street parking, No pets / NonSmoking $660/ month + utilities 570-696-3915
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KINGSTON
Awsome 2 bedroom apartments! New appliances, washer/dryer on site, garage parking, no pets. 2nd floor $925 & 1st floor $1,075. Heat, water, & sewer included. Call 570-417-2049
KINGSTON
BUTLER ST. 3 bedrooms, pantry w/eat in kitchen. All appliances. 2.5 baths, separate tub showers. No pets or smoking. $1500/mo plus security & utilities. Call 570-288-4203
KINGSTON
E.Light, WALNUT ST. bright, 3rd
floor, 2 bedrooms, carpeted, security system. Garage. Extra storage & cable TV included. Laundry facilities. Heat & hot water furnished. Fine neighborhood. Convenient to bus & stores. No pets. References. Security. Lease. No smokers please. $715. 570-287-0900
KINGSTON
Near Kirby Park, attractive 1st floor, 2 bedroom duplex. 1.5 baths, washer/ dryer, refrigerator, range, dishwasher. Basement, off street parking, large covered porch. No pets. References & credit check. Includes gas heat, sewer & water. $650 + electric. Call 570-474-5892 Say it HERE in the Classifieds! 570-829-7130
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ASHLEY
We Care about the place you call home, & we want you to care about it too!! 2 & 3 bedrooms, reserved parking. Short block to bus stop. $650 & 725 rent includes heat/ water/sewer & trash. Application, references, background check, smoke free, pet free, lease + security. Call Terry 570-824-1022
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EAST MOUNTAIN APARTMENTS
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place you call home, & we want you to care about it too!! 2 & 3 bedrooms, reserved parking. Short block to bus stop. $650 & 725 rent includes heat/ water/sewer & trash. Application, references, background check, smoke free, pet free, lease + security. Call Terry 570-824-1022
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NUANGOLA
Newly renovated. 3 bedroom. Wall to wall carpet. Screened in porch. Off street parking. Fridge, stove, washer & dryer included. Sewer, lawn maintenance & snow removal also included. $750 + utilities. Call (570) 807-7204 LEAVE MESSAGE
KINGSTON
SPACIOUS 1/2 DOUBLES 3 bedrooms, back yard. Separate utilities. No pets. Background & security. $750/month. 570-242-8380
KINGSTON
Wyoming Avenue 2nd floor, 1 bedroom, appliances, laundry room. $410 + electric. Security & references. 570-696-1600
LARKSVILLE
3 bedroom, 1 bath. $725, with discount. All new hardwood floors and tile. New cabinets/bathroom. Dishwasher, garbage disposal. Washer/dryer hook-up. Off street parking. Facebook us at BOVO Rentals 570-328-9984
LUZERNE
Modern, ground floor, one bedroom apt. Includes heat, & hot water.$660. 570-817-8169
MCADOO
Newly constructed 1 & 2 bedroom 2nd floor apartments. Modern kitchen: stainless steel appliances, granite countertops. Private laundry. Off street parking. No pets. Includes heat, water, garbage & sewer. References & security deposit required. $850 Call (570) 929-2843 for appointment
MOOSIC
4 rooms. 2nd floor. Heat, water & sewer included. $695 + security & references. Call 570-457-7854
MOUNTAIN TOP 1 Bedroom apart-
ments for elderly, disabled. Rents based on 30% of ADJ gross income. Handicap Accessible. Equal Housing Opportunity. TTY711 or 570-474-5010 This institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer.
MOUNTAIN TOP
1 bedroom with full kitchen. Remodeled recently, first floor, ample parking. Hot water, sewer & garbage included. On Rt 309 - close to all amenities! No pets. Non smoking. $560/month + security & references. 570-239-3827
NANTICOKE 2nd floor, 1 bed-
room, washer/dryer hookup, off street parking. No pets. $450/month, heat, water, & hot water incl. 570-855-3958 leave message.
