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Romney, Santorum duke it out

Both win states, and prized Ohio is too close to call between them

By MARK Z. BARABAK Los Angeles Times

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum battled to the wire in a close Super Tuesday finish, as each chalked up victories in states they expected to win and ran neck-and-neck in the fight for the day’s biggest prize, Ohio.

Romney won Virginia, Vermont, Massachusetts and was projected to win Idaho, piling up convention delegates, and told cheering supporters in Boston that was just the beginning.

“We’re going to get more before the night is over,” the former Massachusetts governor said. “We’re on our way.”

Danny Mincey leaves Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church to cast his vote Tuesday in Memphis, Tenn.

His mood, however, appeared less celebratory than resigned to several more weeks of hard campaigning.

Santorum won North Dakota — a surprise — as well as Oklahoma and Tennessee. The latter two denied Romney the Southern breakSee SUPER, Page 8A

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WILKES-BARRE BLAZES

Two men die after fire rescue

Fire that left 24 homeless was set, state marshals say

By STEVE MOCARSKY smocarsky@timesleader.com

Two vacant homes, targets of complaints, burn in other blaze on Academy St. early Tuesday morning.

By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com EDWARD LEWIS elewis@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – Two men lost their lives in one of two house fires that raged in the city Tuesday.

The victims, who have not been identified, were pulled unconscious by firefighters from the third floor of 37 Pine St. in the city’s East End neighborhood shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Firefighters performed CPR on the men just outside the stillLisman did burning building; one in the backyard and one in not release the street. Both were the names of transported by ambuthe victims lance to Wilkes-Barre because their General Hospital, but families have were pronounced dead shortly after arriving at not been the hospital at 5:30 p.m., contacted. acting Luzerne County Coroner Bill Lisman said. Carbon monoxide intoxication was ruled the cause of death.

Lisman did not release the names of the victims because their families have not been contacted. Neighbors identified the victims as middle-aged men of Hispanic descent named José and Willy.

Michele Boice, of Harveys Lake, said

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Above: Paramedics and firefighters remove a fire victim from the scene of a Wilkes-Barre house fire Tuesday.

Far left: Flames are coming through a home on the corner of Pine and Maxwell streets.

Left: Wilkes-Barre firefighters remove a victim from the Pine Street fire.

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HAZLETON – An earlymorning blaze that destroyed an apartment building, damaged a home next door and left about 24 people homeless on Wednesday was intentionally set.

Hazleton Deputy Fire Chief Shawn Jones said a two-story building at 133135 E. Diamond Ave. that contained six apartments – five of them occupied – Hazleton was fully Code Enengulfed in flames when forcement firefighters Officer Riarrived a chard Wech little before 5 a.m. said the The fire building quickly presents an spread to the “imminent attic of a single-family danger.” home at 137 E. Diamond Ave., which sustained fire, smoke and heavy water damage, Jones said.

Jones said at the scene that officials considered the blaze suspicious because firefighters responded to a fire on the porch of the apartment building just before 11 p.m. Monday. He said someone had set fire to a chair on the porch.

Later on Tuesday, Deputy Fire Chief Brian Mandak said state police fire marSee HAZLETON, Page 8A

Andy’s Diner is back, serving up satisfaction

By BILL O’BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com

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Andy Hornick Sr., of Andy’s River Road Diner, receives a welcomeback hug from regular Cindy during the breakfast rush Tuesday.

used to being retired, but it’s great to see all of our friends again.”

Andy Hornick To see additional Jr., 39, is the owner photos, visit now, but he has his www.times mom, Kathy, and leader.com dad to help.

Andy Jr. has been working at the diner since he was a sophomore in high school. He said it cost $350,000 to get the diner back in shape – most coming from

PLAINS TWP. – Booths were filled and counter seats taken Tuesday as Andy’s River Road Diner customers returned for food and conversation at the eatery that had been closed since September’s flooding.

For the first time in six months, the aroma of fresh-brewed coffee filled the air and contributed to the atmosphere of old friends getting back together.

“It’s great getting back,” said Andy Hornick Sr., the restaurant’s semi-retired founder. “I was getting See DINER, Page 8A

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City Council doesn’t address Sterling fee Mayor has not yet made proposal on waiving $50K in fees, councilman says.

By BILL O’BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – On Monday, all five City Council members said they had questions regarding the waiving of permit fees for the demolition of the Hotel Sterling and were looking forward to discussing the issue.

At Tuesday night’s work session, none of the council members brought it up.

“The question hasn’t been raised to council,” said Council Chairman Mike Merritt.

Asked what he meant by Leighton that, Merritt said Mayor Tom Leighton has not yet offered a recommendation on whether the city should waive the estimated $50,000 in permit fees as requested by the Luzerne County Council.

Merritt said council could waive all, part or none of the fees.

A majority of council members

interviewed Monday said they would oppose dropping the fee, which would be paid by the county. They cited the city’s financial investment in the Sterling – about $300,000 – as the reason.

The County Council can opt to provide the $1 million for demolition, mothball the building for possible future development or do nothing. The county has a stake in the property because of $6 million in community development loans for the project.

The city, which condemned the 114-year-old structure, could be forced to come up with the demolition cost should the coun-

2011 machete attack in W-B heads to trial

Junior Alberto Diaz-Reyes charged with slashing teen boy in head last June.

By SHEENA DELAZIO sdelazio@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – A city man who police say slashed a teen boy in the head with a machete will stand trial next month, a county judge said Tuesday.

Junior Alberto Diaz-Reyes, 25, of South Grant Street, appeared in Luzerne County Court on Tuesday on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment in the June 2011 incident.

Judge David Lupas said he will issue court papers scheduling a trial for sometime in April.

Assistant District Attorney William Finnegan said DiazReyes’ attorney, Christopher O’Donnell, is waiting for documentation in the case to review.

Police allege Diaz-Reyes swung a machete that slashed a 16-year-old boy in the forehead during an argument in the area

COURT BRIEFS WILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne woman charged with using another woman’s credit card to make several purchases in 2010 was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation.

Annette Billings, 46, of Bennett Street, was sentenced on a single count of identity theft by County Judge Tina Polachek Gartley. Billings pleaded guilty to the charge in December and paid $1,161 in restitution Tuesday. A remaining $161 must still be paid, Polachek Gartley said, and 25 hours of community service completed.

of East Northampton and South Grant streets.

The boy was taken to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, where he was treated for lacerations to his forehead, injuries to his left eye and a fractured skull, police said.

According to court papers, Diaz-Reyes was drinking beer while sitting on steps to another house at East Northampton and South Grant streets when the boy and his friends walked by, and Diaz-Reyes started speaking to the boy in Spanish.

An argument erupted when the boy told Diaz-Reyes he did not speak the language. DiazReyes and the boy shoved one another as the boy tried to walk away.

Diaz-Reyes ran after the boy, pulling out a machete that he swung at the boy, striking him in the forehead and eye, the complaint says.

Diaz-Reyes is currently jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility on $10,000 bail.

A request to reduce his bail amount had been previously denied by a judge.

sentenced on April 17, a senior judge said.

Senior Judge Kenneth Brown granted a request by Chase’s attorney, Nanda Palissery, to delay the sentencing to give an expert time to review a report by the state Sexual Offender’s Assessment Board.

WILKES-BARRE – A Pittston Township man facing new charges in relation to firing a gun into a tax office in early January has asked a judge to reduce his $100,000 bail.

Michael Kozloski, 28, was originally charged in January with related charges, but those charges were later dismissed.

New charges, filed on Feb. 28, by Pittston Township police WILKES-BARRE – The include aggravated assault, sentencing of a Pittston man discharging a firearm into an convicted of several charges occupied structure, person not relating to a case in which to possess a firearm, simple prosecutors say he had an inappropriate relationship with assault, reckless endangerment and indecent exposure. a young girl has been delayed A preliminary hearing is until April. tentatively scheduled for Albert Chase, 33, who was scheduled to be sentenced next March 13 for Kozloski, his attorney Jonathan Ursiak said week on three counts of involin court papers, and asked a untary deviate sexual interjudge to reduce his bail amount course, and one count each of because it is “excessive” and rape of a person less than 13 violates his constitutional years old and aggravated inrights. decent assault will now be

POLICE BLOTTER WYOMING -- A man who stopped to ask for directions at a state police barracks was arrested on evidence of drunken driving.

State police at Wyoming said Raymond J. Rock, 67, of Edwardsville, drove his 2005 Chevy Malibu into the parking lot of their Wyoming Avenue barracks

at about 4:30 Monday afternoon and pulled to the back of the building, where patrol cars are parked.

Rock parked in the space reserved for the Troop P area commander, got out of his vehicle and knocked at the rear door, which is restricted to state police personnel only. After getting no answer, he walked to another building on the property and spoke with members of

ty decide to revoke its offer to finance the demolition. City Controller Kathy Kane informed council of a movement to support state legislation that would clarify the law as it applies to arbitration awards and to municipal pensions, binding arbitration and unfunded state mandates.

Kane gave a packet of information for each council member from the Coalition for Sustainable Communities. She said she will meet with council and the administration to discuss the concerns in detail.

On Thursday, council will vote:

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ich Burns, deputy administrator of the Luzerne-Wyoming Counties MH/MR Program, speaks Tuesday during Luzerne County Council’s proclamation ceremony naming March as Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The Arc of Luzerne County says it joins people everywhere in raising awareness about disability issues.

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HANOVER TWP. – Three people were arrested in separate drug sweeps conducted by the state Office of Attorney General’s Luzerne County Drug Task Force.

Marion Gause, 44, of Myers Court, Wilkes-Barre, also known as Unique, and Nichole Lane, 42, of East Ridge Street, Nanticoke, were arrested Friday after they allegedly sold heroin in the parking lot at the Hanover Mall, Sans Sou-

ci Parkway. A search of Lane’s residence uncovered heroin packets stamped “No Way Out” and “Mafia,” township police said.

Gause and Lane were charged with several drug trafficking charges and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $50,000 bail each.

Gause is a member of the Bloods street gang, police said.

Drug agents arrested Edward Clark Pacheco, 31, also known as

“Q,” on Monday after he allegedly sold heroin in the same parking lot. A search at Pacheco’s residence on East Main Street, Nanticoke, allegedly uncovered heroin packets stamped “CVS” and “Hangover,” crack cocaine, cell phones, a digital scale and a .40caliber handgun, police said.

Pacheco was charged with multiple drug offenses and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $50,000 bail.

Dallas Twp. fire companies working out boundaries

By SARAH HITE shite@timesleader.com

DALLAS TWP. – The supervisors’ first work session Tuesday ended with the township’s two fire companies agreeing to work out their boundaries with Luzerne County 911.

Dallas Fire and Ambulance addressed the board about disputed territories within the township after two former supervisors did not approve suggestions made by the fire companies and Luzerne County 911.

In August, 911 approached the township

to redistrict the dispatching territories due to a new computer-aided mapping system.

Andrew Zahorsky of Luzerne County 911said the county wanted boundary clarification on streets both fire companies shared.

The map was finalized in August, and Zahorsky said 911 started using the new technology last week.

Conrad Higgins of the Kunkle Fire Co. said the fire company is willing to work out the issues, though he felt Kunkle’s territory has been depleted over the last 50

the Troop P Vice Unit, who had watched Rock pull into the parking space, state police said.

Troopers determined he was under the influence of alcohol because he allegedly had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, was unsteady on his feet and didn’t know exactly where he was, state police said.

Rock said he was looking for his accountant, state police said.

He was taken into custody

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W H AT ’ S N E X T The next supervisors meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. March 20 in the municipal building.

years he has been a part of the company.

In other business, the board discussed changes that will need to be made to the zoning ordinance to comply with state Act 13, governing the natural gas and oil industries.

Jack Varaly, the township’s planning consultant, said the new state law supersedes local zoning laws. The town-

and transported to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for a bloodalcohol test. Charges are pending those test results, state police said.

HANOVER TWP. -- Police are investigating an altercation that involved gunshots outside an American Legion in a residential neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

Police said a large fight that

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ship approved comprehensive regulations on natural gas activities in October as two companies pursued gas facilities there.

Varaly said there are a few areas the law does not address, such as buffer zones and lot sizes, the township could use to strengthen its ordinance.

Supervisor Liz Martin suggested the township protest the law by not complying, but Solicitor Thomas Brennan said the township’s power is given by the state, and lawsuits could arise from such an action.

involved several gunshots were reported outside American Legion Post 609 at Lee Park Avenue and St. Mary’s Road at about 3:43 a.m.

Several people were injured in the fight but there were no injuries related to the gunshots, police said.

Anyone with information about the gunshots is asked to call Hanover Township police at 825-1251.

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A BRIEF THAT RAN on 1C in Tuesday’s Health Section contained misinformation.

Jayden May, a 7-year-old from Hanover Township who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, will be receiving a diabetic alert dog that requires the family to raise $20,000.

To help with fundraisers or make a donation, contact Sara May at: jaydensmom2004@gmail.com.

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Prison guard on trial

A Luzerne County jury heard testimony Tuesday in the case of a county prison guard charged with selling drugs to another guard.

Christopher Walsh, 29, of Pittston, faces three charges in the case. Testimony is expected to continue through today.

On Tuesday, jurors heard several recorded conversations between Walsh and another guard, Joseph Ciampi, about Walsh grand jury subpoenas, testimony and how investigators were tipped off to the drug activity.

Ciampi offered testimony to the grand jury during the investigation and had resigned from his position at the county prison as a guard. Ciampi has not been charged.

Walsh was charged in March 2011 along with three other prison workers, following a 13-month probe.

After a grand jury hearing, prosecutors learned Walsh allegedly sold cocaine to corrections officers.

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LOCAL NEW CHIEF

Former state police Cmdr. Frank V. DeAndrea Jr. to face City Council’s approval

Hazleton mayor tabs new top cop Mayor Joe Yannuzzi, left, announces that retired Pennsylvania State Police Cmdr. Frank V. DeAndrea Jr., right, as his choice to replace retiring Hazleton Police Chief Robert Ferdinand at a press conference on Tuesday at City Hall.

state police.

“I’m honored to actually be asked to be the chief of the city of Hazleton,” DeAndrea said. “As many of you know, I’ve spent 25 years in law enforcement, 23 of them with the state police. And other than three years in Philadelphia, the majority of my time has been in Luzerne County.”

DeAndrea said he “grew up” as a law enforcement officer working with city police officers, many of those years as a forensics expert for the state police.

“Through all of my law enforcement career, I feel I’ve always had a good rela-

By STEVE MOCARSKY smocarsky@timesleader.com

HAZLETON – Mayor Joe Yannuzzi on Tuesday announced former Pennsylvania State Police Cmdr. Frank V. DeAndrea Jr. as his choice to be the next city chief of police.

“Frank and I go way back. I’ve known him a long time. I know his experience with the police and his experience in the gaming,” Yannuzzi said at a press conference at City Hall.

DeAndrea, 48, a native of Hazleton, served as commander of the Pocono Downs Gaming Enforcement Office until retiring last April. That position topped off a 23-year career with the See HAZLETON, Page 4A

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Boyfriend Joseph Dunaj accused of attack on Lisa Scoffone

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Bishop coming for service

St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, 106 Welles St., will hold a thanksgiving service this evening at about 7, after the Lenten Liturgy of pre-sanctified gifts at 6.

His Grace Bishop Tikhon, the bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, is expected for the services.

The service is to give thanks for the safety of firefighters and the Rev. Adam R. Sexton and his family after a fire broke out in the church rectory during Sunday’s service, said Sexton, who is also the city fire department’s chaplain.

“It’s thanksgiving to the community for all their support,” he said.

A pot luck in the church parlors below the church will follow the thanksgiving service.

Disciplinary actions were taken by state departments against 171 licensed or commissioned professionals and organizations across the state in February.

Two of the measures were levied against area professionals, according to the Department of State: • Mark H. Bell, of Shavertown, was indefinitely suspended for no less than 18 months retroactive to June 28, 2011, by the state Board of Medicine because he is unable to practice medicine and surgery with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness or addiction to drugs or alcohol.

• David Lloyd Naugle, of Hazleton, Luzerne County, was temporarily suspended by the state Board of Optometry, pending a hearing, on the grounds that his continued practice of optometry within the state may be a danger to public health and safety.

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Genealogy session is set

People hoping to trace their family tree can learn a bevy of techniques April 21 when Luzerne County Community College’s Educational Conference Center hosts a “Family History Seminar.”

“Searching for our ancestors: Navigating federal, state and local records,” will run from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with sessions covering how to use the newly Mooney released 1940 census, state archives, military records in the national archives and Luzerne County naturalization records.

Tom Mooney, genealogy columnist for The Times Leader, will give an informal noon talk on “why local history is important to genealogy,” and Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Secretary Helen T. O’Brien will conclude with, “Where do we go from here?” A buffet lunch is included.

The local and state genealogical societies are sponsoring the event.

Cost is $35 until March 12, $45 from March 13 through April 16. Information and registration forms are available through the events calendar at genpa.org.

Union head urges close look at WIB operations

Workforce Investment Board workers getting too much compensation, Paula Schnelly says.

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Blood on a blue Hyundai at Marion Terrace in Hanover Township shows the aftermath of a stabbing on Tuesday.

Joseph Dunaj was arrested on accusations he stabbed girlfriend Lisa Scoffone, who underwent surgery, police said.

Woman stabbed multiple times

By EDWARD LEWIS elewis@timesleader.com

HANOVER TWP. – Blood spatter covered a blue Hyundai outside a Marion Terrace apartment after Lisa Scoffone allegedly was stabbed multiple times by her boyfriend, Joseph Dunaj, on Tuesday.

Township police arrested Dunaj, 27, outside 1601 Mark Drive as Scoffone was leaning over the vehicle just after 11:30 a.m.

Scoffone was rushed by township paramedics to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, where she underwent surgery, Police Chief Al Walker said.

Walker said Dunaj was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility on a probation violation. Charges are expected to be filed against Dunaj pending an investigation, Walker said.

Police allege Dunaj stabbed Scoffone inside their apartment.

Court records indicate Dunaj is serving a two-year probation sentence that was imposed by a Luzerne County judge on May 6 on a criminal trespass charge when he smashed a window at the same apartment on Nov. 20, 2010.

Scoffone filed a protection from abuse order against Dunaj in January

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Police conduct a probe of a stabbing in Hanover Township on Tuesday.

2010 that he violated seven times, according to court records.

Earlier in the morning, Lorinda Bryant said she was walking to a bus stop and was asked by Scoffone’s mother to help her check on Scoffone.

Bryant, who resides on Mark Drive

in the apartment complex, said the mother was outside honking her car’s horn and getting no response from the daughter. “(Scoffone’s) mom stopped me to help her check on this Lisa girl, she said she wasn’t answering,” Bryant said. “I walked in and yelled and she (Scoffone) came down from upstairs.”

Bryant said she left and later returned to find police at the same apartment.

“I feel bad; I don’t even know these people. With this happening around here, it’s kind of scary,” Bryant said.

Bryant said the victim’s mother was returning a young boy to the apartment Tuesday morning. The apartment is adjacent to a small playground in the apartment complex.

A front window was smashed and blinds were damaged in the 1601 Mark Drive apartment.

Township police detectives David Lewis and Dean Stair were at the apartment interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence immediately after the incident.

County Detective Dan Beky arrived and spent a short time inside the apartment before going to police headquarters in an attempt to question Dunaj.

Luzerne County union representative Paula Schnelly urged county council Tuesday to further examine the Luzerne-Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, an outside county agency that handles job placement and training programs.

Representatives of the board, known as the WIB, spent more than an hour briefing council on the board’s work during Tuesday’s work session as part of ongoing updates by outside boards and authorities.

Schnelly said Martha Herron, WIB employees have received ex- chair of the cessive pay in- WIB, told councreases and enhancements to their cil the agency benefit packages is now meeting that could reduce all government funding available to service the un- performance employed. standards with She tried to play an audiotape of a no audit deficonversation at ciencies. the end of a January 2010 WIB meeting that was obtained through a public information request, but Council Chairman Jim Bobeck said council members must review the tape before determining if it is permissible to play it at a council meeting.

Schnelly played the tape for the media after the meeting. It was a conversation among WIB employees after a January 2010 meeting had ended, but the identity of the speakers and context of the preceding meeting could not be immediately verified for publication.

The meeting occurred before a controversial change that resulted in the elimination of 36 county union jobs.

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Parade a wee bit more Irish; Ryan made grand marshal

By BILL O’BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – For the second consecutive year, Mayor Tom Leighton has named a City Hall employee as Grand Marshal of the 32nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

City Clerk Jim Ryan was stunned when Leighton made the announcement at a City Hall press conference Tuesday.

“I know there have been a lot of right-to-know requests from the media to find out who this year’s grand marshal would

“This year’s grand marshal is a person that I have admired and respected for years. He is steadfast, dedicated, and the polar opposite of the Irish stereotype.”

Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom Leighton On City Clerk Jim Ryan, named Grand Marshal for St. Patrick’s parade

be,” Leighton said, joking. “But even the city clerk didn’t know who we selected.”

Leighton said Ryan was chosen for his strong Irish heritage, as was the case in his pick-

ing Marie McCormick, city administrator, as the 2011 Grand Marshal.

“This year’s grand marshal is See MARSHAL, Page 4A

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Jim Ryan, center, with wife Jeanmarie Ryan, is congratulated Tuesday by Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom Leighton.

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Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, texting while driving will be illegal in Pennsylvania

Drivers must keep fingers off phone keypads BAN BILLS ON HOLD

Some lawmakers and law enforcers say a statewide ban on texting while driving that goes into effect Thursday is only a first step in reducing distracted driving and will be difficult to enforce. They advocate a ban on any hand-held cellphone use.

Approved by legislators in the fall, the new law will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday and makes texting while driving a primary offense carrying a $50 fine. A primary offense means police officers can pull over a driver for no other reason than they see them texting.

But how can an officer know for sure that someone is texting rather than dialing their phone?

That’s an issue some local police chiefs said their officers are sure to encounter.

“We’ll have to cross that bridge when we come to it,” said Keith Keiper, chief of the Kingston Police Department.

He said officers will consider extended time spent looking at a phone as a clue that texting is taking place.

“It’s going to be hard to do,” Keiper said, adding that he expects court challenges to some tickets.

There have been at least two bills this legislative session that, if approved, would outlaw using cellphones while driving: • House Bill 896 was unanimously approved by the House on May 10 and was sent to the Senate, where it remains in that chamber’s Transportation Committee. That bill sought to address distracted driving, which would encompass cellphone use while driving and any other activity that takes attention away from the road.

• House Bill 330, which would ban all hand-held cellphone usage while driving was referred to the House Transportation Committee on Jan. 31, 2011, and has not been considered by the committee to date.

Beginning Thursday, this activity will be illegal.

Texting while driving will be a primary offense carrying a $50 fine. A primary offense means police officers can pull over a driver for no other reason than they see them texting.

PennDOT reports distracted driving played a role in 14,000 crashes statewide in 2010 and 68 people were killed.

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State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan, a Clarks Summit native, noted that texting is “a serious problem and we are hoping that we can educate citizens on the dangers of texting while driving and prevent future accidents.”

Noonan echoed Keiper’s comments about how officers will determine when to initiate a traffic stop.

“Our troopers will attempt to use observations of the driver while the vehicle is in motion to

determine if traffic stops are warranted. An example might be the motorist continues to manipulate the device over an extended distance with no apparent voice communication.”

State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre, said one should pull over before sending a text, email or using the web.

According to the state Department of Transportation, distracted driving played a role in 14,000 crashes in Pennsylvania in 2010

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effect. He had only learned about the agreement, which dates back to 1991, when he was consulted by another lawyer in his capacity as a private attorney.

He also raised the issue of the differing hiring practices used by the two KINGSTON -- Council voted Monday communities.

Also, Municipal Administrator Paul night to repeal an ordinance regarding Keating said the municipality had been shared police services between Kingawarded a federal SAFER grant of ston and Edwardsville. $149,000, which will go toward two Mayor James Hagyears of funding the salary of a new gerty said the ordifirefighter. The new hire will serve to nance essentially granted Kingston and keep the department at 29 members as one firefighter is slated to retire later Edwardsville police officers equal author- this year.

Keating also said Kingston is likely to ity and standing in be awarded a combined federal and either borough, reHaggerty gardless of the shared state grant through the K-Route program, which will fund 80 percent of the municipal border.

Henry Mattern, Kingston’s municipal estimated $900,000 that it will cost to solicitor, said the ordinance was unnec- repave Pierce Street from the Veterans Memorial Bridge to Wyoming Avenue. essary, as state law allows officers to Keating estimates work on the street’s enter other municipalities for official intersections will be completed in the police business.

Haggerty said Kingston officials were fall of 2012 with the actual repaving of unaware that the ordinance was even in the street itself following in spring

Kingston repeals old shared police services ordinance

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adults and underprivileged youths, and this work was previously handled by employees of the county’s now-defunct Workforce Investment Development Agency.

A state hearing examiner ordered the county in June to re-

hire the employees and pay them lost wages and benefits. The ruling stemmed from an unfair labor practices claim arguing the county played a role in the outsourcing and failed to negotiate the outside contracting of union jobs as required by a collective bargaining agreement.

The payment of past wages was estimated at $1 million at that time, and Schnelly, of the American Federation of State,

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tionship with the members of the City of Hazleton’s police,” he said.

“I live in Hazleton, I’ve raised six kids in Hazleton, I think it’s a phenomenal place. I’ve always had a lot of respect for the police department (here) and I’m actually very excited to be the chief of the department,” he said.

Yannuzzi said DeAndrea’s appointment must be ratified by at least three city council members on Thursday. If council approves, DeAndrea will start work Friday and will be sworn in at 10 a.m. Monday.

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Councilman Jack Schumacher provided his fellow council members with photographs of the roadroad bridge over Pierce Street that he feels show the deterioration of the structure as well as a lot of overgrowth and litter.

Other council members who live in the vicinity of the bridge echoed his concerns.

The council next meets at 7:30 p.m.

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Fairview crews are ready to start repaving projects

FAIRVIEW TWP. -- Township Roadmaster Russell Marhold said on Monday that the road crews already had finished patching roads for the spring and were gearing up to start repaving projects.

The news came just before Secretary and Treasurer Barbara Wasiakowski said that Luzerne County Community Development officials were cutting

County & Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, said the amount has increased since then.

County commissioners had appealed the ruling, but a decision has not been publicly issued.

Schnelly said she has not received a decision on the appeal and noted she has forwarded information to the FBI about the WIB that she believes warrants investigation.

Responding to a report that the mayor’s top pick for the post was Jerry Speziale, the former sheriff of Passaic County, N.J., who acted alongside Richard Gere in the 2009 police drama “Brooklyn’s Finest” and resigned in 2010 to take a $200,000-a-year job with the Port Authority Police Department, Yannuzzi said that was inaccurate.

Yannuzzi said he offered the job first to DeAndrea, but DeAndrea initially refused.

“He asked if he could do anything else and I said, ‘Yes, help me when I put the ad in and, when we get the resumes, you rank them.’ So Frank did that. I guess going through that, talking to me, talking about the police, the challenges, it got his adrenaline going,” Yannuzzi said.

and 68 people were killed.

Text messaging while driving has skyrocketed over the past few years and the trend is increasing, according to AAA. The auto club reported that its research found 21 percent of drivers admitted text messaging while driving. According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, a driver’s crash risk is doubled when looking away from the road for two or more seconds.

Michele Drago, a 22-year-old

Larksville resident and a senior at Misericordia University, does not text while driving but said she has seen firsthand the dangers it poses.

She was a passenger in a vehicle when the driver was texting and the vehicle almost veered off the road. She said that while “my friends don’t do it as much as they used to” it’s still done. And the law, which she fully supports, might scare some into stopping but it will likely still occur.

their yearly budget for road improvements by about $50,000. Supervisors will receive $75,000 as opposed to an expected $125,000.

Marhold said the township will try to replace two community roads this season.

The board next meets 7:30 p.m. April 2.

Jon O’Connell

Plymouth Twp. soil test findings are revealed

PLYMOUTH TWP. -- Township Engineer Joe Mullen presented findings of soil tests done on Tilbury Terrace Road at Monday’s supervisors meeting.

There are roughly 60 homes on the road, which was badly damaged by flooding last July and September.

Mullen, of Pennoni & Associates, explained how his company bored holes into the road and the slope below to determine the stability of the area.

Mullen said the friction of the saturated, sliding earth, which is mostly

County council members appoint members to the 33-person board that oversees the agency.

WIB representatives had left Tuesday’s meeting by the time Schnelly spoke.

Martha Herron, chair of the WIB, told council the agency was facing multiple deficiencies and on the verge of losing all government funding three years ago. It is now meeting all government performance standards

sand and gravel, and the weight of vehicles, caused the road to collapse.

“This was a classic failure,” he said.

Chairperson Gale Conrad said an alternate road would be built for use while Tilbury is being repaired.

The board next meets in regular session at 6 p.m. April 2.

Camille Fioti

Resident questions W-B Township sewer bills

WILKES-BARRE TWP. -- At Monday night’s council meeting, Michael Sromovski questioned more than $7,000 worth of bills for the sewer department this past month.

Township Administrator Michael Revitt said the pumps at Wilkeswood Station were failing and Roto-Rooter had to be called in to clean and repair them. Damage caused by the sewer backup also had to be fixed, he said.

Council next meets at 7:30 p.m.

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with no audit deficiencies.

The agency’s executive director Lucyann Vierling said the agency, one of 22 WIB zones in the state, oversees two CareerLink offices in Luzerne County in addition to other programs.

The agency received $9.06 million in funding, mostly federal, in the 2010/11 fiscal year, but that amount has decreased to $7.4 million this fiscal year, she said.

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Yannuzzi said he and DeAndrea narrowed a list of applicants down to six and settled on Speziale, but negotiations fell through.

“When that happened, Frank asked if he could be considered and I said, ‘Give me your resume.’ He did, and of course I knew that was my original choice.

“So I asked him and he accepted,” Yannuzzi said.

Yannuzzi said Hazleton has an “outstanding” police department, but, using a sports analogy, said it’s comprised of “a lot of good athletes” who are “not a team yet because they don’t have the quarterback to lead them through it.

“This is my choice for the quarterback: Frank V. DeAndrea Jr.,” he said.

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a person that I have admired and respected for years,” Leighton said. “He is steadfast, dedicated, and the polar opposite of the Irish stereotype.”

Leighton said Ryan has been “an anchor of his neighborhood” who wears his Irish pride on his sleeve.

Ryan, with his wife, Jeanmarie, and children Bridget and Daniel, was shocked when his name was called.

“I’m speechless; I had no clue,” Ryan said. “It’s a tre-

“(People who text while driving) are sneaky about it. They’ll be more sneaky than they are now,” Drago said. She agrees that police have a tough task ahead.

“It’s going to be a hard law to enforce,” Drago said.

Pennsylvania will become the 35th state to ban text messaging for all drivers. “It’s a good first step,” said Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Gerry Dessoye, who also noted it will be difficult to know at a glance whether someone is texting or simply dialing their phone.

While Keiper said the texting ban helps, ultimately he is hoping the legislature will approve a complete ban on hand-held cellphone use while driving.

Provisions that would have done just that were taken out of the texting ban bill before final passage.

“The texting while driving ban will be difficult to enforce in its current form because police may not know or be able to prove that the driver was texting as opposed to dialing the phone. We need a hand-held cellphone use while driving ban. But, unfortunately, as hard as it was to get the texting ban passed, I just don’t think that will happen any time soon,” said Rep. Phyllis Mundy, D-Kingston.

In other business, county Manager Robert Lawton announced county Security Chief John Robshaw and Chief Engineer Joe Gibbons have come up with a plan to reopen countyowned Moon Lake Park daily from the second week of April into November. Workers from both departments will open the gates to allow access. The park is open weekends only for now because of security staff layoffs.

mendous honor and I hope to uphold the honor of all the previous grand marshals.”

Leighton noted past honorees include former Gov. Edward G. Rendell, former City Administrator James F. Conahan and Jack and Cece McCarthy.

The mayor said Ryan is the first child, and only son, born to Edward J. Ryan and Marcella P. Ryan, in Syracuse, N.Y. He said Ryan grew up in a large Irish family of 30 first cousins.

One of Ryan’s first cousins is world famous. Tom Kenny, the voice of cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants, is the godson and first cousin of

Ryan.

In a Times Leader story in 2009, Kenny said Ryan was 14 when he stood as his godfather.

“Obviously he has utterly failed in his responsibilities,” Kenny joked in the story.

Ryan’s ancestors hailed from County Longford, Roscommon, and County Tipperary.

“Growing up in the Tipperary Hill neighborhood, the family was never far from their Irish roots,” Leighton said. “The area boasts of the only traffic light in the world where you will find the green light over the red, in respect for these roots.”

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Major powers OK new round; Iran to allow inspection of suspect site

Iran nuke talks to resume veloping a nuclear weapon. Iranians need to show they are serious about resolving TEHRAN, Iran — Efforts to find a dip- the crisis, he said, adding that his policy lomatic solution to Iran’s disputed nucle- is not one of containment but of stopping ar program appeared to get a boost Tues- Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

The U.S. and its allies say Iran is on a day when world powers agreed to a new round of talks with Tehran, and Iran gave path that could lead to the production of a nuclear weapon. Iran inpermission for inspectors to sists its program is for enervisit a site suspected of secret Iranians need to atomic work. show they’re serious gy production and other peaceful purposes.

The two developments about resolving the EU foreign policy chief countered somewhat the crisis Catherine Ashton said the atmosphere over Iran’s nuclear crisis, Obama said. five permanent members of program, the focus of talks in the U.N. Security Council Washington between President Barack Obama and Israel’s visiting and Germany had agreed to a new round of nuclear talks with Iran. Previous talks prime minister.

Speaking at a news conference, Obama have not achieved what the powers want said he saw a “window of opportunity” to — an end to uranium enrichment on Irause diplomacy instead of force to resolve nian soil. The last round ended in failure the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program. in January 2011. Ashton said the EU He said he is focused on “sanctions” al- hopes Iran “will now enter into a susready imposed on Iran and on interna- tained process of constructive dialogue tional pressure to keep Tehran from de- which will deliver real progress.

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press

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Nugget goes for $8,100, by George

A McDonald’s Chicken McNugget found by Rebekah Speight of Dakota City that she believes resembles President George Washington is placed next to a U.S. quarter bearing the image of the nation’s first president.

Speight sold the 3-year-old nugget for $8,100 on eBay. BEIRUT

Syria’s president defiant

president defied mounting S yria’s international pressure to end the

year-old crackdown on an uprising against him and said Tuesday he was determined to go on fighting what he called “foreign-backed terrorism.”

After a powerful American senator called for airstrikes on Syria, President Barack Obama said unilateral U.S. military action against President Bashar Assad’s regime would be a mistake.

The United States said it is proposing a new United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an end to violence in Syria, first by government forces and then by opposition fighters. Russia and China, powerful allies that have blocked a Security Council resolution against Syria, made clear they were still standing by the regime in Damascus.

Report raises questions about whether Hispanics and blacks are bring treated fairly.

By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer

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President Barack Obama gestures Tuesday during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.

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Afghan transition stressed President Barack Obama said Tuesday the furor in Afghanistan over the accidental burning of Qurans underscores the need for the U.S. to transition out of the war there.

Obama emphasized that the U.S. still plans to end its combat role in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. The drawdown will be a central topic of discussion at the NATO meetings in Chicago in May. Obama said in a news conference that the recent accidental burning of Muslim Qurans by U.S. forces and the protests that followed underscore the challenges in Afghanistan and why the U.S. is drawing down its combat role there.

Thirty people died in the Quran protests, including six American troops.

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All-electronic tolls favored A new report bolsters the prospect of the Pennsylvania Turnpike converting to an all-electronic tolling system.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission posted the report on its website Tuesday, but officials stressed that any actual conversion is at least five years away.

The study by an outside consultant recommends replacing toll booths with overhead “gantries” on travel lanes.

They would electronically deduct tolls from vehicles with E-Z Pass transponders and photograph license plates of other vehicles so bills could be sent to the registered owners.

Commission spokesman Carl DeFebo said that, if the commission approves all-electronic tolls, that firm also could oversee the implementation of the new system.

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‘Small World’ writer dies How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”

The tongue-twisting term, sung by magical nanny Mary Poppins, is like much of Sherman’s work — both complex and instantly memorable, for child and adult alike. Once heard, it was never forgotten.

Sherman, who died in London at age 86, was half of a sibling partnership that put songs into the mouths of nannies and Cockney chimney sweeps, jungle animals and Parisian felines.

Robert Sherman and his brother Richard composed scores for films including “The Jungle Book,” “The Aristocats,” “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” They also wrote the most-played tune on Earth, “It’s a Small World (After All).”

Sherman’s agent, Stella Richards, said Tuesday that Sherman died peacefully in London on Monday.

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embers of The Joseph A. Ferko String Band prepare to march with Philly Pops musicians, staff and others Tuesday in a parade to the Pops’ new headquarters in Philadelphia. The Philly Pops is an orchestra that authentically performs a wide variety of musical genres and is made up of musicians from the Philly area.

Meth lab burns at nursing home A man who was not a resident died at facility cited with 18 violations.

The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A nursing home where a 31-yearold man died after a meth lab fire that injured several other people was cited for 18 violations last year, including not providing adequate care, according to state records obtained Tuesday.

The victim was not a patient or employee of Park Haven Home in Ashtabula, authorities said as they sought

to uncover how the meth lab was set up in a resident’s room and how long it went undetected.

Police said charges were expected against two men who were also burned in the fire.

The fire broke out Sunday night, east of Cleveland, authorities said.

Three residents and two non-residents were hospitalized, including Shaun Warrens of Ashtabula, who died Monday at a Cleveland hospital. An autopsy was planned Tuesday.

Police believe two visitors and one Park Haven resident knew about the meth lab, Po-

Minority students’ penalties harsher

Firefighters enter Park Haven Nursing Home on Sunday to investigate a fire caused by a meth lab in a room at the home in Ashtabula, Ohio.

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lice Chief Robert Stell told the Star Beacon of Ashtabula.

The home’s alleged violations in a December survey included not providing adequate care, failing to investigate how a resident was in-

jured and not properly responding to residents’ complaints about missing property.

An earlier review of the facility, in June, resulted in citations for two violations.

WASHINGTON — More than 70 percent of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American, according to an Education Department report that raises questions about whether students of all races are disciplined evenhandedly in America’s schools.

Black students are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled, according to an early snapshot of the report released to reporters. According to The findings the Education come from a national col- Department’s lection of civil report, 42 rights data percent of the from 2009-10 referrals to of more than 72,000 schools law enforceserving 85 per- ment involved cent of the na- black stution. dents and 29 The Education Depart- percent inment said it volved Hiswould release panics. more details Tuesday.

