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TULSA SHOOTINGS

Revenge may be behind killings

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012

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By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. — Two men were arrested Sunday in a shooting rampage that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa’s black community, and police said one suspect may have been trying to avenge his father’s shooting two years ago by a black England man. Police identified both suspects as white, while all five victims in the rampage Watts early Friday were black. Police and the FBI said it is too soon to say whether the attacks in Tulsa’s predominantly black north side were racially motivated. Police spokesman Jason Willingham said that investigators are considering many possible motives but based on Facebook postings, revenge appeared to be a factor. In a Thursday update on Facebook that appeared to have been written by Jake England, See TULSA, Page 12A

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WEATHER Kacey Huey Partly sunny, a shower. High 58. Low 38. Details, Page 6B

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7th-graders’ vaccinations seen lagging Percentage of county students lacking necessary shots twice the Pa. average.

Two arrested after rampage left three dead, frightened black community.

The percentage of Luzerne County seventh-graders lacking state-mandated vaccinations is twice the Pennsylvania average, according to the state Department of Health. The rate for kindergarteners also is higher than the state average. Figures for students in those two grades in Lackawanna County also were well above statewide percentages in data based on reports from school districts to the department on Oct. 1. Department officials are hopeful rates have declined significantly since then in response to new recommendations that

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he Rev. Joseph D. Verespy, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Dupont, incenses the Paschal candle, which symbolizes Christ as the light of the world, during the procession at the Easter Sunday Mass. Easter, the day when Christians believe Christ rose from the dead, was celebrated across the area and the world over.

Spring’s pump prices are busting out all over Since 2000, gasoline prices have risen every year between February and May.

By JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer

NEW YORK — Ahh, spring. The days get longer, flowers bloom, and gasoline gets more expensive. It’s a galling time for drivers, and it’s more maddening than usual this year. The average price of gasoline could surpass $4 per gallon nationwide as early as this week. It’s already $3.93 per gallon, a record for this time of year. Why the seasonal spike? It’s

the time of year refineries reduce output to repair equipment and start making a cleaner, more expensive blend of gasoline for summer. Since 2000, pump prices have risen every year between early February and late May. The annual increase has boosted prices by 27 percent on average, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores. This year, prices have risen 14 percent, or 48 cents per gallon, since Feb. 1. “There’s always built-in increase, and it’s going to be accentuated this year,” said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service. Gasoline was expensive even

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK

>> DEWEY, CHEATEM AND HOWE: Is there another profession in this world that is the butt of more jokes than lawyers? OK, maybe politicians. But lawyers are in the top two. In response, someone (probably a lawyer) has come up with “International Be Kind to Lawyers Day.” So Tuesday is a day to show your local attorney a little love. And stop telling all those jokes that begin, “What do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?” Or, “How many lawyers does it take to screw in a light bulb?” .. Or .. Wait, what’s this? A cease-anddesist order? ... Never mind.

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In general, the state Department of Health says that all students in grades K-12 should have these vaccinations: • Four doses of tetanus and diphtheria (one of each on or after fourth birthday) • Three does of polio • Three doses of Hepatitis B • Two doses each for measles and mumps • Two doses of varicella • One dose of rubella All students entering seventh grade should also have: • One dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine • One dose of the tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis vaccine (if five years have elapsed since last tetanus immunizations)

went into effect in August. Oct. 1 was the most recent date school districts were required to report vaccination See VACCINES, Page 12A

Friends set golden opportunity to help Selling some old gold can aid Casey Jo Kearney, 21, in her fight against leukemia.

By EILEEN GODIN Times Leader Correspondent

heading for chemotherapy treatments at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Kearney Casey Jo was diagnosed Kearney with chronic myeloid leukemia on Feb. 17. Kearney’s mother, Sue, said her daughter began having headaches, suffered from extreme fatigue and had random bruising. Chronic myeloid leukemia is a form of cancer that affects the bone marrows’ ability to pro-

Casey’s Pot of Gold is not something to chase down a rainbow to find, but rather is an opportunity for the Valley with a Heart to help the family of one area young woman and her fight against chronic myeloid leukemia. When she should be rushing off to classes at Misericordia University, Casey Jo Kearney, 21, of Mountain Top, is instead See KEARNEY, Page 12A AP FILE PHOTO

Prices from March are shown at a Shell station in the Wilshire district of Los Angeles.

before the seasonal run-up. Strong global demand, heightened tensions with Iran and a smattering of supply disruptions See GAS, Page 4A

Services for Tyler Winstead scheduled

Homegoing services for Tyler Winstead, 14, of Wilkes-Barre, who died as the result of a shooting Thursday on Hill Street in Wilkes-Barre, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church,105 Hill St., Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. The investigation into the shooting death continues. For his obituary, see page 8A.

>> IT’S ONLY A DATE: It’s inevitable. Every year, at least once, a Friday aligns with the 13th day of a month and everyone goes running for cover thinking a meteor is going to conk them in the noggin. In reality, scientists say you are 356 times more likely to be hit in the noggin by Phyllis Diller. But seriously, there really is nothing to fear about Friday the 13th. It’s just a number. In fact, in some countries, Tuesday the 13th is considered the “unlucky” day. So, relax this week. Nothing’s going to happen. Well, as long as Phyllis Diller’s not around. >> “SOY-TENLY:” From 1930 to 1965, The

Three Stooges, in all their incarnations, starred in more than 200 movies and short films. According to mathematicians, that adds up to 34,767 “nyuknyuk-nyuks, ” and almost 454,398 fingers in eyeballs. Now Hollywood is reviving the Stooges for a new movie. The appropriately named “The Three Stooges” opens this Friday, and stars actors who LOOK like Moe, Larry and Curly. But can they ACT like Moe, Larry and Curly? We shall see.

>> A MUSIC MAN: Composer and pianist George Gershwin has written some of the most famous music in American history. Ever hear of “Rhapsody in Blue”? “I’ve Got a Crush on You”? “Someone to Watch Over Me”? Even if the names aren’t familiar, the melodies will be. And the Northeast Philharmonic has these melodies for you, and a whole lot more. The philharmonic will be presenting “Here To Stay: The Music of Gershwin” this Saturday at 8 p.m. at the F.M. Kirby Center.

>> HOORAY, HOCKEY!: OK, good news, bad

news. First the bad: The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will play their last regular-season home game at 7:05 p.m. this Saturday. Yes, that’s right. When the team finishes its game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, there will be no more regular-season action at the Mohegan Sun Arena until fall of 2012. The good news? Playoffs! The Penguins have a spot rapped up in the postseason, so do not fret, hockey fans. They’ll be at least a few more home games this year. Hopefully, a lot more.

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Battle continues over vouchers’ fate

Many don’t thnk public dollars should make private schools more affordable. By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer

WASHINGTON — Students such as Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable. He was failing in his neighborhood public elementary school in Indianapolis until his mother enrolled him in a Roman Catholic school. Heather Coffy has scraped by for years to pay the tuition for Delano, now 16 and in a Catholic high school, and his two younger siblings, who attend the same Catholic elementary as their brother did. She’s getting help today from a voucher program, passed last year at the urging of Indiana GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels, that allows her to use state money for her children’s education. “I can’t even tell you how easy I can breathe now knowing that for at least for this year my kids can stay at the school,” said the single mother, who filed a petition in court in support of the law. The state Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the law, which provides vouchers worth on average more than $4,000 a year to lowand middle-income families. A family of four making about $60,000 a year qualifies. For all the arguments in favor of vouchers, there are opponents who say vouchers erode public schools by taking away money, violate the separation of church and state by giving public dollars to religious-based private schools, and aren’t a proven way to improve test scores. Even among supporters, there’s dissension over whether vouchers should only be offered to low-income students on a lim-

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Heather Coffy, right center, leaves the St. Monica School with her children, left to right, Delano Coffy, 15, Alanna Marshall, 8, and Darius Coffy, 11, in Indianapolis in March.

ited basis or made available to anyone. There’s also division among black and Hispanic leaders as to whether vouchers help or hurt kids in urban schools. Many opponents also dislike scholarship programs that provide tax benefits to businesses or individuals for contributing to a fund to pay for private school. They say those programs undermine public schools by keeping tax revenues out of state treasuries, an important source of education dollars. Fights about using tax dollars to help make private schools more affordable are popping up around the country. In Louisiana, Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal won a victory

Audiences still can’t get fill of ‘Hunger Games’ Dark-visioned film raised its domestic total to $302.8 million over weekend. By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer

LOS ANGELES — Film fans are still forking over for “The Hunger Games,” which took in $33.5 million to lead the box office for a third-straight weekend. According to studio estimates Sunday, Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games” raised its domestic total to $302.8 million. It easily out-earned two returning favorites, Universal’s “American Pie” sequel “American Reunion” and a 3-D version of the blockbuster “Titanic,” released domestically by Paramount and overseas by 20th Century Fox. Both newcomers opened solidly, though. “American Reunion” pulled in $21.5 million, the lowest haul since the 1999 original but still a decent return for a comedy franchise whose

last big-screen chapter came nine years ago. “Titanic” in 3-D reeled in $17.4 million over the weekend, raising its domestic take to $25.7 million since opening Wednesday. That lifts the lifetime domestic gross of James Cameron’s mega-hit to $626.5 million. Starring Jennifer Lawrence as a teen forced to fight other youths in a televised death match, “The Hunger Games” now has topped the domestic gross of each of the “Twilight” movies and all but the first and last of the “Harry Potter” films. With $25.5 million overseas, “The Hunger Games” raised its international total to $157.1 million. That put its worldwide take at about $460 million. “The Hunger Games” has helped studios race to a record box-office pace, with domestic revenues for the year now at $2.8 billion, up 20 percent from 2011’s, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

POLICE BLOTTER

male approximately 20 weighing 150 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. Olerta screamed and the man fled. WILKES-BARRE – City • Hali Endress reported Sunpolice reported the following: day afternoon a passenger side • Donald Warren, 35, of window on her vehicle was hit Broad Street, Beaver Meadows by a rock thrown on Horton was arrested for violating a Street. Protection from Abuse Order • Tamika McCormick, 32, of obtained by Lucy Smith-Kay, Mark Drive, Hanover Township 166 W River St., police said. Smith-Kay said Warren came to was cited with public drunkher residence around 11:30 p.m. enness around 8:20 p.m. SatSaturday and argued with her in urday in the area of Blackman and Brown streets. violation of the order. •Kristen Kepp reported at • Carole Olerta of 216 High 8:24 a.m. Sunday windows on St. reported an attempted burtwo of her vehicles were damglary around 6:15 p.m. Sunday. She opened a rear door after her aged in the area of Hickory and Lehigh streets. dogs barked and saw a black

Thursday with passage of legislation that expands statewide a voucher program in New Orleans as part of broad changes to the state’s education system. Virginia lawmakers recently passed a bill backed by Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell allowing a tax credit for contributions to private school scholarship programs, and Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill expanding a similar program. Creating or expanding voucher or certain scholarship programs has been debated in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey and elsewhere. But school choice supporters have faced roadblocks, too.

Recently, in Arizona, GOP Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill that would have expanded a law passed last year that created education savings accounts for parents of students with disabilities; the money could cover expenses such a private schooling, virtual programs or future college costs. The vetoed bill would have broadened eligibility to gifted students, children of military personnel or students attending poor performing schools. Brewer said it was too early to consider such proposals before a new budget is approved, and she expressed unease about changing the education system in ways that may make parts of it uncompetitive.

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After being flooded at its West Pittston location in September, Antonio’s Pizza made a home on Wyoming Avenue in Wyoming near the intersection with Eighth Street. The business suffered another blow with an early-morning fire Saturday. Wyoming Mayor Bob Boyer said a state police fire marshal was called to determine the cause. The building sustained heavy damage in the fast-moving fire reported around 6:15 a.m. Fire departments from surrounding communities assisted and the fire was brought under control within a few minutes, said Boyer. One firefighter suffered a hand laceration battling the blaze, the mayor said. • James Thomas, no age or address provided, was charged with driving under the influence after police saw him driving the wrong way on South Franklin Street around 1:25 a.m. Sunday. • Joshua Gronski, no age or address provided, was cited with public drunkenness after he was running into traffic on East Northampton Street around 1:40 a.m. Sunday. • Javier Castillo of 91 Parrish St. was cited with violating the city’s noise ordinance Sunday night. • Basheir Edwards, 18, of Madison Street, was on Friday was cited with retail theft after police said he stole Slim Jims

from Shiel’s Market on Hanover Street.

contact Hazleton police at 570 459-4940.

HAZLETON – Police are investigating two burglaries on North Laurel Street that occurred over the weekend. On Sunday a residence in the 500 block was entered between 3:45 a.m. and 8 a.m. and an unknown amount of items were stolen, police said Sometime between 10 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday a residence in the 800 block was entered and an unknown amount of items also was stolen. Anyone with information about the burglaries is asked to

HAZLETON – Two men were arrested after a fight around 6:15 a.m. Sunday in the area of North Laurel and Spring streets, police said. Rafael Rodriguez, 27, of West Seventh Street was cited with disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and criminal mischief, police said. John Cregg, 33, of Tobyhanna, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and several traffic violations, police said.

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Democrats historically have shunned vouchers, but some are joining the push by many Tea Party-inspired Republicans. The momentum carries over from last year’s congressional debate over whether to extend the District of Columbia’s voucher program. House Speaker John Boehner, ROhio, and other congressional Republicans successfully pushed for that program to be included as part of a last-minute deal to avert a federal shutdown. Also last year, the school district in Douglas County, an affluent Denver suburb, adopted a program, now stalled under court order, that would allow up to 500 students to receive about $4,500 each in state money to use toward private school. Legal challenges to the Colorado district’s program and the Arizona one are pending. The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, an advocacy group based in Indianapolis, estimates that about 212,000 students are using vouchers or tax scholarship programs through more than 30 such programs, 17 of which provide vouchers. The group said that total has risen from 36,000 students in 2000. Teresa Meredith, an elementary school teacher in Shelbyville, Ind., and an officer in the Indiana State Teachers Association who is the lead plaintiff to the state suit, said she’s not opposed to private schools. But when parents choose to send their kids to one, she said, they are making the choice to pay for it. “If they’re not happy with their local public school, then they need to choose to make their local public school better, not run from it,” said Meredith, a mother of four. Pedro Noguera, a sociologist at New York University who specializes in urban education policy, said even with a voucher, many students still cannot afford or get into or find transportation to more exclusive private schools.

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Shots fired during invasion No one was injured when shots were fired early Sunday during a home invasion at 309 E. Noble St., police said. According to police: Three males wearing dark-colored clothing and hooded sweatshirts tried to enter the apartment through the main door and then smashed a large, glass sliding door to get inside around 4:35 a.m. Two people inside the apartment yelled and one of the intruders fired a handgun multiple times before fleeing with the other men. Nanticoke police and state police recovered shell casings at the apartment located in a complex owned by the East Side Housing Authority. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact Nanticoke police at 570-7352200. WILKES-BARRE

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LOCAL Circus performers tune up acts Hanneford Circus starting today at the 109th Field Artillery Armory a family affair all around.

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Geisinger volunteer info Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Volunteer Services will hold two volunteer information sessions for those interested in joining the Geisinger volunteer program. The first session is on April 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the Kistler Learning Center at GWV, 1000 E. Mountain Blvd., Plains Township. Attendees will be able to review all the volunteer opportunities available at both GWV and its Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre campus. Application materials will be available. The second session is on May 17 also at 5:30 p.m. in the Kistler Learning Center. This session will focus on volunteer opportunities available for teenagers for those 14 and older. Reservations are encouraged and can be made by sending an email to gwv_volunteer_services@geisinger.edu or by calling 808-3435. WILKES-BARRE

Frisbee tournament is set Catching for Kids!, an ultimate Frisbee tournament, with be presented at Kirby Park on April 15 by Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre to benefit the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association. The association provides quality education and support service to children with mental and physical disabilities. The event is open to high school freshmen through senior students and for players of all levels of experience. Teams of 10 players will be registered. The tournament will follow the basic rules of the “spirit of the game” and games will be self-officiated. Registration starts at 1 p.m. and friendly competition beings at 2 p.m. The cost is $5 per team member and an additional $5 for those who want t-shirts. To sponsor, donate of organize a team, contact Beela Patel at 570-3577672 or send an email to jlwbultimatefrisbee@gmail.com.

“I’ve been juggling since I was 7. … At this date it wouldn’t be a good idea to stop.”

Marleny McIntyre practices a juggling routine with her husband, Carlos, in preparation for their act with the Hanneford Circus at the 109th Field Artillery Armory in WilkesBarre.

The 23-vehicle caravan carrying the troupe of jugglers, tight-rope walkers, dancers and animal acts arrived in town over the weekend and many of them went to work preparing for the 11 Jonathan Rinny performer shows scheduled today through Saturday. As Jonathan Lopez, wearing a pair of running shoes, toed the high wire more than 20 feet above the floor, Rinny practiced with six clubs, one more than he juggles in his show.

WILKES-BARRE – One club tumbled through the air, then another and another until Jonathan Rinny juggled six of them. As easy and effortless as it looked, it’s taken years of practice for the 20-yearold from Argentina. On Saturday afternoon he found a spot to work on his act between the empty bleacher seats in the 109th Field Artillery Armory where he and other performers will appear with the Hanneford Circus. See CIRCUS, Page 12A

Titanic book signing set

The Luzerne County Historical Society will host a book signing event for its new publication, “Stories of the Wilkes-Barre Titanic Passengers,” on Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Luzerne County Historical Society Museum and on Saturday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers at the Arena Hub Plaza. The new publication was written by Dr. William V. Lewis Jr., a commissioner Lewis with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, board member and past president of the Historical Society. Lewis worked in conjunction with several local Titanic passenger descendants in compiling the stories as well as some never-before-published photos of area Titanic victims and survivors. More than 20 people had a local connection who were on the Titanic and their individual stories rank with some of the most fascinating on the many Titanic disaster tales. The Historical Society will also open an exhibit of Titanic memorabilia, including photos of some of the Wilkes-Barre passengers. Books will available for purchase for $6 with proceeds benefiting the Publication Fund of the Luzerne County Historical Society.

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FLOOD RECOVERY

Dinner is served -- again

County to present Moon Lake activities

The group also will discuss whether any of the uses would be attractive to private operators. By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com

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Joe Agolino looks out over his dining area in the restaurant that was closed after the flooding in September and is now back up and prospering.

Eateries back from disaster greet crowds By SARA POKORNY spokorny@timesleader.com

Joe Agolino sat at a table near the counter in his West Pittston restaurant, waving hello and making chit chat with the patrons who walked in. It was business as usual Easter Sunday at Agolino’s Restaurant, an astounding difference from the state the popular local eatery was in only eight months ago. “It’s very humbling to see all the support we’ve had from everyone in the community,” Agolino said. Agolino’s re-opened in early December after the September flood waters devastated the building. Easter Sunday has always been a busy day for the business and this year was no different. “Absolutely, sold out,” Agolino replied when asked if the stream of customers would stay steady throughout

“I’m just happy that we had the ability to come back after everything that happened.”

Joe Agolino Of Agolino’s Restaurant

day. “It’s actually been like this pretty much every day since we re-opened.” Both sides of the dining room were packed with those dressed in their Sunday best, out to eat with family or friends for the holiday. A special Easter menu was prepared for the day. “I’m just happy that we had the ability to come back after everything that happened.” Agolino said that, if anything, the restaurant’s customer base has grown

since the flood. Business for restaurants that were affected by flood waters on the Sans Souci Parkway in Hanover Township was present, but certainly not as strong. “It’s odd, but we’re kind of dead today,” Alice Matyas, owner of Austie’s Family Restaurant, said. “We’ve been doing fantastic business on weekends, though. We actually normally have extra staff on Sundays, but for some reason it’s just not like that today.” Up the road at Ma’s Family Restaurant, owner Kathy Nichols was having a little better luck. “We opened at 6:30 this morning, and we’ve been doing pretty well,” Nichols said. “This is the first Easter we’ve been open here, so I don’t really have much to compare it to, but we’ve definitely had some business today.”

Last summer citizens were asked to list activities they’d like to see at Moon Lake Park as part of a master plan that will help determine the future of the Luzerne County-owned complex in Plymouth Township. W H AT ’ S N E X T On April 18 the county will The final public hearpublicly present ing on the Moon Lake Park master plan will the proposed be at 6 p.m. April 18 plan incorporat- at the county’s Emering some of gency Management those activities Agency building on and the project- Water Street in ed costs and rev- Wilkes-Barre. enue associated with each, said county Chief Engineer Joe Gibbons. Camping was ranked highest by citizens and a volunteer steering committee, followed by swimming, hiking, fishing, nature education, special events, shooting and archery, sports camps, snow tubing, ice skating, rock climbing, a dog park, zip lines, disc golf and flying radio-controlled aircraft, Gibbons has said. After the activities and financial estimates are disclosed, the county will seek public feedback at the hearing on whether those uses make sense, Gibbons said. The group also will discuss whether any of the uses would be attractive to private operators. County officials have unsuccessfully tried to seek outside opSee MOON LAKE, Page 12A

Scranton halfway house for women focus of hearing Therapist Larry Rinish of Plains Township knows the problems with addiction from both sides. By JERRY LYNOTT jlynott@timesleader.com

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Gregory Evans, left, chief operating officer of Redwood Recovery Centers LLC, and Larry Rinish, chief executive officer of the privately held company in Plains Township, proposed locating a halfway house for women recovering from substance abuse in a vacant building on Wyoming Avenue in Scranton.

tered the treatment field as a therapist. Rinish relied on those experiences to set up a company planning to open a halfway house for There will be adult women fresh out of inpatient treatbetween 10 ment programs. and 15 staff Redwood Recovery members at Centers LLC has a hearing for its project maximum occupancy of at 614 Wyoming Ave. on Thursday night 60 clients. before the Scranton Zoning Hearing Board. The company asked for a special exception to create transitional residential housing in a vacant, six-floor building designated with general commercial zoning. “This is a project I’ve been working on for nearly five years,” said Rinish.