NANTICOKES 603 H ANOVER
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2nd floor, 1 bedroom. No pets. $500 + security, utilities & lease. Photos available. 570-542-5330
NANTICOKE
Adorable year round lake cabin available for 1 year lease. 854 sq.ft. with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Also features 10x25 screened porch, off street parking & appliances. Lake access. Security deposit required. $700/month + utilities. Call Pam Mcgovern 570-474-6307 or 570-715-7749
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PITTSTON
2nd floor, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, refrigerator & stove provided, washer/ dryer hookup, pets negotiable. $525/ month, water and sewer paid, security and lease required. Call after 4pm. 570-237-6277
PITTSTON
3 room, wall to wall carpet, appliances washer/dryer hookup, includes all utilities except electric. No pets $500/month + security Call 570-655-1606
PITTSTON APARTMENT
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, living room, kitchen, refrigerator & stove provided, off-street parking, no pets/ smoke free. $500/month+ utilities, security and lease required. 570-237-0190
PITTSTON
South Main Street 5 rooms, 2nd floor, includes heat, stove & refrigerator, washer/dryer hookup, sewer, front & back porches, fenced yard & private parking. Lawn maintained. No Pets. $675/month 570-654-2257 PLAINS 1st floor. Modern 2 bedroom. Kitchen with appliances. All new carpet. Convenient location. No smoking. No pets. $550 + utilities. 570-714-9234
PLYMOUTH
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom,washer/dryer hook-up, enclosed porch, off-street parking, $475 per month + security & utilities. Call 570-821-9881
PLYMOUTH
2nd floor, 2 bedrooms, washer/dryer hookup, with stove & refrigerator. No pets. References required. $500/month + security + heat & lights. 570-779-4903
PLYMOUTH
Center Avenue Efficiency. 1st floor, heat, hot water, refrigerator & range included. $395/ month + security & references. No pets 570-779-2257 PLYMOUTH Large 1 bedroom apartment. Newly painted. Includes heat, water, sewer, fridge & range. $500 + security. Call Bernie 888-244-2714
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NANTICOKE Nice 2 bedroom
2 bedroom, private setting with pond. 1.5 baths. Ultra modern kitchen with appliances, dishwasher & microwave included. Plenty of closet & storage. Washer/dryer hook up. Private drive. $1,100/month. Water, sewer & garbage included. Security deposit required. Call 570-760-2362
NANTICOKE
Nice clean 1 bedroom. Heat, hot water, garbage fee included. Stove, fridge, air-conditioning, washer/dryer availability. Security. $525 per month Call (570) 736-3125
NANTICOKE
Ready Immediately! Spacious 2nd floor non smoking, 2 bedroom. W/w carpeting, all appliances incl. w/d. Electric heat. Tons of storage, off street parking. Yard and porch. $480/mo, 1 month security, references. Water and sewage incl. tenant pays other utilities 570-650-3358
NANTICOKE
Very clean, nice, 2 bedroom. Water, sewer, stove, fridge, Garbage collection fee included. W/d availability. Large rooms. Security, $545/mo. 570-736-3125
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West Pittston, Pa. GARDEN VILLAGE APARTMENTS 221 Fremont St. Housing for the elderly & mobility impaired; all utilities included. Federally subsidized program. Extremely low income persons encouraged to apply. Income less than $12,400. 570-655-6555, 8 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
WEST WYOMING
2nd floor, 1 bedroom apartment. All appliances. Washer/ dryer. Off street parking. No pets. $525 + utilities, security & references. Call 570-954-2972
WEST WYOMING
429 West 8th Street New 2 bedroom with off street parking, private patio, washer/dryer, stove included. No pets. $575/mos + security Sewer & garbage included other utilities by tenant. 570-760-0458
WILKES-BARRE
Mayflower Crossing Apartments 570.822.3968 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms - Light & bright open floor plans - All major appliances included - Pets welcome* - Close to everything - 24 hour emergency maintenance - Short term leases available
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WILKES-BARRE /SOUTH 1st floor, 1 bedroom,
refrigerator & stove provided, washer/ dryer hookup, offstreet parking. Heat included. $525/ month, + security. Call 570-718-0331
WILKES-BARRE
102 Westminster St 3 bedroom. $650 + security. Section 8 welcome. Call 570-287-1349 or 570-817-1605
WILKES-BARRE
East State Street 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Modern kitchen & bathrooms. All appliances. Ample storage. Some utilities included. $475 & $585 per month. Call (570) 239-2741
apartment. 221 Pine St. $520/month, sewer & garbage included, security deposit required. Call 610-393-7884
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WEST PITTSTON
2 bedroom. 2nd floor. $500 plus utilities 570-299-5471
WEST PITTSTON
2nd floor, 1 bedroom kitchen, living room, bath, and attic storage. Refrigerator and stove provided. Heat, water, and sewer included. Quiet neighborhood, out of flood zone. No pets. $540/month lease, 1st., security deposit, and references required. 570-466-1545
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264 Academy St 1.5 bedrooms, newly renovated building. Washer & dryer available. $600/per month includes heat, hot water and parking. 570-328-9896 570-855-4744
WILKES-BARRE APARTMENTS FOR RENT!