“The sad fact is that minority students across America face much harsher discipline than non-minorities, even within the same school,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan told reporters.

Duncan said some school officials might not have been aware of inconsistencies in how they handle discipline, and he hoped the report would be an eye-opener.

Raul Gonzalez, legislative director at the National Council of La Raza who taught school in New York, said “zero tolerance” policies in both schools and the court system disproportionately affect black and Hispanic kids. He said the policies have created a system that takes kids out of school and ultimately leads them into prison where they become hardened criminals.

“We’ve lost control of all judgment here, and it’s almost always a black kid or a Hispanic kid” affected, Gonzalez said.

According to the Education Department’s report, 42 percent of the referrals to law enforcement involved black students and 29 percent involved Hispanics, while 35 percent of students involved in school-related arrests were black and 37 percent were Hispanic.

Black students made up 18 percent of the students in the sample, but they were 35 percent of students suspended once and 39 percent of students expelled, the report said.

Judge schedules hearing on Sandusky attorney’s request for more information Lawyer Joe Amendola said last week he wanted Attorney General’s Office to provide more details about the allegations.

The Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE — Lawyers in the Jerry Sandusky case were ordered Tuesday to appear in court early next week to address how much information state prosecutors should be compelled to disclose before the start of trial on child sexabuse charges.

Judge John Cleland scheduled oral argument on the defense request for additional de-

tails to be held Monday morning in the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte.

Sandusky lawyer Joe Sandusky Amendola said last week he wanted the attorney general’s office to provide more details about the allegations to help him prepare pos-

sible defenses based on an alibi, the statute of limitations, double jeopardy or other grounds.

Sandusky, 68, is a former longtime assistant football coach at Penn State.

He is confined to his home as he awaits trial on 52 criminal counts that involve 10 boys over 15 years. He denies the allegations.

Cleland wants jury selection to begin May 14, although the

two sides continue to hash out pretrial issues.

Next week’s hearing centers on the “bill of particulars” sought by Amendola that would provide more details about the times, dates and locations where crimes allegedly occurred, the names of people who were present or nearby, and “special events” such as football games on the days of the purported crimes.

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NANETTE WARNICK BARTOW JONES, age 85, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, she attended Kingston High School and graduated from Penn State University in 1949. She married William W. Jones in 1952 and raised three daughters. Nanette retired after 16 years as a social worker for the state of Florida in Palm Beach County. She was preceded in death by her husband, William W. Jones.

She is survived by her daughters, Carol Jones, Linda Connor and Gail Starr and five grandchildren Services were held Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home in Kennesaw, Ga. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Hanover Township at a later date.

MARGARET (EDWARDS) MONELLI, age 87, of Old Forge, passed away Monday morning, March 5, 2012, at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. Two sons, John Monelli Jr. and Leo Monelli, and several siblings also preceded her in death. She is survived by her sons Ronnie Monelli and wife Patricia of Old Forge, Randy Monelli and wife Lori of Sunrise, Fla., and Bradley Monelli and fiancee Michelle Raniello of Old Forge; brothers, Robert and William Edwards; 14 grandchildren and many greatgrandchildren.

Graveside services by the Rev. James A. Wert will be conducted on Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Marcy Cemetery, Foote Avenue in Duryea. Relatives and friends may pay their respects today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge. Please visit www.KearneyFuneralHome.com for directions or to leave an online condolence.

DORIS D. VAN SCOTEN, formerly of West Pittston and Forty Fort, passed away in Colorado Springs, Colo., on February 11, 2012. Doris was born October 30, 1927, in Greenfield Township, Pa., to the late Arnold R. and Lura A. (Kenyon) Decker. She was preceded in death by husband James, former Pittston YMCA director; son Kim, and sister Janice Howanitz.

Surviving are son James Van Scoten and his wife, Betty; grandsons, Joshua and Jason; sister Louise Northup; sisters-in-law, Jean Scott and Marilyn Van Scoten.

A memorial service will be held in Colorado Springs at a later date.

The family would like to thank Odyssey Hospice for the special care given to Doris. Memorial contributions may be mailed to Odyssey Hospice, 5526 N. Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Arrangements were made through All Veterans Funeral Home, Wheatridge, Colo.

HELENA COLABELLA, 90, of the Nanticoke Villa, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at the Hospice Community Care at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. Born on Nov. 30, 1921, in Nanticoke, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Stephania Stefaniak Adamski. She had been employed by General Electric Corp., Syracuse, and General Cigar Co., Nanticoke. She was preceded in death by sisters, Martha and Florence, and brothers, John and Ignatius. Surviving are brother, Joseph, of Tulsa, Okla.; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. from the Stanley S. Stegura Funeral Home Inc., 614 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in the secondary site of St. Faustina’s Parish (St. Mary of Czestochowa Church), Nanticoke.

Final interment will be in the parish cemetery, Nanticoke. Friends may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.

EDWARD J. ELMY, 89, formerly of Main Street, Sugar Notch, and Altoona, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012, at Hampton House, Hanover Township.

Funeral arrangements are pending from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley.

ALBERT W. RAUGHLEY, 61, of McGinnis Street, Plymouth, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at home.

Funeral arrangements are pending from the Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township.

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iriam Loretta Muth, affectionately known as “Mom,” “Grammy,” “Gigi,” and “Boo,” of Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre, was received by the choirs of angels in heaven in the early morning of Tuesday, March 6, 2012. She passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family.

Miriam was born on September 5, 1916 in Wilkes-Barre, the daughter of the late Isaiah and Elizabeth Tracy Winters. She graduated from Coughlin High School in 1934.

She married the late John J. Muth in 1949 and together they celebrated 52 wonderful years of marriage.

She was a devoted member of the former St. Therese R.C. Church in Wilkes-Barre for 61 years and currently held membership at Saint Nicholas Church in Wilkes-Barre.

Anyone who knew Miriam loved her with all their hearts. Her unwavering, all-conquering faith defined her, radiating warmth and love to all with whom she came into contact.

She passed this inspiring faith on to her family and loved ones. She was known to always be there with a loving hug, warm smile, cheerful song, and the reassuring words, “God willing.” Her loved ones have been deeply impacted by the incredible love of Miriam, and they will miss her so very deeply every day. She was truly amazing.

Miriam’s greatest joy in life came from her family. She found immense happiness in sitting on her front porch, going for rides through the valley, reading, and playing countless Scrabble games with her family.

She took great pride in the accomplishments of her children and grandchildren, and she was actively involved in all of their activities. Miriam also found great peace and pleasure in attending weekly Masses.

Miriam cherished every second of every day and was appreciative of all of her blessings. She had a deep appreciation for nature and a love of poetry, as she could remarkably recite numerous poems from memory. Miriam enjoyed experiencing the beauty of the Lord’s creation through travel. Among her many trips were vacations to Hawaii, the Finger Lakes, Canada, Disney World and Ireland. Her visit to Ireland, particularly the hometown of her mother, was a life-long dream of hers.

Miriam is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her sister, Florence Winters Downend.

Miriam treasured her eight children with all her heart. Surviving are her children, John Muth and his wife Susan, of Bear Creek; Rita Jefferson and her husband John, of

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Miriam was also deeply beloved by her 14 grandchildren, Katie Neher Grove and her husband Charles; Michelle Harned and her husband Curtis; Ronald Neher Jr. and his wife Ashley; Brian Muth and his wife Sarah; Sara Muth and her fiancé Marty Kane; Melissa Osick and her husband Brian; Lisa Jefferson; Patrick Muth; Thomas Richards and his girlfriend Michelle Beloin; Amy Muth; Samantha Muth; Rebecca Richards; Ally Muth; and Abby Muth.

Miriam felt extraordinarily blessed to have her seven greatgrandchildren as well. They are Molly and Andy Grove; Krissy, Jack, and Olivia Neher; Hunter Harned; and Nathan Muth. Also, she just received the exciting news that her eighth great-grandchild is expected this summer.

The funeral will be held on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 8:45 a.m. from Jacobs Funeral Service, 47 Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in Saint Nicholas Church, 226 South Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre.

Interment will follow in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.

Family and friends may call on Thursday, March 8, 2012 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

To send the family an online message of condolence, you may visit www.jacobsfuneralservice.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Miriam’s memory to Our Lady of Victory Homes of Charity, 780 Ridge Road, Lackawanna, NY 14218-1682, or Ave Maria University, 5050 Ave Maria Blvd., Ave Maria, FL 34142-9505.

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ary Dolores McDermott Frazier, 98, died March 4, 2012.

Mrs. Frazier was born in WilkesBarre and was a graduate of St. Ann’s Academy. She had formerly worked for Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania, Bell Telephone of New Jersey, and C&P Telephone of Virginia.

She was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Portsmouth, since 1943. She volunteered for the Red Cross Blood Program for 42 years, the Christ Child Society for 27 years, Maryview Hospital Auxiliary and the U.S.O. She was married to Johnnie E. Frazier for almost 65 years until his death on January 26, 2012, and was also predeceased by a son, John Frazier, and a daughter, Marilou F. Spacek.

She is survived by her son-in-law, James R. Spacek; grandchildren, Michael and David, sons of the late John “Jack” Frazier, John Spacek, Margaret Bairley and Kathleen Barnes; six great-grandchildren; nieces, Jeanne Marie Natale, Peggy Sarsfield, Elaine Chismer, Sister Joanne McDermott, R.S.M., Patricia McDermott, Scharlene McPhail, Mary Jane Bruns and Kitty Civisco;

navich and her husband, Ted, all of Nanticoke; Margaret Ann Burke, New York City; James Burke, Jenkins Township; nine grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held Friday at 9 a.m. from the H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home, Inc., a Golden Rule Funeral Home, 211 Luzerne Avenue, West Pittston, with Funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. in Sacred Heart Worship Center of Nativity Parish, Duryea. Interment will be in Clarks Green Cemetery, Clarks Green.

Friends may call Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. A Christian Wake Service will be held Thursday.

The family requests that flowers be omitted and that memorial donations be made for funeral expenses in care of the funeral home.

Robert D. Williams March 5, 2012 obert D. Williams, 73, of Luzerne, passed away peacefully R surrounded by his loving family on

Monday in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born in Wilkes-Barre he was the son of the late Fred Williams and Dorothy Durling Williams Grobowski. He was educated in the West Pittston schools. He served in the Army Reserves. For many years he was employed at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Salek Optical and retired from Clearbrook Treatment Centers after 25 years. He was a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre. Robert’s life revolved around his family and friends with addiction problems and helping them with their sobriety. He was so loved by everyone who knew him and he gave himself in so many ways. Robert enjoyed the outdoors and had a passion for fishing.

Preceding him in death were his children Maureen Williams and Richard Williams, sister Mary Jean Tedesco.

Surviving are his wife of 52 years, the former Marion Mozdian; children Marion Otway and her hus-

band, Darran, Swoyersville; Robert Williams, Wilkes-Barre; two grandchildren; sisters Carolyn Williams, West Pittston; Dorothy Stucker, Wilkes-Barre; brother, Fred Williams, Sunbury; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at the convenience of the family from the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming.

Interment will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton.

Ignatius M. Scarantino March 4, 2012 gnatius M. Scarantino, 92, of PittIning, ston, passed away Sunday eveMarch 4, 2012 in Wilkes-Barre

nephews, Joseph J. Kerrigan, Joseph McDermott, Jaime McDermott and The Rev. Christopher McDermott.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 9, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church by Fr. Leo Manalo. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. A Christian Wake Service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Foster Funeral Home, Portsmouth.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Paul’s Catholic Church Restoration Fund, 518 High St., Portsmouth, Va. 23704.

Robert S. Johnston March 6, 2012 obert S. Johnston, of Dallas, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in R the Hospice Community Care Inpa-

enneth C. Burke, 63, a resident of West Pittston, died Monday, March 5, 2012 at his home following a lengthy illness.

Mr. Burke was born in Pittston, son of the late John and Margaret Rose Burke, and was a graduate of Northeast High School, Duryea. He served with the Army as a Private First Class in Germany during the Vietnam Era. Following his military service, he was a salesman and carpet installer and had worked for Vanguard Fire Extinguisher Co. for some time. Prior to his retirement in 1995 due to ill health, he had been a cook at the Sky Liner Diner, Pittston Township.

Mr. Burke was a former member of the Jaycees, the West Side Club, Avoca; the Ancient Order of Hibernians; the Polish Club of Dupont and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Duryea. In addition to his parents, Ken was preceded in death by an infant brother, John Burke.

Surviving are his wife of 37 years, Linda Richardson Burke, at home; children, Shyloe McDonald and her fiancé, Gary Lance, West Pittston; Jessica Lee and her husband, Dennis, Plymouth; Jill Burke and her fiancé, Jeff Hoover, West Pittston; John Burke, West Pittston; step-son, Bernard McDonald, Dallas; brothers and sisters, Patricia Howells and her husband, John; Joseph Burke and his wife, Vera, and Lorraine Gre-

tient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Born December 17, 1922 in Brooklyn, N.Y, he was the son of the late John E. and Elizabeth Aitken Johnston.

He graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1940 and Penn State University in 1947. Bob enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program in 1942 and flew 35 missions over Europe as a co-pilot and pilot of the B-24 heavy bomber in the 15th Army Air Force based in Italy.

He was self-employed as a Manu- several nieces and nephews. facturers’ Representative.

A memorial service will be Bob was a member of the Dadheld Friday, March 9, 2012 at dow-Isaacs American Legion, Post 11 a.m. from the Harold C. Snowdon 672, Dallas; Veterans of Foreign Funeral Home Inc., 140 N. Main Wars; Irem Temple Wilkes-Barre Street, Shavertown. The Reverend Shrine Club and Dallas United Robert G. Wood, Pastor of Dallas Methodist Church.

United Methodist Church, will offiPreceding him in death were a ciate. Friends may call at the funeral brother, Harold Johnston, and sis- home Friday from 10 a.m. until time ter, Mildred Karshner. of service.

Surviving are his wife of 64 years, In lieu of flowers, memorial donathe former June Davis, Dallas; tions, if desired, may be made to daughter, Susan Iannuzzo and hus- The Shriners Hospitals for Children band Joseph, Wilkes-Barre; son, Da- c/o Irem Temple, 397 Country Club vid Johnston, Virginia Beach, Va.; Road, Dallas, PA 18612

General Hospital.

Born in Italy on September 10, 1919, he was the son of the late Joseph and Caroline Martel Scarantino. He was a graduate of Pittston High School and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He had been employed as a machinist and retired from American Chain and Cable.

Mr. Scarantino was a member of St. Joseph Marello Parish at St. Rocco’s Church, the San Cataldo Society and the Knights of Columbus Council 372, of Pittston.

He was preceded in death by brothers, Louis R., Nicholas, Sam and Phillip Scarantino, and sisters, Rose Scarantino, Grace Dorula, and

Mary Pace.

Surviving are sisters-in-law, Mrs. Louis R. (Mary) Scarantino and Mrs. Nicholas (Carmella) Scarantino, both of Pittston; numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2012 from the Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home, 251 William Street, Pittston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at11:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Marello Parish at St. Rocco’s Church, Pittston. Interment will be in St. Rocco’s Cemetery, Pittston Township. Friends may call Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at www.peterjadoniziofuneralhome.com.

Florence P. Rollman March 4, 2012 Carr Rollman, 97, forF lorence merly of Washington Square

Apartments in Wilkes-Barre, died Sunday at Little Flower Manor.

Born September 1, 1914, in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Mary Burke Carr.

Florence attended Saint Mary’s High School and was employed by the former Wilkes-Barre Lace Mill for several years prior to marriage.

Mrs. Rollman dedicated most of her life to caring for her family.

Florence was a member of the Parish of Saint Nicholas and was active in the resident’s club of Washington Square Apartments, where she had resided for 31 years.

Her husband, John C. Rollman, died October 17, 1986. Sisters, Anna Peranto and Emily Trevethan, and brothers, James, John, George and Harry Carr also preceded her in death.

She will be missed by her sons, John J. and his wife, Jean Rollman, of Wilkes-Barre; James F. and his wife, Dolores Rollman, of Barnegat, New Jersey; and William P. and his

wife, Gail Rollman, of Williamsport; granddaughters, Shannon Reilly, Tiffany Rollman, Elizabeth Davis and Melissa Caroccia; great-grandchildren, Morgan, Victoria, Aiden and Maya; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Celebration of Florence’s Life will be held Saturday at 8:30 a.m. from McLaughlin’s - The Family Funeral Service, 142 South Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre, with Funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of Saint Nicholas. Interment will be in Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Hanover Township. Visitation will be held at McLaughlin’s on Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Parish of Saint Nicholas, 226 South Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 187012897, or the charity of your preference.

Permanent messages and memories can be shared with Florence’s family at www.celebrateherlife.com.

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Joann B. Miller March 5, 2012

Joann B. “Mimi” (nee Bonfanti) Miller, of Hershey’s Mill, formerly of Merion, Pa., passed away March 5, 2012.

She is survived by her son Allie Miller III (Stacey) of Des Moines, Iowa, her daughter Patti (Thomas) Kiely of Berwyn, and her six grandchildren, T.J., Max, Tanner, Noah, Emmie, and Antonia.

Relatives and friends are invited to her Memorial Mass on Friday, March 9, at 11 a.m. at Ss. Peter & Paul Church,1325 Boot Rd., West Chester, Pa. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Joann’s memory can be made to Main Line Animal Rescue, 1149 Pike Springs Rd., Phoenixville, PA 19425.

Arrangements are by the D’Anjolell Memorial Home of Malvern – Frazer. Visit www.danjolell.com

Hope Cicon Moses March 5, 2012 ope Cicon Moses of Hallandale, Florida, passed away Monday, H March 5, 2012, at Aventura Hospital

and Medical Center, Aventura, Florida.

Born in Exeter, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Cicon and Mary Dupock Cicon. Hope was a graduate of the Nesbitt School of Nursing, Kingston.

Prior to her retirement, she was a registered nurse at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.

After retirement, Hope continued to work at Aventura Hospital as a case manager.

Hope was a parishioner of St. Philip Antiochian Orthodox Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She was also a member of The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Moses, formerly of Wilkes-Barre.

Surviving are her sons, James Moses of Miami, Florida, and Michael and daughter-in-law Sandra of Allentown, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held Friday at 11 a.m. from the Mamary-Durkin Funeral Service, 59 Parrish St., WilkesBarre, with services at 11:30 a.m. in St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, 905 S. Main St., WilkesBarre.

Interment will be in the parish cemetery, Hanover Township.

Friends may call Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.

FUNERALS BUYNAK – Stephen, funeral 9 a.m. today in the John V. Morris Funeral Home, 625 N. Main St., WilkesBarre. Funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the St. Stanislaus Kostka worship site of St. Andre Bessette Parish.

ECKENRODE – Janice, funeral 10 a.m. Thursday in the LehmanGregory Funeral Home Inc., 281 Chapel St., Swoyersville. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

FISCHER – Theodore, Shiva 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and Thursday and 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, at 604 Wildflower Drive, Plains Township.

HOGAN – Eugene, funeral 9:30 a.m. today in the Kielty-Moran Funeral Home Inc., 87 Washington Ave., Plymouth. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in All Saints Parish, Plymouth.

GERMAN – Leonard, Shiva Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at 445 North Gates Ave., Apt. 1, Kingston.

GRODIS – Ruth, funeral 11 a.m. Thursday in the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

LEWIS – Janice, memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday in E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 10 a.m. until the time of the service.

ROWLANDS – David, memorial service 8 p.m. today in the HowellLussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston. Friends may call 5 p.m. until service time in the funeral home.

SKORONSKI – Phyllis, funeral 10 a.m. today in the Andrew Strish Funeral Home, 11 Wilson St., Larksville.

STOUT – Sarah, funeral 11 a.m. today in McCune Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top. Friends may call 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.

WALKER – Alfonzo, funeral noon today in the First Baptist Church of Wilkes-Barre, 48 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.

ZLUCHOWSKI – Michael, funeral 9 a.m. today in Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St., WilkesBarre.

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OUR OPINION: COUNTY PARK

Moon Lake worthy of better upkeep

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OON LAKE PARK – could be better protected and the nearly 650-acre maintained as a state park or the Luzerne County property of another conservacampground and tion-minded institution.

Two years ago, Luzerne Counrecreation area in Plymouth Township – deserves better than ty’s commissioners appeared to fall into further disrepair ready to plunder the park for powhile, for yet another season, its tential revenue from the natural gas drilling industry. Historicalfuture remains murky.

The place should swarm with ly, few of this county’s leaders visitors on warm spring days. By seemed to fully grasp the potensummer, its double Olympic- tial of its outdoor recreational assets, including sized swimming the splendid Sevpool ought to draw Fortunately, two en Tubs Natural oodles of area resistate lawmakers Area in Plains dents seeking cool Township. relief. Instead, most hope to intervene, Don’t expect park amenities have restoring at least significant been idled in recent some activities and change under the years because of the county’s ongoing ensuring lake access newly installed Luzerne County budget problems. As for trout season.

Council. Its memrecently as this week, bers understandapublic access has been restricted to Saturdays and bly are fixated on the county’s Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 bottom line, and few of them p.m. Moon Lake’s gates will be seem inclined to devote dollars toward “nonessential” prolatched on weekdays.

Fortunately, two state law- grams.

At the risk of sounding like makers hope to intervene, restoring at least some activities the Lorax, Dr. Seuss’ magical and ensuring lake access for character who speaks on behalf trout season. State Rep. Gerald of the trees and this month is Mullery and state Sen. John making an appearance in movie Yudichak, whose constituents theaters, the fate of our natural have voiced concern about the resources rests largely in the park, intend to muster support hands of people like you.

Unless you voice concern for from state agencies, such as the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat the park and offer your ideas, the status quo probably will prevail.

Commission.

Their stated aim: a partner- Unless you tell elected leaders ship between county and state. that you value places such as Perhaps the best outcome, Moon Lake, these spots likely however, would be for Moon will languish. Unless you do Lake’s ownership to one day be something, nothing much will transferred, ending any county be done.

Unless … control. This oasis probably

QUOTE OF THE DAY “As prime minister of Israel, I will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation.”

Benjamin Netanyahu During a trip to Washington this week, the Israeli prime minister asserted his country’s right to defend itself against an Iranian nuclear threat. Netanyahu visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

OTHER OPINION: HIGHWAY BILL

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House transportation bill seen as bad public policy

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he recent commentary by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Hazleton, about the transportation bill (“Investing in infrastructure will help shore up economy,” Feb. 29) certainly sounded like a great accomplishment. Closer examination reveals Lou is not telling us everything.

The House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Committee approved what Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood calls “the worst transportation bill I’ve ever seen during 35 years of public service.” LaHood spent 14 years in Congress, serving as a Republican representative from Illinois. He told a news outlet that Congress always came together in the past to support transportation, but HR 7 is the most partisan transportation bill he’s ever seen.

For 30 years, federal transportation legislation has allocated a small portion of the national gas tax to transit funding. But under the new five-year bill just passed by the House committee, funding for public transportation systems will disappear.

That’s a bad public policy for all of us.

David Martin Tunkhannock

Early screenings crucial in colon cancer prevention

Stalled Congress must get in gear E

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T WOULD BE easy to call the gridlock in Congress laughable, except for the real impact it has on our everyday lives – such as the gridlock on highways.

Case in point is the massive transportation spending bill, a confusion of practical and political priorities that lawmakers seem incapable of turning into clear federal policy. Since a five-year transportation funding plan expired in 2009, Congress has managed only a series of nine stopgap measures to keep federal gasoline taxes flowing back to the states.

Lawmakers are in the throes of their latest attempt at a replacement plan, but the House and the Senate have strayed, seemingly oblivious to the date this month when the temporary highway bill expires.

Of the two, the Senate is EDITORIAL BOARD

closer to having its act together. It forged a bipartisan approach to a two-year bill that would continue many current programs, including the use of gas taxes to support public transportation. That’s important federal policy of 30 years’ standing that must be retained.

Still, the Senate bill has been hit with a blizzard of distracting amendments, including one to strip mandated contraceptive coverage from the federal health care law. Please!

The House, meanwhile, weighed in with a stinker of a transportation bill that would have scrapped the guaranteed transit support and helped pay for expanded road projects through more offshore drilling, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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LETTERS FROM READERS

very year during March, medical professionals, patients, family members and others observe National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month – a time when concerned individuals raise awareness about the incidence of colorectal cancer.

The message is straightforward: There are simple steps we can take to prevent and diagnose this disease.

Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cancer killer in America, claiming more than 40,000 lives every year. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the state’s colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates are higher than the national average (57.9 per 100,000 compared to U.S. average of 52).

Fortunately, however, colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable and easily detected cancers – if screening occurs early enough. Regular colorectal screenings can detect polyps that can be removed before they become cancerous. A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine was consistent with the value of colonoscopy for this purpose, demonstrating a 50 percent decrease in colon cancer deaths in patients who had adenomatous colon polyps removed.

Whether you’re male or female, follow these guidelines, based on the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendations, beginning at age 50 (age 45 if African-American): • Have a fecal occult blood test yearly; or

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• Have a fecal occult blood test every three years combined with a flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years; or • Have a colonoscopy every 10 years.

If you have a personal or family history of colorectal cancer, colorectal polyps or inflammatory bowel disease, talk with your health care professional about earlier screening No matter what your age, you should know colorectal cancer risk factors, symptoms and your family history. Make screening tests part of your healthy life. Talk with your doctor about the colorectal screening options available, using the above list as a guide.

Colorectal cancer is highly preventable, treatable and often curable when detected early. Do the right thing for yourself and your family: Get screened early.

Dr. Thomas J. Castellano Chief of the Section of Gastroenterology Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

Writer believes mandate will hurt service members

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resident Barack Obama’s push of his unconstitutional health care mandate is now taking a shot at military personnel and veterans.

Obama’s plan calls for increases between 30 percent and 78 percent in Tricare annual premiums for the first year. After that, the plan will impose five-year increases ranging from 94 percent to 345 percent – more than three times current levels – in hopes it will push service members out of Tricare and into “Obamacare.”

Not included in these cuts are civilian unionized defense employees.

How are we letting this happen?

Raymond Pick Kingston

Burning of Quran required no apology from Obama

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omething is wrong in this world. The National Endowment for the Arts can support a photographer who places a crucifix in urine and calls it “art.” Yet United Nations/American troops accidentally burn a copy of the Muslim Quran (which reportedly had been desecrated by prisoner extremists writing notes on the pages),

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and 10 people, including four Americans, are killed.

President Obama degrades America by apologizing. Where are we going? There were no apologies to America for the deaths (murders).

James P. West Shavertown

Poor management blamed for downfall of USPS

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previously challenged postal management to not close the mail processing center in Scranton and to increase service, not decrease it. By announcing that not only the Scranton facility will close, but 11 other processing facilities, including Reading, Lancaster, Williamsport and Erie, the U.S. Postal Service management has failed miserably to provide any evidence that its mission is to save the USPS and not dismantle it from within.

As I have seen in the last five years, bad and subversive management decisions have pushed the USPS to the precipice of nothingness.

I recently read a letter to the editor about cutting costs, referring to USPS commercials. I’d like to expand on where costs can be cut.

Pay for performance bonuses: How can a company projected to lose $14 billion still hand out bonuses, spot awards, etc.?

Detail assignments: When a valued member of the postal service management team fills in a vacancy in another facility and area, not only do they receive salary and compensation, but also per diem such as travel, meals and, if far enough, hotel accommodations. How much is this cost annually?

A football field-sized behemoth known as the Flats Sequencing System: The USPS is into this machine roughly $1.4 billion, and it has been referred to as a “boondoggle.” It isn’t known when, or even if, there will be cost savings.

Second ounce free: This was recently announced so that major mailers essentially will pay the one-ounce price for up to two ounces of mail. How can a corporation that’s bleeding money have giveaways like this?

Keep in mind, since 2004 the USPS has had a decrease of 135,909 employees, but a net increase of 822 headquarters positions.

Why are they necessary?

These are some of the facts that our elected representatives should be looking into and have investigated externally.

When these closings and consolidations go into effect, it will be a sad day for what was once the U. S. Postal Service.

I’m afraid when the dust settles history will not be kind to not only the interests who destroyed the Postal Service, but also to those who stood idly by and let it happen.

Constantine Wayda Ashley

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through that he sought to show his appeal among religious voters and cultural conservatives — two groups stubbornly cool toward his candidacy.

“We’ve won races all across the country againsttheodds,”theformerPennsylvania senatorsaidatalate-nightrallyinSteubenville, Ohio. “When they thought, OK, he’s finally finished, we keep coming back.”

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich carried Georgia, home of the district he represented for years in Congress. He, too, said it proved the naysayers wrong.

“I want you to know, in the morning, we are going to Alabama, we’re going on to Mississippi, we’re going on to Kansas and that’s just this week,” Gingrich told cheering supporters in Atlanta, referring to the next set of contests.

The biggest prize was Ohio. With 92 percent of precincts reporting, Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, had 38 percent to 37 percent for Santorum, the formerPennsylvaniasenator,andamargin of about 6,000 votes.

Inall,votersin10stateswerecastingbal-

lots in Super Tuesday contests. But even though Georgia dispensed the most delegates, the greatest attention was focused on Ohio, a November battleground where Romney and Santorum devoted the bulk of their time and resources.

Both candidates focused on the economy in Ohio, a Rust Belt state that hurt long before the rest of the country sunk into

FIRE

drink and sometimes they make noise, but they’re not bad people, really. My dad has been taking them in for years, because noContinued from Page 1A body else would help them. … the burned apartment building is They were people nobody wantowned by her father, Richard Tat- ed.” tersall, who sometimes rents housing to “downtrodden” per- Second major fire in day The blaze, first reported at 4:55 sons who often cannot find housp.m., was the second major strucing elsewhere.

Kathy Evans, a neighbor and ture fire city firefighters battled Boice’s sister, said Jose and Willy Tuesday. In the early-morning had lived in the house for three or hours, firefighters extinguished four years. They and other resi- fires at two adjacent, vacant dents of the house drank alcohol homes on Academy Street.

The causes of both fires are unfrequently, and their activities sometimes drew complaints der investigation.

Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Jay Defrom the senior citizen’s high-rise across the street, but they we- laney described “an enormous ren’t bad neighbors, Evans said. amount of flames” shooting from “None of them were really bad the front of the Pine Street apartpeople,” she said. “They like to ment building when firefighters

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shals determined that the structure fire was “a set fire” and is under investigation.

Jones said the apartment building was a total loss. The second and third floors on the 135 side of the building collapsed into the first floor and the third floor of the other half collapsed into the second floor, he said.

Hazleton Code Enforcement Officer Richard Wech said the building presents an “imminent danger” and the owner,

Sonny Patel, who also owns a Pantry Quik around the corner, had contacted a demolition contractor.

“Our biggest concern right now is just to alleviate it,” Wech said. He expects the building will be torn down within the next day or two.

Chris Lehman said his parents, Louis and Rose Fedullo, were forced from their home next door, which sustained heavy damage.

“From what we were told by the fire chief and some Hazleton police officers, they suspect it was arson simply because someone set a chair on fire on the porch the night before,” Lehman said.

deep recession, then emerged to a fitful recovery.

Santorum touted his roots across the border in a Pennyslvania steel town, saying he would seek to strengthen the economy by restoring America’s manufacturing might. Romney unveiled a new slogan — “more jobs, less debt, smaller government” — and jabbed at Santorum’s digres-

arrived and learned from bystanders the two men were still trapped inside.

Firefighters entered the thirdfloor apartment through a rear door accessed from an outside staircase at the back of the building and carried the limp bodies of the two men down the staircase.

Delaney performed CPR on one of the men himself.

Five additional residents of the building, a house divided into several apartments, also escaped from the first floor prior to the arrival of firefighters.

A neighbor who did not wish to be identified said she, a family member and a resident of the building named Billy rushed into the home and helped carry the first-floor residents out.

Billy, who did not want to speak to media or give his full name, tried to help the men from the third-floor apartment as well, but was turned back by the flames, she said.

James Johnson, 48, was one of the residents who escaped the fire. He said he has lived in the home on and off for three years.

“I was downstairs and all of a sudden the fire came… from upstairs… it was coming down,” Johnson said. “I came running out.”

Red Cross aiding victims The Red Cross of Wyoming Valley will provide shelter and other aid to the victims of the fire.

The Red Cross will put the fire victims up in a hotel for at least three nights, provide monetary aid for them to buy essential goods to satisfy their immediate needs and make psychological counseling available.

All victims lost medications in the fire, Red Cross volunteer Mina Hontz said, and finding replacements for them was the Red Cross’ first priority Tuesday night.

Firefighters brought the fire under control within about 30 minutes, and completed their work at the house by 8 p.m., though the fire remains under investigation by state police fire marshals and city fire investigators. Delaney would not comment on the possible cause of the fire while it is under investigation.

The flames were confined to the building’s second and third floors. Boice and Evans said the

DINER

Andy Hornick Jr. mans the grill cooking bacon for the breakfast dishes Tuesday at Andy’s River Road Diner in Plains Township. The eatery was flooded with several feet of water in September when the Susquehanna River rose to a record of more than 42 feet. The diner’s interior has been changed from top to bottom.

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flood insurance and personal savings, and the rest borrowed. The diner had up to 6 feet of water inside when the Susquehanna River swelled to historic levels.

“I’m invested for the future,” he said. “A future without floods, I hope. This is our place – our life.”

As plates filled with breakfast food whizzed by, customers marveled at the diner’s spanking-new look. Orange walls, shiny stainless steel, black-and-white booths, granite table tops and new menus brought wide eyes and big grins from customers.

“We’ve been coming here for years,” said Bridget Sassi, of Inkerman. “It’s so family oriented.”

Jeanann Robbins, also of Inkerman, said she and Sassi had “bounced around” from place to place waiting for Andy’s to reopen.

THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com sion into subjects such as contraception and the separation of church and state.

“During this campaign there has been discussion about all sorts of issues,” Romney said in Canton. “I keep bringing it back to more jobs, less debt and smaller government. That’s what my campaign is about.”

The fourth candidate in the race, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, was hoping for his first victory in the one remaining caucus state, Alaska. (Voters in Wyoming were also caucusing) Paul campaigned hard in North Dakota and appeared there election night, but came up unavailing.

With his three victories and strong showing in Ohio, Romney added considerably to his lead among delegates.

But the results continued to flash caution signs.

He trailed Santorum and Gingrich, respectively, among the most conservative voters in Ohio and Georgia, according to exit polls. He also showed continued weakness among evangelical Christians, perhaps because of concerns about his Mormon faith.

While those voters — who represent the base of the party — are likely to rally behind the eventual winner, the resistance has kept Romney from wrapping up the nominating fight as quickly as he would

like.

Overall, 437 delegates were at stake Tuesday, considerably more than in the 12 previous contests combined; 1,144 delegates are needed to secure the GOP nomination.

Even before the first ballots were cast, Romney was assured a victory in Tuesday’s delegate count, thanks in part to the organizational failings of his main rivals.

Paul was the only Republican other than RomneytoqualifyfortheballotinVirginia, one of the larger states voting Tuesday and another important target for both political parties in November. Santorum also forfeited more than a dozen Ohio delegates by failing to qualify representatives in several congressional districts, including the one in which he held his election-night party.

The shortfall underscored the advantage that Romney has maintained throughout the ups and downs of the turbulent nominating fight: his big financial and organizational advantages.

Both were brought to bear on Super Tuesday.

Repeating a pattern seen throughout the contest, Romney vastly outspent Santorum on the television airwaves, strafing his chief rival with a relentless barrage of negative advertising.

Wilkes-Barre firefighters were called back to put out hot spots at two vacant houses at 27 and 31 Academy St. in Wilkes-Barre that were destroyed in a fire early Tuesday morning. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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building’s second floor was va- Runoff water froze cant.

Cold temperatures quickly No firefighters were injured. froze water runoff on the sideEarlier Tuesday, fire destroyed walks and Academy Street, maktwo vacant houses at 27 and 31 A- ing suppression efforts difficult, cademy St., while firefighters Delaney said. saved Bob Moir’s house and a “It looked like an inferno,” business, Butler Casket Co., Moir said. “The fire chief told me which has been on Academy the firefighters were going to conStreet since 1960. centrate on my house. The Moir said he wasn’t surprised flames were starting to shoot to see flames coming from two over and they were afraid the fire vacant houses next door after he was going to jump. The firemen was awakened by did a terrific job, a two young men terrific job. They’ve banging on the door “The flames been checking my to his Academy basement and my were starting to Street house. attic. They don’t get “I’ve been talking shoot over and paid enough.” to the city about Moir said he had they were afraid these houses for four water damage in his years … nothing,” the fire was gobasement from runMoir said. “We’re on ing to jump.” off and several roof a main road here, the shingles were Bob Moir blown off by water smell, the mice and Neighboring property pressure from hosthe rats. All I’m told owner from the city is, ‘Our es. A distance of less hands are tied.’ ” than 5 feet separate Moir said 27 AcadMoir’s house and 31 emy St. has been vacant for about Academy St. five years, and the other for at Delaney said it was too dangerleast four years. ous for firefighters to enter the Delaney said firefighters were burning houses due to “structurcalled to the blaze at about 2:30 al collapse.” a.m., finding heavy fire and Sections of the roof on both smoke coming from both build- houses collapsed. ings.

Firefighters returned to the vaDelaney credited two aerial cant houses Tuesday afternoon ladder trucks, one from the city to extinguish hot spots. and the other from the Kingston Delaney said an investigation Fire Department, with saving by city fire inspectors Alan KlaMoir’s residence and the casket pat and William Sharksnas is unbusiness. der way to determine the cause.

“Without the two aerials, we Moir said he believed there probably would have lost the oth- was no utility service to the builder house,” Delaney said. ings, which were often used by

squatters.

“I called police at least once a month saying, ‘Come on down, there are people in there,’ ” Moir said.

Drew McLaughlin, city spokesman, said the city last boarded up 27 Academy St. on Feb. 28. He said the city was unable to react to complaints about the house due to litigation involving the property owner.

Luzerne County property records list the owner of 27 Academy St. as Joseph Reisinger Jr., of Wilkes-Barre. Reisinger purchased the property in June 2004.

The house at 31 Academy St. was purchased by Dan and Janet Frascella, of Hanover Township, in June.

Neighborhood fires It is the fourth fire at a vacant house in South Wilkes-Barre since May. A fire at a vacant house at 73 Sullivan St. claimed the lives of two homeless men, Robert Klein and James Moore Jr., both 52, on May 31. The cause of the deadly blaze has not been determined.