SCRANTON – As a therapist, Larry Rinish knows the treatment side of substance abuse. As a former heroin addict he knows the abuse side, too. The 33-year-old Plains Township man said he had been homeless and living in Hollenback Park in WilkesBarre, jailed and disowned by his family. He sought treatment, but during the wait to get into programs went back to his habit. “I tried everything,” he said last week of getting clean and sober. It was only after he said “enough is enough” that he left behind his life as an addict, started a new one and en- See REHAB, Page 6A

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have kept crude oil prices elevated for months. The oil used to make most of the gasoline in the U.S. has averaged $120 per barrel this year. This year’s spring surge is more extreme than usual because three refineries that serve the East Coast were shut down last fall and another one may be closed in July. That’s threatening supplies in one of the country’s most densely populated regions, and pushing prices higher everywhere. Demand for gasoline tends to drop off in winter. That makes it the perfect time for refineries to get ready for summer, when the objective is to produce as much fuel as possible. The catch is that the refining industry’s version of spring cleaning causes supplies to shrink and prices to rise. To be specific: • Refineries need major main-

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tenance once every four years, on average. On a practical level, that means one-fourth of the nation’s refining capacity is temporarily shut down in the first quarter of every year. Because the U.S. has half the number of refineries it did in 1980, a delay in getting one or two back up and running has a greater impact than in the past. • To comply with the Clean Air

Act and limit smog, refiners have to make a special blend of gasoline that doesn’t easily evaporate in the warm summer air. The fuel is 5 to 15 cents a gallon more expensive to make because of raw material costs. • The nationwide fuel supply can’t be transformed overnight. Between April 1, when refiners must start making the summer

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“60 Minutes” star was known as the master of the tough interview. He died Saturday night at age 93. By MYRNA OLIVER and VALERIE J. NELSON Los Angeles Times

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Easter flowers and a balloon are placed in front of a burned home in Florence, N.J., Sunday after a woman and a young girl were killed early Sunday morning when a fast-moving fire left them trapped on the second floor, authorities said.

Mike Wallace, who pioneered and then dominated the enduringly popular TV newsmagazine "60 Minutes," died Saturday night, CBS announced. He was 93. Wallace, who had triple heart bypass surgery in early 2008, died in New Haven, Conn., his colleague Bob Schieffer said Sunday morning on CBS’s "Face the Nation." Known for his often caustic questioning of sometimes reluctant sub-

jects on "60 Minutes," Wallace was the first CBS network correspondent to work beyond age 65 in a medium dominated by young faces. Wallace The veteran broadcaster was already 50 when "60 Minutes" debuted in 1968. He stayed with the newsmagazine for 38 years, stepping down as a full-time correspondent in 2006. He made occasional appearances after that. His final interview, which aired in January 2008, was with baseball pitcher Roger Clemens. "Let’s face it," Wallace, who had a pacemaker and two hearing aids, told People magazine in 2006. "I’m not 85 anymore."

As the self-described "black hat" of "60 Minutes," he traveled the world, displaying his charm and wit and asking sometimes barbed, always penetrating questions of kings and presidents, business magnates and bureaucrats. Of the roughly 800 pieces he did for the show, two stood out the most for him, Wallace told The Associated Press in 2006. One showed his tender side as Wallace persuaded piano virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz to play "Stars and Stripes Forever" in 1977. The other, in 1979, showed Wallace’s tough side as he became the first Western reporter to interview Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after 53 American hostages were taken in Tehran. To his face, Wallace quoted Egyptian President Anwar

Sadat as calling Khomeini a lunatic. "I figured what was he going to do, take me as a hostage?" Wallace said in the AP story. "The translator looked at me as if I were a lunatic." When he interviewed Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan in 2000, Wallace set an incendiary tone: "You don’t trust the media; you’ve said so. You don’t trust whites; you’ve said so. You don’t trust Jews; you’ve said so. Well, here I am." "So what?" Farrakhan responded. Wallace’s search for skullduggery was such that that beer magnate Joseph Coors once said: "The four most frightening words in the English language are ’Mike Wallace is here.’ " The comment was adapted into a "60 Minutes" ad, and Wallace displayed a framed copy in his office.

Syria ignores truce with demands

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ope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed inP ternational demands to end the blood-

shed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith. Benedict, struggling with hoarseness and looking tired, celebrated Mass on Christianity’s most joyous holy day on the flower-adorned steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, before a crowd of faithful that swelled to far over 100,000 by the end of the 2-hour-long ceremony. Only hours earlier the pontiff, who turns 85 on April 16, had led a long nighttime vigil service in the church. There have been concerns over his health, and he has recently used a cane in public appearances. He no longer walks down the basilica’s long aisle, traveling instead aboard a wheeled platform pushed by aides.

Plan, devised by U.N.-Arab League envoy, was supposed to go into effect Tuesday. By KARIN LAUB Associated Press

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Seven months after the deluge of Tropical Storm Irene, cleanups continue and worries remain in upstate New York and Vermont. Farmers are still grappling with crop-smothering rocks, trees, gravel and sand left behind when the flood waters receded. And they’re also concerned that the gray or even sandy white soil left behind by Irene will affect yields. Some local governments worry about new floods as they continue to clear piles of trees, rocks and household debris from stream banks. Rural, hilly areas in New York and Vermont were hit especially hard hit by flooding when Irene soaked the East Coast last August. In the Adirondacks, Essex County officials say there is still a “tremendous amount of debris” to remove along rivers and tributaries. LAGOS, NIGERIA

Car bomb kills 38 people

A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives Sunday morning on a busy road after apparently turning away from attacking Nigerian churches holding Easter services, killing at least 38 people in a massive blast that rattled a city long at the center of religious, ethnic and political violence in the nation. The blast struck Kaduna, the capital of Kaduna state, leaving charred motorcycles and debris strewn across a major road in the city where many gather to eat at informal restaurants and buy black market gasoline. The explosion badly damaged the nearby All Nations Christian Assembly Church and the ECWA Good News Church as churchgoers worshipped at an Easter service, the possible target of the bomber. TEHRAN, IRAN

Istanbul to host nuke talks

An Iranian state television station reported Sunday that international negotiations about the country’s disputed nuclear program will take place in Istanbul, indicating that disagreements over the venue that had threatened to derail the talks may be resolved. But there was no confirmation however from Turkey nor from the six world powers involved in the Friday meeting — the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany — that Iran had confirmed its participation. Iranian officials had earlier dismissed Turkey as a host because of Ankara’s criticism of Iran ally Syria.

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Long-range missile launch still a go despite international condemnation of actions by the Communist country. By JEAN H. LEE Associated Press

TONGCHANG-RI, North Korea — North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity. The Associated Press was among foreign news agencies allowed a firsthand look at preparations under way at the coastal Sohae Satellite Station in northwestern North Korea. North Korea announced plans last month to launch an observation satellite using a three-stage rocket during midApril celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korean founder

Kim Il Sung. The U.S., Japan, Britain and other nations have urged North Korea to cancel the launch, warning that firing the long-range rocket would violate U.N. resolutions and North Korea’s promise to refrain from engaging in nuclear and missile activity. North Korea maintains that the launch is a scientific achievement intended to improve the nation’s faltering economy by providing detailed surveys of the countryside. “Our country has the right and also the obligation to develop satellites and launching vehicles,” Jang Myong Jin, general manager of the launch facility, said during a tour, citing the U.N. space treaty. “No matter what others say, we are doing this for peaceful purposes.” Experts say the Unha-3 rocket slated for liftoff between April 12 and 16 could also test long-range missile technology that might be used to strike the U.S. and other targets. North Korea has tested two atomic de-

vices, but is not believed to have mastered the technology needed to mount a warhead on a long-range missile. On Sunday, reporters were taken by train past desolate fields and sleepy farming hamlets to North Korea’s new launch pad in Tongchang-ri in North Phyongan province, about 50 kilometers (35 miles) south of the border town of Sinuiju along North Korea’s west coast. All three stages of the 91-ton rocket, emblazoned with the North Korean flag and “Unha-3,” were visibly in position at the towering launch pad, and fueling will begin soon, Jang said. He said preparations were well on track for liftoff and that international space, aviation and maritime authorities had been advised of the plan, but did not provide exact details on the timing of the fueling or the mounting of the satellite. Engineers gave reporters a peek at the 220-pound Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite due to be mounted on the rocket, as well as a tour of the command center.

Natural gas glut means drilling boom must slow A pair of workers are behind the top of a pump where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale layer to release natural gas is under way at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the swelling surplus.

By JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer

NEW YORK — The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country’s swelling surplus. After years of explosive growth, natural gas producers are retrenching. The underground salt caverns, depleted oil fields and aquifers that store natural gas are rapidly filling up after a balmy winter depressed demand for home heating. The glut has benefited businesses and homeowners that use natural gas. But with natural gas prices at a 10-year low — and falling — companies that produce the fuel are becoming victims of their drilling successes. Their stock prices are falling in anticipation of declining profits and scaled-back growth plans. Some of the nation’s biggest natural gas producers, including Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips and Encana Corp., have announced plans to slow down. “They’ve gotten way ahead of themselves, and winter got way ahead of them too,” says Jen Snyder, head of North American gas for the research firm Wood Mackenzie. “There hasn’t been enough demand to use up all the supply being

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pushed into the market.” So far, efforts to limit production have barely made a dent. Unless the pace of production declines sharply or demand picks up significantly this summer, analysts say the nation’s storage facilities could reach their limits by fall. That would cause the price of natural gas, which has been halved over the past year, to nosedive. Citigroup commodities analyst Anthony Yuen says the price of

natural gas — now $2.08 per 1,000 cubic feet — could briefly fall below $1. “There would be no floor,” he says. Since October, the number of drilling rigs exploring for natural gas has fallen by 30 percent to 658, according to the energy services company Baker Hughes. Some of the sharpest drop-offs have been in the Haynesville Shale in Northwestern Louisiana and East Texas and the Fayetteville Shale in Central Arkansas.

BEIRUT — A U.N.-brokered plan to stop the bloodshed in Syria effectively collapsed Sunday after President Bashar Assad’s government raised new, last-minute demands that the country’s largest rebel group swiftly rejected. The truce plan, devised by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, was supposed to go into effect on Tuesday, Riad al-Asaad with a withdrawal of Syrian forces from population centers, followed within 48 hours by a cease-fire by both sides in the uprising against four decades of repressive rule by the Assad family. But on Sunday, Syria’s Foreign Ministry said that ahead of any troop pullback, the government needs written guarantees from opposition fighters that they will lay down their weapons. The commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army, Riad al-Asaad, said that while his group is ready to abide by a truce, it does not recognize the regime “and for that reason we will not give guarantees.” Annan’s spokesman had no comment on the setback. The envoy has not said what would happen if his deadlines were ignored. Even before the setback, expectations were low that the Assad regime would honor the agreement. Russia, an Assad ally that supports the cease-fire plan, may now be the only one able to salvage it. The rest of the international community, unwilling to contemplate military intervention, has little leverage over Syria. In recent days, instead of preparing for a withdrawal, regime troops have stepped up shelling attacks on residential areas, killing dozens of civilians every day in what the opposition described as a frenzied rush to gain ground. Activists said at least 21 people were killed in violence on Sunday and as many as 40. “Mortar rounds are falling like rain,” said activist Tarek Badrakhan, describing an assault in the central city of Homs on Sunday. He spoke via Skype as explosions were heard in the background. The regime is exploiting the truce plan “to kill and commit massacres,” he said. Just as Annan complained Sunday that the escalation was “unacceptable,” Syria said its acceptance of the Annan deal last week was misunderstood and suggested it would not be able to withdraw its troops under current conditions.

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Women, including those with children, will be able move into the center from treatment providers such as Marworth and

Clear Brook Inc. The clients, who must have a non-violent criminal record, will have access to counseling and educational programs and must seek and maintain employment during their 90-day stays. “We work directly with a lot of community agencies that support that effort,” said Rinish of

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ey and seek other sources to fund the operation. To start off, it will serve 26 clients and expand to between 50 and 60 beds within three months of opening, he said. There will be between 10 and 15 staff members at maximum occupancy of 60 clients. The focus will be on women , but if necessary men will be accepted. Rinish acknowledged he has been named as defendant in a lawsuit filed by a company he

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A fire Sunday afternoon caused heavy damage to the second floor of a four-unit apartment building at the rear of 1336 N. Washington St. Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Jay Delaney said the cause is under investigation. All of the apartments were occupied and everyone got out safely. “The fire was knocked down fairly quickly,” said Delaney. A neighbor, Cindy Davison, said she smelled smoke and saw fire when she went onto her back porch. “It was a big flame,” said Davison. She ran to the building to alert the occupants, telling them, “Get out. There’s a fire,” she said. All four occupants were going to stay with family or friends for the night, added Delaney.

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Voting begins Tuesday and runs through 9 a.m. May 3, with results to be announced at the May 4 Board of Trustees meeting. All alumni — more than 550,000 strong — are eligible to cast a ballot.

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MARY ANN ZETTLES, of Wilkes-Barre, died Saturday, April 7, 2012, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Matthew and Emma Evans Beecham and was a graduate of Ashley High School. Mary Ann was a member of Central United Methodist Church and was employed in the maintenance department at PNC Bank. She was preceded in death by husband, William Brady Zettles Sr.; son William Brady Jr., and brothers Edwin, David, James, Harry and George Beecham. Surviving are son Robert F. Zettles, Wilkes-Barre, brothers Gerald Beecham, Wilkes-Barre; William Beecham, Hanover Township; Thomas Beecham and wife Alice, Edwardsville; nieces, nephews, cousins. Funeral will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be in Hanover Green Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday, 5 to 7 p.m. ANDREW J. MASAITIS, age 82, of Hanover Township, passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012. Funeral arrangements are pending from the S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, Plymouth.

Allen “Echer’’ Exeter April 7, 2012 Allen “Echer” Exeter, 76, of Moosic, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012 at the Gino Merli Veterans Center, Scranton. He was born in Moosic on January 1, 1936, and was the son of the late Stanley “Tato” and Mary “Matka” Allen Exeter. Allen was a member of Queen of the Apostles Church, Avoca. He attended Spike Island Elementary School; St. Mary’s School, Avoca, and graduated from Moosic High School. He proudly served in the U.S. Army serving during the Korean War as a signalman. Echer was owner and operator of Al Exeter Heating and Plumbing. He was a member of Moosic American Legion and a life-long member of the Lackawanna County DAV. Echer was a self-made man. His charm, intelligence and good disposition made him a success at virtually anything he took on. He could fix anything and serviced many through his heating and plumbing business. Echer loved the outdoors & enjoyed camping and fishing. Memories of his good humor will remain in the hearts and minds of those who knew and loved him. In addition to his parents his sister Celestine Popple precedes him in death. Allen is survived by his daughters, Kathie Sico, of Scranton; Aileen Exeter, of Moosic; JoEllen Tharrington, of Scranton; his son, Allen Exeter, and wife Charlene, of Old Forge; his companion, Dolores Policare, of Avoca; brothers, Stanley Exeter, of Moosic, and John T. Boone, of Avoca; sisters Ceil Exeter, of Moosic; Joy Markowski, of Moosic; Theresa Janes, of Taylor; Gloria Kostiak, of Avoca; and Mary George, of Avoca; grandchildren, Dr. Jason and his wife, Jeanine Sico; Michael Sico, Christopher Sico, Sgt 1st Class Katrina Exeter, Kassandra Exeter and PJ Seda; greatgrandchildren, Kaylana Kearney and Jude Anthony Sico; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 11, at 9 a.m. from Kiesinger Funeral Services, 255 McAlpine St., Duryea, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at Queen Of the Apostles Church, Hawthorne Street, Avoca, with Fr. Phillip Sladicka officiating. Friends may call Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Military honors will be provided by the AM Vets Honor Guard of Dupont. Interment will be held at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Avoca. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the DAV of Lackawanna County, 516 Storrs St., Dickson City, PA 18519. Online condolences may be made to www.kiesingerfuneralservices.com.

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T. Winstead, 14, of Hill T yler Street, Wilkes-Barre, passed

away Thursday evening at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Born in Wilkes-Barre on December 6, 1997, he was a son of Terrence and Christine (Golden) Winstead Sr., Wilkes-Barre. Tyler was in the 8th grade at GAR Memorial Junior Senior High School, where he recently received High Honors for his academic achievements. He enjoyed learning about science and computers. He played on the GAR Grenadiers 7th-and-8th-grade basketball team and also played on the Heights Packers football team. In earlier years, he wrestled for the WilkesBarre Wolves. Tyler enjoyed playing video games with his siblings and friends or a pickup game of basketball. He had a smile that would light up the world. In addition to Tyler’s parents, he is survived by his loving maternal grandparents, Willie and Carol (McCloe) Golden, with whom he resided and was raised by since he was 3; paternal grandfather, Norman Douglas Winstead Sr., Maryland; maternal great-grandmother, Bobbie Golden, Philadelphia; three brothers, Willie and Tydus Winstead, Christopher Lamoreux; two sisters, Jasmine Golden and Tawanna Winstead, all of Wilkes-Barre, several half brothers and half sisters; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Tyler was preceded in death by

rs. Mary B. Kresge, 95, a resident of Bear Creek Township, M died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at her

his paternal grandmother, Marguerite Winstead, who passed December 18, 2011. Home Going Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church,105 Hill Street, Wilkes-Barre. Officiating will be the Reverend Michael Brewster, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make donations to the Tyler T. Winstead Memorial Fund, c/o Bank of America, 406 S. Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 Kniffen O’Malley Funeral Home Inc., 465 S. Main Street, WilkesBarre, has been entrusted with the arrangements. To send Tyler’s family words of comfort and friendship, please visitwww.BestLifeTributes.com.

Genevieve Dennis April 4, 2012 Dennis, 97, of KingG enevieve ston, passed away on Wednes-

day afternoon, April 4, 2012 at the Riverstreet Manor, Wilkes-Barre, where she had been a guest. Her husband was the late Peter Dennis, who passed away on October 31, 1965. Born on December 5, 1914, in Wilkes-Barre, Genevieve was the daughter of the late Alexander and Stasia (Harominski) Borawski. Genevieve was raised in Ashley, attended Ashley schools and had resided there for 60 years. She later relocated to Dan Flood Towers, Kingston, where she resided for many years. Prior to her retirement in 1980, Genevieve was employed for many years as a seamstress in the local garment industry. A woman of great faith, Genevieve was a member of Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Kingston. She was a past member of Holy Family Church, Sugar Notch, where she was involved in the parish’s Altar and Rosary Society. Additionally, she was a member of the Polish Women’s Alliance. Genevieve greatly enjoyed being a seamstress and was an excellent cook. She will be fondly remembered as a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, neighbor and friend. The family wishes to extend their sincere thanks to the entire staff at the Riverstreet Manor for the love and friendship they bestowed upon Genevieve during her years there. May God Bless each of you! In addition to her parents and her husband, Genevieve was preceded in death by her son, Leonard Dennis; her son-in-law, Thomas E. Woods; her grandsons Thomas and David Woods; her brothers, Stanley and Herman Borawski; her sister

Irene Ternosky. Genevieve is survived by her daughter, Joan Marie Woods, Kingston; her daughter-in-law, Patricia Dennis, Spartanburg, S.C.; her grandchildren, Judith Barbose, Tampa, Fla.; Neal Woods, Chicago, Ill; Denise Patterson and Danielle Daniel, both of Spartanburg, S.C.; her several great-grandchildren; her sister Celia Lombardo, Pittston; her niece and goddaughter, Barbara Ann Ternosky, Wilkes-Barre; her special nephew, Dr. Frank Bednarek, and his wife, Sharon, Massachusetts; her other nieces and nephews. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Saint Ann, corner of Hoyt Street and Loveland Avenue, Kingston, with the Reverend John V. Polednak, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Wroblewski Funeral Home Inc., Forty Fort. For additional information or to send the family an online message of condolence, you may visit the funeral home web-site www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com.

Dorothy A. Stepanski April 3, 2012 Ann Pohutski Stepanski, D orothy 74 years old, of Wilkes-Barre,

passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born June 16, 1937, in Wilkes-Barre; she was the daughter of the late William and Josephine Ambrozunas Pohutski. Dorothy was a lifelong resident of the Heights Section of WilkesBarre. She was a graduate of James Coughlin High School, WilkesBarre, class of 1955. Prior to retiring, she was employed by local clothing manufacturing companies. Dorothy loved spending time with her family, and cooking for her family was just one of her many joys. She enjoyed being with her grandchildren, going to bingo and doing her puzzles. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother, and she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore “Ted” Stepanski on October 5, 2007. Dorothy is survived by her sons, Theodore and his wife, Diane, Eagle, Colo.; William and his partner, Betty Lucas, Plymouth; Daniel and his wife, Bridget, Dallas; James and his wife, Kimberly, Wilkes-Barre; Steven and his wife, Ruth, Nanticoke; grandchildren, Michael, Da-

son’s home following a lengthy illness. She had previously been a guest at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township. Mrs. Kresge was born in Jersey City, N.J., daughter of the late Joseph and Bertha Landers Hargreave and attended GAR High School, Wilkes-Barre. She had resided in Bear Creek Township most of her life and had been associated with her late husband, Carl L. Kresge, in the operation of Carl L. Kresge Plumbing and Heating for many years prior to his death in 1996 after 61 years of marriage. She had been a faithful member of the former Abbott United Methodist Church, Parsons Section of Wilkes-Barre, and had been a member of its women’s societies, member of the choir, a teacher in the Sunday School and was a member of the Administrative Board of the church for many years. She had also been a member of the former Queen Esther Chapter 170, Order of the Eastern Star, Wilkes-Barre, and of the Wyoming Valley Christian Women’s Club. In addition to her parents and husband, Mary was also preceded in death by a son, Ira Kresge, and a sister, Mrs. Barbara Lesher. Surviving are sons Carl K. Kresge and his wife, Sandra; Richard B. Kresge and his wife , Virginia; and

Willard G. Kresge and his wife, Betty, all of Bear Creek Township; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, James Leroy Hargreave, Cumming, Georgia, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral will be held Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 11a.m. from the H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc., a Golden Rule Funeral Home, 451 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, with Pastor Robert Evans, Beaumont Free Methodist Church, Buck Township, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Tuesday, April 10, 2012, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The family requests that flowers be omitted and that donations in Mrs. Kresge’s memory be made to Hospice Community Care, 601 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704.