425 S. FRANKLIN ST. For lease. Available immediately, washer/dryer on premises, no pets. We have studio & 1 bedroom apts. On site parking. Fridge & stove provided. 24/7 security camera presence and all doors electronically locked. Studio $450. 1 bedroom $550. Water & sewer paid. One month/security deposit. Call 570-793-6377 or 570-208-9301 after 9:00 a.m. to schedule an appointment. Or email shlomo_voola @yahoo.com wilkesliving.com
WILKES-BARRE â&#x20AC;&#x153;CROSS VALLEY ACCESSâ&#x20AC;? AMERICA REALTY OFFERING: Clean, modern, efficient 1 bedroom, appliances, laundry, parking. STAFFED PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT. NO PETS/ SMOKING/$465 + UTILITIES. 2 YEARS.
AMERICA REALTY 288-1422 WILKES-BARRE
LAFAYETTE GARDENS ! S AVE MONEY THIS YEAR
113 Edison St. Quiet neighborhood. 2 bedroom apartments available for immediate occupancy. Heat & hot water included. $625 Call Aileen at 570-822-7944
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WILKES-BARRE Modern, 1st floor
apartment. 2 bedroom, 1.5 baths, offstreet parking. No pets, no smokers. Security & credit/ background check required. $550/ month + utilities. 570-881-4078 WILKES-BARRE Short Term OK! Studio near Wilkes. Furniture available. Lease till June or August. $450. All utilities included. 570-826-1934
WILKES-BARRE SOUTH SECURE BUILDINGS 1 & 2 bedroom
apartments. Starting at $440 and up. References required. Section 8 ok. 570-332-5723
WILKES-BARRE
TWO BEDROOM UNIT For lease, available immediately, 1 bathroom, refrigerator & stove provided, washer/dryer hookup, 2nd floor. $500 per month + utilities, references, security & background check 570-735-4074 Leave message
LINEUP ASUCCESSFULSALE INCLASSIFIED! Doyouneedmorespace? A yard or garage sale in classified is the best way tocleanoutyourclosets! You’re in bussiness with classified! WILKES-BARRE 1 bedroom water included 2 bedroom water included 2 bedroom single family 6 bedroom large half double HANOVER 2 bedroom NANTICOKE 2 bedroom large, water included PITTSTON Large 1 bedroom water included KINGSTON 3 Bedroom Half Double LUZERNE 2 bedroom water included OLD FORGE 2 bedroom water included McDermott & McDermott Real Estate Inc. Property Management 570-821-1650 (direct line) Mon-Fri. 8-7pm Sat. 8-noon
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Center City WB
FREE HIGH SPEED INTERNET! Why pay extra for
internet? Our new leases include a FREE high speed connection! Affordable modern office space at the Luzerne Bank Building on Public Square. Rents include internet, heat, central air, utilities, trash removal, and nightly cleaning all without a sneaky CAM charge. Parking available at the intermodal garage via our covered bridge. 300SF to 5000SF available. We can remodel to suit. Brokers protected. Call Jeff Pyros at 570-822-8577
DOLPHIN PLAZA
Rte. 315 3800 SF, will divide Office / Retail Call 570-829-1206
GARAGES
1200 sq. ft. garage zoned for commercial $400 per month. ALSO 1200 SQ.FT. WITH LIFT $700 MONTH (570) 814-8876
LUZERNE
125 Main Street Office or Retail Space available with over 2,000 sq. ft. plus attached garage. High traffic area. $650/ month + utilities. Call 570-331-3600
PITTSTON COOPERS CO-OP
Lease Space Available, Light manufacturing, warehouse, office, includes all utilities with free parking. I will save you money!