Firefighters found the body of Jhole Beaubrun, 29, of Brooklyn, N.Y., in a second-floor bedroom of a vacant double-block at 19-21 Elizabeth St., after a blaze on Aug. 4. A cause of the fire has not been determined. Most recently, firefighters extinguished a fire at a vacant house at 257 Carey Ave. on Friday.

The city obtained an emergency demolition order Tuesday afternoon to raze the two buildings for safety, McLaughlin said.

A N DY ’S D I N E R Location: 1335 River Road, Plains Township Opened: 1989 Owner: Andy Hornick, Jr. Hours of operation: Tuesday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; closed Mondays; Catering available; large room available for special events.

Phone: 829-9444

“It’s service with a smile here,” she said. “They make you feel right at home.”

Andy Sr. was busy filling coffee cups, making sure who got regular and who got decaf.

“Everything is so different back here,” he said. “I just have to get used to it again.”

Kathy Hornick walked by holding her back.

“It’s going to take a little time to get back in shape,” she said. “You do things at home, but this is different.”

Kathy Loucks of Exeter was or-

Kathy Hornick waits on the Martins, Ray and Joanna, of Luzerne, as Andy Hornick Sr. checks on other patrons Tuesday.

dering breakfast with her daughter, Jennifer Fisher, of Dallas.

Fisher’s husband, Nicholas, is fond of Andy’s chili.

“We love the food here,” Loucks said. “And everyone here is just so pleasant. We missed this place.”

Tom and Jane VonFossen drove over from Harding. They said the diner looks much better.

“We usually stop here for breakfast or lunch,” Tom said, “and the great people.”

Across River Road, other flooddamaged businesses remain closed. Hornick Jr. said his diner never had water like September’s.

But that did not discourage him.

“This is our property,” he said.

“We never thought about relocating. This is our community.”

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Source: Colts set to dump Peyton ESPN says team will announce INSIDE: Saints’ brass take blame, 3B it is releasing quarterback at press conference today.

Colts plan to hold a news confer-

The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — The PeytonManningerainIndianapolisis expected to end today, according to a report.

Citing anonymous sources, ESPN reported Tuesday that the

ence to announce the long-expected decision. Manning and team owner Jim Irsay are expected to attend, the network said.

Colts spokesman Avis Roper said he could not confirm the decision — or that a news conference would be held today — because Irsay was out of town and

could not be reached for comment. Neither Irsay nor Manning’s agent, Tom Condon, responded immediately to messages left by The Associated Press.

Manning has said in the past that all he wanted to do was finish his career in a Colts uniform, but an injured neck forced him to miss all of the 2011 season.

“I can’t tell you what an honor it is to go start-to-finish with the same organization here in Indi-

anapolis.ThatissomethingIhave always wanted to do as a rookie coming out,” Manning said after signing a five-year, $90 million contract in July. “Of course, you never know if that is possible, but after yesterday it is official that I willbeanIndianapolisColtformy AP PHOTO entire career. I will not play for another team. My last down of foot- The Peyton Manning era in Indianapolis is expected to end today, ball will be with the Colts, which according to a report. Citing anonymous sources, ESPN reported that the Colts plan to hold a news conference today to announce the long-expected decision. Manning is expected to attend.

See PEYTON, Page 4B

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Penguins get iced

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King’s guard Celia Rader drives the ball around William Paterson’s Floriana Borova.

Her secret’s suddenly out of the bag Sharp-shooting prowess of King’s guard Celia Rader was put on display for NCAA.

By DEREK LEVARSE dlevarse@timesleader.com

Around the region, it’s hardly a secret.

From her high school days at Scranton Prep to her three seasons playing guard for King’s, Celia Rader has been known on the court as a dangerous shooter.

UP NEXT After this past weekNCAA Division end, the NCAA tournaIII tournament ment field knows it too.

Third round Rader, a junior guard • King’s vs. for the Lady Monarchs, Emmanuel tied the all-time record 5 p.m., Friday for three-pointers in an Amherst, Mass.

NCAA Division III women’s tournament game, connecting on nine of them to help lift King’s to a wild 64-63 win over William Paterson in the second round.

Despite hitting five in the first half alone, Rader found herself open down the stretch, keying a double-digit rally with four more in the game’s final four minutes.

“Celia’s our best shooter. It’s just that she’s been hurt for a couple weeks,” King’s coach Brian Donoghue said. “To be honest, I think in our league play, (opponents) probably secure her a little bit more. The fact is that there’s not a lot of film on her recently because she’s been out.

“I’m sure they knew who she was, but maybe not the range she has or some of the things we try to get her loose on.”

Certainly the Lady Monarchs’ next opponent will know all about her. King’s faces Emmanuel College in the Sweet 16 of See RADER, Page 4B

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Matt Rust comes around the corner of the goal against St. John Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Shorthanded goals help St. John’s get past WBS

By TOM VENESKY tvenesky@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – During their first two meetings against the St. John’s IceCaps, the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins were victorious in both contests thanks to a total of four shorthanded goals.

On Tuesday when the IceCaps made their first trip to Wilkes-Barre, the roles were reversed.

St. John’s scored three goals on their first three shots and had two shorthanded tallies to beat the Penguins, 5-2.

“There’s no explanation for it,” said Zach Sill, regarding the six shorthand-

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ed goals that have resulted in the three meetings against the two teams. “If we’re going to win these games, we have to capitalize on our special teams and we can’t afford to give up shorthanded goals.

The loss drops the Penguins 33-19-

2-5 and keeps them in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of Hershey. The Penguins have lost three out of their last five games and are now 12-13-2-2 at home.

Despite equaling St. John’s in scoring chances and outshooting them 11-4 in the first period, the IceCaps built a 3-0 lead by connecting on their first three shots of the game. John Albert scored a shorthanded tally to put St. John’s on the board at 4:48, followed by a power play sequence that saw both Matt Rust and Zach Sill hobbled after blocking shots before Carl Klingberg connected to give the IceCaps a 2-0 lead.

“I didn’t know what the heck was going on. It was mayhem,” Sill said of the power play sequence. “The first shot hit Rust, went back to their guy and he fed it over to (Paul) Postma for a onetimer and it hit me. That was a pretty good game plan by them.”

Former Penguin Jason DeSantis scored with a shot from the high point less than a minute later to put the Penguins down 3-0 and bring an early end for Scott Munroe in goal, who failed to stop all three shots he faced. Munroe was replaced by Patrick Killeen.

“I’m sure he’d like one or two of See PENS, Page 4B

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PGA

Going all at once now

Where in the world will legend of Tiger stand?

For what appears to be the first time in the 74-year history of the PIAA Wrestling Championships, the 56 finalists will not be the only ones under the spotlight.

In a proposal last year to save time and be more wrestler friendly, the PIAA decided to change the schedule for this weekend’s tournament at Giant Center in Hershey. That means all four placing bouts in each classification – championship, third, fifth and seventh – will all

DAVE ROSENGRANT

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

NOTEBOOK be held at the same time. And the parade of champions in both classifications will consist of all 112 medal participants.

In previous years, the 2A finals started at 2:30 p.m., which was following the third, fifth and seventh-place bouts, which started at approximately 12:30 p.m. This year, both will kick off at 2 p.m.

The Class 3A championship See WRESTLING, Page 4B

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Tiger Woods smiles as he walks off the 18th green after completing the third round of the Honda Classic golf tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. on Saturday.

learned how to play, or all learned how to win, are probably no longer afraid of Tiger,” Nicklaus said.

“In my opinion, I still think Tiger will regain what he does. He will come back and play very, very well. Whether he breaks my record is another issue. I still think he will. But he still has to go do it.”

If not, Woods might have to settle for another standard.

The next step below the majors are the World Golf Championships, and Woods has amassed an

DORAL, Fla. — Tiger Woods already has left his own mark in world golf.

History will decide what it means.

The number that defines greatness in golf is 18. It has been that way since 1986, when Jack Nicklaus won his 18th professional major at the Masters. And it will stay that way unless — or until — Woods wins the five more majors he needs to pass him.

“While he has been gone for 2½ years, these guys who have all See GOLF, Page 5B

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W V C BERWICK (8-14) Caty Davenport Kelly Sheptock Geena Palermo Margaret Bridge Alexis Steeber Allison Rinehimer Bri Floryshak Team Defense COUGHLIN (2-20) Marissa Ross Dannah Hayward Danielle Georgetti Cayla Sebastian Kayla Eaton Shelby Flaherty Sierra Williams Team Defense CRESTWOOD (14-8) Sydney Myers Kayla Gegaris Rebecca Rutkowski Sarah Andrews Taryn Wojnar Carina Mazzoni Amy Jesikiewicz Team Defense DALLAS (14-8) Ashley Dunbar Tanner Englehart Jessica Hiscox Talia Szatkowski Samantha Missal Sara Flaherty Katy Comitz Team Defense GAR (6-17) Brenan Mosier Marena Spence Quieterriua Gross Brea Seabrook Unique Twyman Julianna Leco Quinniea Gross Team Defense HANOVER AREA (6-15) Danielle Tuzinski Brittany Miller Julie Mizenko Katie Zuranski Julia Smith Mickie Kaminski Samantha Masher Team Defense HAZLETON AREA (9-15) Keanna Schoennagle Alyssa Sitch Josie Bachman Becca Zamonas Annie Bono Alyssa Pfeil Brianna Woznicki Team Defense HOLY REDEEMER (14-8) Alexis Lewis Paige Makowski Alana Wilson Shannon Murray Julia Wignot Alyssa Platko Sara Altemose Team Defense LAKE-LEHMAN (17-7) Cayle Spencer Nikki Sutliff Emily Sutton Shoshana Mahoney Jen Konopinski Carol Mosier Emily Leskowsky Team Defense

G I R L S B A S K E T B A L L S TA T S Gms 22 18 20 22 22 20 21

Pts 162 131 95 95 75 50 48

Gms 12 18 20 22 19 22 20

Pts 82 113 67 73 58 55 21

Gms 22 22 22 22 19 21 22

Pts 264 186 145 137 95 77 64

Gms 22 22 22 18 22 21 22

Pts 288 170 134 94 110 92 87

Gms 20 22 21 21 18 23 18

Pts 147 158 150 109 87 105 70

Gms 21 21 19 21 21 21 21

Pts 362 120 75 80 70 57 57

Gms 24 24 24 24 24 22 23

Pts 148 137 127 125 93 72 56

Gms 18 22 17 22 22 22 21

Pts 271 152 114 144 119 117 95

Gms 24 21 24 23 16 24 24

Pts 327 267 148 69 45 65 57

Avg 7.4 7.3 4.8 4.3 3.4 2.5 2.3 33.2 38.2 Avg 6.8 6.3 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.5 1.1 22.5 46.2 Avg 12.0 8.5 6.6 6.2 5.0 3.7 2.9 51.6 41.6 Avg 13.1 7.7 6.1 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.0 50.6 40.4 Avg 7.4 7.2 7.1 5.2 4.8 4.6 3.9 35.3 45.3 Avg 17.2 5.7 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.7 42.5 55.7 Avg 6.2 5.7 5.3 5.2 3.9 3.3 2.4 38.5 43.6 Avg 15.1 6.9 6.7 6.5 5.4 5.3 4.5 52.4 44.6 Avg 13.6 12.7 6.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.4 46.5 34.3

L O C A L C A L E N D A R Today's Events COLLEGE SOFTBALL Miami-Hamilton (Ohio) vs. King’s (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), 9:30 a.m.

Bluefield vs. King’s (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), 11:30 a.m.

COLLEGE BASEBALL Averett vs. Wilkes (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), 9 a.m.

Susquehanna vs. Misericordia (Fort Pierce, Fla.), Noon COLLEGE TENNIS Kings at Kissimmee, Fla.

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 H.S. WRESTLING PIAA Championships at Giant Center, Hershey COLLEGE SOFTBALL Carroll vs. Misericordia (Clermont, Fla.), 11 a.m.

Simmons vs. Misericordia (Clermont, Fla.), 1 p.m.

COLLEGE BASEBALL Lebanon Valley vs. Misericordia (Fort Pierce, Fla.), 3:30 p.m.

WOMEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE Medaille vs. Misericordia (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), 10 a.m.

COLLEGE TENNIS King’s at Kissimmee, Fla.

FRIDAY, MARCH 9 H.S. BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA Class 3A Tournament Abington Heights vs. Northern Lehigh, 7:30 p.m., Lackawanna College Scranton Prep vs. Danville, 7:30 p.m., Shamokin H.S. PIAA Class A Tournament Susquehanna vs. Faith Christian, 6 p.m., Scranton H.S. H.S. GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA Class 4A Tournament Abington Heights vs. Upper Darby, 6 p.m., Lackawanna College PIAA Class 2A Tournament Montrose vs. Wyalusing Valley, 7:30 p.m., Scranton H.S. Dunmore vs. Christopher Dock, 6 p.m., Coatesville H.S. Mid Valley vs. Mount Carmel, 6 p.m., Shamokin H.S. HS WRESTLING PIAA Championships at Giant Center, Hershey WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL NCAA Division III tournament Third round King’s vs. Emmanuel, 5 p.m. at Amherst, Mass.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL Lebanon Valley vs. Misericordia, 9 a.m.

Arcadia vs. King’s (Salisbury, Md.), 10 a.m.

Stevenson vs. Wilkes (Salisbury, Md.), 10 a.m.

Emerson vs. Misericordia (Fort Pierce, Fla.), 11 a.m.

Frostburg State at Wilkes (Salisbury, Md.), Noon Shenandoah at King’s (Salisbury, Md.), Noon MEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE Misericordia at Tampa, 7 p.m.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD NCAA Indoor Championships, TBA

SATURDAY, MARCH 10 H.S. BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA Class 2A Tournament Meyers vs. Athens, 3:30 p.m., Pittston Area H.S. Riverside vs. Loyalsock, 3 p.m., Williamsport H.S. Holy Cross vs. Southern Columbia, 6:30 p.m., Marywood University H.S. GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA Class 3A Tournament Nanticoke vs. Shamokin, 6 p.m. Shikellamy H.S. Honesdale vs. Southern Lehigh, 3:30 p.m., Marywood University PIAA Class A Tournament Old Forge vs. Morrisville, 5 p.m., Marywood University HS WRESTLING PIAA Championships at Giant Center, Hershey COLLEGE SOFTBALL D’Youville vs. King’s (Salisbury, Md),10 a.m.

Washington and Jefferson vs. King’s (Salisbury, Md.), Noon Shenandoah vs. Wilkes (in Salisbury, Md.), Noon Wilkes at Salisbury, 2 p.m.

COLLEGE BASEBALL Delaware Valley vs. Misericordia (Fort Pierce, Fla.), 9 a.m.

WOMEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE Cazenovia at King’s, 1 p.m.

MEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE King’s at Lycoming, 1 p.m.

COLLEGE WRESTLING NCAA Division III Tournament, 10 a.m.

Hi 15 13 12 10 13 8 8

FT% 60.2 55.6 42.5 54.8 75.0 87.5 57.7 56.5

FTM 56 35 17 17 18 7 15

FTA 93 63 40 31 24 8 26

15+ 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

3s 0 0 0 12 1 1 1

Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9

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FT% 26.1 48.8 44.1 50.0 60.0 54.5 35.7 41.9

FTM 18 20 26 3 9 6 5

FTA 69 41 59 6 15 11 14

15+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3s 0 18 1 10 10 3 0

Avg 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.0

Hi 23 17 17 14 16 10 10

FT% 59.8 52.0 52.3 63.2 66.7 100.0 33.3 59.5

FTM 58 26 23 43 6 6 1

FTA 97 50 44 68 9 6 3

15+ 7 2 2 0 3 0 0

3s 0 24 2 4 24 15 13

Avg 0.0 1.1 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.7 0.6 4.2

Hi 26 17 14 11 12 14 10

FT% 63.7 47.9 52.6 49.0 85.7 62.9 70.8 57.5

FTM 86 57 20 24 6 22 17

FTA 135 119 38 49 7 35 24

15+ 7 1 0 0 0 0 0

3s 9 0 10 0 23 0 8

Avg 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.4 2.5

Hi 19 16 20 11 12 23 18

FT% 43.3 42.2 55.7 28.9 22.5 75.9 43.5 41.4

FTM 13 38 34 13 9 22 10

FTA 30 90 61 45 40 29 23

15+ 2 2 1 0 0 1 1

3s 0 14 4 2 0 13 0

Avg 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.5

Hi 30 13 9 8 8 10 13

FT% 64.2 44.8 50.0 61.5 52.9 66.7 55.6 56.7

FTM 113 13 11 8 9 4 15

FTA 176 29 22 13 17 6 27

15+ 13 0 0 0 0 0 0

3s 22 1 2 13 3 13 0

Avg 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.0 2.6

Hi 16 16 13 13 9 11 8

FT% 48.3 44.0 58.5 76.7 82.9 60.0 31.6 55.4

FTM 28 11 38 23 29 9 6

FTA 58 25 65 30 35 15 19

15+ 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

3s 24 8 3 26 10 9 0

Avg 1.0 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.0 3.7

Hi 26 16 15 11 10 13 10

FT% 61.5 66.7 63.6 75.0 71.0 50.9 71.4 61.5

FTM 48 30 21 15 22 27 20

FTA 78 45 33 20 31 53 28

15+ 8 1 1 0 0 0 0

3s 5 0 15 21 17 0 15

Avg 0.3 0.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.7 3.5

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FT% 63.3 60.0 41.2 59.3 55.6 39.3 27.8 56.1

FTM 76 69 14 16 5 11 5

FTA 120 115 34 27 9 28 18

15+ 11 7 1 0 0 0 0

3s 9 32 0 1 6 0 2

Avg 0.4 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 2.3

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MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN — Big East Conference, second round, West Virginia vs. UConn, at New York 2 p.m.

ESPN — Big East Conference, second round, Georgetown vs. Pittsburgh, at New York 7 p.m.

ESPN — Big East Conference, second round, Louisville vs. Seton Hall, at New York ESPN2 — Northeast Conference, championship game, Wagner at LIU 9 p.m.

ESPN — Big East Conference, second round, South Florida vs. Rutgers-Villanova winner, at New York ESPN2 — Big Sky Conference, championship game, at Missoula, Mont.

MLB

1 p.m.

YES — Spring Training, Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees

NHL HOCKEY

7:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Toronto at Pittsburgh

MEYERS (11-12) Amy Kowalczyk Jazma Robertson MacKenzie Winder Salimah Biggs Brianna Dimaggio Cathy Quinones Brandilee Soto Team Defense MMI PREP (4-20) Rachel Stanziola Maria Carrato Kayla Karchner Kristen Purcell Gabriella Lobitz Hayle Shearer Andrea Lara Team Defense NANTICOKE (23-3) Katie Wolfe Samantha Gow Kayley Schinski Alex Brassington Brittany Sugalski Alex Holl Cassie Yalch Team Defense NORTHWEST (14-9) Alivia Womelsdorf Sarah Shaffer DeAnna Gill Maranda Koehn Christa Bosak Kelsey Yustat Team Defense PITTSTON AREA (17-7) Mia Hopkins Grace O’Neill Allie Barber Liz Waleski Kelly Mitchell Jacqueline Rabender Kristen Fereck Team Defense TUNKHANNOCK (15-7) Lisa Kintner Kassie Williams Gabby Alguire Amelia Ayers Katie Proulx Ashleigh Nafus Shequoya Bonner Team Defense WYOMING AREA (5-17) Serra Degnan Ashlee Blannett Abby Thornton Sara Radzwilka Nicole Turner Lexi Coolbaugh Felicia Turner Team Defense WYOMING SEMINARY (8-14) Jessica Neare Bridget McMullen Ann Romanowski Haley Karg Jane Henry Emily Gabriel Dinah Williams Team Defense VALLEY WEST (19-6) Tara Zdancewicz Kaitlyn Smicherko Cassie Smicherko Olivia Hoffman Cheyenne Reese Taylor Reilly Tara Judge Team Defense

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Gms 26 26 25 25 25 25 26

Gms 23 23 23 23 23 22

Gms 24 24 24 24 23 24 22

Gms 22 22 22 22 21 22 15

Gms 22 22 22 22 17 21 19

Gms 20 19 16 22 21 22 16

Gms 25 25 25 24 24 24 25

Avg 8.1 7.0 6.8 6.2 5.1 1.5 1.5 36.7 38.2 Pts Avg 191 8.0 171 7.1 127 5.5 123 5.1 75 3.4 81 3.4 35 1.5 34.0 56.3 Pts Avg 335 12.9 270 10.4 226 9.0 183 7.3 112 4.5 94 3.8 68 2.6 56.3 34.5 Pts Avg 475 20.7 223 9.7 180 7.8 71 3.1 65 2.8 53 2.4 47.2 41.9 Pts Avg 486 20.3 258 10.8 185 7.7 144 6.0 63 2.7 61 2.5 37 1.7 53.9 41.9 Pts Avg 281 12.8 242 11.0 157 7.1 101 4.6 73 3.5 60 2.7 29 1.9 45.5 38.4 Pts Avg 231 10.5 147 6.7 137 6.2 94 4.3 53 3.1 42 2.0 23 1.2 35.4 48.6 Pts Avg 164 8.2 133 7.0 103 6.4 133 6.0 117 5.6 48 2.2 25 1.6 33.5 44.6 Pts Avg 434 17.4 265 10.6 119 4.8 111 4.6 104 4.3 83 3.5 65 2.6 50.9 39.3

NBA Favorite

Points

Underdog

76ERS

5

Rockets

1.5

RAPTORS

8

BOBCATS

Lakers

7.5

WIZARDS

HEAT

12.5

Hawks

Bulls

7.5

BUCKS

Clippers

6.5

NETS

T’WOLVES

2.5

Blazers

THUNDER

9.5

Suns

Jazz

SPURS

7

Knicks

NUGGETS

10

Cavaliers

KINGS

4.5

Hornets

1.5

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FTA 47 32 26 32 38 17 28

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FTM 101 20 62 11 11 3

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3s 1 51 0 0 0 12

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CSN — Boston at Philadelphia 8 p.m.

YES — L.A. Clippers at New Jersey 8:30 p.m.

MSG — New York at San Antonio

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OL SL Pts St. John’s .............. 57 35 15 5 2 77 Worcester.............. 56 25 20 4 7 61 Manchester ........... 60 29 28 0 3 61 Portland ................. 58 27 25 3 3 60 Providence............ 60 26 28 3 3 58 East Division GP W L OL SL Pts Norfolk ................... 60 39 18 1 2 81 Penguins.............. 59 33 19 2 5 73 Hershey ................. 59 31 19 4 5 71 Syracuse ............... 58 24 26 4 4 56 Binghamton........... 59 23 32 2 2 50 Northeast Division GP W L OL SL Pts Bridgeport ............. 56 31 19 3 3 68 Connecticut........... 58 29 19 5 5 68 Albany .................... 58 27 22 6 3 63 Adirondack............ 58 28 27 2 1 59 Springfield ............. 59 27 27 3 2 59 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division GP W L OL SL Pts Charlotte................ 58 31 19 3 5 70 Chicago ................. 58 31 22 2 3 67 Peoria .................... 60 31 26 2 1 65 Milwaukee ............. 57 30 23 2 2 64 Rockford................ 59 26 26 2 5 59 North Division GP W L OL SL Pts Toronto .................. 59 32 20 5 2 71 Rochester.............. 59 28 22 6 3 65 Lake Erie ............... 60 30 25 2 3 65 Grand Rapids........ 56 25 22 5 4 59 Hamilton ................ 58 26 26 1 5 58 West Division GP W L OL SL Pts Oklahoma City...... 58 35 17 2 4 76 Abbotsford ............ 59 31 22 3 3 68 San Antonio .......... 58 32 23 2 1 67 Houston ................. 57 27 18 3 9 66 Texas ..................... 57 25 28 2 2 54 Tuesday's Games Houston 7, Abbotsford 6, SO Bridgeport at Worcester, 7 p.m.

St. John’s 5, Penguins 2 Today's Games Binghamton at Toronto, 11 a.m.

Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Peoria, 8 p.m.

Grand Rapids at Texas, 8:30 p.m.

Houston at Abbotsford, 10 p.m.

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MEETINGS Crestwood Football Booster Club will be meeting Sunday at 6 p.m. at Tony’s Pizzeria. Any questions, please call Sherry at 855-6938.

Duryea Little League will hold its monthly meeting on Sunday at 7 p.m. at the VFW on Stephenson Street. This is a mandatory meeting for all coaches to discuss the upcoming season.

Hanover Area Cheerleader Booster Club will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at the high school cafeteria.

Hanover Area Wrestling Booster Club will meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria, all varsity, junior varsity and elementary parents are invited to attend.

Heights Packers Booster Club will be meeting Sunday at 7 p.m. at Stanton Lanes Meeting Room.

Luzerne County Federation of Sportsmen will meet at 7:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 609, corner of Lee Park Ave and St. Mary’s Rd. Interested sportsmen are cordially invited and club delegates are urged to attend.

Nanticoke Area Little League will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at Nanticoke High School. Board Members are to meet at 7 p.m.

Wyoming Area Baseball - Meet the Warriors Committee will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. in room 129 at the high school.

REGISTRATION/TRYOUTS Beginner to Intermediate Field Hockey Players will have hold signups for the upcoming season beginning April 15 to May 20. There will be a total of 6 training/game play sessions every Sunday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. We will have gear & sticks for sale for those who have never played. To register visit our website: www.kapowfh.com and print/complete/mail the Youth Spring Training Flier on the Homepage.

Hanover Area Little League will be holding an additional registration for this season on Saturday from 9:30 am until 11:00 am in the cafeteria at the Hanover Area High School. All children residing in Warrior Run, Sugar Notch & Hanover Twp., excluding Preston & Newtown, ages 4-16 as of April 30, 2012 are eligible to play. Registration costs are $45 per player (ages 4-12) or $75 per family of 2 or more. Cost for Junior/Senior League ages 13-16 is $65 per player.

Nanticoke American Legion Baseball will hold sign-ups Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at the Nanticoke legion hall on West Broad St. in Nanticoke.Eligible participants will be between the ages of 13-18, and reside in the Nanticoke, Northwest or Hanover areas. Registration fee is $100. Any questions, please call Joe at 814-1430.

Nanticoke Area Little League will have final tryouts for 7 through 12 year old girls softball at 7 p.m.

Tuesday at Ed. Center Cafe. Boys baseball tryouts will be at 7 p.m.

Thursday at the same location.

Anyone not on a major team must tryout. Please call Wade 735-0189 for more information. Sign ups for t-ball, coach pitch and 13 through 16 year old boys and girls will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 10 at the field house behind the high school.

Plains Soccer Association will hold registrations for our upcoming 2012 Fall Soccer Season from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Plains American Legion, Carey Street, Plains, on the following dates: March 25, April 1, April 11 and April 15. Age groups from U6 thru U18 will be accepted. Eligible players must be 4 years of age by Aug. 1, 2012. New players must show proof of age.

Forms can be printed in advance at our web address www.plainssoccer-

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B A S K E T B A L L

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Philadelphia ................... 22 17 .564 Boston ............................ 19 17 .528 New York ....................... 18 19 .486 Toronto ........................... 12 26 .316 New Jersey .................... 12 27 .308 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami............................. 29 9 .763 Orlando ......................... 25 15 .625 Atlanta ........................... 23 15 .605 Washington ..................

8 29 .216 Charlotte .......................

5 31 .139 Central Division W L Pct Chicago .......................... 32 8 .800 Indiana............................ 23 14 .622 Milwaukee ...................... 15 23 .395 Cleveland ....................... 13 23 .361 Detroit ............................. 12 26 .316 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio.................. 25 12 .676 Memphis ....................... 22 15 .595 Dallas ............................ 22 17 .564 Houston ........................ 21 17 .553 New Orleans ................

9 29 .237 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City ............. 30 8 .789 Denver .......................... 22 17 .564 Minnesota..................... 20 19 .513 Portland......................... 19 19 .500 Utah............................... 18 19 .486 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers ................... 23 14 .622 L.A. Clippers................. 22 14 .611 Phoenix......................... 17 20 .459 Golden State ................ 15 20 .429 Sacramento.................. 12 26 .316 Tuesday's Games Charlotte 100, Orlando 84 Atlanta 101, Indiana 96 Miami 108, New Jersey 78 Houston at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

BULLETIN BOARD

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers............... 65 42 16 7 91 180 137 Pittsburgh .................... 65 39 21 5 83 209 168 Philadelphia ................ 65 37 21 7 81 213 193 New Jersey ................. 66 37 24 5 79 184 176 N.Y. Islanders.............. 66 28 29 9 65 155 195 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston.......................... 65 39 23 3 81 214 154 Ottawa .......................... 68 35 25 8 78 209 201 Buffalo.......................... 66 30 28 8 68 163 186 Toronto ........................ 66 30 29 7 67 198 206 Montreal....................... 66 25 31 10 60 170 184 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida .......................... 65 31 22 12 74 163 184 Winnipeg...................... 67 32 27 8 72 176 187 Washington ................. 66 32 28 6 70 175 188 Tampa Bay................... 66 31 29 6 68 187 226 Carolina ....................... 66 25 27 14 64 175 200 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis....................... 67 42 18 7 91 174 132 Detroit .......................... 67 43 21 3 89 211 156 Nashville ...................... 66 38 21 7 83 188 171 Chicago........................ 68 36 25 7 79 203 200 Columbus .................... 66 21 38 7 49 156 216 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver ................... 66 41 17 8 90 209 161 Colorado ...................... 67 34 29 4 72 171 180 Calgary ........................ 66 29 25 12 70 159 181 Minnesota.................... 66 28 28 10 66 143 180 Edmonton .................... 65 25 34 6 56 172 196 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas ........................... 66 35 26 5 75 174 178 Phoenix........................ 67 33 25 9 75 173 170 Los Angeles ................ 66 31 23 12 74 147 143 San Jose ...................... 64 33 24 7 73 179 163 Anaheim ...................... 67 29 28 10 68 170 188 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday's Games Pittsburgh 2, Phoenix 1 Winnipeg 3, Buffalo 1 Anaheim 4, Edmonton 2 Tuesday's Games Boston 5, Toronto 4 New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Philadelphia 3, Detroit 2 Carolina 4, Washington 3, OT Columbus 3, Phoenix 2

Ottawa 7, Tampa Bay 3 St. Louis 5, Chicago 1 Los Angeles 5, Nashville 4 Minnesota at Colorado, late Montreal at Calgary, late Dallas at Vancouver, late Edmonton at San Jose, late Today's Games Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday's Games Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Montreal at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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South Wilkes-Barre Little League will be holding its final signups for this season on Thursday at the parent teacher conference at Kistler and Heights elementary schools. Players ages 4 through 14 are eligible to play. Cost is $45 per player, $60 per family for t ball through little league, and $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.

Swoyersville Little League Baseball and Softball ages 5-12; junior division, ages 13-14; senior division, ages 13-16; will hold registrations Wednesday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the borough building. Cost is $30 for T-Ball and $50 for other leagues. Family rate is $10 for each additional child, but doesn’t apply to junior or senior divisions. For more information, call Dave at 899-3750.

LEAGUES County Line Girls Softball League is a newly formed ASA REC league comprised of teams from Dupont, Taylor, Minooka and Scranton, the league is looking for teams in age groups from 7 to 17 interested in playing. For more info call Bob at 881-8744.

UPCOMING EVENTS Athletes for Better Education (AFBE) will be hosting a regional basketball tournament in the Hazleton area March 24-25. There will be seven age groups for both boys and girls: U10, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16 and U18. Each team will be guaranteed four games. There are a limited number of spots available in each division, so a quick response is advised. The deadline is March 18. For more information or to register, visit www.afbe.org or contact Jason Bieber at 866-9062323 or e-mail jbieber@afbe.org.

Freeland MMI’s Annual Basketball Tournament will be held March 9-11. The tournament will have four divisions: seventh grade boys, seventh grade girls, eighth grade boys and eighth grade girls. The cost for the tournament is $150 and all teams are guaranteed three games. For more information, call Joe at 814-1350 or by email at freelandnews@hotmail.com.

Freeland YMCA will host various basketball tournaments throughout March and April. The schedule is as follows: March 9-11 is fourth grade boys, March 16-18 is seventh grade boys, March 23-25 is fifth grade boys, March 30-April 1 is fourth and sixth grade girls, April 13-15 is sixth, seventh and eighth grade boys. The cost for all tournaments is $125 and all teams are guaranteed three games. For more information, contact the YMCA at 636-3640 or by email at freelandymca@verizon.net. Applications and more information is available at freelandymca.com.

Kingston/Forty Fort Little League will hold field clean-up days on Sunday, March 11 at 2 p.m. at the Forty Fort Little League Field on Tripp Street and March 25 at 2 p.m. at the Hamilton Park Little League Field on Dorrance Street.

Coaches and parents are encouraged to volunteer. For information call Herb at 287-2969.

Valley Regional Girls Softball League will hold its annual open house Saturday at 3 p.m. for new players and their parents. The event will be held at the Freedom Park Softball Complex in Drums.

Bulletin Board items will not be accepted over the telephone. Items may be faxed to 831-7319, emailed to tlsports@timesleader.com or dropped off at the Times Leader or mailed to Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250.

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Signed F Blake Blake Brettschneider, M Alec Purdie and M Michael Roach.

NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed D Tyler Ruthven, M Brandon Barklage, F Jose Angulo and F Jhonny Arteaga.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Added M Floyd Franks.

COLLEGE

STANFORD — Announced the retirement of men’s associate basketball coach Dick Davey at the end of the season.

TENNESSEE STATE — Announced women’s basketball coach Tracee Wells will not be retained.

UNLV — Named Tim Hundley linebackers coach.

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National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with OF Andrew McCutchen on a six-year contract.

BASKETBALL

England Fifth Round Replay Birmingham 0, Chelsea 2

Women's National Basketball Association WASHINGTON MYSTICS — Matched Atlanta’s offer for G Matee Ajavon.

FOOTBALL

National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed S Thomas DeCoud.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed RB Arian Foster to a five-year contract.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released LB Demorrio Williams.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Named Lamonte Winston director-player engagement.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed S C.J. Spillman to a three-year contract.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Named Brian Angelichio tight ends coach, Bob Bostad offensive line coach, Earnest Byner running backs coach, P.J. Fleck wide receivers coach, Steve Loney assistant offensive line coach, Ben McDaniels offensive assistant and Ron Turner quarterbacks coach.

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National Hockey League NHL — Fined Ottawa D Erik Karlsson $2,500 for slashing Florida F Sean Bergenheim during Sunday’s game.

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Loaned F Jared Staal to Providence (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled C Brad Mills from Albany (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed C Mikhail Grabovski to a five-year contract.

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Recalled D Trevor Hendrikx from Allen (CHL).

TEXAS STARS — Assigned F Nick Layton to Allen (CHL).

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Crosby cleared for contact

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has been cleared for contact, a big step toward his return from concussion-like symptoms.

Crosby went through drills with his teammates on Tuesday, the first time he’s been a full participant in practice since the symptoms returned after a loss to Boston on Dec. 5.

The 24-year-old Crosby says he will play at the moment he is symptom free, but there remains no timetable for his return. The Penguins continue a four-game homestand on Wednesday against Toronto.

Crosby missed more than 10 months following a pair of hits to the head in January 2011. He had two goals in his season debut against the New York Islanders, his only goals in the last 14 months.

Flyers retire Howe’s No. 2

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers have retired former defenseman Mark Howe’s No. 2 and raised the number to the rafters.

Howe was honored before Tuesday night’s game against the Detroit Red Wings. Howe is a pro scout for the Red Wings and players for both teams stayed on the bench to watch the ceremony.

Howe is Philadelphia’s career leader in goals, assists and points for a defenseman. He played for the Flyers from 1982-92 and was a three-time Norris Trophy finalist.

Howe said during the ceremony, “it was as if I was born to become a Flyer.”

He is the fifth Flyer to have his number retired, joining Bernie Parent, Barry Ashbee, Bill Barber and Bobby Clarke. Howe was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame last November.

Gordie Howe, one of the all-time NHL greats, received a standing ovation from Flyers fans when he was introduced.

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Saints GM and coach admit blame

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

Almost a week after the NFL pointed to them for failing to stop a bounty program involving some two dozen Saints players, coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis apologized and took the blame for violations that “happened under our watch.”

“These are serious violations and we understand the negative impact it has had on our game,” Payton and Loomis added. “Both of us have made it clear within our organization that this will never happen again, and make that same promise to the NFL and most importantly to all of our fans,” Payton and Loomis said in a joint statement Tuesday.

Payton and Loomis also said New Orleans owner Tom Benson “had nothing to do” with the bounty pool.

“We acknowledge that the violations disclosed by the NFL during their inves-

tigation of our club happened under our watch. We take full responsibility,” they said.

The league’s investigation, released last Friday, said the bounty program was funded primarily by players for the past three seasons and was overseen by former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. He admitted to running the program and apologized within hours after the report surfaced.

The NFL said it confirmed Benson was unaware of the program, and that he told Loomis to stop it immediately, but that Loomis did not. The league also said Payton, though not directly involved, was aware of the bounty pool, but did nothing to stop it.

Williams now is defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams. He met with NFL security officials on Monday as part of the league’s ongoing investigation.

Once it concludes — the league says

there is no timetable — Roger Goodell likely will hand out the stiffest penalties of his 51⁄2 years as commissioner.

Goodell has frequently taken a hard line on any action that threatens player safety. He suspended Detroit’s Ndamukong Suh for two games for stomping on an opponent last season; banned Pittsburgh’s James Harrison for one game after a series of flagrant hits that culminated in a collision with Cleveland quarterback Colt McCoy’s helmet; and has ramped up the amount of fines for what the league terms “egregious hits.”

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said before handing out any penalties, Goodell will review the information with his staff and consult with others, including the union and player leaders.

The players’ union has not seen a full report of the investigation, so it can’t be certain if Goodell will levy punishment under the on-field discipline or the personal conduct policy. There’s a major

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Ewing leads class into Hall

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Georgetown great Patrick Ewing and former Kansas star Clyde Lovellette lead a 10-member class that will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in November.

The class was announced Tuesday in Kansas City.

The two post players will be joined

by North Carolina’s Phil Ford, Wyoming’s Kenny Sailors, Grambling’s Willis Reed and Winston-Salem State’s Earl Monroe.

Also inducted will be Joe B. Hall, who followed Adolph Rupp as the coach of Kentucky, and Dave Robbins, who won more than 700 games at Virginia Union.

Businessmen Jim Host and Joe Dean will go in as contributors.

The induction ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 18 at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City. The following night, Kansas, Saint Louis, Texas A&M and Washington will play in the semifinals of the CBE Classic at the nearby Sprint Center.

OLYMPICS

Coach K not thinking 2016

Mike Krzyzewski says he is only thinking about this year, not about a potential third Olympics as U.S. basketball coach.