Charlotte V. Macarek April 6, 2012 harlotte V. Macarek, 91, of Wilkes-Barre, died Friday mornC ing, April 6, 2012, in the Wilkes-

Barre General Hospital. Born in Dupont, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Ziobro Cwanek. After school, she moved to New York City, where she worked briefly before commencing a 40-year career as a Lab Technician for Western Electric at various locations in New York City and New Jersey. Prior to moving to WilkesBarre, Charlotte was a resident of Manahawkin, N.J., and a member of St. Mary’s Parish, where she served as a volunteer sacristan. She loved the Jersey shore, visiting Atlantic City, and spending time with her family and her beloved dog, Ivy. During her time in WilkesBarre, she was a member of St. Leo’s/Holy Rosary Parish in Ashley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael; sister Ann Abramek; brothers, Frank, John and Dominic Cwanek, and son-in-law, Leo Casey. Mrs. Macarek is survived by daughter, Michele Casey, Ashley; grandson, Kieran Casey, Ashley; granddaughter Maura Casey and her fiance, John Pambianco, both of Wilkes-Barre; granddaughter Megan Casey, Ashley; sister Margaret Titton and her husband, Thomas, Dupont; nephew David Titton and his wife. Cheryl, Dupont; and

nephew Keith Titton, Dupont. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. from the Lehman Family Funeral Service, Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Leo’s Church, 33 Manhattan St., Ashley. Reverend Brian J. T. Clarke will officiate. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends are invited to visit 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Catholic Television of the Diocese of Scranton, 400 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, PA 18503, or the SPCA of Luzerne County. Condolences may be sent by visiting Charlotte’s obituary at www.lehmanfuneralhome.com.

Marqueen Jackson April 6, 2012 Jackson, 76, resident M arqueen of Sorbertown Hill, Hunlock

Creek, passed away April 6, 2012 in Hospice Community Care, WilkesBarre. She was born December 9, 1935, in Plymouth, a daughter of the late Charles and Viola Youells Williams. She attended Hunlock Creek United Methodist Church. Marqueen was employed over 20 years at the former Jerry’s Market, Hunlock Creek, and many years at Walmart. Surviving are her husband, Richard Jackson Jr.; daughter, Deborah Hintz, and husband Robert, Hunlock Creek; son, Richard Jackson, and wife Carrie, Galloway, N.J.; grandchildren, Richard Jackson, Heidi Hinz and Jason Hinz. She was preceded in death by her sister, Dolores Brocious. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Clar-

ke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek, with the Rev. Terry Hughes and Lay Clergy George Price officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. Interment will be in Sorbertown Cemetery, Hunlock Creek.

April 5, 2012 C. Kokinda, age 44, of DuJ ohn pont, died Thursday morning at

nielle, Kristen, James, Zoe and Elizabeth; sisters, Theresa (John) Gabriel, Cecelia Petro, Rosemarie (Albert) Williams, Suzanne Pohutski; brother, Charles (Midge) Pohutski, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 9 a.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21 North Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Hope Parish, Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre. The Reverend John S. Terry, pastor, will be Celebrant. Friends may call Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. The Stepanski family would like to thank the doctors, nurses, therapists and all who took care of Dorothy in her rehabilitation.

BALOGA – Dr. Joseph, funeral 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home Inc., 140 N. Main St., Shavertown. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. BAUER – Anna, funeral 9 a.m. Tuesday in the S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, Plymouth. Mass at 9:30 a.m. in All Saints Parish, Plymouth. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today. BEST – James, funeral 9 a.m. today in the Howell-Lussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. Anthony of Padua Church, Exeter, St. Barbara Parish. CHRISTIAN – Claire, funeral 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Graziano Funeral Home Inc., Pittston Township. Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. John The Evangelist R.C. Church, Pittston. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. today. DIGIACOMO – Arnold, funeral 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the A. J. Kopicki Funeral Home. Mass held at 10 a.m. in the Church of St. Ignatius, Kingston. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. today at the A.J. Kopicki Funeral Home, 263 Zerbey Ave., Kingston HAHULA – Victoria, funeral 10 a.m. today in the E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., WilkesBarre. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church. Friends may call 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home. KARAZIA – Jacqueline, funeral 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Straub Kane Funeral Home, 55 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. LEWICKI – Frank, funeral 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Ss. Peter & Paul Church, Plains. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today. MACAREK – Betty, funeral 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Leo’s Church, Ashley. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. MACCARTNEY – Betty, funeral 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Corcoran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main St., Plains. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. MARIANI – Anna, funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday in Forty Fort United Methodist Church, Wyoming and Yeager avenues, Forty Fort. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave. Forty Fort. PERANTO – Dorothy, Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Ignatius of Loyola Church, North Maple Avenue, Kingston. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Karl E. Blight Funeral Home, 392 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. SCHIFANO – Charles, Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. today in St. Joseph Marello Parish at St. Rocco’s Church, Pittston. The family will receive friends and relatives in the church 9 a.m. until the time of Mass. STEPANSKI – Dorothy, funeral 9 a.m. Thursday in the Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. TERRITO – Jane, funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. WALTON – Raymond, Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Leo’s Church, Ashley. There are no calling hours. ZAMBITO – Frances, Memorial Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. today in the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, North Maple Avenue, Kingston. There are no public calling hours. Family and friends are asked to go directly to the church today.

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his home. He was born in Kingston, son of the late Charles and Irene Bednash Kokinda and was a graduate of the Pittston Area High School. He was a member of Holy Mother of Sorrows Polish National Catholic Church, Dupont, and the YMS of R. He is survived by a brother, Charles J., Moosic; a niece and a nephew; aunts, uncles and cousins. A funeral Mass will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Holy Mother of Sorrows Church, 212 Wyoming Ave., Dupont, to be celebrated by the Rev. Zbigniew Dawid, pastor. Interment will be in the parish cemetery, Dupont. Friends may

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HE U.S. SUPREME Court should strike down four troubling provisions of Arizona’s anti-illegal-immigration law. They conflict with federal laws and shouldn’t become models for states grappling with illegal immigration. The federal government has exclusive authority over immigration enforcement. One can debate the efficacy of federal efforts, but Arizona’s 2010 immigration law was a wrongheaded attempt to supersede federal law. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked key provisions of the law, including requiring law enforcement to question people about their immigration status, ask for documentation and detain those without it. Arguments that this could lead to racial profiling are per-

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We consistently (opposed parole) and will continue to do so.” Sandi Gibbons The spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said it would vigorously oppose Charles Manson’s release during this week’s parole board hearing. Manson, now 77, and others were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people in 1969.

Heroes in Afghanistan

LL THAT ARMY National Guardsman Spec. Dennis Weichel knew when a group of children neared his convoy in March was that they could be in danger. The Afghan children, in a northeastern province, were in the area trying to retrieve shell casings at a firing range to sell for scrap. Weichel leaped from his vehicle to get the children to safety. But then one of them darted under a vehicle, whereupon Weichel crawled under that vehicle and pushed the child out of the way. The youngster made it. Weichel was run over and killed. Civilian casualties are an unfortunate reality of war, despite American efforts to limit them. Then there are awful aberra-

tions such as the deaths of17 Afghan civilians, allegedly at the hands of a U.S. soldier who has been charged with 17 counts of murder. That incident was horrific, and there was no reason or excuse for it. But most members of U.S. forces do all within their power, even putting themselves in danger – in the case of Weichel, deadly danger – to help civilians. And Afghan civilians know it. Of the contrast between Weichel’s action and that of Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, charged in those 17 killings, one Afghan who happens to be the uncle of the boy Weichel saved, said, “As you know, all five fingers on one hand are not equal, and it’s the same with American soldiers.” The News & Observer, Raleigh

Congress acts at last

UCH LIKE STATE lawmakers in New York who heralded their ethics reform package last year, Congress is heaping great praise on itself for passing a law banning insider trading and bringing more light to the financial transactions of federally elected officials. It is about time this double standard will end. Yet much like state lawmakers, what Congress has done to clean up its own behavior doesn’t go far enough and more reforms are clearly necessary. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives now have

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passed legislation clarifying that members of Congress are subject to federal anti-fraud laws covering stock trading. Congress took this action after the CBS “60 Minutes” news program revealed several disturbing examples – ranging from the actions of House Speaker John Boehner, ROhio, to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. – in which lawmakers benefited financially by having knowledge of information before it became public. With their public approval ratings already in the ditch, Congress had to do something. The Poughkeepsie Journal

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Titanic captain wasn’t only one responsible for tragedy Titanic had two hours, at most, before it sank. Smith immediately ordered the lifeboats uncovered and the passengers awakened. He WILLIAM C. KASHATUS then instructed radio operators to send distress signals and, later, when a light was Cunard liner. Maintaining speed in the vicin- spotted on the horizon, had rockets launched from the bridge. But there were no ity of ice was accepted practice by captains tic. ships in wireless contact, or close enough to of all liners who did so to adhere to schedTitanic, billed as “unsinkable,” plummetrender immediate assistance. uled mail deliveries. ed two miles to the bottom of the ocean Smith was severely criticized for the 60 The sea was calm, the sky cloudless and floor in just two and a half hours. Of the full of stars, allowing plenty of time to iden- minutes he took to assess the situation and 2,240 people aboard, 1,517 perished either to order the lifeboats loaded and lowered. tify and avoid any obstacles in the ship’s by drowning or by freezing in the frigid But he had good reason. He knew Titanic path. But as a routine precaution, the capocean waters. had only 20 lifeboats with a total capacity of tain, before retiring to his quarters, ordered A U.S. inquiry board found Capt. Edward 1,100, insufficient to evacuate all 2,240 pasthe lookout to watch for icebergs. J. Smith responsible for the tragedy, citing sengers. About 11:40 p.m., the lookout, Frederick his “indifference to danger” and “overconfiThe shortage was due to British Board of Fleet, saw “a small iceberg” directly ahead. dence and neglect” in steering the ship into Trade’s outdated maritime safety regulations But as the ship drew closer he realized that an ice field while traveling too fast for the conditions. For 100 years, Smith’s reputation the berg was considerably bigger. Only then as well as the White Star Line’s misconception that Titanic’s “unsinkable” design has been sullied. While he bore the ultimate did he sound the warning bell. The delay would enable her to stay afloat long enough proved to be fatal. responsibility for the tragedy, there were for passengers to be transferred safely to a First Officer William Murdoch ordered a others in positions of authority who also rescue vessel. Nor was the crew adequately sharp change of direction and reversed enwere culpable but escaped the scrutiny of trained in evacuation procedures – a respongines in order to avert a collision. For more history. sibility shared by the Board of Trade, White Capt. Smith was by experience and ability than 20 seconds, however, the bow continStar and Smith – with the result that the the most respected commander of the White ued to steam straight ahead. The iceberg, evacuation was poorly managed and many Star Line, the British shipping company that towering 100 feet above the surface, was of the lifeboats left half-empty. only 500 yards away. Murdoch should have operated Titanic. Smith, a native of Henley, During Titanic’s final moments the capleft the engines full ahead – not reverse – to England, joined the company in 1880 and tain continued to call out orders and assist captained 18 ships, having sailed an estimat- make a sharp turn. in the evacuation. At one point, he drew his Titanic sideswiped the iceberg on the ed 2 million miles before taking command of pistol and ordered a group of sailors to get starboard (right) side, punching a series of the Titanic. It was to be his last voyage beout of a lifeboat where they had squirreled gashes and holes along 250 feet of the hull. fore retiring at age 62. Smith, awakened by the collision, rushed to themselves away. At 9 p.m. April 14, Smith, concerned that When Titanic finally sank at 2:18 a.m., the vessel was entering an ice zone, excused the bridge and was briefed by Murdoch. Smith went down with the ship. If his body During a quick inspection, Smith and Thohimself from a dinner party. He headed for was recovered, it was never identified. mas Andrews, the ship’s architect, discovthe bridge at the front of the boat deck and ered that five of the ship’s forward compartspent the next few hours charting a safe ments were severely damaged. Massive course. Contrary to popular belief, Smith William C. Kashatus, a Hunlock Creek resident, is a historian and writer. He can be contacted at flooding already had begun. Andrews bewas not trying to break records, for the bill@historylive.net. lieved the damage fatal, estimating that Titanic could never match the speed of a IN THE early hours of April 15, 1912, the Titanic, a luxury passenger liner making its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, struck an iceberg in the North Atlan-

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hope someone can answer these questions. Why are they remodeling the baseball stadium when, as of last week, the Lackawanna County commissioners are trying to sell the team and the Yankees seemingly won’t confirm if they will come back to Scranton next year? Why hasn’t Luzerne County’s district attorney charged that Kingston attorney with theft by deception for allegedly double billing? Everyone knows you can’t charge twice for the same work. Also, why is a detective who works for the district attorney’s office making more than $100,000 a year? And now, the last topic: What happened to the $6 million spent on the Hotel Sterling? As I remember, CityVest said it was paying someone to take care of the building. So, why is it falling apart? I have more questions; but I would like

to see these answered before they are forgotten. L. Gorto Dallas

Reader says studies prove dangers of contraceptive

n 1963 Pope Paul VI warned the laity of the dangers of contraception, especially to marriages and to society. His pre-

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dictions have come to pass, but unbeknownst to him are dangers caused by the contraceptive pill itself. These dangers have been revealed by studies done by the American Medical Association in 1990 and 1995 and the Mayo Clinic in the early 2000s. The AMA in 2002 released a paper showing that hormone replacement therapy, which uses a low-dose estrogen preparation, increased the incidence of breast, lung and colorectal cancers in women who took the pill. In 2006, the Mayo Clinic published a study that showed the contraceptive pill increased the incidence of breast, liver and cervical cancers. The World Health Organization classifies the contraceptive pill as a grade 1 carcinogen. The church, by standing up for religious freedom, is saving women from a drug that can cause cancers and blood clots. Both of these conditions have been fatal in a lot of women. Mildred Decelles Dunmore

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High-wire performer Jonathan Lopez tests the rigging on Saturday in preparation for the upcoming Hanneford Circus at the 109th Field Artillery Armory in Wilkes-Barre.

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What: Hanneford Circus, presented by Irem Shrine Where: 109th Field Artillery Armory, Market Street, Wilkes-Barre Continued from Page 3A When: 1:30 and 7 p.m. today; 6:30 “I’ve been juggling since I was p.m. Tuesday; 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. 7,” he said Rinny. “I would like to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; learn everything about jug- 1:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday Tickets: $6 general or $10, $11, $14 gling.” He’s a fourth generation per- and $18 for reserved More info: 714-0783 former who has chosen the cir- Free preview: Noon to 1 p.m. cus as his career. Tuesday outdoors at Millennium “At this date it wouldn’t be a Circle Portal on River Common, Wilkes-Barre good idea to stop,” he said.

Besides juggling, he pedals about atop a seven-level unicycle and mesmerizes audiences with his balancing skills on the RollaBolla cylinders. There are only three or four people in the world who can balance on eight cylinders like him, he said, and “in the United States nobody does it” besides him. Rinny’s devotion to perform-

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duce white blood cells. Seeing the long road ahead of the family, friends pulled together a fund at Citizens Bank in Mountain Top and organized a fundraiser called Casey’s Pot of Gold. Sue Kearney said colleagues from work teamed up with Elva Valentine of Valentine’s Jewelry and American Gold Buying in Dallas to organize the event. This is how it works. Residents are invited to clean out their jewelry boxes, looking for gold items to take to American Gold Buying to exchange for cash. Then, the donor is asked to give a percentage of the exchange to Casey’s Pot of Gold. For every $10 donated, the participant will receive a chance to win a white gold, diamond and sapphire pendant, worth about $600. The drawing will held Friday during a benefit at Cavanaugh’s Grille in Mountain Top. Valentine said participants do not have to be in attendance to win. “The jewelry does not have to be in good condition,” Sue Kearney said. “It can be a broken gold necklace, or the backs of lost earrings.” The money will go to help with the family’s mounting medical and transportation expenses to go back and forth to Philadelphia. Sue Kearney said her daughter, a graduate of Crestwood High School in 2008, was well-

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erators who would cover staffing and maintenance in exchange for revenue opportunities at the park, eliminating the need for county funding. The county must formally

ing is common among circus people, said Billy Martin, ringmaster of the circus. “It involves whole families,” he said. Many of the people in the show are sixth and seventh generation circus performers. “I was born in the circus,” said 50-year-old Carlos McIntyre. He and his wife, Marleny, and

daughters, Francy and Carla, left their home in Chile to join the show as jugglers. “It runs in the family,” said 19year-old Francy. Life on the road is not for everyone. This show started at the first of the year and ends in midDecember, said Martin. The circus traveled 905 miles from St. Louis, Mo, to WilkesBarre, said Martin. The next stop is Altoona and then on to Binghamton. When it arrives at a destination, the performers shop at local stores and see the local sights. On Easter Sunday, they planned to run through the show in the afternoon and have a potluck dinner later, said Martin. “Each venue is different,” he said. The armory, a new venue for the circus, has a narrow floor and the show would be altered to accommodate for it, Martin added.

rates to the state. At that time, 47.60 percent of Luzerne County seventh-graders were not in compliance. The statewide average was 23.92 percent. In Lackawanna County, the rate was 36.49 percent. At the kindergarten level, Luzerne County fared somewhat better with 17.25 percent of students out of compliance with the new vaccine mandates compared to 15.35 percent statewide. Lackawanna County schools were much worse at 25.30 percent. Ted Kross, the director of the Wilkes-Barre Health Department, said if he were a parent of a student in those grades, “I would be very worried” by those figures. But a doctor at a local Geisinger clinic said the figures the state is releasing “are completely inaccurate.” Dr. Gary Lawrence, at the Kistler Clinic, said while the data is what the state has to work with, he faults a breakdown in communication between students, school districts and the state as reasons why the figures are so high. He said school nurses and administrators need to make it a point to request vaccination documents to keep up-to-date files. Holli Senior, a Department of Health spokeswoman, said she couldn’t disagree with Lawrence’s comments, and was hopeful the number of students not current on vaccinations is much lower. She said the point of the state highlighting those figures was to encourage parents to get their children immunized. Lawrence said since the October report he has no doubt the vaccination rates went up as schools worked to comply with the state recommendations. The state gave families several months starting from the first day of school in each district to come into compliance with the new vaccination requirements. The Department of Health has been reminding schools of the deadline, providing educational materials to schools and stakeholders, and offering vaccines to students who are underinsured or uninsured through its Vaccines for Children program. “When the current school year

CLINICS PLANNED Wilkes-Barre, with the assistance of the State Department of Health, has designed a vaccination clinic program that is free to greater Luzerne County students that need vaccinations: • The Wilkes-Barre Health Department will be at Kistler Elementary School on Friday, between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. • On the same day the department will be at the Kirby Memorial Health Center between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. offering free chicken pox vaccine shots and a limited number of Tdap shots. • The state’s District Health Clinic, at 665 Carey Ave., Hanover Township, will hold extended vaccination clinic hours this week from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. offering MCV4, Tdap and the chicken pox vaccine. The following vaccinations also will be available: VAR, Polio, MMR and Hep B. Call 1-877 PA HEALTH to schedule an appointment. • Children in need of the vaccines must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Advanced registration can be completed online at: http://www.wilkes-barrehealthclinics4U.com.

began, families were given an eight-month provisional period to get their students up-to-date with their vaccinations,” said Dr. Eli Avila, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. “This period is coming to an end, so we are reminding families to make sure school-aged children are immunized.” Individual school districts make their own policies for students that aren’t vaccinated. The state does not have authority to punish students, Senior said. She noted each school district could

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TO HELP CASEY JO Take your gold jewelry to Valentine’s Jewelers, Route 309, Dallas, on April 13 to exchange for cash. For every $10 given to Casey’s Pot of Gold, the participant receives a change to win a white gold, diamond and sapphire necklace, worth $600. The drawing will be held during a benefit for Casey from 6 to 8 p.m. in Cavanaugh’s Grille in Mountain Top. Tickets for the benefit are $20 and includes beer, wine, appetizers, and raffles. Tickets will be available at the door. Or donations can be made to Citizens Bank, c/o Casey Kearney Fund, 219 S. Mt. Blvd., Mountain Top, PA 18707.

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known for field hockey and track. But Casey also has a big heart and was inspired to help those who found themselves in times of trouble. “She took a year off and volunteered with AmeriCorps in the Midwest helping with disaster relief,” Sue Kearney said. The strong-willed young woman is receiving five weeks of chemotherapy in Philadelphia. “Casey is holding up,” her mother said. The whirlwind of events that turned the family’s lives upside down began when the results of a blood test showed Casey had chronic myeloid leukemia in the “blast crisis stage.” Her cure, to find a bone marrow donor. Kearney’s only sister, Meagan, 25, stepped up, ready to help. However, testing showed that Meagan was not a direct match. “Meagan was upset that she could not be a donor,” Sue Kearney said.