PITTSTON
Main St. 1350 sq. ft. building. Formerly an appliance store. $750/mo. 570-654-1243
PLAINS
AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 1,500 SQ.FT. 1350 River Road Excellent location for small business or office. Will remodel to suit tenant. Call 570-760-3714 or 570-237-5664
RETAIL BUILDING
WILKES-BARRE/NORTH
Quiet neighborhood. Apartment near Mohegan Sun, Mall & Arena. 1 bedroom, living room, kitchen & bath. Recently remodeled. New Stove, washer, dryer & fridge. included. Heat, hot water, sewer & recycling fees included. Off street parking. $600 /mo. + security. References, credit & background checks required. Call 570-861-2264
WYOMING 1 bedroom 2nd floor
at $625/month. Off street parking. Non smoking. No pets. Bonus walk up attic with tons of storage. Heat, water, garbage, sewer included. 1 month security, credit check & references. 1 year lease. Please call Donna 570-613-9080
WILKES-BARRE TWP 12,000 sf. Route 309. Exit 165 off I81. 570-823-1719
315 PLAZA 1750 sf former Physician Office. OFFICE/RETAIL 570-829-1206
WAREHOUSE/LIGHT MANUFACTURING OFFICE SPACE PITTSTON Main St.
12,000 sq. ft. building in downtown location. Warehouse with light manufacturing. Building with some office space. Entire building for lease or will sub-divide. MLS #10-1074 Call Charlie 570-829-6200 VM 101
Wilkes-Barre/ Plains Twp.
WYOMING
BLANDINA APARTMENTS Deluxe 1 & 2 bedroom. Wall to wall carpet. Some utilities by tenant. No pets. Non-smoking. Elderly community. Quiet, safe. Off street parking. Call 570-693-2850
WYOMING
WAREHOUSE Laird St. Complex,
Will divide for multiple tenants. Reasonable rates. Easy Interstate access. Lease 132,500 sq.ft., 12 loading docks, 30 ft ceilings, sprinkler, acres of parking. Offices Available 570-655-9732 ext. 312
COMMERCIAL LOT 233 Wyoming Ave, Rt. 11 (1/4 mile from proposed Walmart) For Sale or lease. $96,000. 570-388-6669
WYOMING Large 2 bedroom,
WEST PITTSTON
WYOMING
Updated 1 bedroom. New Wall to wall carpet. Appliances furnished. Coin op laundry. $550. Heat, water & sewer included. Call 570-687-6216 or 570-954-0727
Half Doubles
FORTY FORT
26 Oak Street 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, all appliances provided, washer/ dryer hookup, garage parking, fenced yard, pets OK, $795/month, plus utilities. Call 570-415-5555 FORTY FORT 3 bedroom, excellent condition, great location. Off street parking. Storage basement. Washer/ dryer included. $650 + utilities. By application. 570-954-0505
HANOVER TWP. 221 Boland Ave
1 bedroom. $325+utilities Call Mark at (570) 899-2835 (917) 345-9060
HANOVER TWP.