A day after Cleveland rookie Kyrie Irving said he found out Krzyzewski planned to lead the U.S. again in 2016, the Duke coach says he is focused only on the remainder of the Blue Devils’ season and the London Games.

Both Krzyzewski and USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo, in statements provided Tuesday by USA Basketball, deny that discussions about the future have taken place.

Irving said he would not pursue a chance to play for Australia this summer in hopes of playing for the U.S. in four years. Colangelo says Irving will be given consideration if he continues to play as well as he is now.

NFL

Foster signs 5-year deal

HOUSTON — Texans running back Arian Foster has signed a five-year, $43.5 million deal to stay in Houston.

An undrafted free agent in 2009, Foster made $525,000 last season. He was the NFL’s leading rusher in 2010 with 1,616 yards. He then ran for 1,224 yards and 10 touchdowns last season.

He was due to become a restricted free agent next week, but his agent, Mike McCartney, said Monday that Foster was eager to work out a deal with the Texans.

He’ll make $18 million in base salary next season, plus incentives.

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distinction, because players can appeal on-field punishment to independent arbitrators Art Shell and Ted Cottrell. Appeals under the personal conduct policy are heard by Goodell and other league officials.

“The commissioner has broad authority to impose discipline for violation of league rules. We’re not going to put it in a category right now,” Aiello said.

The NFL hasn’t cited specific players, but fines and suspensions are probable for those found to have participated in the bounty program.

“We take this issue seriously and we continue to look into it,” union spokesman George Atallah said.

Goodell fined the New England Patriots $250,000 and their coach, Bill Belichick, $500,000 for the Spygate scandal in 2007, when the team was caught illegally videotaping the Jets’ sideline. New England also was stripped of a firstround draft pick.

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New York Mets starting pitcher Johan Santana throws during the first inning of a spring training game against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Santana is smooth in return to mound The Associated Press

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — To Johan Santana and the New York Mets, this was a most pleasant spring sight.

The lefty ace returned to the mound for his first game against major league hitters in 18 months and pitched two scoreless innings Tuesday as a Mets split squad beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6.

Santana walked his first batter on five pitches. But a single marked the only other runner against Santana, who threw 17 of 29 pitches for strikes.

The two-time Cy Young winner last pitched to big league hitters on Sept. 2, 2010, in a game in Atlanta.

Two weeks later he underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his left shoulder.

“Finally I had an opportunity to go out there and finally get the first one out of the way,” Santana said. “... I was excited about today. Even as I was preparing myself prior to the game, I was anxious to go out there and do it.”

Kyle Kendrick each threw two innings, leading the Philadelphia Phillies over Toronto.

Lee yielded a hit in the first and second before giving way to Kendrick, who allowed a hit, struck out two and walked none.

Shane Victorino hit a two-run single off Rick VandenHurk during a four-run third inning. John Mayberry Jr. also singled in a run and Ty Wigginton had a sacrifice fly.

Pirates 7, Yankees 4 BRADENTON, Fla. — Andrew McCutchen had two hits and two RBIs hours after agreeing to a new deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

McCutchen hit a run-scoring single off Yankees ace CC Sabathia in the first and doubled in the third.

The Pirates and McCutchen announced a $51.5 million, six-year contract for the All-Star center fielder earlier in the day.

Cubs 11, Rockies 4 MESA, Ariz. — Alfonso Soriano hit two home runs and a double to send Dale Sveum to his first victory Mariners 8, Reds 6 since he was hired to manage the PEORIA, Ariz. — Seattle ace Felix Cubs in November.

Soriano led off the Cubs’ four-run Hernandez struck out four in three second inning with a drive that hit hitless innings. halfway up the scoreboard in left Hernandez hit the first batter he field. He led off the third with a faced this spring, then retired nine in a row. The right-hander threw 26 double to the wall in center and added a two-run homer in a four-run of his 35 pitches for strikes. fifth.

Seattle star Ichiro Suzuki went 3 for 3 with two RBIs. Giants 8, Dodgers 4 Tigers 3, Marlins 1 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Melky Cabrera homered from both sides of JUPITER, Fla. — Jose Reyes was the plate in the Giants’ win. hitless in three at-bats in his spring San Francisco left-hander Barry debut for the Marlins.

Zito gave up four hits and two runs Angels 6, White Sox 2 in two innings. He threw 28 strikes in 35 pitches in his first spring outTEMPE, Ariz. — Albert Pujols ing. doubled again and scored in the Angels’ victory.

Nationals 5, Braves 2 Pujols narrowly missed his first LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Gio spring homer, doubling deep to left-center field off Matt Thornton in Gonzalez pitched three scoreless innings in his Washington debut, the third. His first time up, Pujols walked and scored on Jorge Cantu’s leading the Nationals over the Atlanta Braves. two-run single off John Danks.

Phillies 7, Blue Jays 0 DUNEDIN, Fla. — Cliff Lee and

Athletics 6, Brewers 0 PHOENIX — Jemile Weeks had

two hits and tackled his older brother Rickie to end a rundown, helping the Athletics get the victory.

Oakland left-hander Tommy Milone pitched three innings of one-hit ball. Milone is one of four players acquired from Washington for righthander Gio Gonzalez on December 23.

Rangers 16, Diamondbacks 3 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Elvis Andrus singled, doubled, scored twice and had a sacrifice fly for Texas.

A day after going 3 for 3, the star shortstop started out with two more hits.

Conor Jackson hit a solo home run and Nelson Cruz singled in two runs for the Rangers, who outhit the Diamondbacks 19-5.

Astros 4, Mets (ss) 1 KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Wandy Rodriguez pitched three shutout innings and the Houston Astros beat a Mets split squad.

Brad Snyder and Chris Snyder homered for the Astros, and first baseman Carlos Lee went 1 for 3 in his first spring game. Lee also made a sliding catch in front of the Mets’ dugout.

Red Sox 5, Orioles 4 FORT MYERS, Fla. — Daniel Bard, who’s in the process of converting from a reliever to starter, opened with two hitless innings and the Boston Red Sox beat Baltimore.

Twins 3, Rays 2 PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Scott Baker pitched two hitless innings in his spring debut as the Minnesota Twins beat Tampa Bay. Royals (ss) 7, Padres 4 SURPRISE, Ariz. — Luke Hochevar worked two scoreless innings for the Royals’ split-squad, and Max Ramirez hit two homers and drove in four runs.

Indians 3, Royals (ss) 2 GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Shelley Duncan hit a three-run homer to power Cleveland to the victory.

LONDON — On the other hand ...

The British government has rejected advice from the Olympic team’s top doctor that athletes should not shake hands at the London Games to avoid germs that could make them sick.

Government health advisers seemed perplexed by the guidelines, which Olympic hopefuls derided as “rude” and “pointless.”

By the end of the day, the British Olympic Association had softened its stance.

Yes, the athletes will be able to greet the 10,000 visiting Olympians and hundreds of dignitaries with handshakes.

They’ll just have to make sure they wash thoroughly later.

“Team GB’s 550 athletes will of course warmly welcome their fellow competitors from around the world this summer — there is no question about that,” BOA communications director Darryl Seibel said Tuesday.

“We are not advising our athletes to avoid shaking hands. We are simply reminding them to follow common-sense measures by maintaining good hand hygiene to minimize the risk of becoming ill,” he said.

During a briefing with a small group of reporters, BOA chief medical officer Dr. Ian McCurdie pointed out that the Olympic Village environment could be a “pretty hostile one” for infections and said a handshake ban was “not such a bad thing.”

His comments went viral in Britain, drawing derision on TV and radio.

Even the Department of Health urged Olympians to disregard the advice.

“It goes without saying that we should all wash our hands regularly to keep them clean and prevent spreading bugs,” the department said in a statement. “But there’s no reason why people shouldn’t shake hands at the Olympics.”

And athletes took to Twitter to insist that they would still shake on it at the games.

“Can’t we just carry around a small bottle of alcohol hand gel & not be so rude to everyone we meet?” tweeted Pete Reed, an Olympic champion in the coxless four.

Another Olympic champion rower, Zac Purchase, tweeted that the advice seemed a “bit pointless unless u r going to run around with disinfectant 4 every surface you come into contact with.”

But triathlete Hollie Avil, who was forced to pull out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics after picking up a virus, quipped: “Maybe I shook too many hands in Beijing.”

The BOA’s clarification is now merely about minimizing the risk of germ transmission during the Olympics.

“After years of training and sacrifice, the last thing an athlete would want to do is unintentionally compromise or undermine their ability to perform at their very best at the Olympic Games, and basic, common-sense measures can go a long way toward making certain that doesn’t happen,” Seibel said.

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Common wrinkle pressed WVC teams to limit

By JOHN MEDEIROS jmedeiros@timesleader.com

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This was not the kind of postseason the Wyoming Valley Conference was looking for.

In District 2 tournament play, WVC teams went a disappointing 6-12. Of those six wins, one came at the expense of another conference foe (Dallas’ overtime victory against Holy Redeemer) and another came against a District 4 team (Hazleton Area over Williamsport). There were a variety of reasons for the struggles ... or maybe not.

“Their half-court trap and defense was pretty sufficating,” Wyoming Valley West coach Curt Lloyd said after a loss to Wallenpaupack. He also said that playoff game was his team’s worst shooting performance since a December game against North Pocono, another District 2 squad.

“We handled their press better than we did before (in a December game),” Abington Heights coach Vince Bucciarelli said after downing Hazleton Area. “In that (December) game, we had 16-18 turnovers in the first half alone.”

“You just can’t simulate what they do in practice, no matter how good your kids are. It’s just really tough,” Nanticoke coach Alan Yendrzeiwski said after

losing to Honesdale.

While not every team lost because of Lackawanna League members using presses, it was a recurring theme for many coaches after games in the past two weeks.

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Berwick’s Geena Palermo was third on the Bulldogs in scoring and posted a season-best 12 points against Dallas on Jan.30.

Tyler Bailey (0.5 ppg) hit her first three-pointer in the Bulldogs’ final win of the season, Feb. 13 against Coughlin.

Coughlin loses six of its topseven scorers in Dannah Hayward, Danielle Georgetti, Cayla Sebastian, Kayla Eaton, Shelby Flaherty and Sierra Williams.

The Crusaders also lose depth provided by Gerdwine Bouedeau, Jawana Harper and Shanequah Zigler (40 games combined), leaving just four returners for next season.

Kayla Gegaris, Crestwood’s No. 2 scorer, averaged 12 ppg. during a January stretch. Sarah Andrews, fourth in scoring, finished strong with a seasonbest 14 against Coughlin on Feb.

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where else.

The Colts are expected to take Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first pick in April’s draft.

Manning’s impending departure marks the end of a remarkably successful era that included the 2006 league title.

He started every meaningful game for 13 seasons in Indy, 227 straight including the playoffs, and took the Colts from perennial also-ran to one of the NFL’s model franchises.

In the two decades pre-dating his arrival, the Colts won 116 games, one division title and made the playoffs three times.

With Manning taking snaps, the Colts have won 150 games, eight division titles, two AFC championships and the franchise’s first Super Bowl since moving from Baltimore in 1984.

Indybroketheleaguerecordfor most regular-season wins in a decade (115), tied Dallas’ league record for most consecutive playoff appearances (nine) and the success changed Indy from a basketball town to an NFL town.

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means a great deal to me.”

But things have changed since last summer. Now it looks like the NFL’s only four-time MVP, and a former Super Bowl champion, won’t be wearing No. 18 for Indy.

With a $28 million bonus payment due Thursday to Manning, his neck problems, and the fact that the Colts own the No. 1 pick in April’s draft, the Colts seem to have deemed it too risky — and too pricey — to keep the longtime franchise quarterback, who will turn 36 later this month.

The twists and turns of a public debate between Manning and Irsay, who have been friends for more than a decade, created the sense the two had been fighting.

Irsay twice issued statements to deny a rift.

Still, with the Colts in full rebuilding mode, Irsay has been expected by many to play for the future and let Manning try to chase a second Super Bowl ring some-

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16. Amy Jesikiewicz had a season-best 14 against the Crusaders on Jan. 13, and Carly Hislop scored four points in each of her final four games.

A young Dallas squad had inside presence Sara Flaherty, who finished sixth on the team at 4.4 ppg. She had a January stretch where she scored at a 7.3 per game clip. Sabrina Zurek had her season-best, seven points, three times, including consecutive wins in December. The Mountaineers were 7-0 in games when Zurek scored.

GAR’s Unique Twyman was fifth on the team at 4.8 ppg and started the season at 6.9 ppg. in a 1-3 start. Jessica Montigney had 10 points in three games. Elissa Domzalski played in 14 games for the Grenadiers.

Danielle Tuzinski reached 1,000 points for Hanover Area this year. Averaging 17.2 ppg, she hit the 20-point mark seven times, and the Hawkeyes were 4-3 in those games. Julia Smith was fifth in scoring (3.3 ppg.) but finished the season strong by averaging 6.0 in Hanover Area’s final three games.

Josie Bachman, Becca Zamonas, Annie Bono and Alyssa Pfeil were Nos. 3-6 in scoring for Hazleton Area, with Bono and Zamonas combining to shoot 80

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The site of Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A boys basketball game between Meyers and Athens has been changed.

The teams will now play at 3:30 p.m. at Pittston Area High School.

The game was originally scheduled for Holy Redeemer.

The District 2 champion Mohawks bring a 22-2 record into the contest. Athens, the District 4 third seed, is 22-3.

The winner plays Wednesday against the winner of the game between D3 champion Delone Catholic (18-8) and D12 fourth seed Imhotep Charter (17-8). Those teams play 7:30 p.m. Saturday at New Oxford High School.

sophomore from Kennard Dale, could square off in the final.

What: PIAA Championships Another notable returning When: Thursday through champ is Canon-McMillan’s Continued from Page 1B Saturday Cody Wiercioch, who previously Where: Giant Center, Hershey won a state title in 2010 as a bouts started at 8 p.m. in previLocal Flavor: Nine wrestlers freshman in Class 2A for Charous years and it was not out of from the WVC will participate. leroi and was runner-up in 2A the ordinary for the last two or At Stake: The top eight in each last season. three matches to begin after 11 weight class earn a state medal.

The remaining past champ.m. This weekend, the 3A pions going for another gold are finals will start an hour earlier, Billy Rappo (113, Council Rock ships. at 7 p.m., and will be accompaSouth), Conner Schram (120, CLASS 2A DEFENDING nied with the medal matches Canon-McMillan), Corey Keenjust like in 2A. In previous years, CHAMPIONS: If Lackawanna er (126, Blue Mountain), MitchTrail’s Eric Laytos wins his the medal round was held at 6 second state title in three years, ell Minotti (145, Easton), Thop.m. mas Haines (220, Solanco) and the 220-pounder might have to In 2006, Wyoming Valley go through a two-time champ in Averee Robinson (285, SusqueWest heavyweight Trevin Cowhanna Township).

Richland’s John Rizzo. Rizzo man stepped on the mat for his CLASS 3A UNBEATENS: The won his previous two titles at gold medal match just after 11 3A event will feature 11 grap285 before dropping down this p.m. The next year, when the plers without a loss with the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches season. The two can only meet most notable locally being in the finals.

Association Hall of Fame inCoughlin’s Brad Emerick at 39-0 Derry Area’s Jimmy Gulibon ductions ran long, Hazleton at 285 pounds. Another 285(126 pounds) will attempt to Area’s Nate Eachus didn’t win pounder is also unbeaten with win his fourth state title and his 189-pound gold medal until Chambersburg’s Dawson Peck Kittaning’s Jason Nolf (113), the clock struck 11 p.m. That North Star’s Nick Roberts (120) at 10-0. The two could only see year, the 285-pounders didn’t and Pen Argyl’s Michael Raccia- each other as unbeatens in the end until nearly 11:30. finals. Schram (22-0), Minotti to (138) are also looking for The PIAA also changed the (37-0), Brill (38-0), Marsteller another state title. starting times for the final two CLASS 2A UNBEATENS: Ten (39-0) and Haines (40-0) highdays. In previous years, wreslight the rest of the 3A undefeatwrestlers, including Laytos and tling would start at 8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday with weigh- Nolf begin the 2A event with an eds.

MOST WINS: The most wins ins and skin checks starting at 7. unblemished mark. The most This year, the start times will be interesting may be at 182 where in the state entering the tournaDakota DesLauries from Burrell ment belong to Fort LeBoef’s 9 a.m. all three days.

Evan Dailey (47-4) at 220 It’s expected that the changes (42-0) and Grove City’s Wes will only be on an experimental Phipps (36-0) could meet in the pounds in Class 2A, while Norristown’s Shane Springer has finals. DesLauries has the most basis to see how it goes and the most in either classification wins of any unbeaten in 2A. what kind of reaction is had. with a 50-5 record in 3A’s 1703A DEFENDING CHAMThe state of Ohio also uses pound bracket.

PIONS: A total of nine past the format of the medal rounds The state record for wins in a champions are looking for a held at the same time as the repeat performance in Class 3A. season of 57 will be safe for finals and many big tournaanother season. The most any ments across the state also have Only eight are guaranteed to leave Hershey with a gold medal grappler can get is five after the same arrangement.

Here are some other interest- though, because Central Moun- falling into the loser’s bracket in the first round and wrestling tain’s Brian Brill (38-0) and ing tidbits to watch for this back to take third.

Chance Marsteller (39-0), a weekend’s PIAA Champion-

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percent from the free-throw line.

Rachel Ciccozzi had a seasonbest six points against Pittston Area in January, and Taylor Carter had her top game, eight points, at Crestwood.

Holy Redeemer’s Paige Makowski, Shannon Murray and Julia Wignot were among the team’s top-five scorers and all shot 67 percent or better from the free-throw line. Kirby Smith scored 16 points in limited action. Shaina Dougherty filled a key reserve role, posting 11 points. Shannon Claherty got into eight games and had a field goal.

A big chunk of Lake-Lehman’s squad graduates, including Nikki Sutliff, who made 32 threepointers and scored 12.7 ppg.

Emily Leskowsky (2.4 ppg.), Marissa Moosic (1.5 ppg.) and Carol Mosier (2.7 ppg.) all played significant minutes. Sarah Brooks had a season-best three points against Tunkhannock in December.

Meyers went 10-6 after a slow start, thanks to the efforts of top scorers Amy Kowalszyk (8.1 ppg.) and Jazma Robertson (7.0 ppg.). Kowalszyk (38 threes) had nine double-digit scoring games. Robertson scored at least six points in 12 of the Mohawks’ first 14 games. Both had 10

points in districts against Riverside.

MMI Prep’s Andrea Lara was seventh on the team with 1.5 ppg. She had a season-best eight points against Salem Christian in December and closed her career with 4.3 ppg. in her last three tilts.

Nanticoke’s three seniors -Katie Wolfe (12.9 ppg., 70 percent FT shooting), Sammy Gow (10.4 ppg., 56 threes) and Cassie Yalch (2.6 ppg., 14 threes) -- have yet to finish their careers. Their next game is Saturday in the state playoffs.

Northwest loses its Nos. 2-5 scorers in Sarah Shaffer, DeAnna Gill, Maranda Koehn and Christa Bosak, who combined for 23.4 ppg. Shaffer made 51 threes. Gill (73 percent) and Bosak (79 percent) excelled at the freethrow line. And Koehn had eight points in a couple of games this season. Shaffer had 37 points in her final two games.

Pittston Area’s Grace O’Neill lived behind the arc, making 54 three-pointers. The Patriots’ No.2 scorer averaged 13.2 ppg. in nine January contests. Charley Zanta was a key reserve who had a season-best five points in a win over Mountain View in December.

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three of its top-four offensive threats. Lisa Kintner and Kassie Williams combined for nearly 24 ppg. and provided an insideoutside 1-2 punch. Amelia Ayers (4.6 ppg.) hit the scoresheet in 21 of 22 games. Jenna Custer had a pair of season-best four-point games. The quartet combined for 64 percent of the Tigers’ offense.

Sara Radzwilka led Wyoming Area with 13 three-pointers and was fourth on the team in scoring (4.3 ppg). She had three 10-point games and had 18 in her final two games.

Wyoming Seminary loses four of its top-five scorers -- Jessica Neare, Ann Romanowski, Haley Karg and Jane Henry. Neare was the top scorer, three-point threat (11 threes) and free-throw shooter (71 percent). Jahneece Davis had a season-best four points against Lake-Lehman and Sheena Syal had three points against Meyers, both in January Wyoming Valley West’s Tara Zdancewicz and Kate Smicherko were the Spartans’ top scorers, averaging a combined 28.0 ppg.

Both were exceptional freethrow shooters as well, hitting a combined 71 percent. Taylor Reilly averaged 7.0 ppg. in the district playoffs, double her season average.

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those back,” said head coach John Hynes. “(Munroe) can be better and he will be better.”

With 30 seconds left in the period, Simon Despres scored on a long shot from the top of the slot to give the Penguins hope heading into the second down 3-1.

The Penguins cut the lead to one in the second period thanks to a Brian Gibbons goal. With less than two minutes to play, Gibbons split the St. John’s defense in the slot and broke in on IceCaps goaltender Eddie Pasquale, roofing a shot over his glove to make it 3-2.

“After we made it 3-1 that gave us some life coming into the room. We had a good second period and made it 3-2 going into the third and gave ourselves a chance to win it,” Gibbons said.

Killeen stabilized things in net, stopping all 10 shots he faced in the period to prevent the IceCaps from extending their lead, but things changed for AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER the worse in the third period when the IceCaps scored their second shorthanded goal in the open- The Penguins’ Cal O’Reilly pushes the puck ing minutes to make it 4-2. down the ice against St. John’s.

St. John’s connected again to make it 5-2 and put the game out of reach.

Penguins Clear Day roster “It was a missed opportunity,” said Penguins’ The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced captain Ryan Craig of the 5-2 loss. “We had a their Clear Day roster on Tuesday. According to mixed bag of efforts and execution tonight, and AHL by-laws, only those players listed on the Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the you’re not going to win many hockey games like playoffs. that.”

NOTES • D Philip Samuelsson, D Cody Wild, LW Bryan Lerg (injury) and LW Steve MacIntyre were scratched for the Penguins.

• The Penguins paid a price in the second period when Carl Sneep and Paul Thompson both left the game after being bloodied by high sticks.

Thompson returned later in the second period and Sneep came back for the third.

St. John’s................................................................................................... 3 0 2 — 5 Penguins ................................................................................................... 1 1 0 — 2 First period: Scoring – 1. STJ, John Albert 6 (Murray, Pasquale) shorthanded 4:48. 2. STJ, Carl Klingberg 15 (Postma, Machacek) power play 12:38. 3. STJ, Jason DeSantis 10 (Macenauer, Sawada) 13:26. 4. WBS, Simon Despres 4 (Walker, Sneep) 19:28. Penalties – WBS, Grant (roughing) 2:30; STJ, Klingberg (interference) 3:40; WBS, DeFazio (roughing) 11:58; STJ, Ramsey (roughing) 13:26.

Second period: Scoring – 5. WBS, Brian Gibbons 10 (Petersen, Mormina) 18:18. Penalties – WBS, bench – served by Thompson (too many men) 5:08; STJ, Maxwell (hooking) 6:47; STJ, Festerling (high-sticking) 15:33; STJ, Festerling (roughing) 18:44.

Third period: Scoring – 6. STJ, Arturs Kilda 5 unassisted, shorthanded 2:47. 7. Raymond Sawada 7 (Klingberg, Maxwell) 5:46. Penalties – STJ, bench (too many men) 2:20; STJ, Cormier (roughing) 17:53; WBS, Bortuzzo (rough-

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the Division III tournament at 5 p.m. Friday in Amherst, Mass.

After a breakout sophomore campaign in which she led the Lady Monarchs in scoring (12.9 ppg.) and earned secondteam all-conference honors.

Rader spent much of league play this season coming off the bench for King’s, still topping 20 minutes per game but having her scoring numbers dip in the process. She missed the regular season finale and both games in the Freedom Conference tournament before rejoining the starting lineup for the NCAA tournament because of an injury to senior Brittany Muscatell.

She has not disappointed. In those two NCAA games she has racked up 40 points and

The Penguins’ Clear Day includes: GOALTENDERS: Scott Munroe and Brad Thiessen DEFENSEMEN: Robert Bortuzzo, Simon Despres, Alex Grant, Joey Mormina, Alexandre Picard, Carl Sneep and Brian Strait FORWARDS: Ryan Craig, Brandon DeFazio, Brian Gibbons, Bryan Lerg, Colin McDonald, Cal O’Reilly, Nick Petersen, Zach Sill, Ben Street, Eric Tangradi, Paul Thompson, Geoff Walker and Jason Williams IN RESIDENCE: Brad Fogal (G), Patrick Killeen (G), Steve MacIntyre (F), Matt Rust (F), Philip Samuelsson (D) and Cody Wild (D)

ing) 17:53.

Shots on goal: St. John’s – 4-10-8-22, Penguins – 11-10-9-30; Powerplay Opportunities: St. John’s – 1 of 3, Penguins – 0 of 6; Goaltenders: St. John’s – Eddie Pasquale – 17-7-0 (28 saves - 30 shots), Penguins – Scott Munroe – 13-5-3 (0-3); Patrick Killeen – 13:26 of the first period (17-19); Starters: St. John’s – G Eddie Pasquale, D Brett Festerling, D Paul Postma, LW Maxime Macenauer, C Garth Murray, RW Raymond Sawada; Penguins – G Scott Munroe, D Joey Mormina, D Alex Grant, LW Jason Williams, C Cal O’Reilly, RW Colin McDonald

hit 12-of-20 shots from behind the arc. Her 27 points against William Paterson were a career-best.

“I think that’s kind of just my goal. I feel like shooting threes is what I do,” Rader said. “I’m not a post player. I’m not very big. That’s just what I bring to the team.”

Last season in particular saw Rader score in bunches, going on shooting streaks that were catalysts for several King’s wins.

The opportunities may have gone down for her in 2012, but when Rader connected from long range on the game’s first possession, it was a familiar sight for teammates.

When the next three shots fell as well, the Lady Monarchs knew it was going to be one of those nights.

“Oh yeah, when she hit the first couple threes,” senior Samantha Simcox said. “I mean, when she gets going, it’s hard

to stop her. And I think she needed a game like that.”

“I think more important than (the coaches) knowing it is that Celia knew it and her teammates knew it,” Donoghue said of Rader’s shooting groove. “And they did a great job of finding her in the right space where she could catch and shoot. She just got it going and was huge for us.”

One imagines there will be much less space for Rader to shoot against the Saints. And should King’s win Friday, the likely opponent in Saturday’s national quarterfinals would be undefeated Amherst, the top-ranked team in the country and the defending national champion.

The road will get tougher, but Rader wasn’t fazed in taking down the No. 8 Pioneers this past weekend.

“No, I wasn’t intimidated,” Rader said. “I think people should be intimidated of us.”

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Bear harvest bigger than announced, breaks state record

By The Times Leader staff

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that the final bear harvest results from the state’s three recently concluded seasons show that hunters harvested 4,350 bears, which sets a new record as the highest in Pennsylvania history.

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amazing record. When he last won a WGC at Firestone in 2009, that gave him16 world titles out of the 32 he played, an astounding rate of 50 percent.

What does that mean?

For one thing, he has padded his bank account. Woods has made more than $22.2 million in the WGCs alone, which is nearly 25 percent of his career PGA Tour earnings. His official WGC money is more than all but 25 players have made in their careers.

More than money, and more than trophies that probably are packed away in a box, it means that Woods won 16 events against the best players in golf. The fields are small, and they tend to include players from overseas who are just getting started (Louis Oosthuizen) or might never be heard from again (Shiv Kapur). But for most of their 13-year existence, they have included at least the top 50 in the world.

The World Golf Championships are still not what they should be.

Along with bringing together the best players from all corners of the globe, it would help to take the tournaments around the world.

And if they are mostly going to be in America, it would be better to move them to iconic venues instead of merging them with former PGA Tour events, which is what happened at Doral.

On Dec. 5, a preliminary harvest of 3,968 was announced, but that figure did not include complete reports from all check stations.

Bears were harvested in 54 of the state’s 67 counties. The top five bear harvest counties this year, once again, all come from the Northcentral Region. However, the final numbers caused a

shifting in the order of counties in that list, as well as in several region rankings. After all reports were reviewed, Potter propelled into the top spot with 399 bears harvested (148 in 2010); followed by Tioga, 381 (184); Lycoming, 336 (230); McKean, 258 (92); and Clinton 205 (250).

Final county harvests by region (with 2010 figures in paren-

theses) are: Northeast: Wayne, 208 (93); Sullivan, 180 (57); Bradford, 126 (38); Pike, 116 (134); Luzerne, 99 (58); Susquehanna, 92 (41); Monroe, 88 (69); Wyoming, 57 (22); Carbon, 45 (35); Columbia, 26 (20); Lackawanna, 25 (19); and Northumberland, 11 (3).

Southeast: Dauphin, 46 (20);

They deserve a higher status based on the players they attract and the winners they produce.

Hunter Mahan joined elite company two weeks ago when he won the Match Play Championship and became only the sixth player to win multiple WGC events. The others are familiar names — Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy and Darren Clarke.

Martin Kaymer won the HSBC Champions last November and became the 10th player with a WGC title and a major. He joined Woods, Mickelson, Els, Ogilvy, Clarke, Mike Weir, Stewart Cink, David Toms and Vijay Singh.

The WGC event this week at Doral used to travel to Europe every other year until 2006. Woods has won it six times on six courses in four countries. That gives it a little more punch than winning the Bridgestone Invitational seven times, all at Firestone.

“I think Tiger gave them credibility by winning 14 of the first 20, or whatever it was. He won almost every one of them,” Ogilvy said.

“If you do look at the list of guys who have won them, generally, at that time they were one of the best in the world.”

That’s because the best in the world are there.

In that respect, it can make them the most difficult events to win next to the majors. The majors have history and prestige, and with that comes pressure that cannot be compared with other events.

Paul Azinger is famous for saying cash and prestige are the only

things that made him choke. The WGCs are heavy on cash.

These aren’t the best 74 players in the world at Doral, rather 74 top players who qualified through the world ranking of the money lists on the six major tours.

Then again, the majors have their share of players who can’t be considered serious contenders — aging champions at the Masters, amateur qualifiers at the Opens, club pros at the PGA Championship.

What might boost the credibility of the WGCs is to expand the field and introduce a cut. To some, the WGCs have the appearance of free money. The courses? No one can argue with Firestone, which once hosted a PGA Championship. And while Doral has produced a winning score of at least 16-under par the last four years, a

course doesn’t have to have high scores to be a good test.

“I don’t think Doral is close to being a top 100 course, but it finds good players,” Ogilvy said.

Asked the difference between majors and World Golf Championships, Clarke said there was “absolutely no difference whatsoever,” except for the title.

One is a major. One is not.

“The title is the obvious thing,” he said. “As players, we are judged by major championships. We’re not judged by World Golf Championships. We’re not judged by regular tournaments. We’re judged by majors. It’s easy for me to say now that I’ve got one, but I would have told you the same if I hadn’t got one.

“It means more because of tradition and history. There’s added pressure because of that.”

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Celtics rally in time to defeat Rockets The Associated Press

BOSTON — Kevin Garnett grabbed 13 rebounds to pass Shaquille O’Neal and move into 12th on the NBA’s career list, and Paul Pierce scored seven of his 30 points in overtime on Tuesday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 97-92 victory over the Houston Rockets.

Boston has won five straight since the All-Star break, including two in a row in overtime. Houston has lost four in a row.

Ray Allen scored 21, including a 3-pointer with 36 seconds left in the fourth quarter to give Boston the lead. But Rajon Rondo missed an open layup with a chance to clinch it in regulation, and Goran Dragic tied it for the Rockets.

Luis Scola had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Samuel Dalembert had 11 points and 17 boards for Houston.

Hawks 101, Pacers 96 INDIANAPOLIS — Josh Smith had 27 points and nine rebounds, leading the Atlanta Hawks to their third straight victory.

Smith scored 13 points in the first quarter, 11 in the third, and fell three points shy of his season high.

Jannero Pargo had 16 points, while Marvin Williams and Zaza Pachulia each scored 12 for the Hawks.

David West scored a season-high 24 points for the Pacers, who have lost two straight. Danny Granger had 19 points and eight rebounds, and George Hill scored 15 points off the bench for Indiana.

Pistons 88, Lakers 85 AUBURN HILLS, Mich.

— Rodney Stuckey scored 34 points, and the Detroit Pistons overcame a tying shot by Kobe Bryant at the end of regulation, beating the Los Angeles Lakers in overtime.

Bryant, who had tied the game at the buzzer to force the extra session, missed from 3-point range in the final seconds of overtime.

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Seton Hall routs Friars The Associated Press

Heat 108, Nets 78 MIAMI — LeBron James scored 21 points and capped his night by banking in a halfcourt shot, Chris Bosh added 20 points and the Miami Heat snapped a two-game slide by rolling past the New Jersey Nets.

The win came with a cost: Dwyane Wade turned his right ankle late in the first half and did not return, finishing with 13 points.

Wade missed six games earlier this season after spraining the same ankle, though the team said he could have returned to this one if needed.

Mavericks 95, Knicks 85 DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 points and bailed out the Mavericks after they lost the lead following a 71⁄2-minute scoreless stretch in the fourth quarter, and Dallas beat the New York Knicks.

Nowitzki made a 14-foot fadeaway jumper with 4:34 left, starting a game-clinching, 14-0 run by the Mavericks in which their All-Star forward scored nine points.

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Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Pavel Kubina (13 and Detroit Red Wings center Darren Helm (43) go for the puck in the first period of an NHL game Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Flyers top short-handed Red Wings PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek, and Max Talbot scored goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.

Ilya Bryzgalov allowed a goal to Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit’s first shot of the game. Johan Franzen made it 3-2 in the third.

The Flyers won on the night they retired former defenseman Mark Howe’s No. 2 and raised the number to the rafters.

Detroit was short-handed as it continued to chase the top spot in the Western Conference standings. Leading scorer Pavel Datsyuk (59 points), captain Nicklas Lindrstom, forward Todd Bertuzzi and goalie Jimmy Howard all sat out with injuries.

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Misericordia Getts its big game-winning hit CLERMONT, Fla. – Mallory Getts drove in the game-winning run with a double in the last at-bat to lift the Misericordia University softball team to a 4-3 win over No. 18 Moravian on Tuesday.

Jill Castaldi and Getts hit back-to-back doubles to complete a three-run, twoout rally in the bottom of the seventh.

Trailing 3-1, Shawnna Beil drew a one-out walk and winning pitcher Caitlin Cromley walked with two outs. Castaldi ripped a tworun double off the rightcenter field fence to tie it, and Getts drove in the gamewinning run with a double off the fence.

Kat LaBrie added an RBI single for the Cougars’ first run. Cromley went the distance with six strikeouts for the win.

Earlier in the day, the Cougars fell to Elizabethtown, 5-1. Sam Hare had an RBI pinch-hit double against the Blue Jays.

BASEBALL

Misericordia 9, Lebanon Valley 1

Ron Guido worked seven innings to earn the win, limiting the Flying Dutchmen to three hits while allowing one unearned run.

Joe Tagliarini and Ryan Cacchioli paced the attack

with two hits and an RBI to improve to 7-1.

PSU Harrisburg 5, Wilkes 3

Stephen Ruch was dealt the loss in relief of starter A.J. Mihaly as the Colonels lost on the fourth day of their Myrtle Beach, S.C. trip. Mihaly went six innings allowing seven hits and two runs with a pair of strikeouts.

The Colonels’ Matt Ruch led the offense finishing 2-for-4. Carmen Lopresto went 2-for-5.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Haverford 3, King’s 0

Emily Biffen was the lone winner for King’s, tallying a 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 3 singles.

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Katie Lynn, Kristofco, Mitchell, Donner, and English all posted singles wins as the Lady Colonels cruised to the dual match victory.

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Connecticut 81, DePaul 67 NEW YORK — Jeremy Lamb scored 25 points and Ryan Boatright added 19 to lead Connecticut to a victory over DePaul in the opening round of the Big East tournament.

Maple Leafs 5, Bruins 4 TORONTO — Jordan Caron and Tyler Seguin scored two goals each and Boston beat Toronto for the Bruins’ fifth win against the Maple Leafs this season.

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Pittsburgh 73, St. John’s 59 NEW YORK — Ashton Gibbs scored 20 points to lead Pittsburgh to a victory over St. John’s in the opening round of the Big East tournament.

Gibbs scored the first seven points of a 13-2 run to close the first half that gave Pittsburgh a 33-28 lead. Nasir Robinson scored on a rebound to give the 13th-seeded Panthers a 43-32 lead with 15:07 left and the Red Storm were never closer than nine points the rest of the game.

Senators 7, Lightning 3 TAMPA, Fla. — Milan Michalek scored three third-period goals, helping the Ottawa Senators withstand a Tampa Bay comeback attempt and beat the Lightning.

Ottawa, which took a three-goal lead early on, went up 5-3 when Michalek scored a power-play goal at 12:12 of the third. The left wing added two empty-net goals, including a short-handed effort with 7 seconds left to give him 32 goals this season.

Hurricanes 4, Capitals 3 WASHINGTON — Justin Faulk scored the game-winner at 3:38 of overtime, Cam Ward stopped 46 shots, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the skidding Washington Capitals.

Faulk took a centering pass from Brandon Sutter and fired the puck past goaltender Michal Neuvirth to saddle Washington with its third successive defeat, although the Capitals did get a point by forcing overtime late in regulation.

Devils 4, Rangers 1 NEWARK, N.J. — David Clarkson and Ryan Carter scored 1:54 apart early in the third period, and Blue Jackets 3, Coyotes 2 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jack the New Jersey Devils’ slumbering offense broke out in a victory over Johnson scored his first goal for the NHL-leading New York Rang- Columbus, Steve Mason made 38

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Western Kentucky 74, North Texas 70 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Teeng Akol scored 23 points and Western Kentucky rallied for a 74-70 win over North Texas on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Sun Belt conference tournament.

saves and the Blue Jackets beat the Phoenix Coyotes for their first three-game winning streak in more than a year.

Mason, who struggled all season until recently, has allowed just four goals in two wins over Phoenix and one over Colorado in the last six days.

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Clarkson tipped Petr Sykora’s hard drive past Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist at 2:27 to give the Devils their second lead of the game, and Carter pushed New Jersey ahead by two at 4:21. Carter, who has three goals this season, hadn’t scored since Nov. 19 — a 37-game drought.

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NEW YORK — Jordan Theodore put on a show of slick passing and Seton Hall routed Providence 79-47 in the first round of the Big East tournament Tuesday night, a crucial victory for the Pirates’ NCAA tournament hopes.