Now Casey is waiting for a bone marrow donor match to be found through the International Bone Marrow Donor Bank. Sue Kearney said Casey’s spirit is strong. She is planning to re-

turn to school but wants to change her major from occupational therapy to genetic research so she could better understand the disease that afflicts her and why it occurs.

adopt the final master plan. The state may cover 50 percent of recreational improvements at the 650-acre facility, but the state won’t turn over more funding until the county completes the master plan. The county will be responsible for park maintenance. Gibbons said he will discuss state feedback on the park at the

hearing. County officials have applied for state funding to build a boat launch because it has been identified as a need. Boats with electric motors are not permitted on the lake. The park has been open weekends only in recent weeks because of security staff layoffs, but county officials came up

with a plan to reopen the park daily from the second week of April into November. The park’s water and electrical distribution systems, sewage treatment plant, pool and campgrounds need costly repairs, officials have said. Sasaki Associates Inc., Watertown, Mass., is completing the master plan.

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Older sister Meagan stands behind her younger sister, Casey Jo Kearney, who is battling chronic myeloid leukemia.

19, he angrily blamed his father’s death on a black man and used a racial slur. He said Thursday was the second anniversary of his father’s death. “It’s hard not to go off,” given the anniversary and the death of his fiancee earlier this year, the posting said. “It’s apparent from the posting on the Facebook page that he had an ax to grind, and that was possibly part of the motive,” Willingham said. “If you read the Facebook post and see what he’s accused of doing, you can see there’s link between the two of them.” The Facebook page had been taken down by Sunday afternoon. A family friend, Susan Sevenstar, said England was “a good kid” and “a good, hard worker,” who “was not in his right mind” after losing his father and the January suicide of his fiancee, with whom he’d recently had a baby. “If anybody is trying to say this is a racial situation, they’ve got things confused,” said Sevenstar, who described England as Cherokee Indian. “He didn’t care what your color was. It wasn’t a racist thing.” The Tulsa World reported that England’s father, Carl, was shot in the chest during a scuffle with a man who had tried to break into his daughter’s apartment. England later died. The man charged in the shooting is serving a six-year sentence on a weapons charge, according to Department of Corrections records. Acting on an anonymous tip and backed by a helicopter, police arrested Jake England and Alvin Watts, 32, about 2 a.m. Sunday at a home in Turley, north of Tulsa. The two were roommates, and officers went to their home, then followed them several blocks to another home, where they were arrested with-

pass policies that range from removing students from school to sending letters home to explain the policy and the importance of the vaccinations. New immunization regulations that took effect last August require children in all grades to receive a second dose of mumps vaccine as well as a second dose of the chicken pox vaccine. They also require students in seventh grade to have one dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) and one dose of the tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap). All vaccinations must be appropriately spaced to be considered valid. The extra vaccinations bring Pennsylvania in line with recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Senior said vaccinations “not only prevent disease in people who receive them, but also protect those who come in contact with unvaccinated individuals including those who are too young to be vaccinated or individuals who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons.” She noted that “while the U.S. has seen dramatic reductions in vaccine-preventable diseases, Pennsylvania, in recent years, has seen a resurgence of mumps, measles and pertussis – or whooping cough. The low levels of vaccine-preventable diseases at the national level show immunizations work as intended to keep children healthy by controlling the spread of infectious diseases.” out incident, police said. Authorities said they planned to charge them with murder and other offenses. Task force commander Maj. Walter Evans said that investigators recovered a weapon but that it was not clear who fired the shots. They also found a truck that had been burned. Police previously said they were looking for a man in a white truck. The Rev. Warren Blakney Sr., president of the Tulsa NAACP, said the arrests came as a big relief. Black community leaders had met Friday night amid fear over the shootings and concerns about possible vigilantism in retaliation. “The community once again can go about its business without fear of there being a shooter on the streets on today, on Easter morning,” Blakney said. It was not immediately known if the suspects had lawyers. Police Chief Chuck Jordan said the gunmen appeared to have chosen their victims at random. Police identified those killed as Dannaer Fields, 49, Bobby Clark, 54, and William Allen, 31. Two men were wounded but were released from the hospital, Jordan said. The shootings come at a fraught moment for black Americans. In late February, an unarmed black teen, Trayvon Martin, was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., raising questions about racial profiling and touching off protests across the nation. While Tulsa police were reluctant to describe the shootings there as racially motivated, City Councilman Jack Henderson was not. “Being an NAACP president for seven years, I think that somebody that committed these crimes were very upset with black people,” Henderson said. “That person happened to be a white person, the people they happened to kill and shoot are black people. That fits the bill for me.”

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The Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen (22) celebrates with Jeff Karstens, left, after driving in the winning run against the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday in Pittsburgh.

Another Pirates’ rally tops Phillies For second straight day, Pittsburgh scores walk-off victory against Philadelphia. By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen isn’t much for postgame dog piles or pie-in-the-face celebrations anymore. That’s why the All-Star center fielder deftly ducked out of the way of a hastily made pie in the moments after his single with two outs in PIRATES the bottom of the ninth inning rallied the Pittsburgh Pirates PHILLIES past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Sunday. “I’ve had about enough of those,” McCutchen said. The Pirates can live with their franchise cornerstone being a killjoy if he continues to produce in the clutch.

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Bubba Watson hugs his mother, Mollie, after winning the Masters following a sudden death playoff Sunday in Augusta, Ga.

Wild day ends with playoff, first-time major champion

South African Charl Schwartzel, right, helps American Bubba Watson put on the green jacket after Watson won the Masters in a sudden death playoff on the 10th hole Sunday in Augusta, Ga. Watson won with a par on the second playoff hole. It was the first major championship of Watson’s career and came just two weeks after he and his wife adopted a baby boy.

the pine needles from 155 yards to about 10 feet from the hole. That led to simple par, good enough to beat Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa on the second playoff hole. It was Oosthuizen who set the tone for this wild day with a double eagle — only the fourth in Masters history — on the par-5 second hole when his 4-iron from 253 yards landed on the front of the green and rolled some 90 feet into the hole for a 2.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bubba Watson started the day by watching the rarest shot in golf. He ended another thrill-aminute Sunday at Augusta National with a signature shot of his own to win the Masters. It was a page right out of “Bubba golf.” “If I’ve got a swing, I’ve got a shot,” Watson said. So deep in the trees right of the 10th fairway that he couldn’t even see the green, Watson hooked a gap wedge off See MASTERS, Page 5B LEADER’S CARDS PAR *Watson Oosthuizen Albatross Birdie

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Louis Oosthuizen reacts after missing a putt during a sudden death playoff on the 10th hole at the Masters Sunday in Augusta, Ga. Oosthuizen finished second.

from in front of the green. “It’s fine,” Oosthuizen said. “He hit an unbelievable shot there. I played well. This is not one where I felt like I played badly. Great stuff to him, he deserves it.” Though Oosthuizen had already won a major, he would not have been anyone’s pick at the beginning of the week. His only victories since the 2010 British Open are the last two African Opens, and being a quiet, modest man who is happy on his farm, he tends to get overlooked in a sport where Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Phil Mickelson get rock-star status. But Oosthuizen has perhaps the purest swing in the game, and he is

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Instead of leaving with the green jacket, Louis Oosthuizen will have to settle for an albatross. Outdone in a playoff by perhaps the only shot more spectacular than his double eagle, Oosthuizen came up short to Bubba Watson at the Masters on Sunday night. Unable to see the flag, Watson managed to hook a wedge off the pine needles to 10 feet while the South African couldn’t get up and down See SETTLE, Page 5B

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Flyer: Series likely to be ‘a bloodbath’ Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will meet in first round, beginning Wednesday. By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH — Scott Hartnell can feel the animosity the second the Philadelphia Flyers forward skates onto the ice at Pittsburgh’s Consol Energy Center. “There’s a lot of hatred by the city against us,” Hartnell said. “We thrive off that.” If the Flyers want to survive their first-round matchup with the Penguins, they don’t really have a choice. “It’s going to be a bloodbath,” Hartnell added, with a grin. As usual. The typical venom between the rivals will likely only escalate this time around. Pittsburgh has won See NHL, Page 2B

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L O C A L C A L E N D A R TODAY H.S. BASEBALL Hazleton Area at Coughlin, 4:15 p.m. Holy Redeemer at Pittston Area, 4:15 p.m. Nanticoke at Crestwood, 4:15 p.m. Tunkhannock at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Area at Berwick, 4:15 p.m. H.S. GIRLS SOCCER North Pocono at Hanover Area, 4 p.m. MMI Prep at GAR, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Seminary at Pittston Area, 4:15 p.m. H.S. SOFTBALL Crestwood at Nanticoke, 4:15 p.m. Hazleton Area at Coughlin, 4:15 p.m. Pittston Area at Holy Redeemer, 4:15 p.m. Tunkhannock at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Area at Berwick, 4:15 p.m. H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Nanticoke at Lake-Lehman Dallas at Holy Redeemer COLLEGE BASEBALL King’s at DeSales, 1 p.m. COLLEGE TENNIS Wilkes at Dickinson, 4 p.m. TUESDAY H.S. BASEBALL GAR at Hanover Area, 4:15 p.m. Meyers at Lake-Lehman, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Seminary at Northwest, 4:15 p.m. H.S. GIRLS SOCCER Coughlin at Hazleton Area, 4:15 p.m. H.S. SOFTBALL GAR at Hanover Area, 4:15 p.m. Meyers at Lake-Lehman, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Seminary at Northwest, 4:15 p.m. H.S. BOYS TENNIS Berwick at Holy Redeemer, 4 p.m. Coughlin at Wyoming Valley West, 4 p.m. Crestwood at Wyoming Seminary, 4:15 p.m. Dallas at Wyoming Area, 4:15 p.m. Hazleton Area at MMI Prep, 4 p.m. Meyers at Tunkhannock, 4 p.m. H.S TRACK AND FIELD Berwick at Tunkhannock, 4:15 p.m. Coughlin at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. Crestwood at Pittston Area, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Valley West at Hazleton Area, 4:15 p.m. H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Coughlin at Delaware Valley North Pocono at Wyoming Valley West H.S. BOYS LACROSSE Delaware Valley at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. H.S. GIRLS LACROSSE Dallas at Tunkhannock, 5 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL PSU-Berks at Misericordia, 4 p.m. Susquehanna at King’s, 4 p.m. MEN'S COLLEGE GOLF King’s vs. Scranton, Huntsville CC, 1 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL King’s at Drew, 3 p.m. COLLEGE TENNIS Wilkes at Scranton, 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY H.S. GIRLS SOCCER GAR at Tunkhannock, 4:15 p.m. Hanover Area at Wyoming Seminary, 4:15 p.m. Honesdale at North Pocono, 4:15 p.m. Meyers at MMI Prep, 4:15 p.m. H.S. SOFTBALL Nanticoke at Pittston Area, 4:15 p.m. H.S. BOYS TENNIS Tunkhannock at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Lake-Lehman at Crestwood Holy Redeemer at Nanticoke H.S. GIRLS LACROSSE Dallas at Lake-Lehman, 4:15 p.m. MEN'S COLLEGE GOLF Misericordia at DeSales, noon King’s at Glenmaura National MEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE Merchant Marine at Misericordia, 7 p.m. WOMEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE King’s at Misericordia, 4 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Misericordia at Scranton, 4:30 p.m. COLLEGE TENNIS Marywood at King’s, 3 p.m. THURSDAY H.S. BASEBALL Crestwood at Pittston Area, 4:15 p.m. Dallas at Berwick, 4:15 p.m. Holy Redeemer at Hazleton Area, 4:15 p.m. Nanticoke at Coughlin, 4:15 p.m. Tunkhannock at Wyoming Valley West, 4:15 p.m. H.S. GIRLS SOCCER Berwick at Holy Redeemer, 4:15 p.m. Hazleton Area at Lake-Lehman, 4:15 p.m. Tunkhannock at Wyoming Area, 4:15 p.m. Nanticoke at Wyoming Valley West, 5 p.m. Dallas at Crestwood, 7 p.m. H.S. SOFTBALL Dallas at Berwick, 4:15 p.m. Holy Redeemer at Hazleton Area, 4:15 p.m. Nanticoke at Coughlin, 4:15 p.m. Pittston Area at Crestwood, 4:15 p.m. Tunkhannock at Wyoming Valley West, 4:15 p.m. H.S. BOYS TENNIS Holy Redeemer at Meyers, 4 p.m. Tunkhannock at Coughlin, 4 p.m. Wyoming Seminary at Berwick, 4 p.m. MMI Prep at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. Pittston Area at Crestwood, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Area at Wyoming Valley West, 4:15 p.m. H.S TRACK AND FIELD GAR at Meyers, 4:15 p.m. Hanover Area at Lake-Lehman, 4:15 p.m. Nanticoke vs. Holy Redeemer, at Nanticoke, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Area at Northwest Area, 4:15 p.m. H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Delaware Valley at North Pocono Hanover Area at Hazleton Area Wyoming Valley West at Berwick H.S. BOYS LACROSSE Crestwood at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL PSU Wilkes-Barre at Wilkes (DH), 2 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Wilkes at Susquehanna, 3 p.m. York at Misericordia, 3:30 p.m. FRIDAY H.S. SOFTBALL GAR at MMI Prep, 4:15 p.m. Meyers at Hanover Area, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Seminary at Lake-Lehman, 4:15 p.m. H.S. GIRLS SOCCER North Pocono at MMI Prep, 4:15 p.m. Pittston Area at Wyoming Area, 4:15 p.m. Wyoming Seminary at Tunkhannock, 4:15 p.m. Honesdale at Meyers, 4:15 p.m. Hanover Area at GAR, 4:15 p.m. H.S. BOYS TENNIS Hazleton Area at Tamaqua, 4 p.m. MMI Prep at Jim Thorpe, 4 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL DeSales at Misericordia, 3:30 p.m. King’s at Wilkes, 3:30 p.m. SATURDAY H.S. SOFTBALL Lackawanna Trail at Tunkhannock, 11 a.m. Wallenpaupack at Hazleton Area, Noon H.S. GIRLS SOCCER Delaware Valley at East Stroudsburg North, 12:30 p.m. H.S. GIRLS LACROSSE Dallas at Mifflinburg, 10 a.m. H.S. LACROSSE Dallas 11:00 a.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Wilkes at King’s, 1 p.m. DeSales at Misericordia, 3:30 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Misericordia at DeSales, 1 p.m. King’s at Wilkes, 1 p.m. PSU Wilkes-Barre at PSU Worthington (doubleheader), 2 p.m. WOMEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE King’s at Eastern, Noon Manhattanville at Misericordia, 1 p.m. Wilkes at Arcadia, 1 p.m. MEN'S COLLEGE LACROSSE Misericordia at Manhattanville, 1 p.m. FDU-Florham at King’s, 1 p.m. MEN'S COLLEGE GOLF Misericordia at Gettysburg, noon COLLEGE TENNIS FDU-Florham at Misericordia, 1 p.m. King’s at Wilkes, 1 p.m. COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD Misericordia at Bucknell SUNDAY MEN'S COLLEGE GOLF King’s at Glenmaura Tournament, tba COLLEGE TENNIS Cabrini at King’s, 1 p.m. Wilkes at New York, 1 p.m.

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each of the previous two playoff meetings, using victories in 2008 and 2009 as springboards to the Stanley Cup Finals. Throw in Philadelphia’s addition of former Pittsburgh stars Jaromir Jagr and Max Talbot and the Flyers coaching staff calling out the Penguins for dirty play and there’s more than enough bile to go around. The series starts on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins have home-ice advantage in

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T RA N SAC T I O N S BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS—Placed RHP Doug Fister on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Brayan Villarreal from Toledo (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Otioned RHP Joel Carreno to Las Vegas (PCL). National League HOUSTON ASTROS—Claimed OF Justin Maxwell off waivers from the New York Yankees. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled LHP Josh Spence from Tucson (PCL). Placed RHP Dustin Moseley on the 15-day DL. Frontier League RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed OF Jeremy Synan. Placed RHP Alex Maestri on the suspended list. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Reassigned G Jeff Deslauriers to Syracuse (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned F Cam Atkinson and F Maksim Mayorov to Springfield (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled F Chris Conner from Grand Rapids (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned G Dany Sabourin to Hershey (AHL).

A H L At A Glance All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA y-St. John’s ........... 73 42 23 5 3 92 234 208 Manchester ........... 72 36 31 2 3 77 192 197 Portland ................. 73 34 30 4 5 77 213 246 Providence............ 73 34 32 3 4 75 187 204 Worcester.............. 72 29 31 4 8 70 189 209 East Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA y-Norfolk ............... 73 52 18 1 2 107 261 175 x-Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton................ 73 43 23 2 5 93 229 207 x-Hershey ............. 72 38 22 4 8 88 237 210 Syracuse............... 73 35 28 5 5 80 233 227 Binghamton .......... 74 28 40 4 2 62 196 239 Northeast Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA x-Bridgeport .......... 73 39 25 3 6 87 224 213 Connecticut........... 72 35 25 7 5 82 203 199 Adirondack............ 73 36 33 2 2 76 197 207 Springfield ............. 74 34 34 3 3 74 210 228 Albany .................... 73 30 32 6 5 71 184 217 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Chicago ................. 72 40 26 3 3 86 199 179 Peoria .................... 74 39 31 2 2 82 214 197 Milwaukee ............. 71 37 28 2 4 80 198 181 Charlotte................ 72 35 28 3 6 79 195 204 Rockford................ 73 34 31 2 6 76 202 220 North Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA y-Toronto............... 74 44 23 4 3 95 213 167 Lake Erie ............... 74 36 28 3 7 82 183 205 Rochester.............. 73 34 26 9 4 81 213 214 Grand Rapids........ 72 32 29 7 4 75 231 230 Hamilton ................ 73 32 34 2 5 71 174 217 West Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA y-Oklahoma City .. 73 43 21 4 5 95 206 172 Abbotsford ............ 74 40 26 3 5 88 192 197 San Antonio .......... 72 38 29 3 2 81 185 195 Houston ................. 72 33 24 5 10 81 193 198 Texas ..................... 72 30 38 2 2 64 213 238 x-Clinched Playoff Berth y-Clinched Divisional Title NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Sunday's Games St. John’s 4, Springfield 3 Toronto 3, Hamilton 1 Abbotsford 8, Charlotte 2 Rochester 4, Adirondack 2 Connecticut at Hershey, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 6:05 p.m. Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games Manchester at Worcester, 7 p.m. Grand Rapids at Rochester, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Rockford, 8:05 p.m. Chicago at Texas, 8:30 p.m.

N B A At A Glance All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston........................... 32 24 .571 New York ...................... 29 27 .518 Philadelphia ................. 29 27 .518 New Jersey .................. 21 37 .362 Toronto ......................... 20 37 .351 Southeast Division W L Pct x-Miami ......................... 40 15 .727 Atlanta ........................... 34 23 .596 Orlando ......................... 33 23 .589 Washington .................. 12 44 .214 Charlotte ....................... 7 47 .130 Central Division W L Pct x-Chicago ..................... 43 14 .754 Indiana .......................... 34 22 .607 Milwaukee..................... 28 28 .500 Detroit ........................... 21 35 .375 Cleveland...................... 18 36 .333 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio .............. 40 14 .741 Memphis ....................... 32 23 .582 Houston ........................ 30 25 .545 Dallas ............................ 31 26 .544 New Orleans ................ 15 41 .268 Northwest Division W L Pct y-Oklahoma City.......... 41 15 .732 Denver .......................... 30 26 .536 Utah............................... 29 28 .509 Portland......................... 27 30 .474 Minnesota..................... 25 32 .439 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers ................... 35 22 .614 L.A. Clippers................. 34 22 .607 Phoenix......................... 29 27 .518 Golden State ................ 22 33 .400 Sacramento.................. 19 37 .339 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Saturday's Games Boston 86, Indiana 72 New Orleans 99, Minnesota 90 Memphis 94, Dallas 89 Atlanta 116, Charlotte 96 Orlando 88, Philadelphia 82 Milwaukee 116, Portland 94 Phoenix 125, L.A. Lakers 105 Golden State 112, Denver 97 L.A. Clippers 109, Sacramento 94 Sunday's Games New York 100, Chicago 99, OT Boston 103, Philadelphia 79 Miami 98, Detroit 75 New Jersey 122, Cleveland 117, OT Oklahoma City 91, Toronto 75 San Antonio 114, Utah 104 Houston at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Monday's Games Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m. Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m.

GB — 3 3 12 121⁄2 GB — 7 71⁄2 281⁄2 321⁄2 GB — 81⁄2 141⁄2 211⁄2 231⁄2 GB — 81⁄2 101⁄2 101⁄2 26 GB — 11 121⁄2 141⁄2 161⁄2 GB — 1 ⁄2 51⁄2 12 151⁄2

name only. “I expect a pretty intense series,” Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby said. “If anything prior to this is any indication, that’s pretty fair to say. Those are the kind of series you want to be a part of.” Pittsburgh’s 4-2 win over the Flyers in the regular season finale on Saturday was the calm before the storm. Save for a first-period fight between Philadelphia’s Harry Zolnierczyk and Penguins forward Joe Vitale, both teams were on their best behavior. The game was so calm Crosby felt compelled to call it “weird.” The Flyers are 5-1at Consol since it opened in 2010 and their 25 road

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By ROXY ROXBOROUGH BOXING REPORT: In the WBA super welterweight title fight on May 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is -$700 vs. Miguel Cotto at +$500; in the WBA/IBF welterweight title fight on May 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Amir Khan is -$500 vs. Lamont Peterson at +$400; in the WBO welterweight title fight on June 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao is -$400 vs. Timothy Bradley at +$300. NUGGETS

BASEBALL Favorite

Odds

Underdog

American League Angels

-$162

TWINS

INDIANS

-$115

White Sox

BLUE JAYS

-$120

Red Sox

Yankees

-$160

ORIOLES

RANGERS

-$220

Mariners

A’S

-$110

Royals

National League PHILLIES

-$160

Marlins

ROCKIES

-$162

Giants

Brewers

-$120

CUBS

REDS

-$130

Cards

Nationals

-$108

METS

Braves

-$165

ASTROS

NBA

Warriors

Suns

1.5

T’WOLVES

Spurs

3.5

JAZZ

BLAZERS

3.5

Rockets

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Open

Current

Penguins

8/1

4/1

Rangers

35/1

5/1

Canucks

6/1

Bruins

10/1

8/1

Blues

40/1

8/1

Red Wings

12/1

Flyers

7/1

12/1

Predators

25/1

15/1

Blackhawks

12/1

18/1

Sharks

12/1

18/1

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Points

Underdog

Kings

15/1

20/1

PACERS

9.5

Raptors

Devils

30/1

25/1

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Pistons

Capitals

10/1

25/1

BOBCATS

Wizards

Panthers

100/1

30/1

Lakers

HORNETS

Coyotes

30/1

GRIZZLIES

Clippers

Senators

65/1

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L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Utah, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Houston at Portland, 10 p.m. Tuesday's Games Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Boston at Miami, 7 p.m. Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. New York at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.