$650/month, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, living dining room & eat in kitchen. Appliances, washer/dryer hook up. Off street parking. Water, sewer & recyclables included. Security, references & credit check. No pets. 570-824-3223
KINGSTON
ONE MONTH FREE 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator, stove & dishwasher, washer/dryer on premises, front & rear porches, full basement & attic. Offstreet parking, no pets, totally remodeled. $1,000/month, + utilities, security & lease. Call 570-824-7598
MINERS MILLS
Section W-B. 3 bedroom, 1 bath. No pets. $215 per week (all utilities included) References, Lease & Security deposit (570) 881-7864
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PLAINS
NEW LUXURY DUPLEX This beautiful, completely renovated 2 bedroom luxury apartment could be yours! All new high end amenities include: hardwood floors, gorgeous maple kitchen cabinets with granite countertops & stainless steel appliances. Spacious great room with gas fireplace. Stacked washer/dryer. All new tile bath. Large screened-in porch. Many large, convenient closets. Central Air. New gas heating system. Huge attic for storage. “Must See!” $850 + utilities, lease & security. NO PETS. Call for appointment. 570-793-6294
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HARVEYS LAKE
3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, large living room, dining room family room, kitchen with appliances, washer / dryer hookup. New w/w carpet & freshly painted. Large yard & screened porch. Water, sewer, garbage & snow plowing included. No pets. Non smoking. Security deposit, references & credit check required. $1,100/per month + utilities. 570-709-6678
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Find Something? Lose Something? Get it back where it belongs with a Lost/Found ad! 570-829-7130 NANTICOKE RENTAL-SINGLE FAMILY HOME
202 East Union St., Very spacious single family home for rent. 3/4 bedrooms, kitchen with breakfast room, dining room, living room, 3-season porch. Range, refrigerator, dishwasher, washer & dryer provided. Note: there is no yard and garage is for owner’s use only. No pets of any kind. No smoking. Applicant to provide proof of income and is responsible for cost of credit check. MLS#12-357 $600 per month plus security deposit. Tenant is responsible for all utilities except sewer. Mary Ellen Belchick 696-6566 Walter Belchick 696-2600 ext. 301
SCRANTON/NORTH
WANAMIE
3 bedrooms, 1 bath, stove provided, washer/dryer hookup, off-street parking, $575/ month, plus utilities. Section 8 OK Call 610-393-7884
953 Houses for Rent
BACK MOUNTAIN
Private, 3 bedroom ranch, patio, porch, appliances, work shop. $830 + utilities & security. Call 570-522-0084
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Garages
4 locking garages/ storage units for rent. 9’x11’. $55/ month. No electric. Call 570-357-1138
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Half Doubles
ALDEN / NANTICOKE
3 Bedrooms. Gas Heat. Hookups. Parking. Large yard. No Pets. $545 + utilities Security $300 570-824-8786
PLAINS Miners Mills ½ double with 3 bedrooms, & 1 bath. Security deposit required. No pets. Utilities by tenant. $600/month Call Dave Gula 570-696-5435
SMITH HOURIGAN 570-696-1195
SWOYERSVILLE 124 Perrin St
2 bedroom single. Gas heat. New appliances including washer & dryer. Shed. No pets. $675 + utilities, security, lease, references & background check. Call 570-406-1353 SWOYERSVILLE Completely remodeled Large 2 story, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, single family home including refrigerator, stove, dishwasher & disposal. Gas heat, nice yard, good neighborhood,. Off street parking. Shed. No pets. $995 / month. 570-479-6722
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SWOYERSVILLE
Renovated 2 bedroom mobile home with central air, new carpeting, modern kitchen with all appliances, nice neighborhood, fenced yard and off street parking. No pets. Security & lease. $495 + all utilities. 570-690-3086
Building & Remodeling
1st. Quality Construction Co.
Roofing, siding, gutters, insulation, decks, additions, windows, doors, masonry & concrete. Insured & Bonded.
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570-299-7241 570-606-8438 ALL OLDER HOMES SPECIALIST 825-4268. Remodel / repair, Windows & Doors
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Building & Remodeling
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Shedlarski Construction H I
All types of residential remodeling. Kitchens & baths. Specializing in Windows & Vinyl Siding. Solar light tunnels. 30 years experience. BBB. PA025042 Licensed & Insured Free Estimates 570-287-1982
Licensed, insured & PA registered. Kitchens, baths, vinyl siding & railings, replacement windows & doors, additions, garages, all phases of home renovations. Free Estimates 570-287-4067
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Carpet Cleaning
Alan & Linda’s Carpet and/or Chair Cleaning
2 FOR $39
570-826-7035
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SMITH HOURIGAN 570-696-1195
HARVEYS LAKE 2 bedrooms, 2
baths, all appliances, hardwood floors, washer/dryer on premises, single car attached garage. No pets. $925/month + security. Water, sewer & garbage paid. Call 570-855-2687
WILKES-BARRE SOUTH