The senior guard set a career high with 13 assists to go with 13 points, and freshman forward Brandon Mobley scored a career-high 16 off the bench as the 10th-seeded Pirates (20-11) rebounded from a 28-point blowout at last-place DePaul in their regular-season finale Saturday.

Herb Pope added 16 points for Seton Hall, which fell behind 9-0 in this one before dominating the rest of the way to reach 20 wins for the first time since 2003-04.

with the ball and dribbled back toward the top of the key, but his last-ditch turnaround missed as well.

Andrew Bynum had 30 points and 14 rebounds for the Lakers.

Bobcats 100, Magic 84 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Corey Maggette scored a season-high 29 points, Gerald Henderson hit some big shots in the fourth quarter, and the Charlotte Bobcats overcame a 20-point, first-half deficit to beat the Orlando Magic.

The Bobcats came in having lost 21 of their last 22 games, but seemed to get a spark after coach Paul Silas was ejected in the second quarter with the team trailing by 18.

The Bobcats also got a big game from rookie center Bismack Biyombo, who battled toe-to-toe with Dwight Howard and had 10 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.

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FBI busts Web hackers

A group of expert hackers who attacked governments and corporations around the globe has been busted after its ringleader — one of the world’s most-wanted and most-feared computer vandals — secretly became an informant for the FBI months ago, authorities announced Tuesday.

Five people were charged in court papers unsealed in federal court in New York, and authorities revealed that a sixth person, Hector Xavier Monsegur, a legendary figure known in the hacking underworld as “Sabu,” has pleaded guilty.

According to the charges, members of the group got their start as part of a large worldwide hacking organization known as Anonymous.

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DALLAS -- Students of America’s most prestigious culinary school will soon get a taste of work in the Wyoming Valley.

Metz Culinary Management, Dallas, has been approved to offer externship programs for students of the Culinary Institute of America at three locations where Metz provides cafeteria management services. Based in Hyde Park, N.Y., the institute is one of the

world’s most prestigious schools of cooking and hospitality management.

Starting in June, one student each will be eligible to participate in an 18-week paid workstudy program at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, and Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre. A third student will be assigned to a J.M. Smucker Co. facility in Ohio.

Students selected for the program will earn course credit and receive a letter grade based

on their performance.

Metz also is opening paid internship positions at those locations and others to culinary students at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, and Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center. It marks the launch of an official internship program at Metz, a family owned company in business since 1994.

Cheryl McCann, vice president of human resources for Metz, said the company anticipates needing to hire skilled re-

placements for retirees in coming years. The company has had success with Culinary Institute graduates in the past, she said, because they come with a solid knowledge base and technical skills that Metz can build on.

“We think it’s definitely going to add value,” McCann said.

“It will give us more people to pull from, plus we think there’s value in bringing someone with fresh and new ideas into an industry like ours. On the

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By JOSHUA FREED AP Business Writer

Stocks suffered their biggest losses in three months Tuesday, the first hiccup in a strong and steady rally to start the year. Wall Street worried about the global economy and waited while Greece pressured the last investors to sign on for its bailout.

The Dow Jones industrial average gave up more than a quarter of its 745-point advance since Jan. 1, the best start to a year in the U.S. market since 1998.

The sell-off, which spread west from Europe, also interrupted a period of unusual calm on Wall Street. Before Tuesday, the Dow had not fallen 100 points for 45 straight trading sessions, the longest streak since 2006.

All but one of the 30 Dow stocks finished the day lower. Intel managed a gain of 7 cents.

All 10 industry groups in the Standard & Poor’s 500 declined.

Bank stocks, which typically take a hit when there is any reason to worry about Greece, led the declines, followed by industrial and materials companies, which depend on strength in the world economy.

Bill Stone, chief investment strategist for PNC Wealth Management, called Tuesday’s decline “fairly rational,” considering how much the market has climbed and the economic worries in Greece and the rest of Europe.

“You need the pullback to give people opportunities to want to get involved again,” Stone said.

The price of gold fell $31.80 per ounce, or 2.1 percent, to $1,672.10 per ounce.

Philippines gaining jobs

Higher labor costs on China’s southern coast are causing some big foreign manufacturers to relocate to the Philippines. One company that left is returning, and another major garment maker is seriously considering a move.

Philippines Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said his country is seeing a spike in investor fact-finding missions.

By 2015, a majority of Filipinos will be of working age, considered a demographic “sweet spot” that encourages growth.

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Ed Antignolo, right, and his wife, Beverly, stand with other victims of a Ponzi scheme gathered outside the federal courthouse in Houston where R. Allen Stanford was on trial.

Greece banks on board

Financier is convicted

Greece’s government on Tuesday said the country’s six major banks have agreed to participate in a bond-swap deal. Though Greece still needs many more creditors to sign up before the Thursday deadline, the banks’ inclusion is a relief to financial authorities and potentially persuasive for smaller bondholders.

The Finance Ministry said the six banks have already agreed to participate or would recommend participation.

The bond deal is an integral part of the country’s second package of international bailout loans.

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HOUSTON — Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas and made him fabulously wealthy, was convicted Tuesday of bilking his investors out of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme he operated for 20 years.

A day after telling U.S. District Judge David Hittner they were having trouble reaching a verdict, jurors convicted Stanford, 61, on 13 of 14 charges he faced, acquitting him on a single count of wire fraud stemming from Super Bowl tickets he allegedly used to bribe a regulator.

“We are disappointed in the outcome. We expect to appeal,” Ali Fazel,

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In addition to food-preparation skills, McCann said students will receive training in management, menu development, nutritional education and employee relations. In the case of Culinary Institute students, the program will be based on a written curriculum provided by the school.

“We’ll try to give them a broad base of what’s going on,” McCann said.

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Investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Chesapeake Energy Corp. are teaming up to invest in U.S. oil and gas fields.

The companies said Tuesday they will pool $250 million to buy new resources. KKR, which has invested in the energy sector for two decades, will contribute 90 percent of the money for the partnership. Chesapeake, the second-largest natural gas producer in the U.S., will contribute 10 percent.

Chesapeake has been pushing to get access to more oil, which has become much more profitable to produce than natural gas.

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A shorter civil trial before the same jury, in which prosecutors hoped to seize money from more than 30 Stanford-controlled accounts in countries including Switzerland, Britain and Canada, began later Tuesday. Stanford faces up to 20 years for the most serious charges against him. But if Hittner orders him to serve his sentences consecutively, Stanford could get up to 230 years in prison.

Prosecutors say Stanford used investor money to fund a string of failed businesses, bribe regulators and pay for his lavish lifestyle, which included buying himself yachts and private jets. His attorneys portrayed Stanford as a visionary entrepreneur who made money for investors and conducted legitimate business deals.

one of Stanford’s attorneys, said after the hearing. He said he couldn’t comment further because of a gag order U.S. District Judge Stanford David Hittner placed on attorneys in the case.

Prosecutors and Stanford’s family members declined to comment, but one of his investors, Cassie Wilkinson, welcomed the verdict.

“As an investor, you have to doubt whether or not you were stupid or just taken advantage of. This relieves that doubt. It’s a vindication,” said Wilkinson, 62, who lives in Houston. She declined to say how much money she and her husband lost.

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Clear, warmer, breezy

SATURDAY Sunny, winds, cold

50° 41°

MONDAY Showers likely

50° 30°

Syracuse 60/40

Poughkeepsie 59/34

Heating Degree Days*

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42/20 42/25 71 in 1946 0 in 1948 34 175 4024 4869 4815

New York City 58/41

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

Precipitation

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Sun and Moon

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The Finger Lakes

Highs: 49-65. Lows: 37-48. Mostly sunny skies today. Becoming mostly cloudy.

Wilkes-Barre 58/42

Brandywine Valley

Highs: 61-62. Lows: 41-44. Sunny and mild conditions today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight.

Atlantic City 58/44

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35/24

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Highs: 56-65. Lows: 44-48. Sunny and mild conditions today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight.

0.00” 0.23” 0.43” 3.16” 4.83” Sunset 6:02p 6:03p Moonset 5:36a 6:08a

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Today Tomorrow 63/52/s 68/52/pc 75/62/c 65/47/s 65/61/sh 53/28/sh 80/61/pc 62/43/s 62/45/s 53/36/s 69/54/c 44/26/sh 77/67/sh 61/48/s 59/44/s 47/36/pc 81/64/pc 61/33/s 64/46/s

70/58/s 70/56/t 79/67/c 70/50/s 65/42/t 47/29/s 84/63/pc 70/47/s 63/36/sh 60/41/s 54/39/sh 47/28/s 76/60/t 70/53/s 63/46/s 59/42/s 84/66/pc 62/41/s 68/52/pc

Today Tomorrow 79/48/s 43/39/c 15/9/c 46/41/sh 86/69/pc 78/50/s 58/42/pc 82/71/sh 55/48/sh 33/22/pc

80/51/pc 45/30/sh 15/3/c 41/36/c 85/69/s 82/53/s 55/42/c 81/72/t 53/44/sh 40/28/s

Let the warm-up begin! And indeed it will, starting today with uninterrupted sunshine and afternoon temperatures 15 degrees warmer than Tuesday.

The sun is as strong now as it is on Oct. 6, strong enough to warm the topsoil and force out the crocus blooms this week. For sure, the sap is flowing and the buds are swelling on the maple trees.

In our backyard, the witch hazel tree is starting to bloom.

Thursday will be our warmest day of the week, with readings topping 60 for the first time since back on Dec. 5. About a quarter-inch of rain will come Thursday night, followed by colder weather heading into Saturday.

- Tom Clark

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

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58/41

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Pottsville 59/37

41/21

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Towanda 65/38

State College 59/40

40/22

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63° 43°

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42° 25°

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BRICK OVEN In keeping with its name, pizza baked in a brick (usually domed) oven often fired by charcoal or embers.

Crescenzo’s Pizza, inside the Woodlands Inn & Resort, Route 315, Plains Township

ROUND THICK A classic American pie with a thick, doughy or chewy crust

TRAY, SAUCY Red is the dominant visual on this square or rectangular cut. Some say the critical question is: Are the tomatoes chunky?

Some also may fit the bill of ‘sloppy pizza,’ which is no insult.

Dominick’s Café, 20 School St., Hudson, Plains Township

Bettelli’s Villa, 560 Kidder St., near the Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes-Barre

ROUND, THIN, SWEET SAUCE A spoonful or so of sugar changes everything. Some recipes call for brown sugar and some for honey as well. Sweet is a matter of perspective.

Dough Company, 570 Kidder St., WilkesBarre

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FRIED SICILIAN A square or rectangular tray pizza with a crunch to the crust and hints of oil.

Tommy’s Pizza Corner, 619 Market St., Kingston

SICILIAN A square or rectangular tray pizza typically with a thick crust.

Pizza Perfect, 16 Carverton Road, Trucksville

Gerry’s Pizza, 496 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Gerry is a son of famed pizza maker Angelo Ricci, whose Hazle Street shop was a clear voter favorite. Angelo’s other son runs Ricci’s Pizza on Park Avenue.

DeMuro’s Pizza, 10 William St., Pittston

PIZZA! Any way you slice it, NEPA rocks it

III Guys, 67 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre

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here’s a new county manager in town, and a tipster told us one of the first questions he asked was, “Where can I get a good pizza?” He asked, so we asked. We asked you. Within hours of posting a survey on timesleader.com on Friday, we had hundreds upon hundreds of responses, 440 in total by Monday morning.

If Northeastern Pennsylvania isn’t actually the pizza capital of the world, we don’t know what is. We broke our pizza-survey questions down into10 distinct categories, and you told us who you believe sells the best stuff in each. Some names came up again and again, and some names only occasionally, meaning familiarity breeds contentment – or maybe we should all break out of our individual pizza boxes, so to speak, and try something different on occasion.

As for Mr. Robert Lawton, our new county manager? Has he found his bliss in a box or on a tray yet?

Nope, not yet, he told us. But now, we hope, he has a pretty good road map.

Sabatini’s Pizza, 1925 Wyoming Ave., Exeter

OLD FORGE STYLE Tray pizza often made with stick-to-the-roof American cheese.

Arcaro & Genell, 443 S. Main St., Old Forge

INSIDE: For a complete list of all the best-pizza nominations received on timesleader.com, see Page 3C.

BAR PIE Largely characterized by simple structure or basic cheeses, perhaps even prefab shells. Prepared by those not specifically in the business of pizza.

Whiskey Business, 87 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre

Hun’s Cafe 99, 99 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre

Pizza L’Oven, 1259 Wyoming Ave., Exeter

TRAY, CHEESY Yellow’s the dominant visual, and, again, some are happily ‘sloppy.’

Savo’s Pizza, 1828 North Township Blvd., Pittston Township

ROUND THIN A classic American pie with a thin crust and a fairly equitable balance of sauce and cheese

Salerno’s, 139 Moosic Road, Old Forge

Revello’s, 502 S. Main St., Old Forge

Nardozzo’s Pizza, 145 E. Main St., Nello’s Pizza, 2338 WilkesNanticoke Barre Township Marketplace

Pizza Bella, 980 Wyoming Ave., Kingston

Sal’s Pizza, 1634 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort

Joe’s Pizza (formerly Stuccio’s), 5 W. Church St., Nanticoke

Frank’s, 198 South Main St., Wilkes-Barre

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Newtown Cafe, 724 Hazle St., Ashley

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AND THE BEST-PIZZA VOTES WENT TO …

More than 400 took our timesleader.com survey and named a plethora of Luzerne County pizzamakers as tops. As a bonus, we also included Old Forge, in Lackawanna County, because of its long-standing pizza reputation. Receiving shoutouts, in alphabetical order: ••• • Angelo’s, Rolling Mill Hill section of Wilkes-Barre • Anthracite Cafe, Parsons section of Wilkes Barre • Antonio’s, Edwardsville • Antonio’s, Wilkes-Barre • Arcaro and Genell, Old Forge • Beer Boys, downtown Wilkes-Barre • Bentley’s, Ashley • Bernie’s Pizza, Dallas • Bettelli’s Villa, WilkesBarre (mall area) • Big Ten, Lehman Township • Bo Brothers, Wyoming • Brutico’s, Old Forge • Bud Bustin’s Pizza Heaven, Luzerne • Cebula’s, Dupont • Ceccoli’s, Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre • CJ’s, East End section of Wilkes-Barre • Colarusso’s, Avoca • Colarusso’s, Hanover Township • Cuz’s Susquehanna Bar and Grill, Exeter • DeMuro’s, Pittston • Dominick’s, Hudson section of Plains Township • Domino’s Pizza

Editor’s note: Please send news for this space by noon Friday to people@timesleader.com or by mail to Good Eats, The Times Leader, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711.

To ensure accuracy, information must be typed or computer generated. The complete list of events can be viewed at www.timesleader.com by clicking Community News under the People tab.

• Dough Company, Wilkes-Barre (mall area) • Dugan’s Pub, Luzerne • Elmer Sudds, Heights section of Wilkes-Barre • Ernie G’s, Duryea • Fire & Ice, Dallas • Florio’s, Plains Township • Fort Café, Forty Fort • Frank’s, downtown Wilkes-Barre • Frog Pond, East End section of Wilkes-Barre • Gerry’s, South WilkesBarre • Grotto Pizza, WilkesBarre and Harveys Lake • Happy Pizza, Plymouth • Hogan’s Heroes, Dallas • III Guys, downtown WilkesBarre • Januzzi’s, downtown Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming • Kelsey’s, Ashley • King’s, Fairview Township • Larry’s Pizza, Nanticoke • Leggio’s, Plains Township • Leo’s, Kingston • Mama B’s, Plains Township • Mariano’s, Exeter • Mimmo’s, downtown Wilkes-Barre • Napoli’s, Pittston • Nardozzo’s, Nanticoke • Nello’s, Wilkes-Barre • Newtown Café, Ashley • Norm’s, East End section of Wilkes-Barre • Parente’s, Pittston • Peppe’s, Plymouth • Pizza Bella, all locations • Pizza Hut, Wilkes-Barre • Pizza L’Oven, Exeter • Pizza L’Oven, Hanover Township

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Lenten Food Sales, 4-7 p.m. Fridays to April 6, Maltby Fire Company, 253 Owen St., Swoyersville. Menu includes pierogies, haluski, potato pancakes, clam chowder and various fish dinners with French fries and coleslaw. Eat in or take out. 288-6572 or 287-3889.

All-You-Can-Eat Fish Dinner, 4-7 p.m. every Friday during Lent, Sylvania Lodge hall, Reyburn, Shickshinny. $9.50 for adults and children under 12 are free.

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Fish Fry, 2-6:30 p.m. every Friday during Lent, Good Shepherd Polish National Catholic Church, 269 E. Main St., Plymouth. $7 haddock; $8 shrimp. Homemade halushki, clam chowder and potato pancakes also available.

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Fish and Shrimp Fry, Pierogie Sale, 3-7 p.m. every Friday during Lent, Goodwill Hose Company No. 2, 451 W. Main St., Plymouth. $8 haddock meal; $9 shrimp meal; $12 for the Chief Feast (fish and shrimp). Meal includes fries, hush puppies, cole slaw, drink and dessert. Rentko’s pierogies $7 dozen and red clam chowder $3.50 small and $7 large. Walk in or delivery in Plymouth. 7799778.

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Contact the Rev. Dawn Richie of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 443-9424 for more information.

Luzerne • Sizzle Pi, Kingston • Stuccio’s, Nanticoke • TC Riley’s, Trucksville • That Guy with the Dough, Duryea • The Slice is Right, Hanover Township • Tipsy Turtle, Swoyersville • Tomato Heads, West Pittston • Tommy’s Pizza Corner, Kingston • Tony’s, Fairview Township • Tony’s, Pittston • Two Gals Pizza and Subs, Miners Mills, Wilkes-Barre • Victory Pig, Wyoming • Whiskey Business, WilkesBarre

Lenten Meals, 3-7 p.m. every Friday during Lent, Wyoming Masonic Lodge 468, Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming. Selections include potato pancakes, haluski, pierogies and red and white clam chowder. Eat in or take out. 8851441 or 693-2608.

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Salad, dessert and beverages included. Takeouts available.

Adults pay $7; $5 for children 5 to 12 years old; children younger than 5 years dine free. Call 8241674 Thursdays.

Borough Hose Co. 1, 1405 Susquehanna Ave., Exeter. Pierogies, haluski and weekly specials will be offered. Hours are 4-8 p.m. Good Friday noon-8 p.m. Phone orders can be made by calling 602-0739.

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Landon J. Dietterick Claire Elise Bridy, daughter of Michael and Stephanie Bridy, Kingston, is celebrating her first birthday today, March 7. Claire is a granddaughter of Steven and Susan Uhas, Bear Creek Township, and Lynn and Cheryl Ritter, Middleburg. She is a greatgranddaughter of Janette Bolinsky, Kingston; Joann Uhas, Nanticoke; Jackie Hackenberg, Middleburg; and Victor and Genny Bridy, Milton. Claire has a brother, Michael, 2.

Landon James Dietterick, son of Melissa Basarab, Forty Fort, and Jack Dietterick, Beach Haven, is celebrating his seventh birthday today, March 7. Landon is a grandson of Michael and Jeri Basarab, Plains Township, the late Linda Jane Basarab; and Carl and Nancy Dietterick, Nescopeck. He has two brothers, Hunter and Maddex.

James Mathew Esposito, son of Michael and Christine Esposito, Sayre, is celebrating his 1 1th birthday today, March 7. James is a grandson of Harry D. and Elaine Bowman, Mountain Top, and Angelo and Donna Esposito, Sayre. He is a great-granddaughter of Charles Martz, Bloomsburg. James has a brother, John, 13.

The Fine Arts Fiesta annual poster contest will close on Friday. This year’s theme is ‘Our Town…Art Town.’ Committee members Debbie Grossman, Ted Reese and Susan Najaka will select the winners from entries submitted by students in grades three through 12 representing Luzerne County schools. Entries should be dropped off at the Osterhout Memorial Free Library, South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, prior to the close of business on Friday. The winning first-place poster will be used as the cover of the Fine Arts Fiesta program booklet.

First prize is $100; second prize $50; third prize $25. There will be 10 honorable mentions. Prizes are provided by Marquis Art and Frame, Wilkes-Barre. For more information, visit www.fineartsfiesta.org. This year’s Fine Arts Fiesta will be held on WilkesBarre’s Public Square on May 17, 18, 19 and 20. Committee members, from left, are Najaka, Grossman, co-chairperson, and Reese, co-chairperson.

Ian J. English

Ian J. English, son of Al and Tricia English, Shavertown, is celebrating his third birthday today, March 7. Ian is a grandson of Leonard and Colette Ciolek, Dallas, and Joseph and Joann English, Bear Creek. He has a sister, Ella, 5.

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Friday during Lent, Transfiguration of Our Lord Church, Hanover section, Nanticoke. This week’s dinner features macaroni and cheese or baked ziti with choice of soup, potato or broccoli, and confetti corn, beverage and dessert. $7. Take outs available without beverage. Contact Jill at 824-4603 or the church rectory at 735-2262.

Rachel E. Havey James M. Esposito

Rachel Elizabeth Havey, daughter of Sean and Sally Havey, Woodland Hills, Calif., is celebrating her sixth birthday today, March 7. Rachel is a granddaughter of Marge Janosik and the late Ed Janosik, Dallas, and the late Russ and Carolyn Havey, Dallas. She is a great-granddaughter of the late Mike and Mary Kolessar, Pringle; the late Joseph and Veronica Janosik, Larksville; the late W. Howell and Betty Evans, Dallas; and the late Earl and Blanche Paul, Kansas.

Pierogie Sale, 2-5 p.m. Tuesday, St. Michael’s Church, Church and Winter streets, Old Forge. $6 dozen. Orders due Friday. Pick up in church hall. Call Dorothy at 562-1434; Sandra at 457-9280; or the church hall at 457-2875.

Fish Frys, 2-6:30 p.m. every Friday to March 30, Good Shepherd Polish National Catholic Church, 269 E. Main St., Plymouth. $7.50 fried haddock; $8.50 fried shrimp.

Potato pancakes, red clam chowder and halushki with homemade noodles will also be available. Eat in or take out. Orders are being taken for potato cheese pierogies for March 18. 690-5411.

Lenten Fish Fry, 1 1 a.m.-7 p.m. every Friday during Lent, St. Mary’s Parish Center, 1730 Fowler Ave., Berwick. $8. Dinner includes batter-dipped, fried fish or baked fish, breaded shrimp, chicken fingers and choice of French fries or baked potato and choice of coleslaw, corn or baked beans. Eat in or take out. 759-8113. Fax orders before 10 a.m. to 759-6637.

Lenten Food Sales, noon-5 p.m. every Friday during Lent, The Holy Name Society of St. Leo the Great/Holy Rosary Parish, 33 Manhattan St., Ashley. Menu includes pierogies, halushki, clam chowder, mushroom soup and tuna hoagies. Eat in or take out.

Brynn A. Wozniak Brynn Amber Wozniak, daughter of Theodore and Catherine Wozniak, Wayne, is celebrating her first birthday today, March 7.

Brynn is a granddaughter of Carol Wozniak and the late Theodore Wozniak, Swoyersville, and James and Margaret McGlone, Gulph Mills. She has a sister, Shae Catherine, 4.

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Pierogie Sale, Women’s Organization of Holy Family Church, Sugar Notch. $8 dozen, cheese pierogies only. Sold after 4 p.m. Mass on Saturdays and 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Masses on Sundays, until all sold.

Bailey Sarah Borsavage, daughter of Brian and Holly Borsavage, Dupont, is celebrating her 10th birthday today, March 7. Bailey is a granddaughter of Donald Shovlin and Kathy Shovlin, both of Wilkes-Barre, and Edward and Janet Borsavage, Plymouth. She has a brother, Logan, 7, and a sister, Rylee, 2.

Lenten Food Sale, 1 1 a.m.-6 p.m.

Friday, Queen of the Apostles Parish, Avoca. Sale includes tuna hoagies, with or without onions; homemade Manhattan clam chowder; and haluski. Hoagies $1.50 small; $3 large. Clam chowder $1.50 per cup and $6 per quart.

Haluski $3. To order, call Arlene at 346-8060; Jeanette at 457-7804; Kay at 457-8470; or the rectory

Lenten Food Sales, 1 1:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. Friday and March 16, St. Mary of the Assumption Byzantine Catholic Church, 695 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Menu includes potato-cheese pierogies, cabbage pierogies, homemade pizza, homemade soup, haluski and broccoli and shells. To order, call the church office at 822-6028 or the social hall at 829-9288.

Manhattan Clam Chowder and Homemade Bread Sale, 1-5 p.m.

Friday, St. Michael’s Orthodox Church, Church and Winter streets, Old Forge. $6 a quart and $5 a loaf. Orders due March 4.

Call Dorothy at 562-1434; Sandra at 457-9280; or leave a message at the church hall at 457-2875.

Clam Night, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Elks Lodge 109, 39 Evans St., Pringle. $5 a dozen, served with French fries, crackers and dessert.

Pierogie Sale, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday, Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral, 591 N. Main St., WilkesBarre. To order call 822-7225 by Friday. Pick up in the Cathedral parlors.

Breakfast, 8-1 1 a.m. Saturday, Huntsville United Methodist Church, 2355 Huntsville Road, Shavertown. Menu includes eggs, home fries, pancakes, sausage, toast and beverage. $7 adults. Children and seniors eat free. 477-3748.

Potato Pancake Sale, 1 1 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, 93 Zerby Ave., Edwardsville. $2.50 for three pancakes. Eat in or take out.

Ham and Cabbage Dinner, Bake Sale, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Loyalville United Methodist Church, Loyalville Road. $8 adults; $3.50 children under 12. Take outs available. Call ahead with name, phone number, number of dinners and pickup time. 477-3521.

Chicken and Biscuit Dinner, 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Men’s Club of Trinity Presbyterian Church, 105 Irem Road, Dallas. Take outs available at 4 p.m. $8 adults; $4 children. Dinner includes homemade desserts and beverages. To order tickets in advance call the church office at 675-3131. Tickets also available at the door.

International Buffet, 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Valley Lodge No. 499 at Wyoming Lodge, 821 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Various ethnic dishes and desserts will be served. $7 adults; $3.50 children under 12. www.lodge499.com.

Pork and Sauerkraut Dinner, 4-7 p.m. Saturday, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Route 6, west of Tunkhannock. Take outs 3:30-4:30 p.m. $8.50 adults; $4 children under 12; free pre-school. Basket raffle will be held and cookbooks will be available for sale.

Ham and Cabbage Dinner, 4-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Wyoming United Methodist Church, 376 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. $9 adults; $5 children 5-12. Take outs available.

Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast, 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar, 253 WilkesBarre Township Blvd., WilkesBarre. Proceeds benefit Breathe Deep NEPA, a fundraising chapter for the LUNGevity Foundation, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to lung cancer research. $6. Tickets available at door.

Ham and Cabbage Dinner, 4-7 p.m.

Saturday, Holy Family Parish church hall, 828 Main St., Sugar Notch. Take outs available from 3 p.m. $8.50 adults; $4 children.

Tickets available after all weekend Masses or at the door.

Turkey Dinner, 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Trucksville United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 40 Knob Hill Road, Trucksville. Sponsored by the Appalachian Service Project Team. Dinner includes turkey, dressing, vegetables, dessert and a beverage. $8.50 adults; $4.50 children 12 and younger. Proceeds benefit the team’s mission trip to Tennessee. For reservations, call 696-3897.

All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Stache Bash, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, The Clarion Hotel, 300 Meadow Ave., Scranton. Hosted by The Gentleman’s League of Extraordinary

Mustaches to benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Eastern Pennsylvania. $30.

Pastie Sale, March 15, The First United Methodist Church of West Pittston. $5. Choices are meat, with or without onions; vegetable with cheeses; or sausage and pepper. Orders due Tuesday. Call the church office at 655-1083, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or Ann Alaimo at 654-3850 and Warren Pollard at 654-4745. No orders taken on March 15.

FUTURE: Soup, Bake and Book Sale, 8 a.m-6 p.m. March 15, Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church, Buttonwood, Hanover Township. Take outs only. $7 a quart. Soup of the month is Manhattan clam chowder. Preorders appreciated. Call Judi at 825-6914 or Barry at 831-5593.

Homemade Soups, 1 1 a.m.-6 p.m., March 16, Noxen United Methodist Church, Route 29, Noxen. Several varieties available. Served with bread and butter, beverage and dessert. Free will offering.

Chili Cook-Off, 2 p.m. March 17, County Seat Tavern, Maple Street, Montrose. It is the 12th annual “Heat at the Seat” event. Music will be provided by My Own Monster. All proceeds benefit Endless Mountains Medical Care Foundation. For more information, or to register, call Noni or her staff at 278-9996.

Ham and Cabbage Dinner, 4-7 p.m.

March 17, Conyngham United Methodist Church, 411 Main St., Conyngham. Menu includes ham, cabbage, potatoes, applesauce, bread and butter, dessert and coffee, tea or iced tea. Take outs available. $9. For tickets call the church office at 788-3960, Jacque Wetzel at 788-3493 or email request to conynghamumc@ptd.net.

Ham and Cabbage Dinner, 4-7:30 p.m. March 17, Mountain Post American Legion Auxiliary Unit 781. $8 adults; $4 children 6 to 12; children under 6 free. Auxiliary members asked to donate baked goods. Chances for Easter fundraiser will be sold. Handicapped parking available in the rear of the building. Contact Marie at 4745379 or Bobette at 855-5706.

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Willingness to forgive can help bring love into a world of uncertainty Dear Abby: Several years ago you printed a poem about forgiveness in your column. It described very well the benefits of the practice, and it was accompanied by a sort of “forgiveness schedule” for every day of the week.

I clipped the column and saved it, but over time I seem to have lost it. Could you please run this piece again?

— Daniela in Toronto Dear Daniela: I’m glad to oblige. The poem you have requested, “Decide to Forgive,” was written by the late Robert Muller, former assistant secretary-

DEAR ABBY ADVICE general of the United Nations.

Now, with so much turmoil going on in the nation and in the world, its sentiments are particularly relevant.

This poem is part of a collection of letters, poems and essays that are collected in my booklet “Keepers” because so many Dear Abby readers had clipped them and continue to request that they be reprinted. Here is the poem you have requested: DECIDE TO FORGIVE Decide to forgive For resentment is negative

UNIVERSAL SUDOKU

Resentment is poisonous Resentment diminishes and devours the self.

Be the first to forgive, To smile and to take the first step And you will see happiness bloom On the face of your human brother or sister.

Be always the first Do not wait for others to forgive For by forgiving You become the master of fate The fashioner of life A doer of miracles.

To forgive is the highest, Most beautiful form of love.

In return you will receive Untold peace and happiness.

And here is the program for achieving a truly forgiving heart: SUNDAY: Forgive yourself.

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MONDAY: Forgive your family.

TUESDAY: Forgive your friends and associates.

WEDNESDAY: Forgive across economic lines within your own nation.

THURSDAY: Forgive across cultural lines within your own nation.

FRIDAY: Forgive across political lines within your own nation.

SATURDAY: Forgive other nations.

Only the brave know how to forgive. A coward never forgives.

It is not in his nature.

Since I cannot reprint the continual avalanche of requests I receive for reprints, for those who desire them, my “Keepers” booklet can be ordered by sending your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby Keepers Booklet, P.O.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your will is strong, and what you want may indeed be what is best for everyone. However, you must be careful not to overpower others with your passion.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The games you choose are hard enough on their own, so there’s no need to put up with team members who drag you down.

Seek those who are warm, supportive and positive.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Multitasking will prove to be generally a rotten idea except in the instances of listening to audio books while traveling or making phone calls while you walk an unpopulated stretch of track or sidewalk.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll act in a vigorous and determined way to exert your authority and have a meaningful impact. You may spend time working out how you might alter the behavior and thinking of others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If you’re feeling discouraged, you’ll rely too much on outer forces to shape your path. That’s why you need to make sure that you’re feeling enthusiastic.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll go into the day with a take-charge attitude, and you’ll use your knowledge to alter your circumstances. Your winner’s mindset is unstoppable.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As much as you may try to avoid being the center of attention, the eyeballs will still be trained on you.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll be aware of how social conditioning shapes behavior. The one who is trying hard to live up to an image of independence may really need your help. Your compassion helps you see the truth.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You won’t have time to be very self-conscious, because you’re so focused on experiencing all you can in one day. You may even dare to sing solo in public or dance for no reason.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’re likely to put more emphasis on substance than form, though not immediately. A lovely package will draw you in. But you won’t stay “in” if there’s nothing compelling inside it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You may be concerned about being criticized or judged harshly, but it doesn’t keep you from putting your best work out there for all to see.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

You’ll be inspired by a person who really seems to have it all together. You’re already planning your future involvement with this person.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 7).

Though a playfulness dominates your energy this year, make no mistake: You still get plenty of serious business accomplished.

You’ll purposefully execute new facets of your will through the next 10 weeks. The cast of characters in your personal life changes a bit in May, and you’ll enjoy fresh influences. Libra and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 20, 1, 50 and 19.

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Salary negotiable.

570-836-9726 or cell 570-594-4165

574-1275

MONTY SAYS

George's Restaurant in Larksville has a great breakfast and lunch menu. George is a hard worker and a world traveler...All of this is well and good but the reason this place is special... The Gyro.

My favorite by far when I am not in NYC. Thank you George!

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Black Lake, NY Come relax & enjoy great fishing & tranquility at it’s finest.

Housekeeping cottages on the water with all the amenities of home.

NEED A VACATION?

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(315) 375-8962 daveroll@black lakemarine.com www.blacklake4fish.com

Looking for a different cruise itinerary?

Royal Caribbean Enchantment of the Seas 9 Days/ 8 Nights 4/19-4/27/ 2012 Only $581.00 per person Includes all taxes & fees.

First come, first served, subject to availability!

“I sailed the ENCHANTMENT in May 2011 and its fabulous!”

Joanne Schall 300 Market St., Kingston, Pa 18704 570-288-TRiP (288-8747)

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ATVs/Dune Buggies

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ATVs/Dune Buggies

409

Autos under $5000

HONDA`09 REKON

TRX 250CC/Electric shift. Like New. REDUCED $3,650.

(570) 814-2554

Looking for the right deal on an automobile?

Turn to classified.

It’s a showroom in print!

Classified’s got the directions!

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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Autos under $5000

DODGE `02 NEON

SXT. 4 door. Automatic. Yellow with black interior. Power windows & locks.

FWD. $3,500. Call 570-709-5677 or 570-819-3140

LEO’S AUTO SALES 92 Butler St Wilkes-Barre, PA 570-825-8253

‘97 FORD ESCORT

4 door, 4 cyl, auto.

119K miles. $1,850

‘00 HYUNDAI ELANTRA WAGON

4 cyl ,auto, $1,750 Current Inspection On All Vehicles DEALER

LINCOLN ‘98 CONTINENTAL Beige, V8 engine,

Travel

74,600 miles. $4500. AWD Loaded.

570-693-2371

SUZUKI ‘06 SWIFT RENO 4 cylinder. Automatic. 4 door. $4,800 (570) 709-5677 (570) 819-3140

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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 Convertible S-Line.

52K miles.

Auto.

All options.

Silver.

Leather interior.

New tires.

Must sell. $17,500 or best offer 570-954-6060

AUDI `96 QUATTRO

A6 station wagon.

143k miles. 3rd row seating. $2,800 or best offer. Call 570-861-0202

BEN’S AUTO SALES RT 309 W-B Twp. Near Wegman’s 570-822-7359

ATLANTIC CITY SHOWBOAT 3/17/12 ROUND TRIP $30/PP REBATE $25 + BRUNCH 570-740-7020

Auto, key start, with reverse & remote control. $700. OBO 570-674-2920

All power, power windows & door locks, security system, cruise control 570-740-2892

09 ESCAPE XLT $11,495 10 Suzuki sx4 $11,995 09Journey SE $12,495 07 FOCUS SE $8995 04 XL7 4X4 $8,995 10 FUSION SEL $13,995 Full Notary Service Tags & Title Transfers

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HAWK `11 125CC

OLDSMOBILE ‘98 88 Runs great. $2800.

Reliable Cars Use your tax refund to buy.

W Y O M I N G VA L L E Y

AS ALWAYS ***HIGHEST PRICES*** PAID FOR YOUR UNWANTED VEHICLES!!!

DRIVE IN PRICES

415 Kidder Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

Call for Details (570) 459-9901 Vehicles must be COMPLETE!!

PLUS ENTER TO WIN $500 CASH!!

MANY MORE TO CHOOSE FROM

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NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked for many favors, this time I ask you this special one “Mention the Favor” Take it Dear Heart of Jesus and place it within Your Heart where Your Father sees it. Then in His merciful eyes it will become YOUR favor not mine. Amen.

Say 3 times for 3 days then publish & your favor will be granted.

Greatful thanks for granting miracles.

JK

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Prayers

Would you like the emotional reward of helping an infertile couple reach their dream of becoming parents?

Consider being a surrogate. All fees allowable by law will be paid.

Call Central Pennsylvania Attorney, Denise Bierly, 814-237-7900

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FREE GAS when you finance a vehicle up to 36 months

5,995

SERVICED, INSPECTED, & WARRANTIED FINANCING AVAILABLE

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DO YOU ENJOY PREGNANCY ?

570-760-2035

05 Hyundai Santa Fe............$6,595 04 Chevy Venture.....................$5,995 $

Retired Male, 60’s, seeks well endowed female for lifetime companion. Photo if possible. Reply to: Mike T. P.O. Box 4102, Wyoming, PA 18644

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Monday thru Saturday 6am-9pm • Happy Trails!

4x4’s & Vans 55K Miles .....

Personals

NOBODY Pays More

Cars

Chevy Cobalt 61K...................$7,495 Chevy Aveo 84K .....................$6,950 Mitsubishi Lancer 75K ...$6,495 Dodge Stratus .....................$5,995 Pontiac Grand Am ..........$5,995 Hyundai Elantra ................$5,995 VW Passat ................................$5,995 Chevy Malibu ........................$5,450 Hyundai Sonata .................$5,275 Suzuki Forenza 86K ...........$5,275 Mitsubishi Eclipse ..........$4,695 Buick Regal 86K ....................$4,550 Pontiac Sunfire Moonroof..$4,250 Nissan Sentra ......................$3,895 Chevy Metro 66K Miles .........$3,650

02 Ford Windstar

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$125 EXTRA IF DRIVEN, DRAGGED OR PUSHED IN!

825-7577

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DRAWING TO BE HELD LAST DAY OF EACH MONTH

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012

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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 `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

CADILLAC ‘00 DTS Tan, satellite

radio, leather, moon roof, loaded excellent condition. 136k miles. $4,995.