N H L Daily Playoff Glance All Times EDT (x-if necessary) FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Wednesday, April 11 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12 Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Friday, April 13 New Jersey at Florida, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Saturday, April 14 Washington at Boston, 3 p.m. Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Sunday, April 15 Nashville at Detroit, Noon Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Monday, April 16 NY Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Washington, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Chicago, 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 18 NY Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Thursday, April 19 Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Boston at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Chicago, 8 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 20 x-Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. x-Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 21 x-Washington at Boston, 3 p.m. x-New Jersey at Florida, 6:30 p.m. x-Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. x-San Jose at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. x-Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Sunday, April 22 x-Boston at Washington, TBD x-Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, TBD x-Nashville at Detroit, TBD x-Los Angeles at Vancouver, TBD Monday, April 23 x-NY Rangers at Ottawa, TBD x-Phoenix at Chicago, TBD x-St. Louis at San Jose, TBD Tuesday, April 24 x-Florida at New Jersey, TBD x-Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, TBD x-Detroit at Nashville, TBD x-Vancouver at Los Angeles, TBD Wednesday, April 25 x-Washington at Boston, TBD x-San Jose at St. Louis, TBD x-Chicago at Phoenix, TBD Thursday, April 26 x-Ottawa at NY Rangers, TBD x-New Jersey at Florida, TBD x-Los Angeles at Vancouver, TBD

F I G H T S C H E D U L E April 13 At Oberhausen, Germany, Felix Sturm vs. Sebastian Zbik, 12, for Sturm’s WBA Super World middleweight title. At Las Vegas (ESPN2), Michael Katsidis vs. Albert Mensah, 10, junior welterweights. April 14 At Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas (HBO), Brandon Rios vs. Richard Abril, 12, for the vacant WBA World lightweight title. At Lima, Peru, Jose Alfredo Rodriguez vs. Alberto Rossel, 12, for the interim WBA light flyweight title. April 20 At Bell Centre, Montreal (ESPN2), Adonis Stevenson vs. Noe Gonzalez, 12, super middleweights. At Biloxi, Miss. (SHO), Jermain Taylor vs. Caleb Truax, 10, middleweights; Erislandy Lara vs. Ronald Hearns, 10, junior middleweights. April 21 At Schwerin, Germany, Karoly Balzsay vs. Dimitri Sartison, 12, for Balzsay’s WBA World super middleweight title. At the Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas (SHO), Abner Mares vs. Eric Morel, 12, for the vacant WBC super bantamweight title; Anselmo Moreno vs. David De La Mora, 12, for Moreno’s WBA Super bantamweight title. At TBA, Mexico, Roman Gonzalez vs. Ramon Garcia Hirales, 12, for Gonzalez’s WBA World light flyweight title; Jesus Silvestre vs. Edwin Diaz, 12, for the interim WBA World minimumweight title. April 26 At Panama City, Panama, Carlos Tamara vs. Ricardo Nunez, 12, IBF flyweight eliminator. At the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Tulsa, Okla., Carson

victories this season tied Boston for tops in the NHL. Hartnell has a theory on why Philadelphia feels so comfortable at Pittsburgh’s new barn, pointing to Consol’s plush interior as opposed to cramped and outdated Mellon Arena. “The fans aren’t on top of you,” he said. “It feels like you can just go out and play.” Something the Flyers have done better than most teams against the Penguins. Philadelphia won four of the six regular season meetings, often frustrating Pittsburgh’s high-powered offense by taking away the space Crosby and Art Ross Trophy win-

Jones vs. Allen Conyers, 12, for Jones’ USBA welterweight title. April 27 At Resorts, Atlantic City. N.J., Omar Sheika vs. Yusaf Mack, 12, for the USBA light heavyweight title. At the Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Okla. (SHO), Thomas Osthuizen vs. Maxim Vlasov, 12, for Osthuizen’s IBO middleweight title; Luis del Valle vs. Christopher Martin, 10, super bantamweights. At Austin, Texas (ESPN2), Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev, 10, light heavyweights.

M A S T E R S Par Scores Sunday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Yardage: 7,435;Par: 72 Fourth Round (a-amateur) (x-won on second playoff hole) x-Bubba Watson................. 69-71-70-68—278 -10 Louis Oosthuizen............... 68-72-69-69—278 -10 Lee Westwood ................... 67-73-72-68—280 -8 Matt Kuchar ........................ 71-70-70-69—280 -8 Peter Hanson ..................... 68-74-65-73—280 -8 Phil Mickelson .................... 74-68-66-72—280 -8 Ian Poulter .......................... 72-72-70-69—283 -5 Padraig Harrington ............ 71-73-68-72—284 -4 Justin Rose......................... 72-72-72-68—284 -4 Adam Scott ......................... 75-70-73-66—284 -4 Jim Furyk ............................ 70-73-72-70—285 -3 Fred Couples...................... 72-67-75-72—286 -2 Sergio Garcia ..................... 72-68-75-71—286 -2 Kevin Na ............................. 71-75-72-68—286 -2 Hunter Mahan .................... 72-72-68-74—286 -2 Graeme McDowell............. 75-72-71-68—286 -2 Ben Crane........................... 69-73-72-73—287 -1 Bo Van Pelt......................... 73-75-75-64—287 -1 Charles Howell III .............. 72-70-74-72—288 E Fredrik Jacobson ............... 76-68-70-74—288 E Francesco Molinari ............ 69-75-70-74—288 E Geoff Oglilvy....................... 74-72-71-71—288 E Brandt Snedeker................ 72-75-68-73—288 E Jason Dufner...................... 69-70-75-75—289 +1 Anders Hansen .................. 76-72-73-68—289 +1 Paul Lawrie ......................... 69-72-72-76—289 +1 Keegan Bradley ................. 71-77-73-69—290 +2 Jonthan Byrd ...................... 72-71-72-75—290 +2 Rickie Fowler...................... 74-74-72-70—290 +2 Vijay Singh.......................... 70-72-76-72—290 +2 Scott Stallings .................... 70-77-70-73—290 +2 Luke Donald ....................... 75-73-75-68—291 +3 Angel Cabrera.................... 71-78-71-71—291 +3 Zach Johnson .................... 70-74-75-72—291 +3 Sean O’Hair ........................ 73-70-71-77—291 +3 Nick Watney........................ 71-71-72-77—291 +3 Sang-Moon Bae ................. 75-71-69-77—292 +4 Thomas Bjorn..................... 73-76-74-69—292 +4 Bill Haas.............................. 72-74-76-70—292 +4 Aaron Baddeley ................. 71-71-77-74—293 +5 Rory McIlroy ....................... 71-69-77-76—293 +5 Henrik Stenson .................. 71-71-70-81—293 +5 Tiger Woods ....................... 72-75-72-74—293 +5 Kevin Chappell................... 71-76-71-76—294 +6 Martin Kaymer.................... 72-75-75-72—294 +6 Webb Simpson .................. 72-74-70-78—294 +6 Ross Fisher ........................ 71-77-73-74—295 +7 Steve Stricker..................... 71-77-72-75—295 +7 a-Patrick Cantlay ................ 71-78-74-72—295 +7 Stewart Cink ....................... 71-75-81-69—296 +8 Robert Karlsson................. 74-74-77-71—296 +8 Charl Schwartzel ............... 72-75-75-74—296 +8 David Toms ........................ 73-73-75-75—296 +8 Scott Verplank.................... 73-75-75-75—297 +9 a-Hideki Matsuyama.......... 71-74-72-80—297 +9 Miguel Angel Jimenez....... 69-72-76-81—298+10 Martin Laird ........................ 76-72-74-77—299+11 Edoardo Molinari ............... 75-74-76-74—299+11 Y.E. Yang............................ 73-70-75-81—299+11 Trevor Immelman .............. 78-71-76-76—301+13 Gonzalo FernandezCastano...............................74-75—76-77—302+14 a-Kelly Kraft........................ 74-75-77-80—306+18 Gary Woodland .................. 73-70-85—WD

County Line Girls Softball League will have a scheduling meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Dupont Boro Building. Softball team coaches from ponyball to 17U are asked to attend. For more information, call Bob Cappelloni at 881-8744. Hollenback Thursday Night Women’s Golf League will hold an organizational meeting 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the clubhouse. First day of play is April 19. New members are being accepted. If there are any questions contact Donna Zapotek at 570-696-0424. Kill Thursday Luzerne County Federation of Sportsmen will meet 7:30 p.m. Monday at American Legion Post 609, on the corner of Lee Park Ave. and St. Mary’s Rd. Club delegates are urged to attend and interested sportsmen are cordially invited. Monday Night Golf League of the North End Slovak Citizens Club will hold a team selection meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the club’s meeting hall. All league members are asked to attend. League play will begin on Monday, April 16, at 4 p.m. at the Hollenback Country Club. Contact Rick at 817-3999 for more information. Northeastern Pennsylvania Women’s Golf Association will hold its opening meeting at Country Club of Scranton 11 a.m. Thursday. Plans for the season will be finalized, including four NEP-sponsored events and three invitational tournaments. Wyoming Area Diamond Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Room 129 at the Secondary Center. All parents of players grades 7-12 are encouraged to attend. Wyoming Valley West Baseball Booster Club will meet 7 p.m. Monday at Murphy’s Pub in Swoyersville. Parents of all players are encouraged to attend. REGISTRATION/TRYOUTS Beginner to Intermediate Field Hockey Players may sign up for the upcoming season beginning April 15 to May 20. There will be a total of six training/game play sessions every Sunday from 3:305:30 p.m. Gear and sticks will be available for sale for those who have never played. To register, visit www.kapowfh.com and print/ complete/mail the Youth Spring Training Flier on the homepage. Plains Yankees Football & Cheerleading Organization will hold registration 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Plains American Legion, 101 E. Carey Street, Plains. Cost is $60 for one child or $75 per family. Please bring a recent picture of your child along with a copy of their birth certificate. UPCOMING EVENTS

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Dallas High School Softball Clinic will be held on 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 15, for girls ages 7-13 at the Back Mountain Little League Field. In case of rain, the clinic will be held at the Dallas Middle School. For more information please call Bill Kern, 498-5991 or email dallashighsoftball@gmail.com. Soccer Referee Course (entry level grade 8), will be taking place April 20-22 in the Plymouth Borough building. The course involves 18 hours of classroom and field work. It will be held Friday from 6:309:30 p.m.; Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $100. Students must be at least 14 years old by the last day of class. The course is limited to the first 30 students. For more information, go to http://www.epsarc.org, or contact Matthew Detwiler at 779-7785 or President@WSUSC.org. Central Pennsylvania Conservancy

First - $17,000 Pace 1:54.3 6-My Drag Queen (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2.80 2.10 2.10 3-Blackjack Princess (Ty Buter)............... 2.40 2.10 1-America Ferrera (Jo Pavia Jr) ........................ 2.10 EXACTA (6-3) $4.20 TRIFECTA (6-3-1) $8.80 SUPERFECTA () Scratched: Love You Always, Let’s Go Higher Second - $16,000 Trot 1:55.1 8-Ax Man (Ja Morrill Jr) ...................16.20 7.60 2.80 5-Fuel Cell (An Napolitano) .......................4.40 2.80 3-Zumba Mouse (Ma Kakaley) ..........................2.80 EXACTA (8-5) $55.00 TRIFECTA (8-5-3) $238.00 SUPERFECTA (8-5-3-2) $2,142.20 SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 8-5-3-2) $107.11 DAILY DOUBLE (6-8) $28.00 Third - $8,500 Pace 1:53.2 6-Frankthebank (Ja Morrill Jr)...........2.40 2.20 2.20 5-Wesley Snip (Er Carlson).......................4.00 3.00 3-Hot Cowboy (An McCarthy)............................4.40 EXACTA (6-5) $9.40 TRIFECTA (6-5-3) $39.40 SUPERFECTA (6-5-3-4) $522.20 SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 6-5-3-4) $26.11 Fourth - $9,000 Pace 1:52.3 6-Malicious (Ge Napolitano Jr).........2.80 2.60 2.20 4-Town Treasure (Ma Kakaley) ................5.60 3.20 2-Tiza Mojo (Mi Simons).....................................5.60 EXACTA (6-4) $13.40 TRIFECTA (6-4-2) $200.80 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (6-4-2-1) $784.20 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 6-4-2-1) $39.21 Fifth - $16,000 Pace 1:52.1 3-Bet The Town (An Napolitano) ...16.80 4.40 2.20 2-Alastair Hanover (Ge Napolitano Jr) .....2.40 2.10 5-Wildridge Sam (Ma Kakaley) ..........................2.80 EXACTA (3-2) $33.60 TRIFECTA (3-2-5) $170.40 SUPERFECTA (3-2-5-6) $537.40 SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 3-2-5-6) $26.87 PICK 3 (6-6-3) $53.80 Scratched: Eviction Notice N

Sixth - $18,000 Pace 1:52.0 4-Boo’s Boy (Ja Morrill Jr).................4.20 3.40 2.40 5-Allamerican Inca (An McCarthy)............5.60 5.00 2-Hanks Kid (Ge Napolitano Jr) .........................4.20 EXACTA (4-5) $23.80 TRIFECTA (4-5-2) $93.40 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (4-5-2-3) $451.40 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 4-5-2-3) $22.57 Seventh - $12,000 Pace 1:54.1 2-Oil Magnet (An McCarthy).............6.00 3.60 3.00 5-Dragon Laws (Mi Simons) ......................6.40 6.40 3-Kdk Bellagio (Ge Napolitano Jr).....................3.60 EXACTA (2-5) $27.20 TRIFECTA (2-5-3) $154.80 SUPERFECTA (2-5-3-1) $864.00 SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 2-5-3-1) $43.20 Eighth - $18,000 Pace 1:51.2 1-Rockin The House (Ma Kakaley)...2.20 2.10 2.10 8-J J Gladiator (Ge Napolitano Jr) ............3.20 2.60 3-Livefreeordiehard (Br Simpson).....................6.60 EXACTA (1-8) $5.80 TRIFECTA (1-8-3) $61.80 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (1-8-3-9) $368.60 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 1-8-3-9) $18.43 Scratched: Joltin’ Colt Ninth - $14,000 Pace 1:51.4 1-Golden Time (Ty Buter) .............36.40 15.80 6.00 3-Four Starz Twins (Mi Simons) ...............4.80 2.60 6-Nf Independence (Ma Kakaley) .................... 6.20 EXACTA (1-3) $175.80 TRIFECTA (1-3-6) $1,564.40 SUPERFECTA (1-3-6-4) $5,232.00 SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 1-3-6-4) $261.60 PICK 4 (4-2-(1,4)-1 (4 Out of 4)) $721.40 Tenth - $25,000 Pace 1:50.4 3-Andy Roo (Ja Morrill Jr) .................4.20 2.60 2.20 8-Big Bay Point (Ge Napolitano Jr) ...........4.80 2.80 4-Meant To Be Me (Jo Pavia Jr) ........................4.40 EXACTA (3-8) $15.20 TRIFECTA (3-8-4) $163.80

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ner Evgeni Malkin need to operate. The Flyers have the utmost respect for Crosby and Malkin, though with that respect comes a fair amount of anger. “There’s guys in (Pittsburgh) that you don’t like,” Hartnell said. “Obviously they’re some of the best players in the league and you see them on the highlights every night and it annoys you.” And that annoyance can sometimes bubble over. Their last meaningful meeting — a 6-4 Philadelphia win on April 1 — ended with an ugly brawl in the final minute that left Philadelphia coach Peter Laviolette smashing a stick over the glass in frustration.

and the Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club will be hosting the Ironmaster’s Challenge, a 5K, 15K, 30K and 50K trail hike and run on Saturday, May 5. There will be four checkpoints providing snacks, water, energy beverages and first aid. Participants in the 50K and marathon may begin check-in at 5:30 a.m. by picking up packets at the Furnace Stack Pavilion at Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Check in for the 15K and 5K is one hour before the race. All proceeds will benefit the Ironmaster’s Mansion. For more information, call 717-2414368. SPCA of Luzerne County Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser will be held on Friday May 25, at the Sand Springs Country Club in Drums. Registration is $100 per golfer and includes, lunch, golf, cocktails, dinner and prizes. For more information, visit http:// www.spcaluzernecounty.org/ golf.html. Modrovsky Park Charity Wiffle Ball Tournament will be held May 6 at noon at Modrovsky Park. The tournament follows a pool play format with all teams playing at least three games (12 teams and four fields). Cost is $5 per player. The tournament is benefiting the MS Society. To sign up, visit www.leaguelineup.com/modrovskypark and click “Team Sign-Up”. Ice Rink at Coal Street special holiday public skating session 1-2:30 p.m. Monday, Admission for the holiday skate will be free, while skate rentals will be available for patrons for $3.. Jenkins Twp Little League annual golf tournament Saturday, May 12. Registration is $75 per person and $300 per team. Registration fee includes green fee, cart fee, unlimited driving range, hog dog and refreshments at the turn, Italian buffet dinner menu and a hole-inone prize on all par 3s. For more information, go to www.jenkinstwplittleleague.com. Misericordia University Athletics Department 22nd Annual Arnie Garinger Memorial Golf Tournament on Monday, May 21, at Blue Ridge Golf Club in Mountain Top. Entry fee is $100 for the captainand-crew event, and includes golf, dinner and prizes. Registration begins at 10 a.m. with an 11 a.m. shotgun start. The field is limited to 120 players. Call 674-6374 for more information. Toby FCU Ninth Annual Golf Tournament taking place on Monday, June 11, at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club located in Mountain Top. . The four-flight captain-and-crew format. All golfers will receive free gifts and a buffet dinner at the end of the tournament. All proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation and The Fisher House. The tournament cost is $90 per person which includes green fees, cart, gifts, and dinner. Make your reservations by May 21 for the early registration discount. For more information, contact Nina Waskevich, Chairperson, at 1-866-TobyFCU ext.109, or visit www.tobyhannafcu.org. JCC Milton Brown Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, June 11, at 1 p.m. Shotgun start. The cost is $125 per golfer and this includes greens fees, cart, and dinner. Proceeds for this tournament go towards scholarships for children to attend the JCC Day and Autistic Summer Camps. If you would like to play in this year’s tournament, please contact Bill Buzza at 824-4646, ext. 232.

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10 CENT SUPERFECTA (3-8-4-7) $516.40 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 3-8-4-7) $25.82 Scratched: Strange Hanover Eleventh - $8,500 Pace 1:53.2 3-Rader Detector (An McCarthy) .....8.00 4.20 3.40 7-Thunder Seelster (Ge Napolitano Jr)....5.40 2.80 4-Art Star (Er Carlson) ........................................3.20 EXACTA (3-7) $33.80 TRIFECTA (3-7-4) $205.60 SUPERFECTA (3-7-4-1) $247.20 SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 3-7-4-1) $12.36 Twelfth - $25,000 Trot 1:54.3 5-Cassis (Jo Pavia Jr) .....................24.00 7.20 4.60 1-Sand Top Gun (Ja Morrill Jr) ..................3.00 2.60 4-Definitely Mamie (Ma Kakaley) ......................2.80 EXACTA (5-1) $109.40 TRIFECTA (5-1-4) $366.60 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (5-1-4-7) $5,049.20 10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 5-1-4-7) $252.46 PICK 3 (3-3-5) $208.40 Thirteenth - $8,500 Pace 1:52.3 3-The Real Dan (Ge Napolitano Jr) .4.40 3.60 2.80 2-Tyler’s Echo N (An McCarthy) ...............3.80 2.80 1-Twinscape (Ma Kakaley) .................................3.80 EXACTA (3-2) $14.20 TRIFECTA (3-2-1) $44.80 SUPERFECTA (3-2-1-9) $413.00 SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 3-2-1-9) $20.65 Fourteenth - $9,000 Pace 1:52.1 5-Three New Dawns (Ge Napolitano Jr)4.20 3.40 2.80 1-Blissfullcavalcade (Ma Kakaley)............4.00 3.40 4-Money Twitch A (An Napolitano) ...................2.40 EXACTA (5-1) $34.40 TRIFECTA (5-1-4) $134.00 SUPERFECTA (5-1-4-8) $183.80 SUPERFECTA (10 Cent 5-1-4-8) $9.19 LATE DOUBLE (3-5) $23.40 Total Handle-$252,739

BLUE RIDGE TRAIL GOLF CLUB

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The Blue Chips Ladies Golf League at BLUE RIDGE TRAIL GOLF CLUB in Mountaintop will begin their Tuesday morning 18 hole golf league on Tuesday April 24 with opening day meeting and golf. The Blue Chips play every Tuesday morning from May to October. New lady members are welcome. For details call Janet Kresge 262-5283 or Sue Pohutski 474-0673 748840

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The Mets’ Daniel Murphy, right, Ruben Tejada, center, and David Wright, left, congratulate one another after the Mets’ 7-5 win over the Atlanta Braves Sunday.