Great neighborhood, 3 bedrooms, modern kitchen & bath. Wall to wall carpet. $625 + security & utilities. Call 570-856-3700
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TOWNHOUSE. 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, behind VA hospital in Summit Place. Kitchen appliances, parking. $800/mo + utilities. Call Annie 570-497-6060
959 Mobile Homes
DALLAS
220 Davenport St Small trailer with 1 ½ bedrooms. Private fenced lot with shed. Appliances included. $500 month + 1 month security. Tenant pays electric, gas & water. Available immediately. No pets. 570-477-5747
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Rooms
BARNESVILLE 1st floor efficiency and bigger, all utilities. $100/mo 570-929-1444
KINGSTON HOUSE Nice, clean furnished room, starting at $340. Efficiency at $450 month furnished with all utilities included. Off street parking. 570-718-0331
WILKES-BARRE
Large 1 family house, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, large living & dining rooms, extra room, eat-in-kitchen, finished attic. Backyard & driveway. Washer/dryer hookup. $750/ month + utilities, + 1 month security. Call 609-356-8416
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GREENBRIAR Well maintained ranch style condo features living room with cathedral ceiling, oak kitchen, dining room with vaulted ceiling, 2 bedrooms and 2 3/4 baths, master bedroom with walk in closet. HOA fees included. $1,000 per month + utilities. MLS#11-4063. Call Kevin Smith 570-696-5422
WILKES-BARRE
One 4 bedroom $740 One 3 Bedroom $625 One 2 bedroom $580 Plus all utilities References & security. No pets. 570-766-1881
971 Vacation & Resort Properties
WILKES-BARRE
Furnished room for rent. Close to downtown. $90/week + security. Everything included. Call 570-704-8288
Professional Services Directory
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3/4 bedrooms. porch, yard. $750 monthly. available march 1st. (516) 507-9403 or 516-582-9719
PITTSTON
Completely renovated 3 bedrooms, stove provided, washer/dryer hookup, off-street parking, no pets. Background check. $695/month, + utilities, security required. Call 570-479-0302
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PLYMOUTH 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Located on Academy St. New paint, carpet & windows. $700 + utilities & security. Small pet OK with extra security. Off street parking . Call 570-760-6410
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NANTICOKE
Desirable Lexington Village Nanticoke, PA Many ranch style homes. 2 bedrooms 2 Free Months With A 2 Year Lease $900 + electric only
WYOMING 72’ x 200’ VACANT
Completely refurbished, 2nd floor, 2 bedrooms, refrigerator & stove, no pets. $600/month, 1 month security. Heat & hot water included. 570-693-2254 or 570-262-3003
1st floor, lease, security, section 8 accepted. Handicap accessible, $695 + electric. All other utilities included. 570-687-6216 or 570-954-0727
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NICHOLS CONSTRUCTION
All Types Of Work New or Remodeling Licensed & Insured Free Estimates 570-406-6044
Say it HERE in the Classifieds! 570-829-7130
Chimney Service
A-1 1 ABLE CHIMNEY Rebuild & Repair Chimneys. All types of Masonry. Liners Installed, Brick & Block, Roofs & Gutters. Licensed & Insured 570-735-2257
CHIMNEY REPAIRS Parging. Stucco.
Stainless Liners. Cleanings. Custom Sheet Metal Shop. 570-383-0644 1-800-943-1515 Call Now! COZY HEARTH CHIMNEY Chimney Cleaning, Rebuilding, Repair, Stainless Steel Lining, Parging, Stucco, Caps, Etc. Free Estimates Licensed & Insured 1-888-680-7990 570-840-0873
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Concrete & Masonry
C&C Masonry and Concrete. Absolutely free estimates. Masonry & concrete work. Specializing in foundations, repairs and rebuilding. Footers floors, driveways. 570-766-1114 570-346-4103 PA084504
Williams & Franks Inc Masonry contractors. Chimney, stucco & concrete. Cleanouts and hauling service. 570-466-2916
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GARAGE DOOR
Sales, service, installation & repair. FULLY INSURED HIC# 065008 CALL JOE 570-606-7489 570-735-8551
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Dry Wall
MIKE SCIBEK DRYWALL
Hanging & finishing, design ceilings and painting. Free estimates. Licensed & Insured. 328-1230
MIRRA DRYWALL Hanging & Finishing Textured Ceilings Licensed & Insured Free Estimates
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Handyman Services
DOPainting, IT ALL HANDYMAN drywall,
plumbing & all types of interior & exterior home repairs. 570-829-5318
RUSSELL’S
Property & Lawn Maintenance
LICENSED & INSURED FREE ESTIMATES All types of interior and exterior home & business repairs 570-406-3339
The Handier Man
We fix everything! Plumbing, Electrical & Carpentry. Retired Mr. Fix It. Emergencies 23/7
299-9142
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Hauling & Trucking
AAA CLEANING A1 GENERAL HAULING Cleaning attics, cellars, garages. Demolitions, Roofing & Tree Removal. Free Est. 779-0918 or 542-5821; 814-8299 AAA Bob & Ray’s Hauling: Friendly & Courteous. We take anything & everything. Attic to basement. Garage, yard, free estimates. Call 570-655-7458 or 570-905-4820
Electrical
GRULA ELECTRIC LLC
Licensed, Insured, No job too small.