570-814-2809

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CHEVROLET ‘06 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE

CHRYSLER ‘04

FORD ‘02 MUSTANG

CROSSROAD MOTORS

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 ‘07 IMPALA LS Only 40k miles $12,280

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

CHEVY ‘08 IMPALA LT Alloys, CD player power seat $9440

CADILLAC ‘08 DTS EXTRA CLEAN & SHARP! $20,900 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227

CHEVY ‘04 IMPALA

Power everything, air, am/fm cd, excellent condition. $6000 570-654-4901

FORD `91 MUSTANG

GT Hatchback. 5.0 Auto. Rebuilt drivetrain. New professional paint job.

Good looking. Runs strong. $5,500 570-283-8235

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roof, leather, Bose Satellite with CD radio, heated seats, traction control, fully loaded.

Remote Start. 50k miles. $16,995 or trade.

(570) 639-5329

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

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LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Dallas Township will be accepting sealed bid proposals at the Dallas Township Municipal Building, 2919 SR 309 Highway, P.O. Box 518, Dallas, PA 18612, until 4:00P.M. Tuesday, March 20, 2012 for the following: THE RENTAL OF 25 (MORE OR LESS) – FORTY YARD WASTE DISPOSAL CONTAINERS FOR REFUSE DISPOSAL TO BE USED FOR OUR TOWNSHIP’S SPRING CLEANUP TO BE HELD MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012 THROUGH AND INCLUDING SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012.

Bid specifications may be obtained at the Dallas Township Municipal Building or by calling (570)674-2007. A certified check or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid must be enclosed. Bids shall be sealed and clearly marked “Proposal for the Rental of 25 (more or less) – Forty Yard Waste Disposal Containers”. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

Nancy Y. Balutis Secretary-Treasurer PUBLIC NOTICE THE COUNTY OF LUZERNE INVITES QUALIFIED AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES THRU THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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. $4900.

570-991-5558

DODGE ‘07 CALIBER

AWD, Alloys, PW & PL, 1 Owner $12,950

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

FORDClean `90&MUSTANG sharp.

68,000 miles. $4,500.

CHEVY ‘86 CAPRICE CLASSIC 2 door, clean &

GTRedCONVERTIBLE with black

top. 6,500 miles.

One Owner.

Excellent Condition. $17,500 570-760-5833

HONDA `02 PILOT Inspected, ‘12 tags, insurable. Excellent condition.

90,000 miles. $7,000 570-823-7176

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 ‘03 ACCORD EX Leather, moonroof $9,977

sharp. Landau roof. $2,000 570-269-0042

CHEVROLET `08 IMPALA CHEVY 08 IMPALA LTZ Excellent condition, Metallic gray, sunnew tires, 4 door, all power, 34,000 miles. $13,500.

570-836-1673

TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com

Adult Day Care Service After Hours Crisis Call/ Answering Service Architect Services Congregate Meals Domiciliary Care Home Inspection Employment Program Training Environmental Modifications Guardianship/Legal for Guardianship and Protective Service Home Delivered Meals Home Health Service Home Support/Chore Service Housing Service Legal Services Media Services Ombudsman Peer Counseling Personal Care Service Personal Emergency Response Systems Representative Payee Staff Training and Development Transportation Services

RESPONSES FOR THE LISTED REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE LUZERNE COUNTY PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, C/O FRANK A. PUGLIESE, JR., 20 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WILKES BARRE, PA 18701

BY FRIDAY MARCH 30, 2012 BY 4:00 P.M. AN OPTIONAL PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 15, 2012 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON AT THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING STATE STREET CONFERENCE ROOM, 93 NORTH STATE STREET, WILKES BARRE, PA 18701. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO OBTAIN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND GUIDELINES CONTACT CHERYL YARDCHIK AT (570) 822-1159, EXT. 2327. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND GUIDELINES CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH THE AGENCY WEBSITE AT www.aginglw.org OR THE LUZERNE COUNTY WEBSITE www.luzernecounty.org.

RFP packages may be obtained at the offices of Luzerne Purchasing Department in the Penn Place Building, 20 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilkes Barre, Pa 18711.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY RESULT IN RFP REJECTION. RFP’S MAY BE RECEIVED WEEKDAYS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM. ONLY (EXCLUDING HOLIDAYS).

THE COUNTY OF LUZERNE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, AGE, FAMILY, AND HANDICAPPED STATUS IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES. THE COUNTY OF LUZERNE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. FRANK A. PUGLIESE, JR, DIRECTOR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF: COUNTY MANAGER

FORD `93 MUSTANG

Fox Body 5.0L. 5 speed. Dark blue.

White top & interior.

Totally original. $6,500. Call 570-283-8235

FORD `95 CROWN VICTORIA V-8, power windows

& seats, cruise control. Recent inspection. Asking $1,000.

Call 570-604-9325

SATURN ‘07 ION2

Newly inspected, good condition.

Dealer price $7500.

Asking $5500.

570-574-6880

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Boat? Car? Truck?

Motorcycle? Airplane? Whatever it is, sell it with a Classified ad.

570-829-7130

HONDA ‘05 CIVIC COUPE 4 cylinder, auto

Gas $aver! $9,450 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227

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LEGAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WYOMING VALLEY WEST SCHOOL DISTRICT (WVW) WILL RECEIVE SEALED BIDS for Contract No 9, Data and Technology as part of the Renovations and Additions to the State Street Elementary School, 355 East State Street, Larksville, PA. The Contract Work will be completed concurrently with eight other Prime Contracts.

Bids will be received at the Central Office of Wyoming Valley West School District, 450 North Maple Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704, phone (570) 288-6551, prior to 2:00 PM, local prevailing time, on Friday, March 30, 2012, at which time and place, said bids will be opened and read aloud.

The Prime Contracts include: Contract No. 1 Contract No. 2 Contract No. 3 Contract No. 4 Contract No. 5 Contract No. 6 Contract No. 7 Contract No. 8 Contract No. 9

Site Construction Work General Construction Work HVAC Construction Work Plumbing, Construction Work Fire Protection Construction Work Electrical Construction Work Furniture Package Environmental Abatement Work Data and Technology Construction

Wyoming Valley West School District is requesting bids to be made “net of insurance”. Bidders must remove the cost of insurance from the Bid. The Bid is to be identified by the Bidder excluding costs and expenses for General Liability, Workers’ Compensation, and Builder’s Risk Insurance as delineated in the Procurement and Contracting Documents.

Online Procurement and Contracting Documents may be obtained on or after March 8, 2012 by contacting the Office of A + E Group J.V., 140 Maffet Street, WilkesBarre, PA 18705, phone: (570) 822-8500, fax: (570) 822-0297, and payment of a $45.00 non-refundable fee to the A + E Group J.V. Online access will be provided through the Architect’s FTP side and to Prime Bidders only.

Printed Procurement and Contracting Documents: Documents may be obtained on or after March 7, 2012 by contacting the Office of A + E Group J.V., and payment of a $100.00 non-refundable fee to A + E Group J.V. Examination of Procurement and Contracting Documents: Documents may be examined after March 7, 2012 at the Office of the A + E Group J.V., and at the Northeastern Pennsylvania Contractors Association, 1075 Oak Street, Pittston, Pennsylvania 18640.

Each bid, when submitted, must be accompanied by a Bid Security that shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the Total Base Bid, a Noncollusion Affidavit of Prime Bidder, and a Statement of Bidders Qualification. The successful Bidder will be required to obtain a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond.

Refer to other bidding requirements described in Instruction to Bidders. Bidders must submit their Bid on the Bid Form provided. Bidders shall not alter this form in any way. All Bidders must be registered on the A + E Group J.V. Bidders List. A Bidder must obtain Procurement and Contracting Documents from A + E Group J.V. or instruct A + E Group J.V. in writing to register the Bidder on the Bidders List.

Attention is called to the provisions for Equal Employment Opportunity and the Wage Rate Requirements as set forth in the Non-Technical Specifications. Bidder shall compare the Federal and State wage rates for each classification of work and use the higher wage rate when preparing its Bid. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the opening of the BIds, without consent of Wyoming Valley West School District. Wyoming Valley West School District reserves the right to waive any informalities, irregularities, defects, errors or omissions in, or to reject, any or all bids, proposals, or parts thereof.

All questions with regards to the Procurement and Contracting Documents, Bidders List, bid submission,etc., shall be directed in writing to the A + E Group J.V.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD JOANNE WOOD BOARD SECRETARY

570-825-7988

700 Sans Souci Highway WE SELL FOR LESS!!

‘11 DODGE DAKOTA CREW 4x4, Bighorn 6 cyl., 14k, factory warranty. $22,200 ‘11 NISSAN ROGUE S 4WD, 18k Factory Warranty. $19,599 ‘11 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 3950 miles. Factory Warranty. New Condition. $17,499 ‘10 Dodge Nitro SE 21k alloys, cruise, tint, factory warranty $18,699 ‘10 DODGE CARAVAN SXT 32K. SilverBlack. Power slides.

Factory warranty. $16,599 ‘09 J EEP L IBERY LIMITED Power sunroof. Only 18K. Factory Warranty. $19,299 ‘09 DODGE CALIBER SXT 2.0 Automatic, 24k Factory Warranty! $11,499 ‘08 CHEVY IMPALA LS Only 18K! One Owner - Estate Sale. Factory Warranty. $11,999 ‘08 SUBARU Special Edition 42K. 5 speed. AWD. Factory warranty. $12,599 ‘08 CHEVY IMPALA LS 4 door, only 37K! 5 Yr. 100K factory warranty $11,199 ‘05 HONDA CRV EX One owner. Just traded. 65K. $12,799 ‘06 FORD FREESTAR Rear air, 62k $8099 ‘01 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Executive 74K $5,599 ‘00 CHEVY MALIBU LS leather, 98k $3,7990 TITLE TAGS FULL NOTARY SERVICE 6 M ONTH WARRANTY

HONDA 07 FIT Auto. 4 door.

Keyless entry.

Hatchback. $10,999

VITO’S & GINO’S Wanted: WANTED

KELLY

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

HYUNDAI ‘07 SANTE FE

AWD, auto, alloys $15,950

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

LEXUS `01 ES 300

80,000 miles, excellent condition, all options.

Recently serviced. New tires. $9,300.

570-388-6669

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CARS,

343-1959

1009 Penn Ave Scranton 18509 Across from Scranton Prep

GOOD CREDIT, BAD CREDIT, NO CREDIT Call Our Auto Credit Hot Line to get Pre-approved for a Car Loan!

800-825-1609

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AUDI S5 CONV.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT DUMPTRUCKS BULLDOZERS BACKHOES

Highest Prices Paid!!

FREE PICKUP

288-8995

HYUNDAI ‘11 SONATA GLS, 1 Owner, only 11k miles $18,800

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

JAGUAR `00 S TYPE

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

LEXUS `01 LS 430 Fully loaded with ultra-luxury package. Excellent condition. Black.

127,000 miles, $14,500 570-788-3191

LINCOLN ‘05 TOWN CAR 39K miles. Looks &

WANTED!

ALL JUNK CARS! CA$H PAID

570-301-3602 MAZDA 3 ‘08

Extra clean. 5 speed. 41K miles $13,999

KELLY

875 W. Market St. Kingston, PA. 570-287-2243

MERCURY `97 TRACER 51,000 miles, New tires, battery, great condition. $2500.

Cell 970-708-0692

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FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF KINGSTON Kathleen J. Sebastian Township Manager

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Octagon Family Restaurant

375 W Main St, Plymouth, PA 18651

570-779-2288

Wednesday March 7 Special

.35 cent Wings

In House Only. Minimum purchase of a dozen.

Wednesday-Sunday Open at 4 pm

Home of the Original ‘O-Bar’ Pizza

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ACME AUTO SALES MARZAK MOTORS TOYOTA `07 AVALON 601 Green Ridge St, Scranton

TRUCKS &

INVITATION TO BID The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors will accept sealed bids at the Kingston Township Municipal Building, 180 East Center Street, Shavertown, PA 18708, until 2:30 p.m. on March 14, 2012 for the following: THE RENTAL OF THIRTY-FIVE (35) MORE OR LESS, 30 CUBIC YARD TRANSFER CONTAINERS AND ONE (1) 40 YARD TRANSFER CONTAINER FOR REFUSE DISPOSAL. Bid specifications may be obtained at the Township Manager’s Office, Kingston Township Municipal Building, 180 East Center Street, Shavertown, PA 18708, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid must be enclosed. Bids shall be clearly marked “TRANSFER CONTAINER BID 2012”. Sealed bids will be opened at the Kiingston Township Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kingston Township Municipal Building, 180 East Center Street, Shavertown, PA 18708.

The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids and to waive technical irregularities in any bid.

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ALL JUNK

runs perfect! $13,500 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227

875 W. Market St. Kingston, PA. 570-287-2243

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08

Sprint blue, black / brown leather int., navigation, 3 spd auto turbo, AWD CHEVY IMPALA LS

SILVER 09 CHRYSLER SEBRING 4 door, alloys, seafoam blue.

07 BUICK LUCERNE CXL, silver, grey leather 07 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS, navy blue, auto, alloys 06 VW PASSAT 3.6 silver, black leather, sunroof, 66k miles 06 MERCURY MILAN PREMIER, mint green, V6, alloys 06 DODGE STRATUS SXT, red 05 VW NEW JETTA gray, auto, 4 cyl 04 NISSAN MAXIMA LS silver, auto, sunroof 03 DODGE STRATUS SE Red 03 AUDI S8 QUATTRO, mid blue/light grey leather, navigation, AWD 01 VOLVO V70 STATION WAGON, blue/grey, leather, AWD 99 CHEVY CONCORDE Gold 98 MAZDA MILLENIA green

SUVS, VANS, TRUCKS, 4 X4’s

07 07

SRX silver, 3rd seat, navigation, AWD CADILLAC

HYUNDAI TUSCON

grey, 6 cyl., 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 BUICK RANIER CXL burgundy & grey, leather, sunroof, AWD 06 PONTIAC TURRANT black/black leather, sunroof, AWD 06 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN ES, red, 4 dr, entrtnmt cntr, 7 pass mini van 05 FORD ESCAPE XLT Silver V6, 4x4 05 HYUNDAI SANTAFE silver, V6, AWD 05 FORD EXPLORER XLT blue, 3rd seat, 4x4 05 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB SPORT, blue, auto, 4x4 truck 04 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD

4X4 Black/black leather, sunroof 04 FORD FREESTAR, blue, 4 door, 7 passenger mini van 04 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER, black, black leather, 3rd seat, AWD 04 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND graphite grey, 2 tone leather, sunroof, 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 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LS white, auto 4x4 02 FORD F150 XLT Reg. Cab Truck, red, 6 cyl. auto, 4x4 02 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE, Sage, sun roof, autop, 4x4 02 CHEVY 2500 HD reg. cab. pickup truck, green, auto, 4x4 01 CHEVY BLAZER black, 4 door 01 FORD RANGER XLT X-CAB, red, auto,V6, 4x4 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

GET THE WORD OUT with a Classified Ad. 570-829-7130

9999999

PT CRUISER ‘06 82k miles, blue 4 door $6595 FORD ‘04 Taurus 4 door, white with gray interior, loaded, 145k miles $4500 LINCOLN ‘00 Towncar, 4 door, leather interior, 117k miles $3995 SATURN ‘98 4 door, burgundy, 85k miles $3995 CADILLAC ‘99 50th Gold Anniversary Sedan Deville. Red with tan leather, loaded. $3995 MERCURY ‘96 GRAND MARQUIS 4 door, gold with tan cloth interior, only 50k miles. Loaded.

Must See! $4200

570-955-5792

PONTIAC `02 FIREBIRD 42,000 miles,

garage kept 18’ chrome wheels, Raptor hood with a Ram Air package. $10,000, negotiable (570) 852-1242

PONTIAC `96 FIREBIRD 105,000 miles,

auto-matic,, black with grey interior, new inspection. $4,000, OBO. 570-706-6565

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 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

SUBARU `03 OUTBACK LEGACY 3.0L H6 engine. LL

Bean Edition Wagon.

1 owner. Garage kept. $7,500. Call 570-371-4471 or 717-503-4965

SUBARU `05 FORESTER

FREE CONSULT

Guaranteed Low Fees Payment Plan!

Colleen Metroka 570-592-4796 Say it HERE in the Classifieds!

570-829-7130

Bankruptcy $595 Guaranteed Low Fees www.BkyLaw.net Atty Kurlancheek 825-5252 W-B

TOYOTA ‘02 CAMRY SE 1 Owner, only 38k miles $9,995.

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

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

TOYOTA 09 COROLLA LE

Keyless entry, well equipped including alloy wheels $12,999

KELLY

875 W. Market St. Kingston, PA. 570-287-2243

TOYOTA ‘09 COROLLA S Auto. 4 Cylinder. $12,880

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

VOLKSWAGEN `09 BEETLE Excellent condition,

20,000 miles, all power, sun roof, kayak and bike rack included. $14,900.

570-864-2300

415 Autos-Antique & Classic

CHEVROLET `’57 BEL AIR 2 door, hardtop, im-

maculate, full restoration, white with red interior $48,500 570-237-0968

CHRYSLER ‘48 WINDSOR 4 door, completely

Excellent condition.

Priced to sell! $6,195.

570-594-3975

original, trophy winner. $11,200 FIRM 570-472-3710

8

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

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DESOTO CUSTOM ‘49 4 DOOR SEDAN

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

FORD `52 COUNTRY SEDAN CUSTOM LINE

STATION WAGON V8, automatic, 8 passenger, 3rd seat, good condition, 2nd owner. REDUCED TO $6,500.

570-579-3517 570-455-6589

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

MERCURY `79 ZEPHYR

6 cylinder automatic.

52k original miles.

Florida car. $1500.

570-899-1896

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starting at $11,450 560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

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CHEVROLET `76 PICKUP 4 CYLINDER Very Good

AUTO SERVICE

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468

Auto Parts

472

Auto Services

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tires, new back brakes. 125,000 miles. $6,400 negotiable.

570-417-8353

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

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TOYOTA ‘00 SOLARA SE SUPER CLEAN All power, new

9999999

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48,000 miles, one owner, garage kept, excellent condition. $15,500.

570-474-9076

415 Autos-Antique & Classic

Attorney Services

DIVORCE No Fault $295 divorce295.com Atty. Kurlancheek 800-324-9748 W-B Free Bankruptcy Consultation Payment plans.

Carol Baltimore 570-822-1959 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY Free Consultation.

Contact Atty. Sherry Dalessandro 570-823-9006

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NEW

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 PAGE 3D

FORD FIESTA NEW

Automatic, Air, Pwr. Mirrors, Tilt Wheel, Pwr. Door Locks, CD, Remote Keyless Entry, Advance Trac with Electronic Stability Control, Side Curtains

FORD FIESTA SE

Auto., Air, CD, Pwr. Mirrors, Advanced Trac with Electronic Stability Control, Cruise, PDL, Side Curtains, Keyless Entry w/Keypad, 15” Alum. Wheels, Tilt Wheel

24 Mos.

24 Mos.

FORD REBATE................500 OFF LEASE REBATE........500 FORD REGIONAL DISCOUNT OFF MSRP......70 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP......76

FORD REBATE................500 OFF LEASE REBATE........500

*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 3/31/12.

*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 3/31/12.

ALL NEW FORD FOCUS SE

ALL NEW FORD FOCUS

Remote Keyless Entry, Pwr. Door Locks, Anti-Theft Sys., Side Curtain Air Bags, Side Impact Air Bags, CD, Air, Message Center, MyKey

Auto., CD, Anti-Theft Sys., Side Curtain Air Bags, PL, PW, 16” Steel Wheels, Tilt Wheel, Instrument Cluster, Message Center, Keyless Entry, AC, Pwr. Side Mirrors, Fog Lamps, MyKey

FORD REBATE...............1,500 OFF LEASE REBATE...........500 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP.....891

Auto., CD, Alum. Wheels, Tilt Wheel, PW, PL, Safety Pkg., 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Anti-Theft Sys., Sirius Satellite Radio, Side Impact Air Bags, Keyless Entry, Message Center, Pwr. Seat,

FORD REBATE.............1,500 FORD BONUS REBATE.......500 FMCC REBATE................500 OFF LEASE REBATE.....1,250 FORD REGIONAL DISCOUNT OFF MSRP.....445 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP.......871

*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 3/31/12.

FORD REBATE.............2,000 OFF LEASE REBATE........500 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP. . .486

Auto., CD, Alum. Wheels, Tilt, PW, PL, Pwr. Seat, Safety Pkg., Side Impact Air Bags, 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Anti-Theft Sys., Sirius Satellite Radio, Keyless Entry w/Keypad, Message Center,

FORD REBATE..............1,500 FORD BONUS REBATE.......500 FMCC REBATE................500 OFF LEASE REBATE.....1,250 FORD REGIONAL DISCOUNT OFF MSRP...1,445 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP. . . .1,186

*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 3/31/12.

24 Mos. *Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 3/31/12.

XLT, Safety Canopy, Side Impact Safety Pkg., Pwr. Driver’s Seat, Auto., PW, PDL, CD, Air, Fog Lamps, Privacy Glass, Roof Rack, 16” Alum. Wheels, Sirius Satellite Radio, Keyless Entry, Rear Cargo Convenience Pkg.,

FORD REBATE.............2,000 FORD BONUS REBATE.......500 OFF LEASE REBATE.....1,250 FORD REGIONAL DISCOUNT OFF MSRP......195 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP. . .786

*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 3/31/12.

*Tax and tags extra. Security Deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. See salesperson for details. All payments subject to credit approval by the primary lending source, Tier 0 rate. Special APR financing cannot be combined with Ford cash rebate. “BUY FOR” prices are based on 72 month at $18.30 per month per $1000 financed with $2,500 down (cash or trade). Photos of vehicles are for illustration purposes only. Coccia Ford is not responsible for any typographical errors. No Security Deposit Necessary. See dealer for details. Sale ends

CALL NOW 823-8888 1-800-817-FORD Overlooking Mohegan Sun 577 East Main St., Plains

Just Minutes from Scranton or W-B

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415 Autos-Antique & Classic

OLDSMOBILE `68 DELMONT

442 RVs & Campers WINNEBAGO ‘02 ADVENTURER 35 Foot, double slides, V-10 Ford.

Central air, full awnings, one owner, pet & smoke free.

Excellent condition and low mileage. $68,000.

Call 570-594-6496

451

Must Sell!

Appraised for $9,200 • All original

45,000 miles • 350 Rocket engine • Fender skirts • Always garaged Will sell for $6,000 Serious inquires only 570690-0727

421

Boats & Marinas

SEA NYMPH ‘91 17’ Deep V, 40 HPH

Johnson electric motor, electric anchor, 3 fish finder manual downrigger, excellent condition. $3295 570-675-5873

439

Motorcycles

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

$15,000 FIRM.

Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

Buick `06 Rainier CXL BURGUNDY & GREY, LEATHER SUNROOF, AWD

ACME AUTO SALES 343-1959

1009 Penn Ave Scranton 18509 Across from Scranton Prep

GOOD CREDIT, BAD CREDIT, NO CREDIT Call Our Auto Credit Hot Line to get Pre-approved for a Car Loan!

800-825-1609

www.acmecarsales.net

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

BUICK ‘04

Rendezvous Heritage Edition, leather, sunroof, 3rd seat 1 Owner, local trade $7495 Call For Details!

570-696-4377 Cadillac `07 Escalade, pearl white, black leather, 3rd seat, 4x4 (570) 343-1959

ACME AUTO SALES 343-1959

1009 Penn Ave Scranton 18509 Across from Scranton Prep

GOOD CREDIT, BAD CREDIT, NO CREDIT Call Our Auto Credit Hot Line to get Pre-approved for a Car Loan!

800-825-1609

www.acmecarsales.net

CHEVROLET `04 COLORADO Z71

Call 570-262-0914 Leave message.

HARLEY 2011 HERITAGE SOFTTAIL Black. 1,800 miles.

ABS brakes. Security System Package. $16,000 firm.

SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY 570-704-6023

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

HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘05 SCREAMING EAGLE V-ROD Orange & Black.

Full 4 door, all wheel drive, 5 cylinder, automatic, A/C, all power.

1 owner, well maintained, 122K miles. $11,750.

570-466-2771

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

HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘05 V-ROD VRSCA

2WD. Extra cab.

Highway miles.

Like new! $6,995 Call For Details!

570-696-4377

HARLEY DAVIDSON

HARLEY DAVIDSON DYNA-WIDE GLIDE 200 miles, must

see. Anniversary Edition. $11,000.

570-269-0042

HONDA ‘84 XL200R

CHEVY ‘05 SILVERADO

CHEVY ‘10 EQUINOX LT

Moonroof. Alloys.

1 Owner. $17,575

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

CHEVY’ 99 ASTRO AWD. 98,000

miles, rear heat and air, loaded. Michelin tires, garage kept, excellent condition. $5000 OBO 570-822-4580 570-332-4643

8,000 original miles, excellent condition. $1,000.

570-379-3713

YAMAHA ‘97 ROYALSTAR 1300

12,000 miles. With windshield. Runs excellent. Many extras including gunfighter seat, leather bags, extra pipes. New tires & battery. Asking $4,000 firm.

(570) 814-1548

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

CHEVY 99 SILVERADO 4X4 Auto. V8. Bargain

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

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

DODGE `01 RAM

4 x 4 off road & tow package, after market ram air functional hood.

Headers, advanced performance chip.

Oil always changed with synthetic Royal Purple. Satellite radio with two 1,000 watt amps.

10” Memphis bass speakers. Clarion Speakers throughout. Almost 200,000 miles, runs good, some rust. $2,800 570-499-5431

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 `97 WINDSTAR GL. 71K miles. 3.8V6

A1 condition. Auto, cruise, tilt. All power accessories. Traction control.

3 remotes. Like new tires & brakes. $3,150 570-3138099/457-5640

451

Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

JEEP ‘97 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4.0-ATM, 4WD, 128,000 miles, full power, minor body & mechanical work needed for state inspection. Recent radiator & battery. $2,500.

OBO. 570-239-8376

JEEP 03 WRANGLER X 6 cylinder. Auto.

4x4. $10,999

451

non-smoking owner, garaged, synthetic oil since new, excellent in and out. New tires and battery.

90,000 miles. $7,500 (570) 403-3016

4X2.

4 cylinder Auto. $6,999

KELLY

875 W. Market St. Kingston, PA. 570-287-2243

TOYOTA ‘09 TACOMA TRD 4 WD Extra Cab $24,900

KELLY

875 W. Market St. Kingston, PA. 570-287-2243

JEEP 04 WRANGLER

6 cylinder. 5 speed 4x4 $9,999

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

457 Wanted to Buy Auto WANTED

KELLY 875 W. Market St. Kingston, PA. 570-287-2243

JEEP ‘07

Good Used Cars & Trucks.

Highest Prices Paid!!!

Grand Cherokee 1 owner, alloys, PW & PL $17,490

Call V&G Anytime 574-1275

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

JEEP19,000 ‘08 LIBERTY miles

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park Extra Cab. 6 Cylinder, 5 speed.

Air. 2WD. $4,995 Call For Details!

570-696-4377

4x4. Auto, $17,7900 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227

LEXUS 08 RX350

Navigation. Back up camera. 45K miles. 4 WD.

FORD 04 F150

4x2. Nice Truck! $11,999

KELLY 875 W. Market St. KELLY

875 W. Market St. Kingston, PA. 570-287-2243

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

4x4. Sunroof. Like new. $6,995 Call For Details!

570-696-4377

FORD ‘08 ESCAPE XLT

Leather, alloys & moonroof $16,995

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

FORD2V6.

‘04Clean, EXPLORER

Clean SUV! $5995 WD. Extra cab.

Call For Details!

570-696-4377

GMC `05 SAVANA

1500 Cargo Van. AWD. V8 automatic.

A/C. New brakes & tires. Very clean. $10,750. Call 570-474-6028

GMC ‘04 ENVOY

Good Miles. Extra Clean. $10,880

Kingston, PA. 570-287-2243

MERCURY ‘03 MOUNTAINEER LUXURY EDITION

Red & silver, One owner, garage kept, well maintained.

Loaded with too many options to list!

68,000 miles.

Asking $9,000.

570-239-8389

MITSUBISHI `11

OUTLANDER SPORT SE AWD, Black interi-

or/exterior, start/ stop engine with keyless entry, heated seats, 18” alloy wheels, many extra features. Only Low Miles. 10 year, 100,000 mile warranty. $22,500. Willing to negotiate.

Serious inquires only - must sell, going to law school.

(570) 793-6844

NISSAN `04 PATHFINDER ARMADA Excellent condition.

Too many options to list. Runs & looks excellent. $10,995 570-655-6132 or 570-466-8824

RANGE ROVER ‘07 SPORT Supercharged

59,000 miles, fully loaded. Impeccable service record. $36,000 570-283-1130

TOYOTA `90 PICKUP

High mileage with new trans., carb, tires. Silver body with no rust. Excellent throughout. $2,200. Call 570-287-8498

TOYOTA 02 TACOMA 4WD. SR5. TRD. V-6. $10,880

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

HONDA ‘09 CRV LX AWD. 1 owner. $16,670

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

TOYOTA ‘02 TACOMA

SR5 V6 TRD 4WD $10,220 560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

TOYOTA `96 SR5

Will sell for parts, or whole truck. $800 570-667-7021

Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

TOYOTA 04 TACOMA

FORD ‘02 EXPLORER Red, XLT, Original

price! $3,995 Call For Details!

570-696-4377

442 RVs & Campers

FLAGSTAFF `08 CLASSIC NOW BACK IN PA.

CHRYSLER `02 TOWN & COUNTRY

FORD ‘06 ESCAPE XLT

Used as a show bike. Never abused.

480 miles. Excellent condition. Asking $13,500 or best offer. 570-876-4034

‘08 FLHTCU. Ultra classic, mint condition. white & black pearls. 6,500 miles.

Reduced to $17,500 Call Bill 570-262-7627

Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

FORD ‘02 F150

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

Blue pearl, excellent condition, 3,100 miles, factory alarm with extras. $10,500. or best offer.

Tony 570-237-1631

451

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506 Administrative/ Clerical Hampton Inn & Suites Wilkes-Barre

876 Schechter Dr.

FRONT DESK We are currently

seeking highly responsible & outgoing people to join our Front Desk team.

Full Time available for 2nd & 3rd shifts. Responsibilities include: *Creating computerbased reservations & guest check-ins *Answering phones in a professional manner *Providing top quality customer service If you are a motivated, dependable, team player looking for a great place to work, PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON between 8am & 4pm

OFFICE CLERICAL H. A. Berkheimer, a

local tax administrator, is currently seeking FT Office Support Clerks for our Scranton Office.

Duties include processing tax forms, answering taxpayer inquiries on the phone and in person, and clerical duties. Salary $9.04 /hour. Qualified candidates should possess strong data entry skills, previous clerical experience and customer service skills. We offer paid training, a comprehensive benefits package, and a business casual work environment.

Fax resume to: 610-863-1997 Or email: ahelfrich@ hab-inc.com No Phone Calls Please. EOE

TRANSPORTATION

ASSOCIATE WANTED: Duties include but are not limited to Customer Service, Clerical, Routing, Billing etc: Transportation, Warehouse & Logistics back round experience preferred.

M-F Day Shift Office Environment .

Apply in person or via email: Calex 58 Pittston Ave Pittston, PA or hr@calexlogistics.com EOE

509

Building/ Construction/ Skilled Trades

Roofers, Siding & Experienced Carpenters

Must have valid drivers license.

Local work. Call (570) 287-5313 or apply within at 197 Courtdale Ave. Courtdale, PA 18704

522

Education/ Training

CHILDCARE TEACHERS

560 Pierce St. Kingston, PA www.wyoming valleymotors.com 570-714-9924

NEEDED EXPERIENCE PREFERRED. FULL TIME & PART TIME. MOUNTAIN TOP LOCATION. 570-905-3322

527 Food Services/ Hospitality

Cafeteria Workers THE NUTRITION GROUP at Wilkes-Barre Area School District and Wilkes-Barre Career & Tech Center are accepting applications for Cafeteria Workers.

Wilkes-Barre Career & Tech Center has an IMMEDIATE OPENING 4 days a week/4 hours a day. Wilkes-Barre Area School District and Wilkes-Barre Career & Tech are accepting applications for SUBSTITUTE cafeteria workers. Applicants must be able to lift at least 20 pounds and work on their feet in a busy kitchen environment for the duration of the shift.

Interested applicants may call WBASD Food Service at 826-7115 or WBCTC Food Service at 822-4131 Ext.108 for information or to pick up an application at the WBASD Food Service Office at Heights-Murray Elementary School, 1 Sherman Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702.

Private Golf Club in Sugarloaf, Pa is seeking an experienced

BANQUET MANAGER

for its upscale dining facility.

Must have experience in booking functions and the overall operations of the dining room during service.

Also must have excellent communication skills, team building ability, lead by example, and be able to manage change effectively. This is a year-round position. Please send resumes to: vccchefs@ptd.net or call 788-1112 ext. 118 to set up an interview.

533

Installation/ Maintenance/ Repair

INVISIBLE FENCE INSTALLERFence” “Invisible

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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536

IT/Software Development

Entry Level Network Administrator

Manufacturing company is looking for an Entry Level Network Administrator who sets up, configures, and supports internal and/or external networks.

Develops and maintains all systems, applications, security, and network configurations.

Troubleshoots network performance issues and creates and maintains a disaster recovery plan. Recommends upgrades, patches, and new applications and equipment.

Provides technical support and guidance to users.

The successful candidate must work independently; have 2 to 3 years prior experience. Must have working knowledge of fundamental operations of windows based servers, Windows XP, Windows 7, Networking Microsoft office; prior experience handling customer questions is a must.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

Send resume and salary history to: C/O TIMES LEADER BOX 3025 15 N. MAIN ST. WILKES-BARRE, PA 18711-0250

538

Janitorial/ Cleaning

Berwick AreaPart Time Cleaner

General office cleaning. 13 hours/ 5 days a week.

8pm-10:30pm. $10.00/hour to start.

Apply online at: www. sovereigncs.com EOE and Drug Free Workplace

FACILITY ASSOCIATE Hanover-Cleaning offices and restrooms. TuesdayWednesday-Thursday- 10pm-2am and Monday-Friday 8pm-2am. $9.50 to start. Benefits and paid time off.

Apply online at Sovereigncs.com.

EOE and Drug Free Workplace.

Looking for

JANITORS Full and part time

to work 5 days/ week in WilkesBarre area.

Please call Carl at (302) 743-0512

542

Logistics/ Transportation

DRIVER CLASS A CDL

HD SUPPLY MOUNTAIN TOP, PA Apply online at www.hdsupply. com/careers Job Req # 69703 Minimum 2 years experience required Flatbed experience helpful. Clean driving record. 5 day work week, home nightly. Competitive pay, great benefits AA/EEO

DRIVERS

CDL-A Required.

Full time position.

No overnight.

Apply in person.

AQUA LEISURE POOLS 185 N. WILKES-BARRE BLVD., WILKES-BARRE (570) 822-1188

Drivers Needed to Service Accounts Will train. Excellent

salary plus commission. Cash daily.

Medical benefits plus pension. Work locally or nationwide. Call between 8am-6pm.

Job info 201-708-6546 Manager 732-642-3719

LOOKING TO GROW DRIVERS WANTED! CDL Class A Regional and OTR Routes Home daily Benefit package includes: paid holiday and vacation; health, vision, and dental coverage.

Candidates must be 23 years of age with at least 2 years tractor trailer experience.

Drivers paid by percentage.

Applications can be filled out online at www.cds transportation.com or emailed to jmantik@cds transportation.com or you can apply in person at CDS Transportation Jerilyn Mantik One Passan Drive Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 570-654-6738 GASSEARCH DRILLING SERVICES CORPORATION IS LOOKING TO FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

WATER TRUCK & WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS

•Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance •401K •Quarterly Safety Bonus •Paid Holidays •Paid Vacation APPLY WITHIN OR ONLINE:

GasSearch Drilling Services Corporation 8283 Hwy 29 Montrose, PA 18801 570-278-7118 WWW.GASSEARCH DRILLING.COM GENERAL

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

West Side, semi retired & home makers welcome, will train. 570-288-8035

TRUCK DRIVER

Full Time R EQUIREMENTS : 2 years Truck Driving Experience, able to drive 20’ box truck, must be able to meet DOT requirements, must be able to work flexible hours, must be able to meet physical requirements.

Pay based on experience. Standard benefits available to include medical, dental and vacation.

Apply at: U’SAGAIN RECYCLING 486 S. EMPIRE ST. WILKES-BARRE 570-270-2670

542

Logistics/ Transportation

NOW HIRING: CLASS A OTR COMPANY DRIVERS Van Hoekelen Greenhouses is a family owned business located in McAdoo, PA. We have immediate openings for reliable full-time tractor trailer drivers, to deliver product to our customers across the 48 states. Our premier employment package includes: • Hourly Payincluding paid detention time, and guaranteed 8 hours per day • Safety Bonus$.05/mile paid quarterly • Great Benefits100% paid health insurance, vision, dental, life, STD, 401K, vacation time, and holiday pay.

• Pet & Rider Program • Well maintained freightliners and reefer trailers • Continuous yearround steady work with home time Requirements are: Valid Class A CDL, minimum 1 year OTR experience, must lift 40lbs, and meet driving and criminal record guidelines PLEASE CONTACT SHARON AT (800)979-2022 EXT 1914, MAIL RESUME TO P.O. BOX 88, MCADOO, PA 18237 OR FAX TO 570-929-2260.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.VHGREEN HOUSES.COM FOR MORE DETAILS.

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!

TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVERS Home 48 hours EVERY Week

Hiring company drivers and Owner-Operators to run out of Hazleton Pa. Home 48 hours weekly, run NY to NC. Pickup & delivery, drop & hook, and terminal-to-terminal runs. Full company benefit package.

Company $1,250 gross weekly, Owner-operator $2,350+ after fuel take home weekly.

HOUFF TRANSFER is well known for outstanding customer service, safety, and reliability. Requires 5+ years experience, Hazmat, safe driving record. OwnerOperator equipment less than 5 years old. Info Ed Miller @ 877-234-9233 or 540-234-9233.

Apply www.houff.com

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548 Medical/Health

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548 Medical/Health

DIRECT CARE WORKER Allied Services

In-Home Services division has parttime weekend night shift hours available in Luzerne County.

Minimum of one (1) year home care experience and valid PA driver’s license required.

If interested, please apply online at: www. allied-services.org or call Trish Tully at (570) 348-2237.