Mets win, complete sweep of Braves The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jonathon Niese took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his first start since signing a rich contract and the New York Mets completed a season-opening sweep of the Atlanta Braves with a 7-5 victory Sunday. Niese (1-0) allowed just two balls out of the infield through six innings and retired 15 in a row before walking Dan Uggla on a nine-pitch at-bat leading off the seventh. On the next pitch, Niese’s 98th of the game, Freddie Freeman singled cleanly to right. New York has played 7,971 games in its 51-season history and is the oldest team in the majors without a no-hitter. Diamondbacks 7, Giants 6

from-behind win over Miami. Cubs 4, Nationals 3

CHICAGO — Jeff Samardzija dominated into the ninth inning, outpitching Jordan Zimmermann, and the Chicago Cubs beat Washington for their first win of the Theo Epstein era. Cardinals 9, Brewers 3

MILWAUKEE — Lance Lynn pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and St. Louis beat the Brewers, taking two out of three from their NL Central rivals to start the season. Astros 3, Rockies 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Red Sox, Yanks lose as both fall to 0-3 eighth inning in his Baltimore debut and the Orioles beat DETROIT — Alex Avila’s Minnesota for a three-game two-run homer with two outs sweep. in the bottom of the 11th inHammel (1-0) faced the ning gave the Detroit Tigers a minimum 21 batters through wild 13-12 victory over Boston on Sunday, leaving the Red Sox seven innings, allowing two walks, before Justin Morneau winless in three games under new manager Bobby Valentine. ended the no-hit bid with a leadoff double off the rightDetroit trailed 10-7 when field wall in the eighth. Miguel Cabrera tied the game with a three-run shot off Alfredo Aceves in the ninth. Boston Royals 7, Angels 3 then scored twice in the 11th, ANAHEIM, Calif. — Eric but Mark Melancon (0-2) Hosmer and Billy Butler homecouldn’t hold the lead. red and drove in three runs Cabrera and Prince Fielder apiece, and Kansas City beat singled before a wild pitch sent Los Angeles to take two of Cabrera to third and Delmon three in their season-opening Young’s sacrifice fly cut the series. margin in half. Avila followed Jonathan Sanchez (1-0) got with a drive to right and Cody through five innings to win his Ross tried to make a leaping first start with the Royals, who catch, but the ball appeared to dampened the revamped Anhit a restraining gate just above gels’ much-hyped home debut the wall before caroming back with two victories after getting onto the field. shut out on opening day. The Associated Press

Rays 3, Yankees 0

Indians 4, Blue Jays 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jeremy Hellickson came within one out of a three-hitter on his birthday and Tampa Bay beat New York to complete a season-opening sweep and match the best start in club history. Carlos Pena and Jeff Keppinger homered for Tampa Bay, which also started with three consecutive wins in 2002. New York is 0-3 for the first time since 1998, when it went on to win 114 games and the World Series. The last time the Yankees and Red Sox both opened with three straight losses was 1966, according to STATS LLC.

CLEVELAND — Carlos Santana hit two home runs on his 26th birthday, Derek Lowe pitched seven strong innings and Cleveland beat Toronto for its first win. Santana opened the second inning with a drive to center. He connected a second time off Joel Carreno (0-1) in the fifth, a two-run shot to right that broke a 2-all tie.

BALTIMORE — Jason Hammel took a no-hitter into the

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

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Rangers 5, White Sox 0

ARLINGTON, Texas — Matt Harrison pitched six scoreless innings while Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre and David Murphy homered for the Texas Rangers, who wrapped up their season-opening series with a 5-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday night.

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

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

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St. Louis............................................ Cincinnati .......................................... Houston ............................................ Pittsburgh ......................................... Chicago ............................................ Milwaukee ........................................ Arizona ........................................... Los Angeles ................................... Colorado......................................... San Diego ...................................... San Francisco................................

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Saturday's Games Toronto 7, Cleveland 4, 12 innings Detroit 10, Boston 0 Kansas City 6, L.A. Angels 3 Baltimore 8, Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 6 Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 3 Seattle 8, Oakland 7 Sunday's Games Detroit 13, Boston 12, 11 innings Cleveland 4, Toronto 3 Baltimore 3, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Yankees 0 Kansas City 7, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 5, Chicago White Sox 0 Monday's Games L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 0-0) at Minnesota (Blackburn 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 0-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 0-0), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0) at Baltimore (Matusz 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Doubront 0-0) at Toronto (Alvarez 0-0), 7:07 p.m. Seattle (Noesi 0-0) at Texas (Darvish 0-0), 8:05 p.m. Kansas City (Mendoza 0-0) at Oakland (Milone 0-0), 10:05 p.m. Tuesday's Games Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

HOUSTON — Brian Bogusevic drove in the go-ahead run after Jose Altuve scored on Jordan Pacheco’s throwing error to tie it in the eighth inning and Houston beat Colorado.

PHOENIX — Ryan Roberts and Lyle Overbay hit consecutive two-out homers off Matt Cain and the Arizona Diamondbacks tied a franchise record by rallying from six runs down to beat the San Francisco Padres 8, Dodgers 4 SAN DIEGO — Clayton Giants and sweep the seasonRichard and two relievers comopening three-game series. bined on a four-hitter, Chase Reds 6, Marlins 5 Headley hit a grand slam and CINCINNATI — Scott Rolen Andy Parrino had his first big drove in the winning run in the league homer for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Los ninth inning with a sharp infield single that third baseman Angeles Dodgers 8-4 on Sunday to avoid a four-game Hanley Ramirez failed to handle, lifting thei Reds to a come- sweep.

Orioles 3, Twins 1

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

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Mets 7, Braves 5 Atlanta

New York

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Saturday's Games Washington 7, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 2 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 0 Arizona 5, San Francisco 4 Houston 7, Colorado 3 Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1, 10 innings Miami 8, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 5, 11 innings Sunday's Games N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 5 Cincinnati 6, Miami 5 Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4 Houston 3, Colorado 2 St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 3 Chicago Cubs 4, Washington 3 San Diego 8, L.A. Dodgers 4 Arizona 7, San Francisco 6 Monday's Games Miami (Sanchez 0-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-0), 1:05 p.m. San Francisco (Zito 0-0) at Colorado (Chacin 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Marcum 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Volstad 0-0), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (Westbrook 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Jackson 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Atlanta (Beachy 0-0) at Houston (Happ 0-0), 8:05 p.m. Tuesday's Games Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

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Padres 8, Dodgers 4 Los Angeles

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ab r h bi ab r h bi Colvin cf-rf 5 0 1 0 Schafer cf 4 0 1 0 Pachec 3b 4 0 1 0 Altuve 2b 3 2 2 0 CGnzlz lf 4 0 1 0 JMrtnz lf 4 0 1 0 Tlwtzk ss 3 0 0 0 Bixler pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Giambi 1b 1 1 0 0 Ca.Lee 1b 4 0 1 1 Brothrs p 0 0 0 0 Bogsvc rf 4 0 1 1 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 CJhnsn 3b 4 0 1 0 Cuddyr rf-1b 4 0 1 0 JCastro c 3 0 0 0 Rosario c 4 1 1 2 MGnzlz ss 3 0 0 0 JHerrr 2b 3 0 0 0 Norris p 2 0 1 0 RHrndz ph 1 0 0 0 Abad p 0 0 0 0 Nicasio p 3 0 0 0 WLopez p 0 0 0 0 Fowler cf 0 0 0 0 MDwns ph 1 0 0 0 Helton ph 0 0 0 0 Myers p 0 0 0 0 EYong pr 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 32 3 8 2 Colorado ............................ 000 200 000 — 2 Houston.............................. 000 100 02x — 3 E—Pacheco (1). DP—Colorado 1. LOB—Colorado 8, Houston 6. 2B—Cuddyer (2), Ca.Lee (1), Norris (1). 3B—Altuve (1). HR—Rosario (1). CS—Schafer (1). IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Nicasio ..................... 7 5 1 1 1 4 Brothers L,0-1 BS,1-1 ...................... 2⁄3 3 2 0 0 1 Belisle....................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Houston Norris ........................ 7 4 2 2 3 8 Abad ......................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 W.Lopez W,1-0 ....... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Myers S,1-1 ............. 1 1 0 0 1 1 HBP—by Norris (Tulowitzki). Umpires—Home, Fieldin Culbreth;First, Adrian Johnson;Second, Gary Cederstrom;Third, Lance Barksdale. T—2:45. A—14,195 (40,981).

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San Diego

ab r h bi Maybin cf 4 2 2 0 Venale rf-lf 4 1 1 0 Headly 3b 2 2 1 4 Guzmn lf 5 1 1 1 Frieri p 0 0 0 0 Alonso 1b 2 0 1 1 JoBakr c 4 0 1 1 Bartlett ss 5 0 2 0 Parrino 2b 4 1 2 1 Richrd p 2 0 0 0 Cashnr p 0 0 0 0 Hermid Treanr c 3 0 0 0 ph-rf 1 1 1 0 Harang p 1 0 0 0 JWrght p 0 0 0 0 M.Ellis ph-2b 1 1 0 0 Totals 33 4 4 4 Totals 33 812 8 Los Angeles....................... 000 002 002 — 4 San Diego .......................... 201 100 04x — 8 E—Uribe (1), D.Gordon (1), Venable (1), Richard 2 (2). DP—Los Angeles 1, San Diego 1. LOB—Los Angeles 3, San Diego 12. HR—Kemp (2), Ethier (1), Headley (1), Parrino (1). SB—Maybin 2 (2), Headley (1). S—Richard. SF—Alonso. IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Harang L,0-1............ 41⁄3 7 4 3 5 6 J.Wright .................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Lindblom .................. 2 0 0 0 2 2 Coffey ....................... 0 2 2 2 0 0 Elbert ........................ 1 3 2 2 1 1 San Diego Richard W,1-0 ......... 7 2 2 0 0 3 Cashner H,1 ............ 1 0 0 0 1 1 Frieri ......................... 1 2 2 2 0 1 Coffey pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. HBP—by Harang (Maybin). Umpires—Home, Scott Barry;First, Gary Darling;Second, Jerry Meals;Third, Paul Emmel. T—2:47. A—19,021 (42,691). DGordn ss Sellers 2b Lindlm p AKndy ph Coffey p Elbert p Kemp cf JRiver lf Ethier rf Uribe 3b Loney 1b

Reds 6, Marlins 5

Astros 3, Rockies 2 Colorado

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Diamondbacks 7, Giants 6

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Miami

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Tigers 13, Red Sox 12

Cubs 4, Nationals 3 Washington

All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 0 1.000 — — 0 1.000 — — 1 .667 1 1 3 .000 3 3 3 .000 3 3 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 0 1.000 — — 1 .667 1 1 2 .333 2 2 2 .333 2 2 3 .000 3 3 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 1 .750 — — 1 1 .667 ⁄2 1 2 .333 11⁄2 2 3 .250 2 21⁄2 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 0 1.000 — — 1 ⁄2 1 .667 1 2 .333 2 11⁄2 3 .250 21⁄2 2 3 .000 3 21⁄2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 1 .750 — — 1 1 1 .667 ⁄2 ⁄2 1 1 1 .667 ⁄2 ⁄2 1 1 ⁄2 ⁄2 1 .667 2 .333 11⁄2 11⁄2 2 .333 11⁄2 11⁄2 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 0 1.000 — — 1 1 .750 ⁄2 — 2 .333 2 11⁄2 3 .250 21⁄2 2 3 .000 3 21⁄2

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Cincinnati

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Reyes ss Phillips 2b Bonifac cf Cozart ss HRmrz 3b Votto 1b Stanton rf Ludwck lf Morrsn lf Bruce rf Infante 2b Cairo 3b Dobbs 1b Stubbs cf GSnchz pr-1b 1 1 0 0 Hanign c 4 0 1 0 Hayes c 4 1 1 0 Arroyo p 2 0 0 0 Zamrn p 2 0 1 0 Ondrsk p 0 0 0 0 Coghln ph 1 1 1 1 Harris ph 1 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 Chpmn p 0 0 0 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0 Rolen ph 1 0 1 1 DMrph ph 1 0 0 0 Bell p 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 511 5 Totals 33 6 8 6 Miami .................................. 000 101 300 — 5 Cincinnati ........................... 300 001 002 — 6 One out when winning run scored. E—Hanigan (1). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Miami 6, Cincinnati 5. 2B—Coghlan (1), Cozart (2). 3B—Reyes (1). HR—Bruce 2 (3). SB—Bonifacio (3), H.Ramirez (1). SF—Morrison. IP H R ER BB SO Miami Zambrano................. 6 4 4 4 2 6 Cishek H,1 ............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mujica H,1................ 1 0 0 0 1 1 Bell L,0-1 BS,1-1..... 1⁄3 4 2 2 0 0 Cincinnati Arroyo....................... 61⁄3 10 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ondrusek ................. 2⁄3 Chapman W,1-0...... 2 1 0 0 0 3 HBP—by Arroyo (Dobbs). Umpires—Home, Brian Runge;First, Marvin Hudson;Second, Tim McClelland;Third, Ted Barrett. T—2:37. A—23,539 (42,319).

Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Dsmnd ss 4 0 2 0 DeJess rf 3 1 0 0 Espinos 2b 3 0 0 1 Barney 2b 4 1 1 0 Zmrmn 3b 4 1 0 0 SCastro ss 4 2 2 1 LaRoch 1b 4 1 1 2 ASorin lf 2 0 1 2 Werth rf 3 0 0 0 IStewrt 3b 4 0 1 1 Nady lf 4 0 0 0 LaHair 1b 4 0 2 0 Berndn cf 3 0 0 0 Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 Ramos c 3 1 1 0 Clevngr c 3 0 1 0 Zmrmn p 1 0 0 0 Smrdzj p 2 0 0 0 Tracy ph 1 0 0 0 Marml p 0 0 0 0 Matths p 0 0 0 0 SBurntt p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 4 3 Totals 30 4 8 4 Washington ....................... 000 001 002 — 3 Chicago.............................. 000 101 02x — 4 E—S.Castro (1). LOB—Washington 3, Chicago 6. 2B—Desmond (1), Barney (1), S.Castro (1), LaHair 2 (2). HR—LaRoche (2). SB—S.Castro 2 (4). S— Zimmermann, Samardzija. SF—Espinosa, A.Soriano. IP H R ER BB SO Washington Zimmermann L,0-1 . 7 6 2 1 0 4 Mattheus................... 1⁄3 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 S.Burnett .................. 2⁄3 Chicago Samardzija W,1-0 ... 82⁄3 4 3 1 0 8 Marmol S,1-2........... 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 PB—Ramos. Umpires—Home, Doug Eddings;First, Paul Nauert;Second, Dana DeMuth;Third, Kerwin Danley. T—2:22. A—31,973 (41,009).

Cardinals 9, Brewers 3 St. Louis

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Milwaukee

ab r h bi RWeks 2b 4 0 0 0 Morgan cf 4 0 0 0 Braun lf 4 1 2 1 ArRmr 3b 3 0 0 0 Hart rf 4 1 1 1 Gamel 1b 2 0 0 0 Estrad p 0 0 0 0 Dillard p 0 0 0 0 Aoki ph 1 1 1 0 Axford p 0 0 0 0 Loe p 0 0 0 0 AlGnzlz ss 3 0 1 1 Kottars c 3 0 0 0 Wolf p 1 0 0 0 Ishikaw 1b 2 0 0 0 Totals 41 914 9 Totals 31 3 5 3 St. Louis ............................. 100 110 213 — 9 Milwaukee.......................... 000 010 011 — 3 LOB—St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 2. 2B—Furcal (3), Holliday (1), Ale.Gonzalez (1). HR—Beltran (2), Robinson (1), Braun (1), Hart (3). IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Lynn W,1-0 .............. 62⁄3 2 1 1 1 8 Boggs ....................... 11⁄3 2 1 1 0 3 Motte......................... 1 1 1 1 0 2 Milwaukee Wolf L,0-1 ................ 5 9 3 3 1 7 Estrada..................... 2 2 2 2 0 3 Dillard ....................... 1 2 1 1 0 0 Axford ....................... 2⁄3 0 2 2 2 2 Loe ............................ 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 HBP—by Wolf (Greene). Umpires—Home, Ed Hickox;First, Ed Rapuano;Second, Cory Blaser;Third, Laz Diaz. T—3:08. A—33,211 (41,900).

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A M E R I C A N L E A G U E Rays 3, Yankees 0 New York

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Royals 7, Angels 3 Kansas City

Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi AGordn lf 5 0 0 0 Aybar ss 5 1 2 0 AEscor ss 4 1 1 0 HKndrc 2b 5 1 3 0 Hosmer 1b 5 3 2 3 Pujols 1b 3 0 2 1 Butler dh 3 1 2 3 TrHntr rf 4 0 0 1 Francr rf 4 1 1 0 V.Wells lf 5 1 1 1 Mostks 3b 4 0 0 0 KMorls dh 5 0 0 0 L.Cain cf 3 0 0 0 Trumo 3b 4 0 2 0 Quinter c 4 0 2 0 Iannett c 3 0 1 0 Getz 2b 4 1 2 1 Bourjos cf 4 0 0 0 Totals 36 710 7 Totals 38 311 3 Kansas City ....................... 300 021 100 — 7 Los Angeles....................... 101 000 010 — 3 E—J.Sanchez (1), Trumbo (3). DP—Kansas City 1, Los Angeles 1. LOB—Kansas City 5, Los Angeles 12. 2B—Butler (1), Quintero (3), H.Kendrick (2), Pujols (2), Iannetta (1). HR—Hosmer (2), Butler (1), V.Wells (1). SB—A.Escobar (1), Hosmer (1). IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City J.Sanchez W,1-0 .... 5 4 2 2 3 4 Mijares...................... 1 1 0 0 0 2 K.Herrera ................. 11⁄3 5 1 1 0 0 Crow H,1 .................. 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 Broxton S,1-1 .......... 1 0 0 0 0 3 Los Angeles E.Santana L,0-1 ...... 52⁄3 7 6 5 2 2 Takahashi ................ 2⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 Isringhausen ............ 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Jepsen...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Walden ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Crow pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. HBP—by E.Santana (A.Escobar). WP—J.Sanchez 2, E.Santana, Isringhausen. Balk—K.Herrera. Umpires—Home, Hunter Wendelstedt;First, Dan Bellino;Second, Jerry Layne;Third, Bob Davidson. T—3:15. A—32,227 (45,957).

Indians 4, Blue Jays 3 Toronto

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Cleveland

ab r h bi Brantly cf 2 0 0 0 ACarer ss 4 0 0 0 Choo rf 4 1 1 0 CSantn c 4 2 2 3 Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 Donald Encrnc dh 4 0 1 1 pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Lawrie 3b 3 0 0 1 Duncan lf 3 0 0 0 Thams lf 4 0 2 0 Cnghm lf 1 0 0 0 Rasms cf 4 0 0 0 Ktchm 1b 4 1 1 0 Mathis c 3 0 1 0 Kipnis 2b 4 0 1 0 BFrncs ph 1 0 0 0 Hannhn 3b 2 0 1 1 Totals 36 3 9 3 Totals 29 4 6 4 Toronto............................... 000 200 010 — 3 Cleveland ........................... 020 020 00x — 4 E—K.Johnson (1), Hannahan (1), A.Cabrera (1). DP—Toronto 1, Cleveland 1. LOB—Toronto 9, Cleveland 7. 2B—Encarnacion (3), Mathis (1). HR— C.Santana 2 (2). SB—Donald (1). CS—Brantley (1). SF—Lawrie. IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Carreno L,0-1 .......... 6 6 4 4 4 3 Villanueva ................ 1 0 0 0 1 1 Frasor ....................... 1 0 0 0 1 1 Cleveland D.Lowe W,1-0 ......... 7 5 2 0 1 1 J.Smith H,1 .............. 1⁄3 3 1 1 0 1 Pestano H,1 ............. 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 C.Perez S,1-2.......... 1 1 0 0 1 1 T—2:51. A—10,518 (43,429). YEscor ss KJhnsn 2b Bautist rf-1b Lind 1b RDavis pr-rf

Orioles 3, Twins 1 Minnesota

Detroit ab r h bi AJcksn cf 6 3 4 0 Boesch rf 6 1 2 1 MiCarr 3b 5 3 3 5 Fielder 1b 6 2 2 0 DYong dh 5 0 1 1 Avila c 4 2 1 2 JhPerlt ss 5 0 1 3 Dirks lf 4 0 1 0 Worth Aviles ss 5 2 3 3 ph-2b 1 0 1 0 Raburn Shppch c 3 1 0 0 2b-lf 4 2 1 0 Sltlmch ph-c 1 0 0 0 Totals 49121811 Totals 46131712 Boston ...................... 025 002 001 02 — 12 Detroit....................... 410 200 003 03 — 13 Two outs when winning run scored. DP—Boston 1. LOB—Boston 13, Detroit 6. 2B—Punto (1), Ellsbury (1), Ortiz (2), Aviles (1), A.Jackson (2), Jh.Peralta (2). HR—Ad.Gonzalez (1), Mi.Cabrera (3), Avila (2). SB—Pedroia (1). S— Aviles. SF—Punto, Mi.Cabrera, D.Young. IP H R ER BB SO Boston Buchholz .................. 4 8 7 7 2 2 Padilla....................... 4 2 0 0 0 4 Aceves BS,1-1 ........ 0 3 3 3 0 0 F.Morales................. 2 1 0 0 0 3 Melancon L,0-2 BS,1-1 ...................... 2⁄3 3 3 3 0 0 Detroit Scherzer................... 22⁄3 8 7 7 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 Balester .................... 22⁄3 Schlereth.................. 2 2 1 1 0 2 Villarreal ................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Coke ......................... 2⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 Dotel ......................... 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Benoit ....................... 12⁄3 3 2 2 2 3 Below W,2-0 ............ 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Aceves pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. HBP—by Buchholz (Raburn), by Coke (Ad.Gonzalez), by Scherzer (Shoppach, Shoppach). WP— F.Morales, Melancon, Coke. Balk—Scherzer. Umpires—Home, Dan Iassogna;First, CB Bucknor;Second, Dale Scott;Third, Bill Miller. T—4:45. A—30,788 (41,255). Punto 3b Ellsury cf Pedroia 2b AdGnzl 1b Ortiz dh DMcDn lf Sweeny rf C.Ross ph-rf

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Rangers 5, White Sox 0 Chicago

Texas ab r h bi ab r h bi De Aza cf 4 0 0 0 Kinsler dh 2 0 0 0 Bckhm 2b 3 0 1 0 Andrus ss 4 0 0 0 A.Dunn dh 4 0 0 0 Hamltn cf-lf 4 2 2 1 Konerk 1b 4 0 1 0 Beltre 3b 4 2 2 2 Rios rf 2 0 0 0 MYong 2b 4 0 0 0 Przyns c 4 0 0 0 N.Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 3 0 1 0 DvMrp lf 3 1 2 1 Fukdm ph 1 0 1 0 Gentry cf 0 0 0 0 Viciedo lf 4 0 1 0 Torreal c 3 0 0 0 EEscor 3b 4 0 1 0 Morlnd 1b 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 0 6 0 Totals 29 5 6 4 Chicago.............................. 000 000 000 — 0 Texas.................................. 001 202 00x — 5 E—E.Escobar (1). DP—Chicago 2. LOB—Chicago 9, Texas 4. 2B—Beckham (1). 3B—E.Escobar (1). HR—Hamilton (1), Beltre (1), Dav.Murphy (1). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Floyd L,0-1............... 52⁄3 5 5 4 2 3 Ohman...................... 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 N.Jones .................... 1 0 0 0 2 1 Crain ......................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Texas M.Harrison W,1-0 ... 6 4 0 0 2 3 M.Lowe..................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 R.Ross ..................... 1 0 0 0 1 1 Uehara ..................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner;First, Brian Knight;Second, Mike Winters;Third, Wally Bell. T—2:50. A—45,368 (48,194).