570-829-4077
SLEBODA ELECTRIC Master electrician Licensed & Insured Service Changes & Replacements. Generator Installs. 868-4469
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Hauling & Trucking
CASTAWAY HAULING JUNK REMOVAL
823-3788 / 817-0395 FREE SCRAP METAL REMOVAL
Services include: general hauling, attics, basements, garages, and estate clean out. Call Ray’s Recycling 570-735-2399
Mike’s $5-Up
Removal of Wood, Trash and Debris. Same Day Service.
570-826-1883
VERY CHEAP JUNK REMOVAL! Licensed, Insured & Bonded. Will beat any price, guaranteed! Free Estimates. Over 10,000 served.
570-693-3932
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Insurance
NEPA LONG TERM CARE AGENCY
Long Term Care Insurance products/life insurance/estate planning. Reputable Companies. 570-580-0797 FREE CONSULT
(570) 675-3378 1084
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ALL KINDS OF HAULING & JUNK REMOVAL
TREE/SHRUB REMOVAL REMOVAL DEMOLITION Estate Cleanout Free Estimates 24 HOUR SERVICE SMALL AND LARGE JOBS! 570-823-1811 570-239-0484
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1162 Landscaping/ Garden TREE REMOVAL Stump grinding, Hazard tree removal, Grading, Drainage, Lot clearing, Stone/ Soil delivery. Insured. Reasonable Rates 570-574-1862
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1189 Miscellaneous Service
VITO’S & GINO’S Wanted: WANTED ALL JUNK CARS, TRUCKS & HEAVY EQUIPMENT DUMPTRUCKS BULLDOZERS BACKHOES
Highest Prices Paid!! FREE PICKUP
288-8995 1195
Movers
BestDarnMovers Moving Helpers Call for Free Quote. We make moving easy. BestDarnMovers.com 570-852-9243
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Painting & Wallpaper
“AA+ C LASSICAL”
All phases. Complete int/ext paint & renovations Since 1990 Free Estimates Licensed-Insured 570-283-5714
M. PARALIS PAINTING
Int/ Ext. painting, Power washing. Professional work at affordable rates. Free estimates. 570-288-0733
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Plumbing & Heating
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Roofing & Siding
GIVENS CONSTRUCTION New roofs and
repairs. Shingles, rubber, slate, metal roofs, terracotta, and many others. Licensed and Ins. Free estimates 570-239-8534 PA 010925
J.R.V. ROOFING
570-824-6381 Roof Repairs & New Roofs. Shingle, Slate, Hot Built Up, Rubber, Gutters & Chimney Repairs. Year Round. Licensed/Insured FREE Estimates *24 Hour Emergency Calls*
Jim Harden
570-288-6709
New Roofs & Repairs, Shingles, Rubber, Slate, Gutters, Chimney Repairs. Credit Cards accepted. FREE ESTIMATES! Licensed-Insured EMERGENCIES
WINTER ROOFING Special $1.29 s/f Licensed, insured, fast service 570-735-0846
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Snow Removal
SNOW
PLOWING Commercial
Industrial Residential DRIVEWAYS SIDEWALKS SALTING
VITO & GINO’S 570-574-1275
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Tax Preparation
NEED FLOOD REPAIRS?
Boilers, Furnaces, Air. 0% Interest 6 months. 570-736-HVAC (4822) Say it HERE in the Classifieds! 570-829-7130
TAX PREPARATION by Law School
Graduate with Tax Certificate Reasonable Call 570-793-6210