BILINGUAL INDIVIDUALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. ALLIED SERVICES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Village at Greenbriar Assisted Living

Personal Care Aides 2:30pm-11p 11PM-7:30AM

Cook-Part Time 6AM-10AM

Dietary Aide

Part Time APPLY WITHIN: 4252 Memorial Highway Dallas, PA 18612

REGISTERED NURSE Correctional Care, Inc, an established local medical company has an immediate opening for full time Registered Nurses at the Lackawanna County Prison for the 3:00pm to 11:00pm shift. We offer competitive salaries including shift differentials, full benefits package, paid time off and adequate staffing levels. Correctional nursing experience helpful but not necessary.

Please fax or mail resume and salary history to Correctional Care, Inc, 4101 Birney Ave, Moosic, PA 18507 Attn: Human Resources, Call 570-343-7364, Fax 570-343-7367.

Residential Care Aides Part time positions.

Dayshift, 11p-7a and weekend only shifts available.

Looking for caring & compassionate people for Alzheimer’s assisted living facility.

Must be a high school graduate.

Reliable applicants need only apply. No phone calls please.

APPLY WITHIN.

KEYSTONE GARDEN ESTATES

100 NARROWS RD ROUTE 11, LARKSVILLE

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Other

Golf Course VLaborers W YOMING

ALLEY

COUNTRY CLUB Seasonal positions.

Golf Course or Landscape experience is preferred but not necessary.

Call 823-0740 for an interview.

Banquet Servers & Waitstaff Seasonal & Part

Time Positions.

Experience preferred.

Flexible schedule.

Snack Bar Attendant

Seasonal position from April to November. Hourly rate, plus tips. Daytime hours.

Pick up an application at the Wyoming Valley Country Club or download one at our website www.wvcc1896.com

PAY CASH DAILY Part time Assistant

554

Production/ Operations

RADIO PRODUCTION DIRECTOR

The Bold Gold Media Group has an immediate opening for radio production director in our Scranton area facility. The successful candidate will manage the production department, including voicing and producing commercials. The production director works closely with the sales, programming and promotion departments and with station clients.

A high level of organization and a sense of creativity is required.

Knowledge of Scott Studios, Adobe editing and FTP is a plus, as is experience in radio production.

APPLY BY EMAIL WITH RESUME TO: BSPINELLI@ BOLDGOLDMEDIA.COM. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER —-M.F.

566

Sales/Retail/ Business Development

Garden Center Work with plants & garden supplies.

Must have knowledge of Annuals, Perennials and Fertilizers. Hours will vary seasonally.

Retail Must have cash, register and sales experience. Excellent communication skills needed.

Apply in person, no phone calls please.

Dundee Gardens 2407 San Souci Pkwy Hanover Twp, PA. Hours: 9:30am-5pm

ROUTE SALES MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS & DRIVERS Schmidt Baking Company, a leading baker & distributor of premium baked goods seeks dependable individuals for these highly visible positions in Central PA. Successful candidates must be selfmotivated, have clean driving history/record, strong communication, interpersonal & leadership skills and be computer literate. Previous experience preferred.

Earning potential for $55-$60,000/year with excellent benefit package. Interested candidates can fax resume to: 410-661-1497 or email scrispens@ schmidtbaking.com

569 Security/ Protective Services

SECURITY OFFICER OPPORTUNITIES O I PEN

NTERVIEWS

3/6 3p-7p & 3/7 9a-12p H ILTON G ARDEN I NN , 242 Highland Park Blvd, Wilkes Barre, Pa Full time & part time positions available, $10+ hour, security experience preferred.

Apply Online Morrisprotective service.com Or in person at hotel.

573

Warehouse

Warehouse Maintenance Lead

Experience in warehouse racking, general electrical and plumbing. Will lead team to maintain warehouse conditions in safety and cleanliness.

APPLY IN PERSON AT:

100 SLOCUM AVE. EXETER, PA 18643 E.O.E. M/F/D/V

& Delivery Person.

Familiar with Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre area.

Call 570-824-7598

Triad Isotopes, Inc., the fastest growing radiopharmaceutical company in the nation, is seeking a

PART TIME DRIVER/ LAB WORKER for its Wilkes-Barre

pharmacy. Safe and timely delivery of products and various lab duties; Shifts vary- avg 20 hrs/wk, rotating weekends.

High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Position additionally requires light, occasional physical effort to move, lift & deliver containers up to 65lbs., ability to operate a company provided vehicle and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check.

Applications taken 10:00 - 01:00 at: Triad Isotopes – 300C Laird Street.

No phone calls please.

EOE/AA/DFWP

600 FINANCIAL 610

Business Opportunities

NEPA FLORAL & GIFT SHOP Including delivery van, coolers, all inventory, displays, computer system, customer list, website and much more.

Turn key operation in prime retail location. $125,000 For more information Call 570.592.3327

PATENTED GOLF TRAINING DEVICE with 20 exclusive claims, for sale by Senior Individual.

Respond to Box 3020 Times Leader 15 N. Main Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250

TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com 630 Money To Loan

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CRADLE & SWING: baby girl purple fisher Price purchased at Babies R Us. paid $169. asking $70.

Excellent condition.

570-301-3484 or 570-631-6635

700 MERCHANDISE 702

Air Conditioners

AIR CONDITIONER, large, used one season. $115 570-822-9617

708

Antiques & Collectibles

Baby Items

PAMPERS 2 cases boys Ez Up Pampers size 4t-5t 78 count. $35.

570-675-5878

716

Building Materials

BASEBOARD Marley 6’ electric baseboard heaters, 2 each. Model 2546 WC. Like New, $40 for both. 824-5588 BATHROOM matching sink set Gerber white porcelain bathroom sink with mirror & medicine cabinet $80.

570-331-8183 PORCH & STEPS $80, STEPS. $40.For Mobile Home. Negotiable 570-693-1304 SINK, bathroom includes new faucet 18”x24” $15.

570-696-1030 WINDOW. Double hung. Low E, Argon gas. White. 28 1/4 x 45, still in box. $100 570-288-7753

720

Cemetery Plots/Lots

CEMETERY PLOTS (3) together.

$ ANTIQUES BUYING $ Old Toys, model kits, Bikes, dolls, guns, Mining Items, trains & Musical Instruments, Hess. 474-9544

COIN silver gun Spencer repeating rifle on front, some history on back.

Approximately 0.678 oz .999 silver. $35. 570-262-0708 COINS. Washington quarters ‘32-’34D, ‘35, ‘36, ‘36D-37. $90. 570-287-4135 FOOTBALL CARDS NY Giants, 70 cards, $7. College football players on pro teams, Penn State. 207 cards $15. Moving out of state, must sell.

570-313-5214

710

Appliances

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

APPLIANCE PA RT S E T C .

Used appliances.

Parts for all brands.

223 George Ave. Wilkes-Barre 570-820-8162 FREEZER 16 cu. ft. upright, works, older, not frost free, good for cabin, etc.

FREE 333-4199

Maple Lawn Section of Dennison Cemetery. Section ML. $450 each.

570-822-1850

726

COAT

KENNETH COLE Beige, size 6, hardly worn. $75.

570-855-5385 TOP COAT size 46 reg Harbor light from New York. gray, zip out lining excellent condition $50. 570-814-4315

732

(570) 819-1966 MINI FREEZER works good. $50.

570-336-2944 PRESSURE COOKER, electric Wolfgang Puck Bistro Collection 7.5 quart complete with inner basket for steaming, instruction/ recipe book and additional glass lid for serving. Never used. $50.

570-283-3574

Exercise Equipment

STATIONARY BIKE Weslo pursuit 350 $50. PROFORM XP 160 elliptical machine $200. please leave message @ 823-9320 STATIONERY exercise bicycle $50.

570-735-2081 TEETER hang ups inversion table. Like new, used very little.

Paid $300, sacrifice for $125. I can’t use due to medical problem. If interested call 836-0304.

WAGAN MINI STEPPER battery powered unit with 4 readout specs. $35. 570-287-8498

736

Firewood

FIREWOOD. Will beat any price!

Delivered. Stock up now or for next year 570-239-6244

742

Furnaces & Heaters

HEATERS 2, 1 kerosene radiant 10 with manual & pump $75. 1 carbon fiber electric, new in box, never used, free standing or wall mountable $49.

570-636-3151

744 GENE’S RECONDITIONED APPLIANCES 60 Day Warranty Monday-Friday 8:00PM-5:00PM Saturday 8:00AM-11:00AM Gateway Shopping Center Kingston, PA

Clothing

Furniture & Accessories

ANTIQUE hall tree with bevel mirror brass coat or hat hooks with hinged seat storage bin 6’ high, excellent condition asking $300.570-655-9472 ARMOIRE Large, sturdy white wicker armoire. 42” wide X 90” high. Very good condition. $55.

Call 570-675-4777 BED FRAME & metal headboard, blue, twin size. $10.

570-235-6056 BED SET Twin complete, hardly used, excellent condition. was in our spare bedroom. $150 570-814-4315

REFRIGERATOR Whirlpool side by side, white, ice & water in the door, brand new, must sell, $575. call 4724744 or 824-6533

BEDROOM SET 4 piece, triple dresser, triple chest, frame, headboard + nite stand. Medium color solid wood, very heavy, etching on top of all pieces + individual scrolling, excellent condition, must see. Moving too large for room $375. 258-0568

STOVE coal burning stove Old fashioned antique white Dickson kitchen stove with warming closet has 6 lids. $650.

570-735-2081

BEDROOM SET: 6 piece, black lacquer, includes, dresser, mirror, chest, 2 nightstands & headboard. $400 570- 814-5477

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 PAGE 5D Furniture & Accessories

BRAND NEW Queen p-top mattress set, still in original plastic.

Must sell. $150.

Can Deliver 280-9628

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CLOCK, mantel, Working. $45 570-574-0271 DESK, wooden $25, CHAIR, fabric, $30 Mini Blinds, brand new in boxes, 3 burgundy, 3 ivory, 2 white, $10 each.

31x64. 693-1304 DESK: Solid light oak roll top, matching desk chair on rollers. 46”WX21”in depth, drawers plus pencil drawer. Roll top compartment has an organizer.

Excellent condition. $350. 262-0668.

DINING TABLE & HUTCH, solid oak, with glass lighted top. Excellent condition. $850. Call 570-690-4484 DINING TABLES (3) with extensions $20. each 60’s console record player with 8 track & radio $35. Antique dressing table with mirror $35.570-825-3888

FURNISH FOR LESS

* 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 FUTON: good condition, asking $50.

Please leave message @ 823-9320

GIRL’S BEDROOM SET Antique white dis-

tressed finish, felt lined drawers, 2 night stands, dresser with mirror, lingerie chest. gently used. $1000.

Yatesville 570-654-1616 HUNTLEY furniture pieces, 2 - corner lighted china cabinet & buffet, blond mahogany accented with shabby chic painted accent design, versatile pieces. Motivated seller. $300. OBO. 570-466-6481 LAMPS (2) parlor stand up, grey metal & black. $25 each.

570-740-1246

MATTRESS SALE

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Twin sets: $159 Full sets: $179 Queen sets: $199 All New American Made 570-288-1898

RETRO/MID CENTURY MODERN BEDROOM SET INCLUDES FULL BED COMPLETE, 2 NIGHT STANDS, MIRRORED DRESSER AND FULL DRESSER ASKING $350 OBO (570) 655-1546 ROCKER, platform rocks and swivels. $125. CHAIR, wooden rocking with beautiful detailing. $150. ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, good condition. $30 570-822-5391 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 and Love Seat. Brown. $450.

570-235-9287 after 3PM TODDLER BED Step 2 Firetruck, like brand new. Asking $75. OBO 592-8218 TODDLER/youth bed, Lightning Macqueen complete includes bedding to match, used at grandmom’s $100.

570-675-5878 WATER BED queen size, platform, with 6 storage drawers, bookcase & headboard. New queen beige linens in package asking $60.

570-823-2691

570-735-1487

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BUYING 11am to 6pm

39 Prospect St • Nanticoke

GARAGE/BASEMENT SALE 1007 Morgan Drive,

Pineridge Estates, WILKES-BARRE Friday, 3/9 9:00-1:00 Contents of garage/basement including riding mower, yard tools, weight bench, Pool table, children’s bedroom sets, grills, miscellaneous household items

744

Furniture & Accessories

BUYING/ SELLING ALL US & Foreign Coins Currency Postcards Stamps Gold & Silver •TOP DOLLAR for Silver Dollars •TOP DOLLAR for all United States, Canadian, & Foreign Coins & Paper Money •Gold Coins greatly needed •Proof & Mint Sets •Wheat Backs & Indian Heads •All Types of Old Coins •Gold & Silver Jewelry & Bullion •Sterling Silver •Local Postcards NO ONE WILL MATCH OUR PRICE$ We Give FREE Appraisals (No obligations, no pressure) Over 35 years as a respected local coin dealer.

HERITAGE GALLERIES 52 Carr Ave. DALLAS, PA Across from Dallas Agway on Rt. 415

TUES. - SAT. 10-6

or by appointment

674-2646 748 Good Things To Eat FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR. SIGN UP NOW

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750

Jewelry

RINGS. 36 ladies and mens. $5 each 570-574-0271

752 Landscaping & Gardening LAWNMOWER 21” MTD 5 hp, looks & runs like new, very light & easy to push.

Not self propelled.

Just services & ready for the season. $70. OBO. 570-283-9452 WHEELBARROW. New. Red with wood handles. $65 negotiable. 693-1304

756

Medical Equipment

BED, Hospital with rails. $250. CHAIR, Jazzy, grey, purple & blue. $500. Neg. 570-693-1304 BLOOD PRESSURE UNIT - A/C D/C power; monitors blood pressure and heart beat $100.

570-829-1611 LIFT CHAIR by Pride, like new Brown fabric. $400.

570-824-0999 LIFT CHAIR, new purchased 12/2011, never used, original cost $870 will sell $500 cash.

570-693-3104 WHEELCHAIR. JET 3 ULTRA power.

Hardly used, 2 rechargeable batteries. $800.

570-458-6133

758 Miscellaneous WANTED ALL JUNK CARS & TRUCKS

HEAVY EQUIPMENT DUMPTRUCKS BULLDOZERS BACKHOES

Highest Prices Paid!!!

FREE REMOVAL Call Vito & Ginos Anytime 288-8995

758 Miscellaneous CANES & walking sticks, new batch.

Over 40 available, made from slippery maple trees. $4-$5 each.

Over 200 Christmas & household items. Includes, Christmas trees, lights, cups, flowers, vases, wreaths, ornaments & more!

Samsonite belt massager for weight loss, all for $60. 570-735-2081 CIGAR HUMIDOR upright armoire style with front door & top door, dark oak holds 100 cigars Excellent condition. $50. 570-655-9472

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The Times Leader will accept ads for used private party merchandise only for items totaling $1,000 or less. All items must be priced and state how many of each item. Your name address, email and phone number must be included. No ads for ticket sales accepted. Pet ads accepted if FREE ad must state FREE. One Submission per month per household.

You may place your ad online at timesleader.com, or email to classifieds@ timesleader.com or fax to 570-831-7312 or mail to Classified Free Ads: 15 N. Main Street, WilkesBarre, PA. Sorry no phone calls.

GLASS DOOR. 4 way glass door for bath tub. $25 570-331-8183 GOLF CLUBS & BAG $125.00 Nissan truck bed extender $100. Tires 16” 2 for $45. Bathroom sink antique $75. Mink collar persian lamb coat $100. (12) wine gal wine jugs $12.

570-346-8515 MAGAZINES 50 Sports Illustrated including 3 swimsuit issues.

Miscellaneous dates varying from ‘08-’11 $40.

570-417-9913 MOWER Honda $150. 20” alum ladder $75. 12.000 btu air conditioner $150.

Milw 3/4’drill $50.

Heavy air mover $50. 18 volt Ryobi tool set with 2 batteries, $200. Cast iron free & dumbells wiights $75. heavy duty grinder $75.

Large dog coop $50, small coop $35. 570-823 -9553 NIKON RANGEFINDER archers choice with neoprene case.

Excellent shape. $100.570-336-2944 POOL TABLE Harvard 79”x44” 2 cue sticks & wall mount Cue stick holder Excellent condition. $100. 570-430-1396 POOL TABLE: 8’ fair condition. Felt top useable but needs repair. Included: 1 pool stick, 2 sets of pool balls.

Asking $250. Call (570) 823-9320 and leave message.

POPCORN butter dispenser, Server brand, lighted front.

Very good condition $295. 570-636-3151 SHOP VAC wet/dry, 16 gallon, filters & attachments included, very good condition, $25. 570-696-1030.

STAMP collecting magazines.

U.S., 158 DIFF. ’83-’11, all for $5. Canada, 138 DIFF. ‘92-11, $5.

United Nations 94 DIFF., ‘93-’11, $4.

570-654-1622 TIRES. Studded snow (2) Traction King plus/10 ply.

245-75-16-M&S. Lightly used. $149.

Additional set, not studded, $89.

570-333-4827 VACUUM CLEANER The Garry with attachments, 3 extra bags $40.

570-824-0999 WHEELS aluminum factory 16”set of [4] mint condition off 2011 Kia Forte with lug nuts $500.

Snap-On 3/4” torque wrench with case excellent condition $375. 570655-3197 WHEELS: Windstar factory aluminum wheels with tires p21565r16 $200.

570-696-2212

762 BED. $35, TABLES (2) end, $20. LAMP, $5. SHEETS, twin (5 sets) $18, JACKETS, (2) women’s, $12. $100 for all will sell separately.

570-822-9617 BEDLINER: 89 Chevy S10 truck bedliner, standard 6’ cab $15. Gong Show movie DVD $10. 5 storm windows $10. each.

570-740-1246 BIRD CAGE, very big 24”lx17”wx31”h, like new. $80. 814-4315 CANOE Grumman all aluminum 15’ $900.570/388-6812

Musical Instruments

AMP HEAD Marshall JCM2000 dual super lead dsl 50 watt tube. works & sounds great! $725 call rick 283-2552 DRUMSET Ludwig barely used, very little signs of usage!

Includes bass drum (23”), snare, hi-hats (14”), ride (16”) & crash (18”) Avanti symbols with stands, 2 toms (12/14”), floor tom (16”) & foot pedal.

Burgundy color finish. However, missing throne. $400 firm. Great buy for it’s condition! Call 570-855-3382.

768

Personal Electronics

WANTED JEWELRY

BLUETOOTH HEADSETS 1 Plantronics 240 Explorer 1 Jabra BT2035 new in original packaging.

Asking $30 each. 570-675-1153

900 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 906 Homes for Sale

776 Sporting Goods ARCHERY. Bow $40 570-574-0271

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Yakima bike rack fits class 3 hitch holds 4 bikes $100.. Surf rod and reel combo $75. 570-655-9472 DRIVER Callaway Lefthand Razr Hawk Draw 10.5 graphite shaft, 60 regular flex, head cover. excellent condition. $135. 570-881-1001.

EVERLAST HEAVY BAG with chain $35.

570-954-2712 GOLF CLUBS. Nike Slingshot OSS, 4AW Iron set graphite.

Regular flex. Excellent condition. $200 negotiable. 735-3762 POOL TABLE bar room size slate pool table. $600.

Call Jack 570-824-9166 POOL TABLE, excellent condition, paid $1,200; asking $350. 283-2045 POOL TABLE, Sears championship table & accessories.

FREE. 288-9609 SPORT BOW: Hoyt ultra, new strings & cables. Drop a way rest & lighted sights.

Excellent condition. $150.

570-336-2944

780

Televisions/ Accessories

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Cats

CATS & KITTENS 12 weeks & up.

All shots, neutered, tested,microchipped

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824-4172, 9-9 only KITTY: Snowy, adopt free pure white male DSH, needs loving home 20 months old, playful all around good kitty. Beautiful, small young adult. Fully veted, papers call Nina, 570-851-0436

815

SNOW THROWER Craftsman 5HP, 24” 2 stage $175 Mtn Top 570-239-2037

786 Toys & Games CAR. Flyer box car in ok box. $20 570-574-0172

794

Video Game Systems/Games

MICROSOFT XBOX console. 3 games.

All power and video cables.

Wireless Gamepad.

Works great. $75 or best offer. 570-871-8241.

796 Wanted to Buy Merchandise

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814-3371/328-4420

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For your gold and silver, gold and silver coins, rings, bracelets, scrap jewelry Guaranteed highest prices paid.

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3 bedroom, 1 bath 2 story in good location. Fenced yard with 2 car detached garage. Large attic for storage. Gas heat. $79,900 Call Ruth Smith 570-696-1195 or 570-696-5411

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ASHLEY

TO SETTLE ESTATE 94 CAREY STREET Great starter home.

Well cared for 2 story, 3 bedroom half double. Gas heat, low taxes. $39,000 Call 570-735-8763

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

DALLAS

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DALLAS

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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214 Gedding St. Cozy Cape Cod home with 2 bedrooms, 1st floor laundry, nice yard with deck. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-668 $59,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

906 Homes for Sale

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

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 DALLAS

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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CHOW PUPPIES

Sweet, affectionate, loving puppies.

Second shots & papers. $300/each.

570-466-2252 570-954-1231 Corgi’s, Pembroke Males & Females.

Reds & Tri’s. shots & wormed, $400$495. Pics avail.

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SHIH-TZU PUPPIES

Pure Bred & Mixes $375 and up 570-250-9690 Poms, Yorkies, Maltese, Husky, Rotties, Golden, Dachshund, Poodle, Chihuahua, Labs & Shitzus.

570-453-6900 570-389-7877

WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER Male, 8 weeks old,

DALLAS REDUCED 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 $94,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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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

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

DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT

BACK MOUNTAIN DALLAS

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

BACK MOUNTAIN Centermorland

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

DALLAS

100% Financing Wooded and private Bi-Level. This home features 1 car garage, 3 bedrooms, 1 3/4 bath & nice updates. plenty of room on your private 2 acre lot.

100% USDA financing eligible. call for details. REDUCED PRICE $166,000 Call Cindy King 570-690-2689 www.cindykingre.com

570-675-4400 DALLAS TWP

ready for a good home. $550.

570-374-6828

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Good for primary home, vacation or investment. Property includes: 10.2 acres (3 separate parcels) bordering state game lands House with master bedroom suite, large kitchen, oversized living room, family room, guest bathroom, oversized deck (24 x 32).

Private Guest House with living room/kitchen combo, large bedroom, bathroom.

Outbuilding for storage & covered pavilion. email: csmith7433@ aol.com 570-472-3152

3 bedroom Tri-level.

Electric heat, hardwood floors, finished basement near golf course. $189,900 570-472-3710

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SNOW THROWER Ariens 7hp electric start, tire chains, 24” cut just serviced, runs well $395. 570-636-3151

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PUPPY CLASS & BASIC Starts March 17th BEGINNER AGILITY & THERAPY DOG Start March 24th & 25th Call Mary at 570-332-4095 or Phyllis at 570-814-9317

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 TWP.

3 bedroom Ranch.

A/C, oil heat, hardwood floors. Finished basement.

Near golf course & Charter School. $199,900. 472-3710

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

WE BUY HOMES 570-956-2385 Any Situation

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

COLDWELL BANKER RUNDLE REAL ESTATE 570-474-2340 Ext. 55

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2 houses. Must sell

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together. Each has its own utilities on 2.5 + acres. 3 car garage with 3 large attached rooms.

For Sale By Owner. $239,900 Call (570) 788-5913

New Homes From $275,000$595,000 570-474-5574

New Homes From $275,000$595,000 570-474-5574

WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS MANAGER EMERY WATERHOUSE located in Portland, Maine, is expanding to a new distribution center in Pittston, Pennsylvania and is searching for a seasoned Warehouse Operations Manager.

Emery is a 179 year old distributor of Hardware & Building Materials in the Northeast Duties & Responsibilities: • Knowledge of warehouse methods, equipment & systems • Responsible for space optimization, accuracy, and damage-free performance • Implementation of realistic performance expectations and measurements for each task type • 3PL experience and demonstrated ability to interact with clients • Project management experience • Establish a safe work environment and work practices • Strong leadership experience and the ability to motivate a team • Degree preferred

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DRUMS

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

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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SUPERVISOR Sapa, the world’s leading supplier of value added aluminum profiles, has an opening at its Mountain Top location for a Production Supervisor on our weekend (5th shift, 3-13 hour days, Friday/ Saturday/Sunday nights, 6pm to 7am). The successful candidate will be responsible for supervision of the operations on the manufacturing shop floor. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 2 years supervisory experience in a manufacturing setting and possess leadership skills that promote teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement within a work group.

Qualified applicants should send a resume with salary requirements to Teresa.mandzak@sapagroup.com or mail resume to:

Sapa Extruder, Inc. 330 Elmwood Avenue Mountain Top, PA 18707 Attn: Human Resources E.O.E No Phone Calls Please

PRODUCTION WORKERS Sapa Extruder, Inc., a manufacturing facility that extrudes, anodizes and fabricates aluminum, located in Mountain Top, is looking to hire Production Workers for its 5th shift-(3-12 hour days, Friday/Saturday/ Sunday; 6:45pm-6:45am). Starting rate is $13.81 per hour which includes shift differentials. Positions are operator positions that can expect 4 raises within the next two years (contract and step raises).

Minimum 3rd year rate $18.59, maximum 3rd year rate $21.56. Prior experience in a manufacturing setting is a plus. Must meet minimum hiring requirements. If you feel you would qualify as a candidate, please submit a resume to:

Teresa.mandzak@sapagroup.com Or send a resume to:

Sapa Extruder, Inc.

330 Elmwood Avenue Mountain Top, PA 18707 Attn: Teresa Mandzak - Human Resources Manager E.O.E. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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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

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

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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

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

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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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

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

263 Lawrence St Recently updated, this 4 bedroom home offers modern kitchen with Oak cabinets, 2 baths, deck with a beautiful view of the Valley, fenced in yard and finished lower level.

All appliances included. A must see. MLS#11-4434 $ 92,000 Call Christina @ (570) 714-9235

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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

REDUCED 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 $154,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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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548 Medical/Health

Dedicated, energetic, and passionate Certified Nurse Assistants needed

Now Hiring for Full Time 7-3, 3-11 & 11-7

ICU/Opt Services Director Seeking an experienced, self-motivated, dynamic individual to manage our 10 bed Intensive Care Unit and oversee Outpatient Services. Qualifications include a PA RN license, a minimum of three years of supervisor/management experience and a BSN. A master’s degree is preferred but not required.

ACLS & PALS certifications, strong leadership skills and a commitment to customer service excellence required.

Amazing Benefits & Compensation

To apply or to learn about our endless career opportunities in nursing Call 877-339-6999 x1 or Email Jobs@horizonhrs.com Or visit us and apply in person 395 Middle Road, Nanticoke

We offer an excellent salary and benefit package.

Please apply on-line at www.berwick-hospital.com or send resume to:

522 Human Resources Department 701 E. 16th Street Berwick, PA 18603 e-mail: carol_a_martinez@chs.net fax: 570-759-5035 EOE

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Friendship House is looking for qualified candidates to join the new and exciting Early Childhood Clinical Home Team for Trauma Informed Care.

The team will provide services and interventions that are sensitive to trauma histories of the youth and family and promote healing and recovery in the community.

Mental Health Professionals: The clinical professionals on the team are Master’s degree prepared clinicians. Training and experience in family systems and trauma informed care preferred. Must have one of the following licenses/certifications: 1. License in social work 2. License in psychology 3. License as a professional counselor 4. License in nursing with additional certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner 5. Certification as a national board certified counselor.

Behavioral Health Worker: The BHW is a bachelor’s prepared individual with at least 2 years experience in a clinical setting. Under the supervision of the MHP, the BHW implements the individualized interventions, conducts observations of youth, tracks progress on treatment objectives, provide group and family sessions under the direction of the MHP, and performs case management and crises intervention functions.

Both the Mental Health Professionals and Behavioral Health Workers are full-time positions and require a flexible schedule.

Please submit a resume to:

recruiter@friendshiphousepa.org

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As proven leaders in early childhood education and family development, Luzerne County Head Start is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for over 1000 children and families in Luzerne and Wyoming Counties. We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic individuals to become a member of the Head Start Team as a CLASSROOM SUBSTITUTE in our preschool centers! We have vacancies in following areas: Hazleton, Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke and West Side. Visit our website at www.lchs.hsweb.org for details. Submit resume/cover letter and 3 letters of reference to LCHS, ATTN: Human Resources, PO Box 540, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703-0540. Fax #570-829-6580. Current ACT 34, ACT 151 and FBI Clearances are required for employment.

E.O.E. M/F/V/H. NO PHONE CALLS

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566 Sales/Business Development

AUTOMOTIVE SALES CONSULTANTS Valley Chevrolet is seeking individuals who are self-starters, team-oriented and driven.

(No experience necessary)

We Offer: • Salary & Commission • Benefits • 401k Plan • 5 Day Work Week • Huge New & Used Inventory Apply in person to: Blake Gagliardi, Sales Manager Rick Merrick, Sales Manager

601 Kidder Street, Wilkes-Barre

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HOME HEALTH AIDES CERTIFIED NURSE AIDES WEEKEND & EVENING SHIFTS CALL 570-883-5600 518 Customer Support/Client Care

518 Customer Support/Client Care

Inside Claims Adjusters GWC Warranty, a national vehicle service contract provider located in Wilkes-Barre, is looking for Inside Claims Adjusters.

Qualified candidates must possess knowledge of the automotive repair industry, excellent communication and negotiation skills, and demonstrated ability to set priorities. Experienced Franchised Dealer Service Writers, Managers and Technicians are particularly encouraged to apply.

OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12pm-5pm

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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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.co m MLS 11-2850 $179,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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careers@gwcwarranty.com or by fax at 570-456-0967

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DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT - EOE www.dallassd.com

SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDES - Classroom Aide - Personal Care Assistant For clearance information and to download a district application, refer to the district web site, www.dallassd.com, Employment page.

Please submit a letter of interest, resume, district application, references, letters of recommendation, Act 34, 151 and 114 clearances and any other supporting materials to: Mr. Frank Galicki, Superintendent, Dallas School District, PO Box 2000, Dallas, PA 18612 DEADLINE: March 12, 2012 or until the positions are filled.

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 HANOVER TWP.

12 Spring St. Enjoy the nice yard in this 2 bedroom home in Newtown.

Double lot with off street parking, 2 year old furnace, nicely maintained.

Lots of possibilities.

Great value for the price.

MLS 11-4488 $39,900 Call Connie EILEEN R. MELONE REAL ESTATE 570-821-7022

HANOVER TWP.

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

Smith Hourigan Group 570-474-6307 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 FORTY FORT

CHEAPER THAN RENT! 38 Oak Street. Spacious 1/2 double block. Living room / dining room combo.

3 bedrooms on second floor, 3 on the third. 1 1/2 baths. lst. fl. laundry. 3 porches. Large yard with loads of parking.

Aluminum siding.

Concrete driveway.

Many extras! MLS # 12-711. Conventional financing - ($3,250 dn., 4 1/4% int. , 30 yrs., $353 month). $65,000.

Bob Kopec HUMFORD REALTY 570-822-5126 HANOVER TOWNSHIP

The Company offers a competitive starting salary and benefits package including medical benefits and 401(k).

Interested candidates may submit their resumes via email to

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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

HANOVER TWP. 10 Lyndwood Ave

3 Bedroom 1.5 bath ranch with new windows hardwood floors finished basement 2 car garage and a finished basement. MLS 11-3610 $139,900 Call Pat Guesto 570-793-4055 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100

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.

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

Smith Hourigan Group 570-474-6307 HANOVER TWP.

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

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476 Wyoming St. Nice 3 bedroom single home. Gas heat. Convenient location. To settle estate. Reduced to $34,900 Call Jim for details

Towne & Country Real Estate Co. 570-735-8932 or 570-542-5708

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 HANOVER TWP.

94 Ferry Road Nice vinyl sided 2 story situated on a great corner fenced lot in Hanover Twp. 2 bedrooms, 2 modern baths, additional finished space in basement for 2 more bedrooms or office/ playrooms.

Attached 2 car garage connected by a 9x20 breezeway which could be a great entertaining area! Above ground pool, gas fireplace, gas heat, newer roof and “All Dri” system installed in basement. MLS #11626. $119,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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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

HANOVER TWP.

Enjoy nature in charming 2 bedroom, 1 bath raised ranch home in quiet setting on Pine Run Road, Laurel Run. Close to everything.

Single car attached garage, 3 season sunroom, economical propane heat, central air, basement with fireplace.

New carpeting and flooring, freshly painted, Hanover Area School District.

Ready to move in! $125,000.

Call 570-474-5540

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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

JENKINS TWP

1252 Main St.

3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Finished Walk-Out Basement, Single Car Garage Nice corner lot

$59,500

Call Vince 570-332-8792

TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com 906 Homes for Sale HANOVER TOWNSHIP

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

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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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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

HARVEY’S LAKE

1626 Halowich Rd. Country living at its finest! This 3 bedroom, 2 3/4 bath home features a spacious floor plan.

Great room features a fireplace enclosed in PA Cultured Blue Stone w/waterfall on side.

Red oak flooring and beams & a panoramic view of the mountainside.

Kitchen has granite countertops and hickory cabinets, Satillio terra cotta flooring and sky windows. Much more.

MLS 12-471 $315,000 Call Jay Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 HARVEYS LAKE

Nice country home with almost a full acre of land. 1 mile from Harveys Lake.

Home offers some new windows, new copper piping and updated electric circuits. Come relax in the nice screen porch. MLS 12-476 $148,000 Call Tony 570-855-2424

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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 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

KINGSTON

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 KINGSTON

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 KINGSTON

Highland Hills 8 Patrick Road Magnificent custom built tudor home with quality throughout. Spacious 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 2 story living room with fireplace and library loft. Dining room, family room and 3 season sunroom which overlooks professionally landscaped grounds with gazebo and tennis/basketball court. Lower level includes recreation room, exercise room and 3/4 bath.

Enjoy this serene acre in a beautiful setting in Highland Hills Development.

Too many amenities to mention. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-723 $399,900 Call Terry 570-885-3041 Angie 570-885-4896

KINGSTON 171 Third Ave

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 $89,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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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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108 Lathrop St. 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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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

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Split level, 3 bedrooms, 1½ baths, partially finished family room, gas heat, air, enclosed rear porch, attached garage. Family neighborhood.

12-97 $115,000 Go To The Top...

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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

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

573 Carverton Rd Privacy & serenity!

This 40 acre estate features living room with fireplace & hardwood floor; family room with vaulted ceiling & fireplace; 1st floor master bedroom & bath with jetted tub & stall shower; panelled den; dining room with stone floor & skylight; 3 additional bedrooms & 2 baths. Central Air, 3 outbuildings. $725,000.

MLS 11-4056 Call Nancy Judd Joe Moore 570-288-1401

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LAFLIN

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

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

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MOUNTAINTOP

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

LUZERNE

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

Beautiful well kept home in the heart of Kingston. Walk into your new beautiful foyer,leading into the charming living room with fireplace.

Beautiful wood floors throughout,2 bonus finished rooms on the 3rd fl.Plenty of closets and ample storage throughout. Basement is finished and the yard fenced.

MLS 12-249 $109,000 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824

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

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PITTSTON

Adorable home with charm & character.

4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, family room with gas fireplace.

3 season room, fenced in yard with rear deck & shed. $119,000 MLS#12-498 Michael Nocera 570-357-4300

20 NEW STREET 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

Smith Hourigan Group 570-696-5412 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 MOUNTAIN TOP

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

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

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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 MOUNTAIN TOP

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

182 Robert Street Nice single or duplex. Gas heat.

Detached garage.

This home is “high and dry”, and available for immediate occupancy. Call Jim for details.

Affordable @ $104,900 TOWNE & COUNTRY R.E. 570-735-8932 570-542-5708 NANTICOKE

203 W. SOUTH ST Well kept 6 room brick fRont ranch, 3 bedrooms, modern kitchen, separate dining room, 1.5 modern baths, large fenced level lot with prIvate drive. all appliances.

MLS 12-331 $115,900 Call Florence 570-715-7737

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29 Valley View Dr. MOTIVATED SELLER Raised ranch on corner lot. Spacious two car garage.

Modern kitchen & bath, tile floors.

Energy efficient Ceramic Heat.

MLS#11-2500 $174,900 Call Julio Caprari: 570-592-3966

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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

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

238 S. Main St. Ten room home with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 car garage, great driveway, central air, large yard. A must see home!

For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-477 $139,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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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

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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

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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

PLAINS 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 $159,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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175 Oak Street NEW FURNANCE 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1st floor laundry room, 3 season porch, fenced yard and off street parking.

MLS#12-721 $89,000 Call Patti 570-328-1752 Liberty Realty & Appraisal Services LLC

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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

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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NANITCOKE 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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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 $76,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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KINGSTON So close to so much, traditionally appointed 3 bedroom, 3 bath townhome with warm tones & wall to wall cleanliness. Modern kitchen with lots of cabinets & plenty of closet space thruout, enjoy the privacy of deck & patio with fenced yard.

MLS 11-2841 $123,000 Call Arlene Warunek 570-650-4169

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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

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 $79,000 Tom Salvaggio 570-262-7716

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30 E. Charles St. 3 story home has 2 bedrooms with possibly a third bedroom in the walk up attic. Some replacement windows, gas heat and hotwater. Hardwood floors in the upstairs. An adjacent parcel of land is included in this price. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-776 $39,900 Call Angie 570-885-4896 or Terry 570-885-3041

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SMITH HOURIGAN GROUP 570-696-5412

3 bedroom, 2.5 bath log sided Ranch on almost 2 acres.

Lower level is 3/4 finished. $210,000 MLS-11-4038 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

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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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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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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

$34,900 Call Colleen

570-237-0415

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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WEST WYOMING

WHITE HAVEN

Very nice Ranch home with 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, kitchen, dining room & living room. Plus propane fireplace in living room, french doors in dining room and large deck with a view. $159,900 MLS 12-287 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

120 Barber Street Nice ranch home!

Great neighborhood. MLS#11-3365 $109,000 (570) 885-6731 (570) 288-0770

Featured on WNEP’s Home & Backyard. Move right into this 3 bedroom, 2 bath immaculate home with custom maple eat in kitchen, stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, Jacuzzi tub, 2 fireplaces, abundance of storage leading outside to a private sanctuary with deck/pergola & Koi pond. Off street parking. MUST SEE. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-733 $189,900 Call Keri 570-885-5082

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SUGARLOAF

Beautiful setting in a fabulous location.

Well maintained 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home sits on a full beautiful acre of land. 3 car garage with a breezeway, first fl master bedroom suite and a great porch to sit and relax on all while enjoying your new serene surroundings.