Tampa Bay

ab r h bi Jnnngs cf 4 0 0 0 C.Pena 1b 4 1 2 1 Longori 3b 3 1 2 0 Joyce lf 2 0 1 1 Zobrist rf 3 0 0 0 Scott dh 1 0 0 0 Vogt ph-dh 2 0 0 0 EJhnsn Gardnr lf 3 0 0 0 ph-dh 1 0 0 0 CStwrt c 2 0 0 0 Kppngr 2b 3 1 2 1 ErChvz ph 1 0 0 0 Brignc ss 1 0 0 0 Martin c 0 0 0 0 JMolin c 3 0 0 0 SRdrgz ss-2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 3 0 Totals 30 3 7 3 New York ........................... 000 000 000 — 0 Tampa Bay......................... 101 001 00x — 3 LOB—New York 7, Tampa Bay 7. 2B—A.Rodriguez (2), Teixeira (1), Swisher (1), C.Pena (1), Longoria (2). 3B—Joyce (1). HR—C.Pena (2), Keppinger (1). SB—A.Rodriguez (1). S—Joyce. IP H R ER BB SO New York P.Hughes L,0-1 ....... 42⁄3 5 2 2 2 5 Logan........................ 11⁄3 1 1 1 0 3 Wade ........................ 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Rapada..................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Phelps ...................... 2⁄3 Tampa Bay Hellickson W,1-0..... 82⁄3 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 Rodney S,2-2 .......... 1⁄3 Wade pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher;First, Rob Drake;Second, Joe West;Third, Sam Holbrook. T—3:01. A—30,413 (34,078). Jeter ss Grndrs cf Cano 2b ARdrgz 3b Teixeir 1b Swisher dh Ibanez rf

Boston

Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h bi Span cf 4 0 0 0 EnChvz lf 4 0 1 0 JCarrll ss 4 0 0 0 Hardy ss 4 1 1 1 Mauer 1b 4 0 0 0 Markks rf 2 0 0 0 Mornea dh 2 1 1 0 AdJons cf 4 1 2 0 Wlngh lf 2 0 1 1 Wieters c 4 0 0 0 Doumit c 3 0 0 0 NJhnsn dh 2 1 0 0 Brrghs 3b 2 0 0 0 Betemt 3b 4 0 1 2 ACasill pr-2b 0 0 0 0 C.Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 LHughs 2b-3b 3 0 0 0 Andino 2b 2 0 0 0 Revere rf 2 0 0 0 Parmel ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Totals 27 1 2 1 Totals 29 3 6 3 Minnesota .......................... 000 000 010 — 1 Baltimore ............................ 100 002 00x — 3 DP—Baltimore 2. LOB—Minnesota 2, Baltimore 7. 2B—Morneau (2), Willingham (1), Betemit (1). HR— Hardy (1). SB—Ad.Jones (1), N.Johnson (1). IP H R ER BB SO Minnesota Swarzak L,0-1 ......... 5 4 1 1 2 1 Maloney ................... 12⁄3 2 2 2 1 1 Gray .......................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Duensing.................. 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Baltimore Hammel W,1-0 ........ 8 2 1 1 3 5 Ji.Johnson S,2-2 ..... 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Maloney (N.Johnson). Umpires—Home, Bill Welke;First, Chris Guccione;Second, Tim Tschida;Third, Jeff Nelson.

T H I S D A T E I N B A S E B A L L April 9 1913 — Ebbets Field opened in Brooklyn and Philadelphia defeated the Dodgers 1-0 before a crowd of 10,000. The stadium, which cost $750,000 to build, was named after Charles Ebbets, the club’s principal owner. 1947 — Dodgers manager Leo Durocher was suspended for one year by commissioner Happy Chandler for “the accumulation of unpleasant incidents” detrimental to baseball. 1959 — The Baltimore Orioles, playing against the Washington Senators, became the first team in history to execute a triple play on opening day. The Senators won the game, 9-2. 1965 — The Houston Astrodome opened with an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and Astros. President Johnson attended and Gov. John Connally threw out the first ball. Mickey Mantle hit the first home run, but the Astros won 2-1 in 12 innings. 1969 — Billy Williams of Chicago hit four consecutive doubles to lead the Cubs to an 11-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. 1981 — Fernando Valenzuela made his first major league start a stunning success by pitching a 2-0, five-hit triumph over the Houston Astros in Los Angeles. He would go on to win his first eight games. 1985 — Chicago’s Tom Seaver made his 15th opening day start to break Christy Mathewson’s record. Seaver pitched 6 2-3 innings and was credited with the victory as the White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2. 2000 — In a 13-7 win over Kansas City, Minnesota’s Ron Coomer, Jacque Jones and Matt LeCroy hit consecutive home runs. The Royals’ Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye and Mike Sweeney repeated the feat, marking the first time in major league history that both teams hit three consecutive home runs in the same game. Today’s birthday: David Robertson 27.

S A T U R D AY ’ S L A T E B O X E S Dodgers 6, Padres 5 Los Angeles

San Diego ab r h bi ab r h bi DGordn ss 4 2 3 1 Maybin cf 5 1 0 0 M.Ellis 2b 5 1 0 0 Denorfi rf 5 1 0 0 Kemp cf 4 1 2 2 Headly 3b 3 1 0 1 Ethier rf 4 0 1 2 Bass p 0 0 0 0 Loney 1b 5 0 0 0 Guzmn lf 4 1 1 1 AKndy 3b 2 0 0 0 Hundly c 4 0 0 1 HrstnJr ph-3b 3 0 1 0 Alonso 1b 3 0 1 0 Coffey p 0 0 0 0 OHudsn 2b 5 0 1 1 Guerra p 0 0 0 0 Bartlett ss 3 1 1 0 A.Ellis c 3 2 2 1 Mosely p 1 0 0 0 GwynJ lf 3 0 0 0 Blanks ph 0 0 0 0 MacDgl p 0 0 0 0 Thtchr p 0 0 0 0 Guerrir p 0 0 0 0 Brach p 0 0 0 0 Uribe ph 1 0 0 0 Hermid ph 1 0 0 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0 Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0 Sellers 3b 0 0 0 0 Cashnr p 0 0 0 0 Capuan p 2 0 0 0 Venale ph 1 0 0 0 JWrght p 0 0 0 0 Street p 0 0 0 0 Elbert p 0 0 0 0 Parrino 3b 0 0 0 0 JRiver ph-lf 3 0 0 0 Totals 39 6 9 6 Totals 35 5 4 4 Los Angeles............... 103 100 000 01 — 6 San Diego .................. 000 050 000 00 — 5 DP—San Diego 1. LOB—Los Angeles 8, San Diego 9. 2B—D.Gordon (1), Kemp (1), Ethier (2), Hairston Jr. (1). HR—A.Ellis (1). SB—D.Gordon 3 (3). S— Sellers, Parrino. SF—Kemp. IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Capuano................... 42⁄3 2 4 4 5 4 J.Wright .................... 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Elbert ........................ 1⁄3 MacDougal .............. 1 0 0 0 1 1 Guerrier .................... 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jansen ...................... 2 0 0 0 0 2 Coffey W,1-0 ........... 1 0 0 0 1 1 Guerra S,2-2............ 1 0 0 0 1 1 San Diego Moseley.................... 5 5 5 5 2 4 Thatcher ................... 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Brach ........................ 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Gregerson................ 1 1 0 0 2 0 Cashner ................... 1 0 0 0 1 1 Street ........................ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Bass L,0-1 ................ 2 2 1 1 0 0 J.Wright pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. HBP—by Elbert (Alonso). WP—Elbert. Umpires—Home, Paul Emmel;First, Scott Barry;Second, Gary Darling;Third, Jerry Meals. T—3:56. A—31,909 (42,691).

Mariners 8, Athletics 7

Seattle

Oakland ab r h bi JWeeks 2b 5 1 1 1 Crisp lf 5 2 2 0 Reddck rf 4 1 2 0 Cespds cf 3 1 1 3 S.Smith dh 2 1 1 1 KSuzuk c 4 0 1 2 Pnngtn ss 4 0 0 0 Allen 1b 3 0 0 0 Kaaihu Kawsk ss 4 1 1 1 ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Sogard 3b 4 1 1 0 Totals 38 813 8 Totals 35 7 9 7 Seattle ................................ 100 601 000 — 8 Oakland.............................. 000 112 300 — 7 E—Crisp (1). LOB—Seattle 4, Oakland 4. 2B—Figgins (1), K.Suzuki (2). 3B—Figgins (1), I.Suzuki (1). HR—M.Saunders (1), J.Weeks (1), Cespedes (3). SB—Seager (1). CS—Ackley (1), J.Montero (1). SF—S.Smith. IP H R ER BB SO Seattle F.Hernandez W,1-0 61⁄3 8 6 6 1 7 Luetge H,1 ............... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Delabar H,1.............. 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 Wilhelmsen H,1....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 League S,2-2........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oakland Colon L,1-1 .............. 41⁄3 10 7 7 0 3 Blevins...................... 12⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Cook ......................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fuentes .................... 1 1 0 0 1 1 Balfour ...................... 1 1 0 0 0 0 HBP—by F.Hernandez (Cespedes). WP—F.Hernandez, Delabar. Umpires—Home, Brian O’Nora;First, Alfonso Marquez;Second, Chad Fairchild;Third, Tom Hallion. T—2:58. A—16,612 (35,067). Figgins lf Ackley 2b ISuzuki rf Smoak 1b JMontr dh Seager 3b Olivo c MSndrs cf

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T I M E S L E A D E R G I R L S B A S K E T B A L L A L L- S T A R S

Zdancewicz earns Player of the Year recognition

Ashley Dunbar

Kaitlyn Smicherko

Dallas Junior guard The Mountaineers’ floor general led her team with 13.1 points per game. She also averaged 2.6 assists, 3.0 steals and 3.3 rebounds per game (1.9 offensive rebounds per game). The WVC Division II Player of the Year averaged 26 percent of her team’s points and led her team in scoring in 14 of its 22 games. In two playoff games, she averaged 22.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 6.0 steals.

Wyoming Valley West Senior guard A multi-sport standout athlete, she is regarded as perhaps the top defender in the Wyoming Valley Conference. Finished the season averaging 10.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.0 steals. The WVC Division I first team all-star made 72.5 percent of her free throws and connected for 34 three-pointers (1.4 per game). She had seven games where she scored at least 15 points, and the Spartans were 6-1 in those games.

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Tara Zdancewicz was named The Times Leader’s girls basketball Player of the Year.

Samantha Gow

Nanticoke Senior guard She made a WVC-best 59 three-pointers this season (shooting 37.1 percent from behind the arc) en route to a season scoring average of 10.4 points per game and a spot on the WVC Division III first team. Her solid play on both ends of the floor came to show in her 2.7 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Scored at least 15 points six times, and the Trojanettes were 6-0 in those games.

Spartan star honored

By JOHN MEDEIROS jmedeiros@timesleader.com

Tara Zdancewicz has come a long way as a basketball player. So far, in fact, that her first varsity action is a distant memory. “That whole first game of mine was a blur,” she said of when she scored her first basket. More than 1,000 points later, and after earning so many accolades, Wyoming Valley West’s Zdancewicz has added to her basketball portfolio by earning The Times Leader Player of the Year honors. The daughter of Ron and Laura Zdancewicz of Larksville, the senior helped lift the Spartans to a WVC Division I championship and the

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District 2 Class 4A semifinals. Being the team’s top scorer and rebounder would automatically make her a leader. A shuffling roster made that leadership all the more important. “Tara Zdancewicz, Kate Smicherko and Taylor Reilly (the team’s three seniors) helped build this program into what it is today,” coach Curt Lloyd said. “Collectively, they helped win 72 varsity games in their four years while winning two WVC Division I titles.” The Spartans entered the season with high hopes for trip to states, matching a run made during Zdancewicz’s sophomore season. A handful of players relocated during the early season, sending three players into other

games. The forward was named the WVC Division I Most Valuable Player and earned a McDonald’s All-American nomination. Last week, she earned a place on the allstate second team. “I’m so happy. I didn’t expect it at all,” Zdancewicz said of the all-state honors. “Especially since we didn’t make the state playoffs, I didn’t think something like that would even be possible.” Next up for Zdancewicz is Penn State. Along with her studies, she still expects to get on the court, too. “Basketball is still an option for me,” Zdancewicz said. And the way she plays the game, basketball is a very good option.

Lake-Lehman Senior guard Sutliff was the floor leader for the WVC Division III second half champs and was named the division’s Player of the Year. She averaged 12.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.8 steals, and made a team-high 32 three-pointers (1.5 per game). Her eight games of 15 or more points were second among the Black Knights. During January, she averaged 14.4 points per game, sparking Lake-Lehman’s 14-game winning streak after a 3-5 start.

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Pittston Area Junior forward Perhaps the most dynamic player in the WVC, she averaged 20.3 points (second in WVC), 14 rebounds, five assists, four steals and three blocks per game. The WVC Division I Player of the Year scored her 1,000th career point this season, including a careerhigh 39 against Holy Redeemer. She had 12 games of at least 20 points this season. In two playoff games, she averaged 18 points, 16 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 6.5 steals and 2.5 blocks.

teams’ starting lineups. Yet Zdancewicz and company won the division crown and played for a state tournament berth. “Our goal was to reach states, but it was definitely a rewarding season still,” Zdancewicz said. “It seemed like a lot of people wrote us off with all the changes. But just the way this team gelled, everyone on the team came together.” Despite increased attention from opponent’s, the 5-foot-9 senior averaged 17.4 points and 12.0 rebounds this season. She hit the 15-point mark in 18 games for Valley West. When the playoffs came, she averaged 21.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 3.0 steals and one block in three

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Holy Redeemer Freshman guard She opened her career by averaging an impressive 15.1 points and was the Royals’ leading scorer in 14 of the 18 games she played. A tenacious rebounder and skilled defender, the WVC Division II Most Valuable Player also had six games of 20 or more points. Got better as the season went along, averaging 18.3 points per game in February. In the first playoff game of her career, had 24 points, 15 rebounds, two assists and three steals.

Tanner Englehart Dallas, Junior forward Team’s top rebounder, scored 7.7 ppg Kayla Gregaris Crestwood, Senior guard All-around player averaged 8.5 ppg Lisa Kintner Tunkhannock, Senior center Team-leading 12.8 points per game Sydney Myers Crestwood, Junior forward Team-leading 12.0 points per game

Grace O’Neill Pittston Area, Senior guard Led WVC with 2.3 threes per game (10.8 ppg) Cayle Spencer Lake-Lehman, Freshman forward Second among WVC freshmen at 13.6 ppg Danielle Tuzinski Hanover Area, Senior forward 1,000-point scorer averaged 17.2 per game Alivia Womelsdorf Northwest, Junior forward WVC-best 20.7 points per game

Katie Wolfe

Nanticoke Senior forward Technically the center for the Trojanettes, the 5-foot-9 Wolfe was the WVC Division III Most Valuable Player. She led her team in scoring at 12.9 points per game and pulled down 7.6 rebounds per game. Dangerous defensively, she averaged 2.1 steals per game. She had four games of at least 21 points. Unexpected from a post player, she had four three-pointers and made 68.8 percent of her free throws.

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Anthony’s 43 points, overtime 3-pointer carry Knicks over Bulls week by hosting Miami next Sunday.

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NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 43 points, making the go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.2 seconds left in overtime, and the New York Knicks spoiled a rusty Derrick Rose’s return to the lineup to beat the Chicago Bulls 100-99 on Sunday. Rose scored 29 points after missing the previous 12 games with a strained right groin, but he shot only 8 of 26 from the field and missed a pair of free throws with 19 seconds left in regulation and the Bulls ahead by three. Anthony made a 3-pointer eight seconds later to tie it, and scored the final five points of the extra period as the Knicks pulled out a thriller in a possible playoff preview. The Bulls trailed by 21 in the first quarter, led by 10 in the fourth, then failed to put it away by missing four straight free throws in the final 34 seconds of

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The Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (7) and Steve Novak celebrate after Anthony tied the game against the Bulls in the final seconds of regulation Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

regulation. Despite having their starting five together for only the 11th time this season, the Bulls lost for the third time in four games, their NBA-best record falling to 43-14.

The Knicks increased their lead over Milwaukee to one game for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They travel to Chicago on Tuesday, visit Milwaukee on Wednesday, and close a difficult

Spurs 114, Jazz 104 SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker scored 28 points and San Antonio won its 11th straight game, beating Utah to maintain its slim lead atop the Western Conference. Manu Ginobili added 23 points for the Spurs, who are now on their second 11-game win streak — a season best in the NBA. But unlike that first tear that started in January, the Spurs are now fighting off the Oklahoma City Thunder for first place instead of trying to catch them. Al Jefferson led the Jazz with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Utah dropped 11⁄2 games behind Denver for the eighth and final playoff spot with nine games to go. The Spurs (40-14) have played two more games than the Thunder (41-15).

Heat 98, Pistons 75 MIAMI — LeBron James scored 26 points, Chris Bosh finished with 22 points and nine rebounds, and Miami steadily pulled away to beat Detroit. James Jones scored 18 on 6-for-8 shooting from 3-point range for Miami, which played without Dwyane Wade for the 11th time this season. Wade sat out with right ankle soreness, which the team said was caused by an awkward landing on a dunk attempt against Memphis on Friday night. Thunder 91, Raptors 75 OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Oklahoma City had a 24-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to beat Toronto and end a season-worst three-game skid. Oklahoma City remained percentage points behind San Antonio for first place in the

West after the Spurs beat Utah 114-104. Celtics 103, 76ers 79 BOSTON — Kevin Garnett scored 20 points and Rajon Rondo dished out double-digit assists for his 17th consecutive game, finishing with 15 to help lead Boston over Philadelphia. Brandon Bass and Avery Bradley each added 18 points, and Paul Pierce had 17 as the Celtics won for the seventh time in nine games. Nets 122, Cavaliers 117 NEWARK, N.J. — Gerald Green scored a season-high 32 points, including a clutch 3pointer with 36.7 seconds left in regulation and a high-flying dunk in overtime, leading New Jersey to a win over Cleveland. Anthony Morrow scored 24 points, Deron Williams had 18 points and 10 assists as the Nets won a season-best third straight at home.