MLS 12-392 $225,000 Call Tony 570-855-2424

SWEET VALLEY

53 Noyes Ave. Single family, 3 bedroom, 1 bath home situated on a double lot with finished family room in basement./ MLS 12-641 $119,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 SWOYERSVILLE

65 Perrin St. Nice vinyl sided starter home with 1 1/2 car garage and large yard.

MLS 12-588 $74,500 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

W. PITTSTON New Listing. Opportunity knocking.

Stately 2 story, river front home located on Susquehanna Ave. New heat, new electrical, 1st floor studded, 2nd floor good condition.

Call Donna Mantione 570-613-9080

WAPWALLOPEN 359 Pond Hill Mountain Road

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PLYMOUTH

Fixer upper on a deep large lot, close to everything. Home offers off street parking, 4 bedrooms, laundry room and 1 full bath.

Brand new furnace installed last year.

Great investment opportunity here don't pass it by this house has lots of potential.

Seller says bring all offers.

MLS 12-367 $30,000 Contact Tony, 570-855-2424 for more information or to schedule your showing.

SHAVERTOWN

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 Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

570-288-6654 PLYMOUTH

This 4 bedroom 2 story has a full bath on the 1st floor and rough in for bath on 2nd floor.

An enclosed side patio from the kitchen dinette area & side drive are a big plus.

MLS 12-553 Only $34,900 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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SHAVERTOWN

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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408 Cragle Hill Rd. This is a very well kept Ranch home on 6 acres, central air, rear patio and 1 car garage. This is a 3 parcel listing.

MLS 11-4273 $157,900 Jackie Roman 570-288-0770 Ext. 39 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 SHICKSHINNY

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

COLDWELL BANKER RUNDLE REAL ESTATE 570-474-2340 Ext. 55

SWEET VALLEY

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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PLYMOUTH

Roomy 2 bedroom single with eat-in kitchen, tile bath, gas heat & 2 car detached garage.

Priced to sell at $34,900 MLS 11-2653 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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

Great new construction on 2 acres with 1 year builders warranty! 2 story home, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, master with whirlpool tub, living room with gas fireplace, dining room with tray ceiling, kitchen, breakfast room & laundry room. 2 car attached garage, open porch & rear deck. $275,000 MLS 11-2453 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

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

SWEET VALLEY

“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

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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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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.

Bordering state game lands. $319,900.

MLS-11-1094 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141 SWEET VALLEY

Totally remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on 1 acre with large family room on lower level. property has small pond and joins state game lands. $141,900 MLS 11-4085 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

4 bedroom home features a great yard with over 2 acres of property.

Situated across from a playground.

Needs some TLC but come take a look, you wouldn’t want to miss out.

There is a pond at the far end of the property that is used by all surrounding neighbors.

This is an estate and is being sold as is. No sellers property disclosure. Will entertain offers in order to settle estate. MLS 11-962 $64,900 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340 WEST PITTSTON

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

438 Tripp St

OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12pm-5pm

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

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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

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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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

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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

Nice two bedroom single, gas heat, enclosed porch, fenced yard. Close to downtown & colleges. Affordable at $39,500. Call TOWN & COUNTRY REAL ESTATE CO. 570-735-8932 570-542-5708 WILKES-BARRE

Come invest your time for a great return. Fixer Upper in a nice location, nice neighborhood out of the flood zone. Offers 4 bedrooms and a beautiful large lot. Don’t miss out Call for your showing today.

MLS 12-432 $29,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824

WEST WYOMING WILKES-BARRE

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

SMITH HOURIGAN GROUP 570-696-5412 WEST WYOMING

1400 North Washington St Nice 2 story in need of some TLC with low taxes, near the casino. Roof is 5 years young. Newer water heater (installed '09), replacement windows throughout, 100 AMP electric, tiled bath, wall-towall carpeting entire 1st floor. $49,900.

11-4455.

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WILKES-BARRE

298 Lehigh Street Lovely 2 story with new roof, furnace, water heater, new cabinets and appliances. Whole house newly insulated.

Nice deck and fenced-in yard. Call Chris at 570-8850900 for additional info or to tour.

MLS 11-4505 $82,000 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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

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WILKES-BARRE HALF DOUBLE

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

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

WEST PITTSTON

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 241 Dana Street

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WILKES-BARRE

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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44 Hillard St. Lovely 3 bedroom in move in condition. Beautiful hardwood floors throughout, crown molding and lots of character and charm. Large closets and lots of storage space. New vinyl fence around back yard. New front porch. One stall garage has a new roof and is accessed via alley behind property.

Water heater is new.

MLS 12-510 $79,900 Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

527 S. Franklin St. If you’re looking for a large home with Victorian charm, come and see this 4 bedroom with many great features. Cedar closet in Master bedroom, enclosed 2nd floor sun porch, full bath and bedroom on 3rd floor. Beautiful woodwork, newer appliances and water heater. Additional fenced side yard offers may possibilities.

MLS 11-2495 $125,000 Call Connie for a look EILEEN R. MELONE REAL ESTATE 570-821-7022

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

WILKES-BARRE

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

WILKES-BARRE

Nicely remodeled fully rented Duplex, near schools, hospital, parks & bus route. Separate utilities and off street parking. MLS 12599 $96,500.

CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959 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

WILKES-BARRE

Smith Hourigan Group

570-714-6119 WILKES-BARRE

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

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

WYOMING Large well maintained gas heated multi-unit property.

2 apartments, air conditioned office suite, 3 car garage with office area.

Close to General Hospital. 11-1268 Price reduced to $165,000 ROTHSTEIN REALTORS Call Bernie 888-244-2714

WILKES-BARRE

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

This very nice 2 story, 3 bedroom, 1 bath home has a large eat in kitchen for family gatherings. A great walk up attic for storage and the home is in move-in condition.

MLS 11-1612 $63,900 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

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

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WILKES-BARRE

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

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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.

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Income & Commercial Properties

AVOCA

WILKES-BARRE

WILKES-BARRE 74 Frederick St

WILKES-BARRE

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

906 Homes for Sale

WILKES-BARRE

WILKES-BARRE 60 Saint Clair St

NEW LISTING Nice double block, not in the flood area!

3 vehicle detached garage, off-street parking for 4 vehicles, front & rear porches, patio, fenced yard, nice & private. Home also has central air, #410 is updated & in very good condition, modern kitchen & bath. Kitchen has oak cabinets, stainless steel refrigerator, center aisle, half bath on 1st floor & 4th bedroom on 3rd floor. Both sides have hardwood floors on 2nd floor.

MLS#12-737 $175,000 Louise Laine 283-9100 x20

Move right into this spacious 3 bedroom with 2 full baths. 4th & 5th bedrooms are possible in the finished attic.

Hardwood floors under carpet. basement is partially finished. $37,500.

MLS 12-494 Call Al Clemonts 570-371-9381

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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

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28 S. Woodhaven Dr Beautiful 4 bedroom home. Peaceful surroundings.

Lake view. 11-1253. $179,000 Darcy J. Gollhardt, Realtor 570-262-0226 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-718-4959 Ext. 1352

906 Homes for Sale

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

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

909

Income & Commercial Properties

HUGHESTOWN

115 New St. Office building with over 2600 sq. ft. can be divided for up to 3 tenants with own central air and utilities and entrances. New roof. 20-25 parking spots in excellent condition.

For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-607 $249,900 Call Tom

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LEASE SPACE

Kingston Wellness Center / professional offices.

-Modern Decor and Loft Style Offices -Four Lane Street Frontage -100+ Parking -Established Professional & Wellness Businesses On-Site -Custom Leases Available -Triple Net Spaces Available: 600SF, 1400SF, 2610SF, and 4300SF. 4300SF Warehouse Space available Built to Suit.

Call Cindy 570-690-2689

570-675-4400

NANTICOKE 155 Sharpe St. Nice duplex with separate electric and water. Off street parking in rear. Also listed as residential. See list #12-609 for additional photos.

MLS 12-605 $79,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON

EDWARDSVILLE

89-91 Hillside Ave. Out of the flood plain this double has potential.

Newer roof & some windows have been replaced. Property includes a large extra lot. Square ft. approximate.

MLS 11-3463 $67,000 Roger Nenni EXT. 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 EDWARDSVILLE

89-91 Hillside Ave. Out of the flood plain this double has potential.

Newer roof & some windows have been replaced. Property includes a large extra lot. Square ft. approximate.

MLS 11-3463 $67,000 Roger Nenni EXT. 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 EDWARDSVILLE

341 Wyoming Ave. 3 story Victorian located in a high exposure area. Has all the lovely signature woodwork of a grand Victorian of yesteryear! Can be restored for use as a residential home or a landlord investment. Currently subdivided into multiple office spaces and 2 apartments.

MLS 12-617 $190,000 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

LAFLIN

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

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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FORTY FORT

1012 Wyoming Ave. SUPER LOCATION Needs work. Priced to sell. Great for your small business or offices. Very high traffic count. Property is being sold IN AS IS CONDITION. Inspections for buyers information only.

Property needs rehab.

MLS 11-4267 $84,900 Roger Nenni 570-288-0770 Ext. 32 Crossin Real Estate 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

269 S. Washington Zoned C-1. 3 floors with 10 units; 8 apartments and 2 office spaces. Huge potential for student housing, offices or social group.

MLS 12-615 $175,000 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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

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

912 Lots & Acreage

912 Lots & Acreage

BEAR CREEK

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

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

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

WEST PITTSTON

DALLAS 134 Ann St. Nice duplex in a great neighborhood. Low maintenance. Investors: Money maker right from the start. Unit 2 is owner occupied, rent is projected.

MLS 12-575 $119,000 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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New Homes From $275,000$595,000 570-474-5574 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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379-381 Sixth St. Perfect first home for you with one side paying most of your mortgage.

Would also make a nice investment with all separate utilities and nice rents. Large fenced yard, priced to sell.

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MLS 11-1453 REDUCED!! $84,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSS REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

For Lease: Professional Office 1625 SF 2200 SF

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 WYOMING 14 West Sixth St.

3 lots. 70 x 125.

City water and sewer, gas available. $36,500 per lot.

570-675-5873 Earth Conservancy Land For Sale 61 +/- Acres Nuangola - $99,000 46 +/- Acres Hanover Twp. $79,000 Highway Commercial KOZ Hanover Twp. 3+/- Acres 11 +/- Acres Wilkes-Barre Twp. 32 +/- Acres Zoned R-3 See additional land for sale at: www.earth conservancy.org 570-823-3445 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

HARVEYS LAKE 2 ACRES

$35,000 WOODED LAND. Call Cindy 570-690-2689

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P E N D I N G

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

WYOMING PRICE REDUCED!

PITTSTON

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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WILKES-BARRE

Duplex, can convert to single. Steel siding, new roof, new furnace, garage large lot. Reduced $59,900 Castrignano Realty 570-824-9991

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

912 Lots & Acreage

570-675-4400 HARVEYS LAKE SELLER SAYS SELL! Land with LakeView 90' x 125' Lot with View of the Lake.

Sewer Permit Required. $17,500 MLS# 10-2523 Call Cindy 570-690-2689 www.cindykingre.com

570-675-4400

HUGHESTOWN Cleared lot in Stauffer Heights. Ready for your dream home just in time for Spring!

MLS 12-549 $32,500 Call Kevin Sobilo 570-817-0706

LAFLIN Lot#9 Pinewood Dr

156FORGET X 110 X 150 X 45 THE

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 $32,000 atlas realtyinc.com Call Keri Best 570-885-5082

BACK MOUNTAIN

Dallas Area Building lots available. Lot/home packages.

Call for details.

570-675-4805 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

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

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Apartments/ Furnished

1 bedroom, refrigerator & stove provided, off-street parking, no pets, $700/ month, utilities paid, Call 570-675-0860

HUDSON

2 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator & stove, washer/dryer hookup, full basement, no pets. $625/month, water & sewer paid, security.

570-829-5378

WILKES-BARRE

FULLY FURNISHED 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT

Â&#x160;Short or long term Â&#x160;Excellent Neighborhood Â&#x160;Private Tenant Parking Â&#x160;$600 includes all utilities. No pets.

570-822-9697

941

Apartments/ Unfurnished

60 DAY COMING ATTRACTION

NORTH WILKES-BARRE

â&#x20AC;&#x153;America Realtyâ&#x20AC;?

Level *7.5 acres* building lot with a mountain view.

Great for horses or organic farming.

MLS 12-306 $59,000 570-675-4400

TUNKHANNOCK

Approximately 4 acres. Perk Tested & Surveyed. Well above flood level.

Mountain View.

Clear land. $45,000.

Bill 570-665-9054 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

WYOMING

FIRST ST. 4 building lots each measuring 68x102 with public utilities.

For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-439 $39,900 EACH Call Charlie 570-829-6200

PITTSTON 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

941

DALLAS

DALLAS AREA

WILKES-BARRE

Unique investment opportunity. Vacant storefront which can be used for office, retail, etc. with a 3-room, 1 bedroom apartment above. Other side of the building is a 6room, 3 bedroom home. Perfect for owner occupied business with additional rental income from apartment.

Newer roof & furnace, hardwood floors, off-street parking, corner lot.

MLS#12-780 $44,900 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14

$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

WEST WYOMING

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LARKSVILLE Lawrence St. Nice 3 unit property.

Lots of off street parking and bonus 2 car garage. All units are rented. Great income with low maintenance. $139,900 MLS# 10-2675 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

Income & Commercial Properties

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KINGSTON

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

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915 Manufactured Homes

DALLAS Valley View Park

403 South Drive 1984 single wide 3 bedroom, 1 bath home.

End lot.

Large deck. New roof, windows & doors.

All appliances included. $12,500 or best offer. Call 570-675-2012 MOUNTAINTOP 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, sunroom, a lot of new. Asking $30,000. Call leave message 570-406-7318

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

SHAVERTOWN V E

ECHO ALLEY STATES Double wide modular, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, gas heat, central air, corner lot. New roof, furnace, & water heater. Two sheds. $42,900 Call 570-696-1582 to set an appointment.

WHITE HAVEN

1977 2 bedroom Schult. No pets. $6000 570-851-2245

930 Wanted to Buy Real Estate

WEST PITTSTON House Wanted

Need Owner finance. Flood house OK. Will repair.

Please contact 570-212-8370

MANAGED SERVICES! BRAND NEW KITCHENS, CARPETS, featuring appliances, laundry, some aesthetic fireplaces, parking.

NO PETS/SMOKING/EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION/2 YEAR SAME RENT/ PLUS UTILITIES 1st-2nd FLOORS. Rents start at $550. (1 Bedroom) Up!l

288-1422

ASHLEY Available Now 1st floor, 2 bedroom.

Off street parking.

Washer dryer hookup. Appliances.

Bus stop at the door. Water Included.$575 + utilities & security. No pets.

TRADEMARK REALTY GROUP 570-954-1992 ASHLEY Available Now 2nd floor, 2 bedroom. Off street parking.

Washer dryer hookup. Appliances. Bus stop at the door.

Water Included.$575 + utilities & security. No pets.

TRADEMARK REALTY GROUP 570-954-1992 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 FORTY FORT

VERY NICE

2 bedroom 2nd floor, ½ mile from Cross Valley. Gas heat, washer-dryer, dishwasher, garbage disposal, large deck, off street parking, carpeting, ceiling fans, attic storage, tile bath. $650/ month + utilities. Available April 1. Security deposit & references required. Call 570-578-1728.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP

Great location, 1 bedroom apartment in residential area, all utilities included. $600/month + security.

908-482-0335 HANOVER TWP. 30 Garrahan St.

QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR UNIVERSITIES 2nd floor, 2 bed-

room, off street parking & quiet back yard. $650/month heat & water included. security & references required.

Call Rich @ 570-542-7620

Apartments/ Unfurnished

KINGSTON & Surrounding Areas WYOMING 1 bedroom, 1st floor, newly remodeled, quiet neighborhood.

Off street parking, $500/month.

KINGSTON: 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Near Market St. & shopping. $450-$465.

WILKES-BARRE 2 bedroom apt.

Off street parking. $460. 4 bedroom 1/2 double, newly remodeled $675.

Apartments include appliances. Credit check/references/ lease required.

Tina Randazzo Property Manager 570-899-3407

KINGSTON

72 E. W alnut St. 3rd floor, located in quiet neighborhood.

Kitchen, living room, dining room, sun room, bathroom. 2 large and 1 small bedroom, lots of closets, built in linen, built in hutch, hardwood floors, fireplace, storage room, yard. New washer/ dryer, stove & fridge.

Heat and hot water included. 1 year lease + security. $950 570-406-1411

KINGSTON

E.Light, WALNUT ST. bright, 1st

floor, 2 bedrooms, elevator, carpeted, security system.

Garage. Extra storage & cable TV included. Laundry facilities. Air Conditioned. Fine neighborhood.

Convenient to bus & stores. No pets. References.

Security. Lease.

No smokers please. $765 + utilities. Call.

570-287-0900

KINGSTON PRIME LOCATION

1st floor, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 porches. Range, fridge, w/d, basement, yard, off street parking. $620/mo plus utilities, lease & security.

Garage & extra parking $40.

570-417-7659

KINGSTON

SPACIOUS 1/2 DOUBLES 3 bedrooms, back yard. Separate utilities. No pets. Background & security. $750/month.

570-242-8380 KINGSTON

SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM

2nd floor, w/w carpet, stove, refrigerator. Some off street parking.

Utilities by tenant.

No pets. $600 per month. 1 year lease & security.

References. Call 570-288-4987 or 570-466-7639 LAFLIN

Spacious, Modern & Stylish

2 story 2 bedroom apt. Oak kitchen with snack bar plus all appliances, 1-1/2 baths, in-home office, of street parking, large maintenance free yard. $950 month includes heat/hot water budget & sewer. Rest of utilities by tenant. Sorry no smoking or pets.

Lease, security & references.

570-824-9507.

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MOUNTAIN TOP

1 Bedroom apartments 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

2 bedroom, wall to wall carpet, offstreet parking, $495 per month+ utilities, security, lease.

HUD accepted. Call 570-687-6216 or 570-954-0727

WILKES-BARRE

1 bedroom. Heat & hot water included. $550 month + security required 973-879-4730

941

1 & 2 BR Apts

2 & 3 BR Townhomes

570-822-2711

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Spacious 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts 3 Bedroom Townhomes Gas heat included

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570-288-9019

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

NANTICOKE

Cozy 1 bedroom, modern eat-in kitchen, all appliances including dishwasher, skylight, pantry, walk-in closets, modern bathroom. $470 includes garbage.

Call (570) 239-2741

NANTICOKE

Large 1st floor, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator & stove top, sunroom & large pantry. No pets. $650/month, all utilities included, security & credit check required.

Call 484-602-8924

NANTICOKE/ALDEN

Spacious 1 bedroom, quiet neighborhood, off-street parking, newly renovated. All appliances included. $460/month.

Call 570-441-4101 NUANGOLA

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

SMITH HOURIGAN GROUP

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570-829-7130 PLAINS

MODERN 1ST FLOOR

2 bedroom. Kitchen with appliances. All new carpet. Convenient location.

Washer/dryer hookup. No smoking. No pets. $550 + utilities.

570-714-9234

PLYMOUTH

2 bedroom apartment. Heat, water, stove & fridge included. Near bus stop. $600/month Two room efficiency, all utilities included. $425/month No smoking or pets. Credit and background check, security & references required. Call (570) 592-2902

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NOW LEASING!

3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bath w/Garage 2-3 Bedrooms, 2 Bath Condos Available Starting at $1,800/mo.

Pool, Clubhouse, Fitness Center & More (570) 881-3946 or (570) 690-6632 IN THE HEART OF WILKES-BARRE

Immediate Occupancy!!

Efficiencies available @30% of income

MARTIN D. POPKY APARTMENTS

Housing for

Rents based on income.

Managed by EEI

Apartments/ Unfurnished

EAST MOUNTAIN APARTMENTS

100 E. 6th Street, Wyoming PA 18644

Elderly, Handicapped & Disabled.

570-693-4256 ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED

Apartments/ Unfurnished

Wilkeswood Apartments

Midtowne Apartments

Extremely Low & Very Low Income

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NANTICOKE

603 HANOVER ST. 2nd floor, 1 bedroom. No pets. $400 + security, utilities & lease.

Photos available.

570-542-5330

LUZERNE 1 bedroom, wall to wall, off-street parking, coin laundry, water, sewer & garbage included. $495/ month + security & lease. HUD accepted. Call 570-687-6216 or 570-954-0727

Apartments/ Unfurnished

61 E. Northampton St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 â&#x20AC;˘ Affordable Senior Apartments â&#x20AC;˘ Income Eligibility Required â&#x20AC;˘ Utilities Included! â&#x20AC;˘ Low cable rates; â&#x20AC;˘ New appliances; â&#x20AC;˘ Laundry on site; â&#x20AC;˘ Activities! â&#x20AC;˘Curbside Public Transportation

Please call 570-825-8594 D/TTY 800-654-5984

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

NOW LEASING! For seniors age 62+ or disabled according to social security guidelines

HARVEYS LAKE 1 BEDROOM

APARTMENT Located off the lake. Stackable washer & dryer, all utilities included. $695/ month.

Call 570-675-4600 or 570-639-2331

KINGSTON

40 Pierce Street 1st floor. 2 bedroom. Heat, hot and cold water, trash included. $725/mo.

Cats considered.

Call (570) 474-5023

Each apartment features:

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

SCRANTON Green Ridge Area

Modern, nice, clean. Fresh paint, new carpet. 3 bedrooms (1 small) living room, kitchen, bath,& laundry room. Fresh paint, new carpet. $600, includes sewer.

No pets.

570-344-3608

SWOYERSVILLE

Must see! Brand new 1st floor, 3 bedroom. Comparable to a Ranch home. Large living room, stove, fridge dishwasher, w/d, laundry room, A/c and heat. Your dream home. W/w carpeting, hardwood floors, off street parking, large back yard.

All utilities paid except electric. $1075/mo + security & references 570-287-3646 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

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

Call TODAY For AVAILABILITY!! www.mayflower crossing.com Certain Restrictions Apply*

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

WILKES-BARRE Clean, 2 bedroom,

duplex. Stove, hookups, parking, yard.

No pets/no smoking $475 + utilities.

Call 570-868-4444 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

WILKES-BARRE SOUTH Spacious 3rd floor,

2-3 bedroom, hardwood floors, heat & hot water included. $695/month + security. Call 570-704-9482 after 4:30 p.m WILKES-BARRE 1 bedroom water included 2 bedroom water included 2 bedroom single family HANOVER 2 bedroom 4 bedroom, large NANTICOKE 2 bedroom large, water included PITTSTON Large 1 bedroom water included KINGSTON 3 Bedroom Half Double McDermott & McDermott Real Estate Inc. Property Management 570-821-1650 (direct line) Mon-Fri. 8-7pm Sat. 8-noon

WYOMING

1st floor 2 bedroom apartment. Heat, hot water, water, sewer, garbage & snow removal included. $850 + security & references. Call 570-371-8300 WYOMING 2nd floor 2 bedroom, recently remodeled, washer & dryer hookup, off street parking. $525 month, water & sewer included.

570-714-7272

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Commercial Properties

FORTY FORT Fully built-out &

furnished Doctor’s Office. Approximately 2,000 square feet.

Available in April.

Contact Colleen 570-283-0524 OFFICE SPACE HANOVER TWP. Ultra-modern professional office space.

Approximately 850 sq. ft.

Plenty of parking. All utilities included.

Can be furnished.

Easy access location. $850/month Call Linda @ 570-474-6307 or 570-715-7743

Smith Hourigan Group

PITTSTON COOPERS CO-OP

Lease Space Available, Light manufacturing, warehouse, office, includes all utilities with free parking.

I will save you money!

PITTSTON

OFFICE SPACE

Attractive modern office space. 2 suites available.

Suite A-4 offices, plus restroom and storage includes utilities, 700 sq. ft. $650/month Suite B-2, large offices, 2 average size offices, plus restroom and storage plus utilities, 1,160 sq. ft. $1000/month Call Charlie 570-829-6200

RETAIL BUILDING

WILKES-BARRE TWP 12,000 sf. Route 309. Exit 165 off I81.

570-823-1719

Spacious 1st floor, 1 bedroom in an Historic Colonial house. Next to Barre Hall on Wilkes Campus.

Hardwood floors.

Washer & dryer inside unit.

Off street parking. $750 + security.

570-991-1619

WILKES-BARRE

111 Carey Avenue 1 bedroom, 1st floor.

Living room, kitchen & bath. Fridge & stove included.

Washer dryer hookup. Off street parking for 1 car. Tenant pays utilities. Ready May 1. $375 + security. 570-270-3139

Let the Community Know!

Place your Classified Ad TODAY! 570-829-7130

WILKES-BARRE 5 rooms & bath,

second floor, newly remodeled. Off street parking. No pets. Security, lease & references. $600 + gas & water.

Electric included.

Call for appointment 8 am to 5 pm 570-822-8158

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Commercial Properties

BUILDING FOR RENT Located in

Kingston. Small & efficient - can be shop, office or storage. Central Air & Electric. $350/mo.

570 287-3985 Commercial Lease Courtdale location Ideal for: Veterinarian Office Manufacturing / Industrial Space Storage Space

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Building & Remodeling

1st. Quality Construction Co.

Roofing, siding, gutters, insulation, decks, additions, windows, doors, masonry & concrete.

Insured & Bonded.

Senior Citizens Discount!

State Lic. # PA057320

570-606-8438 ALLOLDER HOMES SPECIALIST

825-4268.

Remodel / repair, Interior painting & drywall install

570-819-0681

www.cindykingre.com

570-675-4400

We Need Your Help!

For All of Your Remodeling Needs.

Will Beat Any Price!

BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, ROOFING, SIDING, DECKS, WINDOWS, etc.

25 Yrs. Experience References. Insured Free Estimates.

(570) 855-2506

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NEED A NEW KITCHEN OR BATH????

HUGHES Construction

Anonymous Tip Line 1-888-796-5519 Luzerne County Sheriff’s Office

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

GREAT LOCATION! Close to all

Major Highways Commercial space for lease 21,600 sq. ft. Distribution/ Warehouse/Retail /Offices, etc + large 80,000 sq. ft. parking lot fenced in with automatic dusk to dawn lighting system. Will divide.

Call 570-822-2021.

Ask for Betty or Dave

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Garages

NANTICOKE

Available heated storage space.

Great for boat or car storage. $65 / month. Call 570-650-3358

950

Half Doubles

57 W. Hartford St. 3 bedroom, large modern, no pets.

Security/lease. $575+ utilities 570-332-1216 570-592-1328

950

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

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IN CLASSIFIED!

GLEN LYON

3 bedrooms, wall to wall carpeting, laundry room, yard, nice deck. $500 + utilities, security & references. No Pets.

Call 570-592-3100

HANOVER TOWNSHIP Nice 3 bedroom. Off street parking. Nice area. $575/month Call (570)825-4198

KINGSTON

New bath, kitchen, living room, dining, 2 ½ bedroom. Water, sewer & recycling included. New Gas fireplace. New flooring & ceiling fans.

Washer/dryer hookup. $740 + security & lease. Call after 6pm 570-479-0131

KINGSTON

ONE MONTH FREE 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator, stove & dishwasher, washer /dryer, front & rear porches, full basement & attic. Offstreet parking, no pets, totally remodeled.

Close to schools & shopping. $900/month, + utilities, security & lease.

Call 570-824-7598

NANTICOKE

1207 Prospect St 3 bedrooms. Hardwood floors. Eat-in kitchen with appliances, including dishwasher. 1.5 bath. Washer/dryer hook up. Basement & front porch.

Sewer & garbage included. No pets.

No smoking. $625 + utilities & security.

570-814-1356

950

Half Doubles

PLAINS

2 bedroom, modern quiet, w/w, w/d hookup, gas heat. $500. No pets.

Security & lease.

570-332-1216 570-592-1328

PLYMOUTH

Completely remodeled 2 bedroom half double with 2 new tile baths. Granite countertops, maple kitchen cabinets & new appliances included. Central air and new gas furnace. No pets. $775 + utilities & security.

Call 570-466-1660

WEST PITTSTON

953 Houses for Rent

EXETER

COTTAGE HOUSE GREAT, QUIET LOCATION

Ranch style, 1 or 2 bedrooms. Living room, large kitchen.

New dishwasher, fridge, stove & microwave, washer/dryer hookup Gas heat, great back yard, off street parking, shed, lots of storage. Freshly painted. Utilities by tenant, $750/per month, + security 570-328-0784 HANOVER TWP Modern 3 bedroom.

1 1/2 bath. Driveway.

Gas heat. Lease. No pets. No smoking. $725 + utilities. Call Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

1/2 double, 7 rooms & bath, hardwood floors, natural wood work, garage. Great neighborhood. Non smokers, No pets.

Call 570-655-2195

WYOMING

Newly remodeled 3 bedrooms, refrigerator & stove provided, no pets, w/w carpeting, $800/ month, plus utilities, & $1,000 security deposit.

Call 570-693-2804

953 Houses for Rent DALLAS

(570) 288-6654

HARVEYS LAKE 2.5 bedrooms,

2 baths, all appliances, hardwood floors, gas fireplace, washer/dryer on premises, single car attached garage. No pets. $1,100/month + security. Water, sewer & garbage paid.

Call 570-855-2687

HUNLOCK CREEK

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

SMITH HOURIGAN 570-696-1195

953 Houses for Rent

3 bedroom, 2 bath on 1 acre. New carpet & paint. Full basement.

Detached 1.5 car garage. Front porch and spacious rear deck. Water, sewer included. $850/ month + 1st & last.

570-332-8922

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570-829-7130 and ask for an employment specialist

NANTICOKE Desirable

Lexington Village Nanticoke, PA Many ranch style homes. 2 bedrooms $936 + electric only

SQUARE FOOT RE MANAGEMENT 866-873-0478

NANTICOKE

Renovated 3 bedroom single home with new carpeting, fresh paint, deck, off street parking, washer / dryer hookup. No pets, No Smoking. $650 + utilities.

570-466-6334 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

Collect cash, not dust!

Clean out your basement, garage or attic and call the Classified department today at 570829-7130!

WANTED TO RENT OR RENT TO

OWN. Crestwood school district. I do have a cat. Need 2+ bedrooms.

Call with all offers.

570-406-7318 WILKES-BARRE Duplex RENTAL first & second floor for rent. Kitchen, bedroom, living room & bath in each apartment. Included is refrigerator & stove in each apartment.

First floor tenant has use of washer & dryer.

Off-street parking. Heat, water & sewer included in the rent. Tenant responsible for electric only. Applicant to provide proof of income and responsible for cost of credit check. 1st floor rent is $600 per month, 2nd floor is $575 per month.

Louise Laine 283-9100 x20

WEST PITTSTON 617 L A UZERNE

953 Houses for Rent

WEST PITTSTON

Wonderful 3 bedroom, 1 bath home with off street parking, central air.

All appliances & sewage included.

Screened in rear porch.

No Pets, No Smoking. $875 + utilities, security & references.

(570) 602-8798 or (570)362-8591

WILKES-BARRE

ROLLING MILL HILL 3 bedroom, 1 bath home with large eat-in-kitchen, hardwood floors, washer/dryer included, drive, nice yard.

NO PETS. $750/month + security. Utilities separate.

Credit and background check required.

570-606-8361

959 Mobile Homes

MOBILE HOME LOTS

For rent in the quiet country setting of Hunlock Creek. $290/month. Water, sewer & trash included. Call Bud 570-477-2845

962

Nice, clean furnished room, starting at $340.

Efficiency at $450 month furnished with all utilities included. Off street parking.

570-718-0331

Roommate Wanted

SEEKING PROFESSIONAL FEMALE TO LIVE WITH SAME. Private bedroom, share bathroom and kitchen.

Quiet neighborhood. $400 a month.No pets or kids.

References required.

Call 570-362-2572.

VENUE

2 bedrooms, completely renovated, 1.5 baths washer/ dryer hookup, offstreet parking, no pets, $600/month, plus utilities, & security deposit.

Call 570-655-9543

FLORIDA

Boca Raton Available March/April Beautiful 5 room home with Pool.

Fully furnished. On canal lot. $600 weekly. If interested, write to: 120 Wagner St. Moosic, PA 18507

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HARVEY’S LAKE

LAKEFRONT fully furnished. Wifi, cable. Weekly, monthly. Season 2012 starting June 570-639-5041

QUAIL HOLLOW VILLAGE TIME SHARE

Rooms

KINGSTON HOUSE

965

971 Vacation & Resort Properties

971 Vacation & Resort Properties

HARVEY’S LAKE

BOAT SLIPS for rent at Pole 155.

Call 570-639-5041

Beech Mountain Lakes, Drums PA. Great Price!

Call 570-954-8795

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Professional Services Directory

DAVE JOHNSON Expert Bathroom & Room Remodeling, Carpentry & Whole House Renovations.

Licensed &Insured 1000 SF - 5000 SF Space Available.

5000 SF Warehouse Space with loading docks, office, heat, and plumbing. $3.60 - $12 sf/yr + NNN, lease negotiable.

Call Cindy King 570-690-2689

Commercial Properties

CALL AN EXPERT

TOWNHOUSE

Carpet, tile bath, appliances, washer / dryer hookup, sewer, parking by front door. $600 + Utilities, Security & Lease. No smoking, no pets.

570-693-0695

944

ASHLEY

WYOMING

WILKES-BARRE 72 W. River St.

TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com

Roofing, Home Renovating.

Garages, Kitchens, Baths, Siding and More!

Licensed and Insured.

FREE ESTIMATES!!

570-388-0149 PA040387

NICHOLS CONSTRUCTION

All Types Of Work New or Remodeling Licensed & Insured Free Estimates 570-406-6044

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Building & Remodeling

Shedlarski Construction H I OME MPROVEMENT SPECIALIST

Licensed, insured & PA registered.

Kitchens, baths, vinyl siding & railings, replacement windows & doors, additions, garages, all phases of home renovations.

Free Estimates 570-287-4067

SPRING BUILDING/ REMODELING?

Call the Builder Industry Association for a list of qualified members

call 287-3331 or go to

www.bianepa.com

1030

Carpet Cleaning

Alan & Linda’s Carpet and/or Chair Cleaning

2 FOR $39

570-826-7035

1039

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

Looking for the right deal on an automobile?

Turn to classified.

It’s a showroom in print!

Classified’s got the directions!

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

1042

Cleaning & Maintainence

BACK MOUNTAIN COMMERCIAL Cleaning Services For your free estimate dial 570-675-2317

1054

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

D. Pugh Concrete

All phases of masonry & concrete. Small jobs welcome.

Senior discount.

Free estimates.

Licensed & Insured 288-1701/655-3505

Williams & Franks Inc Masonry contractors. Chimney, stucco & concrete.

Cleanouts and hauling service.

570-466-2916

1093

Excavating

1132

Handyman Services

All Your Home Repair Needs No Job Too Small Licensed & Insured Free Estimates RUSSELL’S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 570-406-3339

BOB’S RADIATOR COVERS Are you tired

of looking at those ugly radiators? Call for a free estimate.

570-709-1496

DOPainting, IT ALL HANDYMAN drywall,

plumbing & all types of interior & exterior home repairs.

570-829-5318

Mark’s Handyman Service

1057Construction & Building

Give us a call

GARAGE DOOR

Licensed &Insured

Sales, service, installation & repair.

FULLY INSURED HIC# 065008 CALL JOE 570-606-7489 570-735-8551

1078

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

(570) 675-3378 1084

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

1135

All Types Of Excavating, Demolition & Concrete Work.

Large & Small Jobs FREE ESTIMATES (570) 760-1497

We do it all!

570-578-8599

1135

Hauling & Trucking

AAA CLEANING A1 GENERAL HAULING Cleaning attics, cellars, garages.

Demolitions, Roofing & Tree Removal.

Free Est. 779-0918 or 542-5821; 814-8299 A.S.A.P Hauling Estate Cleanouts, Attics, Cellars, Garages, we’re cheaper than dumpsters!.

Free Estimates, Same Day! 570-822-4582 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

CASTAWAY HAULING JUNK REMOVAL

823-3788 / 817-0395

Hauling & Trucking

AFFORDABLE

JUNK REMOVAL Cleanups/Cleanouts Large or Small Jobs FREE ESTIMATES (570) 814-4631

1156

Insurance

NEPA LONG TERM CARE AGENCY

Long Term Care Insurance products/life insurance/estate planning. Reputable Companies.

570-580-0797 FREE CONSULT www nepalong termcare.com

1162 Landscaping/ Garden

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

HAUL ALL& H

AULING PAINTING SERVICES.

Free Estimates.

570-332-5946

FREE SCRAP METAL REMOVAL Services include:

general hauling, attics, basements, garages, and estate clean out.

Call Ray’s Recycling 570-735-2399

Junk-Be-Gone We Haul It All! Residential Commercial No Job Too Big Or Small! Free Est. W-B based 570-237-2609/ 570-332-8049

Mike’s $5-Up

Removal of Wood, Trash and Debris.

Same Day Service.

570-826-1883

1141

Heating & Cooling

HEATING, A/C & REFRIGERATION REPAIR Services. Commer-

cial / Residential.

Licensed & Insured.

24-7 Free Estimates.

Call 646-201-1765 mycohvac.com

TREE REMOVAL Stump grinding, Hazard tree removal, Grading, Drainage, Lot clearing, Stone/ Soil delivery. Insured.

Reasonable Rates 570-574-1862

1183

Masonry

KEN’S MASONRY All phases of brick/block, chimney restoration, replacement of steps.

FREE ESTIMATES 570-458-6133

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

1204

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

Serra Painting Book Now For Spring & Save. All Work Guaranteed Satisfaction.

30 Yrs. Experience Powerwash & Paint Vinyl, Wood, Stucco Aluminum.

Free Estimates You Can’t Lose!

570-822-3943

1213

Paving & Excavating

EDWARD’S ALL COUNTY PAVING & SEAL COATING

Modified stone, laid & compacted.

Hot tar and chips, dust and erosion control. Licensed and Insured.

Call Today For Your Free Estimate

570-474-6329 Lic.# PA021520 Mountain Top

PAVING & SEAL COATING Patching, Sealing, Residential/Comm Licensed & Insured PA013253 570-868-8375

1252

Roofing & Siding

EVERHART CONSTRUCTION Roofing, siding, gutters, chimney repairs & more.

Free Estimates, Lowest Prices 570-855-5738

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

1252

Roofing & Siding

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

1282

Tax Preparation

TAX PREPARATION

by Law School

Graduate with Tax Certificate Reasonable Call 570-793-6210

1297

Tree Care

ZOMERFELD TREE SERVICE, INC.

Tree removal, trimming, stump grinding. Demolition Hauling & excavating.

570-574-5018

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