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Use good old common sense on the waiver wire If you want to know how to hit a baseball, look up Ted Williams. The late Hall of Famer was such a student of the art, he could figure out what his batting average would be depending on where the ball was in the strike zone. He wrote books on the subject and talked hitting with fellow players more than politicians discuss earmarks. Then again, if you want to know how to hit a baseball, you could also ask Pete Rose. The should-be Hall of Famer had a simpler approach: “See the ball. Hit the ball.” So, which method works better? Well, Williams’ .344 lifetime average and Rose’s 4,256 hits

RICH SHEPOSH FANTASY BASEBALL make a pretty strong case that they both do. It’s the same thing in fantasy baseball. Those who dive headfirst into the sabermetrics pool can cite stats that look like a bizarre Scrabble accident: BABIP (batting average on balls in play), xFIP (expected fielding independent pitching) or PECOTA, which has nothing to do with former Royals’ utility man Bill Pecota. It stands for “player empirical comparison and optimization test algorithm.” Don’t try to figure that out. You’ll hurt yourself. Others look at fantasy baseball in an old school light. In this

method, there are two very important tests: The eyeball test, and the nose test. Watch enough games and you can tell if a player’s good. Conversely, you can also tell if he stinks. Or he hasn’t changed his socks. Both ways can help you find good players, except with the second, there’s less math. We like that one. Well, with that in mind, let’s start some old school analyzing, shall we? Assuming most folks have already drafted and have a full roster, let’s look at a few players who are gathering dust in the waiver wire attic. Chances are no one’s taken these guys, but they could turn into a hidden treasure. Of course, they could also end up like a tattered baseball card in the spokes of a bicycle, but we’re fishing for potential

and these guys have some. Kevin Millwood, SP: OK, so he’ll be 38 on Christmas Eve and he’s had ERAs topping 5.00 in recent years, but Millwood may be a sneaky early-season pickup. He posted a sub-4.00 ERA in the rare air of Colorado at the end of 2011, and this year he’ll be throwing baseballs in Seattle’s spacious Safeco Field. A spring ERA of 2.57 and 21 strikeouts in 20 innings just helps his cause. Danny Espinoza, 2B: Quick quiz: Which player finished in the top 10 among second basemen in HRs and RBIs in 2011 and is still not getting drafted? Too easy? The fact this quiz was in Espinoza’s capsule was a dead giveaway, huh? Still, it’s true. The Nationals’ second baseman brings good power and production numbers to the table and can steal a few bases. His .236

average and ungodly strikeout rates may be a concern, but that was in his rookie year. The chance he improves and the fact he plays a position where power’s at a premium make him worth the risk. Edinson Volquez, SP: The year after the Rangers traded Volquez to the Reds for future MVP Josh Hamilton, it was considered a win-win for both teams. In 2008, Volquez had an All-Star worthy 17-6 campaign and seemed ready for acehood. But injuries and ineptitude followed, dropping his stock faster than Maxell VHS tapes. But he’s in San Diego now, and Petco Park could help lower his numbers. It seemed to work for ex-Red Aaron Harang, who went from a 5.32 in 2010 to 3.64 at Petco in 2011. Jason Kubel, OF: He’s three years removed from a 28 HR, 103

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Bubba Watson, left, hugs his caddie Ted Scott after winning the Masters on the 10th hole during a sudden death playoff Sunday in Augusta, Ga.

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And it was Watson who hit a shot that only he could even dream of pulling off. “Hooked it about 40 yards, hit about 15 feet off the ground until it got under the tree and then started rising,” Watson said. “Pretty easy.” The hard part was holding back tears. He was blubbering hard on the 10th green, shoulders heaving and face contorted, for so many reasons. Just two weeks ago, he and his wife adopted a baby boy, Caleb. The first person on the green was his mother — his father died right after the Ryder Cup in 2010. He held her tight and cried on her shoulder. As incredible as it all seemed, Gerry “Bubba” Watson, Jr., the powerful lefty with a million shots at his disposal, was a major champion. “I never got this far in my dreams,” Watson said in Butler cabin, where defending champion Charl Schwartzel helped him into the green jacket. “It’s a blessing. To go home to my new son, it’s going to be fun.” Oosthuizen was trying to join Gene Sarazen in the 1935 Masters as the only major champions to win with a double eagle in the

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nearly impossible to fluster. When he won the claret jug at St. Andrews, he took a four-shot lead into the final round and practically breezed to the finish. So while everyone else was measuring Phil Mickelson for his fourth green jacket, defending champion Charl Schwartzel said there was someone else who was worth watching. “I think he’s playing the best out of everyone up there,” Schwartzel said, referring to his friend and countryman, whom he’s known since their days of junior golf in South Africa. “He’s hot right now. When he’s playing like this, he’s unstoppable.” Oosthuizen wasted little time rewarding his friend’s faith in him.

final round. The former British Open champion made one clutch putt after another on the back nine, none more important than a 4-footer on the 18th for a 69 to force the playoff. Both had a good look at birdie at No. 18 on the first extra hole and missed. Watson, dressed all in white and using a pink driver, hooked one into the trees and it appeared he would have no shot at reaching the green. Oosthuizen followed him, clanged off a Georgia pine and was left with 231 yards to the green. His approach came up short. That’s when Watson, who rarely hits a shot on a straight line, came up with the most magical shot of his life. “I was there earlier today, during regulation,” he said. “So I was used to it. I knew what I was facing there. I had a good lie, had a gap where I had to hook it 40 yards or something. I’m pretty good at hooking it.” Oosthuizen was in the fairway. All he could see was a corridor of fans leading into the woods. “I had no idea where he was,” Oosthuizen said. “Where I stood from, when the ball came out, it looked like a curve ball. Unbelievable shot. That shot he hit definitely won him the tournament.” They finished at 10-under 278, two shots ahead of four players who kept it close and made the In the fairway on No. 2, from 253 yards out, he blasted a 4-iron onto the front, than watched it roll from the front of the green to the back and into the hole. Oosthuizen raised both hands in the air and high-fived his caddie as fans let out a roar that shook the Georgia pines all the way to Amen Corner. “I knew if I get it right, it’s going to feed toward the hole,” he said. “But never thought it would go in.” It was the most famous albatross at Augusta since the one Gene Sarazen knocked in on No. 15 en route to a playoff victory in 1935 — known as the shot that put the Masters on the map. Oosthuizen sauntered to the cup and plucked the ball out. But instead of saving it for a glass case back home, he tossed it to a fan. “When something like that happens early in your round, you

Masters as compelling as ever. Phil Mickelson, playing in the final group for the fourth time, recovered from a triple bogey on the par-3 fourth hole and still managed to stay in the game. He could only make two-putt birdies on the two par 5s on the back and shot 72. “It’s disappointing that I didn’t grab that fourth green jacket,” said Mickelson, whose wife and three kids flew in from San Diego on Sunday. “It’s disappointing that I didn’t make it happen on the back nine and get the putts to fall, even though I felt like I was hitting them pretty good. I gave them all good chances. I just couldn’t quite get them to go.” Lee Westwood of England ran off three straight birdies, but the last one hurt. He had an 8-foot eagle putt to tie for the lead on the15th and missed it, and a final birdie on the 18th gave him a 68 and only made it look close. “I don’t feel like giving up just yet,” said Westwood, who had his seventh top-3 finish in a major since the 2008 U.S. Open. Matt Kuchar tied for the lead with a short eagle putt on the 15th, then bogeyed the 16th for a 69. Peter Hanson of Sweden, who had a one-shot lead going into the final round, didn’t make a birdie until the 15th hole. He closed with a 73. Watson, a 33-year-old from the Florida Panhandle, won for the fourth time in his career and think that this is it,” Oosthuizen said. “So it was tough. It was tough the next five holes to just get my head around it and just play the course.” Oosthuizen’s smooth, sweet swing held up to the pressure. The only problem was, it takes a little flair to wear a green jacket. He made only two more birdies the rest of the day — both on par-5s, which may as well be pars for the way the long holes play at Augusta National. Watson, meanwhile, made four straight birdies on the back nine to join Oosthuizen atop the leaderboard. Forced into a playoff when neither could make a birdie on 18, Oosthuizen headed toward the putting green after signing his card only to find it had been taken over for the green jacket ceremony. Security led him back through the clubhouse, where a group of fans greeted him with applause.

moves to No. 4 in the world, making him the highest-ranked American in golf. And he created a legion of fans — especially in Georgia, where he returned to school to get his degree — who chanted, “Bubba! Bubba! Bubba!” as he hugged everyone he could find on the 10th green. “I don’t play the sport for fame. I don’t try to win tournaments for fame,” Watson said. “I don’t do any of that. It’s just me. I’m just Bubba. I goof around. I joke around. “I just want to be me and play golf.” Tiger Woods used to play practice rounds with Watson at the majors because he was intrigued how a guy who has never had a coach could make the ball move any direction he wanted.

McCutchen’s third hit of the day — a smash off the center-field wall against reliever David Herndon (0-1) — let pinch-runner Josh Harrison trot home from third to givethePiratestheirsecondwalkoff win against the Phillies in less than 24 hours. Pittsburgh won 2-1in10 innings Saturday night. This one was more impressive considering Philadelphia appeared to be in command after taking a 4-1 lead on Juan Pierre’s two-run single in the seventh. Yet the Pirates, much as they did during their stirring start to the 2011 season, kept chipping away. Pittsburgh scored twice in the seventh to get within one and tied it on rookie Matt Hague’s RBI single off Antonio Bastardo in the eighth.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – After being shut out in two of their first three games of the season, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees exploded for five runs in the first two innings en route to a 10-0 victory over Syracuse Sunday, the team’s first of the season. Jack Crust had a two-run single in the first, followed by Brandon Laird’s RBI double to give the Yankees a quick 3-0 lead before the Chiefs even came to bat. Crust and Steve Pearce each drove in another run in the second to put the Yankees up 5-0.

D.J. Mitchell went five innings in his first start of the season for the victory. He allowed just one hit, while striking out four and walking one. Manny Delcarmen and Jason Bulger each pitched two hitless innings to complete the shutout. The Yankees put the game out of reach with a five-run seventh inning. Craig Tatum and Cust each had run scoring singles sandwhiched around a two-run single by Chris Dickerson. Laird completed the scoring with an RBI double.

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Joel Hanrahan (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth for Pittsburgh, setting the stage for another dramatic victory over the five-time defending NL East champions. “We had a good chance to win this series and we didn’t,” Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said. “It’s disappointing but it’s just three games into the season. The disappointing part for me is we got real good starting pitching but we only won once. You hate to waste that kind of pitching.” Pedro Alvarez homered for Pittsburgh and Casey McGehee hit two doubles, the second one a shot to left-center leading off the ninth. Harrison entered and moved to third on Alex Presley’s sacrifice. Herndon struck out Jose Tabata and worked the count to 3-2 before McCutchen drilled a fastball over the head of center fielder Shane Victorino to send the Pirates pouring out of the dugout. Boxscore, Page 3B

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Rich Sheposh is a Times Leader page designer and copy editor. He has also been an avid member of fantasy baseball and football leagues for years. Reach him at rsheposh@timesleader.com.

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NEWS FOR VETERANS PLAINS TWP.: Sons of the MOUNTAIN TOP: The DorAmerican Legion Squad 558 rance Township American Legion Post 288 will meet at 7 Plains is holding a squadron meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at p.m. Sunday at the Slocum the American Legion Post 558, Township VFW Post 7918, 6592 Nuangola Road. For more 101 E. Carey Ave. All squad members are encouraged to information call John at 868attend. Food and drink will be 6588. served after the meeting. For NEWPORT TWP.: American more information, or to make a Legion Post 971 will meet at 7 reservation, contact Comp.m. Tuesday at the fire house mander Dave Weidner at 8554989. on Center Street.

National Guard honors Simmonette for support

IN BRIEF WILKES-BARRE: Marymount High School Class of 1962 is holding a reunion meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday at Norm’s Pizza and Eatery, North Sherman Street. All committee members and classmates are invited to attend.

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Information on the following classmates is needed, Joseph Goralski, Agmen McCauley, Ceciloia Panasewicvz Pecaitis, Maureen Menichini Roberts, Janet Piotrowski Walsh, Stanley Rysz and John Witt.

The Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team recently presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Frannie Simmonette of Sarno & Son for her outstanding support of the brigade’s soldiers. She worked with several units within the brigade establishing pickup and delivery services for the tailoring and dry cleaning of soldier’s uniforms and personal clothing items. The certificate was signed by the current 55th Brigade Commander, Colonel George Schwartz, and presented at his headquarters in Scranton. The certificate was presented by Master Sergeant John Paul Karpovich and Sergeant Jordan Bannister. At the presentation, from left, are Karpovich, Simmonette and Bannister.

The American Legion National Commander, Fang Wong, New York, recently spent three days traveling through the eastern, western and central section of Pennsylvania. He visited many veterans hospitals and American Legion homes. He was also given an official tour of Fort Indiantown Gap. Dinner was held at Lancaster, Middletown and Jeanette American Legion posts with press conferences at each post by Fox News. Accompanying him throughout the tour was State Commander Kerrie Gill, Past National Commander Dominic DiFrancesco, State Adjutant Kit Watson, Detachment S.A.L. Commander Ray Dellecurti, National Executive Committeeman Richard Coccimiglio and the State President of the American Legion Auxiliary, Barbara Miller of Swoyersville. From left: National Vice-Commander Jim Hales, Wong, Miller and Gill.

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W-B Kiwanis Club hosts Interclub Luncheon

The Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club recently held a Kiwanis Interclub Luncheon with guest speaker Bill Goldsworthy, deputy director, Governor Corbett’s Northeast Regional Office. The Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday at noon at the Genetti Hotel and Conference Center, WilkesBarre. New members are welcome. At the luncheon, from left: Dr. Frank Gazda, board of directors, Plymouth Kiwanis; Sharon Derhammer, Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis; attorney Cheryl SobeskiReedy, president, Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis; Goldsworthy; and Richard Schall, president, Plymouth Kiwanis.

Evan W. Crossley Evan W. Crossley, son of Thomas and Melinda Crossley, WilkesBarre, is celebrating his second birthday today, April 9. Evan is a grandson of Sandy Moffett, Thornhurst, and Susan Hughes, Wilkes-Barre. He has a brother, Isaiah, 6.

Students help fund vests for K-9s and officers Fallen Officers Remembered recently announced the creation of a new program, ‘Kids, K-9s, and Cops.’ The program is geared toward students and children so they can help a K-9 or an officer receive a bulletproof vest. Senior students from Lake-Lehman High School recently based their senior projects on one of the incentives and held the ‘Cheer for a Cure’ fundraiser to help raise money for vests for several law enforcement officers and a K-9. Kranson Uniform was also instrumental in purchasing the vests. To sponsor a K-9 or officer or to make a donation, contact Jaclyn at 760-9034, email faloffrem@aol.com or donate through the website at www.fallenofficersremembred.org. At the vest presentation to K-9 Officer Byron, from left: Sarah Brooks, Lake-Lehman senior sponsor; Luzerne Borough Officer Kotowinski and K-9 Officer Byron; Lauren Boyle, Lake-Lehman senior sponsor; and Devon Boyle.

Ian N. Kunec Ian Noah Kunec, son of William and Amy Kunec, Hanover Township, is celebrating his seventh birthday today, April 9. Ian is a grandson of Sandra Beggs, Nanticoke, and William and Barbara Kunec, Lee Park. He is a great-grandson of Irene Beggs, Nanticoke. He has a sister, Elyse, 3.

Rotarians gather to hear Ambassadorial Scholar More than a dozen Northeastern Pennsylvania Rotary Clubs from District 7410, Rotary International, gathered at the Irem Country Club, Dallas, to welcome guest speaker, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Ruth Leslie Dicker. Dicker left for Brazil in mid-February on a $25,000 Rotary Scholarship to further her education in international studies. The Ambassadorial Scholarship program promotes international understanding and friendly relations among people from different parts of the world. She is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Wyoming. She is a resident of Harding, a graduate of the Wyoming Area School District and Dickinson College, where she was on the dean’s list and an honor society member. She is fluent in several languages and dialects. Club members, from left, first row: Past District Governor Ted Silver, District Governor-Elect Art Peoples, Dicker, Wyoming Club President John Harrington and District Governor Nominee Robert Hemphill. Second row: Dallas Club President Ken Chapple, Plains Club President Tom Malloy, District Governor Paul O’Malia and Plymouth Club President Dave Yefko. Third row: Assistant Governor Ray Petty, Assistant Governor Jerry Reisch and Past District Governor Paul Muczynski.

Matthew A. Kaslavage Matthew Ayden Kaslavage, son of Brian and Rachel Kaslavage, Mountain Top, is celebrating his first birthday today, April 9. Matthew is a grandson of Garry and Cheryl Young, Hanover Township; Susan Farrell, Exeter; and Brian Kaslavage, Pittston. He is a great-grandson of Larry and Shirley Shreve, Wilkes-Barre, and Loretta Kaslavage, Duryea.

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Food Pantry thanks Back Mt. businesses for support Hilbert’s Tractor Store, Route 415, Dallas, and Cook’s Pharmacy, Route 309, Shavertown, recently received certificates of appreciation from the Back Mountain Food Pantry to recognize their faithful and ongoing support of the pantry. For the past five years, Hilbert’s and Cook’s have given the food pantry space in their retail stores to display a large box for food collections. Hundreds of pounds of food have been delivered to the pantry from these donation boxes. Nonperishable food may be dropped off at either location during regular business hours. Food donations may also be dropped off at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Route 118, Dallas. At Hilbert’s (above), from left, first row: Carol Eyet, manager, Food Pantry; Debbie Hilbert; Holly Daubert, employee; Phil Brown, volunteer, Food Pantry; the Rev. Roger Griffith, board president, Food Pantry. Second row: Michelle Greim and Keith Williams, employees. At Cook’s (below), from left: Phil Brown, volunteer, Food Pantry; the Rev. Roger Griffith, board president, Food Pantry; Frank Lombardo, store owner; Carol Eyet, manager, Food Pantry; and Meagan Simkulak, employee.

New cruiser joins Hanover Township police force fleet

May 8 MOUNTAIN TOP: The Mountain Top Area Knights of Columbus, 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus home. All members are requested to attend.

The Hanover Township Board of Commissioners recently placed into service a 2012 Dodge Charger police cruiser. The Hanover Township Police Department is celebrating its 100th anniversary of service to the community this year. To honor this milestone, all the police vehicles have been marked with the inscription ‘Proudly Serving over 100 years.’ With the new cruiser, from left: Frank J. Ciavarella, commissioner; Robert V. Davison, township solicitor; Michael D. Mazur, commissioner; Jeffrey P. Lewis, commissioner vice chairman; Albert Walker, police chief; Albert J. Bagusky, commissioner chairman; George W. Bowers and Russell P. Davis, commissioners; John J. Sipper, township manager; Donna M. Makarczyk, township secretary; and William L. Howatt, commissioner.

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Teen in throes of depression knows she has to get immediate help Dear Abby: I really need some feedback. When I was 13, I would cut myself. I stopped around 15 after an attempted overdose that didn’t work. I did it because my parents were stressed due to money problems and ignored me or yelled at me a lot. I was also bullied in school. I had just moved here, so there was no one to turn to. Suddenly, in the last week, I have begun binge eating. I see no hope for me graduating, no hope for my life or my future. I wake up wanting to go back to sleep or overdose. My wrists have throbbed at the thought of wanting to cut again, and last night I had a dream of jumping off a building. All

DEAR ABBY ADVICE day I have had the same daydream of hitting the ground. I cry randomly for no reason. I have thought of multiple ways to kill myself. This just started. I can’t see why I can’t be happy. My brother is coming home from Afghanistan. I should be ecstatic. I plan on talking to a counselor tomorrow because I am not sure how to handle this. I don’t want to get into such a state that I’ll let myself overdose again. Thank you for your time. I just need some guidance on how to handle this. — Wavering Girl in Watertown, N.Y.

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Dear Wavering Girl: You are also a smart girl to be reaching out for help. I hope by the time you read this you will have spoken to a counselor about your feelings, because it appears you are suffering from a severe depression, which can impair a person’s judgment. Being bullied at school and worried about graduating would be enough to trigger it. The behaviors you describe mean you need to talk to a mental health care professional. If you had given me your phone number, I would have talked with you personally about this — and, with your permission, spoken to your parents about it. Your counselor can help you, but if you experience more suicidal impulses, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 800-273-8255.

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Dear Abby: I work for a small company. Employees here bring in treats to share and leave them in our break area so co-workers can help themselves. One employee, “Karen,” sits at a desk that is very near the lounge, and snaps to attention when anyone walks by with treats in hand. Then she jumps up and follows them into the lounge, where she lingers until the snacks are ready. She’ll hover over the trays of whatever is being offered while eating “samples.” Then she takes a huge helping and stands nearby while she eats it. She follows that up by taking more back to her desk. It’s annoying to see a plate of cookies or a pan of brownies that were brought to share with everyone gobbled down by one person.

Karen earns a good salary. She certainly has enough money to buy her own food. So, Abby, what’s a good way to tell her to stop? — Missing My Cookies in Erie, Pa. Dear Missing Your Cookies: Try this. The next time one of you brings a treat to the office, put a sign next to it that reads, “One to a customer, please,” or tell “Miss Piggy” in plain English that she’s taking too much of a good thing. To receive a collection of Abby’s most memorable — and most frequently requested — poems and essays, send a business-sized, self-addressed envelope, plus check or money order for $3.95 ($4.50 in Canada) to: Dear Abby’s “Keepers,” P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Postage is included.)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your mood is curious, experimental and creative. It takes an open mind and heart to live in this headspace. You’ll take a suggestion, try it on and see where it leads you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ve probably heard that antibiotics arose from the accidental contamination of a Petri dish. Mistakes can bring about glorious events and discoveries. Be open to the magic that might come of a blunder. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Something about your chemical and emotional makeup will work in favor of creating harmony for yourself and others around you. You have a talent for neutralizing acidic personalities. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re firing on all cylinders. When you look at a person, you can see the chemistry, habits, emotions and ideas that helped to form this individual. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The sector of the brain that responds to feelings of love is different from the one that responds to feelings of attraction, but the two can light up at the same time. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Any regret you’ll have in life will have, at its root, a poor decision. To minimize regrets, maximize your ability to make quality decisions. Ten years from now, what will you wish you would have done? LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your collaborations will be free of conflict. This is easiest, but will it bring the best result? Ask someone to play devil’s advocate by trying to shoot down your plan.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). In determinate games, the starting player can always win if he knows the strategy. In indeterminate games, two perfect players could play on forever. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll enjoy connecting with an attractive someone on matters of mutual interest. You’re likely to be further besotted if this person also happens to agree with your worldview. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A sign mate declared, “He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us.” — Martin Luther King Jr. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You know you’re passionate when you can’t get enough of your subject matter. Your energy only increases as you learn. The more you engage your talents, the more prolific you become. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The spirit of play is alive in you. Engaging the right playmates will be key to maintaining this buoyant energy throughout the day. You’ll gravitate to flexible thinkers. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 9). Your horizons open with new possibilities, starting with a change in your inner circle. Make room in your heart to love a new addition. June sees you putting a talent handed down through your ancestry to good use. Your public and private personae merge in interesting ways in August. Pisces and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 40, 21, 6 and 18.

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